The HTS consists of two closed loops (primary and secondary) through which a water-glycol solution is circulated to cool the suit circuits, cabin atmosphere, and electronic equipment. Coolant is continuously circulated through cold plates and cold rails to remove heat from electronic equipment and batteries. For the purpose of clarity, the primary and secondary coolant loops, and the primary and secondary coolant loop cold plates and rails are discussed separately in the following paragraphs. When necessary, the primary loop is also a heat source for the cabin atmosphere. Heat is removed by absorption and is rejected to space by process of sublimation.
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The primary coolant loop is charged with coolant at the fill points and is then sealed. The glycol pumps force the coolant through the loop. The glycol accumulator maintains a constant head of pressure (5.25 to 9 psia, depending on coolant level) at the inlets of the primary loop glycol pumps. Coolant temperature at the inlets is approximately +400 F. A switch in a low-level sensor trips when only 10� of coolant volume remains in the accumulator. When tripped, the switch provides a telemetry signal and causes the glycol caution light to go on.
The coolant is routed to the pumps through a filter. They are started by closing the appropriate circuit breakers and setting the glycol selector switch to pump 1 or pump 2. If the operating pump does not maintain a minimum differential pressure (&#Delta;P) of 7�psi, the &#Delta;P switch generates a signal to energize the ECS caution light and the glycol component caution light. Selecting the other pump de-energizes the lights when the onstream pump develops a minimum &#Delta;P of 5.0 to 9.0 psi. If both pumps fail, the secondary loop is activated by setting the water tank selector valve to the secondary, setting the glycol pump switch to INST (SEC), and closing the glycol pump secondary circuit breaker. Automatic transfer to primary pump No. 1 to primary pump No. 2 is initiated by closing the glycol automatic transfer circuit breaker and setting the selector switch to pump 1. When transfer is necessary, the caution lights go on, the transfer is accomplished, and the ECS caution light goes off. The glycol pump component light remains on.
If primary loop &#Delta;P exceeds 33 psi, the pump bypass relief valve opens and routes the coolant back to the pump inlet, relieving the pressure. The valves start to open at 33 psi, are fully open at a maximum of 39 psia, and reseat at a minimum of 32 psia. Check valves prevent coolant from feeding back through an inoperative primary pump.
Part of the coolant leaving the recirculation assembly flows to the suit circuit heat exchanger to cool the suit circuit gas of the ARS. The remainder of the coolant flows to the electronic equipment mounted on cold plates. The flow paths then converge and the coolant is directed to the liquid cooling garment water glycol heat exchanger to cool suit water as required. The coolant then flows through the aft equipment bay cold rails.
A portion of the warmer coolant flow can be diverted to the suit circuit regenerative heat exchanger through the suit temperature control valve to increase suit inlet gas temperature. The diverted flow returning from the heat exchanger, combined with the bypassed coolant is routed to the primary sublimator.
The sublimator decreases the temperature of the coolant by rejecting heat to space through sublimation of water, followed by venting of generated steam through an overboard duct. Deflector plates, attached to the duct, prevent escaping steam from applying thrust to the vehicle. Water is fed to the sublimator at a pressure that exceeds 4.0 psia, but is less than 6.5 psia. The water pressure must be less than the suit circuit static pressure plus the head pressure from the water separators to the sublimator. The water regulators, referenced to suit circuit pressure, are in the water feed line to the sublimator. Regulated water pressure varies from 0.5 to 1.0 psid above suit circuit pressure. The sublimator inlet outlet temperatures are sensed by temperature transducers, which provide telemetry signals. Coolant from the sublimator flows through the ascent and descent battery cold rails, then returns to the recirculation assembly.
Two self-sealing disconnects upstream and downstream of the glycol pumps permit servicing of the HTS. Interstage disconnects are installed in coolant lines that connect to the descent stage. Before staging, coolant flows through the ascent and descent stage battery cold rails. After staging, the interstage disconnects separate, the lines are sealed by spring-loaded check valves, and the full coolant flow enters the ascent stage battery cold rails.
The secondary (emergency) coolant loop provides thermal control for those electronic assemblies and batteries whose performance is necessary to effect a safe return to the CSM. Cooling is provided by the secondary sublimator.
As in the primary loop, a secondary glycol accumulator provides pressure for the pump inlet side and compensates for loss due to leakage. A pump bypass relief valve relieves excessive pressure by routing coolant back to the pump inlet. A check valve at the discharge side of the glycol pump prevents coolant flow from bypassing the HTS during GSE operation. The coolant from the pump passes through the check valve to the secondary passage of the cold plates and cold rails of the electronics and batteries cold plate section. Waste heat is absorbed by the coolant. The warm coolant then flows to the secondary sublimator.
The secondary sublimator operates in the same manner as the primary sublimator in the primary coolant loop. Water for the sublimator is provided when the secondary evaporator flow valve is opened. The coolant returns to the pump for recirculation. Equipment essential for mission abort is mounted on cold plates and rails that have two independent coolant passages, one for the primary loop and one for the secondary loop.
The cold plates and rails in the primary coolant loop are arranged in three groups: upstream electronics, aft equipment bay, and batteries.
Coolant from the recirculation assembly flows into parallel paths that serve the upstream electronics cold plate group. In this group, the data storage electronics assembly (DSEA) is cooled by cold rails; the remainder of the electronics, by cold plates. The cold plates are in the pressurized and unpressurized areas of the LM. The flow rates through the parallel paths are controlled by flow restrictors, installed downstream of the cold plate group. The first upstream electronics flow path cools the suit circuit heat exchanger. The second flow path cools five cold plates mounted on the pressurized side of the equipment tunnel back wall. The third path serves the integrally cooled IMU and the rate gyro assembly (RGA) cold plate, both located in the unpressurized area (on the navigation base). The fourth path cools the abort sensor assembly (ASA) and pulse torque assembly (PTA) cold plates. All the plates for the fourth path are in the unpressurized area above the cabin; the ASA is on the navigation base of the alignment optical telescope (AOT). The fifth path serves the tracking light electronics (TLE), gimbal angle sequencing transformation assembly (GASTA), lighting control assembly (LCA), and DSEA plates: one in the unpressurized area in front of the cabin, a second one in the control and display panel area, a third one below the cabin floor, and another one on the left wall of the cabin.
The aft equipment bay is cooled by eight cold rails; the flow is in parallel. The batteries are cooled by cold rails. The ascent batteries are in the center section of the aft equipment bay; the descent batteries are in quads 1 and 4 of the descent stage. During the descent phase, the coolant flow is split between the descent batteries and the ascent batteries; the ascent batteries are not used during this time. When the stages are separated, quickdisconnects break the coolant lines and seal the ends; all coolant then-flows through the ascent battery cold rails.
The secondary coolant loop is for emergency use. Only cold plates and cold rails that have two independent passages (one for the primary loop and one for the secondary loop) are served by this loop.
In the upstream electronics area, the secondary coolant flow is split between three cold plates (RGA, ASA, and TLE) in parallel. The flow rate is controlled by a flow restrictor downstream of the TLE and RGA. After these three plates, the secondary loop cools the ascent battery cold rails and the aft equipment bay cold rails in a seriesparallel arrangement. The coolant first flows through three ascent battery cold rails in parallel, then through eight aft equipment bay cold rails in parallel.


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John Neulinger (April 26, 1924 - June 20, 1991) was a noted German-American psychologist and Professor Emeritus of psychology at City College of New York. Neulinger is best known for contributing a social psychological theory of leisure to the field of leisure studies. Neulinger's theory of leisure is defined by a psychological state of mind that requires two criteria for leisure: perceived freedom and intrinsic motivation. In Neulinger's theory, individuals can be said to be in a state of leisure if they simply perceive that they have the freedom to choose activities and are motivated by an activity for its own sake, not just for its consequences. Neulinger first popularized his ideas in the 1974 book, The Psychology of Leisure.

Early life
Neulinger was born in Dresden, Germany to Rudolf and Julie Neulinger née Konirsch. At least two siblings are known, a brother Kurt and a sister, Liselotte. Neulinger attended the Staatsoberrealgymnasium in Děčín, Czechoslovakia as a child, but was taken to a Nazi concentration camp during World War II. His experience in Nazi Germany influenced his psychological theories regarding the connection between freedom and leisure in the same way as psychologist Viktor Frankl.

Having survived the war, Neulinger became a naturalized citizen in the United States. Neulinger attended Hunter College and graduated in 1960. He received his doctorate in psychology from New York University in 1965. Neulinger married Josephine Levitus on July 22, 1950, and later had one son, Ronald. In 1970 the couple divorced. He later married fellow psychologist Gabrielle Stutman.

Career
From 1964–1965, Neulinger was a research associate for the Russell Sage Foundation in New York City. After 1967, he spent the rest of his life working at the City College of the City University of New York: as an assistant professor from 1967–1971; an associate professor from 1972–1976; and finally as a professor of psychology from 1977–1986.

In the late 1960s, Neulinger and Miranda Breit were one of the first leisure researchers to use attitudinal data instead of participation data to define activity clusters.  They published their attitudinal analysis as "Attitude Dimensions of Leisure" in the Journal of Leisure Research.

Neulinger was a member of the International Sociological Association, the American Psychological Association, the Gerontological Society, and Phi Beta Kappa. He helped found the Academy of Leisure Sciences and was president of the Academy from 1982–1983. Neulinger was Director of the Leisure Institute in his home town of Dolgeville, New York, and helped found and chaired the Society for the Reduction of Human Labor.

Leisure theory

Neulinger's leisure theory, sometimes referred to as the Neulinger paradigm, was first published in his 1974 book, The Psychology of Leisure. The theory is a continuum model of leisure, with the criterion a condition Neulinger calls perceived freedom. This perceived freedom is a state of mind where one freely chooses to perform an activity—any activity—because one "wants to do it". If an individual is involved in an activity that offers only intrinsic reward and perceived freedom, that person is said to be at leisure. However, if the activity involves only extrinsic reward and the absence of perceived freedom, leisure is not present. Neulinger described six states: Pure leisure, leisure-work, leisure-job, pure work, work-job, and pure job.

Neulinger's theory of leisure argued that intrinsic motivation and perceived freedom can directly change the perception of leisure. But, like other social psychological theories of leisure, Neulinger's theory was criticized for its lack of "discriminant power". The criterion of perceived freedom is not exclusive to leisure activities, and the failure of the theory to account for the differences between real freedom and the illusion of freedom was challenged. Nevertheless, Neulinger's theory exerted considerable influence on the social theory of leisure, and perceived freedom is still a popular concept in leisure studies.

Neulinger believed that human civilization could one day look forward to a society based on leisure, a leisure society where technology and science free the average person from concern over subsistence. Neulinger envisioned a world where the very concept of a "job" was no longer plausible, where work would be leisure-oriented. Neulinger's vision was of a society where non-leisure activities form a minimal part of our day, where work would be carried out with meaning and without coercion, freely chosen, self-rewarding, and intrinsically motivating. In his final publication, Neulinger advocated for a societal transformation to that of a "universal leisure society instead of more centuries of useless destruction and worldwide conflicts".

Death
Neulinger died at home of a heart attack at the age of 67 on June 20, 1991, in Dolgeville, New York. Since his death, colleagues in the field of leisure studies have referred to Neulinger as a "leisure visionary".

Publications

Books

Articles

See also
Sebastian de Grazia, (contemplation theory of leisure)
Seppo Iso-Ahola, (optimal arousal theory of leisure)
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, (flow theory of leisure)

References

Further reading
Rojek, C.; S. M. Shaw, Anthony James Veal (2007). A Handbook of Leisure Studies. Palgrave Macmillan. .
Rojekl, C. (2009). The Labour of Leisure: The Culture of Free Time. SAGE. .
Wearing, S.; A. Deville; K. Lyons (2008). "The Volunteer's Journey through Leisure to the Self". In Kevin D. Lyons, Stephen Wearing. Journeys of Discovery in Volunteer Tourism. CABI. pp. 63–71. .

1924 births
1991 deaths
Writers from Dresden
Hunter College alumni
New York University alumni
City University of New York faculty
Nazi concentration camp survivors
Social psychologists
City College of New York faculty
German emigrants to the United States

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Ooievaarsnest is een buurt in het stadsdeel Gestel in de stad Eindhoven. De buurt ligt in het zuidwesten van Eindhoven in de wijk Oud Kasteel.

Ooievaarsnest grenst aan Veldhoven en wordt slechts gescheiden van deze gemeente door de snelweg A2. De buurt is vernoemd naar een 15e-eeuwse boerderij die hier stond. De boerderij is omstreeks 1970 gesloopt omdat zij moest wijken voor nieuwbouw. Medio jaren zeventig is de buurt gebouwd en zij bestaat uit koopwoningen.

Zie ook
 Lijst van buurten en wijken in Eindhoven

Wijk in Eindhoven


Scribendi provides high-quality editing and proofreading for writers around the world to ensure that their ideas are communicated clearly and effectively. Writers can submit their editing orders through Scribendi's website. These orders vary in type (e.g., business versus academic), length, complexity, and urgency (the client decides the turnaround time). Once an order is placed, it becomes available to Scribendi's network of professional freelance editors. Freelance editors have no obligation to take on an order; therefore, Scribendi needs to monitor all orders to ensure that they are completed on time. This process is managed by an editorial department coordinator, called the Duty Editor.
were not always aware of which freelancers were available at a given time or of freelancers' specializations and preferences.
Therefore, the aim of the order queuing tool is to prioritize outstanding orders in a systematic way to lower the number of late orders, which ensures that students and academics can submit their work on time, businesses meet their deadlines, and blogs and opinions are published without delay.
The project built an order queuing tool based on a machine learning algorithm. The tool has two main components. The first evaluates the probability of an order being late based on its initial characteristics, which are known immediately at the time of submission on the website. It includes details like the time of order, the order type, the word length, and the price. Based on these characteristics, a machine learning model, which leverages Scribendi's experience, determines the probability of an order being late and provides the initial ranking of orders.
The second component provides a real-time update of orders based on freelance editor behavior and other parameters, like the time until the deadline. The ranking tool is therefore a weighted combination of the initial probability and the real-time parameters, with the weighting assessment favoring real-time parameters. This means that the probability of an order being late gives the initial ranking, but this probability receives less importance as new information becomes available. For example, the time left to complete the order constantly changes, influencing the order priority.
Time of order features, such as the time until the deadline, the month (to address seasonality), and whether an order is due during periods of low freelancer engagement.
Type of order features, such as the document type (e.g., academic or business), the starting quality of the document, the format of the file to edit, and the word count.
Price and payment features, such as freelancer pay.
The dataset is highly unbalanced. Only 2.6% of the orders in the dataset were returned late, and many of the late orders were concentrated in the few days when demand spiked. The problem faced here is similar to anomaly detection efforts, like classifying bank fraud, medical problems, or text errors, which aim to identify rare observations. This rate is even lower once large, longer-term orders like manuscripts are excluded (deadlines on these orders are often extended by the client to give the editor extra time to deal with ad hoc requests).
The first task of the tool is therefore a classification problem, but instead of being interested in the final classification (e.g., "Will Order #123456 be late?"), we are interested in the probability of an order being late relative to all the other outstanding orders (more on this comparison later). We encountered several challenges with this approach. All models achieved high accuracy, since even a simple rule like "the order is always on time" has 97.4% accuracy. Despite this high accuracy, the models had low precision2 (the classifier labelled many "not late" observations as "late") and low recall3 (the classifier could not correctly identify all the late observations).
This is a common problem in anomaly detection and there are several techniques to address the effects of an unbalanced dataset. These include oversampling the minor class, under-sampling the major class, a combination of both, or synthetically creating new minor samples. The performance of these techniques is task specific, depending on the type of data and the size of the dataset. In our case, under-sampling worked best, as is often the case when applied to larger datasets. This means that we created a new dataset with all the 'late' observations and only a subsample of the 'not late' observations. Many ratios were tested, but a 1:1 ratio of 'late' to 'not late' gave the best performance.
Once the balanced dataset was created with the full feature set, it was easy to apply several algorithms4: logistic regression, random forest, support vector machines, stochastic gradient descent, and even a simple neural network were used on the data. This is where some trade-offs emerged. More complex algorithms may offer better predictive capabilities, but also come at a cost, particularly in terms of explainability (i.e., understanding the functioning of the algorithm) and ease of implementation. For example, if we were using a multi-layer perceptron model, it may require a separate server and possibly a queue in the middle during prediction. Thus, while the performance of this model would be similar to logistic regression, the implementation of the model would require a more complex setup which includes multiple instances. Furthermore, the task is not a prediction problem, which would generally favour these algorithms. Instead, the aim is to find the probability of an order being late relative to all the other outstanding orders. For this project, ranking is more important than prediction.
This gives logistic regression an edge over the other algorithms considered. It offers comparable performance metrics, but also includes interpretability because the impact and the sign of each feature on the probability of being late is known from the coefficients. This is important, as it gives Scribendi valuable information on which order characteristics matter (at the very least, it confirms some initial hypotheses). The transparency of logistic regression offers another advantage: ease of implementation, as its output offers a simple formula to evaluate any new order. A logistic regression model can also handle the mix of continuous and discrete independent variables. These characteristics make logistic regression one of the most used machine learning algorithms when it comes to binary classification. Claudia Perlich, an Adjunct Professor at NYU, argues that if the signal-to-noise ratio is low (as is the case in anomaly detection), logistic regression is likely to perform better than decision tree-based models. She also argues that logistic regressions might be better at ranking and estimating probability when compared to decision tree-based models5, which may give greater accuracy6.
A final consideration for the model is how to deal with time. Scribendi's orders fluctuate depending on the time of year. For example, many academic submissions occur in December, January, and May. To address these times, dummies (based on months) were used. However, this is a noisy measure; a busy period may be the last week of a month and the first week of the next month. Similarly, some public holidays also are correlated with demand spikes. Splitting the data into busy and not-busy datasets also did not improve the results (and introduced additional complications). Instead, the project split the train, test, and validation sets by day. While this does not model the seasonality, it ensures that the results are not due to the test or validation set over- or under-sampling a particularly busy period. This is arguably an area that can be more effectively dealt with as data regarding the impact of the tool becomes available.
After identifying the traits of late orders at the time they were placed, we had to focus on updating their prioritization once we could observe how the community of freelance editors behaves.
Company priorities and guidelines. These are rules that translate the internal experience into automated actions, such as discriminating the evaluation of internal orders and client orders, or isolating types of documents that routinely behave in a different way (e.g., PDF or LaTeX documents are not as easy to edit as a standard MS Word document).
The result of this analysis is a set of rules and exceptions that alter the initial scoring to keep the prioritization current. This set of rules is evolving as the Scribendi teams gets more familiar with the mechanism.
Finally, we always leave the option open for the Duty Editor to reprioritize orders using a simple drag and drop interface. This might open up opportunities to collect data for optimizing the tool using reinforcement or online learning.
Thanks to the fact that the tool leveraged a regression algorithm, we were able to implement a solution that can dramatically improve our operations under pressure, without incurring major financial investments, service disruptions, or additional and significant complexity to the infrastructure.
It is also easier to update and understand rules (e.g., add more factors that influence either the initial score or the real-time updating), and to maintain the algorithm, as there are no additional external components (like virtual machines or queuing tools) being introduced in the system.
while the following image shows its implementation on the back-end, where we see the interaction between the initial probability algorithm and the real-time updates.
Our approach was to keep the tool as simple as possible. It is sometimes tempting to use more complex or newer algorithms without considering their costs. The logistic regression is a straightforward and effective model7 and offers additional insights from interpreting the coefficients. Splitting the tool into two steps was also driven by simplicity. The first step gives a static assessment of the order when it is submitted which is combined in the second step with real-time updates. Each component in the second step is weighted in terms of importance. This makes the evaluation process more transparent and easier to implement and update (by tweaking the weights in the second step or recalculating the first step). This has provided a smoother path to implementation, avoiding the fate of many machine learning projects being perennially stuck in pre-implementation phases.
1For example, see Johnson and Goldstein (2003) on default choices in organ donation, Halpern et al. (2013) on default choices in healthcare, and Benartzi and Thaler(2004) on default choices in saving for retirement.
2A refresher: precision is True Positives /(True Positives + False Positives).
3Recall is True Positives / (True Positives + False Negatives).
5Perlich, P., Provost,F., and Simonoff, J. 2003. Tree Induction vs. Logistic Regression: A Learning-Curve Analysis. Journal of Machine Learning Research 4: p211-255.
7Once you establish its underlying assumptions hold.
Martin has extensive experience in analysing and drafting economic policy, with focus on industrial policy, incentive design, and localizing mining benefits. Some of his work can be found here and here. He has recently stepped into the world of data science, dusting off knowledge from his M.Sc. in Mathematical Economics and Econometric Methods from Tilburg University (the Netherlands) and combining it with an intensive data science bootcamp from Thinkful.com. Away from the computer, Martin can be found training for his next marathon with equal amounts of fear and excitement. For a full bio, see his LinkedIn profile.
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Roman Polanski to Go From Prison to Chalet. Next Stop LA?
By Lindsay William-Ross
Published Nov 27, 2009 11:00 PM
Director Roman Polanski is expected to be released on bail from a Swiss prison, and will be living in an Alpine chalet equipped with extensive security mechanisms, reports LA Now. The 76-year-old French citizen has been held in Switzerland since his arrest in late September on a warrant from Los Angeles associated with a 1977 rape case.
Just how long he'll be "confined" to the chalet, named the "Milky Way," remains to be determined. "Polanski is expected to be freed by Monday after a Swiss court agreed to $4.5-million bail. A court will eventually rule whether Polanski should be extradited to Los Angeles to face sentencing," in the thirty-year-old rape case involving a 13-year-old girl. The DA in L.A. has long been pressing for his return to the US, and bail has been denied because the working director is considered an obvious flight right.
Until Polanski's next steps are planned he'll stay in Gstaad, a posh Swiss resort town long-associated with celebrities and glamor. As part of his bail conditions Polanski will be subject to monitoring via an electronic bracelet device.

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Augustus Ledyard Smith (1901–1985) fue un arqueólogo estadounidense que trabajó en diversos proyectos en Mesoamérica relativos a la civilización maya precolombina patrocinados por la Instituto Carnegie, entre ellos el del yacimiento arqueológico de Uaxactún. De 1958 a 1963 condujo exploraciones en Altar de los Sacrificios en Guatemala acompañado con Gordon Willey, otro arqueólogo estadounidense, por cuenta del Museo Peabody de Arqueología y Etnología. De 1963 a 1969 exploró el sitio del Seibal, también en Guatemala.

Datos biográficos
Ledyard Smith nació el 18 de octubre de 1901 en Milwaukee y falleció de un ataque al corazón el 5 de diciembre de 1985 en Needham (Massachusetts). Su hermano, Robert Eliot Smith fue también arqueólogo dedicado a la civilización maya.

Ledyard Smith hizo sus estudios en Lausanne en Suiza y más tarde acudió al St. Paul's School en Nueva Inglaterra. Se graduó de la Universidad de Harvard en 1925. En 1927 se involucró en la arqueología maya y se integró al equipo de la División de Arqueología del Instituto Carnegie. Formó parte de la investigación de campo que trabajó entre 1920 y 1930 en Uaxactún en el Petén de Guatemala. Después de explorar en Uaxactún, dirigió su atención hacia las tierras altas de Guatemala. En 1950, junto con otros arqueólogos del Instituto Carnegie hizo exploraciones en Mayapan en el estado de Yucatán, en México.

Al llegar a su fin las tareas arqueológicas emprendidas por el Instituto Carnegie en 1958, Ledyard Smith continuó su trabajo, ahora por cuenta del Museo Peabody de Arqueología y Etnología, en donde fue nombrado asistente del conservador. En 1968, el gobierno de Guatemala le otorgó la Orden del Quetzal por sus servicios a la cultura y a la conservación del patrimonio cultural de ese país.

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 Obra publicada de A. Ledyard Smith, en el World Cat.

Mayistas
Arqueólogos de Estados Unidos


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Nashville, Tenn. (Feb. 23, 2016)—Centricity Music will be releasing the Deluxe Edition of Lauren Daigle's debut album titled HOW CAN IT BE DELUXE EDITION on May 6. She will also embark on the Hillsong UNITED Empires tour beginning April 28 in Baltimore Maryland. Lauren, who has reigned the top of the charts since HOW CAN IT BE was originally released last year, received her first GRAMMY® nomination for "Best Contemporary Christian Music Album" at the 58th GRAMMY® Awards. HOW CAN IT BE debuted in the Top 30 on the Billboard 200, and going into the GRAMMYs last week, the album went #1 for the fourth time in six weeks on Billboard's Top Christian Chart (five weeks at #1 overall). Her current single, "Trust In You," is also a Top 10 hit on the NCA chart.
The HOW CAN IT BE DELUXE EDITION, produced by Paul Mabury (Brooke Fraser, Hillsong, One Sonic Society), will feature her radio hits "How Can It Be," "First" and "Trust In You," that have endeared Lauren to listeners worldwide. Two brand-new songs, two stripped down versions of fan favorites, plus a live recording of "How Can It Be" will be included.
Lauren is the fastest selling new artist in Contemporary Christian music in the past decade. In addition to her recent GRAMMY® nomination, Lauren has won three Dove Awards (nominated for four) — "New Artist of the Year," "Song of the Year" ("How Can It Be") and "Contemporary Song of the Year ("How Can It Be"), and won the 2015 K-LOVE Fan Award for "Worship Song of the Year." Her debut album reached #1 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums Chart and #1 on the iTunes Christian Gospel Top Albums Chart with more than 200,000 album sales and 600,000 track sales.
Her singles "How Can It Be" and "First" both reached #1 on the iTunes Christian Songs Chart and #1 on the Christian Digital Tracks Chart with "First" also reaching #1 on the NCA radio chart. She has had almost 50 million YouTube and Vevo views, with approximately 200,000 subscribers. For "How Can It Be" alone, she has had more than 14 million views. Lauren is currently on the Winter Jam tour through March, and has performed on the bill with such well-known artists as Hillsong United, Kari Jobe, David Crowder, Casting Crowns, Chris Tomlin, and many others.


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How 9/11 Changed Actor Gary Sinise
Actor Gary Sinise's role as Lt. Dan Taylor in the movie "Forrest Gump" led him to charity work for
veteran's causes—and his wife's conversion to Catholicism introduced him to the Church. But it was on
September 11, 2001, that those two forces came together and set Gary on a course that would change
lives – both his own and those of others in need.
During a "Christopher Closeup" interview with me about his memoir "Grateful American," Gary recalled the devastation he felt at the loss of life that occurred on 9/11. He and his family went to their church for a memorial Mass, and he said, "I remember...crying through the Mass [and feeling] that service to others was a great healer…I wanted to do everything I could for the [servicemen and women] who were deploying in reaction to that terrible event…I started going to war zones, hospitals, entertaining on military bases across the country and around the world. I started raising money for multiple military charities...I found that the more I gave, the more relief I received...Was it God calling me to service? It very well could be….This is a life mission."
During a 2003 flight to Iraq for the USO, Gary found himself seated next to a man he didn't recognize. The stranger introduced himself as retired fireman John Vigiano Sr. His two sons, Joe and John Jr. – one with the NYPD, one with the FDNY – were both killed on 9/11 in the World Trade Center's collapse.
Vigiano Sr. went down to Ground Zero to dig through the rubble looking for his sons and observed how people from all over the world volunteered to pass out food and water and help in any way possible. The grieving father saw this as the true spirit of America, united in a common cause. Gary recalled, "[John] said to me, 'You know, I think more good came out of that terrible day than evil.' He said that because he saw the good pour into that terrible area filled with dust, smoke, and debris. I get choked up about it, but I'll never forget it."
Gary credits his friendship with Vigiano (who passed away in 2018 at age 79), along with many of the firefighters he met, with helping him decide to become Catholic himself in 2010. Gary said, "[Our] little church became such a positive force in our lives, and it grew into a moment in time where I secretly went through a Confirmation process and surprised my family by taking them to the church on Christmas Eve. Our priests brought me into the Church, confirmed me into the Church. And that was a big surprise to my family."
Gary continues to live his faith and his mission of service to others through the Gary Sinise Foundation, which includes many outreach efforts, including the building of specially-adapted houses for disabled veterans. He hopes that by sharing his story in "Grateful American," he can encourage readers to practice gratitude in their own lives as well.
Gary concludes, "If the book can inspire others to look at what they're grateful for and to think about our country not as a place where people are divided all the time…But look at the blessings that we've had because of the freedoms we have in this great country. If I can inspire people to go out there and serve others, the book is going to be worth the year it took to put it all down."
For free copies of the Christopher News Note LIVING IN THANKSGIVING, write: The Christophers, 5 Hanover Square, New York, NY 10004; or e-mail: mail@christophers.org


New York City did not disappoint! Maybe the perfect weather had something to do with it!
I returned yesterday evening from a 4 day weekend (Memorial Day) in New York City with my mom and we had a great time in large part to all the terrific information I found here from very knowlegable Fodorites! A big thank you to you all!
Now for a little background. I have lived in SC for the last 15 years and my mom for the last 11 years. We are orginally from NJ and prior to moving south I worked in Manhattan. As children my parents exposed both me and my sister to alot that NYC had to offer, so I am somewhat familiar with the city, but having not been back in 14 years I knew things would be different. And that's where all the great Fodors advice really helped! I am so appreciative of all the recommendations I got here on this board!
We were able to get a direct flight from Savannah to LGA and had no troubles with the flight, everything was on time. We arrived in NYC shortly after 2pm.
Thanks to a post here on Fodors I reserved with Carmel car service to pick us up. I did this since it was a Friday afternoon before a holiday weekend and I am glad I did! When we got to baggage claim I called the car dispatcher and within 5 minutes our car pulled up outside the door. We loaded our bags in and off we went. The car was clean and comfortable. The cost was $28 without toll and tip. With toll and tip we paid the driver $40. We paid cash, but they do take credit cards.
Traffic was pretty heavy going into the city, although going out was pretty heavy too. It took us about 45 minutes to get to our hotel. We stayed at the NY Hilton at 6th Ave. and 53rd...great location for us.
During our weekend we had some really terrific meals, saw 2 very good shows, and did a great walking tour. More to come later this evening.
Waiting for more about your weekend . . .
Thanks for reading my trip report...I'll take any encouragement I can get, I'm not the most gifted writer out there.
I've noticed through other posts that you are always so helpful in steering people to great NYC recommendations. Thanks!
Once we checked in and got settled into our room we decided to walk up to Lincoln Center. I purposely hadn't planned anything for this afternoon so we could roam wherever the mood took us.
We chose Lincoln Center because "back in the day" my parents had a Lincoln Center subscription and mom wanted to just walk around the area.
We were a bit disappointed because at the moment the center of the plaza area at Lincoln Center is under renovation...couldn't see the fountain. Mom was more let down then me on this adventure, but we walked around a bit and took some pictures in front of some very pretty azelas!
We then walked back down to Columbus Circle and made a slight detour into the Wholefoods store there. Not that I haven't heard of Wholefoods before, I have, but we don't have any in my area and I had never been in one before (you can see a food theme starting here and now!). All I can say is WOW! The prepared foods section is enormous...if I lived near there, I would never cook! Well, I don't really cook much now as it is!
After wandering through Wholefoods for a bit we perused some of the other shops in this mall and then headed for our first New York adult beverage of the trip.
BIG, strike that...GIGANTIC thanks to Neopatrick for recommending Divine Bar on West 54th Street....we LOVED, LOVED, LOVED it!
I'll be back later with more on Divine Bar and website link.
And I always depend on visitors to my hometown for recommendations of places outside my usual haunts . . .
You can't miss the place because there is a big orange canopy over the front door. The bar is 2 floors, the second floor offers table service. The first floor has the bar and some small tables. We chose to sit at a table on the first floor and order our drinks at the bar.
We each had a glass of wine (they were generous portions) I had a pinot gris and mom had a chardonnay. There is also an extensive tapas menu. We ordered the crostini and it came with 3 spreads...pureed roasted red peppers, bean and garlic, and spinach. All tasted great, but my favorite was the bean and garlic. Actually I topped the toasted bread with both the bean & garlic and roasted red pepper spreads and it was deliscious! And the toasted bread was perfection..nice and crunchy and garlicky! The portion was big enough that 4 or 5 people could really share it. But mom and I had no trouble polishing off most all of it! We considered it our appetizer and we hadn't had anything to eat since breakfast anyway!
For 3 glasses of wine and the crostini the bill was $59.85 with tip. It was a great way to toast the start of our NYC trip.
After a couple hours we decided it was time to head downtown for our dinner reservation at Lupa (www.luparestaurant.com). We had a 9:30pm reservation but thought we would try our luck to see if they could seat us early. We figured if not, we could always have a drink at the bar.
We took the subway down to Houston Street. Once we came up to street level it took me a minute to get oriented, but I finally got us going in the right direction!
We walked about 3 blocks to Thompson Street and found Lupa with no problem. The hostess was very accommodating with our early arrival and after about a 25 minute wait we were seated early.
We started the meal with a couple glasses of an Umbrian Chardonnay and 2 antipasti dishes. The asparagus with pecorino cheese was a bit spicey and the cheese added just the right flavor. The scallops with proscuitto was flavorful and tender. Both dishes were excellent.
For our main dishes we both decided to have pasta. Mom had the Buccatini Amertriciana (not sure of correct spelling!) and I had the spaghetti carbonara. Both dishes were slightly spicey and deliscious.
To cap it all off I had the black pepper panna cotta with rhubarb which was both (slighly) spicey and smooth and creamy and we both had espresso which was excellent.
The total bill with wine, 2 antipasti, 2 pasta dishes, 1 dessert and 2 espresso came to $120 including tip.
A few observations about Lupa. We really liked this restaurant, and we do enjoy Italian food. The restaurant was packed with people the entire time we were there, they never slowed down. People were continuing to come and every table was full when we left at about 10pm.
The bar at Lupa is fairly small, maybe 10 seats and it is located in the front dining area. The front dining area seats about 40 +/- people. There is a back room, but we didn't see it, however when we looked in that direction it appeared that every table was full.
Overall we really enjoyed our meal at Lupa and would go back again.
Next up is Saturday...aka...Theater Mania Day!
Can't wait to hear about the shows. I stayed at the NY Hilton for the first time last summer. I was there for a convention and then stayed some extra days. Yes, it's a huge convention hotel but I liked it. Great location for the theater district and 6th Avenue is quiet in the evenings.
I usually stay on the other side of Broadway closer to 8th so will have to check out The Divine Bar. Sounds fun.
LowCountryIslander - Both Lupa and the crostini at Divine Bar sound, well, divine. Thanks for the trip report and I'm waiting for more of it!
And ellenem, I agree - lots of great recommendations through the trip reports of NYC visitors.
Today was another great weather day and it remaind that way the whole weekend!
We started the day with breakfast at Maison located at 1700 Broadway (at 53rd Street). It is just down the block from the Hilton so was very convenient. I had read about this restaurant in a post here on Fodors and it struck me as being the kind of place we would like and I was right!
Maison is a french bistro type place that is open 24/7 (www.maisonny.com) When we arrived shortly after 8:30am it was not very crowded, but this did not deter us...it was a Fodor's recommendation!
Service was very good and the food was great...typical breakfast fare. Mom had asparagus crepes and I had an omelet with spinach, mushrooms and goat's cheese. The best part of the meal was the fresh squeezed orange juice. The cappuccino isn't bad either! Our breakfast with tip was $35.
After breakfast we hopped on the E train (it was just across the street from the restaurant) and we went down to ground zero.
Wow is all I can say. This was our first time back in NYC after September 11th and a visit to this area of the city was something both my mom and I wanted to do.
When we came out of the subway we were right next to the Church of St. Paul. I had never heard of this church but mom suggested we go inside. I am glad we did. There are memorials set up inside the church, for me, it was incredibly moving. Maybe it's because I grew up in New York City's "backyard" and worked in the city for a few years, but I got pretty choked up. It was incredible to me that this church, right across the street from the site did not have one window broken or shattered or any damage at all.
After spending some time inside the church and looking at Ground Zero, we walked down to Battery Park, it was such a beautiful day and perfect park weather.
The park was teeming with people. There was a swimming event and competitors in wetsuits were milling about. Others were kayaking in the water and we even saw a wedding. All of this activity in a matter of a few hundred feet!
I took lots of pictures (will post when I get a chance) and then we decided to head uptown to Macy's. Before getting on the subway, while walking down State Street we stumbled upon the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Shrine and went in for a look. It's a pretty little church/shrine wedged between some hi-rise buildings.
Once uptown we meandered through the first floor of Macy's since we didn't really have enough time to do any kind of "major" shopping.
At about 1pm we left Macy's and started to walk over to 50th Street to the New World Stages were we had tickets to see the 2pm matinee of Altar Boyz.
We really enjoyed this show. I thought the music and dancing and performers were great. The lyrics to the songs were very clever...if you are catholic I think you can relate even more to the lyrics! It was definitely a fun show.
The showed lasted about 90 minutes (with no intermission)...those boyz really get a workout in this preformance!
By 4pm we were exiting the theather and walking over to Rockerfeller Center. We walked around and window shopped and took more pictures. We headed down to Bryant Park to have a look around. We planned to have a drink at the Bryant Park cafe, but with such great weather every table and chair at the bar was taken. We decided to walk over to an old stand-by my parents used to frequent on their many forrays into the city "back in the day" and that was the Marriott Marquis.
We were hoping to have drinks in the 8th floor lounge that looks over the street and revolves, but it was closed for a private function, so the Atrium lounge fit the bill and we sat and had a cocktail and a snack there. My first $16 drink, a lemon drop martini, but it was sooooo good!
For 2 glasses of wine, my lemon drop martini and a flatbread pizza the bill was $69 with tip.
Shortly after 7pm we left the Marriott and walked over to the Longacre Theater (just 3 blocks away) for Boeing Boeing.
We LOVED this show. We thought it was funny and well acted. In our opinion Christine Baranski and Bradley Whitford were terrific, but Mark Rylance (played Bradley Whitford's comic friend) was really the icing on the cake...he was hilarious. I had heard the show was "dated", but it's set in the 60's and I thought the references were dead-on. I honestly didn't know how funny Bradley Whitford could be. And the actors who played the Air Hostesses were fabulous too! The show was almost 3 hours.
I had signed up for playbill.com several months ago and got the tickets at a discount when I had an email notice sent to me about the show...one of the best evenings we had there.
After reading a review about the restaurant Etcetera Etcetera here on Fodors (by Monica) I really wanted to try this place, but I didn't want to eat in between the 2 performances, so made a reservation for 10:45pm.
We were a few minutes late and there were only a few other diners in the restaurant but it was another great meal! What really attracted me to this restaurant was that several of the pasta dishes could be ordered in appetizer size, and that is what we did.
I had the asparagus risotto which was creamy and deliscious. Mom had the winner of the night though...a veal with raisin stuffed ravioli. It may sound like an odd combination, but it tasted out of this world good!
For 2 glasses of wine, 2 pasta (appetizer size)dishes the bill was $50 with tip.
Thanks Monica for the great restaurant recommendation...we loved it and would go back again, when we have more time to "explore" the menu!
More to come tomorrow...our last full day in NYC and a food walking tour!
I am SO enjoying this trip. I'm heading up in a few weeks and am going to try some of the restaurants you list.
I LOVE Lemon Drop Martinis at the MM.
Just today I was debating what show to add and was reading Boeing Boeing reviews. Based on your raves, I think I'm going to order tix.
was very enjoyable! Wanted to see it due to Christine Baranski & agree that Mark Rylance is superb!
I got my Boeing Boeing tickets at a discount through the playbill.com website. If you aren't already signed up you may want to check it out and maybe you can get discount tickets too.
We can chat more about it at the Atlanta GTG next week! And boy that MM Lemon Drop martini was one to remember!
Once I saw Christine Baranski name I really wanted to see the show...big factor in my decision to buy the tickets!
I plan to finish up the trip tonight. Thanks for reading!
It was another great weather day...warm and sunny!
We didn't have to be anywhere until 11:15am, so we took our time getting out of the hotel and stopped at a Starbucks (they are everywhere!!!) for some coffee.
We purposely did not have breakfast because we were taking the Chelsea Market and Meatpacking District Food Tasting and Walking Tour with Food Tours of New York (www.foodsofny.com).
We took the E train downtown to 14th Street and walked over to Chelsea Market at 9th Ave. and 15th Street.
We arrived a little early, so we walked through the market looking in some of the shops.
Our tour was scheduled to start at 11:30am and we were told to be at the meeting point by 11:15am. All the people in our group arrived on time (there were 14 of us) and we started right on time.
I've got to say this was the best $42 I spent on a walking tour! The guide (Bob) was terrific, very knowledable and funny. We tour though the market learning about the building's history (it was orginally the Nabisco Cookie company!). As we walked through the market we would stop at various shops and Bob would tell us a little of the history behind the business and we would have samples. And the samples were not small!
The first stop on the tour was Eleni's bakery and we had the BEST cookie I have ever had there. It was the cranberry everything cookie. It was so good, that at the end of the tour I went back and bought a few (they made for a great snack on the flight home!).
The next stop was the Ronny Brook Dairy shop and we tasted their chocolate milk. I am not exaggerating when I say this tasted like liquid chocolate ice cream!
Then it was onto the Lobster Place...one of the biggest seafood providers to NYC restaurants. We had a choice of 5 different soups to taste. We both picked the lobster bisque and it was soooo creamy!
Just when we thought we couldn't eat anythign more we walked over to Buono Italia (an Italian grocer). We had a variet of cheese, olives, cippolini onion (I had never had them before...tasted great!), mortadelo and Amy's (a bakery at the market) grain bread.
After the Italian feast, we moved onto Sarabeth's Bakery to sample 2 varieties of spreadable fruit. We had a blueberry sample and strawberry & peach sample, both very good.
We then had a team sample from T Salon. Very interesting concept...the entire store is green, even the plastic cups and utensils are made from potato and are 100% biodegradable. This is the only shop of it's kind, but the owner would like to expend and has plans to open 350 stores...stayed tuned to see if that happens!
We rounded out the food sampling with gelato from L'arte Gelato, just like the really deal in Italy!
After all the food sampling (which took about 2 hours) we moved over to Morimoto. This is the Iron Chef Morimoto's restaurant and we got to take a peak inside while it was closed. Pretty sleek interior.
We then walked across the street (10th Ave) and popped into Del Posto (a Mario Batali restaurant) for a peak. Interior here is stepping to a high class restaurant. I didn't get to see the menu, but our guide told us they do have a tasting menu priced at $44, which if that is the case I think that's a pretty good deal.
From Del Posto we walked into the Meatpacking District and got a bit of a history lesson on the area and the revitalization it has gone through in the last 15 years.
We worked our way to the Hotel Gansevoort Hotel and went to the lounge/bar at the top of the hotel for some nice views and to end our tour. I thought this was the perfect finish to a great tour. We really enjoyed it and thought the guide was excellent.
I would highly recommend this tour. In fact the next time I'm in NYC I would book one of the other food walking tours this company offers.
After the tour we went back to the Chelsea Market to make a few purchases at the Italian Market (stuff we can't here) and then took a coffee break to re-group and decide what we wanted to do next.
Union Square was packed with people, there was some kind of event going on related to Taiwan, we never did find out what it was all about, but there were other craft sellers throughout the park area too. We found our way a little further down 14th Street to Trader Joe's and popped in to get a few nuts...we just couldn't help ourselves!
Since were were happy with our purchases we thought it was time for a nice cool beverage. We hopped on the subway at Union Square and went up to 42nd Street and went to the Bryant Park Cafe for a couple glasses of wine.
The park was packed with people, but this time we were able to snag a small table towards the back of the bar in the shade and we sat for a little over an hour enjoying being outside and people watching.
We left Bryant Park to walk over to Artisanal Bistro at Park Avenue and 32nd Street (www.artisanalbistro.com), it was a bit of a long walk after a long day, but we arrived about 20 minutes early for our 7pm reservation. I had made an early reservation because it was our last night in the city and I figured we might want to have some time to get our bags ready for the next day.
The timing was perfect, the restaurant was not very busy when we arrived but within 30 minutes almost every table was filled.
Artisanal was another good choice for us, we really enjoyed this meal. We started with the onion soup and (yet again) this was the BEST onion soup I have ever had. Full of onions and lots of cheese.
I had the pork dish which was very favorful (I can't remember the name of it) and Mom had the sea bass special with eggplant puree and she said it was excellent.
I had the apple tarte tartin on a cheddar crust with creme fraise it was delicious! I had a cappuccino and mom had an espresso. With 2 glasses of wine the bill came to $155 with tip.
We finished at about 8:30pm and took the long walk back to the hotel.
We got ourselves ready and walked over to the Stage Deli (next to Maison) and had a quick breakfast (nothing spectacular, just a basic breakfast). We then checked out of the hotel and waited for the Carmel car to pick us up.
The car picked us up right at 11am and we got to LaGuardia in 15 minutes...I kid you not! There was no traffic!
The flight home was uneventful and we actually landed 30 minutes early!!
We had a great time and are looking forward to planning another NYC weekend in the near future!
You don't give yourself enough credit--you are a great writer!
My husband and I have just decided to go to NYC over Labor Day Weekend and are beginning to do our homework. Your trip report is the first one I've read and it contained a ton of helpful information. I particularly enjoyed hearing about the food tour and we will definitely be signing up for one of those. Any reason you decided on the Chelsea Market tour? They all sounded so good.
Thanks for reading my trip report and I'm glad I could give some helpful hints!
You are right, all the Foods of NY tours sound great! The reason we picked the Chelsea Market tour over the others was because it was a neighborhood of the city I had not explored before.
Here is a tiny url link to my kodak gallery photo album from this trip.
I hope it works, if not, I will try it again.
The tiny url works! Enjoy!
The sign about horn honking reminds me of one WE took a picture of many years ago, somewhere near Columbus Circle -- it read something like "Litter is a filthy and disgusting habit, so don't do it".
Yes, the onion soup at Artisanal Bistro was as good as it looks!
Great pictures! That onion soup would be wonderful right now!
Ummmm, LCI, would you order better weather for me this week. It's not fair that you got PERFECT weather!


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Republicans are playing political games with trans people and the LGBTQ+ community. This time, they have filed a new bill to ban "physical conversion therapy," which includes gender transition.
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Indiana has been the site of several anti-trans bills in recent years. In 2022, they enacted a ban on transgender athletes from playing sports that match their gender identity by overcoming the governors veto. They attempted to pass a bill that would criminally ban gender transition for trans youth. Yesterday, they proposed one of their most inhumane bills yet. Indiana HB1118 would ban gender transition for trans youth by placing it in a new law banning physical conversion therapy. It defines gender transition, ridiculously, as a form of conversion therapy and says that anybody who obtains gender transition for trans youth should be investigated for child abuse. The bill then defines violations as a level 5 felony.
The new Indiana bill states that "a health care professional may not purposefully attempt to change, reinforce, or affirm a minors perception of the minor's own sexual attraction or sexual behavior, or attempt to change, reinforce, or affirm a minor's gender identity when that identity is inconsistent with the minors biological sex, by engaging in any of the following activities." The bill then goes on to list several activities that are brutal and that anyone would agree should be banned: subjecting genitals to electric currents, wrapping the minors hands in heat coils, subjecting a minor to an ice bath. Alongside these forms of conversion therapy torture, it lists puberty blockers and hormone therapy.
Sec. 4 of Indiana HB1118
This bill clearly has drawn from TERF (trans exclusionary radical feminist) ideology in its development - TERF orgs have claimed that gender transition is done to "trans away the gay". Prominent TERF thought leader Helen Joyce claims, for instance, that the "affirmative care model IS conversion therapy." This line of thought has also made its way into US court fights. James Cantor, an anti-trans "neuroscientist and sex researcher" who has appeared in several court fights as a witness in favor of anti-trans legislation, said in 2021 that "transition IS conversion therapy." Now, this bill seeks to establish this thinking into law by banning all gender affirming care for trans youth.
Anyone who is transgender can tell you that the idea that anti-gay people would somehow be more OK with transition than having a gay child is ridiculous on its face. From personal experience, much of the time the most anti-trans people in life are also anti-gay. So many trans people can attest that upon transitioning, they are asked by parents and friends, "why couldn't you just be gay?" Nobody is giving a minor gender affirming care in order to change their sexuality. Sexual attraction and gender are entirely separate things, and many transgender people identify as gay or bisexual post-transition. If transition is a form of conversion therapy, it is a laughably ineffective one.
The Republicans pushing this bill have no intent to ban real conversion therapy. That is why religious conversion therapy through coercive means is not banned in this bill. Likewise, the bill makes no attempt to ban gender exploratory therapy, a psychological conversion therapy model that seeks to convince a trans person to no longer be trans by convincing them that their transition is best explained by other social factors and poor mental health. The clear play that Republicans are making is in claiming that Democrats who vote against this bill are voting against physical conversion therapy bans. Republicans clearly think that they can shield themselves from claims that they are in favor of conversion therapy with a bill like this. We must not allow them to hide behind attacking trans people and playing political games with LGBTQ+ kids.
The whole bill is made worse by the addition of child abuse enforcement mechanisms. This bill is one of a few that would trigger child abuse investigations for gender affirming care. Texas, at the direction of Attorney General Ken Paxton and Governor Greg Abbott, famously begun investigating the parents of all trans kids who obtain gender affirming care for child abuse. This caused trans teens to attempt suicide and families to leave the state. States such as Michigan, Missouri, and Texas have seen bills that attempt to codify gender affirming care as child abuse into state law. The weaponization of child protective services against the parents of transgender youth is chilling and fulfills Item e of Article II on the UN definition of genocide by forcibly transferring children of the group to another group. The end goal is an elimination of transgender youth.
We must stand strongly against legislation like this. I will be covering this bill as it moves its way through the Indiana legislature on my twitter and this newsletter. It is integral that people show up to testify and speak about why bills like this harm transgender youth, who are at increased risk of suicide that is best alleviated by gender affirming care. Gender affirming care is not conversion therapy, and by banning gender affirming care if this bill is passed, Indiana would make conversion therapy the mainstay treatment in the state.
Republicans are fascists following the same path the Nazis did in the 1930s. We need to address that reality.
June Lewis
Can confirm I have been asked more than once "Wouldn't it be easier just to be gay?". Which is extra frustrating as bi trans woman. These proposed bills are getting more and more extreme, I watched the ND hearing yesterday about gender markers and there was not testimony in opposition. Are groups in these states out there fighting these? We need to be testifying in these committee meetings and ensuring that it is not just the religious fundamentalists who are having their voice heard.
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Режин Зильберберг (, известная под мононимом как Режин, ) — французская певица, актриса и импресарио ночных клубов, получившая прозвище «Королева ночи».

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Родилась в Андерлехте, Бельгия, в семье польских евреев. Вскоре после её рождения отец потерял семейный бизнес, пекарню, и Зильберберги переехали в Париж.. Во время Второй Мировой войны ребёнком скрывалась вместе с семьей от немцев в оккупированной военной Франции. После войны Зильберберг стала выступать в качестве эстрадной певицы, а в 1953 году получила работу менеджера в одном из первых популярных послевоенных клубов Парижа «Whiskey à Gogo». Ей приписывают изобретение дискотеки, поскольку она была одной из первых, кто отказался от музыкальных автоматов в пользу набирающих популярность диджеев.

В 1957 году при финансовой поддержке Ротшильдов Зильберберг открыла в Париже на улице дю Фор своё первое заведение под вывеской «Chez Régine's», положив начало международной сети из более 20 заведений: клубов, ресторанов, отелей в Лондоне, Нью-Йорке, Монте-Карло и других городах. Её мероприятия посещали Жан-Поль Бельмондо, Ален Делон и представители «новой волны».

Помимо этого Режина выступала как певица и актриса — для неё писали песни Шарль Азнавур, Серж Генсбур и Франсуаза Саган. В 1979 году песня Глории Гейнор «I Will Survive» во французском варианте прозвучала в исполнении Режин. За годы музыкальной карьеры она записала 11 студийных альбомов. На большом экране Зильберберг играла в основном роли второго плана, среди которых: Марта в фильме Клода Берри «Я женюсь!» (1969), Жули в экранизации романа Жоржа Сименона «Поезд» (1973), Симона, бывшая проститутка и подруга полицейского Рене в комедии Клода Зиди «Откройте, полиция!» (1984), жена Робера Голдмана в фильме Клода Лелюша «Робер и Робер» (1978), Режин в фильме Мишеля Блана «Коварство славы» (1994).

В начале 2000-х Режина отошла от управления своими заведениями, но продолжала активную жизнь: участвовала в телешоу, играла в театре, продолжала петь. В 2006 году опубликовала мемуары «Moi, mes hisnoires». В 1967 году Зильберберг удостоена премии «Prix Pierre-Brive Consécration», в 1995 году — кавалер ордена Почётного легиона, в 2008 году — офицер ордена Почётного легиона.

Зильберберг дважды была замужем, родив в 16 лет от первого мужа Поля Роткейджа сына Лайонела. Лайонел Роткейдж скончался в 2006 году от рака, оставив одну дочь. Режин умерла 1 мая 2022 года в пригороде Парижа в возрасте 92 лет.

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Human Rights in Bahrain (Mohamed Ramadhan and Husain Moosa)
I share concerns and understand the depth of feeling on this issue. Human rights and democracy are fundamental to the values the UK champions on the world stage. That is why I am glad Bahrain is a human rights priority country for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO).
Like you I am deeply concerned about the death sentences given to Mohamed Ramadhan and Husain Moosa. The Government of Bahrain is fully aware that the UK is firmly opposed to the death penalty, in all circumstances. The UK has and will continue to monitor the cases closely and raise concerns with senior members of the Bahraini Government. I am told that technical assistance to Bahrain, which is kept under regular review, is provided in line with international standards, and fully complies with our domestic and international human rights obligations.
The UK Government's relationship with the Government of Bahrain allows it to speak honestly about a range of issues, including human rights and press freedom, and it does not shy away from sharing concerns at a senior level. The UK has urged the Government of Bahrain to protect freedom of expression for all its citizens in line with its international commitments. The UK's position on the use of the death penalty is also longstanding and clear. The UK opposes its use in all circumstances and countries.
The UK will continue to support Bahraini-led reform by providing a range of technical expertise to promote the rule of law and further develop the work of Bahrain's human rights oversight bodies. I believe that working together in this way offers the best opportunity to see the positive changes which the Government of Bahrain has committed to implementing, including on international agendas such as women's empowerment and combating modern slavery.
I hope this helps to clarify the UK's commitment to addressing Bahrain's human rights record, and I will continue to follow developments closely and engage with Ministers.
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USS Crook County (LST-611), originally USS LST-611, was a United States Navy  built during World War II and in commission from 1944 to 1956. Named after Crook County, Oregon, and Crook County, Wyoming, she has been the only U.S. Navy vessel to bear the name.

LST-611 was laid down on 17 December 1943 at Seneca, Illinois, by the Chicago Bridge and Iron Company.  She was launched on 28 April 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Ray Hines, and commissioned on 15 May 1944.

Service history
During World War II, LST-611 was assigned to the Pacific Theater of Operations and participated in the Leyte landing in October 1944 and the Mindoro landing in December 1944.

LST-611 operated with the Amphibious Force, United States Pacific Fleet, following World War II and participated in the Inchon landings in September 1950 during the Korean War.

On 1 July 1955, LST-611 was renamed USS Crook County (LST-611). On 26 October 1956 she was placed in service, in reserve, in caretaker status.

Honors and awards
LST-611 earned two battle stars for World War II service and three battle stars for Korean War service.

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Author: Robert Crais Narrator: Luke Daniels Publisher: Brilliance Audio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Delivery: Instant Download Audio Length: 7.5 hours Series: The Elvis Cole / Joe Pike Novels Release Date: December 2017 ISBN: 9781455853441
It seemed like a simple case—before the bodies starting piling up. Investigator Elvis Cole and his partner, Joe Pike, take on the deadliest case of their lives, in the new masterpiece of suspense from the #1 New York Times bestselling author
When single mother Devon Connor hires private investigator Elvis Cole, it's because her troubled teenage son Tyson is flashing cash and she's afraid he's dealing drugs. But the truth is devastatingly different. With two other partners in crime, he has been responsible for a string of high-end burglaries, a crime spree that takes a deadly turn when one of them is murdered and Tyson and his girlfriend disappear.
They stole the wrong thing from the wrong man. Determined to get it back, he has hired a team that is smart and brutal, and to even the odds, Cole calls in his friends Joe Pike and Jon Stone. But even they may be overmatched. The hired killers are leaving a trail of bodies in their wake. A few more won't make any difference.
Quotes & Awards
"Luke Daniels returns to give voice to the 'World's Greatest Detective,' Elvis Cole, and his hard-nosed partner, Joe Pike. While Daniels downplays Crais' humor more than some of the series' previous narrators, including Crais himself, he expertly presents the gravity of the teenager's circumstances and maintains a suspenseful pace that will keep listeners riveted."
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"Crais…always delivers riveting crime fiction while somehow offering something unique in every novel. Here it's the surprisingly interesting, Tarantino-like conversations between Harvey and Stemms as they plan their next deadly steps. More fantastic reading from a perennial A-lister who belongs on every crime fan's TBR list."
Booklist (starred review)
"Adroitly spins a treatise on relations between mothers and sons, fathers and sons, and bonds of friendship, nestled within a hair-raising chase between cold-blooded murderers and naïve adolescents. Crais' trademark humor and thoroughly accurate, genuine depictions of human interactions make this one of his best yet…[with] a tremendously rewarding climax and touching epilogue."
Library Journal (starred review)
"Among West Coast mystery writers, none is more reliable than Crais, who is in excellent form here."
"The empathic Elvis takes center stage, with just enough hard-boiled Pike to season the mayhem…Expertly crafted."
A New York Times bestseller
Robert Crais is an American author of numerous New York Times bestsellers, including Taken, which debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. He received the Ross Macdonald Literary Award in 2006, The Eye—Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010, and the Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master Award in 2014. He has written for such acclaimed television shows as L.A. Law, Cagney and Lacey, Miami Vice, and Hill Street Blues. A film adaptation of his novel Hostage was released in 2005, starring Bruce Willis as ex-LAPD SWAT negotiator Jeff Talley.
About the Narrator
Luke Daniels, winner of sixteen AudioFile Earphones Awards and a finalist for the Audie Award for best narration, is a narrator whose many audiobook credits range from action and suspense to young-adult fiction. His background is in classical theater and film, and he has performed at repertory theaters around the country.


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Baku. 28 August. REPORT.AZ / The Italian famous singer Al Bano is going to perform at the opening of World Judo Championship to be held on September 20 in Baku.
The 75-year-old singer will come to Azerbaijan with the invitation of International Judo Federation. He will perform in the opening ceremony to take place in National Gymnastics Arena, Report informs.
Al Bano, who is popular with the song 'Felicita', sang IJF's anthem in Budapest, Hungary and performed in the opening ceremony of world championship last year.
Till today Al Bano has sold 165 million albums around the world.
Al Bano Carrisi has been UNODCCP Goodwill Ambassador since 2001.
World Judo Championship will be held on September 20-27 in Baku.


Sidewalk improvements may be in the works near a proposed five-story, mixed-use building in Hayes Valley under development on one of the last remaining undeveloped parcels on Octavia Boulevard.
The plans currently under consideration would demolish existing sidewalks along Octavia and on Page and Rose streets to add a sidewalk bulb-out that includes a seating on Octavia in front of a proposed residential development.
Plans for Parcel T include 28 residential units that will be a mix of studio, one-, and two-bedroom apartments, along with 2,720 square feet of ground-floor retail space, according to the most recent documents filed with SF Planning.
As proposed by DDG, the project would not include any off-street parking, other than 28 bicycle parking spots for residents, and four public bike spaces on the Page Street sidewalk.
Details on the developer's website suggest it may be considering parking for private vehicles and car-sharing companies, however.
Rendering of Parcel T development by DDG.
Residents would also have access to a 2,160-square-foot roof deck. DDG also developed 8 Octavia just down the street, and 450 Hayes a few blocks away.
As we reported last week, parcels R,S, and U on Octavia Boulevard will be developed into affordable housing by the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation.
Buildings supported by TNDC will include housing for transitional youth and on-site social services including a child care facility.
These proposals to fill in the last empty spaces cleared when the Central Freeway was torn down are still in very early stages of development, but we will keep you posted as the plans get fleshed out.


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If a local planning authority contacts you regarding a potential breach of planning control, it's important to be aware of your options and the risks of not responding to a planning contravention notice or not complying with an enforcement notice.
Download our guide for a brief overview of some of the key issues to consider when faced with planning enforcement action and our tips for managing these issues.
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The RKG series of machines perform various tasks in an entry door line, such as door tilting and brick mold application. These machines can be mixed and matched to suit your company's machining needs.
The RKG-1 Assembly Station assembles steel, fiberglass, or wood doors with sidelights, patio doors, or double doors. Its design eliminates the manual lifting and turning of the doors during assembly. It receives a door panel with the hinge jamb or mull post attached, exterior side up.
For double doors the left-hand door panel is prepared and rolled into the machine. The panel, with the jamb attached, is then rotated 90 degrees counter clockwise and lowered onto non-marking polyurethane wheels. These wheels are positioned to support the door on the top and bottom rail, providing clearance for door light frames or raised molding. The second door, with the jamb attached, is then rolled into the station, rotated, and positioned next to the first. The pair are then lowered onto jamb support plates.
Two operators, one working at the top of the door and one at the sill end, simultaneously install the head jamb and sill. A clamping system holds the components in place so they can accurately fasten the head and sill to the side jambs. After the frame has been assembled the door is raised with the polyurethane rolls so that it can be safely moved to the next station.
The RKG-2 Brick Mold Station is for applying exterior casing to steel, fiberglass, or wood door with side lights, patio door or double doors. It is designed to receive an assembled door from the RKG-1 on non-marking polyurethane wheels that supports the doors on the top and bottom rails. After the door is received it is lowered approximately 5" and set onto support plates to secure it. The lowered height makes it easier and safer for the operator to apply the outside casing and any required packaging. This includes a skid board to protect the sill from damage.
The RKG-3 Tilt Up Station is designed to raise assembled entry door from a horizontal to a vertical position for feeding into the RKG-4 Upright Clamp Conveyor.
This station is designed with non-marking polyurethane wheels to support the door on the top and bottom rails. The wheels are positioned so door light frames and raised moldings will not be damaged. There are also rolls on the sill support plate. These wheels enable one operator to safely and easily move the door to the next station. The tilt table utilizes a hydraulic tilt cylinder, electric pump, and foot switch for control.
The RKG-3A Upright Conveyor is used to receive a door after it has been raised to a vertical position by the RKG-3 and align the door with the RKG-4 Upright Conveyor. The RKG-3A is required when entry doors up to 9' wide are to be fed into the RKG-4. The RKG-3A may be used as a work station to install caulking in the sidelight frames and to set the sidelight panels into the frames.
The RKG-4 Upright Conveyor makes easy work of installing sidelight panels in steel, fiberglass, or wood doors with sidelights, or patio doors.
The RKG-4 is designed to receive assembled doors in a vertical orientation from the RKG-3 Tilt-Up Machine. The door is tilted all the way up and over to 6 degrees past vertical so the unit is leaning on the exterior side. In this position the door is easily rolled to the clamp station. At this station the door is clamped against a fence that holds the door vertical so the door can be opened. The RKG-4 is also equipped with a momentary sill clamp release, so the frame can be squared to the door before the sidelight panels are secured. This ensures that the frame will be square after the sidelights are installed.
The RKG-4 is also equipped with a special clamping system that will press the sidelight panels into the sealing compound. The clamps are air-actuated and are controlled by a single push/pull valve, enabling one operator to easily and safely install each sidelight panel. After the panels are seated, the operator can open the door to secure the sidelight panels through the mull posts. After the sidelight panels have been installed, the door is unclamped so it is leaning against the brick mold. In this position the door can easily be rolled to the next station.


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Home > Climate Monitoring > State of the Climate > Global Climate Report
Global Climate Report - December 2004
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Global Highlights:
Based on preliminary data, global average combined land and sea surface temperature was fifth warmest on record for December 2004
December temperatures were above average across Scandinavia, Japan, Alaska and the majority of the U.S., with below average temperatures over eastern Canada, the Middle East and the majority of Siberia
Precipitation during December was above average over the western coast of Alaska, the southwestern U.S. and Japan, with drier than average conditions in parts of Southeast Asia, the central portions of the U.S., and the majority of Europe
Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs) continued to be above normal in the central equatorial Pacific
Contents of this Section:
Global Temperatures
Global Precipitation
ENSO SST Analysis
The data presented in this report are preliminary. Ranks and anomalies may change as more complete data are received and processed. The most current data may be accessed via the Global Surface Temperature Anomalies page.
Temperature anomalies for December are shown on the two maps* below. The dot map on the left uses anomalies that were calculated from the Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN) data set of land surface stations using a 1961-1990 base period. The map on the right is a blended product which uses satellite and surface anomaly values of measured land and ocean temperatures as well as SSTs with the base period of 1988-2004. Both maps reflect conditions during December 2004, indicating above average temperatures in Alaska, parts of West Africa, Norway, western and southern Australia, Japan and the majority of eastern Europe, with cooler than average temperatures over most of Siberia, the Middle East, Mexico, parts of Southeast Asia and the eastern half of Canada.
*The two maps below utilize different base periods and may reflect different anomaly values of land surface temperatures.
Above average sea surface temperatures are also evident in the blended product, above right. Warmer than average conditions covered large parts of the central and eastern Pacific in association with weak El Niño conditions. Sea surface temperatures were also warmer than average in much of the northern Pacific.
The mean position of upper level ridges of high pressure and troughs of low pressure (depicted by positive and negative 500 millibar height anomalies on the December 2004 map) are generally reflected by areas of positive and negative temperature anomalies at the surface, respectively. For other Global products see the Climate Monitoring Global Products page.
Temperature Rankings and Graphics
Current Month / Year-to-date
Warmest Year on Record
Land and Ocean
+0.41°C (+0.74°F)
+0.47°C (+0.85°F) 23rd warmest
2nd warmest
5th warmest 1939 (+1.09°C/1.96°F)
1997 (+0.62°C/1.12°F)
+0.48°C (+0.86°F) 32nd warmest
2nd - 1997 (+0.57°C/1.03°F)
+0.45°C (+0.81°F) 6th warmest
8th warmest
January-December
3rd warmest
+0.66°C (+1.19°F) 3rd warmest
2nd warmest 1998 (+1.03°C/1.85°F)
The most current data may be accessed via the Global Surface Temperature Anomalies page.
The maps below represent anomaly values based on the GHCN data set of land surface stations using a base period of 1961-1990. The map to the left is precipitation anomalies measured in millimeters, the map to the right is the percentage of average (1961-1990) precipitation. During December 2004, above average precipitation fell in Alaska, the southwestern U.S., South Africa, parts of Scandinavia and Italy. Below average precipitation was observed in India, the southeastern U.S., Brazil, southeastern Asia, Portugal and Turkey.
The maps below were produced from SSM/I satellite data using a base period of 1988-2004. The map on the left reflects surface liquid wetness conditions, while the map on the right reflects snow cover conditions for the month. Snow covered areas that are normally snow-free during this month will appear drier than average on the wetness image since a wetness value cannot be determined for regions that are snow covered. This is due to the snow crystalline structure which produces a considerable amount of scatter and makes it difficult for the SSM/I to accurately detect the surface conditions. Data in these areas that are normally snow covered are displayed as missing. The SSM/I products are experimental and are under continuing review and development.
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Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs) continued to be above normal in the central equatorial Pacific during December (as shown in the adjacent animation of weekly sea surface temperature anomalies), suggesting ENSO is in a weak warm phase. A comprehensive summary of December 2004 ENSO conditions can be found on the ENSO monitoring page. For the latest advisory on ENSO conditions go to NOAA's Climate Prediction Center (CPC) and the CPC ENSO Diagnostic Discussion
Images of sea surface temperature conditions are available for all months during 2004 at the weekly SST page
Peterson, T.C. and R.S. Vose, 1997: An Overview of the Global Historical Climatology Network Database. Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 78, 2837-2849.
Citing This Report
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, State of the Climate: Global Climate Report for December 2004, published online January 2005, retrieved on January 23, 2020 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/200412.
https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.ncdc:C00672