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Irrespective of the size of your home, it probably always feels as though you could use more space. There are many clever interior design tips and tricks to make your home look more spacious and here we look at some of the best ways to create the illusion of more space and also to make the best use of the space that you have.
Making the best use of the space available is key to creating an environment suitable for the way you want to live.
Planning rooms takes time and one of the best investments is a tape measure, as filling rooms with large bulky furniture will inevitably make the room seem smaller. When planning your room, know how much space you have so that you don't make costly decisions of making the wrong choices. It's far too easy to imagine that your space is actually bigger than it is. If you have rooms with high ceilings, don't overlook the vertical space as this could be used for shelving or other storage.
Think about dual-purpose furniture such as a chest as a coffee table, which can be used to store games, toys or DVDs. Invest in a bed with drawers as this will provide lots of storage for extra bed linen and out-of-season clothes. There are also lots of attractive small storage ideas including wicker baskets and wooden boxes, which will look fabulous whilst serving the purpose of storing clutter and knick-knacks. If you work at your kitchen table, store papers neatly away in a box.
You may even have storage that is not being used to the best advantage, perhaps cupboards would benefit from some shelving or hooks. Don't forget that investing in bespoke storage solutions could prove invaluable, as you will be ensuring that every inch of space is being utilised, so think about this in the kitchen, bedrooms and living areas. Although this will be a more expensive option, it is unlikely that readymade units will fit your spaces exactly leading to a waste of space.
Interior design is about creating the illusion of more space. Although there is no possibility of making more physical space, it's about making your space better organised and more useful. Consider putting items in corners that will draw the eye, as these will elongate the room. Light and bright colours will also give the illusion of a larger and airier space.
Mirrors can be used to great effect as they will reflect the light back into the room and you could replace a picture with a mirror. Another feature that can make your home feel larger and brighter is internal glazing which will draw light deeper into your property as the more light you can bring in, the better.
Natural light will make a room appear larger so keep any windows as clear as possible and don't use dark, heavy, bulky fabrics. Use pale, more neutral shades as dark colours will close the room in making it seem much smaller. In really small spaces, consider using the same colours and flooring in your rooms as this will give the feeling that each room flows seamlessly into the next. Remember, you can always spark interest with brightly coloured or statement pieces of furniture.
Having lots of things on display will make a room appear smaller so just keep things on full view that you use on a daily basis. Try to hide as much stuff away as possible and be as tidy as you can as the more you can do this, the more spacious and less cluttered your home will feel. Better arrangements will give harmony and peace of mind, clarity of thought and therefore the ability to concentrate or relax.
Are you looking to create more space in your home? Do you need help making the right choices so that you create the illusion of more space? Call Nicky Percival Interiors on 07773 372158 or email nicky@nickypercival.co.uk to arrange an appointment so that Nicky can come up with her innovative interior design solutions for using every amount of space that you have.


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Feb. 2017 - Lakeville FLL team Beestmode success at State Tournament!
At the 2017 state tournament, FLL team #19216 BEESTMODE won 1st place in Quality of Research, placed in the top 7 for Core Values (teamwork), and was considered for the Champion's award by finishing in the top 7 teams overall in the state out of 633 teams! These are highly significant accomplishments as Minnesota's High Tech Kids (the nonprofit FIRST partner that runs FIRST LEGO League in MN) is the 2nd largest regional partner of FIRST in the world with 633 teams. In Minnesota, simply advancing to the state tournament is a major accomplishment. Being considered for an award at state is impressive. Winning an award at state in MN is extremely difficult.
Many of the teams that make it to state are made up of girls and boys who have been participating in FLL for 3-5 years, so for both Ballistic Bots and BEESTMODE to advance to state competition is remarkable. For BEESTMODE to be in consideration for the Champions award, Core Values award, and to win the Quality of Research award as 6th graders with 1-2 years of experience is outstanding. At the state tournament, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place Champions awards are given to teams who score exceptionally well in all judged categories - technical design, programming, research project, core values. BEESTMODE was one of 7 teams in the state in consideration for the Champions awards.
All twelve of Lakeville's FLL teams have worked tirelessly this season to contribute to the Lakeville tradition of producing highly competitive robotics teams. This is the fourth year in a row that a Lakeville FLL team has brought home state trophies. Lakeville Robotics is proud of the hard work and passion these teams have put into their season and hope they all return to compete in the 2017 Hydro Dynamics FLL Challenge!
Jan. 2017 - Lakeville FLL teams Ballistic Bots & Beestmode advance to MN state competition!
Two Lakeville FLL teams, #23918 Ballistic Bots and #19216 Beestmode, advance to state competition on Saturday February 25th! Congratulations Beestmode and Ballistic Bots!
The Ballistic Bots are a rookie team made up of 5th graders from Eastview Elementary and Oak Hills Elementary. In Sectionals on January 7, they had the high score during robot competition, took 2nd place in the head to head competition, scored well overall in their division and advanced to state competition. Their Animal Allies research project and solution involves creating a website to allow animal shelters and animal transportation companies to work together to balance out overcrowded and underutilized shelters. The Ballistic Bots are coached by Jason Phillips and Matt Pade.
Beestmode is a 2nd year team made up of 6th graders at McGuire Middle School and one home schooled student. In Sectionals on January 8, they scored well overall in their division which advanced them to state competition. Their Animal Allies research project and solution is to increase the habitat for bees. They presented their solution to the Lakeville City Council and the Golden Valley City Council to try to change the local law to allow backyard bee hives in residential areas. Beestmode is coached by Mike Launsbach and Amy Willingham.
For detailed team schedules, click here.
For more information about the MN FLL state tournament, click here.
Best of luck to Beestmode and the Ballistic Bots!


The U.S Army Birthday is a day for the Army, soldiers, veterans and their families to celebrate the day on which the first United States Army was formed – the Continental Army. This day falls on June 14th and is celebrated on an annual basis. It's a celebration that's been observed since the 1970s to acknowledge the vital contributions of its members and to develop enhance the esprit de corps.


When purchasing a house or property, a largely ignored aspect is the ground that the house sits on and the environment surrounding the property. Before choosing an area in which to buy a home, many people inquire about traffic-noise levels, crime rates, quality of schools, and whether the house is under the flight path of a major airport. It is logically better to obtain this kind of information before one buys or builds a home, rather than be surprised the first night by jets taking off from a nearby airport. Similarly, gaining knowledge about geologic conditions in an area will assist prospective homeowners, home builders, developers, and real estate agents to make informed decisions regarding potential problems.
Harris, R.C. and Pearthree, P.A., 2002, A Home Buyer's Guide to Geologic Hazards in Arizona. Arizona Geological Survey Down-to-Earth #13, 48 p.


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LINGUA-CULTURAL TYPE OF "SECRET AGENT" AS THE MAIN COMPONENT OF IAN FLEMING'S CONCEPT SPHERE. In: Bulletin of the Moscow Region State University (electronic journal), 2012, no. 2, pp. 38-43.
The article deals with the notion of "secret agent" lingua-cultural type. This lingua-cultural type possesses a certain number of characteristics and peculiarities, which are reflected in the novels written by I. Fleming. The analysis of Fleming's novels shows that British national world image, its components and notions are vastly represented in the text by linguistic means. Lingua-cultural type, an absolutely new notion in cognitive linguistics, helps us both reveal national linguistic world image, its components and avoid certain difficulties in the translation process.
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2. Karasik V.I. Inaja mental'nost'. M.: Gnozis, 2005.
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4. Ozhegov S.I. Tolkovyj slovar' russkogo jazyka [Jelektronnyj resurs]//URL: http://ozegov/ru/slovo/4841/html (data obrawenija 16.11.2011).
5. Fleming Ja. Kazino "Ruajal'" / per. s angl. Bloshenko I., Sashina K. - M.: OLMA-PRESS. 2003.
6. Fleming Ja. Dzhejms Bond - agent 007 / Per. s angl. Ju. Komovoj i L. Rumjancevoj. M.: Politizdat, 1991.
7. Fleming I. Sharovaja molnija: uchebnoe posobie - kniga dlja chtenija na angl.jaz. - SPb.: Antologija, 2004.
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The Monk Hesykhios the Fast-Keeper was born in the sea-coast city of Adrineia in Bithynia. Raised since his youth in piety, he left his parental home and asceticised in a wilderness spot on Mount Maionis. Despite the threat of demons and wild animals and robbers living there, the holy ascetic in seeking greater solitude settled there and built himself a cell, digging himself a garden and eating from the fruit of his labours. After a certain while disciples began to throng to him. At a spring of water in a valley not far off Saint Hesykhios built a church in the name of the holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called. Even during his lifetime the monk was granted the gift of wonderworking. One time they brought a demon-possessed girl to him. Her parents, falling down at the feet of the holy ascetic, implored his holy prayers for her healing. The holy ascetic made prayer for the unfortunate one, and the devils left her. Turning to the parents of the healed girl, the Monk Hesykhios prophetically predicted, that a women's holy monastery would arise at the place their daughter was healed. And actually the prophecy was fulfilled in the future.
An Angel appeared to Saint Hesykhios three days before his end and predicted to him his approaching demise. The monk accepted the news with joy. And before his blessed end, the saint summoned his disciples and for a long while he instructed them. At midnight the cell of the saint and the surrounding area suddenly gleamed with an Heavenly light, and the Monk Hesykhios expired to the Lord with the words: "Into Thine hand, O Lord, I commend my spirit". At the place of his efforts, in accord with the prediction of the Monk Hesykhios, was later on built a women's monastery. The holy relics of the Monk Hesykhios, buried at the church of the holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called, were later transferred by Theophylaktos, bishop of Amasia, to the city of Amasia (Asia Minor).


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I was walking back from the shop along the dark terraced streets where I live this evening and I spotted a purse on the floor.
I picked it up and scanned inside for an address but the only one I could find was out of town on a driving licence. I knocked on the door of the house outside which I found the purse but there was no reply so I took the purse home.
Inside is over twenty pounds in cash, the driving licence, a couple of bank cards and a couple of loyalty cards and other bits and bobs. The best information I have is the driving licence so I rang directory enquiries for a phone number for that address. It's ex-directory. Next I tried the internet. A dead end for social media except a Google+ profile to which nothing had been added. I sent a message but I guessed that this mystery person didn't have much interest in keeping a high online profile and wouldn't receive the message anyway.
Undeterred I went back to the street and tried a few of the neighbours houses without any luck. A delivery man in the area suggested I take the cash and hand it in to the police. That's not nice. I don't want to hand it to anyone that doesn't own it or I fear the cash will go missing.
I returned home and decided the only thing to do was to write a letter to the address I have and wait. That's how things used to work and work they did albeit at a slower pace than these days. I wrote my letter and posted it. In a couple of days there should hopefully be a very happy young lady giving me a call and getting her purse back.
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Inside the Parsonage Museum is a small gift shop where you can purchase a memory of your visit, or buy a gift for someone back home.
Set of four note cards, with envelopes, featuring photographs of historic sites and people. Printed in color or black and white on heavy stock with short explanations on the back panel.
A set of four postcards featuring The Big Lemon, current exhibits, and select photographs.
Drawn from our photographic collection; a price list defines cost per size, mounting (if desired), sepia toning, glossy or matte paper. The base scan fee for online orders is $20 per image.
Original images of unknown people of all ages and origins.
Beautifully illustrated books about the history of film, by Greek film scholar George A. Lazarou.
Your tax-deductible donation is greatly appreciated, and helps support our educational and cultural programs, services, and events. Thank you!
Copyright © 2019 Lemon Grove Historical Society. All rights reserved.


Alan Shepherd's name first appears in the 1960/61 Handbook when it shows that he had an average of 76.1 in Division 3 South. He was playing for the West Green Club with his business partner George Harris. That was 58 years ago!
Alan became an enthusiastic Committee Member of the North Middlesex Table Tennis League after he moved to the Edmonton Club. He became a Divisional Secretary and was therefore on the Executive Committee. He was the League's Representative for the Junior Team graduating to Representative Match Secretary.
In 1974 he together with me and Jeff Cohen decided that the existing Executive Committee of some 15 persons should be restructured to 8. A Special Meeting was held and the restructuring was approved and the 1974/75 handbook was printed showing same which is the same as it is today.
Alan was a talented player and was difficult to beat especially when partnered by Graham Blomfield in the doubles.
Under his guidance the League won the Men's top event, the Wilmott Cup in 1978/79,1982/83,1984/85,1990/91 and 1991/92. They won the top Ladies event, the Rose Bowl in 1983/84and 1984/85. What gave him even more pleasure because of his commitment to juniors was that they won the top boys ( Carter Cup )and the top girls ( Blomfield Trophy )events many times. The Carter Cup was won in1972/73,1974/75,1977/78,1979/80 and 1979/80. The Blomfield Trophy was won in 1977/78 and 1978/79.
At the 1994 AGM Alan was made a Life Member. Throughout this time on Committee, he was on the various Sub Committees like Rules, Appeals, evelopment, Tournaments and of course Match Rep. He was an International Umpire. He occasionally had interpretation of rules' arguments with Michael Close who also died not long ago. I expect they will continue such arguments wherever they are now.
At the AGM in 2004 he was elected Chairman of the League and continued in that office until he had to go into the Otto Schiff Home in 2008. Alan was made an Honorary Vice President of Ellenborough for his work of running their Championships for many years.
Alan was a great guy and the table tennis fraternity will miss him and his unbelievable efforts for our League and for Table Tennis in general.
I did attend Alan's funeral and was therefore able to say a final good bye to a very dear friend.


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With registration payments now due for this coming season, I think it's worth letting you know a couple of things about them.
Firstly, it now costs the club about $700 per player to field our teams – so significantly more than your rego fees.
We are able to keep rego fees down through sponsorship, functions and other fund raising activities. Which is why everyone needs to support sponsors, functions and fund raising!!
Despite being back at Gore Hill our ground hire costs with the Council will increase significantly over previous years. On its own this will be the equivalent of a $70 increase in fees for every single player.
We also have increased AFL related costs in 2019.
The club hasn't passed theses costs on in full to players and we think we can manage this if everyone pays their fees.
We are taking a risk with this to keep your costs down, so it's critical that everyone does pay what they should.
You might think this is a given, but in every past season a number of people haven't paid. If that happens again this year it will put a lot of pressure on the club and it will result in a substantial fee increase in 2019.
It's obviously unfair that while most people pay, some take a fee ride. That's clearly unacceptable and we've reached the point where we have no option but to act on it.
So to those of you who always pay your fees and to those new players who have every intention of doing so this season – thank you – and to anyone who feels they don't want to pay their way – this isn't the place for you.
As always, we are very happy to work with anyone who needs a payment plan and there are also options to reduce fees (eg club umpiring). If you would like to talk with us about this please contact myself on president@northshorefc.com.au or Sam Jackson, who is our new club Treasurer.
Let's make 2019 a great year for our club!!
New players will receive shorts, socks and a polo on payment of their fees.
If paying this way, please put your name as the payment description, so we're not chasing you up again.
We will also get the EFTPOS machine along to some training sessions to enable credit card payments.
If you have previously played for another club, we'll need to get a clearance for you to play for us; so the sooner you get your registration done the better.


This is a book called Coffee Lids. But it couldn't possibly be about coffee lids. Coffee Lids is obviously the name of a freestyle skate legend from Uruguay. Or it was NASA's code name for serial staging on the Saturn V rockets. Ok then, Coffee Lids is about maverick future cop, Sergeant Coffee and his loyal robot lemur, Lids. Nope. Coffee Lids is a 255 page book about those white plastic discs you affix to the top of your java to prevent crotch ignition and upper lip searing as you take your caffeine to go…and it's fascinating.
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Nurse who works for African charity as well as on frontline named Cork Person of the Month
Breda Graham
CORK nurse Patricia McCluskey has been named Cork Person of the Month for May in honour of her work as an advanced nurse practitioner at Cork University Hospital (CUH) and her work with charity Facing Africa (FA).
Ms McCluskey was at the forefront of the battle against Covid-19, working on the frontline with patients as a wound care nurse at CUH, a role she has been working in for over 30 years, to treat and minimise further discomfort to people hospitalised due to the virus.
In 2015, Pat became involved with FA, a charity which helps with the treatment of people suffering from Noma, an infection that affects people living in extreme poverty that leads to a severe disfiguring gangrene of the mouth and face.
Having spent two years in Zambia as a newly qualified nurse and midwife from 1983 to1985, she returned to Africa in 2015 and has travelled with a group led by FA founders Chris and Terry Lawrence, to Addis Ababa in Ethiopia for the last four years since.
The training that the teams have provided on the missions has allowed Ethiopian nurses to gain sufficient experience, reducing the number of volunteer nurses required on future missions.
Ms McCluskey said that the work she does is not for recognition and was "delighted" to receive the award.
She said that the May missions with FA include a lot of "fun and laughter" with the welcoming and fun-loving people of Ethiopia and labelled Chris and Terry Lawrence as "extraordinary people" who run a "superb operation".
Speaking about her recent involvement in the battle against Covid-19, she said: "I am proud to be a nurse in CUH during this current epidemic where the management and team work across all disciplines has been inspirational."
She will now go forward for possible selection as Cork Person of the Year.
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    @staticmethod
    def get_deletion_policy():
        """Topic should be kept if it is published."""
        return base_models.DELETION_POLICY.KEEP_IF_PUBLIC

    @classmethod
    def has_reference_to_user_id(cls, unused_user_id):
        """Check whether TopicModel snapshots references the given user.

        Args:
            unused_user_id: str. The ID of the user whose data should be
                checked.

        Returns:
            bool. Whether any models refer to the given user ID.
        """
        return False

    def _trusted_commit(
            self, committer_id, commit_type, commit_message, commit_cmds):
        """Record the event to the commit log after the model commit.

        Note that this extends the superclass method.

        Args:
            committer_id: str. The user_id of the user who committed the
                change.
            commit_type: str. The type of commit. Possible values are in
                core.storage.base_models.COMMIT_TYPE_CHOICES.
            commit_message: str. The commit description message.
            commit_cmds: list(dict). A list of commands, describing changes
                made in this model, which should give sufficient information to
                reconstruct the commit. Each dict always contains:
                    cmd: str. Unique command.
                and then additional arguments for that command.
        """
        super(TopicModel, self)._trusted_commit(
            committer_id, commit_type, commit_message, commit_cmds)

        topic_rights = TopicRightsModel.get_by_id(self.id)
        if topic_rights.topic_is_published:
            status = constants.ACTIVITY_STATUS_PUBLIC
        else:
            status = constants.ACTIVITY_STATUS_PRIVATE

        topic_commit_log_entry = TopicCommitLogEntryModel.create(
            self.id, self.version, committer_id, commit_type,
            commit_message, commit_cmds, status, False
        )
        topic_commit_log_entry.topic_id = self.id
        topic_commit_log_entry.put()

    @classmethod
    def get_by_name(cls, topic_name):
        """Gets TopicModel by topic_name. Returns None if the topic with
        name topic_name doesn't exist.

        Args:
            topic_name: str. The name of the topic.

        Returns:
            TopicModel|None. The topic model of the topic or None if not
            found.
        """
        return TopicModel.query().filter(
            cls.canonical_name == topic_name.lower()).filter(
                cls.deleted == False).get() # pylint: disable=singleton-comparison

    @classmethod
    def get_by_url_fragment(cls, url_fragment):
        """Gets TopicModel by url_fragment. Returns None if the topic with
        name url_fragment doesn't exist.

        Args:
            url_fragment: str. The url fragment of the topic.

        Returns:
            TopicModel|None. The topic model of the topic or None if not
            found.
        """
        # TODO(#10210): Make fetching by URL fragment faster.
        return TopicModel.query().filter(
            cls.url_fragment == url_fragment).filter(
                cls.deleted == False).get() # pylint: disable=singleton-comparison

    @classmethod
    def get_export_policy(cls):
        """Model does not contain user data."""
        return dict(super(cls, cls).get_export_policy(), **{
            'name': base_models.EXPORT_POLICY.NOT_APPLICABLE,
            'canonical_name': base_models.EXPORT_POLICY.NOT_APPLICABLE,
            'abbreviated_name': base_models.EXPORT_POLICY.NOT_APPLICABLE,
            'thumbnail_filename': base_models.EXPORT_POLICY.NOT_APPLICABLE,
            'thumbnail_bg_color': base_models.EXPORT_POLICY.NOT_APPLICABLE,
            'description': base_models.EXPORT_POLICY.NOT_APPLICABLE,
            'canonical_story_references':
                base_models.EXPORT_POLICY.NOT_APPLICABLE,
            'additional_story_references':
                base_models.EXPORT_POLICY.NOT_APPLICABLE,
            'story_reference_schema_version':
                base_models.EXPORT_POLICY.NOT_APPLICABLE,
            'uncategorized_skill_ids': base_models.EXPORT_POLICY.NOT_APPLICABLE,
            'subtopics': base_models.EXPORT_POLICY.NOT_APPLICABLE,
            'subtopic_schema_version': base_models.EXPORT_POLICY.NOT_APPLICABLE,
            'next_subtopic_id': base_models.EXPORT_POLICY.NOT_APPLICABLE,
            'language_code': base_models.EXPORT_POLICY.NOT_APPLICABLE,
            'meta_tag_content': base_models.EXPORT_POLICY.NOT_APPLICABLE,
            'practice_tab_is_displayed':
                base_models.EXPORT_POLICY.NOT_APPLICABLE,
            'url_fragment': base_models.EXPORT_POLICY.NOT_APPLICABLE,
        })

class TopicCommitLogEntryModel(base_models.BaseCommitLogEntryModel):
    """Log of commits to topics.

    A new instance of this model is created and saved every time a commit to
    TopicModel occurs.

    The id for this model is of the form 'topic-[topic_id]-[version]'.
    """

    # The id of the topic being edited.
    topic_id = ndb.StringProperty(indexed=True, required=True)

    @staticmethod
    def get_deletion_policy():
        """Topic commit log is deleted only if the correspondingm topic is not
        public.
        """
        return base_models.DELETION_POLICY.KEEP_IF_PUBLIC

    @classmethod
    def _get_instance_id(cls, topic_id, version):
        """This function returns the generated id for the get_commit function
        in the parent class.

        Args:
            topic_id: str. The id of the topic being edited.
            version: int. The version number of the topic after the commit.

        Returns:
            str. The commit id with the topic id and version number.
        """
        return 'topic-%s-%s' % (topic_id, version)

    @classmethod
    def get_export_policy(cls):
        """This model is only stored for archive purposes. The commit log of
        entities is not related to personal user data.
        """
        return dict(super(cls, cls).get_export_policy(), **{
            'topic_id': base_models.EXPORT_POLICY.NOT_APPLICABLE
        })

class TopicSummaryModel(base_models.BaseModel):
    """Summary model for an Oppia Topic.

    This should be used whenever the content blob of the topic is not
    needed (e.g. search results, etc).

    A TopicSummaryModel instance stores the following information:

        id, description, language_code, last_updated, created_on, version,
        url_fragment.

    The key of each instance is the topic id.
    """

    # The name of the topic.
    name = ndb.StringProperty(required=True, indexed=True)
    # The canonical name of the topic, created by making `name` lowercase.
    canonical_name = ndb.StringProperty(required=True, indexed=True)
    # The ISO 639-1 code for the language this topic is written in.
    language_code = ndb.StringProperty(required=True, indexed=True)
    # The description of the topic.
    description = ndb.TextProperty(indexed=False)
    # The url fragment of the topic.
    url_fragment = ndb.StringProperty(required=True, indexed=True)

    # Time when the topic model was last updated (not to be
    # confused with last_updated, which is the time when the
    # topic *summary* model was last updated).
    topic_model_last_updated = ndb.DateTimeProperty(required=True, indexed=True)
    # Time when the topic model was created (not to be confused
    # with created_on, which is the time when the topic *summary*
    # model was created).
    topic_model_created_on = ndb.DateTimeProperty(required=True, indexed=True)
    # The number of canonical stories that are part of this topic.
    canonical_story_count = ndb.IntegerProperty(required=True, indexed=True)
    # The number of additional stories that are part of this topic.
    additional_story_count = ndb.IntegerProperty(required=True, indexed=True)
    # The total number of skills in the topic (including those that are
    # uncategorized).
    total_skill_count = ndb.IntegerProperty(required=True, indexed=True)
    # The number of skills that are not part of any subtopic.
    uncategorized_skill_count = ndb.IntegerProperty(required=True, indexed=True)
    # The number of subtopics of the topic.
    subtopic_count = ndb.IntegerProperty(required=True, indexed=True)
    # The thumbnail filename of the topic.
    thumbnail_filename = ndb.StringProperty(indexed=True)
    # The thumbnail background color of the topic.
    thumbnail_bg_color = ndb.StringProperty(indexed=True)
    version = ndb.IntegerProperty(required=True)

    @staticmethod
    def get_deletion_policy():
        """Topic summary should be kept if associated topic is published."""
        return base_models.DELETION_POLICY.KEEP_IF_PUBLIC

    @classmethod
    def has_reference_to_user_id(cls, unused_user_id):
        """Check whether TopicSummaryModel references the given user.

        Args:
            unused_user_id: str. The (unused) ID of the user whose data should
                be checked.

        Returns:
            bool. Whether any models refer to the given user ID.
        """
        return False

    @classmethod
    def get_export_policy(cls):
        """Model does not contain user data."""
        return dict(super(cls, cls).get_export_policy(), **{
            'name': base_models.EXPORT_POLICY.NOT_APPLICABLE,
            'canonical_name': base_models.EXPORT_POLICY.NOT_APPLICABLE,
            'language_code': base_models.EXPORT_POLICY.NOT_APPLICABLE,
            'description': base_models.EXPORT_POLICY.NOT_APPLICABLE,
            'topic_model_last_updated':
                base_models.EXPORT_POLICY.NOT_APPLICABLE,
            'topic_model_created_on': base_models.EXPORT_POLICY.NOT_APPLICABLE,
            'canonical_story_count': base_models.EXPORT_POLICY.NOT_APPLICABLE,
            'additional_story_count': base_models.EXPORT_POLICY.NOT_APPLICABLE,
            'total_skill_count': base_models.EXPORT_POLICY.NOT_APPLICABLE,
            'uncategorized_skill_count':
                base_models.EXPORT_POLICY.NOT_APPLICABLE,
            'subtopic_count': base_models.EXPORT_POLICY.NOT_APPLICABLE,
            'thumbnail_filename': base_models.EXPORT_POLICY.NOT_APPLICABLE,
            'thumbnail_bg_color': base_models.EXPORT_POLICY.NOT_APPLICABLE,
            'version': base_models.EXPORT_POLICY.NOT_APPLICABLE,
            'url_fragment': base_models.EXPORT_POLICY.NOT_APPLICABLE
        })

class SubtopicPageSnapshotMetadataModel(base_models.BaseSnapshotMetadataModel):
    """Storage model for the metadata for a subtopic page snapshot."""

    pass

class SubtopicPageSnapshotContentModel(base_models.BaseSnapshotContentModel):
    """Storage model for the content of a subtopic page snapshot."""

    pass

class SubtopicPageModel(base_models.VersionedModel):
    """Model for storing Subtopic pages.

    This stores the HTML data for a subtopic page.
    """

    SNAPSHOT_METADATA_CLASS = SubtopicPageSnapshotMetadataModel
    SNAPSHOT_CONTENT_CLASS = SubtopicPageSnapshotContentModel
    ALLOW_REVERT = False

    # The topic id that this subtopic is a part of.
    topic_id = ndb.StringProperty(required=True, indexed=True)
    # The json data of the subtopic consisting of subtitled_html,
    # recorded_voiceovers and written_translations fields.
    page_contents = ndb.JsonProperty(required=True)
    # The schema version for the page_contents field.
    page_contents_schema_version = ndb.IntegerProperty(
        required=True, indexed=True)
    # The ISO 639-1 code for the language this subtopic page is written in.
    language_code = ndb.StringProperty(required=True, indexed=True)

    @staticmethod
    def get_deletion_policy():
        """Subtopic should be kept if associated topic is published."""
        return base_models.DELETION_POLICY.KEEP_IF_PUBLIC

    @classmethod
    def has_reference_to_user_id(cls, unused_user_id):
        """Check whether SubtopicPageModel snapshots references the given user.

        Args:
            unused_user_id: str. The ID of the user whose data should be
                checked.

        Returns:
            bool. Whether any models refer to the given user ID.
        """
        return False

    def _trusted_commit(
            self, committer_id, commit_type, commit_message, commit_cmds):
        """Record the event to the commit log after the model commit.

        Note that this extends the superclass method.

        Args:
            committer_id: str. The user_id of the user who committed the
                change.
            commit_type: str. The type of commit. Possible values are in
                core.storage.base_models.COMMIT_TYPE_CHOICES.
            commit_message: str. The commit description message.
            commit_cmds: list(dict). A list of commands, describing changes
                made in this model, which should give sufficient information to
                reconstruct the commit. Each dict always contains:
                    cmd: str. Unique command.
                and then additional arguments for that command.
        """
        super(SubtopicPageModel, self)._trusted_commit(
            committer_id, commit_type, commit_message, commit_cmds)

        subtopic_page_commit_log_entry = SubtopicPageCommitLogEntryModel.create(
            self.id, self.version, committer_id, commit_type, commit_message,
            commit_cmds, constants.ACTIVITY_STATUS_PUBLIC, False
        )
        subtopic_page_commit_log_entry.subtopic_page_id = self.id
        subtopic_page_commit_log_entry.put()

    @classmethod
    def get_export_policy(cls):
        """Model does not contain user data."""
        return dict(super(cls, cls).get_export_policy(), **{
            'topic_id': base_models.EXPORT_POLICY.NOT_APPLICABLE,
            'page_contents': base_models.EXPORT_POLICY.NOT_APPLICABLE,
            'page_contents_schema_version':
                base_models.EXPORT_POLICY.NOT_APPLICABLE,
            'language_code': base_models.EXPORT_POLICY.NOT_APPLICABLE
        })

class SubtopicPageCommitLogEntryModel(base_models.BaseCommitLogEntryModel):
    """Log of commits to subtopic pages.

    A new instance of this model is created and saved every time a commit to
    SubtopicPageModel occurs.

    The id for this model is of the form
    'subtopicpage-[subtopic_page_id]-[version]'.
    """

    # The id of the subtopic page being edited.
    subtopic_page_id = ndb.StringProperty(indexed=True, required=True)

    @staticmethod
    def get_deletion_policy():
        """Subtopic page commit log is deleted only if the corresponding
        topic is not public.
        """
        return base_models.DELETION_POLICY.KEEP_IF_PUBLIC

    @classmethod
    def _get_instance_id(cls, subtopic_page_id, version):
        """This function returns the generated id for the get_commit function
        in the parent class.

        Args:
            subtopic_page_id: str. The id of the subtopic page being edited.
            version: int. The version number of the subtopic page after the
                commit.

        Returns:
            str. The commit id with the subtopic page id and version number.
        """
        return 'subtopicpage-%s-%s' % (subtopic_page_id, version)

    @classmethod
    def get_export_policy(cls):
        """This model is only stored for archive purposes. The commit log of
        entities is not related to personal user data.
        """
        return dict(super(cls, cls).get_export_policy(), **{
            'subtopic_page_id': base_models.EXPORT_POLICY.NOT_APPLICABLE
        })

class TopicRightsSnapshotMetadataModel(base_models.BaseSnapshotMetadataModel):
    """Storage model for the metadata for a topic rights snapshot."""

    pass

class TopicRightsSnapshotContentModel(base_models.BaseSnapshotContentModel):
    """Storage model for the content of a topic rights snapshot."""

    pass

class TopicRightsModel(base_models.VersionedModel):
    """Storage model for rights related to a topic.

    The id of each instance is the id of the corresponding topic.
    """

    SNAPSHOT_METADATA_CLASS = TopicRightsSnapshotMetadataModel
    SNAPSHOT_CONTENT_CLASS = TopicRightsSnapshotContentModel
    ALLOW_REVERT = False

    # The user_ids of the managers of this topic.
    manager_ids = ndb.StringProperty(indexed=True, repeated=True)

    # Whether this topic is published.
    topic_is_published = ndb.BooleanProperty(
        indexed=True, required=True, default=False)

    @staticmethod
    def get_deletion_policy():
        """Topic rights should be kept if associated topic is published."""
        return base_models.DELETION_POLICY.KEEP_IF_PUBLIC

    @classmethod
    def has_reference_to_user_id(cls, user_id):
        """Check whether TopicRightsModel references user.

        Args:
            user_id: str. The ID of the user whose data should be checked.

        Returns:
            bool. Whether any models refer to the given user ID.
        """
        return cls.query(
            cls.manager_ids == user_id
        ).get(keys_only=True) is not None

    @classmethod
    def get_by_user(cls, user_id):
        """Retrieves the rights object for all topics assigned to given user

        Args:
            user_id: str. ID of user.

        Returns:
            list(TopicRightsModel). The list of TopicRightsModel objects in
            which the given user is a manager.
        """
        topic_rights_models = cls.query(
            cls.manager_ids == user_id
        )
        return topic_rights_models

    def _trusted_commit(
            self, committer_id, commit_type, commit_message, commit_cmds):
        """Record the event to the commit log after the model commit.

        Note that this extends the superclass method.

        Args:
            committer_id: str. The user_id of the user who committed the
                change.
            commit_type: str. The type of commit. Possible values are in
                core.storage.base_models.COMMIT_TYPE_CHOICES.
            commit_message: str. The commit description message.
            commit_cmds: list(dict). A list of commands, describing changes
                made in this model, which should give sufficient information to
                reconstruct the commit. Each dict always contains:
                    cmd: str. Unique command.
                and then additional arguments for that command.
        """
        super(TopicRightsModel, self)._trusted_commit(
            committer_id, commit_type, commit_message, commit_cmds)

        topic_rights = TopicRightsModel.get_by_id(self.id)
        if topic_rights.topic_is_published:
            status = constants.ACTIVITY_STATUS_PUBLIC
        else:
            status = constants.ACTIVITY_STATUS_PRIVATE

        TopicCommitLogEntryModel(
            id=('rights-%s-%s' % (self.id, self.version)),
            user_id=committer_id,
            topic_id=self.id,
            commit_type=commit_type,
            commit_message=commit_message,
            commit_cmds=commit_cmds,
            version=None,
            post_commit_status=status,
            post_commit_community_owned=False,
            post_commit_is_private=not topic_rights.topic_is_published
        ).put()

        snapshot_metadata_model = self.SNAPSHOT_METADATA_CLASS.get(
            self.get_snapshot_id(self.id, self.version))

        snapshot_metadata_model.content_user_ids = list(sorted(set(
            self.manager_ids)))

        commit_cmds_user_ids = set()
        for commit_cmd in commit_cmds:
            user_id_attribute_names = python_utils.NEXT(
                cmd['user_id_attribute_names']
                for cmd in feconf.TOPIC_RIGHTS_CHANGE_ALLOWED_COMMANDS
                if cmd['name'] == commit_cmd['cmd']
            )
            for user_id_attribute_name in user_id_attribute_names:
                commit_cmds_user_ids.add(commit_cmd[user_id_attribute_name])
        snapshot_metadata_model.commit_cmds_user_ids = list(
            sorted(commit_cmds_user_ids))

        snapshot_metadata_model.put()

    @classmethod
    def get_export_policy(cls):
        """Model contains user data."""
        return dict(super(cls, cls).get_export_policy(), **{
            'manager_ids': base_models.EXPORT_POLICY.EXPORTED,
            'topic_is_published': base_models.EXPORT_POLICY.NOT_APPLICABLE
        })

    @classmethod
    def export_data(cls, user_id):
        """(Takeout) Export user-relevant properties of TopicRightsModel.

        Args:
            user_id: str. The user_id denotes which user's data to extract.

        Returns:
            dict. The user-relevant properties of TopicRightsModel in a dict
            format. In this case, we are returning all the ids of the topics
            this user manages.
        """
        managed_topics = cls.get_all().filter(cls.manager_ids == user_id)
        managed_topic_ids = [right.id for right in managed_topics]

        return {
            'managed_topic_ids': managed_topic_ids
        }

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text:
Odřepsy (deutsch Odreps, auch Odrepes) ist eine Gemeinde in Tschechien. Sie liegt fünf Kilometer östlich von Poděbrady und gehört zum Okres Nymburk.

Geographie
Odřepsy befindet sich westlich des Oškobrh (Wolfsberg, 285 m) am linken Ufer des Sánský kanál auf der Ostböhmischen Tafel.

Nachbarorte sind Okřínek im Norden, Srbce und Vlkov pod Oškobrhem im Nordosten, Mlýnek und Oškobrh im Osten, Opolánky und Opolany im Südosten, Kanín und Libice nad Cidlinou im Süden, Choťánky im Südwesten, Vrčení im Westen sowie Pátek und Nové Mlýny im Nordwesten.

Geschichte

Die erste schriftliche Erwähnung des an einer alten Handelsverbindung von Prag nach Schlesien gelegenen Dorfes erfolgte 1227 als Besitz des Benediktinerinnenklosters des hl. Georg auf der Prager Burg. 1436 kam das Dorf zur Herrschaft Poděbrady und ab 1495 gehörte es zur Herrschaft Kolín.

Nach der Aufhebung der Patrimonialherrschaften bildete Odřepsy ab 1850 eine Gemeinde im Bezirk Poděbrady. Zum 1. Januar 1961 kam die Gemeinde zum Okres Nymburk.

Bei Odřepsy befindet sich eine archäologische Fundstätte aus der Römerzeit.

Ortsname
Die Herkunft des skurrilen Ortsnamens wird darin vermutet, dass den Bewohnern im Mittelalter von durchreisenden Prager Kaufleuten ausgesonderte Hunde als Arbeitstiere überlassen worden sein könnten.

Gemeindegliederung
Für die Gemeinde Odřepsy sind keine Ortsteile ausgewiesen. Zu Odřepsy gehört die Einschicht Mlýnek (Sackmühle).

Sehenswürdigkeiten
 Oškobrh, Aussichtspunkt und archäologische Fundstätte
 ehemalige Schule, errichtet zu Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts im Pseudosezessionsstil
 Sánský kanál, Technisches Denkmal
 Sackmühle in Mlýnek, errichtet im 15. Jahrhundert
 Jagdschlösschen mit Tiergarten, in der östlich außerhalb des Dorfes gelegenen und zum Kataster von Odřepsy gehörigen Anlage erfolgt die Zucht von Muffeln
 Gusseisernes Kreuz aus dem Jahre 1864, an der Schule

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The PROTECT pilot study: a randomized, placebo-controlled, dose-finding study of the adenosine A1 receptor antagonist rolofylline in patients with acute heart failure and renal impairment.
BACKGROUND: Rolofylline, an adenosine A(1) receptor antagonist, facilitates diuresis and preserves renal function in patients with acute heart failure (AHF) with renal impairment. Although not powered around any specific hypothesis, this pilot study was designed to identify an efficacious dose while refining inclusion criteria and end points. METHODS: A total of 301 patients hospitalized for AHF with an estimated creatinine clearance of 20 to 80 mL/min and elevated natriuretic peptide levels were enrolled within 24 hours of presentation to placebo or rolofylline 10, 20, or 30 mg administered as 4-hour infusions for 3 days in addition to intravenously administered loop diuretics. Post hoc analyses for end points chosen for subsequent Phase III studies were performed. RESULTS: Compared with placebo, rolofylline produced trends toward greater proportions of patients with marked or moderately improved dyspnea and fewer patients with worsening heart failure or renal function. Serum creatinine increased in patients receiving placebo and remained stable or tended to decrease in those receiving rolofylline. On day 14 the absolute differences between placebo and rolofylline for change in creatinine increased with increasing rolofylline dose, reflecting the lesser increase in creatinine in rolofylline-treated patients (r = -0.12, P = .030). Treatment with 30 mg, the dose selected for the pivotal trials, was associated with a trend toward reduced 60-day mortality or readmission for cardiovascular or renal cause (hazard ratio, 0.55; 95% confidence interval, 0.28-1.04). CONCLUSION: These results demonstrate that adenosine A(1) receptor blockade with rolofylline can prevent renal impairment in patients with AHF and may positively affect acute symptoms and 60-day outcome. A 2000-patient trial of this agent is now under way.


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Scientific Expedition Of Coral Triangle
May 15, 2009 Posted in News
A 52-day integrated scientific sailing expedition beginning next month will be Malaysia's concrete contribution to the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) to maintain the health and productivity of the coral triangle which covers Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and the Solomon Islands.
Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak announced here Friday that the Prime Scientific Sailing Expedition (PSSE) 2009 would be launched on June 15, and would involve the KD Perantau vessel.
The expedition would incorporate various oceanographic studies, including mapping of the marine flora and fauna such as coral reefs, marine mammals, fish and invertebrates that inhabit the Malaysian territory of the South China Sea and the Sulu-Sulawesi Sea, he said.
"The expedition is also to explore and discover, through the collection of intensified data by application of state-of-the art technologies in the field of physical, geological, chemical and biological oceanography," he said in his speech at the CTI Summit, here.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had earlier opened the first-ever CTI Summit, attended by all the six heads of government of the CTI member countries and scores of marine experts, scientists and marine conservation activists, at the Grand Kawanua International Convention Hall.
Najib said the PSSE was just one of the many ongoing CTI-related efforts being undertaken by Malaysia in managing its own maritime biodiversity, including areas in Malaysia covered under the CTI and expected to have significant positive impact on the Coral Triangle Area.
He said the PSSE was initiated by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation in collaboration with the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) through the National Hydrography Centre, the Centre of Excellence in Oceanography and the Marine Science Centre.
He said that due to the complexities and the rich and unique biodiversity in the Sulu-Sulawesi Sea, it had been made a priority in the research planning and implementation of the Ninth Malaysia Plan to conduct such an integrated expedition to ensure that a wealth set of marine databases and potential new discoveries could be established.
Najib said that coincidentally the Sulu-Sulawesi Sea was part of the designated areas in the Sulu-Sulawesi Seascape Programme which was a melting pot, and pointed out that conscientious efforts to innovate and regulate activities to minimise conflicts and disasters and stimulate economic activities as well as facilitate marine life conservation were of prime importance.
Towards that end, he said, smart partnerships and strategic alliances and cooperation between coastal communities, government agencies, non-governmental organisations and other related stakeholders at the national and regional level were of the highest priority.
While thanking Susilo and Indonesia for hosting the important and timely summit in the cooperative management of the triangle's rich marine biodiversity in this region, he said Malaysia being a biodiversity rich nation had always taken various measures to conserve and sustainably utilise its rich biological resources.
"The National Policy on Biological Diversity launched in 1998 gives clear direction for the management of biodiversity in the country. Malaysia, as an active member of the Convention on Biological Diversity, has also played an important and leadership role in promoting and implementing the objective of the convention domestically, regionally as well at the international level," he said.
He drew the attention of the participants to the fact that the Earth's future lies in the ocean and recognised that strong evidence has been compiled to emphasise the need for urgent action to protect biodiversity in selected seabed habitats and marine areas in need of protection.


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howard steamboat museum (collector) (2)
keystone view company (publisher) (2)
platoff & bush (contractor) (1)
standiford studio (photographer) (1)
united states. adjutant-general's office (1)
corsini, harold, 1919-2008 (photographer) (9)
christo (american sculptor and environmental artist, born 1935) (2)
julius bien & co. (lithographer) (2)
simpson, j. h. (james hervey), 1813-1883 (surveyor) (2)
homans, benjamin, 1765-1823 (1)
long, stephen harriman, 1784-1864 (surveyor) (1)
nicholson, george b. (surveyor) (1)
rosskam, edwin, 1903-1985 (photographer) (1)
ohio river (47)
louisville (ky.) (21)
jefferson county (ky.) (20)
broadway (louisville, ky.) (5)
fourth street (louisville, ky.) (3)
howard ship yards and dock company (44)
boat & ship industry (40)
stern wheelers (31)
navy v-12 program (u.s.) (28)
tugboats (26)
university of louisville -- students (25)
launchings (14)
albumen prints (2)
cabinet photographs (2)
Description: Engineers
Gen. H. G. Wright, U.S.A. Corps of Engineers.
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Portrait of Horatio Gouverneur Wright (1820-1899), an engineer and major general in the Union Army during the United States Civil War. After the war, he was involved in a number of engineering projects, including the Brooklyn Bridge and the...
Defense of Munfordville, Ky.; Defenses of Camp Nelson, Ky. Main line across neck of land from Kentucky River to Hickman Creek; Louisville and its defenses.
Maps; Forts & fortifications; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Two-page spread, featuring three maps. Published by the United States Department of War in 1895 as Plate 102 of Atlas to accompany the official records of the Union and Confederate Armies 1861-1865. Map 1 is "Defenses of Munfordville, Ky. Surveyed...
Gen. John Newton U.S.A. Corps of Engineers
Portrait of John Newton (1823-1895), a career engineer officer in the United States Army, a Union brigadier general in the United States Civil War, and Chief of the Corps of Engineers.
U.S. Engineers' barge launch, 1894.
Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Wooden barge, U.S. Engineers' No. 149, being launched into the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana.
Corps of Engineers Quarter Boat No.1 launch, 1894.
Barge sliding off the ways and onto the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. According to the photographer's notes this is "U.S. Quarterboat no. 1," presumably one of four quarterboats built in 1894 for the...
Barge sliding off the ways and onto the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. According to the photographer's notes this is "quarterboat number 2," presumably one of four quarterboats built in 1894 for the U.S....
Kosair Temple, construction, August 26, 1924.
Buildings; Building construction; Kosair Temple (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 224 E. Broadway. This construction scene shows Kosair Temple being built. Scaffolding and pallets of bricks are in front of the building. A car is parked in front of a neighboring building which has signs reading, "Franklin / Louisville...
Louisville and its defenses.
Maps; Forts & fortifications; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Reprint of a Civil War-era map of Louisville, Kentucky, highlighting forts. Printed in lower lefthand corner:"Accompanying report of Lieut. Col. J.H. Simpson Corps of Engrs., U.S. Army, dated June 24, 1865. SERIES I. VOL. XLIX." Printed at lower...
Ft. Sanders, Knoxville, Tenn.
Battlefields; Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military officers; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Stereograph view of Orville Elias Babcock (1835-1884) sitting on a stump and Orlando M. Poe (1832-1895) standing. The men are facing each other. In the background are rolling hills, apparently ravaged and covered with tree stumps. Inscribed on...
Cut near tunnel, with party of engineers.
Railroads; Cliffs; Men; Surveyors; Surveying
Three engineers survey near the railroad which runs between two cliffs in the vicinity of the Kentucky River.
Commodore Apartments, building progress, Louisville, Kentucky, May 28, 1928.
Historic buildings; Apartment houses; Buildings; Building construction
Address: 2140 Bonnycastle Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Built in 1928, this 11-story building near Cherokee Park was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The photograph shows the structure in the early stages of its...
Men outside Jefferson County Armory, Louisville, Kentucky, 1928.
Men; Portraits
Two men wearing suits and some kind of medal on their jacket pockets are posing outside the Jefferson County Armory where they are attending a convention.
Doorway of building at the Masonic Widows & Orphans Home, Louisville, Kentucky, 1928.
A plaque to the left of the doorway says, "The Grand Lodge of Kentucky created the Million Dollar Committee in 1919 composed of G. Allison Holland, chairman; A.R. Kimmerling, secretary, W.C. Black, treasurer; H.M. Grundy; Willward Duffield; George...
Ladies Entertainment Committee, Louisville, Kentucky, 1928.
Women; Group portraits; Hats
A group of ten white women wearing dresses and cloche hats pose in a studio setting.
Wolke Rubber Co. and Vatter-Drew Engineering Co. service car, Louisville, Kentucky, 1920.
Automobiles; Tires; Vehicle maintenance & repair; Libraries
A Wolke Rubber Co. and Vatter-Drew Engineering Co. service car parked in front of the main Louisville Free Public Library branch, located at 401 York St. in Louisville, Ky. The car has a convertible roof in the down position. Painted on the side of...
Kosair train to Portland, 1920.
Railroad cars; Railroad employees; Railroad tracks; Smoke; Transportation; People; Men; Fraternal organizations
A Monon Railway steam locomotive decorated with bunting and bearing the word "Kosair" on its boiler and images of camels on its wheels and a coal car marked "Monon" and with the emblem for Kosair Templars sit attached to a train on the railroad...
F. Sherman Vogt of Louisville, Kentucky.
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Business people
Portrait of F. Sherman Vogt of Louisville, Kentucky, Senior draftsman of the United States Engineers Office, wearing a tuxedo. The photograph has been painted on outlining/cropping his image and a yellow discoloration from age. Handwritten on back...
A.D. ALLEN, 1901.
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
A.D. ALLEN, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (125 ft. x 23 ft. x 3.5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1901. She operated on the Arkansas River initially and, after being sold to U.S. Engineers in 1910, on the upper White River. A.D. ALLEN was...
H.ST.L. COPPEE, 1904.
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
H.ST.L. COPPEE, a stern-wheel towboat with steel hull (140 ft. x 30 ft. x 6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1904. Owned by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Vicksburg District, H.ST.L. COPPEE operated on the lower Mississippi River. H.ST.L. COPPEE...


Compact enough to fit easily in a backpack yet with plenty of room inside, our insulated lunch box keeps food cold through lunchtime and beyond.
Capacity: Approx. 288 cu. in., 5 L.
Dimensions: 9½"H x 7"W x 3¾"D.
Made from same tough packcloth as our school packs.
Easy-to-clean BPA- and PVC-free lining.
Tested safe for lead, phthalates, PVC and BPA.
Colors and prints to match your book pack.
Internal mesh pocket fits ice pack.


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The Only Thing to Fear by Caroline Tung Richmond
September 9, 2014 — Gardenia
The first time I saw this YA book in a catalog, the tagline caught my eye: "What if Hitler had won World War II?" And my response was, "SQUEEEEE!" Not at the thought of Hitler's victory, of course; but at the idea of a new book that deals with the consequences of imagined alternate history. I put it on my watch-list and requested it as soon as it popped up on Netgalley (Thank you so much, Scholastic!) I did wonder how the Nazis would have won the war in this reality…and that's when a little bit of Captain America crossed with X-Men is added to the mix. Wheeee!
The Only Thing to Fear Front Cover (Scholastic)
THE PLOT: (Imagine movie voiceover guy here…) In a WORLD where Adolf Hitler won WWII and executed President Roosevelt, and Washington D.C. is now known as Neuberlin…
It's been 80 years since the Allies lost the war, and the world is divided into territories ruled by Nazis, Japan, Italy, and the Soviet Union. Germany won the war by developing genetically enhanced "super soldiers" before America could develop the atom bomb. These sentinels continue to enforce the rule of the Empire by wielding special powers. American "peasants" are known as Kleinbauern.
Zara St. James is a teenager who lives in the Shenandoah Valley of what used to be the United States, but is now the Eastern American Territories of the Nazi Empire. Zara is the product of a Japanese soldier who used and abandoned his American lover, so she is looked down on as a Untermensch, a sub-human half-breed, or a Mischling of mixed race. Zara's mother was killed in the last attempt at rebellion. Her uncle Redmond (Red) also used to be a revolutionary, but now lives a docile life trying to fly under the radar of the Nazi government while he brings Zara up.
Zara has lost friends and loved ones who dared to speak out against the regime. Her life of servitude is spent cleaning the nearby Nazi academy and serving the cadets who attend. She tries to keep out of the cadets' way and avoid drawing attention to herself, but Bastian Eckhart, son of Fort Goering's commanding officer, seems to have an interest in her. What are his real motivations?
Plus, Zara is hiding a secret: she's an anomaly—she has special powers like the sentinels, probably passed down through her father. She can control the wind, and eventually finds out she can create lightning as well. Uncle Red begs her to keep her powers hidden because the Nazis kill Kleinbauern anomalies, who might be a threat to them. But a series of events eventually pushes Zara straight to the heart of the American rebellion.
MY TWO CENTS: I have a lot of respect for any author who writes alternate history. First the author has to KNOW history, and then he or she has to deal with the ripple effect of how changing the events also changes the outcomes. That's a LOT of detail, from the big things, like how France is now the "French Territorial State," to all the horrible detail stepped out in the White House scene in the climax. Maybe some readers will be drawn into researching some details of WWII. For example, do kids today even learn who Goering was? If not, maybe they'll be intrigued enough to find out.
The book gradually builds toward two battles, a prison break and a final, massive mission. The first half of the book lays a lot of groundwork, while the second half pays off with a lot of action. My one semi-gripe could be that Zara becomes so important to the final mission, which seems to happen very quickly. I don't know, though, if a sequel is guaranteed, and if not, it makes a lot of sense for Zara to fulfill a lot of potential by the end of this book.
Finally, I cannot stress how glad I am that this book his fairly little romance in it. Yes, we get that Bastian and Zara have a spark between them, but there is no full-blown romance and, thank you SO much, no love triangle.
BOTTOM LINE: This is a young adult book for the thinking reader. The spirit of The Hunger Games, but with a basis in actual world history. Young readers who are just looking for entertainment might learn something without even realizing it! A tiny hint of possible romance, but the book doesn't revolve around it.
TEACUP RATING: A solid five out of five teacups. I'm glad this book lived up to the excitement I felt before reading it, and I sincerely hope there's a sequel, if not a series.
ON SALE DATE: Available in hardcover and eformats on September 30, 2014.
Note: Review is based on an ARC provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
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Newest to the chain of McGettigan's Irish pubs across the city, JBR's intimate branch has proven just as popular in the few months since its launch.
It recently changed hours to open from 12.30pm on weekends (serving breakfast and lunch), and is just about the only choice in the neighbourhood when it comes to non-smoking sports bars, which the regular crowds may owe to.
Though not operated by McGettigan's Group, much on the menu will be familiar to those who frequent the JLT, DWTC and Madinat Jumeirah branches. King among them is McGettigan's' best-selling Buffalo chicken wrap, which just about lives up to the standards set across the rest of the city, packed with heat and the sharp tang of Buffalo hot sauce. But if you've a big appetite, only the McGettigan's Beef Burger (pictured) will do. A mammoth meal, packed with bacon, cheese and dill pickle, we defy you to finish every last fry even if you do manage to put the whole patty away. Slightly less successful is the fish and chips, encased in a spongy, almost pancake-like batter.
Still, there's lots to like here. And for sports and snacks in a smoke-free environment, this little Irish pub pretty much owns the area.
Decent pub grub, if not the chain's best.


This week, Trendle Class, we had the Giant class join us for the morning. We had a fun morning learning about Jack and the Beanstalk. We wrote about the story, painted some of the characters, made puppets and re-enacted the story, made pegboard and construction castles, measured the beanstalk and wrote stories on the computer. Can you guess form the pictures what we are doing?? The children took their own photographs of the morning to show you.


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A: É o mesmo problema dessa outra pergunta que você mesmo fez:
Erro syntax error, unexpected T_OBJECT_OPERATOR
Esse sistema que está tentando usar provavelmente foi escrito por alguém que não teve cuidado em manter uma retrocompatibilidade nos trechos onde utiliza recursos novos de versões mais recentes do PHP.
Esse recurso foi adicionado no PHP5.4: http://docs.php.net/manual/en/migration54.new-features.php

Function array dereferencing has been added, e.g. foo()[0].

Na versão 5.2 não é possível fazer esse tipo de acesso:
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Rene Chun
Review: Master & Dynamic MW50
Have the guys at M&D finally solved the acoustic equivalent of Fermat's theorem? Stand by, please. Syncing Bluetooth.
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Performance like a fancy over-ear headphone except these things are smaller, lighter, more comfortable and wireless.
You will pay through the nose, ear, and throat for all this lambskin-padded, Bluetooth-enabled high fidelity; they cost $449. If your lossy-listening significant other asks what the price is, lie.
In cranky hi-fi circles, supra-aural headphones—"on-ear" to the rest of us—are considered bush league. In addition to being dismissed as sonically inferior to circumaural or "over-ear" headphones, they are regarded by the chest-beating hardware contingent as uncouth. Walk around the CES floor sporting on-ear headgear, and prepare to be mocked by bearded middle-aged men manning booths festooned with six-foot speakers and glowing tube amps the size of ice chests.
This prejudice is not without merit. Ever since John C. Koss introduced his radical SP-3 Stereophone in 1959, over-ear has been the default template. And with good reason: Encapsulating the ears with hermetic cups prevents ambient sound from mucking up playlists, and provides the small but vital buffer zone between driver and human tissue that sound engineers depend upon to conjure an expansive soundstage. The jumbo form-factor is also a bonus. How else to fit in all those lust-worthy components and silver soldered circuits?
Into this crucible of audiophile history, dogma, and snobbery treads the intrepid boutique company Master & Dynamic, which claims its crackerjack R&D team has come up with an on-ear model that sound so damn over-ear it's eerie. Not only that, these new MW50 headphones ($449) are wireless. Have the guys at the M&D can lab finally solved the acoustic equivalent of Fermat's theorem? Stand by, please. Syncing Bluetooth.
Honey, I Shrunk the Cans
Despite the inherent audio shortfall, on-ear headphones are superior to their over-ear counterparts in the all-important portability department. When was the last time you saw a person toss an Audeze LCD-4 in their backpack? OK, besides the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest. Exactly. In the parallel audio universe, on-ears fit in a coat pocket, rest lightly and comfortably on the head, and don't promote hyperhidrosis. Add excellent sound and Bluetooth, and MW50s are, in theory, the perfect daily driver.
Master & Dynamic set the bar for wireless headphones when it released the magnificent over-ear MW60 a year ago. The assignment this time around was to shoehorn that same technology into a smaller package that would appeal to subway commuters, A-list celebs, renegade NBA stars, and Silicon Valley execs who think on their feet. This downsize job also required a significant heft reduction so the headphone would be in the same net-weight ballpark as the competition. Not the easiest thing to do when you refuse to sully your product with visible plastic parts, and the signature style revolves around steel, milled aluminum, brass, and leather.
Somehow, the elves in the M&D workshop have pulled this trick off. The MW50 is one-third lighter and one-third smaller than the MW60—svelte enough to fit in the well of Tesla S center console or the pocket of a Tom Ford biker jacket. Even more impressive, it weighs only 240 grams. The Bang & Olufsen BeoPlay H8, a wireless on-ear headphone that features similar metal-leather construction, is 15 grams heavier. To put the MW50's bantamweight in perspective, the mostly plastic on-ear Beats Solo3 Wireless tips the scales at 215 grams.
The $449 Question
If you want a fashionable and luxe over-ear Bluetooth unit that sounds better than decent, you can buy two Bowers & Wilkins P5s on Amazon for the same price as a single Master & Dynamic MW50, and still have enough left over to buy a Grado SR80e for tethered listening.
Music filtered through beryllium sounds the way many audiophiles like it: slightly aggressive and detailed, but without a hint of shrillness.
Why do these M&D on-ears cost so much? Besides the usual factors—relentless R&D, premium leather skins, lots of hand-forged aluminum, micro economies of scale, and free helicopter rides over Manhattan for the press (I haven't been, but I hear they're a blast)—there are a couple beryllium drivers to consider. The audio world's love affair with this exotic metal can be traced back to 1977, when Yamaha launched its legendary NS-1000, a revolutionary stereo speaker tricked out with beryllium domes. Audiophies go gaga over this aerospace material because, in many ways, it's the ideal driver material. Beryllium is light, durable, extremely rigid, and has exceptional internal damping properties. Also worth noting is the efficiency at which sound travels through this stuff.
That's important because the frequency where the first "breakup" (unwanted resonance) occurs in any metal corresponds to the speed of sound through that metal. Which, in the case of beryllium, is almost 2.5 times faster than two other high-end driver materials, aluminum and titanium. The upshot: The first breakup will occur at a much higher frequency, well outside the audible range of the human ear. Even better, when breakup does occur, beryllium's hyper-stiffness reduces the amount (amplitude) of those nasty audio artifacts. Music filtered through beryllium sounds the way many audiophiles like it: slightly aggressive and detailed, but without a hint of shrillness. It's also smooth and extended at the top end, similar to electrostatic speakers, which are to audiophiles what Porsche 911 is to mechanics.
There is a price to be paid for all this on-ear audiophilia. Asked how much more the 40mm "custom" beryllium drivers in the new MW50 cost compared to the standard 45mm neodymium drivers in the MW60, Master & Dynamic CPO Drew Stone Briggs says, "Twice as much, but don't tell Jonathan." The "Jonathan" he refers to is Jonathan Levine, founder and CEO of M&D. Mr. Levine is more amused than troubled by this budgetary extravagance: "If Drew said the cost was double, that means it was probably triple." This is what happens when David Beckham and Paul McCartney wear your product, and there are no shareholders to placate; pricey line items become a running joke at the office. Of course, the real reason that Master & Dynamic charges $449 for these new headphones is because it can.
At first glance, the MW50 just looks like a smaller version of the MW60. Look beyond the saddle-stitched leather and brushed aluminum, though, and you'll see several slight differences. The most obvious tweak is that small piece of metal that telescopes from each end the headband. Instead of being straight, these polished stainless steel pistons are curvilinear. They aren't there just for ear pad adjustment. The pistons also extend the graceful arc of the leather band. As gorgeous as that line looks against a polished desktop, this isn't about aesthetics. It's old school form-follows-function theory. The crescent-shaped piston is a subtle ergonomic device that permits the MW50 to fit a larger spectrum of head sizes more comfortably.
As far as comfort goes, new hedonistic territory has been charted here.
Unlike the MW60, this new model doesn't have foldable hinges either. This decision was as much about preserving structural integrity as minimalism. Relax efficiency experts; the ear cups rotate and lay flat for easy packing. There are also two tiny pinholes hidden on the underside of the left cup (instead of one), which indicates the placement of noise-cancelling mics for hands-free phone calls. M&D's signature grill pattern (non-functioning; this is a closed-back design) is tighter and more refined looking.
Oddly, the biggest design innovation is hidden. Detach the ear cups, and you'll notice the back cavity contains a far more complex configuration of materials than those found on the MW60. This multi-faceted cavity—constructed of foam, plastic, and gossamer mesh—is there to coax the best possible sound out of the ear cups. Unlike some manufacturers, Master & Dynamic doesn't EQ the audio signal to capture its house sound. Instead of digitally altering it, which colors the signal, the engineers "tune" these headphones the hard way: by carefully selecting and manipulating the materials that the sound waves encounter before they enter your ear. The pads become active components. Different types of mesh, for example, have different resistance to air flow. Different brands and densities of foam will alter the signal too. Every other design detail is lifted straight from the MW60's core DNA: magnetized memory foam cups, USB-C port (for charging), wall-to-wall leather, and the same simple and intuitive button and LED array that would make Dieter Rams smile.
Every audiophile has their own short-list of "reference recordings," expertly captured works that expose a stereo component's strengths and weaknesses. This psychoacoustic exercise entails analyzing highly subjective and frequently elusive things like dynamic range, soundstage, and vocal presence. For all its faults, though, listening to reference recordings still reveals more about a piece of hardware than any spec sheet or squiggly line plotted on a graph ever will.
While going through the arduous process of dialing in the final tuning on these headphones, the M&D sound engineers cued up a variety of test tracks, including: Kanye West's "Black Skinhead," Tower of Power's "Diggin' On James Brown," Dave Brubeck's "Take Five," Tony Allen's "Moving On," and Jeff Buckley's "Strange Fruit" (from Live at Sin-é). Halfway through the first cut on this playlist, it's immediately evident that, on-ear or not, the new MW50 is something special. Every studio trick Kanye weaves into this eccentric mix—from the Lexicon 480 reverb to the left-right panning histrionics to the quarter-note voice delay—is rendered in stark detail. By the time "Strange Fruit" kicks in, you fully expect to hear things that lesser cans in this category would gloss over, like the high-res hum of Buckely's tube amp patched through an intimate club's PA system somewhere in the East Village.
M&D fans will be pleased to know the company's multi-genre-friendly house sound and industry-leading Bluetooth antenna tech has survived the MW60 migration intact. The range is still outstanding: 100 feet, sans walls; I was still able to enjoy dropout-free music in my bedroom, located one floor above my streaming iPad. The lithium ion battery is rated at 16 hours. I fell 90 minutes short of that figure. To be fair, my volume levels were frequently above the mean.
As far as comfort goes, new hedonistic territory has been charted here. Even the cushy lambskin pads feels softer (new vendor) than the ones on last year's MW60. The tight fit and sound isolation they provide are a revelation.
Here's the money question: Is the new MW50 better than its high-performance big brother? That's a big maybe. Those beryllium drivers give the 50 an advantage in the high-frequency department; the detail, from treble to bass, is astonishing. But the 60 holds the edge in soundstage reproduction, which makes the comparison a wash. Plug portability into the equation, though, and the MW50 wins going away. One thing is certain: The practicality of this wireless wonder, combined with its extraordinary sound quality and elegant design, will make all but the most serious audiophiles question the relevance of ungainly over-ear headphones. Good things, small packages, indeed.
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Fauci not advising Biden, sees no reason to quit Trump now: Reuters interview
Julie Steenhuysen | Posted: Nov. 13, 2020, 12:08 p.m. | Updated: Nov. 13, 2020, 4:02 p.m. | 3 Min Read
By Julie Steenhuysen
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert, said he has had no contact with President-elect Joe Biden's coronavirus transition team and sees no reason to quit to join that effort when there is so much to do now to fight the surging pandemic.
"I stay in my lane. I'm not a politician. I do public health things," he said in an interview on Thursday ahead of next week's Reuters Total Health conference.
Since January, Fauci has served on President Donald Trump's White House Coronavirus Task Force, a position that has frequently put him at odds with the president, who has sought to downplay the pandemic and focused instead on opening the economy.
"There's absolutely no reason and no sense at all for me to stop doing something in the middle of a pandemic that is playing a major role in helping us get out of the pandemic," Fauci said.
His advice for the president-elect, he said, is "exactly the same" as what he is recommending now - social distancing, avoiding crowds, wearing masks, washing hands. "Public health principles don't change from one month to another or from one administration to another."
Fauci has served six administrations and came to prominence fighting the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s under President Ronald Reagan.
His "day job" is developing vaccines and therapeutics as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, work that is starting to bear fruit.
On Monday, Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech SE <22UAy.F> announced that their experimental coronavirus vaccine was more than 90% effective - significantly higher than most experts had anticipated.
Moderna Inc , a company developing a similar vaccine with support from the White House's Operation Warp Speed program, is expected to report results from their late-stage vaccine trial in the next week or so.
Both vaccines use messenger RNA (mRNA) technology, an entirely new rapid vaccine platform that uses synthetic genes to trigger an immune response. Older methods typically use some form of inactivated or killed virus particles.
"It was a home run for the Pfizer product, more than 90% - close to 95% - effective. I have every reason to believe that the Moderna product is going to be similar," Fauci said.
"It's an almost identical platform to the Pfizer vaccine, so I would not be surprised at all if it was highly effective," Fauci added.
The next big question about mRNA technology is safety. Fauci took as a good sign the fact that neither the Pfizer trial, which has enrolled more than 43,000 people so far, nor the Moderna trial, which involves 30,000, had to pause to investigate safety issues.
"That's really good news," he said. People in both trials will be followed for two years to make sure there are no long-term side effects. Barring that, "I think that the mRNA platform is here to stay," he predicted.
In spite of the high bar set by the Pfizer vaccine so far, Fauci said he believes there is still "plenty of room for multiple vaccines, even though there may be a modest degree of difference in total efficacy."
For more on Reuters Events Total Health click here: https://reutersevents.com/events/healthcare/
(Reporting by Julie Steenhuysen, Editing by Peter Henderson and Bill Berkrot)
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