Among the important things at an outright premium in cities and also towns throughout the world today is stair space. With the world seemingly becoming more and extra overloaded and also development possibilities just offering themselves in a vertical fashion, as opposed to straight, using the offered space to the hilt appears like an outright must. When it comes to modern residences as well as trendy interiors, developers and also architects are taking out all stops to guarantee that every inch is made use of in the appropriate style.
Storage space as well as magnificent racks under stair are no longer an exemption as property owner are beginning to understand that space could not just be wasted. Here are such suggestions which are available in diverse shapes, sizes, types and color pattern that will with any luck inspire you to renovate as well as include comparable functions in your very own residence.
Yes, stairs are utilitarian, however that does not suggest they have to lack design. Whether taking care of broken rug, aiming to maintain feet from slipping, or simply including something unique to your house, these staircase joggers will certainly establish the pace for your entrance. Not all stair runners need to be textile or carpet. This pleasant coloured runner brings nautical panache to a white landing. It's a DIY weekend break task in the production.
Stair joggers don't have to be standard. Welcome your cool side with a brightly tinted textile. This patterned tangerine rug is a program stopper and also the excellent way to clothe up white stairs. It also draws the eye to the unusual contour in this staircase.
For those that do not avoid the bold, this is the appearance your stairs is craving. Don't keep back. Group up beautiful actions with black and also white polka-dot wallpaper as well as a mix of rugs, consisting of a navy and also white zebra print. Naturally, drapes participate the action, also, with a little collaborating green print.
Multi-colored red stripes include a whimsical appearance that's additionally quite welcoming. This funky stair runner makes climbing those actions really feel alluring. As always, a white base makes the ideal history for strong shades.
If words modern and also Victorian seem inconsistent, have a look at this foyer. Fun and laid-back fulfills spruced up in a black as well as white interior with matching steps. Those stairs seem to mix right in.
An emerald green stair runner spilling onto an excellent white floor is amazingly beautiful. Nothing else furnishings required. This appearance is castle-worthy.
We really did not expect to see plaid on stairs. The home is made up mostly of neutrals, making this fascinating pattern a welcome shock. It could even improvise laundry in the basement a little bit extra fun.
A navy herringbone formed stair jogger feels boho against an all-white background. The indigo tone functions well with highly hued wood actions as well as a navy and white rug. An inviting access, to state the least. It's so enticing, actually, a basic hat rack and also matching basket are the only devices needed.
A stairs that appears like artwork isn't really something you see everyday. Thrown down and freely fastened to a dazzling white stairs, the soft tones of this runner transform the entrance into a masterpiece. It's practically as well stunning to step on.
For a completely customized look, usage rugs in a preferred pattern. This worldwide fabric is so contemporary and also trendy on painted white stairs. It keeps little feet warm and also provides a non-slip surface area, all while looking very stylish. Added bonus? This appearance could quickly be switched over out when ideas strikes.
Sisal rugs are always a great choice. They are sturdy, layer-able, as well as look great in almost any kind of style plan. They likewise function well when utilized as a stair jogger. This light-on-dark version is offering all of us the really feels.
Virtually overnight, it appears as though Instagrammers have actually ended up being consumed with photographing every angle of a spiral stairs. We've rounded up a few of our favored shots of this Insta pattern. Have a look!
The smaller sized locations of a home (corridors, we're taking a look at you) often tend to obtain neglected when it pertains to the decoration. A well-styled corridor makes the circulation of a home a lot more natural, and the most convenient way to quickly amp up your interior decoration video game is by having fun with a little wallpaper. Here are the prints as well as patterns currently inspiring us.
We love the refined pattern in this print and also the means it enhances the patterned flooring. To merge your space, select a color that you can include into your entry's accent items, such as these stunning blue-and-white printed vases.
If your hallways are tailored less towards type and also even more on feature, enliven the dull location with a bold print on the wall surfaces. Right here, minimalist flooring as well as a curated mix of accent items perfectly assimilate with the leafy environment-friendly design.
For a contemporary surface, go with a wallpaper in a geometric pattern. Maintain the shades monochrome as well as embellish the hall with similarly-styled pieces to maintain the flow regular.
We like just how this wallpaper includes the shades of the door and also baseboard. Include plants in to mirror the leaves on the print and also choose rock floorings for an earthy as well as natural ambiance.
Short on space? Right here's a decorating method to instantly make your hallway appear taller (and also as a result extra roomy) – select wallpaper that comes with upright stripes to aesthetically enhance the area. This visual fallacy does marvels for opening a space.
No windows, not a problem: cheer up your space with a happy, yellow print for an instantaneous mood-booster. To keep the focus on the vivid print, this hallway nicely hides all potential in elegant storage space bins and coordinates the accent items to the yellow wall surface.
If you aren't fairly prepared to dedicate to a fully-wallpapered hallway, try an accent wall. This attractive pattern makes a striking statement when coupled with moody, charcoal paint. It's a tiny modification that packs a huge punch.
Your best choice in sprucing up a hallway is opting for a bright shade. When making use of an enjoyable print like the one imagined here, you could either style it with basic devices in neutral shades or go for it as well as bring in an alternative lively palette.
It may be a print, however the cloud motif in this wallpaper is so subtle it could generally be considered a neutral. Make your house a much more kicked back setting by selecting calming prints in soft tones. The simplicity of enabling the print to stand alone is so easily chic.
The form of the space under the stairs likewise offers itself to built-in bookshelves. Unlike basic shelves or bookcases, under-the-stairs devices occupy simply the appropriate amount of space and can be made in a variety of designs. This angular built-in bookcase in Calgary, Alberta, includes a bottom row of drawers for extra storage space.
The owners of this London home intended their whole interior as a backdrop to their collection of contemporary art and style. 'The concept was to treat the entire place as a sort of installation,' explains the architect Seth Stein, a man popular for his capability to sympathetically combine back historical structures. Evidence of this is immediately noticeable in the entrance hall, where you catch first blush of the stairs – basically a huge piece pop art, covered in spirited laminate anime floorboards.
When including a new wing to Ballintubbert, a grand eighteenth-century home in the republic of Ireland, designer Matthew Shinnors as well as developer Hugh Henry of Mlinaric, Henry & Zervudachi were entrusted with developing a space sympathetic to the architectural period, however with a 21st century sensibility. The large cellars below the house are come close to by this elegant double stairs. The railings and looming light – based on a Soanean layout – were made by the neighborhood blacksmith, and are countered by a significant slice of old yew, highlighting the stylish contour of the stairs.
Downstairs in the same house, the filigree pattern of the original Victorian cast-iron balusters is chosen in a soft black. Underneath a second stairs leading to the cellar has been enclosed in a frosted glass box, with black Crittall-style panes lending a tidy, visuals modernity to the hallway.
The entrance in this recovered farmhouse from the 1800s was initially two tones of environment-friendly as well as had integrated shelving that made the space feel tiny. Currently a rug and also various coat hangers contrast with the bright white to welcome guest in and make them really feel right at home.
If you didn't recognize you were near the ocean before entering this home, the sea-foam green stairs could be a big clue. Built in 1855, this Maine home embraces its background and geography with pastel shades and also vintage signs, and also the barbecue baskets add to the warm motif.
Prior to the remodelling of this 1850s New York house, the stairs were covered in asian carpeting, and the wall surfaces were a brilliant salmon pink. Currently, crisp white wall surfaces complement the dark actions, and also a simple Moravian celebrity lights up the access.
If you cannot manage a complete architectural do-over of your stairs, pepping it up with colour could transform the energy of a space. Dynamic contrasts in between rooms work magnificently in this eastern London residence, transformed for a young client by developer Adam Bray to produce an environment that is 'dark, exciting and hot' using a mix of oxblood red and also blue-grey paint from Papers & Paints.
Stairs in the corner work well in compact homes, particularly if you make use of a ladder-like style with glass hand rails to ensure that natural light isn't obstructed.
Sometimes, because of absence of space, just a narrow stairs can be developed. Use ingrained lights in the wall to maintain the location well-lit, and also repaint it white to make it look more large than it is.
In a tiny residence, it's vital to have sufficient storage to ensure that the rooms can be maintained clutter totally free. Transform the dead space under the stairs right into storage with slide out cabinets, drawers or racks.
Integrating 2 components is a great space-saving concept for tiny houses. In this residence, the location under the stairs has an open bookshelf and also entertainment closet that is practical as well as modern-day.
Using geometry to increase space is an useful service for little residences. Notification exactly how this staircase flexes at best angles to use the available location efficiently? Use floating slabs for actions to maintain the location looking ventilated.
Offering a modern-day spin to the wooden ladder by placing slabs on a central beam of light is one more choice for making the space appearance much less confined. Furthermore, in this residence, the creative placement of a sink with a large mirror that reflects the light and space adds to the airiness.
Lighting can be utilized to add a beautiful element to the home by brightening the actions elegantly.
When there's simply a little corner readily available for the stairs, the traditional spiral stairs is the most effective option. Rather than sticking to the black or white, make use of a brilliant colour for a modern-day touch.
Spiral stairs are additionally perfect for connecting two floors inside a tiny residence as it inhabits the least amount of space. Making use of modern-day product such as steel as opposed to wrought iron introduces a contemporary want to the insides.
Occasionally, all it takes is a straightforward and also modern style to attach two floorings in a little residence. A dark timber ladder-like stairs without a handrail as well as simply a steel rod on the wall surface for security can be simply as classy.
A stairs does not necessarily need to be in the edge of a tiny home. Utilizing a liquid style such as this one that drifts over the living-room and supplies space underneath for positioning a bench or coffee table offers a wonderful open feeling to the room.


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Take Eto's Story, up to World War II, Told by her Daughter
This is the story of Take Eto, a Japanese Immigrant who came to the United States at the age of 19, told from the perspective of Grace Shibata, Take Eto's daughter, the youngest of eight children. This blog tells Eto's story from her journey to the United States, up until World War II. Shibata remembers her mother as an inspiration, "whose boundless patience, strength, and understanding sustained [her]" (Nakano).
Take Eto's story begins in Japan, where she was born, but at the age of 19, she was to board a ship to America, where she would meet her future husband and begin a new life. Like many immigrants, those beginning days of adapting to a new culture was difficult, and she recalls eating a big chunk of butter, thinking it was egg yolk, but being too embarrassed to spit it out. But these culture shocks were only just the beginning, for on May 21, 1908, she married Tameji Eto in Seattle, and shortly thereafter, they arrived in San Francisco, then San Luis Obispo.
Mr. and Mrs. Eto (Photo Courtesy of History Center of San Luis Obispo County)
This was the beginning of her pioneer life as an immigrant. She had a pleasant childhood in Japan, but here, she had to learn to do the dirty work, cooking three meals a day, ironing and washing clothes, and even working in the fields at times. Sometimes, she was even in charge of going into town to purchase goods, which could take an entire day. But through these tough times, she gave birth to eight children, all at home. She found time to cook, wash, work in the ground, welcome guests, and care for her kids. Shibata praises her as a wonderful mother, for she took on so many tasks and did them well, and allowed her children to balance chores with fun activities.
Originally, the family settled in Arroyo Grande, but they quickly relocated to Oso Flaco. Later, they moved to Pismo Beach, then Los Osos. In the midst of their relocations, her husband also purchased land for farming in Morro Bay. But these moves were difficult, for in Los Osos, just weeks before Eto's pregnancy, the previous owner refused to vacate the home, so they were forced to live in a tent on the property for a time. Moreover, the Alien Land Law prohibited Asian non-citizens from owning land, so Tameji Eto had to purchase land for farming under the name of his Caucasian friend. Furthermore, these times were tough, and while they hired workers on the farm, they often struggled to pay their workers, even when production was high.
The family was innovative in farming, however, since they were the first to introduce truck farming in San Luis Obispo, and often shipped their goods to Los Angeles and San Francisco.
But in 1930, the Great Depression hit, and they often bartered instead. But no matter what, Eto made the most out of these hard times, for she taught her children to be resourceful, and never waste anything. She continued to care for her children, and plant vegetables throughout the Depression, but she had no idea what would be in store for her next. During those times, though, "she received the honor of being named Mother of the Year from Shin of Angeles. It must have come as a great surprise to her, for she sought no honor and believed what she did was nothing unusual" (Nakano).
Then came World War II; after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, her husband was taken away. She too was forced to relocate many times with her family, first to her daughter's place, then to a camp, and finally to Idaho with her family. She endured the painful reality without her husband, but always stayed positive by acknowledging that she could still stay with her children. Click here to read about Take Eto's life during and after World War II.
Nakano, Mei T., and Grace Shibata. Japanese American Women: Three Generations, 1890-1990. Mina Press Pub., 1990. Pg. 77-95


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San Diego Zoo Global is a non-profit organization that operates the San Diego Zoo, the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, and the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research. It was founded on October 2, 1916, by Harry M. Wegeforth, M.D.
San Diego Zoo Global is the largest zoological membership association in the world, with more than 250.000 member households and 130.000 child memberships representing more than a half-million people. Members enjoy free admission to the Zoo and the Safari Park, a subscription to the magazine ZOONOOZ, and other benefits. Both Zoo and Park are open every day of the year.
The Safari Park is an expansive wildlife sanctuary that is home to more than 3,000 animals representing more than 300 species. Its renowned botanical collection represents 3,500 species and 1.5 million specimens. Over half of the Park's 1,800 acres (730 hectares) have been set aside as protected native species habitat. It is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) north of downtown San Diego in the San Pasqual Valley near Escondido, California.
The San Diego Zoo has had a love affair with giant pandas ever since the visit of Basi & Yuan Yuan for 100 days in 1987. After years of red tape and tons of application paperwork, the San Diego Zoo and China agreed on a 12-year research loan of two giant pandas, Bai Yun and Shi Shi, who arrived at the Zoo in 1996. A brand-new exhibit area was built for the breeding pair, which has since been expanded and renovated and is now called the Giant Panda Research Station. In 2008, the panda loan was extended for another five years and it was renewed in 2013.


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On-Off Direction-Selective Ganglion Cell
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Direction selective (DS) cells in the retina are neurons that respond differentially to the direction of a visual stimulus. The term is used to describe a group of neurons that preferrentially "gives a vigorous discharge of impulses when a (bright) stimulus object is moved through its receptive field in one direction" [2]. There are three known types of DS cells in the vertebrate retina of the mouse, ON/OFF DS ganglion cells, ON DS Ganglion Cells (which respond to the leading edge of a bright stimulus) and OFF DS Ganglion Cells (which respond only to the trailing edge of a bright stimulus). Each has a distinctive physiology and anatomy[3]. The rest of this page will only apply to ON/OFF DS Ganglion Cells.
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ON/OFF DS ganglion cells act as local motion detectors. They fire at the onset and offset of a bright stimulus (a light source). If a stimulus is moving in the direction of the cell's preference, it will fire at the leading and the trailing edge.
The classical receptive field of the ON–OFF DSGC exhibits center-surround structure, with the size of the receptive field center matching well with its dendritic diameter [6–8]. When presented with a moving bar visual stimulus, both the ON and OFF components of the spike response are direction-selective over a wide range of movement velocities [2]. Furthermore, motion stimuli restricted to a small fraction (<20% in rabbit) of the receptive field can produce directional spiking of ON–OFF DSGCs, indicating that direction-selective mechanisms are present in local dendritic computational subunits that repeat in an array over the DSGC dendritic arbor [4].
The direction in which a set of neurons respond most strongly to is their "preferred direction." In contrast, they do not respond at all to the opposite direction, "null direction." The preferred direction is not dependent on the stimulus- that is, regardless of the stimulus' size, shape, or color, the neurons respond when it is moving in their preferred direction, and do not respond if it is moving in the null direction.
ON/OFF DS ganglion cells can be divided into 4 subtypes differing in their directional preference, ventral, dorsal, nasal, or temporal. The cells of different subtypes also differ in their dendritic structure and synaptic targets in the brain.
Moving visual stimuli that crossed the cell's receptive field elicited strong spiking when moving in a particular 'preferred' direction but little or no response when moving in the opposite 'null' direction.
The anatomy of ON/OFF cells is such that the dendrites extend to two sublaminae of the inner plexiform layer and make synapses with bipolar and amacrine cells. They have four subtypes, each with own preference for direction. Each subtype of ON/OFF DSGCs has differences in dendritic patterns and axonal projections to the brain. These differences indicate that outputs from different subtypes may wire to different parts of the brain [5].
The colored objects in panel a are six DSGCs reconstructed by the researchers. The circles are representations of the cell bodies, and the lines are "skeletons" of the dendrites. Each DSGC is said to be "bistratified," which means that its dendrites branch out in two sublayers ("strata") of the IPL. The total number of strata in the IPL is estimated to be around ten. A view of the bottom of the sandwich (panel b) shows the branching of the DSGC dendrites.
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Cells and synapses reconstructed from serial block face electron microscopy data. A single starburst amacrine cell (yellow, note synaptic varicosities) and two direction-selective ganglion cells (green). Even though there is substantial dendritic overlap with both cells, all connections (magenta) go to the right ganglion cell. ©Kevin Briggman. New microscope decodes complex eye circuitry: Retinal ganglion cells can recognise directions thanks to amacrine cells[1]
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As described above, ON/OFF DS ganglion cells can be divided into 4 subtypes differing in their directional preference, ventral, dorsal, nasal, or temporal. Recent research has identified markers for distinguishing between the different subtypes, and for separating ON/OFF DSGCs from other retinal ganglion cells. These markers are independent of experience, and suggest a method for how these cells obtain different inputs [5].
Recent research has lead to the development of transgenic mouse lines that selectively mark ON/OFF DSGCs that prefer ventral or nasal motion and another line that marks ventral and dorsal preferring DSGCs. These lines were used to identify cell surface molecules (including Cadherin 6, CollagenXXV1, and Matrix metalloprotease 17), that allow each of the four types of ON/OFF DSGCs to be differentiated. A neuropeptide, CART (cocaine and amphetamine regulated transcript) has been found to differentiate ON/OFF DSGCs from all other retinal ganglion cells. Strikingly, these patterns of molecular differentiation occur before animal eye-opening, and demonstrate that these differences are experience-independent. Therefore, the molecular differences may help to explain the differing functionality between subtypes [5].
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This behavior was validated in the visual system using calcium imaging in the fly [7]. However, this model correspondence has only been completed at a high-level (input-output), rather than at an anatomical or physiological level (Borst, Alexander, and Thomas Euler. "Seeing Things in Motion: Models, Circuits, and Mechanisms." Neuron 71.6 (2011) : 974-994.).
Open questions / status / relevance to eyewire
Cells will be available for tracing in Eyewire, although these cells are not currently available (March 2012). See http://wiki.eyewire.org/wiki/E2198
K. L. Briggman, M. Helmstaedter, and W. Denk, €œWiring specificity in the direction-selectivity circuit of the retina., Nature, vol. 471, no. 7337, pp. 183-8, Mar. 2011.
A. Borst and T. Euler, €œReview Seeing Things in Motion : Models, Circuits and Mechanisms,€ Neuron, vol. 71, no. 6, pp. 974-994, 2011.
D. I. Vaney, B. Sivyer, and W. R. Taylor, Direction selectivity in the retina: symmetry and asymmetry in structure and function,€ Nature reviews. Neuroscience, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 194-208, Jan. 2012.
W. R. Levick and H. B. Barlow, €œThe Mechanism of Directionally Selective Units in Rabbit's Retina, pp. 477-504, 1965.
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sebastian wrote: Group A: Russia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Uruguay.
Well, it's fun we get to play anyway, I guess.... No, I'm exaggerating. We have every chance to advance from this Group even if it will be difficult. Fermany is a definite loss, no question there, but I Think we could beat both Mexico and South Korea. Even with a draw against Mexico I Think we could still advance. There are no easy Groups in this WC. Except maybe for Russias Group, but who has the cash to get a group like that?
On the contrary, I'd say groups D and F are the only tricky ones. B and C are quite a walk in the park for the UEFA teams, and the rest have one or two strong teams and that's it.
The World Cup has a funny way of throwing up unexpected results, and there's always a shock for a so called big footballing nation, who had money on Cameroon beating Argentina in 1990? or Ireland to beat Italy in 1994? although both those losing countries made it to the final those years(but both lost) and there's been lots of other surprises down the years, and i dare say more to come in Russia. Lets just hope for a good finals, and hope they're not 'dogged ' by fan violence or drug cheats.
The hosts are always in Pot 1. That means there's no other 'Pot 1' team in Russia's group.
They've still done quite well with the other 3 teams, but they were always going to get a favourable draw, with no fixing required. The same will happen to Qatar in 2022, and the same happened to both Japan and South Korea in 2002 and South Africa in 2010 (still wasn't enough for them to get through though).
Suarez and Salah will tear Russia apart anyway.
Counting 2018, there have been 19 world cups with a group phase, out of which eight (42.10%) did not feature the hosts in the first group (1 or A, depending).
Same for the hosts playing the opening match - it's common but not exclusive: having an opening match to begin with has only been a tradition since 1966, meaning 2018 will mark the fourteenth time it happens. Out of those fourteen opening games, eight (57.14%) did not feature the hosts, but the holders instead.
Edit: I apologise... you said 'Pot 1' not 'Group 1'. Regarding 'Pot 1' you're absolutely right.
sebastian wrote: Edit: I apologise... you said 'Pot 1' not 'Group 1'. Regarding 'Pot 1' you're absolutely right.
What I didn't realise is that this is the first tournament in which all four pots are seeded. Prior to 2018, only Pot 1 was seeded, and the others were geographical.
Man, I can't wait for this to get started!
If they turn up, France could win it. They look VERY strong - a squad of those who missed out could probably win it!
As long as Spain get spanked I don't really care who wins. Hopefully there'll be lots of goals and some great matches.
Elessar wrote: If they turn up, France could win it. They look VERY strong - a squad of those who missed out could probably win it!
I agree, they have good shot. Most experts here in Sweden seem to have them battling it out with Brazil, Germany, Argentina and Spain for the gold.
Seems reasonable. Maybe Portugal, Belgium and Colombia as outsiders.
I can't bear the thought of Ramos lifting the World Cup again.
Elessar wrote: I can't bear the thought of Ramos lifting the World Cup again.
Wasn't Casillas the captain when they won the World Cup? I mean, you may just mean lifting it when they pass it around... but the big moment is when the captain kisses and lifts the trophy, isn't it? And in that sense, Ramos has only done it with Real Madrid, but not as world champion (with a national squad).
I'm more than happy for it to stay that way!


At edge of freshly sown crop in a huge field. Did not leave the public right of way to the south as it was way too busy with onlookers. It may be better to approach this from the PROW to the north and then down the shortest section of hedge line. Hedge looks in good/original condition so it may still be there. One for another time.


When Australian Rodney Fox was bitten by a great white shark and almost died 55 years ago, he never imagined he would one day be honoured for protecting the predator that nearly killed him.
Last week, Mr Fox was recognised with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Conservation Council for his endless campaigning for the protection of sharks and helping change the world's perception* of the ocean animals from fear to fascination.
media_cameraShark attack survivor Rodney Fox at the beach where he was attacked in 1963.
As a young man, Mr Fox was trying to regain his title as South Australia's Spearfishing Champion when he was attacked by a great white shark off Aldinga Beach, about 50km south of Adelaide, in 1963.
To this day, the attack is regarded as one of the most severe* ever to be survived. Mr Fox had 462 stitches in his chest, and 92 in his right hand and arm.
media_cameraRodney Fox after the shark attack.
media_cameraRodney Fox showing off his many stitches.
Mr Fox started rehabilitation* to repair his badly damaged lung and chest, which were pierced by the shark's teeth. But his rehab* also centred on overcoming his fear, getting fit and, eventually, to return to the sea.
Exactly one year after his attack, he entered the Australian Spearfishing Championships in Victoria where he top scored in three of four events. He also built a lasting friendship with the winner of the open event, Ron Taylor and his wife, Valerie.
But Mr Fox was still fearful of another shark attack.
A visit to Adelaide Zoo changed this fear — and his life.
While watching caged lions behind a moat* at the zoo, Mr Fox had an idea.
"The water and the cage and the man-eating lions prompted me to think, what if I reverse the role and I get in a cage and I have a look at the sharks — I can make up my own mind if I want to go diving again," he said.
media_cameraRodney Fox, 78, at home with a photo of the shark cage he designed.
Mr Fox drew up plans and had the two-man cage built.
He invited Ron Taylor to film the expedition in partnership with him. This was the irst time great white sharks had been filmed underwater. It was a turning point in Mr Fox's life. He discovered great whites were not crazy man-eaters, but fascinating, cautious creatures.
More than 80 films and documentaries about sharks followed, including filming sharks in the wild for Steven Spielberg's Hollywood blockbuster movie Jaws.
That film and the footage put South Australia on the world shark map. Today, South Australia remains the global home of great white shark cage diving.
Mr Fox, now 78, of Glenelg East, said he was "very pleased" to accept the honour as a "reward for all the terrible times I have had trying to protect sharks since my attack in 1963".
His motto is "look out for and look after the sharks".
In 2001, with son Andrew, he founded the not-for-profit* Fox Shark Research Foundation with a mission "to inspire the appreciation and understanding of great white sharks through research and education".
What they eat: sea lions, seals, small toothed whales, and even sea turtles. Sharks don't eat humans. They usually take a sample bite out of curiosity.
How they find food: Two small sensors in the skull allow the shark to zero in on the splashing sounds of an injured seal or fish.
Blood: Sharks are warm blooded unlike most other fish.
Smell: They have a terrific sense of smell. If there was only one drop of blood in 100 litres of water, a great white would smell it.
What are baby sharks called? Pups.
not for profit: a business or charity that doesn't make money but instead gives it back to those in need.
How many stitches did Robert Fox have in his chest?
What sport was he a champion at?
Which Hollywood movie did he film wild sharks for?
The first cage he built could hold how many people?
Who helps Mr Fox run his not-for-profit foundation?
Rodney Fox conquered his fear of sharks by making himself confront them in a shark cage. By doing this he learnt more about the creature that he was scared of and managed to overcome his fear despite being attacked by a great white shark.
If this worked for a fear of sharks, name three other fears and possible inventions that may help people overcome their fear.
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Bombardier Marks The End Of The Year Of Learjet And Heralds The Future With Open House Celebration
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First manufactured Learjet 35 aircraft on display in Wichita
New Learjet 85 mock-up makes Wichita debut
The Year of Learjet has drawn to a close with a weekend celebration at the Bombardier Learjet facility in Wichita, Kansas. Customers, distinguished guests and Learjet employees celebrated the 45th anniversary of the first flight of a Learjet aircraft, which occurred on October 7, 1963 and heralded the future with the Wichita debut of the all-new Learjet 85 midsize business jet mock-up.
Wichita's Mayor Brewer was among local dignitaries in attendance at the October 25th open house celebration. Highlights included a commemorative ceremony for the first manufactured Learjet 35 aircraft, now on permanent display at the Learjet assembly facility, and a static display featuring 11 Bombardier aircraft.
"The Learjet 35-001 jet played a key role in the development of the Learjet business jet family and the tremendous success of today's Learjet aircraft," said David Coleal, vice-president and general manager, Learjet. "Now, the new Learjet 85 aircraft brings new excitement and growth to both our amazing product line and our production facilities. Our Learjet heritage is strong and we look towards an even brighter future."
Bombardier Learjet 85 mock-up now home in Wichita
Bombardier Aerospace first revealed its new all-composite Learjet 85 aircraft interior to customers and special guests on October 6th at the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) annual convention and exhibition in Orlando.
Designed to provide a larger, more comfortable cabin than any existing midsize aircraft, the
Learjet 85 aircraft's 665 ft3 (18.8 m3) cabin is the largest Learjet aircraft cabin ever – offering eight passengers a stand-up environment built to ensure superior productivity.
A key element of the aircraft's cabin is its large windows, measuring approximately
12 x16 inches (30.5 X 40.6 cm), maximizing the amount of natural light into the aircraft as well as passenger viewing capability.
The standard double club configuration floorplan features a generous 30-in (76.2-cm) pitch between the seats, a full service galley, full lavatory, three large storage closets, providing in-flight access to a total of 30 ft3 (0.85 m3)of storage space. All cabin seats are fully berthable with the capability to deploy four at any time for optimum comfort.
The new Learjet 85 aircraft - redefining the midsize business jet class
Launched on October 30, 2007, the new Learjet 85 aircraft will be the first Bombardier Aerospace jet to feature an all-composite structure and will be the first all-composite structure business jet designed for type certification under U.S. Federal Aviation Administration FAR
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An extraordinary advancement in next generation flight, the Learjet 85 aircraft's all-composite structure will allow Learjet aircraft designers to maximize cabin comfort while minimizing drag and improving performance.
Building on legendary Learjet aircraft performance
True to its legendary heritage, the Learjet 85 aircraft is set to deliver the extraordinary performance, superior technology and exceptional value Learjet aircraft owners expect.
The aircraft is powered by two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW307B engines, each boasting 6,100 pounds of take-off thrust each at sea level 86°F (30°C) and low noise levels, while the advanced low NOx emission combuster offers reduced environmental impact. The clean-sheet Learjet 85 aircraft targets a high-speed cruise of Mach 0.82 and a transcontinental range of up to 3,000 nautical miles (5,556 km)*.
The new Learjet 85 aircraft flight deck combines advanced technology with superior design elements for a cockpit environment unlike any other midsize jet. The latest in technological advancements from Rockwell Collins – the new Pro Line Fusion avionics suite – is once again paired with superior design aesthetics to create the ultimate Learjet flight control environment.
Learjet is the first name in corporate aviation. Since acquiring Learjet Inc. in 1990, Bombardier Aerospace has carried forward the brand's proud legacy by launching eight high-performance and fuel-efficient aircraft.
* The Learjet 85 long-range cruise speed of M.78 with two crew, four passengers (200 lb each) and 100 NM NBAA IFR reserves. Assumes standard BOW, sea level departure and landing, unrestricted climb, cruise and descent with zero wind and standard (ISA) conditions en route.
Statements about performance and design as stated in this document are solely based on projections and forecasts, and are subject to change without notice.
Learjet 85, Learjet and Bombardier are all registered or unregistered trademarks of Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries.
A world-leading manufacturer of innovative transportation solutions, from commercial aircraft and business jets to rail transportation equipment, systems and services, Bombardier Inc. is a global corporation headquartered in Canada. Its revenues for the fiscal year ended Jan. 31, 2008, were $17.5 billion US, and its shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (BBD). Bombardier is listed as an index component to the Dow Jones Sustainability World and North America indexes. News and information are available at www.bombardier.com.
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Costa Rican swimmer Mario Montoya set bests for himself, his country and Central America in Heat 2 of the Olympics Men's 200m Freestyle in Beijing with a time of 1:52.19 on Sunday.
Unfortunately, he finished third in his heat and did not make the semifinals.
The gold medal in the event was ultimately won by U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps. Costa Rican cyclist Henry Raabe competed but failed to finish in the men's 245-kilometer road race at the Beijing games on Saturday. He was eliminated, after being one of seven bikers lapped in the final phase of the event out of a field of 143. Spain won the gold medal. Italy and Switzerland took the silver and bronze, respectively.
Upcoming events involving Ticos include Marianela Quesada's women's 50-meter freestyle swimming competition at 4:30 a.m. today, Allan Segura's racewalk at 7 p.m. today and Gabriela Traña's marathon tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. Nery Brenes will compete in the 400-meter sprint at 7 p.m. on Sunday. Federico Ramirez races on his mountain bike at a a.m. and Kristopher Moitland's taekwondo competition at 7 p.m. on Aug. 23.
Brenes and Moitland are considered Costa Rica's best chance for winning medals. Repretel's Channel 11 offers coverage from midnight until noon, including live coverage of many popular evening events from midnight to 4 a.m. from Beijing. They also air an hour-long rundown of the previous day's goings-on at 11 p.m.
The Teletica network is also airing the games from 10 p.m. to midnight on Channel 33 and a daily rundown at 9 a.m. and 11:30 p.m.


With many ways to serve Granite Ridge Christian Camp, we ask first that you would PRAY with us. Pray for God to continue to do amazing things as people Experience Life.
Next, we ask that you would consider VOLUNTEERING with us. Like many ministries we can only do it with the generous support from people who understand the power of what Granite Ridge is doing. Time and energy are valuable resources that we don't take for granted, but heavily rely upon.
And finally, consider how you might financially GIVE to support the mission and vision of Granite Ridge. We are eternally grateful for all of our Volunteers and the Donations we receive every year. If God is stirring something within you, consider how you can support Granite Ridge through your giving of pryaer, time and resources.
We invite you to pray,volunteer and give.


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Transneft says its computers were used for mining cryptocurrency
Olga Yagova
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Transneft (TRNF_p.MM) said on Friday its computers had been used for the unauthorized manufacture, or "mining", of the cryptocurrency Monero but said the firm now had systems to prevent this happening again.
FILE PHOTO: A coin representing the bitcoin cryptocurrency is seen on computer circuit boards in this illustration picture, October 26, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo
Monero is a rival to Bitcoin, which is the world's biggest cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrencies enable individuals to transfer value to each other and pay for goods and services bypassing banks and the mainstream financial system.
Software for mining cryptocurrency were automatically downloaded from the web by a Transneft computer and was then deleted, spokesman Igor Demin told Reuters. He said the pipeline company had programs to such block downloads in future.
Demin said other companies could face malicious software aimed at mining cryptocurrency.
"Incidents where the company's hardware was used to manufacture cryptocurrency have been found. It could have a negative impact on the productivity of our processing capacity," Transneft Vice President Vladimir Rushailo told a company meeting on Thursday .
Rushailo, who is also a former interior minister, did not elaborate.
An industry expert said hackers were likely to use corporate hardware to manufacture virtual currencies more often in future.
"More and more people have learnt that, in fact, they do not even need to stand up from the sofa to make money - if they are not caught", Pavel Lutsik, a head of information security projects with Croc IT firm, told Reuters.
Under Russian law, a person trying to hack corporate servers faces up to six years in jail and this would likely be extended to 10 years in 2018, Lutsik said.
Russia's central bank has said there were risks that cryptocurrencies could be used for money laundering and the financing of terrorism.
The Russian authorities have repeatedly said they would control and supervise the market for virtual currencies.
Reporting by Olga Yagova, Vladimir Soldatkin and Denis Pinchuk; Writing by Denis Pinchuk; Editing by Jason Neely and Edmund Blair


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Consumer debt to hit $4 trillion | Michael D. Hart, P.C.
On behalf of Michael D. Hart, P.C. posted in chapter 13 bankruptcy on Wednesday, December 5, 2018.
According to statistics posted by Yahoo! Finance, consumer debt has increased since 2013 by more than $1 trillion. Total consumer debt in Virginia and across the U.S. is expected to reach $4 trillion before the end of 2018. The total debt numbers break down into $1.04 trillion in credit card or revolving debt and non-revolving debt of $2.9 trillion. Non-revolving debt includes debt tied to auto loans and student loans. Mortgage debt is not included in consumer debt figures.
Consumer revolving debt has increased 22 percent since 2013, and non-revolving debt has jumped 30 percent since that year. Based on spending patterns in November, analysts working for LendingTree said they expect Americans to increase their credit card balance by five percent or more during the last month of 2018. In servicing these debts, Americans have handed over more than $100 billion in 2018 to cover credit card fees and interest.
Annual percentage rates are at all-time highs, with average APRs sitting between 16 and 17 percent. Multiple interest rate increases are expected before the end of the year 2019, so borrowing is on track to get more expensive still.
People in Virginia who are struggling to pay down their debts might have options to reduce or eliminate them. Filing for Chapter 13 bankruptcy, for example, may allow the debtor to pay back debts on a payment schedule that is more feasible and realistic. Chapter 13 is sometimes referred to as wage earner's bankruptcy, and it's an option for people who have regular income but who cannot afford to pay back outstanding debts. In a Chapter 13 bankruptcy, the court will order a payment plan that lasts between three and five years. An attorney with experience in bankruptcy law might be able to help by negotiating with creditors or filing a bankruptcy petition on the client's behalf.


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Report: Oklahoma RB Kennedy Brooks set to return to team after Title IX ruling in his favor
Yahoo Sports July 9, 2019, 10:59 PM UTC
Kennedy Brooks was Oklahoma's leading rusher in 2019. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
Oklahoma running back Kennedy Brooks has reportedly been cleared of any wrongdoing by a school misconduct panel and will be reinstated to the football team.
According to the Athletic, Brooks has been absent from the football team as officials investigated a Title IX complaint lodged against him by a woman who said that Brooks was violent toward her.
From the Athletic:
The alleged victim did not file a complaint with police, instead filing a complaint with the Title IX office. A complaint triggers an investigation entirely separate from any legal proceedings. The complainant and respondent are entitled to legal counsel that can be present but cannot participate directly in any meetings or hearings.
Title IX panels can find a student guilty of misconduct on a more likely than not basis and can hand down a suspension or even expulsion for the offending student. Per Sooner Scoop, the ruling allowing Brooks to return to the team was handed down Tuesday afternoon.
Brooks' absence from the team was first publicly mentioned Monday.
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Brooks a preseason All-Big 12 selection
The ruling in favor of Brooks comes on the same day the Big 12's preseason all-conference team was released. Brooks was one of six Oklahoma players who received preseason all-conference honors and was listed as a running back on the first team.
Brooks started the 2018 season as the third option in Oklahoma's backfield and quickly became a major contributor after Rodney Anderson suffered a season-ending knee injury.
Brooks averaged nearly nine yards a carry in 2018 and ended the season as Oklahoma's leading rusher with 1,056 yards on just 119 carries. With now-Arizona Cardinals QB Kyler Murray also rushing for 1,000 yards, Oklahoma became the first offense to have two 1,000-yard rushers, a 4,000-yard passer (Murray) and two 1,000-yard receivers (Marquise Brown, CeeDee Lamb).
Nick Bromberg is a writer for Yahoo Sports.
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Janet Weiss Cancels Upcoming Shows Following "Scary" Car Accident
Written By Winston Cook-Wilson
| August 14, 2019 - 9:39 am
Home » News » Janet Weiss Cancels Upcoming Shows Following "Scary" Car Accident
INDIO, CA - APRIL 26: Drummer Janet Weiss of Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks performs during day 2 of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival held at the Empire Polo Field on Saturday April 26, 2008, in Indio, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
Former Sleater-Kinney drummer Janet Weiss has announced that she is recovering from a "scary car accident." Weiss' left collar bone and right leg were broken in the incident, and she will likely be healing for the next 12 weeks. Weiss has therefore cancelled upcoming shows with her band Quasi, including as an appearance at a benefit show for immigrant rights.
"As thoroughly bummed as I am about canceling the shows, I'm also incredibly thankful the accident wasn't worse and so happy to be alive!" the drummer wrote in a Twitter post.
On July 1, Janet Weiss posted a social media missive announcing her departure from Sleater-Kinney. The news came as the band was starting promotion for their upcoming album The Center Won't Hold. The album was produced by St. Vincent. In a July interview in The Guardian, her former bandmates Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker said Weiss' decision had "happened very recently and suddenly and they didn't know what was going on." They also specified that Weiss had been responsible for their collaboration with St. Vincent and that they had tried "band therapy."
Read Weiss' note below.
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— Janet Weiss (@jazzzhand) August 14, 2019
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KB Radio Shutdown: "Never say Never"
July 19, 2020 — Leave a comment
It is something that many might say, why are you even writing this. But I feel I owe the thousands of artists and listeners and supporters of the stations some kind of explanation. Over the last 12 months KB Radio has continued to grow, and KB Country Radio even faster. KB had hit the 350 thousand listener mark for the previous 12 months, and I was stoked.
I have had such generous offers for help, even an offer to buy the stations and name, but I want everyone to know it is so much more than money that has caused where I am at with the stations at this time. So with that said, this very long blog, which in many ways feels like it rambles on, goes into detail about a lot of the operations, expenses and time that it takes on a daily and weekly basis. I will say a number of times through this that I am not complaining. I loved what I did, what we accomplished and the bottom line through all of this is that I don't want it to be gone for good. But beyond working out the technical issues, I am not able as the person I am to just sign on and start streaming music without doing it the best way I know how. I could have left the stations on with just music and no live shows, but to what end?
So if you wish you can skip reading the rest of this blog, it will detail what went into the operations, it talks about Sunny and her work and future and into some details about things that had been coming to the stations, but also are for now done. It will tell you that I was taught many years ago by my father, who I can say laughingly I spoke with just an hour or so ago, and he used the line "Never Say Never" about another topic. I will only say I won't make any promises one way or another, but "Never say Never".
With the incredible work with Sunny over the past 16 months, things were on a very positive curve. But there is a lot that goes into the operation of my stations, and I take it very seriously. If I can't give my full effort, I would rather not do some half baked attempt. Day to day operations I can easily say we both put in excess of 40 hours per week into things that needed to be done. This doesn't include the maintaining of the Twitter accounts. That is its own huge busy animal, but very worthwhile.
I have received so many wonderful messages and comments and more that I wanted to explain a few things. This was not an easy decision, but at the same time we have put a lot of effort into things. I am not looking for anything in explaining some of this, but rather just to let those who care know how much I/we truly care as well, and while things have been knocked off, this is no small undertaking. So to start back up again will be not just a matter of flicking a switch.
Every week, there was the putting together of two lists for voting, the creation of the new poll each week, the generating of a new Top 25 and Top 10 on Country and of course the updating of the website with all the new data. When we did interviews, the arranging of schedules to either record or do them live, which was sometimes not as easy as it sounds. lol If an interview was prerecorded, it then had to be edited before it went to air as well, because I always wanted to present a good product, and something the listeners would enjoy and get something out of. Not the idle chit chat where asked each other about the weather. We also carried a number of other shows on some of the stations, and they would be sent to us weekly. Each show would have to be downloaded and labelled using our system so they would live Tweet properly. I then had to load them into the different computer systems for each station, and make sure last weeks shows were pulled. I got it all right about 90% of the time.
When I talk about music submissions, I do so with the utmost in gratitude to everyone who sent music to us. Without those submissions, I would not have been able to create the sound we did with the stations. As we signed off we were getting about 1500 songs sent to us every month for submissions. It was such a daunting and amazing part of what we did. I updated the music on the stations every week, and this was made up of the submissions we had listened to through the week. Many people asked about the submission process, but it was really very simple. Keep it all together through one email address, and then you don't lose music. If I were to listen to something somebody had posted on Twitter, that would be the same as if an artist just sent a Spotify link to listen to. We would have to listen, then email the artist and ask them to send us the song. We would wait for that email, among the hundreds of others, and hopefully remember that we had already listened to the song.
We get so many songs in that it became part of our review process for a lot of the music to do a scan through the submission list to see if that song had been sent before. I used a spreadsheet system that tracks on a weekly basis every song we received and listened to. It also shows if it was going to be played on one or more of the stations, and other details. Sunny had a similar spreadsheet and she documented other data on that, a lot of which went to one of our websites or was used in other ways. It was funny how often we would get a song from an artist, their new release, and the name would sound familiar, and when I searched my spreadsheet, we had received and played that same song 2 or 3 years prior. Of course I don't want to get into how I programmed the stations again to explain why that wasn't of interest to us.
We honestly had days where we spent 5, 6 or 7 hours just reviewing music. We would do that 3 or 4 times a week when we could. I am NOT complaining in anyway shape or form. As Sunny grew into a bigger part of all the processes, I know she like myself loved this part of what we did. There is nothing cooler, than getting a song from an artist or a band, and putting it on for the first time. Knowing how hard they have worked to put together this music, and really except for a few people we are among the first to even hear it. Such an honour in my mind.
At the end of each week all the new music for the week that is going to be played has to be transferred to the appropriate computer system. This all has to be tracked because in my system, for every song that went in, one had to come out. This meant a system, apart from the new music tracking, that accounted for every song that was being played and on which station. We also needed the start up dates etc to help keep that organized. The new music every week took about 2 hours, and that was just for the Indie music. In the case of the Country station we also played new mainstream hits, which meant we needed to stay on top of those, and keep those lists up to date. That meant acquiring the new songs and doing all the processing etc for airplay on our station.
I know that probably sounds odd, saying we have to do the processing. But because we operate 4 Twitter accounts, when a song is played it live Tweets. The automated connection pulls specific fields of data that show what I have typed in their. Example, Artists Name and Song Title. Plus we add Twitter handles, hashtags and station links for promotion. All of this data also transmits to other places like TuneIn that carry our feed, so listeners get the song titles on the screen. All of this information has to be added to each song we put in for airplay. You might be surprised how many songs come in, without even the Artists name and song title on it. LOL
One of the biggest burdens is the cost. I won't ever lie about that fact. I retired in 2013 and started the station podcast a couple years later. It has grown as I mentioned and I am thrilled, honoured, blessed, pick your own adjective to have reached the levels we have. But with the growth came expenses. These expenses had to get paid, and I refused to put a donate link on my pages. So I went back to work, at one point with 2 jobs. With all of the Covid 19 activity, one job disappeared and the other I had been working extra hours, and suddenly they have all dried up and I am down to almost none. This is a big factor in the decision process.
Royalties are the biggest expense by far, and I probably didn't pay enough. Lets face it, we had listeners in 170 countries and can I say for a fact that I paid every country, no. But I paid into a number of companies that represented the major countries and regions and tried to be as fair and legal as possible. There were the monthly fees for streaming services to carry my stations, one for each station. There is the fees for websites, and yes Indie and AOR we did through a free web hosting company, and to be honest I wish I hadn't. Whats the old line, you get what you pay for. We also wanted to share the interviews that had been done, and was a very popular aspect actually. But to have so many I needed more than a simple free plan on Soundcloud, so some more monthly fees. There were other expenses, like the licensing for the broadcast software I used. To get a professional sound and have some broadcast abilities to that help present a better show you need top quality software. The upfront license cost was steep but worth over penny, and there is an annual fee to be able to keep the software up to date. Again worth every cent that went into it. If someone has never worked in radio or broadcasting before you may not notice what is missing in some of the basic free versions, but once you use high end broadcast software you can't go back.
This is the line that leads me to where I am at. I run everything through a board built by Arrakis systems, and have nothing but the highest praise for their equipment. When I expanded this studio, it was set up in such a way that future expansion would be very easy, without having to go out and buy new equipment. But i suddenly found myself having connectivity issues, and microphone issues and they were not easily solved. It got to the point I wasn't able to have a live microphone to do shows, and that would make things difficult. As I write this I have the schematic open for the board in front of me and was on the phone with their support people just the other day. What an incredible group, and very helpful.
As many of you know, Sunny and I parted ways about a month ago, and that left a gap in getting things done that I had to fill myself. I know many people often thank the KB Team, lol, but apart from her work with me over the past year, and a couple others input and help with some items in the past, this is an operation of one. Again as I have mentioned previously, no complaints.
With the extra workload for the stations, the declining income to cover expenses and the technical issues it just became to big a hurdle to jump. It was not easy but I needed to make the right decision. It came at an even more difficult time then whats mentioned. You may remember a few months ago, with the suggestion of Adam (Neil and Adam) and his wife Brijette back in February of this year. We had begun to work on a show for people with Autism, and had done a great deal of work in learning about what would be required, and how to go about doing it. It had been planned to start I think the 1st of May, I have lost track now, but when Covid 19 happened, things got off track. It wasn't cancelled just delayed, so this takes the wind out of that program as well, something I regret very much.
Earlier in the year we did a survey about music festivals, and the idea for one that KB would be the host and title sponsor of. The idea of course was greatly received, and through the last couple of months an idea had developed on how to pull it off. It was and still is something that think would be amazing, but it too is sidelined.
So where does this all leave me. With a very deep desire to be able to get back on the air and pick up the pieces where I left off. Will Sunny be a part of the scene, I don't know and can't answer that. Her work has been invaluable and I would love to be able to get to a point we could continue this together. But until that time I need to plan to work alone on this project. My first issue is to continue to work to get all the technical issues worked out. If this can't be solved, and cheaply then the rest is irrelevant. I then need to decide whether to maybe scale things back to cut some costs or do I look for another job. Retirement is a lot harder than I thought it would be. I have no doubt the artists will be generally happy if I get back on the air, and I am not worried about drawing back listeners. You provide a good product and they will return.
For now, I wait and try not to rush anything. I will stay in touch via Twitter as much as possible and if there is any update or change in plans, let everyone know.
Thank you again to everyone for the incredible messages. I do feel truly blessed to have met so many wonderful people.
Al Yardy


As part of our role in developing croquet in the South East we are here to assist in the creation of new clubs and the development of existing ones in our area. Our Development Officer is appointed to assist the setting up of new clubs and support efforts of existing clubs to improve their facilities and membership.
advise on and process applications for loans and grants, both to the Croquet Association and the Federation for projects which enhance playing areas or facilities, such as the erection of pavilions and storage huts. Note however that neither organisation give grants for the rectification of past lack of maintenance such as uneven courts.
The Development Officer also processes applications for the Croquet Association's Townsend, Apps Heley and Millennium Awards.


We are proud to announce this year's 13th edition of 'Regard Bleu', a festival for ethnographic student film and media organized by students of the Ethnographic Museum of the University of Zürich.
'Regard Bleu' is dedicated to fresh and aspiring audio-visual projects by students from Universities as well as from Art and Film Schools and welcomes a broad variety of films and media. Projects will be accepted in any language, however, we kindly ask contributors to provide subtitles in English.
The next edition of the Regard Bleu will be organized in collaboration with the audio-visual commission of the Swiss Ethnological Society and the Symposium Virtual realities: Re-thinking 'experience' in the age of new immersive media.


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Howto write a command
=====================

The code presented here is available at https://github.com/eonpatapon/contrail-api-cli-howto.

Setup your project
------------------

First thing is to create a standard python project with a ``setup.py`` file.
The structure would look like::

    contrail-api-cli-howto/
    ├── howto
    │   └── __init__.py
    └── setup.py

Our ``setup.py`` can be as simple as::

    from setuptools import setup, find_packages

    setup(
        name='contrail-api-cli-howto',
        version='0.1',
        packages=find_packages(),
        install_requires=[
            'contrail-api-cli'
        ]
    )

Hello world command
-------------------

In ``howto/__init__.py`` we define our command::

    from __future__ import unicode_literals

    from contrail_api_cli.command import Command

    class Hello(Command):
        description = 'Hello world command'

        def __call__(self):
            return 'Hello world !'

Any command must inherit from the Command class. The final output of the
command should be returned by the ``__call__`` method. The output needs to be
unicode so that the terminal encoding is handled properly.

Register the command in the cli
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

As our command is in its own package it won't be available in the cli yet.
We don't even know what is the command name.

The cli discover available commands using python entrypoints. By default the
cli loads commands from the ``contrail_api_cli.command`` entrypoint. To register
our command our ``setup.py`` becomes::

    from setuptools import setup, find_packages

    setup(
        name='contrail-api-cli-howto',
        version='0.1',
        packages=find_packages(),
        install_requires=[
            'contrail-api-cli'
        ],
        entry_points={
            'contrail_api_cli.command': [
                'hello = howto:Hello'
            ]
        }
    )

The command name will be ``hello`` in the cli. We need to install our packages so that
the entrypoint is registered in the python path

.. code-block:: bash

    $ python setup.py develop
    $ contrail-api-cli hello -h
    usage: contrail-api-cli hello [-h]

    optional arguments:
      -h, --help  show this help message and exit
    $ contrail-api-cli hello
    Hello World !

Adding command arguments
++++++++++++++++++++++++

Commands can take options and arguments. The standard argparse lib is used to declare
and parse command parameters.

We will include an option in our command to greet someone::

    from __future__ import unicode_literals

    from contrail_api_cli.command import Command, Arg

    class Hello(Command):
        description = 'Hello world command'
        who = Arg(nargs='?', default='cli', help='Person to greet')

        def __call__(self, who=None):
            return 'Hello world %s !' % who

The options are added as class attributes using the ``Arg`` class which can take the same
arguments as ``argparse.ArgumentParser.add_argument``. The only difference is that if you
don't specicy the option name, the attribute name will be used instead. In our case the argument
name will be ``who``. All arguments are passed to the ``__call__`` method as keyword arguments.

We can see the result using the ``-h`` option.

.. code-block:: bash

    $ contrail-api-cli hello -h
    usage: contrail-api-cli hello [-h] [who]

    positional arguments:
      who         Person to greet

    optional arguments:
      -h, --help  show this help message and exit

    $ contrail-api-cli hello
    Hello world cli !
    $ contrail-api-cli hello foo
    Hello world foo !

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Marijuana will become legal in Colorado [Amendment 64, PDF] and Washington [Initiative 502, PDF] after voters passed ballot initiatives Tuesday to legalize marijuana for the first time on a statewide basis. In Washington voters approved an Initiative to the Legislature to allow the possession and distribution of marijuana through a state-licensing system of marijuana growers, processors and stores, where adults can buy up to an ounce [AP report]. The Colorado initiative actually introduces an amendment to the state constitution, allowing adults over 21 to possess up to an ounce and to privately grow up to six plants, although public use will be banned. In nearby Oregon the Cannabis Tax Act Initiative [Measure 80, PDF] failed by approximately 55-to-45 percent [Examiner.com report] of the vote. Proponents of legalization claim that states could realize hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes from marijuana sales, which will begin when state officials create specific regulations for the new market. Opponents note that marijuana is still illegal on a federal level and predict problematic clashes with the Department of Justice and the Drug Enforcement Administration [official websites]. Medical marijuana [JURIST news archive] has been legal in Colorado [materials] since voters legitimized it through a constitutional amendment in November 2000, but advocates desired to expand marijuana legality to recreational use as well.
Medical marijuana was legalized in Massachusetts for the first time Tuesday as over 60 percent of voters approved Question 3 [Petition 11-11, PDF], an indirect initiated statute that will allow marijuana use by patients [Harvard Crimson report] with "debilitating medical conditions" and create 35 medical marijuana dispensaries. Conversely, the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Act [Issue 5, PDF] was rejected by voters [AP report] in that state by approximately a 52-to-48 percent margin. The measure would have allowed doctors to issue a certificate to anyone with a "qualifying medical condition" to grow, process and use marijuana. Also on the ballot in Montana is a veto referendum regarding a 2011 revision [SB 423] of a 2004 law that established medical marijuana use in the state.


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High motivation with a capacity for independent work within the context of an intensely goal-oriented environment.
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Efraín Aguilar to Gisela Valcárcel about her performance in the cinema: "She is not a good actress and she knows it"
As is well known, the small screen has seen in different stages Gisela Valcárcel. The most important in his career professional is that of having become the "Queen" of television and driving as many call it. However, few of us know that Valcárcel also dabbled in acting, as in the play "caligula", directed by Efrain Aguilar.
During his youth, the 'little boy' received acting classes from Efrain Aguilar hoping to continue earning a name for himself on television. In 1981, when she was of legal age, Gisela had the opportunity to participate as an extra in a play by the producer.
Gisela Valcárcel's participation in film projects
Gisela Valcárcel She has participated in series and films, such as "Tarata", "Asu Mare", "Llauca" and even had a special participation in the famous Colombian telenovela "Betty, la fea", in which she played herself.
What did Efraín Aguilar say about Gisela's performance?
Despite the path that 'Señito' has, the producer Efrain Aguilar He stated that he does not consider the remembered host of "The big show" like a good actress. "It isn't and she knows it. I tell her the truth, she is a great driver, "she expressed in it for Infoabe.
In addition to saying that her work as a host is exceptional, he congratulated her for continuing with it, since she made a good decision to continue to remain the best host in the world of television.
"Gisela is exceptional as a driver, she has a talent for that. But acting talent? No, definitely. He was regular, he did his job. I congratulate her for having found her vocation, that is why she has success after success, "added the remembered producer of" Al Fondo Hay Sitio ".
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Thomas Muster was the defending champion of the singles event at the Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships tennis tournament, but did not participate this year.

Nicklas Kulti defeated Michael Stich 6–3, 1–6, 6–2 to secure the title.

Seeds

  Boris Becker (first round)
  Jim Courier (semifinals)
  Horst Skoff (first round)
  Sergi Bruguera (first round)
  Magnus Gustafsson (second round)
  Michael Stich (final)
  Mark Koevermans (first round)
  Todd Woodbridge (second round)

Draw

Finals

Top half

Bottom half

External links
1991 Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships Draw

Singles

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Big ideas.
The pagan origins of three Catholic practices
A few traditions in the Roman Catholic Church can be traced back to pagan cults, rites, and deities.
Molly Hanson
Photo by Josh Applegate / Unsplash
The Catholic rite of Holy Communion parallels pre-Christian Greco-Roman and Egyptian rituals that involved eating the body and blood of a god.
A number of Catholic holidays and myths, such as Christmas, Easter, and Mardi Gras, graph onto the timeline of pre-Christian fertility festivals.
The Catholic practice of praying to saints has been called "de-facto idolatry" and even a relic of goddess worship.
By the fourth century, the Christian Church had established itself as the official faith of the Roman Empire through a successful grassroots campaign to dominate, and almost exterminate, paganism. But did it?
In reality, the early Church had to merge itself with pagan practices and beliefs in order to blend into Roman society. In the rites and symbols of the Roman Catholic Church, we can find surviving, though rebranded, pre-Christian myths, deities, festivals, and rituals. Here are three Catholic practices that can be traced back to ancient pagan religions and cults.
Transubstantiation
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One of the more fascinating elements of Catholicism is the ritual cannibalistic consumption of their "demigod" known as Holy Communion or Eucharist. During Catholic mass, bread and wine are transformed into the flesh and blood of Jesus Christ, who is considered the son of God, in a rite called "transubstantiation." This isn't a symbolic transformation. A core teaching of the Catholic faith is the belief in literal transubstantiation. Practitioners eat the body and blood of Christ to become one with God.
Similar rituals were practiced in the underground "mystery religions" of the Greco-Roman world. In a few of those occult religions, celebrants shared a communal meal in which they symbolically feasted on the flesh and got drunk on the blood of their god. For example, the Mithraic Mysteries, or Mithraism, was a mystery cult practiced in the Roman Empire in 300 BC in which followers worshipped the Indo-Iranian deity Mithram, the god of friendship, contract, and order. Mirroring the Catholic Eucharistic rite, the idea of transubstantiation was a characteristic of Mithraic sacraments that included cake and Haoma drink. But the ritual probably wasn't original to Mithraism either. In Egypt around 3100 BC, priests would consecrate cakes which were to become the flesh of the god Osiris and eaten.
Holy Days and Carnivals
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The survival of ancient communities was intimately dependent upon the fertility of the land, so their religious symbolism and festivals reflected this fundamental bond between humans and the cycles of nature. A number of Catholic holidays and myths parallel the timeline and adopt the symbols of pre-Christian fertility festivals. In Catholicism, Jesus Christ is thought to have been born on December 25, Christmas Day. In pre-Christian Roman religions, the Winter Solstice was a core sacred event that took place on December 25 at the time of the Julian calendar. The best known custom was the Roman festival of Saturnalia, which was celebrated similar to Christmas with drinking, fires, gift-giving, and tree worship.
Similarly, the Catholic Fat Tuesday, otherwise known as Mardi Gras, is rooted in the pre-Christian Roman celebration of Lupercalia. A February holiday honoring the Roman god of fertility, its customs involved feasting, drinking, and "carnal behavior." Today, the same can be said of Mardi Gras, when Catholics (as well as non-Catholics) eat festival foods and party before abstaining for 40 days during Lent.
When it comes to Easter, celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, the symbolic story of the death of a god (or sun/son) and springtime rebirth is a tale as old as time. The spring equinox was recognized by various pagan cults as a festival marking the resurrection of light triumphing over darkness and the fresh fecundity of the land. One such festival was Eostre, which celebrated a northern goddess of the same name. Her symbol was the prolific hare representing fertility.
Speaking of goddesses...
Goddess Worship: The Virgin Mary and Saint Brigid
Photo by Grant Whitty / Unsplash
Though theoretically monotheistic, the Catholic practice of praying to saints has been called "de-facto idolatry" and even a relic of goddess worship. Rebranded pagan goddesses can be found in the Catholic Church today in forms of Saint Brigid and the Virgin Mary.
Mary, the Virgin Mother of Christ, is arguably the most important Catholic icon save for the Holy Trinity. She's likely the amalgamation of pre-Christian mother goddesses from antiquity whose ranks include Artemis, Demeter, Diana, Hera, Isis, and Venus. The cult of the Egyptian goddess Isis may have had a particularly strong influence on Christian myth. While historical records can not substantiate this entirely, there is physical evidence of statues of Isis cradling Horus that were converted and reused as the Virgin Mary holding Jesus.
Brigid, the beloved Celtic goddess associated with fertility and healing, is perhaps the clearest example of the survival of an early goddess into Catholicism. Practitioners, particularly in Ireland, pay tribute to Saint Brigid of Ireland who shares many of the early goddess's attributes. Her feast day on the first of February falls around the same time as the pagan celebration of Imbolc.
The appropriation of these pagan practices and symbols by the Catholic Church shows how, as social interests change and new institutions are established, religious myths and practices are not so easily exterminated. Today, millions of Catholics eating the body and blood of their god, bowing their heads to feminine idols and celebrating natural cycles on the Liturgical Calendar are still worshiping in the ways of the ancient pagans.
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Being young in your field of work can be hard. Here are some things I've learned over the past few years which have helped me in the professional world.
Your fellow colleagues likely have much more experience than you do, both in your line of work and in life. When one of them offers you a suggestion, it means they care about you enough that they are willing to share some of that experience with you. At the same time, be conscious of the decisions they make in their own projects.
Other people in your field probably know a lot more than you do about how to talk with each other. Communication is hard; It's not something you become great at in a day. One thing I've found to be helpful is to be extremely explicit in what you say. Ambiguity can lead to confusion, and you don't want to confuse your coworkers.
You will make a lot of them. The best way to avoid mistakes again in the future is to learn from them. Forget a file in a handoff to a different team? Apologize, send off a new set of files, and remember to make double sure the next time you hand off files. People will forgive you the first few times, but after that you might gain a reputation as one who makes mistakes. Make sure that doesn't happen.
Chances are you're working below people—a lot of people. Get to know the names and faces of everyone who is in a position of authority over you. Being nice can go a long way, and hopefully after a few times of introducing yourself they'll remember you too.
Never let your work habits become set in stone. Learn new programs. Figure out clever ways to solve new problems. As long as you continue to push yourself in learning new things, you will have a better chance at getting ahead—regardless of your age.
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Simple and to the point. Being in my mid to late 20's I find that I'm in the weird cross roads where people want to really value what I have to say in the workplace, but often have a hard time grasping that what I am saying is valuable.
I find that as long as you are confident in what you have to say you will be taken seriously. As long as you have the facts to back up your opinions.
It's nice to encourage people to speak to those that have rank, experience, or expertise above you, but that's no reason not to introduce yourself to those "below" you, or horizontal from you.
Life can be an amazing place when you approach it with deep curiosity.