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tingsy by Kendra Forup
We are delighted to be exhibiting a solo presentation of Kendra Frorup's most recent artworks.
A Bahamian artist that lives and works in Tampa, Florida, Kendra Frorup works primarily in sculpture and print-making. She is inspired by her sensory memories of home, The Bahamas, and refers to these familiar sounds, tastes and smells within her works. Tamarind fruit cast in bronze, resin sugar-apples and ceramic coconuts are layered on top of screen-prints and mono-prints of roosters, chickens, straw-baskets and local architecture. Each work can be compared to the experience of walking down a busy side-street in Nassau or an out-island; the artwork is an assemblage of this sensory experience into a physical object.
The title 'Tingsy', a Bahamian colloquialism to describe a person as materialistic, makes light of Frorup's prolific creation and layering of objects and material. Drawing from her interest in print-making, a process that allows an artist to create a continuous series from a single image, Frorup's motifs and objects repeat, layer and overlap seemingly endlessly. The audience may wonder where one work begins and another ends. Objects are added to objects even as the work is being hung for exhibition, Frorup's practice has no full-stop, but is dynamic, moving and experimental, beautifully oblivious to the finality of exhibition.
Continuing Vincent D'Aguilar's legacy
We are on Virginia Street right across from Kura Kura, just a 3 minute walk from the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas.
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Netflix and BBC to Produce 'Watership Down' Miniseries
John Boyega on March 29 in London.
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By Julia Zorthian
April 28, 2016 8:04 AM EDT
The BBC and Netflix are pairing up to produce an animated Watership Down, including John Boyega as the actor behind Bigwig the bunny.
The miniseries based upon the 1972 novel will feature four episodes to be broadcast on BBC 1 in the U.K. and on Netflix everywhere else. Other actors on board include James McAvoy, Sir Ben Kingsley, Nicholas Hoult, and Gemma Arterton.
"Before there was Harry Potter there was Watership Down," said Matthew Read from the BBC. "Richard Adams' novel is one of the most successful books of all time and one of the biggest-selling books in history."
As a novel about a band of rabbits that was read widely by children, Watership Down had its darker moments involving the threat of people and a few vicious dogs. A 1978 animated adaption memorably embraced the terror in the life of the rabbits, and the new version's executive producer said "visually it won't be as brutal and scarring" as the first film iteration.
No word yet on whether the upcoming Watership Down will include "Bright Eyes," the chart-topping song Art Garfunkel released for the 1978 version. But nostalgic fans can certainly listen while they await the computer-generated reboot.
[Deadline Hollywood]
Write to Julia Zorthian at julia.zorthian@time.com.
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Stocks rallied Thursday, the S&P 500 opened higher and extended gains into the afternoon, the benchmark index finished +0.8% off its session highs.
The NAS Comp finished with a gainer of 0.4%.
The Top-weighted information technology sector finished at the bottom of the standings, but closed in the Green, adding 0.3%.
The Top-performing sectors were financials (+1.3%), industrials (+1.2%), consumer staples (+1.5%), utilities (+1.1%), and telecom services (+2.0%).
The CBOE Volatility (VIX) Index dropped 7.1% to 13.60 after touching a 6-week high Wednesday though it is still at record lows.
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin revealed that the US is preparing additional sanctions against Turkey, where American pastor Andrew Brunson is being detained for allegedly supporting a coup attempt in Y 2016.
The Turkish Lira was up a bit at 1.5% Vs USD.
Housing starts rose to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 1.168-M units in July up from a revised 1.158-M units in June.
Building permits rose to a seasonally adjusted 1.311-M in July from a revised 1.292-M in June up from 1.273-M..
The latest weekly initial jobless claims count totaled 212,000 below the revised prior week count of 214,000.
Continuing claims declined to 1.721-M from a revised count of 1.760-M .
The Philly Fed Survey for August slid to 11.9 from an unrevised 25.7 in July as there was an uptick in the diffusion index for future general activity following four straight declines, as more than 50% of firms expect increases in activity over the next 6 months.
Friday, investors will receive July Leading Indicators and the preliminary reading of the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index (MSI) for August.


Well, not so much today, it is 38 degrees at the moment! But it sure has been cold here and I am happy to know it is going to be above freezing today! We finally got down to the river last Sunday and took a few photos of the ice on the river. It was so amazing to here it crackling and crunching as it floated down stream. We got there just as the sun was setting and the light was just gorgeous!
This week has been a long one, my PT student started Monday, but he is great! Very motivated and wanting to learn despite being in a different setting from his other clinicals. Rehab is quite different from outpatient PT! Speaking of this, I really appreciate all the kind comments made in regards to what I said in my last post about being a PT on rehab! Thank you! I look forward to the next eight weeks that my student is with me, as a wonderful learning opportunity and chance for growth, not only for my student, but for me as well!
Now on to the Frosty tutorial as promised!
The original snowman was actually a wooden snowman nutcracker that I got at Michaels. I removed the wooden nutcracker handle since it didn't really work anyway and then just covered him with the paper. That was the tricky part,figuring out how to cover the rounded surface with paper. I finally decided to just go for it and see what happens, I came up with a rather simple way of covering a rounded object with paper.
Measure the height of the rounded object.
Cut the patterned paper that height.
Wrap it around the object to determine the length you will need to go all the way around.
Cover the object with adhesive.
Wrap the paper around the object and get it in place.
Then lightly spritz the paper with water and start squishing the paper around the object.
It does wrinkle and crease the paper a little, but it gives it a nice distressed feel. Especially if you add a little distress ink later on.
I did the face, mid section and lower section each separately.
For the hat I started out with the same measuring technique, but then I cut darts in the paper along the bottom edge (the one that touches the hat brim). As I adhered it I allowed these areas to overlap as I went around the hat.
I painted the nose, hat brim, hands, bird and base with acrylic paint. I drew the smile with a marker and used chalk to add the rosy cheeks. I personally love to use YES! paste for my altered objects. It is slow drying, so you can move things around a bit until you get them where you want them, however it is really messy and sticky! But that's half the fun, right?!
I hope this tutorial is helpful! If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask!
I was going to add the ACOT travel layouts I just did, but this post is plenty long! I will save that one for another day!
Don't forget I am having a give away this weekend and after a little thinking, I have decided that if the winner wants to wait a bit for their prize I will throw in some of the new releases as well! How do you like that?!
Juliana... this is the cutest snowman ever!! I love it!! TFS!!
Ooops! I accidentally rejected a comment by lfalduto! I will not let your name get taken out of the hat!
I've been checking your blog for awhile now - I just love your ideas.
Just when I think you have created the ultimate project you go and do something even more amazing!! I love this snowman and how you decorated and wrapped the paper around him. There are no words. I just love your style and am amazed by your skills. Thanks for sharing the instructions and can't wait to see what you have up your sleeve for next time.
OMG, Juliana! I am in LOVE with your snowman! How clever you are to alter a nutcracker. Genius, my friend! And thanks for the tip on getting the paper on.....I'm definitely going to be trying something similar sometime. SO awesome!
Wow, great, great blog you have here! And this snowman is sooooo cute, LOVE it!
Thank you for sharing all your inspireing and beautiful work!
wow, this snowman is amazing!!


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New tool developed by UBC researchers helps conservationists make smarter decisions
A new tool developed by University of British Columbia researchers could help ensure limited conservation dollars are well spent by determining which actions would save the most species per dollar.
In a case study published in Conservation Letters, researchers from UBC and Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) applied the tool to endangered species in Canada for the first time, focusing on 15 species at risk in southwestern Saskatchewan.
"Recovery of species at risk in Canada and around the world is failing--often we are spending our limited conservation resources on species with the lowest likelihood of recovery at the highest cost," said Tara Martin, lead author and professor in the faculty of forestry at the University of British Columbia. "We've developed the first scientific tool aimed at recovering as many species as possible within any given budget."
The tool--a mathematical equation that draws on both empirical data and expert knowledge-- helps prioritize conservation strategies for species at risk by answering key questions like how much it will cost to recover all endangered species, which management strategies are likely to achieve the greatest recovery of species per dollar invested, how many species can be recovered for a given budget and which species are unlikely to be recovered regardless of investment.
"We calculate the cost-effectiveness of different decisions every day, from what we're going to buy at the grocery store to which school we're going to send our children to, but in conservation we've been shopping with no price tags," said Martin. "This tool will help us make those calculations, put a price tag to conservation strategies and determine how effective they will be."
Martin and her co-authors applied the tool, called Priority Threat Management, to 15 species considered lost, endangered or threatened in southwestern Saskatchewan, including animals like the greater sage-grouse, the burrowing owl and the swift fox.
Thirteen of the species were included in a 2017 ECCC multi-species action plan that recommended 18 general management strategies and more than 200 actions to conserve the species. With insufficient resources to implement all recommended strategies, agencies found it difficult to discern which strategies would have the greatest impact across all species.
"This tool helps us make those conservation decisions in a more transparent, repeatable and defensible way," said Paul Smith, an ECCC researcher involved in the project.
By applying the tool, the researchers found that with minimal-to-no species management, only two of the 15 species were likely to achieve their recovery goals. However, if five of the 18 strategies were implemented, 13 of the 15 species were likely to meet their recovery goals.
"We estimate the overall cost of deploying those five management strategies would be $126 million over 20 years," said Martin. "We can't recover all the species but can achieve the best possible outcome for at least 13 of those species."
Martin points to the Canada Nature Fund--a $1.3 billion-dollar conservation fund announced by the federal government in February 2018--as an unprecedented opportunity for conservation in Canada.
"This is more money than has ever been earmarked for conservation by any government in Canada's history and my hope is that by using tools like ours, we can demonstrate the conservation return on investment and ensure the recovery and protection of as many species as possible."
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Scientists at the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) and the Leibniz Institute for Molecular Pharmacology (Leibniz-FMP) discovered that selected anti-oxidative enzymes, especially the enzyme superoxide dismutase (SOD2), may play an important role to maintain the unusual longevity of the corpus luteum in lynxes.
New 'umbrella' species would massively improve conservation
The protection of Australia's threatened species could be improved by a factor of seven, if more efficient 'umbrella' species were prioritised for protection, according to University of Queensland research.
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Patient profile of patients attending to emergency department of a tertiary neurological and neurosurgical hospital of Nepal: One year experience
Rashmi Shrestha Upendra Devkota Memorial-National Institute of Neurological and Allied Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8622-0693
Rachana Nakarmi Upendra Devkota Memorial-National Institute of Neurological and Allied Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal
Ritesh Luitel Upendra Devkota Memorial-National Institute of Neurological and Allied Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal
Emergency, Headache, Stroke, Trauma
Introduction: Neurological emergencies are life threatening conditions that arise frequently and have devastating results if not diagnosed and treated quickly with high rates of neurological mortality and morbidity. Being a tertiary neurological center, Upendra Devkota Memorial National Institute of Neurological and Allied Science is a major referral center for neurological diseases. The objective of this study is to assess the types and number of diseases that present to the emergency department of a tertiary neurological center.
Methods: This is a retrospective study conducted in emergency department of national neurosurgical/neurological referral hospital in Kathmandu, from Oct 2018 to Sept 2019. Clinico-epidemiological details of the patients were noted.
Results: The total number of patients presenting to the emergency in one year period were 2995. 58.33% were males and 41.67% were females with male to female ratio of 1:1.4. Majority of the patients (24.91%) were above 60 years of age. Trauma (26.08%) was the major admissions followed by stroke (25.71%) and headache (11.79%). The majority of trauma were road traffic accident (43.02%) followed by fall injury (29.83%) and physical assault (18.96%). Out of the stroke cases, 51.68% were ischemic followed by hemorrhagic stroke 44.55% and transient ischemic attack (3.77%). One thousand eight hundred and ten people were admitted.
Conclusion: The study presents an overview of the patients presenting as neurological emergency. It helps to better plan and devise resources and system in a neurosurgical emergency.
Rashmi Shrestha, Upendra Devkota Memorial-National Institute of Neurological and Allied Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal
Staff Nurse, Emergency Department
Rachana Nakarmi, Upendra Devkota Memorial-National Institute of Neurological and Allied Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal
Associate Professor (Neurosurgery)
Shrestha, R., Nakarmi, R., Luitel, R., & Paudel, S. S. (2020). Patient profile of patients attending to emergency department of a tertiary neurological and neurosurgical hospital of Nepal: One year experience. Journal of Brain and Spine Foundation Nepal, 1(1), 20–24. https://doi.org/10.3126/jbsfn.v1i1.32226


The Minister of Foreign Affairs is a senior member of the Government of New Zealand heading the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and responsible for relations with foreign countries.
The current Minister of Foreign Affairs is Winston Peters, who has held the position since 2017.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs is responsible for overseeing New Zealand's relations with foreign countries and the promotion of New Zealand's interests abroad. The Minister is in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, including New Zealand's diplomatic staff. The office is often considered to be one of the more distinguished ministerial posts, and has at times been counted as the most senior role below that of the Prime Minister. In terms of actual political power, however, the Minister of Foreign Affairs is not as prominent as in countries such as Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States, with the Minister of Finance being considerably more influential.
Historically, the Minister of Foreign Affairs has been a member of Cabinet, with the exception of the Rt Hon. Winston Peters between 2005 and 2008. This situation came about as the result of coalition negotiations in which it was agreed that the New Zealand First Party would take a senior ministerial portfolio but would not join Cabinet.
The first New Zealand foreign minister was James Allen, appointed to the post of "Minister of External Affairs" by William Massey in 1919. Before this time, there was no dedicated ministerial portfolio for foreign relations. A Department of External Affairs was created in 1919 but its functions were limited to administering New Zealand's Island Territories in the Pacific; namely the Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau, and the League of Nations Mandate of Samoa. In 1943, a new Department of External Affairs was created to conduct the country's external relations. The older department was then renamed the Department of Island Territories and a separate portfolio called the Minister of Island Territories was subsequently created.
From 1943, the Minister of External Affairs became the main ministerial portfolio for conducting New Zealand's external relations. Like its similarly named Australian and Canadian counterparts, the portfolio was called "External Affairs" rather than "Foreign Affairs" in deference of the British Government's responsibility for conducting foreign policy on behalf of the British Empire and later the Commonwealth of Nations. The title was changed to "Minister of Foreign Affairs" in 1970 after the Department was renamed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The title became "Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade" following the abandonment of the short-lived "Minister of External Relations and Trade" title, created in September 1988 when the Ministry of Foreign Affairs absorbed the Trade functions of the old Department of Trade and Industry. In 2005 responsibility for trade was split into a separate portfolio, with the title reverting to "Minister of Foreign Affairs".
Historically it has been common for Prime Ministers to take on the role of Foreign Minister themselves, particularly if they have an interest in the field. Several New Zealand Prime Ministers including Peter Fraser, Walter Nash, Keith Holyoake, and David Lange held the External Affairs portfolio. The most recent Prime Minister to do this is Helen Clark in 2008 as Acting Minister, and prior to her was Mike Moore, in 1990. Thirteen Prime Ministers have served as Foreign Minister for all or part of their terms.
New Zealand has had 27 foreign ministers (regardless of exact title). The longest-serving was Keith Holyoake, who held the post for the duration of his 11-year premiership. The second longest-serving, and the longest-serving who was not also Prime Minister, was Don McKinnon, who became Commonwealth Secretary-General.
^ "Ministerial Portfolio: Foreign Affairs". The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
^ Malcolm Templeton, An Eye, an Ear, and a Voice: 50 years in New Zealand's External Relations, 1943-1993, p.1.
^ a b Malcolm Templeton, ed., An Eye, An Ear, And a Voice, pp.1-2.
^ Alan Watt, "The Department of Foreign Affairs," in The Times Survey of Foreign Ministries of the World,Department of External Affairs (1921–70) ed. Zara Steiner (London: Times Books Limited, 1982), p.35; James Eary, "The Department of External Affairs," in The Times Survey of Foreign Ministries of the World, p.96.


The Nightingale Suite has two Queen-size beds with luxury linens, built-in bedside outlets for your phone or computer, plus an art gallery wall curated by Le Studio be-poles. In the living area, there's a leather sleeper sofa, a 55" LED television, a wet bar, plus an entertainment nook with a window seat for four, comfy leather seating, and a cocktail table for working, dining, or hosting friends.
Glassware on the wet bar inside the Nightingale Suite at Park MGM.
Art collection hanging on the wall inside the Nightingale Suite at Park MGM.
Image of the bathroom mirror and sink inside the Nightingale Suite at Park MGM.


Opera has released a beta version of Opera Mini 5, an aesthetically pleasing and feature-rich update to the popular mobile web browser.
The new software features tabbed browsing, a "speed dial" thumbnail bookmark browser, a password manager, and an enhanced user interface for use with touchscreen devices. Users can use easy search text on a page.


Posted by snoozerider in baking, cakes, casein free, cooking, gluten free.
1. Preheat oven to 150C/Gas Mark 2. Line bun trays with 18 paper cases.
2. Melt the margarine, let it cool down a bit. With electric whisk, mix together the marg and sugar (you could do this by hand with a wooden spoon, but it's not as exciting ;-)) Add egg and keep beating. Stir in the vanilla extract, rice milk & peanut butter.
3. In another bowl, sift together flour, baking powder & salt, then fold into peanut butter mixture until well combined. Divide between the cases and bake for 25 minutes.
For those not following a gfcf diet, these could be made using butter, wheat flour and dairy milk, but use a bit less milk – gluten free flour soaks up more liquid.
We liked them as they came but you could probably ice them if you were that way inclined – I am far too impatient for icing, cos I like to eat my cakes warm from the oven!
They look good, thanks for the recipe!


This project was a collaboration with web developer, Matt Buckland and illustrator Millie Pooley.
Ashley is a birth and postnatal doula providing women and their families with support throughout pregnancy, labour and the early days of parenthood. She lacked a logo and her existing website was looking generic. A new visual identity and website was required to convey Ashley's services and personality to new clients. It was important that the design differentiated Ashley from other Doulas and portrayed her as friendly, nurturing and supportive. She was also fond of 1950s retro graphic style, which I was asked to consider when designing.
I designed a friendly, energetic logo that reflects Ashley's bubbly personality with a playful retro vibe. The new website Matt and I created uses beautiful web typography and personal touches such as the language used and handwritten elements. We agreed that using stock imagery would look bland. To solve this we created a series of illustrations to inject personality and bring the site to life. The final result is a strong identity and web presence that educates potential clients and differentiates Ashley from other Doulas in the area.
Learn about my design process by viewing a case study.
Ashley Doula Care's logo in two colours.
The friendly, energetic logo reflects Ashley's bubbly personality with a playful retro vibe (Ashley was fond of 1950s graphic style, which I was asked to consider when designing).
We agreed that using stock imagery would look bland. To solve this we created a series of illustrations to inject personality and bring the site to life.
An illustration was created for each web page.
A homely and retro visual style was used for the website.


Greek-Egyptian diplomatic relations date back to August 1833, when the great benefactor, Mihail Tositsas, was appointed by the Greek government of the time as Greece's first Consul to Alexandria. In 1835 the Consulate in Alexandria was upgraded to a Consulate General; five years later the Cairo Consulate General was opened and, in 1900, a Greek Embassy was established. Greece also has a Port Consular Office in Port Said. Egypt maintains an Embassy in Athens.
Relations between the two countries go far back in time as a result of their co-existence within the same geo-strategic region and their common historical experience. The centuries-old presence of the Patriarchate of Alexandria and the Greek communities in Egypt, the significant business activities of 150 Greek enterprises in Egypt, and the complementarity of the two countries for the stability and development of the wider region render the two countries natural strategic partners.
Greece and Egypt cooperate closely in international organisations and in the framework of the Union for the Mediterranean. Bilateral relations are rapidly developing in all sectors (political, economic, defence, cultural), with frequent exchanges of high level visits, including that of the President of the Hellenic Republic to Egypt in April 2015. Both countries aim at developing their institutional cooperation even further in areas of mutual interest and benefit.
The two countries have converging positions on a number of regional issues. Greece's firm stance in favour of a just, comprehensive and permanent solution to the Middle East problem – an issue of particular concern to Egyptian foreign policy – contributes further to maintaining the excellent political relations between the two countries.
The Trilateral Cooperation was inaugurated at the level of Foreign Ministry Political Directors and continued with meetings, among others, of the three Foreign Ministers on the margins of the UN General Assemblies of 2013 and 2014, and subsequently in Nicosia. Besides, two Summit Meetings have taken place, the first in Cairo, on 8 November 2014 (Cairo Declaration), and the second in Nicosia, on 29 April 2015 (Nicosia Declaration). This partnership is based on the political will of the three sides to promote their cooperation through a productive and constructive dialogue with specific and tangible content. Trilateral meetings, now taking place every six months, have already institutionalised a partnership mechanism which is not directed against anyone and functions as a model for regional dialogue, contributing substantially to peace, stability and regional cooperation in the Eastern Mediterranean. Besides, the three Mediterranean countries are in very close proximity to regions of crises which affect them in a number of ways. Therefore, their cooperation offers its added value not for only to the three countries involved, but also to the EU and Euro-Mediterranean cooperation, in general.
For information on bilateral economic relations, you can visit the AGORA internet portal.
The sizeable Greek community in Egypt (at its height the Greek population numbered 140,000) began to decline in the early 1950s (as a result of President Nasser's nationalisation programme) and nowadays a few thousand Greeks remain in Egypt. The largest communities are those in Cairo and Alexandria, followed by the Greek populations of Ismailia, Port Said and Kafr El Zayiat. A large number of Greek associations and clubs, as well as schools and cultural centres, are still in place.
These communities apart, a further major focus of Greek interest is the Patriarchate of Alexandria, with activities extending across the entire African continent. The Patriarchate's relations with the Egyptian Coptic Church and the Egyptian state are excellent. Besides, Saint Catherine's Monastery in Sinai, a major Greek-Orthodox pilgrimage dating back to the 6th century, is also an important focus of Greece's interest, as well as a major cultural and tourist attraction in Egypt.
Click here for information regarding the visa requirements for Greek citizens who want to travel to Egypt.
Click here for information regarding visa requirements for citizens of Egypt who want to travel to Greece.


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Home Research Topics News Habits & Media Media & Society Politics & Media Election News The Internet and Campaign 2010
Pew Research CenterMarch 17, 2011
The Internet and Campaign 2010
How Americans used the internet in campaign 2010
By Aaron Smith
Online political videos
In the months leading up to the November elections, 31% of adult internet users went online the watch videos about the candidates or the campaign. This represents a 63% increase from the 19% of online adults who watched political videos in the previous off-year elections in 2006.
Both Democratic and Republican voters were more likely to watch political videos in 2010 than they were in 2006, and voters of both parties were more likely than non-voters to watch political videos online. Fully 40% of Republican voters who use the internet watched online political videos in 2010, compared with 32% of such Democratic voters and 22% of internet users who did not vote. All told, the proportion of Democratic voters who watched political videos in the months leading up to the election increased by a third between 2006 and 2010, while the proportion of Republican voters doing so doubled over the same time period.
Along with watching videos online, 8% of online adults went online to share photos, videos or audio files related to the election with others. There are relatively few demographic differences when it comes to sharing multimedia content, and voters (for any party) are more likely than non-voters to have done this in 2010.
Online communication and interaction with others
In the months leading up to the election, Americans used the internet to connect and interact with others around the campaign in a number of ways. Among online adults:
16% sent email related to the campaign or the elections to friends, family members or others
12% revealed online which candidates they voted for in the November elections
7% used the internet to organize or get information about in-person meetings to discuss political issues in the campaign
6% took part in an online discussion, listserv or other online group forum such as a blog, related to political issues or the campaign
5% used the internet to participate in volunteer activities related to the campaign—such getting lists of voters to call or getting people to the polls
Taken together, 27% of adult internet users did at least one of these communication-related activities in the months leading up to the November elections.
Political email
Around one in six adult internet users (16%) sent emails related to the campaign in the months leading up to the November elections. Demographically, sharing political information via email is relatively popular with older adults, as 21% of online 50-64 year olds did this in 2010 (compared with 13% of 18-29 year olds, 15% of 30-49 year olds and 16% of those 65 and older). Sharing political information via email is also popular with college graduates (22% of such internet users did this) and those with a household income of $75,000 or more per year (22%). White internet users are more likely to share political information in this way than African Americans (18% vs. 10%).
In terms of political differences, voters of all kinds are more likely than non-voters to share political emails with others—among internet users 24% of Republican voters and 19% of Democratic voters did this, compared with 8% of non-voters. Similarly, supporters as well as detractors of the Tea Party movement were more likely to use email in this way than were internet users who had not heard of the movement or who did not feel strongly about it one way or the other.
Letting others know who one voted for
One in ten adult internet users who voted in 2010 (12%) went online to reveal who they voted for in the 2010 elections. This behavior is especially prevalent among 18-29 year olds—22% of such internet users did this in 2010, compared with 11% of those ages 30-64 and 6% of those 65 and older.
Get information about in-person meetings or events
Seven percent of adult internet users went online to organize or get information about in-person meetings related to the campaign. There are relatively few demographic differences in this question, although college graduates (12% of such internet users did this in 2010) were more likely to go online for information about in-person political activities than were those with lower levels of education (5% of whom did so). Not surprisingly, those with relatively strong political leanings were more likely than others to go online to find out about offline political events.
Taking part in political online discussion forums
Six percent of adult internet users took part in an online discussion, listserv or other online group forum related to the campaign or political issues in the months leading up to the 2010 election. Demographically, young adults were more likely than their elders to take part in online discussion groups in 2010—10% of internet users ages 18-29 did this, compared with 6% of 30-49 year olds and 5% of those ages 50 and up. Those internet users who describe their political ideology as liberal (11%) were roughly twice as likely as conservatives (6%) or moderates (5%) to take part in these online forums in 2010.
Using the internet to participate in volunteer activities
Five percent of adult internet users went online in the months leading up to the 2010 elections to participate in volunteer activities related to the campaign, such as getting lists of voters to call or getting people to the polls. This type of online engagement was common among black internet users (9% did this, compared with 4% of whites and 2% of Latinos), and college graduates were somewhat more likely than those with only a high school education to do this. Voters (whether Democratic or Republican) were also more likely than non-voters to use the internet to facilitate political volunteerism.
The internet as a tool for candidate assessment and "fact-checking" of political claims
One-third (35%) of wired adults went online in the months leading up to the November elections to look for information about candidates' voting records or positions on issues. Demographically, this activity was especially prevalent among college graduates (48% of such internet users did this) as well as those with household incomes of $75,000 or more. White internet users (37% of whom went online to research voting records or candidate positions) were also more likely than blacks (20%) or Latinos (28%) to do this.
28% of online adults used the internet to research or "fact check" claims made during the campaign. As with online political fact checking, this activity is particularly prevalent among whites, college graduates and those with relatively high incomes.
Finally, 8% of online adults signed up online to have updates about the campaign or the election delivered to them directly. Other than college graduates (14% of such internet users signed up for updates about the election) there are relatively few demographic differences on this activity.
Voters (for any party) were more likely than non-voters to engage in each of these three activities in 2010. Moreover, Republican voters were notably more likely than Democrats to look up candidate voting records or positions, and also more likely to research or fact check claims made during the campaign.
Online political donations
Four percent of internet users went online during the election to donate money to a candidate running for public office, which is comparable to the 3% of internet users who did this during the previous mid-term election in 2006. Unsurprisingly, voters of both parties are more likely than non-voters to have donated money online in 2010 (among internet users 5% of Republican voters and 6% of Democratic voters did so). Similarly, Tea Party supporters (7%) and those who disagree with the movement (5%) were more likely than those who have no opinion (2%) or have not heard of the group (2%) to have donated money online.
The internet as a tool for engagement with out-of-state campaigns
One of the striking uses of the internet has been for voters in one locale to become interested in races in other parts of the country – races in which they could not vote. The 2010 campaign offered a particularly interesting set of circumstances with the rise of the Tea Party movement that was heavily covered in the traditional media and gathered a great deal of debate and chatter in social media like Facebook, Twitter, and political blogs. Certain races like the Senate contests in Florida, Nevada, and Delaware drew widespread attention as Tea Party-backed candidates were in featured in the general election.
Thus, although the 2010 campaign was not a national election, fully 20% of adult internet users said that they went online in the months leading up to the election to follow an interesting election campaign in another part of the country. Men, whites, the relatively affluent and well-educated and those with strong views (either for or against) the Tea Party movement were particularly likely to go online to follow an election campaign elsewhere in the country in 2010.
Although one in five online adults used the internet to keep tabs on out-of-state races, a relatively modest number went online to participate in volunteer activities or donate money in campaigns outside of their current state. Of the 5% of internet users who went online to participate in volunteer activities related to the campaign, 15% said that they did this for a campaign in another part of the country. And of the 4% of internet users who donated money online to a candidate or campaign, 24% made a donation to a candidate running for office in a state other than the one they live in. That works out to just 1% of internet users who went online to donate money or volunteer in a campaign outside of their state.
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A magnetic cloud is a transient event observed in the solar wind. It was defined in 1981 by Burlaga et al 1981 as a region of enhanced magnetic field strength, smooth rotation of the magnetic field vector and low proton density and temperature . Magnetic clouds are a possible manifestation of a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME). The association between CMEs and magnetic clouds was made by Burlaga et al in 1982 when a magnetic cloud was observed by Helios-1 two days after being observed by SMM. However, because observations near Earth are usually done by a single spacecraft, many CMEs are not seen as being associated with magnetic clouds. The typical structure observed for a fast CME by a satellite such as ACE is a fast-mode shock wave followed by a dense (and hot) sheath of plasma (the downstream region of the shock) and a magnetic cloud.
Magnetic clouds represent about one third of ejecta observed by satellites at Earth. Other types of ejecta are multiple-magnetic cloud events (a single structure with multiple subclouds distinguishable) and complex ejecta, which can be the result of the interaction of multiple CMEs.
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Understand your rights when you choose to cruise
Local // Houston
Cindy George Jan. 31, 2014 Updated: Jan. 31, 2014 10:44 p.m.
Passengers wait for their rides Friday after getting off the Caribbean Princess, which returned early with norovirus reported on board.
Photo: Cody Duty, Staff
If you're sick at sea or feel you've been horribly wronged by a cruise line, please know that you have limited rights as a passenger.
Many of the thousands who disembarked the Caribbean Princess on Friday in Houston and the Royal Caribbean's Explorer of the Seas this week in New Jersey were sick with illnesses presumed to be the miserable bug known as norovirus.
So, when you choose to cruise - and you're clear-headed and on solid ground, literally - understand your rights.
That ticket contract that appears with your reservation? Read it.
Why? Unlike the airline industry, federal oversight of the cruise industry to protect consumers is minimal.
"We have worked with Congress and they've introduced a bill to put together a cruise line bill of rights that will start collecting complaints about cruise lines, but nothing yet has been finalized," said Charlie Leocha, co-founder of the Consumer Travel Alliance. "Hopefully Congress will force the cruise lines to include basic consumer protections in their contracts."
Last year, the Cruise Lines International Association - the industry organization for ship operators - adopted a "cruise industry passenger bill of rights" of 10 items including the right to leave a docked ship if essential provisions or medical care can't be adequately provided and the right to a partial refund for voyages cut short by mechanical failures.
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Read your contract
Association spokesman David Peikin said member cruise lines are currently incorporating the language into their ticket contracts.
"All CLIA ocean-going members are contractually bound by all the provisions of the passenger bill of rights," he said.
Leocha disagrees. He doesn't think items in the industry's bill of rights offers much for consumers until they're enshrined in the ticket contracts.
Here are some other limitations: According to the standard ticket contract for most North American cruises, Miami is the venue for almost all lawsuits. If you want to sue, you must explain the problem first to the cruise lines within a certain time frame after your trip ends and then file within a year.
Several lawsuits are pending in multiple jurisdictions related to last February's Carnival Triumph debacle where an engine fire disabled the ship, which originated in Galveston, and some passengers sloshed around in sewage.
Just last week, a Houston federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by Harris County residents Luke Cash and Ami Gallagher as their lawyer, Bruse Loyd, continues settlement negotiations with Carnival Cruise Lines. He declined to comment on specifics.
The couple, who took the participants in their nuptials on the Triumph, sued in October for "the loss of their meticulously planned dream wedding" - for which, the complaint said, they had been waiting 10 years. The lawsuit cites negligence and fraud because the cruise line had knowledge of the ship's prior mechanical failures.
Protect yourself on the high seas
1 Wash hands thoroughly and often with hot water and soap for 20 seconds or longer before eating, drinking and smoking as well as after using the bathroom. Supplement with hand sanitizer.
1 Avoid touching door knobs, handles, railings, elevator buttons or surfaces in common areas. Use disposable tissues instead.
1 Avoid sharing food, beverages or utensils.
1 Avoid touching your face.
1 Avoid areas where someone has been sick.
1 If you're feeling ill on a cruise - particularly if you have symptoms of stomach cramping, nausea, vomiting or diarrhea, which could signal highly contagious gastrointestinal illness - self-isolate to prevent other passengers from possibly coming down with the same illness. Get plenty of rest and drink lots of water to prevent dehydration and encourage healing.
1 If your roommate is sick, seek help to disinfect your cabin.
1 If you are ill before a cruise, be considerate of others' health; contact the cruise line to determine if there are alternatives to your booked trip.
Sources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Consumer Travel Alliance, Princess Cruises
Loyd said consumers assume most of the risk when cruising because of the language in ticket contracts.
"It restricts the time frame for you to take legal action. It's a contract and it's binding. It limits the venue. It limits the liability. It's a contract the people in the cruise industry have litigated time and again and have won time and again," he said. "It is an iron-clad, time-tested set of terms that severely limits the consumer's right of recovery."
He notes that there are exceptions for cruise line negligence and liability. Payouts, under the contracts, are usually limited to the price of the ticket.
For the most part, you're ahead if you get all of your money back and a discount in the future.
Princess Cruises spokeswoman Julie Benson said each Caribbean Princess passenger who disembarked on Friday was offered overnight accommodations in Houston, a 20 percent future cruise credit and a per diem equal to the day that was cut from the cruise as an account credit or cash refund.
So, what about the people scheduled to set sail on Saturday afternoon from Houston aboard the Caribbean Princess, where acute gastroenteritis cases were reported on the previous three cruises? Each passenger has been sent a pre-boarding health advisory about norovirus and how to stay well on the trip.
Trip cancellation insurance is one way to recover at least some money without forfeiting the cost of the entire cruise. Otherwise, options are few, Benson noted.
"We suggest everybody have it," she said. "People cannot cancel for just any reason. There's no problem. There's no reason to cancel. That's not something that passengers are able to do."
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The Sun Link Streetcar that runs along 2nd St., University Blvd. and Fourth Ave. is one of the main modes of transportation for many University of Arizona students. Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic Sun Tran has made all of its services free, providing thousands of students transportation in the area; however, that may all change come the new year. Read more
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A new forensic exam site for sexual assault survivors has opened at Banner University Medical Center on Aug. 25, thanks to a $499,382 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice and a collaboration between experts from the University of Arizona, the Southern Arizona Center Against Sexual Assault and Banner. The grant aims to expand services for sexual assault survivors, including the creation of a Sexual Assault Response Team, a streamlined care service for students on campus. Read more
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Mask and vaccination mandates in Arizona will be prohibited on Sept. 29, according to budget reconciliation bills passed in late June, but a preliminary injunction filed by Arizona educators aims to reverse that. The preliminary injunction seeks to overturn sections of House Bill 2898, Senate Bill 1824, SB 1825 and SB 1819 as unconstitutional. Read more
University status update: Robbins announces takeaway COVID-19 testing
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The Daily Wildcat compiles weekly a list of important dates to make note of to help students keep track of events and academic deadlines amidst their busy schedules. Check out some of the dates to remember for this week, Sept. 13 through Sept. 19. Read more
ASUA Notebook 9/8/2021: Senators pass UAZ Divest resolution
The Associated Students of the University of Arizona, the university's undergraduate student governing body, met on Wednesday, Sept. 8, to vote on a resolution calling on the UA to fully divest from the fossil fuel industry. Read more
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UAZ Divest challenges UA's $64 million investment in fossil fuels
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'Human activities are causing climate change,' UA professor tells Congress
Jessica Tierney, an associate professor in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Arizona, presented research to members of Congress on Wednesday, Sept. 1, regarding how human activity has led to climate change. Read more
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The rise of technology has helped reduce the metaphorical distance between the ends of the Earth. Organizations and people can now deliver targetted messages to their customers halfway around the globe. And now, UEFA Champions League has followed a similar path by shockingly handing their Indian fans a blast from the past.
"Things that are known to make epic comebacks – 1) Jon Snow 2) Mihir Virani 3) Manchester United. Are we in for some 'Ole Time' drama tonight?" read UEFA Champions League's post on April 16, 2019; the day of the quarter-final tie between Manchester United and Barcelona.
One name which stood out to the Indian supporters was that of Mihir Virani, who has gone down the television lore as one of the most iconic Indian soap characters of all time. Right above Mihir Virani is the name of one Jon Snow, infamous for his exploits on the ongoing television show 'Game of Thrones'.
Both the gentleman have one thing in particular – they have been killed off and revived in their respective daytime dramas.
Coming after Jon Snow and Mihir Virani are Manchester United, referred to as the comeback kings themselves. The Red Devils have risen from the dead several times in the past; most recently in their match against PSG, during which they overturned a two-goal deficit.
Meanwhile, on April 16, Manchester United face their toughest challenge of the 2018/19 season yet, as they visit FC Barcelona for the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals second leg. The Red Devils are trailing the tie courtesy of a Luke Shaw own goal and would need to embrace their inner Jon Snow and Mihir Virani to continue in the UEFA Champions League.


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Words Alive & Warwick's - Authors In The Community
Continuing our efforts to "make reading matter" in our community, Words Alive is proud to partner with Warwick's Books to present exciting authors and literary icons in 2016. Join us this spring as we welcome Amy Cuddy and Bill Walton, as they discuss and sign their new books!
Stay tuned for more Author's and events to be announced soon!
Warwick's and Words Alive present San Diego's own NBA MVP, Hall of Famer, and Award-Winning Broadcaster Bill Walton as he discusses and signs his new book, Back From The Dead.
Who: Bill Walton
When: Monday March 28th @ 7:00pm
Where: The Sherwood Auditorium @ MCASD. Click here for directions.
Tickets: $29.16 - One admission & one copy of the book;
$39.16 - Two Admissions & one copy of the book.
Book: Back From the Dead
This inspiring memoir from sports and cultural icon Bill Walton recounts his devastating injuries and amazing recoveries, set in the context of his UCLA triumphs under John Wooden, his storied NBA career, and his affinity for music and the Grateful Dead.
Fine Print: Doors open at 6:15pm. Seating is first come first served
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Barbara Boxer has made her mark, combining compassionate advocacy with scrappiness in a political
career spanning more than three decades. Now, retiring from the Senate, she continues the work to which she's dedicated 30 years in Congress. Her memoir, THE ART OF TOUGH, shares her provocative and touching recollections of service, and cements her commitment to the fight for women, families, quality, environmental protection, all in a peaceful world.
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Q. Please elaborate on the current dynamics and challenges within the ICT industry?
The ICT industry of today is no longer limited to data & voice and with its evolution from analogue to digital technology which has facilitated the conversion of voice, data and video to the digital form, these services are now being rendered through a unified network infrastructure on a single communication medium thereby bringing about a convergence in networks, services and devices.
The Challenge we see here is not just delivering the ICT infrastructure but adhering to the quality and performance of the ICT cabling infrastructure that's has been delivered. We need to understand that an ICT cabling infrastructure lifespan with its technological advancements and product availabilities would easily outlive the front end applications by nearly fivefold, So if we don't do it in the right manner now we may not be able to correct it later and would have to live with it "As Is" for decades.
An able and performing ICT infrastructure is that one thing that would provide the necessary juice to the organisation's information and communications delivery platform. This will enable organisations of all backgrounds to allow active participation and innovation of the available information resources thereby allowing them to reap the benefits of higher productivity.
Q. There has been an unprecedented rate of change in technology and the ever-increasing demand for data and connectivity, on both national and regional basis. What are the actions needed if skills are to keep pace with the challenge?
Here's the problem, in a nutshell. The job opportunities that are available today are for professionals who understand and can capably build the ICT infrastructure for the 21st-century. But the way most professionals perform these jobs are still stuck in the previous decade, What further makes this worse is the way our society is training and educating them is for the needs of yesterday and not for what's required today & tomorrow.
It's clear that skills education hasn't kept pace with the ICT infrastructure advancement in the past decade. We still send our children through a fixed set of primary and secondary education steps which is further added to by a college degree which is a virtual prerequisite for the best jobs. This model doesn't prepare quality skilled professionals especially as their skills are typically outdated by the time they finish their degree. Further what's even more surprising is a fact that on-the-job training that's seen happening in a select few areas of the industry isn't enough to close the gap.
The recent World Economic Forum report in the US found that 63% of workers had participated in job-related training in the past 12 months. Yet employers are reporting the highest talent shortages since 2007, India does not have an elaborate survey of this kind in this area but the situation here sure is far worse than its seen documented in other developed countries.
Q. ICT infrastructure has been playing a significant role in overall development globally and there is a need to evolve to the next-generation networks. How is the Indian ICT ecosystem prepared to handle 5G and IoT?
5G is more than just an architecture: it also brings optimal performance requirements, such as huge throughput performance for advanced video services, below 1ms latency for services such as the real-time Internet of Things (IoT). This would result in 10-100 times higher throughput, 10 times lower latency, and 10-100 times more connected devices in 2020 than those today as on 2018. 5G will be a game changer not just because of its higher speed and better response capabilities but also because it would be responsible to enable new use cases not heard before and which would transform the ICT communications delivery platform such as Extreme mobile broadband (eMBB), Massive machine communication (MMC) & Critical machine communication (CMC) which will play a transforming role in several industry segments.
The industry players are tempted to cut corners due to the cut-throat competition, resulting in shoddy work thereby resulting in customer complaints and repeated operational challenges. To add to these Third-party technicians contracted by service providers (which seems to be the business norm today) are typically paid by the job, incentivizing them to cram as many visits into a day as possible and to top it all its even more difficult to have an extensive range of ICT cabling skillsets and a basic understanding of voice, data, video, audio available with one individual professional today thereby resulting in delay of work and shoddy installation practices added with multiple dependencies.
Q. To address the existence of a skills gap in the ICT industry, what are the key initiatives that have been taken by BICSI to address this gap and deficit of networking professionals?
Poor quality of ICT cables & components, non-standard installation practices and poor after installation service due to lack of planning can threaten the effectiveness of operations. ICT infrastructure designs must take full account of prevailing low voltage (Data, Voice, BAS, DAS, ESS, Audio-Visual etc) requirements which has a bearing on the organisations ICT systems including the types of Telecommunication spaces and their associated infrastructure (cable pathways, electrical power supply, cooling systems, fire stopping etc.). For this very reason, it is important that the organisations ICT infrastructure reflects its role in relation to both its communication delivery and network performance requirements.
In general, consultants who are endowed with a satisfactory level of ICT expertise, often lack expertise and knowledge of, and insight into the ICT systems infrastructure that needs to be specifically looked and applied in the preliminary phases of ICT construction design and integration which invariably creates a high probability that errors are made, and deficiencies arise in relation to the right delivery of the ICT needs to the business.
This issue has been addressed to some extent with the incorporation of requirements in the National Building Code 2016. A new chapter relating to structured use of Information and Telecommunication Enabled Buildings which details mandatory stipulations as a part of a code requirement ensuring that ICT infrastructure guidelines/design specifications are set out in the respective building design documents relating to construction and adhered to has been incorporated with active participation of BICSI and its volunteers in the building code incorporation process.
BICSI is further looking at addressing this Gap of skilled professionals through its established range of credential programs in ICT infrastructure design & installation to provide a level of assurance to the industry.
Q. What role does BICSI plays catalyzing the growth of the ICT industry and strengthening the professional ICT community?
BICSI has several ICT credential offerings in a designated area of information and communications technology (ICT) design and installation. These professional designations are valued globally and are recognized throughout the ICT industry. Candidates for BICSI credentials are required to show industry experience and pass rigorous exams based on the content of BICSI manuals. Those who pass must adhere to strict standards of conduct and keep their knowledge current through continuing education and recertification. These are in the design areas of ICT infrastructure, Data Centers & outside plant and also in the Project management area of ICT & telecom.
BICSI's Cabling Installation Programs helps deliver highly competent cabling installers. This program provides a career path consisting of four progressive courses and credentialing exams, allowing students to begin with fundamentals and build upon that knowledge. Upon completion of training, program participants can conduct site surveys and install, terminate, and test copper and optical fibre cable to the highest level of specifications.
In a nutshell, BICSI provides information, education and knowledge assessment for individuals and companies in the ICT industry. BICSI serves nearly 23,000 ICT professionals, including designers, installers and technicians around the globe including India. These individuals provide the fundamental infrastructure for telecommunications, audio/video, life safety and automation systems. Through courses, conferences, publications and professional registration programs, BICSI assists ICT professionals in delivering critical products and services and offer opportunities for continual improvement and enhanced professional stature.
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Tartan describes the characterising checked pattern of the Scottish woolen kilts. the geometric shape are the result of the combination of horizontal and vertical lines which again and again create new shapes. This way, the inspiration for the design of the Tartan Pendant Lamp by the designers Ludovica and Roberta Palomba arose.
For its manufacture, the glass is blown into a shape that offers line-like notches. This way, the characterising checked patterns arose on the lampshade, creating unique highlights with the play of light and shadow. Additionally, the glass is treated with an acid whereby a soft, velvet surface is created.
Whereas there is more subdued, warm light coming through the glass sphere, direct light is shining through an opening at the bottom of the lampshade, specifically illuminating the surface below, for example dining tables or living room tables.
The Tartan Pendant Lamp presents itself a little playful but still very elegant and therefore, fits in any living area and ambiance. The lamp is available in different variants, also as a LED with or without dimming function.
Single image of the Tartan Pendant Lamp in white by Foscarini. Mouth-blown glass with checked pattern in the style of Scottish woolen kilts guarantee that the lampshade becomes an absolute eye-catcher.
Ambience image of the Tartan Pendant Lamp by Foscarini. Also in a combination with further lamps and suspended in different heights, the Tartan Pendant Lamp creates cosy, indirect light.
Ambience image of the Tartan Pendant Lamp by Foscarini. With switched-on light, the checked pattern becomes particularly visible on the lampshade - Creating special highlights with light and shadow.
Detail view of the Tartan Pendant Lamp by Foscarini. The shapely mouth-blown glass was additionally covered with a special acid, leaving a soft, smooth surface.


Can we just have the ROTMs today tbh. I need something to be excited about today.
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Here here. New VMP Dad Hat. Something. Anything, really.
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On here nuclear, in the wider membership probably wouldn't cause a murmur. I'd rather not have it but I might still keep if it was an album I wanted and didn't have.
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I'd be down for a bonus 7" pic disc of the storf thinking emoji.
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Jesus, I can't find the new Billie Eilish LP anywhere! Barnes and Noble, FYE and Target were all sold out!
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...and by a little while, I mean until next Thursday when ROTMs get announced.
Ok. No more vinyl for a little while.
Heading to Yellow K Records in Frostburg, MD today! Hoping for some good finds!
I would aswell if the 7" contained something unique in someway. Most of the singles had bonus live songs.
Ready for a long weekend vacation coming up... a great Italian restaurant, beautiful mountains, and, yes, a record store or two.
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Making a late trip to my record store here in a bit! Wish me luck!
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Update: THERE BE VINYL HERE!
Looks like I'm seeing Dennis DeYoung in October! Original voice of Styx!
We all know that Larry Gowan is the TRUE voice of Styx!
Crumb good. Buy Crumb. There, now you have FOMO.
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Oh, and my original Elektra press of Ride The Lightning arrived. VG+ as described! With original inner. Honored to have it!
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Both the Froth and Crumb songs I listened to remind me of different parts of The Voidz' Virtue. Which was my AOTY for 2018.
Wasn't interested in Blue Note before. $39 per LP for the PRESALE price? Ahhh no, no thanks. Love VMP, but this isn't for me.
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No worries my pal, plenty of us here who absolutely love jazz/Blue Note also think it's overpriced.
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Considering I've got 4 of my 5 albums from last month that are unplayably warped, the replacements are just as bad AND they screwed up Classics and now I've gotta wait another month+ for that there is absolutely no way I'm giving them this kind of money right now for anything.
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So apparently, Synchronicity (The Police) only had one LP reissue, in Europe in 2008. Maybe VMP should fix this? One of the greatest albums.
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Isn't there like a billion OP's of this one because of all the alternative covers?
*Shrug*. I'm still excited for it.
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I don't think its worth delving further into.
@Sanders I think the Blue Note Anthology will be great. The rollout has been super poorly done.
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Hyundai Motor's Advanced Powertrain of 2016 Sonata Plug-in Hybrid Named to Ward's 10 Best Engines List
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The technologically advanced powertrain of the 2016 Sonata Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) was named to the prestigious Ward's 10 Best Engines list. This is the first time that a plug-in hybrid powertrain has made the list.

"For Hyundai Motor's first entry into the plug-in hybrid segment, the company's engineers did an impeccable job blending fuel efficiency with refinement and daily usability," said Drew Winter, editor-in-chief, WardsAuto World magazine. "Transitions between all-electric and hybrid modes are completely seamless, something that drivers will undoubtedly appreciate on long journeys, and the six-speed automatic transmission gives drivers a greater sense of connection, compared with other hybrids in the segment."

The 2016 Sonata Plug-in Hybrid offers the efficiency of an alternative powertrain with a unique aerodynamic exterior design, best-in-class total interior volume, premium features and advanced safety technologies, all at an excellent value. The Sonata Plug-in Hybrid gives drivers the best of both worlds by providing the power delivery of a conventional gasoline engine, perfect for long trips, with the additional benefit of environmentally friendly all-electric range for commuting.

The vehicle is powered by Hyundai Motor's 2.0-liter Nu four-cylinder GDI engine, which produces 154 horsepower and 140 lb. ft. of torque. Unlike other hybrids in the segment, the Sonata Plug-in Hybrid utilizes a six-speed automatic transmission with a 50 kW electric motor in place of the standard torque converter. Lastly, the vehicle's 9.8 kWh lithium polymer battery pack provides a best-in-segment all-electric range (AER) of 27 miles, so many consumers will be able to complete their daily commute without using a single drop of fuel.

"Receiving this award demonstrates Hyundai Motor's continued momentum as a leader in advanced powertrains," said Mike O'Brien, Vice President of Corporate and Product Planning at Hyundai Motor America. "We see significant potential with the Sonata PHEV as being a 'best of both worlds' zero carbon solution and this award provides a recognized platform to highlight the technological and environmental leadership of the entire Sonata family as well as Hyundai Motor products."

This is the 22nd year for Ward's 10 Best Engines, a competition created to recognize outstanding powertrain achievement, world-class technologies and those rare engines or electric propulsion systems that are so compelling that they help sell the vehicle. To be eligible, a new or significantly improved engine or propulsion system must be on sale in a production vehicle during the first quarter of 2016, with a base price capped at $61,000.

Ward's 10 Best Engines is the ultimate list that defines the industry's outstanding powertrains. Since the list began in 1995, Hyundai Motor has been honored six times in total : the Tau V-8 was in 2009 (4.6-liter), 2010 (4.6-liter) and 2011 (5.0-liter); the Gamma I-4 in 2012; and the hydrogen fuel cell powertrain in 2015. The 2016 awards ceremony will take place at a banquet during the North American International Auto Show on January 13, 2016, in Detroit.

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James Mbuthia
James Mbuthia was born in 1958 in Banana Hill, Kiambu District, Kenya, where an extraordinary concentration of artists reside. His formal education saw him through High School. His knowledge of art is entirely self-taught.
He is intensely creative in a wide variety of mediums, but especially prolific in oil on canvas. His inspiration is drawn from personal experiences. James' work depicts his dreams, political commentaries and rural life in his home area.
His creativity is also evident in the small sculptures, woodcut prints and installation pieces he makes from recycled materials.
He is the founder and workshop coordinator for Art Without Borders Kenya. His initiative enables a team of artists to bring art to the children ensconced in the paediatric wards of Kenyatta National Hospital, slums and children's homes.
He has traveled to both France and the USA to take part in workshops. His work has been extensively exhibited in his home country of Kenya.
See James Mbuthia at work
Selection of works
Click thumbnail to enlarge and scroll through all images
2018 - "Conversation in Silence", One Off Contemporary Art Gallery, Nairobi, Kenya
2016 - "Imaginations in colour", One Off Contemporary Art Gallery, Nairobi, Kenya
2015 - "Every Painting is a Poem", One Off Contemporary Art Gallery, Nairobi, Kenya
2013 – "How I see Politics", One Off Contemporary Art Gallery, Nairobi, Kenya
2010 – "Collectable Art for Collectors", RaMoMA Museum of Modern Art, Nairobi, Kenya
2009 – "Art of Vision" (May-July), Seed Gallery, Newark, NJ., USA
2009 – Museum of African Art, Seoul, Korea,
2009 – "Family Concepts," RaMoMA Museum of Modern Art, Nairobi, Kenya
2009 – "Il Mondo Magico Degli Ombrelli", RaMoMA Museum of Modern Art, Nairobi, Kenya
2008 – "Kenya and London Print Exhibition", RaMoMA Museum of Modern Art, Nairobi, Kenya
2008 – "The Way I See It", Village Market Gallery, Nairobi, Kenya
2007 – "Love Series", RaMoMA Museum of Modern Art, Nairobi, Kenya
2006 – Juried Contemporary Kenyan Art Exhibition, Alliance Francaise, Nairobi, Kenya,
2005 – Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers Annual Exhibition, London, UK,
2005 – "True Colours", RaMoMA Museum of Modern Art, Nairobi, Kenya
2005 – "East African Biennale", Tanzania
2005 – "Creative Dreams" (solo exhibition), RaMoMA Museum of Modern Art, Nairobi, Kenya
2005 – "World Environment Day Exhibition," UNEP Headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya
2004 – Nairobi, Kenya, Print Exhibition, RaMoMA Museum of Modern Art, Nairobi, Kenya
2004 – "Kenya Art Exhibition", New York City, USA
2003 – Banana Hill Studios and Ngecha Artists Association Exhibition, Banana Hill, Kenya
2003 – "Three of a Kind", RaMoMA Museum of Modern Art, Nairobi, Kenya
2002 – "Best of Kuona", National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya,
2002 – "Inner Coat", National Museums of Kenya. Nairobi, Kenya
2001 – "Naïve Art". Marseille, France
2001 – "Naïve Art", Laval, France
2001 – "Street Art", RaMoMA Museum of Modern Art, Nairobi, Kenya
2000 – "Survival of the Artist", French Cultural and Cooperation Centre, Nairobi, Kenya
1999 – "Nairobi Insecurity", UNEP Headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya
1997 – Germany
1997 – Paraguay
1996 – "Banana Hill Reflections", Goethe Institute, Nairobi, Kenya,
1996 – "Studio Dormart", Cologne, Germany
1995 – United States International University, Nairobi, Kenya
Collectors include
HE President Mwai Kibaki (Gift of CEO Safaricom)
Safaricom Ltd.
Harold Wackman, former World Bank Director, Kenya
HE Pierre Jacuqemont, former French Ambassador, Kenya
Permanent Collection, RaMoMA Museum of Modern Art
HE Sarakikia, former High Commissioner, Tanzania
HE and Mrs. Jim Wall, former Canadian High Commissioner, Kenya
Mary Collis, Chair of the Board of Trustees, RaMoMA
Eastafab 2005
African Arts Volume XXXVIII, Number 3
Contemporary Art in Kenya, (France, Germany, Kenya Cultural Collaboration)
Print Making on a Budget by Mandy Bonnell and Stephen Mumberson
Business Daily - 13-05-18 - Mbuthia's blissful art at One Off Gallery
EastAfrican - 26-04-2013 - Politics seen through the eyes of unequal animals
Business Daily - 25-04-2013 - Painting Politics in Parables
The Star - 16-04-2013 - A Toast to the 'Watch Dog'
EastAfrican - 29-06-2009 - Love is all you need
James Mbuthia is exclusively represented in East Africa by One Off
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Q: Dividing a file to several chunks Let's assume that we have a file of 100k lines or ~2gB and we want to split it in 10 chunks of 10k lines each, so that the chunks can then be processed in parallel. Is there any way to create pointers in the starting line of each of the 10 chunks, without needing to traverse the whole file ? I was thinking of somehow dividing the file with regards to its size, so that the pointers are created every 200mB. Is this even feasible ?

A: Yes, of course. But you need to make some assumptions and accept that your chunks will not be exact.
Either assume a standard line length or scan a few lines and measure it. Then you multiply that by the number of lines you are aiming for and just hope it's a good estimate.
Or if you just want 10 chunks take the file size and divide by 10.
So then you jump to that point in the file, either by using lseek and read, pread, or mmap. Then you scan forward until you find the end of a line and the start of the next.
It won't be exact line counts unless you actually count every line. But it will be pretty close.
I was bored and curious so check this out:
https://github.com/zlynx/linesection


In the late 20th century, China underwent an amazing industrial revolution. However, in the process, it produced far more pollution, which raised concerns about global warming. The United Nations Environmental Council placed a lot of pressure on China to reduce its carbon footprint. It is clearly making headway now and may actually be a shining example for the rest of the world to follow.
In recent years, China has made tremendous progress. In 2014, the World Bank praised the Chinese government for integrating forest development, biodiversity conservation and carbon reduction strategies. According to the World Bank analysis, china increased its forest cover by nearly 50% between the late 1980s and 2005. While analysts stated that those levels were still significantly below the global average, they stated that China is clearly headed in the right direction.
The government's policies to improve forest area and reduce carbon emissions are highly encouraging, but their new focus on green energy is even more impressive. In May, Premier Li Keqiang announced that the country is tapering steel production and relying less on coal-powered electricity. They have made substantial investments in wind and energy power, which are beginning to make a difference all over the world. They are also investing more heavily in solar. In fact, they developed the world's largest floating solar plant.
Many environmental experts feel that the country has gone from being one of the worst contributors to climate change to a shining role model in the quest to save the environment.
What drove China to make these changes? The biggest incentive was the need to save it so when people from pollution. National Geographic reports that approximately 1.1 million people die from air pollution in China every year. The government needed to institute massive changes to reverse this epidemic.
Nations around the world should applaud China for making such revolutionary changes to save its own citizens in the rest of the world. However, the country still needs to implement more changes to set itself on the right track.
The government has passed a number of regulations to improve air quality. However, many businesses have been reluctant to follow them.
The Ministry of Environmental Protection surveyed nearly 20,000 companies across northern China. They found that 70% of those companies or nearly 14,000 failed to meet environmental standards.
Some of the violations were fairly benign and easy to rectify. Others were far more severe. According to the report, which was published on a state new site, nearly 5,000 companies were operating in on off the rise locations or fail to secure the right environmental permits. The ministry of environmental protection states that stricter enforcement is necessary.
Despite the fact there are still areas for improvement, China is still headed in the right direction. It simply needs to examine some of the ongoing challenges and find new ways to save money.
Li Keqiang and other Chinese officials are taking environmental concerns far more seriously than their predecessors. The country is expected to roll out new policies in the future and may be one of the global leaders in the fight against climate change.
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Towards a Resplendent Portraiture
Operational Statements
Cross-Bind
The Bathhouse at Midnight
Self-Actualization in Seven Steps
Self: Of Self: Un-Self
Here are my teeth: Black with stars
Life disappears for me
I'm dying to love you again
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
Projections & Monitors
elusion | allusion | illusion
Co-Curated with Taryn Haydostianfor MOPLA, Month of Photography Los Angeles in 2013.
Featured work by Jossi Bieber, Erin Desmond, Taryn Haydostian, Chris Liem, Grace Nielson, and Elizabeth Preger
ICON Projects is pleased to announce elusion | allusion | illusion, a group exhibition of six Los Angeles-based photographers, all of whom graduated from the undergraduate art program at UCLA within the past five years. Their practices, while distinct, are connected by an investigation of identity through perception, intimacy, and gender. Heavily influenced by the disparate practices of UCLA photography professors Catherine Opie and James Welling, they represent a new generation of artists working with photography in the context of contemporary art, continuously fluctuating between romantic and postmodern sensibilities.
In Embodiments, Erin Desmond creates situations in which both friends and strangers are invited to participate in a performance of platonic intimacy. Participants are asked to lie on top of one another and be photographed – a simple act, yet one that requires a level of trust that is not often encountered. The exploration of intimacy is encountered again in Grace Nielson's photographs of men. Her images seek a vulnerability and tenderness in the masculine form and identity, in stark contrast to Jossi Bieber's documentation of masculine performance. Bieber acts as "both witness and participant in the construction of masculine identity; as both voyeur and performer."
Elizabeth Preger "shoot[s] female bodies and landscapes, but the figures in my images are cut up, displaced and faceless...[my] focus is not on personalities but on the body as a site of mortality: an inert object that must contend with the grand landscapes of the American West." Reciprocal are Taryn Haydostian's images in a gesture without motion, which also eschew the personal to focus on the female body in the landscape. This time, however, they are active objects - participants in "performances created specifically to exist as - and only as - photographs." The disquiet of Preger's and Haydostian's work is magnified by the absence of bodies in Chris Liem's images. "I wanted to use the camera and flash to record something latent. I am interested in creating an atmosphere of disorientation, unraveling a viewer's sense of direction or place."
elusion | allusion | illusion is an official exhibition of MOPLA (Month of Photography Los Angeles). Paper was generously donated by Freestyle Photographic Supplies and ILFORD, and mounting services provided by Fine Art Solutions. ICON Projects is an alternative gallery space dedicated to educating the public about photography through exhibitions and public programs.


I pulled out a pattern I have been meaning to try – Very Easy Vogue 8815. I have wanted to make a peplum top for quiet some time now! I chose to make view B.
I pulled out some left over material from another project – the only item I had to buy was the zipper! Sometimes I worry that I have too many craft supplies that have no intended purpose/project. However, it's nice to open up my stash and shop from home!
After getting the pattern and fabric cut out, the top came together very quickly! I like the elbow length sleeves and stylish peplum. One thing I would change for next time would be to lengthen the peplum – it could be more flattering if it were to hit my body differently.
I am looking forward to adding this to my work wardrobe! I have yet to wear it…when I do I'll be sure to add a picture!
What new fashions are you looking to add to your wardrobe?
Summer and knitting – do they go together? Well they do if you plan on knitting something to keep cool in these hot humid summer days. Each summer I like to knit at least one item that I can wear to keep cool. This year I chose a pattern by Patons: the Sunny Days Tank. While browsing a local yarn shop I came across a lovely yarn by Louisa Harding Yarns called Merletto. Its unique texture is accented by the sheen of the viscose strand twisted with the matte linen strand. I chose Lagoon for the color. The weight is DK . I prefer knitting with worsted weight or larger for garments because I can complete a project faster. However, sometimes one has to bite the bullet and just go for it.
After making my gauge I discovered I needed to make a few minor adjustments to the pattern. I am not always very good at this but it worked and I am very happy with the fit. What I love most about the tank is the lace pattern that adds detail to the bottom.
What are you knitting this summer?
I love it when people ask me what is on my knitting needles today. I usually have a couple of projects going at the same time: one large project and one small project. Socks are my typical small project, however today I have a cowl on my needles and my large project really is not on needles. It is a cardigan which is complete except sewing on the pockets, buttons and knitting the optional Festive Fur collar. Unfortunately I am not happy with the body length. It is really a jacket but seems too short even though I added an 1″ to the length. It looks great on the mannequin but God made me with a long torso. What do you think I should do? I am considering a peplum.
Have you ever bought yarn for a project for yourself and then turn around and give it to someone else instead? This is what happened to me during the holidays. I had taken inventory of my sock drawer and decided that some of my ready-made socks were nearing the end of their lives. Oh darn – I need more socks to replace them and I want them hand-knitted. High on my list was brown socks. I have a couple of brown pants that I always wear with basic, no thrill brown socks. I was excited for my next yarn shopping adventure.
Ok, I admit, I am not like my husband with a mission in mind when I go shopping. I do not walk in the store, seek out the "sock" yarn, find what I want, buy it and I'm on my way. No, during my yarn shopping trip I looked through the entire yarn department touching, feeling and petting several of the skeins as I passed through the isles. I dreamed up all the projects I could knit or crochet with this lovely yarn. "Earth to Sonya, earth to Sonya" – oh ya, I was shopping for sock yarn. I cleared my head and started to focus on my mission. I reached my destination and was SOooo…disappointed in the small selection. Yep, when you bop into a box store you can't expect much and my town doesn't have a yarn shop. I made my selection – not brown – they didn't have brown but I am partial to self-patterning yarn so Clover Colors it was by Patons. As you can see it has greens, reds, blues and a touch…a hint…a scant…ok…no brown. Hey, give me credit I searched the entire yarn department.
During our family Christmas we somehow began talking about hand-knitted socks. Alex, my oldest daughter, piped in and said, "hey, you have only made me one pair of socks and some slippers. I want another pair." To the studio I marched and pulled out the "not so brown" sock yarn and asked if she would like a pair made out of the yarn. It was a YES! She selected a pattern and now my socks were hers. I love the way they turned out. I had made the pattern before – oh funny – they were made with a brown tweed. I disliked the mock-cable which the pattern called for so I changed it to a true cable. Hey, I knit like I cook. If I don't like the recipe, I change it. I know there is more like me out there. Back to the pattern – I do really like the true cable. I also like the picot edging. It adds a nice finishing touch to the top. What do you think?
From all of us at Grace Elizabeth's I would like to say "Happy New Year!" A new year always gives me the sense that I can start over, start fresh and enjoy looking to the future and all the good things to come.
On a recent trip to the quilting store (an hour away) Alex and I were discussing how we really have dropped the ball on posting to our blog. Life seems to get busy. We had a wedding (Alex), we moved into a new permanent home and a temporary home (I would not recommend maintaining two households) and had a collage graduation (Alex). During the holidays I spent some time reading some blogs I enjoy following. The more I read the more I began to feel a little lazy. Where do all you young moms get the time to craft, blog, cloth your children with the most darling creations, make delectable meals and desserts and oh yes, sleep. Ok – you have motivated me. Projects are swarming in my mind and I am not getting much sleep. It's time to take action. I've started a few projects and I hope to start blogging about the finished projects soon. Until then, I was busy for a couple of weeks making scarves for the ladies at my husbands work place. It was a last minute thought and I now have had my fill of making scarves for awhile. I made a total of 9 scarves (I kept a couple for myself).


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LOOP, LLC
137 Northpark Blvd Covington LA 70433
https://www.loopllc.com/Home
Headquarters Operations, Covington, LA
Oil is the most important energy source in the world today, and it is an essential element of our nation's prosperity. Oil products fuel our cars, trucks, airplanes, and factories, and oil also heats and cools our homes. As the world's largest consumer of petroleum products, the United States relies on a steady supply of crude oil to produce products we use on a daily basis.
LOOP plays a key role in meeting those daily energy needs. LOOP has received and offloaded over twelve billion barrels of foreign and domestically produced crude oil since its inception. We are the single largest point of entry for waterborne crude oil coming into the U.S.
LOOP receives, offloads and temporarily stores crude oil supplies from three sources:
Tankers carrying foreign and domestic crude oil
Domestic crude oil produced in the Gulf of Mexico
The Zydeco Pipeline moves domestic crude produced in the U.S. and the Gulf of Mexico
LOOP was organized in 1972 as a Delaware corporation and converted to a limited liability company in 1996. LOOP is a joint venture of Marathon Pipe Line LLC, Shell Oil Company, and Valero Terminalling and Distribution Company.
LOOP is the only port in the U.S. capable of offloading a wide range of vessels including Ultra Large Crude Carriers (ULCC) and Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCC) down to Medium Range (MR) Tankers.
The port consists of three single-point mooring buoys used for the offloading and loading of crude tankers and a marine terminal consisting of a two-level pumping platform and a recently replaced three-level control platform. The Clovelly Hub is located twenty-five miles inland, and is connected to the port complex by a 48-inch diameter pipeline. The Clovelly Hub provides interim storage for crude oil before it is delivered via connecting pipelines to refineries on the Gulf Coast and in the Midwest.
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