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Battle of Saragarhi example of unparalleled zeal, courage: Nijjar
Chief Khalsa Diwan organises seminar on battle
Updated At: Nov 12, 2022 11:20 AM (IST)
Minister Dr Inderbir Singh Nijjar, a delegation of the British Army and students at a seminar. Vishal Kumar
Amritsar, November 11
The Chief Khalsa Diwan organised a seminar dedicated to the soldiers of Battle of Saragarhi that stands as an example in exemplary warfare in the world history.
The historic significance of the battle and its heroes was presented by various scholars, who discussed the details on how the last stand at Saragarhi became a celebrated example.
Chairman of the Saragarhi Foundation, Dr Gurinderpal Singh Joseon, and the British Army delegates, including Major General Celia Harvey, Major Varinder Singh Bassi, Major Daljinder Singh Virdi and others, participated in the programme.
CKD chief and Cabinet Minister Dr Inderbir Singh Nijjar said the saga of the Saragarhi war is a shining light of the unparalleled zeal, courage and sacrifice of the Sikh soldiers, an example of which is not found in world history. He emphasised on the need to make it a part of the education syllabus in order to make children aware about this historical war.
Dr Joseon shared a detailed account of the events before and after the Saragarhi attack in a chronological order, the determination and bravery of the 21 brave Sikhs in front of 10,000 resourceful Afghans, and the details of the memorials and models made in memory of martyrs abroad.
Later, the school's kawishri team depicted the battle in an enthusiastic vocal presentation. Simar Singh, who has been registered among the world's youngest historians, also shared information about his research work related to the Saragarhi "massacre" and described the "massacre" as a war fought by the British Sikh regiment inspired by the battle of the Garhi of Chamkaur Sahib.
Major General Celia Harvey, from the British Army, thanked the CKD management and lauded the bravery, discipline, courage and devotion to duty shown by the Sikhs, physically and mentally, in the Saragarhi war.
On the occasion, the Saragarhi Foundation released a book "Mission Saragarhi" prepared on the completion of 125 years of Saragarhi. Major Daljinder Singh from the British Army called the statue of Havildar Ishar Singh, who led the Saragarhi war, established in London, as a matter of pride for the Sikh community. He also told the audience about the successful efforts made by the Sikh soldiers in the British Army to be allowed to keep "Gutka Sahib" with them at all times.
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Pfizer and Moderna companies have recently announced their coronavirus vaccines' effectiveness this month after extensive research. On November 9, Pfizer had initially announced that its COVID-19 vaccine is 90 percent effective. However, on November 16, Moderna emerged with its announcement, stating its vaccine is 94.5 percent effective for preventing infections.
Why Modena Currently Outshines Pfizer
Initial trial analysis conducted by Moderna involving 30,000 participants indicates the vaccine's effectiveness protected people from developing mild and severe coronavirus infections without significant side effects.
Researchers also assessed 95 confirmed coronavirus cases from these participants. Ninety cases of the coronavirus cases were placed on placebo over several months, with five cases observed in a group receiving a two-dose vaccine. Its conclusion resulted in an approximately 94.5 percent vaccine efficacy.
Currently, medical specialists note it's not apparently clear about the period of the vaccine immunity. Also, they are not sure how frequently they may require recurring vaccination injections.
Moreover, Moderna stated that people could refrigerate the coronavirus vaccine for up to 30 days, unlike Pfizer's, requiring only five days. The vaccine also stabilizes at 36 to 46 degrees Fahrenheit for thirty days. People can also store it for up to six months at minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit. This information contrasts Pfizer's vaccine that requires a storage temperature of negative 94 degrees Fahrenheit.
Further reports from the CEO show that the company intends to perform vaccine tests among teenagers soon followed by children below 12 years.
Also, Moderna seeks FDA authorization for its vaccine once it achieves more safety results this month.
However, despite the promising vaccine technologies from these two companies, the country's leading infectious illness expert stated that people should not avoid the COVID-19 policies. Therefore, Americans should continue maintaining the proper standards and guidelines as before.
Additionally, Moderna expects to produce around 20 million vaccine doses to distribute in the country by the end of 2020. The primary goal is to offer adequate COVID-19 vaccine doses to all Americans requiring vaccination by the end of the second quarter of 2021. Also, it expects to release 500 million to 1 billion doses worldwide in 2021.
Additional statistics indicate that the company has supply agreements in the Middle East, North America, and other countries globally. By August, it had already struck a deal with the American government to supply 100 million coronavirus vaccine doses. The government had already financed $955 million towards Moderna's growth, totaling its investment to $2.48 billion.
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Presently, hope for the end of the coronavirus epidemic is showing some positive signs from research. This news comes after so much hype for the lengthy periods required by vaccines researches before they get formal approval. However, people should continue remaining vigilant while still adhering to COVID-19 guidelines such as wearing masks, social distancing, sanitizing, etc.
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"Perhaps the engineers told themselves that the cheat was a stopgap, and they'd address it later. If so, they didn't."
As the Ribs made their assessment of the situation and began reassuring those on board that help was at hand, the hopelessly overloaded vessel suddenly listed and sank. The sinking took just over 30 seconds. In those 30 seconds, the Captain of the LE Niamh took a number of instant command decisions that saved hundreds of lives. Most of the refugees cannot swim. Their life expectancy in the water would be measured in seconds.
The crew of the Ribs immediately began throwing orange lifejackets into the water – encouraging the now frenzied and milling survivors to cling to them. Individuals, then groups clung to the lifejackets – and one another – as the Ribs rallied around trying to keep the floating human mass from dispersal into wider waters and almost certain death.
In the meantime, the commander of the LE Niamh managed to manoeuvre close in to the survivors where spare life-rafts were launched into the water. These 25-man inflatable life-rafts were specifically ordered and kept on board the LE Niamh following a "war-gaming" exercise, where the officers and crew envisaged such a nightmare scenario. Had this forward planning not taken place – there would have been no such extra inflatable lifeboats on board.


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Rather than transfer the copyright to their articles to large publishers via exclusive agreements, Hong Kong's researchers increasingly opt for Open Access.
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From 2015, Hong Kong universities, such as the Hong Kong Baptist University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, have been regularly arranging Open Access (OA) Weeks as events including presentations, workshops and exhibitions aimed at covering specific OA-related topics, e.g., research impact, publication sharing, and author rights. This active interest in OA has surfaced in the wake of the wide adoption of OA formats, such as Gold OA, by both scholarly community and large publishers.
Furthermore, Hong Kong universities are apparently responding to the exponentially growing journal subscription costs, even though digitization makes the costless sharing of research results easier than ever before. As a global trend, OA, thus, represents a disruptive development in the journal publishing industry, the ripple effect of which is increasingly discernible in Hong Kong as well. According to SPARC, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, OA and Open Data can make a significant contribution to economic growth, reduce the costs of learning materials academic institutions use, such as via the deployment of OA textbook, and promote cutting-edge scientific research in multiple areas.
Hong Kong's universities, thus, increasingly mandate the use of institutional repositories for the scholarly articles of their academic and research staff, which increases the visibility of their publications. Especially for Green OA formats, when a delay between the publication date and untrammeled access to the academic article exists, library repositories fill in the niche in the digital publication cycle as disseminators and preservers of science-related information. Furthermore, as universities increasingly conceive of themselves not only as teaching and learning institutions but also as sites of knowledge production, sharing and valorization, OA, such as in the form of national and international open data mandates, assists scientific research results and primary data to serve public good, rather than business models of private companies. This especially concerns research supported by funding agencies, which places on researchers data management requirements that Hong Kong libraries increasingly assist with meeting.
As the production and dissemination of scientific knowledge has long become globalized, the deployment of OA, open source and open format solutions, such as for data storage and preservation, by local institutions facilitates the efforts of Hong Kong researchers to shorten their publication cycles, apply for grants targeted toward digital and OA initiatives, and reach audiences, e.g., in Southern European and Eastern Mediterranean countries, that would be excluded from access to research results without the availability of OA.
For these reasons, Hong Kong university libraries increasingly act as OA promoters in response to incentives from and demands of funding bodies, governmental policies and scholarly institutions.
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Prior to joining MSNBC in July 2007, Hall spent to years al WFLD in Chicago, where she held a number of positions including general assignment reporter, consumer reporter, and most recently, host of the three-hour Fox News in the Morning program. She also anchored the weekday mornings and served as a noon anchor. While at WFLD, Hall covered several breaking news stories including one of Amtrak's most devastating accidents in Illinois, and she secured a one-on-one interview with Barack Obama shortly before he announced his run for the presidency. Hall was nominated for an Emmy for her consumer report segment, "The Bottom Line," which she launched in 1999. Before joining WFLD, Hall spent four years as a general assignment reporter at KTVT in Dallas. She began her broadcasting career at KBTX in Bryan, Texas, as a general assignment reporter.
Hall received a bachelor's in broadcast journalism from Temple University. She is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists. Hall is also very involved in charitable organizations that help women fight abuse and organizations that work to end illiteracy. A native of Luling, Texas, she currently lives in Manhattan.
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During the creation of the 2016 round of Traffic Signal Boxes, a documentary was made! MCAT graciously helped the Missoula Public Art Committee with the production of a Traffic Signal Box Documentary. Every year, a few more beautiful boxes pop up around town and the Committee felt it would be beneficial and exciting to offer the public an inside look at how some of the TSB process works, and real artist's perspectives on the project.
The Documentary will be debuting at the Florence Building (3rd Floor) in Downtown Missoula from 5-7pm on Friday, January 5th (First Friday!). Wine & Snacks will be provided by the Wine Merchant.
The Missoula Public Art Committee would like to extend a warm THANK YOU to the folks at MCAT who worked with us to produce this informative film. This project truly could not have accomplished without their help and support. The Committee hopes this documentary is educational and helps interested Missoulians understand where these Traffic Signal Boxes come from!


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Britney Spears Is Blaming Her Mom for Her Conservatorship
By Mike Vega - 11/26/21
Many people know Britney Spears from the early 2000s as she was one of the hit pop singers out there. Not only did she have many hit songs, but she also knew how to perform when on stage. Once things with Britney started going downhill, she was put under a conservatorship which the star is now revealing was all her mom's fault because she gave her dad the idea.
Britney Spears Blames Her Mom
According to Britney Spears, her mom, Lynne Spears, gave her father the idea to be the head of the conservatorship. Britney made the news public by sharing a post to her Instagram account which included her referring to her mother as "the most dangerous animal in the world" as she silently smiles and acts clueless to the situation that is unfolding before her and within her family.
She added that even though her dad, Jamie Spears, actually started the conservatorship 13 years ago, her mom is the one that brought it all up, to begin with. Britney continued to say that her mom secretly ruined her life and she was going to call her out on it. According to her, Jamie isn't smart enough to think of this on his own and her mother knows exactly what she did.
Britney's Family Hurt Her the Most
As of September 29, 2021, Britney Spears' dad, Jamie, was officially suspended from her conservatorship. It was decided by the Los Angeles Superior Court Judge that the conservatorship arrangement was now a toxic environment.
Even though Britney claims her mother was behind the conservatorship, to begin with, she has been a recent supporter of Britney's fight against the legal arrangement. Lynn even petitioned the court to allow Britney to obtain her private legal counsel.
According to Britney Spears, her family has hurt her more than anyone will ever know and that a tell-all interview would reveal everything.
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French President Emmanuel Macron said he has no "plan B" for the Iran nuclear deal, Reuters reported, and that it's in the United States best interest to stay in the agreement.
Macron was speaking Sunday during a Fox News interview as a preview to his three-day visit in Washington. The French president plans to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday to discuss the international nuclear agreement with Iran.
The deal – signed in 2015 among the United States, Iran, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany – is in danger of falling apart if the European signatories don't meet demands set by Trump to fix what he called "terrible flaws" in the agreement. The signatories have a May 12 deadline, when Trump is set to extend the United States waivers on Iran sanctions.
"I don't have any plan B," Macron said. "Let's present this framework because it's better than the sort of North Korean-type situation."
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Sunday in a CBS interview that if the United States pulls out of the deal it would become a risky partner to have in the international community. He also said that without the United States' participation, the deal would be useless to Iran.
"This would be a very bad precedent if the United States sends this message to the international community that the length or the duration of any agreement would depend on the duration of the presidency," Zarif said.
Trump and Macron will also discuss the recent joint air strike in Syria after an alleged chemical weapons attack that killed dozens of civilians. Trump wants U.S. troops to exit Syria as soon as possible, but Macron has claimed to convince the U.S. president to keep them there until the situation is more stabilized.
The French president also said that the United States, France and other allies would have a "very important" role to play in rebuilding and stabilizing Syria after the Islamic State is defeated.
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Since 2014 Vacouver's Seer have been gracing our ears with some pretty exquisite music. Fast forward to 2019 the band is getting ready to release their second full length album simply entitled Vol. 6. For those who are not familiar Seer are a Doom Metal band at the core but they take away from other genres as well. This gives the band an air of progression and a sound all their own. And this sound is supremely infectious and Vol. 6 harnesses that quality in full.
Seer are one of those bands that takes the listener on a journey through music. Weaving stories and wonder through their lyrics and songs. It is quite refreshing to hear a band take their talents and craft something so satisfying.
Opening track Oath of Exile presents a haunting introduction to this album, eerie chant like vocals ring through giving way into the following track Iron Worth Striking. The bass and riffs are like thunder and lightning that mirror the vocals that go back and forth between clean and harsh. This track is reminiscent of iron through and through, and will take the listener down a path of torment.
Seven Stars, Seven Stones charges forward with melodic power and a mix of slower and faster passages. The last few minutes of this song is filled with memorable solos and chuggy riffs that are perfect to headbang to.
Frost Tulpa is slow at the start but it builds up momentum with a mix of acoustic sections and whispered harsh vocals. But once this track speeds up the listener is met with growls and screams that are monstrous in tandem with sqealing guitars and huge doomy riffs that work perfectly together. It presents a very evocative aura and showcases the bands talent in the instrument and vocal department.
As The Light Fades is a track that held on and did not want to let go. It hooks you in with unwavering progression until the final notes ring. I found myself wanting to press play again and again.
Vol 6. is the perfect representation of the bands overall growth since the beginning. This album deserves to be recognized in every aspect and one that I feel will be revisted and remembered as time goes on. It is one that is tangible in feeling and makes for a very satisfying listen.


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Composed by Jeremiah Clark (1674-1707). Arranged for Trumpet and Organ by Keith Terrett.
This famous march sparkles all the way from beginning to end. The work was incorrectly known as the Trumpet Voluntary by Purcell for many years.
English composer and organist Jeremiah Clarke was a leading Baroque composer of the generation immediately following Purcell's. He composed The Prince of Denmark's March around 1700, in honor of Queen Anne's husband. At the time, Clarke was the first organist of the then newly rebuilt St. Paul's Cathedral (at the same time Purcell was organist at Westminster Abbey).
The music is very popular as wedding music (performed at the wedding of Prince Charles and Diana) and was broadcast by the BBC extensively during WW II during the occupation of Denmark.
The work is 2 1/2 minutes in length. Solo parts in Bb and C; accompaniment for Bb trumpet.
Parts are supplied for Bb & C trumpet. Easily within range of intermediate performers. A great choice for ceremonies, weddings, etc.
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Désiré Letort (29 January 1943 – 9 September 2012) was a French cyclist. His sporting career began with ACBB Paris.  His career best finishes in the Tour de France were 17th in  1971, 9th in  1969 and 4th in  1967.

Biography
Letort was born in Corseul.  He won the French national road race championship in 1967, but after the race failed the doping tests.

Letort raced in eight Tours de France. He wore the yellow jersey in the 1969 Tour de France for one day after stage 5.

Major results

1963
French military champion

1966
Paris–Camembert
Sévignac
1967
 national road race championship
Sévignac
1968
Critérium de Saint-Georges-de-Chesné
1969
Ploerdut
Laval
Plancoet
1970
Issé
Hénon
1971
Nice-Seillans

Grand tour results

Tour de France
 1965 : DNF (=Did Not Finish)
 1966 : 57
 1967 : 4 (winner combativity award)
 1968 : DNF
 1969 : 9
 1970 : DNF
 1971 : 17
 1972 : DNF

Vuelta a España
 1967 : 27
 1971 : 26
 1972 : DNF

Giro d'Italia
 1972 : DNF

References

External links

 Official Tour de France results

French male cyclists
1943 births
2012 deaths
Sportspeople from Côtes-d'Armor
Cyclists from Brittany

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There has been intense focus recently on inequality in income and wealth across and within countries. Both developed and developing countries have experienced a marked increase in the gap between high and low income households, as well as an increase in the concentration of income and wealth among the extremely wealthy.
We are interested in understanding the causes and consequences of income and wealth inequality, and the effects of monetary policy on the distribution of income and wealth. While there is some work on the distributional effects of monetary policy, there are many important research questions in this area that we think should be answered. The role of central banks with regard to this topic is important, but under-researched.
Against this background, the Council on Economic Policies (CEP), the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, and Washington University in St. Louis organized a workshop on Monetary Policy and the Distribution of Income and Wealth, on September 11-12, 2015 at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
The event brought together researchers from academic institutions, central banks, and other non-academic research institutions.
This workshop is part of a larger CEP program on monetary policy and sustainability. It followed a workshop that was co-organized by CEP and the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta on monetary policy and inequality in 2014.
– What are the effects of monetary policy on inequality in income and wealth? What are the main transmission channels for these effects?
– What are the effects of inflation on inequality?
– What are the effects of unconventional monetary policies on the distribution of income and wealth?
– Do extended periods of time at the zero lower bound matter for inequality?
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Sundial Footbridge
Located on the Sacramento River in Northern California, Turtle Bay Exploration Park is a 300-acre campus centered on the Turtle Bay Museum, which features interactive exhibits exploring the relationship between humans and the natural world. The Park also contains trails, wildlife exhibits, a butterfly house and a Forest Amphitheatre.
In 1997, with the support of The McConnell Foundation, the City of Redding commissioned Santiago Calatrava to design a pedestrian bridge over the Sacramento River, linking the Park's museum building to its 200-acre Arboretum. The bridge also serves as a new downtown entrance for Redding's Sacramento River trail system. Calatrava's design for the bridge — his first in the United States — seeks to respect the Park's mission and the inherent sensitivity of the site.
The Arboretum was developed on land reclaimed from a gravel quarry, and the river at this point is a salmon spawning pond. The design for the bridge must avoid damaging this habitat, while at the same time increasing visitors' appreciation for the environment. So as not to disturb the salmon, the 700-foot-long bridge spans the river without placing columns in the water. It also is translucent, so as not to cast a shadow on the spawning pond below.
Calatrava achieved these goals by designing the bridge as a cable-stayed structure, with an inclined, 217-foot-high pylon built on the north bank of the river. The deck is made of nonskid glass panels, set in a steel framework with granite details; and the structure is stabilized by a steel truss. This design yields a bridge that is both ecologically sensitive and exceptionally light, weighing only 1,600 tons. Because of the exact north-south orientation of the bridge, the pylon is in effect the upright element of a sundial. Developing this theme, Calatrava made the pylon hollow, so that visitors to the base — at river level — can look up through it.
Slots in the pylon align with the noon sun, allowing light to pass through and illuminate it. Someone standing beneath the pylon at this time can look upward and see a spectacular view, as well as the noontime sky. To encourage visitors to linger at this spot and enjoy the river, Calatrava has extended the base of the pylon with a sloping platform, formed like a small amphitheater, with walls clad in irregular ceramic tiles.
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It's high time we start having civil, intelligent, face-to-face conversations again.
These days, our large-scale institutions don't seem to be doing famously well at educating, legislating, healing, employing, producing, governing, or even entertaining, so the ardor for meaningful conversation remains unquenched and is worth fanning.
Editor's note: In the early 1990s, Utne Reader was one of the primary figures in the resurgence of salons—intimate gatherings for face-to-face conversation and idea exchange. The following article from the March/April 1991 issue was and still is an excellent primer to salons for the uninitiated, and is being excerpted here to help spark another salon resurgence. For information on how you can start or join a salon, visit Utne Reader's Guide to Salons.
It was really a salon that my friend Joan and I attended at the Neahtawanta Inn near Traverse City, Michigan, the night after Thanksgiving, although in these parts they tend to be called potlucks. Joan was up visiting from Washington, D.C., taking a break from prosecuting drug fiends. Our hosts, Sally and Bob, are longtime ecology and peace activists and organizers. Sally teaches yoga, also sometimes works in classrooms with developmentally disabled kids. Bob was once a high school science teacher and ran a small screen printing business for a while. As a citizen activist he now teaches science to his county commissioners, constantly nudging local public policy toward sustainability. Jeff, who manages a local computer store, and his wife Lee, a teacher, were part of the group around the two tables.
Three other couples rounded out the party. As we enjoyed the heaps of good food we all had brought, our conversation was general, a mix of news and opinion, giggles and commiseration. When it came to national politics, our repartee, it must be admitted, was a little cynical, but it all strengthened our local sense of community and improved our knowledge of one another. It was fun and—even better—it was nourishing to be talking about the things that matter, seeing old and new friends at particular moments in their lives. We were mutually interested and caring in appropriate degree, fostering our little subculture's vision of peace and sustainability.
Could an evening like that change the world? Not all by itself, certainly, but a thousand widely scattered variations on it would be a respectable beginning. Small groups have always been the locus of change. What they do, in a sometimes offhand way, is constellate new cultural forms and give birth to the unexpected. Sometimes the talk is the thing, sometimes the feeling. When we risk talking about something we really care about it's infectious. Like any good infection, such talk can produce heat, a fever of intellectual excitement. People seem to enjoy participation in a group that's known to be making a creative contribution. Word gets around and Hey! Presto! You are hip for real.
Hankering to be hip has long been a basic incentive to salon participation. However frivolous the glitter of wit, it holds an undying fascination, as evidenced by the enshrinement of the Algonquin Round Table. One of America's most famous salons, it was a brilliant, boozy writers' luncheon of the 1920s. Convened daily at the cozily handsome Algonquin Hotel, just across the street from the offices of The New Yorker, the Round Table was a salad-days confab for the likes of Dorothy Parker, Edna Ferber, Alexander Woolcott, George S. Kaufman, Franklin Pierce Adams, Ring Lardner, and many of Broadway's leading lights. It was their conversational playground before they and it became legendary, which is probably why they felt free enough to be so witty.
For most of human history it's been like this, people banding together in little social units, larger than the family, smaller than the tribe. In earlier times, the nature and propriety of every form of relationship were well understood. People knew how to be together in groups like lungs knew how to breathe. Indeed, some hold that the Neolithic era marked a high point in the development of human culture, that cavewomen and cavemen were riffing around their campfires, sharing tales of children's antics, and gathering expeditions in the bush in new songs that took shape over needles and sinew.
In the Enlightenment heyday of the salons, their habitués were dismissed as precieuses, but the term stuck, and lost its derisive edge. And some might allow that the benefits of these salons—liberty, equality and fraternity—were precious, indeed.
Today, to be a precieuse requires that one's basic needs are well-enough met to permit a life of the mind. Your average urban doer may feel busy beyond belief, and hardly leisured, but white collar work is not quite the same existence as falling into bed exhausted after a day of slinging hash or hauling concrete blocks.
Perhaps salons in the classic sense, which meet regularly and have a consistent core group, must be primarily urban affairs. While not requiring a whole Paris, there must be a sufficiently large concentration of people for there to be an intelligentsia from which to draw participants.
The word salon is French for drawing room, and a place to hold a salon is indeed essential. That, plus a willingness and ability to commit the time, are really the only external conditions to be met.
Many of the most brilliant salons of the past—Mlle. de Scudery's "Saturdays of Sappho" and Julie de Lespinasse's 17th-century Parisian gatherings, for example—were run on a shoestring. Devotees of Rahel Varnhagen's early Romantic Berlin salon eagerly assorted themselves around her attic for the lavish pleasures of the hostess' intelligence and of the gatherings themselves.
In descriptions of great salonieres, one reads of their social prowess, charm, wit, and force of personality. Clearly, the ability to orchestrate a great salon is as distinctive a human gift as perfect pitch. Hosting a salon takes finesse, intelligence, and respect. It's a dynamic art of composition.
Mabel Dodge, whose early 20th-century salon in Greenwich Village—despite the brevity of its existence—reverberates through American culture, was a master of the art. Dodge, an heiress, was not much of a conversationalist herself, but, writes Robert Rosenstone, she possessed "a rare faculty for attracting people and making them wish to speak from the heart." The likes of journalist John Reed, union leader Big Bill Haywood, birth control advocate Margaret Sanger, and celebrated muckraker Lincoln Steffens discovered themselves to be "a subculture suddenly making connections between disparate schools of thought, social doctrines, and movements in the arts" in her salons.
So there's a sense in which a salon is an instrument, a little like a symphony orchestra. Madame de Staël, history's most famous saloniere, played tunes that France danced to into the Napoleanic era and beyond. Salons can also serve as cauldrons, concocting the substance of new culture.
These days, our large-scale institutions don't seem to be doing famously well at educating, legislating, healing, employing, producing, governing, or even entertaining, so the ardor for meaningful conversation remains unquenched and is worth fanning.
Certainly there's good thinking going on everywhere. But thought can easily get trapped in its particular realm. Community leaders and local organizers need theoretical expertise. Visionaries need to confront the discipline that implementation demands. The dreamers, the leaders, and the theoreticians may be members of separate circles that need to intersect to be useful to society as a whole. So we need to become acquainted, to share information, to develop trust in one another, and to challenge, correct, and synthesize. The tradition and courtesy of the salon afford a setting in which all that can happen. A salon is a thought-traders' rendezvous.
Stephanie Mills is the author of Whatever Happened to Ecology (Sierra Club Books, 1989), and the editor of In Praise of Nature (Island Press, 1990).


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Eavesdropping at the Movies: 134 – If Beale Street Could Talk and Moonlight – Second Screening
We return to Barry Jenkins' If Beale Street Could Talk, his sumptuous romantic drama set in 1970s New York, for a deep dive, and take the opportunity to revisit his previous film, 2016's Best Picture winner Moonlight. It's an enriching conversation and we're glad we took the time to engage in it. (The first podcast can be found here.)
We begin with Moonlight, working through our responses to what we experienced differently since having seen it previously (Mike last saw it during its cinema release, while José has seen it a few times on more recent occasions). The film's final third is given serious thought, José in particular enjoying the opportunity to properly work through his longstanding problems with it, which amount to the film's fear of the sex in homosexuality, its conscious refusal to openly and honestly depict two gay men being intimate – the film denies them even a kiss at the very end – and the critical establishment's bad faith in refusing to engage with this particular point. It's great to have finally discussed this topic, particularly paying close attention to the final few shots, where the problems are condensed and made perfectly clear; as José says, it's an itch he's wanted to scratch for a long time.
Moving on to Beale Street, we re-engage with some points we brought up in our first podcast, such as the dissonance between the opening intertitle's invocation of drums and the soundtrack's absence of them, and the relative richness of the characters that surround Tish and Fonny to the central couple. And we draw out new observations and thoughts, in particular returning on a few occasions to the conversation between Fonny and Daniel, discussing the lighting that drops them into deep shadow, picking up just the lightest outlines of their features as if to expose their souls instead, and how shot selection, editing and the use of a rack focus develop the drama and bring the characters together but simultaneously isolate Daniel within his own traumatic experiences. Mike picks up on a motif of redness in their eyes, acknowledging that the reading he offers is always going to be a stretch but finding it meaningful nonetheless.
We discuss the use of photo montages to reach for the universality of experience that the title implies and we felt was an issue the first time around, José describing how they thematically focus the film on black male incarceration and the lived experience of black masculinity in the United States. Mike feels that it's a bit of a hangout movie, wanting to spend time with the characters and in their world, despite – perhaps because of? – the hardships they experience and discuss at times; certainly because of the romantic transparency, the care and love that characters show for each other, and the richness of their conversations. José finds fault with how the Latinx characters are lit and generally visually portrayed to less than their best, arguing that they were excluded from the visual romance that bathes the rest of the film.
And we see direct comparisons between Beale Street and Moonlight. Beale Street's sex scene is an obvious point of discussion with respect to Moonlight's ending, but we also find parallels in the elements that depict or imply betrayal between friends, Moonlight's hazing scene and Daniel's ostensible usefulness as an exculpatory witness for Fonny sharing complexities around whether the betrayals they depict are truly betrayals.
A hugely enriching discussion that we had great fun having, thanks to two intricate, beautiful, thought-provoking films.
Eavesdropping at the Movies: 131 – Green Book
It's already being portrayed as the film that will undeservedly win Best Picture for its cuddly, comfortable, comedy-drama version of American racism in the Sixties, but do we dissent from that view? Green Book tells the true story of a road trip through the Deep South shared by jazz pianist Doctor Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali) and his Italian-American driver Tony (Viggo Mortensen).
Mike immediately seizes upon Tony's inconsistent characterisation, the film using other characters to describe him as deeply racist, but his actual interactions with Shirley consisting of essentially polite microaggressions rather than real malevolence and anger. José also takes issue with the revelation that Shirley is gay, Tony having no problem with it, saying that in his regular job as a bouncer he sees it all the time – the film makes no attempt to explain how he can be entirely understanding and accepting of sexuality while intolerant of skin colour. Mortensen, though, is very characterful, imbuing Tony with entertaining irreverence, and the love Tony displays for his wife, writing her letters every day, is very sweet.
Ali doesn't match Mortensen's level of performance, though he is perhaps asked less of, largely remaining aloof throughout the film. Again, we find problems in Shirley's characterisation. The film sets him up as a fish out of water, not just as a gay, black man in the Deep South, but also amongst other black people – it's a quirk too far to believe that he's never heard a Chubby Checker or Little Richard record. And the movements made in the film's final minutes to engineer a classic happy ending (at Christmas, no less) are as predictable and obvious as they come, but Mike is moved by the ending nonetheless, leaving the cinema with a smile on his face.
Despite the character issues, lack of subtlety (every aspect of the issues it depicts is explained in dialogue), weak visual storytelling (this film doesn't appear to actually know that it's being shown in cinemas, so fully does it lack any sense of cinematic nous or style), and project of delivering an unchallenging, white man's version of racism in which everyone can learn to get along without having to face any hard truths, we found things to like in Green Book, and recommend it as long as you keep your expectations low.
Eavesdropping at the Movies: 120 – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
It's colourful, friendly, packed full of visual energy and wit. It's also light and just a little forgettable, like a straight-to-video movie that's made it onto the big screen. But we had a good time and find lots to praise about Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
Hidden Figures (Theodore Melfi, USA, 2016)
February 22, 2017 UncategorizedHidden Figures, James Parsons, Janelle Monaé, Kirsten Dunst, Mahershala Ali, Ocatavia Spencer, Taraji P. Henson, Theodore MelfiNotesonFilm1
Hidden Figures is the kind of film Hollywood has been praying for since #OscarsSoWhite, #BlackLivesMatter and Bechdel Tests. It's also the kind of movie that Hollywood's been making since forever but usually with men. It's rosy and feel-feel good. Things might be difficult but if you have courage, wit and the work ethic of a Calvinist believer, you will end up in the best of all possible worlds, your world….but better. It could have been made in the forties if you cobbled together some of the plots of Greer Garson, Rosalind Russell and Katharine Hepburn movies.
The only difference between Hidden Figures and that type of movie is that these women are black: three brilliant women held back by patriarchy overcome insurmountable odds and manage to help send a man to the moon. They end up becoming bosses, getting married to gorgeous men and having beautiful families, all the while being saintly to the nasty white people, male and female (James Parsons and Kirsten Dunst), who get in their way, just like Sidney Poitier in Lillies of the Field (Ralph Nelson, USA, 1963) and most of his other movies. It's not the fault of the poor sinners: they've yet to be enlightened. Kevin Costner is the big white daddy who resolves most problems.
The protagonists being black is a major difference to past films of this type. The title is no accident. It's all about re-claiming that which is lost or risks being lost to an #ohsowhite and #ohsomale history. I feel churlish not liking it more. The audience I saw it with responded to everything and applauded at the end in a way I've not quite seen since I saw Waiting to Exhale (Forest Whitaker, USA, 1995) with a mostly black, mostly female audience when it first came out. Maybe I'm too old. The audience's response is proof such a film needs to be made now. Yet, I feel I've seen it all before. And after seeing Fences (Denzel Washington, USA, 2017) and Moonlight (Barry Jenkins, USA, 1917) Hidden Figures feels particularly safe, sitcom-y, predictable and phony. I was dying for Taraji P. Henson to explode and slap somebody, even if only verbally, like she did all of the first great season of Empire (Lee Daniels/Daniel Strong, USA 2015 -).
The actors are the best thing about Hidden Figures. I love Octavia Spencer's face, wonky and slightly crushed-in; suspicious and full of mischief; and capable of expressing all there is. I also loved Kirsten Dunst's stuffy and repressed supervisor: she's closed in and angry at life, feels asphyxiated by it. It was also good to see Mahershala Ali, even as the perfect man. Taraji P. Henson and Janelle Monaé are clearly stars and one loves looking at them as such whilst wishing they wouldn't quite project the smug self-satisfaction their roles demand of them. I wished instead they'd get angry and smash things and that the film would make people fell the same way. Instead, Hidden Figures feels like an ideological project designed to keep everything in its place whilst moving people up a few notches. The audience applauded. And it's turning into a landmark box office success. But….


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Vaginal relaxation is the loss of the optimum structural architect of the vagina. In the vaginal relaxation process, the vaginal muscles become relaxed with poor tone, strength, control and support.
The internal and external vaginal diameters can greatly increase. The muscles of the perineum (the group of supporting muscles right outside the vaginal opening at the bottom) thin and separate in the midline producing a weakened, poorly supportive, thinned out perennial body.
Under these circumstances the vagina is no longer at its physiologically optimum sexual functioning state. In short, the sensual side of female sexual gratification is diminished. Thus, vaginal relaxation has a detrimental effect on sexual gratification because of the reduction of sexual feelings or pleasure.
Thirty million American women suffer from symptoms of vaginal relaxation and stress urinary incontinence.Many women have difficulty controlling their urine in certain situations or notice changes in their bowel habits. These two symptoms may be related to a common set of problems that may occur as a result of childbirth, aging or a combination of both. Grouped together these problems are referred to as vaginal relaxation or pelvic relaxation.
Many women suffer unnecessarily from conditions involving vaginal relaxation or pelvic relaxation. If you have any of these symptoms described in this section, please contact us.
The pelvic organs include the vagina, uterus, bladder, and rectum. These organs are held in position by three types of supports:
1) muscles
2)ligaments
3) sheets of tissue called fascia
When these supports become damaged for various reasons, one or more of the pelvic organs may sag and, occasionally, even protrude outside the vagina. These are called pelvic support defects.
During childbirth, as the baby passes through the birth canal, the muscles, fascia, and ligaments separate and may be weakened. This weakening gradually worsens and, in later years, may cause the pelvic organs to drop from their normal positions.
Occasionally, the weakening of the muscles and tissue of the vaginal wall may occur in women who have never had children.In these women, the cause may be:
Unusual strain placed on the supporting tissues by a chronic cough.
Inherited weakness of the supporting tissues.
Unusual increases in abdominal pressure.
Obesity.
The general symptoms associated with pelvic relaxation depend on which organs are affected. Often there is a feeling of heaviness or fullness. Small or moderate amounts of urine(Urinary Stress Incontinence) may be lost with normal physical activities such as laughing, coughing, walking, or running.
In more advanced and rare cases a mass may actually protrude from the vaginal opening (severe Pelvic Organ Prolapse POP-Q grade 3-4).
Based on the organ or organs involved, pelvic support defects can be defined more specifically as:
Urethrocele
Rectocele
Cystourethrocele
A cystocele occurs when the bladder falls or descends from its normal position. The most common symptom associated with cystocele is difficulty in completely emptying the bladder.This can be associated with bladder infections. Large cystoceles can cause the bladder to overfill and allow small amounts of urine to leak. Leakage is most common during activity such as walking or bouts of coughing.
A urethrocele usually occurs in conjunction with a cystocele. Both of these conditions result in, among other things, involuntary loss of urine, particularly when there is increased pressure in the abdomen, caused by walking, jumping, coughing, sneezing, laughing, or sudden movements.
Rectoceles happen when the rectum bulges into or out of the vagina.Rectoceles usually occur as a result of injuries sustained during childbirth. With a weakened or bulging rectum, bowel movements become more difficult.
An enterocele is the bulging of small intestines into the back wall of the vagina.
Uterine prolapse occurs when the uterus falls or is displaced from its normal position. There are varying degrees of severity depending on the descent. This produces a general felling of heaviness and fullness, or a sense that the uterus is falling out.
Appropriate diagnosis and treatment will often restore patients to a life free of the aggravations and discomforts associated with vaginal relaxation or pelvic relaxation.The goal is to acquaint you with the various forms of vaginal relaxation or pelvic relaxation as well as their causes, symptoms, and treatment.
The diagnosis of Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Urinary Incontinence include a thorough:
History and physical examination, includes a "Q-tip" test.
Urodynamic studies (a painless 40 to 60 minutes computerized bladder and urethra functional studies).
Urethrocystoscopy (instrument used to evaluate the inside of the bladder and urethra).
Ultrasound of the genital and urinary system.
For all practical purposes, definitive treatment is surgical correction of the specific defects.


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From Marseille, Skalli was only three years old when she first rode a pony, and competed in her first show aged five. She debuted in the European Championships aged 14. The passion for show jumping was passed on to Skalli from her mother, who encouraged her daughter to embrace the sport and reach an elite level.
Skalli joins KASK's prestigious roster of renowned international riders, which includes those from Stephex Stables and Helgstrand Dressage. KASK's stable of elite show jumpers also features Olympic gold medalists Henrik von Eckermann, Dorothee Schneider and Carl Hester, top show jumper Kent Farrington and eventing duo Tim and Jonelle Price.
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Q: booting from linux live dvd - no matter what kind - shuts the display off I tried Knoppix and Ubuntu Live DVD's. After a couple of minutes, the display goes off! It says "Entering Power Save Mode". I can hear the really loud fans! The computer is still pretty much running.
If I start windows normally, the fans slow down after a little bit. In the case of Knoppix/Ubuntu, fans never slow down and the display goes off. Is something heating up really bad inside?

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First American Title Named Among Top 20 "Happiest Companies in America" for 2011
December 21, 2010, SANTA ANA, Calif.
First American Title Insurance Company today announced that it is ranked number 20 on CareerBliss' 2011 list of "Happiest Companies in America."
The 50 Happiest Companies in America list utilizes reviews from employees who know the companies from the inside. CareerBliss asks employees about their growth opportunities, compensation, benefits, work-life balance, career advancement, senior management, job security and whether the employee would recommend the company to others. From the confidential reviews, more than 700,000 data points are taken into consideration in determining which companies are the happiest corporations to work for in 2011.
"Employees at First American Title Insurance Company enjoy a family-friendly environment and a cooperative work ethic at a stable company that has been in existence for more than 121 years," said Dennis Gilmore, CEO of First American Financial Corporation, the title company's parent. "We are proud to be recognized for our employee-focused environment, which enables employees to develop both personally and professionally."
Heidi Golledge, co-founder and CEO of CareerBliss stated: "First American Title, which rated high in most categories, reveals that a well-respected senior management team can greatly affect employee happiness. In addition, employees of First American Title say that quality benefits contribute to a happy work environment."
Those on the 2011 list include Google, Johnson & Johnson, General Electric and The Walt Disney Company. First American is the only title insurance company to make the list.
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Q: Database design for statistics of views/likes/downloads? So i am trying to work out a database design to keep track of views, likes and downloads. Now the amount of entries to keep track of is expected to be 1m or more, so normally i would just track each entry daily, but with 1m i am having concerns about performance and maybe even size on harddisk.
Customers wish is being able to show top statistics in ranges like last week, last month, last year. So i am not sure if should split the data up by adding up numbers from days to weeks or months and delete everything else that isn't relevant any more or just keep it a bit more flexible by tracking all of it, being able to query needed statistics freely.
Database: MySQL
I have to take save the counters once a day.

A: I think you need to keep track of it daily and then by the end of the week you delete the daily stats and you do so for the weekly data by the second week and do on for the months and year if you want to keep your last stats. You can create a job to make this job. I hope this may help you.

A: Due the operation only appending the data, store it on time series format.
Whenever you receive the clicks/views data goes in, count it and put the result as smallest dimension as we can. If we can summarizing it hourly, it's best choice ~ good for performance. Whenever we need to know data from higher dimension, just sum it up. Don't counting it (the statistic) on demand, for example : Scanning 10 millions of rows just for counting 1 day data, this is heavy operation.
With this approach you will save two thing :

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*Storage, you can backup older data that more than x times ( example more than 3 months), so the db size keep compact

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With an estimated 2.6bn people now playing video games globally across all devices and consoles, and annual revenues of the industry now exceeding USD $100bn, gaming is now the world's largest entertainment industry by revenue.
The strong growth of the video game market in recent years has seen the prolific emergence of esports - competitive gaming at a professional level, which now holds its own as a mainstream form of both sport and entertainment. Esports is fast-growing and insatiably popular, with vast prize pots for tournaments and sky-high audience viewing figures presenting hugely exciting opportunities for players, teams, investors and sponsors alike.
Lewis Silkin's market leading team are recognised experts in the fields of both video games and esports. Having advised in this area ever since the days of the Sega Mega Drive, today Lewis Silkin advises some of the biggest names in the games industry on some of the most cutting-edge legal and technological issues.
Our recognised expertise in traditional sports and sponsorship rights, coupled with a deep knowledge of the latest regulatory and industry issues impacting both the gaming and esports markets, allows us to identify and interpret market trends ahead of the curve.
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Game development and publishing agreements;
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Subscriptions: When are auto-renewals fair game?
As the CMA investigates the use of subscriptions in video games, James Gill, JJ Shaw and Mark Hersey comment on best practices.
The Esports Gold Rush – What Do 'Traditional Sports' Need to Consider?
Everybody wants a piece of the esports pie, and the International Cycling Union (ICU) is the latest to make its move. The world governing body of cycling has teamed up with Zwift - the innovative online platform which allows riders to compete against each other in a virtual world - to host the world's very first 'cycling esport world championships' in 2020.
Oliver Fairhurst and JJ Shaw write for LawInSport: Cheating in video games – lessons from Blizzard's successful case against cheat and bot developer
Oliver Fairhurst and JJ Shaw have written an article for LawInSport. The article discusses the claim that was recently won against a developer of cheat software by Blizzard, the video game developer and publisher behind hugely successful games such as World of Warcraft, Starcraft and Overwatch.
Artificial Intelligence: The New Driving Force Behind Sports Performance and Entertainment
If I was to raise the topic of "artificial intelligence" in football, you'd be forgiven for thinking I was referring to Joey Barton's decision to enrol as a philosophy student at Roehampton University back in 2013. But not so – last month it was announced that London-based non-league club, Wingate & Finchley FC, have employed football's very first 'AI coach'.
Lewis Silkin advises on sale of Games Warehouse to Blueprint Gaming
Lewis Silkin has advised its client on the sale of omni-channel gaming provider Games Warehouse to Blueprint Gaming, part of the Gauselmann Group.
What game creators need to know about protecting their brands
We have written an article for GamesIndustry.biz, one of the leading websites for news and information about the global video games industry. The article comments on a recent kart racing suit filed by Nintendo and offers advice for game companies.
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The Port of Banjarmasin is the capital of South Kalimantan province in Indonesia. The Port of Banjarmasin is located between the rivers Martapura and Barito on the delta island of Tapas on Borneo's south coast. Called the "River City," rivers and streams in the Port Banjarmasin are used as roads, and houses are raised on piles or rafts.
The Port of Banjarmasin has a good natural deep-water harbor called Trisakti, and it exports the country's rich natural resources. The port also serves ferries to and from Java and passenger ships. In addition to the port, Banjarmasin is also served by an airport about 25 kilometers from town. In 2005, over 589 thousand people lived in the Port of Banjarmasin.
The ancient kingdom of Nan Serunai was located in South Kalimantan. The Tanjungpuri Buddhist kingdom replaced the Nan Serunai. The Malay people loved the South Kalimantan area, and the name of the Port of Banjarmasin derives from the local dialect "Bandar Masih," meaning the Port of the Malay.
By the 14th Century, the Port of Banjarmasin was part of the Negara Dipa and then the Negara Daha Hindu kingdoms. During a civil war in the 15th Century, the Negara Daha's rightful heir, Pangeran Samudera, was forced to flee his home. He arrived to a warm welcome and support for his struggle from the people of Bandar Masih. When his opponents surrendered, Pangeran Samudera made Port of Banjarmasin his home and converted to Islam, as did his subjects. The day of his victory has since been celebrated as the Port of Banjarmasin's birthday.
Over time, the name slowly changed to Banjarmasin, describing the salty-tasting water of the dry season in the Banjarese language. Pangeran Samudera's kingdom flourished, growing to cover almost all of today's Indonesian Kalimantan.
The Dutch first opened trade in the Port of Banjarmasin in 1606. The Banjar War of the 17th Century pitted the Islamic kingdom against European imperialist countries. Great Britain controlled the city for a few brief times during the 18th Century, but in 1787, the Port of Banjarmasin surrendered to and became a protectorate of the Dutch after they destroyed the palace and captured Banjarmasin's last princess.
The Hikayat Banjar, also called the "History of Lambung Mangkurat" is the history of Banjarmasin. The document tells the story of the kings of Banjar and Kota Waringin, two southern Borneo kingdoms.
During the colonial era, the Port of Banjarmasin continued as Dutch Borneo's capital. Although the locals signed treaties with the Dutch East India Company, they continued to resist Dutch rule throughout the 19th Century.
After the Indonesian government was formed, the Port of Banjarmasin became the capital of Kalimantan province and remained so until the province was divided. Today, it is the capital of South Kalimantan.


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The Pure Grenada exhibit at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2018 named 'Grenada-The Road to Success' has won a highly coveted gold medal.
This brings to 14 the number of gold medals awarded to Grenada in 20 years of exhibiting at the Show, with four being awarded in as many consecutive years to the Grenada-based lead designer, Catherine John and her extended team of volunteers.
This year, the team brought Pure Grenada, the Spice of the Caribbean, to life with a fragrant and exuberant representation of one of the island's iconic historic symbols - the board bus. Measuring 10ft by 4ft, the sides are open to the spice-fragranced breeze and sweeping views as the bus heads back to the countryside from the capital city of St George's.
The Grenada team's intricate design emphasises the rich and abundant flora typical of the tri-island state of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique, accented with scented spices and complemented by verdant foliage. Heliconias, orchids, gingers, tropical ferns, fruits and spices all feature prominently.
The blooms, greenery and spices were grown in Grenada and arranged to design ahead of Monday, May 21 when the display enthralled VIP Press Day visitors including Dr Johnson Beharry VC – recipient of the highest military decoration for valour in the British and Commonwealth armed forces, who was born in Grenada. Well-known names including ITV Royal Wedding presenter, Philip Schofield; athlete Perri Shakes-Drayton; singer Beverley Knight; and actors Alison Steadman OBE and Christian Vit (Game of Thrones) were also impressed.
"We're delighted that the exhibit has been awarded a Gold Medal here in London. A journey on an open-sided bus was a delight, and my personal inspiration for the design comes from memories of driving past cocoa and spice trees, palms, exotic blooms and brightly-coloured blooming shrubs. Many more Grenadians will fondly recall idyllic journeys on such buses between the 1930s and 1990s," said John.
All connected with the pavilion express their gratitude to the 2018 supporters and those who offered their time and plant materials.
RHS Chelsea Flower Show remains open to the public until Saturday. For more information on Pure Grenada, visit www.PureGrenada.com or search for #FreeToWonder on social platforms.


Eileen Fisher is one of the OGs of ethical fashion, which is why I jumped at the chance to cover her Social Innovators Project in partnership with the CFDA for Fashionista. The project offered three recent fashion school grads focused on sustainability a yearlong residency with Fisher's eponymous label, giving them valuable access to mentorship, resources, and institutional know-how.
In return, the three young designers were given a design challenge: what should the brand do with the hundreds of thousands of damaged garments collected through its Green Eileen clothing recycling project?
The Remade In The USA collection was the trio's solution. The upcycled collection uses techniques like resewing, felting and natural dyeing to turn old garments into gorgeous new pieces in keeping with the Eileen Fisher aesthetic. Last week, I visited the collection's debut at a private pop-up shop in Brooklyn—and watched the designers chat with Eileen Fisher herself about wading through mountains of clothes, dyeing shirts with eucalyptus, and what "sustainable" really means.
Read my full rundown of the event over at Fashionista.
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What can I donate at Donation Days?
This year our Annual Community Connection is The James Bay Community Project; this means during Donation Days any small cash donations, non-perishable food items and basic household necessities will be accepted. JBCP has told us that there is a need for baby food and feminine hygiene products.
How do costume fees work?
If you are performing in show there will be costume fees required. Competitive Program costume fees are a pre-set amount determined at the beginning of the year. Recreational Program fee's will change each session depending on the costume requested by the teacher. It is important to highlight that the costume fee is a service fee – within this fee you are paying for both the item, and the labour required to coordinate and acquire the costumes. Additional shipping charges may apply.
Can children come to your shows?
Due to the sexual nature of our classes and performances children are not permitted at Passion and Performance shows.
What is the waiver and why do I have to sign it?
The waiver is the document that protects Passion and Performance from liability. After you sign the waiver, Passion and Performance will not be responsible for any injuries that you may incur while obtaining services at the studio.
Yes, we have a variety of private lesson options available. Additional information can be obtained by contacting Lacey at private_bookings@passionandperformance.com or using our contact form.
What classes are available for children?
Our classes are designed for adults only. No children or youth (under 19) are permitted at any of our night-time classes. Parents are welcome bring their children (pre-school age and younger) to the Mama Classes only.
What classes are available for men?
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I really want to take a class, but my funds are limited – what low income options do you have?
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I don't have any dance experience is that OK?
All skill levels are welcome at Passion and Performance. We only require experience for our Competitive Class dancers, as well as for the Technique and Advanced Tap classes.


In 1950, during rising fears of communist infiltration, Senator Margaret Chase Smith delivered a speech to the U.S. Senate, speaking out against the political smear tactics of fellow senator Joseph McCarthy. This story is produced by NBC Learn in partnership with Pearson.
After World War II, many Americans feared that the spread of communism was threatening freedom and democracy. The countries of Eastern Europe had turned to communism, and Communist forces were advancing in East Asia. In the United States, hearings by the House Committee on Un-American Activities and espionage cases in the courts increased fears that communism was spreading at home.
On June 1, 1950, as another "red scare" was sweeping the nation, Margaret Chase Smith, a freshman Senator from Maine, stood alone on the Senate floor to protest the smear tactics being used against American citizens in the fight against communism.
MARGARET CHASE SMITH (U.S. Senator): I am not proud of the reckless abandon in which unproved charges have been hurled from this side of the aisle. I don't want a democratic administration "whitewash" or "coverup" any more than i want a republican smear or witch hunt.
TERRERO: Smith's "Declaration of Conscience" speech was aimed at fellow Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy, who had recently claimed he held a list of communists working in the State Department. And his accusations continued.
JOSEPH P. McCARTHY (U.S. Senator): Communists in defense plants, communists who are there as of this moment.
TERRERO: As McCarthy ignored requests for evidence to back his claims, Smith urged caution.
SMITH: I believe with all my heart that we must not become a nation of mental mutes, blindly following demagogues.
TERRERO: Smith spoke out at a time when few dared to publicly speak against McCarthy's tactics. In a 1991 interview, Smith recounted a conversation she had with McCarthy before making her speech.
SMITH: He asked what I was up to and I told him I'm going to make a speech and you're not going to like it.
TERRERO: In her speech, Smith blamed both parties for the "national feeling of fear and frustration." She criticized President Truman's Democratic administration for "its complacency to the threat of communism" and "lack of effective leadership." She admonished the Republican Party's hopes for political "victory through the selfish political exploitation of fear, bigotry, ignorance and intolerance."
SMITH: It is high time that we stopped thinking politically as republicans and democrats about elections and started thinking patriotically as Americans about national security based on individual freedom.
TERRERO: Smith stated that accusers "who shout the loudest about Americanism ignore some of the basic principles of Americanism, the right to criticize, to hold unpopular beliefs, to protest, the right of independent thought."
SMITH: It is high time that we all stopped being tools and victims of totalitarian techniques, techniques that, if continued here unchecked, will surely end what we have come to cherish as the American way of life.
TERRERO: Six Republican senators also signed the declaration, but it didn't get a warm reception from others. Although Smith faced political retaliation from McCarthy, she held her Senate seat until 1972. In a long, distinguished career, Smith's "Declaration of Conscience" is a lasting testimony to her courage and independence at a time of fear and injustice.
Editor's Note: In June 1950, U.S. Senator Margaret Chase Smith delivered this speech in the Senate chamber during the Red Scare, when many Americans were being accused of being communist. Her opponent, though never mentioned by name, was fellow Republican Joseph R. McCarthy, who had recently accused members of the State Department of having communist sympathies.


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National Buffalo Museum Announces Passing of Rare Albino Bison White Cloud
Jamestown, ND – November 15, 2016 – With deep sadness, the National Buffalo Museum announces the passing of White Cloud, the rare albino buffalo who lived with the museum's herd for almost two decades. White Cloud died peacefully of old age on Monday, November 14, 2016.
White Cloud was born on the Shirek Buffalo Ranch near Michigan, North Dakota, in 1996 and came to live with the herd at the National Buffalo Museum in 1997. She gave birth to 11 calves during her time in Jamestown, including Dakota Miracle, a rare white bull. She returned home to the Shirek Buffalo Ranch in May of 2016.
White Cloud was beloved by local residents and attracted an estimated 3 million visitors to Jamestown. White bison are exceedingly rare and are considered sacred to indigenous peoples of North America.
"To me, White Cloud was more than a tourist attraction. She drew many, many people to the community, but more than that, she brought the community together with White Cloud Days, parades, and special Native American events. She will be missed by the Museum, our city, and by all the travelers that could look to the North and view her as they drove along the I-94 interstate pasture" said Don Williams, President of the National Buffalo Museum's board.
There will not be a formal memorial service for White Cloud, but the museum encourages those who wish to share their memories, stories and photos on social media using #WhiteCloud.
Plans are being made to bring White Cloud back to the museum as a full body mount display. With your support, she will be preserved for future generations. Please send donations to the White Cloud Preservation and Memorial Fund, c/o National Buffalo Museum, 500 17th St. SE, Jamestown, ND, 58401.
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Our mission is to educate the public on the cultural and historical significance of the North American bison.
Your support can help establish ongoing youth programs, sponsor new exhibits, assist with the acquisition of artifacts and artwork, and support future growth and expansion.
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