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The Astra modelo 400 was a Spanish service pistol produced by weapons manufacturer Astra-Unceta y Cia SA as a replacement for the Campo-Giro 1913/1916, which had also been chambered in 9mm Largo. It was the standard issue sidearm in the Spanish Army during the Spanish Civil War and also saw service in Germany during World War II.
The pistol was mass-produced and many examples still exist today. The Spanish Navy, along with the German Luftwaffe and the Chilean Navy primarily use the smaller variant Astra 300 and the Wehrmacht later altered the Astra 400 into the Astra 600 to better handle the 9mm Luger. The 400 was considered heavy as in order to handle the power of the 9mm Largo round in a blowback action the 400 had a reinforced slide and tough spring.
The Spanish War Ministry of King Alfonso XIII began tests in 1919 to replace the Campo Giro pistol as the standard military sidearm.[2] The 9mm Largo Astra modelo 400, patented by Pedro Careaga, was selected for the Spanish Army in August 1921, and was also adopted by other Spanish Armed forces. Astra pistols were supplied to Republican Spain and to the Basque government which controlled the plant until the Bombing of Guernica in April, 1937. Astra pistols were subsequently produced for Nationalist troops, while Republican forces made approximately 22,000 copies of the pistol in Terrassa (marked F. Ascaso) and Valencia (marked RE for Republica Española). Astra production after the civil war was for Nationalist troops except serial numbers 92851 to 98850 for Nazi Germany. Astra continued private production until 1950 even though in 1946 the Spanish military adopted the Star Model A as the standard sidearm. Spanish military inventories were sold to civilian wholesalers between 1956 and 1965. A total of around 106,175 pistols were produced.
The Astra 400 is heavy compared to many contemporary service pistols of the time like the Tokarev TT-33 but is similar in weight and length to the Colt 1911. The Astra 400 was designed to be safe to fire with a simple blowback action unaided by any breech-locking devices. This is only possible with a heavy slide and strong recoil spring. It was fitted with an internal hammer which was considered very hard to cock. The pistol also featured grooved finger grips and left sided combined slide lock/safety behind the trigger guard. The original design was chambered in 9mm Largo, but later variants would be chambered differently so as to better fulfill different military needs.


What if you could instantly learn to do a task, like playing piano or Kung Fu, simply by watching a computer screen? It may sound like something out of a sci-fi movie like Matrix, but research coming out of Boston University suggests that this effortless method of learning may exist in the future.
The technique is called "Decoded Neurofeedback", or "DecNef", and it involves using decoded fMRI to induce brain activity patterns that match a known state. For example, if you wanted to have the athletic talents of basketball superstar Shaquille O'Neal, you would obtain a brain activity pattern in Shaq's visual cortex and use DecNef to modify the patterns in your own visual cortex using fMRI. While DecNef isn't quite possible at current technological level yet, the BU researchers have succeeded in using it in subjects to induce brain activity patterns associated with a simple shape.
Most surprisingly, researchers found that the DecNef approach worked even when test subjects weren't aware of what they were learning!
While Decoded Neurofeedback overall sounds like a mind-blowing way to unconsciously and effortlessly learn something, more practically the BU researchers are looking into the method as a rehabilitative approach. A stroke victim, for example, could have his or her motor brain activity patterns matched with a healthy subject, which could theoretically quicken their recovery in ways that traditional rehabilitation cannot do.


In a recent visit to Appalachian State University's podcast studio, one of America's foremost African American voices and renowned public intellectuals, Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, shares advice on how to affect change, government and academic leadership, activism and speaking up.
Visiting the Appalachian State University podcast studio, anthropologist and author Nina Jablonski posits that human evolution has taken off like the world's fastest sprinter, dramatically changing the human face of the earth. In this far-ranging interview, she explores skin color and race and the roles they've played socially, biologically and from a health perspective over the last 200,000 years.
This is an annual event put on by The Act Office at Appalachian State University. The proceeds go to Western Youth Network and Parent to Parent, two local organizations in the High Country.
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The Philadelphia Eagles' season is over, but for Australian giant Jordan Mailata, a crucial phase now begins in his bid to prove he can be a starter in the NFL.
The Eagles protected the inexperienced 203cm tall, 157kg former South Sydney Rabbitohs junior during his 2018-19 rookie season by keeping him on the bench.
But with at least three veterans in the Eagles' offensive line potentially leaving the team, opportunities are expected to open for Mailata.
"We have a lot of confidence in some of our young players," Eagles head coach Doug Pederson told reporters.
"Jordan Mailata and (Matt) Pryor and Big V (Halapoulivaati Vaitai) has played a ton of snaps, and Isaac (Seumalo). So we have a lot of confidence in them, too.
"This will be a big off-season for those guys."
The Eagles are tipped to part with Mailata's mentor, nine-time Pro Bowl left tackle Jason Peters.
Peters, who turns 37 next week and has been dogged by injuries, will cost the team $US10.7 million ($A14.9 million) if he stays next season.
A cloud also hangs over two-time Pro Bowl right guard Brandon Brooks, who suffered an Achilles tear in Sunday's playoff loss to the New Orleans Saints.
The Eagles' two-time first-team All-Pro centre Jason Kelce is also contemplating retirement.
Mailata, an offensive tackle, is signed to a four-year, $US2.549 million ($A3.559 million) contract.
The 21-year-old spent the final games of the regular season and play-offs on the injured reserve list after he was diagnosed with a fractured vertebra.
The Eagles gambled on selecting the physically gifted Mailata in the seventh round of last year's draft despite the Australian never playing a game of American football.
The team will be closely watching his improvement when organised team activities begin in April and training camp starts in July.


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Norma A. Duque, President & CEO
Ms. Duque is the founders of Nuevo Amanecer Latino Children's Services (NALCS). She serves as our President and CEO. She reviews, approves, and oversees all operations of NALCS. In addition, Ms. Duque has knowledge and complies with the requirements of DCFS A-133 guidelines and regulations, ensures that HR management complies with laws, prepares and monitors the budget for NALCS, plans, organizes, and assigns the work of staff and any technical experts and/or consultants working with the Corporation, assists and provides external and other auditors with any information needed, provides leadership in the development and implementation of recommended procedures and programs, ensures that NALCS is sufficiently diverse in strengths and capabilities to plan and deliver appropriate services, ensures appropriate advocacy support, develops policies, engages planning, provides financial oversight, develops resources, enhances and promotes community-Board relationships, maintains minutes and records generated from all meetings, oversees and guides the financial management and organizational development of NALCS, adopts policies and ensures NALCS is accountability to the public, and works in tandem with the ED to set NALCS' long-term direction, plan for NALCS' operations and services, oversee NALCS operations and services, and confers with administrators and with representatives of other agencies to discuss new and ongoing programs and exchange information. In addition, she determines whether services are within NALCS' capabilities and resources, assumes responsibility for policy and procedures manuals, has knowledge and ability to comply with applicable laws and regulations, plans and directs the work of others, has immediate responsibility for the First Aid and CPR training and the development and evaluation of employees supervised, supervises and participates in problem areas, maintains and supervises the maintenance of financial and other records, maintains and supervises the maintenance of financial and other records, and ensures ultimate responsibility for management, organizational, human resources and operational needs.
Prior to NALCS, Ms. Duque was the President and Co-founder of Futuro Infantil Hispano, FFA from 1993-1994. Futuro Infantil was the first Hispanic FFA in Los Angeles County. Before that, Ms. Duque worked in a series of accounting positions for a variety of financial service companies in Los Angeles and New York. In addition, she provided English-Spanish translations for business agreements between U.S companies and firms based in Mexico and Argentina.
Ms. Duque holds a Master of Business Administration (Finance), a certificate of International Banking and a Masters in Psychology.
Ms. Duque volunteers at many community-related events whenever possible.
Nani Thanawala, Treasurer
Ms. Thanawala is currently retired. Prior to her retirement, she worked for 5 years from January 2009 to June 2014 as a Director for ICS Consulting Partners, specialized in Audit and Compliance regulations.
She has also worked for numerous International Banks for 43 years with the experience in Financial and Strategic Planning, Accounting, Regulatory Reporting, Budget, Compliance, Financial Policies,
Operations, Internal Control and Human Resources. During these years, she held numerous official positions as Financial Controller, Vice President/Manager and Senior Vice President for Corporate Services.
She has a certification in Finance Management of Banking from Wharton School. Also, she is also certificated in Computer Information Systems. She completed courses in Finance, Accounting, Management,
Taxation, and Information Systems from Pace University, New York. She also has a Bachelor of Arts (BA Honors) in Sociology and Political Science.
She is very hands on with her community and participates in several community related activities and programs.
David Danwing, Vice President
Mr. Danwing was born in Tamaulipas, Mexico and came to the United States at the age of fifteen. Mr. Danwing received his Bachelors and Master's Degree in Psychology and holds over fourteen years of experience in the child welfare system which majority of those years were served as a dedicated employee at Nuevo amanecer Latino. Mr. Danwing is an active peer reviewer with the Council on Accreditation (COA) since 2006 and has traveled around the United States to conduct detailed reviews of numerous human services organization's administrative functions and service delivery practices. Mr. Danwing states that each of those reviews has helped him gain new knowledge that served as a fundamental tool toward his professional growth. Mr. Danwing is a family man who takes pleasure in spending quality time with his wife and two children. Mr. Danwing is a proud community volunteer at the American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) during soccer season and if not refereeing a soccer game he can be found alongside his family cheering for his son' soccer team.
Aida Khrimian, Secretary
Aida Khrimian is currently an administrator at New Sunrise Adult Day Health Care (ADHC). New Sunrise was opened by Ms. Khrimian's husband and is close friend in July 2004. As an administrator, Ms. Khrimian oversees the wide variety of services provided by the ADHC to diverse group of elderly, who require assistance to either improve or maintain their functional abilities; such as their activities of daily living.
In addition, Ms. Khrimian has a background in Human Resources and Accounting. She held the HR manager position in Nuevo Amanecer Latino Children's Services from May 1997 to July 2004. As an HR Manager, Ms. Khrimian interviewed and hired staff, ensured compliance with OSHA, State, County and Federal regulations, maintained employee personnel files, processed payroll, administered 401k,457, and health and dental plans for employees, counseled, investigated, and resolved any grievances from staff, assisted state and county auditors during audit process, supervised staff, and trained supervisors. Prior to her position as an HR Manager, Ms. Khrimian held a position as a Controller in Unlimited Petroleum Inc. As controller, Ms. Khrimian was in charge of accounts payable and receivable, payroll, coordinating sale prices of gasoline, purchasing fuel from various refineries, overseeing and supervising 25 sales team members, maintaining customer aging balances, overseeing the coordination of deliveries with trucking companies, controlling all bank transactions and ensuring compliance with State and Federal Regulations.
Ms. Khrimian graduated with a Master of Arts in Psychology from Yerevan University of Economics and Law in Yerevan, Armenia.
Ms. Khrimian participates in community events on her free time, and helps out whenever needed.
Craig S. Lyman, Vice President
Craig is currently a financial professional with over 30 years of experience evaluating insurance needs and has experience building and maintaining close client relationships. Mr. Lyman has been involved with Nuevo Amanecer for over 16+ years. Mr. Lyman has supported Nuevo Amanecer, with fundraising and donating his time during all children events. Mr. Lyman enjoys interacting with employees and foster parents as well. Mr. Lyman enjoys spending time with family, friends and community events whenever possible.
Mr. Lyman participates in community events on his free-time, and helps out whenever needed.
Julie Hefner, Vice President
Julie Hefner joined the board of directors of NALCS in 2014. She enjoys volunteering at the
children and family events as well as participating in events with the team at NALCS.
Julie has been an active licensed REALTOR since 2001. She is dedicated to making the
dream of home-ownership a reality and does so by providing her clients excellent real estate
services with attention to detail. "The most rewarding aspect of real estate is witnessing the
happiness of my clients with their family and friends in their new homes. Everyone deserves
a home of their very own."
Mrs. Hefner has been a resident of San Dimas since 1999 where she lives with her husband.
When she is not working , Julie enjoys spending time with her husband and family including
her three beautiful grandchildren. Growing up Julie spent most of her time in a small town in
Missouri. She was very close with her grandparents and spent much time with them on
their small farm learning the value of hard work and family. Before Julie was born her
mother and grandparents had callings in their hearts to be foster parents. Three siblings
whom her grandparents fostered became forever family members and Julie has always
known them as her aunt and uncles.
Maria Elena Hernandez, Vice President
Maria Elena Hernandez is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) that works as a Team Supervisor at Pacific Clinics Children's Intensive Community Service Program (CICS) in the city of Covina. Ms. Hernandez received her Bachelors degrees in Social Work and Spanish from the University of California Berkeley and Master degree from University of Southern California. Ms. Hernandez has over fourteen years of experience in the child welfare and mental health system. Ms. Hernandez has extensive experience and knowledge working with the severely mentally ill through her past work in programs that include Wraparound, Residential, Full Service Partnership (FSP), Field Capable Clinical Services (FCCS), and Outpatient treatment settings. Ms. Hernandez has certification in various Evidence Based practice services that aid in providing most effective care and improve patient outcomes through external clinical evidence from system research. Ms. Hernandez current duties as Clinical Team Supervisor include coordinating and supervising therapists and case managers. Ms. Hernandez also ensures that staff provide mental health services including psycho-diagnostic assessment, group and family therapy services. Lastly, Ms. Hernandez also coordinates cases with the Department of Mental Health and/or other funding sources/agencies and ensures that delivery of integrated behavioral healthcare. In addition to the above experience, Ms. Hernandez also has her own private practice office located in the city of Covina with the focus of assisting children and adults cope with issues of abuse, trauma, life stressors, depression, anxiety, anger and other emotional challenges.

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Warm greetings from St. Petersburg Russia where despite the cold blowing snow our hearts are warmed by the fellowship of our brethren we have been able to fellowship with in the Moscow area and now here in St. Petersburg. Our hearts are also warmed by the knowledge that we have many friends and partners in ministry like you who faithfully pray for and support this ministry.
It was a blessing to see the church construction in Shahovskaya, Russia and spend some time with the church planter there brother Andrei Udinseva who was recruited for this ministry by Pastor Peter Rumachik who has spearheaded this church planting project. Our video update this month contains both of these men giving a word of testimony about this exciting work in the community with over 200,000 with no Gospel witness. If you are not receiving our monthly video updates which we send out by e-mail and would like to receive them, please let us know. Also our summer camp report is also available upon request. Praise God for 2500 children and teens in attendance with 494 salvation decisions!
We were very interested to hear from our brethren concerning the new anti-religious laws that were passed this summer in Russia. These new laws forbid evangelism outside the church by witnessing or handing out literature and forbid foreigners from participating in any religious activity even inside the church. Fines for violating these laws can be as high as $780 for an individual and $15,500 for a church or organization. Following are some thoughts, information and concerns that we have gathered from Russian pastors and national missionaries we have met with.
These new laws are a serious matter that signifies a negative position of the Russian government towards any religious activity except for that conducted by the Russian Orthodox Church, which is exempt from the new restrictions.
Our brethren are not surprised by these developments. They have always expected that persecution would return. One pastor said, "This whole matter smells like the old Soviet Union".
The authorities are not well informed concerning the details of these laws and have shown a propensity to go beyond the laws. For example two Americans were arrested and fined. The one was charged with violating the law by simply giving a greeting in a church service. The other American was charged with the same offense even though all he did was sit in the service. The arresting officers said that he was guilty for simply being with the offending party even though the offense was simply a public greeting done by a foreigner. Our understanding is that both Americans paid the fines.
Out of the 16 cases which have been prosecuted by the government thus far, only one case resulted in an acquittal. This single acquittal was a case involving Hare Krishna church members. The other 15 are in appeal.
It seems that the main target right now is foreigners. This may change later.
Attorneys advising Christian's are saying it will take a year to understand the results of these laws.
Please earnestly pray for believers in Russia these days. May God bless you all!


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Churchill College was created in the mid-twentieth century to confront, through technology, the challenges facing Britain and the world. Today this vision is more relevant than ever. In the arts and humanities, as well as in science and technology, our students will become the researchers and policy-makers of the future, urgently responding – dynamically, logically, and creatively – to great international questions such as social justice, climate change, and global health.
Ours is a diverse community with a relaxed feel that achieves outstanding academic results. Students benefit from excellent and affordable accommodation, first-rate facilities (especially for sports, art, and music), and a great location. All undergraduates live on our main site, set in a large park a short walk from Cambridge city centre. We're up the road from the University Library and the Sidgwick Site (arts and humanities), and effectively next door to the West Cambridge Site where many science courses are based. Our students tell us that Churchill is their home: they rate our accommodation highly (over 40 per cent en suite) and they love our food!
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FOND DU LAC, WI - The Fond du Lac Dock Spiders have added a new member to their front office staff. Marcus Wiegert has been named Director of Business and Community Development. Marcus will work with companies in Fond du Lac and the surrounding area to help grow their businesses via sponsorship, season tickets, and group outings at the ballpark. He will also work with local churches, schools, youth sports teams, and non-profit organizations in helping to set up group outings at the ballpark.
"I am excited to be joining Ryan, Chris and the rest of the staff. I have always had great respect for the Dock Spiders/Timber Rattlers organization since interning with the Timber Rattlers in 2007.", said Wiegert. "The Dock Spiders bring great value and entertainment to the Fond du Lac community. I look forward to sharing the #SpinTheWeb brand with others."
"We are thrilled to add Marcus to our full time staff. He is a perfect fit for our organization and will do a great job representing the Dock Spiders in the community." Said General Manager Ryan Moede.
Wiegert, joins the Dock Spiders after spending eight years at Marian University. While at Marian, Wiegert worked in a variety of different areas on-campus including information technology, undergraduate admissions and athletics. Most recently, in the athletic department he helped lead the men's and women's tennis programs along with assisting the men's basketball program. Over the past eight years, he has had a heavy hand in assisting with the recruitment of students and student-athletes to Marian.
A native of Deerbrook, Wisconsin, Wiegert was a 2008 graduate of Marian University with a degree in sport and recreation management and a minor in information technology. In August of 2016, Wiegert earned his master's degree in Sports Management from Lasell College. He and his wife, Nicole, currently reside in Fond du Lac.


I'm, of course, thrilled beyond measure that my friends have adopted again! It's amazing to watch their family grow and watch them love their babies.
And, as part of the family of Christ, I'd love to help them raise money for this adoption. They didn't go into either of their adoptions assuming anyone would help them financially in any way. They regularly tell me how "undeserving" they are. And isn't that true!?! None of us are deserving of God's grace in our lives, and yet here we are!
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It's one of my greatest joys in life to watch the family of God come together to help with an adoption. My husband and I love contributing to adoptions, babysitting kids so people can go adopt more, and facilitating adoption fundraisers. We're looking forward to seeing more of God's big story for Zach and Danielle and baby Ezekiel Benjamin!
Read Danielle's post below to learn more of Zeke's story!


"Selene is zero distance from farm to table," Georgia Tsara says with a broad smile obviously as pleased with the restaurant's location on Santorini as she is with this fabled island's products. The volcano that blew Santorini into history 3,500 years ago is responsible for sculpting the magnificent and photogenic 800-foot cliffs currently topped by some of the most sought after hotels in all the Greek Islands. More than a million and a half tourists annually flock to the island to enjoy its elegant cliff-clinging hotels, jaw-dropping vistas, luxury shops in the capital of Fira and its cosmopolitan restaurants.
There's evidence that the ancient island of Thira, as Santorini was known four millenniums ago when part of the legendary Minoan civilization, had always been an agricultural powerhouse. Archaeologists unearthing the remarkably preserved ruins of Akrotiri have documented the rich life on this island prior to the massive volcanic explosion that destroyed the first great Greek state. Yet this cataclysmic disaster set in motion a combination of natural forces creating ideal conditions for agricultural products sought after throughout Greece.
Approaching Santorini by ship a visitor is first struck by the sheer size and beauty of its cliffs with towns towering hundreds of feet above the Aegean and then by the dry volcanic landscape nearly devoid of trees. The hot dry daytime temperature shifts to cool as dusk settles over the island. The rocky volcanic soil absorbs the daytime heat and, surrounded by the Aegean Sea, the humidity level rises considerably. At dusk the humidity condenses, rising up the cliffs creating fog-like conditions that, despite an average annual rainfall of only a few inches, waters the plant life overnight. "The humidity and mist keep the island from being a desert," says Stela Kasiola, marketing manager for Santo Wines and its Union of Santorini Cooperatives.
Extensive interviews with Stela Kasiola of Santo Wines and Georgia Tsara, manager and sommelier of Selene's – one of the top three restaurants on the island – provided an education on how, despite adversity, nature exceeds expectations. Georgia is the foremost expert on the island's unique agriculture, coordinates and teaches many of the cooking, cheese and wine classes held at Selene and was a major force behind Santorini's Year of Gastronomy designation in 2013. Along with Selene's owners, Yiorgos and Evelyn Hatziyannakis, they created the cultural village museum Santorini of the Past within the restaurant complex. The museum has seven rooms detailing Santorini life including three devoted to gastronomy.
"Santorini gastronomy post explosion was vegetable based," says Georgia. The island was only repopulated in the 6th century A.D. – 4,000 years after the eruption. Cattle could not be raised. Eventually residents were able to maintain a few goats providing meat and milk and a pig, which was consumed nose to tail as well as using its fat – lard – for cooking since olive oil was unavailable. Even today, olive trees are just being introduced and most olive oil, as well as meat, is brought in from other islands and the mainland. Birds and rabbits did exist providing wild game for the diet, but even fishing was difficult because of the rough deep water.
Santorini had a wine industry before the volcanic explosion and the wines were exported throughout the Minoan civilization. During its repopulation after the 6th century, Santorini wine again gained prominence even being favored by the Russian Orthodox Church. Part of the Venetian Empire in the Middle Ages, the sophisticated cuisine of that city strongly influenced the island and, according to Georgia Tsara, is still evident in upscale island restaurants today.
Pezoules, terraced farming, is the method of choice in many Mediterranean climates. It conserves nutrient poor mountain soil from erosion while minimizing moisture evaporation due to wind. Yet all of Santorini's climate limitations maximize the quality of its vineyards. According to Stella Kasiola, "the dry volcanic soil's intense mineral content, low ph, high acidity and salinity" directly contributes to producing the dry whites for which the island is famous.
The vineyards themselves look different from most others on Earth. The kouloura is the unique way of pruning the grape vines to keep the round shape of a basket-like circle. The grapes grow into the basket, protected from the strong winds and the hot sun. Hugging the ground, the vines absorb the night mist and draw more efficiently on the ground's precious moisture.
Yet nature nearly destroyed the island in the 20th century. Major earthquakes in 1956 and the fear of another eruption forced the virtual abandonment of Santorini for 25 years. By the 1980s many original families returned along with real estate investors. With land prices soaring, many farmers sold out to developers and tourism swept the island. Cultivated acreage declined by 65%.
Founded in 1947 after the devastating effects of the Second World War on agricultural production, The Union of Santorini Cooperatives, now faced with an even greater challenge, refocused its mission"to preserve the cultivation of land and overcome the challenge of rapid touristic development that leads to the abandonment of land cultivation." The largest farm co-op on the island with approximately 2,500 members, it has under its umbrella 3,200 acres of vineyard, 600 acres of Santorini fava beans and 125 acres of Santorini tomato farms, comprising over 17% of the most tourist developed island in Greece. The co-op maintains European Union certificates in all areas protecting food safety, quality and indigenous agricultural products.
The Santorini tomato is small. Its thick skin protects a velvety firm flesh concentrating the natural sugars to produce a fruit with intense aromas and a sweet taste. Georgia explained that the Santorini tomato provided major income for farmers from its paste until 1956. Now, due to limited available acreage, it's only because of The Union of Santorini Cooperatives that the paste is still produced. The growing season is short, June through September, but each plant is capable of producing three crops.
The Santorini fava bean has a high nutritional value rich in proteins – 20% protein per 100 grams. Santorini fava is a type of yellow lentil. In June the entire plant is uprooted and dried. After the bean is removed from the pod it ages for one year. Then the outer shell of the bean is removed, and the bean is cut in half. The cost is over $10 per pound. Only five farmers on the island are commercial growers of fava and demand exceeds supply. The beans are primarily used for an appetizer puree much sought after by both home kitchens and restaurants.
The wild caper bush grows in the gaps of rock walls and outcroppings. High in vitamns and antioxidants, both the berry and the leaves have intense flavor and are usually preserved to be used in all manner of dishes.
White eggplant came over from Egypt in the 13th century. The plant requires little water to grow, is nearly seedless and not bitter, therefore salting to leech out bitter juices is unnecessary. Georgia said it's even used in desserts!
Santorini zucchini is round, the size of a baseball. It can be eaten raw with herbs and oil in a salad or cooked like any other zucchini. It's sweeter that other varieties and crisp, like a cucumber, when raw.
Along with Santorini garlic, aromatic and intense, all these agricultural products are certified and protected by European Union regulations. Of course, the same applies to the islands indigenous grapes – the white varieties of assyrtiko, athiri, aidani and the red mandilaria and marvrotragano.
All this education created an appetite, and tucking into the dishes of Selene Bistro's Chef Thodoris Papaniklaou was a delight. Selene opened in 1986 in Fira. From the start it worked with local farmers promoting Santorini products but with a menu that tweaked tradition. Eventually Yiorgos and Evelyn Hatziyannakis relocated to the medieval and architecturally protected hilltop village of Pyrgos far from the madding crowds of tourists and closer to the farms – four miles from Fira (there are no great distances on the islands). Consisting of two restaurants in a complex of restored Pyrgos structures, fine dining Selene opens May through November, but the Bistro, in a restored stone barn, is open all year noon to 11:00 p.m.
An aperitif of Amalia Brut naturally sparkling wine was pleasantly dry with a citrus nose and a mouth of grapefruit and lemon peel. Consistent small bubbles rose in the glass tickling the palate.
The Amalia Brut paired perfectly with paper-thin slices of carpaccio of sea bass napped with olive oil and red peppers. Modern fishing methods have allowed the islanders to take advantage of the rich marine life surrounding Santorini from swordfish to anchovies. The dish was garnished with kardamides, a peppery/spicy wild green herb that is gathered in springtime and traditionally served with fish dishes.
An imaginative potato salad topped with salt cod and capers defined the new wave of Greek cuisine tweaking traditional ingredients for the 21st century. The salt cod added depth of flavor yet the potatoes mitigated any lingering saltiness. The cod was soaked in milk for up to four hours and lightly steamed, becoming soft and velvety. Santorini capers added their nutty herbal flourish to the dish.
Dorado fillet baked in parchment over a medley of vegetables drizzled with caper sauce melded the flavor essences of the island. For the caper sauce soak capers in water to remove some of the salt. Puree in a blender and slowly add olive oil to make a sauce of mayonnaise consistency.
A small fillet of dogfish arrived nestled in a sauce of burnt clarified butter, capers, chickpeas and cream. An intense, almost bitter, fresh flavored lemon foam topping was an airy counterpoint to the rich sauce. Perfectly executed, the foam never deflated while eating the dish. Each flavor remained distinct, even the chickpeas maintained their nuttiness, yet the blend was in harmony.
A Santorini assyrtiko, one of the finest dry white wines on the planet, complimented this fish centric lunch.
A creamy semi-sweet Greek coffee mousse with an intense coffee flavor was garnished with chocolate shavings and accompanied by the prize of Santorini wines – Vinsanto.
An ancient wine that spread throughout the region during the medieval era of Venetian power, Vinsanto is a blend of 85% assyrtiko and 15% aidani grapes. But its unique flavor comes from sun drying the grapes for two weeks before mashing and aging in French oak from 3 to 20 years. The result is a rich, smooth, deep amber dessert wine with a nose of raisins, then lemons, with these flavors continuing in the mouth. The longer the Vinsanto ages the more intense the flavors adding caramel and butterscotch notes in the oldest varieties. Vinsanto pairs well with honey and cream based desserts, nuts and cheese.
I wandered the steep narrow streets of ancient Pyrgos after lunch past the crumbling medieval fortress and restored townhouses. Roosters crowed and the panorama of this storied island was always in view. It defined the continuum of Greece – millenniums of civilization bound tight by family and food.
Note: Santo Wines sells all products produced by The Union of Santorini Cooperatives at their Oenotourism Center. Visitors can enjoy extensive wine tastings and breathtaking views.


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His alleged victim is a local man who says he was 14 years old at the time of the incident in 2010.
Matthew Feeney pleaded not guilty to the new charge of child rape and two counts indecent assault and battery on a person over 14.
He entered court shackled, arriving from Minnesota, where he's been imprisoned for sexually abusing boys.
This alleged victim is local, he was 14 when he says Feeney, a family member, sexually assaulted him while staying in their Norton home in 2010.
The boys Feeney pleaded guilty to assaulting in Minnesota are brothers and former clients of his casting agency Walden Entertainment which he used to cast children in acting roles.
Monday, in court, he maintained his innocence, pleading, "absolutely not guilty."
The victim's mother told FOX25 in August her son and her family struggle with this every day.
"Whatever Matthew Feeney has to serve, he'll be done and he'll get out, but my son will serve a life sentence," she said.
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Everything You Need To Know About Birth Injuries
Childbirth complications may seem like an outdated reproductive issue, but unfortunately, it is becoming a more prevalent public health crisis.
When her son got "stuck" during a home birth, freelance writer Priscilla Blossom rushed to the hospital across the street to birth her newborn, who weighed about 9.5 pounds. Although she felt disconnected from what was happening with her body, she successfully pushed her son out, but suffered a fourth-degree laceration, a type of vaginal tear.
"It took months before I could actually sit 'normal' and had to carry around one of those donut seats everywhere," Blossom explained in an interview with Helloflo. "My doctor told me that if I ever want to have another baby, I should opt for a C-section because another vaginal birth could result in more tearing and I might not recover and have terrible incontinence for life. Part of me would like to have another baby, but considering how awful all my experiences have been, including the injury, I don't know that I'll ever try again."
Blossom's story isn't uncommon in the United States. According to the New York Times, there were statistically 28 maternal deaths per 100,000 births in 2013, which increased from 23 in 2005.
"In birth, people can get injuries from improper pushing (pushing in the face rather than in the vagina, for example), falling or slipping down, moving around when an epidural or other medical intervention is inserted, doing something frantic when they can't deal with the pain of labor, or many other things," said Darby Morris, owner of Sweetbay Doula, in an interview with Helloflo.
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Morris added that many injuries occur due to hospital error. However, doulas like herself can help focus on assisting the person giving birth in a way a medical provider won't, such as by providing emotional support and translating complicated medical jargon to their clients.
The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists even stressed that those who provide one-on-one emotional support, such as a doula, improve outcomes for those giving birth. Social inequalities exacerbate mortality rates for those face intersecting marginalized identities as well. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says Black parents are three times as likely to die from childbirth compared to their white parents and Black children .
Additionally, the child is also capable of being injured during childbirth. According to Stanford Children's Health, injuries include caput succedaneum, cephalohematoma, bruising or forceps marks, subconjunctival hemorrhage, facial paralysis, brachial palsy, and fractures.
Childbirth-related traumas and injuries are still a public health issue and unfortunately, are increasing. However, the role of a third-party professional, such as doula, can help minimize harm moving forward.
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You know what they say: breakfast is the most important meal of the day. I don't totally agree with this (my day is so much better with a good and healthy lunch as the main meal!), but I do see the benefits... and as we have a bed & breakfast, of course we have to make sure our guests not only get a comfy bed, but a copious breakfast as well.
Every morning, I bake my own bread. I cheat a bit as I use a super easy overnight recipe that just requires me to mix it at night (no kneading) and put it in the oven in the morning... Still, about half of our guests have asked me for the recipe, and a few actually requested a bread-baking workshop! Happy to oblige, of course.
Bread alone isn't going to cut it though: I make sure we've got fresh and home made jams and marmalades (often made by friends and neighbours.... Still, home made by them). There's cheese and charcuterie, yoghurt and cereals, fruit and madeleine cakes (home made by me, of course).
Breakfast Bites with bell peppers, curly kale and eggs. Not a bad way to start the day!
The part of breakfast I have the most fun with though, is making "breakfast bites". I look at what I've got lying around, think of my guests' possible dietary restrictions, and about 30 minutes later they've got something totally new and original on their plates.
Last week I got super inspired to make pumpkin bites after watching a video and reading a recipe for pumpkin oat cookies. I happened to have a jar of squash bits in the fridge (I used half of a squash a few days before in a pumpkin-chickpea curry, and put the rest in a jar). I didn't have all of the ingredients and like to do things slightly different than instructed, so I tweaked the original recipe a bit. The results are amazing, and I think the bites would keep well for a few days in the fridge... they've never survived that long yet though.
To bake the bites in, I like using a silicon baking tray for cupcakes - but you can make little balls out of them, or bake them like cookies - whatever you prefer.
I use a bit spoon for scooping the mass up, and a smaller spoon for scooping it out of my bigger spoon. It goes fastest that way!
Bake for 15-20 minutes, until the top looks well-baked and brown.
There are many variations to this recipe on the Leelalicious website. I like the Apple Pie cookies a lot too!
Whoops! After writing this recipe, I discovered I hadn't actually taken any pictures of the pumpkin oats breakfast bites. I guess I'll be making new ones fairly soon... just for the pictures, of course!


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This issue, we focus on them, whether we find them working in films, theatre, or galleries, composing music or performing it, writing plays or acting, or writing prose or poetry. You'll find them all represented here.
Let's start with the movies. For that we're grateful to Agnieszka Niezgoda and Jacek Laskus, whose marvelous book, Hollywood.pl, introduces us to some of the most talented people to ever leave Poland – not necessarily forever – and make their mark in the dream capital of the world.
Hollywood has been a talent magnet for a long time and one of the first superstars was Poland's Pola Negri. Justine Jablonska reviews her story written by Mariusz Kotowski.
Poland's poets… as once written in the New York Times, "if cash money were on the line…" few critics would bet against Polish poets being the best in the world. With that in mind, Agnieszka Tworek spoke to award-winning translator Joanna Trzeciak about her work – and her friendship – with two of the greats: Wisława Szymborka and Tadeusz Różewicz.
And speaking of poets, Magda Romanska introduces us to a poet and playwright who also happens to be a Nobel Prize-winning scientist, Roald Hoffmann. Join them for a discussion about the arts and science, and about Polish roots.
Beth Holmgren revisits prewar Polish cabaret… and its postwar reappearance in Tel Aviv.
Meanwhile, Lara Szypszak has a few suggestions about galleries, performances and generally low cost and easily accessible culture in Warsaw. Join her.
An anthology of modern Polish plays, (A)pollonia, came to our attention via Will Harrington. The eleven plays, some performed in many countries, are set in Poland but deal with universal themes.
Łukasz Wodzyński returns to CR to share his love, and understanding, of modern Polish literature with an essay about the Introduction to Polish Literature by Jarosław Anders and a review of a new edition of Gombrowicz's Diary, with the great writer's thoughts on everything from the Catholic Church to Marxism, and the human condition in general.
Finally, there's that long established and very special art form that, over time, has left us a record of some of the most interesting people in every culture: letter writing. We bring back that most colorful member of the original, 19th century Polish Society of California – not to mention a great American patriot, Rudolf Korwin Piotrowski, in a translation of previously unpublished letters found in the library of Jagiellonian University by the research/writing team, Maureen Mroczek Morris and Lynn Ludlow, who seem to travel between centuries with the greatest of ease.
And another writer whose letters transcend time and place, Krystyna Wituska, will be remembered in Germany on June 26th with a new book and a monument unveiled by the Memorial Centre in Halle Saale. A young member of the Polish underground, her words about war and peace, friendship and love, hairstyles, fashion, literature and fun, as well as life and death, were written to her parents and also – in what must be a unique prison correspondence – to the daughter of her compassionate German prison guard. Seems Wituska's letters were written for our troubled times.
Enjoy the summer, read a lot, visit galleries and theatres, go to movies, and tip your hat to the creative people who make all this possible.


I spent the day with my mother and while having lunch, the subject of my high blood pressure came up. I'm at the age where Mother had to be medicated for hers, and she's now advising me to start taking an aspirin every day even though my doctor doesn't think that's necessary yet. Strokes run in both sides of my mother's family, and honestly that scares me. I asked her if there was anything on my biological father's side of the family that I needed to be aware of. She didn't think so. Both of his grandparents lived healthy lives to old age. I knew that his father had passed away. What I did not know was that my biological father had also passed away.
He'd had cancer, and passed away a couple or so years ago. I don't know a whole lot more than that, but a quick Google search on my phone while we were talking found where he was buried. It's not that I didn't believe her; I think I wanted confirmation that he was dead.
Maybe this makes me a horrible person, but I had no love for my biological father. I didn't hate him. But I wouldn't have pissed on him to save his life if he was on fire either. He was a liar and a coward. He tried to kill my mother. He tried on more than one occasion to kidnap me.
He had wanted nothing to do with me after Mother remarried. I was fine with that. Several of his family members have contacted me at various times in my adult life. I made it clear to that I wanted nothing to do with him or his family. Then one of his grandchildren had contacted me a few years back, telling me a long story about how he was sick, in the hospital, dying. Granted this was the third or fourth "he's dying" story I'd been told, so I took it with a grain of salt. I offered her my sympathy for her impending loss, but again expressed my desire to be left alone by his family.
The stories that I was told that he told them varied. I didn't know if they were lying to me, or if he had lied to them. And honestly, I didn't care at that point. My adult introduction to that man was him having his wife call me, pretending to be a private investigator (who incidentally could not give me any credentials or believable information) saying that I was adopted and he had been searching my whole life for me.
Speaking to my mother and other relatives, as well as my own research into my birth and later adoption, of course proved this to be false.
Another time, his wife just shows up out of the blue at my job, wanting me to leave with her. I assumed he was nearby and I am not keen on going by myself with someone who had tried to kidnap me in the past, thank you very much. It took a threat of a restraining order and cease and desist letter from a lawyer to get him to back off.
For a while I started taking different routes home in case I was being followed. I didn't completely trust the law to protect me.
A part of me has always feared a repeat of past events, or an escalation. The stories I've been told about this man alone would have served as enough warning. And his behavior I'd seen first-hand only cemented fears I had been hiding in the back of my mind.
When my mother told me he was dead, a small part of me was relieved.
Men like him are why I carry weapons.
Nicki at least that part of your mind can now rest at ease knowing that he is no longer a threat.
Heather: Again, I firmly believe you have been fed misinformation, as I was. I have emailed you privately regarding this and another matter.


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Support for carbon tax grows when revenue fuels renewable energy
by Greta Guest, University of Michigan
A carbon tax with revenues used to fund renewable energy programs gained support from 60 percent of Americans, according to a University of Michigan poll.
That's the highest among tax options presented and one that crossed the political divide with majorities of Democrats, Republicans and Independents saying they would support the tax, according to the National Surveys on Energy and Environment.
The survey is a joint effort of the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy at U-M's Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and the Muhlenberg Institute of Public Opinion at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pa.
"Conventional wisdom is that carbon tax is a political non-starter," said Barry Rabe, U-M professor of public policy and director of the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy. "But there may be broader support for such a tax than is commonly believed, depending upon how revenues from that tax are used."
Congress is not actively considering climate change legislation, however, the Obama administration has continued to pursue regulation of carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas under the Clean Air Act. Climate change policy is also being pursued by a number of states, including 10 committed to some form of cap-and-trade.
Economists have long argued that market-based emissions policies, such as a carbon tax or cap-and-trade, are superior to technology mandates or performance standards and they are operational abroad. Recent Obama administration steps do not create a national market-based system but leave open the option that states might establish them as a way to reach federal targets for reducing emissions.
The survey also found:
A revenue-neutral carbon tax, in which all tax revenue would be returned to the public as a rebate check, received 58 percent support.
Only 38 percent of respondents supported a carbon tax when revenues would be used to reduce the federal budget deficit.
Support for a carbon tax stood at only 34 percent when no explanation of revenue use was given and dropped further to 29 percent when a specific cost was added.
The random telephone survey of 798 American adults was conducted March 24-April 9, 2014. The survey had a margin of error of 3.5 percent. The report was authored by the late David Amdur, Muhlenberg College professor, Rabe, and Muhlenberg Institute of Public Opinion director Chris Borick.
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We need to put an emissions tax on any intestinal flatulence based on the decibel level of the escaping gasses! Monitoring stations could be created that would contain high amp microphones that would pinpoint any abrupt animal discharges of methane gas. NSA could oversee the technical operations and Homeland Defense could then arrest the miscreants and round up the animals. Studies have shown that most of the methane flatulence comes from Washington DC! We need to tax the government first until they cannot print any more money and then every living thing that breaks wind. Soon liberal progressives will decriminalize drug crime, rape and child molestation and use the money they save to line the pockets of global warming and climate change Democrat alarmists!
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We need to put an emissions tax on any....
Or, We could do like the article said and implement a carbon tax that funds the installation of renewable energy sources. Instead if listening to these bovinatious spungaform deceptiCONS and their plan's, I say, we should implement a carbon tax right now and use the funds to install renewable energy sources on homes, on businesses, on cars and streets in the way of grant's tax write downs, and other subsidies!
The benefits are immediate, reduced CO2 from competitive energy exchanges and reduced long term sustainability from the renewable energy sources. Also the security that comes with managing your own energy use and production.


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Jamie Semple buying in to Cove Rangers' ambition after sealing loan switch from Motherwell
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JAMIe Semple wants to help Cove Rangers continue their ambitious rise after signing on loan from Motherwell.
Midfielder Semple has signed a deal until the end of the season and hopes he can help the Aberdeen side push towards the top end of League One.
Cove will be in their first season in the third tier, after achieving promotion from League Two in their first year as an SPFL club. It made back-to-back promotions for the club, after they won the Highland League title in 2019.
Semple has made six appearances for the Motherwell first-team, with his debut coming in April last year. He becomes the fourth Cove summer signing after Leighton McIntosh, Adam Livingstone and Seb Ross.
He featured in the second half of the 4-2 friendly win over Brechin City on Tuesday night and has already been impressed by what he has seen from the squad.
Semple said: "I think the team can go up and challenge for the promotion spots, with the team they've got. They've got a winning mentality and a really good side.
"It's definitely an ambitious club to be part of. You can tell with the promotions they've had that they want to be going up. Hopefully I can get in the team and help with goals and assists.
"I was impressed (on Tuesday night) as there's a lot of good players and goalscorers. Broque (Watson) was there for a good bit before lockdown and he was saying it was brilliant and I would love it here. The gaffer is professional and that made me want to go up there."
Jamie Semple training with Motherwell in pre-season
It also strengthens the club's connection with Motherwell, where assistant manager Gordon Young worked as a youth coach and Livingstone, Tom Leighton and Broque Watson have also spent time.
Semple is also a Scotland youth international, with caps for the under-17s and under-19s, and has played with Ross' younger brother Ethan in the age-group sides.
The 19-year-old has set his sights on gaining first-team experience at the Balmoral Stadium, to prepare him for a tilt at the first-team once he returns to 'Well.
He added: "I want to play regular first-team football and get more experience playing against men, for going back to Motherwell and hopefully getting in the first-team there. I saw Declan Glass did well last year, scored goals here and he's now getting games at Dundee United. Hopefully I can do the same."
"Last year I knew Cove were interested in me, then I got injured in the January so I didn't end up going anywhere. I came back in after lockdown fully-fit and the gaffer at Motherwell said Cove were interested. I wanted to go as they were interested in me the season before.
"I would say I'm technically decent and I like getting on the ball and playing forward passes, getting shots off and making things happen in the final third. I can go back up the park as well and put tackles in."
Cove came from two goals down on Tuesday night to win against Brechin.
A brace from McIntosh, as well as goals from Ross and Dan Higgins, secured victory.
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>>Indian Constitution and Fundamental Concepts
>>Fundamental Rights and Duties
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Which of the following provisions of the Constitution of India have a bearing on education?
1. Directive Principles of State Policy
2. Rural and Urban Bodies
3. Fifth Schedule
4. Sixth Schedule
5. Seventh Schedule
3, 4 and 5
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
The Articles of the Constitution of India which deal with Directive Principles of State Policy are ___________.
Directive Principles of State Policy are not justiciable.
Directive Principles are positive obligations upon the state.
Who described the Directive Principles of State Policy as a novel feature of the Constitution of India?
Which of the following is not included in the Directive Principles of State Policy?
The Fourth Schedule to the Constitution of India deals with:
Indian Constitution and Fundamental Concepts
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#ifndef _ODE_OBJECTS_H_
#define _ODE_OBJECTS_H_

#include <ode/common.h>
#include <ode/mass.h>
#include <ode/contact.h>

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

/* world */

dWorldID dWorldCreate();
void dWorldDestroy (dWorldID);

void dWorldSetGravity (dWorldID, dReal x, dReal y, dReal z);
void dWorldGetGravity (dWorldID, dVector3 gravity);
void dWorldSetERP (dWorldID, dReal erp);
dReal dWorldGetERP (dWorldID);
void dWorldSetCFM (dWorldID, dReal cfm);
dReal dWorldGetCFM (dWorldID);
void dWorldStep (dWorldID, dReal stepsize);
void dWorldImpulseToForce (dWorldID, dReal stepsize,
			   dReal ix, dReal iy, dReal iz, dVector3 force);

/* World QuickStep functions */

void dWorldQuickStep (dWorldID w, dReal stepsize);
void dWorldSetQuickStepNumIterations (dWorldID, int num);
int dWorldGetQuickStepNumIterations (dWorldID);
void dWorldSetQuickStepW (dWorldID, dReal param);
dReal dWorldGetQuickStepW (dWorldID);

/* World contact parameter functions */

void dWorldSetContactMaxCorrectingVel (dWorldID, dReal vel);
dReal dWorldGetContactMaxCorrectingVel (dWorldID);
void dWorldSetContactSurfaceLayer (dWorldID, dReal depth);
dReal dWorldGetContactSurfaceLayer (dWorldID);

/* StepFast1 functions */

void dWorldStepFast1(dWorldID, dReal stepsize, int maxiterations);
void dWorldSetAutoEnableDepthSF1(dWorldID, int autoEnableDepth);
int dWorldGetAutoEnableDepthSF1(dWorldID);

/* Auto-disable functions */

dReal dWorldGetAutoDisableLinearThreshold (dWorldID);
void  dWorldSetAutoDisableLinearThreshold (dWorldID, dReal linear_threshold);
dReal dWorldGetAutoDisableAngularThreshold (dWorldID);
void  dWorldSetAutoDisableAngularThreshold (dWorldID, dReal angular_threshold);
int   dWorldGetAutoDisableSteps (dWorldID);
void  dWorldSetAutoDisableSteps (dWorldID, int steps);
dReal dWorldGetAutoDisableTime (dWorldID);
void  dWorldSetAutoDisableTime (dWorldID, dReal time);
int   dWorldGetAutoDisableFlag (dWorldID);
void  dWorldSetAutoDisableFlag (dWorldID, int do_auto_disable);

dReal dBodyGetAutoDisableLinearThreshold (dBodyID);
void  dBodySetAutoDisableLinearThreshold (dBodyID, dReal linear_threshold);
dReal dBodyGetAutoDisableAngularThreshold (dBodyID);
void  dBodySetAutoDisableAngularThreshold (dBodyID, dReal angular_threshold);
int   dBodyGetAutoDisableSteps (dBodyID);
void  dBodySetAutoDisableSteps (dBodyID, int steps);
dReal dBodyGetAutoDisableTime (dBodyID);
void  dBodySetAutoDisableTime (dBodyID, dReal time);
int   dBodyGetAutoDisableFlag (dBodyID);
void  dBodySetAutoDisableFlag (dBodyID, int do_auto_disable);
void  dBodySetAutoDisableDefaults (dBodyID);

/* bodies */

dBodyID dBodyCreate		(dWorldID);
void dBodyDestroy		(dBodyID);
void dWorldAddBody		(dWorldID,dBodyID);
void dWorldAddJoint		(dWorldID,dJointID);
void dWorldRemoveBody	(dWorldID,dBodyID);
void dWorldRemoveJoint	(dWorldID,dJointID);

void  dBodySetData (dBodyID, void *data);
void *dBodyGetData (dBodyID);

void dBodySetPosition   (dBodyID, dReal x, dReal y, dReal z);
void dBodySetRotation   (dBodyID, const dMatrix3 R);
void dBodySetQuaternion (dBodyID, const dQuaternion q);
void dBodySetLinearVel  (dBodyID, dReal x, dReal y, dReal z);
void dBodySetAngularVel (dBodyID, dReal x, dReal y, dReal z);
const dReal * dBodyGetPosition   (dBodyID);
const dReal * dBodyGetRotation   (dBodyID);	/* ptr to 4x3 rot matrix */
const dReal * dBodyGetQuaternion (dBodyID);
const dReal * dBodyGetLinearVel  (dBodyID);
const dReal * dBodyGetAngularVel (dBodyID);

void dBodySetMass (dBodyID, const dMass *mass);
void dBodyGetMass (dBodyID, dMass *mass);

void dBodyAddForce            (dBodyID, dReal fx, dReal fy, dReal fz);
void dBodyAddTorque           (dBodyID, dReal fx, dReal fy, dReal fz);
void dBodyAddRelForce         (dBodyID, dReal fx, dReal fy, dReal fz);
void dBodyAddRelTorque        (dBodyID, dReal fx, dReal fy, dReal fz);
void dBodyAddForceAtPos       (dBodyID, dReal fx, dReal fy, dReal fz,
			                dReal px, dReal py, dReal pz);
void dBodyAddForceAtRelPos    (dBodyID, dReal fx, dReal fy, dReal fz,
			                dReal px, dReal py, dReal pz);
void dBodyAddRelForceAtPos    (dBodyID, dReal fx, dReal fy, dReal fz,
			                dReal px, dReal py, dReal pz);
void dBodyAddRelForceAtRelPos (dBodyID, dReal fx, dReal fy, dReal fz,
			                dReal px, dReal py, dReal pz);

const dReal * dBodyGetForce   (dBodyID);
const dReal * dBodyGetTorque  (dBodyID);
void dBodySetForce  (dBodyID b, dReal x, dReal y, dReal z);
void dBodySetTorque (dBodyID b, dReal x, dReal y, dReal z);

void dBodyGetRelPointPos    (dBodyID, dReal px, dReal py, dReal pz,
			     dVector3 result);
void dBodyGetRelPointVel    (dBodyID, dReal px, dReal py, dReal pz,
			     dVector3 result);
void dBodyGetPointVel       (dBodyID, dReal px, dReal py, dReal pz,
			     dVector3 result);
void dBodyGetPosRelPoint    (dBodyID, dReal px, dReal py, dReal pz,
			     dVector3 result);
void dBodyVectorToWorld     (dBodyID, dReal px, dReal py, dReal pz,
			     dVector3 result);
void dBodyVectorFromWorld   (dBodyID, dReal px, dReal py, dReal pz,
			     dVector3 result);

void dBodySetFiniteRotationMode (dBodyID, int mode);
void dBodySetFiniteRotationAxis (dBodyID, dReal x, dReal y, dReal z);

int dBodyGetFiniteRotationMode (dBodyID);
void dBodyGetFiniteRotationAxis (dBodyID, dVector3 result);

int dBodyGetNumJoints (dBodyID b);
dJointID dBodyGetJoint (dBodyID, int index);

void dBodyEnable (dBodyID);
void dBodyDisable (dBodyID);
int dBodyIsEnabled (dBodyID);

void dBodySetGravityMode (dBodyID b, int mode);
int dBodyGetGravityMode (dBodyID b);

/* joints */

dJointID dJointCreateBall (dWorldID, dJointGroupID);
dJointID dJointCreateHinge (dWorldID, dJointGroupID);
dJointID dJointCreateSlider (dWorldID, dJointGroupID);
dJointID dJointCreateContact (dWorldID, dJointGroupID, const dContact *);
dJointID dJointCreateContactSpecial (dWorldID, dJointGroupID, const dContact *);
dJointID dJointCreateHinge2 (dWorldID, dJointGroupID);
dJointID dJointCreateUniversal (dWorldID, dJointGroupID);
dJointID dJointCreateFixed (dWorldID, dJointGroupID);
dJointID dJointCreateNull (dWorldID, dJointGroupID);
dJointID dJointCreateAMotor (dWorldID, dJointGroupID);

void dJointDestroy (dJointID);

dJointGroupID dJointGroupCreate (int max_size);
void dJointGroupDestroy (dJointGroupID);
void dJointGroupEmpty (dJointGroupID);

void dJointAttach (dJointID, dBodyID body1, dBodyID body2);
void dJointSetData (dJointID, void *data);
void *dJointGetData (dJointID);
int dJointGetType (dJointID);
dBodyID dJointGetBody (dJointID, int index);

void dJointSetFeedback (dJointID, dJointFeedback *);
dJointFeedback *dJointGetFeedback (dJointID);

void dJointSetBallAnchor (dJointID, dReal x, dReal y, dReal z);
void dJointSetHingeAnchor (dJointID, dReal x, dReal y, dReal z);
void dJointSetHingeAxis (dJointID, dReal x, dReal y, dReal z);
void dJointSetHingeParam (dJointID, int parameter, dReal value);
void dJointAddHingeTorque(dJointID joint, dReal torque);
void dJointSetSliderAxis (dJointID, dReal x, dReal y, dReal z);
void dJointSetSliderParam (dJointID, int parameter, dReal value);
void dJointAddSliderForce(dJointID joint, dReal force);
void dJointSetHinge2Anchor (dJointID, dReal x, dReal y, dReal z);
void dJointSetHinge2Axis1 (dJointID, dReal x, dReal y, dReal z);
void dJointSetHinge2Axis2 (dJointID, dReal x, dReal y, dReal z);
void dJointSetHinge2Param (dJointID, int parameter, dReal value);
void dJointAddHinge2Torques(dJointID joint, dReal torque1, dReal torque2);
void dJointSetUniversalAnchor (dJointID, dReal x, dReal y, dReal z);
void dJointSetUniversalAxis1 (dJointID, dReal x, dReal y, dReal z);
void dJointSetUniversalAxis2 (dJointID, dReal x, dReal y, dReal z);
void dJointSetUniversalParam (dJointID, int parameter, dReal value);
void dJointAddUniversalTorques(dJointID joint, dReal torque1, dReal torque2);
void dJointSetFixed (dJointID);
void dJointSetAMotorNumAxes (dJointID, int num);
void dJointSetAMotorAxis (dJointID, int anum, int rel,
			  dReal x, dReal y, dReal z);
void dJointSetAMotorAngle (dJointID, int anum, dReal angle);
void dJointSetAMotorParam (dJointID, int parameter, dReal value);
void dJointSetAMotorMode (dJointID, int mode);
void dJointAddAMotorTorques (dJointID, dReal torque1, dReal torque2, dReal torque3);

void dJointGetBallAnchor (dJointID, dVector3 result);
void dJointGetBallAnchor2 (dJointID, dVector3 result);
void dJointGetHingeAnchor (dJointID, dVector3 result);
void dJointGetHingeAnchor2 (dJointID, dVector3 result);
void dJointGetHingeAxis (dJointID, dVector3 result);
dReal dJointGetHingeParam (dJointID, int parameter);
dReal dJointGetHingeAngle (dJointID);
dReal dJointGetHingeAngleRate (dJointID);
dReal dJointGetSliderPosition (dJointID);
dReal dJointGetSliderPositionRate (dJointID);
void dJointGetSliderAxis (dJointID, dVector3 result);
dReal dJointGetSliderParam (dJointID, int parameter);
void dJointGetHinge2Anchor (dJointID, dVector3 result);
void dJointGetHinge2Anchor2 (dJointID, dVector3 result);
void dJointGetHinge2Axis1 (dJointID, dVector3 result);
void dJointGetHinge2Axis2 (dJointID, dVector3 result);
dReal dJointGetHinge2Param (dJointID, int parameter);
dReal dJointGetHinge2Angle1 (dJointID);
dReal dJointGetHinge2Angle1Rate (dJointID);
dReal dJointGetHinge2Angle2Rate (dJointID);
void dJointGetUniversalAnchor (dJointID, dVector3 result);
void dJointGetUniversalAnchor2 (dJointID, dVector3 result);
void dJointGetUniversalAxis1 (dJointID, dVector3 result);
void dJointGetUniversalAxis2 (dJointID, dVector3 result);
dReal dJointGetUniversalParam (dJointID, int parameter);
dReal dJointGetUniversalAngle1 (dJointID);
dReal dJointGetUniversalAngle2 (dJointID);
dReal dJointGetUniversalAngle1Rate (dJointID);
dReal dJointGetUniversalAngle2Rate (dJointID);
int dJointGetAMotorNumAxes (dJointID);
void dJointGetAMotorAxis (dJointID, int anum, dVector3 result);
int dJointGetAMotorAxisRel (dJointID, int anum);
dReal dJointGetAMotorAngle (dJointID, int anum);
dReal dJointGetAMotorAngleRate (dJointID, int anum);
dReal dJointGetAMotorParam (dJointID, int parameter);
int dJointGetAMotorMode (dJointID);

int dAreConnected (dBodyID, dBodyID);
int dAreConnectedExcluding (dBodyID, dBodyID, int joint_type);

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif

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Peaches Crew marks 10 years of turning the tables in male-dominated DJ scene
Nina Tabios	November 1, 2019Updated: November 8, 2019, 2:47 pm
DJ Umami performs at Undiscovered SF. Photo: Santiago Mejia, The Chronicle
To be a DJ requires finesse, knowing the precise timing of a song and how to seamlessly move on to another track, while keeping the crowd dancing without missing a beat. But for female DJs like Melanie Panergo, it also requires convincing every man behind the decks that, yes, she belongs there too.
"Every time I DJd, I was always with my male counterparts, and I was either overrated, underrated or not taken seriously," says Panergo, whose DJ name, ThatGirl, is her way of owning those times she was referred to as, "that girl DJ." "I had to fight extra hard for the culture, for the music."
Thankfully for Panergo, she doesn't have to fight the battle alone. As part of the Peaches Crew, ThatGirl has strength in a sisterhood of female DJs who spin throughout the Bay Area. This year, the crew marks its 10th anniversary, making Peaches Crew the longest-running group of women in the region rocking the turntables.
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Masaye Waugh was a bartender at the Skylark in San Francisco when she got the idea to form an all-female DJ crew in 2009. Handpicking each Peach, her crew's roster reads like a supergroup: Diane Medina, who spins as Deeandroid, is a two-time placing turntablist at the Disco Mix Club's U.S.A. Team Battle Championships; Erin Ready, who DJs as Lady Fingaz, also placed during a U.S.A. Team DMC competition in 2010, and not only spins but is a vocalist; Ieanna Cruz, known throughout the Bay Area as DJ Umami, is a rotating DJ for the Golden State Warriors; LadyRyan, who refuses to go by her "government name," was awarded the title of "Best DJ Who Dabbles in Every Scene" by the East Bay Express in 2016; Mercy Connor spins as Pony P and toured with East Bay rap legend Too Short; and Panergo launched a career that now has her playing gigs on the national level, including the Democratic State Convention afterparty for Kamala Harris.
Together, the Peaches Crew has set the bar for what the DJ scene should look like in a woke society. Each with more than a decade behind the turntables, they bring their unique flair, taste and perspective to every dance party.
"The diversity of Peaches is organic. We're San Francisco, Oakland, the whole Bay Area. We're mixed races, different religions backgrounds, different sexualities, and we celebrate that," says Waugh, known by the crew as Mama Peach. "That's what Peaches has always been about: the sisterhood despite the differences. The beauty of us united."
Meet the Peaches Crew, the Bay Area DJ collective that puts ladies first
Front row; Deeandroid (left), Lady Fingaz. Back row: LadyRyan (left), Pony P, Umami, That Girl. Photo: Sophia Lyas
Finding other like-minded, music obsessed women was "a breath of fresh air," Panergo says; a respite from trudging through the boys' club of DJing. It's a support system that has become pivotal to their self-care as DJs.
"We all come together and talk about our struggles," Cruz says. "We have our little side-eye subject matter, but having the girls and being able to relate to the same things just makes you feel better. It's like going to therapy."
To see the Peaches sustain what she started in 2009 has been a point of pride for Waugh. The founder, though not a DJ, saw how hip-hop parties were packed with locals and wanted to replicate that at the Skylark. Initially, she wanted to experiment and make Peaches an electronic party, but it was clear hip-hop won over fans in the Mission District on weeknights.
Medina and Cruz were at the top of Waugh's list, a pair of DJs who had very different skill sets but were equally dedicated to the craft. Medina came up in the late 1990s battle-DJ scene and took notes from the Bay Area's turntable wizard himself, DJ Qbert. Cruz, who had just started playing publicly back then, was a party rocker who also came up under established DJs, naming Paolo "Cutso" Bello of the San Jose Bangerz crew as one of her mentors.
The two were then joined by Ready, a turntablist from New Orleans, and Panergo, a selector from San Jose, to become the original four Peaches members.
"DJing has always been a male-dominated niche, so working and establishing a connection with other women who love DJing, love music and had a passion for this art has been empowering," Medina says.
Over time, the Peaches expanded, adding Connor in 2013 and LadyRyan three years later.
An Oakland mainstay, LadyRyan is a polymath DJ, well-versed in all genres and capable of playing to fit any vibe, evident as a co-founding member of the queer monthly Oakland day party, Soulovely, and weekly resident for parties at Somar Bar and Hello Stranger.
Connor, on the other hand, is an ardent hip-hop DJ, whom Ready calls the "wild card" of the group. She has an ear for playing floor-rattling hip-hop but admits she didn't truly feel like herself when she was DJing for rappers like Too Short or Mobb Deep because she said she "often felt like I was just pressing play/pause."
"I had gigs at dirty dive bars, happy hours, clubs and the occasional corporate events or weddings, but couldn't always showcase my skills or play what I wanted to," Connor says. "But to feel accepted and a part of this crew definitely pushed me to work harder and believe in myself. Folks starting booking me for my style because I had established it with the help of Peaches."
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These days the Peaches Crew rarely perform as a six-person unit, now that each has a successful hustle of their own that keeps them busy most days and nights. Instead, Peaches are more likely to pair off and rotate to play their Thursday residency at Skylark, the same weekly party that Waugh founded the crew under a decade ago, or the third Fridays at the Legionnaire in Oakland.
"I may have started Peaches, but Lady Fingaz, Umami, LadyRyan, Pony P, Dee — they've taken it above and beyond," Waugh says. "I look back and can barely believe the fun we had. … A meeting of culture and music, and a great time to look back on with laughter and pride. It's even more rewarding that it's going stronger than ever."
Where to catch members of the Peaches Crew
Pony P: 9 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6. The Valencia Room, 647 Valencia St., S.F.
Pam the Funkstress Birthday Benefit with DJ Umami, DJ Platurn and more: 9 p.m. Nov. 16. $20. Level 13, 341 13th St., Oakland. www.eventbrite.com
Yams with LadyRyan: 9 p.m. Wednesdays. Hello Stranger Bar, 1724 Broadway Ave., Oakland.
Peaches and Friends with Pony P: 9:30 p.m. Thursdays. Skylark Bar, 3089 16th St., S.F.
Peaches Crew with Lady Fingaz and Deeandroid: 9 p.m. every third Friday. Legionnaire Saloon, 2272 Telegraph Ave., Oakland.
Roll Call with LadyRyan: 9 p.m. Sundays. Somar Bar, 1727 Telegraph Ave., Oakland.
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Rescued sun bear cub settles into new home
Posted on March 24, 2016, Thursday at 1:18 AM Sabah
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Wawa, the latest Sun Bear bottle fed by Wong.
SANDAKAN: A female sun bear cub found alone in a forest reserve in Penangah, Telupid has settled into her new home at the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre (BSBCC), here.
The cub, estimated to be about two months old and named "Wawa" by the Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD) officer who drove her to the centre last Friday,is currently under quarantine and is reported to be improving in terms of her health.
BSBCC chief executive officer Wong Siew Te said the cub was found lifeless on March 11 by forest workers who were conducting forest monitoring.
The workers subsequently took the cub to the office of the Forest Management Unit (FMU) 16, where she spent the night before being surrendered to the SWD which then took her to the Lok Kawi Wildlife Park near Kota Kinabalu the following day.
"Based on details given to us, Wawa appeared to be weak when she was found and those who brought her to safety decided it would be best to only give her some water to drink.
"After several days, she arrived at BSBCC and although she was exhausted from the long six-hour drive, she was feisty enough to bark at our staff.
"Wawa is still weak and dehydrated but she is adapting well. We have been giving her constant care and we hope that she will become stronger in the days to come," Wong said in a press release.
He added that it was very unlikely for a sun bear to abandon her cub and that it was not known what had happened to Wawa's mother.
"BSBCC is taking up the challenge to raise this bear and to teach her all that she needs to know before she returns to her natural habitat as an adult," he said, adding that this is the 48th rescued sun bear to have arrived at the centre.
He reiterated that it is an offence under the Sabah Wildlife Conservation Enactment to hunt or to keep Sun bears.
SWD Director ,William Baya said while he was glad that Wawa had made it safely to BSBCC, the fact that she was found alone was worrying.
He said orphans were rescued and sent to BSBCC from time to time, indicating that their mother might have been killed for their parts as part of an illegal trade business.
"There are no medicinal values of consuming Sun bear parts. Our department would like to issue a stern warning to those who continue to poach sun bears and other protected wildlife species.
"We will take action against those who are found to be involved in such activities. Offenders may face penalty of up to five years' jail term or a maximum of RM50,000 fine, or both," he said.
The cost of caring for Sun bears that end up at BSBCC is huge and the centre is appealing for public support through donations or by adopting bears.
Details can be found here: http://www.bsbcc.org.my/donate.html; http://www.bsbcc.org.my/adopt.html
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Nomawsh greeting everyone! He's happy to be with Susan's Rescue after a horrible start in life!
Mark and Atka (right, adopted from Gail) and look alike.
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