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REA and UK EVSE announce merger
The UK Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Association (UK EVSE) and the Renewable Energy Association (REA) have announced they will join forces to provide a 'clearer voice' for EV charging.
As members of the UK EVSE are set to join the REA in the coming weeks, the merger is set to bring about a 'communications boost' for the UK EV charging sector.
The members will join the REA's EV Forum, comprising of 75 companies involved in installing, operating, manufacturing, financing, and providing services to the charging industry in the UK.
Transport minister Rachel Maclean said: "People in the UK should have the best opportunities to make the switch to cleaner cars, that's why we are working closely with industry to bring world-leading expertise into creating, running and charging these vehicles.
"This merger signals an important joining of forces for the sector, and I hope to see them power forward more innovations for drivers everywhere."
Robert Evans, chief executive officer and chair at UK EVSE, said: "I'm proud of the work we have done at UK EVSE, championing the interests of the charge point sector working with the support of members past and present, we have come an enormous way as a sector.
"The association has been provided a voice for charge point providers and network operators during a period of rapid evolution in policy and the market. Now, with the Road to Zero Strategy and final report of the EV Energy Taskforce, a clear roadmap exists for what comes next.
"With the number of participants in the market burgeoning, now is the right moment for us to come together to ensure a well-resourced industry group. I look forward to continued involvement in key industry debates as part of the REA."
The REA believes the outcome of the merger will be a robust and coherent representation of the sector to Government, the media and other key stakeholders. It says that the addition of Cenex to the REA EV Steering Group will provide the REA deepened technical expertise in charge point technology, installation and operations, enabling it to better respond to key industry debates relating to standards, data and the electricity grid.
Dr Nina Skorupska, chief executive at the REA, said: "We are stronger when we work together. The integration of UK EVSE with the REA's EV Forum means centralising resources, concentrating collective expertise, and ensuring coherent communications to Government.
"We hope that this move will both deepen the REA's expertise in electric vehicle infrastructure but also empower our new members with knowledge and skill in our other work areas, such as that in solar and energy storage, all of which are converging at a rapid rate.
"We welcome our new members and will continue to work to provide a progressive and effective voice for the charging infrastructure and wider renewable energy sector."
Many members will additionally gain access to other REA member groups, such as the Solar Forum and Energy Storage Forum.
Tanya Sinclair, director of policy UK and Ireland at ChargePoint and chair of the REA EV Forum, said: "This announcement sends a clear message to those involved in manufacturing, installing, operating, and providing services to the charging infrastructure sector that the REA is the go-to association for the industry.
"This tie-up will result in a more joined-up voice to Government and represents progress for our rapidly maturing sector."
The UK EVSE aims to provide a collective voice for industry participants within the UK EVSE community.
The REA is a trade association for renewable energy and clean technologies with around 550 members operating across heat, transport and power.
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The following funding opportunities from federal agencies highlight an array of arts-related programs that support local humanities councils, arts education, employment, and cultural exchanges. Application deadlines are approaching for each of these five grants, so apply soon!
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), an independent federal agency in the executive branch, provides general operating support grants to 56 state and jurisdictional humanities councils. NEH's two primary strategic goals are to advance knowledge and understanding of the humanities and to increase public awareness of, access to, and support for the humanities in the United States. State humanities councils make humanities education and lifelong learning readily available at the local level, uniquely tailored to local interests and needs and drawing upon local resources and experiences. NEH and the Office of Federal/State Partnership use General Operating Support grants as the primary means of funding the 56 state and jurisdictional humanities councils. NEH awards General Operating Support grants for five-year periods—three years in which the grants provide funding, plus two subsequent years to close out the grants.
The Assistance for Arts Education program is authorized under Title IV, Part F, Subpart 4 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and is intended to enrich the academic experiences by promoting arts education for students, including disadvantaged students and students who are children with disabilities. The Professional Development for Arts Educators grant (PDAE) specifically supports the implementation of high-quality model professional development programs for arts educators and other instructional staff in the areas of music, dance, drama, media arts, and visual arts, including folk arts, for students in kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) in which 50 percent or more of the students are from low-income families.
People with disabilities experience many barriers to careers in the arts, such as inaccessible work spaces, fluctuating job stability and health benefits, and attitudinal barriers about employment opportunities. In a June 2016 online dialogue with the arts and disability community facilitated by the U.S. Department of Labor, participants identified a need for more online tools, resources, and professional development opportunities for people with disabilities seeking employment in the arts. Similarly, new resources are needed to help arts organizations see the value of including people with disabilities in their employment and other opportunities. The purpose of this Program Solicitation is to select an organization to develop a web-based toolkit designed to provide resources for job seekers and employers to help reduce barriers to careers in the arts for people with disabilities. These resources will assist artists and arts workers with disabilities with developing careers in the arts, as well as build capacity within arts organizations and the disability sector to better serve people with disabilities who seek employment. The toolkit will be housed on the National Endowment for the Arts' website.
Cultural diplomacy, an essential facet of America's foreign policy, enhances cross-cultural understanding and opens new avenues of dialogue and collaboration between individuals and nations. In support of U.S. Department of State foreign policy objectives, Creative Arts Exchange initiatives are arts-based, international people-to-people exchange programs. They create partnerships through artistic collaboration and professional development that enrich both the international participants and the Americans with whom they meet.
The National Endowment for the Arts' Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge for High School Students (the "Songwriting Challenge") began in 2016 as an opportunity for students in three cities to showcase their songwriting talents and compete for the opportunity to participate in a mentorship and final competition in New York City. Working alone or in collaboration with one other student, contestants are challenged to create the lyrics and music for an original song that could appear in a musical theater show. Now, the 2017-2018 Songwriting Challenge is being expanded to reach any eligible high school student across the United States. Students will compete for the opportunity to be one of six regional finalists traveling to New York City for the Finalist Weekend in Spring 2018.
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### Source Code
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One of the leading CBD-infused Beverage Company, Puration Inc. (USOTC: PURA) announced the launch of a pre-marketing campaign of its CBD-infused beer, tea and coffee beverages.
The Dallas based fully-owned subsidiary of American Cannabis Innovations Conglomerated or ACI, PURA has emerged with an initiative to introduce CBD-infused versions of existing third-party beverages by partnering with the producers. The company has recently released a detailed online management presentation on its corporate restructuring to direct resources on its promptly evolving Cannabis-infused beverage product line. PURA has sole license of the US patented Cannabis extraction process used by Kali Inc., a pharmaceutical company.
Ever since the introduction of EVERx CBD-infused Sports Water in the spring of 2017, Puration Inc. has produced over a million dollars in the sports nutrition market place in 2018. The sales have skyrocketed to 400% this year and expected to reach $4 million. Plans to concentrate on the CBD-infused beverage industry was triggered by the recent $4 million investment in Canopy Growth, a Cannabis Company based in Ontario by the global alcohol giant, Constellations Brands (Corona beer, among others).
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The Technical Side of Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition: An Interview With Joss Ellis
Age DE Team October 8, 2020
Only a few days remain until the launch of Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition, and our excitement cannot be overstated! With the streaming preview event kicking off this Friday, October 8th, everyone on the Age of Empires Franchise Team is ramping up for an exciting week where you get to enjoy and share in all the love poured into making the Definitive Edition. While you wait, we're keeping hype rolling with a new behind-the-scenes look at the journey of Age of Empires III: DE!
Today, we're happy to welcome and introduce you to Joss Ellis from Tantalus Studio—the team behind Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition—to answer a few questions about the technical side that will be supporting the new and improved game!
World's Edge: Hey Joss! Thanks for joining us. Can you please introduce yourself and what you do at Tantalus Studio?
Joss Ellis: My Name is Joss, and I'm the Director of Development at Tantalus. I started out as a games programmer and have worked on both the publishing side (EA, Virgin) as well as game development for a ridiculously long time! I've been very hands-on as a producer on Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition as I oversee all the development that we do.
World's Edge: How has Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition been rebalanced with input from the community?
Joss Ellis: We actively reached out to the ESO Community, as their patches were the starting point for the rebalance; the Age of Empires III community has refined much over the many years! The game has also been through numerous beta flighting programs throughout 2020, and much of that input has been included—especially with all the work that went into the two new civilizations: the Swedish and Inca. Additionally, we made adjustments as part of our close collaboration and consulting with the Native American communities.
The Swedish civilization in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
World's Edge: What kind of work went into all the graphics improvements for Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition?
Joss Ellis: First, we overhauled the entire engine: moving from DirectX 9 to DirectX 11. Each texture and model has been updated, as well as all the in-game cinematics which were re-rendered with higher fidelity. This means players will see significant changes from when comparing the original Age of Empires III to the Definitive Edition: including improvements to the cliff visuals and readability with triplanar texture projection—all part of a reworked procedural generation code with new pixel shaders. The terrain was also redesigned with a better blending system that gave our artists more control over blending between the materials, including a brand new FFT-based water system and river generation.
Under the hood, we also put in a Physically-Based Rendering system and SSAO & TAA graphic options. The physics engine was upgraded to the newest Havok system, and the particle system was upgraded with new dynamic lights. Not to mention, we put in an all-new destruction system! All of this was done with significant performance improvements, so the game now better utilizes the GPU and multi-cores where possible.
World's Edge: The original Age of Empires III came out at a time where resolution sizes were smaller than what we have available now. What kind of work went into supporting the wide range of modern resolutions?
Joss Ellis: We support almost anything! The game is mostly designed around 16:9—be that 1080p, 1440p, or 2160p/4K—but really wide monitors are also supported (giving us a good excuse to go buy some 😉). You can even play in windowed mode and expand the screen over multiple monitors, and we also support higher refresh rates! If you have an older system or a device like a Surface Pro, you can also play in 4:3 and other resolutions ideal for those systems.
Graphics comparison from Age of Empires III to Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
World's Edge: Can you explain the new camera system for Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition?
Ellis: You can pull the camera out further than was the case in the original Age of Empires III, but you can also push in closer. Being able to pull the camera out allows players to get a good overview of all the action, while the new zoom allows for cool screenshots of the improved models.
We also changed the way it tracks across the terrain. Imagine a thick blanket draped over the landscape: we follow that blanket's curves rather than pixel by pixel, so you get a smoother feel while panning. The difference may be subtle, but I wouldn't want to go back to the original camera.
World's Edge: Does it matter which version of Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition I buy from either Steam or Windows Store?
Joss Ellis: No; they are the same game, and we support multiplayer cross-play so everyone can game together regardless of what platform they're on. The achievements are the same across platforms, but you do get the added Xbox Live features in the Windows Store version.
World's Edge: What kind of quality of life changes were made for Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition?
Joss Ellis: We have spent a lot of effort addressing accessibility. For example, we've added a screen flash option for deaf players so they know they are being attacked, and implemented a complete rework on traditional color blindness modes—where, rather than a color remap, we applied outlines or a pattern overlay on key items (or both) to really make them stand out.
We also added a grid hotkey mode, right-click mouse scroll, and made the UI more informative: such as information that identifies why a player cannot acquire a particular asset. We also made it so you can copy other people's decks in multiplayer! In fact, a lot of work was done for multiplayer support: including a new server-based multiplayer infrastructure, integrated leaderboards, ranked ladders, and matchmaking!
The team also overhauled the UI: making it scalable and familiar to veteran Age fans. There's also a new in-game tech tree, and we added range and progress indicators for buildings.
This—and a whole lot more—went into the game to make this a truly familiar, yet new, experience for Age of Empires III fans!
Updated Model Asset Comparison in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
World's Edge: Can you talk about the new AI difficulty, and what the team did to present a new challenge for players?
Joss Ellis: Overall, the AI is improved across the board. It now makes better choices on when to attack, where to attack, and more importantly, what units to attack with. The AI makes much better army compositions and sends more relevant shipments from their Home City.
Additionally, on the higher levels, it can now micro-manage better—including hit-and-run tactics. All of these improvements pushed us to add a new difficulty level, "Extreme", which is much stronger than the original "Expert" AI!
World's Edge: One of the unique pillars of Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition is the Cards & Politicians – how much do players need to play to access all the unlockable Cards & Politicians?
Joss Ellis: We made the decision very early on to completely unlock the Shipment Orders (Cards) and the Age-up Politicians. In the original game, you had to grind for hundreds of hours to unlock all the good cards for each Civilization, and we felt that it gave an unfair advantage to experienced players.
The Cards are a really special feature in Age of Empires III and really sets it apart from other games. You pre-select a 'Deck' of things that you can ship from the Home City to your colony as you progress through the game. The Decks allow you to form new strategies—especially when paired with a Civilization's strengths to devastating effect. You can be on the brink of disaster when a well-timed delivery of, for example, 9 Heavy Cavalry units staves off your opponent's last-ditch, but overwhelming, attack.
Interlinked with the cards are the Age-Up Politicians, who offer various one-time benefits when you Age Up; usually, these are free units or resources that can form the core of fast-advancement strategies.
World's Edge: One frequently requested feature is spectator mode—are we getting that in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition? If so, can you talk a bit about it?
Joss Ellis: We most certainly have included it! You no longer have to use up a multiplayer slot to watch a game; you just log into a server and jump into a live game (with a small delay to stop cheating)! We've added controls to view from any player's perspective, reveal all the map, pause the observer match, and more! This allows a large number of people to watch a single game.
World's Edge: Another new thing for Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition is in-game mod support. What changes were made in the Definitive Edition to have them included, as the original game did not have them, and where can players find and share favorite mods?
Joss Ellis: Although the original game didn't have any mods right out of the box, it did ship with an editor—and the community made a great number of cool customizations with it. Since then, we've created a central hub (located at ageofempires.com) where you can upload your mods, browse for content, and add it to your game. A few mods for the original game will work with Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition, such as scenarios and maps. We even included some ESOC competition maps as official additions to the game!
World's Edge: Is there something we put in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition that the community wanted for the original game?
Joss Ellis: We made it so the unique systems and mechanics of the game were made more accessible and easier to learn. There are now way fewer clicks to jump into the game: including a one-click continue option to pick up exactly where you last left off!
World's Edge: Is there anything you are looking forward to the most with the launch of Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition?
Joss Ellis: Getting it released and out to the community, engaging with players, and the continued support to make this the best Definitive Edition yet! We're looking forward to incorporating great ideas and new quality-of-life improvements, as well as welcoming both experienced and new players to this great game!
From all of us at World's Edge, thank you so much, Joss, for talking to us about the features and improvements coming to the game! We hope everyone is just as excited as we are for the release of this remastered classic title!
If you want a preview of the features mentioned above, be sure to tune in for the Streaming Event taking place between October 8 at 17:00 UTC / 10 am PT / 1 pm ET through October 14th! We hope to see you there!
—The Age of Empires Team
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TEHRAN- The value of trade between Iran and China rose 10.1 percent during the first half of 2018 and stood at $17 billion, Gao Feng, the spokesman for China's Ministry of Commerce, told IRNA on Saturday.
He also put the worth of trade between the two countries at $37.18 billion in 2017, rising 19 percent from the figure of 2016.
Referring to the new round of U.S. sanctions against Iran, Gao Feng said: "Economic ties between the two countries will develop not considering the internal rules of the third countries. China will continue its economic and trade relations with Iran as before and the U.S. withdrawal from Iran's nuclear deal has no effect on the economic ties between the two countries."
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China's business and energy ties with Iran do not harm the interests of any other country, the country's Foreign Ministry said, after U.S. President Donald Trump said companies doing business with Iran would be barred from the United States, Reuters reported on Saturday.
China has already defended its commercial relations with Iran as open and transparent as U.S. sanctions on Iran took effect despite pleas from Washington's allies.
In a statement released late on Friday, China's foreign ministry reiterated its opposition to unilateral sanctions and "long-armed jurisdiction".
"For a long time, China and Iran have had open, transparent and normal commercial cooperation in the fields of business, trade and energy, which is reasonable, fair and lawful," it said.
"This does not violate United Nations Security Council resolutions or China's promised international obligations, nor does it harm the interests of any other country, and should be respected and protected," the ministry added.
Using sanctions at the slightest pretext or to threaten anyone won't resolve the problem, it said.
"Only dialogue and negotiations are the true path to resolving the issue," the ministry added.
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In response to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) release of its draft National Soot Standard, Evergreen Action Executive Director Jamal Raad released the following statement:
"EPA's proposed National Soot Standard lacks ambition and must be improved in a final rule. By proposing a range that would allow for pollution levels well above those that health experts have called for, EPA is risking unnecessary exposure to the deadly soot pollution we know contributes to tens of thousands of deaths every year, especially in disadvantaged communities.
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In October, Evergreen Action released Falling Behind: A Report Card on the EPA's Progress on 10 Important Power Sector Rules, which reviewed EPA's progress on the regulations that are key to cutting air and climate pollution from power plants, including the National Soot Standard. Only 1 out of 10 rules are currently on track. You can read the full review of EPA's progress, along with our recommendations here.
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Bessman Okafor death sentence overturned
ORLANDO, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) - The parents of an Orlando teenager who was murdered will have to re-live the pain, after the Florida Supreme Court ruled in favor of a new sentencing phase for the killer.
Rafael Zaldivar says he expected convicted killer Bessman Okafor to get a second chance at life. We talked over the phone about the Supreme Court's decision on Thursday.
"We're not happy with it, but we're going to do it and I'm very confident he's going to get his hearing and we're going to get the 12-0 decision again and he's going to be sent back to death row."
"The decision in the Okafor case was 11 to 1 in favor of death. Both the U.S. Supreme Court and Florida Supreme Court came out and said it has to be unanimous," says defense attorney Mark O'Mara.
O'Mara says Okafor and others are getting a second chance after state legislators changed the law.
"There are a number of cases that were pending during a time the Supreme Court made these changes. So Okafor is one of them. We're gonna see them throughout the state."
It was back in 2012, when Rafael's son, Alex, was murdered by Okafor, after he was supposed to testify in a home invasion case against Okafor. Even back in January, Rafael was worried this would happened.
"He's coming back. It's a 50/50. He's coming back, and we're gonna have to tolerate this guy at taxpayers' expense."
O'Mara says it could take six months before Okafor's sentencing phase could take place.
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Квартет написан, возможно, в худшее время композитора. Тогда он заклейменный ЦК ВКП(б) как формалист, вынужден был зарабатывать на жизнь музыкой к патриотическим фильмам и компромиссными сочинениями.

Исполнение квартета
Квартет, сочинённый в то же время, что и Первый скрипичный концерт (1949), был исполнен только после смерти Сталина, 3 декабря 1953 года в Москве, Квартетом имени Бетховена.

Строение квартета
Квартет состоит из четырёх частей:
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 2. Andantino
 3. Allegretto
 4. Allegretto

Музыкальные произведения 1949 года

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Social participation has been linked to the wellbeing of individuals, families and their communities in a range of studies, with high levels of community participation found to be associated with better physical and mental wellbeing. Social participation includes participation in both formal and informal groups, including involvement in community activities such as local events and clubs.
Particular factors have been found to be associated with increased community participation, including cultural background, socio-economic status, gender and age. Structural and organisational factors have also been identified, including ease of access, transport, availability, cost, location, engagement with local stakeholders and the quality and safety of facilities. A study by Berry, Rodgers and Dear (2007), for example, identified that while people may choose to participate in their community in many ways and at different levels, regular involvement in certain activities is especially beneficial, particularly those pursuits that are characterised by personal involvement, initiative and effort.
Relationships Australia has previously explored different ways people participate socially in their community with a view to understanding how community participation impacts on positive wellbeing. The focus of Relationships Australia's April 2018 online survey was to find out the level of engagement with the local community and the level of social participation of visitors to our website.
Community participation activities such as taking an active interest in current affairs; regularly socialising with household members, friends, extended family and neighbours; and taking part in organised community activities have been associated with improved wellbeing.
Happier people give more and giving also leads to increased happiness.
People who volunteer have lower mortality rates, greater functional ability, and lower rates of depression later in life than those who do not volunteer.
Money is associated with wellbeing because having enough money improves living conditions and increases social status. However, happiness only increases with income to a point. A range of studies have shown that it is the quality of our personal relationships, not income that has the greatest effect on our state of wellbeing.
Believing that money is the key to happiness can also harm a person's wellbeing. For example, a person who chooses to work a lot of overtime misses out on time with family, friends and leisure pursuits.
1002 people responded to the Relationships Australia online survey in April 2018. Around 77 per cent of respondents identified as female, with more female than male respondents in every age group (see Figure 1 below). Almost eighty-four per cent of survey respondents were aged between 20-59 years, and about forty per cent of respondents comprised women aged between 30-49 years (inclusive).
As for previous surveys, the demographic profile of survey respondents remains consistent with our experience of the groups of people that would be accessing the Relationships Australia website.
Around eleven per cent of both men and women responded they never chat to their neighbours, and more male (31%) than female (24%) respondents said they rarely chat with their neighbours. Forty-one per cent of female respondents said they occasionally or sometimes chat to their neighbours, compared with thirty-six per cent of male respondents. About one quarter of both male (21%) and female (23%) respondents said they chat with their neighbours often or very often (see Figure 2). Figure 3 shows that the majority of men (65%) and women (65%) feel their reported level of communication with neighbours was just about right. Around a third of both men (33%) and women (34%) thought their reported amount was too little.
Survey respondents were then asked whether they or their children, if they have any, attend a local school or regularly play sport in a local team. Just under half of both male and female respondents did not have children (48%), but for those who did, around one-third (33%) reported that their child does attend a local school (Figure 4). The majority of respondents (68%) reported they or their children do not regularly play sport in a local team (see Figure 6), with twenty-nine per cent reporting they do.
Survey respondents were also asked whether they regularly go to the park or local playground, regularly shop at the local store or regularly attend local community facility (such as playgroup, hobby, or special interest). Around half of female respondents (49%) said they regularly go to the local park or playground, compared with fifty-five per cent of male respondents (Figure 5), and Figure 7 shows the majority of both male (85%) and female (94%) respondents reported they shop at a local store regularly. Fifty-eight per cent of female respondents they do not regularly attend a local community facility, compared with around two-thirds (65%) of male respondents. Slightly more female (39%) than male (33%) respondents reported they do regularly attend a local community facility.
Overall, people who responded 'no' to questions about whether they participate in the community were slightly more likely to say that the amount they chat with their neighbours is too little, compared with people who do engage with these different domains of community activities and facilities. People whose children do not attend a local school and people who do not regularly go to the local playground or park were over one-third more likely (39% and 36% respectively) to respond the level of contact with their neighbours is too little. Respondents who do not play in a local sport team were twenty per cent more likely to respond the contact with their neighbours is too little, and people who do not regularly attend a local community facility were around 28 per cent more likely, compared with people who do engage in these activities. Whether someone regularly shops at a local store had the greatest impact on whether they were likely to respond that the amount of contact with their neighbours was enough, with people responding in the negative being forty-two per cent more likely to respond that their neighbourly contact is too little. This reflects research by Berry and Shipley (2009) which found that involvement in the community is an important indicator of social capital.
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Mesothelioma diagnosis as it stands today is only possible very late in the development of this illness. The inability to detect mesothelioma earlier is part of what makes mesothelioma such a devastating diagnosis. Because it can take decades for mesothelioma symptoms to emerge, by the time a mesothelioma diagnosis is made, it has often progressed to a stage that is more advanced than is optimal for treating cancer. Although intensive treatment with chemotherapy and/or surgery can prolong life, the rounds of chemotherapy and radiation can take a toll on the quality of life.
As things are now – and have been for decades – when a mesothelioma diagnosis is made, it means the disease is usually both unmistakable and incurable. Because there are no reliable early tests to determine a mesothelioma diagnosis, important time is lost without even knowing the disease is present and causing irreversible damage. Clearly a top priority for mesothelioma research science is to develop a way to catch mesothelioma as early as possible. We therefore applaud any successful steps to finding an earlier mesothelioma diagnosis test.
Early Mesothelioma Diagnosis Could Be Just A Breath Away
Now a group of scientists from Belgium's Antwerp University Hospital and Ghent University suggest the possibility that a breath test could be a way to offer early mesothelioma diagnosis. What's more, the researchers highlight in their new article published in Oncotarget, "Biomarkers for early diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma: Do we need another moonshot?" that a breath analysis test would be easy to administer, non-invasive and cost effective.
Currently when mesothelioma symptoms such as coughing, shortness of breath and fatigue occur, they could be mistaken for symptoms of other illnesses. There is no way to be absolutely certain whether it is mesothelioma or just the flu without a battery of tests that can include biopsies and medical imaging. No one likes getting poked with needles or going through an MRI scan. It is possible that even if mesothelioma symptoms are present, people may delay getting tested and diagnosed to avoid the discomfort of testing. Especially if they do not recall ever being exposed to asbestos, the only known cause of mesothelioma.
Also, these kinds of tests that involve the use of major hospital equipment like MRI scanners can be very expensive. Insurance companies are likely to balk at paying for having these types of tests given to apparently healthy and symptomless people because they say they have been exposed to asbestos at one point in their lives. Although exposure to asbestos causes mesothelioma, not everyone who has been exposed to asbestos will develop mesothelioma. But it is like playing Russian roulette – there is no way to know and the results can be lethal.
So the development of a simple low-cost early diagnostic test for mesothelioma that involved breath analysis has great potential to save lives.
Mesothelioma Diagnosis Needs a "Moonshot" Approach, Researchers Say
Mesothelioma diagnosis at present continues to elude the holy grail of early detection. Today we are all familiar with standard early detection tests such as mammograms for breast cancer, colonoscopy for colon cancer and psa tests for prostate cancer. Early detection at present is the best hope against beating cancer. The cancer is likely to be in an earlier stage with smaller tumors that are more easily removed and likely has not spread or metastasized to other areas of the body.
Because no early detection tests exist for a mesothelioma diagnosis, these Belgian researchers decided to brainstorm about it. It is important to note that their interesting and exciting new published article is not a clinical trial. Nothing was tested. There were no volunteer mesothelioma patients or laboratory animals. Or even cells in Petri dishes. Hopefully that will follow this initial report.
What these researchers have presented now is a very wonderful new idea. To support their idea, they carefully combed through the scientific literature already published in this area. They pulled together key information to make a case for why a breath analysis test for early mesothelioma diagnosis would work.
This is an important first step. The next steps needed are to translate this research into testing and re-testing to determine whether this idea will hold up when tried on real people in clinical trial settings.
"Rigorous studies on large patient cohorts and appropriate controls will determine the clinical validity and utility of breathomics in the diagnosis of mesothelioma," the researchers state. [1]
The researchers call for a "moonshot" approach to advance this idea along. They refer to a program announced in the U.S. during the Obama administration to move forward more quickly with cancer treatment testing. The Cancer Moonshot program was championed by then Vice-President Joseph Biden after his 46 year-old son Beau Biden died of brain cancer in 2015. However although at this time the current administration is likely to eliminate this program and, as the media terms it, turn the Moonshot into a crater, cancer research progress will continue.
Breathomics and Biomarkers As the Future of Mesothelioma Diagnosis
Mesothelioma diagnosis could receive the updating it very much needs if these researchers are correct in suggesting that the use of breath analysis could become a diagnostic tool. Breath analysis for medical purposes is technically known as breathomics.
Breathomics is defined as the study of exhaled air. It is a rapidly evolving research field that mainly focuses on health-related compounds that can be identified through the detection of their presence in exhaled breath. A simple form currently in use is the breathalyzer tests police give to someone they suspect of drunk driving to check for alcohol in their exhaled breath.
In medical testing of exhaled breath, if any compounds detected are connected to a disease or health condition, they are called "biomarkers." A biomarker is measurable substance whose presence indicates something is going on with the body – a disease, infection, environmental exposure or other kind of change.
Think of the pregnancy tests women can buy to use at home. If the stick turns a specific color when dipped in urine it means that hormones associated with pregnancy are present. The hormones are a biomarker for pregnancy.
The researchers are convinced that biomarkers for mesothelioma can be detected through breath analysis at an early stage of the disease.
"This method seems very promising in the early detection of diverse malignancies, because exhaled breath contains valuable information on cell and tissue metabolism," they say. "We believe a breathomics-based biomarker approach should be further explored to improve the follow-up and management of asbestos exposed individuals."
We at Mesothelioma Circle agree and hope to see studies testing this intriguing and much-needed idea.
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What is your definition of love? As a behavioral couples therapist, I ask couples this question. I hear a range of answers, and one of the most problematic is that love is a feeling. It is described as a warm fuzzy feeling, butterflies in your stomach, or a sense of caring for another. These feelings can motivate us to engage in certain behaviors; we give our partner the benefit of the doubt, do little acts to show we care or are thinking about them, and spend time together, just to name a few. The danger in viewing love as simply a feeling is that feelings come and go, ebb and flow, change and shift. The "honeymoon phase" typically lasts 18 months (if you are lucky), then the real work of a relationship begins. The first argument, disappointment, unintended hurt that is part of any relationship, can leave us feeling a range of emotions, and perhaps love for our partner isn't at the forefront of our minds.
What happens when the honeymoon phase is over? Our definition of love needs to shift from just a feeling, to an action. Defining love as a verb, rather than a feeling, means that even when we aren't feeling loving feelings towards our partner, we can still demonstrate loving acts. Consider this common situation, partners have a disagreement and feel hurt by one another; acting on the feeling of hurt may mean they don't speak to each other for the rest of the night, say hurtful words to one another, sleep separately, etc. In this situation, upholding love as an action does not mean they dismiss the hurt, rather they keep in mind what a loving action would be in this situation; perhaps that means sitting down to talk it out and problem solve, remain present, and compromise. Keeping the definition of love as an action does not free a relationship from problems, rather it keeps us free and flexible to work through problems effectively with the good of the relationship, our partner, and ourselves in mind.


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Q: Can SELECT and WHERE LINQ clause be combined? Here is what I have done to Select users into my model and then remove all the null records:
        model.Users = users
            .Select(u =>
        {
            var membershipUser = Membership.GetUser(u.UserName);
            return membershipUser != null
                ? new UserBriefModel
                {
                    Username = u.UserName,
                    Fullname = u.FullName,
                    Email = membershipUser.Email,
                    Roles = u.UserName.GetRoles()
                }
                : null;
        })
            .Where(u => u != null)
            .ToList();

Wondering if there is a way to combine the SELECT and WHERE clause.
I tried:
        model.Users = users
            .Select(u =>
            {
                var membershipUser = Membership.GetUser(u.UserName);
                if (membershipUser != null)
                    return new UserBriefModel
                    {
                        Username = u.UserName,
                        Fullname = u.FullName,
                        Email = membershipUser.Email,
                        Roles = u.UserName.GetRoles()
                    };
            })
            .ToList();

But the intellisense suggest a syntax error. Which forces me to add a return null statement:
        model.Users = users
            .Select(u =>
            {
                var membershipUser = Membership.GetUser(u.UserName);
                if (membershipUser != null)
                    return new UserBriefModel
                    {
                        Username = u.UserName,
                        Fullname = u.FullName,
                        Email = membershipUser.Email,
                        Roles = u.UserName.GetRoles()
                    };
                return null;
            })
            .ToList();

So what is the correct way to write this SELECT statement so only valid records are selected into my model?

A: Conceptually you actually have three operations here:

*

*project the user name to a membership user

*filter out null membership users

*project the membership users to a model

That is how your query should be looking.  Your very first query has already tried to combine steps 1 and 3 together, but you're struggling because step two really should be in the middle of the two, and the hoops that you need to jump through to get around that aren't pretty.
The query actually becomes simpler and readable (and becomes idiomatic LINQ code) when you represent all three operations individually.
model.Users = users
    .Select(user => new
    {
        user,
        membershipUser = Membership.GetUser(user.UserName)
    })
    .Where(pair => pair.membershipUser != null)
    .Select(pair => new UserBriefModel
    {
        Username = pair.user.UserName,
        Fullname = pair.user.FullName,
        Email = pair.membershipUser.Email,
        Roles = pair.user.UserName.GetRoles()
    })
    .ToList();

This is a query that can also be written more effectively in query syntax:
model.Users = from user in users
                let membershipUser = Membership.GetUser(user.UserName)
                where membershipUser != null
                select new UserBriefModel
                {
                    Username = user.UserName,
                    Fullname = user.FullName,
                    Email = membershipUser.Email,
                    Roles = user.UserName.GetRoles()
                };

As for the literal question of whether or not you can combine the projecting an filtering into a single LINQ operation, it is certainly possible.  It would be an inappropriate solution to the problem, but the use of SelectMany can allow you to filter and project at the same time.  This can be done by projecting the item to either a one item sequence containing the value that you want to project it to or an empty sequence based on the predicate.
model.Users = users
    .SelectMany(u =>
    {
        var membershipUser = Membership.GetUser(u.UserName);
        return membershipUser != null
            ? new[]{ new UserBriefModel
            {
                Username = u.UserName,
                Fullname = u.FullName,
                Email = membershipUser.Email,
                Roles = u.UserName.GetRoles()
            }}
            : Enumerable.Empty<UserBriefModel>();
    }).ToList();

Of course, every time you use this code, a kitten is killed.  Don't kill kittens; use the earlier query instead.

A: I don't think this is possible, Select will map everything 1-1 as far as I know...if you're trying to filter you will need a Where.
edit edit:
I no longer believe SelectMany can do it (As Servy has shown).

A: I don't know about any Linq method which will allow you to arbitrary add or to not add the value into the resulting IEnumerable.
To do it the lambda(selector, predicate, filter...) should be able to control this addition. And only predicates(Where) are able to do it. In your case you  will have to execute predicate(Where) and Select. There is no combinational method which will do both for you at the same time, except one non-direct method described in the end of the answer.
model.Users = users
   .Where(u => Membership.GetUser(u.UserName) != null)
   .Select(u =>
    {
       return new UserBriefModel
         {
             Username = u.UserName,
             Fullname = u.FullName,
             Email = Membership.GetUser(u.UserName).Email,
             Roles = u.UserName.GetRoles()
          };
    })
    .ToList();

We either get two Membership.GetUser(u.UserName) with such prefiltering or we will end with your original postfiltering.
That's just shifting the complexity. And it is difficult to say where the performance will be better.
It depends on whether the Membership.GetUser is fast and there are a lot of non-membership users - for my example. Or if Membership.GetUser is resource-consuming and there are few non-membership users your example with postfilter is better.
As any performance based decision it should be thoroughly considered and checked. In most cases the difference is minimal.
As it was already shown in the another post and pointed by Mr. 'Servy' it is possible to do so using one call of SelectMany SelectMany selecting either empty IEnumerable or 1-element array. But I still consider the first statement to be technically correct, because SelectMany returns collection of elements (it does not exactly add or doesn't add single element directly):
 model.Users = users
       .SelectMany(u =>
       {
           var membership = Membership.GetUser(u.UserName);

           if (membership == null)
               return Enumerable.Empty<UserBriefModel>();

           return new UserBriefModel[]
           {
               new UserBriefModel()
               {
                   Username = u.UserName,
                   Fullname = u.FullName,
                   Email = membership.Email,
                   Roles = u.UserName.GetRoles()
               }
           };
       })
        .ToList();

A: You can use a single method to accomplish this:
private IEnumerable<UserBriefModel> SelectUserBriefModels(IEnumerable<User> users)
{
    foreach (var user in users)
    {
        var membershipUser = Membership.GetUser(user.UserName);
        if (membershipUser != null)
        {
            yield return new UserBriefModel
            {
                Username = user.UserName,
                Fullname = user.FullName,
                Email = membershipUser.Email,
                Roles = user.UserName.GetRoles()
            };
        }
    }
}

You would use it like this:
model.Users = SelectUserBriefModels(users);

A: model.Users = users
    .Where(u => u.Membership != null)
    .Select(u => new UserBriefModel
            {
                Username = u.UserName,
                Fullname = u.FullName,
                Email = u.Membership.Email,
                Roles = u.UserName.GetRoles()
            })
    .ToList();

First filter, then select. For this solution you need to have a navigation property so you can do u.Membership.Email instead of the membershipUser.Email.
My users look something like:
public class UserProfile
{
    // other properties

    public virtual Membership Membership { get; set; }
}

where Membership is the entity representing the membership table and is mapped via:
modelBuilder.Entity<Membership>()
   .HasRequired<UserProfile>(m => m.User)
   .WithOptional(u => u.Membership);

Then you can select everything with one query. Some other solutions here also work fine, but every call to Membership.GetUser(u.UserName) results in one additional DB call.


Approximately 3 million people worldwide have pacemakers and an additional 600,000 get implanted each year. Pacemakers are the most common way to treat bradycardia, which is a slow or irregular heart rhythm that inhibits the heart from pumping enough oxygen-rich blood to the body, causing dizziness, fatigue, shortness of breath or fainting spells. Pacemakers help restore the heart's normal rhythm and relieve symptoms by sending electrical impulses to the heart to increase the heart rate.
Since their inception in 1949, pacemakers have significantly evolved. The original pacemaker was a bulky box which had to be plugged into the wall for power. Nearly a decade after the original pacemaker was invented, Medtronic developed a four-inch, battery-powered box that could be taped to the patient's chest. Over the past 58 years, Medtronic has continued to create innovative pacemakers; each one providing more benefits than the last.
Medtronic recently developed the most ingenious pacemaker yet. The Micra® Transcatheter Pacing System (TPS) is the world's smallest pacemaker, providing patients with the most advanced pacing technology at one-tenth the size of a traditional pacemaker. Comparable in size to a large vitamin, the Medtronic Micra TPS is unlike traditional pacemakers, because the device does not require cardiac wires (leads) or a surgical "pocket" under the skin to deliver a pacing therapy. Instead, the device is small enough to be delivered through a catheter and implanted directly into the heart with a small tine, offering a safe alternative to conventional pacemakers without the complications associated with leads — all while being cosmetically invisible.
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital is the first hospital West of Kansas City to implant the Micra TPS, after being recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). On May 26, Peter Chang-Sing, MD, board-certified cardiac electrophysiologist, successfully implanted the new device in Curtis West, a 70-year-old man who resides in Elk Grove, California. Curtis was transported from Mercy General Hospital in Sacramento to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital to be implanted with the device. Mr. West was an ideal candidate for this procedure because the Micra TPS was the only pacemaker that could possibly be implanted in his chest, due to other points of entry being restricted.
After his procedure, Curtis returned home to recover with his family. A month after his implant, he ecstatically reports, "I'm doing great!" Although there are still some limitations to what he can do on a daily basis, his recovery time was only about two days. "I would recommend this procedure to whoever needs a pacemaker," Curtis added.
The Micra TPS is designed to automatically adjust pacing therapy based on a patient's activity levels. It incorporates a retrieval feature to enable retrieval of the device when possible; however, the device is designed to be left safely in the body. For patients who need more than one heart device, the miniaturized Micra TPS was designed with a unique feature that enables it to be permanently turned off. This means it can remain in the body, and a new device can be implanted, without risk of electrical interaction.
Offering innovative technology, the Micra TPS is the first and only transcatheter pacing system to be approved for both 1.5 and 3 Tesla (T) full-body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, allowing patients access to the most advanced imaging and diagnostic procedures available, if and when they need one.


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Willem Blaeu (1571-1638), Nederlands cartograaf. "Blaue" is een onjuiste spelling
 Joan Blaeu (1596-1673) Nederlands cartograaf en graveur, zoon van voornoemde
 Blauw (kleur), de kleur blauw in een verouderde spelling

 An der schönen blauen Donau, een Weense wals van Johann Strauss jr. uit 1867
 Der Blaue Reiter (schilderij), een schilderij van Wassily Kandinsky uit 1903
 Der Blaue Reiter, een kunststroming van expressionisten, opgericht door Kandinsky en Franz Marc te München in 1911
 Die Blaue Vier, een kunstenaarsgroep van Kandinsky, Lyonel Feininger, Alexej von Jawlensky en Paul Klee in 1924
 Der blaue Engel (1930), een Duitse zwart-wit speelfilm van Josef von Sternberg
 Das blaue Licht (1932), een Duitse zwart-wit speelfilm van (en met) Leni Riefenstahl
 Das Blaue Licht (1976), een Duitse film van Iris Gusner
 Blaue Reiter (nationaalsocialisme), een systeem waarmee in de Tweede Wereldoorlog beschermde joden konden worden aangeduid
 OSG Willem Blaeu, een scholengemeenschap te Alkmaar


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Bacteria Resistant to Last Resort Antibiotic Missed by Standard Tests
Lisa Newbern, 404-727-7709, lisa.newbern@emory.edu
Emory microbiologists have detected heteroresistance to colistin, a last resort antibiotic, in already highly resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae, a bacterium that causes blood, soft tissue and urinary tract infections.
The results are published online in the journal mBio.
David Weiss, PhD, director of the Emory Antibiotic Resistance Center and a researcher at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, and his colleagues previously observed heteroresistance to colistin in other bacteria, called Enterobacter. In 2013, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) listed Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), which include Klebsiella, as one of the top three urgent antibiotic resistant threats. Various types of Klebsiella are estimated to be responsible for 10 percent of infections acquired in health-care facilities.
"This is concerning because Klebsiella is a more common cause of infection than Enterobacter, and these isolates were carbapenem-resistant, which means they might actually be treated with colistin," says Weiss, professor of medicine at Emory University School of Medicine and Emory Vaccine Center. "To our knowledge, this type of heteroresistant Klebsiella has not been observed in the United States before."
The first author of the paper is Immunology and Molecular Pathogenesis graduate student Victor Band. Co-authors include Sarah Satola, PhD, Eileen Burd, PhD, Monica Farley, MD, and Jesse Jacob, MD. Burd is director of clinical microbiology lab at Emory University Hospital, and Farley is director of the Department of Medicine's Division of Infectious Diseases.
The bacterial isolates came from urine samples from two patients in Atlanta-area hospitals as part of the nationwide Multi-site Gram-Negative Surveillance Initiative, part of the CDC-funded Emerging Infections Program.
Heteroresistance means bacterial resistance to particular antibiotics is harder to monitor, and such resistance is caused by a minor subpopulation of resistant bacteria that are genetically identical to the rest of the susceptible bacteria.
The bacterial isolates described in the mBio paper were not detectable with current diagnostic tests, although it was possible to see them by waiting an extra 24 hours for the resistant population to grow out. It appears maintaining colistin resistance all the time is disadvantageous for bacteria. Probing the mechanism of heteroresistance, Weiss and his colleagues were able to see a signature of colistin resistance, in terms of genes turned on and off.
In a mouse model of peritonitis (body cavity infection), infection with the heteroresistant isolates was lethal and untreatable by colistin, which is viewed as a last resort measure for bacterial infections resistant to other drugs, partly because colistin is poisonous to the kidneys.
"Clinical laboratories should consider testing for heteroresistance to colistin if this last-line antibiotic is required for treatment," the authors say. "However, the extra time required is a downside. Novel diagnostics that rapidly and accurately detect colistin heteroresistance are needed."
The research was supported by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, the Department of Veterans Affairs (I01BX002788) and the NIH Director's Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (P51 OD011132: primate centers).
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Blurb: The summer after high school, Eli Dunn and Jess Early explore an abandoned brothel in the rural Florida Panhandle. They've always kept their mutual attraction unspoken, but in an upstairs room at the end of the hall, everything changes. Suddenly, all the longing Eli and Jess have tried so hard to conceal bursts free, and passion like they've never experienced comes to light, along with the ghosts of Clay Bailey and Silas Denton, murdered owners of the brothel. And Clay and Silas have no problem possessing Eli and Jess in order to express their love for each other, without thought for the living.
One of them, the dark one, looked up at him in alarm. "Elijah," the man said, but that wasn't his name, so he shook it off like it bothered him.
"It's not right, it's not decent, and you can't have this." His body was shaking, but he held the gun steady on the men in the bed. The part of him he couldn't recognize anymore was clamoring at him, trying to remind him of something, but he couldn't listen and didn't want to. He was just too angry.
The other one—Clay, his name was—moved in front of the dark one and pushed him back. "Get the hell out of here, Brown," he shouted. From behind him, the dark man…. Silas, cursed in surprise and pulled Clay back again, whispered something in his ear.
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry that you didn't have love in your life. Everyone should have that. Clay and Silas, they just got lucky, and you didn't. That's—that's not their fault." He was sitting very still, his hand resting on Clay's arm so he wouldn't push forward again.
He still did not lower his weapon, though he could feel his mind faltering. He was no longer clear on who he wanted to kill, who he was angry with. Then he heard it again. "Elijah." It was spoken very softly by the dark-haired man. He frowned at the men on the bed, who looked different now. He shook his head again, less sure now.
Eli felt himself coming back, but the anger wasn't dissipating. He was still staring at Jess, he could see it was Jess now, but the rage was still there. He did not lower the gun.
Eli blinked a few times and then looked at his hand, holding the gun. He looked at Jess, and Shawn Kinney, on the tarp covering the filthy bed. His face went blank with horror, and he lowered the gun to his side, all of him shaking, unable to get a grip.
Jess got up and went to him, reaching down to gently pull the gun from his hand. He drew him in close, and Eli went, even though Shawn was right there, and even though things were still fucked up between them. He just needed it, and he knew Jess did too.
Shawn had gotten up and walked over to them. He put his hand on Jess's arm. "Si?" he said, his face confused. He reached up and put a hand to Jess's cheek.
Shawn looked disappointed for a second, and then his eyes cleared. All at once he looked mortified, and quickly pulled his hand away from Jess's face. Jess was still touching Eli on the waist and standing very close, and it occurred to him that they might want to cease any more physical contact until they were out of this room.
"Let's go. We shouldn't be here," Jess said. He moved away from Eli and started pulling on his clothes, then glanced at Shawn, maybe to make sure he was with it enough to do the same. The boy looked nearly catatonic, but he began to mechanically get dressed after Jess handed him his jeans.


This set of four bronze stitch markers will help you keep track of your pattern while knitting. The hare charm on each is attached to a 10mm bronze ring. They will freely slip onto an 8mm diameter needles which is a UK size 0 or US size 11. The charm is approximately 8 x 26mm.


Few high school students use a flying sphere of dough as a prop in a senior portrait.
Unless, of course, you happen to be Thomas Herzberg. Pizza dough was a natural prop for the recent Lakeside High School graduate, who is headed to Italy in August to become a master chef through a four-year program at Apicius International School of Hospitality in Florence, Italy.
"They said they've never had one throw a pizza before," said his mother, Becky Herzberg, holding the framed photograph of her son in her hand.
His career aspirations were evident long before his pizza-tossing portrait was taken, however.
"Ever since I was a baby, I've always liked to watch my mother cook," Mr. Herzberg said.
In his first solo venture into the kitchen at age 10, he made tacos for his family when his mother was out of town on business. But Italian cooking is his passion.
"I've just grown up with it. It's what I've always known and loved," said Mr. Herzberg.
He said he would like to follow in the footsteps of his maternal great-grandfather, Frank Pileggi, who came to America when he was 16 years old.
"He was a great cook. He's basically my inspiration," he said.
His great-grandfather is not the only family member who has influenced Mr. Herzberg's future career. The aspiring chef originally found out about Apicius from an uncle.
"He was at a five-star restaurant (in California), and the owner and head chef went to Apicius," he said.
During his first semester, Mr. Herzberg will take pastry, entre, wine tasting, salad and Italian language classes. The international students also will have the opportunity to visit local art museums and exhibits.
Mr. Herzberg said he decided to become a chef when he was 12 years old, and he hopes to return when he completes his studies to open an Italian restaurant.
"I think he's got a lot of potential," said Damiano Esposito, the owner of Roma's Pizza, where Mr. Herzberg works. "He came here, and he didn't know anything about pizza."
Mr. Esposito said his employee is a "quick learner" who has learned how to make pizza, dough, sauces and, perhaps most importantly, how to multi-task.
Mr. Herzberg said the long odds of launching a successful restaurant business will not deter him.
"I'm used to the hours. At first it was hard, but I'm used to it," he said. "I know it's a lot of hard work, and I'm prepared for it."
Feeding a crowd does not faze him, either. He has led preparations of a Thanksgiving dinner for about 50 people at his home, and he has catered events for the Columbia County school system and other customers.
And anytime a class at Lakeside celebrated an achievement with a pizza party, there certainly was no need for take-out. Not with Mr. Herzberg in the house.
"It was getting around school that I was really good at making pizzas. Pizza is my specialty, really," he said.
Mary Burch, a family and consumer science teacher at Lakeside, has high hopes for her former student.
"He has a real good work ethic, and I think that will make him successful," she said.
She said Mr. Herzberg is focused, and he knows what he wants to do.
"He's a local fellow who plans on coming back to benefit his hometown," Ms. Burch said.
Reach Betsy Gilliland at (706) 868-1222, ext. 113, or betsy.gilliland@augustachronicle.com.
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New $460 mln expressway to run from HCMC to Cambodia border
By Huu Nguyen &nbspApril 24, 2019 | 05:25 pm GMT+7
Cars on an expressway in southern Vietnam. Photo by VnExpress/Ngoc Diep
A proposed $460 mln expressway will run from HCMC to the Moc Bai border gate in Tay Ninh Province.
The Directorate for Roads of Vietnam has submitted a pre-feasibility study on the proposed 53.3 km long expressway to the Ministry of Transport.
According to the study, construction of the highway would take place under the form of a public-private partnership. It would be done in two phases and cost around VND10.7 trillion ($459.36 million).
The road will run from Ring Road 3 (Hoc Mon District, HCMC) to Moc Bai, an international border gate between Vietnam and Cambodia in the southern Tay Ninh Province.
The first phase will involve construction of two separate sections of highway. The first will be a 33km section from HCMC to Trang Bang, a district in Tay Ninh Province, which will have four lanes and a design speed of 120km per hour. The second section from Trang Bang to Moc Bai, 20.5km long, will also have four lanes with a design speed of 80km per hour.
After the two sections are completed, the second phase of construction will expand expressway to 6-8 lanes.
The People's Committees of Ho Chi Minh City and Tay Ninh Province will request the Ministry of Transport to seek the Prime Minister's permission to implement the project.
Both localities have said that they would pay the project's land clearance compensation from their own budgets. This would entail HCMC and Tay Ninh paying VND2 trillion ($85.87 million) and VND1 trillion ($42.94 million) respectively.
The remaining VND8 trillion ($343.48 million) in construction costs will be covered by private investors who will be selected in a bidding process or appointed by the government.
Currently, the only road connecting HCMC and Tay Ninh Province is National Highway 22, which is overloaded.
The ministry has said that the proposed high-speed HCMC-Moc Bai expressway will meet the transport demand of the region and fit with the national highway network plan.
In particular, the expressway will shorten the time it takes to travel from HCMC to the international border gate, and strengthen the connection between Vietnam's key southern economic zone and the East-West economic corridor (Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam).
It will also connect to the Asian Highway Network through Cambodia's Phnom Penh – Bavet high speed expressway.
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We then dive into people grilling year round. Certainly the gas grill has done so much to make it easier to grill, but the purists will accurately say that the charcoal briquettes still provide better flavor, and they are right.
Tommy identifies that air flow is the key to managing your temperature. We see so many people simply over cooking there dishes because we don't manage our heat properly. We strongly recommend that people use a temperature thermometer to know when our product is cooked properly. The second point is to respect the first contact. The means that the integrity of the initial contact is critical. Don't keep flipping in pressing. Our next point is that we can all experiment more than we are. We can cook whole chickens. We can cook fish, grill fruit and play around with fish. We are only limited by our imaginations. Yes, red meats are wonderful, but there is a world of food that can go on our grills. Tommy then talks about how much he loves grilling Alaskan King Crab legs which are awesome.
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