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Home Entertainment Humanity Fights Back On August 12 In Anime Adaptation "Attack On Titan"
Humanity Fights Back On August 12 In Anime Adaptation "Attack On Titan"
The full throttle battle for survival between human and flesh-eating giants is about to be revealed this
August 12 in the much-awaited adaptation of the popular Manga anime of the same title "Attack On Titan."
Set in a post-modern apocalyptic world, the story of the live-action movie is based on the Manga but includes some original aspects and was supervised by the author, Hajime Isayama. Actor Haruma Miura plays Eren Jaeger who lives in a city surrounded by a series of towering walls. Beyond these walls are the Titans which the humans have feared might resurface after more than a hundred years of peace.
Directed by Shinji Higuchi, who revealed the movie to select press and fans recently, shared that it was a truly emotional experience, "I was on the verge of tears at some points during the film, but that's because I'm so happy to have been able to work on it and to bring it here," said Higuchi. Asked why the movie was premiering in Hollywood rather than Japan, the director replied, "Initially, speaking honestly, I didn't know the purpose of bringing this film all the way to Hollywood! But now, I finally see the purpose. It's a great honor."
Having been heavily involved is special-effects movies such as "Gamera" trilogy and a Godzilla movie, Higuchi and the production crew have created a series of jaw-dropping scenes in the movie. The majority of those effects can be seen in the film's climactic fight scenes, in particular those involving the ODMG (Omni-Directional Mobility Gear). For the uninitiated, the ODMG is basically a set of grappling hooks holstered at the waist that turns the characters into post-apocalyptic Spider-Men. They look impressive on camera, and according to the cast, the scenes featuring the ODMG were both the most memorable and difficult to shoot. "You're on these wires, but you have to work with the choreographers to pull you down or push you up," Miura said. "So trying to get in sync with the choreographers was really, really tough — that was the hardest part of the shoot."
Filmed in an an island located off the coast of Nagasaki, is officially called Hashima, but nicknamed Gunkanjima, or "Battleship Island," because it resembles a warship in the water. Along with Miura, "Attack on Titan" also stars Hiroki Hasegawa ("Jellyfish Princess"), Kiko Mizuhara ("Norwegian Wood"), Kanata Hongō ("Prince of Tennis"), Takahiro Miura ("Space Battleship Yamato"), Nanami Sakuraba ("Twin Spica"), Satoru Matsuo ("Themae Romae"), Satomi Ishihara ("Sadako 3D"), Pierre Taki ("Linda Linda Linda"), Jun Kunimura ("Audition"), Shu Watanabe ("Kamen Rider OOO"), Ayame Misaki ("Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters") and Rina Takeda ("High Kick Girl").
Humanity fights back when "Attack on Titan" opens this August 12 from Pioneer Films.
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Plymouth Argyle midfielder Jamie Ness on how he won his fitness battle to star in Bristol Rovers win
Ness had been a doubt before the 2-1 victory at Home Park because of a calf injury
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Jamie Ness has revealed how he overcame an injury scare to be the driving force behind Plymouth Argyle's 3-2 win against Bristol Rovers at Home Park.
The 26-year-old midfielder scored one of the goals, and had a shot deflected into the net for a second one.
Graham Carey then wrapped up a fourth consecutive home win for the play-off chasing Pilgrims with an 85th minute penalty.
Ness had been a doubt for the game against Rovers after he was substituted in the 1-1 draw at Fleetwood Town because of a calf injury
Ness said: "I didn't train until Friday, and on Thursday I didn't think I would be playing.
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"But I did a lot of work with physios this week. They were different class with me and helped me get out on the pitch.
"Once I trained yesterday (Friday) I knew I would be fine. It was great to be out there."
Ness had missed three months earlier this season with a calf injury but fortunately for Argyle it was not as serious this time.
He said: "It was only natural to be a little bit anxious but I just had to stay positive.
"I had to trust that with a few days' rest it would settle down and it managed to do that.
"I was delighted to be able go out and put in a good performance," added Ness.
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Argyle trailed 2-1 at half-time, despite a 34th minute equaliser from Ness for his second goal of the season.
The midfielder scored with a deft glancing header after a Carey near post cross.
Ness said: "The first half was not so great. We were a little bit too open for our liking.
"To be fair, they (Rovers) set up well and made it difficult for us.
"We probably weren't at our best in the first half. We had a couple more gears we could have gone into.
Midfielder Jamie Ness gets in the shot which led to Argyle drawing level at 2-2 against Bristol Rovers (Image: Phil Mingo/PPAUK)
"We had a good chat at half-time, exchanged a few words and made sure that we came out flying.
"We managed to do that and got the momentum and then there was only one team going to win from there, I think."
Ruben Lameiras had a penalty saved by Rovers' goalkeeper Sam Slocombe at the start of the second half.
But Argyle were level only moments later when a cross-shot from Ness hit Rovers' midfielder Ollie Clarke on the head and deflected into the net off the inside of the near post.
Ness said: "Everyone knew that we hadn't been at our best in the first half.
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"I think we felt that we have done too much hard work to get to this point and kind of throw it away like we did in the first half.
"We weren't up to our usual standards, but we managed to get on the front foot in the second half.
"We got the penalty. Unfortunately, we missed that but, again, we just kept going.
"The fans were brilliant for us again. They kind of sucked us towards that end and once we got the second goal we felt there was only one team going to win it."
More than 13,000 fans packed into Home Park on a snowy, bitterly cold afternoon and witnessed the determined comeback from Argyle.
Ness said: "We went a bit more direct in the second half, into Ryan Taylor, who was excellent for us again.
How the Plymouth Argyle players rated in the 3-2 victory over Bristol Rovers
"We were able to play from there and I felt they couldn't live with us in the second half, the tempo we played at."
Argyle now boast an incredible record of 12 wins, four draws and only one defeat from their last 17 games.
They moved up to sixth in League One – the last of the play-off positions – as they beat Rovers while Peterborough United lost 2-1 at Oxford United.
The victory over Rovers was also very damaging to the visitors' chances of a top six finish.
Ness said: "We knew that Bristol were only four points behind us so we wanted to put a bit of distance between ourselves and them.
"It was good to do that, and obviously push ourselves back into the top six."
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The Faces Are Recording New Music With Rod Stewart
The Faces Are Recording New Music
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The Faces have revealed that they are recording new music.
The influential British group, famous for albums such as A Nod Is As Good To A Wink…To A Blind Horse and Ooh La La split in 1975 and have reunited several times in the years since, though without the full surviving members of the original line-up until Sir Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood and Kenney Jones performed a charity show in 2015, a private gig in 2019 and a brief appearance at the 2020 Brit Awards.
And now Wood has revealed the trio – who were originally joined in the supergroup by the late Ronnie Lane and Ian McLagan – have been recording together in between his sessions with Rolling Stones bandmate Sir Mick Jagger.
He said: "I saw Mick [Jagger] here last week and Rod [Stewart] and Kenney [Jones] were here yesterday.
"Me and Mick have done nine new tracks for the [40th anniversary] re-release of [The Rolling Stones] Tattoo You. And me, Rod and Kenney have been recording some new Faces music. I've had a front-row seat on some amazing rock' n' roll projects these past couple of weeks."
The 74-year-old guitarist – who is also working with former Stones bandmate Mick Taylor on a tribute album to blues legend Jimmy Reed – is also a respected artist but his main focus at the moment is music and he's desperate to get back on stage.
He told The Times' Weekend magazine: "I go through art phases when music is secondary, but right now I really want to get out there and play."
Rod Stewart previously revealed he and Ronnie Wood initially bonded over their big noses and love of fashion.
He recalled: "We introduced each other. I said, "Ello Nose' and he said, "Ello Nose'. We both had big noses.
"I think what brought us together was our sense of clothing – we both liked style – and our unique sense of humour. That's bonded us together over the years."


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Adžigabuljski rajon (azerski: Hacıqabul rayonu) jedan je od 66 azerbajdžanskih rajona. Adžigabuljski rajon se nalazi na istoku Azerbajdžana. Središte rajona je Adžigabulj. Površina Adžigabuljskog rajona iznosi 1.640 km². Adžigabuljski rajon prema popisu stanovništva iz 2009. imao je 65.837 stanovnika, od čega su 32.382 muškarci, a 33.455 žene.

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Heinrich II. der Reiche von Nassau (* um 1180; † 26. April 1247/48/49/50, vor 25. Januar 1251) war Graf von Nassau. Er tat sich besonders durch seinen ritterlich-frommen Sinn hervor. Namentlich betätigte er einen hervorragenden Wohltätigkeitssinn und Schenkungseifer für die Kirche, so dass Klöster und Gotteshäuser im Gebiete des heutigen Nassau gerade zu seiner Zeit den bedeutendsten Aufschwung nahmen, von ihm durch zahlreiche Zuweisungen mächtig gefördert. Der größten Gunst hatte sich dabei der deutsche Orden zu erfreuen, den er besonders für den Verzicht seines Bruders auf die Herrschaft bei dessen Eintritt reichlich bedachte. Heinrich nahm am sechsten Kreuzzug teil. Er war der Erbauer der Burgen Sonnenberg, Ginsburg und Dillenburg.

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Heinrich war der älteste Sohn des Grafen Walram I. von Nassau und einer gewissen Kunigunde, möglicherweise eine Tochter eines Grafen von Sponheim oder eine Tochter des Grafen Poppo II. von Ziegenhain.

Heinrich wird zum ersten Mal in einem Urkunde vom 20. März 1198 erwähnt, zusammen mit seiner Mutter und seinem Bruder Ruprecht IV. Diese Erwähnung bedeutet, dass er und sein Bruder zu diesem Zeitpunkt volljährig waren.

Zwischen 1198 und 1247 wird er als Graf von Nassau erwähnt. Heinrich regierte mit seinem Bruder Ruprecht bis 1230.

In der Reichspolitik war Heinrich, bis auf eine Parteinahme für Kaiser Otto IV. in den Jahren 1209–1211 weitgehend stauferfreundlich. So setzte er in den Jahren 1212–1214 auch den Gegner Kaiser Friedrichs II., Erzbischof Dietrich von Trier gefangen. Heinrich war 1214 in die Umgebung Friedrichs II. zu Jülich, 1223 bei dessen Sohne Heinrich zu Worms, 1224 zu Frankfurt. Heinrich nahm 1228 am Kreuzzug Friedrichs II. teil. 1231 besuchte Heinrich den Reichstag von Worms und 1232 die Reichsversammlung Friedrichs II. in Ravenna. Später ging er in das päpstliche Lager über, so dass gegen ihn von Friedrich's Sohne Konrad IV. ein Excecutionsmandat erlassen wurde (1241), über dessen Erfolg nichts verlautet ist. 1247 unterstützte er die Wahl von Wilhelm II. von Holland, dem Gegenkönig, der alle kaiserlichen Besitztümer von Heinrich bestätigte und ihm das Recht gab, Münzen zu prägen.

Walram I. war von Kaiser Friedrich I. Barbarossa mit dem Königshof Wiesbaden belehnt worden. Die Besitztümer Nassaus in diesem Gebiet wurden um 1214 erweitert, als Heinrich die Reichsvogtei über Wiesbaden und den umliegenden Königssondergau erhielt, die er als Lehen innehatte.

Um 1200 begannen Heinrich und sein Bruder Ruprecht mit dem Bau der Burg Sonnenberg auf einem Felsen nördlich von Wiesbaden zum Schutz gegen den Erzbischof von Mainz und seine Vasallen, die benachbarten Herren von Eppstein, mit denen es dauerhafte Grenzstreitigkeiten gab. Aber das Mainzer Domkapitel beanspruchte Sonnenberg als ihren Besitz. Um diesen Konflikt zu lösen, zahlte Nassau 1221 einen Betrag von 30 Mark an das Kapitel, um das Land Sonnenberg zu erhalten. Sie waren gezwungen, die Souveränität des Mainzer Erzbischofs über die Burg Sonnenberg anzuerkennen und als Lehen von Mainz zu nehmen.

Ende des 12. Jahrhunderts konnte Walram I. seine Macht am Niederlahn stärken. Als Teil des Erbes der Grafen von Arnstein trat er die Nachfolge als Vogt des Erzbistums Trier in Koblenz, Pfaffendorf, Niederlahnstein und Humbach (Montabaur) an. Der Erzbischof hatte Montabaur um 1217 verstärkt, um seinen Besitz am rechten Rheinufer gegen Nassau zu schützen. Um 1230 war der Einfluss von Trier am Rhein und Lahn ausreichend verstärkt, um Nassau aus der Mehrheit der Vogteien des Erzbischofs auszuweisen.

Rückhalt fand Heinrich bei Erzbischof Engelbert I. von Köln, der Heinrich zu seinem Marschall und Mundschenk machte. Als Gegenleistung für seinen Schutz gegen die Erzbischöfe von Mainz und Trier musste Heinrich 1224 allerdings die Hälfte von Siegen an Köln abtreten. Von dieser Herrschaftsteilung unberührt, behielt Nassau jedoch seine Hoheitsrechte im Siegerland, wo die hohe Gerichtsbarkeit und das Wildbann bis 1259 fortbestanden.

Seine Regierung war an Fehden reich, von denen die mit den Adligen von Willnsdorf wegen Siegen, mit denen von Merenberg über das Landgericht Rucheslo des alten Erdehegaues hervorzuheben sind. Heinrich erbaute die Ginsburg im Siegerland.

Heinrichs Bruder Ruprecht war seit 1230 ein Ritter des Deutschen Ordens. Bei seinem Tod 1239 überließ Ruprecht diesem sein Erbe. Heinrich forderte fortwährend jede Teilung seines Territoriums mit dem Deutschen Orden heraus.

Heinrich war Inhaber der Obervogtei über das Georgsstift in Limburg an der Lahn während des Baus des Limburger Doms. 1239 übertrug er auf Bitten seines Lehnsmannes Friedrich vom Hain die Einkünfte des Netphener Kirchspiels an das Prämonstratenserinnen-Kloster Stift Keppel bei Hilchenbach. Seine Nachfahren übernahmen das Patronat über das Kloster.

Die Politik Heinrichs in der Herborner Mark provozierte Konflikte mit den dortigen Adelsfamilien. Um 1240 erbaute er die Burg Dillenburg, um seine Gegner besser zu unterwerfen. Er begann ab 1248 eine Fehde mit Sophie von Brabant und deren Sohn Heinrich um der Herborner Mark, die über seinen Tod hinaus die nassauisch-hessischen Beziehung für Jahrhunderte belastete.

Die Nekrologie von Kloster Arnstein dokumentierte den Tod von 'Henrici comitis de Nassauwe, qui contulit nobis ecclesiam in Diffenbach inferiori' am 26. April. Heinrich wird noch in einer Urkunde von 1247 erwähnt und wird in einer Urkunde vom 25. Januar 1251 als "verstorben" aufgeführt. Das heißt, er starb am 26. April 1247, 1248, 1249 oder 1250. Ihm folgten seine Söhne Walram II. und Otto I.

Nachkommen
Heinrich heiratete vor 11. Dezember 1215 mit Mathilde von Geldern und Zütphen († 28. Oktober 1247 oder später), die jüngste Tochter des Grafen Otto I. von Geldern und Zütphen und Richardis von Scheyern-Wittelsbach. Mit ihr hatte er die Kinder:
 Ruprecht († 19. September vor 1247), wurde vom Erzbischof von Trier mit Allod in Diez und Ober-Lahnstein belehnt, war Ritter des Deutschen Ordens.
 Walram II. (* um 1220; † 24. Januar 1276), Nachfolger seines Vaters, Begründer der walramischen Linie von Nassau.
 Otto I. († zwischen 3. Mai 1289 und 19. März 1290), Nachfolger seines Vaters, Begründer der ottonischen Linie von Nassau.
 Heinrich († 28. Mai nach 1247), war Mönch in Kloster Arnstein.
 Elisabeth (* um 1225; † nach 6. Januar 1295), ⚭ Gerhard III. von Eppstein († 1252).
 Gerhard († zwischen 7. April 1312 und 20. September 1314), war u. a. Kanoniker in Lüttich.
 Johann († Deventer, 13. Juli 1309), war Elekt des Hochstifts Utrecht.
 Katharina († 27. April 1324), wird 1249 Äbtissin des Klosters Altenberg.
 Jutta († 1313), ⚭ um 1260 Johann I. von Cuijk († 13. Juli 1308).
? Irmgard († 1. August 1297), war Äbtissin in Val-Benoît.

Literatur

Weblinks
 Nassau in: Medieval Lands. A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families, compiled by Charles Cawley.

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Familienmitglied des Hauses Nassau
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Geboren im 12. Jahrhundert
Gestorben im 13. Jahrhundert
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Department of Education approve expansion of Sperrin Integrated College.
The Department of Education has given a long-awaited boost to the development plans of Sperrin Integrated College and announced the school can expand from September 2020.
The highly successful integrated College has been heavily oversubscribed for many years, first submitting a proposal for an increase in Year 8 enrolment numbers in 2017, however, the decision to enable the school to grow was only made on 3rd January 2020 by the Permanent Secretary Mr Derek Baker.
The development proposal states that, 'Sperrin Integrated College will increase its admissions number from 80 to 100, with an annual phased increase in the enrolment number from 500 to 600 with effect from 1 September 2020.'
This announcement has followed a series of milestones for the College this year. In August 2019, the academic success of the pupils reached an all-time high with 84% of all pupils achieving grades A*-C in five or more GCSE's and 75% of A level pupils achieving 3 or more A*-C. Within these outcomes the school acknowledged the high levels of pupil success in English and Mathematics resulting in,79% of all pupils achieving the top grades of A*-C in English and 71% of all pupils achieving A*-C in Mathematics, well above the Northern Ireland average.
In September 2019, the school enrolled 109 pupils into Year 8, the largest intake since the College's inception in 2002. This number was approved by the Department of Education using temporary variation applications and in response to the exceptionally high number of applications made for September 2019.
Governors, parents, pupils and staff have been calling for the school's expansion for some time. The second development proposal submitted to the Department of Education in 2018, contained an overwhelming call from parents for an increase in the enrolment number. Amongst the hundreds of responses received following consultation from stakeholders, one statement from a parent was reflective of the widespread support shown for the expansion plans;
'I very much agree with and support this proposal. Sperrin is a unique school both regarding education and culture, creating a positive, inspiring environment for children to learn and grow. The staff are very supportive of pupils and provide exemplary pastoral care. It is a great shame that currently more children cannot benefit from this unique and progressive school.'
Now that the development proposal is approved, an accommodation strategy will be developed to provide adequate accommodation to meet the needs of increased pupil numbers. The Sperrin College site is a large 20-acre estate which can easily facilitate building and development. The College will require, two additional general classrooms, two ICT rooms, additional Physical Education Changing facilities for males and females, one additional toilet facility for pupils and one for staff, and a Sixth Form accommodation area, to include 2 classrooms. The facilities for PE require enhancement, with an additional 4G play pitch for multi-purpose use. The school will now begin work with the Department of Education officials developing the school facilities in a phased building programme.
Reflecting on the announcement, Principal Mrs Heron said: 'We are delighted that the Department has recognised the need for the growth and development of Sperrin Integrated College. The school with its grammar and all-ability pathways can now deliver to even more children, our highly effective, success focussed, quality education for all children within a family.' 'Schools such as ours, I believe, should be a future blue print for all schools across Northern Ireland'. She continues, 'the development proposal sets out in ten objectives and impact statements that the key outcome of the proposal is to, 'uphold an education system that plays a powerful and positive role in the normalising of society, helping to make it sustainable and vibrant, with greater sharing amongst communities.'
Mrs Heron wanted to thank all the governors, staff, parents and pupils who have, over the years worked in close partnership to support the school's development making Sperrin College a thriving school and is looking forward to the next decade in the school's journey of success.
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Cuba's Fidel Warns on Korean Conflict
File photo of Fidel Castro receiving a medal from the "eternal leader" of North Korea, Kim Il Sung. Foto: http://world.kbs.co.kr
HAVANA TIMES – Former president Fidel Castro published one of his "Reflections" in the Cuban media on Friday warning of the consequences of a possible war on the Korean peninsula.
Castro compared the danger with the Cuban Missile Crisis that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war in October 1962, with Cuba as the frontline scenario.
Fidel recalls having been favorably impressed when meeting the historic Korean leader Kim Il Sung, whose grandson is now the president of his country. Castro also warned Barack Obama that a war in Korea would be disastrous for his presidency.
The following is an official translation of Fidel Castro's commentary translated by Granma International:
The duty to avoid a war in Korea
A few days ago I mentioned the great challenges humanity is currently facing. Intelligent life emerged on our planet approximately 200,000 years ago, although new discoveries demonstrate something else.
This is not to confuse intelligent life with the existence of life which, from its elemental forms in our solar system, emerged millions of years ago.
A virtually infinite number of life forms exist. In the sophisticated work of the world's most eminent scientists the idea has already been conceived of reproducing the sounds which followed the Big Bang, the great explosion which took place more than 13.7 billion years ago.
This introduction would be too extensive if it was not to explain the gravity of an event as unbelievable and absurd as the situation created in the Korean Peninsula, within a geographic area containing close to five billion of the seven billion persons currently inhabiting the planet.
This is about one of the most serious dangers of nuclear war since the October Crisis around Cuba in 1962, 50 years ago.
In 1950, a war was unleashed there [the Korean Peninsula] which cost millions of lives. It came barely five years after two atomic bombs were exploded over the defenseless cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki which, in a matter of seconds, killed and irradiated hundreds of thousands of people.
General Douglas MacArthur wanted to utilize atomic weapons against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Not even Harry Truman allowed that.
It has been affirmed that the People's Republic of China lost one million valiant soldiers in order to prevent the installation of an enemy army on that country's border with its homeland. For its part, the Soviet army provided weapons, air support, technological and economic aid.
I had the honor of meeting Kim Il Sung, a historic figure, notably courageous and revolutionary.
If war breaks out there, the peoples of both parts of the Peninsula will be terribly sacrificed, without benefit to all or either of them. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea was always friendly with Cuba, as Cuba has always been and will continue to be with her.
Now that the country has demonstrated its technical and scientific achievements, we remind her of her duties to the countries which have been her great friends, and it would be unjust to forget that such a war would particularly affect more than 70% of the population of the planet.
If a conflict of that nature should break out there, the government of Barack Obama in his second mandate would be buried in a deluge of images which would present him as the most sinister character in the history of the United States. The duty of avoiding war is also his and that of the people of the United States.
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12 thoughts on "Cuba's Fidel Warns on Korean Conflict"
Antonio garcia
Cuba is too great to ever be part of america. Puerto rico would be better on its own or even better with cuba
America is obligated to do what? To pay off the North Korean dictatorship for their latest round of extortion? That is the real purpose of this temper tantrum from Fat Kim, to threaten and scream until the US pays him to behave. President Obama is following the best course of action, by ignoring the hysterical outbursts from Kim while quietly reassuring allies like Japan and South Korea. Even China is fed up with their troublesome neighbor.
LA CUBANA DE MATANZA
YES! i agree it is amerikkks obligation enough is enough..if Pres Obama listens to the neo cons and the hawks more people will die
Friedrich Joestl
With all respect to Fidel, but here he´s definitely on the wrong side I´d say. He rather should advise with all his authority this spoiled nut – dictador to shut up and rather think about how to improve the countrie`s situation. Ftrange comment by the otherwise so clear-sighted Fidel.
Grady Ross Daugherty
The "totalitarian hell-hole of North Korea," as Griffin correctly describes it, is the product of the Marxian, state monopoly deviation from authentic socialism.
The fact that the N. Korean military is now in the hands of a spoiled, immature lunatic is a result of this 1848, state monopoly, absolutist deviation.
The way to prevent a new Korean war is to remove the immature lunatic who is playing right into the hands of the imperialists. But, how might this be done?
I wonder if Kim Jong Un was a special needs student in his schooldays?
Martha Tjoe nij
Most people seem to understand that the horror of war is not dropping a bomb but what happens after it has reached ignition.
Fidel may be an old fox in politics but his letter shows he is fully aware of the implications of nuclear warfare in the eastern peninsula of north and South Korea .
Humberto Capiro
Now lets see! Fidel can write, meet with journalists for hours but cannot appear on national Cuban TV Live?? A man known for his multi-hour speeches! With a gigantic ego! You can draw your own conclusions on why no Fifo Live!
So Fidel praises and defends the totalitarian hell-hole of North Korea. That says it all. He ignores the fact that North Korea started the Korean War, at the behest of Stalin and Mao and are responsible for the deaths of 5 million people killed in that terrible war.
Then, while giving advice about the horrors of nuclear war, he fails to mention the time in 1962 when he was begging the Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike on the USA.
YourNextLeader
Fidel Castro…keep your
mouth closed you old fool!!! You are clueless just like the North Korean's…Cuba and all of Korea will be part of the United States in the next few years along with Puerto Rico. You need to learn who runs the world and makes thing happen!
Moses Patterson
Who the f*ck is this tyrant to opine on how to avoid nuclear war? This is the same hollow-hearted monster who wrote a letter to Khrushchev urging a first strike nuclear attack against the US in October of 1962.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/jfk-attack/
He has no credibility here. If anything, it is partly because of his tacit support of this suicidal megalomaniac in North Korea that this problem exists in the first place. I am just not buying into the whole 'elder statesman' gig Castro I tries to play. He will never win the Nobel Prize, his burning ambition, so he might as well focus on keeping his adult diapers handy and his stoma drained and keep his supercilious opinions to himself. Leave the international politics to to people with skin in the game.
RationalSense
If N. Korea dares to use Nuke first, it surely will be suicidal, but how counter side to defend themselves? Can non nuke weapon system counter nuke attack. Kim's is totall crazy that defied all common sense. Castro's warning is right on spot.


Ferrari Academy driver Marcus Armstrong will compete for Prema Racing in the FIA Formula 3 Championship next year.
New Zealander Armstrong is the first driver to be announced in Prema's team, after taking fifth in the Formula 3 European Championship in 2018.
The 18-year-old scored nine podiums and one victory as team-mate Mick Schumacher won the title.
Prema won the Teams' Championship in European F3 this year, but the FIA status now switches to a new series which replaces GP3 on the Formula 1 support package with a new car.
Armstrong will be one of the 30 drivers spread across 10 teams on the grid next season.
"Together we shared a lot of success in recent years, winning the 2017 Italian Formula 4 Championship and fighting for the German [ADAC F4] series title," said Armstrong.
Team principal Rene Rosin added: "It is great to line-up with Marcus for another season.
Armstrong was expected to join the line-up, with Robert Shwartzman and Jehan Daruvala tipped to join him at the squad.
More recently, Armstrong drove in the post-season GP3 Series tests at Abu Dhabi last week with Charouz Racing System and Trident, as Prema has not had a team in the series.


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Lotus celebrates motorsport heritage with retro liveries for Elise
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HomeCar NewsLotus celebrates motorsport heritage...
Classic Heritage Edition Elise can be painted to match four of Lotus's most famous race cars.
Lotus has unveiled a range of commemorative liveries for its Elise sports car, each inspired by the brand's motorsport heritage.
The four new paint schemes are available on the limited-run Elise Classic Heritage Edition, which also features extra equipment as standard over the Elise Sport 220 on which it is based.
The model can be painted in a black and gold scheme that pays homage to Emmerson Fittipaldi's 1972 Type 72D Formula 1 car; a red, white and gold design similar to that of Graham Hill's 1968 Type 49B; the blue, red and silver of Nigel Mansell's 1980 Type 81; and a two-tone blue and white paint job that resembles the livery of Lotus's 1960 Monaco Grand Prix-winning Type 18.
As well as their bespoke paintwork, each Classic Heritage Edition Elise will be fitted with a numbered build plaque. Just 100 examples will be made and customer demand will dictate the final numbers of each variant.
The Heritage Edition commands a £6,350 premium over the standard Elise in the UK, roughly $12,000 here, but comes equipped as standard with features that would add roughly twice that to the price of a Sport 220.
Each car will have a DAB radio, four-speaker audio system, air-con, cruise control, lightweight performance alloy wheels and two-piece disc brakes.
The upper door trims and seat inserts will be coloured to match the exterior, except on the blue and white car, which features red Alcantara seat centres.
Buyers can choose to upgrade their Heritage Edition Elise with optional extras such as a lightweight lithium ion battery, glassfibre removable hard-top and titanium exhaust system.
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The point, dear ones, is not that we make mistakes. The point is what we make of them, how we allow mistakes to teach us something about ourselves. And, perhaps, nothing is really a mistake. It is all a trickster reminder for our soul to reassess, to change course, to prevent it from missing out on taking its own shape—from miscarrying its directive in this lifetime. To grow.
Here is to our big, growing heart. Here is to the world that we are becoming as we become ourselves and choose ourselves.


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Q: Ошибка Incorrect string value с MySQL и PHP кириллица Не совсем понимаю, с чем может быть связана следующая проблема:
Incorrect string value: '\xD0\xBF\xD0\xB5\xD1\x80...' for column 'title' at row 1

А вот тот PHP код, который это вызывает:
$link = mysql_connect('localhost', 'root', 'pass');
        if($link&&isset($_POST['addSticker'])){
            $title = $_POST['title'];
            $description = $_POST['description'];
            $photo = mysql_real_escape_string(urlencode($_POST['photo']));
            $quantity = $_POST['quantity'];
            $price = $_POST['price'];
            mysql_select_db('dbName');
            $sql = "INSERT INTO table (title, description, photo, quantity, price) VALUES ('$title', '$description', '$photo', '$quantity', '$price');";
            mysql_query("SET NAMES utf8", $link);
            mysql_query($sql, $link) or die(mysql_error());
        }

Суть на мой взгляд в том, что при добавлении товара, используются символы кириллицы и есть ссылка (https). Мне кажется, что именно один из этих моментов вызывает ошибку.

A: Имхо urlencode($_POST['photo']) гадит. Он преобразует все, что не валидный символ для URL в UNICODE.


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We are delighted to announce that, following a successful recruitment campaign with Aspen, SCDI have appointed Sara Thiam as their new Chief Executive. Sara is currently the Scotland Director of the Institution of Civil Engineers.
The experienced Director, who is a member of the Scottish Government's newly-formed Infrastructure Commission, believes that skills, technology and tackling climate change are key to the country's economic future.
"In common with other countries around the world Scotland faces unprecedented environmental, demographic, mobility, educational and technological challenges," Thiam says.
"Ensuring our people have the right skills and knowledge, embracing digital technology and tackling climate change hold the key to driving a much-needed surge in productivity and sustainable economic prosperity.
"With change comes opportunity and I'm passionate about Scotland's ability to innovate. Directing our talent for innovation to delivering improved economic, social and environmental outcomes will help us compete internationally.
"With continued uncertainty around Brexit affecting inward investment and business confidence, I believe the need for the SCDI and its members to drive forward a new agenda which delivers economic prosperity and supports all our people, businesses and communities to thrive is greater than ever."
Sara, who takes up her post in June, believes that the not-for-profit SCDI is uniquely placed to contribute to the debate.
"SCDI has a unique and diverse range of members across private, public and the third sector spanning the length and breadth of Scotland. It is to that membership where I will look for inspiration and fresh ideas on building a more competitive and inclusive economy," Thiam says.
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Features Investments Roads & Paving
Newfoundland roadwork heads west
July 2, 2010 By Stefanie Wallace
NEWS HIGHLIGHT
Paving crews are about to hit the road in
Western Newfoundland as the Williams government's infrastructure
strategy kicks into high gear.
July 2, 2010, Newfoundland – Paving crews are about to hit the road in Western Newfoundland as the Williams government's infrastructure strategy kicks into high gear. The Honourable Tom Hedderson, Minister of Transportation and Works, today announced that a tender has been called for roadwork in the western region.
"As we continue to advance our Provincial Infrastructure Strategy, we are making significant improvements to our province's highway network," said Minister Hedderson. "We will continue to invest strategically to improve road infrastructure and to bolster employment, particularly in rural areas of our province."
The tender calls for the upgrading and paving of approximately 23 kilometres of the Trans-Canada Highway between Fischells River and Crabbes River in the St. George's-Stephenville East region. This project is being cost-shared 50/50 between the Provincial and Federal Governments under the major infrastructure component of the federal Building Canada Fund.
"The Trans Canada Highway serves as a vital road link for many residents of the Bay St. George region," said the Honourable Joan Burke, MHA for St. George's-Stephenville East. "Not only will these road upgrades significantly enhance safety for our motorists, they will also provide better access to and from rural communities in the area."
In the Port au Port region, work to be completed as part of this tender includes pulverizing and paving of sections of Route 462 in Fox Island River and sections of road through Boswarlos.
"Each year our government continues to invest in vital infrastructure that people and businesses use every day," said Tony Cornect, MHA for Port Au Port. "The provincial road network is certainly an important component of our overall infrastructure and over the past several years we have seen major highway improvements, not just in this region, but across the province."
Also included in this tender call is the paving of sections of Route 470 between Port aux Basques and Harbour Le Cou in the Burgeo–La Poile region.
Newfoundland & Labrador government announces record roads funding
Newfoundland issues early road tenders
Four-laning underway on Highway 1 west of Golden, B.C.
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Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of investors who purchased FLY Leasing Limited ("FLY Leasing" or the "Company") (NYSE: FLY) securities between May 8, 2014 and March 7, 2016, inclusive (the "Class Period"). FLY Leasing investors have until May 24, 2016 to file a lead plaintiff motion.
Investors who suffered losses on their FLY Leasing investments are encouraged to contact the Law Offices of Howard G. Smith to discuss their legal rights in this class action at 888-638-4847 or by email to howardsmith@howardsmithlaw.com.
If you purchased shares of FLY Leasing during the Class Period you may move the Court no later than May 24, 2016 to ask the Court to appoint you as lead plaintiff if you meet certain legal requirements. To be a member of the Class you need not take any action at this time; you may retain counsel of your choice or take no action and remain an absent member of the Class. If you wish to learn more about this action, or if you have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to these matters, please contact Howard G. Smith, Esquire, of Law Offices of Howard G. Smith, 3070 Bristol Pike, Suite 112, Bensalem, Pennsylvania 19020 by telephone at (215) 638-4847, toll-free at (888) 638-4847, or by email to howardsmith@howardsmithlaw.com, or visit our website at http://www.howardsmithlaw.com.


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Walther Ernst Paul Ludwig (* 10. Juni 1876 in Breslau; † 20. Dezember 1946 in Dresden) war ein deutscher Mathematiker sowie Rektor der Technischen Hochschule Dresden.

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Ludwig kam als Sohn von Robert Ludwig, Direktor des Realgymnasiums in Breslau und Doktor der Philosophie, und seiner Frau Maria, geb. Börner, in Breslau zur Welt.  Nach dem Abitur in Breslau studierte Ludwig ab 1894 Mathematik und Physik an den Universitäten in Breslau, Freiburg, München und Göttingen und promovierte sich 1898 mit einer Arbeit zum Thema Über die Ebenen, welche aus einer Fläche II. Grades einem gegebenen Kegelschnitt ähnliche Kegelschnitte ausschneiden an der Universität Breslau. Er ging anschließend an die Technische Hochschule Karlsruhe, wo er ab 1902 als Assistent lehrte. In Karlsruhe verfasste er bis 1904 seine Habilitation zum Thema Projektive Untersuchungen über die Kreisverwandtschaften der nichteuklidischen Geometrie und war anschließend als Privatdozent tätig. Er heiratete 1907 in Karlsruhe die Lehrerin und Kaufmannstochter Martha Magda Maria Faber.

Im Jahr 1907 wurde Ludwig zum Professor für Darstellende Geometrie an die Technische Hochschule Braunschweig berufen und kam 1909 als Professor für Darstellende Geometrie an die Technische Hochschule Dresden. Er wurde dabei Nachfolger des Schweizer Mathematikers Martin Disteli (1862–1923). Im Studienjahr 1930/1931 stand Ludwig der Hochschule als Rektor vor. Als Rektor setzte er sich für die politische Neutralität der Studentenschaft ein, gehörte jedoch 1933 zu den Professoren der TH Dresden, die das Bekenntnis der deutschen Professoren zu Adolf Hitler unterzeichneten. Die Professur für Darstellende Geometrie hatte Ludwig an der TH Dresden durchgängig inne, bis er 1941 emeritiert wurde und Wilhelm Schmid sein Nachfolger wurde.

Im Jahr 1946 war Ludwig erneut als Professor für Darstellende Geometrie an der wiedereröffneten TH Dresden tätig, verstarb jedoch bereits im Dezember 1946. Zuletzt wohnte er auf der Godeffroystraße 4 (heute Leonhard-Frank-Straße).

Publikationen (Auswahl)
 1898: Über die Ebenen, welche aus einer Fläche II. Grades einem gegebenen Kegelschnitt ähnliche Kegelschnitte ausschneiden (Dissertation)
 1904: Projektive Untersuchungen über die Kreisverwandtschaften der nichteuklidischen Geometrie (Habilitation)
 1919: Lehrbuch der darstellenden Geometrie 1. Das rechtwinklige Zweitafelsystem: Vielflache, Kreis, Zylinder, Kugel. Springer, Berlin.
 1922: Lehrbuch der darstellenden Geometrie 2. Das rechtwinklige Zweitafelsystem: Kegelschnitte, Durchdringungskurven, Schraubenlinie. Springer, Berlin
 1924: Lehrbuch der darstellenden Geometrie 3. Das rechtwinklige Zweitafelsystem: Krumme Flächen, Axonometrie, Perspektive. Springer, Berlin.

Literatur
 Ludwig, Walther (Ernst Paul). In: Dorit Petschel: 175 Jahre TU Dresden. Band 3: Die Professoren der TU Dresden 1828–2003. Hrsg. im Auftrag der Gesellschaft von Freunden und Förderern der TU Dresden e. V. von Reiner Pommerin. Böhlau, Köln u. a. 2003, ISBN 3-412-02503-8, S. 586.

Weblinks
 Registereintrag zu Walther Ludwig in der Deutschen Biographie

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Mathematiker (20. Jahrhundert)
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Abstract: As a key enabling technology for 5G&B systems, network virtualization allows multiple service providers to simultaneously and independently serve their users via virtualized network slices. However, this innovative technology cannot slice wireless resources without a paradigm shift in existing hardware-based architectures. In this paper, end-to-end network slicing is treated from a perspective of wireless software-defined networking architectures. It jointly optimizes all communication functionalities in both radio access and core networks to ensure optimal data throughput and congestion-free systems. First, based on software-defined cellular architectures, the idea of end-to-end (across access and core network domains) virtualization is introduced with dedicated control units, including high-level controllers and local baseband servers. Next, a stochastic utility-optimal virtualization problem is formulated, which jointly optimizes congestion control, flow routing, and power slicing to maximize the total incoming rates of wireless/wired flows, while satisfying the flow-queue stability and system-level constraints. After transforming the virtualization problem into a tractable form, an iterative network slicing algorithm is proposed that employs a primal-dual Newton method with quadratic convergence and achieves resource-efficient virtualization via control-unit coordination. Numerical results validate the efficacy of our solution, facilitating the 5G&B infrastructure-as-a-service.


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How Does a Reverse Mortgage help you In Retirement Age?
Sanjay Dubey was a manager in a reputed company in Pune. After his retirement in 2012, he and his wife were dependent on his savings for their living. The high cost of living in a hi-tech city like Pune along with their increasing medical expenses was making it difficult for them to survive. They really needed a strong source of income as their only son was settled in the foreign and didn't have any plans to come back to India.
One day, a friend of Mr.Dubey, who was a bank executive, told him about Reverse Mortgage Loan. He also told him that it would take care of their monthly expenses. He applied for the loan after understanding the whole process. This decision of him solved all his financial problems. It became easy for him to afford their monthly as well as medical expenses. Now he will be able to live in his house and also get a fixed amount of money against the property.
So, what is a Reverse Mortgage Facility?
This loan is just opposite to traditional home loan. The bank or financial institution decides the cost of the home as per its condition, demand and the current prices of property. Once a property is mortgaged and the required checks are completed, a loan as regular payments is given by the bank after considering interest costs and account price fluctuations.
The borrower can get the loan amount on monthly, quarterly or annual basis. It can be lump sum also. With every payment, the interest or the equity of the borrower is decreased. This loan does not attract any tax as the amount received is a loan and not an income. But when the property is alienated, the borrower may have to pay a capital gains tax.
What are the Guidelines to Reverse Mortgage?
Some guidelines are established by the Reserve Bank of India for this loan. The amount of the loan can be up to 60% of the value of the property. The loan can have tenure of 10 to 15 years. Some banks also provide this loan up to 20 years.
The minimum age required for the owner of the house to apply for this loan is 60 years. The spouse's age should be at least 58 years if he/she is a co-applicant. The property should be self-acquired, self-occupied and encumbrance-free. It should be in India and possess a life of 20 years. Also it should be the primary residence of the borrower.
A property revaluation must be done every 5 years by the lending bank. If the property's value increases, the loan amount can be increased by the borrower and the incremental amount can be received as lump sum.
This loan against property is a boon for our senior citizens who don't have a steady income source and whose children do not support them financially. So, the demand of Reverse Mortgage Loan is increasing day by day.
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I always start with this question when companies ask me to help them build a culture of innovation.
Mistakes are a necessary component of change. However, most organizations don't have a clear 'policy' on how they deal with mistakes. I'm not talking about rules or regulations but an explicit approach to encourage people to take more risks.
Historically, mistakes equaled to incompetency. The message was: "If you commit a mistake, you will be fired." Though that implicit threat is still present, more leaders now realize that mistakes are a crucial component of learning and development.
Celebrating mistakes has become, not only accepted but cool. A company where errors are given a place of honor is considered modern and innovative. The problem is that we are rapidly shifting from a culture of fear to one of zero accountability.
Teams should be encouraged to make mistakes. But errors are a means to an end, not the goal. Mistakes are not what we must celebrate; what we learn from them are.
Most companies still have a hard time accepting that employees are human. They expect their teams to be flawless. That operate with a perfectionist mindset; they make plans and then expect things to go as anticipated. But reality never meets expectations.
To succeed in a fast-changing world, adaptability to the uncertain and experimentation are critical. Teams that can learn and adapt fast to what the real world throws at them, thrive. And that requires making mistakes.
Perfectionism is the worst enemy of innovation, as I wrote here.
The same happens with the 'rightness mindset.' "This is the way we do things here" is a perfect testament to that. Some companies operate under the belief that there's only one correct way to do things — it's seeing the world through a right or wrong lens. Thus, becoming clueless.
Pulitzer awardee Kathryn Schulz coined the term "Error Blind" to explain how (most people) don't have a clue to know they are wrong about something until it's too late. In addition to that, the wrongologist explains how our relationship with mistakes is embedded in our culture since we were kids.
In elementary school, we are taught that failing is associated to dumbs. As we grow up, we reinforce the notion that people that make mistakes are a failure. That's why we focus our energy into NOT making errors ourselves. If you are a failure, you will be fired.
When you accept imperfection as natural, you are better prepared to deal with mistakes. Organizations must let go of the rightness and perfectionist mindsets, and embrace a learning mind.
Removing the fear of making mistakes will encourage your team to learn from them. Not to hide when something goes wrong.
How organizations approach mistakes is a guessing game. When there's lack of clarity or transparency, people will create their own assumptions. Unspoken rules shape your team behaviors, as I explained here.
The more afraid people feel about making errors, the more they will make.
Fear of being punished encourages people to hide their mistakes.
When people don't admit making an error, solving it will become more expensive once you find out.
Companies that are error blind are not just acting on denial but missing valuable learning opportunities.
Organizations' double standards about mistakes erode trust (people know better).
In the end, mistakes are part of our human nature. They will happen regardless, so you'd better embrace them as a tool to improve your game.
You need to have an explicit error policy. Not processes or rules but rather a point of view. What's your company's perspective on errors? What should be celebrated and what not? What is it allowed and what will be punished? The policy should include the why and how.
Mistakes are learning opportunities. There's a thin line between celebrating mistakes and what you learn from them. Don't let making a mistake become the new excuse. It can easily lower the bar. Incorporating more adaptive and flexible behaviors doesn't remove accountability. On the contrary, the more space teams are given for experimentation, the more they need to own their responsibility.
I'll say it again: encourage your team to make more mistakes, but celebrate what they've learned not just the error.
Not all errors are equal; it's a big miss to put them all in the same box. Check out five ways to turn mistakes in your favor.
These are the lessons that will help your team members grow both as individuals as well as professionals. What has the person discovered about himself/ herself? What would they do differently next time?
Turning a mistake into a self-development lesson might require some coaching. But avoid being too directive. Too much oversight can backfire. Encourage self-reflection instead. People don't want to be told how to change; learning is a personal journey.
It's okay to make mistakes, but if the same person repeats the same mistake over and over; she/ he is not learning — you have a problem.
Most great innovations happened unexpectedly, not necessarily in an innovation workshop. Discovery means finding something unexpected or unknown.
In 1948, Swiss engineer and amateur mountaineer George de Mestral went hiking in the woods. Back at his home, he noticed the burrs that clung to his clothes. After studying a burr under a microscope, he wondered if its tiny hooks could be used in commercial application. That's how Velcro was invented. Discovery is not just serendipity but being open to acknowledging the unexpected. You have to see the opportunity behind the mistake materialize.
When something doesn't go as planned, it reveals a lot about people's emotions and mindsets. Mistakes are an invitation to walk in someone else's shoes. You can uncover a lot about your team, customers, partners, leaders, etc.
United Airlines recently tried to replace its performance incentive with a lottery system that would give away big prizes. Faced with backlash from employees, the company had to pause the initiative. Mistakes like this clearly show the gap between management and their team. But they are also an excellent opportunity for learning more about people's needs and wants. And to make sure you won't repeat the same error.
Errors can be an indicator of something that's not working. Many times is not the person's fault but a system or process that's broken. Mistakes are a wake-up call. If something is wrong, how can it be fixed or improved?
Remember what happened to VW: the Environmental Agency discovered the car manufacturer was cheating emissions test in the U.S. Mistakes like this uncover bad cultural behaviors that were purposefully hidden. We are all clueless of what's wrong until mistakes catch our attention. Are you listening?
Innovation requires a trial and error approach. Experimenting requires to test, learn, adjust, and iterate.
The Amazon Web Services platform was initially launched for internal needs. An unexpected visit from a couple of engineers sparked the "what if we turn it into a revenue-generating services?" question. Building on a robust internal infrastructure, AWS become one of the first and most profitable Amazon services. Currently, a $17.4 billion revenue business.
Jeff Bezos said: "Failure and invention are inseparable twins." You can't have learnings without mistakes and the other way around.
Mistakes don't equal to failure. But not learning from them is a huge loss.
To thrive in uncertainty , experimentation and innovation are a must. And there's no invention without failure. Mistakes are a necessary stop, not the final destination.
Embrace mistakes as part of the innovation journey. Define clear rules of what role errors play in your company. Innovation is messy, at least have clarity on how the game should be played.
Encourage your team to take risks and make mistakes. Make space to decant and reflect on the learnings. Coach your team not to take errors as personal but as a signal that things can be much better. But, to do so, requires them to embrace a learning mindset not a cover their backs one.
Celebrate the learnings, not the mistakes.
Building a culture of change takes time. And to build the proper conditions so people can play and feel that is safe to try.
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4. Annales du monde anglophone.
Washington, D.C. : The Trust.
6. Australasian journal of American studies : AJAS.
7. Business phone book USA : the national directory of addresses and telephone numbers.
8. City profiles USA : a traveler's guide to major US cities.
9. The Conference on Historic Site Archaeology papers.
Columbia : Conference on Historic Site Archaeology, Institute of Archeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina.
10. Counties USA : a directory of United States counties.
Washington, D.C. : Preservation Press.
15. Forum journal : the journal of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
17. Headquarters USA : a directory of contact information for headquarters and other central offices of major business & organizations nationwide.
18. Indian journal of American studies.
Hyderabad : American Studies Research Centre.
19. The Japanese journal of American studies.
20. The Journal of American and Canadian studies.


One of the biggest lessons I try to teach to my students is to read (the world and books) with nuance. It is dangerous to assume that there are only two sides: black/white, right/wrong, good/bad. I first read (and apparently didn't write about) the graphic novel/memoir Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi years ago. The title, Persepolis, is the name of the ancient capital of Iran, which is now in ruins, and represents how Satrapi sees her home–something that was once beautiful and vibrant now in ruins. The book simultaneously tells her story of growing up as a child of avant garde intellectuals in a country changed by the Iranian revolution and tells the story of the nation.
One of my reading goals for 2017 is to read more stories that help me understand the diversity of people across the world. If you are interested in this as well, Persepolis is an excellent place to start–it challenges a lot of the assumptions people may have about the inner lives and political beliefs of Iran's citizens. It forces readers to rethink those binary understandings of the world around us.
Unfortunately, I am battling a massive head cold as I write this, attempting to finish up before the close of 2016. So I will just leave you with the recommendation to pick up this book that resonates just as loudly as it did when it was originally published in 2000.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on December 31, 2016 by krobb08.
I have a lot of new books to read in that regard, but I felt it was important to go back to some of the touchstone texts for me–the ones that really helped me see and begin to understand the lives of others. I chose The House of Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, Beloved by Toni Morrison, and Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi. This is something I believe in so deeply for children (please check out We Need Diverse Books), that I thought it was time to take stock and think about my own reading life as well.
The House on Mango Street was given to me by a dear friend at a perfect time: I recently finished high school, and though I loved my English program there deeply, it was a "classic canonical" reading experience. I volunteered a lot in college with high school students who were very similar to me demographically. This book is one of the first in my memory (other than perhaps historical fiction) that focused on a life very different from mine. Cisneros' writing style awoke a passion for words and narrative voice in me, and Esperanza, the narrator of this collection of vignettes, has stayed with me ever since. I have reread it so many times that I had to retire my original copy in fear it would fall apart.
The beauty of this book is though it seems simple at first glance, each time I read it, a new complexity appears. Honestly, I could write a blog post on every vignette in the collection. Esperanza is one of four children in a latino family who frequently moves throughout the poorest parts of Chicago. She has always longed for her own house–the kind in storybooks. Each vignette is about a place or person near their new house on Mango Street and gives life to the beauty, complexities, struggles, and hopes of those in the neighborhood.
A nun from her school once saw where she lived and said "You live there?" Esperanza continues: "There. I had to look to where she pointed–the third floor, the paint peeling, wooden bars Papa had nailed on the windows so we wouldn't fall out. You live there? The way she said it made me feel like nothing. There. I lived there. I nodded." I ache thinking about the way this woman (un)intentionally shamed Esperanza. I ache thinking about the casual talk and assumptions among the privileged about those with less.
This is a good time of year to start thinking about giving–not just financially, but in what moments can I offer grace? Practice patience? Share my time? Choose to see the actual person rather than judge? Whose stories do you need to hear? What vision do you want to cast for your 2017?
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on December 10, 2016 by krobb08.
I first read The Elegance of the Hedgehog in 2009, not long after it was translated from French. While reading it this time, I had two separate French people stopped me on the subway to tell me what a wonderful book it was. When I went back to see what I wrote about it on my blog after the first time I read it, I saw I didn't. It made my Top Ten Books of the Year but apparently a lot of the books I love the most I haven't written about–as though they were too immense to try to put into words. But now, seven years later, I will try.
The story alternates between two narrators who live in the same Parisian building. Paloma is a 12 year old girl who is frustrated with the rich, privileged people she comes from and is surrounded by. Renee is an autodidact and the long time concierge in Paloma's building. She has created a secret life for herself, hiding her passion and ability for learning and philosophy, and love of civility behind what she believes to be her peasant-like station in life. As the story progresses, each character learns in her own way, as their paths cross with each other and a new tenant in the building, to live more freely as themselves, and to reassess how they perceive others.
Paloma's story begins when she states she is going to commit suicide at the age of 13 because she can't bear the world any longer. Her narratives are excerpts from her journal, where she records what she calls "movements of the world"–"the beauty that is there in the world, things that, being part of the movement of life, elevate us" (page 38). Her hope is that she will find a reason for being, and reading the different things she noticed reminded me to look for them, too.
"I know tea is no minor beverage. When tea becomes ritual, it takes its place at the heart of our ability to see greatness in small things. Where is beauty to be found? In great things that, like everything else, are doomed to die, or in small things that aspire to nothing, yet know how to set a jewel of infinity in a single moment?" (page 91). Here she is talking about tea, and she is also talking, unknowingly, about herself. Renee's greatest flaw is that she wants to hide her best self from everyone, and in doing so misses out on the joy of kindred souls.
My favorite moment of the book, though, is when after gathering courage and dressing up for a night out with a new tenant, none of the old tenants recognize her. The new tenant replies "It is because they have never seen you. I would recognize you anywhere" (page 303).
The story of Renee finally sharing who she really was and the beauty of this new tenant to see it has been filling my thoughts the past few weeks–to what degree do we see people? Or do we just pass judgement? Or make assumptions? What friendships are we missing because we are holding back? I want to have eyes like this new tenant. I want to teach my students to have these eyes. To see without prejudice. To find small moments of beauty when all else seems dull.
This entry was posted in existential struggle, kindreds, Uncategorized on December 1, 2016 by krobb08.
This week I've been teaching a nonfiction reading unit, and I've gotten pretty fired up about the power of literacy and of reading widely. We teach students strategies for reading critically and asking questions, and honestly that is one of the most powerful things a citizen can do. Of course if you've read much here over the past ten years, my true passion is narrative, fiction or nonfiction. the ability to get to know stories and perspectives that are not your own is, I think, the best way to heal the brokenness in our country. This week NPR had a great article called One Way to Bridge the Political Divide: Read the Book That's Not For You. They quote Lisa Lucas, head of the National Book Foundation: "My life is small" she says, "and I think books are a way to make your life larger." It's an article worth checking out–and the idea of reading books about people who are different than you might just be one of the answers to creating more empathy in our country: our classrooms, our homes, our social media feeds.
I finished reading Everything Beautiful Began After about a month ago for my 2016 rereading goal. I loved it as much as I did the first time, even when the second half switches to second person narration (which takes some getting used to). There is a tragedy that happens to the main characters, and this writing style forces the reader to feel as if they are the one experiencing the longing, the deep sense of grief, the lack of center along with him. Van Booy has a gift for description that cuts to the marrow of human experience, and as I reread the following passages I underlined while reading, they became metaphorical for any kind of rebuilding, but felt particularly relevant to my current political frustrations.
"A man on an upside-down bucket is selling small tubes of glue from a folding table. On the table are things glued together…He asks if anything you have is broken. "Everything," you say in Greek. He puts a tube of glue in your hands. You hold out a few coins, but he pushes them away," (293).
"You are sitting on a bench in Sicily, in the town of Noto, where George lives. Once destroyed by an earthquake and then rebuilt. After every chapter of devastation, there is rebuilding. It happens without thought. It happens even when there is no guarantee it won't happen again. Humans may come and go–but the thread of hope is a rope we pull ourselves up with," (367).
"He keeps going. He can feel the weight of their lives in a single step forward. And he is enchanted by the beauty of the small things: hot coffee, wind through an open window, the tapping of rain, a passing bicycle, the desolation of snow on a winter's day," (401).
The last one reminds me of course of Mary Oliver (thoughts on her latest coming soon) and living mindfully. Being present with love and grace rather than scrolling through twitter on the lookout for the next thing to incite anger. Being present to see signs of hope. Being present to rebuild. The title of this book–everything beautiful began after–is a precious reminder that after suffering, hope and life can spring.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on November 17, 2016 by krobb08.


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Q: Migrations not running on server in laravel 5? So I have a custom package which I am using in my project which has a lot of migrations. The package contains a lot of migrations and seeds.
In the service provider of the package, I load the migrations like so:
$this->loadMigrationsFrom(__DIR__ . '/database/migrations/');

When I run php artisan migrate:refresh locally, it works like a charm and the migrations are run and the tables are installed in the DB. But when I do the same on my server, it says nothing to migrate which is confusing since the same config works in my homestead env and not my production env.
Has anyone else faced a similar problem or has any idea on how to resolve this?

A: Could it be that the placement is different on your server, or that the command is executed from another place? __DIR__ isn't too reliable in the best of situations.
Try abstracting your code by changing the line to this:
$this->loadMigrationsFrom(base_path() . '/database/migrations/');

base_path() and app_path() are handy functions when dealing with specific file locations inside your Laravel code :)
EDIT: Ow and another possibility: your migrations haven't been added to your git repository. Happens to me more often than I care to admit ;-)

A: If you are using Git, check if the branch on the server is the same as the one on the development environment.
For example, you might be on the master branch on the server (by default) and you did all your development in the development branch. Because of this the migrations will only be visible in the development branch.

A: Maybe it should be one of this.
$this->loadMigrationsFrom(__DIR__ . '/../database/migrations/');

or
$this->loadMigrationsFrom(__DIR__ . '/./database/migrations/');


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Over the years, I've been involved in a number of major projects, where U.S. or European companies have looked to transition work from their home countries to outsourced facilities in India. The drivers behind these projects have been many and varied, but I suppose that cost reduction is always a major component of any such decision. Personally, I've always thought there are a number of advantages above and beyond cost arbitrage. But for many clients, that's their starting point.
If your main motivation for going through the transition process is cost, then it stands to reason that you have to make the transition work efficiently, or any imagined cost savings can be quickly eroded through well-documented problems such as high attrition rates and client dissatisfaction. I wrote a post on these issues about a year ago which is still getting lots views on a daily basis – you might want to check out '5 Key Cultural Issues when Outsourcing to India' to get my views on some day-to-day problems encountered when India outsourcing.
Another area which is fraught with difficulty is in the partner selection process. Lots of clients have got a year or two down the line only to question their original choice of partner but are then loath to jump ship and go through the pain of transition for a second time. Better the devil you know, etc.
A Western-led Tender process will only get you so far in India. I've seen situations where the responses to tender have led clients to the wrong supplier, in the wrong location, staffed by the wrong people. 'Do you have experience of the banking/insurance/automotive/pharma sectors?' The answer will be 'yes'. People move company and position all the time in India, and employees pick up experience across a wide range of sectors. But that knowledge can be quite superficial.
You need to effectively pre-qualify your tender short-list and the best way to do that is on the ground. Start with a long list and whittle this down until you have three or four really bonafide contenders. Then, and only then, get on a plane and spend time with each of the candidates. It has to be as much about chemistry as it is commercials.
I cannot stress how it is important to assess the management capabilities of an outsource partner. The India offshore business has grown exponentially over the past decade or so but management capability has not necessarily been able to keep pace with that growth. It is not a question of education or technical ability; it is more an issue of commercial experience and acumen. Many Western clients who transition work to India are looking for people who can operate with knowledge of home country market conditions and – even more difficult – an understanding of home country cultural expectations.
This is a tall order and those two demands can be very difficult to meet. Don't expect too much at the outset, and prepare to invest in training people to make up the skills and knowledge gap.
Try to get some accurate figures on attrition from any potential partners. And don't just look at the numbers; look at the trends over a few years. Ask your partners how they manage this issue, what policies and processes they have in place to address the challenge. If they just brush it off as irrelevant, be very wary. When we talk to home teams, lack of continuity of contact in India is often cited as the biggest headache.
Should you team up with a large, well-established player in the market who has size, scalability and well-tested procedures, or with a smaller outfit who are growing and hungry? With a larger player, you might end up being a small fish in a very large pond and feel you are of little importance whereas a smaller partner may see you as strategically vital but lack the sophistication you are looking for.
You need to balance these conflicting arguments and find a solution that you are comfortable with in the short and medium term. Again it has to be about chemistry as well as commercials.
If you are going through the whole process as a cost-reducing exercise, then this obviously becomes a key factor in the final decision-making process.
But just a few words of caution, which come from experience. If you drive too hard a bargain, people will resent it. You are shedding people back home (this is resented at home), and you are squeezing the pips of your new partner (this is equally resented in India). The whole process can become pretty sour very quickly and you end up with massively resentful workers in two locations.
In addition, your India partner often becomes critical to the well-being of your global business. In fact the better your partner performs, the more critical they become as you invest even more heavily in them in terms of time and emotion. What are you going to do if they turn round and say 'we can't support this level of work anymore at the price we are charging?' You may find they have you over a barrel.
The deal has to be fair from the outset. That's what will bring the cost savings in the long run.
These are just a few quick thoughts which result from work TGG partners have undertaken in this space over a number of years.
If you would like any further advice on this issue please get in touch.


In a New York Times op-ed published Wednesday, Wyss wrote that the natural world is best conserved as public national parks, wildlife refuges and marine reserves, "forever open for everyone to experience and explore."
Scientists have concluded that at least 50 percent of the planet needs to be protected in order to save a large majority of plant and wildlife species from extinction. However, as Wyss noted, only 15 percent of the planet's lands and 7 percent of the oceans have been protected in a natural state.
"Every one of us—citizens, philanthropists, business and government leaders—should be troubled by the enormous gap between how little of our natural world is currently protected and how much should be protected," he wrote. "It is a gap that we must urgently narrow, before our human footprint consumes the Earth's remaining wild places.
Wyss said the $1 billion will go toward a United Nations goal of protecting 30 percent of the planet by 2030.
To achieve this goal, Wyss has partnered with the National Geographic Society, the Nature Conservancy and Argentine conservation group Fundacion Flora y Fauna to launch the Wyss Campaign for Nature.
The campaign focuses on four primary strategies: supporting locally led conservation projects; encouraging the international conservation targets; raising public awareness of the conservation crisis; and investing in science, according to a press release of the initiative.
"The Nature Conservancy is proud to be among other great organizations receiving funding for the first round of on-the-ground projects that the Wyss Campaign for Nature is supporting," Mark Tercek, the CEO of the Nature Conservancy, wrote. "All together, these projects will help protect around 10 million acres of land and 17,000 square kilometers of ocean areas across thirteen countries."
The Nature Conservancy will use the $6.9 million in funding from the Wyss Campaign for Nature to expand its "Blue Bonds" conservation finance tool in the Caribbean, and will work with local partners to create a more than 200,000-acre sustainable agriculture zone and protected area in Australia's Murray-Darling Basin.
For its part, the National Geographic Society will document why ambitious global conservation action is needed to help alleviate the worst impacts of climate change and address the problems associated with the declining health of the natural world, according to the press release.
"We are proud to join forces with the Wyss Foundation on this bold effort to accelerate the protection of Earth's lands, waters, and wildlife," Tracy R. Wolstencroft, president and CEO of the National Geographic Society, stated.
Since 1998, the Wyss Foundation has donated more than $450 million for environmental initiatives in the United States, Africa, South America, Europe, Canada and Mexico, helping conserve nearly 40 million acres of land and water.
Wyss, who founded the medical device company Synthes and is now based in Wyoming, is among the set of wealthy individuals who signed The Giving Pledge, in which he committed to give away at least half his wealth to charitable causes.
"From the forests that supply our drinking water to the rugged backcountry that inspires the imagination of our children, everyone on Earth has a stake in conserving our planet's wild places before they are gone," Wyss stated. "I believe that to confront the global conservation crisis, we need to do far more to support locally-led initiatives that conserve lands in the public trust, so that everyone has a chance to experience and explore the wonders of the outdoors."

Mayer said his department was working with the Riverside County Sheriff and the District Attorney's office to build an animal cruelty case against the woman.

"There is no excuse for dumping puppies," Mayer said. "Especially in today's age when we or other shelters would be willing to get these animals to foster parents or rescue partners. This was a shameful act."

The puppies, which are believed to be terrier mixes, were initially cared for by the department's veterinary team. Southern California group MeoowzResQ, which normally specializes in cat and kitten fostering, has agreed to take over their treatment. The puppies need to be bottle fed and closely watched for a few weeks, Newsweek reported.

The department emphasized that there is never any need to abandon puppies, Newsweek reported. There are shelters open on weekdays in the county which have re-homed around 5,000 dogs between 2017 and 2018, according to department data.

It is not yet known how severe a penalty the woman will face for her actions. California animal cruelty laws allow for both misdemeanor and felony charges.
According to the best estimates of the Humane Society of the United States, six to eight million cats and dogs enter shelters in the U.S. each year. Around four million are adopted from shelters annually, and sadly three million are euthanized. Of those euthanized, around 2.4 million were healthy and could have been treated and adopted.


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M39 Armored Utility Vehicle. The M39 Armored Utility Vehicle (T41) was an American armored vehicle designed during the Second World War, which saw service in that conflict and in the Korean War.
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Sam Roberts Band Touring, Releasing Latest Effort, Collider, In May
Wouldn't it be cool if Sam Roberts was the guy with his back to the camera?
Sam Robert Band's latest, Collider, comes out May 10. You can hear the new single, The Last Crusade, HERE. A tour is being booked and the current dates are also below. More are on the way so do not be sad if your city isn't on the list.
The new disc includes help from Califone's Ben Massarella on percussion and Stuart Bogie of Antibalas on woodwinds. Woodwind instruments are lamentably missing from most pop music don't you think?
You can also get insight into the recording of the record in the video below.
5/16 Rock N Roll Hotel Washington DC
5/18 Bowery Ballroom New York City, NY
5/20 Brighton Hall Boston, MA
5/24 The Troubadour Los Angeles, CA
5/25 The Independent San Francisco, CA
5/26 Mississippi Studios Portland OR
5/28 Malkin Bowl Vancouver BC
5/29 Sasquatch! Festival The Gorge OR
6/3 Massey Hall Toronto ON
6/6 First Ave Minneapolis MN
6/7 Lincoln Hall Chicago IL
6/8 St. Andrew's Hall Detroit, MI


The winner will receive € 4,000, while another € 2,000 will go to the best new talent (the "Best new talent" is a musician—soloist or band member—who is considered the best musician by the jury, even if he or she doesn't reach the finals) and the musicians who tally the most popular votes by the web community will receive € 1,000.
To enter the contest, soloists and groups pay a small registration fee and submit a video (maximum seven minutes) of their performance. Entries will be judged by a panel of international jazz experts (meet the experts) comprised of some of the most respected journalists, musicians and educators in the field.
The 7 Virtual Jazz Club is a non-profit all volunteer association dedicated to support jazz music in all its forms. The 7 Virtual Jazz Club website hosts the first fully global online jazz competition in history. The contest welcomes musicians of all ages. Musicians may be amateurs or professionals. Our aim is to unearth hidden musical talent focusing on the new trends that have emerged in jazz.
This competition is open musicians from all ages and backgrounds worldwide so we certainly hope to see some Irish acts enter.


In six years of professionally covering the Marvel Cinematic Universe, I have learned one thing: people really want Cap and Bucky to kiss. Okay, make that two things: if you have an interview with Anthony Mackie, it will inevitably go hilariously and spectacularly off the rails. Case in point: at 2013's San Diego Comic-Con, Mackie and Frank Grillo went down the Captain America: The Winter Soldier press line making falcon noises and systematically dropping every reporter's microphone. On Jimmy Kimmel Live, it was revealed that Mackie's presence on set drops productivity by 10%. But it's worth it to have a conversation with the quick-witted, always amiable actor because even when he derails your line of questioning with an unreasonably funny and unexpected riff, you'll leave with a smile on your face.
And that is precisely what happened when our correspondent Markeia McCarty sat down with Mackie, Winston Duke (M'Baku), and Sebastian Stan (Bucky Barnes) to discuss Avengers: Infinity War. In spite of Markeia's valiant efforts at seriously questioning the trio about Wakanda, Thanos, and their character arcs leading into Marvel's most ambitious movie to date, the interview metamorphosed into a whirlwind of weird bits, Eric B and Rakim references, and so much more. But don't take my word for it -- watch the silliness for yourself in the video above.
What's your favorite Anthony Mackie anecdote? Share it with us in the comments below.


Tessa Thompson's Valkyrie was nowhere to be seen in Avengers: Infinity War after surviving Thor: Ragnarok. For a while, it was unclear if she survived Thanos' infamous Infinity Gauntlet snap, which killed half of the entire universe.
Thompson has since joked that she was the goat being held by Bucky at one point. Shortly after the film came out, the Russo brothers declared some side characters are safe while others perished, but the topic of Valkyrie's life or death status didn't come up. However, the Russo brothers and Infinity War screenwriters, Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, later confirmed that she was indeed alive in the DVD's audio commentary.
And luckily for Valkyrie fans, it seems she'll be back in all her Asgardian glory in Avengers 4. Thompson posted a video of herself, Thor's Chris Hemsworth, and Hemsworth's stunt double Bobby Holland Hanton leaving London, where they've shooting the Men in Black spinoff.
But that's not all. Hemsworth previously said he'd be heading from London to Atlanta to continue filming Avengers 4. So when, Hanton's IG story showed Thompson getting off the plane with them in Atlanta, fans are naturally thinking this means Valkyrie will shoot scenes for Avengers 4 as well. Although it's likely Thompson just wanted to travel with the crew and is catching a flight somewhere else, we remain hopeful. Avengers 4 is set for a May 3, 2019 release.


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Dancing, Naked Man Arrested At Lower Hudson Valley Gas Station
Florida Man has arrived in the Hudson Valley. And it looks like the bizarre news stories have followed him to Westchester County. Are we really ready for this?
LoHud is reporting that a naked man was spotted dancing out of a Sunoco in Mamaroneck. While the details are just being released now, the weird occurrence happened the night of June 11. A bystander recorded the incident, as police were already on sight to attempt to stop the happily prancing naked guy, only to see him attempt to drive off.
See video HERE.
His journey didn't go for, as police cruisers blocked his exit. Police had their weapons drawn, as the still gyrating man was ordered out of his car. Once the man exits, he lets out a loud Ric Flair-like "Wooooo!" as he's tasered down to the ground and cuffed.
The man, who LoHud reports is from Hobe Sound, Florida, was charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs and public lewdness, and unlawful possession of marijuana, says police. And can someone please tell him to put his clothes back on?
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STEM Experience Report - Allyson Woodard
Nikolai, Alaska
Permafrost and Community
Allyson Woodard
Santosh Panda
Alexander Kholodov
The PolarTREC Experience
PolarTREC, funded by ARCUS (Arctic Research Consortium of the United States) and NSF (the National Science Foundation), brings educators to Polar Regions for immersive field work with researchers. This professional development opportunity allows educators to share real world experience with polar science in their communities, in the form of outreach and education. As an exhibit developer who works on projects related to climate change in the Arctic, PolarTREC has been an invaluable resource. There is a big difference between reading about a place and seeing it, smelling it, touching it, and listening to the stories of those who live there. I am now better prepared to communicate issues specific to Arctic science and Arctic communities to audiences in the Lower 48.
Summary of the Science
Dr. Alexander Kholodov at a permafrost monitoring site
Alaska's land, water, plants, wildlife, and seasons are undergoing a great upheaval, and its people, especially the tribal communities living in remote villages are directly and severely impacted by these changes. The project that I assisted with will provide the traditionally-underserved tribal communities of the Upper Kuskokwim region the motivation, resources, climate science knowledge and skills to study the impact of climate change on their tribal way of life and environment.
This project will establish local climate and permafrost observation system and map land cover and permafrost in the Upper Kuskokwim region. It will also develop a geo-hazard map for the region to facilitate safe subsistence and recreational practices and land use. The data, knowledge, and skills gained through this project will benefit the tribal communities in implementation of safe land use practices, and planning for the future.
Linking PolarTREC to my Museum
My institution, the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), sits in Portland, Oregon yet is closely connected to the Arctic through ongoing collaborations with the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Dr. Santosh Panda in the field
I recently served as an exhibit developer for Under the Arctic: Digging Into Permafrost, a traveling exhibit about thawing permafrost and its impacts on Arctic landscapes and our global climate. It was a bizarre experience to research permafrost for three years, as I developed content for the exhibit, with little actual contact with it. PolarTREC changed that. With photographs, stories, and personal connections from my field expedition, I have the resources for more effective outreach associated with Under the Arctic. This will include talks for staff and the public at my museum, the development of online educational resources for museum educators and classroom teachers, and outreach to museum professionals about communication strategies regarding the Arctic and climate change. In addition, PolarTREC helped me to forge personal connections both with UAF researchers and Athabaskan community members in Nikolai. These connections lay a foundation for ongoing outreach associated with the Arctic, including content development for a new exhibit about snow, which will highlight both Western science and traditional knowledge from Alaska.
Science and Community
Stephanie Petruska with lowbush cranberries, a resource impacted by permafrost thaw
For science to "stick" with visitors at my museum and the classrooms we serve, it must feel relevant. The exhibits I work on must feature not only research, but the people who do it and the people it impacts. In this way, Drs. Kholodov and Panda provided me with the perfect field experience, because I had the privilege to meet, work with, and befriend a community that depends on permafrost for its survival and for the survival of its cultural traditions. By experiencing field research in Nikolai, I am better prepared to advance public discourse around issues that, for the Lower 48, can feel impersonal and very far away. I could already explain a thermokarst feature or a permafrost probe before I left; thanks to PolarTREC, I carry a bone-deep appreciation for why Arctic research matters. It's now my job to spread that appreciation wherever I go.
Post-expedition and Future Plans
I continue work on permafrost outreach in association with Under the Arctic, and I am eagerly looking forward to the opportunity to work on an NSF-funded project that will result in a traveling exhibition about snow. In the near future, I will be absorbing as much information about snow as I can, which my network built through PolarTREC will support. I hope to return to Nikolai within the next couple of years to learn about snow in the Alaskan Interior, and my dream is to feature the community in our upcoming exhibition.
Permafrost thaw in Nikolai
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Simple forum extension for Yii2
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This extension will add a simple forum with minimal efforts.

Installation
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The preferred way to install this extension is through [composer](http://getcomposer.org/download/).

Either run

```
php composer.phar require --prefer-dist ivan/yii2-simpleforum "*"
```

or add

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"ivan/yii2-simpleforum": "*"
```

to the require section of your `composer.json` file.

Usage
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Once the extension is installed, simply use it in your code by  :

```php
<?= \ivan\simpleforum\AutoloadExample::widget(); ?>```

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HIGHGROUND INDUSTRIAL GIVES A HELPING HAND TO TEMPLE BETH HAVERIM SHIR SHALOM
by HghgrndIndustrl-Co119Admin | Aug 12, 2015 | Projects, Uncategorized | 0 comments
Mahwah, NJ: August 12, 2015 – At 8 AM on Thursday, August 6th, several people on the property of Temple Beth Haverim Shir Shalom on 280 Ramapo Road were busy at work getting a house that sits on the property, prepared for demolition. They had to make sure all electric and gas to the house were disconnected and the house was completely empty. A truck was waiting to drop a 30 yard dumpster and a large excavator had just been moved off of the trailer next to the house. Highground Industrial, a local demolition and environmental remediation contractor, was poised to start the teardown.
"The Temple, a Reform Synagogue with 435 member families, is led by Rabbi Joel Mosbacher. The Board of Trustees made the decision to demolish the old building that was in disrepair and rebuild a new community building on its1400 square foot foundation. They plan to use it for meetings, programming, and luncheons so that 2 families can have events at the same time, "Iris Greenberg, administrator for the temple, said. "Much thought has gone into the concept behind this project. We spent over 6 months just developing the plan."
The old house had previously existed on the property before the temple was built. It held a number of very small rooms which could not be used for events or larger group meetings. The new building will be built on the existing foundation and will provide a large open space with a small catering kitchen.
James Du Broff, Director of Operations and partner at Highground Industrial is a member of the Temple Beth Haverim. He sits on the Building and Grounds Committee and offered to donate to the Synagogue the demolition and site clean-up.
Highground is always happy to give back to the community, said Jim Du Broff. Eddie Lane, the job demolition supervisor and machine operator demolished the house with 15 minutes and then moved into the clean-up phase of the operation. Rabbi Mosbacher was very happy to see the project begin and said, "I think the congregation will be very excited when the new building is completed."