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Sadness, disappointment, relief for Olympic hopefuls – The Daily Gazette
Sadness, disappointment, relief for Olympic hopefuls
Gwiazdowski, White, Claxton will maintain training as best they can despite Olympics being postponed to 2021
By Mike MacAdam | March 25, 2020
Former UAlbany star Grace Claxton laces up during a workout at the school in February.
Nick Gwiazdowski has been off the mats.
With no tracks or gyms open, Grace Claxton has been training on soccer fields, without hurdles at her disposal, which would be too dangerous to train over on the grass, anyway.
At least Emma White has the roads and hills in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to get on her bike, so she's been doing 60-70 miles a day.
"Yeah, I even have a little sunburn," she said with a laugh on Wednesday afternoon.
So there's not a lot any of them have been able to do, and even less to do now, after the International Olympic Committee announced that the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games would be postponed until 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
For Gwiazdowski and White, both Duanesburg High School graduates, and Claxton, a former UAlbany track star, that news brought a mixture of emotions, as all three have aspirations to compete in these Games. But with much of the world on hold, it also came as no surprise, so they'll continue to train the best they can with no clear idea of when they'll be able to return to competition.
"You do the best you can," Claxton said. "And you don't know how long it's going to be for, so the uncertainty is crazy."
"We would be lying if we said we weren't disappointed," White said. "Over the course of the entire last year, every decision I've made has led up to this summer. Every workout I've done has been with the goal of competing at the Olympics this summer.
"I'm glad it's not canceled. We're happy about that. So now it's just going to be another year of that."
"Yes, there's uncertainty, but I wouldn't say it's tough," Gwiazdowski said. "That's the sport I'm in. You can't get frustrated with the circumstances, you've got to stay positive about it, and there's nothing I can do to control it. Once things clear up, that's when I'll make my move and get into it, so until then, we're just going to stay working, and stay diligent with our works."
The 27-year-old Gwiazdowski, a two-time NCAA freestyle wrestling champion at heavyweight for North Carolina State, was supposed to compete in the U.S. Olympic Trials next weekend.
White, 22, had pretty much locked up an Olympic spot as a cyclist for Team USA, in the women's track cycling team pursuit event.
The 26-year-old Claxton also appeared to be a sure thing, having competed in the 2016 Rio Games for Puerto Rico, reaching the semifinals of the 400-meter hurdles. She was supposed to finalize her spot at nationals in May, after which the Olympic team would be announced in June. The Tokyo Games were scheduled for July 24-Aug. 9.
She said that even though she'd been bracing for official word that the Olympics were off, it still stung.
"In the past two weeks, there's been a lot of talk about it, so it's been kind of nerve-racking, and when I got the news, I was sad, obviously," she said.
"I will say I'm motivated by the fact that I have to train, even though there's no short-term goal. Potentially, there will be some meets eventually for us to see where we're at. Its sad, it's discouraging, but you've got to keep a strong mind and keep it moving."
The schedule scenario for track and field athletes is complicated by the fact that all of the biggest competitions will be stacked up in 2021, now that the 2020 Olympics and indoor World Championships in Nanjing, China, have been postponed until next year.
The outdoor worlds were already scheduled to be held in Eugene, Oregon, in August of 2021.
"How are they going to balance it all out next year?" Claxton said. "I don't know how they're going to do everything, but the health of the athletes comes first, so they have to do what they have to do to keep the athletes risk-free. It's disappointing, because it's something you've been preparing for for four years."
Gwiazdowski, who lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, and works out with the support of the Wolfpack RTC, said all he can do is stay in shape for when the time comes to flip the switch back into competition training mode.
He was dialed in for the Olympic Trials at Penn State next weekend, but has to settle for hitting the weight room and getting in some circuit training.
"We haven't heard any more dates, and when the other dates come out is kind of when you do different planning, but you have to keep in mind that you want to stay in shape and stay active, not just sit on the couch," he said. "Because when the day comes — the Olympic Trials were supposed to be next week — they come up fast when they're penned out. So you want to stay active, stay in shape and be close to getting ready at all times.
"You have a date on the calendar and you're preparing and you want to make that Olympic team and then go to the Olympics, but things get in the way and you accept it and move on and you carry on. It's not like it's canceled. It's going to happen. So you just have to continue to pursue that."
White said the cycling team has been expecting the IOC to shut down the Tokyo Games, and there was a little bit of relief when word finally came so everyone could move on without having that uncertainty hanging over their heads.
From a training standpoint, the team has switched from short, quick, intense workouts aimed at competition-readiness, to longer fitness rides around the Olympic Training Center.
"It's OK. The bottom line is it's not like we would have ever stopped training," she said. "The difference is we're taking it back to the basics, doing a lot of base miles and long rides to get that fitness back.
"There are a lot of unanswered questions, and no one has the answers to them, so the bottom line is everybody is in the same boat. All the countries are the same, so our best way to look at it is to handle it better than them. This next Games will be particularly challenging eventually. The unknown is tough for a lot of people, so we're just trying to deal with that the best way we can. And I think we've got such a great team, and our coach is very relaxed about it and very flexible. So I fully trust everybody here at Team USA and USA Cycling to make the right calls."
She'll stay in Colorado Springs at least through April.
The cycling team was supposed to announce official berths on May 1.
"Hopefully, we'll see this start to die down at some point in May, but I don't think it's going to be for a little while," she said. "This is the safest place for us. We're with teammates, which is really great. We have sports med here, a doctor … it's just a very secluded place. They don't allow anyone else in. And they feed us well.
"We are getting a little bit of flak for training together, but we live together, we're doing everything together, so I'm not very concerned about my teammates."
Although there was no official selection announcement yet, White's family has been making plans to travel to Tokyo.
There's consolation in the fact that at least they're going to try to run these Games in 2021 instead of simply waiting for the next Summer Olympics, in 2024.
"It's the right call," White said. "Nobody's arguing that they should have it this summer. So it's disappointing for a lot of people. Everybody had plans, and it's just inconvenience. My family is handling it well. Everybody is just so relieved that it's not canceled completely.
"We're actually really lucky in that we can go ride on the roads. There's so many sports that can't train at all right now. I'm thinking about, like, swimmers, where there's no pools open."
"You've just got to thank God for life and health," Claxton said.
Reach Mike MacAdam at 518-395-3146 or [email protected]. Follow on Twitter @Mike_MacAdam.
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Tiger Shroff is known for his amazing dancing skills and he is all set to enjoy that skill in his next venture. Tiger has started with the shoot for his next film 'Munna Michael'. The film will be directed by Sabbir Khan who has previously worked with Tiger in Heropanti and Baaghi. Munna Michael is a story of a slum kid who idolizes Michael Jackson.
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Amy Ryan | Biography
By MyHowBook Team ⚈ Published On: 2014-09-11 14:07:03
Amy Ryan's facts
Date of Birth 1969-11-30
Married to Eric Slovin
Married on 2011
Children Georgia Gracie
Education at High School of Performing Arts
Net Worth(s) $3 million
Name on Birth Patricia Lauren Amelia Ryan
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Place of Birth Queens, New York, U.S.
Born on November 30, 1969, 'Amy Ryan' is an exceptionally talented American actress. Ryan is best known to the world for her incredible performance as Helene McCready in 2007 mystery movie 'Gone Baby Gone'. She also became popular from playing the role of Port Authority Officer, Beadie Russell in the crime drama TV series 'The Wire'. The beautiful actress was born in Queens, New York, City as a daughter of trucking business owner, John and a nurse, Pam. She carried mixed ethnicity of English, Polish and Irish. Ryan joined 'Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Center' based in New York to fulfill her dream of becoming a renowned actress. She completed her graduation from attending 'High School of Performing Arts'.
Let's talk about her career expedition she started her career with appearing in Westside Theatre's production of 'A Shayna Maidel'. After a year she was selected to appear in the play 'The Rimers of Eldritch'. Her brilliant performance in the several Broadway gained her huge recognition and appreciation. Her other creditable roles in the Broadway includes 'As Bees In Honey Drown', 'Crimes of the Heart' and 'Saved'. She was nominated twice for 'Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play' for her exceptional performance as Sonya Alexandrovna in the play 'Uncle Vanya'. After proving his acting potentiality by showing brilliant performance in the several Broadways, she appeared in the television series 'I'll Fly Away' and 'Brooklyn Bridge'. She was casted as a regular star on the television series 'The Naked Truth'. In the year 1993, she appeared in NBC's television series 'Law & Order'. She became the renowned face after appearing in the series over the years. Her next noticeable role came in American legal drama '100 Centre Street' where she played different roles. She also gained huge recognition from playing the role of Holly Fax in the six-episode arc on 'The Office'. Besides her phenomenal performance in various television series, she also showed her exceptional performance in the movies like 'Roberta', 'Keane', 'Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World', 'Dan in Real Life', 'Before the Devil Knows You're Dead', 'Changeling' and 'Monster Trucks'.
Significance to her personal life biography, this extremely talented actress is a married woman. She got married to Eric Slovin in the year 2011. From her marital relation with her husband, she is blessed with one daughter named 'Georgia Gracie'. It has been three years of their marriage and there is still no sign of their marriage. It seems like that the lovely couple is made for each other. Besides her relation news with Eric, she has not come into the limelight of media from being relationship with other renowned celebrities. She has not exposed her past and present relationship status yet in the media. Like her successful professional career, she has also been successful to maintain her personal life in balancing way.
Amy is a beautiful lady with perfectly shaped body measurements size of 36-23-35 inches. She stands with an average height of 5 feet 7 inches and carries normal weight of 58 kg. The gorgeous actress looks extremely hot whenever she exposed her libidinous body wearing sexy dresses and bikini. Her curvaceous legs and pretty feet has been the central part of attraction of her beautiful body. She looks extremely adorable in her each and every role in the movies as well as television series.
From her phenomenal performance in various movies and television series, she has successfully listed her name as one of the versatile actresses of American entertainment world. At the start of 2014, she has earned an estimated net worth amount of $3 million. More information about her can be obtained from the wiki and other internet sites. She can also be followed on twitter @amyrayy for her recent news and upcoming movie projects.
Masayori Oka, popularly known as, "Masi Oka" is a Japanese-American actor. He is also known as digital effects artist. Oka became widely popular after he played the role of Hiro Nakamura on NBC's 'Heroes'. Masi was born in Tokyo, Japan. Oka celebrates his birthday every year on December 27 as he was born on December 27, 1974. He moved to Los Angeles from Japan with his mother when he was six years old. He made appearance on CBS TV game show 'Child's Play' when he was eight. Oka was even featured on the cover of Time's 'Those Asian-American Whiz Kids'. As per his education, he completed schooling from The Mirman School and completed graduation from the Harvard-Westlake School in the year 1992. Soon after completing graduation, he started working as an English, Japanese and Spanish translator on 1992 Summer Olympics. Oka holds graduation degree from the Brown University majoring in Computer science and mathematics. Oka worked as the musical director of The Bear Necessities while he was studying at Brown.

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India sign protocol with UK and Northern Ireland for amend DTAA
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India sign protocol with UK and Northern Ireland amending the convention for avoiding the double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to income tax and capital gains. Government of India issued a press release regarding the protocol dated 1 November 2012. Full press release is as under.
India and UK signed a Protocol amending the Convention between the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect of Taxes on Income and Capital Gains (DTAC). This Protocol amends the earlier Convention that was assigned in New Delhi on 25th January, 1993. The Protocol was signed on 30th October 2012 in London by Dr Jaimini Bhagwati, High Commissioner of India to the UK on behalf of the Government of India and Mr David Gauke MP, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury on behalf of the Government of UK.
The Protocol streamlines the provisions relating to partnership and taxation of dividends in both the countries. Now, benefits of the Convention would also be available to partners of the UK partnerships to the extent income of UK partnership are taxed in their hands. Further, the withholding taxes on the dividends would be 10% or 15% and would be equally applicable in UK and in India.
The Protocol incorporates in the Convention provisions for effective exchange of information between tax authorities of the two countries in line with latest international standards including exchange of banking information and supplying of information irrespective of domestic interest. It now also provides for sharing of information to other agencies with the consent of the supplying state.
There would now be a new article in the Convention on assistance in collection of taxes. This article also includes provision for taking measures of conservancy. The Protocol also incorporates into the Convention anti-abuse (limitation of benefits) provisions to ensure that the benefits of the Convention are not misused. Both the countries would further enter into MOUs to expedite exchange of information and assistance in collection of taxes.
The Convention, as amended by this Protocol, will provide tax stability to the residents of India and U.K. and will facilitate mutual economic cooperation between the two countries. It will also stimulate the flow of investment, technology and services between India and U.K
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Steps To Reproduce - Log into the application.
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- Edit a record in the Payment Type Tab.
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Proposed Solution Correct the display logic to point to the right auxiliar input variable.


In this post, we're going to show you the absolute 10 best WordPress directory themes available today. Before we show them to you, we're going to explain exactly what sets them apart from the competition and how they can help you create stunning sites that your customers will love.
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Much of the old Montmartre is still identifiable such as the windmill on the left in the picture above (now a restaurant), as are some of those where the artists lived and worked although Picasso's old atelier the Bateau-Lavoire is a little run-down. The ancient inn called the Lapin Agile is as atmospheric as it ever was although a little more up-market than when the artists spent rowdy evenings there. But often in the euphoria of being in places such as Montmartre it's easy to miss places of most interest and when you are out in the sunshine enjoying the atmosphere a museum is the last place you want to go especially if the day before was spent tramping around the Louvre. However, the museum of Montmartre at No 12 rue Cortot is well worth a visit if only as an introduction to Suzanne Valadon who lived and worked here for a while. Suzanne and her son Maurice both lived and worked in Montmartre and although they are possibly lesser known than their contemporaries are well worth knowing for their work and their fascinating lifestyles.
Suzanne Valadon (1865 - 1938) was born in Haute-Vienne and christened Marie-Clémentine Valadon - the daughter of an unmarried laundress, she could well have been the role-model for Cosette in Les Misérables; but unlike Fantine, Marie-Clémentine's mother kept and looked after her daughter. That's not to say that life wasn't difficult and as a child she began work aged 11 in a series of menial jobs for the next 4 years until, in an early display of her tempestuous nature, aged just 15, she joined a circus as a trapeze artist. Marie-Clémentine's career in the circus was brought to an abrupt end when she fell from the trapeze and one year later aged 16 she began work as an artist's model. In the years that followed she modelled for most of the artists in Paris and she has been immortalized in paintings by Toulouse Lautrec, Renoir, Degas, Berthe Morisot, Picasso, Puvis de Chavannes and many others. The young model's voluptuous good-looks made her a favourite among the artists, not least Edgar Degas who became her mentor and Toulouse Lautrec who renamed her Suzanne, a name which stuck and was used universally thereafter. Suzanne was always wild in her youth and she had many affairs with the artists who painted her in a way of life which would have been recognizable during the sexual revolution of the 1960's and inevitably she became pregnant aged just eighteen giving birth to her son Maurice on the 26th December, 1883. In the Paris of the late 19th century Suzanne's way of life did nothing to detract from her reputation and she carried on working as before with her louche lifestyle in some strange way complementing her modelling career.
The Dance at Bougival by Pierre-Auguste Renoir is just one of many images painted of Suzanne Valadon.
After modelling for over a decade, Suzanne abandoned her life as a model and began to paint for herself producing canvasses of female nudes, portraits, still lifes and landscapes. Two years after beginning her new career, Suzanne became the first woman to be admitted into the Societé Nationale des Beaux-Arts and was acknowledged as a peer of the artists she had modelled for. Suzanne's Bohemian lifestyle led her into an affair with the composer Erik Satie, living together on the rue Cortot until she tired of him and went on to marry Paul Moussis in 1895. As time went by Suzanne added to her legendary free-wheeling ways with various eccentricities such as feeding her cat caviar, wearing corsages of vegetables and keeping a goat in her studio, and as unrestrained as ever in 1908 she began an affair with her son's friend, the artist André Utter - she was aged 44 and he was 23. In 1913, Suzanne divorced her husband and married Utter soon afterwards entering into a partnership which lasted until 1934 when they too divorced when Suzanne was aged 69 and Utter was 48. Suzanne Valadon died in 1938 aged 72 and was buried in the Cimetière Parisien de Saint-Ouen to the north of Paris.
It is a measure of Suzanne Valadon's worth that there is an asteroid named after her and a crater on Venus and at the bottom of the Montmartre funicular passengers step into La Place Suzanne Valadon.
Suzanne Valadon portrait (top) and by Renoir (left).
Many years ago quite by chance I chatted with an old Parisian lady at a pavement café close by the Madeleine. When the conversation turned to Maurice Utrillo she told me that she had been at school with Utrillo and when the she went to lunch with Utrillo and their school friends he would spend his time drawing on the tablecloths - she said wistfully that she wished "she had some of them now as they would be worth a fortune." The manner in which Suzanne Valadon's son came to be known as Maurice Utrillo has entered into legend in the Valadon iconography - Suzanne would never divulge the name of the father of her child, possibly because she didn't know it, but tiring of the constant speculation she took up the offer of a friend named Miguel Utrillo to put his name on the birth certificate and her son was forever after known as Maurice Utrillo.
Despite the fact that he looked more like a headmaster than a Bohemian artist, Utrillo showed signs of the alcoholism that would plague him all his life, from an early age. When Utrillo was a baby, Suzanne left him in the care of her mother and it has been suggested that her habit of feeding the baby wine to soothe him was the cause of his problems. By the time he reached 21, Utrillo was showing signs of the mental illness which would in future years consign him to mental institutions at regular intervals. It was Utrillo's mother, Suzanne, who started him on his path as an artist when following an episode of illness she suggested that he take up painting as a diversion from his troubles. From 1904 onwards Utrillo painted mostly scenes of Montmartre, selling many of his pictures to local innkeepers for a pittance in order to fund his drinking. But his talent was outstanding attracting attention internationally as well as at home so much so that in 1928 he was awarded the Légion d'honneur. In 1935, aged 53, Utrillo married Lucie Valore and moved to Le Vesinet, 12 miles to the west of Paris where his illnesses caught up with him and he could only work from memory or from his window.
If painting was a therapy for Utrillo's mental fragility then he used it to the full producing throughout his lifetime a staggering number of paintings, mostly of Montmartre but sometimes of further afield when his health allowed. Utrillo's legacy, however, is the host of colourful paintings he has left us of Montmartre when it was still a picturesque village at the beginning of the 20th century.
Of all the crowds milling around Place du Tertre and the sidestreets of Montmartre, very few consider walking down the streets on the northside of the Butte - possibly because its quite steep or more likely it appears that Montmartre begins and ends on the heights. However, a walk down rue des Saules will soon bring you to the chocolate-box pretty La Maison Rose but if you turn left at rue Norvins then you will arrive at Le Passe-Muraille which is a startling evocation of Marcel Aymé's 1943 novel The Man Who Walks Though Walls. You will by now have worked out that unless you like long walks then this area of Montmartre is a matter of choices. And from Le Passe-Muraille there is the choice of walking down the twisting, long road which is rue Lepic which will bring you down to Pigalle passing the house where Van Gogh's estimable brother took him in when things became too much for the tortured artist. But then again, if you choose the rue Girardon the you will walk down streets every bit as twisty and picturesque as those on the Butte and arrive at Place Dalida. This area was the home of the singer Dalida who was known for her beauty and her hit recordings when she was at her peak during the 1950's - there's a bronze bust in her honour there, the bosom of which attracts a great deal of attention and has become quite shiny.
If you are still with me by this time then you won't feel like facing the climb back to the Butte but if you continue along rue Giradon and turn into rue Lucien Gaulard you will arrive at the Cimetiére St-Vincent and there in a corner easily found is the grave of Maurice Utrillo, the Artist of Montmartre and his wife Lucie.
Utrillo painted all the streets which led down to St Vincent Cemetery and here they are as they were in the 1920's. However, you could have reached it far easier and far quicker but it would not have so interesting.
rue Lepic on the right is very long and very steep. The walkers in this Utrillo painting are walking up the Bal de la Galette, now a restaurant where the last windmill on Montmartre still stands(just). If you refer to the black and white picture, top right, it is the hill where the communards stopped the National Guard and took their cannon. The same windmill is in the background.
rue des Saules, La Maison Rose and rue d'LAbreuvoir where Utrillo's favourite bar stood. Aptly, un abruevoir is French for a watering-hole.
The tragedy of Napoleon III (1808 - 1873) was the inherent force which compelled him to try to emulate his uncle Napoleon I's exploits on the battlefield. The Emperor, Napoleon III, could never be satisfied until he had garnered even a small portion of La Gloire which enveloped Bonaparte, and it led him to the disaster at Sedan in 1870 during the Franco/Prussian War, which brought his empire crashing down. The subsequent humiliation of the siege of Paris by the Prussian armies and the insidious depradations of the Commune were so overwhelming that the true legacy of Napoleon III has been overlooked. Napoleon III's real talent was in the nature of public works on a grand scale and it was his drive and energy which brought about the building of the Paris that we see today; the razing of the decaying old dwellings of Paris which so many Parisians deplored was in reality a gigantic slum-clearance; the Grand Boulevards turned the business of creating throughfares into an art-form, despite the conspiracy theorists who claimed it made life easier for cavalry to charge insurgents; and there were the numerous parks, inspired by his exile in England, which are still jewels scattered around Paris.
Just as Napoleon III had inspired Baron Haussman in his great building works, in regard to his park building projects, Jean-Charles Alphand filled the same role, in company with the designer Gabriel Davioud who had designed the impressive fountain on the boulevard St Michel. When the Emperor, advised by Haussman, chose to build on a piece of land on the outskirts of the city in the 19th arrondissement, both Alphand and Davioud must have been taken aback by the task facing them - once the site of the Montfaucon gallows, the land which for miles around had been a series of quarries, a sewerage dump and a waste ground, was a daunting prospect for any prospective landscaping project. Work began in 1864, shaping the land into the required contours with only the traditional gardening tools and a great deal of manpower to carry out the work with the only help available from the Industrial Revolutionary process, a train carrying fresh soil to the site.
The TV program Friends - every episode has a poster of Buttes Chaumont on the wall in the background.
There is undoubtedly an English influence in some features of the park but the centrepiece is a stunning and inspirational design by Davioud which stands apart from traditional park motifs and is in a class of its own - there's no doubt that if the 50 metre high cliff, crowned by its Temple de la Sibylle and surrounded by an artificial lake was in central Paris, it would be known around the world. Intriguingly, the only way to reach Davioud's magnificent folly is by two bridges - one on the north side, a 65 metre long suspension bridge built by Gustave Eiffel whose famous tower was 20 years in the future, and a smaller one on the south side distinguished by its fencing of faux wooden logs which are actually cement and stone. Unfortunately, a spate of suicides has given the bridge the nickname of "suicide bridge" which has necessitated a chain-link fence being erected. For those people who do manage to make their way to the craggy peak without feeling the compulsion to leap into the void the island is a delighful series of twisty soil paths, with a paved path and a smaller bridge with the same concrete logs leading to the belvedere at the summit.
On the south side of the park Davioud has borrowed from an English fashion for grottoes which were in vogue at the time. Davioud expanded on the theme by making his grotto large enough to enter so that visitors could see the series of waterfalls which ran into and out of the grotto.
Given the absence of modern machinery it was an impressive feat to have turned a wasteland into a fairyland in a mere three years and it was surely not just coincidence that the park opened at the same time as the Universal Exhibition of 1867. The Universal Exposition was held on the Champ de Mars where the Eiffel Tower now stands and was built in response to England's Great Exhibition.
It is quite ironic that one of the most impressive sights on display was a gigantic 50 ton German Krupp cannon which fired 1,000 lb shells; the same cannon would in three years time fire those shells during the Franco/Prussian War and play a part in the humiliating downfall of Napoleon III. It was also ironic that following the defeat of the Paris Commune in June, 1871,, when bands of Communards were hunted down throughout the city, the island of Les Buttes Chaumont was one of the places where they made their last stand.
For some reason the Church of Saint Augustine at the bottom of rue Malesherbes is rarely visited by tourists, yet from a historical and aesthetic perspective stands comparison with most buildings in the city. Standing at the corner of a confluence of Grand Boulevards the church was built in 1860 to 1870 in order to serve the newly populated area in the 8th arrondisement. For anyone looking to find the perfect example of what Baron Haussman created, the church and its surrounds are a perfect example, comprising large buildings for a wealthy bourgeoisie, wide boulevards for their carriages and a church standing at the heart of the community. Perhaps because it embodied everything the 2nd Empire stood for, Napoleon III and the Empress Eugènie had a special fondness for the church and its surrounds and actually planned to be buried there; the iconic "best laid plans" of Robbie Burns' famous poem "To a Mouse " come to mind when their pland ended in tatters but they did take the young Prince Imperial to St Augustines whenever they attended church there.
St Augustines in 1890. A bronze equestrian statue of Joan of Arc now stands in the foreground, still defiant but now against sea of traffic. The road on the left is rue Malesherbes.
If you stroll up the slight incline of rue Malesherbes then at the top you will arrive at a magnificent set of gilded gates which are one entrance to the Parc Monceau. The northern gate, has at its entrance a domed neo- Doric toll gate built in 1785, beyond which the area was nothing more than a small hillock, with a tiny village, beyond which was a hunting ground for the King and his entourage. The Park Monceau had its origins in the purchase of the land in 1769 by Louis Philippe Duc d'Orléans (1747 –1793), on the occasion of his marriage to the Princesse de Penthièvre; this was the very same Duc d'Orléans who called himself Philippe Égalité, who lived in the Palais Royale and whose alliance with the Revolutionaries never prevented his going to the guillotine. However, all that was something undreamt of when he began work on turning the site into a pleasure gardens in 1878. The designer of the park was Louis Carrogis Carmontelle who had a fondness for placing follies around his gardens and when the gardens were completed in 1779 it contained an Egyptian pyramid, a Roman colonnade, classical statuary, a tatar tent, a farmhouse, a windmill, a Temple of Mars, a minaret, an Italian vineyard and a grotto - to complete the picture there were also servants dressed in oriental costumes and a variety of animals not usually found in parks, such as camels. The lily pond beside being decorative was utilised for mock naval battles - a miniaturised version of the displays in the Colosseum.
It's difficult to sympathise with the Duc d'Orléans after he had voted for the death of the King and acted as if he was a man of the people, but for an aristocrat to believe he could befriend the Revolutionaries was akin to walking into a lion's den; there is some evidence that the Duc d'Orléans acted as he did to protect his children and it is certain that he was menaced by sans-culottes at every turn but the fact remains that in his role of Philippe Égalité he will always be branded as a regicide. The ultimate fate of the Duc d'Orléans was all too predictable and following his death by guillotine in 1793, Parc Monceau was confiscated and declared belonging to the state, along with all his other properties. The park was not returned to the Orléans family until the restoration of the monarchy in 1815. In 1860, the park was purchased by the city of Paris when it was redeveloped as part of Napoleon III's and Baron Haussman's plans for the Grand Boulevards, and sadly cut in half to accommodate the building of a number of grand mansions owned by the wealthiest families in the city - Pereire, Rothschild, Cernuschi, Ménier and Camondo were several owners whose own gardens opened onto the park and they all had access 24 hours per day with the paths widened to accommodate their carriages. Given that the so-called public park was surrounded by grandiose mansions, which are still a feature today, were then and are now affordable to only the very wealthy it was hardly surprising that the artisans and working classes, whose houses had been demolished in order to create such opulence ,were resentful. It was therefore ironic that in 1871, Park Monceau was yet another site of a massacre when a number of the scattered Communards were cornered here and shot down - and it's quite strange how the Communards made their last stands in the most beautiful parts of the city.
Today the park is half its original size and many of Carmontelle's beloved follies are gone but the park remains today one of the finest in the city where it is difficult to stroll along without sighing for just one sight of the original concept.
The painting above is by Louis Carrogis Carmontelle himself. It depicts Carmontelle handing over the keys to the Parc Monceau to the Duc d'Orléans . In the background all the fantastic follies are on show but what is most interesting are the gardeners using traditional tools - the King might have supplied the money and Carmontelle the designs but without the gardeners and their hard work and knowledge the park would have never been made.


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In this tutorial you will learn how to install PIP(Pip Installs Packages). A tool for installing and managing python packages on Linux.
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Q: how to obtain Frobenius series solution to ODE when one term is multiplied by x to fractional power? This is an ode from an old book, which I am stuck solving, since there is a term in front of $y''$ which does not have a power series. Here is the problem
$$
    x^{\frac{3}{2}} y'' + y = 0
$$
Expansion is at $x=0$. The book shows the solution using standard form, but I do not know how they obtained it. Here is a screen shot of the book with the solution it gives

I set $a=1$ for simplicity.     Here is my attempt
Solve
$$
x^{\frac{3}{2}}y^{\prime\prime}+y=0
$$
Since $x=0$ is regular singular point, then Frobenius power series must be
used. Let the solution be represented as Frobenius power series of the form
$$
y=\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}a_{n}x^{n+r}
$$
Then
\begin{align*}
y^{\prime} &  =\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\left(  n+r\right)  a_{n}x^{n+r-1}\\
y^{\prime\prime} &  =\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\left(  n+r\right)  \left(
n+r-1\right)  a_{n}x^{n+r-2}
\end{align*}
Substituting the above back into the ode gives
\begin{align}
x^{\frac{3}{2}}\left(  \sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\left(  n+r\right)  \left(
n+r-1\right)  a_{n}x^{n+r-2}\right)  +\left(  \sum_{n=0}^{\infty}a_{n}
x^{n+r}\right)   &  =0\nonumber\\
\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\left(  n+r\right)  \left(  n+r-1\right)  a_{n}
x^{n+r-\frac{1}{2}}+\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}a_{n}x^{n+r} &  =0\tag{1A}
\end{align}
To make all powers on $x$ the same, the above becomes
\begin{equation}
\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\left(  n+r\right)  \left(  n+r-1\right)  a_{n}
x^{n+r-\frac{1}{2}}+\sum_{n=\frac{1}{2}}^{\infty}a_{n-\frac{1}{2}}
x^{n+r-\frac{1}{2}}=0\tag{1B}
\end{equation}
The indicial equation is obtained for $n=0$. From the above this gives
$r(r-1)=0$. Hence the roots are $r_{1}=1$ and $r_{2}=0$. The roots differ by
integer. Therefore we can construct two linearly independent solutions
\begin{align*}
y_{1}\left(  x\right)   &  =x^{r_{1}}\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}a_{n}x^{n}\\
y_{2}\left(  x\right)   &  =Cy_{1}\left(  x\right)  \ln\left(  x\right)
+x^{r_{2}}\left(  \sum_{n=0}^{\infty}b_{n}x^{n}\right)
\end{align*}
Or
\begin{align*}
y_{1}\left(  x\right)   &  =x\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}a_{n}x^{n}\\
y_{2}\left(  x\right)   &  =Cy_{1}\left(  x\right)  \ln\left(  x\right)
+\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}b_{n}x^{n}
\end{align*}
Or
\begin{align*}
y_{1}\left(  x\right)   &  =\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}a_{n}x^{n+1}\\
y_{2}\left(  x\right)   &  =Cy_{1}\left(  x\right)  \ln\left(  x\right)
+\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}b_{n}x^{n}
\end{align*}
Where $C$ above can be zero.  Let us find $y_{1}\left(  x\right)  $ first.
From Eq(1B), where now $r=r_{1}=1$
$$
\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\left(  n+1\right)  \left(  n\right)  a_{n}x^{n+\frac{1}%
{2}}+\sum_{n=\frac{1}{2}}^{\infty}a_{n-\frac{1}{2}}x^{n+\frac{1}{2}}=0
$$
$n=0$ is skipped since used to find the roots. Let $a_{0}=1$. But how to find
$a_{1},a_{2},\cdots$ since the index $n$ are not integers?
The whole problem starts because $x^\frac{3}{2}$ does not have power series expansion. This cause the index to become fractional. So I have no idea how to handle this case.
Maple claims there is no series solution to this ode
ode:=x^(3/2)*diff(y(x),x$2)+y(x)=0
infolevel[dsolve]:=3;
dsolve(ode,y(x),series)
dsolve/series/ordinary: vector Y of initial conditions at x0 = 0 [y(0) (D(y))(0)]
dsolve/series/ordinary: trying Newton iteration
dsolve/series/direct: trying direct subs
dsolve/series/froben: trying method of Frobenius
dsolve/SERIES: Warning: no solutions found

Then how did the book obtain one? How to handle such case?

A: As you have a fractional power in the equation, you have to assume that the series expansion also needs a fractional power of $x$ as the basis. So try
$$
y(x)=\sum a_nx^{r+sn}\\
y'(x)=\sum (r+sn)a_nx^{r-1+sn}
\\
y''(x)=\sum (r+sn)(r-1+sn)a_nx^{r-2+sn}
\\
x^{3/2}y''(x)+y(x)=\sum (r+sn)(r-1+sn)a_nx^{r-1/2+sn}+\sum a_nx^{r+sn}
$$
To get a solvable system, the second term of the first series has to be compatible with the first term of the second, which gives $s=\frac12$. The indicial equation for the lowest power is then $0=r(r-1)$, and for $r=1$ one gets the recursion for the coefficients
$$
a_{n+1}=-\frac{a_n}{(n+1)/2(1+(n+1)/2)}=-\frac{4a_n}{(n+1)(n+3)}.
$$
This directly gives the $A$ basis solution in the cited book.

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Cancer Survivors Belong to Their Own Sorority
Laura Yeager
Although I was never a member of a sorority in the traditional sense, having breast cancer has put me into a sorority of women (and a few men) and created lifelong freidnships.
If you've been reading my blog posts over the past few years, you know that I love the local thrift store. Going to this store is therapy for me. I love sorting through clothing of all colors and sizes, looking for that perfect bargain. I also love the household section of the store, where they sell knickknacks. I was there a few months ago and bought a pretty purple and white, plaid tablecloth and a big ceramic bunny for my kitchen table. It was the middle of March, but as this pandemic was just getting underway, I needed something to brighten my day.
I cleaned the table off and bleached it good. After washing and drying the new tablecloth, I situated it on the table. It fit perfectly. Then, I placed the beige, ceramic rabbit right in the middle. I threw the snowman runner that had been on the table into the wash and put away the snowman statue. Before the snowman statue, there had been a red and green plaid runner and a Lenox Christmas candle. Decorating my kitchen table for the holidays was one of my innocent pleasures.
Yes, that felt good.
But what felt better was making a connection with a woman who works at the thrift store, manning the dressing rooms and distributing new (well, used) merchandise. Her name was Barbara, and she was retiring in seven days. I was originally drawn to Barbara because she went through breast cancer around the same time that I did. We both wore scruffy wigs to cover our bald heads during chemo. We both shared our pain and suffering, and then, we both recovered together.
Barbara was one of the most hard-working women I knew. She worked all through her cancer treatments (like I did), and seemed to have never missed a day since. I was glad she'd be done with her work career soon.
When I saw her in March she said, "When I'm retired, you're going to have to come down to my house and sit by my pond with me."
"You have a pond," I had asked.
"No, but I'm going to build one. And I'm going to fill it with fish," she said. She then wheeled a clothing cart around and placed a few blouses on a nearby rack. If anyone could build a fish pond, I thought, Barbara could.
I told her that I would love to come sit by her pond and asked her for her address.
She proceeded to give me directions to her home. A bit confused by the complicated path to her house, I asked her what her phone number was. She gave it to me and then said, "What's your number? I won't answer the phone if I don't recognize the number."
I wrote my number down on a scrap of paper from my purse and handed it to her.
"Great, call me," she said. "The water sounds so pretty dripping from a waterfall; you'll love it."
"I can't think of a better thing to do in your retirement. I will call you," I said.
I've never been in a sorority, but I have to say that having breast cancer has put me in a sort of sorority of women (and a few men) who understand each other, who commiserate with each other, who, by our very circumstances, love each other.
Yes, I plan on sitting by Barbara's pond. And I imagine that they'll eventually be burgers to be barbecued, beer to be consumed and homemade brownies to be devoured. We'll have happy times. Who knows, we may even sing campfire songs around the fire pit.
The thrift store has given me much more than bargains.
Through my experiences there, it's given me the insight to know that cancer survivors should stick together. We are a sorority much tighter, much truer than any Greek one. We are a band of lifelong friends.


Is Prince Plastic Surgery rumor or real?
Home > celebrity > Is Prince Plastic Surgery rumor or real?
We know the fact that Music helps us to heal from all pain and that's really a private gateway to be in your own world (I really agree to this as that gives a damn good feeling). It maybe rap or jazz whatever it is, It's just M.U.S.I.C and now let me tell you about this musician who is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of all time. And yeah he has been the subject of plastic surgery gossip. Let me get this straight its Prince also known as Prince Rogers Nelson who is not only a musician but also a director!
Prince Rogers Nelson (1958 –2016 ) was an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actor, and director. He was a musical innovator who was known for his flamboyant stage presence, electric work, extravagant dress and makeup (even for his surgeries) and wide vocal range.
Prince was born on June 7, 1958, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S and developed an interest in music as a young child and also signed a recording contract with Warner Bros. Records. Due to some contractual dispute with Warner Bros in 1993, he changed his stage name to which was unpronounceable symbol also called as a love symbol.
His death shook the world when he breathed last on April 21, 2016, in Chanhassen, Minnesota, the U.S. The cause of death was an overdose of Fentanyl which is used as a pain medication together with other medications for anesthesia.
Let's talk about his music, which integrated a wide variety of styles, including funk, rock, R&B, Jazz, new wave, soul, psychedelic and even pop. He has sold over 100 million records worldwide ( until now I have never heard of one ) which made him best-selling music artist of all time. It is also said that he has won 8 Grammy Awards, 6 American Music Awards, a Golden Globe Awards, and an Academy Award for the film Purple Rain.
He loves to protect animals, he took much care of animals and prevented from killing them. He is futuristic with his own ideas and also he is a vegetarian. We are not sure about prince plastic surgery that we didn't get any evidence on his surgical procedures.
Plastic surgery is one of the common procedures in which many celebrities often have undergone to enhance their physical appearances. Some of the popular surgeries are a nose job, breast argumentation, rhinoplasty, lip injection, liposuction, Botox injection, and many more.
He was very enlightened in his musical state but he thought that was not enough to entertain and attract people, so he might have gone under the knives. While comparing with his old and latest pictures of Prince Rogers, we can witness some changes in his looks. Before he had a tan color and curly hair and a skinny bone structure and shockingly a very feminine features. And moreover, he looked young as he was about 50 years old.
But what we analyzed with his latest pictures, he was totally transformed as new. His apt look took him to a new path in his musical journey. So we finally conclude, there is no proper traces of prince plastic surgery.


Oregon Queens and Cover Girls take time to send love and support to our troops!
This photo was taken at Oregon's first Open Call of the year. The girls were so excited to be with their Director, Matt Leverton and spread the good news about NAM, but they did take some time to put together Valentine Gift boxes for the troops! From left to Right: National Cover Model Isabella Conner, Jr. Pre-Teen Queen Ciara Wilson, Pre-Teen Queen Madeline Monlux, Jr. Teen Queen Madison Irving, Princess Queen DéjaFitzwater, Miss Queen Kyenna Leedom, National Cover Girl Kyra Walters.
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In addition to cookbook hoarding, I also receive an obscene amount of magazines each month. Out of all of those magazines, Vegetarian Times is the one I look forward to seeing the most. It just seems like recipes get even more creative when the meat comes out of them, and I always find something inside the covers that I want to make. I think they can read my mind too. I was trying to decide on a soup for this week and started thinking about fruit soup, maybe something with melon. The next day my June issue arrived with a recipe for Creamy Melon Gazpacho.
Seeing the recipe for Goat Cheese, Melon and Almond Toasts in the same article on cantaloupe, and having some leftover goat cheese from this delicious pesto, I knew I had to make both recipes for a perfect warm weather pairing. If you haven't tried a fruit soup before, or are leery of cold soups, melon gazpacho is a great place to start. Melon isn't too sweet and pairs well with smoky and savory flavors. Cantaloupe is full of vitamins A and C, potassium and beta-carotene, so it's a healthy choice.
Pour 1 1/2 cups cold water over bread in bowl. Set aside 10 minutes to soak.
Blend softened bread and water in blender until smooth. Add cantaloupe , cucumber, shallot, sherry, oil, and lemon juice; blend until smooth.
Strain through fine sieve for smooth consistency, if desired, and discard solids. Season with salt and pepper, if desired. Chill 2 hours or overnight. Serve sprinkled with smoked paprika.
Pulse almonds and paprika in food processor until almonds are coarsely chopped.
Shave cantaloupe into thin slices using vegetable peeler.
Spread goat cheese on toast slices. Top with melon slices, and sprinkle with chopped almond mixture.
Notes/Results: The soup is cool, creamy and refreshing. It is lightly sweet without being overpowering, and the cantaloupe flavor really comes through. I let it chill overnight in the fridge to let the flavors blend and it tasted great as lunch on a warm day. The recipe recommended sprinkling it with smoked paprika, but since I had plenty of leftover smoky almond-paprika topping from the toasts, I used that and it was perfect. (On a side note, that smokehouse almond-paprika topping also brings smashed avocado on toast to an even more sublime level with its smoky crunch--just saying...) The toasts were lovely--the combination of the very thin cool melon and tangy goat cheese on warm baguette with the crunchy savory topping was so well balanced. The cantaloupe I used was very juicy, so I patted the thin slices down between paper towels to make them completely dry. Together the soup and toasts make a fantastic light lunch or a dinner starter. I would make both recipes again.
I am linking up this soup to Sunday Night Soup Night, hosted by Debbie at Easy Natural Food.
We have a few friends waiting in the Souper Sundays kitchen, lets take a look.
Simona of briciole made a nourishing Minestra di Cicerchie (Cicerchi Soup) and says, "Cicerchia (Lathyrus sativus) is a legume that, according to this page (in Italian), was once widely consumed, while nowadays, it is grown only in central Italy. According to the recipe headnote, cicerchie were a popular legume among Umbria peasants. As always, I altered the recipe to adjust it to my taste and then prepared a variation of it. If you don't have cicerchie, the soup can be made with chickpeas (ceci)".
Tigerfish of Teczcape - An Escape to Food tried a springy Chive and Egg-Drop Soup and says, "You think that making dumplings is a chore (it does take some time up-front esp. the wrapping part). Think again. The dumplings can be made ahead and frozen, so it can be a time-saver if you prepare and plan well. When hunger calls, just boil water or broth and boil the frozen dumplings to cook."
This week Debbie from Easy Natural Food is sharing a post about the reasons she eats soup in summer, or all year round. Of course we fully support year-round soup eating here at Souper Sundays. ;-) Debbie says, "For me soup is an any-time-of-the-day, any-time-of-the-year food. It's a food group in it's own right! It should be part of the dietary guidelines: Soup – eat one or more servings daily!" Check out her 10 reasons and some tasty soup recipe links on her post.
Janet of The Taste Space has a soup and a salad this week. Her soup is this hearty Turkish Red Pepper, Chickpea and Cilantro Soup (Nohut Corbasi) about which she says, "I really liked how fresh and vibrant this soup was without being heavy. The simple soy milk makes this creamy along with the pureed chickpeas. The red pepper confers sweetness, celeriac a hearty celery background and the parsley/cilantro combo complemented it all really well. It has simple flavours that worked so well together: perfect as a light yet filling soup for the spring."
Janet also made this Lemon Asparagus Quinoa Toss salad and says, "I made this recipe last year when I had local asparagus. Now that Ontario asparagus is just starting to arrive, I broke it out again. I changed her recipe, a tad, this time, by roasting the asparagus on the barbecue, as well as decreasing the raw garlic (gasp!) and oil, but increasing the fresh lemon juice and adding lemon pepper. Meyer lemons subdue the lemon flavour, so for a nice match for the bold garlic, consider using the regular lemons."
Sue of Couscous & Consciousness has a pretty Baked Figs with Walnut Tarragon Cream & Rocket Salad to share and says, "My neighbour has a good sized fig tree which fruits quite prolifically -lucky neighbour! My neighbour doesn't eat figs and, although the birds do, if I'm really vigilant I can get a fair share of them before my feathered friends swoop on them - lucky me! ...this dish just rocketed to the top of my list of things to do with figs. A divine dish, and I'm going to be watching that fig tree like a hawk over the next week to make this a few more times before the season is over."
Some perfect-for-May dishes this week. Thanks to everyone who joined in. If you have a soup, salad or sandwich that you would like to share, just click on the Souper Sundays logo on the sidebar for all of the details.
Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there and have a happy, healthy week!
Note: It's been crazy and I have not yet drawn a winner for the FoodTrients cookbook and apron giveaway but will do so and post it soon.
The melon soup you made looks really nice: with melon season fast approaching, it is a nice way of using the fruit. And I like the toasts too.
A nice array of soups and salads, as always. I must admit my heart skipped a beat when I read about a fig tree whose owner does not like its fruits. I wish I had a fig tree. Have a great week everybody and thank you, Deb, for being such a gracious host.
Thanks for sharing with Sunday Night Soup Night!
Thanks for the round up! Most of the dishes are "spring-friendly" or even summer-friendly.
I love VT also and always find at least ONE dish that I NEED to make! Somehow I missed this even given my current goat cheese addiction. I'm going to have to go back and search through that issue!
Hey Deb, this soup is one of my top 3 pics from Sunday Night Soup Night! (again :) I couldn't resist because it fitted in so well with my summer soups post this week.Thanks for sharing!


Keli Anderson and another mom were sitting together, having coffee in 2006; Keli from BC and the other mom from Ontario. Their conversation was all about child and youth mental health. By the end of the discussion, and several coffees later, they had decided that our country needed a National Child & Youth Mental Health Day. They got out their calendars and picked May 7, 2007 for the first one. It never occurred to them that they couldn't just say that this day would be Child & Youth Mental Health Day in Canada. That day has been led every year, first by the F.O.R.C.E., and from 2010 onward, by FamilySmart®.
Over 400 students from grades 8-12 wrote down how they would, and would not, like to be spoken to when talking about their mental health. Using their words, we created a resource for National Child and Youth Mental Day 2016 and called The Unfolding Conversation.


The Nammor Tona Hookah, one of our newest models of Nammor Hookahs, exudes quality and authentic Egyptian craftsmanship like no other hookah available - a magnificent mesh of gold, silver, and bronze colors that will blow your mind with its marvelousness. Standing 38 inches tall in all of its glory, the Tona hookah features a stem the likes you've never seen before that fits perfectly into the clear glass base adorned with gold stripes.
The Nammor Tona Hookah comes with a large black Nammor Hookah Hose, which coupled with the wide-bore hose adapter produces room-filling clouds of delicious smoke. Included are a unique gold-rimmed tray, tongs, Egyptian clay bowl, and all necessary grommets to smoke perfectly once it arrives at your door.


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Opals, cameras, action
Arnold WilsonNews Corp Australia
IT may not win prizes for being the prettiest town in South Australia, but Coober Pedy's charm and character more than compensate.
Scratch the dry, dusty surface and there's more to this desert mining town than opal riches.
Its stark lunar landscape, scarred by rock heaps, machinery and old mine shafts, has made it the darling of movie directors around the world.
Now tourists can find out what's on offer.
Coober Pedy has been the setting for more than a dozen films, from Mad Max 3 (Beyond Thunderdome) to Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
The friendly townspeople are used to rubbing shoulders with movie stars and film crews, and for visitors there's film memorabilia just waiting to be discovered.
Just off the main street lies the wreckage of the abandoned inter-galactic space cruiser that "crashed'' in 1998, from the sci-fi film Pitch Black.
Those who watched Kangaroo Jack (2001), Mars: The Red Planet (1999), Opal Dream (2004) and Ground Zero will recognise the rugged landscape.
After more than 100 years on the opal trail, the town is mining a new seam.
Opal mining is hard work and dangerous, and while tourism probably doesn't earn much, a few miners have taken up the challenge.
In a town used to a cycle of boom and bust, it helps with the huge cost of mining. For many opal diggers, the dream of finding the next big seam keeps them tied to the town.
Coober Pedy is on the edge of an erosion scarp of the Stuart Ranges, on beds of sand and siltstone 30m deep.
Opals have their origins 150 million years ago when the region was covered by ocean. Severe climate change (they had it then, too) caused sea levels to recede.
When water tables dropped, silica solutions filled the underground cavities and, millions more years later, the silica turned to opal.
It was not until the turn of the last century that Coober Pedy was put on the map, when prospectors Jim Hutchinson, his son William, 14, and two others started searching for gold south of the town.
They set up camp and shortly after William stumbled on deposits of alluvial opals while looking for water.
That was on February 1, 1915, and eight days later the first opal claim was pegged.
The journey to the opal capital of the world takes about eight hours by road from Adelaide (846km).
The Ghan train stops about 40km from the town and transport from the rail siding needs to be arranged in advance.
There are flights from Adelaide and Alice Springs, as well as coach travel.
Coober Pedy probably get its name from the Aboriginal word kupa piti, roughly translated to "white man in a hole''. The holes and mullock heaps from mine workings extend about 40km from the town.
Escorted travel is the safest way to get about because of unfenced mine shafts.
However, it's perfectly safe to visit the town's Old Timers' Mine, which was dug by hand in 1916 and now has self-guided tours to old workings and underground rooms.
Noodling (fossicking) is free, as long as it is not on a pegged claim and visitors do not use a pick or a shovel, but check with the Department of Mines and Energy on suitable areas.
There are hefty fines for trespassing and in a close-knit town (population 3500) it will not take long to spot a claim jumper.
Not surprisingly, Coober Pedy has an abundance of opal gift shops. There are also many restaurants and a range of accommodation, from four-star hotels to backpackers' places and caravan sites.
Motels built into hillsides are a comfortable 24C, day and night. About half the population lives underground, and some even worship there.
Coober Pedy Catacomb Church has fish symbols on the walls to remind worshippers of the persecuted Christians who worshipped in Rome's catacombs 2000 years ago.
For early Christians, it was safer to be with the dead than the living. When they wanted others to know where to meet, they scrawled secret messages - the fish was one - on catacomb walls.
Near Coober Pedy is the longest man-made barrier in the world, the 2m-high dog fence. The South Australian section is 2250km and forms part of an unbroken barrier that stretches more than 5500km through South Australia, New South Wales and Queensland, to keep dingoes from sheep-grazing country.
The fence is worth a visit and is usually included in a coach tour of the town.
Not far away is The Breakaways Reserve, which consists of colourful hills that have broken away from the Stuart Range. From a lookout you can see a rock formation nicknamed the castle, or salt and pepper, because of its shape and colour.
As the sun goes down, the desert becomes a kaleidoscope of colour, which first attracted movie directors.
Nearby Panorama Hill featured in the Mad Max 3 and Ground Zero films. Those who go on unescorted visits to this area require National Park visas.
Forget about opals being unlucky. That, say the town's miners, was a rumour spread by diamond brokers in the 19th century to keep gem prices from collapsing.
Opals have been Coober Pedy's luckiest stone for nearly a century. Now tourists can share in some of that good fortune.
The author travelled independently.


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William Wyler English
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Julie Marsden (Davis) is a willful New Orleans belle engaged to banker Preston Dillard (Fonda) in the antebellum South. Julie is also needy and manipulative, which soon drives Pres away. He later returns with a wife, which foils Julie's plans for a reconciliation. After finding new ways to cause mischief among the menfolk, Julie seizes one final chance to redeem herself.
Jezebel was Davis's consolation prize for not landing the part of Scarlett O'Hara. Inevitably compared to "Gone With the Wind" (released one year later), this lavish melodrama stands on its own, thanks to Wylers expert direction and his camera's loving attention to Warner's biggest female star. Davis, who nabbed her second Best Actress Oscar for this, is superb and looks glorious, while Fonda is suitably restrained as Pres. Don't miss the famous scene at the ball.
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Let's face it. The news biz just ain't what it used to be. But Bill Powers, an old friend who writes for The National Journal, offers some headlines he's like to see from the media:
1. New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times to Dramatically Expand Newsroom Staffs.
Let's face it. The news biz just ain't what it used to be.
But Bill Powers, an old friend who writes for The National Journal, offers some headlines he's like to see from the media:
Three of America's largest metropolitan dailies today announced they will hire dozens of new reporters and editors, reversing several years of personnel cutbacks and buyouts. "News doesn't just drop out of thin air," New York Times spokeswoman Jane Wisdom explained. "It comes from living, breathing people. We're going to find some of those people and hire them."
2. Fox to Choose Female Anchors for Brains, Not Looks.
Fox News, America's first choice in news, will begin hiring female anchors based entirely on intelligence. Beginning this week, the network will be on the lookout for smart, news-savvy women with extensive journalistic experience. "Given the intense competition for cable audiences, we wanted something special to draw viewers, something they can't get elsewhere," Fox News Vice President David Pixelbot said. "Since many Fox viewers have better-than-average IQs, it hit us that 'showing a little brain' could be just as compelling as 'showing a little leg.' Also, we studied headshots of Edward R. Murrow and concluded that he was not exactly eye candy."
3. Miami Herald to Publish Interesting Editorials.
Florida's most influential newspaper, The Miami Herald, said it will begin running editorials that are well written and engaging. Effective immediately, at least two of the editorials published each week will be argued in a fresh, stimulating way that keeps the reader awake and thinking. In addition, one editorial per month will be fascinating. "It's something we've been eager to try," Herald spokeswoman Gabriela Blanco said, "and this just felt like the right moment. Why not be interesting every now and then? We see no downside and many potential upsides for our readers."
4. Blog to Offer Facts, Polished Writing.
ExoticArnold.com, one of the nation's top political blogs, will begin offering original factual reports gathered by the blogger himself, Arnold S. Bixby, in regular forays from his apartment in the Dupont Circle section of Washington. In addition, all posts on ExoticArnold.com will now be edited for cogency, style, and rhetorical rigor by an editor with more than two years' professional experience.
Ah, yes, we can dream.


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Voices of September 11th to Host 5th Annual Golf Outing on July 22
June 24, 2019 Press Releases
Bobby Valentine, Frank Fetchet, Mary Fetchet and ESPN's Mike Greenberg at the 2018 VOICES Golf Outing
Voices of September 11th Hosts Effective Response Trainings
April 8, 2019 Press Releases
Hardly a week goes by without news reports of another tragic event occurring in communities around the world, and we can no longer afford to think "it can't happen here".
Voices of September 11th High School Interns Host Community Presentation
August 13, 2018 Press Releases
On Wednesday, August 22 at 6:00pm at Grace Farms, located at 365 Lukes Wood Road, New Canaan High School interns at Voices of September 11th (VOICES) will present "Reflecting and Moving Forward: Stories of Resiliency After 9/11." The program is free and open to the public. The presentation will
Former Mets Manager Bobby Valentine, ESPN's Mike Greenberg to speak at VOICES golf outing
May 23, 2018 Press Releases
Voices of September 11th (VOICES) will be hosting its 4th annual charity golf outing on Monday, July 23, 2018. The event will be held at the Westchester Country Club's West Course in Rye, New York.
Former New York Mets Manager Bobby Valentine and ESPN's Mike Greenberg Special Guest Speakers at Voices of September 11th Annual Golf Outing
May 4, 2018 Press Releases
Voices of September 11th (VOICES) will be hosting its 4th annual charity golf outing on Monday, July 23, 2018.
Former US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and CBS' 60 Minutes correspondent Lara Logan to Keynote Voices of September 11th Annual Gala
March 14, 2018 Press Releases
Voices of September 11th 10th Annual Always Remember Gala will be held on Wednesday, April 12, at the New York Athletic Club in New York City, 180 Central Park South. Secretary Leon Panetta, 23rd United States Secretary of Defense and former Director of the CIA, will be a featured speaker.
CDC Awards VOICES Contract to Assist 9/11 Survivors in Accessing Health Care
November 21, 2016 Press Releases
Voices of September 11th Receives CDC Contract to Assist 9/11 Survivors in Accessing Medical and Mental Health Care. Over 400,000 Individuals May Be Eligible for Treatment through the World Trade Center Health Program.
Voices of September 11th Symposium Addresses Needs of Victims' Families, Survivors & Responders
February 29, 2016 Press Releases
April 6 N.J. Event Promotes Resilience in Communities Impacted by Trauma
VOICES Awarded Grant from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Voices of September 11th (VOICES) was recently awarded a 14-month grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). Funding is supporting VOICES initiative to create a training program that will assist communities in preparing for and responding to acts of terrorism
VOICES Announces New Research Project
June 4, 2015 Press Releases
On June 1, 2015, Voices of September 11th (VOICES) launched a new research project in partnership with the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress (CSTS) at the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, Maryland and the Canadian Resource Center for Victims of Crime (CRCVC) in Ottawa, Onta


I last visited Notre-Dame just over three years ago, in fall 2015. When in Paris, I invariably duck into the grand Gothic cathedral several times, because it's there, because it's beautiful, because its draw is irresistible. It is Paris splendor epitomized.
I've been to Paris on five occasions, which means I've been to Notre-Dame at least 15 times. It never gets old. Rather, each visit rewards with something new and startling. Sometimes I just hang out on the plaza in front of Our Lady — the sprawling Place Jean-Paul II Square — sipping coffee, people-watching, marveling at the twin bell-tower facade and those maniacal, sniggering gargoyles perched way up high.
I don't go for the holy experience, but the wholly experience — a soothing spiritual state of serenity and rumination, reflection and introspection, inspired by the vaulting, dimly lit sanctuary's artwork, architecture, luminescent stained-glass and twinkling constellations of prayer candles. And that's just the interior.
But like other transporting religious structures around the world — from the Jama Masjid mosque in Delhi to the Wat Arun Buddhist temple in Bangkok — Notre-Dame is staggering to even this peevish secular humanist, with its gilded grandeur and gravity-defying architecture that toils so magnificently to transcend crude corporeality and reach for the heavens. In all her glory, Our Lady, I think, tickles the firmament.
Even without the slightest religious propensity, I bewail the damage to Notre-Dame. Like most, I was sickened watching flames devour the cathedral, my old friend, on the news. More is there than a quaint, history-encrusted, 850-year-old church. It is the ineffable, the mystical, the irrefutably sacred.
In other words, it is stubbornly irreplaceable. Its survival, by a hairbreadth, an act of God, divine intervention, is something I am loath to believe in: a naked miracle.
Whatever saved it, I think it was more the skill, action plans and water hoses of the Parisian fire fighters than, say, the conquest of virtue vs. evil. But it doesn't matter. Notre-Dame didn't collapse or burn to cinders. It is, they declare, structurally sound. No lives were lost. And for that, all of us should sigh a collective amen.
But do note, those devilish gargoyles survived the flames, and they are still sneering.


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Brian enlists the help of Sally to scupper Roy's hope of selling the cafe.
Roy discovers that Alex now lives in a separate flat. As Roy shows Eric, a potential buyer round the cafe, Brian forms a plan to scupper the sale and enlists the help of Sally.
Jenny tries to talk Johnny out of his plans to retire. When Adam finds out from Peter how he once owned 50 per cent of Underworld, he forms a plan…
Todd confronts Shona over the stolen wallet and tells Billy she's a common thief. But Billy remains sympathetic and insists he wants to help her. Having taken Shona to the local hostel, Billy does his best to secure her a bed for the night.
Maria tells Aidan how hurt she was when he failed to show for her sentencing. Aidan apologises, but it seems he just can't resist temptation.
Coronation Street cancelled for a week to make way for football
Kevin confides in Anna that Sophie's medical bill was much higher than expected. In the Rovers, Phelan steals Kevin's phone. He then contacts the pick-up truck suppliers and masquerading as Kevin, arranges to have the new truck delivered to a different address. Handing Kevin's phone to Andy, Phelan tells him that his next job is to take delivery of Kevin's new truck and steal it. Will Andy agree?


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