Wills, trusts, powers-of-attorney, all make life easier for caregivers when settling an estate. But that doesn't mean it's a quick and simple process. One executor of an estate recently shared her experience. When asked, "Briefly, what did being an executor entail?" her response was, "Briefly? That's tough to do!" Think of it. You will be handling a wealth of details associated with your loved one's life, down to canceling magazine subscriptions. She went on to share some of what she learned through handling this arduous process.
In Part 1 we'll share the resources needed to execute the estate.
A lawyer will help you execute the will. This lawyer should be someone other than the lawyer who drafted the will. It is considered a conflict of interest for the lawyer who drafted the document to also execute it.
Important reminder: Be sure to sign a retainer agreement, and before signing, find out what the fees are and what the lawyer will handle for you. She had to file a grievance against the first lawyer she hired because, after getting paid, he did little with respect to the estate.
An accountant will help you sort out various tax forms and associated paperwork.
You will need this for selling, redeeming, or transferring securities (investments such as stocks, bonds, or mutual funds). The medallion signature is a special document provided by a financial institution that guarantees a signature is genuine and that the financial institution accepts liability for any forgery. Getting this document can be tricky because the financial institution is assuming liability. She had to open a separate bank account just to get the medallion stamp. Then she closed it later.
It will help to have copies of the death certificate handy for closing accounts. Keep in mind, however, that some companies might still give you the run around.
Sure, you can handle the sale of the property on your own. [For Sale by Owner] But you will save yourself a lot of time and headache by hiring a real estate agent to handle the listing, showings, and paperwork (especially if you are out of town).
How do you find a good, reliable, honest real estate agent in a town where you don't live? While referrals are always best, you may need to search the web. If so, check reviews thoroughly. You may even check the Better Business Bureau for any complaints against a company you are considering.
An organizer can help with a variety of things: organize garage sales, prepare the house for sale, and handle movers. There are companies, like the Betty Brigade, who do this professionally. This can lift a lot off your shoulders because they will be familiar with all the details that need to be addressed.
There are companies that specialize in estate sales, which is more extensive than a garage sale and takes place in the house. They will stage, price, and sell valuables from the home. Why use them? They can get you the best price for your items. And they will save you time and heartache. Your real estate agent may have a referral.
Beyond the above resources, you may also need to hire other professionals, including those you may hire to make upgrades to the house before you sell it, like new flooring (carpet, wood floors, etc.), painters, cleaners, outdoor maintenance.
Be sure to keep track of all expenses (keep receipts) associated with handling the estate, from the services you hire, to any hotel stays and travel, if you are traveling out of town. You'll need the receipts to charge the expenses to the estate, but also to help avoid suspicion of family members. The better you document the expenses and keep family members informed, the less likely you are to have conflicts through the process.
In Part 2, we will talk about handling family dynamics. But in the meantime, go back and make sure that you and your loved have written a will and have established a trust for the applicable assets. That is, if you want to make life easier later.


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Navigating Divorce
Playing With Death
We don't have a good way of explaining death to children in our culture anymore. We don't talk about death. We try to pretend that it never happens. Until it does.
I work with small children, some of whom come to me with tremendous anxiety. This shows up in school refusal, in hoarding, in OCD-like rituals, in encopresis, in tantrums at the slightest frustration. No matter what the symptoms, when I see a six-year-old with an intact and healthy family who is nevertheless climbing the walls with anxiety, I ask about death. Parents often are surprised by my question. They'll answer that, yes, grandma and a pet have just died and a good friend has moved away, but surely those things couldn't be causing tantrums about broccoli. I have to answer that, actually, yes, they could.
Let me see if I can explain how children think about death. It's not logical, so it's difficult for our adult minds to grasp. Let's start at the beginning. Our first lessons around the nature of reality have to do with the solidity of matter. We play peek-a-boo with great delight and eventually come to know that objects are permanent. They don't just disappear when they're covered with a cloth or you've lost them in your closet. This is a hard lesson to learn, and many children don't get completely grounded in it. There is some wiggle room. Maybe some things do disappear magically. Adults seem to believe in leprechauns, for instance, but you hardly ever see them. Santa Claus is invisible, too, but he brings very solid presents.
By the time a child is six, he's usually figured out that the Tooth Fairy is not REAL in the way that his teacher is real. Many children will disdainfully tell you that it's REALLY mom or dad who puts the quarter under their pillow. Our little ungrounded children, though, still believe in all things magical…and they are often terrified. For every princess in our stories there is an evil queen, for every Santa Claus there is a smarmy "elf on the shelf" who spies on us and reports our every mistake.
This is scary enough, but now, Grandma dies. She was alive and giving you cookies one day, and the next she's just…gone. Apparently, she has been buried under the ground and no one is going to dig her back up so she can breathe. Apparently, she is going to turn magically into a skeleton, with bones that can fall apart. She was real like a teacher, and now she's gone like a leprechaun. Does this mean that teachers can also disappear suddenly and irrevocably? Does it mean mothers can disappear? Could I disappear…or maybe a piece of me?
"I see you!"
Play therapy with these children starts with a lot of peek-a-boo. There's usually some kind of treasure that gets buried or locked in an airtight vault with seriously huge numbers of plastic soldiers set up to guard it. Parents can encourage and leave time for this kind of play at home, too. Gradually, with lots of practice of seeing the treasure unearthed and whole, they can start to appreciate that most things do stay permanent and often the symptoms of anxiety go away. The question remains, though…what about Grandma?
Since American adults don't want to think about death, and since when these questions come up we ourselves are grieving, we often fail miserably at helping children to understand death. I've given this a lot of thought, and I still don't have a perfect answer. What has helped my small clients, though, has been a practical, concrete journey through the life cycle.
A garden is a great place to learn about death, actually. Kindergarteners all know about planting seeds. The other side of the life cycle is just as important. A seed is a baby plant. It grows and produces a lovely flower. And then the flower dies. A good gardener prunes the dead flower and puts it in the compost heap so that it will decompose and become food for the seeds we'll plant in the spring. Everything on earth has a cycle. People, too. This is the way that living objects are permanent. The life cycle is not magical. It's logical and predictable. Even snails and fungus are predictable. They lead to a shortening of the life cycle for an individual plant, which is sad, but not sudden, magical, and scary.
You can't just tell a young child about the garden, though. They have to experience it. I have an inkling that this is why I'm seeing so many six-year-olds with extreme anxiety. They have not spent enough time playing peek-a-boo. They haven't planted seeds and trimmed the deadheads from the rose bushes. Instead, they spend their time watching movies about stepmothers who poison their children, or playing video games where the characters die but come alive again.
Recently, a child came into my practice who didn't seem to fit my theory. He was highly anxious, but no recent death, in fact no deaths at all in his experience. One day, though, he made a "guy" in the moonsand. The play hammer was nearby. He told me solemnly that the guy didn't even know the hammer was there. Without warning, the hammer leapt to life and smashed the guy to bits, leaving only a shard of sand, which became a headstone. I asked him if he had ever known someone this had happened to, and he said, "my father's father." Ah. So, he had heard that this grandfather he had never known had died suddenly. And what he was left with in his immature understanding was that fathers can die. Magically. Without warning.
Grownups can be "ungrounded" by death, too. Can you see that this child's dad, in his inability to deal his own father's death or talk about it with his son, had contributed to the mystery, fear, and magic in his child's imagination? Fortunately, this father had the courage to throw open the curtain he had drawn around his father, to bring to light the unfinished business he had there, and eventually to talk with his son his own life cycle, his intention to live a very long time, and his acceptance that when he did come to his own end, he would not be afraid. "Dying is," he told his son, "like falling asleep, with the earth as your blanket. We can't help but be sad when someone dies, but we don't have to be afraid." Nicely put. This is why we're given children, I think. They help us to face our own fears…and to grow while we're living.
BETH PROUDFOOT, LMFT, is a collaborative divorce communications coach and child specialist in San Jose, CA. Permission is granted to reproduce this article in it's entirety, with attribution.
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A moment of optimism
By	Leslie Susser	 September 11, 2006 9:00 am
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, left, talks with U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan Aug. 30 in Ramallah. (Pool/BPH Images)
JERUSALEM, Sept. 11 (JTA) — Major obstacles still remain, but a flurry of diplomatic activity in Israel and the Palestinian territories may have broken a long deadlock in Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking. Ever since Hamas came to power in the Palestinian Authority last January, there has been virtually no official contact with Israel. Now, after recent visits to Israel and the Palestinian territories by British Prime Minister Tony Blair and the foreign ministers of Italy, Germany, Spain and Russia, Israeli officials say they're cautiously optimistic about chances for renewing the peace process. "We are encouraged by significant changes taking place on the Palestinian side, the international community's readiness to invest diplomatic capital and the urgency moderate Arab countries attach to the need for immediate dialogue," a senior Israeli official told JTA. But there's a downside: The officials acknowledge that Syria and some Palestinians are trying to play a spoiler role and could torpedo any new initiative. The spur for the European and Russian diplomacy was the Lebanon war: It highlighted the divide in the Muslim world between radicals determined to confront the West and moderates seeking a common future with America and its allies. The Europeans believe an Israeli-Palestinian accommodation will boost the moderates and take much of the sting out of radical complaints against the West. "People everywhere now see this global movement of extremism, they see Iran putting itself at the head of it, and there is a huge strategic interest that includes America, Europe, Israel and moderate Arab and Muslim countries that want a modern future. There is a huge strategic interest in making sure that extremism doesn't succeed," Blair told Ha'aretz, implying that an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal would be a major gain for the West in this key strategic battle.	In the Israeli view, however, for a peace process to have any chance of gaining momentum, the Palestinians must accept the international community's three conditions for dialogue: Recognition of Israel, acceptance of previous Israeli-Palestinian agreements and renunciation of violence. They also would have to release Cpl. Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier kidnapped near the border with Gaza in late June. In the past, the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority was reluctant to meet any of these demands. Now Israeli officials say Hamas is feeling the effects of months of international isolation and — in the face of widespread strikes and mounting discontent on the Palestinian street — is reconsidering its strategy. Indeed, recent Palestinian polls show the secular Fatah movement, which lost the January election to Hamas, now leading it by a margin of almost 2 to 1. Israeli officials are impressed by the way P.A. President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah seems to be doing all he can to get peace talks restarted. "Abbas is doing all the right things," the Israeli official told JTA. "He is working for Gilad Shalit's release and trying to form a national unity government that would accept the international community's conditions." On Monday, Abbas achieved an ostensible breakthrough, reaching agreement with P.A. Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas to set up a national unity government in which Fatah and Hamas would share power. But will this government comply with the international community's conditions? Initial reports suggested that its policy would be based on a document hammered out in May between Fatah and Hamas prisoners in Israeli jails, and the Saudi plan of February 2002 for Mideast peace, both of which imply recognition of Israel. But this might not be enough for the Israelis, who likely will continue to insist on explicit acceptance of the three conditions. Indeed, some Israeli pundits argue that the national unity government is simply a ploy to get the international community to release frozen funds without Hamas really recognizing Israel, renouncing violence or accepting previous agreements. But Israeli officials are reserving judgment and waiting to see whether Abbas manages to get Hamas to accept the three conditions. "If he succeeds, we will be able to restart the peace process, the international community could free frozen funds earmarked for the Palestinian Authority and we would make reciprocal gestures," the official said. Another reason for Israeli optimism is the positive role Egypt and Jordan are playing. Both Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Jordan's King Abdullah say they see renewal of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process as a top priority and are working behind the scenes to get things moving. The two leaders met in Amman on Sunday to coordinate their moves. But progress will not be easy, as Syria and some of the radical Palestinian groups try to undermine Abbas and the moderates. In talks with his European visitors, Abbas claimed that he had succeeded a few weeks ago in putting together a deal that included the formation of a national unity government and Shalit's release, only for it to be torpedoed by Damascus. Moreover, according to Israel's Military Intelligence chief, Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin, radical Palestinian groups are trying to copy Hezbollah's Lebanon model in Gaza and the West Bank rather than achieve an accommodation with Israel. The problem is that the great divide in the Muslim world between moderates and radicals is reflected in Palestinian society and its political leadership. Where Abbas and Fatah may be on the side of the forces of modernization, Hamas is very much with the anti-Western radicals. The formation of a national unity government combining the two does not necessarily mean a pro-Western or pro-peace stance. The Israeli official summed up the dilemma. "Favorable international and regional conditions for a renewal of the peace process have been created, but despite the intense diplomatic flurry, the ball is still in the Palestinian court," he said. "Ultimately, they will have to choose between terror and peacemaking."


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Your business is a direct reflection on you. Problems in the business are problems in you. Staff imitate you.
What excites you excites them. What disinterest you disinterest them. Your interpretation of balance is their interpretation of balance.
Here is the longer version of this strategy . . . "What is the problem within you that is causing the problem in the business?" Address the problem in your own life and the problem will disappear in the business. Once you have it mastered your own problem, the business problem will disappear permanently (which is unlike with any other externally imposed solution).


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Social posts – 3 daily x 30 days (try to pre-schedule this, so you're doing it once a week.
This all takes for granted you're going to step in and make it your own, change the name, add a membership logo. That's great but you don't have to. That can all come later. The main thing is getting it out there and it's ready to go as is. In that case, you can skip all the customization and logo stuff and focus on the marketing words.
If there's one thing you SHOULD do yourself, it's to speak to your customers and to tell your story. Take the time to learn their biggest needs. Take the time to explain how you can help. Take the time to create a visualization for them of how things can be after they've joined your membership and done the work. You'll be glad you did.
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Participation in sport is beneficial in reducing the number and severity of the rising number of chronic conditions in the Australian population, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, depression, anxiety and certain types of cancer. However, the risk of injury may impact participation in sports perceived to have high injury rates or consequences.
Australia does not have a national sport injury data collection that incorporates community sport. Without good quality data, it is difficult to understand the positive impacts of sports participation in the context of the risks associated with injury. Furthermore, this makes it difficult to understand the true risks of participation in community sport, or the effectiveness of injury prevention policies and programs.
In 2019–20, 52,300 people were hospitalised for sports injuries, with men twice as likely to be hospitalised as women (Hospitalised sports injury in Australia, 2019-20). However, national data on non-hospitalised sports injuries are not readily available from emergency departments, general practitioner clinics, sports medicine centres, or allied health practitioners such as physiotherapists.
Hospitalised sport injuries represent only a small proportion of all sport injuries. The 2004-05 National Health Survey estimated that less than 10% of persons with a sporting activity injury attended a hospital which includes Emergency Department visits. The 2005 NSW Population Health Survey estimated that less than 3% of organised sport injuries in persons aged 16 and over had a hospital admission.
Previous government initiatives have identified a need for:
more data on injuries, including less severe injuries and the causes of injury
a lead agency to collaborate with health and sports sectors to collect data
infrastructure support and training.
The AIHW has met stakeholders across health, government, industry, sporting and insurance sectors and conducted a stakeholder survey.
A number of themes emerged from these consultations, including:
recognition of the benefits of existing mandatory sports injury reporting systems
broad support for a national sports injury data asset
limited data collection resources with many sporting organisations reluctant to place additional demands on the time of their mostly volunteer workforce
a belief that a national data asset should:
be managed independently of the sport
be enduring
be tailored to the targeted population and sport (where possible)
incorporate easy to use tools for community reporting
be accessible on a mobile phone (to allow it to be used at sports facilities)
be of value to users themselves
be championed and promoted to encourage injury reporting.
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Q: Drop rows with no values after checking all columns in Pandas Python I have a dataframe like below.
I would like to check all columns and delete rows if no values.

A: You can check with dropna
df = df.dropna(how = 'all')

A: df.dropna()

Check the Pandas Docs here for more info

A: Use the dropna() function for your dataframe.
df.dropna(axis=0, how="all")

axis=0 performs deletion on rows
how="all" deletes the rows if all the columns for that row are empty. Use " any" if you want the row to be deleted in case of any missing column. You can also use the thresh=<int> parameter to delete the row if the number of missing values exceeds the threshold.

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This quiz will be about songs that have the word "rain" in the title. Sounds easy. right? Well, it is easy. I have done my part and now it is up to you to take the next step. Good luck and start quizzing!
U.S. #1 Hits from A to Z - The Letter "O"
All of the following songs were all #1 U.S. hits that start with the letter "O". Sounds easy enough, right? Let's just hope that I can pull this off for most of the alphabet. I am hoping that I can get at least 20 out of the possible 26 letters. I have done my part and now it's up to you to take the next step. Good luck and start quizzing!
Enjoy some of the most popular songs whose titles contain the word 'black'.
This quiz is about one of my childhood favorites. Everyone's favorite singing rodents! Alvin and The Chipmunks!
This is a quiz dedicated to some of the oldie songs and the artists and groups that made them famous. See if you can get all 10 and be a ringmaster. Have fun!
In this quiz we'll focus only on musical groups that take their name from movies.
I have done "Singers Who Died in Their 20's and 30's", so I figured why not push the envelope just a little further? Will there be a "Singers Who Died in Their 50's?" I doubt it very much. This quiz will be about singers who died in their 40's or should I say, way before their time should have come? This was very tricky to make and isn't as easy as it seems, especially when you have to think of the singers off the top of your head, which is exactly what I did in this situation. Are you ready for the task at hand? Do you think that you will ace this quiz? Good. So without further adieu, I give you "Singers Who Died in Their 40's". Step up to the microphone and start quizzing. Good luck!


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Pasteur - AMIA is a station on Line B of the Buenos Aires Underground. It was opened on 17 October 1930 as part of the inaugural section of the line between Federico Lacroze and Callao.

It is located in the Balvanera barrio, at the intersection of Avenida Corrientes and Calle Pasteur, and named after the latter. In 2015, murals and monuments commemorating the 1994 AMIA bombing (which took place nearby) were set up in the station, while proposals were put forward to change the name of the station to Pasteur - AMIA. This was approved in July 2015, and the station was renamed.

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George Swan Fowler (9 March 1839 – 1 October 1896) was a South Australian politician and a Treasurer of South Australia.

Fowler was born in Kilrenny, Fife, Scotland, son of James Fowler (ca.1794 – 9 December 1872), who kept a general store in Anstruther, and here George learned the fundamentals of business. His older brothers James and David emigrated to South Australia (in 1853 and 1854 respectively) and had founded the highly successful grocery business of D. & J. Fowler in Rundle Street, Adelaide when in 1859 James died. George emigrated shortly after, arriving in Adelaide in July 1860 and was accepted as partner in the firm, which retained the name of  D. & J. Fowler. By 1865 business had grown to such an extent that they decided to confine themselves to the wholesale trade and opened a branch office in London and a head office in King William Street, Adelaide, of which George had control. His brother David died in England on 11 November 1881 aged 55, leaving George as the senior partner.

Fowler was elected, with John Cox Bray, to the seat of East Adelaide in the South Australian House of Assembly on 2 April 1878, and was re-elected in April 1881 but resigned on 7 June 1881, the day he was sworn in, and was succeeded by Thomas Johnson. He served as treasurer from 10 March 1881 to 10 May 1881 in William Morgan's ministry. Moderate on most subjects, he was a staunch advocate of free trade, opposing protective duties and unbalanced electorates. He castigated the raising of government loans without close study of movements in the London money market. In 1884 he failed to win re-election because of his temperance views (he was a teetotaller). He ran for election at the 1892 East Adelaide by-election but was defeated by John McPherson.

For a time, Fowler and fellow Scotsman William Murray, invested in a pastoral property, "Pandurra", west of Port Augusta. Fowler was active in the Sunday school movement; he served as deacon and treasurer and helped to form the Baptist Association and the aged ministers' fund. As president of the Baptist Union he aimed at dissolving church debts and started a building fund and a mission in India. He substantially funded the construction of the Glen Osmond Baptist Church and the reading room of the Glen Osmond Institute. Fowler died at his home "Wooton Lea" in Glen Osmond, South Australia on 1 October 1896; he was survived by his wife, two sons and two daughters, and left an estate valued at £80,000.

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George Swan Fowler married Janet "Catherine" Lamb (ca.1839 – 7 April 1922) on 1 June 1864. Among their children were
James Richard Fowler, M.A. (Oxford) (25 May 1865 – 17 December 1939)  He married Esther Tinline Murray of Glen Osmond on 17 November 1892. Esther was a daughter of noted gardener William Murray.
Marion Anderson Fowler ( – 5 August 1947) married Ernest Allnutt on 5 October 1893
Laura Margaret Fowler M.B., Ch.B. (3 May 1868 – September 1952) married Charles (Henry) Standish Hope B.A., M.D., Ch.B. on 4 July 1893. Laura, later to become a noted missionary in India, was in 1893 the first female to graduate in medicine and surgery from the University of Adelaide.
David Fowler (9 April 1870 – 12 May 1932) was head of David Fowler, Ltd. of Durban, South Africa.

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Erasmus University Thesis Repository: Implementing Clause 12 of the Right to Education Act 2009 in Udaipur District of Rajasthan, India: Letting Disadvantaged Children Down?
Implementing Clause 12 of the Right to Education Act 2009 in Udaipur District of Rajasthan, India: Letting Disadvantaged Children Down?
The Implementation of Clause 12 of The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009 (RtE) in Udaipur District of Rajasthan, India Clause 12 makes it obligatory for private schools to provide 25% free admission to children from disadvantaged and weaker sections of society in class 1st to 8th. The government will reimburse the expenses in this regard to private school on the basis of per per-child-expenditure in public school. I have analysed through two different theories; one using principles of rights- based approach; availability, accessibility, adoptability and acceptability to identify the gaps between policy and practices and the other using street-level bureaucracies theory to explain the implementation of the Clause. Clause 12 aimed to bridge the inequality in society while providing opportunities to disadvantaged children to get quality education which was hitherto accessible only to the economically privileged strata of society. As a result of improper implementation, unclear provisions of RtE among government authorities, lack of awareness among target community and existing Caste discrimination it has not succeeded in achieving its aim. Specifically, the findings show that private schools have devised varied methods to officially follow the clause 12 and while unofficially getting around their obligation to provide admission to the disadvantaged children. In rural areas, low budget schools tried to make illegitimate profit while charging fee from parents and also claiming from government, whereas some urban high budget schools segregate these children from upper strata children. Theory of street-level used for analyse the discretion use by bureaucrats which shaped by surrounding social, political and organisational environment where they work.


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I have very light brown hair, long and wavy. I want to add some dramatic colour highlights. I used to add pink but my hair�s a lot lighter now than it used to be almost blonde in places so I don�t know if pink would work so well or if I should ask for another colour but I don�t want something dull. I want to really spice my hair up. What would you suggest?
Colour advice it is very hard to explain without actually seeing the overall hair colour. I suggest you seek a professional hair stylist in a salon to get the best out of your hair colour.
My natural hair colour is dark blonde, both hair and skin tone is cool. I would rather have kept my own colour, but have too many grey hairs now. When I colour my hair at the salon, carefully explaining it has to be cool, the coolest they�ve got, it still turns out either slightly red or yellow/golden...When I ask, both hairdressers I�ve tried tells me that it is nearly impossible to avoid that. That sounds strange to me, as I�m sure I�ve seen lots of people with cool hair colours that look like they should...They also tell me that cool highlights are completely impossible, like it can absolutely not be done. Is this true, or should a good hairdresser be able to do these things? Your opinion would be much appreciated.
In my professional opinion any good respectable hair salon should be able to help with this matter, look out for salons that specialise in colour.
Should I or should I not get highlights and what color would you recommend because I have had the same hair style, hair colour for about 3 years and I am getting tired of it, I have kind of dark brown eyes, I don�t really know what my skin color is in my Mac studio fix I use an NC 42? And I think I have a beige olive skin tone? I�m not really sure I have long hair, cut in to a v shape with a face from kind of razor cut layers, with kind of side swept long bangs? I have dark brown hair but not completely dark?
Firstly I would strongly recommend that you book a colour consultation at your hairdressers so they can look at your hair type and skin tone. From your photos that you sent I would be careful not to go too light as you have quite dark hair and the contrast maybe a little to obvious. Perhaps you should consider some warmer tones put through your hair such as deep reds/plum colours or maybe some very warm sandy blondes could work really well.


It may not go over well with someone you've never kissed before. There will be plenty more opportunities even if it doesn't seem like it right now. Not just does this communicate that you have deep feelings for this person, it tempts him or her to come closer to hear you. Try to plant the kiss unequivocally in the middle of the cheek so that it is not veering for romantic regions, for example, the ear or mouth. A wrong kiss may frighten off the girls and a good kiss unquestionably keeps going your relationship forever. You are not a Rottweiler pup or a 2-year-old child, so this should go without saying: No biting! Try to move slowly and lightly at first, increasing speed and pressure only if your partner seems to respond well.
Stop The Conversation to Kiss on Lips Stop the conversation. You could, at this moment, gently stroke her face or move to kissing her neck, cheek, or ear — all of which are easier to breathe during. Don't bombard your date with mouth-to-mouth as they go to take a sip of their martini unless they are choking on an olive pit. That said, don't shut your eyes too soon. Once you've lip locked long enough, insert the tongue and wipe it softly against theirs.
But in terms of how long you need to have been dating. It will give your partner the idea that you see her or him complete personality, and not something for kissing. Actually, it can build intimacy through having a shared experience. Keep your mind from drifting off into your to-do list. Whisper in His Ear Slowly move his head to the side and whisper something sweet, or maybe even dirty, whatever your thing is, in his ear. Remember that you're aiming to nibble, not bite. Then it was over, punctuated with a little smack of suction as we parted.
Come Closer to Kiss on Lips Since the likelihood of a goodbye kiss always draws and expecting its your desire. Go near to your girlfriend you need to kiss. Avoid gum, which you may need to spit out awkwardly if the other person goes in for a kiss. The key thing to remember here is that a little goes a long way. Just a slight tilt will do — most of the time you should tilt to the right, but you should still make sure they're going the opposite way! This could be an Interesting New Experience and I read an article on it and everything! Our first kiss had been, to a boy on a first date, a small miracle.
What are the actual mechanics of kissing?
She was the ultimate challenge. Also, why was Bryan licking the roof of her mouth? I've never initiated a first kiss, and I'm 28. As you walk your date to the auto, the entryway, and so on. Go to place where she will feel comfortable to kiss your girlfriend. You can end the kissing session by pulling back slowly, and opening your eyes to reach, and grinning.
Also because closing your eyes will help take you out of your head and allow you to lose yourself in the smooching. Assuming that you picked the latter, enjoy every moment of your kiss and immerse yourself into the whole experience. Save this move for someone you feel pretty close to. If your partner seems responsive, you can move forward to. The truth is that any way of kissing is just fine, so long as you and your collaborator in this endeavor are enjoying yourselves. Not everybody loves a side of teeth with their kisses. If your mouth feels a bit stale, use mints or spray to freshen up.
Crush takes eyes off video game and sets them on you. On the other hand would she say she is maintaining a strategic distance from you and getting back? Try to avoid letting your lips smack. One time I had a guy go from kissing me to his hand down my pants in record time and I'd never, ever told him I had any interest in that. For example, you could gently place one of their hands on the small of your back, your arm, your waist, or even your thigh. After writing , , , and , we are now writing the ways to kiss your girlfriend romantically for the first time. Save this move for someone you feel pretty close to. Saddest is the kiss at the very end of a relationship on the cheek.
Go slowly so you can gauge their reaction. Not everyone likes a side of teeth with their kisses. And also partly being jealous because I dated a guy for a year and we never got past the intro kiss. So, in effect, you have their lower lip between yours and they have your upper lip between theirs. The Golden Rule applies here: Kiss unto others as you would have them kiss unto you.
Are they pulling you closer and returning your kisses? Otherwise, keep the training wheels on for a while, lest you scare her. Pay thoughtfulness regarding how your date responds and also think about moves, you made while kissing. If you're not sure which one they're into, do not sink your teeth into their lips like you're eating steak. Now Kiss: Now after these means minute has come to plant a kiss on her lips. Draw near to her and tenderly kiss her lips.
When you take things up a notch, do they respond by doing the same? She feels trapped, wondering if you've fallen asleep or encountered lock jaw. Keep them softly parted, less that you could breathe agreeably through the opening, however, enough that you could bite your lowest part lip effectively. Let the tension of the moment build a little. Again, gently, and with moderation. Keep it Straight Forward to Kiss Keep it straightforward.


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We are pleased to announce that we will be showing selections from 'The Non-Conformists' at Paris Photo this year. We hope you can join us and see this fantastic work in person! Not going to be in Paris? Visit TIME LightBox to view some a slideshow of selected works from this series. To purchase a copy of The Non-Conformists, click here.
A few years later, in 1982, Parr made the switch from monochrome and never went back. To the many fans who have come to know his work over the last three decades in color, it may come as a surprise encountering Parr's first major project in black-and-white. The Non-Conformists finally finds closure over 35 years after it was started with the publication this month of his latest monograph from Aperture.
It was 1975, and two years out of art school, Parr moved from the gritty, bustling city of Manchester to a picturesque mill town in the English countryside called Hebden Bridge. There, he found a traditional way of life in decline. Factories were closing, industry was leaving and the town was gentrifying. A new community was emerging made up of "incomers — youthful artistic refugees… in search of alternative lifestyles and cheap housing," Parr's wife Susie writes in her introduction to the book.
With four other artists, he opened up a storefront workshop and darkroom in the middle of town. Equipped with a Leica and a single lens, he took to the streets and began one of his earliest extended photographic studies.
He would wander around, attend events listed in the local paper, and on Sundays, go to services at the Non-Conformist churches which were all over town. In these chapels, which had historically distanced themselves from the rules of the Church of England, he and his wife, who had been working on an accompanying text for his pictures, found the focus for the body of work.
"There's a certain independent spirit these Non-Conformists have, which not only gave the chapels their names," — like the Mount Zion Strict and Particular Baptist Chapel — "but was also very emblematic of the fading attitude of the whole place," he says.
Parr's photographs in which he aimed to capture that attitude reveal a greatly skilled young documentary photographer with a keen eye for British quirk, anticipating the tremendously poignant sense of humor for which he has become known. There is great wit in these images, but it's more subtle and less sardonic than his later saturated color work; it seems above all, affectionate.


Starting your projects in the right way makes it so much easier to manage your work and your team. While it's tempting to dive straight in and get on with your tasks, it pays to take a bit of time at the beginning to plan out your work and check that you've got everything you need.
Set your projects up for success with this easy-to-use checklist. Work through the list and make sure you can say 'yes' to each item: then you'll know you can start work confidently. A breakdown of each of the sections follows the infographic.
This first section is all about making sure that you know exactly what you have to do. Spend some time asking the right questions here and you'll create common objectives and a clear understanding of the work involved and what you are expected to deliver at the end.
That's you. See, you can tick the first one off already!
Your company should have a process for submitting and approving business cases, also referred to as the project charter. You shouldn't start work on a project that doesn't have a business case approved. In some firms, that could be as informal as someone emailing you to say it's okay to go ahead. A "business case" doesn't have to be a lengthy and complicated document: the point of this step is to make sure that someone who knows about this stuff has said that it's okay for you to spend your time working on this. Download a free project charter template and other templates essential for project kickoff here.
Write down what you are trying to achieve with this project. If you did have a formal business case, you can extract the objectives from there. The purpose of this step is to be clear that you know why you are working on it and what problem the project is going to solve for the company.
Write down everything that is going to be included in the scope of the project. Then write down anything that will not be delivered: these are your "out of scope" items. Documenting it helps everyone see what you are planning to do. If they notice anything that isn't on the list they can tell you now, rather than waiting until you've practically finished to ask you to include more.
Check that you've got the money approved! And any other resources that will be required. It's also worth asking your management team how you can get your hands on it and sorting out the process for spending it now so there isn't a rush to ask those questions when you need to pay a supplier.
Risks are things that might affect your ability to complete the project to the specified brief, such as a vendor letting you down or not having resources with the right skills available when you need them. Think about everything that could go wrong before you start doing too much of the project work – then you can prepare your Plan B and be ready in case anything on that list does happen.
Deliverables are what you make on the project: a new product, a training manual, a building etc. Write down what this project is making. Then you can tick them off as you finish them and you'll be able to see how close you are to completing the whole project. Don't start from scratch with this list – use your project scope document as a starting point.
Watch this video with Jennifer Bridges to learn more about essential project kickoff documents.
Now that you are clear about what you are doing, it's time to work out who is going to do it.
This is normally your manager or another senior manager who is the project's champion. They are probably the one who asked you to manage the project in the first place. Another one you can tick off straight away!
Can you do all the work yourself? Thought not. Work out who else you need on the team and ask them to join you.
There will be other people who will be affected by your project, such as customers or departments in your own company who don't need to be on the project team but who will need to be involved or kept informed. These are your stakeholders. Make a list.
You may need to draw on other experts, consultants, suppliers or third parties. Find out who you need and prepare any contracts required.
Now you know who is involved and affected by the project, define everyone's role and areas of responsibility so they are clear on what you are asking them to do. A project organization chart can be an easy way to show how the different teams will be working together.
How are you going to keep your team and stakeholders informed with progress? A communications plan doesn't have to be complicated: a note in your diary once a month to send a status report is good enough.
Book a meeting with everyone. This will be your kick off meeting and it's a good opportunity to run through each person's role and what tasks you are doing, as well as to answer any questions.
Finally, you'll need to think about what tools you are going to use to make it easier to keep on top of the work. When you are managing lots of different activities you'll need some systems and processes to save you time.
If you don't already have project management software in your company, choose which tool you are going to use. You can stick with email and spreadsheets, but if you've got more than three people in the team you'll soon find that becomes difficult and you need a better tool so choose one now. Don't forget the collaborative benefits on interaction. ProjectManager.com CEO and founder, Jason Westland, offers his take with the article 5 Reasons to Switch to Online Project Tools.
Give everyone user accounts for your project management software and make sure they know how to use it.
Your project filing system can be anything from remembering to keep all your notes in one notebook to a fully-featured document management system. In reality, it's most practical to use your project management tools to store documents related to the project so everything is in one place. Go ahead and upload those documents you created in Part 1 now.
Your project task list is the starting point for planning the work. Add the tasks to your online tools so that your project management To Do list is available wherever your team is working.
Add some dates to the tasks on your list and voilà! A project schedule. Share this with your team and make sure they know which of the tasks will be their responsibility.
Use this list to start each of your projects off on the right foot. When you've ticked off all the items you'll be confident that everyone knows what the project is going to deliver and how you are going to get there as a team.
Make starting projects easy with ProjectManager.com. It's the fastest way to create professional, online project workspaces. Simple team collaboration, an intuitive interface and access from anywhere make it the choice for thousands of project managers around the world.


Language proficiency is one of the key factors that determine how well you will be ranked in the Express Entry pool. The IRCC has now made changes to the points one can earn for having good French skills. Those candidates who score NCLC 7 or higher on all French language skills can now get up to 30 additional points depending on how they scored on their English skills. These points are added together with the ones they earn in other official languages. This particular change is targeting candidates with excellent French skills since Canadian employers and governments are constantly looking for immigrants with exceptional language abilities.
Do you have any siblings in Canada? This can earn you additional points in your Express Entry application. You get 15 extra points if you or your spouse who will immigrate with you to Canada has a brother or sister living in Canada or who is a citizen/permanent resident. There are other conditions that must be fulfilled for you to earn these points. For instance, your brother or sister must be 18 years or older and you should be related by blood or through your spouse. You must also have a parent in common for you to be considered a sibling and be given the 15 additional points.
Previously, you had to create a Job Match account with Job Bank which is typically designed to help match skilled immigrants to potential employers. However, this requirement has been scrapped off. If you meet the minimum criteria to join Express Entry Canada, you will be automatically placed in the pool and you can start receiving invitations to apply any moment. Creating the Job Match account is still important for personal reasons mainly because it can help you to look for work even after your permanent residence application is approved.
The CRS score is used to rank candidates in the Express Entry pool. In a situation where candidates receive the same score, the system will rank them based on the date and time that they submitted their profile. Remember the higher your rank, the more likely you are to receive an invitation to apply. This means that working with a credible Express Entry lawyer Canada to ensure you submit your profile as fast as possible and with accurate information will increase your chances of being considered during the next round of invitations.


Form W-8BEN is the Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding.
Generally, a foreign person is subject to U.S. tax on its U.S. source income. Most types of U.S. source income received by a foreign person are subject to U.S. tax of 30%. A reduced rate, including exemption, may apply if there is a tax treaty between the foreign person's country of residence and the U.S.. The tax is generally withheld from the payment made to the foreign person.
If you receive certain types of income, such as interest, dividends, royalties, rents that are NOT effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business then you may receive Form W-8BEN from your withholding agent (eg bank or lender). Please follow the instructions below for completing Form W-8BEN and submit directly to your withholding agent.
Generally, a Form W-8BEN will remain in effect for purposes of establishing foreign status for a period starting on the date the form is signed and ending on the last day of the third succeeding calendar year, unless a change in circumstances makes any information on the form incorrect. For example, a Form W-8BEN signed on September 30th 2015 remains valid through December 31st 2018.
Insert the name of the country where you claim to be a resident for income tax treaty purposes (this line generally applies to interest or dividends). A list of U.S. tax treaties is available below on the IRS Website.
Use this line if you are claiming treaty benefits that require that you meet conditions not covered by the representations you make on line 9 and Part III. This line is generally not applicable to treaty benefits under an interest or dividends (other than dividends subject to a preferential rate based on ownership) article of a treaty.


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Surface-Mounted Distributed Fiber Optic Sensor Measurements, and Concrete Damaged Plasticity Modeling for Damage Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Beams
U. M. N. Jayawickrema, A. S. Kumar, H. M. C. M. Herath, N. K. Hettiarachchi, H. P. Sooriyaarachchi, J. A. Epaarachchi
Proc. ASME. SMASIS2021, ASME 2021 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, V001T08A002, September 14–15, 2021
Paper No: SMASIS2021-67524
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/SMASIS2021-67524
Structural health monitoring (SHM) has become an integral part of essential and costly to replace infrastructures such as bridges and buildings which degrade during their lifetime. Understanding the structural behaviour of these infrastructures is critical for assuring their structural integrity and safe operating conditions. In this study, the structural performance of a reinforced concrete beam was examined under flexural loading. Distributed optical fibre sensor (DOFS) was attached to the beam's bottom surface, and Optical Backscattered Reflectometry (OBR) technology was used to measure the surface strain. A three-point bending test was performed, and the sensor responses were acquired. Unusual high strain peaks were observed at the bottom surface of the beam due to the formation of hairline cracks. Subsequently, the Concrete Damaged Plasticity (CDP) based Finite Element Analysis (FEA) was performed to simulate the plastic behaviour of concrete beam using ABAQUS 2019 commercial software. The FEA results have strong agreement with the strain pattern observed from the DOFS. Therefore, DOFS and CDP technique based FEA can be successfully used to investigate the plastic damage pattern inside the concrete beam and distributed sensing demonstrates a greater capacity for long-term monitoring of the structural health of concrete structures.
Topics: Concretes, Damage, Fiber optic sensors, Modeling, Plasticity, Reinforced concrete, Structural health monitoring
Effect of Thickness on the Shape Memory Properties of Bisphenol A Epoxy Based Shape Memory Polymer Composites
K. D. C. Emmanuel, J. Jeewantha, M. Herath, J. Epaarachchi, T. Aravinthan
Shape memory polymer (SMP) is one of the most highly researched branches of polymer materials in the recent past. It is often called as a smart material due to its unique capability to memorize original shape. Up to now, shape memory polymer composites (SMPCs) are widely being used for developing light weight and low thickness components for space missions. Increasing thickness and fibre layers will improve mechanical properties, but can adversely affect shape memory effect (SME) and increase the possibility of delamination when programming. To study this phenomenon, a 3 × 3 Taguchi array for material thicknesses of 3, 4 and 5 mm was developed. Carbon, glass and basalt fibres were used to reinforce SMPs in various mass fractions. Shape programming was carried out at the onset of storage modulus (T S ) and peak of Tan (δ) (T δ ). SME was analysed in terms of fixity ratio (Rf), recovery ratio (Rr) and areal damage percentage (ADP) due to programming. Samples deformed at T δ showed high ADP (> 16%) while at T S minimal ADP was 0.7 %. Moreover, addition of a unidirectional fibre layer in the compressing side of the specimen (with fibres parallel to the width) has minimized local fibre buckling when programming.
Topics: Composite materials, Computer programming, Damage, Epoxy adhesives, Epoxy resins, Shape memory polymers, Shape memory properties, Shapes


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George Saunders is the author of nine books, including Lincoln in the Bardo and Tenth of December, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, and won the inaugural Folio Prize in 2013 (for the best work of fiction in English) and the Story Prize (best short story collection). He has received MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellowships, the PEN/Malamud Prize for excellence in the short story, and was recently elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In support of his work, he has appeared on The Colbert Report, Late Night with David Letterman, All Things Considered, and The Diane Rehm Show. In 2013, he was named one of the world's 100 most influential people by Time magazine. He has taught in the Creative Writing Program at Syracuse University since 1996.
This is an abridgement of a 7,000 word interview. The full interview will be published across a network of university and national literary magazines in the coming months.
If I were to fall asleep and wake up in one of your books, what would be some of the first signs that I was in a George Saunders story?
Well, I'm not sure. What I mean by that is, that I am so involved on this side of it – the writing side – that I'm not entirely sure what the experience is for the reader. My intention is to make it a wild and meaningful ride for the reader, one she can't back out of or disengage from. To do that, I find I have to be very responsible about the internal logic. This is especially important in stories that are as strange as mine. The logic has to be impeccable so that the reader doesn't find an excuse to say, "Ugh, weird; it doesn't pertain to me."
I want the strangeness to be meaningful and essential: not just decorative or freaky. The strangeness in the story has got to have something to do with some genuine and perhaps hidden strangeness in reality.
I think many of my stories work on this principle: everything is just as it is in our world (they physicality, the psychology, etc) except for one distorted thing. The effect, I hope, is to make the reader (and me) see our "real" world in a slightly new light. Kind of like if you woke up in a word where, every few minutes, peoples' heads popped off. But otherwise everything else was normal. What would that story be "about?" Well, it might be about, for example, our reaction to illness, or to trouble, or about coping mechanisms. And it would be about those things because, other than the heads popping off, people behaved just as they do in this world. A little like a science experiment where all of the variables are held constant except one. We are trying to look into the question of what a human being really is, and a story can be an experiment in which we say, "OK, let's destabilize the world in which this creature lives and then, by its reaction to the disturbance, see what we can conclude about the core mechanism."
It sounds like a scary and weirdly interesting place. How did you first find your way there?
For me, the way in is always paying attention to the phrase-by-phrase progress of the story – the prose style and velocity and so on. And the intention is always to keep the reader on the line – make the story so interesting and relevant that she can't stop reading. Everything else we talk about with respect to prose (character, theme, politics) is only achievable if you keep the reader in the world. So the trick is: make prose that compels. And strangely, trying to do that leads to all sorts of other requirements, like logical rigor, truthfulness of view, a compassionate narrative outlook. Somehow, working toward these things has the effect of making the prose more compelling. Which I guess makes sense – prose that is honoring these things is also honoring the reader, saying, in effect, "I know you are interested in being spoken to by someone who respects you and believes that you are just as smart and engaged and experienced as the writer." Who wouldn't like that sort of friend?
If somebody were to break into your study, open the bottom drawer of your desk, and read all the things that you've rejected and have been hiding from the public eye for years, what would they find?
They'd find that I have seven huge Doberman Pinschers guarding my study, and that there are vipers in the Drawer of Rejects.
No, ha ha. The things of mine that get rejected, I usually rework until they don't get rejected. If I do discard something, it's usually because there was something about the initial conception that was too over-determined for it to be redeemed; the politics were too on its sleeve or its humor too reductive. I've also discarded some things that were too earnest and "classic." But my working assumption is that if something isn't working, turning your mind to the question of why it's not working (and really allowing whatever answer you come up with) will help you bump the story up to some higher ground it's been trying to attain all along. It's like if you were at dinner with a friend and something felt off. If you ignored it, and said, "Well, so much for this friendship" – that would be a waste, and a failure. Whereas if you just said, "Hey, feels like something is off here – do you feel that too?" – then something is going to happen. And whatever happens (even if it's not entirely comfortable) is going to be more intense and energetic than what was happening previously. So, same in a story. If it stinks, I try to turn my mind as openly as I can to the question, "Hey story: why do you stink?" And sometimes that prompt can even be dropped directly into the story itself, in some form.
It's true. Sometimes the hardest thing to get from somebody is the truth. Few of us have the courage to come right out and say "something's off." We tend to dress up things, sugarcoat.
Right – and in terms of stories, that tendency works against us. The sooner we can discern and respect the actual energy of the story, the easier it is to exploit that energy – to really use it.
It's interesting the way your stories come at the truth from this other angle: a polar bear who goes around all day with an axe in his head; escapees of Eastern European pogroms settle in a Chicago which is gentler, but only slightly, from the place they escaped; a son who lives with his parents who are dead but don't know it. It's like all your stories are that good friend reminding us––You are this, but you don't know it.
I have this notion that the story exists, perfectly told, somewhere in the subconscious. But as we try to tell it, we sort of drop and break it – it comes out to us in fragments. What we're doing in revision is trying to find that original story. And the way to do that is to listen very carefully to the story, as it tries to communicate with you via its internal energy. The advantage of this approach, I guess, is that you don't really know what you are trying to say when you start out, and ideally you're never quite sure – what you're saying hopefully can't be reduced. So that requires a little bit of faith.
If George Saunders' writing or ideas discussed in this interview have inspired your own creative works, drop us a line.
The portraits of George Saunders were inspired by our conversation and themes which recur in his work; the duality of man, rehabilitation and his Buddhist faith. I was thinking specifically of Escape from Spiderhead, told from the point of view of prisoner taking part in an experiment which tests his sense of compassion and lengths he will go to spare another person suffering. The gesture of holding his hands to his chest echoes antique mugshots I've seen which just seemed so vulnerable and tender that they looked more like supplicants than prisoners. And that's sort of what Spiderhead made me feel–is this really what it's like inside a prisoner's mind? Even those guilty of violent crimes? They are just human like anyone.
The portrait which shows just the back of Saunders' head as he walks out into a field of snow is a reference to the title story in Tenth of December and the quiet place where he lives surrounded by trees in Otsego County, NY.


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I Am Woman debuted in the Official New Zealand Top 40 Singles on 29 November 2021. It has been in the Top 40 Singles for eight weeks with a highest position of #15. There is one song by Emmy Meli in the Top 40 Singles.
Chart placings for I Am Woman:
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29 Nov 2021 Top 40 Singles 38
06 Dec 2021 Top 40 Singles 17
03 Jan 2022 Top 40 Singles 36
Chart placings by Emmy Meli:
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Q: OWL RDF/TTL Make an instance member of class based on property I am trying to design an ontology that will categorise products based on the products components. In the example below I have a class Ingredient with an instance eggs. I want to add apple_tart to all classes of products that do not contain eggs. So in this case apple_tart will be added to the class GlutenFriendly and NOT VeganFriendly.

bakery:VeganFriendly rdf:type owl:Class ;
               rdfs:subClassOf [ rdf:type owl:Restriction ;
                                 owl:onProperty :hasIngredient ;
                                 owl:hasValue :eggs
                               ]
               owl:disjointWith bakery:Ingredient .

So I'm trying to create a negative association between eggs and the class VeganFriendly? The above code will add products with eggs...
EIDT: I'm also open to new designs that would result in the same. Preferably only using OWL/RDF/RDFS.
EDIT: Here is what I ended up with doing https://github.com/uxdxdev/bakery-ontology

A: The only way to do what you need (that I am aware of) is using SHACL rules. Assuming you have the following RDF data:
@prefix bakery: <http://bakery.com/ns#> .
@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .

bakery:hasIngredient rdf:type owl:ObjectProperty ;
   rdfs:domain bakery:BakeryGood ;
   rdfs:range bakery:Ingredient .

bakery:VeganFriendly rdf:type owl:Class ;
   owl:subClassOf bakery:Ingredient .

bakery:NonVeganFriendly rdf:type owl:Class ;
   owl:subClassOf bakery:Ingredient .

bakery:GlutenFree rdf:type owl:Class ;
   owl:subClassOf bakery:Ingredient  .

bakery:NonGlutenFree rdf:type owl:Class ;
   owl:subClassOf bakery:Ingredient  .

bakery:Apple a bakery:VeganFriendly, bakery:GlutenFree .

bakery:Egg a bakery:NonVeganFriendly, bakery:GlutenFree .

bakery:Flour a bakery:VeganFriendly, bakery:NonGlutenFree .

bakery:AlmondFlour a bakery:VeganFriendly, bakery:GlutenFree .

bakery:RiceMilk a bakery:VeganFriendly, bakery:GlutenFree .

bakery:AppleTartA
  a bakery:BakedGood ;
  bakery:hasIngredient bakery:Apple, bakery:Egg, bakery:Flour .

bakery:AppleTartB
  a bakery:BakedGood ;
  bakery:hasIngredient bakery:Apple, bakery:RiceMilk, bakery:AlmondFlour .

bakery:AppleTartC
  a bakery:BakedGood ;
  bakery:hasIngredient bakery:Apple, bakery:RiceMilk, bakery:Flour .

bakery:AppleTartD
   a bakery:BakedGood ;
   bakery:hasIngredient bakery:Apple, bakery:Egg, bakery:AlmondFlour .

you can specify the following shape rule file:
@prefix bakery: <http://bakery.com/ns#> .
@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix dash: <http://datashapes.org/dash#> .
@prefix sh: <http://www.w3.org/ns/shacl#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

bakery:bakery:NonVeganFriendly
    a rdfs:Class, sh:NodeShape .

bakery:bakery:NonGlutenFree
    a rdfs:Class, sh:NodeShape .

bakery:BakedGood
    a rdfs:Class, sh:NodeShape ;
    sh:property [
        sh:path bakery:hasIngredient ;
        sh:class bakery:Ingredient ;
        sh:nodeKind sh:IRI ;
        sh:minCount 1 ;
    ] ;
    sh:rule [
        a sh:TripleRule ;
        sh:subject sh:this ;
        sh:predicate rdf:type ;
        sh:object bakery:VeganBakedGood ;
        sh:condition bakery:BakedGood ;
        sh:condition [
            sh:property [
                sh:path bakery:hasIngredient ;
                sh:qualifiedValueShape [ sh:class bakery:NonVeganFriendly ] ;
                sh:qualifiedMaxCount 0 ;
            ] ;
        ] ;
    ] ;
    sh:rule [
        a sh:TripleRule ;
        sh:subject sh:this ;
        sh:predicate rdf:type ;
        sh:object bakery:NonVeganBakedGood ;
        sh:condition bakery:BakedGood ;
        sh:condition [
            sh:property [
                sh:path bakery:hasIngredient ;
                sh:qualifiedValueShape [ sh:class bakery:NonVeganFriendly ] ;
                sh:qualifiedMinCount 1 ;
            ] ;
        ] ;
    ] ;
    sh:rule [
        a sh:TripleRule ;
        sh:subject sh:this ;
        sh:predicate rdf:type ;
        sh:object bakery:GlutenFreeBakedGood ;
        sh:condition bakery:BakedGood ;
        sh:condition [
            sh:property [
                sh:path bakery:hasIngredient ;
                sh:qualifiedValueShape [ sh:class bakery:NonGlutenFree ] ;
                sh:qualifiedMaxCount 0 ;
            ] ;
        ] ;
    ] ;
    sh:rule [
        a sh:TripleRule ;
        sh:subject sh:this ;
        sh:predicate rdf:type ;
        sh:object bakery:NonGlutenFreeBakedGood ;
        sh:condition bakery:BakedGood ;
        sh:condition [
            sh:property [
                sh:path bakery:hasIngredient ;
                sh:qualifiedValueShape [ sh:class bakery:NonGlutenFree] ;
                sh:qualifiedMinCount 1 ;
            ] ;
        ] ;
    ] .

and use the following code using the Jena implementation of SHACL to execute your rules:
package org.shacl.tutorial;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;

import org.apache.jena.rdf.model.Model;
import org.apache.jena.rdf.model.ModelFactory;
import org.apache.jena.reasoner.Reasoner;
import org.apache.jena.reasoner.ReasonerRegistry;
import org.apache.jena.riot.RDFDataMgr;
import org.apache.jena.riot.RDFFormat;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
import org.slf4j.Marker;
import org.slf4j.MarkerFactory;
import org.topbraid.shacl.rules.RuleUtil;
import org.topbraid.spin.util.JenaUtil;

public class ShaclClassification {
  private static Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ShaclValidation.class);
  // Why This Failure marker
  private static final Marker WTF_MARKER = MarkerFactory.getMarker("WTF");

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    try {
      Path path = Paths.get(".").toAbsolutePath().normalize();

      String data = "file:" + path.toFile().getAbsolutePath() + "/src/main/resources/bakery.ttl";
      String shape = "file:" + path.toFile().getAbsolutePath() + "/src/main/resources/bakeryRules.ttl";

      Reasoner reasoner = ReasonerRegistry.getRDFSReasoner();
      Model dataModel = JenaUtil.createDefaultModel();
      dataModel.read(data);
      Model infModel = ModelFactory.createInfModel(reasoner, dataModel);
      Model shapeModel = JenaUtil.createDefaultModel();
      shapeModel.read(shape);
      Model inferenceModel = JenaUtil.createDefaultModel();

      inferenceModel = RuleUtil.executeRules(infModel, shapeModel, inferenceModel, null);

      String inferences = path.toFile().getAbsolutePath() + "/src/main/resources/inferences.ttl";
      File inferencesFile = new File(inferences);
      inferencesFile.createNewFile();
      OutputStream reportOutputStream = new FileOutputStream(inferencesFile);

      RDFDataMgr.write(reportOutputStream, inferenceModel, RDFFormat.TTL);
    } catch (Throwable t) {
      logger.error(WTF_MARKER, t.getMessage(), t);
    }
  }
}

which will provide you with the following output:
<http://bakery.com/ns#AppleTartC>
        a       <http://bakery.com/ns#NonGlutenFreeBakedGood> , <http://bakery.com/ns#VeganBakedGood> .

<http://bakery.com/ns#AppleTartB>
        a       <http://bakery.com/ns#GlutenFreeBakedGood> , <http://bakery.com/ns#VeganBakedGood> .

<http://bakery.com/ns#AppleTartA>
        a       <http://bakery.com/ns#NonGlutenFreeBakedGood> , <http://bakery.com/ns#NonVeganBakedGood> .

<http://bakery.com/ns#AppleTartD>
    a       <http://bakery.com/ns#GlutenFreeBakedGood> , <http://bakery.com/ns#NonVeganBakedGood> .

On my blog I give a detailed explanation for this example: Classification with SHACL rules.


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Sam Raimi is still interested in directing a Batman movie
It appears that the OG Spider-Man trilogy director is still a huge fan of The Batman.
by Ray Ampoloquio published March 15, 2022 March 15, 2022
Sam Raimi will forever be remembered for making the original Spider-Man movies in the 2000s. He's also a big Marvel guy, as evidenced by his return to making Marvel movies with Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. But, as it turns out, Raimi is also a huge fan of Batman.
Sam Raimi's Darkman from 1990 provides a good template for a Batman film directed by him.
According to an interview with Empire Magazine, Raimi revealed that he's "always loved Batman" and told the magazine that he wants to do a Batman film. Specifically, Raimi mentioned that he'd "come running" if he ever "saw the Batsignal up in the air." The OG Spider-Man director also added The Shadow to a list of characters that he'd like to do a movie on.
Sam Raimi's penchant for dark and visually impressive movies would make him a perfect fit for a Batman film. Unfortunately, we don't think that Raimi will get a chance to fulfill his dreams anytime soon. Matt Reeves effectively has cart blanche with the Batman franchise right now following the success of The Batman, with spin-offs like The Penguin for HBO Max already confirmed and a potential series featuring the Arkham Asylum.
Believe it or not, there is a Darkman trilogy. Unfortunately, Sam Raimi did not go back to helm the two direct-to-video sequels.
If you're looking to check out what a Batman film directed by Raimi could look like, you'll want to check out 1990's Darkman. The classic superhero film starred a fresh-faced Liam Neeson as a brilliant scientist who invents a technology that lets him change his identity for 99 minutes. However, after his laboratory blows up, Neeson's character is permanently scarred by the unfortunate accident, leaving him mentally unstable and consumed by vengeance.
If this all sounds very familiar to you, it's because Raimi developed the film after he couldn't secure the rights to Batman and The Shadow.
Matt Reeves is probably going to go back to direct the expected The Batman sequel, but just in case Warner Bros. is listening, consider us huge fans of a Raimi-directed Batman film. With all the multiverse stuff going on right now, Raimi's Batman film could coexist with Matt Reeves' own dark and gritty take. It's not like Warner Bros. isn't already set to do this with next year's The Flash (yes, it's been delayed) seeing both Michael Keaton and Ben Affleck reprise their former roles in the upcoming DCEU feature film.
Speaking of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the Benedict Cumberbatch-led multiversal adventure is hitting theaters on May 6. You can check out the film's latest trailer at Super Bowl LVI alongside a more extensive look at Moon Knight, which will premiere on Disney+ on March 30.
Ben Affleck will wear the cowl for the final time for the Ezra Miller-led The Flash feature film.
Batman, Sam Raimi


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Is Dean Brody Married? His Bio, Age, Wife, Daughter, Net worth and Nationality
Biography, Latest News, Net Worth
Is Dean Brody married? Yes, he is. His wife's name is Iris Paulmartin. However, they have already separated which was confirmed by Brody himself from his Facebook account on May 29, 2017. From their conjugal life, Dean and his partner became blessed with two children.
They lived in Blandford, Nova Scotia for a long time. The duo also founded The Dean Brody Foundation in 2010 with an objective to support vulnerable girls. Scroll down to explore more interesting personal facts and biography of Brody:
Who is Dean Brody?
He is Canadian by nationality known for being a country music artist. He is well recognized for earning 2 JUNO Awards and 16 CCMA Awards in his name. Dean Brody was born on August 12, 1975, which makes his age be 45 years old as of 2020. He was previously signed to Broken Bow Records and made his debut from the hit single named "Brothers" which turned to be listed in Top 40 country hit in the US.
He signed to Open Road Recordings in 2010 and officially released his second studio album entitled Trail in Life. His third album named Dirt was released in 2012 which made him received the 2012 CCMA Album of the Year award. To date, he has released six studio albums including Beautiful Freakshow (2016) and Crop Circles (2013).
Dean Brody was born in 1975 and his place of birth is in Smithers, British Columbia. He spent his childhood days in Jaffray, British Columbia with his family. He was passionate about music from his early days but learned guitar very late. The information about Dean's parents and family life details are not provided.
Initially, Dean worked at a sawmill and during his spare time, he used to utilize it by playing guitar. He moved to Nashville, Tennessee in the early 2000s with a dream of being successful in the music industry. His work permit in the United States got expired which compelled him to return back to Canada despite having a songwriting contract. In 2008, he signed with Broken Bow Records after being helped by producer Keith Stegall. His debut single i.e. Brothers was released in the same year.
On April 28, 2009, he released his debut self-titled album through Broken Bow Records. Out of the eleven songs, he co-wrote for the nine songs. Through Open Road Recordings, he released his second studio album named Trail in Life under Matt Rovey's production. The album includes popular songs like Wildflower, People Know You by Your First Name, Little Yellow Blanket and Roll That Barrel Out.
On April 24, 2012, he released his third studio album named Dirt under the production of Matt Rovey through Open Road Recordings. The album proved to be a massive hit securing the nomination for the 2013 Juno Awards in the category Country Album of the Year. It includes songs like Bob Marley, Canadian Girls, It's Friday, The Sleeping Bag Song, Nowhere USA, Losing My Balance, Flowers in Her Hands and so on.
Dean released his fourth studio album titled Crop Circles on 5 November 2013. The first single from the album was released in 2013 which also includes the vocal from Lindi Ortega. It was able to perform extremely well at the 2014 Juno Awards be turning as the winner of Country Album of the Year.
The Canadian music artist released his fifth studio album named Gypsy Road on April 21, 2015. The first single from the album was released in February and was titled Upside Down. On May 25, 2015, the second single from the album named Bring Down the House was released. On October 23, 2015, the third single from the album was released under the title Love Would Be Enough whereas the fourth single "Monterey" was released on March 18, 2016, to Canadian country radio.
The Canadian country singer presented his sixth studio album named Beautiful Freakshow through Open Road Recordings on October 21, 2016. He has either wrote or co-wrote to all the songs from the album. The three tracks of the album reached entered into the Canada Country airplay chart. It includes popular songs like 8th Day, Time, Another Saturday Night, Little Blue Volkswagen, Bush Party and much more.
He released his EP called Black Sheep on April 26, 2019. The EP features four singles named "Good Goodbye", "Whiskey in a Teacup", "Black Sheep" and "Dose of Country". His single called "Can I Help Myself" was released in February 2020 which was able to reach #49 on the Canadian Hot 100. His single called "Canadian Summer" was released in June 2020.
Moving to his personal life, Dean Brody is a Canadian although is widely popular in the United States. He has already separated with his wife Iris Paulmartin in 2016 but the news was confirmed a year later through his Facebook account on May 29, 2017. Brody is very close to his children including a daughter.
On August 18, 2009, he posted on Facebook about his daughter who stuck a piece of foam up her nose and for the removal, Dean took her to a specialist. He is also an animal lover and has a dog named Huck whose pictures are often uploaded by him on his Instagram account.
The Canadian country singer Brody has a tall height and possibly is under diet and nutritional plan. However, the exact body statistics of Dean like his height, weight, shoe size, etc. are not disclosed.
The country music artist Dean Brody has an estimated net worth of 8 million USD. He has been active in the music industry since 2004 and to date has released six studio albums. For his single, Brothers, he received Single of the Year award in 2009 by the Canadian Country Music Association. For his album Trail in Life, he earned various awards including Album of the Year and Single of the Year. He was also the winner of the Male Artist of the Year award in 2013. At the Juno Awards of 2014, he won the Country Album of the Year for his fourth studio album named Crop Circles. His fifth studio album named Gypsy Road received the Country Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2016.
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Most of the well-recognized wiki sites including Wikipedia and IMDb have provided the bio of Dean Brody. You can join him ON Instagram @deanbrody where he has retained more than 43k followers now. Likewise, Dean is also active on Facebook @deanbrody where he is being followed by over 78k people. His booking agent is Nick Meinema whose email address is nickmeinema@theagencygroup.com.


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No non-binary pronouns in this court
A non-binary prisoner has been denied the use of they/their pronouns in court.
"In 2019, Shawn Kelly Thomason pled guilty to stalking charges in Minnesota. In Thomason's appeal of their 45-year sentence, their attorneys said prosecutors regularly and intentionally misgendered the defendant after a request that Thomason be referred to with they/them pronouns. Court documents show that Thomason objected to "all 134 instances of purposeful and deliberate misgendering" during a November 2019 hearing.
"The three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit unanimously rejected the request, with Judge Steven M. Colloton writing, "Clarity suffers and confusion may follow when legal writing refers to a single individual as 'they,' especially when the materials advert to other actors who are naturally described as 'they' or 'them' in the traditional plural." The judge added that after "8 months of habit using male pronouns," it would be difficult for the court to switch to they/them.
"The court placed the blame on Thomason for the misgendering, with Colloton saying Thomason's signed plea agreement referred to the defendant with masculine pronouns, acknowledged that masculine pronouns would be used in the sentencing letter "for the sake of clarity," and that there was no objection to the prosecutor's use of masculine pronouns at the time of sentencing. Thus, the court says, Thomason "waived any claim of misconduct by opposing counsel.""
Binary spokeswoman, Kirralie Smith, said it was a sensible decision.
"Courts must deal in facts. Scientific and historical facts are clear, this person is male. Hurt feelings are not a matter for the court. A crime has been committed and the prosecution and sentencing must be carried out based on reality, not fantasy."


The toll of excessive drinking works out to about $2 per drink, in terms of medical expenses and other costs to society, according to a new federal research study.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study calculated societal costs from binge and heavy drinking beyond what consumers pay at the bar or liquor store. It's the first such federal estimate in more than a dozen years.
The study looked at costs that included, among other things, lost work productivity, property damage from car crashes, expenditures for liver cirrhosis and other alcohol-associated medical problems, and money spent on incarceration of drunk drivers and criminals using alcohol.
The CDC estimated excessive drinking cost society nearly $224 billion in 2006, the most recent year for which all necessary statistics were available.
That worked out to about $1.90 per drink, 80 cents of which was spent by federal, state or local governments, the researchers estimated. The rest came from drinkers, their families, private health insurers, employers, crime victims and others.
Most of the cost was related to binge drinking, in which four or five alcoholic beverages are consumed on one occasion.
"Binge drinking results in binge spending," said CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden.
CDC officials noted that while some health benefits have been associated with, say, a glass of wine each day, there are no health benefits linked to excessive drinking. They also said the new study likely represents an underestimate of the total cost.
Smoking has been estimated to cost society about $193 billion annually. An older study estimated the cost of not exercising to be around $150 billion.
The study was released Monday by the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.


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