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The revised standards from the Infusion Nurses Society (INS) instruct nurses and IV therapists to perform venipunctures instead of obtaining blood samples from existing lines or during the insertion of short peripheral catheters. The new standard is a dramatic departure from the prior standard, published in 2011, that advocated draws during IV starts and from vascular access devices (VADs).
"This is a huge development," says Center for Phlebotomy Education's Director, Dennis J. Ernst MT(ASCP) NCPT(NCCT). "Drawing during IV insertions was never a good idea, and often created more problems than it solved." Ernst is referring to the frequency of hemolysis when drawing from IV catheters. "Four years ago, the CDC made it a Best Practice perform a venipuncture instead of drawing during an IV start. I'm thrilled the INS has worked it into their standards." Ernst was a member of the CDC's Evidence Review Panel that made the Best Practice recommendation.
Infusion Therapy Standards of Practice cites hemolysis as the main reason venipunctures should be performed instead of draws from IV sets. It specifically states the standard applied regardless of the sampling device attached to the IV catheter. However, it suggests practitioners consider obtaining a blood sample from an indwelling short peripheral catheter for pediatrics, patients with difficult veins or bleeding disorders.
"When we draw blood from an IV catheter, we could be using a medical device for a purpose for which it was not intended," says Ernst. "Not all devices are approved for drawing blood samples. If it's not in the catheter manufacturer's Instructions for Use, it shouldn't be used for that purpose."
One study showed draws through IV devices hemolyze samples eight times as frequently as when collected by venipuncture.
This totally a step in the right direction. I have witnessed to many mistakes, most recently a hemoglobin of 4 when it was actually 15! What was the order of draw there?
I would like to question the author's statement of "No IV device has FDA approval to be used for drawing blood". The IV catheter that our hospital uses has "sample blood" in it's Instructions for use. BD Nexiva Closed IV Catheter System. Since this article was from August of 2016, I find it hard to believe that it was suddenly approved by the FDA. Any thoughts?
Thank you for your comment. We have further researched this issue and find this device has indeed been approved by the FDA for blood sampling. We appreciate your input, and are never reluctant to learn from our readers. We thank you for bringing this to our attention, and have corrected the archived version of this newsletter.


REACH is an International Research Exchange Program for undergraduate engineering students interested in international research opportunities at an academic institution. Internships are available at three universities in Germany (Ruhr University Bochum, University of Duisburg-Essen and TU Dortmund, and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)/ Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI), a Hong Kong government sponsored research center. Selected students received an eight-week, hands-on research experience in an international context, housing, flight stipend, and additional expense stipends. Participating students will be immersed in a new culture while working on a research project in their field of study. REACH aims to broaden students' perspectives and enable them to become globally minded researchers and technologists. Undergraduate engineering students (freshmen, sophomores and juniors) are encouraged to apply.


The World Maritime Axis is to make Indonesia a large, strong and prosperous maritime country through returning Indonesia's identity as a maritime nation, safeguarding interests and maritime security, empowering all maritime potential for the nation's prosperity, equitable distribution of Indonesia's economy through sea tolls, and carrying out deep maritime diplomacy Indonesia's foreign policy for the next five years. For this reason maritime development practices and processes are needed in various aspects, such as politics, socio-culture, defense, infrastructure, and especially the economy.
Let's look at two speakers, experts in the field of marine security and economics who will explore strategic steps towards the World Maritime Axis. On this occasion, Mr. Ronald Waas will explore the Indonesian economy in 2015.
The best graduate of AAL Bumimoro in 1981 was the Chief of Staff of the Navy who served from December 17, 2012 to December 31, 2014. Previously, the doctorate graduated from Gadjah Mada University served as Deputy Chief of Staff of the Navy. The initiator of the development program for human resource education in the Navy succeeded in aligning the Indonesian Navy as a "World Class Navy" predicate. In the book he wrote, "Sea Power", he suggested that sea power has a central role in determining Indonesia in the global arena by using and controlling the sea (sea control) and preventing opponents by using it (sea denial).
Mr. Ir. Ronald Waas, MIA, Deputy Governor of Bank Indonesia in Payment System and Bank Supervision.
During his career at Bank Indonesia since 1981, graduates of the Bandung and Columbia University Institute of Technology have served as Directors of the Information Technology Directorate, Director of Information Management Special Unit and Director of Accounting and Payment Systems before becoming the 2011 Deputy Governor. Jobs, "Apple on every desk," an expert on payment systems and information technology has an active role in bringing banks closer to Indonesian society where finance will become an inclusive condition, meaning touching all levels of society and no more parties untouched by the financial sector, such as fishermen whose working capital needs are still dominated by middlemen with strangling flowers. For this reason, banking access and financing for fishermen, especially in remote areas, can be penetrated through branchless banking that uses mobile phone-based technology.


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Top 3 Favorite National Pavilions at #FREESPACE - La Biennale Architecture Exhibition 2018 in Venice
Bed-In by Beatriz Colomina - Dutch Pavilion - Photo: Cat Bauer
(Venice, Italy) As a lay person with no background in architecture except for what I've learned after 20 years of living in and blogging about Venice -- the most architecturally beautiful city in the world -- what appeals to me at #FREESPACE, this year's La Biennale di Venezia 16th International Architecture Exhibition, is probably different from what appeals to professionals in the biz.
I am not including the Vatican Chapels in my Top 3 because it is in a class of its own. There were so many people at the inauguration on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore on May 25 that I just got a taste of it, and must return at a calmer time.
NUMBER ONE: The Dutch Pavilion - WORK, BODY, LEISURE
The Dutch Pavilion - WORK, BODY, LEISURE - Photo: designboom
I was just going to buzz through the Dutch Pavilion, but it was so riveting that I got stuck in there for about an hour. Upon entering, you see what appears to be a bunch of orange lockers. But when you tug on the knobs and open the lockers, there are great surprises inside. Some are windows. Some contain images. Some contain text. Some contain drawers filled with news clippings and documents. Others open onto powerful mise-en-scènes. And some are actually doors, with an entire world on the other side.
Commissioned by Het Nieuwe Instituut and curated by architect and researcher Marina Otero Verzier, "the project seeks to foster new modes of creativity and responsibility within the architectural field in response to emerging technologies of automation." The curator invited a potpourri of architects, designers, historians and theorists who take us on a journey through human labor, and how robots will impact mankind's future.
As a die-hard John Lennon disciple, I was astonished when I opened one door and walked into a recreation of Room 902 of the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel, the site of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Bed-In for Peace, held from March 25 to 31, 1969. Beatriz Colomina, the creator of the installation, explained: "Here the bed -- a horizontal architecture for protest, work, production and reproduction -- becomes a 'fucktory,' anticipating the working bed of today." Columina has written an essay entitled The 24/7 Bed, which you can read here.
The Netherlands Pavilion on La Biennale site is here.
NUMBER TWO: The Israeli Pavilion - IN STATU QUO
Model of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher
and Surroundings, Jerusalem, 1862
Photo: Cat Bauer
The Israeli Pavilion captured me by illustrating just how difficult it is to maintain the status quo in the Holy Land, let alone try to determine a permanent solution. Subtitled Structures of Negotiation, the exhibition "traces the complex and controversial mechanism of coexistence that was established in the nineteenth century: the Status Quo," and focuses on five contested holy sites.
The pavilion starts on the ground floor with a model of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and surroundings, commissioned by the Turkish governor, Sureyya Pasha, in 1862, more than 150 years ago -- the same proprietary rights are still in effect today. Which denomination of Christianity owned what was so complicated that Pasha needed a 3D model to explain the situation to his superiors in Constantinople. So he commissioned Conrad Schick, a German Protestant archaeologist and clock maker to build a wooden model to try to make some sense out of the whole thing.
The Holy Sepulcher contains two of the most important Christian sites: where Jesus Christ was crucified, and his empty tomb. It was an effective reminder that it isn't only Muslims and Jews that are fighting over the territory of the Holy Land, but that Christians make strong claims on the region, too, and have been battling over Jerusalem for centuries.
Legend for the different Christian denominations in the Holy Sepulchre - Photo: Cat Bauer (with foot:-)
Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem is revered as the burial place of the biblical matriarch, Rachel, and is considered holy by all the Big Three: Jews, Christians and Muslims. It used to be that the roadside tomb was open to everyone; it is now surrounded by a 26-foot high separation wall and accessible only to Jewish worshipers.
The other three sites are the Mughrabi Ascent in Jerusalem, the only one of the eleven entrances to the upper level of the Temple Mount that is open to non-Muslims; The Cave of the Patriarchs aka the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, shared by both Jews and Muslims; and the Western or Wailing Wall Plaza in Jerusalem, which was created after Israel destroyed the 800-year-old Muslim Mughrabi Quarter in 1967 and transformed an intimate courtyard into a vast plaza.
The Israel Pavilion on La Biennale site is here.
NUMBER THREE: The Romanian Pavilion - MNEMONICS
Mnemonics at the Romania Pavilion - Photo: Cat Bauer
I loved the Romanian Pavilion simply because it was fun and I got to play with a bunch of kids. Inside the grey and pedestrian pavilion are childhood playground games like swings and ping pong, devoid of any color. I hopped on one of those foot-propelled old-fashioned carousels and was spinning myself around when some little girls jumped on. I hopped off and started spinning them so they could go faster -- but not too fast -- when suddenly the carousel kicked into warp speed after a 12-old-boy hopped on. The kids were just flying, and my memory lit up with colors and swirls and green grass and trees and pine needles and brown earth, and how when we were kids we would spin ourselves right off the carousel, and how much fun that was, which is the simple message of Mnemonics. Fun for grownups, too!
"Mnemonics refers to the power of space to generate strong, vivid memories." The Romania Pavilion on La Biennale site is here.
La Biennale di Venezia - 16th International Architecture Exhibition runs through November 25, 2018. Go to La Biennale for more information.
Ciao from Venezia,
Cat Bauer
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Live! From La Biennale 16th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice
Dorte Mandrup A/S at La Biennale International Architecture Exhibition - Photo: Cat Bauer
(Venice, Italy) With founder Dorte Mandrup at the helm, her self-named Danish architectural firm declares it is a "team of die-hard over-achievers." Their installation, CONDITIONS, for the 2018 Venice Biennale Architecture Exhibition certainly lives up to that claim. The firm won an international competition to design the Ice Fjord Centre in Ilulissat, Greenland, a viewing center in the Artic located at one of the world's most active glaciers. The Icefjord Centre's goal is to attract responsible tourism.
For the Architecture Exhibition, Dorte Mandrup created something truly amazing. In addition to a model of the viewing center, they also recreated the extreme Artic environment! Howling wind, blinding white vastness, deep purple darkness. By placing the architectural structure in its natural environment, it brought a whole other perspective to the installation. I have not made it over to the Giardini yet, but of all the installations I have seen on my way to the press room, CONDITIONS is the stand out.
Entrance of rop2e - Photo: Cat Bauer
The other touch I really liked was the hanging cords of rope you had to brush aside to enter the Arsenale. During the Venetian Republic, rope was produced in the Corderie, which today is where the Art and Architectural Exhibitions are held. Curators Yvonne Farrell and Shelly McNamara of Grafton Architects intend to impress upon visitors the "heroic dimension of the Corderie with its repeated brick structure and its moody light."
Paolo Baratta, President of La Biennale - Photo: Cat Bauer
During the press conference this morning, there were a couple of interesting questions, which I will rapidly paraphrase, hoping to capture the gist. One journalist from Spain said, "The theme is FREESPACE. But I think something is missing. You do not address the shootings, the violence that can take place in a public space. What about the dark side of public space?" Shelley McNamara gave a detailed answer about how free space did not necessarily connote public space. Paolo Baratta then said he found the question "fascinating." He said the Biennale should also have a counter-Biennale, but he would need a couple more Arsenales to address the errors -- to make an exhibition of horrors, an exhibition of mistakes. Yvonne McNamara noted it was interesting that the question was asked by someone from Spain.
Then someone from the United States asked the same old headline that we read nearly every month about Venice in the English-language media, which is: "Due to mass tourism, Venice is not free for the Venetians." Or something to that effect. Personally, I am tired of people from the USA who do not live here trying to turn a complex situation into something black and white -- or even worse, trying to control the narrative and foment division on social media -- so I was pleased to hear the answers.
Shelley McNamara responded that they did not feel equipped to answer, and that Paolo Baratta was more qualified. Shelley said that we must also appreciate what Venice IS, and that every time one comes here one learns something. How civilizations can rise and fall and survive. That she finds huge energy in the city.
Paolo Baratta said that the problem of Venice is not just how to manage tourists and big ships. The problem is what NEW energy to bring. It is useless to complain about tourists unless we can bring something new in its place.
Baratta said he was a great admirer of John Ruskin's Stones of Venice, but prefers the Veins of Venice. We need to find new uses for what has been left by the old Republic, the old, self-sufficient Republic. He said that the Biennale is providing an answer. Veins must be filled with blood, new blood. The Biennale is an example of how it can be done and followed by others. How are we going to FILL the spaces? Why not put a couple of drops of hope in the narrative? Why is the dialogue always conditioned by a desire for pessimism?
Shelly McNamara & Yvonne Farrell - photo courtesy of La Biennale
Another journalist asked about the problem of being female architects in a male-dominated industry. Shelly McNamara said that they were two architects. Not male, not female, just two architects. Maybe it's because they are Irish, but they have never been obstructed or discriminated against (yet). But they are sympathetic to the problem.
Paolo Baratta said he was embarrassed to answer because 75% of the people who work at La Biennale are women, and if he had to comply with a 50-50 quota, he would have to go back decades.
Yvonne Farrell said, "Unequal pay is disgraceful. But imagination is not a gender issue."
Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara are such a unit that I hope I haven't mixed up who said what. They have a quiet, powerful Irish energy whose subtle influence comes in the form of sunlight and shadows. For a professional point of view, The Architect's Journal is blogging from Biennale.
You can watch the entire unedited press conference on YouTube without all my errors, which I highly recommend:
La Biennale di Venezia - 16th International Architecture Exhibition opens to the public on May 26, and runs through November 25. Go to La Biennale for more information.
Too Many Events! Venice gears up for La Biennale Architecture 2018
FT Live: Alberto Galassi (Ferretti), Edoardo Caovilla (René Caovilla), Marcantonio Brandolini D'Adda (Laguna B) & Mickey Riad (Fortuny)
(Venice, Italy) These days, Venice, once the Queen of the Adriatic, is a small, provincial town of a little more than 50,000 residents with millions of global visitors. It's an odd mix. Toss the contemporary world of La Biennale into Venice's Gothic and Renaissance backdrop, and you get a surreal experience. In the lead-up to La Biennale Architecture Exhibition, every organization in the city shifts into high-gear, and one can become dizzy trying to get a taste of everything that's going on.
A Biennale for all the senses by Cat Bauer for LUXOS Magazine
Because I've been a contributing editor for LUXOS Magazine for the past couple of years, I was interested in attending the FT Live Business of Luxury Summit on Monday and Tuesday at the Molino Stucky Hilton. Years ago, in 2008, the Financial Times featured my Venice blog in its Weekend Magazine back when hardly anyone knew what a blog was, so the FT has a special place in my heart.
Walking into the Hilton is like walking into an airport in the middle of an ancient, watery world where cars do not exist. It is a time warp.
Luxury has grown into a $2.1 trillion industry. I was only planning to stay to catch the "Venice and the Luxury Renaissance" panel, but I had such a good time chatting with creatures from the outside world, and learned so much, that I stayed all day. My take-away: there is a lot money floating around that nobody knows what to do with. Suggestion: get down in the trenches and talk to the artisans. Quality, not quantity. And Quality takes Time.
Paolo Lorenzoni & Toto Bergamo Rossi in the Hemingway Suite at the Gritti Palace
Tuesday morning kicked off in a dash through the pouring rain to coffee at the Gritti Palace Hotel, where Paolo Lorenzoni, the Gritti's General Manager, and Toto Bergamo Rossi, the Director of Venetian Heritage, a non-profit that is dedicated to preserving the culture of Venice, held an intimate conference. Venetian Heritage has provided a preview of its glamorous goings-on:
the presentation of the book "The Art of living in Venice. Architecture and cuisine "Toto Bergamo Rossi and Lydia Fasoli to be held at the Fondaco dei Tedeschi, Thursday, May 25 from 18.30 to 20.00;
the inauguration of the exhibition dedicated to the '900' Barry Friedman & Glass Collection Venetian Heritage "to be held at the Museum of Murano glass, Friday, May 25 at 18.30;
Saturday, May 26 at 20:30 will be the Gala fundraising organized by Venetian Heritage in collaboration with The Gritti Palace Hotel with guests including 200 supporters of Venetian Heritage. The donation for participation per person is € 1.000,00. The event is sold out. The seats available were 200. Many corporate supporters who have purchased tables (€ 10,000.00 per table) are: Louis Vuitton, the Acquera Tositti Group, Generali, Michelangelo Foundation, Colnaghi, Tommy Hilfigher, Venini. The Lunelli Family, owners of the famous sparkling wine Ferrari Trento, will offer, as always, their fine wines. The funds raised will be donated to the Monumental Staircase restoration of the Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista. The evening will continue at the Hotel Gritti Palace after dinner.
Palazzo Ferro-Fini Venice
I have lived in Venice for 20 years and have never been inside Palazzo Ferro Fini, headquarters for the Consiglio Regionale del Veneto, the Parliament of the Veneto. I never realized that the Veneto, one of the 20 regions of Italy, had its own parliament. But of course they do, because a region is of kind of like a US state. However, I am still confused because Luca Zaia, who would be sort of like the governor, has a different palace, Palazzo Balbi, across the canal for his headquarters, and the president of the parliament inside Palazzo Ferro-Fini is Roberto Ciambetti, with his own powers.
I got a brief political lesson from a gentleman who worked inside. If I understood correctly, most of the power controlling the problems of Venice (mass tourism, cruise ships, etc.) comes from Rome, not Venice or the Veneto. Well, Italy just threw Europe into chaos by creating an anti-establishment government. We shall see what happens next.
Nancy Genn in Venice - Photo: Cat Bauer
In any event, I was invited to Palazzo Ferro Fini because Nancy Genn, who is a lovely American artist, has an exhibition inside, and said she felt fortunate to have been able to live "a life well spent." How an American from the San Francisco area landed inside a Venetian palace on the Grand Canal is worth an entire post in itself. What is important is that you have the rare opportunity to visit a palace for free that is rarely opened to the public, and to see Nancy's work. The exhibition "Architecture from Within" is open Monday through Friday from 10 to 5 until August 7, 2018. Be prepared to leave your passport at the door.
Maria Novella dei Carraresi - Photo: Cat Bauer
Maria Novella dei Carraresi, Renaissance woman, has a funky gallery close to the Accademia Bridge on the Dorsoduro side, Rio Terà della Carità 1046. Check it out.
Elena Veronese at Ikona Gallery - Photo: Cat Bauer
Hospital Poetry at the Ikona Gallery in Campo del Ghetto Nuovo is Elena Veronese's dynamic first solo exhibition. Temporarily paralyzed in Berlin, the Venetian artist photographed her experience on the road to recovery in order to self-heal, and to help others.
Renzo Piano. Progetti d'Acqua - Photo: Cat Bauer
On Wednesday, even Luigi Brugnaro, the mayor of Venice, showed up, along with the rest of the city, for the inauguration of the Renzo Piano. Progetti d'Acqua exhibition at Spazio Vedova, Zattere 50. The exhibition will run through the entire Biennale Architecture exhibition, until November 25, 2018.
The preview for FREESPACE, the16th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia starts tomorrow. The exhibition opens to the public on Saturday, May 26 and runs through November 25, 2018. Go to La Biennale for more information.
The Impact of Mexico on Abstract Art: Josef Albers at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice
Tenayuca I by Josef Albers - Photo: Cat Bauer
(Venice, Italy) I was mesmerized by the restrained passion of the Josef Albers in Mexico exhibition that opened today at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection here in Venice. Curated by the delightful Lauren Hickson, Associate Curator of Collections at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Hickson has organized the show to tell a riveting story of how Albers's fascination with all things pre-Columbian influenced his abstract work. The show juxtaposes Albers's art with rarely seen photos he took of archeological excavations that he and his wife, Anni, visited over a period of more than 30 years.
"Mexico is truly the promised land of abstract art."
---Josepf Albers
Josef Albers was born into a Roman Catholic family in Germany in 1888. He became a student at the innovative Bauhaus art school in 1920, then a teacher, and then a professor. In 1925, he married Anni Fleischmann, a Jewish Bauhaus student who would go on to become one of the world's most prominent textile artists.
When the Nazis shut down the Bauhaus in 1933, the Albers moved to the United States, and landed in North Carolina at the experimental new school, Black Mountain College, where Josepf ran the art program, and Anni taught weaving and textile design.
Josef Albers Mitla (1956)
The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation
©Josef Albers, by SIAE 2018
I am familiar with that neck of the woods. When I was a child, I used to visit my grandparents in Montreat, North Carolina, a tiny town with less than 800 people, made famous by Billy Graham, two miles away from Black Mountain. I would spend hours playing in the creek in the back of their house, catching crawfish and rescuing sticks that I had personified into a family that lived on rocks surrounded by pools of water. In one of my stories, the eldest brother (the longest stick) swam out too far and got caught up in the rapids, and swept downstream. I gave him a little head start, then frantically tried to save him. I also liked to unclog the leaves from the dams the beavers built and watch the current change.
But I think it is because my grandfather was of German descent... and that peculiar German tendency to organize and compartmentalize the abstraction of life... that made the work of Josef Albers strike a deep chord and awaken long forgotten memories.
Study for Sanctuary by Josef Albers (1941-42) - Photo: Cat Bauer
"Art is creation. It can be based on, but is independent of knowledge. We can study art through nature, but art is more than nature. Art is spirit, and has a life of its own."
---Josef Albers
As Adolf Hitler was busy trying to build a new empire, archeologists in Mexico were rapidly uncovering the ruins of an ancient one. The Alberses were already familiar with pre-Columbian art before they ever arrived in America. During their first trip to Mexico in the winter of 1933-34, they were dazzled by the ruins they witnessed with their own eyes, and returned thirteen times throughout the course of their lives, taking thousands of photographs. They tapped into that ancient pre-Columbian energy and transmuted into their art.
Homage to the Square by Josef Albers (1969) Photo: Cat Bauer
Josepf Albers is best known for his Homage to the Square, a series of more than two thousand paintings which he began in 1950, at age sixty-two, and created until his death in 1976. A letter on display from Inés Amor, the founder of the Galerìa de Arte Mexicano dated June 9, 1965, sums it up:
An exciting new element that makes the exhibition even more dynamic is the opportunity to listen to a SoundCloud narration as you wander through the rooms. In fact, you can study up and listen to it before you go so you can get a foundation of what you will see.
Josef Albers in Mexico runs from May 19 through September 3, 2018. Go to the Peggy Guggenheim Collection for more information.
Extended! Canova, Hayez, Cicognara - The Last Glory of Venice Exhibition at Accademia Galley with Two New Works
Stellar curators together at Gallerie dell'Accademia
Canova, Hayez, Cicognara. The last glory of Venice
Philip Rylands, Roberto De Feo & Paola Marini
(Venice, Italy) The Accademia Gallery in Venice has scored two new paintings by Fernando Hayez and Lattanzio Querena to add to the excellent Canova, Hayez, Cicognara - The Last Glory of Venice exhibition, which has been extended until July 8, 2018.
This morning, Paola Marini, the Director of the Gallerie dell'Accademia and co-curator of the exhibition, together with the curator Roberto De Feo, (Fernando Mazzocca, the third curator of the exhibit, was not there) held an intimate conference to introduce the new paintings. It was a special treat when Philip Rylands, the former Director of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, dropped in. I loved the way their minds work, and it was a privilege to watch them interact.
The core of the exhibition is the third room with the weighty title The Homage from the Venetian Provinces. An extraordinary collection of contemporary artworks for the Vienna court. This consists of a collection of artworks that has not been available to the public for 200 years.
Admiring the new additions
After Napoleon conquered Venice, there was a lot of upheaval, with precious works of art being looted, and empires rising and falling. When the dust settled after Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo in 1816, Venice was under Austrian domination and Emperor Franz the First took steps to organize the Hapsburg's newest empire.
One of the tasks Emperor Franz the First attended to was marrying his fourth wife, Caroline Augusta of Bavaria, who was 24 years younger than he was. He asked the Venetian provinces to pay a heavy contribution.
Count Leopoldo Cicognara, who was great friends with the neoclassical sculptor, Antonio Canova, the most important living artist in the world at the time, was then President of the Gallerie dell'Academia -- in fact, Canova and Cicognara basically created the Accademia. In addition to being a theoretician, scholar and historian of international fame, Cicognara was a marketing genius, and could probably give lessons to Trump on the Art of the Deal.
Cicognara negotiated a deal where part of the tribute would include works by top artists and artisans in the Veneto, together with young students from the Accademia -- but only because he threw in the magnificent statue of Polyhymnia created by Canova.
So not only did Cicognara barter art to negotiate the tribute, he also managed to market contemporary Venetian art, and promote emerging artists in the same deal.
One of those promising young artists was Francesco Hayez, who Canova and Cicognara were determined to cultivate into an artist who would renew Italian painting and bring Italy back to its ancient glory.
Polyhmnia by Canova (1812-16)
Before the works went off to Vienna, the Accademia exhibited them in their great hall, highlighted by Canova's Polyhymnia and Titian's majestic Assunta, considered the most beautiful painting in the world, which Cicognara had somehow managed to transport from the Church of the Frari over to the Accademia under the pretense that he was saving it from the humidity.
It was a rock star exhibition -- the two great masterpieces together in the same room, together with established artists from the Veneto, as well as young emerging artists.
After the Austrian empire collapsed, the group of works were later divvied up by the heirs of the imperial family. They have been almost completely gathered together again for the first time since 1817 for the current exhibition.
Since the opening back on September 29, 2017, a couple of items have been returned to the owners, but the Accademia has managed to borrow two new paintings that you can now see: The piety of Hezekiah by Francesco Hayez and Moses invokes the freedom of the people of Israel before the pharaoh by Lattanzio Querena.
Paola Marini in front of Hayez's Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem (1867)
Paola Marini also showed us The Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem by Francesco Hayez on the ground floor, a masterpiece which he painted late in life when he was 76-years-old and donated to the Accademia to express the gratitude he felt for all the opportunities he was given when he was a student.
I wrote a much more detailed post about the complex exhibition when it first opened, including a lot the of history, which hopefully will enhance your experience if you read it before you go:
When Venice's Loot Came Back from France - Canova, Hayez & Cicognara at the Galleria Accademia
Canova, Hayez, Cicognara - The Last Glory of Venice has been extended until July 8, 2018, and is a MUST SEE. For more information, please visit the Gallerie dell'Accademia website.
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To mark the 70th anniversary of the death of Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo and to coincide with the 58th edition of the Venice Biennale, Palazzo Fortuny highlights the family context of his artistic development.
To mark the seventieth anniversary of the death of Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo, and to coincide with the 58th edition of the Venice Biennale, Palazzo Fortuny will pay tribute to the versatile Spanish artist by highlighting the importance of the family context in his artistic development.
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Arshile Gorky: 1904-1948
First exhibition in Italy of the celebrated 20th Century artist, Arshile Gorky.
May 8 to Sep 22
International Modern Art Museum
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30125 Venice
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Maurice Marinot. The Glass, 1911-1934
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March 25 to July 28
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Palazzo Mocenigo has been restored with an itinerary dedicated to the history of fragrances in Italy. Scents from the centuries waft throughout the ancient home showcasing Venetian fabric, textiles and fashion.
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Cini Foundation Opens its Doors
Giorgio Cini monumental complex open to visitors
Located on the Island of San Giorgio, the Giorgio Cini complex is one of my favorite places on the entire planet, full of treasures that reflect the highest qualities of mankind. From March 1 to July 15, 2018, video-guided itineraries are available every day of the week, 9 to 5, in five languages. Includes 17 points of interests. Great for kids!
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My favorite Empress, the non-conformist Elisabeth ("Sissi") of Austria, actually lived in Venice for a period of time inside the Royal Palace, which is now the Museo Correr. Thanks to the Comité Français pour la Savegarde de Venise, Sissi's rooms have been restored and are now open to the public. The simple, elegant decoration of the rooms goes back to the Hapsberg period, with touches of the Napoleonic age.
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[Secret: the terrace at Ca' Giustinian is a reasonably-priced place to have lunch, or a spritz, while overlooking the Grand Canal. If the weather is not fine, inside is the L'Ombra del Leone (Shadow of the Lion). All are welcome.]
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Home Improvement Tips: How Often Should I Backwash My Pool?
What does backwashing a pool do? Backwashing is a crucial method in maintaining cleanliness and sanitation in a swimming pool. Backwashing includes a comprehensive process in cleaning the filter of the swimming pool by changing the water's flow to get rid of certain contaminants.
Backwashing does not require you to do the job manually. The process is simple and practical as it won't take you that long to clean the filter of your swimming pool.
One of the simple questions about backwashing that is easily addressed is how to backwash a sand pool filter. Initially, the pool pump should be turned off then program the filter valve handle to its backwash position. In doing this make sure that the handle is properly locked.
Power on the pump and backwash for at least 2 minutes and turn it off. Position the filter valve handle to rinse then turn on the pump to rinse for a minute. Turn off the pump and close down the skimmer valves to block water from passing the filter.
Make sure the filter skimmer basket and the hair catcher is empty. Open again the skimmer valves then reset the filter valve to filter and power on the pump.
How Often Should I Backwash My Pool?
Keep in mind that your swimming pool may need frequent backwashing when necessary. This goes true when your pool easily gathers leaves and other debris from trees and plants. Other contaminants should also be watched out like from birds as the dirt left on your pool may require immediate backwashing.
When you carefully monitor your pool, you'll be able to determine the frequency of backwashing its filter. This way you can maintain cleanliness to ensure safety and health of your family who usually enjoys swimming.
When Not to Backwash My Pool?
Backwashing may not be as often as you think as there are pool conditions that will limit you to do so. When your swimming pool contains a massive number of dirt and contaminants, it is suggested not to apply backwashing. Situations like your pool is not covered and had collected dirt from floods and construction near your area usually result to an unlikely dirt.
As noted, backwashing is a fast process that can result to waste of water. That said, it is important that you monitor the quality and color of the pool water while backwashing. Also, don't backwash too much.
If you are unsure of backwashing your swimming pool the right way, consult an expert about this process. It's better to ask for insight to avoid complications in the future.


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IBM volunteer team to help Melaka organisations
Team of high-achieving IBM volunteers to help work on many of the state's projects
Projects involve the state health dept, health promotion board, UTem, and World Youth Foundation
IBM said a number of its employees would be working with local organisations from the state of Melaka on a variety of projects and programmes under the US technology giant's Corporate Service Corps (CSC) initiative.
The assignment in Melaka, the ninth such undertaking by the CSC in Malaysia, will involve a team of 12 volunteers from IBM (pic), identified as high achievers and potential leaders from all over the world.
Hailing from Germany, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Austria, France, India, United States and Canada, the team will divide into four sub-teams to work on different projects during the month-long assignment.
The projects will involve the Melaka State Health Department, Malaysian Health Promotion Board (MySihat), Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM) and the World Youth Foundation.
The team will help develop a strategic blueprint to enhance the engagement of stakeholders, as well as the planning and management capability of the state health department.
In the project with MySihat, the team will review the Smoke-Free Melaka Strategic Plan 2010-2015, and help develop an integrated action plan that will enhance and refine the roles of the various stakeholders to achieve the goal of a smoke-free state, and international recognition from the World Health Organisation.
The team working with the World Youth Foundation will develop a content and communication strategy and system for the organisation that will help deepen the engagement, empowerment and education of youth.
The project with UTeM will involve assisting in faculty research and curriculum review. The team will share its experience and opportunities, besides contributing to the review and future planning for research.
It will also help develop a strategic plan for the faculty's ICT programme for the next five years.
"The CSC programme combines the tenets of transformational leadership, value-based culture, and a global mindset that Malaysian organisations are seeking to embrace in order to achieve their aspirations of becoming successful global players," said Paul Moung (pic), IBM Malaysia managing director.
"We believe that through programmes such as the CSC, we can help organisations reach, benefit, and make a difference in the communities and environment they operate in," he added.
Moung said that the programme is aligned to IBM's commitment to add value to clients, organisations and government bodies involved in shaping smarter cities throughout Malaysia.
Since its inception in 2008, the IBM CSC programme has deployed more than 80 IBM volunteers across Malaysia – Penang, Johor Baru, Kota Kinabalu, Kuching and Kuantan – to support a broad range of business, non-government and government organisations, and work on high-impact projects.
The CSC provides IBMers with high quality leadership development while delivering proven solutions for communities and organisations in emerging markets.
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Prehistoric Clues Offer Answers to Modern Day Bee Die-Off?
by FarOutRadio Featured Columnist Heather Callaghan. And owner of Natural Blaze – republished from Natural Blaze. A first-grade field trip to one of the top-ten U.S. zoos led us to a prehistoric bee display. It was much bigger than my little fist. It was like a radish on top of turnip but dark brown with faded yellow stripes and fuzzy tarantula legs. It was so horrifying to think of encountering a giant killer bee with a 4-inch stinger during the time that dinosaurs roamed. What a first-grader wouldn't realize is that the display would have been a model, as there is a poor fossil record for bees, making it difficult to pin down the wipe-out of their ancestors.
What happened to those guys?
A fascinating new discovery about bees in prehistoric times actually sheds a lot of light on our current situation with massive bee die-off and colony collapse disorder. A vast majority of people are still under the impression that it will simply resolve itself; but really, we might be on the brink of an endangered era with already visible impact. Even an endangered classification for bees today would mean major ecological devastation.
A recent milestone: scientists for the first time have documented the mass bee extinction dated to have occurred 65 million years ago. It coincides with the huge event that wiped out the land-roaming dinosaurs and much of the flowering plant life.
This is still often called the K-T boundary – the end of the Cretaceous era and beginning of the Paleogene eras where a massive event like a meteorite or a series of events impacted the environment so immensely that plant-life died off, taking with it most of the non-avian dinosaurs.
Until now, due to the lack of fossil records, not much has been said about the bees of this period. Current amber-encased bees date to 45 million years ago. A study, however, led by Sandra Rehan, assistant professor of biological sciences at University of New Hampshire used a technique called molecular phylogenetics ("tribe origin") to analyze DNA sequences of four tribes of 230 carpenter bee species from six continents. This gives researchers insight into consistent patterns of evolutionary relationships like animals and plants.
In this study "First Evidence for a Massive Extinction Event Affecting Bees Close to the K-T Boundary," published recently in PLOSOne Journal, they combined the sequencing with existing fossil records so that they could also introduce time into the equation. This helps to discover data like how old the bees are, how they are related, and what happened when a particular family nearly vanished completely.
BBC News reported:
…the researchers were able to use an extinct group of Xylocopinae [carpenter bees] as a calibration point for timing the dispersal of these bees.
They were also able to study flower fossils that had evolved traits that allowed them to be pollinated by bee relatives of the Xylocopinae.
Sandra Rehan said:
The data told us something major was happening in four different groups of bees at the same time. And it happened to be the same time the dinosaurs went extinct.
If you could tell their whole story, maybe people would care more about protecting them.
Understanding extinctions and the effects of declines in the past can help us understand the pollinator decline and the global crisis in pollinators today.
Study co-leader, Mike Schwarz, pointed to a lot of diversification among the bee family followed by stalled diversification followed by sudden increase in the four bee tribes, indicating an extinction event that could have completely wiped out other competitive bee species allowing remaining species to eventually rise again.
He delved into the important findings of the symbiotic relationship a particular type of flower and carpenter bee ancestors shared. Eucidot flowers originated around the same time.
There was a lot of climate change just before the K-T boundary that also resulted in a global loss of flowering plant species. Both would have affected pollinator numbers.
And for plants that have a close relationship with the insects, losing their pollinators would have magnified their own loss. It was a real double whammy.
He emphasized climate changes, whereas Rehan focuses on bee behavior, relationships and diversity. Admittedly, we have an attempt at modern-day, man-made climate change — atmospheric geoengineering. It has been suggested that the thick haze veiling the sun could have impacts on agriculture, not to mention the metallic residue fallout. Interestingly, part of the theory of the K-T boundary event(s) surrounds the idea that meteorite dust covered the sun and led to mass plant die-off.
My thoughts mirror the ones in Sandra's press release, "Indeed, the findings of this study have important implications for today's concern about the loss in diversity of bees, a pivotal species for agriculture and biodiversity."
Monoculture (versus polycuture and biodiversity) is increasing due to corporate biotech monopolies and large-scale farming practices. Genetic engineering starting in the mid '90s and various types introduced in the early 2000s allowed for extra mass pesticide spraying. While a lot of it worked for farmers in 2003, now survivor pests like corn rootworm are running rampant on their crops while "helper bugs" like bees and butterflies continue to die out. Those are just a couple factors implicated in the vanishing of the bees, scarily noticeable starting in 2006. Yet, polyculture and biodiversity are just one of the many methods to increase yields, nix pesticide use, and keep the biodiversity that will help bring back pollinator species.
What if these modern-day practices combine to form a less intense event, not so suddenly traumatic, that impacts the environment to the point of actually losing pollinator species in the near future? Will prehistoric answers help create action for today?
Heather Callaghan is a regular guest on FarOutRadio, a natural health blogger and food freedom activist. You can see her work at NaturalBlaze.com and ActivistPost.com. Like at Facebook.
This entry was posted in Alternative News, Columnists, Heather Callaghan, Holistic Health Articles, Science & Tech Articles and tagged bee survival on November 6, 2013 by FarOutRadio Editor.
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My friend Chow Wei recommended me this place, and it is quite the little hidden gem in Sunshine Plaza. As the name suggests, "The Braiserie" focuses on braises, specifically braised pork belly with preserved vegetables - mei cai kou rou!
They also have Lei Cha Fan or Thunder Tea Rice, mei cai bao, and a couple of nice desserts.


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Tahoe art appraiser Peter Bergna files new murder appeal
RENO, Nev. – A wealthy art appraiser from Lake Tahoe sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife by staging a crash off a cliff 12 years ago has again appealed his conviction.
Peter Bergna, 57, said in the new challenge filed Monday in Reno's U.S. District Court that he would have had to have been suicidal or schizophrenic to try to pull off such a stunt, and that he was neither.
Bergna, a son of a longtime former district attorney in Santa Clara County, Calif., also asked a federal judge to appoint him a lawyer because he only has $821 in the bank.
"The state's theory that (Bergna) could/would murder his wife by staging a vehicle accident which, by its 'design' placed himself in mortal danger, is weird," Bergna said in the appeal.
He claimed the brakes failed just before he jumped through a window from his 1997 Ford pickup truck. His wife, Rinette Riella-Bergna, did not escape and went over the side of a mountain to her de ath near the Mount Rose ski resort in June 1998.
At the time of the crash, Bergna was wearing sneakers, blue jeans and a windbreaker, not an "astronaut jump suit" worn by stunt-car drivers, the appeal said.
"The theory that this 'designed staged accident' featured him driving his truck straight into a guardrail in pitch darkness on a steep-pitched mountain road is even weirder," it said. "A person who would do that would have to be either suicidally depressed or schizophrenic."
He also claimed that the guardrail, which was missing eight or nine bolts, also failed.
Riella-Bergna, a 49-year-old international tour guide, had just returned from a trip when Bergna picked her up at the airport and drove up the Mount Rose Highway toward their home at Incline Village before stopping on an access road near the ski resort to talk.
A Washoe County jury in 2002 found him guilty of murder. He was sentenced to life in prison with parole possible after 20 years .
In the federal appeal, Bergna said the prosecution claimed Bergna planned the crash and jumped from the vehicle seconds before it went down the mountain. They said Bergna strategically placed two 5-gallon gasoline cans in the back of the truck to ensure a massive fire.
Bergna said, however, prosecutors could not "explain away" the lack of footprints on the side of the road, or the cornstarch from the air bags that was found on both Bergna and his wife proving he was inside the truck when they deployed, or the blue paint on the guardrail where his truck sideswiped the metal.
He also said that at the time of the crash, 2,931 Ford pickup trucks had problems with anti-lock brakes. But before the indictment, neither the state nor the Ford Motor Company inspected his truck for brake problems.
After he was indicted, Ford and the prosecutors would not let Bergna's expert inspect the brakes, he said.
Bergna said the media portrayed him as being "guilty, guilty, guilty," and that the public "hate people with money."


Situated in the centre of South America, Bolivia is a landlocked country that shares borders with Peru, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina and Chile. A resource-rich country, with GDP growth in excess of 5% per year over the last decade, it remains one of the least developed and poorest countries in South America. The majority of Bolivians (69%) live in urban areas. Services is the largest sector of the economy (49% of GDP in 2017), followed by industry (26% of GDP in 2017) and agriculture (12% of GDP in 2017). Despite its relatively small contribution to GDP, 27% of the work force in Bolivia is employed in agriculture.
Historically, distribution of land in Bolivia has been highly skewed towards the wealthy. This has disproportionately affected indigenous people. Previous land reform attempts have had little impact due to lack of resources, corruption, and limited political will. More recently, this has been changing, with a government land reform program starting in 2006 and provisions made in the 2009 Constitution. However, there are ongoing challenges.
The majority of land is owned and controlled by men, and women rarely inherit land. Indigenous women are particularly vulnerable as they can often be part of unregistered relationships and lack identity documents.
Prindex's results show that 24% of respondents felt insecure about their tenure rights in 2018 – an equivalent of 1.7 million people aged 18 or over – equal to the average for the first 33 countries. 63% of the sample interviewed felt secure about their property rights and the remaining 13% refused or did not know how to answer the question.
The tables and diagrams below show key Prindex results for Bolivia or you can download an infographic.


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Q: Laravel passport check if user is active before login I using Guzzle to send post request to passport oauth/token and here is the code:
public function login (Request $request) {
    $http = new \GuzzleHttp\Client;

    try {
        $response = $http->post(config('services.passport.login_endpoint'), [
            'form_params' => [
                'grant_type' => 'password',
                'client_id' => config('services.passport.client_id'),
                'client_secret' => config('services.passport.client_secret'),
                'username' => $request -> email,
                'password' => $request -> password,
            ],
        ]);
        return $response->getBody();
    } catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
        if ($e->getCode() === 400)
            return response()->json('Invalid Request. Please enter a username or a password.', $e->getCode());
        else if ($e->getCode() === 401)
            return response()->json('Your credentials are incorrect. Please try again', $e->getCode());
        else if ($e->getCode() === 408)
            return response()->json('User is deactivated. Please try again', $e->getCode());

        return response()->json('Something went wrong on the server.', $e->getCode());
    }
}

What I am trying to do:

I have an active field for each user 1 is active and 0 is deactivated.
I want to check before the user login if active or not and send a response with 408 code and message like i did in the if statement.

What I have tried to do:

I have tried to add this to User.php model:
public function findForPassport($identifier) {
    return User::orWhere('email', $identifier)->where('active', 1)->first();
 }

It works fine.

Problem is:

1) This return a response with 401 if not active and I want to return 408.
2) I don't know if this is the best way to do it or not.

A: Why are you logging in using guzzle and not just the regular way? if you are just testing, use postman instead. Maybe have a look at this: https://laravel.com/docs/5.7/passport#consuming-your-api-with-javascript
But to answer your question, you can modify this custom issueToken method and add the active check there. Also, use this passport client id/secret middleware "proxy", as the id/secret should not be visible to the public.

A: I have found a good solution by changing the login function code to this:
$http = new \GuzzleHttp\Client;

    // CHECK IF EMAIL IS ACTIVE
    $active = User::where('email', $request -> email) -> where('active', 0) -> exists();
    if($active)
        return response()->json('This user is not active', 403);

    try {
        $response = $http->post(config('services.passport.login_endpoint'), [
            'form_params' => [
                'grant_type' => 'password',
                'client_id' => config('services.passport.client_id'),
                'client_secret' => config('services.passport.client_secret'),
                'username' => $request -> email,
                'password' => $request -> password,
            ],
        ]);
        return $response->getBody();
    } catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
        if ($e->getCode() === 400)
            return response()->json('Invalid Request. Please enter a username or a password.', $e->getCode());
        else if ($e->getCode() === 401)
            return response()->json('Your credentials are incorrect. Please try again', $e->getCode());
        return response()->json('Something went wrong on the server.', $e->getCode());
    }

This way I could simply check if the user is active or not using the email.

A: This  issue might help you check here


Meetings: The F.A.B. meetings are held on the first Tuesday of each month, at 7:30 p.m. (except for holidays).
The Fire Advisory Board is made up of five residents of the town. These members are appointed for one year each in January by the town board. The function of the F.A.B. is to review site plans, and subdivision plans for the purposes of addressing safety concerns of the general public, and the needs of emergency services. The F.A.B. meetings are held in the planning office of the town hall on the first Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m.(except for holidays).
The F.A.B. was created and passed into law by the Town of East Fishkill in 1984 in response to the passage of the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code. It operates under the Building Department and reports on plans referred to it by the Planning, Zoning, & Town Boards.
Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.


Ghostbusters is a classic American film full of spooky humor from beginning to end. The Ecto-1 returns to help the 'Busters save the day once again. Loaded with all of the gear necessary to take down any nasty poltergeist that gets in their way. The kit features a detailed equipment rack and decals to decorate the car as the Ecto-1 or the Ecto-1A.


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Hockey Alberta Launches New Website
Hockey Alberta is proud to announce the launch of its new and improved website.
"It's an exciting day for Hockey Alberta as we take another step towards our vision of becoming the most progressive and innovative sport organization in the country," said Hockey Alberta General Manager, Rob Litwinski. "The new website will provide tools for our staff, volunteers and members that will increase our communication capability and improve the efficiency of the administration of our business."
The new website will provide players, parents, coaches, officials, administrators and fans with an enhanced and user friendly web experience.
"We changed the organization of the website by creating sections for each user group, like players, coaches, and members, to customize the experience and streamline navigation for every individual who comes on our site," said Hockey Alberta's Manager of Marketing and Communications, Mike Dennis.
"I recall when we first launched hockeyalberta.ca back in the mid 90's," added Litwinski. "It's amazing what our site has become to this point, and now we look forward to creating a terrific tool to tie our communication and services back to our membership and the general hockey public."
The launch will consist of two phases:
The first phase of the launch, which is now active, features the completely redesigned www.hockeyalberta.ca with an all-new look and upgraded features including a keyword search function, magazine viewer for publications, scorekeeper stats system, online event registration, aggregated and customized e-newsletters, richer multimedia in the form of video players and photo galleries as well as the integration of Facebook and Twitter.
Phase two of the launch will include the deployment of the "Hockey Hub" where members will have the ability to add content such as local event news and information, job postings and multimedia to the Hockey Alberta website. Additional private area communication tools will also eventually become available. An exact launch date for phase two is still to be determined.
• If you have a website that is linked to a particular page on the old www.hockeyalberta.ca, that link will now be inactive and will need to be updated.
• Login information for permits and sanctions will remain the same as it was on the old website.
Team Alberta Wins Gold At U16 Challenge Cup
Reid Duke (Calgary, Alta) scored the game winning goal and added an assist leading Team Alberta U16 Male to a 10-4 win over Team Manitoba claiming the gold medal at the 2011 Western Canada U16 Challenge Cup in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
Team Alberta finished the tournament with a perfect 4-0 record posting 23 goals for and allowing only 9 goals against.
The victory marks the second time that Team Alberta has won this tournament after also defeating Team Manitoba in the inaugural event in 2009 in Blackfalds, Alta.
Team British Columbia beat out Team Saskatchewan 5-4 to win the bronze medal earlier in the day.
The Western Canada U16 Challenge Cup is a partnership between the four Western Provincial Hockey Branches - Hockey Alberta, BC Hockey, Hockey Manitoba and the Saskatchewan Hockey Association – and the Western Hockey League (WHL). The event only occurs in the off years of the Canada Winter Games.
The event features the highest rated players in the Under 16 age category representing the four Western Provinces of Alberta, BC, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
The Western Canada U16 Challenge Cup is the final event in the first year of the Team Alberta Male program. Selected players then advance to the second year of the program (U17) where they compete for a roster spot on Team Pacific.
Former Team Alberta players include 2011 WHL Rookie of the Year, Matt Dumba, and NHL'ers Jordan Eberle, Jay Bouwmeester, Devan Dubnyk, Devin Setoguchi and Tyler Myers.
Calgary To Host World Sledge Challenge
Hockey Canada, in partnership with Hockey Alberta, have announced that Calgary will host the 2011 World Sledge Hockey Challenge, November 27 to December 3 at the new WinSport Canada Athletic and Ice Complex at Canada Olympic Park.
Leading up to the event, Hockey Alberta will be visiting Alberta's five Western Hockey League (WHL) venues to promote the World Sledge Challenge by showcasing local sledge hockey teams and demonstrating the sport in game intermissions.
Red Deer Rebels - Friday, October 21
Calgary Hitmen - Sunday, October 23
Lethbridge Hurricanes - Friday, October 28
Medicine Hat Tigers - Saturday, October 29
Edmonton Oil Kings - Saturday, November 5
"We're really excited to be a part of the World Sledge Hockey Challenge and for the chance to continue promoting Sledge Hockey in Alberta," said Hockey Alberta General Manager, Rob Litwinski. "It's a really exciting and unique sport and we're thrilled to offer the experience to fans through both the event and the WHL promotion nights."
Canada's National Sledge Team, the defending gold medalists, will be joined by Japan, Norway and the United States. The four teams competing in Calgary were the top four finishers at the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver, B.C.
Canada won the gold medal at the last edition of the World Sledge Hockey Challenge, in April 2011 in London, Ont., capping off a dominating run through the tournament with an 8-0 victory over Norway in the gold medal game. Overall, Canada outscored the opposition 48-2 while posting a perfect 5-0 record.
"We could not be more excited to take to the ice in Calgary, the home of Hockey Canada, at the brand-new WinSport facility and go for gold," said Mike Mondin, head coach of Canada's National Sledge Team. "Last spring in London was such a tremendous experience, winning the gold medal in front of our fans, and we're looking forward to what will surely be an unforgettable atmosphere in Calgary."
Tickets are now on sale for the 2011 World Sledge Hockey Challenge. A seven-game Team Canada package is available for just $45, including all three of Canada's preliminary round games, both semifinals, the bronze medal game and gold medal game. Single-game tickets will be available closer to the start of the tournament.
Fans will be able to follow the 2011 World Sledge Hockey Challenge via webcasts thanks to Hockey Canada and FASTHockey.
The gold medal game, which will be held on Saturday, Dec. 3 at 4 p.m. MT, will be shown on TSN and RDS, the official broadcasters of Hockey Canada. Check local listings for broadcast times in your area.
October 17, 2011 Hockey Alberta Launches New Website
October 30, 2011 Team Alberta Wins Gold At U16 Challenge Cup
October 06, 2011 Calgary To Host World Sledge Challenge


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Frankie Hughes officially signs with Louisville basketball
By Mike Rutherford@CardChronicle Nov 11, 2015, 12:54pm EST
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Frankie Hughes, the three-star guard out of Garfield Heights, Ohio who committed to Louisville on Oct. 10, has officially signed to play his college basketball for Rick Pitino. Wednesday just so happens to also be his birthday.
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The 6'4 scoring guard was a late arrival on Louisville's recruiting radar, but quickly fell in love with U of L. He wound up choosing the Cards over Wisconsin, St. Joseph's and VCU.
Hughes, who attends the same high school as former Cardinal Terry Rozier, averaged nearly 15 points per game during Garfield Heights' run to the Division-I state semifinals last season. He is advertised as a talented outside scorer who will become a versatile offensive threat once he adds a bit of muscle to his frame.
My favorite thing about Hughes' signing is that a family member actually tweeted out a picture of him signing his LOI yesterday. Of course Louisville could not accept that letter until Wednesday, the first day of the early signing period.
Frankie Hughes, the young man who committed to Louisville in the middle of one of the lowest days in the program's history, and who couldn't wait until national signing day to ink his letter of intent. Kid is a hero.


This week we read the parsha of Ki Tiso. It contains, amongst many other topics, Hashem giving Moshe the luchos/t (tablets), the cheit ha'egel (sin of the golden calf), the subsequent breaking of the luchos/t and the giving of the second luchos/t.
"Va'y'hee b'redess/t Moshe me'Har Sinai (And it was when Moshe descended from Mount Sinai) u'shnei luchos/t ha'edus/t b'yad Moshe (with the two tablets of testimony in his hand) ... U'Moshe lo yada ki keren ohr panav (And Moshe didn't know that there was a beam of light emanating from his face) [34:29]."
Rashi explains that when Hashem had 'touched' Moshe's face [33:22], it became aglow with this pure light. The Yalkut brings Rav Yehuda ben Nachman who explains that when Moshe wrote the Torah there was a leftover ink. This was passed on Moshe's face causing the beams of light.
In order to understand the concept of this extra ink and how it relates to us, we must first understand the difference between the first and second luchos/t.
When Moshe came close to the encampment with the first luchos/t he saw the letters flying off. The luchos/t suddenly became very 'heavy' and they smashed to the ground. The Beis HaLevi explains that the first .luchos/t contained in (hinted) written form all of the Torah's pasukim (verses), the Mishna and the Talmud including every question that would be asked on it and every answer. If we would not be going into galus/t (exile) and there would be no danger of it falling into the hands of the gentiles, then there was no need for an Oral Law. It all could be included in the Written Law.
With the cheit ha'egel, the course of history changed drastically. We would need trials and tribulations to correct the sin's effect on us in order to return to that original level. We would now need galus/t. The entire Torah could no longer be in a vulnerable, written form. Part would be written and the rest would be transmitted orally.
That which had been written and now needed to be oral, those letters came flying off. All that remained in Moshe's hands was the written Torah. What are t'filin (phylacteries)? What do they contain? How are they written? What are they placed in? What are tziztis/t (strings worn on four-cornered garments)? How are they made? When must they be worn? The Written Law without the Oral Law was incomprehensible. Unmaintainable. Unwieldy. It couldn't be held. It was too heavy. The luchos/t smashed to the ground.
For the next forty days Moshe prayed to Hashem to give the Torah a second time. Hashem agreed and Moshe again ascended Mount Sinai, this time to receive the second luchos/t. The first luchos/t had contained the entire Torah. It was a complete, self-sufficient entity. We Bnei Yisroel (children of Israel) played the role of the vessel into which the Torah was placed, as we place the Torah into the Ark. With the second luchos/t our role changed drastically. We became the klaff (parchment) upon which the Oral Law was 'written'. Just as the klaff and the letters together form the Written Law, we and the teachings together formed the Oral Law.
Each person, according to the effort invested, merits their share of the Oral Law. Only Moshe absorbed all that was humanly possible. The entire Oral Law had originally been written on the first luchos/t. It was not going to be written on the second luchos/t. There was 'leftover ink'! Where was it now going to be written? On Moshe's mind! He became the parchment with all of its holiness. A beam of light emanated from his face. The leftover ink.
No longer the guardians of the Torah but the bearers and wearers of the Torah. Each individual's glow is the sum result of the effort he puts in.
This past week, Rav Boruch Chait and his guitar visited the Yeshiva for some pre-Purim songs and thoughts. He told of a builder who was just starting his career. He had decided that the formula for success was to build his first house cutting no corners (sorry). He would get a reputation of being a quality builder and much business was sure to follow.
A wealthy uncle decided to help out his favorite nephew and hired him to build a house. $10,000 would be paid weekly to cover all expenses. Any leftover money would be salary. Upon completion of the house, the keys would be handed to the uncle and final finances would be squared away.
The nephew began his first job filled with vigor and excitement. Only top quality products were used and it was clearly off to a 'Grade A' beginning. After many weeks of hard work it was time to install the piping for plumbing. At the warehouse he couldn't help noticing from the corner of his eye that he'd save 25% by purchasing 'Grade B' pipes. Rationalizing that it wouldn't make that much of a difference he made the purchase pocketing the extra $2,500. A few weeks later he was ready for the electrical work. This time he noticed that he could save 50% if he'd buy the 'Grade C' wires. Giving it much less thought than he had with the plumbing, he made the purchase, this time pocketing a cool $5,000. He continued with the building until he had reached one of the final stages. As he went to buy floor and wall tiles he was thinking of how much money he could possibly save. The salesman directed him to the poorest quality materials and he bought them, saving a whopping $7,000.
The day had arrived. With the house completed, he'd hand the keys to his uncle, receive his final payment and get out of there before any sparks began to fly. His uncle appeared very appreciative for the (seemingly) quality work he had done. With a warm, loving look, his uncle settled the difference and handed him back the keys. "The house is yours. Enjoy it."
The Vilna Gaon, in his cryptic style, compares the letters 'daled' and 'reish'. Mima'amakim explains that we find the letter 'daled' and the letter 'reish' enlarged in the Torah. In the passuk of "Shema Yisroel... Hashem echod (Accept Israel... Hashem is One) [Devarim 6:4]" the 'daled' is enlarged. In the passuk commanding us not to worship another (a'cher) god [Shmos/t 34:14] the letter 'reish' is enlarged.
These two words, echad (one) and a'cher (other), represent the two outlooks of the world. The view of Yisroel and the view of Amalek. Echod is the recognition that all emanates from Echod, from Hashem. A'cher views 'other' things as having power and existence beyond the grasp and realm of Hashem.
The two words are almost identical. Both begin with an aleph are followed by a ches/t. The difference is in the third letter. One has a 'daled' and one has a 'reish'. Those two letters are almost identical. The difference is a drop of ink. A 'daled' is a 'reish' with a small 'yud' shaped bulge on its upper right corner.
Both views begin with an appreciation of the power inherent in the world. The view of Yisroel focuses this power on the 'yud', the smallest letter of the aleph beis - that which depicts a beginning. It all has a source. It comes from somewhere. There is nothing haphazard. There is no chance. Echod. The view of Amalek removes the 'yud' from the picture. They are left with a'cher. Chance. Coincidence. Mother Nature.
The miracle of Purim, the victory of Yisroel over Amalek, must make its way into our every day lives. Hashem's name isn't mentioned once in the Megilat Esther (Book of Esther). He's hidden but so obviously there. Echod, not a'cher. How else could everything have worked out the way that it did? As we are living our lives and 'building our houses', we must realize that He's hidden but so obviously there. Echod, not a'cher. That drop of ink. Include the 'yud'. As we are 'writing our parchments' we must realize that every drop of ink will make a tremendous difference in who we are and what we will become.
This is dedicated to the memory and z'chus/t (merit) of Miriam bas Shmuel a"h, the mother of a dear talmid and friend, who passed from this world this past Shabbos, the 9th of Adar. TNZB"H.