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Donelan Office of Community-Based Learning
About the Donelan Office
Current Community Partners
Community-Based Learning Blog
Unpacking Community-Based Learning
Civitas Community Engagement Leadership Institute
AJCU SLP Conference 2019
JUHAN 2017
Events - Archive
Marshall Memorial Fund
Marshall Memorial Fund - Archive
For Current CBL Students
Placement Selection Process
Expectations of CBL Students
CBL Calendar
Community-Based Learning Interns
About the Interns
Non-Profit Careers Conference
Resources for Course Development
CBL-Related Professional Organizations
Readings on CBL & Engaged Scholarship
For Current CBL Supervisors
For Prospective CBL Partners
2021-2022 Grant Recipients
Julia Bonnist '22 was awarded funds to purchase a class book set of the play, "Twelfth Night" for her students at Claremont Academy. The set of books will be rotated amongst 80 students, and Julia and her supervising teacher will deliver lessons to engage the students in discussions about the play. Julia was also awarded funds for a community dinner for Claremont students and staff to accompany the screening of the documentary, Alaskan Nets. The documentary tells the story of a high school basketball team in Alaska's only Native Reserve and their quest to win their first state title in more than 30 years. The documentary screening and dinner will provide a much needed opportunity for Claremont students and staff to gather and build community. Julia is student teaching at Claremont through the Teacher Education Program.
Jocelyn Buggy '22 was awarded funds to create hospitality tea baskets for Afghan families that the Welcoming Alliance for Refugee Ministry (WARM) is helping to resettle in Worcester. Jocelyn states in her application that hospitality is central to Afghan culture as it represents a foremost social and religious obligation. Gifting the families with these tea baskets can enable them to practice hospitality in their new community. Jocelyn and other SPUD Community Organizers will also create a social media campaign to stimulate important, timely conversations surrounding cultural responsiveness in promoting the wellbeing of refugees in Worcester. Jocelyn first became connected to WARM through SPUD.
Dora Calva '22 was awarded funds to purchase art supplies for Ascentria Care Alliance's Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Program. The supplies will be used to create art during tutoring sessions with Holy Cross students. The art pieces will be worked on throughout the semester and then presented at an end-of-semester art show where Ascentria students and Holy Cross students can finally gather in person (they have been virtual since March of 2020). Dora has been connected with Ascentria through CBL and the CBL Intern Program since her first year at Holy Cross.
The students in Prof. Hsu's (Classics) Spring '22 CLAS 199 CBL course, "Refugees in Ancient Myth and Today" were awarded funds to support newly arrived Afghan refugees. Specifically, the funds will assist with Ansaar of Worcester's efforts to provide culturally appropriate food for individuals and families, as well as their efforts to support the families who have welcomed new babies since they have arrived in Worcester. The students in Prof. Hsu's course are working on various projects all semester to support the Afghan refugee community in Worcester.
Diana Chavez Cruz '24 was awarded funds to purchase coats for El Buen Samaritano's annual winter coat drive. El Buen Samaritano is a social services organization that provides food services, English classes, immigration assistance, and more to Worcester community members. Diana became connected to El Buen Samaritano through her Fall '21 CBL course, "Filmmaking in Spanish," where she served as a member of a film crew to make a film for the organization. The film helped to tell El Buen Samaritano's story and share about the impact El Buen Samaritano is making in Worcester.
Julianne Esteves '22 was awarded funds to purchase bereavement books for families being supported by Notre Dame Health Care's Pedi Pals program, a program that supports children with life-limiting illnesses and their families. Julianne was also awarded funding to purchase frames that can be used for legacy projects Pedi Pals works on with families who have lost their child to illness. Julianne became connected to Pedi Pals through the CBL Intern Program.
Prof. Bridget Franco (Spanish) was awarded funds to host a luncheon for students and community partners involved in her Fall '21 CBL course, "Filmmaking in Spanish." Through the course, students break into film crews and work with a community partner to produce a film that the partner can then use however they see fit (for marketing, storytelling, and more). This semester, the class worked with four partners, The Assumption Center, El Buen Samaritano, MSDA (Medicaid|Medicare|CHIP Services Dental Association), and REACH (Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health). The students premiered their films for the community partners on December 13th and all shared in a celebration together to discuss the films and review the semester. You can find all of the 2021 short films, as well as productions from prior years on Bridget's filmmaking showcase. Congratulations to Bridget and her students for another successful "Filmmaking in Spanish" course!
Mariem Girgis '22 was awarded funds for art and bracelet making supplies for the WPS Transition Program. The art supplies will be used each week to create a Worcester skyline mural and the bracelets will be used to make friendship bracelets to symbolize the relationships being built between WPS Transition students and Holy Cross CBL volunteers. Mariem volunteers with the WPS Transition Program through her Spring '22 CBL course, "Health, Culture, and Social Justice in Latin/x America."
Paige LaMalva '24 was awarded funds for supplies to support LATN 102 students in their work to teach basic Latin to Worcester youth. Students from Latin 102 are volunteering with Worcester East Middle School, City View Elementary School, and the Marie Anne Center. The Latin students work in small groups to deliver Latin content to the Worcester youth through games and activities.
Giovanna Messina '22 was awarded funds to purchase a class set of the graphic novel, "White Bird: A Wonder Story." Giovanna plans to teach the novel to her sixth grade students at Worcester Arts Magnet School. Giovanna is student teaching at Worcester Arts Magnet through the Teacher Education Program.
Morgan Vacca '23 was awarded funds for supplies and art instruction by the Worcester Creative Hub for the WPS Transition Program. Morgan volunteers with the WPS Transition Program through her role as a CBL Intern where she coordinates other WPS Transition Program CBL volunteers. Each week, WPS Transition Program students come to campus and partner with HC CBL students to share time together and take part in educational and social activities. In the spring, they are going to work with Worcester Creative Hub for several weeks so that participants can take part in art-related activities.
Catherine Bopp '23 was awarded funds to purchase art and school supplies for the Assumption Center Mentoring Program. The supplies will be used during Zoom mentoring sessions between HC students and Assumption Center kids to provide more meaningful engagement with the kids' academics and extracurricular activities. Catherine first became involved with Assumption through CBL.
Zoe Caponegro '21 was awarded funds to purchase a class set of books to aid her in her student teaching in Hudson, MA through the Teacher Education Program. Having a physical set of books will enable her students to have reliable and accessible learning materials, as well as give them a much-needed break from screens. The books will focus on culture and identity to help facilitate important conversations for her students. After this year, the books will be housed with TEP so that students in Worcester-based classrooms can use them in the future.
Sly Dwyer '21 and Emma Grugan '21 were awarded funds to purchase basketballs for students at Nativity School of Worcester. Sly and Emma will also be collaborating with the HC men's basketball team to provide the Nativity students with videos of the basketball teams running plays. The team will also Zoom with Nativity students to discuss the sport. Sly and Emma became involved with Nativity through SPUD.
Sue Hunt (Associate Director, Government and Community Relations) was awarded funds to purchase grocery gift cards for families from Chandler Elementary Community School. Typically, HC cooks and serves a Thanksgiving meal for Chandler Elementary; the gift cards will enable HC to maintain their partnership with Chandler Elementary this holiday season.
Raphaella Mascia '21 was awarded funds to purchase a bench for Cookson Field, a 19-acre park near Holy Cross that serves as a retreat for both Worcester residents and HC students. Raphaella will also work with the Worcester Public Works and Parks Department to clean up Cookson Field. Raphaella is an environmental studies major and is writing a College Honors thesis on the ecological state of Cookson field.
Meghan O'Keefe '21 was awarded funds to provide a donation to support Music Worcester's fundraising for the Worcester Black Heritage Juneteenth Festival and for the creation of the Major Taylor Museum. Meghan became involved with Music Worcester through her music class, "Music, Performance, and Community."
Prof. Megan Ross (music) was awarded funds to provide stipends to local hip hop artists who will participate in live-streamed interviews to showcase the life and art of local hip hop practitioners to Worcester community members. The interviews will be streamed on Megan Ross' Montserrat class' instagram page, as well as will be available in recorded format to the Worcester Public Schools. Prof Ross is also working collaboratively with HC alum, Che Anderson '11 from the City of Worcester and the National Hip Hop Congress to share the interviews more widely.
Morgan Vacca '23 was awarded funds to purchase art supplies for WPS Transition Program's virtual art class, "Art: Self Expression." The supplies will enable HC CBL volunteers and WPS Transition students to more fully engage in the class. Morgan first became involved with WPS Transition through her CBL Intern role
Delaney Walch '24 was awarded funds to help support two panel events focusing on health care for young adults with disabilities. The first panel event will feature panelists who have disabilities. The panelists will share some of their health care experiences with future health care providers (Holy Cross pre-health students and UMass Medical School students will be invited to attend the panel). The second panel will feature health care providers who have experience providing care to young adults with disabilities. The health care providers will answer questions that young adults with disabilities have about receiving health care and their rights as patients. Holy Cross and UMass Medical School will partner with the Worcester Public Schools Transition Program and with the EPIC (Empowering People for Inclusive Communities) Program for these panel events. Delaney first became involved with WPS Transition through CBL in her Montserrat course.
Tolu Akinosho '20 and Gianna Kefalas '21 were awarded funds to purchase supplies, transportation, food, promotional materials, and t-shirts for the PyCoding Academy. PyCoding Academy is an afterschool program intended to expose Worcester high school students to computer programming. The academy aims to establish fundamentals of computer programming, taught in Python, for students who are potentially interested in pursuing a career in Computer Science or in a related field. PyCoding is coordinated and directed by five Holy Cross students, as well as a faculty advisor, Prof. Gareth Roberts (Mathematics and Computer Science). To help start PyCoding Academy, Tolu was awarded Ignite Funds in 2018. Read more about the Ignite Fund and how it helped Tolu start his academy.
Elena Arciprete '20 was awarded funds for school supplies for students at Burncoat High School. These supplies will enable Elena and her supervising teacher, Lauren Suprenant '16 to better implement their lesson plans and help their students reach their educational goals. Elena is currently student teaching at Burncoat High School through the Teacher Education Program.
Prof. Renée Beard (Sociology) was awarded funds to purchase supplies for the TimeSlips program that some of her students from her spring course, "Aging and Societies" will be participating in for the community-based learning component of the course. TimeSlips is a nationally-recognized intergenerational program that brings together people with memory impairment who are staying/living in residential care facilities with high school and college students in a shadow puppetry workshop series. Students from Prof. Beard's class will be working with residents at St. Mary Health Care Center and St. Francis Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. They will meet with the residents twice per month and put on a performance with the residents and the end of the semester.
Hannah Benson '20 and Caitlin Grant '21 were awarded funds to purchase gardening supplies for the Worcester Public Schools Transition Program. The supplies will enable WPS Transition students to work with Holy Cross students who work on the Holy Cross community garden and learn about what it takes to care for a garden. Hannah and Caitlin are the CBL student leaders of the CBL Spanish student group that works with the WPS Transition Program every Wednesday at Holy Cross.
Rachel Checo '20 and Deyanira Gomera '20 were awarded funds to purchase supplies and food to put on a college awareness panel for students in the African Community Education (ACE) program. Rachel and Deyanira are working with ACE this semester as a part of their CBL project-based course, "Seeking Justice." Rachel also volunteered with ACE in the fall and was recently featured as the spotlighted volunteer in ACE's weekly newsletter. About Rachel, ACE shared, "ACE has been lucky to have Rachel's presence at the After-School program since October 2019, she's very passionate and goes above and beyond as a volunteer!"
Prof. Ara Francis (Sociology) was awarded funds to provide two dementia trainings for students in her Montserrat course, as well as Prof. Renee Beard's (Sociology) Montserrat course. Students in both Montserrat courses will be serving as hospice volunteers in the spring semester with six hospice organizations: Jewish Health Care Center Hospice, New England Hospice, Notre Dame Health Care Center, Rose Monahan Hospice Home, Salmon VNA Hospice, and St. Mary Health Care Center. As a part of their orientation to become hospice volunteers, the students must complete an eight-hour orientation regarding working with patients with dementia. They will incorporate the learnings from this training into their weekly visits with hospice patients.
Sharon King '21, Emily Devine '21, and Victoria Roy '20 were awarded funds to purchase supplies and food for the Women in Math Day hosted by the Association for Women in Mathematics for Burncoat Middle School students. The Women in Math Day is intended to increase female student interested in mathematics. Sharon, Emily, and Victoria are all executive board members of the College's chapter of the Association for Women in Mathematics, and Sharon and Victoria are connected to Burncoat Middle School through the Teacher Education Program.
Prof. Tsitsi Masvawure (Health Studies, CIS) was awarded funds to purchase gift cards to give as thank you gifts to interviewees who are taking part in a research project by students from Prof. Masvawure's Mixed Methods Health Research spring 2020 course. Prof. Masvawure's students will be interviewing clients from Abby's House, AIDS Project Worcester, and Marie's Mission on various health-related topics. Results from the students' research project will provide useful insights into what women think about the health services being offered to them and will help the relevant organizations improve and refine their programmatic responses.
Rachel McLellan '20 and Demi Tsitsopoulos '20 were awarded funds to be used towards transportation for Worcester high school students taking part in the Sisters in Science program sponsored by the Holy Cross organization, XCHROM. Sisters in Science is a mentoring program that pairs members of XCHROM with high school girls from Worcester Technical High School and South High Community School who are interested in pursuing a career in the sciences. Rachel and Demi are the current co-chairs of XCHROM and have been a part of the organization since they were first-year students.
Prof. Megan Ross (Music) was awarded funds to provide honorariums to artists 7L and Esoteric for serving as panelists on the "Significance of Hip-Hop in Worcester" panel. The panel (and additional events) will be a culmination of the research and work students from her "Hip Hop and the Community" course will be doing in partnership with the Worcester Public Schools, local hip-hop practitioners, and local government officials throughout the spring semester. During the semester, Holy Cross students will develop a short curriculum on the topic of hip hop and graffiti to share with a group of North High students involved in hip-hop curriculum at their school. Together, the Holy Cross and North High students will design and create a graffiti art installation on North High's campus. This graffiti art installation will be presented during a two-day art forum at the end of the semester. On the second day of the form will be the panel, "Significance of Hip-Hop in Worcester." Prof. Ross and her students will also be presenting their work at the Academic Conference at Holy Cross in April.
Christopher Shakespeare '20 was awarded funds to purchase supplies for Latin/mythology lessons at City View Discovery School. Christopher is a student in Prof. Machado's LATN 102 CBL course where all of the students are working with City View or with the Marie Anne Center to teach Latin to young students. These lessons are intended to make Latin more accessible to a variety of communities and populations. Christopher first became involved with City View in the fall semester when he was enrolled in LATN 101.
Caroline Stebbins '20 was awarded funds to purchase several graphing calculators for Burncoat High School students. Caroline and her supervising teacher will create a graphing calculator lending library so that the students can check out the calculators on a rotating basis. Having a calculator lending library will enable Caroline and her supervising teacher to create more rigorous assignments for their math students, as they will now be able to do problems that require a graphing calculator. Caroline is currently student teaching at Burncoat High School through the Teacher Education Program.
Bioribel Castillo '19 was awarded funds to purchase Spanish dictionaries and supplies for her Burncoat High School Spanish classrooms. The dictionaries and supplies will enable Bioribel's Spanish students to more readily learn the classroom material. Bioribel is student teaching at Burncoat through the Teacher Education Program.
Maya Collins '19 and Caroline O'Connor '19 were awarded funds for two initiatives they are working on with the Worcester Public School Transition Program. First, funds will go toward purchasing shirts and art materials to create costumes for the WPS Transition Program's theatre program. Second, funds will go toward creating and printing the first-ever WPS Transition Program newsletter. Maya and Caroline volunteer weekly with the WPS Transition Program and support the program in various capacities.
Prof. Amy Finstein (Visual Arts) was awarded funds to print foam board posters for a CBL project her "Designing Green" course is working on with Worcester Tree Initiative (WTI) this semester (Spring 2019). Prof. Finstein's students will be interviewing Worcester community members who have received trees from WTI and then creating posters highlighting each individual/group's relationship with their tree. These posters will be displayed at Tower Hill Botanic Hill to celebrate WTI's 10th anniversary. The posters are intended to highlight WTI's impact on the Worcester community, as well as to educate the Worcester community about the importance of trees.
In the fall, Professor Ara Francis (Sociology) was awarded funds to enable the students in her CBL "Death and Society" Montserrat course to participate in an 8-hour dementia training workshop. In the spring, Prof. Francis was awarded funds to purchase items that her students can use during their weekly hospice visits to enable them to be present to and care for the patients with whom they visit. The dementia training workshop was a part of the training Prof. Francis' students underwent in the fall to become hospice volunteers. Now that the students are trained, this spring, Prof. Francis' students are visiting hospice patients weekly at a number of Worcester-based facilities that provide hospice care (Notre Dame Health Care Center, Rose Monahan Hospice, Salmon VNA and Hospice, and St. Mary Health Care Center). The items that will be purchased with the Marshall Funds will be added to the hospice visit backpacks Prof. Francis' Montserrat students created last year during her Montserrat course (which were also funded by the Marshall Fund).
Caitlin Grant '21 was awarded funds to purchase supplies and activity materials to enhance the Worcester Public School Transition Program's partnership with Spanish CBL students. Each Wednesday, WPS Transition students come to campus to work with students from a variety of Spanish CBL courses. Holy Cross and WPS Transition students practice their Spanish speaking skills and participate in community and skill-building activities. Caitlin has become engaged with the WPS Transition Program through her community-based learning Spanish course, "Bilingualism/Spanish World."
Kate Golden '19 was awarded funds to create math stations in her Doherty Memorial High School Algebra, Geometry, and Pre-Calculus classrooms. The stations will enable students to work on their math skills cooperatively and interactively, instead of learning math solely through lecture-based lessons. Kate is student teaching at Doherty through the Teacher Education Program.
Maureen Hodgens '19 was awarded funds to purchase pencils, dry erase lapboards, and other materials that will be used by the students in her Sullivan Middle School "Ancient Civilizations" classroom. These supplies will enable Maureen to quickly provide her students with supplies so that they can more easily engage in the classroom material instead of being distracted by searching for a much needed pencil or other classroom item. Maureen is student teaching at Sullivan Middle School through the Teacher Education Program.
Alex Kanya '22 was awarded funds to purchase frisbees for the Worcester Public School Transition Program. Alex is working to create an athletic program for the students in the WPS Transition Program that will be focused on the sport of frisbee. Alex is working with the WPS Transition Program through his Monsterrat Course, "Identity, Diversity, and Community."
Will McAvoy '20 and Megan Treanor '20 were awarded funds to purchase supplies to begin a garden at St. Mary Health Care Center that will be accessible to St. Mary residents who use wheelchairs. Will first became involved with St. Mary through his Montserrat course, "Identity, Diversity, and Community."
Sarah McGuire '19, Sharon King '21, and Ally Kudenchak '19 were awarded funds to host a "Girls Can Code" event at Holy Cross in April of 2019. This event will engage female students at Sullivan Middle School in practicing coding through a variety of activities. This event will be put on by the Association of Women in Mathematics (AWM) at Holy Cross, for which Sarah, Sharon, and Ally serve on the Executive Board. Ally is also student teaching math at Sullivan Middle School through the Teacher Education Program.
Kathryn Middlebrook '19 was awarded funds to purchase individual white boards, markers, colored pencils, and large post-it paper for 7th and 8th grade math students at Burncoat Middle School. These supplies will support Kathryn in her student teaching at Burncoat this spring as Kathryn and her supervising practitioner will use these supplies to implement a variety of pedagogical activities to accommodate for the numerous learning styles and needs in the classroom. Kathryn is involved with Burncoat through the Teacher Education Program.
Jailene Muñoz '19 was awarded funds to purchase pencils and a pencil sharpener for the Burncoat High School classroom she will be student teaching in in the spring semester. The pencils and sharpener will enable the students to participate in classroom activities and complete their assignments. Jailene is involved with Burncoat through the Teacher Education Program.
Suzanne Noone '19 was awarded funds to purchase two sets of "The Kite Runner" for Doherty High School, where Suzanne is student teaching English through the Teacher Education Program. In teaching "The Kite Runner" to her students at Doherty, Suzanne and her cooperating teacher hope to diversify the English curriculum for Doherty students. Currently, texts involving the Middle East are largely underrepresented in the MA curriculum.
Talia Spirito '21 (on behalf of ITAL 103 and the Italian Club) was awarded funds to purchase food and supplies for an Italian event this spring. ITAL 103 and the Italian Club have invited the Circolo Italiano to campus to celebrate St. Joseph's Day, a widely celebrated holiday in Italy. On the Feast of St. Joseph, The ITAL 103 class, the Italian Club, and members of the Circolo will enjoy Zeppole, a traditional Italian pastry, have a tour of campus (in Italian), and visit St. Joseph's Chapel. The Circolo Italiano is an Italian language discussion group that meets in West Boylston every other Saturday. Students from Prof. Chierchini's ITAL 103 course are visiting the Circolo this spring, and students from a variety of Italian courses have visited the Circolo in past semesters.
Hannah Trueman '19, Maureen Hodgens '19, and Allyson Kudenchak '19 were awarded funds to be used toward an honorarium for author, Jarrett J. Krosoczka to visit Sullivan Middle School in March of 2019. Mr. Krosoczka is the author of the non-fiction young adult graphic novel, "Hey, Kiddo," which tells the story of how one boy was able to make sense of the trauma he experienced as a child with art. Students at Sullivan Middle School, where Hannah, Maureen, and Allyson will be student teaching in the spring, will read this novel prior to his visit to Sullivan. Mr. Krosoczka is from Worcester originally, which makes his visit extra special and relatable. Hannah, Maureen, and Allyson are involved with Sullivan through the Teacher Education Program.
The Montserrat Class, "Death and Society" was awarded funds to purchase supplies to make hospice care kits. All students in Death and Society will be serving as hospice volunteers in the spring semester (at St. Mary Health Care Center Hospice, Notre Dame Health Care Center Hospice, Jewish Health Care Center Hospice, and Salmon VNA Health and Retirement Hospice). The hospice care kits will be utilized by the students when they attend their weekly visits. The kits will contain items that will help them provide the best companionship possible to the hospice patients.
Jaqueline Alvarez '20, Molly Caulfield '18, Jeffrey Ibarra '18, and Jessica Lucero '20 were awarded funds to purchase food and supplies for a luncheon and film screening with community partners for Bridget Franco's Fall SPAN 312 course, "Filmmaking in Spanish." The Assumption Center, Hector Reyes House, CENTRO, Inc., and the Ignatian Volunteer Corps are each working with teams from Prof. Franco's course that are creating films to be used by the organizations for marketing and communications purposes. Jaqueline, Molly, Jeffrey, and Jessica are each on one of the four filmmaking teams in Prof. Franco's course.
Hannah Benson '20 was awarded funds to purchases supplies and services to enhance the Worcester Public Schools Transition Program partnership with Spanish CBL students at Holy Cross. Each Friday, Transition Program students come to campus to meet with Spanish CBL students to practice their Spanish skills and engage in creative activities and learning experiences. The funds Hannah was awarded will go toward the implementation of a self-care program for the students. Hannah and the other CBL students will invite presenters to speak to the group about various self-care activities including meditation, mindfulness, yoga, and other forms of reflection. Hannah first became engaged with the Transition Program through her Spanish 301 course and remains engaged with the program this semester through her course "Community Engagement and Social Responsibility."
Melissa Bradley '20 and Catherine Eagan '20 were awarded funds to pay for translation services associated with a project they are doing in their "Introduction to Visual Arts" course with Professor Amanda Luyster. Students in this class are working with the Refugee Artisans of Worcester (RAW) to write marketing materials that will accompany crafts made and sold by refugees with the support of RAW. Some of these crafts (and associated marketing materials) can be found in the Holy Cross bookstore.
Molly Caulfield '18 and Katie Trymbulak '18 were awarded funds to purchase art supplies for Holy Cross mentors and youth of Ascentria Care Alliance's Unaccompanied Refugee Minor Program (URMP). Molly and Katie began working with the URMP during their Montserrat class with Professor Virginia Ryan and have continued to do so as CBL Interns.
Erin Dennehy '19 was awarded funds to print copies of the cookbooks she and her classmates created for food bank clients at Catholic Charities Worcester. Erin and her class (Cities & Environment, Prof. Daina Harvey) have been working on this CBL project all semester. The cook book is intended to provide helpful recipes and other information for the food pantry clients.
Erin Dennehy '19 was awarded funds to purchase can openers and food containers for the food pantry at Catholic Charities Worcester. Erin is currently taking Professor Daina Harvey's "Cities and the Environment" course and submitted the grant proposal on behalf of the class. Students in this class are working with the food pantry in order to expand their services to those experiencing hunger in the community. The materials that will be funded by the grant will assist Catholic Charities to increase access to a wider variety of foods and reduce waste associated with food donations that are unable to be utilized.
Celia Jarmoc '21 and Paulina Martin '21 were awarded funds to put on a career day for the Assumption Center's mentoring program. The career day will help to expose the children who participate in the mentoring program to various careers and give the children a chance to meet various pre-professionals and professionals in myriad career fields. Celia and Paulina currently serve as mentors in the program and became engaged with the program through their Montserrat CBL courses.
Emma O'Leary '18 was awarded funds to purchase books for a 10th grade English classroom at Burncoat High School. Emma is currently student teaching at Burncoat.
Fatima Oseida '20 was awarded funds to purchase supplies for the Holy Cross Community Garden. Supplies will be used to enhance the garden and increase the amount of food grown there. Food will then be donated to St. John's Food Pantry. Fatima first became engaged with the garden as a first-year student and will be running the garden herself starting this summer.
Moira Pieri '18 was awarded funds to puchase materials for a performance stage in a community park that that Worcester Common Ground is developing in the Piedmont Neighborhood of Worcester.
Stefanie Raymond '18 was awarded funds to purchase equipment to enhance technology in a history classroom at Burncoat Middle School. Stefanie is currently a student teacher at Burncoat Middle.
Margot Reed '18 was awarded funds to purchase graphing notebooks for Sullivan Middle School math students. Margot will be student teaching at Sullivan in the spring. The graphing notebooks will aid her and her students in their lessons.
Jerome Siangco '19 and Cassandra Brouillard '18 were awarded funds to purchase culturally appropriate food for the Catholic Charities Worcester food pantry. This semester, Cassandra and Jerome have been working on a community organizing project with Catholic Charities on food justice. This project was completed in conjunction with Prof. Susan Crawford Sullivan's Leadership and Social Change course.
Lorenzo Vicente '18 was awarded funds to support Worcester Common Ground and the Jacob Hiatt Magnet School's collaborative bioshelter construction project. Lorenzo is taking an academic internship class focused on non-profits and government with Michelle Sterk Barrett and Jamie Hoag. Lorenzo's internship is with Worcester Common Ground and they are working to open Worcester's first bioshelter. In an effort to increase awareness of the space and attract neighbors to the bioshelter, Worcester Common Ground is working with the Jacob Hiatt Magnet School to decorate the bioshelter with artwork created by youth at the school. The funds Lorenzo successfully applied for will help to purchase art supplies associated with this project.
Jacob Wronski '18 was awarded funds to purchase materials and supplies for the South Worcester Neighborhood Improvement Corporation's (SWNIC) summer camp. Jacob first became engaged with SWNIC through SPUD.
Michelle Yu '18, Kate Heenan '18, Margot Reed '18, and Allison Sullivan '19 were awarded funds to host a field trip at Holy Cross for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade girls from Sullivan Middle School. The field trip will focus on engaging the middle school girls in mathematics and will be led by students involved in the Association of Women in Mathematics. The field trip is intended to encourage post-secondary study in the STEM fields.
Brandon Brito '20 was awarded funds to bring Woodland Academy 6th graders to the Holy Cross campus for a field trip. Woodland students will get a tour of campus, attend a Holy Cross athletic event, and have a pizza party with Holy Cross Woodland volunteers. Brandon is involved with Woodland through his CBL experience in Prof. Ryan's Montserrat seminar, "Exploring Difference."
Emily George '18 and Karson Silver '19 were awarded funds to purchase food and supplies for a luncheon hosting community partners working with Bridget Franco's Fall SPAN 312 course, "Filmmaking in Spanish." St. Mary Health Care Center, WPS Transition Program, the Assumption Center, and the Donelan Office of Community-Based Learning are each working with teams from Prof. Franco's course. The teams are creating films that will be used by the organizations for marketing and communications purposes. The luncheon will take place on campus on Monday, December 12th, 2016 after the teams premiere their films for the community partners. Emily and Karson are on two of the filmmaking teams in Prof. Franco's course this semester.
Meghan Kelly '17 was awarded funds to purchase enrichment materials for the Forest Grove Middle School classroom she will be student teaching in in the Spring of 2017. The enrichment materials will enable Meghan's students to continue to build on their learning of the Spanish language, as well as help Meghan with her curriculum development. Meghan's project is a direct outgrowth of her participation in the Teacher Education Program.
Cassandra Kobelski '17 was awarded funds to purchase whiteboards for a classroom at Burncoat High School. Cassandra is currently a student teacher at Burncoat High School and will be utilizing these whiteboards in her own student teaching to better illustrate Spanish grammatical constructs with color coding.
Isabelle (Izzi) Lambrecht '19 was awarded funds in the fall semester to purchase food, cooking supplies, and other equipment that would be used in an after-school program Izzi is designing for Worcester youth to participate in and learn about Holy Cross' community garden. Izzi imagines a program where youth participating in Worcester after school programs would come to campus at various points to plant seeds, assist in the growing process, and then cook meals with the produce from the garden. This project is a direct outgrowth of Izzi's involvement with Holy Cross' community garden and her CBL experience in Prof. Crist's sociology seminar, "Food, Poverty, and Justice."
Izzi Lambrecht '19 was awarded funds in the spring semester to purchase food and supplies for a food festival to be led by the SPUD community organizers and held on the Holy Cross campus. This festival is intended to educate students about the rich diversity of cultures and restaurants that exist in the Worcester community. In addition to sampling a variety of foods, students will also hear directly from restaurant owners and employees in formal presentations. This is an outgrowth of her academic coursework with Professor Andrea Borghini highlighting how food can be an avenue to promote friendship, learn about other cultures, and break down barriers.
Catherine Leeber '17 was awarded funds to purchase Scholastic Magazine subscriptions of ¿Qué Tal? for students in the Spanish classes at Forest Grove Middle School where she is doing her Teacher Education Program practicum. These magazines will enable her to supplement traditional Spanish textbooks with a Spanish language magazine focused on current events, pop culture, and games that are age-appropriate.
Will McAvoy '20 was awarded funds to purchase tablets and newspaper subscriptions for St. Mary Health Care Center. Through these tablets, CBL and SPUD students who visit St. Mary residents will be able to continue their visits during school breaks, snow days, and holidays. Not only will these tablets enable increased social interaction for the residents, but they will also enable residents to access newspapers and sites that will better connect them to the wider world. Will is involved with St. Mary through his CBL experience in Prof. Ryan's Montserrat seminar, "Identity, Diversity, and Community."
Caitlin Pollard '17 was awarded funds to assist AIDS Project Worcester (APW) in the expansion of their food pantry. APW's food pantry served 235 people in 2015, but there are hundreds of more people who utilize APW's services. An expanded food pantry would enable APW to serve more of their clients. This project is directly tied to Caitlin's summer research at APW through the summer research program, as well as with her CBL experience in Prof. Crist's sociology seminar, "Food, Poverty, and Justice."
Megan Seferian '20 was awarded funds in the fall semester to purchase t-shirts that will serve as costumes in a play that WPS Transition Program students are writing and publicly performing. Megan and two other Holy Cross students have been assisting the WPS Transition students in the production of the play all semester. Megan's involvement with the WPS Transition Program began through her CBL in Prof. Stephenie Chaudoir's Montserrat seminar, "The Arc of Social Injustice" and through her CBL in SPAN 301.
Megan Seferian '20 was awarded funds in the spring semester to purchase supplies that will enable WPS Transition Program students with a visual impairment to make 3D models of the Holy Cross campus. Megan (along with a number of other Holy Cross students enrolled in SPAN 301) meets weekly with a group of Spanish-speaking WPS Transition Program students on the Holy Cross campus. Through the 3D models, these WPS students will have a better understanding of the campus layout and, therefore, be better able to navigate campus. Megan became involved with the WPS Transition Program through her SPAN 301 CBL course in the fall, as well as through her year-long Monsterrat seminar, "The Arc of Social Injustice" (a CBL placement-based course).
Ashley Tortorelli '19 was awarded funds to purchase cheerleading uniform t-shirts and pom poms for youth enrolled in the Boys & Girls Club Afterschool Program at Plumley Village—where she is the SPUD Program Director. As a GSWS (Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies) concentrator at Holy Cross, Ashley is particularly passionate about promoting healthy lifestyles for young women in order to promote self-esteem. In observing cheerleading practices at Plumley Village, she has noticed how cheerleading has helped to accomplish these goals while building community among the girls. However, she feels that the girls would be even more motivated to stay with the sport if they had a uniform and equipment to make the practices more realistic.
Halley Allcroft '16 was awarded funding to purchase supplies for brain awareness educational events to occur at Nativity School, Canterbury School, and the Girls Scouts STEM Expo. This is a culminating experience for her self-designed major in neuroscience with Professor Sarah Webster.
Ariel Baker '18 was awarded funds to conduct a college visit day for students from the Assumption Center's Girls with Dreams program. Ariel became involved with the Assumption Center's Girls with Dreams program through the Holy Cross Non-Profit Careers Conference.
Linnea Brandt '16 was awarded funds to support, "Christmas Care Caddies for Abby's." Marshall Funds were utilized to purchase 30 caddies that contained personal items such as toiletries, umbrellas, journals, and pens for Abby's House residents. This project was directly tied to Linnea's prior SPUD service at Abby's House as well as her two fall 2015 CBL classes: Catholic Economic Justice with Professors Matt Eggemeier and Peter Fritz and Leadership, Religion, and Social Justice with Professor Susan Crawford Sullivan.
Molly Caulfield '18 was awarded funds to sponsor a bowling outing for Holy Cross mentors and youth of Ascentria Care Alliance's Unaccompanied Refugee Minor Program (URMP). Molly began working with the URMP during her Montserrat class with Professor Virginia Ryan and has continued to do so as a CBL Intern.
Gennifer Durham '16 was awarded funds to purchase seeds and gardening supplies for Holy Cross mentors and youth from the Assumption Center to do community gardening and nutritional education events. Gennifer has been involved with the Assumption Center through her Sociology of Education class with Professor Melissa Weiner, the Academic Internship Program, and as a SPUD Program Director.
The Magafan Mural Project Team (Sarah Valente '16, Nicole Landry '16, Maggie MacMullin '16, Patrick Franco '17, Hannah Moore '18, and Melissa Gryan '18) were awarded funds in the fall for conservation materials that will enable the restoration of four Jenne Magafan murals at Worcester East Middle School. Margaret MacMullin '16 was awarded a second Marshall grant in the spring to work with the Worcester East Middle School students and teachers to create a new student-designed mural in the school's cafeteria. This Magafan Mural Project Team is an outgrowth of Sarah Valente and Nicole Landry's summer research project investigating the process of art conservation and mural restoration.
Anthony O'Connor '18 was awarded funds to purchase food and supplies for a breakfast made collaboratively by Worcester Public Schools (WPS) Transition Program students and Holy Cross CBL students. Anthony became involved with the WPS Transition Program through his Spanish Composition & Conversation class with Professor Carcelen-Estrada.
Zhenxi Qi '16 was awarded funds to support the production of Dismas House's Coming Home Worcester directory to assist ex-offenders in the reentry process. Zhenxi began working with Dismas House as a student in Professor Michelle Sterk Barrett's Community Engagement & Social Responsibility class.
Ja-Lene Scott-Dottin '16 and Zhenxi Qi '16 were awarded funds to support an apple picking and lunch outing for residents of Abby's House. Both Ja-Lene and Zhenxi have served at Abby's House for the past three years through SPUD.
John Swartzwelder '19 was awarded funds to purchase a desktop computer for the afterschool program at the Sisters of St. Anne's Marie Anne Center. John became involved with the Marie Anne Center in the fall of 2015 through his Montserrat class with Professor Virginia Ryan.
Lauren Suprenant '16 was awarded funds to purchase an ELMO document projector for a Burncoat Middle School science classroom and colored pencils to support the school's Self-Regulated Strategy Development writing program. Through the Teacher Education Program, Lauren is serving as a student teacher at Burncoat Middle School.
Sean Teebagy '17 was awarded funds to purchase utility carts, books, hand lotion, and knitting supplies for the Caring Carts initiative at UMASS Medical Center. The Caring Carts initiative is an outgrowth of the Power of Presence volunteer program which Sean helped begin. The program is designed to train future clinicians to sit with actively dying patients in the hospital when friends and family cannot be present.
Claire Weston '16 was awarded funds to help support Community Harvest Project's efforts to learn more about developing a bioshelter. Claire began working with the Community Harvest Project through the 2015 Holy Cross Non-Profit Careers Conference and has continued to do so as an Intern since then.
Emily Breakell was awarded funds to cover travel expenses so that she may attend the 2015 Food Waste and Hunger Summit taking place in Georgia. Emily will use knowledge gained at the conference to inform the development of a new student group: Holy Cross Food Recovery.
Samuel Gentile was awarded funds to support Working for Worcester's project to improve the recreational area at Elm Park Elementary School.
Tiffany Holland was awarded funds to purchase an electronic keyboard and music books for the Holy Cross Music Therapy program at St. Vincent's Hospital.
Professor Min Kyung Lee was awarded funds to purchase refreshments for the final CBL presentation event in her Making the Modern City course as well as funds to support a visit from a CBL-related guest speaker in her course. Her students are conducting research to inform the development of the Blackstone Gateway Park.
Andrew McAward was awarded funds to purchase soil and seeds to create a community garden on the grounds of the Fanning Building in Worcester.
Michelle McGahan was awarded funds to purchase a white board and markers for her classroom at Burncoat Middle School, where she is doing her student teaching and is helping to pilot a co-teaching model.
Jacob Medina and Dung Nguyen were awarded funds to purchase tablets and educational applications for CBL and SPUD students to use at after-school programs.
Andrew Varuzzo was awarded funds to purchase supplies for a multicultural cookout in collaboration with Worcester Common Ground, a local community development organization serving Worcester's Main Middle and Piedmont neighborhoods.
Sarah Curran and Alexander Pagan-Mejia were awarded funds to purchase supplies in order to create Thanksgiving baskets for families of the Nativity School of Worcester.
Naomi-Ann Gaspard and Jessica Rodriguez were awarded funds to coordinate a college visit for the members of Girl's CHOICE.
Anthony Criscitiello and Mary Patrice Hamilton were awarded funds to establish a honeybee hive on campus for educational and research purposes.
Rebecca Sewell was awarded funds to purchase supplies for the Girls, Inc. "College Shower." The "College Shower" is an event that celebrates the life transition of students beginning college.
Kristen Paadre and Abbey Wilkman were awarded funds to purchase thank you gifts from the Holy Cross bookstore for eight middle school girls participating in an educational research project at St. Peter Central Catholic School.
Professor Bridget Franco was awarded funds to support the purchase of supplies and refreshments for her Spanish 305 CBL site visits with the Latino Elders Program and the "Third Day" Program at St. Peter's Assumption Center.
Andrea Gendron and Ashley Fairbanks were awarded funds to purchase supplies for activities with the WPS Transition Program and the WPS Deafblind/Low Vision/Blind Department.
Professor Stephanie Yuhl was awarded funds to purchase refreshments for the final CBL presentation event in her Representing the Past course. Her students are conducting research and constructing a virtual web tour of historic sites, edisodes, and individuals from Worcester history.
Liz Crowley was awarded funds to purchase extra large business suits for Dress for Success.
William Geddes was awarded funds to conduct interactive, engaging physics demonstrations at Doherty High School.
Brendan Healey was awarded funds to renovate outdoor recreation space at the Bridge of Central Massachusetts's G. Stanley Hall School as part of Working for Worcester.
Prof. Alison Ludden was awarded funds for community-based research presentation events resulting from research conducted in her Urban School and Resilience and Development classes. She was also awarded funds to sponsor a Manga workshop for students from Nativity School and her Resilience and Development class.
Prof. Bridget Franco was awarded funds for interactive, Latino culture demonstrations given by students in her Aspects of Spanish American Culture at the Latino Elders Program of Centro Las Americas.
Prof. Amanda Luyster was awarded funds to support the development of a Worcester Art Museum i-phone tour created by students from her Visual Arts class in conjunction with high school art students from Claremont Academy.


With only 176 days to go until Byron Bay Bluesfest 2019 (not that we're counting…), we thought it fitting to curate a hassle-free guide to Australia's biggest blues and roots festival so you have no excuse to mess around when you arrive.
Headling the biggest Bluesfest ever is Australia's favourite superstar Paul Kelly, who recently sold out shows in both Brisbane and Melbourne for his Making Gravy tour. Kelly first played Bluesfest 20 years ago and is making his seventh Bluesfest appearance in 2019.
With so many great acts playing over the course of the weekend, it's hard to even know where to begin. We're still struggling to figure out which acts we're going to see.
Ten-time Grammy-nominated musician, bassist, rapper, singer and all-around superstar Meshell Ndegeocello is making her Bluesfest debut in 2019. With so many accolades, we're excited to see what she has in store.
Make sure you check out George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic's final ever Australian performances, given the legendary musician is set to retire in May next year. In his fifty-plus year career, Clinton has earned himself the title of Grandfather of Funk, having produced Freaky Styley for the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, collaborated with Kendrick Lamar, Primal Scream, Sly Stone, Carlos Santana, Outkast, Wu Tang Clan, Tupac and heaps of others.
Julia Stone, Kurt Vile and The Violators, Tex Perkins and The Fat Rubber Band, and Melody Angel are just a few of the many incredible artists to catch at next year's Bluesfest.
Byron Bay Bluesfest's Green initiative makes the event sound like some kind of rainbow. In 2019, the festival organisers will be employing a number of environmental measures to ensure the festival grounds are safe for wildlife post-party. This is reflected in the festival winning six International A Greener Festival Awards since 2007.
In 2015, 28.50 tonnes of recycling was collected during the festival, including 4.64 tonnes of cardboard. A few years back, a local pig farmer was gifted with four tonnes of organic waste post-festival, and 500 litres of used oil from the food stalls were given to another local farmer who converted it into bio-oil to run his machinery.
Landfill from the festival goes to 'Titree', a green energy plant, and is converted into methane gas which powers about 10,000 homes in the Ipswich (QLD) area.
Make sure you do your part by helping keep the area clean; the Bluesfest grounds play host to a massive local koala population.
Travelling to Bluesfest is hassle-free, whether you're a local or you're coming from interstate. Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm is only 10 minutes north of Byron Bay and five minutes south of Brunswick Heads. There'll be a handful of shuttle buses transporting festival goers from many of the coastal towns in the region.
Check out all the bus timetables here. Many of them charge a small fee but drop you directly at the festival grounds.
The team at Bluesfest are making an effort to make each festival more accessible for patrons living with disabilities. Accessible toilets will be strategically located around the festival premises. Viewing platforms will be available for patrons with a disability to provide a more equitable festival experience.
Remember to bring your Disability Parking Permits, too; Bluesfest will be offering designated parking areas for festival goers with disabilities.
For the full lineup and ticket info, head over to the Byron Bay Bluesfest website.


I was wondering: do adults still ask small children what they want to be when they grow up? And if they do, what are the popular answers?
When I was a little girl, boys still wanted to be train drivers and girls wanted to be ballet dancers. True, one of my brother's friends was reported to have said he wanted "to be a computer", but then, we'd always thought he was a bit odd.
Even with modern technology and the idea that children don't get outside and play the way we used to, I think there must still be boys who think climbing trees is fun, although they probably don't think it's a viable career option.
I wonder what the chap in the picture says he does. Do you think he admits to being a tree feller? (And, yes, he was one of a team of three fellas working to make that particular tree safe.) Or do you think he's so blasé about it, or so fed up of people's comments that he simply says "I work for the council"?
my screams, my tears, my heartfelt 'pretty please'?
beyond my reach, and I'd be left alone.
until the next day, when we'd start again.
hoping against hope to join your games.
From experience, children say whatever is popular and fun – Pokemon trainer when tiny, switching to Forensic Scientist then back to Etsy seller.
As unlikely as a stuntman was for me.
As in "what do you want to be when you grow up?" "I want to be popular and fun" ?
At one stage, I actually wanted to be a forestry engineer: if I'd followed that dream, it could have been me up the tree.
I feel a flurry of puns coming on, but I'll just ask if that was branching out.


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Q: Angular 8: Using a single form with multiple sibling components Is there a way where I can use one single form using reactive forms and make it for use in all my other components?
I am making a basic CRUD app and it works fine. The problem is that each component has it's own template but I want to use the same form to create customer info, update the customer info using the same form that shows in the  bootstrap modal.
I'm new and I can't wrap around the problem.
I have created a reactive-forms-component component that has the html for the reactive forms. But I don't know how to reuse them in each component.

A: Yes, you can add to [formGroup]="form" any element and it will be a part of that form. It works for subgroups too. You should input  @Input() form: FormGroup.
Any parent HTML element in the same component as your input field can have formGroup inputted.

A: Example CRUD with sorting list: https://sorting-list-angular.web.app/library
Git of whole application: https://bitbucket.org/mises543/sorting-list/src/master/
It is simple application and NGXS in it is an overkill but im learning to. it's data state management. It's beter known as Redux.
You can study it.
template:

  <mat-label>

Add Media

  </mat-label>

    <mat-form-field>
      <input matInput placeholder="Enter title:" type="text" [formControl]='title' required>
      <mat-error *ngIf="title.invalid && !''">{{getErrorTitle()}}</mat-error>
    </mat-form-field>
    <mat-form-field>
      <mat-select matInput placeholder="Category:" [formControl]="category" required>
        <ng-container *ngFor="let category of categories">
          <mat-option *ngIf="category != 'All'" [value]="category">{{category}}</mat-option>
        </ng-container>
      </mat-select>
      <mat-error *ngIf="category.invalid && !''">{{getErrorCategory()}}</mat-error>
    </mat-form-field>
    <mat-form-field>
      <input matInput [matDatepicker]="picker1" placeholder="Upload Date:" [formControl]="uploaded">
      <mat-datepicker-toggle matSuffix [for]="picker1"></mat-datepicker-toggle>
      <mat-datepicker #picker1></mat-datepicker>
    </mat-form-field>

      <ng-container *ngIf="data; then update; else add"></ng-container>
      <ng-template #add>
        <button mat-raised-button color="primary" (click)="onAdd()" [disabled]="title.invalid || category.invalid">Add
          item</button>
      </ng-template>
      <ng-template #update>
        <button mat-raised-button color="primary" (click)="onUpdate()"
          [disabled]="title.invalid || category.invalid">Update
          item</button>
      </ng-template>

      <button mat-raised-button color="primary" (click)="onCancel()">Cancel</button>

Most important in template are buttons so You display button Update when there is input data from parent component or add when there are no any data:
<ng-container *ngIf="data; then update; else add"></ng-container>
      <ng-template #add>
        <button mat-raised-button color="primary" (click)="onAdd()" [disabled]="title.invalid || category.invalid">Add
          item</button>
      </ng-template>
      <ng-template #update>
        <button mat-raised-button color="primary" (click)="onUpdate()"
          [disabled]="title.invalid || category.invalid">Update
          item</button>
      </ng-template>

form.component.ts im using @angular/material library just in case to pop a dialog:
categories = MediaOptions.CATEGORIES

  uploaded = new FormControl(new Date(), [Validators.required])
  title = new FormControl('', [Validators.minLength(5), Validators.required])
  category = new FormControl('', [Validators.required])

  constructor(private store: Store,
    private snackBar: SnackService,
    public dialogRef: MatDialogRef<AddItemComponent>,
    @Inject(MAT_DIALOG_DATA) public data?: any) {}

  ngOnInit(): void {
    if(this.data) {
      this.title.setValue(this.data.title)
      this.category.setValue(this.data.category)
      this.uploaded.setValue(this.data.uploaded)
    } else {
      this.uploaded.setValue(new Date())
    }
  }

Parent components with functions opening dialog:
constructor(private store: Store, private snackBar: SnackService, private dialog: MatDialog) { }

  async ngOnInit() {
    this.store.dispatch(new GetMedia())
  }

  editItem(payload: any) {
    this.dialog.open(AddItemComponent,
      { width: '500px', data: payload });
  }

  addItem() {
    this.dialog.open(AddItemComponent,
      { width: '500px' });
  }

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MFA sends solidarity note to Mogadishu in wake of terrorist attack » Capital News
The attack in Mogadishu left 20 people dead/FILE
By JEREMIAH WAKAYA, NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 2 – Kenya has expressed sympathy with Somalia following a terrorist attack in central Mogadishu that left 20 dead.
Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Macharia Kamau affirmed Kenya's commitment to combating terrorism in the region in a condolence note he dispatched Friday evening.
"These acts of terror pose a common threat to our community of nations and underscore the need to work closely together with our strategic partners in the international fight against terrorism and violent extremism to deal decisively and conclusively with this threat to international peace and security," he said.
The 20-hour siege in Somalia's capital ended last evening after Somali forces neutralized three militants who staged the attack.
The terrorists used civilians as human shields staging the longest attack since Al-Shabaab was forced out of Mogadishu in 2011.
On October 14, 2017 a truck bomb in Mogadishu claimed the lives of at least 300 people prompting the United States military to increase airstrikes to degrade the capacity of Al Shabaab in support of the African Union Mission in Somalia.
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Galaxies are collections of stars like our Sun. Galaxies usually contain many hundreds of billions of stars. The sun resides in the Milky Way galaxy. The nearest large galaxy to the Milky Way is the Andromeda galaxy, about 2.25 million light years away.
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How Amazon Is Redefining the Way Everyone Does Business
When you mention the name Amazon, one of dozens of different ventures may come to mind. Of course, there's the website that started it all, with convenient two-day shipping and a seemingly infinite selection of goods. Maybe you think of the high-quality content arising from their Prime Video streaming service, or the Amazon Movie studio that's released films from acclaimed auteurs like Spike Lee and Jim Jarmusch. There might even be an Amazon Echo in your home, connecting you to Amazon during your every waking hour.
Through retail, entertainment, even food, Amazon is quite clearly becoming a driving force in our everyday lives. It's no secret that the company wields a great deal of influence over the things we buy and watch. But lesser known is just how much one particular division of the company provides the underlying support for all these products plus many others, in ways that carry serious implications not just for the company's own business and those it hosts, but international relations and more.
Launched in 2002, Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers subscribers a complete online business platform via access to virtual computers and servers upon which they can conduct their day-to-day dealings. Thanks to an incredibly vast array of servers, a massive number of businesses from startups to industry hegemons currently conduct their operations under the Amazon umbrella.
With revenue of $17.4 billion in 2017, AWS has become a major piece of the supercorporation's plans. Thanks to a roster of over one million clients, Amazon's Internet dominance now reaches far beyond their retail origins. Customers of the web services range from Netflix to Unilever to the CIA, an impressively diverse set of users. We're operating in unmapped territory when web-only businesses operate in the same sphere as colossal retail conglomerates and the world's most powerful intelligence agency. Of course, if such a map does exist, it's in the sole possession of Bezos and company.
To be clear, Amazon is not the only web giant offering such services. But similar initiatives from Google, Microsoft, and others don't have nearly the reach that Amazon does, both online and off. Over a third of the entire world's cloud computing services are handled by AWS, with no indication of slowing down. This means that, as business is increasingly done over the Internet, all roads must pass through Bezos' domain.
Additionally, competing cloud computing services don't have the integration with the mass shipping infrastructure that Amazon has built, nor Bezos' continual expansion that's been virtually without precedent. Google may be today's biggest name in web services, but they don't have a fleet of airplanes. Amazon does. Microsoft doesn't have nearly 500 nationwide grocery locations with large footprints in virtually every major American city. Amazon does.
Skeptics have pointed out the potentially grave implications of one company holding this amount of power. A lengthy diatribe in The Nation magazine paints a gloomy picture of a world where all businesses must play by Amazon's rules in order to function at all. If AWS continues to grow the way it has already through 15 years of existence, there's no telling what the end result may be and whether new regulations will come into being to reign in the company's ambitions.
Whether these predictions will come true or not, it's undeniable that as the Internet is the staging area for more and more of everyday commerce, Amazon is poised to be the dominant force in that sphere and all touched by it for years to come.
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What happened to all the video games based on movies?
Once upon a time, every major blockbuster was accompanied by a tie-in console game. What caused the Flipendo in their fortunes?
By Amelia Tait
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Wonder Woman is having an excellent week. The newly-released superhero blockbuster has earned $206.5m (£162.2m) in its first ten days in American theatres, and is now one of the highest-grossing movies ever made by a female director. There is no denying it: the film is a success.
Now imagine it's 2002. After begging your mum to drive you to the local Blockbuster, you snatch the last rental copy of the DVD off the shelves and make your way to the counter, your blue and yellow membership card at the ready. But what do you see on your way? A brand new Wonder Woman video game, ready to get stuck into your PS2. With your popcorn-sticky fingers firmly wrapped around a rumbling controller, you were in for a pretty good night.
There was a time when every major movie had an accompanying tie-in game. After watching their counterparts on the silver screen, you were ten minutes of fiddling with some red, white, and yellow cables before you too could be Frodo battling for Middle Earth, James Bond sneaking past some Russians, or Harry Potter Flipendo-ing his way through the halls of Hogwarts.
Nowadays? Not so much. This month's new reboots and releases The Mummy and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales will not be accompanied by the console games that followed their original counterparts. Wonder Woman, too, won't have a big-budget video game to call her own (she is, however, now available as a character in the DC Legends mobile game!)
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"There are a number of reasons for the change but it is a complicated topic," says James TerKeurst, a computer games lecturer at Southampton Solent University. TerKeurst explains that the first generation of film-based games ended with a crash after the Atari game E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial flopped. Created in just six weeks, the game is widely cited as one of the worst of all time, with unsold copies rumoured to be buried en-masse in a New Mexico landfill site.
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But that was 1982, and the Nineties and Noughties saw another boom in movie tie-in games, with TerKeurst explaining that the first-person shooter GoldenEye 007 actually made more money than the film. "Hollywood fell back in love with games," he says. "This resulted in quite a few reasonable game tie ins like Lord of the Rings, Alien Isolation, Wolverine Origins, and Spiderman Two.
"But it's always been difficult working to film industry timelines."
It is an undeniable fact that many movie-based video games are bad. Like, very bad. This was often because deadlines were kept incredibly tight in order for games to coincide with a film's release.
When this schedule was combined with licensing costs and the fact that many tie-in games are, at their heart, a cash grab, this meant low quality games were released. In turn, this meant falling sales, meaning smaller budgets, meaning more bad games. Nowadays, studios often prefer to avoid the risk by allowing LEGO to make a tried-and-tested video game of their movie.
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Yet movie tie-in games were and are, for the most part, still profitable. So why did they disappear? The answer is: maybe they didn't.
There is, in actuality, a new Pirates of the Caribbean game. "THE OCEAN IS YOURS TO RULE," barks the description of Pirates of the Caribbean: Tides of War, a free-to-download mobile game complete with in-app purchases.
If you're a fan of Disney's Frozen, it is now one of hundreds of puzzle games on the app store that are based on the action of swiping matching jewels. Rather than spending thousands of pounds and two years developing plot-based console games, movie studios can now simply add the characters and aesthetic of their movie to pre-existing games. Last year, Disney released its own version of the immensely successful mobile game Crossy Road, imaginatively named Disney Crossy Road.
There has also been another dramatic change. With the boom of the video game industry, it is now movies that look to profit from the good name of games, rather than vice versa. Den of Geek! reports there are 59 video game movies currently in development.
Last year alone, there were movie spin-offs of Ratchet & Clank, Angry Birds, World of Warcraft, and Assassin's Creed. None of these, it's safe to say, are particularly great movies. Can movies and games ever really work together?
"Both industries are hit and franchise driven and try to capture the current zeitgeist, but each has its own strengths," says games expert TerKeurst. "Consequently when the industries can support each other from their unique strengths they do have potential. However, when they have simply copied each other it hasn't been particularly successful."
Many, then, might not mourn the death of movie tie-in video games. The internet is full of "The Top Ten Worst Video Games Based on Movies" lists, with gamers lamenting Ghostbusters II (1990), Street Fighter: The Movie (1995), Robocop (2003) and Fight Club (2004).
Yet games based on films are, if nothing else, incredibly accessible – and can be the first foray into gaming for many young children. It might not technically have been good, but Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events on (what else?) the Nintendo GameCube, propelled an 11-year-old me towards a love of gaming. And, with ever-increasing snobbery about what makes a gamer "a gamer", shouldn't we celebrate accessible games?
Amelia Tait
Amelia Tait is a freelance journalist, and was previously tech and digital culture writer at the New Statesman.
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We were in the paint section at Walmart a few nights ago looking for stuff to make my oldest son's Halloween costume and their paint chips caught my eye. I knew the bright colored paint chips would be prefect for feathers on a turkey kid craft.
Paint paper plate brown and allow to dry.
While waiting for the paint to dry,cut feathers from the paint chips. We used six paint chips for this turkey. Once the paint is dry, glue the paint chip feathers to the back of the plate so that they are sticking up over the top of the plate.
Cut a beak from an orange paint chip and a wattle/gobbler from a red paint chip. Glue both and the wiggly eyes to the front of the plate.
Note: If you don't have paint chips, you could easily substitute construction paper or card stock.


And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord; it shall rejoice in His salvation. All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like You, delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him, Yes, the poor and the needy from him who plunders.
It does not take a person long to realize the great inequity that exists between the believer and the non-believer. They truly live by two different standards. Several years ago I was hurrying to work driving a little too fast. One of my co-workers cornered me later and said, "You were speeding this morning. I thought Christians did not speed."
I was really surprised. She was right; I should have slowed down. I realized then, that non-Christians hold us to a different standard than the one they live by. In this Psalm, they even go a step farther. Even though David grieved at their illnesses, they laughed at him when he was ill. Actually, they not only laughed, but they rejoiced!
David prayed that the Lord would vindicate him. However, just a few verses later he cried out to God and said, Lord, who is like You, delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him. He realized that God is just; He upholds the cause of the poor as well as the cause of the righteous.
We're not apt to be like that; we like to fall in line with the ungodly and backbite them as they do us. Many times God allows us to be ridiculed by the wicked around us to test us. Do we really believe that God will uphold our cause?
Pray today that God will give you patience with the non-Christians around you and that you will pray for their salvation and ignore the grief they send knowing that God will vindicate His people.


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Super Bowl commercial
Grab Your Garmin!
In our most recent episode, I talked about his favorite Super Bowl commercial of all-time, a Garmin GPS ad that was shown during the Indianapolis Colts' victory over the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI in 2007.
When all commercials were starting to blend into each other and feel the same, this one came out of nowhere and rocked my face off. It was incredible then and is still wonderful. So, of course, I did some digging and found the extended cut for you to watch, enjoy and see if you agree with me.
Seriously, I cannot get enough of this. You agree. I'm sure you do.
❤ Joe
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Hare, Air & The Ads That Inspired SpaceJam
In our latest episode (which can be heard on iTunes, Soundcloud, Stitcher or Google Play), we spoke about how SpaceJam came into existence because of the popularity of a Nike ad that featured Bugs Bunny and Michael Jordan having to team up against Marvin the Martian who was stealing all of the world's Air Jordan sneakers.
Realizing that this commercial is now over 20 years old and you may not remember$ it, we've done some digging and found it to refresh those memories for you!
But this was also part of an overall series of ads that featured the superhero team of Jordan and Bugs – collectively Air and Hare Jordan that debuted as the most popular commercial from Super Bowl 26 and gave the SpaceJam idea a built-in audience.
Has there been any pitch-man in history as successful as Michael Jordan? Probably not. He's been a part of some of the most memorable ad campaigns for decades and Jordan sneakers are so ingrained in society that it's hard to imagine a world without people lining up hours in advance just to get the latest pair.
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La Panmah Muztagh es un subcordillera del Karakórum, en el Baltistán, un distrito de Gilgit-Baltistán, Pakistán. Sus montañas más altas no son particularmente elevadas para los estándares del Karakórum, pero se caracterizan por ser enormes moles graniticas y contar con paredes casi verticales, a diferencia de las montañas de su entorno. En particular, el más alto de los picos de la subcordillera, el Baintha Brakk (El Ogre) con 7.285 m, tiene una gran dificultad de escalada y sólo ha sido ascendido dos veces. El cercano Grupo Latok tiene dificultades similares. Ambos grupos se encuentran al norte del gran Glaciar Biafo uno de los glaciares más importantes del Karakórum.

El Panmah Muztagh se encuentra en el corazón del Karakórum, al noroeste del Baltoro Muztagh (donde se encuentran los ochomiles del Karakórum), y al sureste de la subcordillera Hispar Muztagh. En el suroeste, está separada de las Montañas Spantik-Sosbun por el Glaciar Biafo. El Glaciar Skamri y el Glaciar Braldu la separan de las Montañas Wesm hacia el norte. Los glaciares de Panmah, Nobande Sande, Choktoi y Chiring se encuentran dentro de la subcordillera.

Picos notables del Panmah Muztagh

Referencias

Cordilleras del Karakórum
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Welcome to Alegent Creighton Immanuel Medical Center. Our campus, located in North Omaha just off of I-680 on 72nd Street, offers a full-service hospital, Cancer Center, Rehabilitation Center, Specialty Spine Hospital and Hospitality House for out-of-town families. Our 125-year commitment to serve our community inspires our staff to provide the highest quality of care to all who we have the privilege to serve.


Texas A&M Steel Water Bottle. Stay hydradeted with a large 32 Oz collegiate water thermos. The stainless steel water bottle features a fully cast and enameled school emblem.
Came sooner than expected. Awesome ncaa tumblers & water bottles great Siskiyou quality. It's just as I expected!


As the last of my tulips shed their big waxy petals, I can't deny that it's been a pretty glorious spring. The swallows are returning for summer and I feel like I can hear more birdsong than ever before in our little Sheffield garden. Everything is taking off. The grass is growing rapidly, weddings are in full flow, peonies are blooming and before we know it, summer will be bearing down on us. So I'm taking a moment to appreciate spring, to take a slow, close look around and breathe it all in.
For the base of the arrangement I have used 3 old metal drawers from a filing cabinet, checked that they are water-tight, and then filled with chicken wire which is secured into the container with strong florists tape. Fill with water.
Create height and movement with different varieties of foliage. Tall branches of blossom jut out to create tree-like haphazard shapes. The larger sycamore leaves can be used as coverage for the base. The murky golden privet injects color against the darker hues of the wild cherry leaves. The hellebores can be added at this point also, lifting any areas of darkness.
Next add the focal flowers, the statement blooms that should roughly follow the lines of the foliage that's already in place. Some tall, echoing the branches of blossom, and some tucked further back to give depth to the arrangement. Here we used peonies, tulip "Charming Lady," tulip "Brownie," lilac and "Amnesia" roses.
The salt and pepper flowers are up next: the smaller headed, sprig type flowers that can fill in gaps and burst out of the arrangement without creating a dense shape. The likes of forget me nots and astrantia have a transparent quality and delicate touches of fritillaria bring a magical, storybook feel to the design.
This can now stand alone as a finished centerpiece, or if you're like me (where more is more) you can add another to either side to complete the spring table explosion.
After this year's unbearable allergies/hay fever it's refreshing to be reminded of the beauty of spring! These are lovely, thank you!
Beautiful Post! These look like paintings!
It's spring fever. That is what the name of it is! Beautiful post!
Can anyone please reveal the beautiful blue/gray/green wall color behind these stunning arrangements?? Please?!
Nice collection of flowers. Loved it.
Adorable collection of flowers, just loved it.
Love these flowers, beautiful to use at home or for any event. Stunning colors and so easy to recreate this look.
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Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers @ Minnesota Twins
Things have taken a turn for the Twins since the last time these teams met to start the 2021 season
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When the Brewers opened the season against the Minnesota Twins, it was a matchup of two teams who had aspirations of a deep playoff run. Minnesota was coming off back-to-back AL Central titles and was hoping to take the next step to becoming an AL contender.
Instead, it all came crashing down.
The Twins took 2 of 3 from the Brewers in the season-opening series, but ended up going 9-15 in April and never really rebounded after that (although they are a decent 11-11 so far this month). They decided to sell off some major pieces during trade deadline season, including sending Nelson Cruz to Tampa Bay, Jose Berrios to Toronto and J.A. Happ to St. Louis.
The result is a team that is once again in last place while it begins another rebuilding cycle.
While Cruz is gone, there still are a few bats that could prove to be dangerous this weekend, as Minnesota's problems have been more tied to the pitching than the hitting.
Shortstop Jorge Polanco leads the team in just about every category, coming into the weekend hitting .274/.335/.496 with 25 home runs, 24 doubles and 76 driven in while putting up a 124 wRC+ and compiling 3.4 fWAR to this point. Polanco doesn't walk much — his BB% for the season is just 7.7% — but he also doesn't strike out much, pretty consistently making contact with a 17.2% K% that is pretty low for this era.
Outside of Polanco, Miguel Sano and Josh Donaldson are still in the Twin Cities and still provide a power threat — as evidenced by Sano hitting a 495-foot bomb a couple nights ago. Those two have combined for 41 home runs while playing about 100 games each.
Minnesota also still has Luis Arraez setting things up for those big bats, hitting .306/.374/.394 on the year.
The Probable Pitchers
Friday, 7:10 p.m. CDT - Eric Lauer vs. Andrew Albers
Albers is a 35-year-old Canadian lefty who's largely been a career minor leaguer with a stint overseas and a few MLB cups of coffee here and there, compiling just 124.2 innings in the majors since making his debut back in 2013. He's largely spent the last few years in Japan but returned stateside this year and put up a 3.86 ERA in 16 games (15 starts) at Triple-A St. Paul before getting called up a little more than a week ago. Fun fact: he was a 12th round pick of the Brewers in 2004, but didn't sign and ended up going to the University of Kentucky. He's the epitome of a soft-throwing lefty, averaging just 88 mph on his fastball while also throwing a 78 mph slider.
Saturday, 6:10 p.m. CDT - Adrian Houser vs. Charlie Barnes
Barnes is a rookie left-hander and former 4th-round pick of the Twins making his 5th career start this weekend. After making his MLB debut in a doubleheader on July 17, Barnes joined the team on a more permanent basis after Minnesota traded away Berrios and Happ at the deadline. He's been a bit inconsistent, as you would expect young pitchers to be, mixing in some nice outings (like his 5 inning, 3 hit, 1 run start against Tampa Bay on August 15) with some clunkers (7 runs on 8 hits in 5 innings against the Yankees in his most recent start). He's largely worked with a 90 mph fastball and a 79 mph changeup while mixing in a slider in his outings so far.
Sunday, 1:10 p.m. CDT - TBD vs. Griffin Jax
Griffin Jax is a real human baseball pitcher and not some kind of comic book superhero alter ego, although the fact that he is a graduate of the Air Force Academy would also make for a good superhero backstory. The 26-year-old is also a rookie, but has unfortunately had a rocky time in the majors thus far. He's been hit to the tune of a 6.29 ERA in 11 games and hasn't missed many bats, striking out just 39 batters in 48.2 innings (and 10 of those came in one outing against the White Sox on August 10th). He's coming off an outing in which the Red Sox scored 9 times in less than 5 innings against him, hitting 3 home runs. Jax has been prone to the longball in his short big league career, giving up 14 of them already.
Statistics courtesy of Baseball-Reference, Fangraphs and Statcast
Brewers DFA Jon Singleton as Brian Anderson signing becomes official A former top prospect, Singleton showed he still has some pop with AAA Nashville in 2022
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come near, draw close, draw near, go up, come on, near, approach
v. move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer"
Adverbs (11)
well-nigh, virtually, nigh, near, nearly, most, almost, about
adv. (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but; "the job is (just) about done"; "the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; "we're almost finished"; "the car all but ran her down"; "he nearly fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the recording is well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the parties signed the contract"; "I was near exhausted by the run"; "most everyone agrees"
close, nigh, near
adv. near in time or place or relationship; "as the wedding day drew near"; "stood near the door"; "don't shoot until they come near"; "getting near to the true explanation"; "her mother is always near"; "The end draws nigh"; "the bullet didn't come close"; "don't get too close to the fire"
adj. closely resembling the genuine article; "near beer"; "a dress of near satin"
near, approximate
adj. very close in resemblance; "sketched in an approximate likeness"; "a near likeness"
near, good, dear
adj. with or in a close or intimate relationship; "a good friend"; "my sisters and brothers are near and dear"
nigh, near
adj. not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances; "near neighbors"; "in the near future"; "they are near equals"; "his nearest approach to success"; "a very near thing"; "a near hit by the bomb"; "she was near tears"; "she was close to tears"; "had a close call"
adj. being on the left side; "the near or nigh horse is the one on the left"; "the animal's left side is its near or nigh side"
v. delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned; "I was caught in traffic and missed the meeting"
recognise, recognize, greet
v. express greetings upon meeting someone
come, get, arrive
v. reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"
v. move or draw together at a certain location; "The crowd converged on the movie star"
overhaul, overtake, pass
v. travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks"
draw in, close in
v. advance or converge on; "The police were closing in on him"
v. move with a low humming noise
essentially, fundamentally, basically
adv. in essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature; "He is basically dishonest"; "the argument was essentially a technical one"; "for all his bluster he is in essence a shy person"
or so, more or less, just about, close to, around, roughly, some, about, approximately
adv. (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly $3,000"; "holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20 or so people were at the party"
adv. not far away in relative terms; "she works nearby"; "the planets orbiting nearby are Venus and Mars"
practically
adv. in a practical manner; "practically orientated institutions such as business schools"; "a brilliant man but so practically inept that he needed help to cross the road safely"
adj. very close and convivial; "boon companions"
adj. marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity; "intimate friend"; "intimate relations between economics, politics, and legal principles" - V.L. Parrington
thick, buddy-buddy, chummy
adj. (used informally) associated on close terms; "a close friend"; "the bartender was chummy with the regular customers"; "the two were thick as thieves for months"
closely knit, close-knit
adj. held together as by social or cultural ties; "a close-knit family"; "close-knit little villages"; "the group was closely knit"
adj. denoting confidence or intimacy; "a confidential approach"; "in confidential tone of voice"
intimate, familiar
adj. having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship; "on familiar terms"; "pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders"
adj. located on or directed toward the left; "a car with left-hand drive"
adj. located at a great distance in time or space or degree; "we come from a far country"; "far corners of the earth"; "the far future"; "a far journey"; "the far side of the road"; "far from the truth"; "far in the future"
adj. far removed mentally; "a faraway (or distant) look in her eyes"
remote, distant
adj. located far away spatially; "distant lands"; "remote stars"
far-off, removed, remote
adj. separate or apart in time; "distant events"; "the remote past or future"
adj. far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship ; "a distant cousin"; "a remote relative"; "a distant likeness"; "considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics"


GLSL shaders add new effects to Minecraft Pocket Edition: the shadows of the trees, the reflection of objects in the water, the movement of the leaves of the trees, and the noticeable movement of the grass with small wind flows! This all and more make GLSL shaders in Minecraft – Pocket Edition!
GLSL shaders have been ported from the PC version of the game! These GLSL shaders are the most popular shaders among all shaders, and in particular texture packs for Minecraft … Now you will have the opportunity to enjoy the incredibly impressive nature of the game world with GLSL Shaders for MCPE 0.15.3 / 0.15.2 / 0.15.1 / 0.15. 0 / 0.14.3 / 0.14.1 / 0.14.0 / 0.13.1, download and enjoy. Do not forget to share your impressions with friends in order to use all the possibilities of your favorite Minecraft together!


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Q: c++ Mysql save binary blob in database So I am using g++ and Mysqlcppconn (Mysql c++ connector) on a ubuntu 64 bit machine. I want to insert binary data blob into the database and be able to retrieve it.
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typedef unsigned char byte;

byte data[512];
istream *buf=res->getBlob(1);
buf->read((char*)data,512);

I just hope this works I am not too sure though. Here res is a ResultSet.
For storing in database I am not able to figure out how do I convert my byte* to istream.
Thanx for reading.

A: The answer lies in using the stream buffer to write blob in database
struct membuf: std::streambuf
{
    membuf(char* b, char* e) { this->setg(b, b, e); }
};

byte *p = something....;
membuf buf((char*)p,(char*)p+ALPHABET_SIZE*sizeof(ull));
istream is(&buf);

ps->setBlob(1,&is);

here ps is a PreparedStatement.. :)


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Kindly schedule all visits to our hospital at your earliest convenience to ensure the most appropriate member of our medical team is available to address all of your questions and concerns. Scheduled visits are particularly important when you wish to speak with one of our veterinarians and/or discharge your pet from the hospital.
Please bring all of your pet's medications and/or food to the hospital when s/he is admitted. (Please be aware that by bringing your pet's medication(s) at the time of hospitalization, it can help reduce the financial expense of your pet's stay with us.) Our staff will provide blankets and bedding for your pet during their stay and it is best if personal items are left at home.
We are happy to keep some of your pet's personal items (special toy and/or blanket) with him/her during his/her hospitalization. However, please understand that we cannot guarantee you will receive this special item back at the time of your pet's discharge. Please be assured that our hospital will supply your pet with comfortable blankets, beds, and even toys during his/her hospitalization.
VCA Orange County Veterinary Specialists encourages you to visit with your hospitalized pet during our regular visiting hours, 10:00am-10:00 pm daily. Please call in advance and speak with your pet's doctor or medical team to schedule the appointment for your visit. Please understand that a member of our medical team may not be available to speak with you during your visit if you have not previously scheduled a time with one of staff. You may call at any time, however, to receive updates about your hospitalized pet.
Under special circumstances, arrangements may be made with your pet's veterinarian for visitation outside regular visiting hours. Please call to consult with one of your pet's medical team who will assist you with these arrangements.
Our doctors will call you with an update about your pet at least once daily and, of course, whenever s/he has pertinent or urgent information to relay to you about your pet. We encourage you to use our email (we will be happy to provide you our individual email addresses at the time of your visit with us or over the phone).
Please be certain your pet's doctor has approved your pet's discharge from the hospital, and you have agreed upon a time BEFORE you arrive to pick up your pet. This will permit us the time to attend to the many details that must be finalized/completed before your pet can be released, including preparation of his/her medications and the discharge instructions. We would like everything to be prepared ahead of time in an effort to minimize your wait.
Many of the pets treated at VCA Orange County Veterinary Specialists require ongoing care after their initial visit. In some cases, it may be more convenient for you to have your pet's primary care veterinarian perform these tests rather than return to OCVS. We are happy to collaborate with your pet's primary care veterinarian regarding the continued care of your pet. As part of this collaborative effort and if needed, our team can interpret laboratory test results performed by your pet's primary care veterinarian. Based upon laboratory test results, we can also provide treatment recommendations.
Our hospital pharmacy is open 7 days a week. To request a prescription refill for your pet's medication, please call us at 949-654-8950. Please note all prescription refill request(s) submitted to VCA Orange County Veterinary Specialists will be reviewed and processed within 24 hours of our receipt of your request(s).
Should you wish to refill your pet's prescription medication during your pet's scheduled appointment with our medical team, please advise the doctor and/or his/her nurse at the beginning of your pet's appointment. This will help to reduce your waiting time during your visit.
Please know our medical team strives to return all non-emergency telephone/voice mail messages within 24 hours of receipt on days when we are on clinical duty in the hospital. Your patience and understanding are extremely appreciated.
Select one (1) family member to discuss medical matters with your pet's doctor, or have all family members present (or on the phone).
We thank you in advance for your patience and understanding while we strive to provide only the very best care to your beloved pet and family member.
We will also assist you and your pet with your pet insurance needs (such as Trupanion). Trupanion is VCA's preferred vendor for medical insurance covering cats and dogs.
The Mission of Trupanion is to help the pets we all love receive the best veterinary care. Call 1-855-591-3100 or visit http://trupanion.com/vca.