On Thursday, November 22, the American civil holiday Thanksgiving, the interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated Divine Liturgy in St. Nicholas Cathedral in New York City. His Grace was co-served by cathedral clerics as well as Abbot Jonah (Zaimovsky; director of the Alcohol and Narcotics Help Center "Metanoia" at St. Daniel's Monastery in Moscow).
Praying alongside parishioners were residents of the St. John of Kronstadt House of Mercy, founded under the auspices of the "St. John Give Hope Foundation" and the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA.
After the Liturgy, Bishop Matthew addressed the faithful with a sermon.
At the conclusion of the service, all were invited to a festal luncheon, served in the traditional American form on Thanksgiving Day.


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How one dev used 90% of his Windows Phone code to port a game to Windows 8
Devindra Hardawar
We've been hearing for some time that Microsoft is aiming to make developing apps across Windows Phone 7 and Windows 8 dead simple, but it's another thing entirely to see that in action.
Rick Walrond, developer of the Windows Phone word game AlphaDrops, reports that he was able to use 90 percent of his original code when porting the game over to Windows 8. You can take a look at the port in action below.
Walrond says that he managed to complete the port in just two weeks, though for now it only supports the single player mode of AlphaDrops. It's a sign that other Windows Phone app developers could easily reuse their code on Windows 8, and it's also the sort of thing that could attract more developers to Microsoft's struggling mobile platform.
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"The good news for existing Windows Phone Silverlight developers is that the underlying code is very similar," Walrond said in an e-mail interview with VentureBeat. "I suspect that if you have an XNA game [the Windows phone development environment for more graphics intensive games] that it wouldn't be that easy, but developers will save a lot of time when porting from Windows Phone Silverlight. I was able to wire up the Windows 8 App to the exact same web services and databases which would allow for cross-platform competition and leader boards."
Still, the Windows 8 development process wasn't entirely rosy for Walrond. He says that the development environment was "buggy and incomplete," and that he was only able to implement some of the features he wanted in the app by using HTML and Javascript (which Microsoft is pushing for in Windows 8 apps).
I asked Walrond if there's a chance Microsoft will ever consider making it easy for devs to port apps from Windows 8 back to Windows Phone.
"In terms of porting from Windows 8 to Windows Phone, things begin to get interesting," he said. "Remember that Microsoft is pushing HTML/Javascript. I suspect that Microsoft will add this combination to Windows Phone as well and also with the introduction of Visual Studio 11, I'm hoping they will also add more of the Asynchronous programming functionality to the Windows Phone dev kit. If they do these two things, porting from Windows 8 to Windows Phone will be dead simple with the exception of user interface and resource differences. But with HTML/Javascript, porting from other platforms including the web may be just as easy"
As far as things stand today, Walrond says he'd likely be able to use a decent amount of his code if he first started building AlphaDrops on Windows 8 and then ported it to Windows Phone.
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Ganggas Harjianto is an Associate at NewSpring where he is responsible for all phases throughout the lifecycle of a deal with the Firm's dedicated mezzanine strategy. Having joined NewSpring in 2022, he is responsible for new deal sourcing, underwriting, modeling, industry research, detailed due diligence, execution, and ongoing operational support to the portfolio companies.
Previously, Ganggas was a Senior Associate at Main Street Capital Corporation, a Houston, TX-based private equity firm, investing across a broad set of industries including consumer products, retail, restaurants, manufacturing, and industrial technology.
He began his career as an Investment Banking Analyst at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey in its leveraged finance group, where he was involved in the origination, structuring, and execution of leveraged loans and high yield bonds for various industries.
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Flu Season: What to Know this Year
Flu is spreading across the country. Between 6 and 7 million Americans have had flu so far this season, the CDC reports. Between 69,000 and 84,000 people have been hospitalized for flu-related illness.
The A strains of the flu virus are the most common so far, in particular H1N1. "There's still a lot more flu season to come," said Lynne Brammer, head of CDC's domestic influenza surveillance team. "I expect activity to continue for several more weeks."
The CDC reports widespread flu activity in 30 states. You can see the CDC's map here.
Brammer said it's too early to tell how severe this season will be or what the mix of viruses will be. The hospitalization rate is still relatively low compared with last year, and deaths are still below epidemic levels, she said.
Since 2010, the flu has affected about 9 million to 35 million annually.
Here is what else to know about flu.
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There has been a lot of focus on the people running Birmingham City in recent weeks as the pressure on Head Coach Pep Clotet has grown. With this in mind I thought it would be good to take a proper look at who the is on the board at Blues, to aid understanding of just what is going on and who would be the one to make a decision.
BCFC: Debt and Sustainability
As we heard into December, It won't be long before the accounts for Birmingham City FC will be published at Companies House. These accounts will give a full insight into the financial situation of the club at the start of this season and should help us understand just how much money the club can spend this winter.
BSH: HK Protests and Blues
As the protests continue to rumble on in Hong Kong, the economy there shows signs of further weakening. While the Hong Kong stock market is as yet to be affected, various financial news outlets have spoken of potential investor flight from the former colony as long-term prospects grow increasingly bleak. What could this mean for Birmingham Sports Holdings and by extension its subsidiary Birmingham City FC?
BCFC: Under Pressure
A header from Lukas Jutkiewicz along with a massively deflected effort from teenager wunderkind Jude Bellingham gave Birmingham City a 2-1 win over Stoke City at St Andrew's on Saturday.
BSH: Lottery Win?
Birmingham Sports Holdings today confirmed in a voluntary announcement to the Hong Kong stock exchange that they have entered into an agreement to buy a Chinese lottery company. The announcement confirmed that the new company should guarantee a profit of around £3million for BSH over the next three years.
BSH: Not For Sale
The rumour season is once again in full swing on social media, with rumours not just of impending incomings and exits at Blues but talk of potential changes in ownership. None of these rumours have any basis in fact as it stands – I wrote this article to explain why Blues won't be sold any time soon.
BSH: The Endgame
In the fallout from everything that happened on Thursday one of the most common questions I've been asked what I know about the motives of the owners of Birmingham City.
BCFC: Who is to blame?
The dust has now settled after the big news of Birmingham City being sanctioned with a nine-point deduction for breaching Profit and Sustainability rules. The questions now have to be asked as to how Birmingham City got into the mess it did and how it can ensure it does not happen again.
BSH: Reducing Debt and Increasing Cashflow
Just prior to announcing their interim results on Thursday, Birmingham Sports Holdings also announced a rights issue in an attempt to raise HK$297.7million. The purpose of the rights issue is to reduce the frightening levels of borrowing within the company and to provide more working capital to keep the company going.
BSH: The Australian Connection
Mystery has swirled around the ownership of Western Melbourne Group since the consortium were confirmed as the 11th team to play in the Australian A-League from next season. Today, I can reveal that Birmingham Sports Holdings are the financial backers for the project.


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Q: GRANT ADMINISTER Database Bulk Operations - Incorrect syntax near ADMINISTER I am trying to import a bacpac file to my SQL Server Express 2016.
An exception is thrown during the import with
GRANT ADMINISTER Database Bulk Operations TO [MyUser];

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Incorrect syntax near 'ADMINISTER'.

I am running the import as the sa user. Later when I try to run the SQL line directly, the same error is thrown. What can I do to resolve this?
Update: SQL Server Express 2019 throws "is not supported on this version of SQL Server" on the same line
Documentation suggests that the syntax is correct on both 2016 and 2019 without mentioning the exact applicable edition (Windows or Linux, Express or others)

A: The documentation says "ADMINISTER DATABASE BULK OPERATIONS Applies to: SQL Database."
In the context of the docs "SQL Database" is Azure SQL DB. Not the SQL Server running on Windows/Linux. "SQL Database" always means Azure SQL Database. The docs simply use both interchangeably.

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The Robert Lemelson Foundation was established by Robert Lemelson in 2010 and is dedicated to improving global mental health and well-being through education and knowledge and seeks to promote social and economic growth in the US and developing countries.
Robert Lemelson is a cultural anthropologist, ethnographic filmmaker and philanthropist. Lemelson received his M.A. from the University of Chicago and Ph.D. from the Department of Anthropology at the University of California Los Angeles. Lemelson's area of specialty is transcultural psychiatry; Southeast Asian Studies, particularly Indonesia; and psychological and medical anthropology. He currently is a research anthropologist in the Semel Institute of Neuroscience UCLA, and an adjunct professor of Anthropology at UCLA. His scholarly work has appeared in numerous journals and books. Lemelson founded Elemental Productions in 2008, a documentary film company. He has directed and produced over a dozen ethnographic films related to culture, psychology and personal experience. He is also the founder and president of the Foundation for Psychocultural Research, which supports research and training in the social and neurosciences.


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Brad Edwards (Department of Conservation) is a Nga Awa River Ranger (based in Raukapuka). He leads the DOC representation on the Ko te Whakahaumanu o te Rakitata Awa project working group that seeks alignment across agencies and the community to restore the mauri of the Rakitata, ki uta ki tai.
Clement Lagrue (Department of Conservation) is a Science Advisor ecosystems (based in Ōtepoti) for DOC. His background in freshwater ecology combines with current work in terrestrial ecosystems to take a holistic view at ecosystem functioning and management. He's part of the Department's threatened ecosystem workstream focusing on limestone, coastal turfs, saltpans, and braided river conservation and management across Southland, Otago, and South Canterbury. He leads a 10-year long braided river restoration project (2016-2026) on the Aparima River (Southland) in collaboration with a local gravel extractor, Fish&Game, Environment Southland, and local Iwi. Data from this project is informing recent changes in gravel extraction techniques to include an ecosystem-wide consideration of the potential impacts and benefits of gravel extractions on braided river ecosystem functioning and biodiversity.
C. Ellery Mayence (Department of Conservation) is a Principal Science Advisor for DOC based in Ōtautahi. He leads the Department's threatened ecosystems research workstream, a programme of work involving projects in ecosystems ranging from dry to wet and coastal to inland.
Colin O'Donnell (Department of Conservation) a Principal Science Advisor for DOC based in Ōtautahi. He been working on braided river wildlife since the late 1970s, particularly on fauna surveys and habitat use studies of river birds. He maintains a number of long-term monitoring databases for braided river bird populations. Colin's research focuses on threatened species and threatened ecosystems, especially the ecology of rainforest bats and birds, developing predator control techniques for forests, wetlands, braided rivers, and alpine ecosystems, and developing monitoring methods for lizards and invertebrates.
Emma Williams (Department of Conservation) Science Advisor for DOC, she leads the Department's Mobile Terrestrial Threatened Species Workstream. Emma work on highly mobile threatened species, includes several braided riverbed bird species, such as banded dotterels, black-fronted terns, South Island pied oystercatchers and wrybills. Her projects are often holistic and collaborative in nature because of the landscape scale movements of the species she works on. She has also done 12 + years work on wetland birds, including the Australasian bittern, spotless cakes and marsh crakes.
Fraser Gurney (Lincoln University) is a postgraduate student working with the Department of Conservation to study black-fronted terns and their movements. While studying he has been working for Wildland Consultants as an ecologist/ornithologist, primarily conducting braided river bird surveys. Fraser has previously worked for the Department of Conservation Tier One Biodiversity Monitoring Team and is a keen birdwatcher in his spare time.
Grant Davey (Ashley Rakahuri Rivercare Group) has been a mineral exploration geologist in six countries and was a hydrogeologist at Environment Canterbury for four years. He has a PGDip in Environmental Science. For about five years he's been an active member of the Ashley Rakahuri Rivercare Group and of BRaid.
Grant Edge (Councillor, Environment Canterbury) is a first term Councillor and a previous deputy chair of the Waimakariri Water Zone Committee. A Landscape Architect with a background in urban and rural design and planning. Grant is co-chair of the Transport and Urban Development Committee and a member of other committees including Audit, Finance and Risk, Regional and Strategic Leadership, Natural Environment, Catchment -subcommittee and the Climate Change Action committee. He is also the Council representative on the Kaikoura Water Zone committee and the Biosecurity Advisory Group for North Canterbury. Grant's concerns remain the same as at the beginning of the term with a focus on dealing with climate change, water quality issues and land use change. He believes the democratic process has been revitalised in Council and that the relationships with our Ngai Tahu and Papitipu Runanga will further improve environmental outcomes for the region.
Holly Harris (University of Canterbury) is researching on the Cass River in Tekapo for her doctorate. With a bit of experience in freshwater and terrestrial biomonitoring, she is now interested in how braided rivers work as whole ecosystems to support the life that exists within them, such as the birds and fish that we know and love.
Inge Martens (University of Canterbury) is currently doing her master's degree in Biology. During her undergraduate degree, she developed an interest in rare and threatened ecosystems as well as Ecosystem-based management.
Naomi Wells (Lincoln University) joined the Soils & Physical Sciences Dept staff in 2021, after five years working at Southern Cross University (Lismore, NSW, Australia) on issues around nitrogen and greenhouse gas dynamics at the interface of terrestrial/aquatic/marine ecosystems. As a biogeochemist, Naomi accounts for how biologically-active elements move through landscapes. She works across aquatic, terrestrial, marine, and atmospheric sciences in order to understand how nitrogen, a critical agricultural fertiliser and now ubiquitous aquatic contaminant, moves around the planet. She received her PhD from Lincoln University in 2014, her MSc from the University of Aberdeen, and her BA from Wellesley College (USA). You can find out more about her research here, or on Twitter at: @15nswells.
Nick Ledgard (Ashley Rakahuri Rivercare Group and BRaid) is a retired forestry researcher (Scion/NZFRI) returning to ornithological roots put out as a youngster. He is a long-time OSNZ member. Currently, he spends most of his time trying to improve the lot of native birds on braided rivers (particularly on the Ashley-Rakahuri River) and pursuing his interests in farm forestry and wilding trees. He is the chairman of the Ashley Rakahuri Rivercare Group and BRaid.
Samantha Turner and Jennifer Schori (Department of Conservation) are Biodiversity Rangers for Project River Recovery based in Twizel. They conduct research and monitoring in the braided rivers and wetlands of the Upper Waitaki Basin to benefit native plants and animals. Some of their current work is focussed on black-fronted terns, non-migratory galaxiids, Lakes skinks and threatened grasshoppers.
Tara Murray (Department of Conservation) Tara is based in Dunedin as a Science Advisor |Kaitohu Pūtaiao in DOCs Terrestrial Science Unit. Her work with terrestrial insects over 20+ years has included biosecurity, biodiversity, ecology and behaviour, climate change, monitoring, and insect conservation. Tara graduated with an honours degree from Otago University, studying native grassland weevils, followed by an MSc in Massachusetts, a PhD with Forest Research in Rotorua, and a postdoc and the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment in Western Sydney. Tara was a senior lecturer at Canterbury University for 9 years, during which time she started working on the Robust grasshopper, before joining DOC in 2019. She is also vice president of the New Zealand Entomological Society.
Tom Kay (Forest & Bird) is the Freshwater Advocate based in Wellington. He's worked for Forest & Bird in various roles since 2017, though took a 6-month hiatus as a policy advisor at Kāhu Environmental in 2021. Tom has a keen interest in rivers, which he continues to develop through his passion for whitewater kayaking. Kayaking has led Tom to some of Aotearoa's most interesting and exciting rivers, including a brief spell training and working as a raft guide. Tom has a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science (2016) and a Master's of Science in Ecology (2020), both from Massey University in Palmerston North, and he was a recipient of the Rivers Group research grant for postgraduate students in 2018. Tom's MSc research focused on measuring changes in river habitat over time, particularly changes caused by human impacts such as engineering. Tom's interests in freshwater continue to come through in all of his work—with his current interest figuring out how to get decision-makers and policy-writers to protect the natural character and physical habitat of rivers, and make 'room for rivers', rather than just focus on water quality, quantity, and flood protection engineering.
Wendy Fox (Lincoln University) is a postgraduate student studying ecology and conservation. Birds have always been an interest, and gulls (especially karoro) have sparked a special interest over the past couple of years, which has led to postgraduate research analysing breeding success of colonies on the Waimakariri River.
Sonny Whitelaw (BRaid) has a background in coastal geomorphology and climate change, and has worked on environmental management projects in Vanuatu, Australia, and New Zealand. She was the joint winner (with Lincoln University, DOC, and Hurunui College) of the 2014 Supreme Green-Ribbon Award for the Nina Valley Ecoblitz. The author of several novels, she collaborated with over 100 children to produce the 227-page book Celebrating Biodiversity in the Hurunui District. Sonny has managed BRaid since 2015 and also manages climateandnature.org.nz.
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Cort and Boone are best friends, working together and often loving women together. Taking a hot little blonde to a motel and sharing her is nothing new for them. The lingering thoughts of the woman are. Neither of them can stop thinking about her. When they discover Nix being held against her will, they jump into action, but it's not the kind they are normally used to. They are suddenly able to shift into huge, furry beasts.
Confused and shocked, they take Nix home only to discover Nix is an Other, as in other than human. She has powers, a life force, and a need for deep secrecy. She belongs to a world Cort and Boone have never heard of but suddenly find themselves a part of. Their only problem? Someone else knows about Nix, and she's at the top of their list of most wanted. Cort and Boone and their friends have to plan fast and work even faster to save Nix and the others of their kind that are in danger. But first, they have to figure out who the bad guy is.
Imagine the shock you might feel if, while fighting, you suddenly become seven-foot hairy beast. That is exactly what happened to Boone and Cort all because they decided to take a pretty little vixen for a romp in the sack.
Nix's feisty personality amused me throughout the story. You could tell from the beginning she was a woman who took what she wanted, and not getting her way was not an option. This is demonstrated in various parts of the story. My favorite display of power was when she and Dane (Cort and Boone's boss) bicker. She forces anyone she comes into contact with, male or female, to respect her and recognize she is just as strong as they are if not stronger. I feel bad for anyone who will question this girl's strength because she has absolutely no problem showing them just how strong she truly is.
One character who I felt should have had a little of Nix's strength is Boone. He was clearly the bleeding heart in the story, but he came off a little too weak because of his emotions at times. It was rare that he would stand up for himself and he always seem to be the one trying to make things right. The one time he did take charge he quickly regretted it. This was made even clearer because all of the other males had alpha qualities and Nix showed she could clearly stomp with the big dogs. While Boone had the physical strength to take on any challenge he needed just a bit more confidence.
The antagonistic conflict worked because it really helped fortify the relationship between Cort, Boone and Nix. It is what brought them back together and it made their relationship develop quicker because they felt the need to protect one another. It also gave them a chance to see the strength in one another when faced with conflict. In many relationships struggles will test the foundation of the emotions and this story is no expectation.
This story has a nice pace from beginning to end which made it an easy read. The relationship developed from a one night stand to a full blown love affair and I was just happy that I was allowed to come along for the ride. The guy-on-guy action was also worth strapping on my seatbelt for. With a great plot and the furious Nix this story can keep anyone entertained.


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Anton Hainfling (Laibach (Ljubljana), 1613. szeptember 21. – Passau, 1660. január 23.) Jézus-társasági tanár.

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19 éves korában lépett a rendbe; a humaniorákat tanította Nagyszombatban, a bölcseletet és a teológiát pedig másutt.

Két gradualét adott ki Nagyszombatban (ezeknek könyvészeti leírását azonban Stoeger nem adja.)

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 Malum punicum. Viennae, 1651.

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 Slovenski Biografski Leksikon

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This project was made in Fabrica in collaboration with Tom Rentmeester and Andri Bastiaanssen.
There are around 600 million house cats in the world. And like we all know, cats are hunters, and they hunt bird. The amount of cats hunting birds is too much for the bird population to handle. The cat population needs to decrease in order to remain the balance.
At a 3 day exchange in Fabrica, we were assigned with the brief: "Make cats unpopulair"
The source of the problem are not the cats itself, but the people who own cats. People think cats are cute and lovable. So we need to change this image. The popularity of the cat is caused by cat hype taking place on the internet, so it has to be solved on the internet. That's why we choose this an edgy tone of voice and used a consumer insight what cat owners face every day.
We change the lovable image of the cat to a disgusting image. Doing so will make the cat owners look raccapriciante.
We gave cat owners the permission to share imagery of their cat's meow. Ofcourse they wont do it themselves. Yet it's ammunition for internet trolls to make a fool out cat owners.


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Written by Alan King September 25, 2013 November 3, 2015
Interactive Meet-up Provides Platform for Race Discussion
(PHOTO: Courtesy of Gregg Deal) Gregg Deal is an artist, vandal, father, husband, indigenous and a cyclist. "I wear Crocs making street art," he jokes, "to keep my street cred in check."
Scrolling through the notes on his smart phone, Gregg Deal, a visual artist and self-professed vandal, asked his digital media cohorts an important question last night.
"How would you react if" — while grocery shopping — "you came around the corner to see this?" He pointed at a slide photo of himself sporting a decorative blue tunic, face paint and white feathered headdress — walking through the cereal aisle — "trying," as Deal put it, "to pick between Fruit Loops and Cocoa Puffs."
The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe member's humor resonated with the poets, playwrights, journalists and filmmakers who packed The Dunes in Columbia Heights for StoryCode DC's launch event Tuesday evening.
The narrative of StoryCode, a global community for emerging and established storytellers using transmedia to engage audiences, comes out of the New York-based meet-ups, according to Felicia Pride (@feliciapride), CEO of The Pride Collaborative and the event's co-organizer with Kelli Anderson (@Sojournals).
A new form of immersive storytelling emerged with global audiences using tablets, cell phones and multimedia. What was eventually dubbed Transmedia quickly outgrew that umbrella term and became Story Hackathon, then StoryCode this year. "The first chapter was started in Paris…in April," Pride said.
StoryCode DC (@StoryCodeDC), the second global affiliate, is the first U.S.-based offshoot of the StoryCode franchise. "There are lots of chapters forthcoming," Pride said. "Boston might be next, so we're very excited to start this here."
The D.C. chapter's goal is to use the monthly meet-ups, which features two 10 -12 minute presentations followed by networking sessions, to connect storytellers with web developers and interactive media artist to advance the possibilities of narrative.
"We don't want it to be an exclusive situation…where it's just the filmmaker or the visual content creator," Anderson said. "We also want to make sure we have a place where you can experiment. You may not have the idea completely figured out."
Or, she continued, "Maybe you just need a place in the community where you can voice your ideations and find collaborators."
(PHOTO: Courtesy of Gregg Deal)
Last night's event also kicked-off the nearly week-long Media Rise Festival (@MediaRiseNow) (Sept. 23 – 29), a series of D.C.-based events celebrating how storytelling, design, art and media contribute to a peaceful and sustainable world.
StoryCode DC attendees, like Saaret Yoseph (@SaaretSays), live-tweeted the inaugural meet-up. "It's never been a better time to be a storyteller in DC," Yoseph posted. "The environment is ripe for innovation."
Filmmaker Jonathan Goodman Levitt and visual artist Gregg Deal made that case for this ripe environment in their presentations. During his talk, Levitt showed clips of his current project Follow the Leader, a film that confronts the assumption that all millennial youth are liberal.
It's Levitt's first film made in the U.S., after a decade of working as a London-based filmmaker. Follow the Leader started as a personal investigation into the contradictory political views Levitt saw while teaching in the U.S. Post-9/11.
"Rather than trying to define millennial opinion generally, my approach was to follow teens" — Ben, D.J. And Nick — "who had signed on wholeheartedly to the 'War on Terror' as they became adults," according to Levitt's Director's Statement. "Beyond giving voice to 'conservative' ideas, their distinctly different choices on the cusp of adulthood show how kids like them are already redefining what these terms mean as their generation shapes American politics' future."
The film hit home — literally — with Victor Akosile (@CaptVHugo). "I'm eager to see Follow the Leader," he tweeted, "especially since it was shot in my backyard in Virginia. #storycodedc"
(PHOTO: Courtesy of Gregg Deal) Deal recounted the time a shopping mall security approached him. "OK, you have my attention," the guard said. "What are you doing?" To which Deal responded, "I'm shopping." There was a back-and-forth until the guard told Deal to stay out of trouble.
Erica Lee Schlaikjer (@MediaRiseNow), of Benevolent Media and a founder of the Media Rise Festival, shared Akosile's enthusiasm, championing Levitt's company Changeworx USA LLC. "What's the call to action from @changeworxfilms?," Sclaikjer tweeted. "Discuss, educate, think, change attitudes. #storycodedc"
Gregg Deal (@the_lame_sauce), the self-proclaimed vandal and a member of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, was also about changing attitudes. Though his humor paid off in his connection with the crowd, the photo of him in the cereal aisle was an attempt to also humanize Native Americans, too often exploited in popular culture.
He's exploiting those stereotypes in The Last American Indian On Earth (@thelastamericanindianonearth), a performance art piece he started in May that involves him, dressed in his ornamental outfit, bringing the misconceptions of Native Americans to public spaces. "It raises questions," Deal said. "What is this? Why is this here?"
This project sprang from his 2004 experience as a docent ("a guide" or "educator") for the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. During that inaugural year, the museum reportedly drew 20,000 Native Americans who marched on the National Mall to celebrate the opening.
It also opened the door for non-First Nation folks to voice their misconceptions. Deal fielded tourists' questions like "Why aren't there teepees in the museum?" and "If you lived in a teepee, where would keep your squaw?"
A patron tried to convince Deal of what she saw as her Native American ancestry. "My great, great, great-grandfather was Indian," she said, "because I saw a picture of him and he really looked Indian." To which the museum docent responded: "That's crazy! My great, great, great-grandmother was white. I'm sure because I saw a picture of her and she looked really white."
One of the public places Deal's usually-silent character frequents is the Lincoln Memorial. He parks at the Department of the Interior and makes the seven-minute walk from C Street to 17th Street — right on Independence Avenue — over the Kutz Bridge, back to Independence, then posts up with his signs on the marble steps at Lincoln Memorial Circle.
During one of his walks, an SUV cruised by Deal slow — its windows down, the family inside hooting and hollering, smacking their mouths before peeling off. "Part of the performance," he said, "is I don't react."
He doesn't react when people pose beside him for pictures without his permission. "I am, essentially, a subhuman nonentity," Deal said, "not a person that they can talk to and say, 'Hey, you mind if i take a picture with you?'" Some folks ask, but most don't.
Then there was his encounter with an "unapologetically rude" husband. Here's how it played out, according to the artist:
Rude Guy: Why are you wearing that?
Deal: Why am I wearing what?
RG: That get-up?
D: How do you know I don't wear this everyday?
RG: Whatever, man. Whatever floats your boat.
The irony is that Deal's outfit was why the guy's excited wife wanted to pose with him in the first place. "It floated somebody's boat," Deal said, which drew awws from the crowd. He continued, "The important aspect of being indigenous, and of my work, is my humor and my family."
But he didn't see the humor in a Starbucks customer's remark some time ago. That day, the alter ego was enjoying a coffee with his spouse. A couple near them asked Deal's wife, whose Caucasian: "Where did you meet your husband? At a bar on a reservation?"
It's days like those that make Deal's project taxing. "People of color, when somebody says something that's inappropriate, racist, or horrible, it hits you to your core," he said. "To me, it doesn't just hit me, it hits my ancestors."
The slide images were Just as hitting — some photos showed sports fanatics wearing Mohawks and face paint, yelling for the cameras; one showed the Washington football team's logo; another showed Tonto from The Lone Ranger TV series — all of which pointed out another irony. Those images are not "Indian," according to Deal. "They're images of colonialism, of the idea of defeating a specific people, they're images of genocide."
That's what makes The Last American Indian On Earth significant. "It's about my kids. I do this for them because…they're going to have to come to terms with this idea of identity," Deal said. "They're going to have to work out how to maintain their identity…their Indianness while someone tells them what it is they're suppose to be."
He continued, "It's my hope that shedding light on this…will make things a little bit brighter for my kids and other people."
He brightened last night's event for Caitlin Carroll (@carrollcaitlin), who tweeted: "Leaving #storycodedc, feeling so impressed with the projects presented, smarter than I was before, & inspired to work!"
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Gregg appears to be the real Deal, doesn't he?
(Horrible pun, I know, but I couldn't resist. I'm a weak, weak man, Alan.)
But seriously, Deal sounds like a true visionary for the Digital Age.
Great share, Alan.
Alan King says:
Lol @ the pun. Deal's ambitious spirit is unearthing a — whole — lotta ugly. I admire his work. Thanks!
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September 18, 2015, 12:40 p.m., University of California at Santa Cruz, California, USA, Mr. Bryce Benton, Assistant Director of International Admissions
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Amazon workers are protesting the retailer's sale of web hosting services to Peter Thiel's data mining company because it works with ICE
Amazon employees renewed protests over business relationship with Palantir
Palantir case management software helps ICE-HSI agents investigate crimes
ICE agents also use it to gather information in deportation cases
Company co-founded by Peter Thiel buys computer server space from Amazon
Some 500 Amazon worker have signed a letter demanding Amazon drop Palantir
On Thursday protesters disrupted keynote at Amazon Web Services Summit
Protesters also struck at Palantir's offices in New York City on Monday
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Amazon employees are in revolt over their company's sale of services to a data mining company that works with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Since Monday, an internal email has been circulating at Amazon renewing calls first made in a June 2018 letter demanding Amazon drop Palantir as an Amazon Web Services customer.
'Our demands have become even more urgent given recent news. The U.S. government has been responsible for detaining people, including young children, in concentration camps under horrific conditions,' the email reads, according to Forbes.
In total, more than 500 Amazon employees have signed the letter addressed to CEO Jeff Bezos and AWS head Andy Jassy, according to the internal email.
In total, more than 500 Amazon employees have signed the letter addressed to CEO Jeff Bezos (above) and AWS head Andy Jassy
ICE agents are seen processing detained illegal immigrants last year in Manhattan. Amazon employees are calling on their company to cut ties with Palantir, with works with ICE
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Palantir has a $41 million contract with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the criminal investigative division of ICE, to build and maintain case management software that helps agents consolidate information about suspects.
Although HSI is separate from Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), federal disclosures reveal that ERO also uses the system to gather information on foreign nationals in deportation cases.
Palantir was co-founded by Trump ally and venture capitalist Peter Thiel. The company also contracts with many local police departments and federal agencies.
On Thursday, some 30 people noisily disrupted Amazon CTO Werner Vogels as he delivered a keynote address at the AWS Summit in New York, video from the event shows.
'Amazon, how much longer will you have blood on your hands!' one woman in the audience shouted, as Vogels gamely struggled through an announcement about a new service that summarizes metrics from containerized applications and microservices.
'Cut ties with ICE!' others in the audience chanted.
Palantir was co-founded by Trump ally and venture capitalist Peter Thiel (above). The company also contracts with many local police departments and federal agencies
In total, Vogels was interrupted by protests about five times in the course of the keynote, according to one activist present. It is unclear whether any of the activists were Amazon employees.
According to the activists, more than 500 people also staged a protest outside the conference.
On Monday, protesters also descended on the New York office of Palantir.
The protesters called on the company to drop its contract with ICE, which is up for a 10-year renewal in September.
Mijente, the activist organization that spearheaded Monday's protests, previously published documents detailing the critical role Palantir's software plays for ICE.
Internal Email: Amazon Faces Pressure From More Than 500 Employees To Cut Ties With Palantir For Working With ICE
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So in the .ts file i have a variable called "xpos" which stores the output of the slider. The following code is my attempt on solving my problem but it doesnt seem to work;

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If your using the square brackets on an attribute you do not have to wrap your variables in curly braces.

A: If it's just a single property, in this case margin-left, you can also use [style]:

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Here is an example in action. That being said @NorbertBartko has a correct answer. It can also be written as:

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Nearly one-in-two UK retailers are looking at new in-store technologies as a business priority in the coming year.
As online retail offers seamless transactions, high-street stores are changing their focus to bring shoppers the same level of service.
As part of a new Retail Week report produced in association with ShopperTrak, we surveyed 1,000 consumers to find out how the economic climate is shaping the way they shop on the high street. Read the full digital briefing here.
This exclusive Retail Week research reveals there is still a strong appetite for bricks-and-mortar shopping – demonstrated by the 71% of consumers who make at least 60% of their purchases in-store, and the 11% who still make all of their purchases in a physical shop.
Retailers can't control the price of fuel or the will of the public, but with big data they can control and personalise the in-store experience.
If time is precious and hassle is a turn-off, the new technology that retailers have at their fingertips is essential to boost the in-store experience and enhance profits.
Our survey shows 57% of shoppers are set to predominantly use stores to buy products in the coming 12 months.
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What was the very first financial choice you ever made?
Think about it: it likely took place before your first job, even as far back as when your annual income consisted of Tooth Fairy money and lucky pennies. The very first financial decision you ever made is also one of the most important choices—it's where to keep your money.
pirate-treasure all seemed like perfectly acceptable options. As it turns out, they aren't nearly as super-secret as you might have hoped. Opening a bank account is the best solution, but in order to do that, you first need to choose a financial institution—so, your choice is between a bank and a credit union.
Banks and credit unions offer essentially the same products and services, but there are huge differences in the way they operate. Despite this, many people put more thought into building their Netflix queue than they do choosing their financial institution. It's a Money Thing is here to help fill in the gaps and show you how the differences can affect your dollars. Whether you're just starting out or rethinking your current financial setup, here is what you need to know.
The main difference between banks and credit unions is in their structure. Banks are for profit, while credit unions are member-owned and -operated. This means that banks have numerous expenses that credit unions simply don't have. Banks have to pay their shareholders, their private investors and even their board of directors (credit union boards are typically volunteers elected by credit union members)—and all this is in addition to regular operating costs. Banks are set up in a way that allows a select group of people to make money off of your banking activity.
Credit unions, on the other hand, are set up in a way that allows all of their members to benefit from their profits. Once the operating costs are covered and reserves are set aside, the profits are distributed back to members in the form of free banking products, lower interest rates on loans and higher interest rates on savings accounts. Credit unions in the United States are also exempt from federal and state income taxes, which translates to even more profit that comes back to members.
Credit unions sound pretty great, right? You might be wondering why some people choose banks over credit unions, even though credit unions consistently outperform banks when it comes to deposit and loan rates and customer service.
1) Am I eligible for an account? Banks are open to anyone. Credit unions have membership requirements, but don't let that intimidate you! Requirements can be as simple as living in a certain community or working in a certain field.
2) How much does it cost to get set up? Are there any fees associated with opening an account? Is there a minimum balance required? Joining a credit union involves purchasing a share (they're usually $5), but this is different from a fee—it means you're a member-owner of the credit union.
3) Will I have good access to ATMs? You might feel as though you see larger bank ATMs everywhere, but credit union ATMs are just as accessible. In fact, the largest credit union ATM network is actually larger than the largest bank ATM network. Find out which other financial institutions share your local credit union's network—free ATM transactions are not limited to machines with a particular credit union name on them.
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TSA Airport Scanner Operators Suffering from Cancer
It took only a few years for the consequences of exposure to airport scanner radiation to come out. TSA airport scanner operators and other personnel discovered what are called clusters of cancer in their bodies after only a decade or so of working with these machines. The discovery of this information was done after the Electronic Privacy Information Center obtained documents that show how TSA workers got sick with cancer, heart disease and stroke.
Instead of providing the workers with proper medical attention and actually evaluating the safety of the machines, the TSA sought to keep this matter quiet in order to avoid an even greater opposition to the full body scanners installed in many airports around the US and the world. It is the proximity and continuous exposition to body scanner radiation what caused that several airport workers who first began using the scanners back in the early 2000's now suffer from irreversible medical conditions.
Even when employees and supervisors frequently requested radiation meters in order to realistically gauge how much radiation they were being exposed to, the TSA never honored those requests. In fact, the TSA never even had the scanners tested for safety. Although US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said several times that the machines were safe, the truth is that a study cited by the TSA and Homeland Security was bogus. The study that according to Napolitano had been conducted by NIST regarding airport scanner safety never actually took place. NIST came out recently 'washing its hands' and stating the the National Institute of Standards and Technology never conducted any safety tests on the full body scanners.
The alarm seems to have been first rang by the deputy federal security director at Boston Logan International Airport, who related concerns about the number of workers diagnosed with cancer. In an e-mail whose subject line reads "Boston cancer+Radiation Safety and health risks concerns", the director pleads once again for the radiation monitoring devices requested in multiple other occasions. He emphasizes his and everyone else's concern about "the number of TSO's thus far being diagnosed with cancer" and "our concern that TSA's improperly non-monitored radiation threat facing both checkpoint and baggage assigned TSO's".
Some TSA workers manifested their concerns regarding radiation exposure in last several months alleging that the very own TSA had been less than forthcoming with its findings as they related to radiation exposure safety. According to Infowars.com, Dr. David Brenner from Columbia University had found that "the body scanners are likely to lead to an increase in a common type of skin cancer called basal cell carcinoma, which affects the head and neck." Additionally, Dr. Michael Love, from the department of biophysics and biophysical chemistry at the Johns Hopkins, said publicly that "statistically someone is going to get skin cancer from these X-rays".
"There really is no other technology around where we're planning to X-ray such an enormous number of individuals. It's really unprecedented in the radiation world," asserted Brenner. While scientists and doctors warned about the dangers of the scanners, the US government paraded around claiming the devices were safe.
Many other science professors and scientists warned the government about the little or no research that existed regarding the safety of the full body scanners. Some of them suggested that there should be different ways of accomplishing the same goals that the government intends to, without the need of harming the workers or the passengers. "There is still no rigorous, hard, data for the safety of x-ray airport passenger scanners," said a group of professors from the University of California, as they pointed out that the only tests conducted were those performed by the full body scanner manufacturers.
It is worth remembering that this same full body scanning technology is now being deployed by Homeland Security to places such as sports arenas, stadiums, check points and in smaller sizes to Courthouses, Malls and even some schools.
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Airport Body Scanners NEVER Tested for Safety
The supposed safety study performed by NIST and mentioned by TSA did not happenned.
Steve Watson
Newly released internal government documents, obtained via the Freedom Of Information Act, reveal that the TSA, and specifically the head of the Department of Homeland Security, "publicly mischaracterized" the findings of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, in stating that NIST had positively confirmed the safety of full body scanners in tests.
In the private email response, NIST stated that the Institute had not, in fact, tested full body scanners at all for safety, and that the Institute does not even undertake product testing.
The email (below) states that the director of NIST was "not looking for corrections", but wished to "offer clarification", that the agency "doesn't want any mischaracterization of their work continued."
At the time, Prisonplanet.com published a response article to Napolitano's claims, highlighting the fact that her statements regarding the safety of the scanners, as well as her claims that the pat down alternative was "discreet", were manifestly false.
It is now clear that our concerns were shared by another government agency, in the form of NIST.
Another document obtained by EPIC even shows that, far from affirming their safety, NIST warned that airport screeners should avoid standing next to full body scanners in order to keep exposure to harmful radiation "as low as reasonably achievable."
It is not clear whether or not the information and advice was ever passed on to TSA workers.
However, another document obtained by EPIC shows that a growing number of TSA workers diagnosed with cancers are voicing concern that the full body scanners and x-ray machines are indeed to blame for their illnesses.
The document also highlights the fact that the TSA has failed to issue employees with dosimeters, safety devices that would warn of radiation exposure, despite repeated requests from workers and their supervisors.
In an email sent by a TSA representative to employees at Boston's Logan Airport, workers are assured that their complaints are being listened to and that a request to issue the radiation monitoring devices had been sent to TSA headquarters.
"I understand that some TSO's who were diagnosed as having cancer have already left TSA employment but that BOS still has an alarmingly high number of cancer afflicted TSOs still working here." the email states.
"Despite TSA management's past assurances, many TSOs here do not feel safe from radiation threats that may go hand in hand with using x-ray screening technology, especially the newer [installed since TSA federalized airport security] technology…" the email continues.
In the same USA Today piece, Napolitano, or 'Big Sis' as she is now often referred to, also claimed that the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory had also independently affirmed the safety of the scanners.
However, yet another document obtained and released by EPICnow shows that a Johns Hopkins study actually revealed that radiation zones around body scanners could exceed the "General Public Dose Limit."
At the time we pointed out that Dr Michael Love, who runs an X-ray lab at the department of biophysics and biophysical chemistry at the Johns Hopkins school of medicine hadpublicly stated two days previously that "statistically someone is going to get skin cancer from these X-rays".
"…we have a situation at the airports where people are so eager to fly that they will risk their lives in this manner," Love said.
In addition, several other scientists have continued to speak out over the health hazards associated with the x-ray technology, noting that the body scanners are far from safe.
It is now even more clear that Napolitano's statements to the public regarding the body scanners were misleading at best, and at worst were outright lies.
EPIC is currently engaged in a lawsuit against the DHS to force full disclosure of body scanner radiation risks. A second EPIC lawsuit is seeking to suspend the use of full body scanners altogether. Both lawsuits are ongoing.
The TSA previously refused to release internal reports on the safety of the body scanners.
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Chopsticks to some extent symbolize Chinese culture and many foreign businessmen are to show the respect to Chinese by actively using chopsticks at table. But they do not know there are a lot rules and taboos concerning chopsticks using. If you want your respect and regards to traditional Chinese cultured well presented, CBM remind you following taboos about chopsticks that should be kept in mind not to offend when eating with your Chinese friends.
No matter before eating or when you stop to speak, you should evenly locate your chopsticks. People will be reminded of death if chopsticks are located unevenly, namely, some protrude out. The association comes from that the shape the chopsticks located is similar to the traditional Chinese coffin because the board makes up the coffin is unevenly located.
The correct way to hold chopsticks is to hold one end of the chopsticks with your thumb and forefinger and other three fingers to fix the chopsticks. If you forefinger sticks out when eating, people around you will feel be insulted because the gesture is similar to when Chinese are scolding or insulting others. Another gesture will create some impression if one points other with his chopsticks.
In every Chinese family, if the child knocks the bowl with his chopsticks, he will be strictly scolded because the gesture is "specialized" for beggar when they are begging for food. If some one does this at table, he will be deeply despised.
Some conservative Chinese may even drive you away if you insert your chopsticks into the dishes, the gesture convey the same meaning as erecting middle finger in western culture.
On some occasions, people would like to save trouble by inserting the chopsticks in the rice so that to pass the bowl and the chopsticks together. But in China, the behavior may be recognized as cursing the person who accepts your bowl to death because it is similar to incenses in censer when Chinese are memorizing their dead ancestors.
Cross chopsticks at table may indicate the people eating with you that you totally disagree with them or think them are totally wrong. In China, when a teacher finds a mistake in student's exercise, he will write a red cross on it to remind the student his mistake. So later, cross in China has been generally regarded as either disapproval or disagreement.
Chinese believe that there are fairies live above us and the dead spirits below us. So drop chopsticks on the table, the host will be annoyed because he thinks his dead ancestors have been disturbed, which for filial Chinese is a kind of disrespect and even defiance. So when you are invited to a Chinese family to have dinner, be careful not let your chopsticks drop down. If the mistake has been carelessly made, you should apologize instantly.
The above are some general taboos one should not offend. Some families even have their special customs at table, so the wise choice for you is to watch the host and follow him.
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General political science, American politics, comparative politics, international relations, and political theory constitute the work and mission of the political science department. Each teaching field explores political phenomena across a range of geographic, cultural, and temporal settings. Undergraduates are the major focus of departmental teaching, although the M. A. and Ph. D. degrees are also offered. A combination J. D./M. A. degree is possible. Nineteen faculty and eight adjunct faculty are employed by the department. The political science department participates in the following interdepartmental programs: American Studies, Jewish Studies, Latin American Studies, Asian Studies, Italian Studies, Russian Studies, Women's Studies, Medieval Studies, Environmental Studies, the Murphy Institute of Political Economy.
Political Science Research Guide
Emphasis is on the collection of general, popular, and scholarly works covering general political science, American politics, comparative politics, international relations, and political theory. Collection in these areas includes a commitment to the governmental aspects of the interdepartmental programs in which the department participates.
Monographs, monograph series, specialized reference works, bibliographies, and serials are collected. Textbooks, non-Tulane dissertations, and audio-visuals are purchased selectively on request.
Journals, monographs, monographic series, proceedings, and reference works are generally purchased as printed text. To broaden accessibility, journals are sought online when this format is available. Print journals may be canceled to reduce costs when ownership of the online version is assured. Online access that requires additional costs with a print subscription will be sought selectively. Other formats are considered, especially when the alternative format would improve access or utility.
English and limited numbers of Spanish, French, German and Italian titles are acquired.
Emphasis is placed on the contemporary world and to a lesser extent the early 20th century.
Emphasis is placed on items published during the last three years. Older materials are selectively purchased. Out-of-print materials are sought generally to replace lost materials considered essential to the collection or upon faculty request.
The collections of the Howard-Tilton Memorial Library support the educational and research programs of Tulane University. Librarians employ the following general criteria when evaluating titles to be added or removed from the collections and when tailoring profiles for approval plans. Particular criteria assume greater or lesser importance depending on the material under consideration, the resources available, the acquisitions commitment level, and the subject matter covered.
The Law Library contains legal and political resources of interest to students of political science.
The Howard-Tilton Library's leading book vendors are YBP (North America, British Isles, and western Europe), Harrassowitz (German-speaking Europe), Touzot (France), Casalini (Italy), and Puvill (Spain).
The Selley Fund is available for European political studies since c1750, and the Lurcy Library Endowment Fund is available for materials relating to French culture.
Choice, American Political Science Review, World Politics, and the Journal of Politics are consulted regularly.


We were Christmas shopping this week, and stopped in at Zandbroz, a funky out-of-the-ordinary shoppe here in Fargo (and in Sioux Falls). I believe Zandbroz is the last independent bookstore in Fargo, so between the good books, cool toys, and handmade jewelry, we know we can find good stuff there.
In a jewelry display case, we observed the display on the right -- showing off necklaces are books! It looks like it took quite a bit of work to do all the books; I believe there were five or six. Each page was folded back on itself, so the outer edge touched the inner spine. Then, when the book was laid flat, the pages fan out as seen there, with some nice detail of the text on the page showing on the folded edge. All of the books were old, leatherbound books, which makes me cringe a little to see such fine books bent and creased like this, but visually it's a great use of found objects and art in one.
The New York Times, happily releasing their decades of archive articles to the world, has some fun stuff -- such as this collection of advertisments that ran in their book review supplements. Hunter Thompson, of course, is a favorite, but there's enough of everyone's favorites to enjoy. I think the funnest part is looking at these books through the eyes of someone who didn't know these would be classics, or even that these authors would ever amount to anything.
Once devoted to conserving the knowledge found within one particular book, it now houses thousands -- as the home of a bookstore. I can't think of a better use for a church. In fact, it was one of the first things I thought of, when we drove through Page, ND and found that James Catholic Church is for sale.
While we're plum out of church-buyin'-monies, we did call to find out how much they were asking -- too bad, they were rude about it, and still didn't tell Wifey how much it would cost (my guess is they're hoping another church will buy it and want to discourage everyone else). It's odd to see a southwestern, Mission-Revival style church plopped down in the North Dakota prairies; perfect for housing a non-traditional church occupant.
The Interstitial Library is a haughty concept, but one rooted in semantics: As the strict cataloging system used by libraries is essentially infinite, there are a lot of books that have slipped through the cracks, either by not entering a standard library, or by simply not having been created yet. On the surface it's a rather silly concept , but on the other hand, it gropes at understanding the scale of actual literature hinted at by monkeys with typewriters: Infinite monkeys have a chance at hitting a Shakespeare, but, as probability goes when you reach infinity, could just as easily produce today's gradeschool lunch menu, A Million Little Pieces, or -- gah! -- this particular blog post. That's a lot of both existing and potential literature, and without the help of some library to catalog and track such infinite readings, you're stuck with the finite and self-contained library down the street. Granted, you're more likely to find what you're looking for at the public library, but the thing you're not looking for is much more interesting.


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CBRE Recognized for Real Estate Industry's "Best Use of Automation" by Realcomm
CBRE Capital Markets Arranges $26.8 Million in Refinancing for Two Office Properties in Los Angeles County
Salt Lake City, UT | August 11, 2020
CBRE Capital Markets' Debt & Structured Finance team has secured $26.8 million in financing for two office properties in Los Angeles County, totaling 70,740 square feet: 11925 Wilshire in Los Angeles and 2200 PCH in Hermosa Beach. The refinancing of the properties was arranged by the team of Bruce Francis, Doug Birrell, Shaun Moothart, Bob Ybarra, Dana Summers, and Jim Korinek, on behalf of the sponsor, Vectra Management Group.
"These two office properties continue to perform well amid the current environment and the refinance enabled our client to take advantage of historically low interest rates, while also accessing excess equity to pursue additional investment opportunities," noted Birrell, senior vice president.
The first loan totals $15,943,500 and was arranged for 11925 Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles. The property is a three-story, 33,048-square-foot creative office building, with ground-level retail and ample parking. Built in 1999 and renovated in 2017, the building is proximate to complimentary retail and office properties on Santa Monica Boulevard and throughout the Brentwood area.
The second loan was for 2200 Pacific Coast Highway in Hermosa Beach for $10,945,000. The property is a three-story office building totaling 37,692 square feet that was originally constructed in 1982 and renovated in 2015. The property serves the affluent South Bay beach community and is well-leased to a diverse mix of quality tenants. The surrounding area is fully developed with a mixture of commercial and residential uses.
Founded in 1993, Vectra Management Group (VMG) is a boutique real estate investment, development and management company with offices in New York, Los Angeles and Salt Lake City. The company specializes in complex, value-added commercial real estate investments both for its own account and as an asset and property manager for others.
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If you have launched a mobile app or a startup business, it is important to promote your app to ensure maximum downloads. Right from app reviews, press releases, social media marketing to blog promotion, you have already tried several methods to promote your app. But still no luck. Don't get disheartened. There is still a chance to reach out to millions of users through social media influencer marketing. As the term is self-explanatory, social media influencer marketing is all about enticing and persuading users to try out the app through social media networking sites. Several mobile app development companies know the importance of app promotion. Today, app promotion is one of the key mobile app development services. Original known as celebrity endorsements, an influencer can change opinion of others. A social media influencer is someone who can influence through social media. In today's digital age, YouTube Stars are born. Regular people have become social media "celebrities" with huge followers and powerfully engaged social media followings, especially in certain market segments.
People see social media influencers as a thought leader in a given specific niche or market. Before reaching out to a potential social media influencer, you'll need to consider the following points: Relevance: The influencer is sharing content relevant to your business and target audience you want to reach out. Followers: It is important to check the followers of influencers that will help you potentially reach through the influencer's follower base and value to your business. Engagement: Level of engagement the influencer can create that's valuable and relevant to your brand.
Before you start your social media campaign, it is important to understand your business priorities and goals that you plan to achieve. This will help you decide the budget you need to reach your goals. Also keep key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the effectiveness of your campaign from the get-go. Engaging Users with the Art of Storytelling Influencers know the art of storytelling to engage with users. They use the power of words to create a ripple effect. With social media influencers, you have people's attention from the word go and appeal to the emotions of your target audience by standing up for a cause. Promote your cause through trustworthy micro-influencers to further build trust with your audience.
Social Media influencers have credibility that might influence your target audience to download mobile application. It is mainly due to the fact that audience likes to hear from people who know things that we don't. This is influencer marketing and it is based on the prestige of popular persons in the industry.
Influencers can grab attention with proven knowledge in niche field over the years, gathering millions of followers. Whether it is years of experience or creativity, nobody questions them. If they recommend your app, there must be a reason behind it. This will result in target audience downloading the app to see more of what they discovered on social media pages.


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The science of medicine practiced in this office is state-of-the-art. The doctors are fully knowledgeable about all the newest diagnostic and therapeutic tools used in the medical profession today. Patient records are maintained electronically, but securely, and digital versions of pertinent portions of the record will be offered to every patient.
However, behind and beyond the technology is the recognition of each patient as a special person. Our greatest commitment is to provide exceptional service and assistance to each and every patient in our practice with the utmost diligence. The doctors in this office already have a great deal of experience in providing this type of personal and compassionate care. Indeed, the entire office is designed with this commitment in mind.
Each patient will have direct access to his or her physician any time of day or night. Appointments are made the same day or the next day. Your doctor will follow you carefully and coordinate your care in the hospital as well as within the office. A primary focus of VB Premier Medical will be on the prevention of disease whenever possible, and careful control of illness, when it is not. Appointments are scheduled an hour apart instead of the usual fifteen minutes, so there is plenty of time to evaluate and discuss medical problems and answer any and all questions that are asked.
By design, Virginia Beach Premier Medical will not be a high volume practice. We will not be charging for office visits and therefore will not require a copay for each visit. However, there will be a membership fee, or retainer, that will entitle you to the type of service that we provide as mentioned briefly above. This will afford us the ability to provide the style and art of medical care that Dr. Osler was able to provide, with personal attention, concern and availability for every patient under our care.
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Public hearing Monday on funds for new Durham library
By ANDREA BULFINCHabulfinch@fosters.com
Jan 7, 2012 at 3:15 AM Jan 10, 2012 at 9:21 AM
DURHAM— A public hearing will be held at 7 p.m. Monday by the Town Council to discuss funding for the new library.
The council is seeking input from residents on a bond referendum authorizing the issuance of $2.6 million in bonds or notes to be placed on the Town Election ballot on March 13. This is to fund a portion of the cost for the construction of a new library located at 49 Madbury Road.
Recently, fundraising efforts by the library's board of trustees exceeded set goals, reaching $921,665. So far, the $4.8 million project has not cost the town anything, and, according to Library Director Tom Madden, fundraising efforts will continue until the bond vote in March. Combined with the $1.2 million previously given to the trustees as they worked toward their commitment to raising $2.1 million, funds raised will mean less will be asked of the town.
In previous statements to Fosters, both Selig and Madden said the new library would be a boon for residents, allowing with its increased space, better utilization of products and programs offered there.
Currently, the library is housed in 3,000 square feet of space, leaving no room for growth at its temporary Mill Plaza location. There will be 10,500 square feet total once the project is complete, with the house, purchased from longtime Durham resident, Dr. Arthur DiMambro, contributing 1,500 square feet.
An addition is planned for the structure, which will provide more space for the collection of 33,000 materials the library holds.
Madden had estimated that roughly a year of construction will be needed to complete the project beginning at the end of June or early July of this year. By late spring or early summer of 2013, the project should be complete, he said.
Selig said the new library is intended to meet the needs of the modern library user and will hopeful accommodate residents for the next 50 years.
All interested residents are invited to attend the public hearing and to express their views. Questions concerning the proposed library and bond referendum should be directed to Douglas Bencks, Chair, Durham Library board of trustees at 868-6559, or emailed to dbencks@comcast.net.