The Premier League brings with it plenty of perks for football fans, and one Huddersfield Town supporters will be able to experience this month is the attention paid to their side on the most recent FIFA game.
EA Sports are releasing FIFA 18 later this month, with top-flight Town set to be more detailed than ever.
Not only will Town's player ratings increase with their promotion to English football's top flight, but the John Smith's Stadium will be generated on the game for the first time ever.
The full game is set to be released on September 29 in the UK, with the demo available to the public from September 15.
The official launch of FIFA 18 took place today, and Goal.com were on hand to capture a first glimpse at Town in EA Sports' newest game.
Check out the video above to see Town and the John Smith's Stadium in the new FIFA!


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NASA-scientist alumnus takes quantum leap to 'far-out science'
By Kenna Bruner • Published: Jan. 10, 2022
Physics grad talks astronauts through installation and upgrades of ultracold experimental laboratory based on CU Boulder research
More than halfway toward finishing a computer science degree, James Kellogg had an epiphany. He realized he didn't really want a career in computer programming.
A self-professed "space nerd," Kellogg had long been intrigued by the possibility of working at NASA and studying astrophysics.
Before upending his school career, he took a couple of years off to consider his options. During that time, he tried to ski as much as possible, which brought him to Colorado. And to CU Boulder. The opportunity to jump into space sciences seemed to present itself.
His decision made, Kellogg enrolled at CU Boulder and majored in physics with an astrophysics minor, graduating cum laude in 2000. He went on to earn a master's degree in physics at the University of California at Irvine.
At the top of the page: James Kellogg and other NASA scientists working on integrating their instrument into the Cygnus vehicle that was launched to ISS. Above: Kellogg during crew operations, where he works with astronauts.
Kellogg now works at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, his dream job. His specialty is lasers and optics, but his responsibilities are wide ranging. He has extensive experience in the development of cold atom physics systems, the fastest growing area of quantum physics, and is the lead scientist for the integration of the Cold Atom Lab into launch vehicles and the International Space Station (ISS).
"I make sure our instrument and many other support items get on the rockets to ISS," he said. "We send up support hardware rather often. I'm sending up a spare computer card this month on SpaceX-24 and integrating it into our instrument on the space station. I put together the crew procedures with folks from MSFC (Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama). When the astronauts work on our instrument, I'm the one talking to them, walking them through the whole process."
Kellogg helped design and build the Cold Atom Lab, an instrument based on pioneering science conducted at CU Boulder and the National Institute for Standards and Technology that created the Bose-Einstein condensate, for which CU physicists Eric Cornell and Carl Wieman received the Nobel Prize in physics in 2001.
In 2018, JPL scientists created a Bose-Einstein condensate, which is a fifth state of matter (the other four states are solids, liquids, gases and plasmas), for the first time in space aboard the space station, making it the first quantum science facility in Earth orbit. This allows them to perform science experiments on matter at ultracold temperatures—below 100 pico-Kelvin—where atoms lose their individuality and behave as a single quantum mechanical entity.
"There were a tremendous number of details to resolve in order to get the Cold Atom Lab onto the space station," Kellogg said. "We had to make sure it could handle the vibrations and temperatures of launch. To protect astronauts and other sensitive instruments on ISS from gasses potentially being released by our instrument, we used special low-offgassing materials or baked off items ahead of time to get rid of any volatile organic compounds," Kellogg said, adding:
"We located our instrument near the center of gravity of ISS where the station is most stable. With most space missions, you also have to address the vacuum and temperature extremes of space, but inside the space station it's always a comfortable temperature, so at least that wasn't a concern for us outside of the moderate temperature swings inside of the launch vehicle."
It's far-out science. ... When you get matter that cold, you can really start exploring this unusual realm of quantum physics."
The Cold Atom Lab takes advantage of the principle that cooling atoms causes them to move more slowly, which makes it easier to study them. At temperatures near absolute zero, atoms behave in unusual ways. At these ultra-cold temperatures, near minus 460 degrees Fahrenheit, atoms begin to lose their individuality and distinctness from one another. They spatially overlap each other and act more amorphous and cloud-like instead of behaving as individual particles.
"It's far-out science," Kellogg said. "When you get matter that cold, you can really start exploring this unusual realm of quantum physics."
"In terrestrial-based facilities, most researchers get only a few tens to hundreds of milliseconds to do science with the atoms," Kellogg added. "At JPL we had a chamber where we launched atoms up into a vacuum tube to give us more time to do experiments with them. That gave us about a quarter second of time to observe quantum behavior."
In the space station's Cold Atom Lab, researchers trap rubidium and potassium atoms and hold them in place using laser fields combined with magnetic fields. When the atoms are released, the cloud they form will slowly expand, but the atoms don't immediately fall away, giving researchers upwards of 10 seconds to study the Bose-Einstein condensates that have been created.
Kellogg during NASA's thermal testing to ensure our instrument can handle possible temperature swings during launch and cruise to ISS.
"We have five teams of researchers from around the world doing science on this instrument, including three Nobel laureates. The quest for knowledge about the universe starts off as pure science, but eventually becomes the basis for real-world applications. Right now, we're mostly pursuing theoretical knowledge. We don't yet know where it will lead, but the scientific community will benefit initially, and likely will be followed by real world applications that are limited mostly by our imagination."
While an undergrad at CU Boulder, Kellogg took advantage of the many opportunities to learn and make connections. One such opportunity came when he and his advisor were granted time on the Hubble Space Telescope as part of Kellogg's honors thesis. This led to many hours of data analysis on the Hubble images, and ultimately publishing a paper and presenting at a conference.
Kellogg's advice for job-hunting students is to step out there and make connections.
"Get to know your professors," he advised. "Especially professors who are doing research that you want to do. Work in their labs. Work on a thesis with a professor. That also gets you a closer experience. I think you can get better reference letters that way. In other words, this isn't 'just somebody I took a class with.' It's somebody I spent a couple of years working in a lab with."
Kellogg stresses the importance of developing personal relationships. For example, while riding the elevator one day at UC Irvine, Kellogg struck up a conversation with another physics student and learned that her husband worked for JPL. At the time, JPL was looking to hire a researcher in the quantum sciences group. Kellogg met the student's husband and was able to wrangle an interview to see if the position would be a good fit.
"There are so many résumés out there, companies get inundated," Kellogg said. "But if you get to know someone, they get to know you and your work ethic, and you can find a good fit. I tried to go through the front door at career fairs, but by chance talking to someone in an elevator and by pursuing that lead I was able to get an interview. What are the odds of that actually leading to anything? You have to be open."
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Joleon Lescott column: Marvellous Magpies set to sustain top-four tilt
Joleon Lescott
Newcastle are in red-hot form going into their crunch clash with Chelsea this weekend
The World Cup takes centre stage after this weekend but I'm expecting the Saturday evening showdown between Newcastle and Chelsea to sign the Premier League action off in style.
Whatever happens, Eddie Howe's Magpies are now guaranteed to be in the top four at Christmas — I'm not sure even the most optimistic Newcastle fans would really have expected that!
It's been a sensational start from them and I'm now starting to think they can keep it up and grab a spot in next season's Champions League.
Sure, history tells us it's unlikely. But on what they've shown in recent weeks, I don't see any reason why they will suddenly slow down.
Their style of play isn't reliant on individual brilliance and it doesn't feel like their approach or performance levels are unsustainable.
They've just found a really effective way of playing, coupled with a culture that all the players are clearly buying into and enjoying. These are special times at St James' Park.
What also counts in their favour this season is the underperformance of Liverpool.
Previously, I considered Manchester City and the Reds to be shoo-ins for the top four, leaving two spots for everyone else to chase — but that's not the case any more.
The door is very much open for Newcastle and a victory against Chelsea would put a nine-point gap between them and the Blues. That's huge, even at this stage of the season.
Pressure on Potter
It doesn't take long for the pressure to build at a club like Chelsea and I think Graham Potter may already be feeling the heat a little bit.
Three losses in four outings is the kind of run that sparks concern at an elite level, even if there were encouraging signs in the midweek Manchester City defeat.
Points are the only currency that cut it at the highest level, so I think Potter will be savvy enough not to downplay the importance of this trip to Tyneside.
Being honest, a point would represent a good result for Chelsea.
Joleon Lescott reckons Chelsea boss Graham Potter may already be feeling the heat
That may be a hard reality for some Blues fans to swallow but they're travelling to face an in-form team high on confidence with an intense atmosphere guaranteed.
I can see things being tricky for the Blues after the World Cup, too.
A large proportion of the Chelsea squad are likely to be involved in Qatar, which is another spanner in the works ahead of the Premier League's busy festive schedule.
With Potter being such a hands-on coach, I'm sure he'd have loved more time on the training pitch to iron out any issues — but that's not really going to be possible.
He's got quality in his ranks, however, and this is when you need those big-game players to stand up and deliver.
Erling Haaland is one superstar who will not be at this month's World Cup
I'm sure readers are as buzzing as I am for the World Cup — but it's a strange period for the Premier League players not involved in the tournament.
If I was in their shoes, I'd be taking the first week or so of the break as a proper holiday, enjoying myself and relaxing with the family.
After that, though, you've got to get right back on it and use the opportunity to make sure you're razor sharp when the domestic action resumes.
I think the break can have a negative or a positive impact on a player. It really does depend on the individual.
Someone like Harry Kane will probably be grateful to keep playing in high-quality games because we've seen in recent seasons that he often needs a few outings to hit his stride.
Meanwhile, for someone like Erling Haaland, a bit of time off after a very busy few months should allow him to recharge the batteries — a scary thought for defenders!
Time for my weekend predictions.
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Manchester City vs Brentford (Saturday, 12.30pm, BT Sport 1)
The champions left it late to seal victory against Fulham. But given they had 10 men for so long, it was still such a dominant performance from Pep Guardiola's men.
They'll hope to have a less stressful time of things against a Brentford team who I think may benefit from the upcoming break — they look a little leggy to me.
I expect City to get the job done comfortably.
Prediction: Manchester City 4-1 Brentford
Manchester City entertain Brentford in the weekend's opening game
Bournemouth vs Everton (Saturday, 3pm)
These two met in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday with Bournemouth getting an impressive win, although both sides weren't quite at full strength.
I remember a few occurrences of coming up against a side twice in quick succession during my playing days. And if you've lost that first meeting, you're really determined to put things right.
I expect Everton to be much better but whether they've got enough to win, I'm not sure.
Prediction: Bournemouth 1-1 Everton
Liverpool vs Southampton (Saturday, 3pm)
Nobody will have been too shocked to see Ralph Hasenhuttl sacked at Southampton but Nathan Jones is a slightly surprising replacement.
The ex-Luton boss has obviously been sounded out for his developmental skills and it'll be interesting to see how he gets on with a youthful Saints squad.
This is a daunting first game for him and I can't really see them troubling the Reds.
Prediction: Liverpool 3-0 Southampton
Nottingham Forest vs Crystal Palace (Saturday, 3pm)
Patrick Vieira's Crystal Palace side are on an impressive run of form
Crystal Palace got a fantastic away win at West Ham and I always think the Eagles are well suited to playing on the road.
Patrick Vieira's side has an excellent balance to it and while Nottingham Forest always have a good atmosphere at the City Ground, this looks a good opportunity for the visitors.
They don't really hammer teams, so I'll plump for a narrow away win.
Prediction: Nottingham Forest 0-2 Crystal Palace
Tottenham vs Leeds (Saturday, 3pm)
It's been another rough week for Tottenham and it feels like some fans are starting to turn on Antonio Conte — a few more bad results and you wouldn't be all that surprised to see him walk!
I still believe the Italian will turn things around in North London and this home clash with Leeds is very winnable.
The Whites have had a couple of dramatic late wins but they'd need to raise their levels again to make it three in a row.
Prediction: Tottenham 3-1 Leeds
West Ham vs Leicester (Saturday, 3pm)
James Maddison will hope to celebrate his England call-up with a strong performance against West Ham
That Carabao Cup loss to Blackburn in midweek just turns the pressure up another notch on David Moyes and West Ham.
It's been one of those campaigns so far where nothing seems to really go right and they are playing Leicester at the worst possible time.
Brendan Rodgers has really turned the Foxes around after their own difficult spell and I expect them to leave East London with three points.
Prediction: West Ham 0-2 Leicester
Newcastle vs Chelsea (Saturday, 5.30pm, Sky Sports)
As discussed above, this is a huge opportunity for Newcastle to put a healthy buffer between themselves and Chelsea.
It's hard to see the Magpies not turning up with the likes of Miguel Almiron and Bruno Guimaraes playing right at the top of their game.
However, I think the Blues will put in a performance and earn a share of the spoils.
Prediction: Newcastle 2-2 Chelsea
Wolves vs Arsenal (Saturday, 7.45pm, Sky Sports)
Arsenal can guarantee top spot at Christmas with a win over Wolves
It's been hard to have much confidence in Wolves at the best of times this season, never mind against the league leaders.
You couldn't fault the way Mikel Arteta's men went about their business at Stamford Bridge last week and they just keep turning in really impressive performances.
I'm confident Julen Lopetegui will turn things around at Molineux once he has settled in but this looks a stern challenge for the hosts.
Prediction: Wolves 0-2 Arsenal
Brighton vs Aston Villa (Sunday, 2pm, Sky Sports)
After a rocky start, Brighton have now seamlessly switched into life after Graham Potter and I think huge credit has to go to all parties involved.
It was some start for Unai Emery at Aston Villa, though I think that may have been a good game for him to start with low expectations and a buoyant home crowd.
Their confidence will be high but Brighton are playing some lovely stuff, so I'll lean towards a home win.
Prediction: Brighton 2-1 Aston Villa
Fulham vs Manchester United (Sunday, 4.30pm, Sky Sports)
Bruno Fernandes and Manchester United will look to bounce back from last week's Aston Villa defeat at Fulham
Fulham will be gutted not to have nicked a point last week but they were only denied late by the best team in the land.
We've seen time and time again that you can't write the Cottagers off this term but they may well be facing a Manchester United side determined to deliver a reaction.
The Red Devils were well below their usual standards against Villa last weekend and I expect Erik ten Hag's men to be upbeat after getting revenge in the Carabao Cup.
Prediction: Fulham 0-2 Manchester United
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Eye on Israel
How America Came to View Israel as an Ally
Michelle Mart - Author
Examines the image of Israel in American culture before 1960.
Eye on Israel shows how the seeds of contemporary U.S.-Israeli relations were sown in the cultural narratives of the late 1940s and 1950s, long before American policymakers formed a close political and strategic relationship with Israel. Michelle Mart brings together diverse areas of history and examines the cultural antecedents of this much-heralded relationship. She also tackles the difficult question of the relationship between American Jews and U.S. policy toward the Jewish state. Finally, Mart demonstrates that American images of Israel and Jews were shaped by specific cold war concerns—visible in movies, novels, magazines, and newspapers—and reflect American identity and political mythology in the midst of the struggle against communism. The result is a unique examination of the intersections of culture, diplomacy, and ethnic and national identity through the specific case of U.S.-Israeli relations and American Jewish identity in the postwar period.
"…Eye on Israel is an intelligent and historically grounded study of the image of Israel in the United States from the mid-1940s to the late 1950s … [it] is a truly valuable book that combines diplomatic and cultural history in innovative ways … It is [a] book that will interest scholars in diplomatic studies, Middle East studies, American Studies, and ethnic studies, as well as readers who are interested in the history of the Israel or the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. One can only hope that Mart continues down this path; I would love to see the book that takes this story through the 1967 war and beyond." — Melani McAlister, American Jewish History
"Mart's book … adds to the literature and provides a number of enlightening examples and quotes. Read as a cultural-intellectual—and less as a political-strategic—study of evolving attitudes toward Jews in postwar America, this book supplements our understanding of what emerged as a central issue of U.S. foreign policy in later years." — American Historical Review
"…an impressive, well-documented and original effort to impart new insights and significance to a research field that is permeated with simplistic and superficial generalizations." — The Journal of Israeli History
"Historians in a variety of fields will appreciate Mart's analysis of American popular culture and its influence on political issues. Her documentation is carefully used and impressive in its range. A more general audience will also appreciate this volume for its lively narrative and engaging subject matter." — The Journal of American History
"This is a dazzling combination of social, cultural, intellectual, political, and diplomatic history, relying on a wealth of previously untapped original sources to provide a more nuanced look at the American response to the partition of Palestine and the establishment of the State of Israel." — David Desser, coauthor of American Jewish Filmmakers, Second Edition
Michelle Mart is Associate Professor of History at Penn State at Berks.
1. Images of the "New Jew" in Postwar Culture: Building on the Legacies of Antisemitism and the Holocaust
2. United States and the Founding of Israel: A Particularist State with a Universal Mission
3. Views of the New Jewish State: The "Americanization" of Israel
4. The 1950s Religious Revival and "Christianizing" the Image of Israel and Jews
5. Acceptance and Assimilation: Jews in 1950s American Culture and Politics
6. The Cold War, Suez, and Beyond: Cultural Images and Changing American-Israeli Relations in the Late 1950s
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On the Contrary
The Wind and the Source
Agathangelos History of the Armenians
Retrieving the Human
True Sisterhood
Working through Whiteness
Murder on Trial
Imagined Londons
French Cultural Studies
Extending the Rafters


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Q: Expecting end of input, "ADD", "SUB", "MUL", "DIV", got unexpected "RPAREN" I work with Augmented UI in my Gatsby project, every thing works great in dev mode.
When I go with build command, I got this log error:
info bootstrap finished - 4.630 s

failed Building production JavaScript and CSS bundles - 9.761s

 ERROR #98123  WEBPACK

Generating JavaScript bundles failed

Parse error on line 1:
...n-x, calc(var(--aug-_TlJoinRX, 0px)/2 + var(--aug-_TrJoinLX, 100%)/2)) + var(--...
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Expecting end of input, "ADD", "SUB", "MUL", "DIV", got unexpected "RPAREN"

not finished run queries - 9.857s
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! project@1.0.0 build: `gatsby build`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the project@1.0.0 build script.

After some researches, it seems that PostCSS is unable to work along with Augmented UI (on calc functions).
I'm unable to find a way to disable PostCSS on this.
My dependencies versions are:
"gatsby": "^2.18.5",
"gatsby-plugin-postcss": "^2.1.16"

My current postcss.config.js looks like that:
module.exports = () => ({
  plugins: [require('tailwindcss')],
})

Thanks for any help on this subject.

A: @Zooly, the problem is related with the use of calc function in the CSS preprocessor or minifier. From the Augmented UI's documentation:
Compatibility with Create React App (And in my situation, Vue)
Create React App depends on PostCSS and cssnano. Both of these libraries have parsing bugs that block augmented-ui so you'll need to copy augmented-ui.min.css into the public folder and manually include it in the index.html file to avoid them until they're fixed.
https://augmented-ui.com/docs/#install
As you can see at this support answer on GitHub https://github.com/propjockey/augmented-ui/issues/3#issuecomment-579671714, you can add this key to your package.json config file:
"cssnano": {
    "preset": [
      "default",
      {
        "calc": false
      }
    ]
  },

I use this workaround and it works fine to build my Vue project. Hope it works for yours too.

A: I ran into the same problem (also with Argument UI), and did not fix it. But here is a quick work around:
<Helmet>
  <link rel='stylesheet' href='https://unpkg.com/augmented-ui/augmented.css' />
</Helmet>

And just a heads up: I had to delete my public and .cache folder to get the build to include the link to the CDN.

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Frosted glass panels lend a modern touch to the guest bathroom pocket doors.
progress and positive forward momentum. While there are structural issues in the basement, the remaining three floors continue to take shape. This week has seen the ceilings in the bathrooms lowered to prepare for all of the plumbing work that will follow subsequently. In addition the electrical plans have been completed and reflected ceiling plans can now be drawn to layout the location of all of the recessed lighting throughout the property.
The carpeting for the guest rooms and hallways has been selected, as well. The guest rooms will feature a dark tan Berber and the hallways will be carpeted with a deep green textured runner to allow some of the wood flooring to show on either side. Both carpets will be padded which will ensure both sound insulation and comfort-ability.
Guest bathroom shower panels still in boxes.
Not yet painted the guest room doors feature raised panels.
Finally deliveries have been arriving in preparation for some of next week's projects. The pocket doors for the guest bathrooms will be installed as well as the primary guest room doors. We are also ready for the second phase of the bathroom fitting out – the wall mounted sinks, spa shower panels and bathtubs are all awaiting installation.
So good news all around!


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Armored Mercedes S600 Guard to launch in India on May 21 - IAB Report
05/05/2015 - 12:32 | Mercedes S Class, Mercedes-Benz | Anjan Ravi
Powered by a 6.0-liter V12 engine.
Mercedes-Benz India will launch the armored version of its flagship luxury sedan, the S Class, on May 21, 2015.
The windows of the S Guard are so heavy that they need a hydraulic lift to open and close.
The Mercedes S600 Guard will be powered by the brand's flagship engine - the 6.0-liter V12 motor - which makes 530 PS and 830 Nm of torque, matched to the 7-speed dual-clutch transmission. More importantly though, the S600 Guard will offer its occupants VR9-level of ballistics protection (Rifles up to calibre 7.62 x 51 mm).
Naturally, the luxury sedan's bodyshell has been strengthened, as are its doors and windows, which are several millimeters thick compared to the standard S Class. Speaking of the windows, they're so heavy that they need a hydraulic lift to open and close.
Underneath, the S Guard is equipped with an underbody plating, which can counter IED threats. The Airmatic suspension system has been further toughened up to account for the additional weight (for reasons of security, Mercedes will not reveal the weight gain of the S Guard, nor will it disclose finer details as to the thickness of materials used) while the brakes now come with larger rotors and six-piston calipers up front.
Thanks to special run-flat tyres, the S Guard can run for 28 km even with zero air pressure.
Also read: Mercedes GLC Coupe concept debuts at Auto Shanghai 2015
Special Michelin PAX run flat tyres allow the S Guard to drive for 28 km even with zero pressure. Other features include an automatic fire suppression system and an emergency fresh air system.
The S Class Guard will be the third offering in Mercedes India's armored vehicles portfolio, the others being the E Guard and the M Guard.
Mercedes S Class Guard
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Much like the drivers in yesterday's rain-delayed Daytona 500, I've been running at full throttle in a single direction lately, with no end in sight. And the season's only beginning.
In the two weeks since my last post, I've missed some pretty special birthdays and anniversaries, rushed through bedtime stories, skipped lunches altogether, and generally willed every day away in hopes that the next one would be better, calmer, quieter, more fun.
Instead, each new day has brought with it another seemingly insurmountable pile of work and yet another life lesson to learn. The most recent being: As a boss, I'm not always going to be everyone's best friend. Quite the contrary, I might actually be their worst nightmare.
Isn't this how you're supposed to do it??
It used to be that a day at the office might be crazy, a client might piss us off or a co-worker might drive us crazy, but when it was all said and done we'd sit around together and gossip about it. These days, I'm lucky if I have a moment to say hi to the good friend that sits right next to me or to the other that couldn't sit farther. And, I'm even luckier if the sitting around and gossiping isn't about me.
I've been told I've gotten too serious (really?) and that I need to loosen up* (REALLY??) If only the bosses I had in my 20s could see me now! Of course, they can't see me. No one can. I'm always in meetings.
With performance reviews well under way, continuous improvement is really top of mind. I want to make sure that I'm actually helping others achieve their greatest potential and do their best work. Even more so, I want to make sure I'm doing the same myself—both in the office and out.
As I sit here tonight on what would technically be the last day of yet another crazy month, I give thanks in advance to the Gregorian gods for their little gift of an extra day tomorrow and continue to hope for the best.
*Seriously, Tim, that's just how I sneeze! There's nothing wrong with it.


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Laval Rocket at Hershey Bears
January 26, 2019 | Giant Center | Hershey, Pennsylvania
Late January brought our first of two trips to the chocolate capital of the free world this season. The Hershey Bears hosted the Montreal Canadiens' AHL affiliate, the Laval Rocket. After our regular stop at the Bear's Den for pregaming, we headed to Giant Center. The Bears came out fierce, going up 3-0 by the second period in what was to become a 4-2 victory.
We will be hitting the road by bus to the Giant Center to cheer on the Hershey Bears as they take on the Laval Rocket.
The CRC has made arrangements for bus transportation and lower level group tickets. (A very limited number of tickets aside from those with bus transportation are available at this time.)
Current plans: We'll have a pickup in northern Virginia at Springfield Metro station at 12:30 p.m. and one in Maryland at the Shady Grove Metro station (off I-270 & ICC) at approximately 1:00 p.m. We should arrive in Hershey by 3:30 pm for lunch at the Bear's Den in the Hershey Lodge before heading over to the arena at 6 p.m. to catch warmups before the 7 p.m. drop of the puck. The CRC bus will be returning to the D.C. area as soon as possible following the game (expected arrival back at Shady Grove around midnight and Springfield Metro around 12:30 a.m.). Paid parking is available at both Metro stations and while the Metro will be open at the time for our departure, constantly changing WMATA schedules make their operation when we return questionable so plan accordingly. We are happy to assist with carpooling for those who need it.
All of our available spaces that include bus transportation will be $65 per person. No extra fees or money over the cost of the bus and game tickets will be charged. You may bring your own food and drink on the bus (coolers will be provided for your convenience). There is no smoking allowed on the bus and time constraints will most likely prevent us from making any stops on the way. The bus is equipped with a restroom and video/tv units.
Please get your reservation in ASAP to guarantee your spot on the CRC bus! A reservation should be considered a firm commitment as it will be used to finalize others' reservations. We will have space and tickets available for 55 people.
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A doorway into the past:
Very little is known about Private Jeremiah Siyabi of the South African Native Labour Contingent SANLC). Records give no mention of his family and merely say that he died in an accident, aged 45. SANLC was a regiment set up in 1916 at the request, and cost, of the British Government. It was disbanded in 1918. The men of the regiment were employed as labourers and paid just £3 a month. They were kept in conditions worse than those of prisoners of war and were separated from Europeans by high fences, topped with barbed wire. At all costs, they were to be kept away from white women, they were not allowed out of the camps without an escort, were not allowed in shops or bars and were not to be entertained in the homes of Europeans. No medals were awarded to the men of the force, even though the British Government had provided one for all who had served with SANLC. There are very few war graves in Britain of soldiers from the SANLC, just three in Devon. About one third of the names on the Hollybrook Memorial in Hampshire, were members of SANLC, many of whom died when the troop carrier ship, the Mendi, sank in 1917.
It is fitting that Private Jeremiah Siyabi should be buried in a British Churchyard in a beautiful position overlooking the sea, and has been given a memorial stone as good as any given to any soldier who died serving Britain in World War 1.
After the War, none of the black servicemen on the Mendi, neither the survivors nor the dead, or any other members of the South African Native Labour Corps, received a British War Medal or a ribbon. Their white officers did. This was South African decision. Black members of the South African Labour Corps from the neighbouring British Protectorates of Basutoland (modern Lesotho), Bechuanaland (Botswana) and Swaziland did receive medals.
30 March · Plymouth ·
At 12.15pm, 30th March 2018, almost forty people gathered to pay our respects to Private Jeremiah Siyabi who died exactly 100 years ago on 30th March 1918. He was part of the South African Native Labour Contingent (SANLC) based at Renney Camp. It is thought that he fell from the cliffs near Renney Point, possibly whilst building the defences there that were to protect Plymouth Sound and the Naval Dockyard.
The members of SANLC had left South Africa in 1916, at the request of the British Government, to help the war effort by providing the hard labour required to defend our country and also to support the fighting forces in France.
We will remember them.
Forgotten heroes of the First World War
Research and and photographs by Sue Carlyon
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First Democrat Joins House GOP Effort to Repeal Health Care Law
Rep. Gene Taylor speaks during the fifth annual Hurricane Katrina memorial observance in Biloxi, Miss., Aug. 29. (AP Photo)
Mississippi Rep. Gene Taylor has become the first Democratic co-sponsor of a Republican effort to repeal the health care law, joining 172 GOPers to call for a vote to end the legislation.
Taylor, an 11-term lawmaker known as a Blue Dog for his fiscal moderation, issued a statement Thursday saying that he is joining the "discharge petition" proposed by Iowa Republican Rep. Steve King to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, signed into law on March 23.
"I didn't vote for it, people don't want it, and the taxpayers cannot afford it," Taylor said in a statement issued on his website.
He told Fox News that he'd rather see Congress deny health insurance firms their antitrust law exemption -- something lawmakers have tried to do.
"I want to see competition in insurance," Taylor said.
If 218 lawmakers sign a discharge petition, it forces a bill to be brought to the House floor for a vote, although the majority leadership has maneuvers to avoid a vote.
No House Republicans supported the bill and 31 Democrats opposed it at the time of the vote. Several Democrats are campaigning for re-election on their disapproval of the bill.
However, even if the legislation gets 218 people to sign on, and it is approved in the House, and a like-minded bill passed the Senate, it's not likely President Obama would sign off on abolishing his hallmark legislation.
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Utilize different skill sets such as data manipulation, data visualization, & importing/cleaning data. All while trying to decipher whether the Nobel Prize is biased in any certain way.
The Nobel Prize is perhaps the worlds most well known scientific award. Every year it is given to scientists and scholars in chemistry, literature, physics, medicine, economics, and peace. The first Nobel Prize was handed out in 1901, and at that time the prize was Eurocentric and male-focused, but nowadays it's not biased in any way. Surely, right?
Well, let's find out! In this Project, you get to explore patterns and trends in over 100 years worth of Nobel Prize winners. What characteristics do the prize winners have? Which country gets it most often? And has anybody gotten it twice? It's up to you to figure this out.
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Имейте ввиду: выполняя упражнения и решая, какое время использовать — Present Perfect или Past Simple, Вы должны обращать внимания на все вышеуказанные обстоятельства, ибо одного из них может быть недостаточно для верного определения времени. Надеюсь, вам понятны различия между Past Simple и Present Perfect.
Упражнение 1. Complete the pairs of sentences. Use the Present Perfect in one sentence and the Past Simple in the other.
I (know) _______ her for six years.
I (know) _______ him when I was at school.
He (live) _______ in Paris from 1997 to 2000.
He (live) _______ in New York since 2001.
Where's Pete? I (not see) _______ him for ages.
I (not see) _______ Pete last night.
We (be) _______ at primary school from 1993 to 1998.
We (be) _______ in this class since September.
I (not watch) _______ this video yet.
I (not watch) _______ a video at the weekend.
1. I ________ (never/ be) to the USA. I ______ (want) to go there last summer but I couldn't.
2. He _______ (live) in this street all his life.
3. His father ________ (come back) to London last Sunday.
4. Yan __________ (write) a letter to Nick two days ago.
5. He ________ (send) his letter yesterday.
6. They ________ (just/ buy) some postcards.
Упражнение 3. Fill in last night, ever, ago, just, yet, always in the right place.
1. Nick's uncle went to Russia 3 years.
2. Mr. Rambler has come back from Belarus.
3. Nick has wanted to visit Belarus.
4. Mr. Rambler saw Yan.
5. They haven't visited this old castle.
6. Have you been to England?
Упражнение 4. Choose the correct option.
She has /'s had a moped since she was 15.
We took /'ve taken a taxi to town that morning.
I'm really hungry. I didn't eat / haven't eaten since last night.
They visited/ 've visited Colorado last summer.
Упражнение 5. Put the verbs in brackets in the Past Simple or in the Present Perfect.
1. Maria (get) ______ some bad news last week. She (be) ______ sad since she (get) ______ the bad news.
2. I (start) ______ school when I was five years old. I (be) ______ at school since I (be) ______ five years old.
3. I (change) ______ my job three times this year.
4. I (change) ______ my job three times last year.
5. The weather was hot and dry for many weeks. But two days ago it (rain) ______.
6. Tom (break) ______ his leg five days ago. He's in hospital. He (be) ______ in hospital since he (break) ______ his leg.
7. Are you going to finish your work before you go to bed? — I (finish) ______ it (already). I (finish) ______ my work two hours ago.
Упражнение 6. Put the verbs in brackets in the Past Simple or in the Present Perfect.
1. I (have, just) ______ a nice pot of coffee. Would you like a cup?
2. I (see, not) ______ Steve this morning yet.
3. Carol and I are old friends. I (know) ______ her since I (be) ______ a freshman in high school.
4. Maria (have) ______ a lot of problems since she (come) ______ to this country.
5. I (go) ______ to Paris in 2003 and 2006.
6. A car came round the corner and I (jump) ______ out of the way.
7. Don't throw the paper away because I (not to read) ______ it yet.
8. Is Jim going to eat lunch with us today? — No. He (eat) ______ (already).He (eat) ______ lunch an hour ago.
9. Since we (start) ______ doing this exercise, we (complete) ______ some sentences.
10. I (be) ______ never to Italy.
Упражнение 7. Put the verbs in brackets in the Past Simple or in the Present Perfect.
1. You (ever work) ______ in a shop?
2. I (work) ______ at my uncle's shop when I was younger.
Упражнение 10. Complete the sentences. Use the Present Perfect or the Past Simple.
My family and I (move) from London to Cardiff last summer, so we (live) in Cardiff for seven months now. I miss my friends in London. My best friend is called Megan. We (meet) at primary school, so I (know) her for nine years. Unfortunately, I (not see) her since last summer.
I go to Greystone Secondary School in Cardiff. I (be) at the school since last September. At first I (not like) it because I (not have) any friends here. But the students in my class are really nice and I'm happy here now.
Упражнение 11. Correct the mistakes in these sentences.
We lived here since 1997.
I've been ill since two days.
Susie has seen a good film last night.
We've finished our homework just.
I've already wrote three letters.
Упражнение 12. Complete the sentences. Use the Present Perfect or the Past Simple.
Helen: That's a nice tennis racket. Is it new?
Andy: No, (I/have) ________ it for about a year, but ( I/not play) _______ with it very much. ( I/buy) ________ it in Florida.
Helen: When ( you/go) ________ to America?
Andy: ( I/go) ________ there with my family in the spring.
Helen: What was it like?
Andy: Great! (I/stay) ___________ with my penfriend.
Helen: Is your penfriend American?
Andy: Yes. ( I/have) ________ an American penfriend for two years. (he/come) __________ to England last summer.
Helen: (I/not meet) _______ him.
Andу: No, (you/be) ______ on holiday in Turkey.
Упражнение 13. Choose the correct form of the verb.
We went/ 've been to the seaside last summer.
I finished / 've finished my homework. Can I go out now?
I was /'ve been ill three months ago.
Have you been / Did you to the shop? I need some stamps.
My hobby is fishing. I've caught / caught a lot of fish.
Jenny is in Oxford today, but she was /has been in London yesterday.
I played /'ve played basketball when I was younger, but l don't play now.
I've already seen / already saw 'Shrek'.
Julie has been / was ill since Tuesday.
I didn't see / haven't seen Josh since 1998.
We've stayed / stayed at our grandparents for three days. We arrived home yesterday.
The dog went / has gone to sleep an hour ago.
I had / 've had a cat for two years. Its name is Willis.
I've waited / waited for a bus for twenty minutes. Then I decided to walk.
1. Nick's uncle went to Russia 3 years ago.
2. Mr. Rambler has just come back from Belarus.
3. Nick has always wanted to visit Belarus.
4. Mr. Rambler saw Yan last night.
5. They haven't visited this old castle yet.
6. Have you ever been to England.
Moved, have lived, met, have known, haven't seen, have been, didn't like, didn't have.
Возможны и другие варианты ответов.
48 Комментариев для "Past Simple и Present Perfect: упражнения с ответами"
8 упражнение, 8 вопрос — в ответе похоже слеш стоит не в том месте.
Спасибо! Упражнения лучше. чем у Мёрфи, отлично!
Ого, вот это комплимент!!!! Спасибо, Ольга!
Очень увлекательно! Спасибо! В 9 упражнении 4 предложении already так и останется в конце предложения или нужно поставить после has?
Спасибо! Можно поставить после has, можно оставить. Как раз у меня открыта одна из грамматик, где по этому поводу написано, что already может стоять в конце предложения, если есть элемент удивления у говорящего. Но, конечно, лучше поставить после has.
В четвертом упражнении 2-ое ,кажется, неправильный ответ.Думаю, правильнее «We HAVE TAKEN a taxi to town that morning».Потому что, сегодня еще не кончилось ,если стоит « that morning».Тут Simple не уместен.
В 4-ом упражнении,в первом пункте is had неправильно,там должно быть просто has.
В 9-ом упражнении,в 8-ом пункте was не правильно,там должно быть have been т.к. в предложении используется прошлое неопределенное время.
Там же стоит указание на прошлое, на моей первой работе. Может у него была и вторая и третья. Past Simple правильно.
В 13-ом упражнении,в 11-ом пункте was не правильно,там должно быть have been т.к. в предложении используется прошлое неопределенное время,а также ключевое слово-for three days.
Следующее предложение объясняет употребление Past Simple в первом. Они уже приехали домой.
Не могли бы объяснить упражнение 7 пункты 3,4,9 объяснить правильный ответ, до этого 6 сделал без ошибок.
3. It is the first time I (be) ______ on a ship. Ответ have been. В подобных предложениях (Это впервые...) употребляется Present Perfect, так как говорящему не важно когда, а важен сам факт того, что действие имело место.
4. Ann is looking for her key. She can't find it. She (lose) ______ her key. Ответ has lost — здесь есть результат — Анна потеряла ключ, и потому она его ищет.
9. He (have, not) ______ any problems since he (come ) ______ here. (hasn't had / came) У него не было проблем с момента в прошлом. Момент в прошлом выражен Past Simple — came (с тех пор, как он приехал). Это очень частый паттерн предложений Present Perfect (Continuous) since Past Simple.
Здравствуйте, объясните пожалуйста, почему в пятом упражнении в примерах 2 и 6 (в обоих случая я имею в виду второе предложение)нужно употреблять сперва Present perfect, затем Past simple. А в шестом упражнении в аналогичном случае (пример 9) наоборот?. Спасибо.
Добрый день, Андрей. случаи совершенно не аналогичные, точнее аналогичные, но действия описаны наоборот.
I (be) ______ at school since I (be) ______ five years old. — я учусь в школе с шести лет.
Здравствуйте, объясните пожалуйста, почему в 7 упражнении в 5 предложении используется Past Simple?
Добрый день, Сергей. Так как речь идет о человеке, который жил очень давно, то мы употребляем Past Simple. Если бы речь шла о ныне живущем композиторе — использовали бы Present Perfect.
Объясните, пожалуйста, почему в 10 упражнение в двух последних предложениях используется Past Smple (didn't like, didn't have). Спасибо заранее!
Валерия, действие происходило last September (в прошлом сентябре).
Елена, после how long — не указание на время, а лишь на протяженность действия. На время указывает when (когда). В вопросах с when (в данном контексте) мы будем употреблять past simple.
Почему в 5 упражнении в 1,2,4 заданиях в последнем пропуске мы глагол пишем Present Simple, а не а Present Perfect? Ведь там же есть слово since?
Роман, не в Present Simple a в Past Simple. . Maria (get) ______ some bad news last week. She (be) ______ sad since she (get) ______ the bad news.
She has been sad since she got news (получила новости в прошлом, из первого предложения даже знаем, что на прошлой неделе). Since относится к выражению have been sad.
В упражнении 13 пара ошибок.
Добрый день! Объясните ,пожалуйста, почему в 13 задании 14 предложение waited ? Слово For указывает, что это Present Perfect!
Хотя если не рассматривать это предложение в рамках Past Simple и Present Perfect, вернее будет употребить Past Perfect Continious,так как тут подчёркиваеться длительность времени -"for twenty minutes"
Жанна, абсолютно верно вы рассуждаете насчет Past Perfect Continious (но такого варианта нет).
Добрый день. Подскажите пожалуйста,почему в 1 упр. 2 предложении используется past simple? Я всегда думала,что если указан промежуток в прошлом,то подчеркивается длительность и нужно употреблять Past Continuous.
Здравствуйте. Объясните, пожалуйста, как решается у 7-го задания 8-й пункт?


Thank you! What a lovely offer. I will keep that in mind!
Sad really, how we sometimes discourage ourselves rather than encourage by thinking we cant (or don't) do something that is inside us just waiting to burst out. For what reasons; time, money, laziness? All bad excuses that I have used. I sit in front of my piano feeling that I know I have the ability and the love of music to create the sound I enjoy so much. Well its time to move forward and take the next step…no excuses! Explore the inner talent, maybe not always for greatness, but for yourself!
Thank you Sharky! As always you inspire by what you share and the talents from within that you have nurtured to be what they are today.
The wispy flight of a butterfly beautifully draped and enhanced by a goddess!
Yes, do play for your own pleasure and I'll look forward to listening to your recording one day, Mountain!


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Laura Klaudia Kürthi (born 16 March 2002) is a Hungarian handball player for Váci NKSE and the Hungarian national junior team.

She also represented Hungary in the 2019 European Women's U-17 Handball Championship, were she received gold.

Achievements
Youth European Championship:
Gold Medalist: 2019

Individual awards
 All-Star Team Best Right Wing of the Youth European Championship: 2019

References

2002 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Győr
Győri Audi ETO KC players
Hungarian female handball players

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To be honest, the typically blunt and honest liner notes by Kawakami are pretty much the best review of this record available, but I'll do my best to give a preview. Everyone knows (or should know) that DISCLOSE is that Japanese band that wrote songs in the style of DISCHARGE, but beneath the surface the story of DISCLOSE is an intriguing one, featuring constant evolution and innovation spanning dozens of releases. While early DISCLOSE was very much in the service of DISCHARGE, there were obvious influences from a range of post-DISCHARGE hardcore bands, most notably Scandinavian masters like DISCARD and SHITLICKERS. The early and mid-'90s material is often blown-out to the point of being challenging to listen to (viz. the first EP, or the tracks on the Meaningful Consolidation compilation). As time progressed, the band moved away from that more chaotic approach in favor of a more stripped-down and coherent sound, with the The Aspects of War and 4 Track EPs serving as trial runs for this, DISCLOSE's attempt at producing their answer to Why?. The years and years of obsessive listening, study, research, practice, and attention to detail paid off in spades here, producing ten tracks (of course, guess which other record had 10) of pure DISCHARGE-fueled D-beat insanity, albeit with soloing that skews a little more towards 'CIMEX than Bones. It's foolish to offer up apologies or explanations for Kawakami and DISCLOSE, either for the concept or the execution when it's easy enough to say that there's nothing one fucking amazing band taking inspiration from another fucking amazing band. True connoisseurs can argue for hours about which period of DISCLOSE was the best, but I don't think any would handwave this record or its importance as a turning point in their body of work. As usual, La Vida Es Un Mus has given this reissue deluxe treatment, with the art fully reproduced in a heavy duty glossy jacket and inner sleeve, and a great sounding mastering job on thick vinyl.
Reviewer Andrew Underwood
Label La Vida Es Un Mus
Issue MRR #441 • February 2020


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3 city-based scientists win DRDO awards
Published: May 17,201806:17 AM
At the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Awards, three scientists from city-based Combat Vehicles Research & Development Establishment (CVRDE) won the top awards – with two of them winning the 'Scientist of the Year' honour.
S Pazhanikumar receives Scientist of the Year for 2017 award on Wednesday
The Technology Leadership Award 2017 was conferred to P Sivakumar, Distinguished Scientist and Director of CVRDE, for the significant contributions in the design and development of transmission systems for armoured vehicles. The director had played a key role in the successful design, development, manufacturing, test evaluation, user trials and technology transfer and induction of the Arjun MBT Mk-I in the Indian Army.
Since the DRDO Awards were not held the previous year, the achievers who won last year were presented their laurels along with this year's winners. YST Raju, Scientist, CVRDE, won the 'Scientist of the Year' award in 2016 for the successful development of multi-disciplinary engineering sub-systems of the Integrated Fire Control System for Arjun MBT Mk-II prototype, trials of MBT Mk-I, development of electric turret drive, gun drive hardware for futuristic AFVs and retractable landing gear for Rustom-II UAV.
The 'Scientist of the Year' for 2017 was awarded to S Pazhanikumar, who made significant contributions in the design and development of the indigenous Arjun ARRV project, which saved the country a considerable amount of foreign exchange and a step towards self-sufficiency in defence production.


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Denver Fire Department Lt. Tom Pastorius inspects a Denver marijuana grow operation in early December 2014. (RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post)
Colorado cities and towns take diverging paths on recreational pot
Published: Dec 27, 2014, 11:12 pm • Updated: Oct 30, 2017, 8:41 pm
By Jon Murray and John Aguilar, The Denver Post
Colorado dispensary offering 1-cent joint deal to voters until Election Day
A year ago, as Colorado cities and towns were preparing for the first recreational marijuana stores to open, most were optimistic they were prepared. Still, many officials held their breath.
Local government leaders from Denver to smaller cities and rural hamlets say the pivotal first-year rollout went smoothly, and in some cases it has proved quite profitable for local coffers.
"To be able to pull that off in that short amount of time, and to one year later have a pretty good understanding of what the rules of the road are, it's a pretty monumental achievement," Kevin Bommer said. As deputy director of the Colorado Municipal League, he has tracked the experiences of cities and towns across the state.
Still, while 53 of them have chosen to permit retail marijuana — with 27 levying special taxes — more did not. The group counts 165 cities and towns that decided against taking the leap. An additional 16 municipalities have moratoriums on the idea of legalized recreational marijuana.
And looking at unincorporated areas, 23 of Colorado's 64 counties have opted to allow retail marijuana sales or cultivation or both.
"I think the local option is one of the best aspects of Amendment 64," said industry spokesman Mike Elliott, executive director of the Marijuana Industry Group. "If communities don't want this, it shouldn't be forced down their throats. At the same time, those who want it shouldn't be stopped."
Year in review:
Special report from The Cannabist
The big picture: How Colorado's cannabis experiment put the state into a global spotlight
$573 million in pot sales: Here are 12 stats that define the year in marijuana
Pot journalism: A year in the life of the world's first marijuana editor — The Denver Post's Ricardo Baca, who oversees The Cannabist, talks about our changed perspective in Colorado
A new quest: U.S. patent protection for cannabis seeds
Pueblo County officials recently told The Denver Post that its plans to become the leading pot-growing county are all about economic development.
"This was obviously foisted upon us by will of the people, and everyone had to react fairly quickly," Bommer said. But he credits state policymakers and lawmakers for setting the right tone for sober implementation of 2012's Amendment 64.
Here is a look at the experiences of cities and towns that have allowed retail marijuana, often following on a track record of medical pot shops, and some that have rejected it emphatically.
Colorado's capital and largest city attracted international attention when its recreational pot shops opened Jan. 1 with long lines out the door. It hasn't let up.
"We just met with France and Germany last week," Ashley Kilroy, the city's executive director on marijuana policy, said in November about the many requests for briefings she's gotten from government officials. Often, they have come from states that just legalized marijuana in some way or were considering it.
Map: Colorado recreational marijuana shops and medical dispensaries
Denver, with about 100 retail marijuana licenses granted thus far, has had few hiccups in its rollout.
And it's reaped a good chunk of new local sales tax revenue — $7.6 million through September, about half of that from a special 3.5 percent tax approved by voters. It's also gotten a share of a state marijuana tax.
The city in June tapped $3.4 million of the expected proceeds to beef up its inspection and regulatory staffs, expand public safety efforts and pay for a public education campaign.
And the newfound money got the city's parks department out of a tough spot, with more than $3 million helping cover cost increases in the Central Denver Recreation Center project.
Given Amendment 64's nearly 10-point margin among Denver voters, "we wanted to ensure that we adopted and implemented the will of the voters," Kilroy said, "while, at the same time, balancing that with public health and safety and enforcing the regulations around it."
City officials also have adapted to new challenges by adopting new rules restricting amateur hash-oil production and monitoring unregulated, small marijuana growing co-ops.
Local weed laws: How are Colorado communities addressing legal marijuana?
A remaining point of tension: the stringency of Denver's ban on public pot consumption. It's frustrated marijuana tourists as well as enthusiasts who want to celebrate their new freedom in public gatherings, including the massive 4/20 festival at Civic Center.
In November, voters in Lakewood decided against allowing retail marijuana stores in the city by a ratio of 54 percent to 46 percent.
Mayor Bob Murphy said the issue was important enough that city leaders felt it should go to a vote of the people rather than being decided by the City Council.
Dan Cohrs, chief financial officer for Colorado Christian University in Lakewood, campaigned against Ballot Question 2A last fall. Even though Lakewood residents resoundingly passed Amendment 64 two years ago, Cohrs said, they didn't envision pot stores on every corner.
"When people voted for Amendment 64, they thought they voted for decriminalization of marijuana," he said. "What they got were these superstores selling gummy bears, lollipops and THC-laced candies. That's a far cry from decriminalization.
"What they are seeing on South Broadway and in some parts of Denver, they didn't want here."
Year One of recreational marijuana: Get an inside look at one of Colorado's biggest pot retailers, Medicine Man — the ambitions of the family behind it and the evolution of their business amid changing state regulations
But Shaun Gindi, owner of Compassionate Pain Management in Lakewood, said the city "is giving up on a lot" in terms of potential sales tax revenue by disallowing retail marijuana businesses. CPM is one of a dozen medical marijuana dispensaries in Lakewood.
"The same amount of marijuana is going to get consumed in Lakewood, whether it's legal or not to buy here," Gindi said. "The difference is people are going to drive out of the city and go to Denver and to Edgewater to get it."
More: Recreational marijuana's impact on Aurora, Colorado Springs, Garden City and Palisade
This story was first published on DenverPost.com
Topics: 2014 year in review, bans, colorado communities, colorado municipal regulations, Colorado Springs, Denver, Garden City, lakewood, moratorium, municipal regulations, palisade, recreational marijuana sales, where tax money goes


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Northern Ireland children ring charity helpline about suicide nearly every day
Children as young as ten contacting Childline "telling us how desperate they were"
Maurice Fitzmaurice
Children, some as young as ten, are contacting Childline about suicide
Northern Ireland children rang a charity helpline about suicide nearly every day last year, it has emerged.
The NSPCC says kids as young as ten call their Childline counselling service to talk about feelings of wanting to end their lives.
Their figures show that girls were six times more likely to seek help for suicidal thoughts and feelings than boys and those at most risk were aged between 12 and 15.
The NSPCC's round-the-clock service dealt with 19,481 contacts from young people across the UK who were "plagued with thoughts of ending their own lives" - more than double the number five years ago and an average of 53 suicide counselling sessions a day.
Brother of West Belfast dad who took his own life urges others to seek help
Childline carried out 349 "suicide counselling sessions" last year involving young people from Northern Ireland - almost one a day.
Reacting to the figures, Childline service manager for Northern Ireland Mairead Monds said: "We need to understand that there are children and young people living in Northern Ireland that are experiencing significant mental health problems, self-esteem issues, isolation and feelings of worthlessness.
"These are children who have very little support and who very often feel that life is simply not worth living.
Young people are facing an array of pressures, the NSPCC has found
"They see Childline as an essential line of support; we are there to listen to them and help them find a way to overcome their problems."
Children tended to feel more desperate in the winter months, with a third calling Childline counsellors at night, according to the service's annual report, It Turned Out Someone Did Care.
Many calls dealt with by counsellors were referred to emergency services.
The report states: "Turbulent home life, abuse, school pressures, and mental health conditions were all major triggers for suicidal thoughts, with children as young as ten telling us how desperate they were."
One 17-year-old girl who contacted the counselling service's Belfast base said: "I've been having difficulties coping at college. I'm finding the lessons a struggle.
Thousands of footballers to be taught how to look after their mental health in bid to halt spiralling suicides
"In the past, I've had to take some time off because I've been suffering with mental health problems.
"Sometimes I feel so stressed and useless, I just have to walk out. I sometimes feel like I want to die."
There was a significant rise in the number of young people who spoke about their mental health, with a third of counselling sessions concentrating on the issue.
The chronic shortage of support is forcing many children to wait until they reach crisis point when they feel the only place they can turn to is Childline, the NSPCC said.
The organisation is calling for children and young people to feature as a priority group in the Department of Health's updated Protect Life Suicide Prevention Strategy.
Ms Monds added: "Our It's Time campaign is calling on government to fill a crucial gap in child protection and the calls we are increasingly receiving at Childline show just how urgently this is needed."
Childline is available on Freephone 0800 1111 24/7, and offers a confidential service to any child, or by contacting www.childline.org.uk.


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Sandra Day O'Connor
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In 2000, the Supreme Court deliberated over Bush v. Gore, a case asking the court whether or not a vote recount could be held in the crucial swing state of Florida following the 2000 U.S presidential election. Enticed by the prospect of retiring under a Republican President, O'Connor was persuaded by Templar ally and fellow justice, Antonin Scalia, into voting in favor of Abstergo Industries puppet, George W. Bush.
O'Connor retired from the Court in 2006 and was replaced by Samuel Alito. Her intended replacement, the Templar John Roberts, had been appointed as Chief Justice the year before in the wake of Chief Justice William Rehnquist's death. Years prior, Scalia had given Roberts' name to Bush as a potential future nominee for Justice.
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Mice May Have the Cure for Aging, But When is it Coming to You?
Home » Articles about our Treatments » Mice May Have the Cure for Aging, But When is it Coming to You?
Interesting news from CBCN last week! According to the article located here, researchers led by David Granville were looking into something else entirely when they noticed that mice in one of their experimental groups had unusually healthy skin.
The experiment was arranged to test how a new enzyme affected mice that were exposed to sunlight for long periods of time. It was hoped that the enzyme would better protect the health of the mice, but in a surprising twist, the scientists found that the enzyme also dramatically reduced wrinkles and other signs of aging in the mice.
David Granville and his researches had a very good reason for targeting the sun for further research. The sun is one of the most significant causes behind the aging of skin. The sun is a suspected culprit behind many of the disorders we treat here at the clinic.
It's hard to find a good balance between a healthy amount of sun exposure and a dangerous amount. That's why treatments that can protect skin from the cumulative damage of the sun are so exciting. These treatments have the potential to manage a huge range of skin problems.
For the time being, the development of the drug is focused on the treatment of Lupus. As the article notes, sufferers of Lupus are particularly susceptible to severe scarring from the sun. It's hoped that this treatment will reduce the formation of these scars by making the skin more resistant.
After that research is complete, researches say in the article that other treatment options will be explored. So while you may not be able to try it tomorrow, know that it's joining many other developing treatments on the horizon.


Organization design is a field that is of increasing interest to many organization development (OD) professionals. Businesses are developing ever more-complex strategies that often require multi – dimensional global organizations to execute. In addition, constant technological improvements have created higher expectations for organizations to process information and make decisions faster.
As a result, business managers are looking for assistance in making smart decisions about the shape of their organizations. They expect that their HR generalists and specialists will be knowledgeable about organization design frameworks, methods, and tools. Business clients also expect that their HR partners will have the time and capability to help them sort through these complicated and high – value decisions.
This chapter will define organization design and its relationship to OD work. It will present key organization design concepts and principles to introduce the OD practitioner to the language of organization design and provide an essential tool — design criteria — for linking strategy to organizational capabilities. Finally, the chapter will highlight some of the competencies of organization design so that the reader can begin to assess his or her own interest in and aptitude for the field.
The first question to address is, "What is organization design?" Organization design is what John Boudreau calls a "decision science" (Boudreau & Ramstad, 2007, p. 15). In many fields there is a decision science that focuses on setting frameworks and making sound choices among competing alternatives. Those fields often have a complementary "practice area" that is focused on implementing the appropriate tools and interventions to successfully execute on the selected framework. For example, marketing is a decision science: where and how we compete, how we differentiate our products and services. Sales is the complementary practice area, which identifies how we use our skills and tools to execute on our marketing plans. Another example can be found in the distinction between finance, which is the decision science for evaluating and making investment decisions, and accounting, the practice of ensuring that those decisions are based on accurate data.
Organization design is a decision science for selecting among competing alternatives in order to match the optimal organizational model to the strategy. Making good design choices is not enough, of course, to successfully carry out a strategy. Organization development can be thought of as the discipline (or "practice area") of implementing these design choices. Organization design constitutes the link between business strategy and OD, as illustrated in Figure 23.1.
Without organization design, there is no framework within which to determine what OD activities will have the most impact and when they should be carried out. Therefore, even if the OD practitioner is not involved directly in organization design decisions, adding this knowledge to his or her toolkit is useful. Understanding organization design concepts and options and being able to analyze existing designs and anticipate the predictable consequences of various choices will aid practitioners in making better decisions regarding what OD interventions will be most effective and how best to carry them out.


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Rihard Jakopič - Head of a Black Man
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Rihard Jakopič
(Ljubljana, 1869–1943)
Head of a Black Man
1890, oil, canvas, 60,5 x 48,5 cm
signed and dated upper right: R. JAKOPIČ / 1890., inscription upper left on frame (pencil): XI. JAKOPIČ, Mulat
NG S 1398, National Gallery of Slovenia, Ljubljana
https://www.ng-slo.si/sz-eng/NGS1398
The early date of the painting makes its place within Jakopič's oeuvre precarious. In the autumn of 1890, Jakopič arrived in Munich after having completed a few semesters at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts. There is no comparative material whatsoever through the end of the century. The prominent signature must have been added much later due to a slip of memory. Its early date places it in sequence with Anton Ažbe's masterpiece of 1889, making a claim to the teacher's legacy which became pertinent only around 1900, or, perhaps, even as late as 1910 when Jakopič put together the first history of Slovenian art in an exhibition. It is more likely that Jakopič painted it before he left Munich for good in 1900, when Ažbe's Black Lady still hung in the drawing room of his school as a model. As such, it fits the products of the school's curriculum and Ažbe's encouragement of students "to draw with paint". The descriptive palette and suppression of drawing are the most outstanding properties also of Jakopič's landscape painting at that time.
From Romanticism to Realism
The first traces of realism can be observed in the late landscapes by Anton Karinger. In the late 1860s, encouraged by examples from Munich, he gradually discovered the value of a random landscape view. Possibly from direct observation in situ his pictures of forest sections were made then, oil sketches on a small-scale, rendered in free, painterly brushwork, which can also be traced in his select mountainscapes.
With his highly moral and artistic attitude Janez Wolf paved the way for realist tendencies. He was a teacher to the Šubic brothers, Janez and Jurij, and Anton Ažbe. Wolf elevated the status of the artist from the previous level of a craftsman to the level of an artist with a higher mission. He stimulated his pupils to take up studies at art academies and facilitated their enrolments through his personal connections. Wolf's religious works demonstrate inclination to the art of the Nazarenes, which replaced the older rural Baroque tradition. Wolf's monumental manner of presenting the human figure by way of emphasizing volume was carried on in the sphere of religious painting by Janez Šubic. While Janez Šubic made use of traditional models of above all Venetian painting, realism in Jurij Šubic's religious subjects is manifest in pedantic historical and topographical definition of costumes, e.g. in his painting Sts Cosmas and Damien. During his years in Paris, Jurij Šubic worked with the Czech artists Vojteˇch Hynais and Václav Brožík, the Hungarian Mihály Munkácsy and the Croat Vlaho Bukovac, who later took a teaching post at the Prague academy.
Ivan Franke's travel to the Far East gave rise to a more original style of vedute painting, with an obvious intention of rendering light in a different way.
Weak and unambitious local demand and the absence of academic centres meant that most Realist and academically trained artists spent a great deal of their creative lives in major art centres, first in Venice, Rome and Vienna, then also in Munich and Paris.
Slovenian painters of the Realist period can be divided into two generations. In the works by the older generation, which includes Janez Šubic and Jurij Šubic, detachment can be observed from the contents and formal language of traditional religious themes and tendencies towards a more exact observation of reality and ever more obvious dealing with painting issues. Realistic approach is evident in Janez's treatment of the sitters in the portraits of his family members and in Jurij's down¬to-earth portraits of his contemporaries. Both brothers also tackled the question of psychological characterization in their portraits. The landscape studies in oil which Janez spontaneously sketched in the vicinity of Rome are our earliest plein-air vedute. Jurij's professional paths led him to Athens and Paris, then to Normandy. While there, he painted minute genre scenes, rendered as plain-air pieces, and he devised the motif which he subsequently elaborated into the picture Before the Hunt which was successfully exhibited at the Salon in Paris. Jointly with his brother Janez he received a prestigious commission to paint frescoes in the Provincial (now National) Museum in Ljubljana.
Jožef Petkovšek, too, relied on French realists and traditions of salon painting in his realist plein-air picture Washerwomen by the Ljubljanica. In his Landscape by a River he already dealt with a purely artistic issue of light and reflections, which brought him close to the Impressionist search. In contrast, his interiors are marked with dark, cool metallic colouring with sharp beams of light, which imbues the genre-like protagonists with anxious, frozen expression.
Ferdo Vesel was inclined to experiment extensively with figure, colour, and technique, which brought him close to the Impressionist search.
Anton Ažbe (Dolenčice, 1862 – Munich, 1905)
Ladislav Benesch (Slavkov u Brna, 1845 − Vienna, 1922)
Vlaho Bukovac (Cavtat, 1855 − Prague, 1922)
Ivan Frankè (Dobje, 1841 − Ljubljana, 1927)
Ludvik Grilc (Idrija, 1851 − Ljubljana, 1910)
Vojtěch Hynais (Vienna, 1854 − Prague, 1925)
Jožef Petkovšek (Verd, 1861 − Studenec, Ljubljana, 1898)
Janez Šubic (Poljane nad Škofjo Loko, 1850 – Kaiserlautern, 1889)
Jurij Šubic (Poljane nad Škofjo Loko, 1855 – Leipzig, 1890)
Janez Vurnik Jr. (Radovljica, 1849−1911)
Janez Wolf (Leskovec pri Krškem, 1825 − Ljubljana, 1884)


WHAT IS GO FOR LIFE (GFL)?
Go for Life is the national programme for sport and physical activity for older people in Ireland. The aim of the Go For Life programme is to train older adults who are members of a local group i.e. Active Retirement Group, to become Physical Activity Leader (PAL). The programme is coordinated at local level by the HSE Health Promotion Department and the Local Sports Partnerships.
WHAT IS A PAL ?
PALs (Physical Activity Leaders) lead the delivery of physical activity sessions in their local group e.g. short exercise routines, fun games, simple dances and sports like pitch and toss.
Each PAL attends 8 workshops which cover different Go for Life activities. There are routines and activities to suit everyone with a strong emphasis on participation and fun!
The Go For Life SportsFest: A 'Come and Try' sports event run in conjunction with Local Sports Partnerships are a great way for older adults to try new activities and meet new groups.
The Go For Life Games is a games event comprising of three games, Lobbers, Scidil, and Flisk.
The key principle of the Go for Life Games is to encourage older adults to participate in a spirit of fair play through the modification of competitive sports into recreational games by adapting rules, playing areas, and equipment. This makes the Games a truly inclusive event for ALL abilities.