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Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) (1)
Sea Research Foundation / Mystic Aquarium (1)
Triangle Coalition for Science and Technology Education (2)
2010: Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship (1)
2008/2009: ELG for Formal K-12 Education (1)
2007: Teacher Professional Development Fellowship Program (1)
Exploring Inner Space: Linking Aquariums with Ocean Scientists
Sea Research Foundation / Mystic Aquarium offsite link · Mystic, Connecticut
Funding: $1,799,964
This program is a pilot project and collaborative effort to develop partnerships and educational programming using state of the art technology. The project partnership is comprised of a leading ocean science research and education institution, the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography and its new state of the art Inner Space Center (ISC), and two strong national ocean science education networks: the National Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence (COSEE) Network and NOAA's Office of Exploration and Research (NOAA-OER) Education Alliance.
This program is a pilot project and collaborative effort to develop partnerships and educational programming using state of the art technology. The project partnership is comprised of a leading ocean science research and education institution, the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography and its new state of the art Inner Space Center (ISC), and two strong national ocean science education networks: the National Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence (COSEE) Network and NOAA's Office of Exploration and Research (NOAA-OER) Education Alliance. In addition, two partner sites will serve as proof of concept sites and education hubs - Mystic Aquarium and Institute for Exploration (CT) and South Carolina Aquarium (SC), both affiliated with COSEE, the Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center Network (CELC), and NOAA-OER. Through this initiative, the ISC will install new Exploration Command Stations (ECSs) and enhance Ocean Today kiosks at the partner sites, strategically selected aquariums. Through this pilot project, the ECSs and kiosks (modeled after the original Ocean Today kiosk in the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History's Sant Ocean Hall) will form an Ocean Interpretive Station at the partner sites. The ISC will provide live links from the Center's facilities to the newly installed ECSs and kiosks using feeds from various remote Ocean Exploration platforms, including the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer and the exploration vessel, E/V Nautilus. The project's Content Development Team (CDT) will develop associated educational materials for use in public programs at the partner sites.
Competition: 2009: Ocean Education Grants for AZA Aquariums
PI: Dwight Coleman
State: Connecticut County: New London District: CT02
Partners: Oregon State University (OSU) / Hatfield Marine Science Center · Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science / Alaska SeaLife Center · Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center (CELC) Network · Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) · University of Rhode Island (URI) / Inner Space Center (ISC) · South Carolina Aquarium ·
Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program
Triangle Coalition for Science and Technology Education · Arlington, Virginia
The Triangle Coalition for Science and Technology Education provides a competitive program that selects & provides financial assistance to current science and math teachers for 10-month fellowship in the federal government. This project would allow NOAA to continue to be one of the host agencies, with one teacher fellow hosted in FY08, and up to two teacher fellows in FY09 and FY10. These teacher fellows will work with NOAA's Office of Education to learn about how federal science and math education policy and programs are structured.
The Triangle Coalition for Science and Technology Education provides a competitive program that selects & provides financial assistance to current science and math teachers for 10-month fellowship in the federal government. This project would allow NOAA to continue to be one of the host agencies, with one teacher fellow hosted in FY08, and up to two teacher fellows in FY09 and FY10. These teacher fellows will work with NOAA's Office of Education to learn about how federal science and math education policy and programs are structured. The Triangle Coalition for Science and Technology Education provides coordinated training and professional development activities and trips for the fellows that work in up to 10 different federal agencies.
Competition: 2007: Teacher Professional Development Fellowship Program
PI: Vance Ablott
State: Virginia County: Arlington District: VA08
NOAA Earth System Science Courses: Building on the Earth System Science Education Alliance (ESSEA)
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) offsite link · Arlington, Virginia
The Earth System Science Education Alliance (ESSEA) is a successful teacher professional development program enhancing K-12 teachers' environmental literacy and ability to teach Earth System Science. The ESSEA 40+ educational institution consortium is supporting universities and other educational institutions in teacher preparation and professional development for pre-service and in-service K-12 teachers.
The Earth System Science Education Alliance (ESSEA) is a successful teacher professional development program enhancing K-12 teachers' environmental literacy and ability to teach Earth System Science. The ESSEA 40+ educational institution consortium is supporting universities and other educational institutions in teacher preparation and professional development for pre-service and in-service K-12 teachers. This NOAA-funded project enhances and builds on this foundation by: 1) Using the ESSEA online courses as a model to introduce newly upgraded Earth system science undergraduate and graduate courses for teachers; 2) Introducing new Earth System Science data, analysis tools and educational resources to support the teacher courses; and 3) Disseminating model teaching practices and program success through annual conferences, continuing support, and presentations at geoscience and education conferences.
Competition: 2008/2009: ELG for Formal K-12 Education
PI: Robert Myers
Partners: Birch Aquarium at Scripps · Texas A&M University at College Station · University of Maine / Ocean Systems Central Office School of Marine Sciences (COSEE) ·
Engaging ESL Adult and Youth Learners in Technologically Facilitated Outdoor Experiential Learning to Improve Environmental, Ocean, Climate and English Literacy
College of Exploration offsite link · Potomac Falls, Virginia
Literacy Volunteers of America (LVA) - Monroe County, Inc. and The College of Exploration are developing and implementing a pilot project to target traditionally under-represented ethnic groups who are limited English proficient-- many reading and writing in English at the grade 0 - grade 5.5 level.
Literacy Volunteers of America (LVA) - Monroe County, Inc. and The College of Exploration are developing and implementing a pilot project to target traditionally under-represented ethnic groups who are limited English proficient-- many reading and writing in English at the grade 0 - grade 5.5 level. The project goals are for learners of English as a Second Language (ESL) to use digital photo cameras, digital video cameras, waterproof underwater HD cameras and GPS technologies to geo-locate, explore, observe, record, display and tell stories in English both in words, photos and short HD video clip sequences. Stories will be about the exploration of places like the National Marine Sanctuaries and other areas of the country and coasts where there are scientific observation and monitoring opportunities created and supported by NOAA partners.
PI: Peter Tuddenham
State: Virginia County: Loudoun District: VA10
Partners: Literacy Volunteers America of Monroe County · Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF) · Florida Literacy Coalition (FLC) ·
The Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program was enacted by Congress and is administered by the Department of Energy-Office of Science and managed by the Triangle Coalition for Science and Technology Education. Participation includes the Department of Energy (DOE), NASA, the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
The Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program was enacted by Congress and is administered by the Department of Energy-Office of Science and managed by the Triangle Coalition for Science and Technology Education. Participation includes the Department of Energy (DOE), NASA, the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The program provides an opportunity for current public or private elementary and secondary mathematics, technology, and science classroom teachers with demonstrated excellence in teaching an opportunity to serve in the national public policy arena. This proposal seeks funds to place Einstein Fellows at NOAA over the five-year period 2010-2015. The NOAA Einstein Fellows will support NOAA's education vision of an environmentally literate public and a diverse workforce who will use NOAA's products and services to make informed decisions that enable responsible action. The Fellows provide practical insight in establishing and operating education programs and they provide "real world" perspectives to program managers developing or managing education programs.
Competition: 2010: Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship
Partners: Museum of Science Boston ·


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Authorities Seeking Two Suspects In Attempted Break-In At Lindsay Lohan's Home
Authorities have asked for the public's help in identifying two suspects believed to be involved in the attempted burglary of Lindsay Lohan's home.
"On May 12, 2009, a pair of burglars attempted to break into a home in the Hollywood Hills during broad daylight and their images were caught on surveillance video. The Los Angeles Police Department is asking for the public's help in locating those suspects as well as the vehicle," a spokesperson for the LAPD said in a statement released to Access Hollywood.
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The spokesperson said surveillance photos captured a second person in a four-door gray Dodge Magnum station wagon "with paper plates and custom wheels parked in front of the home."
Two passengers in the vehicle exited the car and "walked through a gate and entered the backyard of the residence," police said in a statement to Access.
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"Investigators believed that the suspect tried to gain entry by using an unknown type tool to pry open a back window and door. After the unsuccessful attempt, the suspects drove off," the statement continued.
One suspect covered his face with a bandana. He was also wearing a "two-tone baseball cap with an emblem," authorities said in their statement of Access.
No details were available about the driver of the vehicle.
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As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, Lohan's home showed "evidence" of a break-in on Tuesday, authorities said.
Signs of tampering appeared at a rear window and a rear door.
Initial reports from authorities suggested that the home appeared ransacked, but later a police officer told the Associated Press that no one entered the home.
The state of the home prompted them to ask, "Is it normally like this, or did the intruder do it?" officer Karen Rayner told the AP.
Nothing was missing from the home.
Anyone with information about the attempted burglary or suspects is being asked to call Hollywood Burglary Detectives at (213) 972-2930.
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Cowboys' season comes to close in Rockwall-Heath defeat
Coppell senior guard Jaylon Wilson and his teammates show their disappointment following Friday night's playoff game loss against Rockwall-Heath at Mckinney High School. The Cowboys fell short to Rockwall-Heath to end their season with a score of 63-34. Photo by Varsha Kanneganti
Nicholas Pranske, Sports Assignment Editor
McKINNEY – After coming off of an exciting bi-district victory, the Coppell boys basketball team came into Class 6A Region II area playoffs with high hopes. However, Rockwall-Heath had its own idea, defeating the Cowboys, 63-34, Friday night.
The Cowboys (26-12) started out fast and gave themselves a 9-2 lead early in the first quarter. However, after the Hawks hit a three-pointer, stole the ball back and scored again, the score-gap was quickly fading.
By the end of the first quarter, Heath found a 19-11 lead and kept it throughout the game.
The Hawks (25-10) were able to maintain this lead, as well as expand it, by shooting primarily beyond the arch. Most of Heath's points came from three-pointers. However, in order to find these open shots, the Hawks would constantly and rapidly move the ball around from teammate to teammate, in order to find the open look.
The Cowboys' defense was not able to keep up with the fast-paced composure of the Hawks, causing them to give up many open shots. This caused the Hawks to expand their lead going into halftime to 32-20.
On the offensive side, the Cowboys played how they usually do; with ball movement and working it inside and outside, but could not penetrate the Hawks' man-defense. Even with senior forward Grayson Early's 12 points, aided by junior guard Tariq Aman's eight and sophomore guard Quevian Adger's six, the Cowboys fell short.
In the third quarter, the Hawks did not let up, scoring another 17 points to add to their total, making the score going into the fourth a dominating 49-26.
In the fourth, as a tribute to the players on the team who were playing their last game, Coppell coach Kit Pehl began to play the seniors. Each senior on the team, including forward Blaine Williamson, guard Austin Rath and forward Tanner Smith, got to play one last time on their high school team.
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The Grand Irony of RussiaGate: The U.S. Becomes More Like the U.S.S.R. Every Day
When the Soviet regime exiled Sakharov in 1980, everybody assumed the USSR was permanent and impregnable to collapse.
There are many ironies in the RussiaGate drama, but none greater than this: The U.S. becomes more like the former U.S.S.R. every day. Longtime correspondent Bart D. sketches out the irony:
I look at the US economy and what I see in actual everyday life is that corrupted capitalism has resulted in the same problems for average citizens as what crony communism did for the citizens of the USSR.
Poor consumer choice. Poor resource allocation. Poor quality consumer products. Poor environmental management/outcomes. Hyper-vigilance and hyper-control of Government over its people. Dodgy Utilities. The difference is that the Soviet Union had a better healthcare system than USA currently has and better housing availability for common people.
How's the irony! Capitalism and Communism ultimately end up with similar outcomes and for the same reason: Cartel behaviours and cronyism.
Exactly. When the system is rigged to benefit insiders, cartels, cronies and elites at the expense of the many "outsiders," the status quo must mask this reality with propaganda and Big Lies: that is, keep repeating the lie until people believe it due to its embrace by "experts" and authorities.
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But the reality is quite different: stagnant wages + soaring real-world inflation = lower standards of living, which is precisely what the bottom 80% of American households have been experiencing for the past decade of "growth" and "recovery."
The citizens of the old Soviet regime had a wry saying: they pretend to pay us and we pretend to work. I propose a variation for the hapless US citizenry:
They pretend inflation is low and we pretend to be prosperous.
The current clampdown on social media and alternative media in America is ripped right from the playbook of the Soviet regime. We must "protect" you from "fake news," lest you start questioning the official narratives of strong growth, prosperity, low inflation, etc.
Then there's the case of Julian Assange, in exile for releasing what everyone concedes is factual evidence on par with The Pentagon Papers in the 1970s which blew up the false (but convenient to the elites) narratives of the Vietnam War.
They can't paint Assange with the "fake news" brush, so they exile him just as the old Soviet regime exiled Andrei Sakharov in 1980, a hero of the Soviet Union and laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1975.
Please note that the Soviet Union collapsed a decade after exiling Sakharov.Ramping up repression and official propaganda, strangling dissent and marginalizing independent skeptics are the desperate, last-ditch tactics of a doomed regime that only serves the interests of insiders and elites.
There are many pathways to collapse, with financial collapse being a favorite of regimes that print/borrow immense sums to buy off their populace and enrich the insiders/elites-- for example, Venezuela:
When the Soviet regime exiled Sakharov in 1980, everybody assumed the USSR was permanent and impregnable to collapse. In other words, "it can't happen here." But it did happen, and believing "it can't happen here" did nothing but hasten the collapse.
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NBC's 'Hollywood Game Night' Scores Local Remake In Russia Via CTC Media
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NBC entertainment format Hollywood Game Night is heading to Russia after broadcaster CTC Media ordered a local version of the show.
M.I.R., the Russian production company run by The Eurovision Song Contest producer Andrei Boltenko, is to produce a 12-part run, known as Celebrity Game Night, to air this autumn.
The deal marks the 21st international version of the format, which was originally created by actor/producer Sean Hayes, producer Todd Milliner and Mission Control Media and is in its sixth season in the U.S. with host Jane Lynch.
The show was recently snapped up by Viacom's Channel 5 in the UK, which ordered a version from NBCU-backed Monkey and starring Liza Tarbuck, Danny Baker and Susan Calman. E! Entertainment makes a South African version, while other broadcasters include SVT in Sweden, Channel 3 in Thailand, RTL Klub in Hungary and Radio Canada Tele.
Ana Langenberg, SVP Format Sales & Production, NBCUniversal International Formats said, "We are delighted to build on our relationship with CTC for a local version of Hollywood Game Night. As one of our flagship formats, it continues to entertain millions of audiences all over the world with its fun universal themes, games and talent. All international versions are produced to such a high-quality, so we're proud to see the show continue to travel and generate global success."
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Brenna Wiertzema
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"Clients are asking us to be more creative with how we plan those separate nodes of furniture arrangements," said Loretta Haugen, an interior designer who specializes in healthcare settings. "They want separation now but the flexibility to change it up. Right now, I'm redoing the layout for a waiting area at a clinic, maintaining the six-foot distance required but also anticipating additional seating in the future."
Other pandemic realities affect the supply chain, requiring designers to restrict the options they present to clients who need to spend CARES Act or related funding by a strict deadline. Haugen believes those considerations could continue in 2021, as additional relief packages emerge. "We really have to make sure we're working with in-stock materials that can be shipped on time," she said. "And it's important to keep connected with those vendors about which plants are taking breaks or decreasing their production lines."
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The Weipa Town Office provides information on– pet registration, community information, rates, library, waste management etc. http://www.weipatownoffice.com
Thursday Island
The Torres Shire council provides information regarding community groups and services. http://www.torres.qld.gov.au/home . The Port Kennedy Association (PKA) website has a 'What's on' section where you can find information about any important days or events in the community: http://pka.org.au/
Tully & Mission Beach
Mission Beach Information Centre has information about local services, community groups and activities around Mission Beach. For more information call 07 4068 7099 or email info [at] missionbeachtourism.com.
Tully has a local Cassowary Coast Council facility (Tully Civic Centre, 38-40 Bryant Street) and Tully Support Centre which both provide a good overview of services available in the community. The Centre is open Monday-Wednesday 9am-1pm & 2pm-4pm, Thursday 9am-2pm. For more information call 07 4068 1004 or email info [at] tullysupportcentre.com.au.
There are a number of Facebook pages/groups for people living in Mission Beach/Tully.
Mission Beach Questions Answers
Tully Mission Beach Job Search
Mission Beach Mums and Bubs
Tully Community Cuppa & Chats
Autism Queensland
Autism Queensland is a not-for-profit organisation with a vision for a life of participation, opportunity and choice for people with Autism Spectrum Disorder. They provide specialised education, therapy and support services for people of all ages with ASD and their families and are Queensland's longest serving and most experienced agency in the delivery of early intervention, education and training, therapy and respite care.
More info: Visit their website to connect with their many offices throughout QLD.
Defence families with special needs
Defence Community Organisation (DCO) provides practical assistance to Defence families who have dependants with special needs. This assistance especially focuses on reducing the impact of relocations and minimising any interruption to specialist services that the dependant needs.
In order to receive any of the assistance and support services available, you will first need to have your dependant with special needs formally recognised by Defence. Forms and details can be found on the DCO website.
The Defence Special Needs Support Group (DSNSG) provides peer support and a range of programs to support Defence families with special needs. DSNSG has coordinators and groups right across Australia but the services and support are limited in the remote locations.
Defence families with special needs who are considering a posting to a remote locality are encouraged to contact the DSNG National Office on 1800 037 674 or national.coordinator [at] dsnsg.org.au (), or visit their website for more details.
Open Arms - Veterans and Families Counselling
Open Arms provides counselling and support services to Australia's military community. If you have served one day of continuous full-time service in the ADF you can call them for support. They also support families, reservists and some peacekeepers. Call Open Arms - Veterans and Families Counselling on 1800 011 046 for free, confidential counselling and group programs to support mental health and wellbeing.
More info: Check out the Open Arms - Veterans and Families Counselling website and group programs.
RSL Queensland
RSL Queensland has evolved to be the largest ex-service organisation in the state, with over 240 Sub Branches across 10 districts offering practical assistance including: Assistance with DVA claims; emergency financial assistance; home and hospital visits; short-term emergency accommodation; low cost housing; bereavement assistance; comradeship and mateship and connections to other ex-service organisations.
Their staff and volunteers work to: Provide ANZAC Day and Remembrance Day services; provide welfare and support for the wounded, injured and ill and their families; honour the memory of those who have served through commemorative events; preserve the spirit of mateship within the ADF community and promote the interests of veterans and ADF members to Government and the wider community.
More info: Visit their website or call (07) 3634 9444.
The Partners of Veterans Association of Australia
The Partners of Veterans Association of Australia (PVA) is a nationwide support network for partners of past and present members of the ADF, offering support, friendship, information and understanding. PVA believes there is a great need for support for all partners/carers, widows/widowers and families of Australian veterans, both now and in the future.
More info: Visit their website to connect with your local QLD branch, or find them on Facebook.


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A: You should read about Predefined Entities in XML, I think. And then replace each entity to the appropriate value. How to do that: depends on the programming language you use.

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IT administrators share their New Year's resolutions.
IT administrators share their top goals for 2009.
"We've actually just gone through a period of three years where virtually anything we asked for, we got. But there is still a need for new equipment," says Jack Smiley, senior technician, Worcester County (Md.) Public Schools.
Nearly 6,800 students attend 14 schools in the district, which has wireless Internet access in each of its high schools and high-speed T-1 lines at each school.


With summer coming up on the horizon (err– many horizons! we can dream right?) you may be becoming stir crazy in your home, getting excited to start tending to your yard with the utmost love and care.
Keeping a stunning backyard is important, especially in Ontario where natural landscapes are not as readily available as they are in places like the West Coast of Canada. Keeping a manicured backyard and garden is a hobby shared by many types of people, not just green thumbs! This is due to the fact that gardening is relaxing, and nurturing plants can have positive effects on the brain!
Therefore, there's nothing more frustrating than the presence of pests in your yard. One infestation can cause devastation, wreaking havoc on all your hard-working and tender cultivation. Not only can pests negatively affect the growth of your plants, they can also impede upon you and your guest's ability to truly relax and unwind on the back patio with a nice refreshing summer beverage. Plus, laying and reading in a hammock isn't relaxing when you can hear the overwhelming hum of a wasps nest just mere inches away from your resting place.
Interestingly, wasps are very territorial creatures. Due to this instinct, they are highly unlikely to build their nest if there is another one nearby. Many gardening stores sell fake wasp's nests for gardeners like you to hang in their yard as a deterrent. Your fake nest will scream, "This our property! Move along" to any prospective wasp tenants looking to move into your yard!
If you're certain you currently don't have any wasps in your yard, great! However, nest building can begin anytime as early as the spring. Therefore, it would be prudent of you to conduct regular (say, weekly) inspections of your yard including railings, furniture, overhangs, gutters, etc. to ensure that no new nests are forming.
Firstly, if the nest is tiny and the queen bee is away foraging, you can step on the nest.
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There are steep walls, flat reefs, boulder strewn bommies and gently sloping ridges.
Critters tend to have their preference for terrain, but the critters shown below you will found all around these dive sites.
We spent a good 10 minutes with an octopus, who firstly fled, then came back and put on a great display, then fled again.
Next up was a Conspicuous Angelfish, which really don't like divers much. Unless you're stealthy, they'll keep their distance.
Followed closely by a big Stingray that came in real close.
And of course, there's the less conspicuous stuff, but sometimes all the more exciting a find despite that.


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Summary: I've never been a coleslaw fan, but I do like the idea of thinly sliced veggies in a tangy, creamy dressing. The crisp, crunchy freshness of Granny Smith apples, celery and fennel is infinitely pleasing, especially when dressed with a refreshing aioli infused with celery leaves and fennel fronds. This is a great summer salad; hearty enough to be a simple lunch when paired with some great bread and/or some grilled shrimp, or a terrific start to dinner on the patio.
Make the dressing first by placing the egg yolk, egg, chopped garlic, lemon juice, cider vinegar, mustard and some salt into a blender or food processor. Blend until combined, and then with the motor running, drizzle in a thin stream the olive and canola oils until incorporated. Add the celery leaves and fennel fronds and blend until well combined. Add salt and pepper to season and more lemon juice if you like. Set the dressing aside.
*IF you are not serving this salad immediately, make the dressing without the garlic at first. Refrigerate and then, just before serving, blend in the chopped garlic.
In a large mixing bowl, put the chopped celery, fennel and apple and squeeze the lemon wedge over. Set the lemon wedge aside and with your hands, toss the celery, fennel, and apple until combined.
Gently stir in 1/3 of the dressing. Taste, check seasoning, and add more dressing if you like. Top with the reserved 1/8 cup celery leaves and 1/8 cup fennel fronds. Serve immediately or cover and refrigerate. You will have leftover dressing.


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Q: How to use Using enum RelationshipType with Neo4j? I would like to define some relationship type between some typed node. When I look example always they use a String to define relationship type, as in this example . By using:
@RelationshipEntity(type = "ACTED_IN")

I tried to use org.neo4j.graphdb.RelationshipType but RelationshipEntity.type expect a string.
public enum PersonMovieRelationshipType implements RelationshipType {
    ACTED_IN("ACTED_IN"),
    AUTHOR("AUTHOR");

    private String type;

    PersonMovieRelationshipType( String type ){
        this.type = type;
    }

    public String getType() {
        return type;
    }
}

RelationshipType enum provide a method "name()" what to do with ?
I do not like free text way, is it possible use an enum ?
Any full example will be appreciated.
Regards

A: You can't due to the way annotations work. What you could do is declaring the relation names as constants.
interface RelationNames{
  String ACTED_IN = "ACTED_IN";
}

And then use those constants in your code
@RelationshipEntity(type = RelationNames.ACTED_IN)


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Oum Kulthum was a legendary Egyptian singer and the most famous woman in Egypt after Cleopatra. In her film "Looking for Oum Kulthum," Iranian filmmaker Shirin Neshat has brought the diva's story to the screen, with personal touches.
ISTANBUL, TURKEY – Shirin Neshat, an Iranian visual artist who lives and works in New York City, was in Istanbul for the 37th Istanbul Film Festival, to serve as a judge at the Human Rights in Cinema Competition.
In addition to her duties as a judge, Neshat also attended the screening of her second feature film, Looking for Oum Kulthum, a film-within-a-film that is as much about the legendary Egyptian singer as it is about a female Iranian filmmaker. TRT World caught up with the gracious and modest 60-year-old after the screening at Istanbul's historic Atlas Cinema to discuss her film.
In the film, an Arab woman asks the Iranian filmmaker why, of all people, she wants to make a film about Oum Kulthum, when she doesn't even speak Arabic (implying she wouldn't understand Kulthum's songs properly). As an Iranian artist, what attracted you to the Egyptian superstar?
Shirin Neshat: The reasons I gravitated towards the story of Oum Kulthum are several: But one is that I really felt the urge to move away from Iranian subjects as someone who hasn't been back for so many years – I was making work that felt nostalgic.
I also have an obsession with music: I think it is very powerful in the way it breaks all boundaries between cultures.
And thirdly because I think she is as a woman artist, someone I'm completely inspired by in the way that she broke through all the tough rules; she became the single most important artist of the 20th century as a woman. She was loved by men, women, rich, poor, Sunni, Shia, Jews, Muslims … It's unprecedented that any artist, male or female, even in Western culture, reach to that level of popularity. Four million people went to her funeral.
In general I think whether we like it or not, there is no one like Oum Kulthum in the Middle East. For me it was both wanting to pay a small tribute within my means, but also face some of my questions as a woman artist from the Middle East on a much smaller scale. So it was a very complicated project because there were many different intentions behind the making of it.
When was the first time you came to know about Oum Kulthum? Who introduced you to her music?
SN: Oum Kulthum was known in Iran, very well known. In fact my parents listened to her regularly. I was a little too young, but I remember that even in the long bus rides across the country hours long that they would play the music of Oum Kulthum. Because the south of Iran is also Arabic speaking and there are a lot of people who knew her extremely well. So she was not an unknown name to us.
You also have to remember that classical Persian music is not that different than classical Arabic music in its approach to poetry, mysticism, and ecstacy, because it's the same technique really. The lyrics of some of the songs that she sang came from the Persian poet [Omar] Khayyam so we related to her music both on a musical and a poetic sense.
Your film is a fictionalised account of legendary Egyptian singer. It's also an account of a female Iranian filmmaker struggling to make a personal film in a male-dominated and conservative film industry. How much fact and how much fiction did you utilise for either woman protagonist?
Then I completely changed the direction of the story and made a story inside of a story. So it shows my challenges as a non-Arab making a film about her, but also my own challenges as a woman artist who has a child – but not exactly fact because I didn't abandon my son. So there are many aspects of both the period film and the actual production that were both reality and fiction.
Your film talks about Oum Kulthum's hesitation at leaving her family behind, or her shock at losing her voice in her later years. Did you pick these milestones simply by empathy and imagination, or through your research?
SN: Actually it's the opposite. The more you try to find flaws and weaknesses of Oum Kulthum, the more difficult it was. And mainly not that she didn't have flaws and not that she didn't suffer and not that she didn't have pain, but it's just she made sure nobody found out about it.
In fact when we visited her family eventually in Cairo, they [told] us how there was a basement to her house that sometimes when she felt really bad and depressed she would just go and lock herself inside that room, and she would never come out until she felt better. Another [detail] was she never confided with people about her own suffering.
My theory is that if she sang songs that brought people to tears she must have felt these emotions herself. There's just no way you can make people feel pain if you have not felt the pain yourself. The issue that I found that was extremely difficult to go under her skin because there's no real factual information about her: like she never had relationships that she broke down; she never became a drug addict; she didn't commit suicide; she was not abusive; she just very carefully shaped her career to be something of a magnitude that no one could devour and bring her down to itsy bitsy celebrity things or gossip.
And I respect her for that but that made it a difficult film to make because she never showed her vulnerability. Whereas I myself I'm always going up and down. And that's what the story's about this woman who thought she was gonna be like Oum Kulthum but finds herself falling apart but she thinks she will bring her down to her level and she doesn't do a good job at it.
The film began as a biopic and turned into a metafiction about the difficulties of making a film about a beloved public figure. What does your experience tell us about fragmented histories such as Oum Kulthum's?
SN: I found that it's just like history, that there are different interpretations of that history – and it's the same about her: there are very many different interpretations about who Oum Kulthum was. In fact if you talk to every Egyptian they have their own description of how she was who she was.
But she was always very [secretive]. That is something that I find very interesting, that you cannot have just one description of who she was. Some people see her as a symbol, as an angel, some people see her as very demonic and dominant and manipulative. So there's a lot of different images that she has been called but I think my film was about how I couldn't really reach the truth in her. You know it was so difficult. And at the end that's what the story became.
Why do you think it is important to depict revered historical/cultural figures as human beings in art?
SN: Well I never considered this but for some reason I'm very interested in historical times and historical figures. I don't currently live in Iran; I don't currently live in the Arab world – but historical figures and historical times are very interesting because they are more accessible and you could give it your own interpretation; because nobody has experienced them no one that I know. So in a way you're more free because then it becomes your interpretation. But if I [were to] make something very contemporary it's a very different story.
So something about her where she reaches this iconic status, this legendary status, then it could be for example she's an idol for millions of women in the Middle East each one of them for a different reason. For me this is my little contribution to in terms of how I saw her and that's it.
What was happening in Egypt politically and socially during Oum Kulthum's life?
SN: I'm glad you brought that up because for me that is an interesting part about her story that I became very interested in. She lived through the monarchy of King Farouk in the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s until 1952 when [Egypt] had the social revolution. The British were kicked out; then [Gamal Abdel] Nasser came into power.
So we see these two distinct periods of political history in Egypt while she lived and how she in fact was transported from being an ally with King Farouk and the court then next was she became the best friend of Nasser and she became a collaborator in many ways.
That's why I really focused on those two concerts in a way that shows not only her relationship as a young and older Oum Kulthum but how the Egyptian society changed: as you can see one was very Westernised and the other – after the revolution there was much less European fashion and there was much more military men; there was a very different Egypt. So I think it's interesting that just impressionistically we focus on these two distinct periods which I think mark the period that she lived in in a most important way.


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Blu-ray Review: Rediscovering Bill Persky's Lost Comedy Classic "Serial"
Written by Jason Price on February 12, 2016
Bill Persky's "Serial"
This week, our resident movie review, Jeremy Morrison, goes into full geek mode with a look back at one of Olive Films most exciting new releases, "Serial." First, let's take a walk down memory lane with a quick synopsis:
Inspired by the Cyra McFadden novel, The Serial: A Year in the Life of Marin County, Serial is director Bill Persky's (TV's Kate & Allie) satirical look at the lifestyles of California's 1970's hippie culture.
Viewed through the eyes of Harvey Holroyd (Martin Mull, TV's Roseanne), a man perplexed by the behavior of his wife Kate (Tuesday Weld, Pretty Poison) and their liberal-minded friends, Serial lampoons everything from feminism, free love and sexual politics to cults, motorcycle clubs and the random midlife crisis.
The Gifted Ensemble Cast Includes Sally Kellerman (MASH), Christopher Lee (Dr. Terror's House Of Horrors), Bill Macy (The Holiday), Peter Bonerz (TV's The Bob Newhart Show), Nina Talbot (Night Shift), Tom Smothers (Get To Know Your Rabbit), Pamela Bellwood (TV's Dynasty) And Stacey Nelkin (Halloween III: Season Of The Witch).
Actors: Martin Mull, Tuesday Weld, Sally Kellerman, Christopher Lee, Peter Bonerz
REVIEW: How Olive Films continues to find these lost classics and hidden treasures is beyond this reviewers comprehension. Month after month the fine folks over at Olive Films find titles that the rest of cinema would rather forget about. They're doing the cinematic equivalent of the Lord's work over there, and bless their hearts for it. Now that the IRS is sending out some much needed spending money to you readers, might I suggest picking up a brand spanking new copy of "Serial" on bluray. What the disc lacks in bonus content it more than makes up for in the way of entertainment.
I found myself baited and hooked from the start as Lalo Schifrin's score accompanies Martin Mull's Harvey Holroyd as he bikes his way to the office. The film was shot in the late-70s around Northern California and it is gorgeous to look at. Rexford Metz acted as DP on the project. He fills the frame with an artistry that has been lost in today's digital age. They just don't shoot 'em like this anymore, kids.
If "Serial" ever found itself down on it's luck, the film could take up a night job as a course instructor for a master class in ADR. Another sign of the times, many films of that era have noticeable sound quirks, but this film has so much, I wonder if it was shot entirely MOS. This isn't a drawback for me, but a more casual viewer might find the noticeable audio to shot difference a bit jarring. Be warned, while Martin Mull is having a conversation on a crowded street corner, or a boat, it sounds like his lines were recorded while whispering in a broom closet.
As far as the actual movie, I dug the hell out of this flick, folks. The film tackles post 70s family values with wit and charm. However, let it be known another sign of the times is the characters ability to hold a relaxed, educated conversation while tossing around terms like "fairy", "fruit cake", and "faggot" while bashing liberals in San Francisco. Warning: The Easily Butt-Hurt need not apply.
Overall "Serial" is a fun way to spend an evening inside with a loved one, or by yourself. Actually, some scenes you might wish you were by yourself. Shout out to Stacey Nelkin as eye candy here a whole two years before she went full frontal in "Halloween III: Season of the Witch." And a fun piece of trivia that has yet to find its way to IMDb, five years before Mull would go on to play Col. Mustard in 1985s "Clue", we have his psychiatrist playing the board game with a young patient and yes, you guessed it, the doc asks if it was Col. Mustard that committed the act. #nerdshit — Jeremy Morrison, Film Geek
Check out this film and a plethora of other amazing releases from Olive Films via their official website — www.olivefilms.com.
Jeremy Morrison – Staff Writer
Co-creator/host of the Acid Pop Cult Podcast, film reviewer, screenwriter, Jeremy has more than eight years experience in television and film production. His childhood fascination with the naked breasts featured in the "Friday the 13th" franchise prepared him for absolutely nothing in life. J-Mo lives by one motto: #wecantallbezacksnyder
Twitter: @acidpopcult
IG: @almostgothim


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how do we talk about wine?
A few years ago, I was working at a wine shop and a colleague had to write a tasting note for a Châteauneuf-du-Pape we had just got into the shop. Trouble was, none of us had actually tasted the wine. Without wanting to invent a tasting note, my colleague instead used one written by a fairly well-known wine critic. The tasting note began with a verbless statement: "Lurid ruby in appearance."
That was an interesting start to the note as lurid has no positive connotations at all; the dictionary definitions include "glaringly bright," "melodramatically sensational," "gloomily threatening," "pale or wan," and "ghastly." Not an adjective I'd choose in a positive review of a $50+ Châteauneuf-du-Pape, yet it was used by a prominent writer and we had the note on display in the shop for months.
I was reminded of this recently when I was reading the description of a wine on the producer's website. Coincidentally, it was a big, high-alcohol Rhône style blend. The tasting note on the site is typical of the overly florid language used to make a wine sound more interesting than its rivals. One phrase stood out: "soft, lacy tannins flesh out the palate." This is one of those descriptions that sounds vaguely impressive but which means absolutely nothing: when does anyone compare any food or drink to lace?
One of the aims of blackpoolmatt's wine club is to make wine as approachable as possible. The only thing that matters about wine is whether you like it or not: no one else can replicate your taste buds. At the same time, we need a common language so we can share our experiences and appreciation of a wine. That way, I know why you like a wine or why you don't, and I can recommend wines that suit your tastes.
Wine should not be intimidating; it is, after all, simply a drink that is wonderfully diverse, expressive, and fascinating. The complexity of wine leads writers and consumers to search for words which reflect that complexity, but sometimes to the point where those words are meaningless or plain wrong. So how do we best talk about wine?
First of all, keep the language simple. Bringing in words like lurid isn't just wrong, it's also not necessary. The wine's red. Move on.
Second, what you smell and taste is what you smell and taste. Don't worry about being right or wrong; let your senses speak for themselves.
Now, of course, it's more complicated than that. Describing a Cabernet Sauvignon as having aromas of pears and green apples would be weird. This is where tasting experience comes in, so you learn how to identify specific aromas. Neverthless, it's still your nose and your palate and no one else's.
In the tech sheets I provide for blackpoolmatt's wine club, I don't actually describe the wines' aromas that much. That's because it's for you to decide what you appreciate about the wine, using your senses and your language.
Wine should be a joyful experience. It's one that's extremely personal, because it's all about your reactions to and appreciation of the wine. But it's also a shared experience, enjoying the wine with friends and family.
This mixture of personal and social is how we should talk about wine—in a manner that's meaningful to yourself and to the people you're talking to. If the language you use makes no sense to you, then it won't make sense to anyone else.
Unfortunately, a lot of the language used in describing wine is an effort in showmanship. Don't overcomplicate wine: describe it for what it is. And enjoy it. Because this is your wine.