I call this shot a wet season sunset pano due to the amount of rain we're getting and the almost tropical cloudscape in this shot. I shot it vertically to include more of the huge glowing clouds dwarfing the city, and then I just cropped the bottom of the image (I find that you have to stick the horizon in the middle when shooting panos, makes the images easier to stitch – you can always crop later).
…By the way this wet season Danish summer would be severely depressing if it wasn't for the fact that in exactly 3 weeks I'm on a Qantas flight bound for Australia 😀 I will shoot heaps of panoramas, so stay tuned!
I am a big fan of panorama photography, there's something about a wide panorama view of a landscape or cityscape that speaks to me. Some people notice the small things and will photograph lots of detail that I would never notice. I'm the complete opposite I usually notice the wide angle view, the big picture so to speak and only notice the details if I accidentally step on them. My head is in the clouds. That is of course why I love landscapes and cityscapes, and panoramas were made for this sort of photography. I recently created a new gallery on Pbase of all my panoramas, click on the thumbnail to the right to go to the gallery.
I would call anything wider than about 2:1 a panorama. It doesn't have to be shot with a panorama camera or stitched to be called a panorama in my mind. I have many panoramas shot at 17 or 24 mm (I use the Canon 5D and it's full frame, so 17mm is actually 17mm, no crop factor here) and then cropped in post production. Shooting these 'cropped panos' I will compose the picture with a panorama in mind knowing that I am going to crop it later.
Sometimes you don't want a 17mm view though. Sometimes you want a 50mm view but still want a wide panorama. What to do? Stitch it is what to do! Digital photography has made it very easy to shoot impressive panoramas, shoot a lot of single images covering the entire scene and then stitch the shots in pano software like the incredible PTgui. It's a bit more work but the results can be absolutely mindblowing and rival the shots of medium format pano cameras.
Digital stitching is phenomenal and watching software like PTgui stitching aligning and blending is magic but I do often still wish for an actual panorama camera. Sometimes digital stitching is not really possible and it still is quite a bit more work than being able to shoot the scene directly with a panorama camera. It's hard to bordering on impossible to shoot a good digitally stitched pano in scenes with lots of movement, like waves hitting a beach or cars in traffic. Composing can be tricky as well because you can't see the end result.
Master landscape photographers like Peter Lik will often use a medium format panorama camera to create images of amazing quality and detail on 6x17cm film. These cameras cost a fortune though and you need a small truck to lug it around with you but who wouldn't want to own the Linhof Technorama 617 shown on the left!
Hasselblad did a great 35mm pano camera years ago, shown on the right. It uses two 35mm frames to create a pano and if I find a used one at a fair price I am getting this – even better would be if Hasselblad produced a digital X-pan!
For the fifth and final shot in my blog film strip image header above all I needed to do to get this shot was go to work…oh that and always bring my camera! That's the way to get great shots…always always always bring a camera. Spontaneous shots are by their very nature just a bit hard to plan, so you will miss heaps of great shots if you don't have your camera. Great light means less if you can't capture it.
This is probably the most photographed place in Copenhagen – Nyhavn. Directly translated it means New Harbor and Hans Christian Andersen lived here for some years but it is now the mother of all touristy places in Copenhagen. No matter, it still is a lovely setting in the right light!
The shot above is from a very cold Winter morning on my way to work. The most amazing sunrise was playing in Sky Theater and since I always bring my camera it was an easy (but cold) feat to ride my bike past Nyhavn and shoot this. I am guilty of shooting too much wide angle (I love the sky too much) so I chose to zoom in for a change and completely fill the frame with the wonderful light of the sunrise and the buildings and boats of Nyhavn. In this shot it adds to the visual tension since there isn't a lot of blank space and your eye can dance along the rooftops of the colourful Nyhavn houses.
I'm quite happy with the result and the fact that I actually got a result – thanks to the most important rule in photography: Bring your camera. Always!
To shoot the fourth picture in my image blog header (4th from the left) you have to go to the very remote Cape York in Queensland Australia and drive to the northernmost point of Australia – simply called "The Tip". Click here for a google map of Cape York.
The colours of Australia, the deep blue sky and the golden yellow and red sand and a classic composition come together and create a simple but striking landscape. Most of the work here was done by Mother Nature, I simply captured the scene as is and worked the RAW file to recreate it. I tend to "break" the rules of composition a lot but here I went with the classic "thirds" composition.
Half the fun in shots like these is getting there. You can fly to Bamaga (close to the tip) from Cairns, but where's the fun and adventure in that! No mate, do it the real way so you experience the real Cape York. Cape York is the size of Britain but with only about 20,000 inhabitants. Do a 4WD trip up the ole' telegraph track with Wilderness Challenge from Cairns to The very Tip to experience the proper Cape York! This is without a doubt the most fun and also the roughest and bumpiest corrugated dirt road I have ever done in Australia (and I have done heaps of them, including the telegraph track on the south coast). There's a reason these roads are called 'washers' it truly is like driving on a mega washboard! Highly recommended and the reward is gorgeous bays, beaches and landscapes – just watch out for those crocs!
Doing travel photography is great fun, but often you don't have the luxury of revisiting and reshooting a setting again and again so you may end up doing some of your best work back home. This is certainly true here, if you are familiar with my work you will see that this very spot is my favourite place in Copenhagen and a perfect place to shoot the setting sun.
I have hundreds of shots from exactly this spot, but this is the best so far in my opinion. It was shot in October last year, and all the elements seem to come together: the autumn colours, the clouds, the last bit of sunshine hitting the buildings just right and the water level in Lake Peblinge being very low after a warm dry summer (diametrical to this years summer!) Even people that live in Copenhagen cannot always place this shot having never seen it in this light or really paid attention to how beautiful the setting is. When you see something everyday your brain tends to filter out the familiar and I like it when people can't actually tell that this is Copenhagen – I like reminding them how beautiful their own back yard can be.
If you live near a beautiful setting like this then shoot the same scene over and over as much as you can. Not only is it a good way to learn about the quality and colour of light at different times of the day and in different seasons, you are also guarantied to come away with some spectacular almost perfect shots. You don't have to travel very far to shoot some masterpieces!
I just noticed that in my last post I happened to pick the first shot from my film strip header – so why not go through all of them as they are five of my favourite shots.
The next shot in the header above is a humpback whale tail. I love animals and shooting wildlife is heaps of fun. In this case it also felt a bit adventurous! The image is from last year, I was in Brisbane and went on a whale tour with Moreton Bay Whale Watching (highly recommended! I'll be back this year to go again) just one day after a big storm (it actually blew a gale! they said this on channel 9 news "off the coast it blew a gale". Very funny I thought!)…hang on where was I?
So the lesson for shooting wild life…hold on to the bloody boat for dear life! Oh and be aware, concentrated and be quick mate, wildlife waits for nobody!
Photography – the art of waiting!
There's a certain element of luck in photography and by that I mean being in the right place at the right time. You can however tilt the odds strongly in your favour by being very prepared, study the light at different times of day…and most of all by being patient! This goes for all kinds of photography, if you're shooting landscapes, people in the street or wildlife – you have to wait and wait for that shot to present itself. You may have to come back several days in a row to get that perfect shot in that perfect light. Then sometimes you think you have it and you arrive only to find some construction work going on with big cranes or scaffolding blocking your perfect shot (bloody bastards!) It is indeed the art of waiting!
So get out there, cameras ready – and wait!


A structure erected for pure fortification has evolved into a valuable historic aesthetic element in Vilnius.
The most important town in Kosovo, Prizren became the regional seat of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans in 1360, when Sultan Murad I extended the empire into Europe.
With its vast architectural remains, abundant wildlife, and idyllic location, the ancient port of Mtwapa is one of the most important sites on Kenya's Swahili Coast.
Since 1989, important finds have been made in the southeastern area of Inner Mongolia, once home to the Hong Shan - a Bronze Age prairie culture, and later the first site of the Liao culture.
Situated at the intersection of three major streets in Sarajevo, the City Hall is a monument to the multiculturalism of Bosnia.
Overlooking the village of Hasbaya in south Lebanon, the Chehabi Citadel occupied a strategic location for the armies of the First Crusade, believed to have built its fortifications in the 11th century.
Tyre, situated approximately 50 miles south of Beirut, was founded by Phoenician settlers in the third millennium BC.
The whimsical appearance of i trulli with their domed or conical roofs have attracted the attention of architects and tourists for centuries.
Along a narrow valley in the Picentini Mountains, the flowing water of the Tusiano River gradually excavated a deep natural cavern on the western slopes of Monte Raione.
Shibam presents itself as a city of mud brick skyscrapers. The agglomeration of 1,600-year-old structures, some eight stories, was a familiar site for travelers on the frankincense caravan route.
Officers of the Seventh Regiment Armory had access to facilities that included lavish reception spaces and public-area rooms designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany, Stanford White, and the Herter brothers.
Bodie is the largest and most complete unrestored ghost town remaining in the American West.


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Sunshine depending, we will aim to practise outside on the Esplanade of South Fistral Beach.However if the weather gets the better of us, we will move our chaturangas in studio!
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Q: Clip the x axis tick labels in matplotlib In matplotlib, if the constrained_layout or tight_layout is set to true in the subplot, when we pan the axes the axes are automatically resized to fit the x axis tick labels, but I want them to be clipped without resizing the axes.
This problem can be seen in the matplotlib example provided here
If I run the example, the plot is shown like this.

If I pan to left, the axes are resized to fit the left most xtick label as shown here. The axes are shifter to the right to fully show the xtick label "Jul 2014" (at bottom left). This gives a bad user experience when we pan the chart as it continuously resizes the axes to leave space for the tick labels.

What I want is the tick label to be clipped instead of resizing the plot like this.

I tried to set margins and paddings but they are not helping, I want to use the tight or constrained layout but dont want the resize to happen because of the axis tick labels not fitting. Is there any way to overcome this?

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Visual Studio 2012.2 supports customized MVC4 template, you can get a walkthrough here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/yjhong/archive/2012/12/13/custom-mvc-4-template-walkthrough.aspx or http://www.asp.net/mvc/overview/getting-started/custom-mvc-templates. But the created template VSIX file cannot be uploaded to VS Gallery at the time. Starting 6/26/2013, you can upload the MVC4 template VSIX files to VS Gallery now.
The VS2012.2 created VSIX may not install or work for Visual Studio 2013 preview, however. We need to fix a few thing in the following steps.
In Visual Studio 2012 spec, it mentioned Version="11.0" means VS2012 and all future VS releases. But in Visual Studio 2013 preview, this is changed to mean that version of VS only. Changing it to "[11.0,]" to support VS2012 and all VS release in the future. Changing it to [11.0,12.0] to support both VS2012 and VS2013. Changing it to "12.0" to support VS2013 only.
You will need to change the keyName value to "AspNetMvc4VS12" to support machines that has Visual Studio 2012 preview but does not have Visual Studio 2012 installed. This is because registry value name changed from "AspNetMvc4VS11" to "AspNetMvc4VS12" in HKLMSoftwareNuGetRepository. If you do this way, you will have to create two versions of VSIX, one for VS2012 and one for VS2013 preview.
If you still want to use one VSIX to support both VS2012.2 and VS2013 preview, you will need to include all the packages in the VSIX file and do not depend on the different package versions that installed along with each version of Visual Studio.
Now, you should be able to create the template successfully in VS2013 preview by going through "Web -> Visual Studio 2012 -> ASP.NET MVC 4 Web Application".
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Archive 72% of Nigerian Children Have Iron Deficiency-SBN
72% of Nigerian Children Have Iron Deficiency-SBN
Franka Osakwe
Seventy two percent (72%) of children in Nigeria have iron deficiency anemia and this has resulted in poor performance at school, nutrition experts have said.
Speaking during a workshop organized by Scaling Up Nutrition Business Network (SBN) Nigeria in collaboration with Ipsos Healthcare, SBN Nigerian Coordinator, Ms. Uduak Igbeka, explained that iron deficiency is an issue that increases maternal and prenatal mortality.
"There is high prevalence of iron deficiency (anemia) in women of reproductive age – Forty nine percent (49%) and this causes dizziness, drowsiness, shortages of breath and fatigue", she said.
Explaining further on the issue of malnutrition, she said thirty three percent (33%) of children under 5years are stunted meaning they are at a low height for their age. "Eight percent (8%) of children under five years (5years) are wasted, meaning that they have low weight for their height. Annually, Nigeria loses over US$ 1.5 billion in GDP to vitamin and mineral deficiencies", she added.
According to her, the vision of SBN is to find the solutions required to reduce malnutrition through business, markets and people, by tapping into the potentials of the private sector and recruiting members to join the network. She emphasized the roles and commitments of SBN in ensuring proper nutrition. "SBN is the world's leading private sector focused initiative under the umbrella body- Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN), which is a global movement that unites governments, civil societies, the United Nations, donors, businesses and researchers in a collective effort to improve nutrition. It is the private sector branch of the movement that aims to support businesses in growing the role they play in nutrition. The SUN Business Network is facilitated by GAIN in Nigeria", she said.
Also, Senior Associate, Programme Development, GAIN, Hannah Theobald, said the organisation is targeting 125 million consumers, with the aim of improving their nutrition, which requires commitment of all stakeholders in the nutrition companies.
She said though 52 companies have made commitments to scale up nutrition since the Nutrition for Growth Summit in June 2013, but more should be done to improve nutrition products.
"We have created one coordinated global platform for business commitments and membership is open to a range of companies in both food and non-food sectors. Through existing commitments, we have set a target of 99 companies for our global platform by the end of 2015.
"There is a lot the private sector can do to support Nigerian government to improve nutrition. Private sector is, ideally, the place to develop products and services to improve nutrition and make nutrition products affordable in the market place. The sector is unique, as there abound a lot of expertise in innovations, in terms of making the nutrition products desirable to consumers.
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Not to get too preachy on a blog about posting pictures of poop but the U.S. east coast got hammered pretty hard by Hurricane Sandy.
If you're able to donate, I'm sure the victims would appreciate it very much. While some of us made it through the storm relatively unscathed, there are a good amount of people that lost everything they owned in this storm. Consider most, or all, of your possessions being destroyed in a span of a few hours.


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Кимберли Элиз (, род. 17 апреля 1967) — американская актриса, известная по ролям в фильмах «Вызов» (1996), «Любимая» (1998), «Джон Кью» (2001), «Маньчжурский кандидат» (2004), «Дневник безумной чёрной женщины» (2005), «Большие спорщики» (2007), «Песни о любви» (2010) и «Наркотик» (2015). Элиз также получила номинацию на премию «Независимый дух» за главную роль в фильме «Женщина, ты свободна!» (2004), а также исполняла главные роли в нескольких независимых и телевизионных фильмах.

Ранняя жизнь
Кимберли Элиз Трэммел родилась в Миннеаполисе, штат Миннесота 17 апреля 1967 года. У неё трое братьев и сестёр. Элиз изучала киноискусство в университете Миннесоты, где получила степень бакалавра.

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Первая крупная роль Элиз была в фильме 1996 года «Вызов» наравне с Джадой Пинкетт Смит, Куин Латифа и Вивикой А. Фокс . В 1997 году она получила премию CableACE Award за роль в телефильме The Ditchdigger's Daughters. Год спустя она снялась вместе с Опрой Уинфри в фильме «Любимая», который принёс ей награду от «Ассоциации кинокритиков Чикаго» а также «Спутник».

Элиз сыграла главную роль в фильме «Женщина, ты свободна!», которая принесла ей номинацию на премию «Независимый дух», а также ещё несколько наград. Она также снялась в коммерчески успешных фильмах «Джон Кью», «Маньчжурский кандидат» и «Дневник безумной чёрной женщины», в последнем из которых была ведущей актрисой. На телевидении она снялась в сериале CBS "Рядом с домом" в 2006—2007 годах, а также появилась в таких шоу как «Частная практика», «Хроники будущего» и «Анатомия страсти». С 2013 года она снимается в сериале VH1 «Зажигай!».

В 2010 году она снялась вместе с Джанет Джексон, Вупи Голдберг, Филисией Рашад, Тэндиве Ньютон, Лореттой Дивайн, Аникой Нони Роуз и Керри Вашингтон в драме «Песни о любви». Хотя фильм получил смешанные отзывы, выступление Элиз было высоко оценено критиками. В 2015 году она появилась в фильме «Наркотик». После Элиз взяла на себя роль в фильме HBO «Подтверждение» с Керри Вашингтон, а осенью 2016 года её можно будет увидеть в комедийной драме «Рождество Майерсов» с Габриэль Юнион, Мо'Ник и Дэнни Гловером.

Личная жизнь
В 1989 году вышла замуж за фотографа Мориса Олдема. У них есть две дочери, которые родились в 1990 и 1998 годах. Они развелись в 2005 году.

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Выпускники Школы журналистики и массовых коммуникаций Миннесотского университета
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Biography Tim Wakefield
Tim Wakefield
by Jorge 27 Aug,2019
Height 6 Feet 1 Inch
Date of Birth 1966, August 2
Country Australia AU
Birth Name Timothy Stephen Wakefield
Birth Place Melbourne, Florida
Famous Name Tim Wakefield
Father Steve Wakefield
Endorsement earnings 55,345,000
Profession Baseball player
University attended Florida Tech
School attended Eau Gallie High School
Currently Married yes
Married to Stacy Stover
Tim Wakefield is a former American professional baseball player who played in MLB for 17 seasons. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1998 and made his professional debut on July 31, 1992, for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Further, Tim last played in MLB on September 25, 2011, playing for the Boston Red Sox.
Tim has an estimated net worth over $30 million. Furthermore, he has collected $55,345,000 as career earnings, playing 17 seasons in MLB. Besides, he is married to his beautiful wife, Stacy Stover and shares two children with her.
Tim Wakefield Earnings; How much is his Net Worth?
The legendary baseball player has an estimated net worth over $30 million, which is solely generated from his professional career. Likewise, he has collected 55,345,000 as career earnings, playing 17 seasons in MLB.
Tim's career contract and earnings:
YEAR TEAM EARNINGS
1995 Boston Red Sox $175,000
1997 Boston Red Sox $2,500,000
As per his last professional contract, he penned a deal of worth 2 yr(s) / $5,000,000, including $5,000,000 guaranteed with Boston Red Sox which offered him $2,500,000 as an annual average salary.
Apart from his career earnings, the details about his property valuation, assets, and endorsement earnings are not in the media yet. However, Tim's massive net worth suggests that he must be the owner of an expensive car and luxurious house.
Don't Miss: David Bell
Is Tim Wakefield Married? Know about his Personal Life in details
Tim Wakefield is married to his beautiful wife, Stacy Stover. Reportedly, the couple first met at in Massachusetts and eventually started dating. After having affairs for some time, the couple exchanged their marital vows on November 9, 2002.
Besides, the duo is parents of 2 adorable children, Trevor and Brianna.
Tim Wakefield with his wife SOURCE: Whosdatedwho
Their son Trevor was born in 2004, and their daughter Brianna was born in 2005. In addition, the details about how they started dating are still undercover. Also, the information about their wedding is under the rock. However, the couple is living a happy life as there isn't any news about them getting divorced in recent time.
Read More: Mike Lowell
Tim Wakefield and his wife SOURCE: Zimbio
Talking about his wife, she is a frequent representative at Red Sox charity events. Moreover, she also works for the Wakefield's Warriors, the organization which focuses on helping children being treated at the Franciscan Hospital by providing an opportunity to come to Fenway Park, watch batting practice from the field and met the players.
Tim Wakefield Body Measurement (Height and Weight)
Tim stands in the height of 1.88 m (6 feet 1 inch) and weighs around 95 kg.
Tim Wakefield Early Life, Bio, Family, and Childhood
Tim was born on August 2, 1966, in Melbourne, Florida to Steve Wakefield and the details about his mother are not in the media yet. Also, Wakefield is an American native and belongs to the ethnic group of white.
Moreover, Tim was born under the star sign Leo. In his early career, he attended Eau Gallie High School and then attended Florida Tech where is developed as a professional baseball player.
Also Read: Jason Varitek
Tim Wakefield Professional Life
Tim is a retired baseball player who played in the MLB for 17 seasons, representing a single team Boston Red Sox. The Pirates selected Tim in 1998. He made his MLB debut on July 31, 1992, for the Pittsburgh Pirates and last played on September 25, 2011, for the Boston Red Sox.
Similar Bio: Josh Beckett
Apart from playing, he also worked as a broadcaster in NESN as a studio analyst for Red Sox coverage. Besides, he is also an entrepreneur who has a share in a restaurant in Pembroke, Massachusetts called Turner's Yard.
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This class was developed for Senior HS Students whom are continuing higher education in medical-health fields. There is a, "lecture Series," below that will give valuable knowledge to take with you to College/University. Do all lecture and we will write 40hrs of Voluntary Medical Class under a Certified Athletic Trainer. Additionally: We will provide below a list of Varsity Football Games and other where you may come to help/obtain observation hours. No Cost and completely up to you how much/many lectures/hours you attend.
Class 1: CPR/AED and First Aid
Go to our HOME page. Scroll down on left side see: coaches view prior to class. View ALL CPR, AED and First Aid Videos. Take both the CPR and First Aid Tests. Make appointment (518.496.4976, Ron Annis) to bring to Top Form and show CPR skills. You will then receive CPR-AED-First Aid Certifications.
Class 2: Medical Terminology
Watch Medical Movement Terminology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YcNAPzDxDg
Understanding medical language is essential in moving through the next classes. Most are video based lessons that will be using this very language.
Define the following:
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____ Proximal
____ Anterior
____ Posterior
____ Cartilage
____ Epiphyseal Plate
____ Superior
____ Inferior
____ Pronation
____ Supination
____ Meniscus
____ Fascia
A) Closer to
B) Sideways
C) Growth plate
D) In front of
E) Center
F) Further out
G) Soft tissue between joints on the ends of bones, prevents friction
H) In back of
A) Turning the wrist up
B) Above
C) Cartilage in the knees which helps prevent friction
D) Web of tissue surrounding the body that provides, support, protection, and structural integrity
E) Below
F) Turning the wrist down
Class 3: The Ankle
Watch Bones of the Foot/Ankle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQTV-iUFAl0
Watch Ligaments of the Ankle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSxHbPc7TMY
Watch Muscle and Tendons of the Foot/Ankle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROd1Acma64o
Now to: Lab Ankle Taping
Here you will learn to tape an ankle. Go to any of the listed Football contest and there a Certified Athletic Trainer will show you Ankle Taping Technique
Class 4: The Knee
Watch Anatomy of the Knee Joint: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R95KGJc0GY
Class 5: The Hip
Watch Anatomy Muscle of the Hip and Thigh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXg3akhbrrg
Watch General Video of Pelvis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlCvKEOZtpo
Class 6: The Core
Watch Muscles of the Anterior Core: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsDx6KA7y6E
Watch Muscles of the Posterior Core/Back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cJXV6oqyC8
Watch Common Pathology of the Low Back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCMZwme5zBU
Class 7: Bones and Muscles of the Chest
Watch Bones and Muscles of the Chest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFCGLSFpW_s
Class 8: Bones and Muscles of the Shoulder
Watch The Shoulder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3GVKjeY1FM
Class 9: Anatomy of the Elbow
Watch Complete Anatomy of the Elbow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l3-5Ij3JZ8
Class 10: Anatomy of the Hand
Watch Bones, Muscles and Ligaments of the Hand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVXEamQJ7KI
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It's snowing here. Well, it's snowed, actually. And you may think, ice cream in the snow? No way.
But you'd be wrong. Just top it with hot fudge or throw it in some hot cocoa or atop a warm dish like bananas foster or apple crisp.
Then you'll be thinking ice cream in the snow? Yes please.


In 1971, the U.S. Congress made Memorial Day an official national holiday which is celebrated the last Monday of May every year.
Wearing red poppies on Memorial Day is a very popular tradition, and is symbolic of war-torn battlefields with their promise of recovery and new life as poppies were the first plants to grow following a horrific battle.
Throughout Memorial Day weekend, there are opportunities to enjoy the company of family and friends, sharing barbecues, parties, parades and more. Memorial Day weekend is also a popular time for traveling.
Washington, D.C., with its many historical treasures, monuments, and the annual Memorial Day Concert on the Mall, is among the most sought after travel destinations over Memorial Day weekend.
Scheduled for May 28, 2017, The 28th annual National Memorial Day Concert is airing live from the West Lawn of the US Capitol.
Co-hosted by Joe Mantegna and Laurence Fishburne, the National Memorial Day Concert is an inspiring night of remembrance dedicated to our men and women in uniform, their families at home and all those who have given their lives for our country.
Joining them is an all-star line-up of dignitaries, actors and musical artists including: General Colin L. Powell, Renée Fleming, Gary Sinise, Vanessa Williams, Scotty McCreery, Auli'i Cravalho, Five For Fighting, John Ortiz, Mary McCormack, Robert Patrick, Christopher Jackson, Ana Ortiz, Ronan Tynan, Russell Watson and the National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Jack Everly.
On Monday, May 29th, The National Memorial Day Parade, beginning at 2:00 p.m, is the country's largest Memorial Day parade.
The Parade will be televised LIVE on local stations nationwide, around the world on the AFN American Forces Network, on WJLA-TV in Washington, and streamed on YouTube and Military.com. #NMDParade.
The parade will start at 2 pm and run until 5:00 p.m.
The parade wlll conclude between 18th & 23rd Streets, on Constitution Avenue and Virginia Avenue NW.
Total road closures will begin at approximately 1 pm until about 5 pm from 7th and Constitution Avenue Northwest to 23rd & Constitution Avenue Northwest.
Parade in all its splendor!


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The "La Boveda" ("the vault") is on 25-6-2004 of the renowned catering trade leader 2005 as the best spanish restaurant in Frankfurt (place 1) judged and this already shortly after its opening in April 2000 Frankfurt goes out!
"... the Tapas plate is a force for experts. Finding on this: Everything very appetisingly and savourily prepares Boquerones in Vinagre, Manchego cheese, Jamon Pata Negra, Ensalada de Marisco, gamba Plancha, Calamares Fritos, courgettes au gratin with goat cheese."
"... We examine the sea residents at the fresh fish bar: Edible crab, sole, Dorade, Loup of the mer."
"... a food which is generally high-quality and prepared originally is served. The rump steak melts butter softly on the tongue, this one sauce reached to it tickles the taste nerves in an original way. Is same necessary it to report lamb fillet in pastry of this."
"... The rest of the company at table dumps a Hierbas, stirring self-made herb schnapps, for the end. Salutes!"
"In the cellar little delicacies for every taste"
"... What would be the Spanish cooking without Tapas, the small mouthfuls for in between times which are less meal than attitude to life, which do not make replete but rather shall activate the appetite? And one may only stationarily strictly speaking consume these at a bar actually?"
"... Adolfo offers a variety of the delicacies with 19 of these little dishes. One can of course eat himself repletely in the La Boveda of good conscience to Tapas. Who the stomach fills too early, a whole crowd escapes this but himself."
"... The lamb fillet in pastry was fried particularly excellently and on the point. The meat with its marvellous own taste passed on the tongue and was a great pleasure with the 93s Siglo Reserva."
"... Who sets out into the La Boveda should bring time, though. Not approximately because service and kitchen would be particularly slow but because the guests like to have to be left and to spoil himself longer. This contradicts strictly speaking the Tapas ritual: One goes namely from a bar to the next one in Spain."


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Q: ¿Como detener un servicio al salir de la aplicación en Android? Estoy desarrollando un juego, y este posee musica. La musica la estoy ejecutando mediante un servicio.
Lo que quiero es que al salir de la aplicacion, osea volver a mi escritorio del dispositivo el servicio se detenga. Dejo el codigo del servicio.
    import android.app.Service;
    import android.content.Intent;
    import android.media.MediaPlayer;
    import android.os.IBinder;

    public class SoundManager extends Service {
        static boolean reproducir=true;
        static boolean reproducir_musica=true;
        static boolean reproducir_musica2=true;
        private MediaPlayer player;

    @Override
    public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
        return null;
    }

    @Override
    public void onCreate() {
        player=MediaPlayer.create(this, R.raw.musica);
        player.setLooping(true);
    }

    @Override
    public void onDestroy() {
        player.stop();
    }

    @Override
    public void onStart(Intent intent, int startid){
        player.start();
    }

}

Y en el Manifest solo tengo esto:
<service android:name=".SoundManager" android:enabled="true"/>


But, it's had some renovations since its opening. In the beginning, the site focused mostly on giving you cash back for online shopping trips at a variety of stores.
That feature is still in place, and one of the best cash earners on the site, but you can also earn points in more ways than ever before, including taking surveys, reading paid emails, and searching the web.
If you're into GPT (Get Paid To) sites, then MyPoints could be another one you'll want to add to your list. It's free to join, so you don't have to worry about paying anything out of pocket to get started.
This full MyPoints review will let you know how the site works, how much you can potentially earn from your time spent there, and whether it's a scam or a legit money-making option.
What is MyPoints? How Does It Work?
MyPoints is a reward site, also known as a Get Paid To site, that gives you points for various online tasks. You can earn via the website or by using the mobile app available for both Android and iOS devices.
You'll earn points rather than cash for each task you complete. Some tasks have caps on them, such as a cap of 100 points per month from paid web searches.
You can redeem your points when you have enough to purchase one of the gift cards to over 70 brands and restaurants noted in the rewards catalog. Or, opt for turning in your points for travel miles, PayPal cash, or a Visa prepaid debit card.
The points needed will depend on the specific prize you're going for.
How Much Can I Earn with MyPoints?
How much you earn with MyPoints mostly depends on how much time you're willing to commit to the site.
As with most rewards sites, MyPoints is best used as a side gig. You won't earn a full-time income using this site, and you shouldn't expect to.
But, if you spend enough time on it to learn what methods of earning points work best for you, then it's plausible to at least earn enough points for a free gift card every month or two.
The people who earn the most on MyPoints tend to be those who shop online frequently, since MyPoints has hundreds of partnered retailers that you can earn a percentage of your purchase back from in points.
And, if you happen to shop with one of the current MyPoints Doorbuster retailers, which rotate frequently, you can earn up to ten times more points from one shopping trip.
Those who qualify for surveys do well on MyPoints, too. Unfortunately, you won't know if you'll easily qualify for surveys until you try. Brands look for people that fit specific demographics, and these requirements will differ with each survey.
If you happen to get lucky and meet the requirements of most of the surveys you try to take, you can significantly increase your earnings.
What Hourly Rate Can I Make with MyPoints?
It's difficult to calculate an hourly rate using MyPoints because every day you use the site can differ. Some days might have better opportunities for you, like MyPoints Doorbusters that you want to shop with and more survey qualifications, than others.
But, since I'm a member of the site, I can outline what a typical hour spent on MyPoints looks like and how it will translate to cash.
Do the Daily 5 tasks, which includes things like taking a survey, watching a video playlist, voting in the daily poll, etc. Completing all five tasks takes around 15 minutes, on average. Reward: 5 points.
Take a survey. These are different lengths, but you can look for shorter ones, like 15-minute surveys. Reward: 510 points.
Watch video sets. One 12-video set, for example, takes 10 minutes. Reward: 8 points.
Discover deals. These are free and paid offers that give you points for things like signing up for trials or filling out your email address. I can complete about 5 free offers in 10 minutes. Reward: 5 points.
Shop online. Of course, this is only a good idea if you're going to shop online for something anyway, or else you'll just be spending money instead of making it. If your shopping trip takes about 10 minutes, you've used your full hour. We'll pretend that our shopping trip was with an online retailer that pays 4 points per $1 spent, and we spent $50 on something we needed. Reward: 200 points.
In this scenario, we spent an hour doing various tasks on MyPoints and received 728 points. Remember that all gift card and cash prizes are worth different point amounts, so your hourly rate might vary.
For the purpose of this scenario, I'll use an Amazon gift card, which requires some of the lowest point amounts.
For 790 points, you can get a $5 Amazon card, making each point worth around $0.006. So, for my 728 points and hour spent earning them, I would have made about $4.37 in that hour. It's not terrible, especially for an hour of spare time, but it's also not great.
And, I also would have had to spend money to make that $4.37, but if you're going to shop online anyway, you might as well hit MyPoints first to get some cash back.
What are the Best Ways to Earn with MyPoints?
As you can tell from the scenario above, not every way to earn with MyPoints is equal. Some things give you a lot more points than others. Videos, for example, are almost a time waster.
As I mentioned, cash shopping is an excellent way to earn cash on MyPoints, but only if you need to do it anyway. I make most of my MyPoints points around the holidays and my kids' birthdays when I shop online with the site's partners.
I never use the cash shopping feature unless I have something I need to buy anyway, and then it's the perfect way to get a reward for my purchase.
Always check the MyPoints Doorbusters to see what retailers will give you extra points that day to make the most of your online shopping.
There are some in-store deals that you can take advantage of, too. You'll get credited with your points after you upload your receipt to MyPoints.
In the scenario, the one survey I took gave me more points than all the other MyPoints activities combined. Surveys do have the potential to give you the most points on MyPoints, but the ones that pay very well will also take you more time to complete.
For example, one current 850-point survey will take you one hour. But, this one survey alone will give you about $5.10 worth of points, which is more than all the other tasks gave in the example scenario.
The one downfall is that you don't always qualify for surveys. You could spend 10 minutes answering questions to qualify, only to be told you don't meet the requirements for the survey.
Deals on MyPoints are similar to free and paid offers on other rewards sites. You'll have to complete some tasks with a partner, such as subscribe to a service or sign up for a free trial, to get points.
Paid offers require you to spend something to get points, so it's best not to do these unless you could really use what you're signing up for.
Otherwise, stick to the free offers. They'll only give you one or a few points each, but they're also quick tasks that won't take you more than a minute or two to complete.
MyPoints has a full section for coupons. The online coupons are in the form of coupon codes to use for your purchases on MyPoints partners' sites. These don't give you any points, but instead give you things like free shipping or a percentage off your purchase.
Instead, use the grocery coupons, which you can print off at home. You earn 1 point just for printing a coupon. Where the high earnings come in is when you actually use the coupon. Then, you'll earn an additional 10 points.
Most rewards sites offer referral bonuses and MyPoints is no exception. It's not a program that will rack up tons of points for you just because they sign up, but it can still give you extra points for little work.
You'll get 25 points when someone signs up using your link. Then, you earn another 10% of all the points your referral earns. You'll also earn points when a referral spends at least $20 on a cash shopping offer.
The referral bonus here is only as good as your referrals are active, so it's important to check in with them every occasionally, to make sure they're using the site.
How Do I Get Started with MyPoints?
MyPoints is an easy site to get started with. But, I suggest you take the following steps to make the most of your time spent on the site and get your account set up completely.
You'll need to fill in your email address and desired password. MyPoints will then take you to your profile, where you can fill in the rest of your basic information. Once you're signed up, you're free to browse the site and see everything that MyPoints has to offer.
The more you fill out in your profile, the better your chances of getting matched to surveys that match your demographics. Be sure to fill out your address and other contact information so that you can receive your physical gift cards promptly.
You should also take a minute to check out the email subscriptions tab in your profile.
Be sure to check any emails you want, like the paid BonusMails, and uncheck other emails that you'd rather not receive. It's easy to get overwhelmed with email from MyPoints and other reward sites, so you might want to limit how many you get.
The Daily 5 is a daily bonus you can get from doing five tasks of your choice. MyPoints gives you a few to choose from and you pick the five that appeal to you most.
The whole thing usually takes me between 5 and 15 minutes to complete, so it's an easy five bonus points every day.
In order to get any other surveys unlocked on the site, you'll need to take your first survey. This is one given to every MyPoints member to get their basic information, so you won't have to worry about not qualifying.
The first survey only takes about three minutes and will give you an easy ten points. After you complete it, you can try any of the other surveys on the list.
Once you've gotten familiar with the site and earned some points, you should start referring your friends. It's good to do this right off the bat so that you can build up a solid network of referrals to help you earn points faster.
You can share your link through email, on your website, or on your social media accounts.
Many rewards sites will let your points expire if you spend too much time away from the site. After all, they want active people participating in the site so there is more earning potential for everyone.
There is no minimum needed before you can redeem your MyPoints, but you do need to have enough for the prize you want. The prizes have varying point amounts needed to redeem, but you can find out how much you need by browsing the Rewards Center.
If you want PayPal cash, you'll need at least 3,970 points, which will give you $25. The transfer can take up to 5 business days. Some other eGift cards will take up to 14 business days to reach you.
You can expect to receive a physical gift card within two weeks after requesting it.
Is MyPoints a Scam or Legit?
MyPoints is definitely not a scam. I've used it myself and have always received my prizes and cash that I've redeemed my points for. Since it's been on the web since 1996, it has quite a bit of credibility built and a lot of satisfied users.
With that being said, I want to note that the reputation of MyPoints has declined somewhat in recent months, and it's been getting some mixed reviews. Some have said that their points for certain activities were never credited, such as completing a purchase with a partnered retailer.
Others have mentioned that their accounts were closed before they could redeem their points for a reward.
However, it's important to remember that MyPoints does have a policy in which it can terminate your account for not remaining active within 12 months. So, it's possible that those having issues with closed accounts didn't meet the activity obligation.
MyPoints' customer service also has mixed reviews, with some users receiving quick and adequate responses, whereas others have waited days or weeks with no response from the team.
It appears that contacting MyPoints via social media has been more successful for users than contacting through an email.
MyPoints is a legitimate way to earn money online, although it might take some time to get there. Still, since it's free to sign up, it can still be a viable way for you to make some extra cash online in your spare time.
MyPoints won't equal a full-time, or even part-time, income online. Still, the site serves its purpose, which is to give you a way to earn some extra money online in your spare time. There's no hard work involved, and you never have to spend a penny to earn points if you don't want to.
Signing up for MyPoints is completely free, too, so you don't have anything to lose. Unlike scams that want you to pay to earn points "faster" or to use the site at all, MyPoints is free to use. You decide if you want to complete paid offers and cash back shopping purchases to earn more.
We'd love to hear your thoughts on MyPoints. Please leave us a comment below!


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2019 Review and 2020 Outlook
The year 2019 has been a challenging year from a macro point of view with uncertainties persisting throughout, especially from a political point of view, including ongoing trade war rhetoric between the US and China, the never ending Brexit saga and the Hong Kong protests.
A backdrop such as this has understandably made for a difficult and sometimes nerve racking environment for investors, leading some to adopt a "wait-and-see" stance. However, looking back at the year, it becomes evident that the year has continued its upward trajectory, especially in the equity space which has been playing out since 2009.
It would be remiss to overlook the fact that central banks have remained supportive during the year, with the FED once again cutting interest rates, but with major global equity markets returning ~17% during the first 11 months of the year, long-term investors have a lot to be positive about.
With an equity bias within our product offering, 2019 has been an equally positive year for Eric Sturdza Investments, with all funds within the E.I. Sturdza Funds plc delivering positive absolute returns on a YTD basis through to the end of November ranging from 7.65% (Strategic Bond Opportunities Fund) to 26.74% (Strategic Europe Quality Fund). More pleasingly perhaps is the fact that the majority of our funds have also added value over and above their respective indices, reflecting the directional and active management approach taken by the portfolio management teams.
Outlook for 2020 by Marc Craquelin
Retrospective assessments always have the benefit of hindsight and can only tell us what has already happened. To try and provide some guidance on what we may face in 2020, we spoke with Marc Craquelin, who is a member of the asset allocation team for the Sturdza Family Fund and former CIO of La Financière De L'Echiquier (LFDE) and have summarised some of the key points from his outlook*:
Marc Craquelin believes that unloved stocks, which have more recently started to catch up, may continue into the new year – this could be particularly relevant in terms of European markets which have started to make up ground.
Small and mid caps, which Marc perceives as being unloved over the last two years are starting to offer some good opportunities.
Marc believes that cyclical stocks have been heavily marked down as a result of the macro environment, particularly those impacted by the US – China trade war and as such believes they may benefit from a re-weighting in investors portfolios. He does caution however that getting the entry point correct is essential in this regard.
In summary, Marc expects that 2020 is likely to prove better for the global economy than 2019; but equities are unlikely to enjoy the same level of returns.
For Eric Sturdza Investments, we remain positive regarding our fund range and the ability of the investment teams we work with to add value to our investors' portfolios. We will continue to look for opportunities to selectively expand our fund range, but only as and when we find those strategic partners that we truly believe to be class leading and who have the ability to deliver value for our investors over the longer term.
Fund News 2019
New Fund Launches
At the end of 2018, Eric Sturdza Investments brought two new products to the market, representing a rationalisation of our Fund range, particularly within the fixed income space and adapting our offering to better reflect our client's needs. This included the launch of the Sturdza Family Fund and Strategic Bond Opportunities Fund.
The Sturdza Family Fund provides our investors with a solution within the multi asset space, a necessity in our view given increased volatility and offering dynamic exposure to global markets. The Fund seeks to deliver long term capital appreciation, based on active and flexible management of a mixed asset investment portfolio, predominantly comprised of equities and fixed income investments. As such, the Fund may adopt a more defensive or aggressive strategy in terms of overall allocation when the Investment Adviser considers it to be in the best interest of the Fund and our investors to do so.
As indicated above, the Strategic Bond Opportunities Fund was launched in December 2018. The Fund invests in bonds across all sectors as well as sovereigns, with either fixed or floating coupon rates, and a minimum rating equivalent to either Standard & Poor's BB credit rating or an equivalent minimum of Moody's Ba2 credit rating, with the aim of achieving a total return through a combination of capital growth and income by investing in a globally diversified portfolio of fixed income securities.
Both funds have offered strong returns since inception to investors, with performance data being available to interested parties following their 1st anniversary.
Eric Sturdza Investments Nominated for 'Best Fund Group' in 'Equity – Europe' sector
We were delighted to be nominated for the 'Best Fund Group 2019' in the 'Equity – Europe' asset class twice during the year by Citywire in their France and Spain Awards.
The group awards are based on Citywire's group ratings methodology. Citywire look at the top performing fund groups within each of the sectors, considering performance of up to seven years for the group awards.
For the awards Citywire then nominate the top performing groups over the last seven years that have at least one of their funds within that sector registered for sale in the relevant region. The winner is the group with the best risk adjusted performance.
We believe that the above nomination recognises the strong risk adjusted performance that our funds have offered to investors in this space.
Eric Sturdza Investments' ESG / SRI Aspirations
During 2019, Eric Sturdza Investments established an ESG committee, which was tasked with developing a formalised approach with regards to ESG considerations and sustainable investing. The committee is currently in the process of finalising their high level aspirations in this regard and the associated policy.
As part of this process, the committee have been undertaking active dialogue with each of the Investment Advisers that we work with and have shared portfolio level analysis with them, provided by Sustainalytics, which considers ESG risk factors.
As we move forward through this process the expectation at this time is that each of our Investment Advisers will be provided with access to the Sustainalytics database, allowing them to actively monitor investments and short listed stocks on an ongoing basis. Further we are in the process of extending the access we have in place within the system to also provide product involvement data points.
As the above indicates, Eric Sturdza Investments is in consultations with its Investment Advisers and is working to establish a robust approach to the implementation of ESG consideration into the investment processes associated with our funds, with the aim of becoming a signatory of the UNPRI in 2020.
Our commitment to society and charitable giving
At Eric Sturdza Investments we are very mindful of the global and social issues that we face today and our obligation to take steps whenever possible to support initiatives that seek to address these.
To this end, Eric Sturdza Investments once again in 2019 elected to work with the Tumaini Fund and Guernsey Cheshire Homes as part of our charitable engagement programme, as well providing support to emergency appeals, such as UNICEF's emergency survival kits appeal.
The Tumaini Fund
Eric Sturdza Investments first worked with the Tumaini Fund in 2018, providing support for the construction of two new clean water wells during the year, providing approximately 1,000 people with access to safe drinking water.
We elected to build on this initiative in 2019 and provided further funding for the construction of an additional three wells. The wells were built in the Karagwe District of the Kagera region, Tanzania and provides access to clean safe drinking water to 2,564 people; however as noted below this number can expand significantly during the dry season when surface water decreases.
Dr Susan Wilson in commenting on the impact of Eric Sturdza Investments in 2019 stated "In the Dry Season the number of people coming to these wells can double as the surface water dries up in their villages, so your wells will easily be supplying to 3-4000 people in the Dry Season."
We are delighted to be able to provide support to the fantastic work of the Tumaini Fund. Further information regarding the charities efforts can be found on an earlier post here.
Guernsey Cheshire Home
In addition, Eric Sturdza Investments selected the Guernsey Cheshire Home to be a beneficiary of our charitable engagement program in 2019, a local and very deserving charity. The Guernsey Cheshire Home has one aim: to provide care and opportunity for people with physical disabilities in as close to a family atmosphere as possible. Equally important to the team, is the preservation of dignity and individual independence, providing residents with the absolute right to live a life of their own choosing within a family environment.
As we turn to the year ahead, Eric Sturdza Investments has committed to once again provide support to both the efforts of the Tumaini Fund and the Guernsey Cheshire Homes. In addition, we have also extended our charitable engagement programme to include the Eden Reforestation Projects ('Eden').
Eden is an international non-profit organisation committed to alleviating extreme poverty and restoring healthy forest systems. Through their "Employ to Plant" methodology, over 3,500 local villagers have been employed to plant an average of 4.5 million trees every month. Since Eden's launch in 2005, over 285 million trees have been planted, and, as a result of consistent employment, Eden's employees are now sending their children to school and able to afford food, clothing, and medical care. Learn more about the Eden Reforestation Projects at edenprojects.org
Charitable Engagement Programme
We are very proud of the initiatives that our charitable engagement programme will support in 2020 – listed below:
• Via the Tumaini Fund, Eric Sturdza Investments will provide approximately 300 secondary school starter kits, providing the books that children are required to obtain in order to be admitted for secondary education.
• The planting of over 50,000 trees via the Eden Reforestation Project
• Eric Sturdza Investments will continue to provide support to the invaluable works undertaken by the team at the Guernsey Cheshire Homes.
Season's Greetings Festive Film
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our clients and partners for their support throughout 2019 and invite you to enjoy our festive animation.
* The views and statements contained herein are those of Marc Craquelin as at the time of production.
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Facebook is down. We repeat: Facebook is down.
Some users are struggling to get on the social networking site right now and are greeted with a message suggesting none of their friends have posted recently.
The issue shows a message stating "No posts to show", but it seems to only be affecting the browser version of Facebook and not the mobile apps.
It's currently unclear who exactly is affected by the outage, but users in Australia are reporting the issue and the site seems to still be working in the UK.
This is a bug we have seen before on the social networking site, but it's not currently clear why it's happening right now.
TechRadar has asked Facebook who is affected and whether the site will be fixed soon. We'll update this story as soon as we get a response.


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Inside The Plexiglass Controversy At The Vice Presidential Debate
By Amanda Ray Byerly/Updated: Oct. 8, 2020 1:26 am EST
It appears the debate between Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris started way before the vice presidential debate on Oct. 7, 2020, at the University of Utah. What are we talking about, exactly? In case you're new here, allow us to introduce you to the plexiglass controversy, aka the debate before the debate. The appetizer before the entree. The preview before the premiere. Well, you get it.
As reported by The Washington Post, the trouble first began when Vice President Mike Pence's advisers were adamant that plexiglass barriers weren't necessary for the debate. But unfortunately for Pence's camp, the "two clear dividers, one next to each of the tables," were already being set up. As for Harris? Well, her campaign requested the barriers in the first place.
According to the Commission on Presidential Debates co-chair, Frank Fahrenkopf Jr., Pence walked back his objections to the precautionary measures after he viewed the setup. "They said if Senator Harris feels safer to have two plexiglass dividers up, we have no objection," Fahrenkopf explained, according to CBS News.
But wait — there's more about this back-and-forth to explore. Here's everything you need to know about the plexiglass drama at the VP debate.
Mike Pence's camp questioned the need for plexiglass
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Vice President Mike Pence's team was singing a much different tune, however, before they finally agreed to allow the precautionary measures. Per The Washington Post, Pence's chief of staff, Marc Short, stated that the vice president's team did not think the barriers were needed due to all of the other safety measures in place, including a 12-foot distance between the opponents and daily testing. "If she wants it, she's more than welcome to surround herself with plexiglass if that makes her feel more comfortable," Short maintained. "It's not needed." Ron Klain, a senior adviser to Democratic nominee Joe Biden's campaign, tweeted in response, "The head of the WH Task Force on COVID should be busy getting plexiglass into countless workplaces and shops to keep workers and shoppers safe — not belittling its use."
Side note: Medical experts told The New York Times that plexiglass barriers might not be effective in preventing the spread of the coronavirus. Go figure.
The plexiglass barriers, however, were only the tip of the iceberg. A new wrench was thrown in when President Donald Trump's aide, Stephen Miller, tested positive for COVID-19. As it turns out, Miller is married to Katie Miller, one of Pence's lead staffers. As The Washington Post noted, the University of Utah's policy regarding coronavirus stated that anyone who has been exposed to a person diagnosed with COVID-19 should self-quarantine for 14 days.
The bottom line here? The pre-debate drama was just as wild as the debate itself.


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ENNHRI and ODIHR sign Memorandum of Understanding on the occasion of the 5th NHRI Academy
On the occasion of the 2018 NHRI Academy, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and ENNHRI have signed today in Helsinki a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The MoU forms a solid basis for future cooperation in a wide range of activities and highlights the importance of NHRIs in the OSCE region.
"This is not only a statement of cooperation, but a statement of partnership on shared values. ODIHR alone cannot contribute to their own vision without strong effective national human rights institutions", stated Katarzyna Gardapkhadze, First Deputy Director of OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.
"This is not only a statement of cooperation, but a statement of partnership on shared values."
Katarzyna Gardapkhadze, First Deputy Director of ODIHR
OSCE has long recognized the role of NHRIs as key actors for the promotion and protection of human rights in democratic societies. The 1990 OSCE Copenhagen Document includes pledges of the participating states to facilitate the establishment and strengthening of independent national institutions in the area of human rights and the rule of law. Since then, NHRIs hold a central place in OSCE commitments and in ODIHR's mandate. Through the NHRI Academy, which is organized every year since 2014, ODIHR and ENNHRI have trained over 100 participants from OSCE participating States.
"The 5th edition of Academy is an excellent opportunity to move this partnership even further and we are very grateful to ODIHR for recognizing NHRIs as important building blocks of the human rights architecture in the region."
Lora Vidovic, ENNHRI Chair
Natural continuation of cooperation
"ODIHR supported the establishment of ENNHRI's Secretariat in 2013 and since then we have cooperated closely on a number of pressing human rights issues, such as counter-terrorism, NHRIs' independence and shrinking democratic space. NHRIs across the region see ODIHR as a crucial partner to help them ensure the enjoyment of human rights and the implementation of Human Dimensions Commitments. Hence, the signing of Memorandum of Understanding is a natural continuation of our cooperation", concluded ENNHRI's Chair, Lora Vidovic.
Sirpa Rautio, Director of the Human Rights Centre of Finland, which is hosting the 2018 NHRI Academy, emphasized the need of international cooperation between NHRIs: "It's all about sharing and learning (…) We've witnessed a remarkable, inspiring evolution of ENNHRI during the last years, due to an increased cooperation."
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UCF's new nursing school (right) will be adjacent to its med school (left) at Lake Nona and will be almost twice the size of the existing school.
Economic Backbone: Nursing
UCF's future plans for College of Nursing help address nursing shortage
Amy Keller | 11/28/2022
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The University of Central Florida is planning to build a new home for its College of Nursing adjacent to the UCF College of Medicine on the school's 50-acre health sciences campus in Lake Nona. The 90,000-sq.-ft. building will be almost twice the size of the college's current leased space at the Central Florida Research Park. The university says the added space will enable it to enroll and graduate more nurses to help address the state's nursing shortage.
Earlier this year, the university secured $29 million in state support for the $64-million project, and it has launched a fundraising campaign for the remaining costs. UCF aims to open the building during the 2025-26 school year. Located about 25 miles south of its main Orlando campus, UCF's health sciences campus is within walking distance of the UCF Lake Nona Medical Center, the UCF Lake Nona Cancer Center, University of Florida's Pharmacy College, the Orlando VA Medical Center and Nemours Children's Hospital.
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Crave a Little Video Awards Festival?
If you haven't had enough of festivals in Toronto lately, or if you love music videos, you may want to check out CraveFest. It's a non-profit, all-ages international video awards festival that kicks off tonight at Revival.
Brace yourself for a showcasing of the top voted videos in a loud, visually astounding celebration over the next four days. There'll be celebrity judges (including Alan Cross and Tara Slone) as well as local and international talent including live performances by Canadian rock band Ill Scarlett, as well as Roz Bell, Socialight, Solitair and Point Blank.
There's something for everyone's musical tastes. The festival kicks off tonight with "Hustle and Flow," an evening dedicated to urban video and sound. Hip-hop and R&B videos showcased will include music by Classified, Frank N Dank, Belly and Infinite. Live performances will include Solitair, Point Blank, SanGia and Mr. Flowers.
Prefer rock, punk or metal? Dance and electronica? Keep reading for the rest of the line-up and ticket details....
Wednesday night is the "Coliseum of Rock" so you'd better bring your earplugs. Rock, punk and metal videos will feature Alexisonfire, Silverstein and Thom Yorke with live performances by Socialight, Mavis Drive, Dame, ANTI-HERO and littleSUNDAY.
Thursday night is "Heavy On The Breaks," dubbed as a mind numbing, pulse-pounding event focusing on dance and electronic videos from the likes of Chemical Brothers, Armand Van Helden and The Pinker Tones and live DJ sets by some of Toronto's top talents.
Firday night is the grand finale at The Mod Club, hosted by musical talent Darrin Pfeiffer. Other performances on the bill include Ill Scarlett, Roz Bell, Solitair, The Scenario, Tricky Bizzniss and HandHeld.
For shows tonight thru Thursday night at Revival Bar (783 College Street), doors open at 7:30pm. For Friday's Awards Night at The Mod Club (722 College Street West), doors are at 7pm. Tickets to each of the CraveFest Festival nights are available on Ticketbreak for $10/night for Tuesday to Thursday's events and $15 advance for Friday night. Tickets are $5 more/night at the door.
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Prof. VanHeest quoted on her work on sport science in her new book!
Behind the artistry of today's Olympic figure skaters lies some serious science. A new book by UConn professor Jaci VanHeest will make the research underlying elite skaters' training accessible for the first time to coaches and athletes everywhere.
"Every sport has its mythology, but the science is critical," says VanHeest.
Figure skating is one of the oldest Olympic sports, but there's not a lot written about the science of it. Coaches who want data-driven training techniques have very little information to go on. Jaci VanHeest, associate professor of educational psychology in the Neag School of Education with a joint appointment in kinesiology in the College of Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources, specializes in the performance of elite athletes and is a member of the Medicine and Science committee for USA Figure Skating. She and her coauthor and former graduate student in exercise physiology, Jason Vescovi, now with Skate Canada, wrote The Handbook of Sports Medicine and Science, Figure Skating to fill that gap. (Read full article)


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 Guillaume de Montmorency, baron de Montmorency (~1453–1531), französischer Adliger, Staatsmann und Kammerherr
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Largest ever animal may have been Triassic ichthyosaur super-predator
New fossil discoveries show predatory marine reptiles from 200 million years ago may have been bigger than today's blue whales – and that they evolved astonishingly rapidly
Life 29 December 2022
By Michael Marshall
Artist's impression of Stenopterygius quadriscissus, an ichthyosaur
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PREHISTORIC Earth was a place of monsters. There were 2.5-metre-long millipedes, flying reptiles with 11-metre wingspans and snakes that weighed over a tonne. But if it is the biggest animal of all time you are looking for, conventional wisdom says you don't need to step back in time. The blue whale is known to reach 30 metres in length and to weigh 199 tonnes. Nothing else in more than half a billion years of animal evolution comes close, not even the largest dinosaur.
Conventional wisdom might be wrong. The fossil record may be concealing an animal that was even bigger than a blue whale. For decades there has been a slow trickle of evidence that a truly enormous super-predator swam the seas between 200 and 250 million years ago. Now, a string of discoveries and reanalysis of previous findings has dramatically bolstered the case.
The implications are far-reaching. We don't know exactly what this huge animal looked like and it doesn't even have a name. We have, however, begun to work out how such a gigantic creature could feed itself in the prehistoric seas. Confirmation that it outgrew the blue whale would tell us that we may have drastically underestimated how large toothed carnivores can grow. More than that, the discovery that such leviathans appeared shortly after the most devastating mass extinction in Earth's history suggests we may need to rethink the factors that drive evolution on such an epic scale.
When dinosaurs ruled the land, several groups of marine reptiles dominated …
Multicellular life may have begun with brief alliances between cells
Single-celled organisms called Stentor can feed more efficiently by pairing up, illustrating a possible stage in the evolution of complex life forms
Early relatives of primates lived in the Arctic 52 million years ago
Analysis of fossilised teeth from Ellesmere Island, Canada, reveals that extinct relatives of monkeys and apes reached the Arctic during a period when the climate was hotter


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I Interview My Illustrator, Todd Harris!
So there's this guy named Todd Harris who draws all the pretty pictures for the Hero's Guide books (and the ones you see plastered all over the wallpaper of this site). Since I wrote those books (and used his artwork all over my site), I figured I should talk to him. Here's the conversation. (Read to the end for a peek at some awesome unused art from Storming the Castle!)
Todd Harris
ME: So, Todd, let me start off with a thank you for creating such awesome depictions of my characters for the Hero's Guide trilogy. More often than not, you've nailed the images I've had in my head as I wrote. I've always been curious as to how much you use the text when creating your character designs. What kind of specific cues you take from the text?
TODD: I rely on the text completely in the initial phases, all in an effort of trying to understand the personality. Once I feel like I understand that, I'll try to add little things that bring the character to life and compliment the story. Everything I draw flows from the personality of the character and the situation he's in. I'll even draw sad or happy hair depending on the scene! With good stories (like Hero's), there are unique characters and each character gets a unique shape language. For instance, Frederick is kind of a wimp (at least at the beginning of the series), and his waist is smaller than Gustav's wrist!
ME: Quite true! You throw in plenty of artistic elements that are completely the products of your own imagination—nothing in the text about them whatsoever. And some are just so darn perfect that I've added them into the text afterwards, like Duncan's neck ruff. Tell me about some more of those little Todd Harris additions (whether they were incorporated into the text or not).
TODD: I always want to give the characters something visual that will make them instantly recognizable and visually iconic. A well-written character will always have some room to add to his personality in a visual way. I like to think about what each character would be wearing, why they'd be wearing it. It is fun to explore the personality of the characters and come up with some of their backstories that aren't told in the stories. I do worry sometimes that I've gone too far and that some of my ideas will get the ax. I'm flattered that most of them were approved. It's so fun working with a team that will allow me to just get really creative. It's why the project has been such a treat for me!
ME: Besides the books themselves, what else have you used as inspiration while creating these illustrations? I know that the cover image for Storming the Castle had both rock album cover art and classic French oil painting among its inspirations.
TODD: These books fit very comfortably into my interests and range of imagination. I actually didn't have to do much research, but when I did, it was just to make sure things like clothing, the pirate ship, etc were correct for the time period. I did tour some old sailing ships in the San Diego harbor for book three. It's things like this that really make me really love my job!
ME: I toured some old sailing ships before writing book three, too! Though the ones I scouted were in Mystic, Connecticut. Mystic is a very cool name for a place, isn't it? I like boats. Anyway, moving on, who are your favorite Hero's Guide characters to draw and why? And are there any characters you grew to like more as the series went along?
TODD: Of course the four princes and Ella. Lila was fun because she went from a skinny little pampered princess to a dangerous ninja chick! I felt like I had a personal connection with all of Duncan's family; it was almost like visiting my own family reunion! In case anyone missed it, there is always a goofy animal in any scene with Duncan. He's also almost always distracted while the story is happening to everyone else (according to my wife, I am this way too). The Stumpy Boarhound patrons were a blast. You have a great way of creating unique people and creatures. It was fun to create the visuals for your imaginative ideas!
ME: Aw, shucks. You're too kind. Surely I must have goofed up somewhere. Having read all three books, are there any characters that appeared in the stories that you never got a chance to draw, but wish you had? Who did I make a big mistake with by not depicting for the readers?
TODD: The scorpiogre! Besides the scorpiogre helmet that Rundark wears, there was never a chance to show this awesome creature. I had to sketch the full creature out to figure out what the helmet would look like, so I have the drawing. Is it too late to throw it in?!!
ME: Too late to get it into the book, maybe. But not too late to show it to the readers right here. So, without further ado, let me introduce you all to… The Scorpiogre!
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Nice hat, Mr. H
Sensing no sarcasm in your comment whatsoever, I take it as an earnest compliment. Thank you for recognizing good taste when you see it.
Hello, Mr. Healy and fellow Hero's Guide fans! I'm very sorry for the short notice, but I'm having a Hero's Guide- themed birthday party in a few days, and I'd love to hear any suggestions for food and decorations that you might have. My dad said we could paint our house pink like Castlevaria, but I think he was joking. If you read this in more than a few days, I'd still like to hear your ideas, even though I couldn't use them for my party. Thank you!
First of all, yay! That's super cool! I agree that painting your house may be a bit much, though. But you could probably do Stumpy Boarhound-themed snacks, like "critter bits" and "varmint nuggets." And maybe some games, like pin the wedding dress on the unicorn or bobbing for eels. Perhaps you could have a "Spud Love" drawing contest. Costumes are always fun too. I hope it's a great party and I'd love to hear about it after it's done.
(Also, if you want more suggestions from other HG readers, you might want to try re-posting your comment on the "Send Me Stuff" page, because that one gets a lot more people reading the comments.)
Thank you! I love the idea of a drawing contest. If I get a funny picture, I'll send it to you so you can post in the Fan Art Gallery. Also, on the subject of birthdays, when are the birthdays of the Hero's Guide characters? It doesn't say in the book, but I need to know so I can celebrate them(because who doesn't?)! Thanks again!
Anabel says:
Hey Mr. Healy! I am Bea's sister. I also love your books! Bye
Hey, Bea's sister! I also love your comment! Thanks!
I was Lila for Bea's party. It was fun, but hot, because I was in a totally black outfit. 🙂
Hmm… Lila will have to choose a bounty hunter name eventually. Maybe it will be Lila the Black.
Lila can't really use that… What would Norin Blackaxe think? Black, as a bounty hunter color, is taken. Just saying.
That's a valid point. But Norin is a pretty second-rate bounty hunter. I think if Lila wanted to take his name color and force him to pick a new one, she'd win.
But, what new color would Norin take? Norin Purpleaxe (that's the first thing that popped into my mind) sounds dumb. And Norin Crimsonaxe… Don't even go there. You think of some. I challenge you to find a non-taken color that doesn't sound stupid for Norin. Anyway, Lila the Black just doesn't have that particular ring to it…
Elena Harding says:
What color would Norin take? hmm… NEW DEBATE'S UP, FOLKS! Personally, Norin Purpleaxe is funny, but how about Norin Chromeaxe? Or if that's not a color, Norin Whiteaxe?
I like Purpleax. Has a nice ring to it.
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I personally like Chromeaxe. Even if it's not a real color.
Oh, by the way, nice hat. You look exactly like one of the puffy pants song sellers. (or whatever Gustav called them) AKA bards.
Kailie!! says:
What about Norin Shadowax? Doesn't really sound stupid… Purpleax has a nice ring to it too though. Or maybe Norin Pink–no no.. not that.. Or he could change his entire last name and be Yellowfinger…
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Innovation excels through limitations. In the case of the project for a restaurant addition to an existing hotel in the Swiss Alps, the primary constraint was that construction would have to be limited to a period of six weeks. It was clear from the outset that prefabrication techniques had to be used in order to comply to the tight schedule. The entire planning phase of approximately one year was directed toward the design not only of the building, but most importantly of the sequence of construction procedures on and off site. Design encompassed the design of processes.
The building had to be assembled in parts: the larger the members, the faster and more efficient the assembly. The local timber industry was willing to collaborate. Based on discussions with manufacturers, strategies were identified as to the most resourceful application of available technologies. Selected finally was a type of hybrid construction combining both digital and analogue techniques. Computer integrated manufacturing was used to accelerate the fabrication of the pieces – allowing a direct transfer of digital information from the architect's office to the machines in the woodshop. While the primary structure was digitally cut, analogue procedures were used for the construction of the modules. Not surprising, in this respect, was the craftsmen's request to reduce the difference between the individual elements in favor of a repetition of similar parts: the more identical the units, the more proficient the manual work.
The final assembly had to be meticulously choreographed. In order to assure a high degree of coordination between the various trades, the entire structure was erected indoors – in a local factory hall – prior to the beginning of construction in situ. Sequences were rehearsed and progressively improved. This part of the work led to the pre-assembly of large modules, comprised of structural components, thermal insulation, electrical wiring, duct work, and enclosure. The size of the units was determined by transportation restraints, specifically by the height of a highway overpass along the route from the factory to the site.
The building consists of a total of eleven modules, interlocked with one another to form an entity. Whereas the units are designed to perform as distinct frames, it is only through their interconnection that structural firmness is attained. As each module is slightly tilted, a visual game ensues between the instability of the parts and the stability of the system – a distortion effect being conveyed. The building's fleeting quality is furthermore emphasized by the silver-gray color of the zinc cladding. Taking on the quality of a snakeskin, the layers of scales glimmer in the sun light.
Key to the entire assembly are the gaps between the modules. These spaces are framed with glass, resulting in a repetitive rhythm of openings for the passage of light. What emerges in formal and spatial terms is a sequential arrangement of open and closed wedges – a caterpillar-like assembly of seemingly crawling parts. Rumor has it that the building tiptoes on the ground. When covered in snow, the impression of a camouflaged structure is suggested, merging the building with its surroundings – nothing but a series of irregular bumps in the landscape.
What was explicitly an exercise in technology is in effect an exploration of architecture's sensorial properties, its latent potential to activate the senses. Working from the exigencies of real construction, the project evolves into the domain of the affect: architecture as a machine à émouvoir – the metamorphosis of a caterpillar into a butterfly.


Oh by the way, I'll be part of this reading on Saturday — 4pm at Quarterstaff Games in Burlington, VT. You should come!
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There comes a point where I have to declare a truce with the text or I'll keep fooling with it forever.
Fascinating interview on NPR's All Things Considered re: his new collection, Crow Fair. More than worth the 7 or so minutes. Go check it out.


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