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SuperValu Renews 440,000-SF Warehouse Lease
WOOD DALE, IL-The grocery retailer has extended its lease through the end of 2011 at the building it has occupied for more than a decade.
By Cari Brokamp | March 04, 2009 at 11:20 AM
WOOD DALE, IL-SuperValu Inc. has renewed a 440,000-square-foot lease for the warehouse it has occupied since the building was developed more than a decade ago. The grocery retailer has extended its lease by 18 months through the end of 2011, according to Steven Podolsky, principal with Podolsky Northstar CORFAC International, who represented Eden Prairie, MN-based SuperValu in the deal. The lease rate for the transaction is around $4.75 per square foot, net, Podolsky says.
"The building is close to all interstates and allows them easy access to service a majority of their stores in the region," Podolsky tells GlobeSt.com. "It's been a very functional and usable building for us, and it serves our purpose well so there was no reason to move. The landlord was able to make us a very aggressive market deal."
The building is owned by Rosemont, IL-based AMB Property Corp., which was represented in house by Carter Andrus in the lease. The building, which was developed on spec in 1998 and later built out to fit SuperValu's needs, offers 76 docks and 30-foot clear ceilings. SuperValu uses the facility to warehouse seasonal products for its stores across the Chicago metropolitan area.
For more than three decades, Podolsky Northstar has acted as tenant rep for SuperValu, the owner of Jewel Food Stores and Osco Drug. In another recent transaction, the company represented Jewel Food Stores in its lease of a new regional corporate headquarters in neighboring Itasca, IL. In this deal, SuperValu opted for a shorter lease renewal in order to allow the company to assess the market and other options therein before making a long-term commitment anywhere.
The Wood Dale property is near O'Hare International Airport in northeast DuPage County, where asking lease rates range from $6 to $10 per square foot, net, with occupancy rates around 90%, according to Cushman & Wakefield's year-end industrial market report.
"It's slow like every other market in the country, but it has a lower vacancy rate than other submarkets in the Chicago metropolitan area," Podolsky says. "It's really holding its own considering the softness of every market nationally."
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Science & Technology Group Leader - Resilient Sensing
Executive Level 2 (S&T Level 7)
Edinburgh – SA
Inspire talented scientists, engineers and technicians
Enhance Defence capability through innovative research
Work collaboratively with research partners across academia, industry and Government
We are seeking a highly motivated person to lead and inspire a team of scientists, engineers and technicians in the capability area of Resilient Sensing to deliver high impact research outcomes for Defence. As the Group Leader, you will lead a multi-disciplinary team to shape and solve challenging Science & Technology (S&T) problems aligned with Defence priorities.
You will have knowledge and experience in one or more of the following areas:
Active and passive radar technologies
Performance assessment and radio-frequency signatures
Electro-optic and hyperspectral imaging systems
The role requires you to:
Provide your team with the vision, guidance and collaboration necessary to ensure the Resilient Sensing capability is harnessed effectively to meet Defence requirements
Generate new knowledge and enhance Defence capabilities through innovation and collaboration with internal and external partners in industry, academia and Government
Provide strategic advice to senior management and stakeholders
Manage complex work or sensitive projects that have strategic or operational significance
Promote an inclusive team culture
Proactively manage change and promote a culture of scientific excellence
Maintain currency in Science and Technology disciplines relevant to the role
Manage complex work flows, including human, financial and physical resources to achieve business objectives through effective resource allocation
Deliver high quality scientific reporting including briefs, publications and presentations
You will have access to flexible working arrangements including working on site and from home.
Intelligence, Surveillance and Space Division (ISSD) undertakes internationally-recognised research and development into technologies aimed at enhancing the national capability to produce accurate, relevant and timely actionable intelligence for both Defence and national agency decision makers.
Surveillance Systems Branch undertakes research to develop, demonstrate and transition resilient surveillance system capabilities that enable Defence to prevail in contested environments. It comprises technology areas including active and passive radar, imaging radar, electro-optical sensing and hyperspectral imaging systems. It conducts research and development in exemplar sensor technologies and integrated sensor systems, processing and interpretation of integrated sensor data, system analysis and evaluation, and electronic protection.
We are looking for an accomplished leader who will bring energy to this role. You will have demonstrated science excellence through research to international standards.
You will be a trusted collaborator and builder of partnerships, who consults widely, shares information, fosters knowledge transfer, and enjoys working with a network of stakeholders.
As an innovator, you will be passionate about generating new knowledge, identifying practical applications, and creating opportunities to transition science & technology into Defence capability.
You will have sound interpersonal skills with experience in working across multidisciplinary teams. You will be someone who values diversity, develops staff, and promotes an inclusive team culture.
Our ideal candidate is adaptable and responds flexibly to a rapidly evolving environment. In addition, you are someone who has shown dedication to ongoing self-improvement and professional development.
For further information please review the job information pack, reference DSTG/05698/21 on https://defencecareers.nga.net.au/?jati=F057C285-B9C5-BECB-C157-C001242E8C8C

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Father Julian Edmund Tenison Woods, priest, cofounder, founder, scientist.
The presence of God does not consist in thinking of Him but in a sense of His presence in every occupation.Julian Tenison Woods 1877
Fr Julian's life spans the years from 1832 until 1889.
His story is one of a truly remarkable man who was a well-respected geologist, botanist, explorer and environmentalist. He wrote many scientific books and articles documenting the history, exploration, botanical and geological formation of Australia and beyond.
As well, he was a deeply spiritual man, a composer of religious songs, a writer of poetry and the first Director of Catholic Education in South Australia.
Page last updated May 2016


- Continuously develop your knowledge and insights on HR-trends, HR service delivery models, core HR-processes, and the use of enabling technology in the world of HR.
- You are fluent in English and Dutch and/or French.
- Our business activities are centralized in Deloitte's Gateway office based in Brussels (Zaventem). Projects could be both nationally (BE) or internationally (EU) based.


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;

namespace CoCSharp.Logging
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Provides methods to build a <see cref="Log"/> object.
    /// </summary>
    public sealed class LogBuilder
    {
        //TODO: Use Environment.NewLine instead of "\r\n".
        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="LogBuilder"/> class.
        /// </summary>
        public LogBuilder()
        {
            Flags = LoggingFlags.Default;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="LogBuilder"/> class with
        /// the specified log <see cref="string"/>.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="log"></param>
        public LogBuilder(string log)
            : this()
        {
            m_StringBuilder.Append(log);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the name of the current block.
        /// Returns null if no blocks is opened.
        /// </summary>
        public string CurrentBlock
        {
            get { return m_CurrentBlockIndex == -1 ? null : m_BlockNames[m_CurrentBlockIndex]; }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets the <see cref="LoggingFlags"/> used
        /// to append objects to the log using <see cref="AppendObject(object)"/>.
        /// </summary>
        public LoggingFlags Flags { get; set; }

        private string m_CurrentIndent = string.Empty;
        private int m_CurrentIndentDepth = 0;
        private int m_CurrentBlockIndex = -1;
        private StringBuilder m_StringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
        private string m_BlockString = string.Empty;
        private List<string> m_BlockNames = new List<string>();

        private const string Indent = "    "; // make customizable?

        /// <summary>
        /// Opens a new block in this instance with the
        /// specified name.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="name">The name of the block.</param>
        /// <returns>A reference to this instance.</returns>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException"></exception>
        public LogBuilder OpenBlock(string name)
        {
            if (name == null)
                throw new ArgumentNullException("name");
            m_CurrentBlockIndex++;
            m_BlockNames.Add(name);

            var firstIndent = m_CurrentIndentDepth != 0 ? Indent : m_CurrentIndent;
            var format = firstIndent + "{0} {1}\r\n" + m_CurrentIndent + "{{\r\n" + m_CurrentIndent;
            var log = string.Format(format, DateTime.Now.ToString("[~HH:mm:ss.fff]"), name);
            m_StringBuilder.Append(log);
            IncrementIndentation();

            m_BlockString += log;
            //var debug = m_StringBuilder.ToString();
            return this;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Closes the latest opened block in this instance.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>A reference to this instance.</returns>
        /// <exception cref="InvalidOperationException"></exception>
        public LogBuilder CloseBlock()
        {
            if (m_CurrentBlockIndex < 0)
                throw new InvalidOperationException("No blocks to close, call 'OpenBlock' first.");

            m_BlockNames.RemoveAt(m_CurrentBlockIndex); // remove block from list.
            m_CurrentBlockIndex--;
            DecrementIndentation();

            var format = m_CurrentBlockIndex == -1 ? "\r\n{0}}}\r\n\r\n" : "\r\n{0}}}"; // check if last block
            var log = string.Format(format, m_CurrentIndent);
            m_StringBuilder.Append(log);

            if (Flags.HasFlag(LoggingFlags.Console))
                Console.Write(m_BlockString + log);
            m_BlockString = string.Empty;
            //var debug = m_StringBuilder.ToString();
            return this;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Opens and closes an empty block.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="name">The name of the block.</param>
        /// <returns>A reference to this instace.</returns>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException"></exception>
        public LogBuilder EmptyBlock(string name)
        {
            if (name == null)
                throw new ArgumentNullException("name");

            var format = "{0} {1} {{ }}\r\n\r\n" + m_CurrentIndent;
            var log = string.Format(format, DateTime.Now.ToString("[~HH:mm:ss.fff]"), name);
            m_StringBuilder.Append(log);

            if (Flags.HasFlag(LoggingFlags.Console))
                Console.Write(log);
            m_BlockString = string.Empty;
            //var debug = m_StringBuilder.ToString();
            return this;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Appends an <see cref="object"/> to this instance in
        /// a formatted way using <see cref="LoggingFlags.Default"/> as
        /// <see cref="LoggingFlags"/>.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="obj">Object to append.</param>
        /// <returns>A reference to this instance.</returns>
        /// <exception cref="NotSupportedException"></exception>
        public LogBuilder AppendObject(object obj)
        {
            return AppendObject(obj, Flags);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Appends an <see cref="object"/> to this instance in
        /// a formatted way with the specified <see cref="LoggingFlags"/>.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="obj">Object to append.</param>
        /// <param name="flags"><see cref="LoggingFlags"/> to instruct the <see cref="LogBuilder"/>.</param>
        /// <returns>A reference to this instance.</returns>
        /// <exception cref="NotSupportedException"></exception>
        public LogBuilder AppendObject(object obj, LoggingFlags flags)
        {
            if (obj == null)
                throw new NotSupportedException("Does not support logging of 'null' root objects yet.");

            var dump = DumpObject(obj, flags);
            m_StringBuilder.Append(dump);

            m_BlockString += dump;
            //var debug = m_StringBuilder.ToString();
            return this;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Converts this instance into a <see cref="string"/>
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>A string whose value is the same as this instance.</returns>
        public override string ToString()
        {
            return m_StringBuilder.ToString();
        }

        private string DumpObject(object obj, LoggingFlags flags)
        {
            var objType = obj.GetType();
            var objFields = objType.GetFields();
            var objProperties = objType.GetProperties();
            var objLog = string.Empty;

            if (flags.HasFlag(LoggingFlags.Properties))
            {
                //TODO: Remove this dirty code repetition.
                for (int i = 0; i < objProperties.Length; i++)
                {
                    var property = objProperties[i];
                    var propertyName = property.Name;

                    if (!flags.HasFlag(LoggingFlags.Unknowns)) // check if we loggin unknowns
                        if (propertyName.StartsWith("Unknown"))
                            continue;

                    var propertyValue = property.GetValue(obj);
                    propertyValue = DumpObjectValue(propertyValue);

                    objLog += m_CurrentIndent + propertyName + ": " + propertyValue;
                    if (i != objProperties.Length - 1)
                        objLog += "\r\n";
                }
            }

            if (flags.HasFlag(LoggingFlags.Fields))
            {
                //TODO: Remove this dirty code repetition.
                for (int i = 0; i < objFields.Length; i++)
                {
                    var field = objFields[i];
                    var fieldName = field.Name;

                    if (!flags.HasFlag(LoggingFlags.Unknowns)) // check if we loggin unknowns
                        if (fieldName.StartsWith("Unknown"))
                            continue;

                    var fieldValue = field.GetValue(obj);
                    fieldValue = DumpObjectValue(fieldValue);

                    objLog += m_CurrentIndent + fieldName + ": " + fieldValue;
                    if (i != objFields.Length - 1)
                        objLog += "\r\n";
                }
            }
            //var debug = m_StringBuilder.ToString();
            return objLog;
        }

        private object DumpObjectValue(object obj)
        {
            var value = obj;
            if (obj == null)
                value = "null";
            else if (obj is string)
                value = "\"" + obj + "\"";
            else if (obj is byte[])
                value = DumpByteArray((byte[])obj);
            else if (obj is Array)
                value = DumpArray((Array)obj);

            return value;
        }

        private string DumpArray(Array array)
        {
            if (array.Length == 0)
                return "[]";

            var strBuilder = new StringBuilder();
            var count = 0;
            strBuilder.Append("\r\n" + m_CurrentIndent + "[\r\n");
            IncrementIndentation();

            foreach (var obj in array)
            {
                var objValue = DumpObjectValue(obj);
                strBuilder.Append(m_CurrentIndent + objValue);
                if (count != array.Length - 1)
                    strBuilder.Append("\r\n");
                count++;
            }

            DecrementIndentation();
            strBuilder.Append("\r\n" + m_CurrentIndent + "]");
            var debug = strBuilder.ToString();
            return strBuilder.ToString();
        }

        private string DumpByteArray(byte[] bytes)
        {
            if (bytes.Length == 0)
                return "[]";

            var strBuilder = new StringBuilder();
            strBuilder.Append("\r\n" + m_CurrentIndent + "[");
            IncrementIndentation();

            for (int i = 0; i < bytes.Length; i++)
            {
                if (i % 32 == 0) // add new lines every 32 bytes
                    strBuilder.Append("\r\n" + m_CurrentIndent);
                strBuilder.Append(bytes[i].ToString("X2") + " ");
            }

            DecrementIndentation();
            strBuilder.Append("\r\n" + m_CurrentIndent + "]");
            return strBuilder.ToString();
        }

        private void IncrementIndentation()
        {
            m_CurrentIndent += Indent;
            m_CurrentIndentDepth++;
        }

        private void DecrementIndentation()
        {
            if (m_CurrentIndentDepth == 0)
                return;

            m_CurrentIndent = m_CurrentIndent.Remove(m_CurrentIndent.Length - Indent.Length);
            m_CurrentIndentDepth--;
        }
    }
}

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Ascension, the largest private, tax-exempt, non-governmental health system in the United States, and Ramsay Health Care Limited, one of the top six private hospital operators in the world, are partnering in a new global supply chain joint venture. The new organization will combine the purchasing power of Ascension, the world's largest Catholic health system, and Sydney-based Ramsay Health Care, which operates more than 230 healthcare facilities in six countries on four continents.
Ascension (www.ascension.org) is a faith-based healthcare organization dedicated to transformation through innovation across the continuum of care. As the largest non-profit health system in the U.S. and the world's largest Catholic health system, Ascension is committed to delivering compassionate, personalized care to all, with special attention to persons living in poverty and those most vulnerable. In FY2016, Ascension provided more than $1.8 billion in care of persons living in poverty and other community benefit programs. Ascension includes approximately 150,000 associates and 36,000 aligned providers. Ascension's Healthcare Division operates 2,500 sites of care – including 141 hospitals and more than 30 senior living facilities – in 22 states and the District of Columbia, while its Solutions Division provides a variety of services and solutions including physician practice management, venture capital investing, investment management, biomedical engineering, clinical care management, information services, risk management, and contracting through Ascension's own group purchasing organization.
Ascension Holdings International drives the development and execution of Ascension's international strategy and the delivery of products, services and solutions to organizations outside the United States. It takes a strategic approach to international opportunities with a focus on strengthening Ascension's ministry and extending its Mission by meeting unmet needs, helping others, and transferring learning both to and from other countries. The team focuses on diversifying Ascension's financial platform, gaining broad exposure and early access to the growing environment of innovative ideas and thinking from other parts of the world, and preparing Ascension leaders for engagement in an increasingly interconnected and interdependent world.
The Resource Group, LLC, is a business transformation services organization that specializes in the area of non-payroll spend management and the processes required to sustain the value delivered. These sustainable processes include integrated change management, operations and logistics, sourcing and contracting, analytics, and continuous process improvement. As a part of its comprehensive, non-payroll spend management program, The Resource Group also provides its participants with access to its industry-leading, single-tiered pricing contract portfolio, regardless of size or location. Sustained value is driven by the User-Directed Strategic SourcingTM process, which empowers end-users by engaging them to determine necessary attributes of products and services and achieves a 99.8 percent contract implementation rate through change management, continuous implementation and process improvement. The Resource Group manages a portfolio of $7.7 billion in annual supply, purchased services, pharmacy, construction materials, capital, and IT spending and has delivered annual expense reduction of $1 billion to its participants. The Resource Group serves participants and employs associates across 24 states and Washington, D.C.


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August - 2018 -special1 issue
Salt World
Salt World: An Effective Salt Therapy for All Types of Respiratory & Skin Problems
Deepthi Babu
With various treatments failing to cure and heal respiratory and skin problems, Salt Therapy is recognized & accepted worldwide by people as natural and safe to completely cure these ailments. While Europe, UK, Australia and U.S. have several salt clinics to offer drugless and relaxing therapy, India is still adapting to the trend and is setting up wellness centers to bring this popular therapy to the people. Salt therapy is still an unknown phenomenon in India, but Bangalore-based Salt World is already making a mark in the industry through its unique approach and unconditional philosophy of patient care. The use of Proven Technology with scientific research papers and Halogenerator (device which is used in Halotherapy) endorsed by National Health Services(NHS -UK) separates it from other companies.
Mimicking the Original Salt Cave
Treating a wide range of illness like Asthma, Bronchitis, Bronchiectasis, Chest infections, COPD, Cough,
Colds & Flu, Cystic Fibrosis, Ear infections, Emphysema, Hayfever, Nasal congestion, Rhinitis, Seasonal allergies, Sinusitis, Sleep Apnea, Smoker's Cough, Snoring, Tonsillitis, Wheezing, Acne, Eczema, Psoriasis and Sports recovery, Salt Therapy offers a complete cure to many respiratory & skin conditions in adults as well as children. With terrible respiratory conditions (bad lung capacity), people suffer from shortness of breath while walking, running or climbing the stairs and disturbed sleeping pattern affecting the work productivity. Salt World is the need of the hour for rising problems of pollution level and deteriorating environment conditions in Bangalore leading to these health issues.
" Salt World is the need of the hour for rising problems of pollution level and deteriorating environment conditions in Bangalore leading to these health issues"
Salt therapy works wonders for everyone. The therapy enhances immunity and improves endurance against respiratory infections by reducing theImmunoglobulin E(IgE) level. Thriving to treat these problems, one of the unique features proffered by Salt World is artificial salt cave in which the salt therapy takes place. Mimicking the original salt cave, all the parameters like microclimate, concentration and size of the salt particles are maintained to determine the effectiveness of the therapy. The caves are differently designed for
adults and kids. While the adult room acts more like a resting place that streams soft music, kid's room resembles a play area consisting of sand toys. The inhaled dry microscopic salt particles in the salt cave clean the deepest areas of the respiratory tract and lungs from pathogens, smoke residues and pollutants, making salt therapy improve the lung capacity and oxygen intake. This in turn helps to lead a normal life without much worry.
"It is a natural & drugless treatment with no side effect, though mild skin irritation may occur for people with extremely sensitive skin, which will wade off soon. Some may experience cough and mucous discharge which indicates that the body is responding well to the therapy. So these are only considered as positive side-effects," says Deepthi Babu, Owner, Salt World.
The Miles to Go
A very small team of three members with no barriers at Salt World spends two hours weekly to discuss recent market trends, where every team members share ideas on improving the process as well as quality of service. Further, Salt Therapy Association (STA) membership enables it to get updates on industry trends frequently. In the initial few months, the company had witnessed a lot of ups and downs; but slowly and gradually, the growth pattern progressed from one stage to another in a more linear fashion.


Erica Hellerstein MOT'19 was selected among a national pool of applicants as a Future Scientist in Occupational Therapy. She will receive a scholarship to attend the Summer Institute of Future Scientists in Occupational Therapy in 2018.
Program participants will meet with leading occupational therapy scientists to address topics such as possibilities within occupational therapy science and career opportunities as a scientist. The purpose of the Institute is to identify potential scientists in entry-level occupational therapy programs, to connect potential entry-level scientists with mentors in the occupational therapy scientific community, and to develop a peer network of researchers.


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Update: 520 Bridge closure is postponed
By Megan Sweeney
SEATTLE -- The planned closure of the State Route 520 Bridge between Montlake Boulevard in Seattle and Interstate 405 from 11 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday is postponed due to expected inclement weather that could affect the construction work, the state announced Friday.
And it's a busy holiday weekend with a St. Patrick's Day parade in downtown Seattle, a Sounders game and a race on Highway 99.
Starbucks ending employee vaccine mandate after Supreme Court ruling


Fish dogs, Bhangra burgers and Mamma's Jerk chicken are on the menu at the Open East Festival in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
Open East Festival marks the one year anniversary of the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony as well as the start of the phased opening of the Park to the public.
Open East Festival is a weekend of international music, food, theatre, family fun, art and much more, opening up the north area of the Park to thousands of people for this packed weekend of entertainment and activity, art and food programmed by the Barbican and Create London.
The Real Food Festival will create a celebration of the best food producers, street food vendors and top chefs and will showcase the creativity and diversity of London and the East End.
Top chefs including Cyrus Todiwala, Stevie Parle, Ben Tish of Salt Yard Group, Mark Jarvis of Blueprint Café and Kevin Gratton of Hix restaurants will be on hand to inspire visitors in the Real Food Chef Theatre. Some of the country's best street food vendors will also be on site serving up dishes ranging from premium hot dogs, real Indian street food and home cooked Caribbean jerk dishes.
The street vendors will represent the full breadth and depth of London's gastronomic cultural character with those present including ambien Big Apple Hot Dogs, Pizza Pilgrims, Horn OK Please, Mamma's Jerk Station, Community Kitchen, Hix Fish Dogs, Bhangra Burger with Dock Kitchen, Café Spice Namaste and Salt Yard Group.
Open East Festival is set amongst the meadows and lawns of the river valley in the north of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. It's a beautiful spot to enjoy enjoy some of the tasty morsels on offer from London's best street food vendors.
There will even be a 'Buccaneers Banquet on the Bridge' over the River Lea.
Visitors will also be able to sample beers from local breweries from within a 10 mile radius of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park at The Ten Mile Beer Festival which will feature Sambrook's Brewery from Battersea, Meantime Brewing Company from Greenwich and The Five Point Brewing Company and Crate Brewery, both from Hackney.
The Open East Festival will include a host of international music acts on the main music and Caught by the River stages including The Waterboys, Seun Kuti with special guests Robert Glasper & Dead Prez, a supergroup of Malian artists including celebrated duo Amadou and Mariam, Vieux Farka Touré and Fatoumata Diawara assembled by Cheick Tidian Seck, Ondatropica featuring Quantic and Frente Cumbiero, U-Roy, Bomba Estéreo, Jupiter & Okwess International, Soul Caribbean, DJ Don Letts, Wire, Stealing Sheep, Viv Albertine, Le Volume Courbe and The Rockingbirds.
The Fairey Band, also known as Acid Brass, will also be performing at the festival. Acid Brass the brainchild of Jeremy Deller is the unlikely fusion of Acid House anthems with the sound of a traditional British Brass Band. Their performances of music by groups like the KLF, 808 State and many more have been huge hits with audiences at music festivals across Europe and beyond.
Open East Festival promises a fantastic day out in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park for all the family. Young visitors will be enchanted by The House of Fairy Tales who will be presenting their legendary Travelling Art Circus (which includes Gavin Turk's Space Pyramid), encounter Joey from the acclaimed National Theatre production War Horse, and be mesmerised by Graeae's production of Ted Hughes' The Iron Man.
There will also be opportunities to witness performances from some leading east London artists and organisations, unearth a future masterpiece at the Art Car Boot Fair (featuring Bob & Roberta Smith, Gavin Turk and leading East London street artist Pure Evil), experience the Pandemonium Drummers and BMX riders from the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony and explore London's newest park.
Sacrilege, the life-sized inflatable bouncy castle replica of Stonehenge by Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller, will finally make its way into Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park as part of the festival and Bompas & Parr, named by the Independent as 'one of the 15 people who will define the future of arts in Britain', have been commissioned to create the finale for each day.
Thanks to the support of Arts Council England and the Legacy Trust UK day tickets are priced at just £9.50 for adults, £6.00 for children aged 5 - 16, and under 5's go free. Tickets are available from www.ticketmaster.co.uk/openeastfestival.
The Barbican is home to Resident Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra; Associate Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra; Associate Ensembles the Academy of Ancient Music and Britten Sinfonia, and Associate Producer Serious. Our Artistic Associates include Boy Blue Entertainment, Cheek by Jowl and Michael Clark Company. International Associates are Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig and Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Create London are the associate partner of the Barbican and are supported by main sponsor Deutsche Bank, the Legacy Trust, Arts Council England, London and the six east London Boroughs.
Producing and commissioning socially engaged projects in east London for the past four years, Create London exists to spread the benefits of the artistic and creative community of east London to local people. Create London commissions and produce multi-disciplinary art projects in east London, which extend the barriers of socially engaged practice. Our conviction is in the power of art to make a positive contribution to our daily lives, encouraging debate, constructive change and social progress.
By working outside of traditional cultural spaces and building virtuous circles between artists, creative organisations and local people, we strive to nurture, Pharmacy Online 365 and grow the ambitions of our communities. Despite having the highest concentration of artists and creative businesses in Europe, east London has remarkably low levels of cultural engagement and remains one of the most deprived parts of the UK. Create London works to bridge the traditional divisions of class, culture, education, and social background between our creative community and local people.
By commissioning major projects, attracting new audiences and working in partnership to profile the cultural life of the area, Create London has a vital role to play in the continued economic regeneration of east London. Our programme is underpinned by Create London Jobs, which provides mentoring, support and paid employment opportunities for local young people.
The London Legacy Development Corporation promotes and delivers physical, social, economic and environmental regeneration in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and surrounding area, in particular by maximising the legacy of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park will begin to open from July 2013 and will be fully open from spring 2014, it will be a whole new part of the city to enjoy and will provide jobs and homes for east London.


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A Palestinian family receives food aid provided by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Gaza
Photo: AP
UN agency: Gaza blockade has devastated its economy
Report by the UN Conference on Trade and Development says closure has cost Hamas-ruled enclave up to $16.7 billion in economic losses, with poverty and unemployment skyrocketing
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Published: 11.25.20 , 20:59
A blockade of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip has cost the seaside territory as much as $16.7 billion in economic losses and sent poverty and unemployment skyrocketing, a UN report said Wednesday, as it called on Israel to lift the closure.
The report by the UN Conference on Trade and Development echoed calls by numerous international bodies over the years criticizing the blockade. But its findings, looking at an 11-year period ending in 2018, marked perhaps the most detailed analysis of the Israeli policy to date.
A Hamas monument in Gaza City center
(Photo: Reuters)
Israel imposed the blockade in 2007 after Hamas, an Islamic militant group that opposes Israel's existence, violently seized control of Gaza from the forces of the internationally recognized Palestinian Authority. The Israeli measures, along with restrictions by neighboring Egypt, have tightly controlled the movement of people and goods in and out of the territory.
Israel says the restrictions are needed to keep Hamas from building up its military capabilities. The bitter enemies have fought three wars and numerous skirmishes over the years.
But critics say the blockade has amounted to collective punishment, hurting the living conditions of Gaza's 2 million inhabitants while failing to oust Hamas or moderate its behavior. Gaza has almost no clean drinking water, it suffers from frequent power outages and people cannot freely travel abroad.
Members of the Hamas military wing in Gaza
(Photo: EPA)
"The result has been the near-collapse of Gaza's regional economy and its isolation from the Palestinian economy and the rest of the world," the UN agency said in a statement.
The report analyzed both the effects of the closure, which has greatly limited Gaza's ability to export goods, as well as the effects of the three wars, which took place in 2008-2009, 2012 and 2014.
The last war was especially devastating, killing over 2,200 Palestinians, more than half of them civilians, and displacing some 100,000 people from homes that were damaged or destroyed, according to UN figures. Seventy-three people, including six civilians, were killed on the Israeli side, according to Israel's Foreign Ministry, and indiscriminate Hamas rocket fire brought life to a standstill in southern Israel.
Using two methodologies, the report said that overall economic losses due to the blockade and wars ranged from $7.8 billion to $16.7 billion. It said Gaza's economy grew by a total of just 4.8% during the entire period, even as its population grew over 40%.
Iron Dome intercepts rockets from Gaza over Ashkelon
These economic losses helped propel unemployment in Gaza from 35% in 2006 to 52% in 2018, one of the highest rates in the world, UNCTAD said.
It said the poverty rate jumped from 39% in 2007 to 55% in 2017. Based on Gaza's economic trends before the closure, the report said the poverty rate could have been just 15% in 2017 if the wars and blockade had not occurred.
"The impact is the impoverishment of the people of Gaza, who are already under blockade," said Mahmoud Elkhafif, the agency's coordinator of assistance to the Palestinian people and author of the report.
Israel has long accused the UN of being biased against it. The report, for instance, included only a brief mention that indiscriminate rocket fire at Israeli civilian areas is prohibited under international law. "Palestinian militants must cease that practice immediately," it said.
(Photo: AP)
Israel's Foreign Ministry accused UNCTAD of failing its mission to assist developing economies and presenting a "one-sided and distorted depiction" that disregards "terrorist organizations' control over the Gaza Strip and their responsibility for what occurs in the Gaza Strip."
"In light of all this, we cannot take the findings of the reports it publishes seriously, and this report is no different," it said.
In Gaza, Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem said the report revealed "the level of the crime" committed by Israel.
"This siege has amounted to a real war crime and pushed all services sectors in the Gaza Strip to collapse," he said. "These figures also reveal the international inability to deal with the illegal siege on Gaza."
Gisha, an Israeli human rights group that pushes for freedom of movement in and out of Gaza, said it was Israel's "moral and legal obligation" to live the closure. "The true price paid by Palestinians in lost time, opportunities, and separation from loved ones is inestimable," it said.
A man with a face mask in Gaza
(Photo: AFP)
The UN agency said it compiled the report at the request of the UN General Assembly and noted that it did not include other costs of Israeli occupation over the Palestinians. Israel captured the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza Strip in the 1967 Six-Day War, though it withdrew from Gaza in 2005.
UNCTAD, a technical agency that seeks to reduce global inequality, recommended that Israel lift the blockade to allow free trade and movement. It also called for reconstruction of Gaza's infrastructure, addressing Gaza's electricity and water crisis, allowing the Palestinians to develop offshore natural gas fields and for the international community to push Hamas and the Palestinian Authority to reconcile.
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Tuesday's Revolving Book is the urban fantasy/ paranormal GHOSTS OF GLORY by Morgan Chalfant.
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Jersey "The Brawler" Romero is dying. Slowly. Tediously. Not the way he thought he would go out on the savage streets of Glory, the Twilight City. But all of that is about to change when Jersey is granted his youth again by a messenger of the Twilight Goddess, the Spirit of Glory. He's also given a mission: save Glory from the dark forces that are bent on destroying her.
Jersey's been a fighter his whole life, whether it was on the streets where he struggled to survive, or in prison where he fought to stay alive. Glory never gave him anything without a battle, and that's what he's always loved about his beloved city. But nothing has prepared him for the war that's coming. Monster-like creatures masked as humans are bent on exterminating him. Their leader is a mysterious man named Templar. He's been amassing an underground army called The Black Crux. Templar wants to make Glory his, by laying waste to everyone who stands in his way. Possessing an almost otherworldly vision, Templar knows everything about Jersey, including an explosive secret that will blast away everything Jersey has ever believed.
But Jersey isn't called "The Brawler" for nothing. He's determined to fight Templar with everything he's got. Because he's not just fighting for his life, he's fighting for Glory's very soul.
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We're standing on the roof of Skript and Abigail hasn't said a word in five minutes. She dragged me up here with such urgency, I figured the show would have started by now.
Sitting down in a damp lawn chair, I wait. Patience and I have nothing to say to each other, but Abigail has me intrigued so I let her have all the time she needs. It's not easy opening up doors that have been locked for so long, especially to strangers. If that's what we still were. Maybe strange acquaintance is a better term.
The view from the rooftop is actually quite beautiful. Rarely can the word beauty describe Glory. What little good happens to someone here, happens at the expense of someone else's pain. Surprisingly, the night is peaceful. It's never peaceful in Glory, so there's obviously something off, but I don't have the time nor the inclination to worry about it at the moment. It's just the cone of silence. The calm before the storm. Strangely, I'm the calm. Abigail is the surging storm.
My eyes fall from the billions of firefly buildings to a sight more pleasing. Abigail stands looking up at the moon. It's a waxing half-moon, but there's still enough light for decent visibility. I watch her take off her leather jacket and pull off the gloves and drop them at her feet. Before my eyes, strange symbols begin to appear on her forearms and hands. The spaghetti strap top she's wearing leaves much of her neck visible where more symbols begin to shimmer. Spiral patterns. They resemble some sort of tribal ink, but they begin to glow like lanterns in the dark. It's an eerie, beautiful blue light. Cerulean, turquoise, and sapphire.
I stand up and move closer as Abigail turns around. I can see her face now. The incandescent markings have spiraled up her cheeks, climbing like staircases up to her eyes. Both her eyes shimmer inhumanly, one golden amber, the other a pool of twinkling emerald. Her breathing is erratic, she shakes, like she's frightened I'm going to run away or grimace at the sight of her.
"Th-this . . . is me." She stutters. "What . . . what I was talking about."
Before I know it, she's reaching for her jacket to cover herself. I spring forward and stop her, grasping her firmly by the shoulders. She looks up at me like she's a monster that should be cowering in darkness. She won't look at me. I can't help but wonder who ever looked at her and cringed. Who made her feel so malformed? It's perfectly clear to me she's not the abomination she considers herself to be. She's the most beautiful sight I've ever seen. It's not every day a street devil like me gets to behold a shimmering angel.
I move my hands to her cheeks, rubbing my thumbs over the glittering markings. There's no textural difference. Her skin is as soft as cashmere. Her radiance is overwhelming. Her glow envelops me.
"My God," I whisper. "You're beautiful."
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The Little Tug Boat That Could
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Get a group of science educators and scientists together, ask them the question "What is science?" and see what happens. Will everyone agree exactly on each term? Maybe not, but you'll see a shared passion for the subject. On our second day of the School of Rock, our "principal," Jennifer Collins, posed that question to the group. What followed was an engaging and intelligent conversation.
We started by listing components of science, which was a fairly easy task. We agreed that science includes the following: observations, generating hypotheses, data collection, reasoning from multiple lines of evidence, revisions based on new data, seeking additional evidence, peer review, and collaboration and consensus. When put all together, science is a process, although not a linear one.
We then looked at a flow diagram entitled "How Science Works," published by the University of California Museum of Paleontology (UCMP). It is an updated version of the outdated linear scientific method that most of us were taught in school. Absent from this newer diagram is the idea that the scientific process must start with a question, and that a question warrants a single hypothesis. Also gone is the notion that after doing an experiment and getting results, you have an answer to your question and the process is over. Instead, the diagram shows feedback between exploration, testing, analysis and outcomes…and this process does not stop.
(image credit: UCMP)
Our discussion around the diagram focused on the pathways between each of the components. One pathway demonstrates that the benefits and outcomes of science, such as problem solving and new technology, can lead back to exploration and discovery. The pathway isn't shown in reverse, but we wondered if exploration can lead directly to community benefits without first gathering and interpreting data. Also, there are pathways into the system, illustrating that the scientific process is not a closed system, but that there is input from external sources. We wondered if there should also be pathways leading out of the system that depict outreach and education.
What do you think? How would you alter this description of science?
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CNN Looks at the Crisis Egypt's Attacks on NGOs has Caused
U.S.-Egypt Relations Tested in Latest Crisis
CNN.com: Edition
By Moni Basu
[VIDEO LINK ="http://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2012/02/08/wedeman-egypt-ngo-trial.cnn"]
(CNN) — As though there were not enough tumult in Egypt. A year after revolution felled a longtime dictator, a new crisis has soured its strongest Western ally and threatened to sever military aid.
Egyptian authorities had been investigating civil society organizations for a while but they stunned U.S. officials by announcing this week that 43 foreigners, including 19 Americans, working for civil society organizations would face prosecution.
Egyptian officials blamed ongoing unrest in their country on foreign interference.
Authorities carried out 17 raids on the offices of 10 organizations including the U.S.-based Freedom House, National Democratic Institute and the International Republican Institute. Among those going to court is Sam LaHood, son of Ray LaHood, the transportation secretary.
Not a wise decision by the Egyptians, said journalist Ashraf Khalil, author of "Liberation Square: Inside the Egyptian Revolution."
"You never ever mess with the son of a (government official)," Khalil said. "I never expected foreigners would be sent to trial. I started to think that maybe they really believe these people are spies."
Khalil was not alone in his reaction.
Several analysts said they were surprised the Egyptians chose to provoke America at such a critical juncture in their post-revolutionary journey; to bite the proverbial hand that feeds them.
What makes this crisis even tougher is that there are no easy solutions to stave off tensions.
The Egyptians say the pro-democracy organizations had received illegal foreign financing and were operating without a proper license. But some of the groups had been tacitly operating for some time in Egypt without permission, even under Hosni Mubarak.
State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said the groups targeted did not fund candidates or parties.
"There is nothing new in their activities," she said.
Washington viewed the move as a crackdown on democracy and threatened to cut off more than $1.3 billion in military aid that was conditioned on Egypt's progress in transitioning to democracy.
Top officials including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta lashed out. And 41 members of Congress urged the administration to withhold further aid to Egypt until authorities allow the offices of the targeted organizations re-open.
"We have underscored how serious a problem these actions are. We have said clearly that these actions could have consequences for our relationship, including regarding our assistance programs," White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters Monday.
Nuland declined to speculate about possible consequences but said the dispute "is a very, very difficult situation in terms of the support we want to provide Egypt."
The drama continued Tuesday when Sen. John McCain, the ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, told CNN that an Egyptian military delegation visiting Washington had canceled meetings with senior American lawmakers at the last moment and returned to Egypt.
McCain, the ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, did not give a reason why the Egyptians backed out but it wasn't hard to guess.
"What is happening now is that both sides have painted themselves in a corner and they don't have an easy way to get out," said Marina Ottaway, a senior associate at the Middle East Program of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
The Egyptians have now made a legal case and the Americans will find it difficult to tell them to interfere with the work of the judiciary when they are trying to push democracy, Ottaway said.
One Egyptian official told the Al-Ahram newspaper: "Americans cannot preach to us night and day about the need to abide by the rule of law and then ask us to break the law to serve their interests."
The United States entree into Egypt is through its military leadership — Washington has no relationship with the political leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood, which has a majority in Egypt's parliament. So it cannot afford to simply cut off Egypt, Ottaway said.
At the same time, Egypt must find a way to expedite legitimate trial and release the Americans to protect its relationship with Washington.
Ottaway said the military often blames foreign forces in having a hidden hand in anti-government protests.
"This is what the military is doing," she said. "Unfortunately, they are not blaming some nebulous group. It's a big mess."
The crisis may also have been fueled in part by the a great sense of nationalism on the government's part, said Isobel Coleman, a senior fellow at the Council for Foreign Relations.
"It's better in the short term to be seen as standing up to the Americans,' she said.
In recent days protesters have returned to Cairo's Tahrir Square, demanding an end to military rule. Some of those protests, in the wake of soccer riots that killed 79 people, have turned deadly.
"As the situation continues to be very unsettled in Egypt, the powers that be will look for a scapegoat," Coleman said. "Blame your problems on outside powers. That's how it has been throughout history."
Accusing activists of receiving foreign funds is not new, either.
Under Mubarak, dissident Saad Eddin Ibrahim was accused of using European Union money for election monitoring. He was tried twice before a higher court dismissed the case.
Khalil, who covered Ibrahim's trial, said he believes the Egyptian courts will back down on the foreigners.
"I think the Egyptians understand the depth of the hornet's nest," he said.
But what Khalil fears most are the consequences for a half-dozen Egyptian pro-democracy groups that have also been accused of receiving foreign money. They are not the ones in the spotlight, he said. But they are the ones who will feel the wrath of authorities the most.


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Q: Parse Starter kit for Swift 3 I've downloaded the ParseStarterProject version 1.14.3 and after download it asks me to convert to swift 3. After that gives me an error:
Cannot convert value of type '(Bool, NSError?) -> ()' to expected argument type 'PFBooleanResultBlock?'

Code:
func application(_ application: UIApplication, didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken deviceToken: Data) {
    let installation = PFInstallation.current()
    installation?.setDeviceTokenFrom(deviceToken)
    installation?.saveInBackground()

    PFPush.subscribeToChannel(inBackground: "") { (succeeded: Bool, error: NSError?) in
        if succeeded {
            print("ParseStarterProject successfully subscribed to push notifications on the broadcast channel.\n")
        } else {
            print("ParseStarterProject failed to subscribe to push notifications on the broadcast channel with error = %@.\n", error)
        }
    } as! PFBooleanResultBlock as! PFBooleanResultBlock as! PFBooleanResultBlock as! PFBooleanResultBlock as! PFBooleanResultBlock as! PFBooleanResultBlock as! PFBooleanResultBlock
}

I tried solving with another thread (AppDelegate.swift function returning errors after converting to swift 3 (cannot convert to PFBooleanResultBlock?)?)
But gives me this error:
 "Expected ) in the expression list"

http://imgur.com/nkdnEZp

A: I've tried to reproduce the same bug, I just replace the swift3 generated code with:
func application(_ application: UIApplication, didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken deviceToken: Data) {
    let installation = PFInstallation.current()
    installation?.setDeviceTokenFrom(deviceToken)
    installation?.saveInBackground()

    PFPush.subscribeToChannel(inBackground: "") { (succeeded, error) in
        if succeeded {
            print("ParseStarterProject successfully subscribed to push notifications on the broadcast channel.\n")
        } else {
            print("ParseStarterProject failed to subscribe to push notifications on the broadcast channel with error = %@.\n", error)
        }
    }

}

func application(_ application: UIApplication, didFailToRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithError error: Error) {
    if error._code == 3010 {
        print("Push notifications are not supported in the iOS Simulator.\n")
    } else {
        print("application:didFailToRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithError: %@\n", error)
    }
}

An it works
My project is here

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#include <pulse/rtclock.h>
#include <pulse/error.h>
#include "libavformat/avformat.h"
#include "libavformat/internal.h"
#include "libavutil/opt.h"
#include "libavutil/time.h"
#include "pulse_audio_common.h"
#include "timefilter.h"

#define DEFAULT_CODEC_ID AV_NE(AV_CODEC_ID_PCM_S16BE, AV_CODEC_ID_PCM_S16LE)

typedef struct PulseData {
    AVClass *class;
    char *server;
    char *name;
    char *stream_name;
    int  sample_rate;
    int  channels;
    int  frame_size;
    int  fragment_size;

    pa_threaded_mainloop *mainloop;
    pa_context *context;
    pa_stream *stream;

    TimeFilter *timefilter;
    int last_period;
} PulseData;

#define CHECK_SUCCESS_GOTO(rerror, expression, label)        \
    do {                                                        \
        if (!(expression)) {                                    \
            rerror = AVERROR_EXTERNAL;                          \
            goto label;                                         \
        }                                                       \
    } while(0);

#define CHECK_DEAD_GOTO(p, rerror, label)                               \
    do {                                                                \
        if (!(p)->context || !PA_CONTEXT_IS_GOOD(pa_context_get_state((p)->context)) || \
            !(p)->stream || !PA_STREAM_IS_GOOD(pa_stream_get_state((p)->stream))) { \
            rerror = AVERROR_EXTERNAL;                                  \
            goto label;                                                 \
        }                                                               \
    } while(0);

static void context_state_cb(pa_context *c, void *userdata) {
    PulseData *p = userdata;

    switch (pa_context_get_state(c)) {
        case PA_CONTEXT_READY:
        case PA_CONTEXT_TERMINATED:
        case PA_CONTEXT_FAILED:
            pa_threaded_mainloop_signal(p->mainloop, 0);
            break;
    }
}

static void stream_state_cb(pa_stream *s, void * userdata) {
    PulseData *p = userdata;

    switch (pa_stream_get_state(s)) {
        case PA_STREAM_READY:
        case PA_STREAM_FAILED:
        case PA_STREAM_TERMINATED:
            pa_threaded_mainloop_signal(p->mainloop, 0);
            break;
    }
}

static void stream_request_cb(pa_stream *s, size_t length, void *userdata) {
    PulseData *p = userdata;

    pa_threaded_mainloop_signal(p->mainloop, 0);
}

static void stream_latency_update_cb(pa_stream *s, void *userdata) {
    PulseData *p = userdata;

    pa_threaded_mainloop_signal(p->mainloop, 0);
}

static av_cold int pulse_close(AVFormatContext *s)
{
    PulseData *pd = s->priv_data;

    if (pd->mainloop)
        pa_threaded_mainloop_stop(pd->mainloop);

    if (pd->stream)
        pa_stream_unref(pd->stream);
    pd->stream = NULL;

    if (pd->context) {
        pa_context_disconnect(pd->context);
        pa_context_unref(pd->context);
    }
    pd->context = NULL;

    if (pd->mainloop)
        pa_threaded_mainloop_free(pd->mainloop);
    pd->mainloop = NULL;

    ff_timefilter_destroy(pd->timefilter);
    pd->timefilter = NULL;

    return 0;
}

static av_cold int pulse_read_header(AVFormatContext *s)
{
    PulseData *pd = s->priv_data;
    AVStream *st;
    char *device = NULL;
    int ret;
    enum AVCodecID codec_id =
        s->audio_codec_id == AV_CODEC_ID_NONE ? DEFAULT_CODEC_ID : s->audio_codec_id;
    const pa_sample_spec ss = { ff_codec_id_to_pulse_format(codec_id),
                                pd->sample_rate,
                                pd->channels };

    pa_buffer_attr attr = { -1 };

    st = avformat_new_stream(s, NULL);

    if (!st) {
        av_log(s, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Cannot add stream\n");
        return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
    }

    attr.fragsize = pd->fragment_size;

    if (strcmp(s->filename, "default"))
        device = s->filename;

    if (!(pd->mainloop = pa_threaded_mainloop_new())) {
        pulse_close(s);
        return AVERROR_EXTERNAL;
    }

    if (!(pd->context = pa_context_new(pa_threaded_mainloop_get_api(pd->mainloop), pd->name))) {
        pulse_close(s);
        return AVERROR_EXTERNAL;
    }

    pa_context_set_state_callback(pd->context, context_state_cb, pd);

    if (pa_context_connect(pd->context, pd->server, 0, NULL) < 0) {
        pulse_close(s);
        return AVERROR(pa_context_errno(pd->context));
    }

    pa_threaded_mainloop_lock(pd->mainloop);

    if (pa_threaded_mainloop_start(pd->mainloop) < 0) {
        ret = -1;
        goto unlock_and_fail;
    }

    for (;;) {
        pa_context_state_t state;

        state = pa_context_get_state(pd->context);

        if (state == PA_CONTEXT_READY)
            break;

        if (!PA_CONTEXT_IS_GOOD(state)) {
            ret = AVERROR(pa_context_errno(pd->context));
            goto unlock_and_fail;
        }

        /* Wait until the context is ready */
        pa_threaded_mainloop_wait(pd->mainloop);
    }

    if (!(pd->stream = pa_stream_new(pd->context, pd->stream_name, &ss, NULL))) {
        ret = AVERROR(pa_context_errno(pd->context));
        goto unlock_and_fail;
    }

    pa_stream_set_state_callback(pd->stream, stream_state_cb, pd);
    pa_stream_set_read_callback(pd->stream, stream_request_cb, pd);
    pa_stream_set_write_callback(pd->stream, stream_request_cb, pd);
    pa_stream_set_latency_update_callback(pd->stream, stream_latency_update_cb, pd);

    ret = pa_stream_connect_record(pd->stream, device, &attr,
                                    PA_STREAM_INTERPOLATE_TIMING
                                    |PA_STREAM_ADJUST_LATENCY
                                    |PA_STREAM_AUTO_TIMING_UPDATE);

    if (ret < 0) {
        ret = AVERROR(pa_context_errno(pd->context));
        goto unlock_and_fail;
    }

    for (;;) {
        pa_stream_state_t state;

        state = pa_stream_get_state(pd->stream);

        if (state == PA_STREAM_READY)
            break;

        if (!PA_STREAM_IS_GOOD(state)) {
            ret = AVERROR(pa_context_errno(pd->context));
            goto unlock_and_fail;
        }

        /* Wait until the stream is ready */
        pa_threaded_mainloop_wait(pd->mainloop);
    }

    pa_threaded_mainloop_unlock(pd->mainloop);

    /* take real parameters */
    st->codec->codec_type  = AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO;
    st->codec->codec_id    = codec_id;
    st->codec->sample_rate = pd->sample_rate;
    st->codec->channels    = pd->channels;
    avpriv_set_pts_info(st, 64, 1, 1000000);  /* 64 bits pts in us */

    pd->timefilter = ff_timefilter_new(1000000.0 / pd->sample_rate,
                                       1000, 1.5E-6);

    if (!pd->timefilter) {
        pulse_close(s);
        return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
    }

    return 0;

unlock_and_fail:
    pa_threaded_mainloop_unlock(pd->mainloop);

    pulse_close(s);
    return ret;
}

static int pulse_read_packet(AVFormatContext *s, AVPacket *pkt)
{
    PulseData *pd  = s->priv_data;
    int ret;
    size_t read_length;
    const void *read_data = NULL;
    int64_t dts;
    pa_usec_t latency;
    int negative;

    pa_threaded_mainloop_lock(pd->mainloop);

    CHECK_DEAD_GOTO(pd, ret, unlock_and_fail);

    while (!read_data) {
        int r;

        r = pa_stream_peek(pd->stream, &read_data, &read_length);
        CHECK_SUCCESS_GOTO(ret, r == 0, unlock_and_fail);

        if (read_length <= 0) {
            pa_threaded_mainloop_wait(pd->mainloop);
            CHECK_DEAD_GOTO(pd, ret, unlock_and_fail);
        } else if (!read_data) {
            /* There's a hole in the stream, skip it. We could generate
                * silence, but that wouldn't work for compressed streams. */
            r = pa_stream_drop(pd->stream);
            CHECK_SUCCESS_GOTO(ret, r == 0, unlock_and_fail);
        }
    }

    if (av_new_packet(pkt, read_length) < 0) {
        ret = AVERROR(ENOMEM);
        goto unlock_and_fail;
    }

    dts = av_gettime();
    pa_operation_unref(pa_stream_update_timing_info(pd->stream, NULL, NULL));

    if (pa_stream_get_latency(pd->stream, &latency, &negative) >= 0) {
        enum AVCodecID codec_id =
            s->audio_codec_id == AV_CODEC_ID_NONE ? DEFAULT_CODEC_ID : s->audio_codec_id;
        int frame_size = ((av_get_bits_per_sample(codec_id) >> 3) * pd->channels);
        int frame_duration = read_length / frame_size;

        if (negative) {
            dts += latency;
        } else
            dts -= latency;
        pkt->pts = ff_timefilter_update(pd->timefilter, dts, pd->last_period);

        pd->last_period = frame_duration;
    } else {
        av_log(s, AV_LOG_WARNING, "pa_stream_get_latency() failed\n");
    }

    memcpy(pkt->data, read_data, read_length);
    pa_stream_drop(pd->stream);

    pa_threaded_mainloop_unlock(pd->mainloop);
    return 0;

unlock_and_fail:
    pa_threaded_mainloop_unlock(pd->mainloop);
    return ret;
}

static int pulse_get_device_list(AVFormatContext *h, AVDeviceInfoList *device_list)
{
    PulseData *s = h->priv_data;
    return ff_pulse_audio_get_devices(device_list, s->server, 0);
}

#define OFFSET(a) offsetof(PulseData, a)
#define D AV_OPT_FLAG_DECODING_PARAM

static const AVOption options[] = {
    { "server",        "set PulseAudio server",                             OFFSET(server),        AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str = NULL},     0, 0, D },
    { "name",          "set application name",                              OFFSET(name),          AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str = LIBAVFORMAT_IDENT},  0, 0, D },
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Size: 2 partial microfilm reels.
Summary: Correspondence and papers relating primarily to Archambault's work in miniatures. Omitted from microfilming are photographs of Archambault's sitters and models.
Edward Warwick, Booker T. Washington, Elizabeth Fisher Washington, Marjorie Watmough, Harvey M. Watts, E. A. Weaver, Mabel R. Welch, Samuel P. Wetherill, Candace Wheeler, Janet D. Wheeler, H. C. Whipple, Bishop White, W. G. White, William John Wittemore, Charles F. Wignall, Joseph Willcox, Henry Willet, Alyn Williams, Francis Howard Williams, Mary Rhoads Garrett Williams, Talcott Williams, George Charles Williamson, Sydney E. Wilson, William Powell Wilson, William E. Winner, Frances A. Wister, Jones Wister, Mary C. Wood, J. E. Woodbridge, Charles H. Woodbury, Joseph W. Woods, David H. Wright, Henriette Wyeth, and Elinor Carr Zimmerman.
Portrait and minature painter, author, educator; Philadelphia, Pa.
Microfilmed by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania for the Archives of American Art, 1955. Donated to the HSP by Anna Archambault, 1933-1946.
Originals in: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Anna Margaretta Archambault papers.
Microfilm reels P26 (347-) & P27 (1-461) available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Anna Margaretta Archambault selected papers, [ca. 1880-1946]. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.


The Women's 2013 European Championship's continues on Sunday night this time featuring Iceland versus Germany from the Växjö Arena Stadium in Vaxjo.
View our Betting Preview, Tips, Predictions and Match Odds for the game that can be seen exclusively Live on BBC Three High Definition, with a scheduled 20:30pm (BST) Kick Off Time.
Germany will be out to prove a point after the last games disappointing result against the Netherlands who managed to frustrate them in a 0 – 0 draw. With Germany dominating Iceland in 12 previous meetings with winning all 12 matches that have been played. This record is Germany's best against any nation with 5 of them being competitive fixtures where the Germans have scored an impressive 19 goals. The total goals being 48 with only conceding an incredible 3 goals. With Germany not losing a UEFA Women's Championship fixture since 1996 against Norway in an opening qualifying match for which Norway won 3 – 1.
Even with Germany's team full of injuries for this tournament I still can't see them losing this match.
Iceland can take positives from their last match against Norway with scoring a late equalizer from the penalty spot in the 87th minute, and although they may of given the Icelanders some confidence I don't feel this team have what it takes to progress past Germany with any result but a loss. Siggi Eyjolfsson the Iceland coach may argue that fact as he has faith in his side who treated the draw against Norway with celebrations and see it as a step forward for Iceland in Women's football.
Iceland aim for 13th time lucky against the Germans and although they have no injuries I still can't see this team experiencing that win against this currently injured German side. Iceland have currently got 1 point in their first game, which is more than what they got 4 years ago in the competition. With smiling assassin Margret Lara Vidarsdottir on the team sheet she will be aiming to build on her tally after calmly slotting home her penalty against Norway.
Coach Silvia Neid is facing a selection nightmare with injuries as Babett Peter, Verena Faisst, Viola Odebrecht, Alexandra Popp, Linda Bresonik and Kim Kulig who are all major key players in the side have all been ruled out of any involvement from this competition due to respective injury problems and although the squad still has a few experienced players involved, things are obviously going to be a lot more difficult for this German side to secure their 8th European Championship Title. But with what should be an easy game for the Germans winning here should put them a step closer to progressing into the knockout stages.
The two nations have played 12 previous meetings before this game taking place in Vaxjo, but due to Women's football only becoming a recognised sport in recent years we unfortunately don't have all the data to show you in our head to head statistic table above so have included the information we have managed to obtain which shows their last 2 meetings.
However, in the 12 previous encounters Germany have won all games with scoring an impressive 48 times and only conceding 3 goals themselves.
The 12 previous meetings have seen a total of 51 goals scored which provides us with an average goals per game statistic of 4.25 which promises that this game on Sunday night should see a few goals scored in the Vaxjo Arena.
With Germany missing a huge important part of their squad to injury they are still in relatively good form, with their last result seen as a disappointment against the Netherlands.
Iceland v Germany Match Betting Odds Market.
Germany have been installed as the clear odds on favorites to win this game by the online bookmakers with a best price available of just 1/5 with Bet365 – £200 Free Bets For New Customers Registering an Account. which for me looks extremely short considering half the regular team will be unavailable.
The Draw has never been seen between these two sides and it shows with good odds with the current best price of 6/1 with Skybet – £10 Free Bets No Deposit For New Customers Registering an Account.
Iceland are not given much chance at all in winning this game with the online bookmakers having them priced up at a best price of 18/1 with BetVictor (£25 Free Bets for New Customers) but with Germany missing a large number of key players, Finland will certainly fancy their chances of causing a huge upset.
Iceland v Germany Match Predictions, Tips & First Goal Scorer Bets.
Easy prediction here with a Germany win all the way, even with a large important part of the side out injured I still can't see Finland getting anything from this match.
Although I always like having a cheeky bet on the underdog I feel only a small bet will do as not to lose all of my hard earn wages!
Take Germany to win 3 – 1 @ 9/1 with Skybet – £10 Free Bets No Deposit For New Customers Registering an Account.
Take an Iceland 1 – 0 win @ 25/1 with Betfred (£50 Free Bets for New Customers).


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Home Technology Kim Kardashian gets fined $1.26 million by the SEC for touting EthereumMax...
Kim Kardashian gets fined $1.26 million by the SEC for touting EthereumMax on Instagram
The crypto crackdown has come for Kim Kardashian.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on Monday that the queen of influencers did a little too much influencing when it came to the EthereumMax (EMAX) token, which Kardashian promoted on her Instagram in June 2021. She's agreed to pay $1.26 million and not promote crypto securities for the next three years.
The settlement shows that the SEC is ready, willing, and able to go after celebrity crypto endorsers. Many of them made plenty of money promoting what ended up being shady crypto schemes that quickly collapsed, leaving investors (often their own fans) with empty pockets.
SEC chair Gary Gensler did a little social media influencing of his own, announcing the settlement with a tweet that included a video of him warning people about celebrity endorsements of investments.
Today @SECGov, we charged Kim Kardashian for unlawfully touting a crypto security.
This case is a reminder that, when celebrities / influencers endorse investment opps, including crypto asset securities, it doesn't mean those investment products are right for all investors.
— Gary Gensler (@GaryGensler) October 3, 2022
That tweet may well serve as a warning to the celebrities themselves, too. Gensler has made no secret of his desire to go after the loosely regulated and highly volatile world of crypto investments. The SEC has already investigated some of the biggest platforms and people in it. While Kardashian is one of the first, and surely the highest-profile celebrity, to get dinged for promoting crypto to her fans, it's doubtful she'll be the last. She may not even be the last celebrity the SEC charges for promoting EthereumMax, which also enlisted boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. and basketball player Paul Pierce to endorse the token. The SEC noted that its investigation into EthereumMax "is continuing."
Kardashian's Instagram story was marked as an ad with "#ad." That wasn't good enough for the SEC, which said in its release that the post didn't include all the information that was legally required for security endorsements, including the source and amount of that compensation. Kardashian was paid $250,000 for her story, the commission said.
Kardashian's settlement includes that $250,000, interest, and a $1 million penalty. It's a tiny fraction of her net worth, which is estimated at nearly $2 billion. Kardashian probably won't even notice it's missing. But there's a symbolic value, too: this shows that the SEC isn't afraid to go after some of the biggest celebrities in the world.
"Ms. Kardashian is pleased to have resolved this matter with the SEC," Patrick Gibbs, a lawyer for Kardashian, said in a statement. He added that Kardashian cooperated with the SEC and will continue to do so. "She wanted to get this matter behind her to avoid a protracted dispute. The agreement she reached with the SEC allows her to do that so that she can move forward with her many different business pursuits."
EthereumMax spiked in value when Kardashian, Mayweather Jr., and Pierce promoted it. It plummeted quickly afterward. The three are also the subject of a class action lawsuit that accuses them of working with EthereumMax to artificially inflate the token's value, also known as a "pump and dump." The crypto world has been especially susceptible to these, with many celebrities promoting tokens to their fans, only for those tokens to crash in value shortly afterward.
Ben McKenzie, an actor who has become an outspoken critic of the crypto market — specifically the "Hollywoodization" of it — wrote about Kardashian's EMAX promo last October for Slate as an example of how celebrities were taking advantage of their fans by endorsing shaky crypto investments.
"The wheels of justice grind slow, but at long last government regulators have struck a death blow to the nascent crypto industry. I speak, of course, of Kim Kardashian and EthereumMax," McKenzie told Recode.
Update, 3 pm ET: This story has been updated to include a statement from Kardashian's lawyer.
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Queenstown Airport's new runway, taxiway, approach and apron lights have been extensively tested over the past week and can now be seen in full glory in video footage released by Airways New Zealand today.
The $1.65 million airfield lighting project managed by air navigation service provider Airways New Zealand is part of a wider $19.6 million Queenstown Airport runway infrastructure upgrade. The lights were turned on and tested after dark last night for the first time, via a helicopter with Airways' flight inspectors and specialist testing equipment on board.
The lighting system performed as expected during this testing, and further flight tests and fine-tuning of the lights will occur over the next couple of days as part of Airways' robust testing and calibration regime. The Airways tests are occurring in preparation for handover of the lighting system to airlines for their own flight tests.
The footage released today begins at dusk and shows the new runway, taxiway, approach and apron lights in use after dark for the first time. During the flight testing last night a helicopter flew at varying altitudes around the airfield, flying aircraft approach and departure paths repeatedly as Airways flight inspectors on board checked the lights.
These flight manoeuvres were closely monitored and managed by air traffic controllers in Airways' Queenstown control tower.
About 200 lights have been installed or repositioned, including Precision Approach Path Indicator lights (PAPI) lights, and touchdown approach, runway centreline, runway edge and threshold lights. Industry standard LED (light emitting diode) lights have been installed – key benefits being brightness, resiliency, reduced maintenance and power savings.
Both the runway and airfield lighting upgrades were key conditions set by New Zealand's CAA and Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) when approving the airport's evening flights safety case in 2014. The runway works, carried out over the past six months in parallel with the lighting upgrade, has involved widening the runway from 30m to 45m and resurfacing it with a 110mm asphalt overlay.


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Samothrace is not on the main tourist route, but the natural beauty of the island, rivers, forests and mountains, astounds those who come here. The highest mountain is Mt. Fengari (1611m) and is the highest mountain in the Aegean . Samothrace is rich in flora and fauna and ideal for nature lovers. The ancient site of the Sanctuary of the Great Gods goes back in time to when the island was a major religious centre.
Kamariotissa
This town is popular with German tourists who use it as a base to explore the island. There are plenty of cafes and restaurants in the town. The small pebbly beach is rather exposed.
The main capital of Samothrace is charming with its meandering lanes and houses tiered on the hillsides. The ruined fortress on the summit of the hill gives excellent views over the area. The town is quaint in it does not pamper to the tourists.
Set among trees and babbling brooks the village of Loutra is a popular resort, the village has mineral springs in which one can bathe.
The Palaiopolis Archaeological site
The tour of the site begins at in front of the little Agia Paraskevi Church. A stone-paved walkway leads to the Sanctuary of the Great Gods. To the east, high up on the slopes, we can see the walls (6th-3rd century BC) of the ancient city. In the eastern part of the city, you can still see the remains of an early Christian basilica, built to commemorate the visit of the Apostle Paul (49-50 AD).
Towering above the harbour and basilica are the city's fortifications, dating from 1431. The visitor to the archaeological site can make use of a specially laid path around the antiquities, inspecting the Palace, the Tholos of Arsinoe II, the Building of the Dancers, the Sanctuary and the Monument of Nike. The museum has artefacts from the Sanctuary of the Great Gods. The star attraction is the copy of Winged Victory of Samothrace, (the original is in the Louvre, Paris).
Therma: is famous for thermal sulphurous springs that have made the spa renowned for its therapeutic qualities since Byzantine times. The rich vegetation encountered all across the island is due to the many watercourses and streams that descend the slopes of Mt. Saos, whose summit, Fengari, is 1,664m above sea level. From the village there is a path to the summit; the climb takes about three-and-a-half hours and offers superb views of the mountain landscape.
Mikro Vouni: south-west of the village of Alonia is the site of an ancient settlement that dates to the sixth millennium. The find of Minoan seals here caused a sensation, as well as some clay 'documents' from a Minoan (perhaps Knossos) archive; this was the first time such finds had been unearthed so far from Crete
Fonias River : This is a nice walk along a well-marked path, which runs along the river, it leads to rock pool with a spectacular waterfall. The path leads to a further six waterfalls but the path can be a bit daunting.
Pachia Ammos, (Samothraki)
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TAUNTON — In his nearly 20 years working in the city's public school system, John Cabral has checked off several items on his educator's bucket list.
As principal of Friedman Middle School in the early 2000s, Cabral joined the fifth grade band for a year and played trumpet, albeit with no prior knowledge of how to use a brass instrument.
"Instead of taking lunch for 26 minutes, I would be joining the band," said the 45-year-old, now entering his first year as superintendent of Taunton Public Schools.
Cabral crossed off another item just this month when he challenged Hockomock League all-star pitcher Kelsey White to a one-pitch duel — and then proceeded to whiff at a devastating 60-mile-per-hour rising fastball.
"It was great to have a chance to recognize the softball team, they make it look so easy," said Cabral, who said he challenged White knowing full well how his at-bat would turn out.
Now, as superintendent of schools, Cabral wants to continue organizing similar types of activities that he said are intended to forge a stronger connection with the students.
From sports and academic "challenges" — to plans that include substitute teaching and riding the school bus in the morning, Cabral said that interacting with students in different settings is fundamental to his educational philosophy.
"Putting myself on a level playing field with students, I just thought it was a good lesson for the kids — to step out of your comfort zone, to not be afraid to try new things and to never put yourself above others," he said.
Now in a role that Mayor Thomas Hoye has called one of the "most powerful" positions in the city, Cabral said that he wants to apply the wisdom he gained from past mentors to help students across the district.
Born on São Miguel Island in the Azores, Portugal, Cabral immigrated to the United States with his parents and two sisters in 1975 and settled in Fall River, where he was raised throughout his childhood.
There, Cabral said that his father — who had only attained a fourth grade education after he was forced to quit schooling at a young age to support his family in the Azores — worked as a machine operator at Quaker Fabric, which has since closed down.
Cabral's mother — who had a sixth grade education — worked for more than 30 years supporting the family as a seamstress at Shelburne Shirt.
As someone who had always aspired to enter into education, particularly in an administrative role, Taunton's newest superintendent said that his path was not much different than the one taken by most of his counterparts — he began as a teacher.
While attending Henry Lord Middle School, Cabral met a college student named Tom Coute, who was conducting student teaching in a social studies class at the time and is now a Taunton High School teacher.
"(Coute) was somebody that I aspired to be like," he said.
The superintendent also said that he enjoyed writing in high school, and participated in an aspiring educators workshop as a part of a journalism class.
Cabral combined these three elements in both his education and work life when he attended Benedictine University in Illinois from 1992-1996. At Benedictine, he majored in history and minored in education.
"If I didn't have that opportunity, I probably would have been at the fabric company, where my father had a job lined up for me after high school, or attending a junior college," Cabral said.
In his earlier years, Cabral said that he both watched and played his fair share of soccer, having grown up in a household supporting the Portuguese club S.L. Benfica.
Cabral said that he considers himself "blessed" to have both shared a dorm and played college soccer alongside two of his fellow high school teammates — yet despite his interest in the sport, he never seriously considered playing professionally.
"By the time I went to college, I'd only left Fall River twice — once to visit the Azores and for a basketball camp at Villanova," he said.
Later, while working as a teacher in Fall River, he worked as a freelance reporter at the Fall River Herald, although he was not allowed to write in the newsroom because he was not a full-time employee.
"I set up my own office and worked from home, but I always had to make sure nobody was on the phone," he said, in reference to the dial-up internet access method at the time that prevented browsing when a phone line was in use at a user's home.
In his earlier years as an educator in Taunton, Cabral said that he had several mentors who taught him "what Taunton is all about": Mike Ferrari, Ray O'Malley and Richard Faulkner.
Cabral said that O'Malley — who can be seen in a photograph in the book "Orr on Ice" in which Bobby Orr is checking O'Malley — was one of the first Taunton school administrators that he looked up to.
"He was one of the first principals to put me in a position to demonstrate leadership," Cabral said.
He also credits Cristina, his wife of 17 years, for her support during particularly stressful days. Their two daughters, Sophia and Madeline, currently attend Friedman Middle School as sixth and fifth graders, respectively.
"My wife is the rock of the family — she keeps us grounded and keeps me balanced," he said.
Cabral said that Cristina works as a school psychologist in the city, although they do not talk at-length about their work on the weekends.
In his 20-year career at Taunton Public Schools, Cabral has taught dozens of classes as a teacher, was responsible for hundreds of students as a principal, and more, recently, oversaw millions of dollars.
All of these roles, he said, have prepared him for his most pressing duty ahead.
"This year is an opportunity to listen to the stakeholders and get an idea of what they believe is working well and areas that we can work on," he said.
Cabral said that his six-member leadership team comprises former principals, directors and teachers who have a combined nearly 150 years of educational experience.
With other veteran educators and professionals at his side, Cabral said he believes that his own recent financial experience with the school's budget will allow for well-rounded management of the district that focuses on students' best interests.
"I love the fact that our team is almost like the Belichick model in which everyone can cross over to other disciplines, so we're not just focusing on one area at a time," he said.
To prepare his staff for the upcoming year, Cabral held an all administrators retreat this month where administrators were tasked with the challenge of building and programming their own robotic car in teams of three.
Cabral said that this too is an example of challenging administrators to put themselves on a level playing field with their students, many of whom are already highly proficient in programming.
In an era where technology is changing at a rapid pace, Taunton's newest superintendent believes that the district has nearly all of the tools to prepare students, and future educators, for the qualifications of an evolving job market.
"There are so many opportunities for you in Taunton Public Schools. It all depends upon what you want to do — and we have the people in place to support you, guide you, and encourage you to attain whatever it is you want to attain," he said.


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Theory Workbook Grade 6 describes the nature of the questions set on theory papers for the grade and explains clearly how to tackle them. A step-by-step guide is given to answering the questions on harmony and melodic composition and suggested answers and responses are analysed. Several samples round off these chapters, providing ample opportunity for the student to put theory into practice immediately. the context questions are prefaced by an introduction outlining the knowledge tested in the exam; these chapters contain a total of twelve sample extracts, each accompanied by many relevant questions, with answers given at the back of the book.
This workbook focuses precisely on the skills and knowledge needed at Grade 6 and will provide candidates with the tools to approach the paper positively and sit it successfully.


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I love getting ready for NYE, I have created a look that I think will be great for a night out. For my eyes I have created this gold/green shimmer eyeshadow going into a black smokey eye. I thought to do something different for a change as I am always using the same eyeshadow colours. The gold and green tones made my blue eyes pop and to finish off the eye look I applied some full wispy lashes.
I started off by applying a base colour to my eyelid, this can be any white/creamy tone eyeshadow that you have. I used my 25A Copper Spice morphe palette for this and applied the product using a flat brush. As always I use my MAC Fix + and spray the product on to my brush as this makes the eyeshadow stay on longer and gives more of a pigmented effect. Continuing using my morphe palette I applied a light warm orange/brown eyeshadow using a crease blending brush.
For the centre of the lid I used the Makeup Geek Dirty Martini Eyeshadow, this is a light green colour. I would highly recommend makeup geek eyeshadows, they are known for their great pigmentation and are easily to blend. It is important to keep blending your eyeshadows together, this will give you a smoother look to avoid any harsh lines. I went back to my morphe palette and picked up a slightly darker brown tone to apply into my crease, this will give my eye more definition and over the top of my green eyeshadow I used a gold shimmer eyeshadow, you can use a flat brush or your finger and lightly apply this over the centre of the lid. I then went in with a grey/black tone eyeshadow only applying a little bit to my crease just to put the eye look together. I picked up my blended brush once again and blended every thing out.
To give me a glow on my face I used my Gerard Cosmetics Highlighter in the colour Grace. For foundation I used my born this way foundation by too faced, the reason I used this foundation is because it gives a full coverage which I think is great for a night out as it will last longer and look great in photos. For my Lips I applied Benefit Sugar Bomb Lip Gloss, I adore this product it is really glossy and has a lot of moisture. Plus it is not sticky like some lip glosses you get.
To get full wispy lashes, Lily lashes have the best lashes you can get plus you can get 20+ wears out of them, thats very long lasting! I have the lashes 'Miami' the popular style and most sold as Kylie Jenner uses these lashes!
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