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import {array, isBoolean} from 'vega-util';
import {Aggregate, SUM_OPS} from './aggregate';
import {getSecondaryRangeChannel, NonPositionChannel, NONPOSITION_CHANNELS} from './channel';
import {
  channelDefType,
  FieldName,
  getFieldDef,
  isFieldDef,
  isFieldOrDatumDef,
  PositionDatumDef,
  PositionDef,
  PositionFieldDef,
  TypedFieldDef,
  vgField
} from './channeldef';
import {CompositeAggregate} from './compositemark';
import {channelHasField, Encoding, isAggregate} from './encoding';
import * as log from './log';
import {
  ARC,
  AREA,
  BAR,
  CIRCLE,
  isMarkDef,
  isPathMark,
  LINE,
  Mark,
  MarkDef,
  POINT,
  RULE,
  SQUARE,
  TEXT,
  TICK
} from './mark';
import {ScaleType} from './scale';

const STACK_OFFSET_INDEX = {
  zero: 1,
  center: 1,
  normalize: 1
} as const;

export type StackOffset = keyof typeof STACK_OFFSET_INDEX;

export function isStackOffset(s: string): s is StackOffset {
  return s in STACK_OFFSET_INDEX;
}

export interface StackProperties {
  /** Dimension axis of the stack. */
  groupbyChannels: ('x' | 'y' | 'theta' | 'radius' | 'xOffset' | 'yOffset')[];

  /** Field for groupbyChannel. */
  groupbyFields: Set<FieldName>;

  /** Measure axis of the stack. */
  fieldChannel: 'x' | 'y' | 'theta' | 'radius';

  /** Stack-by fields e.g., color, detail */
  stackBy: {
    fieldDef: TypedFieldDef<string>;
    channel: NonPositionChannel;
  }[];

  /**
   * See `stack` property of Position Field Def.
   */
  offset: StackOffset;

  /**
   * Whether this stack will produce impute transform
   */
  impute: boolean;
}

export const STACKABLE_MARKS = new Set<Mark>([ARC, BAR, AREA, RULE, POINT, CIRCLE, SQUARE, LINE, TEXT, TICK]);
export const STACK_BY_DEFAULT_MARKS = new Set<Mark>([BAR, AREA, ARC]);

function isUnbinnedQuantitative(channelDef: PositionDef<string>) {
  return isFieldDef(channelDef) && channelDefType(channelDef) === 'quantitative' && !channelDef.bin;
}

function potentialStackedChannel(
  encoding: Encoding<string>,
  x: 'x' | 'theta'
): 'x' | 'y' | 'theta' | 'radius' | undefined {
  const y = x === 'x' ? 'y' : 'radius';

  const xDef = encoding[x];
  const yDef = encoding[y];

  if (isFieldDef(xDef) && isFieldDef(yDef)) {
    if (isUnbinnedQuantitative(xDef) && isUnbinnedQuantitative(yDef)) {
      if (xDef.stack) {
        return x;
      } else if (yDef.stack) {
        return y;
      }
      const xAggregate = isFieldDef(xDef) && !!xDef.aggregate;
      const yAggregate = isFieldDef(yDef) && !!yDef.aggregate;
      // if there is no explicit stacking, only apply stack if there is only one aggregate for x or y
      if (xAggregate !== yAggregate) {
        return xAggregate ? x : y;
      } else {
        const xScale = xDef.scale?.type;
        const yScale = yDef.scale?.type;

        if (xScale && xScale !== 'linear') {
          return y;
        } else if (yScale && yScale !== 'linear') {
          return x;
        }
      }
    } else if (isUnbinnedQuantitative(xDef)) {
      return x;
    } else if (isUnbinnedQuantitative(yDef)) {
      return y;
    }
  } else if (isUnbinnedQuantitative(xDef)) {
    return x;
  } else if (isUnbinnedQuantitative(yDef)) {
    return y;
  }
  return undefined;
}

function getDimensionChannel(channel: 'x' | 'y' | 'theta' | 'radius') {
  switch (channel) {
    case 'x':
      return 'y';
    case 'y':
      return 'x';
    case 'theta':
      return 'radius';
    case 'radius':
      return 'theta';
  }
}

export function stack(m: Mark | MarkDef, encoding: Encoding<string>): StackProperties {
  const mark = isMarkDef(m) ? m.type : m;
  // Should have stackable mark
  if (!STACKABLE_MARKS.has(mark)) {
    return null;
  }

  // Run potential stacked twice, one for Cartesian and another for Polar,
  // so text marks can be stacked in any of the coordinates.

  // Note: The logic here is not perfectly correct.  If we want to support stacked dot plots where each dot is a pie chart with label, we have to change the stack logic here to separate Cartesian stacking for polar stacking.
  // However, since we probably never want to do that, let's just note the limitation here.
  const fieldChannel = potentialStackedChannel(encoding, 'x') || potentialStackedChannel(encoding, 'theta');

  if (!fieldChannel) {
    return null;
  }

  const stackedFieldDef = encoding[fieldChannel] as PositionFieldDef<string> | PositionDatumDef<string>;
  const stackedField = isFieldDef(stackedFieldDef) ? vgField(stackedFieldDef, {}) : undefined;

  const dimensionChannel: 'x' | 'y' | 'theta' | 'radius' = getDimensionChannel(fieldChannel);
  const groupbyChannels: StackProperties['groupbyChannels'] = [];
  const groupbyFields: Set<FieldName> = new Set();

  if (encoding[dimensionChannel]) {
    const dimensionDef = encoding[dimensionChannel];
    const dimensionField = isFieldDef(dimensionDef) ? vgField(dimensionDef, {}) : undefined;

    if (dimensionField && dimensionField !== stackedField) {
      // avoid grouping by the stacked field
      groupbyChannels.push(dimensionChannel);
      groupbyFields.add(dimensionField);
    }

    const dimensionOffsetChannel = dimensionChannel === 'x' ? 'xOffset' : 'yOffset';
    const dimensionOffsetDef = encoding[dimensionOffsetChannel];
    const dimensionOffsetField = isFieldDef(dimensionOffsetDef) ? vgField(dimensionOffsetDef, {}) : undefined;

    if (dimensionOffsetField && dimensionOffsetField !== stackedField) {
      // avoid grouping by the stacked field
      groupbyChannels.push(dimensionOffsetChannel);
      groupbyFields.add(dimensionOffsetField);
    }
  }

  // If the dimension has offset, don't stack anymore

  // Should have grouping level of detail that is different from the dimension field
  const stackBy = NONPOSITION_CHANNELS.reduce((sc, channel) => {
    // Ignore tooltip in stackBy (https://github.com/vega/vega-lite/issues/4001)
    if (channel !== 'tooltip' && channelHasField(encoding, channel)) {
      const channelDef = encoding[channel];
      for (const cDef of array(channelDef)) {
        const fieldDef = getFieldDef(cDef);
        if (fieldDef.aggregate) {
          continue;
        }

        // Check whether the channel's field is identical to x/y's field or if the channel is a repeat
        const f = vgField(fieldDef, {});
        if (
          // if fielddef is a repeat, just include it in the stack by
          !f ||
          // otherwise, the field must be different from the groupBy fields.
          !groupbyFields.has(f)
        ) {
          sc.push({channel, fieldDef});
        }
      }
    }
    return sc;
  }, []);

  // Automatically determine offset
  let offset: StackOffset;
  if (stackedFieldDef.stack !== undefined) {
    if (isBoolean(stackedFieldDef.stack)) {
      offset = stackedFieldDef.stack ? 'zero' : null;
    } else {
      offset = stackedFieldDef.stack;
    }
  } else if (STACK_BY_DEFAULT_MARKS.has(mark)) {
    offset = 'zero';
  }

  if (!offset || !isStackOffset(offset)) {
    return null;
  }

  if (isAggregate(encoding) && stackBy.length === 0) {
    return null;
  }

  // warn when stacking non-linear
  if (stackedFieldDef?.scale?.type && stackedFieldDef?.scale?.type !== ScaleType.LINEAR) {
    log.warn(log.message.cannotStackNonLinearScale(stackedFieldDef.scale.type));
    return null;
  }

  // Check if it is a ranged mark
  if (isFieldOrDatumDef(encoding[getSecondaryRangeChannel(fieldChannel)])) {
    if (stackedFieldDef.stack !== undefined) {
      log.warn(log.message.cannotStackRangedMark(fieldChannel));
    }
    return null;
  }

  // Warn if stacking non-summative aggregate
  if (
    isFieldDef(stackedFieldDef) &&
    stackedFieldDef.aggregate &&
    !(SUM_OPS as Set<Aggregate | CompositeAggregate>).has(stackedFieldDef.aggregate)
  ) {
    log.warn(log.message.stackNonSummativeAggregate(stackedFieldDef.aggregate));
  }

  return {
    groupbyChannels,
    groupbyFields,
    fieldChannel,
    impute: stackedFieldDef.impute === null ? false : isPathMark(mark),
    stackBy,
    offset
  };
}

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Albert Alferink with his Waikato Vintage cheese, a bronze medal winner at the World Cheese Awards.
Waikato cheesemaker Albert Alferink is no stranger to specialty cheese awards — but now his skills have put him on the global stage.
Two years ago, he made headlines by scooping the NZ champion of champions with his '50/50' cheese, made from sheep and cows' milk. And at the NZ Specialty Cheese Awards he has won many other awards for artisan cheeses he makes at his Mercer Cheese factory in Onewhero.
Now Alferink's cheesemaking skills have put him on the global stage. In November, he picked up a bronze medal at the World Cheese Awards in Norway for his Vintage Gouda -- his first gong at the global event.
The cheese was Waikato Gouda from Mercer Cheese, entered by James Thomas, owner of online cheese retailer NZ Cheese Ltd.
Alferink, who sells the cheese as Mercer Vintage from his shop in Mercer, has always made vintage gouda cheese.
He told Dairy News that Thomas, a former employee at Mercer Cheese, decided to enter the World Cheese Awards.
"I found out after the judging day that we won a bronze medal," he says.
Alferink says he's happy to win a global award for his cheese but quickly adds that he doesn't make cheese to win awards.
He says there are many hard working cheesemakers in NZ and, as in sport, only winners get to share the limelight.
Alferink makes 25 tonnes of cheese every year at his small factory. Most cheeses are either sold at his shop or sold to restaurants in Auckland.
Since October last year, he has exported to Australia; he hopes to sell one tonne of cheese in Australia this year through Calendar Cheese, a leading Melbourne distributor.
Alferink says the success of his cheeses depends on more than just the skills of his cheesemaking team. He singles out Onewhero dairy farmers Bryce and Rosemarie Costar, who farm 500m down the road and supply fresh milk for his business.
Alferink also thanks Fonterra; the Costars supply the co-op but are allowed to sell 20% of their milk to their neighbor.
He buys cheese cultures from Chr. Hansen, a global bioscience company with an office in Hamilton.
"Everyone helps me make top quality cheeses," he says.
Albert Alferink says the secret to his award-winning vintage gouda is getting everything right.
The curd has to be heated long enough to get it dried.
"There's no flavor in the cheese for months; the taste develops over a year," he says.
Alferink (67) is semi-retired and leaves most of cheesemaking to his protégé Thomas Fredrickson.
What do Italians offer as collateral when seeking loans from the Italian bank Credito Emiliano (Credem)? Cheese, of course.
Say cheese with local products!
It's NZ cheese month and local cheesemakers want consumers to buy more local products.
A chance find of suspicious mould in hay on a Fairlie beef farm has led to the discovery of a new blue cheese culture for Oamaru-based Whitestone Cheese.
Cheesemakers of the world need to make a joint stand for the rights of generic cheeses, says Philip Turner, Fonterra director of global stakeholder affairs.


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Out on the western edges of what might be considered suburban Milwaukee is a small Lake Country town that you really need to check out. Delafield is a charming and beautiful little spot right on Nagawicka Lake. It looks a bit like you've stepped out of a Dickens story or Rockwell painting. The quaint downtown seems to always have folks strolling about, checking out the one-of-a-kind shops and nibbling on treats from the cafes and restaurants in the area.
You can't miss the steeple that peeks out above the rooftops as you're driving down Hwy 83. What was once a Presbyterian church built 150 years ago has housed a great many Delafield businesses. Now, it's the delectable Belfrē Kitchen and you have to plan a visit.
From its 1868 roots as a church to its different incarnations as everything from a theater to a clothing boutique, "The Steeple," as this building is affectionately known around the area, is as much a part of Delafield as the surrounding lakes.
It's a beacon as you approach the town and it's a piece of the landscape that generations of folks remember.
Now this beautiful, historical building has been given new life as a seasonal, local restaurant.
The inside is bright and airy - the large picture windows up front and the big ceiling help keep it feeling open and the decor is an interesting modern juxtaposition with the older building.
There's a brilliant outdoor patio that's perfect for people-watching on a warm day as people stroll all around town. It's a beautiful, shady spot to while away an hour or three.
At night, the patio is a great spot to enjoy a nightcap and unwind after a long day.
The menu is constantly changing and always includes seasonal elements.
Though there are brunch and simple sandwich options on the menu, the kitchen shines here when you let them serve you some of the most interesting plates of food in the area.
These folks are community focused and driven. They can tell you which of the nearby farms much of the food comes from. This is farm-to-table at its finest.
Belfrē is honestly a little bit of everything in the best possible way. Stop in for a coffee or cocktail. Linger with friends over an exquisite lunch. Have a special night out with a date. Or meet up for one last sip of the night while you enjoy the last of the nice weather.
Belfrē is located at 606 N Genesee St, Delafield, WI 53018.
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I have a better idea now than ever before of what would have become of my writing if I hadn't left Malaysia," says Sharanya Manivannan, city-based poet and writer who has just returned from Poetry Parnassus, a non-competitive poetic Olympics conducted in the UK.
In the festival, Sharanya represented Malaysia, where she lived for 17 years before moving to India under difficult circumstances. Since Sharanya currently lives in Chennai and must technically have represented India, her participation not only stirred a controversy, but also proved to be a journey of introspection for her.
"From when I was invited to Poetry Parnassus till the festival got over, I have been pondering about the significance of this representation," admits the young poet, who is best known for her debut book of poems, Witchcraft. "By agreeing to represent Malaysia, I was agreeing to take the responsibility to be on a world stage with my chequered history with that country on display and to engage with that history on that same stage," she adds, emphasising that it was, by no means, a simple decision to make.
But when she got there, she discovered that she was not alone. "Nearly every poet there had either struggled with personal ambivalence, discomfort or a public backlash for being selected," she recalls.
"We were told to bring ourselves and our poems and this is what we did. We represented ourselves. By speaking for ourselves, we spoke for the world," she says.
Keeping in tune with the cross-cultural theme of the festival, Sharanya chose to read some of her older work which dealt more explicitly with the given premise.
"Culture, languages, exile and love were the themes of the poems that I had selected. The poem that Southbank Centre (festival host) chose to include in its anthology, which I recorded and wrote by hand for their archives, was Dream of Burying My Grandmother Who Has No Grave. It deals with grief and memory," Sharanya relives her time at the festival.
Both of Sharanya's readings were well-received and helped her move a fellow poet with her words. "One of the poets there told me after one of my readings that although she does not understand English too well, she was moved since I read with my eyes and my heart," says Sharanya with an unmistakable hint of pride.
It is only natural that Sharanya uses her international experiences to draw comparisons between Chennai's literary stature and world standards. But she says that what is missing here is not a dearth of funding, institutional support or public spaces. "I think places with even less than us have done more, and the reason for that usually has to do with a greater generosity of spirit," she says.


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Understanding Diversity
James E. O. Hankins, II
James Hankins reflects on NC State as a diverse institution and explains how his experiences interacting with a variety of people/personalities in college have helped him in his current position as a high school teacher.
00:00:00.000 I wouldn't be the person that I am, I wouldn't be as passionate about education,
00:00:06.557 I wouldn't be as passionate as I am about service and public service
00:00:12.156 if it had not been for my experiences at State,
00:00:17.295 my positive and my negative experiences.
00:00:20.540 I am thankful for my negative experiences at State
00:00:23.933 because they have informed me as to who I am and how I react to different situations.
00:00:28.836 They have informed me about how people can be. I'm not saying I was naive when I came in and thought everybody was good, but I
00:00:35.680 really did have a perception that everybody was working for the greater good-quote, unquote-
00:00:41.522 and I learned that not everybody's working for the greater good unless the greater good is the greater good for themselves,
00:00:46.336 so I learned the hard lessons that way.
00:00:49.555 I also learned that you can build lifelong friendships, you can build things that you call brotherhood,
00:00:55.099 you can build connections with people that you might never have met before,
00:01:00.866 and State is the only school in the system,
00:01:04.648 having visited other schools and been around through the Association of Student Governments,
00:01:08.558 having been around just traveling in that sense,
00:01:11.985 NC State is the only school in the system, in my experience,
00:01:15.946 where you really get a diverse group of people together
00:01:20.672 and have them interact with each other without having a ton of conflict.
00:01:26.203 There's a lot of underlying issues at State when it comes to
00:01:30.008 race and all different types of issues that need to be addressed by the administration, they need to be addressed by the school,
00:01:37.789 but for the most part I've met people from various different backgrounds
00:01:43.691 that I never would have thought that I could call a friend of mine,
00:01:47.944 being from Wilmington.
00:01:49.904 Now I call them friends, and I'm able to interact with those types of people now on a daily basis at school.
00:01:55.992 Teaching is all about the people that come in your classroom.
00:02:00.286 You have students that come in from various different backgrounds, socioeconomic statuses.
00:02:04.709 They might have a different opinion on something from somebody else that might be radically different.
00:02:11.003 Some of them might be really religious, some of them not. All types of things come into your classroom
00:02:15.415 and as a teacher you have to know how to be able to deal with each one of those students as individuals.
00:02:20.945 You can't treat them-. One of my colleagues one time said something to me that was terrible.
00:02:24.617 She said that you have to kind of look at students as numbers, as kind of like meat puppets,
00:02:29.840 and I thought about that and I said, no, that's not the case.
00:02:34.267 I can come up here and put the information on the board and if they get it they get it and if they don't they don't,
00:02:39.142 and I can still have my job and come home every day and relax and not worry about anything,
00:02:43.788 but if I cannot connect with those students or try to connect with those students, each and every one of them individually,
00:02:50.178 then I've failed as a teacher. That's what you're supposed to do.
00:02:53.952 The only school in this system that can prepare you for that on
00:03:01.241 a level in which you really get diversity is NC State.
Other Hankins Recordings
Alpha Phi Alpha: Serving the Community Choosing NC State Developing Interest in Student Government NC State Pride Society of African American Culture
Growing up in Burlington, NC
Gus Gusler describes what it was like to attend high school in Burlington, NC during the time of segregation.
"Girls don't become student body president"
Cathy Sterling recalls some of the challenges she faced as the first female student body president and the general student reaction to increased female student enrollment at NC State.
Growing up in Henderson, NC
Dr. Thomas Stafford describes what it was like to grow up in Henderson, NC and recalls what it was like to live in a segregated society.
Putting Students First
Thomas Stafford, vice chancellor for Student Affairs, describes how he encouraged administrators to ensure they always put students first when implementing policies and programs. Dr. Stafford also describes his responsibilities as vice chancellor.
"It's cumulative"
John Atkins recalls how his various experiences at NC State, both in the classroom and in extracurricular activities, contributed to his overall education.
The Future of NC State
Adam Compton talks about how the university is growing, and what the future holds in store for NC State.
Campus Changes
Clyda Weeks Lutz talks about the many changes in education and to the NC State campus since she was student in the early 1960s.
Eric Plow advises current NC State students to concentrate on earning good grades, which he believes will assist them in securing their first job.
Reflections on Not Being Re-elected
Harold Pettigrew discusses not winning re-election as Student Body President at NC State University and how he learned from that experience.
"In my case it's NC State"
John Atkins reflects on how NC State's College of Design helps foster creativity and critical thinking skills in its students, including himself.
Terry Carroll describes how his experiences in large classes at NC State taught him how to learn.
Blas P. Arroyo reflects on his experiences as a student at NC State and how his education and family have influenced his life.
NC State ROTC: Learning Duty
Bob Jordan recalls the important influence that military service had on his life.
NC State on the Rise
Smedes York talks about NC State being at the forefront of knowledge building for world problem solving.
NC State Pride
James Hankins discusses how much he enjoyed his experiences as an NC State student and a leader in Student Government.
Student Body President: A Tremendous Impact
Judge Ronald E. Spivey recalls the influences that shaped his role in Student Government and the tremendous impact his time at NC State had on his judicial career.
The Student Body President Desk Drawer
Judge Ronald E. Spivey recalls starting the tradition of Student Body Presidents signing the inside of the their desk drawer in the Student Government office.
Cultivating NC State's Image
Tony Caravano and Will Quick discuss how NC State has become better at telling its own story and promoting itself as a special and unique institution.
Student Government Traditions
Evelyn Reiman recalls two Student Government traditions: Governor Jim Hunt's annual call to the new student body president and the annual signing of the student body president's desk.
Remembering Student Body Presidents
Mike Giancola reflects on past Student Body Presidents.
Adjusting to New Leadership
Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Dr. Thomas Stafford reflects on how he adjusted to new leadership and what it was like for the university to transition to new chancellors.

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The two countries also agreed for strategic partnership in the energy sector, including through UAE's participation in petroleum sectors.
NEW DELHI: Just a little over a fortnight since Narendra Modi became the first Indian PM to visit the UAE in 34 years, the two countries on Thursday inched towards creation of proposed $75-billion (about Rs 5 lakh crore) joint infrastructure investment fund. Both the countries set up Joint Business Council and decided to conclude bilateral Double Taxation Avoidance agreement and the Bilateral Investment Protection and Promotion Agreement to attract investment from the Gulf nation in infrastructure, energy, defence, railways and highways sectors.
In back-to-back high-level engagement, not seen in many years, UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan visited India for the 11th edition of Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) here to follow up on extensive outcome from Modi's trip to Abu Dabhi and Dubai on August 16-17th.
Key among them was the setting up of the UAE-India Infrastructure Investment Fund and the commitment made by the two sides to step up bilateral trade by 60% over the next five years.
This was among the top items on the agenda of JCM. "The two sides agreed to increase the bilateral trade by 60% over the next five years and also to encourage the investment institutions of the UAE to raise their investments in India, including through the establishment of UAE-India Infrastructure Investment Fund, with the aim of reaching a target of $75 billion. The two sides agreed to work for early establishment of the planned India-UAE Joint Fund for investments in the infrastructure sector in India," according to a statement issued by the Ministry of External Affairs following by the JCM that was cochaired by Al-Nahyan and his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj.
The 'Make in India' initiative offers scope for UAE investors in as many as 25 sectors including infrastructure, energy including renewable energy, defence, railways and highways, Sushma told Al-Nahyan as she wooed investments from the oil-rich Gulf nation. The two countries are one of the largest trade partners for each other.
An India-UAE Joint Business Council was inaugurated by the two foreign ministers and the two sides signed MoUs on cooperation in the areas of Higher Education & Scientific Research; Tourism, Specifications and Measures, for cooperation between the respective Telecom Regulatory Authorities and also between the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Federation of UAE Chambers of Commerce & Industry, according to MEA officials.


3D objects to enrich your Twinmotion library and bring projects to life. Hundreds of improvements to guarantee smooth and stable real-time visualization. Get ready for Twinmotion 2019 v2!
Zebraware Ltd have today announced the release of their newest software product – Linear Draft.
BIM technology innovator 3D Repo has scooped the 'One to Watch Company of 2017' award at the prestigious Construction Computing Awards.
A newly announced project will collect LiDAR and geo-tagged image data for over 85,000 km of powerline network.
Autodesk Australia announces a new update to the Autodesk Inventor 2016 launched in April.


The Eureka Award recognizes and honors those who "have made significant contributions and demonstrated an abiding dedication to establishing and sustaining Collaborative Practice in California." Every year, CPCal, the body overseeing Collaborative Practice for the State of California, grants this award to only 2-5 attorneys, financial specialists and/or mental health professionals.
Our colleague and leader of Pasadena Collaborative Divorce, Ria Severance, LMFT, was honored with the Eureka Award by Collaborative Practice California at our 2018 state conference for her abiding dedication and significant contributions to Collaborative Practice. Congratulations Ria!
Our colleague and leader of Pasadena Collaborative Divorce, Mary Ann Aronsohn, LMFT, was honored with the Eureka Award by Collaborative Practice California at our 2016 state conference for her abiding dedication and significant contributions to Collaborative Practice. Congratulations Mary Ann!


Situated in a former carriage house, this is an institution of West Village, which has created a thousand gastro pubs. This eagle, which is still in business today, is widely recognised as the first gastro pub and proudly asserts this claim with its cookbook entitled The Eagle Cookbook: Formulas from the original Gastropub. gastropub definition: a pub, bar or tavern offering high quality meals. The Gastropubs, a new dining genre in the south, combine creative food and drink with warm style.
The gastro pub or gastro lounge is a pub and eatery serving quality beers and food  The concept was first used in the 90s, but similar breweries were established in the 80s. In the early 1990' the gastro pub phenomena began in the United States at gastropubs like Dhillons by Chef Matt Dhillon in Las Vegas.
Later there were places like Dev Dugal's The Redwood Bar in Los Angeles city center, Red Table in Huntington Beach, California, and Sang Yoon's Father's Office, which had one of the best burger in the game. 13 ] Andere Gastropubs sind Ford's Filling Station à Culver City, ein Gastropub von Harrison Fords Sohn Ben Ford ; Brickyard ; The Spotted Pig in Manhattan ; The Wobbly Olive in Long Island, New York ; Serena Sicilian-influenced Gastropub in Durham, North Carolina ; und The Monk's Kettle in San Francisco.
Several gastropubs are also located in Norway: The Crossroad Club in Oslo, Grünerløkka Brygghus in Oslo, Montys Gastropub in St Catharines, and the Kette Heim, with open bars in Lillehammer and Oslo and a third site in Gjøvik are planned. The Wikimedia Commons has become gastropubs.


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2018 Kia Niro EX
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Power of the 5 passenger hatchback comes from a 1.6-liter four-cylinder engine which in addition to the electric drive, outputs a total of 139 horsepower. Overall, for a smaller front wheel drive hybrid, the car has decent get up and go, the handling is agile enough and we enjoyed driving the Niro. Power comes from a combination 1.6 liter, 139 horsepower four-cylinder engine connected with a 43 horsepower electric motor. It has a six speed dual clutch transmission and a regenerative braking system, idle stop and go system and other items that are already familiar to most people acquainted with hybrid electric cars. In this case, the Niro performs reasonably well on the road, and is a great deal of fun when it comes to handling. I love how it corners, stops and just seems to beg for more challenging driving because of the confidence it inspires.
Only one thing bothered me: The engine sounded somewhat rougher and unrefined than some similar vehicles I've driven. A little adjusting here and there by Kia's engineers should take care of this.
Exceptional gas miles -- Overall miles per hour is 49 miles, with 51 highway and 46 city. Not quite as good as the Toyota Prius but a leader in the category. We're talking 51 city and 46 highway with a combined mileage of 49 mpg overall. Annual fuel cost: $750. Cost estimates are based on driving 15,000 miles annually with gasoline costing $2.45 a gallon. You can save $3,250 in fuel costs over the next five years. And it uses two gallons of gas per 100 miles driven. Is it economical or what?
We enjoyed driving the Niro EX. This front wheeler handles well in the snow. The acceleration is not the punchiest, as it is not supposed to be with less than 140 horsepower. Visibility is good in this vehicle, and blind spots are not apparent. Very generous trunk room, moon roof, but be sure - there is no spare time. Not available in an All-wheel-drive - too bad this is not an option.
A tad higher prices than its competitors in the subcompact SUV class, so that remains a disadvantage. Seating is very comfortable. Leather upholstery with heated front seats, as well as a 10-way adjustable. Leather upholstery, heated and ventilated front seats, a 10-way power-adjustable driver's seat with river's memory settings, and a heated steering wheel. Roof Rails.
Assembled in Korea. I liked the Niro a lot. First, it is absolutely spot-on perfect for urban driving with its fuel economy figures, its plenteous value for the money quotient, and its outstanding warranty package and stylish good looks. Of course, it has lots of competition, and the subcompact sport utility field is so crowded, complex and confusing right now that it is hard to say which cars are truly its competitors and which are similar but aimed at totally different markets.
Dual Front Advanced Airbags & Driver's Knee Airbags. Dual Front Seat Mounted Side Airbags and Full Length Side Curtain Air Bags. Anti-Lock Brakes. Tire Pressure Monitoring System. Vehicle Stability Management. Electronic Stability Control. Hill Start Control Assist. projector Beam Highlights with LED Lights.
Autonomous Braking System. Forward Collision Warning System. Pedestrian Detection, Lane Keeping Assist, Adaptive Cruise Control, Blind Spot Monitoring and Rear-Cross Traffic Alert Systems. Kia's Niro has you covered when it comes to safety features.
Equipment includes antilock brakes, stability and traction control, hill start assist, front side airbags, full-length side curtain airbags and a driver knee airbag. Blind-spot monitoring and rear cross-traffic alert systems are standard on the EX and Touring trims. Forward collision warning with automatic emergency braking and pedestrian detection, lane keeping assist, and adaptive cruise control are optional on the EX and standard on the Touring.
Dual zone Automatic Climate Control, Rearview Camera, Bluetooth, USB Port, Harman Kardon 8-Speaker Sound System, with Kia's UVO infotainment system and 7" Touch Screen, Android Auto, Apple CarPlay, & Satellite Radio and HD Radio.
In addition to the Power Sunroof, an 8" touch screen infotainment with real-time traffic condition and navigation system. What we like about the Niro's infotainment system is it has bot the touch screen as well as physical knobs. Frankly, the knobs are much safer for a driver to use (or the steering wheel) on any vehicle, and we like that Kia offers both options. Very competitive and up to date compared with other products in its market niche.
Consider: Among the offerings are Apple Car Play, Android Auto, a 7-inch touchscreen interface, Kia's Uvo Services app suite, Bluetooth and a four-speaker sound system. If you decide to get the EX version, you will receive a really terrific Harmon Kardon sound system with eight speakers, along with a larger eight display for the navigation system.
Thankfully, I found the infotainment graphics to be straightforward and easy to understand, and I thought the entire arrangement was presented on the dashboard in a really modern, information heavy format and I also loved how easy the smartphone connection works. CarPlay and Android Auto get you set up with Bluetooth, for example in less than about five seconds.
The 2018 Kia Niro gets very high scores for the design and the upgrade in the cabin and interior layout. Overall, it's a very comfortable and pleasant feel and ride. It has a practical side to the vehicle - most aspects, materials and specs are user friendly and feel good - even the lumbar feature to help with fatigue on longer trips. Good placement of lights also. Trunk organizer included. It's really a beautiful product compared to some of the small and truthfully, ugly, hybrid cars out there. It's got styling that looks like Infiniti's larger crossovers, and quite a bit of similarity to the Kia Sportage, itself a pretty terrific looking crossover. Inside you will find one of the most creative, informing and easy to understand dashboard arrangements out there. And the Niro keeps you better informed of what the car is doing than most of its competitors. But where the Niro falls short is the choice of materials. The steering wheel felt a bit slippery and greasy, and there are plenty of hard edges and hard plastic throughout the EX model we drove. Maybe the higher level Niros do better on this count--it is probably worth checking that out.
Another more practical aesthetic problem: It takes quite a hunt to find the button to open the back hatch once you are at the rear of the car. We needed to do a lot of groping and checking to finally hit it, and when it's freezing outside, this is NOT my idea of fun.
5 Year/60,000 Mile Limited Basic Warranty. 5 Year/60,000 Mile Roadside Assistance Warranty. 10 Year/100,000 Mile Limited Powertrain & 10 Year/100,000 Mile Limited Battery Warranty. This is probably one of the biggest argument for buying the Niro--and the same can be said for other Kia products. 10 year/100,000 mile limited powertrain warranty. 10 year/100,000 mile limited battery warranty. 5 year/60,000 mile limited basic warranty. 5 year/60,000 mile roadside assistance warranty.


A week ago, if you had asked me how I spend my lunch breaks, I'd be stammering to give you a 'healthy 'answer. Like many, I try to cram in as much as I can into the 8.5 hours I'm at work, meaning I often times sacrifice my lunch breaks to get work done while eating at my computer. However, starting tomorrow I will be leaving my office on lunch beyond the occasional run of errands that I can squeeze in. Why is that? My friend has Wednesdays off and wants to spend lunch time with me! How boring would it be to have her stare at my computer as well.
We all know it's the small steps that make a difference. While there are no plans in the horizon for me to get a standing desk at work, that doesn't mean I throw my hands up and don't try to be more active and move every 30 minutes. With the Dallas, TX weather unbearable during the summer, we've all remained inside, however, that doesn't mean I have to stay inside the same place.
Volunteer at local soup kitchen and brighten someone's day can be rejuvenating for yourself–win win!
Read a book for pleasure–you can read the self help or improvement books another time!
I'll never forget the time a colleague was using another person's computer and commented on how many foods crumbs were on the keyboard and started shaking it off. I vowed right then to NOT be the person in the office with a food festered keyboard. I can't attest that has remained viable. Sometimes we just need an extra push and encouragement to start new minor healthier habit. I know I for sure do! We all want to be our best version of ourselves, so let's be more proactive by taking more productive breaks! Join me in making one small change today and share how it's working!
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What Good Is A Bag of Fish Heads
I never realized how valuable a simple bag of fish heads could be.
As I mentioned last week, our family had the opportunity to spend two weeks in the Pacific Northwest, where we explored Seattle, the Olympic Peninsula, and a little taste of Canada (eh?)
We did a lot of fun things, some of which cost money, of course. A surprising gem in Victoria, British Columbia, was Miniature World. (I have always been a sucker for tiny dioramas and hand-crafted doll houses.)
One of the bigger splurges was $135 to experience a 30-minute horse drawn carriage ride. It was totally fine. We had a great guide, we enjoyed seeing and learning about Victoria's historic Heritage Houses, and I'd be remiss if I didn't give a shout out to our sturdy and amiable steed, Matthew.
Meanwhile, it cost exactly $3 to buy a bag of frozen fish heads – herring to be exact. They weren't as appetizing at the Beavertails we scarfed down earlier in the day, but that's ok, because we didn't eat them. We just threw them into the water.
And it was the best three bucks I've spent in some time.
They went to feed some wild harbor seals at Oak Bay Marina, and it was one of the most delight-filled moments of our time in Victoria. One of the seals was quite the showman, standing out from his peers by swimming on his back and slapping his belly repeatedly. (His polish as a performer told me he was most likely the least in need of the afternoon snack.)
It was great. And all for just three bucks! Canadian, no less, which was like $2.31 in U.S. currency.
All this to say that summer is here, and with it comes summer vacations. It's easy to err on spending big bucks to ensure the stockpiling of unforgettable memories for our Life Portfolio. Disney World is great. And so are horse-drawn carriage rides.
But don't discount a three dollar bag of fish heads.
Collecting memories rarely costs as much as we think it does.
Libby Miner says
We recently spent 10 days in Paris and London. We visited an exchange student we hosted last summer and saw many famous sites! It was well worth the travel and money spent but our favorite memories are definitely some of the "littler" ones, such as sailing pond boats at Luxembourg park and having meals with our Parisian hosts including a multi-generational dinner! Renting the boats for a small fee for 45 minutes was far grander then shuffling through Versailles with 1000 other camera clicking visitors, as was the multi-aged and -lingual family dinner in a Parisian flat!
Oh how fun! Thanks for sharing, Libby!


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Archive | September 7, 2016
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Hundreds of dead fish and crabs found in a harbor in Baltimore, USA
Environmentalists are testing the water between Fells Point and Canton after hundreds of dead fish were found floating in the Harbor.
According to the Baltimore Harbor Waterkeeper, the fish were found deceased following anoxic conditions in the Harbor during summer algae bloom.
"Each summer, we monitor the Harbor for water-quality and observe persistent algae blooms, which result from nutrients in the large quantities of sewage and stormwater that pollute Baltimore's waterways," the Baltimore Harbor Waterkeeper explained. "Over the past several weeks, we observed that the persistent algae bloom had flared substantially. Now that large quantities of the algae have died it is decomposed by bacteria that rapidly remove oxygen from the water."
On Wednesday the group said it recorded "near-zero" oxygen levels in the harbor near Canton.
Courtesy of foxbaltimore.com
http://tinyurl.com/z5jhrrq
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TONS of fish die in a river in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam
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Dong Thap >> announced the cause of mass death of fish on the river The Sesame
Will publish the results tested the issue dead fish abnormalities in Central in early September the original cause of dead fish floating in the river An Old white, hue dead fish on River series code is due to the floods swept much silted.
Causes fish to die originally mining Bureau and protect seafood resources of Quang Tri province determines is likely to be due to contamination of water sources by some plants or fisheries exploiting.
Exchange with reporters VNA, Nguyen Hoai Nam, Director of the Bureau of exploitation and protection of fisheries resources the province of Quang Tri said upon learning of the phenomenon of dead fish on River Salung, the Bureau has coordinated with the functional sectors and local governments exercise control, sampling.
Cause of the dead fish were originally defined not by the disease that may be caused by contamination of water sources by some plants or fisheries exploiting … Going forward, the Agency will find the cause of dead fish are zoned to handle.
In just 2 days 6-7/9, tons of dead fish were floating along the White River, Vinh Linh district, the Salung. Living in the stench, the people of the Riverside Township Sa Lung extremely puzzled, worried before the phenomenon of dead fish. Besides, the risk of the quality and food safety is still implicit when some people using dead fish for food and livestock feed.
According to some people in the town of Vinh Long, 6/9, after the black hole ớc n series stink smelly spill on beating Sa Lung, appears dead fish floating up to the surface by water white wind pull over the banks. Before the above phenomenon, some people living along the River have picked the fish on to use not only for use as livestock feed that many people still get it as the main source of food for humans. This has become the greatest concern when the unknown cause of the dead fish.
Currently, fishing on the river Sa Lung continued to die, the stench rises concentration anonymously making the Vinh Lam, Vinh Thuy commune: Vinh Sơn, Vĩnh Long, must live in the cloistered atmosphere.
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8 Dolphins dead after stranding in Florida Bay, Florida, America
An unusual scene unfolded in Florida Bay over the weekend: Eight spinner dolphins were found nearly lifeless on shallow muddy flats, far from home.
Marine biologists are still trying to understand how the dolphins wound up near Little Rabbit Key in steamy water miles from their deepwater hunting grounds in the Gulf of Mexico. But they suspect powerful Hurricane Hermine played a part when it pushed up from the Caribbean. Despite frantic rescue efforts by volunteers who rushed to the remote area after angler reports, all eight perished. The dead could also be part of a larger stranding.
"They were literally seizing on the boat," said Art Cooper, director of operations for the nonprofit Dolphins Plus Marine Mammal Responder group. "They actually got worse as we went."
Known for flying, twisting leaps that entertain cruise ship passengers, pointy-nosed spinner dolphins typically inhabit offshore waters in the Gulf, where the population is estimated to be between 7,000 to 12,000 from South Florida to Texas. The dolphins also live in waters around the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, but it's more likely that the stranded dolphins came from the Gulf, where they have come under increasing stress since the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. Between 2010 and 2014, 933 whales, dolphins and porpoises were found dead in an unprecedented die-off.
Biologists are conducting necropsies to look for other causes for the stranding. But so far the main culprit seems to be the massive, meandering hurricane that began slowly creeping through the Florida Straits Aug. 28.
When storms roll in, they can churn up water that disorients sea life, particularly spinner dolphins that hunt in water 300 to 900 feet deep, said Jill Richardson, a marine ecosystems scientist at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. Big waves and turbulence in the water can also force them to swim harder and burn up more energy.
"They're going to get disoriented and they have to swim harder, which uses up more energy and then they get pushed somewhere where they have no idea where they are," she said.
That somewhere was the sweeping, shallow bay, pockmarked with basins that at low tide empty out, make navigating treacherous and provide none of the fish spinners eat. A local fisherman first spotted four of the dolphins Saturday morning and called park officials, Cooper said. Cooper contacted him to make sure he wasn't mistaking the stranding with bottle-nosed dolphins that regularly feed around flats.
"He said I've been out here since I was ten and I know what shoal feeding is," Cooper said, saying that the angler insisted, "These don't look like dolphins out here. They're literally throwing themselves onto the flats."
By the time his crew arrived, the dolphins were stranded on separate banks with mud so deep Cooper sank to his knees. Using floats, he and his team swam to the gaunt dolphins, got them onto the floats and swam back to their rescue boat. They were about to leave when another angler spotted a fifth dolphin. After retrieving it, they moved the dolphins to a bigger boat with vet staff, gave them IV fluids and drew blood. The call was made to euthanize three that were clearly suffering. Two were stable enough to be sent to SeaWorld in Orlando, Cooper said, where they arrived just after midnight. Both died the next day.
Sunday morning another call came. This time a spinner was swimming freely, but far off course near Conch Key off Marathon. The crew raced out and guided the dolphin back out to sea. Late Sunday, a third call came that more dolphins were spotted again near Little Rabbit Key. But there wasn't enough daylight left for the crew to make the 30-mile trip out and back, Cooper said.
The next morning, the team returned and found three more emaciated dolphins. All were badly dehydrated and sunburned. None were well enough to survive, so Cooper said vets again made the difficult call to euthanize them.
So far no other dolphins, which swim in both small herds and in numbers by the thousands, have been spotted. But Richardson said the deaths could be part of a larger stranding.
"You get areas of the bay that are impossible to access," she said. "So I don't think we'd know for sure unless they did an aerial survey."
Courtesy of miamiherald.com
http://tinyurl.com/hrz4qye
Fish kill strikes a river in North Dakota, USA
State health and wildlife officials are investigating a fish kill in the Des Lacs River in northern North Dakota.
Walleye, northern pike, perch, white suckers and numerous smaller fish are floating in the water and strewn along the riverbank in the Burlington area, the Minot Daily News reported.
There have been no reports of dead fish at the Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge upstream, according to Mike Ell, a water quality expert with the state Health Department.
A lack of oxygen in the water due to low river levels this summer might have caused the fish kill, according to Jason Lee, a district fisheries supervisor with the state Game and Fish Department.
"Normally it's a dissolved oxygen problem in shallow areas like that," he said. "I suspect that's what it is."
Burlington Public Works Director Jack Anderson has the same theory.
"It's been a pretty dry year," he said. "I heard the water was kind of lousy, kind of low. There's a couple of spots out here where the Des Lacs is only a foot or two deep."
Officials want to know for certain whether that's the reason. A Health Department crew is being sent to the area to do testing in coordination with Game and Fish.
Courtesy of newstimes.com
http://tinyurl.com/hv7zaf9
Hundreds of dead fish found washed up along a river in Fuengirola, Spain
A major clean up operation is underway with a JCB digger brought in as well as a dozen workers at the site in Parque Fluvial.
The fish – mostly mullet – have been left belly up due to a lack of sea water entering the artificial river.
"The council are in a panic as it really stinks down there," one Fuengirola resident told the Olive Press. "There are clean up teams netting the dead fish and there is a huge JCB digging a proper channel at the sea end.
"Normally the sand is cleared every couple of days but I haven't seen it cleared in the last three weeks."
He added: "With the hot weather forecast the smell is only going to get worse unless they act quickly."
When contacted by the Olive Press a town hall spokesman said they were doing 'everything possible' to resolve the situation.
Courtesy of theolivepress.es
http://tinyurl.com/hpu536l
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In "Flannery O'Connor's misfit and the mystery of evil," John Desmond clearly captures the undercurrent that flows in this story among other literary works by Flannery O'Connor. Desmond captures the wider story that flows under the current of this story because right from the beginning, he is inquisitive and open minded to see that the violent surface action is a suggestion to the complexities that lies in the depths of not only this story but also other literary works by O'Connor (Desmond 144).
From the first paragraph, Desmond identifies and sets out to pursue the mystery of evil in this story by O'Connor and its relation to the action in the narrative. He is able to see that the dispassionate murder of the Georgian family on the surface maybe a tragic story about a murderous escaped convict that is on the loose and ends up killing the entire family, including a child.
I am especially attracted to the idea that Desmond links the message of the mystery of evil with the story of Jesus. He explores this theme in the background of the story involving Jesus and Peter. In pleading with the misfit, the grandmother repeatedly calls him a good man. Jesus himself had rebuked Peter when he had tried to call him good. Jesus had stressed that no one should be called good in Mark Chapter 10 verse 18. The grandmother makes this mistake repeatedly when she encounters the misfit.
Moreover, Desmond observes that it's only the devil that can be said to be purely evil. He concludes that good and evil, as actualities and potentialities are inextricably intertwined in human beings (Desmond 144). This is a profound realization that is central to the whole story. This realization is true to both the Misfit and the grandmother. Human beings are shaped by the mystery of those two invisible forces.[Click Essay Writer to order your essay]
It is extremely hard to understand the review written by Martha Stephens and also harder to agree with her because her criticism almost seems to spill over from the professional realm of literary criticism to a personal level. From the onset, she directs her criticism towards the achievements of O'Connor rather than on her abilities as a creative artist. In her criticism titled "The Question of Flannery O'Connor" she even mistakes O'Connor's irony and sarcasm for humor (Shapiro 80).
What Stephens terms as unintentional humor is something important that O'Connor seems to have in plenty; irony. For example, the encounter between the Misfit and the grandmother is not supposed to be a moment of humor in this short story. In fact, this is the most serious and important moment in the narrative, the climax. At this juncture, the Misfit is in the process of murdering an entire family and the lady, being blind to her own evilness and hypocrisy is pleading with the Misfit to spare her because "he should not shoot a lady" (O'Connor 147). [Click Essay Writer to order your essay]
The grandmother maintains this status of seeing herself as a better person than everyone in the car, including her grandchildren to the moment of her death. Martha Stephens misses a great opportunity to see that it is ironic that the grandmother should see herself as a better human being while it's all clear that she is as bad as the Misfit; at least the Misfit knows that he is not a good man and is true to himself. She goes on to argue that what is intolerable about O'Connor is her refusal to see the beauty in human life. She argues that O'Connor has a loathing for the human body and humanity in general. However, she seems to be the one who loathes O'Connor to the point that she is blinded by the hatred from seeing what lies beyond the surface in many of O'Connor's stories.
John Desmond is able to see the mystery of good and evil that O'Connor is exploring and sees the literary devices such as the irony and sarcasm as important to the way the story is told. One gets the impression that the hatred for what O'Connor accomplishes prevents Martha Stephens from looking deeper beyond the misfit and the grandmother. Her simplistic view about a rather complex story reveals her inability to appreciate the way that a bigger story is being told by the use of a simple story.
If the story "a good man is hard to find" was purely about O'Connor's loathing for humanity, it could have simply been told by use of the two characters. However, the presence of the other characters acts as the antithesis to these two main characters. The likes of John Wesley and June Star act as the counterbalance as proof that it's not only evil that resides in humanity alone (O'Connor 144). There is a dose of goodness and a dose of evil that resides in the soul of every man. In this story, even the Misfit does not come out to be purely evil because he is not sadistic enough to enjoy murdering of the entire family.
I agree with Desmond that from the conversation with the grandmother, the Misfit has inner desires that are not purely evil. He seeks after some justification and rationale for his spiritual predicament. He seeks some understanding as what he sees as the disproportion between actions he has committed and the personal suffering he feels afflicted. He can feel the mystery of evil in himself and finds it incomprehensible. [Need an essay writing service? Find help here.]
The question that the Misfit asks himself reflects his spiritual side that is fundamentally human. However misguided and distorted, the Misfits ability to sense the evilness within the world and within himself suggests that to some extent, he is able to appreciate goodness (Desmond 144). Desmond is able to explore these deeper meanings in O'Connor's work unlike Martha Stephens because he approaches the work in an open and inquisitive mind. ["Write my essay for me?" Get help here.]
Desmond, John. "Flannery O'Connor's Misfit." Critical Insights. n.d. 144-145. Print.
O'Connor, Flannery. A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1977. Print.
Shapiro, Charles. NOVEL: A Forum on Fiction 8.1 (1974): 78-80. Print.
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Huayou Group leaders met with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic
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At 11:00 a.m. on May 11, 2021 local time, Fang Qixue, Vice Chairman and Senior Vice President of Huayou Group, with his delegation of Huayu Cobalt, led by the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Serbia, Ms. Chen Bo, and member of the Standing Committee for the Cooperation and Coordination Committee between the Republic of Serbia and the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China (CAS), visited His Excellency Aleksandar Vucic, President of the Republic of Serbia.
At the meeting, President Vucic extended a warm welcome to the delegation of Huayou Cobalt for its visit and investigation in Serbia, and expressed sincere thanks to the important role of the Chinese Embassy in Serbia and the strong support of the Chinese Ambassador to Serbia, Ms. Chen Bo. Fang expressed sincere thanks to President Vucic for his warm reception and Ambassador Chen Bo for his support and assistance. "Rooted in China making friends all over the world" is the unchanging belief of Huayou. Fang said that during his visit to Serbia, he hoped to once again find the conjuncture point of friendly cooperation and common development between Chinese enterprises and Serbia. The two sides exchanged views and reached consensus on green development and circular economy, further enhancing mutual trust, expanding cooperation areas, promoting high-quality development and building a development community in the future.
Lady Zorana MihajloviĆ, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Mines and Energy of Serbia, Lady Irena Vujlovi, Minister of Environmental Protection, Mr. Tomislav Momirović, Minister of Construction, Tranportation and Infrastructure, and a number of senior officials and ministers of the Serbian government participated in the meeting. Prior to the meeting, Huayou Cobalt delegation called on the former President of the Republic of Serbia and the Chairperson of the Cooperation and Coordination Committee of the Republic of Serbia, the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China, His Excellency, His Excellency Tomislav Nicolić.


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BAND LEADER OF NEON WINDBREAKER MEANDERED BETWEEN JOURNALISM, MUSIC
DJ Dekel at one of his Yes interactive dance parties. They are usually held at Oz Studios (134 Ossington Ave.). Courtesy Jonathan Dekel.
By Karen Bliss
Annex resident Jonathan Dekel's first DJ gig was in 2003 at the age of 18 in London, England at an after-show party for on-the-rise Montreal band The Dears.
He had flown there from Amsterdam, where he was living at the time, for his first international article as a budding music journalist-for the defunct Chart Magazine.
"I was with a friend of mine who also works in the music business and The Dears' manager at the time, Nadine Gelineu, said, 'You guys DJ!' So we said, 'Yeah, of course,'" Dekel says. "So the first time I deejayed was in front of every major A&R scout in England."
Today, the 27-year-old Dekel continues to DJ monthly and his interactive dance parties with Michael Joffe of GlassBOX Television are always a sell out. The thematic nights have ranged from Yes New York, for which he played music from 2001 Strokes-era NYC to Oui Paris, which was 2007 Daft Punk/Justice era.
The next one, Yes Toronto, is April 13 at Oz Studios (134 Ossington St.), inspired by the recent The Grid and newyorktimes.com praising Toronto's latest music output.
Dekel has also become one of the most respected music scribes in Canada. His pieces have been published by Spin, National Post, AOL Music, Spinner, MSN, Eye Weekly, The Grid, Chartattack, Amsterdam Weekly and Gasoline Magazine.
In September 2011, however, Dekel left freelance music journalism to accept a full-time office job as online editor for dose.ca, mainly writing about television. The day of this interview, he had just spoken with Jersey Shore's Pauly D.
"I used to do more serious writing and now it's more pop culture," says Dekel. "But it's also for Postmedia wire so everything I write gets picked up by every newspaper. Once in a while, I'll do the music [pieces] for the National Post, like that Sheepdogs piece that was on the cover."
Dekel, who was born in Israel and moved to Canada with his family when he was barely four-years-old, has always carved out a unique and independent path. He likely inherited that trait from his parents who suddenly uprooted the family to Amsterdam when he was 18.
"They said we needed a different viewpoint," Dekel explains. "They were from Israel; we were too North American. They took us out there for a year and I started the music magazine, Incendiary. They came back to Toronto and I stayed there and ran the magazine for another two years."
When Dekel came home, he started writing for Gasoline,published by family friend Darryl Fine, also the owner of Toronto establishments, the Bovine Sex Club and Shanghai Cowboy (I was actually Dekel's editor for a while and noted his promise). After Gasoline's demise, Dekel kept freelancing and landed some candid interviews with such artists as Yoko Ono and Jack White.
Dekel is also a musician. He plays guitar, bass, piano, drums and sings. In 2011, he joined Neon Windbreaker as its guitarist and backing vocalist. "It started out as a joke," says Dekel, explaining that singer Eric Warner, a local promoter, wanted to put together a band that had no music background and was comprised entirely of music industry people, just to see how far it could go.
At their first show, they just asked the audience how long each song should be. Bigger opening slots came and eventually Dekel started writing songs for the band and the line-up was solidified: Warner, Dekel, bassist Patrick McCormack, guitarist Matthew Wronski and drummer Benjamin Reinhartz.
"We tried to figure out a musical style that would be the hardest for people to like and we ended up with hardcore music," says Dekel. "I don't like hardcore music, but I was writing the songs so I wrote these pop songs that were hardcore-ized, so we got 'pop-core.'"
Jonathan Dekel, pictured at centre advertising The Black Keys, with his bandmates in Neon Windbreaker. Courtesy Jonathan Dekel
Dekel did the publicity for the band and Neon Windbreaker ended up with a feature in Eye Weekly after performing numerous gigs at the SXSW music festival in Austin, Texas.
"It was a big story called "The Jokes Over" about us starting to take this seriously," he says. "It ran at the same time as The Juno Awards story and our story became way bigger.
"We created this band to expose the idea that talent has very little to do with band success in Canada. It's all about who you know. We thought it would be fun to expose that and be completely obvious about that."
No longer a joke, Neon Windbreaker got a government grant and will soon release its new album, Perks.
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When members of the emperor's elite spy clan-- Kaiya's childhood friend and his half-elf sidekick (or maybe he's her sidekick?)-- discover mere discontent boiling over into full-scale rebellion, Kaiya must choose. Obediently wedding the depraved ringleader means giving up her music. Confronting him with the growing power of her voice could kill her.
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Since the start of the project in 2013, 1864 citizenships have been granted. Under the program, 6.6 billion in transactions have been recorded.
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The Counterfeiters
by jonathan · September 11, 2008
This is a movie that I have been eagerly anticipating since it won Best Foreign Language Film earlier on this year at the Oscars. The film opens in Monte Carlo as a beaten down man walks into a hotel and opens his briefcase to show large stacks on money. Now of course with a title such as 'The Counterfeiters', it is obvious that this is not authentic money but the opening scene builds the deep desire to know where it came from and the story that it tells.
Five years is reversed and we see the main Character 'Salomon Sorowitsch' being arrested for counterfeiting and sent off to the concentration camps. After several years of just trying to survive amongst the horrid cries of death and torture, 'Sorowitsch' is whisked away to a secret barrack where he finds a complex counterfeiting operation in full flight. In order to survive he agrees to help the Nazi's to counterfeit the English pound sterling and even the US dollar.
Being based on a true story from the Second World War it intrigued me to find out that "Operation Bernhard" (The Nazi Counterfeiting Operation) is historically the largest counterfeiting operation in history, having generated over 130 million pound sterling. The original plan of the Nazi's was to destroy the English economy by flooding it with more cash. Therefore devaluing the Pound Sterling and wreaking havoc on the English war effort's finances. However as the Nazi's began to realise how accurate Sorowitsch's counterfeits notes were, they altered their plan to use their newly found wealth to fund their war own war efforts.
Not wanting to spoil the journey that unfolds within this film, it is right to point out that this film shows in a realistic manner, the horror of the Nazi concentration camps and the deeply rooted desire to survive that lives in the heart of man. At one stage Sorowitsch tells another prisoner that if you give up the fight to survive, then the Nazi's have already won. From a cinematic point of view this is no new premise to us. We saw it in "The Pianist" and also in "Schindler's List", however in this film we see several men utilising their seemingly hopeless position to affect the war in both positive and negative ways. By creating the counterfeit Pound Sterling they had created a revenue stream that would fund the ongoing Nazi campaign, however installing the successful creation of the US dollar they managed to aid in slowing down the Nazi's in many ways. Knowing that to be caught in the process of Sabotage would mean certain death.
I think that blew me away in the film was the stunning and yet darkly muddy style of the cinematography. It felt despairing and hopeless as we see the horrid conditions that people are forced to live within. But amongst that backdrop of pain and suffering, we see glimpses of hope and a hint of the true character of humankind. Stefan Ruzowitzky, has not only done an awesome job in directing this masterpiece historical film but also wrote some wonderful dialogue that helps to put the audience right there in the heart of the story as is unfolds and envelopes you. Of course just as a good director can bring out the best in the his actors, it always helps to have a great canvas to paint on. The performances of all the cast were powerfully engaging. Two of the main characters, Salomon Sorowitsch (Karl Markovics) and Adolf Burger (August Deihl) portrayed the pure gut-wrenching emotion of the situation to perfection.
A deeply moving film, that needs to be seen.
Reviewed by: Jon E Clist.
Rating: R13 – Violence, content may disturb.
Duration: 98 mins.
Genre: Drama, War.
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky.
Actors: Karl Markovics, August Diehl, Devid Striesow, Dolores Chaplin, August Zirner, Marie Bäumer.
Release Date: Now Showing.
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The perfect European Tour
I touched upon this a few posts ago - if the PDC called up the secret TA bunker and said "right, you're organising the European Tour this year", what would you do? Here's what I'd do:
I have assumed a round dozen worth of events, and have tried to set up places which balance commercial viability, expanding the sport and hitting the sport's heartlands. So, without further ado, explanations:
1-4 are your German heartlands. The European Tour's so successful there that I don't think that you can reduce your count beyond that, so I've tried to pick four places that cover the country fairly well. Hildesheim seems like a lock given that the PDC is super well established there, and is easily accessible from the likes of Hannover, Bielefeld, Braunschweig, and it's not that much further from the huge cities of Hamburg and Bremen. Leverkusen I've stuck in as you need something in the Ruhrpott, and right in the middle of Düsseldorf and Köln is as good a place as any but there's dozens of cities that could host one. Munich and Sindelfingen cover the south of the country.
5 is a standard Dutch event. I've labelled it Amsterdam but it could easily be anywhere. Huge darts heritage, will sell tickets. I think that the Netherlands is easily deserving of two, but it's a tight calendar, so for number 6 I've split an event between there and Belgium - I think there's enough players there that it's worthy of a shot at least every other year, then again, I'm sure someone mentioned on Twitter that when they held the European Championship there, it didn't really sell that brilliantly.
7 is Austria, I think it's still worth having a stand alone event. For now at least. Do they have anyone coming through the system that's going to be any good? You've got the phalanx of Rodriguezes, but anyone else is getting fairly old already and if they were going to get good, they'd have done so already.
8 is a rotating Eastern European spot. Prague seemed to go down well, they've announced Budapest for next year, but surely there's the opportunity to go to Poland? I've put Warsaw as a placeholder, but maybe somewhere more to the west of the country like Poznan, Szczecin or Wroclaw might get some of the Berlin or general Brandenburg market - it's pretty accessible on the train. What else could you do? I've put in Zagreb as a speculative one, we've had enough players come from Croatian/general ex-Yugoslav backgrounds come through but play under other flags, maybe there's some diamonds waiting to be unearthed?
9 is similarly a rotating Scandinavian spot - I've stuck down Copenhagen as a logical choice given they have an event there already, but there's enough Swedes that maybe you could try Stockholm as an alternative? Norway maybe not so often, but if some more players can start to come through beyond Dekker, then maybe. Across 8 and 9, you might also look to slot in something in one of the Baltic states - if and when someone other than Labanauskas/Razma starts to develop. Finland's perhaps a bit too distant?
10 basically replaces Gibraltar with an event on the Iberian peninsula, which is something I've recommended for a long time. We've seen de Sousa, Justicia and (on the Challenge Tour) Noguera arrive in the last couple of years to add to the established names, it's time to reward them by moving this event around and opening up the home nation qualifier to Spain/Portugal/Gibraltar combined. There's got to be enough of a combination of domestic fanbase and ex-pats that'd be interested in seeing an event.
11 is a little bit of an odd one. Austria had two events this year. Is it worthy of two? Maybe for now while there's still a few players hanging around that might be able to put up a bit of a fight, but I'd lean towards more often chucking in a fifth German event at Riesa (there's a heck of a lot of people in Sachsen), maybe you could also use this slot for the sort of experimentation in the likes of Riga, Vilnius etc.
12 is the complete wildcard. I've tried to be somewhat sensible with the other 11 spots in assigning them to logical areas, but for the last one, let's go crazy. Who wouldn't go to see an event in Dublin? There are a hell of a lot of players, especially if you use the Tom Kirby/old Grand Prix qualification criteria in that either side of the border is cool, that could come through the domestic qualifier and be a nuisance to tour card holders. Switzerland and Italy have been in the World Cup and are easy to get to from much of Europe (I've highlighted Milan rather than anything further south as beyond there it's probably a bit much to travel overground). Use this spot to go for your random Estonian Open. Find out if there's anything in Luxembourg. Go nuts, it's one experimental event out of twelve, if it doesn't work you can just bin that location off the schedule for years to come.
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