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The Paris Years of Thomas Jefferson
William Howard Adams; Original Photography by Adelaide de Menil
In 1784 Thomas Jefferson moved to the sophisticated and exhilarating city of Paris, where he spent the next five years as minister from the new United States of America. These were formative years for France, for the United States, and for Jefferson's cultural and intellectual development. This engaging book recreates in word and illustration the atmosphere and personalities of prerevolutionary Paris, and it reveals the profound impact they had on one of America's first transatlantic citizens.
William Howard Adams discusses how the provincial Virginian became a cosmopolitan connoisseur in the rarefied intellectual, political, scientific, and artistic circles of the city. He describes Jefferson's relationships with such luminaries as Lafayette, Condorcet, Lavoisier, Baron Grimm, La Rochefoucauld, John and Abigail Adams, Gouverneur Morris, and J.-L. David, as well as his involvement with the English painter Maria Cosway. His alleged affair with his slave Sally Hemings is critically examined in the context of all available evidence.
Adams's principal focus is on Jefferson's role as the preeminent American envoy in Europe after the departure of Franklin, his participation in the cultural and political life of the city, and his private intrigues to help his friends bring the Bourbon monarchy to heel. Finally, he places the author of the Declaration of Independence in the middle of his second revolution and chronicles the dramatic events leading up to the upheaval of 1788-1789.
The book is richly illustrated with art of the period and with specially commissioned photographs of Parisian sites by Adelaide de Menil.
William Howard Adams is a fellow at the International Center for Jefferson Studies. A historian, writer, lecturer, and film maker, he was the curator of the National Gallery's Bicentennial exhibition The Eye of Thomas Jefferson and the editor of the catalogue of the same name.
A selection of the History Book Club
"This gracefully written book about Jefferson's years in Paris is our most illuminating study of that important period in Jefferson's life. It is a work that all serious students of the third president will want to own."—Herbert Sloan, author of Principle and Interest: Thomas Jefferson and the Problem of Debt
"Elegantly synthesiz[es] the historical wisdom on Jefferson's tenure in Paris. . . Adams deftly illustrates both the scope and importance of [the] Parisian context in all its splendor."—Linzy Brekke, Chicago Tribune
"[Adams] offers a judicious, balanced overview based on thorough grounding in primary sources as well as the latest books on Jefferson. . . . Adams's touch is light. He clearly admires Jefferson while avoiding hagiography, demonstrating that Jefferson's five years in France helped to obliterate the last traces of provincialism in the Virginian and further implanted in him the ideals of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. Highly recommended for all libraries."—Library Journal
"Adams uses a series of eight interlocking chapters to illuminate, with broad scholarship and graceful writing, these critical years. . . . Provides an informed and incisive overview of Paris on the eve of the French revolution. . . . Richly illustrated."--Noble E. Cunningham, Jr., Washington Times
"Adams has written an interesting and particularly erudite book about Thomas Jefferson's service in Paris as U.S. minister to France from 1784 to 1789. [This book] examines Jefferson's ambassadorial career in exquisite detail."—Lowe Bibby, AP Special Features
"This is a weekend-in-the-country book, a kind of gettin-to-know-you, snugglin-in digest whose sparkling scholarship is disguised by its ambling pace. . . . Adams has presented a superbly colourful portrait."—Raymond Seitz, Times (London)
"Subtle and understated, William Howard Adams's graceful study has a sharper edge than either the reader or, indeed, the author, might have expected."—Eileen Battersby, Irish Times
"The Paris Years of Thomas Jefferson intelligently explores the critical formative experience of that thought-filled, mild-mannered Virginian in the tumult of Paris society from 1784 to 1789. It takes the reader on an authoritative journey through the streets of the city and among the provocative characters in whose company the American diplomat thrived. . . . Adams opens readers to readers a very visual world. That is, perhaps, the greatest strength of the copiously illustrated book."—Andrew Burstein, Virginia Quarterly Review
"An elegantly written survey. . . . A balanced and well-researched look at Jefferson's life and intellect during a crucial period in his development."—Kirkus Reviews
"In this wonderfully engaging book, Adams provides historians with a new and better context in which to reexamine Jefferson's role as a political partisan and ideological propagandist during the 1790s."—C. Bradley Thompson, Ashland University, Journal of American History
"Adams has crafted an exceptionally solid and balanced view of Jefferson in Paris. His work is well researched and documented and is first-rate history. . . . The Paris Years of Thomas Jefferson is a readable and informative book, one that we would expect from an author of Adam's ability. It makes a significant addition to Jefferson scholarship and should be considered essential for Americanists and cultural and diplomatic historians and students. The general reading public will also enjoy it."—History
"Adams' absorbing account . . . conjures the intellectual, political, and cultural atmosphere of the Paris of the late ancient régime."—Brad Hooper, Booklist
"Jefferson's years in France have never been more fully or more gracefully examined than in William Howard Adams's new study. . . . [Adams] has written a compelling examination of Paris, Jefferson, and the environment he encountered, which the Yale University Press fittingly has encased in a handsomely produced volume."—Lawrence S. Kaplan, Journal of the Early Republic
"This is a splendid piece of scholarship. It recreates in lush detail the five years that Thomas Jefferson spent as minister to France. . . . [A] superbly designed book."—Norman K. Risjord, American Historical Review
368 pages, 6 x 9
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'Tuxedo' is located at 87-89 Albert Road Strathfield. This house was built c.1890 for merchant Joseph Falk, but is best known as the home of Sir Samuel Hordern (1876-1956) from 1900-1914. The house was also known as 'Albert House'.
Hordern was governing Director of Anthony Hordern & Sons, a famous Sydney shopping emporium but Hordern's other interests were significant. Of note was his long presidency of the NSW Royal Agricultural Society (RAS) from 1915-1941. Under Hordern, the RAS developed the Royal Easter Show, which is held at Sydney Showgrounds (at Moore Park and from 1998 at Homebush). Hordern's name is featured on the Hordern Pavillion at Moore Park and the Hordern Lawns and Hordern Sprung at the Showground at Homebush.
The photograph of 'Tuxedo' is reputedly taken in 1909 during the Hordern occupancy. The photograph of Samuel Hordern is from Who's Who in Australia.
I have seen the name Dinnerville in history searches and not sure about Butler but can look up records. Alviston and Kingsland Rds still exist.
Such a glorious home and great tribute to Sam Hordern. Thanks. Loved reading it. Does it still exist? I remember back in the 60s when I attended Strathfield girls high that Albert road btwn the station and Homebush rd had lost many of the grand houses to what was the new trend then – building blocks of units. Whereas Churchill ave that ran parallel had managed to escape the developers thrust. It was a very pleasant walk every day from my little semi house in Wentworth rd near OTEN to high school via Churchill ave. I loved those beautiful homes. I do hope the street is still intact.
Many of the houses are still intact on Albert Rd, west of Homebush Road. A number are protected by heritage listing.


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The coupon is valid through March 27th.


According to a story in Roll Call, Amazon will provide a means, starting Thursday, for you to make a direct donation to your favorite presidential candidate using your Amazon account. Amazon apparently worked out a deal with each campaign over the last month. The cost of developing the program and the processing fees are being paid by the presidential campaigns. Many will see the benefit to the presidential campaigns, but there's an upside for Amazon as well.
This is an interesting example of Amazon exerting its transaction processing muscle in ways that go beyond books and other merchandise. Clearly, Amazon's position as one of the premiere merchants on the Web is undisputed, but this build upon that and plays to the "Amazon as platform" strategy which make Amazon a competitor in the payments and transactions space. I wonder how much longer it will be before they federate their ID system and allow other Web sites to let me log in using my Amazon credentials.


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NWA Wrestling
NWA World Champion Trevor Murdoch shares the two major things he learned from his time in WWE (Exclusive)
By Lennard Surrao
Modified 23 Aug 2022
Murdoch is a 2-time NWA World Champion.
Trevor Murdoch spoke to Sportskeeda Wrestling ahead of his NWA World title defense and opened up about his memorable three-year run in WWE.
Murdoch enjoyed a lot of success in WWE's tag team division alongside Lance Cade and stayed with the company until his release in 2008. The 41-year-old star has wrestled extensively on the independent circuit over the past decade and is currently one of the top stars in Billy Corgan's NWA.
Murdoch said wrestling for WWE was a completely different ball game as the superstar competed in front of thousands of fans, unlike the indie shows. The 3-time World Tag Team Champion admitted that talent must eliminate the fear of performing for larger crowds if he wishes to be successful in WWE.
Here's what Murdoch revealed while speaking to Sportskeeda Wrestling's Kevin Kellam:
"One of the things is like, when you wrestle for WWE, you're not wrestling in front of 100 people. You're not wrestling in front of 500, thousands of people! So, you have to lose a certain amount of, like you can't have a fear of walking out there because those people will see it and they will eat you up. So wrestling in WWE garnered a lot of confidence for me," revealed Trevor Murdoch. "If I can go wrestle for them, if I can go wrestle for 78,000 people. If I can go wrestle in front of 3.2 million people at home every Monday night. Like, I can do anything." [From 6:55 to 7:26]
Trevor Murdoch on learning the importance of branding in WWE
While WWE's TV figures may have dropped in recent years, the most prominent wrestling organization in the world still rakes in impressive numbers from all forms of digital and social media.
WWE wants its talent to have larger-than-life characters and stresses the need for effective branding. Trevor Murdoch praised WWE for being a "well-oiled machine" and said they had mastered the art of marketing and promoting grand wrestling events.
While Trevor Murdoch picked up the in-ring technicalities of wrestling from the legendary Harley Race, he admitted to learning about the business side of things from WWE.
"The other thing, too, is that WWE is a well-oiled machine. And they have perfected virtually everything when it comes to the marketing end of it, the character end of it, and what you need to do to stand out and brand yourself. I didn't get that education until I got to WWE," Murdoch continued. "God love Harley; he was focused on the pro wrestling end of it and maybe not so much on the business end of pro wrestling." [From 7:27 to 7:57]
Trevor Murdoch has significantly benefited from the two biggest lessons he learned from his time in WWE.
The star is presently in his second reign as the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion and will headline the company's 74th Anniversary show in a match against another former WWE superstar. He added:
"So, I learned a lot there, and I've taken that now working for a company that is slowly building its way back up and becoming a named-brand wrestling company. I'm taking those things I learned from there and applying them to NWA. And it's making me stand out. When I'm going to NWA, I do things that I know work on a larger scale for WWE." [From 7:58 to 8:25]
Do you agree with Murdoch's views on how WWE operates? Sound off in the comments section below.
NWA 74 streams on FITE TV PPV worldwide on Aug 27th and 28th from St. Louis, MO. Tickets and more: NationalWrestlingAlliance.com
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Rise of Tiamat - Intro
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Ashur, you're patrolling your current woodland home somewhere in the western Dalelands, far easy of the Misty Forest where your friend and mentor Brand died in a horrible festering mass of poisonous vapor, exhaled by a monstrous specimen of Draco venenatis viridis before he could strike a single blow in defense of the local elves. You escaped alive, barely, but the loss of your partner was a sobering setback, and the pain of this tragedy still haunts you even after several tendays. You revisit the question of whether it's worth going back to the Hunt on a daily basis; the answer frequently changes several times within a single hour.
Your brooding is interrupted by the realization that a body is winging its way directly in your direction. From a distance, it looks like a raven, its wings shining in the sunlight as it soars just above the canopy upslope, its path clearly taking it toward the lowland clearing where you're currently located.
Annaliese, you're on a road running alongside the forest, currently between tasks, when a flash of silver crosses your field of vision. You see what looks like a raven flying low across the field ahead of you. However, when it reaches the treeline, it suddenly turns a 90-degree angle and zooms straight up into the sky, not leveling off again until it's just above the highest branches. Your hawk has been watching from its perch, and after observing the creature's strange motion, it gives you a single meaningful glance and takes off after the corvid.
Skarsgard
Ashur was replaying the events of his friend and mentors death, over and over in his head. Searching for some clue as to what else he may have done to save him. Guilt drove bile to the back of his throat and he spat it out, the sting drawing moisture to his eyes.
As he wiped his eyes clear, his attention was drawn by the odd behaviour of the bird flying towards the clearing. He slowed and stopped, instinctively moving to the the shadows of the trees, his eyes scanning the clearing for signs of what may have drawn the ravens attention.
The bird begins to wing its way down toward you, and you realize that it's flying pattern isn't the only odd thing about it. Ravens are normally black-feathered, and you assumed that this one was simply shining in the sunlight because its feathers were glossy with health, but as it comes close enough for you to get a good look at it, you see that the "bird" is actually some sort of facsimile of an actual animal, made out of a glimmering metallic substance. Once it dips into shadow, it assumes a color that could be called "black", but it only resembles an actual living raven to the same extent that a statue carved out of mica would have resembled it. The silvery surface of the creature's wings makes it clear that what you took for a creature is actually some sort of magical construct, an inorganic creation cunningly crafted right down to every individual feather, so that it exactly mimics the flight function of the corvid, but clearly stands out as an artificial creation.
(OOG: I thought for sure I had put this in Playing the Game...)
Intrigued by this metal bird Ashur breaks from cover. Whatever this construct was he wasn't going to learn anything more by hiding. Indeed with the proximity of the bird to his location, he wasn't at all confident that he was indeed 'hiding'.
He had heard of constructs like this being used to ferry messages to other people, but was at a loss as to who this may have belonged to.
With purpose, he strides to the metal construct his glaive held casually.
"Do you have a message for me?" he asks.
"How did that bird fly lik-- Hey, where are you going, Roo?" Ana says as the bird flies off. She looks around suspiciously. Anyone around who might own the raven, she wonders. She tries get a good look at the bird.
OOC: She is trying to look carefully at the raven. Perception: 1D20+5 = [10]+5 = 15
Remember she has this ability: You can see clearly up to a mile away seeing details as if they were only 100 ft away.
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OOC: This is roughly equivalent to distinguishing the difference between a real person (who happens to be standing completely still) and a well-made mannequin, which would be a bit challenging even at only 100 feet. But I have no desire to delay the partying-up, and by 5E standards a roll of 15 is decent, so I'll say your character is able to gain the same information that Ashur got in my second post up above - the raven is clearly artificial, with a silver sheen on its feathers which no real bird could have.
Does your familiar speak verbally, communicate telepathically, or only send and receive emotions?
@Skarsgard
The raven does not directly answer your question, but the truth becomes apparent enough when it speaks, not in the kind of croaking voice with which a well-trained raven can manage to imitate human words (while, ordinarily, having no more idea what the words mean than the raven's trainer has of its cawing), but in an obvious magical duplication of a person's voice - probably an elf, to guess by the extremely aristocratic accent and the high masculine pitch. "Brand's Apprentice! Misty Forest's King Melandrach invites you: attend him in Waterdeep, regarding possible assignment." These are fifteen of the message's twenty-five total words; the remaining ten words detail a window of dates, covering when you could arrive in the "City of Splendors" in order to meet him.
Clearly the message was compacted artificially in order to suit the restrictions of a spell; perhaps if you spoke Celestial, a tongue which is supposed to be so vast in vocabulary and precise in disambiguation that it can fit entire sentences of Common meaning into a single precisely-drawn glyph, this Melandrach could have spoken in that language instead. Then perhaps you would have a bit more detail about exactly what this "possible assignment" entails. The fact that he refers to your deceased friend/mentor/whatever, and calls you an "apprentice" (certainly not a word that Brand ever used) may well simply be one of these verbal economies; you doubt it can be meant as some sort of slight against you. It's certainly not as flattering as if he had asked for you by your own name, but who knows; elves are weird, and this isn't really enough information to be sure what's going on. Still, whatever else is true about him, a king is a source of wealth, influence, and all manner of other forms of power; if he wants some kind of service out of you, it's likely to be a well-paid one. Particularly given the arcane and probably expensive method he chose to use in making contact....
The raven sits patiently, as if waiting for you to reply. It's likely that the 25-word limit which Melandrach was clearly working around, with substantial inconvenience, would apply to whatever response you might choose to send back to him.
(Feel free to expound upon your character's backstory, and volunteer any appropriate rolls you'd like to explore for more detail; I'm being intentionally vague so as to give you a lot of potential directions to take this. As long as the direction you choose isn't "directly away from the entire plot", I can work with pretty much anything else.)
OOC: Familiars no longer have communication options. In 5E, all familiars communicate telepathically when within 100 ft of their master.
@Annaliese: Your hawk states with considerable confidence that this raven isn't really alive, but its curiosity is still aroused, and it continues pursuing the bird across the treetops, soon getting far enough away that you can no longer maintain contact with it.
@Ashur: While you're still thinking about the raven's message, a hawk descends from the sky to perch in a branch not far from you, and keeps a close eye on the ersatz corvid. While not as obviously unnatural as the metal-feathered construct, the hawk's behavior does seem out of the ordinary; most raptors would either have tried to attack something that looked like a prey animal, or lost interest immediately upon discovering that it wasn't really edible. Instead, this one is just...staring at the thing. Kind of like you're doing, actually.
Ana follows after the hawk. I should snap you back to the feywild, Roo. But I'm curious about that bird, too. She thinks.
Ashur ran his hand over his stubbled chin and pondered the message. A new assignment could be welcome as pickings had been low of late and coin was starting to become a problem. His relationship with elves was somewhat strained; he had brought in many an elvish criminal and whilst on the surface the elves were appreciative of his efforts, he had always suspected that they secretly resented the fact that a 'mere human' was able to hunt down their kin.
He smiled as he formulated a response that he knew would potentially irritate the originator of the message.
"Understood," he answered curtly grinning to himself. He was about to turn away when the hawk landed nearby, there was something unnatural about it as well but he couldn't quite put his finger on what.
Another strange bird, he thought to himself. Turning to the hawk, "Are you a messenger as well?"
(For some reason I'm not getting notifications on this thread, or I'd have responded much sooner.)
The hawk makes no response, but you do hear someone approaching through the woods. (Analiese can make a Stealth roll if you'd like, but even if you roll a natural 20, I'll just say that means Ashur doesn't hear you until you've almost reached the clearing.)
At the same time, someone else also hears the stranger's approach. Bannor has been meditating nearby, enjoying the stillness of the deep wildlands; he wasn't watching the sky, so he has no idea about either the Silver Raven or the familiar Hawk, but his level of awareness cannot help but take note of a person (by his standards) blundering through the underbrush and creating a ruckus. (He's somewhere between where Ashur is and where Ana was, so he isn't aware of Ashur yet, though it won't take long once he figures out where Ana is headed.)
(I'm going to have Robyn and Dumos meet each other somewhere else, and then join up with the party shortly thereafter. Unfortunately the well of my inspiration has run dry; I have to head home for the day, and I work tomorrow, so it will be Friday at the soonest before I can post an intro for you guys, unless you'd just like to write your own intro scene at some random village somewhere. I can certainly do better than that, if you're content to wait.)
OOC: Stealth is compared against passive perception. I don't think Ashur's or anyone's passive perception is 20 unless they took the observant feat.
Stealth: 1D20+7 = [17]+7 = 24
Now, granted, Bannor will not be surprised because he has alertness. But he does not know Ana is there until she does something that breaks stealth.
Ana is suspicious of what is going on. As she approaches a clearing she sees a human looking a Moperoo. He seems curious. Ana steps into the clearing, weapons sheathed. "I see you've found my hawk," she says. She makes a low whistle and mentally tells Roo to fly to her shoulder.
Ashur turns at the low whistle, seeing the bird take off and fly towards the woman appearing out of the trees. The metal bird didn't seem to react to the newcomer so he doubted it was hers.
"Good day, lady," Ashur bows slightly. The woman seemed to be an adventurer like himself and moved with easy grace in the wild. Not some tavern maid this one. "I take it this one isn't yours?"
He indicates the metal bird perched nearby.
"No," Ana says. "Little Roo here spotted that one and gave chase. I guess it doesn't belong to you either. Not a natural bird. Is it?"
Ashur shook his head and turned back to the metal bird.
"No, not natural." he agreed. "But is is a messenger. It has delivered its message but it still lingers."
He considers the newcomer, "My name is Ashur. This construct gave me a message as I approached it but it still lingers. Maybe it has a message for you too?"
"Perhaps, Ashur," Ana says. When the bird looks her way she says, "Hello, I'm Annaliese Claymoor." Then she looks at Ashur, "But you can call me Ana."
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OOC: I am still not getting notifications for this thread, despite having it Watched. This may become a problem.
After hearing the 25th word spoken between Ana and Ashur, the raven takes off and flies back in the direction from which it originally came. Analiese senses Roo's desire to pursue the target, but it's just a momentary twitch before the raptor's magically-constructed sentience overcomes its innate predator instinct. The artificial bird never sees Bannor, nor vice versa (though he might hear the whistling of its flight overhead, past a thickness of canopy sufficient to block his view, shortly before he arrives in the clearing).
Dumos and Robyn have met on the road, both independently en route to Waterdeep. The tiefling has gotten a letter from some mid-ranking noble, who mentions that he was recommended to her by a lower-ranking noble whose holdings Dumos recently protected (not that this was really the reason why he was there; killing the monster was his priority, and he just managed not to inflict any real degree of collateral damage in the process, so the locals remember him more fondly than they otherwise might have done). The missive was quite vague on the details, but Dumos can likely assume that the intended mission will involve both coin and trouble, so he's certainly inclined to go check it out, having no other immediate priorities. The cleric of course has a more personal and hard-to-ignore summons motivating his travels; Selune's whispered voice is often hard to clearly make out, but one particular moonlit evening's prayers, he was quite specifically pointed in the direction of Waterdeep, with a highly unusual degree of urgency, as if the fate of many innocents depends on his making his way there as soon as reasonably possible. As tends to be the way of things in Faerun, the two traveling adventurers crossed paths coincidentally, shared a campfire meal or three and traded stories, and have established at least the beginnings of an acquaintanceship, so they now approach the local trading hub of Westwater together.
As the holy man and the somewhat-less-holy spellsword approach within a mile or so of the city, they notice that the air smells worrisomely of ash and smoke. They are relived when they finally spy the walls, but somewhat less so when they see the closed iron gates on a settlement which usually has nonstop trading caravans passing through in both ways, with spear-carrying guards walking the battlements only 15 or 20 yards apart, and a distinct haze of pollution in the air overhead which the summer breezes have yet to dissipate. Clearly, something unpleasant has happened here, or perhaps it's still happening....
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(I disable all notification everywhere on the Internet so I can't tell you if notifications are working.)


Kate Middleton Reaches Hair Perfection Yet Again—But This Time There's a Hat Involved!
Duchess Catherine (or Kate Middleton, as I still call her in my head--is anyone else having trouble with the transition? Just me?) rocked the heck out of a hat over the weekend, and I think her hair had a lot to do with it. Come see.
And I think that pinning was totally key. It made her hair fall just perfectly around both her face and the hat so she looked even lovelier than usual. Good work, I say. And now I kind of want a hat like that. Anyone else?
Could This Really Be The Secret To Kate Middleton's Shiny Hair?


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Azure Active Directory B2C Service Goes Live
By Kurt Mackie
Microsoft's Business to Consumer (B2C) Azure Active Directory service is now commercially available in North American markets.
Azure AD B2C is an identity and access management service for organizations that develop customer-facing applications. It allows them to plug into Azure AD authentication technologies on the back end, while allowing users (consumers) to authenticate quickly using preexisting social media logins. The service had been at the preview stage for almost a year.
The Azure AD B2C service currently works with social media services such as "Facebook, Google, LinkedIn and Amazon," according to Microsoft's announcement today. It also works with Microsoft accounts. Alternatively, an organization can offer the user the ability to create an account.
Microsoft's announcement of the "general availability" of Azure AD B2C noted that this service is currently being used by the Indiana Office of Technology for authenticating citizens' use of the state's InBiz application, and that it solves a storage problem for housing all of that ID data. The service "can scale up to hundreds of millions of consumer identities per tenant," Microsoft's announcement claimed.
The service is also being used by Real Madrid to enable authentication for mobile and Web apps, supporting "450 million fans around the globe." It provides login support for Real Madrid's apps without it having to build the code, the announcement explained.
The service, however, is just available in North America right now. Microsoft has been building out its datacenter infrastructure to enable the Azure AD B2C service and plans to bring it to other markets "over the next few months." The service is supported for more than 21 languages.
Organizations using Azure AD B2C have access to the user account information that gets created. "You own your consumers' data and manage your app's terms of use," the announcement explained.
Developers get a RESTful API, essentially the "Graph API," for customization purposes. There are options for "branding, token, session and SSO configuration, information collected from consumers and claims passed back to the app," Microsoft indicated. If wanted, multifactor authentication can be enforced, which is a secondary identity challenge besides a password, such as a response to an instant message or an automated phone call.
Azure AD B2C supports authentication protocols such as OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect. The service works with "mobile, web and native apps using Microsoft's authentication libraries or open-source ones," according to the announcement.
Microsoft claims that the Azure AD B2C service simplifies account creation by consumers and adds self-management. For instance, users can change their sign-up and profile details, and they can reset the passwords they create.
Azure AD B2C service billing is based on a "consumption-based pricing model," Microsoft indicated. There's a free trial period until "early 2017." Documentation and samples can be found at this page.
Kurt Mackie is senior news producer for 1105 Media's Converge360 group.


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Q: Image augmentation в object detection модели машинного обучения хочу расширить набор данных машин, состоящий из 1100 экземпляров, который будет использован при обучении нейронной сети с object detection алгоритмом. Вопроса возникло два, кто-нибудь может, пожалуйста, подсказать?
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*Сколько нужно создать дополнительных augmentation экземпляров моих картинок? Я имею ввиду, что у меня 1100 экземпляров, нужно ли мне применять image augmentation к каждой картинке / к каждой второй-картинке / к каждой картинке и несколько раз ?

*Как именно нужно проводить image augmentation для нейронной сети с алгоритмом object detection? Просто отодвинуть картинку машины в сторону не пойдет? Как понимаю можно отзеркалить, отдалить, повернуть, приблизить. А что можно еще попробовать?

A: При обучении нейросети аугментацию входных картинок я делаю всегда. Делаю это на лету (без сохранения на диск).
Примерный список преобразований:

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*rotation (повороты)

*random crop

*blur

*motion blur

*sharpen

*gaussian noise

*salt & pepper

*в моем случае "изобрел" шум крупными зернами (размер несколько пикселей)

*автоконтраст

*сепия

*hue/saturation

*изменение яркости/контрастности

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PS. Например для Питона есть готовые библиотеки https://github.com/mdbloice/Augmentor или https://imgaug.readthedocs.io/en/latest/source/api_augmenters_arithmetic.html , в torchvision.transforms тоже есть фильтры для аугментации.

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MLS #1991988 Official listing information! Southern Springs neighborhood - 1232 Del Webb Blvd #237 located in Spring Hill TN 37174, priced at $353900, with 2 bedrooms.
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Student's Project Shares Experience of War
An exhibit of military medical supplies curated by Danielle Russano for the Veterans United Military Memorial Museum in New Gretna
Galloway, N.J. _ Danielle Russano's grandfather was in the military and she worries that young people today don't really understand the experience of war for those who fight.
She applied for and received a Stockton Board of Trustees Fellowship for Distinguished Students, and embarked on projects to share the history of area veterans.
At the Veterans United Military Memorial Museum in New Gretna she archived and created an exhibit for the museum's medical section, which includes items from World War I to Vietnam.
"I really enjoyed handling these precious objects that were used by people who served our country," said Russano, a resident of Little Egg Harbor Township.
When the COVID-19 pandemic limited her access to the museum, she branched out and did oral history interviews with veterans including Jerome Rhodes of New York, who served in the Army from 1942-46 and Marco Polo Smigliani, of Egg Harbor Township, who served in the U.S Merchant Marines.
"Oral histories round out the story of the past," Russano said. "You can interview people whose stories have been untold."
Russano is currently doing some work for the Atlantic County Historical Society and volunteering as an ambassador with the Carlisle Heritage Museum in Pennsylvania.
An older, non-traditional student, she will graduate in December with a degree in Liberal Studies with a focus on American Studies.
Russano worked with Stockton Special Collections Librarian Heather Perez. She said the fellowship allowed her to get first-hand experience of how to care for and document military items and how to organize an exhibit. She learned the importance of light and temperature in preserving items, and how to curate items to not only answer questions, but raise them.
Her goal, she said, is to reach young people, and continue her work with veterans.
"That is what inspired me," she said. "I want children to understand what these men and women went through."
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Robert Steiner was born in Philadelphia on October 10, 1949. As a youth, he lived in Miami, where his main interests were seascapes and modern art. At the age of 18 Steiner won his first art competition which landed him a National Scholastic magazine scholarship to the Rhode Island School of Design. Steiner graduated from RISD with bachelor of fine arts degree in 1971 and moved to San Francisco, where he developed his interest in wildlife. Steiner enrolled in San Francisco State University and earned a masters degree in Fine Art & Print Making in 1976. He then taught college-level art, and did freelance work such as book and magazine illustration. In 1981 he won the California State Duck Stamp competition. Mr. Steiner continued to teach until 1986, however, until he won the 1986 Florida duck stamp print and decided to publish his own prints. In the late 1980's, Mr. Steiner established himself as one of wildlife art's most successful painters, racking up numerous state duck stamp contest victories and commissions. His works have been displayed at major art shows and exhibitions throughout the country. Currently, there is a five-year waiting list for his originals.
Mr. Steiner is married to Boots Whitmer and they have two children, Marc and Katie Steiner. They live in San Francisco.
For more information about Robert Steiner and his art, read the article (Adobe Acrobat Reader required) written by Chuck Wechsler in the 1997 May/June issue of Sporting Classics.
More recently Mr. Steiner was featured in the article A Master of Duck Stamps for 25 Years (Adobe Acrobat Reader required) written by Michael Scott-Blair in the September/October 2006 issue of Wildlife Art magazine. You can read the article here .
Here is a statement from Mr. Steiner himself.
As of December of 2007, over seventy state & Federal stamps currently bear Robert Steiner's work. Robert Steiner has also painted dozens of wildlife art prints which are sold in wildlife art galleries across the country.
Colusa Waterfowl Festival Featured Artist.
1987, 1996 Featured artist for the San Bernardino County Museum Wildlife West Festival.
2000 Park Rangers Association of California Honorary Lifetime Membership for contributing millions of dollars to wetlands and habitat restoration.
California Ducks Unlimited First of State sponsor print artist.


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The Final Examination in Architectural Practice at ARB Part 3 Level
The Board at its meeting of 14 September 2017 decided that ARCEX Ltd's The Final Examination in Architectural Practice at ARB Part 3 Level (one year, part time) should be prescribed from 12 February 2018 to 12 February 2022 under section 4(1)(a) of the Architects Act 1997 for the purposes of entry onto the United Kingdom Register of Architects.
ARCEX Ltd's The Final Examination in Architectural Practice at ARB Part 3 Level (one year, part time) should be prescribed for the period between 12 February 2018 and 12 February 2022;
Prescription of the qualification shall be by reference to the Programme Specification submitted with the application of 21 April 2017, for The Final Examination in Architectural Practice at ARB Part 3 Level (one year; part-time) qualification. No change may be made to the title of any course or qualification or substantial change to the content so defined within that Programme Specification (allowing for normal course development) without first obtaining the written permission of the Board;
Annually by 31 January each year, commencing on 31 January 2018 the institution will be required to provide the Board with information of the nature set out in Appendix 2 in its procedures to enable the Board to see that a. all its criteria and the relevant requirements set out in Article 46 of the Mutual Recognition of Professional Qualifications Directive [2005/36/EC] are being attained by students who have been awarded the qualification prescribed; b. adequate systems are in place to ensure that all the Board's criteria will be met by students for the period of prescription; c. that the institution's resources remain as set out in its application and are adequate; and d. that any conditions of prescription continue to be met.
The institution will ensure that appropriate procedures will be maintained so that all students/candidates undertaking a prescribed qualification are fully informed of the extent of the application of that qualification to entitlement to registration as an architect in circumstances in which the student/candidate lacks a required antecedent qualification e.g. Part 2 without Part 1.
The Board considered that there was sufficient evidence submitted by the institution and supplemented by the institution's additional explanations to enable it to be confident that:
all candidates who had been awarded the qualification since the prescription of the qualification was last renewed had met all the ARB criteria;
the institution had adequate systems in place to ensure that candidates awarded the qualification met all the criteria; and
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Building A Gateway
by Jeff Brown
in Living in NH
Every day, my commute to and from work takes me past a construction project in Candia. Just beyond the offramps of Exit 3 off Route 101, a gas station sits in the middle of a work zone, earth movers and machines carving pieces of the terrain away bit by bit. It's a dramatic sight if you know what used to be there.
But in some ways, it's more dramatic when you recall what was there ten years ago, or longer.
For most of my youth, Candia was just somewhere you passed through on the way to somewhere else. You got off Route 101, and a car dealership sat atop the hill at the end of the Exit 3 offramp. From there, you followed Route 43 to Route 27, the old east-to-west highway to and from the beach, before Route 101 was a reality. Or you followed Route 43 north into Deerfield to get to the Deerfield Fair. For a kid, there was little reason to visit Candia for Candia's sake.
But as an adult, you become aware of the businesses lining Route 27 from Hooksett to Raymond, providing transportation and landscaping services, or selling appliances and clean pool water. You recognize the real estate opportunities in Candia and Deerfield, not too far from the city, but set back in the quiet, undeveloped countryside.
And you come to understand that places you pass through from one place to another are gateways.
Candia is a gateway to Deerfield, to Northwood, to Raymond, and all points beyond.
Gateways are not merely waypoints, though; they need to be welcoming and inviting, both to those making home within and to those just passing by. Candia had two small gas stations, one with a sandwich shop inside, plus a local pizzeria and a low-key diner. For years, off Route 43 there was the Candia General Store, a local hub of activity and news. But little of that was plainly visible off the highway.
What was visible was the former car dealership, having rotated through periods of housing a trucking company and an equipment rental business, among others. And just beyond the exit were large parcels of land with little beyond rumored uses. One town rumor suggested a grocery store had tried to buy one of the parcels. For my early years working in Candia, both remained vacant, full of trees and opportunity.
The Candia First Stoppe now serves as an off-highway hub for activity for residents and visitors alike. And it's growing.
But then, about seven or eight years ago, the trees were cleared, then the land was flattened, and what emerged was the Candia First Stoppe. Opened in March of 2011, the Candia First Stoppe was the gateway concept made real. A convenience store, sandwich shop and coffee stand sat at the center of a modern gas station, complete with diesel pumps and parking for tractor-trailers. It was a boon for locals who wanted to avoid a trip back to Manchester or Raymond and an oasis for road-weary travelers.
Since its opening, the First Stoppe has made some incremental improvements, swapping its own coffee for Dunkin' Donuts coffee and adding a seasonal ice cream stand. Another seasonal vendor appears in the fall to sell pumpkins. On Thursday nights in the summer, the First Stoppe hosts a weekly Cruise Night, gathering car lovers for a casual show of street rods, classics, antiques and muscle cars. The Cruise Nights are popular enough to line Route 43 with parked cars as enthusiasts gather.
The gas station was built off an unfinished stub road, and stub roads mean opportunities, even if none seem immediately obvious. Earlier this year, the earth-moving equipment reappeared. This time, it broke through the stub road and beyond, carving into the hills and earthen berms surrounding the gas station. Big plans were afoot.
Behind the diesel pumps, space has been cleared for additional truck parking, as a truck stop evolves.
The biggest portion of the plan involves the trucking industry. The First Stoppe is making upgrades to position itself as an independent truck stop, including expanded parking, more diesel pumps, restrooms with showers, and a laundry room. A separate truck entrance will keep the increased truck traffic from overwhelming the gas station. With changes in the hours-of-service regulations taking effect in December, and considering southern New Hampshire is notoriously thin on formal truck stops, the upgrades will be welcomed with open arms.
Expanded parking has already been implemented, which helped to thin parking along the highway during the later summer Cruise Nights. The new accommodations for trucks will surely make Cruise Nights a bit smoother, as the two worlds will no longer have to mingle.
The sitework crew is literally moving mountains, clearing space for further development.
Also on the plan is a pub adjacent to the gas station. There are few sit-down dining options in Candia or Deerfield. Judging by the success of the nearby Tuckaway Tavern in Raymond and the Auburn Tavern one exit away, there may be more opportunity for a casual eatery between the two.
In some ways, it seems like a celebration of the mundane. But for a small town like Candia, it's a welcome upgrade from ten and fifteen and even twenty years ago. I think back to when a relative bought a house in northern Vermont. The rural life was appealing. But if you forgot eggs or milk on the way home, it was an hour round-trip to the nearest store. In Candia, that might be more like thirty minutes. But the thirty-minute trip that sounds simple at five o'clock becomes shockingly daunting by 7:30. It may not be a daily stop, but it's there when you need it.
The Candia First Stoppe is a means of bridging the gap between the rural life and the convenience of city living. It's a benefit to those who work in town, and an encouragement to those who might consider working there. And it's an oasis to those who find themselves at the exit looking for some form of refreshment.
In many ways, it's the gateway to a gateway.
About Jeff Brown
Jeff Brown is a lifelong resident of New Hampshire, raised in Bedford and residing in Manchester. A 2004 graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Jeff works for M&S Logistics in Candia, juggling the varied hats of operations, customer service, IT and marketing. An admitted workaholic, Jeff is a semi-retired videogamer, a meme-savvy computer geek, and an avid motorsports fan. When not glued to his phone, Jeff occupies himself with photography, writing, music, and traversing the state in search of friends with boats and tasty local wine. Follow Jeff on Twitter: @pwn3d781
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One Response to "Building A Gateway"
Brian • October 6, 2017 at 11:17 am #
Service, service, service industry! First to suffer on a downturn. We need manufacturing to move in large or small..


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The famous Konyaalti beach is just 5 minutes away by car.
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Karmun was sweet enough to accompany me Christmas shopping while she did not get anything for herself other than food. She's somewhat quite proud of herself for not shopping that day. I'm proud of her too! She's such a shopaholic!
Because both of us woke up late and have not eaten any breakfast, after buying my shoes we went for SUSHI! I love Sushi because they are quite healthy and low in fat! And I love my Salmon <3.
This is one of my favourite sushi. I forgotten the name but since the first time I had this I just fell in love with it! So far I noticed only Sakae Sushi has this type of Salmon sushi. Really love this.
If you noticed how weird this sushi looked, it's because at first two of the retarded looking sushi only had half of the salmon. It was ridiculous! So I nicely told the waiter about this and their chef just layered two extra sashimi on top. Weird.
Some of the orders did take a while to reach, so this is Karmun's waiting face. Lol look at her hands! They are so tiny and cute!
After our brunch, we realized that there's no where else we wanted to go in Sunway Pyramid, so we left and went to Paradigm Mall for H&M and Sephora. Unfortunately the first stop when we arrived was the ladies washroom.
Saw this cool picture frame at the mirror.
H&M! So Karmun saw this really nice leather jacket for about RM140 I think? She was so tempted to buy, but the material is kinda cheap feeling for me, the kind of PVC leather that'll tear easily, my opinion. So she didn't buy in the end.
I don't know why but this dress reminds me so much of Serena Vanderwoodsen from Gossip Girl. I've seen Serena wear something similar to this before.
The next dress I tried. Both of the dresses has pretty nice material that I feel is pretty okay for the cost. At this very moment, I wished I was rich.
I also like how it has double layer to prevent see through.
After that we went to Sephora. When we both reached Sephora, I immediately walked towards Urban Decay. I am a huge fan of Urban Decay because i've seen make up gurus review and use this brand on YouTube. I really wanted the Naked Palette 2 but unfortunately money does not grow on trees.
I really wouldn't mind this palette from Stila, but they are pretty pricey too. Gosh why are make up so expensive nowadays? There were so many pretty colours in Sephora including Sephora's own cosmetic products, but the security there was kinda eye-ing on me so I couldn't really take many pictures. Haha I guess I gave him the suspicious look, really need to work on my acting.
About a day or two later I went shopping again for presents for family. One full day of shopping is seriously not enough. Since my cousin from Australia is back for Christmas, I decided to bring him along with my sister and I to Mid Valley so all three of us could do some Christmas shopping!
But first, we need food.
Love Carl's Junior, compared to Burger King I think Carl's way more worth it.
After our late lunch we went walking around wondrously not knowing where to go. So happened we saw this store from Japan, I can't remember the name I think it's Mizzu? Or Midori? Omg! All I know is it starts with 'M'. They have stuff like clothes, household items, and stuff.
I really like this kind of make up storage but they are SO EXPENSIVE not only in this store but even online and make up shops. Sometimes I wonder why are they so expensive when they are made from plastic?
Due to the fact that we are students and not earning yet, we decided to go for the cheaper alternative, another store from Japan called Daiso. I don't have to introduce Daiso to you all because I am pretty sure most of you know how awesomely cheap they are, RM5 for everything!
Wine glasses! Was looking for shot glasses but couldn't find any.
Although Daiso is RM5 store wide, we still did not managed to shop for everyone. Daiso is huge but they are more for household items, and a lil bit of beauty products which I do not dare to try either.
Since my house toilet was under renovation, my house lacked of food. So we did a bit of shopping although it ended up to be only these few items!
Okay we bought a few more stuff and some WINE! But I forgot to take picture of them because I was dead tired from all the walking and rushing.
Since we were so hard working shopping and walking so much, it was time for a treat! Chatime! I haven't had them for a while.
I think the sushi that you like is called mentaiko something. LOL. I love it too!! :D ah - shopping. I need to get a new bag! Hahahaha..
I had to control myself too ;( Super duper broke!
Happy shopping yea... I wish I'm rich too. *sigh* SO tempted to buy everything.


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Love|Alex, We'll Take 'To Have and to Hold' for $1,000
Alex, We'll Take 'To Have and to Hold' for $1,000
Maryanne Lewell and Michael Townes, who met as fellow contestants on "Jeopardy," were married July 7 at St. Andrew's Catholic Church in St. Andrews, New Brunswick.CreditCreditSarah Rice for The New York Times
By Vincent M. Mallozzi
The category is: "North Meets South."
And here's the answer: The Canadian high school teacher and the middle school teacher from South Carolina who met as fellow contestants on "Jeopardy" and went on to be married.
And the correct question is: Who are Maryanne Lewell and Michael Townes?
Ms. Lewell, now 41, and Mr. Townes, 37, came buzzing into each other's lives in October 2013, among those gathering before Alex Trebek to compete in the game show's annual Teachers Tournament.
Each had scored very well in an online test for potential "Jeopardy" contestants and was contacted for auditions, hers in New York, his in Nashville.
Casting producers liked them enough to invite both to the show, which was filmed in Culver City, Calif. They began chatting, along with 13 other contestants, while waiting nervously in the green room for their 22 minutes of fame.
Mr. Townes soon found out that Ms. Lewell was single and taught history and social studies at Saint John High School in Saint John, New Brunswick.
Stephanie Townes, right, the sister of the groom, and other members of the bridal party before the ceremony.CreditSarah Rice for The New York Times
"If Maryanne were part of a 'Jeopardy' category, it would have to be 'Nerdy Redheads,'" Mr. Townes joked. "Much like myself, she was into a lot of nerdy sort of pursuits."
Ms. Lewell, who said that Mr. Townes belonged in a "Kind of Cute, Kind of Funny," category, learned that he was divorced with two young children, and taught middle school English in the Greenville County school district's alternative program.
"He was such an easygoing and kind person," she said. "I felt very comfortable around him."
But Mr. Townes was not the reason she had made the trek to the only place in the world where people routinely respond to answers with questions.
"I was there to play the game," Ms. Lewell said. "When you're in a group like that, it's really overwhelming because there's a lot of information coming at you.
"There's all the rules and regulations, and you have makeup people, and the contestant coordinators telling you how the show is going to work. I was busy trying to take in all of that information in order to play the game properly."
Msgr. Brian Henneberry led the ceremony.CreditSarah Rice for The New York Times
Ms. Lewell, who appeared in two of the 10 episodes filmed over two days, made it to the semifinals, while Mr. Townes, who competed on a separate show, did not get past the quarterfinals.
"It's sort of a sore subject," said Mr. Townes, who was leading at the end of the Double Jeopardy round with $16,400 before he was abruptly eliminated.
"The category I went out on for Final Jeopardy was 'Play Characters,'" he said. "The question wound up being Henry Higgins, from 'My Fair Lady,' which is a play that I really liked, but I completely blanked." (The "answer" was: In Peter Roach's phonetics glossary, this alliterative guy is "the best-known fictional phonetician.")
After the first day of taping, the contestants went out for drinks, and Ms. Lewell and Mr. Townes sat beside each other to continue their conversation.
As it turned out, their academic roads to "Jeopardy" were paved with three diplomas apiece.
Ms. Lewell graduated with a bachelor's in arts from the University of New Brunswick, where she also received a Master of Arts degree in English, and she earned a second bachelor's, in education, from St. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Friends and family exit the church after the wedding. Many of the guests wore blue, to match the couple's wedding colors. CreditSarah Rice for The New York Times
"She was so sweet and smart and easy to talk to," said Mr. Townes, a son of Suzanne Townes and Stephen Townes, the chief operating officer of Ranger Aerospace, a private equity consolidator and management holding company in Greenville.
Ms. Lewell was feeling much the same about Mr. Townes, who had graduated from the University of South Carolina, from which he also received an M.B.A. He also held a Master of Arts degree in teaching from Clemson.
"He was a well-educated guy who really loved his kids," said Ms. Lewell, the only daughter of Donna Lewell and David Lewell, a retired civil engineering technician for the city of Saint John.
"Mike was just a fun person to be with," she said. "I find a sense of humor to be pretty attractive."
They parted ways for the evening, and as Mr. Townes made his way back to his hotel room, he ran into another contestant, Mary Beth Hammerstrom, who recalled how smitten Mr. Townes had become with Ms. Lewell.
"Our conversation started with Mike saying, 'That girl from Canada is so smart,'" she said, "and continued with him saying, 'That girl from Canada is so beautiful' and 'That girl from Canada is so witty.'
"It ended with Mike saying, 'That girl from Canada is so out of my league.'"
The next night, after taping was completed, several contestants went out for dinner. Mr. Townes stayed briefly with the group but soon headed for the airport, where he took a red-eye flight back home.
"All of a sudden, Mike was gone," Ms. Lewell said. "I figured, 'Well, I live in Canada and he lives in South Carolina, that's the last I've seen of that guy' — I was really sad to see him go."
But almost immediately, most of the group began chatting via Facebook, and Ms. Lewell and Mr. Townes embarked on sidebar conversations that highlighted such common interests as "wonky politics," as Mr. Townes put it, as well as a love of travel, comic books and science fiction movies.
"She was always on my mind," Mr. Townes said. "Most of the things I texted her about were really just excuses to talk to her again."
Former contestants from the "Jeopardy" Teachers Tournament attended the wedding, including Mary Beth Hammerstrom, left.
CreditSarah Rice for The New York Times
Indeed, she received a text when he took his two children — Annmarie, now 8, and Reeve, 12 — to a minor league hockey game, and another when he attended a 50th anniversary screening of "Doctor Who," sending her a picture of his ticket stub with the words "ha ha, be jealous," scrawled across it.
Each passing text tugged at Ms. Lewell's heart, pulling her toward a new life that beckoned beyond the border.
"When you really connect with somebody, there's an intangible thing where you almost instantly start to share and speak the same language," she said. "You understand what the other person means, and we had that right from the get-go."
They grew closer online, watching most of the Winter Olympics from Sochi, Russia, in February 2014, and trading comments about the performances of their fellow countrymen.
Later that month, Mr. Townes sent Ms. Lewell a different sort of comment. "At the risk of what seems like a fairly strong friendship here," he texted, "I really just have to say, I hope it's not too weird, but if we lived in the same city, there's really no way I wouldn't have asked you out by now."
The groom's daughter, Annmarie Townes, and Alex Townes enjoying sweet treats at the photo station at the reception.CreditSarah Rice for The New York Times
He was speaking her language.
"The chemistry between us was so evident," Ms. Lewell said. "One of us just had to acknowledge it."
In June 2014, Mr. Townes visited Ms. Lewell for the first time, spending 10 days in her native Saint John, where fishing is one of the region's major industries. She gave him a tour that included several restaurants for sampling sticky buns and fish and chips, and a visit to the majestic Hopewell Rocks, which stand up to 70 feet tall and are washed over by some of the highest tides in the world.
"I really enjoyed it," Mr. Townes said. "There's a lot in Saint John that reminds me of home, especially the people, who go out of their way to be polite, and have that Southern sensibility that family is first."
The next month, Ms. Lewell joined Mr. Townes and his family on their annual summer trip to Edisto Island, S.C.
"I met everyone at once, and we had a great time," she said. "I think Mike and I had already fallen in love by then, but at that point, we were all in."
The bride and her father, David Lewell, before the ceremony.CreditSarah Rice for The New York Times
She visited him again at Christmas, and they began a long-distance relationship that did not become known to their "Jeopardy" friends until spring 2015, when Ms. Lowell and Mr. Townes reached out to six of them to plan a reunion in Washington.
Ms. Lowell told Ms. Hammerstrom that she was bringing her new boyfriend but gave no name, saying only that "he feels like he knows you already."
Ms. Hammerstrom remembered thinking, "Poor Mike, he will be so upset."
But a few weeks later, Ms. Lewell revealed her boyfriend's identity to the other "Jeopardy" teachers, posting photos of her and Mr. Townes on one of their nerdy pursuits: "They were standing in front of Stephen King's house in Bangor, Me.," Ms. Hammerstrom said, laughing. "The cat was finally out of the bag."
At the reunion, Ms. Lewell told everyone what she had been telling her own family about Mr. Townes.
"My life works better when he's in it; everything just runs more smoothly," she said.
"I'm a single lady of 40 with no kids, and this guy, who's a dad, comes into my life with two awesome kids and gives me the opportunity to be a stepparent, which is something I never expected or knew that I wanted," said Ms. Lewell, her voice beginning to quiver. "It has been one of the greatest gifts of my life."
They were married July 7 at St. Andrew's Catholic Church in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, where Msgr. Brian Henneberry welcomed 90 guests, many holding the couple's wedding program, which included a note that read in part, "This journey began under the bright lights of a California soundstage, and we can't wait to share our future adventures with you."
Their reception followed at the Van Horne Ballroom on the grounds of the nearby Algonquin Resort, which was decorated with four gold-colored balloons spelling "Love." A photo station featured two life-size cardboard cutouts, one of an Imperial Stormtrooper from "Star Wars" and the other of Aragorn, from "Lord of the Rings." Guests were prompted to put on masks and other props and wave lightsabers at one another.
"Hopefully, they will always be happy," said Donna Lewell, the bride's mother.
The bride plans to move to South Carolina but must first get all of her immigration-related paperwork taken care of. She is also waiting to see if her teaching certificate is going to transfer.
One invited guest who could not attend the festivities offered best wishes via email.
"My congratulations to the couple," Mr. Trebek wrote. "Although Maryanne and Michael are not the first couple to have met at 'Jeopardy' and gone on to be married, they participated in one of our best Teachers Tournaments."
Mr. Trebek then placed the couple in their very own "Jeopardy"-like category. "Even though neither won the competition," he said, "they certainly are 'Winners in Love.'"
Sandy Morgan contributed reporting from St. Andrews, New Brunswick.
When July 7, 2017
Where St. Andrew's Catholic Church, St. Andrews, New Brunswick
What They Wore The bride wore a blush, ballerina-style dress, the bodice and her bird cage veil decorated in Swarovski crystals. She also wore platinum pumps, and her headpiece was a vintage-style blush-colored silk rose with ivory feathers. The groom wore a black tuxedo with patent leather shoes and a blush tie to match the bride's dress.
Forgetful Groom Just before the ceremony, Monsignor Henneberry asked Mr. Townes for his pen from the "Jeopardy" set, which he had said he would bring to sign the registration. Mr. Townes turned to the guests and bowed sheepishly, admitting he had forgotten, which filled the church with laughter.
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Japan secured the final spot in this fall's Women's World Cup soccer finals in the United States after defeating Mexico 2-0 in the second leg of their qualification playoff in Tokyo on Saturday.
U.S.-based midfielder Homare Sawa headed home in the 56th minute on a humid afternoon at Tokyo's National Stadium and substitute Karina Maruyama added a late second to give Eiji Ueda's side a 4-2 aggregate win following last week's 2-2 draw in Mexico City.
"The support from everyone, especially the players' clubs, has been fantastic," added Ueda, who said his target at the World Cup is to reach the quarterfinals.
Japan, which failed to qualify for the Sept. 20-Oct. 12 finals automatically after finishing fourth at last month's Women's Asian Championships, will be making its fourth consecutive World Cup appearance.
The host dominated the opening period and could have headed in at the interval at least two goals to the good with the best chances falling to Sawa and Yayoi Kobayashi.
Sawa met Emi Yamamoto's left-wing cross only to see it flash wide of the post after four minutes while Kobayashi, who scored Japan's opener in the first leg at the Azteca Stadium, hit the crossbar with a clever free-kick on the half hour.
Mexican goalkeeper Pamela Tajonar did well to keep out a close range effort from Kobayashi with her legs as Japan continued to dictate the pace after the interval but the Balvanera Club stopper could do little about Japan's opener.
Yamamoto, a constant threat on the left flank twisted and turned inside two defenders and sent over a pinpoint cross for Sawa to head home unmarked from six meters out.
Maruyama put the icing on the cake and secured Japan's place in the next week's draw for the finals when she stabbed home a free-kick from captain Yumi Obe six minutes from time.


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In 2016, Lachy returned to his life-long passion for agriculture, spending two years working with impact investors Small Giants on their regenerative agriculture strategy and in an enterprise development role.
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Here is how the Coolpad Cool 3 stacks up against its closest rivals.
Xiaomi has become the leader in India's smartphone market on the back of strong demand for its budget and mid-range devices. The company's Redmi series has worked exceptionally well in the country, and models like the Redmi 6A have become popular among first time smartphone buyers. While Realme tried to challenge Xiaomi with its C1 last year, Coolpad is making a play for the same space with the launch of Cool 3 smartphone. With Cool 3, Coolpad is trying to offer a device that is better than Xiaomi's offering with a larger display and bigger battery. But can it win over the consumers? Here is how the new Coolpad Cool 3 stacks up against its closest rivals.
While the Xiaomi Redmi 6A and Realme C1 offer a generic smartphone design, the Coolpad Cool 3 tries to be cool with a gradient finish. The smartphone not only features a dewdrop notch display, but also comes with a dual color glossy back cover that offers a new pattern and new look in this price segment. The Cool 3 features a 5.71-inch display with HD+ resolution, and comes in four gradient finishes of Midnight Blue, Ruby Black, Ocean Indigo, and Teal Green.
The Xiaomi Redmi 6A and Realme C1, on the other hand, feature a generic design. The Realme C1 takes a lead here with a large 6.2-inch HD+ display. The Redmi 6A has the smallest display of the pack here measuring 5.45 inches diagonally. The Realme C1 features a wide notch at the top while the Redmi 6A lacks any kind of notch. The Realme C1 comes in black and blue colors while Redmi 6A is offered in grey, blue, gold and rose gold colors.
The Redmi 6A is powered by MediaTek Helio A22, which is an octa-core SoC clocked at 2.0GHz and fabricated using 12nm process. It comes with 2GB of RAM and 16GB storage and supports expandable storage up to 256GB via dedicated SD card slot. The Realme C1 comes with Qualcomm's octa-core Snapdragon 450 chipset coupled with 2GB of RAM and 16GB storage. Coolpad Cool 3's visible disadvantage could be in this area with the smartphone using an octa-core UNISOC chipset with 2GB RAM and 16GB storage.
All the three devices support 4G LTE, while the Realme C1 packs the biggest battery pack. The Realme C1 comes equipped with a 4.230mAh battery while the Coolpad Cool 3 and Redmi 6A feature a 3,000mAh battery. The Coolpad Cool 3 also runs the newest software of the pack, Android 9 Pie while other two devices are running Android 8.1 Oreo with their own customizations.
In terms of camera setup, the Coolpad Cool 3 and Realme C1 feature dual rear cameras while the Redmi 6A offers single camera on the back. The Redmi 6A comes with a 13-megapixel camera on the back and a 5-megapixel camera at the front. The Realme C1 features dual rear camera setup comprising of 13-megapixel and 2-megapixel sensors. At the front, it offers a 5-megapixel shooter with beautification modes. The Coolpad Cool 3, on the other hand, also has a primary 13-megapixel sensor paired with a 0.3-megapixel sensor on the back. It also comes equipped with a 5-megapixel shooter at the front for selfies.
Coolpad Cool 3 and the Redmi 6A are priced at Rs 5,999 while the Realme C1 is priced at Rs 6,999. The Redmi 6A is a proven device that has been selling well in the country. Realme C1 has also seen strong response and is one of the highest rated smartphone on Flipkart. The Coolpad Cool 3, which it offers a good balance between design and hardware, it will be tough to battle the two formidable opponents.


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