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Vol 5 No 3 (2016) /
Molecular taxonomy study of representatives of the genus Gobius inhabiting coastal waters of Black Sea region
Feriha Tserkova Institute of Fish Resources, Primorski 4 Bulv., 9000 Varna, Bulgaria; Department of Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology, University of Plovdiv Paisii Hilendarski, 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Daniela Klisarova Institute of Fish Resources, Primorski 4 Bulv., 9000 Varna, Bulgaria
Iliya Denev Department of Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology, University of Plovdiv Paisii Hilendarski, 24 Tzar Asen Str., 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Keywords: Cytochrome b, fishes, Gobiidae, Mediterranean immigrants, Gobius, Zosterisessor
According to their origin the Black Sea gobies can be divided to Ponto-Caspian relicts and Mediterranean immigrants. The increase of species diversity in the Black Sea is a consequence of Mediterranean immigrants. The present study investigated the variability in Cytochrome b sequences isolated from two former Mediterranean immigrant species: Gobius niger and Zosterisessor ophiocephalus. The annotated at NCBI Cyt b sequences of the species were also used to extend the reach of the study. The analyses demonstrated that Black Sea inhabited by four haplotypes of G. niger. Four other haplotypes were found in sequences of Mediterranean black gobies. In the Black Sea haplotype, 6 is predominant and 83.5% of all G. niger representatives belong to it. Three other haplotypes (H_1; H_7 and H_8) were found to form isolated populations. The Tajima D-test indicated that in the Black Sea G. niger in a stage of expansion and significant evolutionary pressure according to data from Maximum Composite Likelihood model of Tamura-Nei, which can explain the accumulation of mutation and appearance of new haplotypes. Unlike G. niger, Z. ophiocephalus populations are shrinking according to Tajima D-test and only one haplotype is still surviving in isolated locations in the Black Sea. These data are in agreement with previous reports of other authors which alarmed that the grass goby is a critically endangered species close to extinction.
Vol 5 No 3 (2016)
Copyright (c) 2017 Feriha Tserkova, Daniela Klisarova, Iliya Denev
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SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series created by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon.
In the show, we follow the adventures and problems of the title character and his various friends in the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom. The series' popularity has made it a phenomenon, as well as Nickelodeon network's highest rated show. It is the most distributed property of MTV Networks. The media franchise has generated $8 billion in merchandising revenue for Nickelodeon.
The series has been nominated for a variety of different awards, including 17 Annie Awards (with six wins), 17 Golden Reel Awards (with eight wins), 15 Emmy Awards (with one win), 13 Kids' Choice Awards (with 12 wins), and four BAFTA Children's Awards (with two wins). In 2011, a newly described species of mushroom, Spongiforma squarepantsii, was named after the cartoon's title character.
The voice actors for the SpongeBob SquarePants characters are: Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Rodger Bumpass, Clancy Brown, Carolyn Lawrence, and Mr. Lawrence.
SpongeBob SquarePants has been produced domestically at the Nickelodeon Animation Studios in Burbank, California, and animated overseas at Rough Draft Studios in South Korea. The theme music was composed by Hank Smith Music, which consisted of Derek Drymon, Mark Harrison, Stephen Hillenburg and Blaise Smith.
The series airs on Nickelodeon in Australia and New Zealand, Canada, India, and the United Kingdom and Ireland. It airs on TG4 in Ireland, YTV and Teletoon in Canada and on Eleven in Australia.
SpongeBob SquarePants is one of the longest-running shows on Nickelodeon. During the eighth season, the show became the Nickelodeon series with the most episodes, surpassing the 172 episodes of Rugrats with 178. In its ninth season, a total of 26 episodes are in order, which would push the series over the 200th episode mark.
In a statement, Brown Johnson, animation president for Nickelodeon, said, "SpongeBob's success in reaching over 200 episodes is a testament to creator Stephen Hillenburg's vision, comedic sensibility and his dynamic, lovable characters. The series now joins the club of contemporary classic Nicktoons that have hit this benchmark, so we're incredibly proud"
On June 4, 2013, Viacom announced a multi-year licensing agreement which would move its programs, such as SpongeBob and Dora the Explorer, to Amazon.com, Netflix's top competitor, where it now airs.
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Mary-Jo Kranacher, CPA Journal Editor-in-Chief, interviewed both Douglas R. Carmichael, the first Chief Auditor of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), and his successor, Thomas Ray. They spoke about the role of the Chief Auditor at the PCAOB and their common approach to the office and the issues facing the profession.
In the first year of compliance with section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), affected companies produced a volume of opinion on how the process could be improved. Following the SEC's call for suggestions on the topic, Edison Electric Institute (EEI) collected the views and experiences of the electric utilities industry. The participants' thoughts and ideas presented are summarized below. Overall, the electric utility industry believes that SOX section 404 compels a company to take a hard look at its business processes and systems, which is good.


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Q: Custom static path in flask api? I have referred the link here: More than one static path in local Flask instance and tried getting to display the image files in the browser tab, but couldn't do so. Unable to make out the mistake.
stored_name is the physical filename of the file stored in the path specified by the app config constant variable: 'UPLOAD_FOLDER'. This folder is NOT in the static folder and its sub-folder path. I would like to increase storage capacity of files (maybe image files also), later by adding harddisk space, which is difficult if I use the static folder for storage. I don't want to override the static folder during app initialisation(which works)
Code snippets:
from flask import send_from_directory
@app.route('/api/v1.0/docs/<path:filename>', methods=["GET"])
def img_render(filename):
    print 'Called here'
    return send_from_directory(app.config['UPLOAD_FOLDER'], filename)

@app.route('/api/v1.0/docs/<int:doc_id>',methods=["GET"])
def image_rendering(doc_id):
    s = select([docs]).where(docs.c.id==doc_id)
    rs = conn.execute(s).fetchone()
    filename = str(rs[docs.c.stored_name])

    return url_for('img_render', filename=filename)

Html template:
<!DOCTYPE html>

The template is in the templates folder itself.  If I override the original static folder during init of the application, I am able to get the images displayed in the browser, but I have to change my reference to the static folder for the application OR I will have to upload images into the static folder from the application, which I don't want to do.   What is the mistake that it just displays the path of the image in the browser example:

/api/v1.0/docs/1_20160707_121214.jpg

and not the image itself? Where is the mistake in the code? Using flask v .0.11, linux 2.7.

A: Your image_rendering method is returning a string (which is what you see in the browser) when it should be returning the result of a template rendering.
Replace 'mytemplate.html' with the name of your html template in the following sample.
from flask import render_template

@app.route('/api/v1.0/docs/<int:doc_id>',methods=["GET"])
def image_rendering(doc_id):
    s = select([docs]).where(docs.c.id==doc_id)
    rs = conn.execute(s).fetchone()
    filename = str(rs[docs.c.stored_name])

    return render_template('mytemplate.html', filename=filename)

Here is a simple Flask App that works in Windows. In my d:\temp folder there is a file test.jpg. Make sure your Flask App has the correct permissions to read the files in the upload folder. To use browse to http://127.0.0.1:5000/api/v1.0/docs/99:
from flask import Flask, send_from_directory, render_template

app = Flask(__name__)
app.config['UPLOAD_FOLDER'] = 'd:/temp'

@app.route('/')
def hello_world():
    return 'Hello World!'

@app.route('/api/v1.0/docs/<path:filename>', methods=["GET"])
def img_render(filename):
    return send_from_directory(app.config['UPLOAD_FOLDER'], filename=filename, mimetype='image/jpeg')

@app.route('/api/v1.0/docs/<int:doc_id>',methods=["GET"])
def image_rendering(doc_id):
    #  ignore doc_id, we'll use a constant filename
    filename = 'test.jpg'
    return render_template('test.html', filename=filename)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    app.run()

test.html in the templates folder:
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Everyone like Gardens… Right? And when gardens have that different colored flowers, beautiful landscapes and that aroma…. What else can you ask for !
Here we bring you World's top 15 gardens, each one of them is unique and have their own charm and beauty.
Keukenhof is the most beautiful spring garden in the world and one of World's largest flower garden with approximately 7 million flower bulbs planted annually in the park. The garden is open annually from mid-March to mid-May. The grounds of Castle Keukenhof are open all year long and are frequently used for festivals such as Castlefest, the Ladies Winternight, and the Christmas Fair. The castle also houses classical music performances. One should surely put this in the Must See places in the World.
Located on the banks of Yarra river in Melbourne is one of the fascinating gardens in Australia, Discover the rare and beautiful plants, breathtaking landscapes and iconic buildings in the garden.
"Most Beautiful Garden in Africa" Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden lives up to its reputation and is one of the great botanic gardens of the world. Only Few gardens can match the sheer grandeur of the setting of Kirstenbosch, against the eastern slopes of Cape Town's Table Mountain. From the gardens, several trails lead off along and up the mountain slopes and these are much used by walkers and mountaineers. In summers, a popular series of outdoor concerts are also held here on Sunday evenings.
The 140 acre Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona has the world's finest collection of arid-land plants from deserts around the world in a unique outdoor setting. The Garden also offers a variety of lectures and workshops on desert landscaping and horticulture, botanical art and illustration, nature art and photography, and health. The Garden has more than 50,000 accessioned plants throughout its five thematic trails.
One of the top tourist attraction in Victoria, Canada and also designated a National Historic Site of Canada. The gardens are beautifully maintained and with awesome colors, just a treat for the eyes.
The most famous garden in France is based on the famous art work of Monet. There are two parts in Monet's garden: a flower garden called Clos Normand in front of the house and a Japanese inspired water garden on the other side of the road. There are literally thousands of flowers in these gardens including masses of tulips, irises, oriental poppies and peonies – plants with wonderful colors providing an inspiration to Monet's paintings.
It is a private garden built by Charles Jencks and his late wife Maggie in Portrack House inspired science and mathematics, with sculptures and landscaping on these themes, such as Black Holes and Fractals. One of the beautiful abstract garden you will ever see.
With over 1077 acres of land and more than 11,000 type of plants, Longwood Gardens are one of its kind. It includes the Italian Water Garden, Flower Garden Walk, aquatic display gardens and many others.
It is one of the world class of elegant tropical botanical garden. It is also a major scientific center dedicated to cycads, with its own Cycad Gene Bank. Apart from the botanical park, Nong Nooch Garden also features daily shows at the Thai Cultural Hall.
One of the Magnificent and unique Renaissance gardens in Europe, its five exceptional gardens – the ornamental kitchen garden, ornamental garden, water garden, medicinal garden and maze – are the perfect destination for those who love gardens and strolling. A viewpoint offers visitors a beautiful panorama of the beautiful and colourful setting.
The botanical heritage of the Giardini di Villa Taranto (Gardens of Villa Taranto) includes about 1000 plants with about 20,000 varieties that had never been grown in Italy before. The Garden is located on the western shore of Lake Maggiore in Pallanza.
Kew is London's largest UNESCO World Heritage site offering unique landscapes, vistas and iconic architecture from every stage of the Gardens' history. Kew's mission is to be the global resource for plant and fungal knowledge.
A magnificent formal French-Style garden and One of the largest gardens ever made, the gardens of the Palace of Versailles are laid out on an enormous scale. Everything is impeccably kept. The massive number of topiaries are all clipped into immaculate shapes and the sheer splendor is amazing.
Stourhead is the best example of a garden inspired by the great landscape and great reason enough to visit England. The gardens are incorporating the ever changing vistas around a lake. The Arcadian ideal is the sort of background scene you see in many Italian Renaissance portraits, including the Mona Lisa. Do not miss out to visit this garden for your next England trip.
Kenroku-en is one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan, the grounds are open year-round during daylight hours and famous for its beauty in all seasons. The garden is located outside the gates of Kanazawa Castle where it originally formed the outer garden. the garden is famous for its six unique attributes which are perfect landscape, spaciousness, seclusion, artifice, antiquity, waterways, and panoramas. A 'Must Visit' in Japan !
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Jayme Zerivitz February 16, 2012 Arts & Culture Comments Off on Are Our Children Too Stressed Out?
A mother of three, Vicki Abeles took on an investigation into the lives of our children to see what life is really like for their generation. What she found was youngsters being rushed from class to sports to homework to community work. The result of her research is the documentary film, "Race to Nowhere: The Dark Side of America's Achievement Culture." The film sheds light not only on our overtired, overstressed and over stimulated youth, but also on the burned-out teachers and deeply frustrated parents who have become the norm in our culture.
Katie Couric, CBS News Anchor, had an opportunity to interview Abeles for her web show and was profoundly impacted by the film's message. As she shared, "Over-scheduled, stressed-out kids aren't just less competitive, they are miserable…this film is a poignant reminder that straight A's and high SAT scores are not the Holy Grail. We all want our kids to excel, but I'd take a happy child over a 'depressed success' any day of the week. "
The Boulder JCC will screen the film at a special program on Thursday, February 23 from 6 pm – 9 pm. Following the screening, a panel consisting of educators, parents and students will share their thoughts on how this film relates to our children in the Boulder County area. The administrators will share how their school districts are addressing the important issues raised in this film. This will be a unique presentation, as several of the panel members will speak about the film from the Jewish perspective.
The panel includes Don Stensrud, Fairview High School Principal (Boulder Valley School District); Dawn Macy, Sunset Middle School Principal (St. Vrain School District); Betsy Fox, Co-Founder of Parent Engagement Network (PEN) & Positive Community Development Expert and Jerry Pinsker, Jewish Educator.
These are important topics to bring to the table for discussion; especially in a community which greatly values education. Education is an important Jewish value, which is one of the reasons that the JCC has chosen to show this film," explains Shari Blake Schnee, BJCC Shalom Family Director.
Click here to register. The registration fee is $10 in advance and $15 at the door (depending on ticket availability.) Babysitting will be available for those in 5th grade and up and must be reserved in advance by emailing Shari Blake Schnee at shari@boulderjcc.org.
For more information on this event, go to www.boulderjcc.org or to www.racetonowhere.com. This event is recommended for parents of children in fifth grade and up and for high school students.
This event is made possible through a grant from the 18 Pomegranates Foundation and is co-sponsored by Boulder JCC Shalom Family & JTeen and Parent Engagement Network (PEN).
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About Jayme Zerivitz
Jayme is the Communications and Marketing Director at the Boulder JCC. She holds a BA in Communication from Tulane University. She is also a mom of two girls who loves living in Boulder.
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A printed brochure has a limited lifespan. It harms the environment and creates extra work for event organisers.
A mobile event app offers multiple branding options, with plenty of opportunities for interaction and engagement. It actively encourages word-of-mouth sharing through social media and has a small environmental footprint.
The issue for event planners is to convince the sponsor that mobile offers a superior ROI to paper. This means providing tangible proof an event app will draw eyeballs to the sponsor's brand.
A clever and easy way to do this is by marrying attendees' environmental conscience with your need for them to view sponsorship material.
The idea is simple: for every attendee that flicks through all the adverts on the conference app there will be a tree planted on their behalf.
A number of companies specialise in the planting of native trees. We particularly like the work of Australian based, Greenfleet. It costs around $5 per tree planted and that tree cannot be cut down for one hundred years. Even better each tree works towards a company's carbon offset.
The proposition to the attendees is easy. They get the good feeling of a tree being planted in their name and all because they flicked through a few adverts on an event app.
For the sponsor they get the benefit of receiving a certificate showing that they have planted trees to help offset their carbon output. Plus they get great green kudos from attendees who will see their adverts and be impressed that said company is doing such cool marketing.
The event organiser wins too. They don't have to spend time creating a printed program and can charge a small premium per tree on top to the sponsors if they choose to.
CrowdComms can do the hard work at the software end. We can make sure there is tangible data to ensure sponsors can see how many people engaged with their ad through the event app. Whether it's through our gaming module or by targeting a click total, we can deliver the analytics to make sponsors happy.
If you are an event organiser and interested in doing something along these lines, please get in touch and we can work together on planting trees and encouraging sponsors to make the switch to a mobile event app.
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Q: Flutter AnimatedContainer vs AnimationController I can't find the difference between the two, and why you would want to use one above the other.
The way I see it, both of them pretty much does the same thing.
Why and where would you use one above the other?

A: AnimatedContainer is used for getting things done fast and for simple uses because it uses implicit animations to animate the change in its properties like a change in color or size (width,height) So it makes the animation for you and you don't need to worry or write boilerplate
However, AnimationController is used when you need more control on the animation you want to create and when the animation is complex in this case you will need to do an explicit animation( i.e. using a controller and animation object explicitly and not implicitly as in case of AnimatedContainer)
now I could provide you with an example code but it would be better if you check this series of videos from official flutter team that explains the difference and when to use each one

A: its like comparing TextFormField and TextEditingController
they are not the same, they cannot be used to achieve the same goal

A: Let's say you'd like an animation to complete first before executing a function. There is no explicit way to monitor when an AnimatedContainer is finished animating.
An AnimationController does allow you to monitor this kind of thing with methods like yourAnimatedController.addStatusListner((status) => ...), as nicely explained here https://stackoverflow.com/a/50473876/6941972
There are use cases for this. For example, you might have a list of items with animations on each tile. If you need to remove an animated tile from the list, you'll need to make sure that whatever animations are running on that list stop first. That's not always easy to do with an AnimatedContainer.


Halloween's gone, bonfire night went off with a bang, so what's next? Ah yes, the festive season. And time to get all the decorations and twinkling lights out of the box once again.
But don't forget, Christmas lights are one of the biggest causes of house fires in the UK over the Christmas period. Be it faulty lights, lights getting too hot or overloaded sockets, Christmas lights can ruin a wonderful holiday.
Last year, fairy lights went up in smoke causing 20 fires while Christmas trees, decorations and cards were also a fire risk and responsible for 47 house fires, leading to 20 non-fatal casualties across the UK. Candles sparked around 1,000 UK house fires, resulting in 9 deaths and 388 casualties.
If you can, buy new ones each year. Tightly coiled wires left for a year can deteriorate and increase the risk of electrical faults. Also new ones should have higher safety standards.
Keep cards and other flammable materials away from lights. Often the small bulbs can give off an extreme amount of heat.
Switch off Christmas tree lights when leaving the house or going to bed.
Don't buy cheap lights, no matter how tempting the price. Often cheaply imported lights will have suspect safety ratings, if any at all. You don't want to risk your home for the sake of a few pounds. Look for the safety marks on any lights you buy such as the BS Kitemark.
Never insert or remove bulbs when they are switched on.
Always inspect the cables and light bulbs for damage before using them.
If the lights are damaged, dispose of them. Don't risk it.
Don't run cables under the carpet or where they can be damaged. Make sure they're not left anywhere that they could be a tripping hazard.
Never overload sockets or extension leads. Overloaded sockets cause fires quicker than you may think.
If you buy Christmas lights that are faulty, you have the right as a customer to return the lights to where you bought them for a refund, replacement or repair.


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Biografia
Drumev, per le sue opere, viene considerato un eroe della Bulgaria ai tempi del risorgimento.

Nel rango ecclesiastico riuscì a fare carriera tanto che nel 1884 diventò metropolita, un ruolo simile come importanza all'arcivescovo,  di Veliko Tărnovo.

Egli era uno scrittore di romanzi che riprendeva avvenimenti della sua terra, fra le sue opere si mette in risalto Un'infelice famiglia (1858-60), ricordato per essere stato il primo romanzo importante della letteratura bulgara. Qui viene espresso tutta la drammaticità di una famiglia bulgara oppressa dai turchi

Altre sue opere sono Maestri e benefattori (1864) e uno dei drammi patriottici più emblematici di quei tempi: Ivanko, L'uccisore di Asen I (1872).

Onorificenze

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni
 «Drumev, Vasil»,  in Enciclopedia, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia italiana Treccani, Roma (on-line)

Accademia bulgara delle scienze

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Pre-Stonewall gay rights activists Renée Vera Cafiero and Nancy Garden moved to an apartment in this building in December 1964, shortly after participating in the very first public demonstration for gay rights in the United States, at the U.S. Army Building in Manhattan.
While living here, they remained active in the Daughters of Bilitis and Mattachine Society and took part in the pioneering actions organized by Mattachine and the East Coast Homophile Organizations (ECHO) in New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C.
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(right to left) Randy Wicker, Craig Rodwell, Nancy Garden, Renee Cafiero, and Jack Diether at the U.S. Army Building picket, September 19, 1964. Photo attributed to Jefferson Poland. Courtesy of Randy Wicker.
(left to right) Renée Cafiero, Jefferson Poland, and Jack Diether at the U.S. Army Building picket, September 19, 1964. Photo: Randy Wicker. Courtesy of Randy Wicker.
Renée Cafiero (left) with Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern, 1972. Photo courtesy of Renée Cafiero.
Nancy Garden (1938-2014) and Renée Vera Pachter Cafiero (b. 1943) met in 1964. During the summer of 1964 Cafiero joined the Mattachine Society (MSNY) and brought Garden into the group. Both were also members of the Daughters of Bilitis (DOB). Although there were only a few other women, they preferred MSNY because of its political activism.
At MSNY, Garden "worked on the newsletter and on writing a pamphlet for distribution to gays who went to bars; the pamphlet explained how to behave and what to say — and not say — if one was arrested." Cafiero served on the Young Adults Committee headed by Craig Rodwell and was program chairman, in charge of finding speakers for meetings from about 1965 to 1967.
On September 19, 1964, they joined Rodwell in representing MSNY in a demonstration organized by activist Randy Wicker at the U.S. Army Induction Center on Whitehall Street in Manhattan to protest the army's discrimination against gays and practice of disclosing draft records to employers. They were the only women in the group and were very nervous because, as Garden later wrote, they "had no idea what to expect." They handed out flyers titled "The Army Invades Sexual Privacy," and Cafiero carried a picket sign declaring "Homosexuals Died for U.S. Too." Afterwards, they "felt a little let down because it had been so uneventful, but also triumphant, since … it was after all, the first gay picket."
That first demonstration gave gay activists the confidence to organize further actions. During the next few years Garden and Cafiero took part in protests in Washington, D.C., organized by the East Coast Homophile Organizations (ECHO), as well as the group's Reminder Day protests in front of Independence Hall, which occurred annually from 1965 to 1969. They remained friends with Rodwell, and when he quit MSNY in 1967 to open the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop, they were part of the work crew who helped him set up the store.
Garden and Cafiero lived in this building until 1967 when they moved to 164 Hicks Street in Brooklyn Heights. They broke up in 1969, after Garden got back together with her first girlfriend, Sandra Scott. Garden and Scott moved to 16 Warren Place in Cobble Hill, where Garden began the first drafts of her groundbreaking young adult novel Annie on My Mind.
Cafiero continued to live at 164 Hicks Street until 1989, when she moved to Park Slope. In 1971 she was one of the founders and later the secretary and a spokesperson for the Gay Alliance of Brooklyn. In 1972 she was an alternate delegate for George McGovern at the Democratic Convention, one of five openly gay delegates nationwide who lobbied unsuccessfully for a gay rights plank in the convention platform. During the 1970s and 1980s, Cafiero was active in the West Brooklyn Independent Democrats. A union officer, she was instrumental in crafting the United Auto Workers sexual orientation anti-discrimination contract language in the 1980s. A longtime member of Lambda Independent Democrats (founded in 1978, now the largest LGBT political organization in Brooklyn), she has devoted most of her political energies to that organization since 1989 and is currently its corresponding secretary.
This entry, written by project consultant Gale Harris, is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
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Year Built: 1870; converted to apartments, stoop and original details removed, 1947
Betsy Kuhn, "Nancy Garden and the Whitehall Picket, 1964," Bonus Features: Books and Writing, bit.ly/2LmAPc5. [source of both Garden quotes]
Fred Wasserman, "Brooklyn Lesbian and Gay History Exhibition Project Notes, "[Compiled for the Brooklyn Historical Society, 1993-1994], 48-49.
Mattachine Society, Inc. of New York, Topical File, Program Committee, Manuscripts and Archives Division, New York Public Library, reel 14, box 5, folder 14.
Nancy Garden, Annie on My Mind (1982; rpt. ed. with 2007 author interview by Kathleen T. Horning, New York: Square Fish, 2013).
Peter Golenbock, In the Country of Brooklyn: Inspiration to the World (New York: Harper Collins, ebooks, 2008), 587-599.
Renée Vera Cafiero, phone interview and e-mails to Gale Harris/NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project, March 2019.
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6 basic bills you should always negotiate
by The Medianistas | Sep 10, 2015 | Customer Centric, Guest Contributors
Does the thought of haggling over your monthly bills make you break out in a cold sweat?
You're not alone, because most people don't like trying to talk their way into a lower price.
A 2013 Consumer Reports survey found that less than half of consumers had tried negotiating a better deal on everyday goods and services in the past three years.
But if you can get over your fear of negotiating, you'll see the payoff in your pocketbook — especially when it comes to bills that you pay regularly or even occasionally.
Tai McNeely, a money-saving expert and founder of the His & Her Money blog, said she frequently negotiates with service providers to get a better rate. She's successful nine out of 10 times. "I don't have a problem with calling and asking for a discount because they budget for this stuff," she said. "If you don't use it, someone else will."
Find out how to negotiate bills down to a more affordable cost:
1. Medical Bills
A pricey medical procedure can be a big blow to your budget, especially if your insurance policy has a high deductible or your insurer denies your claim. But you shouldn't assume that you're on the hook for the full amount you're being asked to pay. "If you know what the going rate for a procedure is, you can always negotiate," said Adria Gross, CEO of MedWise Insurance Advocacy, which helps people navigate the medical claims system.
You can use free online source HealthCareBluebook.com to look up the reasonable amount you should expect to pay for a medical procedure, test or service in your area.
Or, visit FairHealthConsumer.org, and use the consumer cost look-up tool to get cost estimates of medical and dental services in your area. This information can help you determine whether you're being charged more than the estimated cost, giving you a starting point for negotiations.
Offering to pay with cash — rather than credit — is another good way to get a discount of at least 10 percent to 50 percent, Gross said. She recently got a medical bill for a client reduced by 75 percent by using this strategy.
McNeely said that by taking the time to understand what her insurance plan will and will not pay for has helped her dispute charges and avoid overpaying for medical care. "You have to know your rights and what is covered," she said.
2. Wireless Phone Service Bill
Whenever McNeely signs up for wireless phone service, she never expects to pay the price advertised by a provider. She researches what other wireless providers are offering, then uses that information to negotiate a lower price with the provider she wants. "A lot of times, they have flexibility to offer you a better package because they know you can go to their rivals," McNeely said.
Make sure you research at least three competitors' prices and have their websites open when you make your call so you can quickly reference their rates, she said. According to the Consumer Reports survey, half of the consumers who negotiated their cellphone plans saved $100 or more.
3. Cable or Satellite TV Bill
You likely got a special promotional rate when you signed up for cable or satellite TV service. But after that promotional period is up after a year or so, the cable company is banking on you not noticing that your rate has jumped, McNeely said. That doesn't mean you're locked into paying a bigger bill, however.
Call the cable company, and let it know that you're considering switching providers or dropping your service if it won't lower your rate. Also, cite a competitor's offer.
With more and more people cutting the cord and opting for online and pay-as-you-go services, cable companies "want to keep your business, and they'll do whatever it takes," McNeely said. She typically gets her cable provider to lower her rate back to within $5 to $10 of the introductory rate and throw in a freebie, such as a premium channel.
McNeely schedules a calendar reminder on her smartphone to alert her one month before her rate is due to increase so she can call the cable company and start negotiating. To avoid getting stuck on hold, she always presses the key during the menu options that corresponds to the "change or cancel your service" option. "They won't leave you on hold because they don't want to lose you," she said.
She also negotiates a discount whenever there are problems with her service, such as an outage. She recently got $25 knocked off her bill when she lodged a complaint.
4. DSL Internet Service Bill
Curious to find out how to negotiate internet service? Many consumers get their internet service through their cable company as part of a bundled package that typically offers a discounted rate for a year or two. My household actually gets its internet service through our telephone service provider, AT&T.
When my husband noticed that our rate for our bundled services shot up after what he calls the "bait-and-switch" rate expired, he called our provider and threatened to drop both our internet and landline service. To avoid losing a customer that was paying for two of its services, AT&T lowered our monthly bill by $20 — an annual saving of $240.
5. Rent
The cost of cable, phone and other services might be just a drop in the bucket compared with how much you're paying each month for housing. Like those services, though, you can negotiate your rent.
According to real estate site Zillow, renters who can demonstrate that they'll be responsible, reliable tenants because they have a steady job, good credit and plan to stay in an apartment for several years have leverage when it comes to negotiating rent. Also, renters in a market where there's not as much competition for apartments will have better luck getting landlords to lower their price.
Use a site such as Rentometer.com to find out if your rent is reasonable for your area or whether you're being overcharged and can negotiate a better deal.
6. School Tuition Bills
"It is a little-known fact that private school tuition rates are rarely set in stone," writes author Ruth Soukup on her blog Living Well Spending Less. When comparing schools, parents should ask whether their rates can be adjusted — especially if more than one child from the family will be attending, according to Soukup. If the school isn't willing to budge on its tuition, maybe it will offer a payment plan so you don't have to pay the entire amount upfront.
Consumers who are behind on their utility bills might be able to negotiate payment plans. However, you typically won't have much luck negotiating a lower rate for water, gas or electricity from the get-go as you can with services such as cable TV, McNeely said.
But that doesn't mean the only way to lower your utility bills is to resort to cost-saving moves such as setting the thermostat lower in the winter or using a low-flow shower head.
Some utility companies — typically water companies — offer discounted rates at certain times of the day, said McNeely. Check with your local utilities to see if they have off-peak rates. Then, take advantage of them by running the dishwasher, washer and dryer as well as watering your lawn during those times.
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by Doris Lin
Doris Lin is the director of legal affairs for the Animal Protection League of New Jersey. She previously worked for the Environmental Protection Agency.
While opponents of animal rights (AR) usually make weak arguments for their case, they are occasionally right. For instance, AR advocates really do believe it is morally wrong for humans to eat animals. But for the most part, such arguments have little or no basis in reality and are easily shown for the fallacies they are.
Lions Eat Animals
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One of the most common arguments against animal rights is that there are many predators in the wild who hunt and eat meat-based prey. Why should humans, who are also animals, be exempt?
Animal rights advocates counter that a lion, being a feline, is what is considered an obligate carnivore. Taurine, an essential amino acid, is vital to the health of these big cats. Without it, they will die. And they can only get it from meat. Taurine, however, is made in the human body and can also be obtained from non-meat sources.
Besides, say AR advocates, there are a lot of things that lions do that humans would not. Lions play with their food before killing and consuming it. There have been no studies to suggest that lions feel sorry for their prey, whereas human beings are empathetic to others. Lion social structure is also different. Male lions have more than one partner, a practice humans frown on. Also, a male lion will kill the babies of another male lion in order to perpetuate its own bloodline.
Furthermore, the American Dietetic Association supports vegan diets:
"It is the position of the American Dietetic Association that appropriately planned vegetarian diets, including total vegetarian or vegan diets, are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases."
Animal Rights Is Extreme
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Whether animals rights is "extreme" might depend on how one understands the term. Merriam Webster defines "extreme" in three ways:
Existing in a very high degree
Going to great or exaggerated lengths; radical
Exceeding the ordinary, usual, or expected
In the case of animal rights, say its adherents, there is nothing wrong with seeking solutions that are "extreme" and far from the ordinary. In the United States, the "ordinary" treatment of animals causes animals to suffer and die on factory farms, in laboratories, on fur farms, in leg-hold traps, in puppy mills, and in zoos and circuses. An extreme change is needed to save animals from these fates.
Pets Will Become Extinct
It's a common misconception that animal rights advocates want all domestic animals to go extinct. That means not only no more cows, chickens, and pigs raised for meat, but also no cats, dogs, horses, hamsters, etc. raised as animal companions.
Animal rights advocates realize just how strong the human/animal bond can be. The last thing they want is to allow people's pets to be wiped from the face of the earth. Neither does anyone want these animals released into the wild, even though many feral cat, dog, and pig colonies already exist. For those animals that are unfit to survive in the wild, extinction is not a bad thing. "Broiler" chickens grow so large, they develop joint problems and heart disease. Cows now produce more than twice as much milk as they did 50 years ago, and domestic turkeys are too large to mate naturally. There is no reason to continue breeding these animals. To animal rights advocates, these are fates worse than death.
They Want Eating Meat to Be Illegal
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Eating meat infringes on the rights of animals to live and be free, so animal rights activists don't believe people have a moral right to eat animals, even though it's perfectly legal to do so. Some prominent AR advocates have called for making the slaughter and eating of meat illegal, while others rely on moral persuasion.
But AR activists will never remain silent in the face of what they believe is this injustice—and they have a legal right to free speech that is protected by law. To expect AR activists to remain silent is failing to respect their right to express themselves and advocate veganism.
Vegans Kill Animals, Too
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It is nearly impossible for a person to live on this planet without causing some suffering and death to animals. Animals are killed and displaced on farms to grow crops; animal products show up in unexpected places like car tires; and pollution destroys wild habitats and the animals who depend on them. However, this has nothing to do with whether animals deserve rights, and being vegan is one way to minimize one's negative impact on animals and leave as small a carbon footprint as possible. One cannot be an environmentalist and a carnivore, say vegans. Which way of life leads to a better planet for the people, for the animals, and for the future of Earth?
Animals Don't Think
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The ability to think like a human is an arbitrary criterion for rights. Why not base it on the ability to fly or use echolocation or walk up walls?
Furthermore, if rights come from the ability to think, then some humans—babies and the mentally incapacitated—are not deserving of rights, while some non-human animals with the ability to think like a human do deserve rights. No one is arguing for this twisted reality where only the most intellectually gifted individuals of various species in the animal kingdom deserve rights.
They Do Not Have Duties
This is a twisted argument. All animals absolutely have a purpose in life. Even a tick, a bloodsucking pest, is food for birds. Those white birds standing on cattle are not mistaking the cow for an Uber driver! They are eating the ticks, which help them do their job—to drop seeds on the ground, which will grow into plants. Hawks eat carrion; sharks rid the ocean of overpopulated species; bees are absolutely necessary to the health of our crops' and dogs help the blind. It goes on and on.
And, again, if "duty" were a criteria for rights, that would mean babies, the mentally ill, the mentally incapacitated, or the intellectually disabled would not have rights.
Furthermore, although animals do not have rights, they are still subject to human laws and punishments, including imprisonment and death. A dog that attacks a person may be required to remain confined and/or muzzled, or may be sentenced to die. A deer that eats crops may be shot and killed by a farmer under a depredation permit. If animals can be punished under our laws, say AR advocates, then they should also have rights under those laws.
Plants Have Feelings, Too
This argument is another one of those ridiculous things people say when they are out of ammo. As far as science is concerned, plants do not feel pain. Even if they did, that would put humans in the same position as lions, since we cannot live without consuming plants. Therefore, we would be morally justified in eating plants.
Also, if plants feel pain, that does not mean that eating plants and eating animals are morally equivalent because it takes many more plants to feed an omnivore compared to a vegan. Feeding grains, hay, and other plant foods to animals so that we can eat the animals is very inefficient, and kills far more plants than being vegan.
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Pogba was a fan favourite at Juve, winning four consecutive Serie A titles before returning to United in 2016, and it was an emotional night for the Frenchman on his former stomping ground.
The midfielder revealed that it was 'weird' walking into the away changing room at Juventus after spending four years with the Italian giants.
'It was wonderful coming back here, although it felt weird going into the away locker room. I was so accustomed to the Juve one,' Pogba added.
'The reaction of the fans really moved me, as I missed them and Italian football.


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Q: Can't use itemFromIndex in clicked signal of QTreeView with QSortFilterProxyModel I have a QTreeView with a QSortFilterProxyModel between the view and a QStandardItemModel to sort the tree.  I then want to act on clicks in the view through the clicked() signal.
The models/view are setup similar to this:
mymodel  = new QStandardItemModel(5, 5, this);
mysort = new MySortProxy(this);
mysort->setSourceModel(mymodel);
myview = new QTableView(this);
myview->setSourceModel(mysort);
connect(myview, SIGNAL(clicked(QModelIndex)), this, slot(clickAction(QModelIndex)));

This setup all works and sorts my data in the way I want it.  When you click on an item, the clickAction() slot gets called with the index of the item clicked.  I then try to get the item from the index in the slot:
void myclass::clickAction(const QModelIndex &index)
{
    QStandardItem *item = mymodel->itemFromIndex(index);
}

However, itemFromIndex returns NULL.
If I remove the QSortFilterProxyModel and set the model directly as sourcemodel in the view, it all works perfectly.  I.e.
myview->setSourceModel(mymodel);    // was setSourceModel(mysort);

mymodel->itemFromIndex(index) now returns the item as expected, but obviously now I can't use my own sort proxy.
Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong and how I can get the item in the click slot when I have a sortfilter proxy in place?
I'm using Qt-4.3.1.
Thanks for any help, Giles

A: I believe you want to do something like:
void myclass::clickAction(const QModelIndex &index)
{
    QStandardItem *item = mymodel->itemFromIndex(mysort->mapToSource(index));
}


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Benjamin J. Spencer
Newscom
The sought-after jerseys won't be Jets green, but Super Bowl-related retail spending this year is expected to top $10.1 billion—a 13% increase over 2010's take, according to the Retail Advertising and Marketing Association.
Football fans, possibly piqued by a showdown between perennial powerhouses the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers, are expected to shell out big-time this year for team apparel, food and beverages, and electronics, with an average tab of $59.33, according to the association. For instance, at least 4.5 million people, or about 4.5% of the game's estimated audience, are expected to buy new televisions for the event; that's up from 3.6 million last year, when the New Orleans Saints beat the Indianapolis Colts.
Even without a New York team hitting the field, local electronics retailers are gearing up for a run on flat-screens. Best Buy, with seven city locations, hopes the TV sales will help it regain ground after a lackluster holiday season, and Manhattan's own J&R is slashing prices on some giant sets by as much as $600 leading up to Super Bowl Sunday.
NASSAU COUNTY LOST ITS INDEPENDENCE when the state's Nassau Interim Finance Authority took over the county's finances, after reports of flawed bookkeeping and flat revenues led to a dismal Moody's credit rating. The takeover halts the county's short-term borrowing for operating expenses and could result in wage freezes for county staffers. New York state bailed Nassau out once before, in 2000, to the tune of $100 million.
... THE PACKED SIDEWALKS OF SOHO should get a little cleaner now that the City Planning Commission has approved the creation of a SoHo Business Improvement District. The green light came amid objections by some residents and the local community board. The proposed BID will add to the 63 other business improvement districts currently spread over the five boroughs. Some residents had argued that a SoHo BID was unnecessary, since SoHo already draws lots of tourists. The BID still needs City Council and mayoral approval.
... J.C. PENNEY'S BIGGEST SHAREHOLDER JOINED ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS on the same day that the retail chain announced plans to close 25 stores. William Ackman of Pershing Square Capital Management, who bought up a 16.5% share in the retailer last October, has a reputation for buying into and then shaking up companies he thinks are undervalued. Vornado Realty Trust's Steven Roth, whose company owns 9.9% of the retailer's stock, was also named to the board.
... THE NONPROFIT CENTER FOR JEWISH HISTORY PAID OFF ITS LONG-STANDING DEBT after an 18-month capital campaign flushed out some generous donors, including the Fairholme Foundation, which gave $6.8 million. Another 19 donors helped erase the $30 million debt incurred since moving to its West 16th Street location.
... ADVERTISERS CONTINUED TO SHED SKINS, MTV's new teen drama that has drawn criticism for its frank depiction of sex and drug use among the underage crowd. Subway shops and Schick razors withdrew their advertising, following the flight path of Taco Bell, L'Oréal and Foot Locker.
Former Council Speaker Corey Johnson stiffed by FTX
Hudson River train tunnel full speed ahead as Biden hails funding
Garment District braces for alterations


The superb dark and brooding electronic.orchestral score to the ever-controversial 80's classic horror/gore movie from William Lustig. Starring the late Joe Spinell (RIP) and Caroline Munro, it's the story of Frank Zito - and his obsession with his dead mother which manifests itself by his brutal killing of young women. This is a disturbing score - made all the more freaky by the use of dialogue from the movie mixed into one of the tracks. Kind of like a really dark chill-out CD. A real collectors item - highly recommended. Packaging & Liner Notes Simply BEAUTIFUL full color, glossy 3-fold digi-pack. This is an enhanced CD - along with the soundtrack it also contains loads of graphic stills from the movie, quicktime trailers and production notes that you can access on your computer. Collectable and VERY Cool!


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Questa voce raccoglie le informazioni riguardanti il Fußball-Club Gütersloh nelle competizioni ufficiali della stagione 1997-1998.

Stagione
Nella stagione 1997-1998 il Gütersloh, allenato da Hannes Linßen, concluse il campionato di 2. Bundesliga al 5º posto. In Coppa di Germania il Gütersloh fu eliminato al primo turno dal .

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Organigramma societario
Area tecnica
 Allenatore: Hannes Linßen
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 Preparatori atletici:

Calciomercato

Sessione estiva

Sessione invernale

Risultati

2. Bundesliga

Girone di andata

Girone di ritorno

Coppa di Germania

Statistiche

Statistiche di squadra

Andamento in campionato

Statistiche dei giocatori

Collegamenti esterni

F.C. Gütersloh


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Senators Hassan, Collins Successfully Protect Funding for Rural, Low-Income School Districts in NH, ME, and Across the Country
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Susan Collins (R-ME) successfully reversed a Department of Education decision that jeopardized funding for rural, low-income school districts in New Hampshire, Maine, and across the country. A provision they negotiated that was included in the year-end government funding bill that was signed into law prevents a funding cliff for a number of school districts that receive funding through the Rural Low Income Schools (RLIS) program, under the Rural Education Achievement Program (REAP), the only dedicated federal funding stream to support rural schools.
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AP: Collins, Hassan Say They Retained Education Program Funding
Sens. Susan Collins and Maggie Hassan say they've reversed a U.S. Department of Education decision that jeopardized funding for nearly 200 rural, low-income school districts.
A provision that the senators negotiated prevents a funding cliff for the Rural Education Achievement Program, the only dedicated federal funding stream supporting rural schools. It was included in the year-end government funding bill that was signed into law.
"The Department of Education's abrupt change in eligibility for REAP funding would have forced many rural schools in Maine and throughout the country to forgo essential activities and services," said Collins, R-Maine.
Hassan, D-N.H., said it was important to ensure that "resources aren't pulled out from under" rural schools, especially during a pandemic.
REAP is comprised of the Rural and Low-Income School program, which accounted for $1.2 million in Maine and $600,000 in New Hampshire, along with the Small, Rural School Achievement program, officials said.
Union Leader: Granite Status
By Josie Albertson-Grove
[…] The year-end spending-and-stimulus package will include an extra boost to rural schools, Sen. Maggie Hassan said in a news release Wednesday.
Hassan and Maine Sen. Susan Collins penned a series of letters with other senators this year, including Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, asking that the U.S. Department of Education stop changes to a program known as REAP, or the Rural Education Achievement Program.
To make up expenses schools incur because they are in isolated areas, the program helps about 200 rural school districts around the country with extra funds from the U.S. Department of Education. Earlier this year, the Department of Education moved to change the way schools qualify for the program — changes that Hassan said in a March letter to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos would cut off about 800 schools from the funding.
Hassan and Collins said Wednesday that the year-end funding bill includes a provision that will prevent a "fiscal cliff" for the program, by keeping in place the current method of qualifying for REAP.
"Rural schools in New Hampshire rely on this critical funding coming every year so that they can serve their students, and the bipartisan provision that Senator Collins and I worked on will help ensure that these resources aren't pulled out from under them," Hassan said in a statement Wednesday. "This funding is particularly important now amid the COVID-19 pandemic that has presented unprecedented challenges to remote and in-person learning."


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Castillo de San Romualdo is a castle located in San Fernando in the Province of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain. Built in the Mudéjar style, it was first mentioned in 1268.
It is a protected monument on the Bien de Interés Cultural register.

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Buildings and structures completed in the 13th century
Buildings and structures in San Fernando, Cádiz
Castles in Andalusia
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From Books to Benches, a Graphic Designer Turns to Furniture
(And makes a book about it, naturally)
Mariam Aldhahi
Way Station in use by Joshua White
You know Adam Michaels. You might recognize his graphic design from the walls of the Walker Art Center, or perhaps you're familiar with Project Projects, the New York design firm Michaels co-founded in 2004–or maybe you own one of the many books he's designed or published via Inventory Press, a publishing company he started just last year that specializes in art, architecture, design, and a whole range of other things. As Inventory Press was preparing to launch at the L.A. Book Fair at the end of last month, Michaels and two other designers, Shannon Harvey and Levi Murphy, embraced their new digs and embarked upon yet another side project: making furniture.
Only Murphy had any real furniture design experience, but that didn't stop them from showing off the new seating–not to mention their books–in "Way Station," a two-month long exhibition and limited-edition book. Michaels took a break from building furniture in an L.A. warehouse to talk about the project.
Way Station close-up by Joshua White
We know you're the king of side projects, but we have to ask–why furniture design?
Furniture has been an interest of mine ever since I was a design student in the at Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD), where we were encouraged to not overly focus on our major and to try different things, furniture design included. At that time, Levi Murphy was also an MCAD student, and we worked together, so it just felt natural to do that sort of work with him again.
You're based in New York. How's working in L.A. different?
There's this expansive work environment out here that's super refreshing. We've been working in a nice, large space with high ceilings and good light. We've met a lot of people here, some of whom came here from New York, and you get the idea that there's more room here to have ideas and see where they take you. This is from someone who has lived in New York for 14 years and I very much love the city. I'm very much committed to it.
What roles do you, Harvey, and Murphy play?
We each definitely come to it with particular expertise, but we all have an interest in many different forms of design. Shannon makes objects based on her research into architecturally significant color, I'm a graphic designer most of the time, and Levi has a furniture design company called Communal Objects. He had the most direct expertise with, you know, how tools work. But we worked everything out together; we've all been in the gallery building these things everyday. Even though we have our strong points, this has been very collaborative since the beginning.
You also have a book coming out to accompany the seating.
Yeah, that's right. Book design is what I do at Project Projects. The primary use of the book is to flip through it while sitting on the bench. The form of the book is like a set of postcards that show the bench placed in different locations. The idea is to use the book to take the mind to other locations, almost like flying through space.
Way Station book by Shannon Harvey
You've gone from graphic design to publishing and now to furniture. It seems that a need to be classified in today's design industry tends to scare people from trying new things, but your transitions seem almost organic.
It's been a combination of many things. There have been some projects that turned out to be one-offs. A few years ago, I helped put out a music album alongside a book project. That was clearly a one-off, a strange offshoot of a serious book endeavor. So there have been things like that and then things like Inventory Press and Project Projects, things that took a ton of time, money, and infrastructure.
Last year was an intense one in terms of asking a lot of questions and doing a lot of research in to how publishing actually works. As someone who's worked on the design side but not the business, that was pretty rigorous. What does a publisher do and how do they survive? Otherwise, with furniture design, it remains to be seen if Shannon or I will do more in the near future—Levi, of course, will continue doing this sort of work. For this kind of shared project, we'll have to see if there's sustained interest. But we're also cool with saying, "Hey, we did this really funny thing in L.A. this one time."
Design Affects Every Aspect of Life—Why Do We Still Struggle To Define It?
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Chiefs Unite for the Year's First Pep Rally
Abbey Brannock, Copy Editor|September 13, 2013
Adie Gonzalez
Red, white, and black; that's all you'll see in the crowds of Santaluces High on pep rally day. Students don face paint, customized shirts, costumes and crowns to celebrate the first pep rally to kick off Santaluces' series of home football games.
As per every pep rally, students walked in to the sounds of the Santaluces marching band drumming excitedly and cheerleaders dancing on the gym floor. Teachers and administrators worked quickly to get everyone filed in the right bleachers in time for the pep rally to start.
"I thought the pep rally was amazing but a little shorter than usual," said Anika Alam, a senior. "My favorite parts were when the seniors won the stick and the step team – they were fun to watch."
This pep rally's skit had Mr. Krupa as Robin Thicke, giving four members of the football team advice on how to get the girls and pretending to set them up with four cheerleaders. The players were blindfolded and kissed, but when they took off the blindfolds, it turned out that the girls kissing them were actually their own moms.
"It was really fun," said Yudibel Ortiz, a junior. "I really didn't like the fact that the mom was 'making out' with her son but besides that it was really cool."
The rest of the pep rally was routine; introducing all of the fall sports, including the swim team, the golf team, the cross country team and the football team. After, Santaluces' varsity cheerleader squad and the step team showed off their moves.
Then was the moment every student is waiting for; the fight for the spirit stick. Mr. Livingston holds the prize in his hands, pointing the stick at each class. Sophomores and freshmen were eliminated after the first round of judging, narrowing it down to juniors and seniors. After a fierce showdown of the two, the stick went to the seniors.
"I liked it but they should have done more," said Veronica Flores, a junior. "They should have done more skits; they only did one about Mr. Krupa."
Once the seniors ripped up the stick in excitement, all of the students filed out of the gym to go back to their second period class.
"I liked the pep rally," said Jash Patel, a senior. "My favorite part was the stick because everyone was hyped up about it and also because we won."
Abbey Brannock, Managing Editor
Hello, I'm Abbey, and I'm a senior. I'm The Tribe's managing editor and this is my third year in newspaper. Besides writing, I love riding horses;...
Adie Gonzalez, Photo Editor
I'm Adison Gonzalez, Photo Editor for The Tribe. Photography is one of my favorite forms of art expression, besides dance. I have been dancing for almost...


A podiatrist, also called a doctor of podiatric medicine, is a specialist who provides medical diagnosis and treatment of foot and ankle problems, including, but not limited to sprains and fractures, bunion deformities, heel spurs and related pain, hammertoes, ingrown nails, warts, diabetic ulcers and associated bone deformities, and major reconstructive procedures of the ankle and foot. In addition to undergraduate medical school training, podiatrists also attend graduate school for a doctorate degree in podiatry. Podiatrists are required to take state and national exams, as well as be licensed by the state in which they practice. Our doctors have also completed extensive podiatric surgical residency training following graduation. Both of our doctors have demonstrated additional competency and pass additional exams to be Board Certified or Board Qualified by the American Board of Podiatric Surgery.
Perform surgeries to correct or remedy such problems as bunions, clawtoes, fractures, hammertoes, infections, and ruptured Achilles and other ligaments and tendons.