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"..this play is hilarious and I thoroughly enjoyed reading every sentence. Genuinely laugh out loud funny."
"This is a quick, imaginative and at times surreal comedy"
"The dialogue is quick, witty and often fantastically unexpected"
"A fantastic play which has had me laughing each time I read"
Wow! Our big problem now is how to follow it! Our Year 6 children loved Spy School. The idea of a school for spies but with spies who were not all of the 'James Bond' mould filled them with enthusiasm. The different groups of spies were identified both by movement, name and costume ensuring that each child had 'their moment'- always important in a school production. The songs were great and the hauntingly beautiful 'We're in too deep' soon became a firm favourite as did the opening 'Spies'. A script full of characters including Father Christmas and Easter Bunny got everyone laughing from the first reading and 'We're on the case Easter Bunny' remained a catch phrase for the summer (and beyond). The play is so well written, with a plot which ensures that everyone stays involved right through to the end. A fabulous musical play which we would have no hesitation in recommending; great script, wonderful songs and a running tine of about an hour - ideal as a school production. We can't wait for Spy School - The Eighth Department.
Spy School is a delightful play for primary aged children, incorporating lots of good characters, some punchy songs (and one hauntingly sad one), and a simple plot with a nice twist at the end. Most of the cast are tutors at a school for secret agents, and a particular quality of this script is that every one not only has words to say, but an individual character to develop, which can be exploited to the best of each child's ability. These are loosely based on gentle parodies of every spy tale ever created, from early cloak-and-dagger, through the trenchcoated shadies of the 1950s to modern tuxedo-clad Bond types, with gadget-wielding geeks, code crackers, the Men In Black, and a couple of science fiction robots thrown in for good measure.
The plot revolves around three rookie spies - the brash, the nervous and the sensible - on their first assignment, for which they are far from prepared. On the point of giving up they receive help from an unexpected source, and accidentally outwit all their tutors, much to the glee of the headmaster (codename: Father Christmas) and his deputy (Easter Bunny). Finally, they are caught in the Catch 22 situation that if they show how well they have succeeded, they will also show how unsuited they are to the School, a dilemma they ingeniously resolve to bring about a happy ending.
There were a number of reasons why I decided to produce The Dream Makers as a Year Six (ten year olds) production both practical and literary. Although its setting, plot and characters are individual and unusual, they all have an archetypal quality which raises the play out of the merely quirky and gives it a slightly mythic status.
The principal premise of the play is that groups of people can occupy the same space without either knowing anything about the other. This resonates well with schoolchildren, who come to a clean and tidy school at the beginning of the day, and leave it dishevelled in the afternoon, only to find it pristine again the following morning. Who is responsible for tidying it? Magic? A team of secret operatives? What lies locked away in the cupboard marked 'Cleaners Only'? If we imagine that the cleaning team itself has no idea whose mess they are tidying, or how it occurs, we have a situation very similar to the Dream Factory. Each group of people, as in life, has the wildly imaginative, the realistic, the curious, and the wholly uninterested, and the results of each attitude are cleverly worked out.
Another theme is that of forgetting. As children leave their primary schools, they disperse, and even best friends can end up widely separated. Is it best that they forget they ever knew each other? A discussion on this point was the most emotive of all those I and the cast had on the themes of the play.
The groups of people are somewhat archetypal in themselves. On the one hand, the users of the Dream Factory, practical technicians and creative actors, and on the other, down to earth and mostly incurious 'Grounders', the put-upon but phlegmatic maintenance team. One of the practical benefits of play like this is that the three groups can rehearse quite a lot more or less separately, giving a director three times as much rehearsal time.
Although the plot is somewhat fantastical, which could influence the way the play is staged, I wanted to use the fantastic elements in a magical realism sense, so that they occurred within a wholly realistic, work-a-day environment. Accordingly, my Dream Factory became DreamPalace Inc. with a corporate logo on its stationary and the work uniforms of the Grounders, and the Studio in which all the action takes place rather mundane except when the Dreams were actually taking place. The technicians, in particular, all worked behind a long work bench piled with the equipment of their trade and a fair amount of concomitant detritus, piles of paper, coffee cups and so on; and the Grounders swept up real mess into real black plastic rubbish bags. The actors are professionals at what they do, but it is fairly routine, and they spend most of their time sorting out their pecking order. Maintaining the archetype theme, the boys were dressed as James Bond (dinner jacket) and Woody (cowboy) and the girls as Action Girl (trousers) and Romantic Girl (floaty dress). The Grounders wore uniform boiler suits, but the backstage crew nothing special at all. Thus at the beginning of the play, for example, Keri could run through a door which literally became invisible to the pursuing Beka as she ran towards it.
The division between the two halves of the working environment was marked by lighting. The grounders used glaring yellow overhead floodlights, while the production team worked in the semi-darkness of a rehearsal, with brighter lighting on the stage as the dreams took place. While they were working, an otherwise invisible door was lit by a distinctive red gobo, and the transition between the two states was marked, as suggested in the script, with a distinctive alarm, which gave just enough time for actors to scurry on and off and required.
This unusual but semi-mythic stage having been set, the plot revolves around a Grounder (Keri) who escapes to become a Dream Actress, and the confusion of a mysterious Agent (Jude) who, having been sent, disguised as a Grounder, to recruit a new Actress, finds that she has already gone. Jude and his minders incidentally introduce the concept of an unseen infrastructure (including a whole department for vending machines), which not only places the action of the play in a wider context - the Dream Factory is clearly a fairly mighty industrial complex(!) - but also reminds the audience, and the cast, of the wider context of their own environments, of which, in the case of children, they know rather little.
The dreams themselves can be developed hugely or minimally, and, given our limited rehearsal time and production team (just me), ours were fairly minimal. In keeping with their 'types', the cast developed a number of stereotypical aspects of anxiety, horror, romance, etc., each of which was presented as a mime to an appropriate piece of music (I can't remember which of our ten year olds suggested the theme from The Alien as the anxiety music - he certainly knew it better than I did!). As making a mess was an important part of each dream, appropriate material was strewn about the stage (shredded paper, rose petals, insects, seaweed, snow) during each one. Each dream was prefaced by a well defined preparation phase as the actors arranged the set and prepared their props, a suspense phase, as the actors waited for the dreamer to enter, and the dream itself, which began as the director called 'Action' as soon as the dreamer appeared.
To cope with not having enough children, Dextra and Vextra were combined into one, Violet and Decibella (Sound and Light) became Indigo (a Boy), and Aestheta (Design) incorporated into Lacey (Costume) and Rouge (Makeup) as seemed appropriate at the time. Sadly the Security Guards were cut altogether.
The last weekend of November saw me at the Conquest Theatre, and a double bill by the Youth Theatre featuring plays by both Barbara Hockley and her brother Rob - a talented duo.
The first half was a tightly-written forty minute drama by Rob Hockley called Seeing Things. Dealing with the confused fantasies of a group of young teenagers, this could have been either grim or embarrassing, but the author had somehow combined acute observation of how real teenagers think and speak with his own wit and lightness of touch in such a way as to involve an audience of all ages.
The star of the show was the geeky and utterly socially inept Brian, played by Alex Cofield so well we began to wonder if he hadn't revealed a best kept hidden side to his real character. Disturbed by apparitions whenever he felt heightened sexual tension, he decided to find out if they were real by trying to tape-record them, calling in his best mate Stuart and a group of Stuart's ex-girlfriends to keep the 'thing' level as high as possible.
Stuart, played with nonchalant loucheness by Liam Stobart, was a self-assessed babe magnet with such overweening self confidence that not only did he not notice the clumsiness of his advances, but neither did his ex-girlfriends, who ended up begging to re-establish their relationships.
The three girls were particularly well written, I thought. Each was given an individual character of her own, and the chance to earn our sympathy. Mary Ann Wall (Jo) was affectionate, generous and rather naively looking for romance, while Bethanie Evans (Belinda) was mostly out for fun, and Vicky Stack (Andrea) looking for what she could get. They were loyal friends, however, and tried to support Jo until the discovery of the tape-recorder under the bed led to a classic sit-com farce of misunderstandings, confused explanations, and eventually a happy resolution.
This was a slickly performed and clearly very well-rehearsed play, that required no concession at all by the audience towards the youth of the cast. They all performed with energy, pace and the assurity that only comes from total confidence in their fellow actors, and there were lots of little bits of character-defining stage business that suggested considerable exploration of each part. Brian's bedroom and the drawing-room downstairs were simply but well depicted, and the action switched seamlessly between the two. It kept us both cringing and laughing from start to finish, and in the end keen to see more of Rob Hockley's work at The Conquest.
The Conquest Theatre's Senior Youth Group gave us a splendid double bill at the end of last year, of which Rob Hockley's Darkness in the Night was the first part. His sister Barbara's version of the Orpheus legend is reviewed elsewhere, but the pair of plays made an excellent contrast and complemented each other very well.
While the premise behind Darkness In The Night was fairly wacky, the real theme of the play was friendship, aspects of which were intelligently explored in the script, and delicately presented by the cast, whose acting was crisp and mature throughout. To begin with the plot, however - and it might help to read this next bit all in one breath! To protect her friend Lily from the unwanted attentions of Dave, Kate has persuaded Dave that Lily has died in an explosion. Lily, a reformed kleptomaniac, invites Kate to the abandoned house where she has stored her loot in order to dispose of it, while at the same time Dave drags his friend Bob to the same house, which he thinks is an ancestral home, to try to contact Lily's departed spirit. Inevitably the two pairs meet, Dave convinced that he has conjured Lily from the dead, and hilarious ramifications ensue. So far, so farcical, but amongst the witty and fast-paced dialogue across the sexes, there are wonderful moments of tenderness between the manic necromancer Dave and his stolid but ever-loyal sidekick Bob, and also between feisty Lily and her thoroughly down-to-earth companion Kate. It would be easy to lose this aspect of the play amongst the comedy, but skillful direction by Barbara and some very well-honed acting by the four protagonists meant we never failed to take their relationships seriously, even at the most absurd moments.
By taking his part with total seriousness, Sam Collins (Dave) magnificently succeeded in convincing us that he really was crazy enough to think he could summon up the dead by immersing himself in heavy rock music, while Liam Stobart as Bob allowed his loyalty to override his incredulity with a beautifully studied low-key performance. Flora Harvey gave us a strong and determined Lily, and Alice Gaston who as Kate had to find true love and dump it again for the sake of her friend in the space of about five minutes, was heart-rending rather than absurd. The pace of the play called for an ensemble performance of a very high order, and these four young actors rose to the challenge with confidence and terrific success.
Although sounding completely authentic for teenagers, Rob Hockley's script was full of finely crafted witticism, and carefully avoided the kind of slang that dates a play too precisely. This is the second of his plays that the Youth Theatre has taken on, and surely by now they have between them established a very high reputation. As usual the auditorium was much less than full, and I cannot emphasise too much what a treat you missed if you weren't there.
In 'Perilous tales' the Conquest youth theatre gave us a mad, silly and inventive peek into a world of twisted fairytales where not all stories end happily ever after. A warning to all of us that too much happiness maybe our downfall, that being beautiful doesn't necessarily make you clever or popular, that having everything isn't everything and, most horrifying of all, video games can have you listening to ABBA for all eternity if you don't read the small print. An unsettling and macabre show populated with quite stunning decadent weirdness throughout whilst at the same time including singing and dancing and being thoroughly enjoyable for most ages. The singing by Mary Ann Wall was particularly fine and the dancing was riotously infectious with some interesting 'Thriller' moves and Alex Cofield providing some rather inventive and highly amusing moves of his own.
Each part of the play used a fair range of different dramatic technique to highlight the abilities of its very capable cast. There was the wonderful pantomime Princess Loki played by Joanna Handley constantly clocking the audience with snide glances and comments. A surely typecast Matt Oliver as gorgeous Gerald, beset by plaintive ghosts, manipulative girls and unfeasibly large nails, playing completely and hilariously in verse. A madly modern couple robotically protecting their happiness with walls, and a wicked witches video game whose final level ends in the horror and madness of Saturday night fever. At each turn we were kept wondering as the weirdly macabre ensemble twisted and played with our expectations of how fairytales should be and even put in a few excellent morals at the end, as all good fairytales should.
All in all the play was a huge success showing off the tremendous talents of the actors, and its writer and director Barbara Hockley, who must surely possess one the weirdest minds in the area. Mention must also be made of the staggering amount of time, effort and work put in by the lighting, sound and set design crew. In particular the costume design which was amazing and colourful and, bearing in mind that this show was only on for three short nights, simply had to seen to be believed. A truly wonderful and engaging performance which by the end had me dancing in my seat. Again! Again!


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The Judicate of Logudoro (or Torres) (Sardinian: Judicadu de Logudoro or Torres, Rennu de Logudoro or Logu de Torres) was a state in northwest Sardinia from the tenth through the thirteenth century. Its original capital was Porto Torres. The region is still called Logudoro today.
In the Middle Ages, Logudoro was one of four kingdoms (iudicati) into which the island was divided during. The others were Gallura to the east, Arborea to the south, and Cagliari to the southeast. Logudoro was the largest and earliest known of the iudicati but also the second to be swallowed up by a foreign power. It was divided into twenty curatoriae, ruled by curatores.
In the ninth century, the Arabs and Imazighen followed aggressive policies of expansion and piracy in the Mediterranean. The conquest of Sicily by these groups in 827 effectively cut Sardinia off from the central government and military might of the Byzantine Empire. In the absence of instruction or reinforcement, the Sardinian provincial Byzantine officials, called iudici ("judges") began to govern autonomously. By the tenth century the island was divided into four of these provinces (giudicati, literally, "judgeships"), though two — Logudoro and Arborea — were combined at the start of the eleventh century. By 900, these districts had become de facto independent states, their ruling kings still titled as iudices or judikes ("judges"') after their imperial civil servant predecessors. The first capital city for the Giudicato of Logudoro was ancient Torres (now Porto Torres), but it was exposed to Arab attacks, and so the seat of the judgeship was transferred first to Ardara, and finally to Sassari.
Logudoro only began to emerge from the fog of history during the reign of Barisone I from about 1038 to 1073. He brought Western monasticism to the island by requesting monks from Abbot Desiderius of Montecassino and in this he was supported by both Pope Alexander II and Godfrey the Bearded, Margrave of Tuscany, though the archdiocese of Pisa, thitherto chief religious influence on the island, opposed it. The monks had spiritual, scholastic and military roles. On the death of Barisone I, Arborea chose its own judge in Marianus de Zori, while the Logudorese chose Andrew Tanca.
The kingdom of Logudoro came to an end in 1259, when the queen Adelasia died without an heir. After this, Logudoro was effectively ruled by the Genoese families of Doria and Malaspina, and the ruling family of Arborea. Sassari meanwhile became an autonomous city-state.
Casula, Francesco (1989). The History of Sardinia. Sardinia Tourist Board.


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JUDD, Eugene H. MST SGT US Army Special Forces Retired. Age 80 of Lebanon. He was born on Nov. 16 1932 in White County, TN & passed away on Nov. 17, 2012 at TN Valley Veterans Hospital in Murfreesboro, TN. He is preceded in death by his parents: Ernest Fletcher & Josie Green Judd & son: Thomas L. Judd. He is survived by his son: Bruce C. (Carol) Judd of Fargo, ND, daughters; Sarah Jeanette (Jonathan) Herman of Fargo, ND, Carol Ann (Larry) Frye of Batavia, IL & Catherine J. (Robert) Grabinger of Windor, ND, brother: Joseph T. (Norma) Judd of New Bern, NC, sisters; Mary Ann (Russell) Campbell of Lebanon, TN & Ernestine Judd Allen of Nashville, TN, 8 grandchildren & 12 Great Grandchildren. Eugene began his military career in 1950 as a member of the Naval Reserve. After graduating from East Nashville High School in 1951, he enlisted in the US Army & served until his retirement in 1972. In 1952 & 53 He served in Korea where he was wounded on June 4th 1953. He was awarded the Purple Heart Medal & the Silver Star for Gallantry in action. After returning from Korea he became a proud member of the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) & later served 2 tours of duty in Vietnam. Visitation will be at Phillips-Robinson Funeral Home, 2707 Gallatin Rd. on Monday from 2-5pm with the funeral service on Tuesday, Nov. 27 at 10 am in our chapel. The service will be officiated by Father Battle Beasley. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the charity of your choice. PHILLIPS-ROBINSON FUNERAL HOME, (615)262-3312.
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Here is a write-up of the watch taken from Breguet's website: Classique "Grande Complication" pocket watch in 18-carat yellow gold, with grand strike and tourbillon. Manually engraved hand-wound movement with 2-way rotating crown. Off-centred chapter ring. Centre minute hand. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Diameter : 56.50 mm.
It has 525 parts and you too can own one. Liliana told me that if I ordered one today, I'd have it in March 2016!
Hand guilloched dial done using a rose engine. If you happen to be in San Francisco starting on September 19th, you can visit the "Breguet: Art and Innovation in Watchmaking" exhibit at the Legion of Honor. Breguet will have a rose engine at the exhibit and they will let you guilloche your own dial (and they'll let you keep your masterpiece). While the Breguet exhibit goes from Sept 19th to January 10, 2016 (A-L Breguet's birthday), the guilloche demonstration will take place only during the first week, so hurry up!


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The Dragon Alphabet is the alphabet used for the Dragon Language. Text written in the Dragon Alphabet is found on walls in ancient dungeons and on burial grounds in the form of Word Walls. The alphabet consists of 34 symbols: 25 that map directly to letters in the Latin alphabet, and nine that represent pairs of letters. There is a symbol for every letter in the Latin alphabet.
The letter "C" does not usually appear, due to the fact that the letter is unused in the Dragon Language. See Legends Card Packs below for details.
Coincidentally, this poem is also the song that is heard throughout the game when the player enters combat with a dragon or if the player lets the game run on the main menu without selecting an option.
Originally known as "Dragon Poem", it was revealed through the in-game book Songs of Skyrim that this is only a portion of a longer work. Loading Screen text name the work Song of the Dragonborn. The full version, in both English and the Dragon Tongue, can be found in Songs of Skyrim.
"Sovngarde" is the Nordic idea of the afterlife, a part of Aetherius.
The same text appears on the dragon wall statue included with the collector's edition of the game.
This is also the text for the first Word Wall for the shout Storm Call.
This is the only instance of the letter "C" in the Dragon Alphabet.
A Dragon font containing all known characters is available for download.


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Sephora vs. Ulta: Who is better prepared for coronavirus?
This article is part of Glossy's Beauty and Wellness Briefing, which features exclusive news, interviews with industry change makers and behind-the-scenes looks at what actually matters. To receive the Beauty and Wellness Briefing and read for free, please subscribe.
Since skirting around store closures last week, beauty giants Sephora and Ulta have both decided to halt business as usual in their respective U.S. locations.
On Monday night, Jean-André Rougeot, president and CEO of Sephora Americas, announced that all store locations would be closed as of Tuesday, March 17 through Friday, April 3 due to the ever-changing coronavirus climate.
In a statement to Glossy, a spokesperson said: "The health and safety of our employees, their families and the community is our first priority… All store employees will continue to receive their base pay for scheduled shifts for the duration of this closure. In addition, health and wellness benefits for employees, who are currently enrolled, will continue."
Ulta followed with an announcement stating it would temporarily close all of its stores effective 6:00 PM on Thursday, March 19 until at least Tuesday, March 31. Though stores would be not be operational, the retailer said that most of these locations would continue "to be outlets for buy-online, pick-up in-store [BOPIS] as allowed by local and state regulations."As of the afternoon of March 17, Ulta said BOPIS will also not be available during this time. Due to the fast spread of coronavirus, Ulta is withdrawing guidance previously issued for fiscal 2020 and would not offer an updated outlook.
"We understand the direct impact this will have on our associates and guests," stated Mary Dillon, Ulta CEO. "But during these critical times, we believe it is absolutely necessary to prioritize their safety and that of the broader communities we serve. At Ulta Beauty, our associates are at the heart of our company. As such, we will continue to pay our store and salon associates and provide benefits for those who are currently enrolled during this period."
Now that Sephora and Ulta have pressed pause on physical stores due to coronavirus, their omnichannel strategies will be put to the test.
Both companies have spent the last three years linking their store teams with digital. In October 2017, Sephora created a new role, executive vice president of U.S. omnichannel retail, and department to better integrate teams, and Ulta, has worked to redesign its Ulta mobile experience, as well as bring digitally native brand buzz to stores. Ulta also made large investments in omnichannel at the end of 2018 by making its first-ever digital acquisitions — in artificial intelligence and augmented reality startups QM Scientific and GlamST, respectively — and investments in digital workflow partner Iterate and online booking tool Spruce.
But in this environment, pushing beauty sales will likely come down to who is better prepared for logistics.
Stephanie Wissink, equity analyst at Jefferies Financial Group, said that Ulta's strip mall format plays in its favor.
"Sephora is slightly more mall-centric, so if the malls are shut down, even if [some] Sephoras are open, [many] customers can't buy online and pick-up in-store. If Ulta has a front door and a back door entrance, there's an ability to have micro-logistics hubs that can continue to move product," she said
Sephora did announce its plans for 100 city center, strip mall locations, just a month ago, but that rollout is expected to slow given coronavirus. Ulta, too, had plans for 75 new stores in 2020.
Sephora is currently offering free shipping, a rarity for the retailer, through April 3. While it is surprising that Sephora is taking on free shipping costs, for now, it is likely to boost online sales as store formats take a hit. However, shipping costs could be greater than anticipated.
"That intermodal transport of goods is going to get clogged, so we are already seeing increased shipping charges on online orders," said Wissink. "Free shipping is only going to exacerbate that and Sephora is absorbing that."
For its part, Amazon announced this week to its brand partners that because "household staples and medical supplies" are out of stock, its fulfillment operations were going to be "temporarily prioritizing household staples, medical supplies and other high-demand products coming into [its] fulfillment centers so that [it] can more quickly receive, restock and deliver these products to customers." An email Glossy obtained from Fulfillment by Amazon to partners said, "For products other than these, we have temporarily disabled shipment creation. We are taking a similar approach with retail vendors."
Still, as Andrew Lipsman, principal analyst at eMarketer, stated, "Free doesn't mean fast," in regard to Sephora."It's going to eat into their margins, but [free shipping] doesn't acknowledge how tolerant customers will be if they don't get their cosmetics on time," he said.
Ulta, meanwhile, has not offered free shipping to most customers beyond its "free standard shipping over $15." More significant for Ulta is that it did not postpone its annual "21 Days of Beauty" sale that began March 15 and will continue to April 4.
"I think there will be an acknowledgement, and they will try to move on," said Simeon Siegel, managing director and senior retail and e-commerce analyst at BMO Capital Markets. "Companies, like Ulta are going to face a whole source of costs that they will be eating."
Wissink was surprised that Ulta did not plan a postponed date given that "21 Days of Beauty" is its biggest volume driver.
However, Siegel said that neither Ulta nor Sephora will get dinged for lack of coronavirus preparation if customers are still shopping for beauty, but that depends on the length of the pandemic in the U.S. and globally. Per survey data from Astound Commerce, 31% of shoppers have made more online purchases over the time period of March 10 through March 11.
"The bigger question is around what the duration of the actual disease is and what the lasting lasting impact is to consumer behavior," said Siegel. "If social distancing continues even after it is regulated and mandated, it doesn't matter if BOPIS is available or not, because people will be avoiding crowds."
Lipsman agreed. "There will be a demand shock that we are all facing, but I imagine beauty and apparel will be hit the hardest in the short term," he said.
Now that China's manufacturing capabilities are near normal, beauty supply is likely to outpace demand in the U.S. and internationally for some time. Thus, in the long term, it makes much of these coronavirus-impact conversations fundamentally economical.
For now, both Sephora and Ulta are continuing to pay employees during store closures, but if social distancing lasts for more than the planned month to six weeks or eight weeks or longer, payroll cost-cutting will have to happen. In the U.S., Ulta has more than double the stores of Sephora, thus a higher associate headcount, making it particularly vulnerable. For now, store employees at neither company are being redirected toward digital — meaning providing services to online customers instead of in stores or even dabbling in customer service queries — which could serve as immediate fixes.
"The interesting dynamic about cosmetics is that this is a category than can really build on online engagement and strengthen those relationships, even if it doesn't drive sales in the short term," said Lipsman. "Behaviors need to be developed to support long-term shopping behavior more than ever now."
Editor's Note: This article was updated to reflect that Ulta changed its buy-online, pick-up in-store policy on the afternoon of March 17 . BOPIS will not be available when stores are closed due to coronavirus.


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Persian poet of 17th century ( AD ).
Born in Harat ( modern day Iran ), Nazim spent many years in Jahangirnagar in India. He was a court poet of Beglerbegis of Harat. His greatest work – " Yusuf u Zulaikha " , completed in 1661 , was dedicated to one of the Governors– Abbas Kali Khan Shamlu.
mitation of Ferdowsis work of the same name. However, this work became very popular – especially in Central Asia -which is still the case today.
His lyrical Diwan contains many excellent poems and Ghazals – some of which are even sung today by the classically trained singers of Samarkand and Bukhara.


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Vietnamese Resorts among world's Top 10
Vietnamese resorts among world's top 50. InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort in central Danang city and JW Marriott Phu Quoc Emerald Bay Resort & Spa on Phu Quoc Island feature on a list of the 50 best resorts in the world in 2018 from US-based luxury and lifestyle travel magazine Condé Nast Traveler. The list was based on reviews from 429,000 readers of the magazine's Readers' Choice Awards.
Ranked 15th, the InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort is described as "the perfect pick for some beachside R&R while in Vietnam". It also feels much farther away from the "real world" though it is just 30 minutes from Danang International Airport, it wrote. The resort, which opened in 2012, is scattered from the lush hills of the Son Tra Peninsula nature reserve down to the sandy shores of the East Sea and has become one of the top picks in the country for relaxing getaways.
InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort made a mark at the World Travel Awards 2018 as the first resort to win the World's Leading Luxury Resort for four consecutive years and Asia's Leading Luxury Resort title for five consecutive years. Meanwhile, JW Marriott Phu Quoc Emerald Bay Resort & Spa, with 244 rooms and villas with sea views and private pools, was ranked 17th on the list.
On Kem Beach, on the southern shores of Phu Quoc Island, the hotel was designed by inimitable hotel designer Bill Bensley with a concept that weaves a story around the fictional historic Lamarck University, a homage to the French evolutionary theorist, which was supposedly founded in 1880 then abandoned in the 1940s and ultimately restored by Marriott. Although the resort has only been in operation since late 2016, it won the World Travel Awards as the World's Leading New Resort 2017.
Other famous resorts on the list are Viceroy Bali (Indonesia), Viceroy Los Cabos, San José del Cabo (Mexico), Naladhu Private Island (Maldives) and L'Horizon Resort & Spa (California).
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Atrium Medical Corporation faces a product injury suit filed over complications tied to its C-Qur hernia mesh device.
A Louisiana man has filed a product liability lawsuit against Atrium Medical Corporation, alleging that complications of the company's C-Qur hernia mesh caused him to suffer serious internal injuries and infections. The complaint was filed by Carl Smith in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on February 25, and accuses Atrium of negligence, failure to warn, strict liability, negligent misrepresentation and breach of warranty. If you believe you have been adversely affected by side effects of a medical device like Atrium's C-Qur hernia mesh, contact an experienced product liability lawyer today to discuss filing a complaint against the product manufacturing company.
According to allegations raised in Smith's suit, he was implanted with the Atrium C-Qur hernia mesh for umbilical hernia repair in May 2012. Less than one year later, he was placed in an intensive care unit for suspected ischemic bowel – a condition caused by restricted blood flow that results in a portion of the bowel dying due to a shortage of glucose and oxygen. After undergoing an exploratory laparotomy, it was determined that Smith's Atrium C-Qur mesh had become attached to a portion of his bowel, causing it to twist. Roughly one month later, Smith was found to have numerous gastric ulcers, which his product liability lawsuit blames on Atrium's C-Qur hernia mesh.
The Atrium C-Qur mesh device garnered approval from the FDA in March 2008, and is commonly used for hernia repair, chest wall reconstruction, and to treat traumatic or surgical wounds. However, according to Smith's lawsuit, the C-Qur mesh is defective for a number of reasons, including a potential for the triglycerides in the gel that surrounds the polypropylene mesh to cause immune reactions possibly resulting in injuries or serious adverse events. The product liability complaint also alleges that the mesh can degrade over time and also cause friction between the device and underlying tissue, potentially leading to injuries and damage to internal tissue.
In October 2012, the FDA issued a warning letter to C-Qur maker Atrium Medical Corporation, citing the company for failing to respond to consumer complaints about its hernia mesh device and other products. The FDA accused the company at the time of failing to adequately investigate complaints associated with C-Qur device failures and infection injuries. If you or a loved one has suffered injuries associated with a defective consumer product, your first course of action after seeking medical attention should be to consult a lawyer with experience handling product liability cases. Our consumer advocates at the Consumer Justice Foundation are dedicated to protecting the rights of injured consumers and can help you get in touch with a qualified attorney today.


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Q: Does adding breakpoint in a matlab m file make it run slower? I have a matlab m file that basically has two sections
The first section contains a large loop that does operations on arrays of size 64, with the loop itself running about 2000 times
After this loop is finished, the second section contains code that isn't much computationally expensive
I need to invoke a breakpoint ( I do this by clicking on the left margin on the editor window) after the first section finishes, but whenever I set a breakpoint the first section of the program takes significantly longer to execute
I am not changing anything in the program itself. The breakpoint is never in the first section. The program runs really fast when there is no breakpoint (less than 10 seconds) as opposed to when I set a breakpoint after the first section (about 60 seconds)
Is this expected behaviour? Why is having a breakpoint causing the program to run slower? Is there a way to fix this?
MATLAB Version 7.9.0.529 (R2009b) 64 bit on Windows 10 64 bit Home edition

A: "Does adding breakpoint in a matlab m file make it run slower?": Yes.
In all languages*, debugging mode is slower because it requires extra power to be able to stop the code, and disables most of the optimization that the interpreter/compiler does.
Nothing really you can do against it (well, not debug, but that defeats the purpose hehe).
[*]: I know about

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Coral Springs visit by U.S. Interior Secretary to highlight Everglades restoration
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland is coming to South Florida next week to highlight her Department's efforts to collaborate with state and local partners on Everglades protections and restoration.
On Jan. 28, Haaland will present keynote remarks at the 38th Annual Everglades Coalition Conference in Coral Springs. Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Shannon Estenoz, a Key West native with decades of experience working on conservation issues — including Everglades restoration under three Florida Governors — will join her.
Central to their speeches will be the American the Beautiful initiative, an effort the Department of Interior is undertaking with the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration, White House Council on Environmental Quality, and state Agriculture and Commerce Departments. Their goal: to conserve, connect and restore 30% of the nation's lands and waters by 2030.
President Joe Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework includes $1.1 billion to protect critical ecosystems, including the Everglades, from the effects of climate change. A press note from the U.S. Department of the Interior called the funding "once-in-a-generation investments to address climate change and tackle the biodiversity crisis by restoring ecosystems and watersheds."
"The Everglades is the cornerstone of survival for the people, plants, and animals who call it home," Haaland said on Twitter last year. "Restoration of this habitat and others like it is crucial to the fight against the climate crisis."
Politics aside, the visit from Haaland and Estenoz should be a welcome one for Gov. Ron DeSantis, whose administration invested more than $3.3 billion to restore the Everglades and protect Florida's water resources since 2019.
This month, he renewed that commitment through an executive order proposing an additional $3.5 billion investment toward continued restorative and protective efforts over the next four years. His office called it the "highest level of funding" for such efforts "in Florida's history."
"The health of the Everglades, Florida's springs, and so many other resources are the foundation of our communities and economy and play an important role in the everyday lives of Floridians," he said in June. "I am committed to leaving our natural resources better than we found them so that future generations can experience what brings people from around the world to our state."
The Saturday event by the Everglades Coalition — an alliance of almost 60 local, state and national conservation and environmental organizations dedicated to fully restoring the Greater Everglades Ecosystem, known also as the "river of grass" — runs Jan. 26-28 at the Fort Lauderdale Marriott Coral Springs Hotel & Convention Center.
Its title this year is "A Watershed Moment for America's Everglades."
Registration closes Friday. Tickets range from $100 to $410.


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Senator Lindsey M. Williams Announces Over $1.3 Million in Grant Funding
PITTSBURGH- May 8, 2019- Senator Lindsey M. Williams announced today that several local businesses, school districts, and senior centers have been awarded grant funding totaling over $1.3 million.
Under the Small Business Advantage Grant program, business owners can receive 50% matching grants to purchase energy efficient or pollution prevention equipment or to adopt waste reduction processes. This program, which is administered through the PA Department of Environmental Protection, saves grant recipients an average of almost $5,000 per year. 2018-19 recipients are:
Bon Tool Company in Gibsonia: $4,846 to install LED lighting
Back to Life Chiropractic LLC in Gibsonia: $5,000 to upgrade x-ray equipment
Ton Pottery, Inc in Natrona Heights: $2,917 to purchase a new pottery kiln
Additional grants were received by local schools through the School Safety and Security Grant Program. Funding distributed under this program must be used in specific ways to address safety and security, including the purchase of security-related technology, the provision of specialized staff and student training programs for the referral of at-risk students to appropriate community-based services, and costs associated with school resource officers. Recipients of these awards are:
W. Beattie Career Center: $271, 609
Fox Chapel School District: $908,083
North Hills School District: $74,082
Shaler Area School District: $55,020
Finally, Highlands Senior Center in Tarentum was awarded $15,000 through the Department of Aging Senior Community Center Grants. This funding is to be used to increase participation and programming, attract a new generation of older adults, and enable senior community centers to provide a safe and healthy environment for participants.
"These grants will have a tremendous impact on programs and services in our community," said Senator Lindsey Williams. "I'm happy to see that the schools, businesses, and communities that make up District 38 are being recognized."


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Digestive problems are among the top health complaints in America today. Diet, travel, stress, illness, aging and the use of antibiotics all contribute to an imbalance or "dysbiosis" of the intestinal tract leading to gastrointestinal upset.
By making a few simple lifestyle changes, you can prevent these digestive problems from occurring. For best results, follow these 10 tips from VitaMedica's founder and medical director, Dr. David H. Rahm.
Did you know that the trillions of bacteria living in the human body play a significant role in your health? Recent studies have shown that the type and variety of bacteria in your gut, known as the human microbiome, influence not only your digestive health but also your food cravings and even your moods. Just like proper care of a flower garden yields a beautiful bounty, tending your microbial garden will have you feeling better faster. Bonus! A balanced microbiome also supports a healthy weight.
You can boost your intake of probiotics, or good bacteria, with probiotic-rich foods like yogurt, miso, kefir, tempeh and pickles. However, the number of good bacteria in foods is generally low. That's why Dr. Rahm has launched LeanBiotics, the first ever line of nutraceuticals that works by modifying your microbiome. Taking a probiotic supplement like VitaMedica's Probiotic-8 and LeanBiotics Probiotic delivers billions of the little beneficial bugs directly to your digestive tract.
One of the best things you can do for your digestive health is to increase your daily intake of fiber. The recommended amounts of fiber per day are 25 grams for women and 38 grams for men, yet most Americans are consuming less than half these amounts. Insufficient fiber intake is usually the culprit behind constipation, and is even a risk factor for obesity, heart disease and metabolic disorder.
While soluble fiber helps lower cholesterol and insoluble fiber keeps you regular, there is a third, less well-known type of dietary fiber called resistant starch that "resists" digestion in the small intestine. Instead, it moves into the large intestine where it is fermented by gut bacteria to form beneficial short chain fatty acids.
Fruits and vegetables are loaded with fiber, vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals – nutrients that keep your digestive system running smoothly. Fruits and veggies high in fiber include prunes, figs, oranges, pears, apples, peaches, raspberries, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, zucchini, squash and leafy vegetables like spinach. When possible, eat produce whole as the fiber content is concentrated in the skins.
Due to their high fiber and protein content, legumes are nutritious, satiating and beneficial for digestive health. Legumes such as beans, peas, lentils and sprouts can be stir-fried, sautéed, baked, steamed, roasted, added to soups and salads, or just enjoyed fresh.
Whole grains including whole-wheat breads, brown rice, bran and oatmeal are high in fiber. But, many prepared foods such as muffins, bagels, pasta, cookies and snacks are made with refined flour and sugar that upsets your microbial balance. Carefully read labels. Whole wheat, whole-wheat flour or another whole grain should be the first ingredient. Look for the Whole Grains stamp which indicates that a product contains at least 8 grams per serving or is made from 100% whole grains (at least 16 grams per serving). Alternatively, if you're thinking about going gluten-free, first take a look at this article to understand the pros and cons from a health perspective, and whether this is the right dietary choice for you.
Dehydration is a common cause of digestive problems such as cramping and constipation. Some beverages like coffee and alcohol act as diuretics, further depleting the body of fluids. Aim to drink 6-8 glass of filtered water each day to support appropriate levels of digestive secretions and lubricate your intestines to keep them functioning properly.
Once thought a healthier, miracle alternative to sugar, recent studies show that artificial sweeteners can seriously impact your microbiome, resulting in digestive upset and metabolic disorder. In addition, using artificial sweeteners actually results in higher blood sugar levels than using regular sugar. Rather than reaching for table sugar instead of Sweet 'N Low, we advocate shifting your diet away from sweet, sugary foods. If you're thirsty, opt for a glass of sparkling water and liven up with lemon, cucumber or mint. And when it must be used, try just a sprinkle of sugar or a teaspoon of honey to sweeten your foods and beverages. This will help guide you away from an over reliance on sweetness, and widen your palate with an appreciation for food's natural flavors.
Exercise benefits your digestive system by strengthening and toning the muscle walls of your colon. Aerobic exercises like running stimulate the digestive tract by increasing blood flow, resulting in stronger intestinal contractions and more digestive enzymes. Staying physically active also increases the bacterial diversity of your microbiome to further support healthy digestion. Whether you join a gym, go jogging with a friend, or engage in activities like hiking and swimming, finding more ways to get moving is beneficial for both your gut and your overall health.
Antibiotics are routinely prescribed after surgery to prevent infection. They are also prescribed for a number of health conditions like acne, bacterial infections, certain fungal infections and certain kinds of parasites. Unfortunately, antibiotics kill both good and bad bacteria, resulting in antibiotic-associated diarrhea, and in women higher risk of yeast infections. Supplementing with a probiotic like GI Balance Probiotic helps to repopulate your microbiome with beneficial bacteria, bringing balance to the microflora and reducing symptoms.
Before taking a medication, be sure to read prescription information. Some medications such as narcotics cause constipation while others like antibiotics and some high blood pressure drugs cause diarrhea. Regular use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or NSAIDs (e.g. Advil, Motrin) increases the risk of developing ulcers and other digestive problems. While laxatives are useful in treating a bout of constipation, you shouldn't rely on them. Long-term laxative use can actually make you more prone to constipation. For a natural, milder laxative option, try LeanBiotics Cleanse formulated with cascara sagrada and detoxifying herbs to support healthy digestive function.
The bottom line is improving your digestive health comes down to creating habits that are kind to your gut. For example, high fat meals slow digestion and can lead to heartburn, bloating and constipation (see our article on GERD here). Choose instead low-fat protein sources, replace saturated fats with poly or monounsaturated fats and opt for low-fat or non-fat dairy products that are easier on your system.
Avoid large meals before bedtime. If you eat a large meal right before you hit the sack, you're more likely to experience reflux or heartburn. As an alternative, eat smaller meals more frequently and give your body time to digest food before hitting the sack.
Take peppermint or ginger after meals to help soothe your GI tract. Peppermint not only freshens your breath but helps to eliminate gas, and the menthol in peppermint is believed to have antispasmodic effects. Ginger, candied, pickled or as a supplement, is also a carminative and helps to naturally relieve gas.
Try to limit use of alcohol and tobacco. Tobacco exposure has been linked to many conditions including heartburn, indigestion and cancer of the esophagus, pancreas and colon. Drinking in moderation has some health promoting benefits, but too much alcohol can irritate the stomach lining and relax a valve that prevents stomach acid from backing up into your esophagus.
Stress can wreck havoc on your digestive system. An increase in perceived or actual stress causes us to release more gastric juices which can lead to gastric upset, and in more extreme cases, to ulcers. Learn to manage stress in your life by taking time to relax and unwind. Remember that we fall back on our habits – both good and bad – during times of stress, so the sooner you start making changes the sooner you'll start feeling better.


DogFest is the UK's Ultimate Summer Festival for Dogs.
Try your paw at a variety of have-a-go activities, watch back-to-back arena displays, shop the latest goodies and learn something new, whether it's about your dog's health or a new trick!
Children under 6 go free!


Despite earlier in the week price increases on global supply concerns (Iran), and Hurricane Michael making landfall in the Florida Pan handle in the afternoon, Wednesday saw oil prices slump 2% on intraday trading.
Despite the fact that both of those variables usually push prices up, the catastrophic day for the US markets Wednesday overall pulled energy prices down with the ship, so to speak. The Dow Jones was down over 800 points yesterday, seemingly for no clear reason. (Currently, as of writing, the Dow is down slightly today, while the Nasdaq is up slightly).
Hurricane Michael is currently tracking through the Carolina's on its way back out to sea and has been downgraded to a tropical storm, which minimizes further supply interruption concerns.
The energy markets today are again trending downward, as of 12:30 diesel was down over 4 and gas was down over 6.
The EIA report this morning showed builds on Crude higher than analysts expected, with inventories up 5.98 million barrels. (projections were a 2 million barrel build). Both gasoline and distillates showed builds as well (951K barrels and 42K barrels, respectively) when projections showed both would be draws.
Presumably that looks good for continuing downward price pressure on refined products, but you never know.
At the close yesterday, ULSD settled at 2.3949 (-.0289), RBOB at 2.0204 (-.0570) and Crude closed at $73.17. Today, as mentioned, we are trending down as well so we look to hold steady below the $2 & $75 benchmarks for the week.


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News > Spokane
McMorris Rodgers sets sights on House leadership, praises Trump's call for unity
Wed., Nov. 9, 2016
Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers chats with a shy Ginger Allbee,6, before McMorris Rodgers took to the stage to thank the gathering at the Davenport Hotel for her support, Nov. 8, 2016. (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)
By Kip Hill kiph@spokesman.com(509) 459-5429
Following her comfortable victory among Eastern Washington voters to retain a seat in Congress, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers said she hopes to remain in the House Republican leadership.
McMorris Rodgers is again seeking appointment from her peers as chairwoman of the House Republican Conference, a position she's held since 2013. The fourth-ranking GOP member said Wednesday she was pleased by the promise of President-elect Donald Trump to "bind the wounds of division" in America, and in her first pitch to Republican lawmakers to remain conference chair, the congresswoman promised to "reinvent government."
"I was encouraged to hear his call for unity," said McMorris Rodgers of Trump. The congresswoman maintained a tepid alliance with the GOP nominee throughout the campaign, a relationship that became a focal point for Joe Pakootas, her Democratic opponent, in the final weeks of the election.
McMorris Rodgers won all the counties in her district, though her share of the vote totals fell in Spokane and Whitman counties compared to two years ago.
The northern counties of Stevens, Ferry and Pend Oreille all cast a greater share of ballots for McMorris Rodgers than two years ago, and the congresswoman was elected to her sixth term easily with 58 percent of ballots cast. That's down slightly from her 60 percent share in her first contest with Pakootas.
If she's chosen again to lead the House Republican Conference, McMorris Rodgers will serve a third term in that capacity, making her the longest-tenured conference chair since New York Rep. Jack French held the role from 1981 to 1989. The chair is tasked with setting legislative priorities for the party and facilitating the election of party leaders. In recent years, it's been a springboard for even more prominent roles in the GOP; past conference chairmen include former Vice President Dick Cheney, former Speaker of the House John Boehner and current Vice President-elect Mike Pence.
McMorris Rodgers would not talk specifics on the status of party leadership in the House of Representatives. Paul Ryan has said he'll once again seek the speaker role, despite his unwillingness to campaign for Trump and an ensuing war of words with the president-elect. Ryan praised Trump's win Wednesday as an "incredible political feat."
"We're just starting to have those conversations," McMorris Rodgers said of the future of House leadership.
The congresswoman mimicked the promises of several other Republican lawmakers Wednesday on the future of health care, promising to work quickly to revise or get rid of provisions of the Affordable Care Act, a constant target for GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill. In debates with Pakootas, McMorris Rodgers said she supported some provisions of the law, including coverage for pre-existing conditions and allowing children to remain on their parents' health care plan until they're 26.
"I think we will take action quickly," McMorris Rodgers said. "I think it's important that we lead on reforms that are going to ensure that people have access to quality and affordable health care."
Published: Nov. 9, 2016, 2:57 p.m.
Tags: 2016 washington election, capitol hill, cathy mcmorris rodgers, congress, donald trump, joe pakootas, paul ryan, republicans
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I handcraft this Police Law Enforcement Heroes fabric lampshade using a 8" round clip-on style attachment that will fit any standard lightbulb. It measures 8" across, and is usually done in a height of 7 inches. I can adjust the height based on your custom requests. It is finished with a matching twill bias tape fabric that finishes the edges and makes the shade even more beautiful! The fabric is mounted on heat-resistant styrene so you can use 60 to 100 watt bulbs. Clean up is very easy - just use a lint roller or clean, damp cloth.