In my time in the fitness industry, I've learned more than I could ever imagine. I never thought this industry would challenge me in the ways that it has, as well as teaching me everyday. Though it seems there's something new every day, there are a few key things that I keep learning. Over the years, it hasn't been word for word the same, but these are the main lessons that fitness continues to teach me.
•	The exercises that get millions of views and likes on instagram tend to be the flashy ones. The videos of squats while balancing dumbbells on your head while simultaneously standing on a stability ball. You've seen them, and I know you've been in awe of them, but as captivating as they are to watch, these exercises are really not anything special. In order to keep the public's attention, gimmicks come out almost daily, but the reality is, they're not only a waste of time, but they can also be downright dangerous. In Fitness, there are a few simple rules that science has shown to be effective: 1) eat for your goals (either stay in a deficit or surplus) 2) stay active (specifically work towards your goals) 3) Incorporate resistance. 4) recover. Anything outside of those three things, is either to keep yourself entertained or because you got some bad advice. The single most important thing I've learned in my years in health and fitness is that the simple things are the most effective.
•	It is common knowledge that you need to stay active and work towards your goals, whatever they may be, but doing too much too quickly can do more harm than good. Progressive overload is the main principle behind resistance training, stating that your body needs an overload of stress, whether it be weight or volume, to continue to progress. However, increasing your squat by 100lb in a day sets yourself up for failure. I know, you're rolling your eyes because that example was so obvious, but think about it with other examples. Yes, a calorie deficit is good when you're trying to lose weight, but restricting yourself excessively will harm your body in the long run, damaging your metabolism and your relationship with food, which more often than not leads to weight gain. Yes, we need to workout, but sprinting every day and never giving yourself a rest day will set you up for overtraining, which is the chronic state of being exhausted and at a high risk for injury. These negatives will set back your progress way more than that single rest day will. These are all examples that I've personally seen people use in trying to hit their goals, and they are just as detrimental as that 100lb squat increase. Take it slow. Slow = Sustainable.
•	Slow = Sustainable right? Right, I just said it. Even though slow progress isn't as much fun as quick, flashy results, it's the way to obtain results you can actually maintain. The problem with slow progress is just that, it's slow. The hardest part of a true lifestyle change is sticking with it long enough to get to your goal, especially when you see "Before and Afters" on Instagram touting a 20lb weight loss in 6 days. Those people with the dramatic before and afters that seem too good to be true, are. Rushing the process either sets you up for an increased risk of injury or to gain all of that weight lost back (plus some) just as quickly. I always tell clients that if they are putting in the work (exercise outside of me, eating choices, sleep, etc), results will come. They need to trust the process. If you are putting in the effort, you will make progress, and progress is progress, no matter how slow. Fitness is a marathon, not a sprint.
•	Even in the five years that I've been working in this industry, so much has changed. I know I started this post by saying to stick to the basics, and I'm sure you're thinking how can you keep learning if you stick to the basics? Easy. Almost every day, I read a new study about effectiveness of a certain food, supplement, or exercise. Not only are the studies surrounding new aspects of fitness, but also newly discovered aspects to the fitness classics. I've been through it all in this industry. I've focused on strength, I've competed in bodybuilding, I've battled an eating disorder, I've overcome injuries, and each experience has taught me something new. In a world (or fitness industry) yelling at you to be perfect and that this is the only way to do it, you live and you learn. With each personal experience and each study read, I've molded my fitness philosophy into what it is today, which is that fitness isn't one size fits all. Not everyone wants to be shredded, not everyone wants to deadlift 600lbs, and not everyone's body works like yours. With each client I have, I learn something new because everyone is different. Yes, the basics are key, but the way you present them to clients and make them fit their lifestyle is how you achieve success.


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Albany Christmas Storybook Land is on and it's 45 years old
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Cody Mann
Nov 29, 2021 Updated Dec 4, 2021
Paul Schmierer, a former Christmas Storybook Land board member, works on repairing a Curious George display. Schmierer has built several displays, which can take around two months to construct.
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Volunteers Paul Schmierer and Nicholas Carroll try to fix Curious George before Christmas Storybook Land opens Dec. 3 at the Linn County Expo Center.
Kathy Ballweber puts the finishing touches on her Victorian Village with help from her daughter, Janet Ballweber. Lisa Muller, not pictured, crawled behind each of the elaborate buildings to arrange the inside pieces.
Kathy Ballweber directs her daughter, Janet Ballweber, as the they finish setting up the Victorian Village.
Christmas Storybook Land is a drive-through tour of holiday scenes such as this one.
Christmas Storybook Land is volunteer-driven and benefits Fish of Albany.
Volunteer Nicholas Carroll looks over a display built by Paul Schmierer.
Lights and trees surround the displays at Christmas Storybook Land.
Keeping the holiday spirit alive during the pandemic is a challenge that Albany's Christmas Storybook Land is answering with a free drive-thru event marking its 45th season.
Donations of nonperishable commercially packaged food and money are being accepted on behalf of Fish of Albany.
Christmas Storybook Land is driven by volunteers such as Carol Hahn, who is in charge of power for the event, overseeing electrical distribution to the various displays. When she was a little girl, her mother volunteered as well. Hahn recalled a photo of her year-old self in front of the Sesame Street display, which she now sponsors.
"Ever since I was a little kid, I was out here with my mom volunteering," Hahn said. "I want to help make this a community event to last forever."
Kathy Ballweber's Victorian Village is one of the many Christmas Storybook Land displays. The event runs from Dec. 3 to Dec. 17 at the Linn County Expo Center.
Cody Mann, Mid Valley Media
Hahn, who has volunteered for more than a decade, stepped up to help with the power and ended up — if you excuse the pun — in charge of it. With a diagram in hand, she planned out the logistics that would assure everyone has safe and consistent access to electricity.
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There was some adjusting for the drive-thru format, but Hahn said it came together faster and easier than expected.
Forty-five years is an impressive run for any event. Carol Wood, president of the Christmas Storybook Land board of directors, chalked up the longevity in part to generations of community dedication to the food drive and fundraiser benefiting Fish of Albany. Wood said the yearly average is around 30,000 food items donated by around 35,000 visitors.
"A lot of kids are in tune with Fish and bring in food," Wood said. "Their parents came as kids and they bring their kids, so everybody knows to donate to Fish — this is a big fundraiser also for us to get the community involved."
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Storybook Land partnered with the Linn County Expo Center on an indoor drive-thru experience for visitor safety, with 40,000 square feet of floor space to accommodate a 25-foot-wide U-shaped path through the wonderland. A full season of open dates is set for Friday, Dec. 3 to Friday, Dec. 17.
There will be more than 100 scenes to see, complete with Christmas music and a view of Santa and Mrs. Claus, plus a free candy cane for kids. And Star Wars Oregon characters will be there from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 12.
Weyerhaeuser in Lebanon donates more than 1,300 fir trees every year to create an indoor forest. The trees come from young forests that need thinning to promote growth. After the event the trees are converted to mulch.
Seniors, veterans and those with special needs will be honored with a tour day on Monday, Dec. 6. Schedule your group by writing to christmasstorybookland@gmail.com. Children from preschool through third grade are invited to daytime tours Tuesday, Dec. 7 to Friday, Dec. 10. Schedule at csblschooltours@live.com.
Christmas Storybook Land, a nonprofit organization, was started in 1976 by three Albany families: the Albrights, the Dahlingers and the Houdeks.
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Today (21 July 2017), the Guardian's Zoe Williams has published a devastating analysis of the Myatts Field North PFI Regeneration Scheme entitled The Real Cost of Regeneration. Myatts Field North is a council housing estate in Lambeth, South London, built in the 1970s as part of slum clearance. Since 2012 its original 480 homes have been undergoing a so-called 'regeneration' process under a 25 year PFI contract involving Regenter, Pinnacle, Higgins, E.ON and the Grenfell refurbishment contractor, Rydon. As the Guardian article makes clear, the PFI scheme has been disastrous for many of the existing residents and for those who have bought or rented in the 503 new flat private development named Oval Quarter. Botched repairs, leaks and floods, shoddy new building work, a failing district heating system, displaced homeowners, evidence that the health and safety of residents has been put at risk by the companies and the council, and the systematic refusal to listen to residents' concerns and address their complaints. Some of the fire safety problems were recently exposed by an ITV News Investigation (14 July 2017) and have been previously documented in a series of reports sent to Lambeth about failings across the board (refurbishment, health and safety, homeowners, district heating) by residents working with Leeds University academics, Dr Stuart Hodkinson and Chris Essen, and more recently Fuel Poverty Action.
The evident failures in this regeneration scheme mirror many of the issues emerging in the Grenfell Tower disaster and are clearly rooted in the disastrous deregulation of the construction industry and the development process more broadly. But in Myatts Field North, just as with the Camden Chalcots Estate that had to be evacuated after fire safety checks revealed multiple problems, there is another factor at play: the PFI model of self-certification and self-declared performance where the local authority accepts the PFI contractor's monthly invoices and performance reports as 'true' and pays them without checking the facts on the ground. This self-regulatory gospel at the heart of PFI contract governance and risk transfer has failed to ensure that building quality and estate management standards are met, failed to ensure rigorous building and fire safety inspections are carried out, and failed to ensure that problems identified by residents and contractors are properly rectified. It has been far too easy to get paid for failure on this contract, and far too easy to avoid responsibility and accountability for what has gone wrong. This experience is not an isolated one as the Edinburgh Schools PFI fiasco has shown – this why People vs PFI is calling for a National Safety Audit of all PFI buildings.
In the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster, we have set up a new section of our website to document all of the historical and ongoing problems with the Myatts Field North PFI scheme to help educate our politicians and policy makers, forewarn residents and ensure those who are responsible can be held to account. Resources include the key project documents such the Outline Business Case approved by central government in 2006, the Final Business Case approved by government in 2011 and the PFI Contract signed in 2012. Some of these documents have been disclosed under Freedom of Information requests and have been heavily redacted by Lambeth on grounds of 'commercial confidentiality'. We have also made available all of the reports produced by the Myatts Field North Residents Association and PFI Monitoring Board (MFN-RAMB) with Dr Stuart Hodkinson and Chris Essen of Leeds University and Ruth London of Fuel Poverty Action, and where possible the responses by Lambeth and the PFI contractors. There are links to broadcast and print media stories, and to the trailer of Ross Domoney's award-winning film Uprooted about home loss on Myatts Field North. More revelations and resources will be available in due course, so keep checking.


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Safeguarding Adults Board: a multi-agency partnership, made up of statutory and voluntary partners as well as lay-members, established under the Care Act 2014 to promote well-being and oversee Safeguarding Adults work county-wide. The three core statutory partners are the Local Authority, the Police and the NHS (Clinical Commissioning Groups). The full range of partners can be found here.
The SAB has responsibility for publishing an annual report detailing the progress of safeguarding activity, a strategic plan outlining it's key priorities in consultation with Healthwatch and the local community, and undertaking Safeguarding Adults Reviews where required ensuring that lessons are learned and acted upon.
Operational Practice Sub-group: This group co-ordinates local safeguarding work, and ensures the priorities of the SAB are put into place operationally. Currently, its particular focus is to ensure an outcomes-focused approach is embedded in safeguarding practice, as well as ensuring advocacy provision will meet the Care Act duties.
Performance, Quality & Audit Sub-group: This group establishes effective systems for monitoring, reporting and evaluating performance across agencies, and links annual reporting to improvement planning. The group highlights staffing groups or service areas that require further awareness or training.
Multi-agency training and workforce development subgroup: This group is responsible for delivering the objectives of the training strategy 2015-18 and overseeing training opportunities in key safeguarding matters affecting a number of agencies. Currently the group is focused on developing multi-agency self neglect training.
Clients & Carers Safeguarding Advisory Network (CCSAN): This network enables two-way communication and exchange of information between the SAB and clients and carers to improve safeguarding experiences and inform policy development. The network has expanded its membership to include organisations that support and represent people with disabilities, mental ill health and learning disabilities, together with older adults and carers.
Safeguarding Adult Review Subgroup: This meets monthly, consisting of the statutory partners of the East Sussex SAB, with the purpose of considering cases that may require a Safeguarding Adults Review, and makes a recommendation to the SAB Chair.
Sussex Policy and Procedures review group: This consists of the statutory partners of the SABs across Sussex, with the purpose of reviewing and updating the Safeguarding Procedures in line with any policy and legal updates.


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Ennio Morricone at the Estadio Bicentenario de la Florida in 2013. (Gonzalo Tello/Wikipedia)
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Pope Francis Honors Film Composer Ennio Morricone
Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi to present the Oscar-winning composer with a Pontifical Gold Medal for his "extraordinary artistic work in the sphere of music."
The 90-year old celebrated composer Ennio Morricone, who has won countless awards for his more than 400 famous movie and television soundtracks, will receive an extra special honor this evening: a Pontifical Gold Medal.
Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, will present the award at 6pm this evening in the church of Sant'Agnese in Agone, in Piazza Navona in Rome.
The Vatican told the Register April 15 that Pope Francis is giving him the Gold Medal of the Pontificate for his "extraordinary artistic work in the sphere of music, universal language of peace, solidarity and spirituality."
Morricone, a Rome native, is perhaps best known for his 'Spaghetti Western' film scores of the 1960s such as A Fistful of Dollars, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, and For a Few Dollars More.
But among Catholics, he is perhaps most famous for his soundtrack to the 1986 movie The Mission about Spanish Jesuit missionaries. The score became at one time the world's bestselling movie soundtrack, selling over 3 million copies.
In December, Morricone's "Fourth Concert for organ, trumpets and orchestra" was performed, which is said to have "a strong spirituality."
And in 2015, he composed Missa Papae Francisci — his first Mass, dedicated to Pope Francis to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the restoration of the Society of Jesus.
Morricone has said he and his wife Maria were thrilled to have met Pope Francis on one occasion in the past, but the Pope was not able to attend the performance of the Mass.
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In an interview in 2009 for ZENIT, Morricone described himself to me as a "man of faith" but said his Catholicism did not inspire most of his composing.
"I think of the music that I have to write — music is an abstract art," he explained. "But of course, when I have to write a religious piece, certainly my faith contributes to it."
He added that he has within him a "spirituality that I always retain in my writing," but it's not something he wills to be present, he simply feels it.
"As a believer, this faith is probably always there, but it's for others to realize it, musicologists and those that analyze not only the pieces of music but also have an understanding of my nature, and the sacred and the mystical," he said.
He said he believes God helps him "write a good composition, but that's another story."
On liturgical music, Morricone said he was strongly opposed to having "guitars and popular songs."
"I don't like it at all," he said. "Gregorian Chant is a vital and important tradition of the Church and to waste this by having guys mix religious words with profane, Western songs is hugely grave, hugely grave."
Award Concert
At the award ceremony this evening, the St. John Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach will be performed in his honor by the Roma Sinfonietta orchestra, part of a concert series organized by a former auxiliary bishop of Rome, Bishop Paolino Schiavon, now rector of the church.
The monumental work, involving six soloists, recounts the Passion and Death of Christ, taken from Chapters 18 and 19 of the Gospel of John.
Before retiring this year, Morricone is to conduct a series of farewell concerts June 15-23, at the Baths of Caracalla in Rome.
Six planned dates were sold out in the first few days, prompting the organizers to add on an extra day.
Edward Pentin began reporting on the Pope and the Vatican with Vatican Radio before moving on to become the Rome correspondent for the National Catholic Register. He has also reported on the Holy See and the Catholic Church for a number of other publications including Newsweek, Newsmax, Zenit, The Catholic Herald, and The Holy Land Review, a Franciscan publication specializing in the Church and the Middle East. Edward is the author of "The Rigging of a Vatican Synod? An Investigation into Alleged Manipulation at the Extraordinary Synod on the Family", published by Ignatius Press. Follow him on Twitter @edwardpentin


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International guidelines for safer sport launched
International Inspiration (IN) is proud to announce the release of the first international safeguards for children in sport to ensure that sport programmes are delivered in an environment where children can play and feel safe.
Working alongside governments, funders, donors, international federations, national bodies and organisations delivering sports programmes across the world, IN has supported the research behind the safeguards that have been designed as part of a global effort to ensure the safety of children and achieve the critical objective 'To advocate for the right of children and young people to play and participate in sport and physical activity in a safe and inclusive environment'.
Overall the Safeguards aim to:
Help create a safe sporting environment for children wherever they participate and at whatever level
Provide guidance to sports providers so they can ensure organisations they work with know how to protect children
Promote good practice to sporting organisations to follow and challenge practice that is harmful to children
Provide clarity on safeguarding children so all those involved in sport know how to keep children safe
The guidelines were launched by Amanda Dlamini, South Africa National Soccer Player, at the Beyond Sport Summit in South Africa last week and have been endorsed by leading figures in sport, including Chairman of IN Lord Coe, British Paralympian swimmer Ellie Simmonds OBE and Mozambican footballer Tico Tico.
Coe comments: "The Rights of the Child should be at the heart of everything we do. At every level of sport, everyone has a responsibility to ensure that children are free to express themselves in an environment that is safe from harm. International Inspiration, in partnership with leading organisations and federations, has developed these guidelines to ensure that this happens. They are standards that we and our partners are implementing to ensure that the millions of children around the world have access to high quality, inclusive and ultimately safe sport."
Tico Tico, the founder of the Tico Tico School Association, which works in partnership with IN said: "As an international footballer and founder of a grassroots soccer school in Mozambique, I've witnessed first-hand just how powerful sport can be in transforming children's lives. Children can only excel through sport if they play in a safe and inclusive environment. The implementation of these safeguards will ensure that many more children around the world will be inspired by sport and protected from harm."
Poonam Sattee, Head of Programme Development at IN, believes the guidelines are crucial step forward. She said: "IN works in partnership with grassroots organisations around the world and so it is critical that all our partners are aware of their responsibility to the children we aim to empower. These are not just guidelines but expectations."
Millions of children and young people take part in sporting activities every day across the world. For some children this is purely for recreation, for others a chosen career and for some a path out of poverty. But it is increasingly recognised that too often children taking part in sporting activities are not properly protected from harm, leading to incidences of abuse and harm.
The founder members of the International Safeguarding and Sport working group are: International Inspiration (IN), Beyond Sport, Caribbean Sport and Development Agency, Comic Relief, Child Protection in Sport Unit (NSPCC), Commonwealth Secretariat, Keeping Children Safe, Swiss Academy for Development/sportanddev.org, Right to Play, UK Sport, UNICEF UK and Women Win.
Brunel University were responsible for coordinating the finalisation of the safeguards. The safeguards were trialled by 40 organisations around the world ranging from international federations to sport and development organisations.
The eight safeguards are: Developing a policy, procedures for responding to safeguarding concerns, advice and support, minimising risks to children, guidelines for behaviour, recruiting, training and communicating, working with partners and monitoring and evaluating.
It is with the support of the OAK Foundation that this critical research has been made possible.
Further information can be found here.


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Oregon Needs Change–and Someone to Fight Common Core!
Macey France Send an email August 28, 2014
Common Core Warrior Lisa Crume with Candidate Richardson.
As a lifelong resident of the beautiful yet politically stupid state of Oregon I feel I've earned the right to poke at the powers that be and even call the Governor out on his failed policies.
Our Cover Oregon boondoggle (our Obamacare health exchange), the Columbia River Crossing Boondoggle and many, many other boondoggles have Governor John Kitzhaber's name all over them.
My focus is, as always, Common Core. Kitzhaber is always the first to sign on to lame policy changes and government mandates from the feds and always last to let go. Or, more accurately, he never lets go.
Remember the School to Work push in the 90s? The Outcomes Based Education that the congress refused to fund because it was so bad? Well, Oregon probably remembers it because even though many of us were under a rock and not paying attention, it turns out that Oregon has been doing Outcomes Based Education (OBE) since 1994, or thereabouts.
Common Core is OBE. And while many states are jumping on the new bandwagon to "better" their education system, many are jumping ship because they see how bad it really is. Even though Oregon has been doing OBE for 20 years parents are seeing a difference with the Common Core because it's actually dumber than the previous OBE.
And guess what number Oregon is ranked in the education system? Well, it wavers between 48th and 49th. How's that OBE working out for us? It's not.
Anyone with a brain does have to wonder if the suspected goal of a "guaranteed voter" group who has been brainwashed into believing that Democrats are the saviors of Oregon and "sustainability as dogma" are the real end goal then Oregon was a pilot and has shown it to work.
I will propose, though, that there are many more people in Oregon with common sense who know that our Democratic regime has done a disservice to our once profitable state. The problem is that there are two counties in Oregon that are filled with the progressive leaning Democrats and those two counties have the most electoral votes.
This year we have a chance to change all of this. Democrats are seeing that our little king in the Governor's Office is making poor decisions to guide our state and is guiding it to ruin. Our failed Cover Oregon project that has cost us millions, the fact that our kids are leaving Oregon after they graduate to find jobs because all of ours are gone and now trying to dumb our kids down to the point of not being able to survive in the real world are all great reasons to get rid of Governor Kitzhaber.
He has had 12 years to do something in this state that would benefit us. That's over half of the time that we've been doing
Outcomes Based Education. Over half of the time that we have been ranked 48th in education he was at the helm of the ship. If he wins another term it will be historic. Sixteen years dedicated to what he thinks is "progress." He is proud of what he's done. He admits no fault.
I say we have an opportunity to do something even more historic. For the first time in almost 30 years we could vote for another candidate. A candidate who may not have the "correct" letter behind his name in some peoples opinion, but a candidate who will at the very least, return decision making for schools back to the local level and take our education system back from the educrats and listen to teachers instead of bypassing them for the advice of a shoe making corporation.
Is that worth a vote? Yes. And that is why I will be encouraging everyone I know who cares about the education system to vote for Dennis Richardson.
Macey France
Oregon PolitiChick Macey France is co-founder of the Stop Common Core in Oregon and is working with parents across the state to educate and help them to learn how to advocate for their children's education. Macey has spoken at many Common Core informational meetings across the state of Oregon. Macey's articles on Common Core have been picked up by various news outlets and she has been a guest on many radio shows across the nation. Macey's article about The Bluest Eye was featured on a panel on Al Jazeera America and was nominated for a CPAC Blogger Award for Best Sunlight Post of 2013. Macey is a strong conservative with libertarian leanings, making her more of a "conservatarian." Preserving the constitutional and moral values of that this great nation was founded on for her children is her priority. She is a stay at home mom of two boys who are now in elementary school. As a mom who has always been interested in politics, religion and all of the taboo subjects, she has always had a lot to say about the state of the nation. When she realized the Common Core Standards were not only bad news for children but a government coup over education, she decided to fight back and is now considered one of the nation's leading experts on all-things-Common Core. When she's not having uncomfortable arguments with strangers on Facebook she can be found spending time with her husband of 15 years and two sons. Find Macey France on Facebook and Twitter: @MaceyFrancePC
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Malcolm Thomas, Dr. Waverly Duck, and attorney Blaine Jones each give their final thoughts during the "One Final Point" segment of "NightTalk: Get to the Point" with host and political commentator Lenny McAllister on the Pittsburgh Cable News Channel.
The "Get To The Point" Panel discussed the necessary focal points for Black men to strive in modern-day America starting Black History Month 2015.
A clip from the "One Final Point" on February 20 episode can be viewed by clicking the picture above or by clicking HERE
"NightTalk: Get to the Point" is hosted by Lenny McAllister and airs on the Pittsburgh Cable News Channel live on Friday nights at 8pm with an encore presentation on Mondays at 5pm.
PCNC can be seen in the Pittsburgh television market on Channel 35 on Comcast systems and Channel 9 on Verizon FIOS. It is the "sister-station" to NBC affiliate WPXI and broadcasts from WPXI-TV's state-of-the-art studios. As the cable outlet of NBC affiliate WPXI, the Pittsburgh Cable News Channel reaches over 850,000 cable subscribers throughout Western Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio, and Northern West Virginia.
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"Black people survived Jim Crow…and the Klan…what do we need to do now to rise to another level today?"
PITTSBURGH CABLE NEWS CHANNEL (February 20, 2015): Political and social commentator Lenny McAllister (Host, "NightTalk: Get to the Point") talks with his "Get To The Point Panel" this week concerning the "methods to equality" that Black men and Black America must take to overcome current obstacles. The 4 tackle the best methodologies and philosophies that will take Black America to new heights of success during the February 20 episode of "Get To The Point" on the Pittsburgh Cable News Channel .
McAllister's Get To The Point Panel this week included Dr. Waverly Duck of Pitt's Center on Race and Social Problems, community activist and mentor Malcolm (Minnekhekh)Thomas , and Pittsburgh-based attorney Blaine Jones.
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A Legacy for Future Generations
The Huntly section is a 15.2km part of the 102km Waikato Expressway, connecting Auckland with Waikato and Bay of Plenty.
It is one of the Government's "Roads of National Significance", an essential section of State Highway 1.
Location: Huntly, Waikato
Project Type: Civil landscaping project
For this project, Natural Habitats was proud to receive the following 2021 Landscapes of Distinction Award:
SILVER - Commercial Horticulture (open project value and property size)
When you think about the newly opened Huntly section of the Waikato Expressway, you might be forgiven for thinking it's just 15km of four-lane highway. However, thanks to the efforts of Natural Habitats, it is also home to more than 1.3 million native plants.
The 1.3 million seeds were collected by hand from the local area and raised in a nursey before being replanted along the Expressway and at sites like Lake Kimhia, an adjoining new wetland and around Te Iringa Lagoon. "We've gone to great lengths to ensure seeds are eco-sourced, meaning that the seeds we planted were originally sourced from this region and we can therefore support the endemic plant population," says Natural Habitats Regional Manager, Richard Lumsden. "Work of this scale requires thousands of person hours and we've been glad to support the local community with employment throughout the project."
For the past three years Natural Habitats has planted, mulched, sprayed and maintained the plantings, nurturing them in preparation for the recent opening.
"We're proud to have played a significant role in what is a defining project for this region," says Lumsden. "It's great to see that the natural environment has been considered alongside providing better driving conditions."
Providing a sustainable ecological solution was at the heart of this major project led by Fulton Hogan-HEB for Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, which aims to enhance the experience of the journey and the sustainability of the local environment.
Transport Agency Waikato Portfolio Manager Darryl Coalter says the plantings are a key part of the environmental management for the significant project.
"The Transport Agency is committed to improving the contribution state highways make to the environment and social wellbeing of New Zealand. Aside from the obvious environmental benefits, landscaping and planting helps to mitigate both visual and noise impacts of the new road."
Natural Habitats has worked hard to enhance the area's biodiversity. In addition the planting work, it has tended to several small lakes and wetlands that are significant to the area and also to local iwi.
Natural Habitats founder Graham Cleary says: "It's always an honour to work alongside project partners like the Transport Agency and Fulton Hogan-HEB, particularly when the topic of sustainability and environmental preservation is at the forefront of their priorities."
The Huntly section might now be open, but the work is not done for Natural Habitats. "Now that the plants are in, we've got another five years of ensuring they will continue to thrive at the standard we expect. Our goal is to manage these plants toward being self-sustaining and ensuring this area remains an asset in the community for future generations."
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Q: Segment tree - query complexity I am having problems with understanding segment tree complexity. It is clear that if you have update function which has to change only one node, its complexity will be log(n).
But I have no idea why complexity of query(a,b), where (a,b) is interval that needs to be checked, is log(n).
Can anyone provide me with intuitive / formal proof to understand this?

A: There are four cases when query the interval (x,y)
FIND(R,x,y) //R is the node
% Case 1
    if R.first = x and R.last = y
        return {R}
% Case 2
    if y <= R.middle
        return FIND(R.leftChild, x, y)
% Case 3
    if x >= R.middle + 1
        return FIND(R.rightChild, x, y)
% Case 4
    P = FIND(R.leftChild, x, R.middle)
    Q = FIND(R.rightChild, R.middle + 1, y)
    return P union Q.

Intuitively, first three cases reduce the level of tree height by 1, since the tree has height log n, if only first three cases happen, the running time is O(log n).
For the last case, FIND() divide the problem into two subproblems. However, we assert that this can only happen at most once. After we called FIND(R.leftChild, x, R.middle), we are querying R.leftChild for the interval [x, R.middle]. R.middle is the same as R.leftChild.last. If x > R.leftChild.middle, then it is Case 1; if x <= R.leftChild, then we will call
FIND ( R.leftChild.leftChild, x, R.leftChild.middle );
FIND ( R.leftChild.rightChild, R.leftChild.middle + 1, , R.leftChild.last );

However, the second FIND() returns R.leftChild.rightChild.sum and therefore takes constant time, and the problem will not be separate into two subproblems (strictly speaking, the problem is separated, though one subproblem takes O(1) time to solve).
Since the same analysis holds on the rightChild of R, we conclude that after case4 happens the first time, the running time T(h) (h is the remaining level of the tree) would be
T(h) <= T(h-1) + c (c is a constant)
T(1) = c

which yields:
T(h) <= c * h = O(h) = O(log n) (since h is the height of the tree)

Hence we end the proof.
This is my first time to contribute, hence if there are any problems, please kindly point them out and I would edit my answer.

A: A range query using a segment tree basically involves recursing from the root node.  You can think of the entire recursion process as a traversal on the segment tree: any time a recursion is needed on a child node, you are visiting that child node in your traversal.  So analyzing the complexity of a range query is equivalent to finding the upper bound for the total number of nodes that are visited.
It turns out that at any arbitrary level, there are at most 4 nodes that can be visited.  Since the segment tree has a height of log(n) and that at any level there are at most 4 nodes that can be visited, the upper bound is actually 4*log(n).  The time complexity is therefore O(log(n)).
Now we can prove this with induction.  The base case is at the first level where the root node lies.  Since the root node has at most two child nodes, we can only visit at most those two child nodes, which is at most 4 nodes.
Now suppose it is true that at an arbitrary level (say level i) we visit at most 4 nodes.  We want to show that we will visit at most 4 nodes at the next level (level i+1) as well.  If we had visited only 1 or 2 nodes at level i, it's trivial to show that at level i+1 we will visit at most 4 nodes because each node can have at most 2 child nodes.
So let's focus on the assumption that 3 or 4 nodes were visited at level i, and try to show that at level i+1 we can also have at most 4 visited nodes.  Now since the range query is asking for a contiguous range, we know that the 3 or 4 nodes visited at level i can be categorized into 3 partitions of nodes: a leftmost single node whose segment range is only partially covered by the query range, a rightmost single node whose segment range is only partially covered by the query range, and 1 or 2 middle nodes whose segment range is fully covered by the query range.  Since the middle nodes have their segment range(s) fully covered by the query range, there would be no recursion at the next level; we just use their precomputed sums.  We are left with possible recursions on the leftmost node and the rightmost node at the next level, which is obviously at most 4.
This completes the proof by induction.  We have proven that at any level at most 4 nodes are visited.  The time complexity for a range query is therefore O(log(n)).

A: An interval of length n can be represented by k nodes where k <= log(n)
We can prove it based on how the binary system works.

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The usual rules about the "grammar" of broadcasting were suspended for Christmas Day and Boxing Day (as well as Good Friday). The daily opening routine, which used the same tune every day over the same sequence of static cards and/or film, was replaced with different music and festive visuals over Christmas week with special effort and a carol being used on Christmas Day itself. The Authority Announcement was the only part of the sequence to survive unaltered – although on ITV stations which did the announcement live, it would often include a nod towards the holiday in question.
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No, Oregon is not abolishing tuition
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By Dylan Matthews
"Oregon plan eliminates tuition and student loans." "Plan would make tuition free at Oregon colleges.""Oregon plan would eliminate tuition at public universities."
Those are three headlines for stories about a bill currently on the desk of Gov. John Kitzhaber (D). All of them are inaccurate. What the bill, passed unanimously by both houses of the Oregon legislature, actually does is instruct the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to design a pilot program — which would require additional legislative action to actually be put in place — to evaluate a college funding system known as "Pay It Forward." And that system — which, again, the bill being considered would not put into effect for any students — would only "eliminate tuition" in the most technical of senses.
Rather, it provides a way to pay back tuition costs as a percentage of income, rather than as fixed payment installments on a loan package. The plan was proposed in a policy paper late last year by Audrey Peck and John Burbank of the Economic Opportunity Institute in the context of Washington State. "Under Pay It Forward, students pay no upfront tuition fees to attend college," Peck and Burbank explain. "Instead, they pay a small percentage of their adjusted gross income (AGI) for a number of years after college: 0.75% per year of community college, or 1% per year of university, for 25 years. Payments are placed in a trust fund that covers the cost for future students to receive the same opportunity to attend college with no tuition fees."
The Oregon system would probably differ in some respects from that model. The actual bill text is very spare and doesn't specify a set percentage or payment period, though the bill's supporters tell the New York Times that something like 3 percent over 20 years would cover costs. And Burbank is quick to note that there would be some substantial upfront transition costs, which, for universal adoption in Oregon, are estimated at $9 billion. "25 years from now, it will be self-financing," he says. "The question is, 'How do we get there?'"
It's a big question. Oregon's commission will have to figure out not only what rate to charge and how long to charge it, but whether one can take a "buyout" by paying off tuition costs early, as is possible with student loans, and how to enforce the plan for students who move out of state. If you can't take a buyout, then students who earn high incomes later on could find themselves paying far, far more than their education actually cost. And if enforcement is tougher in Oregon than out of state, that could provide a perverse incentive for state university graduates to skip town.
How to avoid adverse selection — or, only students who would pay less overall under the plan signing up for it — also is a concern. "If you're going to make everyone pay 3 percent of their income, the people who'll do well income-wise are either not going to go to that school, or opt out of the agreement and come up with some other financing," says Jason Delisle, a higher education specialist at the New America Foundation. If only students with low lifetime incomes sign up, then the program won't, actually, be able to pay for itself.
One way to get around that is to charge different percentages to different students, based on how much they're expected to earn. That way, engineering students — who can expect high salaries — might pay less as a share of income than, say, comparative literature majors. Miguel Palacios, a finance professor who literally wrote the book on financing college by charging a percentage of the students' future income, supports this tactic. In his plan for "human capital contracts" — inspired by an idea of Milton Friedman's — students and investors would sign contracts for the former to pay a percentage of income back to the latter, who in turn provides tuition money upfront. "To prevent adverse selection, the percentage of income that investors require from each student should accurately reflect the future earnings potential of the student, including the possibility of a very successful economic future," he writes.
But that assumes that investors can accurately predict students' future income, which, as Palacios concedes, You could have the percentage fluctuate to compensate for that — perhaps with a cap that can't be exceeded, so students aren't overly burdened — but that, along with charging different students different rates, eliminates some of the predictability that makes plans like the one considered in Oregon attractive. What's more, charging science major and humanities majors different shares of income raises deeper philosophical concerns. "If it is in society's interest to have individuals pursue fields of
study that do not typically yield high monetary rewards," Palacios concedes, "it can be argued that human capital contracts could create incentives to act against what would appear to be society's larger interest."
Perhaps the most confusing thing about the Oregon plan is that something very similar already exists for federal student loan programs. The Department of Education's Pay as You Earn program lets borrowers after 2007 pay back federal loans by paying 10 percent of their disposable income every month for 20 years, after which the remainder is forgiven (it's 10 years for people in public service careers).
The program, called "income-based repayment" (which, confusingly, has also become a catch-all term for this set of policies) does the same thing for older loans, only with 15 percent of disposable income payments, and forgiveness after 25 years (10 for public service). There's also income-contingent and income-sensitive repayment, which work similarly. You can even use income-based repayment or income-sensitive repayment to pay back Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) loans made by private lenders but guaranteed by the federal government.
If Oregon makes "Pay It Forward" universal, it would shut off this, and any other, loan-based repayment route. Pay It Forward will probably be better for some, but making it the only option would hurt people who do well under income-based repayment, such as those who do public service work and get their debt forgiven in 10 years. "For some people, particularly people with lower incomes, and in public service, federal loans will be a better deal," Delisle says.
Burbank emphasizes the fact that the Oregon program wouldn't technically be a debt. It'd just be an amount of money that you have to pay back to someone who gave you the money in the first place. But not a debt. "The difference is that the Obama administration's programs are based on debt," he says. "You're paying off a debt. Pay it forward is not based on that. It's not a debt instrument. You get to go to college in a debt-free manner from Pay It Forward contributions taking the place of tuition. Then, after you've gotten this debt free college education, you contribute yourself."
That does matter in some contexts. Not having an existing student debt burden could, for example, translate to better credit for Oregon college students, which makes getting credit cards, mortgages, and so forth easier. But there's no guarantee that banks wouldn't treat the Oregon levy as equivalent to student debt obligations. And when it comes down to it, the differences between Pay It Forward and federal income-based repayment are pretty minimal. The major one — that the initial money comes from the state of Oregon, which needs to balance its budget, rather than the federal government, which doesn't, ever — doesn't argue in the Oregon plan's favor.
The rapturous coverage the Oregon proposal has gotten, however, is a symptom of what a serious PR problem income-based repayment has. People just don't know about it. It's not universal, and it's not the assumed way that people pay off loans. But that could change.
Reps. Tom Petri (R-Wisc.) and Jared Polis (D-Colo.) have proposed a bill, called the Earnings Contingent Education Loans (ExCEL) Act, that would combine the three major federal student loan programs (subsidized and unsubsidized Stafford loans, and graduate PLUS loans) into a single loan program (Perkins loans and parental PLUS loans would still exist). That program would use income-based repayment, with participants paying 15 percent of their income in excess of 150 percent of the poverty line every year. The program would use income withholding, similar to how income tax payments currently work. Debts wouldn't be forgiven after 20 years, unlike the current system, but interest wouldn't compound, and would be capped at half the total loan amount.
If you like the idea of payment based on income, but don't want people to pay more than their education actually cost, and want a system enforced by an institution that both has a lot of experience running this kind of thing and can print its own money, the Petri-Polis bill is probably a better bet than what's being tried in Oregon.


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By Leticia Mellonie Velasquez, YWCA of Belize. Leticia recently attended the World YWCA International Training Institute (ITI) on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) and HIV, as a World YWCA Intern, held in Arusha, Tanzania and shares her views on her experience.
When I was first invited to participate in the Sexual and Reproductive health and Rights (SRHR) ITI in Tanzania, Africa, the first thing that came to mind was seeing the African women in their full attire of cultural clothing. I also thought about seeing zebras, giraffes and camels walking around. The only thing I was worried about was the lions and tigers. Lol.
Upon arrival and my first day there, I just couldn't explain how amazing everything was. It was way beyond my expectations. I got to experience how our African sisters from different countries rejoiced in a harmonious way. I really felt the blessing of the Lord among us and his presence was warm and appreciating.
Just seeing how our common visions of spreading the education of SRHR came a long way over the years. Our voices are being heard, and a change is being made. Just our presence at a conference like this was a share example. It created an opportunity for women and young girls to have a better today and a knowledgeable hope for a bigger and brighter future for young women and girls.
Today, as I speak from my entire knowledge and experience on sexual and reproductive health rights and HIV, it allows me to realise that as women, there is a load of work still to do among the many improvements. There are still challenges being faced by many and in order for these challenges to be eradicated, we can't give up. As women and girls we have to unite to make these changes, and successfully fight for comprehensive, age appropriate sexual education for everyone.
The challenges we face, put a pain in my heart. Knowing that nature embraces us as a gift to the world and carriers of life, a violation of any of our rights, gender inequality and inability to access essential basic needs such as electricity and water is just not right.
Why can't we break from these barriers of faith and culture? It's not that we want to forget who we are, but let us just be women and girls who enjoy the natural wonders of life. If the Lord is the only saviour that can judge us, and he does not condemn us, he only gives more and more blessings in life, and allows each of us to decide on how to live it, why can't everyone?


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Air Force ramps up drone war
New documents reveal plans to more than quadruple Reaper missions by 2016
Check out this article! https://www.salon.com/2012/04/05/air_force_ramps_up_drone_war/
Jefferson Morley
April 6, 2012 12:09AM (UTC)
"As the wars wind down," is a phrase often heard in Washington these days, whether from Time's Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson or ProPublica's T. Christian Miller, or Veterans for Common Sense. The suggestion, not unfounded, is that as the United States withdraws from Iraq and plans to withdraw from Afghanistan in 2014, the U.S. soldiers will be leaving foreign battlefields.
But don't expect the worldwide drone war now being waged in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Somalia and Yemen to wind down. To the contrary, an Air Force announcement posted online this week indicates the Pentagon anticipates more than quadrupling the size of the global drone war over the next four years. If that happens the number of suspected terrorists killed, the "deep resentment" provoked in the targeted countries, and the terrible civilian casualties are likely to grow as well.
The tip-off is found on FedBizOps.gov, the government's site for contractors where the Air Force announced Tuesday it is seeking "industry input on how best to support Air Combat Command's remotely piloted aircraft missions." "Support will consist of aircraft, ground control station, and Predator Primary Satellite Link maintenance, weapons loading for both aircraft, [and] munitions build-up for MQ-9 aircraft," the announcement says, referring to the Reaper drone which has a 66-foot wingspan and can carry a 500-pound laser guided bomb.
A timetable included in the announcement says that the Reapers are now launched from two locations and carry out five sorties per day. The Air Force anticipates that activity will double in 2013 to four locations and 14 sorties a day. By 2015, the scope of the Reaper program is expected to double again to nine locations carrying out 46 sorties a day. By 2016, the plan is that Reapers will be launched from 11 locations carrying out 66 sorties per day.
All told, the Air Force foresees Predator and Reaper sorties increasing from the current level of 15 a day to 72 per day in 2016. With the vast majority of sorties to be conducted by the weaponized Reaper, it seems reasonable to assume that the increase in sorties will result in increased attacks -- and civilian casualties. (An Air Force spokesman declined to comment.)
The Predator and the Reaper are the two largest weaponized drones in the Air Force arsenal. The CIA is also believed to run drone programs which use the same equipment and weapons.
The announcement jibes with previously reported Pentagon's plan to phase out the Predator, (which was not originally designed to carry missiles) while expanding operations of the bigger, faster and more lethal Reaper over the next four years.
The new locations of drone bases are not disclosed in the announcement other than that the Air Force wants them to be located outside of the continental United States. Bill Roggio, editor of Longwar Journal which monitors (and supports) the drone war, says he expects the new locations to be located in Afghanistan, as well as the Seychelle Islands in the Indian Ocean (for anti-piracy operations); Djibouti and Ethiopia (for attacks in Somalia), and Saudi Arabia or Oman (for attacks in Yemen.)
The drone war expansion, "is very likely to happen given the trend of a hands-off approach in using U.S. ground forces," Roggio said.
As the announcement notes, the Air Force's plans are subject to change. The Obama administration has been forced to curb the drone war in Pakistan. Near universal public opposition and objections from the Pakistani military prompted the U.S. to deescalate the drone war over the past two years. The number drone attacks in Pakistan declined from 118 in 2010 to 70 in 2011, according to the New America Foundation, which monitors media reports of attacks.
According to New America's Peter Bergen, the Obama policymakers implemented new rules for drone war last November governing
when and how specific drone strikes were authorized. The State Department was given a larger say in the decision-making process. Pakistani leaders were promised advanced notification of some strikes. The CIA pledged to refrain from conducting strikes during visits by Pakistani officials to the United States.
So while the politics of the drone war have forced the U.S. to curb its unmanned aerial war in Pakistan, Pentagon planners anticipate expanding it to many more locations. The drone war is "backfiring," according Reuters columnist David Rhode, even as the Air Force prepares for escalation.
Jefferson Morley is a senior writing fellow and the editor and chief correspondent of the Deep State, a project of the Independent Media Institute. He has been a reporter and editor in Washington, D.C., since 1980. He spent 15 years as an editor and reporter at the Washington Post. He was a staff writer at Arms Control Today and Washington editor of Salon. He is the editor and co-founder of JFK Facts, a blog about the assassination of JFK. His latest book is The Ghost: The Secret Life of CIA Spymaster, James Jesus Angleton.
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Two races in Qatar to open MotoGP season
The MotoGP season will start with two races on successive weekends in Qatar from March 28, followed by Portugal, organisers said on Friday in a calendar re-write forced by the COVID-19 pandemic
Early season races in Texas and Argentina have been postponed.
The Qatar Grand Prix, a floodlit night race, has long been the opener but will now be followed by a Grand Prix of Doha
at the same Losail circuit on April 4.
"The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and resulting lockdowns and complications sadly oblige the postponement of both the Argentina GP and the Americas GP
until the last quarter of 2021," MotoGP said in a statement.
The Argentina round at Termas de Rio Hondo had been scheduled for April 11, with Austin's Circuit of the Americas due to follow a week later, on a provisional 20-race calendar published last November. No new dates were set.
Last year's pandemic-hit season started with two races at Jerez. The southern Spanish track will now host round four on May 2.
Portugal's Algarve circuit near Portimao ended the 2020 season in November and is set for plenty of international action this year, with the World Endurance Championship rescheduling its opener for there and Formula One also expected to return.
Qatar will also host pre-season testing after planned sessions in Malaysia were scrapped, also because of the pandemic.
MotoGP's Qatar race was cancelled last year due to COVID-19 related travel restrictions.
The announcement of the March 28 starting date ended uncertainty about the scheduling of a grand prix that clashes with Formula One's opener on the same evening in nearby Bahrain.
MotoGP indicated that further changes could be made, however.
Indonesia's Mandalika International Street Circuit was listed as reserve venue.
Source: Sports Monks
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Out now is a story in the September 2012 issue of Portland monthly that's worth a look. The text was written by my salmon wrangling accomplice, Tim Sohn who painted a beautiful picture of Graveyard Point, the remote Sockeye Salmon encampment we live and work from at the mouth of the Kvichak River in Bristol Bay. In the spotlight are my friends who run a salmon CSA out of Portland and Brooklyn called Iliamna Seafood (good stuff). Thanks to the fine people at PM for the beautiful layout. I'll be having a solo exhibition of images from the Graveyard Point series opening October 4, 2012 at Charles A. Hartman Fine Art in Portland's Pearl district. Read the story along with an online slideshow here.
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Шарль Монне (; 10 января 1732, Париж — 1808, по некоторым источникам 1816 или 1817, Париж) — французский  исторического жанра, пейзажист, декоратор,  и иллюстратор книг. Известен своими работами, посвящёнными Великой французской революции.

Биография

Обладающий способностями к рисованию молодой Шарль учился у Жана Ресту в Академии живописи и скульптуры. Выделяясь своим талантом среди сверстников, в 1753 году за выполненные художественные работы получил высший приз академии — Римскую премию. Эта награда позволила ему отправиться в длительную творческую поездку по Италии (Гран-тур), в которой он изучал художественное наследие итальянского Возрождения. Он посетил крупнейшие города, знакомясь с архитектурой и живописью выдающихся мастеров прошлого. Всё это в дальнейшем нашло своё отражение в его творчестве.

В 1765 году Монне был принят в члены Французской Академии живописи и скульптуры.
Он ощущал нехватку полноценного анатомического учебного пособия для обучения студентов. Чтобы восполнить этот пробел, он в соавторстве с гравёром Жилем Демарто в течение нескольких лет работал над анатомическим пособием для художников и скульпторов «Анатомия как искусство» (оригинальное название «Études d'anatomie à l'usage des peintres»). Демарто применил новую технологию, позволяющую передать всю чистоту рисунка и воспроизвести мягкость работы с карандашом на зернистой бумаге. Первое богато иллюстрированное издание выпускалось в виде ежегодных томов в период 1770—1775 годов.

В качестве королевского художника Монне получил престижный заказ на художественное оформление двух десюдепортов в Малом Трианоне Версаля. Мифологические композиции, изображающие Борея и Орифию, а также Флору и Зефир, были выполнены и установлены в 1768 году.

В 1767 году Шарль Монне дебютировал как автор трёх исторических картин. Именно исторические и мифологические сцены были основными в его живописи начального периода творчества, хотя он также писал портреты, пейзажи, выполнял заказы на декоративные работы. В течение всей свой карьеры художника Шарль Монне был постоянным участником Парижского художественного салона, на котором с успехом выставлял свои работы.

Шарль Монне был одним из самых известных иллюстраторов в конце восемнадцатого века.
Его дебютом в этом жанре можно считать художественное оформление комедии французского драматурга  «Философы», вышедшей в 1760 году (Paris : Duchesne, 1760). Широкую известность ему принесли иллюстрации к «Приключениям Телемака», вышедшие в 1774 году большим тиражом, а в следующем году издание совместно с гравёром  Метаморфоз Овидия. Шарль Монне выполнил иллюстрации к басням Буазара (Fables, par M. Boisard), изданным в составе сочинений под заглавием «Fables» (т. 1 и 2, Париж, 1773—1777; том 3, Кан, 1805).

Он также иллюстрировал басни Лафонтена, совместно с Моро,  и  — романы и сказки Вольтера, 1778 и Опасные связи Пьера де Лакло, изданные в 1796 году в Лондоне.
Впоследствии многие из его работ стали известны благодаря выполненным на их основе гравюрам.

На службе власти

Шарль Монне за свою долгую творческую карьеру успел поработать при Людовике XVI, в эпоху Великой французской революции, и при Наполеоне, при этом он всегда умело приспосабливался к политическому заказу. Его исторические работы пользовались спросом власть имущих.

В 1775 году Монне выполнил целую серию работ, посвящённых коронации Людовика XVI, а также Марии-Антуанетте и прославлявших монархию. Они были выполнены в аллегорическом стиле и послужили основой для гравюр, вошедших в сборник «Allégorie gravée à l'occasion de l'avènement de Louis XVI» (1775). Позже, когда 21 января 1793 года король был обезглавлен, во французском журнале появилось выгравированное Шарлем Монне изображение, иллюстрирующее обезглавливание короля, после чего в его творчестве наступил период с преобладанием революционной тематики.

После Великой французской революции Монне вновь с успехом приспособился к новой политической обстановке и создал самые успешные в своей художественной карьере работы — рисунки сцен наиболее значимых революционных событий. Они пользовались большим успехом на Парижском салоне в 1793 году.

С приходом к власти Наполеона Шарль Монне создал серию из 69 рисунков, иллюстрирующих историю Франции под властью императора. В конце своей жизни Монне занимался преподавательской деятельностью в должности профессора рисования в l'École de Saint-Cyr.
Он постепенно отошёл от активной деятельности и, как следствие, после 1808 года не было зарегистрировано ни одной из его работ.

Дата смерти Шарля Монне точно неизвестна. Одни источники указывают на то, что он умер в 1808 году в Париже; другие утверждают, что он скончался в 1816 или даже 1817 году.

Примечания

Ссылки
  Биографические данные, список работ
 Bénézit, (Monnet, Vol. 6, p. 179) 1776 Benezit. Dictionary of Artists в 14 томах
 Иллюстрации к Метаморфозам Овидия

Исторические художники Франции
Художники-пейзажисты Франции
Художники-портретисты Франции
Художники-иллюстраторы по алфавиту
Художники-иллюстраторы Франции

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EA announces two Command & Conquer remasters by former Westwood developers
Pulasthi Ariyasinghe Neowin @LoneWolfSL · Nov 14, 2018 14:09 EST · Hot! with 35 comments
It was only last month when EA revealed it's looking into bringing the Command & Conquer series back to PC, and now, we already have confirmation of two remasters being made. The original Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn from 1995 and Command & Conquer: Red Alert from 1996 are the lucky winners, and surprisingly, EA is employing Petroglyph to do the remasters.
Formed in 2003, Petroglyph consists of former developers from Westwood Studios, the original creators of the Command & Conquer series. While development has not begun just yet, Petroglyph will be partnering up with Lemon Sky Studios to "help bring these original games to 4k glory." Fans of the series were also encouraged to share their ideas with the developers to "create the best possible remasters of C&C and Red Alert"
The games will arrive as a bundled up package, which will include Covert Operations as well as Counterstrike and The Aftermath expansions. And, the announcement was clear in saying that there will be no microtransactions in the remasters, at all.
In a message to fans, Petroglyph's Joe Bostic, one of the co-creators of Command & Conquer, reiterated that the plan for this project is to be a remaster and not a remake, keeping the "easy to play, difficult to master" roots intact. Head over here to see the full announcement, where he goes into detail on how the series came to be over 25 years ago.
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As the Department of Energy seeks to implement the Smart Grid, a modern electricity network delivering power using two-way digital communications technology, has also created points of vulnerabilities in the U.S. power grid.
Kenneth Van Meter, general manager of Energy and Cyber Services for Lockheed Martin, whose company has partnered with DOE to implement cybersecurity solutions for the grid, sat down with SmartPlanet.com for a far-reaching interview on the hidden cyber pitfalls of switching to the Smart Grid.
But Van Meter suggested the Smart Grid is not a bad idea, only that the switch to digital opens up the door to cyber saboteurs—simply a fact of life in the 21st century.


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Kick-Ass 2 (Matt's Take)
By Matthew Stewart8/20/2013 07:45:00 AM2013, Aaron Johnson-Taylor, Chloe Grace Moretz, Hit-Girl, Jim Carrey, John Romita, Jr. Comic Books, Kick-Ass, Kick-Ass 2, Mark Millar, Simplistic Reviews2 comments
Kick-Ass 2 - Subversive
*Caution, there might be some naughty language in this review*
Before I start this review, I'd like to begin with a story; Normally, I don't like hearing kids in movies, and as a personal preference, kids shouldn't be attending films meant for adults in a movie theater setting. I have nothing against kids watching R-rated films, just make sure they shut up and don't talk while I'm trying to enjoy the film. Anyway, while watching "Kick-Ass 2" this past weekend, the film I'll start reviewing in a minute, there was a scene where, spoiler alert, a box is dropped to reveal a stash of S&M gear, including a set of anal beads. Now, imagine being the parent(s) of the child that you brought into "Kick-Ass 2" only to be asked in the middle of film "What are those?" That kid is a winner in my book, whereas the parents as losers and got exactly what they deserved.
Anyways, "Kick-Ass 2," the follow-up to the 2010 cult hit, has some hits and misses, and decides that it wants to be as subversive as possible, which somewhat robs it from whatever charm that it could have had. I agree with numerous other reviews that I've come across and yes, it's not as good as the first film, but how many sequels are, just watch the sequel conversation from "Scream 2" and you'll get your answer.
Once again we follow Dave and Mindy, Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl, respectively, still fighting crime in New York. Now living with her murdered father's friend, Marcus, Mindy is being forced into living a quiet life free of Hit-Girl. Dave, on the other hand, is still fighting the good fight with a new group of super-heroes calling themselves "Justice Forever," including Colonel Stars and Stripes (Jim Carrey) and Dr. Gravity (Donald Faison). Meanwhile, still sore about his father's death, Chris D'Amico takes up the mantle of the city's first supervillain "The Mother Fucker," and begins recruiting a team of super-villains, aptly calling themselves, "The Toxic Mega-Cunts," to destroy Kick-Ass.
Now, if you thought the first "Kick-Ass" was subversive, and off the wall, "Kick-Ass 2" has it beat. What I couldn't help noticing is all the talk about pedophiles and an extreme undercurrent of sexual tension between Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl, which gives their relationship a certain element of creepiness. I understand the idea behind their relationship; Dave's mother is dead and Mindy's father died in front of her, so each character is seeking that additional parental figure, and not being a reader of the comic, perhaps this is expounded upon more in the books. The film also features attempted rape, multiple cop killings, and plenty of jail-bait "mean girls." The film goes for an extra squirm factor this time around, and it makes "Kick-Ass 2" come off as cheap more often than not.
What made "Kick-Ass" work was the way it made superheroes seem real. They bled, had their bones broken, shoot, Kick-Ass was banging his girlfriend on a motorcycle at one point. Would Batman do that; probably not, but would a super-hero without much discipline do that; hell yes they would! "Kick-Ass 2" expands on the idea that anyone can be a hero, even two parents that are just looking for their lost son. The other element that worked for the first film was it's inclusion of the social media. With social media sites, such as Twitter and Facebook, expanding exponentially since 2010, the use of social media for the sequel is more gimmicky and doesn't add as much to the progression of the plot. It almost seems like a cash-in for the sequel where Facebook or Twitter adds another zero to the bottom line every time a character mentions "The Mother Fucker just posted this on his Twitter account!"
Could Matthew Vaughn have done a better job as the helmer of "Kick-Ass 2" as opposed to Jeff Wadlow, who's claim to fame was the underwhelming "Scream" knock-off "Cry_Wolf?" I'd go out on a limb and say yes. A director with a pedigree like Vaughn could have reigned in the insanity and given the film a more polished look. Not that I'm knocking Wadlow, he did an admirable job in the director chair, but the film's reliance on CG and some shaky camera work during some of the fight scenes, made me realize that he's no Matthew Vaughn. "Kick-Ass 2" gets the job done if you want to see how far a superhero film will go as far as violence and gore, but when a film tries so hard to go as far as it can, shock just to shock, gross out just to gross out, the magic of the film gets lost and you're left with kids in the theater asking what anal beads are.
Fun Fact: Colonel Stars and Stripes from the film is actually a combination of two characters from the "Kick-Ass" comics. Colonel Stars and Lieutenant Stripes, both ex-Mafia enforcers.
Dan O. Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at 8:29:00 AM PDT
Good review Matt. The tone's off a bit, but at least the action kept me interested for the most part.
Matthew Stewart Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at 9:04:00 AM PDT
Yeah, I think that's the problem the film ran into. It wanted to go really big, but came off clumsy. Overall, I enjoyed it, and thought there were some really good ideas, but the execution was off, and I blame that on a director was was just given his first big film to direct.
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Can I compose a trip report in a Word document and then post it on Fodor's?
I want to post a recent trip report, but wonder if I can import a Word document into Fodor's. I seem to recall mention of this before, but wonder if someone would kindly give me step-by-step instructions? Thank you.
I don't know how to "import" a Word document, but you can simply copy/paste from Word into a new message. That's easy and sure-fire!
Thank you althom1122. I thought I was fairly computer savy, but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to do this. I have created and saved a "Test" document in MS Office Word. I can copy and paste it into another file, but don't understand how to do the same to get in into a new message on the Fodor's website. Would you please share your method with me?
1. Type your trip report in a document such as MS Word.
b. Clicking on the Edit menu on the toolbar. If the drop-down menu does not include "Copy" as one of the options, click on the arrows at the bottom of the drop-down menu. This will give you an expanded drop-down menu that will include "Copy." Click on "Copy."
4. Get into the Fodor's Canada forum.
5. Click on the "Post a new message" button. That will give you a clear rectangle in which to type.
6. Insert the pointer of your mouse somewhere in that clear rectangle.
a. Pressing the Crtl and the letter V simultaneously on the keyboard.
b. Clicking on Edit in the toolbar. When the drop-down menu appears, click on Paste.
Judy_in_Calgary; you are a star! Thank you so much. It works like a charm.
Well, copy/paste does kind of work - just don't do any 'smileys' in your word post and be aware that the paragraph spacing might not be correct?
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Vervant () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.

Geography
The village lies on the left bank of the Boutonne, which forms all of the commune's western border.

Population

See also
Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

References

Communes of Charente-Maritime


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Anderson Cooper Walked Out Of 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi'
Anderson Cooper discusses hosting on New Year's Eve, politics and tells Stephen Colbert why he walked out of 'Star Wars' after just 45 minutes.
"I got a lot going on. I had a lot of work to do," explains Anderson. "It wasn't in protest. I'm going to go see it again. I just had too much in my head. I wanted to enjoy it."
The CNN anchor says it was because he thought "I'm not giving this the attention it deserves."
Cooper also revealed he spent $2,900 on warm electric clothing to host New Year's Eve outdoors.
"It's funny, because in the run up, Andy Cohen kept having these appointments to get warm jackets tailored. I was like, 'You don't need a tailored coat, you need massive layers of parkas!. So I knew he was going to really die out there."
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Auto sector leads decline for month but remains well ahead of 2011.
Manufacturing output decreased 0.4% in September, the Chicago Fed reported. The Midwest Manufacturing Index (CFMMI) dropped to a seasonally adjusted level of 93.4 (2007 = 100). Revised data show the index was down 1.8% in August.
Overall manufacturing production increased 0.2% in September, the Federal Reserve reported. Regional output rose 8.5% in September from a year earlier, and national output increased 3.5% compared to 2011.
• Resource sector output increased 0.9%.
The region's auto sector production declined 2.2% in September after decreasing 5.3% in August. National auto output moved down 0.5% in September. The Midwest's automotive output was up 16.4% in September relative to its year-ago level, and national automotive output was up 9.4%.
The Midwest's machinery sector production decreased 0.3% in September after moving down 0.2% in August. By contrast, the nation's machinery production increased 0.3% in September. Regional machinery output was up 8.1% in September from its year-ago level, and national machinery output was up 3.7%.
The region's steel sector output moved down 0.1% in September, following a 0.9% decrease in the previous month. The nation's steel output was unchanged in September. Regional steel output was up 8.1% from its September 2011 level, and national steel output was up 5.5%.
The Midwest resource sector's output increased 0.9% in September after it was unchanged in August. The national resource sector's output was up 0.5% in September. Production in all five of the regional resource sector's subsectors (food, wood, paper, chemical, and nonmetallic mineral) increased from August to September. Compared with a year ago, regional resource output was up 2.6% in September, and national resource output was up 1.2%.


Thanks Jim! Wow, I asked you about using Google Analytics to track outbound clicks and the next day this post shows up, thanks!
Help-I have really been enjoying reading your posts. This one was right on the money for me as it tapped into something I'm working with RIGHT NOW. (As an aside, I am quite accomplished in personal finance, investing etc., not so much in webmastering). So, maybe you can help me… I signed up for a google analytics account just fine. But, when they told me to paste the code in, I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE TO POST IT on my wordpress site and I'm totally terrified of crashing my site. Any advice?
I'd stick in the footer right before the BODY tag.


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Cilantro Pesto Sauce Recipe | GrubGirl.
The herb is very strong, so I had about 80% of the bunch left and didn't know how else to use it. Gina suggested that I make a pesto sauce with it. "But wait, isn't pesto made with basil? And I don't have any pine nuts in the house," I thought to myself.
However, I found an easy Fabulous Cilantro Pesto recipe on Allrecipes.com. It required cilantro, and walnuts or pecans. Leftovers from countless pecan pie bakeoffs gave me the pecan supply.
Cilantro may be stored for up to 1 week in a plastic bag in the refrigerator. Or place the bunch, stems down, in a glass of water and cover with a plastic bag, securing the bag to the glass with a rubber band. Refrigerate, changing water every 2 to 3 days.


This is my drawing in honor of Alexandra Feodorovna Romanova, Empress consort of Russia. She is from my series of culturally inspired artwork featuring women and girls in traditional dress from around the world. To unify this series, and to celebrate women and their familial relationships, they are all drawn in the shape of a Russian nesting doll (AKA Matryoshka, babushka, stacking doll) for its maternal symbolism. The entire series can be found in this shop in alphabetical order.
8.5 x11 inch Labeled "Alexandra Feodorovna Romanova". To see an example of a labeled print, click on the second image above. Since the paper size is 8.5 x 11 inch, there is plenty of white border for 8 x 10 inch framing.
Close-Up 8.5 x11 inch (Fourth image shown above). The paper size is 8.5" x 11" with a white border around image.