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February is Black History Month. Here, an HG contributor shares how attending a Historically Black College or University (HBCU)—a school founded before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to educate Black students—helped her appreciate the diversity and beauty of Black communities.
When I first stepped onto the Howard University campus in 2011, I had just graduated from a "diverse" high school that was approximately 10% Black (if that) when I attended. Before then, I'd gone to schools that were primarily Black and Latinx, but I had no idea what to expect when going to a Historically Black College or University (HBCU), which is a school intended specifically for Black students. Many of my high school friends looked down on me for choosing a "Black school" instead a "diverse" campus like some of the "prestigious" PWIs (Predominantly White Institutions) that most of them had sent applications to. I'd get into debates at lunchtime with peers arguing that HBCUs were not as good as PWIs. And to this day, I still don't quite understand why I had to argue with the few fellow Black students at my high school about the benefits of attending a school with classmates who look like us…but I digress.
The fact is that the one thing I struggled with in high school was making friends. While I didn't want to admit it then, my race played a big part in my isolation. It goes without saying that being the only Black girl in each of your classes means you're considered an outsider. I couldn't connect with my peers culturally, and to be honest, I never really clicked with them at all. Some of my classmates came from money, giving them a totally different perspective on the world than me. Lots of the other Black kids tried to fit in with them—which just wasn't something I was willing to do. Even as a teenager, I refused to whitewash my identity, and I couldn't respect those who did.
And don't get me started on the racial undertones of awkward conversations I found myself in regularly, often about my hairstyles and mannerisms. Until the day I went off to college, my only real friends were my middle school friends—the Black and Latinx kids that understood the world I came from and didn't make me feel like I needed to be anyone else but myself.
At the time, I agreed with my high school peers that HBCUs weren't "diverse," but I wanted to attend one all the same. I was more focused on the greatness that has come from HBCUs more than anything else. The roster of alumni coming out of Howard played a major part in my decision to enroll. Diddy, Taraji P. Henson, Toni Morrison, Debbie Allen, Phylicia Rashad, Stokely Carmichael, and Thurgood Marshall are just a few of many notable alumni to hail from the illustrious university.
Looking at all of these alumni, it never crossed my mind just how much diversity was in that one group of people alone. Once I unpacked and settled into my dorm in Washington D.C., I quickly that, even on a campus full of people who looked like me, we were all so very different.
An HBCU exposed me to a different kind of diversity, but diversity nonetheless.
Unlike high school, I made friends rather quickly at Howard. Within my first hour of moving in, I was talking and laughing with a group of girls who would be my neighbors.
One of the girls was from an affluent Black neighborhood in the DMV region. Another was from the Caribbean, and this was her first time in the United States. One young woman was the child of a Grammy-nominated artist and record producer. And the list goes on.
In a matter of minutes, I'd found a group of young Black women who were all so different from each other. What we had in common was identifying as Black and striving to be another success story in our community.
Attending an HBCU exposed me to so many things that have become major parts of my identity, and I'm so grateful. During my time at Howard, I learned to embrace so many different Black experiences that I would have never been exposed to had I let my high school peers project their feelings onto me.
For example, you'd be surprised by the number of people in my N.Y.C. neighborhood who have never been out the country, and don't have the slightest interest in doing so. But my peers pushed me to travel because it was something that had been instilled in them as kids and encouraged on our campus. Thanks to Howard, I fell in love with traveling. My obsession with Nigerian food also began at my HBCU, thanks to the care packages that my friend's mom would send to help her avoid homesickness. I don't know how I lived life before having Nigerian jollof rice and stew, but I'm happy to have found it.
Among all of the diverse groups of people I met at Howard, I never once felt like I had to be anyone but myself. In fact, New Yorkers like me were celebrated and welcomed on our campus. We brought our unique style of dress, slang, swagger, and love of hip-hop to our HBCU, and it was appreciated by our peers.
For me, attending an HBCU was like learning a second language. I never let go of the first one, but learning a second expanded my horizons in ways I never knew possible.
My university exposed me to all the diversity that exists even just within the Black community. It made me proud of my Blackness by proving that I didn't have to suppress it to "fit in."
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'Acacias 38' will end its filming in March after six years of broadcast
'Acacias 38' will end its filming in March after six years of broadcast
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'Acacias 38', the daily series of RTVE, will say goodbye this season to the audience after confirming this Friday the network that, after six years of broadcast on La 1, la fiction will finish the filming of its last chapter next March.
"The cameras and spotlights of 'Acacias 38' will be turned off in a few weeks", has confirmed this Friday in a statement RTVE, which has highlighted that the filming will end in March, that is," a stage will be closed for actors and technical team ", but the fiction will extend" for a longer time "throughout 2021.
The series, produced by RTVE in collaboration with Boomerang TV, opened its doors on April 15, 2015, taking the baton as "Loving in troubled times."
Set between 1899 and 1920, the fiction filled, as RTVE highlighted in the statement, "with passion, revenge and humor the after-hours of La 1" with plots that have managed to gather an average audience close to a million viewers.
Its success has spread beyond Spain and there is a large community of "acacieros" in Latin America who enjoy fiction through the international channel of TVE, as well as national channels in Argentina and Chile.
Canale 5 has also broadcast 'Acacias 38' in Italy and Netflix bought the rights to the Middle East production 'Eugénie Nights', based on the Spanish production.
This year, the 2,600 square meters where the series is filmed have been completely renovated to welcome the 1920s, some crazy years, full of glamor and fun for the high bourgeoisie that contrast with the life of 'the servants', lacking in privileges.
According to its creators, Susana López Rubio, Aurora Guerra, Miquel Peidró and Josep Cister, the series "draws on international dramas such as 'Criadas y Señoras', 'Downton Abbey' or 'Arriba ybajo'" and has as its references the Spanish literature of that time, with texts by Benito Pérez Galdós, Emilia Pardo Bazán or Vicente Blasco Ibanez.
A goodbye, after six years of continuous broadcasting, which adds to the recent cancellation of the daily series 'Mercado Central', which will be replaced by 'Two lives', two movements on the grid of La 1 that confirm the renewal, by of RTVE, in the afternoons of its main channel
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Three relationships whose power K–12 schools consistently underestimate
You're a school superintendent in a mid-size urban district. One of your principals calls you to share that attendance rates among students learning remotely this year are dropping. She says, "We're doubling down on prioritizing relationships to ensure that students have their unique needs met."
In this scenario, what relationships did you imagine the principal meant?
My bet is that most people imagine teacher-student relationships. Especially since the onset of COVID, as more and more education leaders argue that schools must invest in strong relationships, most often that seems to imply adults' relationships with students.
There's a good reason for that: as a recent report from EdTrust and MDRC stated, "Strong relationships with teachers and school staff can dramatically enhance students' level of motivation and therefore promote learning. Students who have access to strong relationships are more academically engaged, have more developed social skills, and experience an increase in positive behavior." Disappointingly, the report noted that a survey conducted in a large, diverse urban district found that students from low-income backgrounds reported fewer strong relationships with teachers, and the number of strong relationships declined as students got older.
To address the gap in some students' access to strong relationships with teachers, two solutions stand out: 1) teachers can map which students need stronger relationships and work intentionally to build their relationships with those students, or 2) because teachers' time is scarce, and because research shows that access to a diversity of relationships also positively impacts students' academic success and wellbeing, schools can work to strategically build students' relationships with those in the community that aren't teachers."
In short, teacher-student relationships are critical. But they're not the full story. In fact, our social capital research this year reveals that there are at least three other types of relationships in K–12 schools that are consistently underestimated for their potential to impact students' trajectories and drive equitable access to opportunities, inside school and out.
1. Peer relationships
Peers often already support each other's mental health, share advice, help with academics, and more—but schools mostly leave these relationships to chance. When the pandemic hit, this became glaringly obvious when the playground or lunchroom encounters that typically (but not always) led students to form friendships withered in the face of emergency remote learning. This challenge inspired my colleague, Chelsea Waite, to dig into tools and programs that are deliberately designed to nurture and expand students' peer networks.
Her research revealed at least four categories of student support that schools know they need to solve for, and where peers can play key roles, like supporting each other's academic learning, mental health, identity formation, and decision-making on the road to postsecondary and professional pathways.
With the right tools and models, Chelsea argues, schools can activate peer networks as a lever for more scalable and student-centered systems of support. Whether they succeed depends on where and how schools invest in peer relationships, and for what purposes. Our report on peer connections details five considerations leaders will need to keep in mind.
2. Alumni networks
When my colleague, Julia Freeland Fisher, began investigating innovative tools and programs that connect students to school alumni, she had colleges and postsecondary institutions in mind. Alumni are radically underleveraged for their social capital in higher education: although it's common to hear that one of the best things students will get out of college is their network, a Strada/Gallup poll from 2018 found that only 9% of college graduates reported that their alumni network was helpful or very helpful in the job market.
But if alumni networks are underleveraged in higher education, they're often totally ignored in K–12. High school leaders, especially, should consider Julia's research, which reveals four types of high-impact roles for alumni to play, like acting as mentors, sources of career advice (when advice from someone just one or two steps ahead is extremely valuable), and as sources of experiential learning opportunities.
While most examples of models for leveraging alumni networks are for higher education, Alumni Toolkit (an initiative of Big Picture Learning) is a notable exception that's helping high schools leverage the latent social capital in their alumni networks. And as our paper on alumni networks argues, the vast majority of public schools have an advantage in terms of designing alumni engagement from the ground up with social capital in mind.
3. The school-family connection
It may surprise some readers to imagine families as an "underestimated" relationship in K–12. After all, the role of families in supporting students' learning and coordinating care during COVID has been one of the most talked-about topics in many education circles for over a year now. But while families' connections to students—their children—is obvious, growing the relationship between families and their schools remains an area worthy of attention and investment.
In fact, I've spent the last few months diving deeply into a growing evidence base that shows the power of a more robust approach to family engagement where schools work in partnership with families—especially those most marginalized and least often made to feel welcome. With a strong foundation in the form of a reciprocal relationship between families and schools, families can contribute immensely to school communities by supporting academics, navigating out-of-school and postsecondary pathways, and mentoring students. Even more, families with strong connections to each other can promote overall student wellbeing through a collective commitment to each other as a community.
What's become clear in this research is that schools should be increasingly skeptical of "family engagement" strategies that rely on increasing the volume of communications out to families. Instead, they should invest in strategies that deepen trusting relationships with families. When they do so, as our recent report on the school-family connection shows, the social capital within those relationships benefits families, educators, and ultimately students.
The innovative tools and programs my colleagues and I have studied this year reflect the fact that it's networks—not just diplomas and degrees—that lead to opportunities and fulfilling lives. K–12 leaders have a tremendous opportunity to activate social capital in alumni networks, peer relationships, and in the connection between families and schools to improve students' experiences and outcomes.
Mahnaz Charania
Mahnaz R. Charania, PhD is a senior research fellow at the Christensen Institute. Her work focuses on studying disruptive innovations in education that amplify equitable opportunities for students to achieve social and economic mobility. In her current role, she leverages her deep expertise in measurement and evaluation to drive innovations that expand students' social capital.


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Jack Grealish was again the central figure in Aston Villa's comfortable 3-0 home victory over Middlesbrough to lift Dean Smith's side back into the Championship's play-off places.
Since his return from a lengthy lay-off through injury, Grealish has inspired a Villa revival of four straight wins, which has lifted the club into sixth place, a point behind Boro who have now lost three successive games.
Villa's latest victory came on the back of first-half goals from Anwar El Ghazi and the confident John McGinn, who has prospered from playing alongside Grealish, with substitute Albert Adomah notching Villa's third two minutes from time.
Boro's failure to score against Villa was hardly a surprise as they have now failed to find the net in any of their last six games against the Midlands club.
a swirling left-wing cross from El Ghazi.
But it proved to be a rare goal threat early on as the visitors defended solidly, notably through Daniel Ayala and Ryan Shotton.
It was a piece of sublime skill that eventually opened up the Boro rearguard in the 28th-minute as an astute pass from the industrious McGinn picked out El Ghazi who finished with a low left-foot shot past Darren Randolph.
Seven minutes before the break Boro should have been on level terms, only for George Friend to rifle a shot straight at Jed Steer.
It proved to be an expensive miss as in the 44th minute Villa doubled their lead, sparked by Grealish being flattened by John Obi Mikel.
The loose ball then ran into the path of McGinn to fire home a raking left-foot shot for his third goal in two games.
Although Middlesbrough managed to conjure more attacks in the second half the dominance of Tyrone Mings and Kortney Hause at the centre of the Villa rearguard effectively kept them at bay.
In the closing stages, Adomah was on hand to tap home an easy third goal in the 88th minute after Darren Randolph had parried a Neil Taylor shot, with Boro's latest defeat raising questions as to whether they can maintain a top-six spot.


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U.S. drone policy involves more killing we don't talk about
by Mary Ann McGivern
In late October, Slate published an online map of all the reported U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan.
Discussion of drone policy got only a few seconds in the third presidential debate. Moderator Bob Schieffer said we know President Barack Obama's position, and asked Gov. Mitt Romney, who said he believes we should use any and all means necessary to take out people who pose a threat to us and our friends around the world, that the president was right to up the usage of that technology and believe that we should continue to use it to continue to go after the people who represent a threat to this nation and to our friends.
Now The New York Times has reported that up to the election, the White House was working overtime to develop a clear policy for drone use.
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That effort has slowed because Obama won't be handing the rule book for drone strikes over to Romney. The Times says that rule book is so classified that it is hand-delivered from office to office. What we need is not to keep secrets, but to join the public international debate about the morality of drone usage.
It seems to me to be flat-out wrong to take out people who pose a threat to us, killing alongside these presumed threats their families and neighbors.
There's a lot of killing we don't talk about in these United States.
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PHI Contemporary: a new cultural anchor and architectural landmark for art and public life
by Globe Newswire
April 29, 2022 2:30 PM | 5 min read
After fifteen years of bold, avant-garde and innovative programming, PHI begins a new chapter with the transformation of four heritage buildings with the intention of converting these sites into a new and expanded permanent cultural venue under the banner of PHI Contemporary.
MONTREAL, April 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
Celebrating its 15th anniversary, the PHI Foundation (2007, formerly DHC/ART), has been dedicated to the presentation of cutting-edge contemporary art by world-class artists through major exhibitions, a dynamic public program and a progressive education program. The PHI Centre (2012), celebrating its 10th anniversary, has championed projects at the crossroads of art, cinema, music, virtual reality and augmented reality, exploring new territories of storytelling by producing installations informed by new media, whereas PHI Studio (2019), the third entity of PHI's ecosystem, develops innovative exhibitions and captivating immersive experiences presented [at world-class venues] internationally.
PHI Contemporary
Opening its doors in 2026, the 6 900 m2 (approximately) building will be an institution dedicated to exploring the contemporary through public engagement with art and culture. As a response to a growing need for space to engage with PHI's various audiences and artists, the project will consolidate the full breadth of PHI's public cultural offer under one roof. Currently divided between the PHI Foundation and the PHI Centre, PHI Contemporary will create an open space for the public to engage with its multi-dimensional presentation of art, discourse and creative practices.
At PHI Contemporary, carefully and critically curated exhibitions will meet vanguard works from burgeoning creative territories, allowing PHI to fully explore the emergent synergies and curatorial opportunities they represent. This new cultural landmark will engage with local communities including future residents in the rapidly evolving East-end of Old Montreal, additionally drawing in audiences from abroad, due to tourist populations visiting the city, as well as PHI's ever-expanding artistic network.
PHI Contemporary is a rare and exciting opportunity for us to continue our commitment to the relevance of art in public life by providing greatly expanded public spaces to gather, encounter and commune with some of the most compelling art and evolving artistic practices from here and around the world.
-Phoebe Greenberg, Founder and Chief Creative Officer, PHI
The new project will provide a purpose-built space of the highest architectural quality that will allow PHI to sustain its offer on several levels; cultural, technological, environmental, social and economic, while making a significant contribution to civic life for both neighborhood residents and visitors from the rest of Quebec, Canada and abroad.
-Eric Albert, Chief Executive Officer, PHI
From the Pre-contact era to the Colonization era, the site of PHI Contemporary has been one of strategic and symbolic significance, rife with a lineage of protagonists that played important roles in the evolution of the city. Located at the intersection of Bonsecours and Saint-Paul streets in the historic district of Montreal — Old Montreal, — the site of PHI Contemporary (formerly the Auberge Pierre-Du-Calvet) consists of an amalgamation of four historic buildings that date to the 18th century and a large adjacent lot. In direct proximity to the Bonsecours Market (1847) and the Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours Chapel (1675) - both storied landmarks of the city and its heritage.
International Architecture Competition
On August 26, 2021, PHI launched an International Architecture Competition for the design of PHI Contemporary. The call for candidature elicited 65 entries from world-class architectural firms from 14 countries, from which 11 were selected to compete. The competition is currently in its second stage with 5 finalists to present their architectural proposals for the project.
On July 15th, 2022, the jury will announce the competition laureat, who will pursue the continued development of the winning proposal in partnership with PHI and the project's stakeholders.
On May 2nd, 2022, 11h-14h EST, each of the finalist architects will present their architectural concept for PHI Contemporary to the jury in the form of a public virtual event. As an expression of PHI's commitment to transparency and the creative process, the public at large is invited to witness this first unveiling of proposals.
Access to the event via the following zoom webinar link*: https://zoom.us/j/95684836222
* simultaneous translation into French, English, ASL and QSL is accessible through zoom
Or via live stream*: contemporary.phi.ca
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If you have any questions, please contact: info@contemporary.phi.ca
This ambitious project is made possible, in part, thanks to the financial support of the Government of Canada and the Government of Quebec. PHI is proud to partner in the protection and enhancement of Montreal's heritage while contributing a cultural anchor and architectural landmark for future generations. This contribution and support is through the Cultural Infrastructure Development Assistance Program.
Founded and directed by Phoebe Greenberg in Montreal, PHI is a multidisciplinary artistic hub located at the crossroads of art, film, music, design and technology. Focused on the art and audiences of today and tomorrow, the organization covers a range of radical ideas by focusing on collective experience, social responsibility and audience participation.
PHI encompasses the PHI Centre, the PHI Studio, artist-in-residence programs and the PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art. Thanks to an eclectic program and a predilection for the creation of content, PHI promotes unexpected encounters between artists and audiences.
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MYSTAGOS began in 2005 under the name CHAINS OV BELETH, and change to their new moniker in 2016. Based out of Madrid, Spain, MYSTAGOS released their debut album titled "Ho Anthropos Tes Anomias" in 2017. Called Black Metal by most, they are now releasing their sophomore album titled "Azoth," which contains seven new tracks.
"Adam Kadmon" leads off the album. Straight away I notice fuzzy guitars and muted production. The drummer blasts away while the vocalist utters sins against mankind with his raspy voice. The song has a bit of an amateur quality to it however. "Solve" opens with a slower, more depressive sound, with clean vocals. Harsh vocals come into play as the song turns darker. "Empire of Bones" comes at you more straightforward, with rolling, thunderous drums and harsh vocals. The guitars build a harrowing sound throughout. "Ritual" opens with quad-time kick drumming and that one-two note pattern in the guitars that often accompanies Black Metal. The clean vocal chants bring an element of evil to the sound.
"Shamdon" has a droning sound to it. It's not heavy, but it's dark. The vocals trade off from harsh to clean and back. The bass can be easily heard in the mix here which isn't often the case in Black Metal. It's an original and unusual song as well. "The Weight of a Burial Shroud" opens slowly, with heavy, doomy notes. Clean vocals sung in harmonies are chant-like in their approach. It eventually settles into a bit of a faster groove but compared with the other tracks it's slow and Doomy.
"Wind of Death" closes the album. It opens slowly and cautiously, with whispered vocals, leading to the main riff. It has a unique sound to it and that seems to be a theme with the album here. Heolstor is very good at combining different twists and turns in his work. Sometimes Doomy and other times more straightforward Black Metal, "Azoth" has some nice surprises after the opening song left me a bit flat. Give the album a chance and I think you will find some nice work here.
Musicianship: 7
Memorability: 8
1. Adam Kadmon
2. Solve
3. Empire of Bones
4. Ritual
5. Shamdon
6. The Weight of a Burial Shroud
7. Wind of Death
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Turkey aims to add 20 GW of wind energy, 5 GW of solar energy and 1 GW of geothermal energy by 2023
Turkey aims to add 34 GW of hydropower, 20 GW of wind energy, 5 GW of solar energy, 1 GW of geothermal and 1 GW of biomass by 2023.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Turkish Energy Ministry are joining forces to develop a renewable-energy action plan, the bank said via written statement Feb. 16.
In a move to grow the share of renewables in the country's energy mix, increase the security of energy supply and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the Energy Ministry has developed – with the support of the EBRD – the country's first National Renewable Energy Action Plan in line with the EU's Renewable Energy Directive.
Turkey has pledged to develop 30 percent of its total installed capacity from renewable sources by 2023. The objective is to add 34 GW of hydropower, 20 GW of wind energy, 5 GW of solar energy, 1 GW of geothermal and 1 GW of biomass. The country also aims to have 10 percent of its transportation sector needs met by renewable energy.
"To achieve this goal Turkey must increase its non-hydro renewables output about sevenfold in less than 10 years. The action plan developed with the EBRD is the guiding document for the Energy Ministry to meet these targets," read the statement.
"This action plan is a roadmap to a big change. The target is ambitious, but with determined and concerted efforts at all levels of government and with the full participation of the industry, Turkey will be able to unlock its green energy potential. This will have a positive impact on businesses, people's lives and the environment," said Terry McCallion, EBRD Director for Energy Efficiency and Climate Change.
To date, the EBRD has directly co-financed the construction of two of the largest wind farms in Turkey: the 142.5 MW Enerjisa Bares wind power plant in Bal?kesir and the 135 MW Rotor wind farm in Osmaniye.
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We recognise that in a highly competitive market, the best career option and the top university place does not always go to the candidate with the highest grades. Employers and universities want much more. They want people who have shown a willingness to embrace a challenge, to go beyond their own experience, to demonstrate achievement and leadership outside of the normal school environment.
At the Sixth Form you will have a unique opportunity. On Wednesdays, the focus will be away from timetabled subjects, and every student will take part in both academic enrichment and extra-curricular enrichment.
Every student will leave us with an extra qualification beyond their A levels. Everyone will begin by completing the Certificate of Personal Effectiveness, worth 70 UCAS points towards your university target. You will then have the option of either switching to an Extended Project, or to the prestigious Global Perspectives and Independent Research course, both of which have been used as part of their offer by universities.
Academic enrichment is not just about the grades and the UCAS points. It's about independent thought and the real world skills of lateral thinking, research and the dedication to become not just an exception student, but simply exceptional.
The Extended project is an opportunity for you to follow your own interests and in doing so demonstrate the skills and attitudes which are so attractive to universities and employers. You have a completely free choice in what you do. You might build a skateboard, design a dress, research a local issue, create a radio broadcast, write and direct a play…it's completely up to you!
Assessment of the Extended Project is also flexible. You could write a 5000 word report or you may present your finished skateboard!
This is a highly prestigious course to be undertaken by the most able students who wish to compete for the most sought after university and career opportunities. To choose this option you will need five grade As at GCSE.
The course is centred on a research project of your choice, but its assessment is much more formal than the extended project. In Year 12, you will assessed on an exam, a word-limited essay and a short presentation. In Year 13, you will complete a research project on an area of your choice culminating in a 5000 word dissertation.
The course carries significant weight with many top universities.
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One phenomenal opportunity is for students to become involved in a Big Expedition – a committee for which has already been established. The Big Expedition will involve fundraising and training over the course of the two years at The Sixth Form, finally culminating in the opportunity to travel to a destination chosen by students to take on a once-in-a-lifetime challenge.
Not only is this enrichment a wonderful addition to students' applications to university, but far more importantly, it will drive students to be the very best that they can be. It will allow them to develop outside of the classroom, offer opportunities to meet fantastic people and participate in challenges that may otherwise have been out of reach. This will utilise their Sixth Form experience to its fullest advantage.
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All of the windows in this suite of offices were created in 1973 and 1974 by Charles J. Connick Associates, Boston, Massachusetts, and were the gift of Cornelia Marschall Smith, professor emeritus of biology at Baylor University. Each window has the donor's "signature" of a personal symbol recalling some aspect of the experience of the donor or her family. Local color is added through the introduction of native flora and fauna, a strong interest of the donor; and at the base of each window is the book plate combining the Marschall and Paschall coats of arms (notice the "paschal" lamb).
The windows incorporate visual themes inspired by Robert Browning's Ferishtah's Fancies--a work that consists of a Prologue, twelve Fancies (each concluding with a summary in the form of a lyric), and an Epilogue. In these "Fancies," Browning tackles the problems of love versus evil and the supernatural, as opposed to natural revelation, concepts that were a chief concern throughout his life.
In the window devoted to the first poem, while Ferishtah has not yet attained Dervishhood, he sees an eagle feeding some young ravens, the mother bird being dead. Ferishtah interprets this to mean that God will take care of His weak creatures. But in a dream he is admonished that his part in the world is not represented by the helpless ravens but by the helpful strength of the eagle. It is his responsibility to provide saving strength for others.
The lower vignette depicts the office and desk of Charles G. Smith, a professor in the Baylor English Department from 1940 to 1967, who had a passion for books, often two rows deep on his shelves. Notice the "foot-prints" worn in the tile flooring beneath his desk. The border alternates with dogwood (the flower of Charles G.'s native state, North Carolina) and lupine (the Texas bluebonnet, where he lived), accented with open books. In addition to the primary image of the eagle and ravens, there are depictions of a robin and a cardinal.
Ferishtah's Fancies, I. "The Eagle"
He stayed their craving, then resought the sky.
Providence cares for every hungry mouth!"
God thus admonished: "Hast thou marked my deed?
Was meant for man's example? . . .
Sluggard, arise: work, eat, then feed who lack!"
Underfoot the moss-tracks, life and love with these!
In the second window, Ferishtah, not yet a full fledged Dervish, discovers a man who had for twelve years been Prime Minister, with the power and glory of the office, but who was now reduced to such woeful circumstances that he was selling melons at a bridge by the roadside. Though penniless and powerless, the beggar tells Ferishtah that his mind dwells on the years of joy rather than on the "day of woe."
The Hebrew text in the window is from the Book of Job: "Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?"
Blue birds and orange blossoms enrich the border, and the scissor-tailed flycatcher and rock wren are represented in the center of the window. The donor's vignette symbolizes a garden statue which expresses, to some degree, the devotion between husband and wife. Note the entwined rings.
Ferishtah's Fancies, II. "The Melon-Seller"
Are past, I judge . . . .
Only to prove this day's the direr lot?"
A day of woe to the unworthy one?"
Wish no word unspoken, want no look away!
The poem titled "Mihrab Shah" examines the meaning of evil and pain. Ferishtah has reached the full status of Dervish. An inquirer is led by the bite of a scorpion to ask why God, who is all-powerful and all merciful, should allow the existance of evil and pain. Ferishtah leads his questioner to a realization of the worth of pain by a series of illustrations. In their conversation, Ferishtah discovers that the Shah receives superficial devotion from his subjects who actually detest him; but when they learn that he is tormented by an internal ulcer, their sympathy for him is manifested.
The wild rose border is related to the theme of the poem. The cultivated, sheltered rose holds up its blossoms proudly. What greater wonder that the weather-beaten wild rose "still lifts up with something of a smile its poor attempt at bloom." The personal vignette suggests the ideal conception of "Alma Mater," the concern and sympathy of friend for friend.
Ferishtah's Fancies, VI. "Mihrab Shah"
Quoth an inquirer, "Praise the Merciful!
(It swelled and blackened)--lo, is sound again . . . .
But now methinks I have a mind to ask . . . .
--why needs a scorpion be?"
How stands he in thy favor? Why that shrug?
Is not he lord and ruler?
for thanks to God, for love to man?
The insufficiency of knowledge as contrasted with love is the central theme of "A Pillar at Sebzevar." In the search for knowledge, one not only gains an idea of the wonder of infinite knowledge, but receives ever renewed assurance that victory is yet to be reached--that is, love is victory. The "pillar" is a gnomon--the upright part of a sundial that casts the shadow. Ferishtah says men should love the creator of the instrument and the usefulness of his invention, but it is not necessary for him to know all that the inventor knew, nor to understand the motions of the sun and the subtleties of time. Consider the child who reaches for the sun but grasps an orange instead; it is enough that he experiences the pleasure which the orange provides.
The border of wild sunflowers is accented with yellow warblers, and a mockingbird and roadrunner are designed into the field of the window. The vignette recalls the donor's family love of the hill country of Texas.
Ferishtah's Fancies, XI. "A Pillar at Sebzevar"
The last and longest parable in Browning's Ferishtah series deals with the question: "A good thing or a bad thing--life is which?" Ferishtah elaborately argues the point at great length with his pupil, using black and white beans to exemplify the good and bad things in life. Viewed separately, each appears black or white, but when considered as a whole, the general effect is gray. Or perhaps, in eating an apple one discovers that half of it is bad and the other half good, should one call it good or bad? One of the most striking passages occurs when Ferishtah puts aside the beans and describes the weaving of a carpet. The separate strands are not particularly pleasing to the eye. Some are garishly bright, others dull, but when all are woven together by the artist a beautiful wonder is created in color, born of both. So God mingles His own qualities with man's, good with evil, to produce the miracle of our existence.
Interspersed into the border of the morning-glory vine are a mourning dove, meadow lark, and brown thrasher. Notice the black and white beans, half-eaten apple, and above the major image a symbol of Browning's reference to a haloed moon: "moonlike through vapor." The personal vignette recalls a morning when Cornelia's sister, Irene, was discovered missing from home, only to be found--still in her bed clothes--anxiously waiting for school to begin.
Ferishtah's Fancies, XII. "A Bean-Stripe, Also Apple Eating"
And lie at gorgeous length in Ispahan!
A medium profitable to the sight?'"
Sought, found, and did my duty.


The other day, I saw a fantastic cartoon by Mike Luckovich of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
It shows a huge Hank Aaron, the all-time baseball great, towering over the likes of steroid-taking cheaters Barry Bonds (technically, but scandalously, the all-time home run king), Alex "A-Fraud" Rodriguez, Mark McGwire and Roger Clemens.
It's quite a different scenario than 1998.
It was all the excuse I needed to research 80 years of baseball's most fearsome sluggers' statistics, to see how McGwire, Sosa and others stacked up against history.
Along the way, I invented the Home Run Power Ratio, a home run inflation index that enables relevant comparisons between players from various generations by objectively gauging how they fared against their peers.
I wrote various pieces on the HRPR, including one for a grand baseball publication called The Elysian Fields Quarterly.
a brief piece, "Home Run Standouts," on the HRPR.
Alas, the numbers don't seem so objective any longer, as revelations about steroid use continue to dog some of the game's biggest names.
The latest is Rodriguez, the heir apparent to the career home run record. Long known as "A-Rod," he will forevermore have to live with the "A-Fraud" label.
And in terms of legacy and reputation, that's one development impossible to fully measure.
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We know how difficult it can be for many drivers being away from home, either in the UK or a foreign country. At this time of year your phone can be an invaluable connection to your loved ones.
When all you have is your smartphone or tablet to catch up with everything that's going on, it's easy to eat through your entire data allowance without even realising.
So, be it a family Skype call, getting directions to your depot, doing an online food shop or checking updates on the Freightlink App, here's a few things to think about when staying connected.
Free EU roaming has been available since June 2017, but before you travel double check that your data usage will come out of your allowance (especially when on ferries!) and you don't have to pay any additional fees – no one likes unexpected surprises!
It's easy to become reliant on phones for direction, especially if the vehicle you're in doesn't have GPS. However, did you know that instead of live streaming a map you can use Google Maps offline?
All it takes is a little route planning and organisation. Simply download the Google Maps app and select 'Offline maps' from the menu. You can create your own custom map to download for later use and you can even pin different locations.
This sounds so simple, but you might not realise somewhere has Wi-Fi until you're on your way out.
Most of the ferry operators provide Wi-Fi. Sometimes, free. If you're unsure, give our customer services team a call.
Many European countries now offer free, public Wi-Fi that is safe and secure to use including Portugal, Latvia, Sweden Germany, Belgium, Switzerland and many more.
Download an app like WifiMapper for a map of free Wi-Fi hotspots nearby.
If you use a lot of Wi-Fi enabled devices such as tablets and laptops, you may find it worthwhile to invest in a portable Wi-Fi router.
Working in a similar way to a smartphone, the Wi-Fi router uses 3G/4G networks and your data allowance to provide an internet connection to multiple devices. You could be making a delivery in Spain and still be watching an episode of Coronation Street as clearly as in front of your TV at home.
Is your plan right for you?
Make sure you're getting the most out of your phone contract and the best deal. There is no point having unlimited texts and calls when you're using iMessage and WhatsApp to message and call home.
Check with your network provider to see if you can get a plan that provides more data and less of the stuff you don't use.
Remember, apps still use data to keep themselves up to date when you're abroad. You might be in the EU with free roaming, but they'll still use data just as they do at home.
Check your data settings. Most phones now have data warning levels and limits, which can be set to prevent going over your allowance and incurring additional charges. You can even enable Data Saver mode to use less data when you're browsing.
Christmas is here! Now is as good a time of year as any to reiterate the importance of not using your phone or device when driving. There is nothing that can't wait until you have pulled over in a safe location.


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Peru State announces homecoming royalty
Peru State College announced its 2019 Homecoming Court. Royalty will be crowned during halftime of the football game on Saturday, Sept. 28.
Candidates, selected by the student body, will be featured in the annual homecoming parade that will begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday, September 28 in downtown Peru.
The Peru State vs. Baker University football game will begin at 2 p.m. in the Oak Bowl. The coronation of the king and queen will be held at halftime.
The College has announced that instead of a gate admission for the football game, they will accept free will donations with 100% of the proceeds to be directed to leukemia research. The donations are in honor of Riley (Dale) Holstine. Holstine played football at Peru State before passing from leukemia at the beginning of the week.


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TOPHER'S LOG
MOVIE REPORT CARDS
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HHN 5: CURSE OF THE CRYPT KEEPER
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HHN 12: ISLANDS OF FEAR
HHN 14: 2X THE FEAR
HHN 15: TALES OF TERROR
HHN 16: SWEET 16
HHN 17: CARNIVAL OF CARNAGE
HHN 18: REFLECTIONS OF FEAR
HHN 19: RIPPED FROM THE SILVER SCREEN
HHN 20: TWENTY YEARS OF FEAR
HHN 21: ARE YOU IN?
HHN 23: WHAT EVIL HAS TAKEN ROOT?
HHN 24: YOU'VE BEEN WARNED
HHN 26: YOU WON'T STAND A CHANCE
HHN 27: FESTIVAL OF THE DEADLIEST
2021 - >
THE CRYPT KEEPER
JACK THE CLOWN
TERRA QUEEN
THE USHER
THE INIQUITUS
HOUSE LOCATIONS
SCARE ZONE LOCATIONS
CAREY, OHIO
CHARACTERS AND LORE
LEGENDARY TRUTH
HORROR UNEARTHED
HHN LEGACY RANKS THE FRIDAY THE 13TH MOVIES
Happy Friday the 13th everyone!
In the spirit of the date, I decided to do something a little fun. The Friday the 13th films, are my favorite of the slasher genre. Jason is my favorite character from the slasher genre. Sure, the original Halloween is a horror masterpiece. Sure Freddy Krueger has a "personality". Sure Scream is better written.
However, I really have fun with these movies. They don't take themselves seriously and even at their worst, the Friday franchise is still a whole lot of fun.
I grew up watching these films. I still remember the first time I watched a Friday the 13th movie. It was late at night. I was alone. I remember sitting in front of that small screen, and scared out of my gourd. I was 8, sue me.
Which one? Well, you'll have to wait as we get there on the countdown. Let's get started.
12. JASON GOES TO HELL: THE FINAL FRIDAY
RELEASE DATE: AUGUST 13TH 1993
DIRECTED BY: ADAM MARCUS
BLOODY BRILLIANT: FREDDY KRUEGER
BLOODY AWFUL: EVERYTHING ELSE
Let me take you back to a time. A time of VHS and video rental stores. I remember a trip to the supermarket. Next to that supermarket was a mom & pop video store. A shopping trip usually meant a video rental. On this day, I knew which video to rent. If I could convince my dad, which my parents were pretty lenient when it came to the films I watched. I was excited for this movie. I remember it being hyped up like nobody's business. Jason, was going to die- finally. Yeah right. I think most people who watch this movie, will tell you their disappointment comes in the form of no Jason. I mean freakin-A. Even as a youngling, this film was a let down. Kudos for trying to create some kind of mythology, but man, this movie is just no fun. Even at its worst, the Friday films are fun. This movie isn't fun. The best part of the movie, and the one moment everyone remembers from it, comes in the last 60 seconds. To this day, this is the Friday film I watch the least. The Jason design is also terrible.
11. FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VIII: JASON TAKES MANHATTAN
RELEASE DATE: JULY 28TH 1989
DIRECTED BY: ROB HEDDEN
BLOODY BRILLIANT: SUPER PUNCH
BLOODY AWFUL: I'M ON A BOAT!
I grew up in New York. I was born and raised in Brooklyn, then moved upstate. This was a big deal. The advertising campaign for the movie was everywhere. Usually it involved Jason in, or around, various New York landmarks. I remember one poster which had Jason riding the damn subway. As a child, the notion of Jason roaming the streets of Manhattan scared me to death. I had dreams of the guy crawling through my window at night. I didn't actually watch Jason Takes Manhattan until I was a little older. To my surprise, Jason really wasn't even in New York. Rather, the majority of this film takes place on a boat. I always found the plot of this one a little weird. How does a cruise ship enter into Crystal Lake? And why does the ship not even look like a cruise ship? Is Crystal Lake deep enough? Still, when Jason actually gets to Manhattan, it is a lot of fun, minus the odd toxic waste ending. It is a blast to think about the sewers of New York flooding with skin-burning goo though. As an adult watching the film, it's pretty clear that the franchise was really reaching at this point. Still, the New York climax is a lot of fun.
10. FRIDAY THE 13TH: PART II
DIRECTED BY: STEVE MINER
BLOODY BRILLIANT: JASON VOORHEES
BLOODY AWFUL: RINSE, REPEAT
The problem I've always had with Friday Part II, is how identical it is with the plot of part I. Literally, it is the same movie as the original, but with Jason instead of his mother. Yeah, spoiler alert: Jason's momma was the killer in Friday the 13th. I didn't see Friday II until I was way older and going back to watch it now, I do find sack-head Jason a little weird. Still, this is classic Friday the 13th. It feels like a Friday the 13th movie. Not much else to say about this one.
9. JASON X
RELEASE DATE: APRIL 26TH 2002
DIRECTED BY: JAMES ISAAC
BLOODY BRILLIANT: HEADSICLE
BLOODY AWFUL: THE PLOT
Probably like most people my age, Jason X was the first Friday the 13th film I ever saw in a theater. And oh, my, was it gloriously awful. I remember the theater being totally packed too. Jason X has a lot of problems- The painfully dated CGI, the terrible dialogue, space, future... Although, the space and future plot were done out of necessity (they had to take into account Freddy VS Jason). There's a lot of interesting production problems that went on behind the scenes with this film too, which when I watch it now, only adds to my enjoyment. Jason X takes the absurdity of the Friday the 13th franchise, and just goes balls-to-the-wall crazy with it. And for that, I love it so.
8. FRIDAY THE 13TH PART V: A NEW BEGINNING
RELEASE DATE: MARCH 22ND 1985
DIRECTED BY: DANNY STEINMANN
BLOODY BRILLIANT: THE PLOT
Probably one of the more controversial Friday films, as the Jason we've seen for three films, is not in this. I actually really applaud the film these days for trying something different. After all, Part IV promised Jason was dead. Problem was, it made a lot of money for Paramount so naturally, a sequel was inevitable. As a young one though, watching Part V I felt cheated. I did enjoy the notion that the Friday films, were trying to create a flowing story with Tommy Jarvis. It was nice to see a familiar name progress through all these shenanigans. I do find watching the film now, there is an upped level of debauchery in A New Beginning. Part V is actually really enjoyable. It's familiar, yet different.
7. FRIDAY THE 13TH: PART III
RELEASE DATE: AUGUST 3RD 1982
DIRECTED BY: STEVE MINOR
BLOODY BRILLIANT: THE HOCKEY MASK
BLOODY AWFUL: 3-D
There was a trend in Hollywood at one point in the 80's: make every third film in the franchise 3-D. Jaws 3-D. Amityville 3-D... If you watch Friday the 13th Part III now without the 3-D, it is just downright silly. Shit is constantly being thrown at the camera. Yes, even Yo-yo's and popcorn. It's actually quite funny. While the plot of Friday The 13th Part III is yet another rehash, it is still a lot of fun, and the awkward moments meant to be 3-D really adds a level of fun to it. The Friday franchise really started to find a groove with this one. Not to mention one of the most iconic looks in all of Horror history was born in this installment. If you can get your hands on a 3-D copy of Friday The 13th Part III, I highly suggest you give it a look. The effect just doesn't work, and it's bloody awesome while adding a yet another level of watching enjoyment.
6. FRIDAY THE 13TH (2009)
RELEASE DATE: FEBRUARY 13TH 2009
DIRECTED BY: MARCUS NISPEL
BLOODY BRILLIANT: METHODICAL JASON
BLOODY AWFUL: THE KILLS
Out of all the Platinum Dunes remakes of Horror classics, Friday The 13th is the only one I really like. Friday The 13th as a whole, is a simple premise, and I feel like they kept that tone with this remake. I'm probably one of the only people on the planet, who really digs Jason having and elaborate tunnel system and traps around Crystal Lake. It's absurd, yet works really well, and you know what? It kind of makes sense if you don't think about Jason as a supernatural ghoul. The downside to the remake for me, is in the kills. They are surprisingly very bland compared to other Platinum Dunes outings like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. And unlike the other remakes around this same time, it still has fun with it while keeping the premise a little serious.
5. FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VII: THE NEW BLOOD
RELEASE DATE: MAY 13TH 1988
DIRECTED BY: JOHN CARL BUECHLER
BLOODY BRILLIANT: KANE HODDER
BLOODY AWFUL: PACING
These days, when you think of people who have played Jason, it is almost impossible to imagine anyone else than Kane Hodder wearing the hockey mask. His introductory film as the character showcases why. While Part VII may not be the best in terms of plot, things are ramped up because of Hodder. He brings a personality to Jason, yet still keeps him menacing and mysterious. The make-up on the character is also really well done, and even adds a continuity to the character in terms of his, um, decay. I also really like the introduction of another character besides Tommy Jarvis, who can go toe-to-toe with Jason. My biggest complaint about Part VII, is in the pacing. it does move a little slow. However, a lot of that could be attributed to Jason and Hodder. You just want to cut back to him at every possible opportunity. And it has the sleeping bag kill.
RELEASE DATE: MAY 9TH 1980
DIRECTED BY: SEAN S. CUNNINGHAM
BLOODY BRILLIANT: HEAD-CHOP
BLOODY AWFUL: EXTRA ENDING
Yes, the original Friday The 13th film is pretty dated these days. Watching it today, the pacing is kind of slow compared to the films that followed. Still, there's a charm to the original. It is the one that would set the tone for 80's slasher genre flicks. Oh, and yes, spoiler alert: Jason isn't in this one. Sort of. Well, he is. But not really. Betsy Palmer is really quite a joy to watch during the finale, which is quite frankly the best part of the film. I also really dig the Psycho inspired twist in its plot. I also really hate how they end this thing. That second ending just doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Still, very fun all these years later.
3. FREDDY VS. JASON
DIRECTED BY: RONNY YU
BLOODY BRILLIANT: UM, FREDDY VS. JASON
BLOODY AWFUL: FEAR OF WATER?
This was an event long in the making. Of course the notion of Freddy and Jason meeting with each other was teased in Jason Goes To Hell, it would be ten years before it would actually happen. To this day, Freddy VS. Jason is one of the funnest cinematic experiences I've ever had in a theater. Yes, the plot isn't all that great, and some of the characters are really annoying, but the film is a whole helluva lot of fun. The crowd was into it. People were rooting for their guy to win. While nobody actually did win, one would probably say Jason had the upper hand at the end (or head). This is a great film to watch with a group of friends, or just to turn your brain off for a few hours. It's a bloody good time.
2. FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VI: JASON LIVES
RELEASE DATE: AUGUST 1ST 1986
DIRECTED BY: TOM MCLOUGHLIN
BLOODY BRILLIANT: THE SCRIPT
BLOODY AWFUL: I GOT NOTHIN'
It's safe to say audiences felt cheated with the Jason-less Friday The 13th Part V. It was clear audiences really dug Jason, and didn't want an impostor. So, Paramount decided to resurrect the big guy. Literally. Jason Lives is my favorite Friday film in terms of the screenplay. It is actually quite a smartly written one. Long before Wes Craven made Horror films meta and self-aware, Jason Lives did it with a giddy fun. Jason in this film is truly bad-ass. He is supercharged, and ready to hack and slash at all costs. Part VI, pretty much cemented Jason as an unstoppable, mindless force of murder and mayhem. Jason lives, is pure fun. It represents the best of what the Friday films has to offer.
1. FRIDAY THE 13TH PART IV: THE FINAL CHAPTER
BLOODY BRILLIANT: THE KILLS
So what was that first Friday film I watched late at night as a kid? It was this one. Granted, perhaps a little bit of nostalgia keeps this at my number one spot, but I digress. When I personally think of Friday The 13th, this is how I think about it. Part IV, is fun, it's scary, it's moody, it's awkward, it's bloody, and it's the last one... Wait, never mind. Nowadays, it's quite a fun ride to go back and watch a young Corey Feldman, and a pre Back To The Future Crispin Glover. This movie also has some of the most memorable moments from the Friday franchise. Fond memories of playing the Nintendo NES game, with this entries poster animated at the beginning as well. When I have a hankering for some Friday The 13th, I always pop this one in. It's the most consistent for me. Part IV is awesomesauce.
Well, that's it. Enjoy you Friday the 13th everyone!
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Pennsylvania to set maximum PFAS level in drinking water after EPA takes a pass
State DEP to sample public water supplies deemed at-risk for contamination
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Pennsylvania will become the first state in the country to set a Maximum Contaminant Level for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took a pass earlier this year.
The state Department of Environmental Protection announced Friday it would begin the process of setting a maximum level, rather than adopting federal standards, as it has done with all other regulated contaminants in drinking water. The EPA announced in February it would not commit to setting an MCL for PFAS to the consternation of hundreds of families living near former military facilities in Bucks and Montgomery counties.
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The DEP also said it would conduct a statewide sampling plan to identify impacted drinking water supplies as part of Gov. Tom Wolf's pledge to investigate PFAS contamination across the state.
According to the DEP, samples will be tested from more than 300 public water supplies with elevated potential for contamination, based on proximity to common sources of PFAS, such as military bases, fire training sites, landfills and manufacturing facilities. The collection of information will begin in May, and the first planned phase will last about one year.
"Addressing PFAS in drinking water is one of the top priorities for DEP," said DEP Secretary Patrick McDonnell in a news release. "DEP is taking unprecedented steps to address PFAS, including beginning the process to set a Maximum Contaminant Level for the first time, and this sampling plan will shed light on the extent of PFAS contamination in Pennsylvania."
"DEP will not hesitate to step up when the federal government fails to," McDonnell said.
Families living in the vicinity of two former naval facilities – the Willow Grove Naval Air Station in Horsham, Montgomery County, and the Naval Air Warfare Center in Warminster, Bucks County, have for years tried to get answers on the health impact of the toxic chemicals in their drinking water. A number of local wells have been closed in recent years in neighborhoods around the former Navy facilities, which are less than four miles apart.
"These communities are dealing with potential poison in their water," Sen. Bob Casey said after a Politico report in late January previewed the EPA decision. "For this Administration to once again fail to address a pressing public health threat is outrageous. I will do everything I can to make sure the water Pennsylvanians drink is free from harmful chemicals."
The sampling plan will be discussed Monday at the next PFAS Action Team meeting at the Abington Senior High School. The team was created by Wolf in September 2018.
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Mylan Woes Get Worse With Top Executive Engulfed in Vast Probe
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Mylan NV's latest troubles couldn't come at a worse time.
Two years ago, Mylan was a swaggering drugmaker on the way up, buying up rivals as it grew and diversified.
Then it faced political scrutiny over price hikes for its EpiPen allergy shot and increasing pressure on prices for the generic drugs that are the company's backbone. In August, Mylan cut its 2018 outlook, and on Tuesday came another blow: Its No. 2 executive was one of the first two top managers accused in an industrywide civil investigation of colluding in a "sinister" conspiracy to prop up prices.
After reaching an all-time high of $76.06 in April 2015, the shares have been cut in half and closed Tuesday at $35.71, dropping 6.6 percent for the day.
Like other drugmakers, Mylan has been under increasing pressure from regulators at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in the past year. Taking up President Donald Trump's call to reduce drug prices, the FDA has said it will accelerate the approval of copycat drugs that will push prices down further. The agency has said it will specifically target drugs where there are only a few generic competitors, trimming the industry's already thin margins further.
The multiyear civil case against Mylan and 17 other makers of generic pills — with a dragnet that could wrap in other senior drug executives around the industry — could prove damaging. Not only does it target Mylan President Rajiv Malik, but the alleged conduct in the complaint supposedly helped generic-drug makers preserve their margins and markets, avoiding some of the competition that has already been pressuring the industry.
In their 243-page new complaint, the states described how more than a dozen drugmakers worked together to share the market and avoid a "fight to the bottom." At industry conferences, over dinner parties and hundreds of phone calls, emails and text messages, executives would agree to raise or maintain prices for specific drugs in tandem, or delineate each company's market share.
More to Come?
Malik is one of two senior drug executives named in the new complaint, in which 45 states and the District of Columbia are seeking to expand an earlier lawsuit alleging price and market fixing.
Mylan, which is also named as a defendant in the case, said it stands behind Malik and will "defend this case vigorously." Malik's lawyer, Robert Cleary of Proskauer Rose LLP, said in a telephone interview that the executive "emphatically and categorically denies the allegations in the complaint" and "is confident he will be completely vindicated."
The complaint details numerous phone calls and emails between Malik and executives at closely held Indian drugmaker Emcure Pharmaceuticals Ltd. and its subsidiary, Heritage Pharmaceuticals, around the time when Heritage launched an antibiotic called Doxy DR. Mylan, then the only other generic maker with that pill on the market, agreed to give up two large accounts to Heritage, helping Heritage enter the market without putting pressure on prices, according to the filling.
"Given direct involvement of executives in this case and the evidence we had implicating them, we felt as a group of antitrust enforcers that it was important to hold these individuals accountable," Connecticut Assistant Attorney General Joseph Nielsen said Tuesday on a conference call with reporters.
Criminal Probe
The civil investigation has run parallel to a criminal probe by the U.S. Justice Department that has so far led to guilty pleas from two former executives of Heritage, the Emcure subsidiary. The complaint has now expanded to 18 companies — from six — and 15 drugs.
Malik has worked at Mylan since 2007 and became president in 2012. Previously, he worked at Sandoz and at Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. One of Mylan's senior-most executives, he's a regular speaker on quarterly earnings calls. The company, which has a legal address in the Netherlands and is run from Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, describes him on its website as the leader of "all global commercial and operational activities."
"Rajiv is easily one of the foremost generic heads out there and is a core part of Mylan leadership," said Umer Raffat, an badyst with Evercore-ISI.
The troubles may not end at Mylan and Emcure. On the conference call Tuesday, Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen suggested that other executives could be drawn in.
"Every time we kick a door in we make new discoveries," Jepsen told reporters.
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Correlations among Motivation, Course Achievement and Proficiency of EFL University Learners
Haedong Kim Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul,
EFL Motivation, Course Achievement and Proficiency
The aim of the study is to illustrate the correlations among motivational orientation, incoming English proficiency and outgoing English achievement. The main investigation was carried out within the context of a compulsory general English course for first grade university students in South Korea. The correlation between the two variables of incoming motivational orientation and current English proficiency was computed as r = - .0237 (n = 142), indicating no correlation. The correlation between incoming motivational orientation and outgoing English achievement was computed as r = .1592 (n = 154), indicating virtually no correlation. The correlation between incoming English proficiency and outgoing English course achievement was computed as r = .3246 (n = 172), indicating a very low level of relationship. However, there was a significant difference in the scores for final course grade between the learner-group of high and low orientation, df = 152, t = 2.1705, p < .05 (= .0315). Consequently, in dealing with motivational orientation, individual differences need to be considered, such as categorizing individuals into the high and low levels of motivational orientation.
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Recruitment News Update
Round-up of interesting recruitment news across the country. For this edition, Robbie Peto, business development executive from the Office team looks at the recent REC survey on 2018 economy, the record rise in number of recruitment agencies in the UK and government funding for recruitment apprenticeships.
Government approves funding for recruitment apprenticeships
The government has approved the qualifications and funding of apprenticeships for recruitment consultants and recruitment resourcers, meaning recruiters can now access funds from the Apprenticeship Levy to train their staff.
The Department for Education has approved funding of up to £5,000 per apprentice (depending on level) which is an important move to ensure that talented individuals are given the platform to succeed in this growing industry which is now worth a staggering £32.2 billion and is a real driving force in the jobs market.
Recruitment International's full article on apprenticeship funding, can be found here.
Over 9,000 recruitment agencies set up during 2017
Recruitment agencies in the UK rose at its fastest rate ever in 2017 with the total number currently trading standing at a record 35,275. According to information acquired from Companies House by public relations agency ClearlyPR, an average of 818 new agencies registered each month during the past year.
Mackenzie-Cummins, managing director of ClearlyPR suggests that the growth in new agencies is down a couple of factors including skill shortages in a number of key industries as well as the 2008 banking crisis, which was responsible for many agency closures but there has been a steady increase in recruiters opting to go it alone financially, with the number of agencies tripling since 2015.
Insider's full article on record number of agencies set up, can be found here.
REC survey indicates a challenging 2018 for the economy
A recent survey conducted by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) showed that 51 per cent of employers believe 2018 will be more challenging than 2017, with the remaining half seeing no improvement.
The report also finds that confidence in the UK's economic outlook has been negative for the fifth consecutive month which comes as no surprise with the uncertainty over Brexit looming for the foreseeable future.
REC's full article on 2018 economy, can be found here.


While the ECtHR is not a specialist court in the area of the EU family law regulations, some of its cases touch on the application of the EU family regulations and are authoritative as to the requirements of European human rights law in that field – as in innumerable others. The EU family law regulations concerned are the Maintenance Regulation (for a very limited number of decided cases) and the Brussels II and Brussels II bis Regulation, which has given rise to many cases involving international child abduction. In the latter field, there is a potential for a conflict between EU law and European human rights law. The article identifies the areas of friction, and the solutions that have been devised, with varying degrees of success, by EU and ECHR case law, to avoid a true conflict between the obligations of States under EU law and under the European law of human rights.


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John Alexander Retrospective at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston
John Alexander. Mr. Friend's Revenge, 1982. Oil on canvas. 76 x 106 inches. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, gift of Isabel B. and Wallace S. Wilson.
HOUSTON.-John Alexander´s primary focus began with the landscape, and the artist has freely disclosed that the Texas of his early years offered him a broad palette, from "rolling hills and pine forests, salt marsh beaches, and dark, murky bayous" to "rocks, desert, and cactus." For Alexander, these landscapes were frequently alive with menace, whether populated by alligators and birds of prey or specters of the Ku Klux Klan. After moving to New York in 1979, Alexander found in his memories of Texas a fresh impetus, as he tapped into local myth and legend in his brilliantly splintered and increasingly abstract compositions. In subsequent decades, Alexander brought a new breadth of vision to his depictions of his immediate environment, from such phantasmagoric paintings as Honkey-Tonk Moon (1989) to his first-hand portrayals of the storm tossed coast of Eastern Long Island, where he now maintains a studio and garden.
Alexander´s travels around the globe continued to expand the scope of his interest in the physical world. The Galapagos Islands, the cloud forests of Central and South America, the African veldt, the Australian outback, and the flora and fauna of these distant lands often find their way into his work. Alexander created Glory Bound (1993) after he explored the jungle in Venezuela. At the center of the canvas an old steam-engine train erupts from a lush tropical forest towards the viewer. Supposedly bound for glory, in Alexander´s lexicon it is a train bound for disaster. A decade before global warming became a common topic, Alexander foresaw the dire consequences of man´s careless stewardship of the earth, finding in technology´s conquest of the new world cause for concern.
Drawings also play a central role in Alexander´s career. Like the great American artists Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, and James Audubon, Alexander often focuses on the special character of the landscape´s foliage and inhabitants, and his keenly observed nature drawings stand as one of the fundamental components of the exhibition. A 2002 watercolor and graphite work delicately portrays the prickly leaves and fuzzy flower heads of a thistle with the mastery of Vincent van Gogh´s still lifes, while a watercolor, charcoal, and pastel study of the Saharan marabou stork has the sly wit of a Goya.
Politics and social satire are ever-present themes in Alexander´s work. Alexander´s masterpiece in this genre, Parade (2006), measuring more than fifteen feet across, will have its public debut in Houston. A nightmare vision of global greed, Parade depicts politicians, businessmen, clowns, pigs, sorcerers, and skeletons descending into Hell as paper money flutters down, leading them into the abyss. The exhibition concludes with a timeless image, Ship of Fools (2007), a doomsday scenario that is both apocalyptic and biting.
Ultimately, Alexander´s message is not one of despair however. Once describing his works as "a glimpse of paradise before the wrecking ball hits," Alexander demands that we recognize the worst aspects of the human condition, so that we may strive towards change and redemption.
John Alexander was born in 1945 in Beaumont, Texas—part of the "Golden Triangle" that produced Robert Rauschenberg and Janis Joplin. He graduated from Beaumont´s Lamar University, and went on to receive an MFA in applied art from Dallas´ Southern Methodist University in 1970. In 1972, Alexander moved to Houston and joined the faculty at the University of Houston, where he played a vital role in developing the local art scene. His career was launched by a solo exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, in 1975, and his audience expanded to a national scene when his work was featured at the Corcoran Biennial in 1977.
In 1979, Alexander left Texas and moved to New York. Over subsequent decades, Alexander has exhibited internationally, with major shows mounted in Paris, London, Johannesburg, and Caracas. While maintaining a major presence in New York, he has had solo exhibitions Baltimore, Baton Rouge, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Scottsdale, and Washington, DC. He has been the subject of significant museum exhibitions at Washington´s Corcoran Gallery of Art (1980), the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (1984), Cincinnati´s Contemporary Arts Center and Dallas´s Southern Methodist University (1988), and the Beaumont Art Museum (2003).
Currently, Alexander divides his time between New York City and Amagansett, NY.
Joaquin Sorolla Exhibit at The Fundación Caixa Galicia in Santiago de Compostela
Bonhams' Inaugural Canadian Sale In Toronto To Feature Important Works
Cannes Film Festival Poster, a Tribute to David Lynch, Presented
Baroness Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza Announces new Museum at the Palacio Villalon
Greek Culture Minister Witnesses the Return of Greek Pottery
80 Engravings from "Los Desastres de la Guerra" Made by Francisco de Goya sold for US 111,000
Gwon Osang and Choe U-ram: Asia Triennial Manchester 08 at The Manchester Art Gallery
National Portrait Gallery Holds Exhibit of Photographs Made by Zaida Ben-Yusuf
Sculpture by Jan Lorenc at Torontos Pearson International Airport
Ellis Island Portraits 1905-1920 by Augustus F. Sherman at the DePaul University Art Museum
Important Judaica and Israeli & international art bring a combined $7.9 million at Sotheby's New York
Tunisia to auction ousted despot's treasures
Andy Warhol's Mao portraits excluded from the Beijing and Shanghai shows next year
China criticises French Qing dynasty seal auction
Christie's announces auction marking the first half century of the popular and luxurious interiors shop Guinevere
Nine new exhibits debut at San Diego International Airport
Rembrandt masterpiece "Portrait of Catrina Hooghsaet" back on display at National Museum Cardiff
Amber: 40-million-year-old fossilised tree resin is Baltic gold
Egyptian artist Iman Issa wins the Ist FHN Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona Award
The main chapel of the Basilica of Santa Croce open for visits after five year restoration


I used to. Not so much any more. Was robbed in the month of August. Not a Happy Camper about that.
I like August even if it means that Summer soon is going to be over. The past month have been really hot so it feels like a long hot summer. So I'm almost ready for Autumn. I'm hoping for a Brit Summer (Indian Summer).
Right now we're having thunder and lightning, not as bad as down under but it always scare me.
Nice story Theminis. I hope the little ones manage to get the ball too.
And they get to play on grass, we only had gravel to play on when I was a kid.
Calling all UK cooks who aren't on the diet or could be influenced to go off the diet by a cooking question. I need advise on a UK recipe ( dessert) and would appreciate your input ( PM, so as not to tempt others!!). Let me know if anyone can be of help and I'll PM my question.
Don't know if this belongs here, but are we still doing summer rewatch of George's movies? This week was supposed to be The American. Anyone still interested?
A ring of Russian criminals has acquired 1.2 billion username and password combinations, as well as credentials for more than 500 million email addresses, amassing the largest known collection of stolen Internet credentials.
Cybersecurity firm Hold Security discovered that the group gathered confidential material from 420,000 websites, including household names and small Internet sites, the firm said in a blog post. The crime ring, based in a small city in south central Russia, hacked websites inside Russia as well as major Fortune 500 companies abroad, the New York Times reports.
An independent security expert analyzed the database of stolen credentials at the request of theTimes and confirmed Hold Security's claims were authentic.
The Russian crime ring found hundreds of thousands of vulnerable websites and attacked their coding to steal credentials from their databases, Hold Security said.
This is a real tear jerker.
They went to take money from the ATM, but never expected this.
Jo - How wonderful! I wish my bank was as nice.
Some happy news today, for a welcome change.
The Duke of Cambridge is to start a new job as an air ambulance pilot.
William will begin a civilian pilot course in September followed by dedicated 999-response training.
If successful he will join the East Anglian Air Ambulance based at Cambridge Airport next spring.
It will be the prince's main job, but his roster will take into account the duties and responsibilities he will continue to undertake on behalf of the Queen.
He will be paid a salary which he will donate in full to the charity.
This picture shows the Duke of Cambridge at the controls of a Sea King helicopter.
Silje - Welcome to the crazy world of the NRA. If you think this is bad, they recently proposed that BLIND people be guranteed the right to use guns. Now there's a great idea! This country is going to hell!
LizzyNY wrote: Silje - Welcome to the crazy world of the NRA. If you think this is bad, they recently proposed that BLIND people be guranteed the right to use guns. Now there's a great idea! This country is going to hell!
Silje & Theminis - I only wish I was joking. Those idiots were serious!
Been a while since I have chatted, but I wanted to update you on what's been going on with me.
I was put in the hospital in January due to problems with my new kidney. I have a hard time with infections.
I finished up 2 semesters of graduate school. Done really well so far. I start my final year on Monday!
In July, I traveled to Augusta, Ky. Met Nina Clooney. She was very nice! Bought some nice little things from her shop. Told her I was a fan of George's and their family.
Then just Wednesday, I faced another health crisis that required another hospital stay. I got out yesterday with my kidney still working. All in all, I have to say I'm blessed.
Sorry to hear your kidney has been acting up again, lets hope it listens to you and works properly.
Ktsue....pleased you're doing well with your course and that you had a good trip to Augusta.
Ktsue - Glad to hear you're on the mend and well enough to get around. Nice that you met Nina. Did you see any other interesting sights in Augusta? I'd like to see the Rosemary Clooney Museum someday.
Good luck with your degree. Hope you stay well.
I hope you are feeling better. God bless.
Do you ever go Hit Hai Kin ?
Here's a new sport for you to try ?
Barefoot skiing behind an airplane.
Ok I could use some good vibes or prayer if you have a higher power. The last 6 or 7 (lost count) injections that they have put into my eyes have not worked. The doctor has gotten permission for to use a new experimental cancer drug which costs between $1,000 - $2,000. Might be because, for the most part I only have peripheral vision in my other eye.
I got my first needle on Thursday and not had a side affects that I am aware of. I don't want sympathy or anything like that, that's not me. God has the final answers but I cannot imagine not being able to see George's pictures. So I thought maybe you could if you chose to. Thanks and God bless all of you, and be thankful for what we have.
God bless you Mazy and may he keep you safe.
You're in my thoughts Mazy. Hope the docs can fix it and you get well soon.
Mazy - I'll be praying for you every day. I hope the new treatment works and you'll be able to see George for many years to come.


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Le Sig-Sauer P225 est un pistolet semi-automatique double action produit en coopération par la société suisse Sig et la société allemande Sauer.

Technique
 mécanisme : identique au P220, possède la même carcasse en alliage d'aluminium, deux mécanismes sont proposés :  double action traditionnel et un mécanisme double action uniquement.
 calibre : 9 mm Parabellum
 Longueur : 18cm
 Longueur du canon : 9,8 cm
 Poids non chargé : 0,740 kg
 Capacité : 8 coups
Poids de détente double action : 5,44 kg
 Poids de détente simple action : 2,04 kg

Diffusion
Cette arme de poing est la version compacte du Sig-Sauer P220, apparue en 1980 et produite jusqu'en 1996, a connu un franc succès auprès des polices et des armées de l'Europe de l'Ouest.
: sous la désignation P6, armant la totalité de la Bundespolizei (anciennement BGS: Bundesgrenzschutz), de la Douane (Zoll) et la police de certains Länder (Landespolizei) entre 1980 et les années 2000.
 : 1050 exemplaires achetés en 1991 par les Forces armées canadiennes pour ses officiers et la Police militaire.
 : citoyens (Self-defense), BATFE (jusqu'en 2001), US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Federal Air Marshal Service (entre 1987 et 1992 remplacé par le Sig-Sauer P228) et US Park Rangers. Il figurait sur la liste des armes de poing autorisées aux agents du Federal Bureau of Investigation. De 2015 à  2019,  les citoyens US purent acheter une version modernisée : le P225-A1.
 : Police
 : Police.
 : Police

: Polices cantonales.

Dans la culture populaire
Réglementaire en RFA, ce PA apparaît dans de nombreuses fictions policières allemande .Le P6 est notamment l'arme de service de la Commissaire Léa Sommer. En sont aussi dotés les policiers Boris Bonrath, Henri Granberger et la Commissaire divisionnaire Engalbert de la brigade autoroutière de Cologne dans  Alerte Cobra ou les motards de Motocops. De même, il est utilisé par le trio féminin d'Anges de choc. C'est aussi l'arme des policiers suédois dans Wallander : enquêtes criminelles, Les Enquêtes de l'inspecteur Wallander et Meurtres à Sandhamn.

Sources

Cette notice est issue de la lecture des monographies et des revues spécialisées de langue française suivantes :
 Cibles (Fr)
 Action Guns  (Fr)
 R. Caranta, Sig-Sauer. Une Épopée technologique européenne, Crépin-Leblond, 2003

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Once you have logged up some miles on your new Onewheel, just like skateboard grip, the Grip Tape on your Onewheel will start to lose traction. Your feet will start to wonder, the board will be less responsive and the likelihood of a crash will increase. Nobody wants their feet to bounce off the board while traversing their favorite trail. Even if your grip is still good, replacing it will give your Onewheel the fresh clean look that everyone loves.
For this reason, we will take a look at some of the best options of pre-cut………..
First up, we have Craft and Ride. Craft&Ride has the largest selection of pre-cut Grip Tape available. There house Onewheel+ & XR Grip Tape is offered in multiple colors and a selection of sizes to suit their Concave Footpads, the Onetail Classic and Onetail+. Get Some over at CraftandRide.com.
Developed by Onewheel riders for Onewheel riders. TFL Grip Tape is said to be the best Onewheel Grip Tape there is. A perfect blend of grip and durability. Get your TFL Grip at The Float Life's store.
Laser cut out of Jessup Grip Tape, EIGHT2TEN Grip Tape is available to fit all generations of Onewheel. It is also available in factory cut or full cut, depending on your preference. Head over to EIGHT2TEN to pick some up.
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Certainly using pre-cut grip tape would be ideal, but there is always the budget-friendly option of re-gripping your board with good old skateboard grip tape from your local board store or from Amazon. If you don't mind a little extra labor, there are so many graphics options to choose from. Camo, Tie Dye and Smoke, just to name a few. The choices are endless.
Either way, adding new grip to your Onewheel will give it some added traction and some personal spice to liven up your favorite ride.


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Q: how to write a lambda function that update dynamoDB? I have my lambda function as follow:
const AWS = require('aws-sdk');
const dynamodb = new AWS.DynamoDB.DocumentClient({region: 'us-east-2'});

exports.handler = async (event) => {
    const phone=event.phoneNumber;
     const amount=event.amountChange;
    const updateParams = {
    TableName: "mytable",
    Key: {
        phoneNumber:
            phone

    },
    UpdateExpression: "SET #a = #a + :incre",
     ExpressionAttributeNames: {
    '#a': 'balance.amount',
  },
    ExpressionAttributeValues: {
        ":incre":
            amount

    },
};
  await dynamodb.updateItem(updateParams).promise();

  return {
    statusCode: 200,
    body: JSON.stringify('Balance updated successfully')
  };
};

and test event
{
  "phoneNumber": "+XXXXXXXXXX",
  "amountChange": 100
}

the error i got while testing
{
  "errorType": "Error",
  "errorMessage": "Unrecognized operation \"undefined\"",
  "trace": [
    "Error: Unrecognized operation \"undefined\"",
    "    at Runtime.exports.handler (/var/task/index.js:39:19)",
    "    at Runtime.handleOnceNonStreaming (/var/runtime/Runtime.js:74:25)"
  ]
}

I want to update the value which in dynamoDB attribute balance.amount. But I am getting the above error. Which part of code did I done wrong? phoneNumber is my primary key in DDB.

A: If you are using the latest node runtime for Lambda then you need to use JavaScript SDK V3 as that is the SDK built for that runtime. You are using SDK V2 here.
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/node-js-18-x-runtime-now-available-in-aws-lambda/

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