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MY WEEK IN COMICS – 18 FEB 2015
February 22, 2015 Jack Comics 0
BATGIRL # 37 – 39
Batgirl 39's release reminded me that I hadn't read the previous two issues so I sat down with all three. Issue 37 caused controversy and accusations that it was transphobic and transmisogynistic due to its treatment of a cross-dressing character, issues for which the creators quickly released an honest and heartfelt apology. I don't think the creators had any ill intentions with the character but, for a book which had been getting a lot of praise for its strong female characters and which has featured one of comics' few trans-woman characters, it's quite a big error of judgement which could be damaging to the book and character. I hope that by listening to the readers and responding well to them, the creators have not lost too many fans. The story of Barbara's hijacked identity continues in Issues 38 and 39, building towards next issue's conclusion. The story continues to be enjoyable and the artwork is great – this is a great creative team who I hope will recover from their misstep in Issue 37. I'll personally stick with the book.
It's a quiet week for new comics but I did pick up a second printing of BITCH PLANET # 1, which has received some great reviews, as well as EI8HT # 1, which I picked up because I like Rafael Albuquerque's work.
I'll be honest though, I have not had time to read either one: I'll blame it on the return of the Flash to my TV.
THE FLASH – EPISODES 10 & 11 'REVENGE OF THE ROGUES' AND 'THE SOUND AND THE FURY'
The Flash returns from its mid-season break with a pair of fun episodes. Rogues sees a little Prison Break reunion with Wentworth Miller's villain Captain Cold, joined by Dominic Purcell as Heat Wave. They team up to take down the Flash and bring us closer to the creation of the Rogues, a collection of the Flash's foes. The Sound and The Fury introduces the Pied Piper, who does not do any piping. The episode's fun, and hints at the series' bigger plot points, especially those involving Wells and the Reverse Flash.
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Virginia Commonwealth Bank has recognized three employees who recently were promoted due to their hard work, dedication, leadership and service excellence. They are Megan George, Jamie Dawson and Charity O'Bier.
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"RuPaul's Drag Race: U.K. Versus The World" will be the centerpiece of the opening night on BBC Three, the U.K. digital platform that is being relaunched as a linear channel.
The commission is one of three revealed by BBC Three on Tuesday. In "RuPaul's Drag Race: U.K. Versus The World," the U.K. will be the host nation and nine international members of "RuPaul's Drag Race Royal" alumni will compete for the title of Drag Race Superstar. Michelle Visage, Graham Norton and Alan Carr will join RuPaul as judges. It is produced by World of Wonder.
Also commissioned is "Santa Claus the Serial Killer" (working title), a six-part true-crime series where journalist Mobeen Azhar heads to Toronto, Canada, to explore the case of serial killer Bruce McArthur, a story which has thrown themes of race, faith, culture and sexuality into focus. It is produced by Forest.
"Flight Club," a ten-part series commissioned with BBC Scotland and Screen Scotland, follows the young staff and crew of Loganair as they lift the lid on what a career high in the clouds is all about
Fiona Campbell, controller, BBC Three, said: "As we gear up for launch, we're excited to start talking about what will be on the new channel. As a destination for young audiences on the BBC, BBC Three will provide a true multi-genre offering with these commissions serving up some world class entertainment with 'RuPaul Versus,' award-winning true-crime with Mobeen and sky-high ambition with 'Flight Club.'"
BBC Three goes live in early February, and shows will also be available on on iPlayer, Freeview, Sky, Virgin and Freesat.
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Q: MySQL Querying for 2 values in same column that have the same 3rd value and returning counts I am trying to construct a query for usage logs that counts the number of times two packages are used concurrently for an uploadID.  In other words, I want to know how many times 2 packages appear for each uploadID.  Here is a sample of the table I have data stored in MySQL.
uploadID  package
1         value1
1         value2
1         value3

2         value2
2         value3
2         value4

3         value1
3         value3
3         value4

4         value1
4         value3
4         value4

The output I am looking for would be something like this:
Concurrent Packages    Count
value1 & value2          1
value1 & value3          3
value1 & value4          2
value2 & value3          2
value2 & value4          1
value3 & value4          3

I have tried a number of queries to achieve this, but nothing seems to work.  Ideally, I would like to put the output in a matrix as follows once I get the counts:
        value1  value2  value3  value4
value1    -       1       3       2
value2    1       -       2       1
value3    3       2       -       3
value4    2       1       3       -

I would really appreciate any suggestions as to how to achieve this.  The data is being stored in a MySQL database but the final matrix will be rendered in a PHP web application.  Thanks in advance.

A: Keeping it simple with the first version, this should do what you want;
SELECT CONCAT(a.package, ' & ', b.package) "Concurrent Packages",
       COUNT(*) "Count"
FROM packages a
CROSS JOIN packages b
WHERE a.package<b.package AND a.uploadid=b.uploadid
GROUP BY a.package,b.package
ORDER BY a.package,b.package

SQLFiddle here.
As for the second version, it can be done with MySQL, but the solution gets quite a bit more complex. If you want to make an attempt, there is info here that will get you started.
Short explanation of the query; the CROSS JOIN between the table and itself will return all combinations of rows. We filter out so that we only count the ones where the values are alphabetical and the uploadid matches in the WHERE (the alphabetical is just to avoid that a matching b and b matching a count as two separate matches). After that, we COUNT the number of rows, GROUP BY the values so we get a count per combination.

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Spam traps can become a real nightmare to anyone trying to promote their products with email marketing campaigns. If you've noticed that your email sales or deliveries are down lately, spam traps might be to blame.
How can you find out whether spam traps are affecting your campaigns? And how can you get rid of the bad apples in your database? We'll break that down in detail.
How do spam traps work?
Imagine for a moment that you work for a mailbox provider such as Gmail or Yahoo! Your daily job is to seek and punish spammers who send unsolicited emails.
How do you know whether a particular company is sending newsletters to people who didn't agree to receive them?
You create a number of spam trap email addresses, i.e. Michael@yourdomain.com, webmaster@yourdomain.com or Bob187@yourdomain.com.
You never share these addresses with anyone and never sign up to newsletter lists.
You spread the email addresses around, placing them on web forums and online groups.
Now the trap is set! Like a hunter you wait until the prey falls into your trap.
Companies that collect your email addresses from those sites and start sending promotional offers are automatically classified as spammers. Trapped!
Spam traps are set up by companies responsible for blocking unsolicited emails. Their aim is to capture careless marketers and spammers. Their sole purpose is to catch illegitimate email and identify senders with poor email marketing practices.
Spam traps are a tool of great importance, as they provide mailbox providers with a direct signal that someone is sending unwanted newsletters.
Why should spam traps worry you?
That last indicator gives Internet Service Providers (ISP) detailed information regarding the email marketing practices of companies that hit spam traps.
Sometimes it takes just a few hits (attempts to send email to spam trap addresses) to have your emails permanently blocked from delivery to a particular ISP's users.
BriteVerify reported that one of their clients, who had a great sender reputation, saw their deliverability plummet from 98% down to 25% within 24 hours due to spam trap hits.
How do spam traps get on your list?
If you think you are safe and there are no spam traps in your database, you may be making a big mistake. Spam traps can be found in the mailing lists of even the biggest and most reputable companies — those that, in theory, follow best marketing practices.
How can you fight spam traps?
Getting rid of spam traps is no easy process. Before you actually find one on your email list, it's best to follow these rules to avoid contaminating your list.
Never purchase mailing lists. You are likely to lose money and your sender reputation — which you may never be able to regain.
Ask subscribers to confirm their willingness to subscribe. ISPs managing spam traps don't click activation links and usually don't open emails, so using this precaution should help you sleep at night.
Make sure your marketing platform manages soft and hard bounces appropriately, to keep your database spotless.
Regularly use various segmentation methods to filter-out inactive subscribers (those who haven't opened or clicked any of your emails in the last 6-12 months). Amongst those addresses, one can often find spam traps — get rid of them!
Remember that some of your competitors may know a few spam trap addresses from their own experience. If you don't use double opt-in confirmation, you are at risk that an unscrupulous competitor may add these addresses through your online form — to get you into serious trouble.
Help! My database has spam traps!
If you find spam traps in your database, getting rid of them may not be easy. Sometimes you might need to "amputate" an infected part of your list to make sure that the majority of it stays healthy.
Some of the known spam traps are collected by a service called Sender Score from Return Path. With this service you can check the reputation of your sending IP address and find out whether in the last 7 days you have sent a newsletter that hit spam traps.
Of course this will not show you all spam traps – only the known ones.
Most spam traps don't perform actions (they don't open emails or click links).
The process involves identifying subscribers that did not open any of your emails in the last 12 months. When you find them, create a separate segment and send a re-engagement email asking them to confirm their willingness to continue subscribing to your newsletters.
Those that do not respond should be removed. Having done so, monitor your performance statistics to see whether this process helped. Follow our free Email Deliverability From A to Z guide to further improve your scores.
In this process, you are likely to lose valid but unresponsive subscribers along with spam traps. With this in mind, make sure you track the behavior of your subscribers whenever you contact them.
Last but not least, remember that some ISPs make use of abandoned email addresses (user didn't log in during the last 12 months) and turn them into spam traps. Since these addresses may have actually opted in to your subscription long ago, it may be even more difficult to locate them.
The only effective way to fight spam traps is to track the behavior of your subscribers and regularly manage the hygiene of your email database.
Got a question about deliverability? Pop it into the comments below. We'll be glad to help!
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My heater has been working overtime last night and this morning, due to the fact that it is only 12 degrees outside! WHAAAAT! I know some people enjoy the cold winter weather but I gotta be honest, that is just too cold! I was highly UN-motivated to get out of bed this morning but a full day of Thanksgiving dinner prep and last minute print orders practically kicked me out from under my covers! Even now I'm still finding it hard to get work done, the fact that I get a 4 day weekend is very distracting!
I'm not the biggest fan of the cold but in the spirit of the holiday season I'm trying to counter my complaints with all that I AM thankful for!
To counter my complaint of "It's only 12 degrees outside, YUCK" I would like to make note of the fact that I am VERY thankful for wool socks, a working heater and hot tea!


Hugo (my doggo) , Andrew (my Hinge date - this was our second date), Louis (Andrew's doggo), and I went to the Human's Best Friend Pop Up. Imagine Refinery 29's 29 Rooms but for puppies. The dogs had an absolute blast playing in a giant pit full of puppy toys.
There were treats galore (Hugo was mega into the steak treats but he spat out the vegan dog treats, which I found amusing) and endless Instagram opportunities. We basically roamed around this doggy funhouse and watched our dogs go wild over all the toys and treats.
We left the dogs at Andrew's apartment (they were exhausted!) and headed to Huertas - a Basque inspired tapas restaurant in the East Village. We opted for their tasting menu with alcohol and were treated to about eight courses and four drink pairings. Favorites included the pork croquettes and balsamic glazed octopus.
We had one of the best dates I've ever been on. We both share a passion for our dogs and for adventurous eating, so it was awesome to explore those passions together. The puppy pop up was ludicrously fun, and the tasting menu allowed us to try foods and drinks from a region we were both unfamiliar with.


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4) Drop your bag at UPS!
Drop off your Sell By Mail bag at any UPS store. Then, sit back and relax! Once your bag has been delivered to us, we'll send you an email to let you know we got it. Within 3-5 business days of arrival, we'll process each item in your bag, making selections based on style and condition, and buy any items that will sell for our stores. Within 2-4 weeks of dropping off your bag, you should have money in your pocket.
After our buyers have processed your bag, you'll receive an email stating the amounts of cash or trade you can choose from. You can opt for 50% of our selling price in trade (store credit that works at all Buffalo Exchange stores excluding Buffalo Outlets) or 25% in a check or PayPal payout. Once you make your selection, we'll send out your trade card or payout within 3-5 business days.
What about the items we can't buy? You can elect to donate your remaining items to a good cause or pay the $14.99 shipping cost to have them returned. We hold a $1 Charity Yard Sale every other month to benefit charities that may not have a need for clothing but would benefit greatly from a cash donation. So far, we've donated over $7,000 to various non-profit organizations through our Sell By Mail $1 sale donation program.
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Two weeks after a spear phishing attack against the unclassified email system of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Federal Chief Information Officer (CIO) Tony Scott suggested at the August 11 FITARA Forum that agencies provide a little cyber education to their work force.
Scott credited Transportation Department CIO Richard McKinney with coming up with the idea.
A spear phishing attack that occurred on about July 25 affected approximately 4,000 military and civilian personnel.
The Pentagon restored the email network on August 10.
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Periodistícos
1500 to the Present
International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest
Blackwell Publishing | Posted on 01. Marzo 2009 |
Autor: Immanuel Ness, Brooklyn College (Editor)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
Published in March 2009
Información adicional: 8 Volumes
Enyclopedia Online
This definitive 8-volume Encyclopedia is a comprehensive print and electronic resource covering the history of protest and revolution over the past 500 years – throughout the modern era of mass movements. From the rebellion against the Peasant's Revolt in Bolivia to the Taiping Uprising in China, and from the Enlightenment-inspired revolutions in Europe and America to the anti-colonial revolts of Pancho Villa and the Mau Mau, it covers every major revolution that has altered societies or changed the course of history on a local, regional, national, and international scale. It presents major uprisings and protest movements, and the ideas, ideologies, and activists that propelled them, chronicles the manner in which they unfolded, traces their roots, goals, tactics, and influence, and evaluates their successes and failures.
Dario Azzellini, Johann Wolfgang Goethe - University of Frankfurt, Germany
Marcelline Block, Princeton University, USA
Jesse Cohn, Purdue University North Central, USA
Clifford D. Conner, City University of New York, USA
Rowena Griem, Yale University Library, USA
Paul LeBlanc, La Roche College, USA
Amy Linch, Rutgers University, USA
Soma Marik, RKSM Vivekananda Vidyabhavan, India
Ayokunle O. Omobowale, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Pierre Rousset, International Institute for Research and Education, Netherlands
Beverly Tomek, Wharton County Junior College, USA
Ben Trott, Free University of Berlin, Germany
Below are some initial pre-publication endorsements, which give a sense of what has been accomplished:
"For this work Immanuel Ness has assembled an impressive team of international scholars…Undoubtedly, this will become an essential reference on world revolutionary and protest movements, and an important addition to the collections of academic and larger public libraries. I know I will recommend it to our students and faculty, and will consult it frequently for my own research." Thomas Twiss, Government Information Librarian, University of Pittsburgh
"An indispensable tool for social scientists and historians who wish to be aware of their rich and colourful past. The scope is breathtaking - with a wealth of engagingly presented detail gathered by an army of researchers under the sure guidance of Immanuel Ness. Wiley is to be congratulated." Raymond Markey, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
"Finally a scholarly reference work that provides a substantive approach to world history that accounts for the essential role played by popular movements in the processes of revolution, social change and progress. The International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest traces the efforts of peasants and workers in the global South and North as they struggle for justice and power from the emergence of European colonialism to the present." Gary Younge, The Guardian and The Nation
"This compilation of historical essays provides a unique contribution to the study of social radicalism. The encyclopedia fills a critical void with its extensive examination of the progression of revolutions and protests throughout the world. The International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest is sure to become the definitive reference work in this area of study." Pat Newcombe, Western New England College School of Law Library
"[A] valuable resource for students of social movements and social change." Stephen H. Aby, University of Akron
Some reviews:
"A helpful lexicon provides lists of entries by geography, chronological era, or broad topics such as "Gender and Sexuality," "Foreign Intervention," and "Guerilla Tactics." No comparable work exists in the reference literature." (CHOICE, August 2009)
"A very user-friendly work, and one that can be used effectively at school and college level as well as at more sophisticated research levels … you get a lot for your money, above all if your resources in this cross-disciplinary field are limited and you feel pressure to build them up at one fell swoop … .The arrangement is clear and coverage wide-ranging, making use of the online and print versions equally attractive, each having its distinctive strengths." (Reference Reviews, December 2009)
"Not an area of the world or significant topic has been ignored. All flavors of socialism, communism, and anarchism have been included as well as .... social movements (such as the LGTB movement), labor movements, and the women's movement ... .This wonderful set is highly recommended for larger public and academic libraries ... .Those considering are advised to check www.revolutionprotestencyclopedia.com, which provides a listing of every entry in both print and online versions of this superb work." (Booklist, October 2009 *Starrred Review and Booklist 2009 Editor's Choice)
"Ness… has assembled a team of contributors from around the world to work on what may easily become the definitive reference on the topic of protest… The exhaustive nature and truly impressive scope of this set make it a valuable research tool for scholars. Those who opt for the e-version will benefit from regular revisions and new entries added annually, links to other online resources, and open URL linking."
"The exhaustive nature and truly impressive scope of this set make it a valuable research tool for scholars." (Library Journal, May 2009)
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By Jeff Brady
Firefighters douse blazes after a freight train loaded with oil derailed in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, last July.
A fiery oil train derailment in Canada killed 47 people a year ago, prompting regulators and railroads in the U.S. to make changes. Some who live near where oil trains travel are still worried, though.
Amy Roe with the Delaware chapter of the Sierra Club lives not far from where tank cars transport and store crude oil. Roe wishes the country would move away from fossil fuels faster. That plays into her opposition to oil trains, but she's also concerned about safety, especially after the accident that happened last July in Lac-Megantic, Quebec.
She's heard the arguments from railroads and oil companies that the vast majority of rail shipments arrive at their destination safely. "That is supposed to reassure us," she says, "but all it takes is one — like what we saw in Lac-Megantic — all it takes is one of those here, and our lives will change forever."
Fueling that fear is a series of accidents over the past year, among them a crash in North Dakota that prompted the evacuation of a small town in December. In April, residents of Lynchburg, Va., watched as a derailed oil train sent flames high into the air.
'A Lot Has Been Done'
The number of oil tank cars pulled by the country's largest railroads has increased more than 14 times in just the past four years. With oil drilling booms in places like North Dakota, where pipeline capacity is limited, railroads are a preferred method for transporting crude oil to refineries.
Patricia Reilly with the Association of American Railroads says her industry and regulators have made a series of changes designed to avoid accidents in the future.
The one piece of the puzzle that's missing is higher tank car standards.
"There's lower speeds. There's selective routes. There's increased track inspections. And this was not done a year ago," Reilly says. "People have to realize that a lot has been done to step up the safe movement of crude by rail."
Reilly says there's also a push to train more local fire departments and other emergency officials so they know how to respond when an accident does happen. She says there are more changes to come.
"The one piece of the puzzle that's missing is higher tank car standards," she says.
Buying A Better Tank Car
One widely used tank car — the DOT-111 — came under scrutiny because it can be punctured during an accident. Canada already has mandated a three-year phase-out of DOT-111s built before October 2011. That's when some safety upgrades were made to the tank car design.
In the U.S., many of those cars are owned by oil companies, not railroads. Rich Moskowitz, general counsel for the trade group American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers, says even before Lac-Megantic, his industry petitioned the Department of Transportation to require stronger tank cars.
"Refiners have voluntarily ordered and taken delivery on those cars, even though DOT still hasn't acted on the petition. In fact, by the end of 2014, refiners will have invested more than $4.5 billion in safer tank cars," Moskowitz says.
Moskowitz says it will take time to phase out all the older tank cars and build new ones. Once that's done, he says, that combined with the infrastructure improvements can make moving oil by rail safer.
Jeff Brady
Jeff Brady is a National Desk Correspondent based in Philadelphia, where he covers energy issues and climate change. Brady helped establish NPR's environment and energy collaborative which brings together NPR and Member station reporters from across the country to cover the big stories involving the natural world.
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For the first time, a team of scientists from the University of Chicago and the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences has directly observed an Antarctic ice shelf bending under the weight of ponding meltwater on top—a phenomenon that may have triggered the historic 2002 collapse of the Larsen B ice shelf.
It's thought that the flexing of ice shelves could potentially impact other vulnerable ice shelves, causing them to break up, quickening the discharge of ice into the ocean and contributing to global sea level rise.
"Scientists have been predicting and modeling this process for some time, but nobody has ever collected field data that showed it happening until now," said Alison Banwell, a postdoctoral visiting fellow at CIRES and lead author of a new study published Feb. 13 in Nature Communications.
The team was inspired to look closer at the causes of ice shelf weakening after analyzing the catastrophic breakup of the Larsen B ice shelf. That breakup made headlines in 2002 as 1,250 square miles of ice broke away into the ocean, leaving glaciologists stunned.
Examining data, scientists noticed that in the months leading up to the breakup, the ice shelf was dotted with more than 2,000 meltwater lakes.
During the melting season, lakes may form on the surface of ice shelves, pooling the weight of melting snow and ice into many areas of liquid water. These lakes can weigh 50,000 to 2 million tons each, and that pushes downward on the ice, creating an indent. If the lake drains, this indent pops back up. If the resultant stress is large enough, the ice surrounding the lake basin weakens, and may start to break, the researchers predicted.
To measure just how much these meltwater lakes were distorting the floating Antarctic ice, Banwell, MacAyeal and the team first had to scout where they thought the lakes would develop. They identified four lake basins to outfit with GPS sensors.
In November 2016, before the melt season began, the team drove snowmobiles from the U.S. McMurdo Station over the frozen sea ice to access their field site on the McMurdo Ice Shelf, pulling hundreds of pounds of equipment on sleds. At each of the four lakes, they installed self-contained instruments that measured vertical elevation and lake water depths—each fixed on a metal pole drilled over 6 feet deep into the ice. Three months later, they flew via helicopter to retrieve the instruments (by then, the sea ice was too thin to support the weight of a vehicle).
The team found that at the center of each lake, the ice shelf moved down and then up by around 3 to 4 feet in response to each lake filling and then draining.
Climate models predict that there will be more melting across more ice shelves over the next few decades, leading to an increase in the occurrence of meltwater lakes, the scientists said.
Funding: U.S. National Science Foundation, the U.K. Leverhulme Trust, NASA, CIRES- University of Colorado Boulder.


If you are looking for a way to create a paper-cut look with digital tools, check out this Paper Cut tutorial. Using a combination of hand sketching and Adobe Illustrator, Adobe senior designer Lidia Lukianova walks you through just a few simple steps to get this stunning effect. Her example shows a beautiful letterform but I'm sure you could use this technique with illustrations or icons just as effectively.
Russell Brown has been hosting the yearly ADIM Conference for many years. In previous years, I taught and assisted. But this year I went as an attendee to literally walk in the shoes of Adobe's customers as they learn to use Creative Cloud apps. I manage a team of UX designers at Adobe who create many of the tutorials our customers use to learn our apps. As User Experience Designers, we need to regularly remind ourselves of what our customers face everyday when trying to use Adobe products.
Each year the conference has a different theme. This year's theme was Shakespeare and the attendees worked on two projects: a Renaissance self-portrait and a book. For the portraits, Russell invited a fabulous photographer, Joel Grimes, to shoot using lighting similar to that in many Renaissance era paintings. Most everyone brought a costume to wear for their portrait. Russell brought three – Caveman Shakespeare, Renaissance Shakespeare, and Futureman Shakespeare.
I started with some beautiful Indian sari silk that I had purchased in Bangalore, India while on a business trip. After doing some research on 16th century clothing, I made a sketch of my idea. I decided to create a man's costume based on the cross-dressing character Viola in Twelfth Night. It took me many weekend hours to create because I was mostly designing as I constructed. As you can imagine, I had to rip out many stitches and start over several times.
Let me just say right now that I hate having my photo taken. I much prefer to be the one behind the camera instead of in front of it. I posed for the portrait photo along with everyone else and I really disliked almost all of mine. The only ones I liked were the ones where Russell photobombed the shot (dressed as "Caveman Shakespeare"). I returned later that evening and had the portrait reshot—this time wearing a stunning dragon mask created by costume-maker Robert LaMarche.
Once I had the photo, I started to play with it in Photoshop. We were taught several techniques on how to make your photo look like a painting. I discovered the Impression filters for Photoshop from TopazLabs and really liked them. I ended up experimenting for hours to create really cool painterly effects. Once my file was ready, it was printed onto textured, stretched canvas. I picked a gold frame, attached it, and voilá!—a framed Renaissance self-portrait made with Photoshop.
The book project had two parts. The cover was to be designed using Illustrator and because it was made of wood, it was laser cut by a Universal Laser machine. I LOVE using these laser cutters! It is so fun to design something in Illustrator and then output a three-dimensional object with incredible precision. Once the cover was finished, I started on the contents of the book.
For the inside of my book, I created a set of digital paintings with Photoshop that I printed onto heavy watercolor paper. I had created these paintings by using many of the portrait photos that Joel Grimes shot of the attendees. I chose to focus on the hands – as if it were a close-up view of a larger painting. These reminded me very much of my art history classes where the professors would show magnified views of different paintings and sculpture to discuss creation techniques and details.
In 1987 I designed the first Adobe Illustrator packaging using Botticelli's Venus as the base of the imagery. I did that because I felt that Adobe was part of a 20th Century Renaissance with the advent of digital publishing and digital art. That was almost 30 years ago and it feels like another Renaissance is happening in the 21st century as well. Artists have so many digital and mobile tools and output options at their disposal that it's a bit overwhelming. But at the same time, I find it a very, very exciting time to be an artist.
Having trouble learning to master the pen tool in Illustrator, Photoshop, or Flash? We've got just the thing! Get started learning pen tool basics by playing the Pen Tool Game. This cute and clever game let's you practice drawing both straight and curved lines. If bezier curves have got you stumped, give this a try. Its fun! And you'll be helping a wayward little space traveler named Weber find his way home.
Hint: drawing curved lines scores more points than straight ones.
Adobe's learning search has not been the greatest. We've wanted to fix it for a really long time and we're really excited about our new redesign of tutorial search.
There are almost 1000 Creative Cloud app tutorials on Adobe.com, but they're often too hard to find. This summer, the Learn team built a totally new tutorial search experience to help you get what you need faster. It just went live yesterday.
Search is now available on every tutorial page.
Search results are totally redesigned to help you decide which tutorial works the best for you. On the results page you'll find a whole new look.
My team has some cool new learning games for you to try! If you've never tried Illustrator before, these games teach three essential skills to get you creating in no time.
Learning creative tools should be fun! I just signed up to beta test a new learning game from Project Nimbus. It looks like a fun way to learn some common creative tools and concepts.


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Following a prolonged periods of Candida infestation, it is often so deeply embedded in the base tissue that usual theraputic practices, including the use of Candida Plus, may prove inadequate. The result is a recurrence of the original problem. The introduction of follow-up Symptom Relief with a higher potency remedy such as Candida 1M or Candida 200C often provides the relief.
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Rev. Keeler will resume weekly prayer meetings at 7 p.m. Sept. 25. They will take place each Tuesday in the lounge.
The prayer sessions were conducted all last year and were temporarily suspended this summer.
Please join us for these sessions. We pray for the world, our nation, our local communities and governments, the people around us, and for the church. We want to include your prayers and will make certain that those who ask are placed on our church's prayer chain, as well.
"One of my pastoral heroes, a great teacher, writer and preacher named Eugene Peterson, once said a pastor has only one job, teaching people to pray," Rev. Keeler recalled. "I do not claim to be a great teacher of prayer, but I want to do that work here at Elliston. I hope people will join us, so that we can learn from each other in this most basic Christian duty."


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"Red tide" to blame for illnesses in Florida
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Several cases of respiratory illness that occurred last year in northeastern Florida were brought on by exposure to a so-called red tide caused by the toxic marine organism, Karenia brevis, health officials conclude in a report released Thursday.
This harmful algal bloom organism is known to produce neurotoxins called "brevetoxins," which are responsible for neurotoxic shellfish poisonings and respiratory illness.
According to the report, the detection of this red tide event "was unusual because public health authorities were first alerted by a cluster of reported symptoms of human respiratory illness among dredging workers rather than by more common means (e.g., observation of dead fish or birds, detection of contaminated seafood, or use of satellite imagery or routine beach water sampling."
The illnesses, which involved 20 workers at a beach restoration worksite in Fernandina Beach, were reported to the Nassau County Health Department on September 25, 2007. The most common symptoms were coughing and throat irritation followed by eye irritation, sneezing, and sniffling.
Many of the workers said that their symptoms came and went as they went to and from work each day. None of the workers required medical care and all of them were able to perform their jobs without impairment. After these cases surfaced, public health agencies began receiving reports of similar illness up to 200 miles south of Fernandina Beach.
Testing of water samples near the worksite and at other locations with similar cases revealed the presence of K. brevis. Initial samples showed medium levels of the organism, but testing in Jacksonville, which is 35 miles south of Fernandina Beach, showed high levels. However, after a major storm hit on September 29, levels began to decline. By November 8, all test samples were clear of the organism.
"During this red tide event, prompt investigation of a small cluster of symptoms led to quick identification of the K. brevis bloom. This public health vigilance enabled authorities to take immediate action to issue advisories and otherwise alert the public to an illness of environmental etiology," the report concludes.
SOURCE: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, July 4, 2008.
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Em astronomia e cosmologia física, a metalicidade (também chamada Z) de um objeto é a proporção da sua matéria constituída de elementos químicos diferentes do hidrogênio e hélio. Como as estrelas, que se constituem na maior parte da matéria visível do universo, são compostas principalmente de hidrogênio e hélio, os astrônomos usam por conveniência o termo genérico "metal" para descrever todos os outros elementos coletivamente. Assim, uma nebulosa rica em carbono, nitrogênio, oxigênio e neônio seria "rica em metais" em termos astrofísicos, embora esses elementos sejam não-metais na química. Este termo não deve ser confundido com a definição usual de "metal"; ligações metálicas são impossíveis no interior de estrelas, e as ligações químicas mais fortes só são possíveis nas camadas externas de estrelas frias tipos K e M. A química normal, portanto, tem pequena ou nenhuma relevância no interior estelar.

A metalicidade de um objeto astronômico pode fornecer uma indicação da sua idade. De acordo com a teoria do Big Bang, quando da criação do universo ele consistia quase que inteiramente de hidrogênio, o qual, pela nucleossíntese primordial, criou uma proporção de bom tamanho de hélio, apenas traços de lítio e berílio e nenhum elemento mais pesado. Portanto, as estrelas mais antigas têm metalicidades menores do que as estrelas mais jovens, como o nosso Sol.

Populações III, II e I

As populações de estrelas são categorizadas como I, II e III, e cada grupo tem conteúdo de metal decrescente e idade crescente. As populações foram denominadas na ordem em que foram descobertas, que é o inverso da ordem em que elas foram criadas. Assim, as primeiras estrelas no universo (baixo teor metálico) são da população III e as estrelas mais recentes (alta metalicidade) são da população I.

Enquanto as estrelas mais velhas possuem menos elementos pesados, o fato de que todas as estrelas observadas têm alguns elementos mais pesados apresenta-se como um quebra-cabeça. A atual explicação para isso propõe a existência, no início do universo, de estrelas hipotéticas da População III isentas de metal. Logo depois do Big Bang, sem metais, acredita-se que somente estrelas com massas centenas de vezes a do Sol poderiam ser formadas; perto do final das suas vidas, essas estrelas teriam criado os primeiros 26 elementos até o ferro na tabela periódica, por meio da nucleossíntese.

Os atuais modelos estelares mostram que, por causa da sua alta massa, as estrelas da População III teriam logo consumido o seu combustível e explodido em ''supernovas por produção de pares''. Essas explosões teriam dispersado completamente o seu material, ejetando os metais por todo o universo, para serem incorporados nas gerações posteriores de estrelas que são observadas hoje. A alta massa das primeiras estrelas serve para explicar por que, até 2010, nenhuma estrela da População III foi encontrada. Como foram todas destruídas em supernovas no início do universo, estrelas da População III deveriam ser vistas somente em galáxias distantes cuja luz se originou muito mais cedo na história do universo, e a procura por essas estrelas ou o estabelecimento de sua não existência (com isso invalidando o modelo atual) é uma área ativa de pesquisas na astronomia. Estrelas massivas demais para produzir supernovas por produção de pares teriam colapsado em buracos negros através de um processo chamado fotodesintegração, mas alguma matéria pode ter escapado durante o processo na forma de jatos relativísticos, e isto poderia ter espalhado os primeiros metais no universo.

Foi proposto que as recentes supernovas SN 2006gy e SN 2007bi podem ter sido estrelas supermassivas da População III que explodiram em supernovas por produção de pares. Especulou-se que essas estrelas poderiam ter se formado em época relativamente recente, em galáxias anãs contendo matéria interestelar isenta de metais; supernovas anteriores nessas galáxias poderiam ter ejetado o seu material rico em metais a velocidades suficientemente altas para escapar da galáxia, mantendo muito baixo o teor metálico da galáxia.

A geração seguinte de estrelas nasceu com base nos materiais deixados pela morte das primeiras. As estrelas observadas mais antigas, conhecidas como População II, possuem metalicidades muito baixas; à medida que as gerações subsequentes de estrelas nasceram, elas ficaram mais enriquecidas em metais, uma vez que as nuvens gasosas a partir da quais elas se formaram receberam a poeira rica em metais fabricada pelas gerações anteriores. Quando essas estrelas morreram, elas retornaram o material para o meio interestelar por meio de nebulosa planetária e supernovas, enriquecendo a nebulosa a partir da qual as novas estrelas se formaram. Essas estrelas mais jovens, inclusive o Sol, têm portanto o teor metálico mais alto e são conhecidas como estrelas da População I.

Na Via Láctea, a metalicidade é maior no centro galáctico e decresce à medida que se caminha para fora. O gradiente de metalicidade é atribuído à densidade de estrelas no centro da galáxia; há mais estrelas no centro e por isso, ao longo do tempo, mais metais retornaram ao meio interestelar e se incorporaram a novas estrelas. Por um mecanismo similar, galáxias maiores tendem a ter maior metalicidade do que as menores. No caso das Nuvens de Magalhães, duas pequenas galáxias irregulares que orbitam a Via Láctea (ver nota sobre a mais recente descoberta ), a Grande Nuvem de Magalhães tem uma metalicidade de cerca de quarenta por cento da Via Láctea, enquanto a Pequena Nuvem de Magalhães tem metalicidade de dez por cento da Via Láctea.

Cálculo
A metalicidade do Sol é de aproximadamente 1,8% em massa. Para outras estrelas, a metalicidade é frequentemente expressada como "[Fe/H]", que representa o logaritmo da razão entre a abundância de ferro da estrela e a do Sol (o ferro não é o elemento pesado mais abundante, mas é um dos  mais fáceis de medir com dados espectrais no espectro visível). A fórmula para o logaritmo é a seguinte:

onde  e  são o número de átomos de ferro e hidrogênio por unidade de volume, respectivamente. Por esta fórmula, estrelas com metalicidade superior à do Sol têm um valor logarítmico positivo, enquanto aquelas com metalicidade menor que a do Sol têm um valor negativo. O logaritmo é usado em potências de dez: estrelas com um valor de +1 têm dez vezes a metalicidade do Sol (101); da mesma forma, aquelas com valor de -1 têm um décimo (10−1), as com valor de -2 têm um centésimo (10−2) e assim por diante. Estrelas jovens da População I têm razões ferro/hidrogênio significativamente maiores do que as mais velhas da População II. Estima-se que as estrelas primordiais da População III tenham uma metalicidade de -6,0, isto é, menos de um milionésimo da abundância de ferro encontrada no Sol.

O mesmo tipo de notação é usado para expressar diferenças em elementos individuais em relação ao Sol. Por exemplo, a notação "[O/Fe]" representa a diferença entre o logaritmo da abundância de oxigênio da estrela em relação à do Sol e o logaritmo da abundância de ferro da estrela em relação à do Sol:

O interessante nesta notação é que se uma massa de gás for diluída em hidrogênio puro, o seu valor [Fe/H] vai decrescer, pois haverá menos átomos de ferro por hidrogênio depois da diluição, mas para todos os outros elementos X, as razões [X/Fe] permanecerão inalteradas. Por outro lado, se uma massa de gás for poluída com alguma quantidade de oxigênio puro, sua razão [Fe/H] permanecerá inalterada, mas a razão [O/Fe] vai aumentar. De modo geral, um dado processo de nucleossíntese estelar altera as proporções de apenas alguns elementos ou isótopos, portanto uma estrela ou amostra de gás com valores [X/Fe] diferentes de zero podem estar mostrando a assinatura de processos nucleares particulares.

Estrelas da População I

As estrelas da População I ou ricas em metal são as estrelas jovens cuja metalicidade é a mais alta. O Sol é um exemplo de estrela rica em metal. Elas são comuns nos braços espirais da Via Láctea.

Geralmente, as estrelas mais jovens, no extremo da População I, são encontradas mais próximas do centro e as intermediárias da População I mais distantes. O Sol é considerado uma estrela da População I intermediária. As estrelas da População I têm órbitas elípticas regulares em relação ao centro galáctico, com baixa velocidade relativa. A alta metalicidade das estrelas da População I as torna mais passíveis de possuir sistemas planetários do que as outras duas populações, pois se acredita que os planetas, particularmente os terrestres, sejam formados pela acreção de metais.

Entre as Populações I e II intermediárias existe a população de disco.

Estrelas da População II
As estrelas da População II ou pobres em metal são aquelas com relativamente pouco metal. A ideia de "quantidade relativamente pequena" deve ser vista em perspectiva, pois mesmo objetos astronômicos ricos em metal contêm pequenas quantidades de quaisquer elementos que não o hidrogênio e o hélio; os metais constituem um pequeno percentual da composição química total do universo, mesmo 13,7 bilhões de anos depois do Big Bang. Entretanto, objetos pobres em metal são ainda mais primitivos, tendo se formado nos primeiros tempos do universo. Estrelas da População II intermediárias são comuns no bulbo galáctico próximo ao centro da Via Láctea, enquanto as estrelas da População II, encontradas no halo galáctico, são mais velhas e, portanto, mais pobres em metal. Aglomerados globulares também contêm um grande número de estrelas da População II. Acredita-se que as estrelas da População II tenham criado todos os outros elementos da tabela periódica, exceto os mais instáveis.

Os cientistas visaram essas estrelas mais velhas em várias pesquisas diferentes. Até agora, foram estudadas com detalhe cerca de dez estrelas muito pobres em metal (como CS22892-052, CS31082-001, BD+17° 3248) e duas das mais antigas estrelas conhecidas e a mais antiga: HE0107-5240, HE1327-2326 e HE 1523-0901. Menos extremas na sua deficiência em metal, mas mais próximas e brilhantes e, portanto, conhecidas há mais tempo, são HD 122563 (uma gigante vermelha) e HD 140283 (uma subgigante).

Estrelas da População III

Estrelas da População III ou isentas de metal são uma hipotética população extinta de estrelas extremamente massivas e quentes, com virtualmente nenhum metal superficial, com exceção de uma pequena quantidade de metais formados no Big Bang, como o lítio-7. Acredita-se que essas estrelas tenham se criado no início do universo. Sua existência é inferida pela cosmologia, mas elas ainda não foram observadas diretamente. Evidência indireta para a sua existência foi encontrada numa galáxia com lente gravitacional, numa parte muito distante do universo. Acredita-se também que elas sejam componentes de galáxias azuis fracas. Sua existência é proposta para justificar o fato de que os elementos pesados, que não poderiam ter sido criados no Big Bang, são observados em espectros de emissão de quasares, bem como para a existência de galáxias azuis fracas. Acredita-se que essas estrelas tenham passado por um período de reionização. Acredita-se que UDFy-38135539, uma galáxia recentemente descoberta, tenha sido parte deste processo.

A teoria atual está dividida quanto a se as primeiras estrelas eram muito massivas ou não. Uma teoria, que parece ter surgido de modelos computacionais da formação estelar, é que, sem elementos pesados no Big Bang, era fácil formar estrelas com muito mais massa total do que as que são visíveis hoje. Estima-se que as massas típicas de estrelas da População III fossem de várias centenas de massas solares, o que é muito maior do que as estrelas atuais. Entretanto, a análise de dados de estrelas da População II de metalicidade extremamente baixa, como HE0107-5240, que se acredita conterem os metais produzidos pelas estrelas da População III, sugerem que essas estrelas isentas de metais tinham massa de 20 a 130 massas solares. Por outro lado, a análise de aglomerados globulares associados a galáxias elípticas sugere que supernovas por produção de pares foram as responsáveis pelo seu conteúdo metálico. Isto também explica por que não foram observadas estrelas de baixa massa com metalicidade zero, embora tenham sido construídos modelos para estrelas menores da População III. Aglomerados contendo anãs vermelhas ou anãs marrons com metalicidade zero (possivelmente criadas por supernovas por produção de pares) foram propostas como candidatas a matéria escura, mas há discordâncias quanto a esta teoria. A confirmação desta teoria aguarda o lançamento do Telescópio Espacial James Webb da NASA. Novas pesquisas espectroscópicas, como o SEGUE ou o SDSS-II, podem também localizar estrelas da População III.

Uma teoria recente sugere que os primeiros grupos de estrelas podem ter consistido de uma estrela massiva cercada por diversas estrelas menores.

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Catherine Finch is a novelist, and runner-up in the Bath Story Award 2017.
During my 30 years in teaching, I loved to write stories, plays and musicals for children. My audience was enthusiastic and unfailingly appreciative. Unfortunately, as a headteacher, I was also required to write long, tedious documents for school inspectors. I don't remember quite the same enthusiasm or thanks when I produced these works of fiction.
Although reluctant to leave the Ribble Valley village school where I was headteacher for 11 years, I was delighted to find space in my life for some real writing.
I am pleased to have been shortlisted and placed in a number of competitions, including Flash 500, TSS and the Bath Short Story Award 2017.
To date, there are two novels. 'Walking Apart' is set in the beautiful Ribble Valley, where I have lived for most of my life. It explores the relationship between David and Helen, who are in their mid-fifties. I give no apology for using Helen as a voice for some of my feelings about primary education. Teaching is an art, not a tick-box exercise, as she tries to explain to a young teacher.
'Holding on Letting go' is due to be published by the end of 2018. It is set in France and explores some of the issues facing an ex-pat family through their relationships and their experience of living and working in France.
I divide my time between Lancashire and South West France. My husband Gary, tootles about on his tractor while I sit in the shade and allow my characters to shape their own destinies as I write.
I am indebted to the nine other talented members of the Parisot Writing Group for their enthusiasm, support and friendship. I couldn't have done any of this without them.


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Magnus was diagnosed with cancer when he was 9 years old – Team Rynkeby is the best
Magnus Magnusson var ni år, da han fik kræft. Han ved derfor bedre end de fleste, hvad færøske børn går igennem, når de bliver alvorligt syge og må flyttes til Danmark i behandling – langt væk fra familie og venner.
3-year-old Laura died of cancer – her parents cheer on Team Rynkeby in Belgium
Rørende scener udspillede sig på Mur de Huy i Belgien tidligere i dag, da forældrene til 3-årige Laura, der døde af kræft i foråret, mødte op og hyldede Team Rynkeby-rytterne, der lige nu er på vej mod Paris.
Amazing atmosphere at the top of Mur de Huy
There is no other stretch of the Tour de Paris as famous and as feared as the legendary hill Mur de Huy in Belgium. And today, Team Rynkeby participants climbed the notorious hill one by one in the sunshine.
28 teams will climb the summit of Mur de Huy today – see all the times here
28 Team Rynkeby-hold passerer i dag den legendariske Ardenner-bakke, Mur de Huy. Tour News sender LIVE fra toppen hele formiddagen. Se hvornår holdene ankommer her.
Lovisa didn't stand a chance
It is every parent's worst nightmare to hear that your child has no chance of survival. But this is the reality for children diagnosed with DIPG (Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma), a tumour located in the brain stem. It's a disease that no child has survived. "We got 10 months with Lovisa before she passed away", says Thomas Rydström, currently cycling towards Paris with TRGM Malmö as a tribute to his daughter.
"We started from scratch – but we're always learning something new"
Ahead of this season, the Team Rynkeby Foundation established its first team in Germany. The learning curve has been steep for Team Rynkeby – hohes C Nieder-Olm, but after just three days in the saddle everything is coming together.
Hanna survived the cancer – "A maximum dose was my only chance to survive."
At the age of four, Hanna Falk was diagnosed with leukaemia. Fifteen years later, after spending many hours inside a hospital, she was told she was cancer-free. "I found out afterwards that I came so close to dying," says Hanna, who is participating with TRGM Linköping for the first time.
Jette's daughter was diagnosed with cancer at age 14 – now Jette is cycling to Paris with her son-in-law to help other children with critical illnesses
Jette Haugaard and Kasper Mikkelsen are mother and son-in-law. They're united on Team Rynkeby for a very special reason.
"No parent should have to watch their child die"
"The more parents who won't have to experience their child dying, the better". That's how Roger Bäcklund describes his involvement in the team and why this project is so close to his heart. Six years ago to the day, on the same day as the start of Tour de Paris, Roger's daughter passed away from skin cancer.
Jette and her team slave from morning till night – with an amazing sense of community
Jette Kaastrup Christensen has been part of Team Rynkeby Ringe's service team for eight years now. And even though she slaves from morning till night, she can't imagine summer without the Tour de Paris.
The team gave Annica back the joy to live
Annica Liljekvist's life took an unexpected turn in November of 2017. The lump she had noticed in her breast turned out to be an aggressive type of breast cancer. After going through tough treatments for several months, she was finally done. Only one month after her last treatment, Annica submitted an application to participate in the Team Rynkeby project. "I don't think rest of the team realise how much they mean to me," she says.
Team Rynkeby became Arild's therapy when he lost his 6-year-old son to cancer
Arild Østbø lost his 6-year-old son to cancer in 2012. Shortly afterward, he became involved in establishing Team Rynkeby in Norway. It became his way of dealing with his sorrow.
"It means a lot to have the chance to say thanks"
Betina Vedsted cycled the first three kilometres of Team Rynkeby's ride to Paris together with her son Jacob, who has been through a long and difficult treatment for cancer.
Record number of Team Rynkeby cyclists start the tour in Copenhagen
550 cyclists from 12 different teams departed as a group in Copenhagen today as Team Rynkeby began its 18th Tour de Paris.
How Team Rynkeby begins the ride to Paris - see times and places
Team Rynkeby's 54 teams will begin the ride to Paris in 47 events in 41 cities in 6 countries over 7 different days. Get the full overview here.
Follow the trip to Paris minute by minute
You can follow Team Rynkeby's trip to Paris minute by minute. With the help of the Swedish GPS company, Axtech AB, we're live tracking Team Rynkeby for the entire trip to Paris online.
Team Rynkeby is getting ready for a big blowout in Paris – see the time and place
Thousands of people are expected to head to Paris to welcome Team Rynkeby when the charity cycling team arrives in the French capital on 6 July 2019.
Team Rynkeby is dropping the physical Tour de Paris – will instead focus on virtual cycling
Team Rynkeby's annual cycling trip to Paris will be virtual starting in 2021. This is in order to bring the charity cycling team to a larger and more global target group.
A quarter of a million children will participate in the Team Rynkeby School Run
Nearly a quarter of a million schoolchildren will take part when Team Rynkeby Foundation holds the annual "Team Rynkeby School Run" for the benefit of critically ill children.
Team Rynkeby gets a record number of sponsors on the cycling wear
This year, 1,342 companies are getting their logo on Team Rynkeby's cycling wear. It is the highest number of clothing sponsors ever.
The deadline is drawing nearer: 1,100 companies have now signed a clothing sponsorship agreement with Team Rynkeby.
Team Rynkeby Foundation has entered the new year with a renewed belief that it is possible to set new fundraising records yet again this year. But we'll have to work hard up until the deadline on 18 January 2019.
Team Rynkeby begins taking orders for original team wear
Team Rynkeby's characteristic yellow cycling wear has undergone a striking makeover prior to the upcoming cycling season. Team Rynkeby's official 2018 team wear is now available in Team Rynkeby's webshop.
Team Rynkeby Foundation director: We will simply have to work even harder to reach our targets.
A failed IT project has resulted in a less than auspicious start to the 2019 season for the Team Rynkeby Foundation. The IT challenges have effectively delayed the Team Rynkeby collection work by six weeks.
Bianchi will deliver the bicycles earlier than expected – the first one has just arrived
Since the charity bike team's Italian bicycle supplier has delivered the bicycles much earlier than expected, Team Rynkeby's 54 teams now have optimum conditions for getting on the roads before the summer tour to Paris.
3-year old Laura accepted cheque from Team Rynkeby: Now, doctors have extinct all hope
Lasse Piester-Stolpe held a moving speech when Team Rynkeby Danmark handed over the funds it had collected to the Danish Children's Cancer Foundation a month ago. Now, doctors have abandoned all hope for his daughter.
Team Rynkeby sets new international fundraising record
Team Rynkeby has raised € 9.44 million this year for children with critical illnesses. This is the best-ever result in the history of the charity cycling team.


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Offering spacious designer rooms with a flat-screen TV, iPod dock and free WiFi, Claska is 2 km from Naka-Meguro Subway Station. It features a gallery, a Japanese restaurant and free on-site parking. The air-conditioned rooms at Claska Hotel have wide windows and modern furnishings. Some come with a glass-wall bathroom or an area with tatami (woven-straw) flooring. All include an electric kettle and a private bathroom with bath. The hotel is just a 1-minute walk from Shimizu Bus Stop. Gakugei-Daigaku Train Station is a 10-minute walk, and offers 7-minute access to the Shibuya area via the Tokyu Toyoko Line. Yuten-ji Temple is 1 km from the hotel and Yebisu Garden Place is 3 km away. You can relax with a massage after a long day, or use a free-use bicycle to explore. The gift shop sells unique items and a concierge is available for travel tips. Kiokuh serves local foods with a modern twist, and is open for all meals.
CLASKA Dining & Cafe "kiokuh"


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Exclusive interview with Idan Rachel
INTERVUE: Idan Raichel
February 22, 2018	Lauren Beverly Interviews, Music
Idan Raichel is described as a "global music icon who has brought his inspiring example and soul-stirring music to some of the planet's biggest stages." Raichel, who has lead The Idan Raichel Projects for the last fifteen years, is set to give a solo piano performance at the Strathmore. His concert, titled "Idan Raichel: Piano Songs," includes many of his songs and the lyrics, as well as the stories behind them. I spoke with Idan about his upcoming concert and his body of work and he gave interesting and thought provoking answers.
According to your website, your "spectacular live performances have enchanted audiences worldwide." What can your fans expect to see when they attend your solo performance?
After travelling with The Idan Raichel Project for the past 13 years, it's the first time for me to go solo onstage. The Idan Raichel Project was the joint project of over 150 musicians and singers that I brought together. The youngest is 16 and the eldest are 83 and 91 years old. All of them came from different parts of the world. It was an interesting experiment, musical experiment. How can I bring all these music influences, all these different backgrounds, how can we really build bridges between culture through music? For people who follow The Idan Raichel Project for the past 13 years, it will be interesting to come for a solo concert where I feel I invite the audience to my living room; to tell them the story of The Idan Raichel Project, the melodies, in the most intimate ways and to tell them the stories behind the songs. It's almost like "meet the artist" special concert. It's an opportunity that will not come back because the only time I took these two years for playing piano solo, and after that I'm going back to my band.
What was the inspiration behind your upcoming solo performance?
The inspiration was many solo concerts that I've seen throughout the years. Even Dave Matthews from Dave Matthews Band, to see him going live with only a guitar in Radio City, New York. Even theater actors that just went onstage and did a monologue for an hour and a half. I was always fascinated by the ability of an artist to catch the attention of the audience in a very intimate way, not to be dependent on full production and set. Just to feel that you invite your audience to an evening in your living room, so this was the inspiration and I was very lucky to be able to do it in 2016 and 2017, and to finish the tour here in February 2018. I was not even sure that the audience would even come to the concert. The promoters will pitch in and invite me so I feel very lucky to be here.
In regards to your upcoming performance, what is the one thing you are looking forward to?
The real intimacy is… my sign for this is that we made it, that someone will raise hands in the concert and want to ask me questions, or ask to play a song for him or something like that. When you are able to create it, you're not just playing for the people, or the people are not just listening, but they really feel they are in this intimacy that you created. If they really feel open in your living room, then I will feel that the concert was a success.
Who was your musical influence?
My musical influences were a lot of folk artists. But not only folk artists. It can be world music artists from all over, but it can also be country music from Texas, or Bob Marley who became the soundtrack of Jamaica. I was always fascinated by artists who became the DNA of the place that they came from.
You've worked with Alicia Keys, India.Arie, Dave Matthews, etc. Is there anyone you would like to collaborate with in the near future?
For me, every collaboration starts from zero. It doesn't matter if you're famous, or if it's the first time for you next to the microphone. One thing I can tell about the names you have mentioned; they are so humble, and so modest. In a way, when they are getting into the studio, you don't feel the big success that they carry on their shoulders. They're coming from pure love to music.
Do you have any future projects in the works you'd like to talk about?
I'm working these days with Ines Juarez, the Cuban artist who is a beautiful poet and she writes beautiful lyrics, and she's actually writing the soundtrack of Cuba of this generation. I'm also working on The Idan Raichel Project that I've mentioned before, and we will go back on the road June 2018. And the biggest project that I have is to be a good father to my daughters.
You can catch his show at the Music Center at the Strathmore in Bethesda, MD. February 22nd. If you want to keep up with his touring schedule, check out The Idan Raichel Project's website at http://idanraichelproject.com/en/.
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The kBox has many features for building strength, mass and power, which is critical in football, with many teams incorporating the kBox into their training already.
With flywheel training on the kBox coaches get a tool to work many aspects of muscular performance.
Being a sprint based and momentum based sport, the applications for the kBox can be wide-ranging. It can be used to add strength and mass to players, both upper and lower body strength. Around the sprinting aspect of the sport, it is useful for both explosive power, eccentric strength and change of direction ability but also for injury prevention when it comes to sprint related injuries.
The usefulness of the kBox during upper body injuries is obvious, allowing for heavy squats or split squats, but it's also useful in players with knee pain due to the meniscus and patellar tendinitis due to the lower shear forces and high eccentric load. Squat, row or deadlift for strength and mass. Mid-thigh pulls, hip extensions, lateral squats, split squats can all be used for power while straight leg hip extensions and hamstring curls for rehab and injury prevention.
The kBox is also used in rehabilitation of ACL injuries, with popular features including the user-set intensity and easy monitoring functionality via the kMeter.
The Exxentric Harness reduces a lot of the torque and stress on the lower back allowing athletes to focus on training quality and high eccentric loads. Easy and safe to perform and monitor in a team setting. Easy to train during periods of upper body injury or rehab after an injury.
Official users of the kBox in American football already include the Kansas City Chiefs, Oakland Raiders, Philadelphia Eagles and the Seattle Seahawks of the NFL, as well as individual NFL athletes and many NCAA college football teams.
Proceed to flywheel training equipment, or go back to applications for sports performance.


Not Those Kind of Friends!
Life in New Jersey has been significantly better since I identified a few coffee shops that I like working from. There's a Starbucks less than a mile from my apartment, but I quickly learned that it was in no position to become a favorite of mine. It's small & cramped, & only two of the tables are near electrical outlets. Worse, it's practically next door to a high school, so come 2:30, it's swarming with chatty, squealing teenagers who do asinine things like FaceTime their absent friends into very loud public hangouts. So no, thanks.
There's a Starbucks five miles down the road that I like a lot more. Friendlier baristas, bigger space, more outlets, zero hoards of kids - now that's what I call a work space! What I like even more is the cafe I discovered just a couple of blocks from my apartment - entirely walkable with the world's friendliest staff. And they play a radio stations with American music & Danish commercials. Quirky!
The staff is equal parts hipster 20somethings & middle-aged Scandinavian men, all quite nice, & I've already identified a few regulars, people who spend multiple hours there on their laptops like me. I'm determined to befriend a couple of them, though I'm not sure how to accomplish this. "Hey, can you keep an eye on my stuff while I run to the restroom?" does not a friendship make.
Earlier this week, just hours after I tweeted my friend-making intentions, I had a run-in with a dude who, thankfully, I've not seen there before today. He sat down just as I was packing up to leave, talking very quietly & making some hand gestures that I assumed meant he was asking me whether there were outlets nearby for him to plug in his computer. I pointed him toward them as I got up to leave, which was when he got slightly too close & whisper-talked, in a smooth voice with a thick accent, "Take me out for café, you are amazing"& slipped me a tiny piece of paper with numbers on it. And then I mumbled, "I have a boyfriend, sorry" & almost literally ran away.
What? That's not even a suave move, guy. Ain't no shame in tryin' to have a little game, but if you're gonna try to seduce a lady, give it some goddamn effort. Chat a girl up - & pantomimed requests for directions to the closest electrical outlet don't count. Also, let's not throw around words like "amazing" when we're talking to strangers, OK? I mean, what are you able to deduce is amazing about me? The fact that I'm wearing leggings as pants & successfully balancing a heavy computer bag & a half-full mug of cold tea? My post-bronchitis hacking cough? The fact that I am able to give you directions to the closest electrical outlet? Low standards, dude.
If that's what I get for wanting friends, I think I'll stick to the loner life.


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Q: How to log a Serilog LogEvent to ILogger? I got a microservice .NET Core that receives a Serilog.Events.LogEvent though a external source. The Microservice implements the UseSerilog whitch mean that the injected Microsoft ILogger will be a disguised Serilog.
The question is how I log my LogEvent from within this class that only got a Microsoft ILogger?
I tried to cast the Microsoft ILogger to a Serilog ILogger but that was not possible.

A: MS Ilogger is supposed to make it easy to switch logging systems, all a class needs to know about should be the MS Ilogger. But in this case, I took a shortcut, I simple injected a Serilog ILogger and then used this to log the LogEvent.
This is a very small standalone project so it should not be a problem. Besides, to get Serilog structure logging working one must use a specific syntax, this might not be the same if the log system is changed.


Our Amsoil 2011 Ford Mustang GT has been quietly sitting in the back of our Tampa headquarters warehouse, just waiting for some love. Over a year ago, it was out in full force, delivering 9-second passes down the 1,320. It's enjoyed the spotlight before, including the 2010 SEMA show, but it's been nestled away since our rollcage install.
We decided to update its look, so we called on SilverHorse Racing (SHR). SilverHorse Racing has been specializing in the Ford aftermarket since 2003, and offers a premium line of interior and exterior parts for most Mustangs and F-series trucks. One of its most popular pieces is its window louvers for '05-present Mustangs.
According to Marcello Canitano, owner of SilverHorse Racing, "Over the years I got tired of aftermarket parts not fitting, so I decided to start SilverHorse Racing and manufacture parts the right way. Our window louvers are one of our top-three-selling products and continue to be. We offer them pre-painted with everything you need to install. There's no guesswork involved—it is the best way to do it."
With that said, we chose to install a set of its '10-present flush-mount quarter-vent louvers (PN S297-300). These louvers are the same that you would find on the current FR500 Cobra Jet. It's a small improvement over the factory quarter-window, but we feel it gives the GT a more aggressive look. Installation was simple and took about an hour.


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About Berwick Parish Church
We are the parish church of Berwick-upon-Tweed, dedicated to the Holy Trinity and St Mary. The building is a rare example of a parish church built during Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth. Consequently it has no tower, spire or bells and has a lively story to tell in this borderland between England and Scotland.
Welcome to the most northerly church in England!
Berwick Parish Church is an active, living Church which is open to all, welcomes all and has its ministry rooted in serving the local community and the many visitors who come to explore this very special part of the world.
We are pleased to be able to say that we are now able to celebrate our Parish Eucharist on Sundays and Thursdays in church at 10.00am as well as online. There is also a service of Holy Communion in church on Sundays at 8.30am and Evensong at 6.00pm. The 8.30am and 6.00pm services on Sundays and the 10.00am service on Thursdays follow the Book of Common Prayer.
The church is open for private prayer daily between 8.30am and 5.00pm.
Clergy Team
Dennis Handley
Tracey Usher
Tom Sample
Our churchwardens are:
Gwynneth Guthrie – 01289 308580
Ann Mawer – 01289 763096
Paul Marshall – 01289 306564
Pamela Wright – 07798 820051
Our PCC Secretary is: Jane Hall
Our PCC Treasurer is: Ian Guthrie
The Parish Church Trust Secretary is: Flora Moxon


Finder's Fees: Legal Land Mine for Investors?
Recently, I got an inquiry from a real estate investor who'd just come off an investment seminar and was "fired up" (or maybe that smoke was from the burn his credit card had taken!) about getting going. Like a gladiator looking to win ultimate freedom with one last fight, this investor wanted to jump into wholesaling property and make his fortune. And, as many a newly-minted investor before him, he was short on cash but long on enthusiasm. This is a great place to be…IF enthusiasm doesn't drown caution!
Fortunately, in this case, he'd struck a balance between prudence and "fire in the belly." That splendid balance was what brought him to my virtual doorstep, wanting to know about investments and finder's fees.
Fiinder's Fees Are Illegal, Anyway. Short Answer, Right?
Not necessarily. Google "finder's fee" and "real estate" and you might think so. As a new investor, too, you may be dismayed by what you read, feeling like half your "ammunition" has been taken out of your clip before you've figuratively fired a shot. But, as with everything, the devil is in the details. So pay attention!
The first form of wholesaling is the simplest form — but also the most confusing. The KEY is in whom you're dealing with. In most if not all states, a licensed realtor cannot pay a non-licensed realtor a finder's fee. That's the bad news. The good news is unless you're dealing with realtors, it's a non-issue.
The written agreement between the parties, and drafted by Defendant, explicitly refers to Plaintiff being compensated in the role of a finder. There is nothing in the agreement explicit or implied that Futersak was an agent of Defendants in the actual or functional meaning of that term and relationship. Futersak had no explicit or implied power to bind Defendants. He did not have the power to negotiate the transaction. Futersak did not have the power to do anything except finding and introduce prospects.
This ruling contains several pertinent lessons to keep in mind.
Said agreement should be simple and to the point and be worded correctly: that as the finder, you will be compensated for finding prospective business opportunities, researching an area, finding a willing seller, performing due diligence, researching market conditions, and the like. It should NOT contain any language that suggests or implies a brokerage arrangement.
Your agreement should also indicate that you will not negotiate with the seller or any party on behalf of the cash investor; that you do not have the ability to bind the cash investor; and that you will not serve in a fiduciary capacity to the cash investor.
It's not a bad idea to think about forming a partnership with the cash investor. That way, in your finder's fee agreement, you can state that the Finder is entitled to the ownership interest of X percent in any opportunity introduced to cash investor by Finder. This ownership interest should be convertible to cash at the election of the cash investor, or within X months after closing on the investment.
Check It Out to be Sure!
I need to put on my C.M.A. hat here — which means I'm also going to advise you to run any purported finder's transaction by a licensed attorney to ensure you are compliant with state law. Don't rely on one cited case here to "cover" you: get professional guidance so your proposed deal doesn't "blow up" on a technicality!
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In CA, I plan to operate an LLC with multiple managing partners where the company closeses traditional real estate transactions that require a license, and a investment side of the business that deals with assignment of contracts, rehabbing, lease options and seller financing.
I'm a licensed agent in California but also starting this real investment company as we speak.
My main question is, could one of my managing Partners within the LLC, who is not a licensed real estate agent, provide the finder's fee since I cannot… or would I risk still getting in trouble because I'm a manager of LLC and a licensed agent?
Fyi -In California, a "finder's exception," allowing an unlicensed person to be compensated for introducing parties to a real estate transaction, has been judicially approved since 1923. As explained by California's Supreme Court in Tyrone v. Kelley (1973) 9 Cal.3d 1.
I thought this and the other version in Bigger Pockets were excellent posts, and something I want to do this with one client when I de-activate my real estate license next month.
It contradicts the outcome in favor of the Defendant…or at least the part of the case that was denied appeal. What I can't discern is whether the ruling had to do with the fact that the FF contract aspects involved both a fee for finding the property, and ALSO a % of profit upon sale, or the fact that Plaintiff was unlicensed in a transaction involving real estate transactions as this document asserts. Your take?
That is a great article. Yes the attorney is correct and this is where I see a lot of wholesalers getting into trouble when they tie their finder's fee to a percentage of the profit when the deal sells and they attempt to help with the transaction to ensure it goes through. A true finder's fee is one that is a flat fee for the assignment of a PSA. The fee is payable regardless if the deal goes through (unless the seller backs out). Fees that are tied to the outcome of a transaction look like a real estate commission and should be avoided. Also each state has their own take on this activity and it is best to consult an attorney in the state where you are considering wholesaling.


BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The mayor of one Budapest district wants female City Hall staff to wear miniskirts only if they have "completely perfect legs" and the skirts are no shorter than 2-3 centimeters (about 1 inch) above the knee.
Mitynan also dislikes crop tops — popular in Budapest — saying "few women have well-trained bellies worth showing to people" and wants the city to legislate on stocking thickness, proposing 5-10 denier for summer, 15 for spring and autumn and 20 for winter.
Mitynan is a rarity in Budapest's 23 mostly liberal and socialist districts, so his proposals stand almost no chance of being passed by the city assembly. Liberal Budapest Mayor Gabor Demszky described the proposals as "crass," according to the state news agency MTI.
There needs to be some rules, but this may be a little over the top.


Spending on technology among Irish organisations this year is set to rise, with analyst firm IDC forecasting the most positive outlook in the country for some time.
IDC's annual user survey, IT Trends and Expenditure in Ireland, has found that whereas the public sector drove much of the growth in IT expenditure last year, private companies across a range of industries have said they plan to increase their outlay on technology products and services in 2006.
Almost half of all the organisations polled for the survey (48pc) expect their IT spending to be higher this year than last. IDC noted that the most interesting change from 2005 is that only 15pc of respondents said they expected their spending to be lower, in contrast with 29pc who gave this answer last year.
However, the survey uncovered clear lines of demarcation based on size of organisation. The proportion of organisations expecting to increase IT expenditure in 2006 is much higher among the large (62pc) and medium (57pc) business segments than among small (38pc) and very small (37pc) companies. IDC interviewed 301 executives in commercial and public sector organisations for this year's survey.
The positive feelings about IT spending contrast with reduced optimism over how the respondents' businesses are likely to perform this year. IDC found that 64pc of organisations surveyed expect sales or revenues to be higher this year than last, down from 70pc last year. Here again, the smaller the business the lower the prospect: barely over half of organisations with fewer than 100 employees expect to improve on last year's performance.
Many of the IT challenges cited by organisations relate to upgrades and new implementations, the survey found. Joint top of the list is the challenge of installing and migrating to new systems, suggesting that IT suppliers will be kept busy, IDC said. More organisations are feeling the challenge of hardware and software upgrades than last year.
IT expenditure intentions are more positive than last year for hardware, external IT services and data communications. IDC calculated this in terms of the proportion of organisations expecting an increase in spend minus the proportion expecting a decrease. The figure for packaged software is down this year but only slightly, from 16pc to 14pc.
For the coming year, security and mobility solutions are the areas in which most organisations intend to invest. Security is of most interest to organisations in the finance and government sectors, with the latter also strongly showing demand for mobility solutions.