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Ону́фрій Ники́форович Петрочу́к (, село Приборово Брест-Литовського повіту Гродненської губернії, тепер Берестейського району Брестської області, Республіка Білорусь — , місто Запоріжжя) — український радянський державний діяч, в.о. 1-го секретаря Запорізького міського комітету КП(б)У.

Життєпис
Народився у травні 1898 року в селянській родині. У 1907—1913 роках навчався у сільській народній школі.

У травні 1913 — липні 1914 року — наймит. У липні 1914 — червні 1915 року — чорнороб лісопильного заводу. У липні 1915 — травні 1916 року — полірувальник фабрики Триндіна в Москві. У травні 1916 — квітні 1918 року — помічник слюсаря Золоторозького трамвайного парку. Через хворобу матері виїхав до села Києльске Челябінського повіту.

У травні — вересні 1918 року — лісоруб лісорозробки села Горохово Челябінського повіту Оренбурзької губернії. У вересні 1918 — жовтні 1919 року — чорнороб Анжерської вугільної копальні міста Маріїнська Томської губернії.

З жовтня 1919 року — в Червоній армії, учасник Громадянської війни в Росії. У жовтні 1919 — травні 1920 року — червоноармієць збройного парку, інформатор військкомбрига, слідчий військкомпостачу 88-ї бригади 30-ї дивізії РСЧА. Відряджений  на військово-господарські командні курси до міста Казані, які згодом перевели до Києва. У травні — вересні 1920 року — курсант військової школи у Києві. У вересні 1920 — березні 1921 року — червоноармієць окремого батальйону РСЧА на Південному фронті.

Член РКП(б) з травня 1920 року.

У березні 1921 — листопаді 1922 року — помічник начальника міліції, у листопаді 1922 — червні 1923 року — начальник міліції села Нижні Сірогози Мелітопольського повіту.

З 1923 по 1929 рік навчався на вечірньому робітничому факультеті у Катеринославі (Дніпропетровську).

Одночасно у липні 1923 — серпні 1925 року — звільнений секретар партійного осередку заводу «Спартак» міста Катеринослава. У серпні 1925 — жовтні 1927 року — звільнений секретар партійного осередку заводу «Червоний Профінтерн» міста Дніпропетровська. У жовтні 1927 — березні 1928 року — оргінструктор Центрального районного комітету КП(б)У міста Дніпропетровська. У березні 1928 — вересні 1929 року — секретар партійного бюро Дніпропетровського гірничого інституту.

У вересні 1929 — січні 1934 року — студент Дніпропетровського металургійного інституту, інженер-електрометалург.

У січні 1934 — жовтні 1937 року — майстер, начальник зміни заводу ЗІС «Запоріжсталі» міста Запоріжжя.

14 жовтня 1937 — 28 травня 1938 року — в.о. 1-го секретаря Запорізького міського комітету КП(б)У Дніпропетровської області.

У травні — липні 1938 року — заступник начальника сортопрокатного цеху (СПЦ) № 1 Заводу інструментальних сталей у Запоріжжі.

У липні 1938 року заарештований органами НКВС, до листопада 1939 року перебував у в'язниці в місті Запоріжжі. Рішенням Запорізького міського комітету КП(б)У від 27 серпня 1938 року виключений з членів ВКП(б) «як ворог партії та народу, репресований органами НКВС».

У листопаді 1939 — травні 1945 року — підслідний технік-нормувальник Красноярського афінажного заводу. У травні 1945 — квітні 1948 року — плавильний  майстер,  начальник  відділку  заводу  поштова  скринька № 121 міста Красноярська.

У травні 1948 — вересні 1954 року — начальник зміни, начальник ливарного прольоту СПЦ № 2, у вересні 1954 — серпні 1955 року — заступник начальника СПЦ № 3, у серпні 1955 — 1957 року — начальник дільниці відділу технічного контролю, у 1957—1969 роках — голова завкому профспілки заводу, начальник дільниці відділу технічного контролю, старший інженер технічного відділу, старший інженер відділу наукової організації праці та управління Запорізького заводу «Дніпроспецсталь».

У 1954 році відновлений у членах КПРС (без перерви у партстажі).

Нагороди
 орден Червоної Зірки;
 медаль «За доблесну працю у Великій Вітчизняній війні 1941—1945 рр.»;
 медаль «За трудову відзнаку».

Джерела
 Шиханов Р. Б. Керівники міста Запоріжжя (1921—1939 рр.): Біогр. довідник. — Запоріжжя: АА Тандем, 2008. — 136 с.

Члени КПРС
Уродженці Берестейського району

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Лон-ле-Сонье () — округ () во Франции, один из округов в регионе Франш-Конте. Департамент округа — Юра. Супрефектура — Лон-ле-Сонье.
Население округа на 2006 год составляло 125 350 человек. Плотность населения составляет 44 чел./км². Площадь округа составляет всего 2817 км².

См. также
 Список округов Франции
 Список префектур и супрефектур Франции

Ссылки
 Национальный институт статистики — округ Лон-ле-Сонье

Юра (департамент)
Округа Франции


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Chet Baker Sings Again is an album by trumpeter/vocalist Chet Baker which was recorded in 1985 and released on the Dutch Timeless label.

Track listing
 "All of You" (Cole Porter) – 4:40
 "Body and Soul" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton) – 6:31
 "Look for the Silver Lining" (Jerome Kern, Buddy DeSylva) – 3:52
 "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) – 6:54
 "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 7:15
 "Alone Together" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) – 6:13
 "Someone to Watch Over Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 5:20
 "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Irving Berlin) – 3:48

Personnel
Chet Baker – trumpet, vocals
Michel Graillier – piano
Ricardo del Fra – bass
John Engels – drums

References

Chet Baker albums
1986 albums
Timeless Records albums


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Alex Marszalkowski (born February 22, 1987) is a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives. A member of the Democratic Party, Marszalkowski represents the 52nd district. First elected in 2016, Marszalkowski currently serves as Deputy Majority Leader of the Rhode Island house. In 2020, Marszalkowski won re-election against Republican Chris Hogan and Independent Daniel Baglini.

Marszalkowski graduated from Mount St. Charles Academy in 2005, Roger Williams University with a bachelor's degree in history and psychology before graduating from the Roger Williams University School of Law in 2012.

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Democratic Party members of the Rhode Island House of Representatives
Living people
Year of birth uncertain
1987 births
Mount Saint Charles Academy alumni
Roger Williams University School of Law alumni
21st-century American politicians


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Kirsten Giesbrecht
Let's Talk About Forever... Chemicals on Reddit and Twitter
Title: Understanding Public Perceptions of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances: Infodemiology Study of Social Media
Author(s) and Year: Hao Tian, Christy Gaines, Lori Launi, Ana Pomales, Germaine Vazquez, Amanda Goharian, Bradley Goodnight, Erica Haney, Christopher M Reh, Rachel D Rogers
Journal: J Med Internet Res
TL;DR: Twitter and Reddit users increasingly expressed alarm over the health risks posed by PFAS exposure and confusion about how the government was alleviating PFAS risks. The authors argue this gap in knowledge can be filled by public health agencies engaging with social media users and monitoring trends in social media to understand social media users' current PFAS concerns.
Why I chose this paper: As a North Carolina resident, where PFAS are highly elevated in certain regions, I'm interested in learning more about PFAS and effective science communication techniques to disseminate PFAS information to local communities and the public.
Even if you haven't heard of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) or 'forever chemicals', you've probably interacted with them. Found in everything from non-stick pans, period underwear, drinking water, and even your blood, these manmade chemicals were initially created in the 1940s and used in countless products. PFAS earned their moniker 'forever chemicals' from their ability to take a long time to degrade, which means they can accumulate in the environment and people. Research suggests that PFAS exposure can cause a myriad of health concerns including increasing the risk of some cancers and disrupting the endocrine and immune systems.
Despite being phased out in the early 2000s, PFAS are still ubiquitous and have lately received increased media attention. Tian and colleagues wanted to understand how social media users engage and share PFAS information on Twitter and Reddit. Their goal was to identify public concerns and learn how the government can harness social media to effectively share public health information.
Dr. Tian and authors noticed that social media users previously turned to Twitter and Reddit to learn about public health information related to e-cigarettes. Reddit users crowd-sourced information on alternatives to e-cigarettes, whereas Twitter users exchanged scholarly information about e-cigarette policies. Given this difference in social media uses and the growing trend of people seeking public health information from social media, these researchers wondered how social media users communicated about PFAS on Twitter and Reddit, and how the communication differed geographically, over time, and between these two social media platforms.
Dr. Tian and his colleagues analyzed over 100,000 PFAS-related public posts on Twitter and Reddit from May 2017- April 2019 in the US. They found that PFAS-related content on social media generally increased over time. Twitter had far more PFAS-related content, over 98,000 posts, compared to Reddit's approximately 3,000 posts. But Reddit users engaged more frequently, held more follow-up discussions, and provided anecdotal information, compared to Twitter users on PFAS-related posts.
They realized geographic areas impacted by PFAS contamination or near recent PFAS events covered by local media, had an elevated volume of PFAS-related content on Twitter and Reddit. Specifically, Washington DC, New Hampshire, and Michigan had the highest number of PFAS posts per 100,000 people across both Twitter and Reddit. A high amount of PFAS posts in New Hampshire and Michigan were over PFAS events or sites in their respective regions.
These researchers identified 3 common subtopics of PFAS Twitter and Reddit posts:
PFAS as an immediate public health concern
Asking for clarification on the government's role in PFAS mitigation
A general distrust of PFAS-related information
They observed 9 ( 3 on Twitter, 6 on Reddit) spikes on PFAS-related content as seen in Figure 1. Tian and colleagues traced these spikes to the social media users reacting to EPA summits and publications, peer-reviewed scientific publications, and international, national, and local news articles on PFAS, such as this New York Times article on military family exposure to PFAS.
Figure 1: Increases in Tweets and Reddit posts often followed PFAS articles published. [Fig. 2 in Tian et al., 2022; Figure used under CC BY 4.0]
Many of these analyzed PFAS posts contained both alarm over the immediate health threat of PFAS and also confusion over the current state of government PFAS research and mitigation. Users asked for clarification on the government's role in alleviating PFAS exposure and wanted to know more about the human and environmental health risks from PFAS, as well as personal steps to take to reduce exposure to PFAS.
Dr. Tian and colleagues view this gap in knowledge and eagerness for more information from Twitter and Reddit users as an enormous public health response opportunity. They argue that the government can use social media to:
Stay up to date on current health concerns relating to PFAS by monitoring trends in PFAS content on social media,
Create an interactive forum to disperse reliable information on PFAS research and resources for communities severely impacted by PFAS exposure
These results are limited to users in the US. Due to logistics or lack of content, other social media platforms such as Facebook, Pinterest, Youtube, and Imgur, as well as some Reddit posts, were excluded from the study. The authors remind us that these findings can't be extrapolated to the general population. The authors also view the data as a snapshot of an ever-changing landscape of social media, where posts, likes, and comments can be deleted or added at any moment.
Science communicators can use these findings to understand the interests and concerns of their audience, by searching trends in PFAS posts on Twitter and Reddit. For instance, audiences might be more receptive to PFAS information in regions near elevated PFAS contaminations, or after a breaking news story about PFAS. The insights gained from this study, such as the finding that Reddit is conducive to more user engagement than Twitter, can better prepare public health agencies and the government to use social media for effective public health outreach over PFAS
Edited by Niveen Abighannam and Stephanie Deppe
Cover image credit: kaboompics ; Figure 1 used under CC BY 4.0.
environmental sci comm
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Remember how last week I was in charge of four extra children? Well here's how it went.
It was a really interesting experience to go from one child, who is a baby, to having 5. People say that with each new child, a mother loses just a little more of their memory/mind, and now I can understand! You're now in charge of keeping track of five or six schedules instead of two. I think I did a pretty good job, although I definitely can't take all the credit. Rosanne and Clay have really taught their children well. Although easily distracted, they were very respectful and obedient (for the most part). I was very impressed.
On Sunday when we met the kids for sacrament, I realized that I had forgotten their activity bag. A rookie mistake, I know. Despite this horrible failure on my part, we managed to keep the kids entertained and they behaved well.
For dinner that night, I made biscuits, mashed potatoes, broccoli, and chicken. It was a hit. Andrew took care of the kids the rest of the night while I prepared for the next day.
Monday morning was a shocker! I couldn't believe how many times I had to give the same direction to each child. I felt so bossy and pushy, but eventually got everyone out on time. Andrew was already at work so it was all up to me.
It's funny to spend a day with a 5-year-old. He was very informative about everything from ancient fishing villages to the likes and dislikes of my child. I guess he must have known more about Chelsea than I did.
Friday after school wasn't so bad. None of the kids had homework, or at least, not very much, and all of them wanted to play with friends. The hardest part was getting them to figure out their friend's phone numbers and keeping track of them. I managed to only lose N once!
Saturday was nice because Andrew was home and he took care of the kids most of the day. We were even able to get out for an hour or two.
Chelsea didn't sleep well at all throughout the entire week so it was a huge relief when we re home again, but we had a great time playing house with four extra for the week, despite getting locked out once, and lost while driving back from Salt Lake (thank goodness for my iPhone). All I can say is I'm grateful that I don't have to go at it alone and that family's grow one at a time (most of the time).
Here are a couple of pictures from the week!


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Last Update: Sunday March 8, 2020
Broadcasting + Information + Communications + Education + Publishing + Systems and then add more and more and even more
Visit EPCOT. Become Walt Disney for a day
and greet over 30,000 customers every day
Reflections on the evolution of Walt Disney
by Bruce Camber, executive producer
Orlando, Florida: Hattie Bryant, the producer and host of the show celebrates her 60th birthday this year. Way back in 1957 her father, a struggling Baptist minister in San Diego, read about the opening of Disneyland in Anaheim. He took his family; he wanted to understand his competition. Yet, his children really loved it so much that he bought founder's stock. Though that was donated to his alma mater, the power of Disney's vision took root; one of our many events this year to celebrate Hattie's birthday was a visit to Disney World in Orlando.
I think every business owner should visit Disney World. If you only have time for one park, visit EPCOT, and role play a bit... become Walt Disney for the day. Do business research. Ask yourself key questions about Walt's and your business:
? What is being done extraordinarily well? Could I imitate it?
? What would I do differently?
Walt dreamed of EPCOT, bought the land in 1965; but he died in 1966, long before it opened in 1982. The Experimental Prototype Community (or City) of Tomorrow. In 1996, it became known simply as Epcot. Three things hit me immediately when we arrived at our villa in the Old Key West Resort: (1) No WiFi. (2) No real interest in who we are and why we are here. (3) The employee at the guard gate followed the ritual and said, "Welcome Home" once we were validated, but it lacked any real conviction. He knew we would be coming and going for five days, but so would 100,000 other people.
I just can't help myself. A flurry of ideas constantly washed over my mind. So much of what we have learned over the years on Small Business School, jumped off the page. So, let me summarize those perceptions, concepts and ideas so you might more selectively engage this experience:
1. Give everybody as much technology as you can. As of May 2010, there is no open WiFi for clients and customers at Disney World.
2. Nobody asked us a question. Nobody asked permission to email us. Oops. Do they really care? Yet, how about you? ...how about us?
3. Constantly ask, "How can I be more productive? How can my people be more productive? How can they stretch beyond themselves and continue to learn?" Where is Cathay? Nobody knew.
4. Details, details, details. It is always in the details and the weakest link is where it all breaks down. In these pages there is even a small statement about the signage within Walt Disney World.
Education Re-defined: Space and time are constantly being disintermediated. It began with the telephone in 1876 and was propelled by radio (1895), then television (1928), then regular broadcasts (1941). Electronic computing machines emerged throughout the 1930s. Then personal computing opened it up to everyone throughout the 1970s and 1980s. The web and her browsers such as Mosaic (1993) made radio, television and computing totally interactive and user driven, and now with the advancement and maturing of collaboration technologies, the sparks for personal creativity are being ignited globally.
Collaboration technology is a final link. Education is fundamentally redefined.
Today's collaborations can literally involve millions of people meeting at the same time from anywhere on earth. We all know that the web has made information about anything and everything ubiquitous and readily accessible. Now, the best minds that process that information can be available to everyone, anywhere, at the same time.
Look out lazy teachers. Uncommitted? Uncaring? You're out.
Education becomes more personal and intimate at the same time it involves more and more people. It is a new discipline, possibly even a new muscle group, that involves Broadcasting, Information, Communications, Education, Publishing, and Systems. As an acronym, we began calling it, the new BICEPS.
More and more people are developing their personal narratives online, in real time, in front of everyone. As we all stretch to discover and nurture our uniqueness, our special gifts, and our personal genius, the people whom we have for teachers, counselors, and producers becomes ever so much more important.
Why? Add Entertainment -- the mystery, drama, suspense, unknown-unknowns, charm, and energy of life -- and roll it all into one and these BICEPS become e-BICEPS.
It is a revolution in each of these industries that unto itself, revolutionizes the world. And the man who did it first and pointed the way is Walt Disney.
The world's icon, Walt Disney, created a business category.
If measured by attendance alone, Walt Disney World is the world's largest theme-park operator. Yet, Disney's genius was more than a theme park. Besides Entertainment, he engaged all the other tools: Broadcasting, Information, Communications, Education, Publishing and Systems.
It worked. Today, they own and operate nine of the ten, most-visited theme parks in the world:
1. Magic Kingdom, Florida, 17m visitors.
2. Disneyland, Anaheim, California, 15.5m
3. Tokyo Disneyland, 14.4m
4. Disneyland, Paris, 12.7m
5. Disney Sea, Tokyo, 12m
6. Epcot, Florida, 11m
7. Hollywood Studios, Florida, 9.7m
8. Animal Kingdom, Florida 9.6m
9. Disney's Adventure Park, Anaheim 6.1m [more than 65m tickets per year in the USA)
The World Tourism Organization. We learn about foreign tourists per year within a country from statistics from 2005:
1. France, 76m
2. Spain, 55m
3. USA, 50m 35M to Times Square
4. China, 47m
5. Italy, 37m
Increasingly parks of every kind are becoming more interactive, both more educational and more entertaining. Although theme parks are leading the way to refine the discipline, many national parks are catching on and already have substantial visitors:
1. Blue Ridge Parkway 19m
2. Golden Gate National Recreation Area 13m
3. Great Smoky Mountains National Park 9m
Note: These facts and figures come from Themed Entertainment Association, Steve Thorburn, President and International Association for the Leisure and Entertainment Industry, Tracy Sarris, President.
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This age is an age of technology. Newer and newer inventions happen over a short period of time. The advance of technology also has left its mark in the business filed. These days companies tend to rely more on virtual space than on conventional means for the setting up and management of their offices and account sections.
In fact online account service was born much before the invention of the WWW (World Wide Web). In those days managers and professionals used to dial into their office computer to achieve file management and other changes. This could be done through the ordinary phone line as the modems were connected to them only.
But it had its limitations. The computers could not be accessed properly while traveling or from distant areas (sometimes not even from the neighboring city). The connection was also slow and didn't serve the purpose of urgent corrections and adjustments.
Similarly, the modems weren't quite functional on systems that were prevalent outside the US. The security aspect was also not fool proof and companies had to live with the ever present danger of sensitive data leak.
After the invention of the WWW everything changed. A standardized and easy system was devised so that flow of information could be secure and hassle-free. It's then that the online account service emerged as a dominant business tool. What was more wonderful was that data could now be encrypted over secure connections.
The omnipresence of Internet has further allowed managers and executives to access online account services from any part of the world – while at land, in air or at sea. But as every system has certain loopholes and demerits, the present online account services also suffer from certain shortcomings.
The major one being that connectivity of Internet connection is still the key factor that ensures proper success of online account service. No doubt we have wireless modems, laptops and notebooks, but their connectivity is limited to the nearness of the wireless access point.
However, we should always have a positive viewpoint and it's only a matter of time when a company would come out with a fully functional blackberry or iPhone as far as online account services go. Let's wait and watch.


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Top 5 Fantasy Novels That Aren't 'Lord of the Rings' or 'Game of Thrones'
Being a fantasy fan means you're often bombarded with the same recommendations over and over again. Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, Chronicles of Narnia, Tales From Earthsea, Dragonriders of Pern… it can get a little tiring after a while! But here at Bookstr, we look for the obscure as well as the famous. So, here are a few fantasy novels that fall outside of the norm and have just as much magic, action, and world building as you'd crave, just not by typical authors like Tolkien or Martin. Enjoy!
5. The Axe and the Throne by M.D. Ireman
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A grim, dark fantasy tale, this one isn't for everyone, especially if you don't like violence or a cynical tone but it creates a world that's vivid as it is brutal. The story follows a man called Tallos as he journeys through a war torn land where the line between good and evil is increasingly blurred as Northmen raid his people's villages. Much like Game of Thrones characters are killed off without a moment's notice and disposed of, frustrating some readers but allowing the stakes to be made clear. And it will reward you at the end if you can stick through it. Strongly cautioned but this one is highly recommended, despite the brutal, sometimes unrelenting world it creates.
4. Age of Myth By Michael J. Sullivan
Age of Myth begins an epic fantasy saga, telling of a long forgotten age where humans are worshipping a race they call Fhrey as gods. The Fhrey are masters of magic and seemingly immortal but when one falls to a mortal blade, the balance of power shifts entirely. Now humans are spurred into action, ready to rebel against the so called gods that have long dominated them. The book follows three people: Raithe, a boy who slew a god, Suri, a young seer who sees visions of a dark future, and Persephone, a young woman who must lead her people despite personal hardship. This is an epic novel of great scope, crafting the beginning of a great saga.
3. Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson is set in a world where the land is ruled by a tyrant called the Lord Ruler and magic is uniquely designed around metal. The three main forms of magic revolve around metal to fuel or steal magic for themselves. The series centers around a thief called Kelsier, who plots to bring down the Lord Ruler for his own personal vendetta. Hunted by the Ruler's armies, he must use his wits and magic to survive as he fights every step to gain an edge against the huge empire that rules the land.
2. The Black Company by Glen Cook
This series is very unique, centering around a company of mercenaries called the Black Company in service to a villain. The series esquires traditional tropes to center more gritty warfare, despite epic fantasy battles from the perspectives of grunts, showcasing the deadly sieges, trench warfare, and other dangerous situations they fight in day after day. Combining epic and dark fantasy, The Black Company showcases a fantastical world from a unique point of view, showing what all this looks like from rank and file soldiers.
1. The name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
The Name of the Wild is an acclaimed piece of work and its easy to see why. Following a young magician named Kvothe, Kvothe becomes a student at an arcane school and begins to set himself down the path to become the world's greatest wizard. While not much truly happens throughout the novel, this is very refreshing, as this novel isn't a traditional quest but following the journey of a boy to becoming a man. The prose is magnificent, the world is incredibly developed, and the main character is someone who acts like a real boy, frustrating and delighting readers. It's not easy to say why this novel works, it just does. Pick it up for yourself and see.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda's 'The Name of the Wind' Taps Sam Raimi to Direct
Lin-Manuel Miranda's adaptation of Patrick Rothfuss' The Kingkiller Chronicle series is actually moving forward, as Variety reports the production has approached Sam Raimi to direct. Lionsgate brought Miranda onboard in 2016 to produce and score the movie, and word is they're now bringing on Raimi to helm the project.
Raimi is fairly familiar with literary adaptations, as the last movie he directed was 2013's Oz the Great and Powerful, which took heavy inspiration from L. Frank Baum's Oz series. Also, Raimi directed the original Spider-Man trilogy—the Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst ones.
The Kingkiller Chronicle movie will reportedly be an adaptation of Rothfuss' first novel in the series, The Name of the Wind. The script will be penned by Transformers: The Last Knight screenwriter Lindsey Beer. Beer's previous writing credit may not excite fans of Rothfuss' series, but she's an up-and-coming screenwriter who has a lot of exciting projects on the docket (Godzilla vs. Kong, Dungeons & Dragons). I'm not the only one excited for those, right?
Raimi hasn't directed anything since 2013 and has instead been focused on producing (such as Ash vs. The Evil Dead, which everybody should be watching). Personally, I think Raimi's style would suit Rothfuss' extremely well. Raimi has a proven old-fashioned eye that can manage both horror, humor, and romance all in one scene, as evinced by his magnum opus: Spider-Man 2. Rewatch that movie. It's perfect.
Simultaneously, Showtime is developing a Kingkiller Chronicle TV series. Fans of Rothfuss have a ton to look forward to. Plus, Rothfuss has been an outspoken advocate of Lin-Manuel Miranda's involvement.
Are you excited for Raimi's involvement? Or did you have other dream directors in mind? Let us know in the comments!
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These 10 Writers Had the Most Intense Facial Hair
If you are a man and you want to be a writer, you have two things you must do: 1. Write a book; and 2. Look more like Ernest Hemingway. That is the curriculum. When aged, experienced folks in the publishing industry ask young writers, "Have you read Hemingway," they are really asking if you have fully embraced the possibility of facial hair. If you can grow a beard, have you tried growing his beard? If you cannot grow a beard like Hemingway's, then that's fine too. Your author photo will just be seriously lacking.
If you need inspiration on how to style your facial vegetation, or you want fuel for your imagination of what a beard might look like on your hairless face, then look no further than these literary greats.
1. Mark Twain
I also don't know how he ate. | Image Via Biography
2. Friedrich Nietzche
I don't think this even counts as a face. It's 90% hair. | Image Via Encyclopedia Britannica
3. Michael Chabon
When you want to look like you don't give a care, but you sneaky give many cares. | Image Via Pioneer Press
4. Walt Whitman
Tolkien's inspiration for Radagast the Brown. | Image Via Social Justice For All
5. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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6. Herman Melville
For those who wish a box hung off their jaw. | Image Via Bio
7. William Faulkner
What you get when googling "debonair." | Image Via Bio
8. Terry Pratchett
A beard as sharp as his wit. | Image Via Humanists UK
9. Patrick Rothfuss
That beard is older than me. | Image Via Wikipedia
10. Ernest Hemingway
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Oh, and a bonus one: Young Stephen King
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Showtime Picks Up Lin-Manuel Miranda & Patrick Rothfuss' 'The Kingkiller Chronicle' Series!
Lin-Manuel Miranda, the man who turned the U.S.'s founding fathers into rappers, may be providing the world its next Game of Thrones-level fantasy TV series. Patrick Rothfuss' The Kingkiller Chronicles will be coming to Showtime and my fantasy-reading friends are pretty stoked.
Lionsgate is also planning a trilogy of Rothfuss' novels, but the Showtime series will be a prequel. It takes place in the same universe and will tell an origin story set a generation before The Name of the Wind (the first novel).
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It might seem like a weird coupling, Miranda and Rothfuss, but Rothfuss only had nice things to say about working with the Hamilton writer. Speaking to Vulture, Rothfuss said:
I've told Lin many times, 'There's no degree you can be involved in this project that will not please me.' He is full of joy, and he is disgustingly talented. Why wouldn't you want to, you know, interact with that person as much as possible, either in projects or just in your day-to-day life?
Sounds like Rothfuss and Miranda have a budding friendship. It's a good thing too. Miranda's pretty prolific, so maybe that will rub off on Rothfuss. Fans are still waiting on the finale to The Kingkiller Chronicle. The Name of the Wind came out in 2007 and the follow-up, The Wise Man's Fear, in 2011.
But don't go asking Rothfuss where the third book is. He might be polite and say something like, "Oh, it'll be here soon." But what he'll really be thinking, he said to Vulture, is, "just fuck off. Just die. I don't need any more of that in my life." His tongue, I'm sure, was in-cheek. Don't worry, fans. He's not actually telling you to do those things. Hey, if you were in his position, you might feel the same.
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Koenigsberg ou Königsberg in Preussen (en bas prussien : Twangste, Kunnegsgarbs, Knigsberg ; en  ; en , Kràlovec en tchèque) est l'ancien nom de l'actuelle ville russe de Kaliningrad (en ). Capitale de la Prusse-Orientale, au bord de la mer Baltique, elle fut d'abord la capitale du duché de Prusse, avant de devenir l'une des principales villes du royaume de Prusse puis de l'Empire allemand. Presque totalement détruite durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, elle est rebaptisée Kaliningrad après son annexion par les Soviétiques.

Haut Moyen Âge
On a retrouvé sur le site de la ville des vestiges d'habitats des , à l'époque où les Goths occupaient la Prusse Baltique, initialement peuplée de Baltes dont deux tribus, les Yotvingiens et les Prussiens (en allemand Pruzzen) demeurèrent sur les rives de la Baltique lorsque les Goths migrèrent vers la Mer Noire. Ces derniers à leur tour seront plus tard remplacés par des Slaves puis des Varègues qui fondèrent au  la ville de Truso sur la lagune de la Vistule (en allemand Frisches Haff, aujourd'hui golfe de Kaliningrad). À l'emplacement actuel de la vieille ville se trouvait alors le village prusse de Tvankste. Au  des Baltes, les Coures, s'installèrent aussi dans la région, laissant leur nom à la Baie de Courlande (en allemand Kurisches Haff).

Bas Moyen Âge

Contexte de la fondation

En 1226 le duc polonais Konrad  de Mazovie appela à l'aide les chevaliers Teutoniques pour l'aider à reprendre la Coujavie (en allemand Kulmerland) aux païens prusses. Les chevaliers commencèrent donc par s'emparer en 1231 des terres occupées par ces tribus. Afin de tenir les territoires conquis, ils firent venir de toutes les régions du Saint Empire des colons de langue allemande, afin de former l'État teutonique.

Fondation de la ville

En 1255, les chevaliers teutoniques, avec l'autorisation du roi Ottokar II de Bohême, rasent le  et édifient un château en bois pour pérenniser leur présence dans la région, point de rassemblement préalable à l'érection d'une petite ville du nom de Königsberg (Mont-royal), dont les premiers édifices maçonnés datent de 1257.

Édifiée non loin des rives du Pregel, au nord du fleuve, cette construction teutonique attire rapidement des habitants, ces derniers s'installant entre le château et la rive.

Les quartiers de la future Königsberg apparaissent alors comme des villages épars : Juditten (en vieux-prussien : noir), Kosse (arbres morts), Tragheim (foyer), Sackheim (pinède), Laak (coudrier), Ponarth (estrans).

Puis, en 1283, une première ville est fondée, désignée ultérieurement sous le nom de , la vieille ville ; cette ville reçoit droit de cité en 1286, selon le droit de Kulm.

En 1300, une seconde cité est fondée, à l'Est de la première implantation, à Löbenicht, sur les mêmes rives, puis en 1327, la ville de Kneiphof sur une île du Pregel. Les trois cités ainsi fondées constituent longtemps autant de communes avec leurs institutions propres.

Un rapide essor

La ville devint la tête de pont de ce territoire teutonique, appelé Prusse (en allemand Preussen) et plus tardivement (après la réunion au duché de Prusse du Brandebourg et d'autres territoires occidentaux) : Prusse-Orientale (en allemand OstPreussen). Depuis cette extension, le nom de Prussiens désigne aussi les habitants de tout le Royaume de Prusse constitué au fil des siècles en Allemagne du Nord. Aujourd'hui, cette terminologie est devenue désuète et on emploie plutôt les termes d'Oblast de Kaliningrad ou encore de Russie baltique (Baltiyskaja Rossia dans les médias russes).

Un dialecte particulier

Les premières populations locales parlaient un dialecte balte particulier, le Borussien ou Vieux-Prussien (en allemand Alt-Preussisch) dont les locuteurs étaient dénommés Borussiens ou Prussiens (en allemand : Preussen).

Les mémoires du général Chlapowski évoquent la présence, en 1806, d'un corps d'armée prussien composé de Lituaniens et Samogitiens liés à la Pologne.

Capitale prussienne

Siège de l'ordre teutonique
Autour de la citadelle, trois châteaux furent édifiés : l'Altstadt, le Löbenicht et l'île de Kneiphof, qui avaient chacun leurs remparts, leur garnison, un marché et une église. L'Altstadt, qui s'élevait en 1256 à l'emplacement de la chaussée pavée ultérieure, succomba aux assauts des Borussiens en 1263 et dut être reconstruit plus près du Löbenicht. Königsberg obtint une charte en 1286 et rejoignit la Ligue hanséatique en 1340. L'île du Kneiphof constitue depuis 1322 un sanctuaire religieux, et l'on y édifie la cathédrale entre 1327 et 1380. Après la chute de la forteresse teutonique de Marienbourg en 1457, Königsberg est choisie par le Grand maître pour être la capitale de l'Ordre Teutonique, le château de la ville devenant le lieu de résidence du Grand maître et de ses proches.

Capitale du duché de Prusse
En 1525, le margrave Albert de Brandebourg-Ansbach, Grand maître de l'Ordre, annexa la capitale de son Ordre au duché de Prusse et y propagea la Réforme. Albert n'était toutefois pas véritablement duc de toute la Prusse, car la Pomerellie et la Warmie restèrent sous dépendance héréditaire (jusqu'en 1569 : Union de Lublin) puis militaire du Royaume de Pologne.

À l'instigation du duc Albert, la première université de Königsberg (lAlbertina) ouvrit ses portes en 1544 pour propager le nouvel Évangile luthérien. Le recteur du lycée d'Elbing, Willem van de Voldersgraft, fut appelé à l'Albertina comme doyen et reçut la charge de conseiller ducal. Il recrute alors l'érudit Andreas Osiander comme professeur.

Comme ses prédécesseurs, Albert avait dû toutefois se reconnaître comme le vassal du roi de Pologne. Placée dans la dépendance du duc de Prusse, vassal du roi de Pologne, la cité se trouve engagée dans les conflits menés par le roi de Pologne contre la Suède. Dans le même temps, les ducs qui se succèdent sur le trône prussien réduisent l'autonomie dont dispose la ville, en contrôlant l'ensemble des troupes présentes dans la cité puis en matérialisant ce contrôle par la construction d'une citadelle sur la rive gauche du fleuve, puis, à partir du règne de Frédéric-Guillaume , en renforçant systématiquement la présence militaire dans la ville, en modifiant de manière significative la physionomie de la ville pour en faire une ville de garnison, ou encore en tentant de réduire l'autonomie municipale.

Par la suite, par une série de manœuvres diplomatiques auprès des autres cours d'Europe, l'électeur Frédéric Guillaume  de Brandebourg fit reconnaître sa souveraineté pleine et entière sur le duché de Prusse, avec les forteresses d'Altstadt, Kneiphof et du Löbenicht (traités de Labiau en 1656, de Wehlau en 1657, et paix d'Oliva en 1660). Il eut cependant à combattre le soulèvement de Königsberg contre la pression fiscale du duché.

 Ville royale de Prusse

En récompense de son ralliement à la cause autrichienne au début de la Guerre de Succession d'Espagne, l'électeur Frédéric III de Brandebourg obtint l'élévation de la Prusse au rang de royaume, et c'est naturellement à Königsberg qu'il se fit couronner en tant que Frédéric , roi en Prusse. Avec la requalification de l'électorat de Brandebourg en tant que fief du roi de Prusse, l'ensemble des territoires de la couronne Hohenzollern reçut le nom de Royaume de Prusse.

Le nouveau roi en Prusse Frédéric , sacré roi au cours d'une cérémonie dans sa capitale le , embellit sa capitale, dote sa nouvelle royauté d'un château royal, mais sa mort en 1713 interrompt les travaux, sur l'ordre de son fils et successeur Frédéric-Guillaume , le Roi-Sergent.

La Prusse-Orientale fut décimée par une épidémie de peste de 1708 à 1710. Pour repeupler la région, le « Roi-Sergent » Frédéric-Guillaume  combina colonisation forcée et octroi d'avantages fiscaux : ainsi, en 1732, les protestants, chassés de Salzbourg, y furent accueillis à bras ouverts.

Königsberg fut plusieurs fois assiégée au cours des guerres de Frédéric II Le Grand entre 1741 et 1762. Menacée par les troupes russes dès , la ville se rend aux généraux russes le . Occupée par les Russes, la ville voit ses privilèges conservés par un décret de l'impératrice Elisabeth, tandis que la physionomie de la ville et de sa population évolue et qu'il est question d'annexer la ville à l'empire russe.

 Disparition de la ville allemande

 Seconde Guerre mondiale
Königsberg est alors défendue par un réseau de forts de médiocre valeur. Ces forts posent des difficultés à l'armée soviétique qui doit les prendre un par un. L'aviation des alliés anglais et américains bombarde la ville avant l'assaut final par les troupes soviétiques. Il est curieux de remarquer que le centre historique fut presque détruit alors que des endroits stratégiques comme les gares ou les forts sont, dans la majorité, encore intacts de nos jours. Il est important aussi de préciser que du vieux Königsberg subsistent aujourd'hui quelques quartiers, notamment le quartier « Central », dont le nom vient du fait qu'après la guerre ce fut le seul encore habitable.

La ville et sa population subissent à la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale des bombardements anglo-américains sévères, dans les nuits du , ruinant la ville, tout en lui donnant de solides moyens de défense. Durant la même période, ces mêmes habitants sont enrôlés de force par le Gauleiter de Prusse Orientale, Erich Koch, afin de participer à l'érection de lignes de fortifications dans la région, conformément aux dispositions du décret pris le  par le Gauleiter.

En dépit de l'échec définitif de la première offensive soviétique contre la Prusse orientale en novembre, Königsberg fait partie des objectifs militaires soviétiques à court terme à partir de la fin de l'automne 1944.

 Conquête soviétique

La ville et sa région sont directement inquiétées par l'offensive soviétique Vistule-Oder dès le milieu du mois de . La ville est isolée du reste du Reich à la suite d'un coup de main audacieux d'unités soviétiques sur Ebling le , coupant les communications ferroviaires directes de la ville avec le reste du Reich. Les contre-offensives allemandes de la fin du mois mettent un terme éphémère à ce premier siège.

Cependant, l'avancée du front place la ville à quelques kilomètres de la ligne de front. Königsberg est abandonnée le  par Erich Koch, le Gauleiter  de Prusse orientale. Cette rapide avance soviétique crée dans la ville une situation de panique, aggravée par la diffusion de fausses nouvelles ou de slogans creux par la direction du NSDAP : cette panique se matérialise par l'encombrement extrême de la place de la gare centrale de Königsberg, la population souhaitant fuir la ville dans les rares trains bondés encore en partance pour le centre du Reich.

La ville constitue au mois de mars l'une des trois poches allemandes qui subsistent en Prusse orientale. L'assaut de la ville par les troupes soviétiques, sous le commandement du maréchal Vassilievski, commence le  dans un déluge de moyens déployés par l'Armée Rouge, désorganisant la défense dès le premier jour. Au terme de quatre journées de combats acharnés, le général Otto Lasch, commandant de la place, capitule le  , alors que les Soviétiques ont presque atteint son bunker de commandement.

 Annexion à l'Union soviétique

La ville, et plus généralement la Prusse orientale constituent des buts de guerre soviétique dès 1941 : au mois de septembre, Staline confie au Bulgare Dimitrov son souhait de . Cet objectif est révélé aux Alliés occidentaux lors de la conférence de Téhéran.

À Téhéran, Staline avance des arguments ethniques, souhaitant rendre la région aux Slaves, tandis que les amiraux soviétiques, repris en  par Litvinov, commissaire adjoint aux affaires étrangères, souhaitent disposer d'un port libre de glace sur la Baltique. Selon Staline, la région de Königsberg constitue la seule région que l'URSS souhaite annexer directement.

Certains argumentaires soviétiques souhaitent une annexion de la région à l'URSS, plus simplement afin de donner à l'Union soviétique un surcroît de sécurité, selon le propre mot de Staline, dans le cadre du dessin de , incluant la ville à l'intérieur des territoires annexés à l'Union soviétique. En effet, la ville a été utilisée comme base logistique arrière pour les opérations allemandes contre la Russie en 1914, puis contre l'Union soviétique en 1941.

Cependant, ces ambitions soviétiques se heurtent aux aspirations du gouvernement polonais en exil; en effet, lors des négociations entre Polonais et Soviétiques, le sort de la ville est clairement laissé en suspens par les Polonais, au grand déplaisir de Staline.

La ville, presque complètement détruite et abandonnée par sa population, est annexée par l'URSS et renommée Kaliningrad. Les habitants allemands restants sont alors expulsés puis remplacés par des populations russes.

 Bastion religieux
 Les chevaliers teutoniques

 La sécularisation de 1525 et ses conséquences sur la cité
Le , le prédicateur protestant  prêche la réforme luthérienne pour la première fois dans la ville; rapidement, le succès de ces prédications est tel que le Grand maître se convertit, sécularisant l'État monastique des chevaliers teutoniques, transformant la cathédrale en première église du diocèse, tandis que l'université, fondée en 1544, connaît un essor important, notamment en raison des multiples dons de livres par les hommes d'État proche de la famille régnante.

 Un centre économique

Rapidement, par sa situation, la ville acquiert une place importante dans le développement des échanges au sein du système économique de la Mer Baltique.

 Des échanges précoces dans la Baltique

La ville adhère à la Hanse dès la fin du , intégrant la ville dans de vastes courants d'échanges. De plus, dès le début du , les marchands de la ville fondent, avec les marchands des autres villes teutoniques membres de la Hanse, une ligue, elle-même représentée auprès de la Hanse, pour défendre les intérêts de leurs marchands.

Rapidement, l'hinterland du port tend à se confondre avec le bassin du Pregel, ce dernier organisant l'État teutonique en Prusse.

 Des échanges à l'échelle du continent européen

Au fil des années, les commerçants de la ville étendent les réseaux commerçants auxquels ils participent, comme l'atteste le conflit qui les oppose à des marchands de vins de Hollande, ces derniers important dans la ville du vin du Poitou, considéré comme falsifié par les autorités de la ville en 1737.

Cependant, dès le , les marchands de la ville sont présents dans l'ensemble des ports de l'ensemble du Nord de l'Europe. Ainsi, à Bruges, les marchands de Königsberg vendent de l'ambre, produit dans la lagune devant la ville, le , de la cire et des fourrures de Russie, du Cuivre et des grains de Hongrie.

De même, au cours , la ville devient une place pour la négociation du lin de Courlande, devenant dans les années 1780 le principal port européen pour l'exportation de cette marchandise, même si le port doit affronter la concurrence des ports russes, malgré le fait que le port de Königsberg n'exporte pas de graines de lin, mais lin déjà filé.

De plus, le développement du commerce draine dans la ville de très nombreux commerçants étrangers à la ville et au royaume, auxquels la municipalité impose le principe de l'étape, les obligeant ainsi à acheter et à vendre en gros leurs marchandises à des marchands locaux, interdisant les échanges directs entre marchands étrangers, octroyant aux marchands de la cité un contrôle de fait sur le commerce de la ville.

 Monuments

 Monuments religieux

 L'ancienne cathédrale de la ville, aussi appelée Cathédrale de Königsberg, datant du  se trouve au centre-ville, sur l'île qui était appelée Kneiphof par les Allemands. Ce quartier a été détruit à la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, puis transformé en parc. La cathédrale est le seul bâtiment qui soit resté, les Soviétiques n'ayant pas osé la détruire, le philosophe Emmanuel Kant étant enterré à l'intérieur. Après la restauration des années quatre-vingt-dix, la cathédrale fonctionne maintenant comme un centre culturel avec un musée et des salles de concert et il existe à l'intérieur une petite chapelle luthérienne et une petite chapelle orthodoxe. Elle abrite un grand orgue remarquable.

 Il y a aussi plusieurs anciennes églises allemandes qui datent surtout de la seconde moitié du  et de la première moitié du , comme l'église de la Sainte-Famille réputée pour son orgue.

 La Nouvelle synagogue de Königsberg a été construite en 1896 et totalement détruite pendant la Nuit de cristal en 1938. On la reconstruit au même endroit et extérieurement dans une architecture totalement identique à l'ancienne. La première pierre a été posée en 2011.

 Fortifications

Königsberg a d'abord été fondée autour d'un château fort et elle est restée ville fortifiée jusqu'à la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Aujourd'hui, une partie de ses anciennes fortifications est encore visible.

Le deuxième entournage comporte des bastions, demi-lunes, portes ville etc. et a été construit au milieu du . Vers le début du , ce système de défense était devenu obsolète et empêchait le développement de la ville. C'est pourquoi on l'a partiellement démoli en 1910.

Les parties les plus connues du deuxième entournage qui subsistent aujourd'hui sont :

 Les sept portes de la ville néogothiques, dont la Porte Royale (Königstor) est la plus célèbre. Elle a d'ailleurs été choisie comme symbole des célébrations du  de la fondation de la ville en 2005. La Porte Royale et la Porte de Friedland sont aujourd'hui des musées.
 Les tours Dohna (où se trouve le Musée de l'ambre'') et Wrangel.
 La caserne fortifiée Kronprinz.
 Les bastions Sternwarte et Grolman'''.

L'entournage des fortins a été construit dans les années 1870. Il consiste en douze grands fortins et cinq petits fortins, tous préservés.

Population

Parallèlement à son expansion économique et administrative, Königsberg voit sa population croître continuellement :
 vers 1400 on estime que la ville comptait déjà .
 L'épidémie de peste de 1601/02 fit  en Prusse-Orientale, mais en 1813 on dénombre  dans la capitale régionale.
 En 1864 Königsberg dépassa les  et en 1910 elle en comptait 246 000.
 La Première Guerre mondiale ralentit évidemment la croissance, mais en 1925 la ville atteint les .
 Jusqu'en 1933, la population s'accroît à  et on comptait  peu avant qu'éclate la Seconde Guerre mondiale.

Bourgmestres
 1809-1810:
 1810-1813:
 1814-1826:
 1826-1838:
 1838-1842: Rudolf von Auerswald
 1843-1848:
 1853-1864:
 1865-1866: Adolf Ernst von Ernsthausen
 1867-1872:
 1872-1874:
 1875-1893:
 1893-1902:
 1903-1918: Siegfried Körte
 1919-1933:
 1933-1945:

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What is 240,000 miles away ? … the moon.
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401(k) Plans: The Complete Guide
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Can You Borrow from a Vanguard 401(k)?
By Andriy Blokhin
Vanguard allows participants to borrow against funds available in their 401(k) plan but certain conditions must be met. Here's a look at how it works and some of the pros and cons to consider before borrowing from your 401(k).
401(k) Loan Requirements at Vanguard
Participants can apply for a loan online or by phone. Vanguard has specific loan provisions when it comes to borrowing against 401(k) plans.
It requires a loan minimum of $1,000 and a maximum of 50% of a 401(k) account's vested balance up to $50,000. If a participant has an existing loan on a 401(k) account in the past 12 months, the maximum for a new loan is further reduced by the previous loan balance. Vanguard only allows up to two outstanding loans against 401(k) accounts and only one can be taken in a calendar year.
It's possible to take out a loan from a Vanguard 401(k) as long as the employer sponsoring the plan allows it.
Certain requirements must be met, including how much can be borrowed and for how long.
Because 401(k) participants do not make a withdrawal of funds when borrowing from their account, there are no tax implications as long as the loan is repaid.
While Vanguard's 401(k) plans offer the ability to take loans, the employer sponsoring the plan may not allow participants to do so. Employers using Vanguard to administer their 401(k) plans can also add additional restrictions, such as the loan amount.
Repayment Terms
Depending on the purpose of taking the loan, the repayment terms may differ.
While withdrawing funds from a tax-deferred retirement plan before age 59½ typically comes with heavy penalties, borrowing funds using a 401(k) for personal purposes has no tax or penalty consequences as long as you repay the loan.
If a loan is taken for general purposes, such as buying a car or furniture, Vanguard requires participants to repay their loan within five years. However, if loan proceeds are used to purchase a principal residence, Vanguard allows up to a 15-year term for the loan. Only one loan can be used for a principal residence.
Vanguard charges interest on a 401(k) loan. The rate is determined by debt-market conditions.
Before taking out a loan on a 401(k) account, Vanguard requires an applicant to pay an application fee of $40 per loan issuance (it could be $90 if you get help from an associate over the phone). After that, Vanguard charges an annual maintenance fee of $25.
Pros and Cons of 401(k) Loans
Carefully review the pros and cons before deciding to take out a 401(k) loan.
You aren't subject to a credit check.
You are paying interest to yourself, instead of to a bank.
You have up to 15 years to repay if the loan is to help purchase a principal residence.
You lose out on tax-free growth of your retirement savings.
Vanguard charges application and maintenance fees to take out a loan.
If you leave the company before the loan is paid off, you have a limited period to repay it all—or the balance is treated as a distribution on which you owe taxes and may owe early-withdrawal penalties.
Advantages. Borrowing from your 401(k) has a few advantages over taking out a loan from a bank, including not being subject to a credit check. Also, you are essentially paying interest on the loan to yourself, instead of to a bank.
Drawbacks. Other than the fees, the major drawbacks are losing out on tax advantages and investment growth on the money borrowed, which can impede retirement savings goals. These drawbacks can often outweigh the benefits. In addition, if you leave the company before you have fully paid back the loan, you will owe the balance within a specified period of time or it will be charged to you as a loan distribution, for which you will owe taxes and, possibly, early-withdrawal penalties if you are under age 59½ or are not fully vested in the plan.
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4 Reasons to Borrow From Your 401(k)
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Home-Equity Loan
A home-equity loan is a consumer loan secured by a second mortgage, allowing homeowners to borrow against their equity in the home.
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A 401(k) plan is a tax-advantaged, defined-contribution retirement account, named for a section of the Internal Revenue Code. Learn how they work, including when you need to change jobs.
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In-Service Withdrawal Definition
In-service withdrawals are allowed under some retirement plans while an employee still works for the employer sponsoring the plan.
How Withdrawal Credits for Pension Plans Work
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On Saturday night, check in directly at your child's room.
On Sunday morning, we have two locations for check in: Education Building (room 16) and the Life Center. All ages can be checked in at either location.


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A Youtube video showing footage captured by a DJI Mavic Pro Platinum drone shows a picturesque coastline along Hollywood, Florida — greenish blue water, a sandy beach, gleaming hotels rising behind — before helicopter comes flying straight at the drone, a near-miss the FAA is now investigating.
The video, posted Friday by a YouTuber named Masih Persian, has since been pulled offline, but copies remain that show the tremendous speed with which the helicopter flies at the drone in this almost-crash. By the time the drone's camera pans 180 degrees behind it, the helicopter is a speck in the distance. Numerous comments left below the video on YouTube criticize the pilot for the move.
Federal Aviation Administration rules state that drones can't be flown near other aircraft.
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UCSD, National City plan to work on opening a hub in the South Bay city
Chancellor: 'We are committed to reaching underserved communities in their own neighborhoods'
By David Hernandez
Jan. 20, 2020 5 AM PT
NATIONAL CITY —
The University of California San Diego and the city of National City intend to collaborate on a plan to open an educational hub in the South Bay city, a concept that would expand UCSD's reach to a region that has dreamed of a public university for decades.
In what will mark the first major step in the process, the City Council on Tuesday will consider — and almost certainly approve — a letter of intent that would formally commit the city and university to the idea.
UCSD and the city imagine an "education and workforce hub" at a to-be-determined location where UCSD would offer certification programs and courses to prepare students for college, plus events, such as forums led by researchers.
Other ideas under the larger vision are to set up a "parent university," which would promote learning for parents about a range of topics, and programs to help veterans transition into the civilian workforce.
UCSD's top leaders said the move is part of an ongoing effort to expand the institution's reach and serve the San Diego region in ways that meet the needs of the community. The university doesn't want to be seen only as a campus "in La Jolla on a hill," said Edward Abeyta, an associate dean under UCSD Extension.
"What National City represents is the chancellor's goal to not just have people come to the campus, but for the campus to go out to community," Abeyta said.
The city of more than 60,000 residents, located just south of downtown San Diego and north of Chula Vista, also represents a prime location with access to freeways and public transportation. UCSD and city officials highlighted the expansion of the Blue Line on the trolley system, a project that will extend service to University City on a line that already runs through National City.
"The trolley will become a corridor," said Mary Walshok, dean of UC San Diego Extension. "(National City) is another pearl on the necklace."
In a statement, Chancellor Pradeep Khosla said in part: "As a public university, we are committed to reaching underserved communities in their own neighborhoods. Along with similar programs ... our partnership with National City honors our commitment to serve our community and provides greater access to everything UC San Diego has to offer."
The UCSD hub in National City would serve a city and a growing region — the South Bay — where there is limited access to opportunities at a university level. The only higher-education institution in the region of roughly 500,000 residents is Southwestern College, which serves about 20,000 students.
For National City, a predominately Latino and multigenerational community with an average income of about $41,000, the idea has social and economic implications.
In addition to educational and job opportunities, the university's presence would have the potential to put the poorest city in the county on the map as a city that can attract businesses, jobs and attention, at least at the regional level.
Stakeholders said UCSD's presence would represent a commitment to the South Bay that could lure other universities and spark further investment in the region, which hasn't seen collaboration with a university to this extent.
"It's humbling to know that we as a community have worked hard to showcase what our community has to offer and highlight the benefits and opportunities of growth within our jurisdiction," Mayor Alejandra Sotelo-Solis said. "It shows that we — and communities like National City, including Chula Vista — we should have these institutions present to create a pipeline."
The mayor, a UCSD alumna who's shown a passion for creating workforce and educational pipelines, engaged in fervid conversations with her alma matter about the vision in the year since she took office.
"As mayor, this took a whole new onus," she said.
Abeyta added, "She was relentless, focused."
For years, UCSD has thought about how and where to expand.
In line with its goal to expand into communities under new models, UCSD is set to open a four-story, 66,000-square-foot hub that will offer a range of academic programs, cultural events and research opportunities in downtown San Diego's East Village neighborhood.
Surrounded by startups, government agencies and traditional banking, law and real estate businesses, the hub will be part of a larger development that will include a 34-story residential tower, with 85 of 426 units reserved for low-income students; a plaza and outdoor amphitheater; and the restoration of the historic Remmen House for a restaurant to occupy the space.
The hub is set to open at Park Boulevard and Market Street in 2021.
Just south of National City, the county's second-largest city, Chula Vista, has tried to attract a four-year university for decades. The city of roughly 270,000 residents has tried to sell itself as the ideal site, pointing specifically to a 375-acre site on the eastern outskirts of the city where it envisions a multi-institution campus.
Over the years, the city has engaged in talks with local universities — including UCSD, San Diego State University and Point Loma Nazarene University — to no avail.
Chula Vista Mayor Mary Casillas Salas and Councilman Steve Padilla, whose district includes the proposed site, said the hub in National City would benefit the region and not affect their city's vision, which they stressed is different than the idea UCSD and National City will pursue.
"We're looking at vacant land (for a multi-institution campus) that would take some time to develop," Salas said.
Padilla added: "What we have in Chula Vista no one else in the region has (or) can replicate."
He said UCSD has not shown interest in building a campus — "It's not in their plan," he said — and added that the city is not actively in talks with the university, though Salas said the city is still "open to a partnership with UCSD."
More recently, Chula Vista focused its efforts on persuading the state to consider the city as it studies potential grow of the California State University system. Gov. Gavin Newsom's inaugural budget included funds that will allow the state to study the feasibility of new campuses in Chula Vista, Concord, Palm Desert and San Mateo County.
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After plans for a $150 million North precinct facility for Seattle police were put on hold, Mayor Jenny Durkan is speaking out about her own plans for a facility and how she plans to address problems at the current station in the meantime.
KIRO 7 was invited to go along with the mayor as she toured the facility on Monday.
"We've outgrown so many of our facilities but particularly right here," she said.
The City Council has allocated about $11 million over the next five years for the current and future North Precinct. About $8.5 million will go toward deferred maintenance and expanding capacity at the current police station on College Way North.
North Precinct Capt. Sean O'Donnell said the station was built in 1984, designed for 125 people. Now it has more than 200.
As part of the work on the current precinct, the mayor plans to add three portables, one in front of the station for a community room and two in the back for more work spaces.
Additional parking would replace a green area, a change that is good news for neighbors like Elijah Ochoa.
"[The parking is] very crowded," he said. "Many cars are on the streets." But the mayor said these are not long-term solutions.
"Give the footprint, the size of this building, the condition of it, at some point will a new precinct building need to be built?" KIRO 7 reporter Linzi Sheldon asked.
The last design, which was for a $150 million facility off Aurora Avenue, was torpedoed by protests in 2016, an effort joined by City Council member Kshama Sawant.
"What lessons did you take away from the protests that came with the last plan for a new North Precinct?" KIRO 7 reporter Linzi Sheldon asked.
"I think the lesson we have to learn is it's really important to stay connected with community as you plan new facilities for any kind of government, but particularly important for police because police have such an important relationship with how communities feel," Durkan said.
The city will start community meetings on a new precinct once a new police chief is sworn in.
"What do you think of that strategy?" KIRO 7 asked Sawant.
While she said adding more computers makes sense, she questioned spending more than $8 million.
"I think when we start talking about dollar figures, in millions, that should be focused around the most burning needs of our city, which is lack of affordable housing," she said.
SPD and the city's Department of Neighborhoods will now canvass the neighborhood and hold community meetings to let neighbors know about the planned upgrades.
Construction on those upgrades is expected to start next spring.


Following the July 14th attack on al-Aqsa mosque, during which three Israeli-Arab gunmen shot and killed two Israeli police officers, tensions mounted as police canceled Friday prayers at the mosque for the first time in nearly two decades. Many international terror groups issued statements praising the attack, denouncing the closure, and inciting further violence against Jewish people and institutions.
Further analysis showed an extraordinary amount of anti-Semitic tweets from ordinary Arabic-speaking users who explicitly reference the attack. Many of the tweets advocate for violence against Jews.
Over the weekend, violent anti-Semitic speech praising the attack skyrocketed on Twitter. Nearly 22 percent of all tweets in Arabic mentioning "al-Aqsa" or "Al-Aqsa Mosque" include threatening remarks towards Jews, or express positive sentiment about the attackers by either explicitly congratulating them or describing them as martyrs (approximately 26K tweets out of 117K tweets discussing the attack/subsequent mosque closure). Such volume is not only alarming, but also indicative of the increasing tensions that have surfaced in the aftermath. The night before the attack, tweets mentioning al-Aqsa averaged approximately 150-200 per hour; however, the next morning, Twitter volume rose to nearly 6.4K in the hours following the attack.
A brief overview of the post-attack reactions, from both established terrorist groups and general Twitter accounts, highlights the critical nature of the threat posed by such anti-Semitic rhetoric.
ISIS: While the group has not officially commented or claimed the attack, the pro-ISIS channel, "Lone Mujahid" has used the aftermath to incite further violence against Jewish institutions, particularly in the United Kingdom. Posting in English, the channel stated, "Indeed these apes have barred the Muslims from praying salat al Jum-ah at Masjidul Aqsa. Therefore, prevent the Apes from attending their places of disbelief." The channel included Wikipedia links listing Jewish communities and synagogues, in addition to the location of an upcoming cricket match between two Jewish congregations.


Melbourne bespoke industrial furniture designer admits his long family history of timber business owners ignited his passion.
Custom Industrial is a unique furniture and lighting design company specialising in the re-purposing of old machinery, parts and unusual items into exclusive pieces.
The decision to incorporate old machinery parts into my unique custom made furniture was just a natural progression for me, as I feel it's something I love just as much as timber.
Coming from four generations of timber importers, Melbourne custom furniture builder, Durwin Lambe has timber and woodworking running through his veins. He says his love affair with timber began as a child, and recalls spending a lot of his early years exploring timber yards, and learning the timber trade through those around him.
Born in South Melbourne in 1865, Durwin's great grandfather, William Henry Dyson started the family business of timber handling and transportation with his three sons, including Durwin's grandfather, Aubrey Nigel. When his grandfather passed away, exactly two weeks after Durwin's birth, Durwin's aunt, Beverley Jones took the reins and directed the company for 23 years. Melbourne-born Beverly was the first woman to ever run a company down at the Wharf, and continued to attend meetings and communicate with the Melbourne Harbour Trust as the only woman in a male dominated field for over two decades.
"I used to climb up high and sit on top of the packs, and look down at the machines. Many of them were over 60 years old, and I would think about how my grandfather would have operated them. The smell of grease and oil mixed with raw timbers was etched in my mind back then. Add to that the visual of a then undeveloped docklands – huge holding sheds, bluestone streets and a patina over everything that showed years of purposeful use. It was just a natural feeling to be there," the Melbourne custom furniture builder says.
Durwin's decision to work with timber and his hands was, in his opinion, a predetermined path. His grandfather was a self-taught man who had a woodworking talent, and built everything for his family from furniture, the home and even a caravan.
Almost everything that Durwin uses to build his unique custom made furniture is rustic, reused or redesigned, and therefore has a patina, a soul to it, which makes it extra special. According to Durwin, 'character can't be built into a piece of furniture straight away'; it evolves over time from being used. "I still pinch myself every day because I feel so blessed to have an opportunity and a platform to do this," says Durwin.
To see how beautifully unique Custom Industrial's bespoke industrial furniture is, visit www.customindustrial.com.au.
Custom Industrial is a unique furniture and lighting design company specialising in the re-purposing of old machinery, parts and unusual items into exclusive pieces. Everything Custom Industrial creates is individual, using timeless craftsmanship. Their products are made to last using the best measure of both time-honoured techniques blended with modern day efficiencies.
The business was born from a love of the unique and interesting, and influenced by the founder's family history working in and around the wharves, surrounded by patina worn, heavy industrial machinery. Combining this with skills gained in the building and timber industries, a passion was fuelled for turning the unusual and unique into custom pieces of furniture and lighting that captured the feeling of those childhood memories.


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Q: Is it ok to use a 110V cable for a 110-220V device on a 220V Outlet? The focus here is the cable.  Will the 110V cable be ok if It was used to connect between a 220V outlet and a device that has an input voltage of 110-220V?
Likewise, will it also be ok for a 220 volt cable to connect between a 220V outlet and a device that has an input voltage of 110-220V?
Among the two configurations above, which is better or safer and why? or is there no difference at all?
I'm asking this because I am unsure whether I also need to mind the maximum voltage rating of cables as well. I know its not good to plug a 220V device to a 110V outlet or vice versa however, I cannot find clear cut information yet on the internet specifically with regards to using cables of different max voltage ratings.

A: You should never exceed the rated voltage of a cable.
In your two scenarios:
Using the 110 V rated cable to connect between a 220 V outlet and any device is a bad idea.
Connecting a 220 V rated cable between a 220 V outlet and 110-220 V device is just fine.
Being under the rated voltage for the cable is not a problem.

A: There's no substitute for reading the labeling on the cable
A cable with no markings is "mystery meat" and cannot be used for any AC mains usage, since it is not rated for any usage.
Examples of North American cord types might be SJW, SJOW or SJOOW.
The cable markings will plainly state the cable type.  It will also either state the maximum voltage (typically 300V for common North American cordage stock, sometimes 600V).
That is the last word on the subject.
North American-sourced products  tend to be certified by an independent third party Recognized Testing Lab, such as the famous Underwriter's Laboratories (UL), and others on a list curated by USA's OSHA. Thousands of other agencies across many countries defer to that list.
UL both approves the product as initially designed and surveils manufacturing to assure quality does not falter.

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Planet 13 Holdings Inc. [stock_market_widget type="inline" template="generic" color="default" assets="PLTH.CN" markup="(CSE: {symbol} {currency_symbol}{price} ({change_pct}))" api="yf"] expects to unveil its new customer-facing production facility by the end of Q3 in spite of ongoing permit delays.
The firm's Las Vegas superstore is a major tourist destination for marijuana aficionados and it is working on a significant expansion. It will soon have a coffee shop, bistro, and event space to complement the large retail space, which has previously been branded the Disneyland of cannabis stores.
Yet the most important part of the expansion is a $6 million customer-facing production facility that will allow visitors to watch cannabis products being made.
The firm's own brands currently account for around 15% of sales at the superstore, which receives more than 3,000 visitors per day, the majority from out of state. When the new production facility is up and running, Planet 13 plans to increase the share of in-house brand sales to 50%.
The production facility was always expected to launch in Q3 and co-chief executive Bob Groesbeck said it would still meet the target. "Despite ongoing permitting delays our goal is to open Phase II by the end of Q3 and to enter the wholesale market in Q4 2019," he said.
The firm has just revealed its latest two pieces of new product development: HaHa Gummies and Dreamland Chocolates. They will be produced at the new 15,000 sq. ft. customer-facing production facility within the Planet 13 Las Vegas complex.
The firm said it has been able to glean insights from 400,000 visitors to the store over the past eight months, and this has driven its product development decisions. It reported that sativa-based edibles are flying off the shelves and enjoy huge popularity among tourists.
HaHa Gummies meet that demand and they are available in flavours like blue raspberry, pink lemonade, and pineapple. Cookies N' Dream, Decadent Dark, and Crackling Crunch are among the SKUs within the new Dreamland Chocolates range.
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Martin Green is an experienced journalist with a strong focus on the cannabis, alcohol, and gambling industries. He is particularly interested in the political issues affecting the global marijuana trade, and he has a keen focus on regulation changes and legal topics. He holds a BA English Literature, MA Creative Writing and a National Qualification in Journalism diploma. He has worked in journalism since 2009 and written for a broad range of newspapers, business titles and magazines, including The Sun, The Metro, The Journal, Livestrong, Drinks Retailing News, Harpers, Sportsbook Review, Vital Football, Essex Live and Surrey Live. Address: 682 Indian Road, Toronto, Ontario, M6P 2C9. Phone: 416-721-8257.