If passed, this bill would take marijuana off the federal controlled substances list—joining other industries such as alcohol and tobacco.
Originally introduced by Senator Bernie Sanders in 2015, this bill fulfills a responsibility to create a level playing field across the country….
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) is the Democratic co-sponsor in the House. Sanders' Senate legislation died when it was introduced a couple of years ago but now fully eight states and the District of Columbia have legalized recreational pot.


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UPDM Calls Attention to the Continued Devastating Conflict in South Sudan Five Years Down the line And Appeals for Urgent Action.
Posted by cbartel@bluewin.ch on December 17, 2018 December 19, 2018
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Today, the fifth anniversary of the senseless conflict in South Sudan, UPDM appeals to world leaders to stand up for the 7.1 million South Sudanese[1], mostly women and children, living under fear, despair and hopelessness. As the injustice, brutality and violence against innocent civilians continues under Salva Kiir's leadership four months after the R-ARCSS, we appeal to the International Community to act with urgency and bring an end to the ongoing crimes against humanity that has claimed over four hundred thousand lives in five years.
UPDM unequivocally denounces the dramatic upsurge of rape and sexual violence against vulnerable women and children in Unity State[2] and across the country, as well as the alarming trend of prisoner executions in the country, which according to Amnesty International includes children.
UPDM condemns the government's renewed recruitment activities and its plans to intensify the conflict in Bahr El Ghazal and Unity State. Conflict continues in Unity, Wau, Western and Central Equatoria States to date with continued loss of lives, property, dignity, and displacement.
The government's continued violation of the UN Security Council imposed arms embargo on South Sudan testifies to their intentions to violate the ceasefire and continue their illegitimate claim to power through violence, arbitrary arrests, illegal executions, manmade famine and abuse of power.
While UPDM welcomes the latest sanctions on individuals supporting the government's brutal agenda against its citizens, these sanctions stop short of holding accountable South Sudan's leaders and neighbouring governments who ordered and/or facilitated the acquisition and transfer of weapons, ammunition and military equipment through their borders into South Sudan.
UPDM reiterates its position on the limitations of the ill-negotiated R-ARCSS that serves the interests of neighbouring economies in the region at the expense of sustainable peace in South Sudan. The agreement (i) fails to acknowledge and address the underlying causes of the conflict;
(ii) it stops short of responding to the concerns of millions of aggrieved and victimised citizens; (iii) and fails to reach out to the growing militarised groups in the country who were not represented at the negotiating table. Instead, this agreement gives more powers to the perpetrators, and hence the continued crimes against humanity, provoking rhetoric and anti-peace agenda of this government.
As the Christmas holidays approach, UPDM calls on IGAD, the African Union, TROIKA, The United Nations Security Council and friends of South Sudan to:
Immediately enforce effective deterrent strategies against all actors and accomplices to the violations of the ceasefire agreement and the arms embargo, so as to allow the emergence of legitimate leaders and build trust in the political process for peace in South Sudan;
Strengthen protection for vulnerable citizens of South Sudan, especially in the reported hotspots in the country where human rights abuses are on the increase, mindful that some RPF contributing countries have a sinister agenda in South Sudan;
Re-open and facilitate an inclusive and accountable agreement early next year, that seeks to strengthen R-ARCSS through addressing the underlying issues, ensuring the concerns of disgruntled and victimised people are sufficiently addressed and build consensus through levelling the playing field for all signatories while putting people at the centre of the transitional goals; and
Provide funding for humanitarian support to the internally displaced and the refugees in neighbouring countries, ensuring no forced-return policies against the displaced people.
UPDM stands ready to engage and represent the people of South Sudan in an honest and inclusive political process; devoid of manipulations, coercing and disingenuous schemes that characterised the Khartoum revitalised agreement. To this end UPDM urges the people of South Sudan to stand with us until power is returned to the people, and together lay the foundations for a strong progressive sovereign country that promotes unity, equality and diversity. Many died for the independence of South Sudan and it is our duty, the living, to ensure that they did not die in vain and the sovereignty of our new country is protected.
God bless South Sudan.
Taban Julu Lomuja UPDM
CC: IGAD, African Union, TROIKA, UNSG, UNSC, People of South Sudan Everywhere
NB.: For queries and comments, please write to press@updm-rss.org, or visit our website/twitter below.
1 South_Sudan_2019_Humanitarian_Needs_Overview.pdf: https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources
2 https://jmecsouthsudan.org/index.php/press-release/item/395-jmec-appalled-by-reports-of-rape-and-sexual-violence- against-women-and-girls-in-bentiu

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Somatidia longipes är en skalbaggsart som beskrevs av Sharp 1878. Somatidia longipes ingår i släktet Somatidia och familjen långhorningar. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Dębno Lubuskie − ogólnodostępna bocznica szlakowa, dawniej stacja kolejowa, w Dębnie, w województwie zachodniopomorskim, w Polsce.

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Linki zewnętrzne

Stacje i przystanki kolejowe w gminie Dębno (województwo zachodniopomorskie)
Obiekty budowlane w Dębnie


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FACULTY / DAN MICHAELSON
Dan Michaelson, Graphic Designer
Webpage: http://blog.linkedbyair.net/
Mr. Michaelson received a B.A. in history from Columbia University in 1997 and an M.F.A. in graphic design from Yale University in 2002. He has worked as a designer at Pentagram and at 2×4 in New York. He is a partner in the design practice Linked By Air. In 2004 he was awarded a Charles Nypels grant for research on embedded digital sign systems. Mr. Michaelson was appointed lecturer in graphic design in 2005 and senior critic in 2012.


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Q: Is it possible to integrate an Azure DevOps YAML pipeline into a release pipeline? I've defined a Pipeline to run my Cypress tests and this works fine for running automated tests via a CRON task, or when we want to run it via a manual execution:
schedules:
- cron: "0 6 * * *"
  displayName: Daily 6AM test run
  branches:
    include:
    - master
  always: true

strategy:
      parallel: 2

pool:
    vmImage: "ubuntu-latest"

steps:
    - task: NodeTool@0
      inputs:
          versionSpec: "12.x"
      displayName: "Install Node.js"

    - task: CacheBeta@1
      inputs:
          key: npm | $(Agent.OS) | package-lock.json
          path: /home/vsts/.npm
          restoreKeys: npm | $(Agent.OS) | package-lock.json
      displayName: Cache NPM packages
    - task: CacheBeta@1
      inputs:
          key: cypress | $(Agent.OS) | package-lock.json
          path: /home/vsts/.cache/Cypress
          restoreKeys: cypress | $(Agent.OS) | package-lock.json
      displayName: Cache Cypress binary

    - script: npm ci
      displayName: "Install NPM dependencies"

    - script: npm run cy:verify
      displayName: "Cypress verify"

    - script: npm run cy:run:staging
      displayName: "run Cypress"

    - task: PublishPipelineArtifact@0
      inputs:
          artifactName: "screenshots"
          targetPath: "cypress/screenshots"
      condition: failed()
      displayName: "Publish Screenshots (Cypress)"

    - task: PublishPipelineArtifact@0
      inputs:
          artifactName: "videos"
          targetPath: "cypress/videos"
      condition: succeededOrFailed()
      displayName: "Publish Videos (Cypress)"

    - task: PublishTestResults@2
      inputs:
          testResultsFormat: "JUnit"
          testResultsFiles: "**/test-output-*.xml"
          testRunTitle: "Cypress Test Results"
          publishRunAttachments: true
      condition: succeededOrFailed()
      continueOnError: true

We have a use case however where we want to run the Cypress test's against a new release pipeline when a new release is generated.

However, I can't see a way to use the YAML file I have defined in the pipeline as a 'task' for the release pipeline.
Is what I'm trying to do possible?

A: You can install the Trigger Build Task extension and queue the YAML pipeline from the release:

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I can't see a way to use the YAML file I have defined in the pipeline
as a 'task' for the release pipeline.

For this issue, if you refer to reuse the tasks defined in the yaml pipeline in the release pipeline , I am afraid this is impossible to achieve. You need to convert the tasks defined in the yaml pipeline into corresponding tasks in the classic pipeline one by one.
You can choose to create a task group in the release pipeline to contain these tasks that need to be reused, and then when you need to reuse these tasks, you only need to add this task group. Here is the document.

Or you can integrate the release pipeline into the yaml pipeline to create a Multi-Stage pipeline. Each stage describes the part of the CI/CD process.
Then you can create template yaml file for Cypress test. When creating a template, you make a separate YAML file with a set of tasks you want to reuse. To run all of those tasks, all you have to do is reference the template. If you need to run the same set of tasks on different pipelines with a separate YAML file for each pipeline, you can have each YAML file reference the template for those tasks.
About YAML syntax ,please refer to this .

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Lawsuit filed on behalf of 6-year-old hit by an 18-wheeler as he got off a school bus in Bastrop County
Posted: Jul 8, 2019 / 05:26 PM CDT / Updated: Jul 8, 2019 / 05:28 PM CDT
A photo of a boy in Bastrop County who was hit by a tractor-trailer while getting off a school bus. Photo from the boy's family.
AUSTIN (KXAN) — A lawsuit has been filed in Travis County District Court on behalf of the 6-year-old boy who was hit by an 18-wheeler on June 11 as he was getting off a school bus.
The boy's family is suing the driver of the tractor-trailer and the company who operated it for more than one million dollars in damages. They are also seeking a trial by jury.
Back in June, KXAN reported that the 6-year-old was hospitalized and then released. His family told us he was left with a big tire mark across his chest.
The suit says the bus was "being operated in a lawful manner" on or near Highway 290 near the intersection of FM 696 in Bastrop County.
According to the suit, the bus was operated by Asney Perez Noda, a resident of Austin and operated by Roca Carrier, LLC. a business with its primary location in Austin.
The lawsuit says the boy was injured and may have long-term impairments as a result of this crash. It also states that he's incurred medical expenses as a result of being hit.
Citing official reports of the incident, the lawsuit states that the school bus was stopped with its lights flashing and its stop sign extended, warning that children were unloading. The suit says the 18-wheeler "blatantly" and "knowingly" ignored these signs and failed to slow down, which is a violation of Texas law. The suit goes on to say that the boy was "suddenly, violently, and without warning" struck by a Red Kenworth tractor-trailer, knocking the boy into a ditch.
The lawsuit claims the driver was negligent and traveling too fast and inattentively. It also claims Roca Carrier, LLC. was negligent in areas of hiring, training, maintenance and more.
KXAN reached out to Roca Carrier, but they declined to comment on this suit.
Sonia Huitron, the boy's mother, was waiting at the bus stop for her son to arrive and saw the crash happen, the lawsuit said.
In the suit, the boy's family is also asking for a temporary restraining order and a temporary injunction to prevent any evidence like maintenance records, text messages, photos, or videos from being altered by the parties being sued.
KXAN's Chelsea Moreno contributed to this report.
Six-year-old Elgin student alive after being hit by 18-wheeler
Neighbors raise concern on bus drop offs after 6-year-old struck by 18-wheeler


With just about 24 hours for the launch of my eBook "Bird Photography Simplified – A Virtual Masterclass" I wanted you to truly understand the significance of the concept – Think Like A Pro.
Let's look at a simple analogy of using a laptop/personal computer.
Every day when you start working on your laptop, do you think what's the internal RAM size? What's the processor speed? Whether the screen is 10 or 13 or 15 inch? Whether you have 500 GB hard disk or a 1TB hard disk?
Why are these questions insignificant?
Because…what's important is the usage of the device but not the device itself. It's just a tool to perform your activities. Some laptops might be faster than the other. But, does your thinking change just because you have a faster computer?
Even if you have a super computer, does it ever change the output you are currently producing? It will only give you the results faster. The result itself will not change.
If you want to get different results or better results, your thought process has to change. You have to think in a different direction. You have to be more creative or more productive.
So…if you apply this analogy to photography, you will find the same basic concept.
During your earlier days, you are more concerned about which camera should you buy, which lens gives you the best quality, which metering mode is the best, which focusing mode yields you a faster focus, etc.
It sounds reasonable. That's the way every photographer would have started.
But, what really bothers me is, several photographers don't want to go beyond that point. They will be stuck in these smaller aspects for several years. Their minds are so preoccupied with these thoughts, that they just can't feel the nature anymore.
Which camera did the photographer use?
Maybe it's a super telephoto lens that's why it's of high quality?
Did the photographer use Manual Mode?
If I know the exact settings, I will be able to make a similar photograph!
If these tools and settings occupy most of your time and energy, the true joy of photography is LOST.
At the end of the day, we are all into photography mostly because we love nature. We love the beauty or grandeur or moods of nature. If you fail to appreciate it and enjoy it, you can't make evocative photographs.
What would happen if there is just 1 camera, 1 lens, and 1 setting in this world?
I guess…most photographers will quit. Because, several photographers don't know what to do! There's nothing to brag about or crib about. There's nothing to fight. Isn't it?
Read the above paragraph multiple times. Let it sink into your mind. Let it open the doors to your endless creativity. The creativity which has no bounds. The creativity which makes you happy. Which brings that joy inside you.
That creativity which makes you one with nature.
Think like a pro concept is a step forward towards opening the door to your creativity.
Imagine: You are a very passionate bird photographer and there's a client who wants you to take the photographs of American bald eagles for a calendar.
What are some of the most important things you would do? Here are the 2 options.
Get the best possible camera with lowest noise levels and highest fps settings.
Get the best lens with far enough reach.
Go to the most exotic location where bald eagles are found.
Make sure that there is enough light to get the maximum shutter speed.
Make sure to get the sharpest images with the best exposure with the lowest noise level possible.
Get as many photographs as possible so that the client has more choice.
Make sure to get good composition or else do it in the post-processing stage.
Make a calendar and present it to the client.
Check the photographs taken by other photographers in that location.
Check the lighting conditions in that location and the background.
Come out with a story outline for the calendar.
Figure out how many days it might take to get the required content.
Go to the location and scout the location for the best viewpoint, best light, and best background.
Make some interesting photographs keeping the story in mind.
Make sure to get technically good images.
I am guessing you chose the option-1 initially, and then switched to the option-2 J Didn't you? If you chose the option-2 directly, I am very happy for you.
Option-1 represents technicians whereas Option-2 represents photographers.
There is a fine line between the two. Normally a good photographer is also a good technician, but not the other-way-around.
If you know what exactly you want (i.e., Vision), then you will do your best to make it happen. Don't you? You will learn everything possible to turn your vision into reality.
In fact, it matters more than ever. When you have a vision, you will try to do everything possible to turn it into reality.
You believe in it now. Don't you?
My upcoming eBook Bird Photography Simplified – A Virtual Masterclass is based on the same principle. I didn't want it to be yet another book on bird photography. I didn't want to write about something that I don't strongly believe in.
What I have written in this eBook is exactly what I do. The exact steps that I follow in the field, the exact techniques that I apply, and the exact thought process that runs in my mind while I am in the field.
I call it a virtual masterclass for this very reason. I am teaching you virtually about everything I know and everything that I believe helps you to become a better photographer.
It is my most significant work till date and I have done my best.
I would strongly recommend you to read this eBook at least twice to get the real value out of it.
The Bird Photography Simplified – A Virtual Masterclass eBook will be released in another 24 hours for a reasonable price of US$39.99.
To make it a complete bird photography package, I am giving away my popular eBook A Step-by-Step Guide to Post Processing worth US$19.95 for free.
Fascinating Bird Photography: This is Incredible & Innovative!
I was out of town so missed your 72 hour window… any exceptions?
Hi Rick Hylton, It's not possible. Sorry about that. However, it will be released again soon. Keep a watch.
Now how can I get this book in India.
Hi Vinay, this eBook is not available for sale as of now. You have to wait for a while until it is made available again.
I just got your email today about thinking like a Pro. I followed the link to the subscription page and filled out my email address for notification but the subscribe button didn't seem to work.
Could you put me on the list please?
Hello, the same story as Frank. Could you please add ne to the list as well? our blog is very inspirative and I'd like to have you e-book once available. Thanks a lot.


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If James Corden and Josh Gad Had Their Way, This Summer's Big Movies Would Have Been Completely Different
James Corden and Josh Gad Summer 2019 Movies Skit Video
13 August 2019 by Gemma Cartwright
According to them, "incredible actors on stage and screen" James Corden and Josh Gad have plenty in common. But, though their paths have crossed before, they've never actually made a movie together . . . until now. In a new skit for The Late Late Show with James Corden the guys explain how they finally got the chance to work together on some of the biggest hits of the Summer. But it didn't take long for them to be fired.
It turns out Once Upon a Time in Hollywood doesn't work so well when the leading man can't even light a cigarette, and Hobbs and Shaw isn't quite so action-packed if the guys behind the wheel can't open their car doors or put on seat belts without making an event of it. However, this means there plenty of laughs to be had for us, especially when it comes to Gad's attempt to mimic Jason Statham's gruff English accent. Watch for yourself to see how things pan out, and to discover the perfect role the guys did eventually land.
Hobbs And ShawOnce Upon A Time In HollywoodThe Late Late Show With James CordenJosh GadLate Night HighlightsJames Corden
Halsey and Jimmy Fallon's Google-Translated Backstreet Boys Duet Has Us Cackling
Camila Cabello's Acapella Cover of "Old Town Road" May Be the Best One Yet
Late Night Highlights
Will Smith Did a 3-Minute Rap About His Career With Jimmy Fallon, and Yes, He Got Jiggy With It
I'd Give Literally Anything to Join Billie Eilish and James Corden's Fun Carpool Karaoke
Ward Off Lingering Guests With Ryan Reynolds's "Get the F*ck Out of My House" Candle
Dua Lipa Is Ridiculously Sexy in A Rose Gold Glitter Mini Dress By Versace


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Saints Gameday: Camereon Meredith and Andrus Peat Inactive
Michael DeMocker, NOLA.com | ASC Illustrations
It's Saints gameday and we're coming at you early! The Saints announced their list of inactives this morning for their first action against the Bucs. Headlining the list for the Saints are projected starters WR Cameron Meredith and Guard Andrus Peat.
I don't get concerned when I see this, however. This shows exactly why New Orleans decided to keep 6 receivers on the initial 53. Austin Carr looked great working in the slot when he got reps during the preseason, very Lance Moore-type assignments. Cameron Meredith being inactive today isn't indicative of a setback or regression in his ACL recovery, it's indicative instead of New Orleans knowing they can afford to allot him some extra time.
Same can be said about Guard Andrus Peat who suffered either a quad or a groin injury in the final preseason competition against the Rams. His being inactive has to do with the fact that the Saints resigned Josh LeRibeus and feel comfortable letting him get the start at Guard while Peat gets more rest. Less so is it about his injury worsening or lack of recovery. We knew he'd be day-to-day and this is the sensible thing to do.
I like the Saints are being cautious early with two players that will play large roles throughout the season. Meredith is the perfect candidate for the slot in New Orleans and Peat is a part of what can be a top-3 offensive line this year and is a major contributor in the run game with his athleticism. The Saints won't have as great a need for these guys in the first two weeks of the season. Traveling to Atlanta to take on the Falcons could be a different story. I'd rather see them for just a half against the Browns than to miss them in Atlanta.


The "Delivering community benefit: Healthy food playbook" supports hospital professionals and community partners in assessing community food needs and developing initiatives to promote healthy food access and healthy, local and sustainable food systems.
Health Care Without Harm and partner organizations will host events to dive into the playbook, offering inspiration and tools to address food and diet-related community health needs throughout the community health engagement process. These in-person and virtual presentations feature best practices and resources and engage participants in strategizing to put them to work.
Scroll down and access the Events tab to see a list of regional roundtables, webinars and meetings. You will want to participate in one of these events to learn more about this excellent resource. Community Benefit Connect is hosting a webinar on the Playbook.
Log on to the Community Benefit Connect website and register for these free webinars.
Community Benefit Connect is looking for information, examples and resources on 340b drug pricing programs and community benefit strategic plans.
For 25 years, the 340B Drug Pricing Program has provided financial help to safety-net hospitals to manage rising prescription drug costs. Section 340B of the Public Health Service Act requires pharmaceutical manufacturers participating in Medicaid to sell outpatient drugs at discounted prices to health care organizations that care for many uninsured and low-income patients.
If your hospital receives 340b drug pricing, is the program connected with community benefit to provide funding for services offered in the community? If your hospital community benefit is working with the 340b drug pricing program, please email Melissa Biel at mbiel@communitybenefitconnect.org. We would like to hear what your hospital is doing.
Does your hospital/health system have a community benefit strategic plan? We are looking for community benefit plans we can share. We are defining a community benefit strategic plan as a document that identifies overall community benefit goals, objectives and measures.
This is not an Implementation Strategy but the Implementation Strategy may have incorporated some components of the community benefit plan. If you have a community benefit strategic plan you are willing to share, please send it to Melissa Biel at mbiel@communitybenefitconnect.org.
ModernHealthcare.com reported new IRS rules for counting bad debt. This is an important article to share with your Finance Department and discuss if it has implications for community benefit reporting.


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MGP Ingredients Inc. (MGPI) Volatility Spurs A Quest For Clarity
BlackRock Fund Advisors recently announced the acquisition of new stake in MGP Ingredients Inc. (NASDAQ:MGPI). The institutional investor has increased its shareholding in the Consumer Defensive company by 17.65% to 2.18 million shares with purchase of 0.33 million shares. This fresh investment now brings its stake to 9.93% valued currently at $232.38 million. In addition, The Vanguard Group, Inc. raised its holdings by 84106.0 to 1.06 million shares. And Dimensional Fund Advisors LP has lifted its position by 2.07% or 13125.0 shares – to 0.65 million shares.
With over 0.47 million MGP Ingredients Inc. (MGPI) shares trading Monday and a closing price of $96.52 on the day, the dollar volume was approximately $44.94 million. The shares have shown a negative half year performance of -2.75% and its price on 01/23/23 lost nearly -5.58%. Currently, there are 22.01M common shares owned by the public and among those 12.75M shares have been available to trade.
An analysis of what Wall Street brokers have to say about the expected price targets for this stock gives us this picture: 7 analysts who have offered their price forecasts for MGPI have a consensus price objective of $126.57. The analysts have set the share's price value over the next 12 months at a high of $140.00 and a low of $115.00. The average price target is 23.74% above its recent price level and an upside to the estimated low will see the stock gain 16.07% over that period. But an upside of 31.06% will see the stock hit the forecast high price target while median target price for the stock is $125.00.
The top 3 mutual fund holders in MGP Ingredients Inc. are iShares Core S&P Small Cap ETF, Vanguard Total Stock Market Index, and Vanguard Explorer Fund. iShares Core S&P Small Cap ETF owns 1.14 million shares of the company's stock, all valued at over $121.16 million. The company sold 808.0 shares recently to bring their total holdings to about 5.18% of the shares outstanding. Vanguard Total Stock Market Index bought 3134.0 shares to see its total holdings expand to 0.44 million shares valued at over $46.78 million and representing 2.00% of the shares outstanding. Vanguard Explorer Fund sold -0.11 million shares to bring its total holdings to over 0.41 million shares at a value of $43.21 million. Vanguard Explorer Fund now owns shares totaling to 1.85% of the shares outstanding.
Shares of MGP Ingredients Inc. (NASDAQ: MGPI) opened at $101.83, down -$0.39 from a prior closing price of $102.22. However, the script later moved the day high at 101.83, down -5.58%. The company's stock has a 5-day price change of -7.69% and -4.28% over the past three months. MGPI shares are trading -9.27% year to date (YTD), with the 12-month market performance up to 23.95% higher. It has a 12-month low price of $73.02 and touched a high of $125.74 over the same period. MGPI has an average intraday trading volume of 111.28K shares. The stock is trading above its simple moving averages at the SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200, as the current price level is off by -7.86%, -14.05%, and -7.66% respectively.
Institutional ownership of MGP Ingredients Inc. (NASDAQ: MGPI) shares accounts for 81.70% of the company's 22.01M shares outstanding. Mutual fund holders own 42.65%, while other institutional holders and individual stakeholders account for 59.20% and 38.13% respectively.
Analysts forecast that MGP Ingredients Inc. (MGPI) will achieve an EPS of $0.95 for the current quarter, $0.88 for the next quarter and $4.99 for 2023. The lowest estimate earnings-per-share for the quarter is $0.9 while analysts give the company a high EPS estimate of $1.05. Comparatively, EPS for the current quarter was $1.09 a year ago. Earnings per share for the fiscal year are expected to increase by 82.40%, and 6.24% over the next financial year. EPS should shrink at an annualized rate of 10.00% over the next five years, compared to 18.90% over the past 5-year period.
If you are looking to buy this stock, then you may note that the average analyst recommendation by 7 brokerage firm advisors rate MGP Ingredients Inc. (MGPI) as a "Strong Buy" at a consensus score of 1.90. Specifically, 7 Wall Street analysts polled rate the stock as a buy, while 0 of the 7 advise that investors "hold," and 0 rated it as a "Sell."
Looking at the support for the MGPI, a number of firms have released research notes about the stock. Wedbush stated their Outperform rating for the stock in a research note on October 11, 2022, with the firm's price target at $125. Wells Fargo coverage for the MGP Ingredients Inc. (MGPI) stock in a research note released on August 15, 2022 offered a Overweight rating with a price target of $126. ROTH Capital was of a view on June 30, 2022 that the stock is Buy, while Lake Street gave the stock Buy rating on February 22, 2022, issuing a price target of $100. Cowen on their part issued Outperform rating on January 21, 2022.


Tread wear indicators are situated in the middle of the main grooves. These indicators are small raised bumps at the bottom of the grooves or tread patterns.If the surface of the tyre rubber is level with the bump (legal limit 1.6 mm), the tyre must be changed because you may no longer be driving in safety and you may be breaking the law. We strongly recommend that you change your tyres before reaching this limit. On wet roads, worn tyres increase the risk of losing control through aquaplaning. Tread patterns on worn tyres do not evacuate the water which collects under the tyres, leading to loss of control of the vehicle.
After a puncture, if the specialist detects deterioration which cannot be repaired.
If it does not comply with the equipment recommendations for the vehicle.
If it shows abnormal wear in a specific spot.
If it has obvious cuts or deformation likely to increase risk of an accident.
O.E(Original Equipment) Fitment: This is what we call a tyre mounted on a new vehicle. By following the car manufacturer and tyre manufacturer's recommendations, it is possible to mount different tyres by respecting the load and speed indicators.
The right tyre for the right use. To optimize your vehicles performance and to suit your requirements, tyre manufacturers have developed various ranges of tyres. Jody's Tyres offers drivers specific solutions to suit their requirements.
How tyre conversions can affect your vehicle's performance ?
Changing the size of a tyre is not to be undertaken lightly. Not only is braking affected, but also engine performance, fuel consumption, transmission/gearing etc. When replacing original equipment tyres, we must, for safety reasons, adhere as closely as possible to the original diameter. The main difference is usually with the section width. A set of low profile tyres with reduced sidewalls, although it may look better, generally results in a harder ride. Consider changing your rim width as well, to retain optimum driving quality. The most notable change in your vehicle's steering is a more rapid response and more precise performance through bends. Your vehicle will adapt better to changes in surface, because of an increased area of rubber in contact with the ground. For those who are hooked on the thrill of driving, tyre conversions can increase steering response, but will tend towards more surface irregularities being felt.
Tyres which have not been balanced correctly may cause vibrations. Correct balancing, i.e. proper distribution of weight, reduces vibration and results in greater driving comfort. Correct balancing means: no premature mechanical wear - greater driving comfort - a longer lasting tyre.
Why change the valve at each tyre change?
The valve is a very important element, contributing to the airtightness of your tyres. Under centrifugal force, when your car is travelling at 100 km/hour, the force acting on the valve makes it equivalent to a mass of 1.7 kg, the equivalent of a full bottle of water. Thus, during use it deteriorates with age. It is essential, therefore, to have the valves replaced at each tyre change. It would be a shame to compromise your safety or the life of your tyres just for the price of a new valve. Be sure to check with your tyre dealer that he has replaced the valves during the tyre change.


MANCHESTER CITY host Tottenham in the Champions League tonight but what TV channel is the match on? Express Sport is on hand with all the details.
The City boss wants the Etihad Stadium to be in full voice as they bid to overturn a 1-0 deficit in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final against Tottenham.
Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino believes City are "clear favourites" to win the Champions League but that his players will give everything to defend the lead provided by Son Heung-min's late winner in the first leg last week.
"Of course it is going to be tough, Manchester City is one of the best teams in the world and a clear favourite to win the Premier League and Champions League," Pochettino said.
"It is difficult when Manchester City plays a final like they will play [tonight].
The Champions League clash gets underway at 8pm tonight and here's all the information you need on how to watch the action.
Live television coverage in the UK will be shown on BT Sport 2 and BT Sport 4K UHD.
Fans wishing to watch build-up coverage can do so from 7pm.
Existing customers can stream the match through the BT Sport app, which can be downloaded across a host of devices.
Additional streaming is available via the BT Sport website.
You can also follow action tonight through Express Sport's live blog.


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Missing Boy in Dodge County Found Dead
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A large law enforcement presence in Dodge County between West Concord and Dodge Center.
A boy who was declared missing and searched for was found dead Tuesday night.
According to the release, at approximately 4:18 p.m. the Dodge County Sheriff's Office received a report of a missing seven-year-old boy at Naylor's Pond on 160th Avenue, north of Highway 14 in rural Dodge County. The initial report was that the boy had been swimming with friends and had been missing for about 10 minutes.
RELATED: Police: Near Drowning Avoided in Apple Valley
Responders arrived on scene and immediately started searching the pond and surrounding areas. Assistance was provided by the Dodge Center Fire Department, Claremont Fire Department, West Concord Fire Department and Dodge Center Ambulance Service. The search team expanded to include assistance from the Owatonna Police Department's Drone Program, Minnesota State Patrol's helicopter, Mayo One, DNR, and the Olmstead County Sheriff's Office Dive Team.
At approximately 7:37 p.m., divers located the boy's body in a deeper part of the pond, near the area where he was last seen by friends.
The Olmstead County Medical Examiner's Office will be doing an autopsy Wednesday to confirm accidental drowning as the cause of death.
No names are being released pending notification of family.
Tommy Wiita
Updated: July 17, 2018 10:24 PM
Created: July 17, 2018 09:07 PM


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Water First!
Water security remains one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. In sub-Saharan Africa, women bear 71% of the water collection burden, produce 90% of all food, and comprise 70% of the agricultural workforce. Women are involved in water-related activities such as water conservation, water storage, domestic cleaning, crop production in both irrigated and non-irrigated agriculture, and preparation of food. Despite these responsibilities and contributions, women have restricted access to the resources needed to secure and manage scarce water such as land, agricultural inputs, finance and credit. So African women are at the forefront of the daily struggle for water security, but few are in key leadership positions in the water resources area. This lack of representation by women in decision-making roles removes their vital contribution to water resource policy-making and management and further exacerbates the existing disconnection between policy and implementation.
Led by COACh at the University of Oregon, WATER FIRST! is aimed at increasing the ability of African women working in water research and policy to be more effective in their efforts through group discussions, leadership training and strategic planning. It seeks to establish a network of African women practitioners whose expertise and experience can be tapped at multiple levels to address water security challenges facing the continent. The project will be a truly unique opportunity for the women scientists from across the continents to expand their professional networks, to discuss their professional interests in these critically important topics, to develop joint projects and collaborations that could be life and career-altering, to share career experiences and to gain leadership training.
• Establish a network of African women practitioners whose expertise and experience can be tapped at multiple levels by offering three 3-day workshops.
• Developing a series of action plans for collaborations formed.
• Collecting and assembling for book publication short essays from participants on their perspective of the contributions and challenges of women working on water issues in their respective countries.
"During the workshops I meet with all these women who are water researchers, and a lot of them work on water policy, but they often feel like they don't have any say in what is actually going to happen.
In a lot of communities women are at home, they worry about whether there's water in the household, they're the girls carrying the water home, and their lives are centered around water.
And yet, men are those who make the policies: it's a disconnect between what is going on in a country, which is often largely driven by men, versus the women. These are women who want to become leaders so that they can join in the policy-making and furthering the implementation – and if we don't listen to them, we are fools."
Geri Richmond, Presidential Chair in Science and Professor of Chemistry, University of Oregon
The Elsevier Foundation Board member


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Q: Find order statistic in union of 2 sorted lists on logarithmic time I need some algorithm that find the order statistic (the value of K-th) in the union of 2 sorted lists, on logarithmic time.
I.e. I have 2 sorted lists A[1..m] and B[1...n]. I need to find the item K in the sorted list which contain the values of the 2 lists, and I need to do that in run time- O(lg(max(m,n)).
I know how to do that in run time O(k), by scan the minimalist values in the both lists, until I counted K items.
but I don't know how to do that on O(lg(max(m,n)).
Any ideas?
Edit:
I see the solutions in previous similar post, but there aren't working algorithm there. for example for the lists: a=13456, b=278.
So, maybe someone has another idea?


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Q: iOS: App Icon Badge Will Not Go Away I've added a Local Notification into my app, but for some reason, the app installs with a "1" icon. Opening it and closing it doesn't seem to make it go away. I typed application.applicationIconBadgeNumber = 0; into the app delegate, and have localNotif.applicationIconBadgeNumber = 0; in my notification area. Does anyone know what I'm missing? Thank you!

A: This should work. Place it in applicationDidFinishLaunching in your app delegate file (or anywhere else, but that's a good place to test).
[UIApplication sharedApplication].applicationIconBadgeNumber = 0;


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Q: Create Array of Buffer in NodeJS I'm new to node.js and javascript, please let me know if you have any idea about my problem.
In node.js, I would like to create an array of binary message for comparison, and I tried two methods, both are not working.
Method 1, something like enum
var buf = new Buffer ([0x00, 0x00, 0x00]);
var a_number = {
NUMBER_1: {value: 0, msg: [0x00, 0x00, 0x00]},
NUMBER_2: {value: 1, msg: [0x01, 0x01, 0x01]},
};

When I try to do a buffer comparison using:
console.log(buf.equals (a_number.NUMBER_1.msg));

I got this:
ERROR: TypeError: Object ����

When I try to print content of NUMBER_1 using:
console.log(a_number.NUMBER_1.msg.toString ('hex'));

I got this:
0, 0, 0

I expected this:
000000

Finally, I give up, and try to use another method below.
Method 2 two array
Define a enum for array index:
var a_number = {
NUMBER_1: 0,
NUMBER_2: 1
};

Define an array of Buffer, none of below working:
var a_number_buf = new Buffer[] ([ [0,0,0], [1,1,1] ]);

or
var a_number_buf[] ....

can any expert here teach me how to do?


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Belarusian Revolution Wins Important Victory at Kuropaty
Staunton, February 27 – When an ancien regime begins to pull back in the face of popular demands, that represents a defeat for the former and a victory for the latter -- even if those in power calculate they can regroup and make a comeback. That is because such successes for the protesters are something they won't forget even if there is a new crackdown.
Today, Belarusian protesters won an important if admittedly "a small victory" of that kind, one out of which larger ones will come: Those despoiling Belarus' holiest site, the Kuropaty mass graves, say they won't work and are pulling out their construction equipment from the site (svaboda.org/a/28334191.html and https://charter97.org/ru/news/2017/2/27/242159/).
Their pullback occurred on the eighth day of demonstrations against new construction there, demonstrations that have been overshadowed by mass protests the last two weekends in the major cities of Belarus. But there is a compelling reason to believe that the Kuropaty protests may threaten the Lukashenka dictatorship even more than protests against the vagrants tax.
And it is this: Kuropaty, the site of the mass murder of Belarusians in Stalin's time, since its discovery in 1988, has stimulated the rise of Belarusian nationalism, a collective sense that the Belarusian people have been the victims of Soviet Russian imperialism and must take responsibility for their own nation into their own hands.
Lukashenka tried to hijack that feeling, but as BelarusPartisan points out, there are ten important reasons why Kuropaty which is sacred to the memory of Belarusians must be defended in their first instance against the current regime. And those reasons are helping to recast the protests against the vagrants tax into a national movement against the Minsk dictator.
Among those reasons are the following: Kuropaty is "the place of a Soviet genocide," it is "the main argument for de-communization," it is "the beginning of the Belarusian state," it is "the watershed between hypocrisy and truth," it is "a place of reconciliation for Belarusians," and it has secured their "international reputation" (belaruspartisan.org/politic/372214/).
Meanwhile, there have been three other signs in the last 24 hours that the Belarusian protests are growing into a revolution. First, the mass meetings in Belarusian cities are increasingly making political demands and not just calling for the repeal of the vagrants tax (svaboda.org/a/28333248.html and charter97.org/ru/news/2017/2/26/242125/).
The meeting in Baranovichei yesterday, for example, called for reducing the pension age, replacing transportation taxes, and transforming the country into a parliamentary republic, a step that would in effect leave Lukashenka a figurehead if he were able to remain in office at all. As one participant put it, Belarusians are no longer prepared to tolerate the existing system.
Second, as happens in almost all revolutionary situations, there emerge out of the crowds new leaders who may have greater influence than any of the dissidents or opposition politicians from the pre-revolutionary period. One such individual is a 38-year-old kindergarten worker named Svetlana Botvich (vkurier.by/87798 and charter97.org/ru/news/2017/2/27/242155/).
Not herself subject to the vagrants tax and never a participant in earlier demonstrations, Botvich has emerged as what the local media call "the Joan of Arc" of these protest because of her outspokenness and anger. In the last few days, she has said that she sees injustice all around as a result of Lukashenka's policies and "I do not intend to keep quiet."
And third, rural residents in Belarus are beginning to withhold payment to the government for communal services. That is a measure of their anger, and it will deprive Lukashenka of yet more income (vitvesti.by/ekologiia/menshe-poloviny-vladeltcev-chastnykh-domov-v-selskoi-mestnosti-zakliuchili-dogovory-na-vyvoz-musora.html and charter97.org/ru/news/2017/2/27/242149/).


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Submit your questions for Autoblog Podcast #366 LIVE!
We're set to record Autoblog Podcast #366 tonight, and you can check out the topics below, drop us your questions and comments via our Q&A module, and don't forget to subscribe to the Autoblog Podcast in iTunes if you haven't already done so. To take it all in live, tune in to our UStream (audio only) channel at 10:00 PM Eastern tonight.
Jan 3, 2014 Official
Nissan returning to top-level US racing with this TUDOR entry
Muscle Milk Pickett Racing, formerly powered by Honda to two consecutive American Le Mans Series championships, is now officially powered by Nissan. The Japanese automaker's return to the top tier of US sports car racing comes with Nismo factory backing of the Muscle Milk entry in the newly created
Audi reveals driver lineup and livery for Rolex 24 at Daytona
Audi has announced driver lineups for its customer teams running the R8 LMS GTD in this year's Rolex 24 at Daytona. The Rolex 24 is the first event for the inaugural season of the new Brandon Turkus
Dec 17, 2013 Motorsports
Le Mans champion Allan McNish retires from LMP1 racing
Having won the 24 Hours of Le Mans three times, the American Le Mans Series title another three times and, most recently, the FIA World Endurance Championship, Allan McNish doesn't have much left to prove. Which is why he's retiring, ending this stage of his 33-year driving career on a high note.
Noah Joseph
Oct 21, 2013 Motorsports
Race Recap: 2013 Petit Le Mans draws curtain on the ALMS [spoilers]
The 16th Petit Le Mans Powered By Mazda, in the final year of the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón, was run on Saturday. Even though many of this year's championships had already been decided, the last ALMS race ever would be a 10-hour, 1,000-mile slog around Road Atlanta to get names in the record books and decide a fe
Oct 7, 2013 Video
Porsche drivers escape this horrific VIR crash unscathed
There is no doubting the fact that it takes nerves of steel to be a racecar driver, but the same can also be said for motorsports photographers. Case in point: The American Le Mans Series Oak Tree Grand Prix at the Virginia International Raceway where two Porsche 911 racecars crash hard into the tire barrier, but the dedicated cam
Jeffrey N. Ross
Sep 22, 2013 Motorsports
2014 TUDOR United SportsCar schedule released
The International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) has announced a schedule for the 2014 debut season of the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship, which combines the Grand-Am and American Le Mans Series (ALMS) events. The 12-race schedule begins at Daytona International Speedway on January 25 and ends at Road Atlanta on October 24. In between, the race travels to 10 other US venues, including Laguna S
Lauren DeAngelis Puckett
Sep 17, 2013 Report
Panoz mulls suing Nissan for ZEOD RC's Deltawing likeness
Imitation might be the sincerest form of flattery, but in racing, where something as simple as a car's shape can lead to a competitive advantage, imitation can be a big no-no. That reality is being played out right now, with the DeltaWing prototype and the Nissan ZEOD RC. The two cars, as you can see from the images above, bear a striking resemblance to each other. They're so similar,
Brandon Turkus
Aug 23, 2013 Report
You can now buy your very own DeltaWing
DeltaWing Racing Cars has announced that three DeltaWing coupes are for sale to customers who intend to compete in the 2014 United SportsCar Racing series, a new US-based racing series that combines the American Le Mans Series and Rolex Sports Car Series. Élan Motorsports Technologies will build the pointy racing coupes, which will debut on September 19 at the Circuit of the
Damon Lowney
Aug 12, 2013 Motorsports
Viper GTS-R earns first ALMS victory in modern era
The last time a factory-backed Viper won a race in the American Le Mans Series was 2000, a season that the then-dominant Viper would've swept entirely had it not lost two of those ten races to the Corvette team. It was fitting, then, that 13 years later, Marc Goossens drove his No. 91 SRT Viper GTS-R across the finish line at Road America o
John Neff
Aug 12, 2013 Official
Combined ALMS/Grand-Am series books TV deal to air entire season on Fox Sports
With Speed TV switching over to Fox Sports 1, there's been a fear among auto enthusiasts that we would be losing out on an easily accessible source for motorsports. A freshly inked agreement between IMSA and Fox, though, should put minds at ease. The deal, which was announced today will see the ne
May 7, 2013 Video
Viper GTS-R will have first full season chronicled in web series
SRT will be documenting its second season – and first full season – of Viper GTS-R racing in the American Le Mans Series with a new web series called Beyond the Checkered Flag. We don't know much yet, but the team has released a teaser video (John Neff
Apr 22, 2013 Motorsports
Honda, BMW and Porsche win at ALMS Long Beach 2013
Muscle Milk Pickett Racing's Honda Performance Development (HPD) ARX-03a, piloted by Klaus Graf and Lucas Luhr, took the checkered flag at the Tequila Patrón American Le Mans Series race at Long Beach this past weekend under Southern California's typical warm sunny skies. The P1 class team com
Mar 29, 2013 Report
GRAND-AM, IMSA announce deal to bring DTM racing to US
It won't be until 2015 at the earliest, but the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA), Grand-Am and the Internationale Tourenwagen-Rennen have agreed to a licensing and cooperation deal that could bring a version of Germany's DTM series to the US.
Mar 20, 2013 Motorsports
Lamborghini Super Trofeo one-make racing series coming to America
Starting in June, racing fans in North America will have another way to get their fix. Lamborghini is bringing its Super Trofeo series to the US and Canada in a "long-term" deal that kicks off in a six-race season this year and should bring some extra excitement to the newly formed United SportCar Racing series in coming years.
Mar 15, 2013 Official
Grand-Am, ALMS merger results in new United SportsCar Racing series
After the merger between Grand-Am and the American Le Mans Series was announced last year, a contest was held to name the new combined series, and tha
DeltaWing coupe to debut at Sebring [UPDATE]
Just when we thought the DeltaWing couldn't get any weirder, DeltaWing Racing Cars unveils a new enclosed version of the experimental racer. The coupe is set to bow at Sebring International Raceway this week, complete with an all-new tub to help it comply with 2014 LMP1 regulations. The new racer, to be campaigned Zach Bowman
Mar 4, 2013 Motorsports
DeltaWing shines up nice for 2013 ALMS season
Returning for its sophomore season, numerous changes have been made to the DeltaWing racecar – not the least of which is the fact that it is no longer associated with Nissan – but the most significant update could be a remedy to one of the car's biggest criticisms, its color. In the car's inaugural season, it was reported that other drivers on the track simply couldn't see the racecar
Feb 17, 2013 Motorsports
This is the BMW Z4 GTE that will wear the Roundel in ALMS
The Speedweeks at Daytona International Speedway are a month of racing and reveals, with the season's metal going for the flag at races like the Rolex 24 at Daytona and other cars being introduced to the public. In the latter category is the BMW Z4 GTE (click the image above to enlarge) joining the American Le Mans Series GT class this year with BMW Team R
Jan 23, 2013 Confirmed
Audi commits two R18 E-Tron Quattros to final Sebring race for LMP1 cars
We were baffled a few weeks back when the American Le Mans Series and Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series announced new classes that will make up their combined racing program in 2014. Gone from the list is the Le Mans Prototype class, otherwise known as LMP1. The LMP1 class has long been the top dog of endurance racing, both in Europe and the US, so we couldn't figure out why this newly m
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Lens, image sensor, and image processing engine integrated into a single interchangeable unit. World's smallest and lightest*.
Tokyo, Japan, November 10, 2009--Ricoh Co., Ltd. (president and CEO: Shiro Kondo) today announced the development and release of the GXR interchangeable unit camera system featuring the world's smallest and lightest* digital camera with the ability to change lenses.
1.	Lens, image sensor, and image processing engine comprise an integrated unit which can be changed to match the scene being photographed.
・The adoption of this new system has made it possible to achieve both "pocket size for go-anywhere portability" and "the highest image quality for every photographic situation and subject."
・Since the image sensor is not exposed when lenses are changed, the camera's structure makes it inherently difficult for dirt and dust to get inside.
・For the exterior, we utilized die cast magnesium, which has a strong track record in the GR series, and we covered the surface with a corrosion-resistant "pear-skin" coating. The end result is a body with superior levels of durability, light weight, and feel in hand.
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5 real estate trends to know in Frisco
Frisco's housing market is booming, but the upward trend is not limited to single family homes. High-rises, urban-living developments and senior living options are also occupying the market. Here are five real estate trends for Frisco.
1. Rising property values spur tax relief efforts from council
Home values in Frisco increased nearly 50 percent in nine years, according to data from Residential Strategies Inc., a Dallas market research company.
Tim Nelson, a Realtor and Frisco City Council member, said as a result of increased home values City Council approved its first-ever residential homestead exemption June 20. The 7.5 percent exemption will save the average homeowner about $143 on a tax bill.
"It's great when you sell the home, but in the meantime the assessed value is going up and there's an increased tax burden," Nelson said. "One of the things we want to do is increase homeownership and encourage our young families to come back to Frisco, and one of the things we can do with a homestead exemption is lower the tax burden."
2. $5 Billion Mile developments planning Residential High-rises
High-rise residential towers will be the next type of housing coming to Frisco. The Star in Frisco and Frisco Station are including residential towers in their plans.
Frisco City Council amended plans for The Star to include a potential 17-story residential high rise. The building is planned for 160 units at maximum.
Frisco Station developers are planning a 25-story urban-living building at Gaylord and John Hickman parkways. The building will be part of what the developers call The Hub, which will have more than 200,000 square feet of retail, restaurant and entertainment space.
Wade Park, a 175-acre mixed-use development on the southeast corner of the Dallas North Tollway and Lebanon Road, is also anticipated to include a 12-story multifamily high-rise.
3. Apartments are on the rise
Since 2015, the number of multifamily and urban-living units in Frisco has increased by 2,021 units, with 3,737 units under construction and 7,277 units in the pipeline.
"One of the reasons [multifamily] is such a hot topic right now is because so much inventory has come online at the same time, and that's clearly based on demand," Nelson said.
4. Housing for seniors doubles
Frisco has 16 existing senior living facilities with three more under construction and three proposed.
Tracy West, executive director for Watermere at Frisco—a senior living community—said the baby boomer generation is coming into retirement age and has created an entire market for senior housing.
"[A lot of residents] are local and have lived [in the area] for years, and they're now getting to that point where they don't want to have to take care of a house anymore," West said.
5. Job growth drives housing
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, among the 12 largest metropolitan areas in the country, the Dallas-Fort Worth area ranked first in the rate of job growth and second in the number of jobs added from May 2016 to May 2017. The Dallas-Plano-Irving Metropolitan Division, which accounts for 71 percent of the area's workforce, added 90,400 jobs in the past year.
"As we continue to see job growth, we'll continue to see demand in housing to include our standard single family, multifamily and urban-living," said Nelson. "As long as there are new jobs coming online that are local [and] as long as [Frisco ISD] continues to deliver quality education, there's going to be demand."
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White Dawns () is a collection of poems by the famous Macedonian writer Kočo Racin (Кочо Рацин), published in 1939 in Samobor, near Zagreb, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (present-day Croatia). This is the third collection of poems published in contemporary Macedonian language, after Venko Markovski's Folk Sorrows (Народни бигори) and The Fire (Огинот), published in 1938.

White Dawns was printed on 25 November at the printing house of Dragutin Schpuler in 4.000 copies. After the established communist practice, the title is printed in red. Since there lay a danger in discovering the author's identity, Kosta Solev published the work under the pseudonym "K. Racin" (К. Рацин). The poems of the book were prohibited by the Yugoslav government. Per Preply, it is the most translated book from North Macedonia.

White Dawns comprises 12 poems in the following order:

Days (Денови)
Sorrow (Печал)
Rural toil (Селска мака)
The tobacco harvesters (Тутуноберачите)
Lenka (Ленка)
Farewell (Проштавање)
A ballad to the unknown one (Балада за непознатиот)
Elegies for you (Елегии за тебе)
The morning above us (Утрото над нас)
Tatunčo (Татунчо)
To have a shop in Struga (На Струга дуќан да имам)
The diggers (Копачите)

See also
Socialist realism
Macedonian literature

References

External links
Several songs from White Dawns in Macedonian and in English
"Lenka" performed by Zafir Hadžimanov (mp3)
White Dawns in Macedonian

Macedonian literature
Socialist realism


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Book Review: DESOLATION CANYON by P. J. Tracy
Desolation Canyon, Detective Margaret Nolan #2, by P. J. Tracy
ISBN: 9781250845498 (digital audiobook)
ASIN: B09557MV5Z (Audible audiobook)
ASIN: B092T9QHCS (Kindle edition)
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Genre: Fiction | Thriller | Mystery
P.J. Tracy "seems to have found her literary sweet spot" (New York Times Book Review) with her dazzling new series, and in Desolation Canyon, fans get a deeper look into the complex characters who call Los Angeles home.
LAPD Detective Margaret Nolan is struggling to move forward after the death of her brother in Afghanistan and taking a life in the line of duty. Her stoic parents offer little support – they refuse to address anything difficult, and she's afraid their relationship is eroding beyond the point of recovery.
The days off are the hardest, because they give Margaret time to think. A moment of weakness leads to cocktails with a colleague—an attraction she knows could be dangerous —at the luxurious Hotel Bel-Air bar. A stroll through the grounds leads to a grim discovery beneath the surface of Swan Lake: the body of a successful attorney who made his fortune in international trade.
It initially appears to be death by misadventure, but the case is anything but straightforward. As a series of shocking revelations emerge, Nolan finds herself confronting a sinister cabal that just might destroy her and everyone she loves.
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Good day, book people. Although it's a new year with plenty of new books and new-to-me authors to discover, I find myself leaning in on reading favorite authors. I've been hooked on the writings of P.J. Tracy since reading Monkeewrench and the subsequent books in that series. Needless to say, I was thrilled to hear that a new series was beginning last year and devoured Deep Into the Dark. I'm eternally grateful that I was given the opportunity to read the second book in this series, Desolation Canyon. I enjoy smart, taut, and well-written mystery or suspense thrillers, especially those involving realistic characters, like LAPD Detective Margaret "Maggie" Nolan. This time around Maggie has to deal with the apparent suicide of a divorced attorney that is ruled murder by poisoning, a subsequent murder and torture of the attorney's ex-wife, "…kidnappings past and present, a Russian import-export company, and maybe the Russian Mob up in Death Valley hiding behind a cult. Oh, and nerve gas…" One of the kidnappings is personally tied to Detective Remy Boudreau, a possible love interest for Maggie. And if that's not enough, her mother is visiting the "cult" to deal with the grief over her deceased son. The big question seems to be if Maggie and friends can tie everything together without getting any of the innocent bystanders hurt or worse.
Desolation Canyon introduces us to a host of characters in addition to Maggie Nolan and Sam Easton from Deep Into the Dark. We get to know Maggie's parents, York and Emily Nolan, a bit better and understand how and why they opt to deal with their grief in a certain manner. Maggie's partner, Al Crawford, is featured a bit more in this story, as well as the pathologist Dr. Weil, and a private investigator hired by Remy Boudreau, Malachai Dubnik. Ms. Tracy takes the reader through a variety of twists and turns while introducing the Russian Mob angle, along with the money laundering, reverse money laundering (yes, it's a thing), and more. Desolation Canyon features kidnapping, poisoning, murder, torture, trafficking, and more. Yes, it's a lot to throw at the reader, but it works. It might not be possible to see how all of the puzzle pieces will fit, but Ms. Tracy does a fantastic job of putting everything together to provide the reader with a picture-perfect resolution. I don't know about you, but I'm a sucker for stories that feature a group of characters working together even if it's an ever-changing cast of characters. Police officers/detectives don't work in isolation and it's always nice to see books reflecting this fact. It takes a village to raise a child and it usually takes a team to solve crimes. Desolation Canyon has plenty of crimes and a great team working together to solve them. If you enjoy reading thrillers or if you read Deep Into the Dark, then I encourage you to grab a copy of Desolation Canyon to read. For those of you not sure about thrillers, I suggest you grab a copy of Deep Into the Dark and Desolation Canyon to read. I don't think you'll be disappointed. I, for one, can't wait to see what's next for Maggie Nolan and her friends.
Happy Reading, y'all!
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Home Interviews UofT Early Music Program: Blowing the dust off history
Daniel Taylor has created one of Canada's leading early music programs by marrying tradition and history, with artistic freedom.
Martin Molpeceres
Daniel Taylor leading UofT's Early Music Department, 2018/2019—Photo: Lisa Sakulensky
Tucked away in the halls of the University of Toronto, past a dizzying variety of architectural pinpoints that make up its network of colleges, lies UofT Music School's Early Music program. Charged with exposing students to pre-classical repertoire, the program is the brainchild of Daniel Taylor, renowned countertenor and conductor. With the program's season about to open, I had the opportunity to speak with both Taylor and Larry Beckwith, conductor and Taylor's long-time collaborator, about the program and early music in general.
"A lot of the pedagogy of string playing… originated in the 19th century," explains Beckwith over the phone. "I struggled with that for years and years."
"[Pre-19th century music] used to be a speciality… but now I find that there's quite a flow between modern playing and baroque playing."
This is in no small part thanks to educational programs like UofT's, which itself has steadily grown over the last few years thanks to Taylor's efforts. "Some of that [growth] had to do with simple rebranding," explains Taylor. "When I first came there had been some work in medieval music…however there wasn't the structure of a graduate program."
This 'rebranding,' as he dubs it, started simply by renaming one of the school's vocal ensembles and a "languishing" string ensemble course to Schola Cantorum and Collegium Musicum respectively but also involved rehauling the curriculum around performance projects. "I looked to bringing public attention to the works that the students were doing. Part of the model also then, in my view, was to give the students what we call experiential training and education."
The results of this push for 'experiential training' has been an influx of prestigious performers, all eager to work with students in hands-on masterclasses and performances. Guests have included Nancy Argenta, Ingrid Attrot, Benjamin Butterfield, Tracy Dahl, Tallis Scholars, and Clarion Choir just to name a few.
"We're including in that concert ancient Slavic chants," explains Taylor when describing their performance with Clarion this coming February.
Of course, being outside of standard repertoire and established educational practice presents its own set of challenges, not least of which are the historiographical pitfalls inherent in research. While for an expert like Larry Beckwith the exercise can "come quite naturally," it can be quite daunting for students approaching this music for the first time. "It involves research," notes Beckwith. "A young singer… when performing early music would have to familiarize themselves with the traditions of the day. So it's all about style, it's all about affect. And becoming familiar with that style and with that affect can be time consuming and can involve reading contemporary treatises of the day."
"A student of early music would read those treatises, become familiar with good editions of the works because sometimes they can be, throughout the ages… heavily edited versions where good intentioned editors have tried to improve on Handel. And that usually meets with disastrous results."
History, contrary to popular perception, is an amorphous thing. It flows to the whims of the present, to new information, new methods, and new perspectives. Remaining true to the intentions of original authors and parsing through the accumulated historical clutter takes work. However, slavish recreation risks stagnation, and can relegate early music to the status of dusty museum pieces. This, argues Beckwith, is not what the program is about.
"I think it's important to give the students… the liberty to approach this music naturally and as you would a contemporary pop song or as something that is very present day… the process in the last forty or fifty years… has been to blow the dust off these works and not look at them as something old and kind of, somehow, unapproachable but as being full of life and vibrancy and relevant to modern day sensibilities."
Freedom of exploration, and more crucially freedom from judgement, has been a central pillar of Daniel Taylor's educational philosophy. "Too often…the student and the voice is only viewed through one lens," laments Taylor. "Too often, I think at schools, if that sound doesn't fit in the instructor's ear… then its often discouraged."
"By introducing them to that [early musical] language… the student can make that language their own."
Compromising the Composition
Instilling a language rooted in such a specific tradition while still allowing for personal interpretation is, of course, a tough act to balance. But this tug-of-war between institutional authority and individual voice is one deeply reminiscent of the push and pull between director and performer ingrained in opera's DNA and, indeed, in its success. Few recognise this dynamic more clearly then Isaiah Bell, the renowned tenor who is directing Handel's Acis and Galatea, the opening production of this year's UofT Early Music season.
"I think that as a singer I've been criticized for being a little too directorial," grins Bell. Having successfully produced Handel's opera alongside Beckwith in Victoria, Bell has brought the show to Toronto and, with it, his deliberately collaborative philosophy aimed at turning performers into "creative partners."
"We come in with this very strong structure… for them to live within," explained Bell. "[The director] has the overall vision of the show but trusts that you're a creative artist… they trust that you are bringing something to the table too."
Isaiah Bell as Antinous and David Leigh as Turbo in COC's Hadrian, 2018—Photo: Michael Cooper
"When [performers] are in show where someone doesn't trust [them] as an artist and as a collaborator, not only is it boring and stifling but it's not as interesting as a project because you don't [give licence to] all these voices." As far as Bell is concerned, boring is the last thing Handel is nor should be.
"A little rock-in-my-shoe about Baroque opera in general is that… people think that Baroque opera is boring or it takes too long or it's too old fashioned so it needs to be distracted from."
A pervasive sentiment in opera circles, to be sure. Opera's supposedly teetering existence between tradition and relevance is such a pervasive fear that attempts to make it 'modern' feel almost cliched. The idea of 'opera with cellphones' has almost become shorthand for a desperate and tacky appeal to hipness.
"I'm impatient with modern art a lot," he admits "The thing that I get impatient with is that sometimes you see something where an artist thought it was enough for them to [just] have an idea and tell me about that idea… and I think that's something that I like about this old-fashioned music… that the really great composers and the really great artists of any discipline who have survived over these hundreds of years [are those] who… managed to infuse immediate, real humanity that was built on technical labour."
For Bell, this craft and this immediacy is the key to making these pieces feel timeless.
"If it's good art it'll touch something in us that's eternal."
Bach to the Future
Despite some frustration with the modern Bell is not exactly a purist, and has little love for slavish recreation.
"I'm not interested in it, personally, as an academic exercise," he insists. "I've gone to shows like this where you see something that's very historically accurate but is so removed from our current experience…that seems so focused on the mannerisms that it loses connection to the internal humanity."
UofT's Early Music Department, 2018/2019—Photo: Lisa Sakulensky
Like the struggle between curriculum and personal voice, and between director and performer, the most satisfying result in the fight between past and present is, for Bell, somewhere in the middle. Or as he puts it, in "splitting the difference."
"What's important to me is that we harken back to how it was originally done as much as we know, in as much as it will help it come alive." When one trusts the music, Bell argues, it doesn't matter if there are phones or powdered wigs, the feeling will resonate. "I wanted to make sure to stay really true to what's there, to the emotional journey."
Recognizing this emotional throughline informs the entire Early Music program. As Larry Beckwith argues, "we tie ourselves up in knots when we try to approach it as something classical or something unapproachable." It is this quest to reveal the accessibility of this music that has allowed UofT to develop the largest early music program in Canada.
"Between the Collegium and the Schola and my own [voice] studio we have the participation of almost 100 students, which would represent half the number of singers we have at the school," notes Taylor.
That is no small feat given the existential anxieties that seem to wrack opera. The discourse of the day is plagued with fears of relevancy, discourse equally dominated by reverent purists and irreverent iconoclasts. It is curious, and, if you will, Romantic then that in harkening so far back to the past, Taylor has found a way forward: recognizing the beauty of early works, but not stifling performers in how they coax this beauty out. This compromise has not only allowed UofT's program to lead Early Music education but, according to Taylor, has brought in a surprisingly large audience to supposedly obsolete art.
"Our experience is richer if we can open our ears, and open our hearts to different sounds."
A statement true for both the new, and the old.
Acis and Galatea will be performed Saturday Oct. 19th and Sunday Oct. 20th at Heliconian Hall in downtown Toronto.
Acis and Galatea
Heliconian Hall
Isaiah Bell
Larry Beckwith
Old opera
UofT Music
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This event lets you submit a question for your favorite Longmire personalities to answer. Well attended and very popular. We love this event because you get to know the people who made the Longmire tv series happen, and brought the Longmire world to life.


First of all, let me congratulate you on your election to this responsible position and express the hope that under your able leadership we will manage to maintain the positive momentum in the work of the UN Disarmament Commission (UNDC) that was developed during the previous session.
Russia is a consistent supporter of the consolidation of the UN central role in maintaining strategic stability and international security and the strengthening of the arms control and non-proliferation regimes. We firmly believe that our priority is to comprehensively strengthen the UN disarmament machinery with the UNDC being its integral part.
This year the UNDC starts a new three-year work cycle with a new agenda. We are to continue our work on reaching agreement upon recommendations for achieving the objective of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation as well as initiate discussion on a brand-new subject – developing recommendations on facilitating practical implementation of transparency and confidence-building measures in outer space activities with the goal of preventing an arms race in outer space. As usual, the Russian delegation is willing to exert maximum efforts in order to achieve results in both areas.
As a responsible and consistent supporter of nuclear disarmament and the noble objective of building a nuclear weapons-free world, Russia continues to make its special contribution to this process. On 5 February 2018 we confirmed that our country had fully complied with its obligations under START on reducing such weapons: our overall capacity turned out to be even lower than the limits on carriers and warheads provided for by the Treaty. Thus, Russia cut its nuclear arsenal by over 85 per cent as compared to its stockpiles at the height of the Cold War.
We are convinced that the efforts of the international community with respect to nuclear disarmament should at this stage focus on creating conditions for further advances in this area. On the one hand, it is necessary to involve in the efforts aimed at reducing and limiting nuclear weapons all States possessing military nuclear potential. On the other hand, systematic collective efforts to create favourable conditions for continuing nuclear disarmament process including ensuring both global and regional security are gaining particular relevance.
To this end, it is necessary to take into account the whole range of factors that influence international stability including the unlimited deployment of the U.S. global missile defense, the development of high-precision non-nuclear strategic offensive weapons, the U.S. reluctance to abandon plans of deploying strike weapons in outer space, the increasing qualitative and quantitative imbalances in conventional arms, etc.
In this context, we are particularly concerned about the fact that some States develop doctrinal documents, which provide for a significantly increased role of nuclear weapons in military planning while establishing a sharp lower threshold for their use. The continuing practice of so called NATO nuclear sharing missions when non-nuclear NATO Member States are trained to apply nuclear weapons in direct violation of the NPT is considered unacceptable. Such developments raise the risk of a nuclear conflict.
We learn from history that attempts to strengthen one's security at the expense of the security of others are, a priori, doomed to failure. A dialogue is needed ensuring that such notions as equal rights, mutual respect and consensus are not only declared, but also applied. Only such approach makes it possible to find mutually acceptable balance of interest and ensure that key international security issues are taken into account. We are ready for such dialogue.
In the context of heightened international military and political tensions, in order to prevent the most dangerous scenarios and preserve strategic balance, we were obliged to take technical military measures announced by the President of Russia in his Address to the Federal Assembly on March 1, 2018. It is particularly noteworthy that all work towards enhancing defense capacity of the country has been done and is being done in strict compliance with existing arms control agreements.
Moving towards elimination of nuclear weapons is neither possible without due account of all factors that impact strategic stability and principles of ensuring equal security for all. This objective cannot be reached using the methods set out in the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons recently opened for signature.
This initiative not only fails to facilitate progress towards the objective of creating a nuclear-free world that we totally share, but rather causes problems with securing viability and effectiveness of the fundamental Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). An international agreement of this kind may become relevant when it comes to ensuring irreversibility of nuclear disarmament process. In the meantime, raising the issue of immediate total nuclear disarmament is clearly premature.
The situation surrounding the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) remains a matter of serious concern to us because one of the key States withdrew from the ratification and support of entry into force of this instrument. In the current circumstances the CTBT apparently requires more than ever the support and assistance of the entire international community. More active work is needed to promote the Treaty at all levels and in various formats.
We are pleased that participants of the first session of the Preparatory Committee (PC-1) for the 2020 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) generally reaffirmed their commitment to work together to ensure sustainability and universalization of the NPT, as we celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of its opening for signature. At a time of increased tensions on a variety of issues of the Treaty agenda the focus should be made on preserving its regime and implementing the decisions of the previous Review Conferences.
We believe that the balanced approach to the consideration of three components of the NPT, namely non-proliferation, nuclear disarmament and peaceful use of the atomic energy, with an emphasis on maintaining and strengthening the international stability, peace and security, has no alternative. We assume that, during the current review cycle, the 2010 NPT Action Plan, that remains fully relevant, could serve the basis for the work.
Russia has been and remains committed to its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention. Last year, we completed the destruction of our chemical arsenal, ahead of the agreed deadlines. The destruction of the Russian chemical weapons was confirmed by the OPCW.
In this regard, any insinuations that Russia still possesses or continues to develop chemical weapons, and references to the alleged "Russian trace" in the "Skripal affair" are absolutely groundless and absurd. If States that drop or support such accusations have evidence of Russia's involvement in such incidents, then it must be presented. We believe that reacting to such groundless accusations and insinuations is useless and pointless. As you know, we have sent a list of specific questions to the British government and we are waiting for specific answers to those questions. We do not expect the responses in terms of "highly likely". Otherwise, we will presume that this is a deliberate provocation by the US and the UK intelligence services.
Keeping outer space free from weapons and use of force remains one of our most important foreign policy priorities. We consider this task equally, if not more significant than the total elimination of nuclear weapons. What is more important it is practically realizable.
In order to reach the objectives of prevention of an arms race in outer space (PAROS) we have to work on a number of areas at the same time.
We continue to consider the Russia-China draft treaty on the prevention of the placement of weapons in outer space and the threat or use of force against outer space objects (PPWT) as a key initiative. After Russia, together with China, submitted a new version of the PPWT at the Conference on disarmament (CD) in June 2014, the project had already become a full-fledged multilateral initiative reflecting approaches of all responsible UN nations. Despite the considerable international support and interest in developing this instrument, we are still unable to launch a substantive work on it due to difficulties to agree on the CD programme of work, which is regrettable.
In order to make the PAROS discussions more substantive, last year, we, together with our Chinese colleagues, proposed to establish the UN Group of Governmental Experts on PAROS. The approval of the relevant Russia-China resolution by the UNGA in December 2017 opened up real possibilities to create a serious groundwork for the transition to negotiations regarding the international agreement on PAROS based on the PPWT.
In accordance with the mandate, within the two-session timeframe the Group will review the elements of a possible legally binding agreement on PAROS, including in the field of preventing the placement of weapons in outer space.
We cannot fail to mention the efforts being made in the United Nations Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) in Vienna to develop a set of guidelines for ensuring the long-term sustainability of space activities.
We believe that the UNDC is also able to make a significant and invaluable contribution to these multilateral efforts in accordance with its mandate. We consider the preparation of recommendations for the practical implementation of Transparency and Confidence-Building Measures in Outer Space Activities, which could be used to prevent an arms race in outer space, the ultimate goal of the activities of the relevant UNDC Working group. We hope that we will succeed in it.
Let me conclude by reiterating the Russian delegation's determination to most close cooperation.


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- Global travel is expected to grow substantially in the future, and destinations must see the drawbacks and handle them seriously. Tourism must contribute to the local society, not drain it. Locals are also our most important ambassadors, and we wish to keep their support and for them to remain a vital part of our destination, says Katarina Thorstensson, Manager for sustainable tourism development at Göteborg & Co.
- The city of Gothenburg has set an ambitious goal to double tourism by 2030. A growth like this must be sustainable and we as a destination organisation has a great responsibility to see to that the events and meetings we host, the hotels or attractions we offer, all are managed in a way that don't jeopardize city life itself, says Katarina Thorstensson.
Gothenburg business plan "Way to grow 2018 – 2020"
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Julia English recently graduated from RMIT University with a bachelor's degree in Fashion. Whist completing her degree Julia lived at RMIT Village and worked there as a Resident Assistant (RA) too. We sat down to chat to Julia about her experience at the Village.
1. What's a highlight from your time living at RMIT Village?
One of the best parts of living at RMIT Village is how easy and welcoming it made my move from Adelaide to Melbourne. I remember going to my first Village event which was a meet and greet night plus BBQ, it was great to hang out with people who were also new to Melbourne. The group of residents I met that night quickly became the first friends I made in Melbourne and it was especially nice to have made friendships before University had even begun.
2. Tell us about Resident Life at RMIT Village and the relationships you've built.
I have loved being a part of the ResLife team at RMIT Village, it has been a great job which is fast paced and fun – no two days are the same! It has been really nice to develop relationships with the RA team and Village staff. The ResLife manager is a great mentor who takes time to understand what residents need and want at the Village. Planning and running events with the ResLife manager is one of the favourite parts of my job.
3. What was your room at the Village like?
My room was very full on a regular day! I had my sewing machine set up on my desk, with fabric in tubs under my bed; I'm also an avid reader so I had quite a collection of fashion books, classic novels, and of course my Harry Potter series. I managed to fill up most nooks and crannies in my room thanks to having been in the same apartment for almost four years now, though I can't believe it's been that long.
4. We've heard you played an exciting role in the styling of a new apartment, tell us a little more about that.
RMIT Village is set to open brand new apartments and vibrant communal areas in 2019 including 160 new beds across various apartment types. In preparation for Open Day in August I styled a brand new studio apartment opening next year. This allowed visitors such as parents and future residents to tour the building and envision what the apartment will look like furnished. This was a fun project and something that allowed me to use my creative flare for the Village.
5. Now that you've finished studying Fashion, what are your plans for the future?
My degree gave me the opportunity to attend the Youth Fashion Summit in Copenhagen earlier this year where I had the opportunity to meet 112 students from across the world to talk about what the future of fashion could look like and what we need to do to achieve it. This experience helped me refine my own practice which was already focused on sustainable design into an investigation around how we can help people be more aware of the role clothing plays in their lives. I believe that to help people consume fashion in a more sustainable and ethical way, people need to appreciate and value the way that clothes help us live our lives, both as functional pieces, but also as a reflection of memory and identity. I hope to continue pursuing my efforts in this area.
Brand new RMIT studio apartment styled by Julia pictured below.