30 – Progress Update: Done!
And that's the end of the beginning, so to speak.
Since land settlement in March (only six months ago), we've built a house and found tenants. The grunt work to secure financing happened before all of that, of course, so make it nine months all up if you exclude our dithering at the beginning of the process.
I spoke to our Client Liaison Manager at Open Corporations earlier this week—the final phone call to say "it's all done"—and today we received a fitting gift from Open Corp in the form of the Monopoly game.
From here we transition into the various guarantee phases with Open Wealth (rental and maintenance) and start on the pathway to long-term property value appreciation. Hopefully the property will become positively geared one day in the near future (I'll post a financial overview of our current situation in an upcoming post). The next few years will certainly be enlightening as I interpret the numbers come tax time and we do our best to ensure we're keeping the ATO happy.
It's impossible to accurately predict what the future holds for our family and our country and whether this will prove to have been a sound investment. Will negative gearing laws have been abolished and would that really affect us much anyway? Will more significant tax reforms have come into play? What will population statistics show? What will the employment landscape look like. Will China be at war with the West? Will the upwards trend in property values that started in the 70's continue at the same pace or fall back? Will there be a shift towards a preference for apartments over houses?
Going on the history, it will have been a wise investment and become an asset but I'm not going to assume history will repeat because there's no guarantee. For now, however, I think we're on the right track and I'll leave it to the goodwill of time to smooth out any short-term lumps and bumps. The hope, of course, is to one day retire—if not live—off the income from this and other (as yet to be acquired) properties.
Of course Brisbane hasn't seen much in terms of significant growth for a little while now so it will be very interesting to see if we do get that initial growth as the property clock advances and the cycle peaks in the next few years.


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SOME KEY LESSONS OF THE INSPIRING STRUGGLE FOR INDIGENOUS SOVEREIGNTY AND CLIMATE SANITY
WE ARE WITNESSING AN HISTORIC EVENT. It is a turning point for indigenous rights, for climate change resistance, and for a new generation of fighters for justice. It is a powerful step forward in social protest in Canada.
SOCIALIST ACTION has been expecting and preparing for such struggles. We recently published an in-depth booklet on the history and struggle against colonial-settler oppression, occupation, theft and murder of indigenous people of Canada. It explains how our common struggle against capitalism is inextricably bound up in theirs, and how their struggle is interconnected to ours. There can be no reconciliation under capitalism, and there can be no socialism without reconciliation.
SOCIALIST ACTION IS in the process of publishing a new detailed booklet on the life and death struggle against climate change, how it originated in the ceaseless drive of capitalism for capital accumulation through profit. The very survival of capitalism depends on it and drives the rapid expansion of green house gases that may kill us all. Again, socialism, a system of rational and democratic operation of a planned economy is the only way out of the present crisis.
The new generation of indigenous people, and many of the young descendants of the colonists, are fighting side-by-side for climate sanity and indigenous rights. Many are beginning to understand the capitalist system is at the heart of the problem, resisting any solution. Many are beginning to look to socialism as the way out. Belatedly, some large labour organizations are expressing solidarity. Even the Ontario New Democratic Party issued a statement of support.
But the BC NDP government of John Horgan has boldly stepped forward as the prime defender of the global oil cartel and their methane operations in BC. It was Horgan who demanded that the rule of (capitalist) law prevail, on Wet'suwet'en land, supporting the RCMP attack on the hereditary chiefs and their followers — all for the benefit of oil profits.
Horgan and his Cabinet are teaching us painful lessons about the social democrats who run the NDP, their fundamental commitment to capitalism and to private profit over human rights and human need — whatever they may say in election speeches. Behind Horgan stands Justin Trudeau, ready to step in if necessary, in support of the imperatives of big business.
The lessons of this experience must be drawn and the fight for a socialist, labour-controlled NDP should be accelerated and invigorated.
At the same time, the fight in the streets must continue. Our task is to build even broader unity against the LNG project, against the Trans Mountain pipeline, against the approval of the massive Teck Frontier tar-sands project, and for the rights of indigenous people and for young workers and students, by fighters for social justice everywhere. Fight to win!
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Lucky To Be Alive: Harrison Ford Had To Be Rescued This Morning After Getting Stuck Inside The Gears Of Big Ben
SEE MORE: Wow
Well, this is scary.
Numerous reports out of London confirm that Harrison Ford had a brush with death earlier today after getting accidentally wedged in the gears of Big Ben.
Officials say that the 72-year-old actor found himself perilously trapped inside Big Ben's immense oscillating mechanisms and narrowly avoided injury thanks to the efforts of a rescue team who pulled him to safety.
A maintenance worker initially found the Indiana Jones star snarled in the teeth of the clock's iron escapement shouting, "Help, this damn clock is eating me," while ducking his head to avoid the trajectory of the massive steel-and-zinc pendulum bob.
"Mr. Ford was discovered jammed between two of the clock's large mechanical wheels with his body contorted into an S shape that was bending more and more with each and every tick," confirmed a Westminster spokesman. "Though the gears did stretch him out in a taffy-like fashion, he was found to be in good condition following a medical evaluation."
According to reports, police initially considered charging Ford with trespassing, but cleared him of any wrongdoing after learning of the events that precipitated the incident. Witnesses say that he was taking a stroll along the River Thames when a construction crane unexpectedly hooked him by the back of his trousers, swung him into the air, and launched the flailing actor through a small gap in the famous timepiece's gilded dial.
His frightening morning aside, Ford seems to be in good spirits. A recent tweet from his son updated fans on the Star Wars actor's condition, reassuring them that he was going to be perfectly fine.
Hope you feel better, Harrison! We're rooting for you.


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function [dists, neighInds] = nndist(points)
%NNDIST Nearest-neighbor distances of each point in a set
%
%   DISTS = nndist(POINTS)
%   Returns the distance to the nearest neighbor of each point in an array
%   of points.
%   POINTS is an array of points, NP-by-ND.
%   DISTS is a NP-by-1 array containing the distances to the nearest
%   neighbor.
%
%   This functions first computes the Delaunay triangulation of the set of
%   points, then search for nearest distance in the set of each vertex
%   neighbors. This reduces the overall complexity, but difference was
%   noticed only for large sets (>10000 points)
%
%   Example
%     % Display Stienen diagram of a set of random points in unit square
%     pts = rand(100, 2);
%     [dists, inds] = nndist(pts);
%     figure; drawPoint(pts, 'k.');
%     hold on; drawCircle([pts dists/2], 'b');
%     axis equal; axis([-.1 1.1 -.1 1.1]);
%     % also display edges
%     drawEdge([pts pts(inds, :)], 'b');
%
%   See also
%     points2d, distancePoints, minDistancePoints, findPoint
%

% ------
% Author: David Legland
% e-mail: david.legland@nantes.inra.fr
% Created: 2011-12-01,    using Matlab 7.9.0.529 (R2009b)
% Copyright 2011 INRA - Cepia Software Platform.

% number of points
n = size(points, 1);

% allocate memory
dists = zeros(n, 1);
neighInds = zeros(n, 1);

% in case of few points, use direct computation
if n < 3
    inds = 1:n;
    for i = 1:n
        % compute minimal distance
        [dists(i), indN] = minDistancePoints(points(i,:), points(inds~=i, :));
        if indN >= i
            neighInds(i) = inds(indN) + 1;
        else
            neighInds(i) = inds(indN);
        end
    end
    return;
end

% use Delaunay Triangulation to facilitate computations
DT = delaunayTriangulation(points);

% compute distance to nearest neighbor of each point in the pattern
for i = 1:n
    % find indices of neighbor vertices in Delaunay Triangulation.
    % this set contains the nearest neighbor
    inds = unique(DT.ConnectivityList(sum(DT.ConnectivityList == i, 2) > 0, :));
    inds = inds(inds~=i);

    % compute minimal distance
    [dists(i), indN] = min(distancePoints(points(i,:), points(inds, :)));
    neighInds(i) = inds(indN);
end

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Why don't more teams take flyers on fringe RP like Biagini in the rule 5 drafts?
Among the players who find success follow the Rule 5 draft, relievers are probably overrepresented.
Do hip issues generally heal over the offseason?
Relievers and maybe backup catchers?
Will Jason Grilli see this game?
Biagini posted the lowest FIP of his professional career this season, having never previously pitched above Double-A.
Biagini: Best rule-5 pick ever?
Roberto Clemente was pretty strong. Josh Hamilton.
Do they sign Take Me Out to the Ball Game during the stretch in Toronto? Or do they have some bizarre Canadian tradition, like a musical salute to maple syrup?
Hector Rondon has been a pretty strong Rule-5 guy.
"The Pittsburgh Pirates drafted José Bautista in the 20th round of the 2000 Major League Baseball draft from Chipola College. After playing in Minor League Baseball in the Pirates organization through 2003, the Baltimore Orioles selected him in the Rule 5 draft and carried him on their Opening Day roster. He made his MLB debut with Baltimore on April 4, 2004. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays claimed him off waivers on June 3. Twenty-five days later, the Kansas City Royals purchased him from Tampa Bay. The Royals then traded him to the New York Mets on July 30 for Justin Huber, who then traded him minutes later to Pittsburgh with Ty Wigginton and minor leaguer Matt Peterson for Kris Benson and Jeff Keppinger. This series of transactions made him the first and only player to appear on five different Major League rosters in one season."
Gotta say, just logging into this chat now and it's like stumbling into a Kenneth Goldsmith poem.
Reverse platoon strategy actually was used in Game 7 of a World Series (1924). Senators started Curly Ogden and switched to George Mogridge after two batters.
I have to say the best thing about Fangraphs Audio is I can read all the staff comments in this chat in their respective voices and pretend like you are all here with me and that I am not watching this game all alone. You are all my friends, especially Carson.
"Not everyone is Dan Uggla." Understatement of the chat so far.
Peak Uggla would have been a pretty good fit for either of these teams.


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Favorite Christmas Song in Minnesota + Wisconsin Revealed
David Drew Published: December 1, 2021
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It's that time of year when Christmas music becomes more and more predominant wherever you go. Now that Thanksgiving has passed, I personally don't mind sprinkling some festive tunes now and then, but I won't be ready for heaving listening until at least December 22.
That being said, the great and fun debate that seems top pop up each year is what is everyone's favorite Christmas song? While some prefer a more emotional ballad, others prefer the fun, upbeat songs.
It's a matter of personal preference, of course, but the folks at FinanceBuzz wanted to dig a little deeper. They decided to determine the most popular Christmas song in each state and in all of the United States. They way they did this was fairly simple:
Using Google trends, we looked at which holiday song has the most interest in each state.
We looked at the 25 highest-charting holiday songs from Christmas week 2020 and analyzed the results to determine which song was the favorite for each state.
If you were thinking that Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas" was the overall winner, it's actually not even close. While it seems we hear that song 1,000 times every year, it's only the favorite in two states: Hawaii and New Hampshire.
The overall winner and most popular Christmas song in America, according to their study, was "Feliz Navidad". Released in 1970 by José Feliciano and featuring bilingual lyrics in Spanish and English, this holiday staple was the most popular song among 11 states.
While "Feliz Navidad" was the most popular Christmas song in America overall, it was not the most popular Christmas song in either Minnesota or Wisconsin. I'm sure you have a guess in mind, so let's see if you are correct.
The most popular Christmas song in both Minnesota and Wisconsin was determined to be "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!". That makes sense for a lot of reasons.
If you're wondering if "Grandma Got Run Over By Reindeer" showed up anywhere, the answer is a no. However, "You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch" did hold the top spot in Ohio, so one novelty song did make the cut.
LOOK: 15 Unconventional Christmas Albums From the Past 50 Years
CHECK THEM OUT: 100 years of Christmas toys, gifts and fads
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If Halloween itself wasn't the fright-fest you'd hoped for, maybe the most recent round of leaded-toy recalls will do the trick. This week's list includes 1,500 Ribbit board games, 16,000 sets of Elite Operations action figures from Toys 'R' Us, 380,000 Galaxy Warriors figures, and 43,000 sets of novelty teeth. The teeth were found by independent testers to contain about 100 times the permissible level of lead. The scary part: there's a permissible lead level for novelty teeth.


HUGE PRICE REDUCTION- EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY. This 40 acres known as Phase III of River Ranch Subdivision has many different possibilities. Originally platted for Townhome units, some forested hillside and some in the pasture. This is still a possibility but may be better suited as something like 10 to 12 home sites. It could also be a mini ranch with exceptional conservation easement possibilities by giving up most of the development rights. Excellent access and rights to water and sewer from Forest Lakes metro district. Access to River Ranch fishing easement and the 17 acre HOA island including three ponds and over ¾ mile of excellent fishing. This acreage is very usable and has great access just off CR 501. Water and sewer tap fees are available through Forest Lakes Metro Disctrict if well/septic is not preferred.
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One of the things I have wanted to do was to cover the development of a game from start to finish. Specifically, I wanted to cover discovering the initial kernel, fleshing it out, creating the prototype, swallowing your pride as you scrap your favorite mechanic, and lots and lots of playtesting. Luckily for me, I had an idea for a new game just after creating my website, so I am going to start a development journal for Engine Damage Lite.
Engine Damage is a game of steampunk, train on train combat. I have been working on versions of the game for about 12 years. It was the second game I ever created, and it will always be my special project… Mostly because it is completely unpublishable. A massive miniatures combat game requiring special arenas and hundreds of pieces? It will never happen. I should probably talk about the history a little, before I get to the current version. Feel free to skip to the line break if you don't want to hear how Engine Damage has evolved.
1) The first version was a futuristic train combat game, in an arena. As much as I loved firing lasers and missiles, it just didn't make sense to have trains in the future. And the arena was just a giant loop, which was… underwhelming.
2) The second version was the switch to steampunk. It makes more sense, thematically, as planes completely invalidated the armored train, and planes don't necessarily exist in a steampunk setting. This version switched from an arena combat game to a race game. A friend of mine had been testing Road Kill Rally, and like all good game designers, I wanted to improve it. That version of Road Kill Rally was much different than the published version. Games lasted about 2 hours, the cars were built before the race started, and players could be killed if their cars were destroyed. I loved the heck out of it, and wanted to focus on the (to me) more interesting part: Shooting each other. This version focused on train construction. Players bought an engine, cars, fitted them out with armor and weapons, purchased cargo to deliver, and tried to make it to the finish line. Destroying other players gave you salvage rights, so there were benefits to destruction. It worked… OK. The rules were kind of fiddly, particularly for steam management and targeting. I never did find a good solution to the targeting problem. How do I stop players from spending all their energy just shooting the engine? Random targeting was not fun, but allowing the attacker to choose wasn't fun either.
3) The third version was basically like the second, except I consolidated the armor for trains into a single hit point total per side. This solved the targeting problem, but basically turned trains into cars. The magic of the lumbering giant was lost. And the character sheets, while smaller, were much much uglier, which definitely had an impact on enjoyability.
4) The fourth version was an arena, again. This kept the same basic mechanics as the third version, but players were given the objective to destroy a base, and the cargo was scrapped, because who wants to deliver cargo when you could carry another canon? This was much more interactive, as players could focus on packing as much weaponry as possible, but it often devolved in to players just making a run at the enemy objective and not bothering to shoot each other. Still perfectly serviceable!
5) The fifth version was a cooperative version. The tracks were largely abstracted, and players had to work together to defeat threats like busted tracks, enemy trains, and boarders. The convoy concept never felt terribly cohesive, and the game suffered mechanically.
6) The sixt h version went back to a race. The tracks were abstracted out again, allowing people to pass each other with impunity (because ramming was never terribly popular). This version used cards for damage instead of hit points. An attack flipped damage cards up from the top of the deck and checked if they were a valid result of the attack. If so, they were applied. It worked well, but without hit points, there was no way to tell when a train was "destroyed" and, once again, fast trains always won.
7) The seventh version switched to the arena again. This time, train cars were puzzle pieces, with tetris-like components allowing even further customization of the game. It worked out better than the previous arena, but still suffered from the "The best defense is a good offense" problem. The puzzle pieces were self-balancing (because the shapes prevented certain combinations) so that worked out very well. The new dice made damage more balanced, and damage handling was more intuitive (place damage markers for each point of damage dealt, damaged tiles could not activate). A targeting die helped the targeting problem without eliminating it. Still little resource management tension, unfortunately.
1) Massive Armaments. The point of the train is to have heavy armor and heavy weapons. They are basically land battleships.
2) Resource Management. Setting a big fire in the engine gets you more steam but risks it overloading. I don't think it has been terribly well implemented in the past (most people run on full all the time) but it is always something I have tried to balance for.
3) Cool combos. "Oh, you mean I can use the Babbage Engine to reroll any die, even the Fat Man Cannon, which is so big it uses it's own custom die? Awesome!" The first playtest of version 7 went hilariously wrong when someone realized you could charge up a lightning gun with 3 electric generators and was literally dissolving cars into sprays of superheated plasma.
Recently, I have been working on smaller games, and I wanted to try that here. How could I strip the time and micromanagement required for train construction, without eliminating the fun of big weapons? Randomly generated trains. And with random generation, the ultimate balancing mechanic: Auctions. If a train is worse, people will pay less money for it, and it will all balance out, right?
It came together quickly. There were 4 decks of cards. An engine deck, a train car deck, a destination deck, and a challenge deck. Players dealt out a number of engines equal to the number of players. Those engines had a cargo capacity, a speed, and a power stat. The cargo capacity was used for scoring points at the destination, the speed was used for challenges, and the power stat determined how many train cars were dealt to the engine. The destination was revealed, which stated how much each point of cargo was worth, and how many challenges the players had to resolve to make it to the destination. The train cars were things like steam cannons, flak cannons (for anti-air), flamethrowers (for anti-personnel), etc. Players were essentially gambling on which would be the most versatile in resolving the challenges.
We played one round, and stopped. What went wrong?
1) This is partially a balance issue, but as money was both victory points and what was auctioned, the player who "won" the first destination card had the most money to bid on trains for future rounds. The opposite of a comeback mechanic. Having delivering cargo give you Reputation instead of money would solve this issue.
2) The game was too random. Not knowing which cards were coming up for the challenge meant that any specific train was a crap shoot. In addition, the way the cards were dealt, there was generally only one "good" train, so once bidding for that was resolved, no one particularly cared about the other trains.
3) The only interaction mechanic was bidding on the trains. There were challenges that let players fight each other, but with no way to reliably control them, they weren't something the players could plan on.
While this particular game had to be scrapped, the idea, in general, is a solid one. Building a train with simplified pieces against unknown challenges allows people to specialize or generalize, and be rewarded for either. With a more reliable set of core mechanics, it could work. So how to fix version two? Find out next time!
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FINRA has issued a Special Notice seeking comment on how it can support financial technology (fintech) innovation consistent with its mission of investor protection and market integrity. The announcement builds on an initiative FINRA launched last year to improve communication with the securities industry around fintech. In addition, FINRA requests comment on certain fintech areas, including the provision of data aggregation services, supervisory processes concerning the use of artificial intelligence, and the development of a taxonomy-based machine-readable rulebook. The Notice requests comment by October 12, 2018.
Under FINRA360, FINRA has enhanced resources dedicated to this rapidly developing area of the industry, establishing an Innovation Outreach Initiative last year to foster an ongoing dialogue with the securities industry and to better understand fintech innovations and their impact on the industry. As part of this dialogue, a number of market participants expressed a desire for FINRA to solicit broader feedback regarding the effects of any FINRA rules or administrative programs on fintech innovation. The Special Notice is intended to provide an opportunity for such feedback.
The Innovation Outreach Initiative is led by FINRA's Office of Emerging Regulatory Issues which, in collaboration with a cross-departmental team, developed the Notice after engaging with market participants through the initiative. The Notice summarizes steps already taken by FINRA through the initiative in support of fintech innovation and requests comments on potential additional measures.
The Innovation Outreach Initiative has helped us better understand fintech developments across the broker-dealer industry," said FINRA President and CEO Robert Cook. "As we consider taking additional steps, it is important to broaden the dialogue to hear how any FINRA rules or administrative processes could be modified to better support fintech innovation without adversely affecting investor protection or market integrity. We also hope to learn about any potential areas of innovation that would benefit from a greater focus on investor protection safeguards.


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April 24, 2010 at 12:00 pm #5662
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Sole Survivor Of Anacortes Refinery Explosion Dies Overnight
Matt Gumble was the only one of seven who survived the April 2 refinery explosion in Anacortes. He died at the hospital overnight.
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See video of the fire minutes after the explosion
ANACORTES – The only survivor of the Tesoro Refinery explosion in Anacortes died from his injuries early Saturday morning. Matt Gumble, 31, died around 2:45am after spending more than three weeks at Harborview Medical Center. He was one of seven refinery workers who died as a result of the massive explosion on April 2.
Matthew Bowen from Arlington, Daniel Aldridge from Anacortes, and Darrin Hoines from Ferndale all died at the scene of the explosion while four others, including Matt Gumble, were rushed to Harborview Medical Center. Donna Van Dreumel from Oak Harbor, Kathryn Powell from Burlington and Lew Janz from Anacortes all later died of their injuries at the hospital. Matt Gumble was the sole survivor of the explosion.
The final posting on Gumble's page on the Caring Bridge website includes a post from his family Friday afternoon: "After Matt was brought up to his room they could not get his vital signs stable. He is now back downstairs in emergency exploratory surgery to try and find out what is going on. Please say lots of prayers because he needs them."
The news of Gumble's death comes as the Anacortes community is preparing for a memorial service. That service takes place on Sunday, April 25, at Anacortes High School from 2 to 4p.m.
The April 2 blast happened at 12:40 a.m. and was felt for miles away.This refinery experienced another accident in 2006, when three workers were treated for exposure to chemicals after a glowing fire that frightened neighbors. Refinery managers called it a "ground flare" that burns excess gases after the site shuts down.
Following the blast, investigators from the U.S. Chemical Safey Board reported that the workers who died in the oil refinery blast were engulfed in a "firewall."
There is "indication of a very sudden release of hydrocarbon that ignited very quickly," said Robert Hall, investigations supervisor for the U.S. Chemical Safety Board. "The individuals didn't stand a chance; it ignited within a second."
State and federal investigators have descended on the Tesoro Corp. refinery in Anacortes, about 70 miles north of Seattle, to seek answers in Friday's blast. The investigation is expected to take months to complete.
It was the deadliest event at a U.S. refinery since 15 people died at a BP facility in Texas in 2005.
In Anacortes, investigators have done an initial tour of the damaged area. The agency will also acquire computer data of the plant's operations from Tesoro, as well as deconstruct parts of the plant to conduct tests. The agency will also look at work fatigue and other details.
Last week, the company said employees were doing maintenance work on a unit that processes highly flammable liquid derived during the refining process.
The state fined the San Antonio-based company $85,700 last April for 17 serious safety and health violations, defined as those with potential to cause death or serious physical injury. The fine was lowered in a settlement with the company, which required Tesoro to correct hazards and hire a third-party consultant to do a safety audit.
The Anacortes Refinery is located at 10200 W March Point Rd. Tesoro makes gasoline, jet fuel, diesel, heavy fuel oils, liquefied petroleum gas and asphalt at the refinery. It has a crude-oil capacity of 120,000 barrels per day.
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Viborg city is located in South Dakota State, Turner County and has a unique zip code assigned by the US Postal Service Office.
Viborg Area Code is 605 and Time Zone is Central (GMT -06:00).
The US ZIP Code basic format consists of five decimal numerical digits assigned to the Viborg City. An extended ZIP+4 code, introduced in the 1980s, includes the five digits of the Viborg ZIP code, a hyphen, and four more digits that determine a more specific location within a given ZIP code in Viborg, South Dakota.
The Viborg Zip Code is 57070.
If you want to send a mail to Viborg City, you should use the 57070 Zip Code.
In 1983, the U.S. Postal Service introduced an expanded Viborg ZIP code system that it called ZIP+4, often called "plus-four codes", "add-on codes", or "add ons". A ZIP+4 code uses the basic 57070 Zip code plus four additional digits to identify a geographic segment within the five-digit delivery area, such as a Viborg city block, a group of apartments, an individual high-volume receiver of mail or any other unit that could use an extra identifier to aid in efficient mail sorting and delivery in South Dakota.
What is the Viborg Zip Code?
The Viborg Zip Code in South Dakota is 57070.
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Ofek Shalom Co-op is a co-op situated in a small, comfortable house on the corner of Bassett and Dayton. We are a dynamic community made up of 10 working and studying people from a range of backgrounds. We enjoy late-night discussions, jam sessions around the (newly-tuned!) piano, and hosting social events such as our monthly book-club, art nights, and parties throughout the year! We are committed to providing a warm, welcoming environment for people with all world-views, backgrounds, and identities. All house meals are vegetarian with a vegan option, and the house features five porches with astonishing views of the surrounding area.
Ofek is historically and culturally a Jewish house, whose roots go back to Kibbutz Langdon in the 70's. We have maintained this tradition by striving to maintain a kosher kitchen and celebrating Shabbat every Friday with a joyous meal with homemade challah for anyone who would like to join us. However, one does not have to be Jewish to membership here; all are welcome.


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The other day I was conducting some learning walks with the administrative team at Wells Elementary School in the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (CFISD). Throughout the school year, I have been assisting them with digital pedagogy as it relates to blended learning and the use of flex spaces. The primary goal has been to take a critical lens to instructional design with a focus on increasing the level of questioning, imparting relevance through authentic contexts and interdisciplinary connections, creating rigorous performance tasks, innovating assessment, and improving learner feedback. I cannot overstate the importance of getting the instructional design right first before throwing technology into the mix.
A secondary goal has been facilitating a transition from blended instruction to blended learning. This is not to say that the former is bad or ineffective, but it can be depending on whether or not the technology is just a direct substitute for low-level tasks or use is more passive as opposed to active. With this aside, there is a difference between the two, and it all has to with how the technology is being used and by whom. Blended instruction is what the teacher does with technology. Blended learning is where students use tech to have control over path, place, and pace. Herein lies the key to the practical use of flex spaces in education. The dynamic combination of pedagogically-sound blended learning and choice in either seating or moving around in flex spaces results in an environment where all kids can flourish and want to learn.
Over the course of the year, I have seen some much growth and improvement since the work began in August. My visits to this school have been inspiring as I have seen the future of education in the present. This is one of the main reasons that my daughter loves being a student here. Unlike our learning walks in the past, the teachers at Wells Elementary did not know I was going to be in the building on this particular day. The idea was to see if the goals for digital pedagogy and blended learning in flex spaces were well on their way to being accomplished.
Tic-tac-toe sometimes referred to as Think-tac-toe, is a method of offering students choices in the type of products they complete to demonstrate their knowledge. As in a traditional tic-tac-toe game, students are presented with a nine-cell table of options. The teacher should make sure that all options address the key concept or skill being learned. There are several variations on this method: 1. Students choose three product options that form a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal line. 2. Students choose one product choice from each row or from each column (without forming a straight line). 3. The teacher can create two or more versions to address the different readiness levels. To learn how to create an acnhor activity using a Tic Tack Toe board click HERE.
I loved this activity for so many reasons. It incorporated choice, formative assessment, purposeful use of technology, and differentiation. All learners had to complete the middle box with the gold star emoji. The flame icons represented activities that were more difficult.
Reflection has many facets. For example, reflecting on work enhances its meaning. Reflecting on experiences encourages insight and complex learning. We foster our growth when we control our learning, so some reflection is best done alone. Reflection is also enhanced, however, when we ponder our learning with others.
It is important to understand the convergence of so many elements present in the examples above that align with sound instructional design and real blended learning. Learners had a certain amount of control over path, pace, and place thanks to using flex spaces and the Tic Tac Toe activity that incorporated blended elements. Student agency was also evident. This is a hallmark of a well-structured blended learning activity, which is why I was so pleased to see choice (Tic Tac Toe activity, flex seating) and voice (reflection) incorporated.
Over the course of the school year, I have seen so many exemplary blended learning activities implemented by Wells Elementary teachers across all grade levels during my time there as an instructional and leadership coach. I cannot commend their progress and success enough, but I would be remiss if I did not add how helpful the entire administrative team has been. They all have provided unwavering support to their teachers while also learning alongside them. When an entire school believes in different and better, takes collective action, grows together, and has the evidence to show improvement the result is efficacy.
Follow the learning adventures at Wells Elementary on Twitter at #ExploreWells.
I think you are using the phrase "blended lnstruction" in the way some might use "technology integration?" Or is there a nuance you are implying?
I suppose any type of lesson or activity where technology is being used by the teacher or learner could be referred to as integration. The nuance here is "how" tech was blended in a way where learners has a certain amount of control over path, pace, and place.
Thank you for a thoughtful and instructive look at blended instruction/Learning!


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Terence Crawford vs Jose Benavidez Jr. Betting Odds and Prediction
The No. 2 pound-for-pound boxer on the planet Terence"Bud" Crawford is back in action, laying his WBO welterweight title on the line against undefeated Jose Benavidez Jr. that Saturday in the CHI Health Center Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska. The current champion is a favorite in this fight with the challenger coming back in +1000.
Crawford has been favored in each of the last seven conflicts with an ordinary closing line of -1335. The lowest odds of the WBO titleholder were -402 when he defended his title against Viktor Postol. The fight went the distance with Crawford earning the success. Meanwhile, Benavidez has been favored in his last two bouts with an average closing line of -2646 and that he won both of those fights by knockout.
Slimming Down Crawford vs Benavidez
Crawford (-2500) was called the 2018 Fighter of the Year at the ESPYs at LA earlier this season, his second such award in his profession. The 31-year-old has a tremendous ability to switch from orthodox to southpaw, although he is a pure orthodox fighter, keeping his opponents off balance as he peppers with his furious hands and power. Bud has a perfect expert record with 24 wins coming by means of T/KO.
Not only does the Nebraska native possess supreme offensive abilities, but his defensive movements are also equally as striking, rarely absorbing hefty shots. That is Crawford's first title defense of this belt, having only moved to this weight class in June when he knocked out Jeff Horn to assert the title at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
Benavidez (+1000) has picked up back-to-back T/KO successes after having his career apparently ended. The California native was shot in the leg 2016 as he was climbing the rankings to a championship battle and physicians warned he might never walk again. Not only is Benavidez fighting again but he's currently taking on one of the top boxers in the world.
The 26-year-old won the 2009 Golden Gloves in the light welterweight division to make him the youngest-ever Golden Gloves champion at 16 years of age. He trains with Freddy Roach, sparring with the likes of Manny Pacquiao, and he holds a perfect 27-0 record with 18 wins coming by knockout for its orthodox fighter.
Though Crawford is a three-division winner and is the most second-best pound-for-pound fighter on earth, Jose Benavidez Jr. is a legitimate threat. He will have a four-inch reach advantage within the champion and owns comparable punching power. The largest problem is if the 26-year-old can permeate that defensive wall that the 31-year-old can put up. Benavidez was in comparison to the likes of Floyd Mayweather Jr. prior to the shooting and when he can return to form against Crawford, this may be a hell of a struggle.


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Introduction Mali
The Sudanese Republic and Senegal became independent of France in 1960 as the Mali Federation. When Senegal withdrew after only a few months, what formerly made up the Sudanese Republic was renamed Mali. Rule by dictatorship was brought to a close in 1991 by a coup that ushered in democratic government. President Alpha KONARE won Mali's first democratic presidential election in 1992 and was reelected in 1997. In keeping with Mali's two-term constitutional limit, KONARE stepped down in 2002 and was succeeded by Amadou TOURE.
Geography Mali
Western Africa, southwest of Algeria
17 00 N, 4 00 W
total: 1.24 million sq km
land: 1.22 million sq km
water: 20,000 sq km
slightly less than twice the size of Texas
border countries: Algeria 1,376 km, Burkina Faso 1,000 km, Guinea 858 km, Cote d'Ivoire 532 km, Mauritania 2,237 km, Niger 821 km, Senegal 419 km
subtropical to arid; hot and dry (February to June); rainy, humid, and mild (June to November); cool and dry (November to February)
mostly flat to rolling northern plains covered by sand; savanna in south, rugged hills in northeast
lowest point: Senegal River 23 m
highest point: Hombori Tondo 1,155 m
gold, phosphates, kaolin, salt, limestone, uranium, gypsum, granite, hydropower
note: bauxite, iron ore, manganese, tin, and copper deposits are known but not exploited
arable land: 3.76%
permanent crops: 0.03%
hot, dust-laden harmattan haze common during dry seasons; recurring droughts; occasional Niger River flooding
deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; inadequate supplies of potable water; poaching
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
landlocked; divided into three natural zones: the southern, cultivated Sudanese; the central, semiarid Sahelian; and the northern, arid Saharan
People Mali
0-14 years: 48.2% (male 2,857,670/female 2,787,506)
65 years and over: 3% (male 146,458/female 210,754) (2006 est.)
2.63% (2006 est.)
-6.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)
total: 107.58 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 117.32 deaths/1,000 live births
total population: 49 years
140,000 (2003 est.)
Major infectious diseases:
degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: malaria is a high risk in some locations
water contact disease: schistosomiasis
respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis (2005)
noun: Malian(s)
adjective: Malian
Mande 50% (Bambara, Malinke, Soninke), Peul 17%, Voltaic 12%, Songhai 6%, Tuareg and Moor 10%, other 5%
Muslim 90%, indigenous beliefs 9%, Christian 1%
French (official), Bambara 80%, numerous African languages
Government Mali
conventional long form: Republic of Mali
conventional short form: Mali
local long form: Republique de Mali
local short form: Mali
former: French Sudan and Sudanese Republic
name: Bamako
geographic coordinates: 12 39 N, 8 00 W
time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
8 regions (regions, singular - region); Gao, Kayes, Kidal, Koulikoro, Mopti, Segou, Sikasso, Tombouctou
22 September 1960 (from France)
Independence Day, 22 September (1960)
adopted 12 January 1992
based on French civil law system and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts in Constitutional Court (which was formally established on 9 March 1994); has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
chief of state: President Amadou Toumani TOURE (since 8 June 2002)
head of government: Prime Minister Ousmane Issoufi MAIGA (since 30 April 2004)
cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the prime minister
elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held 12 May 2002 (next to be held April 2007); prime minister appointed by the president
election results: Amadou Toumani TOURE elected president; percent of vote - Amadou Toumani TOURE 64.4%, Soumaila CISSE 35.6%
unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (147 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 14 and 28 July 2002 (next to be held July 2007)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Hope 2002 coalition 66 (including RPM 42, CNID 10, and MPR 3), ADEMA 51, other 30
Supreme Court or Cour Supreme
Alliance for Democracy and Progress or ADP (a coalition of 14 political parties including ADEMA and URD formed in December 2006 to support the presidential candidacy of Amadou TOURE); Alliance for Democracy or ADEMA [Diounconda TRAORE, party chairman]; Convergence 2007 [Soumeylou Boubeye MAIGA]; Hope 2002 (a coalition of CNID, MPR, RDT, and RPM); National Congress for Democratic Initiative or CNID [Mountaga TALL, chairman]; Party for Democracy and Progress or PDP [Me Idrissa TRAORE]; Party for National Renewal or PARENA [Tiebile DRAME, secretary general]; Patriotic Movement for Renewal or MPR [Choguel MAIGA]; Rally for Democracy and Labor or RDT; Rally for Mali or RPM [Ibrahim Boubacar KEITA, chairman]; Sudanese Union/African Democratic Rally or US/RDA [Mamadou Bamou TOURE, secretary general]; Union for Democracy and Development or UDD [Moussa Balla COULIBALY]; Union for Republic and Democracy or URD [Soumaila CISSE]
Alliance for Democratic Change or ACD; Patriotic Movement of the Ghanda Koye or MPGK; United Movement and Fronts of Azawad or MFUA
ACCT, ACP, AfDB, AU, ECOWAS, FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MONUC, NAM, OIC, OIF, ONUB, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
chief of mission: Ambassador Abdoulaye DIOP
chancery: 2130 R Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 332-2249, 939-8950
chief of mission: Ambassador Terrence P. MCCULLEY
embassy: Rue Rochester NY and Rue Mohamed V, Bamako
mailing address: B. P. 34, Bamako
telephone: [223] 222-5470
FAX: [223] 222-3712
three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), yellow, and red; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia
Economy Mali
Mali is among the poorest countries in the world, with 65% of its land area desert or semidesert and with a highly unequal distribution of income. Economic activity is largely confined to the riverine area irrigated by the Niger. About 10% of the population is nomadic and some 80% of the labor force is engaged in farming and fishing. Industrial activity is concentrated on processing farm commodities. Mali is heavily dependent on foreign aid and vulnerable to fluctuations in world prices for cotton, its main export, along with gold. The government has continued its successful implementation of an IMF-recommended structural adjustment program that is helping the economy grow, diversify, and attract foreign investment. Mali's adherence to economic reform and the 50% devaluation of the CFA franc in January 1994 have pushed up economic growth to a sturdy 5% average in 1996-2006. Worker remittances and external trade routes for the landlocked country have been jeopardized by continued unrest in neighboring Cote d'Ivoire.
industry: 17%
services: 38% (2001 est.)
3.93 million (2001 est.)
industry and services: 20% (2001 est.)
64% (2001 est.)
expenditures: $828 million; including capital expenditures of $NA (2002 est.)
cotton, millet, rice, corn, vegetables, peanuts; cattle, sheep, goats
food processing; construction; phosphate and gold mining
NA%
410 million kWh (2004)
hydro: 58.3%
other: 0% (2001)
381.3 million kWh (2004)
0 kWh; note - recent hydropower developments may be providing electricity to Senegal and Mauritania (2004)
0 kWh (2004)
0 bbl/day (2004 est.)
4,300 bbl/day (2004 est.)
NA bbl/day (2001)
$323 million f.o.b. (2004 est.)
cotton, gold, livestock
China 29.3%, Thailand 10.1%, Taiwan 7.7%, Italy 5.3%, Bangladesh 4.5%, France 4.4% (2005)
$1.858 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
petroleum, machinery and equipment, construction materials, foodstuffs, textiles
France 13%, Senegal 13%, Cote d'Ivoire 8.5% (2005)
$2.8 billion (2002)
Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF); note - responsible authority is the Central Bank of the West African States
Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar - 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004), 581.2 (2003), 696.99 (2002)
Communications Mali
general assessment: domestic system unreliable but improving; provides only minimal service
domestic: network consists of microwave radio relay, open-wire, and radiotelephone communications stations; expansion of microwave radio relay in progress
international: country code - 223; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean)
AM 1, FM 28, shortwave 1
note: the shortwave station in Bamako has seven frequencies and five transmitters and relays broadcasts for China Radio International (2001)
1 (plus repeaters) (2001)
Transportation Mali
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2006)
under 914 m: 8 (2006)
total: 729 km
narrow gauge: 729 km 1.000-m gauge (2005)
paved: 3,368 km
1,815 km (2005)
Military Mali
Army, Air Force, National Guard
18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscript service obligation - two years (2004)
$106.3 million (2005 est.)
Transnational Issues Mali
Refugees and internally displaced persons:
refugees (country of origin): 6,185 (Mauritania) (2005)


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The Northern Girl's Guide To London Living
Northern Girl on… Community Yoga
Posted on March 23, 2017 by Chloe
I thought I had done yoga before. I thought I was somewhat good at it so I decided to give community yoga a try and this is what I found…
I am terrible at yoga
I am not very flexible
I'm determined to get better at yoga
I live in an excellent community (but I knew that anyway)
After 2 sessions my posture is amazing!
What is community yoga? – Community (or fundraising) yoga is a concept set up in my local area by the wonderful Neha Kadiyala. It takes place in the Docklands Water Sport Centre twice a week (Mondays and Wednesdays 6:45pm-7:45pm). It is known as fundraising yoga as the participants pay £5 to take part with the money going back into the centre.
(The official poster for fundraising group yoga)
Can anyone do it? – The short answer is yes, the sessions are mixed ability and the instructor will always give an alternative stretch for those who may be struggling – like me, each session I've done – or a harder stretch – definitely not me after 2 sessions, but I'll get there!
Do you have to do lots of complicated breathing activities? – Absolutely not. There are obviously some breathing exercises to relax you but then it is all about matching the stretches to your natural breaths. You will simply be told what to do on each inhale, what to do on each exhale and how many breaths you are expected to hold the stretch for – great for shallow breathers like me.
Is the group cliquey/bitchy like some group classes I've experienced before? Again, absolutely not. Everyone I've spoken to before and after the sessions has been so lovely and there's always someone new coming along to give it a try. The instructor herself is lovely, never once feeling like you're not doing good enough; she's encouraging and gentle helping you to develop your yoga rather than feeling like a failure.
Do I need a yoga mat? – Yes and No. Having your own is definitely preferred and you can pick them up at a reasonable price at sports direct (I'm eyeing up the patterned one for myself) but if you don't have one/forget to bring one Neha has a small supply available for use during the session.
(starting to get the hang of it by session 2. Photo credit Christina Wildman Mullet)
I caught up with Neha before my first session to find out what drove her to create Fundraising Yoga.
Firstly you instantly realise just how passionate she is. Her enthusiasm for health and fitness shines through, as does her excitement and pride in what she has been able to achieve so far. She gushes about future plans including PT sessions in the local parks and even yoga on a paddleboard in the summer! So I decided to get to know a little bit more about her heath journey.
She moved to London from Dubai and found it extremely difficult to adjust to this new life until she hit rock bottom. Thankfully she turned to improving and prioritising her health and was able to save herself. She began to research what was available and found a distinct lack in her local community, she knew what she wanted to do but it wasn't out there for her to just join already. A lesser person at this stage could have easily turned and said "oh well, I tried" but not Neha; instead she founded running group Walk, Jog, Run – a local group aimed at getting people out for just 30 minutes a day to walk, jog or run at their own pace. Pets are welcome, children are welcome, even new mums with pushchairs can join the group daily at Millwall Park. The group was a HUGE success and she started bouncing around the idea of a yoga group (hailing from India, Neha was already well versed with the wonderful health benefits of yoga) and the idea was met with enthusiasm.
That's where we are today and already she is looking to the next thing (I don't think this woman ever stops, she credits her boundless energy to the incredible benefits of aloe vera gel). She has just launched a creche facility as some of the people interested in yoga struggle with child care, she's in the middle of organising an international food festival as well as fundraising for cancer research, setting herself a target of hitting 10K steps EVERY SINGLE DAY of March – impressive work. It doesn't stop there, she has a Walk, Jog, Run 5k event in the pipeline and a deal with a local catering company not to mention her work with the sailing centre and as mentioned earlier the planned PT sessions.
It's evident that Neha's policy is pure inclusion and she buzzes off that community spirit and I'm proud she's converted me to a fully fledged yogi. So don your favourite yoga leggings, get practicing your "ohmmmmm" and give yoga a try.
(definitely still my favourite part – relaxing and reflecting at the end of a session. Photo credit Christina Wildman Mullet)
For more information on anything featured in this blog please use the links below or alternatively leave a comment with your question and your email address so I can personally respond. NG x
More information on the sailing centre can be found at www.dswc.org
Neha is a proud Forever business owner, more information about the work she does for community health and fitness can we found at https://www.facebook.com/groups/stayfitiodcw/
To sponsor Neha in her March 10k journey you can visit her sponsor page at https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/livehealthylovelife
REVIEW: Northern Girl reviews Hamlet at the Almeida Theatre
Ever since I found out Andrew Scott was playing Hamlet I knew I had to get my hands on tickets – I was on a train to Paris FYI – so when a quick google told me it was all sold out I was devastated. Now, had we have not moved to London that would have been the end of that but when we read in to it in more depth we were delighted to know that the Almeida theatre hold back a small quantity of tickets for sale on the day. Tom works shifts so lucky for us (mostly me) he was able and willing to stand in a queue on every available weekday off. Day 1 (Wednesday) he arrived a little after 10 with the doors opening at 11, we missed out. Thursday, he arrived at 9am and jackpot; 2 tickets please.
The reason I was so obsessed with seeing Andrew Scott was because I had fallen in love with the Sherlock TV series. Tom was already a fan but I had seen none so in anticipation of S4 I gave them a go. I was hooked. As a result, James Moriarty (played by Andrew Scott) is now my favourite TV/Movie villain of ALL TIME. For reference also up there is Tiago Rodriguez (Skyfall) and Darth Vader (I'm a massive star wars fan).
Now I knew nothing about the story behind Hamlet all I knew was that the role is so iconic that I wanted to see how the man who became my favourite TV villain would portray this legendary character in theatre – not watching him through screens (or at least not expecting there to be screens) but experiencing him being there in front of me as Hamlet.
Whilst all this excited me, I was extremely concerned that Andrew Scott was now Moriarty to me and there wouldn't be a lot that could change that. There are certainly similarities to be drawn from the two character profiles and it may be more that director Robert Icke wanted Andrew for that reason. The dark humour and quick wit certainly would be welcomed by Moriarty but there is no doubt at all that when he is on that stage Andrew Scott is out and out Hamlet.
I have never felt chills quite like the feeling I got from Hamlet's moments of anguish. Think the sensation you get when you hear your favourite song and you get goosebumps, now imagine that 100x more intense and you're almost there. Andrew's portrayal sees him pin point the exact moments to lash out vocally and with the use of camera trickery and electronics that give an experience like no other, I certainly jumped in my skin more than I perhaps would like to admit. Although that feeling may also have been intensified by the almost claustrophobic feel of the Almeida theatre but having experienced it first hand I don't see how any other venue would have suited this adaptation.
What caught me off guard the most however were the moments I and the rest of the audience were laughing out loud. Be it the charming playfulness of Ophelia and Laertes in Act 1 or the way Hamlet tortures and humours Ophelia's father the way a cat would with a mouse.
Maybe it's because I have never studied Hamlet, maybe it's because I've grown up since hating Shakespeare during my English Literature A-Level or maybe it is the stellar work of the director and actor duo but the wonderful and famous monologues are no longer exaggerated versions of the script – something Hamlet is quick to shut down himself with the players – but are emotional, thought-provoking and incredibly easy to understand.
The relevance to adulthood finally explains why my tutors were so enthusiastic about The Bard's work. "To be or not to be" when put into the context that it is by Andrew Scott has never been more emotionally spellbinding and it is these moments of revelation that make us experience warmth and empathy for Hamlet. The emotions that these monologues take us through are suddenly relatable on a multitude of levels. Be prepared for this adaptation of Hamlet to take you to the very dark places you try to forget; be it family bitterness, coming to terms and struggling with grief, denying yourself love because of personal issues, loneliness, a volatile temperament or simply experiencing suppression in your youth, whatever is relevant to you will reveal itself here but the audience interaction the director has created will wrap the entire theatre in a blanket of togetherness as you go through Hamlet's journey with him.
(Even the programme captions the emotion – and yes that is green paper, that runs throughout).
Going into English teacher mode briefly, the symbolism of colour is very obvious. For a modern adaptation you will see very few primary colours, perhaps only really noticeably in Ophelia as the family conspire against Hamlet to seek out the source of his suffering. What you will notice however is the power of black and white. The first glimpse of this, though not really understanding until later on, is the Queen's lack of white dress for her wedding (though this may also be used to reflect the fact that this is not her first trip down the aisle). It is also glaringly obvious when we see Hamlet in nothing but black clothing until Act 3 where he switches to white for a fencing battle and in Ophelia (also Act 3) as the colour white seems to epitomise her descent into a madness we have seen very similar before; perhaps caused by the exact same reasons.
It is without a doubt Hamlet deserves every single one of it's stellar reviews. It is worth every single minute spent in a queue to get tickets and I only wish it was on longer so more people get to experience it. Hamlet has left me hungry for more Shakespeare and if like me, you fell out of love with him due to study, I would encourage everyone to go back and read his work as an adult (if you can't make it to the Almeida Theatre before the 15th April).
Northern Girl on… Studio Recordings
Posted on March 8, 2017 by Chloe
That Thing on a Friday Night
Tim Vine Travels in Time
Unspun with Matt Forde
John Bishop in Conversation With…
Jason Manford's Big Heads
You'd be forgiven for thinking I'd decided to list all my favourite TV/radio shows, but these are all the things I have had tickets to the live recordings of. They take place around various London locations and best of all they're a great way to spend an evening in London without spending a penny.
(Meeting Ricky Wilson!!! at a Room 101 Recording)
How to get tickets?
A lot of the headlining comedians will post on social media when the tickets are available but there are certain production companies and dedicated sites that you can register for:
Hat-trick productions – producers of shows such as Have I Got News for You and Room 101. Visit https://hat-trick-productions.tickettext.co.uk/hat-trick-productions/ to apply for specific shows currently available and when first visiting, be sure to register to their mailing list for updates when new shows are released.
BBC Shows and Tours – shows such as Tim Vine travels in Time and A Question of Sport. Like Hat-trick productions, they have a dedicated page for all their current shows http://www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/shows/ or you can also join the mailing list to get updates direct to your inbox when new shows are released.
SRO Audiences – shows such as The Last Leg, The Graham Norton Show and Bigheads. Tickets can be found at http://www.sroaudiences.com/ with each show listed individually or alternatively their mailing list can be found on the "Contact Us" tab on their menu.
Getting to the studios
Elstree studios (Room 101, Big Heads, Unspun with Matt Forde etc.). Thameslink run a direct train service from Blackfriars and London St Pancras to Elstree and Boreham Wood and the studios are only a short walk away from the station.
Pinewood (Taskmaster etc.). Pinewood is not so easily accessible, with the nearest bus stop still being a 20 minute walk away, they do however have vast parking facilities available on site.
The London Studios (Loose Women, Your Face or Mine, The Graham Norton Show etc.) – On London's South Bank, the studios are a short walk to Southwark (Jubilee Line); Waterloo (Jubilee, Northern and Bakerloo); Embankment (Northern, Bakerloo, District and Circle) and Temple (District and Circle).
Broadcasting House (BBC Radio Theatre, The One Show etc.). As one of the BBC's HQ's, Broadcasting House is a short walk from Oxford Circus Tube Station (Bakerloo, Central and Victoria Lines).
There are various other theatres and minor studios throughout London with short walks to the nearest tube. All this information will be provided when you receive tickets/confirmation of the shows.
The shows are ALWAYS looking to fill the audience so you can guarantee that they will have allocated far more tickets than seats available. Even with a barcoded ticket you're not always guaranteed entry. I would advise applying for as much as possible to give yourself options and remember, the tickets are free so whilst it is disappointing at least you're not out of pocket!
The majority of studios will have security checks so pack light to ensure you get through quicker.
If your ticket has a 'tickets validated from' or 'doors open' time, aim to get there at least 30 minutes before that time, even if it seems like a long wait until the actual recording. Broadcasting House and Elstree both have onsite cafes/bars where you can get snacks and drinks and sit and wait for the show (you can even watch the BBC news room whilst you drink your coffee in Broadcasting House).
For tickets that are on first come, first served basis you will need to arrive at least an hour before the scheduled time.
If you do miss out, some of the shows such as John Bishop in Conversation With will allow you to re-register with priority meaning you are guaranteed entry to the next show of your choice.
(enjoying a coffee at Broadcasting House before Tim Vine)
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Reading to a child regularly before age six can positively contribute to familial health, brain growth, and success into adulthood and completion of school. Reach Out and Read is working to increase those impacts. By engaging healthcare providers to model reading to a child and sending families home with new books, parents are two times more likely to continue to read at home with their child.
For over a decade, Madison Public Library has been involved with Reach Out and Read's work. Literacy is a primary value of Madison Public Library, and Reach Out and Read shares that value. By providing a book to a family along with guidance about how to effectively read with their child, more children have access to literacy experiences and can discover the joy of reading. By the end of the program, children have the beginning of a home library comprised of their own ten books, as well as the skills to begin school successfully.
Twelve years ago, Dr. Dipesh Navsaria stopped into Goodman South Madison Library to introduce himself and the Reach Out and Read Program. From that day on, Madison Public Library's Youth Services department has been connected to Reach Out and Read efforts in the Madison area. Over the years, the role of Madison Public Library's connection has changed to include creating and managing libraries for inpatients, training clinic staff, and continuing to read to inpatient children at hospitals in Madison.
The impact of Reach Out and Read speaks for itself. Reach Out and Read is a clinic-based program, meeting with pediatricians and children in scheduled appointments. Because of the compelling success of Reach Out and Read, The American Family Children's Hospital began a program of reading with children in inpatient circumstances as well.
Success & Impact
Ruth Sias, Youth Services Librarian at Madison Public Library and a Reach Out and Read volunteer since its inception, shared some success stories about her experiences in the program in Children's Hospital. One notable story was about her relationship with her "buddy" Oliver:
"When I first got to Oliver's room, I thought he was asleep. He had his blankie over his head. I headed to the next patient on my list, and one of the PICU staff called me back. Oliver was awake but only just. His nurse asked me to hang around while he woke up all the way because 'Oliver loves you so much'. She got him situated, and we shared a story together. Oliver likes to hold his own book while I read to him because he likes to turn the pages. On this day, he started making up games with the pages of his book. He would turn the pages really fast or open-and-close the book to see how I responded. The book was a lift-the-flap book with animals under the flaps. He lifted the flap and revealed a picture of a cow in his book, so I made the 'moo' sound. Oliver patted the picture of the cow, and I made the 'moo' sound again. He patted the picture quickly, and I 'moo'ed in time with his patting. He stopped patting, I stopped 'moo'ing. He looked at me with the most delightful expression of accomplishment on his face. We must have played that game for about 10 minutes. I will not forget this time with Oliver."
Oliver, too, will not forget this interaction for a long time. From his time spent with Ruth and other Reach Out and Read volunteers, a love of books was established.
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To celebrate our ten-year anniversary of the tea party, we are doing a weekly spotlight of our members and activists.
John Berry was a newspaper reporter for 20 years before he became an activist for the Tea Party. Before that, he was a military intelligence chief warrant officer and served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
He was always passionate about politics, but as a reporter living in California, he had to keep his personal opinions to himself. It wasn't until circumstances changed with his job, and he saw Congress pass ObamaCare that he made the decision to join the Tea Party.
At this point, John decided that he would do anything he could to keep his son from growing up in a socialist country. His local group, the Redlands Tea Party Patriots, gave him the opportunity to fight back.
John is the California state coordinator for the Tea Party Patriots. He does what he can to use the resources and notoriety offered through Tea Party Patriots to help champion our values of personal freedom, economic freedom, and a debt-free future.
What John does now for the Tea Party Patriots is just as important as the war work he accomplished for his country in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2011. It's now 2019, and in civilian life, he has a family as well as civilian and military careers. He looks forward to retirement when he will have the time and resources to do even more for conservative causes as well as the Tea Party Patriots.
When he's not fighting the hard fight for the Constitution and conservative values, he's involved in his church, spends time with his wife, his son, and their three cats named Rock, Paper and Scissors. John is floored by the impact and the significance of the tea party movement. After being smeared and pronounced dead by a gleeful media, the tea party movement remains strong.
John believes the Tea Party Patriots will continue to be the action arm for grassroots conservatives fed up with establishment Republicans. He predicts that that tea party activism will continue to give rank-and-file conservatives a way to get off the couch and onto the political football field. John says, "During Trump's second term, we will be the stalwart troops Trump relies on to get his agenda through Congress and Republicans elected. He will also rely on us to keep the grassroots motivated, educated, and engaged."
We hope motivated and engaged patriots like John will continue to fight with us because it's not over until the Swamp is drained and the forces of Marxism are dismantled.
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In our last episode we talked about the North Hollow Diet and how super nutrition combined with a reduction in exposure to dangerous chemicals is the only real answer to the daily war going on between our very much organic bodies and the unintended consequences of our modern convenience lifestyle.
We spoke about paying attention to engine exhaust and not standing in it or letting children play around it. We also talked about reducing food and liquid that is sold in clear plastic packaging, and how HDPE #2 plastic is the human safest commonly used plastic.
And we discussed the importance of eliminating plastic packaged sodas and drinks; and how if you only change one thing in your life, this the important biggie to change.
In this month's article we will explore the world of colors and nutrition. That is not a typo. Think about a bright red, juicy, fully ripe garden tomato. Yum! Now think about a pink, unripe and nearly tasteless mid-winter food service tomato. Yuck!
Brightly colored fresh vegetables, fruits, meats and seafood are intuitively attractive to us human types. That's why companies spend Billions (with a B) dye-ing YOUR food to make it look fresher and more nutritious than it really is!
Over 5000 plants synthesize bioflavonoids aka flavonoids. These substances are responsible for the palette of colors and many of the tastes found in nature. One would imagine that our vast international society with its millions of scientists would know all about flavonoids and their myriad effects on mammal health. But alas! This is not to be the case. And so I am not going to make any health claims about them. We can only hope that profit based science will take an interest in these little wonders soon!
Combined with another class of plant molecules called polyphenols (that they are often found with or near); flavonoids are known to be anti-oxidant to humans. This means that they scavenge the byproducts of normal cell metabolism. All of which might possibly help keep you in feeling clearer headed and less run down, for example.
Some believe that a diet high in flavonoids and polyphenols helps keep the ends of their DNA from degrading. If this turns out to be true then newly made cells from less than newly made people would have less mistakes. Less mistakes means the possibility of a longer healthier life.
Others tout flavonoids and polyphenols as being cancer protective. While this may well be true there is not enough hard evidence (read double blind replicatable studies) to state this as fact.
I promised to give you one thing to stop using with every article on this theme. However, having already asked you to give up plastic water, sweetened drinks, plastic processes food. And also to stay out of the way (at very least) of visible engine exhaust. I think you dear reader already have your work cut out you!
And so instead here is a recommendation to live your time here as a lifelong learning proposition. Learn to cook or improve your current skill set! Even master chefs and bakers take courses. Choose the types of food that feel right to you. The ones you dream about, think about or crave – as long as they are natural! The better you cook the better you live.
It is dangerous and misleading to make broad health claims based on food. I am not going to tell you that eating a diet rich in colorful herbs and vegetable plants and fungi and therefore rich in vitamins, minerals, flavonoids and polyphenols will help you live a moment longer than you would on a diet of ultra-processed, wrapped and frozen, microwave ready food products in single use heat tolerant plastic packaging would.
But I AM saying that IF you do switch to a diet closer to nature you will enjoy a feast of color and flavor that MIGHT just extend your healthy time here. And if it turns out not to be so, you will have lived that much better for it. This is the secret of natural medicine. Above all else, do no harm.


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Schronisko Żarskie Trzecie – schronisko między południowymi krańcami wsi Żary i północnymi wsi Dubie w województwie małopolskim. Znajduje się w Wąwozie Żarskim w obrębie rezerwatu przyrody Dolina Racławki. Pod względem geograficznym jest to Dolina Racławki na obszarze Wyżyny Olkuskiej będącej częścią Wyżyny Krakowsko-Częstochowskiej.

W lesie zwanym Lasem Pisarskim na lewych zboczach środkowej części Wąwozu Żarskiego znajduje się grupa skał, a w nich Jaskinia Żarska, Jaskinia Żarska Górna oraz schroniska: Schronisko Żarskie Pierwsze, Schronisko Żarskie Drugie, Schronisko Żarskie Trzecie, Schronisko Żarskie Czwarte i Schronisko Żarskie Małe. Nad dnem wąwozu znajduje się Jaskinia bez Nazwy. Prowadzi do nich ścieżka edukacyjna.

Schronisko Żarskie Trzecie znajduje się w środkowej części skał. Jego otwór jest widoczny ze ścieżki edukacyjnej wiodącej Wąwozem Żarskim.

Jest to niewielkie schronisko. Jego otwór znajduje się na półce skalnej o wysokości 3–6 m. Schronisko ma postać dość wysokiego, krótkiego korytarza zakręcającego pod kątem 90 stopni. Powstało w późnej jurze (oksford) w wapieniach skalistych w wyniku zjawisk krasowych oraz wietrzenia skał. Na ścianach można dostrzec niewielkie formy erozyjne i polewy mleka wapiennego. Namulisko kamienisto-gliniasto-próchnicowe, na dnie zazwyczaj są duże ilości nawianych liści. Próbowano go kiedyś eksplorować – świadczy o tym owalne wgłębienie zaraz za otworem wejściowym. Światło słoneczne dociera niemal do samego końca schroniska, w jego zasięgu na ścianach rozwijają się glony i mchy. Ze zwierząt obserwowano muchówki.

Miejscowej ludności schronisko znane była od dawna. W literaturze po raz pierwszy wymienia go Z. Ciętak w 1935 r. W 1951 Kazimierz Kowalski pisze, że namulisko schroniska nie było badane. W 2017 r. zmierzył schronisko A. Polonius, on też wykonał jego plan.

Szlak turystyczny
  żółta, geologiczna ścieżka dydaktyczna w postaci zamkniętej pętli. Od parkingu w Dubiu Wąwozem Żarskim do Doliny Szklarki i z powrotem (inną trasą). 8 przystanków.

Przypisy

Jaskinie Wyżyny Krakowsko-Częstochowskiej
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Brutally honest documentary of the liberals continued abuse and use of the black culture, via lip service, and broken promises.
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Trump Card Official Trailer (2020) - Regal Theatres HD
Trump Card opens at select Regal Theatres on August 7, 2020. Trump Card is an expose of the socialism, corruption and gangsterization that now define the Democratic Party. Director: Dinesh D'Souza Producer: Dinesh D'Souza Stars: Donald J. Trump (links within)
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Syrian Diaries. 9 years of war [RT Documentary 2020]
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It's now the tenth year since protests turned into war in Syria. Veterans and a TV cameraman look back on how they first got caught up in a conflict they didn't understand. They share with RT Documentary the memories of bullets and explosions they live with, the losses they've experienced, and how their homeland has been changed by violence.
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Heartbreaking documentary about dehumanization in the name of progress.
London Council Estates (1971) | Where the Houses Used to Be | Doddington and Rollo Estate
They're building flats where the houses used to be". 'Flat' might as well be a dirty word in this sobering documentary on Battersea's Doddington and Rollo estate - a vast, high-density development built by Wandsworth Borough Council in the late 60s to house some 7,000 people. Refreshingly, the commentary comes entirely from the mouths of the residents themselves: young mothers, working fathers, elderly women, teenagers and children, who discuss their experiences, particularly the issue of loneliness and isolation.
The film was made in 1971. when the estate was still being developed. Just one year later, the tenants' association complained that Doddington was rapidly deteriorating. As one young female resident puts it: "I don't think I'd give these places 20 or 30 years before they become slums. I think I'd give it two or three years, the way they're going at the moment.
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I watched this wonderful documentary some time ago on the Mayan language. It is short (52min) and entertaining, but the real impressive thing about this one was not just Mayan language but the WAY it was discovered. Essentially, little advancements were made here and there over a period of a few hundred years, until finally a group of people interested in the language from all different disciplines got together and made massive advancements in a matter of days! It really opened my eyes to how important it is to network and think as a group, worth the watch!
Cracking the Maya Code
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4. Anton's Right Here (2012), Lyubov Arkus
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Israel's ultra secret cyber warfare "Unit 8200"
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Unit 8200 (Hebrew: יחידה 8200, Yehida shmonae -Matayim- "Unit eight - two hundred") is an Israeli Intelligence Corps unit responsible for collecting signal intelligence (SIGINT) and code decryption. Military publications include references to Unit 8200 as the Central Collection Unit of the Intelligence Corps, and it is sometimes referred to as Israeli SIGINT National Unit (ISNU).[1] It is subordinate to Aman, the military intelligence directorate.The unit is composed primarily of 18–21 year olds. As a result of the youth of the soldiers in the unit, and the shortness of their service period, the unit relies on selecting recruits with the ability for rapid adaptation and speedy learning.[2] Afterschool programs for 16–18 year olds, teaching computer coding and hacking skills, also serve as a feeder programs for the unit.[3] Former Unit 8200 soldiers have, after completing their military service, gone on to founding and occupying top positions in many international IT companies and in Silicon Valley.[4][5]According to the Director of Military Sciences at the Royal United Services Institute, "Unit 8200 is probably the foremost technical intelligence agency in the world and stands on a par with the NSA in everything except scale."[6]
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Apollo 15 Remastered [4K]
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