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Isaak Iljicz Lewitan (; ur.  w Kibartach, zm.  w Moskwie) – rosyjski malarz żydowskiego pochodzenia, pejzażysta, członek towarzystwa pieriedwiżników. Uznawany za jednego z najwybitniejszych rosyjskich pejzażystów.

Życiorys

Wczesne życie i edukacja
Urodził się w Kibartach w Królestwie Polskim w żydowskiej, ubogiej, lecz wykształconej rodzinie. Jego ojciec nauczył się kilku języków obcych, dzięki temu później przez pewien czas pracował jako tłumacz.

Na początku 1870 jego rodzina przeniosła się do Moskwy. Tam we wrześniu 1873 młody Isaak rozpoczął naukę w Moskiewskiej Szkole Malarstwa, Rzeźby i Architektury, gdzie już od dwóch lat pobierał nauki jego starszy brat Abel. Podczas nauki w akademii zwrócił na siebie uwagę swojego profesora Aleksieja Sawrasowa, zyskując jego sympatię. W 1875 zmarła jego matka, a dwa lata później, po ciężkiej chorobie – ojciec. Rodzina straciła wtedy źródła utrzymania. Talent Isaaka został jednak dostrzeżony, dzięki czemu otrzymał stypendium. Był jednym z ulubionych uczniów uczącego w akademii Wasilija Polenowa.

Kariera i dalsze życie
Pierwszą dostrzeżoną przez prasę wystawę Lewitan miał w 1877. Dwa lata później, w maju 1879, w związku z falą wystąpień antyżydowskich w Rosji, został zmuszony do przeniesienia się do podmoskiewskiego przysiółka Sałtykowka (Салтыковка), ale wkrótce, pod naciskiem opinii publicznej i w uznaniu jego twórczości, pozwolono mu na powrót. Na początku lat 80 XIX w. pracował dla różnych ilustrowanych magazynów, w których nie tworzył pejzaży a portrety i rysunki ludzi.

W 1880 jego obraz Осенний день. Сокольники ("Jesienny dzień. Sokolniki") został kupiony przez znanego kolekcjonera sztuki i filantropa Pawła Trietiakowa, założyciela Galerii Trietiakowskiej, co było przełomem w malarskiej karierze Lewitana. W 1891 r. Lewitan przystąpił do "Towarzystwa Wystaw Objazdowych" – piriedwiżników.

W latach 80. XIX w. bardzo zaprzyjaźnił się z Antonem Czechowem, Isaak spędzał dużo czasu z Antonem i jego rodziną. W kwietniu 1892 r. przyjaciele pokłócili się. Powodem sporu było opowiadanie Czechowa pt. Pasikonik, w którym romans głównych bohaterów mocno sugerował istniejący romans między Lewitanem z Sofią Kuwsznikową, żoną znajomego lekarza. W 1895 obaj mężczyźni doszli do pojednania, odbudowując przerwaną przyjaźń.

W czerwcu 1895 w wyniku nasilenia neurastenii próbował popełnić samobójstwo. W kolejnych latach jego problemy zdrowotne nasilały się, w 1897 roku miał atak serca. W 1897 u szczytu popularności powrócił do swojej alma mater, by uczyć malarstwa pejzażowego. W 1899 r. pracownię Lewitana wizytował książę  Siergiej Aleksandrowicz Romanow wraz z małżonką, wtedy też otrzymał pozwolenie na ponowne zamieszkanie w Moskwie.

Zmarł 22 lipca 1900 r. w Moskwie. Ciało Lewitana pierwotnie pochowano na cmentarzu żydowskim, jednak w 1941 szczątki artysty zostały przeniesione na cmentarz Nowodziewiczy i umiejscowione w pobliżu grobu Antona Czechowa. Ostatnim dokończonym obrazem Lewitana był obraz Sianokosy.

Twórczość

Isaak Lewitan znany jest przede wszystkim z licznych nastrojowych pejzaży. Jego obrazy zwykle są niezaludnione, bądź przedstawiają pojedyncze postacie, jak w kupionym przez Trietiakowa obrazie Jesienny dzień. Saloniki, na którym widoczna spacerująca kobieta w czerni została domalowana dopiero na koniec, po sugestii znajomego Lewitana. Na obrazie Władimirka namalowana, drobnymi pociągnięciami pędzla postać jest przytłoczona przez otaczający ogrom przestrzeni, szczególnie pustego nieba i niekończącej się drogi. Surowości przedstawionej sceny dodaje historyczne tło, gdyż przedstawiona droga była wykorzystywana do transportu skazanych z Moskwy na Syberię, dodatkowo sam Lewitan był dwukrotnie wygnany z Moskwy przez żydowskie pochodzenie.

Największy wpływ na malarski rozwój Lewitana miało jego dwóch wykładowców z akademii - Polenow i Sawarasow. Z okresem nauki (1873 - 1883) łączone bywają pejzaże utrzymane w pogodnym nastroju. Lewitan miał w zwyczaju liczne podróże (także po Europie), szczególnie w miesiącach letnich i jesiennych tworząc podczas studiów plenerowych. W miesiącach letnich i wiosennych zwykle wracał do Moskwy, gdzie tworzył w takiej też tematyce.

Artysta w wielu dziełach chciał przedstawić drzemiącą w nim poetyckość, a także wpływ kontaktu z naturą na niego samego. Na początku lat 80. XIX w. stworzył wiele niewielkich, intymnych, niekiedy tajemniczych, pejzaży m.in. Wiosna w lesie (1882) czy Pierwsza zieleń. Maj (1883).

Pejzażom Lewitana przypisywany jest duch metafizyczny i filozoficzny. W swoich dziełach malarz przedstawiał życie ludzkie jako marność przy ogromnie wszechświata i potędze natury. Przykładem w ten sposób interpretowanego dzieła jest Nad wiecznym spokojem (1894) - obraz ukazuje mały skrawek lądu nad dominującym niebem i otaczającą wodą. Na skrawku lądu artysta umiejscowił samotny kościół, symbolizujący duchowość i życie, a tuż za nim kilka grobów świadczących o ulotności ludzkiego życia. Niewielkość lądu w porównaniu z dominującym firmamentem świadczy o małości ludzkości przy ogromie nieba.

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Absolwenci Moskiewskiej Szkoły Malarstwa, Rzeźby i Architektury
Rosyjscy pejzażyści
Pieriedwiżnicy
Rosyjscy malarze
Żydowscy malarze
Litewscy Żydzi
Pochowani na Cmentarzu Nowodziewiczym w Moskwie
Ludzie związani z Kibartami
Urodzeni w 1860
Zmarli w 1900


Hennessey Performance revealed a replacement for its ultra-limited Venom GT today at the SEMA show in Las Vegas, the Venom F5. It's a bespoke, 1600-horsepower twin-turbo V8-powered hypercar the company says can surpass 300 mph. Watch out Bugatti.
Unlike the 270 mph Lotus Elise-based Venom GT, the F5 is built on a completely bespoke chassis, and uses a brand new 7.4-liter aluminum V8 with two turbochargers attached. Power has increased 356 horsepower to 1600, while torque has been increased to 1300 lb.-ft.
The F5's new streamlined design and flat floor are enough to generate a slippery 0.33 drag coefficient, 0.11 less than the GT. Power is sent to the rear wheels via either a single-clutch seven-speed paddle-shift transmission or an unspecified manual gearbox. A GPS-based traction control system will also be included, per Top Gear.
As for tires, Hennessey says the F5 will use Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2s to do the job. John Hennessey, founder and CEO, claims that because the F5 is so light compared to the Chiron, it won't face the same tire load issues the Bugatti does.
There haven't been any real performance tests yet, but Hennessey predicts the F5 will do 0-186 mph in under 10 seconds, 0-249 mph in under 20 seconds, and hit a top speed of 301 mph. For reference, the Koenigsegg Agera RS does the 0-249 run in just under 27 seconds. This car will be incredibly quick.
To buy one of the 24 Venom F5s being produced, you have to apply and have John Hennessey himself approve you for the purchase. Pricing starts at $1.6 million, while up to $600,000 of yet-to-be specified options are available. Deliveries start early 2019.


Today I take a look at the fall sports teams. Check out yesterday's column for a look at the spring sports.
There's too much talent on this club to be 8-9-3, but once again the team struggled late in the year after showing real potential.
An early season match that nearly pulled off an upset at powerhouse Portland and two wins over top-10 Southeastern Conference opponents showed how good this team could be. But four losses and three ties in the final nine games killed whatever good things the Tiger season had in store.
COLUMBIA – Missouri's head football coach Gary Pinkel and athletic director Mike Alden held the fifth annual Google Hangout with Pinkel Wednesday afternoon. Fans were able to interact with Pinkel and Alden to ask questions.
MU sports fans entered the conversation by tweeting Pinkel, attaching questions to the hashtag "hangoutwithGP." A few fans were able to video chat with Pinkel and Alden during the Google Hangout.
The conversation covered SEC recruiting, the construction being done on the stadium and how the construction has increased ticket sales.
Pinkel was asked to address what changes had to be made in the recruiting process after joining the SEC.
Missouri's John Eblen (top) attempts to take down Old Dominion's Jack Dechow during the 184-pound match at the Hearnes Center on Feb. 16, 2014. Eblen would go on to win his match, 7-5.
COLUMBIA — The No. 10 Missouri wrestling team looked to continue its winning ways on Sunday against Old Dominion after winning back-to-back home meets last weekend. Missouri did just that by defeating the visiting Monarchs, 21-9.
The Missouri crowd made noise early on in the match at the Hearnes Center, calling for what they thought were stalling penalties on ODU.
Missouri's Lavion Mayes (black) dominates his opponent, Nicholas Barber in the 141 match. Mayes won the match 14-4.
COLUMBIA — After pounding Buffalo 41-0 on Friday night and even with four nationally ranked wrestlers taking the mat, the Missouri wrestling team found itself in a tight dual against Eastern Michigan. The Tigers and the Eagles were tied going into the final match, Missouri's Devin Mellon against Eastern Michigan's Khodar Hoballah.
After a scoreless first period, Mellon was able to pull out the 5-2 win, giving Missouri the victory 18-15.


Barcelona, 3 June 2014: UN-Habitat's City Resilience Profiling Programme and the Autonomous University of Barcelona's School of Engineering have announced a new collaboration to work together in the design and construction of software to increase cities' resilience to disasters.
One of the main objectives of this collaboration is transforming the City Resilience Profiling Tool into a more robust and user friendly Web Application with greater potential. The software developed will generate urban resilience indicators based on data provided by the partner cities of the programme. These cities are: Balangoda (Sri Lanka), Barcelona (Spain), Beirut (Lebanon), Dagupan (Philippines), Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), Lokoja (Nigeria), Portmore (Jamaica), Concepción/Talcahuano (Chile), Tehran (Iran) and Wellington (New Zealand). Speaking about the collaboration, Dan Lewis, Chief of Urban Risk Reduction at UN-Habitat said: "This is a great opportunity to start working on information technology innovations in urban resilience". One of the core objectives of City Resilience Profiling Programme is sharing knowledge and developing contents on urban resilience as well as providing access to tools and resources.
The programme also works with different universities and online Masters courses to develop modules on urban resilience.


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Heartburn drugs known as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are among the most commonly used drugs in the world. About 15 million Americans use PPIs, either in prescription or over-the-counter form. Brand names include Prilosec, Prevacid and Nexium.
The drugs have long been touted as a safe way to relieve heartburn, indigestion and acid reflux. They work by inhibiting the production of acid in your stomach, which helps to relieve symptoms but appears to have a number of unintended consequences as well, including for your kidneys.
PPIs have previously been linked to a kidney disorder called acute interstitial nephritis. Now researchers have linked them to the risk of chronic kidney disease, prompting experts to call for more caution in their use.
In the first set, the 10-year absolute risk of developing chronic kidney disease was 11.8 percent among those taking PPIs compared to 8.5 percent among those not taking the drugs.
The study left some unanswered questions, like how long those who developed kidney disease had been taking PPIs. It's also not known how the drugs may be harming the kidneys.
Many of those taking PPIs had other risk factors for kidney disease as well, including being more likely to use blood pressure medication (high blood pressure is linked to an increased risk of kidney disease).
However, even though the analysis couldn't prove that PPIs were directly responsible for the increased risk of kidney disease, the finding warrants caution in the drugs' use, especially given their prevalence.
If you take PPIs, you should know that not only might your kidneys be at risk, but your heart may suffer as well.
A two-fold increased risk of cardiovascular mortality was also noted in PPI users.5 Such risks make sense when you consider that PPIs are known to reduce nitric oxide (NO) in your blood vessel walls.
NO has the effect of relaxing your blood vessels, so by reducing the amount of NO in your blood vessel walls, PPIs may raise your risk of a heart attack.
In 2010, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) mandated a new fracture risk warning be added to the labels of both prescription and OTC PPIs.
The greatest risk of increased facture risk was found in people who had taken high doses of the drugs (available only in prescription form) or had taken the prescription drugs for at least one year.
Their reasoning was that OTC PPIs "are marketed at low doses and are only intended for a 14-day course of treatment up to three times per year." Since OTC heartburn drugs are only supposed to be used for short courses of treatment, they believed the fracture risk was low.
Unfortunately, instead of letting consumers know about the fracture risk (so they could make an informed decision about using the drugs), the FDA left it up to health care professionals to be aware of the fracture risk in patients taking OTC PPIs at high doses or for extended periods.
If there's no communication between the two parties, the consumer will be left at risk.
If you suffer from acid reflux, suppressing your stomach acid may seem like a very good idea. Be aware, however, that doing so comes with significant risks. Stomach acid is important for your body to absorb vitamin B12, for instance.
Early signs of magnesium deficiency include loss of appetite, headache, nausea, fatigue, and weakness. Ongoing magnesium deficiency can lead to muscle cramps, seizures, abnormal heart rhythms, personality changes and more.
Further, PPIs may increase your risk of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea, a potentially life-threatening infection, by 65 percent.10 The risk of hospital-acquired pneumonia may also increase with PPI use, an important consideration since PPIs are commonly given to hospital patients.
Reducing stomach acid also diminishes your primary defense mechanism against food-borne pathogens, thereby potentially increasing your risk of food poisoning.
In most cases, acid reflux is not due to having too much acid in your stomach; rather, it's a condition related more commonly to hiatal hernia — a condition in which the acid comes out of your stomach, which is where it's designed to be confined to. After food passes through your esophagus into your stomach, a muscular valve called the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) closes, preventing food or acid from moving back up.
Gastroesophageal reflux occurs when the LES relaxes inappropriately, allowing acid from your stomach to flow (reflux) backward into your esophagus.
In the early '80s, Dr. Barry Marshall, an Australian physician, discovered that an organism called helicobacter pylori(initially called campylobacter) causes a chronic low-level inflammation of your stomach lining, which is largely responsible for producing many of the symptoms of acid reflux.
One of the explanations for why suppressing stomach acid is so ineffective — and there are over 16,000 articles in the medical literature attesting to this — is that when you decrease the amount of acid in your stomach, you suppress your body's ability to kill the helicobacter bacteria.
So suppressing stomach acid production tends to just worsen and perpetuate the condition. If you're taking a PPI drug to treat your heartburn, understand that you're treating a symptom only; you are in no way addressing the underlying cause. And, by doing so, you're exposing yourself to other potentially more dangerous health problems, courtesy of the drug itself.
That being said, please don't try to quit PPIs cold turkey, as this can lead to a relapse and severe pain. To minimize this risk, you can gradually decrease the dose you're taking, and once you get down to the lowest dose of the PPI, you can start substituting with an OTC H2 blocker like Tagamet, Cimetidine, Zantac, or Ranitidine.
Then gradually wean off the H2 blocker over the next several weeks. While weaning yourself off these drugs, start implementing the lifestyle modifications discussed below to help eliminate your heartburn once and for all.
If you struggle from heartburn, it may be because you have too little stomach acid. One simple strategy to address this deficiency is to swap out processed table salt for an unprocessed version like Himalayan salt. By consuming enough of the raw material, you will encourage your body to make sufficient amounts of hydrochloric acid (stomach acid) naturally.
Another option is to take a betaine hydrochloric supplement, which is available in health food stores without prescription. You'll want to take as many as you need to get the slightest burning sensation and then decrease by one capsule. This will help your body to better digest your food and will also help kill the helicobacter and normalize your symptoms.
Now, while hiatal hernia and H.pylori infection are unrelated, many who have a hiatal hernia also have H. pyloriand associated symptoms.13 If you have a hiatal hernia, physical therapy on the area may work as well, and many chiropractors are skilled in this adjustment.
Raw, unfiltered apple cider vinegar – You can help improve the acid content of your stomach by taking one tablespoon of raw unfiltered apple cider vinegar in a large glass of water.
Baking soda – One-half to one full teaspoon of baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) in an eight-ounce glass of water may ease the burn of acid reflux as it helps neutralize stomach acid. I would not recommend this as a regular solution but it can sure help in an emergency when you are in excruciating pain.
Aloe juice – The juice of the aloe plant naturally helps reduce inflammation, which may ease symptoms of acid reflux. Drink about 1/2 cup of aloe vera juice before meals. If you want to avoid its laxative effect, look for a brand that has removed the laxative component.
Vitamin D – Vitamin D is important for addressing any infectious component. Once your vitamin D levels are optimized, you're also going to optimize your production of about 200 antimicrobial peptides that will help your body eradicate any infection that shouldn't be there.
Astaxanthin – This exceptionally potent antioxidant was found to reduce symptoms of acid reflux in patients when compared to a placebo, particularly in those with pronounced helicobacter pylori infection.18 Best results were obtained at a daily dose of 40 mg.
Slippery elm – Slippery elm coats and soothes your mouth, throat, stomach, and intestines, and contains antioxidants that may help address inflammatory bowel conditions. It also stimulates nerve endings in your gastrointestinal tract. This helps increase mucus secretion, which protects your gastrointestinal tract against ulcers and excess acidity.
Glutamine – Research published in 2009 found that gastrointestinal damage caused by H. pylori can be addressed with the amino acid glutamine, found in many foods, including beef, chicken, fish, eggs, dairy products, and some fruits and vegetables.20 L-glutamine, the biologically active isomer of glutamine, is also widely available as a supplement.
Folate or folic acid (vitamin B9) and other B vitamins – As reported by clinical nutritionist Byron Richards, research suggests B vitamins can reduce your risk for acid reflux.21 Higher folic acid intake was found to reduce acid reflux by approximately 40 percent.
8 JAMA. 2013 Dec 11;310(22):2435-42.
10 Am J Gastroenterol. 2012 Jul;107(7):1001-10.
11 J Gen Intern Med. 2015 Nov 9.


Take a break from Palmeira Das Missoes with a short trip to Colonization Museum in Tres Passos, about 2 hours away.
To find where to stay, more things to do, reviews, and tourist information, use the Palmeira Das Missoes trip maker tool .
On the 17th (Wed), you'll travel back home.


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                    Traditions

CSH isn't just about working on projects. Our members love to engage in a variety of social activities. Many of these activities have persisted through the years to become traditions.

Camping

Twice a year CSH goes out on an adventure to see if we can survive for a weekend in the wild. Surprisingly, a bunch of computer nerds can thrive without electricity for a few days.

Freshman Project

Every year the introductory members of CSH plan and host a charity event. The events range from simple bake sales to video game tournaments and are always a blast to put on.

Holiday Dinner

Holiday Dinner is our annual formal dinner that takes place right before Winter Break. All of CSH gets dressed up and has dinner at a classy restaurant. This is immediately followed by another traditional event, Secret Santa, in which anonymous (and often hilarious) gifts are exchanged.

Intramural Sports

We participate in most of the intramural sports RIT offers, including hockey, soccer, basketball, softball, dodgeball, and volleyball. While we aren't always the best team out there, we're always the best-looking (with our CSH jerseys) and have the most fans cheering us on! We've even won quite an impressive number of trophies in the past, which are proudly displayed in our library.

Netrek

On Friday nights throughout the year, we invade the Computer Science labs to play an old game called Netrek. In this online team-play game from the 80's, you control a ship flying through space, conquering planets and destroying your foes with a sophisticated array of weapons and countermeasures. Superior strategy and coordination will propel your team to victory!

Seminars

Any member can hold a seminar to teach others a bit about a topic of their choosing. Subjects can range from programming to juggling and everything in between and anyone can give one at any time.

Welcome Back

Welcome Back is a barbecue held at the beginning of each year to welcome the incoming freshman class. Traditionally, alumni come from far and wide to visit current floor members. We cook way too much food, tell stories, and participate in a variety of outdoor activities.

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Larry Arnhart (born January 13, 1949) is a Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois. He lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Arnhart has been described as one of the most prominent advocates of contemporary classical liberalism, along with Friedrich Hayek and Thomas Sowell. His areas of teaching and research include the history of political philosophy, biopolitical theory, and American political thought. Arnhart is the author of five books and more than forty peer-reviewed articles.

Background and career
He has a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Chicago in 1977, an M.A. in Political Science from the University of Chicago in 1974, and a B.A. in Politics from the University of Dallas in 1971.

In the Department of Political Science at Northern Illinois University, Arnhart teaches in the fields of political theory and biopolitics.

Arnhart is best known as a scholar in the history of political philosophy and as a proponent of "Darwinian natural right," "Darwinian conservatism," and "Aristotelian liberalism." He argues that the tradition of ethical naturalism from Aristotle to Thomas Aquinas to Alasdair MacIntyre can be supported by a Darwinian account of ethics as rooted in human biological nature, which combines liberty and order, freedom and virtue.

In defending Darwinian naturalism, Arnhart has debated the proponents of "intelligent design theory" by suggesting that they employ a purely negative rhetoric of criticizing Darwinian evolutionary theory, while offering no positive theory of exactly where, when, and how the "intelligent designer" intervenes in nature to create "irreducibly complex" mechanisms.

Arnhart has debated the leading advocates of intelligent design—Michael Behe, William Dembski, John West, Jonathan Wells, and Richard Weikart—all of whom are fellows of the Discovery Institute. John West has written a book attacking Arnhart — Darwin's Conservatives: A Misguided Quest.

In defending Darwinian conservatism, Arnhart tries to persuade conservatives that Darwinian science supports the conservative belief that social order arises not from rational planning but from the spontaneous order of instincts and habits. He suggests that Darwinian biology sustains conservative social thought by showing how the human capacity for spontaneous order arises from social instincts and a moral sense shaped by natural selection in human evolutionary history.

He has also developed a Darwinian argument for classical liberalism.

Recently, Arnhart finished writing the fourth edition of his book Political Questions: Political Philosophy from Plato to Pinker.

He is working on a new book — Darwinian Liberalism: The Evolutionary Science of Political Philosophy. This book will apply his Darwinian thinking to the history of political philosophy, while arguing for classical liberalism as supported by evolutionary science.

Works
 "Human Nature is Here to Stay", The New Atlantis, Number 2, Summer 2003, pp. 65–78
 Aristotle on Political Reasoning: A Commentary on the "Rhetoric". (DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 1981; paperback edition, 1986).
 Political Questions: Political Philosophy from Plato to Rawls, first edition (New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1987), second edition (Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press, 1993), third edition (Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press, 2002).  Turkish translation:  Siyasi Dusunce Tarihi (Ankara: Adres Yayinlari, 2004).
 Political Questions: Political Philosophy from Plato to Pinker, fourth edition (Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press, 2016).
 Darwinian Natural Right: The Biological Ethics of Human Nature (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998).
 Darwinian Conservatism (Exeter, UK: Imprint Academic, 2005).
 Darwinian Conservatism: A Disputed Question (Exeter, UK: Imprint Academic, 2009).

References

External links
 Larry Arnhart blog
 YouTube video

American political scientists
Northern Illinois University faculty
University of Chicago alumni
People from DeKalb, Illinois
University of Dallas alumni
Living people
People from Big Spring, Texas
1949 births

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The Training Division is under the direction of Captain Jim Johnston who is supported by Lieutenant Chris Lyons. Together they work to provide training and education for West Valley Fire Department personnel through needs assessment, course development and project implementation.
The Training Division is responsible for supporting the needs of all fire department personnel in accomplishing their goals along with providing all firefighters with their mandatory and non-mandatory training requirements. The Training Division is also the department safety division which oversees department safety issues as well as providing Incident Safety Officer's on working fires and other type incidents.
Today's Firefighters are more aptly called emergency and disaster responders. The required training is specialized and extensive. It begins with a Recruit Academy followed by a continuing education program that lasts until retirement. In addition to fire suppression skills, firefighters need to be highly skilled and trained for response and mitigation at medical emergencies, vehicular accidents, rescue, hazardous materials, technical rescue, wildland and wildland/urban interface incidents.
Some of the training areas the division is responsible for are as follows, NFPA Firefighter I and II, NFPA Driver/Operator training, Wildland training, Fire Officer Development, Firefighter Safety and Survival Training, live fire training and ICS.
All new firefighters are required to successfully complete course work in basic firefighting and medical training. After Candidates complete the Recruit School, they receive verification of meeting these standards and become operational within the Department. The firefighters are then assigned to the Operations Division where they continue their training through advanced courses, on-going medical education through the Yakima County EMS Division, and internal departmental training.


I recently saw this article on the 8 hottest colors for fall and couldn't agree more! So today I want to share 4 of my favorite colors I've seen popping up on the runways and in some of our current design projects.
Thanks to rich, saturated hues like fuschia, pink isn't just for little girls. It's a chic statement color that has been on trend for a decade. Choosing something as powerful as this pink can be intimidating though, so the key is to pair it with more neutral colors.
This room works because it incorporates the bookmatched wood grain sideboard. This elegant piece elevates the entire space while the chairs make it obvious that the homeowner doesn't take herself to seriously.
Like black and white, silver and gold are classic metallics you can incorporate into any space. Gold is perfect for creating a luxe and sophisticated space, while silver gives it a more contemporary, edgy feel. While you can go big with your metallics and use a gorgeous light fixture in the room, you don't have to make it the focal point. Even the smallest metallic accent pieces can transform an area.
This may have to do with the fact that I have red hair and earth tones are my jam. Brown, cognac, clay pink and java are some of my all time favorite colors and they are back in a big way! I absolutely love this earthy brown space we designed for one of our clients – who is also a red head. The space is inspired by her travels and collections from around the world. Using the rich, earthy tones really brought out the history and story behind all the places she and her hubby had visited and pieces they collected along the way.
Black is a dramatic color, but I think blue can be just as powerful. Whether it's used in fashion or in an interior, this regal color demands attention. It's a great alternative to the traditional black and you can really play with this color in your textiles and accent pieces.
I love when fashion and interior design collide. Whether it's clothing or your home interior, when you like what you like, don't be afraid to show it off! Let me know in the comments below what your favorite color for fall is.


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Bionic Marine Command Online (BMCO) is a multiplayer RPG developed by Space Dwarves Entertainment. Players can enter a sci-fi world and enjoy either a single-Player offline mode or any of three online modes.
Classless system: Customize your character to use whatever skills you want.
Multiple multiplayer modes Enjoy Survival FFA, Team Deathmatch, Capture Point or MOBA mode.
Description: Bionic Marine Command Online (BMCO) is a multiplayer RPG developed by Space Dwarves Entertainment. Players can enter a sci-fi world and enjoy either a single-Player offline mode or any of three online modes.


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Anijsmelk is warme melk die oorspronkelijk met anijszaad werd gekookt. Anijsmelk is een typisch Nederlandse drank (met name in de Noordelijke provincies) die veelal in de winter wordt gedronken.

Bereiding
Tegenwoordig wordt vaak gebruik gemaakt van kant en klare anijsmelk producten gemaakt van suiker en anijsextracten. Deze worden opgelost in een beker warme melk waarmee anijsmelk ontstaat.

Enkele voorbeelden van kant en klare anijsmelk producten van zijn:
 Poeder in zakjes (De Ruijter)
 Tabletten (M. & P. S)

Voor de originele bereidingswijze dient men gekneusd anijszaad mee te koken in de melk. Eventueel kan naar smaak suiker worden toegevoegd.

Trivia
 Door het drinken van anijsmelk zou de slaap worden bevorderd.
 Vroeger verkocht De Ruijter anijsblokjes ter grootte van een suikerklontje, deze zijn vanwege een niet te repareren productiemachine vervangen door zakjes poeder.

Nederlandse drank
Anijsdrank
Zuiveldrank


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Pseudotyphistes biriva är en spindelart som beskrevs av Rodrigues och Ott 2007. Pseudotyphistes biriva ingår i släktet Pseudotyphistes och familjen täckvävarspindlar. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

Källor

Täckvävarspindlar
biriva


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UNESCO-Registered: Iran's Lut Desert Photo Exhibit Shows Much More Than a Barren Heartland
UNESCO-Registered: Iran's Lut Desert Photo Exhibit Shows Much More Than a Barren Heartland
A photo exhibition of Lut Desert is currently underway in Master Esmaeli Gallery in the northeastern city of Birjand on the occasion of the 4th anniversary of the desert's inscription on UNESCO World Heritage list.
The exhibit, which displays photos by Iranian photographer Iman Behdani, aims at promoting tourist attractions of the UNESCO-registered Lut Desert in the barren heartland of Iran, IRNA reported on Sunday.
Due to the outbreak of the coronavirus in the country, the exhibit can be visited online as well, the report added.
The exhibit will continue until Tuesday.
The Lut Desert, widely referred to as Dasht-e Lut ("Emptiness Plain"), is a large salt desert encircled by the provinces of Kerman and Sistan-Baluchestan, and South Khorasan. It is the world's 27th-largest desert and was inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List on July 17, 2016.
The Lut Desert is teemed with giant dunes, shifting sands, salt plains, and wind-hewn kaluts, offering visitors epic journeys of breathtaking beauty and wilderness. It is a destination for people who are in search of new adventures; outstanding scenery and unparalleled serenity
The scorching desert is also being considered as one of the top areas in the world for finding meteorites, thanks to its unique parameters. In recent years, significant finds have been made, with the efforts of national and international teams of researchers.
Seven years of satellite temperature data analyzed by NASA show that the Lut Desert is the hottest spot on Earth. Based on the research, it was hottest during 5 of the 7 years and had the highest temperature overall: 70.7°C in 2005.
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Earthbound is an RPG for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. I am playing it on an emulator since I do not own an SNES. After my short playthrough of the game, I was surprised at how well it captures the excitement of exploration and the magical journey that ensues.
Unlike the other two games I am covering, Earthbound has a clear story that you follow. You wake up to a loud noise and you go outside to find out what happened. As you walk around your house to find the source of the noise, you can talk to bystanders and police and see if they have any information. You then find an asteroid that contains a visitor from the future telling you to stop an evil force named Giygas. It is up to you to find the songs scattered across the world in order to stop the evil monster.
When you first start the game, you are asked to name your character, three friends, the name of your pet, favorite food, and a favorite thing. The names you put are used in the game and this adds a real personal touch that many other games lack. You feel like you are on the adventure and that you have a real journey ahead of you.
You get to name your character at the beginning of the. A nice personal touch for the rest of your journey.
Earthbound's main focus is talking to townspeople and interacting with the landscape in order to obtain information on the whereabouts of the songs. Unlike many other RPG's, this one is not ENTIRELY based in a fantasy world. The first town you visit is reminiscent of a small city. There is a hotel, a restaurant, an arcade, and many other real world places. The game plays with the careful balance between fantasy and real world which helps add to the immersion. You can pretend to be in the game and still feel like you're on a magical journey.
The first town you arrive in, Onett, has some of the tastiest burgers in the game.
Adding to the realism of this game, the enemies you first battle are mainly wild dogs and the local town punks that took over the arcade. I think that Earthbound was trying to go for this sort of teeter totter of fantasy and real world gameplay in order to transport the player back to when they were a child. I remember pretending to be a mystical world in the woods and having to imagine new creatures and monsters out of the squirrels and deer that I would see. There is something nostalgic about reliving your childhood, back when times were easier for you.
At the same time Earthbound reels you in with its real world attributes, it also reminds you that you are in a fantasy land. One of the first boss battles is with a gangster named Frank that took over the arcade. The situation you are faced with is comical, what gangster would want to take over an arcade? The graphics add to the fantasy as well, the backdrop for your battles are trippy graphics that contrast the real world setting. And you have to remember, you are a kid in this game… fighting a gangster. The contrast serves to replicate the wonderment and mysterious world you faced as a kid. I remember one of the first times going to the state fair thinking that there was no way it was real- the flashing lights, huge rides, the masses of people, it was sensory overload for young me.
Frank, leader of the punks, fights you with his nasty words!
Perphaps Earthbound is relying on the nostalgia seekers looking for one more journey, one last shot to relive your childhood. I believe that this is what makes the game special. The careful balance between real world and fantasy world and ability to name your character is what really immerses the player into the game. I am looking forward to seeing what else Earthbound has to throw at me and whether or not it will become fantasy and ditch the real world all together.


There are a lot of time travel books centred around a leap into the distant past. However, for me, the 1980s will always hold a particular fascination. I grew-up in suburban England and hit my teenage years in 1984. It was a time when I first became aware of popular music, of fashion, and…girls. Actually, my first teenage love wasn't a girl but a Commodore 64 computer.
It was my love of all things '80s that provided the inspiration for my first novel – The '86 Fix. I've read plenty of time travel books and enjoyed most of them. However, they all focused on a period of time before I ever drew breath on this planet. As fascinating as Tudor times may have been, I yearned for some nostalgia. I wanted a good story that centred on the things I remembered from my youth.
In March 2016, and after years of threatening to write a book, I decided to take some advice I'd read somewhere, and to write the book I wanted to read. Seven months later, and after a lot of hard work, The '86 Fix was published on Amazon.
The book is about Craig Pelling – a middle-aged nobody living in Suburban England, married to a wife he doesn't love and working as the manager of an electrical store – a job he never wanted. Craig was born in 1970 and like me, grew-up through the 1980s. Also like me, his first computer was a Commodore 64. It is Craig's computer that changes his mundane life when he unearths it in his former childhood bedroom at his parents house.
If you want to read the book, it's available on Kindle from Amazon.
I won't go into too much detail about the plot because I hate spoilers. What I would say is that The '86 Fix isn't your typical time travel book. I wanted to write a book that would appeal to people who didn't usually read sci-fi. Some of my initial reviewers were most certainly not sci-fi fans and they enjoyed it immensely (maybe they were being polite but I was happy to take the plaundits).
I set-out to write a book with a sense of humour. But I also wanted to add a touch of poignancy. Obviously none of us will ever get to travel back in time, let alone to our own childhood, but what I wanted to capture was the feeling of nostalgia. Whether it was chewing on a Texan Bar or playing Space Invaders in an amusement arcade – time travel for me is more interesting if you're re-visiting a bygone era you've actually lived through.
Anyway, enough of my ramblings. If you're looking for a time travel book that is based in the 1980s and has a very British flavour, give The '86 Fix a go – I'm sure you'll like it, maybe even love it.
Everything that is wrong with Craig Pelling's life can be traced back to 1986 and the moment he popped-in to a newsagents to buy a can of Coke. Now he lives in a loveless marriage and earns a living in a dead-end job as the manager of an electrical store. He could have been so much more, achieved so much more.
But as bitter as Craig currently feels about his mundane life, things are about to get a lot worse. Just as everything starts to crumble around him, Craig is thrown a lifeline. The miraculous lifeline of a brief trip back to 1986. But will he be able to fix his life? Is it as simple as just reverting one decision he made over thirty years ago? Craig is about to find out.


When you have an expensive luxury automobile, you will want to protect your investment by keeping it clean. There are several ways that you can remove the debris from the interior and exterior of a vehicle, so use these methods for cleaning your automobile.
Invest in a few trash containers for your vehicle so that you and your passengers have a place to throw away hamburger wrappers and soft drink cups. Look for special trash containers that you can fit onto the doors or seats of your vehicle, and make sure to empty the items as quickly as possible.
You will want to protect the seats in your vehicle with covers that are made to stretch over the current upholstery. Alternatively, you can hire an expert to make customized seat covers that fit precisely. If you buy covers that are washable, then you can toss the items into the washer.
If you have a problem with pet or human hair in your vehicle, then you can use a lint brush to clean the upholstery on the seats. You can also use a lint brush on the automobile's carpeting to remove any loose fibers or hair.
To keep road debris from sticking to your vehicle, apply a coat of liquid or paste wax occasionally. The wax that you apply will last for several weeks or months, depending on the type of weather that occurs where you are driving your automobile.
When you want to have clean glass on the front windshield or back glass of your vehicle, you must replace the windshield wipers when the items are worn. Make sure to inspect the windshield wipers once a month to determine if you need to buy new ones.
If you notice that your luxury automobile has some tar or other debris on the exterior, then use a wet chamois cloth to wash it away. Avoid using any harsh detergents that might damage the paint or metal on your vehicle.
When the headlights on your vehicle have a hazy appearance, you should use a specialized cleanser that is designed for the glass. You can find this type of cleanser at local stores that have an automotive department.
Use a small vacuum cleaner to suction the debris from your vehicle's floorboards and upholstery. Don't forget to clean the trunk of your luxury automobile so that the carpeting or other surfaces in that area remain spotless.
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Paul has penned city guides for Thomas Cook and revised and contributed text for several Michelin Green Guides. He has also authored pieces for in-flight magazines and coffee table books as well as articles for several leading periodicals including Living France, France Today and France Magazine. Recently Paul wrote a series of travel apps about the regions of France especially featuring Provence and the Dordogne. No longer available as apps they form the basis of some of the content you will find here on Bindu. While loving France and going back as often as possible, Paul travels widely in Europe and has visited just about all its countries over the years with the exception of Greece which is definitely on his list!
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You asked...we answered!
What is the most important thing you've learned from traveling?
That everyone is different but underneath we're all the same and that there is much more to unite us than to divide us.
What's your favorite mode of transportation? Why?
The best mode of travel for me is the road trip. It may take much longer than other methods but you see so much more and can stop where and when you like!
What's your most exciting or surprising travel experience?
Being transported by snowmobile through the forest on top of the Vercors Massif in French Pre-Alps.
What's the most underrated destination in your opinion?
The beautiful coast of Northumberland in the North East of England


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Local veterans organization provides needed support for community
By Rachel Beard | April 20, 2016
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Veterans of Foreign Wars member and bartender Tom Moorhead (far left) serves drinks to local veterans at Post 701 on April 18. "The people are friendly, and it's a nice atmosphere," Moorhead said. Photo by Rachel Beard.
By Rachel Beard
Lansing Township News Staff Reporter
For U.S. veterans, finding information about important issues like veterans care and benefits can be challenging. But for the 666 veterans living in Lansing Township, the local Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) post, Post 701, provides a vital support system.
"There are so many organizations now that no one person could name them all, but many veterans are not aware that they even exist or that there are benefits available for them," Vice President of the veterans organization Honor for All Kent Hall said. "There is no veterans phone book or lists available for us to contact a veteran in need. It is usually word of mouth.
"The VFW and the American Legion are two organizations most people have heard about. The VA [Veterans Administration] has so many different departments that the left hand often doesn't know what the right hand is doing."
VFW member Lou Fox says many veterans come to Post 701 to get information.
"Well, it's a good place to get advice or veterans' questions [about] benefits available," Fox said.
At the Michigan-based organization Honor for All, Hall says reaching out to veterans is an important part of his work.
"So [veterans organizations] have events to try to get new members to come in, because there are benefits to veterans that a lot of people don't even know they have and that's where we can be really helpful," Hall said.
But for VFW member Tom Moorhead, visiting Post 701 allows him to spend time with other veterans.
"The people are friendly, and it's a nice atmosphere," Moorhead said.
A comparison of the number of veterans and nonveterans living in Lansing Township and the state of Michigan. Source: Lansing Township and Michigan Census Data. Graphic by Rachel Beard.
Hall says having a comfortable environment where veterans can interact with others who have been through similar experiences is an important part of keeping veterans healthy.
"A lot of the veterans won't talk to the other people about the issues they dealt with, but they will open up to another veteran right away," Hall said.
Veterans Claims Consultant at the VFW Department of Michigan Karen Greene says this kind of attitude towards the VFW is quite common.
"The military offers camaraderie to service members for support," Greene said. "After discharge, many miss that bond and will become members of the VFW to reestablish that connection with their brothers and sisters."
Greene works with veterans in Michigan to help them understand what benefits are available to them.
"[The VFW is] a group of nationally accredited service officers and claims consultants who assist veterans in receiving their entitled benefits like compensation, pension and education from the Veterans Administration," Greene said. "We specialize in knowing the law that governs entitlement to these benefits and assist veterans throughout the process including offering legal representation in the Court of Veterans Appeals both here in the Detroit area and in Washington D.C."
Michigan State University Clinical Professor of Psychiatry Frank Ochberg says organizations like the VFW can make a big impact in the lives of veterans and their families.
"Veterans and, in some cases, their spouses, meet to talk about post-traumatic stress injury, about marital and family adjustment, about sources of frustration and inspiration," Ochberg said. "Some are from the Vietnam era, some from more recent conflicts. Not every community has a resource like this."
VFW employee Cheryl Moorhead finds her work at Post 701 very rewarding.
"They're all very nice people, and it makes you feel like you've accomplished something when you go, too," Cheryl Moorhead said. "I mean, I'm State of Michigan Camp Trotter Chairman, too, and I get to work with the kids then, the veterans' kids and stuff like that, which is really nice."
Although there are many federal organizations that are meant to assist veterans, having support at the local level is usually more helpful.
"For people coming back who are having trouble with either internment or what have you, there are agencies with the Veterans Administration that can be very helpful," Hall said. "The problem is it's such a – it's another bureaucracy that's hard to work through, and that can scare people to maybe a faster track. Because when you're in that condition, you have to have that patience to work through months trying to get an appointment to see someone."
Although the VFW is a national organization, it can make a huge impact on the lives of local veterans.
"Post level community service includes assisting veterans to pay utility bills during crisis, rent or mortgage assistance, transportation to and from appointments along with any other need," Greene said. "Recently the VFW paid to have a phone service installed that would allow a deaf widow of a veteran to communicate with family and friends. They do this by raising money with the sale of buddy poppies and membership dues."
This sign hangs in the main lobby of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 701 building. Post 701 serves the VFW members in the Lansing area. Photo by Rachel Beard.
Cheryl Moorhead helps to organize gatherings for the local VFW members at Post 701.
"We have a lot of events here for all the different holidays, you know, Veterans Day and Memorial Day," Cheryl Moorhead said. "Some of them are fundraisers, and some, we have ceremonies, like for Veterans Day and for Memorial Day."
Post 701 is frequented by many veterans in and around the township.
"Well, we have like 600 members, but not all of them come in, but I would think probably at least 150 to 200 all come in," Cheryl Moorhead said.
For others who work with veterans, raising awareness about things like veterans care and benefits is a bigger part of their work.
"It is important to me that veterans get all the coverage we can get as it is often about awareness," Hall said.
About Rachel Beard
Rachel Beard has studied Journalism & Computer Science with a concentration in Visual Communications at Michigan State University since 2014. Her professional experiences include an internship in Dublin, Ireland, an infographic for the Research Consortium on Gender-based Violence (RCGV) at MSU, and the opportunity to publish research through the MSU School of Journalism.
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VFW posts in Clinton County offer veterans a chance to share their experiences
By Nathaniel Bott
Clinton County Chatter Staff Reporter
According to the Michigan Department of Military and Veteran Affairs, there are approximately 4,900 veterans of foreign wars currently residing in Clinton County. In fact, the veteran population is dwindling, as projections will drop below 4,000 veterans in the next 10 years.


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Home Motorcycle Types Adventure / Dual-Sport MotoGP Silverstone: Events Run-Down
MotoGP Silverstone: Events Run-Down
Below is the full off-track entertainment line-up for the AirAsia British Grand Prix to be held on June 18th to the 20th of 2010.
Riders for Health – a charity renowned for their aid work in Africa – will be holding the 2010 Day of Champions at Silverstone on Thursday 17 June. For fans of motorcycle racing it is a highlight of the calendar, offering a host of entertainment and access to anexclusive MotoGP auction attended by the MotoGP riders! All of the money raisedgoes to Riders for Health to help save lives in Africa. For more information, or to purchase tickets, visit riders.org.
Silverstone will hold LIVE concerts every night of the event, at the Arena stage. On Friday evening enjoy a performance from Stolen ID, while on Saturday night there will be on-stage appearances from all MotoGP Riders along with music from Jamie Whitham's band 'The Po Boys', The Clicks and Marner Brown. MotoGP fans attending race-day can see 'Some Velvet Mornings' and 'The New Machine' (a Pink Floyd Tribute band).
Introducing all ages to the motorcycle world, the Get On! Experience Zone at Silverstone (18-20 June) will provide free motorcycle and scooter rides, along withadvice from qualified trainers. Other activities include the MotoX off-road schoolprovided by Suzuki for children aged 11 years and over, and the Enduro off-road schoolfor experienced adults. 5-11 year olds can enjoy Honda's 'My First Licence' sessions.
Silverstone has also announced that the England v Algeria World Cup match on Friday 18 June (19:30hrs) will be shown LIVE on a giant screen inside the circuit. Following an action-packed day of MotoGP practice, sports fans will be able to keep up with all the latest football action from South Africa whilst at the Arena Complex.
Air displays are always popular, with MotoGP spectators being treated to The Parachute Regiment Freefall Team's The Red Devils, the Blades aerobatic team and a Typhoon air display. Watch the skies above Silverstone during the weekend to witness our nation's top airborne daredevils in action.
The Red Bull Pro Nationals motocross series, Red Bull X-Fighters, trials legend Dougie Lampkin and the UK's premier stunt rider Craig Jones will also be wowing the crowds throughout the weekend at Silverstone. This is all on top of the on-track action from MotoGP, Moto2, 125cc and the full line-up of support races.
For younger members of the family there will be plenty to do with funfair rides and bungee trampolines at the circuit, along with the option of helicopter pleasure flights.
To ensure ease of access to the circuit during the MotoGP weekend Silverstone will beimplementing a one way traffic management system on the Dadford Road for inbound traffic only on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the event.
For further ticket information for the 2010 AirAsia British Grand Prix, visit silverstone.co.uk, or call 0844 3750 500
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SCF's Hosted Open RAN framework would revolutionize neutral host economics
The neutral host model is well-established in certain parts of the wireless ecosystem, such as macro cell towers, but it is becoming attractive to a far wider range of stakeholders in the 5G era. This is because there is such a diversity of network requirements and business cases enabled by modern mobile broadband, and these can often be best enabled on shared infrastructure. However that diversity also threatens fragmentation of the market, so a global framework is urgently needed to allow a wide range of models to be developed on unified foundations. This is what SCF is proposing with its Hosted Open RAN framework, whose architectural requirements are set out in a landmark new report.
Mobile operators, and other network deployers, are looking to reduce the cost and risk of extending mobile broadband coverage into areas where it has been very limited to date, such as deep inside enterprise buildings or into every corner of a campus. This capacity and coverage would enable many new services, to benefit the user organizations and drive revenue to service providers. But the cost economics of a national macro network are very different from those of individual city, enterprise or industrial roll-outs.
This is driving operators to share more network assets, to co-invest with partners, and to outsource some elements completely to a third party, in order to reduce their total cost of ownership, replace capex spikes with predictable opex fees, and share the risk. For the user organizations, the footprint of the network is reduced if there is just one set of infrastructure, plus interference can be avoided, and energy consumption minimized.
However, this is not a one-size-fits-all model. Each deployment will have its own requirements in terms of density, coverage, performance and use cases, and each MNO has a unique network strategy.
One scenario may be best served by an established neutral host architecture such as DAS (distributed antenna system), others may be more effectively supported by emerging shared virtualized RAN platforms. However, using a mixture of sharing models can compromise the neutral host's business case by creating fragmentation and complexity, and that can be exacerbated by the development of regionally specific approaches.
The key to supporting very varied performance and use case requirements is to allow many neutral host models to be developed, but to ensure that, to avoid fragmentation, these can relate to a common framework. That will bring confidence to deployers, scale to neutral hosts and vendors, and provide a broad platform for developers.
SCF is proposing a global framework called Hosted Open RAN to fulfil this need. This would provide a flexible and modular approach to hosting.
The architecture requirements for Hosted Open RAN are set out in a landmark SCF report. With contributions from 12 companies with different neutral host models in commercial use, the report is the first part of a series that will examine the technical and commercial aspects of emerging small cell neutral host models.
The report examines existing and emerging models, and the impact of developments such as shared spectrum – with a focus on the USA's CBRS scheme – and open RAN architectures. These are likely to accelerate small cell build-out, especially in enterprises, by reducing the cost of spectrum and equipment, and lowering barriers to new deployers and suppliers. A proliferation of enterprise demand and potential providers will make shared infrastructure models increasingly vital to avoid fragmentation and ensure there is a robust profit model for all stakeholders.
The report analyses the requirements that will be fed into a proposed global framework for Hosted Open RAN networks. SCF believes Hosted Open RAN will become a dominant model for neutral host small cells in the coming years, combining the economics benefits of openness with those of shared infrastructure.
The framework aims to encompass many different approaches to neutral hosting, while providing a common architecture to allow common equipment and use cases to be adopted in all models – which range from site sharing to DAS to active small-cell-as-a-service.
Current specifications of relevance to neutral hosting will be supported and SCF has done particular work to support and align with JOTS NHIB (Joint Operator Technical Specifications for Neutral Host In-Building), a ground-breaking document supported by all four UK mobile operators – EE, Telefónica O2, Vodafone and 3 UK. This is an example of an approach that could be globally imitated, looking to address the cost and deployment challenges of delivering top quality 4G and 5G connectivity to enterprises, while ensuring a strong business case for operators.
Such frameworks, which are driven by operators with strong experience of sharing assets in other areas, help to reduce the perceived risks that MNOs often associate with sharing and neutral host, notably the ability to control every aspect of their network design and performance. They do this by enabling flexibility, so that an MNO's particular requirements can be supported to a high degree, and by clearly setting out the cost, quality and time-to-market benefits. The deeper the sharing, the more these benefits are increased for the MNO, and the more quickly and reliably mobile broadband can start to make a significant impact on enterprises and citizens everywhere.
SCF Market forecast: Cooperation and flexibility are critical to success of open small cellsThree questions with… arQana Technologies


Bydgoszcz PolandThe weather conditions had been unfavourable for several weeks before the Polish Cross Country Championships which took place on Sunday 14 March in Myslecinek Park, the venue for the 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships (Sunday 28 March), thus making the course a real challenge.
You should have seen the conditions! The deep snow cap had melted, leaving the ground wet and muddy and then, on the very day of the event, it was snowing again. It was truly a traditional 'mud and guts' cross country course.
"It was a course for endurance athletes, not sprinters," said Marian Nowakowski , the coach of Katarzyna Kowalska from Vectra Wroclaw who won the race.
The journalists were eager to find out whether, after running in such conditions, her running shoes could still be used again. "Yes, they just need a thorough washing," replied the coach.
"We expected a better result, hoping the race would be faster. It was an important test for us. However, it was really difficult to run in that mud. The aim we will strive for during the World Cross Country Championships is a place in the first 30," added Nowakowski.
Nearly 600 runners participated in the event. Among the senior men the best in 12km turned out to be Marcin Chabowski from WKS Flota Gdynia (reaching the time 38:42) and a local runner Blazej Brzezinski from MUKS Bydgoszcz who came fifth (reaching the time 39:31) and thus managed to qualify to the national team.
6. LEWANDOWSKA Iwona 85 LKS VECTRA-DGS Wloclawek 30:48 7.


Hi, my name is Moonique. It means no nickname. I always try not to be tied to names.(name like daughter, girl, student, part-timer etc) I'm an illustrator, designer, and tattoo artist. I'm from South Korea.
안녕하세요. 문익입니다. 이름이 없다는 뜻을 이름으로 삼고있습니다. 언제나 이름에 매이지 않으려 유의하며 작업하고있습니다.(딸, 여자, 학생, 알바생 등등) 일러스트레이터, 디자이너이면서 타투이스트 입니다. 한국에서 작업하고있습니다.
I prefer to express myself metaphorically rather than express myself straight forwardly. I want my work to touch someone's heart. I mean not like making someone think about the subject, but like they can just feel and understand it. I love soft semi-saturated colors and crumbly textures. Recently I'm interested in capturing light and time.
직설적으로 표현하는것보다는 비유하여 둘러 표현하는 것을 좋아합니다. 직접적인 문장으로 와닿는 감상보다는 어떠한 기분, 마음으로 와닿는 그림을 그리고 싶습니다. 부드러운 중채도의 색감과 푸스스 바스라지는 질감을 좋아합니다. 최근에는 빛과 시간을 아름답게 담아내는 것에 관심이 있습니다.
I like thin water based pens or pencils. That's what's most comfortable and familiar to me. They're also easy to carry with me so I can draw things in my free time. It feels simple and comfy. My most frequently used medium is definitely photoshop. Digital works are clear, neat and easy to correct, so recently I always retouch with photoshop even if it's a hand drawing.
얇은 수성펜이나 연필로 그리는 것을 가장 선호 합니다. 손에 가장 편안하고 가지고 다니기도 용이해서 카페나 잠시 뜨는 시간들에 크로키북에 낙서를 하며 시간을 보내기에도 좋습니다. 간단하고 편안한 느낌입니다. 가장 자주 쓰는것은 아무래도 포토샵. 디지털 작업이 주는 선명하고 깔끔한 느낌, 수정이 용이하다는 장점때문에 근래엔 수작업도 디지털 작업을 한번 거쳐 완성하고 있습니다.
Mostly I start work with the flow of consciousness or the noisiest topic on my mind.
I've captured all my good ideas in a memo with rough sketches and short text. That "memo" grows into artwork. When I'm alone, I just doodle with my pen and paper and then that becomes something. After finishing a piece, I always check it one more time the next day after I wake up and decide if it's finished or not.
주로 의식의 흐름, 나의 마음속에서 가장 시끄러운 주제로 작업을 시작합니다. 떠오르는 좋은 생각들은 모두 메모와 간단한 스케치로 달아나지 않게 잡아두고 언젠가는 작업으로 만들어냅니다. 혼자 있는 시간들에는 간단히 챙긴 펜과 종이로 가벼운 낙서를 하고, 그것이 또 어떤 아이디어로 이어질때가 많습니다. 작업을 마치면 꼭 자고 일어나 다음날 다시 체크하고 완성인지 아닌지 결정합니다.
I'm inspired by cute and strange pics or conversations with people. Passing expressions and sentences float around in my head and then becomes my pieces. I'm interested in various different opinions. I want to open my sight as wide as possible and be flexible. New ideas come to mind when I see materials before and then after when they're made into something different. I'm also into pre-made interesting artworks. Like really good concert, exhibit, pieces. They make me wanna do really cool things in a new way. They give me a lot of inspiration and enthusiasm.
귀엽고 이상한 사진들이나 주변인들과 나누는 이야기에서 많은 생각들을 얻습니다. 지나가는 감상과 문장들이 맴돌아 길어져 작업이 되는 경우가 많습니다. 여러가지 다양하고 다른 생각들에 관심이 많고, 가능한 시야를 유연하게 열어두고 싶습니다. 아직 만들어지기 전의 재료들을 볼때엔 무언가 새로운것들이 생각나고, 멋진 콘서트, 전시, 작업들같이 이미 만들어진 좋은 작업물들을 볼 때엔 나도 저렇게 멋진 것을 해내야지하는 좋은 열의와 마음이 생깁니다.
I like to talk about a ton of different subjects and want to express my opinion. But I also can express my opinion with my works and get my point across. I think it's a really big advantage to be able to express myself through my work rather than just through words. A lot of subtleties and nuances can get lost in translation and lead to misunderstandings, but art doesn't need translation. sometimes I think artwork is better than a language People need to take time to understand artwork and the expression of opinion comes through as impressions and feelings, not words. I love the moment when impression turns to their own sentence. I can feel the beauty of the moment in a more detailed way through art.
다양한 주제에 대해 말하는것을 좋아하기도하고 어떠한 상황에대해 의견을 표현하고 싶은 순간들이필연적으로 있는데,그 때에 문장이 아닌것으로 나의 마음이나 의견을 표현할 수 있다는 것은 굉장한장점인것 같습니다. 언어나 문장의 미묘한 차이와 뉘앙스는 오역과 오해가 잦은데, 그림은 통역이필요하지 않다는 점이 좋습니다. 때로는 언어보다 그림이 더 좋은 역할을 한다고 생각합니다. 천천히 시간을 두고 보아야 알 수 있고 감상들은 문장이 아닌 인상과 감정으로 다가옵니다. 감상이 각자의 문장으로 구성되는 순간을 좋아합니다. 작업을 통해 순간의 아름다움을 좀 더 세세하게 느끼게 되었다고 생각합니다.
I majored in visual design at Mungji university. Still learning from people and life.
명지대학교에서 시각디자인을 전공했습니다. 여전히 사람들에게서, 삶에서 배우고 익히고 있습니다.
Well… 5 years from now… I wish I could work with a more peaceful and stable mind.
I want to see my works in books, on buildings, and in more various place as various way. Hope busy for work!
글쎄요. 5년후에는 조금 더 편안한 마음으로 작업하고 있다면 좋겠습니다. 저의 작업들이 책이나, 건물이나, 다양한곳에 다양한 모습으로 스며있는 모습을 보고싶습니다.
I hope I fit the word "artist" more naturally and comfortably. I want a healthy balance between work and life.
작가라는 호칭이 조금 더 자연스럽고 편안히 잘 어울렸으면 합니다. 일과 삶, 균형이 잘 맞는 생활을 하고 있으면 좋겠습니다.
If my works make someone feel some sort of emotion, I'll be happy. That emotion can be anything from empathy, reassurance, or even just simple pleasure. Even if it's just for a moment, I want to give people that brief respite from everyday stress. In short, I want my work to inspire good emotions. As far as a personal goal, I hope that I can live and support myself with just my own talent and effort. I love myself as an artist but I hope working as an artist has not to end with just enjoying. Hope I can have proper reward and that reward keep my life as an artist.
누군가에게 제 작업들이 어떠한 마음을 불러일으킨다면 아주 좋을것 같습니다. 공감이라던가, 위로라던가 용기라던가. 그저 즐거움도 좋습니다. 좋은 영향을 줄 수 있다면 좋을 것 같습니다. 잠시간의 환기라도 좋습니다. 개인적인 목표로는 개인의 재능과 노력으로 살아갈 수 있게 되는것입니다. 아티스트로서의 본인을 좋아하고, 좋아서 하는것이지만 그것이 단순히 좋은것에서만 끝나기를 바라지는 않습니다. 적절한 대가를 받으며 일하고 그것이 아티스트로서의 삶을 지속가능하게 하면 좋겠습니다.
Wow….So many things on my head…But definitely sweeeets! Sweets gives me true happiness. Plating, appearance, smell, taste everything's perfect.
와 좋아하는것이 너무 많아서 꼽기가 힘들지만, 극강의 행복을 주는것은 역시나 디져트. 플레이팅부터, 디져트의 생김새, 향기, 맛 어느하나 빼놓을 수 없는 즐거움입니다.
Jean Jacques Sempe's "Marcellin Caillou" and "Roul Tanurin". When read those books, I'm in lovely mood.
장자끄 상빼의 얼굴 빨개지는 아이와 자전거를 못타는 아이. 읽고있으면 기분이 사랑스러워집니다.
요즘 가장 빠져있는 뮤지션은 tom misch. 가장 즐겨듣는것은 6-70년대 즈음의 로큰롤입니다. beatles나 wham,The clash같은. 들으면서 이상한 춤을 추는것을 좋아합니다.
I lie down and tweet. haha. Or ride bicycle and going to cafe for sweets with friends.
누워서 트위터를 합니다. 하하. 자전거를 타는것과 친구들과 디져트집 도장깨기 하는것 역시 즐깁니다.
Even if I was not an artist, I'll do something creative. Make new things , imagining and planning like promoter.
그림이 아니더라도 기획같이 무언가 새로운 일을 만들고 상상하는 일을 하고 있었을 것 같습니다.


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A key to bridging the political divide: Sit down and talk?
Glenn Gamboa
One Small Step seeks to decrease toxic polarization by bringing people of differing views and backgrounds together to talk. About 800 people have met in pairs in around 40 cities to talk about commonalities, such as family and spirituality, in addition to other issues facing the country. The conversations, which highlight people's commonalities and help to humanize one another, are based on research that shows bringing people together face-to-face decreases prejudice and discrimination. Some of the recorded conversations become part of the StoryCorps podcast or were broadcast on NPR.
Political science Psychology and behavioral science Civic participation
Community control and ownership Establishing social norms Overcoming the Big Challenges Reaching across the aisle
A Safe Haven in Cartoon Confidants
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Boston: There's an App for That
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Politico 10 June 2014 Text / Over 3000 Words
Boston had a hard time solving civic problems efficiently and holding its leadership accountable. In response, a team...
Curbing Online Abuse Isn't Impossible. Here's Where We Start
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Ever Wonder Why Nobody Goes to Town Council Meetings? Meet the Folks Who Are Changing That.
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Escaping the Cycle of Scarcity
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Fighting Bullying With Babies
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For Better Crime Prevention, a Dose of Science
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Crime is a result of many underlying social issues, but Crime Lab, a research organization with branches in New York ...
From Young Adult Book Fans to Wizards of Change
Courtney E. Martin
The New York Times 21 March 2012 Text / 1500-3000 Words
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The pressure is on for the federal government to spend tax money more wisely. Evidence-based policy making is gaining...
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While weight loss can be challenging to maintain, different structures are being created to help. Certain support gro...
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/22/a-safe-haven-in-cartoon-confidantes
Children coming from abusive households are often reluctant to discuss their past experiences. A Mexican foundation is using animated characters to help abused and ill children speak about their lives.
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/06/boston-theres-an-app-for-that-107661.html#.VYml6PlViko
Boston had a hard time solving civic problems efficiently and holding its leadership accountable. In response, a team in the Mayor's office was charged with "making Boston better through clever, low-cost hacks" such as a mobile app that allows residents to send government service requests to City Hall.
http://www.wired.com/2014/05/fighting-online-harassment
Harassment on the internet is more accepted but just as harmful as it is in person. RiotGames, a game publisher, decreased abuse by enabling its gaming members to decide and enforce community norms.
http://nationswell.com/meet-folks-upgrading-civic-engagement
NationSwell
Very few people go to city council meetings. MindMixer, a tech startup company, increased civic participation in states across the U.S. with online platforms for city officials and the community to discuss ideas.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/25/escaping-the-cycle-of-scarcity
Poor people are less likely to make smart financial decisions; however, new research in the U.S. says this is not about intelligence but rather about a brain being overwhelmed with issues related to poverty. To combat that barrier of stress, organizations around the world are making financial decisions easier for people experiencing poverty by making borrowing easier and automating future financial planning, like 401(k) contributions.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/08/fighting-bullying-with-babies
The Canadian federal government has identified bullying as a national problem. Roots of Empathy, based in Toronto, encourages empathy in elementary kids by having them interact with babies.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/16/making-sure-crime-prevention-pays
Crime is a result of many underlying social issues, but Crime Lab, a research organization with branches in New York and Chicago, is studying which simple solutions will have the most impact in their city. Cost-effective efforts such as tutoring combined with cognitive behavioral therapy have proven to be successful.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/21/from-young-adult-book-fans-to-wizards-of-change
Global social and economic problems are difficult to change. However, fan-activism fuels the interests of fans of popular young adult fiction. Books such as Harry Potter and the Hunger Games have inspired activist groups that raise awareness of global hunger, reading, and relief supplies to impoverished nations, among others. Being a fan has served as a bridge to become politically active and solve the world's problems.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/16/can-government-play-moneyball
The pressure is on for the federal government to spend tax money more wisely. Evidence-based policy making is gaining in popularity as a way for the government to spend tax money wisely. While not quite as flashy or exciting as past ways, this has a proven track record of positive impact.
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Q: Do Cobalt support "qual-e"(YouTube Qualification Engine) page? During the Youtube 2017 certification test (https://qual-e.appspot.com/) on the Cobalt(version_9.28152.) ported to my platform, I encountered the following symptoms.

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*Qual-E test : ./cobalt --allow_http --csp_mode=disable --url=https://qual-e.appspot.com/
-> result  [https://i.stack.imgur.com/6gguv.jpg][1]

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*Are these test results correct?

*If I'm wrong, I wonder why and what to do.

A: Cobalt engineers has a task to make it can be supported with cobalt, see the link, ETA of this task is 4/21 from googlers.

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Here you can use our grid system to pre-grow your green roof of coice off-site and simply clip and fix when ready. The cells are robust yet lightweight. They can be laid on any kind of a slope. Each grid 'section' comes in palletised form of 1.33 square metre pre-locked sections. You offer this up to an appropriate layer of geotextile membrane, fill in the cells with your growing medium of choice, seed with grass, sedum, wildflowers, chamomile, clover etc and wait for mother nature to take over. Once grown, they can easily be stacked, transported on pallets and laid directly on a similar roof membrane….simple!
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Responsible for a mens eyebrow threading Budget? 12 Top Notch Ways to Spend Your Money
The eyebrow threading is very difficult for women. It is a small, round, white hairpin. This pin is about the size of a fingernail. When you first get it, it will feel and look like a small tarantula. You are supposed to thread the hair and take it out as it grows. So, it is very frustrating to get it out because the hair will not come out evenly and so it has to be threading it out every time.
A lot of women have very small eyebrows and it is hard for them to thread them. I think it is because it is so small and there are so many threads that it is difficult and a lot of women are really frustrated with it.
You can do eyebrow threading with mens brow threading tips. The mens brow threading tip is specifically made for men as it is the only one that works on men's brows.
For eyebrows, I recommend using the brow threading set that comes with your nose threading kit. It is not only very effective, it also has a brush that is specifically made for brow threading.
I think women are frustrated because they feel that they have to use their nose threading kit to thread the eyebrow. I have seen a lot of threads that have been left hanging without the use of the kit. I think a lot of women feel this way because it is so small and there are so many threads that it is difficult and a lot of women are really frustrated with it.
I think that some women feel this way because I think that some of the brow-threading kits are smaller in size. The kit I have has many more options to choose from, and it was made especially for women because I think it has a more relaxed feel that is easier to use.
The eyebrow threading kit is a relatively new item designed to make it easier for those with small brows to get their eyebrows done. The kit is designed to make it easier to thread your brows into shape, and I believe this is because some women find the brow-threading kit is less effective as a result.
I am not a woman, but I do wear makeup, so it would be nice to have brow-threading kit that includes a little bit of makeup in it. The eyebrow threading kit I have in my bag actually includes some makeup in it as well, but I wouldn't say I use it very often. But I did use the eyebrow threading kit to get it done this morning, and I was very happy with how it went.
I have had brow-threading kit before, and I have never really used it. I think it works great if combined with a proper brow pencil, but it takes more time to achieve a perfect brow. I think I would rather just get a brow pencil and thread my brows, and not bother with makeup. I am sure others would prefer a makeup kit over a brow-threading kit, but thats just me.
But I think that's where the eyebrow threading kit comes in. It takes a bit more time to achieve a perfect brow, and that time is better spent learning how to use your brow-threading kit. It's just not as much fun to get a perfect brow in a blink of an eye; after all, a perfect brow is something that just doesn't happen.
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Q: Gradle, 'url' cannot be applied to (java.lang.String) Since some time, on any maven { url "whatever" }  I'm getting this warning:

Here a sample project experiencing the issue
It's not critical neither a blocker, but it's kind of annoying
Does anybody know where it comes from?
Specs:

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*Idea IU 181.3263.15

*JRE 1.8.0_152

*kotlin 1.2.21

*gradle 4.4.1

*Win 7 x64

A: Your IDE is analyzing the Gradle DSL. With fully expanded syntax, your code looks like this:
project.dependencies({(RepositoryHandler handler) -> {
   handler.maven({(MavenArtifactRepository repository) -> {
       repository.setUrl("https://...");
   });
};

If you look in the Gradle API, you can see that MavenArtifactRepository has two methods:
void    setUrl(Object url)
void    setUrl(URI url)

So the IDE is saying you should pass Object or an URI. If you use setUri(...) the annoying IDE warning should go away.

A: To make IntelliJ IDEA stop complaining, you can use:
maven {
    url = 'http://myrepo'
}

which I believe is the Groovy shortcut for setUrl('http://myrepo').


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