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Instructor/Assistant Professor in Kinesiology
Michigan State University College of Education
Instructor/Ast Professor Fixed Term
Work type: Faculty/Academic Staff
Major Administrative Unit / College: College Of Education
Department: Kinesiology - Ed 10014394
Sub Area: FAS- Fac./Acad Staff
Salary: Salary Commensurate with Experience
Location: East Lansing
Categories: Education/Training, Fixed Term Faculty, Full Time (90-100%), Union
Working/Functional Title
The Department of Kinesiology at Michigan State University (www.educ.msu.edu/kin) is world renowned for research, teaching, and outreach in pediatric kinesiology. Housed in the College of Education, the department serves approximately 1,400 undergraduate students and 100 graduate students.
Description of duties
Teach in all modes of delivery and at the undergraduate and graduate level in areas of expertise and department curricular need, with particular focus on the professional Master's of Athletic Training program.
Recruit, advise, and mentor graduate students in the professional Master's of Athletic Training program.
Perform activities required to maintain CAATE accreditation.
Perform service as appropriate to the department, college, university, profession, and community.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability or protected veteran status.
Required Degree
We are seeking a Fixed-Term Instructor or Fixed-Term Assistant professor in Athletic Training. If chosen as an Assistant Professor, a doctorate degree (or equivalent terminal degree) will be required. If chosen as an Instructor, a master's degree will be required for the position.
Advanced degree in Athletic Training, Kinesiology, Health Administration or equivalent program (i.e., Public Health, Sport Science, Health Leadership). Applicants must be a Board Certified (BOC) Athletic Training and be able to obtain athletic training licensure in the state of Michigan. The successful candidate must have experience teaching in a CAATE accredited Athletic Training program.
Previous experience as a Coordinator of Clinical Education.
Knowledge of CAATE accreditation practice and policies.
Evidence of effective graduate student mentoring.
Clinical practice experience.
Applications should be submitted via CAREERS@MSU (https://careers.msu.edu).
Interested candidates should submit a letter of application, teaching philosophy, diversity, equity and inclusion statement, curriculum vitae that includes names, addresses, emails, and phone numbers of 3 references
Together-we-will Statement
The university is requiring all MSU students, faculty and staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19 with limited exceptions. Learn more at: https://msu.edu/together-we-will/
Review of applications will begin on Dec. 9, 2022 and will continue until the position is filled.
Review of Applications Begins On
www.educ.msu.edu/kin
Department Statement
The Department of Kinesiology at Michigan State University is one of the oldest in the United States, first established as the Department of Physical Culture in 1899. Today, kinesiology is one of the largest undergraduate majors on campus and our doctoral program is ranked among the top 25 in the Evaluation of Doctoral Programs in Kinesiology conducted by the National Academy of Kinesiology. All major areas of kinesiology are represented within the Department, including exercise physiology, sport and exercise psychology, motor control and learning, biomechanics, and athletic training. The Department is characterized by a strong focus on student success, a vibrant research culture, and a friendly, collegial, and family-friendly atmosphere.
MSU Statement
Michigan State University has been advancing the common good with uncommon will for more than 160 years. One of the top research universities in the world, MSU pushes the boundaries of discovery and forges enduring partnerships to solve the most pressing global challenges while providing life-changing opportunities to a diverse and inclusive academic community through more than 200 programs of study in 17 degree-granting colleges.
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Australia's fastest growing online travel company, TripADeal, is excited to announce its launch into the New Zealand market. Launching early October, TripADeal is set to shake up the way New Zealanders book and experience travel, with a range of exceptional deals to the world's most desirable locations at unbelievable prices - all flying from New Zealand.
To coincide with the launch, Rugby Union legend Dan Carter has been announced as the New Zealand Brand Ambassador, helping TripADeal cross the Tasman to link New Zealanders with the best global travel deals.
"I'm excited to be partnering with TripADeal. As a rugby player, I have been lucky enough to travel to so many amazing places around the world, so it is an important part of my life," Carter says. "TripADeal will help New Zealanders achieve their travel dreams. With deals like these, TripADeal really makes travel affordable for everyone."
The Byron Bay based travel company, which was recently named the sixth fastest growing business in the Asia- Pacific Region by the London Financial Times and the Australian Financial Reviews Top 100 Fastest Growing Company two years in a row, has so far sent more than 60,000 travellers around the globe, a number that is set to dramatically grow following the launch in New Zealand.
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Find out more about what it's like to be a woman working in the film industry. Sandi Somers has headed up a valuable program called HERLAND in Calgary where female filmmakers receive mentoring and work on a film project of their own. Joining her for this conversation is filmmaker Christy Garland, whose film CHEER UP is screening at the festival.
This year we are excited to bring you further into what happens behind the scenes in order to bring our favourite pictures to the screen. There are many technical and craft skills needed, along with the vision to put a film together, and we want to explore that with you. We have a wide variety of events, so drop in and celebrate filmmaking with our visiting filmmakers, or find out how talented local Alberta filmmakers are. We encourage you to share your experiences with us on social media using the hashtag #calgaryfilm.
We love Q&As so much that we're taking them to the next level. These will go further in-depth with filmmakers about their work. Join us for a coffee or beverage, and listen to local and visiting filmmakers discuss different aspects of their craft. Check out the following pairing at Cafe Blanca, with a FREE beverage for the first 10 people to arrive! Look out for The Alberta Filmmakers Podcast, who will be recording live on-site.


I haven't written a word on this blog since more than one year. I figured it was high time to make some effort to hammer it back into shape.
I have spent some time thinking about the reasons for which I stopped updating the content. Laziness is a reason, of course; but also something deeper.
I had designed this blog in 2013 with the help of a good book, Antonio Cangiano's Technical Blogging. I idolized his words (as alas I do too often with too many maîtres à penser), and wanted to faithfully follow them. Now don't take me wrong, I still think highly of Antonio as a colleague; only I came to the conclusion that his book was not really meant to suggest me this particular strategy, but that it was me instead who interpreted it that way.
One of his pieces of advice was to focus on one topic; and I decided, since for some obscure and uncontrollable fate I was knee-deep into C++, to write about that. The twist, since I recognize my lack of experience and expertise, was that I wanted to use the blog to document my findings and my efforts, and to be held accountable of some amount of progress, however marginal, but unstoppable. Ah that, that I love. Constant growth.
But then, expectedly, unexpected happened. I started having a hard time at work, from lack of challenges, among other boring things. And so C++ became, in my eye, the tool that I used during my daily job, and that I associated with the hard time and the stress and a lot of things which have nothing to do with the technology itself, but made me respect it less as a scaffold to build my spirit in the time I've got to strengthen my knowledge (because it is this I do every moment).
I mixed two parts of reading and one part of living, and at some point I saw the truth. I was not growing. I was stuck for some reason; of course, I was missing out on the blog being an instrument of improvement, but I didn't mind that at the moment. I was not growing because I was not explicitly planning for it. Because I was not fighting to make it happen, letting it go, for whatever definition of _it_. I needed to rebuild a sustainable process of growth, from its foundations. The spark of this revolution, by the way, was a talk at the ACCU conference, with the apt name Becoming a Better Programmer, by Pete Goodliffe.
I started with 2 things, then improved on that. So far it is going well. I use Toggl for time tracking, but this is just a detail. (It is serving me well though).
I manage to squeeze 2 45-minutes blocks, which I assign to an activity each; currently, it is reading Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective and learning Racket. I have started on August 24, 2015, and November 8 will mark the 12 weeks milestone, at which point I will measure the experience. I could not wait until then to squeeze in some other activity, and in my case, I kindly vexed myself with an additional 30-minute block a day of reading Josuttis' tutorial on the C++ Standard Library.
This is a plan; sometimes, I don't manage to follow it. But it is definitely better to have plan than not to, so I'll stick with this, and only change my mind every 3 months or so. This helps me keep my focus, and not being drained away by all the shiny stuff I run into. It also helps me arrive at the end of the funnel.
This is about my growth as an engineer. One language does not define my activity; and I want to describe exactly that, the struggle, and not only presenting in my own way the results, that can be found in books.
This blog is part of a larger project, Gergelim, which is my attempt at describing who I am by showing what I do, and by reflecting on the process. The information in the website, and the one on this blog, are meant to be grown like a plant, rather than to be thrown on a page with a date, and forgotten, and get stale, and stay partial, incomplete.
I have a couple of ideas to also improve the whole project, and they involve the transformation of the website into a wiki, to be kept together with the blog. Linearity and hyperlinks. More on this in later posts.


Last Friday, High Touch Technologies employees from all locations (Wichita, Kansas City, Corpus Christi, Dallas, San Antonio, and Denver) as well as Great Plains Communications participated in the annual food drive and display build.
Teams were by location and in Wichita, divided by the floors of offices (6-9) as well as the Great Plains team. The team that donated the most food items won a prize and there was also a winner for best display. The local Wichita donations went to Inter-faith Ministries.
Here are the photos of the displays and larger photos are available through High Touch's Facebook page.
7th floor's Heroes display – winner of most donated items!
Great Plains Communications pumpkin pie display – the winner of favorite display!


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Waiheke Island Four Square store caught selling liquor to minor in police sting
Waiheke Island's Four Square grocery store sold alcohol to a minor. Photo / File
Waiheke Island's Four Square is fighting the suspension of its liquor licence after it was allegedly caught selling a 15-year-old cider in a police sting.
It claims it should not be liable for a suspension after an anomaly occurred in its sale system, leading to the operator bypassing the system so he could tend to other customers.
It is the second time in less than two years the grocery store has been before the Alcohol Regulatory and Licensing Authority.
The Four Square, in the Oneroa village shops on the island, was the target of controlled purchase operation in January.
In the operation, according to a decision this month from the Authority, a 15-year-old volunteer named Caitlin purchased a bottle of raspberry Rekorderling cider.
Caitlin, who said she was told to wear her usual clothes and not to try to look older than she was, provided her passport as identification when making the alcohol purchase.
There were eight other customers and four staff in the store at the time, she said.
The owner-operator of the Four Square, Tim Baker, told the Herald the decision was being appealed.
"We take our responsibility as a retailer of alcohol very seriously," he said.
The Four Square argues an anomaly in the point of sale system occurred when Caitlin purchased the cider and the checkout operator instead bypassed the system.
When an age-restricted item is scanned a pop-up screen appears and requires a date of birth to be filled out for the sale to go ahead.
However, an authorised staff member can bypass the system instead of filling out the system.
When Caitlin appeared at the counter with the cider, the operator scanned it and asked for her identification when he noticed she looked under 25.
Caitlin handed over her passport to the operator and he filled out the system with her date of birth, which shows she was born in 2002.
In evidence, the operator said he thought he entered the date of birth incorrectly, deleted it and entered the date of birth again.
It was at this point, he said, the system failed and the screen went blank for two or three seconds.
Aware of having to serve other customers, the operator decided to rescan the cider and bypass the authorisation system with his pass.
The operator admitted not knowing who the on-duty manager was at the time.
The same licensee previously failed a controlled purchase operation in January 2017.
Because the operator was not a manager but held the authority to bypass the system, because he did not know the on-duty manager and because of their previous failure to sell alcohol to an underage person, the licensee faces a 10-day suspension period.
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Q: Terraform issue attaching a security group to my aws instances I'm new enough to terraform and think I am misunderstanding something with count and count.index usage.
I am creating some EC2 instances using the count parameter and it works fine
resource "aws_instance" "server" {
ami = data.aws_ami.app_ami.id
instance_type = "t2.micro"
key_name = "DeirdreKey"
subnet_id = aws_subnet.my_subnet_a.id
count = 2
tags = {
 Name = "server.${count.index}"
}

I want to associated a security group with both instances so I created the below
resource "aws_network_interface_sg_attachment" "sg_attachment" {
security_group_id    = aws_security_group.allow_internet.id
network_interface_id = aws_instance.server.primary_network_interface_id
}

However I am running into this error
Error: Missing resource instance key

on lb.tf line 57, in resource "aws_network_interface_sg_attachment" "sg_attachment":
57:   network_interface_id = aws_instance.server.primary_network_interface_id

Because aws_instance.server has "count" set, its attributes must be
accessed on specific instances.

For example, to correlate with indices of a referring resource, use:
aws_instance.server[count.index]

I understand what the error is complaining about . Its because the local resource name I am referring to in not unique as I have created a count of 2 aws instances called "server". I dont know how to fix it though. I tried with the below
resource "aws_network_interface_sg_attachment" "sg_attachment" {
security_group_id    = aws_security_group.allow_internet.id
network_interface_id = aws_instance.server[count.index].primary_network_interface_id

But then I get the below error
Error: Reference to "count" in non-counted context

on lb.tf line 53, in resource "aws_network_interface_sg_attachment" "sg_attachment":
53:   network_interface_idaws_instance.server[count.index].primary_network_interface_id

The "count" object can only be used in "module", "resource", and "data"
blocks, and only when the "count" argument is set.

Does this mean I have to introduce the count.index into the local resource name? I tried it a few ways and it doesnt seem to work
resource "aws_instance" "server${count.index}" {

A: You need a count statement on the resource to use count.index. Count statements can get out of hand, so if you have multiple resources that logically need the same count, use a variable or local value:
local {
  replications = 2
}

resource "aws_instance" "server" {
  count = local.replications
  ami = data.aws_ami.app_ami.id
  instance_type = "t2.micro"
  key_name = "DeirdreKey"
  subnet_id = aws_subnet.my_subnet_a.id
  tags = {
    Name = "server.${count.index}"
  }
}

resource "aws_network_interface_sg_attachment" "sg_attachment" {
  count                = local.replications
  security_group_id    = aws_security_group.allow_internet.id
  network_interface_id = aws_instance.server[count.index].primary_network_interface_id
}

This creates one security group attachment per server, and gives you a list of servers you can reference as aws_instance.server[0] and aws_instance.server[1], and a list of attachments that you can reference in the same way.

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Iraqi hospital says 4 killed in unrest in southern city
BAGHDAD — A hospital and local authorities in the southern Iraqi city of Najaf say four people were killed in unrest that erupted as a mall burned down during a demonstration there.
The Najaf province's security command said security forces arrested five mall guards who had fired at the demonstrators, killing and wounding several.
The city's Hakim Hospital said on Thursday morning that 17 people were also wounded in the unrest overnight.
The fire at the Bashir Mall erupted after the guards opened fire at supporters of populist Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr who were rallying against his former aide, Kazm al-Issawi, outside the mall.
Al-Sadr had earlier condemned corruption in the country and fired al-Issawi over graft. His political office says the demonstrators were protesting against corrupt officials.


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Bomb squad carry out second controlled explosion at Medmerry Beach
Stephen Wynn-Davies
A second controlled explosion was carried out on Medmerry Beach after reports of more ordnance being found.
The Selsey Coastguard and Rescue Team was called to the incident at 1.13pm today (Monday, January 28).
Coastguard
The ordnance was located, photos were sent to the coastguard's operations room and the beach was closed.
The Royal Navy E.O.D. (Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team) arrived before a controlled explosion was carried out.
The beach was then reopened and the team were stood down to return to station.
Selsey Coastguard said: "Ordnance comes in all shapes and sizes and previous ordnance found on this beach has been found to be highly explosive so please do not touch it and dial 999 and ask for the Coastguard straight away.
"In an emergency out at sea, on the beach, or along the coast dial 999 and ask for the Coastguard."
This is the second time ordnance has been found on Medmerry Beach in three days after a controlled explosion was carried out at 9.36am on Saturday (January 26).
Bomb squad carry out controlled explosion on Medmerry Beach


Ridership on New York City transit has reached a peak, according to the MTA, but despite that, available subway exits remain shuttered for commuters, which can be dangerous in this era of unprecedented crowding, an I-Team investigation has found.
I-Team cameras captured exits and staircases at subway stations that were either locked behind heavy gates or completely boarded up. These an all too common sight, straphangers say.
According to MTA data obtained by NBC 4 New York partner WNYC, of the 468 stations in the subway system, there are 119 stations with at least one closed entrance. In the late 70s, the MTA closed some entrances because of declining ridership and to help prevent crime.
But now with people swiping MetroCards at record levels -- more than 6.2 million people on a single day, according to the MTA -- calls to reopen those entrances are growing louder.
It's not just a matter of convenience, it's a matter of safety, said Glenn Corbett, a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
"These exits should be made available again to give people a choice of getting away from something" such as in a fire or a terrorist attack, he said.
According to Corbett, buildings in New York City are required to have a certain number of exits. For example, buildings with up 500 occupants need to have two exits. Buildings with more than 1,000 occupants need four exits.
At some subway stations, there is only one means of exiting -- a clear violation, according to Corbett, of National Fire Protection Association standards that demand "two means of egress remote from each other shall be provided from each station platform."
Former Fire Commissioner Thomas von Essen who headed the FDNY through the 9/11 attacks, says multiple exits are needed now more than ever.
"You're really taking a risk by not having as many exits as possible that you can use," von Essen said. "If there's an incident at one end of the station, they should be able to get out."
It's something New Yorkers are thinking about now, with pictures of the attacks in Paris and San Bernardino fresh in their minds.
The MTA says it is considering reopening some of the entrances, but doing so is not so simple. Some exits are merely locked, while others are boarded up, re-configured or covered with a layer of concrete.
Pending funding, the MTA will try to reopen entrances on the A/C line at Franklin Avenue, 168th Street and 50th Street, the agency said.
The agency has also applied for federal funding to build a new entrance at the First Avenue L station, where commuters are bottlenecked out of the only exit at one end of the platform.
The MTA says it is grandfathered in on many national fire standards because the transit system is so old. Compliance might mean a full, top to bottom remodeling, which would not be practical, the agency said.
Still, the FDNY told the I-Team in a statement, "Exits should be available for use at all times based on highest anticipated occupancy, and when means of egress are found inadequate NYCTA is notified for resolution." There is also a fire officer who is dedicated to working with the MTA on these issues.
Another complication involves the Americans with Disabilities Act. When reopening an entrance, the MTA is obligated to make that entrance ADA accessible which is not always practical or possible, so they keep the exits closed as a result.
But those excuses mean little to commuters.
"Not do anything about the possibilities that we are mindful of, is irresponsible," said Danielle Inge.


BATAVIA — A special exhibit will open in Batavia Sunday that conveys naval operations during the War of 1812.
The exhibit is on loan to the International Peace Garden Foundation from the Department of the Navy and is sponsored by the Friends of the Batavia Peace Garden.
The public is invited to attend the Open House from 2 to 5 p.m Sunday.
Additional dates and times when the exhibit can be viewed by the public are as follows: 2 to 4 p.m. Oct. 29, Oct. 31 and Nov. 3.
Location is on the ground floor of the former History Department in the Genesee County Buildings and Ground building, located at 3 West Main St.
The Batavia Peace Garden is part of the War of 1812 Bicentennial Peace Garden Trail that spans nearly 600 miles across New York state and Ontario, Canada.
For more information, contact Barb Toal (344-2458) or Paula Savage (343-2387 or cell 585-300-9252).


He is not known to lose his cool too often. But some informers insist that Bachchan Sr is unhappy about the unprofessional ways of Ambika Hinduja's production team.. with whom he's working on Teen.. Chaar.. Paanch Patti.. whatever.
Hello my dears.. you're back to the week's grind.. and I'm never off it. But dearies, I love what I do unlike some people who just drag on and on and on. So, no complaints.
Anyway, my darling Banu friend is chilling out in Hyderabad with her beau. And I'm here waiting for Vijjy to call me.. one of those routine things lovers do. And Vijjy does it with absolute regularity.. cho chweet of him no? While I'm waiting for the call, we can do with some goss.
"Nahiiiin." But my friends insist I hear.. and I have to oblige.. you know how it is. Well, one of my new friends complains that Kat has taken her role in Rajneeti too seriously. I've heard of people who take real to reel. She does the opposite. Hmm, that's scary sometimes, Kat.
I'm told she doesn't get out of her Rajneeti character.. not even at home. Apparently, Katrina plays a super ambitious politician who wants to achieve her goal at any cost.. read that ANY. For that, she willingly chooses the wrong over the right. Hmm. That reminds that my mum's friend Raveena Tandon had done a similar thing in Satta a few years ago.. or was it decades? I wouldn't know because I don't study history.. but it's repeating itself.. no?
And now, an informer pssts pssts that she.. Kat not Raveena sillies.. has been trying to rub the effect of her role on Salman Khan.. who strangely looks calmer than the Pacific Ocean these days. Aww.. my heart goes out to my Sallu darling who always becomes the pillar of strength in all his women's lives.. whether they care or don't. Sigh!
Teen.. Chaar.. Paanch Patti.. whatever.
Fashion designer Akki Narula was Big B's costume designer for the leafy movie. One of those days, the designer was shown the door and Bachchan wasn't even informed about the change. One of the designer's girlie assistants has replaced him. I'm sure my fashion frat friends agree that it's uncalled for but Bachchan saab being the thorough professional he is, hasn't complained about this.. yet. I wish production teams had better sense.
Not again.. one more complaint from tinselville. Okay, but after this if I get one more.. I'm sure I'll throw up. I've already told Madhu my Mottu Maid to keep some medicines ready. Anyway, I'm getting incessant phone calls.. this time on my landline.. from some random make-up artistes and show organisers. They have all been cribbing about a certain actress called Aamna Sharif.
They said she throws attitude. But everyone in show town worth their salt and pepper does that. It's the easiest way after all to feel like a star and tell the world you've arrived. Just before I hung up on one of the callers, he said that Aamna takes two to three hours only for her make-up. Oof.. now I know and so do you.. that that's why this once-upon-a-time TV starlet looks extra peaches-and-cream these days.
Aww.. Akshay Kumar.. mine and only my Akkkkkiiii.. will not be using a chopper anymore. Ooo.. I mean the helicopter not the kitchen veggie tool naughties. He cooks once in a while I know and peels mangoes for his firang colleagues.. but that's another story.
Well, my Akkkiiii will no longer use a chopper to fly between Mumbai and Karjat where he's shooting for Vipul Shah's Action Replay. Reason: biwiji Twinkle and son Aarav have moved to Karjat.. temporarily of course.. to be with the man of their chhoti family. So, Khiladiji moves in and out of the sets without the chopper. Hmm.
I wonder where these stories about link-ups come from, shortly before a movie releases.
Now, a newbie lead pair, Vaishali Desai and Jackie Bhagnani, are painting the town in shades of red, yellow, blue and green shortly before their debut movie releases. They've been spotted at places all and sundry in the city.
I wonder whether they're trying to convey that they're seeing each other. Or that they're just 'good friends'?
Or is it just the craving for a rumour? Hmm, next they'll tell each other.. hum aapke hain hi koun. But then such is life dearies!


Purepoker is a new and small poker room from the Middle East where Israeli citizens can play online poker. There are no leading poker rooms in the country, but instead, so many wealthy players looking to play online as they used to do in the past.
Therefore, Purepoker, like other Israeli rooms, will delight you with very weak lineups (compared to live casino level) and action at medium and high stakes, especially at PLO. The access to the room is limited but Worldpokerdeals provides to its players a special deal — accounts with a big plus: full deposit guarantee.
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Almost all 6-max tables correspond to 10/20 /NL/PL450) and there are HU tables.
Purepoker runs on its own software. By default, the lobby opens at the cash games section. There are five filters available and also a hand replayer could be used during the games.
The tables are very convenient for multi-tabling (good fonts and large clear buttons). In the setting 8 themes are available and the card deck could be changed. The bet size can be modified by the user.
There is no tracker support at the moment.
All transactions at Purepoker are handled by our manager, using the most popular payment systems. We fully guarantee our players deposit at Purepoker.
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The Senator Representing Abia Central At the National And Former Abia State Governor Chief Theodore Orji has been Elected as the Peoples Democratic Party Candidate for 2019 Abia Central Senatorial District.
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The Centre and the Circle: Dante's Vita nuova (29.1.2014)
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The Vita nuova is a journey to the centre of Dante's own emotional life.
In his first book, Dante tries to come to terms with his experience of love – the fulminating first encounter with Beatrice when he was nine years old and she eight; their second meeting nine years later, when both were on the threshold of marriage; and the fateful denial of her greeting when word had reached Beatrice's ears that Dante was addressing poems and compliments to another lady.
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Home Blog How Many Lights Will I Need This Christmas?
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Vladimír Lučan (* 4. června 1977 Zlín) je bývalý český reprezentant v orientačním běhu. Mezi jeho největší úspěchy patří stříbrná medaile ze závodu štafet z Mistrovství Evropy 2000 a zlatá medaile ze štafet z juniorského mistrovství světa 1996 v Rumunsku.

V dospělosti byl členem klubů orientačního běhu USK Praha a Dukla Liberec, v současnosti je členem OK Lokomotiva Pardubice. Ve Skandinávii startoval za finský klubu Tampereen Pyrintö.

S manželkou Martou Lučanovou mají tři syny (narození 2009, 2011 a 2014).

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50 Cars that are Plummeting in Value
Car depreciation is a source of intense consternation when purchasing a new or used vehicle. All cars lose their value, and this process begins sharply. The average new car loses approximately 10 percent of its value as soon as it's driven off the dealer's lot. At the end of the first year, the car will lose an additional 10 percent on average – and often much more.
Vehicles from an unappealing brand or with few options will feel the biggest impact, depreciating as much as half their purchase price in the first one or two years. If the manufacturer is retiring a vehicle, then the value can drop like a lead weight. This loss in value is relevant to any used car buyer.
What's more is that depreciation doesn't necessarily slow much after the first year. New cars continue to depreciate for another four more years, averaging a value loss of 15-25 percent each year. By the time it is five years old, the average car has lost 60 percent of its retail value.
If you're looking to purchase a vehicle soon, it pays to know the market. Below is a list of 20 vehicles that are currently losing their value the fastest and why.
50 – Hyundai Genesis
The Hyundai Genesis is at the top of the list of vehicles that depreciate the most and quickest. The Genesis competes with other luxury cars, but lacks the brand appeal of an established luxury vehicle. Its price tag is comparable to Mercedes or Lexus models, but it will lose 38 percent of its purchase value within the first 12 months. This is a drawback if buying brand new, but could be considered a benefit if buying used. Car buyers looking for luxury can buy a 1-year-old Genesis for $16k less than a brand new one (which starts at around $52k).
49 – Smart ForTwo
The Smart ForTwo is another vehicle whose value free falls in the first year of ownership. This is likely because, although it gets plenty of publicity for being a green car, the benefits of driving it seem to end there. The gas mileage is formidable but the interior is claustrophobic and cramped, the two-speed transmission is obnoxious to most drivers and though it's touted as safe for its compact size, most car buyers would seem to prefer a more highly safety-rated, mid-sized competitor. The Smart ForTwo is worth 36 percent less than what its owner paid for it (approximately $14k), after only one year.


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Thin SlideKick multi-tool is made for pockets
By Ben Coxworth
The SlideKick is presently on Kickstarter
Novel Carry
A black version of the titanium SlideKick may also be offered
The non-bit-driver end of the SlideKick features a combination pry bar, scraper, box opener and flathead driver
The SlideKick's hex wrench in use
Assuming the SlideKick reaches production, a pledge of US$55 will get you one in stainless steel, with $100 required for the titanium version – the planned retail prices are $60 and $105, respectively
Although most compact multitools are also known as everyday carry (EDC) tools, it can often be difficult to everyday-carry them in your pocket. That isn't the case with the SlideKick, however, which is designed to be sleek and pocketable.
Created by North Carolina-based startup Novel Carry, the SlideKick's flat steel body measures just 0.4 inch thick by 1 inch wide by 3.6 inches long (10 by 25 by 91 mm), not counting its pocket/belt clip. Buyers can choose between stainless steel and titanium models, both of which reportedly weigh less than 2 oz (57 g).
In either case, stored within the body are three 4-mm Wiha steel bits, which are accessed by sliding back a cover on one side of the device. Any one of those bits can then be placed in a magnetic 4-mm driver on one end of the tool, allowing it to be used as a screwdriver. It comes with one Phillips bit plus T6- and T8-sized Torx bits, but users can swap in whatever third-party 4-mm bits they wish.
Additional features include a quarter-inch hex torque-wrench slot that doubles as a bottle opener; a combination pry bar, scraper, box opener and flathead driver; metric and imperial rulers; plus the ever-popular lanyard hole. And yes, the whole thing is TSA-compliant, so it's OK to bring on planes.
Should you be interested, the SlideKick is currently the subject of a Kickstarter campaign. Assuming it reaches production, a pledge of US$55 will get you one in stainless steel, with $100 required for the titanium version – the planned retail prices are $60 and $105, respectively.
You can see the SlideKick in use, in the video below.
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Based out of Edmonton, Canada, Ben Coxworth has been writing for New Atlas since 2009 and is presently Managing Editor for North America. An experienced freelance writer, he previously obtained an English BA from the University of Saskatchewan, then spent over 20 years working in various markets as a television reporter, producer and news videographer. Ben is particularly interested in scientific innovation, human-powered transportation, and the marine environment.
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News > Latest Poker News > Jamie Gold Places Odds on Super Tuesday Winners' Chances for President, as Other Poker Pros Weigh In
March 2, 2016 Latest Poker News
Jamie Gold Places Odds on Super Tuesday Winners' Chances for President, as Other Poker Pros Weigh In
By Philip Conneller
Super Tuesday with the poker pros: Phil Hellmuth says Donald Trump has changed the game of politics and typical poker strategies may not be effective on the GOP frontrunner. (Image: thatpokerguywordpress.com)
Super Tuesday held the whole world's attention yesterday, and so mesmerizing has the race to the White House become that top poker pros have taken to armchair grandstanding about it all.
In fact, mainstream news media this week came seeking the opinions of famous poker players to help them figure out these presidential primaries.
First up was former WSOP champ Jamie Gold, of all people, on Fox News, of all places. This is what having a good agent in show business will get you, folks.
Billed as an "expert odds analyst," Gold had been booked to explain how betting markets are usually able to predict the outcome of political events far more accurately than the pollsters.
"When people are betting real money, they are actually going to vote for whoever they really bet on," explained Gold. "The betting line and odds have, historically, been a much better indicator of who is going to win."
This is true, although the segment then proclaimed Hillary Clinton to be a resounding favorite, based on sports betting markets in Europe, which of course are used by people who can't actually vote in the US elections.
In fact, the only place where Americans can legally engage with bookmakers is the sports books of Las Vegas, and since Nevada outlaws betting on election results, we're not sure that this news segment was entirely useful, but it was definitely entertaining, as you can see in the Fox News segment below.
Think of Harpoons
Never mind, though, because next up financial news website The Street charged Phil Hellmuth, a man who's been known to read people's souls, with the task of figuring out "how to stop Donald Trump."
Hellmuth, who said he follows politics, but has no particular affiliation, characterized Trump as the ultimate loose-aggressive player.
"When you're playing against a loose-aggressive player, think of a harpoon," explained Hellmuth. "You nail them with a harpoon, on one big pot for all their chips. They're a big target and Trump is a big target.
"He's playing many weak hands, so you'd expect him to get harpooned a lot," said the Poker Brat, warming to his theme. "The problem is you've harpooned Trump five times and he's so smart, he's so resilient, he has so much style, he's changed the rules of poker."
And there you have it. Rubio and Cruz have had their harpoons at the ready, and have been stabbing at Trump daily of late. But the Big Whale is still ruling the ocean, so Hellmuth is spot on in his afterthoughts.
Greenstein Disses Trump
One poker player who you sense might be looking to get his hands on an anti-Trump harpoon is Barry Greenstein, who revealed himself to be the opposite of a fan in an interview with PokerListings this week.
Greenstein does not mince his words, describing the property tycoon as "an American Kim Jong Un."
He also relates a story of actually meeting The Donald ten years ago at the Trump National Golf Course and being left with a distinctly unfavorable impression.
"I was talking to the manager of the golf course who was a big poker fan," recalls Greenstein. "Trump walks over to us and points at the blue and pink flowers next to the course. 'More blue flowers,' he said to the manager. 'Take out some of the pink flowers.' Then he walked away and the manager says to me: 'Last time he was here, he wanted more pink flowers.'
"I thought Trump was senile on that day and here we are, 10 years … later, and he's running for president."
In the spirit of political impartiality, we should add that many of the other candidates have been called out for similar mental challenges.
Philip Conneller
As part of the team that launched Bluff Magazine back in 2004, and then as Editor of Bluff Europe, Philip Conneller has (probably) written thousands of articles about poker and has travelled the globe interviewing the greatest players in the world, not to mention some of the sexiest celebrities known to man in some of the world's sexiest destinations. The highlight of his career, however, was asking Phil Ivey (as a joke) how to play jacks, and emerging none-the-wiser. Philip once won $20,000 with 7-2 offsuit. He has been told off for unwittingly playing Elton John's piano on two separate occasions, on different sides of the Atlantic Ocean. He became a writer because he is a lousy pianist. He lives in London where he spends his time agonizing about Arsenal football club, yet in Wenger he trusts.


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Cat in Belgium first known to test positive for coronavirus: report
FOX NEWS - A cat in Belgium has tested positive for the coronavirus after catching the potentially deadly bug from an infected owner, officials said Friday.
The sick pet in Liège tested positive after showing classic symptoms of COVID-19 — including difficulty breathing — a week after its owner first fell sick, health officials told a press conference, the Brussels Times reports.
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While it is the first known infection of a cat, two dogs in Hong Kong have previously tested positive — with the first, a 17-year-old Pomeranian, dying after returning home from quarantine.
"The cat had diarrhea, kept vomiting and had breathing difficulties. The researchers found the virus in the cat's feces," professor Steven Van Gucht said Friday, according to the outlet.
No information was given on the conditions of either the cat or its owner, the Brussels Times said.
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The project "DeliverHy - Optimisation of Transport Solutions for Compressed Hydrogen" is a European Collaborative Project funded by Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU) and supported by the European Commission under the 7th Framework Programme. Project reference and Call ID: FCH-JU 2010-1 Project Number 278796. The project started in January 2012 and lasts until December 2013.


Delhi Police arrested a 56-year-old man at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi for making 'lewd gestures' at a woman while they were on a flight from Hyderabad, according to several media reports.
According to the police, the alleged incident took place on Saturday on an IndiGo flight, NDTV reported.
The complainant, a 44-year-old Hyderabad woman, who was sitting next to the man — accused him of unzipping his trousers and masturbating as the flight was about to take off — raised an alarm and informed the attendants, who changed her seat.
The woman filed an FIR soon after the flight landed at New Delhi, NDTV reported.
Hindustan Times identified the accused as Ramesh Chand, a resident of Rohini Sector 3 in New Delhi.
According to India Today, Chand was booked and charged under Section 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) and Section 345A (sexual harassment) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).


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Many of our sponsors provide a one time donation to support a child for a year. This type of support is a big help as we can then focus on raising funds for children who have not got sponsorship for the full year. To sponsor a child for a year you can make a one time donation of GBP 120 by getting in touch with us through the Contact US page or by using the donate button below.
One time donations can be of any amount. The money helps us in supporting children who have not received yearly or long term sponsorship (mentioned above). We additionally use money to organize special treats for our children. And if the total donations received are more than yearly costs of a supporting all our children, we will use it to take on board more children the next year. To make a one time donation you can get in touch with us through the Contact US page or use the donate button above.
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Prisoners (2013)
Earlier this summer, news broke out of Cleveland that three girls who had been missing for over a decade had finally been found alive in a home belonging to Aerial Castro. This miraculous discover was a happy ending for the families who were forced to endure years of torment over whether their loved ones were alive or dead. With such chilling news reminding us that the most terrifying monsters of all could be living just next store to us, now is the perfect time for a film like director Denis Villeneuve's Prisoners. Dealing directly with child abduction, Prisoners wastes no time getting under the viewer's skin and striking an all-too-real chord that sucks the air right out of the theater. With its dreary atmosphere and lack of polish to keep the audience removed from the story, Prisoners becomes a riveting revenge thriller that sidesteps an exploitative side, a trap many well-known revenge thrillers have fall into. Then there is the powerhouse cast (Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Terrence Howard, Paul Dano, Viola Davis, Maria Bello, and Melissa Leo), a slew of Oscar nominees and winners who comprise the fractured center of this deeply disturbing piece of filmmaking.
Prisoners begins with Keller (played by Hugh Jackman) and Grace (played by Maria Bello) Dover and their two children, young Anna (played by Erin Gerasimovich) and teenage Ralph (played by Dylan Minnette), heading up the street to the home of Franklin (played by Terrence Howard) and Nancy (played by Viola Davis) Birch for Thanksgiving dinner. While the adults sip wine and visit, Anna and Ralph wander around the neighborhood with Joy (played by Kyla Drew Simmons) and Eliza (played by Zoe Borde). The kids soon stumble across a dingy RV that Joy and Anna proceed to start climbing on. After discovering that someone is inside, Ralph and Eliza lead the kids away before the owner can come out and yell at them. Later on, Anna and Joy head back out to the Dover's so Anna can show Joy her safety whistle. After failing to return, the parents begin frantically searching the neighborhood. Unable to find the girls, the parents alert the police, who immediately put Detective Loki (played by Jake Gyllenhaal) on the case. That evening, Loki discovers the RV that the girls were reportedly playing on. Inside the RV, Loki discovers Alex Jones (played by Paul Dano), who he immediately takes into police custody. After discovering that Alex has the IQ of a 10-year-old and there is no evidence of the girls having been in the RV, Loki releases Alex back with his aunt, Holly Jones (played by Melissa Leo). Enraged and convinced he is guilty, Keller takes the law into his own hands, kidnaps Alex, and begins torturing him in the hopes of finding the whereabouts of the missing girls.
While Prisoners presents itself as a revenge thriller, the film could also pass as a horror film—a horror of personality film to be exact. Early on, Villeneuve suggests that there is something ugly and horrible about to strike in suburbia. There are low rumblings on the soundtrack and he cuts to outside shots of the Birch home with an ugly gray tree cutting right through the center of their lovely home. Something is about to break up this happy family and leave them scarred forever. There is also no sunny comfort, as every exterior shot is filled with billowing snow, low roars of thunder, gray clouds, and sheets of rain smashing against homes and car windows. It's about as atmospheric as a film can be. When the revenge aspect kicks in, the film doesn't rely on copious amounts of blood and gore to shock (that isn't to say the film is bloodless), but rather the heaving animalistic savagery that can erupt when one is consumed by unguided accusation. Villeneuve serves up several shots of rundown apartment hallways complimented by Jackman's angry shouts and Dano's terrified whimpers barely audible through the rotting drywall and wood. The yellowing walls and crumbling apartment building where much of the torture takes place mirrors the deterioration of the central character's morals. The trust in the law is long gone and the only way to get answers is to viciously and relentlessly attack someone who may not even be guilty. Villeneuve and screenwriter Aaron Guzikowski suggest that even through uncertainty, the drive to put a face on our pain and suffering can bring out the worst in us, even those who are claim to be men and women of God.
With the grim tone keeping us frozen in our seats, Villeneuve then allows the performances to emotionally drain us. Jackman completely disappears in the role of Keller, a bleary-eyed man of God who looks like he has been blasted by a wrecking ball. His anger erupts when Dano's Alex is released in from police custody and when his wife sobs that he needs to protect his family, his revenge plot turns him into grizzled shell of a man who has to keep reminding both God and Alex that he doesn't want to be unleashing the rage that he is. Howard's Franklin is a timorous disaster who continuously suggests that torturing Alex is a grave mistake. Despite his protest, he aids in beating the man to a bloody pulp. Davis walks a fine line between objecting and approving of Keller's approach to the horrific situation. She's certainly distraught, but she demonstrates a bit more strength than Bello's crumbling Grace. Piled under a mound of blankets, clutching tissues, and popping prescription meds, Grace finds solace in coma-like slumber. Dano is fragile yet dark as the bespectacled Alex, who enjoys yanking a dog up in the air and dangling it from a leash. Gyllenhaal is magnetic as the tattooed hard-boiled detective simultaneously trying to get to the bottom of the disappearances while unraveling something much bigger than he ever could have imagined. It's even worse when his superior suggests that maybe he should let the case go. Melissa Leo rounds out the A-list cast as Holly Jones, Alex's aging aunt with a broken past.
At a towering two and a half hours, Prisoners is surging with ripped-from-the-headlines realism that is never given a million-dollar sheen some films of this sort get. The film seems cold to the touch and the violence, when glimpsed, is absolutely stomach churning. People gasped when we caught a glimpse of Alex's swollen and beaten-in face, the presentation of a torture device made out of a shower makes you groan in disgust, and a sudden suicide blasts both the characters and the audience across the face with a sledge hammer. Even the film's child abduction subject matter is darker than the midnight hour and becomes a tough pill to swallow. The climax of the film threatens to become a bit ludicrous, but Guzikowski's screenplay has every angle covered to make sure the events never plummet into implausibility. Overall, its tough to call if Prisoners will become a darling come awards time, but the film dares to explore humanity at its absolute worst. Not only that, but the performances, especially Jackman's, demand to be seen and will not easily be forgotten. As an early fall movie season effort, Prisoners disturbs the viewer at the deepest levels imaginable.
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For all the films that have acted like rollercoaster rides this summer, none have been more of an emotional ride than The Help. Do I dare say, this early on in the year, that Tate Taylor's sassy comedy/drama set at the height of the Civil Rights Movement is one of the best films of the year? I think I can. But while some films find their way to the top of that list by how pertinent they are to the current epoch (see The Hurt Locker, The Social Network, The King's Speech, etc.), The Help doesn't send a particularly current message. Sure, it's can't-we-all-just-look-past-our-differences-and-just-get-along can work in every climate and it is basically a rallying cry for outsiders (of any color, might I add) to find their voice and stick up for themselves. No, a film can find it's way to the top of that list on the performances that make up the said film. The Help thrives on this idea. Yet the film strings along scene after scene that in one second will have you chuckling ("I NEVER burn chicken!") and the next will have you scrambling to pick up the pieces of your shattered heart. It's quite the bipolar film.
When I say this is a film for outsiders, we must take into consideration the era that this film takes place in. Set in the 1960's, Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan (Played by the inescapable starlet Emma Stone) is a recent college grad that is also an aspiring writer. She is a confident, self-assured, and snappy woman who is determined to make a career for herself and avoid becoming a phony trophy/stay-at-home wife like the ones she mingles with on a daily basis. Upon returning, she ignites an old friendship with Hilly Holbrook (Played by the jaw-dropping beaut Bryce Dallas Howard), a stay-at-home wife with a racist streak and a political agenda of her own. She is making a push to segregate bathrooms in the household between colored help and the white inhabitants. One day during a violent storm, Minny Jackson (Played by Octavia Spencer), the colored housekeeper of Hilly, has to use the restroom and she doesn't want to brave the vicious storm to do it. Defying the frigid Hilly, she uses the white facilities and gets herself fired. Simultaneously, Skeeter has started working on a book with the reluctant and reserved Aibileen Clark (Played by the Oscar-worthy Viola Davis) on what it's like to be colored help in the south. Aibileen convinces Minny to contribute to the book, sharing a story of revenge that threatens to tear apart Skeeter's friendships with old friends and family.
The Help narrowly avoids being the mandatory mother/daughter bonding film of the summer. Upon an initial first glance, it appears to be the option for the ladies who don't want to accompany their chest-thumping husbands and boyfriends to the latest Fast and Furious movie. The film does act as a celebration for the liberated, empowered female, but also a film that gives an individual who sees themselves as looked over and brushed to the side courage to find their voice. It's universal, yes, but outrageously accessible. This is what troubles The Help. It's so concerned about being unanimous and trying to appeal to everyone. That's why the ending of the film is such a wallop. It seems like this sequence should serve as a bridge from one conflict to another in a film like this, but it leaves the audience filling in what happens next. I applaud the film for taking this route. It lacks the Hallmark ending that would usually make a sappy film like this diabetically sweet.
Despite its blatant comradery, the film is carried on the backs op Davis, Spencer, Howard, and Stone, who act as the heavy lifters in this picture. Davis plays Aibileen with haunted eyes and a cracked soul. She pulls genuine condolences for her character when we learn about her distraught back-story. Spencer is feisty and adds the spunk a film like this needs. She delivers the best lines of the film and she sometimes seems relegated to jester to the seriousness at hand. Near the end, get ready for a serious shocker from her character that will leave you clutching your gut in laughter. Stone is her usually sweet self as the ambitious Skeeter. She represents what was ultimately rejected during this era—the career driven woman. Her cancer stricken mother who pleads with her to find a man and get married hounds her every step of the way and this further solidifies her outsider persona. She absolutely refuses to give a man an inch. In one flashback sequence, she sulks to her sweet and elderly housekeeper Constantie (I could have watched a whole film about Skeeter's relationship with Constantine!) about not getting asked to the school dance by a boy. It's a minor sequence that hints at the confidence seeds planted within her. And we can't forget Howard, who clocks in a vile performance as Hilly, a despicable human being with no compassion. She gets what's coming to her and I won't reveal what that is, but I will say that the revenge here is certainly sweet.
Despite it's clichés, The Help is a remarkably enjoyable and ultimately a feel good film. It doesn't pretend to be anything else but what it is. It acts as a voyeuristic look back in time as well as encouraging empowerment and liberation for present times. These messages are elementary at best here, but I had such a great time watching these women that I am willing to forgive this one flaw. There were scenes that ate at me and there are some tearful moments. It's a performance film that tells a stimulating story with impeccable ease. Since seeing it and thinking about it, the film has a strange pull on the viewer. It's delectably entertaining. You want to go back and listen to these characters again. The film ends with a monologue from Aibileen saying that no one has ever asked her how she is doing. Well Aibileen, you certainly have my undivided attention. Grade: A
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This 6-arm chandelier was designed by Paavo Tynell and produced by Taito Oy Ab in Finland in 1949. Paavo Tynell was responsible for designing the lighting for the hospital in Kuopio. This particular chandelier was based on Tynell's existing model 9029/6. The six-armed brass fixture has three circular brass coils and six handblown glass shades.
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Finnish industrial designer Paavo Tynell was born in Helsinki in 1890. During his formative years, Tynell apprenticed as a blacksmith, after which he began working for Finnish metalsmith Koru Oy. During his time there, he also studied at the Helsinki University of Industrial Arts. In 1913, he was awarded the title of master craftsman.
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Aalto and Tynell formed a long-lasting friendship that resulted in Tynell designing lighting for Aalto's company Artek, particularly for various private and public commissions like the Paimio Sanatorium (1929-33), the Savoy Restaurant (1937), and the Viipuri Library (1935). Tynell, who also designed jewelry, forged the wedding rings for Aalto and his wife, Aino Mandelin Aalto.
In 1947, Tynell began working with the New York design gallery, showroom, and restaurant Finland House, which showcased his work alongside other Finnish designers. His success in New York led to design partnerships with American lighting design companies Lightcraft and Lightolier, where he worked beside American industrial designer Gerald Thurston. During this time, his designs were marketed under the Finland House name but continued to be produced by his company in Helsinki.
Tynell worked as the CEO and chief designer of Oy Taito Ab until his retirement in 1953. The company was sold to Finnish lighting company Idman Oy, which Tynell had been cooperating with over the years. Idman restructured the company and production under the new name. Tynell designed for Iman until the mid-1960s, while also working as a freelance designer for many other companies in Finland and abroad.
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Known for their delicate aesthetic, Tynell's designs often utilize perforated metal and brass and reference nature through stylized leaves, vines, and snowflakes. From the 1930s throughout the 1950s, he was considered one of Finland's most successful lighting designers, celebrated for his contributions to the Sokos Hotel and its penthouse lounge Café Vakuuna (both 1952); the office of the Secretary General of United Nations in the United States (1952-5); the Lasipalatsi building in Helsinki; and the Helsinki Central Railway Station.
Over the course of his illustrious career, Tynell received many awards and accolades, including first prize for Best Lighting Design at the American Interior Decorator's Competition (1950), as well as recognition at the Barcelona World Exhibition (1929) and Milan's Triennale (1933).
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The wall in the wood shop was sanded and another coat of mud put on. This is the before we even started it picture.
Then after we took out the window and framed it in.
We moved some equipment around in the wood shop it allow easier access and use.
I need to build a dust cabinet around the cnc router and I wanted the access to be where I can install and remove fixtures and parts.
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We also got the cnc router up and running. The parameters had been changed and it took most of Saturday getting it to work properly. Here is a quick video of it cutting air.
The other project that was worked on was the photographic stand for rifles and pistols. The first version I was using a lazy susan to allow me to move it.
However there was to much movement so the final version is just bolted to the board.
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Re: Funnest way to drive through NYC
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on March 05, 2015, 02:11:21 AM
This is now way off topic, but:
Back in the days of Old English, all adjectives formed their comparative and superlatives in "-er" and "-est." But later, starting in the fourteenth century or so, the forms "more" and "most" appeared. Over time, they took over from the endings in the vast majority of cases, except for a number of short and commonly-used words, where they were retained. Because "fun" started life as a noun, it does not have this earlier form, and so by default it uses "more" and "most." Other monosyllabic adjectives that take "more" and "most" tend to do so for other reasons, most often because they are rare enough that no one knows that there are "-er" and "-est" forms that can be used. A good example here would be "moot."
Interesting; has the word "fun" specifically been studied in this regard, or is that just general history of the language that applies to the word?
Of course, you can also use "more" and "most" with nouns: "This is more fun than yesterday." "This is more jam than yesterday." How do we distinguish that "fun" here is an adjective when "jam" is definitely a noun?
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Quote from: Pete from Boston on March 05, 2015, 04:14:16 PM
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Quote from: empirestate on March 05, 2015, 02:38:00 PM
Continuing to veer off track here:
The history of the comparative and superlative in English has been extensively studied. Entire books have been written about it. To make sure I got my facts straight, I checked Victorina González-Díaz, Adjective Comparison: A Historical Perspective (Philadelphia: Benjamins Publishing, 2008). But there are many, many others. A Google Scholar search will turn up dozens, most of which have been cited quite a few times.
As far as parts of speech go, these are determined by how words are used and how they are understood. As for "fun," what likely happened is that someone long ago said something like, "This is a fun game." What they meant by this was, "This is a game to be played with fun (as opposed to seriousness)," in the same sense as "This is a board game," means, "This is a game to be played with a board (as opposed to cards)." But, "This is a game to be played with fun," is a somewhat awkward sentiment, and so the idea behind "This is a fun game" was more readily "mapped" in people's minds to "This is a game that creates fun," which is easy to do by changing "fun" from a noun to an adjective, which, in the history of English, is the sort of thing that happens all the time. Over time, the usage stuck.
To verify the adjectivication of the noun "fun," what you do is look for instances of its use where conceiving it as a noun doesn't make sense. So, consider, "Baseball is more fun than football." If you can replace "fun" with other nouns and get sentences that someone might actually say, then you can conclude that "fun" is a noun, at least in those cases. If you can't, then it's not. And because you can't say things like "Baseball is more excitement than football" or "Baseball is more delight than football," we can be sure that "fun" has some usage as an adjective.
Incidentally, I was surprised to find that the word "fun" originally meant "young woman." How it got its current meaning is anyone's guess. . . .
Back on track, I was also surprised to learn that 278 crosses all the boroughs of New York. If I had known that I would have taken that route last summer. I'm sorry if this has already been asked, but how much is the total toll for that route from the New Jersey Turnpike to Connecticut?
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Quote from: CtrlAltDel on March 05, 2015, 04:57:08 PM
Aha! I think we've found the crux of it. To me, you certainly can say the sentence using "excitement" or "delight". Of course, those words sound awkward in the context, which leads me to choose the word "fun". I'm trying to think of an instance where "fun", or some form of it, is unquestionably functioning as an adjective but does not sound erroneous to my ear. In fact, I can find similar usage with things like color words: "The hat in this painting is more red." While "red" is definitely an adjective sometimes, in that sentence I hear it as a noun because I hear a reference to the glob of paint used to produce the hat, as well as its chromatic properties.
So the function of parts of speech seems a bit like chord function in musical harmony: there are sometimes multiple to ways to analyze the same harmony, one of which may sound unambiguously correct to one ear, while another may find it mutable. (As may some music critics, ba-dum-ching!)
I'm not surprised that there have been many histories written of the comparative and superlative; I was just wondering if you'd seen any that specifically deal with the word "fun"? (And I bet there are many of those, too.)
(And it's okay to veer off track, because the OP took his funnest trip through NYC on the 4th, and now it's the 6th, so the question is either answered or moot.)
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In this day's society standards of beauty are very clear. We can see unequal treatment for different population groups only because their appearance like what Cameron said in her talk.
Its ok to feel uncomfortable with your body, in this days the social network becomes influential because the content in there (pictures videos and more). In addition, all these become more accessible and that's why six years old girls not happy with their appearance as a lot of other people.
For example, in advertisement there is use of thin and very beautiful and young people. there is stereotype in society that women should be beautiful and thin in order to be attractive. and if she is not so she is not attractive. I think that more and more boys are concern a lot about their appearance.
Even so, it's our job to put notice and not be to fanatics about weigh lose and body shape. You can keep diet, exercise and wear nice clothing that's fits you well.


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