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Western Front 1915
26th September – 9th October 1915
By the end of the battle 43,000 of the 75,000 British soldiers had been killed , including John Kipling, son of Rudyard Kipling; and Sir John French had been replaced by Sir Douglas Haig as the Chief of Staff of the British Army.
Previously in July, Sir John French had considered the terrain around Loos a difficult proposition, yet despite his reservations, he was ordered to assist the French Army regarding Commander in Chief Joffre's wish to mount a large and powerful attack by the allies. "The battle of Loos was the biggest fought by the British in its history thus far." Richard Holmes. An Anglo-French attack was to take place in the North of Loos near Artois, whilst the French were to attack Champagne in the South.
After 4 days of artillery bombardment of the German lines, the battle began at 6.30am on 26th September. Gas was used for the first time by the British Army as the men advanced. Its effect, however, was mixed as in some parts of the line it blew back onto the British causing 2,632 casualties, including 7 deaths. Also, the order to send in the two New Army Reserve Divisions was delayed which added to more casualties.
Despite allied courage and determination under fire 1915 proved to be a good year for Germany. Besides success in Gallipoli, Germany had continued to press forward on both Eastern and Western Fronts. Churchill's plan of opening up a third front in order to put pressure on the German war machine had appeared to have backfired . Sir John French blamed the lack of men and ammunition on the Western Front on the excessive attention to the Gallipoli Campaign.
In the weeks prior to the battle of Loos, as was the norm along the trench line, snipers on both sides continued to gain advantage. One of the most valued targets was officers . This situation may have accounted for the death of Lieutenant James Tudor Edwards on 13th September 1915.
This is the LOOS MEMORIAL upon which are the names of
Private David H Davies and Lieutenant Sydney R Jenkins.
2nd Lieutenant James Tudor Edwards
James was born in 1892 in 42,Dunraven Place, Bridgend where his father and mother Walter and Elizabeth Edwards owned a draper's shop. His brother Walter Henry aged 10 had died in 1891 before James was born. His father died in 1906 and his mother moved to Llynrhos, Newton, Porthcawl which was next door to the Newton Hotel (Ancient Briton today ). In the 1911 census, James is found attending Cowbridge Grammar School in the same year as Roland Popkin. (see Red Baron link) Following school, James went onto to study at Jesus College, Oxford . At the outbreak of the war James enlisted into the King's Liverpool Regiment and on 18th November 1914 was granted a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant before leaving the Officers Training Corps. Prior to James's regiment 4th Liverpool Rifles being sent to France on 7th June 1915, he married Grace M Austin in Nottinghamshire in February 1915. After their marriage she went to live with his mother in Porthcawl . Sadly, James was killed in action in France on 13th September 1915. Sometime after his death his mother, Elizabeth moved to Cowbridge Road, Bridgend where she died in 1920. Grace married Edward Bramall in 1924 and moved to Cornwall.
The grave lies in Caberet-Rouge British Cemetery,Souchez
Porthcawl lost 4 more soldiers in 1915.
Lieutenant Sydney Randell Jenkins
K.I.A 26th September 1915
get out of our trenches and meet the Germans with fixed bayonet with Mr Jenkins leading us.After we met the Germans and we had a lot of heavy fighting,Mr Jenkins fell with a bullet wound.
Sydney Randell Jenkins b 10th April 1887 in Swansea.
Private David Henry Davies
note- Pte Davies entered the Theatre of War on 17th August 1915.
How many more from the photograph are remembered here?
Private Davies is fifth from the left. Photograph donated by his grand-daughter.
David Henry Davies was born in Ogmore Vale in 1878 to Herbert and Emma Davies previously of Tonypandy. David trained to be a plasterer like his father and after marrying Blanche in 1899 in Pontypridd, moved to 13 Railway Terrace ,Porthcawl. They were to have 4 children.
In the 1911 Census their address in given as 10,Mackworth Road,Porthcawl, which would suggest that not only did they possibly need a larger house, but that his plasterer/beater's business was doing financially well.
David enlisted in the Welsh Guards, Prince of Wales Coy, 1st Battalion, in Newport, 1914. His unit was sent to the front on 17th August. Private Davies was killed at the Battle of Loos, 27th September 1915; his body was never found. He is remembered on the Loos Memorial.
Sergeant Evan Thomas Rogers
Evan Thomas Rogers was born in March 1890, in Aberkenfig, to Evan and Elizabeth Rogers.Evan,his brother John and sister Ann, were brought up in Parc Gwyllt Hospital ,Bridgend,(Parc Prison today) where his father worked as the engineer and gatekeeper.
In 1910 his brother, John,married Margaret and moved to 7 Suffolk Place,Porthcawl, in order to take up his post as an elementary school teacher at the National School,Lias Road.
In 1912 the rest of the family had moved to the same address in Porthcawl.His father, now retired,became an elder in the Bethel Calvinistic Methodist Church on South Road,where the family, also, regularly attended. Evan began work in an gentleman's outfitters in Porthcawl.
On 7th September 1914,Evan enlisted in Bridgend on 7th September 1914.He was posted to join the Kings Royal Rifles 12th (Service ) Battalion in Winchester on 21st September 1914, being promoted to Sergeant within a fortnight of arriving.
The 12th (Service) Battalion of the K.R.R.C landed in Boulogne on 22nd July 1915. In the Battle of Loos they formed part of the 60th Brigade, under Brigadier General J.W.G Ray. Evan died of his wounds on 27th September 1915. He is buried in Merville Communal Cemetery,Northern France. He was 25 yrs old.
Article- Porthcawl News September 1915
Article - Porthcawl News November 1915
Private Lionel Frank Thomas McLaughlin
Article from the Porthcawl News May 1918.
Lionel was born in Staines,Middlesex in 1893 the youngest of 4 brothers. He moved to Porthcawl with his brothers,John and William from London around 1911 to work as general labourers.1914 in Poplar,London, he married Katherine Mcd Smith ,an apprentice dressmaker, of Fern Cottage,Porthcawl.
Lionel died fighting with 15th Scottish Division at Loos.
" The mass of infantry now on Hill 70, seeing Germans retreating in some disarray, began to advance down the far-side slope. This advance was caught by German crossfire from the 2nd line, and it was brought to a standstill by 10.30am" He was 23 years old.
Lionel's brother John was sadly killed the following January,fighting with the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) in Mesopotamia.The Regiment had landed at Basra 31st December 1915. In the previous May, John had been sent home to recuperate after having been wounded in the knee whilst fighting in France.
Lionel's other brother, Private William Mclaughlin Coldstream Guards, on the 25th January 1915,whilst fighting near Cuinchy in the Salient, a German advance preceded by the detonation of 4 mines managed to completely overwhelm the British trench. It is most likely that William was taken prisoner during this action. He remained a prisoner of war until 17th December 1918. He died in London on 5th October 1966
Taken from William's Service Records.
Article from the Porthcawl News November 1915.
Please note that in this newspaper article Lionel is referred to as Charles.It can only be assumed that "Charlie" may have been his nickname and then used incorrectly or it has been recorded incorrectly.What is certain , is the date of his death, the name of his wife and his address.
Lance Corporal John McLaughlin
K.I.A 21st January 1916 in Iraq. Aged 28 years old.


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Q: Echo bash variable in separate bash process I'm trying to create a separate bash process and echo a variable which is set inside of it with no success. Nothing gets echoed.
bash -c "COMMIT_DIFF_FILE=diffs.diff && echo -e ${COMMIT_DIFF_FILE}"

What could be the problem here? Many thanks in advance!

A: You have to quote it right.
bash -c 'COMMIT_DIFF_FILE="diffs.diff" && echo "$COMMIT_DIFF_FILE"'

diffs.diff

You are quoting command to bash -c in double quotes which gets expanded in current shell where variable is not present.
If you want to use double quotes then escape $:
bash -c "COMMIT_DIFF_FILE=diffs.diff && echo \${COMMIT_DIFF_FILE}"

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José Maria Vasconcelos, popularly known by his nom de guerre Taur Matan Ruak is an East Timorese politician who has been President of East Timor since 20 May 2012.
Before entering politics, he was the Commander of the FALINTIL-Forças de Defesa de Timor-Leste, the military of East Timor, from 2002 until 6 October 2011. Prior to serving in the F-FDTL, he was the last commander of the Armed Forces of National Liberation of East Timor or FALINTIL, the insurgent army which resisted the Indonesian occupation of the territory from 1975 to 1999.
East Timor or Timor-Leste, Tetum: Timór Lorosa'e, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a sovereign state in Maritime Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecusse, an exclave on the northwestern side of the island, within Indonesian West Timor. The country's size is about 15,410 km.
Occupying 5,743 square miles on the eastern half of an island in the Timor Sea between Indonesia and Australia, Timor-Leste has a population of approximately 1.1 million people. Timor-Leste became independent on May 20, 2002, and is a democratically-governed, independent nation with an elected President and Parliament. Following successful presidential and parliamentary elections and a peaceful change of government in 2012, UN and Australian-led peacekeepers departed Timor- Leste.
Timor-Leste's foreign policy places high priority on its relationships with Indonesia, Australia, other neighbors, and friendly countries and donors, most notably the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) and member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Timor-Leste began its two year presidency of the CPLP in 2014 by prioritizing economic integration between member states, as well as joint exploration and production of oil and gas. One of its top foreign policy objectives is to join ASEAN. Timor-Leste applied for ASEAN membership in 2011, but an ASEAN decision to admit the nation is still pending.
Timor-Leste and the United States belong to many of the same international organizations, including the United Nations, ASEAN Regional Forum, Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering, International Monetary Fund, and World Bank.


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Keira Knightley Is Sick Of Female Characters Getting Raped All The Time
The actress says that's the reason she tends to avoid films set in contemporary times.
There's a reason why you often see actress Keira Knightley portraying characters in period dramas.
The "Atonement" and "Pride and Prejudice" actress recently told Variety she really doesn't like the way contemporary women are portrayed in movies.
"I don't really do films set in the modern day because the female characters nearly always get raped," she said. "I always find something distasteful in the way women are portrayed, whereas I've always found very inspiring characters offered to me in historical pieces."
Knightley says she's noticed some strong female characters and female stories on streaming services and is optimistic that they'll help shape future female characters in film as well.
"There's been some improvement. I'm suddenly being sent scripts with present-day women who aren't raped in the first five pages and aren't simply there to be the loving girlfriend or wife."
Knightley also offered a pretty valid remedy for the problem:
"When there are female writers and directors and producers, the parts for women are better, and so the way that society views women through drama is much better and much more well-rounded."
Elyse Wanshel .
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For the tenth anniversary of its creation, Mitchell School of Drama and Garidge Theatre present a play with music based on the lives of real people. We join Lottie, born in a north east poorhouse and meet the people around her who dream of different lives, a different world.
BSL signed performance by Lesley Crerar on Friday 29th June.


Despite the fact that our ears get greater as we age, our listening to tends to fade. This ironic drawback is frequent and will get progressively worse the older we get. An estimated 25 p.c of People between the ages of 65 and 74 have disabling listening to loss. And shedding listening to can imply having a tough time understanding what persons are saying, which may result in social isolation and melancholy.
Though the tendency to lose listening to in previous age will get handed on from technology to technology, little is understood concerning the underlying biology. Now researchers have recognized 38 new genes concerned in listening to loss in mice. The findings might assist establish higher therapy choices, the researchers say.
"Age-related listening to loss is a big drawback … so we would have liked to discover a means of figuring out the underlying molecular foundation so as to consider therapies," mentioned Karen Metal, a neuroscientist at King's School London in the UK, who led the brand new analysis.
Most of what researchers know concerning the genetic roots of listening to loss comes from learning extreme types of inherited deafness that present up in childhood. Researchers have had a tough time figuring out genes concerned in age-related listening to loss, the place listening to develops usually, however sustaining regular listening to into previous age is problematic.
To seek out new genes concerned in this type of progressive listening to loss, Metal and her group generated greater than 1,200 sorts of mice, every with a mutation in a unique gene. Then they gave grownup mice a listening to check. The check captured the response of mind cells that course of sound and will detect even very gentle listening to loss.
Out of the 1,211 genes the researchers examined, 38 — or simply greater than three p.c — confirmed listening to impairment within the mice, the researchers reported Thursday within the journal PLOS Biology. The discovering implies that out of the tens of 1000's of genes within the genome there are probably a whole lot extra that have an effect on listening to loss. Primarily based on their discovery, the researchers say there are probably a thousand genes in whole concerned in listening to loss.
The researchers examined listening to in among the mice after they had been younger adults after which once more just a few extra instances because the rodents' aged. The repeated testing revealed 10 genes that assist preserve listening to with age.
"Our outcomes inform us that there are numerous genes concerned in deafness … and plenty of several types of abnormality of the auditory system that may result in listening to loss," mentioned Metal, who was shocked to comprehend how a lot can go mistaken main as much as listening to loss.
We all know extra in regards to the floor of the moon than in regards to the ocean ground. Scientists estimate that 91 % of life beneath the ocean hasn't been found but and greater than 80 % of the ocean has by no means been explored. What we do know in regards to the ocean makes it virtually extra mysterious. It's an alien panorama, full with undersea mountain ranges and trenches deeper than Mount Everest is tall, residence to a wonderful nightmare carnival of bizarre, usually glowing animals.
And most of what we all know has solely come to mild within the final 150 years, beginning with the expedition of HMS Challenger. From 1872 to 1876, the 200-foot-long warship was repurposed as a floating lab for the world's first large-scale oceanographic expedition, circumnavigating the globe and dredging up samples of never-before-seen creatures from the ocean ground. The Challenger explorers delivered to mild hundreds of recent species and revealed the oceans to be a spot of startling depths and untold wonders. Scientists immediately nonetheless depend on the Challenger findings to check all the things from seashells to local weather change.
The Challenger expedition was impressed, partly, by that age-old motivation: to show any individual flawed. In 1843, a naturalist named Edward Forbes posited that "the variety of species and people diminishes as we descend, pointing to a zero within the distribution of animal life as but unvisited" at depths under 1,800 toes. However a number of small expeditions hinted that he couldn't be proper: HMS Lightning and (the extremely named) HMS Porcupine discovered animals like clams, scallops, and corals at depths under Forbes' theoretical restrict. In mild of those discoveries (and maybe spurred by telegraph firms' need to create extra undersea cables), the Royal Society of London for Enhancing Pure Information accepted a brand new, extra thorough expedition: a three-year journey across the globe to plumb the ocean's deepest basins, to determine the ocean ground's bodily and chemical traits and to determine simply how far into the ocean's depths life blooms.
Challenger set sail 4 days earlier than Christmas in 1872 out of Portsmouth on the southern coast of England. There have been about 250 males on board, together with six scientists, who the naval officers and crew nicknamed "the Scientifics." Challenger was a small warship retrofitted for a scientific mission; 15 of her 17 weapons have been eliminated to make room for laboratories and tools. Earlier than they set sail, the ship's steward's assistant, a 19-year-old named Joe Matkin, wrote to his cousin, "All of the Scientific Chaps are on board, and have been busy through the week stowing their gear away. There are some hundreds of small air tight bottles, and little bins in regards to the measurement of Valentine bins packed in iron tanks for preserving specimens in, bugs, butterflies, mosses, crops, and so forth. There's a photographic room on the primary deck, additionally a dissecting room for carving up bears, whales, and so forth." The ship additionally carried 181 miles of Italian hemp rope that might be used to measure the water's depth and decrease dredges to the ocean ground.
The crew generally introduced in spectacular specimens — one drawing from the expedition reveals the crew hauling aboard a big shark, whereas two of the ship's canines watch warily. Different instances, although, the hauls have been much less thrilling.
They did this all the best way around the globe, from England to the North Atlantic and the Caribbean, right down to Brazil and east to the southern tip of Africa. They dipped down within reach of Antarctic icebergs after which headed up, hugging Australia's southeast coast and making their method by way of Micronesia and Asia, then east throughout the Pacific, tracing South America and arriving again in England on Might 24, 1876, three and a half years after the journey's begin. Midway by way of the journey, within the spring of 1875, Challenger made one among its best discoveries: the Mariana Trench, containing the deepest level on Earth.
The Mariana Trench is positioned close to Guam, about 1,500 miles east of the Philippines. There, one of many Earth's tectonic plates slips beneath one other, leading to a 1,580-mile-long groove within the sea ground.
On the lowest level Challenger recorded, the ocean ground lay greater than 5 miles under the water's floor (later researchers would discover that a good deeper level exists close by, practically seven miles deep). The crew wasn't anticipating the spot to be so deep; the primary time they despatched down a weight to measure the depth, they ran out of rope. After they despatched down a thermometer, the glass cracked. On the time, the scientists named it Swire Deep after one of many ship's naval officers, although it's since been renamed the Challenger Deep. As we speak's scientists examine the Mariana Trench to learn the way tectonic plates shift and the way plastic waste has reached even the remotest components of the planet. All that work has its roots within the Challenger expedition.
Challenger's scientists have been truly a little bit upset by the animals they discovered within the deep sea. Darwin had postulated that the deep sea could be stuffed with organisms that had lengthy since gone extinct on land; the scientists on board have been let down when that didn't appear to be true. However the brand new animals they did discover weren't too shabby. The Challenger expedition returned with 4,700 never-before-seen species, together with sea pigs (squishy pink potato-creatures that scoot across the sea ground on 14 legs) and faceless cusk-eels (foot-long fish with tiny, barely seen eyes and mouths on the underside of their chins, therefore the "faceless").
Utilizing the expedition's specimens and information, researchers are in a position to see if species reside in the identical locations they did 150 years in the past, evaluate potential new species to the unique specimens found by the Challenger and discover the ways in which local weather change is affecting animals. Seashells from immediately are sometimes thinner than those collected then, since further carbon dioxide within the environment could make the ocean extra acidic — the seawater eats away on the shells.
And whereas the zoological specimens are a few of Challenger's flashier legacies, one other sort of knowledge from the expedition has proved important to researchers lately: the ocean temperature logs. "If you wish to perceive how a lot the world is warming immediately, you must take into consideration issues that occurred earlier than the Industrial Revolution," says Jake Gebbie, an oceanographer on the Woods Gap Oceanographic Institute who revealed a paper in Science in 2019 about deep ocean temperatures over time utilizing Challenger knowledge.
"The temperature knowledge launched a whole self-discipline referred to as bodily oceanography. It's our first image of the bodily ocean throughout the globe, and it stays a very necessary touchstone for wanting again on the historical past of the local weather," says Josh Willis, a local weather scientist at NASA who has used temperature knowledge from Challenger in his analysis on international local weather developments. "Over 90 % of the warmth trapped by greenhouse gases is definitely warming the ocean. International warming is admittedly ocean warming," Willis explains. "Water is admittedly good at absorbing warmth, and a lot of the planet is roofed in water. And all that warmth absorption comes at a value: life within the ocean, particularly coral, is already being harmed by local weather change.
Andreia Salvador, curator of mollusks on the Pure Historical past Museum in London, additionally notes the significance of the Challenger collections in mild of local weather change and habitat destruction. "We have to know what's on the market. We don't reside alone on this planet, and now greater than ever, we have to preserve and protect what's there," she says.
We all know extra concerning the floor of the moon than concerning the ocean flooring. Scientists estimate that 91 % of life below the ocean hasn't been found but and greater than 80 % of the ocean has by no means been explored. What we do know concerning the ocean makes it nearly extra mysterious. It's an alien panorama, full with undersea mountain ranges and trenches deeper than Mount Everest is tall, house to a wonderful nightmare carnival of bizarre, usually glowing animals.
And most of what we all know has solely come to mild within the final 150 years, beginning with the expedition of HMS Challenger. From 1872 to 1876, the 200-foot-long warship was repurposed as a floating lab for the world's first large-scale oceanographic expedition, circumnavigating the globe and dredging up samples of never-before-seen creatures from the ocean flooring. The Challenger explorers delivered to mild 1000's of recent species and revealed the oceans to be a spot of startling depths and untold wonders. Scientists at the moment nonetheless depend on the Challenger findings to review every part from seashells to local weather change.
The Challenger expedition was impressed, partly, by that age-old motivation: to show any person unsuitable. In 1843, a naturalist named Edward Forbes posited that "the variety of species and people diminishes as we descend, pointing to a zero within the distribution of animal life as but unvisited" at depths beneath 1,800 ft. However a number of small expeditions hinted that he couldn't be proper: HMS Lightning and (the extremely named) HMS Porcupine discovered animals like clams, scallops, and corals at depths beneath Forbes' theoretical restrict. In mild of those discoveries (and maybe spurred by telegraph firms' want to create extra undersea cables), the Royal Society of London for Bettering Pure Data accredited a brand new, extra thorough expedition: a three-year journey across the globe to plumb the ocean's deepest basins, to establish the ocean flooring's bodily and chemical traits and to determine simply how far into the ocean's depths life blooms.
Challenger set sail 4 days earlier than Christmas in 1872 out of Portsmouth on the southern coast of England. There have been about 250 males on board, together with six scientists, who the naval officers and crew nicknamed "the Scientifics." Challenger was a small warship retrofitted for a scientific mission; 15 of her 17 weapons had been eliminated to make room for laboratories and gear. Earlier than they set sail, the ship's steward's assistant, a 19-year-old named Joe Matkin, wrote to his cousin, "All of the Scientific Chaps are on board, and have been busy throughout the week stowing their gear away. There are some 1000's of small air tight bottles, and little bins concerning the dimension of Valentine bins packed in iron tanks for protecting specimens in, bugs, butterflies, mosses, crops, and so forth. There's a photographic room on the principle deck, additionally a dissecting room for carving up bears, whales, and so forth." The ship additionally carried 181 miles of Italian hemp rope that may be used to measure the water's depth and decrease dredges to the ocean flooring.
The crew typically introduced in spectacular specimens — one drawing from the expedition exhibits the crew hauling aboard a big shark, whereas two of the ship's canine watch warily. Different instances, although, the hauls had been much less thrilling.
They did this all the way in which around the globe, from England to the North Atlantic and the Caribbean, right down to Brazil and east to the southern tip of Africa. They dipped down nearby of Antarctic icebergs after which headed up, hugging Australia's southeast coast and making their means by means of Micronesia and Asia, then east throughout the Pacific, tracing South America and arriving again in England on Could 24, 1876, three and a half years after the journey's begin. Midway by means of the journey, within the spring of 1875, Challenger made one in every of its best discoveries: the Mariana Trench, containing the deepest level on Earth.
The Mariana Trench is positioned close to Guam, about 1,500 miles east of the Philippines. There, one of many Earth's tectonic plates slips below one other, leading to a 1,580-mile-long groove within the sea flooring.
On the lowest level Challenger recorded, the ocean flooring lay greater than 5 miles beneath the water's floor (later researchers would discover that a good deeper level exists close by, practically seven miles deep). The crew wasn't anticipating the spot to be so deep; the primary time they despatched down a weight to measure the depth, they ran out of rope. Once they despatched down a thermometer, the glass cracked. On the time, the scientists named it Swire Deep after one of many ship's naval officers, although it's since been renamed the Challenger Deep. At present's scientists research the Mariana Trench to learn the way tectonic plates shift and the way plastic waste has reached even the remotest elements of the planet. All that work has its roots within the Challenger expedition.
Challenger's scientists had been truly a little bit disillusioned by the animals they discovered within the deep sea. Darwin had postulated that the deep sea can be filled with organisms that had lengthy since gone extinct on land; the scientists on board had been let down when that didn't appear to be true. However the brand new animals they did discover weren't too shabby. The Challenger expedition returned with 4,700 never-before-seen species, together with sea pigs (squishy pink potato-creatures that scoot across the sea flooring on 14 legs) and faceless cusk-eels (foot-long fish with tiny, barely seen eyes and mouths on the underside of their chins, therefore the "faceless").
Utilizing the expedition's specimens and information, researchers are capable of see if species stay in the identical locations they did 150 years in the past, evaluate potential new species to the unique specimens found by the Challenger and discover the ways in which local weather change is affecting animals. Seashells from at the moment are sometimes thinner than those collected then, since additional carbon dioxide within the ambiance could make the ocean extra acidic — the seawater eats away on the shells.
And whereas the zoological specimens are a few of Challenger's flashier legacies, one other kind of knowledge from the expedition has proved vital to researchers lately: the ocean temperature logs. "If you wish to perceive how a lot the world is warming at the moment, it's a must to take into consideration issues that occurred earlier than the Industrial Revolution," says Jake Gebbie, an oceanographer on the Woods Gap Oceanographic Institute who printed a paper in Science in 2019 about deep ocean temperatures over time utilizing Challenger knowledge.
"The temperature knowledge launched a complete self-discipline known as bodily oceanography. It's our first image of the bodily ocean throughout the globe, and it stays a extremely vital touchstone for wanting again on the historical past of the local weather," says Josh Willis, a local weather scientist at NASA who has used temperature knowledge from Challenger in his analysis on world local weather traits. "Over 90 % of the warmth trapped by greenhouse gases is definitely warming the ocean. World warming is de facto ocean warming," Willis explains. "Water is de facto good at absorbing warmth, and many of the planet is roofed in water. And all that warmth absorption comes at a value: life within the ocean, particularly coral, is already being harmed by local weather change.
Andreia Salvador, curator of mollusks on the Pure Historical past Museum in London, additionally notes the significance of the Challenger collections in mild of local weather change and habitat destruction. "We have to know what's on the market. We don't stay alone on this planet, and now greater than ever, we have to preserve and protect what's there," she says.
In Nebraska, scientists working for the Nebraska Sport and Parks Fee are more and more counting on informal researchers and citizen scientists to higher perceive three creatures particularly: noticed skunks, salamanders, and regal fritillary and monarch butterflies. Why? The populations of those species have both declined or are in jeopardy, and scientists wish to get a present inhabitants depend. Let's take a more in-depth have a look at these three Nebraskan citizen science initiatives and what researchers hope to study from knowledge collected by citizen scientists.
Nebraska is a giant state. In reality, the Cornhusker State is about 77,358 sq. miles. That's lots of floor to cowl for researchers who're learning butterflies, skunks, or salamanders — there aren't sufficient scientists to journey to each single doable sighting location on daily basis. Consequently, researchers have turned to science lovers within the state to assist them research these creatures.
Past contributing to analysis, collaborating in these initiatives can add worth to the lives of individuals.
"I like that citizen science is usually a option to attain new audiences. Individuals typically are coming in with distinctive experiences and data, so they can present totally different insights and concepts that may assist enhance our initiatives. These initiatives may also be a catalyst for individuals to find a brand new ardour and/or understanding of science and the outside," mentioned Mayes.
So how are you going to take part in every of those initiatives?
Salamander Search is likely one of the latest initiatives arrange by the Nebraska Sport and Parks Fee. Particularly, the crew data sightings of tiger and smallmouth salamanders, which reside across the jap border of the state. This undertaking is a salamander census of kinds, serving to researchers decide the inhabitants's standing in Nebraska.
Grownup and juvenile salamanders are normally straightforward to establish, with the tiger salamanders normally sporting yellow bars or spots on their backs and sides. Child salamanders are a bit of trickier to establish, in keeping with Mayes.
For anybody concerned with on the lookout for salamanders, the Sport and Parks Fee is providing a free class on April 20, 2019, to show citizen scientists easy methods to take part in this system.
Noticed skunks are small nocturnal mammals native to most of Nebraska. As a substitute of getting sweeping white stripes down their physique and tail, the noticed skunk has a collection of irregular traces that resemble spots.
Nebraska considers this species critically imperiled as a result of the final verified sighting of this little mammal was two years in the past, in 2017. The noticed skunk solely comes out at evening and is a talented climber, making sightings of it uncommon. That's why seeing a reside specimen isn't essential for this research.
The Sport and Parks Fee orchestrates this ongoing search by iNaturalist.
In 2015, the Sport and Parks Fee reached out to citizen scientists for the primary time to ask for assist recognizing monarch and regal fritillary butterflies within the state. The butterfly monitoring undertaking is ongoing, however in March 2019, the analysis crew modified the undertaking's targets, splitting it into stage one and stage two surveys.
Stage one surveys request single observations and focus solely on the regal fritillary, with one exception: if a citizen scientist spots a congregation of monarch butterflies numbering six or extra, or spots one of many tagged butterflies (these are butterflies with a small white circle on their wings), they're welcome to submit this commentary as a part of the extent one survey. These surveys happen throughout the second week of June by the center of July, when each species of butterfly are current within the state. Observers file their observations, depend the variety of butterflies current, and take photos if they will achieve this with out harassing the butterflies.
Stage two surveys are extra advanced. These are transect surveys, requiring the observer to stroll in a straight line throughout an space of a minimum of 5 acres, whereas making observations alongside that path. Ideally, three transects must be product of a given space, with a cumulative survey size as near 1,000 ft as doable. The purpose is to file butterflies inside 20 ft of both facet of the transect. These stage two surveys give attention to each monarchs and regal fritillaries, and usually take 45 to 90 minutes.
Each of those stunning butterflies will be discovered all through your complete state, however their numbers have declined in recent times on account of their dietary necessities.
In keeping with Mayes, the very best time to identify these butterflies is in the course of the day when it's heat and calm exterior.
The first purpose of those research is to find out the scale of the inhabitants of every of those species inside the state of Nebraska. Anybody who loves spending time exterior and has a eager eye can take part in these residents science initiatives. Subsequent time you're within the state, assist researchers and biologists decide what number of members of every species nonetheless name Nebraska dwelling.


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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2023). Flora of Zimbabwe: Records confirmed by Jimmy Muropa.
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Vol. 9 No. 385
INTERLAKEN CONFERENCE ON ANGR:
On Wednesday, negotiations took place on the draft Global Plan of Action, text on implementing and financing the Global Plan, and the Interlaken Declaration. The negotiations continued throughout the day and late into the night.
GLOBAL PLAN OF ACTION: STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
Delegates resumed their discussions on the draft Global Plan, focusing on remaining bracketed text in the section on strategic priorities for action (ITC-AnGR/07/3, Annex I).
Chair Bötsch invited delegates to continue their discussions on the phrase "non-trade distorting" (Strategic Priority 8) carried over from the previous day. He proposed replacing this language with text clarifying that support for in situ conservation programmes should proceed, "providing support for such measures is consistent with existing international agreements." Delegates agreed to this proposal, and other references in the text to non-trade distorting incentives were also replaced by text referring to consistency with existing international agreements.
Regarding text on the roles and values of AnGR and the contribution of livestock keeping communities (Strategic Priority 18), the EUROPEAN REGIONAL GROUP (ERG), supported by COLOMBIA and the US, observed that "rights" in respect to these communities had not been defined, while AFRICA, the NEAR EAST region, and others proposed referring to the "needs and rights of livestock communities." Chair Bötsch established a contact group to resolve the issue and in the evening COLOMBIA reported back to plenary, introducing a compromise text referencing livestock keepers' rights "at the national level." Delegates agreed to the revised text.
IMPLEMENTATION AND FINANCING OF THE GLOBAL PLAN OF ACTION
With most of the Global Plan's section on strategic priorities agreed, Chair Bötsch asked participants to consider text on implementation and financing of the Global Plan (ITC-AnGR/07/3, Annex II).
, supported by the US, proposed keeping the entire text bracketed, expressing concern about duplication with the Interlaken Declaration and text under the Global Plan's strategic priorities. However, the ERG, NEAR EAST region, LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN, AFRICA and ASIA said this text should be incorporated as an integral, third section of the Global Plan, observing that a framework on implementation and financing should form an essential outcome of the conference. The issue was not resolved.
TEXTUAL DISCUSSIONS:
Delegates discussed the draft text on implementation and financing (Annex II) paragraph-by-paragraph. On the introductory paragraph (paragraph 1), CANADA cautioned against duplicating text in the Interlaken Declaration. However, LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN, the NEAR EAST and AFRICA supported the text, which was approved with only a minor amendment.
On a paragraph regarding strategic investments and incentives (paragraph 2), the NEAR EAST, supported by the ERG but opposed by the SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC, proposed reference to "maintenance of incentives." NORTH AMERICA added to this proposal, "provided such incentives are consistent with relevant international agreements." The section was not finalized.
On periodic assessments, (paragraph 5), NORTH AMERICA noted duplication with language in the Global Plan. The ERG responded that a degree of overlap was natural in related documents. NORTH AMERICA argued that language referring to "providing early warning systems" was inconsistent. He suggested changing "providing" to "develop" early warning systems. The section remained bracketed.
proposed an additional paragraph requesting the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture to develop a funding strategy for the implementation of the Global Plan. BRAZIL requested that the text be bracketed and revisited later.
The ERG proposed removing brackets from a paragraph on progress on implementation (paragraph 6). BRAZIL noted that the text should specify that these implementation reports are national. Delegates accepted the text with this addition.
Regarding a paragraph on the responsibility for implementing the Global Plan resting with national governments (paragraph 7), ASIA and the NEAR EAST preferred retaining a reference to "food security." However, delegates later agreed to a proposal by NORTH AMERICA to delete the word "security."
On encouraging international networks for AnGR (paragraph 8), NORTH AMERICA expressed concern at repetitive language. However, delegates agreed to retain the paragraph without modification.
Regarding the role of FAO in supporting country-driven efforts (paragraph 9), delegates agreed that a sub-group would work on draft language. Later in the day, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO reported back that compromise text had been developed. This text, which removed reference to FAO establishing "a portfolio of country and regional projects," was adopted without amendment.
Participants also accepted text on transferring technologies related to the inventory, characterization, sustainable use and conservation of AnGR (paragraph 10), technical assistance (paragraph 11), and technical guidelines, assistance and training programmes prepared by FAO (paragraph 12).
Regarding the provision of funding for AnGR (paragraph 13), NORTH AMERICA suggested moving a sentence on the provision of funds by national governments and other domestic sources of funds to Strategic Priority 23 (financing) in the Global Plan, which addresses funding. This proposal was not accepted.
Regarding text on new and additional funding and country efforts to provide financial support (paragraph 15), the ERG and LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN proposed deleting the paragraph, noting similarities to subsequent text (paragraph 18). However, ASIA expressed concern at differences between the two paragraphs and the issue was not finalized.
On promoting implementation of the Global Plan, financial assistance, technology transfer and capacity building (paragraph 18), the NEAR EAST and AFRICA supported the entire text, while the ERG, SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC and NORTH AMERICA supported various deletions, with SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC suggesting that the reference to financing was unnecessary. Chair Bötsch proposed compromise language that did not refer directly to financing. However, LATIN AMERICAN AND THE CARIBBEAN sought inclusion of "new and additional resources," while agreeing that this could be removed if the concept was clearly reflected in a subsequent relevant paragraph. The issue was not finalized.
Delegates approved two paragraphs referring to FAO's role in contributing to implementation of the Global Plan (paragraphs 19 and 20).
Participants considered paragraphs on government measures to ensure "predictable and agreed resources" (paragraph 21) and on developed countries attaching due attention to the implementation of relevant activities (paragraph 22). NORTH AMERICA proposed text on the role of developing countries and countries with economies in transition and LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN suggested noting that the extent to which developing countries will effectively implement the Global Plan will depend on effective provision of funding, "in particular from developed countries." This text remained bracketed due to opposition to the reference from some developed countries.
On the final paragraph addressing voluntary contributions (paragraph 23) delegates agreed to remove reference to contributions being channeled into an FAO Trust Account, after NORTH AMERICA suggested that mechanisms for contributors should not be limited. After concluding that progress reports, criteria and indicators and early warning were adequately addressed in other parts of the Global Plan, delegates agreed to delete text referencing these.
In the evening, Chair Bötsch invited comments on remaining bracketed text in the draft Interlaken Declaration (ITC-AnGR/07/3, Annex III).
On the interdependence of countries (paragraph 3), participants agreed to a proposal by LATIN AMERICAN AND THE CARIBBEAN to amend a reference to "common and differentiated responsibilities" to refer instead to "common and individual."
On the sustainable use, development and conservation of AnGR (paragraph 4), a section on access and benefit sharing was debated at length. The impasse was broken by the SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC's suggestion to qualify the commitment to be "consistent with relevant international obligations and national laws."
Delegates also approved text addressing loss of AnGR and impacts on food security and rural development (paragraph 6), with minor textual changes.
The ERG, supported by the NEAR EAST, proposed new text for a paragraph reflecting the need to promote the development of knowledge, in particular through research. BRAZIL proposed an amendment to make the language consistent with CBD, and the text was approved.
On acknowledging the need to maintain AnGR because of the intrinsic value of biodiversity (paragraph 9), delegates agreed to all language with the exception of reference to "cultural" value, which remained bracketed. After further discussion, INDIA presented compromise text that referred to "cultural heritage," to which delegates agreed.
Delegates also adopted text on awareness that the demand for meat, milk and other animal products is increasing (paragraph 10).
Regarding text on local and indigenous communities (paragraph 11), delegates were divided over two alternate formulations. There was particular discussion over a reference to the impact of "ownership and management" of AnGR, with the ERG seeking to delete the reference to ownership, while other groups wanted it retained. Participants agreed to a formulation that retained reference to "ownership and management of the genetic resources of their livestock."
Participants also discussed and finally approved text on traditional knowledge and incentives. Delegates devoted considerable time to language on access to technologies (paragraph 14). Discussions focused on transferring or sharing technologies, including whether to include text on providing "concessional and preferential terms." Participants finally agreed on a shorter formulation proposed by PERU referring to facilitating technology for sustainable use, development and conservation of AnGR consistent with relevant international obligations and national laws.
Regarding text on new and additional financing (paragraph 14 bis) the ERG, supported by NORTH AMERICA, proposed deletion of "new." This was opposed by ASIA, AFRICA and the NEAR EAST. COLOMBIA noted the links with other areas of the text on finance and suggested discussion on these be deferred and considered as a package on Thursday.
GLOBAL PLAN OF ACTION: INTRODUCTION
At 11:50 pm on Wednesday evening, Chair Bötsch asked delegates to turn their attention to the introduction to the Global Plan (ITC-AnGR/07/3, Annex I). Delegates discussed questions regarding the definition of AnGR contained in a footnote, with BRAZIL and some others expressing concerns over the definition. After considerable discussion, BRAZIL accepted the footnote, adding text requesting further work on definitions by FAO.
Delegates also discussed livestock keepers, with disagreements persisting over their rights and whether these existed in all countries. The issue will be taken up again on Thursday.
Delegates arriving in plenary on Wednesday morning were greeted with the cheery news that the room had been booked until 1:00 am that night in case negotiations became bogged down. "With a firm 6:00 pm deadline in place for ending on Friday, we cannot afford to leave things until the last minute," explained one of the organizers.
By the time tired delegates departed plenary at 1:00 am on Thursday morning, many appeared to agree with the tactic, in spite of their fatigue. "We have made good progress by pushing ourselves today," admitted one bleary-eyed observer. "However, it remains to be seen how the 'package deal' of outcomes will come together on Thursday," he cautioned.
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Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 4:00-6:00 P.M.
We will explore web-based tools such as blogs, wikis, podcasts, VoiceThreads, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and social bookmarking sites like Delicious. The presenter will share an overview of different tools available to language educators, briefly explain how each tool works, and discuss a rationale for their use in teaching languages. The workshop will situate web-based tools within the framework of differentiated instruction and 21st century learning skills. The central purpose of the presentation is to de-mystify these tools and show how they can be used in teaching and assessing English Language Learners.
This useful workshop will give you ideas and tools for your classes!
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'Suck It Up, Buttercup': A Mississippi History Teacher Defends the Rebel Flag
Larry McCluney Jr., a history teacher in Greenwood and a national officer in the Sons of Confederate Veterans, poses in what photographer Kate Medley calls a "Confederate Man Cave." Every man we interviewed had one. Photo by Donna Ladd
History teacher Larry McCluney Jr., a national officer in the Sons of Confederate Veterans, was one of the more fascinating Mississippians we interviewed about the Confederate flag. We also talked, or listened, to him the longest because he really likes to talk about Confederate history as he teaches it. Because I could get such a small amount of what he said into my Guardian article, I'm pasting some sections below that can help clarify the official arguments of the SCV—which I would describe as being framed to defend soldiers who fought for the South in the Civil War and to demonize the North, especially Abraham Lincoln. I find that you spend a lot of time in conversations with people who support the flag listening to them explain what was wrong with the North and Lincoln, leaving me wishing we could just stipulate that few were perfect back then and go deeper into the substance of why my home region seceded and fired on Fort Sumter.
But here are some excerpts. This post is a bit long, but I encourage reading to the end for a fuller understanding of SCV's arguments, and for my short responses. By the way, McCluney prefers to call it the "War for Southern Independence." And don't miss his comments below about Trump to a black student upset about his election to the presidency.
McCluney: (People) think about the cause being slavery.
Me: Do you agree with that?
Slavery didn't cause the war.
Categories // Confederate Flag, Race, The South Tags // Confederate Flag, Race
Flag supporter: 'That's what states' rights was about: protecting slavery'
Teacher Kevin Davis honors the Confederate flag because 13 of his ancestors fought for the South in the Civil War, with three of them killed. He is clear, though, that the war was fought over the state's rights to own slaves. Here he points to photos of soldiers he descends from. Photo by Donna Ladd
By the time Kate Medley and I found Kevin Davis, on the second day of our whirlwind visits with Mississippi Confederate flag fans, we were moving fast, especially as a storm was threatening to move in from the Gulf. (We had memories of Hurricane Katrina moving toward Mississippi as we bolted out of Natchez during our earlier Klan series a decade earlier.)
Like Larry McCluney Jr., Davis is a history teacher and an on-again-off-again member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans due to descending from numerous southern soldiers, some of them killed in the war. His views on the history around the flag and the war did not exactly match up with McCluney's, either, especially on his easy admission that slavery caused the war.
Davis also articulates an important point that McCluney touched on: southerners fought the war (to maintain their rights to slavery) to honor their ancestors who fought in the Revolutionary War. To the South, as historian Chandra Manning explains in her book, "What This Cruel War Was Over: Soldiers, Slavery and the Civil War," the war another vital step in declaring independence from a greedy overlord. The North, though, also fought to honor the Revolutionary War legacy—by keeping the union together.
Here is an excerpt of Davis' comments, much of which did not make it into the Guardian article:
Me: Do you fly a Confederate flag?
Davis: No, since I am a teacher. Now, I teach at a private school, but I did teach at a public school for most of my career. I go to SCV meetings, and I have a car tag that has a Confederate flag on it.
How do you teach the Civil War, and what caused it?
When I teach it, I teach that it was two causes: slavery and states' rights. I'm not naïve enough to say that if there had't been slavery—we wouldn't ever had a Civil War had there not been slavery. Once it got started, that's not necessarily what the average soldier was fighting for anyway. Half of them didn't have slaves anyway. They were living in the society where maybe one day they hoped they'd be rich enough to have one, but I mean most of them didn't. So once it got started, it was more about defending your home and the cause of governing yourself and all that stuff that's connected to states' rights.
Categories // Confederate Flag, Mississippi, Race, The South


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Jews On TV: Who To Watch Out For at The Emmys
Rachel X. LandesAugust 25, 2014
The 66th Primetime Emmy awards, held at the Nokia Theater L.A. Live will air this evening on NBC. Hosted by Seth Meyers (no, not Jewish), you can except lots of laughs, almost Oscar-worthy red carpet glamour and many tears shed over the expected Robin Williams tribute.
Here are some of the Jewish nominees your should watch out for tonight. The ceremony kicks off at 8 p.m. EST (Red carpet at 7:30). Don't be late!
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Julianna Marguiles — as Alicia Florrick in "The Good Wife"
Lizzy Caplan — as Virginia Johnson in "Masters of Sex"
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Mandy Patinkin — as Saul Berenson in "Homeland"
Josh Charles — as Will Gardner in "The Good Wife"
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Lena Dunham — as Hannah Horvath in "Girls"
Julia Louis-Dreyfus — as Vice President Selina Meyer in "Veep"
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Louis C.K. — as Louie in "Louie"
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Mayim Bialik — as Amy Farrah Fowler in "The Big Bang Theory"
Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program
Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
Outstanding Drama Series
Mad Men (Matthew Weiner)
Portlandia (Carrie Brownstein)
Outstanding Variety Series
The Daily Show (Jon Stewart)
Rachel X. Landes


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Real Life Characters
Notch in Minecraft
Herobrine (SMG4 canon)
SuperMarioGlitchy4, Mario, Starman3
Raping, scaring people
It's rapin' time!
Notch, real name Markus Alexej Persson, (born June 1, 1979) is one of the minor characters who appears often in SuperMarioGlitchy4's Super Minecraft 64 bloopers (he also appears in some Ssenmodnar videos). He is the creator of Minecraft, and the owner of Mojang AB.
Persson is the creator of Minecraft who SMG4 put in his bloopers. His first appearance was in "Herobrine" when Mario and SMG4 were about to fight Herobrine. Notch then fell from the sky and did a little dance as Mario, SMG4 and Herobrine backed away slowly. He did this in the blooper "Super Minecraft 64 Bloopers: The Nether", but was interrupted as SMG4 shot him with a revolver. Notch then appeared in future bloopers saying, "It's rapin' time!" the only thing Notch says in SMG4's bloopers (except in SM64: ṩṩἔᾗмὄḋᾗᾄʀ 6 (New years edition)) where he has say "Here's Johnny!" (a quote from a famous scene in The Shining).
His name is never displayed in SMG4's bloopers.
Notch lives in the basement of Mario's House.
Notch is a some sort of rapist in his bloopers, but in real life, he is not.
Notch in real life
"I have absolutely no idea what's going on."
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Here are some Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) with more information on the groups. I hope it helps you feel at ease and if so inspired, please do join us. You never know, it could change your life- it certainly did mine!
I'm completely new to Law Of Attraction and all of this. Is it OK to come along?
Absolutely! Some of my best and brightest students didn't know anything about this before coming along. If it feels right then feel free to join us, it is a very relaxed atmosphere and everyone is so supportive. All I would recommend is coming along with an open mind and willingness to try. Also, you can browse this site and read all the information which would prepare you tremendously well! If you do wish to know about it before coming, then The Secret (movie or book) by Rhonda Byrne is good introduction. Ask And It Is Given (book) by Abraham Hicks is amazing too, although it can a little heavy for a beginner. The book also has 22 life changing processes in the second half- highly recommended for everyone.
Couldn't I do this work on my own- why would I need a group?
Yes. I totally agree, you could do the work on your own. Especially with all I've put on here and all the wonderful resources out in the world. I'm a huge proponent of taking the time to work on yourself in the privacy of your own home and mind. Having said that, there is nothing quite like being with a group full of like minded people all combined to focus in the same good feeling space. I always feel like flying after a group and I hope you do too. Everyone is always so supportive of each other and it's a really friendly atmosphere.
What are the benefits of attending a Meetup?
I could go on but I think you get the picture of how great these spaces can be!
It's my first Meetup and I'm very nervous and I'm coming on my own!
So please, do you your best to relax and have fun. You have my full support.
I already know all about the Law Of Attraction. Why would I come?
That is great! If you don't learn anything new (which might happen) then you might be able to share some of your wisdom and perspective. There are so many ways to look at things and you may help change someone else's life- co-creation at its best. Even to this day, I'm still learning new techniques and I've been doing this work for years.
Maybe yes, maybe no. I realise that a lot of people attend the groups because they hear they can 'manifest' things and whilst that can be the case, it definitely is not the push behind the groups I teach. The Law Of Attraction teaches that you can be, do or have anything. However, the most important thing to realise is the FEELING GOOD! If you make feeling good the priority, then everything else will follow.
What exactly happens in a group?
You can find an overview of the group here.
But to summarise: relaxation exercises, introductions, processes, video clips and a closing meditation- all fun, focused and fulfilling activities.
What preparation can I do?
No preparation is needed, just an open mind. However, if you did want to delve into this a bit before coming along, then watch or read The Secret by Rhonda Byrne- this is great introduction to the Law Of Attraction. Ask And It Is Given by Abraham Hicks is amazing (although it can be a little bit heavy for a beginner), there are also countless Abraham Hicks Youtube clips which cover virtually every subject.
Is every Meetup the same?
Yes and no. The structure of each group is similar but I vary the processes and clips each time. And more importantly everyone will have something new to share with the group since the last time we met. We are all constantly evolving and learning so no two Meetups could ever be the same. The longer workshops are more in depth as we cover many aspects of life. There is more partner work and working of the processes!
How do I know if this group is for me?
One of the basic tenets I teach is to see how it feels to you. Does the group sound good to you? If you've managed to get this far, then it definitely would be something worth looking further into. Ultimately, if it's something you think you'd enjoy, then definitely come along. If not, then maybe now is not the right time and there are many other groups out there which might resonate better.
To book your pay and reserve your spot then you need to visit that particular city's Meetup page. When you join the group, you can select the event and above the guest list you update your RSVP to 'Yes,' you can then pay and secure your spot. After you've done this, make a note of the time, date and location and just show up.
How often are the Meetups and where are they?
My schedule is constantly changing so please visit this page to find out the latest cities I am teaching in. I generally run the groups once a month, although this can vary depending on all my other activities.
Can I bring a friend/partner/child/parent?
Are there any restrictions on who can come?
Not at all. Just a willingness to show up and learn! Those as young as 12 years old to 90 years old have come to my groups! All come along and share and be a part of it- and we are all better off for the diversity. Anyone of any orientation, belief, gender, age is welcome. Again, as long as you are happy to be here, then I am happy to have you there.
Ha! I'm hoping if you've looked through this material, you've realised that this definitely isn't a cult. If you're unfamiliar with all of this, it can seem a bit cultish, but it really isn't. I don't know much about cults but one the major distinctions, is that of free will. You get to choose, I do not tell people what to do as everyone is different. Instead, I offer many alternatives and you take from it what you want. It is your choice.
Why does the Meetup have such a powerful, positive effect?
I believe it's the focus and good vibes from being around like minded people. For many, this is the first time they focus on what they want. Being able to leave a group with a great feeling of being alive and having the tools to take your life to the next level. Also, hearing the inspirational stories of other people really helps lift your soul. Life just doesn't get any better than this.
I love the music/video clip/speaker you used. What is it?
Thank you so much! I spend a lot of time choosing the best clips and music that really resonate with me. Please contact me for anything in particular that you would like to know.
This is completely up to you. Some come to one session, many come when they can and others come along to every session. The more you put in, the more you get out. I would say that some regular practise of any kind is beneficial and the groups enhance this.
I might be late/need to leave early is that ok?
That is totally fine. If you could just let me know in so I can accommodate you.
I can't get to a Meetup. Is there any other way to learn about this?
Yes. This is why I created all the programmes and meditations- so anyone wanting to learn can spend the time doing so. Also check my resource pages where you can find out about other teachers and materials.


For all of my adult life I've moved frequently so my gardening has been done in containers and pots. I've seldom witnessed planting perennials in the ground and seeing them emerge from the dirt and flower in subsequent years. I've enjoyed the bulbs and seeds that others have planted in the yards of houses I've lived in and the bulbs and seeds I've planted over the years are hopefully still flowering long after I've gone for the pleasure of others but I've not had the opportunity to plan and nurture garden beds over a length of time.
For the past several years I've not even planted in pots due to a move two summers ago and putting our home on the market last year.
However, this year is different….this year I'm settling into a home that I plan to be in for a while.
This year I got my hands into the dirt and came away with the earth under my fingernails.
I still planted in pots because I like the seasonal color next to my front door and on the patio.
But I also started a perennial garden in my backyard and planted a grouping of butterfly and hummingbird plants in front of our new home. The area by the patio doesn't look like much right now as it still needs to be mulched and the plants are young but there's such satisfaction in knowing I'll be here season after season to watch these flowers grow and expand. I really had no idea what I was doing in selecting the plants, just sort of winged it at the nursery and planted them where it seemed to make sense.
That said, I'm sure I'll need to move things and replant them when they start to crowd each other out or I discover they need sun at different times of the day but for now I'm simply content in imagining the possibilities to come and knowing I'll see this yard and these flower beds evolve over a period of years.
For this retired military spouse with 26 moves under her belt that seems miraculous!
Stay tuned for more photos later in the season when everything has matured. Hopefully I'll discover that at least one of my thumbs is green.
And if not, I really did enjoy digging in the dirt.
Julie, it's going to be beautiful! Let the watering begin!!!
You will Brittany….with me it came with age. Perhaps I wasn't patient enough in my younger years. That, and all the moving. The time just wasn't right.


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It was billed as a chance to taste the "glitz and glamour" of Hollywood or enjoy VIP treatment in some of the most exclusive shopping areas in the world....But when a group of 2,000 elderly British cruise ship passengers docked at Los Angeles for a short stop-off during a five-star cruise around America it was, in the words of one of them, more like arriving at Guantanamo Bay.
During their £10,000, two-and-a-half month "Alaska Adventure" tour from the Arctic to the Caribbean, the passengers on the luxury P&O liner Arcadia had become more than accustomed to passing US immigration with little formality.....By the time they docked at Los Angeles on May 26, for a one-day visit it was their 10th stop on US soil.
But when a handful of them questioned whether the lengthy security checks at the port were strictly necessary for a group of largely elderly travellers officials were not amused.
Although they had already been given advance clearance for multiple entries to the country during their trip, all 2,000 passengers were made to go through full security checks in a process which took seven hours to complete....The fingerprints of both hands were taken as well as retina scans and a detailed check of the passport as well as questioning as to their background.
Passengers claim that the extra checks were carried out in "revenge" for what had been a minor spat over allegedly overzealous security....They complain that they were "herded like animals" and made to stand for hours in temperatures up to 80F with no food or water or access to lavatories.
Some are said to have passed out in the heat while others were left confused and bewildered.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/8559732/Cruise-passengers-tell-of-seven-hour-security-revenge-nightmare.html
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Q: Date Conversion of yymmddhhmm.yymmddhhmm in SQL I'm getting this type of data in DateandTime Column in SQl.
1803301611.1803301611
Format is yymmddhhmm.yymmddhhmm and I have to convert this data in a date format.
The DateandTime Column date type is Varchar(5)

A: I don't think the format of your time string can be directly converted by SQL Server.  But, we can try to piece together into a format which can be.  This is the closest I could come, and it required prepending a 20 in front of the year to make a full 4 digit century:
SELECT
    col AS input,
    CONVERT(datetime, '20' + SUBSTRING(col, 1, 2) + '-' + SUBSTRING(col, 3, 2) + '-' +
    SUBSTRING(col, 5, 2) + ' ' + SUBSTRING(col, 7, 2) + ':' +
    SUBSTRING(col, 9, 2), 120) AS output
FROM yourTable;

Demo
We ideally should have been able to use mask 20 without the century, but I could not get it to work.

A: You can do :
select *, cast(concat(cast(left(col, 6) as date), ' ',stuff(right(col, 4), 3, 0, ':')
                           ) as datetime
              ) as newdatetime
from table t;


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import os

class Directories:

    def __init__(self):
        self._map = {}
        home = os.environ['HOME']
        work = os.environ.get('WORK', home)
        space = os.environ.get('SPACE', home)
        self._map['temp'] = work
        self._map['models'] = os.path.join(space, 'models')
        self._map['data'] = os.path.join(space, 'data')
        self._map['opencv_models'] = \
            os.path.join(self._map['models'], 'opencv')
        self._map['tensorflow_models'] = \
            os.path.join(self._map['models'], 'tensorflow')

    def __getitem__(self, key: str) -> str:
        return self._map[key]

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New listings stayed in check this week, with only 83 properties coming to market. With so many being re-lists, buyers are probably underwhelmed so far – but that's not stopping them. The NSDCC pendings are hopping!
While we would expect increased activity this time of year, the 18% increase in pendings over the last two weeks is better than the 15% we had in 2018.
Interestingly, the price category where we thought we might have the most trouble due to the reduced MID is actually the hottest right now. The count of pendings priced between $1,000,000 and $1,500,000 has gone up 40% over the last two weeks!