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A second-chance love story between a superhot ex-NHL star and the straitlaced event planner that comes barging back into his life.
Zachary McAllister's entire life revolves around hockey and sex, in that order.
When a career-ending injury changes everything, he's left mourning the life that could have been. Now the owner of a rundown local pub, the ex-NHL star finds himself grappling with his "ordinary" existence, trying to come to terms with a very uncertain future.
His former team is on track to win the 2003 Stanley Cup Championship without him, and preparations are being made for a victory party at the bar.
Enter Avery Brooks.
She's the straitlaced event planner hired to arrange the party, thanks to her father's connections.
Her father who just happens to be the General Manager for the NJ Devils…
and the guy who handed Zac his walking papers four years ago.
Suddenly, Avery finds herself face-to-face with her teenage crush.
The two had a minor flirtation going on back in the day, when Zac was just an arrogant, womanizing rookie and Avery was a naive, starry-eyed fan.
Their chemistry is undeniable, but both are completely different people than they were all those years ago.
In order for this fiery Devil to melt the heart of an ice princess, Zac will need to up his game.
All he needs to do is relearn everything he ever thought he knew about how to play.
Breaking the Ice was written based on the input and suggestions from readers.
From the characters' names to their occupations to the years this story takes place, the entirety of this narrative has been created by (and for) readers like you.
***This book is intended for readers 18+ due to some offensive language, underage drinking, and graphic sex/sexual situations***
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5.0 out of 5 stars 4.5 stars; "Sweet, inspiring, a little funny, a little angsty, a little sexy!"
The idea of having the readers participate in a story they'd like to read is one I really like. Especially since readers can be very critical of what they do not like. I was one of the readers who voted on names and characteristics for Zac and Avery. I loved taking part and was very eager to see how the story would shape up. I knew from my first glance at the beautiful cover it was going to be good.
I loved having the book told from both Avery and Zac's points of view, especially with the way it was told. I got to know Avery, her thoughts, feelings, and how she felt about Zac from the moment they met. When they reconnected, I really wondered what Avery was thinking, but was so happy to finally get Zac's spin on things. As much as I loved being in Avery's head, I loved being in Zac's more. I feel like I had a stronger emotional connection with him. The two of them had such chemistry together and I loved seeing them spark off each other.
There were parts of the story I wish had been better developed. This is perhaps where being in Avery's head would've been beneficial. I wish I knew more about Avery's past from when she had Zac were apart, in particular her relationships. I would've liked to have seen more of Zac when his life had changed from what he wanted it to be and his interaction with his father and family after that. Beyond that, and wanting more to read of course, the story was very well written. I laughed and got emotional. I really enjoyed reading the story and couldn't put the book down. I stayed up late in the night to finish it and it was so worth it.
T. Torrest has done a wonderful job of taking reader's input and creating a story that's memorable. She took bits and pieces and put together two characters I loved and a story I enjoyed. The tagline at the bottom of the synopsis. "READ WHEN YOU'RE IN THE MOOD FOR: Sweet, inspiring, a little funny, a little angsty, a little sexy." is absolutely true and so fitting. I can't wait to see what she writes next.
5.0 out of 5 stars 5 forever Stars
6 January 2018 - Published on Amazon.com
Ok, so I just NEED to start by saying how absolutely incredible this book was. I absolutely adore a sports romance, throw in a second chance into the mix and I'm gonna love that bad boy no matter what and that's exactly what this book is, a sports romance with a second chance.
As soon as I began reading this I knew I wouldn't be able to put it down and it's the reason why I'm currently sat up at 1:04 in the morning writing this review. I HAD to finish it, I couldn't possibly not, I NEEDED to know what was going to happen.
Ave and Zac were the perfect characters. They both loved but didn't show, they both tried to shelter their hearts from heartbreak when all they both wanted was a forever, preferably together. Reading their story has been fascinating and refreshing. I liked that the author didn't have them instantly in bed together, I liked that the build up was slow and the way it all played out. I was rooting for them from the get go because come on, they're perfect!
This is my first read from this author and I'm beyond excited to have discovered her work. I'll certainly be coming back to read more.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Well written, slow burn and yearn, love-story-years-in-the-making goodness!
Let me preface this by saying I have read all of Ms. Torrest's books (RW and DTS) and I absolutely adore all the characters she has introduced us to in these books. Breaking the Ice is no exception. T Torrest has shown us yet more characters in her Norman, NJ smorgasbord of stories for us readers to actually admire and have a vested interest in. As with her other books, Ms. Torrest's writing style has once again sucked me into the story and held my page-turning interest. I do agree with other reviewers that this one was a SLOOOOOOOOW, hurry-up-and-lets-get-to-the-good-part love story, but I understand what Ms. Torrest's intention was here.
The first part of Breaking the Ice was told from the point of view of Avery Brooks, where we see firsthand her immediate attraction to Mr. Zac McAllister upon their first meeting. I loved reading her story of how they grew to become friends through the years, something that seemed to be mutually agreed upon between them, although at times the attraction they both seemed to have for each other peeked out. I LOVED everything about how it all played out, especially the events of New Years Eve 1998. Something happens soon thereafter, and we don't pick up in the story until 4 years later.
This is where our lovely Zac gets to start telling the story from his point of view. Once reading this part, I started sensing that this story was really not going to be the typical kind of love story us one-clickers crave. And it wasn't, and it was refreshing! Because sometimes too many sex scenes does not allow for substance and a believable story to be told. But I digress... Anyhow in this part, we got a lot of the background on Zac, and his feelings for Avery and how he dealt with the happenings in his life since he last saw her. I understand many other reviewers thought there were parts that were "boring" or "irrelevant", but I believe it was vital in order to show a real and believable transformation of Zac into the man he grew to become by the end of the story. Also during this part, we see through Zac's eyes how Avery has grown into the woman she was destined to be. And all those details some thought were inane and unnecessary? Well I honestly think they tied the story together really, really well through the span of years the events took place in. One final note about Zac's part: I loved Magnum and Zac's girl description based on her drink order. Soooo cute!
All in all, I felt this was a lovely story, and yes it was slow and painful to get to the point we were all dying for, but it added much appreciated substance to this story. So calling it a love story is still valid, but its probably not the kind of love story most are looking for in this kind of genre. I think I also would've liked to read some more from Avery's point of view in the later years. Regardless, this was an excellent read and I really, really hope to read more about the other McAllister brothers (hint, hint Finn!).


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From the Bronx to Brooklyn, Confederate Symbols Come Down Across New York City
Mayor Bill de Blasio has launched a review of "all symbols of hate on city property," and some have already been removed.
by Aaron Short August 22, 2017
Bronx Community College will remove these 2 sculptures from campus of Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee & Stonewall Jackson. 5pm #FOX5NY
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The push to dismantle Confederate monuments across the United States is not just restricted to the South.
Two streets inside New York City's Fort Hamilton army base dedicated to Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson are the latest targets in a nationwide movement to remove public symbols glorifying the Confederacy.
Brooklyn Rep. Yvette Clarke held a renaming rally at John Paul Jones Park on Tuesday morning with several Congresspeople and Brooklyn politicians. Lee served as an engineer at the Fort Hamilton army base from 1841 to 1846, and is one of the most prominent military figures associated with it.
"The time has come for the Army to remove from Fort Hamilton and other military installations the disgraced names of men who waged war against the United States to preserve the evil institution of slavery," Clarke spokesman Patrick Rheaume told Hyperallergic. "It is clear that these symbols remain an inspiration to some who espouse white supremacist ideology to perpetuate acts of terror and violence on the peaceful, law abiding citizens of our nation."
Clarke made a request to change the street names earlier this summer, but the army declined to alter them. She has since introduced a bill in Congress calling on the Pentagon to change the name of "any military installation or other property under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense that is currently named after any individual who took up arms" against the country during the Civil War.
And now, after Neo-Nazis and white nationalists terrorized Charlottesville, Virginia, at an August 12 demonstration to prevent the removal of the town's Robert E. Lee statue, momentum may be on her side.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and other New Yorkers have piled on and demanded the US Army change the names of the streets. And Mayor Bill de Blasio announced last week that he would launch a "90-day review of all symbols of hate on city property."
Bronx Community College's Hall of Fame for Great Americans contains busts of Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson (photo by Jim.henderson/Wikipedia)
The directive may come as a surprise to some, but New York City has a smattering of statues and memorials dedicated to Confederate and other racist figures, most of which will soon be relegated to the corners of history museums.
De Blasio pledged to dig out a sidewalk plaque commemorating Nazi collaborator Philippe Pétain in the Canyon of Heroes.
Bronx Community College will replace two busts of Confederate generals from the school's "Hall of Fame" after Gov. Cuomo and Bronx leaders called for their ouster. The busts ended up at the school thanks to the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the organization responsible for so many of monuments now under fire across the country.
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. proposed sending the busts to the New York State Military Museum in Saratoga Springs, "where they could be presented in a historical context rather than venerated."
"They should not stay in the Bronx any longer," he said Wednesday in a statement.
And Bronx Councilman Ritchie Torres said he was "utterly shocked" to learn the busts existed and praised the community college's president for moving them.
"He's taking the right action," Torres said in an interview. "It shows that what was acceptable a few weeks ago would be unacceptable now."
Meanwhile, the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island uprooted two plaques commemorating General Robert E. Lee in Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn. Lee had planted a maple tree while stationed at the nearby army base. The tree has since been replaced twice, but the Daughters of the Confederacy marked the spot with a plaque in 1912.
Workers remove one of two plaques honoring Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on the property of St. John's Episcopal Church, Wednesday Aug. 16, 2017, in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn, New York. The removal comes in the wake of last weekend's deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, where white supremacists protested plans to remove a Lee statue from a public park. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) #YahooNewsPhotos #Photosoftheday #photography #photographers #breakingnewsphotos #bestnewsphotos #photos #BreakingNewsPhotography #photojournalism #topStories
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Lesser known antebellum figures are also in the public's crosshairs.
A towering monument to Dr. J. Marion Sims presides over a corner of Fifth Avenue and East 103rd Street across from the New York Academy of Medicine.
Sims is known as the "father of modern gynecology," but the statue has drawn ire from the East Harlem community and beyond because he experimented and operated on enslaved black women.
City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, who represents the neighborhood, called on the mayor and the Parks Department to remove Sims's statue from Central Park. A Parks official told the New York Times that any decision about the sculpture would be made as part of the mayor's citywide review.
The J. Marion Sims statue on Fifth Avenue, on the perimeter of Central Park (photo by Jim.henderson/Wikipedia)
The violence in Virginia unnerved public officials who say it's time to retire Confederate markers from the public square.
"White supremacy and white nationalism contradict our core American values," Cuomo wrote in a Daily News op-ed. "Those who carry the torch for those supposed causes, who feel empowered, need to understand that our country does not stand with them."
But the vandalism and purposeful relocation of the statues dismayed President Trump, who argued that the Confederacy was part of America's heritage.
"This week it's Robert E. Lee. I notice that Stonewall Jackson's coming down," Trump said last Tuesday from Trump Tower. "I wonder, is it George Washington next week, and is it Thomas Jefferson the week after? You know you really do have to ask yourself, where does it stop?"
Historians called his argument bunk. "You're not changing history. You're changing how we remember history," James Grossman, executive director of the American Historical Association, told the New York Times.
Two days later, Trump lamented on Twitter, "Sad to see the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart with the removal of our beautiful statues and monuments.You can't change history, but you can learn from it … the beauty that is being taken out of our cities, towns and parks will be greatly missed and never able to be comparably replaced!"
It is odd to see the President play preservationist and historian since he has destroyed artwork and falsified history when it suits his purpose.
In 1980, Trump purchased the Bonwit Teller Building on Fifth Avenue in order to build Trump Tower. The Metropolitan Museum of Art wanted him to donate two Art Deco limestone relief panels inside. Trump initially agreed, but when he found the removal would delay the building's demolition, he had them jackhammered to pieces instead.
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More recently, Trump bought a Virginia golf course on the banks of the Potomac River in 2009 and added a plaque between the 14th and 15th holes designating a Civil War skirmish he anointed "The River of Blood."
"Many great American soldiers, both of the North and South, died at this spot," the inscription states. "The casualties were so great that the water would turn red and thus became known as 'The River of Blood.'"
But no conflict ever occurred at that spot, local historians told the New York Times. Trump responded incredulously, "How would they know that, were they there?"
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Heathen Brewing eyeing brewpub
Posted on October 29, 2013 by Sue Vorenberg
Plans for Salmon Creek project hinge on county fee holiday
By Cami Joner, Columbian retail & real estate reporter
A local beermaker's dream of showcasing his brew in a Salmon Creek-area pub could be realized next year if his plan meets criteria for Clark County's fee holiday.
A 100 percent waiver of traffic impact and permit fees could make the project — estimated at between $1.2 million and $1.6 million — pencil out, said Sunny Parsons, owner of Vancouver's Heathen Brewing. The direct-sale brewery is one of the fastest-growing in the local craft beer industry, expanding from Parson's hobby to a three-employee operation during its first year of business.
Heathen co-owner and brewer Sunny Parsons prepares to wash kegs. Parsons still hasn't drawn a paycheck from the year-old business, but he does have three paid employees now, and the company is growing rapidly. (Photo by Zachary Kaufman)
Parsons now operates the brewery in a commercial building next to his Vancouver home. He said Heathen Brewing participates in direct sales to pubs and private parties all over the Portland-Vancouver-metro area and as far south as Eugene, Ore., and east to Bend, Ore.
"As fast as we can make beer, people are buying it," said Parsons.
Now, he also wants a restaurant setting to feature his beer. Preliminary plans call for a 9,400-square-foot building at 2311 N.E. 119th St., southeast of the Klineline Bridge. About 5,400 square feet would include space for a restaurant, bar, kitchen and brewing, with the rest considered flex space to be used by the business or leased to a tenant.
"We're hoping to add an additional 22 jobs between the restaurant and brewery workers," Parsons said.
He co-owns the project site on the south bank of Salmon Creek with his mother, Cindy Severson. The 0.58-acre tract, which cost them $400,000 in 2006, is next door to the Cascade Flooring America business, also co-owned by Severson and Parsons.
Earlier talk of developing the site never came to fruition, due to high traffic impact fees, Parsons said.
"It just didn't seem feasible," he said.
At first glance, the development meets all the requirements for exemptions, said Marty Snell, director of Clark County's Community Development Department.
Snell said the project would be eligible under the resolution to waive all fees, which can range from $25,000 to $300,000. He added that the holiday was extended in June to all commercial developments, including retail projects, which previously only qualified for a 50 percent reduction.
First adopted in 2012, the original fee holiday also stipulated that employers had to generate between 10 and 15 jobs in order to receive the fee waiver. In June, the county's three-member board of commissioners did away with the job requirement and voted to exempt all commercial projects from fees as a way to generate jobs.
"If it's a commercial or office building or if they're opening a storefront or processing facility, they would be eligible," Snell said. "Currently, there's no minimum employer number you have to hit. It's more open-ended."
Projects developed under all versions of the fee holiday so far have generated about 450 jobs and total about $58 million worth of new construction, Snell said.
Parsons said it's too early to say for sure whether the fee waiver will spur development of a restaurant and production facility for Heathen Brewing. He expects to know more after a Nov. 21 meeting with county development officials to go over his plans.
"Right now, we're more in the wish phase than we are in the breaking-ground stage," Parsons said.


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Throttle Elevator Music IV
Throttle Elevator Music IV reunites with tenor saxophonist Kamasi Washington for a fourth album, atop eleven original new compositions by the Throttle writing team (Matt Montgomery and Gregory Howe).
1. Gibralter Road
2. Recovery
3. We Can Work with That
4. Back to Form
5. Bridging the Barrier
6. Throwing the Switch
7. Way out of Line
8. Sweet Spot
9. Bridging the Barrier II
10. No One to Vote For
11. Boeseke Trail
Gregory Howe
Gregory Howe is a producer, engineer, musician and owner and founder of Wide Hive Records. Howe is an accomplished producer who has released over thirty albums through Wide Hive Records.
Kamasi Washington
Kamasi Washington is featured Saxophonist on Both Throttle Elevator Music and Phil Ranelin's Perseverance. Also as a composer Kamasi has scored for several films including Stacey Peralta's recent Independant Lens feature: Crips and Bloods: Made In America.
Matt Montgomery
Matt Montgomery plays the bass, writes music, and plays piano/keyboards. He has performed and/or recorded with Faye Carol, Calvin Keys, Larry Coryell, Mark Levine, Phil Ranelin, singer/songwriters Cass McCombs, Greg Ashley, Adam Stephens (of Two Gallants), Grammy-winning producer Joe Chiccarelli, and many more.
Michael Hughes is an American drummer living in the San Francisco Bay Area.
He studied drumming at L.A. Music Academy with Joe Porcaro and Ralph
Humphrey and spent a decade performing in LA with artists such as Tal
Wilkenfeld, Frank Gambale, and Robben Ford. He is the drummer on "Heavy Feel" by Larry Coryell as well as Throttle Elevator Music's "Area J" and "Jagged Rocks" featuring Kamasi Washington.


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Oracle start combines a set of computerized migration rig with professional services, All supplied by using Oracle -- an entire, in-condominium reply for migration. The semi-automated solution matches in with Oracle's recent efforts to stand aside from other cloud providers with greater automatic capabilities.
The company says that through the utilize of Oracle start, in state of a extra piecemeal method to migration, purchasers can view can charge label downs of up to 30 %. It additionally says it may withhold customers as much as 30 percent in time, with the simplest migrations taking as shrimp as 20 weeks.
Oracle leap contains a discovery assessment, system analyzer, automated records and configuration migration utilities and quick integration equipment. It additionally includes a dedicated Oracle concierge service to aid commerce purchasers breathe certain their migration aligns with choicest practices. customers can score hold of on-line working towards on their new know-how by passage of Oracle university, and they'll fill the aid of a customer success supervisor for a full 12 months post-migration to embolden breathe certain new technologies are adopted smoothly. clients can computer screen the fame of their migration via a mobile utility.
"We lead the hassle, and they coordinate the total flight contrivance as you circulation ahead," Beth Boettcher, Oracle's SVP of North American applications Consulting, advised ZDNet.
With Amazon internet features and Microsoft Azure main the pack of most considerable cloud providers, Oracle is in quest of to distinguish itself with records-as-a-service and self sustaining facets. In October 2017, Oracle delivered the automatic Oracle Database 18c. Then past this yr, Oracle introduced the expansion of independent capabilities across its platform-as-a-service choices -- to facts administration, utility building, integration, analytics, security and programs administration.
whereas Oracle is framing Oracle soar as a partake of that effort, it's now not a wholly computerized providing, given the consulting features blanketed. Over time, Boettcher stated, as products are tuned with subsequent releases, it will current towards self adequate beginning.
"We know many of their shoppers fill taken their on-premise know-how and fill truly personalized it," Boettcher spoke of. "What their consulting group will enact is say, 'How enact they unwind that complexity and discipline you to occupy expertise of the out-of-the-container industry top-quality practices built into their cloud expertise?'"
different cloud providers fill comparable migration tools. Amazon internet features, as an example, has the AWS Migration Hub, which is a repository of numerous migration equipment. Boettcher, youngsters, contended Oracle leap offers a greater finished reply with the inclusion of consulting and tutorial services.
meanwhile, Workday has the Lifecycle Deployment application to assist valued clientele, however that would not encompass tools fancy an integration accelerator or migration accelerator.
Oracle start is attainable now for Oracle E-company Suite, Oracle PeopleSoft and Oracle Hyperion Planning valued clientele who're touching to Oracle ERP Cloud, Oracle SCM Cloud and Oracle EPM Cloud.
Oracle will at final extend the soar offering to Oracle PeopleSoft and Oracle E-business Suite customers relocating to Oracle HCM Cloud, as well as Oracle Siebel customers relocating to Oracle CX Cloud.
Oracle Hyperion Public Sector Planning and Budgeting is a key partake of the newly announced Oracle commerce efficiency administration (EPM) system liberate 11.1.2.
Oracle Hyperion Public Sector Planning and Budgeting is designed to permit public sector, healthcare and higher training groups to manage their complicated budgeting processes with pace and accuracy, while assembly their needs for productivity, accountability, and regulatory compliance. It helps them manage existing and projected budgets with refined models of positions and employee-linked-costs with responsible assistance from human capital management (HCM) and everyday ledger (GL) techniques.
the brand new module takes lore of specific enhancements to Oracle Hyperion Planning together with procedure management and workflow capabilities that at the minute are extended to allow finer configurable method handle and embolden for matrix agencies. moreover, facts validation constraints are configurable to obviate submission of budgets past organizationally defined metrics.
Oracle Hyperion Public Sector Planning and Budgeting also makes utilize of pre-constructed integration with the Oracle E-enterprise Suite and Oracle's PeopleSoft enterprise through handy-to-use interfaces, and might also breathe built-in with SAP applications via powerful adapters.
fiscal budget Books and studies – utilizes huge Oracle Hyperion economic Reporting aspects and public sector and higher schooling-related enhancements to provide incredibly formatted, specific funds studies and construction high-quality budget books equipped for publication in HTML and PDF formats. Dynamic hyperlinks to information in the planning rig score rid of the should manually edit a large number of studies and documents when plans trade.
information abstract world shoppers attempting to find world-category operational efficiencies are turning to Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud carrier for elementary, low-priced performance administration. according to the enterprise's well-known Oracle Hyperion Planning utility, Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud provider is an enterprise performance administration (EPM) solution that mixes the vigour of commercial enterprise planning and budgeting with the convenience of the cloud. Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud service is a partake of Oracle Cloud.
-- in view that its launch in February 2014, Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud carrier has shown efficacious adoption global, with more than one hundred fifty customers representing corporations of All sizes throughout the globe. -- shoppers throughout quite a number industries, including Shelf Drilling, Commune lodges and hotels, HMV Retail Ltd., Nutricia advanced scientific meals, ny Beachwear, Communications check Design, Inc., and Bournemouth Borough Council utilize Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud service to quite simply and cost effectively streamline planning and forecasting approaches. -- using alignment past the finance feature, corporations are additionally adopting Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud carrier to ameliorate revenue and operational forecasting and planning processes. -- developed on the agile forecasting, predictive planning, prosperous state of affairs analysis, and interactive dashboard capabilities of Oracle Hyperion Planning, the provider ensures groups capitalize from cloud-optimized expertise, together with: -- First-in-class performance. developed with the performance of Oracle Hyperion Planning, together with Oracle Essbase multidimensional analysis engine, workflow, and manner management and further prebuilt performance, the new service allows for clients to simplify, standardize, and automate events transactions while addressing planning and budgeting requirements. via powerful predictive forecasting capabilities, users can additionally determine various consequences and raise self faith in their budgets. -- speedily adoption. Its yardstick setup, constructed-in practising, and minimal dependence on IT capability commerce users can velocity Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud provider deployment, with minimal CAPEX infrastructure funding. through leveraging regular spreadsheet interfaces and mobile collaboration, valued clientele are experiencing multiplied participation within the planning process. -- springy deployment models. in response to open standards, the carrier offers springy deployment alternate options that healthy the wants of each company. valued clientele can develop and install new applications within the cloud, or utilize the cloud as a speedily construction environment for on-premises application deployment. consumers also fill the potential to movement functions from side to side between Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud carrier and Oracle Hyperion Planning on-premises offerings in a hybrid ambiance.
-- "clients covet efficacious planning and budgeting capabilities, however are more and more trying to find options that require much less administration and lessen infrastructure investment," pointed out Hari Sankar, vice chairman of product management at Oracle. "Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud carrier gifts a compelling company case for agencies of any size, in any business, as evidenced through the large adoption we've got experienced up to now." -- "Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud carrier is terribly user friendly and intuitive, and will embolden reduce the manual drudgery of conserving spreadsheets so that they now fill greater time to enact positive evaluation for the enterprise," talked about Tati Hartawan, economic controller, Nutricia enhance medical foodstuff. -- "Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud carrier will enable us to significantly reduce the time and energy vital to duty their every day P&L Forecasting method, which is their most vital enterprise administration practice. in addition, the real-time analytical statistics and comprehensive reporting that they are able to generate from the Oracle PBCS utility will allow us to Make well timed and smartly-informed choices with the end to bustle their commerce more suitable," referred to Paul Cardell, Vice President, corporate Operations, CTDI.
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 11 /- Underscoring its commitment to accelerating access to commerce data, HyperRoll, Inc., the leading provider of Data Performance Management software, today announced the general availability of its new software product called HyperRoll Live Link for Hyperion pecuniary Management (HFM). HyperRoll Live Link is a new product that enables real-time pecuniary reporting and analysis on HFM data directly from Oracle Essbase, Hyperion Planning, and other commerce intelligence tools such as Oracle commerce Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) and BusinessObjects.
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Edgewater Ranzal, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Edgewater Technology, Inc. EDGW and platinum flat member of the Oracle ally Network, announced that Jeff Flak of Edgewater Ranzal has co-authored a new reserve about Oracle Data Relationship Management (DRM) called, "The Oracle Data Relationship Management 11 Guide: Successful Implementation Essentials."
"Jeff is an accomplished expert in the Oracle DRM space," stated Robin Ranzal, President of Edgewater Ranzal. "He offers a wide sweep of lore and value to the DRM practice, as well as to Edgewater Ranzal's clients."
Written for both DRM developers and commerce users, the lead provides a elevated flat conceptual understanding of the product while acclimating users to the software, demonstrating the benefits of integrating DRM's powerful functionality into an operational commerce environment.
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Oracle has rolled out a progression of announcements aimed at portraying itself as the industry's preeminent player in commerce analytics, as well as one material to customers of compete SAP.
The company foreshadowed its intentions final month, posting a general profile of the announcements on its website. Oracle co-President label Hurd provided more specifics on the intelligence during a webcast event on Wednesday from the OpenWorld conference in Tokyo.
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"The legal question is how to score the birthright information to the birthright person at the birthright time to Make the birthright decision," he added. "This is hard."
Hurd cited the case of an airline gate agent who has to determine which passenger should score the final seat on an overbooked flight.
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Oracle also announced Endeca Information Discovery, a result of final year's purchase of Endeca. The system allows users to comb through structured as well as unstructured data in iterative "model-as-you-go" fashion, according to a statement.
That capability is combined with "a user suffer born out of consumer e-commerce," Oracle said. The platform is being used for purposes such as analyzing insurance claims and convivial media "sentiment analysis," according to Oracle.
Endeca Information Discovery will breathe certified for Exalytics by midyear, according to a spokeswoman.
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Other announcements Wednesday included two new analytic applications for Oracle systems. One helps manufacturers glean insights into their operations, while another allows companies to dissect their utilize of enterprise assets, such as vehicles and equipment.
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The Music and Sound Design of Breaking Bad – Dave Porter interview
By Soniccouture | 22.02.2013
Breaking Bad is one of the most acclaimed TV drama of recent years – Dan (a massive BB geek) spotted our Balinese Gamelan instruments in the soundtrack, and caught up with composer Dave Porter for a chat ..
Congratulations on being a part of what is probably one of the best TV dramas we've ever seen. It must be wonderful to be part of such a strong team. Can you take us through a typical episode's production process? How long does it take?
Thank you very much – I'm glad that you're enjoying it. I am fortunate to get to work with such an amazingly talented group of people. In terms of our production process, we usually mix a show every week. I get the episode roughly two weeks before that, so I'm working on two at a time. The cycle starts with a spotting meeting in the editing room, which generally includes Vince Gilligan (creator and executive producer), the writer(s) of the episode, the picture editor, our sound and dialogue team, our post-production supervisor, our music supervisor, our music editor, and me. We painstakingly go through the entire episode, which is usually complete at that point, and talk about the sound and music for every scene. We discuss where music should be, and equally importantly, where it should not. And if there is going to be music, what it should achieve and whether it should be score or source. To me, this meeting is the most important step in the process.
After that, I spend a few days writing cues in my studio. I deliver them to Vince as QuickTime movies, and he gives me feedback. I spend a day or so polishing things up and then it's time to repeat the cycle with the next spotting session. While writing for the next episode, I'll also be mixing each of my cues from the previous one again from the ground up to prepare them for the mix stage. In addition, I always attend the final mix playback for each episode.
You obviously use a lot of unusual sounds in Breaking Bad. Are you making a deliberate effort to avoid scoring for traditional instruments?
Yes. Although I am classically trained, I knew from my first viewing of the pilot episode that a traditional score would be the wrong choice for Breaking Bad. Nothing about the show is expected, and I felt that the score needed to reflect that. There have been only a handful of times that I've incorporated a traditional western orchestral instrument, and when I have, it's been processed into something quite different.
We noticed the Soniccouture Balinese Gamelan in Breaking Bad season 4. Are there any other Soniccouture instruments you've used?
Yes, since the beginning I've employed a lot of Asian instruments as a backdrop for Walt, because it seems so unexpected and out of place in Albuquerque. (And Walt, of course, is usually way out of his comfort zone.) I've also used the Soniccouture Omnichord samples and DDR Toy Piano. And since I'm always looking for new and interesting ways of performing the show's theme for the end credits each week, I've been eyeing the Ondes Martenot instrument… maybe in season 5!
There's a certain vagueness to the Breaking Bad scores that seems to blur the line between music and sound design. We assume this is intentional. What kind of sounds are you drawn to?
It is definitely intentional. The score grows organically out of the natural sound, and vice versa, to create a seamless audio backdrop. To this end I often request snippets from the production sound (such as clocks, locusts, and lab equipment noises) to use as fodder for sound design that I include in my scores. I also create my own samples using audio I capture with a small field recorder.
The only music that seems to stay the same each episode is that short Dobro sting under the title. Did you play that yourself?
I write a new score for the end credits each week, so yes, the show's opening theme is the only constant. While I sketched out the original resonator guitar part using samples, the final version was performed by a professional guitarist because I'm a pretty poor player. It's something I'm working on though!
While you obviously use a lot of samplers and technology to create sounds; is there some amount of the soundtrack that is acoustic? If so, about how often do you go acoustic? What kind of instruments? And do you process the acoustic instruments as well?
A lot of the score for Breaking Bad begins its life as "acoustic" in the sense that it was recorded with a microphone, but absolutely everything that gets recorded for the show is later processed. And when I do use something from a sample library, it usually gets treated, too. I try to record as many live performances as our budget and timeframe allow, which includes recording sessions that I do during the off-season to build up my arsenal of ideas. For example, prior to last season I recorded an expert on early winds and reeds that I knew would come in handy, as well as an amazing Quena (Andean flute) player that I felt would be useful for Gus. I also record myself a lot—whether I'm simply banging on kitchen or garden tools or playing one of the instruments that I own. For example, the instrument that always accompanies Walt when he dons his "Heisenberg" hat is a Japanese koto, which I play, record, and then process. I also have large libraries of recordings of my vintage synthesizers… I spend'spare' time tweaking and programming them while the DAW records everything, and then I extract the best bits for later use. By the time I am mixing a cue I've printed everything— even software synths— because I'm likely to end up processing it anyhow and I never want to get caught going back to a session from a few years back and realizing that some softsynth that is now in version 7 doesn't remember a patch from version 2.
Do you have a musical education, or are you self taught?
I started classical piano at age 5, and I studied composition and orchestration at Sarah Lawrence College in New York. My knowledge of synthesizers and recording techniques is largely self-taught, although I was fortunate to study under composers who were forward thinking and open to incorporating those kinds of tools.
Can you give us a geeky list of some of your favourite bits of technology (hardware or software) ?
I use a mix of old and new hardware and software. While I sometimes use software synthesizers, the vast majority is still hardware because I find they sound better and they're more inspiring creatively. On the flip side, I use software extensively for samples and all manner of digital processing, because nothing can match it for power and creative options. On the software side I spend a lot of time with Kontakt, and have a small army of plug-ins for distortion, bit-crushing, and compression. In terms of hardware outboard I still use a Lexicon PCM-42 delay— mine has been modified with a reverse switch and extra delay time—and I've got a great old Korg gated spring reverb. My synthesizer collection has gotten quite large. Some favorites that have seen action recently on Breaking Bad include my ARP 2600, Oberheim Matrix-12 and Ob-Mx, Roland MKS-80, Sequential Prophet VS, and a Voyetra-8.
Is Vince Gilligan (Breaking Bad's creator, writer, director) heavily involved in the soundtrack production process? Does he have strong opinions about what kind of music is used ?
Vince is involved in every aspect of the show, including the music. While he isn't likely to make specific musical recommendations, he is keenly aware of what works and what doesn't, and always has his eyes on the big picture. He listens to and incorporates everyone's ideas, and when it comes time to make the tough decisions, he is decisive. Honestly, some of the toughest music related decisions on Breaking Bad come down to a great piece of score or source versus no music at all… because the scripts and performances in the show are already so strong.
In season 2, there's a Spanish song that refers to "Heisenberg". Were you involved in the writing and/or production of that song ? (It's a brilliant band, btw, but we don't speak Spanish.)
That's "Negro Y Azul: The Ballad of Heisenberg." This was an instance where nothing would do but an authentic band that was devoted to the art of creating Narcocorrido, which are Mexican drug ballads. (These are real and controversial songs that are often commissioned by drug lords to celebrate their success.) Our music supervisor, Thomas Golubic, found the band (Los Cuates De Sinaloa) and oversaw them as they wrote the song based on lyrics written (in English) by Vince Gilligan. I got to sit back and enjoy that one from the back of the room!
I do, however, enjoy the occasional departure from my usual score duties. I got to write a humorous thrash-metal track for Jesse's fictional band, I've scored a number of Saul's hilarious tv commercials, written music for video games which appear in the show, and even created some of the cell phone rings, including the memorable one that is used as Hank's ringtone for when Marie is calling in episode 306 "Sunset." I love these challenges, because unlike the score—which has a macro focus—these moments are often plot devices written into the script that have an immediate effect.
Is it slightly confusing to work on a show where the characters are so complex? It seems there's no good guys or bad guys.
That is definitely the most challenging aspect of scoring the show. I work hard not to let the music lean too obviously toward either heroic or villainous, as there is no such thing on Breaking Bad.
There's an interesting aspect to Walt's character development through the 4 seasons we've seen so far. In the beginning we sympathize with Walt, but as the series progresses his character seems to turn (as the show's title suggests). Is this evolution of his character something you can portray with the music? Is Walt becoming the bad guy?
Walt's journey and descent is the spine of the show. Over the course of several seasons he has gone places that seemed unimaginable at the outset. What is most fascinating to me, and I try to always remember as I'm writing the score, is that how far one is willing to sympathize with Walt reflects entirely back on the viewer. There are people who were horrified by his behavior in the very first season. There are others who will defend him no matter what he does. In this way, Breaking Bad demands that you notice your own reaction to the story you are witnessing. And to me, musically speaking, that means that I will never highlight one specific moment as a "Breaking Bad" moment… because it's been a gradual evolution (or devolution) over the course of the series, and everyone's perception of the tipping point is different. One example is the moment in season 4 when Walt is in the airport parking lot after the demise of Gus. On another show, that would have been a classic musical moment… but ultimately, we went entirely without music and just had him listening to the news on the radio… because any music that you put in that moment would tilt the audience's reaction one way or another, and Vince very much wanted it to be ambiguous. After all, you could easily argue that the lesser man had just won.
On the other hand, Jesse's character remains slightly innocent, we always kind of feel for him. How does that influence the music used in his scenes?
I think it is fair to say that Jesse is the moral center of the show, or as close to one that Breaking Bad is going to have. To that end, yes, there is always a touch more warmth when I'm writing for Jesse, and musically his evolution has been a few steps behind Walt's. Jesse certainly had made many poor decisions, but he is also the victim of some dreadful ones made by Walt. I'm excited to see where they will all end up at the show's conclusion!
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Atena Daemi speaks out tirelessly to end the death penalty in Iran. Incredibly, these activities have been cited as "evidence" of her criminal activity and now sheâEUR(TM)s been sentenced to seven years in jail.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING ACTION TO RELEASE ATENA.
Thanked for taking action.I vehemently oppose capital punishment.
As soon as I read the headline...I knew this woman is in BIG TROUBLE! Signed...thanks, Freya!
Noted and signed. Thank you, Freya. Brave woman.


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Brown was difficult lineman to replace
Former Packers defensive end Robert Brown owns a team record he wears proudly, and he'll also joke periodically about it having taken one of the club's all-time greats to replace him.
Among Green Bay's roll call of defensive linemen, none have laced up their cleats for more games than Brown, who appeared in 156 contests up front from 1982-92. The defensive end was dependable and consistent, and with a laugh Brown can claim that only the landmark free-agent signing of Reggie White in '93 was able to fill Brown's spot in the lineup.
"The Packers have such a tremendous history and tradition that to be the all-time leader in games played at my position is quite an honor," Brown said.
Brown actually played in 164 games for the Packers, but as a rookie he played outside linebacker. Green Bay had selected him in the fourth round, 98th overall, after an honor-filled career at Virginia Tech. At 6-2, 235, he was a perfect fit at outside linebacker, but he was a better pass-rusher than he was a pass-defender.
Following his first season, the coaching staff called, told him to get ready to switch to the defensive line after the departure of Mike Butler to the USFL, and that Brown would need to get bigger. He also went from standing up on the line of scrimmage to a three-point stance.
"By my third year, I had gotten up to 270 pounds, and I was lucky that I had the frame to handle that," he said. "I was a situational player at first as I gained experience, because for the first three or four years I was learning how to play the position."
Brown was also versatile, playing both sides of the defensive line, and he was a grinder. The games piled up. From 1985-92, he started all 108 contests he appeared in.
Once he found his footing, he started at both left and right end, but right end was his home. Brown was never a sack star, with 25½ in his career and five being his highest yearly total, reached in '84, but part of the reason was that he often left the field on third down.
"I had Ezra Johnson behind me, who was a tremendous pass-rusher, and after that Tim Harris," Brown said. "In the 3-4, the defensive end did a lot of the dirty work. We were taking on a lot of double-teams and giving up our bodies, so we weren't going to see a lot of sacks."
So how did Brown keep rolling along while playing a position where the physical demands were so fierce? He ranks 12th in club record books for games played, and he credits his longevity to good genetics and staying in near game shape throughout the year.
Not long after leaving Green Bay, Brown opened ProSpeed, Inc., a 10,000-square foot performance enhancement facility in Herndon, Va. It was designed to help young athletes get to the next level, with a weight room, tracks and other training equipment. Brown operated the facility for 15 years before moving to Columbia, Md., where he now lives.
During his career with the Packers, Brown played for four head coaches, saw the lengthy bridge at quarterback from Lynn Dickey to Brett Favre and a nearly complete roster turnover from his start to finish. Brown ended his playing days strong, opening all 16 games in his 11th season for first-year head coach Mike Holmgren.
"It was a new coaching staff and they wanted to get more youth in there," Brown said. "Free agency came in '93, and of course the Packers got the biggest free agent on the market in Reggie."
Despite White taking over at left end, the opposite side that Brown played, it's a pleasure to claim it took a future Hall of Fame end to fill Brown's shoes, though he says that in jest.
"Sometimes I say they replaced me with him," Brown said. "They brought in Reggie after I left, and I don't feel too bad about that."
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Tensions escalate with North Korea as U.S. planes patrol coast, Pyongyang warns it will attack
By Ben Kesling
Published: Sept 23, 2017 6:13 p.m. ET
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In a new escalation of hostility between Washington and Pyongyang, North Korea's foreign minister warned in a United Nations speech Saturday that a rocket attack on the U.S. mainland was "inevitable" while U.S. warplanes flew off the east coast of North Korea in an explicit show of force.
A total of eight U.S. aircraft flew close to the North Korean coastline while remaining in international airspace, the Pentagon said in a statement, adding it was the farthest north of the demilitarized zone between North Korea and South Korea that U.S. warplanes have flown since North Korea started testing ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons in the 1990s.
"This mission is a demonstration of U.S. resolve and a clear message that the president has many military options to defeat any threat," said Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White. "We are prepared to use the full range of military capabilities to defend the U.S. homeland and our allies."
The moves on Saturday capped a week of growing hostility between the two countries and directly involving their top leaders. The rising animosity has spurred world leaders to call for restraint and diplomacy, but neither capital so far has shown an inclination to back down from the standoff.
An expanded version of this report appears on wsj.com


Getting a request to donate to a charity? Before you give, make sure your hard-earned money is going to the intended cause. Unfortunately con artists will try to take advantage of your good nature and pressure you to make contributions to their scam charities. Before you donate, first follow these tips: Watch out for charities with names that sound similar to well-known organizations. Never give payment information to an unsolicited caller or email. Do not pay in cash—donate by credit card or check made payable to the charity. Do your research by contacting your state's charity regulator or consulting a charity rating organization such as charitynavigator.org. Don't feel bad about saying "no" to charitable requests you are not comfortable with.
Jury duty scams are one of the most common and tricky variations of impostor scams out there. Typically these scams begin with a phone call claiming you failed to report for jury duty and that a warrant is out for your arrest. The scammer might ask you for personal information, such as your Social Security number, to verify your identity. Additionally, the scammer might ask you to pay a fine via wire transfer, gift card or credit card to avoid arrest. Remember that real U.S. court officials and law enforcement offices will not call you and ask for personal information, request money to pay a fine, nor will they threaten you with immediate arrest. Courts typically communicate by mail. If you have any doubt about the correspondence you received from your county courthouse, independently research the phone number and call to verify it came from them.
Social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram provide a convenient way to connect with friends and family, but scammers also use these platforms to find victims. Scammers often create fake profiles and pretend to either be someone you know, someone you want to know or an entity you trust. The following are some red flags that you might be targeted by a scammer on a social media platform: You receive a friend/follow request from someone you are already connected with. You are informed about an opportunity to receive a grant, sweepstakes or prize. You are asked to send money to receive money. You are notified that someone is in an emergency situation and they need your help right away. Only engage with people on social media platforms who you know. Make sure you use privacy settings to ensure only people who you know and trust can view your profile.
When making a phone call to an organization you know and trust, have you ever been greeted by an automatic recording that congratulates you for being selected to win a free prize or take a survey? We know to be suspicious of unwanted calls from scammers who claim we've won something, but what about when we make the call ourselves? Unfortunately, scammers purchase series' of phone numbers that closely resemble the phone numbers of legitimate businesses. Scammers use these numbers to make people think they've reached the organization they were intending to, when in fact they've reached a scammer. Case in point — scammers currently own two numbers close to AARP's toll-free number. To reach AARP, dial 1-888-687-2277.
Never provide your financial information to someone who claims you've qualified for a "free" product, service or prize. If you encounter this situation, hang up the phone, check the number you intended to dial, and try dialing again. Always double-check the area code and full phone number before you dial, as one slip of the finger can result in a costly experience.
Visit the AARP Fraud Watch Network at www.aarp.org/fraudwatchnetwork or call the AARP Fraud Watch Helpline at 1-877-908-3360 and speak to trained staff or volunteers for help with a fraud encounter.
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6th Annual Give Kids a Smile Dental Health Day:…
6th Annual Give Kids a Smile Dental Health Day: Smiles all around
By The Times-Standard |
PUBLISHED: February 7, 2011 at 12:00 a.m. | UPDATED: August 29, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.
About 100 children received free dental exams and treatments Saturday at the 6th Annual Give Kids a Smile Dental Health Day at the State Theatre and the Northern Valley Indian Health Clinic.
Tehama County Health Services brought together a collaborative effort of social service agencies where some 60 volunteers, including 12 to 15 local dental professionals, gave free dental care to children who don"t have health care benefits.
Between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., parents could sign up children, up to 19 years old, who have no health insurance.
Targeting the children 5 years old and younger, volunteers attended to siblings and pregnant mothers, said Mary Jacobson, health educator and health partnership coordinator for the Health Services Agency.
Volunteer professionals, set up inside the clinic and the First 5 Mobile Dental Unit in the parking lot, performed examinations, cleanings and a variety of other services.
Preventative care, such as cleanings, X-rays and fluoride varnishes, and restorative treatments, such as root canals and extractions, were given based on need.
Follow-up exams, made possible through a Catholic Healthcare West grant, were scheduled for many of the children, Jacobson said.
Though there seemed to be fewer families than last year, this is the first year many of those who need follow-up appointments can get them, Jacobson said. "It helped that (Catholic Healthcare West) took an interest and funded us," she said.
Inside the State Theatre, those waiting to be seen could sit and watch films on nutrition and exercise or cartoons for children.
Children and parents learned about other programs and services available in the county, such as WIC, Calfresh and Healthy Families.
The Sierra Cascade Region Champions for Change hosted a Re-Think Your Drink booth to encourage families to choose less sugary, high acid drinks, such as soft drinks, to combat cavities, poor nutrition and weight problems.
There is an overlap between oral health, obesity and tooth decay, Jacobs
on said.
"A lot of families just aren"t eating healthy," she said.
The event gave many families access to program information that they might otherwise not know about.
Karina Avelar, 28, of Red Bluff brought her children Omar Navarrete, 9, and Nelly Navarrete, 5, to Give Kids a Smile Day for the second year in a row. She found out about the program from a letter sent home from school, she said.
"This is a really nice help," Avelar said.
Her daughter is scheduled for a follow-up visit. She also brought her little sister.
"This is really good, especially for the Hispanic people," she said.
Getting to see a dentist any other way is too expensive for her family, Avelar said. This is the best opportunity her children have to see a dentist.
Several members of the Red Bluff Union High School ROP Health Occupations program volunteered as assistants, said program leader Karrie Roth, a registered nurse.
The students, juniors and seniors interested in health careers, volunteer at events in the community to expose the students to different occupations in health care, Roth said.
The Tehama County Board of Supervisors voiced support of the event at its meeting Tuesday.
District 2 Supervisor George Russell, who had attended the event in the past, encouraged other supervisors to attend. The program has come a long way with the introduction of the First 5 Mobile Dental Unit, which houses two dental work stations inside an expandable trailer, he said.
"It"s amazing the number of kids and the number of dentists," Russell said. "It"s really quite an operation, and these children wouldn"t have this opportunity if it were not for this."
The discussion was followed by board approval of a proclamation designating February as "Children"s Dental Health Month" in Tehama County.
The First 5 Mobile Dental Unit, a three-county collaboration, will be stationed in Red Bluff Feb. 7 through Feb. 25 near the WIC office.
"All children need basic dental care," Jacobson said Tuesday. "Dental decay is a significant health problem in the community."
Andrea Wagner can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or or at awagner@redbluffdailynews.com
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You are at:Home»Orthodox News»St. Vladimir's Seminary begins Academic Collaboration with Theological School in Romania
St. Vladimir's Seminary begins Academic Collaboration with Theological School in Romania
Archpriest Chad Hatfield, president of St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS), and Priest Nicolae Chifar, the dean of Saint Andrei Saguna Faculty of Orthodox Theology, sign the agreement.
Source: St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary
25 June 2018 • Sibiu, Romania
Saint Vladimir's Seminary has signed a concordat of cooperation with Saint Andrei Saguna Faculty of Orthodox Theology in Sibiu, Romania in an effort to encourage future student and faculty exchanges and other collaborations between the two institutions.
The agreement was signed Monday at the Faculty in Sibiu by Archpriest Chad Hatfield, president of St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS), and Priest Nicolae Chifar, the dean of Saint Andrei Saguna Faculty of Orthodox Theology. The signing of the agreement was attended by His Eminence Laurentiu [Streza], archbishop of Sibiu and metropolitan of Transylvania, who blessed the agreement between the two institutions.
SVOTS Director of Web Services Alexandru Popovici, a native Romanian, and teachers of the Faculty of Orthodox Theology were also present.
"It is important for us to understand that signing this agreement is only a beginning, and with the help of God we believe that this agreement will evolve and change," said Fr. Chad. "It is very important for us, those studying theology as a minority in different cultures, to have strong ties with the theological faculties of the mother countries, where Orthodoxy is well rooted in the culture of those countries."
At the signing, His Eminence Laurentiu awarded Fr. Chad the "Sagunian Cross for Priests" and welcomed him back for future visits to Sibiu. Fr. Chad presented His Eminence and members of the Faculty with books published by St. Vladimir's Seminary (SVS) Press.
View photos of the concordat signing here.
Sections of this article have been reprinted from mitropolia-ardealului.ro.
Photo Credit: mitropolia-ardealului.ro
Romanian media outlet TRINITAS TV broadcast a story about the signing of the concordat. Watch it below.
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An invasive animal species is one that invades a non-native territory. In the wild, it's characterized as being 'non-indigenous,' where it becomes a catalyst in transforming environmental conditions. In essence, invasives overtake or dominate a territory previously occupied by others.
Her unique artistic vision inserts large animals into black and white and sepia-toned portraits found in turn-of-the-century vintage photographs. In so doing, these invasive inclusions tend to turn the viewer's eye away from the somber faces of its subjects to the creatures she imposes in each of these recreations.
The results are surprising additions. Painted in by Wülfing, they take the form of birds, such as crows, owls, ducks, roosters, and mammals that include dogs, cats and even a humorous donkey on occasion. The animals either join the members of the photograph or merge with its occupants. Other times, she actually replaces the heads of those posing to create hybrid man-animal creatures.
"Sometimes it's a detail on the photograph," says the German painter and graphic designer, "like a haircut, or a facial expression that reminds me of a specific animal." Wülfing began to introduce these "visitors", as she calls them, three years back, after finding a vintage portrait of an man and woman inside she purchased on eBay.
So, is 'invasive art' a new movement?
Time will tell, whether other artists will be influenced by Wülfing and will take her lead in moving 'invasive art' forward. To date, there is no formal movement under way. But it certainly has the possibility to catch on.
What are your thoughts? Comment below and let us know if you are familiar with Wülfing's work, or any other artists that may be doing something similar in the world of 'invasive art'?


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Tennis|Roger Federer Ousts Novak Djokovic
Sports Briefing | Tennis
Roger Federer Ousts Novak Djokovic
Roger Federer advanced to the final of the Shanghai Masters by defeating top-ranked Novak Djokovic, 6-4, 6-4, on Saturday.CreditCreditJia Ru/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Roger Federer beat top-ranked Novak Djokovic, 6-4, 6-4, on Saturday in the semifinals of the Shanghai Masters. Federer, who lost the Wimbledon final to Djokovic, has a chance to win his first title in Shanghai — and his fourth title of the year — against Gilles Simon on Sunday.
■ Camila Giorgi defeated Karin Knapp, 6-4, 6-2, to reach the final of the Generali Ladies in Linz, Austria. Giorgi will play Karolina Pliskova, who beat Anna-Lena Friedsam, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.
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