"Sorting" is a mounted equestrian sport in which riders separate numbered cattle from a small herd and drive them, in numerical order, from one pen into an adjacent pen. For team sorting events, there are ten numbered cattle (0 - 9) and one or two un-numbered cattle (referred to as "trash") in the pen. The number is called at random to the riders as the first riders enter the pen holding the herd. The team has one minute to sort the cattle, and they're disqualified if cattle enter the pen out of sequence -- or if the sorted cattle return back to the starting pen.
"Single person" sorting is done, as the name implies, by one rider. (Married people ARE permitted to participate in "single" sorting!) The pens are smaller; there will only be five numbered cattle; and the rider has only half a minute to complete the sort. That presents unique challenges, not only due to the smaller pens and shortened time allowed -- but primarily because there is no partner to guard the "hole" (the opening between the pens) to prevent unwanted cattle from coming in (or back out).
This is a very brief description that in no way fully defines sorting. The intent of this particular article is to help you successfully introduce your future sorting or penning horse to cattle for the first time. Additional articles will follow with more detailed information about strategies for sorting success.
At minimum, your horse should be physically capable of participating -- sound, fit, and pain free. He should have enough training under saddle to be safe for you to begin his training on cattle. He doesn't need to be a "finished" horse, but should be able to pivot well on his hindquarters, stop, back, and move forward quickly. You should be working well enough together that you'll be able to keep your seat if he moves quickly laterally or forward. Put safety first. You can, however, move at your own pace -- if you have a willing partner, there's no reason you can't sort at a walk and still enjoy it! Again, it is all determined by your own personal goals and expectations.
Although a very spooky horse or one with severe behavioral issues will present special challenges, sorting may be a positive exercise for them if you proceed slowly and keep those issues in mind. Assess your confidence level with your horse: are you able to ride out the spook if he gets startled? If he bucks when he gets excited, can you keep your seat? If you're comfortable on your horse, consider introducing him to sorting. If you keep the training win-win for your horse, and you focus on his training as much or more than your focus on how many cows you sort, it will most likely improve his behavioral issues.
You can sort in practice sessions with the tack of your choice, depending on the rules of the facility where you practice. Here are some suggestions.
You'll want a western saddle for stability and to allow your horse's shoulders to move freely. A full-rig saddle with forward stirrups is recommended. Cutting saddles are an excellent choice. Reining saddles, though, will put you too far back in the seat. If you don't have the ideal tack, don't let it discourage you from starting to sort -- you an acquire what you truly need along the way.
According to Dale Darnold, a horse trainer based in Cave Creek, Arizona, who specializes in teaching horses and riders to sort, "less is more," when it comes to choosing your gear. Dale prefers to ride with no breast collar, no tie down, and no extra accessories getting in the way. Dale recommends "less interference, less distraction," when it comes to tack.
When starting your horse on cattle, use a snaffle bit (this means a bit with no shanks and a "broken" mouthpiece that operates on direct pressure rather than leverage). Protect your horse's legs and feet as appropriate. Dale says, "Overreach and leg protection is probably a good insurance policy."
Prior to your first session on cattle, your horse should have a few tools in his training toolbox. First, he should know how to distribute his weight to his hindquarters. "In cow work, you're always on the back end," Darnold stresses. "He should be light on the front end and soft on the mouth."
Make sure he's responsive to your leg. "Your horse should know more leg than rein," Dale says. In addition, he should understand how to collect. If not, he'll toss his head up and hollow his back. Dale describes the properly collected cow horse as "having a good top-line." This means he'll have a rounded appearance.
Your horse will be required to back up often when sorting, especially when he's guarding the hole. Invariably, a cow will try to sneak behind him. "Back ups are more important than stops," Darnold points out.
If you have the opportunity to school your horse using a "Pro-Cutter" device prior to putting him on live cattle, do so. In it's simplest form, a Pro-Cutter is an artificial calf suspended from a wire across one end of an arena or pen. By remote control, it is made to work its way back and forth along the wire.
According to Darnold, the Pro-Cutter is a far better way to teach the horse to track a cow and work on his hindquarters than starting him on the real thing. It builds the horse's confidence and lets him begin to appreciate the fun of chasing something.
Even if you're unable to invest in a Pro-Cutter of your own, you may be able to find a local trainer who provides lessons or training on the device, much as Dale does for his clients.
Introduce Your Horse on Foot.
In training our horses, we're always having to minimize their fears and build their confidence. In cattle work, the best way to do this is to introduce your horse to the cattle on foot. Let them watch the penned cattle for a while. Invariably, at most sorting practices you'll see young horses tied to the arena fence, watching. By the time they're actually exposed to the cattle, the fear is already set aside.
After you've let your horse see and smell the fearsome beasts, you're ready to walk him into the pen. Dale recommends a 120-foot round pen with no more than five cattle in it. The cattle should be "docile but respectful," he says. Remember, you're interested in building your horse's confidence here. Know how to read your horse; know how far you can go with him, and don't overload him. A good sorting horse enjoys his work, and finds it fun and playful -- terrorizing him or forcing him when he isn't ready will guarantee he'll never find that joyful desire to chase cows.
Keep safety uppermost in your mind. As you enter the pen, maintain your personal space. Lead your horse toward the herd slowly and pay attention to his eyes and ears -- you want to keep him interested but at ease. Dale suggests watching for the horse to drop his head; when he does that, he's usually pretty comfortable.
Always keep the cattle in front of the horse. You don't want to have them come up behind him until he's well used to them; we all know how a horse will respond when they feel pursued by something scary -- bolting. Keep his nose pointed at the cattle and encourage them to move along. As they start to move, follow at a safe and comfortable distance. Depending on the cattle, this distance will vary; some will move quickly as you approach, while the gentler animals will let you get quite close, and will need more hazing to move along.
Keep the first introduction brief; walk the horse behind the herd for no more than five or ten minutes initially.
After your horse has demonstrated a safe approach and comfort level with the cattle, you're ready to tack up and ride him in with them. The same rules apply to his first time on cattle under saddle as they did underfoot: don't let the cattle get behind him; keep his nose pointed at the herd; and don't overtax his mind or body.
Dale recommends that the first time you ride him in, just let him settle the herd. This means approaching slowly and pushing the cattle together into a bunch rather than moving them aggressively in one direction. Let your horse relax and breathe, and let the cattle do the same.
Next, take him in again for only two to three minutes. Now you'll do the same exercise you did on foot: begin to move the cattle slowly and as a bunch. It depends on your horse how many times you'll need to repeat this exercise before moving on to bringing him into the herd, cutting one cow out, and guarding the hole when several cattle are coming toward him. As you move through the steps, make sure he's completely confident with one before working on the next.
At first, let him just split the cattle. Bumping him back to focus on just one initially may make him feel as if he's being punished. Let him just move cattle; later you'll work on picking one from the bunch and holding him to it.
One of the most intimidating things for your horse will be when several cattle rush toward him. Again, you can condition him to this slowly before the first time he's in the ring with the timer going: have your partner drive the cattle slowly to him (still using no more than five) and let him turn the cattle back. Develop that confidence!
Cattle work is mentally exhausting to horses. They're in a state of heightened awareness while in the pen; that's hard work. Your first training session shouldn't exceed half an hour. "Thirty minutes on cattle is a long time," Darnold says. If you do too much, too soon, your horse is likely to burn out all too quickly.
There's a great old adage which I believe originated from the Pennsylvania-Dutch: "Make haste slowly." As with most aspects of horse training, this certainly is good advice for cattle work. The slower you take it at first, the faster your horse will proceed overall.
As you teach your horse the basics of sorting, make sure he is allowed to win. This means that he should not be allowed to be overwhelmed, injured, or made sore. It also means letting him drive the herd and not be driven by it. Let him pick out a cow and pursue it until it has gone from one pen to the other; then relax your reins, praise him, and make sure he understands he just succeeded. Praise is critical to his understanding the concept of sorting.
It's more important initially that your horse feel that he won than whether or not YOU and your partner win. If you immediately go in for timed events before he is completely comfortable, you'll be in the position of pulling him off cow after cow and making him feel disinclined to chase them -- he just won't get it. If, however, you take the time to let him stick to one cow, time after time, until he grasps the fun of chasing them, he'll understand. Horses can't read numbers, and they'll be confused at first. Don't let that confusion ruin the game for them.
If they make an honest mistake, don't kill them over it. It always breaks my heart to see good, athletic, smart and willing horses being abused by their owners while sorting. Some riders blame the horses for everything that goes wrong -- and they take it out on them by cruelly yanking them backwards as a means of punishment, spurring them repeatedly, and otherwise handling them roughly. I've watched some of the nicest horses turned into basket cases by owners with anger management issues. The most sensitive horses (who are often the best if handled well) sometimes emerge from the practice pen trembling in anticipation of more punishment. It's not long before they suddenly won't work cattle; they lose heart. Remember -- if you put the horse in a state of fear, they can't reason. Yanking the reins or spurring continually will definitely put the horse in a place where reasoning is impossible; if that's so, then what do they gain from your "lesson?"
Some horses are "cowy" to begin with. Generations of breeding a line of horses to work cattle will result in horses with intuitive understanding of cattle work. Other horses don't come by it naturally, but must learn concepts nature didn't give them. That doesn't mean they won't get it, or that they won't succeed at it -- it just might not be as quick at first. They'll have to learn each step rather than figuring it out on their own. You'll have to break it down into bite-size pieces for them.
Now, you're ready to say, "Horse, meet cow!" What's next? Avail yourself of training videos; Youtube is a wonderful resource. Find sorting or penning competitions in your area, and go watch. It's amazing what you can learn by leaning on a fence rail.
Reach out to local trainers. Some, like Dale, specialize in sorting and penning. (You can even contact Dale himself by email at Drdarnold@live.com, or visit daledarnold.com.) Dale offers clinics, practice sorting, training and competitions -- you may have trainers in your area who do the same.
If you have sorting practices nearby, that's your golden opportunity. At practices, people understand when you're introducing new horses, and you'll likely receive great encouragement. Just don't let anyone push you into doing something with your horse that you don't feel you or he is ready for yet. That's why it's a good idea to work with a trainer or a Pro-Cutter first -- give your horse the basics before you get caught up in the sense of competition.
Now get out there and get the cow! Be safe, enjoy, and make sure your equine partner enjoys it, too. Thanks for reading -- and be sure to leave a comment!
Copyright (c) 2013 by MJ Miller. All rights reserved. No part of this article may be excerpted without express permission of the author. A link to this article may be freely shared.


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Even while it looks for more funding at a generous valuation, Facebook says it is going to be cash-flow positive before the end of the year. Is the startup finally eying an initial public offering?
About two and a half minutes into the AllthingsD clip below, early Facebook investor and legendary angel investor Ron Conway says he hopes so, and that the IPO is in the next 12 to 24 months.
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0:32: Innovation in Silicon Valley is alive and very well.
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1:52: This recession is very different than 2001.
2:28: Think the IPO market will come back in 12 to 24 months — hopefully Facebook's is one of them.
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WBZ, currently in the midst of celebrating its 70th anniversary as Boston's first television station, is using a mix of IDs that combine greetings from celebrities and old promos culled from its archives.
Celebrities from CBS and syndicated programming the network carries, including Drew Carey on the "The Price is Right" set with the "big wheel" appropriately set to 70 cents.
Phil McGraw, Judge Judy and a WBZ reunion team were among the other IDs the station created that are viewable in a compendium.
The station is using an intercalate, circular pattern inspired by old fashioned test patterns for its 70th anniversary branding, which it began marking at the start of the year.
In addition to the shoutouts from some of the station's biggest names, the station also dug into its archives and created short IDs using clips from old promos and image campaigns — complete the familiar tinny-sounding jingles.
In part due to the 4:3 aspect ratio of the clips and also to provide some explanation, the promo clips themselves are inset in a smaller area of the screen, with a pattern borrowed from the anniversary logotype behind it — along with explanatory text below.
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I wrote enthusiastically about White Rose Estate earlier this year in the PinotFile: www.princeofpinot.com/article/1524/ and readers should refer to this for additional coverage.
Greg Sanders is the mind behind White Rose Estate and the innovative wines produced here based on a "Neo- Classical Objective." Greg bought the 10-acre White Rose Vineyard in the Dundee Hills in the summer of 2000. Having found satisfaction as the owner of a moderately large manufacturing company in Los Angeles, Greg had begun to look for a different pursuit that offered an emotional connection and found it in wine. He embarked on an exhaustive exploration of Pinot Noir wines, beginning with ones from California, then Burgundy and Oregon. He tasted all the wines from the established labels and studied them in depth to learn what made them special and what allowed the better wines to improve with age. Eventually he arrived at his "aha" moment, and decided the key was an old vine vineyard.
An adjacent 4 acres were acquired in 2009, planted to Dijon 115 clone grafted to American rootstock, and named the Guillén Vineyard after Jesus Guillén who has managed the White Rose Vineyard since 2002, and his son, also named Jesus Guillén, who is Greg's assistant winemaker. Greg also sources fruit from a number of the Willamette Valley's top growers in the Yamhill-Carlton District, Dundee Hills, and Chehalem Mountains appellations.
What is particularly impressive about Greg is that he is a self-taught winemaker (he prefers the term, "producer") who made his first wine in 1999 and his first commercial White Rose Vineyard Pinot Noir in 2001. His winemaking expertise has evolved slowly over the past 13 years tied to the emotional connection he has with wine. The culmination of his efforts led to the term which summarizes his goal, "The Neo-Classical Objective," first coined in 2011. This encompasses a highly innovative approach among Willamette Valley vintners and is somewhat polarizing in its theory. Greg does not consider it revolutionary, however, since it is soundly based in Old World winemaking techniques.
There are two parts to The Neo-Classical Objective: the "why" and the "how." The "how" is the simpler of the two parts, while the "why" is the impetus but more difficult to elucidate. Let me start with the "why" first. Simply put, neo-classical refers to an alternate presentation of wine that elevates "pinotnoirness" above everything else. The word "classic" refers to the many presentations of pinotnoirness over multiple generations, while the "neo" refers to Greg's contemporary adaptation.
The first requirement to achieve the neo-classical objective is to have vines old enough to make a wine that is age worthy. There must be enough phenolic and tannin components to outlast the process of oxidation over time. Tannins cannot be overriding initially as the wine will be austere initially, requiring years to oxidize, often reaching an acceptable level at the time the phenolics (fruit flavors) have dissipated.
The second requirement is that the vineyard must be in the correct location, produce quality fruit, and be subject to the proper temperature such that the resultant wine can achieve a sense of pinotnoirness. In the classic sense, the grapes should reach a state of crispness and freshness, preferably with cherry, raspberry and blackberry flavors. Greg gives the following analogy. If you randomly pick nine cherries and put them in the palm of your hand, three will be dark and concentrated (very ripe), three will be crisp and fresh, and three will be lean and tart (under ripe). The most desirable cherries for a classically driven Pinot Noir are the crisp and fresh ones. As a corollary, the time of the picking decision is critical.
The "how" refers to Greg's current approach to handling the fruit, skin and seed tannins both in the vineyard and in the winery. Too little tannin and the wine will not last, and too much tannin will produce an edgy wine initially that will need years for the tannins to resolve. In past generations, the tannins were often overwhelming initially, something Greg avoids completely. The ultimate objective is to craft a wine that is good from day one, yet will undergo a metamorphosis over time, not becoming necessarily better, but different.
Ideally, Greg would prefer that much of the skin tannins oxidize away on the vine at the same time as the grape phenolics reach ideal ripeness. Tannins are antioxidants so that as they diminish, the increased available oxygen can ripen the phenolics. Invariably, some tannin remains at harvest, but Greg times his picking so that he manage the associated astringency. In the cellar, punch downs are avoided to prevent rupture of berries and the release of harsh, bitter seed tannins into solution (gentle punch overs are used instead). Post-fermentation, the must is pressed off using a laborious old world basket press. that avoids breakage of seeds and stems. In addition, post-fermentation maceration is minimized, again to avoid extracting too much additional tannin. As previously emphasized, seed tannins are an anathema because they take so long to oxidize that the wine is left with little enjoyable fruit.
Once Greg's wines are in barrel, the process is routine. The wines are typically aged for 16 months in a low percentage of new French oak barrels, racked once after malolactic fermentatiion, and then again just before blending. They are bottled unfined and unfiltered.
PInot Noirs produced by Greg from old vines in the neo-classical objective mode, are fermented 100% whole cluster. He is not the least bit worried about the stems, only the flavor, phenolic intensity and tannins. In some years, tannin management is not ideal, and some mild herbaceous character may creep in, which may not appeal to all Pinot Noir drinkers. Still, Greg is undaunted, for the nuances, texture, haunting aromas and flavors, and age ability associated with whole cluster fermentation are too desirable in his opinion to think about pursuing another winemaking tact.
(1) Farm on old vine Pinot Noir vineyard planted to quality clones or selections appropriate for the site.
(2) The vineyard must be located in the proper microclimate as growing temperatures dictate success.
(3) Pick the grapes at precisely the time of ideal crispness and freshness and modest tannic astringency.
(5) Use 100% whole cluster fermentation.
(6) Press the must manually and gently with a basket press.
Over the past 13 years, Greg has expended considerable effort in improving the grounds of his estate property, the tasting room, and the winery, so they will connect with visitor's emotions and the "White Rose experience." The tasting room is unique in that it has no windows to distract the visitor from the wine tasting. In the cellar, elaborate mood lighting and uniform sanding of the barrels creates an intimate and engaging atmosphere.
I tasted the following wines both at the winery and at home using my normal tasting regimen. I find the wines display a haunting floral and exotic spice aroma and flavor associated with the high percentage whole cluster ferments. For myself, and a number of other pinotphiles, whole cluster aromatics are like catnip for humans. Herbaceous characters were extremely subtle to absent in these wines. The wines were elegant and sleek, with non aggressive tannins, and commendable pinotosity (my term for Greg's pinotnoirness). Oak is not intrusive. All the wines could be thoroughly enjoyed now but will age.
I would encourage readers to experience these wines for their uniqueness. A number of Oregon wineries are experimenting with some whole cluster inclusion in their ferments. Other than Broadley Vineyards, Cristom Vineyards and Thomas Geerie Wines, I know of no other Oregon wineries so full committed to whole cluster vinification.
White Rose Estate is located at 6250 NE Hilltop Lane in Dayton, Oregon. The tasting room is open daily from 11:00 to 5:00. Tours are available by appointment. The wines are sold through a mailing list and on the website at www.whiterosewines.com. The Explorer's Club offers unique bottlings. For example, in 2012, wines were offered to Explorer Club members that were produced from different elevations. Different clonal bottlings from the same vineyard will be offered from the 2013 vintage. The Neo-Classical Club offers members wines that are collectable and age worthy.


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Sports: FIRST-EVER JSSL SINGAPORE FA CUP WINNERS CROWNED, CLOSING OUT 3 DAYS OF 4-A-SIDE YOUTH FOOTBALL ACTION
December 13, 2021 December 20, 2021 by bakchormeeboy, posted in football, Sports
The inaugural JSSL Singapore FA Cup concluded on Sunday, 12 December after three days of exciting 4-a-side football on display at Our Tampines Hub. The final day of the youth tournament, which featured 133 teams of vaccinated boys and girls aged 12 to 17, was graced by JSSL Singapore FA Cup Guest of Honour Peter Schmeichel, who presented the winners' trophies.
Boys' 13 Cup winner Royal Vikings received their prize from Schmeichel and their captain Harith Danish, 13, said: "I'm a Manchester United fan and it's an honour to meet Peter Schmeichel in person and have him give us the trophy. He said 'Well done, boys' to us and also told us to keep it up. It feels good to win because on the first day we didn't perform well, so we bucked up and our boys put up an excellent performance today."
Lion City Sailors FA 1 goalkeeper Giselle Blumke, whose team clinched the Girls' 17 Cup title with a 3-0 win over JSSL FC 1, said: "We trained for a long time; we had some difficulties in the semi-finals but we pulled through, and it feels great to win, especially with a clean sheet in the finals. A few of us played in the last JSSL 7s and we won that too, so it feels great to win again."
The 16-year-old also had praise for safety procedures and event staff at the JSSL Singapore FA Cup, saying: "The ARTs that we took at the beginning were good, they were fast and we got in to our pitch quickly. We always had to keep our masks on including during warm-up, which was fine. The medics helped us through a lot whenever we had any injuries on the pitch. The event crew were always very helpful too, including in reminding us to put our masks on."
JSSL Singapore FA Cup Guest of Honour and Danish football legend Peter Schmeichel said: "It's been lovely to see boys and girls playing football and having a great time on the pitch. I got the chance to speak to some of them this weekend and again after their games today, and to see them come out here and to see the joy on their faces has been great. It doesn't matter whether they're winning or losing because you can see how happy they are to be playing. The JSSL Singapore FA Cup is a great tournament for these kids who love football, and I'm very glad to have been invited."
Mrs Rina Salleh, Director, JSSL Events, said: "JSSL Singapore is pleased to have brought youth football back to Singapore in style with a successful staging of the first-ever JSSL Singapore FA Cup. We hope all participants had an enjoyable experience, and we thank the Singapore Tourism Board, our Guest of Honour Peter Schmeichel and event partners for their support of our tournament. We are also appreciative of our players, coaches and officials for cooperating with our event's Safe Management Measures and playing their part to practise social responsibility. JSSL Singapore has always looked to offer new and exciting experiences for Singapore's footballing community, especially our youth. We look forward to creating more fun and competitive opportunities for young footballers to pursue their passion for the sport."
The event is supported by the Singapore Tourism Board, following earlier support for the JSSL Singapore International 7s from 2017 to 2019. The JSSL Singapore FA Cup is the first tournament by JSSL in two years, after the 2020 edition of the Singapore International 7s was cancelled due to the pandemic. The JSSL Singapore International 7s, Asia's premier youth 7-a-side football competition, is set to return in April 2022. More details will be shared when available.
For more information about the JSSL Singapore FA Cup, visit https://www.jssl-cup.com
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Marija Veniaminovna Judina (ryska: Мари́я Вениами́новна Ю́дина, engelska: Maria Yudina), född 1899, död 1970, var en framstående rysk pianist och kulturpersonlighet.

Judina föddes i Nevel i guvernementet Vitebsk och studerade vid Petrograds konservatorium. Bland hennes studiekamrater fanns Dmitrij Sjostakovitj och Vladimir Sofronitskij. Även om hon var mest känd för sina tolkningar av Bach och Beethoven var hon också en ivrig förkämpe för den samtida musiken inklusive verk av hennes gode vän Sjostakovitj.
Judina var öppet kritisk till den styrande kommunistregimen i Sovjetunionen vilket flera gånger ledde till att hon avstängdes från att undervisa eller förhindrades från att framträda vid konserter. Hon har även ansetts som en av de mer framträdande ryska kristna tänkarna under 1900-talet. Till hennes vänner hörde filosofen Pavel Florenskij.

Efter sin examen fortsatte hon att undervisa vid Petrograds konservatorium fram till 1930 då hon avskedades till följd av sin religiösa övertygelse och sin uttalade kritik av sovjetledningen. Efter några år av arbetslöshet inbjöds hon att undervisa vid Tbilisis statliga konservatorium 1932–1933. 1936 inbjöds hon emellertid att undervisa i pianospel vid Moskvakonservatoriet och där blev hon kvar till 1951. Mellan 1944 och 1960 undervisade hon också vid Gnessininstitutet i ensemblespel och sång innan hon avskedades därifrån till följd av sin religiösa övertygelse och sitt engagemang för modern västerländsk musik. Hon fortsatte att framträda vid konserter men dessa fick under vissa tider inte spelas in. Efter en incident då hon läste upp lyrik av Boris Pasternak som inledning blev hon belagd med ett längre förbud att framträda vid konserter. Efter att tiden för detta förbud gått ut 1966 gav hon en serie med kurser om romantikens interpretation vid Moskvas konservatorium. Hon avled i Moskva 1970.

Trots sin kritiska inställning till Sovjetsystemet var hon Josef Stalins favoritpianist. En kväll 1943 hörde Stalin en radioutsändning där hon framförde Mozarts Pianokonsert nr. 23 och önskade sig den skivan. Eftersom det var en direktsänd radioutsändning fanns det inget material bevarat så man samlade ihop en liten orkester och tillsammans med Judina rekonstruerade man utsändningen under natten och spelade in den på en skiva som pressades i ett exemplar och gavs till honom. Inspelningen finns bevarad och har utgivits på CD och finns tillgänglig för avlyssning på denna referens. Det har sagts att tårar syntes i Stalins ögon redan efter att han hört de första takterna av denna inspelning. Trots uppskattningen från Stalin förblev Judina en kompromisslös kritiker till Stalinsystemet och dess terror. Hon belönades med Stalinpriset och skänkte då de ekonomiska belopp som hörde till det till den ortodoxa kyrkan till oupphörliga förböner för Stalins synder.

Judinas pianospel kännetecknades av stor virtuosistet, kraftfullhet och intellektuell noggrannhet. Samtidigt kunde hon även där vara mycket okonventionell. Svjatoslav Richter beskriver henne på detta sätt:

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 Mozart Concerto no. 23 in A major for Piano and Orchestra, recording made 1943 upon Josef Stalin's personal request.

Ryska pianister
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Avlidna 1970
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On March 30, 2016, ProQuest announced more than 1,200 Simon & Schuster titles are available to academic libraries on the MyiLibrary platform. Titles include Rick Perlstein's Nixonland, Taylor Branch's America in the King Years trilogy, and John Carey's William Golding: The Man Who Wrote Lord of the Flies. Read more in the news release.


No, I'm not talking about the Nasdaq entrance, which is rather seen as a failure on the part of speculators, but the standard that Facebook has managed to put in place, let alone the "poke" which mysteriously disappeared from the circulation.
Do you know OpenID? Not? Not surprising. Initiated in 2007, this service was to standardize the registration of sites. Exit registration forms where one enters the same thing, it was enough to create an OpenID account, and now you should be able to connect automatically on other sites, without having to register and authenticate each time.
Yes, but no because it is obviously necessary that the sites provide OpenID authentication, and this is where the problem would come in part: few sites have adopted this standard (I speak well of standard OpenID is an association non-profit), so few Internet users have heard of this service. Add to that an authorization somewhat wacky (you have to allow that site to use OpenID) and that is how a good idea does not work.
Today, a universal authentication service has become THE standard, namely Facebook. On all recent sites, the registration form has to connect with your Facebook account.
Here's how to make internet-dependent famous social network … and it's just the beginning.
May be you will find that this post is a little bit stupid, but I've been confronted several times with this kind of mistake, and I think it's interesting to explain why it is a mistake.
Usually in yours developments, you have to store informations which are different in each environment. For example, informations access to the database in a production environment will be need to be different from the development environment.
This information is stored in the source code, and must be ABSOLUTELY grouped in a single file.
Why? Imagine that each developers put in its own code his own parameters. This works fine on development environment, but not on the other environments. One must look at the parameters in the code and modify it to make it work on its environment. In short, we can spend time there.
Worse, when deploying the website, you will probably not be the person who will deploy the website. The third person will be advised of the location of each parameter. Ok, the deployment takes place only one time, but what about evolution ? One might be lead to deliveran evolution, and during deployment, not possible to make the site offline for the setting of new files.
The majority of tools (if not all) uses a configuration file where you find all these parameters. So just edit a single file for the site is functional in a new environment, like config.php.
So please, use one single file to put all parameters of your project ! Thinks for the other guy who will use your code !
Further, the best is to have a parameter file for production and a second file for development environement,and to have a script that loads the correct file depending on the environment. That way, no cold sweats in the crash of all files. This will be the subject of next post.
Today I will talk about a book that I highly recommend for PHP developers who want to improve the way they work. Some things should not (hopefully) be unknown to you, but asimple reminder does not hurt.
For information, it is by reading this book that I got the idea to create a wiki for webmasters, as the book refers to tools that have evolved, and others have appeared. Hence the interest to have an up to date, in the form of a wiki.
This book, published by Packt, is labeled Expert PHP5 Tools, written by Dirk Merkel. As thename suggests, Dirk describes the tools to be used in PHP development.
I'm not going to copy / paste all chapters name, but generally, they are tools that all developers must use today. I still can not understand how some developers can work with notepad for object language, or without versioning tools like SVN or GIT.
Here, no development board (actually, a bit, talking about PHP_CodeSniffer), just toolslike eclipse and phpDocumentor, with their quality and their settings.
New website, new grafics. From given elements, Shalama agency has conducted a major overhaul of the theme, with maintaining the colors of the compagny. HTML5 technology, although still in "draft" version by W3C, get the littre "+". Some new pages will coming soon.
I would also expose you to the future of this topic. There are many on the web technical blogs, sharing their discoveries. Some are excellent, some are "hollow" or worse, a vulgar copy / paste. No, here, our desire is to write an article a week, oriented technical / council to subsequently enhance the knowledge base around a wiki. Because to our surprise, there is no wikipedia for webmasters.
Here is our point of view: a blog, the articles are written on a given day, on D +1, there is a new section (depending on the frequency of publication). Search engines allow us to access these items, except that the results are not necessarily the most appropriate: one can find an article older than one year and one year, it is huge in Internet technologies.
A wiki (Reference) by cons, offers a single entry point, with articles updated by users / webmasters.
In the future, instead of going through your favorite search engine to 4 colors, you go first on this wiki to find answers. If the answer is missing, you could, why not, add it later.
Such is our will. No ownership of content, our motto seems clear enough: "Make a better web". Let's do it together!


Quiring, Courtney, et al. "Tylenol Cold & Head Congestion Severe Caplets." Davis's Drug Guide, 16th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2019. Pediatrics Central, peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Davis-Drug-Guide/110482/all/Tylenol_Cold_&_Head_Congestion_Severe_Caplets.
Quiring C, Sanoski CA, Vallerand AH. Tylenol Cold & Head Congestion Severe Caplets. Davis's Drug Guide. 16th ed. F.A. Davis Company; 2019. https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Davis-Drug-Guide/110482/all/Tylenol_Cold_&_Head_Congestion_Severe_Caplets. Accessed April 19, 2019.
Quiring C, Sanoski CA, Vallerand AH. Tylenol Cold & Head Congestion Severe Caplets [Internet]. In: Davis's Drug Guide. F.A. Davis Company; 2019. [cited 2019 April 19]. Available from: https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Davis-Drug-Guide/110482/all/Tylenol_Cold_&_Head_Congestion_Severe_Caplets.


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Q: GeoServer Image Mosaic time dimension is disabled I am trying to create NDVI map for 100 tiles. For each tile I have more than 10 TIFF files belonging to different dates. To do that, It appears that the Image Mosaic module can be useful with the time series.
Before I start, I tried to repeat the example in the GeoServer documentation:
https://docs.geoserver.org/latest/en/user/tutorials/imagemosaic_timeseries/imagemosaic_timeseries.html
Followed each step but without database. I created timeregex.properties file, a store and point that folder which includes snow TIFFs, afterwards I created a layer and go to the dimensions tab to enable time dimension.
It looks like it is disabled with a warning: Cannot enable, no attribute of type Date found
Does anyone know how I can proceed?
GeoServer version: 2.19.2
My timeregex.properties file:
regex=[0-9]{8}
My Folder:
sample_image.dat
snowExample.dbf
snowExample.fix
snowExample.prj
snowExample.properties
snowExample.qix
snowExample.shp
snowExample.shx
snow_20091001.tif
snow_20091101.tif
snow_20091201.tif
snow_style.sld
timeregex.properties

A: I believe you are missing the indexer.properties file.  It should contain something like:
TimeAttribute=ingestion
Schema=*the_geom:Polygon,location:String,ingestion:java.util.Date
PropertyCollectors=TimestampFileNameExtractorSPI[timeregex](ingestion)

The tutorial (https://docs.geoserver.org/latest/en/user/tutorials/imagemosaic_timeseries/imagemosaic_timeseries.html) isn't clear in this, but the file is needed even if you aren't storing the data in a database.

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The dealership opened in the summer of 1983 as a Ford and New Holland equipment dealership. In 1987 Thomas Taege purchased business from Ford New Holland. Later in 2000 the Case IH line was brought in. We service the thumb of Michigan which includes: Sanilac, Huron, Tuscola, St Clair, and Lapeer counties.
Today the dealership is still owned by the Taege Family and employs the original employees (plus a lot more) that started it all over 30 years ago. Even though the Agricultural industry has vastly changed our focus and commitment to our customers has Not.
Stop in or call us today and find out why our dedication to customer service set us apart.


Courtesy of the Mark Sebastian Archive - please do not republish this photo in any form including to anywhere else on the Internet without specific permission.
The photo was labeled by Joseph Benson Bishir as "JOSHU or JACOB BISHIR (Ben's grandfather)". This appears to be a different man than the man in the photo of Jacob Bishir that Randy Wilson provided. So this man is probably not Jacob Bishir. Joseph Benson Bishir's grandfather was Jonathan Bishir. This seems to be confirmed by the family resemblance to Walter Bishir in the cooper shop photo and William Bishir in the family group photo that Mark provided earlier. So we believe this to be Jonathan Bishir.
Also a charcoal done from the original tintype.
FRY, Hazel (far right probably). Man on left may be her husband, Harry, or another relative. 1915-1918ish.
BISHIR, Judy (Boyland) about 88 years old at the house on the creek.
BOYLAND, document describing the family of Judia Boyland, wife of William Bishir. Written by Jane (Bishir) Sebastian in the 1970s.
BISHIR, William - labeled "Jane's Grandfather's medals". Probably William Bishir's GAR and Sons of Union Veterans badges.


Sasa was a pizzeria & bar located on the banks of the Mekong in Luang Prabang. A good place for a wood-fired pizza or a drink while watching the sunset over the Mekong away from the tourist crowds. Friendly atmosphere and good music!
>> LOGO - Inspired by the view from the restaurant: Sunset over the mountains and Mekong river.
>> BUSINESS CARD - Business card used as a menu flyer & Business card, Map on the back.
>> FLYER - 2 fronts of flyer, Map on the back, Postal card Size.
>> FOOD MENU - Menu shaped like a pizza, menu on the back, Plastic lamination.
>> DRINK MENU - Menu shaped like a Beer Lao bottle, Menu on the back, Plastic lamination.


Dog Park will be CLOSED Friday 9/28 and Saturday 9/29 to accommodate The Special Olympics 2nd Annual Car Show!!
If you have a passion for cars and love to show off your pride and joy, you'll want to be a part of this car show. Pre-register your car and only pay $25. Day of registration is $35. Registration includes a t-shirt and dash pin. Trophies will be presented in a variety of categories to the top cars. While you're scoping out the competition, be sure and enjoy the beer garden, food booths and live music.
This is definitely an event for the entire family to enjoy!
In order to accommodate the upcoming August 18th "Comedy Under the Stars" special event at the Waterfront Amphitheater, the Temporary Dog Park will be closed Saturday, August 18th. Signs will be posted at the Temporary Dog Park prior to the closure. Please plan your visits to the Temporary Dog Park accordingly. If you have further questions about this planned closure, please contact Martinez Recreation at (925) 372-3510.
Mark your calendars Martinez Temporary Dog Park Enthusiasts – Closure of the Dog Park will take place from dusk on Saturday, June 9th through noon on Monday, June 11th due to the Annual Bike the Bridges and Brewfest event on Sunday, June 10th.
The city will be putting in a new finer chip material into the Small Dog Park. This will be installed this coming Monday, May 14th. There will be some City machinery and crews working in the park and because of this, the park will be closed until 2 p.m. that day instead of the normal reopen at noon.
Attention Martinez Temporary Dog Park Enthusiasts – Closure of the Dog Park will take place the morning of Saturday, March 24th until 1pm due to the City's Annual Mini Motorland. The Martinez Waterfront Amphitheater will be transformed into a child size interactive village, navigated by rideable toys, trikes and bikes from 10:00 am-12:00 pm. Over 100 children and their families are expected to attend the fun-filled morning. The Dog Park will not be used for any event activities and will remain closed. Clean up is expected to be completed by 1:00 pm – at which time the Dog Park will reopen.
If you have any pre-school aged children, we encourage you to attend. You can sign up online here! Please leave your dog at home until the event is over.
Thank you for your continued flexibility and understanding in sharing the Martinez Waterfront Amphitheater and Temporary Dog Park with our upcoming event.
The Martinez City Council adopted Resolution No. 039-17 on April 5, 2017, which designated the John Muir Amphitheater (also known as the Martinez Waterfront Amphitheater) as a Temporary Dog Park Site for a period of up to three years from the first date of public use, and allocated $50,000 to help fund necessary improvements.
Since receiving City Council approval to proceed, City staff transformed portions of the Amphitheater into a Temporary Dog Park, which opened to the public on July 14, 2017. This exciting space near the marina has become a communal spot for dog owners in the area and is enjoyed by many dog-loving enthusiasts.
The City recently installed a sign-in guest book near the entrance to the small dog area in order to better track ongoing park usage, at the suggestion of the Parks, Recreation, Marina and Cultural Commission (PRMCC). The City commonly tracks and reports on activities and usage at other park locations and often has the benefit of data provided through various program or picnic reservations. For the Temporary Dog Park at the Martinez Waterfront Amphitheater, the City did not have an effective means to track usage until installing this sign-in book. The City appreciates patrons taking the time to sign in to let us know how popular this new amenity is so that can be passed along to the PRMCC and City Council.
The City would also would like to clarify the dog park – which only just opened on July 14, 2017, and was designated as a temporary dog park site for a period of up to three years – is not being closed, as the City continues to explore potential locations for a permanent dog park facility.


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import grails.plugin.hibernatehijacker.hibernate.HibernateConfigPostProcessor;
import grails.plugin.hibernatehijacker.hibernate.WrappedSessionFactoryBean;

import java.util.Collection;

import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
import org.springframework.beans.MutablePropertyValues;
import org.springframework.beans.PropertyValue;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanFactoryPostProcessor;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableListableBeanFactory;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.RuntimeBeanReference;
import org.springframework.core.Ordered;

/**
 * Replaces the default ConfigurableLocalSessionFactoryBean with WrappedSessionFactoryBean.
 * It will also make sure that our replacement is wired with the required dependencies.
 *
 * @author Kim A. Betti <kim.betti@gmail.com>
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public class SessionFactoryPostProcessor implements BeanFactoryPostProcessor, Ordered {

    @Override
    public void postProcessBeanFactory(ConfigurableListableBeanFactory beanFactory) throws BeansException {
        BeanDefinition beanDef = beanFactory.getBeanDefinition("sessionFactory");
        beanDef.setBeanClassName(WrappedSessionFactoryBean.class.getName());
        setBeanProperties(beanFactory, beanDef);
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    private void setBeanProperties(ConfigurableListableBeanFactory beanFactory, BeanDefinition beanDef) {
        MutablePropertyValues properties = beanDef.getPropertyValues();
        setHibernateProxyFactoryReference(properties);
        setHibernateConfigPostProcessors(beanFactory, properties);
    }

    private void setHibernateProxyFactoryReference(MutablePropertyValues properties) {
        RuntimeBeanReference reference = new RuntimeBeanReference("sessionFactoryProxyFactory");
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     * sure that they're injected into WrappedSessionFactoryBean
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    public int getOrder() {
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Mar 27, 2020 - Health
Parks pose major problem for cities battling coronavirus
Marisa Fernandez, Kim Hart
A couple riding a bike and scooter wearing protective masks in Central Park. Photo: Cindy Ord/Getty Images
Closed businesses, home offices and schools amid the coronavirus pandemic has translated into an influx of outdoor recreation in parks, despite states' advice for people to stay home.
Why it matters: So many people are visiting city parks to escape the stuck-at-home monotony that the public spaces have become crowded. Some people are exercising in groups or playing contact sports, undermining social distancing recommendations.
Driving the news: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo launched a pilot program to open up a New York City street in each borough for residents to walk at a safe distance from each other.
The big picture: The decision comes as a potential solution for the state to keep dense clusters of people at bay when the warmer weather entices outdoor exercise or socializing, a huge problem especially with young people, Cuomo said.
"We have many fewer vehicles in New York City — open streets, people want to walk. They want to go out and get some air. They want a less dense area, so [we will] pilot closing streets to cars, opening streets to pedestrians."
— Cuomo
Details: Starting on Friday through Monday, March 30, vehicles won't be able to drive on specified streets from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Cuomo is also asking people to voluntarily give up contact sports in parks such as basketball.
Yes, but: Some cities and states have had to close off areas or parks because the risk of illness spreading in mass crowds was believed to be too high.
In Washington state, Gov. Jay Inslee closed all parks and wildlife areas, the Seattle Times reports.
Some Florida beaches in Clearwater and Miami have closed to keep spring breakers away.
In Washington D.C., police blocked off roads to the Tidal Basin, where the famous cherry blossom trees attract massive crowds every year, the Washington Post reports.
Cities are following public health department guidance to manage public spaces, but people need the outdoors for mental and physical health, especially during stressful times, said Catherine Nagel, executive director of City Parks Alliance, a nonprofit.
In Memphis, she said, park volunteers are going online to talk about practicing safe distancing at parks. New York City is setting up live web cameras so people can see flowering trees from their computers. Other cities are telling park patrons to exercise on their own.
"For people cooped up in very dense areas, it's important to find ways to allow people to be outside, even if they're able to walk along the streets," Nagel said. "Parks and nature play a great role in our resiliency."


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SIERRA Leone youngster Kingsley Koroma has a smile to light up any classroom.
The five-year-old started prep at Our Lady of the Rosary primary school, Kenmore last week, after local parishioners dug deep to donate tens of thousands of dollars needed to cover his school fees.
"I am so happy about it," Kingsley's mother, Manjia, who was overwhelmed with the generosity of local parishioners, said.
Newly-arrived mother and son were sponsored to come to Brisbane where Ms Koroma will spend the next four years studying to improve her nursing qualifications.
"Studying in the outside world is a vast difference to Sierra Leone, where the educational system is so poor," Ms Koroma said.
"When I return there, I will be able to save more lives.
The Koromas' host family in Brisbane, Jane Shakespeare and husband Jeremy Davies, were taken by surprise when they learnt they would have to pay full international student fees for Manjia's studies, and that Kingsley's primary education would also have to be paid at the full international rate of $15,000 per year.
When Our Lady of the Rosary principal Andrew Oberthur heard of Kingsley's massive education bill, he put out a call for help via the school's newsletter and social media.
"I was overwhelmed at the response," Mr Oberthur said.
"Within a few days we had raised $25,000.
As well as Our Lady of the Rosary parishioners coming to Kingsley's aid, the parish conference of the St Vincent's de Paul Society quickly agreed to cover the cost of the youngster's books and uniforms.
Ms Shakespeare said her connection with Sierra Leone stretched back 11 years when she made a "life-changing" visit to the country researching how women's groups could start micro-businesses.
"Manjia's mum was my mentor at that time," she said.
Since then Ms Shakespeare has become committed to helping orphaned children in Sierra Leone and she has set up The Fig Tree Children, a grassroots charity to empower children and communities to overcome extreme poverty and reach their potential.
The charity links sponsors with 54 orphans inside the west African nation to pay for their schooling and for carers.
Sierra Leone was gripped by a decade-long civil war, the "Blood Diamonds" war, and then was overwhelmed by the Ebola virus.
Both these tragedies created waves of orphans, estimated to be more than 12,000.
Sierra Leone is amongst the world's poorest countries, with a young population – 42 per cent are under 14 years of age; 61 per cent are under 24 – so education is critical if the country is to rebuild.
In her home of Bo, the country's second-largest city, Ms Koroma is a member of the St Francis Xavier parish, and is a carer of village children in desperate need.
They are now part of her extended family.
Ms Koroma helps put them through school, and receives a small amount of government money to do that.
While she is studying in Brisbane, she hopes to also work up to 20 hours a week to send money home to support her family.
"It's not an easy task, but with the Lord I hope to get through," Ms Koroma said.
During her Brisbane stay, she hopes to embrace parish life at Our Lady of the Rosary.
She has already signed on to the parish rosters.
"I just like giving out my gifts – proclaiming the Word of God," she said.
Enquiries about donating to help Kingsley and Manjia Koroma can be made to Mr Oberthur at Our Lady of the Rosary primary school's website.


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Home ERP/MRP Australian government still pushing provider panels with new ERP tender
Australian government still pushing provider panels with new ERP tender
ERPINNEWS, September 27, 2017
After announcing the first 10 players for the whole-of-government govCMS Drupal Services Panel, the government has gone to tender for a new ERP Software Panel.
The Australian Department of Finance has published a request for proposal (RFP) to establish a whole-of-government panel to provide agencies and departments with off-the-shelf ERP software-as-a-service (SaaS) and related services.
With funding made available to Finance under the Public Service Modernisation Fund, the services required by the resulting panel will include the supply of scalable commercial off-the-shelf ERP software provided as a SaaS solution; planning, design, and implementation of the ERP solution; and ongoing support, maintenance, and development for the ERP solution.
The RFP follows the announcement Finance made on Tuesday, when it revealed its whole-of-government govCMS Drupal Services Panel, with 10 players initially given the tick of approval to provide government agencies with open-source Drupal services.
The panel, comprised initially of Bliss Media, Catalyst IT Australia, PreviousNext, Adelphi Digital Consulting Group, Cogent Business Solutions, Digital Gardens, Loud & Clear Creative, Ice Media, OPC IT, and Acquia Inc, can also be used by agencies to help them build, maintain, and support other Drupal websites that are not hosted by govCMS.
Two categories of services can be procured from the panel: Category one is for services based on specific skill sets, available at hourly and daily maximum rates, for works in areas such as quality assurance, solution design and technical architecture advisory, integration, and build and migration services.
The second category is for services based on fixed-price packages, which Finance said guarantees a minimum specific scope. Services available in this category include: Website assessments and advisory services, content migration and consolidation, and site audits and technical reviews.
Finance issued a request for tender for the new panel last December, and it will be operational until June 30, 2019, with two optional 12-month extensions also available.
The govCMS platform is an initiative under Finance, built around the principle "create once, use often" in a bid to simplify government IT and eliminate duplicated, fragmented, and sub-scale activities across agencies.
According to the federal government, using the Drupal open-source CMS helps people across government at all levels come together to share any new features created to support their respective sites.
Just over three years ago, govCMS inked a AU$24 million, four-year deal with Massachusetts-based SaaS provider and panel member Acquia to implement the whole-of-government platform.
Finance also manages the whole-of-government Telecommunications Services Panel and the Cloud Services Panel.
Assistant Minister for Digital Transformation Angus Taylor told journalists back in March that the "big bureaucratic beast" known as the Australian government was going to change the way it procures products and services, and would start ridding its innovation-stifling service provider panels.
At the time, Taylor criticised the procurement method currently in place for lower-cost government projects, highlighting that the panel process has been a big barrier to smaller, innovative companies getting access to government opportunities.
"Panels are a really good example of well-intentioned policy leading to less than ideal outcomes," he said.
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Olde Fashioned Christmas offers an ice skating rink, Santa
Nicole Maxwell
ALAMOGORDO – MainStreet will again host Olde Fashion Christmas that includes Santa Claus, sleigh bells, Christmas carols and an ice skating rink in Alamogordo's Historic Downtown Dec. 1.
Olde Fashion Christmas is between 10th and 8th streets on New York Avenue with some of the festivities starting at 2 p.m.
"It's a wonderful event. I feel like a little kid every time," Alamogordo MainStreet spokeswoman Claudia Loya said. "We're really excited. We have great support from our merchants and our community and I just can't wait."
There will be an artificial skating rink set up in the 900 block of New York Avenue from 2 p.m. until 10 p.m. for the event. The cost is $10 per person and includes skates. The proceeds will go to Alamogordo MainStreet.
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"As far as we know, this is the first time there has been an artificial skating rink in
Alamogordo," Loya said.
The artificial ice skating rink will be available for one day only and is sponsored by Desert Sun Auto Group.
The event will also feature Santa's Village where children can meet Santa and tell him what they want for Christmas. Santa will arrive at 5 p.m.
"Kids can take pictures with Santa all night long, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.," Loya said.
The horse-drawn trolley will be back again this year, rides are $3.
"Everybody loves those rides," Loya said. "That's a big attraction."
She said shops along New York Avenue will have longer hours so that people can get some Christmas shopping done Dec. 1.
There will also be craft vendors, local bands, line dancers dancing to Christmas music and a Live Nativity Scene by Christ Community Church.
"They're going all out," Loya said. "They are going to have live animals. They're going to have an actual baby and we're really excited about that."
MORE:Alamogordo's annual holiday events in December
The Little Miss and Mister Christmas Pageant starts at 4 p.m. which has a $25 registration fee.
The event is free except for the skating rink that's $10 per person, and the horse-drawn trolley, $3 per person.
There will also be food vendors and the second annual Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest where entrants can win a $50 cash prize.
"They get really creative with (the Ugly Sweater Contest) it's really fun," Loya said.
For more information, call Claudia Loya at 575-434-6039.


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Citation: Combs, G.F. 2013. Geological impacts on nutrition. Selinus O., editor. Essentials of Medical Geology Revised Edition. Springer Science+Business Media Dordecht., p. 179-194.
Technical Abstract: This chapter reviews the nutritional roles of mineral elements, as part of a volume on health implications of geology. The chapter addresses the absorption and post-absorptive utilization of the nutritionally essential minerals, including their physiological functions and quantitative requirements. It also addresses the actions of other mineral elements that have been shown to be biologically active.


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Galapagos Islands Have Nearly 10 Times More Alien Marine Species Than Once Thought
A new study released March 28 reports that the iconic Galapagos Islands have been invaded by nearly 10 times the number of alien marine animal species than previously known from its shores.
The study documents 53 species of non-native marine animals in this famed unique UNESCO World Heritage Site, one of the largest marine protected areas on the globe. It was published in in Aquatic Invasions, an open access journal of the International Association for Open Knowledge on Invasive Alien Species (INVASIVESNET) and can be found at http://www.aquaticinvasions.net/2019/issue1.html
The Galapagos lie on the equator 600 miles from Ecuador. Made famous by Charles Darwin's visit in 1835, the Islands have long been recognized for their remarkable biodiversity and have been the subject of extensive preservation efforts both on land and in the sea. But with their fame, traffic has spiked. In 1938, just over 700 people lived on the Galápagos. Today, more than 25,000 people live on the islands, and nearly a quarter-million tourists visit each year.
"This is the greatest reported increase in the recognition of alien species for any tropical marine region in the world," says lead author Dr. James T. Carlton of the Maritime Studies Program of Williams College and Mystic Seaport, USA. The study was a joint effort with Dr. Gregory Ruiz of the Smithsonian Institution's Environmental Research Center and Dr. Inti Keith of the Charles Darwin Foundation. They conducted field surveys on two of the larger Galapagos Islands, Santa Cruz and Baltra, where they hung settlement plates from docks one meter underwater to see what species would grow on them. They also collected samples from mangrove roots, piers, and floating docks and scoured the literature for previous records.
Newly discovered invaders include many species of biofouling sea squirts and moss animals (bryozoans), as well as marine worms and wood-boring mollusks known as shipworms. Most of the introduced species were brought to the Galapagos from tropical seas around the world by ships. Only one species, a mangrove crab, is believed to have been brought directly from the mainland.
The bryozoan Amathia verticillata. Known in other parts of the world for fouling pipes and fishing gear and killing seagrasses, its discovery in the Galapagos is especially concerning for scientists (Credit: Dan Minchin/Marine Organism Investigations).
"This discovery re-sets how we think about what's natural in the ocean around the Galapagos, and what the impacts may be on these high-value conservation areas," says Carlton. "This increase in alien species is a stunning discovery, especially since only a small fraction of the Galapagos Islands was examined in this initial study" adds Ruiz. New research is underway to examine additional areas and is likely to detect many more alien species.
The first goal in this research is to understand just how many invasions there are in the Galapagos. With this baseline, the research team hopes to determine what impact these species are having, especially on rare and endemic species, and how to prevent future invasions.
In an effort to reduce future invasions, the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador have among the most stringent biosecurity management programs in the world. International vessels entering the Galapagos Marine Reserve may only anchor in one of the main ports and must be inspected by divers. If a vessel is found to be transporting alien species, it is requested to leave and return for a second inspection once the hull has been cleaned.
The increase in size of the Panama Canal in 2015 may bring the Indo-Pacific lionfish, which has had significant impacts as a predator in the Caribbean, to the Pacific coast of Central America, carried by ships' ballast water. Once there, it could make its way to the Galapagos, where researchers conclude that the likelihood of its success would be very high. Another possible arrival is the Indo-Pacific snowflake coral, which has already caused extensive mortalities of native corals on the South American mainland.
The researchers suggest that based upon these new Galapagos findings, the number and potential impacts of alien marine species in tropical waters around the world may be significantly underestimated.
Author contact information:
Dr. James T. Carlton james.t.carlton@williams.edu
Maritime Studies Program, Williams College-Mystic Seaport (Williams-Mystic),
Mystic Connecticut, USA
Dr. Inti Keith inti.keith@fcdarwin.org.ec
Charles Darwin Research Station (CDRS), Charles Darwin Foundation, Santa Cruz,
Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Dr. Gregory M. Ruiz ruizg@si.edu
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC), Edgewater, Maryland USA
For more information about the International Association for Open Knowledge on Invasive Alien Species (INVASIVESNET) and Aquatic Invasions, one of its open access journals, please contact the Media and Communications Officer at media@invasivesnet.org.


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Abbé Joseph Grisel (* 1703 in Cherbourg; † 21. Januar 1787 in Versailles) war ein französischer asketischer Schriftsteller und Geistlicher.

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Joseph Grisel ging nach vollendeter Schulausbildung nach Paris, wurde Mitglied am Collège Louis-Le-Grand und studierte hier Philosophie und Theologie. Hier hatte er auch die Studien zweier Zöglinge zu leiten und erwarb sich deren Hochachtung. 1738 erhielt er an der Pariser Kirche Saint Germain l'Auxerrois, deren Kapitel mit dem von Notre-Dame vereinigt war, die Stelle eines ständigen Vikars, die er bis zu seinem Tod, ohne Verlangen nach höheren Würden, bekleidete. Seinen frommen Eifer bewies er als Superior einiger Klostergemeinschaften und als außerordentlicher Beichtvater in einigen anderen.

Der Dauphin fand in Grisel den geeigneten Mann, als er ihm 1751 auftrug, im verfallenen Kloster von Sainte-Aure bei Sainte-Geneviève eine ständige Anbetung des heiligen Herzen Jesu zu errichten. Diesem Werk widmete Grisel gemäß seinen Neigungen seine ganze Kraft. Er fand aber mancherlei Anfechtungen und nicht zum geringsten Teil, weil sein Werk eine jesuitische Veranstaltung sein sollte. Obwohl Grisel, soweit bekannt, dem Jesuitenorden niemals angehörte, so scheint doch der Verdacht hingereicht zu haben, die Jansenisten zu seinen Gegnern zu machen. Möglicherweise aufgrund von deren Anfeindungen wurde Grisel in der Bastille inhaftiert und musste dort 18 Monate aushalten. Seine Haft könnte aber auch wegen seiner angeblichen Verstrickung in Fälle von Erbschleicherei, die dem Bankier Billard du Monceau zur Last gelegt wurden, veranlasst gewesen sein. Der Kriminalist Muyart de Vouglans, Mitglied des großen Rats, schrieb ein Memorandum zu Grisels Verteidigung. Unstreitig war die Freundschaft dieses Mannes ein großer Trost für Grisel, ebenso auch die Hochachtung des Herrn von Jumilhac, Gouverneurs der Bastille, der ihn zu sich rufen ließ, um in seinen Armen zu sterben. Die Jansenisten blieben aber seine Feinde, was sie durch ihre ungünstigen Urteile über seine Schriften an den Tag legten.

Grisel schrieb u. a. folgende Werke:
 Le chemin de l'amour divin, description de son palais et beautés qui y sont refermées, Paris 1746 (nach Barbiers Angabe gemeinsam mit dem Herzog und der Herzogin d'Ayen verfasst)
 Lettres d'une religieuse du Calvaire, Paris 1755
 L'année religieuse, ou occupation intérieure pendant de les divins offices, 8 Bände, Paris 1766–68

Die strenge Kritik, welche die letztgenannte Schrift, Grisels Hauptwerk, noch im Dezember 1777 in einem jansenistischen Blatt erfuhr, trug wohl dazu bei, dass sie keine ausreichende Anerkennung erhielt. In den letzten Lebensjahren gab Grisel noch heraus:
 Adoration perpétuelle du sacré-cœur de Jésus, Paris 1784
 Constitution des religieuses de Sainte-Aure, suivant la règle de St. Augustin, Paris 1786

Dass Grisel der Verfasser der zur gleichen Zeit und in demselben Format erschienenen Instructions pour les novices sei, wird mit hoher Wahrscheinlichkeit vermutet.

1785 musste sich Grisel einer Operation zur Entfernung eines am Kopf befindlichen Atheroms unterziehen. Schließlich ging er nach Versailles, um einer Kammerfrau der Königin Marie-Antoinette die Beichte abzunehmen, erkrankte dort aber und starb drei Tage später am 21. Januar 1787 im Alter von 84 Jahren. Sein Kloster Sainte-Aure hatte er seinem Freund, dem vormaligen Jesuitenpater Nicolas Marie Verron, empfohlen, der die Anstalt bis zu seiner Ermordung im September 1792 leitete.

Literatur
 F. Th. Richter: Grisel (Abbé Joseph). In: Johann Samuel Ersch, Johann Gottfried Gruber (Hrsg.): Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste, 1. Sektion, Bd. 91 (1871), S. 413.

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Meet the Natives: Don't overlook rosy camphorweed
Andee Naccarato Special to The News-Press
The beauty of this wetland plant can be easily overlooked because of one thing — its lack of petals. Or, more accurately, its lack of ray florets. Rosy camphorweed (Pluchea baccharis) belongs to the sunflower family (Asteraceae), which is represented by plants whose blooms are composed of ray florets and/or disk florets. The ray florets look a lot like petals you would see on flowers from other families. Since rosy camphorweed does not have these structures, it is left with tiny disk florets densely packed into an area about the size — and color — of a pencil eraser.
This plant underwent a bit of an identity crisis about five years ago, as botanists shifted its scientific name from Pluchea rosea to Pluchea baccharis. Therefore, native plant enthusiasts delving into their personal libraries might find it listed as Pluchea rosea instead. At a given time, a plant species is described by only one scientific name. There is some wiggle room, however, when it comes to common names. Some native plant references provide the colloquial name "marsh fleabane" instead.
When crushed or torn up, the fuzzy leaves release a pleasant odor similar to mild citrus. So, how could this plant have been the "bane" of a flea's existence? Although the fragrance may be agreeable to people, perhaps the released chemicals overwhelm certain insects. Early settlers might have dispelled pesky fleas from their beds with the help of this and other species of Pluchea. Look for rosy camphorweed in bloom this summer along wetland edges or moist roadsides.
Andee Naccarato, Sr. Program Specialist, Lee County Parks and Recreation


Dr. Zachary Rhone, adjunct assistant professor of English at Houghton College, has published a book titled The Great Tower of Elfland: The Mythopoeic Worldview of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, G.K. Chesterton, and George MacDonald.
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"The research in The Great Tower of Elfland demonstrates how significant a single belief – in this case, a deep faith in Christ – is in shaping a worldview," he notes.
Tolkien, Lewis, Chesterton, and MacDonald shared many beliefs: their views on language, the human journey, and others. According to Rhone, they believed that language is flawed, but it can be used effectively, as in myths and fairy-tales, to reveal powerful truths. These stories often show parts of the human experience and what it means to be human.
The authors, Rhone adds, utilized paths and roads as metaphors for the human journey. While parts of the journey are fated to happen, Tolkien, Lewis, Chesterton, and MacDonald also believed that each person has the opportunity to choose which path to take to reach these fated moments. Rhone further discusses the authors' shared views on topics including evolution, ethics, civilization, and theology.
Rhone's book, published by The Kent State University Press, is available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Target, and other retailers.


hen our youngest child went to school it was time for me to expand my horizons beyond the home, children, and farm atmosphere, so I went to a china painting class. That was it for me; I was definitely hooked with this new hobby. I would race to finish my chores and then have time to paint. After a few short years, things changed and the jobs reversed. I began teaching others to paint and accepting commission tile jobs. So the job was a dream for me. I was able to stay home, have no overhead expenses, and be paid to do what I love to do. Now this dream has gone on for 33 years, so I'd say that I definitely love my job. Because of china painting I have been able to travel extensively, and make friends all over the world.
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1 Chronicles 24:1-19
These are the groups to which the descendants of Aaron belong. Aaron had four sons: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Nadab and Abihu died before their father did, and left no descendants, so their brothers Eleazar and Ithamar became priests.
King David organized the descendants of Aaron into groups according to their duties. He was assisted in this by Zadok, a descendant of Eleazar, and by Ahimelech, a descendant of Ithamar.
The descendants of Eleazar were organized into sixteen groups, while the descendants of Ithamar were organized into eight; this was done because there were more male heads of families among the descendants of Eleazar.
Since there were Temple officials and spiritual leaders among the descendants of both Eleazar and Ithamar, assignments were made by drawing lots.
The descendants of Eleazar and of Ithamar took turns drawing lots. Then they were registered by Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite secretary. The king, his officials, the priest Zadok, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of the priestly families and of the Levite families, were all witnesses.
This is the order in which the twenty-four family groups were given their assignments: 1) Jehoiarib; 2) Jedaiah; 3) Harim; 4) Seorim; 5) Malchijah; 6) Mijamin; 7) Hakkoz; 8) Abijah; 9) Jeshua; 10) Shecaniah; 11) Eliashib; 12) Jakim; 13) Huppah; 14) Jeshebeab; 15) Bilgah; 16) Immer; 17) Hezir; 18) Happizzez; 19) Pethahiah; 20) Jehezkel; 21) Jachin; 22) Gamul; 23) Delaiah; 24) Maaziah.
(SEE 24:7)
These men were registered according to their assignments for going to the Temple and performing the duties established by their ancestor Aaron in obedience to the commands of the LORD God of Israel.
King David and the leaders of the Levites chose the following Levite clans to lead the worship services: Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun. They were to proclaim God's messages, accompanied by the music of harps and cymbals. This is the list of persons chosen to lead the worship, with the type of service that each group performed:
The four sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah. They were under the direction of Asaph, who proclaimed God's messages whenever the king commanded.
The six sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah. Under the direction of their father they proclaimed God's message, accompanied by the music of harps, and sang praise and thanks to the LORD.
The fourteen sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.
God gave to Heman, the king's prophet, these fourteen sons and also three daughters, as he had promised, in order to give power to Heman.
All of his sons played cymbals and harps under their father's direction, to accompany the Temple worship. And Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under orders from the king.
All these twenty-four men were experts; and their fellow Levites were trained musicians. There were 288 men in all.
To determine the assignment of duties they all drew lots, whether they were young or old, experts or beginners.
These 288 men were divided according to families into twenty-four groups of twelve, with a leader in charge of each group. This is the order in which they were on duty: 1) Joseph of the family of Asaph; 2) Gedaliah; 3) Zaccur; 4) Zeri; 5) Nethaniah; 6) Bukkiah; 7) Asharelah; 8) Jeshaiah; 9) Mattaniah; 10) Shimei; 11) Uzziel; 12) Hashabiah; 13) Shebuel; 14) Mattithiah; 15) Jerimoth; 16) Hananiah; 17) Joshbekashah; 18) Hanani; 19) Mallothi; 20) Eliathah; 21) Hothir; 22) Giddalti; 23) Mahazioth; 24) Romamti Ezer.
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1 Chronicles 9:29
Others were in charge of the other sacred equipment, and of the flour, wine, olive oil, incense, and spices.
1 Kings 7:1-51
Solomon also built a palace for himself, and it took him thirteen years.
The Hall of the Forest of Lebanon was 150 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. It had three rows of cedar pillars, 15 in each row, with cedar beams resting on them. The ceiling was of cedar, extending over storerooms, which were supported by the pillars.
(SEE 7:2)
On each of the two side walls there were three rows of windows.
The doorways and the windows had rectangular frames, and the three rows of windows in each wall faced the opposite rows.
The Hall of Columns was 75 feet long and 45 feet wide. It had a covered porch, supported by columns.
The Throne Room, also called the Hall of Judgment, where Solomon decided cases, had cedar panels from the floor to the rafters.
Solomon's own quarters, in another court behind the Hall of Judgment, were made like the other buildings. He also built the same kind of house for his wife, the daughter of the king of Egypt.
All these buildings and the great court were made of fine stones from the foundations to the eaves. The stones were prepared at the quarry and cut to measure, with their inner and outer sides trimmed with saws.
The foundations were made of large stones prepared at the quarry, some of them twelve feet long and others fifteen feet long.
On top of them were other stones, cut to measure, and cedar beams.
The palace court, the inner court of the Temple, and the entrance room of the Temple had walls with one layer of cedar beams for every three layers of cut stones.
King Solomon sent for a man named Huram, a craftsman living in the city of Tyre, who was skilled in bronze work.
His father, who was no longer living, was from Tyre, and had also been a skilled bronze craftsman; his mother was from the tribe of Naphtali. Huram was an intelligent and experienced craftsman. He accepted King Solomon's invitation to be in charge of all the bronze work.
Huram cast two bronze columns, each one 27 feet tall and 18 feet in circumference, and placed them at the entrance of the Temple.
He also made two bronze capitals, each one 7 1/2 feet tall, to be placed on top of the columns.
The top of each column was decorated with a design of interwoven chains
and two rows of bronze pomegranates.
The capitals were shaped like lilies, 6 feet tall,
and were placed on a rounded section which was above the chain design. There were 200 pomegranates in two rows around each capital.
Huram placed these two bronze columns in front of the entrance of the Temple: the one on the south side was named Jachin and the one on the north was named Boaz.
The lily-shaped bronze capitals were on top of the columns. And so the work on the columns was completed.
Huram made a round tank of bronze, 7 1/2 feet deep, 15 feet in diameter, and 45 feet in circumference.
All around the outer edge of the rim of the tank were two rows of bronze gourds, which had been cast all in one piece with the rest of the tank.
The tank rested on the backs of twelve bronze bulls that faced outward, three facing in each direction.
The sides of the tank were 3 inches thick. Its rim was like the rim of a cup, curving outward like the petals of a lily. The tank held about 10,000 gallons.
Huram also made ten bronze carts; each was 6 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 4 1/2 feet high.
They were made of square panels which were set in frames,
with the figures of lions, bulls, and winged creatures on the panels; and on the frames, above and underneath the lions and bulls, there were spiral figures in relief.
Each cart had four bronze wheels with bronze axles. At the four corners were bronze supports for a basin; the supports were decorated with spiral figures in relief.
There was a circular frame on top for the basin. It projected upward 18 inches from the top of the cart and 7 inches down into it. It had carvings around it.
The wheels were 25 inches high; they were under the panels, and the axles were of one piece with the carts.
The wheels were like chariot wheels; their axles, rims, spokes, and hubs were all of bronze.
There were four supports at the bottom corners of each cart, which were of one piece with the cart.
There was a 9-inch band around the top of each cart; its supports and the panels were of one piece with the cart.
The supports and panels were decorated with figures of winged creatures, lions, and palm trees, wherever there was space for them, with spiral figures all around.
This, then, is how the carts were made; they were all alike, having the same size and shape.
Huram also made ten basins, one for each cart. Each basin was 6 feet in diameter and held 200 gallons.
He placed five of the carts on the south side of the Temple, and the other five on the north side; the tank he placed at the southeast corner.
Huram also made pots, shovels, and bowls. He completed all his work for King Solomon for the LORD's Temple. This is what he made: The two columns The two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the columns The design of interwoven chains on each capital The 400 bronze pomegranates, in two rows of 100 each around the design on each capital The ten carts The ten basins The tank The twelve bulls supporting the tank The pots, shovels, and bowls All this equipment for the Temple, which Huram made for King Solomon, was of polished bronze.
(SEE 7:40)
The king had it all made in the foundry between Sukkoth and Zarethan, in the Jordan Valley.
Solomon did not have these bronze objects weighed, because there were too many of them, and so their weight was never determined.
Solomon also had gold furnishings made for the Temple: the altar, the table for the bread offered to God,
the ten lampstands that stood in front of the Most Holy Place, five on the south side and five on the north; the flowers, lamps, and tongs;
the cups, lamp snuffers, bowls, dishes for incense, and the pans used for carrying live coals; and the hinges for the doors of the Most Holy Place and of the outer doors of the Temple. All these furnishings were made of gold.
When King Solomon finished all the work on the Temple, he placed in the Temple storerooms all the things that his father David had dedicated to the LORD ---the silver, gold, and other articles.
Ezra 8:25-30
Then I weighed out the silver, the gold, and the utensils which the emperor, his advisers and officials, and the people of Israel had given to be used in the Temple, and I gave it to the priests.
This is what I gave them: silver - 25 tons; 100 silver utensils - 150 pounds; gold - 7,500 pounds; 20 gold bowls - 270 ounces; fine bronze bowls, equal in value to gold bowls
I said to them, "You are sacred to the LORD, the God of your ancestors, and so are all the silver and gold utensils brought to him as freewill offerings.
Guard them carefully until you reach the Temple. There in the priests' rooms weigh them and turn them over to the leaders of the priests and of the Levites, and to the leaders of the people of Israel in Jerusalem."
So the priests and the Levites took charge of the silver, the gold, and the utensils, to take them to the Temple in Jerusalem.