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Bodice ripper
forced seduction, rape fantasy
A bodice ripper is a genre of romance novels, often historical fiction. In the 1970s and 1980s, the heroine of such a novel often lost her virginity by force. While the genre has turned away from the trope of forced seduction, contemporary bodice rippers still feature unrestrained romantic passion, and a heroine who initially dislikes and actively resists the hero's seduction, only ultimately to be overcome by desire.
The term bodice ripper derives from the covers of the books, which generally depict a female whose bodice is being ripped by a muscular, often shirtless man. The story often features a dominant alpha male. Sometimes there will be violence, i.e. rape or physical abuse toward the heroine of the story.
The heroines of such a novel were often abducted, held for ransom, sold into slavery, forced into marriage, or captured after running away. Larger than life heroines toured the world, fell from princess to pauper, rose from gutter rat to queen. These women were frequently seduced by their alpha-heroes, sometimes forcibly.
Heroes ran the gamut from aristocrats to highwaymen, from gamblers to pirates. They were universally strong, physically fit, demanding, prone to choosing action over inaction.
These historical romances did not shy away from sensational topics such as rape, slavery, the loss of family members, and the effects of poverty and disease.
The period from 1970-1980 saw explosive growth in the sale of these books, and romance today accounts for more than 40% of all fiction commercially sold. Modern versions of the old-fashioned bodice ripper can be found by searching among books labeled Dark Romance, Erotic Romance, Romantica, Erotic Historical Romance etc.
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From February to March producer price indices rose by 0.4 to 1.2 per cent. The import price index increased most, by 1.2 per cent, and the producer price index for manufactured products least, by 0.4 per cent. The rise of import prices was especially due to higher prices of crude oil, oil products and basic chemicals. Producer prices for manufactured products were particularly raised by higher prices of oil products, pulp, paper and paperboard.


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Q: does "already" refers to a time before the present? does it means in the previous articles? does "already" refers to a time before the present? does it means in the previous articles?

The investigation was held, but the results were negative. In an
  appended note to the doctors' report in the New York Tribune, the
  editor (Horace Greeley) observes: The doctors, as has already
  appeared in our columns, commenced with the assumption that the
  origin of the "rapping" sounds must be physical, and their primary
  cause the volition of the ladies aforesaid—in short, that these ladies
  were "The Rochester impostors." They appear, therefore, in the above
  statement, as the prosecutors of an impeachment, and ought to have
  selected other persons as judges and reporters of the trial . It is
  quite probable that we shall have another version of the matter.

from http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0301051h.html

A: Yes. More specifically, it probably refers to previous columns, or articles, written by Greeley himself.

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Marián Gáborík (* 14. Februar 1982 in Trenčín, Tschechoslowakei) ist ein ehemaliger slowakischer Eishockeyspieler. Der Flügelstürmer begann seine Karriere beim heimischen HC Dukla Trenčín, bevor er im NHL Entry Draft 2000 von den neu gegründeten Minnesota Wild an dritter Gesamtposition ausgewählt wurde. In Minnesota war er neun Jahre aktiv und hält dort bis heute gültige Franchise-Rekorde. Anschließend lief der Slowake für die New York Rangers, Columbus Blue Jackets, Los Angeles Kings und Ottawa Senators auf, wobei er mit den Kings im Jahre 2014 den Stanley Cup gewann. Seine aktive Karriere musste er verletzungsbedingt frühzeitig beenden. Mit der slowakischen Nationalmannschaft nahm Gáborík an den Olympischen Winterspielen 2006 und 2010 sowie an zahlreichen Weltmeisterschaften teil.

Karriere
Gáborík begann seine Karriere in seinem Geburtsort beim HC Dukla Trenčín. In der Saison 1995/96 debütierte er im Alter von 14 Jahren in der Junioren-Extraliga für seinen Heimatverein. In der folgenden Spielzeit erzielte er 71 Scorerpunkte in 52 Saisonspielen für sein Juniorenteam und wies mit einem Plus/Minus-Wert von +58 eine hervorragende Statistik auf. In der Saison 1997/98 spielte er zunächst weiter für die Junioren von Dukla, wobei er in 47 Saisonpartien 91 Scorerpunkte erzielte. Diese Leistungen bewogen den Cheftrainer der Profimannschaft, Jaroslav Walter, Gáborík in der Extraliga debütieren zu lassen. In seinem ersten Profispiel erzielte er ein Tor.

Nachdem er in der Saison 1998/99 neun Spiele für die Junioren absolviert hatte, erhielt Gáborík einen Stammplatz im Profikader seines Clubs und erreichte mit diesem das Playoff-Viertelfinale, in dem dieser dem HKm Zvolen mit 0:3-Siegen unterlag. Obwohl er erst 17 Jahre alt war, etablierte sich Gáborík schnell in der Extraliga und war in der folgenden Spielzeit einer der Führungsspieler seines Teams – mit 46 Scorerpunkten aus 50 Spielen der regulären Spielzeit war er hinter Ľubomír Hurtaj zweitbester Scorer von Dukla Trenčín. Aufgrund der gezeigten Leistungen gehörte er vor dem NHL Entry Draft 2000 zu den aussichtsreichsten Kandidaten, in der ersten Runde ausgewählt zu werden. Letztlich wählten ihn die Minnesota Wild an dritter Position aus.

Minnesota Wild (2000–2009)
Im Juli 2000 erhielt Gáborík einen Rookie-Vertrag über drei Jahre Laufzeit, der ihm jährlich 1,075 Millionen US-Dollar plus Bonuszahlungen einbrachte. Er war damit der bestbezahlte Rookie aller Zeiten in der NHL. Am 6. Oktober 2000 absolvierte der Slowake sein erstes NHL-Spiel in der Begegnung gegen die Mighty Ducks of Anaheim und erzielte das erste Tor für das neu gegründete Franchise der Minnesota Wild. Der 18-jährige Linksschütze wurde damit der jüngste Spieler der NHL-Geschichte, der das erste Tor für ein Expansionsteam der National Hockey League erzielte. Seine Rookiesaison beendete er mit 36 Punkten aus 71 Begegnungen. Zehn Spiele hatte Gáborík verletzungsbedingt verpasst. In seiner zweiten Saison bei den Wild erreichte der Angreifer die Marke von 30 Saisontoren. Am 13. November 2001 gelang ihm sein erster Hattrick im Spiel gegen die Atlanta Thrashers. Im Februar 2002 nahm er als Rookie am NHL YoungStars Game teil, bei dem zwei Auswahlmannschaften der besten Rookies gegeneinander antraten. Bei diesem Spiel war er mit einem Tor und zwei Vorlagen erfolgreich und wurde im Anschluss zum zweitbesten Spieler der Begegnung gewählt. Rund einen Monat später wurde er als erster Spieler der Franchise-Geschichte zum Spieler der Woche der NHL gewählt, nachdem Gáborík sieben Tore in vier Begegnungen erzielt hatte.

In der Saison 2002/03 führte Gáborík die Wild durch 30 Tore, davon drei Hattricks, und 35 Assists erstmals in die Playoffs, in denen sie das Finale der Western Conference erreichten. Nach Siegen gegen die Colorado Avalanche und Vancouver Canucks verlor der Slowake mit den Wild in der folgenden Runde in vier Begegnungen gegen die Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. In den Playoffs war er wiederum der erfolgreichste Scorer der Mannschaft und verbuchte 17 Punkte. Im Verlauf der Spielzeit war er auch Teilnehmer am NHL All-Star Game und vertrat die Mannschaft der Western Conference. Im Spiel selbst war der Offensivspieler mit drei Punkten erfolgreich. Zuvor hatte er bei der SuperSkills Competition den Wettbewerb für den schnellsten Schlittschuhläufer gewonnen. Mit Ende der Saison 2002/03 lief sein Vertrag mit den Wild aus und zunächst konnten sich die beiden Parteien nicht auf eine Vertragsverlängerung einigen. Daher begann Gáborík die folgende Spielzeit bei seinem Heimatverein in der slowakischen Extraliga. Erst im Oktober 2003 verlängerte er seinen Kontrakt mit den Minnesota Wild, der auf drei Jahre und über 10 Millionen US-Dollar plus Bonuszahlungen dotiert war.

Die Streiksaison 2004/05 verbrachte er in Europa und spielte dort für seinen Heimatclub Dukla Trenčín und in Schweden beim Färjestad BK. In der Saison 2005/06 stellte Gáborík mit 38 Saisontoren einen Franchise-Rekord auf, den er zwei Jahre später selber überbot. Am 25. November 2005 erzielte er in seinem 300. NHL-Spiel den 100. Treffer. Im Juli 2006 verlängerte er seinen auslaufenden Vertrag mit den Minnesota Wild um drei Jahre. Dieser Kontrakt beinhaltete eine deutliche Gehaltserhöhung und der Angreifer, der bereits zuvor Topverdiener bei den Wild war, erhielt für drei Jahre insgesamt 19 Millionen US-Dollar.

Am 20. Dezember 2007 erzielte Gáborík als erster Spieler seit Mario Lemieux in der Saison 1995/96 fünf Tore in der regulären Spielzeit einer Partie beim 6:3-Sieg der Minnesota Wild über die New York Rangers. Im März 2008 wurde er erstmals für einen Monat zum Mannschaftskapitän ernannt.

Mit Beginn der Saison 2008/09 begannen Vertragsverhandlungen zwischen Gáborík und den Wild, da sein Vertrag im Sommer 2009 auslief. Das Maximalgebot der Wild umfasste einen Zehnjahresvertrag über 80 Millionen US-Dollar. Dieses Angebot lehnte er ab. Im Oktober 2008 verletzte er sich in der Leistengegend und unterzog sich im Januar 2009 eine Hüftoperation. Daher absolvierte er bis Saisonende nur 17 Spiele für die Wild, in denen er 23 Scorerpunkte sammelte.

Da sich die Vertragspartner nicht auf eine Verlängerung einigen konnten, lief sein Vertrag mit dem Ende der Saison aus. Er verließ die Wild nach acht Spielzeiten als Franchise-Rekordtorschütze, Rekordvorlagengeber und Topscorer.

New York Rangers (2009–2013)
Im Sommer 2009 wurde Gáborík ein sogenannter Unrestricted Free Agent. Am ersten Tag der Wechselperiode, dem 1. Juli 2009, unterschrieb er entgegen allen Pressespekulationen einen Vertrag über fünf Jahre mit den New York Rangers. Insgesamt war dieser Vertrag auf 37,5 Millionen US-Dollar dotiert.

In den ersten zehn Spielen für seinen neuen Club erzielte er zwölf Tore. Im Oktober 2009 erlitt Gáborík eine Knieverletzung, die er sich bei einem Zusammenprall mit Petr Průcha von den Phoenix Coyotes zugezogen hatte. Obwohl sein Club die Playoffs 2010 nicht erreichte, war es insgesamt eine erfolgreiche erste Saison bei den Rangers für Gáborík. Er absolvierte 76 Spiele, in denen er 42 Tore erzielte und insgesamt 86 Scorerpunkte erreichte. Am 9. Januar 2011 erzielte er vier Tore und einen Assist beim 7:0-Sieg der Rangers über die Toronto Maple Leafs.

Columbus, Los Angeles, Ottawa und Tampa (2013–2021)
Zur Trade Deadline am 3. April 2013 wurde er zu den Columbus Blue Jackets transferiert. Insgesamt absolvierte er aufgrund von mehreren Verletzungen nur 34 Spiele für die Blue Jackets, bevor diese ihn im folgenden Jahr erneut abgaben. Am 5. März 2014 wechselte Gáborík zur Trade Deadline zu den Los Angeles Kings, die dafür Matt Frattin, ein Zweitrunden- und ein Drittrunden-Wahlrecht nach Columbus transferierten. Am Ende der Saison gewann er mit seinem neuen Team den Stanley Cup. Zudem absolvierte der Slowake im Trikot der Kings im Dezember 2017 sein insgesamt 1000. Spiel in der NHL.

Im Februar 2018 gaben ihn die Kings samt Nick Shore an die Ottawa Senators ab und erhielten im Gegenzug Dion Phaneuf und Nate Thompson. Aufgrund eines Bandscheibenvorfalls mit anschließender Operation bestritt er in der Spielzeit 2018/19 kein Pflichtspiel für die Senators, ebenso wie in der folgenden Saison 2019/20. Letztlich bedeutete dies das Ende seiner aktiven Karriere.

Sein Vertrag wurde im Dezember 2020 samt Anders Nilsson an die Tampa Bay Lightning abgegeben, während Ottawa im Gegenzug Cédric Paquette, Braydon Coburn sowie ein Zweitrunden-Wahlrecht im NHL Entry Draft 2022 erhielt. Die Lightning gaben somit genug Gehaltsvolumen frei, um den salary cap einzuhalten. Sein Vertrag in Tampa lief im Sommer 2021 aus.

International
Marián Gáborík begann früh in seiner Karriere, sein Heimatland international zu vertreten. So nahm er an der U20-Junioren- und U18-Junioren-Weltmeisterschaft 1999 teil, wo er jeweils die Bronzemedaille gewann. Zudem wurde er bei der U18-Weltmeisterschaft in das All-Star-Team gewählt und als bester Stürmer ausgezeichnet. In der folgenden Saison nahm er erneut an den U18- und U20-Welttitelkämpfen teil.

Ab 2001 gehörte Gáborík in unregelmäßigen Abständen dem slowakischen Nationalkader bei Herren-Weltmeisterschaften an, wobei er bis heute (2011) keine Medaille gewinnen konnte. Bei der Weltmeisterschaft 2007 war er mit fünf Toren und sechs Assists Topscorer seiner Mannschaft und wurde am Turnierende als bester Spieler seines Teams ausgezeichnet. Zudem nahm er mit der Nationalmannschaft an den Olympischen Winterspielen 2006 und 2010 teil, wo diese den fünften und vierten Platz belegte.

Außerdem vertrat er das Team Europa beim World Cup of Hockey 2016 und belegte dort mit der Mannschaft den zweiten Platz.

Erfolge und Auszeichnungen

International

Karrierestatistik

International

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Einzelnachweise

Eishockeynationalspieler (Slowakei)
Eishockeyspieler (HK Dukla Trenčín)
Eishockeyspieler (Minnesota Wild)
Eishockeyspieler (New York Rangers)
Eishockeyspieler (Columbus Blue Jackets)
Eishockeyspieler (Los Angeles Kings)
Eishockeyspieler (Ottawa Senators)
Eishockeyspieler (Färjestad BK)
Olympiateilnehmer (Slowakei)
Teilnehmer der Olympischen Winterspiele 2006
Teilnehmer der Olympischen Winterspiele 2010
Stanley-Cup-Sieger
Slowake
Tschechoslowake
Geboren 1982
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It's tempting to let Mercedes's fifth consecutive constructor's championship victory at the weekend's Brazilian Grand Prix slip under the radar as a post-script to Lewis Hamilton's triumph two weeks earlier, but it would be wrong to assume the feat is less deserving of acclaim.
Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas's win and fifth-place finishes respectively in Sao Paulo put the Silver Arrows on the precipice of history. Mercedes has now usurped Red Bull Racing as the most successful team of the post-Ferrari-Schumacher era and has elevated itself to outright second in terms of successive titles won, behind only Ferrari's 1999–2004 streak.
Ferrari pushed Mercedes harder than any team has so far managed, from starting with a quietly confident preseason to strong victories on traditional Silver Arrows circuits like Spa-Francorchamps and Silverstone.
Indeed, there were points in the season when the fatal cracking of Mercedes's hold on Formula One looked a mere formality. A string of five midyear races from Austria to Belgium demonstrated Ferrari's car was vulnerable to the Mercedes only in wet conditions and that it held a decisive pace advantage in all other areas, even if the points swung away from the Scuderia thanks to a series of mitigating errors.
And it's therefore fitting that Mercedes was able to seal the constructors' championship in Brazil after recovering from two difficult grands prix in North America, where unusually severe tyre wear left it defenceless against both Ferrari and even Red Bull Racing.


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La casa Merciai, o Leopardi, è un edificio di Firenze, situato in via della Pergola 57.

Storia e descrizione
Già dei Mannozzi, la casa passò nel 1580 ai da Castello, quindi, nel 1602, agli Arrigoni da Bergamo. A questo periodo, tra la fine del Cinquecento e i primi del Seicento, si deve la riconfigurazione della facciata nei termini attuali, che Francesca Carrara ipotizza riconducibile a una iniziativa degli Arrigoni e data ai primi decenni del Seicento.

Nel corso del Settecento la casa divenne proprietà della famiglia Maggioli, quindi nel 1824 passò a Gaetano Gasparri, ministro dello Stato Civile del regno, che comprò anche l'antica casa adiacente già del Cellini. Nel 1850 risultava dell'antiquario Riccieri (che oltre all'abitazione vi aveva sistemato la propria galleria). Successivamente passò ai Merciai e, nel 1936, ai Bordoni.

In alcuni ambienti dell'edificio è stato a lungo lo studio del pittore e scultore Marcello Tommasi, mentre non trova riscontro la tradizione che vuole essere stato nel cortile modellata da Benvenuto Cellini la statua del Perseo (riferibile invece al numero 59 di questa stessa via).

Descrizione

Walther Limburger (che la segnala come casa Merciai) la dice alla maniera di Bernardo Buontalenti. Così Mazzino Fossi: "È un notevole esempio di architettura manierista fiorentina. Conserva ancora un bel cortile". Per il repertorio di Bargellini e Guarnieri è d'impianto quattrocentesco, rimaneggiata nel Cinquecento.

Si tratta senza dubbio di un'architettura d'autore, di notevole impatto per quanto concerne il fronte, decisamente sviluppato in altezza grazie ai suoi quattro piani (più un volume in soprelevazione) organizzati su soli tre assi. Portone e finestre presentano cornici in pietra riccamente lavorate. Sul portone è uno scudo con un'arme con il campo troncato.

Bibliografia

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 , n. 462;
 , n. 462;
 , III, 1978, p. 61;
 , pp. 17–18;
 , Francesca Carrara, pp. 418–419, n. 121.

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni
Claudio Paolini, scheda nel Repertorio delle architetture civili di Firenze di Palazzo Spinelli (testi concessi in GFDL).

Merciai


Kentucky's Southern Region, known as the "Wonderlands!", is the home of Mammoth Cave, the longest cave in the world. Also here is the Big South Fork National Recreation Area, one of the last true wilderness areas.
Other "wonders" of the region include Lake Cumberland, Dale Hollow Lake, Wigwam Village off I-65, and the GM Corvette Assembly Plant & Museum and National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green.


I've got four stories coming out in April and May, three of which are in anthologies, and the fourth of which (which actually comes out first) is a quick read!
On April 12, you'll be able to read my story, "Brick-Red Love," at The Arcanist. This is one of the stories I wrote during Drawlloween (using the prompt of "bride"), and I'm thrilled with how it turned out and to have found it a home relatively quickly! It's a very quick read, as it's just shy of 800 words.
On April 16, Swords, Sorcery, & Self-Rescuing Damsels comes out, including my short story, "Princess Last Picked." It's a sweet middle reader story about a princess and her friends saving the day. This story was solicited by the editor (which is a really exciting feeling, by the way) and written for this anthology. It's also where I learned the lesson "don't give your characters Celtic-inspired names that you don't know how to pronounce." I wound up spending a while on YouTube to get some pronunciations when I learned this would also be released as an audiobook!
In May, Five Minutes at Hotel Stormcove comes out, featuring my flash fiction story, "Safe Haven." This was another Drawlloween story (the prompt was "werewolf"), but one that I wrote with this anthology in mind. The premise of the anthology is that each of the stories takes place over the course of five minutes, so it's another flash piece, only 660 words. I'm happy that the editors loved it as much as I did!
Also in May, Bargains will be out, including my short story, "All That Transpires Under the Night Sky." The Bargains anthology was pitched as a collection of stories about deals with otherworldly entities. Around the same time I was asked to submit a story to this anthology, I dug up an old story of mine that I had never quite finished, and I realized it would be a perfect fit for this anthology call. Two things slowed me down a little. The first was that I had included stuff in the story that I couldn't remember what I was doing with it. (That was an easy enough thing to fix, since some of them could just be scrapped.) The second was coming up with the title for this story. Jeremy helped me pick out a key line from the story, and I went with that as the title. Bargains is currently on Kickstarter, it's already reached its funding goal, and backers get a preview ebook! What's not to love about that?
I'll have another half dozen stories out later in the year, but I figured I'd get a handful of these into one post!
It's been another busy month, with lots of stories going out, coming back, and going out again. I withdrew one story and gave up waiting on another, but otherwise it's been the usual progress. I do have quite a few stories that are being held for second looks right now, so that's super exciting.
I had two sales in March! One is still awaiting the contract, so I'll announce that later. The other is that "I Believe" will appear in a future issue of The Future Fire–more details to come when I know which one!
My February acceptance that I failed to talk about further is that "Safe Haven" will appear in Five Minutes at Hotel Stormcove, out in May, but available for pre-order now!
I finished two new stories, "soul" and "cryptid." The latter of those is one of my Drawlloween stories that still needed work. The other is a story that I wrote as a flash piece, but then decided to expand into a short story. I also wrote four poems as part of a friendly contest, but they all need some polishing before they enter the arena of poetry submissions (which is a whole different arena than story submissions, and one I'm not 100% comfortable in!).
I also finished the first draft of briar and worked on a lot of the edits for Brass and Glass 3. I have a little more work to do on the latter before I jump into my April projects.
Lots to do, with our niece visiting so we can take her to Norwescon mid-month. But I think it's manageable!
For a long while, I didn't write much science fiction because I'm not a scientist, and a lot of science concepts just don't stick well with me. So it was easier to write fantasy and just use magic as the explanation for a lot of things.
If you're looking for additional help with getting the science in your sci-fi right (and also the details of your fantasy correct), check out Science in Sci-Fi, Fact in Fantasy. Here, you'll find articles by scientist, historians, and more, writing about getting those details right in your writing!
After a ridiculously slow January, it feels like this year is just zipping past. Hopefully things will slow down a bit in April so we can enjoy the nice spring weather in the Northern Hemisphere. And hopefully those of you in the Southern Hemisphere are having a pleasant autumn!
This month's prompts are spring focused, because I'm looking forward to warm days and later sunsets!
On Saturday, March 30th (that's this Saturday!), I'm taking part in a Facebook event for authors of historical fantasy.
Along with three other historical fantasy authors, I'll be talking about my writing in that genre. My slot is from 1:30-2:00 Pacific time, and the whole event runs from 1:00-3:00 Pacific time! You can find out more about the event (and let us know you're interested) here!
It took us a little longer than many people, but we've finally seen Captain Marvel, and I can say, without a doubt, that it's highly recommended!
Of all the Marvel comics I read, Captain Marvel is the one I'm most consistent with, because I like the story and I like how much fun it is. The movie did not disappoint on either of those scores. The chemistry between Brie Larsen and Samuel L. Jackson is fantastic, and I imagine they had a blast filming the movie.
It's not all fun and games, though, as there are some serious topics as well. But on the way home from the movie, Jeremy asked me if I liked it better than I liked Wonder Woman, and I said I did, because it was FUN, whereas Wonder Woman was darker. The morning after we saw the movie, I had a better way of explaining it. Wonder Woman is grimdark, dealing with the first modern war and the horrors of war. Captain Marvel is hopepunk, in that even when there are difficult things afoot, Captain Marvel knows she can handle it (and then does).
I'm so close to the end of my second pass edits on Brass and Glass 3 that I can almost taste it! By Sunday, I'll be sending it back to my editors for them to review. Then they'll have one more round of things for me to tidy up, and then it'll go to the copy editor for a final polish.
We haven't set a release date yet (a lot of that depends on everyone hitting our deadlines first), but look for an announcement of that in the coming months! It will definitely be this year, and then the trilogy will be complete!


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%                    \/
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%                   / ^kn
%           z^-1   /    \
%   gn-1  >------>o----->+--->  gn
%                    kn

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  % Sanity checks
  if nargin~=3 && nargin~=4
    print_usage("[y xx]=schurNSlatticeFilter(k,khat,u[,rounding])");
  endif
  if length(k) ~= length(khat)
    error("Expect length(k) == length(khat) !");
  endif

  % Initialise rounding
  rtype=0;
  if nargin == 4
    rounding=rounding(1:3);
    if rounding == "rou"
      % Rounding to nearest
      rtype=1;
    elseif rounding == "fix"
      % Rounding to zero (2s complement)
      rtype=2;
    endif
  endif

  % Initialise state
  k=k(:)';
  khat=khat(:)';
  M=length(k)-1;
  N=length(u);
  x=zeros(1,M);
  xx=zeros(N,M);

  % Initialise output
  y=zeros(N,1);
  yc=zeros(N,1);

  % Filter
  for n = 1:N

    hn=u(n)*k(1);
    gn=u(n)*khat(1);

    for m = 1:M
      nexthn = hn*k(m+1)    - khat(m+1)*x(m);
      nextgn = hn*khat(m+1) + k(m+1)*x(m);
      x(m)=gn;
      hn=nexthn;
      gn=nextgn;
      % Simulate double length accumulator truncation of x and gn
      if rtype == 1
        x(m) = round(x(m));
      elseif rtype == 2
        x(m) = fix(x(m));
      endif
    endfor

    xx(n,:) = x;

    if rtype == 1
      y(n) = round(hn);
      yc(n) = round(gn);
    elseif rtype == 2
      y(n) = fix(hn);
      yc(n) = fix(gn);
    else
      y(n) = hn;
      yc(n) = gn;
    endif

  endfor

endfunction

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Universities nix spring break in revised spring semester plans
Last week, Mississippi State became the first university in the state to announce its truncated spring semester calendar which included canceling spring break. Now, both Ole Miss and Southern Miss have announced similar plans in an effort to limit student travel and reduce the potential spread of COVID-19 on campus.�
Each university's new schedule can be viewed below.�
Mississippi State:�
�Classes begin Jan. 6 and end April 19, and spring break has been eliminated due to the pandemic. This will allow the semester to end a week earlier than originally planned. However, in response to an MSU Student Association resolution requesting the Monday after Easter as a day to spend time with family, no classes will be held on April 5. In addition, MSU will be closed to observe state holidays Jan. 18 for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and the Friday before Easter, April 2. MSU-Meridian commencement will be held on April 29 and the Starkville campus ceremony on April 30."
Other important calendar dates include:
Feb. 25, Semester midpoint
April 19, Final day to apply for April 2021 graduation
April 22-28, Final exams
For more from Mississippi State, click here.
Ole Miss:�
Martin Luther King Jr. holiday (UM closed) will remain on the calendar for Jan. 18, 2021.
Classes will begin as originally scheduled on Jan. 19, 2021.
Spring break will be canceled to complete the semester as quickly as possible while mitigating risks associated with travel.
Good Friday holiday (UM closed) will remain on the calendar for April 2, 2021.
Classes will end April 23, 2021, which is one week earlier than previously scheduled.
Final exams will be completed by April 30, 2021.
Faculty will remain on contract until May 15, 2021.
"In addition, classroom capacity and engagement requirements for the fall will continue into the spring semester. Course formats for spring 2021 will be determined and made known before registration so students can take this into consideration.�
For more from Ole Miss, click here.
Southern Miss:�
�Spring classes will still begin on Wednesday, January 20, and regular instruction will conclude Thursday, April 22. Exams will be conducted during an extended period from Friday, April 23 through Friday, April 30. The modified schedule eliminates the traditional Mardi Gras and Spring Break student holidays, but adds two new student holidays on Friday, February 19, and Friday, March 19. A University-wide holiday will be observed on Friday, April 2.�
For more from USM, click here.
The post Universities nix spring break in revised spring semester plans appeared first on News Mississippi.

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"He was such a nice guy." Words heard often when the nice guy or girl turns violent. We hide to keep our dark sides hidden; sadly often the dark only grows.
This post is related to this WordPress DAILY PROMPT Everything changes, but also by the recent mass murders in San Bernardino, CA.
Funny how hate works. I've not for one minute hated my ex-husband in spite of his manipulation, stealing from me etc etc. But there is a level of pent-up anger against my boss at work because of some of her prejudices against me.
Still, the ex gave me the most wonderful daughter whereas the misconceptions of the other inhibit effective dialogue between us.
And the one is present every workday, still damaging you. Sigh. I could make peace with my mother much easier when she had left this world.


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when i click on the checkbox it opens the accordion.
what can i do to prevent the accordion from opening when i click on the checkbox.
is there any style for this? or what should i do to make it open
export const FinancialAccordions: React.FC<Props> = ({ control, operation, index }) => {
  const [expanded, setExpanded] = useState('panel_0');
  const handleChangeExpanded = useCallback(
    (panel: string) => (event, newExpanded) => {
      setExpanded(newExpanded ? panel : false);
    },
    [expanded],
  );
  return (
    <>
      <Accordion key={operation.expenseId} onChange={handleChangeExpanded(`panel_${operation.expenseId}`)}>
        <AccordionSummary expandIcon={<SvgArrowFinancial />}>
          <Grid css={pl(12)} container justifyContent="flex-start" alignItems="center">
            <Grid item xs={0.3}>
              <Controller
                control={control}
                name={`selections.${index}`}
                render={({ field: { value, onChange } }) => (
                  <FormControlLabel
                    value={value}
                    onChange={(e, checked) => onChange(checked)}
                    css={labelTextCSS}
                    control={<Checkbox />}
                    label=""
                  />
                )}
              />
            </Grid>
          </Grid>
        </AccordionSummary>
        <AccordionDetails>
          <Grid container justifyContent="space-between" flexDirection="column">
            <Grid item xs={11.35}>
              <Grid container justifyContent="center" alignItems="start">
                <Grid item xs={5.7}></Grid>
                <Grid item xs={3.8}>
                  <Typography css={operationsChildDataCSS}>На сумму {operation.money} в том числе НДС 18%</Typography>
                </Grid>
                <Grid item xs={2.14}>
                  <Typography css={[operationsChildDataCSS, textRightCSS]}>По счёту</Typography>
                </Grid>
              </Grid>
            </Grid>
            <Grid></Grid>
          </Grid>
        </AccordionDetails>
      </Accordion>
    </>
  );


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With nine forward gears, the 9G-TRONIC automatic transmission introduces a whole new dimension of efficiency, comfort and dynamism. Its high efficiency helps to reduce fuel consumption. The wider ratio range allows a reduction in engine speed. Performance remains excellent while ride comfort is enhanced and noise levels are reduced. Smaller gear ratio increments and faster gear changes lead to even greater responsiveness and agility. At the same time, 9G-TRONIC impresses with smooth, barely perceptible gear shifting. As 9G-TRONIC is able to skip individual gears, multiple downshifts are possible for fast and powerful sprints.
Ergonomically designed and intuitive to operate, the DIRECT SELECT lever on the steering column allows the driver to set the automatic transmission positions P, N, R and D simply by giving it a light tap. The function commands are transmitted wholly electronically. Additional steering-wheel gearshift paddles also facilitate manual pre-selection of the seven gears, so drivers can decide whether they want to change gear themselves using the steering-wheel gearshift paddles or whether they prefer this to be taken care of automatically.
The basis for an extraordinary driving experience: working in concert with the 4MATIC permanent all-wheel drive, the chassis and suspension enable the best possible traction and make for enhanced driving stability both on poor roads and in off-road use.
Improved comfort, Improved dynamism and Improved traction. Excellent handling on any surface – thanks to 4MATIC permanent all-wheel drive in combination with ABS, ESP® and the electronic traction system 4ETS. On or off-road, in wet weather or slippery terrain: traction, driving dynamics and driving stability are improved.
Comfortable, sporty, winter-optimised or entirely individual suspension settings can be called up with the DYNAMIC SELECT Controller on the centre console. Harmonious and efficient driving is made possible by the "Comfort" transmission mode. "Sport" is characterised by a sportier configuration of the suspension, which has also been lowered by 15 mm, and sportily taut damper settings, in each case in conjunction with the AIRMATIC package, along with more directly responsive steering and modified shift points. The "Slippery" transmission mode provides optimised handling on slippery terrain, while "Individual" allows precise configuration of the various parameters to suit the driver's wishes.
It's an art mastered by very few: the GLS commands its surroundings just by being there – and with an enticingly high-quality design. New features include the powerdomes on the bonnet and the filigree pattern of the radiator grille with its large three-pointed star. This three-dimensional effect is extremely complex to design and produce, but it is what gives the front end of the GLS its signature look.
50.8 cm (20-inch) 10-spoke light alloy wheels painted in black and with a high-sheen finish.
A real eye-catching feature are the illuminated, aluminium-finish running boards. They are mounted on the side at the height of the side skirts, thus making it easier to get into the front and rear. Slip-resistant rubber studs ensure a firm foothold.
The LED Intelligent Light System rounds off the harmonious overall image and guarantees optimum visibility in any situation.
The exterior mirrors are electrically folding in order to protect the housing. For enhanced perception, the exterior mirror on the driver's side and the rear-view mirror are automatically and continuously self-dimming. A highlight is the surround lighting with projection of the brand logo.
A visual highlight in terms of the front-end design is set by 3 chrome fins over each of the air intakes in the bonnet.
"Grand Edition" side badges on the wings underscore the exclusivity of the vehicle.
The ideal solution for every situation.
Large as ever. Versatile as never before.
With a capacity of up to 2300 L, the load compartment of the GLS is the largest in this segment. The load space behind the second seat row is 680 L. The standard-fit EASY-PACK tailgate, the 60 : 40 split folding rear seats and the headroom of 1.95 m below the open tailgate make the load compartment exceptionally versatile and allow easy loading and unloading.
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There's a new president in Mexico and there are some reasons to be worried about him but there are also some reasons to be encouraged about what he'll do. For starters, he was recently asked about his relationship with Trump and liberals probably won't be happy.
Mexico's leftist new president said Wednesday that relations with U.S. President Donald Trump are "good," and the two will probably talk soon about the immigration issue.


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Capital City Museum board to host annual meeting Feb. 20
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The annual meeting of the Capital City Museum's board of directors will be held at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 20 in the museum's main gallery.
Dedicated to sharing the story of Frankfort and Franklin County, the Capital City Museum re-opened in 2021 after an extensive renovation. This is the first annual meeting held after re-opening.
"We've had a lot of exciting projects happen throughout 2022," said Museum and Historic Sites Supervisor Eleanor Hasken-Wagner, Ph.D. "The board of directors and I are excited to share the outcomes of these projects and more ways the community can be involved in our local and regional history."
Attendees will be able to take home copies of the annual report, hear about the museum's accomplishments and challenges throughout 2022, and learn more about the goals for 2023.
Attendees will also learn about upcoming and ongoing projects undertaken by the museum staff. In addition, the board of directors will elect their officers for the year.
The event is free and open to the public.
The Capital City Museum is located at 325 Ann St. It is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday-Saturday with free admission. Contact the museum front desk at 502-696-0607 for any inquiries regarding the annual meeting.
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Marvel Studios' Eternals Costumes To Debut at Smithsonian's "FUTURES" Nov. 20
Photo Courtesy Marvel Studios
Museum Display Will Offer First Look at Behind-the-Scenes Creative Vision Exploring How Film Helps Imagine the Future
An insider look at Marvel Studios' newest film Eternals will debut Nov. 20 as part of the groundbreaking new Smithsonian "FUTURES" exhibition at the historic Arts and Industries Building (AIB). Exploring new evolutions in storytelling and world-building, the display will feature five original costumes from the movie and new behind-the-scenes details of how new technologies are enhancing the ability of cinema to illustrate new futures.
On view through July 2022, "FUTURES" will be the first major building-wide exploration of the future on the National Mall and will temporarily reopen America's oldest national museum for the first time in nearly two decades. The part-exhibition, part-festival will celebrate the Smithsonian's 175th anniversary with more than more than 150 objects, ideas, prototypes and installations that fuse art, technology, design and history to help imagine possible futures on the horizon.
Eternals is the newest storyline in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, originally a futuristic comic book series created and written in 1976 by the legendary Jack Kirby and now brought vividly to life by Academy Award-winning director Chloé Zhao. The epic story, spanning thousands of years, features a group of immortal heroes forced out of the shadows to reunite against mankind's oldest enemy, the Deviants, to fight for the future.
"Since comics first came to prominence in the U.S. in the 1930s, they've flourished as an exciting new form of storytelling featuring entire universes with their own languages, cultures, people, heroines and places," said Ashley Molese, curator at AIB. "Leaping from comic page to the screen, Marvel has helped create a whole new experience of world-building and future casting. 'Eternals' takes some radical approaches to filmmaking by playing with scale and visual effects in ways never seen before in the MCU, time traveling through humanity's earliest civilizations to beyond the cosmos."
Visitors will be able to come face to face with original costumes of Sersi (Gemma Chan), Phastos (Brian Tyree Henry), Sprite (Lia McHugh), Druig (Barry Keoghan) and Ikaris (Richard Madden) within the exhibition's Futures that Inspire hall, a space designed to explore leaps of imagination. Exclusive behind-the-scenes content will look at the evolution from sketch on paper to visual effects to finished film. A new cinematic augmented-reality experience, also available via iOS app, will introduce a technique of immersive storytelling that invites visitors to discover new interactive movie-like worlds.
"We share stories as a way to imagine endless other possibilities and to more fully understand others' visions for the future," said Rachel Goslins, director of AIB. "'FUTURES' is designed to help us push beyond what we think we may know. The ability to imagine new worlds in a way that feels emotional and real is a powerful tool to bring new visions to life."
The Eternals display joins other comic and science-fiction inspired artwork that showcase the visual language and cultural creative power of future world-building, including a new comic concept for "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" by Native American artist Jeffrey Veregge, the typewriter of science fiction visionary Octavia Butler, an Afrofuturism-inspired artwork set in an imagined Black utopia in "Cosmic Listening" by Stacey Robinson, the award-winning video game "Never Alone" that transforms the oral storytelling tradition of the Iñupiat tribe into a beautifully realized playable adventure, a seminal painting by 1960s space art visionary Chesley Bonestell, new promotional posters of speculative Smithsonian exhibitions debuting in the year 2071 by artist Brian Miller and more.
"It's exciting to see Eternals costumes on display at the Smithsonian in this new FUTURES exhibit," said Nate Moore, who, along with Kevin Feige, is the producer of the film. "Imagination, storytelling and world-building form the foundation of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and these costumes are great examples of that. Immense thought and detail went into their design, created by Ryan Meinerding and his visual development team and costume designer Sammy Sheldon Differ, and we hope visitors will find themselves transported into the world of Jack Kirby and the Eternals while viewing them."
About "FUTURES"
"FUTURES" is the Smithsonian's first major building-wide exploration of the future and will temporarily reopen its oldest museum for the first time in nearly two decades. The part-exhibition, part-festival, designed by award-winning architecture firm Rockwell Group, will celebrate the Smithsonian's 175th anniversary with more than 150 awe-inspiring objects, ideas, prototypes and installations that fuse art, technology, design and history to help visitors imagine many possible futures on the horizon. A digital "FUTURES" Guide by award-winning firm Goodby Silverstein & Partners will launch early 2022.
On view Nov. 20 through July 6, 2022, "FUTURES" will be open every day except Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., with extended hours until 7 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. Admission will be free, and no timed tickets are currently required. For more information and to plan a visit, the public can go to aib.si.edu.
"FUTURES" is made possible by a select group of sponsors and supporters: Amazon Web Services, Autodesk, Bell Textron Inc., Jacqueline B. Mars, John and Adrienne Mars, the Embassy of the State of Qatar, David M. Rubenstein, and SoftBank Group. Major support is also provided by the Annenberg Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Kevin S. Bright and Claudia W. Bright, and Robert Kogod. Additional funding is provided by Accenture, John Brock III, Events DC, First Solar, Ford Motor Company, Wendy Dayton, Charlie and Nancy Hogan, the Suzanne Nora Johnson and David Johnson Foundation, Lyda Hill Philanthropies, MedWand Solutions, National Football League, the National Football Players Association and Oracle.
About the Arts and Industries Building
The Arts and Industries Building (AIB) opened in 1881 as the country's first National Museum, an architectural icon in the heart of the National Mall. Its soaring halls introduced millions of Americans to wonders about to change the world—Edison's lightbulb, the first telephone, Apollo rockets. Dubbed "Palace of Wonders" and "Mother of Museums," AIB incubated new Smithsonian museums for over 120 years before finally closing to the public in 2004."FUTURES" is a milestone first step in the long-term plan to renovate and permanently reopen this landmark space.
About Marvel Studios' Eternals
Marvel Studios' Eternals follows a group of heroes from beyond the stars who had protected the Earth since the dawn of man. When monstrous creatures called the Deviants, long thought lost to history, mysteriously return, the Eternals are forced to reunite in order to defend humanity once again.
The outstanding ensemble cast includes Gemma Chan as humankind-loving Sersi, Richard Madden as the all-powerful Ikaris, Kumail Nanjiani as cosmic-powered Kingo, Lia McHugh as the eternally young, old-soul Sprite, Brian Tyree Henry as the intelligent inventor Phastos, Lauren Ridloff as the super-fast Makkari, Barry Keoghan as aloof loner Druig, Don Lee as the powerful Gilgamesh, with Kit Harington as Dane Whitman, Salma Hayek as the wise and spiritual leader Ajak and Angelina Jolie as the fierce warrior Thena.
Chloé Zhao directed the film and Kevin Feige and Nate Moore are the producers, with Louis D'Esposito, Victoria Alonso and Kevin de la Noy serving as executive producers. The story is by Ryan Firpo and Kaz Firpo, and the screenplay is by Chloé Zhao, Patrick Burleigh, Ryan Firpo and Kaz Firpo. Marvel Studios' Eternals opened in U.S. theaters Nov. 5.
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How skalex Helped Coinhub Launch
a Fully Custom, High-Volume Exchange
About Us Customers Success Story Coinhub
At skalex, we're proud of the companies we work with and the products we've built. From time to time, we like to share case studies about our clients and the projects we're working on. This case study features the custom cryptocurrency exchange platform and user interface we built for Coinhub, a leading exchange in Asia and the Middle East.
Despite only launching in November of 2017, Coinhub has rapidly grown in daily volume and number of users. Along the way, skalex has implemented hundreds of custom features and design updates to make the exchange run as smoothly as possible, including upgrading the exchange's server architecture as Coinhub grew.
The Coinhub team approached skalex in June 2017. They wanted a highly-customized exchange and intuitive user interface, but they also wanted to launch fairly quickly. The turnaround for launching a minimum viable product to the public was only 5 months.
In addition to the quick timeline, the sheer amount of customization needed was a major challenge to development. Coinhub needed access to new features, custom variables, and advanced metrics. They also wanted to support many cryptocurrencies, including some very niche coins. This required wallet support for many users and multiple blockchains. skalex would need to build a custom UI, trading portal, live tickers for many cryptocurrencies, and secure multi-currency wallet system.
In addition, the Coinhub team hoped to get the exchange listed on CoinMarketCap, which requires a low-latency API for volume metrics and other custom datastreams. Finally, the exchange would need KYC protections beyond skalex's standard KYC offerings. Instead, they requested a multi-tier KYC system with various levels of identity verification and authorization.
Building the Coinhub exchange on a tight deadline was a team effort. In total, the design team alone spent over 500 hours on design, mockups, implementation, and fine tuning for every element of the user interface. Multiple rounds of client review, user stories tracking, and internal edits made for a fully custom user interface unique in the cryptocurrency market.
Behind that user interface, skalex's engineers created novel code and figured out new solutions to create custom, nonstandard functionality for the Coinhub exchange. These included custom bids and asks, multiple market integrations, market data tables, volume tickers, and an external API. Frequent releases in an agile development environment allows skalex to add ongoing improvements and responsive bug detection/fixes.
Coinhub launched to the public in November 2017. It quickly gained traction in the region and as an outlet for several niche altcoins. In the early days, Coinhub ran on skalex's starter package of server infrastructure, but the exchange quickly outpaced the starter package and soon needed to be upgraded to the ultimate package. skalex executed the move to the new server infrastructure with minimal downtime and zero loss of data or functionality.
There's still work to be done. The multi-currency wallet needs updates to add more niche coins and streamline the transactions and connection with the Ethereum blockchain. Additionally, Coinhub will be releasing a PRO version of the exchange for advanced users with enhanced functionality and added tools.
"The Coinhub Team see a partner in skalex. Together, we are constantly challenging each other's teams to create a world-class exchange. We have no doubt that we can achieve this and become one of the leading exchanges in the market"
Abbas Roda, Co-Founder & CEO – Coinhub.io
Launch an Exchange with skalex
skalex is the industry leader for white label bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchanges. You can license our software to create your own exchange and customize our solution yourself. However, the real benefit of skalex's expertise is in custom-developed solutions like Coinhub. We understand the code and integrations behind various blockchains and we have deep experience creating custom solutions for our clients.
Get in touch to learn more about how our custom blockchain development solutions can work for you.


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Wimbledon's individual based content
At the beginning of June, after the end of Roland Garros, I wrote an article about innovative digital communication that French Open had during the more than two weeks of the tournament. I wrote that Roland Garros had moved boundaries in creating content for social media platforms, and that would be interesting to see how the Wimbledon, the Grand Slam with the longest tradition, will respond.
Wimbledon started on June 27, so let's see how they handled their digital marketing, communicated on social media platforms and compare it to the French Open's communication. I would like to hear your opinion on this topic. But first, check out my analysis.
"Social media is growing exponentially and is increasingly becoming the primary voice with which we communicate with our fans," – Alexandra Willis, Wimbledon's head of communications, content and digital.
million site visits wimbledon.org had during last year's tournament
million pieces of data IBM will collect across two weeks of the tournament
"We can come up with insights much faster than humans can and inform the media team so they can decide what kind of content they should be offering" – Sam Seddon, IBM Client Executive for Wimbledon
Wimbledon is considered to be the most prestigious tennis tournament in the world (and one of the most prestigious sporting events of all time). The first Wimbledon Tournament was held in 1877, four years before US Open, 14 years before Roland Garros and 28 years before Australian Open.
Since 1990, IBM has been Wimbledon's Official supplier of Information Technology and consultant. After releasing the new, modernised wimbledon.com before last year's tournament, IBM has gone even further this year. They introduced "Cognitive Command Center" based around IBM's Watson "machine-learning" platform. This supercomputer scans facial expressions and emotions of the crowd at All England Lawn Tennis Club's courts, and it can find out, by only monitoring their facial expressions and emotions, for which player the fans are supporting and rooting.
It also collects million of feeds across multiple social media channels and automatically understands and collects the most relevant topics of conversation related to Wimbledon. In a matter of seconds, received information is available on TV, social media channels and millions of digital devices around the world.
That gives them the opportunity to serve individual and most relevant articles, posts and images to fans, and at the same time enrich the overall fan experience. As it states on the official website, Wimbledon and IMB deliver "unparalleled content in a design that has story-telling at its heart, exclusive scores and statistics presented in the context of photos and videos to deepen engagement".
The official mobile app
This year Wimbledon and IMB released a really great, personalised mobile app. You can download it at the Google Play and App Store.
Wherever you are, don't miss a point…
Download the official #Wimbledon apps – iPhone, iPad and Androidhttps://t.co/mwf49Hqv0K
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) June 30, 2016
You can personalise the app and receive everything you want to know about your favourite players, events and countries, choose what content you would like to receive about them and lots of other options. You even have an opportunity to create a Snapchat-inspired story in section "Create your story". Take a look at my screenshots to get a better insight into the possibilities of the application.
million page views Wimbledon.org had during the last year's tournament
Social media communication
Just like Roland Garros, Wimbledon was very active on three biggest social networks. On Facebook, Wimbledon has 3.4 million followers, on Twitter 2.2 million and Instagram 764 k followers. Look at some of the examples on how Wimbledon communicates on social media platforms (I should point out, my analysis was made on 2nd July, when Sam Querrey made the biggest surprise of the tournament by defeating Novak Đoković, the raging champion and four consecutive Grand Slam winner, after a delay the day before).
For communication on Twitter, Wimbledon uses the hashtag #Wimbledon followed by an emoji of a tennis ball:
He may have lost today, but Novak Djokovic enjoyed a remarkable run… #Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/p06BlyfeCH
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 2, 2016
Instagram was used mostly for behind the scenes photos:
👋 @davidbeckham #Wimbledon #RoyalBox Photo: @thomaslovelock
A post shared by Wimbledon (@wimbledon) on Jul 2, 2016 at 5:25am PDT
million followers more than Roland Garros Wimbledon has on three social media networks
Dominika Cibulkova faces Eugenie Bouchard in an intriguing battle on No.2 Court. The breakdown…#TennisInsightshttps://t.co/Bg3ClQaBOO
The roof opening on #CentreCourt at #Wimbledon #wow 🌤☀ Photo: @jonbucklephoto
A post shared by Wimbledon (@wimbledon) on Jul 2, 2016 at 10:46am PDT
Another great usage of Snapchat
Unlike Roland Garros, which implemented Snapchat in its communication strategy for the first time this year, Wimbledon started using one of the fastest growing social media platforms at last year's tournament. Snapchat is very popular for showing live and behind the scenes content. And Wimbledon has fulfilled the expectations of its followers on this platform. Take a look:
Wimbledon is considered to be the most traditional sporting event in the world. But besides focusing on its own and British traditional values, Wimbledon made a huge step in modernization last year and went even further this year.
Wimbledon's Cognitive Command Center uses IBM's Watson "supercomputer" which analyses tons of data, social media communication, and facial expressions of fans. In a matter of seconds, it delivers analysed and relevant information to media, and million of digital devices around the world. Fans can customise Wimbledon's official app to receive individual and personalised data, made exclusively for them. They also showed significant usage of social media platforms, including the fast-growing Snapchat.
On the downside, Wimbledon didn't enable fans the Wi-Fi access at the All England Tennis Club . Therefore, fans could follow those exclusive details only via their mobile networks, many of which are inadequate. It was especially a big problem for foreign fans.
My opinion is that Wimbledon is the winner in this digital match against Roland Garros. I would say that French Open had better communication on social networks, mostly because they were really working hard to maximise fan engagement. But the Watson supercomputer was Wimbledon's leverage (it is fascinating how much individual based content you can receive by using Wimbledon's official app). In tennis terms, I would say that Wimbledon won with 3:2 in sets. I am looking forward to their rematch next year!
We would like to know what's your opinion on who was better in digital marketing and communication. Roland Garros or Wimbledon? Please contact us and get the conversation started.
"Excited by real-time intensity, we predict that the reach of this year's biggest sporting events – from the Euros to Wimbledon and the Olympics – will extend far beyond the stadium and into the workplace, as connected sports fans live every second of the game, wherever they are." – John Paul, VenueNext's chief executive
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Article sources:
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huffingtonpost.co.uk
marketingweek.com
digitalsport.co
Optimy	on 05/07/2016 at 08:57
Very interesting article concerning the long-term partnership between IBM and Wimbledon. It has been now 26 years that IBM keeps being the digital leader to sponsor the greatest tennis tournament thanks to great activation – for example last year the company allowed the global audience to follow the matches and have access to real-time data via their cloud services. If you're interested in this topic, here are more info:http://blog.optimy.com/cloud-services-sport-sponsorship-ibm-wimbledon/
Niko Rukavina	on 08/07/2016 at 18:35
Thank you for shared article. I agree, it is fascinating to see how the cooperation between Wimbledon and IMB has developed since 1990 🙂
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August 11, 2015 August 17, 2015 admin	11 Comments	Gor Mahia finances, Gor Mahia SACCO
New reports today suggest that yet again there is trouble in the Gor Mahia camp due to non-payment of salaries. This time the players have not only staged a go slow, but they have skipped training and gone on strike.
"We have done our part but the office is letting us down by not paying us on time. Last Sunday, after the match against KCB, no one talked to us about this issues and we agreed to go on strike on Tuesday (yesterday)," a player said to the Standard.
The player said they are disappointed by the fact that while the club officials received Sh2 million as prize money for finishing runners-up in the CECAFA Cup, the players have not received any money. This leaves fans quizzical because Gor Mahia's travel expenses were paid for by a combination of the Harambee money raised before the tournament and funds from the Ministry of sports. CECAFA paid for hotel expenses. So where has the prize money gone?
And this comes a day before they are due to play Ushuru FC in a midweek encounter scheduled for Wednesday 4pm at City stadium.
Asked whether they will turn up for today's fixture, the player said:
"The game is not even on our minds. We are more focused on getting paid and we are therefore disappointed that no one has even bothered to talk to us."
Inactivity with Financial Initiatives
When the SACCO project was officially launched, this column wrote an article stating that Gor Mahia officials typically just launch new initiatives then sit back and expect fans to come forward with money. They do not promote the initiatives and rarely do they persuade fans by being accountable and transparent with funds. In fact one current official was brazen enough to state "Transparency is for members only".
This is comical when you consider that many fans who have not contributed their hard earned money are hesitating precisely because they want to see transparency first. The fans have been asking for transparency for so long that many are tired of mentioning it.
The Gor Biro bread was launched with a lot of fanfare. But since then, it has not been promoted by the club at all. And the club has not seen it fit to update fans on how much money was raised. The last report came one month after it was launched and it stated that Gor Mahia had only received Ksh 60,000 which falls far short of projections. Yet the club has still not seen it fit to promote the sales of the bread.
The SACCO was launched with what seemed like a high level of professionalism with corporate bigwigs put in charge. But that too has become moribund because the club stopped promoting it or persuading fans to join. The management team appointed to run the SACCO us hardly active in encouraging fans to join. At the very least they could produce audited accounts showing how much has been collected and how much has been disbursed to the club. This alone would encourage many more fans to join the SACCO
The 350100 paybill number, which started with a lot of promise, is hardly promoted and the club no longer accounts for whatever money they receive. Other initiatives like membership drives were also launched and left moribund, not to mention merchandize sales which are basically non-existent. The latter is a starke contrast from 2010 when Gor Mahia jerseys were selling at a break neck pace.
So for the umpteenth time, players have gone on strike due to unpaid salaries.
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11 thoughts on "Are Gor Mahia Financial initiatives being sustained ?"
Very useless officials they have outlived their usefulness it's time we ' get a new broom which sweeps best'
Club inaporwa na viongozi, afadhali uchaguzi uje na tuchaguane upya.
If Gor Sacco fails;all matters business should be handed to Kikuyu businessmen;they can do better.In the meantime like any other business the key word here is;Patience.Sticking with something through ups and down.But Sacco mgmt should talk;give us feedback;they can go learn from Equity coz if they were employees there they would do better.
oswozo moziek
To be honest I saw this coming…it's so predictable of this office.
We should demand accountability on how the price money was spent,the harambee collection and the last 2 or so home game gate collections.
To the office..Please desist from calling on us fans whenever you need a bailout when you can't even be answerable to how you expend the cash that you get!!
Mwakio P
What is posted by the author here is grossly misleading on the SACCO with headline of "INACTIVITY WITH FINANCIAL INITIATIVES".
Let us all join SACCO which is a long term solution. What I can confirm is that Gor Mahia SACCO is very active as I have been receiving updates. The Chair of the SACCO is doing a good job but at the moment, SACCO cannot offer immediate solution to the club. This is a long term initiative that will offer solution to the club and we as fans must be patient with this noble objective.
SACCO was just launched the other day. Have all the Gor Mahia bloggers joined SACCO or waiting just to criticise and write baggage-in-baggage-out (BIBO)? Let all bloggers in this site join this good initiative. I am a member.
Running clubs like Gor Mahia and AFC is not just a walk into the park but let us also give credit to the office led by Mr. Ambrose Rachier. He as a person has done pretty well with even his finances as the Chairman of the club. Our club is not being sponsored by any corporate entities but we have survived this far and this is because of the Chairman.
What Mr. Ambrose Rachier does not have are foot soldiers to help him achieve the bigger milestones.
Let us all join Gor Mahia SACCO in large numbers and continue eating Gor Mahia Bread.
ombeng ombeng
No one is doubting the EC led by Rachier,As a matter of fact,the EC is doing an excellent job by all standards given the challenges the club is facing of lack of sponsorship.I must give thumps up to Rachier and his group,lets give credit where its due gentlemen.
However the EC needs to improve on communication.As we speak no one knows how the bread thing is doing,how much is collected weekly or monthly and how its spent.No one knows ho much is collected on gate collections and how its spent.Financial accountability is an important aspect of any business.It costs nothing to post the clubs revenues and expenditures on this site by the EC.Am very certain that Gor can confortably generate 5 million everymonth from the following
1. 2 million from gate collections (two home matches every month).
2. 1 million from the bread partnership (if proper campaign and promotion is done)
3. 1 million from Supersport (monthly grant)
4. 1 million from sale of club merchandise (if loopholes are sealed)
Mwakio, well put but a point of correction to the FOT SOLDIERS. He has enough of stomach soldiers whom he has condorned. take a look at the so called SCOUTS, very old useless dirty goons. why not take young energetic youth and train them for security and health basics??? infact G4S was willing to give a hand free of charge. I adviced the office but no one was willing, Why – because they cant let go the Cow that they milk.
secondly, I all Fans coming to the match today to part with an extra 200/= which a special Kitty managed by Ambrose Rachier or Mwakio ( will you be there?) shall be given directly to the players.
Mwakio kuja na kikapu.
Dan Original
The best thing we can do is to devolve the financial aspects from the day-to-day running of the club. It has been proved that the current EC as constituted cannot promote the club or has not ideas on how to make our club self-sufficient. Maybe the running of the club takes too much energy and time for them to concentrate on the promotion of it.
What if we had trusted fans to take over the promotion of the club e.g. someone like Jaro Soja can be used effectively to promote the bread, Anelka to promote the membership , someone else the SACCO etc.
As much as some of us didn't like the former CEO he had a business acumen and got us the bread idea, the membership idea as well as the insurance through Chase Bank. But since he left even the talk of sponsorship is dead.
Our former SG tried to bring in some order but look at the way he was hounded out of the office. As it is now Gor only needs a Chairman, Deputy and SEc Gen as elected office bearers. The rest like CEO, treasurer/finance, PR/marketing can be volunteers or employees with targets to achieve by the end of the year else we get others who can
dinga
This site should stop peddling baseless rumours. Everytime Gor wins big in prize money this so called 'player' always turns up! Why don't you get in touch with the club captain who's responsibility it is to communicate over the players welfare. It's obvious this site is operated in conjunction with some of these players. If the players have not been paid then their contracts give them leeway to take certain courses of action, one which is NOT to run to the next rumour peddling website. I believe if these issues were as serious as ur trying to make them look then the Coach could have commented on them. Otherwise the affected players have the right to boycott any training or even hold Gor culpable of a contact breach.
So Admin I think you should style up and be more professional. If what this player is telling is the truth then there is no reason he should hide in dark corners. The point is that these players sign contracts and they are not helpless as your trying to make it look.
The EC has done it's part and started several financial packages to help the playing arm of Gor Mahia. I however still believe that these projects were not well thought of, but that does not take away the fact that the EC has done it's part. Let the fans respond to these initiatives. Personally I do not want to join Gor SACCO but I would suggest;
For one if I wanted to contribute to Olunga's or Kagere's account in the SACCO what should I do? I am using this as an example. My contribution could be directed to several players. This might be argued as discriminating in some quarters but wasn't there a suggestion on adopt a player/s. My contribution to MPESA does not guarantee the money reaching the player/s since no accounting is ever published by the officials. I do not necessarily need to know the player/s account numbers but have a system in place where I can Mpesa directly to the (of choice) accounts. Let the Adopt a player be effected but with a cup so that you do not have one player with ten billion shillings and the next with none. But let it also not force us to contribute to dead beat players.
jatingare
Dinga I think you are in denial. The players did go on strike. It has been reported by every news outlet including Nation and Standard. Officials have not denied it.
It is a fact that Walusimbi went on strike 2 months ago and refused to travel with the team. None other thasn Nuttall also spoke about late payments of salaries a short time ago. These players are to be commended because they keep playing even when not payed.
Denials will not help the club. These players will leave in December if the club keeps paying them late.
Henry Achacha
Why EC, request the KPL, for mid-week Matches to be played a bit late in the day to allow Fans who are on duty get time to attand the Matches of late I have seen some Matches were being played at night with Light?
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Кирси Тюккюляйнен (; род. 28 августа 1949, Пиексямяки) — финская деятель кинематографии; киновед, продюсер, киноактриса.

Биография

Родилась в 1949 году в Пиексямяки в семье учителя.

В 1975 году окончила Хельсинкский университет по специальности «Русский язык и литература», после этого восемь лет работала там преподавателем русского языка и литературы.

Работала в Фонде финского кино, где вначале занималась переводом советских фильмов, затем возглавляла Департамент международных связей.

В 1990-е годы как киноактриса сыграла в нескольких фильмах, в том числе исполнила одну из главных ролей в фильме «Береги свою косынку, Татьяна» (1994), снялась в картине Александра Рогожкина «Особенности национальной рыбалки» (1997).

С 2002 по 2006 год занимала должность советника по культуре посольства Финляндии в России.

На протяжении 25 лет является бессменным организатором Недели финского кино в Петербурге.

В 2011—2012 годах — директор Института Финляндии в Санкт-Петербурге.

Неоднократно принимала участие в проведении кинофестивалей: в 2007 году была приглашена программным директором на Московский кинофестиваль, принимала участие в работе Санкт-Петербургского международного кинофорума в качестве арт-директора, в 2018 году входила в члены жюри Ялтинского кинофестиваля «Евразийский мост».

Прекрасно говорит по-русски, увлекается фольклором России и прекрасно поёт русские песни.

Дочь — Мария Ярвенхельми, киноактриса.

Фильмография
 1994 — Балалайка шоу | Total Balalaika Show (Финляндия, документальный) — Кирси, певица
 1994 — Ленинградские ковбои встречают Моисея | Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses (Германия) — певица
 1994 — Береги свою косынку, Татьяна / Pidä huivista kiinni, Tatjana (Германия, Финляндия) — Клавдия
 1998 — Особенности национальной рыбалки (Россия) — Саара
 1999 — Юха / Juha — эпизод
 2016 — Опасные каникулы (Россия) — эпизод
 2019 — Дипломат (телесериал, Россия) — губернатор Шпицбергена

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 Дмитрий Минченок — Крёстная мать // Журнал «Огонёк», № 25, 9 июля 2003
 Юлиан Макаров — В главной роли. Кирси Тюккюляйнен // Телеканал «Культура», 19 июня 2007
 Ahonen Anneli — Kirsi Tykkyläinen // Helsingin Sanomat, 9.7.2011
 Екатерина Кракис —  Кирси Тюккюляйнен: «Жизнь, как и кино, прекрасна…» // Журнал «Ваш Досуг», 3 сентября 2012
 Яна Пруссакова'' — Фильмы о финнах, финны о фильмах // «Фонтанка.ру», 19.11.2014
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Федера́ція сквошу Украї́ни — національна спортивна федерація зі сквошу. Член  і . Тісно співпрацює зі Спортивним комітетом України.

Основною метою діяльності є розвиток і популяризація юніорського, любительського та професійного сквошу в Україні.

Має осередки в Херсонській, Закарпатській, Черкаській, Одеській, Львівській областях та м. Києві.

Передісторія
В Україні датою народження сквошу вважається 1999 рік, коли в елітному клубі закритого типу («Kievsportclub») побудували перший корт. За 4 роки потому (у 2003 році) у Києві пройшов перший індивідуальний турнір з цієї гри. Офіційним видом спорту Україна визнала сквош лише в 2005-му.

Історія
Датою утворення Федерації є 2004-й рік. Вже наступного року організація була зареєстрована органами Міністерства юстиції України. Очолив тоді новостворену установу майстр спорту з тенісу Роман Долинич

У квітні 2005 року ФСУ стала повноправним членом Європейської федерації. У цьому ж році відбулися перші змагання українських сквошистів на чемпіонаті Європи. Саме цей рік вважається початком розвитку сквошу в Україні, коли вітчизняні спортсмени отримали можливість брати участь в офіційних змаганнях, що проводяться під егідою Європейської федерації.

12-14 вересня 2014 року — перші 11 осіб успішно пройшли атестатацію по суддівству. А вже за рік у 2015 році ФСУ сприяла в організації поїздки українських спортсменів на навчальні тренерські курси 1 і 2 рівня, організовані ESF.

4-7 червня 2014 року у французькому Валансьєне українські спортсмени дебютували на індивідуальному чемпіонаті Європи, на якому Україну представили відразу кілька гравців. Вперше, крім наших чоловіків Сорочинського і Федорука, наша країна була представлена і в жіночій першості. Надія Усенко стала наймолодшою учасницею (14 років) турніру, але вона вже встигла заявити про себе на міжнародній арені, в тому числі виступивши на дорослому командному чемпіонаті Європи і зайнявши лідерську позицію в рейтингу ESF.

У 2016 за підтримки Федерації сквошу України і під егідою PSA (Професійна асоціація сквошу) в Києві вдруге було проведено міжнародний турнір зі сквошу «PARETI Squash Open 2016».

У 2017 році НУФВСУ включила сквош в перелік видів спорту, які буде вести кафедра спортивних ігор.

З 2019 року президентом ФСУ є Яков Кутковський.

Розвиток дитячого сквошу
Найголовнішим досягненням є те, що з кожним роком діти грають набагато більше. Національний рейтинг серед юніорів від 11 до 17 років, налічує вже понад 200 дітей з різних міст України.

2000—2005 — в Україні було всього три юніори, які представляли країну на міжнародній арені. Це — Кондратенко Дмитро, Закомлістов Сергій і єдина дівчина Співак Анастасія.

2010—2015 — в цей період з'явилися такі відомі юніори як Пресман Ілля, Сікора Артур, Буслюк Владислав, Кравчук Андрій. На окрему увагу заслуговує поява на євро арені Усенко Надії і Бушми Аліни.

12 січня 2011 року відбулось відкриття Дитячої Академії сквошу на базі СК «Петрохолдінг» для наймолодших гравців віком від 5 до 15 років. І вже за 3 роки Україна вперше була представлена на молодіжному чемпіонаті Європи U-15. Тріо в особі Надії Усенко, Артура Сікори та Іллі Пресмана зайняло на КЧЄ-2014 у Празі — 8 місце.

У 2019 році Аліна Бушма стала 1-ю ракеткою в європейському рейтингу ESF Junior 2018-19 серед дівчат.

На попочатку 2020 року юніори Дмитро Щербаков (BU15) і Христина Бегеба (GU13) очолили рейтинг ESF європейської федерації сквошу (на 11-ому тижні).

Розвиток професійного сквошу
У 2020 році відбулося 37 турнірів зі сквошу в Україні. 43 турніри, включно з Ukrainian Junior Open 2020, Чемпіонатом України серед юніорів та Кубком України серед дорослих, було скасовано або перенесено на березень 2021 року.

Командні чемпіонати Європи серед юніорів, жінок та чоловіків не відбулися, адже міжнародний календар теж зазнав змін.

Розвиток любительського сквошу
У 2020 році кількість гравців-любителів у сквош збільшилась на 20 % у порівнянні з 2019 роком. За минулий рік, у Києві з'явились 5 нових кортів для гри у сквош.

Примітки

Посилання
 Анастасія НЕТРЕБЧУК: «Федерація сквошу — це велика і дружня команда» // Sport.ua, 2018

засновані в Україні 2004
Сквош
Спортивні федерації України


Jennifer Whitson is the Research Advisor for Execution Labs, an accelerator and investment platform for indie game studios, as well as an affiliated faculty member with the Technoculture, Art and Games Research Centre (TAG) at Concordia University. Jennifer Whitson focuses on games, play, and surveillance. She studies the shifting production models of the global game industry to trace how risk management practices, datamining, and digital distribution shapes developers' creative work and the larger cultural role of games. Apart from teaching a games development course at the UW Stratford Campus and games studies in the department of Sociology and Legal Studies, Jennifer also conducts studio studies: ethnographies of game developers.


LSU surged to No. 6 in The Associated Press college football poll after its second victory of September against a highly ranked team, and Wisconsin tumbled to No. 18 after becoming the first top-10 team to be upset by an unranked team.
Top-ranked Alabama strengthened its hold on No. 1 on Sunday, receiving a season-high 58 first-place votes from the media panel. Clemson slipped out of the No. 2 spot for the first time this season. Georgia moved up a spot to second behind the Crimson Tide, giving the Southeastern Conference the top two teams in the ranking. Clemson is third with three first-place votes, followed by No. 4 Ohio State and No. 5 Oklahoma.
Wisconsin's loss to BYU was Saturday's most surprising result. The Badgers were three-touchdown favorites but missed a last-second field goal to tie and lost 24-21 in Madison. The Big Ten had five teams in the top 14 to begin the seasons and three (Michigan, Michigan State, Wisconsin) have already lost.
BYU's reward was being ranked No. 25.
Another down year for the SEC – only four conference schools made this week's AP Top Ten.
The Big Ten drew a lot of attention for having a rough Saturday, with half the league losing nonconference games. The Pac-12, more specifically the Pac-12 South, also had a rough one — though much of the damage was done after a lot of East of the Mississippi bedtimes.
Within the conference, Utah was beaten at home by Pac-12 North power No. 10 Washington, thwarting the Utes' chances of being ranked. UCLA dropped to 0-3 under Chip Kelly and Arizona finally managed to get coach Kevin Sumlin a victory — by beating Southern Utah of the FCS.
— No. 22 Texas A&M is ranked for the first time since November 2016.
— No. 25 BYU is ranked for the first time since September 2015.


Welcome to Craft Beer & Spirits Week, when we take a look at some of the passionate producers, bars and people helping make our world a more spirited place.
You won't make it very far in the Bay Area without finding excellent beer, whether at local breweries or beer bars. While brewhounds from around the world regularly make pilgrimages to malt meccas like Sierra Nevada in Chico, Russian River Brewing in Santa Rosa or San Francisco's original craft brewer, Anchor Brewing, there are dozens of classics and newcomers opening every month all around the region. Here are 10 of the best destinations, plus additional recommendations to further your sudsy adventures while in town.
Hopwater Distribution's 31 beer taps feature a wide range of rotating California drafts.
Play corn hole and table tennis at Lost & Found, one of the Bay Area's most fun beer gardens.
Don't miss newer and notable San Francisco breweries like Cellarmaker, Fort Point Beer Company, Almanac, Pine Street Brewery, Barrel Head Brewhouse and Sunset Reservoir Brewing Co., or the excellent Rare Barrel in Berkeley, brewing only sour beers. There's also Oakland's Ale Industries, Diving Dog Brewhouse and Woods Bar & Brewery. Balance that with visits to longtime local brewers like the great Magnolia (the original Haight Ashbury and new Dogpatch locations), Speakeasy, Thirsty Bear, 21st Amendment, and of course Anchor Brewing. In the Mission, Southpaw BBQ brews great beers in house served with excellent 'cue, as does Bartlett Hall near Union Square.
More top-notch local beer bars include Church Key in North Beach, City Beer Store in SoMa, Amsterdam Café in the Tenderloin, Lucky 13 in the Castro, Shotwell's in the Mission, La Trappe for Belgian beers in North Beach and the Beer Hall on Polk Street. In Oakland and Berkeley, try the Hog's Apothecary, Westbrae Biergarten and Brotzeit Lokal.
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After a rough day rushing to finish the preschool Valentine cards before the holiday party, it was reinvigorating to look at the day's results. The birds seem to have personalities, and the bird couples have relationships. Haven't you hosted these couples for bridge club or supper parties?
How clever that one kid used the hearts as beaks.