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Brake - the road safety charity
Compass Brain Injury Specialists Ltd
Spinal Injuries Scotland (SIS)
Working with Digby Brown
For many years, we have been working closely with a number of charities to support them both financially and practically. We are proud to say that as Digby Brown grows, so too does our ethos of giving something back and playing an active role in communities around Scotland.
In 2016, we were named Corporate Social Responsibility Firm of the Year at the Law Awards 2016 and the Scott & Co. Legal Awards have recognised our work in this area as well – Digby Brown won the Community Contribution Award in 2014, 2015, 2018 and 2019.
Below is just a flavour of the inspirational charities and organisations we support and some of the work we do together:
The charity supports sufferers of asbestos-related conditions and their families across Scotland with access to legal and welfare advice as well as running carers and support groups.
Digby Brown colleagues from our Dundee office and across the country have taken part in a raft of fundraising activities and we supported the charity in raising the profile of asbestos related conditions and the dangers of asbestos.
Our Industrial Disease team at Digby Brown has close links with Clydebank Asbestos Group, a Scottish charity set up in 1992 to help asbestos sufferers and bereaved relatives.
Bobath Scotland is a charity which provides therapy for people living with cerebral palsy. We support Bobath in a number of ways including their first ever World Cerebral Palsy Day conference which took place in October 2014 and was attended by over 200 people. We have continued to support this event which takes place in October every year. To register for this conference, please visit http://cerebralpalsyscotland.org.uk/conference
Supporting those affected by a Spinal Cord Injury…
Digby Brown's Winter Dinner Dance for Spinal Injuries Scotland has been running for more than 15 years and is the highlight of our fundraising calendar.
Every year this event is a real team effort between staff members and partners of Digby Brown, Clinical and support staff at the Spinal Injuries unit at the Southern General Hospital and staff and members of Spinal Injuries Scotland. The event has now raised over £600,000 to support this inspirational organisation.
As part of the Digby Brown's ongoing support and commitment to those affected by a spinal cord injury in Scotland, the firm sponsor the Caledonian Crushers, Glasgow's wheelchair rugby club. The firm has arranged for members of the Scottish Rugby team to attend a training session with the Crushers and Digby Brown staff members have also taken part in games.
Digby Brown were delighted to announce a new partnership in 2018 with basketballscotland, supporting Wheelchair Basketball here in Scotland. This organisation is dedicated to giving wheelchair users back their independence and improving their well-being.
Horatio's Garden Scotland
Horatio's Garden offers a tranquil place outside for patients with a spinal cord injury to go to with their families and friends. Digby Brown are supporting their events and activities programme for patients at the Scottish National Spinal Injuries Unit.
Helping out in the world of traumatic head injury...
The Child Brain Injury Trust supports children, their families and professionals and helps the families come to terms with what has happened. Digby Brown provide a range of support to help this charity, including our staff volunteering to help put on family events throughout the year.
Compass BISL provide specialist services for adults, children and young people with acquired brain injury (ABI) within the Dumfries and Galloway area. Digby Brown provide legal services to members such as advice about benefits and securing compensation.
Head Injury Information Days
We have held Head Injury Information Days across Scotland including Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Inverness and Dumfries. Head Injury Information Days bring together people living with acquired brain injuries, their families and carers, along with organisations and professionals working in the field.
We support Brake, the road safety charity in its work to reduce the needless injuries and deaths on our roads as a result of road traffic accidents. Fraser Simpson, Partner in Digby Brown, volunteers as Brake's Scottish spokesperson and we have supported Brake's Road Safety Awareness Week activities and Rural Road Safety campaigns among others.
Local Charity Partnerships
Each year, our seven offices nominate a local charity partner to support for the year. This year's charity partners are:
Glasgow Local Charity - Brothers in Arms
Edinburgh Local Charity - Health in Mind
Dundee Local Charity - Wellbeing Works
Inverness Local Charity - Mikey's Line
Kirkcaldy Local Charity - Support in Mind Scotland, Fife Services
Aberdeen Local Charity - Sunrise Partnership
Ayr Local Charity - Beautiful Inside & Out

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PCMag India News & Analysis
Bezos: Amazon Workers Don't Have Enough Face Masks
Both employees and contractors are in warehouses distributing orders without adequate protection during the coronavirus outbreak.
By Justin Herrick
Amazon will not shut down its e-commerce operations despite lacking enough face masks to protect all employees and contractors in its warehouses. In an open letter, co-founder and CEO Jeff Bezos revealed the status of Amazon's logistics and supply chain amid the coronavirus outbreak. It continues to distribute orders in most regions, but Bezos confirmed the people behind these processes to gather, ship, and deliver items are unable to work from home. So they're now left vulnerable as Amazon can't obtain face masks due to the global shortage.
Bezos didn't hide the fact that Amazon relies on these people significantly. Since they're responsible for the distribution of orders, employees and contractors located in warehouses can't remain at home and do their job. Amazon needs them if it plans on fulfilling customers' orders while the coronavirus outbreak carries into the next few weeks and months. It does put employees and contractors' health at risk, though.
It appears Amazon will just wait until face masks are available again. Bezos said purchase orders for millions of units were submitted, but few of them have been fulfilled. Governments around the world are directing the supply of face masks to hospitals, clinics, and other high-priority medical providers.
"There is no instruction manual for how to feel at a time like this, and I know this causes stress for everyone," Bezos said in his note. "My list of worries right now — like yours I'm sure — is long: from my own children, parents, family, friends, to the safety of you, my colleagues, to those who are already sick, and to the real harm that will be caused by the economic fallout across our communities."
Last week, one employee located in New York City tested positive for the coronavirus. Amazon closed the warehouse that measures 80,000 square feet and oversees 200 workers. It has since reopened the Queens-based facility after a deep cleaning, but workplace organization Amazonians United New York City still feels the workers' health can get compromised.
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In Mexico, a profound change is occurring in the drug trade.
Where cartels once focused on smuggling marijuana and cocaine to the United States, they are now turning more and more to a new product: heroin.
The nonprofit Hudson Institute estimated the amount of pure heroin produced in Mexico in 2015 rose 67% over the 2014 numbers, and 170% over the estimates for 2013. Officials from both Mexico and the United States estimated at least a 50% jump in production in 2014, according to the New York Times.
The BBC's Ian Pannell has found that Mexican supply networks for heroin are threatening to replace traditional smuggling routes from Central Asia and Afghanistan.
Pannell spent time with farmers, traffickers and users, and discovered that this new strategy reflects changing business conditions for illegal narcotics.
One factor is the declining profit margins for marijuana smuggling. As more of the U.S. decriminalizes the medical and recreational use of pot, local US production has increased exponentially. Illegally smuggled product from Mexico is unable to compete on either quality or price with this legally grown cannabis.
At the same time, the U.S. prescription opioid epidemic has driven a new spike in demand for heroin. One Mexican farmer described the change to Pannell as a simple one. "He is no longer growing the green flower [marijuana], he is growing the red flower [poppies], because that is where the money is."
This article originally appeared on GlobalPost and PRI.org. Its content was created separately to USA TODAY.


Today, my daughter is graduating from 8th grade. She looked so beautiful when she left for school. It's so hard to believe she's going to be 14 and in high school next year. She's changed a lot in the last year and it's kind of sad. She's not my little baby anymore.


I'm trying to have a very accessible sound, melodic, pop electro crossover with acoustic instruments in all my tracks.
What does a day in the life of Klingande look like?
If I'm home it will be easy routine, waking up, doing my sport, and then go downstairs in my studio, work my music, and I'm doing this pretty much all day. On tour, well it's different but you know that!
I think when I was 10 or something, I really connected with music when I was a teenager after that, and it grew in me year after year.
A lot of different artists and music genre, I was inspired by the music and success of Avicii or Swedish House Mafia back in the days, then I got inspired from Klangkarussell, Bakermat.. And now I have a lot of respect for Robin Schulz, Kygo, but also Feder, LeMarquis or Clean Bandit, and the list is long!
I was listening progressive house, music from the early ages of Eric Prydz, Axwell, but also more pop rock music like U2, Coldplay, Oasis. I think that's what created this envy to cross pop and electronic music.
Ahah I'll never share this one!
After a few years on the road this is always a very difficult question. I think because it was a real highlight I'll say my band show in NYC at Playstation theater. Playing with all these people on stage, live, in a great venue on Time Square, what else?
There is so much highlight, great shows, great achievements.. It's difficult to choose. I'm actually really proud everyday of what we did and what we are doing.
Flume, Clean Bandit, Calvin Harris, Drake, but also Louis The Child, LeMarquis, Autograf, Michael Calfan… There is so much talent, from the world famous ones, to some who deserve more exposure!
Never give up, always work your skills and never forget that the public bring you where you are.
I'll be mostly in Europe this summer, in France, Germany, Belgium, UK… This Saturday I'll be in Lyon, next week in Korea for Ultra Festival and going on.
I have my summer tour until end of August, my next single will be released end of August or beginning of September. I'll also go back in Australia and Asia in September. Then I'll reduce the tour schedule at the end of the year, like I do every year now to focus on music and promo. That's a really exciting year for me!
Wanna know more? Check out his insta @klingandemusic and listen to his selected playlist here.


Sitar player and composer Anoushka Shankar is a singular figure in the Indian classical and progressive world music scenes. Deeply rooted in the Indian classical music tradition, Anoushka studied under her father and guru, the late Ravi Shankar, and made her professional debut at the age of 13. By the age of 20, she had received her first Grammy nomination, thereby becoming the first Indian female and youngest-ever nominee in the World Music category. She received a subsequent four Grammy nominations for her albums Rise, Traveller, Traces of You and the focus of this performance, Home.


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Q: array reordering based on key in php I want to re-arrange the following array where the alphabetic key should come first and then numerical keys.
Actually array is as follows.
Array
(
[1] => completed
[2] => completed
[3] => completed
[4] => completed
[5] =>
[user_name] => ABCD
)

and the output should looks as
 Array
(
[user_name] => ABCD
[1] => completed
[2] => completed
[3] => completed
[4] => completed
[5] =>
)

Thanks in advance.

A: You need a custom sort like:
uksort($a, function($a, $b){

    if ( (is_numeric($a) && ! is_numeric($b)) ) {
        return 1;
    }

    if (!is_numeric($a) && is_numeric($b)) {
        return -1;
    }

    return $a > $b ? 1 : ($a == $b ? 0 : -1);

});

A: The function you need is uksort(). It sorts the array by keys, maintaining the key-value associations and allows you to write the sorting rules.
It could be like this:
$data = [
    1 => 'completed',
    2 => 'Completed',
    3 => 'completed',
    4 => 'completed',
    5 => NULL,
    'user_name' => 'KABCD',
];

uksort(
    $data,
    function ($a, $b) {
        if (is_string($a)) {
            return is_string($b) ? strcmp($a, $b) : -1;
        } else {
            return is_string($b) ? +1 : ($a - $b);
        }
    }
);

The callback function always returns "string < integer" when the types of the passed keys differ and it uses the appropriate comparison method when they are the same.
In PHP 7 the function can be written using the new comparison operator:
    function ($a, $b) {
        if (is_string($a)) {
            return is_string($b) ? ($a <=> $b) : -1;
        } else {
            return is_string($b) ? +1 : ($a <=> $b);
        }
    }

A: This test out OK, I think.
https://iconoun.com/demo/temp_chiru.php
Man page ref: http://php.net/manual/en/array.sorting.php
Recommend that you try the link before you downvote this or send the author on a wild goose chase writing user code to do what is already built into PHP!

<?php // demo/temp_chiru.php
/**
 * User-Sorting an array
 *
 * https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45332372/array-reordering-based-on-key-in-php
 * http://php.net/manual/en/function.ksort.php
 */
error_reporting(E_ALL);
echo '<pre>';

$arr = Array
( '1' => 'completed'
, '2' => 'completed'
, '3' => 'completed'
, '4' => 'completed'
, '5' => NULL
, 'user_name' => 'ABCD'
)
;

ksort($arr);
var_dump($arr);

$arr = Array
( 1 => 'completed'
, 2 => 'completed'
, 3 => 'completed'
, 4 => 'completed'
, 5 => NULL
, 'user_name' => 'ABCD'
)
;

ksort($arr);
var_dump($arr);

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A Brief History of Living Forever
by Jaroslav Kalfar
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In an authoritarian near-future America obsessed with digital consciousness and eternal life, two long-lost siblings risk everything to save their mother from oblivion.
When Adéla discovers she has a terminal illness, she leaves behind her native Czech village for a chance at reuniting in America with Tereza, the daughter she gave up at birth, decades earlier. But the country Adéla experienced as a young woman, when she eloped with a filmmaker and starred in his cult sci-fi movie, has changed entirely. In 2030, America is ruled by an authoritarian government increasingly closed off to the rest of the world.
Tereza, the star researcher for VITA, a biotech company hellbent on discovering the key to immortality, is overjoyed to meet her mother, with whom she forms an instant, profound connection. But when their time together is cut short by shocking events, Tereza must uncover VITA's alarming activity in the wastelands of what was once Florida, and persuade the Czech brother she's never met to join her in this odds-defying adventure.
Narrated from the beyond by Adéla's restless spirit, A Brief History of Living Forever is a high-wire act of storytelling from a writer "booming with vitality and originality," whose "voice is distinct enough to leave tread marks" (New York Times). By turns insightful, moving, and funny, the novel not only confirms Jaroslav Kalfař's boundless powers of invention but also exults in the love between a mother and her daughter, which neither space nor time can sever.
"Kalfař is a wise, rapturous, and original writer . . . Eloquent, heart-stunning, and rich in awe-inspiring prose." —San Francisco Chronicle
"Relentlessly inventive . . . His writing has the same hyperactivity and fidgety contempt for generic boundaries as that of the young Safran Foer." —The Guardian
PRAISE FOR SPACEMAN OF BOHEMIA:
"Kalfar has much larger aims with Spaceman of Bohemia than to write a spry, madcap work of speculative fiction . . . He has such a lively mind and so many ideas to explore . . . Kalfar has an exhilarating flair for imagery. He writes boisterously and mordantly . . . His voice is distinct enough to leave tread marks . . . A frenetically imaginative first effort, booming with vitality and originality."—Jennifer Senior, New York Times
"Spaceman of Bohemia gets heavy-but the story, like its protagonist, flies along weightlessly. A book like this lives and dies on the strength of its first-person voice, and in that regard, Kalfar triumphs. Jakub may be self-absorbed, but he's also charming, funny, and endearingly sympathetic."—Jason Heller, NPR
"In Jaroslav Kalfar's zany first novel . . . the spaceman, the alien, and all the rest of the book's extravagant conceptual furniture are merely metaphors for the human-scale issues that are its real concerns, in particular the collapse of Jakub's marriage to Lenka. That's not to say Kalfar hasn't done his research. There are lovingly detailed passages on the minutiae of life in zero gravity, but all the whizzy space business is harnessed to the basic question of what it means to leave and whether it's possible to come back. The alien acts as a Proustian trigger for Jakub's memories . . . But for all the strangeness of outer space, it is the writing about his home village, the place to which he longs to return and perhaps never can, that beats strongest in this wry, melancholy book."—Hari Kunzru, New York Times Book Review
The author skillfully splices a barbed picture of the Czech Republic between Jakub's misadventures in the cosmos. "These include floating free inside the dust cloud and hitching a ride on a clandestine Russian space shuttle. The book suggests that every national hero has a dark side, though you may have to leave Earth to see it."—Sam Sacks, Wall Street Journal "Best New Fiction"
"Outer space, inner turmoil, fierce ambition and the hunger for love - all seem to boldly go where no novelist has gone before in Jaroslav Kalfar's audaciously moving debut, Spaceman of Bohemia...Eloquent, heart-stunning and rich in awe-inspiring prose, Spaceman of Bohemia flirts with how we leave our mark on history. But its real mission is to unravel what makes us human - and that, according to this wise, rapturous and original novel, is a connection to others."—Caroline Leavitt, San Francisco Chronicle
"Spaceman of Bohemia represents the fiery, funny launch of an exciting new voice. Jaroslav Kalfar, like a good literary astronaut, finds levity in gravity, and vice versa."—Sam Lipsyte, New York Times bestselling author of The Ask
"Spaceman of Bohemia should win many fans. With its interplanetary shenanigans and lessons in Czech history, this zany satirical debut is bursting at the seams."—Tibor Fischer, Guardian UK
"A supercharged, voice-driven romp."
—Meredith Turits, Extra Crispy
"Blend Bradbury and Lem with Saint-Exupéry and perhaps a little Kafka, and you get this talky, pleasing first novel by Czech immigrant writer Kalfar....a book built on sly, decidedly contrarian humor. Blending subtle asides on Czech history, the Cold War, and today's wobbly democracy, Kalfar's confection is an inventive, well-paced exercise in speculative fiction. An entertaining, provocative addition to the spate of literary near-future novels that have lately hit the shelves."
"Spaceman of Bohemia is an out-of-this-world look at all our beautiful smallnesses, from the cells of our biology to the bacterial minutiae of one broken heart. The roar of revolution and governmental injustice is cast against the depths of our emotions and the bottomless, grateful silence of the stars. Jaroslav Kalfar has spun an unforgettable tale, a poignant interplanetary work that collapses the distance between us with the beauty of its language and the unstoppable wonder of this universe he's created."
—Samantha Hunt, author of Mr. Splitfoot
"Spaceman of Bohemia is the best, most enjoyably heartbreaking, most fun book you'll read this year. On the surface, you'll see affinities with Gary Shteyngart, with The Martian, with Kelly Link. But Jaroslav Kalfar's voice is entirely his own. I beg you: take this strange, hilarious, profound, life-affirming trip into literary outer space."—Darin Strauss, National Book Critics Circle Award winner for Half a Life
"Spaceman of Bohemia is a wise and elegant work composed of its own unique ethereal grace-a hauntingly beautiful story of solitude, hope, family, and love that transcends, uplifts, carries the reader away."—Dinaw Mengestu, author of The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
"Spaceman of Bohemia is unforgettable: a work of breathtaking scope and heart, and a reflection of humanity that's raw and strange and profound and true."—Lisa McInerney, author of The Glorious Heresies, winner of the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction
"An exhilarating concoction of history, social commentary, and irony. Reading like Arthur C. Clarke's 2001 crossed with a Milan Kundera novel, set in a Philip K. Dick universe, with a nod to Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis, it manages to be singularly compelling while still providing mass appeal. Highly recommended."—Library Journal (starred review)
"Kalfar's writing has the same hyperactivity, and fidgety contempt for generic boundaries, as that of the young Safran Foer.... Part space opera, part folk tale, his novel is also a love song to the city of Prague.... Funny, humane and oddly down-to-earth in ways that its scenario cannot possibly convey."
—Claire Armitstead, The Guardian


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Israel Rocha Jr. joined Cook County Health (CCH) as Chief Executive Officer in December of 2020. CCH has a storied 185 year legacy of caring for all patients, regardless of income, insurance or immigration status. Today it includes two hospitals, including the Midwest's largest trauma center, more than a dozen community health centers, Cermak Health Services - the medical provider at the Cook County jail and Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, the Cook County Department of Public Health and CountyCare, the largest Medicaid managed care plan in Cook County. Through the health system and the health plan, Cook County Health serves more than 500,000 individuals each year and has a $3.8 billion budget.
Mr. Rocha came to CCH after serving as Vice President for the New York City Health + Hospitals (NYC Health + Hospitals) system and CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals Elmhurst and Queens hospitals. NYC Health + Hospitals is the largest public health system in the U.S. with a combined annual budget of more than $8 billion.
Having served on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, Mr. Rocha brought significant lessons learned with him to Cook County. He quickly established himself as a hands-on, visionary leader who can motivate his team in the middle of the world's biggest public health crisis in a century. Managing COVID patients would have been enough for many healthcare leaders but Mr. Rocha challenged the CCH team to think beyond its own walls to build what would be one of the largest community mass vaccination programs in the nation. Breathing new life into shuttered big box stores, repurposing convention centers and community colleges, and integrating vaccination initiatives at all CCH facilities and with partners across the County, CCH is well on its way to achieving Mr. Rocha's goal of administering 1 million doses of vaccine. The health system has administered more than 910,000 doses as of November 21, 2021.
Committed throughout his career to social justice and health equity, Mr. Rocha launched the Office of Equity & Inclusion at CCH in early 2021 to bring together disparate parts of the health system in a collaborative way to affect real change. This effort, coupled with a commitment to increase services and improve facilities at the system's Provident Hospital; build centers of excellence in areas that disproportionately impact people of color like heart disease and diabetes; and continue to improve the quality of care delivered by Cook County Health, has been his main focus since arriving in Chicago less than a year ago.
During his time at Elmhurst Hospital in New York, he successfully implemented an operational and clinical improvement plan that turned around financial performance from a $100M deficit to a breakeven point in less than three years. He increased patient revenue by more than $50M in 24 months through the implementation of a clinical services plan that expanded Elmhurst's market share in several key service lines. Mr. Rocha established a patient throughput and quality assurance team that reduced patient length of stay by 1.3 days, reduced ER wait times by almost 30 percent, and improved physician engagement scores by 20 percent in the first year of enactment. Working with the team at Queens, Mr. Rocha launched the development of a Sickle Cell Center of Excellence, started a Hip and Knee Joint Replacement Program and launched the development of a new Primary Stroke Center.
Mr. Rocha also served as Chairman, CEO and President for OneCity Health, a subsidiary of NYC Health + Hospitals. A public-private partnership of hundreds of organizations that helped secure more than $1.9 Billion in innovation funds from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, OneCity Health works to identify and engage patients in care before acute events by focusing on access, education, prevention, and disruption.
Mr. Rocha's early experience includes serving as the CEO of Doctors Hospital at Renaissance Health System in Edinburg, Texas and working on Capitol Hill in Washington DC. He holds a Master's Degree in Public Administration from the Wagner School of Public Service at New York University and a Bachelor's of Arts in Political Science & Environmental Science from Columbia University, NY.
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Il taxon oggetto di questa voce è obsoleto.

Secondo Bouchard et al (2011) è posto in sinonimia con Lamiini - vedi Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta) ZooKeys 88: 1-972.

I Phrissomini , sono una piccola tribù di coleotteri cerambicidi atteri diffusa soprattutto in Africa, ma con qualche specie anche nel bacino del Mediterraneo ed in Asia.

Morfologia

Adulto

I Phrissimini presentano tutte le caratteristiche morfologiche dei Lamiini, ma, a differenza di questi, sono caratterizzati da atterismo delle ali posteriori membranose. Le elitre sono accorciate, saldate lungo la sutura a formare un guscio resistentissimo. I colori predominanti sono tinte del bruno e del nero opaco e spesso gli adulti sono incrostati di terra.

Larva
La larva dei Phrissomini, bianca e carnosa, con la testa sclerificata allungata, non presenta alcuna caratteristica che la renda differente da quelle dei Lamiini.

Biologia
I Phrissomini sono specie diurne, che si possono facilmente incontrare mentre trotterellano sui sentieri o aggrappati sul tronco delle piante ospiti.
Rispetto ad altri cerambicidi sono di indole piuttosto tranquilla, tuttavia non è difficile incontrare individui con arti mutilati (soprattutto Morimus), a causa di lotte infraspecifiche per la conquista della femmina.
Le larve si nutrono di legno morto di svariate latifoglie.

Sistematica

Dibattito
Il solo atterismo non è sembrato ad alcuni autori un carattere sufficiente per giustificare la formazione di una tribù.
Il fatto poi che l'atterismo si sia sviluppato indipendentemente in molti altri gruppi di Cerambycoidea o in generale di coleotteri,  potrebbe indicare che i Phrissomini siano in realtà una tribù polifiletica.
Perciò alcuni specialisti considerano i Phrissomini solo dei Lamiini con speciali adattamenti involutivi all'habitat.

Specie italiane
I Phrissomini sono rappresentati in Italia solo da due generi e tre specie, la cui posizione sistematica è anch'essa fonte di dibattito tra gli studiosi.

Morimus
Morimus asper
Morimus funereus
A questi si aggiunge Morimus ganglbaueri , una forma intermedia ai precedenti, considerata sottospecie del primo o del secondo, ibrido o sottospecie distinta.

Herophila  = Dorcatypus
 Herophila tristis

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Cerambycidae
Fauna africana
Fauna asiatica

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God forbid. We who died to sin, how shall we any longer live therein?
In no way. How may we, who are dead to sin, be living in it any longer?
By no means: how shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
May it never be! We who died to sin, how could we live in it any longer?
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Clarke's Romans 6:2 Bible Commentary
God forbid - Μη γενοιτο, Let it not be; by no means; far from it; let not such a thing be mentioned! - Any of these is the meaning of the Greek phrase, which is a strong expression of surprise and disapprobation: and is not properly rendered by our God forbid! for, though this may express the same thing, yet it is not proper to make the sacred Name So familiar on such occasions.
How shall we, that are dead to sin - The phraseology of this verse is common among Hebrews, Greeks, and Latins. To Die to a thing or person, is to have nothing to do with it or him; to be totally separated from them: and to live to a thing or person is to be wholly given up to them; to have the most intimate connection with them. So Plautus, Clitell. iii. 1, 16: Nihil mecum tibi, Mortuus Tibi Sum. I have nothing to do with thee; I am Dead to thee. Persa, i. 1, 20: Mihi quidem tu jam Mortuus Eras, quia te non visitavi. Thou wast Dead to me because I visited thee not. So Aelian, Var. Hist. iii.:13: Ὁτι φιλοινοτατον εθνος το των Ταπυρων, τοσουτον, ὡστε ζῃν αυτους εν οινῳ, και το πλειστον του βιου εν τῃ προς αυτον ὁμιλιᾳ καταναλισκειν· "The Tapyrians are such lovers of wine, that they Live in wine; and the principal part of their Life is Devoted to it." They live to wine; they are insatiable drunkards. See more examples in Wetstein and Rosenmuller.
Barnes's Romans 6:2 Bible Commentary
God forbid - By no means. Greek, It may not be; Note, Romans 3:4. The expression is a strong denial of what is implied in the objection in Romans 6:1.
How shall we? ... - This contains a reason of the implied statement of the apostle, that we should not continue in sin. The reason is drawn from the fact that we are dead in fact to sin. It is impossible for these who are dead to act as if they were alive. It is just as absurd to suppose that a Christian should desire to live in sin as that a dead man should put forth the actions of life.
That are dead to sin - That is, all Christians. To be dead to a thing is a strong expression denoting that it has no influence over us. A man that is dead is uninfluenced and unaffected by the affairs of this life. He is insensible to sounds, and tastes, and pleasures; to the hum of business, to the voice of friendship, and to all the scenes of commerce, gaiety, and ambition. When it is said, therefore, that a Christian is dead to sin, the sense is, that it has lost its influence ever him; he is not subject to it; he is in regard to that, as the man in the grave is to the busy scenes and cares of this life. The expression is not infrequent in the New Testament; Galatians 2:19, "For I ...am dead to the law;" Colossians 3:3, "For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God;" 1 Peter 2:24, "Who ...bare our sins ...that we, being dead to sin," etc. The apostle does not here attempt to prove that Christians are thus dead, nor to state in what way they become so. He assumes the fact without argument. All Christians are thus in fact dead to sin. They do not live to sin; nor has sin dominion over them. The expression used here by the apostle is common in all languages. We familiarly speak of a man's being dead to sensual pleasures, to ambition, etc., to denote that they have lost their influence over him.
Live any longer therein - How shall we, who have become sensible of the evil of sin, and who have renounced it by solemn profession, continue to practice it? It is therefore abhorrent to the very nature of the Christian profession. It is remarkable that the apostle did not attempt to argue the question on metaphysical principles. He did not attempt to show by abstruse argument that this consequence did not follow; but he appeals at once to Christian feeling, and shows that the supposition is abhorrent to that. To convince the great mass of people, such an appeal is far better than labored metaphysical argumentation. All Christians can understand that; but few would comprehend an abstruse speculation. The best way to silence objections is, sometimes, to show that they violate the feelings of all Christians, and that therefore the objection must be wrong.
(Considerable difficulty exists in regard to the meaning of the expression "dead to sin? Certainly the most obvious interpretation is that given above in the Commentary, namely, that Christians are insensible to sin, as dead persons to the charms and pleasures of life. It has, however, been objected to this view, that it is inconsistent with fact, since Christians, so far from being insensible to sin, are represented in the next chapter as carrying on a perpetual struggle with it. The corrupt nature, though weakened, is not eradicated, and too frequently occasions such mournful falls, as leave little doubt concerning its existence and power. Mr. Scott seems to have felt this difficulty, for, having explained the phrase of "separation from iniquity, as a dead man ceases from the actions of life," he immediately adds, "not only ought this to be the believer's character, but in a measure it actually is so." It is not probable. however, that the apostle meant by the strong expression under discussion, that believers were not altogether "dead to sin," but only in a measure.
Perhaps we shall arrive at a more satisfactory meaning of the words by looking at the analogous expression in the context, used in reference to Christ himself. He also, in the 10th verse, is said to have "died unto sin," and the believer, in virtue of union with Christ, is regarded as" dead with him," Romans 6:8; and, in consequence of this death with Christ, is moreover freed, or rather justified, δεδίκαιωται dedikaiōtai from sin, Romans 6:7. Now it cannot be said of Christ that he died unto sin, in the sense of becoming dead to its charms. for it was never otherwise with him. The believer, therefore, cannot be dead with Christ in this way; nor on this ground, can he be justified from sin, since justification proceeds upon something very different from our insensibility to sinful pleasures. What then is the meaning of the language when applied to Christ? Sin is here supposed to be possessed of certain power. That power or strength the apostle tells us elsewhere is derived from the Law. "The strength of sin is the law," which demands satisfaction to its injured honor, and insists on the infliction of its penalty. Though then Jesus had no sin of his own, yet when he voluntarily stood in the room of sinners, sin, or its strength, namely, the Law, had power over him, until he died, and thus paid the penalty. His death cancelled every obligation. Henceforth, sin had no more power to exact anything at his hands.
Now Christians are one with Christ. When he died unto sin, they are regarded as having died unto it also, and are therefore, equally with their covenant head, justified from it. Sin, or its strength, the Law, has from the moment of the saint's union with Christ, no more power to condemn him, than human laws have to condemn one over again who had already died to answer the demands of justice. "The law has dominion over a man so long only as he liveth." On the whole, then, the expression "dead to sin," is to be regarded as entirely parallel with that other expression in the seventh chapter, "dead to the law," that is, completely delivered from its authority as a covenant of works, and more especially from its power to condemn.
This view exercises a decided influence an the believer's sanctification. "How shall we that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?" The two things are incompatible. If in virtue of union with Christ, we are dead with him, and freed from the penalty of sin, shall not the same union secure our deliverance from its dominion? "If we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him."
The whole argument, from the 1st to the 11th verse, proceeds upon the fact of the saint's union with Christ.)
Wesley's Romans 6:2 Bible Commentary
6:2 Dead to sin - Freed both from the guilt and from the power of it.


The Eden Project is hosting a weekend of marine-themed activities to mark the launch of a stunning visual and audio installation revealing the invisible life in the world's oceans.
INVISIBLE WORLDS OCEAN: PLANKTON CHRONICLES by Christian Sardet & The Macronauts features magnificent photography that explores the beauty and diversity of plankton.
The exhibition, previously shown at the KYOTOGRAPHIE EXHIBITION in Japan and as part of "THE GREAT ORCHESTRA OF ANIMALS EXHIBITION" at the Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art in Paris, finds a permanent home at Eden in Bodelva, Cornwall.
OCEAN: PLANKTON CHRONICLES opens at Eden on Saturday, February 2, with two full days of events and activities for all ages, including family shows, crafts, storytelling and book signings.
During the launch weekend visitors can come face to face with creatures of the deep - including whales, dolphins, turtles and basking sharks - in educational workshops featuring incredible life-sized inflatable models. Run by the Whale Workshop, the sessions will show how everyone can make a difference for marine wildlife.
There will be a madcap show called Operation Ocean from the Eden Storytellers and science workshops will be hosted in the state-of-the-art Lab in the Core education building, home of Invisible Worlds, where everyone can view plankton close-up.
There will also be demonstrations and talks by Christian and Noé as well as marine biologists from Plymouth Marine Laboratory and the Marine Biology Association.
On display will be the haunting Ghostnet Dress made from discarded Cornish fishing nets. The powerful and provocative outfit was created by Linda Thomas of Ecodesign to raise awareness of marine pollution.
Visitors can create their own piece of sea-themed craft to take home, including plankton mandalas, with help from Eden's craft team, and children can have their faces painted to imitate marine creatures.
Dr Jo Elworthy, Eden's Director of Interpretation, said: "We are delighted to host this compelling exhibition by Christian Sardet & The Macronauts which reveals the extraordinary invisible life in oceans.
"Most planktonic creatures are microscopic in size but play a huge role in underpinning our food chain and regulating our climate. These vital creatures face many challenges today, including plastic pollution and climate change.
OCEAN: PLANKTON CHRONICLES is part of a programme of events, temporary exhibitions, talks and workshops at the Eden Project exploring new collaborations between science and art as part of Eden's Invisible Worlds programme.
Its centrepiece is ∞ Blue (Infinity Blue), a huge, ceramic, 'breathing' sculpture that pays homage to cyanobacteria, amongst the world's smallest living beings which, around three billion years ago, produced the world's first free oxygen.
Invisible Worlds is supported by the Wellcome Trust, Arts Council England and the Wolfson Foundation.
Entry to INVISIBLE WORLDS OCEAN: PLANKTON CHRONICLES and the launch weekend on February 2 and 3 is included with Eden admission, Pass or Membership. There is an additional price for face painting.


Presented in honor of Walt Whitman's birthday, Kim takes part in a free lunchtime concert, reading her poems about Whitman's life, interspersed between Whitman's poems set to music and performed by soprano soloist Jennifer Piazza-Pick. For a fee, participants can opt to stay on for a three-course Whitman-themed luncheon after the concert; advance reservations for the luncheon required. Presented as part of the Walt Whitman 200 Festival.


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DISCOTROPIC | Alien Talk Show
Thursday, October 22, 2015, 6:30 - 9pm
niv Acosta. Photo by Amos Mac
Bring Your Own Body, an exhibition focusing on transgender artists and archives, presents a free, public event.
In DISCOTROPIC | Alien Talk Show (2015) niv Acosta seizes on an elementary medium of transgender exposure—television and the confessional culture of the talk show—to explore the relationships between science fiction, disco, astrophysics, and the black American experience. In collaboration with performers Monstah Black, Justin Allen, André D. Singleton (aka Brohogany Opulence), and Ashley Brockington he tapes a talk show to revisit past futures and claim a fantastical site of possibility. DISCOTROPIC is episodical and has premiered earlier episodes as a part of New Museum's Triennial 'Surround Audience' 2015 as well as in the Museum of Contemporary African Diasooran Art's (MoCADA) Brooklyn Soul Festival 'Black August' 2015.
Doors open at 6:30. Taping begins at 7:00.
niv Acosta is an award winning and nationally acclaimed multi-medium artist based in Brooklyn, NY. His intersectional identities as transgender, queer, and black-dominican have continuously inspired his community based work. niv's work and thought leadership has been featured in many publications including Performance Journal, VICE, Brooklyn Magazine, Apogee Journal and more. His performance work has shown at various spaces nationally including The Kimmel Center (Philly), Human Resources (L.A.), MOMA PS1, Studio Museum, New York Live Arts, New Museum, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Danspace Project among many. niv has collaborated with artists Deborah Hay, André Singleton, Monstah Black, A.K. Burns, Andrea Geyer, Ralph Lemon, Ishmael Houston-Jones, Larissa Velez-Jackson.
Located at 41 Cooper Square, on Third Avenue between 6th and 7th Streets.


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"NUTRECUL: Nutritive Trees Cultivation" by Jean DB, Director (AWDF)
Thread: "NUTRECUL: Nutritive Trees Cultivation" by Jean DB, Director (AWDF)
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African Wildlife Defence Force (AWDF) – forestry department, "The Nutrecul Project"
"NUTRECUL: Nutritive Trees Cultivation"
by Jean DB, Director AWDF
In 2012, I met the Flemish bakery consultant and former colonial Guido Lasat. For 25 years he had worked together with the CICM Missionaries on an agro-forestry project in the rainforest of the D.R.Congo. As proud Congolese quarter blood, horticulturist and nature lover I was looking for a solution to help the population in the land of my grandfather. My biggest dream was to help the local population. And to find a solution in the fight against malnutrition. But also to protect the environment and create an income generation. Mr Guido Lasat probably saw in me a successor to continue the project of the Fathers. And so one day after previous talks he handed me a folder of papers and scientific articles of field work. The last thing he said to me then; "I give you a project. It is actually a poison gift. But I am convinced that you are the right person. Be careful and you will help many people." I never heard of him. And a year and a half later I came to know that he died from cancer.
Deep in the rainforest on the banks of the Congo River, in the middle of the pygmy villages, the Belgian father Jacques Bijttebier had a mission post. During the rainy season of 1974 father Jacques Bijttebier noted that some pygmy men did not return to the village from their hunting trip. He was worried, but elsewhere in the village the elders told him that it was an annual event, and that the spirits of the forest had token the men. This Belgian Catholic father did not resign and went forth deep into the forest. What he discovered next In the forest, was a large tree with majestic fruits. And skeletons of many generations of pygmies on the ground around the trunk of the tree. The Pygmies had apparently walked among these tropical looking Christmas tree. But unfortunately some of these little guys were killed after being hit through the green Christmas balls. I need to disappoint you, because he did not find a black Santa. This was his first introduction to the Treculia africana or African breadfruit tree. Boimbo like the pygmies called it. This tree was maybe a discovery for him. But it was 129 years earlier discovered by a French botanist A.Trecul.
During the following 19 years, Father Bijttebier did research to the traditional use of the fruits and its benefit. He selected the best varieties of the Congo and mapped the dissemination area of the Treculia africana, while working closely with several laboratories in Belgium. Including the laboratories for cattle feeding, soil-genesis and soil-geography, tropical forestry, biochemistry of nutrition of the Universities of Leuven and Ghent. But also the laboratory of the company Vandermoortele, an international manufacturer of edible oils and fats. In 1978 he wrote an essay about his bake tests using Treculia flour. And in the early 90s he travelled around the world to speak about the properties and nutritional value of this plant.
This multipurpose tree species is a suitable source of firewood and charcoal. But also for the provision of food for the local population. The seeds are extracted after macerating the fruit in water and then ground to a meal, known as breadfruit flour, which can be used to produce a variety of baked foods. A non-alcoholic beverage almond milk, can be prepared from powdered seeds, which is recommended as a breakfast drink. Seeds can be dried, fried or roasted and eaten, and edible oil can be extracted from them. The grains have an excellent polyvalent dietetic value, the biological value of its proteins exceeds even that of soybeans. And the flour can be made into bread, pasta, table oil, margarine and baby food. Even the fruit-head pulp and bran which contain 9.4% and 5.7% protein, respectively can be used in livestock feed. Monkeys are very fond of the fruit and extract the seeds.
What's even more interesting about this tree species is that they start bearing fruits after 3-5 years and on a plot of 1ha (or 2.5acres), 500 trees can produce up to 10 tons of fruits in there mature stadium. And the fruits need no plucking, one fetches them simply at the foot of the tree throughout the year . The tree is a soil improver and a good source of mulch which allows inter-cropping systems in agro forestry. Also, the collection and sales of seeds of Treculia africana could provides seasonal and off-season income.
The Treculia africana is a fruit tree of rivierine forest in tropical Africa. And is usually found near streams or in swampy areas in forests. It is not very light demanding and will grow in a wide variety of soils and climate conditions. It will thrive in most tropical and subtropical regions. Belgian missionaries have planted this tree in the south of Congo in Lubumbashi which is a dry wood/bush area. But also in Chad which is Sahel.
In 1974 Father Jaqcues Bijttebier mapped the dissemination area of the Treculia in Africa (under the guidance of the FAO). Strengthened by the geographic coordinates, calculated according to precise data from the exicata of the Treculia africana in Tropical Africa, it became possible for Father Jaqcues Bijttebier to bring these natural sites of the tree, with great accuracy, upon the pedologic maps of Africa. Afterwards the files where submitted to Dr. ir. J. d'Hoore, at that time Professor of Soil-Genesis and Soil-Geography at the Katholic University of Leuven (Belgium), who has studied them with his assistants. He also looked up for each of the natural sites of the species, the registered climatic data. Accordingly he believed he was able to conclude that as a whole, the Treculia africana is not exacting concerning the soil-structure, from the moment that it can be reforested, although better harvest are surely to be expected on better soils. The extrapolation of these pedologic and climatic data, pointing out about 8000 places in the tropical and subtropical regions of the whole world, situated between latitude 17°30'N and 27°30'S. In every of these 8000 places, research of the soil-structure and climatic data are made. The species will adapt itself in nearly all the tropical and subtropical regions between the cited degrees of latitude. And thus is an interesting crop to be introduced in the Third World.
Since 1974, they know at the FAO on the research of the Belgian father and Belgian universities. How is it that this tree then fell into oblivion? Well, in 2012 after visiting the FAO HQ in Italy. I discovered this was not the case. They deliberately conceals on the research of the father. And for the following reasons… First of all, forget that the UN is a peaceful charitable organization. All his daughter Organizations like e.g. FAO, UNDP, UNEP etc are corrupt and infiltrated by lobby groups. Also you need to know, POVERTY = BIG BUSINESS. Every year the UN spends 25 Billion $ on humanitarian aid for Africa. Everything is funded by donating countries, paid with western tax money. Many companies depend on sales of goods to the UN. And of course the World Bank also grabs it… But that's not all. If African countries start promoting Treculia like they do in Nigeria. Then they will become self-sufficient. That's what they promote in the west, but do not want. It's the same like promoting democracy in the south. But once those countries decide to establish an anti-Western government, overthrowing them. Another tidbit; African farmers are yearly requesting to their government for quality plant seeds from the west. Those governments will then borrow money at the IMF for to buy the seeds from Europe or USA. Do you really think that companies send good seeds to the south? NO THEY DON'T. 75-90% of the quality seeds is kept for the western market while 10-25% of the poor quality seeds is send to the south. Why they do this? So the poor farmer would ask the following year for new seeds again and the business continues.
To fast multiply Treculia trees through tissue culture, it would cost me 2,5 $/tree. And I calculate that they need to plant at least 2 million ha or 1 billion trees all over Africa to be able to nourish the people. This would translate into 500 trees planted / ha. With a harvest of 10 tons / ha after 5-10 years, this would translate into 20 million tons of fruits a year. Enough food for Africa. The one-time cost would be only $2,5 Billion. Which cost less than the UN price tag of $25 billion a year. O yes, don't forget that all the trees together will sequestering 1,13 billion of tons of CO2 over 30 years.
There are some families, companies and financial institutions in the western world that are trying to stop me. Because I'm cultivating a tree species which can contribute to the fight against climate change mitigation and malnutrition in Africa. I'm convinced that I can help the poor farmers. And therefore I can no longer remain silent. Those who are trying to prevent me to help others are evil.
On the advice of the Belgian fathers I have collected as many plant material and seeds. And placed on tissue culture in five laboratories in Africa and Europe. I even went to destroy the test fields in the forest. Just to be sure no western company would monopolize the project. Currently I have 15 cultivars coming directly from father Bijttebier's testing fields.
I'm planning to set up soon a testing field in Kenya (in cooperation with KEFRI), in Uganda (PEA) and South Sudan (Government). But I hope the project will expand rapidly through working together with African government and NGOs. If I can plant 5000ha in South Sudan and a small 10ha testing field in Turkana. I'll be more than happy. All NGO's, farmer organizations and governments are free to contact me.
I'm back from a trip in Hollywood. And currently in Europe and preparing myself for a TED talk https://www.ted.com/ soon in USA.
I'll soon post news from Kenya and South Sudan aswell...
(sorry for my bad english, I'm native Dutch and French-speaking)
Director AWDF - forestry department Nutrecul
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Zack Larsen is a senior at Coral Coast High. Minor character in the Lab Rats universe. His older sister is a famous actress. He us extremely involved in the school he goes to. He's in the Speech and Debate team. He's the president of Student Council. He also participates in musicals. He likes most of Ariana Grande's songs. His favorite is Breathin, but he hates Monopoly. He's been reported to be a very kind person. However, Bree has doubts about his true nature. Chase likes him, since both are very smart. His first appearance is in the episode "Too Nice" it's revealed he wants to be a lawyer when he grows up.


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WINNER! Audience Choice Award - Valley Film Festival 2008.
This is the trailer for the thriller short film I produced with Jason Miller (gODHEAD) and directed. This short film stars Jason Miller (Godhead), Persia White (TV'S "Girlfriends" & "Vampire Diaries"), Zack Throne (TV'S Original "Beverly Hills 90210" & "The Heights").


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Kolomina (també apareix com Kolominé però probablement és un error) és una ciutat de Mali a la regió de Kayes, a uns 30 km al sud d'aquesta població. Avui dia té uns centenars d'habitants.

La nit abans de l'entrada francesa a Nioro, Ahmadu va fugir amb les seves dones; es va dirigir al nord per arribar a Macina a través del desert però en arribar a l'estany de Gorogadio, fou advertit que s'acostava el tinent Marchand. Per por de ser capturat va donar la volta i va acampar a uns 30 km al sud de Nioro, prop de Kolomina, on, reconfortat per Aly-Boury (ex rei del Djolof), que assegurava que els colonialistes estaven molt afeblits, va decidir perllongar la lluita per recuperar la seva capital i se'n va anar a Youri on va cridar als seus partidaris per reconstruir l'exèrcit.

Quan es va saber que Ahmadu anava a Kolomina, el tinent Marchand va enviar un escamot manat per Hardiviller amb 800 cavallers auxiliars cap a Tourougoumbé, un altre escamot de spahis auxiliares a Dingoi per barrar la ruta de Dianghirté, i ell mateix va avançar amb la seva companyia per Dioroni sobre Kolomina on el 5 de gener va saber que Ahmadu havia estat derrotat a Youri; considerant la seva missió acabada es va reunir amb Hardiviller i junts van retornar a Nioro.

Referències
 Histoire de la conquête du Soudan français (1878-1899)" pel Tinent Gatelet

Ciutats de Mali


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Stars of 'BOOKSMART' talk friendship and message behind the film
An incredibly hilarious coming-of-age movie you don't want to miss
By Jesus J. Montero
It is difficult to depict real-life feelings and emotions onscreen accurately. Very few teen comedy's nail showing the truth that adolescent face as they approach adulthood. Booksmart captures the reality and hard facts of friendship and a lot more.
There are many reasons to watch the incredibly hilarious Booksmart. From the perfectly ensembled cast, inclusive modern storytelling, and the flat-out insanely witty chemistry of its two leads.
First-time director, Olivia Wilde, shines with a rapid-fire delivery of non-stop laughs. The straightforward story of teen friendship guides us through a night that many can relate to. The fear of missing out makes us reevaluate what's important in life.
In Booksmart, we follow Amy (Kaitlyn Dever) and Molly (Beanie Feldstein) as two overachieving high school seniors reflecting their life choices the night before graduation. Feldstein discovers that all of her peers who partied non-stop during high school all got accepted into Ivy League universities too.
Furious, Feldstein convinces Dever that they must embark on one epic party night filled with bad behavior. They both feel they've missed out on the "high school experience", because they focused all their attention on preparing for life after graduation.
This teen comedy is breaking the mold in more ways than its often compared, another groundbreaking teen comedy film, Superbad. Superbad created and established careers for over a decade. Booksmart is masterfully told and delivered that it's an easy bet to predict it will do just that, if not more.
In a sit-down interview with LatinoScoop, co-stars Dever and Feldstein spoke about their feelings on friendship and Booksmart.
Both your characters feel they have given up certain liberties to be successful. Do you see any similarities in those feelings as actors who often juggle their personal lives and acting responsibilities?
Dever: "There's a lot of messages in Booksmart. Olivia wanted it to be like that. One message being is you are not defined by what school you get into. It doesn't have to be the be all and end all of your life."
Dever: "I relate to that, that's such a universal thing even for school, acting or any other job. It's also like getting the Oscars for actors, the end for some. If you don't get that it doesn't mean anything, it doesn't define you. I believe working hard and having a balance of the two identities is key."
Feldstein: "There's this very common phrase in the theater world that goes, "I can't. I have rehearsal", which is right up my upbringing. (laughs)
Feldstein: "At least when you're doing Broadway you can't do anything at night. Your schedule is flip-flopped to the rest of the world. But, because I love it so much, I never felt like I was missing out on anything. I mean there were a few times I missed out on events, but I didn't feel bad after because I know the feeling of joy of living what I always dreamed of for myself."
Dever: "I went to high school, but I was also doing a show at the same time. I was going to school three times a week instead of five days while being on set. Everyone always asked me, "Did you do you regret making that decision?" It was all, it was all on me. It was the decision that I made. You shouldn't have any regrets if you're doing what you love."
Amy and Molly in Booksmart are the perfect best friends. They love each other very much. They also are super honest with each other which causes a fight. That honestly hits hard when telling the truth. Can you relate to a hard truth coming from someone you genuinely care about?
Dever: "These two girls and their relationship is so relatable because I think everyone has that ride-or-die best friend. These two people show up for each other. They love each other so deeply and they would do anything for each other, and I think we've all had that best friend or still have that best friend. The most heartbreaking thing for me is getting into a fight with a best friend, it's hard.
Dever: "It's hell. It's like one of the hardest things to do. I almost think it's like worse than getting in a fight with a family member because the stakes are so high, and I think that Olivia achieves in showing that.
Feldstein: "We see multiple examples of family fighting. It's a huge genre, but there are few true honest depictions of friends fighting in a sincere, honest, painful way. That's what I love about Booksmart, it's always a very sincere and true movie even when it goes so funny and so outlandish, you're going to have a blast, but also you're going to feel something."
Feldstein: I always get so emotional watching their big fight because they're saying what the other one needs to hear. Me and my best friend from high school had that fight and we still talk about it today, but it was so important for our friendship, but like we would never want to do that again. We're happy that it happened.
Final question, we can't spoil any of the crazy events in the film, but what's your one "it got out of control" party related story you can share publicly?
Dever: "I have to say we are both very much like our characters that we've never done literally anything."
Dever: "I was in a grocery store. This is so silly. This is probably like the worst thing I've done in my life, but I remember my grandma telling me that you can sample from the bowl at the grocery store. You'd fill the bag with chocolate-covered almonds, candy, nuts and seeds, and stuff. She says you can sample from that."
Dever: "I went and took one gummy worm from the bowl section and this woman who was an attendant standing right there the whole time. My whole world had ended. She said, "Do you know that is stealing?" I yelled back saying, "But my grandma said it was okay!" (laughs) I still remember how much guilt I felt to this day. I felt so bad.
Feldstein: "In middle school, I remember I was so excited they opened a container store at my local mall. My friend and I were like roughhousing with the carts. I was putting her in the cart, she was little, and I was pushing her fast, wheeling her around and we got asked to leave! That was fun. They were like, "Sweetheart, I need you to be quiet." (laughs)
Booksmart is set to be released nationwide on May 24.


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John Burgee es un arquitecto estadounidense destacado por sus contribuciones a la arquitectura postmoderna. Fue socio de Philip Johnson desde 1967 hasta 1991, creando la firma Johnson/Burgee Architects. Sus colaboraciones emblemáticas incluyen Pennzoil Place en Houston y el Sony Building en Nueva York. Burgee facilitó a Johnson la salida de la firma en 1991, y cuando se declaró en bancarrota, la carrera de Burgee estaba acabada. Burgee está jubilado, y vive en California.

Vida y carrera
Burgee se graduó en la Escuela de Arquitectura de la Universidad de Notre Dame en 1956, y trabajó en el Consejo Directivo de la Universidad desde 1988 hasta 2006, cuando fue nombrado miembro emérito, y en el Consejo Asesor de la Escuela de Arquitectura desde 1982. También fue miembro de las juntas directivas de la Liga de Arquitectura de Nueva York, el Lenox Hill Hospital, el máster de Construcción de Edificios de la Universidad de Columbia, la Parsons School of Design, y los Amigos del Upper East Side Historic District, y fue copresidente del Comité Arquitectónico de la Comisión del Centenario de la Estatua de la Libertad/Isla Ellis. Fue presidente del Instituto de Arquitectura y Estudios Urbanos.

Johnson/Burgee Architects

John Burgee y Philip Johnson fundaron Johnson/Burgee en Manhattan en 1968, con Burgee como el director general de la empresa, y colaboraron en muchos diseños. En 1984, Raj Ahuja, que había sido un asociado de la firma durante 15 años, se hizo socio de pleno derecho. Dos años después, se trasladaron al Lipstick Building en el 885 de la Tercera Avenida, entre las Calles 53 y 54, que fue diseñado por la firma. Ese mismo año, Burgee negoció un papel menor para Johnson en la asociación, como consultor de diseño, y en 1988 pidió a Ahuja que se fuera de la firma. En 1991 Johnson dejó por completo la firma, a petición de Burgee, completando su transformación. Poco después, la empresa entró en bancarrota por un arbitraje conectado a la salida de Ahuja, y la carrera de Burgee sufrió un duro golpe.

Sus colaboraciones incluyeron:

1969 – Plan maestro de Roosevelt Island en el East River, Nueva York City
1973 – Niagara Falls Convention Center (ahora Seneca Niagara Casino), Niagara Falls (Nueva York)
1973 – Estación de Metro Calle 49 (reconstrucción), Manhattan, Nueva York
1974 – Morningside House (Edificio de Recepción y Edificio de Servicios Médicos y Administración), El Bronx, Nueva York
1974 – Fort Worth Water Gardens, Fort Worth, Texas
1974 – Museo de Arte Neuberger, SUNY Purchase, Purchase (Nueva York)
1974 – Air India Building, Bombay, India
1975 – Pennzoil Place, Houston, Texas
1976 – Reconstrucción del interior de Avery Fisher Hall, Manhattan, Nueva York
1977 - Catedral de Cristo, Garden Grove, California, en colaboración con Phillip Johnson
1980 – 1001 Fifth Avenue (edificio de apartamentos), Manhattan, Nueva York
1983 – Bank of America Center, Houston, Texas
1983 – Williams Tower, Houston, Texas
1984 – PPG Place, Pittsburgh
1984 – Sony Building, Manhattan, Nueva York
1986 – 33 Maiden Lane, Manhattan, Nueva York
1986 – "Lipstick Building", 885 Tercera Avenida, Manhattan, Nueva York
1986 – Tycon Center, Condado de Fairfax, Virginia
1987 – 190 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois. Primer rascacielos de Burgee en Chicago, donde nació
1987 – Comerica Bank Tower, Dallas, Texas
1987 – One Atlantic Center (IBM Building), Atlanta
1989 – 500 Boylston Street, Boston
1989 – Puerta de Europa, Madrid, España
1989 – Museum of Television and Radio, Manhattan, Nueva York
1990 – 191 Peachtree Tower, Atlanta
1993 – AEGON Center, Louisville, Kentucky
1993 – One Detroit Center, Detroit, Míchigan

Premios
1978: Premio AIA por Pennzoil Place
1983: Doctor Honoris Causa en Ingeniería por la Universidad de Notre Dame
1984: Premio de Arquitectura de Chicago, Consejo de Illinois de la AIA (primer premiado)
2004: Premio Orlando T. Maione por distinguidas contribuciones a la Escuela de Arquitectura de Notre Dame

Véase también
Philip Johnson
:Categoría:Obras de John Burgee

Referencias

Bibliografía
 Lang, Jon T. Concise History of Modern Architecture: in India. Orient Blackswan, 1 August 2002. ISBN 8178240173, 9788178240176.

Enlaces externos

Emporis

Arquitectos de Estados Unidos
Alumnado de la Universidad de Notre Dame
Nacidos en Chicago
Arquitectos de rascacielos


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Some of the bathrooms in hotels are incredible. Great tips , especially making use of the mirrors and light. I never thought of that .


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Q: dplyr check values between first and last permanent change I have data structured like this
set.seed(2)
require(tidyverse)

data <- data.frame("TIME" = c(sample(seq(1:20), 20, replace = F), seq(21:30)),
                   "ID" = c(rep("A", 10), rep("B", 10), rep("C", 10)),
                   "LOC" = c(sample(c("X", "Y"), 20, replace = T), c("X", rep("Y", 9))))

and I'm trying to use dplyr to create a variable to indicate whether or not a given ID has a change in time that is permanent (PERMANENT =1) or not (PERMANENT=0). I can't use first() or last() because that ignores the in between values. If for instance they go from X to Y and back to X again like in the case of A and B, the indicator should be 0 for every instance of A and B in the data. However C starts at X and stays at Y in all other instances.
I tried to use indexing in a mutate function, but something isn't working.
data %>%
  arrange(ID, TIME) %>%
  group_by(ID)%>%
  mutate(LOC = as.character(LOC),
         PERMANENT = ifelse(last(LOC) != "X" & any(LOC[2:length(ID) -1]) != "X"), 1, 0)

Like I said the output should indicate C moved permanently, while A and B bounced around in the data set.
the expected output is what happens if you run the following code:
data$PERMANENT<-ifelse(data$ID%in%c("A","B"),0,1)

A: Here's a go at it with dpylr.  I am assuming an ID is permanent if it hasn't changed since it's second observed time period.
  set.seed(2)
  data<-data.frame("TIME" = c(sample(seq(1:20),20,replace = F),seq(21:30)),"ID" =c(rep("A",10),rep("B",10),rep("C",10)),"LOC" = c(sample(c("X","Y"),20,replace = T),c("X",rep("Y",9))) )

     data %>% arrange(ID, TIME) %>%
       group_by(ID) %>%
       mutate(timeObs = row_number(), SecondLoc = LOC[timeObs == 2], Change = LOC != SecondLoc) %>%
       filter(timeObs > 1) %>%
       summarize(Permanent = sum(Change) == 0 ) %>%
       right_join(data, by = 'ID')


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Accident and Injury
Duck Boat Accidents
What are Duck Boats?
A duck boat is an amphibious tour bus used to show tourists around a city via waterways and roadways. It is not considered a ferry.
Recently, many accidents have occurred in and around duck boats while they are being operated on land and in the water. These types of tour boat accidents have resulted in serious injuries and deaths.
What Type of Injuries are Sustained in Duck Boat Accidents?
Duck boat accidents can occur in several ways. The resulting injuries may depend on whether the accident happened while the vehicle was on land or in the water. For example, boating accident injuries that can happen while the bus is in the water include:
Lacerations to legs and arms
Neck and spinal injuries
Muscle and tissue damage
If the accident happens on land, a passenger may sustain:
Lower back injuries
Also, injuries can depend on several other factors, including the speed of the boat, the weight of the boat, and the number of passengers loaded onto the boat during the time of the accident.
Can I Sue If I Am Injured on a Duck Boat?
Duck boat companies are considered common carriers. They offer services to the public in exchange for payment. As a common carrier, the duck boat company has a duty to:
Provide boats that are reasonably safe and also fit for the purpose intended;
Exercise all precautions for passenger safety;
Comply with safety rules;
Provide drivers who have reasonable driving skills;
Warn passengers of any potential dangers; and
Various other requirements, depending state or local laws.
What Must I Prove in a Lawsuit Against a Duck Boat Company?
Depending on the nature of the accident, a plaintiff must usually prove that the duck boat operator negligently caused the accident. Negligence involves the failure to use the level of care a common carrier would in similar or same circumstances. To prove negligence, a plaintiff must show:
The duck boat company had a duty to the plaintiff to not allow the injuries to occur;
The duck boat company breached the duty of care;
The duck boat company was the cause of the accident; and
The plaintiff suffered injuries because of the duck boat company's negligence.
Lastly, the plaintiff must suffer damages that can be calculated and are measurable. For instance, this can often be calculated through hospital bills and other costs.
Do I Need a Personal Injury Lawyer for a Duck Boat Accident?
If you were injured by a duck boat, it is in your best interest to speak with a personal injury lawyer about the accident. An attorney in your area can file a lawsuit on your behalf provide you with representation and guidance during the legal process.
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École Nationale d'Administration (ve zkratce ENA) neboli Vysoká škola administrativy ve Štrasburku je jedna z nejprestižnějších vzdělávacích institucí ve Francii. Patří mezi takzvané Grande école (doslova Vysoké školy), které se od běžných vysokých škol liší přísnou selekcí studentů na základě náročných přijímacích zkoušek, omezeným počtem studentů a intenzivnějším typem studia. Studentům a absolventům ENA se říká Enarchové (Enarque). Absolventi ENA nacházejí uplatnění na nejvyšších úrovních francouzské státní správy, ale i ve vedení velkých podniků.

Mezi zahraniční absolventy ENA patří vysocí představitelé mnoha zemí světa.

ENA je cílem časté kritiky ze stran francouzské veřejnosti, kde je často vnímána jako nástroj pro reprodukci společenských a hospodářských elit. Je kritizována za svůj nedostatečný demokratizující efekt a za nízké procento přijatých kandidátů pocházejících z imigrace a také za nízké zastoupení žen v řadách jejích studentů. Podle často opakované glosy je ENA "škola, kterou by Francouzi nejraději zrušili, ale každý z nich by tam předtím ještě rád viděl studovat své děti."

Francouzský prezident Emanuel Macron se však rozhodl školu zrušit. Školu by měl nahradit nový Institut du Service Public, který by dle Macrona měl být více otevřený žákům z jiných sociálních vrstev. Tento krok však nezmínil poprvé, o zrušení mluvil již v roce 2019.

Založení a postupná evropanizace
ENA byla založena roku 1945, aby demokratizovala přístup na vysoké pozice francouzské státní služby. Dodnes je jejím cílem vybírat a následně vzdělávat francouzské a mezinárodní vysoké státní úředníky. Hlavní budova školy se původně nacházela v Paříži v Rue de l'Observatoire, ale od roku 1992 se většina studijních aktivit přesunula do Štrasburku, Rue Sainte Marguerite č. 1, do budovy bývalé Commanderie des Hospitaliers de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem, budovy, která dříve sloužila jako nemocnice a také jako ženská věznice.

Od přestěhování do Štrasburku a přiblížení se evropským institucím se ENA stále častěji označuje také jako Evropská škola veřejné správy (École européenne de la gouvernance). Od roku 2007 navíc upravila způsob výuky a díky spolupráci s Centrem pro evropská studia se kterým sdílí budovu ve Štrasburku, nyní klade velký důraz na vzdělávání francouzských i zahraničních státních úředníků v tematikách, legislativě a specifických procesech EU.

Konkurzy
Každý ročník ENA čítá 80 až 100 francouzských studentů pocházejících ze tří skupin:
 interní konkurz – který je otevřen všem úředníkům francouzské státní služby,
 externí konkurz – určený zejména studentům a
 třetí konkurz pro kandidáty s praxí mimo státní správu.

Konkurzy jsou přístupné nejen francouzským občanům, ale také všem občanům EU. Konkurence je veliká a výběr je přísný. Procento úspěšnosti v konkurzu je pouhých 7,9% z počtu těch, kteří se zúčastnili prvního kola konkurzu.

Mezinárodní konkurz
Kromě těchto konkurzů ENA pořádá ještě konkurz mezinárodní, ve kterém rekrutuje do každého ročníku přibližně 40 mezinárodních studentů ze zemí tak rozdílných jako je Čína, Brazílie, Rusko, Japonsko, USA, Kamerun, Panama, Turecko nebo Vietnam (seznam není úplný – podrobné informace o mezinárodním konkurzu lze získat na francouzských velvyslanectvích v každé zemi).

Základní vzdělávací cyklus trvá 24 měsíců a je složen ze střídajících se fází intenzivního studia, praktických stáží ve francouzských centrálních a také v místních mezinárodních a evropských institucích, kde mají studenti možnost okamžitě v praxi využít naučené znalosti. Každá ze tří fází je zakončena sérií individuálních i skupinových zkoušek.

Od roku 1945 ENA uvítala v rámci svých mezinárodních vzdělávacích programů již přes 2000 zahraničních studentů z více než 100 zemí. Většina z nich přišla z pozic vysokých státních úředníků v zemích svého původu.

Známí absolventi ENA

Francie
 Prezidenti Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Jacques Chirac a François Hollande
 Premiéři Dominique de Villepin, Édouard Balladur, Lionel Jospin, Alain Juppé, Laurent Fabius, Michel Rocard
 Kandidátka na prezidentku Ségolène Royalová a mnoho poslanců francouzského parlamentu
 Ředitelé velkých firem jako je Gaz de France, Peugeot, Air France, Accor, AXA, SNCF, Lafarge, BNP Paribas, FNAC, Suez, Vinci a France Telecom.

Absolventi ENA mezi vysokými mezinárodními úředníky
 Pascal Lamy, generální ředitel Světové obchodní organizace (WTO)
 Jean-Claude Trichet, guvernér Evropské centrální banky (BCE)

Česká republika
 Pavel Fischer, kandidát na českého prezidenta v roce 2018 a 2022.

Reference

Externí odkazy

 Oficiální stránky ENA

Nationale Dadministration
Vysoké školy založené ve 20. století
Školy založené roku 1945


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Is there a charge for parking and is it easy to find a spot?
We are happy to provide free parking at all of our Spring & Autumn Festivals.
In Sioux Falls, SD there are four large parking lots surrounding the facility.
In Ralston, NE there are over 1,200 parking spots surrounding the facility. Once those are full we offer a complimentary shuttle from the gravel lot just west of Horsemen's Park located at 6303 Q Street. The shuttle runs continuously to and from Ralston Arena and will drop you right at the door! *Please be aware that the businesses surrounding Ralston Arena DO TOW so be sure to abide by the posted signs. We'd hate to have that happen to you!
In Shakopee, MN there is ample parking surrounding the facility.
In Villa Park, IL there is parking available on either side of the facility and weather permitting on the front lawn. At peak times, Odeum staff will be available to assist you in finding a spot.
I love attending your show, but like to do so when it's not so crazy busy. Any advice?
This doesn't mean it won't be crowded whatsoever, but these timeframes do usually offer a little more elbow room.
I attended your show and would like to get in contact with one of your artists or crafters. Do you have their information?
We sure do and we'd love to put you in touch! Shoot us an email at hpifestivals@cox.net or give us a call at 402-331-2889. Typically we can figure out who you're describing based on just a few details (description of what they make, general area they were located at in the show, etc.).
Each of our artists and crafters work really hard to produce creative and unique pieces. If you want to take a picture of someone's work it's best to ask permission first.
Can I bring Fluffy with me?
Pets are awesome! But since we are an indoor arts & crafts show the facilities only allow for service animals.
Are your shows handicap accessible?
Yes! All of the facilities we utilize are ADA accessible. Handicapped parking (with permit) is available near the building and is available on a first come, first serve basis. Unfortunately we do not have any wheelchairs or scooters available for rent but you are welcome to bring your own.
Oh no…I attended your show and I think I lost something while shopping. Help!
We hate to hear that our customers have lost something but we are always thrilled when we can help reunite you with your lost item. Feel free to email or call us with a description of what you lost and we'd be happy to check our Lost & Found to see if it's been turned in.