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8 Cartoon Network Pilots That Deserve a Full Series
Muneeb Hashmi
Last updated: August 7, 2020
Cartoon Network is a huge cartoon channel with a lot of pilot shows along the year. A pilot show is an initial release of a full cartoon series to get the response from the audience. If the approvals are good and the series passes its initial test, the pilot is adapted into a full series. Shows like Dexter's Laboratory, The PowerPuff Girls and Johnny Bravo were all pilots at first. Through these trials, only the best cartoon series make it to the television where there are hundreds of aspiring series wanting to feature at the TV screen.
Here are some pilots from over the years selected from the hundreds of pilots that aired in last decade:
Plastic Man is one of the few cartoon superhero series that got a pilot episode on Cartoon Network. This 10-minute thriller featuring the shape-shifting Plastic man was loved by many. It was the first comedy series with humourous superhero action. This new style got the attention of fans but the full series was never made.
Danger Planet
This is another pilot released on CN that has high hopes of turning into a full-fledged series. It is the pair of arcade game and forklift taking care of a human baby stranded on a planet. The 8-minute episode was first aired in 2016.
A Kitty Bobo Show
Kitty Bobo Show aired on CN as a pilot in 2001. It came second to Codename: Kids Next Door in the voting. The show had the potential to introduce a new style to the screen but the series was never adapted. The creator of this series, Meaghan Dunn has since tried to restart her series using kick starter but she could not collect enough funds.
This series is created by Elizabeth Ito which was adapted into a short pilot for Cartoon Network. Aired in 2015, the show was engaging and expected to release as full TV series. However, the update on that is yet to come. The short episode gained much popularity when it was released on Youtube.
Trick Moon
Trick Moon is one of the latest pilots from Cartoon Network that carries a good amount of demand. Geneva Hodgson wrote this story about the royal wolf siblings on their adventures. The pilot was only recently released on Youtube and it is highly expected that the series will get adapted for CN.
Verne On Vacation
The plot for Verne on Vacation was created by Sylvain Marc for a 3 minute pilot on Cartoon Network. The pilot first aired in 2009 and also moved to the production phase. But the series never reached the finality of production. It was cancelled due to some unknown reason.
This pilot aired on Cartoon Network in 2015 written by Lizz Hickey. The production for the full series never started because of less popularity for the series. The short episode received widespread popularity due to its great plot.
3 Dog Band
3 dogs with a unique music taste start a band to gain popularity where the band faces setbacks in their goals. They want to become famous by spreading music. This pilot was released a few years back and gained huge popularity as a musical.
These are some of the pilots that could be planned for production in the coming years. The stories are nice and keep an entertaining theme. Pilots are important to give the series a trail at the television. Cartoon Network holds voting for these pilots and hit shows are chosen for releases. What do you think about these pilot show? Do they deserve their own full series? Let us know in the comments.
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One of the great rarities in the collection of the New York Public Library is a small copper sphere–one of the first globes ever made. About five hundred years old, it depicts the newly discovered Americas for the very first time.
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Richard Alexander (* 2. November 1852 in Berlin; † 24. Mai 1923) war ein deutscher Theater- und Stummfilmschauspieler sowie Komiker und Intendant.

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Er war zuerst Kaufmann und gehörte diesem Stande vier Jahre an. Schon während dieser Zeit verbrachte er seine Mußestunden damit, die Schillerschen Heldenrollen auswendig zu lernen und sich mit Erfolg auf einer Liebhaberbühne zu versuchen. Endlich verließ er das Kontor gänzlich, nahm dramatischen Unterricht bei dem damaligen Oberregisseur am Viktoriatheater Wilhelm Hock und betrat am 23. April 1873 am Residenztheater in Berlin als Samaja in Hebbels Judith die Bühne. Dann ging er als jugendlicher Held und Liebhaber ("Mortimer", "Ferdinand", "Carlos") nach Potsdam, fühlte aber sehr bald, dass ihm das Fach der Konversationsrollen mehr zusagte, wie das Fach der getragenen Klassiker. 1874/75 wirke er am Stadttheater in Hamburg, 1875/76 am Stadttheater in Stettin, 1876/79 am Stadttheater in Nürnberg, wo er die Aufmerksamkeit Possarts erregte, der ihn nach München engagierte, wo er bis 1860 blieb. Hier gefiel Alexander in der Rolle des "Lothair" in "Bibliothekar" dem Direktor Karl von Bukowics so sehr, dass dieser ihm unmittelbar nach der Vorstellung einen Kontrakt für das Wiener Stadttheater vorlegte. Alexander unterzeichnete und wirkte dort 1880 bis 1881. Emil Thomas verpflichtete Alexander 1883 ans Wallnertheater. Am 1. September 1891 trat er zum Residenztheater über, wo er seit dieser Zeit auch als Direktionsstellvertreter wirkte.

Auf einer Jagdgesellschaft des Kaisers Wilhelm II. amüsierte dieser sich so sehr über Alexander, dass er ihm ein Engagement am Königlichen Schauspielhaus anbot. Alexander nahm das Angebot nicht an und wurde 1904 Direktor des Residenztheaters.

Während der 33. Wiederholung des Schwanks "Die Hochzeitsnacht" verpasste ein Schauspieler seinen Einsatz, und Alexander bekam einen "Nervenschock". Daraufhin wurde ihm ein Kuraufenthalt verordnet.

Bei seiner Reise dahin erfuhr er per Telegramm, "es hätte sich in Berlin das Gerücht verbreitet, ich wäre verrückt geworden und hätte mich ins Meer gestürzt". Der Totgeglaubte telegrafierte umgehend zurück: "Im Begriff nach Helgoland zu fahren, um etwas Seeluft zu atmen, erfahre ich soeben von meinem heute erfolgten Tod. Da ich es vorziehe, mich in Berlin begraben zu lassen, werde ich mich selbst dorthin überführen und lade alle Leidtragenden ein, am Donnerstagabend im Residenztheater zu erscheinen, wo die Beisetzung in feierlicher Weise stattfinden wird."

1912 gab er die Direktion des Theaters an Ferry Sikla ab. Vor seinem Tod im Jahre 1923 kam er noch zu einigen Stummfilmauftritten.

Zeitgenössische Rezeption

Filmografie
 1919: Der Raub der Sabinerinnen
 1921: Freie Bahn dem Tüchtigen
 1921: Das Kind der Diva
 1922: Es bleibt in der Familie

Publikation
 Meine Streiche beim Theater. Aus meinen Erinnerungen. Verlag August Scherl Berlin 1922.

Literatur
 Ludwig Eisenberg: Großes biographisches Lexikon der deutschen Bühne im 19. Jahrhundert. List, Leipzig 1903, S. 21 f.
 Eugen Zabel: Bühnenkünstler der Gegenwart. Biographien und Charakteristiken. In: Spemanns goldenes Buch des Theaters. Stuttgart 1912. Richard Alexander S. 565–567.

Weblinks

 Richard Alexander Gedanken zu seinem Tod von Kurt Tucholsky
 Richard Alexander "Rampensau bei Wilhelm Zwo", Artikel in Der Tagesspiegel vom 18. April 2014

Einzelnachweise

Theaterschauspieler
Komiker (Berlin)
Theaterintendant
Stummfilmschauspieler
Deutscher
Geboren 1852
Gestorben 1923
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The global dream at AB InBev is to bring people together for a better world.
The global dream at AB InBev is to bring people together for a better world. In the company's Africa Zone, the dream is to create a model company, one that grows a lot, uses its resources wisely, one that everybody loves to work for and that makes a real difference in society. This dream underpins all the work the company does.
"We all know that the world has limited resources and we believe that it is our responsibility to do what we can to ensure that we use these resources in a sustainable and responsible manner. Contributing meaningfully in the sustainability space not only makes sense for us as a company, whose products are made using natural resources, but also allows us to continue supporting the communities within which we operate. When these communities thrive, so do we as a business," says David Hauxwell, the Vice-President of Procurement and Sustainability, AB InBev Africa.
What is the key sustainability vision for the organisation?
To demonstrate our commitment to bringing people together for a better world, AB InBev has launched its global sustainability goals that we aim to achieve by 2025. Our goals are aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals that were launched in 2015, supporting the global efforts of several stakeholders to achieve the ambition of "end(ing) poverty, protect(ing) the planet and ensure(ing) that all people enjoy peace and prosperity". We know that as the world's leading brewer and a big contributor to the economies of the countries in which we operate, it is imperative that we embed sustainability into our business strategy. In Africa, we have added a fifth sustainability goal that aims to reduce unemployment, one of the continent's greatest challenges.
What opportunities, risks and challenges are associated with sustainability?
At AB InBev, we believe there are long-term benefits for both society and our own efficiency by going green. It is common sense to seek a world that is cleaner and more environmentally friendly, and to create an atmosphere and economy that are conducive to doing business. To do this, we have integrated sustainability into our business. It is important that we invest more resources to enhance existing sustainability initiatives while also expanding into areas that historically were not part of our focus. We can complement this work with budding entrepreneurs and technology to make the existing approach more impactful. To achieve our objectives, it is important we take a multi-stakeholder approach—collaborating across areas of expertise, including with the government—to identify sustainability gaps within each market aligned with our goals. An example of this is working to embed the practice of sorting waste at source within countries where this is not common.
What are the AB InBev pillars of sustainability in Africa?
Agriculture is the very building block of civilisation. It provides food for our growing population and creates economic and employment opportunities. In line with AB InBev's focus on sustainable agriculture, we aim to make a marked difference in the number of growers we are supporting by not only improving the yields and profitability of the crops they produce for beer production, but also increasing the production of food crops that are important to communities.
We have robust research and development (R&D) programmes and grower programmes in many of the African countries that we operate in. We are focusing on local sourcing, which means we must ensure that farmers are well trained in best practices and have the appropriate financial support. We are also investing in technology solutions that benefit farmers. Recently, we have implemented a financial blockchain solution for our Cassava farmers in Zambia and we are rolling this out to our Ugandan barley farmers in 2019.
When we consider the basic ingredients of beer, it is easy to forget that it is comprised of 95% water. Over the years, we have always looked to reduce water consumption and usage at our breweries, however, we are now looking more externally. We have gone through a comprehensive water risk assessment and know what communities are under stress. We have made several infrastructure investments, some of which have been collaborative efforts between the private sector and the government, to bring about a positive change. In the City of Tshwane, we have invested in rehabilitating natural springs and this has helped to put more water back into the municipal water system for the benefit of the community.
Africa's access to wind and solar energy makes renewable energy a logical base on which to firmly establish a stronger renewable industry. However, effecting this change requires a shift in both the mindset of the public and a push for positive changes in regulation and legislation, which are crucial for the success of renewable future sources. In the meantime, we can do several small projects such as onsite renewable energy initiatives. For example, in South Africa and Ghana, we are in the process of putting power purchase agreements in place for all of our Breweries and several of our distribution centres (depots) to maximise the current allowable energy that can be generated according to regulations.
In South Africa, we are in the process of moving to electric forklifts and transforming our truck fleet from diesel to compressed and liquefied natural gas. Even more exciting are the electric truck pilots we are performing in the United States, Brazil and China. These pilots will allow us to move faster to a future electric truck solution in Africa.
Reduce, reuse and recycle are the three core components of effective sustainability. Presently, 90% of our beer volume is sold in returnable glass. However, where we do leave non-returnable packaging, we are looking to educate the consumer and put in place formal waste collection schemes. Not only will this offer relief to the environment but it will also create formal job opportunities. In Thembisa, east of Johannesburg, and in Zambia, we have launched waste collection programmes, developing entrepreneurs and professionalising waste collection as a new business, which can generate returns for communities and be profitable.
Creating jobs and supporting entrepreneurship is another important part of our commitment to tangible improvement and a sustainable future for all the communities in which we operate. One priority is to localise as much of our spend as possible. But to do so, we need to support existing and new suppliers for success. Therefore, we have developed the most comprehensive entrepreneurship platform which includes: SAB KickStart, focusing on youth businesses; the SAB Foundation, benefiting people living with disabilities and people living in rural areas; SAB Lerumo, targeting African women-owned businesses; and our own supplier development platforms that include SAB Thrive and SAB Accelerator.
Why is it important to implement sustainability across the business?
A lot of work has been done on sustainability across all of our business units. We now seek to amplify our efforts to accomplish much more. We aim not only to achieve our goals but also to surpass many of them. We have the scale, the people and perhaps most importantly, the determination to make a real difference in society and in the communities in which we operate. We know we cannot do it alone. We look forward to engaging more with the consumers, government and communities to assess how we can always improve and deliver on the challenges.
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We are looking at a brighter future when sustainability becomes a normal part of life and the business cycle. I am encouraged by the open conversations on sustainability globally and the new technology and businesses being set up to tackle the challenges we face.


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Assassin's Creed Valhalla Easter Eggs and Secrets
By Ahmad Nouman Jan 8, 2021 Share
Assassin's Creed Valhalla has some fascinating Easter Eggs that include references to Demon Miles, COVID related emails, the fabled town of Hobbiton from The Lord of the Rings and many more. This guide tells you about all these Easter Eggs as well as their locations in Valhalla.
Assassin's Creed Valhalla has a lot of hidden easter eggs with references to renowned events and fiction.
Here are the AC Valhalla easter eggs we have found so far:
Horcruxes Easter Eggs
In the London region, you will find a cabin guarded by a snake. If you kill the snake and look inside the cabin, you will see a list of items with entries, including a diary, ring, locket and cup. All of these are related to Horcruxes from Harry Potter.
Besides this, you will also find a tiara, a wand, and four banners of Hogwarts' houses from the Harry Potter series.
Desmond Miles Reference
Hidden in the audio files in Layla's Laptop, you will hear the voice of the original Assassin's Creed protagonist Desmond Miles. The voice is also of the original actor Nolan North.
You will come across a local band that plays similar songs as The Prodigy. If you interact with the band members, you will even unlock a new world event side quest called The Prodigy.
Besides this, one of the band members is also named Keith, which is the same name as the actual band member Keith Flinch.
You will have the opportunity to build yourself a tattoo shop later in the game. If you look inside the shop, you will find a note displaying a weird tattoo of a dragon.
The note describes it as "a dragon, breathing fire, with the wings of a bat and arms of a man."
This tattoo is of the Trogdor the Burninator – a character from the popular web cartoon Homestar Runner.
Bayek – Desert Oath
There is a complete story told about Bayek from Desert Oath, an Assassin's Creed Origin novel.
Listen carefully to the story that Reda tells a group of children about a far-off desert where The Protector and The Scholar reside. You will find many similarities in the story to the Bayek from Desert Oath of Assassin's Creed Origins: Desert Oath.
In the modern-day sections of the game, you will see many emails mentioning COVID and in one, Ram even asks you whether you have gone into solitude due to COVID or is it something else.
Dark Souls Bonfire
You will come across a familiar scene in Ledecestrescire region. It will be a bonfire with a blade in it, which is reminiscent of the bonfire in Dark Souls.
There is also a similar knight's helmet on the side, and you can even kneel and meditate in front of the bonfire to gain energy.
Rapunzel Easter Egg
You will hear a woman crying out for help near the town of Venonis. Follow the voice and you will come across a tower guarded by an armored man.
The man claims to the sworn protector of the woman in the tower. But if you fight him and knock him off, he will abandon all of his allegiances. When you speak to the woman then, she will ask you to be her new hero.
The whole tower dynamic is reminiscent of the Rapunzel story, sans long hair.
The game does have an Easter Egg to another story from Harry Potter's universe – Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them.
Get to the town of Ravensthorpe and explore every nook and cranny to find pages of a book.
Upon successful completion of all the parts of the book, you will come to find that the book is titled "Fantastic Fish & Where to Find Them."
The Golden Ring – Lord of the Rings
There is a special Easter Egg referencing the Lord of the Rings series in Assassin's Creed Valhalla.
There is a side quest where you will come across a man on a throne who will assign to a special task to retrieve a golden ring.
While on the way to find this ring, you will experience many Tolkien references too.
The Dunwic Horror Easter Egg
You will come across an old letter while in the prison room in Dunwic. The letter describes his descent into madness and his sayings regarding talking spiders.
Those who are familiar with H.P Lovecraft will surely get the reference here. This is one of the famous stories of Lovecraft called the Dunwich Horror.
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Гу́став — крупный самец нильского крокодила, проживающий в Бурунди и известный тем, что является людоедом.
Хотя фактическое число жертв трудно установить, Густав приобрёл в регионе статус, близкий к мифическому: практически все местные жители знают о нём и очень его боятся.

Кличку Густаву дал Патрис Файе, французский герпетолог, который изучал и исследовал его с конца 1990-х. Многое из того, что известно о Густаве, изложено в вышедшем в мае 2004 года фильме PBS «Capturing the Killer Croc», который документировал неудачную попытку поимки Густава.

Внешний вид
Так как Густав так и не был пойман, его точная длина и масса неизвестны, но в 2002 было заявлено, что он легко может быть больше 6 м и весить более тонны. Некоторые оценки указали длину Густава в 7,5 м или даже больше. Это, скорее всего, самый большой крокодил, обитающий в Африке. Однако, в некоторых районах Азии и Австралии в наши дни встречаются гребнистые крокодилы (Crocodylus porosus) до 6 метров в длину, сообщения о 7-ми и более метровых крокодилах также поступали. Книгой рекордов Гиннесса в восточной Индии подтверждено существование 7,1 метровой особи. Таким образом, Густав, скорее всего, не является самым большим крокодилом в мире на сегодняшний день, но он гораздо больше обычного самца гребнистого или нильского крокодила.

Густава можно опознать не только по размерам, но и по заметным шрамам от пуль, которые покрывают его тело: один на голове, три на правом боку и множество на спине. Его правая лопатка, как было замечено, тоже носит следы глубокого проникающего ранения. Обстоятельства получения этих шрамов точно неизвестны, хотя известны многочисленные попытки приезжих охотников или местных убить этого крокодила, в том числе с привлечением военных с автоматами Калашникова и использованием взрывчатки.

Ранее оценивалось, что Густаву было приблизительно 100 лет. Якобы это требовалось для достижения такого выдающегося размера. Однако, даже не учитывая того, что крокодилы на самом деле не растут всю жизнь, более тщательное наблюдение за Густавом показало, что у него имеется полный комплект зубов, когда он открывает пасть. В то время как очень старый, 100-летний крокодил скорее всего должен был быть почти беззубым. В настоящее время считается, что он родился приблизительно в 1955 году.

Натуралисты и герпетологи, изучавшие Густава, утверждают, что необычные размер и масса этого крокодила не позволяют ему охотиться на типичную для нильских крокодилов добычу: крупных рыб, водяных козлов, куду и других антилоп, так как она слишком проворна для него. Это вынуждает Густава охотиться на более крупных и/или медленных живых существ, таких как бегемоты, матёрые буйволы и люди. По словам некоторых местных жителей, он зачастую якобы только охотится на людей и убивает их, оставляя трупы несъеденными. И при этом может поймать несколько людей за раз, и особо опасен тогда, когда приближается к берегу, чтобы спариться с самками. Ученые утверждают, что это может объясняться тем, что крокодилы не требуют большого количества пищи и могут спокойно обойтись несколько месяцев без еды, поэтому Густав может позволить себе выбрать свою добычу очень тщательно.

Густав внушил страх не только людям, живущим близ населяемых им водоемов, но и бегемотам. Хотя обычно нильские крокодилы мирно сосуществуют с бегемотами, и даже избегают агрессивных особей, защищающих территорию или молодняк, Густав известен тем, что намеренно охотится на них. Со слов одного егеря даже описывалось, как он атаковал и убил крупного самца. Известно, что бегемоты уважают Густава, держа безопасную дистанцию и уходя с его пути.

Попытка захвата
В свое время Патрис Файе и другие ученые попытались захватить Густава. Согласно ранее упомянутому фильму, Патрис провел два года в исследовании Густава перед попыткой захвата. Патрису и его команде было дано 2 месяца для их попытки захвата, поскольку после этого смена правительства рисковала погрузить страну в гражданскую войну. В первую очередь была подготовлена клетка-ловушка, весившая тонну и достигавшая 10 метров в длину, 1,5 метра в высоту и 2 метра в ширину — для того, чтобы перенести ее, потребовались усилия 40 человек. Команда определила примерное местонахождение Густава и установила ловушку, также поместив скрытую инфракрасную камеру внутрь. Использовалось несколько видов приманки, но ни одна из них не привлекла Густава или любое другое живое существо, хотя утверждалось, что гигантский крокодил «гулял вокруг ловушки», якобы дразня команду. Ученые тогда устанавливали три гигантских ловушки на важных берегах, чтобы увеличить вероятность захвата; хотя меньшие крокодилы были пойманы в них, Густав так и не был пойман.

На последней неделе, прежде, чем команда обязывалась покинуть страну, они поместили живую козу в клетку, в надежде привлечь Густава. Ничего не происходило, пока однажды ночью камера не отключилась из-за плохой погоды. Следующим утром клетка была найдена повреждённой и частично погружённой в воду, а коза исчезла. Команда предположила, что подъём уровня воды помог козе убежать, а клетка не смогла удержать Густава, но отсутствие видео с камер не позволило сделать точного вывода.

Последние наблюдения
Слухи о смерти крокодила, распространившиеся к середине 2000-х, были опровергнуты в 2008 году, когда Густав был обнаружен вновь экспедицией «National Geographic Channel».

В культуре
Густав стал основой фильма Primeval (рус. «Первобытное зло») (первоначальное название фильма — «Густав»), в котором группа репортёров отправляется в Бурунди, чтобы захватить «увеличенный вариант» Густава.

Примечания

Знаменитые крокодилы
Животные-людоеды
Появились в 1950-е годы


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JMSC Professor Wins Fellowship for Trauma Journalism
Attitudes Towards Environmental Films Changing
Cosima Dannoritzer, an award-winning German TV documentary and filmmaker, said she has felt a sea change in attitudes towards films about environmentalism over the last five years.
Dannoritzer was addressing Professor Miklos Sukosd's Environmental Communication class about the making of her latest environmental documentary, "The Lightbulb Conspiracy."
The film looks at planned obsolescence, the policy of designing consumer products to have a limited shelf life so that people will have to buy them repeatedly. The stories range from the historic – the ever-lasting light bulb and ladder-proof stockings – to the contemporary – the lifespan of the iPod battery. It also looks at the rise in consumer resistance to environmentally unfriendly company policies.
Dannoritzer told her audience that when she initially pitched the film to broadcasters, they told her to exclude solutions as they were concerned that audiences wouldn't want to be told to change their consumer habits. However, by the end of the filmmaking process, she was encouraged by the fact that broadcasters had changed their minds. This change was heartening and reflected a wider movement within society, she said.
The filmmaker is in Hong Kong for a two-month long artist-in-residence programme organised by the Goethe-Institut Hong Kong and the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg. She recounted some of the myths surrounding planned obsolescence. "It's my job as a documentary maker to replace the rumours with the facts," she said.
Dannoritzer started making environmental films ten years ago. He first film charted the anthropology of rubbish in Barcelona. She filmed the contents of bin bags in different areas to find "a portrait of the city through its rubbish", noting the vast differences in waste between the affluent and poor areas.
"The Lightbulb Conspiracy" was originally planned as a 52-minute historic film, but "Something happened during the research," she said. "More and more examples started coming in." She said the result was a 75-minute film with modern-day examples that looked towards the future.
Dannoritzer revealed that she had decided to make the film for television in order to maximise the audience. "It was a conscious decision to make it for TV. Even at midnight, you get more viewers than a six-week run in art house cinemas in different countries," she said.
When the audience began debating whether consumers hold as much responsibility as the companies involved in environmentally destructive practices such as planned obsolescence, she said this was exactly the kind of debate a documentary like hers should encourage: "The dialogue for me is always part of the film afterwards."
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Le baioulos (en grec : βαΐουλος) est un terme utilisé dans l'Empire byzantin pour se référer au précepteur ou au tuteur des princes impériaux. Seuls quelques détenteurs sont connus mais du fait de la proximité dont ils jouissent avec le pouvoir, plusieurs sont des dignitaires majeurs de leur temps.

Histoire

Le terme dérive du latin baiulus qui signifie « porteur » et dont le sens évolue vers celui de percepteur. Au , le théologien Théodore Balsamon affirme qu'il vient de baïon (branche, feuille), se référant à l'image du précepteur qui supervise la maturation de jeunes esprits. C'est un terme d'usage spécifiquement byzantin, absent du vocabulaire grec moderne.

Le terme est appliqué aux tuteurs et précepteurs des princes impériaux. Comme l'écrit Vitalien Laurent, il n'a pas seulement la charge de leur instruction mais il doit s'assurer qu'ils disposent des aptitudes physiques et psychiques pour devenir adultes. Du fait de cette position, le baioulos est à proximité directe de l'empereur et de famille, ce qui peut lui conférer une influence politique. Ainsi, deux des détenteurs connus, Antiochus au  et Basile Lécapène au , deviennent ministres en chef de leur ancien élève. D'autres sont aussi connus pour leur rôle politique. Basile Lécapène va jusqu'à recevoir le titre de megas baioulos (grand précepteur), ce qui impliquerait l'existence, sous sa supervision, de plusieurs baiouloi.

En dépit de son importance, le titre n'apparaît pas dans les listes des offices avant le  et le Livre des offices de Pseudo-Kodinos, sans que son classement dans la hiérarchie des fonctions ne soit pas connu. L'appendice de l'Hexabiblos et la liste de Matthieu Blastarès place le baioulos à la  place, après le parakimomène et avant le curopalate. Selon Ernst Stein, le baioulos est remplacé par le tatas tes aules mais Vitalien Laurent rejette cette hypothèse.

Détenteurs connus

Notes

Bibliographie

Fonction palatine byzantine


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Song Name: Mellow Yellow Length: 3 Minutes 44 Seconds
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Artist: Donovan From the Album: Mellow Yellow
The song was rumored to be about smoking dried banana skins, which was believed to be a hallucinogenic drug in the 1960s, though this aspect of bananas has since been debunked.[6] According to Donovan's notes accompanying the album Donovan's Greatest Hits, the rumor that one could get high from smoking dried banana skins was started by Country Joe McDonald in 1966, and Donovan heard the rumor three weeks before "Mellow Yellow" was released as a single. According to The Rolling Stone Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock and Roll, he admitted later the song made reference to a vibrator; an "electrical banana" as mentioned in the lyrics.[7] This definition was re-affirmed in an interview with NME magazine: "it's about being cool, laid-back, and also the electrical bananas that were appearing on the scene - which were ladies' vibrators."
I'm just mad about saffron
A-saffron's mad about me
I'm-a just mad about saffron
She's just mad about me
They call me mellow yellow (Quite rightly)
They call me mellow yellow
I'm just mad about fourteen
Fourteen's mad about me
I'm-a just mad about a-fourteen
A-she's just mad about me
Born-a high forever to fly
A-wind-a velocity nil
If you want, your cup I will fill
So mellow yellow
Electrical banana
Is gonna be a sudden craze
Is bound to be the very next phase
They call it mellow yellow (Quite rightly)
Yes, saffron, yeah
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In the monastery, the inquistors found the visiting confessor at a wooden desk in a barren cell, surrounded by books of world history, geography, anthropology and philosophy. In a corona of candlelight they saw the typescripts and manuscripts and his inked hands. What is this calligraphy and typography all about? one of them demanded. I am writing an epistle, the confessor replied. Towhat end? To the ends of the earth! To the world! In the early days, the apostle wrote epistles to the great cities to share his wisdom and his vision of glory. Many centuries of darkness have passed, and there is seemingly no law or good will left on earth. I thought of writing my own epistle to the great cities, to thank them for the good they have done, to praise their monuments and books, to admire their peoples and to wish them well. I would not write such things, said one. The cities do not wish to be praised. It will only make them feel worse—they will see all the more clearly how far and how deep they have fallen into darkness, and they will resent you for it. Another inquisitor agreed, saying, Moreover, such unqualified praise could cause them to ignore their own evil. It would make them feel justified in their pride, animosity and aggression. An epistle like yours would plant the seeds of smoke and famine. A third said that such a fawning epistle would belittle the great cities and trap them in typologies they had no interest in inhabiting or incarnating. It would be a letter of mirages and betrayals. One by one they left the cell. Crushed, the confessor stared at his silent towers of books and felt his brain turn into ice. That night, his heart broke, he suffered a grand epileptic fit, and lost part of his reason. In the days to come, weeping but almost catatonic, he continued to compose his letter in secret to all the invisible cities of the world—cities of damask and morrocco, cities of delftware and china, cities of port and sherry, cities of roman candles and greek fire, cities of rugby and japanning, cities of afghans and astrakhans, cities of the siamese and burmese, cities of landaus and leyden jars, cities of berlins and limousines, cities of homburgs, cities of nankeen, cities of bikinis and chicago screws, cities of mocha, assam, keelung and darjeeling, cities of java and sumatra, cities of turkish and virginia tobacco, cities of lancashires and parchment, cities of indigo and india ink.
Masks of wood, papier-maché and metal glimmered above ornate costumes in black, gold and silver. An orange moon and stars of paper and paint burned in the background scenery, followed by mineral mountains, castles, wastelands, moors dotted with wildflowers, royal blue skies with angelic clouds, coasts like shards of green, blue and colorless glass. Kingdoms divided, cities burned, kings ravished their princesses, beggars philosophized, mechanics invented, merchants whored along endless trade routes, and the weather ate the faces off the actors. One of them stepped forth into the barrage of applause as the curtains tidily hid away the gibbets, and cried out: What did you come to see, the events of history or impassioned monologues? The background scenery or the voices of the actors? The mirror or the mirrored? The treachery of things or the traitors among us? The machinery of the stage or the long hidden playwright? The midnight-black curtain?
There are no empires today. There are corporations and governments, but there are no empires. An empire is a night sea that washes the shores of the bookshelves and polished furniture, its long dark rivers bringing back tea, tobacco, cups and plates, distant poems, contraband, strange inventions, phonographs, words and fragrances, the very ingredients of thought and empire, the very possibility of a world. The night sea is the mirror and the gate. There is no world tonight. The phonographs, ashtrays and pale pages are bone-dry.


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Design + Decor
Readers' Homes
At Home in the Kitchen
Lisa Boushy
The Thompsons made sure every detail and finish of the kitchen and home fit their exact specifications, including hand-carved mahogany cabinetry and plenty of counter and storage space. Photos by Stephen Clarke.
Driving through the gates of Sea Alissa it is hard to imagine the type of kitchen one would expect given the owners run one of the longest-established homegoods store in Grand Cayman – A. L. Thompson's.
Being surrounded by fashionable homewares, top-line appliances and so much more, it could be hard to choose one particular style or theme, but not so for Melissa and Al Thompson. (Al is known affectionately as "Altee" by his friends and family.)
They knew what they wanted from the moment they designed the house and it was all based around the heart of the home – the kitchen. "The kitchen came first and everything else came around it," says Melissa.
Many already know this stately home's location on South Church Street in South Sound, as it's hard to miss. Sea Alissa overlooks the serene Smith Cove, which provides a spectacular backdrop with its character-filled sandy white beach and turquoise waters.
It took five years and a lot of effort to build the impressive home.
The traditional kitchen reflects the couple's love of all things Victorian and the same elements and custom-cabinet finishes can be seen throughout the home. "Our kitchen reflects the overall style of our home – Victorian with a very clean concept," she says.
Apart from the elegant crown molding, the kitchen boasts hand-carved mahogany cabinetry which Altee and Melissa painstakingly custom-designed together. They commissioned a company in Colombia called Selecta whose skilled craftsmen carved each piece by hand.
The pieces were then shipped to Cayman to be erected; the classic-style workmanship details can be seen even with the untrained eye, including in the more intricate carvings of leaves and flower details embedded into the cabinet panels and column corners.
Before running the hardware store empire, Altee trained as an architect. He met Melissa, a California native, when she sold him plumbing supplies for his new store 26 years ago. She then designed Altee's first plumbing showroom. Now married for 24 years with a young daughter, Melissa still plays a key role in the business as the main buyer for the housewares, plumbing and seasonal goods departments.
Altee used his trained eye to meticulously pre-measure (and measure again) every nook and cranny of the kitchen so that no mistakes were made. With the couple's combined expertise and unique skillsets, they made the perfect pairing to get every detail and finish of the house – and especially the kitchen – to their exact specifications.
"Putting dream on paper took longer than expected, but even though it took a while, it came easier due to Altee's background in architecture," Melissa says.
When it comes to her favorite design elements, Melissa finds it hard to choose. She loves the custom-made hood, which blends professional stainless steel products with hand-carved wood, as well as the corner cabinet that was customized and chosen as a focal point. Her favorite appliance is the 60" Wolf 6-burner, double oven with grill and griddle gas range.
Other stainless steel products throughout the kitchen include two Subzero refrigerators (including freezers with icemakers), a Kitchen Aid single-drawer dishwasher, and plenty of Miele appliances such as a double electric wall oven, convection steam oven and microwave oven, and built-in coffee system.
The custom-made hood blends stainless steel products with hand-carved wood.
There's also plenty of counter and storage space throughout the kitchen. Double-edged granite countertops, two Kohler farm sinks, and rows of family photos create an intimate setting. A generous walk-in pantry is fully stocked with food and canned goods.
The kitchen features ample cabinet space, especially for fine china sets and crystal glassware.
The kitchen was built for cooking but also for entertaining with a lot of cabinet space to hold the kitchenware and accessories, especially the fine china sets and crystal glassware that can be seen behind the glass-paneled cabinets; the galley also contains smaller appliances like a Cuisinart bread maker.
The breakfast nook overlooks the large outdoor garden situated in the backyard. Carefully tended to, it yields a variety of organic vegetables that the family uses regularly for their own feasts at home. (The day of the tour, a few ripe white Cayman yams were displayed in a beautiful bowl.)
Traditional elements are reflected in the numerous Schonbek chandeliers and Renaissance era-inspired artwork on the walls from Hungarian artist Csaba Markus.
The couple host many events, big and small, and this is reflected in the layout, from the nearby formal dining room to the bar and living area, which is also made with the same custom-cabinetry and accents. Just beyond the doors of the kitchen's galley is a spectacular ballroom meant for large-scale events; but it also doubles as their six year-old daughter's playroom.
"We host every Thanksgiving and Christmas for family and friends. We also host our Tool Fest and Home Fest for our overseas vendors, which can include up to 150 people. I do charity events, family weddings, baby showers, etc., as well as smaller dinner parties. We also do breakfast, lunch and happy hours on a weekly basis at least three times a week," says Melissa, adding that they do the majority of cooking themselves.
"Nothing came easy with designing this kitchen. Trying to figure out how to serve 110 people for a sit-down dinner as efficiently as possible, and also make it a working space for just a few was almost impossible," she says.
No doubt, it's the couple's enduring partnership – both at work and home – that helped create their dream kitchen and home, leaving one wondering what their next inspiring project will be.
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Film Review – Cars 2
June 24th, 2011 | POSTED BY Allen Almachar
Pixar's latest effort is an animated film that I had a little bit of reservation about when I walked in to see it. Cars 2 (2011), which is the appropriately titled sequel to Cars (2006), continues the adventures and hijinks of those lovable vehicles brought to life. Now, I must admit, the first film is probably my least favorite out of everything that Pixar has in their catalog. As light and fun as that movie was, its story was something we have seen before, it was geared towards a much younger audience, and it certainly did not have the emotional impact or catharsis that Pixar has given us in other movies, particularly in the last couple of years. With that in mind, I walked into this sequel a little hesitant. While the film was not as bad as I thought it would be (Pixar has never given us a "bad" movie, actually), and surprisingly better than the first, it definitely was not the great animated movie that seems to come out of this studio nearly every year.
This time around, the film leaves the small town of Radiator Springs and takes us on a worldwide journey that goes through Japan, Italy, France, and London. Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson) has been tearing up the racetracks, leaving his competition in the dust and gaining trophies along the way. A unique opportunity develops when Sir Miles Axlerod (Eddie Izzard), a car who wants to tout the efficiency and safe use of reusable energy, invites all racecars from all countries to partake in the World Grand Prix, the ultimate race tour fueled by Axlerod's very own environmentally safe gasoline. Lightning enters the race, if only to silence the loud-mouthed cockiness of Francesco Bernoulli (John Turturro), the F1 car whose open wheels work as a point of infatuation for the females, and as a jealousy-filled motivator for McQueen. With his usual pit crew behind him, Lightning faces off against Francesco in a number of different and challenging tracks, all to determine who truly is the fastest car in the world. While Lightning is busy enough as it is with Francesco, he finds his hands full when his best friend joins him, and gets involved in the most unique of situations.
Mater (Larry the Cable Guy), the tow truck who is Lightning's best friend (but who probably doesn't have all the gears working in his head as well), comes to the forefront as the lead of the movie. Through a case of mistaken identity (and Mater's own naïveté with the situation that's going on around him), he gets involved in an international espionage story that would make James Bond proud. Finn McMissile (Michael Caine), a British agent, alongside his partner Holley Shiftwell (Emily Mortimer), are in the middle of a dangerous plot that involves oil rigs and television cameras. In trying to fit the pieces together and find out exactly how this all relates to a mysterious villain known as Professor Z, Finn and Holley accidentally run into Mater in the middle of a secret transaction. Thinking Mater to be an American agent, Finn and Holley swoop him up in to their ordeal, believing Mater's inanity to be one of the most realistic covers they've ever seen. From there, Mater unknowingly takes part in this highly volatile story, one which may very well endanger the contestants of the World Grand Prix, including Lightning McQueen.
Let's start off with the good. I will say that this film was better than I was expecting it to be. Knowing that Pixar was simply going for an action-filled rollercoaster ride of a movie, I think it satisfied on that aspect alone. This certainly has more action than any other Pixar movie. We have fight scenes, characters sneaking into dangerous areas and going undercover, lots of explosions, and even gunfire. Of course, the racing is there as well; if we didn't have that then what kind of car movie would this be? I found myself impressed with how well the action was realized. In particular, the opening set piece, with Finn McMissle infiltrating a highly guarded oil rig, the action surprised me with how exciting it was. The animation of course was highly rendered; this is really an element where Pixar simply has no competition. The way everything looked during the action and racing scenes was very well done, and I did like how they visualized the many different locales, giving each a specific look and feel that really made the environments play as a major part of the story.
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Hey, they handwrote the note! I didn't know they'd do that, and that makes it better! Yay Penzeys! This stuff is delicious on pork chops (and probably many other things, but pork chops I can vouch for). May it lead to many tasty meals.
Nerdly 1.5 you say? AND Krakow Nights seasoning? You leave me no choice.
I can't wait to try it out! Autumn was thrilled – crazy new spices!
Umm, please tell me each copy doesn't come with cats? That won't stop me buying it, it just means I'll sneeze a lot whilst I play!


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Q: TabView animation glitch Get that strange glitch and can't fix it.
Source of problem - TabView and changing size of child views with animation.
Changing UITabbar appearance not helped. Changing safe area options not helped.
UITabBar.appearance().isHidden = false and opaque appearance give flickering of whole tabbar.
I want to hide default UITabbar to customize my own.
Any ideas?
Flickering of bottom safe area: Demonstration GIF
Sample project:
struct ContentView: View {

    @State var selected = "second"

    var body: some View {
        ZStack(alignment: .bottom) {
            VStack(spacing: 0) {
                FirstView()
                TabView(selection: $selected) {
                    SecondView()
                        .tabItem({
                            Text("second")
                        })
                        .tag("second")
                    ThirdView()
                        .tabItem({
                            Text("third")
                        })
                        .tag("third")
                }
            }
            HStack {
                Image(systemName: selected == "second" ? "circle.fill" : "circle")
                    .onTapGesture {
                        selected = "second"
                    }
                Image(systemName: selected == "third" ? "circle.fill" : "circle")
                    .onTapGesture {
                        selected = "third"
                    }
            }
            .frame(width: 70, height: 40, alignment: .center)
            .background(Color.white)
            .cornerRadius(10)
            .padding()
        }
        .edgesIgnoringSafeArea(.all)
        .onAppear {
            UITabBar.appearance().isHidden = true
        }
    }
}

struct FirstView: View {

    @State var height:CGFloat = 200

    var body: some View {
        ZStack(alignment: .bottom) {
            Color.red
                .frame(height: height)
            Image(systemName: height == 200 ? "arrow.down" : "arrow.up")
                .foregroundColor(.white)
                .padding(5)
                .onTapGesture {
                    withAnimation(.easeInOut(duration: 2)) {
                        height = height == 200 ? 350 : 200
                    }
                }
        }
    }
}

struct SecondView: View {
    var body: some View {
        ZStack {
            Text("hello")
        }
        .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, maxHeight: .infinity, alignment: .center)
        .background(Color.green)
        .onAppear {
            UITabBar.appearance().isHidden = true
        }
    }
}

struct ThirdView: View {
    var body: some View {
        Color.blue
            .edgesIgnoringSafeArea(.bottom)
    }
}

Thanks for answers :)

A: Since you have your own index navigation anyways, I recommend to get rid of TabView altogether and switch views by if / else or switch statements:
struct ContentView: View {

    @State var selected = "second"

    var body: some View {
        ZStack(alignment: .bottom) {
            VStack(spacing: 0) {
                FirstView()
                if selected == "second" {
                    SecondView()
                } else {
                    ThirdView()
                }
            }
            HStack {
                Image(systemName: selected == "second" ? "circle.fill" : "circle")
                    .onTapGesture {
                        selected = "second"
                    }
                Image(systemName: selected == "third" ? "circle.fill" : "circle")
                    .onTapGesture {
                        selected = "third"
                    }
            }
            .frame(width: 70, height: 40, alignment: .center)
            .background(Color.white)
            .cornerRadius(10)
            .padding()
        }
        .edgesIgnoringSafeArea(.all)
    }
}

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Shark nets indiscriminately killing marine life already inside protected area, video suggests
Updated August 28, 2016 13:15:18
Map: Noosa Heads 4567
Shark nets and drum lines off Queensland's Sunshine Coast are killing marine life already inside the nets and should be removed by the State Government during whale and fish migration times, the Australian Institute of Marine Rescues (AIMR) has warned.
The institute has revealed video footage of shark nets off Noosa that caught a tuna, a hammerhead shark and what appears to be a black tip shark in Laguna Bay.
AIMR spokesman Jonah Cooper said the sharks were already inside the nets and were looking to feed on tuna rather than people.
"The sharks [in the video] are entangled from the inside of the nets, so they've been on the beach side of the nets first and then on their outward approach back out to the ocean they've become entangled," he said.
Photo: A juvenile humpback whale tangled in commercial fishing rope off the Sunshine Coast. (Supplied: Epic Ocean Adventures)
He said the nets were only 180 metres long and about three metres deep and gave people a false sense of security.
"Sharks, all kinds of animals, can swim around the outside of them along the shore line," he said.
"Quite easily they've passed through the barrier there to hone in on a tuna as a scent attracting piece of bait."
Mr Cooper said black tip sharks had never been held responsible for a human fatality, while hammerhead attacks were extremely rare.
He said the nets were supposed to be checked and emptied every two days, weather permitting, but the tuna seen in the footage appeared to be quite decomposed.
"As for it being left in there as a lure, that's entirely possible. I'm sure there's other things that stay in the nets for longer than two days," he said.
"I see favourable weather conditions quite a lot of the time out there without the nets being touched or checked."
Nets don't 'discriminate between sharks and other marine life'
Mr Cooper described the nets and drum lines as opportunistic.
"Recently there was a [humpback] whale that was caught in the nets," he said.
"It released itself fortunately but it was quite entangled, the net completely encompassing the whale. It's not always the sharks that are entangled in there, which is the biggest reason that these things are so terrible.
"They're a net, they're a capturing device that doesn't discriminate between sharks and other marine life."
Mr Cooper said the Government needed to consider using new technologies that instantly raised an alert when animals were captured, so they could quickly be assessed by the local contractors.
"There would be a chance of release for bycatch or harmless sharks like black tips sharks," he said.
But he said he believed the Government was reluctant to trial new technologies because of the cost.
"The nets and drum lines are the cheapest, crudest form of outdated technology," he said.
"Sharks can get to the beaches and people if they choose, and as the nets show the sharks are choosing to go back out to sea."
A Queensland Department of Fisheries spokesman said the aim of the shark control program was to make beaches a safer place for people to swim.
"The shark control program is always considering new technologies, however, technologies such as eco-barriers are still largely in developmental stage and have not been trialled successfully on a large scale to be proven to be effective in the marine environment," the spokesman said.
Topics: water-management, shark, mammals---whales, environmental-management, noosa-heads-4567
First posted August 28, 2016 12:29:19
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On a cold Saturday in March 2017, the NYC Department of Correction's (NYCDOC) Youth Explorers, several NYCDOC fraternal organizations, and a few military staff members gathered at a school in Brooklyn to organize care packages for military employees deployed overseas. They packed bags with non-perishable snacks and wrote messages of encouragement.
One of the recipients of this thoughtful act of service was Adrian Lauriello, an executive agency attorney in the NYC Department of Correction's Trials & Litigation Unit. Lauriello had been deployed in Afghanistan and received his care package just before he was scheduled to return home.
"It was great to get a package from my colleagues at work," he says. "The Department has always been very supportive of my deployments."
And there have been many. Lauriello has been an attorney with the NYC Department of Correction for more than 17 years, during which time he has simultaneously risen through the ranks of the U.S. Army Reserves. Today, he holds the rank of lieutenant colonel and serves as a judge advocate (JAG) where he provides legal advice to active duty battalions.
"What I do in the Army Reserves and what I do at DOC are very similar," says Lauriello. "Each role helps me to be better in the other. I can bring an 'outside' point of view to my work in the Army, and then when I return to DOC, I come back with a fresh set of eyes and additional perspective."
But it's the people who get Lauriello excited to come to work every day. "Whether it's talking to officers in the control room or housing areas, or talking to battalion leaders when I'm deployed, I always learn something. We may have different jobs, but we have a common goal. At the end of the day, it's deeper than a paycheck; you're working with like-minded people who have the same commitment to service that you do."
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Our team delivered a healthy baby. And soon after, a healthy mother.
Maria had the kind of pregnancy many women dream about. She never had morning sickness, her energy rarely lagged. She was active most every day, running around with her young toddler, Vincent, blowing bubbles in the backyard. Delivery was equally enviable: Four hours after she checked in, she was holding her new baby girl, Nadia.
"I remember thinking in my head, this is too easy, how can this be," Maria said. Within the next 24 hours, a placenta accreta would send Maria to surgery and the ICU.
First, it was just pain. That was all Maria knew for sure – she was in pain, and this was not what happened when Vincent was born. She began to get concerned – she was hooked up to two IVs, she wasn't allowed to eat, she still wasn't quite sure what was going on. Her concern escalated to fear, but she was stable and stayed so overnight.
The next morning, Maria learned she was hemorrhaging because of a placenta accreta. She was losing too much blood and clotting too much. Maria began to lose control.
"I was crying, and I just remember thinking I was going to die," Maria explained. "I was screaming, not understanding how everything went so well and then felt like it was falling to pieces 100 miles an hour. My care team was just so calm in explaining it to me, bringing it to my level so I understood."
A placenta accreta occurs when all or part of the placenta becomes inseparable from a woman's uterine wall, creating massive blood loss after delivery. The condition is very rare – 1 in 2,500 pregnancies – but can be life-threatening if the hemorrhaging is severe.
Maria was taken for emergency surgery and underwent a procedure often used to treat heavy bleeding, called a dilation and curettage (D&C). When that wasn't enough, when she was still bleeding too much, the team performed an embolization.
Quick detection and rapid response can save a mother's life in cases of postpartum hemorrhaging. Northwestern Medicine is not only adept at emergency response, but includes leaders in clinical research in obstetrics and gynecology. Patients benefit from a range of resources such as a clinical trial on the impact of vitamins in preventing complications and high-level studies on how to improve abnormal placental blood flow that could otherwise lead to adverse pregnancy outcomes.
More than the life-saving expertise, it was the care and the support that impacted Maria.
Over the course of her surgery, Maria would require six bags of blood transfusion. In most cases, an unexpected placenta accreta will require a hysterectomy; thanks to the work of her team, Maria wasn't one of them.
"I was in such shock and I just remember waking up and thinking, oh my gosh, I'm alive," Maria said. "I seriously thought something was going to happen to me. I was thinking about the baby I just had, and my other one at home, too. I just kept thinking: They're not going to have a mother. It was so scary."
More than the life-saving expertise, it was the care and the support that impacted Maria. It was the guidance her whole team provided when she struggled to make sense of anything.
After her procedure, Maria couldn't think straight, specifically, she couldn't understand why she wasn't allowed to see her new daughter. But her nurses knew what the mother needed. So one went to the nursery, setting it up so Maria could FaceTime with Nadia.
"That was special, because she didn't have to do that. I know she didn't have to do that, but she did," Maria said. "I never would have even thought to ask, my mind frame was not there."
Maria's mind is now happily occupied with two children under three years old. As a healthy, happy family, they go on walks, run around the park. Vincent has a lot of energy; Nadia is just happy to tag along.
"It's fun because she just started laughing and smiling the past couple weeks," Maria said. "When you see her laugh and you see her smile, that for me has been the happiest time. Just to see that and to know that I'm here for it, because it could have been another way. I'm grateful to be here, to be able to watch them grow, to be a part of their everyday."
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I've added two shots from the series of photos of the same individual taken that day. I hope this may help.
This looks like a piece of artwork (drawing, painting, mural, etc.) to me... Am I confused? Is this actually a photo of a live specimen?
The spider was on a sliding glass door, with sunlight in the background. I used the flash in an attempt to illuminate the silhouetted/backlit spider. The red stripe is an adhesive warning tape placed on the glass door to prevent people from accidentally walking into it.
Sounds like it was a tough lighting situation, but well worth the effort to get these intriguing images for Jay to ponder over.
at least the pose is natural. Just looks like some very difficult lighting. I can see that flash was used here, but the spider is still backlit, so it may have been on a lighted or reflective sign of some sort.
In any case, I think this might be the first photo I've seen of a live Metacyrba punctata. I added a link to the Edwards review on the Metacyrba guide page if anyone else wants to offer an opinion. I'll move to Metacyrba for now.
but vaguely resembles some of our images of Metacyrba. However, I can't find one with those interesting markings at the hind end of the abdomen. May well be another genus entirely... Please wait for one of our salticid experts to comment.
could this be a pseudoscorpion?


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Federal prosecutors allege Hunter repeatedly misused campaign funds during affairs
The Hill 6/25/2019 Jacqueline Thomsen and Juliegrace Brufke
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Federal prosecutors have unveiled new allegations of campaign finance violations by Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), claiming that the lawmaker improperly used campaign funds in the course of five different affairs with congressional staffers and lobbyists.
In a court filing made late Monday night, the Justice Department requested permission to share the new allegations with jurors during Hunter's upcoming trial on alleged campaign finance violations.
The Justice Department said it was necessary to unveil the new allegations "to establish the personal nature of the expenditures" as well as to "to demonstrate Hunter's knowledge and intent to break the law, and to establish his motive to embezzle from his campaign."
In the 12 page-long document, federal prosecutors claim that Hunter repeatedly used campaign funds to cover expenses while he had extramarital affairs with five different women, all of whom "were involved in politics in some manner."
"Evidence of the intimate, entirely personal quality of Hunter's specific encounters with these women is essential to demonstrate that his spending to facilitate those encounters was improper," the court filing reads. "At trial, the evidence will demonstrate that Hunter improperly used campaign funds to pursue these romances wholly unrelated to either his congressional campaigns or his official duties as a member of Congress."
© Greg Nash Federal prosecutors allege Hunter repeatedly misused campaign funds during affairs Hunter's office did not immediately reply to a request for comment from The Hill. He has repeatedly denied the accusations against him, calling them politically motivated while blaming his wife for any campaign finance misconduct.
Hunter's wife, Margaret Hunter, earlier this month pleaded guilty to conspiring to misuse campaign funds. An attorney for Duncan Hunter has said his wife's guilty plea will not impact his case.
The new Justice Department filing claims that during one alleged affair with a lobbyist in 2010, Hunter used campaign funds to rent a car, cover a $1,008 hotel tab, buy a $180 plane ticket back to D.C., and buy a single Sam Adams for $7 from a nearby "saloon," while he stayed with one woman by Lake Tahoe.
Prosecutors also claim that Hunter and the woman went on a "double date" to Virginia Beach with another couple in March 2010, where he allegedly spent $905 in campaign funds for a hotel bar tab and room.
Later that month, the couple allegedly went on another double date to a Jack Ingram concert in Alexandria, Va., right outside of D.C., where he "spent $121 in campaign funds on beer, nachos, and wings."
DOJ says that affair ended in April 2012, but that the congressman allegedly began a relationship with a staffer "of a member of the House of Representatives leadership."
"Hunter often took an Uber to [the woman's] home after work or evening events, which he typically paid for using campaign funds," the filing reads.
According to the court document, Hunter also used campaign funds "to pursue this purely personal romantic relationship" with a lobbyist during an outing at the Old Hickory Golf Club, where he spent "$253 on greens fees for two, 10 beers, an Adidas shirt, and a visor" which he did not attempt to justify to his treasurer.
Hunter and his wife were first indicted in August 2018 after being charged with misusing at least $250,000 in campaign funds for personal expenses.
The California Republican faces accusations of using the campaign expenditures to purchase trips to Italy and Hawaii, cover international travel for nearly a dozen relatives, pay for his family's dental care and his children's tuition, according to the Department of Justice.
Hunter also allegedly falsified campaign records filed to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to conceal purchases by mischaracterizing numerous expenses as "'campaign travel,' according to his indictment.
The California Republican was stripped of his committee assignments following the indictment.
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