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A puppet maker named Geppetto carved a boy puppet and named him Pinocchio. Pinocchio runs away and has a series of adventures. Every time he tells a lie his nose grows longer. He eventually falls into the hands of Professor Fire-Eater who sees the value of a puppet without strings. Pinocchio just wants to be a real boy and eventually his dream comes true and he is reunited with Geppetto. The audio EPUB includes every word in the book and a musical background.
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EditorePeter Pan Press
Data di uscita13 nov 2020
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Carol Coliodi
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nosajeel
Enjoyable, if a little repetitive. It's hard to read it through anything other than the Disney version, but it is reasonably different--including a Pinocchio who is meaner and more problem ridden (e.g., within the first few pages he hits the cricket with a hammer), a cat/wolf that are more persistent and interesting than the Disney ones, and an even more moving ending about how Pinocchio finally becomes a boy.
jfoster_sf
I was extremely disappointed with this book. This is a book written with the sole purpose of scaring naughty boys and girls into behaving. There was a lot of violence for no reason--the opening scene has two grown men disagreeing about something and solving it by getting into a fistfight (twice in the same conversation!). Even disregarding the fighting, this book held no interest for me whatsoever.
barb_h_1
I read the ebook version from the library. This story was so cute and so well written. It reminded me of my childhood when I'd watch the movie and listen to my little record of the soundtrack. It has such a good moral lesson too.
hae1yu
Good edition, good artwork, good story. The stories in this Classic Collection are well-done. The story is told in clear but lively language meant to ensure children stay captivated. On every facing page is good artwork.
ropppop
The story of "Pinocchio" is told as a graphic novel. It is a classic fiction of a story told a long time ago. A lonely carpenter made a boy out of wood and by tickling that boy with his paint brush, the boy came to life. Like all other boys in this life, he had an urge to find adventure and fun in life and so that little wooden Pinocchio runs away. One of the hard things that Pinocchiio has found out is that if he lies - his nose will grow. Very embarassing to him because he now knows that other people see him lying. He needs to have fun in life and as a young boy too but he needs to grow up and realize that the true part of life is telling the truth and being loved by your family.The scenes in this book are very dramatic and moving. They show a colorful feeling picture that allows the reader to go with the story. At times you will feel that you are a part of Pinocchio. The feelings that he has will flow on to the reader and move your heart. The illustrator showed each part of the characters with the paint brush and pencil. One thing that adds to this story and the illustrations are the colors added to each picture. Not black and white, but happy colors - yellow, red and green. But at times when Pinocchio has reached a hard part, the colors change to brown, dark blue and dreary grey. It helps the reader to understand the true feelings of being in the story. Try it and the reader will understand.
gold_gato-1
Greg Hildebrandt's tremendous illustrations accompany this edition of the children's classic, and the art brings the wooden boy to life on its own. There are twenty-one full color paintings with colors that simply dash out at you. This volume is the Little Unicorn edition, which means the original story is abridged so the illustrations can take center stage. Simply wonderful. This book begs for a cold cloudless night and a hot steaming mug of hot cocoa.
Sized for small hands
Book Season = Winter
afsolove_1
From the moment Geppetto first carves him out of a piece of wood, the puppet Pinocchio is a trouble-maker. He doesn't want to go to school or learn a trade. It is only after many zany misadventures—involving trickster cats, giant snails, and a cricket whom Pinocchio attacks with a wooden mallet—that Pinocchio begins to realize that being a puppet isn't enough.The Adventures of Pinocchio is an unforgettable classic. Collodi's novel includes a rich commentary on growing-up and taking responsibility completely overlooked in the Disney story with which most of us are more familiar. In his slow quest to become a real boy, the puppet Pinocchio learns what it truly means to be free.
anunez1-1
I had mixed feelings about this book after reading it. I enjoyed the description used throughout the chapters however in the beginning of the book some details seemed too straight forward. Depending on the student's maturity level and ability to handle such concepts as death and greed this book could be tough for some readers. Although the ending is a pleasant one with Pinocchio and his father being reunited once more, the many adventures Pinocchio endures are scary at times. In addition there is a scene depicted in the text describing the burning off of Pinocchio's feet, the attempted murder of a marionette because of lack of obedience, and the trickery of the fox and cat. These scenes show some very cruel aspects of the world we live in although not many readers would pick up on this at first glance. Overall the message of this story is to follow your inner voice when deciding to do something which may be good or bad. In the end telling the truth is the best policy even if feelings get hurt.
jacobdecker
I love to read the stories as they are written not as Disney has envisioned them. Pinocchio had no real conscious, he killed the cricket with a hammer... I love literature but hate to see what mainstream media has done to it.
edellaporta-1
Ok, longer than others by Powell and it has chapters. Like illustrator Alfonso Ruiz. Good for ESL.
aprille_1
This Pinocchio is much darker than Disney's version. Pinocchio is much less attractive at the start -- clearly self-centered, unthinking and dumb. It is fascinating to watch the transformation from irresponsibility to responsibility. Along the way, Pinocchio loses his money, believes he has contributed to killing a playmate, betrays the blue fairy's trust, lies, etc. My sister said she has read a C.S. Lewis commentary on Pinocchio which claims the story is a metaphor for the creation of man and his attempt to be good. I think that probably there is also an allegory about Italian nationalism there too that I could understand if I knew more about the subject. There is a new scholarly edition of the text in English, annotated by an Italian professor from the University of California. Both children loved the story and actually thought about how their behavior compared with Pinocchio's (mostly favorably, thank goodness). We discussed whether Pinocchio deserved what he got or not in each instance. They felt that the ending happened too quickly -- that it wasn't paced right. Perhaps this was a consequence of the original serial presentation. The kids also enjoyed figuring out when Pinocchio was being tricked and being wiser than he was.
redhedcatie-1
I read this aloud to my girls and we all loved it! A great book with so many great lessons. :) Much better than the movie. Like usual. ;)
osbaldistone
[LT early reviewer - This review is of the NYRB advanced uncorrected proof of the 2008 Geoffrey Brock translation]It's fun (and rare) to have the opportunity to read the original form of a story that has made the transition to folk tale. Most of western culture has grown up with this story in some form, but most of us, I suspect, have never read (or even is aware of) the original novel by Carlo Collodi. This alone is enough reason to read this short book.I'm a bit hesitant to 'review' Collodi's work, as it has been reviewed, revered, critiqued, and studied for 100 years. It's also difficult to critique a translation if one is not familiar with the original language version, or with other translations. Even so, I offer my comments as one new to the work.First, the translation: Being an advanced proof, I don't have access to any introductory comments by the translator, and don't know if any will appear in the final published edition. Brock seems to have tried to present a modern English translation that uses everyday American English for Pinocchio and his acquaintances in their speech. And, when he succeeds in this, he presents a very readable and enjoyable Pinocchio. He also seems to have decided to leave the narrator's voice in the Victorian era – a bit formal and stilted sounding to the modern American ear, with a mix of familiar and not so familiar expressions and vocabulary. This has the effect of giving the reader a feel for the work as it was originally written – Collodi's voice, perhaps? I found the combination of these two approaches to work surprisingly well. Pinocchio and his acquaintances seem accessible (familiar, even) to the reader, while the 'folk tale' feel of the story is preserved. My only complaint about the translation is that Brock doesn't seem to consistently maintain the modern American English 'voice' in the spoken parts. For example, most of the time, these characters use common contractions (I'm, I'll, let's, etc.) but occasionally, Brock has them speaking in a more stilted, contraction-free 'voice'. The change can be jarring. Pinocchio's schoolmate Eugenio says "Oh Mother – I am dying". On the same page, Pinocchio says "I'm too stubborn" and "I've never had fifteen minutes of peace". The difference seems off. This may seem like a minor criticism, but when the narrator sounds like an ancient storyteller, the inconsistent voice of characters seems to be lost between the two styles.Now, about Collodi's story itself. I know this is a classic, beloved by millions for a century, but I found the story a bit hard to stay with. Yes, I love the overall plot and many of the incidents in the story, but Collodi seems to use unnecessarily wild and incredible constructions to explain why (or why not) certain events happened as they do. They often sound made up on the spot. This may be somewhat the result of the original serialized form – perhaps Collodi ended one episode, and then, upon writing the following episode(s), had to construct a way to explain or avoid inconsistencies. In any case, it leads to some odd bits interjected into an otherwise fun tale.Overall, worth the read for anyone interested in a peak at the origins of what has become part of our culture, and a good (but not great) translation. And I'd guess that the under 8 set would enjoy it regardless, though illustrations would be nice.Os.
antao-3
(Original Review, 1981-05-20)I am reading the English version of Pinocchio; I read it, obviously many times in my language and the other day I found a small book with this title and I was curious to see how it was in a different language from mine. I also want to "invite him for dinner" as it is the title of a context of a famous Italian newspaper (writing an invitation for a character of a book at your choice) but I have not yet written a word. I am not too keen on inviting to meals, it means extra work and I did it enough. But maybe by reading it I'll get inspired.I read Pinocchio in a dual English/Italian text. My Italian is pretty much limited to what I have gleaned from endless listening to the Mozart/da Ponte operas, so I only occasionally referred to the original language. I did come away with the word (and concept) "tornagusto", a kind of appetizer taken mid-meal, between courses. The word occurs in the scene in which the Fox buys an elaborate meal with Pinocchio's gold. I've since learned that it isn't a common word in Italian and may be a Collodi coinage. It's likely that a tornagusto is only needed for overindulged appetites, which definitely happens in my reading from time to time. That's proven a useful concept in my reading life – having temporarily exhausted my interest in a particular branch of reading, I turn to a short work or essay collection as a kind of mental "tornagusto."The peculiarity of Pinocchio is that his nose grows when he tells lies (I bet you didn't know this…); imagine what would happen if it was so also for us? Particularly politicians...there would be real fun, I suppose.[2018 EDIT: Tornagusto is a sort of" feel the taste again", the flavour and the pleasure of life, of reading and of many things, in the end. Nice, I think that from time to time we all need a tornagusto. But the pleasure of music do not need one : it is all over, I can hear the chirping chirping sound of a bird conversation in the garden through my open window and I do not need tornagusto to appreciate the beauty of spring, here again after a long period of cold and rain. And Mozart...I love, I adore him. Since I was a little boy, I always found him absolutely marvellous, and it helped me in several life instances...tornagusto listening to the serenata in sol magggiore opera etc., and it'll all melt into that fascinating air.]
kakkerman_1
A little inaccessible for children. I think it has become a children's story over the years, rather than a moral tale for adults.
nandakishore_varma-1
It is always a dicey affair to criticise a popular book: and when it is an acknowledged classic for children, it is even more dangerous. So I agonised a lot over my impressions of Pinocchio: Is it only a matter of personal taste? Am I missing something? Should I rethink my rating based on learned opinions spanning more than a century? In the end, I decided to go with my original evaluation.
This is one of those stories you read and love in comics format or abridged versions before you come into contact with the original. What usually happens is that, those adaptations modify and trim the original tale to suit the sensibilities of the current generation. I also read Pinocchio as a comic book and loved it; however, on reading the original, I find that many of the "creepier" elements had been edited out of that version.
I do not love moral fables for children. The type of story where, for example, the disobedient little lamb is gobbled up by the big, bad wolf, crying with his last breath: "Oh! If I had only listened to my mother!" is terrifying to kids (I speak from personal experience). They are equivalent to the posters of hell which some people were fond of hanging in their drawing rooms during my childhood. In the nineteenth century, when Collodi wrote his story, one can easily understand that this must have been an accepted method of keeping children in line: by frightening them out of their wits. I do not think the modern world will look kindly on that method.
It is not that creepiness by itself is bad. Many fairy tales are frightening, with their suggestions of cannibalism, patricide, incest, torture etc. The difference between the fairy tale and the moral fable is that the fairy tale is a live entity, growing, shrinking and changing shape while travelling from mouth to mouth; the messages are subliminal, interacting with the child's subconscious. The moral fable on the other hand, is "purposeful" - there is a message ("if you do this, then this will happen!") which the author wants to drum into the child's head, usually by using fear as a tool. It is the narrative equivalent of the schoolmaster's swishing cane.
Collodi's story, taken by itself, has many wonderful elements of dark fantasy (the huge Dogfish which swallows ships whole, the snake with a tail which smokes like a chimney, the little white man who converts boys to donkeys and sells them...) and could have made a wonderful fairy tale. However, the moralising on almost every page of what happens to bad boys who do not obey their parents, do not study and tell lies takes all the fun out of it: the voice of the narrator, coming out through various parental figures, becomes sickening. What crowned the whole thing for me was the death of poor Candlewick, Pinocchio's friend, after short life of back-breaking labour as a donkey. Yuck!. I was happy when the story ended.
I would recommend reading it to children with the morality edited out: but why bother? There are better books out there. Or let them read it as a comic book, or watch the Disney movie.
jasonlf
smiler69
I borrowed this one from the library to have a look at Roberto Innocenti's work, which I've admired in another book called Rose Blanche. His highly detailed watercolour illustrations are a thing to behold, and imbued with both a sense of realism and real poetry, a combination very rarely achieved successfully in visual arts. The story itself was filled with surprises. I must have only been exposed to the Disney version in my childhood, because the original by Carlo Collodi was so filled with twist and turns, violence, unfortunate adventures, and reversals of fate, that it stretched credulity beyond the limit. At times the didactic aspect of the story that the author never fails to drive home became truly annoying, but there's no denying the tale of a puppet who wished more than anything to become a boy is highly original.
jseger9000
I first wanted to read Pinocchio after seeing the 1970's Italian animated movie A Puppet Named Pinocchio. It was much more faithful to the book than the Disney movie we are all most familiar with, much darker than what Disney showed me (not that I'm dumping on Disney's classic movie).I think it's safe to say that everyone is familiar with Pinocchio: Gepetto, an old wood-carver creates a puppet that is alive. Pinocchio (which, the book explains, stands for 'pine cone') is a willful, mischievous and naughty child, but he has a good heart and wants to become a real boy.His adventures are varied and always interesting and surprisingly dark. Pinocchio is a true a children's book. While Disney was very good at giving parents what they think their children want: colorful characters, singing, magic and a puppet that was a clean-cut all-American boy. Carlo Collodi gives kids what they really want: very scary, life-threatening situations, shady characters and a puppet who starts off as a very bad and selfish boy. There are important lessons to be learned here and it is the journey that does the teaching. Though the ending is the same, in the book the reward feels more genuine and deserved rather than saccharine.As an adult reader, I did have a number of issues with the book. It was originally written as a series of short stories, published in a children's newspaper. It might be better to think of them as 'episodes'. There's a certain formula that many of the chapters follow: This time, Pinocchio has learned his lesson. Then an opportunity comes up. Pinocchio follows it. A character (often an animal) will appear and warn Pinocchio. He ignores the advice and trouble ensues. Pinocchio doesn't seem to grow as a character. Also from time-to-time, the book will stop to summarize everything that has happened before. As a result the 'chapters' tend to feel repetitive after a while. It also makes the book feel overly preachy (though I suppose that was part of the point of the book).However, I do remember reading and loving the book as a child. I did notice some of those issues even then, but they don't drag the book down. I think more kids should read the book today. Parents will feel hesitant because of the book's at times unrelentingly dark tone, but realistically, that helps draw the reader in. While following Pinocchio on his scary adventures, they will also learn to respect their parents, not to take what they have for granted and the value of both a good education and hard work. Not a bad thing for kids to read if you don't want them to turn in to donkeys.
pussreboots
I've read the Collodi novel once before when I was a teenager and I remember being put off by both by Pinocchio's arrogance and the surrealism of the world in which the marionette lives. Were it not for Roberto Innocenti's gorgeous illustrations I would have set Collodi's story aside without finishing it.Like so many of the classics from the late 1800s, Pinocchio was serialized in Il Giornale dei Bambini (Children's Journal), starting in 1880. Each installment was a short allegory to teach children how to be independent thinkers (Wiki). Keeping in mind the method of publication and the reason behind it helps to put the disjointed nature of the chapters and the surreal world into perspective. Innocenti's illustrations then bring this world to life.
auntieknickers
The book is better than the Disney movie -- which was still a good movie. I've also seen a wonderful theatrical production at the Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis. Another one I ought to reread.
twright3_1
This is among the more existential works in children's literature, and should make us all reconsider what children's literature can be. I was turned on to reading the Collodi version by Auster's analysis of it in The Invention of Solitude.
stbalbach_1
Pinocchio! (said with an Italian accent and lots of hand waiving). It is considered a "novel of education", a fun childrens story with values communicated through allegory. The values are very "middle class" as Italy became a nation-state in the 19th century: do not follow schemes of the fox and cat to get rich (ie. thieving upper class) but instead work honestly for your money; get an education so you are not treated like an ass (mule working class). Like the "Decameron", it follows the Florentine, Italy tradition of folk novella's -- like a hybred of the "Decameron", "Alice in Wonderland" and "Mother Goose". Disney made a film in 1940 that is considered a masterpiece of animation and is part of the National Film Registery, although only loosely based on the novel, the image of "Jiminy Cricket" and "Blue Fairy" are now a part of modern mythology.
kylak_6
Classic tale.
abergsman-1
I really enjoyed reading this to my daughter, it was the first time for both of us. Yes, there is a talking cricket, but thankfully his name is not Jiminy. The Blue Fairy has a very prominent role in the original story, she is whimsical, complex character.
This edition, in particular, is utterly enchanting. The illustrations by Italian illustrator Roberto Innocenti are beautiful.
I personally believe that children should not only be exposed to sugar-coated stories, so we always aim to read fairy tales in their original form. Pinocchio was no exception, and this was a delightful read.
bzedan_2
This is a classically Grimm-violent story. It's like a bunch of little vignettes, really. And pleasantly bizarro, just as a kid's tale should be. I like that it opens with a talking piece of wood. No explanations necessary, really. There's just this log that is sentient. Whatevs, am I right?
thewallflower-1
This is book is awesome. In the first 13 pages, Gepetto gets into a fist fight, Pinocchio gets Gepetto sent to prison, then he kills Jiminy Cricket with a hammer. This is great!As you can tell this book is far removed from the Disney version. Everybody's a jerk. Must be an Italian thing. I'm not sure who this book was audienced to -- little boys maybe? -- but the language still holds up. The culture does not. It's super easy to read, but the plot is not terribly coherent, and there's no unifying force. It seems like 65% of the book is just Pinocchio being bad, then, when he realizes he's about to get burnt or hanged or shot, he suddenly cries, "oh no, I'll never be bad again", and he is saved. Then he goes and does it again. Reminds me of the American prison system. Must be required reading for lawyers. The storytelling is terribly unpolished and jagged. There's no unifying story, just Pinocchio running around getting into trouble. After about halfway, it starts getting obnoxious, because he has no real goal. He has nothing he wants.I'm really on the fence about the value of this book in terms of today. Would I recommend it for anyone? Would they get anything out of it? Maybe, since the chapters are short and the characters dynamic, they'd get more out of it than I did.
alanwpowers
As everyone knows, Pinocchio is a Liar who is penalized (or possibly rewarded in length of nose) every time he lies, very like the current US President, whose silk tie grows longer with every lie.Here's another, my second comparison to our President Pinocchio, Liar-in-Chief. The carpenter who fashioned Pinocchio, Gepetto, forgot to give him ears; nor does the President listen to anyone. Comparison three: neither the President nor Pinocchio reads, but Pinocchio sacrifices to purchase an Abecedario in order to learn to read. And in fact, Pinocchio admires books, later becomes the best student in his class, so good that he will be turned into a real human boy in one day, but a friend leads him away to where there are no books or schools, and Pinocchio and his friend first grow donkey's ears, and eventually get all grey skins, asses. Pinocchio becomes a donkey in a circus.(Ch.11)Comparison four: both Pin and Prez are puppets, who have torn away from their puppeteers, Gepetto and Putin. Or maybe only Pinocchio has left his puppeteer.Comparison five: at one point, Pinocchio limps, and of course the Trumpster has trouble with steps, tries grabbing his wife's hand, who doesn't want to support a 300 lb man going down steps.For comparison six, see my penulitimate paragraph below.The first carpenter who started carving the wood into the puppet was called Maestro Ciliegia/ Cherry because his nose was red as one. As in Dr Seuss, several characters share nasal distinctions.Pinocchio is convinced to bury his five pieces of gold into the Campo dei miracoli, to result in thousands the next day according to a Limping Wolf and a Blind Cat (both faked, though later in the story they become what they faked). When he tries to dig up his treasure, thieves approach and he runs and runs. Several references to thieves, "ceffi" or "ladri."Towards the end Pinocchio turns back from an over-worked donkey to himself, when he swims in the sea and is swallowed by a (whale?) shark, where he finds his Gepetto, old and frail. He escapes with his babbo, who cannot swim, and carries him on his back to shore. When he needs money in Ch 9 (2/3 the way through), he doesn't dare ask for charity, because his Dad Gepetto always said only two kinds of people have the right to beg charity: "i vecchi e i malatti," the old and the sick (p. 61, Aschehoug, 1972). So Collodi in the 19C moralizes directly, didactically.His book ends with Pinocchio turning from a wooden puppet into a real boy, and his babbo is healed, through Pinocchio's reform: Babbo tells him, "When bad boys become good, they give an entirely new and joyful aspect to their house, their entire family." (p.96) Would that the Prez had learned this from his Dad.I recall thinking it has fairly small vocabulary, but it's much longer than Seuss. Theodor Seuss Geisel lived in my hometown of Springfield, MA, on Mulberry St, and set a goal of books with 225-240 different words. Turns out, Easy Reader (Mondadori) edition sorts Pinocchio under 1200 word vocabulary as Collodi (Carlo Lorenzini) wrote it.
salenawolfgoddess
It's about Pinocchio's life from when he was carved to when he becomes a real boy. However, this disobedient little puppet goes from misfortune to misfortune as he must decide between things like school and a puppet show and school and Playland. He is also hung from a tree, swallowed by a giant shark, robbed and chased by assassins. Thanks to help from his father and his friend the fairy he mends his ways and his dream comes true.Even though I grew up with the Disney movie version of Pinocchio I quite liked this novel version because the storyline is a little different and it gives a little more depth to Pinocchio's character. All in all a cute, rewarding story.
maskpress
PINOCCHIO. THE ADVENTURES OF A MARIONETTE (2013 : 220 PAGES. LARGE PRINT FOR EASY READING - Original edition)Anyone interested in the role of education and a child's place in society will be well-served to read or reread this timeless classic. As Umberto Eco has argued, although it is written in simple language, Pinocchio is not a simple book. It doesn't limit itself to one simple, basic moral, but rather deals with many meanings and it is, thus, not only moving and beautiful, but profoundly educational.WHO IS PINOCCHIO?Pinocchio is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the children's novel The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883), by the Italian writer Carlo Collodi. Carved by a woodcarver named Geppetto in a small Italian village, he was created as a wooden puppet, but dreamed of becoming a real boy. Pinocchio refers to a character who is prone to telling lies and fabricating stories for various reasons. Pinocchio learns to control his impulsive personality and shows moral and intellectual growth. Collodi's "Pinocchio", as a fable, doesn't impose answers on the readers, but rather poses stimulating questions. Non simply a children's book, "Pinocchio" helps readers to reflect on issues of freedom vs. authoritarianism, what system of education is most effective, how young people can be helped to develop their vocations, and how should we approach adolescent development. Pinocchio has become an icon of modern culture, and one of the most re-imagined characters in the pantheon of children's literature. Pinocchio is known for having a nose that becomes longer when he tells lies (chapter 3). His clothes are made of flowered paper, his shoes are made of wood and his hat is made of bread. Aspects of Pinocchio's character vary, depending on the interpretation, although basic aspects such as his creation as a puppet by Geppetto and the size of his nose changing due to his lies or stress remain present across the various formats. In Collodi's original tale, "Le Avventure di Pinocchio" (1883), Pinocchio, as a child, exhibits obnoxious, bratty, and selfish traits, which will eventually change after being exposed to his father Geppetto's love, the Blue Fairy's benevolent guidance, public education and, most of all, to his direct experience of good and evil."It must be said that, though written in the nineteenth century, the original children's novel, "Pinocchio", remains as readable as if it had been written in our century, so limpid and simple in its prose, and so musical in its simplicity." (Umberto Eco)
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The importance of probability in business decision making can't be understated. Too many just don't see its impact. Granted, statistics strike fear in most. Their minds shut down.
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The same events produce a range of outcomes over time, not the same one all the time.
While it's hard to predict a single outcome for a specific time, it's easier to predict a range of outcomes for an extended period.
For example, a salesperson follows a sales process. It does not always produce a sale. Sales can be of different sizes too. Yet, the process can come close to saying what the sales will be over time.
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Alexandra Park, Toronto
Title: Alexandra Park, Toronto
Subject: Public housing, Spadina Avenue, Alexandra Park, List of neighbourhoods in Toronto, Theatre Passe Muraille, Kardinal Offishall, Downtown Toronto, Charles Sanderson
Buildings in Alexandra Park
Alexandra Park is a neighbourhood located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Alexandra Park is bounded by Dundas Street West on the north, Spadina Avenue on the east, Queen Street West on the south, and Bathurst Street on the west.[1] Alexandra Park consists of private and public housing, with at grade retail along Queen Street West and Spadina Avenue, some institutional, and several commercial buildings scattered through the neighborhood. The neighborhood takes its name from Alexandra Park, a municipal park at the south-east corner of Dundas Street West and Bathurst Street. The park is named for Queen Alexandra, wife of King Edward VII, the first future monarchs to visit Toronto.
2 Future
3 Culture and recreation
The recorded history of the area begins with the original survey of the northern shore of Lake Ontario conducted by Augustus Jones in 1791. The survey established a baseline soon to be called Lot Street (later renamed Queen Street). The area now known as Alexandra Park was then the southern portions of lots 16, 17 and 18 of Concession 1 of the Township of York. When the City of Toronto was incorporated in 1834, it included the area 400 yards to the north of Queen Street, roughly the location of present day Grange Street. The remainder of the area was annexed by the city in 1859.
The area was purchased from the Denison family in 1841 by Sir Casimir Gzowski, a Polish engineer who built his grand home, which he called 'The Hall', at what is now the south-east corner of Dundas St. W. and Bathurst St. A neighbourhood sprang up around Gzowski's home that was inhabited largely by Polish and Ukrainian immigrants in the 1920s and 1930s. In the 1960s, 'The Hall' and many of the surrounding homes where demolished to make way for a public housing project.[2] The public housing projects brought in many immigrants from the Caribbean, East Africa, China and Vietnam. Alexandra Park is known for having one of the largest African Canadian communities in Toronto, and people of African American ancestry are still evident in this neighbourhood. In the 1970s and '80s, there were racial tensions between the established Polish and Ukrainian immigrants and the new immigrants. An infamous African Canadian gang called the Project Originals emerged. Drugs and violence were a huge problem, and during this time, a crack epidemic swept the area. In the early '90s, a group of Alexandra Park residents sought to convert the government housing complex to self-governing co-operative housing, in order to attempt to make a difference in the struggling community in an effort to stop the oppression and drug wars the project had been facing for many decades previous. Today Alexandra Park is recovering from its harsh battles in the past, and making an effort to turn a new leaf.
After a long period of community consultation, The Toronto Community Housing Corporation has completed plans for a major revitalization of Atkinson Co-op and surrounding areas of Alexandra Park. TCHC submitted Official Plan Amendment and Rezoning applications on March 11, 2011 and held a community meeting on June 27, 2011 to present the plan to local residents. The plan envisages major changes to the neighborhood, phased in over a 15 year period. Several streets that were closed off when the complex was first constructed will be reopened. 333 townhouses and apartments will be demolished and replaced, while 473 units in the towers at 20 Vanauley Street, 91 Augusta Street and 71 Augusta Square will be renovated. 1540 units of market condominiums and townhouses will be added, with retail units on the south side of Dundas Street West. New public parks and private amenity spaces will also be added.[3]
Theatre Passe Muraille is located in the neighbourhood. The City of Toronto operates Alexandra Park swimming pool[4] while the Scadding Court Community Centre and the Charles R. Sanderson Memorial Branch of the Toronto Public Library[5] share a building on the grounds of Alexandra Park, part of Toronto's municipal park system. Scadding Court is also home to Alexandra Park Neighbourhood Learning Centre, an adult literacy program that offers Literacy Basic Skills (LBS) and Academic and Career Entrance (ACE) courses.[6] Alexandra Park also offers an outdoor skating rink in the winter, that is converted to a skateboard park in the summer. The skateboard park is nicknamed Dunbat Skate Park, referencing its location at the corner of Dundas Street West and Bathurst Street.
Census tract 0039.00 of the 2006 Canadian census covers Alexandra Park. According to that census, the neighbourhood has 4,355 residents. Average income is $19,687, the second lowest average income in Toronto after Regent Park. The ten most common language spoken at home, after English, are:
Cantonese - 17.9%
Unspecified Chinese - 15.8%
Mandarin - 5.9%
Vietnamese - 4.1%
Bengali - 1.5%
French - 1.3%
Somali - 1.1%
Portuguese - 0.9%
Tagalog - 0.7%
Punjabi - 0.3%
Trinity-Bellwoods Chinatown
Coordinates: 43°39′N 79°24′W / 43.650°N 79.400°W / 43.650; -79.400
Vienna, London County Council, Vancouver, Berlin, Public policy
Spadina Avenue
Toronto, University of Toronto, Canada, Judaism, The Rolling Stones
Alexandra Park, Toronto, Alexandra Park, Vancouver, Alexandra Park, Hastings, Alexandra Park, Ipswich, Alexandra Park, London


. . . a broadly anti-intellectual professionalizing atmosphere that is inimical to the long, slow life of sustained thinking and unwilling to support it, with, I think, terrible consequences for the humanities—tellingly, the most productive scholars in my department have won multiple external fellowships that keep them away from campus; an administration that is indifferent to its workers' affects . . . ; a fetish on productivity that is self-serving and, to my mind, disingenuous . . . ; colleagues who have been so beaten down by the system and have so bought into it that they do not know how to engage as scholars and are fiercely defensive. . . .
Elle avait envie de faire des voyages ou de retourner vivre à son couvent. Elle souhaitait à la fois mourir et habiter Paris.


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Resource Management and Geography
Resource Management and Geography - Theses
Development of a breeding program for drug detector dogs: based on studies of a breeding population of guide dogs
Development of a breeding program for drug detector dogs: based on studies of a breeding population of guide dogs (43.90Mb)
Champness, Kathryn Anne
Land and Food Resources
Department of Agriculture and Resource Management
Champness, K. A. (1996). Development of a breeding program for drug detector dogs: based on studies of a breeding population of guide dogs, PhD thesis, Department of Agriculture and Resource Management, The University of Melbourne.
Linked Resource URL
http://cat.lib.unimelb.edu.au/record=b2184110
Deposited with permission of the author. © 1996 Dr. Kathryn Anne Champness.
A joint research project was undertaken by the Australian Customs Service (Customs),Royal Guide Dogs Associations of Australia (RGDAA) and The University of Melbourne. The aims were to establish a breeding program for Drug Detector Dogs(Detector Dogs) and to further improve the RGDAA breeding program. Behavioural studies were conducted on the RGDAA breeding population of Labradors(Guide Dog population) and a 'trial' breeding population was established by Customs during the research (Detector Dog population). We defined traits important for success as a Detector Dog and designed an aptitude test (CRR test) to measure the traits. We found some sex differences for individual traits within the combined Guide Dog and Detector Dog populations. However, no sex difference was observed in terms of overall performance. Within the Detector Dog population, dogs selected to start a Detector Dog training course performed significantly better on the CRR test than dogs not selected to start a course. (For complete abstract open document)
working dogs; breeding; working dogs; training
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804 N.E.2d 258 (Ind.App. 2004), 49A02-0306-JV-461, In re Termination of Parent-Child Relationship of D.D.
Party Name: In the Matter of the TERMINATION OF the PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP OF D.D. Anna Peterson, Mother, Appellant-Respondent, v. Marion County Office of Family and Children, Appellee-Petitioner, and Child Advocates, Inc., Appellee/Guardian Ad Litem.
In the Matter of the TERMINATION OF the PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP OF D.D.
Child Advocates, Inc., Appellee/Guardian Ad Litem.
Transfer Denied July 28, 2004.
Jan B. Berg, Indianapolis, IN, Attorney for Appellant.
Elizabeth G. Filipow, Indianapolis, IN, Attorney for Appellee.
Anna Peterson ("Mother") appeals the trial court's termination of her parental rights to her minor son, D.D. Mother raises five issues, which we consolidate and restate as whether the trial court's order terminating Mother's parental rights to D.D. is clearly erroneous. We affirm.
The relevant facts follow. Mother and Keith Doverspike lived together with their two children, G.D. and A.D., and Mother's son from a prior relationship, D.D., who was born in 1993 (collectively, the "Children").1 In October 2000, the trial court granted a petition filed by the Marion County Office of Family and Children ("MCOFC"), which alleged that D.D., G.D., and A.D. were children in need of services ("CHINS"). The petition alleged that D.D. had been physically abused by Doverspike and that Mother had failed to protect the Children and had exposed them to an endangering environment. As a result, the Children were removed from the home.
Doverspike filed a protective order, and Mother was ordered to leave the home in December 2000. Subsequently, the Children were returned to Doverspike for an in-home trial visitation. Due to concerns regarding Mother's mental health and substance abuse, the Children were not returned to Mother. The CHINS proceeding was later closed as to G.D. and A.D. However, the CHINS proceeding regarding D.D. continued, and Mother was offered a variety of services.
7. [D.D.] was initially removed from the care of [Mother] due to allegations of physical abuse by the step-father, Keith Doverspike, and [Mother's] inability to protect [D.D.]. The reasons for the continued placement of [D.D.] outside of the care and custody of [Mother] include her misuse of prescription drugs, her mental illness diagnoses and attendant erratic behavior, her failure to follow through with mental health treatment, and her inability to provide a safe consistence nurturing residence and environment for [D.D.], all of which endangers him.
8. Since removal from [Mother], [D.D.] has not been returned to her care and custody.
9. [Mother] has been diagnosed with a number of mental health problems, including borderline personality disorder, depression, and anxiety.
an Inpatient Program to deal with issues of substance abuse. However, since initiation of the CHINS case she has attended neither. Substance abuse represents a safety issue to [Mother] in that it can interfere with her compliance with medications prescribed for her mental health issues.
11. The following services have been offered and available to [Mother] since initiation of the CHINS action with regard to her children: a Parenting Assessment, Project Safe Families for domestic violence issues, substance abuse evaluation and treatment through Midwest Psychological Center and Winona Hospital, psychiatric evaluations through Psychological Laboratories and Adult and Child, home-based counseling through Midwest Psychological Center, supervised visitation, housing through various shelters and transitional housing facilities, psychiatric care and medications through Gallahue Community Health and Behavioral Care South, urine drug screens through Valle Vista Hospital, and financial help and counseling through the ACES Project.
12. Home-based counseling services were provided to [Mother] through Midwest Psychological Center. The treatment goals for [Mother] were to help her address her mental health issues, help her maintain her medications and to maintain visits between [Mother] and [D.D.]. [Mother] was being seen by a psychiatrist at Behavioral Care South during this time. The home-based counselor also set up another appointment with a psychiatrist at Midwest Psychological Center. The home-based counselor encouraged [Mother] to take her medications and to attend appointments with her psychiatrist.
13. The home-based counselor made referrals for housing, including apartments and shelters. During the time she received home-based counseling at Midwest, [Mother] did not have stable housing or employment. [Mother] admitted to the home-based counselor that she sometimes took her prescription medications and sometimes took over the counter diet pills, and that she smoked marijuana. The home-based counselor warned her that not only was it dangerous to mix marijuana with her prescription medications, but that use of it would violate a shelter's rules, such that she might be asked to leave. [Mother] also threatened the MCOFC Case Manager in the presence of the home-based counselor. She also made comments that she might have to take [D.D.] away and directed a threat at [Doverspike], indicating that she had a weapon and might use it.
14. The home-based counselor closed her case as to [Mother] and referred her to the Action Coalition to Ensure Stability ("ACES"), an agency that could help her with more intensive services directed at persons with mental health issues. At the time she closed her case, significant concerns existed regarding [Mother's] ability to safely provide for [D.D.], due to her lack of consistency in taking her medications, her lack of stable residence and employment, and the violent outbursts, suicide attempts and emotional instability demonstrated by [Mother].
15. Susan Gerber of ACES has provided services to [Mother] since early in 2001. In order to be admitted to the ACES program, a client must have mental health issues, a substance use or abuse disorder, and be homeless or at risk for becoming homeless. [Mother] met the criteria for the program. ACES is designed to provide a link to necessary services for its clients.
16. Susan Gerber and [Mother] developed a Resource Coordination Plan, which identified the following treatment goals: working on [Mother's] "hidden" issues, establishing and maintaining suitable housing, and remaining free of mind and mood-altering substances, such as opiates and alcohol. Another goal was mental health stability.
17. When she began working with ACES, [Mother] was receiving her psychiatric care through Behavior Care South and Midwest Psychological Services. Susan Gerber was aware of [Mother's] psychiatric diagnoses, and had training and experience in recognizing the symptoms of these.
18. Susan Gerber told [Mother] that compliance with her prescribed medications was very important to obtaining and maintaining mental health stability and encouraged her on numerous occasions to take her medications as prescribed. However, [Mother] reported a pattern of mixed compliance and non-compliance with her prescribed medications. Ms. Gerber counseled her that she was likely to experience symptom exacerbations if she did not take her medications.
19. The symptoms of [Mother's] mental illness included extreme sadness, boundary issues, intense, hostile and dependent relationships with person, isolation from others, distrust of persons who might help her, a cycle of unrealistic valuing and devaluing of people, manipulations of others and screaming outbursts. Her symptoms are exacerbated when she is not medically compliant.
20. [Mother's] symptoms interfere with her day to day functioning. She has had a hard time maintaining employment and suitable residences.
21. Becoming depressed and isolated, failing to maintain healthy relationships, failing to trust people, and failing to utilize available supports and medications, to the extent demonstrated by [Mother], interferes with appropriate parenting of a child and poses a significant risk to the child's healthy emotional development.
22. [Mother] has also in the past been involved in a physically abusive relationship with a boyfriend, which would put a child placed with her at risk.


Thousands of people take to streets of Pittsburgh as leaders arrive for talks.
"Unemployment is spiralling , house foreclosures are rising, and the notion that the crisis is under control is frankly offensive to many people here.
"Thousands of people took to the streets - including a strong contigent of 'black flag' anarchists who, contrary to popular sterotypes, have not smashed a single window nor damaged any property."
Obama wants the G20 to agree to a new framework that would see countries change how they manage their economies and restrain trade imbalances that many analysts believe contributed to the crisis.
Rob Reynolds, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Pittsburgh, said that the summit was likely to examine the controversial practice of giving huge bonuses and compensation packages to financial workers, months after banks were bailed out with billions of taxpayers' dollars.
"Germany and France in particular believe that excessive compensation packages encourage short-term thinking and reckless risk-taking on the part of giant financial institutions and banks, and they want strict limits on [bankers'] bonuses and caps," Reynolds said.
"The United States and Britain think that kind of situation would be unworkable and would instead prefer to focus on building up the capitalisation [cash reseves] of banks, so that they would be better able to deal with a crisis.
"President Sarkozy of France has already threatened to walk out of the Pittsburgh meeting if firm agreement is not reached on bankers' bonuses."
Washington wants G20 nations to commit to boosting consumption in exporting countries, such as China, while encouraging debt-laden nations, including the US, to save more.
China's private consumption accounts for little more than a third of its economy, while it exceeds 70 per cent in the US or Britain.
By contrast, China's households saved about 40 per cent of their disposable incomes last year, while the US savings rate was just more than three per cent.
"The situation we have now is that countries like Japan, China and, to a lesser extent, Germany, produce goods and then export them. The US buys them - consumers are always spending and borrowing," Reynolds said.
"Japan and China hold all that debt that the US has. This is seen as a fundamentally unstable situation. The US has to bring down its massive current account deficit and China and Japan have to do more to bring the system into balance."
Obama is hoping to bring the Chinese on board with the plan by pushing for Beijing and other emerging economies to get a greater voice at the International Monetary Fund.
However, China has so far appeared reluctant and there seem to be few concrete proposals about how to achieve the massive rebalancing of global consumption.
Axel Weber, the head of the German central bank, voiced optimism that G20 leaders would agree to changes.
"In Pittsburgh, we have to say, there are still fires to be put out, we'll see later how to do the mopping up"
"I am happy that G20 leaders and regulators have a broad consensus on the issues and on the agenda," said Weber, a European Central Bank Governing Council member.
The summit is the third since the global economic crisis began, but in recent months there have been signs of recovery as a number of countries have emerged from recession.
The US federeal reserve on Wednesday said that growth had returned to the world's biggest economy.
But Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), warned against complacency and urged the G20 leaders to keep their economic stimulus plans in place.
"Once the fire is out, there's water everywhere, it has to be mopped up," he told Europe 1 radio.
"In Pittsburgh, we have to say, there are still fires to be put out, we'll see later how to do the mopping up."


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Tim Kaine initially blames 'gun violence' for Ohio State car-and-knife attack
Democratic vice presidential candidate accused of trying to politicize siege
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Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., listens as Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks during a campaign event at the Taylor Allderdice High School, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016, in Pittsburgh, Pa. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) ** FILE ** more >
By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times - Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine said Monday he was saddened by the "senseless act of gun violence" at Ohio State University, even though the attacker used a butcher knife and a car.
Mr. Kaine, who ran on the 2016 Democratic ticket with presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, was accused of pushing a gun-control agenda after his Twitter post blaming firearms for the siege.
Eleven people were injured in a rampage by Somali-born student Abdul Razak Ali Artan, who drove into a crowd on a sidewalk and then chased bystanders with a knife in what is being investigated as a possible act of terrorism.
He was shot and killed by Ohio State Police Officer Alan Horujko.
Mr. Kaine was blasted by those who charged him with trying to politicize the tragedy.
"The only guns used were by the police. Try and confirm before you politicize," Rick Moore said on Twitter.
Mr. Kaine later corrected himself, saying in a tweet, "Updated reports say attacker used a vehicle & knife. Horrifying & senseless."
The campus went on lockdown Monday morning after an initial university alert warned of an "active shooter."
• Valerie Richardson can be reached at vrichardson@washingtontimes.com.


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"What kind of needle did the swatchers use?"
"I'm a tight knitter, so I try to stay loose when I knit."
"I usually knit loose, so I always go down a needle size."
"I won't use wooden needles because my gauge will be too tight."
Needle material, the way the yarn is tensioned, which hand you're wrapping the yarn with, and general 'style' (tight or loose) do all affect gauge.
We spend a lot of time teaching knitting all over the country. We meet a lot of quirky knitters (and also a lot of perfectly fine knitters) who are convinced they are doing it wrong. Sometimes, a knitter is doing something technically incorrect, like wrapping their purls wrong and creating a twisted stitch. But often, they are knitting just fine - but are obsessed with being able to knit better. They want to know if they are doing it the "right" way. Often, I think there are a lot of knitters who subscribe to the idea that certain ways of knitting (most often the way they were taught) is best, and they will shout this from the mountain top, making those of us who don't knit that way feel as though we're not doing it the "best" way.
THERE IS NO INDUSTRY STANDARDIZATION FOR GAUGE.
Jane Designer writes a pattern for a simple hat. She knits it on a US 7, at a gauge of 18 stitches to 4". She'd like the final measurement of the hat to be ~18.75". Jane is he is getting 4.5 sts per inch, so if she writes the pattern with a cast on of 84 stitches, the hat will be 18.66" circumference.
Johnny Knitter believes he is a loose knitter, and is knitting Jane Designer's hat. He thinks to himself, "I am a loose knitter. I will need to use a US 6 for this hat." He casts on (gasp! without swatching!) and knits the hat. After knitting, his hat measures 20 stitches to 4". At this gauge, his hat is only 16.8" circumference. His hat is too small.
"But Johnny is a loose knitter!"
It turns out Jane Designer is also a loose knitter, and always uses metal needles. She likes them better because she is a fast knitter, and the wood needles feel logy.
"Jane Designer should use wooden needles, and her gauge wouldn't be loose."
Shouldn't Jane use the needles that she likes best? As long as she checks her gauge it doesn't matter what kind of needle she uses. I concede that wooden needles have more friction, and for many people result in a slightly tighter fabric, but the difference is often negligible.
"Does Jane knit continental? I do, and I don't knit loose."
It doesn't matter which way she carries the yarn. She knits loosely, so changes her needle size as needed to keep her stitches even and the gauge correct, according to the pattern. Since we're all individuals and knit the way we knit, we all should change our needle size as needed to keep our stitches even and acheive the correct gauge.
"Maybe if she wraps the yarn around her middle finger, like I do, her yarn will have more tension and then her stitches will be tighter."
True, but if she's not technically doing anything wrong, why retrain herself to knit a different way? The only real takeaway from this should be that it is imperative to always swatch.
Betty Jo Knitter knits continental, with the yarn in her left hand, tensioned around her fingers. She knits so loose that she cannot knit patterns at a gauge smaller than 22 stitches to 4 inches because they don't make needles small enough for her to match tighter gauges. She is often knitting on size US 0 and 00, and uses wooden needles because she was told they would help her knit tighter. Her knitting looks fine, it's just a bit frustrating that she can't knit things like socks. She also cannot knit color work, because it always looks warped. Additionally, her row gauge is often affected and her stitches appear very narrow and long. In the textile design industry, the ratio of courses (stitches) to wales (rows) determines the structural integrity and viability of a fabric. Betty Jo's ratios were way off, and therefore her fabric was also structurally unsound.
This is a great example of one's tension (and technique) actually being problematic. Something is happening with the way she is knitting that is unusual.
This story is based on a true situation, and Kate and I sat with her and watched her knit. We came to the conclusion that her issue was that she was knitting too far down the needle tips, and pushing them away from the points after completing each stitch, thereby stretching the stitch out. When she slipped the stitch from the left to right needle, she was pulling the stitch a great distance, and hence, elongating it further. The result was loose, droopy stitches. We stopped her and told her to move the stitches up much closer to the points, so her hand movements were smaller and less dramatic. (Coincidentally, this also improves her joint health and knitting longevity). Her initial response was, "But won't they fall off the needles?" No, they will not fall off the needles. This new technique felt slow and awkward, but she kept at it. After a couple rounds the difference was dramatic. Her stitches were tighter, more even (her ratios were more balanced), and she was able to go up multiple needle sizes in order to properly match gauge, making her more in line with the "average" range.
If you are having the same troubles as Betty Jo, look at your needle points while knitting. Your stitches should be very close to the tip of your left hand needle, and sit just behind tapered end of your right hand needle, not an inch or more back from the points.
1 / On the flip side of the above scenario, we have also encountered knitters who knit so tight that they are causing injury to their hands and wrists. In most cases, these knitters are forming their stitches on the tapered points of their needles, as opposed to around the barrel.
If knitting causes you a lot of pain, or if every stitch feels like an incredible effort and you have to forcefully push the stitches back onto your right hand needle, there is a problem with the way you are knitting. If your stitches are formed on the right hand needle on the tapered ends, you're unintentionally knitting around a much smaller circumference, as if you're knitting on a needle 1-3 sizes smaller than you intended. Your stitches are tight, and likely uneven. Just as a loose knitter needs to move up, a too tight knitter needs to move down, ideally around 1-5 mm behind where the right needle begins to taper.
2 / Also in the realm of too tight knitting is the a knitter who holds their yarn in a sweaty-palmed death grip, yanking it taut as if tying a ship to dock in a storm. I have witnessed this many times, and often the knitters response to my inquiries about their stitching is something along the lines of, "I want the stitches to look better, more even, tighter." If this is what you want, and you find if you're not getting nice looking even stitches on the needle and yarn combination you're working with, just go down a needle size or two. Your hands shouldn't make the stitches smaller, that is what needles are for. Never try to knit tighter (or looser, for that matter). Let the needle do the work for you. Relax your shoulders, loosen your grip, breathe. Your joints and neck will thank you for it.
Moral of the story: There is no universal gauge standardization. What is listed in the pattern is often based on the needles and gauge the designer used to make the garment. A yarn company or distributor will base their needle/gauge recommendations listed on the yarn labels on an average sampling of test knitters, or of an average needle size commonly used by in-house designer(s).
"You will also find here worsted weight yarn, this knits up with 18-22 stitches per 10cm on 4-5mm needles, compared to aran wool that will give you 16-20 stitches per 10cm on 4.5-5.5mm knitting needles.
We'll dive into other gauge issues, like fixing unintentionally twisted stitches and how to work with unconventional techniques like Eastern Combined Crossed/Uncrossed later in the series.


Bellafina is a toast to Italian lifestyle. Produced in a lightly sparkling (Frizzante) and easy drinking style, the Bellafina wines are a perfect accompaniment to any cuisine, celebration or occasion. The name "Bellafina" is a union between two lovely Italian words - "bella" meaning beautiful and "fina" referring to fine, or delicate.
Bottled by Casa Vinicola Botter since 1928, the Botter family has been producing wines under environmentally friendly policies and with innovative production techniques and technologies. Today, the company is managed by the family's third generation and specializes in wines of the Veneto. They have the following certifications: VISION 2000, ISO 14.001, BRC and IFS.


Please feel free to get in touch with me if you are a student or researcher and have any questions about my research or past projects. Email is best. I can't guarantee I will respond to all queries (especially those about very old, inactive projects from my undergrad days).
Until my expected graduation (~2015), I'm very happily buried in my Ph.D. studies at Brown, so I am unlikely to respond to solicitations from corporate recruiters. I appreciate your interest, but no thanks.
These all forward to the same place, so take your pick.


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Q: NSWindow ignoring position set I'm not sure if it's a glitch or I'm doing something wrong, but for some reason the window's position on the screen becomes problematic if I disable this option:

When I first disable the option, running the program a couple of times while changing the position of the window (either via code or inspector) works normally, then it suddenly won't respond to any more changes of position from the inspector:

not even from the AppDelegate.swift code:

It just simply gets stuck at where it was when it ran at that session, ignoring any future changes to the position set in the code or the Size Inspector until I enable Visible At Launch again.
The reason why I'm making the window invisible and then making it visible again is because on launch, I'm setting some attributes (such as opaqueness and background colour which I removed from the code) where without making the window invisible in the first place, the default window will appear for a split second before all the settings have been made in code and then the window will appear in the right place with the right colour and etc.
Am I doing anything wrong? Was there something I forgot to initialise? Or should I just report this as a bug to Apple?

A: You should alter window settings in awakeFromNib() and windowDidLoad() of the NSWindowController class associated with your NSWindow instance. Then there is no need to mess with the visibility of your window, because the window will be visible after these methods.

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Lucy Ellinson has a dream of a role with the Royal Shakespeare Company in Blackpool as A Play for the Nation opens at the Grand Theatre.
She's playing the most popular character in the play - give or take the occasional Bottom. Puck, who else?
A Midsummer Night's Dream is styled A Play For the Nation and rightly so as the nation's favourite play.
It's presented by the RSC and Poulton Drama in association with the Grand Theatre from Tuesday to Saturday with matinees Thursday and Saturday as well as evening performances to reach the maximum audience.


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Elmer City és una població dels Estats Units a l'estat de Washington. Segons el cens del 2000 tenia una població de 267 habitants.

Demografia
Segons el cens del 2000, Elmer City tenia 267 habitants, 110 habitatges, i 70 famílies. La densitat de població era de 490,9 habitants per km².

Dels 110 habitatges en un 23,6% hi vivien nens de menys de 18 anys, en un 47,3% hi vivien parelles casades, en un 13,6% dones solteres, i en un 35,5% no eren unitats familiars. En el 33,6% dels habitatges hi vivien persones soles el 10% de les quals corresponia a persones de 65 anys o més que vivien soles. El nombre mitjà de persones vivint en cada habitatge era de 2,43 i el nombre mitjà de persones que vivien en cada família era de 3,06.

Per edats la població es repartia de la següent manera: un 25,8% tenia menys de 18 anys, un 5,2% entre 18 i 24, un 23,2% entre 25 i 44, un 30,7% de 45 a 60 i un 15% 65 anys o més.

L'edat mediana era de 43 anys. Per cada 100 dones de 18 o més anys hi havia 98 homes.

La renda mediana per habitatge era de 32.500 $ i la renda mediana per família de 38.000 $. Els homes tenien una renda mediana de 40.000 $ mentre que les dones 23.438 $. La renda per capita de la població era de 16.366 $. Aproximadament l'11,4% de les famílies i el 18,6% de la població estaven per davall del llindar de pobresa.

Poblacions més properes
El següent diagrama mostra les poblacions més properes.

Referències

Entitats de població de Washington

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NETO1 () – білок, який кодується однойменним геном, розташованим у людей на короткому плечі 18-ї хромосоми. Довжина поліпептидного ланцюга білка становить 533 амінокислот, а молекулярна маса — 60 191.

Кодований геном білок за функціями належить до рецепторів, фосфопротеїнів.
Задіяний у такому біологічному процесі, як альтернативний сплайсинг.
Локалізований у клітинній мембрані, мембрані, клітинних контактах, синапсах.
Також секретований назовні.

Література

Примітки

Див. також
 Хромосома 18

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Clothing tags or clothing labels are important for people who design clothes or sell clothes. If there is one useful way you can brand or advertise your clothing line, then these clothing tags or labels are your best advertisements. Major designers in the world have their own unique brand image as seen in their clothing labels. So, your clothing line must also have these clothing tags.
Another item that you need aside from your clothing tags are clothing security tags and the purpose of having these is to prevent theft in your clothing shop. They can be bought in bulk in online stores that also have attractive decorative holograms, hang tags, stickers, metal labels, hot stamp holograms, and a lot more. Some clothing security tags have a warning when taken out and because of the pressurized ink packets contained in them they will actually explode when you do so. It gives great security to the clothing and the retailer as they raise an alarm if tampered with.
Another important accessory to use is the clothing tag gun which can also be bought in bulk and used in the retail and clothing industry and in the packaging industry. If you want to be able to attach your clothing tags on the fabric then you will be needing a tagging gun. With the use of many sharp needles a tagging gun makes it easy to place the tag on the cloth.
You might also need personalized clothing tags for your school labels. It will help children to not lose their belongings. These schoollabels can be customized and you can have different types of name labels and iron on labels that have the best quality and style. There are many different brands of these tags that can be bought in online stores and some come as bright and easy to read labels. You can also find tags with fun icons to choose from and they remain strong and stuck even if you put them in a washing machine.
When you are bringing your child to child care you can use these clothing labels as labels for your child's belongings. These name tags can be stuck on valuables and iron on ones can be used for clothes since they use environmentally friendly inks which are safe to be used in any machine.
You can also purchase custom clothing tags which are professionally made and supplied for use by large manufacturers and designers. You can also find different websites that offer services in different woven labels or adhesive clothing labels. If you need to personalize these clothing labels and it can be done by these services. They also come with reasonable prices and you can be proud if you use these clothing tags for your clothing.


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Q: For Some Timezones, Corrected Time after setting TimeZone via JodaTime and java.time are giving different results, Why? Following is a small code snippet in java trying to convert a time in millis to a readable date time format,
Long timeInMillis=1615806808301l; //2021-03-15T16:43:28.301+05:30 IST

String timeZone="Europe/Istanbul";

MutableDateTime  mdateTime  = new MutableDateTime(timeInMills);
mdateTime.setZone(DateTimeZone.forTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone(timeZone)));

ZonedDateTime zdt = ZonedDateTime.ofInstant(Instant.ofEpochMilli(timeInMills), ZoneId.of(timeZone));

Following are the results given by the Joda[mdateTime] and Java.time[zdt] for the same timeInmillis and timezone,
Europe/Istanbul
2021-03-15T13:13:28.301+02:00[Europe/Istanbul]
2021-03-15T14:13:28.301+03:00[Europe/Istanbul]

Turkey
2021-03-15T13:13:28.301+02:00
2021-03-15T14:13:28.301+03:00[Turkey]

Europe/Moscow
2021-03-15T15:13:28.301+04:00
2021-03-15T14:13:28.301+03:00[Europe/Moscow]

Europe/Minsk
2021-03-15T14:13:28.301+03:00
2021-03-15T14:13:28.301+03:00[Europe/Minsk]

As you can see, For Some Timezones, the results are different,
PS: My actual Intention is not to convert the timeInmillis to a readable date time format, but to understand why the results are different.
PS: The System Timezone was IST[+05:30]

A: Based on the results you are showing for Joda-Time, you likely are using a very old version.
Time zones change at the whim of governments.  It's very important to always use the latest version and to stay on top of updates.
Upgrade to the current version of Joda-Time (2.10.10 at the time of writing this) and the discrepancy you reported should go away.


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Several cases of Legionnaires' disease reported at Lockheed Martin plant
Monday afternoon, officials confirmed to 11Alive News that over the past year, four employees at the Lockheed Martin Marietta facility have been confirmed to have Legionnaire's Disease.
Author: WXIA Staff
Published: 6:20 PM EDT September 12, 2016
Updated: 6:20 PM EDT September 12, 2016
MARIETTA, Ga. – Four employees at the Lockheed Martin Marietta facility have been confirmed to have Legionnaire's Disease, officials confirmed Monday.
While there is no indication that the four contracted the malady at the Marietta plant, the facility is increasing testing of water at the plant to ensure its safety.
Rob Fuller, Lockheed Martin's communications senior manager, released a statement Monday afternoon:
In the past twelve months, there have been four Lockheed Martin employees with confirmed Legionnaires' disease. There is no confirmation the employees contracted the disease at their workplace in Marietta. However, as a precautionary measure, we have increased testing of our water to ensure it is safe and implemented the appropriate protocols in our facilities in accordance with public health-recommended guidelines. We continue to work closely with the Georgia Public Health Service and the Cobb-Douglas County Health Dept. to monitor our facilities, and ensure a safe and healthy environment for our employees.
No other reports of Legionnaires' Disease have been reported in the metro Atlanta area.
The Georgia Department of Public Health released a statement about the cases early Monday evening.
All potential outbreaks of Legionnaire's disease are investigated by the local health department with assistance from DPH. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are notified of all Legionella outbreak investigations.During an investigation, DPH works with the facility to assess potential sources of contaminated water and to implement measures to eliminate Legionella and prevent future growth of Legionella according to guidance established by the CDC. DPH also recommends facilities work with Legionella experts that can provide recommendations specific to each facility. Lockheed Martin is working with a private company for testing, consulting and remediation.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Legionnaire's Disease is a type of bacterium found in freshwater environments such as lakes or streams. It can become a health concern with it grows and spreads in human-made water systems such as hot tubs, hot water tanks and heaters, large plumbing systems, cooling towers and decorative fountains.
People are exposed to it when they breathe in mist containing the bacteria, according to the CDC. Less commonly, it's spread by drinking water which goes into the trachea and into the lungs.
Symptoms of Legionnaires' include cough, shortness of breath, high fever, muscle pains and headaches.