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These exceptional scholarships are awarded to Ukrainian scholars to enable them to carry out scientific research on environmental change and biodiversity loss, and/or human socio-cultural responses to them at the University of Oulu. Funding covers living costs in, and travel to/from Oulu, and is currently available for stays of up to six months. Open to researchers holding a PhD or currently enrolled in a doctoral programme. DL: No deadline, applications will be considered in order of when they are received.
Biodiverse Anthropocenes announces the release of exceptional grants for Ukrainian scholars to carry out scientific research at the University of Oulu.
Grantees will work in Oulu, conducting research on environmental change and biodiversity loss, and/or human socio-cultural responses to them. We provide a welcoming and encouraging environment for research, writing and collaboration, as well as a workspace and full access to university libraries and research facilities. Grantees will receive a tax-free grant of EUR 2,000 per month to cover living costs in Oulu. Additionally, financial assistance covering return travel to Oulu will be provided. At the moment, these exceptional grants can be provided for up to six months; this will be revised following availability of funds and current state of the conflict. Applicants may either be doctoral degree holders or doctoral candidates currently enrolled in a PhD programme.
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In a recent commentary at the National Journal's Next America, I explained the need to focus on improving K-2nd grade, as a subset of the early education continuum. While pre-K has gain broad attention and grades 3-12 have long been the focus of education reform, the early grades of elementary school are largely ignored.
In my piece, I call attention to the need for elementary schools and early grade teachers to have better information about children's pre-K experiences, the lack of availability of full-day kindergarten for all children, the fact that many early grade teachers do not have the skills and expertise they need to work with young children, and the limit coordination between pre-K and K-3.
If the goal is to build on children's pre-K and other early childhood experiences and ensure that they are able to read and do math at grade level by the end of third grade, then more focus is sorely needed on improving children's transition from pre-K into elementary school and on the quality of teaching and learning environments in pre-kindergarten through third grades.
States need to improve the quality of teacher and principal preparation programs, requiring them to give teachers and leaders solid grounding in how young children develop and learn best. Districts need to help connect schools with pre-K programs operating in the same area. Schools should support opportunities across pre-K and the early grades for joint professional development, data sharing and developing a common understanding of expectations for learning across the continuum. States need to require districts to offer full-day kindergarten, so that every child has access to a more equitable and enriching kindergarten experience. And the federal government should offer incentives to states and school districts that commit to doing these and other activities to help improve children's learning outcomes in all the early grades.
This work becomes even more essential as the population of low-income children, dual-language learners, and children of color expands. Sometime in the next five years, children of color—with standard and special learning needs—will make up the majority of the nation's young child population. Unfortunately, they are also the students least likely to have access to high-quality pre-K programs or elementary schools.


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Occupying a unique position, just yards from the beach, and enjoying magnificent views across to the isle of Anglesey and Puffin Island, The Towers is a substantial detached property on a grand scale of over 5000 square feet. Built in a Gothic chateau style in 1872, it is steeped in history and was built as the grand harbour masters mansion for a harbour that was never in fact completed!
It boasts flexible and spacious accommodation, perfect for large gatherings of friends and family. The living room is stunningly presented with a unique and beautiful hand painted domed ceiling and a beautiful open fireplace which completes the cosy and period ambiance. The dining room has seating for 20 guests, and there is also a separate drawing room and library along with 10 spacious bedrooms. The lawned garden to the property has an attractive ornamental pond with a Japanese three-tier fountain surrounded by a 9-hole putting green and croquet lawn. The driveway extends to the rear of the property where there is a further garden area and small orchard and parking for up to 10 cars.
The walled town of Conwy lies close by between Llandudno and Bangor, and with the West Coast train line passing through both towns. Conwy is home to an elegant 13th-century castle, built by Edward I, as well as other buildings of note - such as the National Trust owned 14th-century timber and stone Aberconwy House, the splendid Plas Mawr and what is reputed to be the smallest house in Britain.
As well as being the major shopping town for the area, Llandudno is also home to Venue Cymru Theatre, which has a range of touring productions. The town also has two beaches and the famous views from the top of the Great Orme, 679ft, jutting out into the Irish Sea, which can be explored by tramway, cable car or on foot.
In the other direction is Ynys Môn, the Isle of Anglesey, with its 125 miles of coastline, with fantastic beaches and rocky coves. For walkers, there are plenty of routes to explore - including The Cambrian Way which begins in Conwy, and winds its 274 miles to Cardiff, passing through some of Wales' most wonderful upland scenery, and taking in the Carneddau, the Glyders, the Snowdon Massif, Cadair Idris and the Brecon Beacons.
Bodnant Garden is a further attraction in the area for visitors, providing displays of rhododendrons and laburnum in May/June and other colour throughout the year. Within easy reach is both the Zip World Velocity and Surf Snowdonia, two of the area's newest visitor attractions - Zip World being the longest and fastest zip line in the northern hemisphere and Surf Snowdonia the first inland man made surfing lagoon. Horse riding nearby. Ideal for golf. Station 100 yards. Shops and pub ½ mile.
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Large living room with open fire and hand painted domed ceiling. Large dining room. Large kitchen with breakfast room. Drawing room. Library. Two double bedrooms, one with four-poster bed. Bunk bedroom. Bathroom with shower cubicle and toilet. Two shower rooms and toilet.
Five double bedrooms, one with four-poster bed and en-suite shower room with toilet, one with four-poster bed, two with additional single bed. Twin bedroom. Three shower rooms with toilet. Separate toilet.
Open fire - initial fuel included, thereafter available locally. Electricity and full gas central heating included (£1 per person per night November-April). Bed linen and towels included. Cot. High chair. 65" Smart TV. DVD. Microwave. Washing machine. Two dishwashers. Fridge/freezer. Wi-fi.
Large, enclosed, lawned garden with patio and furniture. Barbecue. Parking (for 10 cars). Catering available by prior arrangement with owner. Please note: There is an ornamental pond with a fountain in the garden. This property has a security deposit of £500.
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Llandudno is one of the largest and most popular of the Welsh seaside resorts, and still retains much of its Victorian character and charm. The golden sandy beach at North Shore is set in the magnificent crescent shaped bay, flanked by Great Ormes Head and Little Orme, with Llandudno and its elegant promenade lying protected between the headlands.
Llandudno offers its visitors good shopping, with a modern shopping arcade discreetly designed to blend with the traditional surroundings. The North Wales Theatre on the promenade is a new 1500 seat theatre, where West End shows and the Welsh National Opera perform. Throughout the area you can experience the local culture at eisteddfodau, festivals and concerts and hear the famous Welsh male voice choirs.
For sporting enthusiasts Llandudno offers a Leisure Centre, Ten Pin Bowling, Tennis, Dry Slope Skiing, Golf, and on and off shore Fishing. For something different there is American floodlit Harness Racing at Tir Prince Raceway.
Colwyn Bay, just along the coast is another popular destination. The long Promenade follows the vast sweep from Old Colwyn to Penrhyn Bay and gives easy access to the wonderful beaches, pier and harbour at Rhos-on-Sea all joined by a cycle track allowing exercise and fresh air to be taken together or you can stroll along the beautiful unspoilt promenade with its wide walkway, and enjoy some refreshments at the kiosks situated along the way. There are also separate slipways situated along the promenade for fishing, sailing, and jet skiing.
Both Colwyn Bay and Rhos-on-Sea have shopping areas and are close to the renowned Welsh Mountain Zoo, several golf courses and plenty of places to walk and climb. Snowdonia, the Isle of Anglesey, castles and National Trust properties are all close by. The area also boasts a leisure centre at Eirias, gardens, bowling greens, tennis courts, and an athletics stadium.
While exploring the North Coast you will come across the beautiful town of Conwy set on the Conwy River Estuary, dominated by the majesty of Conwy Castle. Fine views can be seen over the harbour and Snowdonia forms the backdrop to this medieval walled town. It is no surprise that today Conwy is designated as a World Heritage Site. The massive fifteen-foot thick walls guarded by twenty two towers stretch for three-quarters of a mile around the town, making Conwy one of the finest walled towns of the medieval period. Today visitors can still walk the Castle walls, enjoying views around the town and Harbour.
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Mount Snowdon dominates the glorious, ancient landscape of North Wales. The Snowdon Mountain Railway will take you to the Summit where you can enjoy fabulous views from the new visitor centre.
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Pensychnant Conservation Centre
Nestling in 150 acres of Victorian Estate Pensychnant is a fantastic place to see prehistoric landscapes, diverse wildlife and rare ancient woodland, heathland and ffridd
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Llyn Crafnant
Llyn Crafnant nestles in a hanging valley high above the Vale of Conwy in the Snowdonia National Park.
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Mynydd Hirathog including the Denbigh Moors Footpath
Covers an extensive footpath network in the rural area of Conwy.
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Pen Trwyn
Lower Pen Trwyn is the 'jewel in the crown' of the Ormes and is a favourite with professional climbers.
Aber Falls
Plunging down the cliffs at the foothills of the Carneddau mountain range is Aber falls and at over 120 feet high it is one of the finest examples of waterfalls in Wales.
Rhyl Miniature Railway
At over 100 years old Rhyl Miniature Railway is the oldest of its kind in Britain. The line runs in a circle around the boating lake. There is also a museum, shop and coming soon a nature trail.
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Greenacres Animal Park
Set in 80 acres at the gateway to North Wales, Greenacres Animal Park is the perfect venue for a fantastic day out for families and groups. Facilities include a petting area, wildlife animals and reptiles. Fantastic amusement and funfair rides, tractor tours, pony rides and magical children's shows!
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Sky Tower is a huge observation tower on the promenade at Rhyl. Rising above 200 feet the travel `car' gives you excellent views of the bay and the Snowdonian Mountain range.
Rhos-On-Sea to Colwyn Bay
A great traffic free day ride.
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The longest cable car in Britain! The cars run almost silently, providing uninterrupted views to Snowdonia, the Conwy Estuary, the Clwydian Hills and the Great Orme itself.
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Loggerheads Country Park
Loggerheads Country Park has some beautiful wooded river valleys, dramatic cliffs and outcrops all views via a short walk
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Llandudno Ski Slope
Fabulous artificial ski slope available for skiing and snowboarding. Or enjoy a ride on a toboggan on the Snow tube!!!
Situated on the west coast of Britain covering 823 square miles of diverse landscapes, Snowdonia National Park is the largest National Park in Wales.
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Conwy Water Gardens
A fantastic place for fishing enthusiasts with three fully stocked coarse fishing lakes. Great for children too with otters, ducks, aquarium and reptile House all set in the picturesque Conwy Valley.
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Bodnant Garden
Bodnant Garden is one of the most beautiful gardens in the UK, spanning some 80 acres and is situated above the River Conwy on ground sloping towards the west and looking across the valley towards the Snowdonia range.
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Moel Famau Country Park
Moel Famau is an impressive park covered in heather moorland turning purple in the Autumn , contrasting beautifully with the green grassland pastures of the Vale of Clwyd. The Park covers an area over 2000 acres and has many access paths and facilities for visitors.
Experience underwater life from different regions of the world at SeaQuarium. You'll come face to face with lobsters, conger eels and pufferfish as well as seeing sharks and rays gliding effortlessly through the water.
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Clwydian Range
The Clwydian Range is a great destination for walking.
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Penrhyn Castle
This enormous 19th century neo-Norman castle sits between Snowdonia and the Menai Strait. It is crammed with fascinating items, such as a one-ton slate bed made for Queen Victoria, elaborate carvings, plasterwork and mock-Norman furniture. Tel: 01248 371337
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Aberconwy House
This is the only medieval merchant's house in Conwy to have survived the turbulent history of the walled town. Explore how the Tudors lived with live music in the house and lace demonstrations throughout the year.
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A stunning series of waterfalls located close to the popular tourist town of Betws-Y-Coed. Flowing into the Llugwy river it is one of the most famous in Wales and is reached by a pleasant walk through Gwydyr Forest.
Craig Gogarth
The Gogarth sea cliffs offers a unique climbing experience
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Tree Top Adventures
A thrilling, high level, adventurous journey 15.4m (50ft) up in the trees involving a series of engaging and exciting obstacles! Cafe and visitor centre available on site.
Celebrate Llandudno's Victorian Heritage in the gorgeous seaside town
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Eirias Park
A premier sporting attraction with fifty acres of beautiful parkland with facilitates that include Tennis Courts, Bowling Greens, Boating Lake, Children's Playground and Picnic Area.
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Gwydyr Forest
Gwydir Forest is a panoramic and extensive forest set in the hills to the east of Mount Snowdon.
Jubilee Tower
The Jubilee Tower is on the peak of Moel Famau within the country park. The tower was built to commemorate the golden jubilee of George III in 1810. The remains of the tower the highest point in the park, and offer spectacular views over the Clwydian Range.
Marin Trail
The Marin Trail is a great mountain bike trail with big climbs, big descents, brilliant singletrack and truly awesome scenery.
Graiglwyd Springs Trout Fishery
A premier large trout fishery with a well established national reputation for excellence in fly fishing.
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Continuing from it's record breaking March launch, the Nintendo Switch is still the top selling video game system for the month of April with 280,000 units sold. Adding to this finical boon for Nintendo, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was also the top selling video game for the month of April as well with 460,000 physical units sold, factoring in digital sales, that's more than 550,000 units. The most impressive part is, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe launched on April 28th and these figures only account for two days worth of sales.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild came in third highest video game sales for April, 1-2-Switch and digital-only game Snipperclips – Cut it out, together! also had strong April sales rounding out a great month for Nintendo. Future titles also bring promise to the Nintendo Switch system as well, Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers from Capcom (Nintendo Switch, May 26), ARMS (Nintendo Switch, June 16), and Splatoon 2 (Nintendo Switch, July 21).


Prior to joining UNDP, he was Director of the Oxford Martin School and Professorial Fellow of Balliol College, University of Oxford. Mr Steiner has served across the United Nations system, looking at global challenges from both a humanitarian and a development perspective. He led the United Nations Environment Programme (2006-2016), helping governments invest in clean technologies and renewable energy. He was also Director-General of the United Nations Office at Nairobi. Achim Steiner previously held other notable positions including Director General of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, and Secretary General of the World Commission on Dams.
Achim Steiner has lived and worked in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, Latin America and the United States. He graduated in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (MA) from Worcester College, Oxford University and holds an MA from the University of London/School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS).


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Avery "Zeke" Hiddleston
As our strange summer of 2020 moves on, with face-masks and distancing policies still in place to slow the spread of the coronavirus, some of our members may be reminded of summers 50 years ago when outbreaks of polio closed public pools and movie theaters every summer, and when parents hesitated to let their children go outside for fear that they might become one of the hundreds of Omaha children hospitalized.
Poliomyelitis, commonly known as polio, first appeared in America in 1894 as an isolated outbreak in Vermont. It quickly spread through the rest of the country, flaring up every year during "polio season" from May to September. An outbreak in Nebraska caused over 600 cases in 1909, including 79 in Douglas County. Polio cases increased during the first half of the century, causing anxiety in parents and communities, as it struck without warning, often afflicting children, and leaving thousands of survivors with lifelong paralysis.1
DCHS was recently contacted by the family of Avery Hiddleston, an Omaha native who contracted polio as an in infant in 1921. The family donated several of Avery's affects, including his leg braces, which he wore for the majority of his life. The braces, pictured below, were padded and altered to fit his legs. He would have laced them up at the foot, calf, and thigh every morning. Even though lighter, modern braces were available later in Avery's life, he preferred this original pair.
Avery survived a bout of polio in 1921, which left both of his legs paralyzed and his left arm weakened. However, he still attended the same school – Lothrop Elementary – as his siblings and neighbors. He traveled there in a wagon pulled by his brother and friends, and then the boys lifted him on their shoulders up the steps of the school. He played first base in neighborhood baseball games, using his stronger right arm to catch, then tucked the mitt under his left arm, so he could throw using the stronger arm. He was called "Zeke" after Zeke Bonura, a well- known first baseman in the 1930s.
Avery was a member of his local Boy Scout troop and was given a Special Achievement Badge in 1935, in addition to his second class scout award.
As a teenager, Avery missed a year of school to recover from an operation to straighten his legs. This procedure allowed him to walk with the assistance of leg braces and crutches. He was also an avid traveler and loved driving. He bought a Ford modified with hand controls for amputees, and drove all over Omaha and on vacation. Even in his later years, when he was confined to a wheelchair, he drove a van that allowed him to drive from the chair – "wheels on wheels", he laughingly called it.
Avery passed away in 1998 and his braces were left with his niece, Sandy Kerr. Sandy donated them and shared the story of her Uncle Zeke with us because she wanted a place for his story to be remembered and preserved for the future. We are pleased to accept this donation into our collection and to share his story with our members.
McCLANAHAN HM. A BRIEF REPORT OF THE NEBRASKA EPIDEMIC OF POLIOMYELITIS. JAMA. 1910;55(14):1160–1162. doi:10.1001/jama.1910.04330140004002. Accessed July 30, 2020.


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" I cannot begin to tell you how amazing the program and faculty at SJTU was. It was probably one of the best experiences of my life. The only downside was the short duration of the program. The quality of the presentation, professors, company visits, campus, lodging, and cultural excursions is truly phenomenal. "
-- By Aldo Martinez [USA]
" We went to companies that are fully private-owned, state-controlled and a couple of multi-national companies. To see the differences and how they operate in China was extremely interesting. The cultural visits were all great. The one that really worked for me was visiting the local Chinese family and having dinner with them. It gives you excellent insights into what life is like for average middle-class Chinese people. "
---- By Mohammed Al Kharusi [Oman]
" The lectures went very detailed to dispel any myth you have about the economic and the business environment in China. We heard the CEO of Yihaodian talk about the strategy behind how he developed and grew the company. We were in constant interactions with so many people from different countries. You have personalized learning you can't get anywhere else and you have well setup, institutionalized learning that helps you gain insights into what's going on in China. "
--- By Michael Tu [USA]
" Everything exceeded my expectation --- the lectures, the professors, people in the program, and China itself. I was not expecting such high-caliber, such important lecturers."
--- By Marina Braga [Brazil]
" I was really impressed with the variety of lectures. We had a lot of lectures on different topics, from different nationalities of lecturers. The lectures were tied in really well with the company visits. The whole program was put together really well."
---- By Lisa Alderson [Australia]
" The balance between different activities we did in the program – cultural activities, company visits – is what makes it interesting , not one specific thing but the fact that we do all these things together gives it added-value. The program selected students from all over the world, so I make friends from all over the world and got to know their cultures."
--- By Liselotte Van Coillie [Belgium]
" It is a very well-rounded program where we are able to be with the masters-level students for a good amount of time, which greatly helped us. The questions they were able to ask based on their experience were enlightening. At the same time, we have our own undergraduate program, which was more tailored to our needs. I think it was a very good combination."
---- By Moshe Linfield [USA]
" I have an engineering background and want to know how to do business in China. It's a great opportunity to be here to learn how Chinese people think and how Chinese companies are managed. "
--- By Simon Fabian Schäfer [Germany]
"The company visit is my favorite part. I really enjoyed visiting Yihaodian, 3M and Volkswagen. The speakers are very nice, like the founder of Yihaodian Yu Gang. I didn't expect we can speak to the founder. Normally you can see them in front of TV or magazine, but they are sitting in front of you and talking to you. It's very nice. "
---- By Joseph Wu [Taiwan]
"SJTU is one of the best universities in China and I'm really proud to have studied here. "
--- By Maria Vegas Mata [Spain]
"We went to regular Chinese family, like family dinner we had. Having dinner with them and seeing how Chinese people live is like diving really into the culture. That has been really special to me."
--- By Friedrich Holotiuk [Germany]
"The program is really exciting because you learn a lot about China.I think the most interesting part is when you learn about dumplings and pottery because it's really Chinese."
---- By Diana Beauty [Indonesia]
"I studied Asian studies in the UK. Before I came, I knew a lot about Japanese culture and Korean culture, but I felt in order to broaden my horizons and grasp East Asia societies, I really had to come to China and learn about Chinese culture, and see what China is like and how it's different from its neighbors."
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By Patti Neighmond
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It's actually quite common for doctors to write "off label" prescriptions, including using cancer drugs to treat migraine headaches or blood pressure medication for heart failure.
One study found that 1 in 5 prescriptions written in doctor's offices has not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat the condition it is being used for. And while some off-label drugs are used with no problems, others may not work or may increase a patient's risk of complications.
There are many reasons why a doctor will write an off-label prescription. It could be a last resort. It could be a cancer drug that shows promise when all other options have failed. Or it could be anecdotal evidence from other doctors who say the medication works for certain conditions. Dr. Caleb Alexander, who co-directs the Johns Hopkins Center for Drug Safety and Effectiveness, says patients may not even know that prescriptions they get are off label. "For example, the use of anti-seizure drugs to treat depression or neuropathic pain, or the use of certain cancer drugs to treat macular degeneration, " he says.
Off-label drug prescribing is neither bad nor good per se, says Dr. Randall Stafford, an epidemiologist with the Stanford Prevention Research Center. There may be studies and research showing the drugs safe and effective to treat that condition. But there may not be. In most cases, Stafford says, the evidence just doesn't exist.
And that can be risky. For example, antipsychotic medications are often used to treat patients with advanced dementia who have problems sleeping at night. The antipsychotics often act as a mood stabilizer and have a sedating effect. But "the medication can increase the risk of heart attack in this elderly population," Stafford says.
So why aren't these medications FDA approved for those uses? It boils down to money.
It can cost drug companies hundreds of millions of dollars to do the research and perform the clinical trials necessary to meet the rigorous demands of FDA approval. They've done that once for the initial approval, and many are not willing to do it again for a secondary use.
Alexander says many companies view it as simply not worth it, especially if there are only a few years left in a drug's patent life. Once the drug goes generic, he says, it's not as profitable.
So that often leaves decisions up to the individual doctor. "Clinicians are between a rock and a hard place, because there are thousands of drugs on the market," Alexander says, "and they face a big challenge knowing all they need to know about all the drugs."
In one survey of doctors, Alexander found that in about half of all cases where medication was prescribed, doctors didn't know whether it was FDA approved for the condition. This is why researchers say it's so important to have a comprehensive nationwide database for doctors to consult when considering medication that's not approved by the FDA for that use.
Until such a database is available, Alexander says, it will be up to patients and their doctors to have frank discussions about what evidence is available and weigh the pros and cons of using certain medications off label.
Patti Neighmond
Award-winning journalist Patti Neighmond is NPR's health policy correspondent. Her reports air regularly on NPR newsmagazines All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and Weekend Edition.
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Temecula Preparatory School inspires students to become virtuous citizens, critical thinkers, and life-long learners through a classical education and understanding of human virtue.
A. Demonstrate standards of excellence in virtuous character, manners, and civility.
B. Understand the principles of a democratic society through the study of American and Greco-Roman history.
C. Exhibit responsible citizenship through civic participation and community service.
A. Make responsible decisions based on the study of classical human virtue.
B. Recognize, value, and advocate for Truth, Beauty, and Goodness.
A. Acquire a classical foundation of core knowledge.
B. Use logical thinking to analyze problems, discover relationships, and create solutions.
C. Utilize rhetorical skills to positively influence others and initiate change.
D. Listen, read, write, speak, and act with purpose.
E. Evaluate individual decisions from a global perspective.


Dr. Phyllis Rand's over 40 years of service in Christian education has ranged from being a sixth grade teacher to graduate and post-graduate faculty, and from elementary administrator to Chair of Education for Pensacola Christian College in Pensacola, FL. She has also written language arts textbooks and developed curriculum for Abeka.
We at Abeka keenly feel the responsibility to never "remove the ancient landmarks" of evangelism, Biblical character training, and excellent academics. They define true education and sum up our purpose and philosophy. They are our traditions.
It is to these ancient landmarks that we look rather than the latest educational reforms and psychological theories. In fact, we reject those trends and theories. This stance, of course, sets us apart from secular education and even some Christian education.
We still use the names traditional and progressive. Instead of progressivism, we could use the names "experimentalism," "instrumentalism," "pragmatism"; but progressivism is a good overall word, and it is accessible to everyone, not just philosophers. Because the term progressive sounds so positive and because the term traditional may sound passe or out of step, perhaps it is worth saying that Abeka does not reject innovation or improvement. We are always looking for better ways to do things. What we mean when we say we are traditional is this: American education, like our other institutions, was founded on a Christian worldview. American educational traditions are Christian.
Progressive education is the development of those who rejected the Christian worldview and traditions of their fathers and transferred their faith to science, evolution, and psychology. It is secular. It is humanistic. It is more than an attempt to just bring more freedom and activity into the classroom. It is not an exaggeration to say that progressive education under whatever name it goes by today is the greatest force in what Henry Morris calls "the war against God." By its fruits we can judge the damage of progressive methodology today: dumbed-down academics, self-centeredness, and rebelliousness.
So when we speak of traditional and progressive education we mean two completely different ways of looking at the world. Because a man's philosophy or worldview informs his thinking and practice, it is not surprising to learn that the methods and purposes of traditional and progressive educators are very different. We have a Christian worldview so our purpose and methods align more with traditional education than progressive education.
As Christians, we know that a child is born on one path, not going in God's direction at all. God tells parents and teachers that we are to steer children toward another path so that they will choose to leave their natural one for God's path. There is much important soul teaching to do. Classrooms are not child centered; they are in effect teacher centered. The progressive worldview rejects this and sees children as naturally good.
Because of our Christian worldview we believe in authority—parental authority, the teacher's authority, civic authority, and so on. Progressive teachers reject the teaching of submission and self-control but instead stress self-esteem and self-actualization and empowerment. Naturally the teacher's role in these two philosophies greatly differs. Richard Fugate in his book Will Early Education Ruin Your Child? says you can always judge wrong educational practice by asking, what does it assume about authority and the nature of the child? That test judges all popular psychological theory and progressive practices as wrong.
Our Christian worldview teaches us that there are absolutes and objective truth. There are character traits, actions, ideas which are good and bad. There are eternal verities. There is right and wrong. To a progressivist, nothing is always true or always false. Truths change, values change, teaching methods change. He must build new "truths" through experience and group judgment.
A traditional curriculum emphasizes reading and writing and language because our religion is one of the Word—when we do not use language well, we are blunting the edge of our greatest tool. Because of progressive education, millions of Americans are basically illiterate and cannot read the Bible—or are attracted to watered down versions or use words in inexact ways.
When John Dewey and others first promulgated the new progressive philosophy in the early 1900s, it no doubt sounded terrible to the teachers in the classrooms who still thought children needed to be taught skills and information and trained in righteousness. But Dewey and others kept writing and teaching in the graduate schools of education and psychology until progressivism eventually worked its way down to the local schools through the new teachers and administrators. Today we see the full flowering of their work: every manifestation of Christianity has been eliminated from American public schools, and social issues and fads receive more attention than academic learning.
There is a greater need than ever for solid traditional Christian schools and teachers. Abeka's calling is to spread the vision and to be of help to those who share it.
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Q: Why can't a perpetual motion polyhedron exist? I've been thinking about polyhedrons, when placed on a table on a certain face, will tip over and keep tipping over infinitely. I'm trying to prove mathematically that such a polyhedron doesn't exist.
Rules: the polyhedron does not need to be uniform nor convex, but at any point the mass there is non-negative. this means you can have holes and caves and points and fun stuff.
Right now I'm stuck because I'm not sure what determines if the polyhedron tips over. Either it's 1. The COM of the polyhedron, when projected onto the table, lies outside of the polygon face touching the table, and 2. The gravitational potential energy, mgh, is lowered by tipping over.
I understand with some basic geometry that 1 implies 2, but condition 2 does not necessarily imply that it will tip over.
How do I proceed to prove that such a perpetual polyhedron doesn't exist?
Edit: Thought about it some more and solved my question. 1 and 2 are equivalent in the real world because if the COM was above the base face, then tipping over would require that mgh first increase before finally adopting its final value after tipping over. If the COM is not above the face then there is no necessary activation energy. Therefore, the polyhedron tips over if and only if the energy strictly decreases, which happens if and only if the COM lies outside the face. After this process the potential energy decreases.
Now assume that the polyhedron spontaneously remains in perpetual motion. Then the energy is strictly decreasing; but the potential energy clearly has a minimum value, so it can't go on forever.

A: It will tip over when the COM is outside the convex hull of the support area.  For a polyhedron, the convex hull will be a convex polygon.  The COM can be lowered by pivoting around the nearest edge of the convex hull.

A: The convex hull of the polyhedron will roll on a horizontal plane spontaneously, from being seated on one face to being seated on another, only if (not necessarily if) the centre of mass of the polyhedron is lowered in doing so. Since the convex hull of the polyhedron has only a finite number of faces, there can be only a finite number of such lowerings, and so the process must terminate in a finite number of steps.
Edit: The above answer considers only the static aspects of the problem. If we allow dynamics into the picture (which is realistic), while (unrealistically) assuming zero friction or other resistance, then a polyhedron can indeed rock backwards and forwards, or roll, forever. If we are fully realistic, perpetual motion cannot occur, for reasons of friction alone.

A: I have studied philosophy of physics and dimensions within logic. My answer is dependent on that type of basis.
I find some of the mathematical questions a bit silly in this case. Isn't the movement of a polyhedron a physical problem?
For the sake of imagination, I can imagine cases where mathematically-physically a polyhedron would tip, for example:

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*Timeless force applied to the object.

*An assumption of continued motion, for example, a vector, which may not require force if no force is implied.

*A sequential operation implicated in the object, as the others seemed to be saying, for example, numeric or categorical inversion, extrusion, etc.

*An assumption that imbalance creates force, which may be a matter of how the program running the object handles imbalances. To me this would seem like an added timeless force or sequence, or some other type of vector.

All in all, it seems to me to call a polyhedron a perpetual motion machine in mathematical space implies mathematical assumptions about the use of vectors.

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Fathers and mothers… by the numbers Here are some selected facts on fathers, mothers and parenting in Canada.
8.1 million — The total number of fathers in Canada (including biological, adoptive and step fathers) in 2006.
3.7 million — The number of fathers in Canada with children under 18 living with them (including biological, adoptive and step fathers) in 2006.
9.2 million — The total number of mothers in Canada (including biological, adoptive and step mothers) in 2006.
3.9 million — The number of mothers in Canada with children under 18 living with them (including biological, adoptive and mothers) in 2006.
Source: General Social Survey – Family, 2006 (Cycle 20).
In 2008, there were 2.7 million couples with at least one child under age 16 at home.
While the majority of these families were dual-earners, one in five (596,000) had one employed parent and one stay-at-home parent.
13% — The proportion of two-parent families with one parent at home (78,000 families) where it was the father who stayed home in Canada in 2008.
87% — The proportion of two-parent families with one parent at home (519,000 families) where it was the mother who stayed home in Canada in 2008.
Source: Unpublished data from the Labour Force Survey.
27% — The proportion of fathers who claimed paid parental leave for (or were planning to apply for) benefits for the birth or adoption of a child in 2007. This was up from 20% in 2006 and 15% in 2005.
376,800 — The number of mothers in Canada with a child up to 12 months of age in 2007, up 3.3% from 2006. More than three-quarters of these mothers (77%) had insurable income. In all, 86% of them had received benefits in the form of maternity or parental benefits during their pregnancy or since the birth or adoption of their child.
Source: "Employment Insurance Coverage Survey," The Daily, Thursday, July 24, 2008.
See also: "Fathers' use of paid parental leave," Perspectives on Labour and Income, June 2008; Navigating Family Transitions: Evidence from the General Social Survey.
603,743 — The number of people in Canada who reported in 2006 that they had adopted children.
250 minutes — The amount of time men spent with their family members during a work day, on average, in 1986.
205 minutes — The amount of time men spent with their family members during a work day, on average, in 2005.
Dads who remain closely involved with their children in the first few months following separation have a much greater chance of remaining involved with their kids later on.
Source: "Study: Frequency of contact between separated fathers and their children," The Daily, Monday, October 29, 2007.
20% — The proportion of one-parent families headed by men in 2006.
80% — The proportion of one-parent families headed by women in 2006.
1.4 million — The total number of one-parent families in 2006.
Source: 2006 Census, Family Portrait: Continuity and Change in Canadian Families and Households in 2006: Findings.
354,617 — The total number of births in Canada in 2006.
116 — The total number of live births to mothers under 15 years of age in Canada in 2006. For 98% of these mothers, this was their first live birth.
14,432 — The total number of live births to mothers 15 to 19 years of age in Canada in 2006. For 86% of these mothers, this was their first live birth.
In some homes in Canada, extended family and community play a role in raising the younger generation.
Eventually there comes a time when it is an adult child's turn to care for an aging parent.
2.7 million — The number of Canadians aged 45 and over in 2007 who provided some form of unpaid care to seniors (65+) with long-term health problems.
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Q: Serverless Error occurred: ApiGatewayResourcePatientsetPidVar - A sibling ({id}) of this resource already I'm new to Lambda Computing and AWS. I'm trying to set up a REST API Service with Lambda. I have three different functions defined in my serverless.yml file from my handler something like this:
functions:
  users:
    handler: handler.users
    events:
      - http:
          path: users
          method: get
          cors: true
          integration: lambda
  stats:
    handler: handler.Stats
    events:
      - http:
          path: users/{id}/stats
          method: get
          cors: true
          integration: lambda
  contribution:
    handler: handler.contribution
    events:
      - http:
          path: patientset/{pid}/contribution
          method: get
          cors: true
          integration: lambda

When I deploy the same, it throws me an error:
Serverless Error ---------------------------------------

An error occurred: ApiGatewayResourcePatientsetPidVar - A sibling ({id}) of this resource already has a variable path part -- only one is allowed (Service: AmazonApiGateway; Status Code: 400; Error Code: BadRequestException; Request ID: f4047858-b52d-4721-b0a2-069a59254e6b; Proxy: null).

So to test it, I change the path for the function contribution from patientset/{pid}/contribution to patientset/{id}/contribution, the deployment is successful.
But this is what I don't require. I need to define the proper name convention for each function to help recognize what kind of id a function is expecting as it's path parameter.
I also tried resolving the same with some suggestions around as found here, but this also didn't help. If anyone can help provide any solution for the same & this explains this weird behavior from serverless, highly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

A: *

*Check if path is not repeated for any of handlers

*Comment the section causing issue and deploy once.
Then uncomment then section, redeploy.
Its a known bug in serverless with AWS
I faced same issue got resolved with this.

A: Seems to be a long standing AWS issue where changing the endpoint variable causes an issue
https://github.com/serverless/serverless/issues/3785


Death is not the ultimate tragedy in life. The ultimate tragedy is to die without discovering the possibilities of full growth.
Don't tell me to get ready to die. I know not what shall be. The only preparation I can make is by fulfilling my present duties. This is the everlasting life.
Good health is simply the slowest way to die.
How do you ask a man to be last man to die for a mistake?
I guess I have a kind of war thing in me, but is better to die fighting for yar freedom than to be a prisoner all the days of your life.
I may not agree with what you say, but I'll fight to the death for your right to die in a fire of suspicious origin.
I'm the one who has to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life, the way I want to.
It's a proven fact that married men live longer than single guys. It's also a proven fact that married men are more willing to die.
It's better to die laughing than to live each moment in fear.
Pioneering basically amounts to finding new and more horrible ways to die.
To die with a witticism on one's lips, that is a proud victory, that is paganism's triumph; and it is also the ultimate in human relationships.
We're all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love each other but it doesn't. We are terrorized and flattened by trivialities; we are eaten up by nothing.


When we talk about green and natural building we mean construction that uses renewable carbon sequestering materials. We mean finding materials as locally as we can. We mean construction that results in energy efficient buildings. We mean building buildings that are healthy to be in and healthy for the planet.
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Buildings basically have two costs: 1) building/renovating 2) operating costs. Each month most building owners pay a mortgage and operation costs (heat/cooling, electrical, etc). Both of these costs should be considered in a price of a home. A "green" home does not necessarily cary more construction costs than building a conventional home, though depending on the design, a high-performance house (green or not) likely will cost more to build than a low-performance building. However, high performance buildings (by definition) cost less to operate. For example, we did a renovation on a 90 year old home and reduced energy use by 80%.
Sometimes people ask about cost-per-square-foot. Without seeing plans estimating cost-per-square-foot is very difficult. A great many factors will affect cost, for example a kitchen room tends to cost more to build than a room without the appliances, counters, cabinets, electrical and plumbing demands that a kitchen has. Here is a good article on why estimates based on simply cost-per-square-foot is dangerous.
We can't answer this, except to say we hope that people strongly reflect on what kind of shelter they want and how the shelter will interact with the surrounding environment. The "best" materials will depend on climate, budget, location, and local resources. We like to work with straw bales, but we don't always do that, it depends on a number of factors. You can build a high-performance green home using all kinds of materials, however, for many reasons, including the environment, we strongly advise using low-carbon materials. Also, here is a good article on thinking about the best way to build.
Passive house (PH) buildings follow a rigorous standard for energy efficiency, based on measurable results of air tightness and energy use. Passive House buildings need very low inputs for heating and cooling. The result is homes and buildings that are extremely energy efficient while maintaining high levels of comfort and durability. PH buildings have been constructed around the world with great success including in Canada and the United States. Over 40,000 PH buildings have been constructed and certified worldwide. The EU has mandated that by 2018 all public new builds will meet the PH standard. See this 90 second video that covers the passive house basics. The Fourth Pig is a proud active member of Passive Buildings Canada and a number of our staff are trained in and certified as passive house builders.
What is a net zero building?
A "Net Zero" building produces as much energy as it consumes. The Canadian Home Builders Association as a Net Zero home labelling program. The path to net zero is energy conservation; the less demand a building has for energy the lower the need for energy production. The passive house approach is a great way to get to net zero. Fourth Pig's General Manager Melinda Zytaruk has completed the Net Zero Building Science Training Program.
Straw bale buildings use bales of straw (such as wheat, hemp, etc.) as building insulation, structural elements or both. In 2015 the University of Bath in the UK completed a major research project on straw bale building and declared it "almost too good to be true."
Straw bales act as a great form of insulation. Straw bale buildings are very well insulated rated with R values of 25 to over 40. This is much better than most conventional homes.
Yes! In Canada (and across the world) straw bale is used for residential, commercial and institutional buildings. Toronto's High Park Community Kitchen building is straw bale, Mountain Equipment Co-op in Ottawa uses straw bales, Stanners Vineyard in Ontario, and Orifino Vineyards in BC have straw bale buildings, the U.S. Postal Service has started to use straw bale as insulation, a five-star lodge in South Africa is a straw bale building, and there is even a straw bale hotel in Switzerland. There are over 300 straw bale homes and buildings in Ontario, including an art gallery, food bank, food processing facility, outdoor education centre, and more.
Yes! Test after test show that straw bale walls meet or exceed fire code safety standards. A conventional wall (wood frame/drywall) is designed to withstand temperatures of 760 degrees Celsius (1,400 F) for 30 minutes. The National Research Council of Canada did a test on a plastered bale wall and it withstood direct flames of 760 degrees Celsius for two hours before a crack appeared. This rating is equivalent to cement (which means it can be used commercially).
Additional fire tests have been done by The Appropriate Technology Group at Vienna Technical Institute, The Danish Fire Technical Institute, University of California, and others. Depending on the size of the bale and the use of plaster the ratings ranged from 90 minutes to over two hours. In fact individual plastered bales were tested to the standards of Australian bushfires (up to 29 kilowatts per square meter of heat) and zero ignited. This qualifies them as "non-combustible" under Australian Bushfire code AS 3959.
Fire requires fuel, oxygen and high temperatures. Straw bales are highly condensed, decreasing the availability of oxygen and are coated as well.
What about moisture and straw bale walls?
A coated straw bale wall is hygrophilic, which means it is vapour permeable and allows the moisture to wick in and then wick right back out again. People say the walls "breathe" because they allow moisture to leave. Permeable plasters like lime/earth are used to coat the bales.
Straw has no nutritional value (unlike hay, which has seeds) and is therefore of little interest to rodents. Also, rodents would have to eat through thick plaster to get to a dense wall that is not food. Straw bales are not carriers of insects, the density of the packs makes it very difficult to move inside.
How soundproof are straw bale walls?
Straw bale walls provide a very low sound transmission, and vary in Sound Transmission Class from 50-70, which is significantly beyond the standard wall type with a ~40 STC rating.


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Chondropyxis es un género monotípico de plantas con flores perteneciente a la familia de las asteráceas. Su única especie: Chondropyxis halophila, es originaria de Australia.

Descripción
Es una  hierba semi-suculenta, erecta y anual, que alcanza un tamaño de  0,01-0,07 m de altura. Las flores son de color amarillo-marrón, floreciendo desde septiembre a octubre en los suelos de arena y yesosos, en los márgenes de los lagos salados de Australia Occidental.

Taxonomía
Chondropyxis halophila fue descrita por  D.A.Cooke  y publicado en Flora of South Australia (ed. 4) 3: 1613. 1986.

Referencias

Gnaphalieae
Plantas herbáceas
Flora de Australia Occidental
Plantas descritas en 1986

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First, when you are injured you want to keep as much documented as possible: pictures, videos, and/or witness statements. All this is evidence that a lawyer can use to help provide specifics for your case. More than likely the party you are suing will offer a settlement. Only about 4-5 % of cases actually go to trial. This is important because attorneys understand that trial is really stressful. Personal injury cases happen after some kind of accident which is not your fault, or at least, the majority is not your fault. As you now know, it is more likely to get the compensation you need if you choose a really good San Francisco personal injury attorney. Give Allegiance Law Firm a call at 415-404-6395 to get you back to good.
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USGS has released its Mineral Industry Survey for cement in May 2017.
Total shipments of portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico in May 2017 were about 8.8 million t, up by 8.2% from sales in May 2016. The leading producing States for portland and blended cement in May 2017 were Texas, California, Missouri, Florida, and Michigan, in descending order, and these accounted for 42% of the month's total sales. The leading cement-consuming States (Texas, California, Florida, Ohio, and New York, in descending order) received about 40% of the May shipments. Shipments for the year through May were 35.4 million t, up by about 2% from those in the same period in 2016. Clinker production totalled 7.1 million t in May 2017, up slightly from the output in May 2016. The leading clinker producing States in May were, in descending order, Texas, California, Missouri, Florida, and Pennsylvania, and these States accounted for 49% for the month's total production. Clinker production for the year through May totalled 29.0 million t, down slightly from that of the same period in 2016. Masonry cement shipments of about 216 000 t in May 2017 were up by 7.8% from those in May 2016. The leading masonry-cement-consuming States were, in descending order, Florida, Texas, California, North Carolina, and Georgia; these received 55% of May's shipments. Masonry cement shipments for the year through May were 996 000 t, up by 2.7% from those of the same period in 2016. After an uncharacteristic decrease of 26% (year-over-year) in April, May 2017 imports of cement and clinker of about 1.4 million t were almost 2% higher than those in May 2016. As listed, imports for the year through May totalled 4.9 million t, down slightly from those of the same period in 2016; however, within the 2017 total, the January imports were understated by nearly 28 000 t of gray portland cement imported into the San Francisco Customs district under a tariff code for another commodity.


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Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Wins Another Matter Under Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law ("RPAPL") Section 881 – Essential Construction Granted During Pandemic
A large real estate owner ("Petitioner") in New York City retained Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. to file an action under Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law ("RPAPL") Section 881 to obtain an order for access to the adjoining property owner's ("Respondent") building in order to install the temporary protections required under the New York Department of Buildings Code.
In January 2020, Petitioner had attempted in good faith to negotiate a license agreement with Respondent for the installation of temporary protections on the Respondent's building in order for Petitioner to proceed with the necessary repairs to its building required under Local Law 11. However, notwithstanding Petitioner's good faith efforts to negotiate licensed access, Respondent entirely ignored Petitioner's efforts to protect its building.
In March 2020, Petitioner discovered defective conditions on in the façade of its building that could result in a partial building collapse. In order to proceed with the repairs, it was imperative for Petitioner to immediately gain access to the Respondent's building to install temporary protections and create the controlled access zone. However, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the New York Supreme Courts had instituted severe limitations on matters being heard before the courts to only "essential" issues.
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Model Adriana Lima on the exact moment she learned to love orange-red lipstick and wearing mascara to the gym.
by : Victoria DiPlacido- Oct 1st, 2017
When I meet with Adriana Lima in Manhattan's Ludlow Hotel, New York Fashion Week is well underway. Lima has just opened Philipp Plein's spectacle of a show (Teyana Taylor danced, Nicki Minaj sang), but it isn't until I ask her if she remembers her first season that she realizes this year marks her 20th anniversary of runway modelling. "I started in 1997," says Lima. "Crazy!" Of course, as the face of Maybelline and a longtime Victoria's Secret Angel, Lima doesn't need to do the entire fashion week runway circuit anymore. (For spring/summer 2018, the only other show she walked was Fenty x Puma.) Below, Lima talks distinctive runway makeup, the '60s beauty trend she loves and the exact moment she realized she could wear an orangey-red lipstick.
On walking the Philipp Plein show:
It was so much fun. It was my first time doing his show and there was so much energy. The music was awesome. They had Future, Nicki Minaj—they were singing live throughout the whole show. I mean how can you not be pumped up? It was great.
The Maybelline team did the makeup and I was so happy because, as you know, I love red lipstick. [Designers] are usually afraid to do strong makeup on the runway because they tend to be afraid of taking away from the clothes. But it was perfect! Everything matched so well. And actually the bold lipstick that I was wearing is going to come out in 2018. It's called Cruel Ruby. It has a matte finish but we applied a clear gloss — lots of it — on top, to create the bold, strong, sexy red lipstick.
Adriana Lima walks the SS18 Philipp Plein runway. Image by: Getty
On her go-to lipstick:
I like to have options. It depends on where I'm going, what I'm doing and what my mood of the day is. Clay Crush — that's my favourite for everyday. I don't go to the gym in full makeup, but I like to have my lipstick on, and that is the one I use. Siren in Scarlet is my number one red. It's a little cherry red. I tend to use that a lot.
I was not impressed by orange-reds at all, but I'm going to tell you when that changed. I was at the Formula One race in Monaco (you can see on my Instagram) and I was wearing this white silk suit. I really wanted to use red, but I had [already] used the cherry, and I did not want to use bold, dark colour because it was during the day and I was going to be outside. I said, 'How can I pull off a red, outside, with a white look, that will not be too much?' And I'm like, 'Oh, maybe orange.' And it worked! Since then I actually like it.
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On matching her lipstick to her nail polish:
I tend to do what they used to do in the '60s and match my lip colour with nail polish, but not today because I walked in a fashion show and my nails and makeup were changed a hundred times. I will have my lipstick and take it to the nail salon [and say], 'So this is the colour, we have to find the nail colour that will match it.' I love it!
On never taking off her mascara:
I like to make my eyes look bigger, and I think the Falsies [mascara] does that. It's what I use myself. I like very black mascara, and then I just pile on it. I use so much that it takes a few days for me to take it all off. When I go to work, they're like, 'You went out last night.' No! It's just that I've been wearing mascara for the last week and I keep applying it. I don't take it off. I wash my face with water; I don't wipe the mascara. Whatever's left there, I'm like, 'Oh great — reapply!' It gets to the point that it looks like you have on eyeliner — I love that, it's very rock and roll.
When I'm working out, sometimes I post pictures and that's when you see that I'm actually wearing mascara. It runs [down] my face. I clean whatever is on the skin and apply more when I'm finished. On my Instagram [people comment] and they're like, 'She's wearing makeup!' Yes, I am! [Laughs]
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Red Sox fall 4-3 to Tigers after quick turnaround
Tigers rally Boston to win
Updated: 11:20 PM EDT Aug 18, 2016
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Clay Buchholz pitched well enough to give the road-weary Red Sox a chance to win.The Boston bullpen couldn't finish the job.Brad Ziegler walked Andrew Romine with the bases loaded to cap a three-run eighth inning for Detroit, and the Tigers held on for a 4-3 win Thursday, snapping Boston's six-game winning streak.The Red Sox won at Baltimore on Wednesday night, and manager John Farrell said they arrived at their hotel around 4 a.m. Thursday — about nine hours before the first pitch. David Ortiz and Dustin Pedroia were out of the starting lineup."I thought we brought great energy, considering the circumstances coming into this ballgame," Farrell said. "We fought hard."Boston played in its fourth city in five days. The team was home at Fenway Park on Sunday, had a makeup game Monday in Cleveland, then went to a two-game series in Baltimore.Buchholz and Detroit's Matt Boyd each allowed a run in six innings, leaving the game in the hands of the relievers."I felt good. I went with out of the stretch the whole start, less moving parts for me, just things I've been working on," Buchholz said. "I feel like that keeps me over the rubber a little bit longer and enables me to command a little bit better."The Red Sox scored twice in the eighth to go up 3-1, but the Tigers rallied. Miguel Cabrera's run-scoring single made it 3-2 and gave him 1,000 RBIs for his Detroit tenure — and 1,523 overall in a career that started in 2003 with the Marlins."Playing eight, nine years here, it made me proud, because you don't see that too often right now because all the trades, the situation around baseball," Cabrera said. "It's hard to play with one team for a long time."Ziegler came on and allowed a tying single to Victor Martinez. J.D. Martinez walked to load the bases with nobody out, but a grounder and a strikeout left the bases still loaded.Romine then drew a walk to put Detroit ahead.Boston threatened in the ninth against Francisco Rodriguez. Ortiz's pinch-hit single put men on first and second with one out, and Xander Bogaerts moved the runners over with a groundout. Mookie Betts hit a line drive, but second baseman Ian Kinsler was well positioned and needed to move only slightly to his right to make the catch for the final out.Rodriguez got his 34th save in 37 chances.Justin Wilson (3-4) won in relief. Junichi Tazawa (2-2) failed to retire a batter in the eighth.Sandy Leon homered for Boston.Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit a sacrifice fly for Detroit in the second, and Leon tied it in the fourth with a leadoff homer.Hanley Ramirez hit an RBI single for Boston in the eighth, and Betts scored on a wild pitch.
DETROIT —
Clay Buchholz pitched well enough to give the road-weary Red Sox a chance to win.
The Boston bullpen couldn't finish the job.
Brad Ziegler walked Andrew Romine with the bases loaded to cap a three-run eighth inning for Detroit, and the Tigers held on for a 4-3 win Thursday, snapping Boston's six-game winning streak.
The Red Sox won at Baltimore on Wednesday night, and manager John Farrell said they arrived at their hotel around 4 a.m. Thursday — about nine hours before the first pitch. David Ortiz and Dustin Pedroia were out of the starting lineup.
"I thought we brought great energy, considering the circumstances coming into this ballgame," Farrell said. "We fought hard."
Boston played in its fourth city in five days. The team was home at Fenway Park on Sunday, had a makeup game Monday in Cleveland, then went to a two-game series in Baltimore.
Buchholz and Detroit's Matt Boyd each allowed a run in six innings, leaving the game in the hands of the relievers.
"I felt good. I went with out of the stretch the whole start, less moving parts for me, just things I've been working on," Buchholz said. "I feel like that keeps me over the rubber a little bit longer and enables me to command a little bit better."
The Red Sox scored twice in the eighth to go up 3-1, but the Tigers rallied. Miguel Cabrera's run-scoring single made it 3-2 and gave him 1,000 RBIs for his Detroit tenure — and 1,523 overall in a career that started in 2003 with the Marlins.
"Playing eight, nine years here, it made me proud, because you don't see that too often right now because all the trades, the situation around baseball," Cabrera said. "It's hard to play with one team for a long time."
Ziegler came on and allowed a tying single to Victor Martinez. J.D. Martinez walked to load the bases with nobody out, but a grounder and a strikeout left the bases still loaded.
Romine then drew a walk to put Detroit ahead.
Boston threatened in the ninth against Francisco Rodriguez. Ortiz's pinch-hit single put men on first and second with one out, and Xander Bogaerts moved the runners over with a groundout. Mookie Betts hit a line drive, but second baseman Ian Kinsler was well positioned and needed to move only slightly to his right to make the catch for the final out.
Rodriguez got his 34th save in 37 chances.
Justin Wilson (3-4) won in relief. Junichi Tazawa (2-2) failed to retire a batter in the eighth.
Sandy Leon homered for Boston.
Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit a sacrifice fly for Detroit in the second, and Leon tied it in the fourth with a leadoff homer.
Hanley Ramirez hit an RBI single for Boston in the eighth, and Betts scored on a wild pitch.


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Cavalese (Cavalés in local dialect) is a comune of 4,004 inhabitants in Trentino, northern Italy, a ski resort and the main center in the Fiemme Valley. It is part of the Magnifica Comunità di Fiemme (Magnificent Community of Fiemme) and, together with Predazzo, is the administrative, cultural and historical center of the valley.
The town is a renowned tourist location, during winter for cross-country and alpine skiing, and during summer for excursions. The cable car from Cavalese to the nearby mountain Cermis has been the site of two major cable-car accidents, one in 1976 and one in 1998.

History
The origins of Cavalese can be dated back to the Bronze Age, with the creation of a small settlement. The proper village developed during the 12th century, with the creation of mills, sawmills and blacksmiths for copper manufacturing along the Gambis brook. By that time, the Fiemme Valley was ruled by prince bishop of Trento, which allowed a broad autonomy to the local community (from here the name, Magnifica Comunità di Fiemme). During the 16th and 17th centuries Cavalese became the vacation resort of bishops and aristocrats from the region, who greatly contributed to the development of the village. The palace of the bishops will eventually became the abode of the Magnificent Community during the 19th century.

During the 1900s, and especially in the years following the end of World War II, the town underwent an impressive growth thanks to the development of the construction industry, craftsmanship and tourism,  with the creation of numerous hotels and more accessible ways of communication.

The cable car from Cavalese to the nearby mountain Cermis has been the site of two major cable-car accidents, one in 1976 and one in 1998 (due to a U.S. Marine Corps Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler aircraft cutting the cable during a training exercise, killing 20 people). In both cases the car, descending from Cermis, fell to the ground.

Demography
Cavalese is undergoing a steady demographic evolution: from the 2,801 inhabitants of 1921, it has recently passed the threshold of 4,000 inhabitants.

Economy
A prominent role in the economic activity is occupied by the touristic sector, with the presence of numerous hotels, restaurants, and ski resorts. Of notable importance are the construction industry, craftsmanship (wood, iron and marble) and the social cheese factory.

Notable people
 Narciso Bronzetti (1821–1859), Italian patriot who fought in the second war of independence with his brother Pilade.
 Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (1723–1788) physician and naturalist
 Michelangelo Unterperger (1695–1785) Baroque painter
 Ignaz Unterberger (1748–1797) artist
 Benedetto Riccabona de Reinchenfels (1807–1879) Austrian prince bishop of Trento

Photogallery

References

External links

Cities and towns in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Ski areas and resorts in Italy


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Militias Change Names of Yemeni Schools to Glorify Houthi Ideology
Sanaa – Asharq Al-Awsat
https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/2219051/militias-change-names-yemeni-schools-glorify-houthi-ideology
Monday, 6 April, 2020 - 06:45
A girl walks by a school damaged by fighting in the southwestern city of Taiz, Yemen, December 18, 2018. (Reuters)
Ever since their coup against the legitimate Yemeni government, the Iran-backed Houthi militias have never ceased their efforts to alter the country's national and cultural identity to shape it around their own ideology and sectarian beliefs.
The latest of these efforts was the Houthis' issuing a new decree to change the names of several schools to reflect their sectarian beliefs. The "Khaled bin al-Walid School" is now known as the "Imam al-Hadi School", social media posts revealed. The founder of the Houthi movement claims that Imam al-Hadi was the first Houthi to rule Yemen in the eighth and seventh centuries.
"Al-Farouk School" has been changed to "Imam Zeid bin Ali", the Houthis' alleged ancestral founder. The Babel School is now known as "September 21 School", the date when the Houthis captured Sanaa in 2014. The "Othman bin Affan School" has been changed to "Malek al-Ashtar" and the "Omar al-Mokhtar School" is now known as "Ali bin Hussein School", names that reflect the Houthis' sectarian and ideological beliefs.
Academic sources in Sanaa accused the Houthi-appointed education minister Yehya al-Houthi of introducing the name change at the behest of his brother and Houthi leader Abulmalek al-Houthi.
The parents of students at these schools expressed to Asharq Al-Awsat their strong rejection and condemnation of the Houthi practices. They said the militias have gone too far in their constant targeting of schools and their children by brainwashing and inciting them to join their ranks.
They added that the Houthis have sought since the early days of their coup to target schools and education in order to introduce their sectarian and racist ideology into the system.
The Houthis have transformed schools in Saada into centers of extremism and child recruitment where they have imposed sectarian activities and "taught" the students the lectures of their leader.
Local accounts have revealed that the militants have made the students sit through daily Houthi lectures, projected on large screens in the classrooms, after which they are tested by the teachers about what they "learned".
United Nations reports have revealed that in 2019 alone the Houthis have looted and shut dozens of schools and academic institutions in Sanaa. They have also altered the official curriculum to suit their sectarian ideology.


Farewell, then. A cracking day of Test cricket, and hopefully there will be another tomorrow. We'll be here as ever, a comforting presence in a world of doubt. Thanks for reading, and goodnight.
And here's the day's report from Vic Marks out in St Lucia.
If you want a look at the full scorecard, you're in luck.
A good day for England, then. They were skittled with indecent haste in the morning but Wood and Moeen bowled them to a very handsome lead and that last sessions was negotiated nicely. West Indies have looked slightly purposeless, which is inevitable to a point with the series already won and Jason Holder watching from the sidelines.
10th over: England 19-0 (Burns 10, Jennings 8) Time for one more over, and Roach is going to bowl it. Burns edges, but it bounces a couple of feet in front of second slip and they dash a single. Roach does his best to tempt Jennings into using his bat, but no dice, even if the last ball was certainly a nibble. Still, hats off to these two for gritting out these ten overs.
9th over: England 18-0 (Burns 9, Jennings 8) Burns pushes steadily betwixt mid-wicket and mid-on, but finds enough space for them to run through for three. Jennings then leaves the rest alone: the cruel might say that he looks pretty good when he's not trying to hit the ball, but happily we are not that cruel.
8th over: England 15-0 (Burns 6, Jennings 8) You don't really get nightwatchmen for openers, do you? Presumably because you'd have to have two of them, and of course sending in one player who can't bat to bat in place of a batsman is fine, but two is clearly absolutely ludicrous. Bad over from Gabriel, not making Jennings play at much and he gladly leaves all but one ball.
7th over: England 15-0 (Burns 6, Jennings 8) While Burns's technique does occasionally resemble a drunk man trying to get through a revolving door, the way he pushes at the ball make his defensive shots very satisfying when he gets them right. We're treated to an over of them there.
6th over: England 15-0 (Burns 6, Jennings 8) Jennings keeps driving and it's making me anxious. He misses a full ball with one of those shots that make him look like his joints need a decent oiling, before leaving a few outside off. That's the spirit, Keats.
Very, very early days but Jennings has looked quite literally okay here.


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USD/JPY is slowly pushing lower towards support at 111.36 (28/11/2016 low). Hourly resistance is given at 115.62 (19/01/2016 high). The break of hourly support given at 112.57 (17/01/2017 low) has confirmed bearish pressures.
We favor a long-term bearish bias. Support is now given at 96.57 (10/08/2013 low). A gradual rise towards the major resistance at 135.15 (01/02/2002 high) seems absolutely unlikely. Expected to decline further support at 93.79 (13/06/2013 low).
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Orange Lake Resorts, home of the Holiday Inn Club Vacations time share, has cut about 120 positions as it hones its marketing efforts during a tough economy.
The company said it will eliminate many of its concierge locations in area hotels, where workers book timeshare tours. Instead, Orange Lake will focus on reaching customers who are already familiar with the Holiday Inn brand, by booking tours at hotels that are part of InterContinental Hotels Group, Holiday Inn's parent company.
The move follows a trend in the timeshare industry of focusing on scaled back, more efficient sales methods. With financing scarce, companies are saving their sales pitches for those that are most likely, and most qualified, to buy.
"Instead of cold calling, if you will, you get to speak with someone who's already heard about you and is curious," said Stacey Sutherland, vice-president of corporate communications and brand services for Orange Lake. "You're talking to a customer who already knows and loves Holiday Inn."
Among the locations that Orange Lake is closing is its booking operation inside Universal Orlando. Sutherland noted that some workers at the shuttered locations are being asked to rejoin the company in another capacity.