text:
Chapter 16 – Divine Science Hints to Bible Study – Bands of Love, Elijah and Elisha
CHAPTER XVI
Bands of Love. Elijah and Elisha
I. II. KingsAgnes M. Lawson
Hints to Bible Study
The Colorado College of Divine Science
Denver, 1920.
The short history of the northern kingdom, Israel, lasting about two hundred years, is interesting and helpful, because it so clearly reveals the never-ceasing action of Divine Love in its endeavor to reclaim its children, no matter how sunken in degradation they be, to return them to uprightness, to lead them to peace with God and man, and to prepare them to receive their inheritance, spiritual peace and blessedness.
To this corrupt kingdom, four great prophets were sent. According to Hosea, all that Love could do for Israel it had done. "I taught Ephraim to go; I took them in my arms; but they know not that I healed them. I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love; and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat before them." Three of these prophets were from "the remnant" of the ten tribes; the other was the missionary Amos, who came to Israel, from the southern kingdom of Judah. The three native prophets were Elijah, Elisha and Hosea. But Israel heeded none of them.
At the time Elijah, in the reign of the wicked Ahab and his still more wicked wife, Jezebel, Jehovah said to Elijah: "I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed down unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him." But one like Elijah is a mighty host in himself to testify to the truth: "I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life to take it away."
There had been under Ahab a great persecution of the prophets; and many of them had been slain. An overseer of Ahab, Obadiah, secretly sympathized with the prophets and hid many of them in caves, where he fed them. Elijah predicted a drought and was forced to flee from the kingdom. He came to Zidon, where he lived with a widow who had on his arrival but "a handful of meal in a barrel and a little oil in a cruse." She shared her scanty store with the prophet, and during the years of famine "the meal lasted and the oil failed not"; for the infallible law of the spiritual world is: To use and to share gives the increase; to spare and hoard will diminish. [Emphasis added.]
The drought, to Ahab, is not the result of his own sin, but it is Elijah "that troubleth Israel." The saving rain came after three years of famine in answer to the prayer of Elijah; but it did not bring with it redemption for the king. "Ahab, the son of Omri, did evil in the sight of the Lord above all that went before him." Elijah must needs flee from Israel again, and he came south to Judah, taking shelter under a juniper tree; and here the great heart absolutely yielded itself up, "It is enough; now, Lord, take away my life."
Perfect relaxation results as we yield our lives; mortal thought is always tension; and the refreshing sleep of absolute self-abandonment came to Elijah. He was awakened by the angel, who had prepared his food, and told to "arise and eat." In the strength of this heaven-sent food he traveled to his destination, "forty days and forty nights, until he came to Horeb, the Mount of God." Here he received the command, "Go forth and stand upon the mount of the Lord. And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord! but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind the earthquake; and after the earthquake the fire; but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice."
Behind the screen of nature and what we call natural law, yet everywhere present eternally, is the inner realm which Jesus called the Kingdom of God. To every so-called "natural law" Spiritual Law may be applied, a counteracting power. Is it a "law" that fire burns? Spiritualized man may stand in it and be immune. Is it a "law" that the human body will sink and drown in water? Jesus walked upon its surface in safety. Is gravitation a "law"? The resurrection of the Christ contradicts it; levitation alone is law. The whole visible universe, with its elements of air, water, fire and earth, are all subject to spiritual Law, which, if a man knows and applies it, will render what human mind calls "natural law" absolutely null and void. Then it follows logically that there is no such thing as natural law; that they are mere human beliefs which are overruled as man comprehends Spiritual Law. Not in the wind, nor the earthquake, nor the fire shall we find the Lord, but in the "still small voice." Seers of all ages testify to the "miracles" that result when man transcends his belief in natural law and comes under Spiritual Law.
The material realm so apparent to the senses of man is absolutely unknown to God–God who is everywhere equally and evenly present. Where, then, is the material world? Nowhere but in the conception of mortal man. It is human mind's concept of the eternal Real. Jesus consciously lived in the spiritual world, and told his disciples over and over again that they had only to change their concept from a material to a spiritual basis to be able to work the miracles that he did.
Cosmic glimpses of this Real are borne in upon us in our highest moments. These rare moments of revelation are becoming more general in the consciousness of the race. When the spiritual principle of life is firmly established in the race-mind, creation will cease to be "material" to man, for all will be spiritualized. Whenever a truth appears, the false is automatically destroyed.
When man believes in the Real he dwells in the supersensuous realm. The stories of Elijah and Elisha are sustained contact with the Spiritual Reality. The iron hammer does not sink; the dead are raised; the hosts of the Lord visibly fill the mountains. This is the truth always to "beholding and jubilant souls." Like the infant hands unable to hold the article, it drops to the ground; the mortal consciousness is unable to hold its concepts, and so they appear to drop because [they are] not sufficiently sustained.
In times of greatest revelation the opposite evil is most pronounced. Moses had his Pharaoh; Elijah had his Ahab; Jesus had his Caesar. The appearance of Truth brings evil to a climax, and it is destroyed. Or is it that in times of real wickedness the Divine Love seeks us even more yearningly than it does at any other time? Is not man's extremity always God's opportunity?
Naboth had a vineyard which the king coveted, but he refused to sell it to him. Jezebel, with fiendish cunning, had him put to death, and Ahab took possession of the vineyard. Elijah, stern and menacing, presented himself again before Ahab. Conscience is to the spiritual man what pain is to the physical man. Pain is a friendly warning that physical conditions are not right, and that they must be adjusted. Conscience warns the spiritual man that he is off the track, and danger lurks everywhere to the man who has gone astray. The ignorant condemn pain and ignore its warning; the wicked condemn conscience and defy it. Ahab greets Elijah: "Hast thou found me, O mine enemy?" But conscience, the friend, follows us all, and says as the prophet said to the king, "I have found thee." Regard it as David did Nathan, and we are saved; defy it as Ahab did Elijah, and we are destroyed.
The most fixed belief of human conception is death. Is this a law? Laws are never destructive; they are all beneficent. Would or could Jesus have overcome it had it been Law; he who said that he came not to destroy but to fulfill? Would the great apostle, Paul, have called it an enemy had it been Law? We speak of death as inevitable; yet this to the Christian is as ignorant as it would be to a scientist to persist in calling the earth a flat surface after we have proved it to be round. Jesus, in the resurrection, proved man to be not material but spiritual; and the beautiful story of Elijah gives us the one inevitable thing to every child begotten by the Infinite Love–the "chariot of fire" that awaits each of us at the end of his mortal belief.
Elijah chose as his successor, Elisha; and touching indeed is the story of Elisha as he walked with Elijah to his transition. Elijah said to him, "Tarry here, I pray thee; for the Lord hath sent me as far as Bethel [house of God]. And Elisha answered, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Bethel. And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha and said to him, Knowest thou that the Lord will take away thy master from thy head today? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. And Elijah said to him, Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee, for the Lord hath sent me to Jericho [a fragrant place]. And he said, As the Lord liveth and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho. And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came near to Elisha, and said to him, Knowest thou that the Lord will take away thy master from thy head today? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. And Elijah said to him, Tarry here, I pray thee, for the Lord hath sent me to Jordan [descender]. And he said, As the Lord liveth and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they came and stood at Jordan. And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground. And it came to pass when they were gone over that Elijah said to Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken from thee, and Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing; nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so. And it came to pass, as they still went on and talked, that behold there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, which parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsement thereof."
Elisha received his gift not because Elijah gave it to him but because he could see Elijah's ascension. What we perceive we understand and can reproduce. Only this can be a real possession to anyone. The story of Elijah and Elisha may be regarded as mythological by the merely intellectual student of the Bible; but, the letter killeth, the spirit alone giveth life; and to read this history believingly is to walk free on the high lands of spiritual Reality. It is these glimpses into the Real that makes this Book separate from all others; the greatest possession of civilized man.
A blind man may deny the brilliant colors of the sunset which we painstakingly describe to him; but that does not prove to the one who sees that the colors are not there; it proves but one thing, the blind man cannot see them. The materialist may call "this world" real, but that does not prove it to be so; it only proves that "this world's" horizon is the limit of his vision. Elijah did not go into another world, for there is no other world. There is only one World, the one in the Mind of the Creator. Elijah is "here" in the only world there is, the spiritual Kingdom; mortals live nowhere but in sense beliefs and limitation; in the pictures which their own imagination makes. When Elijah lost his mortal concept of body and received his spiritual concept of body, those still in mortal concept were not able to see him.
The body of man appears to him natural if his belief of it be material, spiritual if his belief of it be spiritual. "The flesh profiteth nothing," it is but a picture in the thought of man; and if man ever dies, that is, if he ever "leaves the body," he has not yet received the truth in its entirety. The perception of the truth of the body, not passively but actively, must necessarily mean its transition from mortal sight. Man can never see beyond his own concepts; his range of vision is always confined within them. Faith is an active power, which de-materializes the material concept and transmutes it into the spiritual. It is the leaven which changes the composition of thought entirely.
Elisha walks the way of his master; neither is he a citizen of this three dimensional world, he lives in freedom above its confines. He too can part the waters, make the iron swim, raise the dead. The army of the Syrian King sent to capture him he can regard with fearlessness: "More are they that be with us than they that be against us." And the shining hosts invisible to mortal sense are clearly visible to him and fill the mountains about him.
He who believes "this world" to be real has not had Cosmic Vision, and is not in a world at all; he is in his sense beliefs of a world. He who will receive the testimony of those who do see and prays to Bartimeus, "Lord, that I may receive my sight," will receive it. The believing heart will receive the seeing eye, and the hearing ear that receives into consciousness the world eternally existent in divine Mind, without variableness or shadow of turning.
Cosmic Vision sees the Real; it looks through the material as with the X-rays we look through seemingly solid walls. To spiritual vision there is nothing solid in the material world; but behind everything visible is the substance of Spirit, the Real, of which mortal sight sees but its semblance, its concept of it.
Out on the mountain of Horeb with Elijah; or in the forests of Dothan with Elisha, in my home or your home, be it Calcutta, London, Denver or Seattle, the shining ones are encamped around us; and if we do not see them we are accursed, and walk into the pit of mortality; if we do see them we walk free on the King's Highway of spiritual Reality, and material conditions are entirely subject to us.


Home » FAQ » How Do Permanent Teeth Replace Baby Teeth?
How Do Permanent Teeth Replace Baby Teeth?
There are only 20 baby teeth, but 32 permanent teeth. Because of this, the jaw will gradually lengthen to make room for the additional teeth. Permanent premolars actually come in behind the primary molars, while permanent molars come in to empty space. Every tooth forms beneath the gum tissue and then erupts through the tissue, and the crown forms before the roots.
Kids begin to lose their baby teeth at around 6 years of age, and continue until they are 12 or 13. During this time of "mixed dentition," they will have a combination of baby teeth and permanent teeth. The last teeth to come in are the wisdom teeth, which generally erupt in the late teen years, long after the baby teeth are gone. These teeth are the most likely to have problems, and are the least necessary teeth in the mouth, so they are often removed. Some wisdom teeth never erupt and never cause problems.


Great Britain Under-20 basketball coach Tim Lewis has confirmed his final squad for next month's European Championships in Sarajevo.
It comes after his team beat the Netherlands 2-0 in a warm-up series in Bristol at the weekend with a 60-55 victory on Saturday following a comprehensive 98-80 win the evening before.
Harrison Gamble, Shore Adenekan Jeff Dirkin and Jack Thompson are the last four players to be cut from the roster.
While NBA Draft pick Ryan Richards, who has been in impressive form, heads the 12 who are now bound for Bosnia.
Britain now moves to the Braintree campus of Colchester College to play their final four warm-up games.
They host Denmark on Sunday July 3 and Monday July 4 before having a day off, and then playing Belgium in back-to-back games.


text:
Head of School's Welcome
Spencer Academies Trust
Who to Contact?
Self Isolating Work
Learning Support (SEND)
Governance is the process by which any organisation or group organises in order to be able to make decisions. In schools, this includes the governing body, who are responsible for scrutiny of decisions made in school and for driving improvement, and the processes and policies which allows the school to work effectively and appropriately.
As a member school within a multi-academy trust, responsibility for the governance of Farnborough Academy ultimately derives to the Board of Trustees appointed to the Spencer Academies Trust. In common with all Spencer schools, Farnborough Academy has a Local Governing Body (LGB), which is technically defined as a committee of the Trust Board.
The powers defining the legal relationship between Farnborough Academy and The Spencer Academies Trust, together with the delegation of general powers within the trust, are set out in a document called the Scheme of Delegation.
The Scheme of Delegation used at Farnborough Academy can be found here.
The Trust governor handbook can be found here.
A copy of other Trust governance documents are available here.
The local governing body of The Farnborough Academy consists of parents, staff and members of the local community who volunteer their time to support the running of the academy. They provide challenges to the Headteacher and senior staff and report to the Spencer Academies Trust Board of Directors. The current members are listed below and can be contacted by calling the academy or sending an email to admindept@thefarnboroughacademy.com
JoAnne Charlton (Chair of Governors)
Luke Parmenter (Vice Chair of Governors)
Emma Crane (Parent Governor)
Tammy Swift (Parent Governor)
Jelena Matic (Community Governor)
Martyn Jobling (Head of School)
Register of Business & Pecuniary Interests 2020-21
Farnborough Road, Clifton, Nottingham, NG11 8JW.
Mail: admindept@thefarnboroughacademy.com
Principal: Mr M. Jobling
© Farnborough Academy 2020. All rights reserved. TERMS OF USE
By accessing this site, you agree to the following terms and conditions and other applicable laws. If you do not agree to be bound by these terms and conditions, please do not use this website.
All the information and material provided on this web site is solely for illustrative purposes. It is not intended to, and does not create any business, contractual or employment relationship with The Spencer Academies Trust. All information, content, text, images, html code, photography and graphics are the property of The Spencer Academies Trust operating as The Farnborough Academy, and may not be copied, reproduced, republished, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way without our express, advance, written consent. All trademarks used or referred to in this site are the property of their respective owners.
Links on this site may lead to services or external websites not operated by The Spencer Academies Trust. No judgement or warranty is made with respect to such other services or sites. A link to another site or service is not an endorsement of that site or service. Any use you make of the information provided on this site, or any site or service linked to by this site, is at your own risk. This site is provided "as is" and The Spencer Academies Trust expressly disclaims all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.
In no event shall The Spencer Academies Trust, or any of its employees or contractors, be liable for any damages whatsoever in connection with the information or material on this web site, including but not limited to actual, consequential, direct, exemplary, incidental, indirect, punitive or special damages.
The Spencer Academies Trust, trading as The Farnborough Academy, is a private company limited by guarantee, and an exempt charity, registered in England and Wales under company registration number 07353824, with registered address: Arthur Mee Rd, Stapleford, Nottingham, NG97EW.
The company is registered for VAT. Our VAT number is 127087022.
This site is using cookies. By clicking this button, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. To find out more and how to opt-out of their use, please click here.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


, we all choices the very best series along with best image resolution exclusively for you all, and this pictures is one of photographs libraries in your very best images gallery about Best Resume Service. I hope you might think it's great.
posted through designlover at 2018-08-10 05:51:41. To determine all photographs in Best Resume Service pictures gallery make sure you comply with this specific web page link.
Do not forget to browse the next photo gallery, which also contains the Best Resume Service With Writing A Great Resume Fresh Best Cover Letter Writing Service photo showed above. If you have any thoughts, questions or just want to say hello to other people, please do not hestitate to submit your opinion/ideas via the following comment form.


Experience days with wolves aren't too common in the UK, but we've found a few and we hope there's one near you. Each experience day is different, and each wildlife park will have a different range of wolfy events.
You'll normally get the chance to learn about the wolves and get closer than the normal zoo visitor, but you won't get to cuddle them because they'd savagely bite you and try to eat you, which is a shame. Click through to the suppliers' websites to check on price, availability and find out what each experience includes.


Troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining automobiles and light trucks.
Mechanical troubleshooting using computerized diagnostic equipment and other testing devices to diagnose and isolate vehicle problems.
Advise Service Advisor of work needed / performed.
Committed to providing friendly customer service and service recommendations.


text:
The Frozen Ground
Though this by-the-numbers true procedural seems basic, The Frozen Ground presents a welcome return for Nicolas Cage in a solid performance.
User Ratings: 15,520
The Frozen Ground Ratings & Reviews Explanation
The Frozen Ground Photos
THE FROZEN GROUND is inspired by the incredible true story that follows Alaskan State Trooper Jack Halcombe (Nicolas Cage) as he sets out to end the murderous rampage of Robert Hansen (John Cusack), a serial killer who has gone unnoticed for 13 years. As the bodies of street girls start to pile up in Anchorage, fear strikes a chord with the public. Risking his life, Halcombe goes on a personal manhunt to find the killer before the next body surfaces. When a seventeen year old escapee (Vanessa Hudgens) reveals key information about the case, Halcombe is finally on the trail of the killer. But will he catch him in time to save the next victim? (c) Lionsgate
R (for violent content, sexuality/nudity, language and drug use)
Drama, Mystery & Suspense
Aug 23, 2013 wide
as Sgt. Jack Halcombe
as Robert Hansen
as Cindy Paulson
as Sgt. Lyle Haugsven
as Clate Jackson
as Allie Halcombe
Katherine LaNasa
as Fran Hansen
as Lt. Bob Jent
Olga Valentina
as Jodi Brandon
as Det. Gentile
as Chelle Ringell
as D.A. Pat Clives
Brad William Henke
as Carl Galenski
News & Interviews for The Frozen Ground
Critics Consensus: The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones Is a Derivative Fantasy
Video Interview: Cast of Frozen Ground
Critic Reviews for The Frozen Ground
All Critics (57) | Top Critics (14) | Fresh (35) | Rotten (22)
"The Frozen Ground" trucks in cliche, as most serial killer and police procedural films do, but the strength of the acting (from the leads down to people with only one or two lines) helps ground the film.
Aug 27, 2013 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Sheila O'Malley
A taut procedural with atmospheric location work that traces Cage's clock-racing efforts to find evidence against Cusack ...
Aug 23, 2013 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
Lou Lumenick
The movie's only fresh element is the wintry setting, which shrouds everything in a mood of weary fatalism. Otherwise, it's the same old, same old, efficiently discharged and utterly disposable.
Aug 22, 2013 | Rating: 2/5
Stephen Holden
The movie's late-night cable feel and skeevy salaciousness grinds everything to a snowy slush.
Joe Neumaier
Although writer-director Scott Walker seems committed to not overly exploiting his lurid subject matter, the movie is just too dreary, disjointed and generically creepy to be persuasive.
A vague and forgettable crime thriller that would have benefited from more character development or at least a grounding of the narrative in one central protagonist.
Matthew Kassel
Nerve-wracking, nail biting and blood curdling, The Frozen Ground will send chills down your spine while warming your heart.
Nov 26, 2019 | Full Review…
Debbie Lynn Elias
Here is a testament to the considerable tension that can be mounted from a cast determined to give realistic performances paired with a director that seems to know something about developing realistic characters.
Aug 22, 2019 | Full Review…
Nicholas Bell
A by-the-numbers addition to a well-worn genre that is destined to occupy the supermarket bargain bins sooner than perhaps expected.
Feb 25, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Chris Fennell
There's not much between this and a Sunday-night drama, but the ice-bound setting is different and beautiful.
Mar 8, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Camilla Long
Sunday Times (UK)
Watchable.
Nov 8, 2017 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
This is the kind of by-the-book, no-surprises, 'based on actual events' serial killer thriller you could write yourself.
Sep 5, 2017 | Full Review…
Larushka Ivan-Zadeh
Metro (UK)
View All Critic Reviews (57)
Audience Reviews for The Frozen Ground
Not the best acting, but very suspenseful.
Shitty and really, really boring. I was watching this for its Nic Cage value, but he's neither over-the-top nor awful. He's actually pretty restrained here and does a decent job. It's the rest of the cast that's godawful. John Cusack delivers what is probably the worst performance of his career. He's so bad, and actually plays this role more like you'd expect from Nic Cage. Vanessa Hudgens is just as bad, and 50 Cent is even worse. So as bad as this movie is, none of this is Nicolas Cage's fault. I actually feel bad for him because he legitimately tried and did a pretty good acting job here.
Stephen S Super Reviewer
I find that the best thrillers come from films that are based on real life events. Some of these stories are just so twisted and crazy, that even the best writer wouldn't be able to imagine them on their own. The story told in the film The Frozen Ground, is one such story, telling the world about serial killer, Robert Hansen. From the 1970s until 1983, Hansen was one of the nations most prolific serial killers. What makes Hansen's story unique is that he was able to do all this, without the police even connecting the cases, because of where he lived. Hansen's story begins in Anchorage Alaska, where he began preying on prostitutes. After torturing and killing them, he would dump the bodies in remote, unpopulated areas of Alaska, where they were ravaged by the weather and wild animals. This made finding the cause of death or even identifying the victims nearly impossible. Hansen would probably still be active today, if it wasn't for Cindy Paulson, the only victim in 12 years, to escape the madman, and that's where our film begins. Nicholas Cage stars as Jack Halcombe, a state police detective who comes up with a wild theory that all these missing people and strange deaths, could be connected. Halcombe has a tough time convincing anyone of this, especially since his only witness is a drug abusing prostitute. Nicolas Cage excels in movies like this and is again terrific. Cage was born to play a cop and in my opinion does it better than anyone else out there. In this film, he's paired with Zac Efron's ex, Vanessa Hudgens, who wasn't great, but was much better than I expected. It's difficult to make the transition from Disney cover girl to a legitimate movie star, but I'd say that Hudgens is well on her way. Finally, John Cusack rounds out this all-star cast, playing Robert Hansen. After all the films I've seen Cusack in, I really couldn't imagine him as the bad guy, but his performance is what really helps this movie stand out, and hopefully will lead him to other similar roles. The Frozen Ground is a little slow, but it is supposedly very accurate, and tells an interesting story that most people know nothing about. It's the kind of film that I really go for and hopefully you will too.
Todd S Super Reviewer
Based on actual events, The Frozen Ground tells a grizzly tale of the macabre. In his final days as an Alaska State Trooper Jack Halcombe discovers a serial killer case and peruses suspect Robert Hansen with the help of a prostitute that escape from Hansen's liar. Starring Nicolas Cage, Vanessa Hudgens, and John Cusack, the cast is fairly strong; though the performances are somewhat subdued. The writing is also lackluster and overly procedural; making it fairly predictable. Still, despite its production issues The Frozen Ground is a fascinating story.
Dann M Super Reviewer
The Frozen Ground Quotes


That's right, we're back by popular demand with the SOR Micro Series! Following up on the first collection of highly acclaimed top loops of SOR Hats & Tops Vol.1, Oliver Schmitt aka Sounds of Revolution is back with a premium collection of even more, undiscovered and pristine loops to make your new tune move the masses!
Suitable for all kinds of electronic music genres (and even more for the creative tinkerers around the world), processed with the latest'n'greatest music gear, in conjunction with a highly skilled pro-audio engineer. Let these loops guide your tune, or simply fill "empty space", use it pure or completely destroy it with your favorite fx plugins – there is no limit.
PLEASE NOTE: 'SOR Hats & Tops Vol.2' demo contains a few Bass- & Synthloops not included in this pack that are for demonstration purposes only.


text:
Q: OpenCV: Sobel filter not rotation invariant I am using The sobel operator to detect edges in a grayscale image with EmguCV 3.0 (the .NET Wrapper for OpenCV).
The code I am using is
Image<Gray, byte> gray = new Image<Gray, byte>(@"C:\gray.bmp");
Image<Gray, float> sobel = gray.Sobel(0, 1, 3).Add(gray.Sobel(1, 0, 3)).AbsDiff(new Gray(0.0));

This is the preprocessed image (gray)
And this is what I get out (sobel)
As you can see, the edges in the top-right and the bottom-left corner are very weak. I first thought, it could have something to do with the original image, so I rotated it by 180 degrees and ran the sobel-filter again. The result still has very weak edges in the top-right and the bottom-left corner (unfortunately I am not allowed to post more than two links here, so I can´t show it to you).
So My question is: Is this a bug, or am I using the sobel filter wrong? Should´t it be rotation-invariant, when ran in two dimensions? And how can I fix it, to see these two edges as strong as the other ones?

A: I am sorry, I have already found a solution:
The code I now use is:
Image<Gray, float> sobel =
    gray.Sobel(1, 0, 3).AbsDiff(new Gray(0.0))
        .Add(gray.Sobel(0, 1, 3).AbsDiff(new Gray(0.0)));

This approximates the norm by |Gxy| = |Gx| + |Gy|, and the result is a good image with nice clean edges: http://i.stack.imgur.com/COJSG.png

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


You've been hurt on the job. Maybe you were in a car accident while performing the duties of your employment. Maybe you slipped and fell, or were hurt when a machine or tool malfunctioned. Your first course of action will likely be to file a workers' compensation claim. Under New York law, when you've been hurt on the job, you have a right to seek benefits through such a claim.
But is that your only recourse to recover compensation? Not necessarily.
The workers' compensation laws were established to provide benefits for both workers and employers. As an injured worker, you don't have to go through the long and tedious process of filing a lawsuit, gathering evidence and going to trial. As a result, you can usually start receiving benefits within a few weeks, provided your claim is approved. As an employer, you don't have to worry about a sympathetic jury coming back with an astronomical verdict, as the workers' compensation laws identify the specific amount an injured worker will receive.
But the workers' compensation laws are intended to address only the liability of your employer or a co-employee. If you are injured because of the negligence of someone other than your employer or a co-worker, you still have the right to file a civil lawsuit to recover damages. In fact, you can file a lawsuit simultaneously with an application for workers' compensation benefits. Be aware, though, that you won't be able to recover double damages. If you receive workers' compensation benefits that pay for medical expenses, you can't recover the costs of medical care from a third party.


text:
<?php declare(strict_types = 1);
/**
 * @author hollodotme
 */

namespace hollodotme\StateMachineGenerator\Generator\Contants;

/**
 * Class Template
 * @package hollodotme\StateMachineGenerator\Generator\Contants
 */
final class Template
{
	public const ABSTRACT_STATE_CLASS            = 'AbstractStateClass';

	public const ABSTRACT_STATE_CLASS_METHOD     = 'AbstractStateClassMethod';

	public const STATE_INTERFACE                 = 'StateInterface';

	public const STATE_INTERFACE_METHOD          = 'StateInterfaceMethod';

	public const STATE_CLASS                     = 'StateClass';

	public const STATE_CLASS_METHOD              = 'StateClassMethod';

	public const MAIN_CLASS_OPERATION            = 'MainClassOperation';

	public const MAIN_CLASS_QUERY                = 'MainClassQuery';

	public const MAIN_CLASS                      = 'MainClass';

	public const ILLEGAL_TRANSITION_EXCEPTION    = 'IllegalStateTransitionException';

	public const INVALID_STATE_STRING_EXCEPTION  = 'InvalidStateStringException';

	public const STATE_CASE                      = 'StateCase';

	public const TEST_CLASS                      = 'TestClass';

	public const TEST_METHOD_OPERATION           = 'TestMethodOperation';

	public const TEST_METHOD_OPERATION_EXCEPTION = 'TestMethodOperationException';

	public const TEST_METHOD_QUERY               = 'TestMethodQuery';

	public const TEST_METHOD_TO_STRING           = 'TestMethodToString';

	public const TEST_METHOD_FROM_STRING         = 'TestMethodFromString';
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
Refuge responds to Queen's Speech Domestic Violence and Abuse Act announcement
Sandra Horley CBE, chief executive of Refuge, said:
"Refuge welcomes the announcement that the Government is to bring forward a new draft Domestic Violence and Abuse Bill. It is heartening to see that the Prime Minister remains committed to addressing an issue that claims the lives of two women every week in England and Wales, and blights the childhoods of at least 750,000 children every year.
"Refuge has protected abused women and children for 45 years, and supports almost 5,000 women and children fleeing domestic violence on any given day.
"We are working with the Government to ensure that this new Act will bring the sea change that is needed to give survivors the protection and support they need and deserve, and end domestic violence once and for all. We hope that the pre-legislative scrutiny process will give sufficient time to allow Parliament to consider all necessary reform, including in the criminal justice and legal systems.
"We are delighted to see that the Bill will include a new statutory definition of domestic violence and abuse. Refuge also welcomes confirmation that there will be a new Courts Bill which will finally prevent domestic violence victims being directly cross-examined by their perpetrators in the family courts.
"It is vital that the Government makes available sufficient funding and training to ensure that the new legislation has a meaningful impact on the lives of women and children who experience domestic violence.
"Time is of the essence when it comes to the danger that women and children face on a daily basis. Therefore we are also pleased the Government is committed to looking at what can be achieved outside of the bill process to deliver fast improvements for women at risk of violence."
For more information, contact the Refuge press office on press@refuge.org.uk or 0207 395 7731. For out of hours and weekend press enquiries, please call 07970 894240.
Refuge subverts Father's Day with hard-hitting ad
The Joint Pre-Legislative Domestic Abuse Bill Committee Report Overview
Landmark coercive control ruling: Survivor Sally Challen will not face a retrial
Government vows to end 'postcode lottery' for victims of Domestic Abuse
It is vital that the criminal justice system does not create more barriers for victims, says Refuge


The future Kohler 20KW was on display at the KBIS Show in Orlando FL, below is a clip with Ed DelGrande, highlighting the enclosure changes to potential customers.
More in depth information will be available in the future highlighting other improvements including service access in the field.
The best days are always ahead.
from 8 to 150 kW between January 15 and December 31, 2018.
You made a great choice when you bought a KOHLER generator for your home or small business. Now, if a friend buys one, you'll get a $100 mail-in rebate.
Recommend a KOHLER generator to a friend or family member.
After he or she purchases it, fill out the rebate form and send it in along with the invoices. You'll get a $100 rebate.
To learn more about this program, contact South Shore Generator.
With almost a century of engineering know-how behind it, our G-Drive engines are built with an eye on the future – designed to last for decades to come. KOHLER engineers, tests and fits every single component. And our computer-aided quality-management system oversees every step of development, from the first stage of production through the engine's entire lifecycle, to ensure the highest level of quality.
Created specifically for generator set applications, our G-Drive engines combine greater power with superior efficiency.
Reaching up to 43.5 kW/liter, KOHLER® G-Drive engines pair a compact engine form factor with unrivaled kW displacement—delivering the highest power density on the market*. All KOHLER generators meet tough industry testing and quality standards (UL2200, CSA, NFPA).
The KOHLER G-Drive diesel engine's architecture, injection system and engine management have been designed to achieve optimal generator set performance.
The common rail fuel system generates up to 2200-bar injection pressures for maximum efficiency, optimizing the combustion pressure curve through multiple injections. This produces industry-leading kW displacement in a package that enables a smaller generator set footprint while delivering the best fuel consumption at more nodes than any competitor between 800 kW and 2500 kW.
A modular system allows us to scale the number of components depending on the power required. Using standard components means fewer parts must be stocked in the field, and operators require less training. This reduces costs and improves response time.
KD Series generators feature integrated controls for seamless communication and offer remote monitoring through a VPN connection. Easy-access bearing lube points, coolant level optical gauges on both circuits and oil replenishment systems help ensure the generator runs optimally and is easy to maintain.
For more information on industrial generators, contact South Shore Generator.
When mariners gather for a discussion about all things boating, a topic that often comes up relates to generators. The generator discussion usually reveals some level of confusion among participants. Some are confused about how powerful their generators should be for their type of boating. Others have concerns about noise and fuel consumption, while still others are concerned about pollution. All of these concerns are legitimate.
Like any other piece of boating equipment, the choice of size and type of generator depends on how it is to be used. If the plan is to take it to the beach to provide power for a sound system or to keep the drinks cold, any number of small, portable gasoline units weighing as little as 50 pounds are available. There are many well-built players in the marine generator market. Research—an indispensable boating skill—will help locate and price these units in any skipper's local area. Many of these small units are as quiet as the inside of a library—about 60 decibels—and they are so light and small they can easily be carried on all but the smallest boats. Many small boats have them on board as a safety item to provide emergency battery charging, since almost all of them are capable of producing direct current (DC).
If the generator is going to be used to power tools that are part of a vessel's repair or maintenance system—such as a welding machine on a metal boat—the smaller portable units will generally not do the job. Any generator with an output of at least 5kW will be required if it is to be used as part of the repair and maintenance system of the boat, and it will not produce enough power to run all repair tools at the same time. However, it is perfectly adequate if the person doing the repairs is prepared to use one, or at the most, two power tools at the same time.
A generator of 12.5kW will produce the same power as is usually found in a small land-based home or condo and will generally enable all normal and regular electrical equipment to be operated at once. Larger boats, particularly those equipped with multiple chillers for air conditioning, or electric stoves, ovens, and refrigeration, should be looking at generators capable of producing 15-20kW.
In the past, smaller boats in the 25 to 30-foot range were simply not big enough to be able to carry the weight of an onboard built-in generator system. Similarly, gasoline-powered boats could not have onboard generators due to safety concerns because of gas fumes. However, in recent years a number of small diesel-powered generators have made their way onto the market. Some of them are referred to as "ignition proof" in that their operation will not trigger a gas fume explosion if installed in older gasoline-powered boats. They also have the advantage of being relatively lightweight. Many produce small output, diesel-powered generators in the 2.6 to 4kW range that are useful in even the smallest vessels. Not only do these smaller units provide power for 110V AC tools and equipment, they can keep batteries topped up through various available battery chargers.
With the ever-increasing availability of lithium ion batteries that can be charged very rapidly without adverse effects, generators that produce three-phase power are coming onto the market. These units can produce enough power to charge (through a special charger) a set of lithium batteries in a faction of the time single-phase power can do the same job. Standard appliances don't like three-phase power, however. A number of smaller generators offer a three-phase option. Another option most of the manufacturers are now making available is a generator with Direct Current (DC) output. These units produce battery-charging power for vessels using an inverter to produce AC current from an onboard battery bank.
Any skipper who is considering adding a new generator to his boat should spend some time determining exactly what his electrical load is likely to be. All electrical appliances have the power requirements listed on the nameplate or electric motor. The power requirement will be listed in watts. When on full, electric heaters, refrigerators and freezers usually require 1,500 watts—to run them all at the same time will take 4.5kW. Don't forget about a microwave, electric cooktop, water heater, and electronics. After all appliances and systems are examined and the skipper factors in how the electrical system will be used, the total power requirements will be determined and a decision on the type and size of generator can be made.
Kohler Power Systems has a Mobile Paralleling Box, which delivers cutting-edge flexibility by allowing users to combine different sized generators with different fuel types. The paralleling box is specifically designed for use with Kohler's gaseous and diesel mobile generator line.
The technology was launched during the 2015 PGA Championship. This product will bring unmatched flexibility and a new level of customization to a wide variety of applications – including large scale, world-renowned events like the PGA golf tournament.
The Mobile Paralleling Box, along with a fleet of Kohler generators, allows users to mix and match different size generators to meet job requirements. Four of the new boxes can be used to parallel as many as eight generators. The Kohler Decision-Maker 3500 digital controller, which is standard on all Kohler gaseous and Tier 4 Final diesel mobile generators, provides the paralleling intelligence and network communications for remote monitoring.
Any Kohler mobile generator with the Decision-Maker 3500 digital controller will work with the Mobile Paralleling Box.
The digital controller along with the Mobile Paralleling Box makes it possible to parallel generators for applications such as using multiple smaller units to replace a larger generator, providing redundancy to a primary generator in support of critical loads, meeting system capacity demands when one generator is inadequate, or managing generators to be sequenced on or off in a predetermined order based on system output.
The new system uses contactors to connect to the bus and eliminates the need for installing or investing in motorized breakers on generators that may never be used in a parallel application. Each contactor is rated at 1,000 amps – different sized generators can parallel as long as each unit's output is less than 1,000 amps.
The advantage of the paralleling system is that it removes the need to size circuit breakers to specific generator output.
Color-coded camlocks for input and output feeds make the new box easy to setup and maintain while unused camlock connectors are protected with lockable security bars. The system also includes two 25-foot control cables as well as lockable storage for control cables. During the PGA Championship, the Mobile Paralleling Box was used to provide power redundancy for Kohler Co. hospitality tents. A Kohler 175REOZT4 Tier 4 Final diesel unit was used as the primary power source and a Kohler 125REZGT – an EPA-certified gaseous unit that runs on LP – served as a secondary power source.
Paralleling intelligence is incorporated into the Kohler Decision-Maker 3500 digital controller, which provides system monitoring and diagnostics while also offering a user-friendly display. The advanced digital controller uses a patented hybrid voltage regulator and unique software logic to manage alternator thermal overload protection features that normally require additional hardware.


Ranosys is one of the leading Drupal development companies in Singapore that offers excellent Drupal services to the UK, USA and global clients. Our developers have a keen understanding of Drupal platform and they help drive the growth of enterprises through bespoke Drupal web apps and portals.
Having years of experience in Drupal development and an active contributor to the Drupal community, Ranosys leverages the powerful features of Drupal combined with Acquia to create unmatched web experiences and maximize your business reach. Our certified team comprises of solution architects and highly qualified Drupal developers who can deliver customized, measurable and cost-effective Drupal solutions.
Ranosys provides Drupal consulting to help clients formulate strategies as per their business models and implement the feature-rich Drupal development solutions to enhance customer engagement.
In partnership with Acquia, Drupal offers innovative approaches and scalability which helps us develop robust, customized, and extensible Drupal-based enterprise applications for global clients.
Our Drupal developers can build/customize the modules to help clients extend their Drupal solutions. We also leverage the power of Acquia DAM Dynamic Templates to develop stunning themes and design templates to give a unique look and feel to the clients' portals.
The combination of Drupal and Acquia provides a powerful decoupled CMS environment through which, we can develop and manage multilingual portals to help you increase your customer base and accelerate the pace of your business. We also have expertise in creating multiple Drupal sites from multiple databases and a single code base.
The team of Drupal development experts upgrade the client's portal from Drupal 6/7 to the latest Drupal 8 version or seamlessly migrate from another CMS to Drupal, as per client's specifications.
Our expert Drupal developers provide ongoing Drupal support and maintenance services to the clients to keep them updated with the new Drupal trends and stay ahead of the competition.


text:
Animal maiming, intimacy and the politics of shared life: the bestial and the beastly in eighteenth and early nineteenth century England
Griffin, Carl J (2012) Animal maiming, intimacy and the politics of shared life: the bestial and the beastly in eighteenth and early nineteenth century England. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 37 (2). pp. 301-306. ISSN 0020 2754
Official URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1475-...
The everyday lives of many farm workers in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century England were intricately and often intimately bound with the lives of animals, the ebb and flow of human life being inseparable from that of animal life. Farmyards, fields, folds as well as barns and stables were all spaces where animals transcended being the mere instruments of capital to instead being obvious co-constituents of the rhythms of existence. Living and working in such close proximity meant that the 'species barrier' was crossed and intimacies developed in everyday agricultural practices. Still, the relationship was based upon, if not reducible to, the workings of capital: the animal enrolled as a form of embodied capital, the labourer engaged by the farmer to act upon the animal. And in such relationships intimacies are mirrored by violences: the keeping captive, slaughter, and – occasionally – abuse. In this formative period in which the discourses and policies that continue to inform animal welfare were first formulated, the declining economic and material fortunes of farm workers when juxtaposed to farm animals' fortune as increasingly 'cosseted capital' gave a particular charge to these abuses. Farm animals, and especially horses and cattle, so it is shown, were subjected to a series of violences. Many cases of animal maiming parodied tenderness in their brutality, whilst other attacks on the sexual organs of animals represented complex statements about the ways in which agrarian capitalism regulated all culture. Analysing the changing relationship between humans and animals therefore also helps us to better understand how capitalism mediates – and is mediated by – the non-human as well as the human, and how it defines cultural relations.
School of Global Studies > Geography
G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General)
Jayne Paulin


No more redundant work! Each department should know best what is needed and contribute to one master break-down to support the director's and the production team.
Take your script to an actionable scheduling and planning by listening to those, who should know it best: the head of departments and their teams. No matter whether everyone starts from scratch or all departments work on existing break-downs, you will soon enjoy the comfort of collaborative working within Yamdu. Being a production management tool for all stages of a film or entertainment production, Yamdu uses the break-downs as the backbone of the entire project.
You can simply start from scratch by adding scenes and shots – or you can import your script from a Final Draft file, CeltX, Fountain or any PDF written in Hollywood standard.
Once a script is imported, the script tagging tool helps you and your departments to easily run through the script scene by scene and mark every element, which is important to you. Whereas characters and sets are detected automatically, every other word or line can be highlighted and turned into an element for your preferred sections like a prop, set dressing, wardrobe, and so on.
Script sides can also be exported for your personal needs for each shooting day, each character or each scene.
Of course, you can also create shots foreach scene or use shots only, e.g. for non-scripted content or commercials. Characters and sets can also be linked to a shot. And a shot list and a storyboard can be created by a simple PDF export with various designs.
Everything you add, while breaking down the script, automatically creates objects that can be used in each specific tool of Yamdu. From Casting to Costume Design, Make-up & Hair, Production Design and Location Scouting. You can always be sure, that every relevant crew member has the same information and is talking about the same break-downs and objects and thus the same requirements for each scene and shooting day. Instead of having binders and PDFs and Emails and so on, every department works within its own function to serve one cloud-based master break-down. Discuss it online or use Yamdu with a projector at your PPM to optimize what is planned. All changes can be forwarded immediately to all relevant and specified crew members.
And if you do your shooting scheduling within Yamdu, your crew gets the immediate Day-out-of-Days for all elements linked to a scene and a schedule. This really avoids redundant work!


text:
Gareth Grand Senior Associate
Contact details Tel +44 (0) 117 307 6211 +44 (0) 7812 317 910 Email gareth.grand@burges-salmon.com
Gareth is a senior associate in the firm's Banking and Finance team and advises on a broad range of domestic and cross-border matters in a variety of sectors. He is experienced in relation to both loan origination, in particular corporate and leveraged finance and real estate finance, and distressed situations involving financial restructuring, contingency planning and formal insolvency.
Advised administrators from Grant Thornton on the administration of Quinn Radiators Limited, including the sale of part of the business.
Advised Santander on the provision of senior facilities to support the restructuring and growth of the national taxi operator Veezu.
Advised administrators from FRP Advisory on the trading administration of aerospace composite manufacturer Tods Aerospace, resulting in the sale of part of the business to Cobham.
Advised Kreos Capital in relation to debt facilities for the venture capital backed challenger banks Monese and Bnext.
Advised Tiger Infrastructure Partners on its £30m investment in Stellium Data Centres, the operator of one of the largest purpose-built datacentre campuses in the UK.
Advised ICG on a £17m facility to finance the acquisition of a Jersey property company which owns a shopping centre in Leeds.
Acted for Portobello Starboard, a pub operating company backed by leading private equity firm Zetland Capital, on a £40m facility from OakNorth Bank to allow it to grow its portfolio.
Advised the founding shareholders of Omlet, the fast-growing pet accessories brand, on the debt aspects of the investment by private equity firm Piper.
Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency
Leveraged Finance


text:
Don't have the Stay Current App?
Available on the AppStore Get it on Google Play
Are esophagocrural sutures needed during laparoscopic fundoplication: A prospective randomized trial
View Full Guideline
Historically, fundoplication has been performed with extensive dissection of the esophageal attachments to the diaphragm. Previously, we conducted a randomized trial demonstrating that minimal esophageal dissection and mobilization reduce the rate of wrap herniation and the need for reoperation. In that study, four esophagocrural (EC) sutures were placed in both groups to help obliterate the space between the esophagus and diaphragmatic crura. In this current study, we evaluate the need for these EC sutures.
Children less than age 7 undergoing laparoscopic fundoplication were randomized to receive four EC sutures or none. Exclusion criteria included an existing hiatal hernia. The primary outcome was transmigration of the fundoplication wrap through the esophageal hiatus into the mediastinum. A contrast study was performed around 1 year postoperatively. Telephone follow-up was performed at a minimum of 1.5 years.
120 patients were enrolled from 2/2010 to 2/2014, and 13 did not survive. One patient was excluded because a hiatal hernia was found at laparoscopy, leaving 52 patients with EC sutures (S) and 54 without EC sutures (NS). Operative time was 20 min longer in the S group (P < 0.01). Contrast studies were obtained in 62% of S and 68% of NS patients, and there were no wrap herniations in either group. There was one reoperation for wrap loosening in the NS group, none in the S group. Final telephone and clinic follow up was at a median of 4 years (IQR 3–4.7). Reflux symptoms and medications were not different at one month, one year, and final follow-up.
When minimal phrenoesophageal dissection is performed, EC sutures offer no advantages and increase operating time.


How to book cheap St Paul to Richmond bus tickets?
The best way to get deals on bus tickets from St Paul to Richmond is by booking earlier. Based on the last 30 days, the cheapest average bus fares from St Paul to Richmond were US$141.00. By booking 11 days out, tickets are on average US$4.00 cheaper than those that are booked last minute.
What is the busiest time to travel by bus from St Paul to Richmond?
The busiest time of the week for travel from St Paul to Richmond by bus is at 07:00 on Sunday. When planning to travel around this time, tickets should be booked well in advance as they may sell out. Around 14:00 on Friday is when the fewest number of bus tickets are sold. If you're looking for a little extra space, the bus departing at this time is the least likely to be crowded.
On average there are 2 bus trips per day. Greyhound has the most options for departures from St Paul to Richmond, with an average of 2 trips per day and 22 monthly trips. One bus carrier currently travels from St Paul to Richmond. Of the 2 trips there are 0 trips that are direct routes with no transfers.
Need more travel options? Travelling by Train from St Paul to Richmond starts at US$149.00.
Book Greyhound from St Paul to Richmond from US$121.00. There are 2 Greyhound schedules from St Paul to Richmond and you can expect on average to pay US$135.28 for a Greyhound ticket to Richmond. In St Paul, Greyhound departs to Richmond from Union Depot and no other station. In Richmond, Greyhound arrives at Bus Terminal - 2910 N Blvd and no other station.
On weekends, Greyhound offers 2 trips per day and you could expect to pay US$140.50 for a weekend getaway trip to Richmond.
Depending on the bus line you travel with, your options include one station that has bus departures from St Paul. Most bus trips to Richmond will depart from Union Depot.
bus trips arrive in Richmond at 1 stations, depending on which bus line you are travelling with. Bus Terminal - 2910 N Blvd are the main bus stations in Richmond for trips arriving from St Paul.


text:
Q: Pandas DataFrame with categorical columns from a Parquet file using read_parquet? I am converting large CSV files into Parquet files for further analysis. I read in the CSV data into Pandas and specify the column dtypes as follows
_dtype = {"column_1": "float64",
          "column_2": "category",
          "column_3": "int64",
          "column_4": "int64"}

df = pd.read_csv("data.csv", dtype=_dtype)

I then do some more data cleaning and write the data out into Parquet for downstream use.
_parquet_kwargs = {"engine": "pyarrow",
                   "compression": "snappy",
                   "index": False}

df.to_parquet("data.parquet", **_parquet_kwargs)

But when I read the data into Pandas for further analysis using from_parquet I can not seem to recover the category dtypes.  The following
df = pd.read_parquet("data.parquet")

results in a DataFrame with object dtypes in place of the desired category.
The following seems to work as expected
import pyarrow.parquet as pq

_table = (pq.ParquetFile("data.parquet")
            .read(use_pandas_metadata=True))

df = _table.to_pandas(strings_to_categorical=True)

however I would like to know how this can be done using pd.read_parquet.

A: We are having a similar problem.
When working with a multi file parquet are work around is as follows:
Using the Table.to_pandas() documentation the following code may be relevant:
import pyarrow.parquet as pq
dft = pq.read_table('path/to/data_parquet/', use_pandas_metadata=True)
df = dft.to_pandas(categories=['column_2'] )

the use_panadas_metadata works for the dtype datetime64[ns]

A: This is fixed in Arrow 0.15, now the next code keeps the columns as categories (and the performance is significantly faster):
import pandas

df = pandas.DataFrame({'foo': list('aabbcc'),
                       'bar': list('xxxyyy')}).astype('category')

df.to_parquet('my_file.parquet')
df = pandas.read_parquet('my_file.parquet')
df.dtypes


The business line's products can be divided into three main categories: pulp production, energy production and biomass conversion technologies.
Valmet supplies solutions ranging from entire pulping lines to individual production machines and equipment for chemical and mechanical pulp production. Pulp is mainly used as a raw material to manufacture various paper grades, including board, tissue and printing paper. It is also used for other applications such as viscose and hygiene products.
Our pulp business customers include mechanical and chemical pulp producers as well as companies in the panelboard industry. In recent years, most of the new projects have been in South America or Asia.
The machinery used in the pulping process can generally be divided into separate process islands (i.e. the equipment for the different stages of the pulp production line). Valmet provides technologies for all stages of the process. Our offerings range from supplying or rebuilding a single piece of equipment or process island to supplying an entire plant.
Valmet is a leading global supplier of biomass-based heat and power generation solutions. The company is also a frontrunner in fluidized bed boilers for power plants, primarily for the combustion of biomass and also selectively, coal and other fuels. Valmet also supplies small scale, complete heat and power plants.
Customers of our energy business are municipalities, utilities and companies in the energy, process, pulp and paper industries. The main markets are currently the Nordic Countries as well as the rest of EMEA. The energy business has also entered into contracts selectively in other areas.
Valmet's energy products include boilers (fluidized bed boilers and boiler plants for the combustion of biomass, sorted waste, recycled fuel and coal, modularized power and heating plants, oil and gas boilers), environmental protection systems (air quality control systems for the pulp, paper and power generation industries) and rebuilds.
Biomass is becoming increasingly important as a raw material across several industry sectors. Valmet has a long track record in converting biomass into renewable energy and recyclable products such as paper, pulp, board and tissue. The development and commercialization of new biomass conversion technologies are expected to offer Valmet new growth opportunities.
Valmet has already taken significant steps in commercializing new biomass conversion technologies in recent years. Examples are lignin recovery technology (LignoBoostTM), pyrolysis technology to produce bio oil and indirect biomass gasification into bio-methane, which can be used as a replacement for natural gas.


Florida is the southeastern most U.S. state. It is the district of Tallahassee and was established on the 3rd of March, 1845. Due to Florida's geographical location it is also known as The Sunshine State. Almost 19.89 million people reside in it as it covers 65,755 mi2 of the land and is the 22nd most extensive state in the U.S.
The state of Florida is situated on a peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Straits of Florida. It is known for its Latin-American cultural influences and notable arts scene, as well as its nightlife, especially in upscale South Beach. There are theme parks, including Walt Disney World.
Florida enjoys many economic opportunities because of its ample and diverse natural resources. The state also has a considerable mining industry thanks to phosphate, natural gas and petroleum resources. Some other natural resources include trees, citrus fruit, sugar, fish, beaches, water and cattle.
Florida is the 22nd most extensive, the 3rd most populous, and the 8th most densely populated of the United States. Its GDP is the fourth largest economy in the United States. It is the fourth largest exporter of trade goods. Major's contributors of this state are the tourism, industry, construction, international banking, biomedical and life sciences, healthcare research, simulation training, aerospace and defense, and commercial space travel have contributed to the state's economic development. The state has also contributed extensively in general services, financial services, trade, transportation and public utilities, manufacturing and construction.
The climate of Florida is tempered due to it being located on the north and central parts of the US state. The climate ranges between tropical and sub tropical. Although there is rainy weather though out October and brief summer rainfalls.
There are 67 counties in the state of Florida. With two counties complementing the provincial divisions retained as a Spanish territory. The names of Florida's counties reflect its diverse cultural heritage. Natural features of the region, including rivers, lakes, and flora, are also commonly used for county names.
Florida has a diverse transportation system which includes a variety of options, like Interstate Highways, United States and Florida State Roads, Amtrak and commuter rail services, airports, public transportation, and ports, in a number of the state's counties and regions.


text:
Home / Hellen Onsando Obiri
Hellen Onsando Obiri
Doha 2019: Obiri smashes Championship Record to win 5000m on day 9.
Kenya's Hellen Obiri successfully defended her 5000m title in Doha, setting the pace for much of the race, then pouring on the pressure on the last lap to win comfortably in a championship record of 14:26.72.
Kenya names squad of 61 for Asaba 2018 African Championships
A blend of experienced and promising individuals will be flying the Kenyan flag in pursuit of medals at the 21st edition of Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) Africa Senior Championships in Asaba, Nigeria from 1-5 August, 2018.
CAA Asaba 2018: World champion Hellen Obiri eyes African 5000m crown
Tunde Eludini
The 21st African Senior Athletics Championships – Asaba 2018 – will be attracting the continent's big names to Asaba, Delta State and one of those expected to light up the oil-rich City is World 5,000m champion, Hellen Onsando Obiri from Kenya.
Obiri and Manangoi crown Kenyan dominance on final day at Gold Coast 2018
IAAF World champions Hellen Onsando Obiri and Elijah Manangoi led Kenyan 1-2 finishes in their respective events on the last day of track and field competition at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast on Saturday
Dibaba grabs third World Indoor 3000m Gold in Birmingham - IAAF World Indoor Championships
Ethiopia's Genzebe Dibaba stormed to her fourth successive world indoor title, and third successive in the women's 3000m at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham last night.
Obiri leads Team Kenya to Birmingham 2018 - IAAF World Indoors
Yomog Meje
The 2012 World Indoor 3000m champion, Hellen Onsando Obiri, will lead a seven-member Kenyan team to the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships from 1-4 March in Birmingham, UK.
Kenya selects strong squad for Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games
Athletics Kenya (AK) has selected a strong team with a good blend of youth and experience for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games after the Kenyan trials held at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani on Saturday.
Obiri shines at 2018 Czech Indoor Gala in Ostrava
Kenya's Hellen Onsando Obiri, the world 5000m champion, was the highlight performer at the 2018 Czech Indoor Gala in Ostrava on Thursday.
London 2017: Obiri outkicks Ayana to snatch 5000m gold
Kenyan Hellen Onsando Obiri produced an astonishing last lap to claim her first ever major world outdoor title in the women 5000m at the IAAF World Championships in London on Sunday.
Features and Reports
Hellen Obiri hopes for a 2017 grand finish - London 2017
Michelle Katami
Helen Onsando Obiri is one of the three Kenyan athletes in the 5000m final on the final day of the 2017 IAAF World Championships in Athletics in London.
Obiri shatters Kenyan Mile record in London - IAAF Diamond League
Yomi Omogbeja
Kenya's Hellen Obiri won the Women's 1 Mile race at the 2017 Müller Anniversary Games leg of the IAAF Diamond League in London on Sunday, breaking her national record and setting a new meeting record of 4:16.56.
Cote D'Ivoire, Kenya
Ahoure, Obiri, Bett shine in Beijing - IAAF World Challenge
Cote d'Ivoire's Murielle Ahoure tops 100m field, Kenyans Hellen Obiri and Kipyegon Bett record victories at the 2016 IAAF World Challenge meeting in Beijing's national stadium on Wednesday.
Interview: Hellen Obiri (Kenya) Marrakech 2014
Watch the video interview with Hellen Onsando Obiri from Kenya – Team Africa's representative to the 2014 IAAF Continental Cup in Marrakech, Morocco.
Souleiman breaks Djiboutian mile record in Eugene
World indoor champion Ayanleh Souleiman sets a new Djibouti mile record with a world leading time of 3:47.32 at the 40th Prefontaine Classic – IAAF Diamond League meeting in Eugene, Oregon on Saturday.
Kenya champions 4x1500m - IAAF World Relays
Post Race video interview with the World record-breaking Kenyan women's 15 Laps race winners at the 2014 IAAF World Relays in Nassau, The Bahamas. Duration of Video: 1:50 mins.
In Pictures: Africans at 2014 IAAF World Relays
Photo Gallery – A cross-section of African athletes competing at the inaugural IAAF World Relays in Nassau, The Bahamas – May 24-25, 2014
IAAF World Relays: Kenyan ladies shatter 4x1500m World Record in Nassau
Kenyan women's 4x1500m quartet of Mercy Cherono, Faith Kipyegon, Irene Jelagat and Hellen Obiri smashed the 4x1500m World Record at the IAAF World Relays in Nassau, The Bahamas on Saturday.
Ethiopia, Kenya
Hellen Obiri smashes African 3000m record in Doha - IAAF Diamond League
Hellen Onsando Obiri sets a new African and Kenyan record in the women's 3000m at the 2014 IAAF Diamond League in Doha on Friday, leading a Kenyan sweep home in 8:20.68.
East Africa, Ethiopia
Genzebe Dibaba crowns Indoor season with Sopot Gold
Ethiopian Genzebe Dibaba crowned a spectacular winter season with victory in the women's 3000m clocking 8:55.04 ahead of Kenyan Hellen Onsando Obiri at the World Indoors Championships in Sopot, Poland on Sunday.
Genzebe Dibaba smashes 3000m World Indoor Record in Stockholm
Ethiopia's Genzebe Dibaba broke the world indoor 3000m record with a stunning 8:16.60 run at the Stockholm's XL Galan, an…
Abidjan to host 2019 African U18 and U20 Athletics Championships
IAAF responds to open letter from Women's Sports Foundation and Athlete Ally
WADA confirms leaked data not from ADAMS database
Europe, World
Provisional entry list for IAAF Continental Cup Ostrava 2018
Semenya, Manyonga win Diamond League titles in Zurich
Eliud Kipchoge wins 2016 Airtel Delhi Half Marathon in 59:44
Blessing Okagbare
Athletics Nigeria
Athletics South Africa
Subscribe to Email News


Lock in a great price for Hotel Villa Meeresgruss – rated 9.4 by recent guests!
Very central, well-equipped apartment with dishwasher, clean and tidy, nice atmosphere. Good and tastefully served breakfast. Good restaurants nearby and an excellent supermarket. Recommend the pub/restaurant Dolden Mädel which is around the corner for those who want a good beer experience Very nice host couple.
Super Lage,sehr freundliches Personal inclusive Besitzer.Jederzeit wieder gerne.Schönes und ruhiges Haus.
Das Frühstück war sehr gut. Es war alles da. Rührei, gekochtes Eis, Wurst, Käse, Marmelade, Joghurt, Quark und noch vieles mehr. Und es wurde immer darauf geachtet, dass alles da ist - also es wurde immer nachgefüllt. Alles war reichlich und frisch. Die Mitarbeiter waren sehr aufmerksam und immer total nett und höflich.
Das Frühstück war lecker. Die jungen Besitzer und das Personal sind sehr freundlich. Es werden preiswerte Getränke angeboten, keine überteuerte Minibar.
Wir haben optimal gewohnt. Beim Frühstück war für jeden was dabei, eine sehr gute Auswahl.
Mein bei der Buchung im letzten Jahr geäußerter Wunsch nach Merresblick konnte erfüllt werden. Herzlichen Dank! Mein Mann und ich waren restlos zufrieden mit: Größe/Ausstattung/Sauberkeit des Zimmers und dem Balkon davor. Das Frühstück war abwechslungsreich, die Stimmung/Betriebsklima auch morgens sehr gut. Die Lage ist zentral aber ruhig. Wir sind durch den Ort gelaufen und haben beschlossen, wir hätten nirgends anders wohnen wollen! Sehr gutes Preis/Leistungsverhältnis. Wir kommen auf jeden Fall wieder!
Wir hatten einfach einen super Aufenthalt. Das Haus ist sehr ruhig, das Personal sehr freundlich und die Lage mehr als zentral. Alles in Binz ist gut zu Fuß erreichbar.
Das Frühstück war sehr gut und ausreichend. Es hat einfach alles gestimmt. Das Hotel gleich in Nähe von der See, was will man mehr. Familienfreundliches super nettes Hotel. Immer wieder gern.
Hotel Villa Meeresgruss This rating is a reflection of how the property compares to the industry standard when it comes to price, facilities and services available. It's based on a self-evaluation by the property. Use this rating to help choose your stay!
One of our best sellers in Binz! This hotel is a beautiful villa that is located only 150 feet from the beach promenade in Binz. Hotel Villa Meeresgruss is quietly located in the historic center, and it offers free WiFi.
Hotel Villa Meeresgruss features traditional spa architecture with white façades and bright interiors. All rooms and suites include a seating area, cable TV, desk and a private bathroom with shower, and most also have a balcony.
The hotel is just 1,650 feet from the historic pier and 2,300 feet from Binz Train Station. Prora-Ost Train Station is 2.4 mi away.
The surrounding countryside here on the Baltic Sea island of Rügen is ideal for hiking and cycling tours.
When would you like to stay at Hotel Villa Meeresgruss?
This room includes a seating area, cable TV, desk and a private bathroom with shower.
This apartment features a sofa, dishwasher and electric kettle.
This apartment features a balcony, cable TV and oven.
House Rules Hotel Villa Meeresgruss takes special requests – add in the next step!
Hotel Villa Meeresgruss accepts these cards and reserves the right to temporarily hold an amount prior to arrival.
A very limited number of parking spaces are available at the hotel. Alternative parking spaces are available approximately 2,950 feet away for a small daily charge.
When booking, guests are asked to please enter their full home address, including the postcode.


When a home-grown fintech firm is acquired by a global financial services giant for more than $1 billion, it speaks to the game-changing companies emerging in the financial service sector in Calgary.
Morgan Stanley said one reason it is making its largest acquisition since the 2008 financial crisis in acquiring Solium Capital is the company's connection to younger workers through the startup economy.
Solium, which has grown steadily since its launched in 2002, provides technology and services to support stock-based incentive plans. It's 3,000 corporate clients employ one million workers.
News of the deal made headlines around the world.
"The acquisition provides Morgan Stanley with broader access to corporate clients and a direct channel to their employees, as well as a greater opportunity to establish and develop relationships with a younger demographic and service this population early in their wealth accumulation years," said Chief Executive Officer, James Gorman.
Solium CEO Marcos Lopez said the company's leadership team is expected to remain in place and Morgan Stanley has plans to bolster the operations in Calgary.


text:
Nice hypocrisy from Pogba. Misses trophies at MJ and wants to fight for "something important"
Manchester United and French national team midfielder Paul Pogba has often looked disgruntled in recent years, playing through effort, constantly referred to by insiders as a player who has problems with the club. And now, three months before the end of his contract with United, Pogba took the floor and actually confirmed all the rumors that have been circulating over the past few years:
To tell you the truth, there were difficult times, especially when I played in Manchester. When I didn't play, or when the results weren't there, coming to the French team gave me a boost. How would I rate my season? It's difficult because a lot has happened, from the change of coach to my injury. We are no longer in contention for the title, so I would evaluate neutrally.
I want to win titles, I want to play for something. Whether it's this year or even previous years, we haven't won anything. That's what's sad in the end. Nothing has been decided about my future. I can make a decision tomorrow, I can during the transfer window. I want to come to my senses and finish the season well.
Paul confirms all our speculation and speculation by talking about "hard times" in Manchester. Tellingly, Pogba gritted his teeth and bravely endured all the adversity for the sake of his luxurious contract at MU, and made his loud announcement three months before he became a free agent. In the past, only Mino Raiola had threatened to take Paul away from Old Trafford, but it went no further than threats. It is not hard to guess why.
Manchester United have a five-year trophy drought
In 2016, Manchester United made Paul Pogba the most expensive player on the planet by paying Juventus 105 million euros for him. In his first season with the Mancunians, the Frenchman won two trophies under Jose Mourinho – the League Cup and the Europa League. To put it bluntly, for a successful top-flight club these are secondary trophies, although it was still a good start. The only thing is that there has been no continuation.
Since 2017, Man United has not won a single title, and this season we cannot expect to add more cups to the museum either: in the Premier League it will be a blessing to be in the top four, from the FA Cup and the Champions League, MU has already been eliminated. Thus, the trophy drought is guaranteed to last up to five years, which is the biggest pause for Manchester United in the last 40 years.
Pogba's six years at United: 226 matches, 2 trophies, 200+ hairstyles
Thus, a five-year trophy drought at club level for Paul Pogba as well. Not surprisingly, this is causing some fatigue for the ambitious footballer. Surprisingly, it's only now that his contract is up and not before. A footballer's expressed desire to win trophies is not uncommon in the world of soccer. It is usually said by players who have made progress at average clubs and have outgrown the level of their partners. Often their words are understood and echoed. In the case of Pogba, it's different.
Paul didn't take a neutral position at Manchester United yesterday or today, he's kind of "above the fray." And that's hard to accept, because MJ's five years of failures are among the responsibilities of Pogba, who was made the most expensive player on the planet and should have taken a place in the center of the team and the project. Paul sometimes trumped skills, but more often than not he lacked professionalism and leadership qualities.
Shifting priorities and perpetual demotivation
Pogba is a sprinter by soccer standards. Didier Deschamps managed to get the team interested in the 2018 World Cup, and Paul had a brilliant tournament, but for Manchester United he is useless and even harmful in the long tournament distance, because he often created the difference between expectations and reality. MJ fans won't name Pogba's five great matches for the club, but they will joke about the world record for the number of hairstyles.
Pogba cares more about regular image changes than his sporting achievements. Casemiro, Kroos and Modrić have three Champions League victories and four hairstyles for the same period, and that's because Luka once lost a bet and had to cut his hair. As a result, we are dealing with a footballer, who by financial demands and status should qualify for the role of leader, but in fact is an expensive headache. The parallels with Neymar are obvious. The same problematic star.
Of course, we need to talk not only about the guilt, but also Paul's misfortune, because he admitted that he had mental health problems, fell into depression, while falling out of normal life. The man needs help, in the team for him to be created reliable points of reference, so that he could show his best qualities. Still, there's no guarantee of Pogba's effectiveness. As cynical as it may sound, but the top clubs a priori put themselves in a losing position by associating with such talents – not mature enough and with mental features.
Who is ready to reeducate Pogba?
It is possible to minimize a person's problems and his negative impact on the team or let everything go on its own, but it will not be possible to make him different. Just in a more favorable environment, periods of remission will be longer, and exacerbations will be shorter. The main paradox is that Pogba wants to fight for trophies, but his appearance at any and ambitious clubs would rather reduce the chances of those trophies than the other way around.
Pogba is no longer a boy, he is 29 years old, and the clubs that are willing to offer him a contract understand exactly the risks that will have to be taken. In addition, it will not be cheap: Raiola will demand a huge signing bonus, the claim of a high salary also remains. "Real and Juventus are among the applicants to sign Pogba out of old memory, and also to get more money from PSG or Newcastle.
Paul can already sign a contract with a new club, but is holding out for a theatrical pause, which is quite revealing. The grandees on the vish-list are not calling, and it is logical to bump the rich suitors in an auction
Azar 529 days without soccer at Real Madrid
Messi will try to return to Barcelona
Kerala Blasters versus Hyderabad


text:
Cerimon Pharmaceuticals Inc.
www.cerimon.com
Latest From Cerimon Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Market Insight - Rich pickings from reformulations?
By Peter Charlish
In recent years, drug reformulation has emerged as a popular defence strategy among pharmaceutical companies seeking to prolong the life cycles of their best-selling products. It has also attracted growing interest from specialist companies developing novel formulations of off-patent drugs and which either launch them as replacements for the originator products, or reposition them for new indications.
Gastrointestinal Metabolic Disorders
Cerimon receives positive Phase II data on diclofenac patch
By Caroline Richards
Cerimon Pharmaceuticals' once-daily topical-patch formulation of the NSAID diclofenac gave significantly better average pain relief than placebo in ankle-sprain patients who carried out their daily activities in a Phase II trial, at the third day in the study.
Infectious Diseases Orthopedics
Can Out-Partnering Help Vault Pfizer Over the "Second Cliff"?
The industry's genericization problem will seriously constrain Big Pharma's ability to pay for late-stage development on all its products. One potential solution is being developed by Pfizer, whose top R&D execs see out-partnering as a way to free up resources for key programs and to expand R&D capacity. In this interview with R&D boss Martin Mackay, Mackay reports that Pfizer is building up a war-chest of out-licensing and partnering candidates, pursuing a wide variety of transactions--including project financing, straight out-licensing and spinoffs. But the extent of Pfizer's long-term commitment to out-partnering still isn't clear.
BioPharmaceutical Strategy
Corporate VC Adds a Business Development Flavor
By Roger Longman
Nearly all the meters on pharma's pipeline are reading critical. With licensing and M&A increasingly a series of high-priced auctions, Big Pharma is casting about, often desperately, for new business-development strategies. And one place they're beginning to look is corporate venture capital, traditionally a way to provide drug companies with a window on new technologies. But that means finding a way to break through the seemingly impenetrable wall between corporate venture investing and other corporate and research activities. Thus, companies have embarked on a number of different strategies, ranging from the traditional to the radically new and aggressive. Getting the equity investor and the asset-hungry pharma partner to co-exist peacefully has aroused plenty of both skepticism and confusion Nevertheless, there's still a promising way for drug companies to get value from start-ups beyond mere equity appreciation--investing de-prioritized drug candidates, not merely capital.
BioPharmaceutical Business Strategies
Specialty Pharmaceuticals


Mississippi Gulf Coast missed a pair of tiebreaking free throws in the closing seconds of regulation at Delgado on Thursday and lost 51-50 in overtime.
Kayla Simmons (Fr., Brandon/Brandon) led the Lady Bulldogs with 17 points and 18 rebounds off the bench. Allison Martin (Fr., Edwards/Raymond) had nine points, also off the bench, and Mia Goolsby (Fr., Greenville, S.C./Legacy Early College) and Nakendra Owens (Fr., Port Gibson/Port Gibson) added eight each.
Gulf Coast (2-3) trailed 11-10 after 10 minutes, and 21-20 at half. The Lady Bulldogs erased a three-point deficit by scoring the first six points of the fourth quarter to lead 38-35.
Delgado improves to 2-7. The game was played at the Alario Center in Westwego because of water damage to the Dolphins' home gym.
Gulf Coast returns to action Saturday with a trip to play Coastal Alabama-South. Tipoff in Bay Minette is set for 2 p.m.


text:
(6/8/21) Virtual Event, Vermont – On Tuesday over the lunch hour, over 250 people gathered virtually for the launch of the new Leaders for Equity and Equal Pay (LEEP) Toolkit. The Toolkit is a unique and powerful DIY resource, containing an excel-based Equity Management Tool and a companion Playbook, that provides Vermont's small to midsize employers with information and methodology needed to conduct in-house, ongoing gender and racial pay equity reviews. The full color, 60-page Playbook provides a wealth of information for anyone interested in learning more about compensation philosophy and building organizational equity. The Toolkit is free of charge and can be downloaded from changethestoryvt.org/payequity.
The launch was organized by Change The Story VT, a partnership initiative of Vermont Works for Women, Vermont Commission on Women (VCW), and the Vermont Women's Fund. Speakers included national pay equity expert, economist, and former Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Evelyn Murphy and Toolkit creators Frank Sadowski and Krysta Sadowski. Lt. Gov. Murphy was received with a virtual room full of nodding heads when she encouraged attendees to "change workplaces, not women".
VCW Commissioner Kerin Durfee moderated a panel that included representatives from three of the seven Vermont employers who participated in the Leaders for Equity and Equal Pay professional development program, which met throughout 2020. Duane Peterson of Suncommon, Lisa Yaeger of the Vermont Foodbank, and Mara Rivera of Chroma Technology all spoke to their experiences implementing the tools, and encouraged others to do the same.
Currently, the gender wage gap in Vermont stands at 16 cents, which means all women on average make 84 cents to the $1.00 paid on average to men. When broken out by race and ability the wage gap is much wider. Nationally, Black women are paid 37% less, Latinx women 45% less, Indigenous women 40% less, and Asian American and Pacific Islander women are paid up to 50% less than white men. Vermont women with disabilities are paid on average 26% less than men without disabilities. Mothers are paid on average 30% compared to fathers. The COVID pandemic disproportionately impacted women, with more than 2 million women leaving the workforce over the last year. The LEEP Toolkit will provide smaller organizations with the methodology and resources to lead the way out of the "she-cession."
Change The Story VT is a partnership initiative of the Vermont Women's Fund, Vermont Commission on Women, and Vermont Works for Women