text:
PA State Rep. says flier with anti-Semitic phrases was placed on office door
by: Andy Mehalshick
Posted: Oct 12, 2020 / 11:43 AM EDT
Updated: Oct 12, 2020 / 06:10 PM EDT
LUZERNE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU-TV) — A state representative from Luzerne County says he is angry and deeply offended by what he found stuffed in his office door Monday morning — one of his campaign fliers with anti-Semitic words written on it.
There are late-breaking developments in this case. The Luzerne Borough Police Chief tells Eyewitness News they have identified the person allegedly responsible for this incident.
"I came here to the office this morning and found this flier just jammed in the door right here. Somebody jammed it through. You can see that it's ripped here but written on it calling me a Nazi, calling me Hitler, probably some of the most offensive things that you could say to a Jew," said PA State Rep. Aaron Kaufer.
Representative Kaufer, who is Jewish, says he could not believe what he was seeing. One of his own campaign fliers that was sent out to the public returned to his office with hateful words.
"It's the most offensive thing that you can ever say to a Jew to reference them to anything towards Nazis, Hitler. That's what I found here this morning," Kaufer said.
Jim Lane owns the nearby Main Bean restaurant several doors away from Kaufer's office. He actually saw the flier sticking out of the door, saw the words and called Kaufer. Lane says he is not surprised by what he was looking at.
"You asked me this two years ago I would have said yeah but nowadays it's gotten to the point where if you don't see it my way I'm going to start calling you names," Lane said.
Kaufer says he wants the person who did this to know how wrong and hateful it is.
"I called the police just because, like I said, this is some of the most offensive stuff that you could ever say to a Jew. I mean it goes to show you that antisemitism is still alive and well and that people that talk like this, especially towards Jews, is completely uncalled for, completely offensive," Kaufer said.
There are security cameras on this property and Police Chief Mike Kotawasinski tells Eyewitness News these cameras captured images of the person allegedly responsible for the incident. The name of the person is not being released as of yet as the investigation continues.
The chief is working with the district attorney's office to discuss possible charges.
Kaufer tells Eyewitness News he hopes this incident will send a message to others—that hateful words will not be tolerated in our society.
Investigation continues in search for Baron


Chomolhari or Jomolhari sometimes known as "the bride of Kangchenjunga", is a mountain in the Himalayas with an elevation of 7,326 m, straddling the border between Yadong County of Tibet, China and the Thimphu district of Bhutan. The north face rises over 2,700 m above the barren plains. The mountain is the source of the Paro Chu (Paro river) which flows from the south side and the Amo Chu which flows from the north side.


text:
DRIVECLUB: Free DLC Schedule Detailed
Jamie Brayshaw	Community Development Manager, Evolution Studios
Update: We know many of you were looking forward to playing the promised PS Plus Edition and we are truly sorry for the delay. Our first priority is to provide you with the best possible experience while playing DRIVECLUB. With the high volume of new players and additional server load the PS Plus Edition is anticipated to bring, we are currently not confident that we can guarantee the best online experience. Until we can ensure that everyone can enjoy the full social connected online experience, we will be postponing the release of the PS Plus Edition until further notice.
Our players are the heart and soul of DRIVECLUB, and when the game begins October 7th, Evolution Studios will be going all out to keep the experience fresh and exciting for all of you.
We're determined to build up a lively community of millions of connected racers around you, so our post-launch development will be influenced by what you do in the game and the feedback you share with us. New content, improvements, and updates will all be shaped by you and everyone you play with. And of course, we're going to do our best to keep surprising you with our own creativity, too!
In fact, thanks to all of the players we've met and talked to already, our mission has already started.
We're already working hard to develop free updates that will introduce a powerful weather system (that you can play around with to change the dynamics of every race) and a photo mode, because they've both been requested ever since we first showed how you can control the time of day and skies in the game.
And even though we've already got 55 routes over 25 tracks in the game, we'll be bringing you more new tracks to enjoy and all of them will be free.
We'll also keep adding more of the world's best cars to the game and we'll give you one car every month, as a free series running from October 2014 to June 2015.
For those who want even more, we're making a full calendar of new release DLC that will run deep into 2015. This will let you buy packs of new cars and new campaign tour expansions, to give you more to play for each month. This calendar will start in November 2014 with every pack offering new challenges to play and new Trophies for you to earn.
There will also be a Season Pass available for $24.99* so that you can pre-order the DLC packs and get huge savings. In fact, it works out that with the Season Pass you'll save more than 60% on the cost of purchasing these packs individually, as the total value of the packs will be $75.84*.
And the best part? All of this is just the start! We keep saying "DRIVECLUB begins on October 7th 2014" because we don't know exactly how the game will evolve with each update until you get your hands on the game and start playing!
We hope you're as excited about this as we are. We can't wait to shape the future of DRIVECLUB with you! Are you on board and are you bringing your friends along with you?
*Prices quoted are based on regular price on PS Store.
driveclubevolution studiosplaystation games
sweenster98
so are the tracks free DLC but the cars are purchased?
Paul Rustchynsky
All of the tracks are free:
– 11 new tracks with 23 routes, which includes an entirely new location
And cars are a combination of free and paid:
– 9 free
– 38 paid (bundled together as 8 car packs)
Hope this makes things clear :)
SlyCooperFan100
Will there still be a PlayStation Plus version available for free with that discounted upgrade price? I haven't heard much recently about it, and it isn't mentioned anywhere here either. When will it be available, are there any updates concerning it, etc.? I'd really appreciate any helpful info! Thanks!
The PlayStation Plus version is absolutely still going to be available to subscribers as a free download. This will be out on the same day as the full game (October 7th), and you will have the option to upgrade from the PS+ Edition to the full game for a discounted price of $49.99.
thebledkid22
Will this still be free for Playstation Plus members?
LebGuns
If anything, thank you for the transparency.
@1 There are 9 free cars and 11 free tracks coming as DLC. The infographic near the top has some more details.
DeviantBoi
Do I need to own DRIVECLUB to add the free content to my account?
And will the free content be available to players of the PS+ version of the game?
PlayStation Plus Edition owners will be able to get free tracks for India (the featured location) and exciting new game features such as weather, but to access new cars you have to upgrade to the full game.
nikrel
Wow, the support for this game seems amazing & if holds up I'll buy this & the season pass.
Also, I think there's a bit of confusion… October 8 is the release date in the EU. This is the US PlayStation Blog. :P
Justin Massongill
Whoops! Boy is our face red. :)
blackfox_87
How can I preorder #driveclub on playstation store?
DRIVECLUB will be available to pre-order on the PlayStation Store shortly.
jason_redemption
I appreciate that there some free stuff and though I tire of season passes and pre-release announced DLC I am aware that while the cost of developing a game has gone up the cost of purchasing a new game has remained relatively the same. We also live in an age where "free" games (like PS plus) is unprecedented and provides the opportunities to play games that we might not otherwise had the chance to play.
SteveO1683
Will the season pass be compatible with the + version of the game or only the full version?
To get access to all of the content contained with the Season Pass you must own the full game.
kitler53
…upfront transparency on what content will actually be delivered with a season pass and when?!?! please, oh please, let this be a trend in the making.
yowzagabowza
Not too thrilled that the plus version is not mentioned at all here. Will the free updates be available for plus version? Season pass for plus version? How bout the weather? No info leads me to believe the answer is no.
Weather is most definitely coming to the PS+ Edition, check out my response above for more details.
FearMonkey
Article subject line talks about free dlc yet the main thrust of the article is all about the season pass. *sigh*
Trevelyan
Really excited for DriveClub, and glad to see all the post-launch content coming. I'll be getting the season pass. One question though on the free tracks. Do any of these include a new country? Or are the tracks based in the same locations launching with the game?
Some of the DLC tracks will feature in existing locations, but there will be an entirely new location coming to DRIVECLUB for free. You'll have to wait to find out where it is going to be though ;)
Sicmay
Can you tell us exactly what each edition contains and what each dlc is.
Ps plus should be for full games so I don't want the demo edition of this to replace a full game ( especially when they upgrade costs the same price as a full game).
It sounds like even the upgraded version isn't the full game with this talk of dlc and season passes. Now you are nickel and diming for even more?
I was looking forward to this game- no so much now.
whereymyconary
Yep, also wondering about how all this factors into the plus version. Been looking forward to playing it. And as a not a huge racing fan the plus version sounds like the perfect size for me.
Also as of July all plus games have been released together on the first Tuesday of the month. When will drive club plus version be available then?
Anyways looking forwards to it, one of the reasons I reactivated my plus account.
The PlayStation Plus Edition will be available on the 7th of October for all PS+ subscribers.
Evansblue7878
This game already sounds huge and your adding even more for only $25!!! Plus more trophies???? I'm sold, officially can't wait!
Marnett05
Kind of torn. It's cool to see support for the title planned this far in advance, but it always irks me whenever I see paid DLC scheduled before a game is even out.
Skater_Ricky
1. So when can I preorder the digital download version of DriveClub on the US PlayStation Store?
2. What type of pre-order bonuses will be on the digital pre order?
3. Do you have any further plans to add project Morpheus to drive club in the future?
I've been following driveclub since the first announcement on Twitter so I look forward to purchasing this game but also wonder when I'll be able to Preorder on the PS Store to get Preorder bonuses.
bajor27
I think laying out this schedule is a FANTASTIC idea! Love to see it.
Couple quick questions:
11 free tracks but only 7 symbols. is there a clearer picture on when free tracks are coming?
Are there 47 cars coming? 38 + 9?
Is the season pass compatible with the PS+ version?
There are only 7 track symbols, because we'll delivering some tracks bundled together, so 1 track symbol in some instances means there are a number of tracks that month not just 1.
Yes that means a there will be a total of 47 cars combined when you factor in both free and paid for cars,
And you'll need to own the full game to make use of the Season Pass.
I hope you created a Playstation 4 theme for DriveClub as another Preorder bonus ;-)
Maybe a Soundtrack for all those Raw Audi files of thoserevving there engine's ?
ThanQPS
Is weather system available day one or not? You guys announced it at gamescom as a very important feature. And you guys have delayed the game for a whole year It has to be ready right? Dont ship an unfinished game
ossiecastro5
1. Will the free content also be compatible with the PS Plus Edition?
2. Will the free content expire? If I plan to get DriveClub in January, can I get the free content given out before?
It would be cool know about the content included IN THE GAME before you start talking about DLC plans. There's no respect for the game consumers these days I tell you, and a big part of the blame is on us for putting up with this crap and even encouraging it.
USCCM
Will this game be compatible with the PS Move Racing Wheel?
I love what I've tested so far and I definitely will buy the PS4 just for this game, but I refuse to play a racing game with a controller. It's just not natural!
Naberios
I'll be honest. I've been skeptical of the title since finding out the Plus version of the game was so watered down. Say what you want about it still being a "full" game, I just don't buy it. It would be nice if we could at least get a discounted "upgrade" to the full version of the game if, once we play it, we determine that it's enjoyable enough to do so. Now we have the whole already-planned-long-term dlc release announcement along with the *awesome* savings of a season pass (which we don't even know will be available for the Plus version). This could be a really great racing game, but I've just had this bad feeling regarding this game for some time now. At this point, if the season pass is available to Plus version players then I might get it if the quality of the game warrants it, but I'm not going to pay a full $60 to upgrade to the full version.
BahumatIsBack
Can you just release the game and the stripped down plus version that's really just a demo that both have been delayed for already a year now along with the full price "upgrade" for that very same plus version DEMO before you start talking about asking for more money for future DLC that you don't even have a clue yet what its gonna be til people start playing?
I am so sick of everything about this game and it's not even out yet. You guys have run it into the ground before it even left the starting line
MaXKiLLz69
Free DLC is unheard of these days. Hopefully there isn't a catch.
ElektroDragon
So let me get this straight. The game was supposed to be a launch title, but it got delayed so much that TWO next gen Forza games will now come out before it does, and yet they had time to make all this DLC, enough to justify a Season Pass?
I'm sorry folks, but this stinks from a mile way. Clearly they're holding back content to sell you in a Season Pass. It's the trend everywhere these days, and I wish you'd all stand up to it and stop buying these Season Passes.
Thats nice, no replies at all. I guess thats actually better, though. Every time these guys say something, it just makes things worse.
Scoobie03
Instead of DLC, I'll pay to be able to use my G27 with this game. Please Evolution, make this happen.
Free is the way to go…but this looks fishy.Anyway I doubt I'll be getting any DLC other than the ones offered for free so this don't bother me at all.
marcosplaysbass
Here's a suggestion for the ones complaining about the game: if you are so against the game don't buy it simple as that and stop looking at things related to it it will make your life so much easier the company will make their money either way. the game is going to be fantastic and who cares if it was delayed any type of creative work will have some sort of delay it takes time to make these things you all believe should be free. so either enjoy the game or find a different game stop with the hate.
Please announce Driving GT Wheel Support!
Elvick_
People ignoring the free DLC to whine, stfu. Kthx
Rockefellow
It's disappointing that most older steering wheel peripherals aren't supported. I'm aware that it's not really Sony or Evolution's fault, but my old Logitech wheel for the PC/PS3 still works perfectly and is fully-featured, and I'm not ponying up for a new wheel with all the other games launching and the holidays coming up. I wouldn't even consider using a controller to play this, either, so now I'm stuck not buying a game I was excited for since launch (and previously had preordered before the delay). I'm not particularly concerned with the barebones PS+ version when I could have had everything for a mere $60, but factoring in a new wheel worth hundreds of dollars is a dealbreaker.
Why can't there be some kind of USB adapter made to support wheels, if it's true that some chip is preventing older ones? Why can't the publisher step in and handle the licensing fees to appease the hundreds of thousands of fans holding onto their old wheels? Why can't anyone actually address this issue, seeing as we're a month away from launch? I'm not trying to sound like some whiny, puerile child, but I doubt I'm the only one who's turned off by the lack of dedicated wheel support for reasons that aren't even made clear.
Good on Evolution to allow all of the DLC tracks to be free content, though– it's a shame when a developer purposefully divides their player base, whatever the reason. Of course it's something that shouldn't even be an issue in this industry, but since it's so rare to see this done properly with respect to the consumer we need to applaud those who do what they should be doing in the first place.
@ Naberios
Complain much? why don't you do a little research before crying a river over here, the digital version for plus owners is $50. If you want them to give away a new game for free or less than that, then don't buy anything.
stefer09
Disappointed for the PS+ edition. The upgrade price is a tad steep. And no details if people that will upgrade qualify for these DLC , free or season passes.
I would pre-order the "upgrade to the full version" so i could get the game pre-loaded… wish that option would be available… :(
tusunami
Well since this is for ps plus I will try this out & see how this shapes up. But I am a little interested more & more about this game now.
yukoniceforces
To everyone asking if the free cars will go with the PS Plus Edition, it looks like the answer is nope. The Game Director, Paul Rustchynsky, gave a statement about that a few days ago. Found a few articles dated Sept. 5 about it.
MUGEN02
A CAR and TOUR only season pass for $20 or less should be looked into.
mgzin66
Quit complaining. If you dont like the idea, dont't buy it. So sick and tired of all thesr whining fools that want everything for free. Devs gotta get paid too.
GummyCore
No one would have complained if they did not promise almost everything for free. Specifically Paul Rustchynsky (the same one replying here) promised that the PS Plus Edition will be the full game less "a few assets". He later went back to edit his posts to remove evidence of the promise (but, hey, you can't hide anything on the internet). What we get for free now instead is just "a few assets" (namely 1/5 of the cars/tracks). They even tried to make it such that if you pay $50 for the full game upgrade, the full game will only work if you remain a PS Plus subscriber. They only moved that policy after, guess what, many 'whining fools' here complained on the blog itself. So quit whining about other people's complaints.
HugoStiglitz_420
Will we be able to preload the PS Plus version?
Or do we have to spend $60 on the regular version to preload it?
What would make sense is if we could preorder and preload the upgraded PS Plus version so we can still preload the game without having to pay an extra $10. $50 is already a steep upgrade cost to begin with
L_A_White_Boy
Can't wait to get this! Already have the game pre-ordered on Amazon to get the exclusive Mercedes SLS AMG Coupe Black Series Pack and RUF RT12 R pack. :) I'll also be live-streaming this game for sure at twitch.tv/L_A_White_Boy. Played this at E3 and LOVED it. Twitter: @L_A_White_Boy #PlayStationMVP
I'll be sticking with the PlayStation + Edition.
PanTheMan16
Jamie, does this mean that the weather system that you guys have been showing off won't be available day 1? I just want to be clear on that.
Also, I hope these negative comments don't bother you too much. I am SO pumped for this game! I actually pre-ordered the Driveclub PS4 bundle last year, but yeah, you know how that turned out. lol
I firmly believe that Driveclub is going to be the true new-gen experience that we have been waiting almost a year for. Delays generally suck, but I know you guys are making the most feauture-rich and polished game you can, so I have no problem waiting.
redrumerog
How about some Logitech steering wheel support DLC, I'm definitely not giving up any of my money for this game until my G27 is supported

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
IKAT & SUZANNI COATS
W A L L E T S + P O U C H E S
B E L T S
BODY + HOME
Enjoy Free USPS shipping on orders over $50! Returns are accepted for Store Credit only at this time.
Song of Genesee - Book of Poetry
From author Pamela Livingston:
This is a book about water--streams, rivers, lakes, seas--and about new beginnings. Poetry has always been a direct and living response to life's varied circumstances. Is it the fragility of life and its huge power--both--which keep us in balance and alive? The movement generated by the changes is renewal itself. Seeking a language for this has been one way of integrating experience and coming into harmony. The energy of the writing changes me.
As a record of self within the greater wholeness, it is never 'just about me.' We are each responsible for feeling, for attuning to the whole; sharing is a joy which can grow awareness of our interconnectedness. By our voice we make peace.
These songs and poems are about celebration, self-healing, and dreaming. I have spent time in woods and jungles, often in solitude, and also with natural people who have extended to me their welcome and kindness. They have taught me about sustainability, how to give up my fancy moves in exchange for dancing most of the night, grounded in simplicity and energized by a loving earth. In my lifetime I've learned many forms only to leave them behind, to come closer to freedom, and to the spirit of the mother, and father, in me. And the Valley Spirit, which is Genese.
© 2021, CJ LAING Powered by Shopify


Bird glass painting mughal animal is one images from 15 delightful designs of glass paintings of Tierra Este photos gallery. This image has dimension 776x600 Pixel and File Size 64 KB, you can click the image above to see the large or full size photo. For next photo in the gallery is stained glass painting design. You are viewing image #1 of 15, you can see the complete gallery at the bottom below.


Top skaters team up with Grammy Award-winning recording artists to benefit at-risk youth.
Legendary skate team comes together for a special reunion benefiting the Tony Hawk Foundation.
Action-sports legends and mega-watt celebrities came together to raise money for the 9th-annual Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD Presents Stand Up For Skateparks, benefiting the Tony Hawk Foundation.
Renowned music acts will combine with top skate and BMX pros to create ultimate action-sports experience.


The WCL-X100 Wide-Angle Conversion Lens for X100 Camera (Silver) from FUJIFILM converts the lens on your FUJIFILM X100 camera from a 35mm equivalent lens to a 28mm equivalent lens, giving you a true wide-angle lens. Even better news than that: Fuji engineers have treated the conversion lens and the original lens as a single unit, so that there is little, if any, loss in image quality. They've designed newly developed firmware designed to correct for distortion, peripheral brightness, lateral chromatic aberration, etc.
The original lens apertures are still operative, so you can still shoot at f/2 (although, as with the original lens, the sharpest images will come in the f/4 to f/5.6 range). Either the optical or the electronic viewfinder can be used, and even close-focusing produces sharp, clear images with no loss of acuity. You can still use RAW files and shoot with Motion Panorama 360. Even the lovely bokeh of the X100 is undisturbed. Using the built-in flash can cause vignetting, so the use of an external flash is recommended. The included lens cap fits the 49mm diameter of the conversion lens, as does the optional PRF-49S protective filter. For optimal aberration control, X100 firmware must be updated to version 1.3.0 or later.
Box Dimensions (LxWxH) 4.3 x 4.0 x 3.9"
WCL-X100 Wide-Angle Conversion Lens for X100 Camera (Silver) is rated 4.8 out of 5 by 26.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Terry from Great piece of glass! I shoot professionally. Done so for many, many decades. Cut my teeth on a Leica M. Until I purchased an X100S I never found another camera that felt right in my hand. This does. But the fixed 23mm lens (35mm in full frame) just wasn't enough. I'm a wide guy. The 28mm on my Leica was my normal. I really didn't expect much from a converter lens but I had to try. Surprised doesn't come close to what I saw when I looked at my files. Shock, awe, delight is more accurate. This lens is every bit as sharp as any Elmarit I ever used on my Leica, only MUCH less expensive. If you have an x100 or x100s buy this. Right now. It may never leave your camera.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Tekkie from Delayed in getting one........ I am still an X100 user but delayed in getting one of these because I wanted to see if Fuji was going to retain compatibility with the new X100T (I decided to skip the X100s upgrade). On my X100, the performance is really tremendous and even pixel peeping, one can see no sign of color fringes. Fuji did a great job on this from the beginning and it's absolutely worth the money. The build is also exquisite and I look forward to even better shots with a new X100T.
Rated 4 out of 5 by Gil from Useful lens I mostly agree with the other comments. Having a 28mm field of view is very nice. The lens is high quality, I did buy a metal screw on cap for the mount side, since it comes with a rubber cover that falls off and is not very well designed. Also, I use Manual focus mode and then auto focus pushing the button on the back, and this lens does seem to interfere with the auto focus often, it will focus at 3m or 5m when you are clearly trying to get it to focus on infinity in a scenic shot. But when its working right the images are the same excellent quality as the built in 35mm (in 135) lens. It is a good value I think, now if they would just make a telephoto adaptor to give anything from 50 up to 80mm I would buy that too and be done!
Rated 5 out of 5 by Palouse River from Don't wait, buy it Too bad Fuji doesn't just offer the X100T in a kit with the WCL-X100 and TCL-X100 converters. My WCL-X100 just lives on the X100T in a Black Raqpid SnapR-35 that goes just about everywhere with me. Just remember to set the conversion lens setting correctly in the X100T or you will need to correct some minor distortion in post.
Rated 5 out of 5 by photolinks from adding to the passion... Sharp lens, great add on for the fuj ix100s, adding versatility without bulk. I love the fact that I can change lens with out exposing my sensor. Image quality is excellent. Can't wait to order the TLC! I shoot the images I need with the Canon 5DMlll- but the images I am most connected to are coming from the Fuji x100s.
Rated 5 out of 5 by sconcin from Works perfectly ! I was somewhat concerned about this product, as it looked like an afterthought, but all worries disappeared once I installed it. It is built like a fine piece of optics, the mounting is secure and it is most definitely NOT an afterthought ! Image quality is excellent edge to edge. Firmware upgrade 1.3 takes care of the slight distortion.
Rated 5 out of 5 by ken from Great add-on! I wouldn't normally buy add on lens modifiers but read a good review of this one so decided to try it. The resulting files are so close in IQ to those produced by my X100 bare necked that I can't see any degradation at all. I'm sort of a halfhearted pixel peeper - I know enough to make decisions but don't get so deeply into it as others do. My liking this accessory should be taken with this in mind. This is quick to install and easy to carry. If the firmware is up to date the camera will know it's there. Can't wait to try it on the new X100s that's in the mail!
can I use this lens with my x100f?
Can I use this lens with my x100T?
Yes you can! It can be difficult to get that protective ring off the lens of the camera at first to reveal the threading the wide angle screws onto. I used a clean dish glove to unscrew it for grip.
Does this wide angle conversion lens need an adapter to attach to the Fujifilm x100 camera?
No. You remove the ring on the front of the lens and just screw it on.
It says firmware 1.3 is needed, but the x100T does not have FW1.3 ... is this a mistype?
how does one attach a filter to this lens?
A 49mm filter will fit on the lens.
Does someone tested it with another camera than the Fuji X100T? Results?
I use it with the X100. I think there is no deterioration in image quality.


One of Branson's most popular Spring events, the Bass Pro Legends of Golf Tournament at Top of the Rock and Buffalo Ridge golf courses in Branson is sure to be a hit this year as in every year. If you haven't heard or been, its an experience you have to try. After all, where will you see some of your favorite PGA legends compete on a picturesque, cliff-side course designed by Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Tom Watson? They, along with Bass Pro founder Johnny Morris, spent over eight years crafting the course into the Ozarks Landscape. Its a truly remarkable piece of property and even greater event.


Universal the journey so far…..
Universal is the journey of hard work, commitment, result, timing, cost saving, loyalty, relationship and Growth together.
Universal started in the year of 2006 with small vision of Recruitment with only 4 faithful employees and company's director Malav Patel and with 2 clients and very small time period Company is now expanding its vision with 12 numbers of employees and more than 57 associates working for the Universal in all over Gujarat with 2 offices at Ahmedabad and 3 Training centers and expanding wings to Mumbai.
We are very much thankful to our clients who are from different verticals like BPO / KPO, Call Center (Domestic / International), Telecom, Manufacturing, FMCG, Insurance (General/Life), Education and IT who always have faith in our organization.
Universal is going for the project of Central Government Aayurveda Institute for total Recruitment and Payroll/Outsourcing Management.
Company started with the name of Universal Corporate Services and it is still continues with the brand and established now as 2 more brand names which are Universal Verification Company and Universal Consultants.
Company started its vision with only Recruitment area and now its spread its wings into more 6 products / services like Complete HRM, Payroll, Outsourcing, Verification, Training (Call Center / Soft Skill / Motivational / Sales / Promotional etc.) and complete BPO Setup with all level of Recruitment.
Again we are thankful to you who believe in us and we are assuring the best result within time with GROWTH.


Lambda Chi Alpha has been a colony on campus for about a year, and the group is still growing as it approaches its date to receive a charter, Derek Hartmann said.
The co-recruitment chairman for the colony said Lambda Chi got 10 new members in its first formal recruitment, bringing the group's total number to 43.
Hartmann said the most difficult aspect of recruitment for the group was not having an actual structure to call home.
"We had to schedule places to go, like Heuser Art Center and Lydia's Lounge," he said.
And he said the group uses the Garrett Center for its weekly meetings.
Hartmann said the group will continue to meet at on-campus locations until it acquires a central location.
Lambda Chi will also receive its charter at the end of September. This will grant full authority for the group to function as a chapter.
Sophomore mechanical engineering major Jon Doremus became a new member of Lambda Chi after the conclusion of formal recruitment last weekend.
He said the group's lack of an immediate central meeting location wasn't a factor in his choosing the fraternity.
Doremus said he appreciated Lambda Chi members' outlook on not possessing a house during recruitment.
"[Lambda Chi] didn't put an emphasis on the house, like other guys who say 'Hey, join our house.' They say 'Hey, join our fraternity,' which was cool because it was about brotherhood," he said.
Lambda Chi appeared on campus in 1927 and remained for 62 years until 1989 when the group left Bradley. A re-colonization attempt was made in 1992, but didn't work out, Hartmann said. The fraternity appeared on campus again in fall 2007.


Most people turn on their faucets without giving much thought to where the water comes from. Just as little consideration is given to the intricate series of dams and levees protecting communities from floods.
In Wyoming, we are very aware these infrastructure systems are critical to keeping our communities prosperous and safe. Our ranches and farms depend on consistent water delivery. Our communities must have faith in the promise that our dams won't fail.
Years of deferred maintenance have put this promise at risk. That's why, as chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, I have worked closely with a bipartisan group of senators from around the country to introduce America's Water Infrastructure Act. It will boost our nation's economy, help keep our homes safe from the threat of floods and cut needless government red tape.
For ranchers and farmers, a disruption in water service can be catastrophic.
Sediment buildup behind dams severely limits how much water reservoirs can hold. We've seen this firsthand in Wyoming. The Bighorn Lake has lost over seven percent of its water storage capacity because of sediment buildup. Our bill develops regional sediment management plans to increase water storage capacity in Wyoming and throughout the West.
Expanding water storage through projects like this, and the expansion of Fontenelle Reservoir in Lincoln County, give our rural communities a reliable supply of water to keep livestock and crops healthy.
Water storage isn't the only challenge ranchers and farmers face in Wyoming. Deferred maintenance on aging irrigation systems – particularly on the Wind River Indian Reservation – has slowed water delivery. Irrigation projects Washington started almost a century ago have fallen into disrepair or were simply never finished.
A 2016 law I authored holds Washington accountable for its commitments to finish, fix, or replace these broken irrigation ditches and canals. America's Water Infrastructure Act extends this important program.
This bill also makes clean drinking water a priority. America's Water Infrastructure Act will help provide drinking water in tribal communities like the Wind River Reservation.
America's Water Infrastructure Act isn't just about keeping our economy strong, it's also about making Wyoming safer.
This bill makes Wyoming's water infrastructure a priority and increases local input in deciding which projects get done first. The people of Wyoming should be the ones telling Washington which programs and projects would have the most impact.
Many communities face a continual threat of dangerous flooding. This bill creates a flood prevention action plan to protect Wyoming communities in the Snake River Basin.
It also creates a permanent program to help mitigate the threat of floods caused by ice jams. Last spring, severe flooding in Greybull and Worland on the Big Horn River caused serious damage. America's Water Infrastructure Act authorizes important programs to find permanent ways to prevent these ice jams.
Often the biggest hurdle for smaller communities starting water projects is complying with all of Washington's burdensome and expensive regulations.
America's Water Infrastructure Act expands grants and technical assistance for towns during this process. Every town in Wyoming would qualify and could apply for this program.
On a national level, the bill includes projects to dredge and deepen significant ports, and to maintain the navigability of inland waterways across the country. This means products from Wyoming like beef, soda ash, and coal can be shipped around the world. That benefits Wyoming and America.
Mark Twain supposedly said, "Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over." In the West, water is vital to our way of life.
Let's use this opportunity to pass major bipartisan water infrastructure legislation that will help grow the economy, make our communities safer, and keep Wyoming thriving.
U.S. Senator John Barrasso is chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.


It is up to all of us, not just police, to help fight crime. By taking a few simple precautions you can make life harder for criminals and protect yourself, your belongings and your home.
Most offenders choose targets that they perceive as vulnerable so it is important to always act and respond to others with confidence. It is also important not to put yourself in situations where your safety could be compromised.
Tell your family, friends or colleagues your whereabouts and the time you expect to be returning. If you change your plans, let them know.
Practice what you would do in a life threatening situation with a friend or consider taking self-defence lessons.
Walk in well-lit areas that are clear of overgrown bushes or trees.
Walk with a friend or group wherever possible and always walk confidently at a steady pace.
Keep the car doors locked at all times while you are in the car.
Stay in control if you are drinking. Count your drinks and, if you planning to have a big night, have a non-drinking friend to take care of you and make sure you get home safely.
Check the surrounding area before going to your car, and check your back seat before getting in. When approaching your car, have your keys ready in your hand.
Lock up the house whether you are at home or out. In over a third of WA's burglary cases the burglars have climbed through an open window or walked through an unlocked door.
Install quality deadlocks on all external doors and key locks on your windows. Install security screens so you can have your windows open without inviting burglars in.
At night, leave inside lights on which would normally be on if you were at home.
Consider installing movement-activated external lighting.
Install key operated locks for doors with glass panels.
Make windows more secure by fitting locks, safety film, security screens or external roller shutters.
Put away tools, gardening equipment and ladders – burglars may use these to gain access.
Remember to lock garden sheds and garages.
Keep trees and shrubs trimmed to minimise hiding places available to a burglar. Low or see-through fences at the front of homes also deter burglars as they minimise hiding places.
Fit an approved meter box with a viewing window. Contact your electrical supplier for further information.
Mark valuable property with the letters of the state followed by your driver's licence number, e.g. WA 1234567.
Photograph and record serial numbers of all valuable property and keep this information in a safe place.
By taking some simple precautions and giving your home a "lived in" look before you go on holidays, you can substantially reduce the risk of burglary.
Ensure all doors and windows are securely locked, preferably with deadlocks and keyed window locks.
Let your neighbours know you will be away and ask them to watch out for visitors and collect all your mail.
Cancel all deliveries such as newspapers.
Consider installing automatic timing devices for lights and electrical appliances such as radios and televisions.
Give your house keys to a trusted friend or neighbour rather than hiding them outside your home.
Be sure to notify the key holder when you return. This is especially important if you return home early.
Consider asking your neighbour to park a car in your driveway.
Your answering machine message should simply say that you are unable to come to the phone.
Consider leaving a pair of old work boots by the front door to give the impression that someone is home.


Please fill in this online form.
If you prefer to register by postal mail, you can click on the PDF icon on the right, print the application, fill in and sign it, and mail it back to us with your payment by check or money order.
1. Submitting this application and agreement indicates that you want to register as a student of the Lemurian Fellowship and enroll in its Basic Course of instruction and training in the Lemurian Philosophy.
2. With this application please include $50 as your registration fee and payment for Lesson One. Registration and enrollment will be considered valid only when this application has been approved by the Lemurian Fellowship's Board of Governors. You will be notified as soon as possible.
3. After approval of this application you will receive the first lesson of the Lemurian Philosophy by mail and gain access to the lesson online. You are entitled to examine and study this lesson for 30 days on a guaranteed money-back basis. During this 30-day period, if you choose not to proceed with the instruction offered, you may request a refund of your $50 fee.
4. Tuition for the Basic Course of instruction and training is $35 per lesson. Tuition payments are to be made upon completing a lesson and submitting answers to the questionnaire. Because the Lemurian Fellowship recognizes the importance of maintaining a balance between the training it offers the student and the tuition it receives, full payment in advance for the entire course will not be accepted, and tuition is nonrefundable. If you have financial issues that may affect your tuition, please feel free to let us know and we will discuss options with you.
5. Should you discontinue your study temporarily, you may do so for up to one year without jeopardizing your enrollment as a student.
7. Lessons of the Lemurian Philosophy are released upon satisfactory completion of previous lessons as determined by the Lemurian Fellowship, and upon receipt of the next $35 tuition payment as explained in paragraph 4.
9. The Lemurian Philosophy as released through the Lemurian Fellowship is religious and moral in character, yet completely free from denominational sectarianism. Pursuit of this study does not necessitate giving up one's present church affiliations.
10. Lemurian Fellowship students may participate regardless of where they live.
11. The Lemurian Fellowship reserves the right to discontinue the teaching and training of any student at any time upon evidence of the pursuit of objectives that are considered inimical to the best interest of the Lemurian Program.
NOTE: Remittances to the Lemurian Fellowship may be made by PayPal, check or money order payable at face value in U.S.A. currency, or through online banking with your financial institution.
LEMURIAN FELLOWSHIP, P.O. Box 397, Ramona, California 92065, U.S.A.
Students of the Lemurian Philosophy must be at least 18. There is no upper age limit.
I agree to the foregoing terms and conditions and will remit my $50 fee to begin the Basic Course of instruction and training in the Lemurian Philosophy.


text:
Q: Replace a character in a Python DataFrame column The simple dataframe replace shown below is not working.
The NewPhone column contains the same value as the original column.
import pandas as pd
SF = pd.read_csv(r"xxx.csv")
SF['NewPhone'] = SF['Phone'].replace("(",'xxx')
print(SF['NewPhone'])

A: The Series.replace method takes a regex argument that is False by default.  Set it to True.  Also, if the string to be replaced is interpreted as a regex pattern, we'll need to escape the opening parenthesis.
df.phone.replace("\(", 'xxx', regex=True)

0    xxx999)-63266654
Name: phone, dtype: object

Setup from @EdChum
df = pd.DataFrame({'phone':['(999)-63266654']})

A: replace looks for exact matches (by default unless you pass regex=True but you will need to escape the parentheses - see @piRSquared's answer), you want str.replace:
SF['NewPhone'] = SF['Phone'].str.replace("(",'xxx')

which will replace all occurrences of the passed in string with the new string
Example:
In[20]:
df = pd.DataFrame({'phone':['(999)-63266654']})
df

Out[20]:
            phone
0  (999)-63266654

In[21]:
df['phone'].str.replace("(",'xxx')

Out[21]:
0    xxx999)-63266654
Name: phone, dtype: object

If we try replace then no match occurs:
In[22]:
df['phone'].replace("(",'xxx')

Out[22]:
0    (999)-63266654
Name: phone, dtype: object

See @piRSquared's answer for how to get replace to work as expected (I don't want to cannibalise his answer)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


text:
Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for science fiction and fantasy enthusiasts. It only takes a minute to sign up.
Between 15m-25m Humans and Eldar must have co-existed. Why did the Eldar let this happen?
So, humans once lived on millions of planets and to me, seemed like they were pretty much running away with our galaxy.
Its my understanding however that Eldar ruled this Galaxy a long time before humans came about and that it was the birth of Slaanesh that stopped the warp storms that meant the humans could once again travel between human planets.
Meaning that the humans had around 10 thousand years before the fall of the Eldar to get rather powerful.
So why, with Farseers, did the Eldar race let humans get as powerful as they did?
warhammer-40k
phantom42
Jamie HutberJamie Hutber
Too busy with all the hedonism that led to the fall... – HorusKol Jul 21 '13 at 15:29
They didn't care.
The Eldar mastered the galaxy before humans managed to spread out into the stars in any significant way and our original forays into the galaxy didn't trouble them at all.
Humans took forever to crawl out of their Solar system:
Millenium 1-15 Age of Terra Humanity dominates Earth. Civilisations come and go. The Solar system is colonised. Mankind lives on Mars and the moons of Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune.
Millenium 15-18 Age of Technology Mankind begins to colonise the stars using sub-light spacecraft. At first, only nearby systems can be reached and the colonies established on them must survive as independent states since they are separated from Earth by up to ten generations of travel
- Timeline, Galaxy in Flames, by Ben Counter
From M26 - M31, Warp storms separated human colonies and reduced us to independent systems and worlds, breaking any threat we might have posed to the Eldar.
Where as the Eldar were a bit more about their business:
c.M15-20 AN EMPIRE ASCENDANT
The Eldar are unparalleled masters of the galaxy. Those lesser races that dare oppose them present little challenge. Worlds live and die at their behest, for the supremacy of their great empire is beyond dispute.
- Page 20, Codex Eldar, 6th ed
Initially, they were so supreme we just weren't a threat:
There were, of course, many wars. Even when the galaxy was young there were upstart races seeking to gouge out petty empires of their own, [...]. Most of these conflicts, though, were so short-lived that the ease of their victory left the Eldar more sure of their ascendancy.
- Page 7, Codex Eldar, 6th ed
The reason they didn't care about humanity later is that they were too busy with their own pleasures and problems to pay any attention.
cM18-30 A SICKNESS OF THE SPIRIT
The luxurious paradise of the Eldar civilisation gives rise to a dangerous combination of curiosity and complacency. Throughout the empire, a profound degradation in moral discipline sets in. Over the millennia there is a gradual slide into sensual excess.
staticbeaststaticbeast
lol they had 12k years of just mucking around and playing with themselves basically. I'm impressed with GW for making sure these time lines worked out. I guess the eldar of the old were less looking to the future with their arrogance. Did they even have seer's back then? – Jamie Hutber Jan 20 '16 at 11:35
I don't have citations to support this, but since no-one else has answered:
The pre-Fall Eldar had become decadent and arrogant. They viewed other races as little better thn animals and it was inconceivable to them that humans would ever become a threat. Indeed, humans weren't a threat pre-Fall, and aren't that big a threat even post-Fall. The Fall was entirely self inflicted.
John RennieJohn Rennie
Eldar were not warlike. Also they wouldnt care for the humans pre-fall as they STILL think of humans as a bit more than monkeys.
After the fall Eldar see the humans as the first line of the defence against Chaos or as a species that will bring the downfall sooner. Depending on witch Farseer you speak to.
It is all in the books but I won't bother you with a "wall of text" when i think that this answer is sufficient.
CherubelCherubel
Dark Age of Technology humanity did have at least one war with the Eldar. It is stated that during the war, humanity moved the entire Sol system through the warp and placed it right on the doorstep of the Eldar Empire as a threat. The Eldar immediately backed off and retreated to their core worlds (the ones now in the Eye of Terror). That is canon fluff. The Eldar viewed themselves as masters of the galaxy but only occupied a tiny corner of it. When humanity rose to power, it spread throughout the galaxy as a whole and crushed anything that attacked it.
The Eldar "co-exist" with no one. Besides, before the Fall, there were no Farseers. The ones who became the first Farseers were those few who foresaw the Fall and convinced others to follow them and to construct the Craftworlds. After the Fall, Asuyan trained the first Aspect Warriors.
After the Fall, the Eldar were amongst the first to raid human worlds. Admittedly, this was out of desperation. Currently, the Eldar seem to be in a state of "blissful" ignorance. They honestly believe they are dominant and that everyone else are squatters. Would you want to be friends with someone like that?
Furthermore, the Eldar never actually advanced at all. They are explicitly stated to be using technology and sorcery/magic/psychics/whatever that were given to them by the Old Ones. This bit them in the butt after the Fall because they never had scientist or philosophers or intellectuals. Everything they wanted was given to them by the technology the Old Ones had given them. They never even evolved, having been created by the Old Ones, given their technology and sorcery, and unleashed upon the Necrons during the War in Heaven. They never even discovered fire. Kinda sad, really. They will never be able to have pride in any sort of achievements or advancements or discoveries because they will never have made any.
In comparison, by the height of human advancement, humanity had (canonically) all but matched the Eldar through sheer technological might. Though Eldar technology was said to be more sophisticated. That is like the difference between an iPhone and a Droid smartphone. Where the Old Ones tech the Eldar used (probably a lesser version than the originals, for fear of rebellion or something) often combined science with magic to create an unbelievably advanced piece of technology, humanity achieved about the same result through scientific knowledge alone. Then, just before the Fall, the first human psykers (excluding the Emperor) appeared and began developing and studying their powers. Human psykers are said in the lore to be more powerful than their Eldar counterparts. All Eldar are psykers, but the most that the vast majority can do is mild telepathy and empathy. The weakest human psyker is fully capable of ripping your mind apart or your soul out of your body. I would imagine that Eldar hubris would have eventually lead to another war to determine who was "superior" or some other pointless thing if the Fall had not happened.
As it is, in one of the Eldar novels (though if you take it for canon or not is up to you), an Eldar Farseer of Alaitoc is shocked to discover (the hard way) that Imperial ships have void shields. She was one of her Craftworld's leaders and was so removed from reality that she didn't even know her Craftworld's primary enemy had shields. That shows a distinct refusal to accept reality on her part and, given her station in Alaitoc, likely the entire Craftworld. Possibly her whole species.
Basically, the Eldar "let" humanity become so powerful pre-Fall because they rejected the fact that someone could be as strong as them. Then got their rears handed to them by a new species and went to party it off, got too high, gave birth to an eldritch abomination that thinks it's a god, got eaten by said abomination, and then they had no power to stop the storm they had unleashed upon the galaxy (not that they would if they could).
The Eldar would never have expected a species to advance so quickly. To them, they glanced away for a moment to do something else and when they look back, we've gone from stone age to overwhelming. From one world to everywhere the Eldar look. All on our own merits. Unfortunately, this is also what grabbed Chaos's attention and focused it on us. That didn't end well. Then we were the only species devastated by Chaos that managed to crawl back to the top. That had the unfortunate effect of keeping Chaos's attention on us.
AxcelAxcel
Your first paragraph (and most of your answer), you stated: That is canon fluff... Could you cite your sources? – staticbeast Oct 5 '13 at 14:50
The reason the eldar let humans become so powerful despite having farseers is that farseers have limited capacity to predict the future, and the eldar are, ironically, horrifically short sighted in their actions because of this. All their actions are taken based on farseeing, completely ignoring obvious extrapolation on what will happen afterwards.
Typically, after a number of years, Seers pass to some other life as part of their quest to explore the rich possibilities of the Eldar Path. However, some amongst their number can end this journey by adopting the mantle of the Farseer which leads them being trapped on the Witch Path and thus unable to change their future role. Thus, these individual Eldar focus their remaining years on learning and exploring their psychic powers. Much of their time is spent casting Seer Runes whilst making endless calculations and prognostications where they attempt to guide the fortunes of their Craftworld. This sees them attempting to discern and anticipate the future by watching out for difficulties that lie ahead in coming events. As their calculations are based on predicted events that can be hundreds of years into the future, their immediate effect can be hard to determine. Despite this being the case, Farseers are seen as a vital part of a Craftworld who base all their political decisions around their predictions.
– Warhammer 40,000: Compilation, pg. 53
As you can see from the above, farseers are limited to "hundreds of years". As others have already pointed out, the time scales involved were actually in thousands of years. By the time the eldar figured out humans are going to be a problem, there was nothing they could do.
Peregrine Rook
taltamirtaltamir
Thanks for contributing an answer to Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange!
Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged warhammer-40k or ask your own question.
January 2021 Topic Challenge: Isaac Asimov
Propose future topics for SFF topic challenges!
Latest Blog Post: Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange 10th Anniversary
Favorite Question and Answers from Fourth Quarter 2020
Was there any kind of meaningful communication between humans and Tyranids in Warhammer 40k?
Why did the Imperium lose all of its advanced technology?
Why didn't the Cabal try to prevent Horus Heresy?
Have the Tyranids and Necrons ever engaged in a large scale battle?
The attitude of Eldar towards the Imperium
Why don't the Dark Eldar use "home grown" humans?
Have the destruction of Olympia and Nostramo been shown in the heresy books?
Why there were pylons on Cadia before the birth of Slaanesh?
Did the Emperor always have the correct legion in system when meeting a new Primarch?
Is the meeting in M.42 between Roboute and the Emperor described anywhere?


KIKKOMAN HONJOZO shoyu is a LIMITED production of Kikkoman created to replicate a soy sauce that was favored in Tokyo during the Taisho era (1912-1926), the reign of the present Emperor's grandfather. There was always a difference in the shoyu made for the market of Tokyo (Kanto), and that of Kyoto (Kansai) due to the cuisine style popular in each place. Kansai is lighter both in flavor and color as shown by the Marumata shoyu we featured last winter and the heavier, thicker tasting, darker one from Kanto.
Using only Japanese soybeans, wheat, salt, and the oldest known koji, the aspergillus mold used to change the starch in grains to sugar, and aging a year, autumn to autumn, the resulting HONJOZO soy sauce is pressed, pasteurized and bottled in the traditional light blue bottles reminiscent of the Taisho period. Here is another specialty from the world's largest soy sauce producer delving into its own history.
© 2019 Corti Brothers. All Rights Reserved.


text:
Tag Archives: Brian Friel
Theater Around the Bay: James Nelson and Neil Higgins of "Beer Culture"
The final performance of the Pint-Sized Plays is tonight at 8 PM and we're concluding our interview series by talking with writer James Nelson and director Neil Higgins of "Beer Culture"!
"Beer Culture" offers some of the biggest laughs in the 2016 Pint-Sized Plays festival. When San Francisco hipster Annie (Caitlin Evenson) introduces her Stella-drinking Midwestern friend Billy (Paul Rodrigues) to her bow-tied beer-snob friend Charlie (Kyle McReddie), the stage is set for an uproarious satire of hipster snobbery and West Coast microbrew culture.
Playwright James Nelson knows beer culture.
How did you hear about Theater Pub's Pint-Sized Play Festival, or if you're returning, why did you come back?
James: I generally keep tabs on what Theater Pub is up to — they were the first group to welcome me in when I first was starting out in the Bay, and I've always admired the volume and variety of work that's produced! I submitted to Pint-Sized this time because I was out of practice as a playwright, and wanted to use the festival as an excuse to churn something out.
Neil: I came back for the money.
What's the hardest thing about writing a short play?
James: Establishing a world with rules.
What's the best thing about writing a short play?
James: Honestly, they're very quick to write. And they let you tell stories that are only interesting for a few pages.
What's been the most exciting part of this process?
Neil: Seeing my actors scream about, and orgasm over, beer.
What's been most troublesome?
Neil: Scheduling. Dear god, scheduling.
Who or what are your biggest artistic influences?
James: Brian Friel, Peter Shaffer, Martin McDonagh, Anton Chekhov, Street Fighter (1994 film), and Benvenuto Cellini.
If you could cast a celebrity in your Pint-Sized Play, who would it be and why?
James: Patrick Stewart. It wouldn't make any sense but he's just that good.
Neil: Jesse Eisenberg because he seems like such a douche, which is exactly what my script calls for.
Director Neil Higgins prefers wine.
Who's your secret Bay Area actor crush? That is… what actor would you love a chance to work with?
Neil: When Darren Criss isn't in town, definitely Megan Cohen.
What other projects are you working on and/or what's next for you?
James: I just moved to Indiana to start a MFA in Directing, so I'm knee-deep in grad school at the moment. I do hope I'll have a chance to write while I'm here — I've got a lot of stuff brewing and a school setting is so rich in resources.
Neil: I'm writing for SF Olympians this year, and am directing and acting in Left Coast Theatre's next show, Left Coast News.
What upcoming shows or events in the Bay Area theater scene are you most excited about?
James: I don't want to think about it, I'm gonna cry.
Neil: Seeing if the Llama comes back.
What's your favorite beer?
James: I'll give you a top five in no particular order: Evil Twin (Heretic); Brother Thelonious (North Coast); Back in Black (21st Amendment); Wookey Jack (Firestone Walker); and Ruthless Rye (Sierra Nevada). Also, if you like beer but haven't visited Fieldwork Brewing in Berkeley, you need to go right now. They're going to be the most important brewery in the Bay Area within a few years.
Neil: Wine.
See the FINAL performance of "Beer Culture" and the rest of the 2016 Pint-Sized Plays tonight at 8 PM at PianoFight!
Leave a comment Posted in Pint-Sized Plays, Theater Around The Bay Tagged Anton Chekhov, Benvenuto Cellini, Brian Friel, Caitlin Evenson, Darren Criss, Indiana, James Nelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Kyle McReddie, Left Coast News, Left Coast Theatre Co., Martin McDonagh, Megan Cohen, MFA, Neil Higgins, Patrick Stewart, Paul Rodrigues, Peter Shaffer, Pint-Sized Plays, San Francisco Olympians Festival, Street Fighter, Theater Around The Bay
It's A Suggestion, Not A Review: Adapt and/or Die
Adaptable Dave Sikula lays it down in dire stakes.
"This is a revolution, dammit! We've got to offend somebody!" – John Adams, "1776"
Seems like I never have a topic for these little efforts until suddenly, at the last moment, Fate steps in and lends me a hand.
This time, it's a twofer; two topics that are tangentially related, but ultimately make a similar point.
The first is the New York Times report from Manhattan (Manhattan!) that the "progressive" Dalton School had scheduled a production of "Thoroughly Modern Millie" that had to be sanitized and Bowdlerized (look it up) in order to defend against offending the delicate sensibilities of "several members of the community."
Now, let me hasten to say that, with some exceptions, I don't think the purpose of the theatre is to offend. That said, if I'm directing a play by Joe Orton or Thomas Bradshaw, to name but two, and I don't offend the audience, I've neither fulfilled the intentions of the playwright (about which, more later) nor done my job properly.
Let me further hasten to add that, although my personal politics are decidedly liberal, this is the kind of story that makes me hate liberals. H.L. Mencken, one of my personal heroes (and whose level of invective I can only aspire to), defined puritanism as "the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy." Similarly, I find too many of my brothers and sisters live with the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be offended by something, somewhere.
If I may take a step back here (and who's going to stop me?), here are the facts of the case as I understand them. The school scheduled the show, which will be performed by sixth, seventh, and eighth graders, and those "members of the community" (I love the euphemism, by the way) "had concerns about 'the play's use of racial stereotypes and references to human trafficking,' and efforts to change the script proved 'insufficient,' leading administrators to make plans for the song revue as well as 'a forum featuring leading academics and practitioners' to discuss race and theater."
While I applaud the administrators' intentions to contextualize the issues in the show, which librettist Dick Scanlan defended as "a deliberate political choice that (director) Michael Mayer, (composer) Jeanine (Tesori), and I made years ago to portray Asian stereotypes and then challenge them in order to bust them," I deplore the rest of their tactics. According to Scanlon, he and the other creators were deliberately playing off and embracing stereotypes prevalent in the media of the 1920s in order to force their audiences to confront them. As I wrote in my last column, I'm a believer in challenging audiences' assumptions and preconceptions and making them defend their beliefs, rather than comforting them.
In the Times article, Ellen Stein, one of the school's administrators, is quoted as saying "that the school would perform a new version 'recrafted by some members of the cast, with the playwright's permission and generous cooperation.'" Scanlan responded "that he and the show's composer, Jeanine Tesori, had approved the school's sanitized version of 'Millie' and suggested some new lyrics and other ideas."
My takeaway from that is that the "members of the community" decided that the show they'd applied for and been licensed to perform didn't meet their personal standards for (dare I say it?) political correctness, and rewrote the "offensive" material, and then – and only then – went to the creators (and for that, they deserve credit) to ask approval, an approval that was granted to prevent the kids from being disappointed.
Now, I don't doubt that there are plot points raised in the show that some of the kids might not appreciate, either historically or as satire. But does that mean that they have to be protected from them rather than having them explained and contextualized? I've mentioned one of my favorite quotes before; that "euphemizing the past excuses it." Some might even see the logical end of this mindset is censoring any book, movie, television show, or music that has politics or characters that don't meet with current standards. Most movies of the 20s through the 80s probably portray women in a sexist manner – and don't even get me started on the way minority groups are represented. There are any number of songs of the 1910s and '20s that modern ears would find incredibly racist. Books like "Huckleberry Finn" have already been sanitized into nonsense. All of this was done in order to prevent delicate sensibilities from having to confront the sins of the past. Please note: I'm not saying none of these works can be considered unoffensive. A lot of them are, but to discard them without trying to understand the cultural mindset that created and supported them is something that I find personally offensive.
All of this goes along (as I said, tangentially) with Melissa Hillman's blog post of earlier this week that elegantly takes to task directors and producers who take it upon themselves to rewrite the works of playwrights whose work they've licensed to produce, without obtaining the prior approval of those creators. I consider the case Ms. Hillman cites (Frank Galati – who is usually a very good director – taking it upon himself to rewrite Brian Friel's "Philadelphia, Here I Come!," about which, more here…) to be different from the "Millie" case in that, with the Friel, the director chose to rewrite the play for artistic reasons (i.e., he knows better than the playwright how it should be presented) and the Dalton School changed the show to avoid giving offense.
My ultimate points are these: Firstly, if you can't do a show without making wholesale changes, don't produce it. If you think a show is so flawed that only your genius can rescue it, you're probably doing the wrong show in the first place, and should write your own play that will showcase your brilliance. Or, if those ideas are burning a hole in your figurative artistic pocket, approach the writers or licensors in advance. If the alterations are as good as you think, they might go along with them. I know that when I've approached writers about changes or alternate versions of scripts, they've been very approachable and (mostly) amenable to small changes (lines, business, music cues, etc.). They haven't always approved them, but they've been open to being approached. (I had a wonderful hour-long conversation with Jules Feiffer when I directed his "The White House Murder Case." It was a political satire that didn't need changing, but I wondered if he'd had any thoughts on it in the 35 years since he'd written it).
Secondly – and, to me, more importantly – give your audiences some credit. Don't think they need to be protected. Challenge them. If you're producing a show with members of minority groups who are portrayed unfortunately, help your audience understand why those portrayals exist and why you think that, in spite of the unfortunate elements, the work is still worthy of production. The only way to defeat the stereotypes is to confront and defeat them, not hide them away in fear.
1 Comment Posted in It's A Suggestion Not A Review Tagged Brian Friel, Dave Sikula, Dick Scanlan, Ellen Stein, Frank Galati, H. L. Mencken, Huckleberry Finn, It's A Suggestion Not A Review, Jeanine Tesori, Melissa Hillman, Michael Mayer, New York Times, Philadelphia Here I Come!, Thoroughly Modern Millie


text:
General News of Thursday, 3 March 2016
Source: Class FM
'MPs don't read 80% of docs' – MP
Approximately eighty per cent of documents relating to parliamentary business that are provided to Members of Parliament (MP) are not read by the legislators, MP for Kade constituency Ofosu Asamoah has revealed.
The MP was discussing the quality of debate in parliament in the aftermath of the State of the Nation Address by President John Dramani Mahama in an interview on Class FM's Executive Breakfast Show on 3 March 2016.
Speaking to host, Ekow Mensah-Shalders, the MP bemoaned the lack of office space and other logistics as a challenge to most parliamentarians, which, he said, leads to most of parliamentary documents being unread or partially perused.
"The MP has nowhere to sit and read, so about 80% of the documents given to MPs are not read…that is what has also affected debates. They are either not read or partially read," he bemoaned.
Mr Asamoah explained that the lack of adequate work facilities is a major challenge affecting the duties of parliamentarians. According to him, since 1993, MPs have, all the time, operated from their vehicles and the corridors of parliament and hopes the situation is resolved soon.
According to Mr Asamoah, the contribution by some parliamentarians on various topics is very poor and entreated MPs to do enough research on issues tabled on the floor.
"Personally, I'll say it is not the best because sometimes it lacks in-depth analysis and adequate knowledge on the subject of discussion for some of the contributors," he stated.
He says MPs do not have "research assistance to help verify the veracity of issues".
"Also not all members are lawyers [or experts in certain areas], so at one point in time, they lacked technical knowledge of a subject matter that is put before parliament and that is why we need a research assistant, or aide or somebody attached to the office."
He also condemned political polarisation in parliament, as legislator's debate issues based on their affiliation without really considering the effect on ordinary citizens.
"Sometimes, debates in the house are deeply political and tend to lack nationalistic touch… especially issues that will lead to voting on a particular policy and direction of the country. We are politically divided and that is affecting the quality of debates," he added.


Buy Prostanthera cuneata alpine mint bush: Small evergreen with aromatic leaves and white flowers.
An Australian native, this is a compact, aromatic, evergreen shrub with small, lustrous rounded leaves. From June to August, clusters of tubular, pure white flowers with distinctive purple and yellow markings appear. It is ideal for a sheltered, sunny, mixed or shrub border and looks particularly good among silver-leaved plants or strappy Phormiums.
Garden care: After flowering lightly trim or prune any shoot that spoil the symmetry of the plant. After pruning apply a generous 5-7cm (2-3inch) mulch of well-rotted garden compost or manure around the base of the plant.
I have planted this in a client's garden and in my own,happily faced the Beast from the East and survived to -10. It is now (early June) covered in dainty white flowers, that contrast well with its rich green foliage. A compact evergreen for winter interest too.
This plant arrived in immaculate condition, very healthy and a great size.


Catch Me If You Can: 1st PAX runs backwards, 2nd PAX does 5 burpee's and sprints forward to catch 1st PAX. Flap-Jack. Repeat until each PAX does 25 burpee's.
1st PAX planks, while 2nd PAX does 15x dips with legs on 1st PAX back. Flap-Jack. Repeat 3x.
1st PAX does pull-ups until exhaustion. 2nd PAX assists if needed. Flap-Jack. Take total number of pull-ups and subtract from 50. Do that many merkins.
Moleskin: It was an honor being joined by Short Skirt before he heads out for deployment on Saturday. Will definitely incorporate the leg blasters into future workouts. He recommended at least 3 sets. It was a good workout and I think everyone is ready for this humidity to break.


text:
Sephisa chandra ist ein in Südostasien vorkommender Schmetterling (Tagfalter) aus der Familie der Edelfalter (Nymphalidae).

Merkmale

Falter
Die Falter erreichen eine Flügelspannweite von 70 bis 90 Millimetern. Zwischen den Geschlechtern besteht ein deutlicher Sexualdimorphismus. Bei den Männchen ist die Grundfarbe der Vorderflügel schwarz und wird von einer gelben inneren sowie einer weißen äußeren, jeweils mehrmals von den schwarzen Adern unterbrochenen schmalen Querbinde durchzogen. Nahe der Flügelspitze sind kleine weiße Flecke und Punkte erkennbar. Die Grundfarbe der Hinterflügeloberseite ist gelb bis gelborange und in der Submarginalregion sowie am Saum schwarz. Deutlich hebt sich ein schwarzer Diskalfleck hervor. Die Flügelunterseiten bilden die Zeichnung der Oberseiten in ähnlicher Form ab, zuweilen schillern einige helle Flecke leicht bläulich. Die Weibchen unterscheiden sich in erster Linie durch die Färbung der Hinterflügeloberseite, die von weißlich bis schwärzlich variieren kann. Auf der Vorderflügeloberseite ist das weiße Fleckenmuster stärker ausgedehnt als bei den Männchen. Auch bei den Weibchen scheint die Zeichnung der Flügeloberseite leicht abgeschwächt auf die Unterseite hindurch.

Präimaginalstadien
Die ersten Stände sind noch nicht beschrieben.

Ähnliche Arten
Den farblich und zeichnungsmäßig ähnlichen Faltern von Sephisa dichroa fehlen die weißen Flecke auf der Vorderflügeloberseite.

Verbreitung, Unterarten und Lebensraum
Sephisa chandra kommt in Indien, Malaysia, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, im Südosten China und auf Taiwan vor. In den einzelnen Vorkommensgebieten werden derzeit vier Unterarten geführt. Die Art besiedelt vorzugsweise Regenwälder in Höhenlagen zwischen 200 und 1000 Metern.

Lebensweise
Die Falter fliegen in mehreren Generationen, schwerpunktmäßig in den Monaten Mai und Oktober. Sie besuchen gerne feuchte Erdstellen, um Flüssigkeit und Mineralstoffe aufzunehmen. Die Raupen ernähren sich von den Blättern von Quercus morii. Details zur Lebensweise der Art müssen noch erforscht werden.

Gefährdung
Sephisa chandra ist in Indien unter Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act von 1972 geschützt.

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks

 insecta.pro – Taxonomie

Edelfalter
Nymphalidae

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
London Daily
London Daily News
LondOn!
US Releases Internal Cable From 2018 On Concerns Over Wuhan Virus Lab
Leaked contents of the cable sparked unproven speculation from senior U.S. officials beginning in April that the outbreak occurred as a result of an accident at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. The State Department has released an internal cable from 2018 detailing the concerns of U.S. Embassy officials in China about a lack of adequately trained personnel at a virology lab in Wuhan, the city that later became the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak.
Leaked contents of the cable sparked unproven speculation from senior U.S. officials beginning in April that the outbreak occurred as a result of an accident at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
In May, President Donald Trump said he had seen evidence that gave him a "high degree of confidence" that the coronavirus originated in a Chinese lab. When asked why he was confident, Trump said, "I can't tell you that. I'm not allowed to tell you that."
The entirety of the cable had not been released through official channels until this week, after The Washington Post filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit for the records. The Post sued in April after the State Department failed to produce the records in the time period required by the law.
The full cable does not strengthen the claim that an accident at the lab caused the virus to escape, nor does it exclude the possibility. However, in recent months, skepticism of the accident theory has increased in the scientific community because the genetic sequences of isolates from the bat coronaviruses known to be under research at the lab do not match those of covid-19.
The State Department cable says the lab, which U.S. officials visited in 2018, "has a serious shortage of appropriately trained technicians and investigators needed to safely operate this high-containment laboratory."
It also says that scientists in the lab were allowed to study SARS-like coronaviruses isolated from bats but were precluded from studying human-disease-causing SARS coronaviruses in their lab unless given explicit permission from a designated commission.
"I don't see any evidence to support the idea that this was released deliberately or inadvertently," said Ian Lipkin, the director of the Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University, after The Post relayed the contents of the cable. "You can't just say someone is guilty of accidentally releasing a virus. You have to prove it."
Other experts downplayed the significance of the cable's criticism of the lab's personnel qualifications. "There is a continued global challenge in maintaining the appropriately skilled workforce. All [such] facilities around the world face this challenge," said Rob Grenfell, the director of health and biosecurity at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization.
The cable is marked "SBU," for sensitive but unclassified.
This spring, after Trump's remarks about the lab, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said there is "enormous" evidence to support the theory that the coronavirus originated in the Wuhan lab.
When asked on Friday if he had evidence supporting the lab theory beyond the 2018 memo, a spokesperson did not point to a specific of piece of information but offered Pompeo's remarks from Wednesday calling on China to be transparent.
"They have destroyed samples; they've taken journalists and doctors who were prepared to talk about this and not permitted them to do what nations that want to play on a truly global scale and global stage ought to do: be transparent and open and communicate and cooperate," Pompeo said
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has not endorsed or refuted the lab theory. In May, it issued a statement saying intelligence officials were still examining whether the virus "began through contact with infected animals or if it was the result of an accident at a laboratory in Wuhan."
The statement said the intelligence community "concurs with the wide scientific consensus that the COVID-19 virus was not man-made or genetically modified."
The rare declaration by the intelligence community followed a report in the New York Times that Trump administration officials were pushing U.S. spy agencies to support the theory that the virus came from the lab in Wuhan.
The Trump administration has accused China and the World Health Organization of failing to contain the virus and warn the rest of the world about its lethality.
More than 140,000 Americans have died of the coronavirus and nearly 3.7 million have contracted covid-19, which has forced businesses, schools and places of worship to close all around the world.
Tom Inglesby, the director of the Center for Health Security at Johns Hopkins University, said the full cable does not confirm nor deny the lab theory, and he emphasized that people should not draw too much from its claims.
"It was written in January 2018, two years before when this pandemic is judged to have started, and a great deal of change can happen within a lab like this in two years time," he said.
"Overall, my judgment continues to be that [covid-19] is consistent with a naturally occurring source," he added. "I'm very much hoping that Chinese public health officials will soon share the results of their scientific and epidemiologic investigations into the origin of [covid-19]."
The cable's contents were first reported by Washington Post columnist Josh Rogin.
#Donald Trump #COVID #COVID-19
Push will get a person almost anywhere- except through a door marked "pull."
TikTok video of car parked on live railway tracks slammed as 'sheer stupidity'
A video posted on TikTok showing a car parked across a live railway track for a photoshoot has been condemned as 'sheer stupidity'.
Child abuse reports rose by more than a quarter during first lockdown
The number of reported incidents involving children who died or were seriously harmed following suspected abuse or neglect rose by a quarter after England entered its first lock...
UK Children's welfare becoming 'national emergency', health experts warn
A letter to the Observer calls for an urgent review of the long-term impact of lockdowns and school closures on a generation
Priti Patel faces growing pressure over deletion of police records
Keir Starmer calls on home secretary to take responsibility for 'fiasco' as officers begin to report 'near misses'
Brexit: Welsh seafood in 'grave state' over port delays
The Welsh seafood industry needs urgent help to survive Brexit disruption at ports, the environment minister has warned.
Work to restore hundreds of thousands of fingerprint, DNA and arrest records accidentally wiped from police databases is ongoing, the Home Office has said.
Coronavirus: William and Kate hear from emergency workers
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been told the pandemic will leave many emergency workers "broken".
A further 1,295 deaths within 28 days of a positive Covid test have been reported in the UK, the third-highest daily total since the pandemic began.
Man who accidentally threw out a bitcoin fortune offers $70 million to dig it up
A British man who accidentally threw a hard drive loaded with bitcoin into the trash has offered the local authority where he lives more than $70 million if it allows him to exc...
The scandal that collapsed the Dutch government
The Netherlands has a reputation as one of the sensible, efficient countries of Europe. Asked to predict which government was most likely to collapse in the face of a national s...
A man who says he threw away a hard drive loaded with 7,500 bitcoin in 2013 is offering his council $70 million to dig it up from the city dump
James Howells, from Wales, UK, threw away the hard drive containing the bitcoin in 2013. The trove, buried at a huge dump, is now worth $275 million.
Global Colding: Heavy snowfall warnings as heavy avalanche hits Switzerland
Where is Greta Tumberg warming right now when we need her... Authorities in Switzerland have warned of high avalanche risk in mountain regions after avalanche.
London Daily is a non-profit, private and self-funded, commonly-created News and info-sharing platform that enables everybody to share valuable content such as local and global news updates. The news are written by different contributors, all of them volunteers.
©1999-2021 LondonDaily.com Contact UsAboutPrivacy Policy


If Leading Ideas And Advice For Your Next Pair Of Shoes would like info about baseball then you came to the right place. Perhaps you happen to be just receiving into the recreation and want to further your knowledge? Probably you have been enjoying for awhile and would like tips you have never noticed ahead of? No make a difference why you're here, the following article is packed with helpful baseball tips.
Studying how to toss is important to playing baseball. It does not issue if you are taking part in infield or outfield, you have to know how to precisely throw the ball. To toss properly, line where you want to the ball up with your hand and stick to by way of from your shoulder.
Creating A Modern Clothing collection Within A Strict Budget forget that baseball is only a match. Indeed, it could be crucial to you and your crew, but you will not want to permit it get you down. Even if you make a blunder, if you hold good there's often a likelihood to appropriate that mistake. But if you let it hassle you, possibility are you may make one more mistake.
If you are looking to become a far better baseball player, it is important to get in very good shape. Baseball requires getting stamina, as well as energy in the two your arms and legs. If you are out of form, it is going to be hard to swing the bat with energy and operate the bases. Workout as a lot as you can, even in the off-time.
Make sure you use the suitable grip when hitting a baseball. You should go with a "regular" grip. The middle knuckles of your arms must be on the bat. Make positive the bat is throughout the callus line of your fingers as an alternative of the back again of your palms. This grip betters quickness and bat speed.
Do you have any youngsters or grandchildren that are interested in taking part in baseball? As in other locations of life, we want to do all we can to help our youngsters experience accomplishment. To produce a rapid swing, the arms, wrists and forearms have to be robust. You don't have to get costly gear to help little ones create much better muscle mass power. Give your kid a tennis ball to squeeze on whilst seeing Tv set. The tennis ball provides adequate resistance to strengthen the hand, wrist and forearm.
Pay focus to the signs the base coaches give you. They can see every thing which is going on. Target on the bases when you are running, not on the ball. Your coaches can aid you see. If they motion for you to end, you must pay attention. If they notify you to go, then run as fast as you can.
When fielding a floor ball, square up on the ball before catching. Numerous younger players go for a facet glove catch or a a single-handed grab, but with every you are escalating your possibilities for an error. If you have acquired the time to get in entrance of the ball, do so. Use equally hands and bend at the knees to assist block from a poor hop.
If Reliable Baseball Suggestions Straight From The Professionals drop a ball sport, congratulate the opposing staff with sincerity and dignity. Baseball is not a sport for poor losers. It truly is extremely considerably a crew activity and camaraderie. If winning wasn't in the playing cards right now, function tougher to beat them the next time. Never ever consider it out on the opposing team through identify calling or rudeness.
Figuring out how you can improve your baseball recreation ought to be a great deal less complicated now after having go through by means of these guidelines. So, be ready to get out there and place them to apply so that you can take pleasure in the sport and your good results. Baseball is really fulfilling when the appropriate info and difficult operate is used.


Zita Congress, since 1982, has organized and planned in the near future, many important conferences and exhibitions, with a high business impact.
It's about large scale projects, in which there are hundreds and sometimes thousands of Scientists and specialized professionals, from all the sectors of financial and scientific activities.
Zita Congress's establishment as a Core Pco, in large international communities, like IPRAS, ISPRES, SEERSS, etc. verifies the professionalism nad effectiveness of this company in this sector.


text:
Das Haus Adelheidstraße 26 ist eine denkmalgeschützte Villa in der Stadt Quedlinburg in Sachsen-Anhalt.

Architektur und Geschichte
Die Villa entstand als Eckbebauung an der Einmündung der Mauerstraße in die Adelheidstraße als Ruhesitz für den Landwirt Eduard Dietrich. Das im Stil der Neorenaissance gestaltete Gebäude wurde im Jahr 1889 errichtet, Architekt war Max Bösenberg. Die Klinkerfassade wird durch Gesimsbänder und klassisch gestaltete Fensterumrahmungen gegliedert. An der Seite des Gebäudes besteht ein Risalit, in dem sich der Eingang befindet. Der Risalit ist durch ein prächtig gestaltetes Ädikulaportal betont. Oberhalb des Eingangs befindet sich ein im Stil der römischen Spätrenaissance gestaltetes Treppenhausfenster. An der zur Straße zeigenden Gebäudeecke besteht ein Standerker.

Unter Denkmalschutz steht auch die aufwendig gearbeitete Einfriedung. Im örtlichen Denkmalverzeichnis ist die Villa unter der Erfassungsnummer 094 46365 als Baudenkmal verzeichnet.

In der Zeit der DDR lautete die Adresse des Grundstücks Clara-Zetkin-Straße 26.

Steinkreuz
In der Südseite der Einfriedung ist zur Amelungstraße hin ein mittelalterliches Steinkreuz eingefügt. Ursprünglich befand sich das Kreuz an der nach Wedderstedt führenden Landstraße an der Abzweigung nach Hoym. Das Flurstück an der Straßengabelung trug den Namen an´n Krieze bzw. op´n Krieze. Zumindest im Jahr 1861 befand sich das Kreuz noch vor Ort. Das Feld auf dem sich das Kreuz befand gehörte dem Landwirt Eduard Dietrich, der dann um 1890 die Landwirtschaft aufgab und sich zur Ruhe setzte. Er ließ das Kreuz dann in die Einfriedung der als sein Ruhesitz erbauten Villa einfügen.

Das Kreuz ist als lateinisches Kreuz mit parallelen Kanten ausgeführt. Es ist 1,18 Meter hoch und 76 Zentimeter breit, die Tiefe ist unbekannt. Das Kreuz ragt etwa fünf Zentimeter aus der Grundstücksmauer zur Straße hin hervor. Die rechte Kante des Schafts ist abgefast. In den 1980er Jahren wurden Kratzer auf der Ansichtsseite beschrieben. Es wurde vermutet, dass sie als Verkehrsschäden entstanden waren, da die Fläche vor dem Kreuz als Parkplatz genutzt wurde. Später entstanden weitere Schäden. Die untere Hälfte des Schafts ist heute (Stand 2016), soweit sie vor der Mauer vorstand, abgebrochen.

Für den ursprünglichen Standort des Kreuzes bestehen Sagen, wonach dort ein Reiter ohne Kopf, eine weiße Jungfrau und eine einen Schatz bewachende Sau spuken sollen. Ein Bezug der Sagen zum Kreuz selbst oder dem Grund seiner Aufstellung ist jedoch nicht ersichtlich.

Literatur
 Walter Saal, Steinkreuze und Kreuzsteine im Bezirk Halle, Hrsg.: Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte Halle (Saale) 1989, ISBN 3-910010-01-6, Seite 30
 Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Sachsen-Anhalt (Hrsg.): Denkmalverzeichnis Sachsen-Anhalt. Band 7: Falko Grubitzsch, unter Mitwirkung von Alois Bursy, Mathias Köhler, Winfried Korf, Sabine Oszmer, Peter Seyfried und Mario Titze: Landkreis Quedlinburg. Teilband 1: Stadt Quedlinburg. Fliegenkopf, Halle 1998, ISBN 3-910147-67-4, Seite 48.

Einzelnachweise

Adelheidstrasse 26
Adelheidstrasse 26
Quedlinburg Adelheidstrasse
Quedlinburg Adelheidstrasse
Adelheidstraße (Quedlinburg)
Steinernes Flurkreuz in Sachsen-Anhalt


Yoshi is a contemporary casual and relaxed all day Asian dining experience for all occasions with a beautiful interior comprised of wood paneled walls, banquet seating, fine art, contemporary fireplace, wood decked summer terrace and brass and bamboo fittings. The dining experience is complimented by freshly prepared Asian food with light Dim Sum, authentic tepanyaki and Asian platters, with delicately prepared sushi are created live at the Sushi bar where seating is available. Yoshi is a relaxing place to have a business lunch, afternoon Japanese tea on the terrace or just to meet friends for some light bites.


text:
Colquhoun, Archibald R. (Archibald Ross)13
Bacon, George Blagden3
Guillemard, F. H. H. (Francis Henry Hill)2
Neis, P.2
Backus, Mary1
Karen2
Cambodian1
Shan1
Shans1
Was1
etchings15
China--Yunnan2
Myanmar--Shan--Keng Tung2
Vietnam--Quang Ninh--Mong Cai2
Cambodia--Stoeng Treng 1
Laos--Pakben1
costume[remove]24
You searched for: Image Date: 1880/1889 Image Format: portraits Image Keyword: costume
1. Siam and Laos : as seen by our American missionaries Page 313
Philadelphia, Presbyterian board of publication, 1884, pg. 313
2. Sur les frontieres du Tonkin Page 395
Neis, P.
4. Eighteen hundred miles on a Burmese tat : through Burmah, Siam, and the eastern Shan States Page 56B
Younghusband, G. J. (George John)
London, Allen and Co, 1888, pg. 56B
5. Eighteen hundred miles on a Burmese tat : through Burmah, Siam, and the eastern Shan States Page 46A
London, Allen and Co, 1888, pg. 46A
7. Siam, the land of the white elephant, as it was and is Page 108B
Bacon, George Blagden
New York, C. Scribner's Sons, 1892, pg. 108B
8. Siam, the land of the white elephant, as it was and is Page 120A
New York, C. Scribner's Sons, 1892, pg. 120A
10. The cruise of the Marchesa to Kamschatka and New Guinea. With notices of Formosa, Liu-kiu, and various islands of the Malay archipelago. By F. H. H. Guillemard. With maps and numerous woodcuts drawn by J. Keulemans, C. Whymper, and others, and engr. by Edward Whymper Page 28
Guillemard, F. H. H. (Francis Henry Hill)
London, J. Murray, 1889, pg. 28
11. The cruise of the Marchesa to Kamschatka and New Guinea. With notices of Formosa, Liu-kiu, and various islands of the Malay archipelago. By F. H. H. Guillemard. With maps and numerous woodcuts drawn by J. Keulemans, C. Whymper, and others, and engr. by Edward Whymper Page 195
London, J. Murray, 1889, pg. 195
12. Amongst the Shans Page 134
Colquhoun, Archibald R. (Archibald Ross)
London, New York, Field and Tuer [etc]; Scribner and Welford, 1885, pg. 134
13. Amongst the Shans Page 34
London, New York, Field and Tuer [etc]; Scribner and Welford, 1885, pg. 34


I started my career with my first job in accounts department. I was very good at mathematics and achieved good grade at GCSE so this was the ideal job for me. I was happy and was given more responsibility over the years together, of course, with the relevant pay increases. My old colleagues were great people to work with and the company was generous and considerate to their staff.
Finally I was promoted as the Manager of my section in accounts and have been for seven years. In the latter years, I felt I was not challenged and there were no further promotions so nowhere for me with my background. I mentioned this to my boss who empathised and suggested I should assist by taking over some senior duties in another department. I assisted Human Resources department with interviewing candidates and creating a report on each one. It was quite interesting at first but after a year or two, I began to dread the job. I found I could not ignore the desperation in some candidates and the deceit in some also, the dithering in others. I was of the school where you focus on your goal and found it difficult to deal with people with no focus.
After some thought, I decided to change my career. I carefully studied the job market and decided to become a PA. There are lots of colleges offering training to become a PA. I phoned and emailed the interesting ones and from their responses, then I visited the colleges that seemed to offer what I was after. I had to ask questions, face to face, and see the study environment. I decided to enrol with the one that suited my needs which were many as I am moving to a completely different area in a company. It was an intense program in a classroom environment and the additional benefit of the latest Microsoft Office training to Advanced level together with touch typing and audio typing.
This was a part time course in which I achieved a distinction. I was able to meet all the set deadlines and multi task which are the important skills required for the PA role. I enjoyed the course and the college environment that I decided to enrol on the executive PA course at which I earned a distinction. Armed with these diplomas and my new found confidence, I applied for jobs. I had quite a few interviews which I sailed through (well I should, considering my role of interviewing candidates).
I am now the Executive PA to a manager of a large organisation, having completed my probation period six months ago. I am so very happy!


And I'm Speaking at the PASS Summit 2013!
– I submitted 3 session abstracts for SQL Saturday Atlanta as well as the PASS Summit 2013.
In this age of Big Data, location matters more than many people imagine. Almost every set of data has some geographic information tied to it, and it's all the more pertinent to understand and unravel the patterns and trends behind that data. This session will start by explaining why geospatial analytics is important in today's world and then continue by exploring how we can share, analyze, and visualize data using the comprehensive Microsoft BI toolset, including Power View, GeoFlow, SQL Server Reporting Services, and more. The session will feature practical demos for each of these tools, during which we'll work on some of the publicly available data sets to uncover some interesting facts.
Back in 1854, London was developing into one of the world's first modern cities, although without the essential sanitary infrastructures. This along with the increase in population made it the perfect breeding ground for many diseases, such as cholera. Around the same time, physician John Snow explored the correlation between diseases and contaminated water supplies and came up with one of the most famous maps in history. Relive the adventure of John Snow as we follow his journey in this session using Microsoft BI tools. As we recreate his map, we'll also talk about the  steps and best practices for exploring geospatial data.
Such a great news, way to go Jason!
Great News !!! All the very best for your presentations !!!
Just watched your talk at the Summit, it was very informative and entertaining (made it easy to listen to).
Thanks Ravi (I think you meant the 24 Hours of PASS session)..
Is there a link of youtube link to this?