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With employees no longer working in the office, the lobbying firm was experiencing a lack of flexibility needed to make sure their teams were able to work the same way as they did in the office. With that, also came concerns over the security posture of their workforce workstations.
The lobbying firm had a hybrid work environment but decided that getting rid of Active Directory and moving completely to the Cloud with Microsoft Modern Workplace was the best solution to jumpstart a total 'work from home' initiative.
"For too long we relied on an outdated and insecure IT environment. The transition to Modern Workplace meant we could be confident with a more secure Cloud solution that promotes mobility, collaboration, and productivity." - Chief Information Officer
Empowering users to work the way they want.
The lobbying firm was seeking to digitally transform the way their employees work. By moving to the cloud with Microsoft 365, the lobbying firm wanted to empower employees to be productive wherever they are.
Using modern workplace tools from Microsoft 365 like Microsoft Teams, the lobbying firm enabled virtual collaboration spaces where their teams could have open conversations and quickly interact while working.
Recognizing solutions are not "one size fits all".
The lobbying firm knew that they wanted a customizable solution that fit the needs of their business as change occurred and users fluctuate. With a Microsoft 365 plan, they are not confined to a "one size fits all" agreement. This means their plan stays tightly customized to their needs for years.
The lobbying firm decided that they wanted to scale up and modify the applications they offered to their users. We assisted the lobbying firm with upgrading all of their licenses from Business Essentials to Business Premium to do just this.
Beyond the standard productivity applications and services most of us use daily, with Business Premium, the lobbying firm gained access to a suite of Microsoft's continually improving cloud-based security and management tools that helped secure and protect their business from the ever-increasing volume of cybersecurity threats out there today, as well as manage employee's user accounts, applications, devices, and data in a world where network and applications spray well beyond the company firewall.
Keeping teams secure with mobile device management.
The lobbying firm's 'work from home' initiative meant that mobile devices became an integral part of their business.
Recognizing that their mobile environment couldn't grow and evolve without restriction, the lobbying firm decided to deploy a Mobile Device Management solution to combat the security risks and other complications created by mobile devices that aren't effectively managed.
We delivered a scalable, comprehensive mobile device management solution to regulate their mobile network while also increasing its value. Besides securing their endpoints, Microsoft Endpoint Manager also actively monitors and manages activity and vulnerabilities at the user and organizational level to avoid breaches in policy and regulatory compliance with patch updates, security controls, and isolating sensitive applications when users want to use their own devices.
"With the help of Plow Networks, we implemented Modern Workplace to change the security posture at our company. Our users are not only safe, but more productive and engaged on a new level of cooperation." - Chief Information Officer
Transitioning from a hybrid environment to the Cloud.
With so many remote workers, but only on-premise tools like Active Directory (AD) to manage their devices, it was difficult, if not impossible, to properly secure because the business did not have a Virtual Private Network (VPN).
The lobbying firm's decision to transition from traditional AD to Azure AD helped them better secure and govern their Windows environments and employee-owned devices, as well as surrounding workloads such as Microsoft 365, Teams, Exchange, and SharePoint.
Giving users the ability to be more mobile and agile.
To provide more security at the device and application level, the lobbying firm also implemented Intune (part of Endpoint Manager), which it uses for mobile application management.
We helped secure their workforce by assisting in the implementation and enabling them to manage their workstations and deploy policies in the Cloud, allowing them to get updates from anywhere they are connected to the internet.
We helped configure the following:
Enforce BitLocker disk encryption so that the data on all computers is secure if lost or stolen.
Setup OneDrive Automatic login and Known Folder Move so that users' files are automatically stored and secured in the Cloud. This allows users access to their data from any computer and simplifies moving to new computers when needed.
Setup Update schedules and enforcement, ensuring the computers get the patches and policy updates required.
Setup company branding on the Intune portal.
Behavioral healthcare company eliminates redundant tasks for their teams with HR Automation.
Recruiting company keeps colleagues connected using Microsoft Teams with Business Voice.
State agency boosts employee productivity by outsourcing their IT functions using CompletePath®.
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Q: Is there a type for "Class" in Typescript? And does "any" include it? In Java, you can give a class to a method as a parameter using the type "Class". I didn't find anything similar in the typescript docs - is it possible to hand a class to a method? And if so, does the type "any" include such class-types?
Background: I'm having an issue with Webstorm, telling me that I cannot hand over a class to @ViewChild(...) in Angular 2. However, the Typescript compiler does not complain. The signature of @ViewChild() seems to be "Type<any> | Function | string", so I wonder if any includes Classes or not.

A: The equivalent for what you're asking in typescript is the type { new(): Class }, for example:
class A {}

function create(ctor: { new(): A }): A {
    return new ctor();
}

let a = create(A); // a is instanceof A

(code in playground)
The code above will allow only classes whose constructor has no argument. If you want any class, use new (...args: any[]) => Class

A: Type<T> from @angular/core is a proper interface for Class.
export interface Type<T> extends Function {
    new (...args: any[]): T;
}

You can use it to keep reference to class, instead of instance of this class:
private classRef: Type<MyCustomClass>;

or
private classRef: Type<any>;

According to background of your question with @ViewChild:
@ViewChild allows to inject "string selector" / Component / Directive
Signature of Type<any> | Function | string
is an abstract signature that allows us to inject all of above.

A: The simplest solution would be let variable: typeof Class.
Here an example:
class A {
  public static attribute = "ABC";
}

function f(Param: typeof A) {
  Param.attribute;
  new Param();
}

f(A);

A: Following worked for me:
type ClassRef = new (...args: any[]) => any;

my use case:
 interface InteractionType { [key: string]: ClassRef; }

A: Here's an example of a type that includes only classes:
declare type Class<T = any> = new (...args: any[]) => T;

A: Angular internally declare Type as:
export interface Type<T> extends Function { new (...args: any[]): T; }

With TypeScript3 it should be possible to add types for arguments without function overloading:
export interface TypeWithArgs<T, A extends any[]> extends Function { new(...args: A): T; }

Example:
class A {}

function create(ctor: Type<A>): A {
    return new ctor();
}

let a = create(A);

A:
is it possible to hand a class to a method? And if so, does the type "any" include such class-types?

Yes and yes. any includes every type.
Here's an example of a type that includes only classes:
type Class = { new(...args: any[]): any; };

Then using it:
function myFunction(myClassParam: Class) {
}

class MyClass {}

myFunction(MyClass); // ok
myFunction({}); // error

You shouldn't have an error passing in a class for Function though because that should work fine:
var func: Function = MyClass; // ok

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Amnesty International set a creative brief for school children from around London to design an icon for Amnesty International UK that enforced the message Refugees Welcome. Sisterhood facilitated a design thinking workshop for the students to help them create the final icon which would be used or Amnesty's materials during Refugee Week 2018 and would be available for Amnesty activists for grassroots campaigning and activism.
After a briefing from Amnesty International Alice Sims and Dan Jones we facilitated workshops and drop-in sessions for the students to immerse them in the Amnesty brand. Our workshop used a design thinking technique called the '5 whys' which uses and develops the skill of empathy to uncover the truth behind what makes people feel welcome and at home which could then be translated into an icon with universal meaning and feeling.
Each student then added their 'conclusive why' to a 'Wall of Words' which they could use as inspiration to help them design the final icon.
All of the submissions were then reviewed, judged by a panel of experts from the V&A and Amnesty International and the final logo was selected and used across all of the campaigning and activism materials used for Amnesty International UK's Refugee Week celebrations.


Thank you for choosing to board your pet at Gordon Vet. We look forward to having them stay with us.
To make your pets stay and admission as easy and comfortable as possible, please read the following terms and conditions. If you have any further questions contact us on 9498 3000.
Boarding pick up and drop off times vary and are different to our opening hours. Please see below for further details.
Bookings during December/January must be made at least two weeks prior to your pets' admission date and credit card details will be required to confirm places. Cancellation or amendment of bookings will incur a fee. Please see below for further details on holiday season boarding.
Please allow 10-15 minutes for boarding admissions. All required information must be provided on admission (see below for details). If previous treatment history is unclear or unknown it is our policy to flea, worm and vaccinate all boarders for their protection. This treatments will incur a fee.
Your pet must be up to date with vaccinations, flea and worming treatments. Details regarding these treatments will be required on admission.
Your pets comfort and health is our first priority. As such an emergency contact should be appointed in the event medical treatment is required. Alternatively you may give Gordon Vet permission to act on your behalf in the best interest of your pets welfare.
There are additional charges for pets requiring medication and or other medical treatments. There is also a surcharge for public holidays. Please see below for further details.
Please do not pick up or drop off your pet outside of these hours as our nursing and reception staff will need to be available for owners of surgical and/or hospitalized patients, as well as emergency cases.
Please allow 10- 15 minutes for boarding admission at reception, as the receptionist or nurse will need to ask you various questions about your pet before admitting them. If you wish to save time, you are welcome to request a Boarding Admission Form to be emailed to you. Please bring it with you on the day for our reference.
All boarders must have a current vaccination. Dogs must have a current C5 vaccination and cats must have a current F3 vaccination at minimum. Vaccines are valid for 12 months. Clients who have their boarders vaccinated at a vet other than Gordon Vet must provide a valid and current certificate of vaccination upon arrival. Boarders that are not vaccinated will be vaccinated upon arrival at the expense of the owner.
All boarders must have received a veterinary grade flea treatment (liquid top-spot such as Advantage® or Revolution® or tablet such as Comfortis®, Nexgard® or Bravecto® or a Seresto collar®)within a fortnight of their boarding. Gordon Vet does not consider Capstar®, supermarket flea collars or flea shampoos adequate flea control for boarders. Boarders that have not had adequate flea control or are found to have evidence of fleas throughout their stay in boarding will be given a flea treatment at the expense of the owner, regardless of flea treatment given at home prior to their stay.
All boarders must have received a veterinary grade intestinal all-wormer (Drontal®, Milbemax®) within three months of their boarding. The worming treatment must cover roundworm, whipworm, hookworm and tapeworm. Please refer to wormer packaging to determine whether the product covers all four worms. Please note most liquid top-spot wormers (Revolution®, Advocate®) DO NOT cover tapeworm. Boarders who have not received adequate worming control will have a worming or are found to have evidence of intestinal worms throughout their stay will be given a worming treatment at the expense of the owner, regardless of worming treatment given at home prior to their stay.
Boarders are fed Hills' Science Diet® dry food, with a small amount of Whiskas® wet cat food/My Dog® wet dog food during their stay. You may choose, if you prefer, for your boarder to eat dry or wet food only rather than a mixture. Boarders that require to be fed a particular diet, or whose owners wish for their pet to remain on the food they are fed at home, must provide their own food. This includes Hill's® and Royal Canin® Prescription Diets. If the food is not provided, and we have the food available in our store room, it will be charged to the boarding account. The remainder of the food will be sent home with the pet at the end of their stay.
Clients are asked to provide contact details, ideally a mobile phone number. If you are unlikely to be contactable by phone, we require an email address or a secondary contact. A secondary contact must be familiar with your pet and authorised to make decisions regarding their care in case of illness. If a boarder is found to be unwell whilst in our care, every attempt will be made to contact you or your nominated contact. If contact is unable to be made, the veterinarian will make decisions regarding your pet's care in the interest of their wellbeing. The costs of these interventions will be charged to the boarding account.
We discourage any items or belongings being left with your pet whilst in boarding including leads, collars, cat carriers, blankets and toys. Our kennel area is stocked with these items for use whilst caring for your pet. Gordon Vet accepts no responsibility for any belongings left behind.
Boarders that require medication are very welcome to board at Gordon Vet, including diabetic animals requiring insulin injections. Please see Costs of Boarding in regards to medication administration fees.
Cats must be transported into the clinic in a cat carrier. This is to ensure your cat's safety from other animals and the environment (e.g. cars in the car park, dogs in the waiting room) as well as ensuring the safety of other animals and clients in the waiting room. The carrier will be returned to you once your cat has been admitted.
Cats are boarded separately to dogs to reduce stress levels.
Dogs must be kept on a leash whilst in the waiting room during boarding admission. The leash and collar/harness will be returned to you after admission. This is to ensure your dog's safety from other animals and the environment (e.g. cars in the car park, other dogs in the waiting room) as well as ensuring the safety of other animals and clients in the waiting room.
Dogs are boarded in the dog room. We accept small (<15kg) dogs, elderly dogs and dogs requiring medication. Dogs outside of these categories may be considered for boarding at Gordon Vet staffs' discretion. As our main priority is to ensure our hospital patients recover in a quiet and calm environment, we do ensure the dogs we board are suited to maintaining this environment. On this basis we may deem dogs inappropriate for boarding.
Payment of your pet's boarding account is required upon collection of your pet.
Pets that are collected after 1pm on the day they are booked to go home will incur a half day fee. This is calculated as half their overnight fee (e.g. cats at $29 per night would incur a $14.50 half day fee).
Pets that board over public holidays incur a public holiday surcharge per public holiday. The public holiday surcharge is $10.50* per day.
Pets that require medications/treatments are charged a boarding treatment fee of $9.50*/day.
Bookings for boarding over Christmas and New Year must be made at least 2 weeks prior to date of arrival.
Credit card details are needed for boarding stays during busy holiday periods. Credit card details are regarded as your pet's confirmation of the boarding booking. If you cancel your booking after it has been confirmed, 50% of your pets booking will be charged.
Boarding bookings not confirmed two weeks prior to boarding arrival will be made available to other clients during these periods.
No discounts are given over this period.


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The following lists events that happened in the year 2014 in Ukraine.
January 11 - Yuri Lutsenko, one of the leaders of the protests, is injured during clashes with the police.
January 19 - New violent clashes erupt in Ukraine as a reaction to new strict anti-protest laws.
January 20 - Violence spreads in Kiev as protesters clash with police.
January 21 - Violent clashes occur for a second day between protesters and police in Kiev.
January 22 – At least five people are shot dead and hundreds injured as demonstrators clash with police over new laws limiting the right to protest in Ukraine.
January 24 - Unrest in Ukraine spreads to the cities of Khmelnitsky, Zhytomyr, Cherkasy, Lviv (Lvov), Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lutsk, Rivne and Chernivtsi. In Rivne and Lviv, the offices of the governors were broken into; the Lviv regional governor was forced to sign a letter of resignation.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov submits his resignation to President Viktor Yanukovych in a bid to defuse the conflict in Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich accepts the resignation of Prime Minister Nikolay Azarov and his cabinet; the cabinet will continue to work until a new government is formed.
Parliament repeals anti-protest laws which had led to protests.
February 1 - Activist Dymtro Bulatov reappears after allegedly being tortured by the government.
February 4 – At least 13 people die and five others are injured when a commuter train slams into a shuttle bus in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine.
February 7 - A man attempts to hijack a Pegasus Airlines flight from Kharkiv, and demands to be flown to Sochi; the pilots turned off the inflight monitors and landed in Istanbul, Turkey, where the passenger was arrested.
February 15 - French pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie breaks Sergey Bubka's 21-year-old record with a 6.16 metres leap in Donetsk.
February 16 - Anti-government protesters in Ukraine end a two-month occupation of Kiev's city hall, following an amnesty offer aimed at easing a standoff over President Viktor Yanukovych's rule.
February 18 - Violent clashes between police forces and opposition demonstrators reignite in Kiev. The death toll rises to 14, six of them policemen who were shot dead during the confrontation.
February 18 – Seven miners are killed and nine injured in an explosion at the Pivnichna coal mine in Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast.
After protesters had resisted the police, opposition and President Viktor Yanukovych hold talks and reach a truce. The toll of riots over the past couple of days is at least 25 dead and 241 injured.
The President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych sacks Volodymyr Zamana as Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine; replacing him with Yuriy Ilyin.
In a few cities in Western Ukraine anti-government protesters seize government buildings.
A shaky truce is broken with police and protesters renewing clashes on Kiev's Maidan Nezalezhnosti, with scores of deaths reported.
The mayor of Kiev, Volodymyr Makeyenko, announces he is stepping down from his post and leaving Ukraine's ruling party Party of Regions.
The European Union imposes sanctions against Ukraine including asset freezes and visa bans.
At least 77 people are dead and large parts of Kiev's occupied Independence Square are burning after a bloody escalation of Ukraine's three-month political crisis.
February 20 - Alpine skier Bogdana Matsotska of the Ukraine olympic team decides to pull out of the Winter Games in Sochi, as widespread anti-government protests back home leave dozens dead and hundreds injured.
February 21 - The Ukrainian government and opposition agree to form a unity government and to hold early elections.
The Parliament of Ukraine removes President Viktor Yanukovych from office and frees ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. The dismissed President describes measures taken by the Parliament as a "coup".
Protesters claim control of the capital Kiev with reports that President Viktor Yanukovych has fled to eastern Ukraine.
Ukrainian economist and writer Oleksandr Turchynov is voted Speaker of the Parliament, and in that capacity acting President of Ukraine.
February 23 - Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych is blocked by Ukraine's customs in Donetsk from taking a plane to Russia.
The European Commission recognizes Oleksandr Turchynov as Ukraine's legitimate interim president.
Ukrainian economist and banker Stepan Kubiv, who worked as one of the commandants for the EuroMaidan demonstrations, is selected as governor of the National Bank of Ukraine.
An arrest warrant is issued for the former President Viktor Yanukovych and other officials for their alleged role in killing protesters.
February 25 - The United States administration formally declares that it no longer recognizes Viktor Yanukovych as Ukraine's president as "his actions have undermined his legitimacy".
February 25 - The Parliament of Ukraine removes the five-pointed red star from its spire in a measure aimed at erasing the nation's Soviet legacy.
Ukraine's interim President Oleksandr Turchynov formally becomes the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Ukraine's acting interior minister Arsen Avakov says the elite Berkut police unit, blamed for the deaths of protesters, has been disbanded.
February 26 - The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, orders snap military exercises near the Ukraine border.
The Parliament of Ukraine's Autonomous Republic of Crimea announces a referendum to determine the region's future and ousts the regional government.
Ousted President Viktor Yanukovich, whose whereabouts remained unknown before he turned up in Russia, issues a statement saying that he is still the legitimate president and "ready to fight to the end" to fulfill his deal with the opposition.
Around 50 armed men bearing Russian national symbols seize the building of the Supreme Council of Crimea following clashes between the ethnic Tatar and Russian protesters. The interim authorities of Ukraine put security forces on alert.
The Verkhovna Rada or parliament of Ukraine appoints Arseniy Yatsenyuk as the Prime Minister of Ukraine.
February 27 - The Autonomous Republic of Crimea has announced that it plans to hold a referendum for independence the same day as the elections in Ukraine.
Members of the Russian Parliament propose new laws that would make it easier for Russia to incorporate parts of Ukraine.
Russia finally confirms that it has moved troops in Ukraine's Crimea region to protect its own interests.
Mykhailo Kutsyn is appointed Chief of the General Staff and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Acting General Prosecutor General Oleh Makhnitsky formally calls on Russia to extradite ousted President Viktor Yanukovych along with 10 other figures; the list includes former Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka, former Interior Minister Vitaliy Zakharchenko, Yanukovich aide Andriy Klyuyev, and former Justice Minister Olena Lukash.
Interim President of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov says the Russian military is "directly involved" in the crisis in Crimea, while Interior Minister Arsen Avakov describes the events as "a military invasion and occupation".
News agency Interfax-Ukraine reports that armed pro-Russian men have taken over control of two airports, among which Simferopol International Airport, and raised the Russian Navy flag.
March 1 – Amid tensions in Ukraine's Crimea, the Federation Council of Russia authorizes President Vladimir Putin to use force.
March 11 - The Crimean parliament and the Sevastopol City Council issued a letter of intent to unilaterally declare independence from Ukraine.
March 16 - Official results of the Crimean status referendum show a large majority (reported as 96.77% of the 81.36% of the population of Crimea who voted) voted in favour of independence of Crimea from Ukraine and joining Russia as a federal subject.
March 19 - The Ukrainian military began to withdraw from Crimea.
April 15 - The Ukrainian parliament declare Crimea and the city of Sevastopol "occupied territories".
May 2 - Clashes between pro-Ukrainian and pro-Russian groups broke out in multiple in the streets of Odessa.
July 17 - A Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down and crashed near Torez in Donetsk Oblast.
Ukrainian forces battle pro-Russian rebels near Luhansk International Airport. The area is encircled by the pro-Russian forces for over 3 weeks.
Valeriy Heletey, Ukraine's Defence Minister, accuses Russia of launching a "great war".
The RIA Novosti news agency reports that Russian photojournalist Andrey Stenin has been found dead in Ukraine. It was discovered that he died 4 weeks ago.
Ukraine claims that the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and the President of Russia Vladimir Putin have agreed to a "permanent ceasefire". Russia later denies these claims.
September 4 - The two-day NATO summit in Newport, Wales, begins. Leaders agree to apply further sanctions on Russia. NATO sources claim that there are "several thousand" Russian troops inside Ukraine.
September 5 - The government of Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels agree to a cease-fire, fighting continues after the announcement.
September 6 - In an official statement, Patriarch Filaret, who heads the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate, says that Russian President Vladimir Putin has fallen under the spell of Satan and faces eternal damnation to hell unless he repents.
September 8 - Pro-Russian rebels release 1,200 prisoners under ceasefire deal.
September 12 - The Government of Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists exchange dozens of prisoners agreed to as part of a ceasefire a week ago. Both sides still hold thousands of prisoners.
September 14 - Heavy fighting resumes between Ukraine forces and rebels near Donetsk International Airport with at least six people dead.
September 15 - Heavy shelling on the city of Donetsk leaves 6 people dead and 15 wounded.
September 16 - Lawmakers from Ukraine ratify a landmark agreement with the European Union in tandem with a meeting of the European Parliament.
September 17 - A rocket attack by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine kills 10 civilians and injures 12 others in the village of Nyzhnya Krynka near Donetsk.
September 18 - The President of Ukraine visits the United States to seek assistance in combating separatists in eastern Ukraine.
September 21 - More than 26,000 people in Moscow participate in the largest demonstration so far against Russian president Vladimir Putin and the War in Donbass.
September 21 - Rallies in support of Ukraine and against the War in Donbass take place in Boston, New York, Sydney, Dublin, Madrid, London, Paris, Oslo, Tallinn, Limassol, Istanbul, Antalya, Cologne, Milan, Rome, Vienna, Munich, Prague, Berlin, Moscow, Volgograd, Yekaterinburg, Perm, Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk, Berlaul and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
September 23 - President of Russia Vladimir Putin warns in a letter to his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko that Moscow will restrict Ukraine's access to Russian markets if Kiev implements any part of a trade agreement with the European Union.
September 25 - President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko announces a wide-ranging reform program entitled Strategy 2020 to prepare Ukraine for applying for European Union membership in 2020.
September 29 - Renewed clashes around the Donetsk International Airport between the pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian government troops kill at least 12 people in the worst flareup of violence since the ceasefire accord earlier in September.
September 30 - The Ukrainian military say they have repelled a renewed assault by the pro-Russian forces on the Donetsk International Airport. The airport has been under sustained assaults for over 2 weeks despite an official ceasefire.
October 1 - At least 12 people are killed when shells hit a school and, in a separate shelling, a bus station in the separatist-controlled city of Donetsk.
November 2 - Voters in break away "people's republics" (Donetsk People's Republic and Lugansk People's Republic respectively) in Donetsk and Luhansk go to the polls for parliamentary and presidential elections. Rebel leaders Alexander Zakharchenko (Donetsk) and Igor Plotnisky (Luhansk) appear set for victory in early counting in elections which will be recognised in Russia but not elsewhere. International observers noted a very high turnout.
November 12 - NATO claims that Russian Army troops and military equipment have entered Ukraine.
November 26 - At least three people die in a new round of fighting between the Armed Forces of Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists.
November 27 - The Parliament of Ukraine meets for the first time since recent elections with Arseniy Yatsenyuk expected to be confirmed as Prime Minister.
December 2 - The Parliament of Ukraine approves the formation of a new government that includes three foreigners who have received Ukrainian citizenship just hours before the vote: Georgian-born Alexander Kvitashvili, US-national Natalie Jaresko and Lithuanian Aivaras Abromavičius.
December 12 - Prosecutors at Sary-Arqa District Court in Astana charge 30-year-old Yevgeny Vdovenko, a Kazakh citizen, of intentional and illegal participation in a military conflict abroad because he had fought alongside pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine.
December 18 - The European Union imposes sanctions on Russia-occupied Crimea by banning investments and tourism in the region and halting oil explorations.
December 22 - Kazakhstan renews its military cooperation with Ukraine, to which it promises vital supplies of coal, following a visit to Kiev by the Kazakh leader, Nursultan Nazarbayev.
December 23 - The Parliament of Ukraine removes the country's legislative block on forming military alliances, allowing the government to push forward with plans to accede to NATO.
December 26 - Ukraine and pro-Russia rebels exchange nearly 370 prisoners in the largest such exchange since hostilities began in April this year.
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"Burgundy prices have risen relentlessly in 2018," according to Liv-ex, which says the upward trend has more than reversed the blip experienced by the region at the end of last year, when the index was dragged down by price drops for some key wines.
The region has greatly outperformed all others over a one year period. The Burgundy 150 Index, which tracks the prices of 15 top wines in the area, is up 23.7% over 12 months, and 10.7% year-to-date.
Liv-ex also notes that while the Liv-ex 100 – the industry benchmark – has seen several ups and downs over the past 10 years, the Burgundy market has generally moved upwards. The market platform explains this is largely down to supply and demand: "Supply is tight, and more money, particularly from Asia, has been competing for the rare bottles. Where supply is limited, owners quickly become price setters."
All other regions have seen gains over the last year, although none match those seen by Burgundy. The Bordeaux 500 is up 5.7%, while the Rhone 100 has risen just 2.5%.
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Consequently over the last few years in Europe, particularly Germany and Denmark, heat storage stoves have been enjoying a renaissance and cutting edge Scandinavian stove brands like DAN SKAN (their Nuro 160 model is simply stunning) and Stuv(their Stuv 30 Compact High is the highest efficiency stove we have ever seen) have produced some beautiful and practical stove designs with the emphasis on heat storage.
So what are the advantages of a heat storage stove? Well, let's get one myth out of the way first: the heat storage elements (soapstone, stone, ceramic etc) don't make the stove more efficient. That is, they don't make it produce more heat for the same amount of fuel burned, but they do however provide a kind of 'time-delay' to the delivery of that stored heat from the 'charged' heat storage elements. Heat storage stoves essentially smooth out the peaks and troughs of the traditional stove's heating curve during the heating cycles.
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'Shrek' Producer John Williams Teams With Riverstone Pictures To Produce $20M Animated Movies – Cannes
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Shrek producer John Williams has partnered with Deepak Nayar and Nik Bower's Riverstone Pictures on a slate of animated feature films in the $15M-$20M range.
The trio have already set up their first two projects including Goose Chase and The Silk Road Rally, which will both be written by Charming's Ross Venokur. The films will be produced by Deepak Nayar's Kintop Pictures and John Williams' Vanguard Entertainment, while Riverstone will finance.
Goose Chase is set in the world of classic Mother Goose characters; it is an action-comedy about Simple Simon and Wee Willy Winkie, the world's worst treasure hunters, who embark on a mission to find the legendary golden eggs in hopes of saving their world and, maybe, winning the heart of Little Bo Peep.
John Williams Sets Record For Oldest Oscar Nominee; Judd Hirsch Becomes Second-Oldest Acting Nominee 42 Years After His First Nom
The Silk Road Rally is a comedy with an international cast of characters who come together to compete in a wacky, no holds barred car race along the famous Silk Road trade route in China. Shrek 3 and Roger Rabbit writer Peter Seaman will co-produce.
Other projects in the works include Genetapets, about a 13-year-old girl named Lulu and her unique pets who fight local crime daily, Alien Rock Band, Zorgamazoo and Brobots.
Williams said: "I have had a fantastic experience working with Deepak and I am thrilled to be setting this slate together with him and Nik. Ross and I have worked together on many projects over the past two decades, culminating most recently in Charming."
Bower added, "With Show Dogs, Riverstone has already planted its flag firmly in the family space. Animated movies are a natural extension of that enterprise. In every genre we look to partner with the finest talent working in the business, and we're delighted to be embarking on this collaboration with Ross and John."
Riverstone Pictures' next release is big-budget family film Show Dogs, which is going out wide through Global Road Entertainment in the U.S. and a range of major distributors around the world later this month. The company is currently in post-production on a number of films, including Michael Winterbottom's The Wedding Guest, starring Dev Patel, The Corrupted, starring Sam Claflin, Harmony Korine's The Beach Bum, starring Matthew McConaughey; and At Eternity's Gate, starring Willem Dafoe as Vincent Van Gogh.
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One of the biggest reasons a floor will start to sag is foundation problems such as moisture or termites. A structural engineer can help find the source of the problem and come up with a solution. The settling of a foundation, however, is a natural part of the aging process a house goes through, and is more a reflection of the character of the house than an indication of future problems. A lot of old homes don't have a level floor anywhere. Part of the charm of an old floor lies in its minor imperfections: the familiar creak of a floorboard, a gentle undulation in the hall, the gouge mark so ancient that the scar has a patina.
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Q: Integrating $f_n(x)$, where $f_n(x)=-x\cdot f'_{n-1}(x)$. What did I do wrong? I wondered what would happen if I integrated a function defined in terms of it's derivative and after some puzzling, this is what I got:
Define $f_n(x)=-x\cdot f_{n-1}'(x)$. Now:
$$I=\int f_n(x)\,dx$$
We take $u=f_n(x)\implies\,du=f_n'(x)\,dx$ and $\,dv=\,d\implies v=x$, so:
$$I=x\cdot f_n(x)-\int x\cdot f_n'(x)\,dx=x\cdot f_n(x)+\int f_{n+1}(x)\,dx$$
which would mean:
$$\int f_n(x)\,dx=x\sum_{k=n}^{\infty}f_k(x)+C$$

However, the above result doesn't seem correct. Take for instance $f_n(x)=(n-1)!(\log x)^{-n}$.
It satisfies $f_n(x)=-x\cdot f'_{n-1}(x)$, but when I use try my little trick, I get:
$$\int(\log x)^{-1}\,dx=\int f_1(x)\,dx=x\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\dfrac{(k-1)!}{(\log x)^k}+C$$
which isn't correct.
Question: What did I do wrong? I really have no idea. I don't use integration often, so it could be something realy obvious (I hope not).


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Even in her sleep, Mackenzie Kilpatrick remembers this is a dream she has dreamed before. She snugs her forehead against Sid's neck and inhales his familiar scent. His strong arms clasp tightly around her, pressing his heartbeat through the thin cotton t-shirt. She strokes the back of his neck as her face nestles in the curve of his shoulder.
The dream shifts and changes. Sid's husky voice comes from a distance. "Get out of L.A., Mac. Get out now."
"Sid?" She strains with her dream-shout. "Sid!"
He stands in front of her, his close-cropped hair caught under his camo hat, his tanned forearms framed against his dusty uniform. Behind him, bare gray mountains rise high along the horizon. The armored Hummer sits several yards away bristling with weapons and antennae. Other troops duck as gunfire explodes around them. Sid stands there unflinching like he always does, staring at her from the shadow of his hat brim.
She knows he is dead.
Then she's awake, gasping, tears on her face, her throat tight in the contortion of dream screaming. She throws back the covers and sits up in the dark room. The dream has never been like this. She draws a shaky breath. The digital clock readout says 5:40 a.m.
Mackenzie's day gets worse from there. Within the hour, her parents call from Oklahoma, warning that overnight, the sun has ejected a massive solar flare that's hitting Earth. Her phone stops working mid-call. The television sputters and goes to static. With Sid's dream warning and her parents' plea for her to come home, she throws things into her car, loads up her dog Captain, and starts out of the drive.
She's halfway out of the garage when the ground shifts. Walls tumble, cracks open in the roadway, and she barely makes it to the other side of the freeway when a traffic jam from hell stops her. She sees a way out—if she can maneuver down the sidewalk. Then she's stuck. And there's this guy waving his arms, shouting.
This guy…David Evans…not a man she would ever want to know. But there he is in all his devastating, overpowering presence leaning in her passenger side window telling her what to do and here she is stuck between a fence and a light pole, and well, it could actually be the end of the world.
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On Thursday June 7, at 8:30 in the morning, without warning, the army came into the Zahda family home on the section of Shuhada street near the main checkpoint where Palestinians still have access. The soldiers placed the family, Sami Zahda, his wife, and their two sons, ages three and four, in a back room and took away their pones. The soldiers then welded the front door of the home closed. The family was imprisoned inside.
By 12:00 noon, thanks to notice from international observers outside, the landlord tried to intervene. He appealed to the soldiers that the family would have no way to exit the home as the back house's back exit was too dangerous for use. The family looked out from a second floor window as the soldiers kept them imprisoned inside.
At 4:00 in the afternoon, thanks to pressure from the community - local human rights defenders, international observers and the beginning of a media presence - the army finally unsealed the front door and the family was allowed to leave safely.
In 2015, The Dundes family, just one door down from the Zahdas, also had the army seal the front door of their home closed. They too were trapped inside.
Many of the homes on Shuhada Street have been passed down for centuries. Hebronites take pride in the ancient history of their city. But, constant harassment from settlers and violence from soldiers is a terrifying force. Families live without protection.
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Local print maker Kate Murray is fusing her passions for beer and printing with a calendar that highlights seasonal pints by local breweries.
GOWANUS — A local print maker is fusing her love of beer and letter press to handcraft calendars highlighting seasonal pints by city breweries.
Kate Murray, owner of Quick Brown Fox Letterpress in Gowanus, said she designed the calendar to showcase specialty brews only available for brief windows that can easily be missed by non-beer connoisseurs.
"Beer is one of those things that's very seasonal and I don't think people think of it that way," said Murray, a beer enthusiast who even took a "pilgrimage" to find rare brews on her honeymoon. "And especially with local breweries, they make small batches that are only available for a short time that people might miss or not think to try."
Murray has already partnered with Strong Rope Brewery in Gowanus, Sixpoint Brewery in Red Hook and is in talks with the Brooklyn Brewery and Descendant Cider and Rockaway Brewery in Queens. The calendar also features a smattering of drinks from national breweries including Montauk and Ommegang Brewery.
Each month of the calendar comes with a beer bio that describes a bevy tailored to the month, but also breaks down the type of beer with a brief history of how it is made and where it originated.
And the calendars are eco-friendly, too. Each page is hand laid on cotton paper using a tabletop printing press with roughly four hours of work to create one full spread, she said.
Murray got her start with Quick Brown Fox Letterpress after setting up a Kickstarter campaign to fund the restoration of an old-fashioned printing press.
Another Kickstarter fund will go live on Monday to fund the project.


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Jonathan Bennett (ex-JR, ALL MY CHILDREN) hosted the official New Year's Eve live stream in New York.
Eddie Alderson (ex-Matthew, ONE LIFE TO LIVE) posed with girlfriend Sylwia Pracon on New Year's Eve in New York.
Karla Mosley (Maya, B&B) spent her holiday break in Paris.
Kim Matula (ex-Hope, B&B) attended the FOX All-Star Party at the 2018 Winter TCA Tour in Pasadena.


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Mark Ronan's Theatre Reviews
Reviews on opera, ballet, and theatre
« The Tsar's Bride, Royal Opera, Covent Garden, April 2011
Gianni Schicchi, Beijing, National Centre for the Performing Arts, April 2011 »
Manon, with Benjamin and McRae, Royal Ballet, Covent Garden, April 2011
This work is one of the jewels in the Royal Ballet's crown, and it hardly seems thirty-seven years since Kenneth Macmillan created it.
Leanne Benjamin in Act I, all photos by Bill Cooper
The performances had a wonderful freshness, and Leanne Benjamin brought Manon beautifully to life, showing her complexity: frivolity and teasing, anguish, fecklessness and the desire for pretty clothes, jewellery and a good time. She entered the party in Act II looking like a little girl surrounded by grown ups, seeming so pleased to see her brother before exhibiting a catching vivacity and zest for life as she engages the lecherous attentions of eight 'gentlemen'. Steven McRae as her lover was a brilliant partner in their various pas-de-deux, and although Des Grieux is a bit of a cipher in this ballet, he performed with such perfect control and élan that his dancing took on an ethereal mix of nobility and youthful energy. This was McRae's debut in the role, and from his first solo adagio in Act I to his remarkable spins in the scene where he knifes the gaoler, and his final attempts to console the dying Manon, he was superb.
Ricardo Cervera was wonderful as Manon's brother Lescaut with his amoral attitudes, followed by later regrets and failed attempts to rescue his sister. His drunken performance in Act II was convincing without ever being over the top, and he was well aided by Laura Morera as his mistress, showing just the right amount of sexiness without in any way overshadowing Manon. Christopher Saunders portrayed a brutally powerful Monsieur G.M., and Gary Avis was riveting as the gaoler, from the moment he entered front stage left in Act III. This was altogether a terrific cast, and Martin Yates conducted with great sensitivity and emotional tension.
Leanne Benjamin in Act III
The music by Massenet contains nothing from his opera of the same name, and was originally compiled by Leighton Lucas, with collaboration by Hilda Gaunt. However, it seems that Martin Yates has re-orchestrated it, with fine effect. This was the first performance in the present run, and although Steven McRae was due to take the role of Des Grieux later, he replaced Edward Watson in today's first night and I was delighted to witness such a marvellous debut in the role.
Performances with various casts continue until June 4 — for more details click here.
Tags: Ballet, ballet review, Christopher Saunders, Gary Avis, Kenneth MacMillan, Laura Morera, Leanne Benjamin, Manon, Martin Yates, review, Ricardo Cervera, Royal Ballet, Steven McRae
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Leukemia Drug Put on Clinical Hold After Four Deaths
FDA concerned about hepatotoxicity risk
Seattle Genetics, a biotechnology company based in Washington, has received notice from the FDA that a clinical hold or partial clinical hold has been placed on several early- stage trials of vadastuximab talirine in subjects with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The clinical holds were initiated to evaluate the potential risk of hepatotoxicity in patients who were treated with vadastuximab and who received allogeneic stem cell transplant either before or after treatment. Six patients have been identified with hepatotoxicity, including several cases of veno-occlusive disease, with four deaths.
Vadastuximab talirine is an investigational antibody–drug conjugate targeted to the CD33 transmembrane receptor. CD33 is expressed on most AML and myelodysplastic syndrome blast cells. A CD33 engineered cysteine antibody is linked to a DNA binding agent called a pyrrolobenzodiazepine (PBD) dimer via site-specific conjugation technology. Vadastuximab is designed to be stable in the bloodstream and to release its cell-killing PBD agent after internalization into CD33-expressing cells.
A phase 1/2 study of vadastuximab monotherapy in AML patients after pre- and post-allogeneic transplant has been placed on full clinical hold. In addition, two phase 1 trials have been placed on partial clinical hold (no new enrollment; existing patients may continue treatment with reconsent). These studies involve vadastuximab monotherapy, including a subset of older AML patients in combination with hypomethylating agents, and vadastuximab combination treatment with 7+3 chemotherapy in newly diagnosed younger AML patients. No new studies will be initiated until the clinical holds are lifted.
Other ongoing studies of vadastuximab, including a phase 3 study in older AML patients and a phase 1/2 study in subjects with myelodysplastic syndrome, are proceeding with enrollment.
Vadastuximab was granted orphan drug status by the FDA for the treatment of patients with AML. This designation is intended to encourage companies to develop therapies for the treatment of diseases that affect fewer than 200,000 individuals in the United States.
Source: Seattle Genetics; December 27, 2016.
FDA Approves Gemtuzumab for Treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia September 1, 2017
Two CAR-T Cancer Immunotherapy Trials on Clinical Hold After Patient Death September 5, 2017
Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy: The Next Big Thing Faces Challenges May 22, 2017
Study: Acute Myeloid Leukemia Is at Least 11 Different Diseases June 10, 2016
Mixed Results Reported for Venetoclax (Venclexta) in AML Patients August 12, 2016


Seen MOI Hyderabad Chapter Member at MOI Hyderabad Moms Meet.
Hyderabad, April 8, 2019: It inarguably ranks foremost as a happening online Facebook Group in its genre. And its popularity and support base is growing by the day.
Brought together as an exclusive group for her friends by Chemistry lecturer and mother of twins, Erum Saeed, on the Republic Day of 2016, "MOMS OF INDIA" (MOI) today commands an overwhelming member-strength of 1.5 lakh mothers drawn from 14-15 States but based all over the globe.
It is generally acknowledged as the fastest growing community of Moms on Facebook.
The group, which has conducted meetings of its members across several cities, organised one in Hyderabad on April 07, 2019.
MOI began its Hyderabad activities a year back with Lalitha Deepthi Mutta and Bharati Kosuru as the Admins.
It was a wonderful Sunday experience to over 30 mothers and their children when they assembled at Gazebo Restaurant on Road 3 in Banjara Hills.
The atmosphere at Gazebo Restaurant was thrilling with several activities undertaken in one go. The 30 moms were engrossed in getting introduced to one another as they were online friends till then. Getting into motherly discussions with participation of senior members was an experience in itself for the new mothers.
As for the kids, who became friends, it was an outing worth remembering as they were treated to fun-filled events Games and it was followed by small fashion walk of MOI members .
MOI made a memorable debut in Hyderabad. Each mother, who attended the event, assured to take the MOI message forward. It revolves around giving every mother some 'Me-time' and to realize her individual identity and her societal worth.


The door slid open, and Clarke knew it was time to die.
Her eyes locked on the guard's boots, and she braced for the rush of fear, the flood of desperate panic. But as she rose up onto her elbow, peeling her shirt from the sweat-soaked cot, all she felt was relief.
She'd been transferred to a single after attacking a guard, but for Clarke, there was no such thing as solitary. She heard voices everywhere. They called to her from the corners of her dark cell. They filled the silence between her heartbeats. They screamed from the deepest recesses of her mind. It wasn't death she craved, but if that was the only way to silence the voices, then she was prepared to die.
She'd been Confined for treason, but the truth was far worse than anyone could've imagined. Even if by some miracle she was pardoned at her retrial, there'd be no real reprieve. Her memories were more oppressive than any cell walls.
The guard cleared his throat as he shifted his weight from side to side. "Prisoner number 319, please stand." He was younger than she'd expected, and his uniform hung loosely from his lanky frame, betraying his status as a recent recruit. A few months of military rations weren't enough to banish the specter of malnutrition that haunted the Colony's poor outer ships, Walden and Arcadia.
Clarke took a deep breath and rose to her feet.
"Hold out your hands," he said, pulling a pair of metal restraints from the pocket of his blue uniform. Clarke shuddered as his skin brushed against hers. She hadn't seen another person since they'd brought her to the new cell, let alone touched one.
"Are they too tight?" he asked, his brusque tone frayed by a note of sympathy that made Clarke's chest ache. It'd been so long since anyone but Thalia—her former cell mate and her only friend in the Ar]world—had shown her compassion.
"They're doing it here?" Clarke asked hoarsely, the words scraping against her throat. If a doctor was coming, that meant they were forgoing her retrial. It shouldn't have come as a surprise. According to Colony law, adults were executed immediately upon conviction, and minors were Confined until they turned eighteen and then given one final chance to make their case. But lately, people were being executed within hours of their retrial for crimes that, a few years ago, would have been pardoned.
Still, it was hard to believe they'd actually do it in her cell. In a twisted way, she'd been looking forward to one final walk to the hospital where she'd spent so much time during her medical apprenticeship—one last chance to experience something familiar, if only the smell of disinfectant and the hum of the ventilation system—before she lost the ability to feel forever.
Clarke took a few short steps and perched stiffly on the edge of her narrow bed. Although she knew that solitary warped your perception of time, it was hard to believe she had been here—alone—for almost six months. The year she'd spent with Thalia and their third cell mate, Lise, a hard-faced girl who smiled for the first time when they took Clarke away, had felt like an eternity. But there was no other explanation. Today had to be her eighteenth birthday, and the only present waiting for Clarke was a syringe that would paralyze her muscles until her heart stopped beating. Afterward, her lifeless body would be released into space, as was the custom on the Colony, left to drift endlessly through the galaxy.
A figure appeared in the door and a tall, slender man stepped into the cell. Although his shoulder-length gray hair partially obscured the pin on the collar of his lab coat, Clarke didn't need the insignia to recognize him as the Council's chief medical advisor. She'd spent the better part of the year before her Confinement shadowing Dr. Lahiri and couldn't count the number of hours she'd stood next to him during surgery. The other apprentices had envied Clarke's assignment, and had complained of nepotism when they discovered that Dr. Lahiri was one of her father's closest friends. At least, he had been before her parents were executed.
The guard avoided Clarke's eyes as he removed the handcuffs. He gave Dr. Lahiri a curt nod as he stepped outside.
"You mean I'm an unarmed eighteen-year-old," Clarke said, forcing what she thought was a smile. "Or are you turning into one of those mad scientists who never knows what year it is?" Her father had been like that. He'd forget to program the circadian lights in their flat and end up goie ud end ung to work at 0400, too absorbed in his research to notice that the ship's corridors were deserted.
When Clarke didn't reply, Dr. Lahiri walked forward and sat down so he was facing her. "Can I see your arm, please?" Clarke felt her chest tighten, and she forced herself to breathe. He was lying. It was cruel and twisted, but it'd all be over in a minute.
She remembered the anguished look Wells had given her as the guards were escorting her out of the Council chambers. While the anger that had threatened to consume her during the trial had long since burned out, thinking about Wells sent a new wave of heat pulsing through her body, like a dying star emitting one final flash of light before it faded into nothingness.
Her parents were dead, and it was all his fault.
Dr. Lahiri grasped her arm, his fingers searching for her vein.
See you soon, Mom and Dad.
His grip tightened. This was it.
Clarke took a deep breath as she felt a prick on the inside of her wrist.
Clarke's eyes snapped open. She looked down and saw a metal bracelet clasped to her arm. She ran her finger along it, wincing as what felt like a dozen tiny needles pressed into her skin.
"What is this?" she asked frantically, pulling away from the doctor.
"Useful information for who?" Clarke asked, although she could already feel the shape of his answer in the growing mass of dread in her stomach.
There was a dull crack as Clarke's fist made contact with the doctor's face, followed by a thud as his head slammed against the wall. Seconds later, the guard appeared and had Clarke's hands twisted behind her back. "Are you all right, sir?" he asked.
"Get where?" Clarke grunted, trying to free herself from the guard's grip.
The Chancellor had aged. Although it'd been less than six weeks since Wells had seen his father, he looked years older. There were new streaks of gray by his temples, and the lines around his eyes had deepened.
"Are you finally going to tell me why you did it?" the Chancellor asked with a tired sigh.
Wells shifted in his chair. He could feel the truth trying to claw its way out. He'd give almost anything to erase the disappointment on his father's face, but he couldn't risk it—not before he learned whether his reckless plan had actually worked.
Wells avoided his father's gaze by glancing around the room, trying to memorize the relics he might be seeing for the last time: the eagle skeleton perched in a glass case, the few paintings that had survived the burning of the Louvre, and the photos of the beautiful dead cities whose names never ceased to send chills down Wells's spine.
"Was it a dare? Were you trying to show off for your friends?" The Chancellor spoke in the same low, steady tone he used during Council hearings, then raised an eyebrow to indicate that it was Wells's turn to talk.
"Were you overcome by some temporary bout of insanity? Were you on drugs?" There was a faint note of hopefulness in his voice that, in another situation, Wells might've found amusing. But there was nothing humorous about the look in his father's eyes, a combination of weariness and confusion that Wells hadn't seen since his mother's funeral.


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This page contains information about the Diversity Programs available to Graduate students, both Masters and Doctorate, at the Penn State Smeal College of Business.
The Penn State Smeal College of Business Office of Diversity Enhancement Programs assists in the development of a diverse, pre-eminent graduate learning community through the establishment of programs aimed at the recruitment and retention of underrepresented populations, as well as creating a welcoming climate for all graduate students, faculty, and staff.
The Smeal graduate student population is rich in diversity and is represented by men and women from a variety of cultural and ethnic backgrounds, as well as members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community and the military. Today's business world is diverse in thought, action, and philosophy, so it is important for the college to create an inclusive environment, where all students can be accepted.
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Through the Office of Diversity Enhancement Programs and the Penn State Smeal MBA Office, students are provided with an alumni mentors, have access to mock interviews, resume reviews and case study practices. Students have access to these resources along with the following clubs and national organizations which seek to increase awareness and empower diverse candidates at Smeal and beyond.
Minority MBA Association (MMBA): The MMBAA strives to create a sense of community by providing a strong support base for professional development and enhancing the academic experience of MBA students.
National Association of Women MBAs (WMBA) - Smeal: The WMBA Smeal Chapter is dedicated to enhancing the personal, professional, and economic development of graduate business women and promoting professional, philanthropic, and social networking opportunities. We want to serve as a catalyst for the advancement of women in their respective fields.
Smeal MBA Military and Veterans' Association: The Smeal Military Veterans Association provides admissions, student, and veteran support for recruiting, professional development, and leadership service throughout the academic year in order to create and sustain a mutually beneficial relationship between the college and its veterans.
National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA): Comprised of MBA students and business professionals, the NBMBAA hosts an annual case competition and career expo. Support and preparation for these events includes mock interviews, resume reviews, case preparation, and company networking sessions.
National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA): The NSHMBA is a national organization made up of MBAs and business professionals whose goal is to increase the number of Hispanic master's business degree graduates through scholarships, professional development, and mentorship. The group hosts an annual career expo and conference.
Reaching Out MBA Conference (ROMBA): In addition to hosting an annual career fair, ROMBA's goal is to empower LGBT MBA students to become professionals who will lead the way to equality in business education, in the workplace, and throughout society.
College Scholarships for LGTBQ Students: A guidebook that includes a full list scholarships for LGBTQ students, advice on applying for these scholarships, and that highlights additional financial aid opportunities for these students while attending college.


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Todrick Hall to Headline 2nd Annual NC Pride at Night
NC Pride at Night is thrilled to announce Todrick Hall as this year's headliner for the 2nd annual Raleigh pride festival. A singer, songwriter, dancer, actor, choreographer, producer and social media influencer with over 3 Million subscribers and 650 million views, Hall will perform on the main stage at this year's 2nd Annual NC Pride Festival in downtown Raleigh on Saturday, September 28, 2019, 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Hall has released three Number 1 Albums: Straight Outta Oz Deluxe, Forbidden & his most recent album "Haus Party," which will begin a world tour this October. His Broadway credits include: Waitress (August), Kinky Boots, Chicago, The Color Purple & Memphis. Hall is a recurring judge and resident choreographer on "RuPaul's Drag Race."
He has choreographed videos for Beyoncé; written and starred in the Virgin America safety video, was featured in Taylor Swift's record-breaking music video "Look What You Made Me Do" and most recently he starred in/co-executive produced her video "You Need to Calm Down."
Hall can be seen on other television shows, including Queer Eye, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Dear White People, Bring It, Dance Moms, Catfish, Bob's Burgers, American Idol, Muppet Babies and is the star of the documentary "Behind the Curtain" on Netflix.
The festival begins at the intersection of Hargett and Harrington streets near Legends Nightclub (300 West Hargett St.)
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The nonprofit NC Pride at Night launched a new LGBTQ pride festival in Raleigh last year to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the city's first pride celebration held in 1988. The inaugural event, which featured North Carolina-based LGBTQ rights activist Mandy Carter and pop singer and American Idol finalist, David Hernandez, attracted over 5,000 people.
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I picked up more food in Flagstaff so I'll have some to take to Petrified Forest next week. Managed to find a fabric shop next to a Michael's art supply that had black cloth I can use to solve the reflection problems with the lens filter.
Rene tells me in an email to meet Betty at the park headquarters library and she will tell me the location of the not-well-known South Rim aspen grove that is in full color now. So I walk there and she hands me a topo map with instructions where to find the dirt lot to park and a path to walk to a culvert, which you walk carefully down towards the canyon rim (hopefully not too fast) and there one will find the aspens. So I'll check that out tomorrow.
Last night had some successes and partial successes. The quarter moon rose in such a weird fashion, behind some layered clouds or smoke that Ann said looked like modern artwork. It reminded me of the striated layers of the canyon walls. Never seen a moon rise like that. Was working two cameras at that point, running back and forth to shoot the moon, then to shoot the moon light on the canyon.
Earlier in the night I spent some time using my Astro-Trac, a device that tracks the stars so you can take photos of individual objects, like galaxies, star clusters, planets. And it works really well if you remember to bring the instructions, which I didn't. So I attached it to my tripod as I remember from using it about a year ago, that turned out to be about 90 degrees from where it is supposed to be. You have to align it with the north star, which I didn't do quite well since the photos still showed streaks of the stars in the long exposures. But, I got the Andromeda Galaxy, the Pleiades star cluster ("the Seven Sisters" or "Subaru" in Japanese) and some detail of the Milky Way. When I finally figure it out, I hope the photos to be better.


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Maximizing Space, Boosting Culture
Rapid Advance was growing in more ways than one. The company's original headquarters was the quintessence of corporate design—traditional, muted, and safe—but that space didn't represent the changing company culture or allow for team growth. They needed a space that reflected the vibrancy of their culture and allowed for current and future expansion.
Rapid Advance needed a corporate design to reflect the vibrancy of their culture. Interface products featured: On Line™ and Ground Waves™.
This team of business lenders moved to a new space in a new building, marking a fresh start for the company. Rapid Advance became the first tenant of the first LEED Platinum building in Bethesda, Maryland.
Spearheaded by Lead Designer, Kristin Kostrzewski, the corporate design of the new 22,433 square foot space was the perfect tabula rasa—a space that could be designed from scratch to accommodate the team of 190 members with room for a mix of professional, executive, recreation, and collaborative areas.
One of many areas to accommodate team collaboration.
Our efforts focused on representing not only the company's professionalism and work ethic, but also their culture and personality. We broke down the walls of traditional corporate design by creating a workspace that is open and uplifting. We installed work surfaces with low cube walls, which opened the space and allowed for more natural light. We designed areas specifically for recreation and breaks to establish an equal balance in the new office space. The layout incorporated a "Whiskey Room" for entertaining clients and celebrating successful deals complete with flooring taken from actual whiskey barrels, a Ping-Pong table, and Foosball.
The "Whiskey Room", for entertaining clients and celebrating successful deals.
Carpet served as a powerful design element in our work. Our partnership with Interface designers ensured that the flooring would stand the test of time and complement the space's personality. By using saturated colors in open areas and subtle colors in private spaces and offices, we were able to incorporate subtle bursts of color without overwhelming the design.
Subtle colors in private spaces and offices.
Overall, the entire design offers a space where Rapid Advance's culture can flourish. "The original space was dull. It was such a stark contrast to the softball-playing, whiskey-drinking, karaoke-singing, high energy of the Rapid Advance team. It was exciting to create an environment that reflects their thriving culture and attracts great talent," said Melissa Price, CEO of dPOP.
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The Bird That Paints Its Eggs With Bacteria
By Ed Yong
It's spring. A female hoopoe—a bird that looks like a pickaxe painted in a tiger's colours—lays her eggs in a hole within a tree. The eggs come out milky blue, but they soon change colour to a mucky brown. That's not just because the nests are dirty, as Wikipedia currently claims. It's also because of a liquid that the female produces.
Look under the tail feathers of any bird and you'll find the uropygial gland, or preen gland. It secretes oils and waxes that birds use to clean and waterproof their feathers. But during breeding season, a female hoopoe's uropygial gland becomes exceptionally large, and it makes a weird dark brown fluid that smells of rotting meat. This is the stuff that discolours the eggs.
The nature of this pungent secretion became clearer a decade ago, when scientists injected the hoopoe's gland with antibiotics. Suddenly, it produced fluids that were similar to those made by other birds—lighter in colour, thinner in consistency, and weaker in smell. The gland turned out to be full of bacteria—mostly Enterococcus, but other species too.
Manuel Martin-Vivaldi and Juan Soler from the University of Granada have been studying the hoopoe's bacteria for many years. They found that the microbes produce powerful antibiotics, and that hoopoes uses these chemicals to keep feather-eating bacteria from destroying its pristine plumes.
Now, they've found evidence that these birds use the same bacteria to protect their young before they're even born. By filming nesting females, they confirmed that the birds actively paint their eggs with their uropygial secretions.
That's unusual in itself: bird eggs usually have smooth shells, and preening oils wouldn't normally stick to them. But when Martin-Vivaldi and Soler looked at freshly laid hoopoe eggs under a powerful microscope, they found a multitude of tiny pits. These are new—no one has ever seen anything like them on bird eggs before. By the time the chicks hatch, almost 90 percent of these pits have been filled with a doughy material that's loaded with Enterococcus bacteria.
Left: Pits in a hoopoe's eggshell. Right: Close up of the pits, with bacteria lining them.
It's the female who fills the pits. When Martin-Vivaldi and Soler stuck catheters into the hoopoes' uropygial glands to stop them from reaching their own secretions, the birds couldn't fill the pits in their eggs, which ended up with fewer bacteria on their surfaces. The eggs, however, had more bacteria inside them. It seems that the microbes in the pits, and the antibiotics they produce, act as a living shield. They stop harmful bacteria from colonising the eggs, and from travelling through pores in the shell to reach the chicks inside.
How does that benefit the chicks? Here, the researchers' results become a bit more ambiguous. They found that normally, when females had more bacteria in their glands, their eggs had more bacteria in their pits and were more likely to hatch. When the females couldn't reach their glands, these correlations disappeared. However, the two groups of females—the normal ones and those that couldn't reach their glands—were just as likely to raise successfully hatching eggs.
The team think that if the gland bacteria really are protecting the chicks, it might take a larger study to detect any benefits. It's possible that these bacteria only matter depending on the levels of other disease-causing microbes in the hoopoes' nests. It's also possible that harmful microbes that manage to travel into the eggs doesn't change the odds that the chicks will hatch, but affects them later in life.
For now, we know that the hoopoes are painting their eggs in bacteria. Why? That's still not fully clear. And why are hoopoes the only birds that have these pits on their eggs? Martin-Vivaldi and Soler suspect that it's because of their unusually dirty nests.
Hoopoe nestlings can defend themselves by squirting streams of faeces at intruders and, unlike other birds, they don't clean their waste from their nests. Their slovenliness might save their lives but it also comes with a high risk of infection. Perhaps they have evolved to cope with this extra risk by forming partnerships with defensive microbes, and laying eggs that are full of bacterial condos.
Hoopoes might be the only birds with such structures, but they're far from the only animals with them. Leafcutter ants keep Streptomyces bacteria in special chambers on their bodies that kill parasitic fungi. Rove beetles carry Pseudomonas bacteria that make pederin—a toxin that deters spiders and can even irritate human skin. We typically think of bacteria as 'germs' that cause illness. They're just as likely to be guardians that protect us from disease.
Reference: Martin-Vivaldi, Soler, Peralta-Sanchez, Arco, Martin-Platero, Martinez-Bueno, Ruiz-Rodriguez & Valdivi. 2014. Special structures of hoopoe eggshells enhance the adhesion of symbiont-carrying uropygial secretion that increase hatching success. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12243


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Where Mormonism's 'September Six' are now
Lynne Kanavel Whitesides in 2003 Keith Johnson | The Salt Lake Tribune Dr. Michael Quinn at the LDS Church History Library, August 9, 2013. Dr. Quinn was excommun Lavina Fielding Anderson in 2003 Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune Avraham Gileadi participates in a passover ceremony during Isaiah Institute's Passover Hagg Maxine Hanks, one of the September Six who was excommunicated for apostasy in 1993, was quietly rebaptized into the LDS Church in Paul Toscano in 2003
Lynne Kanavel Whitesides in 2003 Keith Johnson | The Salt Lake Tribune Dr. Michael Quinn at the LDS Church History Library, August 9, 2013. Dr. Quinn was excommunicated from the LDS Church 20 years ago, in a group which came to be known as "the September Six." He is a Mormon historian who has written extensively about controversial elements of Mormon history, yet who remains a believer even after being expelled from the community. I will profile him on the 20th anniversary of his excommunication. Lavina Fielding Anderson in 2003 Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune Avraham Gileadi participates in a passover ceremony during Isaiah Institute's Passover Haggadah, a Seder for Judah and Joseph, at ScenicView Academy on Friday, April 22, 2011. Maxine Hanks, one of the September Six who was excommunicated for apostasy in 1993, was quietly rebaptized into the LDS Church in February 2012. Courtesy Justin Hackworth Photography Paul Toscano in 2003
By Peggy Fletcher Stack The Salt Lake Tribune
· June 16, 2014 7:19 pm
Editor's note: These items were previously published Sept. 28, 2013, to mark the 20th anniversary of the LDS Church's punishment of the "September Six."
D. Michael Quinn
Quinn, who was excommunicated for apostasy for articles he published about controversial episodes in LDS history, is an independent researcher. The accomplished, Yale-trained historian taught at Brigham Young University and wrote highly acclaimed volumes on Mormon polygamy and the faith's governing hierarchy. Jan Shipps, a Methodist and pre-eminent scholar of LDS history, has said Quinn "may know more about the Mormon past than anybody alive." Said Quinn last fall: "I believe the LDS Church today, though deeply flawed, is still God's true church run by the damned human race. There is no limit to my Mormonism. It's like St. Peter's Basilica, embracing all truth with open arms."
Lynne Kanavel Whitesides
Whitesides, who was disfellowshipped for comments she made on television about how the LDS Church treated women, is now a professional life coach. "Being disfellowshipped from the LDS Church was one of the best things that ever happened to me. It opened up a world of spirituality I didn't even know was possible."
Lavina Fielding Anderson
Anderson, who was excommunicated for publishing a list of attacks on intellectuals by LDS leaders, is president of Editing Inc. and attends the same Mormon ward she did in 1993: "Being excommunicated is something I think of or am reminded about every single day. It's like a death; I haven't gotten 'over' it. It hasn't become irrelevant. But it has turned my heart even more to the plain and precious part of Christ's love, grace and atonement. My LDS ward, by accepting me, allowing me to serve where I can, and respecting what I can offer has, in significant ways, canceled the exclusion that usually accompanies excommunication. They've helped me stay Mormon."
Paul Toscano
Toscano, a consumer bankruptcy lawyer, was excommunicated for critical comments he made about LDS apostles in public: "My wife, Margaret Toscano, who was targeted first, was eventually excommunicated on Nov. 30, 2000. Our children are all adults and disaffected from the church. We don't go to church but worry about it. ... I'm a Christian with doubts."
Maxine Hanks
Hanks, a chaplain and independent scholar who lectures and writes on religious studies, was excommunicated for public writings and speeches about Mormon women and religious authority. Hanks was rebaptized in 2012: "After my excommunication, I undertook a personal spiritual path exploring other faiths and ministries, to find deeper answers about myself and women's priesthood. I felt spiritually led back to the LDS Church as a necessary part of that journey to completion and wholeness. I found membership to be even more rewarding than I had expected."
Avraham Gileadi
Gileadi, a Hebrew scholar who was excommunicated for some of his writings about Isaiah, kept the lowest profile. He was rebaptized into the LDS Church in 1996 and continues to write for a Mormon audience: "In my case — not a single charge was true or supported by evidence — and all mention of it was expunged from the church's records. I'm fully active in the church and gospel and have continued to publish books, including my last major work on Isaiah, the Apocalyptic Commentary of the Book of Isaiah, published at the end of August, exactly 40 years after coming to the U.S. I have been in Washington since April but may return to Utah. I hope for the day that zealous Mormons will no longer be treated as anti-Mormons."


Three nights a week, Jason cooks superb evening meals, offering the best of home-grown and locally sourced produce. On Friday nights he cooks exclusively for you, usually local or Cornish fish. Monday night is Curry Night and popular with the locals and visitors alike. Whereas Thursday night varies from wild venison stew or cassoulet to Cornish rib eye steak. In April he also offers guests a Sunday evening roast.
Main courses vary from £13.50 to £21.50 and puddings are £6.50. We are licensed and offer a selection of carefully chosen wines, beers and spirits to complement the food we serve. So take time to enjoy a Cornish aperitif on the deck followed by a bottle of wine from the local vineyard with your meal.
We are able to cater for some special diets but you must check with us prior to booking, that we are able to cater for your needs.
Evening meals are served in the conservatory or if you prefer, choose a secluded spot in our stunning plantsman's garden or dine under the vine in our traditional Scillonian glasshouse.
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Uniqlo unveils collaborative winter collection with Alexander Wang
Alexander Wang has put his latest spin on winter wear in collaboration with Uniqlo, partnering with the Japanese retailer for a new capsule collection under Uniqlo's Heattech line.
The line will be available online and in Uniqlo's New York City stores on November 8 before launching to all Uniqlo stores on November 9 - Via Uniqlo x Alexander Wang
The Uniqlo x Alexander Wang Fall/Winter 2018 collection offers men's and women's underwear, undershirts, bodysuits and leggings in a range of neutrals for men and an added neon green for women. Prices fall within Uniqlo's typically affordable range from $9.90 to $29.90.
Uniqlo first launched its Heattech line of clothing, designed with smart fabric to keep wearers warm during the winter, in 2003. While the retailer's own collections under the line have kept to basics, the partnership with Wang gives the brand a refreshing update with a high-fashion air.
"New York designer Alexander Wang re-envisions Uniqlo LifeWear," the retailer said on the collection's online launch page. "A new series of Heattech designed to be layered below or simply worn alone for alluring cold weather support. Innovative Heattech fabrics are crafted and contoured with elevated techniques to enhance the body with style, warmth, and ease."
The line made its debut in New York on October 23, and will be available online and in Uniqlo's New York City stores on November 8 before launching to all Uniqlo stores on November 9.
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