My favorite time of the day was always during school hours, and not just because I loved to learn. There were always opportunities to read. I still love reading to this day and so do all of my sisters. However, sometimes, simply reading to your children is not enough to give them the pre-reading skills they need for modern preschools and kindergartens.
Bradford Wiles, an Assistant Professor, and Extension Specialist in early childhood development at Kansas State University, is currently conducting research on the reading skills of children aged 3-5. Obviously children at this age can't ready yet, or have very basic literacy skills, but learning to read actually occurs long before children have the skills to read words.
"My focus is on helping parents read with their children and extending what happens when you read with them and they become engaged in the story," says Wiles. When you read to a child during this age range, they may become engaged in the story and love that you read to them, but they aren't really learning how to read by simply listening.
To build emergent literacy skills, children need to participate in the reading. Wiles says that reading shouldn't just happen before bedtime, it should happen at any time throughout the day. When you read to your children, have them sit with you so that they can see the pages in the book. This way, children learn some very valuable reading skills without even knowing how to read the words. Track the words with your finger, eventually, your children will mimic this and it will teach them that words go left to right in a book. Also, show them how to turn the page to continue the story. Page turning and tracking are crucial elements of emergent literacy.
Ask your child open-ended questions while reading as well. Ask them what they think the characters will do next and why they think so. This will encourage critical thinking. Also, teach them how to find the relationship between the pictures and the words. After reading a passage with a picture, tell them how the picture illustrates the words you just read.
Wiles' research and other emergent literacy research have found that that reading with young children and engaging them can make a positive impact on the child's future and their family.
Source: Kansas State University Research and Extension (2013, September 12). Read with your children, not to them. ScienceDaily.
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It is my delight to present Charles Dickens' raucous account of a visit by Sam & Tony Weller to the Brick Lane Temperance Association from The Pickwick Papers with drawings by illustrator & printmaker Paul Bommer.
The first ever staging of any of Dickens' works was a production of The Pickwick Papers at the City of London Theatre, Norton Folgate, in 1837 – even before all the installments were published.
Next week, the esteemed Dickensian Professor Michael Slater will be presenting Dickens' readings from The Pickwick Papers as part of the SAVE NORTON FOLGATE festival on Thursday 26th February at the Water Poet in Folgate St at 6:30pm. - Click here to book your free ticket.
Can't wait for next Saturday when I come up to London to see exhibitions!
Wonderful! Paul Bommer's drawings – busting with life.


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Like rivers that flow through dams, the kinetic energy in wind can be captured and turned into power. Currently, there are 46 gigawatts of wind capacity installed in the U.S.1 Still, much room for growth remains. According to a recent report by the Department of Energy, the potential of wind is equivalent to ten times the current total electricity capacity of the U.S. today.2 Unlike fossil fuels or nuclear, once built, wind power requires no additional fuel costs,3 providing a hedge against volatile coal and natural gas prices in this age of market instability and global trade. Furthermore, wind generation produces no greenhouse gasses or harmful pollutants. Yet, despite these benefits, more can be done to encourage wind development.
The wind industry has been growing quickly. In 2010, 5,000 new megawatts of wind were installed4 and 75,000 Americans worked in the U.S. industry.5 Wind turbines have an increasing amount of American content as the American supply chain develops, with as much as 67% made in the United States.6 But the industry still faces problems of cost, siting, and grid access that adversely impact the future of wind. Today the "levelized cost"7 of energy for wind is nearly 150% that of natural gas.8 Furthermore, new projects on federal land face regulatory burdens that impede progress.
Government incentives remain critical in the short-term for the widespread deployment of wind. Whether it is an extension of the Production Tax Credit (PTC), the Investment Tax Credit (ITC), or new, stepped-down policies, the federal government should continue to support the wind industry until it scales to a competitive level. If these policies are adopted, they could add roughly 2 additional GW of wind every year through 2025, enough new electricity each year to power at least 1.5 million homes.9 That is about the same amount of power that is needed by all residents in West Virginia and Iowa combined.10 Assuming the new turbines replaced coal, the 26 GW of wind that could be added by 2025 would eliminate as much as 75 megatons of greenhouse gas emissions.11 And wind produces no conventional pollutants (like nitrogen and sulfur oxides, mercury, and particulate matter), so increasing wind by this amount could remove as much conventional air pollutants every year as produced by about 19 average-size coal plants.12
To ensure wind energy continues to grow across the nation and especially in the Midwest, the federal government should adopt policies that channel funding to wind asset development and streamline the process of approving licenses for transmission and generation projects.
Encourage Wind Development Through Power Marketing Administrations
In 2005, Congress passed strong bipartisan legislation aimed at increasing a diverse portfolio of energy sources. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT)13 authorized DOE through the Western Area Power Administration or Southwestern Power Administration to finance wind projects.14 This section also allows those power marketing administrations (PMAs) to accept third-party financing of such projects. Yet the PMAs have failed to make reliable use of this funding mechanism to date, something acknowledged by DOE.15 Congress should pass legislation to clarify and strengthen EPACT's intent and encourage the PMAs to work with third parties.
Redirect Revenue from Licensing Public Land Use
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has a responsibility to develop renewable energy projects on public lands. However, permit processing and other activities needed to deploy renewable energy on BLM lands often do not have the required funding to process applications in a timely manner. Directing a portion of right-of-way authorization fees16 would provide a steady stream of funding for the review of applications. Language introduced by House Republicans in 201217 would provide this needed regulatory fix. This would be a bipartisan approach and would modernize the permitting process for wind projects.
Develop Offshore Wind Tax Credit
Offshore wind offers an excellent opportunity to harness a steady source of naturally occurring energy. While expensive to build, the long-term cost of offshore wind, coupled with its zero emission rates, make it an extremely efficient energy source to power the economy of coastal states. Furthermore, support for offshore wind has been bipartisan. Sens. Carper and Snowe coauthored a bill to amend Section 48 of the Tax Code to create an investment tax credit for the first 3,000 MW of offshore wind capacity installed. The bill has again been introduced in the 113th Congress, with Sens. Carper and Collins leading the effort.18 This measured approach should have a limited cost while providing adequate incentive to stimulate offshore wind development.
Encourage New Transmission Corridors
The U.S. has more than ten times our current electrical generation capacity in potential wind capacity and most of that resides in the Midwest.19 Yet very few lines run from areas where these wind assets can be built to the population centers that need more, cleaner electricity. The federal government can take several steps, including reforming the transmission siting process, accelerating interstate transmission compacts,20 and providing financing incentives and revenue-sharing to build transmission lines. These policies will be covered in the PowerBook's Electricity Transmission Component, which focuses on modernizing the American transmission system built decades ago, long before centralized solar was developed.
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Inclusion in Master Limited Partnerships could open up cheaper and earlier financing options for geothermal energy. Master Limited Partnerships are covered in the Clean Energy Financing Component.
United States, Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, "Existing Capacity by Energy Source," 2011. Accessed March 4, 2013. Available at: http://www.eia.gov/electricity/annual/html/epa_04_03.html.
Calculations based on data from DOE and EIA. See United States, Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, "Resource Assessment & Categorization," 2012. Accessed March 4, 2013. Available at: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/wind/resource_assessment_characterization.html; See also United States, Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, "Total Energy: Electric Net Summer Capacity," Review, Table 8.11a, 2012. Accessed March 4, 2013. Available at: http://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/annual/showtext.cfm?t=ptb0811a.
Variable O&M costs are measured at $0.00 per MWh. See United States, Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, "Levelized Cost of New Generation Resources in the Annual Energy Outlook 2012," July 12, 2012. Accessed March 4, 2013. Available at: http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/aeo/electricity_generation.cfm.
American Wind Energy Association, "U.S. Wind Industry: Market Update," May 2011, p. 1. Accessed March 4, 2013. Available at: http://www.awea.org/learnabout/publications/factsheets/upload/U-S-Wind-Industry-Market-Update-Factsheet-May-2011.pdf.
Ibid, p 2.
United States, Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, "2011 Wind Technologies Market Report," August 2012. Accessed March 4, 2013. Available at: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/wind/pdfs/2011_wind_technologies_market_report.pdf; See also Carl Levesque, "DOE Wind Report: 67 Percent Domestic Content in Wind Turbines," Article, Renewable Energy World, August 20, 2012. Accessed March 4, 2013. Available at: http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2012/08/doe-wind-report-67-percent-domestic-content-in-wind-turbines.
Levelized Cost is defined as "a convenient summary measure of the overall competiveness of different generating technologies. It represents the per-kilowatt hour cost (in real dollars) of building and operating a generating plant over an assumed financial life and duty cycle. Key inputs to calculating levelized costs include overnight capital costs, fuel costs, fixed and variable operations and maintenance (O&M) costs, financing costs, and an assumed utilization rate for each plant type." See United States, Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, "Levelized Cost of New Generation Resources in the Annual Energy Outlook 2012."
Ibid, Table 1.
According to the Electric Power Supply Association, 1 MW of electricity is enough to power 750–1000 homes. So, 2 GW can power between 1.5 million and 2 million homes. See Electric Power Supply Association), "Electricity Primer: The Basics of Power and Wholesale Markets." Accessed May 14, 2012. Available at: http://www.epsa.org/industry/primer/?fa=wholesaleMarket.
Housing unit figures based on 2010 census data. See United States, Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, "State & County QuickFacts." Accessed May 14, 2012. Available at: http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/index.html.
Calculations based on conventional pollutants of a 550 MW subcritical bituminous pulverized coal plant, assumed to be average sized for the PowerBook. See United States, Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory, "Subcritical Pulverized Bituminous Coal Plant," Report Accessed March 4, 2013. Available at: http://www.netl.doe.gov/KMD/cds/disk50/PC%20Plant%20Case_Subcritical_051507.pdf.
Analysis based on an assumed growth of 2 GW a year and data from the Energy Information Administration on capacity factor of energy, and on peer reviewed analysis of GHG output by energy source. See "Levelized Cost of New Generation Resources in the Annual Energy Outlook 2012," Table 1.; See also Benjamin Sovacool, "Valuing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Nuclear Power: A Critical Survey," Article, Energy Policy, June 2, 2008, p. 2950. Print.
United States, Congress, "Energy Policy Act of 2005," 109th Congress, 1st Session, Public Law 109-58, August 8, 2005. Accessed March 4, 2013. Available at: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-109publ58/pdf/PLAW-109publ58.pdf.
Ibid. Sec. 1222.
Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, "Power Marketing Administrations' Role," Letter to the Power Marketing Administrators, March 16, 2012, Department of Energy. Accessed March 4, 2013. Available at: http://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/3-16-12%20Memorandum%20from%20Secretary%20Chu.pdf.
These fees are required by section 504(g) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. See 43 USC Sec., 1764(g) Accessed March 4, 2013. Available at: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/43/1764.
United States, Congress, House of Representatives, "H.R. 4383—Streamlining Permitting of American Energy Act of 2012," 112th Congress, 2nd Session, Sec. 102, April 18, 2012. Accessed March 4, 2013. Available at: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr4383.
United States, Congress, Senate, "S.401—Incentivizing Offshore Wind Power Act," 113th Congress, 1st Session, February 28, 2013. Accessed March 4, 2013. Available at: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/s401.
The U.S. currently is estimated to have 10,500 GW capacity at 80-m and 12,000 GW capacity at 100-m. See "Resource Assessment & Categorization."
A full background on interstate transmission compacts is provided by the Council of State Governments. See Council of State Governments, National Center for Interstate Compacts, "The Electric Transmission Line Siting Compact Legislative Briefing: Background and Summary," 2011. Accessed March 4, 2013. Available at: http://www.csg.org/NCIC/TransmissionLineSitingCompact.aspx.
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With the spring melt coming on fast, Mike, Kevin and I made a fast push to ski the Blue Lake area off of the North Cascades Highway on the 20th and 21st of April. After a 12:30 PM start from Seattle, we arrived at the Blue Lake trailhead around 4:00, and immediately set off under beautiful spring weather toward Blue Lake following several sets of established skin tracks.
The warm sun made for some nice corn turns down to the lake, but skinning up toward the east cirque the snow was quickly turning to mush. Kevin and I quickly came up with a plan to test the shaded Blue Lake Couloir just south of the lake, which lay in shadow and had a north-facing exposure. After skinning about one third the way up, O'Brien's knee flared up as Kevin and I reverted to crampons/boot packing to ascend the couloir, which had an average gradient of about 45º in the middle and approached the high forties in sections. The descent, which had looked to be rather off-camber from the lake, actually had a reasonable fall line and good turns were had on about 6" of fresh over frozen avy debris.
Not wanting to seek shelter in Winthrop, we ignored the "No Camping" signs and set up tents on the snow immediately adjacent to the half-buried restroom. Dinner was sardine hand rolls liberally doused with wasabi, after which the three settled in to a cozy night under the stars.
Day two began under heavy snowfall, which subsided somewhat during the oatmeal course. As the visibility improved, plans to do the Birthday Tour got the green light, and the team once again skinned up from the Blue Lake Trailhead directly under the Early Winter Spires. The last face above the South EWS once again required a short boot-up section, where I struggled with the quandary of whether to whip out my new Grivel crampons (I didn't).
The long descent down the back side bowl was smooth and untracked, with conditions ranging from wind packed pow at the top to perfect softened corn toward the bottom. We switched to skins again as the weather closed in and a hard snow began to fall, and started the final long climb to the north, which would lead us back to SR 20.
Conditions were near-epic for the last ski down to the highway, with about 8" of fresh over consolidated corn on top and slightly less down low. The final flat section of the ski out to the highway was marred somewhat by frozen snowmobile tracks that made for rough going, but nabbing a ride with the first car to come along about 30 seconds after our arrival at the road made up for it, and the team celebrated back at the car with ice-cold lager and chips.


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Fernando Leopoldo Enrique Schwalb López Aldana (* 26. August 1916 in Lima; † 22. Juli 2002 ebenda) war ein peruanischer Politiker, der unter anderem zwischen 1964 und 1965 Premierminister von Peru, von 1980 bis 1985 Erster Vizepräsident sowie zwischen 1982 und 1984 zugleich wieder Premierminister war.

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Fernando Leopoldo Enrique Schwalb López Aldana, Sohn von Joaquín Schwalb Ramos und María López-Aldana Hugues, besuchte zwischen 1923 und 1932 das Colegio Sagrados Corazones Recoleta und begann daraufhin ein Studium der Rechtswissenschaften an der Päpstlichen Katholischen Universität von Peru (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú). Nach dem dortigen Erwerb eines Bachelor (Bachiller) setzte er sein Studium an der Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM) fort und nahm nach dessen Abschluss 1940 eine Tätigkeit als Rechtsanwalt auf. 1943 trat er in den diplomatischen Dienst ein und war in der Folgezeit an den Auslandsvertretungen in den USA und bei den Vereinten Nationen tätig, ehe er nach dem Putsch von General Manuel Arturo Odría Amoretti am 29. Oktober 1948 aus dem Dienst des Außenministeriums ausschied. Im Anschluss war er wiederum als Rechtsanwalt tätig.  Er engagierte sich zudem im Club Nacional, deren Mitglieder aus den vornehmsten und wohlhabendsten Familien des Landes stammen, und trat der am 7. Juli 1956 von Fernando Belaúnde Terry gegründeten Volksaktion AP (Acción Popular) bei.

Am 27. Juli 1963 wurde Schwalb Mitglied des Senats (Senador de la República) und vertrat in diesem bis zum 26. Juli 1968 die Interessen von Lima. Nach dem Amtsantritt von Staatspräsident Fernando Belaúnde Terry übernahm er am 28. Juli 1963 im Kabinett von Premierminister Julio Óscar Trelles den Posten als Außenminister (Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores) und bekleidete diesen bis zum 15. September 1965, woraufhin Jorge Vásquez Salas ihn ablöste. Am 31. Dezember 1963 wurde er von Staatspräsident Belaúnde Terry zudem als Nachfolger von Trelles zum Premierminister (Presidente del Consejo de Ministros) berufen. Er bekleidete dieses Amt bis zum 15. September 1965, woraufhin Daniel Becerra de la Flor seine Nachfolge antrat. Nach dem Einmarsch von US-Truppen in die Dominikanische Republik erklärte er, dass von Seiten der peruanischen Regierung es "wirklich bedauert wurde, dass es in diesem Fall die Souveränität einer unabhängigen Nation beschädigt hat" und jeden Eingriff in die Souveränität des Staates verurteilte '(was truly lamented that in this case it has damaged the sovereignty of an independent nation' and condemned all interference against the sovereignty of the state.). Für seine Verdienste wurde ihm 1964 das Großkreuz des Orden El Sol del Perú verliehen.

Präsident der Banco Central de Reserva del Peru, Erster Vizepräsident und zweite Amtszeit als Premierminister
Nach seinem Ausscheiden aus der Regierung löste Fernando Schwalb am 25. Februar 1966 Alfredo C. Ferreyros Gafron als Präsident des Direktoriums der Zentralbank BCRP (Banco Central de Reserva del Peru) ab und behielt diesen Posten bis zu seiner Ablösung durch José Morales Urresti.

Nachdem er sich während der von 1968 bis 1980 dauernden zwölfjährigen Militärdiktatur unter General Juan Velasco Alvarado (1968 bis 1975) und General Francisco Morales Bermúdez (1975 bis 1980) aus dem politischen Leben zurückgezogen hatte, wurde Schwalb nach der Wiederherstellung der Demokratie mit der erneuten Wahl von Fernando Belaúnde Terry zum Staatspräsidenten am 28. Juli 1980 Erster Vizepräsident (1.° Vicepresidente de la República del Perú) und bekleidete dieses Amt bis zum Ende der Amtszeit von Belaúnde Terry am 28. Juli 1985. Zugleich war er als Nachfolger von Alfonso Arias Schreiber von 1980 bis zu seiner Ablösung durch Luis Marchand 1982 Botschafter in den USA.

Staatspräsident Belaúnde Terry berief Fernando Schwalb am 9. Dezember 1982 zum Nachfolger von Manuel Ulloa Elías noch einmal zum Premierminister. Er behielt diesen Posten nunmehr bis zum 10. April 1984, woraufhin Sandro Mariátegui Chiappe seine Nachfolge antrat. In seinem zweiten Kabinett übernahm er zudem zwischen dem 3. Januar 1983 und dem 10. April 1984 zudem wieder das Amt des Außenministers und nahm an zahlreichen Konferenzen und Regierungstreffen mit US-Vertretern teil.

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Greens Supplements Guide
Vegetables and fruits are known as essential cornerstones of a healthy diet. They contain vitamins, minerals, fiber, and unique plant chemicals (phytochemicals), which are not just required for optimal body function but also reduce the risk of obesity, diabetes, and many other conditions.
The US Department of Agriculture recommends that half of every plate should be filled with fruits and vegetables, which translates into 5 or more daily servings. However, the reality is that some 75 % of Americans don't get enough fruits and vegetables in their diet.
One way to help solve this problem is "green food" or greens supplements. In this guide, we're going to look at what greens supplements are, their uses and benefits, and why you may choose to take them.
What are Greens Supplements?
Benefits of Greens Supplements
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Greens Supplements vs. Whole Foods
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What is the Best Greens Supplement?
Greens supplements are concentrated powders made from fruits, vegetables, and other plant-based, organic foods such as herbs, grasses, and algae. They are said to have a multitude of health benefits, especially for people with low vegetable and fruit intake.
Greens supplements work through providing a combination of nutrients (protein, minerals, vitamins), fiber, and phytochemicals (saponins, flavonoids, carotenoids, and many other compounds found in plants).
Common ingredients in greens supplements include cereal grasses such as wheat and barley grass, leafy green vegetables such as broccoli and spinach, fruits such as acai berry and raspberry, algae such as chlorella and kelp, and in some cases enzymes, herbs, mushrooms, probiotics, and prebiotics.
Greens supplements are usually sold as a powder that can be mixed with water, juice, or smoothies, but can also come as tablets, capsules, and beverages.
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Diets high in fruits and vegetables have been consistently linked to better health and reduced risk of many different health disorders. As such, green food supplements are proposed to have a wide range of health benefits for individuals who don't get enough vegetables and fruit in their diets.
These benefits include virtually every facet of health, such as brain, cardiovascular, and immune function, vision, body composition, and much more. The most commonly proposed benefits of green food products include:
Research indicates that diets high in vegetables and fruits can help support health in many ways:
Frequently-cited observational studies report that higher vegetable and fruit intake is linked to significantly reduced risk of cardiovascular disorders and overall mortality, and may also reduce risk of many other chronic conditions 1 2
A study in older adults suggests that higher intake of alkaline foods can help preserve muscle mass3
A study done on isolated osteoblasts (bone-forming cells) suggests that greens supplements can promote bone formation and help with osteoporosis4
Improved energy levels is one of the most frequently claimed benefits of greens supplements. Although there isn't much scientific evidence to back this effect, one study did report that women taking a multi-ingredient greens supplement for 12 weeks scored better on measures of vitality and energy.
The researchers of this study concluded that "our findings were positive, but not conclusive that greens+® increases vitality and energy. These results justify further study of greens+® effects on health and well-being"5
>The alkaline nature of greens supplements might also be useful for athletes undergoing intense training, such as bodybuilders. Researchers propose three main reasons why:
Intense exercise can increase the body's acid production and induce a state of metabolic acidosis
High protein intakes of bodybuilders and other strength athletes may increase the body's acidity
The body's pre-exercise pH may influence exercise recovery and endurance
Nonetheless, the potential exercise benefits of greens have not been scientifically tested and remain largely theoretical.
Did you know? greens supplements might also possess some unique benefits thanks to containing green foods that you don't usually get from your diet, such as algae and cereal grasses.
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Much like protein powders are an effective way to ensure you're getting enough protein, supplementing greens can be a convenient way to make up for not eating enough plant foods. But while greens supplements provide many of the same nutrients found in whole vegetables and fruits, it's important to highlight that they are NOT meant to be their replacement.
While it's better to take a green powder supplement than nothing at all, ideally you want to get all your nutrients from whole foods.
data-canvas-width="58.88">Greens powders can include a large variety of ingredients that share the common quality of being derived from organic and typically plant-based sources. For more detailed information on specific greens ingredients, check out our greens supplements list.
>Greens supplements can include apples, acai berries, grapes, raspberries, and many other fruits, which are usually used as a source of fiber and antioxidant compounds such as vitamin C.
>Greens are nutrient-rich, leafy vegetables such as kale, spinach, and broccoli. Despite the term "greens supplements", these vegetables may not necessarily be present in a green food product, and even if they are, may not be the main component.
>Spinach is a common greens ingredient. Indeed, we've been told to eat our spinach for decades, and there's a very good reason why: it's packed full of vitamins, iron, folate, fiber, and also contains other nutrients such as omega-3 fatty acids.
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The term cereal grasses refers to the young stage of plants grown for grain. Cereal grasses are similar to leafy greens in nutritional makeup, and include wheat grass, barley, alfalfa, oat and others. Cereal grasses are believed to have a number of health benefits derived from nutrients, fiber and phytochemicals such as chlorophyll. Despite this, supplementation with cereal grasses has seen little scientific research.
Wheat grass is the most popular cereal grass, so much so that some greens supplements use it as their only ingredient. Wheat grass contains significant amounts of vitamins A, C, and E, iron, calcium, magnesium, amino acids, and chlorophyll.
Barley is another popular cereal grass harvested before it grows grain. Its nutritional content is similar to wheat grass.
Alfalfa is popularly used as a forage crop for cattle and horses, but it has a similar nutritional profile to wheat and barley grass.
Algae are a group of simple organisms similar to plants, which explains why they are often added to greens supplements. Common examples include kelp, chlorella, and spirulina.
Chlorella vulgaris algae (magnified). By NEON [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Chlorella (Chlorella vulgaris) is a freshwater algae that contains high concentrations of protein, chlorophyll, and a large variety of vitamins and minerals. Research studies suggest that chlorella may be capable of:
Enhancing immune function6
Reducing elevated blood pressure7
Despite being popularly known as "blue-green algae", spirulina is actually a bacterium. Spirulina is high in protein, iron, magnesium, vitamins, and other nutrients. It has been demonstrated to have a number of beneficial effects such as improved exercise performance and recovery, blood pressure, and lipid profile.8 9 10
Probiotics refer to beneficial bacteria that can help balance your gut flora, which may play a significant role in everything from digestion to mental health. In addition, some green food supplements also include prebiotics – compounds that that promote the growth and activity of good bacteria.
Some greens supplements also include digestive enzymes that are said to improve food digestion and absorption. However, enzymes are naturally present in the human gut, and there isn't any scientific evidence to suggest that supplementing enzymes has any benefits for healthy individuals.
Matcha powder. By Koumei Matcha [CC-BY-SA-4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Lastly, some greens supplements also make use of herbs with medicinal effects such as Siberian ginseng and green tea, spices, and even mushrooms.
its many health benefits, which range from antioxidant activity to weight loss, some greens supplements include green tea. Matcha is a specially-made form of green tea that contains even more of its main active ingredients called catechins.
While many of the ingredients in greens supplements are often called "superfoods," this is nothing more than an attractive marketing term.
e green food supplement market is still relatively new, one particular supplement seems to stand out – Greens+. This multi-ingredient Canadian product has been made for over 20 years and is the most researched green food supplement.
Published scientific studies have demonstrated that Greens+ may posses high antioxidant activity, help balance an overly acidic diet, support bone health, and improve energy. In addition, it is also claimed to improve exercise performance, cardiovascular health, cognitive function, and digestive health, although these benefits have not yet been proven by research.
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ase with most dietary supplements, greens powders can help you get more of the nutrients that your diet may be low on. This is especially important when you consider that some compounds – such as phytochemicals – cannot be obtained from other food sources.
But despite their popularity, scientific research of greens supplements and ingredients is still in its early stages and there isn't enough evidence to say anything conclusive.
Ultimately, we agree that you can expect to see your health improvements from supplementing greens if you don't have enough vegetables and fruits in your diet. But it's still better to eat whole foods whenever possible.
Boeing H et al. Critical review: vegetables and fruit in the prevention of chronic diseases. Eur J Nutr. 2012 Sep; 51(6): 637–663. ↩
Wang X et al. Fruit and vegetable consumption and mortality from all causes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer: systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies. BMJ. 2014 Jul 29;349:g4490. ↩
Dawson-Hughes B et al. Alkaline diets favor lean tissue mass in older adults. Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Mar;87(3):662-5. ↩
Rao LG et al. Polyphenol extract of Greens+™ nutritional supplement stimulates bone formation in cultures of human osteoblast-like SaOS-2 cells. J Diet Suppl. 2008;5(3):264-82. ↩
Boon H et al. Effects of greens+: a randomized, controlled trial. Can J Diet Prac Res 2004; 65:66-71. ↩
Otsuki T et al. Salivary secretory immunoglobulin A secretion increases after 4-weeks ingestion of chlorella-derived multicomponent supplement in humans: a randomized cross over study. Nutr J. 2011 Sep 9;10:91. doi: 10.1186/1475-2891-10-91. ↩
Shimada M et al. Anti-hypertensive effect of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-rich Chlorella on high-normal blood pressure and borderline hypertension in placebo-controlled double blind study. Clin Exp Hypertens. 2009 Jun;31(4):342-54. ↩
Kalafati M et al. Ergogenic and antioxidant effects of spirulina supplementation in humans. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2010 Jan;42(1):142-51.in humans. ↩
Lu HK et al. Preventive effects of Spirulina platensis on skeletal muscle damage under exercise-induced oxidative stress. Eur J Appl Physiol. 2006 Sep;98(2):220-6. ↩
Torres-Duran PV et al. Antihyperlipemic and antihypertensive effects of Spirulina maxima in an open sample of Mexican population: a preliminary report. Lipids Health Dis. 2007 Nov 26;6:33. ↩
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Q: eCos with stm32f4discovery Cortex-M4 in Ubuntu 12.04 I wrote a simple program for eCos in stm32f4discovery Cortex-M4, which following steps below.
$ecosconfig new stm32f4discovery
$configtool
#include <stdio.h>
int main(){
  printf("hello ecos!\r\n");
  return 0;
}

$arm-none-eabi-gcc -o hello.elf hello.c -Lecos_install/lib -I ecos_install/include -mcpu=cortex-m4 -mthumb -g -O2 -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -Ttarget.ld -nostdlib
$arm-none-eabi-objcopy -O binary -R .sram hello.elf hello.bin
Actually, it is success. But, I don't know how to see the "hello ecos!".
I guess I need to setup baud rate and tty. So, I use minicom to do this. Unfortunately, I failed.

A: I use this stlink util to debug STM32F4 apps. After you compile and invoke this util, you can connect to stm32 target with gdb:
(gdb) tar ext :4242
(gdb) load hello.elf

Then you should be able to debug your app.

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Team Server lets you associate any ER object with terms that contain the target ER object.
Open the Match tab. The tab contains a search page, similar to the Terms page.
Team Server finds any term that is present in the name or the description of the current ER object, and adds it to the Match tab. You can also see matched terms in the View tab, listed after related terms.
In the Match tab, on the right-hand side of the term entries, you can click Unmatch to unmatch matched terms, or click Re-Match to match terms that you manually unmatched.
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Microsoft Unveils $529 'Surface Go' Tablet
by Christopher Baugh – Tue, July 10, 2018
Microsoft just announced the Surface Go, an entry-level model in its tablet/laptop combo line.
At $529 CAD, it is the company's cheapest model yet, and one that Microsoft hopes will take it further into the important education market. While it also helps expand the Surface lineup, Microsoft's new Surface Go is a model that finally allows the Redmond-based software giant to have a direct competitor to Apple's 9.7-inch iPad, the device that has until now dominated the tablet market.
Thanks to the Go's downsized 10-inch 1800 x 1200 screen, which Microsoft claims has been designed to "render the page to the scale of most school textbooks", the Surface Go tips the scales at just 1.15 pounds and measure in at a positively-skinny 8.3mm.
The Surface Go's PixelSense screen supports Microsoft's Surface Pen with 4,096 levels of pressure sensitivity, but the stylus will set you back an extra $129 CAD, as will Microsoft's new Surface Go Signature Type Cover that comes with a Windows Precision Trackpad built-in.
The device includes the frequently requested USB-C port in addition to the Surface Connect port, a headphone jack, SD card reader and a built-in stand. With a 10-inch display, Go is Microsoft's smallest and lightest Surface so far.
The Surface Go will come in a variety of configurations with either 4GB or 8GB of ram, an Intel HD 615 GPU, and 64/128/256 GB storage options, and with a dual-core 1.60 GHz 7th Generation Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y processor, the Surface Go can easily run Office, browse the web, stream videos, and use many apps.
Surface Go is running Windows 10 Home in S mode (which you can turn off for free), though schools will be able to purchase the Surface Go with Windows 10 Pro via commercial channels for an extra $50 USD. That means Surface Go has everything you would expect from a Windows 10 machine, from features like Windows Hello (signing in with facial recognition) all the way to supporting decades of third-party apps.
Surface Go will be available in store on August 2 and can be pre-ordered beginning today, July 10, online.
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A volte non basta, per un giudice, essere onesto e professionalmente preparato; in certe situazioni storiche, per poter ricercare e affermare la verità, con onestà intellettuale, bisogna essere combattivi e coraggiosi.
It is the action, not the fruit of the action, that's important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there'll be any fruit. But that doesn't mean you stop doing the right thing. You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result.
Latin for: "Not even if broken we do fall back"
"Nec recisa recedit" is the motto of the Italian Finance Police.
"Globalisation offers the human race unprecedented opportunities. Unfortunately, it also enables many anti-social activities to become "problems without passports". Among these are drug abuse, which brings misery to millions of families around the world every year, and drug trafficking, which cynically promotes and exploits that misery for commercial gain. If the international community is to deserve its name, it must respond to this challenge. Happily, it is beginning to do so."


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Thompson: Bit Of A Nightmare
Thu 24 Mar 2016, 07:00 AM
By Jack Brady (NRL.com)
St George Illawarra back-rower Joel Thompson has revealed he was rushed to hospital just days out from the start of the season after his corked glute failed to stop bleeding internally.
Missing out on his side's season-opener against the Storm a fortnight ago, Thompson told NRL.com he was laid up at home for eight days following his hospital visit after being hit twice in the area during a training drill.
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Thompson's trip to the hospital saw his leg drained, which he described as "torture".
"By game day I couldn't get it drained out enough so it was a bit of a nightmare. It was disappointing and it was the worse timing ever but I just got on with it," Thompson said.
"It's come good now but at the time it was torture. I couldn't do anything for about eight days. I just laid there. It was absolutely hell and to then not play Round 1. I was heartbroken."
Fully recovered now, Thompson has buried the disappointment of missing Round 1 and was instead buoyed by the Dragons' efforts in the club's two-point victory over South Sydney last weekend.
However the 27-year-old was not getting ahead of himself when asked if the Red V's win could spark a winning streak like the one they enjoyed last season following their first win of the season in Round 3.
"It was good to finally do everything we have worked hard for in the pre-season and what we speak about during the week. It was a matter of getting the little things right so it was a satisfying win," Thompson said.
"It was tough and against a great side so it was good to come away with a result. We're not getting ahead of ourselves though. We just need to keep working hard and head into games with our heads on."
Meanwhile Thompson will use the experience of playing his former Raiders teammates in seasons past when he comes up against former Dragon Trent Merrin on Sunday night.
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"It'll be good. A lot of us are friends there with Mez and it was sad to see him go but he had to do what was best for him. We're professionals though and we'll just get on with the job," Thompson said.
"You treat every game as any other. I'm the same when I go back and play Canberra. A lot of them are my mates but it's just a game of footy at the end of the day.
"You just have to treat it that way. I personally don't get caught up in the emotion of it at all."
This Article First Featured On NRL.com


Tetralysal is a medication for acne. It contains the antibiotic lymecycline, which fights bacteria improves the look of your skin. It needs to be taken for several weeks in order to take visible effect. Epiduo is a topical gel that help treat acne symptoms.
To buy Tetralysal and Epiduo online, you need a prescription. You can get both a prescription and medication using our convenient online doctor service. Just fill in our brief assessment questionnaire and choose your preferred treatment. Our doctor will use your answers to check which treatment is suitable for you, just like your GP would. You will need to upload a photograph of the affected skin area, so our online doctor can assess your skin condition.
How does Tetralysal heal acne?
Tetralysal is a branded medication which contains the antibiotic lymecycline. Lymecycline belongs to the group of tetracycline antibiotics. It can be prescribed for a range of bacterial infections but is most commonly used to treat acne vulgaris. Acne is caused by bacteria called propionibacterium acnes, which live on your skin. They live of excess sebum your skin produces and cause inflammation, whiteheads and spots. In some cases, they can also cause the development of large cysts. Lymecycline kills acne bacteria and allows your skin to recover from inflammation and bacterial infection.
We only offer lymecycline with Epiduo because it's recommended by NICE and the PCDS to only offer antibiotics with topical creams.
Acne treatment with tetralysal involves a standard course of three months, during which you will be taking one tablet daily. Each tetralysal tablet contains 300mg of lymecycline, the active substance. You should follow the course as prescribed by your doctor unless you suffer from side effects. It takes time for acne to respond to antibiotic treatment, which is why lymecycline is taken for three months. You should notice a significant improvement within this time frame.
How are Tetralysal and Epiduo taken?
You should take your daily lymecycline tablet every morning with a glass of water. If you have forgotten one dose of Tetralysal, just take it as soon as you remember. If it is almost time for the next capsule, just take one. Do not take two capsules at the same time to make up for a missed dose.
Epiduo gel contains 0.1% adapalene and 2.5% benzoyl peroxide. You use it once a day and apply a thin layer of gel to your acne symptoms.
Who can take Tetralysal with Epiduo?
When you order Tetralysal from Superdrug, our online doctor will make sure the antibiotic is suitable for you. It is important that you answer all questions on our assessment questionnaire correctly and carefully, as lymecycline and other tetracycline antibiotics are not suitable for everyone.
You may not be able to use Epiduo if you're pregnant, breastfeeding, or need to spend a lot of time in direct sunlight.
The active ingredient in Tetralysal (lymecycline) can interact with certain other medications. Tell your prescribing doctor about any medications you are taking or have recently taken before beginning treatment with lymecycline. This includes over the counter medicines and natural remedies.
Lymecycline interacts with hormonal contraception and can render it ineffective. You may need to use additional protection while taking the antibiotic and for a week after your treatment has ended.
Epiduo can also react with some other medication. Make sure you mention all your current medications when ordering acne treatment.
For a full list of possible side effects read the patient leaflet supplied with your lymecycline tablets.
Epiduo can also cause side effects, including: redness, dryness, peeling, burning, stinging, scaling, swelling, itching, or your acne symptoms getting temporarily worse.


It's almost Lent! In another two weeks it will be time to take your kids to church for Ash Wednesday and begin to observe a season of reflection and repentance – a spiritual reboot, if you will.
Our family's go-to Lenten observance for almost a decade has been to give up meat for the season. My husband leans toward vegetarianism in general, so he's happy to forego meat for six weeks. When we began this practice, my kids were so young they simply accepted the announcement, "It's Lent, so we're not eating meat." I told them about Christ's time fasting in the desert, and said that the season of Lent was our time to remember and honor Christ's sacrifice for our salvation by making our own sacrifices.
It was fairly simple to make a meatless Lent our family faith practice when my kids were in their early and even later elementary years. But kids grow up!
As my kids grew older, I didn't want to mandate their Lenten sacrifice. I felt they should make their own choices about the observance for it to be meaningful to them. But the sense of a "family faith practice during Lent" was lost as one of my kids chose to give up chocolate and the other to give up something else entirely. We still ate vegetarian meals at home (because I still cooked) but our "family Lent" started to feel like it was slipping away.
I also started to wonder if my kids really "got" Lent – in the sense that they recognized Christ's call on their own lives. Were they giving up something for Lent because I told them they had to, or because they saw it as a way to honor God?
Now that my kids are 12 and 15, they are rapidly moving toward independence. The fun part is that they are also great conversationalists and critical thinkers. When I learned that my new parish played Lent Madness to win, it dawned on me that our family Lent could involve not only sacrifice, but also fun and learning – and a little healthy competition.
What could we do to bring our family together, engage our kids at their current stage of life, and teach them the faith? We could have a family Lent Madness bracket tournament.
The first person to bring on board was my husband. He's an Episcopalian, but definitely not a church geek. I persuaded him with "we need to do more things together as a family while our kids are still at home." He agreed to play.
I used an entirely different strategy with my kids. Instead of starting with "Let's play Lent Madness!" I asked them, "If our family were playing a game for a prize, what kind of prize would you want to win?" Once we got past "A trip to New York!" and "A trip to Los Angeles!" we settled on a small cash prize plus a day free of chores. If one of my kids wins, they also get the services of an adult to drive them around for a day.
By the time our conversation about prizes was over, my kids were actually interested in participating in whatever mad scheme I had dreamed up for them to win.
"So what are we playing, Mom?" they asked.
"I'll tell you soon!" I replied – keeping up the suspense as it dawned on me: I couldn't announce the game until I could explain the rules. And I didn't know what they were yet!
I think our rules will be a little different from what I've seen online. I don't know that I can get my kids to fill out an entire bracket at once. We might play week-by-week instead. I'm still pondering.
We'll still make our sacrifices; our meals at home will be meat-free, and they will still need to give something up of their own choice.
But this year, we'll also be learning about the saints. As the Revs. Tim Schenck and Scott Gunn reminded us during last week's episode of Lent Madness TV, learning about the saints is especially relevant in difficult times. The saints never maintain the status quo; they reveal the character of God.
My prayer is that my children might do the same.
How are you planning to observe Lent at home?
Having grown up in the Presbyterian Church in the 50's and 60's, the practice of 'giving up' something for Lent was not in my family's radar. That was a practice my Catholic friends did (and admitted to cheating on).
In college, I attended the Catholic Services on campus with my friends on Saturday where I was explained what the practice meant but, it still did not mean any thing to me. It certainly was not meaningful to me.
Time passed and I married a Catholic. Before marring, we agreed that Church needed to be part of our married life but we also agreed that we needed to find a new faith tradition that would fed each of us. That is how we ended up in the Episcopal Church.
Still the idea and practice of giving up something for Lent alluded me. So, after a few years I went and talked to my priest. This is what he suggested, and what I now comfortably am doing for the past 20+ years.
Each Lent I take on a different discipline. It may be spending reading a new spiritual book for 30 minutes a day, volunteering at a school, making sandwiches for the homeless shelter, teaching an after school program in my school, I think this gets the idea. Many of these things ultimately have become part of my regular routine.
So, for those who find 'giving up' something meaningless or too hard, try my practice, it has truly enriched my prayer life.


The matter is, if you are like me you are most likely ready to throw up together with the amount of over-the-top, hyped-up marketing tactics used to advertise products such as this and ClickFunnels is no exclusion.
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Before continuing with this ClickFunnels Review, let's explain what a marketing funnel is. In advertising, it's a procedure that takes people who do not know you and turns them to customers, aka a marketing funnel. In e-commerce, a sales funnel is a set of steps developed to guide a web site visitor into the checkout page.
There is a less dull method of considering it. Step 1: Imagine a funnel. Measure 2: Envision this funnel is really a metaphor, and instead of real ingredients to pour down the funnel, you've got metaphorical ingredients that you telephone traffic or traffic. Your site visitors are searching around, checking things out. Your website is superbly built, and your content is topnotch!
Unfortunately, that still doesn't turn a great deal of your customers into customers. At a physical store, that is like people walking into your shop but not knowing where the cash register is, so that they leave the shop without purchasing anything. In a physical shop, you can talk your customers into buying something. Within a digital shop, you might be a bit more remote from the consumers. That is where your funnel comes in–it was made to attract your clients' through principles of psychology. The funnel functions incremental, draw visitors in closer and nearer till individuals end up in a webpage.
Should you feel that sounds cool, you're right –it has become a massive deal for online marketing. Russell Brunson didn't only become wealthy by encouraging ClickFunnels technologies, but by using it also.
The founder of ClickFunnels, Russell Brunson, is as renowned as his creation, and for good reason. He's made a fortune, but not just from ClickFunnels, but other advertisements encounters. He played email advertising for a while, and started to master sales funnels.
ClickFunnels started out as a way to assist Brunson and his staff produce funnels more rapidly for different ventures, as creating funnels would normally take weeks. However they soon realized their creation could be valuable to others and had good potential as a commodity.
Concerning design — the appearance and feel of your articles — ClickFunnels treats you to some great selection of templates which are beautiful. Not only can these spare a lot of effort and time, you also have the assurance that these templates have been tested and are demonstrated to convert. Again, Brunson started the instrument to enable his own salespeople and entrepreneurs sell more products.
It's likely to make membership websites. After your prospects enroll, they can get access to exclusive membership places.
As you can see, the pros definitely outweigh the cons. Some of the cons are rather nitpicky, such as the URLs being cluttered, but this is more of a personal preference than anything. I am conscious that there are many other landing page builders that we will utilize, such as Thrive Architect from Thrive Themes. For me , I have found the funnel step integration for a few of the easiest funnel applications to design nevertheless.
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JACOBSON v. THE STATE.
A91A1290.
(201 Ga. App. 749)
(412 SE2d 859)
POPE, Judge.
Aggravated assault, etc. Newton Superior Court. Before Judge Sorrells.
Defendant Ronald Richard Jacobson was convicted of kidnapping with bodily injury, aggravated assault and aggravated sodomy. The trial court merged the aggravated assault and kidnapping charges for the purpose of sentencing. Defendant appeals the denial of his motion and amended motion for new trial.
1. Defendant first challenges the sufficiency of the evidence. The victim testified that the defendant, whom she had previously dated, entered the Golden Pantry Convenience Store at Highway 142 and Interstate 20 where she was working at approximately 4:00 a.m. on January 6, 1990. Another employee was in the store at the time and saw the defendant drive up but left when the victim indicated she knew the defendant. Defendant entered the store and purchased a pack of cigarettes; he then came around the counter to where the victim was standing and told her she was going with him. The victim refused and defendant told her he had a knife; the victim then felt something which she described as a stinging sensation on the side of her head and when she reached up and touched her head she saw that there was blood on her hand. Defendant dragged her outside and put her in his truck and drove away from the store. Once on I-20 the defendant told the victim to undress. The defendant hit the victim several times, grabbed her by her hair and forced her to put her mouth on his penis while he continued to drive. Defendant next stopped at a rest area and raped the victim. After they got back in the truck and back on the highway, defendant again stopped the truck and took the victim into a wooded area where he unsuccessfully tried to put his penis in her anus. The defendant and the victim got back in the truck and defendant drove to Wesley Chapel Road where he parked behind a van. Defendant again raped the victim and then placed his penis in her anus, while inserting a flashlight into her vagina. Defendant then forced the victim to place her mouth on his penis. Following these acts, defendant got back on I-20 and allowed the victim to dress. Defendant continued to hit the victim and at one point tried to choke her because, as the defendant explained to the victim, he feared she would tell somebody about the attack if he let her leave. The victim assured the defendant she would not tell anyone about the attack and the defendant threatened to kill her if she did. While travelling on I-20 the truck ran out of gas; when defendant left to get gas the victim made her way to a nearby house where police and an ambulance were summoned. The owner of the house testified that the victim arrived at his house between 5:00 and 6:00 a.m. bleeding very badly and that she told him she had been kidnapped and raped. The victim testified she did not originally identify the defendant as the person who had committed the crimes against her because she was afraid that he would kill her. The victim did, however, subsequently identify the defendant as her assailant. Robert Knight, the employee who was with the victim in the store the night of the attack also identified the defendant as the person who entered the store on that date and was identified by the victim as her former boyfriend.
Defendant also testified at trial and denied the charges against him, stating that he had been at his girl friend's home in the Chattanooga, Tennessee/Rossville, Georgia, area at the time of the incident. His girl friend's mother and his girl friend also testified that defendant was at their home at that time. Defendant explained that his pretrial statement to police that he was "at home" at the time of the incident referred to his girl friend's home and not his home in Atlanta. Defendant also testified the reason he told police that his roommate left for work at 6:45 the morning of the incident was because that was the time his roommate customarily left for work, not because he witnessed his roommate leaving for work that particular morning.
" 'It is the function of the jury to determine the credibility of the witnesses, including that of the defendant. The jurors must weigh and resolve any conflicts presented by the evidence. The appellate court must view the evidence in the light most favorable to the jury's verdict. (Cit.)' King v. State, 157 Ga. App. 733, 734 (1) (278 SE2d 491) (1981). The evidence presented at trial was sufficient to enable any rational trier of fact to find [defendant] guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of the [crimes] charged. Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U. S. 307 (99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560) (1979)." Rayburn v. State, 194 Ga. App. 676 (1) (391 SE2d 780) (1990). Accord Seidel v. State, 197 Ga. App. 14 (1) (397 SE2d 480) (1990).
2. (a) Defendant next contends his character was improperly injected into evidence by testimony that he turned himself in to the pardons and parole office on the request of his parole officer. The record shows the testimony concerning defendant's turning himself in to the pardons and parole office was elicited by defense counsel on cross-examination of a State's witness in an apparent attempt to show defendant voluntarily surrendered to authorities. On rebuttal, the State questioned the witness concerning whether defendant voluntarily turned himself in or whether he was requested to come in. The witness responded that defendant was requested to come in by his parole officer. Clearly the State was entitled to question further the witness concerning whether the defendant voluntarily turned himself in to authorities, once the defendant initiated this line of inquiry. " '(A) party will not be heard to complain of error induced by his own conduct. . . . (Cits.)' [Cit.]" Littlefield v. State, 197 Ga. App. 343, 344 (2) (398 SE2d 375) (1990). Moreover, "[t]his court has previously held that a passing reference to a defendant's record does not place his character in evidence. [Cits.]" Johnson v. State, 256 Ga. 604, 605 (2) (351 SE2d 623) (1987).
(b) Defendant next contends his character was improperly injected into evidence by testimony from a State's witness concerning defendant's in-custody statement that he had active, infectious genital herpes at the time the crime was committed and by questions by the State while cross-examining the defendant concerning whether defendant knew "what AIDS is." Again we find no error. The record shows the testimony relating to defendant's in-custody statement was admitted without objection and after defense counsel stipulated that the statement had been voluntarily made. Likewise, the defendant did not object or move for a mistrial in response to the questions pro-pounded by the State now challenged on appeal. " 'Objections not raised at trial cannot be raised for the first time on appeal, as they are deemed waived. (Cit.)' Fancher v. State, 190 Ga. App. 438, 439 (1) (378 SE2d 923) (1989)." Hight v. State, 195 Ga. App. 727, 730 (6) (394 SE2d 636) (1990).
3. Defendant also contends the in-court identification of defendant by Robert Knight was tainted by an illegally suggestive pretrial identification of defendant by the witness. Specifically, defendant argues the pretrial identification by the witness was based "upon a single photo viewing of [defendant's] driver's license photo, and no others." As to this issue, the record shows one of the investigating officers testified that the witness made a statement and "gave" him a possible suspect. The officer also testified that he obtained a photograph of the defendant from the driver's license section of the Georgia State Patrol headquarters and that the photograph was used in his investigation of the crime. The officer did not testify that Knight identified the suspect from the driver's license, or even that the driver's license photograph was shown to Knight. " 'We will not presume error from a silent record. The defendant has the burden of showing error affirmatively by the record and this burden is not discharged by recitations in the brief. [Cit.]' [Cit.]" Williams v. State, 188 Ga. App. 496, 499 (3) (373 SE2d 281) (1988).
4. Defendant next contends the trial court erred in admitting a summary of defendant's out-of-court statement which had not been provided to him upon request as required by OCGA 17-7-210. As to this issue, the record shows defendant was provided with a summary made by one of the officers who interviewed him and that the officer was allowed to read the summary to the jury without objection by the defendant. See Division 2 (b), supra. On rebuttal, another investigating officer testified that he also made a summary of defendant's statement and defendant objected to the admission of this statement on the ground that it had not been provided to him pursuant to his request under OCGA 17-7-210. The trial court overruled defendant's objection and found that testimony concerning the second statement was admissible. Defendant did not renew his objection or move for a mistrial at this time. "A litigant cannot submit to a ruling or acquiesce in the holding, and then complain of the same on appeal." (Citations and punctuation omitted.) Pressley v. State, 197 Ga. App. 270, 271 (398 SE2d 268) (1990). Moreover, although the record reveals the officer testified he had compared the two summaries and they were "essentially the same," it does not appear, contrary to defendant's enumeration of error on appeal, that the second summary actually was admitted into evidence at trial. Consequently, we find no merit to this enumeration.
5. Defendant argues his trial counsel was ineffective. "The bench mark for judging any claim of ineffectiveness must be whether counsel's conduct so undermined the proper functioning of the adversarial process that the trial cannot be relied on as having produced a just result. In order to prevail on an ineffectiveness claim, a convicted defendant must show (1) that counsel's performance was deficient, i.e., that counsel's performance was not reasonable under all the circumstances, and (2) that this deficient performance prejudiced the defense, i.e, that there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different. A reasonable probability is a probability sufficient to undermine confidence in the outcome. The complaining defendant must make both showings." (Citations and punctuation omitted.) Richardson v. State, 194 Ga. App. 358, 358-359 (390 SE2d 442) (1990).
(a) Defendant first contends his trial counsel was ineffective because he failed to object when defendant's character was wrongfully placed into evidence. See Division 2, supra. However, as held in Division 2 (a), "a passing reference" to a defendant's prior criminal record does not place his character in evidence. Moreover, although defendant contends on appeal that his trial counsel should have objected to testimony concerning sexually transmitted diseases because this testimony made defendant appear promiscuous (see Division 2 (b)), it is clear from defendant's testimony that part of his trial strategy was to convince the jury that he could not have committed the acts with which he was charged because at the time these acts were committed he had an active case of genital herpes. "This court has repeatedly held that trial strategy and tactics do not equate with ineffective assistance of counsel." (Punctuation omitted.) Foreman v. State, 200 Ga. App. 400, 401 (3) (408 SE2d 178) (1991).
(b) Defendant's contention that trial counsel was ineffective because he failed to renew his objection and preserve the record for appeal after a photographic Identikit was admitted into evidence is without merit in that defendant fails to specify how he was harmed by the introduction of the Identikit. Defendant further contends his trial counsel was ineffective because he failed to preserve the issue of the voluntariness of defendant's pretrial oral statement, failed to preserve his objection to or ask to review the "second" summary of defendant's statement, failed to renew his objection to testimony concerning explanations for the crime scene and waived his right to object to the trial court's charge to the jury. These arguments likewise must fail because defendant does not say how he was harmed by trial counsel's inactions.
(c) As stated in Division 3, the record fails to support defendant's argument on appeal that defendant was identified by Knight after an improper pretrial photographic display. Consequently, defendant's contention that his counsel was ineffective because he failed to object to Knight's trial testimony concerning his identification of the defendant also is without merit.
(d) Defendant also maintains he was prejudiced because the trial court rebuked and admonished defense counsel for wrongfully questioning the victim about her "relationship" with a witness and because defense counsel argued to the jury that the victim had been committed to "GMHI." The transcript shows that, although there was extensive discussion about trial counsel's use of the word "relationship" in questioning the victim, the jury was not present during this discussion. Although the trial court subsequently instructed the jury that they were not to infer a sexual or romantic relationship from the use of the word "relationship," we fail to see how this instruction prejudiced the defendant. Likewise we fail to see how the defendant was prejudiced by trial counsel's erroneous statement in closing argument that the victim had been committed to "GMHI" for a few days when the defendant testified he had visited the victim shortly before the incident because she was "talking suicide" and had "a history of mental problems." Moreover, any "rebuke" from the court concerning trial counsel's erroneous statement occurred outside the presence of the jury, and thus could not have prejudiced the defendant.
"In determining the effectiveness of counsel, this court looks to the totality of the representation provided by counsel. A defendant's right to effective assistance of counsel does not guarantee errorless counsel or counsel judged ineffective by hindsight, but counsel . . . likely to render and rendering reasonably effective assistance." (Citation and punctuation omitted.) Richardson, supra at 361. " 'Although arguendo (defendant's) representation may have been less than perfect, there is no indication in the record that the conduct of (his) counsel met the Strickland (v. Washington, 466 U. S. 668 (104 SC 2052, 80 LE2d 674) (1984)) criteria denoting ineffective assistance. A defendant is entitled not to perfect representation but to "reasonably effective assistance." See Gabler v. State, 177 Ga. App. 3, 6 (338 SE2d 469) (1985). The burden is on the party alleging error to show it affirmatively by the record, and when he does not do so, the judgment is assumed to be correct and must be affirmed. Griner v. State, 192 Ga. App. 283 (384 SE2d 398) (1989).' Anderson v. State, 197 Ga. App. 54, 55 (397 SE2d 557) (1990). ' " 'A trial court's finding that a defendant has been afforded effective assistance of counsel must be upheld unless that finding is clearly erroneous. . . .' " ' (Cit.) The trial court's finding in the instant case is not clearly erroneous. Harris v. State, [198 Ga. App. 503 (402 SE2d 62) (1991)]." Foreman, supra at 401.
Alan A. Cook, District Attorney, for appellee.
Steven A. Hathorn, for appellant.
DECIDED NOVEMBER 5, 1991.
Citing Cases:
BURK v. THE STATE. (253 Ga. App. 272) (2002)
BROWN v. THE STATE. (251 Ga. App. 459) (554 SE2d 53) (2001)
IN THE INTEREST OF K. D. J., a child. (246 Ga. App. 500) (540 SE2d 682) (2000)
GRIFFIN v. THE STATE. (243 Ga. App. 282) (531 SE2d 175) (2000)
BEATTIE v. THE STATE. (240 Ga. App. 327) (523 SE2d 389) (1999)
CARTER v. THE STATE. (235 Ga. App. 260) (510 SE2d 539) (1998)
CUMMINGS v. THE STATE. (233 Ga. App. 806) (505 SE2d 73) (1998)
ADAMS v. THE STATE. (229 Ga. App. 381) (494 SE2d 92) (1997)
GENTRY v. THE STATE. (226 Ga. App. 216) (485 SE2d 824) (1997)
INGRAM v. THE STATE. (224 Ga. App. 271) (480 SE2d 302) (1997)
BREWER v. THE STATE. (224 Ga. App. 656) (481 SE2d 608) (1997)
IN THE INTEREST OF D. L. S., a child. (224 Ga. App. 660) (482 SE2d 418) (1997)
SHROPSHIRE v. THE STATE. (223 Ga. App. 118) (476 SE2d 859) (1996)
ELROD v. THE STATE. (222 Ga. App. 704) (475 SE2d 710) (1996)
BRADFORD v. THE STATE. (221 Ga. App. 232) (471 SE2d 248) (1996)
CAPERS v. THE STATE. (220 Ga. App. 869) (470 SE2d 887) (1996)
WILLIAMS v. THE STATE. (211 Ga. App. 393) (439 SE2d 11) (1993)
VINCENT v. THE STATE. (210 Ga. App. 6) (435 SE2d 222) (1993)
HILL v. THE STATE. (207 Ga. App. 65) (426 SE2d 915) (1993)
YORK v. THE STATE. (207 Ga. App. 494) (428 SE2d 113) (1993)
CLARK v. THE STATE. (206 Ga. App. 10) (424 SE2d 310) (1992)
MOODY v. THE STATE. (206 Ga. App. 387) (425 SE2d 397) (1992)
BRADY v. THE STATE. (206 Ga. App. 497) (426 SE2d 15) (1992)
DAVIS v. THE STATE. (206 Ga. App. 647) (426 SE2d 267) (1992)
WATKINS v. THE STATE. (206 Ga. App. 701) (426 SE2d 238) (1992)
MINTON v. THE STATE. (205 Ga. App. 430) (422 SE2d 300) (1992)
MATTINGLY v. THE STATE. (205 Ga. App. 777) (423 SE2d 709) (1992)
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All the cathedrals in the world have a CROSS (+) at the top.
...apart from one: Milan's Duomo (quite strange, isn't it?), with a woman: a golden statue of Our Lady (about 4 metres tall), the "Madonnina" (Madunina in Milanese dialect).
Before the Duomo and BEFORE the Romans (who did NOT found Milan), there was a temple dedicated to another woman: Belisama (Goddess of fire, both sun and moon) by the Celts, founders of Milan.
When at Mussolini times they built the Torre Branca (just above Just Cavalli), he wanted it to be lower than Duomo's Madonnina, but now it isn't (for just 10 centimetres).
When they built the "grattacielo Pirelli" skyscraper, they put a small copy of the statue (85 cms) because the palace is taller than the Duomo. The statue has a great meaning, not only religious, to protect the Milanese people.
as every 6 January, the importance of the Milano version comes from the church where they arrive to bring the gifts (gold, frankincense, myrrh): the Basilica of Sant'Eustorgio is the site of the tomb of the Three Magi or Three Kings. It's one of Milano oldest traditions, since 1300.
In the 12th century, when Milan was sacked by Frederick Barbarossa, the relics of the Magi were appropriated and subsequently taken to Cologne. In 1903/4, fragments of the bones and garments were sent back to Sant'Eustorgio's. Nowadays they are in the Three Kings altar.
Always seen it when we were kids not only because it's close to us, also for the animals (elephants, camels, horses, etc.), music, etc. You can also be one of the people wearing costumes.
3 museums: Leonardo Da Vinci (museo scienza e tecnica-tecnologia, with Leonardo lab for the Gioconda-Mona Lisa, Uomo Vitruviano-Vitruvian man, etc., Galileo Galilei, sottomarino Toti submarine), Cenacolo Vinciano (@ Santa Maria delle Grazie, Ultima Cena-Last Supper, the most famous painting in the world, also in the Da Vinci Code) and 900 (Novecento) with Milan Futurism, Boccioni, Piero Manzoni, Modigliani, etc.
We've seen in a special event the piece of Moon in Milan near us (rarely shown), value: 5 million €uros, with the Italian flag that was on the Moon.
You can also visit other museums as the Pinacoteca di Brera, with "il Bacio" (the Kiss) by Francesco Hayez, Dead Christ by Mantegna, etc.


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New Publication: Ivory 2020 Art and Heritage Law
Ivory Law in the US, UK and EU by Olivia Franklin
CCP Staff - July 13, 2020
The latest in a series of publications on art and the law, the Art and Heritage Law Report: Ivory 2020 is written by Olivia Franklin, edited by Kate Fitz Gibbon, and published by the Committee for Cultural Policy. This in-depth report is designed to facilitate the work of lawyers and law students, environmentalists and preservationists, art collectors, art dealers, collecting museums and the interested public.
Poaching of African elephants for raw ivory, amounting to nearly 100 each day, has lead a number of legislatures to tighten restrictions on the sale of elephant ivory in recent years. Despite arguments by the art trade that antique and ancient works of art should be exempted, and the trade in modern and raw ivory prohibited in order to protect elephant populations, many laws now ban trade in ivory altogether.
The report summarizes and analyzes current and pending US, UK and EU Laws and regulations on trade in elephant ivory from Africa and Asia. The report provides an overview on the international framework and the restrictions on commercial use of ivory, from ancient to antique and modern, in order to provide guidance on what can and cannot be imported, exported, sold, donated or inherited.
This and all other Art and Heritage Law Reports may be downloaded for free. The report is issued under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International Public License, which should be read in its entirety. In summary, you are free to share, copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format under the following terms:
Attribution: You must give appropriate credit to author, editor and publisher, and provide a link to the license. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
Non Commercial: You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
No Derivatives: If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.
Art and Heritage Law Reports are published by the Committee for Cultural Policy, Inc. In addition to the Art and Heritage Law Reports and the Global Art and Heritage Law Series, CCP publishes in-depth legal and policy analysis and the online journal, Cultural Property News.
Disclaimer: Neither Olivia Franklin, series editor Kate Fitz Gibbon, the Committee for Cultural Policy nor any other contributor to this Report is holding itself, himself or herself out as being qualified to provide legal advice in respect of any jurisdiction as a result of participation in or contribution to this Report.


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This Week in Records (13/10/17): Fickle Friends, St. Vincent, & Sufjan Stevens
By Meg Holland and Sam Law	on	 October 13, 2017 Features, Records
It's a bit of a mishmash This Week In Records we find ourselves with this Friday morning. After discussing with Sam that we were going to start early to avoid the rushed nature of last week, we did succeed in planning what we were going to write about but didn't actually write about it until 11pm last night. After The Edge's first social (which was a big success!) and after being lured to Portswood's local, we've found ourselves again, at 2am, writing words on things which could've written about two days ago. Anyway, let's step away from this self-deprecating tone and talk about the big things to come out of the music world this week.
P!nk – Beautiful Trauma
A This Week In Records regular, P!nk has finally released Beautiful Trauma, her long-awaited (it's been five years people) seventh solo album, the outcome being 13 tracks which manage to mature the 'So What' singer as she talks of marriage, family and getting older. Also featuring on the album is man of the moment, Eminem; 'Revenge', a typical sarcy P!nk track fits perfectly with a typical Slim Shady rap section, the result almost feeling like a blast from the past, likely to please fans of both. The remainder of the record features floor-filler 'What About Us', vocally stunning 'You Get My Love' and particularly candid 'Better Life', the result being a pretty progressive P!nk album, which somehow manages to stay true to what she is loved for.
St. Vincent – MASSEDUCTION
MASSEDUCTION, Annie Clark's sixth album as St. Vincent, perfects her fragmentary futuristic pop sound, in a captivating record which dabbles with countless topics of intrigue. 'Los Ageless' cleverly questions the culture in LA which champions plastic surgery as a way to acclimatise whilst at another layer is a track which involves a power play within Clark's interior. Similarly, 'Pills' sees the singer murmur "Pills, pills, pills, every day of the week" nonsensically alongside a swampy bass, until three minutes in where she dispels into a ballad which ends up sounding too normal. It's clear that St. Vincent refuses to be your average popstar and MASSEDUCTION will not fulfill your glittery pop ideals, but that's what makes all of it just brilliant.
Also leaving this one here…
Fickle Friends – 'Hard To Be Myself'
Having seen Fickle Friends perform this on Sunday, I can officially say this is brilliant. Performing at the Engine Rooms, lead singer Natassja promised: "This one's coming out Thursday! We think. Maybe." Anyway, here it is, and its good, so listen.
Sufjan Stevens – 'Wallowa Lake Monster'
Sufjan Stevens' Carrie & Lowell was probably the most beautiful thing to come out of 2015. If you don't believe me, give his new single 'Wallowa Lake Monster' a listen. That was an outtake, and yet it's still absolutely divine (just the final three minutes of swirling, ethereal instrumentation so real you can touch it is to die for, let alone the rest of the song). It's the first release from his upcoming mixtape of outtakes, remixes, and demos from Carrie & Lowell out in November, and with tracks like this on the record it'll surely turn out to be an audiophile's dream.
Robert Plant – Carry Fire
The former Led Zeppelin frontman's 11th solo studio album is a capricious mix of rock, world, folk, and blues, with both pounding highs and sombre lows. The relentless title track grabs your attention with its unique middle-eastern instrumentation and doesn't let go; 'Dance With You Tonight' shows shades of Elbow's anthem mastery; whereas if it's throwbacks you're looking for, 'Bones Of Saints' feels like a real revival of Zeppelin's glory days. If nothing else, Carry Fire cements Plant's position as one of rock's all-time greats.
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds – 'Holy Mountain'
Sibling rivalry will never die, will it? Coming fresh off brother Liam's first solo album release last week, Noel Gallagher has dropped the first single from the upcoming album Who Built the Moon? with his High Flying Birds, 'Holy Mountain'. This one is a hell of a lot of fun with a great big band feeling, in stark contrast to Liam's far more intimate and indie offering – but then hey, just because they're brothers and played in Oasis, we shouldn't expect them to sound the same, should we? Regardless, if 'Holy Mountain' is indicative of the rest of Who Built the Moon?'s feel and sound, it'll have you smiling from ear to ear for days come November 24.
Will Joseph Cook – 'If You Want To Make Money'
A favourite of The Edge – and feature on The List of 2016 – Will Joseph Cook is back with his new track, 'If You Want To Make Money', just in time to kick off the start of his UK tour today. Featuring Cook's infamous acoustic guitar undertones, it's one of those songs which will make you smile without even realising whilst you ride the wave of happiness it serves up; its technicolour indie sound is infectious. The track also comes with the announcement of a soon to be released three-track EP which follows on album Sweet Dreamer and is likely be a perfect replacement.
Rex Orange County ft. Benny Sings – 'Loving Is Easy'
This is just bloody lovely isn't it.
Selected Other Releases
Beck – Colors
King Krule – The Ooz
Kodaline – I Wouldn't Be – EP
Nine Inch Nails – Add Violence – EP
Wretch 32 – FR32
Wu-Tang Clan – The Saga Continues
AWOLNATION – 'Passion'
Cheat Codes (feat. Fetty Wap) – 'Feels Great'
Cosmo Sheldrake – 'Come Along'
Daya – 'New'
Island Club – 'Irresistible'
Jonas Blue ft. Moelogo – 'We Could Go Back'
Lil Peep ft. Wicca Phase Springs, Eternal & Doves – 'Avoid'
Lo Moon – 'Thorns'
Louis Tomlinson – 'Just Like You'
Marmozets – 'Habits'
Matt Maltese – 'Comic Life'
Matt Terry – 'Sucker for You'
Mikky Ekko – 'Blood On The Surface'
Riton x MNEK ft. House Gospel Choir – 'Deeper'
Tokio Myers – 'Bloodstream'
This Week In Records: Playlist Edition
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Meg Holland
Records Editor at The Edge. Also a third year English and History student who has an unhealthy obsession with Foals.
Sam Law
I play/watch/listen to things, then write about playing/watching/listening to things. Special powers include downing two litres of tea at a time and binging a 13-episode Netflix series in only 12 hours. Records Editor 2018/19 OMG
January 28, 2020 0 Albums of the Year 2019: #7 Vampire Weekend – Father of the Bride


Happy Ho-Ho-Holidays to both employers and apprentices – This the season to be jolly and end the year with a company celebration. It must be remembered that this year end function is still a business event and what may be acceptable while letting your hair down with your friends, might be frowned upon by your colleagues and management team. Here are a few pointers to bear in mind when organising and attending the company Christmas party.
As the party organiser you have an obligation that the attendees are kept safe – you must ensure that you have undertaken a Work Health & Safety check and assessment to identify any safety hazards. Employers should monitor and restrict access to hazardous areas during the party to reduce the risk of injury to employees, or the employer could be held liable for injuries and damages incurred.
Set Limits – Decide on your own code of conduct as expected at work events before setting out.
Dress Appropriately – Think smart casual, not nightclub or barbeque garb. If you would not wear it to the office during the day then it's probably best left in your cupboard for this event. If there is a dress code – strictly adhere to it.
Turn Up – Even if you haven't felt the love for a while, you hate your co-workers, and you would rather put pins in your eyes than listening to Wham's last Christmas, turn up! If you have said you will be at the party it is better to arrive as your absence will be noted.
Keep It Positive and Mingle – Spread yourself thin and talk to everyone but keep your tone neutral and interested, don't be too intrusive. Steer away from bringing up sore points at the company like policies you may think of as being unfair. Gossip and badmouthing colleagues is also best avoided at the event (it can be a real downer).
Don't Drink Too Much – stay sober – you'll never regret drinking too little. Many a career has been sunk because of too much alcohol. We've all read about tragic accidents, affairs, fights, anti-social behavior, harassment that will leave more than a bad taste in your mouth.
Always remember your Plan B as losing your drivers license might lead to you having no job and no prospects.
Think Before You Post – Know your company's Social Media Policy, with everyone potentially carrying a camera in their pocket at the party, smart phones increase the risk of exposing the company to damaging or embarrassing content. Inappropriate photos' or posts on social media may give rise to claims relating to privacy breaches and defamation.
Be The Lookout – Notice that someone's ear is being bent, maybe you can step in and redirect the conversation. Notice a colleague drinking too much – best to order a cab or offer to drive them home. Needing a place to vent – seek a secluded spot and give a silent scream!
Thank the organiser – Much effort was put into arranging the event, the employer has put together a celebration for recognising employee's contribution and spread the holiday cheer. Recognise this effort and say thank you.
Follow these suggestions and you will survive your company Christmas party with reputation and business intact.
Wishing all our contributors, donors, supporters and apprentices a very happy safe festive season and a prosperous 2019!


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Hi ,I have 3064 .mat files dataset of brain tumors ,Prepareing data with lables for CNN.Each .mat file has struct 1x1 . Struct has following has these information: cjdata.image and cjdata.label.
And image is stored as cjdata.image.
To save matrix as an image, please use imwrite function.
In addition, if you save your data as an image file, I would recommend saving as .tiff or .png to keep data accuracy, because .jpg is a lossy compression method.
outputFolder = pwd; % Please change, if needed.
Reference to non-existent field 'folder'.
Undefined function 'replace' for input arguments of type 'char'.
(Actually using replace or strrep is fragile and I would not recommend doing this: it will replace exactly that substring even if occurs in the middle of the filename. The robust way to write this code would be to use the second output of fileparts).
I'm glad to hear that you successfully saved all data!
By the way, the errors you mentioned here would be due to your MATLAB version.
The field 'folder' for ourput variable of dir function was added in R2016b, and replace function was introduced in R2016b as well. So, if your MATLAB version is R2016a or earlier, these error appears.
Successfully saved all data as jpgs.
I think I am also using same data.(.mat file).
Code is running with no error.
Where I will check .tiff images data/ how to show image?
Thanks .. I will check..
@Mamoona Nisar- Will you share your Email Id, Please?