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Are you ready to embark on a journey thousands of kilometers away from your home?
For many students thinking about their education after high school or college, studying overseas may seem like the glamorous option compared to staying in the country to pursue their degree.
Whilst studying abroad does have it's fair share of attractions, let's just give it a small breakdown to see if you're better off staying here or packing your bags and leaving the country.
Amongst all the factors you should consider, one of the most important things to think about would be the degree you have chosen to pursue.
Do local universities provide the degree at a similar level to that of overseas universities?
If not, is the difference in quality big enough to make you want to leave the country or substantial enough to affect future employment opportunities?
In today's world, it is debated that the name and reputation of our universities carry little weight when employers are looking to hire someone.
Employers these days are looking for much more well-rounded individuals in terms of overall skill set, language proficiency and of course personality rather than just going for someone who has a degree from a reputable university with nothing else to offer.
First, you also have to ask yourself whether you want to develop your career locally in Malaysia or do you want to look for opportunities in a foreign land?
For example, do you think an Ivy-League business graduate who is only fluent in English have a better chance of getting hired if his competition is a HELP University graduate who fluent in Mandarin, English, and Malay in if both of them were to apply for a job in Malaysia?
Unless the said Malaysian company really want someone who graduates from a prestigious university joining their workforce, chances are that the local graduate will stand a better chance more than the later because he can communicate in three different languages.
Whereas, the US-based business graduate would have a better chance of getting hired in a US based company or any companies in the United States of America.
Of course, this is a very general guestimation.
What it truly comes down to, it depends on the job responsibilities, the candidates' working experiences, and how they perform during the job interview. But in business, it is no secret that being fluent in multiple languages is always a bonus.
But in business, it is no secret that being fluent in multiple languages is always a bonus.
Next, the all important and typically key factor in thinking about pursuing a degree abroad would be money.
Overseas universities more often than not would be more expensive than local ones, although some countries such as India offer lower tuition fees such as in Medicine or Dentistry etc. So once again, this depends on where you plan to study.
So once again, this depends on where you plan to study.
Another factor to consider is whether you're willing to leave your family and all your friends behind in pursuit of making new ones and experiencing a different culture.
But, if you're the kind that gets extremely homesick during your one week Form 5 camp at the Malaysian National Forest, perhaps you want to think twice about being away from your family for at least one or even four years.
In addition, for those of you who plan to graduate in a foreign country, you will often have the opportunity to work there for a few years. A 4 years adventure could be easily extended into a 7 or even more than 10 years journey. Unless you have the finances to come back every other year, you will have to accept the fact that you are going to be ok while living alone in a foreign.
Having said that, it does get easier every time that you are apart from our parents.
For Malaysians, from personal experience as well as what almost all my friends studying abroad have said, we all agree that the thing we miss the most when studying abroad is the amazing food Malaysia has.
We so take for granted how blessed we are to live in a country so diverse and so abundant in great food that only after we go abroad we start to miss it.
If you don't mind being without your favorite laksa, roti canai, or satay for months or possibly years, then go ahead.
However if growing up you were always a local foodie then it might be a little tough to adapt to food different to what you're used to unless of course, you're an amazing cook and you can find those Malaysian spices easily in the country you are studying.
All in all, so many good things come from getting out of your comfort zone and going overseas, like cultural exposure, a new-found sense of freedom and independence, and of course countless new experiences and many international friends.
But if you are a true home bird who can't stand the thought of being outside of Malaysia for at least more than 6 months at a time, then I would advise you to stay back and enjoy the many charms Malaysia offers. Being homesick midway through your first semester is not a nice feeling.
University life will always be the best years of your life!
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Before September 11, 2001, very few Americans were aware of the book Milestones or its author, Sayyid Qutb. Islamists, on the other hand, consider this work a manifesto for the fundamentalist movement, and its author, Sayyid Qutb, the most influential Muslim ideologue of the last half of the 20th century. This paper will look at the background of Qutb and present a critical analysis of his work, Milestones. It will argue that Qutb's ideology is internally inconsistent. It will identify numerous major inconsistencies found in Milestones. For example, while Qutb calls for Islamic leadership, he insists that anyone who exercises authority over men is usurping God's role. He also insists that men have complete religious freedom while advocating the destruction of all jahili groups. This paper will begin with a chronological background, while the critical analysis of the work will proceed in the order in which the work was written.
The author of Milestones, Sayyid Qutb, an Egyptian novelist and literature teacher, was born in 1906 in the village of Musha, township of Qaha, in the province of Assyout in Southern Egypt (El-Kadi 1). His parents were highly religious and sent him to a religious school in his village. He was a good student, industrious, and eager to acquire knowledge, a trait that persisted throughout his life. By the time he was ten years old he had already memorized the entire text of the Qur'an. Qutb transferred to a government school and graduated in 1918. In 1920 he moved to Cairo to continue his schooling, where he received a Western-style education attending college at Dar al-Ulum University. It was there that he met Hasan al-Banna, who founded the Muslim Brotherhood in 1928, an organization that would become an important influence later in his life (Amis 3, Berman 2, Loboda 1, Irwin 1).


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Changi Airport MRT station closure: It's business as usual
Travellers boarding a shuttle bus at Changi Airport Terminal 3 yesterday, when the Changi Airport MRT station was closed.ST PHOTO: SEAH KWANG PENG
Audrey Tan
Science and Environment Correspondent
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It was business as usual at Changi Airport MRT station during lunchtime yesterday, despite its full-day closure for maintenance works by operator SMRT.
Travellers were directed by officers from SMRT, the Land Transport Authority and Changi Airport to the shuttle bus bay at Terminal 3.
There, people could pay $1 to hop onto an express bus leaving for Bugis MRT station every 15 to 18 minutes, or board a shuttle bound for Tanah Merah and Expo MRT stations that left every three to five minutes during peak hours.
There was no train service yesterday between Pasir Ris and Aljunied stations on the East-West Line, which is operated by SMRT.
The rail operator had been plagued by a recent spate of train breakdowns, and closures had been planned to facilitate works.
This month, some stations on the East-West Line will have shorter operating hours on weekends, including full-day closures on two Sundays - yesterday and Jan 28. This is the second round of planned closures for rail maintenance and upgrading works. Last month, 17 stations on the East-West Line and two North-South Line stations had shorter weekend operating hours and full-day closures on two Sundays.
When The Straits Times visited the airport at about 12.30pm yesterday, queues for the buses were short, and passengers appeared calm despite the inconvenience.
Malaysian Karen Lai, 60, who flew from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore to visit her children, said: "I was quite surprised by the closure, because I actually told my kids not to pick me up and that I would just take the train." The housewife said she would take a taxi instead.
Miss Mary Ling, 26, yesterday returned to Singapore from a holiday in Phuket. But the clerk was unperturbed by the closure. "I'll just take the shuttle bus to Bugis."
Mr Axel Pahne, 23, who flew in from Krabi, was headed to Chinatown. He was told to take a shuttle bus to Bugis, and then take a train.
The Nanyang Technological University exchange student from Sweden said: "It'll probably take me 15 to 20 minutes longer to get to my destination, but it's okay."
A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on January 22, 2018, with the headline 'Changi Airport MRT station closure: It's business as usual'. Print Edition | Subscribe

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In Summation's graded stakes winner Calculator made a triumphant return to the races on Saturday at Santa Anita Park with a game neck victory in a seven-furlong allowance contest, his first race in some 13 months, when he won the Sham S. (G3) by 4 ¼-lengths.
Four-year-old Calculator was away last in the nine-horse field and raced well off the rail down the backstretch, but steadily picked up the pace after a quarter-mile, making a bold, four-wide move on the turn to go from last to first by the time the field hit the stretch. A hard-trying Fusaichi Samurai fought for the lead for the length of the stretch, but Calculator was too tough, winning by a neck in 1:22.84 (VIDEO).
Calculator was one of the most promising 2-year-old of 2014, running second to champion American Pharoah in both the Del Mar Futurity (G1) and FrontRunner S. (G1) before breaking his maiden in the Sham.
With Saturday's win, Calculator is 2-2-1 in six starts and has earned $228,300. The gray colt is out of Back to Basics, a sister to three stakes winners. Bred in Florida by Ocala Stud, Calculator sold for $132,000 to trainer Peter Miller at the 2014 OBS Spring 2-year-old sale.
In Summation was Florida's leading Third-Crop sire of 2015 and has already accounted for nine winners this year, including Gasparilla S. winner R Girls a Charmer and the stakes-placed Summation Time.


He was leafing through a "lost" sketchbook of the artist's from his time in Arles, when the film's director — the flamboyant American painter Julian Schnabel — looked at him like a man possessed.
The prize puts Dafoe in pole position for the Oscars, having missed out last year after being nominated for an equally unforgettable turn in "The Florida Project".
While the authenticity of the sketchbook Schnabel slammed is disputed — the Van Gogh Museum and two major experts on the artist are at war over the issue — Dafoe believes it is genuine.
Both he and the mercurial Schnabel — a famed neo-expressionist artist best known for his huge broken plate paintings — are on familiar territory tackling the furies that drive and sometimes dog great artists.
In that film, the painter — who got four Oscar nods for "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" — did not pull back from the hell Basquiat endured before his early death from a heroin overdose.
"It is not an awards movie" made with one eye on the Oscars. "It is about painting and emotion, it is about being an artist, it is about nature and spirituality… because Van Gogh wanted to be a pastor before he became a painter. He thought the bible was the greatest book ever written," Dafoe added.
"Painting is something Julian really knows — this is where his two loves come together: painting and film-making.
"I had a real shift in my way of seeing and my relationship to nature through playing Van Gogh and reading what he wrote," he added.
Dafoe first learned to paint three decades ago for "To Live and Die in L.A." in which he played an art forger.
He said shooting in the fields around Arles and in the asylum at Saint-Remy — where Van Gogh wrote that "one continually hears shouts and terrible howls as of animals in a menagerie" — gave him goose bumps.
Unlike other films about Van Gogh such as the 1956 classic "Lust for Life" starring Kirk Douglas, Dafoe said the new movie avoids "the greatest hits" like the "Sunflowers" or depicting him hacking off his ear when he fell out with Gauguin.
"But for part of the movie he has no ear. We do not shy away from what he did to himself.
"We shot there and in Paris and in Auvers-sur-Oise," where Van Gogh shot himself — although the film goes with the controversial theory that he was killed after grappling with some local youths.
By filming in so many real locations like Saint-Remy, "part of which is still a hospital, we were flirting with his ghost", said Defoe.


"The Waiting Room," Simone Leigh's show at the New Museum, is both a direct response to a horrific event and a metaphor for resistance in impossible circumstances: It points to the story of Esmin Green, a 49-year-old woman who was forcibly admitted into Kings County Hospital in 2008, when her pastor saw her in emotional distress and called 911. She was left untreated in the waiting room for 24 hours, during which time she fainted and died. Hospital staff failed to act when Green collapsed and later forged the reports of her death.
Leigh has realized such a space in the fifth-floor education center of the museum, installing a row of cushions, a sampling of video work, and an apothecary. The most traditional pieces in the show are the video works. 9 o'clock. Try and be pretty (2016) is a wry found clip from the sitcom Julia, in which a white male employer demands that Julia, his new black female hire, meet his (white-centric) standards of beauty and professionalism. Meanwhile, video documentation of Leigh's "Free People's Medical Clinic" (2014) shows a set of care sessions in Bed-Stuy, part of the Creative Time exhibition "funkgodjazz&medicine." It's a revealing pairing: 9 o'clock highlights the struggles of black women in the workplace, while the other shows how free clinics and experimental spaces might offer a needed counter.
"Free People's Medical Clinic" and "The Waiting Room" mark something of a new direction for Leigh, who is mostly known for her sculptures. Her signature busts, adorned with flowers and shells, build a black, female iconography; the minimally described features of the women suggest that they stand in for many. Leigh reaches into history to find resonant objects and materials like raffia, terra-cotta, porcelain, and stone — an archive of shapes and senses.
Leigh's attention to the tactile carries into "The Waiting Room," which challenges the idea of an exhibition for the eyes alone. The fifth floor becomes a space for embodiment: sitting on the cushions to meditate, smelling the canisters of dried herbs. It's a place to converse and listen. More than a display of fixed objects, the exhibition is defined by the experiences that will take place within it: a series of discussion groups, acupuncture sessions, massages, lectures, and classes all focused on marginalized forms of knowledge. Herbalist Karen Rose will lead a six-week course on herbal healing; taiko master Kaoru Watanabe will teach drum-making and drumming to LGBTQ youth; performance artist Lorraine O'Grady will answer an audience's questions about aging.
The project stretches the New Museum's galleries: The rose petals and smudge sticks, spiritual healers and singers, contrast starkly with the cold concrete and drywall. It's a productive tension, bringing warmth, color, and smell to the white cube, and one that will continue: This is the first annual "R&D Summer" focusing on art and social justice.
And it's a worthwhile experiment. Alongside organizing and mourning, what could be more essential (or radical) than a deeper attention to the recuperative practices and knowledge of black women in America? In citing Esmin Green's story, Leigh sounds a haunting reminder: Until government structures center and value black life, communities will need to practice healing within and for themselves.


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Key plate to the print of the death of Lord Chatham, in the Upper Chamber of the Palace of Westminster, 1778. Engraving, 1791, after J.S. Copley.
Copley, John Singleton, 1737-1815.
Credit: Key plate to the print of the death of Lord Chatham, in the Upper Chamber of the Palace of Westminster, 1778. Engraving, 1791, after J.S. Copley. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark
London : John Singleton Copley R.A., 26 December 1791.
1 print : engraving
A key for Mr Copley's plate of the Death of the late Earl of Chatham
Key plate to Wellcome Library no. 545981i
Group portraits
Portrait prints
Keys (Legends)
London (England)
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords


With french doors opening views to the large patio and pool, this 500sf pool house consists of an open floor plan for a workout gym and sitting area. A changing room bath and pool supply storage is contained in the right side wing. Designed to compliment the larger main residence, this structure utilizes fish scale woven cedar shingle gables, and standing seam copper roof returns.


Why you need one, and how to get one in or outside of Spain.
If you own property in Spain, or live in Spain as a resident, you are going to need an N.I.E. number. This section explains what an NIE number is, why you need one, and how to get one, either in or outside of Spain.
The NIE is your all-purpose identification and tax number in Spain. You need it for everything that involves a tramite or official process in Spain. For example, you will need an NIE number to buy or rent a property, buy a car, get connected to the utilities and, most importantly as far as the Spanish state is concerned, pay your taxes. Without an NIE number, the Spanish tax authorities are unable to assess or process annual tax payments such as income tax (IRPF), and the annual wealth tax (Patrimonio), both of which are declared by resident and non-resident property owners.
The first thing to understand is that dealing with the Spanish bureaucracy is often a perplexing, not to mention frustrating affair. The way they interpret the regulations in Andalusia might differ from the way they interpret the same rules in Catalonia. In one area, for example Barcelona, you need to book an appointment online in advance to request your NIE number, then spend hours waiting in a queue, whilst in other areas you can just turn up and get everything done in half an hour.
Apply in person in Spain.
Apply in person via a Spanish Consulate abroad.
In the UK it appears you now have to pay a fee of £8.05 in fees (as of December 2016), so make sure you have the means on you to pay this small sum. (For a while there was no fee to pay, and before that there was a fee of £22 so it keeps changing, for which reason always best to ring or check the Embassy website in advance for the latest requirements).
Foreigners' Identity Number (N.I.E.) information and application form.
Information provided thanks to CAB Spain.


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Crack the Shutters – singel wydany przez rockowy zespół ze Szkocji – Snow Patrol. Został zrealizowany 12 grudnia 2008 roku jako 2 utwór promujący 5 album grupy – "A Hundred Million Suns".

Wersje singla
 Promo CD:
 "Crack the Shutters" (album version) – 3:24

 UK CD:
 "Crack the Shutters" (album version) – 3:20
 "Cubicles" – 3:11

 UK 7" vinyl (limited edition)
 "Crack the Shutters" (album version) – 3:20
 "One Day Like This" (Elbow cover) – 5:03

 Europejska i australijska wersja:
 "Crack the Shutters" (album version) – 3:20
 "Cubicles" – 3:11
 "Crack the Shutters" (Haunts remix) – 5:01
 "Crack the Shutters" (Kid Glove remix) – 4:16
 "Take Back The City" (music video)

 Kompilacja dla iTunes Store
 "Crack the Shutters" (album version)–- 3:20
 "Crack the Shutters" (Haunts remix) – 5:01
 "Crack the Shutters" (music video)

 Wersja ekskluzywna ze strony Snowpatrol.com
 "Crack the Shutters" (Kid Glove remix) – 4:16

Teledysk
Wideo dla piosenki zostało wyreżyserowane przez Kevina Godleya i pokazuje zespół wykonujący utwór na scenie w ciemnościach. W trakcie refrenu kamera oddala się i ukazuje ludzi przebiegających przed sceną. Zakończenie klipu ukazuje ludzi świecących latarkami i bawiących się przed sceną w trakcie koncertu.

Linki zewnętrzne
 Okładka
 Oficjalna strona zespołu
 Oficjalny blog zespołu

Single rockowe
Single wydane w roku 2008

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Happy new year and welcome to 2017! And hello from our new home high in the Blue Ridge mountains. This month I'm also celebrating my "creative anniversary," so to speak. It was exactly two years ago that I thought I might try my hand at watercolor, and I began Scratchmade Journal exactly one year ago, sending my first post live on January 9th.
I began this blog for two, simple reasons: I wanted others to know that it's never too late in life to begin a creative journey, and I learn best by exploring and then sharing what I've discovered. This way, we can all be students together!


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Q: Density of $w\pi + (1-w)\mu$ with respect to $\nu+\lambda$, with $\pi$ Poisson, $\mu$ exponential, $\nu$ counting and $\lambda$ Lebesgue measures Let $X\sim poisson(5)$, which means that $X$ is a random variable taking values in $\{0,1,...\}$ with probability mass function $$P(X = x) = e^{-5}\frac{5^x}{x\text{!}}, \,x = 0,1,...$$ if we let $\nu$ denote a counting measure on $\{0,1,2,...\}$, then $$P^X(B) = \int\limits_{B}e^{-5}\frac{x^5}{x\text{!}}dv(x)$$
Let $Y\sim Exp(1)$, which means that $Y$ is a random variable taking values in $[0,\infty)$ and $$P(a\leq Y \leq b) = \int\limits_{a}^{b}e^{-1}\mathbb{1}_{[0,\infty)}(y)dy, \, a\leq b$$ if we let $\lambda$ denote the Lebesgue measure on $\mathbb{R}$, then $$P^Y(B) = \int\limits_{B}e^{-1}\mathbb{1}_{[0,\infty)}(y)d\lambda(y).$$
Exercise: Define the random variable $Z$ by $$Z = \begin{cases} X, \text{with probability}\, w\\
Y, \text{with probability } 1 - w\end{cases}$$ where $w\in[0,1]$. Show that $P^Z = wP^X + (1-w)P^Y$ has density $$w\frac{dP^X}{d\nu}(x)\mathbb{1}_{\mathbb{N}}(x) + (1-w)\frac{dP^Y}{d\lambda}(x)\mathbb{1}_{\mathbb{R}\backslash{N}}(x),$$ with respect to $\nu + \lambda$.
Solution: first note that $P^X \ll \nu + \lambda$ and $P^Y \ll \nu + \lambda$. Hence $P^Z \ll \nu + \lambda$. Now there exists a set $A$ with $\nu(A^C) = \lambda(A) = 0$. Take $A = \mathbb{N}$ so that $A^C = \mathbb{R}\backslash\mathbb{N}$. Now \begin{split} P^X(B) &= \int\limits_{B}\frac{dP^X}{d\nu}(x)d\nu(x) \\&= \int_{B}\frac{dP^X}{d\nu}(x)\mathbb{1}_{\mathbb{N}}(x)d\nu(x)\\ &= \int\limits_{B}\frac{dP^X}{d\nu}(x)\mathbb{1}_\mathbb{N}(x)d(\nu + \lambda)(x).
\end{split} Similarly, we get \begin{split}P^Y(B) &= \int\limits_{B}\frac{dP^Y}{d\lambda}(x)d\lambda(x) \\ &= \int\limits_{B}\frac{dP^Y}{d\lambda}(x)\mathbb{1}_{\mathbb{R}\backslash\mathbb{N}}(x)d\lambda(x)\\
&= \int\limits_{B}\frac{dP^Y}{d\lambda}(x)\mathbb{1}_{\mathbb{R}\backslash\mathbb{N}}(x)d(\nu + \lambda)(x). \end{split} The result now follows by combining the previous results when computing $wP^X(B) + (1-w)P^Y(B)$.
Questions:

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*Why do we have that $P^X \ll \nu + \lambda$ and $P^Y \ll \nu + \lambda$?

*Why do we have that $\int\limits_{B}\frac{dP^X}{d\nu}(x)\mathbb{1}_{\mathbb{N}}(x)d\nu(x) = \int\limits_{B}\frac{dP^X}{d\nu}(x)\mathbb{1}_\mathbb{N}(x)d(\nu + \lambda)(x)$?

*Why do we take $A = \mathbb{N}$ so that $A^C = \mathbb{R}\backslash{N}$?

*Why do we have $P^X(B) = \int\limits_{B}e^{-5}\frac{x^5}{x\text{!}}dv(x)$? Isn't $X$ a discrete random variable? Shouldn't we get a summation instead of an integral?

A: Let $p=(p_n)$ denote the PMF of the Poisson distribution and $f$ the PDF of the exponential distribution, then, for every Borel subset $B$, $$P(Z\in B)=wP(X\in B)+(1-w)P(Y\in B)=w\sum_np_n\mathbf 1_{n\in B}+(1-w)\int_Bf(x)dx$$ that is, $$P^Z=w(p\nu)+(1-w)(f\lambda)$$
Extend $p$ to a function $g$ defined on the real line, by setting $g(n)=p_n$ for every nonnegative integer and $g(x)=0$ for every $x$ not a nonnegative integer. Likewise, define the function $h$ by $h(x)=f(x)$ for every $x$ not a nonnegative integer and $h(n)=0$ for every nonnegative integer $n$.
Then, $h$ is again a PDF of the exponential distribution since, for every Borel subset $B$, $$\int_Bf(x)dx=\int_Bh(x)dx$$ Furthermore, $$g\lambda=h\nu=0$$ because $\{g\ne0\}=\{0,1,2,\ldots\}$ has $\lambda$-measure zero and $\{h\ne0\}=[0,+\infty)\setminus\{0,1,2,\ldots\}$ has $\nu$-measure zero, hence $$P^Z=(wg+(1-w)h)(\nu+\lambda)$$ Not sure there is much more to say.

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Everything becomes scaled down for smaller soccer players compared to the adult game. Kids play on small fields nowhere near the size of a full regulation field 100 or more yards long, with as few as three players compared to 11 for grownups. Even in a league, parents may serve as referees, games may last only 20 minutes and scores more than likely won't be kept. In keeping with this small world, kids' soccer balls are also smaller.
Although the length of kick may end up being a little shorter, the changes make the Telstar 18 more balanced, says Alam. On other balls, Alam and his team have found that there is a difference in how the ball flies based on where it's kicked in relation to the seams. His tests have found that the Telstar 18 ball doesn't have as much variation. The total length of seam of the Telstar 18 is 14.1 feet, 3.28 feet more than on the Brazuca. With the longer seam, and more symmetric panels, no matter how the ball is turned there is the same amount of seam exposed. "The other two balls were not like that, they were significantly different," he says.
Latex bladders are used in high-quality balls. These kind of bladders are soft and provide good feeling. They offer better response and bounce than Butyl bladders, but the downside of this kind of bladder is they don't hold the air for too long. As a result, they require filling more frequently. Air escapes due to micropores on the cover, but nowadays some balls are constructed with carbon latex bladder to help to close these micropores. As a result, the balls can hold air for a longer period.
We found that the feeling of this ball was a bit harder than other soccer balls at this price point. This doesn't affect the performance of the ball, as the movements were accurate and authentic when struck. The weight does tend to affect the foot and ankle over time, causing a bit of soreness after continuous play. It also features a machine-stitched construction that is accompanied by an internal nylon-wound carcass so the ball has an improved level of durability compared to other soccer balls at this price point.
My friend and I were kicking a soccer ball around the front yard. It was maybe 2007 and I was getting ready to leave for a couple weeks on a trial. Trying to be cute, I tried a handling skill where I flipped the ball up behind my back and then kick it with my heel so it comes back over my head again. So I kicked the ball too hard, it goes out into the street, and a truck promptly runs it over.
This 12-oz. ball works for players between 8 and 12 years old and has a circumference of 26 inches, larger than a size 3 and smaller than the size 5. This age group tends to play on a field of about 30 to 50 yards, writes Deborah W. Crisfield in "The Everything Kids' Soccer Book," with a goal size of around 6 feet high and 18 feet long. Again, the scale for the U12s falls between that of the U8s and that of the older age brackets for the No. 4 ball and the game as a whole. Some leagues may limit the No. 4 ball to U10s instead of U12s, so check league rules before making a purchase.
The soccer is the world's most popular and widely watched game. Due to increasing technological advancement and demand for performance, the ball manufacturers have been developing new designs progressively. A traditional spherical football made of 32 leather panels stitched together in 1970s has become only 14 synthetic curved panels thermally bonded without stitches ball in 2006 and more recently 8 panels football in 2010. Despite being most popular game in the world, scan data is available on aerodynamic properties of footballs especially Jabulani, Teamgeist and Fevernova balls. The primary objectives of this study were to evaluate aerodynamic performances of these three soccer balls. The aerodynamic forces and moments were measured experimentally for a range of wind speeds. The aerodynamic forces and their non-dimensional coefficients were determined and compared.
The new ball is a product of four years of design and testing, and looks are about the only thing it shares with its older relative. The original model was comprised of 32 individual panels that had to be hand-stitched together. The new one, manufactured in China and Pakistan, has just six panels that are machine-stitched around a newly designed latex bladder, ensuring a more stable performance from ball to ball.


Gambling report is necessary not only to the authorities but also for people of anyplace so that they can understand the outcomes of gambling. From the beginning gambling has been question of debate since it's not decided whether or not gambling is actually beneficial or even bad for the society. When gambling was carried out secretly or in modest degree in that case no one needed gambling report however with the time period and opening of way too many gambling websites the requirement of gambling report started to be essential to know the actual merits as well as demerits of it.
Other than a couple of places gambling is carried out in each and every place possibly for pleasure or even for making heavy money on line casino.
Laws with regard to gambling and so on. to ensure that folks can easily understand every aspect of gambling before beginning a game or even turning it into his or her habit.
The online gambling sites have accelerated the actual rate of gambling activity all over the world. There was a time when gambling appeared to be regarded as time pass of adult generation. But gambling report shows that these days gambling has turned into a popular leisure action among the young generation as well as college and university students are getting a lot more involved with this. Problem gambling is becoming common associated with the youths.
Online Gambling Report which covers the subjects associated with online gambling and is submitted after every six months. It covers the types of games offered on the net, gambling information of different nations, protection offered by websites, their particular marketing approaches, transferring of cash and so forth.
Global gambling report addresses thorough quantitative and qualitative explanation on the state of gambling in the different parts of world. This offers the idea of gambling sectors, their sizes as well as their engagement in the economy in the place they may be set up.
The other is the mobile gambling report. The mobile gambling or mGambling is carried out over the gadgets that have cellular access like the laptop computers, cell phone etc. Mobile gambling is simple for operators to contact their particular consumers. The mobile gambling is actually building it's place in the gambling industry. The mobile gambling report looks at the kind of application, growth drivers, payment processing, the mGambling market in several places, the program put to use and also the size of mobile gambling in various locations check my source.
Gambling report is essential to know the actual scope of various kinds of betting in the community. The gambling report may give the precise measures of wagering in a specific area like the number people playing several game titles, revenue as well as expenditure of different games, popularity of any kind of online game, risk on actively playing any game and so on. The gambling report additionally provides the gaming statistics of a area which helps to know the actual percentage of involvement of people in a specific game.


Don't like Mondays? Let off some steam with ESPN's virtual game of catch.
To celebrate Monday night football and give 9-to-5'ers a brief respite from the workweek grind, ESPN and Wieden + Kennedy, N.Y. invite pedestrians in New York, Boston and Chicago to partake in a virtual game of catch.
As part of its "Is it Monday yet?" campaign for Monday night football, W+K installed interactive and gesture-recognizing touch screens on various storefronts that challenged pedestrians to catch footballs thrown at them by a virtual quarterback.
The screens are also outfitted with yardage markers that track and encourage passersby to play. The game also allows players a choice of quarterback opponents and features rankings, allowing players to compete for first place on the national leaderboard. Throughout each game, players also hear commentary on their catches and fumbles from an ESPN talent.


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Never miss an adventure again. The all-new Outback inspires confidence and reduces limitations to take you wherever you'd like to go. Its new styling reinforces its tough and rugged personality, while its upgraded interior offers new refined materials and friendly technology to put you at ease. Rest assured the all-new Outback has capability mastered and considerable comfort well in hand.
LED headlamps with auto leveliser
Get maximum illumination the instant you turn these headlamps on, and the auto-leveliser will adjust the headlamps to keep them pointed at the correct angle for optimum visibility. The welcome lamps also turn on automatically when you're entering or exiting the car, to enable you to move safely even in the dark.
Sophisticated and aerodynamic, the roof spoiler of the Outback is integrated seamlessly into the rear gate. The back side of it is colored in black without coating to give it an outdoor feel and to help hide any scratches made when you're loading cargo on the roof carrier.
These efficient lamps reflect less glare in fog for added safety, and are also helpful as daytime running lights.
Multi-spoke 18-inch aluminium alloy wheels have an Outback exclusive, rugged appearance and an aerodynamic design for improved fuel efficiency. Together with the 225/60R18 high-performance tyres, they make an attractive addition to the Outback 2.5i-S.
Active grille shutter
The Outback uses an Active Grille Shutter on the front of the car to improve fuel consumption. It closes to warm up engine faster, and while driving, it also closes to reduce wind resistance and cold airflow. However when the engine gets hotter, it opens to cool off the engine.
To ensure the headlamps perform their best in poor weather, these pop-up washers use a high-pressure spray to clean them as needed.
Automatic rain sensing windshield wipers
When rainfall is detected, the available automatic windshield wipers will turn on, and adjust their wiping intervals and speed accordingly.
7-inch Touch Screen Infotainment System
Standard electronic cruise control allows the driver to maintain a preset speed on the open road. Located on the steering wheel, the controls are finished in a modern dark-metallic sheen.
Dual-zone Automatic Air-conditioning System with Anti-dust Filter
Both the driver and front passenger can set different temperatures and the dual-zone automatic climate control will adjust the air conditioning to keep it there.
USB Power Outlet
Keep all your electronic devices fully charged and ready to use with easily accessed USB power outlets.
8-way Power Adjustable Driver's Seat (with Lumbar Support)
Find your ideal driving position with this 8-way power adjustable driver's seat.
Illuminated Meter
A blue illumination on the meters helps improve visibility. Plus the LCD meter entre display is linked to the meter and shares helpful info like fuel efficiency, time, temperature, self-check maintenance alerts and even safety information.
Nothing drives like a Subaru, because nothing else is built like one. Each Subaru model is engineered to put your mind at ease, while giving you the power to deeply engage with your life. That's why most of our models, including the all-new Outback, are built with Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive at their core. By using all four wheels to grip the road, and offering remarkable balance and stability, Symmetrical AWD forges a tighter connection between you and road. It's a connection that expands your confidence, and reveals new experiences.
Control leads to confidence, and stability creates an agility that excites in the all-new Outback. Subaru vehicles are gifted at inspiring confidence behind the wheel, thanks to the inherently stable design of Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive paired with the uniquely balanced SUBARU BOXER engine. This system delivers power to all four wheels at all times for enhanced control on all roads and in poor conditions. It has excellent side-to-side balance and handling precision, thanks to its main components being aligned longitudinally, while its low centre of gravity creates an especially engaging and responsive drive. The unique advantages of Symmetrical AWD make for exceptionally rewarding handling and empower you to better avoid danger.
Using improved front struts and rear shocks, the suspension has been finely tuned for an enjoyable balance between responsive steering and a smooth, comfortable ride.
The more your tyres are engaging the road, the greater control, security and connection you have. Power is routed to all four wheels all the time, maximising handling and traction.


In our fast paced, technology-driven lifestyle, making time to head outdoors, enjoy nature and some get exercise has never been more important. One outdoor activity that perfectly combines those three things and is sometimes overlooked is golf. Golf provides a host of wonderful benefits as I learned at Alderbrook Golf and Yacht Club. It's simple to learn, yet challenging enough to keep you coming back again and again. If you don't believe me, take a look below at all the things golf has to offer.
Golf is good for both your body and your brain. Studies show it helps improve muscle endurance and balance in a low-impact, casual environment. In one study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, researchers found a positive association between golf and good physical and mental health. Golf was shown to provide good muscular and cardiovascular activity and evidence suggested people who play golf have better balance and muscle tone. On top of that, outdoor activity helps to boost mood, lower blood pressure and even improve memory.
Golf is a great way to get to know people. Acquaintances can become friends after just a 9-hole round on the golf course. Golfing provides plenty of time for conversation or surprise a date with something other than the same old dinner and a movie with a round of golf instead.
Golf is great for your work life too. Whether you are team building with your colleagues, or getting to know a new client, golfing provides a relaxed atmosphere that takes you out of the office. An 18-hole round of golf is the ideal place to spend time with your mentor. Time in the golf course can feel a lot less like a game of twenty-questions and more of an opportunity to learn about your mentor and what helped them succeed.
Taking up golf as a family activity can be a great way to connect with your children. Focus, patience, and problem solving are all skills that kids develop when they play golf, not to mention good sportsmanship and manners. Families will also find the added benefit of stepping away from the screen and having face to face time to talk and connect with each other. The relaxed environment allows for conversation and interaction while making memories that will last a lifetime.
And the greatest benefit of all? Golf is fun. Take a relatively simple concept, hitting a ball with a club until you get it in the hole, add unlimited variables, and you get a game that's different every time you play. The weather is different. Where the ball lands is different. The people playing with you may be different, too. The variations inherent to golf can make both the unexpected and the familiar equally rewarding.
Alderbrook's head professional, Sam Smith, didn't play golf until college. After a serious car accident, Sam needed physical therapy to recover. He learned golf and credits his time spent on the course to his recovery. He has been hooked ever since.
Alderbrook Golf and Yacht Club provides a great course for those wishing to take advantage of all the benefits golf has to offer. Just 40 minutes from Olympia, Alderbrook's course is nestled among the trees over the southern shore of the Hood Canal. New and experienced golfers alike can step away from the business of everyday life, while enjoying spectacular views of the canal, local wildlife and the Olympic Mountains. After a round, golfers can step into the clubhouse to enjoy drinks or a delicious meal.
On Saturday October 20, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Alderbrook will host a new golfer's orientation. They invite the public to register and join them at the course for lessons on swinging, putting, booking tee times, renting clubs, basic rules and etiquette, and more. Afterwards participants are invited to try their new skills for a complimentary 9-hole game on the course.
To register for the October Golf Clinic or to book a tee time at the Alderbrook Golf and Yacht Club, call 360-898-2560 and press 1 to speak with the pro shop.


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Q: Akka-http detect client connection close I have a question.
I have Akka HTTP Server and using Akka HTTP Client. The Client does a lot of external calls basically with Http.singleRequest(). This takes a lot of time and sometimes User closes the connection to my Server.
So the question is - how can I detect that User has closed the connection ?
server.scala:
val requestHandler: HttpRequest => HttpResponse = {
      case HttpRequest(HttpMethods.GET, Uri.Path("/"), _, _, _) =>
        Thread.sleep(5000)
        println("reply")
        HttpResponse(entity = HttpEntity(
          ContentTypes.`text/html(UTF-8)`,
          "Ok"))
    }

val serverBinding: Future[Http.ServerBinding] = Http().bind(host, port)
      .via(reactToTopLevelFailures)
      .to(Sink.foreach { connection: IncomingConnection =>
        println("Accepted new connection from " + connection.remoteAddress)
        connection.handleWith(Flow[HttpRequest] map requestHandler)
      })
      .run()

You can simply do a request via cURL and cancel it immediately you will still see "reply" in the console.
Thanks


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Home News and Events 2020 Resilience Fellowship: Judie Kaberia
2020 Resilience Fellowship: Judie Kaberia
Elise Carreau 24 April 2020 International Conferences, News and Events
Wayamo Foundation East Africa Coordinator, Judie Kaberia, is among the ten winners of the 2020 Resilience Fellowship of the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime (GI-TOC).
The Resilience Fellowship is part of the Resilience Fund launched in May 2019 on the margins of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Vienna (Austria), a grant-making mechanism managed by GI-TOC to support local organisations and individuals in their efforts to "counter the effects of organised crime".
The 2020 Resilience Fellowship seeks to address "Disappearances Related to Organised Crime", a task that will require Fellows to become ambassadors in raising awareness and contributing to countering organised crime and violence.
In the course of the fellowship, the cohort of ten will focus on killings by organised crime groups, missing migrants travelling from Africa to Europe, human trafficking and the harvesting of human organs, and arbitrary and unaccountable detentions.
The initiatives launched by the Fellows are expected to respond to the effects of transnational organised crimes, with the aim of creating awareness, influencing policy, and campaigning for protection of human rights.
Kaberia, a multiple award-winning journalist and media trainer with a track record of more than 10 years spent on international criminal justice issues, will focus mainly on human trafficking and human-organ harvesting in East Africa, based on her experience at the Wayamo Foundation which recently concluded a two-year (2017-2019) project on "Fighting Impunity and Ensuring Accountability" in the region.
This project's designated goal was to build regional capacity to enable domestic systems to address international and transnational crimes. The Wayamo Foundation held several high-level meetings and training courses for prosecutors, investigators and journalists, with human trafficking and migrant smuggling in the region featuring among the key areas of discussion.
Kaberia (@Judiekaberia), who is currently Chair of both the Africa Check Foundation Board (Kenya) and the Woman's Newsroom Foundation, also serves as Project Coordinator and Media Trainer for Wayamo Africa.
Her stories:
Agony of human trafficking victims trapped in countries over coronavirus: https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2020/04/agony-of-human-trafficking-victims-trapped-in-countries-over-coronavirus/
Human Trafficking and Coronavirus https://player.captivate.fm/episode/4f20ec35-9f3a-4095-ba5e-4b5b2687ee84
We have no choice: trafficked beggars amid COVID19: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nYO7IW_sPU&feature=youtu.be
Human Trafficking Victims At Risk As COVID-19 Ravages The World: https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2020/04/human-trafficking-victims-at-risk-as-covid-19-ravages-the-world/
2020 Resilience FellowshipGlobal Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crimehuman traffickingJudie Kaberiamigrantstransnational organised crime


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Video-sculpture. Salt, paper maché, video projection, and monitor.
A Pillar of Salt A pillar of salt gives the slightest hint of a female form; a veiled woman crystallized. She appears not in the black robes of burqua, silent shadow of a hidden human - rather, she is the pure white of the angels that rescued her... and doomed her. She is white and shining like a desert moon.
A spirit seems to move within the pillar, forever looking back, again and again. She is a fallen angel, the Good Wife who chose her own will at last. She is the purity of her virgin daughters, the nurturing mother, the desiccated crone. She is a Medusa, frozen by her reflection, the faces of the women she left behind. The real Medusa was no monster. She was a fighting queen.
What was Lot's Wife's Name? is an installation which sets the calcified myth, a pillar of salt with video projection, in dialectic standoff with an advocate of righteous violence, a preacher of the airwaves, a disembodied monitor. Both story and teller are illuminated objects, animated by light. Both are steadfast characters, maintaining their positions, repeating and repeating.
Grateful acknowledgments to Celia Gilbert, DngerVideo, and Susanne Themlitz for their inspiration and assistance.


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'Outstanding' Wakefield arts college CAPA saved from closure
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-41665076
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Image caption Students from 16 to 19 can study backstage production at CAPA as well as drama and dance
The future of a top performing arts college has been secured after the government confirmed it is to open as a free school.
Cathedral Academy for Performing Arts (CAPA) in Wakefield is regarded as one of the best places in northern England for arts training.
The college feared it would have to close because it had outgrown its site.
But the Department for Education (DfE) said it would fund the free school from next September.
More stories from across Yorkshire
Under guidelines, the DfE must be confident that a free school can secure temporary and permanent accommodation before it funds it.
CAPA will remain in its building in Cathedral Academy's performing arts facility on Thornes Road but will join Enhance Academy Trust and move to a purpose-built site "in the heart of Wakefield" after September 2018.
The exact location and date is to be announced in the next few weeks.
Image caption CAPA said it had a reputation for critically-acclaimed, award-winning performances
Formed in 2006, CAPA said it had a regional and national reputation as a centre of excellence with students from across Yorkshire, to the Lake District in the north and Nottingham in the south.
Claire Nicholson, principal designate, said the sixth-form college had an "exciting future" and was "highly delighted" that the DfE had decided to fund the free school from September.
She said it had not taken in a cohort of students in September 2017 because it was expecting to close.
Ms Nicholson said: "This exciting announcement will enable CAPA's outstanding legacy to develop and expand allowing even more talented, creative young people from across Yorkshire and the North of England to gain access to the highest quality of Arts training and education."
More than 100 full-time students will be able to attend CAPA College from September 2018.
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Q: Counting and sum by two layers I am using QGIS 1.8.
I have two layers, both polygons. Layer 1 consists of propertiers, where ID is individually names. Layer 2 consists of lakes. The query I want is:
Total count of squaremeters of lakes for each property in layer 1. And an output with the results for each output. Maybe as add to the already existing table in layer 1?
Tablestructures with area-info are ready go. I just need s tool and guide how to do it.

A: *

*Intersect Layer 1 and Layer 2 (Vector > Geoprocessing Tools > Intersect)

*Dissolve result from step 1 (Vector > Geoprocessing Tools > Dissolve). Use name of properties/ id of properties as dissolve field.

*Add new field to result from step 2 and calculate area:


It has been weeks since I did a skincare review. Sorry for being MIA, I've moved to the new place currently and it was a hassle for me to pack and travel around. Back to the topic, despite being super busy my skin had became very dehydrated and bad. And here come my another rescue. The Hada Labo SHA Moisturizing Cream.
" This new addition that comes in a light and non-greasy texture effectively infuses the skin with continuous hydration and moisture, giving it immediate relief and comfort. The specially formulated moisturizing cream which is boosted by Hyaluronic Acid and Super Hyaluronic Acid helps soften the epidermis and increases the duration of hydration by restoring the skin's natural barrier to prevent moisture loss. "
As we always heard, hyaluronic acid is always best in hydrating. But a hydration cream? Let's see how do I find it.
Like the other Hada Labo products range, this moisturizing cream does not contains any mineral oil, alcohol (but i do spot some alcohol words there) and fragrance which is suitable even for sensitive skin.
The Hada Labo SHA Moisturizing Cream comes in a 50g jar. The jar is quite compact and small which you may bring it to travel too. I do not like the packaging as I think it is unhygienic. so I usually use a spatula to scoop it out instead of using my finger.
The texture of the moisturizing cream is light unlike the normal moisturizing cream. It spread easily on my skin too. But like the toner/moisturizing lotion it takes a little time for absorption.
I've been using this for past few weeks. Due to my busy schedule and less sleeping time, my skin has been dehydrated. This moisturizing cream did a very good job in hydrating my skin. I applied this during the night, the next morning I feel my skin is soft and smooth.
Since this cream is light-weighted, it might not be strong enough for dry skin. But it does work well for oily skin and even sensitive skin like mine. I found that after using it for weeks, the hydration level of my skin remain thus you don't get to see any significant result. I believe once you skin is hydrated, it is well to use a product to maintain the hydration level and moisture.
Rating: 3.8/ 5 Good product!
This SHA Cream are available in leading Guardian store at RM58.90 per jar. For the price, this is much worth than my usual Laneige water bank cream. For those who tried the sample do let me know how you love this product.
You tempt me go watsons find.... ^^"
oooh such an interesting product. going to looking to it when i get the time to order from sasa hong kong or japan. Thanks for the review!!


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Get to know Jan & Dean as the Laurel & Hardy of surf music
A chronologically ordered Q&A with Jan & Dean spanning 1993-2009, highlighting their early success.
Patrick Prince
Jan & Dean, courtesy of Endless Summer Quarterly
By David M. Beard
Jan (Berry) & Dean (Torrence) rode the crest of success from 1959-1966.
After Jan had a near-fatal car accident on April 12, 1966, in Beverly Hills, Calif., he spent the remainder of his life battling physical paralysis.
Over the years I've interviewed Torrence on a number of occasions, and was able to interview Berry once in 1997.
This article is a chronologically ordered Q&A with Jan & Dean spanning 1993-2009, highlighting their early success.
What do you remember about writing "Surf City" with Brian Wilson?
Jan Berry: "Surf City" was the first song that Brian and I worked on together. I went to his apartment, and we sat side by side at an upright piano. I put together the arrangements on that while Brian played along.
Once we put it together I brought in Hal Blaine, Earl Palmer, Glen Campbell and the rest of those guys. We cut it at United (that's now Ocean Way Studios) and laid down the rhythm track; shortly after that, we laid down the vocals. I over-dubbed my voice on the lead microphone and had Tony Minicello (of the Matadors) and Brian singing in the background. The vocals on that were done in unison. Hal Blaine was always there — and all those other musicians, too! Brian was such a joy to work with, because he concentrated so hard when it came time to working, and he was such a nice guy to be around. I'll never forget working with him. We had a lot of collaborations, but "Surf City" was such a great song. It's my favorite memory!
Dean Torrence: Visually, the "Surf City" LP — at the very least — (included) a picture with a surfboard and woodie. The company who put our packages together [Studio Five] decided that the picture shouldn't dominate the whole cover. All the songs weren't about surfing, so on the other hand (I thought) it would be misleading to have that picture on the cover, but there weren't that many songs written about surfing yet. We couldn't fill up a whole album with surf songs … we didn't have enough of them. (The) "Drag City LP" was the first time we could get out of the studio — and have pictures taken on location — about a place that you're actually singing about … tying the visuals into actual songs, so the continuity was finally there. I felt really, really good about that. That was the breakthrough! We got the whole cover, and every song on the record was about the car industry and the California lifestyle, which was totally, totally unique. At that particular time it had not been done. That's pretty dang neat!"
How did you and Jan utilize comedy in your act as Jan & Dean?
Dean: It just naturally seeped into our projects. Usually our comedy was on album fillers. "Dead Man's Curve" was the first big-time recording — Top 10 record — that had the tongue firmly implanted in the cheek; it's a musical version of Fargo. It was one of those almost Andy Kaufman-ish things. There were those who were scratching their heads and going are these guys serious? Those that knew us knew that it was dark comedy. "Dead Man's Curve" is one of Tom Hank's all-time favorite songs. He sent me pages out of "That Thing You Do" and said that a lot of the screenplay was based on a lot of Jan & Dean and what he read in Jan & Dean liner notes.
With "The Anaheim, Azusa and Cucamonga Sewing Circle, Book Review and Timing Association" we were going for juxtaposition. Jan used a Bach chorale with — I guess — "I Get Around." There's the juxtaposition of singing a "pop rock" song about a bunch of little old people in a car club. That's bizarre. It's a contrast of bizarreness and the juxtaposition of what it should have been and where we took it, in our minds, that's where the humor was.
Our shtick became favorites [first], fillers [second] and then your spontaneous eclectic little bit of a left turn thing [last]. That kind of encompassed it all. Each album had really strongly produced tracks, then the more thematic songs, and your "What in the world was that?" cut.
Jan: I really enjoyed working on that album because of all those great musicians, especially Sid Sharp and the string section. I had the best musicians in the business.
What were the circumstances of your involvement on "Barbara Ann"?
Dean: We were working on one of Jan's ballads … It might have been "You Really Know How to Hurt A Guy." I said, "I don't want to work on that, but I'll help you out on the next tune." Jan said, "I'm not ready to do the next tune."
I said, "OK, I'll be back in an hour." [laughs] He said, "Don't go to The Beach Boys' studio." I said, "Don't worry. I won't."
Two minutes later, I'm in their studio and they're asking me what I want to sing… We opened up a can of worms when we asked if we could be involved with the "Party" album. Our company [Liberty Records] said, "If they'll sign a document saying what you guys will get in return (and make it a joint Jan& Dean/Beach Boys project)." Nobody wanted to sign that. We were doing it as friends, and Brian had done so much for us anyway. If you had to sit down and document what you were gonna do and all that crap… that just wasn't gonna' fly. Liberty said, "if you participate on that Party album without a release from us we'll hold up royalties." Not that they would have done it, but they said they would. Jan said, "Maybe we should have kept our mouths shut and done it without asking." … I didn't give a s**t! I wasn't interested in what Jan was recording.
Two minutes later… Originally we were supposed to be in the pictures on the album (at the party). It's just too bad we got intimidated. I still participated and still had a good time, and then it kind of became legendary because it was done ass-backwards. I was too busy farting around having a good time when Carl Wilson thanked me at the end of the song. I didn't know until later that he had!
It does sound like a bunch of guys really having a good time and enjoying each other's company. It's not pretentious. It was totally spontaneous. You can tell… and that's the charm of that record.
Why did the two of you decide to record "Batman"?
Dean: As I remember, we were kind of privy to that Screen Gems had Batman in the works. We found out what the show was going to be like. We were told that the concept was slapstick.
We recognized — even without seeing it — that it would be right up our alley. It's something that we would have done, had Jan and I been television producers. Since we were just musicians, we thought we could at least do the musical entity of Batman since we had the feeling that no one else would do it. Knowing the music industry, they would put a soundtrack out with just the different instrumental themes.
It was — more or less — something that we were pretty sure that we were going to appreciate. It's obviously comedy, slapstick, and it's obviously pop-art. We could see that whole pop-art thing coming and we figured, let's be a part of that.
What's important to know about Jan & Dean?
Dean: Jan was the first guy to handpick and put together [what 's referred to as] the "Wrecking Crew." Up until 1963 (and the Surf City album) none of those guys played together consistently, and a couple of them weren't in the rotation at all, and it was Jan who decided to put them together.
Jan would write out two exact drum parts and put them next to each other — one of them counted off — and those guys were so good and so precise that they would play every single lick simultaneously; it was such a big sound.
I really marveled at Jan's foresight as a producer to hand pick and put this guy with that guy, etc. In other words, he put together his own chemistry [sound]. That team ended up very famous. Pretty cool! Why Jan's not in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, I will never understand. He had more hits than two-thirds of the people that are already in there. On top of that, if you start weeding it down to how many of those people produced, performed, and arranged their own records (not even The Beatles did that), then you're down to about 8 percent. How many produced, performed, arranged, sang and wrote while they were getting a college degree? Duh! I don't think anybody was doing all that, but Jan was! I'd say that's pretty amazing! To this day I've heard people wonder out loud why we're not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. We have the scoreboard if you want to just compare number of hits and musical projects done. We beat 75 percent of the people that are in there. So what else is it? I've got to think it was that we were pretty irreverent when it came to the music industry. They kind of always held that against us. That's OK with me.
Jan & Dean Music (*change title to whatever you like)
A lot of fun, quirky and odd moments occupy most of Jan & Dean's album releases. The 20 songs listed here accurately reflect the era and deserve repeated evaluation.
"Baby Talk" (Schwartz) Billboard #10, Cash Box #7
"Heart and Soul" (Carmichael/Loesser) BB #25, CB #16
"Linda" (Lawrence) BB #28, CB #26
"Surf City" (Berry/Wilson) BB #1, CB #1
"She's My Summer Girl" (Altfeld/Berry/Wilson) B-side to "Surf City"
"Honolulu Lulu" (Christian/Berry/Adler) BB #11, CB #10
"Drag City" (Christian/Wilson/Berry) BB #10, CB #10
"Dead Man's Curve" (Christian/Kornfeld/Wilson/Berry) BB #8, CB #9
"The New Girl in School" (Norman/Wilson/Christian/Berry) BB #37, CB #26 B-side to "Dead Man's Curve"
"Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)" (Altfeld/Berry/Christian) BB #3, CB #5
"Ride the Wild Surf" (Berry/Christian/Wilson) #16, CB #23 Columbia Pictures film title
"The Anaheim, Azusa, & Cucamonga Sewing Circle, Book Review and Timing Association" (Altfeld/Christian/Berry) BB #77, CB #50 B-side to "Ride The Wild Surf"
"Sidewalk Surfin'" (Christian/Wilson) BB #25, CB #28 *remake of "Catch A Wave"
"(Here They Come) From All Over the World" (Sloan/Barri) BB #56, CB #50 Theme From The T.A.M.I. Show
"You Really Know How To Hurt A Guy" (Christian/Berry/Gibson) BB #27, CB #42
"I Found A Girl" (Sloan/Barri) BB #30, CB #39
"Barbara Ann" (Fassert) BB #2, CB #1 The Beach Boys (featuring Brian Wilson & Dean Torrence)
"Batman" (Altfeld/Wieder/Berry) BB #66, CB #60
"Bucket 'T'" (Altfeld/Berry/Christian/Torrence)
"Popsicle" BB #21, CB #24
Purchase JAN & DEAN — THE COMPLETE LIBERTY SINGLES; the most comprehensive set ever (featuring every single A and B-side in its original Mono mix), by visiting Collector's Choice Music at www.ccmusic.com. Dig deeper into the history, the music and everything in between at Dean Torrence's website: Jananddean.com. Find Jan Berry's post-accident opus here.
David Beard is a noted and accomplished Beach Boys/Jan & Dean scholar. He served as a consultant and image archivist for 1998's VH1 special "Jan & Dean: Behind The Music," 2002's documentary "Jan & Dean: The Other Beach Boys," on A&E's Biography (Arts & Entertainment Network). He has designed work for Beach Boy Al Jardine; Beach Boy David Marks and Billy Hinsche. His liner note experience includes: Dean Torrence; The Ventures; Jan & Dean; and Dennis Wilson.
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U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross held out hope Thursday that the Trump administration will revive the U.S. Export-Import bank's full lending powers, saying the institution is part of its "trade toolbox" to boost exports. The U.S. government trade lender has been hobbled for the better part of two years by conservative Republicans in Congress who tried to shut it down in 2015 by revoking its charter, and then limited its lending powers last year by blocking nominations to its board of directors. Big loans impossible With only two active members on its five-seat board, the bank cannot make or guarantee loans of more than $10 million, preventing it from financing large exports such as U.S.-built commercial aircraft, nuclear reactors or petrochemical plants. Thus far, Trump administration officials have not said publicly whether they support reviving EXIM's full lending powers, but some members of Congress say that Trump has told them privately that he supports the institution. "The bank is part of a domestically focused trade toolbox that this administration will continue to focus on in the coming months," Ross said in brief video remarks to EXIM's annual conference in Washington. "We will use that toolbox to rebalance our trade policy in order to put American workers first." Ross did not provide details of how EXIM will be used in his trade strategy or whether the administration has specific plans to nominate new board members. Trump appears to be an ally He urged hundreds of U.S. manufacturers, lenders and foreign government and company officials attending the meeting to work toward increasing U.S. exports to create jobs. U.S. Representative Chris Collins of New York, a Republican Trump ally who headed a small manufacturer that used EXIM working capital loan guarantees in the past, told the conference that Trump told him February 16 at a White House meeting that he was "all in" on supporting EXIM. "We asked him very directly about the five board seats," Collins said. "The president looked to his right and to his left and said 'Can you get me some names? I'm all in.' There was no hesitation whatsoever." Reviving EXIM, however, would anger conservative groups backed by the Koch brothers, the influential billionaire Republican donors. The groups have waged a campaign that has painted EXIM as unnecessary corporate welfare even though it is self-funding through the interest and fees it charges borrowers.
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Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender Showrunner Albert Kim Says Show Will Be Authentic In Contrast To Original Creators' Statements
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Albert Kim, the showrunner of the upcoming live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series on Netflix, recently penned an article detailing why he decided to adapt the show to live action and promised that the sh...
Alleged Casting Call Reveals Netflix's Live-Action Avatar: The Last Airbender Series To Reportedly Feature Major Changes To Aang's Backstory
A reported casting call for Netflix's upcoming adaptation of Nickelodeon's massively popular Avatar: The Last Airbender has revealed a number of details surrounding the series, most notably the alleged fact tha...
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Artist Dandonfuga recently shared a pinup of Avatar: The Last Airbender's Katara. Katara is a water bender and member of the Water Tribe. Specifically, she's part of the Southern Water Tribe and is the daugh...
New Rumor Claims Avatar: The Last Airbender Creators Exited Because They Refused To Cast White Actors In The Live-Action Netflix Adaptation
A new rumor claims to provide details on why Avatar: The Last Airbender creators Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko left Netflix's live-action adaptation of the animated series. DiMartino previously shared ...
Avatar: The Last Airbender Series Creator Explains Why They Are Leaving The Netflix Live Action Adaptation
Avatar: The Last Airbender creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko have penned an open letter explaining to fans that the two are "no longer involved" with Netflix's live action adaptation. ...
Netflix Announces Live-Action Avatar: The Last Airbender Series – Promises Cast Won't Be "White-Washed"
Netflix is teaming up with Nickelodeon to create a live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series. The series will see original creators Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko join the project as executive produc...


With life expectancies high and the option of quitting the 9 to 5 early a real possibility for some, finding a place that's just right for your retirement has never been more important. Whether you dream of sunshine or want to put your savings to good use and find your dream house, here are four picks for places to retire in the U.S.
Let's start with the obvious: the Sunshine State. Over a third of residents in Sarasota County, Florida are over 65, making this a top spot for retirees. The amenable climate is a huge draw; temperatures rarely drop below 60 degrees in winter and coastal breezes mitigate the impact of summer humidity. The area's numerous visitor attractions make filling those hours of leisure time a cinch. Thirty five miles of flat, sandy beaches are perfect for early morning hikes and the warm water perfect for swimming. There are over a dozen theatres and twice that number of art galleries. Add to that the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, which also has a fascinating circus exhibit, and the Marietta Museum of Art & Whimsy for culture vultures; the annual Film Festival has been a fixture on the calendar since 1998. Jungle Gardens and Marie Selby Botanical Gardens tick the boxes for those keen on wildlife and nature; if you prefer your green spaces to have flags and poles, there are over fifty golf courses in the area.
While Florida has the highest percentage of over 65s, when it comes to raw totals, California's in the top spot. Though many places in California are perceived as too expensive to be strong contenders for retirees, Palm Desert is bucking the trend. With a median age of 55.5 years and an increase of 7,292 people over 65 between 2000 and 2016, the stats don't lie. So what's the attraction? Again, a big role is played by climate – though summer temperatures are high, winters are mild and the lack of rainfall is a boon for those with ailments worsened by damp conditions. Active retirees are blessed with a plethora of opportunities for hiking, horse riding, tennis, golf and swimming. Dining out is a pleasure, with over 150 restaurants in the town, not to mention those in Palm Springs, just a short drive or bus ride away. If you're more concerned with practical matters, the city scores well for safety and there are three big hospitals in the vicinity.
Though harsh winters might suggest otherwise, Maine scores highly when it comes to the percentage of senior citizens, ranking second after Florida. Those seeking a small town vibe are drawn to its coastal resorts and inland towns. Kennebunk's most recent census statistics show that a third of residents are over 65. Some are snowbirds, of course, flocking south for the winter months while maintaining a summer residence in the area – the Bush compound is just down the road in Kennebunkport, for instance. While the cost of living doesn't come cheap, there's much to be said for seeing out your golden years in this corner of New England if you can afford it – low crime, a quiet life and good food, for starters. While you house hunt, check out the mansions in and around Main Street and on Summer Street – no harm in having aspirations, whatever stage of life you're at.
The annual U.S. News & World Report list of the 2019 Best Places to Retire in the United States has just been published. This year, Lancaster snatched the top spot from Sarasota. Six factors are taken into account when calculating the rankings: housing affordability, desirability, retiree taxes, the happiness index, job market and health care quality. Lancaster scored especially well in terms of housing affordability and happiness. A little known fact: Lancaster was once the capital of the U.S. – but only for a day, September 27th, 1777. Things could have been so different, but these days its charming downtown and neighboring Amish farming communities make this a pleasant spot to move to when you're ready for a change of pace. But just one thing: pronounce it Lan – kiss – ter, not Lan – cass –ter (are you listening Bradley Cooper?) and you'll fit right in.
This article was originally published by The Discoverer Blog.


"wiki engine" used in the documentation.
Do we need to use it, as I don't think it helps?
"Installing the pmwiki engine outside the web document tree"
rather "Installing PmWiki outside the web document tree".
name for "the PmWiki installation directory".
This is not a friendly term, and possibly confusing.
It would be nice to have a short name for it, like "Base directory".
Internally it is named with  variable $FarmD, if I'm correct.
directory" simply the "Farm directory", abbreviated as var $FarmD.
setup. Then we have simply  a single wiki small farm.


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UW Releases 2012-13 Preseason Hoops Slate
By SPNW Staff June 12, 2012 Updated: October 4, 2012 No Comments3 Mins Read
The University of Washington released the non-conference portion of the Huskies men's basketball schedule Tuesday, which features 10 contests at Alaska Airlines Arena, two road games and two neutral-site affairs.
The 10-game home schedule is highlighted by match-ups against five teams that played in either the 2012 NCAA Tournament or NIT, which is where Washington landed after infamously failing to make the NCAA Tournament as Pac-12 champion.
Washington will face Loyola-Maryland (Nov. 11), Colorado State (Nov. 24) and Saint Louis (Nov. 28), all of which made the NCAA Tournament, while Nevada (Dec. 8) and Northern Illinois (Dec. 22) played in the NIT.
The Huskies played Saint Louis and Nevada in road games last season, losing at St. Louis 77-64 and at Nevada 76-73 in overtime prior to heading to Madison Square Garden to face nationally ranked Marquette and Duke (lost both games).
The Huskies begin by hosting 2012 Division II National Champion Western Washington in an exhibition Oct. 24. The Vikings last faced the Huskies in 2008 at Alaska Airlines Arena.
Washington's regular season bgins by hosting the campus-round portion of the Hall of Fame Classic Nov. 11 and Nov. 13 with Loyola (Md.) and Albany, respectively, before heading to Connecticut to play NIT participant Seton Hall Nov. 17 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT.
The winner/loser of that game will play Ohio State/Rhode Island Nov. 18.
UW returns home to host Colorado State and Saint Louis, before ushering in December with home games against Cal State Fullerton (Dec. 8) and Nevada.
The Huskies continue their rivalry against cross-town foe Seattle University (Dec. 13) at KeyArena.
UW wraps up the home portion of its non-conference schedule with three games in a span of a week — Jackson State (Dec. 15), Cal Poly (Dec. 20) and Northern Illinois — before heading across the country again to play in Connecticut. There, Washington will play at UConn, either in Storrs or Hartford, Dec. 29.
Washington's Pac-12 schedule has yet to be finalized.
The 2011-12 UW men went 24-11, including 18-2 at home and 14-4 in conference play that enabled the Huskies to win the league's regular-season championship. But the Huskies lost their last league game at UCLA 75-69, and then lost in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament to Oregon State 86-84.
With that, the NCAA Tournament made Washington the first conference champion not invited to the Big Dance.
In the NIT, Washington breezed past UT Arlington, Northwestern and Oregon before losing to Minnesota 68-67 in overtime.
Within days following the end of the season, Washington's two leading scorers, Terrence Ross (16.4 ppg) and freshman Tony Wroten (16.0) announced they were leaving school and entering the NBA draft June 28.
NBADraft.Net projects Ross to go to Portland with the 11th overall pick and Wroten to go to Washington in the second round at 32nd overall. NBADraft.Net had Wroten projected as a first-round pick in March.


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I believe in it a number of verses of bible and quran are same .I believe Quran is Last version Of GOD,s Revelation on his prophets. Have you any single version of bible Then show me. your scholars changed it according to their desires. Polos Was the person who change the bible. Quran is not copied from bible it is send by God . I love and respect all the companions of jesus christ (PBUH). Quran is same in all the world.
Is Bible same in all the world?.I would you like to study the christianity.It is sum of controversies All the versions are different .Reality is in research. be broad mind be polite it will lead you towards reality. Bible is Holy Book Of God. WE Believe in that bible which was send by God. WE cannot study it because not trusted one. and its versions are contrary to each other. Current BIBLE DOES NOT RESPECT THE HOLY PROPHETS OF GOD .
I advise you to study yourself your bible and its different versions. I advise to search about study of bible written by Respectable companion of Jesus Christ(BPUH) Barnabas.
I advise you to think more logically critically.A s you think logically and critically in science.In bible written by BARNABAS is hidden by your scholars as it gave the news of Our Prophet (PBUH).


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Lutz Graf (* 23. August 1953 in Magdeburg) ist ein deutscher Schauspiel- und Musiktheaterregisseur.

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Nach dem Studium der Germanistik, Kulturwissenschaften und Theaterwissenschaft an der Universität Leipzig und einer Aspirantur bei Horst Schönemann am Staatsschauspiel in Dresden begann er seine Karriere 1981 am Theater der Jungen Generation in Dresden, später ging er für eine Spielzeit an das Theater der Stadt Plauen, um schließlich 1987 die Schauspieldirektion am Theater Nordhausen zu übernehmen. Dort fiel er durch seine Klassikerinszenierungen ebenso auf, wie durch politisch riskante Bemühungen um die wichtigen Autoren der DDR-Dramatik. Überregionale Bedeutung erlangten dabei die DDR-Erstaufführung von Heiner Müllers Text "Bildbeschreibung", eine Montage aus Texten Heiner Müllers "Wo ist der Morgen, den wir gestern sahen" und das Doppelprojekt "Transit Europa" von Volker Braun und "Passage" von Christoph Hein. Außerdem debütierten in Nordhausen unter Lutz Grafs Leitung bedeutende Regisseure wie Armin Petras und Konstanze Lauterbach. Nach erheblichen Problemen und Auseinandersetzungen mit der Bezirksleitung der SED in Erfurt legte Lutz Graf sein Amt im Sommer 1989 nieder und arbeitete fortan freischaffend unter anderem am Schauspielhaus Leipzig.

Seit dem Frühjahr 1989 engagierte er sich in der Leipziger Bürgerbewegung. Er gehörte dem Koordinationskomitee der Montagsdemonstrationen und dem Runden Tisch für den Bezirk Leipzig an. Außerdem schrieb er eine regelmäßige Kolumne für die erste unabhängige Wochenzeitung der DDR "Die andere Zeitung". Vom Sommer 1990 an gehörte Lutz Graf neben Konstanze Lauterbach und Dietrich Kunze zu den drei Regisseuren, die in Leipzig den künstlerischen Neuanfang mit einem der größten Schauspielensembles der ehemaligen DDR wagten. Die Kritikerin und Jurorin des Berliner Theatertreffens Erika Stephan schrieb über diese Zeit:

Für diese Inszenierung, die auch vom ZDF aufgezeichnet wurde, erhielt Lutz Graf den Förderpreis zum 1993 erstmals vergebenen Lessingpreis des Freistaates Sachsen.

1995 wurde Lutz Graf als fester Regisseur an das Grazer Schauspiel unter der Direktion von Marc Günther engagiert. Als Gast arbeitete er während der Intendanz von Gerhard Brunner auch an der Grazer Oper. Dort entstanden innerhalb weniger Jahre etwa 20 Inszenierungen in beiden Häusern. Dies waren unter anderem: Schnitzlers "Professor Bernhardi", Alban Bergs "Wozzeck", Tschechows "Onkel Wanja", Mozarts "Così fan tutte" und Wagners "Tristan und Isolde", für die der spätere Oscar-Preisträger Yip Kam Tim ("Tiger and Dragon") die Kostüme entwarf. Mit "Così fan tutte" absolvierte das Ensemble der Grazer Oper ein Gastspiel in Singapur.

Anfang 2000 kehrte Lutz Graf nach Deutschland zurück und lebt seitdem in München als freier Regisseur, Dramaturg und Autor. Seine wichtigsten Arbeiten entstanden für die Wiener Festwochen – die Uraufführung von Christian Ofenbauers "SzenePenthesileaEinTraum" im Theater an der Wien mit Ulf Schirmer am Pult, die Staatsoperette Dresden, das Neue Theater Halle und das Volkstheater Rostock. Über das Projekt Heiner Müller Bruchstücke – eine Koproduktion des Volkstheaters Rostock mit der Hochschule für Musik und Theater – schrieb der Kritiker Thomas Irmer:

Lutz Graf hat Tschechows Platonow neu aus dem Russischen übersetzt und selbst für das Neue Theater in Halle in Szene gesetzt. Zu seinen literarischen Arbeiten gehören das Originallibretto Wache für den österreichischen Komponisten Christian Ofenbauer und der Roman Übermalungdaniel.

Insgesamt hat Lutz Graf 123 Produktionen für Schauspiel und Musiktheater inszeniert.  Im Herbst 2008 gründete er mit dem Regisseur Volker Metzler in Dresden die Aus- und Weiterbildungsstätte werkstatt.Dramaten. Ein Jahr später trennte er sich inhaltlich und organisatorisch von der Gruppe DRAMATEN und rief eine eigene Aus- und Weiterbildungsstätte, Schauwerk Dresden Hellerau ins Leben.

Inszenierungen

 Theater Nordhausen
 Heiner Müller – Bildbeschreibung
 Volker Braun – Transit Europa
 Christoph Hein – Passage
 Calderon – Leben ist Traum
 Schiller – Maria Stuart

 Schauspielhaus Graz
 Shakespeare – Richard III.
 Tschechow – Onkel Wanja
 Horvath – Geschichten aus dem Wiener Wald
 Schnitzler – Professor Bernhardi

 Schauspielhaus Leipzig
 Lessing: - Nathan
 Shakespeare – Wintermärchen
 Goethe – Iphigenie auf Tauris
 Kleist – Der Zerbrochene Krug

 andere Theater
 Tabori – Mein Kampf / Staatsschauspiel Dresden
 Georg Seidel – Villa Jugend / Dresden, Bonner Biennale
 Shakespeare – Verlorene Liebesmüh /  Prinzregententheater München
 Kleist – Michael Kohlhaas / Volkstheater Rostock
 Tschechow – Platonow / Neues Theater Halle
 Marivaux – Spiel von Liebe und Zufall / Schwetzinger Festspiele

 Oper Graz
 Mozart – Così fan tutte
 Berg – Wozzeck
 Beethoven – Fidelio
 Wagner – Tristan und Isolde
 Lehár – Die lustige Witwe

 andere Musiktheater
 Ofenbauer – SzenePhentesileaEinTraum / Wiener Festwochen, Theater an der Wien
 Johann Strauß – Carneval in Rom / Staatsoperette Dresden
 Richard Wagner – Der fliegende Holländer / Staatstheater Braunschweig

Darstellender Künstler (Leipzig)
Künstler (DDR)
Theaterregisseur
Opernregisseur
Deutscher
DDR-Bürger
Geboren 1953
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Lignite unit exit 'must not be influenced' by EU directives
Copelouzos, Terna, PPC in Crete wind energy talks
JinkoSolar breaks record for bifacial modules conversion efficiency
Renewable energy investments, without grid projects, to reach €9bn by 2030
The country's renewable energy sector investments until 2030 will reach a total of 9 billion euros, not including new grid interconnection projects, according to a projection included in the new National Energy and Climate Plan.
The RES sector's share of Greece's energy mix is expected to reach 65.7 percent in 2030 from 32.6 percent at present, in terms of overall electricity production, primarily through new investments in wind and solar energy, the NECP notes.
Installed wind energy capacity is projected to reach 7 GW in 2030 from 3.6 GW at present. This category's total is seen increasing to 4.2 GW by 2022, 5.2 GW by 2025, and 6 GW by 2027 before hitting the projected level of 7 GW in 2030.
Similarly, installed solar energy capacity is seen rising to 7.7 GW from 3 GW at present. The total solar capacity is expected to reach 3.9 GW by 2022, 5.3 GW by 2025, 6.3 GW by 2027 and 7.7 GW by 2030, according to the NECP.
The plan also includes an initial schedule concerning power utility PPC's withdrawal of coal generators. However, this road map does not specify which units will cease operating.
Coal generators with capacities totaling 1,000 MW are forecast to be withdrawn by the end of 2022, meaning the current lignite capacity total of 3.9 GW will be reduced to 2.9 GW over the next two years.
It is anticipated that the bulk of lignite unit withdrawals will be made between 2023 and 2025, when a capacity of 2.2 GW is expected to go. This will further reduce the power utility's coal generator capacity to 0.7 GW, according to the NECP. This remainder in lignite units will then be withdrawn by 2028, it added.
The overall capacity of gas-fueled power stations stands to increase to 7 GW by 2030 from 5.2 GW at present, the NECP added.


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Starting from a single manufacturing unit in Mumbai in the 1950s, HRIPL today has 6 functional production locations catering to the ever growing demand for its range of products.


And for my card for today , I chose to use some colours almost the same as the sketch. I don't think I have done that before but I think this worked out ok.
The card base is Basic Gray then I pulled out some Island Indigo and Soft Sky. At banner of Smokey Slate , the art piece in Whisper White and a "flash" of silver with a doily.
One of my favourite stamp sets is Work of Art, I sure hope is gets carried over to the new catalogue. Do you have a favourite? You see I said "one" of mine. There are few I couldn't be without..
I stayed pretty true to the sketch this week. Some times it just goes together well.
The "splotches" are from the Swirly Bird stamp set but I know the Gorgeous Grunge has some fun shapes as well.
And to finish off the inside I cut the bigger silver doily and used a sentiment from Butterfly Basics.
Here is the inside picture for you.
Now off to the rest of the Hop.....Thanks for visiting, I always appreciate your comments and hope I help with some inspiration.
So pretty. I love the different embellishments you've used!!
Ah, beautiful! I like everything about it and the inside is a big bonus! This could be lots of sentiments and still be fun!
Love your splotches of color on this one and the doilies are a cool addition, especially on the inside. Makes a neat surprise for the sentiment inside!
Lovely! Now, this is a card I can CASE because I have everything except the stamp set. I do believe Work of Art is carrying over. SU wants to give me another chance!


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