Affirmations are statements we can use to aid us toward positive thinking, self-belief and having confidence in ourselves. This year I told myself I would use positive affirmations in the morning to inspire me for the day and it is kind of like a shortened version of a pep-talk.
Today I will not stress over what I can't control.
I rest in happiness when I go to sleep, knowing all is well.
I will only accept happy thoughts today.
Today is a day of happiness and peace.
I have all I need to make this a great day.
I release all negative energy that doesn't serve me or my happiness.
By allowing myself to be happy, I make others in my life happy too.
I release my negative thoughts and embrace positivity and optimism.
I am the architect of my life. I build its foundation and choose its contents.
Today I will wear my positive pants.
I make positive choices for myself.
I am grateful for my journey and it's lessons.
Today I will be grounded and centred.
I give more power to my present than I do my past.
I choose to find hopeful and optimistic ways to look at this.
I let go of worries that drain my energy.
It is ok to not be positive all of the time.
I am a whole human being, but I am not perfect, and that is okay.
I will overcome my obstacles in time.
My partner and I have fun together and find new ways to enjoy our time together.
I am able to be fully myself and completely authentic in my love relationship.
I communicate my desires and needs clearly and confidently with my partner.
There's more to life than my relationship status.
I deserve someone who adores me just the way I am.
I am able to be my true self around my partner.
I am not destined to be alone forever.
It is better to be single than to settle for someone who isn't right for me.
Today I will create opportunities to benefit my future.
I believe in the person I dream of becoming.
I have power over my path.
I have been given great talents which I plan to utilize today.
I am intelligent and capable of what I put my mind to.
I see fear as the fuel for my success and take action in spite of fear.
Today I take steps towards creating a life I will love.
I will not compare myself to others.
I am me; which no-one else can be. I am special and unique.
I deserve the best and I only accept the best now.
What others think of me if their choice, what I think of myself is my choice.
I am making healthy decisions everyday.
I deserve a healthy, fit body and today I claim it.
My body is getting stronger and healthier everyday.
I love my body and today I treat it with the respect it deserves.
As I commit to my exercise program, I transform my body.
I am healthy and filled with energy.
Happiness is an attitude not a number on a scale! I refuse to be defined by my weight.
Good health is my birth right. I bless my body daily and take good care of it.
I am on a journey to heal my past. I am doing a great job so far.
I am doing things at my own pace and that is ok.
I am more than my illness.
I strive to be free of pain one day.
I have come this far and I can keep going.
My feeling's are just as valid as anyone else's.
I look for rainbows after the storm.
The good memories will always be alive in my heart.
I accept my sadness and accept it is ok to feel this way.
I embrace the memories with happiness.
It's ok to stop doing and just be.
I release all anger, grief and sadness.
These feelings are temporary and I will grow from this experience.
This is such a wonderful post. These affirmations are so important. I'm quite tempted to pick up a few and scribble them on my next bullet journal pages so I can incorporate them more in my life.
My favourite from this list is: I am the architect of my life. I build its foundation and choose its content.
That is one of my favourites too, and so true!
Amazing! Thank you so much for this post.


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Amber Rose Disses Tyga & Kylie Jenner's "Relationship," Dishes on Wiz Khalifa Cheating and Has Her Eyes on James Harden
Well, well, well!
I must say, I thoroughly enjoyed the interview Amber Rose did with 'The Breakfast Club' hosts over at Power 105.1 on Friday (Feb. 13).
Not only did she keep it all the way real, but she kept me entertained. Amber did not hold back as she shared her feelings on Tyga and Kylie Jenner's supposed relationship.
Remember, Tyga used to date her bestie Blac Chyna and they also have a two-year-old son, King Cairo.
"Kylie's] a baby, she needs to go to bed at 7 o'clock and relax," Amber said when asked about Tyga's rumored new girl.
She added, "That's ridiculous. [Tyga] should be ashamed of himself. That's how I feel. For sure."
"He has a beautiful woman and a baby and left that for a 16-year-old who just turned 17."
Kylie Jenner and Tyga have received a lot of
backlash over their rumored relationship
One reason is because she's 17 years old and he's 25
Amber discussed the negative responses she has received from her revealing Instagram pictures:
"Just because you're a mom doesn't mean you can't be sexy anymore ... you're not a granny. I'm 31, I'm still young, I'm still in my prime."
Amber has curves and wants to show them!
The 31-year-old beauty says she's technically separated but not divorced yet from Wiz Khalifa. She said Wiz was the love of her life and she cried a lot after separating from him. Amber wanted him to come home and she waited for him for months!
"He's young, he has a lot of life to live and now that I'm done crying ... it doesn't bother me anymore, now it's my time to live and date."
Amber doesn't appreciate Wiz's life choices at the moment, the girls he's talking to (Deelishes) and his sub-tweets about her.
"The man that I married, that I know, wasn't the guy I've seen him becoming ... he was just changing, for me," Amber said. "Things happen, people make mistakes."
Remember when Wiz tweeted about his son and Amber? Wiz tweeted a couple of weeks ago, "a woman who would do something to a kid to spite that kids father is a foul creature." (Read more on that story here)
This was all over her son getting a haircut ... petty!
Amber says she's now open to meeting new men and getting her needs met! She also revealed she's pretty good friends with NBA baller James Harden and was eyeing him to be her Valentine (I wonder how that worked out).
She also dishes on Nick Cannon, French Montana, still being linked to Kanye West and why she's not feeling Kim Kardashian, how her friendship started with Blac Chyna, Wiz cheating on her (which wasn't the first time) and why she quickly filed for divorce.
Amber is starring in an upcoming movie which she mentions as well, and she reveals some of her beauty secrets to have flawless skin. Watch the full interview below!
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RaceTech has been involved with pony racing for three seasons now and is proud to announce that we are continuing our support of young riders for the coming year both as part of the highly successful racecourse series and also in conjunction with the Point to Point Authority supporting pony racing between the flags.
As "Partners in Pony Racing", RaceTech sponsor the provision of entries and results in Go Pointing Magazine, ensuring that young riders will get the opportunity to see their names in print. Entries will be published correct as of time of going to press and results will be published the week after racing.
There are approximately 87 Point-to-Point fixtures now staging Pony Racing, across two height categories (up to 138cm and 148cm) designed to encourage young riders into racing competitively, and the sport has already seen several young jockeys graduate onto horses both between the flags and under Rules.
In addition to the results service, RaceTech is also delighted to sponsor a number of National Championships to find the Best Rider in each height category based on accumulated points, as well as a Novice series of races, with a grand finale held at Garthorpe in June, to encourage new young people into the sport. Prizes include a training session with a leading jockey coach, days out as guests of RaceTech to see behind the scenes on a raceday and a prize giving in the winners enclosure at Cheltenham – surely every aspiring young jockey's dream.
In addition, RaceTech will partner the Charles Owen Racecourse Series to sponsor a Best Turned Out award for pony racing on racecourses. The Charles Owen Racecourse series starts in April and runs throughout the summer, with the Finals taking place in the Autumn. Winners of the RaceTech Best Turned Out award will receive prizes in kind and will be judged by the Stewards in the paddock.
RaceTech is proud to be involved in pony racing and wishes all the participating young jockeys lots of luck for the coming season.


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Q: How to get newest snapshot of a dependency without changing version in gradle? I build an own library that I deploy on a nexus repository. This snapshot is changed very often, therefore not every change gets a new version number. My problem is that I don't get the newest code without changing the version number in project that use this library. I tried "--refresh-dependencies" and I also tried to clear the dependency from the cache by deleting the folder of this dependency under "\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\my.dependency"
I also tried this:
configurations.all {
    resolutionStrategy.cacheChangingModulesFor 0, 'seconds'
}

Has anyone an idea how I can force grade to download the newest status of a dependency despite the version number didn't change?

A: First make sure your snapshot has the right version format:
dependencies {
    compile group: "groupId", name: "artifactId", version: "1.0-SNAPSHOT"
}

If you have not used the -SNAPSHOT suffix (or you are not using a Maven repository), you have to indicate that your dependency is changing:
dependencies {
    compile group: "groupId", name: "artifactId", version: "1.0", changing: true
}

Then you have to tell Gradle not to cache changing dependencies, otherwise it will only update them every 24 hours:
configurations.all {
    resolutionStrategy.cacheChangingModulesFor 0, 'seconds'
}

In case you have also configured the dependency as a dynamic version like this:
dependencies {
    compile group: "groupId", name: "artifactId", version: "1+", changing: true
}

Then you have to add:
configurations.all {
    resolutionStrategy.cacheChangingModulesFor 0, 'seconds'
    resolutionStrategy.cacheDynamicVersionsFor 0, 'seconds'
}

Note that this might slow your build a lot.
If this doesn't help, remove the relevant parts of .gradle directory, or simply the whole directory again.
If that doesn't help neither, I am afraid it will be an issue on your repository side.

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There's an area of Iceland between the glaciers called 'Fjallabak,' or 'the mountainside,' which may or may not be the most beautiful trail I've ever ridden in Iceland. It rides past the infamous Eyjafjallajokull and the Laki craters, a volcanic lava field created in an eruption 250 years ago. I may be a bit biased, since we had perfect, sunny weather the entire 6 days, but any or all visibility you could have were stunning, breath-taking views. There are glaciers and mountains in all directions, sand deserts, lava rock fields, yellow mountains, green moss and water galore. We saw beautiful waterfalls on our first day, rode over grassy fields at sunset on our second day, and through volcanic canyons on our third day.
The fourth day we went exploring some vegetated valleys, and found an old sheep-round up hut built of turf and stone. Then we went to the top of a mountain, for a 360 degree view of countless mountain peaks and 3 big glaciers. We could see all the way from Eyjafjallajokull to Landmanalaugar, sitting just above the Thorsmork nature park. Our last 2 days rode us past a unicorn mountain and back into the farm lands, to Birna and Kiddi's horse breeding farm at Eyvindarmuli. We went up to the mountains behind his house to look for some foals, but instead got stuck with the only rain and fog we had seen all week. It passed in just a few minutes though, so we clambered back down the slippery steep slope and saw some more beautiful waterfalls.
If I had to name my favourite tour, the one I could do over and over without getting tired of it, it would be the Egilsstadir ride in the east. It's basically 6 days of roaming the highlands, the same highlands wild reindeer and foxes live, which is the largest uninhabited area in all of Europe. There are almost no fences to open, or roads to cross, only a handful of interactions with civilization as we dip in and out of the valleys between the heaths to feed the horses and charge the riders batteries – literally, and figuratively. Some of the huts area really primitive, no running water or electricity, just a big shelter to squeeze 20 riders and all their luggage into for a cozy night of eating, drinking, singing and sleeping.
There were only 2 tours this summer, but I was happy to take both, one with Ishestar and one with my old friends Denni and Arna. I've taken this tour more than 10 times now, and its the one area of Iceland I've started to know like the back of my hand. Every fall I go to the same area, Fljotsdalsheidi, and ride with 10 or 12 other farmers to look for sheep. There are a couple thousand sheep that roam this area freely each summer, and they come home each fall with their lambs all fat and fluffy. There are hundred-year-old horse and sheep trails all over the place, but its still tricky to find your way when thick fog rolls in and your visibility gets reduced to about 2 or 3 meters. It happened to us on the first tour of the season, when we climbed up a few hundred meters into the clouds and had to keep avoiding snowbanks that still hadn't melted in July.
Even though the highlands can be like one big marsh, waterlogged from the late snow-melt, the rivers run cold and clean enough to fill our waterbottles on the way. There's no need for running water either if you're gutsy enough to dip into the icy rivers for an all-natural bath – me and a crazy Norwegian managed to do it on night 3, sitting beside Saudarkofi mountain hut under Icelands largest mountain Snaefell. We could have waited til night 4, when we reach Laugafell and the natural hot-water baths there, but then we wouldn't have appreciated the hottubs as much after trying the other extreme.
Egilsstadir usually has repeat guests, the same riders who come back twice, sometimes thrice or more, and ride the same trail. Its different every year, depending on the weather and the difference between the highlands in July or August, and even the way can change a bit to avoid the really wet lands or washed out trails. Two of the mountain huts have also changed over the past few years, upgraded to include electricity and water. Ill be back next year to ride it again and see what else is new, and those who want to do the same can make a booking with Ishestar or Denni and Arna.
I used to call Canada home, having lived in Vancouver and the Fraser Valley for nearly 12 years. I went to highschool in Chilliwack, a town that always smells like cowpoop and only really has 2 highschools. It was the 10 year reuinion of my 2004 Sardis Senior Secondary graduating class, and also a friends wedding, so I had two good reasons to go back home. My sisters and mom still live there, and I still have a room at moms house, and grandmas home-cooking is reason alone to make sure I visit the family. But, I also wanted to experience BC as a tourist for a change, combine a familiar place with the novelty of exploration, and so I ended up on a roadtrip around Vancouver Island.
A friend of a friend from Vancouver came to visit Iceland in May, so after helping him out with his westfjords roadtrip, he so kindly repaid me with the best Vancouver Island roadtrip I could have ever asked for. We started by taking the ferry from Horseshoe bay to Nanaimo, and then drove along the east-coast beaches and lake-side parks on our first day. It was sunny and 30 degrees C, and I was slightly jet-lagged and in weather-shock, but nothing that a good nights rest in a tent and a campfire-cooked meal couldnt fix.
We stayed in Tofino and Ucluelet, hiking almost every trail between them in Pacific Rim National park. Sadly there wasn't much surf those days, but we managed to see a whole pod of gray whales on our way to Hot Spring Cove. Theres a place, only reachable by boat or floatplane, where hot water pours out of the cliffside, into pools of water beside the sea. As the tide came in, the seawater mixed with the hot water to create little cold pools, but we could hop between them to find the perfect temperature.
On our way back to Nanaimo, we stopped in Port Alberni for a little wine-tasting. We spent the afternoon at Emerald Coast vineyard and the Chase and Warren estate winery, but got a lot more than just wine at Chase and Warren. We were hosted by the owner, who was maybe a little tipsy himself, and enjoyed home-made chocolates and sockeye salmon along with our free wine samples. We left with a case, as you do, and enjoyed a few bottles that night in Ladysmith, where we slept in a beautiful house on the water, complete with a (not-so-natural) hottub.
The other highlight of my trip was Reid and Erin's wedding, a couple I've known since UBC days, and a perfect occasion to have an informal 2004 cohort UBC reunion. Friends came from all over north America and enjoyed the serene setting of North Arm farm, cradled between the massive mountain peaks in Pemberton, and witnessed the most beautiful outdoor wedding I've ever seen. After a night of dancing and romping around in some blueberry patches, I got on a plane back to Iceland, wishing I could have taken some of that summer sun with me on my next horse tour.


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City Hall announces new hours in pilot project
Charles McMahon
Jun 19, 2012 at 9:43 AM Jun 19, 2012 at 9:44 AM
PORTSMOUTH — The city will implement new hours of operation at City Hall starting Monday.
Hours at City Hall will change slightly, however, allowing residents more access on Mondays but less on Fridays. Changes involve City Hall now being open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Mondays. Regular business hours of 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. will continue Tuesday through Thursday, but City Hall will close at 1 p.m. on Fridays.
The new hours will apply to all offices at City Hall, including the city clerk and tax offices.
City Manager John Bohenko said the new hours are part of a pilot project that extends until Aug. 31. Bohenko said the decision to alter the hours on a trial basis resulted from feedback from Portsmouth residents and City Council members.
"We hope that city residents will find the later Monday hours helpful," he said. "It can be difficult for people who work outside Portsmouth to get to City Hall between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m."
Bohenko said if there is a positive response to the new hours, the city will reevaluate whether to continue the new schedule or adjust it," he said.


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Joint list pays slammed with largest fines
The State comptroller released his report on campaign finance violations today. The largest fines were meted out to the Joint List.
Tags: Habayit Hayehudi Joint List Elections State Comptroller
Gary Willig , Oct 18 , 2016 6:52 PM
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Minister of Education Naftali Bennet
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State comptroller Yosef Shapira released his report on the financing of the past election and the financing of political parties Tuesday.
The report indicates that all factions which competed in the last Knesset election (with the exception of the Green Leaf party) finished their election campaigns with deficits which ranged from 200 shekels to 16 million shekels.
The report found that Habayit Hayehudi (Jewish Home) did not include all of its expenses in its accounts and illegally used state funds to cover fines for past violations.
The revenue of Habayit Hayehudi was also greater than the limit allowed, and the party was fined 850,000 shekels.
The Likud Party was also reported to have raised more money than was allowed, and was also fined 850,000 shekels.
Both Habayit Hayehudi and the Likud were fined for holding what the report termed an illegal rally in Rabin Square a few days before the election.
Yisrael Beiteinu was fined 195,000 shekels for campaign finance violations.
The comptroller report found many deficiencies in the accounts of the Joint List faction of Arab parties. The Joint list was jointly fined 1,231,000 shekels for its campaign finance violations, more than any other faction or party which ran in the last election.
The Joint List reported spending NIS 567,000 on coupons for gas on Election Day, but did not provide proper documentation for this expense.
The Joint List was also accused of lying about spending 1.4 million shekels on 541 campaign offices. Shapira wrote that he suspects that many f the rental contracts for those offices were fake and meant to cover up where the money was actually spent.
Shapira did not rule on the activities of V15, an organization that was accused of using funding from the US State Department to unseat Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. He also declined to rule on any media outlets, which has been taken to be a reference to the pro-Netanyahu newspaper Yisrael Hayom.


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Kristen "HistoryEagle" Send an email 12.04.2013Last Updated: 12.17.2018
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Not everyone enjoys competing against others. Don't worry, there are games they can enjoy. These games are called cooperative games. In cooperative board games players are working together rather than individually to win the game. They win or lose as a group. Sometimes the games may introduce a traitor who may be secretly working against the group. Below is the list of my favorite games to play with family / friends.
1. Flash Point Fire Rescue
I love the theme of this first game. Players are firemen and women working together to put out a fire and rescue the people / pets inside. The game offers rules for both a family version and an expert version. The expert version includes special abilities for the rescuers and the ability to drive the Fire Truck. The expert version even offers different levels of difficulty.
Players win if they are able to rescue seven victims from the flames or lose if four victims perish in the fire. I love the dice rolls, the fear of the fire spreading as your try to rescue the victims, and those amazing feats as rescuers battle to flames to bring the 7th victim to safety. Everyone around the table cheers them on, knowing they have just won the game together. It's beautiful production, quality components, theme, and exciting game makes it my favorite cooperative game. The rules can be a bit confusing to read for new players. I suggest playing with someone who knows the game well.
2. Escape: Curse of the Temple
In Escape: Curse of the temple, players are, you guessed it, working together to escape from a cursed temple before it collapses. Everyone escapes, or everyone loses. The game is timed and will last only 10 minutes! If you lose, it is easy to set the game up and try again. It comes with a exciting soundtrack or you can use the sand timer.
During the game players are simultaneously rolling dice and taking actions. The symbols on the dice let you enter a room, reveal new tiles, or discover magic the gems needed to escape. Beware of the black mask and its curse. Until a golden mask is rolled a die with a black mask cannot be used. With only ten minutes to play there may not be a lot of strategy discussion. There will be a lot of chaos, cheering, and shouts as players call for golden dice and run to help other unlock the gems. It can be intense, so play without the timer the first time or with younger players until they understand the basics. Once you have the basics down, the race against the clock opens up an incredible cooperative experience.
3. Forbidden Island / Forbidden Desert
Forbidden Island and Forbidden Desert are two cooperative games by designer Matt Leacock. I have not had the opportunity to play Forbidden Desert but the theme of escaping the desert may be more appealing to some people and that I why I included it. Both games are similar, but I'll speak more about Forbidden Island.
I'll start with the beautiful artwork and components of Forbidden Island. They are gorgeous and will definitively draw players into the game. The solid rules and game play make this beautiful game an incredible experience. Players are trying to collect treasures and escape the island before it sinks. As the game progresses the water level rises, making it harder and harder to win the game.
Like many cooperative games, there are varying levels of difficulty to help players first learn the game and then challenge themselves as they become more advanced players. Special player powers give players many options to claim the treasure and escape the island. The strategy is fun to discuss and even younger players can offer valuable thoughts. Plus both games are very affordable and can be found for around twenty dollars or less.
4. Pandemic
Pandemic is another game by Matt Leacok, but the more difficult rules and larger scale makes it more appropriate for older children and adults. In Pandemic diseases are spreading around the world and players must work together to treat and research cures for the diseases.
Players must travel around the work to treat infected people, build research stations, and discover cures. Every turn players must spread the diseases and watch out for the Epidemic cards and outbreaks that spread the diseases more quickly.
If one or more diseases spread beyond recovery the players lose. If they can cure the four diseases they win.
The theme of curing diseases will bring in players. Who doesn't want to save the world? Only by working together can players defeat the diseases and cure the world. Winning the games isn't easy and you will not win every play. This is what makes the games so great, winning is a time for celebration and congratulations for a game well played.
5. Shadows Over Camelot
The first cooperative game I played was Shadows Over Camelot. Players are Knights of the Round Table who must work together to complete different quests. For example they will need to defeat the Black Knight, find the Holy Grail, or claim Excalibur. Completed quests place white swords on the Round Table and failed quests place black swords. Too many black swords and Camelot will fall and the players will lose. The Knights also face invasions for siege engines and barbaric tribes. Too many siege engines will also cause Camelot to fall. But if players can gain the majority of white swords Camelot will be saved.
The Theme, the beautiful high quality components, and various quests make Shadows Over Camelot a family favorite. The game also introduces the possibility of a traitor into the cooperative game. So players may start to wonder if one of their own is working against them. The multiple quests and ways to win white swords let players play to their and their knights strengths. The game is easy to learn, but mastering and pulling out a win isn't easy.
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Does the licensed contractors have to pass a business management class in addition to possessing a minimum amount of experience?
Is the licensed contractor is subject to a criminal history background check in order to receive his license?
Are the contractors licensed, bonded, and pay into a residential recovery fund that protects homeowners and their property?
Does the contractors pay unemployment compensation insurance and liability insurance, which covers the possibility of injured workers on your property?
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Add to the shedding the fact that I suffer an allergy to pet dander.
So, I was so happy (and relieved) when asked to review the new Eureka Pet Expert Vacuum Cleaner!
The Eureka pet Expert vacuum features the new Hair Raiser for Pets tool, an innovative cleaning brush that removes pet hair from upholstery and fabric. The Hair Raiser first removes hair from unwanted areas and then the hair is cleaned from the brush when it is moved in and out of its holster on the vacuum.
In addition, the vacuum also features an odor absorbing charcoal filter with HEPA filtration that captures 99.97% of embedded hair, dander and other odor and allergy-causing debris.
When we removed the vacuum from the box -- Liz squealed in delight. The Vacuum is... purple! I knew I'd have a fight on my hands -- so we decided to share it!
The vacuum is so easy to use and it works so well. The stuff we pulled up from the carpets was amazing -- and the way it sucked up the cat hair was a marvel. One of the very best things is that there is no "burning" odor like so many vacuums emit.
The vacuum is a bit loud -- as most vacuums are. That's no problem at all. It works -- works quite well -- and that's what really counts!
Liz took the vacuum with her to University and will have it for a couple of weeks until it's my turn again. (Shared custody of a vacuum -- ain't it great?) She and her boyfriend got together and made a video for me. I thought you might like to see the Pet Expert in action!
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Eleven-year-old Poppy from Bundaberg was treated to a tennis lesson at her local club by ANZ Tennis Hot Shots ambassdor Alicia Molik.
Eleven-year-old Poppy had the chance of a lifetime when she took to the court for a tennis lesson with ANZ Tennis Hot Shots ambassador and Fed Cup captain Alicia Molik on Wednesday at her local tennis club, Bundaberg Junior Tennis Association, Rotary Park in Bundaberg, Queensland.
Poppy was announced as the winner of the 2017 ANZ Tennis Hot Shot of the Year competition at an official ceremony held at Rod Laver Arena during Australian Open 2018.
The tennis lesson took place at 3.30 pm for an hour, before local budding tennis players and club members had the chance to meet Molik at 4.30 pm.
The annual ANZ Tennis Hot Shot of the Year competition recognises eight budding tennis stars from around Australia for their participation, enthusiasm and enjoyment of the game whilst demonstrating sportsmanlike qualities.
In January, the chosen tennis enthusiasts had a VIP experience at the Australian Open, including a behind-the-scenes tour of the tournament, the chance to watch some of the world's best tennis players on court and the opportunity to rally with Molik on Rod Laver Arena.
For winning the award, Poppy won an exclusive prize of $5,000, one year of free tennis coaching as well as a visit from Molik to her local tennis club for a tennis lesson with three friends.
Entries for the 2018 ANZ Tennis Hot Shot of the Year can be submitted here.


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Q: Is the Borg Sphere in Voy: Drone the same as the ones seen in Voy: Dark Frontier or First Contact? In the episode "Drone", the sphere that was on the way to intercept them was described as a:

long range tactical vessel with ablative hull armor.

Is this Borg Sphere identical to the Sphere described as a "scout ship" in VOY: Dark Frontier, Part I or the one in First Contact?

A: Yes, and no.
Borg Spheres seem to come in two sizes; big (AKA "Tactical") at around 1500m-ish and small (AKA "scout/lifeboat") at around 450m-ish. The Borg Sphere seen in 'Drone' appears to be a variant of those seen in First Contact film and although the models used (both physical and digital) were identical, the notable difference is that the spheres in Drone are dramatically larger, at what appears to be around three times the size.
The Sphere seen in Unimatrix Zero, Part I seems to be the larger variant and the sphere seen in Endgame seems to be the smaller kind.
So yes, out of universe they're totally the same. In-universe, they're not.

A: As shown here, the Borg have multiple classes and types of ships that are used. In addition to the Borg Cube, they also have armored "Tactical Cubes," lighter scout ships, spherical ships, and different stations. Largely, each ship class is used for a specific need (such as speed or firepower) that can be better filled by a more specialized ship than a more general one.

A: Probably. The Borg Collective has essentially two ships, the sphere scout spaceship and the giant cube one. The sphere has 160 decks, a crew of 11,000 drones.
Here is a comparison with USS Voyager: USS Voyager NCC-74656 size compared to Borg Sphere.


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Morrell Park is a neighborhood located in the Northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located on the eastern side of the Far Northeast, northwest of Byberry Creek and east of Northeast Philadelphia Airport.

Characteristics
Morrell Park is primarily a residential district, with only a handful of small industries, all of which are located within one and a half miles of the Northeast Philadelphia Airport. The residences themselves consist mostly of rowhouses, but Morrell Park is distinctive in that most of its row homes have garages in front, facing and with access to the street, something quite different from the traditional Philadelphia rowhouse design. (An exception is one side of one block of Wessex Lane and Churchill Lane, where houses have garages in the back with access to a shared driveway.  The duplexes along Frankford Ave. are also set up in this manner.) Later rowhouses followed this form of having garages in the front, but this was first seen in Morrell Park in the very late 1950s. Most homes have kitchens that face the front, living rooms that face the rear of the property, three or four bedrooms, and about  of living space. The street pattern of the development is also quite distinctive, as a view of an aerial photo will confirm, consisting of a few through streets that curve through many looping side streets with only one cul-de-sac, Pitt Pl. The streets curve to conform to the natural topography of the area, for years avoiding development right along the stream valley of Byberry Creek, which flows through and about the development before its confluence with Poquessing Creek.

History
The land area of Morrell Park was originally the  summer home estate of Edward and Louise Morrell. Colonel Edward deVeaux Morrell (1863-1917), a lawyer, was a US congressman from 1900 to 1907. Born in Newport, Rhode Island, he was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1885. He was a colonel and afterward a brigadier general in the National Guard. He was a member of the  First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry and owned extensive land in Torresdale. His wife Louise was the daughter of Francis Anthony Drexel and Francis's second wife Emma Bouvier, related [first cousin twice removed] to Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. Louise's uncle was Anthony J. Drexel, founder of Drexel University, and her two older half-sisters were Elizabeth Drexel and Saint Katharine Drexel. The Morrells built their summer home , one of the five homes they maintained, near what is now Morrell and Frankford Avenues, not too far from Francis Drexel's summer home , which was itself near what is now the emergency room of Aria Health's Torresdale Campus.

The Morrells entertained extensively, maintained a horse track, established the first telephone line north of Frankford, built the electric-light plant in the area, and conducted an amusement park called Torresdale Park, located by Poquessing Creek behind the trolley barn at Frankford Avenue and Knights Road. The park ran from 1880 to 1906. After Torresdale Park closed, it donated many of its rides to Willow Grove Park, once located at the site of the present-day Willow Grove Park Mall.

The Morrells had no children. Edward Morrell served on Philadelphia's board of education from 1912 to 1916, and died in Colorado Springs, CO (where he had gone for health reasons) in September 1917; he is interred in a family crypt at Eden Hall in Torresdale. Louise died twenty-six years after her husband, in 1943, and the area was planned for development by the Korman Corporation in the late 1950s.

Morrell Park was settled in earnest during the 1960s by families moving from other areas of Philadelphia. Children attended the Aloysius Fitzpatrick Elementary School at Knights Rd & Chalfont Dr until the John Hancock Elementary School opened at West Crown & Morrell Ave in the autumn of 1968.  Children also attended Christ the King School on Chesterfield Road, which opened in 1965. The population of its postal ZIP code, 19114, which covers more territory than Morrell Park alone once did, was approximated at 31,000 inhabitants in 1990.

References
 Freitag, Alicia M & Harry C Silcox, eds. Historical Northeast Philadelphia: Stories and Memories. Holland, PA: Brighton Pr, 1994.
 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present

External links
 Older map showing area before Morrell Park was developed

Neighborhoods in Philadelphia
Northeast Philadelphia


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Q: Durandal widget do not update viewmodel I write spa web site with durandal. Every thing was ok until I use widget. Widget do not update my model.
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Single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation (sTMS) is a safe, non invasive and non-drug migraine treatment option. It involves placing the sTMS device against the back of the head for less than a second to deliver a very brief pre-set magnetic pulse. sTMS is designed for self-administration and self-management at home, work and on the go.
Is sTMS right for me?
Medications may not be the right treatment for everyone with migraine. Many patients have multiple co-morbidities that can make drug interactions a major problem. Patients of childbearing age may choose to avoid medications. Patients with heart disease are advised not to take triptans and simple painkillers may not work. sTMS provides an effective alternative when medications may not be effective, are not tolerated or are contra-indicated.
How does sTMS work to relieve and prevent migraine?
The sTMS mini is placed at the back of the head for less than a minute, generating a focused, single magnetic pulse that induces a mild electric current at the back of the brain. The number of pulses can be repeated as prescribed by a neurologist. Without discomfort, the pulse generates mild currents in the brain tissue that are believed to interrupt the brain activity associated with migraine.
sTMS is an advanced migraine treatment system that can work without medications and causes no serious side effects.
In January 2014 the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published guidance on transcranial magnetic stimulation for treating and preventing migraine.
NICE recommends that sTMS should only be used for the treatment of migraine under the care of a headache specialist. You can learn more about being referred to a specialist in our migraine clinics information.
NHS funding for sTMS can be considered by a CCG through an Individual Funding Request (IFR) or a Neuromodulation Service Development Programme. For all new sTMS patients, NHS funding is available at the Neuromodulation Clinic at Guys & St Thomas's NHS Trust and requires a GP referral. Access is available to all patients within England. Alternatively, patients may self-fund this treatment.
Lipton, R. B., Dodick, D.W., Silberstein, S.D., Saper, J.R., Aurora, S.K., Pearlman, S.H., Fischell, R.E., Ruppel, P.L., Goadsby, P.J. (2010). Single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation for acute treatment of migraine with aura: a randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, sham controlled trial. Lancet Neurology, 9(4):373-380. Doi: 10.1016/s1474-4422(1)70054-5.
Bhola, R., Kinsella, E., Ahmed, F., Goadsby, P.J. (2014). Update of the UK post market pilot programme with single pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation (sTMS) for acute treatment of migraine. The Journal of Headache and Pain, 15 (suppl 1), M2. Doi: 10.1186/1129-2377-15-S1-M2.
Starling, A.J., Tepper, S., Marmura, M.J., Shamim, E.A., Robbins, M., Hindiyeh, N., Charles, A.C., Goardsby, P.J., Lipton, S.D., Silberstein, S.D., and Dodick, D.W. (2017). A Multicenter, Prospective, Single Arm, Open Label, Post-Market, Observational Study to evaluate the use of sTMS in reduction of Migraine Headache (ESPOUSE Study). Abstract presented at the 69th Annual meeting of the American Association of Neurology held in Boston, Massachusetts.
Bruggenjurgen, B., Baker, T., Bhogal, R., and Ahmed, F. (2016). Cost impact of a non-invasive, portable device for patient self-administration of chronic migraine in a UK National Health Service setting. SpringerPlus, 5:1249. Doi: 10.1186/s40064-016-2924-8.


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The plugin introduces a new Textpattern tag, <txp:rah_runtime />. The tag calculates execution runtimes for Textpattern template markup. The runtimes can be printed to the page template and are added to a tag trace.
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<txp:rah_runtime/> tag's attributes are as follows.
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Q: Counting block-equivalent permutations Consider the group $\mathfrak{S}_n$ of permutations on the letters $\{1,2,\dots,n\}$.
We say two permutations are b-equivalent, $\pi_1\,\pmb{\sim^b}\,\pi_2$, if one can be determined from the other by reversing a block of $b$ consecutive integers. For example, $617\pmb{5432}\,\pmb{\sim^4}\,617\pmb{2345}$.

Question. Is this true? The number $h_b(n)$ of $(b+1)$-equivalent classes is given by
  $$h_b(n)=\sum_{j=0}^{\lfloor\frac{n}{b+1}\rfloor}(-1)^j(n-bj)!\binom{n-bj}j.$$

The special case $b=1$ recovers Theorem 2.2 of this paper.

A: We can prove this with a slight generalisation (and uglification) of Stanley's
argument.
Let a permutation be $b$-salient if we never have either $a_i=a_{i+1}+1=\cdots
=a_{i+b}+b$ or $a_i=a_{i+1}+b+1=a_{i+2}+b=\cdots =a_{i+b+1}+1$.  The proof of
Stanley's lemma 2.1 holds with minor modification to show that the
lexicographically first element in each $b$-equivalence class is $b$-salient,
and is the only $b$-salient permutation in its equivalence class.
So we need to count the number of $b$-salient permutations.  We will do this by
inclusion exclusion, much like Stanley's Theorem 2.2.  Let $A_i$, $1\le i\le
n-b$ be the set of permutations $v\in\mathfrak{S}_n$ that contain the factor
$i+b,i_b-1,\dots,i$.  Let $B_i$, $1\le i\le n-b-1$ be the set of permutations
that contain the factor $i+b+1, i, i+1,\dots, i+b$.  Let $C_i$ be some indexing
of the $A_i$'s and $B_i$'s.  By inclusion-exclusion we have
$$h_b(n)=\sum_{S\in [2n-2b-1]}{(-1)}^{\#S} \#\bigcap_{i\in S}C_i,$$
where the empty intersection is all of $\mathfrak{S}_n$.  We see that any
intersection of the $C_i$'s consist of disjoint factors of the forms
$j,j-1,\dots,i+1,i$ and $j,j-1,\dots,i+b+1,i,i+1,\dots,i+b$.  Permutations
containing the factors $j,j-1,\dots,i+1,i$ are those in $A_{k_1=j-b}\cap
A_{k_2}\cap\dots\cap A_{k_l=i}$ where the $k_i$ are a decreasing sequence of
numbers such that $0<k_i-k_{i+1}<b$.  Similarly, permuations containing the
factors $j,j-1,\dots,i+b+1,i,i+1,\dots,i+b$ are those in $a_{k_1=j-b}\cap
a_{k_2}\cap\cdots\cap a_{k_l=i+b+1}\cap B_i$ where $0<k_i<b$.  If we convert the
first occurence of $B_i$ in our intersection with $A_i\cap A_{i+1}$, the size of
the sets of permutations are the same, but the cardinality of the intersecting
sets have opposite cardinality, so the two sets cancel in our summation.
Now call a subset of [n-b] good if whenever it contains both $i$ and $i+1$ then
it also contains some element between $i-b$ and $i-1$ or $i+2$ and $i+b$.  After
the above pairing operation we have reduced our sum to
$$h_b(n)=\sum_{\substack{S\in [n-b]\\S \text{ is good}}}{(-1)}^{\#S} \#\bigcap_{i\in S}A_i$$
Now if we look at the nonoverlapping factors, the factor $i+b+1, i+b,\dots,i$
corresponding to $A_{i}\cap A_{i+1}$ does not occur because the isolated $i,i+1$
is not good, so these factors contribute nothing to the sum.  The nonoverlapping
factor $i+b+2, i+b+1,\dots,i$ corresponds to $A_{i+2}\cap A_{i+1}\cap A_{i}$ or
$A_{i+2}\cap A_{i}$ both of which are good but have opposite parity so
contribute nothing to the sum.  Similarly for nonoverlapping factors of the form
$i+b+k, i+b+k-1,\dots,i$ for $2\le k \le b$ corresponds to $2^{k-1}$
intersections containing $A_{i+k}$ and $A_{i}$ and any combination of $A_j$ for
$i<j<i+k$.  For $k>b$ the corresponding intersection must contain $A_{i+k}$ and
some $A_{i+j}$ for $k-b<j<k$ where if we remove $A_{i+k}$ from our intersection
we get a previously considered factor which contributed nothing to the sum.  As
adding $A_{i+k}$ just changes the parity of the intersection these factors also
contribute nothing to the sum.
So we are left with nonoverlapping factors of size exactly $b+1$, and the problem
reduces to tiling a strip of length $n$ with tiles of length $b+1$ and 1.  There
are $\binom{n-bj}{j}$ ways of doing this with $j$ tiles of length $b+1$, and
there are $(n-bj)!$ permutations corresponding to the above factors giving us
$$h_b(n)=\sum_{j=0}^{\lfloor \frac{n}{b+1} \rfloor}{(-1)}^{j}(n-bj)!\binom{n-bj}{j}$$


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Albany State wins SIAC softball championship
ALBANY – The Albany State University Golden Rams held off Kentucky State University 4-3 to capture the 2018 SIAC Softball Championship Saturday afternoon at Gordon Park.
For the second time in as many days, Albany State faced off against and prevailed over the Thorobreds with a one run victory.
ASU's starting pitchers Aryn McGowan and Lauren Lowrey were both named to the All-Tournament team as was Lavette Tucker, whose walk-off single on Friday propelled the Golden Rams into the title game.
The Golden Rams historic season will continue as they will now receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Playoffs. It will be their first post season appearance since the 2013 season which was also the last time the Golden Rams won the conference championship. It will be ASU's sixth trip to the Division II Playoffs.
Albany State capped the school's first ever undefeated SIAC season by running the table at this year's tournament, the only team not to drop a game during championship play.
Aryn McGowan secured tournament MVP honors after entering the game in relief of Lauren Lowrey with bases loaded and no outs in the top of the fourth inning. With the Rams in front 4-1 the first batter McGowan faced, Kailen Olison pulled the Thorobreds within one when she smacked a 2 RBI single through the right side. McGowan escaped the inning with a fly-out out right field and two groundouts to get outs and the Rams clung to a one run advantage.
Backed by some solid defensive play, ASU protected the one run lead while McGowan allowed one to reach in the sixth and gave up a one-out walk followed by a single up the middle in the seventh. Demeshia Russell sealed the final two outs of the tournament and the title for the Golden Rams when KSU lined and flew out to right field ending KSU's scoring threat.
All of ASU's runs came in the bottom of the second inning. Kendyl Davis drove in the Rams' first run and two batters later Jade Williams' 2 RBI single scored Davis and Jordan Baranello. Williams then played decoy stealing second as Russell advanced from third to home plate and ASU led 4-0.
The Golden Rams will now await the NCAA Division II pairings which will be announced on Monday with regional play slated for May 10-12th.
Courtesy: Albany State Athletics
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Climate-driven reductions in krill abundance have caused Adélie penguin declines
Adélie penguin © Jo Crebbin (Shutterstock)
Adélie Penguin Pygoscelis adeliae declines in Antarctica are thought to be driven by a changing climate, with the influence of retreating sea ice, reduced krill density and increasing snow blizzards all influencing population trends. Declines of around 50% have been seen in the past 30 years, making penguin survival in the face of climate change a serious challenge.
Adélie penguin population responses to sea-ice extent at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands.
Forcada et al. (2006) Glob. Change Biol. 12: 411–423.
Adélie Penguin Pygoscelis adeliae populations in the South Shetland Islands have seen 50% declines in the past 30 years (Trivelpiece et al. 2011). These declines have occurred at the same time as rapid changes in sea ice extent, due to warming sea surface temperatures (Trivelpiece et al. 2011, Forcada et al. 2006).
Adélie Penguins rely on sea ice for breeding, whilst sympatric Chinstrap Penguins Pygoscelis antarcticus, also experiencing declines in the South Shetland Islands (Trivelpiece et al. 2011) are known as sea-ice avoiders (Fraser et al. 1992). The changes in sea ice are therefore not thought to drive these population trends directly, but indirectly through its effects on an important food source for both species: the Antarctic krill Euphausia superba (Trivelpiece et al. 2011).
Declines in krill density of up to 80% have been seen in the West Antarctic Peninsula and Scotia sea since the 1970s. This has been linked to both the reduction in sea ice extent (Atkinson et al. 2004) and the increase in krill redating pinnipeds and baleen whale populations as hunting pressures have decreased in recent years (Trivelpiece et al. 2011).
Increasing snowfall in the West Antarctic Peninsula is also thought to be linked to Adélie Penguin population declines. South facing colonies on Torgersen Island, Antarctica, have been shown to be particularly effected by spring prevailing winds enhancing snow accumulations, with greater declines (58%) than colonies not as wind exposed (32%) (Fraser & Patterson 1997, Patterson et al. 2003).
This case study is taken from 'The Messengers: What birds tell us about threats from climate change and solutions for nature and people'. To download the report in full click here.
Adélie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae)
Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarcticus)
Atkinson, A., Siegal, V., Pakhomov, E. and Rothery, P. (2004) Long-term decline in krill stock and increase in salps within the Southern Ocean. Nature 432: 100–103.
Forcada, J., Trathan, P. N., Reid, K., Murphy, E. J. and Croxall, J. P. (2006) Contrasting population changes in sympatric penguin species in association with climate warming. Glob. Change Biol. 12: 411–423.
Fraser, W. R. and Patterson, D. L. (1997) Human disturbance and long-term changes in Adélie penguin populations: a natural experiment at Palmer Station, Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctic communities: species, structure and survival, scientific committee for Antarctic research (SCAR), sixth biological symposium. New York, United States: Cambridge University Press.
Fraser, W. R., Trivelpiece, W. Z., Ainley, D. G. and Trivelpiece, S. G. (1992) Increases in Antarctic penguin populations: reduced competition with whales or a loss of sea ice due to environmental warming? Polar Biol. 11: 525–531.
Patterson, D. L., Easter-Pilcher, A. L. and Fraser, W. R. (2003). The effects of human activity and environmental variability on long-term changes in Adelie penguin populations at Palmer Station, Antarctica. Antarctic biology in a global context. Leiden, The Netherlands: Backhuys Publishers.
Trivelpiece, W. Z., Hinke, J. T., Miller, A. K., Reiss, C. S., Trivelpiece, S. G. and Watters, G. M. (2011) Variability in krill biomass links harvesting and climate warming to penguin population changes in Antarctica. PNAS 108: 7625–7628.
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Recommended Citation:
BirdLife International (2015) Climate-driven reductions in krill abundance have caused Adélie penguin declines. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 21/01/2021
Key message: Climate change is already affecting birds in diverse ways
Arctic-breeding shorebirds are suffering mismatches between the timing of breeding and food supply
Bird community composition is shifting towards warm-adapted species
Catastrophic bird mortality events will increrase during extreme heat waves
Climate change is already affecting birds in diverse ways
Climate change is already documented as having impacted many bird species
Climate change is driving poleward shifts in the distributions of species
Climate change is impacting the distribution, abundance and migration of Australian birds
Climate change will add to the pressure from fisheries on seabirds
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An Interview with the Houston Oilers Tony Banfield
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I recently had the opportunity to conduct a telephone interview with Tony Banfield, a three-time AFL All-Star, and member of the Oilers 1960 & 1961 championship teams. Banfield played defensive back in Houston from 1960-1965, though he did not play in 1964 while rehabbing from knee injuries. Tony was a wonderful interview subject, full of great memories and fun stories from his AFL days.
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John Spoulos July 5, 2013 at 6:18 AMLog in to Reply
Imagine what these players earned in those days who really cared about the fans and the game unlike the overpaid thugs who only care of themselves and not the game or the fans of today?. We should all as fans be grateful to players like Tony Banfield who made the game special.
chris burford July 5, 2013 at 8:26 AMLog in to Reply
wonderful interview with Tony Banfield…very humble man, great player. Many good insights on players of his time…I fully agree the tandem of Hennigan and Groman was one of the best of all time. Thoughtful discussion, enjoyed the interview!
billd July 6, 2013 at 9:43 AMLog in to Reply
Very good interview. Enjoyed listening to his story about the Oilers training in Hawaii for 2 weeks. He also conveyed how challenging it was to cover the talented receivers in the early AFL days. Thanks.
Tom July 7, 2013 at 4:26 PMLog in to Reply
Banfield attended Broken Arrow High School in Broken Arrow Oklahoma and was classmates and maybe teammates with former MLB pitcher Jim Brewer. Brewer was a top relief pitcher with the Dodgers and others and played 16 seasons in the bigs.
Dave Glick August 7, 2013 at 2:28 AMLog in to Reply
It is truly a pleasure to read these responses from people that really had a passion for the AFL. It is really cool reliving the memories of my childhood as the son of an AFL player, Tony Banfield and my Dad were in the same defensive backfield for the better part of 5 seasons. As a three time AllStar and after setting the single season record for interceptions in 1963, my Dad topped out at $20,000 a year for his final contract in 1966. Whoever said timing is everything knew what they were talking about. However I never met one player from that era that was motivated by $$$ and another reason that league was priceless.


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Oscar Goes Digital
in 84th Academy Awards, AMPAS
The Academy just sent out the following press release. I will snap any of the digital billboards I see. Many of the films they plan to highlight are those that didn't win Best Picture.
OSCARS® "CELEBRATE THE MOVIES"
WITH LAUNCH OF DIGITAL EXHIBITION
84 ICONIC FILM IMAGES SHOWCASED IN ONLINE, OUTDOOR GALLERIES
Beverly Hills, CA – In anticipation of the 84th Academy Awards®, the Academy of Motion Picture Sciences has launched "Celebrate the Movies," a digital exhibition spotlighting iconic moments from 84 films.
Beginning today, January 23, the exhibition will appear on digital billboards in Los Angeles, and on ABC's digital "SuperSign," an electronic landmark in New York's Times Square. It will also be showcased on an online gallery on Oscar.com, and extend toyoutube.com/Oscars, where fans can share their most memorable movie-going experiences through video or text.
Images will debut in groups of 20 within the next two weeks. The 84 films represented span eight decades, beginning with "Bride of Frankenstein" (1935) and culminating in "Avatar" (2009). Highlights from each decade include "Gone with the Wind" (1939), "Casablanca" (1942), "The Killers" (1946), "Sunset Boulevard" (1950), "Breakfast at Tiffany's" (1961), "True Grit" (1969), "The Exorcist" (1973), "Saturday Night Fever" (1977), "The Empire Strikes Back" (1980), "Driving Miss Daisy" (1989), "Apollo 13" (1995), "Shrek" (2001), "Ray" (2004), and "The Dark Knight" (2008). The exhibition highlights all of Hollywood's major genres, as well as independent, animated, foreign-language, and documentary films.
Included in the first 20 images are the eight that were featured in the key art campaign, which was unveiled in late December.
The 84th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Tuesday, January 24, at 5:30 a.m. PST in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on Sunday, February 26, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar® presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide.
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A DITA project is an ideal time to audit, enhance, and start managing your media assets. Like any other piece of content, your media are a valuable resource that the company can leverage.
Probably the biggest mistake when moving to DITA is to lug your extra, non-essential media around with you, just in case.
All these graphics get applied on publish so each individual author no longer has to worry about them. Your authors no longer even see these graphics—and also no longer need to manage them. Your publishing expert still needs to manage these graphics efficiently, but at least now there's only one graphic to manage instead of dozens or hundreds.
For example, when the branding guidelines are updated, the publishing expert simply updates the logo used in the stylesheets–replacing one graphic in one place instead of a graphic in every single title page and footer throughout your library of content.
The design-related graphics are easy to throw away, but we all have extra graphics lying around. It's not unusual for a single graphic to have 5 or more other related graphics that are hanging around just in case. For example, you may have files that are older versions, variations, and different size and quality options.
We always loathe to "lose" a graphic, but DITA migration is the perfect time to archive the older versions and variations—but keep the quality options because they'll come in handy.
A graphic is only useful if it conveys something that words cannot. If you can explain what the graphic shows, then the graphic is usually redundant and not useful. If you can't explain it, then the graphic is needed. Prune your content of the graphics that don't add any value.
DITA lets you specify multiple types of formats for a single graphic so that you are always publishing the right graphic for the right format. You can easily publish different formats (such as color for ePub and grayscale for print) using DITA attributes.
All graphics are either vector or raster. The format you use will depend on the type of graphic you need and the outputs you're publishing to. For more information about raster versus vector, see this article.
Vector graphics (specifically SVG) are usually the right choice for most technical illustrations and diagrams as long as they don't require complex coloring (like drop shadowing and shading). They are clear, clean graphics that look professional and don't have that "fuzzy" look on publish.
A huge added bonus is that, because they are made up of layers, you can export the text (usually in the form of callouts or labels) and translate just that text if you're providing localized content. This saves having to edit or even re-create a graphic when localizing. Another benefit is that in HTML outputs, they also allow users to zoom without pixilation, as needed.
It's just icing on the cake that vector graphics are smaller, more compact files with lossless data compression.
SVG is an open standard, advocated by W3C, the Web consortium that is bringing you HTML5. It might not be the only graphic format in the future, but it will definitely be a forerunner. You can create SVG files from most graphics editors, including but not limited to: Adobe Illustrator (.ai and .eps files), Microsoft Visio, InkScape, and Google.
The best size for your graphics depends on the output type. PDFs and HTML have different widths and resolutions. This really does get tricky, but if you're using the DITA OpenToolkit to publish, it's possible to set default maximum widths (maintaining the correct aspect ratio) so that you'll at least never overwhelm your audience with a massive graphic. Use this default maximum in combination with authors using DITA attributes to set preferred width or height (but not both).
Some illustrations are best done in 3D. The ability to manipulate, rotate, zoom and otherwise play with graphics is not just really cool, it can also let users access the information they need without overwhelming them with 20 different views/zooms of a particular object or object set.
You can also play around with something like Prezi (or better yet, Impress.js), which lets you display and connect information graphically.
If your authors don't know that a graphic exists or they can't find it, then that graphic is a wasted resource. It's not uncommon for an author to forget or be unable to find the graphics that they themselves created months or years before.
Every time an author re-creates a graphic that they could have re-used, they are wasting on average 5 hours. Assuming your authors are worth approximately $45/hour and that they re-create a graphic they should have re-used about 4 times per year, then that means the company is wasting $900/year/author. If you have 10 authors, that's $9000/year that could be saved with some simple, basic management of graphics with little or no cost or effort. If you have complex graphics, double or triple that savings.
Just like topic reuse, graphics reuse is a no-brainer source of savings for your company.
Instead, use descriptive tags applied to each graphic so authors can search, filter, and find the graphics they're looking for. Then make sure they search for existing graphics before creating new ones from scratch. This same metadata can also be used to let media be searchable to end users when you publish. If you have videos, you can take this one step further and provide a time-delineated list of subjects covered in the video so users can skip right to the spot they want.
Descriptive tags should also be intelligently managed so you don't have people using slightly different tags and so that you can modify the tags when it's needed. These tags are called a taxonomy/classification scheme and can lead to their own chaos if left unmanaged and uncontrolled. Either keep them extremely simple (fewer than 10 tags, no hierarchy), select a CCMS that allows you to manage them, or call in an expert to help you out.
Don't forget to store and manage your source files for graphics in a similar way to your graphic output files themselves.
A quality CCMS makes it easy to store your source graphics with your output graphics (or vice versa), so you can easily find, for example, both your Visio source file and your eight associated .PNG files.
If your CCMS doesn't include this functionality (or if you're using file folders instead), the key is to use metadata that matches how you're managing your output graphics so that your filters and searches will automatically include the source files for graphics as well.
Graphics are the least-emphasized aspect of a DITA conversion project, but it's worth the effort to establish which graphics you need to keep, how to manage them, and how to make them findable for both authors and end users. Your graphics are valuable assets that can and should be leveraged.


What started as an effort to help family members get healthy developed into a lifelong cooking habit for two church members.
Positive change can sometimes flow from difficult spaces in our lives.
Take the story of Marvin Byrd and Kat Harris, both members of St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church in Charlotte. While learning to care for family members diagnosed with diabetes, each discovered a passion for healthy cooking – and they are now teamed up to spread that passion throughout the Mecklenburg County Health Department's Village HeartBEAT program.
Harris, whose day job is in corporate procurement, said she started cooking healthy after diabetes and high blood pressure impaired her maternal grandmother. For Byrd, now retired, the lifestyle shift came shortly after his wife was diagnosed.
"She wanted to get off insulin, so we started looking at alternative cooking," he told Qcitymetro during a recent interview.
Their commitment to healthy cooking was on display last month when Village HeartBEAT hosted a cooking workshop for participants in the faith-based program. The menu included meats cooked with no salt and desserts baked with no sugar.
Of special note was a butternut squash and carrot soufflé, spiced with a touch of orange juice, Agave nectar and lemon juice. Some said it tasted like sweet potato pie.
And that's the point of healthy cooking, Harris and Byrd said – you need not sacrifice taste to prepare healthy meals.
Neither Byrd not Harris is trained in the culinary arts.
"We're strong in the community and love the Lord, but we also love cooking for people," said Harris.
The two became friends while volunteering at their church, especially in the food pantry. They also bonded during a 32-week discipleship class they shared — Harris frequently cooked dinner for the group, while Byrd made tasty desserts.
After St. Luke Baptist became part of the Village HeartBEAT program, the two agreed to become its ambassadors for healthy cooking, and they are now brainstorming ideas for a Village HartBEAT cookbook — all with healthy recipes, of course.
Despite their shared interest, they have their differences: When baking cakes, for example, Harris does not use eggs; Byrd does.
"I'm like no salt, no nuts," she said.
And while Harris said she eats out "very, very rarely," Byrd said he doesn't mind letting a stranger cook on occasion, though he tries to find restaurants that offer healthy menu options.
With a wife diagnosed with diabetes, Byrd said his entire cooking style changed. And eventually, so did his eating habits.
For example, Byrd said, his wife must avoid all wheat products.
"My cooking skills were progressing the whole time, because her diet was changing," he said. "I was used to soul food cooking. I changed all that and went vegan — tofu and everything.
For Harris, who grew up in New Orleans, the shift was equally stark, if not more so.
At the Village HeartBEAT workshop, the two shared some of their best healthy-cooking tips, conceding that healthy cooking does sometimes mean spending slightly more for better products and ingredients.
But think of it as a trade-off, Harris said.
"It cost of little more on the front end, but that same cost will delay the cost of medical procedures and going to the doctor and all these medications that you have to have," she said.
As for the family members who inspired their healthy-cooking journey: Harris' grandmother eventually passed, an event with which Harris still struggles. Meanwhile, Byrd said, his wife is no longer taking insulin.
Read labels before you buy, he said.
Avoid canned vegetable in favor of the frozen kind; Frozen vegetables have less salt and other additives. And whenever possible, go to a local farmers markets and buy vegetables fresh.
Harris also advises folks cooking at home to eliminate salt, or at least cut back. (Add salt after your meals are cooked, she said, not during the cooking process.) You can often get the same taste, she said, by substituting salt with a mix of other seasonings.
Finally, she said, eliminate margarine and use butter. Or better yet, whenever possible, try extra virgin olive oil.


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Trump announces plasma treatment authorized for COVID-19
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced on Sunday emergency authorization to treat COVID-19 patients with convalescent plasma — a move he called "a breakthrough," one of his top health officials called "promising" and other health experts said needs more study before it's celebrated.
The announcement came after White House officials complained there were politically motivated delays by the Food and Drug Administration in approving a vaccine and therapeutics for the disease that has upended Trump's reelection chances.
On the eve of the Republican National Convention, Trump put himself at the center of the FDA's announcement of the authorization at a news conference Sunday evening. The authorization makes it easier for some patients to obtain the treatment but is not the same as full FDA approval.
The blood plasma, taken from patients who have recovered from the coronavirus and rich in antibodies, may provide benefits to those battling the disease. But the evidence so far has not been conclusive about whether it works, when to administer it and what dose is needed.
In a letter describing the emergency authorization, the chief scientist for the FDA, Denise Hinton, said: "COVID-19 convalescent plasma should not be considered a new standard of care for the treatment of patients with COVID-19. Additional data will be forthcoming from other analyses and ongoing, well-controlled clinical trials in the coming months."
But Trump had made clear to aides that he was eager to showcase good news in the battle against the virus, and the timing allowed him to head into his convention with momentum. He and aides billed it as a "major" development and used the White House briefing room to make the announcement.
Trump also displayed some rare discipline in the evening news conference, sticking to his talking points, deferring to the head of the FDA, Stephen Hahn, and taking only three questions from reporters.
The White House had grown agitated with the pace of the plasma approval. The accusations of an FDA slowdown, which were presented without evidence, were just the latest assault from Trump's team on what he refers to as the "deep state" bureaucracy. White House chief of staff Mark Meadows did not deal in specifics but said that "we've looked at a number of people that are not being as diligent as they should be in terms of getting to the bottom of it."
"This president is about cutting red tape," Meadows said in an interview Sunday on "This Week" on ABC. "He had to make sure that they felt the heat. If they don't see the light, they need to feel the heat because the American people are suffering."
During Sunday's 18-minute press conference, Trump said he thought there had been a "logjam" at the FDA over granting the emergency authorization. He alleged there were people at the FDA "that can see things being held up … and that's for political reasons."
Dr. Joshua Sharfstein said the statement, and Hahn's silence while Trump said it, "was disgraceful."
"The FDA commissioner allowed basically allowed the president to mischaracterize the decision and attack the integrity of FDA employees. I was horrified," said Sharfstein, a vice dean at John Hopkins University's school of public health who was a top FDA official in President Barack Obama's administration.
"This is a promising therapy that has not been established," he said.
The push on Sunday came a day after Trump tweeted sharp criticism of the process.
The COVID-19 coronavirus has killed more than 175,000 Americans and imperiled his reelection chances. The White House has sunk vast resources into an expedited process to develop a vaccine, and Trump aides have been banking on it being an "October surprise" that could help the president make up ground in the polls.
"The deep state, or whoever, over at the FDA is making it very difficult for drug companies to get people in order to test the vaccines and therapeutics," Trump tweeted. "Obviously, they are hoping to delay the answer until after November 3rd. Must focus on speed, and saving lives!"
Earlier this month, Mayo Clinic researchers reported a strong hint that blood plasma from COVID-19 survivors helps other infected patients recover. But it wasn't considered proof.
More than 70,000 patients in the U.S. have been given convalescent plasma, a century-old approach to fend off flu and measles before vaccines. It's a go-to tactic when new diseases come along, and history suggests it works against some, but not all, infections.
The Mayo Clinic reported preliminary data from 35,000 coronavirus patients treated with plasma. The Mayo said there were fewer deaths among people given plasma within three days of diagnosis, and also among those given plasma containing the highest levels of virus-fighting antibodies.
But it wasn't a formal study. The patients were treated in different ways in hospitals around the country as part of an FDA program designed to speed access to the experimental therapy. That "expanded access" program tracks what happens to the recipients, but it cannot prove the plasma — and not other care they received — was the real reason for improvement.
Administration officials, in a call with reporters Sunday, discussed a benefit for patients who were within three days of admission to a hospital and were not on a respirator, and were given "high-titer" convalescent plasma containing higher concentrations of antibodies. They were then compared with similar patients who were given lower-titer plasma. The findings suggest deaths were 35 percent lower in the high-titer group.
There's been little data on how effective it is or whether it must be administered fairly early in an illness to make a significant difference, said Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious diseases expert at Vanderbilt University.
Aiming to ward off a potential run on convalescent plasma after the announcement, government officials have been working to obtain plasma and to team with corporate partners and nonprofit organizations to generate interest among previously infected patients to donate.
Hahn, who called the development "promising," said Trump had not spoken to him about the timing of the announcement. He said "this has been in the works for several weeks."
But some health experts were skeptical.
Benjamin Corb, of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, called it "conspicuous timing."
"President Trump is once again putting his political goals ahead of the health and well-being of the American public," Corb said.
Rigorous studies are under way around the country, comparing similar patients randomly assigned to get plasma or a dummy infusion in addition to regular care. But those studies have been difficult to finish as the virus waxes and wanes in different cities. Also, some patients have requested plasma rather than agreeing to a study that might give them a placebo instead.
Former FDA commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb dismissed the suggestion of a slowdown.
"I firmly reject the idea they would slow-walk anything or accelerate anything based on any political consideration or any consideration other than what is best for the public health and a real sense of mission to patients," Gottlieb told CBS's "Face the Nation."
Trump, in news conferences, "has made all kinds of therapeutic suggestions" that have not proven to be supported by science — and are even dangerous, Schaffner said. That includes statements about the potential value of treating COVID-19 patients with ultraviolet light and disinfectant. Trump reportedly also recently became enthusiastic about oleandrin, a plant extract derived from a toxic shrub that scientists immediately warned against.
But the president is perhaps best known for his early and ardent embrace of the malaria drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine.
Earlier this month, Hahn emphasized that routine evaluation procedures would remain in place to evaluate COVID vaccine candidates.
"I think this administration has put more pressure on the Food and Drug Administration than I can remember" ever happening in the past, Schaffner said.
"Everybody is just a little bit nervous," he said.
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Lamu to Zanzibar 2019
Backed by UNEP Clean Seas Initiative, the Flipflopi set sail on the first overseas expedition in January, travelling 500kms from Lamu to Zanzibar to raise awareness about marine plastic pollution.
Flipflopi sailed south along the coast of Kenya stopping in Watamu, Kilifi, Mombasa Diani and Shimoni, before crossing into northern Tanzania to Pemba Island, and culminating in Stone Town, Zanzibar.
Along the way our team of volunteers visited multiple schools, communities and government officials along the way sharing practical solutions on how to reduce and repurpose plastic waste, and changing mindsets.
Beyond generating huge international awareness, Flipflopi was able to really engage communities, businesses and policy makers in serious discussions - and we started to see real actions, not just words, from the people who have the ability to really turn the tide against single-use plastic.
Remember, this was never only about the boat - we simply want to demonstrate that single use plastic doesn't make sense. We hope people around the world are inspired to find their own ways to repurpose 'already-used' plastic.
HOW LONG was THE JOURNEY?
The Flipflopi sailed over 500 km from Lamu to Stone Town, and then returned to Mombasa, so the actual distance was over 650km. It took 14 days.
DID YOU STOP ALONG THE WAY?
Yes, we stopped at 12 different communities in Kenya and Tanzania, and organised and ran 7 community events to thousands of people, with >50 local and regional partners. We conducted a number of practical recycling workshops, presentations, beach clean-ups and visited many marine conservation and innovative plastic recycling initiatives to shine a light on positive home-grown solutions.
WHAT IMPACT DID IT HAVE?
Awareness of the expedition has reached all corners of the world with features in >50 local, regional and international media. We directly reached ~ 3000 schoolchildren who came on the boat to learn about plastic pollution. 39 businesses (as of today) in the local tourism industry have pledged to ban/reduce single use plastic. Mombasa county committed to closing the largest dumpsite and install environmentally friendly waste management systems in its place. National government officials and environmental governing bodies in Kenya and Zanzibar made commitments for long-term progress.


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Archbishop Martin W. Currie, D.D.
Archbishop Martin William Currie was born in Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia, on December 11, 1943, the third of nine children of Everett and Mabel (Walsh) Currie. Upon graduation from Sheet Harbour High School in 1961, he studied at St. Francis Xavier University, earning a Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1964. That same year he entered the Seminary, Halifax, and was ordained to the priesthood in Sheet Harbour on May 12, 1968.
From 1968-1974, Fr. Currie served as assistant in St. Patrick's Parish, Halifax and St. Charles Parish, Amherst. From 1975-1980 he served in the Archdiocesan mission parish of San Jose Obrero, Chiclayo, Peru. Fr. Currie served as pastor in several parishes including St. Joseph's Parish, Bridgewater, St. Norbert's Parish, Lunenburg and St. Vincent de Paul Parish, Dartmouth. He served as Chaplain at the Halifax County Regional Rehabilitation Centre and was appointed Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Halifax in 1992.
Following a brief study period in Israel, Msgr. Currie was appointed Chancellor of the Archdiocese in 1994 working full time. In 1995, while remaining Chancellor and Vicar General, Msgr. Currie was elected Administrator of the Archdiocese, serving in this capacity for a year.
In 1999, Msgr. Currie became pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish, Truro while continuing to serve as Vicar General of the Archdiocese, member of the Personnel Board and as Archdiocesan Representative at the Atlantic School of Theology. In addition, he served as Chaplain to the RCMP. Msgr. Currie has been Chaplain of the St. Vincent de Paul Society and Archdiocesan Director of Propagation of the Faith. He has served on the boards of Nova Scotia Drug Dependency, St. Mary's University and St. Vincent's Guest House.
On December 12, 2000, Msgr. Currie was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Grand Falls, NL. Upon his Episcopal Ordination on January 31, 2001 he became the 8th bishop of the Diocese. During 2006-2007, he was also named Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Saint John, NB. As a member of the CCCB he has served on the National Council of the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development & Peace, founded by the Bishops of Canada 40 years ago.
Pope Benedict XVI named Most Rev. Martin William Currie as Archbishop of St. John's, Newfoundland Labrador on October 17, 2007. He was installed as the Archbishop of St. John's on Friday, November 30, 2007 at the Basilica-Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.