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package net.intelie.lognit.cli;

import jline.ConsoleReader;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.Locale;

public class UserConsole {
    private final ConsoleReader console;
    private final PrintWriter stdout;

    public UserConsole(ConsoleReader console, PrintWriter stdout) {
        this.console = console;
        this.stdout = stdout;
    }

    public void printOut(String format, Object... args) {
        stdout.println(reallyFormat(format, args));
        stdout.flush();
    }

    private String reallyFormat(String format, Object[] args) {
        if (args.length > 0)
            format = String.format(Locale.ENGLISH, format, args);
        return format;
    }

    public boolean isTTY() {
        return System.console() != null && console.getTerminal().isANSISupported();
    }

    public synchronized char waitChar(char... allowed) {
        try {
            return (char) console.readCharacter(allowed);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            return '\0';
        }
    }

    public synchronized void printStill(String format, Object... args) {
        try {
            console.setDefaultPrompt(null);
            console.setCursorPosition(0);
            console.killLine();
            console.getCursorBuffer().clearBuffer();
            console.putString(reallyFormat(format, args));
            console.flushConsole();
        } catch (IOException e) {
        }
    }

    public synchronized void fixCursor() {
        try {
            if (console.getCursorBuffer().cursor != 0)
                console.printNewline();
            console.getCursorBuffer().clearBuffer();
        } catch (IOException e) {
        }
    }

    public synchronized void registerFix(Runtime runtime) {
        runtime.addShutdownHook(new Thread() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                fixCursor();
            }
        });
    }

    public synchronized void println(String format, Object... args) {
        try {
            console.printString(reallyFormat(format, args));
            console.printNewline();
            console.flushConsole();
        } catch (IOException e) {
        }
    }

    public String readLine(String format, Object... args) {
        try {
            return console.readLine(reallyFormat(format, args));
        } catch (IOException e) {
            return "";
        }
    }

    public String readPassword(String format, Object... args) {
        try {
            return console.readLine(reallyFormat(format, args), '\0');
        } catch (IOException e) {
            return "";
        }
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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From sleeping on the street to an IDF combat officer
When Lieutenant Avi (Avremi) Laufer was 14, he never dreamed that 11 years later he would be an IDF combat officer. Read his moving story.
Amit Melamed/IDF website
May 17, 2019, 10:50 AM (GMT+3)
IDFHarediAt-risk Youth
Avi (Avremi) LeiferCredit: IDF Spokesperson's office
When Lieutenant Avi (Avremi) Leifer was 14, he never dreamed that 11 years later he would be a combat officer, and definitely didn't dream he would be chosen as the outstanding commander of the 300th brigade. When he was 14, he mostly spent his time wandering the streets.
"I grew up in a haredi family in Jerusalem, with its emphasis on Torah study," Avi said. "As a child with ADHD, I wasn't successful in school. I found myself at the age of 14 without a school or a family, without any place to call home."
Avi spent most of the day doing nothing and the nights with various family members, moving from home to home, and at times forced to sleep on the streets. From time to time he would go to yeshivas for at-risk youth, but he would soon leave or even be expelled.
"It wasn't that I was having doubts about my religious identity during that time. I simply needed to build a thick outer shell - of a tough person who's not afraid of anything - because that's the most essential tool you need if you want to survive on the streets."
At the age of 18, he was exempted from military service due to adjustment difficulties, and he felt that he had reached a low point in his life. "I was summoned to a number of police investigations and a criminal case was opened against me. I was fired from job after job. I was full of frustration about everything I've been through," he admits. "I couldn't remove myself from this vicious cycle which was just getting worse and worse. I decided that I need a change in life."
"I went to a coach who specialized in youth-at-risk and asked for help," Avi shared. "I began a regular job and learned how to stay there, I stopped smoking cigarettes, paid back large debts I owed to people, and even found a way to get my energy out through MMA, mixed martial arts."
A few months later, Avi heard bad news that changed everything for him. His friend from one of the youth-at-risk yeshivas he attended was killed in Operation Pillar of Defense when a mortar shell hit Nahal Oz.
"When I arrived at the funeral and saw his family and friends crying, I couldn't stop thinking about how he defended the State and did something significant," Avi said. "Meanwhile, I was immersed in things that suddenly seemed trivial and insignificant."
Avi continued to think about the funeral and ultimately decided that military service would help him put everything behind him and complete the life transformation he had initiated. His thoughts became reality and within two years he managed to cancel his army exemption through the Netzach Yehuda association (NPO which supports haredi IDF soldiers), which also gave him free use of an apartment for a month until he received the status of a lone soldier.
At first, Avi enlisted in Netzach Yehuda as a combat supporter but he was determined to become a combat soldier and didn't give up until he succeeded. He completed his course, went on to a squadron commanders' course, and four months later fulfilled his dream and enrolled in an officers' course.
"An officer is, as far as I am concerned, the highest level of self-realization," Avi says with a spark in his eye ."The image of an officer is someone with an important position in the State, someone who has influence, who leads others and isn't led," Avi said. "The idea of a commander - to be on the other side - is everything for me."
"My difficulties didn't disappear - army service as a lone soldier, struggling for years in the streets and prior to that in the haredi world - caused a gap in a common language and made it difficult to integrate into the army. But being part of something which most symbolizes Israeli society makes everything worthwhile. When I stood at the ceremony and they placed my rank insignias on my shoulder, I had tears in my eyes. To this day, whenever I sing Hatikva I get emotional thinking of that moment."
The first position which Avi filled as a lieutenant was the commander of a platoon of soldiers who came from a complex socio-economic background. "When I heard about the position, I understood that this was my chance to give back and be on the other side. But filling the position was a struggle because it evoked memories I didn't want to remember."
"I recognized my story in different variations. I saw boys at risk and from broken families, and it wasn't so simple to confront everything I ran away from," Avi recalls. "But it was also a reparative and wonderful experience. I was privileged to support my soldiers, to be there for them and to advise them from my personal experience."
At the end of the year, Avi left to serve as a commander of a security platoon in the Sirkin camp. From there he took up his present position as a security officer in the 300th Infantry Brigade. On Rosh Hashanah, he received a certificate of excellence from the brigade commander.
"It was the first time in my life that I've been told I'm good at something," Avi says proudly. "All my life I've failed at everything and I always ran away from frameworks. I was always the one who was yelled at and was constantly fighting with everyone. It was a momentous moment in my life."
This September, Avi will be discharged from the army in a very different place in life than he was when he entered. He's planning on studying at the Hebrew University next year, after completing all his matriculation exams.
"I feel my transformation every day when I get up and see my gun, vest and my office and remember the influence I have. I don't forget for one minute where I was, because the less pleasant things I experienced led to my achievements and brought me to where I am today." Avi ends his story with an important message: "Everything is possible with enough will power."

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


Bits and Pieces from the Shed.
Once more I present a few of the highlights from the Shed.
A PST Fire Engine. A rather nice kit that looks very smart in gloss red.
Another view- it did spawn endless League of Gentlemen references.
A technical armed with a recoilless Rifle. Vehicle by MJ Figures, Recoilless Rifle by Under Fire Miniatures.
A pair of troop carrying pick ups, both vehicles and passengers by MJ figures.
A selection of Zulu War British by CP Models.
'A Distant Plain'- first brief play through.
Last night Brian and Chris came round to give the new game a quick run through.
We decided to play the "short" 2009- 2013 scenario so set up the board and deck accordingly. Unusually the first card of the deck was a Propaganda card (1 in 13 chance) which gave us all a bit of a resources boost and a bit of population control too. This resolved we moved into playing the game properly.
I took the role of the Taliban, Chris the Afghan Government and Brian the Coalition, the non-aligned Warlords were run as a NPC faction by the game mechanics.
The board mid game- the Taliban (me) are strong in Pakistan, bombing these bases led to unfortunate political consequences for the Coalition.
Sadly we didn't manage a full game- mostly because the set up took a while, and we chatted a bit when Bill popped by so it was getting late. Also the game is much more difficult than it's predecessor 'Andean Abyss', not in terms of the game mechanics, which remain unchanged but the interplay between the factions is more entwined and labyrinthian.
Hopefully next game we'll remember to set aside more time to explore it properly (and get a fourth person to run the Warlords), I think in the long run I'll prefer it to 'Andean Abyss'- mainly because have much more of a background knowledge of the recent history of Afghanistan than that of Colombia and the interplay between the players is more complicated, though time will tell of course.
I got my finger out and finished the MDF ruins that I recently got via a Kickstarter campaign done by Commission figurines.
Got to say I really love them, even if the pics don't put them in their best light (then again I would say that), I'll probably pick up a few more modules in the new year to enable me to put together two full 6 module ruins.
Any way on to the pics- the extra detailing came from a variety of sources plus cat litter and matchsticks.
'A Distant Plain' – First impressions.
My favourite boardgame of last year was the superlative 'Andean Abyss', when I found out that the series was being expanded I was happy, when an Afghan game was announced I was very happy.
For the uninitiated 'A Distant Plain' is a high level game of the Afghanistan Counter- insurgency war post 2002. So think after the special forces toppled the taliban and after Operation Anaconda.
What makes the game interesting to be is that it uses 'Euro' game mechanics (area movement not hexes, abstract unit representation, political factors, random events governed by cards) to model a conflict that most people game on the table top of with chit and hex games (talking of Operation Anaconda there is a rather nice little game of the published by the Strategy and Tactics magazine which I've got).
The game is produced to the high standard that I have come to expect from GMT Games with quality components and extensive supporting literature.
Brian and I set the game up- as seen above- and worked through the tutorial to see what had changed from 'Andean Abyss'. As far as we can tell the basic mechanics are the same, something that will allows us to get playing quicker; the differences lie in the subtle relationships between the four playable factions – Afghan Government, Coalition, Taliban and non- aligned Warlords (with less than four players there are sufficient rules mechanisms for those factions to be run effectively as NPCs). The beauty of the systems allows for the possibility of more than one side claiming a victory at once (although probably not the Taliban and Government) this makes for dealing, double-dealing and bribes to feature- making great fun for the gamers.
A blog post worth sharing- ethics and the skirmish game.
As my friends will not doubt attest I've got intellectual pretensions (I've been reading Leviathan recently and "a Pete film" is my friends shorthand for anything that is subtitled, black and white or deeply depressing), this extends to gaming too. I've always been fascinated by other peoples attitudes to ethics in Wargaming, we are all in the final analysis making entertainment out of the deeply unpleasant. Some people have firmly held views that some events and units are simply too disagreeably to be gamed, I'll give them the right to hold their own opinions but I rarely agree with all of them. Others like to explore the moral dilemmas that a close study of conflict brings up in so called 'black wargames', I'll admit that I do fall into this camp, but bear in mind if you decide to follow to keep a sense of objectivity and the Nietzschian quote "And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you" close.
Anyway I could write a long winded self indulgent piece on my own views but instead I've decided to deffer to a recent blog post that managed to encapsulate all of the issues into a Spanish Civil War scenario in a manner far more elegant than I could mange.
Not that he needs any further exposure, being that he is on the telly rather a lot.


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Puppies in a wagon
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idk who said,
on May 8th, 2010 at 10:48 am
soo cute tht pic w/ da dogs in the wagon
SOWMYA said,
soooo…………. cute
dont need to know said,
on May 21st, 2010 at 3:46 pm
i so want one
luv the puppies!!
Shelby said,
on June 9th, 2010 at 12:12 pm
I love puppies and wagons what a cute picture I wish that these puppies
wat dos name meen? said,
Oh my gosh those puppies look adorable.
priya said,
ahhhh!!!!!!!! umaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
so cuteeeeeeeeee
Abby said,
on August 5th, 2010 at 4:01 pm
the cutest thing EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
nayab said,
on August 20th, 2010 at 12:32 pm
i had a puppy just lyk these onez,theyre soo cute
HAELI said,
on August 30th, 2010 at 7:25 pm
OMG HE'S SOOOOOOO CUTE
REEESE!!! said,
on April 10th, 2011 at 3:41 pm
omgomgomg!!!! they are soooo friggen cute i have two puppies just like them!
muktasai said,
on October 16th, 2011 at 6:58 am
wooow what team super friendship


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ObamaCare's latest bribe
By Post Staff Report
January 15, 2010 | 5:00am
Richard Trumka EPA
It took two days of wrangling behind closed White House doors under the demanding gaze of big-labor bosses, but President Obama won a major health-care victory yesterday.
The same can't be said of America.
The deal in a nutshell: a big, fat wet kiss for labor unions, which won exemption from a proposed 40 percent tax on on expansive private health-insurance plans until 2018.
Meanwhile, those with generous plans that are not the product of collective-bargaining agreements get to pay beginning immediately.
And to pay and pay and pay.
The tax (along with deep cuts in Medicare funding) was meant to be the chief funding mechanism for Obama's plan.
But now that unions have been effectively exempted, the cash will have to come from elsewhere: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's proposed "millionaire's tax" on high earners, perhaps; there's even talk of slapping a Medicare tax on investment income.
C-SPAN was barred from the Senate-House-White House negotiations — but labor fat-cats like AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, Service Employees International Union head Andy Stern and various teacher and government-employee representatives were on hand to make sure the pols toed the line.
And toe it they did.
It's now pretty clear the Democrats will say anything, do anything and spend anything to shove some health-care deal — any deal — through.
The union carve-out is perhaps the most egregious example of special-interest pandering, but doubtless other side deals are being cut as well.
And none of them, you can bet, will help restore any of the hundreds of millions of dollars set to be stripped from federal health-care aid to New York.
The irony, of course, is that anything resembling equitable health-care reform was gutted a long time ago, in Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's desperate attempt to collect votes.
What's left is a bill that barely pleases 60 senators, maybe 218 friends in the House and a few Big Labor fixers — while Obama's job-performance polls drop like a rock amongst hard-working Americans doing their best to make ends meet.
Talk about a terrible deal.
Obama's Failed Russia Policy


SurvivalBlog presents another edition of The Survivalist's Odds 'n Sods— a collection of news bits and pieces that are relevant to the modern survivalist and prepper from "JWR". Today, we focus on how Seattle's slow slide continues. The featured photo is of vagrants in Paris, circa 1930. Some things don't change.
And from the other ABC: Brexit 'preppers' stockpiling supplies in case of a doomsday 'no-deal'. JWR's Comments: I loved hearing that naive "…tins last forever" statement. The food stockpile that he showed is pitiful, but better than nothing.
The Kalashnikov assault rifle changed the world. Now there's a Kalashnikov drone.
A Hunker in a Bunker Lifestyle?
I ran across this headline from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) this week: Doomsday preppers head underground as bunker economy enters mainstream society.
"As we predicted, the wealthy are fleeing these five states. The new United Van Lines data were just released that are a good proxy for where Americans are moving to and from. Guess what four states had the highest percentage of leavers in 2018: 1) New Jersey, 2) Illinois, 3) Connecticut and 4) New York. Even California again also had more Americans pack up and leave than enter.
"Of course any Chinese citizen that dares to criticize the new system could suddenly lose their travel privileges (or worse), and so there is certainly a very strong incentive to say "the right thing" to western reporters.
A new listing at SurvivalRealty.com: A solar-powered geodesic dome home on 35 acres, in Colorado. It is priced to sell!
Who cares. They voted for the liberals running the city. Let them live in it.
The only issue I have with this, is that the same people that vote for these idiot liberals in their cities are now unhappy and are moving elsewhere. I live in Florida and we have many from New York, New Jersey, Ohio, and California moving here. They are slowly changing the voting demographic with their stupidity.
We don't need them or want them here in Florida. Eventually with this influx, either we conservative Floridians will be forced to move, or there will have to be a civil war to keep our Florida free. There is already much talk here of the later.
@ Exploding drones, I am surprised there are no comments on that article. For anyone reading this, consider this short fictional account of attack drones and their potential capabilities. This, I am afraid, is the future of warfare.
When people tell me they live in Seattle, New York, New Jersey or California or such I look them in the eye and tell them I'm sorry, they ask me why and I tell them you live in a toilet bowl. They think I'm crazy. But I know it's true.
The Golden State is not golden anymore, except, mostly, for the Silicon Valley elite. The Left is happy to welcome impoverished Third World illegal and illegal immigrants because it needs to replace Democrats. With time, even the illegals will be able to vote. As a result, Californians now have the highest poverty rate in the union (I can hear sighs of relief from Mississippians), thanks to the nearly unbridled arrival of the uneducated, unskilled Mexican and Central American peasant class.
But for immigration, California would be losing population and, as a result, Congressional seats. That is why state politicians are fighting the federal government in its plan to ask on the census form whether the respondent is a US citizen. Only citizens are counted when allocating congressional seats.
A friend moved to Prescott, AZ. He spoke about the locals' resentment about the influx of liberal Californians. I told him that if I moved there, I would simply put a Trump bumper sticker on my pickup and everything would be fine.
One thing about Californians moving into many areas is that I suspect that they are more conservative than people think, given that it is likely that conservatives are more likely to leave California. In Texas, one poll showed that Ted Cruz had more support in the last election from non-native Texans than from native Texans. Imagine that!
Glad I left California (central coast) 4 years ago for Idaho. Most people think that all illegals work the fields in Ag and keep it going……not true. The first generation works the fields and the next works the system at a very high cost (i.e. gangs, free programs, free education, then policymaking government jobs where they become the majority). Many of my family members are Spanish and Portuguese and they don't like it. CA used to be a great place to live until the late 80's. Good luck!
I grew up in the 60's and 70's in a small cow town of 517 people and wouldn't trade it for the world….best of luck to you!
Its mind blowing but that is incorrect! Total population counts for apportionment of congressional seats. That's the way its written in the Constitution. Article 1 Section 2 Clause 3. Now do you see why California wants so many illegals?
The issue appears to be that California politicians, which is to say, Democrats, believe that if illegal aliens must answer whether they are citizens or not, they will not be inclined to complete the census form and they will be, therefore, undercounted. If significant undercounting occurs, then it follows that California Congressional representation will be reduced. It also follows that California will lose federal money for programs that are allocated with regard to population.
While I agree that Democrats may have a point, asking about citizenship on the census form was routine before 1950. Democrats are probably fearful that if accurate numbers of illegals who are in the country are confirmed, there will be an even greater movement to control the border and close the pipeline of Democrats-in-the-making.
In Fairness to him, i think it´s a figure of speech and many Britains ´ve lost their Jobs in the last time.
Btw he is absolutly Right that Food wouldn´t be the Primary Problem, Medicine would be.
I live in NC and liberals that move out and relocate here are turning this state blue. When they move here, they bring their liberal ideals with them and have started turning NC into the state they left from.
Stock piling in Britain, the picture of the supplies looks like my weekly grocery cart for a week. I am buying for 2 people and less than 1/2 of which is consumed per week. I have been doing this for years. Canned goods are fine but certain stuff does not last for many years ie. tomato products. I just had to throw out a sealed no 10 can of Tomato powder that was less than 3 years old. If the top and bottom are swelled up out they go, trying to save a little money is not worth getting botulism over. Of course if you live at a high altitude this test may not be valid. I am always amazed when people think that a failed society will rebound in a mater of a few weeks. There are a few guide lines that may work for people. Add up all the money that you spend on your various insurances, you will be amazed. Then figure out what percentage you are willing to spend on self insuring your actual life. There are 2 types of normal life insurance whole life and term life, these are actually death insurance and do the insured absolutely no good. Term life insurance is cheaper but has no accumulating value. When using this guideline for food think rice and beans versus loves of bread. Although hot dogs and Twinkies will probably last a lifetime, it has been speculated that archaeologists of the far distant future will be baffled by hot dogs found in ancient land fills.
This response is based on food storage. But the same principle can be used for all the other items we consider necessary for preparedness. To me it seems like a never ending battle, I no longer feel I have a certain area covered than something new has to be addressed. You have to start somewhere when prepping, JWR's List of Lists is a great place to help one get organized and start prioritizing.
You carry your grocery Shopping by foot to your home or by truck?
Who cares? Everyone should care because this liberal/socialist/communist (take your pick) sickness is spreading all over the country. My formerly crime free town of Juneau, Alaska has the same problem.
My son is a police officer in a southwestern city. Same thing there. He just arrested a male person and pulled his rap sheet …. 70 pages long …. 350 arrests. Out of jail the next day. Same with a recent attempted murder suspect. Out the NEXT day.
This isn't happening by accident is all I can say.
I wonder if this situation may provide a good opportunity for American food and medicine exports to Britain?
Not likely, the Problem is twofolded.
"Raw" material can´t be exported from Britain to make the Medicine Britain Needs.
Afaik the US is for Medicine an Import market and how will Britain pay for it.
I'm sorry, Governor Murphy, but that "F" on your lapel isn't the grade you received from the NRA.
I loved hearing that naive "…tins last forever" statement.
Once upon a time; many, many years ago (1971); in a land far, far away one of the guys said to me "Hey Doc, when were you born?" after I told him he said, "Your C's are three years younger than you" . Yup manufacture date for them was 1954.
Properly done "tins" can last a good while. Nutritional value and flavor will suffer with time.
The news from New Jersey is just another state I will never visit. I refuse spending money in these Godless states.
The number is growing too. New Jersey, California; Virginia, New York were they now allow to kill babies right after they are born.
It is sad to see the death cult that is the left growing like a cancer.
Re: the Brexit prepper- "And we are an island nation, we are completely reliant on food coming in." Is the man serious or just daft? I wonder if he has ever had a garden? It's not like you can't grow food in pots on the patio…..I hope that they have zero pets, as I saw nothing set aside for a cat, dog, or goldfish. Has the man never fished? There's an island pasttime. Costco exists all over the English isles. Talk about bulk purchasing…….Has he never read a cookbook? Where is the flour for bread and noodles and pie crusts? Got a freezer? 10,000 ways with hamburger or ground squirrel. Good grief, if he is the example, Great Britain is in a world of trouble!
for supplies so i feel for him. hes probably on a limited income and space for what hes got. at least hes trying….


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June 8, 2015 11:22AM ET
Sears Q1 Sales Plunge $2 Billion as Retailer Sheds Assets
By Judith Russell
Struggling department and discount store operator Sears Holdings Corp. (SHLD) reported first-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street estimates. Sales, however, fell short of expectations as the company continues to downsize its business.
Revenues fell by a dramatic $2 billion to $5.9 billion, due to actions taken by the company last year to streamline operations and focus on its transformation into what it refers to as being more "member-centric." The decrease in revenue included $697 million associated with Sears Canada, which was spun off in October, $222 million from the separation of the Lands' End business, which occurred in the first quarter of 2014, and $501 million as a result of store closures. Domestic comps declined 10.9%, comprised of a 7 percent drop at Kmart and a 14.5% plunge at Sears.
During the quarter, the company's store count decreased by a total of 713, including the 449 divested Sears Canada stores as well as closures of 179 Kmart and 85 domestic Sears stores. In addition, the company has begun to downsize some of the stores it's keeping open.
Gross margin decreased by $310 million, but improved by 260 basis points as a percent of revenue, to 25.8%. Kmart's gross margin rate for the first quarter improved 150 basis points. Sears' gross margin rate improved 350 basis points for the quarter.
SG&A expenses decreased $408 million in quarter compared to the prior-year period. Excluding non-recurring items, the biggest declines were in payroll and advertising expenses.
The company's net loss narrowed to $303 million, or $2.85 per share, from $402 million, or $3.79 per share, in the prior year period. The quarterly net losses for both years were impacted by significant items. Adjusting for those, the company would have reported a net loss of $213 million and $216 million in the first quarter of 2015 and 2014, respectively, beating analyst estimates.
"During the first quarter, we made significant progress in our transformation from a traditional, store-network based retail business model to a more asset-light, member-centric integrated retailer leveraging our Shop Your Way platform," chairman and CEO Edward S. Lampert said in a statement.
The Shop Your Way program allows consumers to pre-shop the latest deals, coupons and sales on a broad range of merchandise categories before visiting a store, and earn points and other benefits while doing so. The company reported that sales to Shop Your Way members in Sears Full-line and Kmart stores were 74 percent of eligible sales for the first quarter, and that the company is successfully enhancing margin rates and earnings performance as it replaces traditional forms of marketing with Shop Your Way targeted and personalized digital transactions.
Sears said it continues to make progress toward the formation of Seritage Growth Properties, a public real estate investment trust (REIT) that will purchase properties from the company in a sale and leaseback arrangement involving approximately 235 Sears and Kmart stores, as well as the purchase of the company's interest in the joint ventures, with expected proceeds to Sears Holdings of $2.6 billion. This, when combined with the proceeds from the previously announced joint venture transactions, is expected to yield proceeds in excess of $3 billion.
"With the completion of the joint venture transactions with three leading shopping mall owners and operators, and the advanced formation of the Seritage REIT, we will become more productive with our physical store space." Lampert said. "This will position Sears Holdings for long-term success consistent with our focus on our best stores, rewarding our best members and pursuing our best categories to transform Sears Holdings into a leading integrated retail membership-focused company leveraging our Shop Your Way platform."
The stock was down a little over 1 percent in Monday morning trading.
Judith Russell
Seritage Growth Properties
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Champagne Butterflies
Ellie Goulding teases new music arriving this month
Ellie Goulding has hinted fans could get new music from the star as soon as later this month.
Ellie Goulding has teased she's set to release new music this month.
The 'Close to Me' hitmaker answered fans questions during a Q&A on Instagram Live recently and revealed when they can expect her first new material since 2020's 'Brightest Blue'.
Ellie replied to one follower who asked her when her next song will be out: "Well, what do we all have to lose . . . end of January."
The 34-year-old pop star is due to hit the road for her rescheduled tour in support of her fourth studio album.
The run kicks off on April 28 at the O2 Apollo in Manchester, and wraps in Dublin, Ireland on May 12.
Today, ironically, I feel completely unjudged, I just feel the light and love from everyone 💙 My album, Brightest Blue, speaks for itself and I'm so blissfully happy for it to arrive.https://t.co/uaAoAP0CIv pic.twitter.com/3WrDqzqCZP
— Ellie Goulding (@elliegoulding) July 17, 2020
Meanwhile, the 'Love Me Like You Do' hitmaker recently criticised music awards for a lack of "transparency".
Ellie questioned the process behind the allocation of trophies, and admitted the industry "saddens" her because such events celebrate "internal politics" and "industry relationships" over the work of an artist.
In a piece titled 'The start of a conversation' for Medium, she wrote: "I sit and wonder when the industry stopped reflecting the impulses that drive us as musicians.
"I sit and wonder when factors such as industry relationships, internal politics, and magazine covers started being rewarded before the music itself.
"I sit and wonder about the ways in which artists in other fields — fine art, dance, film — are identified and praised for their notable bodies of work, not because (of) their notable bodies or working relationships."
The 'On My Mind' hitmaker hit out at the music industry for rewarding people "for reasons that are hard to decipher".
She added: "People are being awarded – in the form of both nominations and category wins – for reasons that are hard to decipher.
"If both the most globally popular artists and most critically revered artists are not being recognised, how do we, as artists, go on?"
Ellie insisted he wasn't directing her piece at artists who have won or been nominated for top prizes, but simply insisted that people want some clarity regarding the process as a whole.
She said: "I, and so many others, just want some transparency...
"It is time to have a bigger discussion about where we are going and how we acknowledge and reward those who are, frankly, the reason this industry exists in the first place."
Her comments came after The Grammys revealed no nominations for The Weeknd's album 'After Hours' and his song 'Blinding Lights' - the latter of which was Spotify's most streamed track of 2020.
Hitting out at the decision himself after branding the ceremony "corrupt", he recently said: "You owe me, my fans and the industry transparency."


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Between 7 March 2019 - 6 October 2019, visitors to the museum's Robert Guttmann Gallery can visit a new temporary exhibition by Jaroslav Róna (*1957), a renowned Czech sculptor and painter. On show is a set of drawings from 2012-2018 which gives us an opportunity to delve more deeply into the artist's world.
winter time 9 a.m. - 4.30 p.m., summer time 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.


Hawkeye Community College is one of the 16 public 2-year colleges in Iowa. Its campus is medium in size and located in Waterloo. The institution offers only undergrad degree programs.
Every year 26% of students graduate in 150% of the time it takes to complete their respective studies.
Hawkeye Community College's in-state tuition for 2017-2018 academic year was $4,828, and fees were $214. Out-of-state tuition and fees for the same period were $5,538 and $214 respectively.
In 2017-2018 academic year, 85% of Hawkeye Community College's students received financial aid. Below is the breakdown of the financial aid provided to students.


Himachal package tours can be extended in number of ways to include other destinations like Delhi, Agra, Jaipur or Amritsar and other locations to be customized based on your interests and requirements.
After breakfast, full day excursion to Rohtang Pass and Solang Nulla (Valley). The drive to Rohtang Pass is a 51km drive up to 13,400ft. But once up there the stunning views of the snow peaks & glaciers would be an exhilarating experience. A great spot for the adventure lovers; this picnic spot offers challenging activities like, Horse ride, Zorbing, Paragliding and Skiing.
Full day to enjoy at these beautiful points. Overnight stay at Manali.
After breakfast, check-out from hotel and drive to Chandigarh railway station. Your Himachal tour package concludes with a drop to the railway station for your onward journey home.


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With a snow storm threatening the weekend gallery goer routines of most New Yorkers, perhaps only the most intrepid will make out tomorrow and Sunday. But for those who haven't yet seen today's recommended shows—Katherine Bradford at CANADA and Drawing for Sculpture at Tiger Strikes Astroid (Bushwick) I have good news: both run through February 15th. You've got time.
And that's a good thing, because pretty much any serious art lover in the city needs to see CANADA's Katherine Bradford show, "Fear of Waves".


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Q and A with Erika Smith, Atlanta's new Southside community and economic development manager
Maggie Lee December 10, 2018 4:26 pm
Erika Smith, new Southside community and economic development manager at Invest Atlanta. Credit: Maggie Lee
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Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms speaks often about there having been some physical decline in southwest Atlanta, compared to when she grew up there. Last last month, she announced the appointment of a point person in Atlanta's development authority who will have the sole job of focusing on development south of Interstate 20.
"If you have been a part of this community for as long as I have, you often hearken back to the community that this used to be. We know that the faces are still here, the passion is still here, the love is still here. But physically it seems as if this very special part of our community has somehow been lost and forgotten," said Bottoms, introducing Erika Smith at a community event last month.
SR spoke to Smith about her new job as Southside Community & Economic Development Manager.
Smith said she started her career in corporate marketing and financial services for companies like JP Morgan Chase and Bank of America. She worked in Lagos, Nigeria helping develop a prepaid card ecosystem; and that job meant interfacing with a lot of state and national government officials. She said that propelled her interest in economic development. She's worked at Fulton County's economic development organization and moved to Invest Atlanta last year.
SaportaReport: This job title, Southside community and economic development manager — to an outsider that sounds a little abstract. What does this job entail? What are you going to do?
Erika Smith: I would sum it up in two different categories.
One is a focus on growth plus equity. So, looking at our economic development strategy for the Southside in a comprehensive way to ensure that we are attracting investment to these areas, but with a community lens.
And then second, you could sum it up as people, place and culture. We have this region that has seen a lack of significant investment for many decades and now is the target [of investment], with the BeltLine and other catalytic projects. But how can we continue to stay on that growth pattern, but making sure that we are serving the existing businesses, the existing residents, honoring this very unique culture that's been created, and leverage that to make other businesses and developers attracted to moving into the areas?
SR: Will you go back to that to the first point a little bit? You said looking at growth and equity, looking at development strategy in a comprehensive way, but but with a community lens. What does that mean to, say, a small business owner, or the man on the street or the lady in the park?
ES: For a small business, it means: assessing what are the current resources available, [such as] our current small business loans; partnering with Worksource [Atlanta's workforce development agency] to understand what type of resources there are for hiring staff; and then identifying how we can be more creative in developing new programming.
For example, the partnership that we have with Wells Fargo [for $12,000 in grants for Campellton Road business renovations and equipment] came out of meeting with business owners and recognizing that a lot of our businesses have been in business for years, but they may not have had the extra funds to invest in improving their interior spaces.
So, the ability to have strategic partnerships, develop those strategic partnerships, to bring resources that are designed to address their specific needs; versus some of the global programs that we have in Invest Atlanta.
SR: Now you said "specific needs" there — that kind of already brings me to my next question. What are the specific needs in the Southside? What are the things out there that are lacking?
ES: I wouldn't phrase it as "lacking." I would phrase it as "the opportunities that exist."
One is to help to cultivate and grow small businesses so that they can hire additional staff. We know that small businesses typically will hire people who may be seen as not an appropriate employee of some of the other businesses throughout the city.
Secondly is the ability to add more affordable housing — I would say a mix of housing: affordable and market rate to build density.
Thirdly, I will look at our aging commercial corridors and our aging shopping centers and see how we can attract funding to them so we can bring in quality retail that addresses the needs of our existing community but also may be strong enough to be destination retail — meaning that people may want to come to this specific restaurant from outside of southwest and southeast Atlanta. But it also is designed to provide food for existing residents.
SR: So, like retail and commercial both for the local people but maybe … some stuff that people will drive to, to eat there, shop there?
ES: Yes and not only that, we do need to work closely on the economic development side with our state partners to look at how can we house more of those major employers on the Southside.
As we're bringing in 100 jobs, 200 jobs, in partnership with developers who are building catalytic sites, like The Casey Foundation [one of the partners in Pittsburgh Yards], like Fort Mac: How can we help them, through incentives and marketing of the area, [choose the Southside] as a destination for their offices as well?
SR: I hear something similar from people in south DeKalb. They say, 'You know we're very residential and we need to work on getting more employers down here.' Does that sound like, does that seem fair for the Southside of Atlanta too?
ES: I would say it sounds fair. I will say we have good employers there, economic drivers. But of course, if you look at the balance of the city, you can definitely say the density of large employers is not existent on the Southside compared to what you will see in Midtown, Buckhead, North Atlanta, et cetera. So those are all opportunities.
SR: What else would you tell people, what else should people know?
ES: I would say people should know that this is a very intentional effort that, with the mayor's leadership, we recognize that we do need to drive private investment.
We want to continue to build relationships with the private sector and the public sector as well as philanthropy to create a holistic strategy. We want to be very engaged with the community — that's businesses and residents — to ensure that our strategies are here to benefit and help move the economic mobility, increase economic mobility and provide the jobs and opportunities that everyone deserves in this city.
Erika Smith
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Maggie Lee
Maggie Lee is a freelance reporter who's been covering Georgia and metro Atlanta government and politics since 2008.
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After viewing many villas in various communities within the Disney area we eventually found what we were looking for in the prestigious Southern Dunes Golf & Country Club. Situated conveniently on the highway 27, Southern Dunes, which is a manned gated community, is in a perfect position for accessing the many attractions and shopping in the Disney/Orlando area. We can now also boast being very close to the new Legoland which incorporates Cypress Gardens and a water park. We are also in a great position for joining the I4 therefore getting to the Disney attractions is very easy. Busch Gardens in Tampa and both the Gulf and Atlantic coast beaches are also very accessable.
Our villa is our pride and joy and we very much want to share it with you. We want you to enjoy staying in it so much that you will want to return. With it's 50 inch HD television and HD cable tv, free high speed wireless internet, full air conditioning throughout, telephone with free calls within the USA and Canada, 4 bedrooms, 2 sitting areas, 2 dining areas, the all important utility room, games room, 2 bathrooms, and most importantly the large heated swimming pool you will find this has it all. It is furnished to a very high standard with many extras from paintings to hairdryers. It is extremely child friendly. Not only do we have a travel cot and highchair at no extra cost, we also have a security fence at the pool which can be easily taken down if not required. We regularly buy new bedding, towels and those little extra things to let our guests know that we care. We have a fantastic management company who will ensure that your stay is hassle free. They help us to ensure that everything in our villa is clean and in perfect condition and are always on hand to deal with any problems should they arise.
Whether you are looking for that family villa with a special touch, the perfect tranquil villa for a romantic getaway or that all important golfing holiday then our villa is for you.
As you walk through the front door you will enter the 1st seating area which has an open plan formal dining area. The 2nd seating area is at the rear of the house and has beautiful large patio doors leading onto the pool. Here you will find our fantastic 50 inch television with HD cable tv and DVD player. Both areas have magnificent vaulted ceilings.
The villa has 4 bedrooms. 1 master bedroom with a super king size bedroom suite bought in July 2015 with patio doors leading to the pool and an en suite bathroom/shower room, a second queen bedroom and 2 twin rooms. The 2nd Double room and the 2 twins share a bathroom/shower room/toilet. Some may argue that a 3rd bathroom would be desirable but we find what we have is more than adequate with never a complaint from our guests. As a matter of fact we chose this set up as it means more space in other parts of the villa. All bedrooms have built in wardrobes and televisions.
The kitchen is fully equipped with everything you will need during your stay. All utensils, crockery, etc., are in perfect/new condition. There is a large American fridge/freezer. The kitchen is also equipped with a large oven and microwave.
Next to the kitchen is a 2nd dining area and breakfast bar.
We also have that all important utility room leading from the kitchen which has a large washing machine and tumble dryer.
The double garage houses a pool table with a table tennis top, a fantastic cross trainer, a dart board, chairs, a selection of books and 2 bikes for you to use at your leisure. When the sun moves away from the pool area in the late afternoon/evening the garage doors can be opened. Here you can bask in the sun using the chairs we have in the garage.
The villa has high speed wireless internet which can be accessed by multiple users.
In our opinion the most special part of our villa is the large pool. With clear blue water and a lovely outlook you will want to spend hours here. We have plenty of top quality comfortable sunbeds for you to relax on and a dining table and chairs. If you want to sit in the shade there is a shaded area. Pool heat is available during the cooler months.
Southern Dunes is an exclusive community of top quality homes set amidst a fantastic 18 hole golf course designed by Steve Myers and ranked in Florida's top 10. You can pay and play, book on line or purchase a monthly membership. There's something for everyone at Southern Dunes - a community pool, a gym, tennis courts, kids swing park, beautiful walks, fishing in Lake Joe (you will need your own line & tackle and be mindful of the resident gators !), banks, gas stations and much more. Tavern on the Dunes is located in the 12,000 square foot clubhouse and is the perfect place to have breakfast & lunch or to simply unwind after an enjoyable round of golf. Happy hour is from 4.00pm to 7.00pm 7 days a week in the newly renovated bar that features 7 TV's and with the help of Direct TV they are able to offer a variety of your favourite sporting events i.e., Golf, NFL Ticket, College Football, NHL, MLB and much much more !! For up to date information visit www.southerndunes.com.
Not far from our villa, on the I4 going East, you will find the Disney attractions and on the I4 going WEST you will find various places of interest such as The Museum of Flight, The Water Skiing Experience, Dinosaur Land aswell as Legoland as previously mentioned. If it's hiring a fishing boat that takes your fancy or trying out the experience of firing a gun at a gun range then look no further.
We have a collection of leaflets in the villa which you may find interesting. If any of our guests experience anything new they tend to leave some information for future guests.


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BRICK – 2016 was a year when there were new names in the top leadership of the township, including a new police chief, a new interim superintendent of schools and a new township business administrator.
It was the year James Riccio took the reins from Police Chief Nils R. Bergquist II when he retired after serving in the Brick Police department for 35 years.
Since Riccio took over as police chief last year, he has made some changes, including establishing a police substation on the barrier island where there is always a police officer on duty.
One of his goals was to establish an active neighborhood watch program and now there are four up and running.
He also added a police bike unit which patrols the Herbertsville Park and Maple Leaf Park areas, and that has resulted in several high-profile arrests.
During Riccio's tenure, the department purchased a climate-controlled enclosed boat from the Coast Guard, effectively doubling the fleet for water patrols.
Thomas Gialanella was named the new Interim Superintendent of Schools, taking over for Interim Superintendent Dr. Richard Caldes (who returned to his position as the district's Educational Specialist), who took over for Superintendent Walter Uszenski.
Uszenski was arrested in May 2015 on charges of theft by deception and official misconduct for allegedly hatching a scheme to provide $40,000 in taxpayer-funded daycare and transportation services for his grandchild, for which the child was not entitled.
Gialanella is a retired administrator and may serve as interim superintendent for a maximum of two years.
New Board of Education members John Lamela, Victoria Pakala and Stephanie Wohlrab took their oaths of office in 2016 and immediately terminated all of the district's professional contracts and announced that they would begin a search for a new schools superintendent.
Two additional board members were elected in 2016: Daisy Haffner and Melita Gagliardi will take their oaths of office at the January 5, 2017 Reorganization meeting.
Long-time Township Business Administrator Scott Pezarras retired in 2016 and was replaced by a new chief financial officer, John Clifford, who resigned within weeks to take the same position with the Brick Township Municipal Utilities Authority.
Maureen Laffey-Berg, a township employee who had served as the deputy CFO for eight years under Pezarras, was named as the new township CFO in October 2016.
In other news, the township continued to recover from Superstorm Sandy, four years after the October 2012 cost Brick some $357 million in ratables.
The governing body adopted four detailed neighborhood plans that addresses the reduction of flood impacts on the community by enhancing floodplain management. This action earned points for the township to gain acceptance into The National Flood Insurance Program's Community Rating System (CRS) which Mayor John G. Ducey announced in mid-December.
Participation in the CRS would save a cumulative $671,948 on flood insurance premiums for Brick residents, beginning in 2017, he said.
Another significant event happened in October, when the Visitation Relief Center ‑‑ founded in February 2013 to help victims of Superstorm Sandy ‑‑ closed its doors suddenly without notice.
In 2015 the center, which was affiliated with the nearby Visitation Roman Catholic Church, expanded its assistance to the low-income and homeless of Ocean and Monmouth counties. Ducey said the center was closed by a construction official from the Trenton Diocese after finding out the center did not have a certificate of occupancy and had numerous building violations.
In mid-December Ducey said that the center was looking to reopen at Laurel Square, the shopping center where the former Pathmark supermarket was located.
The mayor also said that the owner of Laurel Square, Brixmore, is in negotiations with two grocery store chains to occupy the former Pathmark grocery store.
The space that was occupied by the former A&P and Dollar Store at Brick Plaza was reconfigured and be occupied by three new stores: Ulta Beauty supplies has already opened; a DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse is currently going through the permitting process; and a well-known clothing retailer has shown a strong interest in the third space, Ducey said.
And finally, the Army Corps of Engineers has announced that they expected to award a contract sometime in December for the beach and dune replenishment project for the barrier island. The Corps received three bids for the project which ranged from $128,820,433 to $178,416,600.
Work on the long-awaited project, which will create 25-foot tall dunes and 200-foot-wide beaches from the Manasquan Inlet to South Seaside Park, is expected to begin in the spring of 2017.


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The perennial shadow of communalism
In 'Thug', Mike Dash myth-busts British India's cult of stranglers
It is nearly impossible to know nothing about British India's infamous cult that systematically killed and robbed Indian travelers for hundreds of years. However, almost every write-up available today is an exaggerated horror story that fails to reflect upon the real events.
Syed Abul Fatah Sharfuddin Sharaf Al Hussaini: A forgotten poet
Tarana Husain Khan's 'The Begum and the Dastan': Patriarchy is a labyrinth that defies time
Into the nuances of history: Sudeep Chakravarti unpacks the Battle of Plassey
Happy Birthday, Monomohun Ghose
Communal violence is not a recent phenomenon in this part of the world.
The first traceable progeny of the lineage, Syed Fida Hussain, had settled in Delhi during the reign of the fourth Mughal Emperor, Jahangir, with his son, Syed Golam Hussain and his grandsons, Syed Faizuddin Hussain and Syed Mozaffar Hussain; they eventually moved to Kolkata and finally settled down in Dhaka.
I am convinced that while writing her book, The Begum and the Dastan (Westland Publications, 2021), Tarana Husain Khan's aim was to leave her readers in a literary stupor, dizzy and yearning for more.
Sudeep Chakravarti is an eminent commentator and author whose narrative non-fiction and fiction have been translated into Bangla, Hindi, Spanish, Portuguese, German and more. In January 2020, his book—Plassey:
Today is the birthday of barrister Monomohun Ghose, the first practicing barrister of Indian origin.


drum n bossa, samba and soul.
"Multidisciplinary artist Paloma Dueñas, creates this brazilian-jazz-soul project where her soulful voice make sound to some of the best brazilian standards putting a unique spin on this beautiful music."
"We just love to play brazilian music" : talented miami artists collaborate making their own soulful interpretation of famous songs like Djavan's "Samurai", "Tanta Saudade" or "Topazio", classics like Jobim's "Dindi" or Baden Powell's "Berimbau" and "Canto de Ossanha", Tive Razao from Seu Jorge to Michael Jackson's "Rock with you", Stevie Wonder's brazilian version of "Ribbon in the sky" and soulful Erykah Badu, Maxwell or Jill Scott tunes.
BraSoul's style and genre of music is unique and it could be an acoustic duet, a trio with brazilian percussion or even a quartet/quintet depending on the venue, event and budget.
Paloma Dueñas was born in Mexico City and graduated with honors from Berklee College of Music majoring in Music Therapy and voice, she relocated to Miami in 2001. In 2010, she started collaborating with the musicians in the brazilian community in Miami and all this inspiration plus her love for brazilian music lead her to start Brasoul, a project of mixing brazilian jazz tunes and soulful music with brazilian rhythms and instrumentation. Brasoul has now been playing and collaborating with artists and venues in South Florida since 2013.
As a multidisciplinary artist, Paloma is also an experienced music therapist working with children with Autism and Sensory Integration Disorders. Through her business PalomARTS Inc she serves children with and without disabilities in the community through the expressive arts (music and sensory art ) as a therapeutic way of self-expression and a learning tool.
Born in Brasilia, Brazil, Marcelo was brought up in a musical and multi- cultural household. Having been exposed to a diversity of music from a very early age, he decided as a teenager to follow the path of music. He has learned from accomplished music teachers and performers, including professors from the University of Miami and Florida International University. Marcelo has been performing locally in Miami since 2002 in diverse musical ensembles. He has since 2008 worked as a private music instructor. As of 2013 he has attained a Bachelors in Jazz Performance from FIU and is currently pursuing a masters degree. In addition to performance and instruction he is professionally involved in recording and arranging.
Percussionist Brian Potts is active as a versatile performer in classical, Brazilian, Latin, and other popular styles of music. After beginning his studies in his home state of Texas he moved to Miami, where he earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Miami. Under the tutelage of Dr. Ney Rosauro, Brian performed and conducted in groups ranging from large orchestras to small jazz ensembles. Comfortable in numerous musical settings, Brian has shared the stage with eminent musicians such as Sammy Figueroa, Bruce Hornsby, Nestor Torres, Sonny Emory, Steve Miller, Jean Geoffroy, Victor Mendoza, Pablo Ziegler, Patti Austin, Nelson Faria, and Ney Rosauro. Brian also performs locally as the vibraphonist in Sammy Figueroa's tribute to Cal Tjader, Sally's Tomato.
A specialist in Brazilian percussion, Brian completed a doctoral essay detailing the work of the innovative Brazilian percussionist Marcos Suzano. He teaches percussion at Barry University, where he directs the Barry Batucada and the Miami Bloco.
Nicholas Petumenos was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska. He had instruction on various instruments throughout childhood and began his formal study of music at the University of Alaska. He went on to complete a Bachelor's degree at Berklee College of Music in 2000.
Petumenos sites his involvement as an arranger and performer with the global indigenous music scene and resulting in collaborative contact with artists of many cultures as an influence on his writing, musicality and perspective.
Born and raised in São Paulo - Brazil, Marcos Goldberg started playing at the early age of 10 years old.
In Brazil, he has had the opportunity to develop his talent in different genres of music such funk, rock, jazz and brazilian music. Marcos joined singer Sharon Corr (The Corrs) during her tour in Brazil. He earned a Bachelors in Music Education in Brazil and he has been working as a teacher since 2008. He resides in Miami since 2015 where he is pursuing a Masters degree in Jazz Performance at FIU School of Music.
Jose Javier Freire was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico and started his musical adventure when he discovered the drumset at 10 years old, then studying piano at 14. After graduating from the University of Miami, where he studied film production and music, he founded the group Bacilos, which earned the band a Grammy and two Latin Grammy awards. He can be found working in the studio as a producer, performing live locally and internationally, or mentoring with the GOGO organization in Miami.
Jose started his musical adventure at age 7 playing drums in church and the Escuela Libre de Música de Hato Rey, in Puerto Rico. At an early age he discovered the saxophone and studied with Angel Marrero and Indio Martínez. In 1998, Jose went on to the University of Puerto Rico and became the recipient of a special talent scholarship at Berklee College of Music, to work on his degree in Professional Music. He has worked with many acts, in various musical genres, such as: Glenn Monroig, Victor Manuelle, 33 D.C., Mario Ortiz Jr., Tito de Gracia/Naoka Jam, Andy Montañez, PeeWee Ellis, Pedro Eustache, Humberto Ramírez, Marcos Vidal and more. Most recently his musical arrangement for Grammy® nominated group ¡Plenéalo! for song "La Novia Nueva" for was nominated for a Latin Grammy®.
Kenneth Metzker holds a Bachelors Degree in Music Performance as a Percussionist from the University of Kentucky under the direction of James B. Campbell. He began his Afro-Cuban studies with Michael Spiro, which led him to study with many other notables in the Afro-Cuban genre. He traveled to Matanzas, Cuba to study Afro-Cuban folkloric music with world renowned Los Munequitos de Matanzas. His work has taken him to Cuba, Brazil, Europe, and the Caribbean as a performer, instructor and student. He recently spent time in the northeast of Brazil collaborating and performing with various bands and dance companies, including Cia. Vata and Dona Zefinha, with whom he performed in Recife, and Olinda, Pernambuco for Carnaval. He has worked as a dance accompanist in numerous settings, including the Florida Dance Festival in Miami. He has performed for the "Annual Brazilian Film Festival" as part of the awards ceremony with Shakira on the Jimmy Kimmel show, and in the Bank Atlantic Center in Florida. Kenneth has taught at universities as a clinician and guest performer and works with Brazz Dance Theatre, directed by Augusto Soledade; as an accompanist for New World School of the Arts; teaches in the Miami school system with Arts for Learning and has collaborated in the making of "The Beginning" with Pablo Cano. He recently was a guest artist for Jazzweek at the University of Anchorage, Alaska. Kenneth works as a free-lance musician in Miami recording, performing and teaching.
As an artist, Matthew Evan Taylor, is intrigued by four aspects of music; the growth of complex music from a simple idea, the social nature of the art form (especially, as it manifests in improvisation and the audience's reaction), the evocation of color and atmosphere through sound, and the relationship of dance and music. He believes that today's culture encourages a new kinetic, vibrant type of art, with unhinged rhythms and unbridled expression. It is Matthew's goal to reflect this world and what is awe-inspiring about it through his music. Ultimately, he wishes to connect with the audience and expose the beauty that is all around.
Matthew was born in Boston, Massachusetts (3 December, 1980) and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, where he began playing saxophone at age 9. After graduating from college in 2003, Matthew was a founding member of Sony Music recording artist Moses Mayfield, which toured for 5 years before dissolving in 2008. Intent on exploring his own compositional voice, Matthew moved to Miami to study at the Frost School of Music. He now leads a very active musical life in South Florida, which has garnered him recognition in the Miami Herald and Huffington Post. In his short career as a composer, Matthew has had his music premiered in Miami, New York City, San Francisco, and Cortona, Italy.He has also been recognized as an up and coming composer by the Imani Winds and Festival Miami.


Jesus words in Luke 12 gives me a lot to think about! The Master speaks of our treasures.
How earnestly do I seek them?
What do I give up to get them?
Jesus reminds us in verse 30 that God knows we have needs.
But He adds in verse 31, that we must "seek for His Kingdom, and these things shall be added to you." Wow! Just think about what that is really saying!
As I've been worrying about the changes in my life and my family, about what we will "eat and drink," God has been planning and desiring to bless me with His Kingdom….plus all those things I'm worrying about – food, clothing, family relationships, and more!
Yep! Those are Jesus' words! And if you look closely, He is telling us that if our heart is right, if our treasure truly is in His Kingdom, and not in our own or of this world, then we won't miss a thing! His sustenance and His provisions will be just enough to satisfy anyone whose heart is for the King.
Oh my, those are words to relish and bathe in as we enter this festive, but oftentimes greedy, time of year. And as we enter into this new year of political and financial uncertainty. It's a year that we can choose even more persistently to seek the King, and His Kingdom….
…..and all these things shall be added unto you!
Blessings today as you seek Him!
I couldn't let this day go by without wishing you all a wonderful and thankful celebration with family and friends!
And remember – don't get too busy being Martha on this busy day! Take time to cherish each and every one of your loved ones. Give them a hug and let them know you love them!
Enjoy this wonderful, family time of year!
Thanksgiving causes us to consider the more general and global things we're thankful for. But too often we get sidetracked from the true purpose of this day in all our busyness and preparations. How about some new ideas to shake up your thoughts about this celebration of our blessings? We can be grateful even for the mundane tasks of life. When you're tempted to get grumpy, read on.
Let's really Give Thanks this week!
In spite of all this holiday involves: traveling, packing, shopping, cleaning, cooking—be grateful for our ability to freely celebrate with family and friends, to freely call this day one of Thanksgiving to God.
Be thankful for those tiring grocery trips to gather the turkey, sweet potatoes, veggies, and other delicacies for the weekend. In decades past, we would have spent the last five months feeding, cleaning, and bringing water to those birds, only to have to slaughter and pluck them! And there would be the digging up of those sweet potatoes and weeding of veggies (all summer long)! Oh, it does sound so quaint, doesn't it?! Believe me, it's hard work – we've done it!
Be grateful for our busy husbands, even though they may be too busy to help us prepare for the feast and visitors. Stop to remember how hard they work to provide for us. We're easily tempted to get a little bitter as they doze off or get sidetracked while we handle all the prep work!
Be thankful for our home with all its disorder that we must clean and organize to prepare for our guests. We could have no home to clean or belongings to organize, like so many less fortunate families in this world.
Be thankful for our cars and the gas to run them. We could be traveling by horse and carriage, with the wind creeping through the tarps on the windows, suffering through the discomfort and jolting of wooden wheels on rock-strewn roads. Hmmm….suddenly our trip sounds more appealing!
Be grateful for our noisy, mess-making children, who are also tired from all the work or from trying to be patient while we work, who get in our way when we're trying to make our meal plans, write our grocery list, dust and vacuum and cook. It won't be long before our homes will be empty and those same children will have their own children making noise and messes. But wait, there's more! Our children's children will make messes and noise again in our homes when they….um, let me guess…..when they come to visit us for Thanksgiving!
So there we go! So many reasons and such blessings abound if we will only look long enough and close enough to see them. Family, friends, food, fun – all gifts from the Father above. We have much for which to Be Grateful!


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X-Men movie tie-in coming
Check out them screenshots.
Published on 7 Feb 2006
Activision has announced that a movie tie-in for the new X-Men film is currently in development for PC, PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360, GameCube, GBA and Nintendo DS - and released some screenshots into the bargain.
Its working title is X-Men: The Official Movie Game, and the storyline's been co-written by Zak Penn - who did the screenplays for X2 and forthcoming feature film X-Men: The Last Stand. Comic book writer Chris Claremont is helping him out.
The game will set up the back story to The Last Stand, explaining why Nightcrawler doesn't appear in the movie and establishing storylines which will intersect with the film's plot.
You'll have a choice of three characters to play as - Wolverine if you fancy a bit of hack and slashing, Nightcrawler, who can teleport and scale walls, and Iceman, who can create ice slides, create hailstorms and shoot beams of ice to freeze enemies. You'll also be able to launch fury and adrenaline attacks, and improve your superpowers via the Mutant Evolution System.
The game will feature the voice of Patrick "Make it so" Stewart, and you'll be able to face off with villians from both the movie and the comic books. You'll also get X-Men allies to help you out as you complete time-based missions and the like. Expect stealth action and a bit of melee fighting as you explore environments such as Alkali Lake, the Statue of Liberty and Dark Cerebro.
The Xbox 360 version will be presented in glorious high definition, while the GBA game will feature exclusive playable X-Men characters. As will the DS version, and you'll be able to control them using the touch screen.
X-Men: The Official Movie Game is slated for a release in May.
X-Men: The Official Movie Game


Hard drives can and do have issues and can stop working so how long do they last on average.
Hard drive failure or when hard drives begin showing errors can result in huge issues for business and home owners , so ensure that if you are having issues get the hard drives tested – as i do for clients.
There is also data from Google which supports the data collected that after 3 years the failure rate is around the 8% mark.
So what does all this mean ?
The older your hard drive the more critical it is for you to back up.


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Volkswagen diesel hybrid vehicle claims 70 mpg
Volkswagen has introduced a diesel-electric hybrid vehicle that claims 70 miles per gallon on the highway.
Written by Andrew Nusca, Contributor on Dec. 9, 2009
Unveiled at the Los Angeles Auto Show, the Up! Lite hatchback concept is notable because it's a concept car that looks practical enough to actually drive it on a daily basis. Inside the four-seater, you'll find a 0.8-liter two-cylinder TDI turbodiesel engine rated at 51 horsepower paired with an electric motor rated at 13.4 horsepower and a seven-speed gearbox.
It might not look like a jet plane, but the Up! Lite's aerodynamic drag coefficient rates at just 0.237 -- better than the 2010 Toyota Prius.
Better still, it's got a small footprint, at just 12.5 feet long, 4.5 feet tall and 5.2 feet wide -- great for parallel parking.
The vehicle's carbon dioxide emissions are low enough at 65 g/km to be what VW calls "the world's most environmentally friendly four-seater." It's also extremely light -- just 695 kilograms, or 1,532 lbs. (The Prius tips the scales at 2,890 lbs.)
Designed for city driving, the vehicle has a "pulse start module" that combines the functions of a starter, alternator and electric drive. The car can also recover kinetic energy thanks to regenerative braking.
There is one downside: the Up! Lite is not the Up! Go. That is to say that the car goes from 0 to 60 mph in 12 seconds, which is sluggish.
Still, the car is tuned for efficiency, and if you coast without pushing the gas pedal, the TDI engine will shut down. It will also shut down at a stoplight.
Otherwise, you'll find typical VW features, including an electronic stability-control system, plenty of airbags and a safety frame made of aluminum, steel and carbon fiber.
This post was originally published on Smartplanet.com


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Home Insights Strategies for Removing Viruses from Cell Lines
May 15 2009 Vol. 29 No. 10
Strategies for Removing Viruses from Cell Lines
By Gail Dutton
May 15, 2009 (Vol. 29, No. 10)
Gail Dutton
Firms Pursue New and More Effective Methods in Their Efforts to Reduce Risk
Cell culture productivity has improved 50-fold during the past 20 years, leading to bottlenecks in downstream processing. Increasingly high titers have further slowed processes. During the same period, new agents and contamination risks have emerged that have required companies to discover new and more effective methods to remove viruses from bioprocess lines in an ongoing effort to minimize risks. To that end, researchers are developing new methods and revisiting others, including filtration, precipitation, and fractionation.
Currently, "most processes for therapeutic antibodies use Protein A for capture chromatography, followed by one or two polishing steps," explained Alahari Arunakumari, Ph.D., senior director of process development, Medarex. Medarex, however, is developing alternate purification methods that do not rely on Protein A for human mAb purification, which she detailed at Bioprocess International's "European Conference and Exhibition," held in Dusseldorf last month.
Medarex has successfully replaced a concentration and diafiltration step that preconditions the load for cation exchange capture chromatography in non-Protein A purification processes for human mAbs, with precipitation strategies that remove either the host cell proteins or the antibody from the cell culture. "Both offer high-throughput strategies," Dr. Arunakumari said, and can be added easily to existing manufacturing facilities.
"The process of removing host-cell proteins works in three column steps," Dr. Arunakumari continued. "In the first step, a small molecule is added to the clarified, pH-adjusted CHO cell culture supernatant (105 ng/mg), which results in the precipitation of most of the host-cell proteins, leaving about 2×102 ng/mg in the supernatant. In the second step, this supernatant is purified further by cation exchange(CEX) chromatography. CHO host-cell protein levels are reduced further, to greater than 10 ng/mg," Dr. Arunakumari said.
Purity, therefore, is greater than that obtained through Protein A capture for the same human mAb purification, she said. This process also speeds purification by minimizing the number of capture cycles because of high-binding CEX resins.
The third step in the purification process involves anion exchange membrane chromatography to remove any residual, negatively charged contaminants and adventitious viruses. Loading capacity is as high as approximately 20 g/mL, Dr. Arunakumari added. "We're still scaling up that method and transferring it to the manufacturing process," she said. "It's pretty robust."
"Another approach under development at Medarex selectively removes the antibodies by using a specific salt that is generally used to make buffers in antibody purifications."
When antibody precipitate is dissolved in a resuspension buffer, "the volume is reduced by one-quarter to one-third from the original," she explained, thus shortening the time needed to load the chromatography columns. This strategy reduced host-cell protein by more than 50 ng/mg after a cation exchange separation step, which was further reduced by anion exchange membrane chromatography. This step reduced host-cell protein levels to below the detection limits. A two-step process, therefore, appears feasible. "It seems like this shows more variation in host-cell protein removal during scale-up," she added.
In comparing the two methods, Dr. Arunakumari noted that the first method, which removes host cell proteins from the supernatant by depth filtration, is more efficient for many human mAbs, and also, offers the benefits of disposable chromatography, thus enabling a better facility fit.
The second method, in contrast, "needs a centrifuge to remove the precipitate and also requires relatively more optimization for robust scale-up. Different human immunoglobulin G isotypes are being tested by both precipitation process types. Either of the two processes could be indicated for non-Protein A purifications," she concluded.
Medarex is developing alternative purification methods that do not rely on Protein A for human mAb purification.
Filtration with viral removal filters is a traditional clearance step, and most manufacturers have been able to optimize their product for filtration without any significant loss of product. "However, when the process undergoes the actual virus clearance studies, and viruses are spiked into the product in a scaled-down study, the performance of the process step can sometimes be problematic," according to Joe Hughes, Ph.D., vp biologics testing, WuXi AppTec. "Between 90 and 95 percent of the time, filters run as expected," he reported.
For that remaining 5 to 10%, the quality of the virus spike often causes the filters to plug. To address this situation, WuXi AppTec is advancing two technologies to prepare virus for virus removal studies—ultracentrifugation for enveloped viruses and chromatography using membrane absorbers for nonenveloped viruses. Dr. Hughes will discuss WuXi's approach in detail at Informa Life Science's "Viral Safety for Biologica" conference in Cologne next month.
Ultracentrifugation involves putting glycerol, which acts like a filter, on the bottom of the centrifugation tube. "The virus pellets through the glycerol," he said, "resulting in a cleaner virus preparation, but holding back much of the cellular proteins and membrane fragments." WuXi's version is known as Ultra 1, and routinely results in a five to seven log viral removal, without reducing flux, reported Dr. Hughes. It's not a good fit for all viruses, however.
Therefore, WuXi also offers Ultra 2, which is designed for parvovirus and for minute virus of mice. In quality control testing, compared to Ultra 1, "Ultra 2 takes away three- to fivefold more protein and 100-fold more nucleic acid," Dr. Hughes noted. "Performance of the Ultra 2 virus preparations on virus removal filters has demonstrated good removal of the parvoviruses, often without any changes in the product filtration performance."
For the parvovirus purification, an anion exchange based membrane absorber is used. The virus will bind to the absorber in a low salt solution and can be eluted with 0.4 M sodium chloride solution, but the nucleic acid will be strongly bound and is essentially removed from the resulting Ultra 2 virus preparation.
The result, Dr. Hughes says, is that when the virus is spiked, "it doesn't clog the filter." This method is most effective for parvovirus and other nonenveloped viruses. Researchers are looking at this method for other nonenveloped viruses, as well as other matrices as a way to expand its applications. "All of these enhancements should allow manufacturers to effectively validate their filters, and perhaps even reduce the size and overall cost of the filters needed in the process."
Millipore launched the Viresolve® Pro family in several phases in 2008, and the FlexReady platform in March 2009, as a virus-clearance solution to remove parvovirus from mammalian or recombinant sources. The technology, which was described at the Dusseldorf conference, features a patent-pending membrane, a newly designed device format, and more sensitive performance tests.
"The design of the membrane is based on worldwide feedback from our customers," explained Gerd Kern, field marketing manager, bioprocess division. The result of their feedback is a membrane that helps companies ensure regulatory compliance and manage their business risks associated with virus safety, he explained.
The dual-layer PES membrane is designed to simultaneously provide high retention, high capacity, and high flux. This is important, Kern said, because there is a trend to compress the chromatography steps before this purification step from three to two, leading to a greater impurity load at this point. "It processes fast," he added, "and is caustic stable, so it can be sanitized with everything in line. This is a big leap forward in terms of overall performance."
The new device format scales from development through manufacturing and integrates easily into the new Mobius FlexReady platform, Kern noted. The Viresolve membrane is available in Micro, Modus®, and Magnus® formats, which are designed to fit in all processes and enable productivity gains in all production scales.
"Viresolve Pro has a fully disposable flow path, so there's no cleaning or cleaning validation," Kern said. More robust performance tests including binary gas tests also have been developed "to detect the smallest defect and to confirm virus retention confirm." The Viresolve Pro has been designed to remove Ž4 logs of parvovirus and Ž5 logs of retrovirus. Versions of the Viresolve Pro are available for process development and virus validation, the Modus for pilot scale and medium processing, the Magnus for large-scale processing by using the Viresolve Pro holder.
Generic Data Use
In February, the EMEA issued a final guideline governing the use of generic data in viral reduction. "The guidance can drive up the cost of studies," because of the seemingly contradictory aspects contained within it, noted James Berrie, Ph.D., senior group leader, purification development, Lonza Biologics. Dr. Berrie will discuss the use of generic data in more detail at the upcoming "Viral Safety for Biologica" meeting.
For example, he explained, the guidance allows the use of generic viral reduction data along with two spiking studies that show reduction. Reducing the scope of the study in this way reduces the cost by targeting process steps, "yet two studies don't prove the mathematical principle." Therefore, he said, "the scope of the study should be taken into account in the context of this new regulatory guideline, even though some aspects can appear contradictory."
Generic data has been used successfully as part of the license application by companies that have a downstream process that doesn't vary, and also antibodies of the same type, Dr. Berrie elaborated. For contract manufacturers like Lonza, however, the challenges are different because, "we don't have our own products and so don't own the data."
Consequently, generic virus reduction data can be used by CMOs with repeat customers who have a manufacturing pipeline for a particular product. "That's good for customers with a pipeline, but be very careful about variability in the process," Dr. Berrie cautioned.
He advised performing a gap analysis focused on the process parameters to identify any variables that could affect virus reduction. That includes the downstream process variables as well as any fluctuations in the compound ingredients themselves.
With customer approval, CMOs could, in theory, pool data to derive generic virus- reduction data that could then be used to benefit members of that pool, Dr. Berrie speculated. "Customers who hadn't contributed to that pool would still have to perform wet studies. Having said that, Lonza has a downstream process for mAbs, so we know what reduction factors you could expect to see."
Such information, he explained, may be used as a starting point from which to base decisions to evaluate particular steps. The goal, Dr. Berrie explained, is to use generic virus-reduction data to allow researchers to focus their efforts on steps that have the greatest potential for virus reduction, effectively ignoring steps with reductions of one log or less.
Lonza has found that the capacity for virus-reduction changes, even across such robust steps as a low pH hold and virus-reduction filtration. "In some process steps we see a reduction of virus removal with more dilution, making it less good."
The "Viral Safety for Biologica" conference will also include an update on cold ethanol fractionation from Herbert Dichtelmüller, Ph.D., director of virus validation of Biotest.
Cold fractionation is an important purification method for organizations involved with the blood supply. "However, the European guidelines leave some space for interpretation, and some, not all, regulators in Europe believe that the steps of fractionation are not reliable enough," Dr. Dichtelmüller explained.
"Cold ethanol fractionation does not inactivate viruses, but partitions viruses into the precipitate together with the waste protein. Viruses can be recovered from the precipitate almost without loss," Dr. Dichtelmüller said. Partitioning, however, is not equally effective for all viruses, and varies with the step and the virus. "Therefore, validation is essential and robustness is required."
Although the details of his latest research are, as yet, not public, Dr. Dichtelmüller showed that cold ethanol fractionation is a relevant virus-removal procedure. His lab has performed and evaluated 280 studies on cold ethanol fractionation to determine its effectiveness. That method "is working reliably for the precipitation of fraction III or I/III for immunoglobulins, and for precipitation and removal of fraction II/III or I/II/III, and precipitation and removal of fraction IV/IV (both steps of the albumin fractionation process)," he says.
While cold ethanol fractionation contributes to viral safety of immunoglobulins and albumin, it can never be the only measure to remove viruses from the products. Further inactivation steps are essential.
Viresolve membrane is available in Micro, Modus, and Magnus formats, which are designed to fit in all processes and enable productivity gains in all production scales, according to Millipore.
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Noomi Rapace does speak decent English. I've seen several interviews with her, but she says she is done with portraying Lisbeth. It took her 7 months to train and diet to prepare to play the part for all 3 films in the trilogy. Can't wait to see the next one.


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Bjørnøy  est une île habitée de la commune de Stavanger, dans le comté de Rogaland en Norvège, dans la mer du nord.

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L'île de  est reliée par un pont à l'île de Hundvåg à l'est (qui à son tour est reliée à la ville continentale de Stavanger), et elle est également reliée aux petites îles de Roaldsøy et Ormøy au sud. L'île est très peuplée et couverte de maisons, bien qu'il reste encore quelques grands espaces verts non aménagés.

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Voir aussi

Liens internes
Liste des îles de Stavanger

Webographie

Stavanger
Île du Rogaland
Île de la mer du Nord

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