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The History of Homecoming
By Mirabella Booth
Homecoming is an American tradition. Plastered throughout our media and along the halls, one might ask: How did homecoming come to be?
Homecoming started on college campuses as a celebration of the first football game of the season. During which, alumni would return to their alma maters for the game. Early homecomings date back to the turn of the century. The origin of the first homecoming is unknown but a few schools have claimed to have started homecoming.
The University of Missouri claims to be the inventor of homecoming in 1911 after Director of Athletics Chester L. Brewer decided to invite alumni back to the annual game against their rivals, the University of Kansas. To build up hype, he decided to include a parade and spirit rally, a now integral part of homecoming celebrations.
Baylor University also claims to have held the first homecoming in 1909. Jeopardy recognizes Mizzou as homecoming's progenitor. The University of Illinois dates it's festivities back to 1910.
Homecoming eventually spread into high schools. Since integrating into high schools, new traditions have become a part of homecoming festivities such as a parade with floats, the football game, a dance, and the election of a homecoming queen.
The festivities of homecoming are ever changing but the purpose of homecoming will always remain concrete: bringing people back together.


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Q: How to deal with large ICS files? My application (php/laravel, but irrelevant here) holds calendar entries for its users (comparable to a car logbook), and some users want to sync those events to their calendar app of choice. I started looking into the ics standard (RFC 5545 etc.) and created an endpoint that generates those files.
Problem: The files are getting huge. Some users have their entire driving history with hundreds and thousands of entries in the application, generating and transfering those MBs of ICS files will take ages (using php, anyways), let alone doing that everytime the calendar app tries to sync.
Question(s): What is the preferred way of dealing with huge ICS documents? HTTP headers and caching is one thing, but how do other people solve this problem? Just send events of the last year? Is there a (pagination?) spec that I haven't found yet?

A: This is historical data,  so it is not going to change.  You could offer batches by time period and cache the historical batches.  Last years, or anything before the last 4 weeks,  never gets updated for example.  They do a one-off import of each historical batch into a separate 'driving history' calendar.  No more subscribing? Or maybe they can only subscribe for the last month say?
One cannot import & subscribe into the same calendar, so it does mean they would have at least 2 calendars - 1 historical calendar used for imports, and 1 'current' that will update with yesterday's ride.  Of course there is then manual effort for anyone who wants to always have the old data as when events fall off the 'current' calendar, at some point they'd have to go import the latest 'old' events.

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Every year, SEO gets a bit more complicated as Google updates its algorithms (without revealing too much in the process). The best SEO practices in 2017 continue to focus on optimizing your website for faster, more relevant and interactive search results. In fact, the trends from 2016 have continued, with a heightened focus on mobile search optimization and providing a quality user experience for your website.
Here are some essential SEO tips to continue doing in 2017 to help gain more business through organic search rankings.
Optimizing your site structure, load speed and title tags are (and should always be) important. The site structure helps showcase your products or services and also helps to provide a seamless navigational framework for visitors.
The load speed is more important than ever as 'on-the-go' mobile browsing continues to gain momentum. Did you know that 40% of visitors will leave your site if it takes more than 3 seconds to load? As for title tags, they need to be relevant and optimized for your target keywords — this has been a mainstay ranking factor for well over a decade.
These factors will continue to be important throughout 2017 and the foreseeable future.
Everyone has read or heard that "content is king" — but what exactly does this mean?
Your website needs to have quality, engaging content for your audience. The importance of this cannot be overstated. It will impact the time visitors spend on-site, conversions, and ultimately search rankings, as engaging content is also more likely to be shared and linked to.
Devise content which is centered on your keywords, based on keyword research, and be sure to add internal links within it, and pointing to it from other pages. This type of content will help your target customers with their problems and questions and will get them into your funnel.
4. Get Mobile Optimized or Be Left Behind!
Google's desktop searches now showcase the same results that you would see on your mobile device (which prioritize mobile results). So if you haven't made the change to have a mobile-optimized website yet, don't be surprised if you see that your organic traffic decreases.
With Google encouraging HTTPS encryption for over two years now, most webmasters are beginning to seriously consider shifting towards secure encryption.
The shift isn't just necessary because Google is promoting it, but because it protects the information provided by visitors. HTTPS should be a default practice adopted — especially if you have an ecommerce website, where visitors can purchase products or services through your website.
Not only is encryption a must because it ensures visitors that the website is taking measures to ensure that visitors' data is kept secure, but ensuring HTTPS for the entire site means visitors are safe in the knowledge that their data is secure.
The shift from HTTP to HTTPS does entail a bit of work, but it is not a massive task. We recommend making this shift if you have not already.
SEO isn't just about getting into the top position anymore. Google has a special place on top of SERPs for local results, as well as content that's optimized for rich answers.
Rich answers work by extracting metadata from your content and using the information in a visual "Answer Box." This can be used in many forms such as event schedules, maps, charts, and recipes.
The concept behind rich answers is to provide users with quick, definitive answers within the search results. Target queries that begin with 'when' 'how' 'what' 'where' and 'who' when doing keyword research to boost your content's relevance. Also, pay attention to Google search recommendations and Google Search Trends to know what users are asking.
Midway through 2016, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced that 20% of all queries on the company's mobile app and Android devices are voice searches.
With the continued development of virtual assistants like Apple's Siri and Microsoft's Cortana, more users are getting comfortable with speaking rather than typing.
To adapt to the growing popularity of voice searches, webmasters need to rethink their keyword strategy and focus more on question-based queries with a conversational tone. In practice, this means creating question-and-answer based content, such as a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section.
Staying ahead of everything that happens in the search industry is vital for any SEO campaign. Hopefully, the essential tips listed above can help you devise and implement a successful SEO strategy for your business.
SEO is a combination of many factors that add up to one big result – your search engine presence. No matter what element you start with, gradually chip away with the correct SEO optimization and you'll see your results will improve.


MANILA, AUGUST 14, 2009 (PHILIPPINE STAR) By Paolo Romero - Malacañang has increased the proposed 2010 national budget to P1.54 trillion, eight percent or P115 billion higher than this year's General Appropriations Act.
Budget Secretary Rolando Andaya Jr. added that next year's deficit was pegged at 2.8 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), or at P233 billion.
The current budget is P1.4 trillion. When it was enacted, the government was still hoping that it would have only a small deficit and a balanced budget in 2010.
However, this year's fiscal gap is expected to widen at P250 billion.
"The budget's strength and focus will remain on infrastructure, agriculture, and social spending," Andaya told The STAR.
The final proposal is scheduled for submission on or before Aug. 27, or within the one-month deadline after President Arroyo delivers her State of the Nation Address.
The Department of Budget and Management last May issued a "budget call" for the 2010 national budget.
As expected, the increase in this year's proposed national expenditure program was small due to uncertainties in revenue flows caused by the global economic crisis.
Amid the slight increase in the proposed national allocation for next year, Malacañang has set aside P1.2 billion to buy a brand new twin-engine presidential jet.
The notice stipulated the aircraft must be factory new, with two pressurized turbo-fan engines and equip-ped with avionics and instruments compliant with the standards of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
"The type of aircraft to be offered should have been used as a VIP/Executive aircraft by the country of origin and by at least two countries," the notice said.
MANILA, Philippines - Sen. Manuel Roxas II said Malacañang might deliberately delay the submission of its proposed budget program for 2010 to force the re-enactment of this year's budget from which some P300 billion in "rough savings" could be drawn and used for dubious purposes.
Roxas stressed a re-enacted budget is "dangerous" during election season. He said that from the P1.4-trillion budget this year, some P225 billion may be tapped for questionable uses.
Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri and Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. have also called on the Palace to submit its budget proposal as soon as possible so the Senate could hold hearings on the measure simultaneously with the House of Representatives.
Zubiri and Pimentel said with the election season and the filing of the certificates of candidacy by November, the passage of important measures might be sacrificed.
Zubiri said Congress only has two months of session and will go on a three-week break in November. By that time, lawmakers admit politicians will already be busy campaigning for the 2010 elections.
But Zubiri said the budget was very important because it could serve as economic stimulus for the country.
Zubiri said this was the reason why Sen. Edgardo Angara, chairman of the Senate finance committee, was willing to conduct marathon hearings to finish the budget.
"We're planning to start the hearings hopefully in August. The problem is Malacañang has not yet submitted the national budget. We are entering the election season and I believe the Comelec (Commission on Elections) has agreed already that the national conventions for political parties would start in October," Zubiri said.


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Wilton Sture Monson, age 77, of Dassel, died Thursday, March 28, 2013, at his home. A memorial service will be held on Monday, April 1, 2013, at 4:00 p.m. at the Johnson Funeral Home in Dassel with the Rev. Steven Olson officiating. There will be a time to gather with the family from 2:00 to the time of service at the funeral home. The Johnson Funeral home in Dassel is in charge of the memorial arrangements. Wilton Sture Monson, the son of Sture and Edith (Anderson) Monson, was born on December 15, 1935, on the family farm near Dassel. He grew up on the farm and graduated from the Dassel High School in 1954. Wilton was a lifetime member of the Gethsemane Lutheran Church in Dassel, where he was both baptized and confirmed. On January 4, 1964, Wilton was united in marriage to Annetta Mae Allen in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. Together they made their home on the family farm. Wilton was employed as a feed truck driver for the Dassel Co-op for 41 years. He was a hard worker and enjoyed farming the land and taking care of his cattle. He loved to visit with his many friends. He is survived by his son, Andrew and (Ofelia) Monson of Dassel, six grandchildren, Jose (Renee) Mendoza, Adam (Amy) Monson, Vincent (Ashley) Mendoza, Caroline (Steve) West, Christina (Chad) Anderson, and Shawn Monson, and 10 great grandchildren. He is also survived by numerous other relatives. He was preceded in death by his wife, and parents.
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The statistics show that more British start-ups are shunning external finance and doing things their own way. But does a commitment to 'bootstrapping' always make for success?
It's safe to say that the business world has suffered a couple of setbacks in the last 12 months as the likes of Google and Starbucks have been criticised for their tax practices.


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PUERTO RICANS CAN'T VOTE FOR CONGRESS OR THE PRESIDENCY. BUT THEY CAN WRITE CHECKS. A CASE STUDY OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN POLITICS IS ALL MONEY AND NO VOTERS.
What would happen in a political system where there are no votes, but only money to influence decision making? In such a dystopia, one might expect the well-heeled to have power and the poor to be disenfranchised. But now suppose further that even those with money find themselves bitterly divided on the central political issue of the day. Lacking the vote, the rich might wind up battling each other in a never-ending balance of powerlessness.
It may sound farfetched. Yet there is such a place: the island of Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory. Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens. They are subject to federal laws and the draft, but they lack representation in Congress, do not pay federal taxes, and cannot vote for president. What they can do--those who can afford it--is give money to U.S. campaigns. During the current electoral cycle, Puerto Ricans have already given $1.5 million to candidates they can't vote for, including more than $750,000 in donations to Al Gore, Bill Bradley, and George W. Bush, according to the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP) and the Web site FECInfo. Even though most of the island's nearly four million residents live in poverty--its per capita income is half that of Mississippi--Puerto Rico produces more campaign contributions than some U.S. states.
And contributions aren't the half of it. To participate in the Washington power game, you also need a team of high-priced lobbyists. Or more than one team, in this case. As it happens, Puerto Rico's two rival parties have both turned to money politicking in their efforts to influence Congress and the major U.S. parties. This has frequently made for strange bedfellows. Puerto Rico's New Progressive Party (PNP) favors statehood for the island, which has been run by a "transitional" commonwealth government since 1952. This party has traditionally been aligned with U.S. Republicans. Yet the current governor of Puerto Rico, Pedro Rossello, is a pro-statehood PNP leader who considers himself a Democrat. He has close ties to the Clinton White House and is rumored to be in line for a cabinet position in a Gore administration. The Popular Democratic Party (PDP), meanwhile, favors continued commonwealth status and has long been allied with stateside Democrats. But the PDP's lead lobbyist is Charles Black, a longtime Republican stalwart and a George W. Bush campaign adviser.
These crisscrossing interests have tended to cancel one another out, keeping the money flowing but leaving the central question of Puerto Rico's self-determination in deadlock. It's true that for half a century Puerto Ricans have been able to vote in local elections and to elect their governor. They also send a nonvoting resident commissioner to Washington. And there have been several status plebiscites--always nonbinding ballots--in which Puerto Ricans have split down the middle on statehood versus commonwealth. (A third option, independence, has consistently polled in the single digits.) But Congress controls the political fate of the island. And in this, Puerto Ricans, rich and poor, are not governed by their consent. Such an arrangement has led Puerto Rico's former Chief Justice Jose Trias Monge to label the island "the oldest colony in the modern world."
QUO STATUS?
Three years ago, in the 105th Congress, a bill sponsored by Republican Representative Don Young of Alaska touched off a multimillion-dollar lobbying battle on Capitol Hill between Puerto Rican statehood advocates and commonwealth defenders. H.R. 856, the United States-Puerto Rico Political Status Act, called for a binding referendum on Puerto Rico's future, requiring presidential and congressional action should Puerto Ricans vote for statehood or independence. It was supported by Puerto Rico's statehooders and independentistas. Commonwealth defenders, who fear that statehood would imperil Puerto Rico's native culture and identity, didn't like the bill, charging that it was tilted against them.
Had President Clinton been able to sign the Young bill into law, the result would have been, in important ways, unprecedented. Though Puerto Rico has been a U.S. territory since it was acquired as spoils of the Spanish American War in 1898, Congress has never approved legislation to decide its permanent status. Were Puerto Rico to become a state, it would be the most populous ever to join the union, and would become the 25th or 26th most populous state. And it would add a Spanish-speaking state to the union, which has led some conservatives to oppose statehood out of fear of a "Quebec problem."
But though Puerto Rico's self-determination bill squeaked through the House by one vote, it died in the Senate in 1998. The Young bill was quashed by Senate Republican leaders Trent Lott and Don Nickles. Indeed, though the GOP platform supports Puerto Rican statehood, only 43 of the 209 House votes favoring H.R. 856 were from Republicans. This almost certainly has to do with Republican fears that, as a highly populous state, Puerto Rico would send too many new Democrats to Congress.
Though the legislation stalled out, the debate was good for lobbyists. More than $6 million was spent in 1998 by various Puerto Rican lobbying interests, many of them focusing on the status question. The Puerto Rican government is far and away the largest source of lobbying expenditures, accounting for about $4 million that year, according to the CRP. That total--more than the combined lobbying bills of the municipal governments of Denver, Los Angeles, Miami-Dade County, and Chicago in the same year--puts Puerto Rico in the company of such major influencers as the AFL-CIO and Texaco. And during Rossello's governorship, the bent has been pro-statehood. Indeed, since Rossello took office in 1992, the rival PDP has complained that the government uses its resources inappropriately to lobby for statehood. The case is difficult to prove since money that flows through the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration (PRFAA) and other government agencies can be used for traditional pleas for inclusion in federal legislation and for general discussion of how to resolve the status question. Alfonso Aguilar, the executive director of PRFAA, maintains that his agency lobbies for Puerto Rican self-determination rather than statehood. But he closely links lobbying expenses with the drive to become a state: "The reason we need to spend money on lobbyists [is] because we lack the ideal lobbyists ... two senators and six or seven members of Congress"
Of course, when the PDP controlled the governorship, it played the same game, lobbying to maintain and enhance the status quo. At present the PDP maintains an independent lobbying force dedicated to countering the statehood lobby. Some also claim that the Puerto Rican commonwealth lobby is effectively coterminous with powerful U.S. pharmaceutical interests. Many major drug companies have interests in Puerto Rico, due to Section 936 of the federal tax code, a now defunct provision that was once part of a long tradition of allowing American businesses to avoid taxes on profits earned in the territory. (Section 936 cost the U.S. government billions in revenue; it is scheduled to be phased out by 2006 for companies still in Puerto Rico.) Statehooders loathe Section 936, noting that such "corporate welfare" would be impossible were Puerto Rico a state. Commonwealthers say they hope to find a way to replace the incentives to industry created by Section 936 if they regain power.
WHO GIVES?
Carlos Romero-Barcelo, a statehood advocate, is Puerto Rico's single representative in the U.S. Congress. As resident commissioner, he can attend sessions but cannot vote. One way the territory's disenfranchised status affects politics, he says, is that "when somebody asks us for campaign contributions, it becomes even more difficult to say no." And when it comes to donations, Puerto Ricans have shown themselves to be savvy givers. Statehooders have made inroads with such Democrats as Representative Patrick Kennedy of Rhode Island and Republicans such as Dan Burton of Indiana; commonwealthers have supported two representatives of Puerto Rican descent, Nydia Velazquez, a New York Democrat, and Luis Gutierrez, a Democrat of Illinois.
Most of the island's donations come from an elite class of wealthy Puerto Ricans, in large part from San Juan and its environs. The money is split roughly 65 percent to Democrats and 35 percent to Republicans. This differential is partly because statehooders have recently begun to court Democrats more aggressively under the Rossello administration. For example, Alvaro Cifuentes, Governor Rossello's former chief of staff who is now employed at the high-powered D.C. firm Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand, is one of Al Gore's top fundraisers. On the other hand, Miguel Lausell, a pro-commonwealth Puerto Rican lawyer, has held high positions in the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and has perennially been a top party fundraiser and soft money donor.
Puerto Rican donations raised eyebrows during the 1995-1996 campaign cycle due to several huge soft money donations to the DNC linked to President Clinton's notorious White House coffees. Dr. Richard Machado, a Puerto Rican hospital owner who attempted to become the PDP candidate for mayor of San Juan in 1999 (Lausell is his lawyer), gave the DNC $250,000 within days of "coffee klatches" at the White House. That included a gift of $200,000 on November 3, 1995, the largest single donation from guests who breakfasted with Clinton between 1995 and 1996.
But the majority of Puerto Rican donations, collected mostly at fundraisers on the island, go directly to candidates. As one lobbyist explains, when members of Congress make fundraising trips to Miami, "it's only another hour and a half to San Juan, and most members find that trip worthwhile." During the primary season, Democratic presidential candidate Bill Bradley raised more than $200,000 from Puerto Rico, much of it during a trip to the island in which he courted the PDP, which was suspicious of Al Gore's ties to Rossello's statehood backers. Adds former New York Democratic congressman and current statehood lobbyist Robert Garcia, whose parents were born in Puerto Rico: "Fundraising in Puerto Rico has gone on as long as I can remember.... I depended on money from Puerto Rico because I couldn't get it from my district, the South Bronx."
Because of Puerto Rico's unique "democratic deficit"-as former PDP Governor Rafael Hernandez Colon once put it--campaign donations from the island raise unique concerns. For example: Should representatives accept money from disenfranchised Puerto Ricans and then go on to oppose self-determination legislation? After all, a case can be made that this is tantamount to allowing only money to speak for Puerto Rico and, hence, perpetuating an antidemocratic politics.
Yet representatives Gutierrez and Velazquez have opposed self-determination legislation while receiving considerable donations from Puerto Rico. When the Young bill was before Congress, the two squared off against Puerto Rico's Resident Commissioner Romero-Barcelo and Puerto Rican-born New York Representative Jose Serrano, claiming the bill would have rigged the self-determination process in favor of statehood. Gutierrez supports Puerto Rican independence, but unlike most independentistas he opposed the Young bill. Velazquez has a background in the PDP and supports commonwealth status. During the 1997-1998 campaign cycle, when the Young bill reached the House floor, Gutierrez received $41,500 in contributions from Puerto Rico, his second-largest source of income after his Illinois constituents, according to FECInfo. And astonishingly, Nydia Velazquez received $57,800 from Puerto Rico, compared to only $32,800 from her New York constituents.
Aguilar of the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration says Gutierrez and Velazquez "have full political rights within the United States; however, they want to deny the same full rights to their fellow Puerto Ricans on the islands." Romero-Barcelo, meanwhile, accuses Gutierrez of using his Chicago congressional seat to pose as a representative for four million Puerto Ricans who never voted for him. In a recent statement, Gutierrez brushed aside his critics' claims and accused statehooders of tactics "that would have made George Orwell shudder with fear," including unfairly defining commonwealth in a nonbinding plebiscite in 1998. Gutierrez says that because there are many voting Puerto Ricans among his Chicago constituents, "I feel an obligation to use the office that I have attained to be a leader for all Chicagoans and for all Puerto Ricans." A spokesperson for Velazquez says the congresswoman supports self-determination for Puerto Ricans but feels the Young bill "was set up to create an unlevel playing field and tilt everyone towards statehood."
The matter of how commonwealth status is to be defined and presented to Puerto Rico's voters is not a trivial one. Commonwealth backers originally pressed for language in the Young bill that opponents said would be unconstitutional. Among other things, they wanted "commonwealth" to be described as guaranteeing U.S. citizenship, a continued exemption from federal taxes, and the power to enter into "international agreements." The proposed arrangements were voted down in committee by a margin of 32-10. With a less favorable description of commonwealth in the final bill, status quo supporters were happy to see the legislation die. In the end, the internecine struggles between Puerto Rico's factions prevent a consensus on the most basic definitions of the island's choices. And such lack of agreement on terms is a tried and true recipe for congressional inaction.
NO BARGAIN
Speaking this summer at the Democratic national convention in Los Angeles, Puerto Rico's Governor Rossello plugged Al Gore's campaign by stressing Gore's commitment to work with Congress on clarifying the options available to Puerto Rico, so as to allow its residents "to choose a permanent fully democratic status." Whether Gore wins or loses, though, there is a case to be made that the onus is on Congress. Puerto Ricans can lobby and cajole and agitate, but until Congress acts, they cannot vote. They can't resolve their most basic question in the manner of a functioning democracy. One needn't take sides in Puerto Rico's bitter status debate to see that some kind of federal self-determination legislation for the territory is long overdue and that the current style of distorted politics, in which affluent Puerto Ricans fling money at Washington to no apparent effect, is insupportable.
The irony of Puerto Rico's peculiar situation is that moneyed interests have not had the final say. Money without votes is commerce, not politics. Some cynics may believe the system in the United States is approaching that market-dominated state; but no matter how bad campaign finance gets here, at least Americans retain the power of the ballot. In the case of Puerto Rico, democracy's most fundamental tool is not available. As one self-determination advocate puts it, "A penny is too much to pay when you don't have votes."
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I read this story over on Flash Fiction and loved it!
I just got done reading it myself! Absolutely beautiful! I loved it 🙂 I also enjoyed your previous post… I agree, we need more stories in these perilous times! Your motivation calendar is a great idea!! I wish you luck on your writing and look forward to reading more of your work!
Thank you! It's great to hear that people are enjoying my writing.
Terrific story. The way her family had a generational affinity for witches, and the grandmother's trade…fantastic.


Although contrary to popular belief, the term "duplex" can have a number of different meanings in the housing world. Most commonly, a duplex will refer to a structure that has two separate entrances for two different owners or renters. Often times, this can be exhibited as a two-story dwelling having a complete apartment on each floor; tenants or owners sharing the internal space of the building but also having clearly private living areas of their own. However, side-by-side duplexes are not uncommon and this configuration is denoted as each household sharing a common wall (or walls). Obviously, duplexes are common in urban and suburban environments where space may be at a premium.
A duplex is often a cost-effective solution when one is not able to afford a standalone home or apartment of their own. In most instances, this type of living arrangement affords a great deal of privacy for both households and is considered preferable for young families or older couples.
Living expenses such as electricity, water and gas may be shared between both parties or these bills can be included separately; this factor primarily depending on the rental or ownership agreement signed when each household (or renter) originally entered into a contract.
In times of economic downturn, sales and rentals of duplexes are seen to generally rise, as individuals and families may find themselves on rather tight budgets. It is for this reason that most real estate firms and estate agents will offer this choice amongst standalone houses and completely separate apartments.


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Africa, Eritrea, Horn of Africa, Uncategorized
How Eritrea shoots itself in the foot diplomatically – again and again
Want to understand why the international community (and not just the West!) tears its hair out about dealing with Eritrea? Just read on.
Somalia-Eritrea Sanctions Committee Consultations
Source: What's in Blue
On Monday (24 July), the Chair of the 751/1907 Somalia and Eritrea Sanctions Committee, Ambassador Kairat Umarov (Kazakhstan), will deliver his 120-day briefing to Council members in consultations, covering the period from April to July 2017.
The Chair is expected to update Council members on any notifications and exemption requests concerning the arms embargoes on Somalia and Eritrea. The briefing will touch on the 21 April midterm update of the Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group (SEMG). In this update, the Group reported that Al-Shabaab remains the most significant threat to peace and security, while an ISIL-affiliated extremist group is increasing in size. The resurgence of piracy off the coast of Somalia, as well as the charcoal ban, is also likely to be addressed.
On Eritrea, Umarov will probably update Council members on developments pertaining to allegations made last year by Djibouti and another member state of weapons transfers from Eritrea to Al-Shabaab. It appears that these countries have not yet provided the SEMG with evidence to substantiate their claims. The Monitoring Group has reported that Eritrea continues to support other opposition groups in the region.
The Chair may also address the Djibouti-Eritrea conflict. In recent years, the Security Council has asserted in sanctions resolutions on Somalia-Eritrea that the Djibouti-Eritrea conflict constitutes a threat to international peace and security. In addition to reiterating this assertion, the most recent resolution on Somalia-Eritrea sanctions (resolution 2317 of 10 November 2016) encouraged further mediation efforts by Qatar in order to resolve the border dispute between Djibouti and Eritrea and the issue of Djiboutian combatants missing in action since the clashes in 2008, The resolution urged Eritrea to share, including with the SEMG, any available detailed information pertaining to the combatants.
The Djibouti-Eritrea dispute has become of increasing concern, following Qatar's 14 June announcement that it would no longer mediate between the parties and its withdrawal of peacekeeping forces from the border areas. On 16 June, Djibouti accused Eritrea of occupying disputed territory along their mutual border. The AU Commission subsequently announced that it was available to Djibouti and Eritrea to help "normalise their relations and promote good neighbourliness", and that the Commission, in consultation with the parties, would deploy a fact-finding mission on the border. Ambassador Smail Chergui, AU Commissioner for Peace and Security, had been scheduled to travel to Asmara to discuss developments in the region with Eritrean authorities; however, at the request of the Eritrean authorities and due to scheduling conflicts, that visit was postponed, and new dates are to be agreed upon in consultation with the Eritrean government. The SEMG has also requested access to the border area, but has only gained clearance from the Djiboutian side.
The level of engagement with the Eritrean government may also be raised. Following months of attempts to arrange a Chair's visit to the region that would include a stop in Asmara, it appears that the Eritrean government agreed to have the Chair visit later this month, during a regional mission that would also include stops in Addis Ababa, Djibouti City and Mogadishu. However, after agreement was reached on the itinerary, Eritrea informed the Chair that the proposed dates for the visit to Asmara were not workable, and the visit to the region has been postponed.
This postponement followed considerable discussion in the sanctions committee and with Eritrea, regarding whether the Chair should visit Asmara alone or be accompanied by the Sanctions Coordinator in the Secretariat. The Committee ultimately agreed, prior to the postponement of the visit, that the Chair could travel to Eritrea unaccompanied by the Sanctions Coordinator.
The Council began discussions in April on a review of the sanctions measures on Eritrea, in line with its intentions outlined in resolution 2317 of 10 November 2016. The UK, as penholder, convened Council members twice to take stock of the positions of all members regarding a potential presidential statement that would establish a road map on the way forward on Eritrea sanctions. However, these discussions were put on hold following recent developments between Djibouti and Eritrea, which have underscored the complexities of regional political dynamics.
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Elizabeth McGlone says:
Instead of preaching poor politics every time, we the new generation have to think and generate creative ideas that helps for peace in our region. We have being suffering all of us(eritrea and ethiopia) for the last century .let it be peace upon this region.
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Q: Размытые линии при визуализации Сейчас пытаюсь написать тестовое приложение, используя WPF и визуализацию графических данных через визуальный уровень.
Имею обычный Window со StackPanel в которой находится объект отнаследованный от FrameworkElement:
<custom:CustomVisualFrameworkElement UseLayoutRounding="True" />

Вот код элемента:
public class CustomVisualFrameworkElement : FrameworkElement
{
    VisualCollection theVisuals;

    public CustomVisualFrameworkElement()
    {
        theVisuals = new VisualCollection(this);
        theVisuals.Add(AddOne());
        theVisuals.Add(AddTwo());
    }

    private Visual AddOne()
    {
        DrawingVisual drawingVisual = new DrawingVisual();
        using (DrawingContext drawingContext = drawingVisual.RenderOpen())
        {
            drawingContext.DrawRoundedRectangle(Brushes.AliceBlue, new Pen(Brushes.Black, 1), new Rect(0, 0, 70, 100), 10, 10);
        }
        return drawingVisual;
    }

    private Visual AddTwo()
    {
        DrawingVisual drawingVisual = new DrawingVisual();
        using (DrawingContext drawingContext = drawingVisual.RenderOpen())
        {
            drawingContext.DrawRoundedRectangle(Brushes.AliceBlue, new Pen(Brushes.Black, 1), new Rect(100, 0, 70, 100), 10, 10);
        }
        return drawingVisual;
    }

    protected override int VisualChildrenCount
    {
        get { return theVisuals.Count; }
    }

    protected override Visual GetVisualChild(int index)
    {
        if (index < 0 || index >= theVisuals. Count)
        {
            throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException ();
        }
        return theVisuals[index];
    }
}

После запуска приложения у нарисованных прямоугольников размытые линии, хотя свойство UseLayoutRounding я выставил в TRUE и, если я правильно понял MSDN, выставления этого свойства должно быть достаточно.
Сейчас даже мыслей как это исправить нет. Есть у кого-нибудь какие-нибудь идеи?

A: Нашел ответ вот  в этой теме.
Как только заменил DrawingVisual на
public class MyDrawingVisual : DrawingVisual
{
    public MyDrawingVisual()
    {
        VisualEdgeMode = EdgeMode.Aliased;
    }
}

начало визуализироваться нормально.
Всем спасибо за помощь!

A: В App.xaml.cs
public static void Main()
{
    FrameworkElement.UseLayoutRoundingProperty.OverrideMetadata(typeof(Window),
                                                              new FrameworkPropertyMetadata(false,
                                                                                FrameworkPropertyMetadataOptions.Inherits));
    ...
}


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Admission is FREE for all guests and visitors. Upgraded tickets are available as well providing access to private cash bars, tailgate food and a meet and greet with Hank and Dan. We'll see you Sunday, February 5th at the Harrah's Resort SoCal Events Center for kickoff!
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AOL CEO Tim Armstrong Live at D8
June 3, 2010 at 10:45 am PT
Good news for AOL CEO Tim Armstrong: His predecessor, AOL founder Steve Case, thinks the Google veteran has a chance to turn around the company. The bad news: He has a very long way to go.
11:14 am: Apologies, technical difficulties–joining late.
11:15 am: Armstrong is traveling back in time, discussing AOL (AOL) prior to his arrival. The company was managed based on gross revenue and page views, and that may work for some, but those metrics didn't make sense to me.
Kara: Such as?
Armstrong: The Bebo acquisition looked successful, because page views were shooting up, but unique visitors were dropping down. Photo galleries with 80 photos into it. That sort of stuff. We're pulling back on that stuff.
Kara: You've been pulling back on a lot of stuff. Revenue is down, too. Not a bad idea to go to zero so you can build back up.
Armstrong: Hopefully we don't go to zero. But (former Gap CEO) Mickey Drexler gave me good advice. He told me I'd be under a lot of pressure to move the numbers up and that I should resist it.
11:17 am: Kara–anyone from Google (GOOG) you didn't hire?
Armstrong: We need people who are passionate, but also willing to play on a team. The analogy I use is "when I got to AOL, there were a lot of people playing golf." We need people on an orchestra or a football team.
11:18 am: Kara–I've called this the best management team to run a digital lemonade stand. You have a big team and a small business.
Armstrong: Compared to Time Warner (TWX), it's a small business. But it's still a large business: 100 million unique users in the U.S., etc. Bigger point: We have the largest opportunity on the Internet. But I tell investors that they shouldn't be expecting quarter-after-quarter results. That's not what we're doing.
11:19 am: Kara–Okay, so what's the opportunity?
Armstrong: It's melding technology and journalism. Local efforts via patch. "We believe the local marketplace for journalism is important, and the local marketplace for services online is important."
11:22 am: Armstrong–Beyond local, there are other areas that we can move into to fill unmet needs. Like religion–big opportunity there.
Kara: So how are matching tech with journalism?
Armstrong: We're marrying demand algorithms with…
Kara: Like Demand Media?
Armstrong: They're more search-based. We're trying something else. But also giving editorial people better data. When I was at Google, I used to go to meetings at publishers where sales people had reams of data, and the journalists had none. There's a lot of fear that some journalists have about technology and data, but they can use them as tools. But "the fear is where the opportunity is….There's no reason why technology can't fuel opportunity."
11:26 am: Kara–So how do you sell all this stuff?
Armstrong: We service a lot of large audiences, but have technology that lets you delineate that audience and just serve who you want. And we also have models that let brands get next to the appropriate content.
Kara: You mean putting brands in the story?
Armstrong: No. Church and state is important. Brands next to stories, getting brands in front of the appropriate audiences.
11:28 am: Kara–You're selling off Bebo. Will anyone buy it?
Armstrong: We've said we will sell it or shut it down. We've had interest from people who are interested in buying it. We'll see how that turns out.
Kara: What about other stuff you might sell?
Armstrong: We're keeping stuff that's valuable. Mail and communications are important to us.
Kara: Social networking, given that you're selling Bebo?
Armstrong: Very valuable. But it will be a joint strategy. Being a principal in a social network is something that we're clearly not focused on.
11:29 am: Kara–What about search? You helped sign that big Google deal.
Armstrong: Last week, we kicked off the process of the search deal. We are meeting with multiple partners.
Kara: So you're not re-upping with Google?
Armstrong: Google has been a great partner for 10 years. There's a disadvantage in that we know what works and doesn't work, and so do they. So now we need to compare both our needs, with Google and others.
Kara: There are only two partners, right?
Armstrong: There are probably more than two that we'll talk to [like who?]. We're valuable to search partners because the AOL audience performs very well for search. We perform more strongly than our market share implies.
Kara: Will you want a guarantee like the original deal?
Armstrong: We have a rev-share deal. There may be upfront payments, there may not be. But either way, those upfront payments are usually about market. They're not core to the arrangement.
11:33 am::Kara–How do you look at Google and what they're doing?
Armstrong: One of the things that Google has done a really good job with is taking risks, and you know, push, push, push. Like a lot of successful companies.
On the outside, as a partner, you appreciate that innovation. On the partnership side, you have to realize that you're one partner out of a lot of partners that they have. And that's the piece of it where personal relationships really matter. With them or other partners.
11:34 am: Kara–What about risks they face?
Armstrong: Risk for any company that size is how do you keep innovating? When Mark Zuckerberg was up here and you guys were hammering him, that can make you want to retreat. And you have to keep innovating.
11:35 am: Kara–AOL used to be innovative and important. The brand is tarnished now. Can you revive it?
Armstrong: Two different brands. By the way, before I officially left Google, I had a lot of people telling me to kill off the brand. But then I traveled around. And I found that there's the brand that media people know about, and the merger, etc. And then there's the brand that everyone else knows, and they have warm fuzzy feelings about it.
11:37 am::Who are your competitors? What do you think of Yahoo (YHOO), etc.
Armstrong: We have partnerships with Yahoo; we compete with them for users and advertisers. But AOL is not in a situation where we need to give advice or comment to people about what they ought to be doing. Yahoo is a big, strong company, though their strategy is much more focused on what we're doing now, which is great.
Q: Are you doing anything about the Gulf oil spill? Are you doing anything with your local journalism to help people with that? (seriously).
A: We're covering it nationally. But we actually are working with someone locally, where there's a girl in a town, where she's raising money for the Gulf, and it's not a town on the Gulf, but we're trying to help her.
Q: Can you talk about AOL culture and how it's changed since you got there?
A: At Google, I was managing 2,500 people. Now I'm managing 4,700. So I've learned that cultures are okay when they're moving–up or down–and everyone knows what the plan is. They don't work when there's no plan. So people who don't want to stay and don't like the plan need an opportunity to leave. This is "Full Metal Jacket." Turning this company around is not going to be easy. It's not going to be eight-hour days.
Q from Kara: Management style?
A: I'm collegial. But at the end of the day, sometimes I need to execute and get it done. Like when I came aboard, there was a $400 million check I had to sign for a distribution deal. And then I asked people at a meeting to speak up about it and tell me what they said. There have been many cases where I've had to make decisions without a collegial environment. But the culture is getting better and collegial.
Q&A over.
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Great pics Kathryn. I was in Spain all month and made it a priority to be back in the good ole USA before July 4th. We have such a wonderful, blessed life here in the States thanks, in part, to your husband and to you – the wives that support them!


The White House announced that John Zangardi will serve as the new chief information officer (CIO) for the Department of Homeland Security.
Zangardi is currently serving as the acting CIO at the Department of Defense. He is leaving the DoD to replace Richard Staropoli, who unexpectedly resigned as DHS CIO in August. Since Staropoli's departure, Stephen Rice, who was previously the DHS deputy CIO, has been serving as acting CIO.
Zangardi became acting DoD CIO after his predecessor Terry Halvorsen retired in February. Before stepping into the CIO role, Zangardi was named principal deputy CIO in October 2016. Prior to his work with DoD, Zangardi has held several senior executive positions at the Department of the Navy.
DHS's deputy chief technology officer, Robert Palmer, will leave the agency effective Oct. 28.
In his role as acting CIO, Zangardi serves as the primary adviser to the Secretary of Defense for information management, information technology and information assurance, as well as non-intelligence space systems; critical satellite communications, navigation, and timing programs; spectrum; and telecommunications.
Zangardi holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Scranton, master's degree from the Naval Postgraduate School, and Doctor of Philosophy degree from George Mason University.


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I am still tending the home fires and glad to be here. The temps have dropped well below freezing but I am feeling warmed by friendship, divine reminders, and tea.
My friend and spiritual sojourner, Betty, nudged me in a good direction. She thought I might like to hear YOUR thoughts about my weekly entries. Well, of course. Brilliant! And, I could hear about how YOUR week is going too. Joy! On the spiritual path, it is so vital that we stay connected. Therefore, "What's New" will be published here at my old blog. Subscribers can still receive it in their Inbox. And you can leave me comments if you like.
First of all, my desk is not really a desk. It's my living room couch with a great coffee table in front of it. This is where I "work" most of the time. This scenario serves me well because, 1.) I have some pesky neck issues that act up when I sit at a desk, 2.) The coffee table is also my puja space so I flow easily from prayer/meditation to work. This feels natural and right to me so my work can become an expression of the Sacred.
This week I am working on marketing My Deepest Me. I'm enjoying receiving early news from people who have just begun to dive into their 30-day journey. I'm eager to know how this format works for you because my hope was that a dedicated one-month journey could serve as a focal point to bring about true transformation. We are so easily distracted these days, sidetracked toward other "more important" things. If you have thoughts to share about your first few days exploring your deepest you, I'd love to hear them.
To Pandora Radio. I signed up for some new stations lately to freshen up my morning practice. I also write with music in the background so good ambient music helps me along. My favorite new station is a Pandora standard, "Yoga Music." I like the variety and I learn about new artists. Today, this one kissed my soul with the promise of spring. (There just happened to be a You Tube video on it.) I loved hearing the birds sing again.
How it is we lose our faith. And how we find it again. Faith is a funny word. Webster's defines it this way: "strong belief in God or in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof." My Buddhist training over the years has offered me a different perspective. The Buddha was all about proof—what really works and brings results.
Faith for me is not so much about doctrine, but about practice. Faith tells me that if I am awake and aware, I can rely on my basic goodness to guide me, as well as the practices that help me align with my deepest self. I can also have faith in me and trust my unique sacred connection. I can have faith in a "Divine One" to guide me, and I do. These elements do not have to be mutually exclusive. So for me losing faith may be more about losing touch with your own sacred center, or being confused with how to connect at all. That's THE journey for me: how to plug in and stay plugged in to the Sacred as YOU uniquely understand it.
May all beings be fed and sheltered.
May no one be hungry.
May all beings know Your Love and feel safe and protected in that Love.
I like to allow the phrases of my prayers to bubble up like water from an underground stream. This feels quite nourishing to me. I hope it is nourishing for others too.
Thank goodness we can change our minds without guilt! I am glad to know that the "May we" is in your reality too, Diane.


The Star Inn Harome Photography by Simon Mark Whitten, Firehorse Photography.
I spend a lot of time photographing in kitchens, partly because it's a passion of mine photographing chefs at work and food, but also because I am a frustrated chef myself!
If I was not a food photographer or any kind of photographer, I'd almost certainly be a chef.
Why? Well we have a lot in common. We both have access to the same tools and same ingredients. In regard to chefs, it's kitchen equipment and food in it's raw state. For us photographers it's camera equipment and the subject we choose to photograph. Both essentially take a 'raw ingredient' that the man (or woman) in the street has more or less the same access to, but it's the skill of the user rather than the equipment/ingredients that produces the results.
I'm passionate about food photography so whether it's a restaurant, a book project or a chef profile, please do make contact!
The other scenario where I spend a lot of time in kitchens is at weddings and you can see my extensive portfolio in this regard here.
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Wissa (ur. 16 lipca 1939 w Tancie) – duchowny Koptyjskiego Kościoła Ortodoksyjnego, od 1975 biskup Al-Baljany.

Życiorys
Święcenia kapłańskie przyjął 3 lipca 1973. Sakrę biskupią otrzymał 22 czerwca 1975. W 2006 uzyskał godność metropolity.

Bibliografia
 Biogram w katalogu biograficznym biskupów Kościołów wschodnich Uniwersytetu Fryburskiego.

Biskupi Koptyjskiego Kościoła Ortodoksyjnego
Urodzeni w 1939
Ludzie urodzeni w Tancie

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Lisa Bertke E-RYT 500, is a certified Level 2 ParaYoga teacher under the direction of Rod Stryker, a Himalayan Institute Certified Ayurvedic Yoga Specialist and the founder/owner of the Prana Yoga Center in Geneva, Illinois. She has also recently become a certified Four Desires Trainer.
With over 15 years of teaching experience, Lisa teaches hatha and vinyasa styles in a challenging and contemplative way that is accessible to students of all levels. She passionately weaves the ancient wisdom of the practice into each class to inspire students. Lisa's love of yoga is second only to her study and practice of ayurveda and meditation.
Lisa views yoga as both a modern therapeutic science and an ancient spiritual system which will powerfully transform the physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of each student. She believes, yoga is a life-long and life-changing practice that is a catalyst for personal transformation which leads to greater purpose and fulfillment.
Many people throughout the Fox Valley have benefited from Lisa's commitment to her practice, and the Prana Yoga Center. Lisa's passion continues to drive her desire to serve the hearts, minds of yoga students and many charitable causes in the community.
Lisa has a Human Resources degree from DePaul University. She and her husband, Tom, live in St. Charles, IL with their 17-year-old twin boys and 20-year-old son.


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UOW Malaysia KDU Students Dominate in Industry Game Development Awards
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Gameplay from award-winning student game – Don't Stop the Party
The student team from 'Don't Stop the Party' seen hamming it up with their student voice-over actors and music composer.
Cellar Vault Games and their two founding members – former students from UOW Malaysia KDU's Bachelor of Game Development Program – Benny Chan Beng Lee and Eshan Jayatilaka
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Early in the month of October 2020, it was announced that students within UOW Malaysia KDU's Bachelor of Game Development program were amongst the Top-40 Finalist of the prestigious SouthEast Asian Games Awards. The SEA Games Awards, part of the LevelUP KL conference, are Southeast Asia's premier industry event for game developers. This regional event organized by the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) will was conducted virtually and attracted gamers, developers, distributors, and visitors from across 30 countries. The awards were aimed at recognizing and celebrating the creativity, artistry and technical genius of the finest developers and games from around the region in addition to upholding creative and technical excellence in the Southeast Asian video game industry.
Last week, after more than month of waiting, the winners were announced. The event was a showcase of talent from across the Southeast Asian (SEA) region. The winners for this year's SEA Game Awards were incredibly diverse, representing Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines. They included prestigious studios such as Streamline Studios, an international studio based in Kuala Lumpur as well as smaller independent studios such as Dream Tree Studios from Malaysia, Fairplay Studios from Thailand and Mojiken Studio from Indonesia. 'Don't Stop the Party' a student project by One of UOW Malaysia KDU managed to clinch the Best Student Game award in Southeast Asia and as icing on the cake, managed to walk away with the Audience Choice Award as well. The Audience Choice Awards is a significant achievement as the student project was not only pitted against other student projects from across the region but also industry developed games as well.
The 'Don't Stop the Party' game was created by a group consisting of seven final year game development students and is an aesthetically pleasing, four-player beat-em-up that calls back to the 3D arena brawlers from the late 90s and early 2000s. This student game also managed to clinch a silver medal at the Sintok International Games & Gamification Challenge (SIGGC), a video games and gamification competition organised and hosted by the Innovation and Commercialization Centre, Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM). What a fairy tale ending for this group of amazing students. According to Project Leader, Sophie Azlan, "Our seniors in the UOW Malaysia KDU Game Development Program really inspired us, and we vowed to make it to the SEA Game Awards just like they did in previous years. The game was always meant to be ambitious, but we made the goals clear as soon as we could; made a great game, made something that would pass the class, and make people take notice of what we can do."
However, the amazing story does not end there. Not only did a group of current students get a double win at the SEA Games Awards but an amazing treble was won by Cellar Vault Games, a small Indie game development studio set up by Benny Chan Beng Lee and Eshan Jayatilaka, both alumnus (Class of 2015) of UOW Malaysia KDU's Bachelor of Game Development (Hons) program. Their game, 7PM which is the first formal instalment of an anthology horror series managed to get a hat-trick at the SEA Game Awards as well. This group of enterprising and talented game developers managed to clinch the Best in Game Design, the Best in Visual Art and the coveted Grand Jury Award. This award-winning game employs a unique papercraft art style, reminiscent of Paper Mario's art style, though it leans more towards a rustic and gritty aesthetic befitting its horror storyline. According to Eshan Jayatilaka "Cellar Vault Games is a really young studio, and we're still figuring things out. But no matter how hard it gets, being able to create an experience from scratch and having someone else experience the game is the closest thing to a childhood fantasy come true." Benny added, "One of biggest challenges in starting your own games company is that everything is dependent on you and your resourcefulness. From being a student and now starting my own company, I had to quickly learn many things to help me to face these challenges head on. But for me, my foundation has always been my fallback and that was learnt from the game design lecturers at UOW Malaysia KDU, who ingrained those teachings and values in me."
UOW Malaysia KDU is considered to have the premier game development reputation in the Region and has the largest specialised game development bachelor degree program in Malaysia. It is also the first university level outside North America and Europe to be an Unreal Academic Partner. The Unreal Engine is a game engine developed by Epic Games and is considered as one of the world's leading game engines. EPIC Games is one of North America's major game studios responsible for award-winning titles such as Unreal Tournament, Gears of War and the hugely popular Fortnite.
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Storytelling and Language Learning
by Regina Ress
By the age of three or so, most of us can speak our native language. We've learned its basic structure, a lot of the vocabulary, and, remarkably, how to play with it to create fluid sentences. It is not memorized: it is "acquired." How do we do that? The great linguist, Noam Chomsky, has suggested a kind of built in "Black Box"….something inherent in all human beings that fosters this fundamental and oh-so necessary skill. What triggers that first learning? Listening to language. That is why is it so important for babies to be talked to, to be read to, to be told stories!
Because language learning begins with listening and speaking, storytelling is a fabulous tool for teaching language, whether one's first or tenth. Along with telling and listening to the basic narrative, traditional storytelling often has repetition and rhythm, audience participation such as "call and response," audience involvement through making predictions or suggestions during the telling, and often some opportunity for role play. From the original text come fluid telling, extemporaneous responses, and opportunities for linguistic improvisation. Reading and writing can be brought in as extensions, of course; however it is the oral-aural-oral experience which so directly opens the way for linguistic learning.
Besides enhancing the practice of the "four skills" (listening, speaking, reading and writing), storytelling teaches vocabulary, functions (making requests, asking questions, etc), and grammar.
It engages the "whole learner" and the "multiple intelligences." And it is a great way to create community, encourage cross cultural awareness and provide a safe space for personal expression.
I am a big advocate of the use of folk tales. Because they are simple in form while not being simplistic in theme and can be told with simple to complex vocabulary and grammatical structures, they are readily accessible and engaging to all ages and all learning levels. As they come from all cultures and often address shared problems such as dealing with the wily foxes and dangerous crocodiles of life, they are inclusive and can address the students experiences and challenges. The stories and the activities spun from them (including personal stories based on them) definitely help to promote a communicative classroom. And it makes teaching and learning enjoyable.
Join me at the NSN National Storytelling Conference in Kansas City for some language learning pedagogy wrapped in the form of storytelling fun.
Come learn more about this topic at Regina's workshop at the 2016 National Storytelling Conference, July 21-24, in Kansas City, Missouri. www.storynet.org/conference
About Regina
Regina has performed and taught from Brazil to Broadway, from homeless shelters and prisons to Lincoln Center and the White House. She's appeared in national and international storytelling festivals and August 6th will mark her 24th year telling stories in NYC's Central Park. She teaches storytelling for NYU's Educational Theatre and Multilingual/Multicultural Studies Programs and ESL/Presentation Skills for foreign students at Santa Fe University of Art and Design. Regina produces the long running series Storytelling at the Provincetown Playhouse (NYC) and is the recipient of the 2015 NSN ORACLE Award for Regional Excellence – Mid-Atlantic. Her CD of New York stories won a 2014 Storytelling World Honor award.
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Die Samtgemeinde Am Dobrock war eine Samtgemeinde im Landkreis Cuxhaven in Niedersachsen. In ihr hatten sich sieben Gemeinden zur Erledigung ihrer Verwaltungsgeschäfte zusammengeschlossen. Der Verwaltungssitz der Samtgemeinde befand sich in Cadenberge.

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Samtgemeindegliederung

Die Samtgemeinde Am Dobrock bestand aus sieben Gemeinden:

Geschichte
Die Samtgemeinde erhielt den Namen "Am Dobrock". Sitz der Samtgemeindeverwaltung war das im Jahre 1979 bezogene Rathaus am Marktplatz in Cadenberge. Daneben bestanden in allen Mitgliedsgemeinden Verwaltungsstellen.

In der konstituierenden Sitzung des Samtgemeinderates am 9. Juni 1965 wurde Klaus Föge, Wingst (Dobrock), zum Gesamtvorsteher – so die damalige Bezeichnung – der Samtgemeinde Am Dobrock gewählt. Klaus Föge nahm das Amt des Samtgemeindebürgermeisters bis zum 31. Oktober 1996 wahr. Edgar Tiedemann wurde in der Ratssitzung am 16. Oktober 1965 zum Samtgemeindedirektor gewählt und übte dieses Amt vom 1. Januar 1966 bis zum 30. Juni 1996 aus. Das sogenannte zweigleisige Modell, das heißt das Nebeneinander von Samtgemeindebürgermeister und Samtgemeindedirektor als sogenannte Doppelspitze, lief 1996 aus und wurde durch die Einführung der Eingleisigkeit an der Spitze der Kommunen mit der Direktwahl der Samtgemeindebürgermeister abgelöst. Der Rat der Samtgemeinde Am Dobrock bestand bis 2011 aus 30 Ratsfrauen und Ratsherren und dem oder der hauptamtlichen Samtgemeindebürgermeister. Durch die rückläufige Einwohnerzahl wurde die Anzahl der Ratsmitglieder in der letzten Legislaturperiode auf 28 reduziert.

Gemeindefusionen
Am 1. Juni 1965 schlossen sich die Gemeinden Cadenberge, Wingst und Oppeln mit insgesamt 5789 Einwohnern zu einer Samtgemeinde zusammen.

Die Gemeinden Bülkau und Oberndorf schlossen sich mit Wirkung vom 1. Januar 1970 der Samtgemeinde an. Die Samtgemeinde Am Dobrock erreichte ihre abschließende Größe mit Wirkung vom 1. Januar 1972, als sich der Flecken Neuhaus (Oste) und die Gemeinden Belum und Geversdorf zum Beitritt entschlossen. Im Zuge der Verwaltungs- und Gebietsreform am 1. Juli 1972 wurde die Gemeinde Oppeln in die Gemeinde Wingst und die Gemeinde Kehdingbruch in die Gemeinde Belum eingegliedert.

Zum 1. November 2016 fusionierte die Samtgemeinde Am Dobrock mit der Samtgemeinde Land Hadeln zu einer neuen Samtgemeinde Land Hadeln mit Sitz in Otterndorf. Gleichzeitig fusionierten die Gemeinden Geversdorf und Cadenberge zur neuen Gemeinde Cadenberge.

Einwohnerentwicklung

jeweils zum 31. Dezember

Politik

Letzter Samtgemeinderat
Der letzte Samtgemeinderat bestand aus 28 gewählten Mitgliedern. Dies ist die festgelegte Anzahl für eine Samtgemeinde mit einer Einwohnerzahl zwischen 11.001 bis 12.000.

Stimmberechtigt im Rat der Samtgemeinde war außerdem der hauptamtliche Samtgemeindebürgermeister.

Die letzte Kommunalwahl am 11. September 2011 ergab das folgende Ergebnis:
 SPD: 13 Sitze (45,71 %)
 CDU: 12 Sitze (43,26 %)
 GRÜNE: 2 Sitze (6,50 %)
 Freie Wähler Am Dobrock: 1 Sitz (2,65 %)

Samtgemeindebürgermeister seit 1996
 1. Nov. 1996 – 31. Okt. 2001: Toni Fuchs
 1. Nov. 2001 – 31. Okt. 2006: Jan Erik Bohling
 1. Nov. 2006 – 31. Okt. 2014: Bettina Gallinat
 1. Nov. 2014 – 31. Okt. 2016: unbesetzt

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Sonstiges
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 Hadelner Kanal: Aal, Barsch, Brasse, Hecht, Rotfeder, Rotauge, Weißfisch und Zander
 Oste: Aal, Aland, Barsch, Meeresforelle, Weißfisch und Zander
 Ostesee: Aal, Barsch, Brasse, Hecht, Karpfen, Rapfen, Regenbogenforelle, und Zander
 Aue: Aal, Barsch, Brasse, Hecht, Rapfen, Rotfeder, Rotauge, Weißfisch und Zander
 Neuhaus-Bülkauer Kanal: Aal, Barsch, Brasse, Hecht, Rotfeder, Rotauge, Weißfisch und Zander
 Balksee: Aal, Barsch, Brasse, Hecht, Rotfeder, Rotauge, Weißfisch und Zander

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I eat some corn during lunch and then cellular respiration takes place. During the process of cellular respiration the glucose and oxygen I took in will be turned into carbon, water, and ATP. I will expel this carbon through my lungs. This carbon then is used by photosynthesis of phytoplankton in the water. During the photosynthesis that takes place, sunlight, water, and carbon are taken in by the plankton and then a fish eats this phytoplankton and this organism dies. When the fish dies it decomposes, and when organisms decompose they release carbon dioxide into the air. When the carbon dioxide is in the air it is used by some spinach plants. The spinach plant uses the carbon dioxide during a process called photosynthesis. The actual carbon is used during the light independent stage which is the Calvin cycle. An animal eats this plant and then through the process of cellular respiration it releases the carbon by breathing it out. These carbon atoms are used by an angiosperm whose leaves use carbon dioxide for photosynthesis. This plant decomposes and it releases the carbon molecules once again into the air. Once the carbon is in the air again a lettuce plant uses it and this lettuce plant is picked by a farmer. The farmer then packs and sells the lettuce. Where Eugene Simon's chef buys it and uses it in a salad. Then the carbon molecules that were once in my body are now in Eugene Simon's as he eats the salad.
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When to walk away
by Stephen M. Hardy
Tellabs raised eyebrows in April when it announced that it had decided to surrender its status as a supplier to Verizon�s GPON program. While making clear that it intends to continue to service the carrier�s BPON requirements, the company didn�t provide us with many details about its GPON reasoning when we asked about it, other than �we did not find the deal economical.� Apparently, the company looked at how much it would have to invest to develop and deliver a GPON system to Verizon�s requirements, then compared that figure to how much revenue it could expect to garner as (most likely) the carrier�s No. 3 GPON equipment supplier. The comparison must not have been very pretty.
I have to give Tellabs credit for having the sense to walk away from a high-profile program when the numbers just didn�t add up. Yes, sticking around would mean the company could still say it was a part of the next phase of the country�s biggest FTTH deployment�but at what cost? The situation reminds me of those stories one reads about titled families in Europe living almost like paupers in the ancestral castle; at some point, the sacrifices necessary to keep up appearances become irrational. And no one is going to pay money to tour the Tellabs facility or spend the night in the president�s office.
In an industry that is known for wrapping products in dollars just to keep them moving out the door, Tellabs� ability to say, �Enough!� provides an example that others ought to ponder.
This is particularly true in light of today�s challenging economic environment. We�ve seen this situation before, unfortunately. It�s too early to say how tight carrier dollars will get, but certainly the message will be delivered to systems houses that if equipment is going to be purchased in meaningful quantities, it had better be less expensive than ever. The executives at systems houses will have to evaluate how low they can afford to bid on upcoming contracts with this message ringing in their ears. It�s at this point that the temptation to offer a money-losing bid will creep in. If we can just get the contract, we can maybe turn a profit on ancillary equipment or services, the executives might think. Or maybe it will seem okay to lose a bit of money on this high-profile job, since it will put them in a better position to win other business (on which they won�t underbid�no, no, no).
Or maybe these system house honchos will decide that they can turn an unprofitable deal around by putting the squeeze on their component and subsystem suppliers, who will likely be even more hard up than the box vendors for business, given the number of companies still trying to make a go of it at that level.
But, as executives at the component and subsystem companies can attest, trading margin for revenue has long-term ramifications. In 2007, the optical communications space enjoyed its best year since 2001�and, as I described in this space last month, component and subsystem suppliers still couldn�t get out of Wall Street�s doghouse.
There are several reasons why the financial community wouldn�t get behind the component and subsystem vendors. Mortgaging future profitability for short-term revenue undoubtedly is on the list when it comes to certain companies.
CEOs across the industry should take a hard look at new �opportunities� this year. Showpiece deals that look better in a press release than they do on the ledger make less sense than ever.
Tellabs made a smart move in walking away from an unprofitable situation. But the smartest move is to avoid getting involved in programs like this in the first place. .�
Stephen M. Hardy
Editorial Director & Associate Publisher
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Misfits és una sèrie de televisió britànica, barreja de ciència-ficció, drama i humor negre, que tracta sobre un grup de joves delinqüents obligats a treballar en un programa de servei a la comunitat, on adquireixen superpoders després d'una estranya tempesta elèctrica. La sèrie es començà a emetre al canal E4 i és una producció de Clerkenwell Films. Consta de 5 temporades. El primer episodi s'emeté el 12 de novembre del 2009, i el darrer l'11 de desembre del 2013.

Les tres primeres temporades de la sèrie van ser doblades al català per Televisió de Catalunya, que les va emetre pel Canal 3XL. La sèrie s'hi estrenà el 13 de gener de 2011.

Argument
Misfits explica la història de cinc adolescents que compleixen amb un servei a la comunitat. Són tocats per un llamp i reben poders especials. La Kelly (Lauren Socha) rep el do de la telepatia, en Curtis (Nathan Stewart Jarrett) controla el temps, l'Alisha (Antònia Thomas) pot portar a la gent a un frenesí sexual quan toquen la seva pell, en Simon (Iwan Rheon) es pot fer invisible. El poder d'en Nathan (Robert Sheehan) no es revela fins a l'últim episodi de la primera temporada.

Episodis

La sèrie consta de cinc temporades. La primera té sis episodis i la segona set; les temporades terecera, quarta i cinquena consten de vuit episodis.

Producció

Localització

Es filma al sud-est de Londres, especialment al voltant del Llac Southmere a Thamesmead. Moltes escenes d'interior es van rodar en un conjunt construït a l'antic campus de Runnymede de la Universitat de Brunel. Les escenes estan sota el pas elevat a Boston Manor Park a Ealing (Londres). Aquesta zona també es pot veure a A Clockwork Orange de Stanley Kubrick.

Premis
Tant la sèrie com el seu guionista Howard Overman van ser nominats als premis Royal Television Society el març de 2010.

La sèrie va guanyar el premi BAFTA a la millor sèrie dramàtica l'any 2010.

Referències

Sèries de televisió de Channel 4
Sèries de televisió començades el 2009
Sèries de televisió de ciència-ficció
Sèries de televisió de comèdia
Sèries de televisió acabades el 2013