Mosaic House is a New York based tile company specializing in Moroccan zellige (zellij) and encaustic cement tile. We are dedicated to making the centuries old craft traditions of Morocco accessible to our clients. As the newest generation in a centuries old family of tile makers, we draw upon the traditional craft expertise of Morocco, while embracing a modern taste for texture and design. We believe that our continued success is anchored in the four fundamental principles that have always guided us – innovation, the highest quality of material and craftsmanship, a commitment to service, and a focus on the client.
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Moroccan mosaic tiles, also referred to as zillij, Moorish, Andalusian or Fes tiles, have an antique look because they are handmade. Our master artisans in the ancient Moroccan city of Fes, center of Moroccan hand-crafted tile, employ traditional techniques of cutting and glazing zellij tile. The result is an unparalleled richness of color and quality of craft. Seen today throughout Morocco as well in the Spanish floor and wall tile of the Andalusian region, mosaic is a treasured element in many traditional Mediterranean floor and wall coverings. Mosaic House is pleased to carry on this tradition and make it available to today's designers and home owners. Tapped to work on the Alhmabra restoration, Mosaic House is the world's leading manufacturer of mosaic tile. Renowned for our quality and craftsmanship, Mosaic House is the choice for today's top designers. A full range of colors ranging from soft mother of pearl, to deep cobalt, rich red and sparkling turquoise , as well as an enormous selection of both traditional and contemporary patterns creates a selection of tile broad enough to encompass any design scheme. Consider using a traditional pattern in contemporary colors – the possibilities are limitless. Not only are mosaic tiles ideal for floor and wall applications, but they can also be used to decorate fountains, walls, swimming pools, arches, fireplaces and columns. Tile is also an inspired alternative to traditional stone products like marble. The kitchen and bath are two areas that lend themselves particularly well to mosaic tile. Today neither of these rooms has a purely utilitarian function.
You can view many kitchen and bath ideas, as well as countertops, foyers, and other spaces on our portolio page. Our encaustic tile is a revival of a Mediterranean tradition and is the perfect choice for the modern home. Durable enough for commercial spaces, cement tile is equally at home in the foyer, kitchen or bath. With over 40 cement colors, we can accommodate the design objectives of any space, be it warm and rustic or bold and modern. Traditional patterns based upon floral motifs or ancient Moorish geometric patterns, have been reinterpreted to suit today's tastes. Choose from boldly graphic, soft and subdued, to classically Moorish. Our newest line pairs strong geometry with fresh color resulting in tile work that is contemporary yet rooted in tradition. Our unique line of hand painted ceramic tile draws upon centuries old Moorish tradition. Created by our artisans in Fez, each tile is painted by hand in our deep cobalt blues against a mother of pearl white field. Consider using as an elegant alternative to traditional fireplace tile or as an accent piece, this versatile hand painted tile is as at home in the kitchen as it is in the bath, pool or foyer. Hand painted from locally sourced pigments, our craftsman in Fes create vivid tile suitable for stair risers, backsplashes and countless other possibilities. Our vivid yellows, soft greens, and deep burgundies and blues are a rustic yet sophisticated alternative to standard tile. Mosharabi, mousharabiyah, or mosharabia refers to the production of hand-turned wooden screens. It is a specialty of Mosaic House. Traditionally used as a door or window treatment that allowed for both air and light while maintaining privacy, today mosharabi is a popular decorative element. Suitable as cabinetry, doors, windows, or for furniture accents, our selection of patterns allows for a number of design choices regarding both scale and intricacy. Each panel is made to the customer's specifications. View our mosharabi patterns. Mosaic House is pleased to provide our clients with a team of experienced designers to help in every stage of the design process – from concept to completion. Our unique approach provides tailored solutions and guarantees that each space is a unique reflection of the client's style. Our team of experienced designers is pleased to work with our clients to provide tailored, one of a kind solutions for our clients. With a range of design options available including renderings, 2-D mockups and general advice, we facilitate the interior design process. Contact one of our representatives to begin customizing your own space today. As a perennial favorite of today's top designers, Mosaic House has been a regular feature in such publications as Martha Stewart Living, Bathroom Trends, Better Homes and Gardens, Body and Soul, Domino, Elle Décor, Flatiron, Garden Design, House Beautiful, Interior Design, Kitchen and Bath Ideas, Los Angeles Times, Martha Stewart Living, Metropolitan Home, New York Times, O Magazine, Robb Report, Saudi Aramco World, Western Interiors, Town and Country, and Wedding Dresses.
The Moroccan tradition of interior design is rich and full of unique features that make it one of the most eccentric and exotic styles today. Many of the idiosyncracies within Moroccan interior décor are a reflection of Morocco's collection of diverse cultures and traditions. With over 11 official languages and an atmosphere conducive to innovation, Moroccan interior design has emerged as one of the most vibrant and unique styles in the world. Perhaps the most important element in any authentic Moroccan interior is color. Far from the more muted colors used in most traditional Western décor, Moroccan colors and bold, electrifying and energetic. Eye-catching reds, vibrant purples, emerald greens and bright golds are all used to set the tone of the interior décor. These daring and pronounced colors are offset by more subdued earth tones like sand, cinnamon and terra cotta. By striking a balance between bright saturated hues and soft neutrals, Moroccan interiors achieve a very lively yet casual and comforting atmosphere. The color blue is central to Moroccan design. Embraced by both the Mediterranean and Atlantic, Moroccan blues range from soft sky blues to deep cobalts. Bright turquoise hues are often a central feature of Moorish design found throughout the interior spaces. In fact, it is traditional to paint the doors and shutters of a home blue – a tradition that dates back to ancient Egypt, where it was believed that this practice would prevent evil spirits from entering the home. Even if warding off evil is not a concern, the look is both stunning and original. Another element critical to traditional Moroccan interior design is the use of geometric patterns in both the interior and exterior. The patterned mosaic tiles are often repeated throughout the home with changes in size and variation in pattern. Some of the most basic of these shapes are diamonds, circles, rectangles, arches, stars and triangles. Found not only on mosaic tile, these motifs reoccur on doors, gates, and, of course, on rugs. Many traditional homes will also have these shapes engraved in the exterior façade, as well as on the windows and doors. The fabrics employed in Moroccan interior design are of course colorful and incorporate the same hues described earlier. The material itself tends to be rich, and, some would say, exotic. Wool, silk and velvet are all favorites in Moroccan décor. For bedding, throws and pillows of these materials are often beaded and embroidered. Traditional Moorish lanterns are covered in geometric patterns and employ colored glass. The light produced by the candle or bulb is thrown through these patterns to bathe the space in a warm and subtle light. Another detail critical dating back centuries is the tea table. Traditionally, these was a place where men would gather to discuss business or politics while sipping tea. In a more contemporary design scheme, the tea table could be used as either a strictly decorative piece or as a casual sitting area. A carved or painted trunk is another element found in Moroccan homes. Functioning as a storage space, but often used as a coffee table and illuminated by a crockery lamp the trunk is another element in an authentic Moroccan look. Area rugs are the essential element of a Moorish home, and not just one. Moroccan interior design is without questions one of the most unique in the world. The use of intense color, intricate pattern, and eccentric accents results in a unified and harmonious space that makes any home feel luxurious and opulent.
While Mosaic House is a contemporary tile company offering an extensive line of mosaic tiles and bath products inspired by Moroccan design, our work can be interpreted in many different ways. A brief introduction to terms used by designers and on our website can be helpful.
French tile or carreaux ciment is often used to describe cement tile or encaustic cement tile. As a former French colony, French art and French architecture have left indelible marks on the designers and architects of Morocco. Moroccan fabric and Moroccan furniture, as well as mosaic tile and encaustic tile show traces of this influence even today. For decades, many architects, designers and artists trained in French schools and universities, as well as L'ecole des beaux arts, have created a range of tile work. Requesting Art Deco tile, as well as traditional tile and antique tile, these designers have fueled an explosion of creativity in modern Moroccan tile. Mosaic House is pleased to have teamed up with many of them in the tile making process. Among these projects are handmade tile with Moroccan colors based on French fabric designs and old French tile. Islamic fabric, Turkish fabric and tile and other sources have also entered the mix.
Many of our clients share with us their experiences while visiting Andalusia. For centuries, Moorish design and Spanish art coexisted throughout the Hispano Moresque region. From Granada to Cordoba and Seville, Moorish tile, Moorish architecture and Moorish fountains are very much in evidence. The overlaps between Spanish tile and Moroccan tile are inescapable to anyone who has visited the homes, gardens and palaces of southern Spain. In fact, Mosaic House was tapped to work on the restoration of the Alhambra. Echoes of this shared tradition can be heard across the Atlantic in both Mexican tile and Cuban tile.
Moroccan tiles can also be understood within the framework of Islamic Art. Arabesque tiles, and arabesques in general, can be found throughout Moroccan architecture. This tendency toward abstraction and non-representation in Moroccan zellige tile reflects an all-encompassing and decentralized view of God. Arabic art is also evident in the many Moroccan fountains found throughout the region in cities like Fes and Marrakech. As water represents life, special care has always been paid to the embellishment of wet environments. Moroccan bathrooms, kitchen backsplashes and hamams are often showpieces of Moroccan mosaic tiles. Ceramic Moroccan tiles grace many communal fountains in countless Moroccan kasbahs.
Moroccan culture is also a product of its position on the sea. Mediterranean tile, Italia tile and handmade Moroccan tile are quite similar. Mediterranean architecture has long made use of encaustic tile and ceramic. The Moroccan Riad is in fact very similar in layout and design to the Mediterranean villa. In Moroccan interior design, Moresque tiles decorate every surface. Moroccan tables and furniture are often embellished with tilework. Moroccan murals are complimented by mosaic borders and tile stair risers. Moorish exterior design continues the theme. Moroccan terra cotta tiles decorate the patio, pool and sidewalk.
Mosharabi, also known as mashrabiah, mosharabia, or mousharabieh are hand carved wooden lattice screens and are another traditional Moorish craft. Allowing for light and air, but preserving privacy, these wood panels are ideal for doors, windows or other architectural elements.Each hand-crafted piece is made to order allowing limitless possibilities for the designer.
Handmade tile is not a static art form, many notable projects continue to employ zellij tile in luxury hotels and resorts. La Mamounia, Sofitel's Palais Jamais, the Standard Hotel, the Bowery Hotel, the Greenwich Hotel, the Four Seasons, and Julian Schabel's Palazzo Chupi are just a few of the recent large scale projects for which Mosaic House has supplied ceramic tile.


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The Myth of Embarrassment over a Humble Hometown Like Nazareth
2020-01-06 14:53:08 GMT+0000 – 14:53
It has become a mantra in almost any book that raises the question: Why did the evangelists insist Jesus was from Nazareth unless it happened to be an undeniable historical fact known to all? The mantric response: Because no-one would make up such a datum; no-one would make up the notion that the great and saving Jesus came from such a tin-pot village. The criterion of embarrassment screams against the very idea.
I have never jumped on board with that response because I have never encountered any evidence that demonstrates why it would be too embarrassing for anyone to imagine that the Lord who taught the overturning of the social order so that the last would be first and the first last, who taught that God will exalt the humble and bring low the mighty, — that it would be too embarrassing for anyone to write down for posterity such a detail unless it were historically true and widely known.
I have always considered that response to be ad hoc. It is a speculative opinion but nothing more — pending evidence to buttress its presuppositions.
Then yesterday I read in the work of an ancient historian about the humble birthplace of a Roman emperor, the humble birthplace of a man who was decreed to be a god. The detail is presumably factual. The historian said it was well-known so there was no point trying to hide it. But there's a catch, a catch that overturns the premise of the above ad hoc and almost universal explanation among scholars for the reason the evangelists might not have fabricated Nazareth as the hometown of Jesus. Here is the passage from the Roman historian Suetonius:
[The Roman emperor] Vespasian was born in a little village in the Sabine land just beyond Reate, known as Falacrina. [Deified Vespasian, 2]
Was this historical record an embarrassment to Vespasian? It seems not, since
even when he was emperor, he would frequently visit his childhood home, where the house was kept just as it had been so that he would not miss the sight of any familiar object. And he so cherished the memory of his grandmother that on religious and festival days he would insist on drinking from a small silver cup which had belonged to her. [Deified Vespasian, 2]
But wait, there is more:
In other matters he was from the very beginning of his principate [emperorship] right up until his death unassuming and tolerant, never attempting to cover up his modest background and sometimes even flaunting it. Indeed, when some people attempted to trace the origins of the Flavian family back to the founders of Reate and a companion of Hercules, whose tomb stood by the Salarian Way,* he actually laughed at them. [Deified Vespasian, 12]
Humble beginnings of a person who rose to high status could well be interpreted as evidence of special divine favour.
Even the great Augustus, the one emperor Suetonius took the most seriously as a divinity, is noted for his humble place of birth. Not the slightest hint of embarrassment is evinced in Suetonius's reporting of it:
Augustus was born a little before sunrise eight days before the Kalends of October in the consulship of Marcus Tullius Cicero and Gaius Antonius, at the Ox Heads in the Palatine district, on the spot where he now has a shrine, established shortly after he died. For, according to senate records, one Gaius Laetorius, a young man of patrician family, in an attempt to mitigate a penalty for adultery, which he claimed was too severe for one of his age and family, also drew to the attention of the senators the fact that he was the possessor and, as it were, guardian of the spot which the Deified Augustus first touched at his birth, and sought pardon for the sake of what he termed his own particular god. It was then decreed that this part of the house should be consecrated. To this day his nursery is displayed in what was his grandfather's country home near Velitrae. The room is very modest, like a pantry. [Deified Augustus, 5-6]
Suetonius introduces the above passage after having portrayed other indicators of Augustus's humble early years and even detailing accusations of Augustus's enemies about his origins:
In the first four chapters the biographer has compiled an account of the Octavii and the Atii, the gentes of Augustus' natural parents, which sets out the comparative humbleness of his origins: the princeps' own claim that his paternal line was an old equestrian family is juxtaposed with the claims of M. Antonius that it was tainted with the servile and banausic – a great-grandfather who was an ex-slave and a grandfather who was a money dealer. As to the maternal line, against the claims of senatorial imagines, Antonius alleges a potentially non-white ancestor and more of the banausic – a great-grandfather of African origin who moved into the baking business after running a perfume shop. This section of the life ends with an extract from a letter written by Cassius of Parma, assassin of Caesar and notorious victim of Augustan revenge, which combines both strands of Antonius' attack and adds a sexual dimension:
. . . . Your mother's meal came from the roughest bakery in Aricia; a money changer from Nerulum pawed her with his hands stained from filthy pennies. [Deified Augustus, 4.2]
Although Augustus' ancestry was not the obvious stuff of gods, the next chapter, which begins the Life of Augustus proper, marks a transfer of focus: . . . .
[See the Suetonius passage above: Augustus was born a little before sunrise . . . .]
It begins by recording that Augustus (Suetonius deliberately uses the anachronistic name) was bom in a modest part of Rome, but then qualifies that by ubi nunc habet sacrarium, which begins a series of references to his divinity. (Wardle, 323-24)
Now we may accept the above accounts as likely historically true, but the point is our historian betrays not a hint of embarrassment. The tone suggests that there is nothing inappropriate about one destined to become a god should be born in humble or obscure circumstances.
I know, I know, there are a dozen spin-off questions relating to the above post. But I have chosen to focus on just one point.
Suetonius. 2008. Lives of the Caesars. Translated by Catharine Edwards. Reissue edition. Oxford etc.: OUP Oxford.
Wardle, D. 2012. "Suetonius on Augustus as God and Man." The Classical Quarterly 62 (1): 307–26.
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How do I Braise Beef?
Braising breaks down connective tissue in tougher cuts of beef.
Round steak is an ideal cut of beef for braising.
Braising is a slow cooking technique that uses liquid to transform tough cuts of meat into tender, flavorful dishes. You can braise beef in the oven or on the stovetop; accompanying vegetables can be cooked in the same pot. You usually brown the outside of the meat and then cook it slowly in a covered pot or pan. The beef is cooked at low to medium temperatures while it is immersed in liquid that covers it up at least half way. The process can take from 1-1/4 to 3 hours and occasionally longer depending on the size and type of the piece of meat.
Braising is also known as pot roasting; the best type of pot to braise beef is heavy and deep with a sturdy lid, like a Dutch oven or a crockpot. It's a process that adds a lot of moisture and tenderness to cuts of meat, including chuck roast, ribs, and brisket, that are usually tough when cooked with a dry method. These cuts of beef are often less expensive than more tender meat, so braising can be a very economical cooking method.
The first step to braise beef is to brown all sides of the meat. Add a small amount of oil or butter to the pot or pan and saute the beef on medium to high heat. Move and turn the meat frequently until it is evenly browned, or seared, on all sides. Then remove the meat, pour the fat and any drippings from the pot, and add vegetables such as onions, carrots, or potatoes, if any. Saute the vegetables for a few minutes.
The next step to braise beef is to put the meat back in the pot and add cooking liquid. Common liquid choices are water, wine, beer, juice, or stock or a combination of them. The liquid should cover the meat about half way. Any seasonings should also be added at this point.
If you are braising beef on the stovetop, bring the liquid to a boil and then cover the pot and reduce to low heat. Allow the pot to simmer and slowly cook the beef. If you are using a crockpot to braise beef, cover it and turn it on to a low setting. If you are preparing it in the oven, cover the pot tightly and put it in the middle with the temperature set to 325° to 350° Fahrenheit (163° to 177° Celsius). Allow the beef to cook until it is "fork tender."
Once the beef is cooked, the liquid can be made into a sauce to serve with it. Remove the meat and vegetables from the pot. Cook the liquid until it thickens, which is called reducing it, and add seasonings. Another method is to thicken the liquid with corn starch or flour to make gravy. Serve along with the meat and vegetables and enjoy.
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Aadhaar number to be required for Registration of Death of an Individual from 1st October, 2017
New Delhi: The Aadhaar number will be required for the purpose of establishing the identity of the deceased for the purpose of Death registration w.e.f 1st October, 2017. In a notification issued today the Registrar General India (RGI), Ministry of Home Affairs has said the use of Aadhaar for the applicants of Death Certificate will result in ensuring accuracy of the details provided by the relatives/ dependents / acquaintances of the deceased. It will provide an effective method to prevent identity fraud. It will also help in recording the identity of the deceased person. Further, it will obviate the need for producing multiple documents to prove the identity of the deceased person.
The RGI has further directed concerned Department in the respective State/UT responsible for registration of birth and death to ensure compliance by concerned registration authorities and a confirmation to this effect by on or before 1st September 2017.
The above provisions shall come into effect immediately for residents of all States except J&K, Assam & Meghalaya for which a date will be notified separately.
The RGI, in exercise of powers conferred under Section 3(3) of the Registration of Birth and Death Act, 1969, directed that the Aadhaar number will be required for the purpose of establishing the identity of the deceased for the purpose of Death registration in the following manner:
An Applicant applying for death certificate is required to provide Aadhaar number or Enrolment ID Number (EID) of the deceased and other details as sought in the application for death certificate for the purpose of establishing the identity of the deceased.
An Applicant who is not aware of the Aadhaar number or Enrolment ID Number (EID) of the deceased will be required to provide a certificate that the deceased person does not possess Aadhaar number to the best of his/her knowledge and it should be duly informed and also prescribed that any false declaration given by the applicant in this regard will be treated as an offence as per the provisions of the Aadhaar Act, 2016 and also Registration of Birth and Death Act, 1969. Applicant's Aadhaar number shall also be collected along with the Aadhaar number of the spouse or parents.
The RGI notification follows provisions of the Aadhaar Act and Regulations framed there under that have come into effect from 14th September 2016 and notifications to this effect have been published in the Official Gazette. Section 57 of the Aadhaar Act 2016 permits the use of Aadhaar number for establishing the identity of an individual for any purpose pursuant to any law or any contract to this effect.
The registration of births and deaths are being done under the provisions of Registration of Births and Deaths (RBD) Act, 1969 and the corresponding Rules made thereunder by the State Governments. The office of the RGI is the central authority to coordinate and unify the activities of Chief Registrar of birth and deaths of States/UT's in respect of registration of births and deaths. The extract/certificate of birth and death are issued by the registering authority notified by the State/UT Governments under section 12 and 17 of the RBD Act, 1969. These are issued on the basis of entries collected through birth and death reporting forms prescribed by the State Government.
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#1 Anyone that requests the use of the high school on a weekend has to make arrangements through the school district (Downtown Administration). There is a form to fill out and a charge per hour. The cost covers the custodian that has to be on duty while the school is open, the utility fee and the permit fee. For a use time of four hours the cost would be approximately $232.
#2 The Archiving Project Committee could make all the arrangements for any group the wanted to include a tour in their reunion activity. That would include the filling out and submitting the application to use the school, arranging for students to take the interested parties on tours and any other help needed. There would be an additional $25 service fee and $5 per person fee payable to the Archiving Project for this service in addition to the hourly cost to the Downtown Administration. If a group decided to do this the cost could be figured into the per person cost of the reunion ticket.
#3 Any tours taken during the regular work week (3:30 pm to 8:00 pm) would not need to pay the cost to the Downtown Administration as there would already be a custodian on duty. Arrangements for that type of tour would be made through the school Principal. If the Archiving Project provided assistance the above mentioned fee would still be required.


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An exhibit provides new perspective on insects by making them larger than life.
Arizona Science Center
Originally, the Science Museum of Virginia intended to bug Richmond for seven straight months and be gone by late summer. But as with so many things, 2020 changed that.
"Giant Insects," which features six enormous, robotic bugs from 40 to 120 times larger than life, as well as interactive stations and terrariums with live bugs, opened last January with plans to close in August. But with science lovers staying at home to be safe, the exhibit didn't get the visitors it deserved, so its run has been extended through the holidays. And if ever an exhibition could serve as a distraction from the train wreck that this year has been, this is it.
Visitors can watch as a desert locust – its body higher than a visitor's head – rears up and extends its 20-foot wingspan while making its distinctive sound. Even fiercer are two huge rhinoceros beetles engaged in mortal combat, although whether over a mate, food or territory is up to the viewer. Slowly rocking back and forth, the two beetles angrily push and shove their horns at each other. Far calmer to observe is a wiggling caterpillar that becomes a swallowtail butterfly once it's mature. These and other animatronic insects are set against backgrounds of giant leaves and plants.
Timshel Purdum, director of playful learning and inquiry, says the museum is all about changing people's perspective and that this exhibition does that by making guests the size of insects and the bugs the size of humans. The traveling exhibit was designed by California-based Kokoro Exhibits, which is known for blending art and science with impressively scaled animatronics that move like their real-life counterparts. Within each bug, pneumatic valves and cylinders are orchestrated by computers to simulate the movements of actual insects. Each insect body is designed around a steel skeleton, while the outer body is made from either polyurethane, molded fiberglass or a combination of both, then meticulously painted to match the live model.
It's that entertainment value that's central to the museum's mission.
"If guests aren't enjoying themselves and their experience feels forced or too formal, then we aren't doing our job," Purdum says of the goal to ignite curiosity and encourage discovery. "If a 9-year-old is entertained while exploring the exhibit, that's an important experience, but if that 9-year-old goes home after viewing the exhibit and wants to watch a video about how caterpillars turn into butterflies, or read about how different spiders make different webs – or no webs – or goes hunting for insects living in their backyard, then we have really added value by connecting them to the science that's around them."
She acknowledges that the exhibit isn't going to teach guests everything about insects, but hopefully there's at least one mind-blowing piece of information each visitor will glean from the show that the viewer will think about on the way home or mention to family and friends later.
And while witnessing a giant praying mantis using its razor-sharp forelegs to snatch its prey is awfully compelling, the exhibit is more than just enormous bugs. It's also fun facts – there are 2 million bugs for every human – along with stations where visitors can hear eight insect sounds, including the hissing of a cockroach. Locked terrariums allow for up close and personal peeks at tarantulas, a vinegarroon, millipedes, beetles, cockroaches and two types of crabs. Check out the blue death feigning beetle, which, when startled, fakes its death by turning over and becoming rigid. Three hands-on insect head replicas invite guests to control their mouthpieces to better understand how a dragonfly, honeybee and mosquito have their own particular ways of devouring food. The opportunity to watch a mosquito pierce human skin for a drink of blood is not to be missed.
The museum has made numerous adjustments to operating procedures to help ensure a safe environment. Guests are asked to purchase tickets online in advance, everyone in the building wears a mask at all times and touched surfaces are rigorously and frequently cleaned. Guests are provided a stylus for use with certain exhibit elements and the number of guests who can visit is limited, the better to allow for proper social distancing.
In a year that's been challenging at best, "Giant Insects" is a satisfying diversion from the real world and a tribute to the creatures that can eat houses, drink blood and devour crops. Best of all, the Kokoro Exhibits team designed the exhibition for all ages. Younger children tend to be fascinated watching the animatronic insects move, but what adult wouldn't be intrigued to learn that a male moth can smell a female from 5 miles away?
"There's something almost nostalgic about the lower tech, but no less awe-inspiring, aspects of seeing the bugs move," Purdum explains. "Adults probably need the perspective-switching experience more than children, to be honest, because so many of us forget to appreciate insects for the fascinating, complex and essential creatures that they are."
"Giant Insects" runs through Jan. 3 at the Science Museum of Virginia, 2500 W. Broad St. Visit smv.org.


Keepers of the Funk is the second record by the Newark hip-hop trio Lords of the Underground. The variety of the beats and the energy of the different rappers can be felt in the gritty, rock-solid and low-end groove tracks. Influences of funk music increased and their rap flows are still worthwhile to listen to. Whereas their debut was somewhat harder and grittier this is a more structured recording.
Keepers of the Funk is available as a limited first pressing of 1000 individually numbered copies on transparent blue vinyl.


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Man airlifted to hospital with multiple life-threatening after Berkshire crash
As a result of the crash the inured man was trapped inside inside his vehicle
Ben McVay
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A man was airlifted to hospital with multiple and life-threatening injuries following a Berkshire car crash.
Police, paramedics and firefighters were scrambled to help the injured man after a red Caterham 7 sports car and a grey Mercedes Benz C Class collided on the A4 Bath Road Maidenhead.
After the crash - which happened yesterday (Tuesday) around 11am close to the Thicket roundabout - the driver of the Caterham was trapped inside inside his vehicle.
He was released with the help of the fire service and following treatment at the scene for multiple, life-threatening injuries was flown to the major trauma unit at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.
He currently remains in hospital receiving treatment.
The driver of the Mercedes and a passenger were treated at the scene.
South Central Ambulance Service sent an ambulance, a paramedic team leader in a rapid response vehicle, the Thames Valley Air Ambulance critical care car and the Thames Valley Air Ambulance helicopter to the scene.
Police confirmed the road was closed but has since been reopened.
Detective Constable Katy Kent, of the Serious Collisions Investigating Unit, said: "I am appealing for witnesses to this incident to please come forward.
"I would also urge motorists in the area at the time the incident happened to check any dash-cam footage in case it may have captured anything that could assist us with the investigation.
"Anyone with information can contact police by calling 101 or making a report online quoting reference number 43190353665.
"Alternatively you can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111."
South Central Ambulance Service


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Home Recommended Letters to the Director Rape of war: splinters of brutal madness
Rape of war: splinters of brutal madness
(To Gino Lanzara)
The wind of war is a restless wind, which carries with it a dust that blinds reason. The argument is one that leads us to look elsewhere: genocide, ethnic cleansing, war rape, violence against victims guilty only of being in the wrong place and time.
Anyone who thinks war is just Clausewitz's science can stop here: war is a package that you buy in full. The research cannot be limited to shedding light on single episodes, but must be articulated in the historical framework of violence, dealing with the concreteness of the actions, the interpretative models concerning victims and perpetrators, doing justice inside and outside the perimeter marked by the right of the people. The Western analogy concerns a liaison based on myths handed down that lead to the perception of men and women according to stereotypes that make them assume the roles of just warrior and beautiful soul1, lyricisms that have not preserved the weakest, destining them to become a symbol of conquest; not surprisingly, as emerged from various researches, rape is a crime perpetrated indifferently against women and men, committed by both enemies and forces friends, given what happened at the hands of UN peacekeeping forces, a unavoidable collateral damage.
In art, war scenarios are one of the oldest forms of expression, especially when they celebrate triumphs; the acceptance of the representation of suffering took much longer and Goya's brushstrokes2, Picasso, Giulio Aristide Sartorio, or the merciless photographs of the American Secession, put an end to the glorification of war, showing men and women intent on waiting, fighting.
The 2nd World War internationalized sexual crimes: Germans against Russians, Poles, French; Russians against Germans; Japanese versus Chinese and Koreans; liberators against Italians, those women outlined by Moravia in "La ciociara ", a novel anodynamically accused of dubious morality in a period that saw the Supreme Court introduce disconcerting standards of judgment, for which group violence against a partisan did not constitute particularly brutal torture, and therefore did not lead to any conviction, leaving the rapists free to benefit from the Togliatti amnesty.
The rape of war is the contemptuous act of the victor, deprives the defeated of his private territory, it destroys any bond. It has been since the Middle Ages that rape is a incentive, a instrument of war useful for the ethnic variation of the conquered lands, a purpose that survived the world wars.
Until the end of the last century, rape found a difficult place in international law and more particularly in humanitarian law, and was functional in reminding us that the belief that absolute truth can be reached through the criminal process represents an illusion that , reappearing in socially unstable periods, sanctions the Enlightenment impossibility of joining the two truths, the objective one and the procedural one: the functionality of the system depends both on the independence of the judiciary, and on the collection of information on the crime, necessary to allow the initiation and conclusion of any procedure. Former Yugoslavia first, and then Rwanda, led to the recognition of rape as a crime that affects physical integrity and human dignity; therefore a crime not simply against morality, not an acceptable conduct because it falls within the scenario of one just war, not the refuge in obedience to higher orders, a problem that resurfaced in Nuremberg: war crimes and crimes against humanity, which also include sexual crimes, including Postgraduate Course in the genocidal ones by the 2002 Rome Statute, they always lead back to personal responsibilities, and have repercussions on ethnic groups destined to often suffer the tragedy of children born of violence, a reality that was censored for a long time and also experienced in Italy at the end of the First World War in the north-eastern regions, the scene of the fighting of a conflict described as the last chivalrous; a reality still characterized today by impunity, as in the Democratic Republic of Congo, or in the territories once controlled by Isis, where the Yazidis were the object of a genocidal plan based on a religiously recognized right.
Versailles, in 1919 decrees the end of World War I, and provides for a supranational trial for the Kaiser and for the war criminals, including those responsible for the Armenian massacre3; history and politics, however, prevent this, and allow for the setting aside of the principle of crimes against humanity by the USA and Japan. We will have to wait until 2006 to rekindle the spotlight on the Armenian genocide, both thanks to the sanctions provided by the French National Assembly regarding denial on the subject, and for the awarding of the Nobel Prize for literature to Orhan Pamuk, who was then tried at home for his statements judged to be detrimental to Turkish nationality.
During the Second World War, many, without distinction of uniform, are guilty of unacceptable violence, and in Asia the assessments of the Tokyo Tribunal also concern the massacre perpetrated by Japanese troops in the Chinese Nanjing4, an act punishable under customary law5, where the treatment reserved for comfort women (photo), coming from the occupied areas, for which South Korea still has strong relations with the Tokyo government.
At a first reading, and without detracting from the contribution for the affirmation of the sanctioning principles of war crimes and crimes against humanity, the criminal action exercised by the Courts of Nuremberg and Tokyo, characterized by an unprecedented interpretation of the concept of non-retroactivity , and based on what has been called the justice of the victors over the vanquished as summarized by Indian judge Pal, presents a system in conflict with the common sense of justice that could not exempt the winners from precise historical and legal responsibilities, and which evoke the bombings of Dresden, the atomic bombings on Japan, the rapes perpetrated by French colonial troops in Italy and Germany. which, ironically, reminds us that the only attention shown in Nuremberg for rape was precisely that of the transalpine prosecutor.
Italy has not been immune to the tragedies generated by the most violent conflict in history; while the north east falls into the karst crevasses of the sinkholes, and Rome prepares for the massacre of the Fosse Ardeatine, to the south the French colonial troops landed under the command of General Juin, an officer with a very controversial past6 whose effigy, placed in Place d'Italie, was recently damaged by gilets jaune... par ironie du sort (next photo).
I goumiers Moroccans wear djellaba7, turban, sandals, and are equipped with a saber or dagger; they are part of the CEF8, and about 12.000 landed in Sicily. The rapes, to which the Sicilians react by killing several goumiers, they begin in July 43 in Licata and Capizzi.
After the breakthrough of the Gustav line, from Polleca, where de Gaulle and the Minister of War André Diethelm are located, the Francocolonials launch themselves on Pontecorvo and begin unspeakable violence that sweeps across the Frosinone area up to the gates of Rome, up to Tivoli, and to also attended by white French, as also testified by Norman Lewis, British officer already present in Montecassino. Decades of physical and psychological suffering begin, accompanied by hundreds of unwanted births.
Place the responsibility on the goumiers it is limiting since the Americans were aware of the facts9 and who, however, like the French officers, did not intervene. It seems, but there is no confirmation, that Juin has promised absolute impunity for 50 hours, a repeated promise that leads to protracted violence until 44, when, in the imminence of his departure for France, and after de Gaulle received a harsh letter from Pius XII, discipline returns, once again forgotten in southern Germany.
Until the 90s the French and Anglo-Saxon historiographies do not report anything, but in Esperia, still in 1985, at a demonstration of reconciliation between war veterans, the French are declared unwelcome.
The abuses are recognized by Juin, who, in a memorandum addressed to the Allied Command, charges everything to "feelings towards a nation that hatefully betrayed France", to an unknown anger even to President Macron who, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the landing in Provence, asks Guinea and the Ivory Coast to name streets and squares after the African soldiers, also mentioned in the film "Indigènes", Directed in 2006 by Rachid Bouchareb che dimentica to mention gang rapes.
In 52 the Hon. Maria Maddalena Rossi, of the PCI, in Parliament recalls both the violence inflicted and the requests for compensation presented to the authorities; however, not only the pension books received do not give for a long time, and in some cases never, any right of collection, but the rules in force do not allow the accumulation of compensation with the war pension. In fact, the indemnities, largely recognized by the French state, are collected by the Italian state.
And Juin? Stick from Marshal of France and subsequent and eminent assignment to NATO: for him there will be no investigation, but one glorious burial a les Invalides.
It is Malaparte who, with Skin, tells the agony of a people; from Ciociaria he moves to Naples, takes into account the price of the human flesh that goes down, while that of basic necessities rises: it is the spread of plague, a disease of which liberators seem to be healthy carriers, an evil that forces one to sell one's soul while the good Colonel Hamilton labels the mass as bastard people.
But you know, the winners ... "they have a clear soul ... they are good Christians ... Because they believe that it is immoral to be wrong ... Because they believe that a defeated people is a people of guilty people, that defeat is a moral condemnation, it is an act of divine justice"10; what do they know about Elisabetta Rossi, or Margherita Molinari who in Vallecorsa are killed by goumiers to defend their daughters? Nothing. Certainly not even Juin, despite his marshal's cane of France.
1 J. Bethke Elshtain Women and war, Bologna, 1991
2 Presence amere, 3 May 1808 - Guernica
3 600.000 estimated victims
4 Reliable estimates refer to a number of killed equal to 300.000
5 1907 Hague Convention (respect for family honors); art. 6 of the Nuremberg Charter, which incriminates any "another inhuman act committed against any civilian population, before and during the war ", however, not making explicit reference to rape, and prodromal to the IV Geneva Convention for the Protection of Civilians of 1949
6 In 1940 he was taken prisoner by the Germans in Dunkirk, and released thanks to Philippe Pétain. At the command of the colonial army of Vichy, in 1942 he surrendered to the US troops, to subsequently assume command of the French expeditionary force in Italy.
7 tunic of raw wool with gray stripes and various colors
8 Corp Expeditionnaire Français,
9 Eric Morris in "The Useless War" wrote that near Pico, men from a battalion of the 351st US Infantry tried to stop the rapes, but their company commander intervened and declared that "they were there to fight the Germans, not the goumiers ".
10 Curzio Malaparte, The skin
Images: The Bulgarian Martyrs by Konstantin Makovskij (1877) / frame "La ciociara" (1960) / Imperial War Museums / web
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Q: iOS how to insert a local file URL into NSURLConnection response data? I'm trying to modify a behavior of a webpage within my iOS app and make the in-page media player play a file from the local caches folder instead of fetching it from a web server.
Below is my code that replaces the http:// video path with a local file path. The code does not work, giving me "Resource Temporary not available. Please try again" error message popup. Is it possible to have a web-based media player play file from a local disk using file URL?
I tried substituting these for the instanceURL, but they don't seem to work.
[fileURL path]
[fileURL absolutePath]

I'm intercepting the request for the file and am parsing it to find out that the page is asking for a video file:
- (void)connection:(NSURLConnection *)connection didReceiveData:(NSData *)data
    // An NSURLConnection delegate callback.  We pass this on to the client.
{

    NSDictionary* decisionDictionary = [[RequestListener sharedInstance] shouldContinue:connection processRequestData:data];

    BOOL shouldContinue = [decisionDictionary[@"shouldContinue"] boolValue];

    if(shouldContinue == NO)
    {
        return;
    }else
    {
        NSData* d = data;
        //substitute fake data
        if(decisionDictionary[@"data"])
        {
            d = decisionDictionary[@"data"];
        }

        [[self client] URLProtocol:self didLoadData:d];

    }

}

Within my shouldContinue method, I check if the video is present locally and modify the response data to create a path to a local video.
    NSString* path = [VideoDownloader localVideoPathForVideoID:videoID];
     NSURL* fileURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:path];

DLog(@"url:%@",[fileURL absoluteString]);
     NSString* replacement = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"\"instanceUrl\":\"%@\"",[[fileURL absoluteURL] absoluteString]];
      DLog(@"replacement:%@",replacement);
      NSString* forgedResponse = [parts componentsJoinedByString:@","];
      NSData* forgedData = [forgedResponse dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
      return @{@"shouldContinue":@(YES),@"data":forgedData};

A: Have a look at NSURLProtocol. You can intercept http requests before they are sent to a host to decide what to do about it: Continue to server, redirect to local cache.
There's a decent tutorial by our beloved Ray Wenderlich.
Apple has a programming guide as well.

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Organizer: Stavros Stavrides (National Technical University of Athens, GR); Penny Koutrolikou (National Technical University of Athens, GR); Michael Janoschka (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, ES).
In contemporary societies crises and structural changes are mostly perceived as centred around economy and production. Cities become both the terrain where crises are visibly felt and central points in the processes of their emergence. Cities are 'in crisis' both because policies of structural changes explicitly attempt to reshape them and because they become contested terrains in which socio-political antagonisms are emphatically spatialised.
Increased insecurity and precariousness is intrinsically connected to a paradigm shift; a shift towards what Sassen has described as "the logic of expulsion" where the "excessive humanity" is being expulsed rather than integrated to society as was the case in most of welfare-state oriented societies. Conversely, a plethora of struggles and claims emerge; struggles that contest both the 'management' of the crisis and claim a different future.
In this context, housing becomes a pivotal point; as a consequence of crisis, housing is being redefined and secured as an important social good, while at the same time it is being further integrated into regimes of liberal market provision, dispossession and stealth. The social meaning of housing becomes a stake especially because most of the existing models of social organization (liberal, neoliberal, welfare, socialist) have been in a 'crisis'. Thus, housing entails an array of often-conflicting representations (themselves embodying ideologies and perceptions of what an ideal city is): housing as property/ownership, as product, as right, as public good. Public discourses often complement such representations, debating what public means and who it includes. Moreover, housing is central in regards to practices contesting displacement and expulsion/exclusion. In capital-rich cities, gentrification and increased provision of luxury housing pushes poorer and/or middle income residents further away from "revamped" city-centres. Contrastingly, in cities in 'crises' or 'austerity', housing gets targeted, resulting in increased debt, evictions (even homelessness) and asset consolidation. And displacement (of people and identities) becomes a key mechanism to reshape the social composition of the city.
This session invites papers that discuss the multiple aspects of housing and housing struggles in the context of multifaceted crises along these three (and interrelated) axes: representations, discourses and practices. In an effort to explore glimpses of contemporary views about an ideal city we need to study the ways housing practices and values are problematized today both by decision and policy makers and by people in struggle. In, against, and beyond the current urban crises.


The "safe" approach is to give the Business Strategy and then the HR Strategy to the HR Leadership. However, it is a big mistake!
• It quickly becomes "HRs" strategy with superficial support at best and at worst it is completely ignored.
Hence, the connection to the business strategy is seldom as rigorous as it should be.
Strategy of the business and the Strategy of the HR function are two totally different things. Yet they get fused into a single outcome, once again reinforcing the ownership of the strategy by HR.
The organisations HR / People strategy has to be owned by Exco! The strategy of the HR function is about how the HR function will position itself to contribute to the execution of the People strategy of the business. It is about ensuring that the processes, HR professionals, technology, policies etc are in place to facilitate achievement of the People strategy.
Does this mean HR is side-lined in the design and execution of the people strategy? Not at all! HR has a key role to play in defining the context of the business environment as it affects human capital; guiding Exco towards the right decisions; and educating them about the implications of what they decide.
However, for HR to sit in isolation and try to sell the outcome of their strategy workshop to Exco later actually detracts from their key role of guiding and educating Exco and of ensuring that there is a rich conversation about the people issues.


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Conductor James Conlon receives three awards:
In the span of one month, conductor James Conlon has received three awards including two honorary doctorate degrees and an award from the Music Institute of Chicago.
Mr. Conlon received the Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Brandeis University in Waltham , MA , where he was a special guest at the university's commencement ceremony on May 17, 2009. Brandeis University honored Mr. Conlon for his distinguished accomplishments as the pre-eminent conductor of his generation, and for his extraordinary efforts in reviving works suppressed by the Nazi regime through his multi-year "Recovered Voices" project at LA Opera. This year's other honorary degree recipients include opera singer Marilyn Horne, Newark , NJ Mayor Cory Booker, Indian environmentalist Rajendrea K. Pachauri, choreographer Bill T. Jones, Holocaust survivor and scholar Israel Gutman, and Israeli entrepreneur and industrialist Stef Wertheimer. Mr. Conlon and the other recipients, join a distinguished group of individuals who have received honorary degrees from Brandeis University including Marian Anderson, Marc Chagall, Wynton Marsalis, Arthur Miller, Jessye Norman, and André Watts, among many others.
Mr. Conlon was also awarded the honorary degree, Doctor of Arts honoris causa, from Chapman University in Orange, CA, also in recognition of his accomplishments as a conductor and his contributions in the field of music, particularly his role in to recovering music suppressed during the Nazi era. Mr. Conlon was honored April 20, 2009 at Chapman University's annual "Evening of Holocaust Remembrance" event presented by Chapman University's Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education.
Mr. Conlon was also presented with the Dushkin Award from the Music Institute of Chicago in recognition of his artistry and passion as a performer, educator, and mentor, and for sharing his knowledge and experiences with young musicians. Past artists who have received the award include Leon Fleischer, Midori, Renée Fleming, Sir Andrew Davis, Mstislav Rostropovich, Isaac Stern, Christoph Eschenbach, Pierre Boulez, Zarin Mehta, and Placido Domingo, among others. The Dushkin award was established 25 years ago in memory of the Music Institute of Chicago's founder David Dushkin. The Music Institute of Chicago was established in 1931, and is now one of the largest independent community music schools in the United States.
James Conlon is Music Director of Los Angeles Opera, Music Director of the Ravinia Festival, the summer home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and celebrates his 30th Anniversary as Music Director of the Cincinnati May Festival in 2009. He has cultivated a vast symphonic, operatic and choral repertoire, and developed enduring relationships with the world's most prestigious symphony orchestras and opera houses through 35 years of conducting.
Mr. Conlon's awards in the recent past include two Grammy Awards, Best Classical Recording and Best Opera Album, for conducting LA Opera's Kurt Weill's Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny released on DVD, the Medal of the American Liszt Society in recognition of his distinctive performances of the composer's works, Italy's Premio Galileo 2000 Award for his significant contribution to music, art and peace in Florence, and an honorary Doctor of Music degree from The Juilliard School, which he received in 2004. He was named an Officier de L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government in 1996, and in September 2004 he was promoted to Commander—the highest honor awarded by the Ministry of Culture in France. In September 2002, he received France 's highest distinction from the President of the French Republic, Jacques Chirac—the Légion d'Honneur. For more information visit www.jamesconlon.com.
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A student accused of plagiarism can cause a student to be expelled and prohibited from entering another school. A professional can be relieved of their position and find it hard to obtain another job in the same capacity. An academic found of plagiarism will likely lose the privilege of publishing anything more, which may result in the end of his career. When writing essays, dissertations, presentations and more for your high school or college assignments, the ethical board of your school will not excuse plagiarism due to ignorance. A student is often suspended after the first offense of being found guilty of plagiarism and almost certainly will be expelled for further offenses.
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Prior to joining the UW faculty, Dr. Levy was awarded a post-doctoral fellowship at the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American and African history. She also has experience working in Student Affairs, having served as the Director of the Luther P. Jackson Black Cultural Center at the University of Virginia.


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Import from a survey definition file.
For now, we will just create a survey from scratch.
While the survey editor design does not look too modern (nor the whole site if I must say), it does seem to have all the tools that we need, working similar with what other survey providers like SurveyMonkey or eSurveysPro have.
If you do not like the default look of the survey, you can choose another theme from the 14 predefined or you can create your own custom theme where you can define fonts and colours for all page elements.
Create a survey web link to use within your own Email, Web page, blog, Facebook, MailChimp, etc.
Embed your Survey directly within your own Web page, or blog.
Automatically close this Survey at a future date.
Protect the survey with a Password – For added security select a password that must be used to participate in the survey.
Hide link that allows a participant to suspend a survey.
We will add a few responses now so that we can test the reporting features of WebSurveyMaster.
View all comments for an individual question with the ability to search on specific words.
Export results to both PowerPoint for graphical presentations and to Excel for raw data.
Source tracking allows you to determine how people are getting to your survey e.g. links on your web site, email invitations, Facebook etc.
Cross tabulation e.g. break down results by gender, age range etc.
We cannot finish this review without mentioning that at the Premium level, there are team collaboration options to share all aspects of survey editing, publication and results analysis.
Overall, we think that WebSurveyMaster is a very nice survey software tool. The only downside we could find is the rather old looking site design, but that is not very important compared to the multitude of features that WebSurveyMaster offers. So, from our point of view, go ahead and give WebSurveyMaster a try.
For more details about free survey sites and online survey tools, visit www.analyticstool.com.


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package pl.bydgoszcz.guideme.autofittextview;

import android.support.annotation.NonNull;
import android.support.test.filters.LargeTest;
import android.support.test.rule.ActivityTestRule;
import android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnit4;
import android.text.Html;

import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Rule;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;

import java.util.Arrays;

import static junit.framework.Assert.assertTrue;

/**
 * Instrumentation test, which will execute on an Android device.
 *
 * @see Testing documentation
 */
@RunWith(AndroidJUnit4.class)
@LargeTest
public class AutoFitScrollViewTest {
    private AutoFitScrollView autoFitTextView;
    private TestActivity testActivity;
    private boolean initialized, finished;
    @NonNull
    @Rule
    public final ActivityTestRule<TestActivity> activityRule = new ActivityTestRule<>(TestActivity.class);

    @Before
    public void setUp() {
        testActivity = activityRule.getActivity();

        testActivity.runOnUiThread(() -> {
            autoFitTextView = AutoFitScrollView.with(testActivity.scrollView, testActivity.linearLayout);
            initialized = true;
        });
    }

    @Test
    public void test40() throws InterruptedException {
        for (int i = 40; i < 300; i += 5) {
            testContent(i, createContent(i));
        }
    }

    private String createContent(int wordsCount) {
        final String word = "Hello ";
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(wordsCount * word.length());
        for (int i = 0; i < wordsCount; i++) {
            sb.append(word);
        }
        return sb.toString();
    }

    private void testContent(int wordsCount, final String content) throws InterruptedException {
        while (!testActivity.created && initialized) {
            Thread.sleep(100);
        }
        testActivity.runOnUiThread(() -> {
            //noinspection deprecation
            testActivity.textView1.setText(Html.fromHtml(content));
            try {
                Thread.sleep(200);
            } catch (InterruptedException ignored) {
            }
            finished = true;
        });
        while (!finished) {
            Thread.sleep(100);
        }
        finished = false;
        final float internalLayoutHeight = testActivity.linearLayout.getHeight() * testActivity.linearLayout.getScaleY();
        final float containerLayoutHeight = testActivity.scrollView.getHeight() * 1.1f;

        assertTrue("Words count: " + wordsCount + " " + Arrays.toString(new float[]{internalLayoutHeight, containerLayoutHeight}), internalLayoutHeight < containerLayoutHeight);
    }
}

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The founder of Analytic Advisors, Carsten Haber obtained his PhD at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Switzerland, building on chemistry degrees obtained at the European Higher Institute of Chemistry in Strasbourg (France) and the Technical University of Munich (Germany).
After maturing in academia, Carsten worked over nine years as a senior scientist at Orion Research, now part of ThermoFisher. He was actively engaged with the development of commercial instruments for capillary electrophoresis and miniaturized high-speed titration.
Having acquired a strong scientific-technical background and years of experience in taking ideas from academia to the commercial level, Analytic Advisors is now assisting device and assay developers in the life sciences, technical marketing & sales initiatives, guidance, support and business development.


Abraham is easily one the Bible's most famous characters. But have you ever considered his wife? Surprisingly, she gives us a much more attainable example of the Christian life.
Reformation begins with the rediscovery of God's Word. In a time when biblical ignorance and illiteracy abound, we must devote ourselves anew to the Bible.
Nobody knows what something means more than the person who wrote it. The Holy Spirit is the Bible's ultimate Author. He shows us how to interpret Bible prophecy.
We hate when our words are taken out of context. We must be careful not to do this to the authors of the Bible - especially the prophets!


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6 Teams That Could Trade for Carson Wentz
ByIan Wharton
Image via Getty/Mitchell Leff
The NFL playoffs are about to kickoff and over half the league is already looking forward to next year as they retool their roster for a better 2021 season. COVID reduced revenue streams this past season and the 2021 salary cap will reflect that. There'll be a plethora of veterans available this spring as teams try to get under the declining cap ceiling.
One of those veterans who will be available is Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz. Wentz's tenure with the Eagles quickly soured as his on-field play cratered after injuries and a sudden loss of mechanics and poise. This was terrible timing for the team since his massive $128 million extension kicks in this off-season.
The Eagles don't have much of a choice with Wentz after another batch of reports came out about how unhappy he is about his situation. Being benched for Jalen Hurts was warranted, but his feelings were hurt when the former Oklahoma and Alabama signal caller was drafted last spring. This is the second time Wentz couldn't handle competition and responded poorly to the team addressing the backup position.
There's been much discussion about whether the Eagles can get rid of Wentz due to the massive financial implications, but make no mistake that they can and will. Paying a malcontent $34 million to sit on the bench is even worse than paying him to play elsewhere. Trading him prior to June 1 would almost be a break-even financially for the organization, and after June 1 would save the team $25 million in cap space in 2022.
Wentz's contract is palatable as a two-year, $47 million deal during the 2021-2022 campaigns, according to Spotrac, and a manageable dead money hit as he turns 30 in 2023 if he busts. He's worth a flier for quarterback-needy teams that can't draft a top prospect. Here are at the top options that can afford Wentz and why they make sense for him.
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Spring Barrel Tasting (April 28-30, 2017) is a fun time of year in the Yakima Valley. One of the largest wine events in the state, it's a celebration of spring, new wines and a peek at the warm summer months ahead. Winemakers and staff are on hand to mingle with guests, give tours and answer questions about their wines. Most open barrels of future vintages for sampling and plus there is live music, vendors, food and a festive mood.
With more than 50 wineries involved and large number of people you should plan out your trip. Here are a few tips to help make the event fun for all.
Plan ahead: Plan to stay at least one night and to reserve your lodging well in advance. For a listing of Yakima Valley hotels, B&Bs and inns click here.
Be responsible: Gather friends and get a limo or join an organized tour. If you do not hire a professional driver, designate a non-drinking driver. Treat the designated driver like a king or queen by buying their lunch and a bottle or two for them to enjoy at a later time. Note: Even if you have a designated driver, the tasting room staff is not allowed to serve you if you are impaired… it's the law.
Get the scoop: Wineries and wine organizations have different offerings and fees (or no fees) during the event. Before you arrive, visit the wine associations for the details on their offerings.
Consider the "pre-barrel" weekend: A number of wineries in the Rattlesnake Hills region and other locations also celebrate what is locally known as Pre-Barrel, this year on April 18-19, 2015. It's the weekend before the big event, but is low key in style and less crowded. If you want time with the wine makes and staff, this is a great option.
Bring your own wine glass: With the crowds expected the wineries can't supply everyone a glass so bring one for each person. Some will offer glasses for sale.
Timing is everything: Friday and Sunday of the main weekend tend to be quieter so visit on those days.
Try something new: Tasting from the barrel is very different than trying a finished product out of a bottle. Talk to the winemaker and staff. Ask about the flavor, process and how the wine will taste when finished. It's a great time to gain a greater appreciation of the wine making process.
Be Patient: The weekend draws a lot of people and staff at the wineries are working as fast as they can.
Be Respectful…of other tasters and the staff. Try not to get too pushy or grouchy. Everyone is having fun and there can be a lot of people.
Don't wear it: 70 to 80% of our ability to perceive flavor comes from our sense of smell. So please do not wear perfume, cologne, aftershave or any other fragrance, as it interferes with everyone's ability to smell, and hence taste the wines. You should also refrain from chewing gum and breath mints.
Follow these tips and everyone will have a great time during the Yakima Valley Spring Barrel weekends. Enjoy your visit and see you soon!
Click here for Yakima Valley Tourism's Spring Barrel Tasting Website. For a handy map of the wineries and other craft beverage options like breweries, cidery and distilleries click here.
Special thanks to the winemakers, tasting room managers, wine fans and others who contributed to this article.


Corian introduces its new colors for 2017!
Attractive designs influenced by materials of the past combined with the natural world beauty, the new colors of Corian are exciting and stylish. This year Corian has created three new looks: Prima, Concrete, and Onyx. The specially selected colors express the patterning and coloring of our natural environments. From bold to subtle, classic to modern, trendy to elegant, there's a Corian color to meet your design needs. Achieve your design goals while still selecting a quality product that will stand up to whatever your life may throw at it. You can rest easy knowing you've picked a surface to last a lifetime!
For a sneak peek, check out the new Corian colors in their video, below.


In today's market there are several options when it comes to gutters, especially colors and styles.
There are many questions to answer when working with any home or property improvements and a professional contractor. You, as the home owner or investor may not have all of the answers–but may have questions. At CR Gutters, we send out a experience estimator to your property to do a walk-thru. The estimator will work with you helping you decide on what best fits your property, the area that you live in, budget and most importantly what you may have heard or questions that you may have.
Some of these questions may be: What are my options? How quickly can the gutters be installed? What is the maintenance of any? What is the warranty? Is the colors painted? Do you provide any other materials other than aluminum?
Consider writing down all of the questions that you may have and be prepared to ask your estimator when he or she arrives. We are hear to assist you in making the best decision for your home and / or investment property.
At CR Gutters, Inc., are gutters are professionally installed and guaranteed.


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Paint This Town is the seventh studio album by old-time folk band Old Crow Medicine Show. Conceptually, the album aimed to shine a light on the darker aspects of the American experience, with character-driven songs underpinned by the band's vision for a more harmonious future. Released on April 22, 2022 via ATO Records, it marked their return to the label which released 2012's Carry Me Back and 2014's Remedy. It was preceded by the singles "Paint This Town", "Bombs Away", "Honey Chile" and "Gloryland".

It is their first album following the departure of Chris "Critter" Fuqua, leaving bandleader Ketch Secor as the sole remaining founding member of the group, though Fuqua is still credited as a writer on two of the album's twelve tracks. It is also the band's first album to feature Mike Harris, Mason Via and Jerry Pentecost, who became their first permanent drummer.

Background
The album was recorded at Old Crow's Hartfield studios in East Nashville. Discussing the journey of the band since the release of their previous album, Volunteer in 2018, frontman Ketch Secor stated that the addition of Jerry Pentecost as their first dedicated drummer was instrumental in redefining their sound. In an interview with The Tennessean, Secor explained that "things had changed a lot. We broke up with our longtime manager. We lost Critter, who was our longtime banjo player. There was an opportunity to do two things: Placate the crowd and the team and just keep on doin' it. Maybe switch to casinos, that kinda thing, or reinvent it, reinvigorate it. And that decision coincided with callin' Jerry." Praising Pentecost's contribution to the album, Secor noted that "he brought a full head of steam to the locomotive and it just kept goin' down the tracks", while Pentecost expressed that bringing full-time percussion to the band allowed him to carve out a unique position in the history and sound of Old Crow.

Singles
The album's lead single and title track was released on December 8, 2021. Written by Secor and Jim Lauderdale, it was inspired by their teenage experiences of living in a small town and rebelling against the confines of that lifestyle.

"Bombs Away", which features Molly Tuttle, was released as the second single on January 25, 2022. The song was a solo composition by Secor, who wrote it following the dissolution of his marriage while he was working as an artist in residence at Sewanee: The University of the South and was inspired by the optimistic energy of the students there. Secor enjoyed the contrast between the upbeat instrumentation and the lyrical content, describing it as "first and foremost, a song about divorce" but one that is "brimming with the euphoria of new beginnings, a tongue-in-cheek tale of throwing caution to the wind and starting over."

The album's third single, "Honey Chile", was released on March 14, 2022 and was inspired by country singer Charlie Daniels. Discussing his influence on the track, Secor explained that "when you mine the musical traditions of the South as we have you're always going to run head-on into the region's most successful export: Southern Rock, and my favorite performers of this style are the Charlie Daniels Band, who Old Crow was lucky enough to open for back in the early 2000's. We'll miss Charlie around these parts, but he lives on in songs like 'Honey Chile,' a backwoods slow burn about good lovin' and other hard habits to break."

"Gloryland" was released ten days before its parent album on April 12, 2022. Secor described the track as song inspired by his fears over the state of the world and a hypothetical scenario where he attempts to escape but the gates to Eden are closed so he resorts to singing to make him feel better and give him purpose. He stated that he wrote the song because he "didn't know what the hell else to do".

Track listing

Personnel
Credits adapted from AllMusic.

Old Crow Medicine Show
Mike Harris – banjo, guitar, shaker, trumpet, vocals
Morgan Jahnig – bass, sax, vocals
Ketch Secor – banjo, guitar, fiddle, harmonica, harp, piano, sax, vocals
Jerry Pentecost – drums, mandolin, percussion, tambourine, vocals
Mason Via – banjo, guitar, mandolin, shaker, trombone, ukulele, vocals
Cory Younts – didgeridoo, guitar, harmonica, mandolin, organ, piano, shaker, vocals

Additional
Jeff Crawford – jug
Michael Criswell – photography
Aaron Draplin – graphic design
Pete Lyman – mastering
Matt Ross-Spang – engineering, mixing, production
Shardé Thomas – fife
Molly Tuttle – banjo, backing vocals
Sally Williams – executive producer

Charts

References

2022 albums
ATO Records albums
Old Crow Medicine Show albums

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use JMS\Serializer\Annotation\ExclusionPolicy;
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    protected $g1 = 'Casio';

    protected $g2 = 'Camera';

    protected $Type = 'string';

    protected $Writable = false;

    protected $Description = 'Manufacture Index';

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Abia doctors to begin indefinite strike from December 8
Doctors in Abia state will embark on an indefinite strike from December 8, over the non-payment of salaries by the State Government.
Dr Abali Isaiah and Dr Daniel Ekeleme, chairman and secretary of the state's chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), told newsmen that doctors working at ABSUTH and HMB are being owed between 21 to 25 months and 13 months' salary arrears respectively.
They said;
"That the 21- day ultimatum approved by the National Executive Council (NEC) of NMA and given to ABSG on November 17, to clear the aforementioned salary arrears is currently in its 17th day.
"That ABSG is yet to show any serious commitment to the course.
"That doctors working with ABSUTH and HMB are currently undergoing an untold hardship."
The medical officers who condemned the non-payment of doctors in ABSUTH and HMB, added that their ultimatum to Abia Government still stands and running.
They also insisted on the payment of what is owed doctors as a condition to avert the impending strike.
They further stated that failure to meet the above demands on or before December 8 would force all doctors in Federal, State, and private sectors in Abia State to proceed on total and indefinite strike.
Family exhumes grandma who was buried 10 years ago
'What a shame to not enjoy the world's best player for 90 minutes!' – Georgina Rodriguez laments after her partner Cristiano Ronaldo was benched for Portugal's game against Switzerland
'Women don't cry anymore' – Shakira takes jab at ex Gerard Pique after he went Instagram official with new girlfriend Clara Chia
Notorious child rapist arrested in Osun
Again INEC extends deadline for collection of PVCs


June 5, 2017 ‐ Shore Capital Partners ("Shore Capital" or "Shore") is pleased to announce that it has completed a recapitalization of Behavioral Innovations ("BI" or the "Company") and formed SCP Behavioral Innovations HoldCo, LLC. Behavioral Innovations provides center-based and in-home applied behavior analysis therapy ("ABA"), speech therapy ("SLP") and occupational therapy ("OT") services to children ages birth through 18 with autism spectrum disorder and other related developmental disabilities. In addition, BI offers adult services in community-based treatment settings. Behavioral Innovations has 13 centers in central and northern Texas and in-home services in the Oklahoma City, OK area.
Shore has partnered with Dan Nicholson, Executive Vice President, and co-founders Carla Edwards and Lori Russo, Board Certified Behavior Analysts ("BCBAs"). Ms. Edwards and Ms. Russo have been providing autism therapy services in Texas since 2000 and have established one of the largest providers in the state, representing a unique combination of best-in-class clinical quality and relative scale. Mr. Nicholson joined the Company in 2013 and has provided key leadership support and business development expertise amidst a period of robust growth.
"Shore Capital's track record proves they're the ideal partner as we accelerate our growth into new markets and expand our reach to serve more communities in Texas and Oklahoma," said Dan Nicholson.
Behavioral Innovations plans to expand its presence through new center openings and select add-on acquisitions, while maintaining a therapist-driven culture with a clear focus on clinical care. As the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder increases and state insurance mandates improve access to therapy, it will be critical for high-quality providers like BI to expand and meet the growing demand.
"Shore Capital's deep experience in multi-site healthcare services enables them to understand the unique needs of our business and provide the operating expertise, access to capital, and strategic guidance to help expand our footprint," said Carla Edwards, who will continue in her role as Executive Director of Operations.
"Shore's steadfast commitment to clinical quality confirmed we have identified the right partner for the next stage of growth," added Lori Russo, who will continue to serve as Executive Director of Clinical Services.
This investment represents the first platform investment out of Shore Capital Partners Fund II, L.P., a $190 million investment vehicle raised in April 2017.


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        columns
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          REFERENCE        VARCHAR2(30 CHAR)   path '$.Reference',
          REQUESTOR        VARCHAR2(128 CHAR ) path '$.Requestor',
          USERID           VARCHAR2(10 CHAR)   path '$.User',
          COSTCENTER       VARCHAR2(16)        path '$.CostCenter',
          SHIP_TO_NAME     VARCHAR2(20 CHAR)   path '$.ShippingInstructions.name',
          SHIP_TO_STREET   VARCHAR2(32 CHAR)   path '$.ShippingInstructions.Address.street',
          SHIP_TO_CITY     VARCHAR2(32 CHAR)   path '$.ShippingInstructions.Address.city',
          SHIP_TO_COUNTY   VARCHAR2(32 CHAR)   path '$.ShippingInstructions.Address.county',
          SHIP_TO_POSTCODE VARCHAR2(32 CHAR)   path '$.ShippingInstructions.Address.postcode',
          SHIP_TO_STATE    VARCHAR2(2 CHAR)    path '$.ShippingInstructions.Address.state',
          SHIP_TO_PROVINCE VARCHAR2(2 CHAR)    path '$.ShippingInstructions.Address.province',
          SHIP_TO_ZIP      VARCHAR2(8 CHAR)    path '$.ShippingInstructions.Address.zipCode',
          SHIP_TO_COUNTRY  VARCHAR2(32 CHAR)   path '$.ShippingInstructions.Address.country',
          SHIP_TO_PHONE    VARCHAR2(24 CHAR)   path '$.ShippingInstructions.Phone[0].number',
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             QUANTITY       NUMBER(12,4)                 path '$.Quantity',
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