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Dancer reveals 'Black Swan' world of New York City Ballet
As a teenage dancer competing for a spot at the prestigious New York City Ballet, Georgina Pazcoguin was told by the company's then-artistic director, Peter Martins, that she needed to lose weight: specifically in her thighs.
It was her first "fat talk."
She was sent to a nutritionist who recommended a diet supplement that Pazcoguin likened to "chalk dust packets." Dinner for the still-developing girl? A chicken breast and spinach or lettuce. Her daily caloric intake was 720 calories.
Shortly thereafter, the 9/11 attacks brought New York City to a standstill. Pazcoguin realized she couldn't control the world — but she could control what she ate. For the next six months, she binged, purged and supplemented her rigorous dance sessions with swimming.
"It wasn't sustainable," Pazcoguin, now 36, told The Post. "I was a growing body. I picture my younger self and just want to give her a hug."
Georgina Pazcoguin has released her memoir, "Swan Dive: The Making of a Rogue Ballerina."
Martins did not reply to requests for comment.
In her new memoir, "Swan Dive: The Making of a Rogue Ballerina," (Henry Holt and Co.), Pazcoguin, who would later become the first Asian-American female soloist at NYCB (her father is Filipino and her mother is Italian), recalls the moment she realized how dangerous her diet was. While at the pool, she saw a painfully emaciated woman who looked in her 50s.
The ballerina realized in that moment that she would become that woman one day if she didn't change her life."She was suffering . . . My heart broke for her but it also broke for me. She was a wake-up call," writes Pazcoguin.
That night, she cooked herself a New York strip steak for dinner.
It's just one of the ways she learned to survive the cutthroat dance world, and her revelatory book is sure to ruffle some tutus.
Pazcoguin wears a leather jumpsuit, price upon request, "CD Navy" earrings, $380, and "30 Montaigne" necklace, $1,300, all at Dior. Pazcoguin's own pointe shoes.
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The Altoona, Pa., native — the daughter of an ER surgeon and a housewife — raises the curtain on her booze-soaked nights at an Upper West Side dive bar and hangover-induced spills. She exposes the male colleague who thought nothing of casually tweaking her nipples and admits to regrets over an affair she had with Candace Bushnell's then-husband-dancer, Charles Askegard, that ended up on Page Six. (Pazcoguin doesn't name him in the book.)
"My choices hurt people, and it's something I will always be sorry about . . . My moral swan dive was featured in Page Six . . . I came into work, completely embarrassed. The whore was out of the bag," she writes.
While most of the book's action takes place at Lincoln Center, much of her younger days were spent at the Emerald Inn, an Upper West Side dive.
"I balance for a living. For me, life is a balance between the highbrow and the lowbrow existence," she said.
Pazcoguin (center) in a performance of "West Side Story Suite".
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After hours, Pazcoguin and fellow dancers would imbibe booze late into the night ("hard drugs were never my brand of fun," she writes), soak up the toxins with pizza, then sleep a few hours before 10 a.m. classes.
"I'd be fighting my way through class with a headache and a bloated stomach," she writes.
"A common misconception [about ballerinas] is that we're all really straitlaced and boring. Absolutely no," Pazcoguin said. "For as hard as we work, we also really enjoy a good time."She wasn't so thrilled when the top of her costume popped open during a production of "Swan Lake," revealing both breasts as she twirled onstage.
To top it off, it happened during the company's Gala Week, when she had to entertain big-bucks donors — like the inebriated patron who wanted to dance with her at a party.
"I was finding my groove . . . when wham bam thank you ma'am I was flat on my back on the goddamn floor with a drunk donor splayed out on top of me," she writes.
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Even though she stopped purging, Pazcoguin was haunted in her 20s by body issues. She claims she endured unwanted touching from fellow dancer Amar Ramasar, who, Pazcoguin writes, would whisper "you look fine today" and tweak her nipples. (Ramasar called the allegation "a total fiction.")
"The constant objectification I was subjected to began to take a toll on my psyche," she writes.
Pazcoguin secretly had liposuction, removing the equivalent of a two-liter bottle of soda from her thighs.
"It's not something I am proud of now," she said. "I was asked to do something absurd [lose weight], so the only thing that made sense was an absurd solution."
A common misconception [about ballerinas] is that we're all really straitlaced.
Georgina pazcoguin
She felt she had no recourse against harassment because, she writes, telling Martins about Ramasar would be like "complaining to Satan about his brother Hades."
Martins retired in 2018 amid accusations of sexual harassment, which he has denied. Ramasar was fired by NYCB in 2018 after being accused of sharing a sexually explicit photo of a colleague, but later reinstated.
Asked if she has had any contact with Martins since he left the company, Pazcoguin answered: "I have no desire."
But Pazcoguin has found another way to stand up for herself. She and fellow Asian dancer Phil Chan launched a diversity initiative called "Final Bow for Yellow Face," which advocates against stereotypical depictions of Asians.
"I am a multicultural woman embracing my Asian heritage. When I was growing up [in dance] studios, there was never anyone who really looked like me in the classroom or on the wall. It impacted me more than I thought it did," she said.
Dress, $835 at Sacai; "Lilly Huggies" earrings, $175 at Jennifer Fisher Jewelry; Pazcoguin's own pointe shoes.
Leather jumpsuit, price upon request; "CD Navy" earrings, $380; and "30 Montaigne" necklace, $1,300, all at Dior; Pazcoguin's own pointe shoes.
On Aug. 3, she will return to the NYCB and the book will have been released for all, including her peers, to read.
"It's so easy for people to jump to conclusions that this is me trying to do something negative. Yes, there are negative aspects, but I am not trying to do something negative about the ballet world," she said. "I am trying to shine a light and share my absolute and utter devotion to ballet. And even through all of this, I still love the art form.
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Do you listen to what your mind tells you? Or do you step back and observe it cooly, knowing that you aren't what you think?
Because, there is a world of difference between those two positions. If we are to trust what many of the great meditation teachers have told us through the ages, one leads to a life of insight, understanding, and happiness, while the other leads in the opposite direction.
In today's interview with author and mindfulness facilitator Jennifer Howd, we explore the practice of mindfulness meditation and how it teaches you that you are much more than what you think.
One of the greatest things I've learned from twenty years of meditation is how to observe my mind. It's not something you get overnight. With patient practice, you start to build a little space between you and the stream of thought that runs like a shimmering stream through your head.
Cultivating that space has helped me understand many things about life and about myself. Here are three important ones.
First, I learned that I am not what I think. I am infinitely more.
Second, I learned that without that space between me and my mind, it's easy to live life hypnotized by the thought stream and mistaking it for myself.
And third, it taught me that I always have a choice in how to respond to life.
Sure, I can have strong reactions to things. Happens every day. I get stressed about time. I get upset at drivers while I'm walking the streets of Boston. I feel deflated and defeated when my new blog post or podcast doesn't attract attention.
But I always know that I have a choice in response to these reactions. I can dwell on them and fight them or I can accept them, observe them, and keep moving.
You see, if you merely react to the many narratives in your mind, they will dictate how you live. The problem is that those narratives are mostly habitual and conditioned responses to life. More often than not, they are shaped by our deep fears, desires, and traumas.
When we blithely listen those voices, we start to believe them. Then slowly but surely, they eclipse the natural expanse of who we are and what's possible in this life.
In contrast, mindfulness meditation helps you reverse that process and live a more conscious life.
In today's episode, we explore the practice of mindfulness meditation with Jennifer Howd, the author of The Mindfulness Diaries: How I Survived My First 9-Day Silent Retreat. In her book and in her work, Jennifer uses the power of story to help illuminate the depth and subtlety of mindfulness practice.
You see, mindfulness isn't merely a practice you do sitting on a cushion in the quiet hours of the morning.
As Jennifer says again and again, mindfulness is a way of life. It's a way of looking at oneself and the world that's deeply awake and profoundly present.
I invited Jennifer Howd to the OneMind Meditation Podcast so she could share her expertise, her stories, and her passion for mindfulness meditation. I think you're going to love it.
Mindful living lives in the moments of life, the here and now, it is the only true reality within the expression of life, creation unfolds collapsing time distilled in a single moment or the here & now realized which actually fells timeless.
I feel your presence here is a positive influence for those who seek an awakening to deeper experiences, meaningful expressions within their own actions in life, their own understanding or insights that are defining the moments of life's experience. This is innately available to us at ALL times, it is our ground state veiled through the conditioning of our lives. Meditation is a practice of awakening what is innately who we are, the true self, within the collective consciousness.
Keep up the good work! Adventure has its rewards in discovery. The knowledge of wisdom is the path to our awakening and ultimate recovery. I realized this through the disciplines of meditation, mindful intentions and a belief in the omnipresence of Spirit, the collective, universal consciousness of life itself.
Thank you. I really appreciate your comment. I think the consistent time and energy you are investing in meditation is really going to pay off over time. Meditation is challenging. There's no doubt about it. I used to fall asleep every session for several years before I stabilized in my own practice. I think that might be a somewhat extreme example, but my point is that it can be hard and so it's important to go easy on ourselves and not be too critical, because with consistency and patience, it's going to get easier and the benefits will keep increasing.


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Obama Administration Backslides On 50 Employee Worker Mandate
Our backslidings are many.
The Obama administration had taken another unilateral step down the slippery slope known as ObamaCare. It has delayed its mandate for a year that penalizes small and medium sized businesses of 50 employees or over with a fine of $2000 for each uncovered worker.
The new ruling has three parts.
1. Employers with 50 to 99 employees get a another year of transition.
2. Employers with 100 or more workers aren't required to cover everyone.
3. Volunteers won't be counted as full-time employees.
It is Obama's latest tweak to placate the business community who have regarded the 50 employee rule as the most virulent antigrowth provision of ObamaCare. The business community maintains the 50 employee rule has slowed hiring, increased overhead, and culminated in a part-time employment economy.
This tweak, when coupled with last week's CBO report that ObamaCare may encourage 2.3 million Americans not to work over the next 10 years, is another blow against the administration.
It opens other floodgates of criticism.
These floodgates include:
· The argument that President Obama, by taking unilateral executive actions, violates the Constitution, which says the President must consult with Congress before changing a law.
The argument that if the Employment Mandate is changed the Individual Mandate must also be changed, for it is unfair to continue to punish individuals and their families while letting businesses off the hook.
Republicans have seized upon this latest change.
Senators Tom Barrasso, R. Wyoming, and joined Tom Coburn, R-Oklahoma., and other Republican lawmakers by immediately firing off a letter to IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, asking about the enforcement of the individual mandate, considering all the other changes to the law's implementation.
The letter read:
"Given a number of last-minute administrative 'adjustments' made by the Administration, there is some understandable confusion and concern about the enforcement of the individual mandate tax. With the Administration's decision to waive, delay, or unilaterally alter some provisions of the law-including the employer mandate tax on businesses-taxpayers deserve clarification on how the agency intends to enforce the individual mandate tax."
The language and words used – waive, delay, unilaterally alter – are intended to highlight the unworkability, unconstitutionality, and unfairness of the health law and to hasten the slide of ObamaCare down the slope towards repeal, and not uncoincidently, up the hill towards capture of both Houses of Congress in November 2014.
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Through the use of narrative therapy I was able to come up with values that I could use to describe myself; I chose strong, independent and outgoing.
These three words resonated with me so much because of the growth I have seen in myself in the past year and a half, however, these words came to mind because of how others perceive me, not necessarily how I would define myself. I have always been a strong, independent person and many people in the past have complemented me and said they wished they could have the same mindset as me when it comes to be able to do things on my own, or having strength in the face of adversity.
When it came to outgoing this word has only recently entered my vocabulary after I travelled overseas by myself. I am normally quite a reserved person in front of strangers, but after travelling alone I have become much more open to the idea of being myself in front of strangers and not worrying about what they think.
Although I do believe those three words describe my values quite well I have decided to focus more on another value because it was one I chose for myself, not one I can recall others using to describe me.
Curiosity is defined as 'a strong desire to know or learn something.' I felt a connection with this value, as I have always been that type of person who asks why, even from a young age I needed to know the answers to all the random questions that filled my brain. I am now full of random facts and tidbits of knowledge that may well never come in handy. I frequently Google the answers to questions others can't answer for me and love being able to share this knowledge with someone else.
I am curious about the world and the people in it and this is why my dream job would be to travel the world as a travel writer or blogger. My current Instagram account is filled with travel bloggers hash tagging away and it sends me into fits of jealously. I want to see the world to let my curious side run wild and I would love to spread the knowledge I receive from travelling to others.
I believe curiosity to be a strong value for a travel writer, as they need to want to see the unknown places and learn about the different people and cultures that exist on our planet. They need to be curious in a way that others aren't and I feel as though I have that in me. I am frequently asking questions and researching topics that my friends and family go 'what made you think of that?' I am not afraid when I meet new people to ask them questions others might feel uncomfortable to ask because I like to learn something about a person that others may never get the chance to find out. I am curious of other people's stories, the things in their lives that have happened to make them who they are today.
In the next few weeks I will continue to research and piece together further information on what I am learning about curiosity through narrative therapy and how this all links to my future goal of being paid to travel and write. I would also like to find out what other values I have now that will separate me from other future travel writers.
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Apparently rumors of the CD format's demise have not been exaggerated.
Like its fore-bearers in vinyl, cassette (and eight-track) form, the music delivery service that has dominated most of our adult lives is apparently living out it's "hospice days".
CD sales have dropped 88 percent since 2001, its decline reflecting a similarly dramatic increase in digital streaming services over the same period of time. Earlier this month Best Buy stopped selling CDs, leaving Missoula collectors confined to Rockin' Rudy's, pawn shops and Target – though that, too, appears to be just temporary.
Any worries about hearing the latest, greatest grooves, however, are entirely unfounded. The shift from CD culture apparently reflects music consumption trends less than it reflects a chance in how artists are reaching their fan base.
Case in point: Despite her announcement last week that her upcoming project will be her final album release, Sheryl Crow assuaged fans that she will continue to write and record new music – just in single-track formats instead.
"I'll just start putting songs out," she said, calling the album format "a dying art form."
We'll kick off this week's New Tracks on the Trail with a nod to Crow's commitment to change: The first single off her yet-to-be-titled final album, due in 2019.
"Wouldn't Want to Be Like You" – released on the Stem platform – is a slam on Wall Street greed and features St. Vincent's Annie Clark on backing vocals and guitar. This collaborative focus is apparently going to be a theme for the album, Crow's 11th. Other reported guests (she invited most her "musical heroes," she said) include Stevie Nicks, Keith Richards, Joe Walsh, Don Henley – and Johnny Cash.
Crow will perform July 18 at KettleHouse Amphitheater. The show is sold out.
Also on this week's New Tracks lineup:
• Portland-based singer/songwriter M. Ward surprised fans last month by dropping his ninth studio record without any prior announcement.
A quick 35 minutes long, What a Wonderful Industry includes 12 new tracks, two of which feature My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James.
• Trail favorites St. Paul & the Broken Bones will drop their third studio release, the nine-track Young Sick Camellia, on Sept. 7.
The eight-piece Alabama soul band got help from hip hop/pop producer Jack Splash (Solange, Diplo, Kendrick Lamar) for the album, which marks their first since their 2016 break-through, Sea of Noise. That one was noted for its politics; this one moves into a more introspective realm.
Check out the Rolling Stone review of the album's lead-off single HERE.
• His sound is too eclectic for a genre description, so we'll just stick with acoustic rock for now.
We're talking about LA-based Trevor Hall, who flirts with world music, chanting and a dash of reggae on his new project, The Fruitful Darkness.
Released in four parts beginning in August of 2017, Hall finally dropped the finale this past month.
The Fruitful Darkness – inspired by Joan Halifax Roshi's Buddhist-inspired novel of the same name – marks Hall's eighth studio release.
• Finally, one of the world's most celebrated guitarist, Buddy Guy, makes a case for the blues in his 18th solo record – The Blues is Alive and Well.
Released in June, he new one – follow-up to Guy's Grammy Award winning 2015 album, Born to Play Guitar – is collaborative-rich, with appearances from Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Jeff Beck and James Bay.
If he's not your favorite guitarist, Guy – who turns 82 this month – is at least your favorite guitarist's favorite guitarist.
Check out an album review HERE.
There ya have it – another Tuesday, another batch of New Tracks on the Trail! Thanks as always to Rockin' Rudy's for sponsoring this weekly segment …
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Q: Present Worth with Salvage Value I would like to know how to consider the "Salvage Value" in the following question while calculating the present and future values.
here is the question:
We are planning to build a new bridge. Construction is to start in 2015 and is expected to take 4 years at a cost of $25 million per year.
After construction is completed, the cost of operation and maintenance is expected to be $2.5 million for the first year, and increase by 2.8% per year thereafter.
The salvage value of the bridge at the end of year 2048 is estimated to be $5 million.
Consider the present to be the end of 2013/beginning of 2014 and the interest rate to be 8%.
a- Draw a cash flow diagram for this project (from present till end of year 2048)
b- find the Present Worth
c- find the Future Worth
HERE IS WHAT I DID:
we need to find P2013 (Present Worth at this time)
P2013 = P2015 (1+i)^n = P2015 (1+0.08)^2
P2015 = A1 (P1|A1 8%,33) + A2 (P2|A2 2.8%,8%,29)
P2015 = $ 324,433,747.65
P2013 = P2015 (1+0.08)^2 = $ 378,419,523.26
Now the question is where to consider the $5 million salvage value in this formula? Is my calculation correct?

A: I would calculated the future value at the end of the year 2048 ($C_{2048}$) an and after that I would calculate the present value.
Construction costs:
The construction period goes from 2015 to 2018. $C_{2018}^C=25,000,000\cdot \frac{1-1.08^4}{1-1.08}$
$C_{2048}^C=25,000,000\cdot \frac{1-1.08^4}{1-1.08}\cdot 1.08^{48-18}=25,000,000\cdot \frac{1-1.08^4}{1-1.08}\cdot 1.08^{30}$
Costs of operation and maintanace
It has to be made 30(=48-19+1) payments. And the formula with increasing payments is
$C_n=r \cdot \frac{g^n-q^n}{g-q}$
$C_{2048}^{OM}=2,500,000\cdot \frac{1.028^{30}-1.08^{30}}{1.028-1.08}$
salvage value
The salvage value at 2048 is just $P_{2048}^S=5,000,000$
The value of all cash flows in 2048 is $C_{2048}^T=-C_{2048}^C-C_{2048}^{OM}+C_{2048}^S$
The value of all cash flows at the beginning of 2014 is $P_{2014}^T=\frac{C_{2048}^T}{1.08^{48-14}}$

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When our moving trucked rolled into Salt Lake City on January 29, 2010, I had a countless amount of strategies, philosophies and dreams for our church plant. I am sure I bored the life out of anyone who would listen as I discussed the who, what, where and when of Missio Dei Community. I was ready to deploy my game plan on that incredible city nestled against the Wasatch mountains. Little did I know that my church planting lingo and strategies would mean close to nothing when compared to words like Joe, Ron, Grace, Isaac and Justine.
I didn't grow up as a Christian. I was a Utah Mormon who would have struggled to tell you who Billy Graham was. When I first encountered Christianity, the only thing that I was interested in was the short worship services. Rarely did much of it impress or intrigue me. In fact, the only idea that really captured me was the idea that in Christianity we are called into a relationship with God and, through that, into a relationship with one another.
It's difficult to describe a relationship in words, but both before and after conversion, God was working on me. He opened my eyes to a Bible that I would have said I had known my whole life, but in hindsight had no clue about. God walked me through His Scripture, sometimes delicately and sometimes with the delicacy of a nine iron to the chest. He showed me Jesus like I had never seen, taught me words like pursuit and brought life redemption. God always seemed to be around me. He was with me in doubt, struggles, successes, accolades, failure and tragedy. He was a long-suffering God.
My relationship with God came much easier than my relationship with "church." When I became a Christian, I didn't really want anything to do with the church.
I didn't know what "fellowship" was and I didn't want to find out. I had no interest in worship music nor did I want my political affiliation defined for me. Once I shut my mouth, however, and started listening to His people, it began to be quite apparent that, through these broken people, God was bringing to life His Kingdom.
First, people were being incredibly patient with me. They didn't laugh when I mixed up the Book of Mormon and the Bible. They patiently talked me through what it meant to respond to God in service and obedience. They didn't excommunicate me when I made fun of Rick Warren's shirts during our Purpose Driven Life Small Group.
What God was teaching me in those moments proved so much more effective to me in church planting than the latest book or the best demographics. God will first and foremost shape you in your relationship with Him. His name reigns supreme. As you plant, His name must be revered above all. He must be the first that you repent to, the first that you cling to, the first that you trust in. You aren't the savior, and you are being shaped by this great God so much more than you will ever shape your church plant.
What God taught me 12 years ago proved to be my most valuable asset in church planting. I learned that names matter. When people like Bart and Catherine suffered my immaturity, those many years ago, as we met and prayed and talked about God, they were showing me that God's church cared about me. They cared about me for me. I wasn't a problem to fix or an asset to exploit, but rather a fellow disciple to encourage, rebuke and train up. I found that they cared for their neighbors, whether they were Christians or not. They served them and loved them. They did not force them to come to church, but showed them a love born out of abundance rather than scarcity.
It may sound simple or pedestrian, but that is how we have gone about planting Missio Dei.
Those names in that first paragraph are all people that I met soon after moving here.
Joe is a coffee shop owner who is no closer to accepting Jesus than when we moved here. He loves profanity as well as his agnosticism. One thing Joe knows for sure is that he is loved by our community and that we love Jesus. He knows us by name, trades life stories, parenting stories, offers music suggestions with us on a daily basis and has quipped more than once how he appreciates our love for the city.
Grace is an incredibly gifted nurse who loves Jesus. I met her through some insane circumstances and she jumped in with our motley core group. She studied Eugene Peterson with my wife and talked to me often about her dream of the American Church serving locally and globally in a selfless manner rather than an imperial one. She eventually left Salt Lake City for Gonaïves, Haiti, where she runs a medical clinic in a slum built on a trash dump.
My wife and I didn't recruit Grace with a flyer. Rather, we learned her name and the life behind her name over Americanos, Ethiopian food and Contra Dancing. We didn't sweet talk Joe into liking us. Rather, we remembered his name, prayed for him often, and sought to bless him and his business.
Those other names I mentioned at the beginning all have stories attached to them. Some are Jesus followers and some aren't, but they are all people who we believe God wants to woo, redeem, love, heal and bring into the great news of the Gospel.
Who really is the Father, Son and Holy Spirit? Who really is Joe, Grace, Isaac, Justine and Ron? How can I be known more by God and my community? How can I know my community and God more? Those questions have seemed to go a lot further than my strategies and arguments about church planting philosophies.
Kyle Costello lives in Salt Lake City, UT with his wife Joy and his son Isaiah. He is the Lead Pastor of Missio Dei Community, a church located in the urban core of Salt Lake City, that was planted by the Orchard Group and Imago Dei Community in 2010.


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Q: Run command vagrant up and get default: warning: connection timeout. Retrying I have looked at some of the other post about this and half of the stuff they say makes 0 since to me or the commands they say to run in the terminal come back as command not found. I have a windows OS so that could be the problem. If you run into this problem with windows please help!
I have disabled the firewall and that did nothing.
Vagrantfile:
require 'json'
require 'yaml'

VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION = "2"
confDir = $confDir ||= File.expand_path("~/.homestead")

homesteadYamlPath = confDir + "/Homestead.yaml"
homesteadJsonPath = confDir + "/Homestead.json"
afterScriptPath = confDir + "/after.sh"
aliasesPath = confDir + "/aliases"

require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/scripts/homestead.rb')

Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|
    if File.exists? aliasesPath then
        config.vm.provision "file", source: aliasesPath, destination: "~/.bash_aliases"
    end

    if File.exists? homesteadYamlPath then
        Homestead.configure(config, YAML::load(File.read(homesteadYamlPath)))
    elsif File.exists? homesteadJsonPath then
        Homestead.configure(config, JSON.parse(File.read(homesteadJsonPath)))
    end

    if File.exists? afterScriptPath then
        config.vm.provision "shell", path: afterScriptPath
    end
end

A: ok as the issue is linked with VT-x/AMD-V hardware acceleration  you should have 2 options:

*

*Enable virtualization from your bios if your hardware supports it (it might be turn off in your settings)

*If your hardware/CPU does not support it, tell vagrant to turn off hw virtualization by adding this in your Vagrantfile
config.vm.provider :virtualbox do |vb|
  vb.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--hwvirtex", "off"]
end

something like
require 'json'
require 'yaml'

VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION = "2"
confDir = $confDir ||= File.expand_path("~/.homestead")

homesteadYamlPath = confDir + "/Homestead.yaml"
homesteadJsonPath = confDir + "/Homestead.json"
afterScriptPath = confDir + "/after.sh"
aliasesPath = confDir + "/aliases"

require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/scripts/homestead.rb')

Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|
    if File.exists? aliasesPath then
        config.vm.provision "file", source: aliasesPath, destination: "~/.bash_aliases"
    end

    if File.exists? homesteadYamlPath then
        Homestead.configure(config, YAML::load(File.read(homesteadYamlPath)))
    elsif File.exists? homesteadJsonPath then
        Homestead.configure(config, JSON.parse(File.read(homesteadJsonPath)))
    end

    if File.exists? afterScriptPath then
        config.vm.provision "shell", path: afterScriptPath
    end

    config.vm.provider :virtualbox do |vb|
      vb.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--hwvirtex", "off"]
    end
end


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New features of the forthcoming open world game Grand Theft Auto 5 (GTA 5) have been revealed by a Brazilian magazine. The features are said to be unveiled by Rockstar, GTA 5's developer and publisher, in an exclusive interview with the company officials, reports Behind Games.
- One of the chief characters of the game, Franklin, will deal with missions related to wars, gangs and racing.
- Robbery and heists will not be a part of the game play story.
- Rockstar is also planning GTA 5 DLC. However, the details were not mentioned.
- Bus routes will be introduced for the first time in this GTA iteration.
- The special powers of the in-game characters like slowing down time and extra damage to enemies will be activated by the buttons L3/LS.
- Rockstar also gave game tips that if a gamer is planning to steal a plane, one can use Trevor (one of the chief characters) as he is the best pilot.
- When on land, Franklin can be used as a driver for escaping via car or any other vehicle.
Rockstar has been taking big leaps in order to advertise its GTA 5 game. Recently, a snapshot of the famous Los Angeles Figueroa Hotel surfaced online with the huge painting of three main characters, Trevor, Franklin and Michael under progress on the building pillars, reported Videogamer.
Rockstar has previously used this hotel to promote its GTA 4 and Max Payne 3 games.
GTA 5 is an open world RPG (role playing game), which includes various missions and tasks needed to be completed by the three chief characters. Gamers can switch between the characters at any point in the game. Each character's behaviour and style varies with their interests and hobbies.
Rockstar has also provided one special power to each character. Trevor has the ability to give double damage during fights with enemies and instead take half damage to himself. Michael has a "bullet time" like Max Payne where the time can be slowed down and gamer would get enough time to aim precisely. Franklin can also slow down time while driving or taking sharp turns from a vehicle in the game.
GTA 5 is scheduled for 17 September release on Sony PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Xbox 360.


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From William Henry Kinnaird Gibbons 7 February 1867
My dear Sir
Should your memory not have been impaired by your eminent literary successes my name will not (I think) be unfamiliar to you—!1
I should indeed be ungrateful if I could forget yours as I believe that I am mainly indebted to your late fathers great medical skill for the prolongation to a very advanced age of the lives of my late revered parents with whom I resided at Harley when in the country) until their deaths.2 I purchased some years ago a landed property of 500 acres here upon which I am occasionally resident but I have now also a House in London
I have sometimes thought of a drive to Down to see you and should probably have accomplished this but that I did not know whether you were generally resident there or what might be your engagements. I should be glad however of an opportunity of conversing with you upon the very interesting and profound subject upon which your mind has been engaged and in reference to which your researches have conferred such benefits upon man.
It has occurred to me that as you have thought so deeply upon the "origin of species" you must have given your attention also to the great question of mans future destiny after the separation of the thinking principle (or mind) from the body! and that consequently you may have investigated the phenomena of Spiritualism?
Having myself paid a good deal of attention to this subject I feel a very deep interest in it and from an extensive experience of the several phases of the Spiritual evidences I have arrived at the conclusion that what I have witnessed is not explicable upon any other assumption than that the minds of the departed are somehow exercising an active agency by which we are influenced!
The rapidity with which these opinions are spreading throughout Society must (I think) soon lead to some more careful enquiry into the subject than it has yet received3
The interesting work of Professor Gregory on animal magnetism The preface of De Morgans Volume, "From matter to Spirit" and some other publications upon Spiritualism seem to leave us without much definite information upon this profound question and should you have formed any opinions upon it I shall feel greatly indebted to you for it.4
I have just finished reading the Duke of Argylls new work "The Reign of law" (in which he takes some liberties with your name) and I perceive that in his last Chapter he attaches great importance to the spiritual phenomena "which are so much ignored by the men of science"!5
If you have not read the work you will find it worth your attention.
Hoping that you are in the enjoyment of that greatest blessing—good health | I am | My dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | W H K Gibbons
The Old Lodge | East Grinstead | Sussex | Feb 7th 1867
Gibbons had lived until the late 1850s in Harley, Shropshire, a village ten miles south-east of Shrewsbury; his father had been rector of Harley (Post Office directory of Gloucestershire, with Bath, Bristol, Herefordshire, and Shropshire 1856). CD and his family were also social acquaintances of Gibbons and his family (Shrewsbury Chronicle, 20 September 1825 and 22 September 1826); W. H. K. Gibbons is probably the Mr Gibbon mentioned in the letter from Caroline and Susan Darwin, 2 [January 1826] (Correspondence vol. 1). See also n. 2, below.
Gibbons refers to Robert Waring Darwin, John Gibbons, who died in 1858 aged nearly 90, and Helen Gordon Gibbons, who died in 1855 in her early 80s.
For CD's recent and positive reaction to an article critical of spiritualism ([Tyndall] 1864c), see Correspondence vol. 13, letter to J. D. Hooker, 7 January [1865] and n. 14. The efforts of John Tyndall and others to denounce spiritualism are discussed in Oppenheim 1985, pp. 327–30. For studies of Victorian spiritualism, see L. Barrow 1986, A. Owen 1989, and Fichman 2004, pp. 139–210.
Gibbons refers to William Gregory's Letters to a candid enquirer on animal magnetism (W. Gregory 1851). Sophia Elizabeth De Morgan wrote From matter to spirit. The result of ten years' experience in spirit manifestations ([De Morgan] 1863); her husband, Augustus De Morgan, a logician and mathematician and not a confirmed spiritualist, wrote the preface (see Oppenheim 1985, pp. 335–6, and Fichman 2004, pp. 178–80).
CD had not yet read G. D. Campbell 1867, but had read some of the earlier writings of George Douglas Campbell, the duke of Argyll (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 8 February [1867]). Thomas Henry Huxley had recently mentioned that he had heard that Campbell criticised both him and CD in G. D. Campbell 1867 (see letter from T. H. Huxley, [before 7 January 1867] and n. 16). In G. D. Campbell 1867, p. 428, Campbell wrote: 'if the methods and conditions of Physical inquiry were applied in a really philosophical spirit to Spiritual Phenomena, the influence of Science would be more powerful than it is'; the words Gibbons quotes are not in G. D. Campbell 1867.
Barrow, Logie. 1986. Independent spirits: spiritualism and English plebeians 1850–1910. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.
Campbell, George Douglas. 1867. The reign of law. London: Alexander Strahan.
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 27 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
[De Morgan, Sophia Elizabeth.] 1863. From matter to spirit. The result of ten years' experience in spirit manifestations. By C.D. with a preface by A.B. London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green.
Fichman, Martin. 2004. An elusive Victorian: the evolution of Alfred Russel Wallace. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Gregory, William. 1851. Letters to a candid inquirer on animal magnetism. London: Taylor, Walton, & Maberly.
Oppenheim, Janet. 1985. The other world: spiritualism and psychic research in England, 1850–1914. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Owen, Alex. 1989. The darkened room: women, power and spiritualism in late Victorian England. London: Virago Press.
Post Office directory of Gloucestershire, with Bath, Bristol, Herefordshire, and Shropshire: Post Office directory of Gloucestershire, with Bath, Bristol, Herefordshire, and Shropshire. Post Office directory of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, and the City of Bristol. Post Office directory of Shropshire, Herefordshire, and Gloucestershire, with the City of Bristol. London: Kelly & Co. 1856–79.
Asks CD whether he has given any thought to the phenomena of spiritualism.
Letter details
Letter no.
DCP-LETT-5394
W. H. S Gibbons
Charles Robert Darwin
Source of text
DAR 165: 36
Darwin, C. R.
Gibbons, W. H. S.
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, "Letter no. 5394," accessed on 20 January 2021, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/DCP-LETT-5394.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 15


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We are a Catholic community of followers of Christ who desire to be ever more deeply rooted in the the presence and power of God. We are guided and empowered by the Holy Spirit, the Word of God and the tradition of the Church. We welcome all to join us as we reach out in justice and love to build God's kingdom.
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Stols is een Nederlandse familie die vooral bekend is geworden als Maastrichtse drukkers- en uitgeversfamilie.

Geschiedenis
De stamreeks begint met Johannes Stols (1652-overleden na 1707) die in 1677 burger van Maastricht werd. Zijn zoon was slotenmaker, zijn kleinzoon koopman. Een lid van de achtste generatie, Ludovicus Hubertus Alexander Stols (1870-1942), werd boekdrukker en uitgever van Boosten & Stols. Het was diens zoon Sander (1900-1973) die mede de uitgeverij beroemd en tot een van de belangrijkste Nederlandse uitgeverijen van de 20e eeuw zou maken.

De familie werd in 1930 opgenomen in het genealogische naslagwerk Nederland's Patriciaat.

Enkele telgen
Hendrik Stols (1803-1869), fabrikant te Maastricht
Alexander Hubert Stols (1832-1888), fabrikant te Maastricht
Maria Clementine Stols (1865-1932); trouwde in 1896 met Hubert Nicolaas Michel van Aubel (1863-1925), mede-eigenaar Bierbrouwerij Gebrs. J. & M. van Aubel te Lanaken
Ludovicus Hubertus Alexander Stols (1870-1942), boekdrukker en uitgever van Boosten & Stols
Alexandre Alphonse Marius Stols (1900-1973), uitgever, directeur van The Halcyon Press
ir. Alphonse Auguste Jean Stols (1901-1985), boekdrukker en uitgever, lid van de firma Boosten & Stols
Clément Marie Stols (1903-1980), boekdrukker en uitgever, lid van de firma Boosten & Stols

Nederlands patriciërsgeslacht

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Dr Lisa Melton, Head of Research at MS Research Australia, is in Berlin to attend the 34th Congress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in MS (ECTRIMS). This is the largest global conference on MS. As well as attending the conference sessions and reporting back for us, Dr Melton is attending meetings with our partners in the International Progressive MS Alliance, MS International Federation and other collaborators. Here's her round-up of day 3.
The final day of ECTRIMS started for me with a session on the use of technology and telehealth in rehabilitation for people with MS. Professor Rob Motl from the US, stressed how the evidence has grown for the benefits of physical activity in people with MS. Yet people with MS are substantially less active than the general population and face additional challenges in staying active. Professor Motl put forward some convincing examples of how remote delivery of exercise programs, coaching and monitoring within the home using the internet and wearable technology can promote physical activity in people with MS with clear benefits for general health and MS outcomes.
Other young researchers provided examples of technology and monitoring tools that can track outcomes in physical activity, memory and thinking rehabilitation and fatigue. University of Melbourne researcher Gustavo Noffs demonstrated how acoustic analysis of speech patterns using machine learning can provide a fast, accurate and cost effective method to monitor disability progression over time.
While there has been a great deal of discussion of research into progressive MS throughout the conference, a dedicated session today covered some interesting work in this field. Professor Bob Fox from the US reviewed the trials to date in progressive MS including the recently published results on Ibudilast, the Biotin studies and others. Some have showed promise, others have been negative, but all have taught us how to move forward. He discussed the challenges in designing trials and using measurements to sensitively track outcomes so that we can identify effective treatments as quickly as possible. Work is underway through the International Progressive MS Alliance to design new ways of conducting trials to get the best outcomes.
The late breaking news session is always the highlight of every ECTRIMS conference where we hear about the very latest research results.
Sadly, in this session, we heard the disappointing news that the MS-SMART trial of three potentially neuroprotective treatments for progressive MS has showed no positive effect. This was a world-first trial that tested three drugs in one innovative trial design. It looked at amiloride, riluzole (a drug used in motor neuron disease), and fluoxetine in people with secondary progressive MS. Outcomes were monitored using the rate of brain shrinkage (atrophy) and a range of other techniques. However, none of the medications were able to slow brain shrinkage. While this is a terrible disappointment for people living with secondary progressive MS, it is important to know that this trial set a new standard for how progressive MS trials can be conducted and it will teach us a great deal about the mechanisms of progressive MS so that we can better target medications in the future.
On a more positive note we also saw the results of an entirely new approach to treating relapsing MS, with the experimental medication evobrutinib. This medication suppressed new active lesions in a phase II trial in people with relapsing remitting MS. This treatment targets an enzyme in the B cells of the immune system called Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase (BTK) that has been shown to inhibit B-cell activity and T-cell inflammation. This is the first time a drug of this kind has been tested in MS. Some side effects were observed, particularly in the liver. More trials are needed before the potential of this drug is known.
Another positive story was the success of a trial in the MS-sister disease Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disease (NMOSD). This condition requires a different treatment approach to MS, and currently has fewer treatment options. The trial tested a drug called satralizumab. This medication targets an inflammatory molecule known as IL-6 that is known to play a key role in NMOSD. The medication suppressed relapses in people with NMOSD by over 62%. The effect was even higher in people who had antibodies in their blood to the Aquaporin 4 protein which is a hallmark of most cases of NMOSD. No significant safety concerns were identified.
In this session we also heard further convincing evidence from a German study that the Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) is necessary for the development of MS, while another study showed that smoking and low vitamin D levels reduced memory and thinking abilities after 11 years of follow up.
Finally, we heard a wonderful lecture from Professor Catherine Lubetzki who delivered the Christian Confavreaux memorial lecture. She provided a hopeful overview of how far we have come in our understanding of myelin biology and myelin repair. She noted the progress made in understanding the steps of myelin production from maturation of myelin producing cells, their movement to sites of injury and finally the re-wrapping of nerve fibres. She noted the important role of electrical activity of nerves in stimulating the remyelination process, and cited amongst others the important work done by Australian researchers led by Toby Merson. All of this fundamental science is now being translated into clinical reality through several encouraging trials in people with MS (that we have covered elsewhere in our research news), with more to come.
It has been impossible for me to bring you all of the incredible work being discussed at ECTRIMS, but Drs Klotz, Zamvil, Palace and Stangel finished the conference with their highlights. They touched on the progress being made in understanding the interactions of immune cells in the brain, the role of the gut in modulating immune system responses, how new standards for diagnosis are improving the speed and accuracy at which people can now find answers when faced with the first symptoms suggestive of MS, and how we now have a much better understanding, from years of real-world data collection, of how medications can best be managed around pregnancy and breastfeeding. It has been a great privilege to be a part of this huge conference, to connect with my global colleagues and to bring you these updates. There is so much progress being made in MS research, but numerous steps, large and small, are being made in the right direction and there is a lot to be excited about.


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Q: What does self.model(batch) do in pytorch? I am currently rewriting a PyTorch code to tensorflow. During this I found a line that I don't understand, so I am not able to translate it to tensorflow.
Can someone explain me what this does/ means?
self.model(batch)

A: It seems like self.model is a layer/layers of a neural network, derived from nn.Module class.
The call self.model(batch) invoke's self.model's __call__ method with the argument batch.
If you inspect closely, nn.Module.__call__ do some "bookkeeping" but essentially, it calls the self.model's forward function.


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Crippling Cost of HR 811 Leaves States Exposed and Defenseless
By Michel Collins (Page 1 of 6 pages) (View How Many People Read This) 4 comments
Big ticket items unaccounted for in the HR811 technoelection bill
HR811 is being sold to the American people as a "paper trail" bill. But 811 (aka the Holt Bill) is nothing more than an e-voting vendor's dream. This bill cements the use of high tech, low democracy, equipment in our voting systems, protects the "rights" of private corporate interests to "count" our votes using proprietary, trade secret software, so that only they and the White House know how or if our votes are being counted at all.
HR811 , of which NH Congressman Paul Hodes is a sponsor, also has several big ticket items that have not been adequately budgeted for in its $1BIL appropriation. The costs of this bill to NH property tax payers will be unacceptably high, taking money from our cities and towns that could be used for other, more important things, rather than to support an e-voting industry that has proven itself time and again to be corrupt, and which, in any reasonable analysis, has no place in the running of democratic elections.
These costs are defined in detail below, but the summary is found here.
Removal of Safe Harbor
Wikipedia defines safe harbor as
"a provision of a statute or a regulation that reduces or eliminates a party's liability under the law, on the condition that the party performed its actions in good faith. Legislators include safe-harbor provisions to protect legitimate or excusable violations. An example of safe harbor is performance of a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment by a property purchasor: thus effecting due dilligence and a "safe harbor" outcome if future contamination is found caused by a prior owner."
HR811, with its broad reaching and complex mandates for our state election systems, does not include any safe harbor language for its mandates. Unlike the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), which it seeks to amend, the Holt Bill does not include a state planning process by which states can interpret the bill's requirements. Additionally, it broadens citizen's rights to sue a state for noncompliance.
Some folks may think this is a good thing, that we should be able to sue the pants off any electoral jurisdiction we feel is in violation of the law.
But the cost of lawsuits in electoral challenges is quite high both financially and in the incalculable costs to our democracy, as we all saw in Florida's 2000 presidential election.
HR811 directs states to comply with its requirements, while simultaneously granting the Executive branch broad oversight, removing necessary checks and balances by centralizing control in the Executive branch, and further complicating and compromising states' ability to administer independent and fair elections, and further raising the risk of legal interventions caused by differences of interpretation for compliance.
The lack of safe harbor applies to every provision in the bill, the most significant of which are listed below.
* Executive Commission is the authority defining what constitutes a federally compliant voting system and accessible voting system , and its definition is quite far reaching
* States' only chance for "safe harbor" is to comply with The Commission voting system standards
* Compliance with The Commission standards is virtually impossible and cost prohibitive
* Mandate for a new ballot text read back technology that is untested, uncertified, and most likely nonexistent
* New responsibility for states to administer costly voting system certification function
* Chain of custody procedures and documentation
* New responsibility for states to administer costly auditing and reporting function
New Added Step in the Voting Process
With the new mandated read-back technology ("convert ballot selections into accessible form"), this technoelection bill integrates one of the higher cost requirements from The Commission's VVSG I: ballot text read back. This will have the following costs and impact:
* Increased administration and software configuration and testing workloads between the primary and the general elections
* Increased ballot configuration and software complexity, increased costs both in configuration and election management (training, implementation, etc.)
* Possibly nonexistent technology to meet requirement
* Possible false claims that existing technology can meet requirement
* Conservative estimate of at least $1.5 BIL in the first year alone for states to meet this single requirement. (In 2010 costs will increase as equipment needs to be updated to meet new executive commission guidelines)
Voting Machine Certification Requirements
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Word of mouth is usually the foremost advertising tool. Ask your friends, family members and colleagues about their favorite stylists. Nonetheless, this tip is only relevant if you are impressed with a particular, easy hairstyle and want to copy it. They will give you helpful information about their hairdresser. People are fond of talking about their hairstyle, especially if it looks good or unique. Moreover, many hairdressers are keen on referrals and hence, they will be willing to do a fabulous job on you to ensure they retain you as their client.
You may also want to look for information about a certain hair stylist who is said to do particular kinds of hairstyles on the World Wide Web through search engines like Google. The internet has truly transformed the way we live in a number of ways and choosing a hair stylist is one of them. Within a few moments, you can contact a number of people in your area by just asking probing questions concerning the right hairdresser who operates in your area. Make sure that you write down the details of the stylist, including their name, contact details, the location, and the website (if the hairdresser has one).
Before you choose a given hairstylist, it is important to go through all reviews and comments from their previous customers. Positive comments from clients indicate that the hairdresser is performing their task well. They should also provide pictures of the precise hairdo that you want. On the other hand, you may want to carry hairstyle photos with you to your first meeting. You can get different hairstyle photos from hairstyle and fashion magazines. From those pictures, the hairdresser will be in a position to recommend the best hairstyles for you. You need to realize that not all hairstyles can suit everyone. For instance, your hair texture may not allow the hairstyle that you want. Make sure that the hair salon you choose is tidy and neat. The chairs, sinks, combs, towels, and all other items should be neat. You should also check the experience of the hairdresser. Check the number of years the stylist has been operating at the salon.
Once you get the details of the hairdresser, make sure that you spend some time speaking to them. This will give you a rough idea of how effective their services are. Make sure that you both have the same hairstyle viewpoint. Apart from that, you should ensure that you are comfortable working with your hairdresser. If the stylist has no time to schedule an appointment, look elsewhere; otherwise you may not receive good services. Besides, find out what items are used by the stylist. A professional and experienced hairdresser is more likely to provide better services that a newbie.
It is important to explain clearly what you need. Specify your requirement so you don't get disappointed, especially for important hairstyles, such as wedding hairstyles. Make sure that your stylist understands precisely what you require before the stylist starts coloring, cutting or styling your hair.
The hairdresser you pick should be time-conscious. The reason for this is that sometime you will want to have your hair done in the evenings after work or even over the weekend. The stylist should keep time so you won't end up delaying other activities.
If you want to choose a hair salon that can give you a chance to relax as your hair is being done, you need to ensure that your preferred hair salon can offer comprehensive services. And the most important thing is to ensure the hairdressers are experts at all the services they provide. You don't want to visit one salon for your hair styling, another one for coloring, another for cutting, waxing, facial makeup and all that. Find out the services list of the salon you pick to make sure that it is your one-stop shop for your beauty needs. There is nothing more assuring than entering the salon weary after a long, tiring day and walking out a new lady with your nails and hair done, and feeling fresh and gorgeous. That is the impression of the best hair salon. You want to walk out of that salon feeling re-energized and revitalized.
While price should not be the principal consideration when searching for an ideal hair stylist, it is an important consideration. This is because you will have to pay exactly what you can afford. The price for a hairstyle normally varies from one salon or location to another. Some salons and stylist include the trial and consultation while others will charge a separate fee for your hairstyling trial. If you are a planning a wedding and want the hairstylist to come to your wedding site or hotel room, you might be require to foot the additional costs, including travel. If you decide to book a stylist for your wedding, you might be required to make an agreement about how you intend to pay the charges.
Choosing the right stylist is not about choosing the nearest salon or hair spa. It is about locating the right hairdresser for you, one that suits your personal tastes and preferences. You need to find someone you can spend quality time with, a professional who understands the market and someone who can identify and solve any particular problems that you might have. Whether casual or trendy, up or down, the hairdresser you pick will help complete your general appearance. Finding the ideal hair stylist can give you the peace of mind that you need to face the world confidently.


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Atlantic Coast - (BTT) So maybe Hurricane Irene didn't cause quite the destruction as originally feared, thank goodness, but not everyone was able to come away unharmed. This vacation home has nearly been split in two, and based on the wild waves and way the palm trees are getting blown around, there is no real relief in sight.


Based on texts from Matthew and Proverbs, this work is atmospheric and mystical in spirit. The baritone solo is meant to be sung very freely, like chant. The organ part consists of a single pedal note held throughout the length of the piece, and may be played with a key weight.


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Sostenitore dello statista di Mondovì Giovanni Giolitti, fu deputato al Parlamento rappresentando il collegio di Aversa quasi ininterrottamente dall'ottobre 1882 al 1903, sottosegretario al ministero dell'Interno (1892-93) e ministro delle finanze del Regno d'Italia nel secondo esecutivo guidato dallo statista piemontese, che prima di lui aveva pensato, per l'incarico, ad esponenti della sinistra.

Fu penalista principe, la sua parola penetrante e affascinante, vinse in tutti i tribunali d'Italia e nei processi più difficili. Cognato dell'avvocato e filantropo Gaspare Colosimo, fu allievo dell'avvocato e sindaco di Napoli Nicola Amore.

Poco dopo che il governo Governo Giolitti II ottenne la fiducia alla Camera dei deputati, socialisti, repubblicani e radicali lanciarono contro di lui una campagna di attacchi personali e Rosano, non abituato a tali aspri scontri politici, si suicidò proclamando la sua innocenza.

La città di Aversa gli ha intitolato una strada ed eretto un monumento marmoreo nella Villa comunale.

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Erroneamente le biografie riportano Pietro Rosano nato ad Aversa. Invece nacque a Napoli il 25 dicembre 1846 in via Ventaglieri 12 come riportato nell'unico libro-biografia Il giglio e la sua ombra di Allegro Fortunato, docente di Storia e Filosofia nei licei. Nacque da Giuseppe Rosano, originario di Caivano, e da Marianna Vinci.

Insieme a Giovanni Battista Cassinis, guardasigilli piemontese, il Rosano fu il secondo ministro in carica, morto suicida dalla costituzione del Regno d'Italia.

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As a society and as individuals we have a huge environmental impact on our surroundings. We leave one of our biggest footprints on the environment through everyday living in our homes and in our offices. Our homes generate large amounts of energy, and everyday a household contributes to a large amount of waste that's put into the surroundings.
But are there truly eco-friendly homes available for purchase? Awareness of the issue and demand for eco-friendly products has created a market for eco-friendly homes, and the market is responding. Being able to find eco-friendly homes for sale is quickly becoming a reality. Energy saving features, sustainable construction materials and non-hazardous materials are used by builders to construct sturdy homes in developments all across the US.
According to the US Green Buildings Council, 330,000 homes have been built in the last three years, and that nearly 70% of home buyers would choose an eco-friendly home over a more conventional type home.
New green homes for sale will be available soon in the Capitol Heights neighborhood in Wisconsin. This development will be the Midwest's first green certified planned community. Both the land surrounding the homes and the homes themselves will be certified green. Their mission is to build smaller but smarter homes. The surrounding property has natural vegetation, bike paths and green spaces. The homes will feature Energy Star appliances, high efficiency windows, sustainable construction materials and solar power. 35 homes are planned for this eco-friendly development.
Eco-friendly homes are also available at Sol, a sustainable living community in Texas. Designed by Chris Krager, these unique modular homes are completely electric, and produce just as much energy as is consumed per year through solar panels. Geothermal heating and cooling methods are implemented which run quieter and last up to 10 years longer than regular heating and cooling systems. Low VOC paints, concrete and bamboo flooring, and FSC certified wood are just some of the sustainable materials chosen for these homes. Low impact vegetation and drought resistant landscape plants are used to prevent heavy water use, and each home comes ready to collect rainwater for gardens and lawns.
Phoenix Arizona has many eco-friendly homes for sale. Cardens Villas at Yanche Subdivision in Phoenix offers homes that are both affordable to purchase and affordable to live in. Their commitment to providing green homes as an option to buyers has been successful. The single family homes feature tankless water heaters, hot water recirculating pumps, dual pane windows and Icynene insulation, a high performance insulator and a real energy saver. Energy bills in these homes can be as much as 40% less than a conventional home.
Every major city in the US now has, at the very least, a few eco-friendly homes for sale. More likely, however, you can find large planned subdivisions or city communities that are environmentally friendly in abundance and available for purchase. Water saving features, energy efficient appliances, green spaces, and sustainable building materials are all important to look for when purchasing and eco-friendly home.


Let's continue with my guide to Adelaide Central Market. In the previous posts, I've covered history of the market, general butchers and poultry butchers. In fact, the market have even more things to be discovered. We will update you with some butchers which expertise in sausages and other specialty products. Hopefully this post will be useful for my readers when it comes to decide where to buy products and meats with international culinary influences.
When customers come to Adelaide Central Market, except their daily normal diets, many of them just want to experience different cultures. Remember I said the market is a foodie's heaven? Partially because you can get food and produce from all sorts of cuisines. Located at the rear part of the market facing Gouger street, Marino Meat and Food Store obtained its reputation among shoppers and local foodies.
This three-generation family-run business was established in 1975 by the Grandfarther, Mr Antonio Marino and specialises in distributing and producing authentic Italian food and ingredients. With both imported and locally sourced food produce and products, the store is divided into two parts including a butcher area and a deli grocery area.
During our conversation, the manager and owner of the store, Mr Riccado Marino specified that for the butcher, all meat were processed on site including the sausages. He also shared that the sausages were made of high quality using traditional and authentic Italian recipes. In turn, they are one of the most popular products for consumers. The sausages were made with no fillers and retail at affordable prices. The variety of sausages are vast and market goers can even find sausages made with Australian game meat such as the wild boar and venison sausage.
Another very popular butcher item of the store is porchetta, which is a pork roast of Italian culinary tradition. The popularity of their porchetta is extremely high. Every year, Marino Meat pairs up with a winery and has the Porchetta party in September. I was down there last year but was late, the porchetta was finished within half an hour and still had high volume of demands. If you can, make sure to attend the party one year and experience the fantastic combination between Italian food and South Australian produce.
The other part of the store is the deli grocery with an emphasis of both imported and locally produced Italian ingredients and condiments. How does the largest Nutella in South Australia sound? Interesting right?! Yes, Marino Meat has the state's largest Nutella (5 Kg), directly imported from Italy! While I was there, some school kids popped in and started to have photos with the Nutella. What a fun!
The store has extensive amounts of balsamic and red wine vinegars, produced both in Italy and here in South Australia. The prices are reasonable and one red wine vinegar I found was their own branded 13 years old from McLaren Vale, which was quite impressive to see. There are also a broad range of pickled and preserved fruits an vegs. The store also offers smallgoods under the name "San Marino" with varieties such as salami and prosciutto.
The store is also experimenting with new Spanish and South American spices and food ingredients.
The service of the store staffs is a specialty itself. The team was well trained and is knowledgeable on their own products and Italian culinary culture. With the personalised service, I picked up the following item and made my lovely burgers with the balsamic glaze.
Located in the middle part of the Market, Standom is another expert in sausages. Of course, the store also has large amounts of smallgoods. Hence, this will be covered further in later sections, ie. smallgoods section. Standom was established in 1978 and has now been over 30 years in providing Adelaide with their products. They have a meat butcher section on display and shoppers can easily find what they need. From pork and beef to lamb and chicken and even some marinated meat, Standom is a popular destination true foodies would visit to indulge.
While I was there on a Friday morning, the store was very busy with loads of customers coming every several minutes. The store has broad ranges of sausages. Market goers can find sausages made with various meat, such as pork, lamb and so on The store manager shared that their most popular products were, in fact, pork sausages, which were made using 100% South Australian pork with no fillers.
Standom has won numerous amounts of awards since opening on their sausages. The most recent one is the First Place in the 2013 Sausage King Awards for their king sausage as the "best gourmet sausage in Adelaide". The sausage looks pink on the outside with that big beautiful meaty feeling and is indeed yum! I got some of the king sausages and some speck portion. On the second morning, cooked Tina a pan-fried sausage with speck and scrambled egg. It was sensational and divine! The meat, after cooking was very tender and juicy. The pork itself was extremely tasty with heaps of flavours and was well balance with salt. The speck was cut into small pieces and stir fried with the sausage and the good thing was that all speck flavour and smokiness has gone well into the sausage. Yummo!
In Adelaide, when it comes to German and European styled smallgoods, Barossa Fine Foods needs no further introduction. They are my favorite smallgoods in Adelaide but do you know they also operate a fresh meat butcher? They have beef, lamb and pork meat and different cuts for retail as well as a huge selection of fresh sausages including my favourite wagyu sausage. This 4 generation store has operated in the central market for over 22 years and now has 8 outlets across the state. All products and produce here are locally sourced from South Australian farms.
Since Barossa Fine Foods are more famous for their smallgoods, they will be covered more in later section. ie smallgoods.
G'day and great write Xin, true!
My favourite sausage maker among the three is Standom. Their sausages taste exactly how I want them to be.
Interesting post. The varieties of stores are really all what I love about the central market. Looking forward to reading your future posts.
I got the balsamic glaze and it tasted so good!
i love this kind of review, well done my friend!


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The plausible executive and the ruined bank
My latest post at Pieria looks at the mess the Co-Op Bank has got itself into. The former CEO, Neville Richardson, says it's not his fault. But if it isn't his fault, whose fault is it? And just how bad is this mess, anyway?
"The Co-Op Bank's former CEO, Neville Richardson, gave evidence to the Treasury Select Committee on the circumstances surrounding the failure of the Verde deal. In the course of that evidence, he made the following claims about the Co-Op Bank's finances:
the Britannia building society, which the Co-Op took over in 2009 (and of which he was previously the CEO) was not the primary source of the toxic assets that have blown a large hole in the Co-Op Bank's capital;
When he left the Co-Op Bank in mid-2011 it was profitable, well-managed and there were no signs of credit problems in its asset base.
I admit I found this somewhat hard to swallow. But since he makes these claims on the basis of figures derived from the Co-Op Bank's report and accounts which he has submitted in his written evidence to the Treasury Select Commitee, I thought I would have a look myself and see if there was any basis for his claims."
You can find the results of my analysis, and the conclusions I draw, here.
formula57 18 September 2013 at 07:58
A fine, persuasive analysis. Thank you!
Certainly it is a matter of Richardson's want of competence or integrity. He must have had many accomplices though.
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Bigger, Better, Faster, More! är det enda studioalbumet utgivet av den amerikanska rockgruppen 4 Non Blondes. Det släpptes den 13 oktober 1992 på Interscope Records. Singeln "What's Up?" blev albumets stora hit och sedermera gruppens kändaste låt.

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 Christa Hillhouse – bas, sång
 Linda Perry – akustisk gitarr, elgitarr, sång
 Dawn Richardson – trummor
 Roger Rocha – gitarr

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In a story ripped right from today's headlines, this novel details Kyra's harrowing escape from an orthodox polygamous cult. Intrigued by the premise, I picked up this ARC at ALA-Midwinter. The book is due to be published in June, 2009. Author Carol Lynch Williams seems like the Mormon answer to Judy Blume. With a few series about Mormon pioneer girls and a few other girls' coming-of-age novels under her belt, this may finally be her moment to shine.
The story is riveting. Growing up home-schooled in a rural, isolated religious compound, 13-year-old Kyra doesn't share the complete faith and unwavering fundamental Mormon principles of her father, three mothers and 20 brothers and sisters. Her burgeoning feelings for a young man in her community and growing uneasiness with the Prophet's tightening grip on their families forces her to keep secrets.
One of Kyra's few forbidden pleasures finally provides the key to her escape. Unbeknownst to her family, she's been sneaking out to meet the local library book truck and devouring verboten treasures such as Bridge to Terabithia, The Borrowers, Harry Potter and Doctor Seuss.
When the Prophet declares that she is to be placed in marriage, as the seventh wife to her own 60-year-old uncle, Kyra spends the following weeks in a heightened state of panic. Her parents' appeals to the Prophet fail to sway his decision. After Kyra receives a thorough beating, along with threats to her family, she feels she has no choice but to acquiesce to the marriage.
Initially intending just to say goodbye to Patrick the book truck driver, she ends up accepting his offer of a passage to safety. Unfortunately, the librarian is killed by the cult after a high-speed chase. This does allow Kyra access to the book mobile however, leading to a very suspenseful escape where she has to manage to drive the vehicle herself.
Featuring the high-stakes drama of a nightmarish trap that Kyra must manage to wriggle free of, I see no reason why this book couldn't join the ranks of other arranged marriage YA novels such as Shabanu, Catherine Called Birdy or The Romance Reader.


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Greatest RX: Get Out in Nature
Edward Young August 6, 2020
Written by: Hiyaguha Cohen
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Forest bathing, walking in the forest, boosts immune function, reduces blood pressure, improves focus in those with ADHD, speeds healing after illness or surgery, eases insomnia, and increases your energy level.
Scientists hypothesize that trees emit certain substances that have a positive influence on health. For one thing, certain trees, such as cedar and other evergreens, disperse essential oils that may have anti-microbial and immune-boosting action. Some trees emit a citrus-like fragrance that stimulates neuroendocrine hormones such as oxytocin.
According to the EPA, the average American spends only seven percent of his or her time outdoors, so get outside more often!
Time In Nature
In her celebrated book Silent Spring, author Rachel Carson wrote, "Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. … There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature." Those words speak to a truth many of us know instinctively. When we need to be uplifted, we crave the beach, the mountains, trees and flowers, things green and alive. Time spent in nature makes life seem less ugly and our troubles feel less troubling, and in fact, studies show that immersion in nature has real power to heal both body and mind.
Japanese Forest Bathing
In Japan, a practice called shinrin-yoku, or "forest bathing," was developed in the 1980s to help stressed out citizens restore well-being. Forest bathing spread rapidly after that, and now practitioners worldwide tout the benefits. The practice involves paying attention to sensory experiences while hanging out with the trees—in other words, bathing the senses with the sounds, scents, and sensations in the forest using mindfulness meditation techniques. According to the shinrin-yoku website, the practice boosts immune function, reduces blood pressure, improves focus in those with ADHD, speeds healing after illness or surgery, eases insomnia, and increases your energy level. Plus, it brings extras like enhanced happiness and sharper intuition.
And before you scoff, these assertions aren't based on tree-hugging wishful thinking, but rather, hard research. A 1990 study out of Chiba University in Japan found reduced levels of cortisol, the "stress hormone," in subjects who walked 40 minutes in a forest, compared to subjects who walked 40 minutes in a lab setting. While it's true that walking anywhere is good for health, research makes clear that it particularly pays to take that hike in the woods. A 2010 study compared subjects who walked city streets to those who walked in the forest. Those in the forest group not only had a 12.4 percent greater reduction in cortisol levels compared to the city walkers, but also significantly greater reductions in blood pressure, pulse rate, and heart rate. Plus, time spent among the trees boosts immune function. In an extraordinary study in 2007, researchers found that participants who took two-hour walks in the woods for just two days running increased the number of immune "killer cells" in their blood by 50 percent.
More Research on The Health Benefits of Nature
In a related study, participants just stared at forest scenery for 20 minutes, no walking required. The results showed an average reduction of 13.4 percent in salivary cortisol. As we've written before, high cortisol levels are related to anxiety, insomnia, exhaustion, and vulnerability to disease. These effects spill over into all aspects of life: workers who have a pastoral view out of their office window register greater job satisfaction and less job stress than those who can't see nature all day, meaning even if you're trapped inside an office, you can benefit from nature if the view is good. In fact, a 1984 study of gallbladder patients found that those who had a view of trees healed faster and tolerated pain better than those who only viewed a wall. Similar research led some hospitals to begin decorating patient rooms with plants and paintings of nature.
The benefits go on and on. A University of Michigan study sent one group of students on a walk around a city block and another group for a walk in an arboretum. The students all took memory tests before and after the walks. Those who walked in nature had a 20 percent boost in their memory scores after the excursion, while those walking in the city reaped no memory benefits at all. Likewise, several studies show that being outdoors reduces inflammation, while research in both Australia and Taiwan found that children who played outdoors for significant amounts of time had less than half the incidence of myopia compared to children who participated mostly in indoor sports. Plus, a study cited in PLOS One found that after four hours of immersion in nature, participants boosted creative problem-solving scores by 50 percent. And finally, spending time in nature seems to reduce mortality rates by a significant margin and to reduce the incidence of various cancers.
Could Trees Be Healing?
Scientists hypothesize that all these benefits aren't the result of sylvan fairies who sprinkle magic dust on those who walk among the trees, but rather, that trees emit certain substances that have a positive influence on health. For one thing, certain trees, such as cedar and other evergreens, disperse essential oils that may have anti-microbial and immune-boosting action. Within these oils are compounds known as phytoncides that may stimulate immune cells, and the effects increase with prolonged exposure. Research indicates that the level of phytoncides in the air correlates to the degree of immune function improvement. Plus, certain trees emit a citrus-like fragrance that apparently stimulates neuroendocrine hormones such as oxytocin, the "feel-good" hormone, which might account for research indicating that exposure to forest fragrance worked better than antidepressants in alleviating depressive symptoms. On the other hand, since research shows just looking at trees from afar or even via a photograph also confers benefits, there's clearly something more at work.
Americans Not Spending Enough Time Outdoors
Given the obvious and manifold benefits of exposure to trees and things bucolic, it seems a no-brainer that we should all don hiking boots and get out in the woods. And yet, most of us lead indoor lives and stare at computer screens and TVs for hours and days on end. According to the EPA, the average American spends only seven percent of his or her time outdoors, with six percent of waking hours driving around in cars and the other 83 percent of available time inside a building of some sort. The trend indoors increases by the year. In 2007, a study found that the average American spent 25 percent less time outdoors compared to the average person 20 years previous, while a 2016 study found that children today spend only half as much time playing outdoors compared to when their parents were kids. Today, due to COVID-19, we are getting out less and less.
If you're lucky enough to live and work in a beautiful natural setting, be wise and take advantage of it. If not, let the research be your guide. Decorate your space with plants and pastoral scenes, enjoy a nearby park, plant more trees or shrubbery in your backyard, expose yourself to nature as often as possible, and remember to eat well, exercise, regularly detoxify your system, and take supplements to boost your immune system to compensate for your nature deficit.
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