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Socialism does not work: the disparity of coronavirus vaccine injections in the UK
January 21, 2021 in history | Tags: 2021, Conservative Party, coronavirus, DUP, England, Guido Fawkes, history, Labour Party, Mark Drakeford, Nicola Sturgeon, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Scottish Nationalist Party, socialism, UK, vaccine, Wales | 2 comments
The United Kingdom has an ambitious delivery programme of coronavirus vaccines in the UK, reaching not only England but also the devolved nations of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Our armed forces are helping where necessary.
As of Monday, January 18, 2020, this was the state of play with regard to vaccines. See how far behind Scotland and Wales are in delivering injections:
Vaccine Gap Opens Between Wales, Scotland, and Rest of UK https://t.co/MDJ0yG15yQ pic.twitter.com/oWzuON6V2b
— Guido Fawkes (@GuidoFawkes) January 19, 2021
It is worth noting that England has a majority of Conservative MPs.
Northern Ireland's First Minister is a member of the centre-right DUP (Democratic Unionist Party).
Scotland has a majority Scottish National Party government, socialist.
Wales has a Labour-dominated government, also socialist.
Watching the proceedings in the assemblies of the devolved nations as broadcast on BBC Parliament, there is a stark contrast between what goes on in Northern Ireland's compared with those in Scotland and Wales.
Even though the assembly in Northern Ireland's Stormont also has a fair amount of left-leaning members, complaints about money and vaccine provision from the UK government in Westminster are few and far between.
In Scotland and Wales, however, the situation is quite the opposite. The UK government — Westminster — is always to blame for lack of money.
Scotland and Wales have enough vaccine, but delivery does not seem to be getting off the ground.
In Wales, Mark Drakeford, First Minister (Prif Weinidog, in Welsh) says that he wants to ration the vaccines so that vaccinators have something to do every day:
I was listening to this at the time. What an odd odd thing to do.
Essentially it sounded like he was slowing it down so people who administer the jabs still have job and won't be "left standing around doing nothing".
Jobs over saving lives then?
— Niall – Guilty, I support Reading. (@Reading106) January 18, 2021
And idiotic measures of success.
A consistent work rate rather than vaccinations given…
This will end up in a "why socialism fails" text book someday.
— Jessica S (@londonjessicas) January 18, 2021
Guido Fawkes has the audio of an interview Drakeford gave to BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Monday, January 18, and I can vouch for the fact that he said the same thing before the Welsh Senedd (Senate) last week, having seen him on BBC Parliament.
Guido says (emphases in the original, the one in purple is mine):
Appearing on the Today Programme this morning, Mark Drakeford was asked why Wales has the lowest vaccination rate of any UK nation, which the First Minister merely passed off as "marginal differences" and "not the most important issue". Drakeford is relying on the 'supply' excuse much more than any other leader in the UK, claiming Wales isn't to receive its second doses of the Pfizer vaccine until the end of the month and therefore is slowing the deployment of Pfizer vaccine:
There would be no point and certainly it would be logistically damaging to try and use all of [the Pfizer vaccine] in the first week and have our vaccinators standing around with nothing to do.
Given Wales has proportionally suffered more than England, Scotland and Northern Ireland from Covid, Drakeford should have a strategy of getting as many jabs in as many arms as quickly as possible – if there's a wait of 12 weeks for the second jab, so be it. At the weekend, Starmer called for an inquiry into the government's handling of the pandemic; Guido suggests Wales is much more in need of one…
UPDATE: According to ONS statistics just released, Covid was the leading cause of death for the month in Wales, accounting for 27.4% of all deaths in Wales, a third higher than in England where it accounts for 20.8% of all deaths.
In Scotland, vaccines are not being sent where they should be. Some areas receive the vaccine, others do not:
Just been a post on our local FB page. Our local practice hasn't received any vaccine at all yet, while surrounding ones are well on. We haven't vaccinated any over 80's in the community
— Susan Jean Low (@SusiejeanLow) January 16, 2021
Lily of St Leonards, who writes about the state of Scotland under the SNP, has an excellent post that explains what is happening.
Her post of January 18, 'SNP mismanagement is killing Scots', is well worth reading in full. Excerpts follow, emphases mine.
She lives with her mother, who is 87 years old, in the age bracket to be vaccinated first:
My mother is nearly 88. She has yet to receive an invitation for a Covid vaccination. I hope it comes soon. The risk to her comes entirely from me. She has hardly left the house since March, but I have to go shopping. If I caught Covid on one of those shopping trips, it would be difficult to stop her catching it too. We live in the same house and I care for her. If an 88-year-old catches Covid, there is a good chance she would end up in hospital and a good chance that she would die.
Meanwhile, south of the border in England, the over 80s have already received the first of two vaccine injections:
England is about to send out vaccine invitations to the over 70s. I am left to conclude that if my mother lived in England she would already have been vaccinated. If she catches Covid in the next few weeks and dies it will be because we live in Scotland under an SNP Government that prioritises independence over healthcare.
Last year, the SNP roundly criticised the UK Government — Conservative — for not waiting for an EU rollout of the vaccine. Thank goodness we didn't, because we had one far sooner than they did and more flexibility in purchasing doses, and a large number of them at that:
We are doing better than nearly everyone else firstly because we left the EU. The EU managed the vaccine collectively and didn't do it well. The British Government did better at ordering the various vaccines and also developed our own. We made these vaccines available before anyone else and the British vaccine is easier to deliver because it does not require ultra-low temperatures.
Being a part of Britain is therefore saving Scottish lives. This is not merely because the British Army is helping to organise and administer the vaccine, but because the British Government made the right choices which led to us buying effective vaccines and developing our own. The Scottish Government neither funded, nor ordered any vaccines. We are completely dependent on the supplies we are getting from Britain. The only thing the Scottish Government is responsible for is organising the rollout of the vaccine. Healthcare unfortunately is devolved. It is doing that job worse than England and Northern Ireland.
Scotland is getting a proportional share of the vaccine. There are supply difficulties for everyone. England and Northern Ireland may have advantages because they are rather more densely populated than Scotland. It may be harder to administer the vaccine to very remote places in the Highlands and Islands. But this also makes it less likely that we will catch the virus in the first place.
Scotland may have decided to vaccinate care homes first, which given the difficulty of bringing ultra-low temperature vaccines to such places might be slowing us down. But why didn't we use the Oxford-AstraZeneca in care homes, which requires only an ordinary fridge and use the Pfizer vaccine elsewhere. I hate to think that Sturgeon doesn't want to use the English vaccine. She cannot even bear to say the word Oxford.
Covid is the defining event of our time, but the SNP's handling of it has been poor since the start. With our low population density Scotland should have done much better than England in terms of Covid cases and deaths.
Scotland has had 1,492,656 cases with 7,704 deaths.
But this is worse than any other European country with a population of 5 million.
Denmark has had 189,000 cases and 1,775 deaths.
Slovakia has had 223,000 cases and 3,474 deaths.
Norway has had 58,651 cases and 517 deaths.
Finland has had 40,337 cases and 618 deaths.
If you compare like with like, then it becomes obvious that SNP Scotland has not merely done worse than anywhere else with a population of 5 million it has done more than ten times worse in terms of deaths than Norway and Finland.
She then addresses the issue of money. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is forever complaining about the lack of money going Scotland's way, yet the UK government has continued to pump money in throughout the coronavirus crisis:
Scotland has been kept going this year because the UK Treasury has funded us. We are receiving the vaccine only because the UK is supplying it. We have done no better than the UK as a whole with regard to Covid cases and deaths and on care home deaths, which ought to have been avoidable, we have done considerably worse. Despite having the advantage of low population density, we have done massively worse than any European country of a similar size. It is staggering to believe that so many Scots believe that Nicola Sturgeon has done a good job.
Everything that has gone well this year, such as furlough and the vaccine has been provided by the British Government. Everything that has gone badly such as our failure to deliver the vaccine as quickly as England and Northern Ireland and our decision to send people sick with Covid back into care homes has been due to decisions made by the SNP.
This year has demonstrated that Scotland has depended on the British Government for paying our wages and for the vaccine that will end the pandemic.
She concludes, referring to the failed 2014 Scottish referendum on independence:
Scots who want independence should refuse their furlough money and refuse the vaccine, because if the SNP had won in 2014, we would have got neither.
I couldn't agree more.
Be it Scotland or Wales, one thing is patently clear: socialism does not work.


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Arranging equipment in the other world.
Checking out of the inn, I immediately decided to go onto the street.
I wander around in the town of Saint Bell, looking for my target store.
Unexpectedly, I was able to find the store I was looking for immediately.
We are greeted as we enter the store by a fashionable and plump middle aged man.
According to the information I got from Chloe-chan yesterday–.
This country enacts 'Adventurer Protection Law' giving this store grace, giving us various tax breaks which lets us offer reasonable prices for commodities.
"……I see. As for that fellow, being prepared immediately sounds good.
Edgar-san who looked at our Earth-shattering appearance, had a look of understanding.
Being truthful…… Preparing clothes was my first priority and I handled a quest in order to get them.
At anyrate, I am wearing a high school uniform.
Aphrodite wearing the same clothes from heaven will cause a disastrous scene.
I am tormented by the sense of shame when walking down the street like two people having a costume play on a commuters train.
Aphrodite looked around the shop while her eyes are shining brightly.
As the goddess speaks, the tension is no different to that of a young woman.
I'd never expect her to be delighted coming here.
After a waiting a while, Edgar-san recommended the two above-mentioned items.
The price of the Adventurer Clothes is 1500 kol. The price of the Adventurer shoes is 1000 kol.
Regarding the Guild approved General Goods Stores price, professionalism and courtesy, no complaints can be made.
"I like both. There seems to be different designs for men and women…… Is D good with this?
I offered casually, but Aphrodite gives off discontent facial expression.
In Aphrodites hands are pink clothes possessing a feminine design.
Looking at the label…… I am surprised with the 18,000 kol price!
It seems that with a grade difference of only 1, the price jump will be high.
She is as troublesome a fellow as ever.
As soon as she heard my words, Aphrodite's face was as red as a ripe tomato.
Bashfully entangling her fingers Aphrodite speaks her mind.
For a self proclaimed goddess of beauty, you'd think surely many men have praised her–.
When looking at this reaction, it's seems that's not the case.
Somehow with a good mood, Aphrodite returns the <<Demon Dancer Clothes>> she is holding onto the shelf.
Above all, it's good that Aphrodite seems to have understood my point.
At the Guild Approved General Goods Store, we buy a warm blanket and the bare necessities of life, then head to Gassur Forest.
It's a mystery how Souta gets startled over the large difference in price (1500 for plain, 1800 for design) … Is TL-dono missing a digit maybe?
Two clothes, the second one is supposed to be Adventurer's shoes I think?
Aphrodite will be easy to conquer.
I've been waiting diligently for another chapter. I look forward to every one of them quite a bit. Thanks, and please translate the next one soon if possible.
Thank you for the hard work, very much appreciated. By the way, the same author just start another series. Wonder if you will be interest to translate it?
goddess of beauty, It's ???
I wonder if the author hasn't read Greek mythology or just doesn't care.
Ohh Tnx for the Chapter!!
Btw, the link to the next chapter is missing.


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Fajitas are skirt steaks. Many people have insisted that there is no such thing as a "chicken fajita," but the term continues to be widely used.
For years, Tejanos argued that shrimp fajitas and chicken fajitas, which might be translated as "shrimp skirts" and "chicken girdles," were completely meaningless terms. But no one paid much attention to the finer points of Spanish translation. Eventually, even Sonny Falcon gave up. In his short-lived restaurant in Austin, the Fajita King started serving chicken fajitas too. "It killed me to do it, but I got tired of trying to explain it to everybody," Falcon conceded.
"Chicken fajitas" hardly seems like a contentious term to most. But Rose McGraff says that her late husband used to rant regularly about the name. "I ain't eating any goldang chicken fajitas. There ain't no such thang," he would say. "Fajitas are charcoal grilled flank steak. I know chickens inside and out, and they ain't got no flanks on 'em anywheres." Having raised show chickens in southern Oklahoma for fifteen years, Mr. McGraff probably knew what he was talking about.
People say there's no such thing as chicken fajitas because fajitas can only be made with skirt steak. Here's proof that they're wrong.
Slice chicken into long strips, place in pan with half of the butter and Mrs. Dash. Cook until done and lightly browned. Stir in a small amount of water or chicken broth and the brown sugar. Cook until caramelized.
Chop the pepper and onions into strips and rings, sauté in a separate skillet with the remaining butter. Cook until onions are caramelized and peppers have crispy edges.
These fajitas are really easy to make and a little different because they're sweet and spicy.
Prepare charcoal grill, or pre-heat broiler. Heat medium-size heavy skillet on high heat, 3 to 4 minutes. Add wine, boil 1 to 2 minutes to burn off alcohol; reduce heat to medium. Add butter and melt; stir in soy sauce, garlic powder and pepper; cook just until combined, about 1 minute; remove from heat.
Dip chicken pieces into sauce, turn to coat.
Place chicken 3 inches from coals or 4 inches from broiler flame. Grill or broil 3 to 5 minutes on each side or until done. Cut into finger-length strips. Place on platter with marinated onions.


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What does a CORE Team Member do? A CORE Members primary role is to serve as a table leader during each youth group night. Each table has 8-10 Youth. The CORE Member is responsible to welcome those youth, pray for them, facilitate conversation, and serve them as a part of a team.
Who can be a CORE Team Member? Any adult with the willingness to serve. The CORE Team is made up of every age group from college students to great-grandparents. Everyone has something to offer, so we invite you to get involved with serving our youth!
If you'd like to get involved or have any questions, please contact us at mpbccym@gmail.com. Thank you!


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Since 2013, PHA has supported ten pediatric PH researchers with Barst grants, and we hope to continue to further our understanding of pediatric PH by continuing to support such novel efforts in the field.


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Best Universities - Medicine
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United States Established: 1789 Scholars: 99
This ranking lists all the best researchers from the Medicine discipline and affiliated with University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. There are a total of 99 researchers included with 5 of them also being included in the global ranking. The total sum for the D-index values for the best scientists in University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is 8,867 with a mean value for the h-index of 89.57. The total sum of publications for the best scientists in University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is 29,769 with the mean value for publications per scientist of 300.70.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) is a public university located in Chapel Hill, NC that has a strong focus on research. It was founded by North Carolina governor William Richardson Davie in 1789. UNC boasts of being the first public university in the country. Today, it continues to fulfill its mission of being a center for research, scholarship, and creativity where students are molded to become future leaders.
UNC offers bachelor's degree programs with over 70 majors and minors taught across 60 departments. Popular majors at UNC are communication, journalism, business, management, marketing, psychology, social sciences, and biological and biomedical sciences. The school also offers more than 100 master's degree programs, over 60 doctorate degree programs, more than 500 summer school courses, and seven professional degree programs. It also provides graduate- and undergraduate-level online and distance education programs.
A few years after its establishment, UNC became the only public university to confer degrees in the 18th century. In 1845, UNC built a School of Law and graduate programs were then added in the 1870s. After the 1970s, it changed its name from the University of North Carolina to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, following the consolidation of other state universities into the University of North Carolina.
UNC has a long list of distinguished alumni including the 11th President of the United States, James K. Polk, NBA player Michael Jordan and Tony and Emmy award-winning actor Billy Crudup.
UNC has achieved top-tier placement for being one of the best public and best value colleges in The U.S. It has also placed in the top 80 based on a number of global university rankings. In the last few years, UNC has also seen an increase in the number of patents produced by UNC inventors and delivered to commercial markets, which has stimulated job creation in the state and around the world.
The university is preparing for the future by following a blueprint called Carolina Next. This strategic framework includes eight initiatives centered around community-building, strengthening student success, enabling career development, making new discoveries, promoting democracy, addressing community issues, increasing global impact, and improving business operations.
The UNC System, which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a part of, is currently looking at streamlining financial aid. The UNC Board of Governors has created a task force that will examine the universities' tuition and fee structures that will ensure affordability and flexibility for students while also delivering high-quality education.
Biology and Biochemistry Business and Management Chemistry Computer Science Earth Science Ecology and Evolution Economics and Finance Electronics and Electrical Engineering Engineering and Technology Environmental Sciences Genetics and Molecular Biology Immunology Law and Political Science Materials Science Mathematics Medicine Microbiology Neuroscience Physics Psychology Social Sciences and Humanities
Sidney C. Smith
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States
D-index 180 Citations 353,016 418
Barry M. Popkin
John A. Baron
Charles M. Perou
Gerardo Heiss
Ralph S. Baric
Richard C. Boucher
1680 World 1001 National
John B. Buse
Patrick F. Sullivan
Todd H. Baron
Myron S. Cohen
Wayne D. Rosamond
Joseph J. Eron
David R. Clemmons
Nigel Mackman
Kevin M. Guskiewicz
Kathleen N. Lohr
Robert S. Sandler
William E. Whitehead
Nobuyo Maeda
Douglas A. Drossman
Morris Weinberger
Marilie D. Gammon
Linda S. Adair
Steven Offenbacher
Joseph Piven
Kelly R. Evenson
Ronald G. Thurman
Stanley M. Lemon
Stephen W. Marshall
David R. Rubinow
David J. Weber
Gianpietro Dotti
Kenneth F. Schulz
D-index 92 Citations 143,056 214
John M. Thorp
Paul B. Watkins
Steven H. Zeisel
George R. Breese
David Couper
Lawrence B. Marks
Diana O. Perkins
Richard H. Gracely
Lisa A. Carey
Barbara K. Rimer
J. Charles Jennette
Gary G. Koch
A. Wesley Burks
Ronald J. Falk
James D. Beck
Andrew F. Olshan
Ethan Basch
Elizabeth J. Mayer-Davis
Joel S. Parker
June Stevens
Sheryl Zimmerman
Nicholas J. Shaheen
Louis E. Underwood
Michael R. Knowles
Joel E. Tepper
Kirkwood F. Adams
Oliver Smithies
William A. Rutala
Russell Broaddus
Leslie A. Lytle
10123 World 5430 National
Lloyd E. Chambless
Gary D. Slade
Beverly H. Koller
Fulton T. Crews
Walter E. Stumpf
Nigel S. Key
Arthur J. Prange
Eric A. Youngstrom
M. Alan Brookhart
Stephen D. Hursting
Richard C. Semelka
Herman A. Tyroler
Weili Lin
R. Balfour Sartor
Robert C. Millikan
Susan A. Fiscus
William J. Powers
Til Stürmer
David H. Overstreet
David M. Margolis
Harry A. Guess
Michael W. Fried
Alan Forrest
Alan L. Hinderliter
Leigh F. Callahan
David A. Grimes
Richard J. Samulski
Stephen R. Cole
Steven R. Meshnick
William R. Proffit
Darin A. Padua
Martin Styner
Joseph S. Pagano
Penny Gordon-Larsen
Dianne S. Ward
Ceib Phillips
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NMJC Theatre presents "Xanadu"
From our friends at the New Mexico Junior College Performing Arts Department:
Tickets are now on sale for "Xanadu"!
March 27, 28 & 29 (8pm) and March 23 and 30 (2pm)
Tickets are FREE to NMJC Faculty, Staff and Students (see instructions online for contact information regarding free tickets).
General admission tickets are only $10 and can be purchased online at
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https://buy.ticketstothecity.com/purchase.php?event_id=2973
"Xanadu"
Directed by Juston Harlin
Conducted by; Dr. Yau-Sun Wong
Choreographed by Josh Berner
XANADU follows the journey of a magical and beautiful Greek muse, Kira, who descends from the heavens of Mt. Olympus to Venice Beach, California in 1980 on a quest to inspire a struggling artist, Sonny, to achieve the greatest artistic creation of all time - the first ROLLER DISCO! (Hey, it's 1980!) But, when Kira falls into forbidden love with the mortal Sonny, her jealous sisters take advantage of the situation and chaos abounds.
Come out and support our growing theatre department and then stay with us for exciting news coming before the end of the semester!
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Get your tickets now for "The Dixie Swim Club" final weekend
"The Dixie Swim Club" was a hit last weekend...don't miss your chance to see the show that earned three standing ovations in a row! Three more shows, Thursday 3/20, Friday 3/21, and Saturday 3/22, all at 8 PM. Click the day below to get your tickets!
Buy Tickets for "The Dixie Swim Club"
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How do audiences like "The Dixie Swim Club"?
What are audiences saying about the hilarious comedy "The Dixie Swim Club"?
"Awesome job!"
"Ladies of "Dixie", you were on FIRE tonight! Seriously! You played off the audience so well. Thanks for the perfect ending to a perfectly wonderful day. Keep up the energy for the rest and you'll have a smash hit!!!! (You already do!)"
"It was an absolute riot!"
"I don't know if I can laugh any more!!"
Two performances, two nights of non-stop laughter, two standing ovations! "The Dixie Swim Club" is a hit! Don't miss this hilarious younger cousin of "Steel Magnolias".
Tickets are $10 and selling quick. Get yours online or at the door. Show at 2 PM today, then 8 PM on March 20th, 21st, and 22nd (next Thursday, Friday, and Saturday).
Tickets are now on sale for "The Dixie Swim Club"
Join us for the hilarious comedy "The Dixie Swim Club"! This younger cousin to the audience favorite "Steel Magnolias" follows the lives of five Southern ladies through annual "girls weekends" at their North Carolina beach house. Starting 22 years after they were swim team mates in college, the ladies share their life's successes and struggles with witty Southern banter, sweet tea, biscuits, and the charm you only find in Dixie!
Don't miss this chance to meet Sheree Hollinger (Christie Harkness), Lexie Richards (Rebecca Venegas), Jeri Neal McFeely (Nikki Law), Vernadette Sims (Kerri Gray), and Dinah Grayson (Debi Feltman, in her stage debut), share their life and laughter, and experience this lighthearted and riotously funny comedy by the authors of 2011's "The Hallelujah Girls".
Show dates are March 14, 15, 20, 21, 22 (8 PM) and March 16 (2 PM). Tickets are $10 and available by clicking the link on the left of our site.
Audition notice "The Secret Garden"
Auditions for the musical "The Secret Garden" will take place on Wednesday, April 2nd and Thursday, April 3rd at the Playhouse. Both auditions will be at 7 PM.
For Wednesday's audition you will need to prepare a short song (16-32 measures) to be presented to the production team. Dance auditions will follow singing auditions.
Thursday's audition will consist of cold readings and singing.
Please dress comfortably and in something that allows you to move freely for both auditions and we look forward to seeing you there!
"The Secret Garden" performances are May 29, 30, 31, June 1 & June 5, 6, 7, 8.
"The Secret Garden" will be directed by Nathan R. Miles, with music director Ronnie Gray.
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Summer Reading: 8 Contemporary YA (Underrated) Books
The books on this list have 3 things in common: 1) They all have a spot on one of my "favorite reads" bookshelves. 2) They've earned a greater than 4-star average rating from Goodreads, Amazon and B&N combined. 3) They could use a little more RATINGS LOVE because they're AWESOME and people need to know this!
Five Flavors of Dumb
by Antony John
The Challenge: Piper has one month to get the rock band Dumb a paying gig.
The Deal: If she does it, Piper will become the band's manager and get her share of the profits.
The Catch: How can Piper possibly manage one egomaniacal pretty boy, one talentless piece of eye candy, one crush, one silent rocker, and one angry girl? And how can she do it when she's deaf?
Piper can't hear Dumb's music, but with growing self-confidence, a budding romance, and a new understanding of the decision her family made to buy a cochlear implant for her deaf baby sister, she discovers her own inner rock star and what it truly means to be a flavor of Dumb.
Sean Griswold's Head
by Lindsey Leavitt
According to her guidance counselor, fifteen-year-old Payton Gritas needs a focus object—an item to concentrate her emotions on. It's supposed to be something inanimate, but Payton decides to use the thing she stares at during class: Sean Griswold's head. They've been linked since third grade (Griswold-Gritas-it's an alphabetical order thing), but she's never really known him.
The focus object is intended to help Payton deal with her father's newly diagnosed multiple sclerosis. And it's working. With the help of her boy-crazy best friend Jac, Payton starts stalking—er, focusing on-Sean Griswold . . . all of him! He's cute, he shares her Seinfeld obsession (nobody else gets it!) and he may have a secret or two of his own.
In this sweet story of first love, Lindsey Leavitt seamlessly balances heartfelt family moments, spot-on sarcastic humor, and a budding young romance.
Everybody Sees the Ants
by A.S. King
Lucky Linderman didn't ask for his life. He didn't ask his grandfather not to come home from the Vietnam War. He didn't ask for a father who never got over it. He didn't ask for a mother who keeps pretending their dysfunctional family is fine. And he didn't ask to be the target of Nader McMillan's relentless bullying, which has finally gone too far.
But Lucky has a secret--one that helps him wade through the daily mundane torture of his life. In his dreams, Lucky escapes to the war-ridden jungles of Laos--the prison his grandfather couldn't escape--where Lucky can be a real man, an adventurer, and a hero. It's dangerous and wild, and it's a place where his life just might be worth living. But how long can Lucky keep hiding in his dreams before reality forces its way inside?
Michael L. Printz Honor recipient A.S. King's smart, funny and boldly original writing shines in this powerful novel about learning to cope with the shrapnel life throws at you and taking a stand against it.
What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know
by Sonya Sones
My name is Robin.
This book is about me.
It tells the story of what happens
when after almost 15 pathetic years of loserdom,
the girl of my dreams finally falls for me.
That seems like it would be
a good thing, right?
Only it turns out to be
a lot more complicated than that
Because I'm not gonna lie to you --
there are naked women involved.
Four of them, to be exact.
Though not in the way you might think.
Don't get me wrong -- my girlfriend's amazing.
But the way things have been going lately,
I'm starting to believe that the only thing worse
than not getting what you want,
is getting it.
The Piper's Son
by Melina Marchetta
Award-winning author Melina Marchetta reopens the story of the group of friends from her acclaimed novel Saving Francesca - but five years have passed, and now it's Thomas Mackee who needs saving. After his favorite uncle was blown to bits on his way to work in a foreign city, Tom watched his family implode. He quit school and turned his back on his music and everyone that mattered, including the girl he can't forget. Shooting for oblivion, he's hit rock bottom, forced to live with his single, pregnant aunt, work at the Union pub with his former friends, and reckon with his grieving, alcoholic father. Tom's in no shape to mend what's broken. But what if no one else is either? An unflinching look at family, forgiveness, and the fierce inner workings of love and friendship, The Piper's Son redefines what it means to go home again.
Playing Tyler
by TL Costa
When is a game not a game?
Tyler MacCandless can't focus, even when he takes his medication. He can't focus on school, on his future, on a book, on much of anything other than taking care of his older brother, Brandon, who's in rehab for heroin abuse… again.
Tyler's dad is dead and his mom has mentally checked out. The only person he can really count on is his Civilian Air Patrol Mentor, Rick. The one thing in life it seems he doesn't suck at is playing video games and, well, thats probably not going to get him into college.
Just when it seems like his future is on a collision course with a life sentence at McDonald's, Rick asks him to test a video game. If his score's high enough, it could earn him a place in flight school and win him the future he was certain that he could never have. And when he falls in love with the game's designer, the legendary gamer Ani, Tyler thinks his life might finally be turning around.
That is, until Brandon goes MIA from rehab and Tyler and Ani discover that the game is more than it seems. Now Tyler will have to figure out what's really going on in time to save his brother… and prevent his own future from going down in flames.
By Swati Avasthi
A riveting portrait of life after abuse from an award-winning novelist.
Sixteen-Year-Old Jace Witherspoon arrives at the doorstep of his estranged brother Christian with a re-landscaped face (courtesy of his father's fist), $3.84, and a secret.
He tries to move on, going for new friends, a new school, and a new job, but all his changes can't make him forget what he left behind—his mother, who is still trapped with his dad, and his ex-girlfriend, who is keeping his secret.
At least so far.
Worst of all, Jace realizes that if he really wants to move forward, he may first have to do what scares him most: He may have to go back. Award-winning novelist Swati Avasthi has created a riveting and remarkably nuanced portrait of what happens after. After you've said enough, after you've run, after you've made the split—how do you begin to live again? Readers won't be able to put this intense page-turner down.
A Little Wanting Song
by Cath Crowley
CHARLIE DUSKIN loves music, and she knows she's good at it. But she only sings when she's alone, on the moonlit porch or in the back room at Old Gus's Secondhand Record and CD Store. Charlie's mom and grandmother have both died, and this summer she's visiting her grandpa in the country, surrounded by ghosts and grieving family, and serving burgers to the local kids at the milk bar. She's got her iPod, her guitar, and all her recording equipment, but she wants more: A friend. A dad who notices her. The chance to show Dave Robbie that she's not entirely unspectacular.
ROSE BUTLER lives next door to Charlie's grandfather and spends her days watching cars pass on the freeway and hanging out with her troublemaker boyfriend. She loves Luke but can't wait to leave their small country town. And she's figured out a way: she's won a scholarship to a science school in the city, and now she has to convince her parents to let her go. This is where Charlie comes in. Charlie, who lives in the city, and whom Rose has ignored for years. Charlie, who just might be Rose's ticket out.
Told in alternating voices and filled with music, friendship, and romance, Charlie and Rose's "little wanting song" is about the kind of longing that begins as a heavy ache but ultimately makes us feel hopeful and wonderfully alive.
Do you have any favorites that could use a little more ratings love? Please feel free to leave your list in the comments below. (I'm always looking to expand my to-read list.) Or send them out into the Twitterverse using the hashtag: #underratedbooks.
Currently Reading: POINTE
by Brandy Colbert
Theo is better now.
She's eating again, dating guys who are almost appropriate, and well on her way to becoming an elite ballet dancer. But when her oldest friend, Donovan, returns home after spending four long years with his kidnapper, Theo starts reliving memories about his abduction—and his abductor.
Donovan isn't talking about what happened, and even though Theo knows she didn't do anything wrong, telling the truth would put everything she's been living for at risk. But keeping quiet might be worse.


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We meet on Saturdays indicated at 7:00 pm on the church grounds next to the Jefferson Building or at the Labyrinth southwest of the Sanctuary Building. Our rituals are listed in the church event calendar for the Jefferson Building.
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Welcome to the 1st in a 4 part series where we're going to dive into the Precision Movement 4-Step Process to Eliminate Pain and Improve Mobility for Movement Longevity.
Way too long of a title but it doesn't leave you wondering what the process is designed for.
While it's a 4-Step Process, it's not completely linear as they will overlap when it's put into action in the programs I design, however, the goal is to progress from Step 1 to 4.
Structural limitations are movement restrictions that are NOT a function of the neuromuscular system that will limit your flexibility.
Flexibility is passive i.e. your ability to achieve a range without muscular effort (gravity, someone lifting your leg), while mobility is active i.e. your ability to achieve a range with your own muscular effort (lifting your leg on your own).
Mobility can never be greater than flexibility so if your flexibility is limited, by definition your mobility will be limited.
Thus, it's logical to first work on flexibility before trying to improve your mobility.
The types of things that will limit your flexibility - in order from most to least common - include limitations due to the joint capsule or ligaments, tissue adhesions between/within muscle and fascia (often the result of injury) and the resulting scar tissue, bone-on-bone which may be a result of genetics or adaptation and even nerves can limit your range.
Structural limitations must be dealt with first, because greater range of control is built neuromuscularly and if structural limitations are present, the neuromuscular system will not overcome them.
Today, we're going to focus on muscle/fascia (in Step 2 you'll how to help fix the joint capsule).
Imagine a door that only opens to 45° because there's a big rock on the ground blocking it from opening any further.
You can WD-40 the hinges all you want but until you move that rock, you're not opening the door any further.
Perfect analogy for why addressing structural limitations is Step 1.
One of the common techniques used is foam rolling aka self-myofascial release.
When I first learned about foam rolling over a decade ago, I did it daily for a month or so and experienced a significant reduction in my general feeling of tightness, and noticeably softer muscles when I stuck a finger into them.
After that, the benefits plateaued and I find if I keep up with 2 or so sessions a week, I maintain.
Since first learning about foam rolling, I've added an active component based on my experience working with the popular Active Release Technique ubiquitous in the worlds of physiotherapy and chiropractic, and how effective they are at dealing with adhesions.
Active Self-Myofascial Release (ASMR) involves an active contraction of the muscles that are opposite (antagonists) to those being rolled or massaged (agonists).
By actively contracting the antagonists, we're eliciting a neuromuscular reflex called reciprocal inhibition. Reciprocal inhibition is a phenomenon where the muscle group opposite to the one being contracted reflexively relaxes.
So if we're foam rolling the quads, to get the best results possible requires us to keep those quads relaxed. By flexing the knee to activate the hamstrings while we're rolling, we utilize reciprocal inhibition to automatically relax the quads, allowing us to go deeper into the muscle.
I first shared ASRM back in 2013 when I launched the Hip Flexibility Solution and it's been a mainstay in my programs since.
Comparison of a foam rolling session with active joint motion and without joint motion: A randomized controlled trial.
"A short session of foam rolling with active joint motion appears to have a greater effect on passive joint ROM and PPT than rolling without motion. These observed changes may be influenced by the agonistic muscle activity during active motion. This activity may modulate activity of the antagonist muscle through reciprocal inhibition and other neural pathways."
So, it seems like the hypothesis I had 5 years ago has been held up in the research.
SIDE NOTE: Yes, in sharing this I am tooting my own horn but I'm also doing so to remind you of the old adage that coaches in the field are often years ahead of their counterparts in research because a coach's success depends solely upon the results they achieve. We don't have the luxury of waiting for grants to fund our research - we need to do it live with our clients and athletes and as quickly as possible to give ourselves and our clients the best chance of success. Otherwise, we're out of business.
In addition to achieving better results via reciprocal inhibition, conscious and specific activation of certain muscles with the simultaneous relaxation of others while applying self-myofascial release is a neuromuscular challenge in and of itself, helping us develop new neurons, keeping our brains plastic and youthful.
Finally, there's some emerging research coming out that ascribes some of the benefits of massage and similar therapies to stimulation of specific sensory receptors (ruffini corpuscles, pacinian corpuscules, etc) that respond to different types of touch and pressure i.e. level of firmness, a poke or a stroke, etc.
I'm not educated on what specific types of pressure affect what receptors and the benefits of doing so, but at the end of the day, being touched and squished is afferent (afferent nerve fibers arrive at the brain; efferent fibers exit the brain) information and this sensory information is processed by the brain in some way, so at the very least it's keeping these pathways alive (use it or lose it).
Crosswords are great for the aging brain but I'd wager the total benefits of mental challenges like ASMR that connect the mind and body are far greater.
Perform for 1-2 minutes on each muscle per side and say bye-bye to muscular and/or fascial restrictions.
In Part 2 of this series, we're going to dive into Step 2 that I now call "Dissociate to Activate", which will show you how to simultaneously break commonly associated Movement and/or Activation Patterns (M/APs) while activating muscles that may have gotten lazy and weak.
NOTE: this is Part 1 in a 4-Part series.


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Q: R loop to assign variable based on dates in ref table I'm trying to assign variables in a dataframe using a loop and referencing another table with dates. The loop would create a new variable (YRTR) in df1 using df2 as a reference.
The problem I'm running into is that some observations need to be assigned multiple YRTRs depending on the begin/end dates. So one observation may turn into multiple observations.
If an END_DATE is 9999-12-31 then the observation is current to today's date.
For example obs. 1 in df1 would turn into 11 observations, 1 for each YRTR since 2021.
Obs. 2 in df1 would turn into 2 observations, 1 with a YRTR of 20221, and 1 with a YRTR of 20223.
Obs. 3 in df1 would turn into 5 observations, 1 for each YRTR since 20221.
df1 looks like this:
|ID|      BEGIN_DATE     |     END_DATE  |
|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|
|1|          2019-05-18        |         9999-12-31       |
|2|          2021-05-15         |         2021-12-17       |
|3|          2021-05-15         |         9999-12-31       |
|4|          2018-12-22         |         2019-05-18       |

The reference data frame (df2) looks like this:
|YRTR|      BEGIN_DATE     |     END_DATE  |
|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|
|20193|          8/27/2018  |         12/21/2018       |
|20195|          1/14/2019   |         5/17/2019      |
|20201|         6/3/2019         |         8/8/2019      |
|20203|          8/26/2019        |         12/20/2019      |
|20205|          1/13/2020        |         5/15/2020       |
|20211|          6/1/2020         |         8/6/2020      |
|20213|          8/24/2020        |         12/18/2020       |
|20215|          1/11/2021         |         5/14/2021       |
|20221|          6/1/2021         |         8/5/2021      |
|20223|          8/23/2021        |         12/17/2021      |
|20225|          1/10/2022         |         5/13/2022       |
|20231|          5/31/2022         |         8/5/2022       |
|20233|          8/22/2022         |         12/16/2022      |

I'm trying to utilize for loops in R to solve this problem.

A: Ended up using a much simpler data.table method:
setDT(df2)
setDT(df1)

setkey(df2, BEGIN_DATE, END_DATE)
warn_long <- foverlaps(df1, df2, nomatch=NULL)


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Barry Lando, Contributor
Former Producer with 60 Minutes, author and frequent commentator on international affairs
BiBi Netanyahu: The King of Chutzpah
02/16/2015 11:48 am ET Updated Apr 18, 2015
The only word for it is chutzpah: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's call for European Jews to flee to Israel from the claws of a newly rampant anti-Semitism that is supposedly sweeping Europe.
Why Chutzpah? Because one of the major causes for the upsurge in anti-Semitic attacks in Europe over the past several years have been the actions of Israel--under Netanyahu.
Those who monitor such attacks for many years have found a direct relationship between outbreaks of deadly violence between Israel and the Palestinians to an upswing of attacks on Jewish targets from cemeteries, to synagogues, to shops, to individuals.
This has got nothing to do with whether or not you think that Israel's actions have been justified or not; the fact is that the relationship is clear: Every time Israel undertakes a violent action against the Palestinians--from the first and second Intifadas, to last year's invasion of Gaza, the result is trouble for the Jews of Europe.
The reason is obvious: They may not go out of their way to support the Palestinian cause, but millions of Muslims now living in Europe--particularly the young--naturally identify with the Palestinians rather than Israel. On the social media and TV they saw the terrible carnage wrought in Gaza last summer and were horrified and outraged.
What made matters worse was that leaders of most major Jewish organizations publicly defended Israel's incursion into Gaza --despite the fact that many European Jews were also upset by them. In France, for instance Roger Cukierman, the head of the leading Jewish organization, the CRIF, called for a massive demonstration in support of Israel's actions in Gaza and attempted to get the French government to outlaw a march that others had called to support the Palestinians. He also condemned French President Francois Hollande for appealing to the international community to end the "massacre" going on in Gaza.
Hollande, he charged, parroting the statements issued by Netanyahu's government, was excoriating Israel without taking account of the many provocations of Hamas in Gaza--rocketing Israel, using Palestinian schools and hospitals to stock weapons, etc.
And so it goes, the CRIF, as if it were an arm of the Israeli government itself, continues to clarion all-out support for Israel's actions. Since the CRIF supposedly represents the views of France's Jewish community, is there any wonder that not just French Muslims conclude that France's Jews support Israel's actions against the Muslim population in Gaza, and whatever else the Israeli government is up to?
(Unless more Jews in France and elsewhere are willing to speak out publicly about their disagreements with organisations like the CRIF and AIPAC and Israel's policies, that's the way it's going to be.)
Is there any wonder then that, given the ghastly images coming out of Gaza, that some of the French and other European Muslims react by attacking the nearest Jewish target at hand, be it a gravestone, synagogue wall, kosher restaurant, or individual wearing a kippah?
This is not to say that there are other forces as well behind the rise in anti-Semitic attacks in Europe. The virulent hatred propagated by the new social media, the increasing militancy of Muslim youth, for instance.
But all that is inflamed by the actions of Israel itself. The direct relationship between those acts and the increase in anti-Semitic attacks can't be denied.
Indeed, the Israeli government has increasingly claimed that the mounting criticisms of Israel for having committed war crimes or human rights violations, all such claims--even if they are coming from Jews as well-- are nothing but the product of anti-Semitism.
An outspoken Israeli writer, Uri Avnery, for decades one of the most acerbic critics of his country's policies, has pointed out the irony: Israel, created as a haven from anti-Semitism for Jews around the globe, has instead, by its actions, become the greatest promoter of anti-Semitism world-wide.
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Somewhere between an award and a relay baton pass...either way, I love it!
passed this honor on to me, and I'll follow the rules and pass it on to a couple of bloggers I admire.
First Kim, of bonheur du jour, who I am thinking is my long lost cousin or even sister. I like how she thinks, and what she thinks about.
1. Why do you call your business denisebrain? I wrote about this in one of my first blogs, here. I am a professional horn player, and Dennis Brain is one of the all-time great horn players.
It so happens that when I first was on eBay (the year was 1999) helping a student bid on horns, I was prompted for an eBay ID and I typed in denisebrain. Very soon, I started selling vintage clothing, and kept the name. I know it's quirky!
2. Creating your brand - how did you decide upon the unique vintage catalog style look of your photos?
My look has always been oriented toward vintage fashion magazines and catalogues...thank you for noticing! I love many images that pre-date about 1992, when the waif/victim/heroin-chic look started to be in vogue and has not really been succeeded.
I love all sorts of different looks and eras, but I especially like a look of happiness and health.
I started showing myself in photos because I wanted to distinguish myself from other online vintage dealers. I don't think of myself as a model, but I've always thought I could encourage others to try wearing vintage clothing if they saw an average real person in the clothes.
I notice vintage and modern labels that are popular, but my biggest interest is in just finding great examples of a kind. I like anything with character, wit, decent ingredients and style. I love the 40s most of all, including all the changes in that decade. I like to notice what vintage fashions are influencing modern fashions and pull those out to show.
That's hard and easy. The hard part is actually welcoming everyone who is in touch with me (which can take a fair amount of time), the easy part is the philosophy: Treat everyone as I'd like to be treated myself.
Good question! I started doing this business like I was shot out of a cannon. I love vintage clothing so much that just the word "vintage" would make my heart race. My greatest joy was learning more about the clothes and looking at everything I could in books and online. I felt an overwhelming sense of joy just standing in line at the post office with shipments to be mailed. I would wake up at 4:30 AM (no kidding) to start work because I couldn't wait to get going.
I still truly love what I'm doing, but I do have to keep thinking of ways to make it interesting to others and motivating to me. It is more of a seasoned process, one in which I take notes, bookmark inspirations and plan. I get inspiration from many different sources to try to keep looking and moving ahead.
6. Question most frequently asked of any vintage dealer: where do you find your items?
More or less all the usual places: 2nd-hand and vintage stores, estate sales, word-of-mouth, ads. It's become much more competitive in the buying realm, but I always notice that buyers orient to different things, so there's usually something left for me, even if other vintage buyers have shopped.
Hmm, well, take your pick: 1. I'm 1/64th Mohawk, 2. I'm older than many people suspect, 3. Although I bluster my way through sometimes, I'm terribly shy, 4. I love and write poetry (some published!), 5. I've worked as a chef, 6. I play bagpipes, 7. I don't really crave sweet food...my "bad" food would be something like barbecue chips, which I eat something like once every 5 years!


Gazania, euphorbia and pigface are three summer stunners that stand up to hot weather.
Azaleas need a trim after flowering to promote compact, disease-free growth. Remove tall, irregular, sucker-like growth that can cause the shrub to become leggy.
Cut back may bush (spiraea), removing the oldest canes at ground level to encourage arching waterfalls of new growth.
Hydrangea and agapanthus give a cool look to the Christmas table. To make hydrangea last longer, pick early in the morning and submerge the flower heads in water for an hour before draining and arranging.
How are the hoses? Fittings need replacing? When not in use roll the hose into a neat coil to avoid trip hazards and preserve the hose. Retractable hoses make the job easier.
Divide and repot late-flowering cymbidium orchids.
Keep an eye out for lacebug on azaleas, identified by the silver cast of infected leaves. Insects peak in summer: try a Confidor tablet or Richgro Bug Killa granules beneath azaleas to control them.
In summer choose tube stock or the smallest pot-size possible, to help establish root systems over summer.
The huge and heavy heads of dahlias can break the fragile stems so offer support.
Mulch the garden before the summer scorchers arrive.


There is this Muslim girl who rides my bus, I find her very beautiful and cant stop thinking about her. I get a srong feeling though that she likes me too. You said your like her moral values, but don't make hasty decisions, do it partiallly for her and partially for your self.
Look up on Islam read about it it's a very beatiful religion and make a lot of sense.
A lot of men don't like the fake nails, hair, breast, and assorted disorders that accompany that style.
If I could find a conservative middle eastern woman with my blue eyes I'd prove you wrong! As with Caucasian women, some are attractive, some aren't.
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The population was also pushed out of agriculture and into the cities by an economic inflation, starting in the second half of the 15th century, that increased prices sixfold over the next 150 years.
Of the ten people lined up and shot that day, seven died.
Üritusel osaleb Tallinna Kesklinna vanem Aini Härm. mai 8.30 abilinnapea Merike Martinson juhib nõupidamist Tallinna Sotsiaal- ja Tervishoiuameti juhtkonnaga.


This is a very colorful and charming image created by the Swedish artist Iwar Donner ( 1884 – 1964) that was published by the Stockholm: Swedish Traffic Association. In it we see the recently built Stockholm City Hall in the foreground with a view of the harbor beyond. It shows the city of Stockholm as a bright and colorful destination. This poster was part of the trend in the 1930's for colorful travel destinations throughout Europe .


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Counties in South New jersey served by the AIS
Funding for Italian Programs for the year 2021-22 MAECI GRANT
The America Italy Society of Philadelphia is a well-established non-profit cultural agency committed to promoting the Italian language and culture throughout the seven-States area included in the Italian consular jurisdiction of Philadelphia. The America Italy Society is currently working in collaboration with the Office of Education of the Consulate General of Italy in Philadelphia and is officially recognized by the Italian Foreign Affairs Department in Rome.
Thanks to funds given to us by the Italian Foreign Affairs Department, we are looking to strengthen your efforts to teach Italian language and culture to students in grades K-12 in the territory of the Italian Consulate in Philadelphia: Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland (with the exclusion of Anne Arundel, Howard, Prince George, Montgomery counties), Virginia (with the exclusion of Fairfax, Arlington, and Prince William Counties), West Virginia, North Carolina, and southern counties of New Jersey (Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Ocean and Salem). Remaining New Jersey counties are under the jurisdiction of the Consulate General in New York.
School administrators, world language coordinators and teachers of Italian are encouraged to learn more about support for strengthening instruction of Italian language and culture in grades K-12.
In order to foster the diffusion of the Italian language and culture, a number of 12-months grants will be awarded to programs established according to the guidelines provided in the World Language Curriculum Framework of each state.
1) The funds can be utilized by the school to start a new curriculum or to expand the Italian program.
2) We can disburse grants up to $8,000.00
3) The grant may cover up to 50% of the salary costs of an Italian teacher.
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5) Funds will be granted with the expectation that the program will become gradually self-sustaining within a period of three years, unless the initial program has expanded to include new courses.
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The schools receiving the grant are required to:
include Italian on the report card;
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We look forward to hear from you and please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any question.
Franca Riccardi, Ph.D.
Responsabile Esecutivo ENTE GESTORE
Director of Language and Cultural Programs
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franca_riccardi@aisphila.org 215 735 3250
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Marcelo Valle Silveira Mello (Brasília, 9 de agosto de 1985) é um cracker brasileiro preso nas operações Intolerância e Bravata da Polícia Federal por crimes tais como racismo, ameaças terroristas, divulgação de pornografia infantil, incitar a violência contra negros, homossexuais, mulheres, nordestinos e judeus, pregar o abuso sexual contra crianças e planejar o assassinato de alunos do curso de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Brasília (UnB).<ref>{{citar web|url=https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/app/noticia/cidades/2012/03/23/interna_cidadesdf,294563/homens-presos-pela-policia-federal-planejavam-matar-alunos-da-unb.shtml|título=Homens presos pela Polícia Federal planejavam matar alunos da UnB|primeiro =|último =|data=23 de março de 2012|website=Acervo|acessodata=4 de maio de 2021}}</ref> Marcelo cumpre pena na Penitenciária Federal de Campo Grande e deverá passar por avaliação neuropsicológica, segundo determinação da 14ª Vara Federal de Curitiba. Em 2009, se tornou a primeira pessoa a ser condenada por racismo na internet no Brasil.

Marcelo ingressou na UnB, após passar no vestibular para o curso de Letras, em 2005, e na Universidade Católica de Brasília, em 2006, onde se formou em Ciência da Computação. A trajetória criminosa de Mello teve início em 2005, quando ele publicou uma sequência de ofensas contra negros em um fórum da UnB, no site de relacionamentos Orkut. Por meio da internet, Mello fazia comentários pejorativos sobre os colegas aprovados por meio do sistema de cotas. Foi processado e condenado, em 2009, a um ano e dois meses de prisão, sendo o primeiro condenado no Brasil por racismo no universo digital.

Nos anos seguintes, Marcelo aprofundou seu arsenal de ofensas e ampliou o leque das vítimas. Distribuía ameaças de morte e, aos poucos, passou a concentrar suas mensagens no site "Silvio Koerich", motivador da prisão na Operação Intolerância da Polícia Federal. Até então ele mudava frequentemente o veículo usado para divulgar suas ideias, o que dificultava o rastreamento. Passou a fazer intimidações diretas e as ameaças de morte citavam aspectos da vida pessoal das vítimas, inclusive dos filhos. Após um ano e seis meses detido no Paraná, ganhou o direito de cumprir pena em liberdade. Mello voltou a cometer crimes, desta vez no fórum "Dogolachan". Em 2018, foi preso pela Operação Bravata da PF e foi condenado a 41 anos, 6 meses e 20 dias de prisão por racismo, coação no curso do processo, associação criminosa, incitação ao cometimento de crimes, divulgação e disponibilização de imagens de pornografia infantil e terrorismo cometidos na internet. Mais tarde o Tribunal Regional Federal da 4ª Região reduziu a pena para 11 anos de detenção em regime fechado. Marcelo é apontado como grande incentivador de cometimento de crimes ainda mais graves por parte de terceiros, como homicídios, feminicídios e terrorismo.

Em 2021 o Tribunal Regional Federal da 4ª Região (TRF-4) negou um habeas corpus em favor de Marcelo Valle Silveira Mello. Seu advogado requereu no habeas corpus a progressão de regime, para que fosse transferido para uma unidade prisional adequada ao regime semiaberto. Caso o pedido liminar não fosse aceito, ele requisitou, subsidiariamente, o retorno provisório ao Complexo Médico Penal de Curitiba, local onde ficou preso inicialmente.

 Juventude
Marcelo Valle Silveira Mello nasceu em 1985, em uma família de classe média alta de Brasília. Ele é filho único e seu pai morreu quando ele era bebê. A mãe, servidora pública, trabalhou no Serviço Federal de Processamento de Dados (Serpro), tendo sido lotada no gabinete da Presidência da República. Afastada do emprego por conta de problemas psiquiátricos, deixou a criação do filho para a avó materna dele.

Em 25 anos na capital, Marcelo morou em alguns dos melhores endereços da cidade, como a Asa Sul. Introvertido, nunca foi de fazer amigos, alegou ter sofrido bullying na escola e, desde cedo, odiar mulheres, negros, LGBTs, nordestinos, políticos e militantes de esquerda.

 Carreira criminosa

 Cracker
Por volta de 2005, Mello criou comunidades no Orkut e fez amizades e contatos com homens misóginos e racistas de extrema-direita, tornando-se uma liderança em tais grupos. Em 2009 tornou-se o primeiro condenado no Brasil por racismo no universo digital. Ele costumava fazer campanha contra as cotas raciais e publicava conteúdo racista na internet, deixando evidente seu ódio a negros. Neste período ele cursava letras, com ênfase em japonês, na Universidade de Brasília (UnB).

Ele também atacava as mulheres da UnB, em especial as negras e as lésbicas. Denunciado por colegas e docentes, deixou a instituição para cursar computação na Universidade Católica de Brasília. Mesmo condenado a um ano e dois meses de prisão, continuou em liberdade graças a recursos dos seus advogados, que alegavam insanidade do cliente.

 Pornografia infantil, estupro e massacre de Realengo

Em 2011, já como um cracker respeitado no submundo da internet, Mello se mudou para Curitiba, onde passou a cursar Direito na PUCPR. Em um dos sites que administrava, o "Silvio Koerich" (uma paródia de outro site de mesmo nome, que era um pseudônimo do criador), internautas comemoraram a ação do atirador Wellington Menezes de Oliveira no Massacre de Realengo. Menezes atirou nas meninas para matar e nos meninos para ferir, o que foi exaltado na página de Mello, onde Menezes era tratado como "herói".

O site saiu do ar quando a Polícia Civil começou a realizar diligências de busca e apreensão para investigar o atentado de Realengo, mas voltou em agosto de 2011, quando passou a defender a legalização do estupro e da pedofilia, além do "estupro corretivo" para lésbicas. A página exibia publicações com títulos como "seja homem: mate uma mulher hoje", anunciou um atentado no prédio de Ciências Sociais da UnB para "matar vadias e esquerdistas" e oferecia recompensa a quem matasse o então deputado Jean Wyllys, homossexual declarado, e Lola Aronovich, autora de um blog feminista e professora na Universidade Federal do Ceará.

 Operação Intolerância
Mello foi preso durante a Operação Intolerância, deflagrada pela Polícia Federal (PF) em 22 de março de 2012, após a Polícia Federal receber quase 70 mil denúncias e conduzir uma investigação ao longo de quatro meses. As investigações foram conduzidas pelo Núcleo de Repressão aos Crimes Cibernéticos, unidade especializada da PF, que prendeu, além de Mello, Emerson Eduardo Rodrigues, por serem responsáveis pelas postagens de conteúdo discriminatório no site "Silvio Koerich", que incitava a violência contra negros, homossexuais, mulheres, nordestinos e judeus, além pregar o abuso sexual contra menores.

A Justiça Federal autorizou o cumprimento de mandados de busca e apreensão nas residências e locais de trabalho dos criminosos. A Polícia Federal encontrou na casa de Emerson (em Curitiba) e de Marcelo (em Brasília) o mapa de uma casa no Lago Sul usada por alunos da Universidade de Brasília. Segundo a Polícia Federal, a dupla planejava matar os estudantes. De acordo com o mandado de prisão preventiva, a liberdade dos réus Emerson e Marcelo seria atentatória à ordem pública. Na conta bancária de Mello havia 440 mil reais depositados pela mãe.

A Justiça condenou Mello a seis anos e sete meses de prisão em regime semiaberto, pelos crimes de indução à discriminação ou preconceito de raça, incitação à prática de crime e publicação de vídeos e fotografias de crianças e adolescentes em cenas de sexo. Ele integrava uma comunidade de pedófilos.

Para a Polícia Federal, Emerson Eduardo Rodrigues seria o principal responsável pelo conteúdo do site "Silvio Koerich". O técnico de informática seria agressivo e violento, e autor da maior parte das publicações do endereço na web, que defendia a morte de mulheres que mantivessem relações sexuais com negros, o assassinato de homossexuais, o estupro coletivo de lésbicas e o abuso sexual contra menores de idade.

 Recrutamento de extremistas
Marcelo recrutava extremistas dispostos a promover um massacre a estudantes da Universidade de Brasília (UnB). Investigadores da Polícia Federal descobriram que Marcelo planejava os últimos detalhes do ataque aos estudantes. Em várias mensagens divulgadas na internet, Marcelo convocava seguidores a pegar em armas. Os alvos seriam os alunos do curso de Ciências Sociais. As ameaças levaram os agentes a deflagrarem a Operação Intolerância, que também colocou atrás das grades Emerson Eduardo Rodrigues. "Pelo que se desenhava, eles estavam procurando pessoas habilitadas a morrer por essa causa doentia", afirmou o delegado responsável pelas investigações, chefe do Núcleo de Repressão a Crimes Cibernéticos (NRCC), unidade de elite da Polícia Federal no Paraná.

 Operação Bravata
Após um ano e seis meses detido no Paraná, ganhou o direito de cumprir pena em liberdade. Mello então voltou a criar páginas criminosas na internet. Entre elas, o blog "Tio Astolfo" (que fazia apologia ao estupro de mulheres) e o "Dogolachan", onde utilizava os apelidos como "Psy" e "Batoré" e que só é acessível pela rede Tor. Ele também mantinha um perfil no Twitter com seu nome e foto, onde escrevia ameaças. Em 2015, uma equipe do programa Profissão Repórter, da Rede Globo, tentou entrevistar Mello, porém ele se recusou a responder perguntas. Em 10 de maio de 2018, Mello foi preso novamente durante a "Operação Bravata" da PF. Marcelo é acusado ainda de criar os blogs "Realidade", "Homens de Bem", "Reis do Camarote", "PUAHate", "Filosofia do Estupro" e "Rio de Nojeira".

Mello recebeu pena de 41 anos, 6 meses e 20 dias de prisão por racismo, coação, associação criminosa, incitação ao cometimento de crimes, divulgação de imagens de pornografia infantil e terrorismo cometidos na internet. A decisão do juiz federal Marcos Josegrei da Silva, da 14ª Vara da Justiça Federal de Curitiba, também o condena a pagar 1 milhão de reais como reparação de danos e 678 dias-multa (no valor de um décimo do salário mínimo vigente em dezembro de 2016). O valor da reparação de danos, segundo o despacho, será destinado a programas de combate aos crimes cibernéticos e programas educativos da área. O magistrado considera "inequívoca" a periculosidade de Marcelo. "Solto, ele pode ser uma verdadeira ameaça à ordem social. Não só na condição de autor de delitos como na divulgação de imagens de pornografia infantil e racismo, mas também como grande incentivador de cometimento de crimes ainda mais graves por parte de terceiros, como homicídios, feminicídios e terrorismo."

Ao fixar a reparação de danos de R$ 1 milhão e ao pagamento de 678 dias-multa (no valor de um décimo do salário mínimo vigente em dezembro de 2016), o juiz afirmou que, mesmo já tendo sido condenado uma vez, "o réu não só voltou a praticar delitos da mesma natureza (racismo e divulgação de imagens de pedofilia) como outros até piores do que aqueles objeto da condenação anterior, demonstrando que a pena corporal não é suficiente."

 Massacre de Suzano

A Polícia Civil do Estado de São Paulo também investiga o "Dogolachan" por causa do massacre de Suzano. Segundo investigadores, Guilherme Taucci Monteiro e Luiz Henrique de Castro, atiradores que mataram nove pessoas e depois se suicidaram na Escola Raul Brasil, usaram o Dogolachan para coletar dicas para a realização do ataque, que foi celebrado pelos integrantes do fórum.

Uma semana antes do massacre, um dos atiradores teria publicado um agradecimento ao administrador do site "Dogolachan", conhecido como "DPR". "Muito obrigado pelos conselhos e orientações, DPR. Esperamos do fundo dos nossos corações não cometer esse ato em vão. (...) Nascemos falhos, mas partiremos como heróis. (...) Ficamos espantados com a qualidade, digna de filmes de Hollywood", diz a mensagem. Numa mensagem cuja captura de tela foi publicada logo após as notícias do massacre, o administrador deu detalhes de como ajudou os dois atiradores a conseguirem armas, além de descrever Guilherme como "um bom garoto que acabou descobrindo da pior forma possível que brincadeiras podem se tornar pesadelos reais". Mais tarde, DPR, o administrador, descreveu trocas de e-mails com Luiz, que teria interesse em comprar uma arma com facilidade e que também foi apresentado a Guilherme por Luiz.

 Ameaças ao Supremo Tribunal Federal
Em 2020, a Polícia Federal acusou a célula terrorista "Unidade Realengo Marcelo do Valle" de planejar um ataque a ministros do Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF). O nome trata-se de uma referência ao Massacre de Realengo e a Marcelo Valle Silveira Mello. Todos os ministros do STF foram alertados pelo presidente da corte, Dias Toffoli, para que reforçassem sua segurança. O aviso se dá após descoberta, pela PF, de que integrantes da célula terrorista trocavam mensagens sobre as rotinas dos ministros da corte.

Segundo a organização não governamental Safernet, que atua na defesa dos direitos humanos na internet, o grupo "deve ser levado a sério" pois tem ligação com incels'' (corruptela originada do inglês para "celibatários involuntários"). "O grupo se revoltou muito após a prisão de Marcelo e as ameaças passaram a se dirigir ao judiciário", diz a ONG.

O juiz federal Marcos Josegrei da Silva, autor da sentença contra Mello, passou a ser ameaçado. O grupo também estaria por trás de uma tentativa de ataque ao ex-deputado federal Jean Wyllys, que renunciou ao mandato e deixou o país. "Eles mapearam qual o equipamento de raio-x que havia na Câmara dos Deputados para testar se um taco de beisebol passaria dentro de um tubo para carregar um banner", disse uma fonte ligada à Safernet.

Ameaças ao ex-deputado Jean Wyllys
Em 2019, Jean Wyllys anunciou ter desistido de assumir o terceiro mandato como deputado federal pelo estado do Rio de Janeiro, garantido nas eleições de 2018, e que deixaria de viver no Brasil, dedicando-se à carreira acadêmica. Desde o assassinato da vereadora Marielle Franco, Jean Wyllys vive sob escolta policial. De acordo com suas declarações à Folha de S.Paulo, "as intensificações de ameaças de mortes, recorrentes antes mesmo da execução de Marielle, e a atuação da milícia no estado, o levaram a tomar a decisão". O Ministério da Justiça declarou em nota que foram instaurados diversos inquéritos pela Polícia Federal para apurar as ameaças ao ex-deputado federal Jean Wyllys e que já identificou um dos autores, Marcelo Valle Silveira Mello, preso desde maio de 2018 na Operação Bravata da Polícia Federal.

O Núcleo de Direitos Humanos do Ministério Público do Distrito Federal e dos Territórios (MPDFT) denunciou Marcelo pelos crimes de coação no curso do processo, injúria qualificada pela raça e origem e ameaça, já que o intuito era intimidar o então deputado federal Jean Wyllys em processo no qual foi chamado a intervir na condição de testemunha de acusação.

A Justiça do Distrito Federal determinou a audiência de instrução para ouvir Marcelo e o ex-deputado federal Jean Wyllys. A audiência está marcada para ocorrer em agosto de 2022.

BolsoCoin
Marcelo Valle Silveira Mello é o criador da criptomoeda BolsoCoin, cujo nome vem de Jair Bolsonaro. Ela é um fork da Litecoin e, desde o seu lançamento, está intimamente ligada ao "Dogolachan". A moeda é utilizada em fóruns anônimos na rede Tor como forma de pagamento para atividades chamadas de doxxing e swatting. A primeira diz respeito ao roubo de dados privados e sua transmissão a outras pessoas e a segunda é usada para uma espécie de trote a serviços de emergência. O objetivo da primeira é chantagear a pessoa, enquanto a segunda pretende apenas constranger a vítima. A moeda, disponível na plataforma GitHub, foi criada pelo usuário psyclon, que se identifica em sua página como Marcelo Mello. Uma reportagem do jornal Correio Braziliense informa que trata-se de Marcelo Valle Silveira Mello.

Ligação com neonazistas
Marcelo e Emerson Eduardo Rodrigues são suspeitos de integrar grupos neonazistas que atuam em Brasília e em Curitiba desde 1982. Emerson também é suspeito de envolvimento com homicídios cometidos em Curitiba. A Polícia Federal já recebeu informações da participação de Marcelo e Emerson nesses assassinatos, que teriam motivação racista e estavam sem autoria conhecida. Emerson também é suspeito de diversas agressões contra a esposa..

Tentativa de incriminar pessoas inocentes
Marcelo tentou incriminar diversas pessoas inocentes em seus blogs e mensagens de e-mail, como o youtuber Izzy Nobre, o ex-estudante de química Cauê Felchar, o analista de sistemas Ricardo Wagner Arouxa, a professora Lola Aronovich e seu ex-comparsa Emerson Eduardo Rodrigues, que brigou com Marcelo depois de sair da cadeia, entre outros. Marcelo usou a identidade falsa de seus desafetos com o objetivo de direcionar as investigações, inquéritos e indiciamentos da Polícia Federal e da Polícia Civil para eles, gerando transtornos e constrangimentos para seus inimigos, que tiveram que comparecer à delegacias de polícia para prestar esclarecimentos ou para registrar boletins de ocorrência contra o Marcelo, como Lola Aronovich, que entre janeiro de 2012 e abril de 2017 registrou onze boletins de ocorrência contra Marcelo Valle Silveira Mello e sua quadrilha por crimes de ódio.

Marcelo também se servia da identidade de Emerson Eduardo Rodrigues para fazer ameaças ao ex-deputado federal Jean Wyllys e era membro de um grupo de incels autointitulado "Homens Sanctos".

As mensagens de e-mail e textos nos blogs de Marcelo tinham conteúdo racista, misógino, homofóbico, transfóbico, xenófobo, preconceituoso, ameaçador e faziam apologia de crimes violentos como feminicídio e estupro.

Marcelo tinha por hábito denunciar às autoridades postagens anônimas que ele mesmo produzia, na tentativa de se manter acima de qualquer suspeita.

Invasão de webnários
Mesmo preso Marcelo e seu grupo continuam praticando crimes pela internet. Uma modalidade desses crimes é a invasão de webnários de universidades, que se tornaram comuns durante a pandemia do coronavírus, na qual os invasores interrompem palestras de professores sobre racismo, homofobia e feminismo com discursos de ódio e imagens de pornografia infantil. Em 2022 um grupo de hackers invadiu a Conferência Municipal de Promoção da Igualdade Racial, em Divinópolis, com símbolos nazistas, saudações a Adolf Hitler, vídeos de conteúdo pornográfico e músicas de baixo calão.

Ameaças a professores, escolas e políticos de esquerda
Mesmo preso, a quadrilha liderada por Marcelo continua fazendo ameaças à professora Lola Aronovich através de mensagens de e-mail e telefonemas, além de apoiar o assassinato de mulheres em chans na deep web. Lola é alvo frequente de ameaças por ter denunciado e registrado boletins de ocorrência contra Marcelo e por monitorar o fórum "Dogolachan".

Marcelo e sua quadrilha também ameaçaram a vereadora de Belo Horizonte Duda Salabert, que em razão das ameaças foi demitida do Colégio Bernoulli onde trabalhava como professora de literatura. Duda Salabert é transexual e filiada ao Partido Democrático Trabalhista (PDT).

Marcelo e sua quadrilha fizeram ameaças semelhantes às vereadoras negras Carol Dartora, de Curitiba, e Ana Lúcia Martins, de Joinville, por motivação racista. Carol Dartora é a primeira vereadora negra da história da capital paranaense e Ana Lúcia Martins a primeira vereadora negra da história de Joinville. As duas são do Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT).

Financiamento do terrorismo

Em 2012, Marcelo e Emerson Eduardo Rodrigues foram detidos, acusados de planejar uma chacina de estudantes do curso de ciências sociais da Universidade de Brasília. Marcelo, que é de Brasília, estaria na capital paranaense para receber instruções. Com ele, foi apreendido um mapa de uma chácara em que aconteceria uma festa dos estudantes da Universidade de Brasília. Na conta de Marcelo havia cerca de 500 mil reais, dinheiro supostamente doado por simpatizantes radicais à causa dele. As investigações, à época, apontaram que o recurso serviria para financiar o atentado. Os 500 mil reais encontrados na conta de Marcelo foram rastreados pela Polícia Federal. Os policiais acreditam que a origem do dinheiro possa vir de doações de pessoas que simpatizam com sua ideologia criminosa. Outra linha de investigação para explicar os 500 mil reais é que Marcelo tenha usado seus conhecimentos avançados em informática para fraudar transações bancárias pela internet.

Coação no curso do processo

Marcelo também ameaçou de morte pela internet o delegado da Polícia Federal Flúvio Cardinelli, do Núcleo de Repressão aos Crimes Cibernéticos, responsável pelas investigações da Operação Intolerância, que prendeu Marcelo e Emerson em 2012.

Formação acadêmica

Marcelo possui graduação em Ciência da Computação pela Universidade Católica de Brasília. Cursou Direito na Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, a qual se referia como "uniesquina", e Letras Japonês na Universidade de Brasília, mas não concluiu os cursos.

Ver também
 Racismo no Brasil
 Homofobia no Brasil
 Terrorismo no Brasil
 Terrorismo de direita

Ligações externas

Criminosos do Brasil
Nascidos em 1985
Alunos da Universidade de Brasília
Alunos da Universidade Católica de Brasília
Naturais de Brasília

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Home Sports Mahela joins Lancashire for T20 Blast
Mahela joins Lancashire for T20 Blast
Lancashire have signed experienced Sri Lankan batsman Mahela Jayawardene for the upcoming T20 Blast campaign.
He played for Somerset last season and has since appeared for Karachi Kings and Central Stags in Pakistan and New Zealand's T20 competitions.
The 39-year-old helped Sri Lanka win the 2014 World T20 and has scored 5,455 runs in the game's shortest format.
"I can't wait to watch him bat," Lancashire head coach Glen Chapple told BBC Radio Lancashire.
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Lancashire won their first T20 Blast title in 2015, but failed to progress from the group stage last season.
Board member Paul Allott told BBC Radio Lancashire in January that the Red Rose county were looking to sign an "iconic player or coach for T20 cricket".
Jayawardene is their second signing for the Blast, which runs from 7 July to 2 September, and will play alongside Pakistan fast bowler Junaid Khan.
He does not count as an overseas player as he has been granted a spousal visa because his wife is Danish.
Former Sri Lanka captain Jayawardene said: "Lancashire is a huge county with a fine history in the game. There is a young group of players at the club and I'm really looking forward to the opportunity to working with them and to be part of the T20 campaign this summer.
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Q: H3-Python: How to generate hex bins over shapefile? I am trying to generate hexbins over my shapefile to eventually cluster other geospatial events to them using H3. Here is my process, but I am wondering if there is a better way.
# packages
from h3 import h3
import pandas as pd
import geopandas as gpd
from shapely import geometry, ops
from shapely.geometry.polygon import Polygon
from shapely.geometry.multipolygon import MultiPolygon
from collections import Counter
from shapely.ops import cascaded_union

# transform multipolygon to polygon
def explode(indata):
    indf = gpd.GeoDataFrame.from_file(indata)
    outdf = gpd.GeoDataFrame(columns=indf.columns)
    for idx, row in indf.iterrows():
        if type(row.geometry) == Polygon:
            outdf = outdf.append(row,ignore_index=True)
        if type(row.geometry) == MultiPolygon:
            multdf = gpd.GeoDataFrame(columns=indf.columns)
            recs = len(row.geometry)
            multdf = multdf.append([row]*recs,ignore_index=True)
            for geom in range(recs):
                multdf.loc[geom,'geometry'] = row.geometry[geom]
            outdf = outdf.append(multdf,ignore_index=True)
    return outdf

# transform multipolygon to polygon
explode_vals = explode('C:\\Users\\Andrew\Desktop\\af_shape\\9c21fbef-c5ee-4eb6-88f3-ae4b938014bf202049-1-xml0al.1eimn.shp')

# set hex size
APERTURE_SIZE = 6

# Unify the boundries
union_poly = cascaded_union(explode_vals.geometry)

# Find the hexs within the shape boundary using PolyFill
hex_list=[]
for n,g in enumerate(union_poly):
    #print(n,'\r')
    temp  = geometry.mapping(g)
    temp['coordinates']=[[[j[1],j[0]] for j in i] for i in temp['coordinates']]
    hex_list.extend(h3.polyfill(temp,APERTURE_SIZE))

# create hex dataframe
hex_col = 'hex{}'.format(APERTURE_SIZE)
dfh = pd.DataFrame(hex_list,columns=[hex_col])
print('Sanity Check\nnumber of hexes:', len(hex_list))
print('number of duplicates:', len(hex_list) - len(dfh.drop_duplicates()))

# add lat & lng of center of hex
dfh['lat']=dfh[hex_col].apply(lambda x: h3.h3_to_geo(x)[0])
dfh['lng']=dfh[hex_col].apply(lambda x: h3.h3_to_geo(x)[1])

# create Point object based on hex latlng
dfh['geometry'] = dfh.apply(lambda x: geometry.Point(x.lng,x.lat),1)
dfh.crs = {"init": "epsg:4326"}

# plot hex latlng
dfh.plot(x='lng',y='lat',style='.',figsize=(48,48));

The second problem I have, is, if I want to filter my country level shape file to just a province, I get an error saying that my polygon is not iterable.
I am filtering like so, and following the same process.
explode_vals = explode_vals.loc[explode_vals['PROV_34_NA'] == 'Hilmand'].reset_index(drop=True)

I have also tried to use QGIS to export just the province of interest to geoJSON and a shapefile, but something about cutting it off from the rest of the country makes this whole process not work.


After returning from Florida, I was delighted to capture more of our Eagles soaring past my third floor balcony.
This next photo was taken around sunset where an Eagle caused a flight-frenzy with some of the ducks as he flew in and landed on Lippincott's Channel Marker in Marshy Creek.
I was thrilled with the next series of shots, me capturing an Eagle capturing a fish.
I took the next and last series from my balcony on the parking lot side of our building of an Eagle approaching to fly between ours and another building.
Because I was able to stay locked on him, you'll see him in focus in the third photo as he flew behind the tree branches. I thought this was pretty cool!
Would you believe I then hurriedly walked…..ok, I admit, I ran through my home to the waterside hoping to capture him as he flew through? This next photo proves the Eagle can fly faster than I can run, he was gone!
Eagles soar because they always focus on their goal.
Dare to soar this week, my friend!
You certainly soared with this photography Donna! What majestic creatures they are and you captured. No wonder they are our national bird!
Oh my! All of these shots are so thrilling. We're off on an adventure in the SW desert. Internet is likely to be spacey.
I think we have a really fun itinerary. We'll fly to Las Vegas and stay the night to see Cirque du Soleil. From there we rent an SUV and head across AZ, actual route yet to be determined. We'll take a Jeep tour with a Navajo guide through Canyon de Chilly (pronounced d'Shay). Next day we'll roam around Chaco Canyon in NM. Then we head East to Eric's old territory where we'll spend a couple of days at a Hot Springs and do day trips to his old haunts. Flying home out of Albuquerque. There's been some showers and not too hot. Hopefully the cactus will be in bloom! And, of course, the camera goes with me! Thanks!!!
What a sight to see, nice photos!
Thanks Belinda, they give me goose-bumps every time!
So it was fish instead of duck that time. 🙂 You should workshops from your balcony! WOW! I drive 3 hours to see Bald Eagles and that's not a guarantee! Most times they aren't in the refuge or where I expect them to be.
What's the tax situation for retirees there? As a NV or FL? If it is I may turning He-Man to Maryland..he has an Aunt there.
We're looking out of state for retirement. CA is just crazy. They're really good at driving money out of the state though.
I prefer fish to the ducks, isn't that awful?!! 🙂 Our balcony has been a wonder to me, hooked me with the opportunity to get into photography without really trying. I'm so glad it did! Tax situation for retirees not so good in Maryland, real high. We're still not sure if we'll retire in Maryland, it's so hard to know what/where it is best!
Wow, stunning photos! Oh I am dying to pick up a pencil or brush! Soar through your week my friend!
Thanks so much, Laura! Hang in there, this is the week of weeks for you for work I'm sure, soar through it as well, friend!
A great parting line, Donna. Have a marvelous week!
Thanks so much, Nia, you too!
What thrill to be with these beautiful birds.
Great series of soaring eagles! The fishing pictures are awesome!


Construction workers work on Sycamore Road on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017 in DeKalb. Construction along the road has had drivers dodge raised manholes for a couple weeks, and overnight paving on Wednesday was supposed to complete the project, raising the street level to match the height of the manholes. A delay in the construction will postpone the completion of the project.