Buckingham Palace is a venue that needs no introduction. This iconic, historic, totally spectacular house is world-famous, attracting visitors from around the globe during a few short weeks of every year, and your opportunity to have a really good nose around this secretive and mysterious venue will end on 28th September.
It will cost a princely sum to enter the building, around £18 per adult (under five's go free), but we can tell you that it is completely and absolutely worth it. While the Royal Family are away on their summer vacations, The State Rooms here at Buckingham Palace are opened up to us mere mortals, and offer a fascinating insight into the complicated lives that our Kings and Queens have lived. Art lovers will be blown away by priceless paintings of monarchs throughout the centuries, antique lovers will be absorbed by the rare and ornate objects on show, it will be difficult to shut any architect up about the incredible structure of the building, and interior design enthusiasts will gasp for breath upon the sight of the intricate and perfectly-formed décor.
We don't quite understand how so many Englishmen, particularly Londoners, have never been inside this magnificent building. It's been the setting for so many significant occasions, so many events that have shaped our country's history, and it seems like an obvious choice for an afternoon out for locals. If the idea of too many tourists puts you off, try to remember that, much like a gallery or library, the Palace commands reverence, quiet and respect – meaning that hoards of screaming children on school trips, the endless snapping of flashing cameras and loud, enthusiastic voices will not be seen or heard here. However, the grounds of the Palace offer quite incredible photo opportunities where you can capture image upon image – as long as they're not intended for commercial purposes, of course!
You'll follow a 450 metre walk around the Palace and its stunning gardens, where a lake and views of the building's façade make for a really romantic stroll. A large amount of information is also available on plaques, in leaflets and from the audio tours, so there's also lots of learning to be done while you admire the sights and scenery of this spectacular venue.
Private evening tours of Buckingham Palace can also be arranged. Ideal for client entertaining (particularly if you're hosting guests from overseas), up to 30 people can be guided around the Palace by a professional historian. A price of just £75 per guest will also buy you a welcome glass of champagne, an informative and immaculately presented official guidebook as a souvenir, and 20% off for all items at the gift shop – so you can really indulge in some exclusive VIP treatment that will really impress your delegates.
Contact Function Fixers here to find out more about private tours of the Palace, and also for impartial, free advice on where to eat, drink and stay in the local area!


text:
Florián Rey, gebürtig Antonio Martinez del Castillo (* 25. Januar 1894 in La Almunia de Doña Godina, Spanien; † 11. April 1962 in Benidorm), war ein spanischer Filmregisseur, Drehbuchautor und Filmproduzent, einer der bekanntesten Filmemacher der Franco-Zeit.

Leben
Der aus der Provinz Zaragoza stammende Antonio Martinez del Castillo hatte in der Stadt Saragossa einige Semester Jura studiert, ehe er sich zum Wechsel zum Journalismus entschloss und im Jahr 1915 als Redakteur bei der dort ansässigen Tageszeitung La crónica de Aradón zu schreiben begann. Nach seinem Militärdienst in Spanisch-Marokko ging er nach Madrid, wo er für die hauptstädtischen Publikationen Diario de Avisos und La correspondencia tätig wurde. Über einen Freund knüpfte er 1920 den ersten Kontakt zur Filmbranche und erhielt noch im selben Jahr eine Rolle in dem Streifen La inaccesible. Im Jahr darauf gab Antonio Martinez del Castillo alias Florián Rey als Ensemblemitglied der Compañía de Catalina Bárcena sein Bühnendebüt in dem Stück La maña de la mañica. Bis 1923 trat Florián Rey auch weiterhin als Filmschauspieler in Erscheinung.

Gemeinsam mit seinem Kollegen Juan de Orduña gründete Florián Rey 1924 die Produktionsfirma Goya Films und inszenierte mit La revoltosa seinen ersten Kinofilm. Seine frühen Erfolge, die bereits zu Stummfilmzeiten entstanden, umfassen einige Werke mit der argentinisch-spanischen Sängerin, Tänzerin und Schauspielerin Magdalena Nile del Río, genannt "Imperio Argentina", die Rey 1934 heiratete. 1929 drehte er mit dem ländlichen Liebesdrama La aldea maldita seinen künstlerisch erfolgreichsten Film, der von Kennern als der beste spanische Stummfilm generell angesehen wird. Den Übergang zum Tonfilm erlebte Florián Rey 1930 in den Pariser Studios von Joinville, wo er spanische Fassungen US-amerikanischer Originale inszenierte. Außerdem stellte er eine Tonfassung von "La aldea maldita" her. Auch in den 1930er Jahren arbeiteten er und Imperio Argentina mehrmals zusammen, bis Rey und seine Frau 1936 die vom Bürgerkrieg erschütterte Heimat verließen und sich nach Paris begaben. 1937 erhielt das Ehepaar ein von dem Propagandaminister Joseph Goebbels übersandtes Angebot, in Berlin zu filmen. Das Ergebnis waren 1938 (Carmen la de Triana) und 1939 Inszenierungen folkloristischen Charakters und eine persönliche Begegnung mit Reichskanzler Adolf Hitler, der Reys Frau bereits zuvor in dem Film Nobleza Battura gesehen hatte. Als Imperio Argentina zunächst weiterhin in Deutschland bleiben wollte, während Rey beabsichtigte, in die spanische Heimat zurückzukehren, kam es zum Bruch zwischen den Eheleuten, der später zur Scheidung führte.

Während Florián Reys frühe Arbeiten eng mit der spanischen Tradition des dort ansässigen Musiktheaters, der Zarzuela, verknüpft sind, gelten seine späteren Filme als weitgehend repräsentativ für das Kino-Schaffen zur Zeit der Franco-Diktatur. Der erklärte Anhänger des Franquisten und seit 1935 Parteigänger Francisco Francos drehte eine Fülle von publikumswirksamen Dramen und Melodramen, aber auch Komödien und Schnulzen – durchgehend Filme, ohne künstlerisch bemerkenswerten Gehalt. Mit dem missratenen Lustspiel Polvorilla beendete Rey 1956 seine Tätigkeit. Im Jahr darauf ließ sich der Regisseur in Benidorm nieder und betrieb dort bis zu seinem Tod eine Raststätte. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt war der Regimetreue selbst in der Franco-Diktatur längst vergessen.

Filmografie
als Regisseur, (Co-)Drehbuchautor und (Co-)Produzent, wenn nicht anders angegeben
 1924: La revoltosa
 1925: El lazarillo de Tormes
 1925: La chavala
 1925: Los chicos de la escuela
 1925: Gigantes y cabezudos
 1926: El cura de aldea
 1926: El pilluelo de Madrid
 1927: Aguilas de Acero (nur Regie und Produktion)
 1927: La hermana San Sulpicio
 1928: Agustina de Aragón
 1928: Los claveles de la virgen (nur Regie und Produktion)
 1929: La aldea maldita
 1929: Futbol, amor y toros
 1930: El golfillo de Lavapiés (Kurzfilm)
 1930: Su noche de bodas (nur Co-Regie)
 1931: Lo mejor es reir (nur Co-Regie)
 1931: Buenos dias (Kurzfilm)
 1932: El cliente seductor (Kurzfilm, nur Co-Regie)
 1932: Espérame (nur Co-Regie)
 1932: Melodia de Arrabal (nur Co-Regie)
 1933: Sierra de Ronda
 1934: El novio de mamá
 1934: La hermana de San Sulpicio
 1934: Romanza rusa (Kurzfilm)
 1935: Nobleza baturra
 1936: Morena Clara
 1938: Carmen, de la Triana
 1939: Hinter Haremsgittern (La canción de Aixa)
 1939: La Dolores
 1941: ¡Polizón a bordo!
 1942: La aldea maldita
 1943: Ana Maria
 1943: Idolos (nur Regie und Produktion)
 1943: Orosia
 1945: La luna vale un millón
 1946: Audiencia pública (nur Regie und Drehbuch)
 1946: La nao capitana (nur Regie)
 1948: La cigarra (nur Regie und Drehbuch)
 1950: Cuentos de la Alhambra (nur Regie und Co-Drehbuch)
 1953: La moza de cántaro (nur Regie)
 1954: La cruz de mayo (nur Regie)
 1954: La danza de los deseos (nur Regie)
 1956: Polvorilla (nur Regie und Co-Drehbuch)

Literatur
 Kay Weniger: Das große Personenlexikon des Films. Die Schauspieler, Regisseure, Kameraleute, Produzenten, Komponisten, Drehbuchautoren, Filmarchitekten, Ausstatter, Kostümbildner, Cutter, Tontechniker, Maskenbildner und Special Effects Designer des 20. Jahrhunderts. Band 6: N – R. Mary Nolan – Meg Ryan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3, S. 496.

Weblinks

Einzelnachweise

Filmregisseur
Filmproduzent
Drehbuchautor
Spanier
Geboren 1894
Gestorben 1962
Mann

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) - PGA Tour players and caddies have spent the first part of the season sorting out golf's new rules.
The PGA Tour , with support of the USGA, reversed the penalty Saturday following a review of the interaction, changing McCarthy's 67 to a 65. He was 8 under after a third-round 71.


text:
'Buy American' Rule Aimed at Lessening Dependence on Foreign Drug Manufacturing Could Lead to Higher Prices
President Trump's latest executive order on prescription drugs attempts to stabilize some pharmaceutical supply chain issues, but the potential impacts of the mandate are highly uncertain.
Matt Anderson Photography / Getty Images
Executive Orders Unlikely to Lower Drug Prices
To Lower Drug Costs, Tap Pharmacists for Help
Proton Pump Inhibitor Study Published With Questionable COVID-19 Data
Less than two weeks after signing four executive orders related to drug pricing, President Trump signed a new executive order related to domestic manufacturing of prescription drugs. The drug supply chain is complex, and it is unclear whether the potential actions announced in the President's order will remedy the challenges patients, providers, and payers face when drug shortages occur or prevent disruptions from happening. As we did before, we took a closer look at the announcement to explain what it is, what it will do, and whether it will have an impact on drug pricing or access.
Executive Order on Ensuring Essential Medicines, Medical Countermeasures, and Critical Inputs Are Made in the United States
What is it: The executive order represents a long standing desire by the administration to implement "Buy American" rules for the pharmaceutical market. The order would define a list of "essential drugs," direct federal agencies to buy "essential drugs" from American producers, and provide some regulatory and financial relief to companies willing to manufacture drugs domestically.
What it does: The policy directs the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in consultation with other agencies, to develop a list of essential medicines deemed critical to the United States. The World Health Organization developed a model list of essential medicines for countries in 1977, which has been updated every two years since, but many of the medicines on the list treat diseases that are not highly prevalent in the U.S. Federal purchasers, including the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Defense, would be required to buy those essential medicines from domestic producers, preferably from more than one American supplier, although the full scope of this order is unclear. In order to accelerate this process and provide incentives to American manufacturers, the order also includes provisions to speed up the FDA's inspection and review of U.S. facilities. It also includes a directive to enter into contracting arrangements with new American suppliers.
Would it reduce drug shortages? Maybe, but not in the near term. This order is not intended to lower drug prices, but rather to address drug supply chain disruptions. Recently, more attention has been brought to the fragility of our drug supply chain. The pandemic has impacted drug manufacturing abroad amid shutdowns and slowdowns in manufacturing capacity overseas and exposed the "just in time" inventory that is in the supply chain amid an overwhelming demand for drugs worldwide. But these have been long-standing issues. While the order may help create some additional redundancy in manufacturing by encouraging domestic supply for government purchasers, it is unclear whether American suppliers could produce enough supply to meet demand. The order also runs the risk of further upending the pharmaceutical supply chain by alienating trade partners.
What's the catch? Redundancy in the supply chain comes at a cost. Most experts agree that a "Buy American" order would likely raise drug prices and spending for generic drugs. Besides the potential for higher prices and increased spending, the policy includes a number of opt outs that may weaken its ability to address supply chain issues. For example, the FDA has discretion over the list of essential medicines and the procurement rules can be ignored if the policy would be "inconsistent with the public interest", if the products can't be produced in the U.S. for a variety of reasons, or if the domestic supply would raise costs by more than 25 percent.
While the executive order does include potential incentives to create redundancy in the drug supply chain, it has downsides that should be carefully considered. There is a broad agreement that the order would raise costs, and it is unclear whether the order would create enough incentives to bring drug manufacturing to the U.S. We will have to wait and see how the order might be implemented before its potential impacts become fully clear.
More from Drug Prices
4 Things to Watch in Health Care in 2022
4 Things to Watch in Health Care in 2022 Drug Prices
Fallout From Controversial Alzheimer's Drug Continues
Fallout From Controversial Alzheimer's Drug Continues Drug Prices
5 Big Wins for Health Care in 2021
5 Big Wins for Health Care in 2021 Year in Review
Congress: Pharma's Price Gouging is Purposeful
Congress: Pharma's Price Gouging is Purposeful Drug Prices
Maximizing Opportunity, Minimizing Injustice for Our Nation's Veterans
Maximizing Opportunity, Minimizing Injustice for Our Nation's Veterans Drug Prices
Drug Pricing Reform Failure is Unacceptable
Drug Pricing Reform Failure is Unacceptable Op-Ed
Part 3: After a Groundswell of Success in 2021, Stage is Set for Broader Rx Reform in 2022
Part 3: After a Groundswell of Success in 2021, Stage is Set for Broader Rx Reform in 2022 Drug Affordability
Part 2: In Quest to Lower Rx Prices, States Deploy New Tools
Part 2: In Quest to Lower Rx Prices, States Deploy New Tools Drug Affordability
Part 1: As Congress Debates Lowering Drug Prices, States Waste No Time
Part 1: As Congress Debates Lowering Drug Prices, States Waste No Time Drug Affordability
FDA's Pfizer Vaccine Approval is Proof that Public-Private Partnerships Work
FDA's Pfizer Vaccine Approval is Proof that Public-Private Partnerships Work Drug Prices
Biden Takes Aim at Drug Prices with Executive Order. Does it Go Far Enough?
Biden Takes Aim at Drug Prices with Executive Order. Does it Go Far Enough? Drug Prices
MACPAC Recommends Policies To Reduce Spending on High Cost Specialty Drugs in the Medicaid Program
MACPAC Recommends Policies To Reduce Spending on High Cost Specialty Drugs in the Medicaid Program Drug Prices
'We Have a Problem': New Alzheimer's Treatment Reflects Dysfunctional U.S. Drug Market
'We Have a Problem': New Alzheimer's Treatment Reflects Dysfunctional U.S. Drug Market Drug Prices
'It's Just Simply the Cost Per Dose That Americans Are Being Charged More For'
'It's Just Simply the Cost Per Dose That Americans Are Being Charged More For' Q&A
Congress Grills Major Drug Manufacturer on Anticompetitive Tactics and Price Gouging
Congress Grills Major Drug Manufacturer on Anticompetitive Tactics and Price Gouging Drug Prices
COVID-19 Vaccines are Evidence that Government Intervention Works
COVID-19 Vaccines are Evidence that Government Intervention Works Op-Ed
President Biden Called on Congress to Lower Drug Prices. What's Next?
President Biden Called on Congress to Lower Drug Prices. What's Next? Drug Prices
New Laws Take Aim at Drug Prices, But Stronger Action Needed
New Laws Take Aim at Drug Prices, But Stronger Action Needed Drug Prices
After Sluggish Start, Is the Biosimilar Market Poised for Growth?
After Sluggish Start, Is the Biosimilar Market Poised for Growth? Drug Prices

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
Derry Girls star backs local project for major award
Derry Girl Saoirse Monica Jackson (Erin) visits National Lottery funded HURT (Have Your Tomorrows) family support group and suicide prevention charity, to support their bid to be named Best Health Project in the 2018 National Lottery Awards. Included, from left are staff members Tina Burns, Sadie O'Reilly and Pauline McCloskey.
Published: 08:18 Wednesday 11 July 2018
Derry Girls star Saoirse-Monica Jackson has given her support to local charity HURT (Have Your Tomorrows) as they attempt to win a National Lottery Award.
The actor, who played Erin Quinn in the hit Channel 4 comedy, visited the project on Tuesday to learn more about their life-saving work in the field of addiction services.
HURT, which has been supported by National Lottery funding from the Big Lottery Fund, is a family support group and suicide prevention charity which offers help to people suffering from addiction and their families.
It was set up by Sadie O'Reilly following the death of her son Tony from a drug overdose.
They are appealing for votes in order to be named Best Health Project in the 2018 National Lottery Awards – the annual search for the public's favourite National Lottery funded projects.
During her visit, Saoirse met Sadie and the rest of the HURT team and joined young people taking part in one of the organisation's personal development programmes.
Saoirse-Monica said: "I was delighted to be able to meet Sadie O'Reilly and her fantastic team at HURT.
"Drug and alcohol addiction is such an important issue and Derry, like many other places, has its fair share of problems. However, it is heartening to learn that organisations like HURT can offer much needed help and assistance not only to people suffering from addiction but their families too.
Sadie added: "It was a great honour to welcome Saoirse to HURT. The success of Derry Girls put our city and our young people on the map for all the right reasons. Saoirse is a great ambassador for Derry and our young people.
"Over the years, we at HURT, must have worked with thousands of real-life Derry girls and boys and their families providing addiction support services.
"Funding from the National Lottery, through the Big Lottery Fund, have been vital in helping us carry out this vital work. It would mean so much to us all to win a National Lottery Award and we are immensely grateful for Saoirse's support."
Jonathan Tuchner, from the National Lottery, said: "A total of £1 billion of National Lottery players' money has been invested in more than 20,000 projects in Northern Ireland.
"The National Lottery Awards celebrate the inspirational people and projects who do extraordinary things with National Lottery funding.
"Sadie O'Reilly and the HURT charity are a shining example of the inspirational work that is carried out within communities through Northern Ireland with the help of National Lottery funding."
To vote for HURT in the 2018 National Lottery Awards, please visit www/lottery.goodcauses.org.uk/awards/health, call 0844 836 9695 or post a tweet on Twitter containing their hashtag #NLAHurt
Voting close at midnight on July 27.
There are seven categories in the National Lottery Awards, Arts, Education, Environment, Health, Heritage, Sport and Voluntary/Charity.
The winners, who will be announced in September will receive a £5,000 prize, an iconic National Lottery Awards trophy and will be honoured a star-studded ceremony in London which will be broadcast on BBC One later in September.


text:
Home / Presteigne Premieres: New Music for String Orchestra
Presteigne Premieres: New Music for String Orchestra
Total playing time [80:37]
Amy Dickson (saxophone)
Rebecca Afonwy-Jones (mezzo-soprano)
Katherine Baker (flute)
Suzy Willison-Kawalec (harp)
Presteigne Festival Orchestra
George Vass (conductor)
Founded in 1982 in the former county town of Radnorshire, the Presteigne Festival has become a significant part of the Welsh cultural calendar and is internationally renowned for its commissioning of new work, support of living composers and with a long tradition for the encouragement of young artists.
The festival's orchestra, conducted by Artistic Director George Vass, explores a selection of the many new works premiered by the festival in this volume of recent music for string orchestra, including: the collaborative Variations on 'Lovely Joan' for strings (composers Thomas Hyde, Adrian Williams, David Matthews, Michael Berkeley, Christopher Gunning, Huw Watkins, Sally Beamish and Matthew Taylor); Martin Butler's Concerto for Soprano Saxophone and Strings performed by Amy Dickson; Joe Duddell's Mnemonic for flute, harp and strings; and Beginnings (Three Early Songs), Op. 54, and Divertimento, Op. 51, by Hugh Wood.
Album Booklet (PDF)
'Beginnings, his late reworking of three early songs, exquisitely handled by the mezzo Rebecca Afonwy-Jones, and Divertimento. There are striking essays by Martin Butler and Joe Duddell, and a most felicitous set of variations on the folk song Lovely Joan.'
- The Sunday Times
'The playing of the Presteigne Festival Orchestra lacks nothing in commitment, directed by Vass with unfussy attention to detail.'
'This is a lovely collection of new music, all written for the Presteigne Festival and all premiere recordings played by the Festival's resident orchestra. All linked by the strings there is still much variety with songs and works with different soloists including saxophone and flute.'
Lark Reviews
© 2021 Resonus Limited
Ⓟ 2021 Presteigne Festival of Music and the Arts Ltd
Catalogue No. RES10279
Producer, engineer & editor: Adam Binks
Cover image: Presteigne landscape by Alex Ramsay – www.alexramsayphotography.net


text:
TOGGLE FOR ENHANCED COLOR CONTRAST:
HEROES FOR HOPE
BE A CORPORATE SPONSOR
MAKE A TRIBUTE OR MEMORIAL GIFT
GIVE STOCK AND REAL ESTATE
Duke Athletics Partnerships
TOYS, BOOKS, AND ITEMS
Standing Apart, Stronger Together
EAT, SHOP AND SUPPORT
BECOME A PATIENT AMBASSADOR
DUKE CHILDREN'S GALA
JUMP FOR THE CHILDREN
JIM VALVANO KIDS KLASSIC
DUKE CHILDREN'S FAQS
A lifes purpose
A LIFE'S PURPOSE
Family grief turns into a passion for giving back
Written by Miriam Sauls
Photography by John Hansen
Taylor and Melissa Blanton had been married less than a year when they found out they were pregnant. Delighted with the news, they had the usual conversations about whether they would find out if it was a boy or a girl (it was a boy!) and what they might name the baby (they settled on Luke Michael).
Little did the Blantons know that soon their conversations would turn to topics much more difficult and serious, and eventually their baby boy's journey would inspire much-needed improvements to a special room dedicated to parents with seriously ill babies at Duke Children's.
After a routine ultrasound a few months into the Blanton's pregnancy, the Durham, North Carolina, couple had to hear what no young couple wants to hear. The baby had severe heart abnormalities. His enlarged heart meant there was not enough room for the lungs to develop.
"The diagnosis was devastating," says Melissa. "It was our first pregnancy and the first grandchild on either side of the family. We were shattered."
In a communication with friends and family they wrote, "While we don't know what the future holds, we strongly believe that as long as Luke has a pulse, he has a purpose, and we will do everything in our power to help him achieve that purpose."
In early September 2017, a couple of months before their due date, Melissa and Taylor met with their Duke pediatric cardiologist, Piers Barker, MD. He had sent Luke's information to medical schools and children's hospitals across the country.
"None of them had seen a heart quite like Luke's," says Taylor. Their hope was that Luke could receive a heart transplant if his lungs were functional, but they knew that was unlikely.
Luke was born on November 16, 2017, and after several failed attempts over 31 days for him to breath on his own, Luke passed away. Taylor shared the heart-wrenching news with family and friends, writing: "Luke Michael Blanton is now at peace. He went to be with his Heavenly Father while being held by his mother, comforted by his father, and surrounded by his grandparents and aunts and uncles. His final moments were calm and peaceful. We will honor Luke's miraculous 31 days of life."
Taylor and Melissa began thinking of ways they could both honor Luke and the Intensive Care Nursery (ICN) doctors, nurses, and staff they had grown to love and also support future parents going through similar hardships.
It wasn't long after Luke passed away that the Blantons reached out to Sarah Haithcock, nurse manager, and others in the ICN and politely thanked them for the Care by Parent room, a multipurpose room where parents can stay with their child and where Taylor and Melissa spent time holding Luke and grieving during his final hours. "But the room left a lot to be desired, and they wanted to fundraise to make it better for other families that were in their situation," recalls Haithcock. "They had very clear ideas of what they wanted, which made it easy for us."
"We had received feedback from other parents that the room needed improvements, but we never had the means to do it," says Emily Malcolm, director of the ICN Family Support Program. "The Blantons noted how noisy it was, that the lighting was too bright, that the furniture was not conducive to being able to sit together, that the atmosphere was anything but homey." They suggested remedies, which led to the new design.
To begin fundraising, the Blantons contacted their network of friends, family, and colleagues who had supported them through Luke's journey and explained their intention to remodel one of the Care by Parent rooms in the ICN and rename it Luke's Room.
They set up a fundraising website, and $35,000 and 18 months later, the space was transformed. The room was officially dedicated during a ceremony on October 7. "Just knowing so many people supported us is nice, and it helps us to believe there's a purpose to our lives," says Taylor.
"The Blantons are a wonderful loving family who did an amazing thing to give back to other parents. They were a pleasure to work with and the fact that they gave so much of their time and effort for Luke was extraordinary," says Malcolm.
"In my career, Melissa and Taylor really stand out," says Jennifer Peterson, MD, the Duke neonatologist who was present at Luke's birth and cared for him through his short life in the ICN. "They really weathered the storm of the hospitalization with grace, and Luke was so blessed to have them. They cherished every moment with their son.
"They touched our hearts by commemorating a room for Luke that will serve others. We all walk by that room every day, and we think how lucky we are to have been a part of their journey."
Published July, 2020, Duke Children's Development
Jennifer Peterson, MD, Duke neonatologist
YOUR GIFT CREATES A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR CHILDREN IN NEED
We appreciate gifts of any size, making sure that your generosity is used to advance medical care and provide a better tomorrow for our children. You can choose a dollar amount to give now, or continue exploring more ways that you can support Duke Children's.
Duke Children's Development
dukekids@dm.duke.edu
300 W. Morgan Street, Suite 1200
501(c)(3) Status
©2019 Duke Health. All rights reserved.


With over two dozen private colleges in Illinois, students can access an array of schools with a single click using MatchCollege. Our easy-to-use search tools and school information help students everywhere get connected to top private colleges in Illinois as quick as ever. Private colleges can be found from Chicago to Lisle and from Deerfield to Evanston. Top ranked private colleges in Illinois include DePaul University, Illinois Institute of Technology, Loyola University – Chicago, Northwestern University, University of Chicago, Robert Morris University, Lewis University, Monmouth College and the Illinois Institute of Art. Private colleges are defined as schools that do not accept state funding to operate. Instead, private universities rely upon donations, internal operations, and tuition to function. Colleges in the private sector are typically going to have smaller class sizes and lower student to teacher ratios. For students looking for additional classroom communication and collaboration, a private college may be a great place to start researching schools. Learn more about each private school around Illinois with MatchCollege and gather information from top universities in one convenient portal.
There are 24 large private universities in our database for Illinois. Follow the links below to get more details about each school.
Notes: Tuition & fee amounts are for both Illinois in-state residents and out of state students, unless noted otherwise. The tuition information displayed is an estimate, which we calculated based on historical data and should be solely used for informational purposes only. Please contact the respective school for information about the current school year.


text:
By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies. For more details about cookies and how to manage them, see our cookie policy.
We are one of the largest copper producers in Kazakhstan
At KAZ Minerals we place a high priority on our environmental, social and governance responsibilities
Focused on copper
The copper mining process
Governance contact
KAZ Minerals operates the Aktogay and Bozshakol open pit copper mines in the East Region and Pavlodar region of Kazakhstan, three underground mines and associated concentrators in the East Region of Kazakhstan and the Bozymchak copper-gold mine in Kyrgyzstan. The Group acquired the Baimskaya project in the Chukotka region of Russia in January 2019, one of the world's most significant undeveloped copper assets, with the potential to become a large scale, low cost, open pit copper mine
Explore our business
Copper is essential for modern economies. The demand for copper is growing whilst supply is constrained
Aktogay
Bozshakol
Bozymchak
Baimskaya
A high growth copper company focused on large scale, low-cost open pit mining in the CIS region
Explore our news
Annual Report and Accounts 2020
High growth in copper
KAZ Minerals is a responsible developer and operator of mining assets in Kazakhstan and the CIS region. Environmental, social and governance matters are at the core of our strategy and licence to operate
Explore ESG
At KAZ Minerals, we want to do more than be a leading natural resources Group. We want to lead the way in wellbeing, health and safety.
National context
Ethics, compliance, anti-bribery and corruption
Consultation & communication
Attracting and retaining skilled employees
Integrity, policies & compliance
ESG case studies
Sustainability targets
To create a strong, skilled and loyal workforce, we invest in educating and rewarding our people
We are always looking to recruit the best talent
Why choose KAZ Minerals?
Electrical and Instrumentation Technical Specialist
SENIOR METALLURGIST
Senior Planning Engineer (long-term budget)
Share Price as at
KAZ Minerals is the largest copper producer in Kazakhstan
The Group has over 80 years of history in Kazakhstan
Our strategy and KPIs
KAZ Minerals seeks to become the leading natural resources company in Central Asia
Openings doors to women in mining
According to research from McKinsey, women represent an estimated 8 to 17 per cent of the global mining workforce. KAZ Minerals benefits from a relatively high proportion (21%) of female employees in its workforce and is seeking to improve female representation further. One impediment is that there have historically been legislative restrictions in Kazakhstan to women taking on certain roles at mine sites, which until 2021 included driving mining vehicles.
KAZ Minerals has led a long-running campaign to remove the restrictions on female employment in the mining industry, and on 12 October 2021 the relevant amendments to the Kazakhstan Labour Code were introduced. Other than roles which require the manual lifting of heavy loads, women can now be employed in roles across the industry without any restrictions.
We believe this is a significant step forward in fulfilling our commitment to offer all employees equal opportunities, regardless of their gender. Following the amendments to the Labour Code, women will have the opportunity to choose their profession on an equal footing with men while being paid an equivalent salary, and the Group will benefit from a wider pool of potential employees.
Aktogay will advertise roles to women living locally to the site to become operators of mining vehicles and the KAZ Minerals Training and Development department has developed a programme of professional training for female drivers. The first female trainee truck driver at KAZ Minerals, Natalya Khlebnikova, received her initial training on a Mercedes truck, before continuing her training on CAT dump trucks of increasing size, from the CAT 777 to the 793. These vehicles have load capacities of 70 to 200 tonnes.
"I chose to drive a mining truck as its strength and power fills me with awe. I love driving such a huge machine. I think women must, just like men, set and achieve their goals. Women have flown both rockets and aeroplanes, and have driven trains. We have mastered low-tonnage equipment; now it is time for heavy-duty mining equipment. I want to move forward so that the country can be proud of the achievements of women!" says Natalya Khlebnikova, Aktogay dump truck driver.
© KAZ Minerals 2022


Clean CARFAX. Certified. Kinetic Blue Metallic 2019 Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 4WD 8-Speed Automatic V6 Colorado ZR2, 4D Crew Cab, V6, 8-Speed Automatic, 4WD, Kinetic Blue Metallic, Jet Black w/Leather-Appointed Seat Trim.
We are Used Car Specialists! Paradise Chevrolet Cadillac provides you exceptional service and convenience that has no rival. We give YOU the Paradise Advantage Purchase a new or used General Motors vehicle from us and you will receive 2 FREE oil changes after the factory maintenance program expires. We give YOU the Paradise Advantage Purchase a new or used General Motors vehicle from us and you will receive 2 FREE oil changes after the factory maintenance program expires. One Year Complete Care Package: Paintless Dent Repair: Covers minor exterior dings and dents on vertical surfaces, Rental Car Reimbursement: If your vehicle stays overnight at a repair facility, you may be eligible for a rental reimbursement of $35 per day, up to three days, Roadside Services: Emergency roadside services, lock-out assistance, towing, Key Recovery and Replacement: Up to $800 benefit for lost, stolen, or destroyed key/fob/remotes, Domestic Trip Routing Service: Access to travel information including maps, flight reservation, hotel and rental car discount, and more.Enjoy the pressure free buying experience our customers love and regularly share with their own friends and family. Valid at Paradise Chevrolet Cadillac only. This offer is nontransferable; all work is done at Paradise Chevrolet Cadillac.
Prices do not include additional fees and costs of closing, including government fees and taxes, any finance charges, any dealer documentation fees, any emissions testing fees or other fees. Prices do not include any dealer installed options such as window tint, lifts, or other items. All prices, specifications and availability subject to change without notice. For complete information please contact Paradise Chevrolet Cadillac at (888) 387-7019. Purchase a new or used General Motors vehicle from us and you will receive 2 free oil changes after the factory maintenance program expires. We will also check for any safety recalls and perform a 27 point inspection. Valid at Paradise Chevrolet Cadillac only. This offer is nontransferable; all work is done at Paradise Chevrolet Cadillac. MPG estimates on this website are EPA estimates; your actual mileage may vary. For used vehicles, MPG estimates are EPA estimates for the vehicle when it was new. The EPA periodically modifies its MPG calculation methodology; all MPG estimates are based on the methodology in effect when the vehicles were new (please see the "Fuel Economy" portion of the EPA's website for details, including a MPG recalculation tool). The features and options listed are for the new 2019 Chevrolet Colorado and may not apply to this specific vehicle. Tax, title, license (unless itemized above) are extra. Not available with special finance, lease and some other offers.


text:
The Pentagon announces an additional $775 million worth of arms to Ukraine
The United States will send an additional $775 million in missiles, drones, vehicles and mine clearance equipment to Ukraine to aid in its war with Russia as the conflict reaches a near stalemate, the Pentagon announced on Friday. .
The new assistance program will include 16 howitzers and ammunition, AGM-88 high-velocity anti-radiation missiles (HARM), ammunition for high mobility artillery rocket systems, 15 Scan Eagle reconnaissance drones and vehicles armored vehicles, among other armaments, a senior defense official told reporters.
The package comes at a critical time as Ukraine and Russia battle for control of eastern Ukraine.
Nearly six months into the war, the two sides are locked in a virtual operational stalemate, with neither Kyiv nor Moscow able to muster enough ground troops and weapons to turn the tide of the conflict, assess the Western officials.
The additional hit of lethal aid could help Ukrainian forces gain the upper hand as Russian troops battle casualties inflicted by US-made missile systems.
"I would say that you see a complete and utter lack of progress by the Russians on the battlefield," the senior defense official said, adding that it is important both to maintain Ukrainian successes on the battlefield battlefield and allow them to win as the conflict evolves. .
"We want to make sure Ukraine has a steady flow of ammunition to meet their needs, and that's what we're doing with this package."
The last lethal aid follows the billion dollars worth of weapons and equipment granted to the beleaguered country earlier this month, the largest such tranche pledged since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24.
The package also pushes the United States past the $10 billion mark in military assistance to Ukraine under the Biden administration, spread across 19 packages since August 2021.
Defense and national security – Another 775 million dollars of weapons for Ukraine
On The Money – Five things to know about Weisselberg's guilty plea
The HARM, which can be fired from Ukrainian aircraft, has a range of at least 30 miles and is designed to find and destroy radar-equipped air defense systems, stands out in the latest installment of lethal aid. The missiles were credited with eliminate some of Russia's most dangerous weapons systems in Ukraine in recent weeks.
Also included are the Scan Eagle unmanned aerial systems – the first time the United States has provided the drone to Kyiv – which will give Ukrainians "better reconnaissance around the front lines", the official said.
Additionally, the package will consist of 1,000 Javelins; 36,000 105mm artillery shells; demining equipment; 40 anti-mine vehicles protected against ambushes, to allow Ukrainian troops to move into trapped areas; 1,500 optically tracked tube-launched wire-guided missiles; 2,000 anti-armour shells; 50 Humvees; tactical secure communication systems; night vision devices; thermal imaging systems; and optical and laser range finders.
Categories World
El Shafee Elsheikh, British ISIS operative, sentenced for murderous kidnapping plot
Patriots vs. Panthers preview: Can Kendrick Bourne start?


Existing Clients please use same Username that you have before. Password will be default set to 1234 and upon logging in you can change your password to be customized.
Instructions for Submitting Grain Offers.
General Dashboard Screen will show your current offers along with the ability to sort/organize your dashboard by the tabs at the top.
Clicking in the upper right corner you can go to Settings and adjust your contact information or setup Preferences and Data Options.
Clicking on "+Create Offer" will allow you to start submitting a new online offer.
This offer will be added to your dashboard where you can then click on the "Offer #" to see the status of the offer and history of the offer.


text:
China: 2 Canadians in prisoner swap freed for health reasons
China Canada US Huawei
FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2021, file photo, Michael Kovrig, center, embraces his wife Vina Nadjibulla, left, and sister Ariana Botha after arriving at Pearson International Airport in Toronto. Two Canadians, Kovrig and Michael Spavor who were detained in late 2019, days after Huawei's chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, was arrested in Canada at the request of U.S. authorities, have been allowed to return to Canada after being released on bail for health reasons, China's Foreign Ministry said Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
Michael Spavor
Meng Wanzhou
HUIZHONG WU
September 27, 2021, 6:59 AM ·3 min read
Canadian businessman
Chinese business executive
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China's Foreign Ministry said Monday that two Canadians detained in late 2019 who were allowed to return to Canada in a prisoner swap were released on bail for health reasons.
A ministry spokesperson made the comment as Beijing sought to downplay the connection between their release and the return to China of a long-detained executive of Huawei Technologies.
Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig were detained in December 2019, days after Huawei's chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, was arrested in Canada at the request of U.S. authorities.
Many countries labeled China's action "hostage politics," while China accused Canada of arbitrary detention. The two Canadians were jailed for more than 1,000 days.
Meng fought the U.S. demand for extradition from Canada. She landed in China on Saturday after reaching a deal with the U.S. Justice Department that led to a prisoner swap.
"The case of Meng Wanzhou is completely different from that of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor in nature," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said at a daily briefing on Monday.
The two men were suspected of endangering national security, Hua said.
Spavor, an entrepreneur, had been sentenced to 11 years in prison, accused of spying. Kovrig had not yet been sentenced but was facing similar charges.
China released the two Canadians on bail after a "diagnosis by professional medical institutions, and with the guarantee of the Canadian ambassador to China," Hua said.
Hua did not answer questions from journalists about whether the prisoner releases were entirely unrelated and what the health reasons were.
Canada has maintained that Kovrig and Spavor were innocent of any charges.
"We continue to oppose the way these two citizens were treated," Canadian Foreign Minister Marc Garneau told the U.N. General Assembly meeting of world leaders Monday.
He said Spavor and Kovrig "paid a heavy price" because their country "observed the rule of law" in responding to the U.S. extradition request.
Representatives for the two countries traded retorts later Monday on the assembly floor, with China rejecting Canada's take on the affair. Canada continued to insist Kovrig and Spavor were mistreated.
Meng reached an agreement with U.S. federal prosecutors that will drop fraud charges against her next year. In return, she is accepting responsibility for misrepresenting the company's business dealings in Iran.
U.S. White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters Monday that the decision to allow Meng to return to China was an independent law enforcement matter decided by the U.S. Justice Department. She added that President Joe Biden's administration has advocated for the release of the two Canadians but stressed that the White House was not involved.
She said Biden raised concerns about the Canadians' detention when he spoke with President Xi Jinping earlier this month.
Meng's return to China was broadcast live on the country's state broadcaster, CCTV. She wore a red dress the shade of China's flag and thanked Xi and the ruling Communist Party.
On Monday, Hua, the Foreign Ministry spokesperson, said Meng was a victim of "political persecution" and was able to return to China thanks to the "government's unrelenting efforts."
In contrast, the release of the Canadians was reported by the state-owned tabloid Global Times, and while the news spread online, it was not carried by more authoritative state media agencies such as CCTV or Xinhua News Agency.
Huawei is the biggest global supplier of network gear for phone and internet companies. It has been a symbol of China's progress in becoming a technological world power — and a subject of U.S. security and law enforcement concerns.
Former President Donald Trump's administration cut off Huawei's access to U.S. components and technology, including Google's music and other smartphone services, and later barred vendors worldwide from using U.S. technology to produce components for Huawei.
Associated Press video producer Liu Zheng, and Associated Press writer Jennifer Peltz at the United Nations, contributed to this report.
Arizona COVID-19 updates: Order free tests at COVIDtests.gov today
'39 Seconds' honors life of one of the best baseball players in the world
KMSP
German luge star Geisenberger says she's going to Olympics
Security guard tackles armed man trying to rob game room
KTRK – Houston
As schools cancel class due to COVID-19, daycares figure out how to take more kids
KSHB - Kansas City Scripps
Best Breakfast Cereals From Consumer Reports' Tests
How the Roland-Story girls knocked off Clear Lake and boys basketball and wrestling both prevailed
Ames Tribune
New push underway to legalize, decriminalize marijuana in Kentucky
WLKY - Louisville Videos


text:
Q: Detecting a short in an enclosed circuit with a PLC I have an LED circuit that may or may not have a short. It looks somewhat like the image below. The short is labeled 500 ohm in the drawing. The short can actually be anywhere from < 1 ohm to millions of ohms. There can be anywhere from one set of three LED's to 30 - 40 sets of three LED's in parallel. Two sets of three LED's are shown in the image below.

I need to have front line employees test thousands of these for the short. I want to make a PLC that will do the following:

*

*Provide power for the circuit

*Detect if the wires from the PLC are not connected to the circuit

*Check if the wire from the PLC are correctly connected to the circuit.

*Tell the operator if there is a short, the tester is not connected or if the tester is connected and the part does not have a short.

I was originally and wrongfully thinking that I could have the PLC do a series of two alternating tests:
Test A. Power the circuit normally (positive to positive, negative to negative) and check voltages or amps being drawn.
Test B. Power the circuit reversed (positive to negative, negative to positive) and test for voltage.
I am now officially over my head. Does anybody have any suggestions of a test algorithm that will determine polarity of the circuit, if there is a short and if the wires are making connection?

A: Your test method should work if you have a current-limited supply for the 12V. The supply provides 12V up to the maximum possible current for a working device, and limits above that. Many 12V switching supplies would probably work, but you might want to use a lab supply with programmable voltage and current and measurement . Some might be able to reverse output voltage in a programmable manner, or you might need to add relays. The one I linked can be interfaced with the PLC via Ethernet and uses standard SCPI commands, but there are many other options.
If you want good measurement of the leakage/shunt you'd probably want to add another LAN interfaced bench meter in series  with the output so the current could be measured to uA or below.
This would be a pretty standard type of test setup (a few rack-mount devices wired to a test fixture with some operator interface).
Of course a bespoke custom PCB design could replace the off-the-shelf test instruments at considerably less parts cost, and that would be the first impulse of many engineers, but by the time you're done paying engineering time and maintenance you might be better off buying the calibrated traceable instruments.
The reverse LED leakage of all the LED strings in parallel would limit how accurately you could measure the shunt resistance "short". It's also possible to measure in the forward direction with a relatively low voltage but I think reverse would be more accurate at a given test voltage. Typically, at room temperature, that leakage is very low for most LEDs, but you'd have to check the data sheets and maybe make some measurements. It would be best to do the reverse test first while the LEDs are cold.
So the PLC or computer would need a program that would configure the one or two test instruments for each phase of the test plan, read the results for each and then present a summary to the operator. Maybe with some additional operator interface buttons, lights, beepers or whatever.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


Charlie Bennett was given a 12-day ban by the Kempton stewards after being found guilty of careless riding in an incident which saw Robert Havlin taken to hospital.
Bennett was riding Lieutenant Conde in the Move Over To Matchbook which was won by Robert Cowell's Sir Ox.
Around three furlongs from home Havlin's mount, the John Gosden-trained Beehaar, unfortunately clipped heels and took a fatal fall.
In an incident which also involved Laura Coghlan on Um Sharma and Stevie Donohoe on Gabrial The Giant, the stewards found that Bennett "edged left without correction when not sufficiently clear of Havlin".
There was a slight delay to the following race due to a wait for sufficient medical cover.
Watch this incredible recovery by a teenage jockey – and guess what happened after?


text:
Q: What's the equivalent of setCopyrightAlignment in HERE map JavaScript API 3.0? Does anyone know how to change the position of the HERE map copyright text in version 3.0 of the JavaScript API?  I've found a method in version 2.5 called setCopyrightAlignment to do that, but the closest I can find in 3.0 is the ICopyright interface that only lets me change the text.  I need to put the copyright text in another corner.  Any suggestion will be greatly appreciated.

A: You should be able to get to the imprint element and style via:
var imprintElement = map.getImprint().getElement();
var imprintStyle = map.getImprint().getStyle();

From there on you can do whatever you need by applying CSS styles.
The imprint is positioned absolutely, so top, bottom, left and right are the properties you will probably want to modify.


Political Theory involves the critical study of political ideas, particularly those that entail ethical issues and/or the basis for social and political order. Political theory explores these ideas both analytically and historically. Most intermediate courses detail the history of political thought. Advanced courses are more varied - they may examine selected political ideas, new currents in political thought, or individual political theorists whose work holds great significance. Political theory in the department also includes courses on empirical and statistical methods used to study political phenomena.
An introduction to interpreting major political ideas and their significance in the contemporary world. Competing understandings of concepts such as freedom, equality, justice, citizenship, and legitimacy will be explored, in part by applying them to concrete political issues such as multiculturalism, economic distribution, and the death penalty.
3 hrs, 3 cr; GER/2/B or 3/B; Pathways: Individual and Society.
The study of selected writers from the ancient Greeks to the Renaissance (e.g., Plato to Machiavelli), focusing on the political dimensions of such ideas as rationality, virtue, community, human nature and historical change.
The study of selected political writers (e.g., Hobbes to Nietzsche), with special emphasis given to the nature of and problems with, liberty, equality and justice in modern societies and states.
Exploration of concepts and thinkers in political theory since 1900. Topics include such traditional issues of political theory as the nature and scope of political regimes, justice, equality and changing concepts of human nature.
Selected topics in Political Theory.
Prereq: ENGL 120 (or equivalent). This course number acts as an 'umbrella', with differing courses appearing as decimals (e.g. PolSc 204.66, Political Ideologies).
Public opinion surveys, content analysis, legislative roll-call analysis, census data, election returns. Introduction to statistics.
Prereq: ENGL 120 (or equivalent). Uses Social Science Data Lab.
Computer applications and statistical analysis in political science. Students write a quantitative term paper.
Prereq: ENGL 120 (or equivalent) and PolSc 206. Uses Social Science Data Lab.
Examines history of political thought from the perspective of gender relations and the treatment of women.
Examination of ideas that have shaped American politics from the Revolution to the present, including Federalists and Anti-Federalists, Progressivism and responses to industrialization and recent debates over the welfare state, political inclusion and democracy.
Prereq: ENGL 120 (or equivalent). Counts as either American or Theory (but not both).
Intensive study in the core concepts and ideas in the tradition of Critical Theory. Thinkers include, among others, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Adorno, Horkheimer, Marcuse, Fanon, and Foucault, as well as contemorary critical theorists. Themes and foci will vary by semester and will include: the nature and purpose of critique; political sociology and the analysis of liberalism, fascism and other political formations; mass culture and the fate of art; power and the psyche; reason and effect; violence and terror; the philosophy of history, and the politics of liberation.
Prereq: ENGL 120 (or equivalent) and Any Course in Pol Theory.
This seminar in political theory examines the issue of emergency powers in constitutional democracies. It will examine various attempts to define what is an emergency, as well as the spirited debates over the legitimacy of extraordinary powers to manage such crises.
Prereq: ENGL 120 (or equivalent) and Any Course in Pol Theory. This course number acts as an 'umbrella', with differing courses appearing as decimals (e.g. PolSc 304.75, Concept of The People).
A critical survey of different conceptions of democracy: issues include democracy as a political order, democracy and 'non-political' forms of life (e.g., business, family, religion), toleration, political representation, democracy and justice.
A theoretical exploration of the meaning of revolution.
Readings in feminist ideas, both historical and contemporary, on issues of power, justice and equality. The course will emphasize different perspectives, including those of liberal, radical, postmodernist, women of color, third world and 'global' feminists.
Political theorists often imagine ideal worlds, both to explore ideals and to criticize political realities. This course will explore utopias and dystopias as theories that explore political possibilities and challenge existing realities.
A critical analysis of the intersection of academic and practical discourse of human rights with the central concerns of political theory, particularly as it engages relationships between ethics and power as well as theory and practice.


Discussion in 'Deck Help and Strategy' started by Cyrus, Aug 18, 2008.
Strategy: make retreat big with Ariados' poke-body, and OHKO every poke in the game with Doom Desire!!!
If you're going for Stage 2 tech (which is hard, hard thing to do) I'll warmly suggest Metagross line. As there's a single card which is one of the best teches in the DP-on to which you can do absolutely nothing about.
Basically, if your opponent plays down Unown G, you can scoop the game. With Metagross line, you can still keep fighting somewhat.
Nice job on your deck. Always nice to see rogue decks.
Seems like a good idea. However, don't forget that once your opponent plays Warp Point, Jirachi's Doom Desire effect goes away as the defending pokemon goes to the bench. The only way to prevent that is by draining the opponents hand (Cessation Crystal would be great to stop Claydol, but it's gone now...) and hoping the opponent didn's top-deck a warp point or a switch. Good luck with the deck.
Burmy Trash Cloak is in there why?
Dang, someone thought of this too!
Looks good, I like the concept!
LA has so much potential. Gj red face paint Master.


text:
December 30, 2021 / MasterKen / 0 Comments
We're delighted to welcome author Janie Franz to the clowder, and proud to bring you her new paranormal mystery:
When a man is found dead near a large boulder in the back country of northern New Mexico, it seems like a simple homicide. A missing body part, cadaver dogs, and old remains turn the investigation toward the bizarre and the chilling.
Two indigenous female lawyers defend the elderly man wrongfully accused of the murder. Their PI, Allen Rodriguez, a young man with strong psychic abilities, joins the investigation as old and evil practices reach out into the present.
Can Allen use his abilities without darkness overwhelming him? Will a deadly hatred from his family's past turn his younger brother's manhood ceremony into a tragedy?
Available in print and for Kindle.
August 17, 2021 / MasterKen / 0 Comments
Brett Sander's long-anticipated publication of two of his long stories in one volume has dropped!
A young woman named Viviana Suárez writes a series of letters to her friend in the United States, telling the story of Dorotea Bazán, "said to have been captured by Indians in the late nineteenth century," and resistant of rescue. Years later, grown and married, Viviana finds herself in the middle of the eternal conflict between a seemingly rigid father and a rebellious teenage son.
Available at Amazon in print and for Kindle, and by order from other booksellers with the ISBN-10 1942166745, the ISBN-13 978-1942166740, or the ASIN (eBook) B09CRX8JNB.
June 26, 2021 / MasterKen / 0 Comments
An Untidy Affair
Struggling Philadelphia private eye David Blaise gets two routine but unrelated cases on the same day in May 1985 – the day city police firebombed the MOVE house, which killed 11 people and destroyed an entire neighborhood. When Blaise starts following a cheating husband and searching for a missing person who may not actually be missing, he also discovers his cases may be related, and that he is being followed. When his tail is murdered, implicating the P-I, Blaise must find the true killer before he is literally buried alive.
Available in print and Kindle editions.
May 10, 2020 / MasterKen / 0 Comments
Sylvie is eleven coming twelve, and about to take her scholarship place at the local grammar school. The war is over, and a new era is beginning for the family, but a sudden event pushes a young girl from another family onto the world stage, and Sylvie, her friends and relatives, become the new Elizabethans. This sequel to the novel Bottletops for Battleships follows the Ford family into the brave new world of the nineteen fifties.
The second volume of British author Andrea Gilbey has just hit Amazon. If you loved BOTTLETOPS FOR BATTLESHIPS, you'll want to see what Sylvie, her family, and friends are up to as life transitions from war to dates and jobs. Why is nothing ever simple?
EDELWEISS FOR ELIZABETH is available in print and for Kindle.
April 19, 2020 / MasterKen / 0 Comments
Sylvie is four coming five, and about to start school but an even bigger life event is just around the corner as the Second World War begins and Sylvie's family, along with the rest of Britain, has to deal with new dangers and shortages.
British author Andrea Gilbey has transferred publication of her Sylvie's War trilogy to Per Bastet, and we're over the moon! Based on memories her late mother shared with her over the years, Gilbey is crafting fictional and semi-fictional characters and storylines that are so real, you'll think you lived them yourself. In fact, one of the Pers read the book to her mother, who grew up in wartime America, and drew out many memories that had been buried by time.
Available at Amazon in print and for Kindle.
It'll Come Back to Haunt You
Per Bastet Publications is excited to announce the first of a series by J. Paul Burroughs: KARMA AND CRIME.
When the dreams started, Lanyon Stevenson thought he was losing his mind. They were horrific, full of smoke, fire and death. Desperate for help, Lanyon is directed to Dr. Asha Christopher, a Psychologist who practices hypno-therapy. When Dr. Christopher hypnotizes Lanyon to discover the reason behind the terrifying dreams, she finds they don't spring from childhood trauma as she'd expected. Instead, she finds that Lanyon Stevenson has lived many lives in the past. The dreams are flashbacks — memories — warnings from the past about people in danger in the present. Can Lanyon and Asha interpret the warnings in time to save lives?
"Let's Kill All the Lawyers." Well, Maybe Just One.
March 17, 2020 / MasterKen / 0 Comments
Maybe somebody was taking Shakespeare too literally. The first book of Marian Allen's projected mystery series begins with a hit-and-run. The victim: an assistant district attorney with a vast wealth of people who, at the very least, didn't mourn his passing.
Bar Sinister (A Spadena Street Mystery)
Juss — Injustice H. Chocolate (named and raised by hippies) — questions the usefulness of her Life Coach work and hires a secretary to prove its importance. Prim and efficient Kerry Dashingly can hardly wait to tell his wife that his latest secretary temp job is in a miniature castle in a neighborhood of Disneyesque architecture. Kerry hasn't even begun when he gets a call from his hapless cousin, Abby: A man she openly hated is dead, and the police found unspecified evidence in the back of her car. Juss immediate attaches herself to the problem, determined to help, even if it kills her.
Spadena Street is a two-block Storybook Style neighborhood with a past as corporate housing for privileged employees of a now-defunct factory. Some of its mysteries are connected to that past, some are connected to the characters of the people who lived there or live there now. Some are connected only by the networks of the current residents. Some just are.
For Poetry Lovers, and People Who Think They Don't Love Poetry
Per Bastet is delighted to present our first full volume of poetry by Dirk D. Griffin: WAR & PIECES. Those already familiar with Griffin's work know his poetry is both lyrical and muscular. Those not already familiar with his work are in for a treat!
Read more about Dirk and this book here.
Purchase WAR & PIECES in print and/or for Kindle here.
Not a Bar Joke. Well, Kind of a Bar Joke
Per Bastet Publications is proud to announce our latest publication: the Southern Indiana Writers' Group's latest anthology.
Apollo and Athena Walk Into a Bar: (Art Meets Science)
Centuries ago, back when the Old Gods first fled the Mortal Realm . . ." Apollo and Athena, fallen god and goddess, respectively, of the arts and the sciences, linger in the shadows of the bar where Neptune regales his patrons with jokes. Also lurking in these writings are, among other wonders, a congenial vampire-detective who, with Ben Franklin, courts a lovely automaton that blows poison kisses; a grieving colonist on Mars grappling with meaning and religious doubt; a trio of canoe-transporting raccoons; a young woman mathematician approaching the mystery of her absent father, the notorious Romantic poet Lord Byron; and a Walden-carrying, Hoosier Everyboy trying to map the Alaskan wilds.
Per Bastet Acquires Popular Memoir!
June 3, 2019 / MasterKen / 0 Comments
When the rights to Joanna Foreman's popular memoir THE KNOW-IT-ALL GIRL became available, Per Bastet snapped them up. We've had our eye on this one for some time, and are delighted to add it to our catalog.
Unlike some books by former members of groups, this is no screed or rant. Yes, there was pain. Yes, there was disillusionment. Yes, there was devastating loss. But there was also joy, friendship, and emotional enrichment. In her memoir, Joanna Foreman navigates through her conviction that she knew it all to her present free contentment. This memoir, told with humor and deep emotion, takes you inside the life of a "JW" and out again, with the help of a guide you'll feel is confiding to you across the table of a comfortable restaurant.
"I don't know exactly when I started falling out of The Truth, but I remember the precise moment when, way up high in a tree, I made the decision to get in." (Chapter 6) ~*~ "You think you have lifetime friends in the Organization? Try leaving."(Chapter 8)


text:
Wonder Wall.
A New Elephant Mural Is Just The First Of Many New Art Projects Coming To Deep Ellum's Walls.
The sun high above him — and only getting higher as noon approaches quickly — Adrian Torres wipes some sweat from his brow and points along the ground toward the increasingly smaller sliver of shade that this wall on the easternmost edge of Deep Ellum affords him.
"The later it gets," he says through a smile, but a little frustrated just the same, "the less shade I have."
A photo posted by Adrián Torres (@adriantorres_art) on Jul 17, 2015 at 10:47am PDT
It's an offhand observation, but a telling one: Torres has become intimately familiar of late with the grounds of the vacant Brake & Clutch Service building at the intersection of Main Street and Exposition Avenue; for more than a week, and right up until this past Sunday when his time there came to an end, that building's westernmost wall served as his 6:30 a.m. to noon home base every day. The shadow is this Spanish painter's only respite from Texas' July heat as well as the time-keeper for his attack upon the wall providing it.
His is a benevolent maneuver, but a hurdle just the same: "I'm a painter," Torres explains. "I do fine art. I don't really do graffiti, and this is the biggest-sized canvas I've ever done."
A photo posted by Adrián Torres (@adriantorres_art) on Jul 21, 2015 at 6:56am PDT
The size is what dictated his efforts here. Stretching across Torres' wall is a stunning parade of 12 elephants — a total he has to count to confirm — that would look more at home on as part of water-colored canvas than on a Deep Ellum wall. And yet it's that exact dichotomy that makes this presentation so visually striking.
Torres came to this wall and project after already being scheduled to be in Dallas this month for other work opportunities (he also operates a non-profit called Riding Colors that aims to help the needy across the globe through artistic endeavors). Upon hearing this news, a local artist with whom Torres had previously collaborated in the Philippines — Lesli Marshall, also a painter — suggested he tackle this blank wall while in town, too.
Marshall, who also operates her own Articulation Art visual consultation firm, actually does have that awesome power: These days, she's working alongside Scott Rohrman, founder and owner of real estate development firm 42 Real Estate, on a new project called 42 Murals. The project aims to place, as it name implies, an eventual total of 42 murals across a selection of 53 bare exterior walls that surround 39 properties within 42 Real Estate's Deep Ellum domain. (Deep breath.)
Included among 42's active roster of tenants, for some context: Pecan Lodge, Luscher's Red Hots, Cold Beer Company and the upcoming brick-and-mortar Easy Slider location.
The motivation behind the project, an extension in some regards of 42's acclaimed earlier Deep Ellum Windows efforts, is obvious: The company hopes to better draw attention to its properties' natural assets, all the while winning some neighborhood beautification points and, y'know, maybe attracting some new tenants along the way. If Torres' pleasing direction — which stands in stark contrast to some of Deep Ellum's rougher (in spirit and design) wall pieces — is any indication, the project could contribute to the continued softening of this neighborhood's evolving image.
Rohrman anticipates designs of all kinds adoring these walls — everything, he says, "from perspective to portraiture."
"We don't want to limit it to a style," he continues. "We're just providing the canvas and the artists are providing the art."
"There's going to be variety," adds Marshall, who's helping helm the vetting process for artist applications for the project's many available walls. The project's 42 approved artists will each receive a flat stipend to cover their efforts and expenses. The goal, Rohrman and Marshall agree, is to enhance the neighborhood's visual presentation without alienating it. Look around Deep Ellum and you'll see murals at most every turn; the neighborhood is already known as a Dallas mural hub. Still, adding 42 new designs to the mix is a substantial increase.
'We're trying to listen to the community," Rohrman says.
No doubt, if Deep Ellum as a neighborhood has made anything clear over the years, it's that it approves well of colorful wall art. 42 Murals, it seems, is intent on take that pushing that vibrant narrative forward.
Torres' scene — it's unnamed, may we propose "Ellumphants" as a possibility? — may have quietly arrived on the scene. But, representing twelve elephants' worth of steps in that new direction, it would seem the piece also signals an impending art stampede.
Photos by Adrian Torres and Josh David Jordan.
Previous ArticleBuilding Blocks.
Next ArticleThe Best Around?
Co-Founder, President, Editor
Pete is the founder, editor and president of Central Track. He is the former music editor of the Dallas Observer. His work has been published in The Daily Beast, Deadspin, LA Weekly, Village Voice, Spin Magazine, The Miami Herald and The Toronto Star, among other major publications. The Association of Alternative Newsweeklies has honored his long-form narrative writing and his blogging efforts alike. In 2009, NBCDFW.com named him one of the 25 Most Interesting People in DFW, a fact he remains all too eager to bring up at dinner parties.
Scenes From Friday's Lights For Liberty Event At City Hall.
Josh Mazur July 15, 2019
23 Things To Do In Dallas This Week: July 15 – 18
8 Exhibits You Should Check Out That Aren't Instagram Traps.
Stephanie Salas-Vega July 12, 2019


We spoke with Mrs Shritama Jain the Directing Principal of Creative Kidz, The Playschool, Ajmer to get the scoop on Childgrowth and Development. She is among the most influential school principals in education sector in Ajmer.
A: The children are just like clay you can mould them in any particular shape.
They are tiny creatures who need to be polished well.
Q: How do you encourage children to work in groups?
A: I try my best to teach the most common thing that is sharing which most of the children are unaware of, so first is sharing and then automatically the children put efforts to do all the group activities.
Q: Outline the role of parents in school?
A: Parents are the initial teacher of the children, they could build as well as ruin the child's future.
So, if there are any activities held in school I request the parents to kindly help the child to participate because parents are always the first step for the child's future.
Q: How does the day of an infant in your classroom differ from the day of a toddler in your classroom?
For a toddler which is older then the infants have more gaining capacity. So for them there are written activities organized for easy learning.
Infants are more focused on oral studies and toddlers are more focused on written studies.
We hope you enjoyed our interview with Mrs Shritama Jain as much as we did. To learn more about Creative kidz, The Playschool, Ajmer please visit Creative kidz facebook.
What questions do you wish we'd asked? Post a comment below!


Would you like to know more about an American-made clock or watch that you own? Are you conducting research for personal use, publication, or exhibition? If so, there are some research options available to you.
If you are curious about the value of a timepiece, please note that American Clock & Watch Museum staff are prohibited by law from offering financial appraisals, even ballpark figures. To get an appraisal, please contact the American Society of Appraisers or the Appraisers Association of America.
Museum visitors are welcome to use the small selection of reference materials that are available in the Barnes Wing.
in-depth collection of research materials and archives, please call 860-583-6070 or email curator@clockmuseum.org to schedule an appointment.
Research is conducted as a fee-based service by ACWM staff for $40. Requests are answered in 1-4 weeks depending on request volume and research needed. Click on the picture above to download the PDF form and mail it with photos of your item to the ACWM. For more information or if you are unable to open pdf files call: 860-583-6070.
If you would like to request permission to take photographs, film in our museum or take a closer look at a particular artifact, please call 860-583-6070 or email our Curatorial Department.


text:
package be.crydust.shoppinglist.business.boundary;

import be.crydust.shoppinglist.business.entities.ShoppingList;
import java.util.List;
import javax.ejb.Stateless;
import javax.inject.Inject;
import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
import javax.persistence.PersistenceContext;
import org.slf4j.Logger;

/**
 *
 * @author kristof
 */
@Stateless
public class ShoppingListBoundary {

    @Inject
    Logger log;

    @PersistenceContext
    EntityManager em;

    public ShoppingList create(ShoppingList shoppingList) {
        em.persist(shoppingList);
        return shoppingList;
    }

    public ShoppingList findByName(String name) {
        List<ShoppingList> shoppingLists = em
                .createQuery("SELECT s FROM ShoppingList s WHERE s.name = :name", ShoppingList.class)
                .setParameter("name", name)
                .getResultList();
        if (shoppingLists.isEmpty()) {
            return null;
        } else {
            return shoppingLists.get(0);
        }
    }

    public List<ShoppingList> findAll() {
        return em
                .createQuery("SELECT DISTINCT s "
                        + "FROM ShoppingList s "
                        + "LEFT JOIN FETCH s.items "
                        + "ORDER BY s.updatedAt DESC", ShoppingList.class)
                .getResultList();
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


These Bayley Salmon pink cufflinks are precision turned in solid brass and artistically hand decorated by London based patina artist Derek Bayley. Informed by ancient patina techniques, a combination of Ferric Nitrate, Titanium Oxide and Red Iron Oxide is oxidised through atmospheric exposure and expertly layered by hand to create deep colours, and a refined and beautiful surface finish. No two pairs of these patina cufflinks are the same, giving each pair a unique character and quality of its own.


We thank the analysis associates who assisted with examine processes and the following practices, their employees members, and the named physicians who guided data assortment efforts at their workplaces: Barbara Bayldon, MD (Children's Memorial Pediatrics-Uptown, Chicago, IL); Sandra Sanguino, MD, MPH (Children's Memorial Pediatrics-Lincoln Park, Chicago, IL); Bennett Kaye, MD (Kids's Health Care Associates, Chicago, IL); Lori Walsh, MD (Glenbrook Pediatrics, Glenview, IL); Lisa McKenna, MD (Near North Health Service Company, Winfield-Moody Health Center, Chicago, IL); Tim Wall, MD (Pediatric Health Associates, Naperville, IL); and Dennis Vickers, MD (Infant Welfare Society, Chicago, IL).
The fee method best aligned with worth is a bundled payment that covers the complete care cycle for acute medical situations, the overall take care of continual circumstances for an outlined interval (often a yr), or primary and preventive look after a defined patient inhabitants (healthy children, for example).
A majority of oldsters reported that they already practiced healthy behaviors related to limiting buying of junk meals and limiting their child's consumption of sweetened drinks or juice (Table 3 ). Approximately one half of the mother and father reported limiting their kid's television viewing.
IPUs treat not only a illness but in addition the related conditions, complications, and circumstances that commonly occur along with it—similar to kidney and eye issues for sufferers with diabetes, or palliative look after those with metastatic most cancers.


text:
Arshile Gorky (en arménien ), né Vosdanik Manoug Adoian (), le  à Hayotz Dzor (vilayet de Van, Empire ottoman) et mort le , à Sherman, Connecticut (États-Unis), est un peintre arménien naturalisé américain.

Biographie
Né sur les bords du lac de Van, au village de Khorkom, dans l'Empire ottoman, Vosdanik Manoug Adoian a deux ans quand son père quitte le foyer pour les États-Unis. Il échappe au génocide arménien de 1915 et se réfugie avec sa mère et sa sœur à Erevan, en Arménie russe. Sa mère périt durant la famine de l'hiver 1918-1919.

Il émigre aux États-Unis en 1920, chez son père à Boston, et mène une vie de bohème. D'abord installé à Providence (Rhode Island), il s'inscrit à la Rhode Island School of Design. Il part à New York en 1925 et se forme à la , puis y est enseignant. Ses premières toiles sont influencées par Cézanne et Picasso. Plus tard il s'inspire de l'automatisme surréaliste.

À partir du milieu des années 1930, sa peinture acquiert une certaine reconnaissance. Au temps du New Deal, il reçoit notamment la commande d'une décoration murale pour l'aéroport de Newark. En , en exil à New York, André Breton découvre ses tableaux. Ils se rencontrent en décembre de la même année.

En 1947, pour tenter d'enrayer un cancer diagnostiqué tardivement, il doit subir une opération chirurgicale aux conséquences traumatisantes. « Cette opération [intervient] après une série de catastrophes : la disparition d'une grande partie de son œuvre dans l'incendie de son atelier, un grave accident de voiture et le départ de sa femme ». Arshile Gorky ne parvient pas à s'en remettre et se suicide par pendaison à l'âge de .

Œuvres

Huiles sur toile
 Jardins à Sotchi, série, 1942
 The Pirate I, 1942
 Waterfall, 1943
 How my mother's embroidered apron unfolds in my life (Comment le tablier brodé de ma mère se déploie sur ma vie), 1944, 101,6 × 114,3 cm, Art Museum, Seattle
 Les Compagnons d'enfance, 1944
 The Liver is the Cock's comb (Le Foie est la tête du coq), 1944
 One Year the Milkweed (Une année le laiteron), 1944, National Gallery of Art, Washington
 Étreinte, 1945
 Landscape table, 1945, Musée national d'art moderne, Paris
 Charred beloved, 1946
 From a High Plan II, 1946, 43,2 × 61 cm
 Agonie, 1947
 Fiançailles II, 1947

Notes et références

Bibliographie
 Alexandre Beredjiklian, Arshile Gorky. Sept thèmes majeurs, Fondation Calouste-Gulbenkian, Éd. Alphamédian & Johanet, Suresnes, 2007.

 Pierre Givodan, Le cadeau d'Arshile Gorky. L'infini des couleurs et le rêve fou, 11 mars 2010 Art Point France Info.
 José Pierre, L'Univers surréaliste, Somogy, Paris, 1983, 311.

Article connexe

 Afro Basaldella

Liens externes

Peintre américain du XXe siècle
Peintre expressionniste américain
Peintre expressionniste arménien
Naissance en avril 1904
Naissance à Van
Naissance dans l'Empire ottoman
Décès en juillet 1948
Décès dans le comté de Fairfield (Connecticut)
Décès à 44 ans
Peintre du courant Colorfield painting
Suicide par pendaison aux États-Unis
Peintre suicidé
Génocide arménien dans l'art et la culture
Survivant du génocide arménien


Akron, OH - February 06, 2013 It's just about that time of year again when the sun is tanning the backside of the satellites and everyone experiences a short solar outage. Called sun interference or sun fade, this occurs when the sun aligns with the satellite and the receive satellite antenna, and the sun's radiation simply overpowers all other signals.
You will not only experience our teleport sun fade – you'll also experience the outages that occur at your location. To determine how many minutes of which days those will occur, use the following links.


text:
Right-wing Attacks on Koç Collection Exhibition
Images posted to social-media of RON MUECK's sculpture Man Under Cardigan (1998) in the fireplace of the Abdülmecid Efendi Mansion (left), in the Üsküdar neighborhood of Istanbul's Asian side, and photographs of security guards restraining protesters who attacked the sculpture (right). Images via T24, Diken.
On October 21, a group of men raided the Abdülmecid Efendi Mansion in Istanbul's Üsküdar district to protest an exhibition of contemporary art from businessman Ömer Koç's collection. The group had been incensed by images of the hyperrealistic sculpture, Man Under Cardigan (1998), by Australian artist Ron Mueck, which depicts a cowering naked figure hiding under a wool garment.
In the exhibition, titled "Doors Open to Those Who Knock" and curated by Melih Fereli and Karoly Aliotti, the sculpture was placed inside a fireplace decorated with İznik tiles—which protesters had mistaken for either a mihrab, the semicircular niche in a mosque that faces Mecca, or a minbar, the pulpit in a mosque where the imam delivers a sermon.
The group was protesters was purportedly led by Mahmut Alan, a former head of the right-wing nationalist Great Union Party (BBP) from Bolu province. Alan claimed he picked up the sculpture and threw it several meters. One security guard was assaulted by the group before others intervened and removed the men. The protesters continued to shout slogans: "Is this secularism?" "This country has come to this because of you!" "You can't show this here!"
Visitors to the exhibition reportedly applauded the expulsion of the men, chanting, "If you don't want to see this, don't come here!" Alan was taken by the police, and later released. A second attack was attempted the following day, but was quickly suppressed by security guards.
Ironically, Alan later made a 15-minute Facebook Live post in which he repeatedly holds up his phone to the camera to show close-ups that he had taken of the figure's genitals while ranting about how offended he was by the artwork's nudity. Earlier on Facebook, Alan had declared that the artwork was a sign of the country's impotency due to the influence of Jews, whom he called the number one enemy of Islam—mixing the anti-Semitism, nationalism and religiosity that fuels much of the right-wing discourse in Turkey today.
A statement by Koç Holdings said, "Trying to create a perception that sacred values are being targeted with this exhibition has no basis," and "Koç Holding has utmost respect to freedom of beliefs and the divinity of all beliefs." The statement also noted that the building has always been a private residence, not a religious building, and that the fireplace faces southwest, not the direction of the Kaaba, in Mecca, which is toward the southeast from Istanbul. Nevertheless, Islamist newspapers continue to circulate images of the fireplace in the hunting lodge, claiming that it is mihrab, in a spurious campaign against the Koç family and its companies, which is the largest conglomerate in Turkey. One of these propaganda outlets also suggested the Istanbul Biennial itself—whose primary funder is Koç Holdings—should also be a target of attack.
Along with misrecognizing the structure under which the figure was placed, the angered Islamists seem to have no historical knowledge about Abdülmecid II (1868–1944) himself, and his own relationship to art, as many social media users immediately noted. Though Abdülmecid II was only caliph for 15 months, between November 1922 and March 1924, before the caliphate was abolished by the national assembly of the newly formed Republic of Turkey, Abdülmecid II was a painter. He is known for his figurative depictions of women, including of his first wife Şehsuvar Hanım reading Goethe's Faust, and for scenes of the Ottoman harem in Topkapı Palace—which includes depictions of nudity. In 2013, a 1899 painting by Abdülmecid II, titled Women in the Courtyard, sold at an Istanbul auction for TRY 1.6 million (then approximately USD 800,000). The canvas depicts semi-nude women and eunuchs around a pool. Despite the complexities of Ottoman history, it is now routinely the case in Turkey that conservative politicians and nationalist-religious activists portray the Ottoman Empire and its leaders as a hardline regime of conservative Sunni-Turkic rule, which they aim to reintroduce into the country.
The provocations against the Koç Collection exhibition "Doors Open to Those Who Knock" is just the latest incident in which right-wing nationalists have targeted contemporary art events. On November 3, 2016, members of the Erbakan Foundation raided the Contemporary Istanbul art fair to demand the removal of a sculpture by Ali Elmacı that depicted Sultan Abdulhamid II in a comic fashion, painted onto the sculpture of a two-headed woman wearing a bikini. Previously, art galleries in Istanbul have also been subjected to raids by conservative groups angered by the mingling of men and women, consumption of alcohol, as well as the content of artworks.
HG Masters is editor at large of ArtAsiaPacific.
To read more of ArtAsiaPacific's articles, visit our Digital Library.
News Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair Raided By Islamist Group
News Istanbul Officials Stop Nightly Screening of Artist's Video


I am getting my Halogen "regular beam" lights switched out to HID 5000 kelvin temperature lights on Monday...will post results.
Bulbs, ballast's, plug n play wiring...install is happening in NJ. I already swapped out the High Beams myself with Ultra Bright (white) H7 bulbs. This will be just for the Regular Beams. I regret not getting the P2 Xenon package, but this is the best aftermarket option. We will see (no pun intended).
Last edited by BPhillyBenz; 10-13-2010 at 10:01 PM.
Nice, I'm sure it'll look a lot better than the stockers.
O/T, but I just noticed that the small/inner lights on the P2/HID cars are also a projector type of light, whereas the P1 halogen lights come with a normal bulb situation in there (you can notice the visual difference when the lights are off or on).
Are you changing the inners as well? I wonder if they even make a bulb for those.
I would just be concerned about warranty issues with doing something like this....if there is any type of electrical issue on the car I could see MBUSA saying it was because of the modification.
Well, have it towed home first and remove the HID kits before going to dealer.
I had mine done. They are x1000 times better. Now all I need are the LED DRLs... Good luck!
What sort of HID kits are you using? I'm planning to switch out mine as well.
Well...I got my HID Xenon's installed today in NJ (Lightwerkz). They did a great job. The installers Jay and Julian were real pros and took good care of my car and really knew what they were doing. They had to add 2 capaciters to eliminate flickering, but I had no error codes or faults. I'm very, very happy with the outcome. Nice bright, focused white light that now matches the color temp. of my LED'S. Superior output to the OEM halogin. If you can order P2...Go for it. If you have a P1 and regret not having xenon's...go after-market HID.
Hey BPhilly, is that a little strip of chrome around the bottom of your front bumper I see??
So, you just get the HID kit off Lightwerkz?
I thought the P1 package only came with the double round halogen fog lights rather than the "hockey stick" LED's? How do you have the hockey stick led's but halogen headlights/drl's?
They did the install too. I am pretty good around a car...after watching them, there is no way I could have done it without screwing it up.
LOL! Wow, very unique idea, I'm very intrigued by your coming up with these different styling nuances for your car. Please do send me pics of it! I'm eager to see how it looks!
Sometimes it's just too hard for us to have any self control when it comes to our cars.
I had no idea! I thought the hockey sticks always meant P2.
They did in 2010 MY. Now for 2011+ looks like they're standard across the board.
I like hockey sticks and my Boston Bruins! We need the Bruins to come thru to join the Celtics, Patriots and my Red Sox!
Please take some better pictures next time, and give us a review of this kit after more time behind it.
Now I understand why you did the lights - it would bug me also if the DRL were super white and then low beams were different. Thankfully with the luxury P1 I have the DRL set to off and at night, the low beams and the fog lamps at night match. They are not super white, but good enough for me not to risk an electrical problem. Also, if I did the low beams then they would not match the fog lamps.


text:
Travel the Trans-Siberian Railroad with Google Maps
Haven't you always wanted to travel the Trans-Siberian railroad?
Now you can take one of the great train journeys of the world without leaving the comfort of your own home.
A new joint venture between Google and Russian Railways provides a virtual gateway to the world's longest continuous railway.
Look out the window and take in the scenery as you travel more than 5,600 miles from Moscow to Vladivostok. Here's the portal in English and in Russian.
There are more than 150 hours of footage shot from a moving train, as it winds across seven times zones.
You'll travel over the Volga, the Yenisei and the Ob Rivers; around Lake Baikal, the deepest freshwater lake in the world; into and out of cities like Novosibirsk, Russia's third largest; through the Barguzin mountains; and alongside wooden Siberian villages. The 30-minute-stretch from Petrovsk-Zabailkalsky city is particularly picturesque.
To accompany your voyage, you can choose to listen to the hypnotic, natural sound of wheels churning along the tracks. Or, you can select to have Russian radio or traditional balalaika music piping through the "train."
Riders aren't able to listen to literary classics like Tolstoi's War and Peace and Gogol's Dead Souls, but you can, provided you understand Russian.
If you're feeling antsy and don't think you'll last cooped up on the train for the full six-to-seven days of the voyage, you can stop, jump off and explore fourteen cities en route (a luxury that a Moscow-to-Vladivostok ticket won't allow).
Through Google maps, you can view video, look at photographs, and read facts and descriptions of historic sites, museums and markets.
Take, for instance, the city of Ulan-Ude — the capital of Russia's Buryat Republic and major center of Tibetan Buddhism — about three-quarters of the way to the journey's end.
On a short side trip, you can take a video excursion down Gagarin Street, view photos of the city's panorama, and read about the Ivolginsky Datsan, where the body of Khambo Lama Itigelov, leader of Russian Buddhists from 1911-1918, is preserved.
View the full Ulan Ude map on Google
While you may not be able to feel the wind on your face, talk to your fellow passengers, or taste the fresh berries and homemade pirozhki sold along route, this virtual train ride will give you a sense of the vastness of the landscape of the world's largest country.
My weekend plans? I'm finally jumping aboard the Trans-Siberian.
– Christine Kiernan
Tags: Christine Kiernan, Google Maps, Russia, Trans-Siberian, Ulan Ude
02/19/2010 :: 06:10:54 AM
Pritam Says:
this is a Fantastic idea!
What a wonderful use of technology.
Latest Posts: In The Newsroom
A mistreated dog gets a new home in Amman
Iraqi election campaign heats up ahead of landmark vote
Chilean wineries report significant earthquake losses
A young orphan in Haiti steals a volunteer's heart
The Turkish military under the 'sledgehammer'
UN revamping its New York headquarters building
Turkish women fight against honor killings
Documentary tells story of Burma's undercover journalists
Talk about war ripples through the Middle East


text:
sch(Morehead State University) » Refine Search
Initial Findings on the Implementation of a Peer Mentoring Program (PMP) for Freshman Student-Athletes
by Meyer, Angela D., Ed.D. Morehead State University. 2020: 67 pages; 27955362.
Transforming education into the 21st century by integrating 1:1 iPads
by Belcher, Kermit E., Ed.D. Morehead State University. 2014: 121 pages; 3619801.
The invisibility of multiracial students: An emerging majority by 2050
by Potter, Gina Acosta, Ed.D. University of California, San Diego, San Diego State University and California State University, San Marcos. 2009: 252 pages; 3356369.
National Board Certification: A reservoir of reflective principals
by Deavers, Cynthia Marie, Ed.D. University of California, San Diego, San Diego State University and California State University, San Marcos. 2009: 154 pages; 3350030.
Latino superintendents' identities: A critical study of cultural, personal, and professional worlds
by Iglesias, Narciso, Ed.D. University of California, San Diego, San Diego State University and California State University, San Marcos. 2009: 203 pages; 3356371.
Reducing Obesity in Low-Income African American and Latino Children: School and Community-Based Program as a Pro-active Approach
by Budka, Rosamond, M.A. State University of New York Empire State College. 2012: 99 pages; 1518056.
Closing the gap: Matching training to mission in the New York State Office for the Aging
by Cresswell, Eliot, M.A. State University of New York Empire State College. 2010: 64 pages; 1484334.
Why aren't career and technical education given the place they deserve in today's public education
by Pearl, Derek P., M.L.A. State University of New York Empire State College. 2009: 184 pages; 1478369.
Integrating somatic awareness into a classical physical education curriculum to promote successful movement experiences
by Cohen, Shari, M.A. State University of New York Empire State College. 2009: 110 pages; 1468924.
In the Name of Homeland Security: A Legal History of Post-9/11 Labor Policy at US Customs
by Marquis, Arthur-David, M.A. State University of New York Empire State College. 2017: 78 pages; 10256835.
Joint-Employer Classification: NLRB Polarization in the Administration of Contingent Employee Labor Rights
by Moran, Marcus, M.A. State University of New York Empire State College. 2017: 108 pages; 10607958.
An examination of how American business must eliminate perceived bias towards Muslims and Arab Americans
by Horowitz, Jeffrey, M.A. State University of New York Empire State College. 2010: 99 pages; 1484335.
'Entrepreneurial journalism': A new practice consistent with historical norms
by DeMasi, Michael, M.A. State University of New York Empire State College. 2013: 70 pages; 1540714.
"Moby-Dick": A deconstruction of the savage cannibal trope in the historical and religious context of western culture A critical analysis
by Christy, Karen, M.A. State University of New York Empire State College. 2010: 126 pages; 1488872.
Redressing the social stereotypes and subjugation of 'woman' through the art of theatre
by Raneri, Rosanne, M.A. State University of New York Empire State College. 2011: 68 pages; 1501941.
Journey of a Jamaican Family: Adapting to New Homes in the United States, Canada, And England
by Carter, Sylvia Margaret, M.A. State University of New York Empire State College. 2011: 111 pages; 1501359.
The Internet and business: Business operations for the 21st century
by Golan, John J., M.A. State University of New York Empire State College. 2010: 74 pages; 1479821.
Exploring a policy of mandatory fire fighter certification in Pennsylvania
by Balsamo, Robert, M.A. State University of New York Empire State College. 2009: 89 pages; 1466969.
Changing our society's paradigm from economic wealth to wellbeing: Formal analysis and an utopian model
by Van Engel, Jacques, M.A. State University of New York Empire State College. 2010: 76 pages; 1485224.
The future of services for individuals with developmental disabilities: An analysis of changes presented by the new york state office of people with developmental disabilities
by Thompson, Laura, M.A. State University of New York Empire State College. 2014: 113 pages; 1555983.
Utilizing the brotherhood of law enforcement personnel: The need for a statewide peer officer support model
by Goss, Cynthia L., M.A. State University of New York Empire State College. 2013: 102 pages; 1549120.
Information Literacy Understanding and Curriculum Use among Adjunct Faculty in Goucher College Graduate Programs
by Flinton, Pamela, M.A. State University of New York Empire State College. 2017: 62 pages; 10253609.
The twenty-first century farm: Strategies for successful farming in the new millennium
by Rose, James, M.A. State University of New York Empire State College. 2012: 23 pages; 1534856.
Youth program development in small rural communities
by Gonsalves, Lisa, M.A. State University of New York Empire State College. 2011: 141 pages; 1505313.
Education Strategies for Integrating Evidence Based Principles into a Two Year Dental Hygiene Program
by Keating-Biltucci, Mary Therese, M.A. State University of New York Empire State College. 2011: 46 pages; 1489382.
Caution diver below! A case for enhanced environmental education and policies to raise awareness of sustainable scuba diving
by Pepe, Susan L., M.A. State University of New York Empire State College. 2010: 67 pages; 1481084.
Hispanic enrollment, retention, and completion of postsecondary education: How Federal Trio Programs can help
by Karutis, Jean A., M.A. State University of New York Empire State College. 2010: 114 pages; 1484336.
Relapse Prevention Using Mobile Electronic Media
by Paseman, Wallace W., M.A. State University of New York Empire State College. 2017: 47 pages; 10278346.
Transformative Learning Communities as a Diversity and Inclusion Framework
by Twist, Kathleen, M.A. State University of New York Empire State College. 2019: 212 pages; 27549337.
Developing a virtual world and self-paced course to prepare adult novices for immersive virtual experiences
by Worman, Terri, M.A. State University of New York Empire State College. 2016: 83 pages; 10140409.


We know it's hard, but lets try to understand the boyfriend!
Jewels, Jewels, and more Jewels!
Goddis Knits at Lotus boutique are perfect for cool fall mornings!
The three little words you have been waiting to hear…BACK TO SCHOOL!
Summertime Blues…Six denim styles in store at Lotus now that will see you through Fall!
Lauren Moshi.... One of our favorites!
Help us donate at Paws on the Catwalk!
3 Easy Ways to Wear Your Citizens of Humanity Denim!
In the first of our new series, Made in America, we are proud to feature Melissa Joy Manning, founder and creator of her eponymous jewelry line.