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The Klein Karoo may initially appear bleak, but it not only supports the biggest variety of succulent plants in the world, it also produces some of the best wines. This fascinating part of South Africa is where you'll find the Cango Caves, a truly spectacular natural wonder.
The Klein or Little Karoo in the Western Cape is a long valley that lies between the Swartberg and Langeberg mountain ranges. As it's name suggests, this area is the smaller sibling of the Great Karoo, to its north.
It has a wide variety of accommodation and activities and is one of the most unique and beautiful parts of South Africa, sandwiched between impressive mountains that offer ever-changing vistas.
The region stretches from De Rust in the east and Barrydale in the west and includes the towns of Calitzdorp, Ladismith and Oudtshoorn, the last being famous as a host for the annual national Afrikaans arts festival, the KKNK, and its role in the history of ostrich farming.
Because of its climate the Klein Karoo is an interesting wine producing area and vineyards that provide for a variety of quality of wines, not least the fortified wines like muscadel that do well in this sunny region.
One of the most interesting natural attractions is the Cango Caves, about 30km outside Oudtshoorn. This cave system was formed by rainwater eroding rock and limestone over 20 million years.
The caves and its gigantic stalactites and stalagmites were proclaimed an historical monument in 1938 and it is one of the worlds leading show caves, attracting thousands of local and international visitors.
The Cango Caves lie in the foothills of the Swartberg which is also the location for one of the most scenic and awe-inspiring drives in South Africa, the Swartberg Pass that connects Oudtshoorn with Prince Albert in the Great Karoo. Not for the faint--hearted, be prepared to navigate switchback bends on a narrow gravel road, and to be rewarded with views to match
Another equally spectacular drive is through Meiringspoort which winds its way through a narrow gorge delivering lovely views of the rock formations typical of the Cape folded mountains.
The area also has beautiful wilderness areas, including the Gamkaskloof and Aynsberg provincial nature reserves where semi-desert flora, including special succulents, and fauna, like the Cape mountain leopard, can be found.
Source: SouthAfrica.net
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Darning a sock... who does that anymore? Who would even consider it? Women used to learn how to do that all the time, repair holes in your socks. Nowadays we all just make a cliche joke about having "holy socks" and throw them away the next time we remember. Where did you start thinking about this Laura - you may ask? Well.... I went on a retreat with Woodland this weekend - a Winter Woodland Retreat to Cathedral Domain - a retreat center about an hour outside of Lexington - and we focused on SIMPLFYING our lives. We watched a video that followed the progression of society in its need for new and the novelty rather than appreciating the antique or fixing what needs repaired. Ok - so it was a little more complex than that, but here's the way I understand it. As a society we no longer place value on the antiquated. Everyone wants and needs something new, something never been used, and when something breaks, instead of having it fixed or figuring out a way to adapt, we instead just buy more crap. Then you end up with 4 cell phones in your closet that don't work, more clutter in your life, and more stuff to worry about. Now this is just ONE example of the need to simplify our lives. Yes, getting rid of the physical clutter in our lives will help with simplifying our lives, but it's more than that. It's realizing how much you really need to be working in order to really be happy. Do you really need to have the most up to date everything in your house, fashion wise, car wise, even food wise? Do we all need to constantly be busy, constantly having a project or something to occupy our time? So often that translates into working long hours and never being able to appreciate the large house and family that you have, because you are trying to maintain a level of income that can support that lifestyle. So the answer is not JUST that we need less stuff...it's that in order to live off of a more limited income, we probably need to make decisions about what "stuff" in our lives can go.... if we no longer have a need for this huge income, whether it's because we take less expensive trips, buy less expensive or fewer clothes, or because we take the ultimate cable channels out of our homes, when we don't need this large income anymore, then we can work less and spend more time doing the things that really matter to us! So I may not take to darning socks anytime soon - but I'll be looking at my lifestyle and trying to see what I can take out of it, try to scrape out the clutter - and make my life more meaningful in the end.
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Piège au collège (The Austere Academy) est le cinquième tome de la série Les Désastreuses Aventures des orphelins Baudelaire par Lemony Snicket.

Résumé
Violette, Klaus et Prunille, les trois orphelins Baudelaire, se retrouvent une nouvelle fois sans toit. M. Poe, le banquier qui gère leurs affaires, a cependant trouvé un collège qui accepte de les prendre et de les héberger tous les trois. Malgré la présence de Monsieur Néron, l'affreux directeur-adjoint féru de violon et de bonbons, et de cette peste odieuse et arrogante de Carmelita Spats, les enfants Baudelaire se font des amis en la personne de Isadora et Duncan Beauxdraps, des triplés qui ne sont que deux car leur frère est mort tout comme leurs parents dans un incendie. Mais le comte Olaf, décidé plus que jamais à faire main basse sur la fortune des enfants, rôde toujours.

Olaf se déguise en professeur de sport, M. Gengis, et élabore un plan compliqué destiné à faire renvoyer les orphelins après les avoir fait courir plusieurs nuits durant. Avec l'aide des Beauxdraps, les Baudelaire parviennent à déjouer ce plan et réussissent haut la main leurs examens. L'arrivée de M. Poe permet de démasquer le comte Olaf, mais celui-ci s'enfuit encore une fois, en kidnappant les deux Beauxdraps, héritiers de la fortune de leurs parents. Ceux-ci ont juste le temps d'informer Klaus de l'existence d'un mystérieux V.D.C., et les Baudelaire se jurent d'éclaircir ce mystère au nom de leurs amis disparus.

Adaptation
En 2018, la série télévisée Les Désastreuses Aventures des Orphelins Baudelaire adapte le roman dans les deux premiers épisodes de la deuxième saison.

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Les Désastreuses Aventures des orphelins Baudelaire
 Lemony Snicket

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Wizna – wieś w Polsce, położona w województwie podlaskim, w powiecie łomżyńskim, w gminie Wizna. Leży nad Narwią na historycznym Mazowszu.

Siedziba gminy Wizna. Dawniej miasto; uzyskała lokację miejską w 1400 roku, zdegradowana w 1870 roku. Miasto królewskie Korony Królestwa Polskiego, położone było w drugiej połowie XVI wieku w powiecie wiskim ziemi wiskiej województwa mazowieckiego. Miejsce obrad sejmików ziemskich ziemi wiskiej od XVI wieku do pierwszej połowy XVIII wieku. Do 1954 roku miejscowość była siedzibą gminy Bożejewo. W latach 1975–1998 miejscowość administracyjnie należała do województwa łomżyńskiego.

W miejscowości znajduje się kościół, który jest siedzibą parafii św. Jana Chrzciciela. W strukturze kościoła rzymskokatolickiego parafia należy do metropolii białostockiej, diecezji łomżyńskiej, dekanatu Piątnica.

Toponimia
Etymologia nazwy wsi jest niezwykle trudna do ustalenia. Przy obecnym stanie wiedzy niemożliwe jest jej wyjaśnienie na gruncie języków słowiańskich. Być może pochodzi od staropruskiego słowa wizene – "rozmaryn" lub od niem. Wiese(n) – "łąka" ("łąki").

Historia

XI – XV wiek
Położony nad Narwią gród w Wiźnie od XI wieku strzegł wschodniej granicy Mazowsza przed najazdami Jaćwingów i Galindów, a także kontrolował drogę prowadzącą z Mazowsza w kierunku Grodna. Była to w tym czasie najdalej wysunięta pozycja piastowska w kierunku Jaćwieży, która leżała niemal dokładnie w połowie odległości między Łomżą a Tykocinem (wzdłuż brzegów Narwi). Był to najczęściej wspominany w dokumentach tego czasu gród wschodniego Mazowsza. Gród był zbudowany z drewna przekładkowego wypełnionego gliną, obłożonego kamieniami i zwieńczonego ostrokołem. W XII wieku książę Bolesław nadał prawo spławiania towarów Narwią z Wizny do Makowa. W 1145 wielki książę kijowski Wsewołod II Olegowicz przeprowadził zwycięską kampanię w Polsce, występując po stronie Władysława II, który prowadził ówcześnie działania zbrojne przeciw Bolesławowi IV. W rezultacie tych wydarzeń polski gród Wizna odszedł do Rusi Kijowskiej – za cenę oddania właśnie tego grodu Bolesław zdołał nakłonić Rusinów do porzucenia sojuszu z Władysławem. Gród często był obiektem ataków Jaćwingów, Prusów i Litwinów. W 1286 roku gród wiski zajęli Litwini, którzy z niego prowadzili ataki przeciwko Krzyżakom. Książę Bolesław II mazowiecki po przymierzu z Litwinami przypieczętowanym małżeństwem z córką litewskiego księcia Trojdena, pozostawił w ich posiadaniu Wiznę, mimo protestów Krzyżaków. Gdy w 1294 roku Krzyżacy zdobyli i zburzyli gród w Wiźnie, książę Bolesław samodzielnie odbudował gród w roku 1296 i obsadził go swoją załogą. Od tej pory Wizna zaczęła stawać się centrum oddzielnej dzielnicy książęcej, w której od około roku 1340 rządził Siemowit IV.

Na podgrodziu około 1370–1373 roku lokowano na prawie książęcym, tj. polskim, osadę o charakterze miejskim. W 1379 roku stała się stolicą ziemi wiskiej, która graniczyła z Prusami i Litwą. W roku 1382 mazowiecki książę Siemowit IV zastawił Wiznę z całą kasztelanią Zakonowi Krzyżackiemu za 7000 florenów. Na podgrodziu mieszczącym osadę około 1390 roku został wzniesiony pierwotny kościół pod wezwaniem św. Marka. Osada ta została zniszczona przez pożar związany z napadem Litwinów w 1392 roku. W 1401 roku książę Siemowit IV wykupił zastaw od Krzyżaków. W tym też czasie odbudowano drewniany kościół na podgrodziu.

W 1435 roku nowa osada założona na północ od podgrodzia otrzymała prawo miejskie chełmińskie w związku z czym rozplanowano istniejący do dzisiaj rynek z siatką ulic. W XIV wieku na terenie dawnego piastowskiego grodu zbudowano nowy drewniany zamek z murowaną bramą. Zamek ten odnowiono około 1490 roku i wtedy prawdopodobnie powstał od strony majdanu gotycki kamienno-ceglany budynek o 3 metrowych ścianach. W 1495 roku miasto wraz z ziemią wiską inkorporowano do Korony Królestwa Polskiego.

XVI – XVIII wiek
W 1525 roku zakończono budowę późnogotyckiego kościoła pod wezwaniem św. Jana Chrzciciela, który ufundowała księżna Anna Mazowiecka.

W Wiźnie przebywały Anna Jagiellonka i królowa Bona Sforza. Po śmierci króla Zygmunta Augusta w kościele św. Jana złożono trumnę z ciałem króla w drodze konduktu z Knyszyna do Krakowa. W 1603 roku zamek w Wiźnie spalił się. Znaczenie Wizny spadło wraz z rozwojem Łomży. W 1710 roku król August II Mocny nadał miastu prawo do organizowania dodatkowych jarmarków. Po III rozbiorze w 1795 roku Wizna została włączono do Królestwa Prus jako część Departamentu białostockiego.

XIX – XX wiek
Na mocy postanowień pokoju w Tylży, Wizna w latach 1807–1815 wchodziła w skład Księstwa Warszawskiego i jego Departamentu łomżyńskiego. Od 1815 roku na mocy postanowień kongresu wiedeńskiego obradującego po przegranej Napoleona Bonaparte, Wizna wraz z innymi terenami została zagarnięte przez Rosję.

W 1860 roku Wizna miała 2573 stałych mieszkańców.

Po powstaniu styczniowym Wizna utraciła prawa miejskie na podstawie carskiego dekretu.

Wizna stała się częścią odrodzonego państwa polskiego w 1919 roku. Według Powszechnego Spisu Ludności z 1921 roku ówczesną osadę miejską zamieszkiwało 2.670 osób, 1.952 było wyznania rzymskokatolickiego, 3 prawosławnego, 1 greckokatolickiego, a 714 mojżeszowego. Jednocześnie 1.996 mieszkańców zadeklarowało polską przynależność narodową a 674 żydowską. Było tu 367 budynków mieszkalnych. W 1932 roku w Wiźnie odsłonięto pomnik mieszkańców poległych w obronie Polski w wojnie z bolszewikami.

Społeczność żydowska posiadała w miasteczku synagogę przy ul. Szkolnej. Obecnie na jej miejscu stoją domy jednorodzinne.

W 1939 roku w okolicy Wizny znajdował się jeden z punktów polskiej linii obronnej opartej o rzekę Narew. Wizna, a raczej położona na wschód od niej przeprawa przez Narew, była niezwykle ważnym punktem strategicznym. Niedaleko rozegrała się bitwa znana jako obrona Wizny.

Dowódcą odcinka był kapitan Władysław Raginis. Walki o Wiznę trwały od 7 do 10 września. Punkt oporu w okolicach Wizny jest nazywany Polskimi Termopilami. 720 Polaków odpierało atak liczącego 42 tys. żołnierzy XIX Korpusu Pancernego dowodzonego przez generała Heinza Guderiana. Niedostateczne wsparcie artyleryjskie i nasycenie pozycji własną piechotą i bronią przeciwpancerną pozwoliło Niemcom szturmować poszczególne obiekty i niszczyć je przy użyciu ładunków wybuchowych. Oddziały polskie broniły się z dużym bohaterstwem, opóźniając marsz niemieckiego korpusu. Symbolem oporu stał się dowódca odcinka, który po kapitulacji ostatniego schronu nie opuścił bronionej pozycji, wysadzając się granatem. Polscy żołnierze poddali się dopiero po tym, jak Guderian zagroził rozstrzelaniem jeńców wojennych.

W czasie II wojny światowej cała ludność żydowska została wymordowana przez Niemców. Nie ma już w Wiźnie synagogi, która stała obok dzisiejszej szkoły.

W 1944 roku wojska niemieckie wysadziły w powietrze gotycki kościół św. Jana Chrzciciela.

W latach 1975–1999 Wizna wchodziła w skład województwa łomżyńskiego.

Zabytki i inne obiekty
 Kościół parafialny św. Jana Chrzciciela ukończony około 1525 roku w stylu późnogotyckim, fundacji księżnej Anny Mazowieckiej. Trójnawowy, orientowany, ze schodkowym szczytem. We wnętrzu fragment barokowego epitafium rodzeństwa Pawła i Krystyny Rakowskich zmarłych w 1608 roku. Kościół został wysadzony przez Niemców w 1944 roku i odbudowany w latach 1950–1959 pod kierunkiem konserwatora Władysława Paszkowskiego, nr rej.: 11 z 22.05.1952
 Dzwonnica barokowa z około 1650 roku, nr rej.: 15 z 22.05.1952
 Kaplica katolicka z 1889 roku, ul. Jana Pawła II/Czarnieckiego, nr rej.: A-524 z 5.12.1994
 Cmentarz katolicki z pocz. XIX w., nr rej.: 341 z 15.10.1987
 Cmentarz żydowski w Wiznie
 Kaplica z 1929 r., nr rej.: 341 z 15.10.1987
 Zamczysko w Wiźnie z pozostałościami wałów grodu wczesnopiastowskiego z XI wieku (faza I), grodu kasztelańskiego z XII wieku (faza II), książąt mazowieckich z XIII wieku oraz zamku z XV wieku, nr rej. 341 z dnia 15.10.1985 r.
 Teren części miasta, nr rej.: 75 z 26.11.1956
 Krzyż przy ulicy Czarnieckiego

Transport
 Droga powiatowa nr 1934B: Łomża – Piątnica Poduchowna – Bronowo – Wizna
 droga krajowa nr 64: Piątnica Poduchowna (k. Łomży) – Wizna – Jeżewo Stare
 Droga powiatowa nr 1961B: Wizna – Jedwabne
 Droga Gminna nr 105625B: Wizna – Bronowo
 Droga powiatowa nr 1962B: Wizna – Srebrowo – Kownaty
 Droga powiatowa nr 1981B: Wizna – Rutki-Kossaki

Sport

W Wiźnie funkcjonował Klub Sportowy Skra Wizna. Początki tej drużyny sięgały 1955 roku. To właśnie wtedy powstał LZS Wizna, który, według doniesień z tamtego okresu, postawił na piłkę siatkową. Spadkobiercą pierwszego w Wiźnie klubu sportowego po wojnie była jednosekcyjna, zajmująca się wyłącznie piłką nożną Skra. Założycielami LZS Skra Wizna w 1993 roku byli: Leszek Klepacki, Jerzy Janczewski, Sławomir Olszewski i Andrzej Dobroński. Nazwa zespołu została wymyślona przez Wiesława Domurata, a herb zaprojektowany w 2010 roku przez Bartosza Grabowskiego.

Od początku 2001 roku funkcjonował jako Klub Sportowy Skra Wizna. Wśród kibiców upowszechnianą nazwą był WKS (skrót od Wiski Klub Sportowy). Klub rozgrywał swoje mecze na stadionie gminnym przy ul. Kombatantów, natomiast jego siedziba znajdowała się w budynku pod adresem pl. kpt. Raginisa 35 w Wiźnie. Barwy klubu to czerwony i niebieski. SKRA posiadała trzy oddziały – Seniorów, Juniorów i Trampkarzy. Największym sukcesem drużyny było awansowanie do IV Ligi Podlaskiej w 2008 roku. Od sezonu 2010/2011 zmagała się z przeciwnikami w A Klasie grupy podlaskiej. Stowarzyszenie jest dalej utrzymywane przez prezesów klubu, jednak nie jest aktywne..

Zobacz też
 Ziemia wiska
 8 Pułk Jazdy Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego

Przypisy

Bibliografia
 Irena Jastrzębska, Grodzisko w Wiźnie, pow. Łomża w świetle badań prowadzonych w latach 1968–1970, praca mgr obroniona w Katedrze Archeologii Pradziejowej Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego w 1972 roku (maszynopis w Archiwum Działu Archeologii Muzeum Podlaskiego).
 Wizna, [w:] Informator Archeologiczny, Badania 1967, s. 381
 R. Jakimowicz, Sprawozdanie z działalności Państwowego Konserwatora Zabytków Przedhistorycznych na Okręg Warszawski, "Wiadomości Archeologiczne", t. VIII, 1923, s. 204–205;
 Leszek Kajzer, St. Kołodziejski, Jan Salm, Leksykon zamków w Polsce, Warszawa 2001, s. 541

Linki zewnętrzne

 Serwis poświęcony Klubowi Sportowemu Skra Wizna

Miasta polskie lokowane  na prawie chełmińskim

Dawne miasta w województwie podlaskim
Miasta królewskie I Rzeczypospolitej (województwo mazowieckie)
Miasta w Polsce lokowane w XIV wieku
Miejsca obrad sejmików I Rzeczypospolitej


Spisekroken in Bergen presented me with one of my best meals ever in May 2007. This small restaurant located at Nordnes, a quaint area of Bergen served a three course meal to die for with the best wines. I am pleased to say that I will revisit this restaurant the coming Saturday.
Very few restaurants choose their ingredients with care in order to create an ultimate experience for their guests. During the life time of Enjoy Food & Travel I can count a hand full of places that have presented food that leaves you speechless.
Spisekroken is definitely one of these restaurants. The meal served 18 months ago had no flaws, what so ever. Presentation, taste and texture were immaculate. Even though we paid a staggering sum (around €225) we left feeling that it was worth it, and that is a rare experience. I do not hesitate to say that this was truly a Michelin style experience.
White chocolate mousse with cognac and cherries.
I particularly love the AND-words here, as they have chosen three different starters and desserts to offer a wider range of tastes. The price is NOK 525 per person (€75), and believe you me - it may well be worth it!!!
Time will show whether we go for this menu or another. What ever we do, we are guaranteed a great experience - our expectations are sky high!!


Does anyone know how to get a HV emitter explosion to go to the size you want so as to be in proportion to an object(car). As the slider moves through the timeline it continues on to fill the whole screen before it dies off.
you could try adjusting your lifetime frame.


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Local Government in Scotland Act 2003
Next: Part
Part 1Best value and accountability
Duty to secure best value
1Local authorities' duty to secure best value
(1)It is the duty of a local authority to make arrangements which secure best value.
(2)Best value is continuous improvement in the performance of the authority's functions.
(3)In securing best value, the local authority shall maintain an appropriate balance among—
(a)the quality of its performance of its functions;
(b)the cost to the authority of that performance; and
(c)the cost to persons of any service provided by it for them on a wholly or partly rechargeable basis.
(4)In maintaining that balance, the local authority shall have regard to—
(a)efficiency;
(b)effectiveness;
(c)economy; and
(d)the need to meet the equal opportunity requirements.
(5)The local authority shall discharge its duties under this section in a way which contributes to the achievement of sustainable development.
(6)In measuring the improvement of the performance of a local authority's functions for the purposes of this section, regard shall be had to the extent to which the outcomes of that performance have improved.
(7)In this section, "equal opportunity requirements" has the same meaning as in Section L2 of Part II of Schedule 5 to the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).
2Considerations bearing on performance of duty under section 1
(1)In the performance of its duties under section 1 above, a local authority shall have regard—
(a)to any guidance provided by the Scottish Ministers for local authorities on the performance of those duties; and such guidance may include guidance on—
(i)how to make and what is to be included in the arrangements referred to in subsection (1) of that section;
(ii)how to implement the duty imposed by that subsection; and
(b)to what are, whether by reference to any generally recognised, published code or otherwise, regarded as proper arrangements for the purposes of section 1(1) above (or purposes which include those purposes).
(2)Before providing guidance under this section, the Scottish Ministers shall consult such associations of local authorities and such other persons as they think appropriate.
(3)In the event of a conflict in any respect between the considerations to which a local authority is to have regard under paragraph (a) of subsection (1) above and those to which it has to have regard under paragraph (b) of that subsection, it shall in that respect have regard only to those within paragraph (a).
3Action by Accounts Commission following report by Controller of Audit
(1)On a report being made to it by the Controller of Audit under section 102(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65) (the "1973 Act"), the Accounts Commission for Scotland may do, in any order, all or any of the following, or none of them—
(a)direct the Controller of Audit to carry out further investigations;
(b)hold a hearing;
(c)state its findings.
(2)Findings which do not follow a hearing shall, for the purposes of section 103D of the 1973 Act, as applied by section 4 below, be treated as the findings of the members of the Commission holding a hearing.
4Hearings under section 3 above
(1)Sections 103C (procedure, evidence etc. at hearings held by Commission) and 103D (findings of hearings) of the 1973 Act apply to hearings held under section 3(1)(b) above as they apply to hearings held under section 103B(1)(b) of that Act.
(2)For the purposes of subsection (1) above—
(a)sections 103C(2) and (5) and 103D(a) of the 1973 Act shall be ignored; and
(b)the other provisions of section 103D shall be taken to extend to findings which do not follow a hearing.
(3)Findings made under section 103D as applied by this section may include recommendations and the persons to whom those recommendations may be made include the Scottish Ministers.
(4)The Accounts Commission shall give a copy of findings so made to any member or officer of a local authority who was named in the report upon which proceeded the hearing to which the findings relate.
(5)At a hearing held under section 3 above, the Accounts Commission shall afford—
(a)any local authority likely to be affected by any findings made; and
(b)any person likely to be so affected (or the representative of such a person),
the opportunity of appearing and being heard.
(6)Subsections (1), (6) and (7) of section 103 of the 1973 Act (which are superseded by provisions of section 3 above and this section) are repealed.
5Action by local authorities on receipt of findings
(1)A local authority receiving a copy of findings under section 103D of the 1973 Act as applied by section 4 above shall consider those findings in accordance with section 103E(1) and (2) of that Act and subsections (3) to (7) of the said section 103E shall apply accordingly.
(2)Sections 5 and 6 of the Local Government Act 1992 (c. 19) are repealed.
Other provisions about best value
6Accounts Commission's studies and recommendations to include aspects of securing best value
(1)In subsection (1) of section 97A (Commission's studies for improving economy etc.) of the 1973 Act—
(a)after "for", where first occurring, there is inserted—
"(a)the securing by local authorities of best value;
(b)"; and
(b)for "for", where second occurring, there is inserted—
(c)".
(2)After that subsection there is inserted—
"(1A)In subsection (1)(a) above, the references to best value and the securing of it are references to best value within the meaning of section 1 of the Local Government in Scotland Act 2003 (asp 1) and the securing of it in accordance with that section.".
Relaxation of rules about contracts and supply of goods and services
7Local authority contracts: relaxation of exclusion of non-commercial considerations
(1)The following provisions of section 17(5) of the Local Government Act 1988 (c. 9) (the "1988 Act") do not operate in relation to a local authority in any of the cases specified in subsection (2) below—
paragraph (a) (which provides that the terms and conditions of employment of, and certain other arrangements affecting, contractors' workers are to be disregarded by authorities when exercising certain functions relating to public supply or works contracts);
paragraph (b) (which provides that the question whether contractors sub-contract to self-employed individuals on a services-only basis is to be likewise disregarded); and
paragraph (d) so far as relating to the conduct of contractors or their workers in industrial disputes between them (which paragraph provides that such conduct is to be likewise disregarded).
(2)Those cases are—
(a)where the local authority reasonably seeks to ensure that a contractor with the authority will comply with the contractor's obligations under the contract;
(b)where the local authority reasonably seeks to ensure that a contractor with the authority will perform the contractor's obligations under the contract in a way which will not prevent the authority from securing best value or hinder it in doing so; and
(c)where the local authority has reasonable grounds for believing that the trade contractor's implementation of the contract with the authority would entail a relevant transfer within the meaning of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981 (S.I. 1981/1794) or any regulations replacing those regulations, as from time to time amended.
(3)Section 17(5)(h) of the 1988 Act (which provides that the use or non-use by contractors of services provided under the Building (Scotland) Act 1959 (c. 24) is to be disregarded by authorities when exercising certain functions relating to public supply or works' contracts) ceases to have effect in relation to local authorities.
(4)In this section, "contractor" has the same meaning as in section 17 of the 1988 Act.
8Relaxation of restrictions on supply of goods and services etc. by local authorities
(1)The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970 (c. 39) is modified as provided in subsections (2) and (3) below.
(2)In section 1 (supply of goods and services etc. by local authorities to public bodies)—
(a)in subsection (1)—
(i)for "public body within the meaning of this section" and "body", wherever subsequently occurring, there is, in each case, substituted "person";
(ii)after "may", where it first occurs, there is inserted ", in relation to any relevant trading operation carried on by the authority,";
(iii)in paragraph (b), the words "administrative, professional or technical" are repealed;
(iv)in paragraph (c), for "vehicle, plant or apparatus belonging to" there is substituted "property belonging to or facilities under the control of" and for "vehicle or other property" there is substituted "property or facility"; and
(v)paragraph (d) and the words which follow it are repealed;
(b)after that subsection there is inserted—
"(1A)A local authority shall not, in relation to any trading operation carried on by them, enter into an agreement under subsection (1) above if the likely result of doing so would be that the commercial services income accruing to the authority in any financial year under that and all other such agreements already entered into by the authority with such persons in relation to that operation would exceed the statutory limit.
(1B)Subsection (1A) above does not apply in respect of an agreement entered into by a local authority with—
(a)another local authority;
(b)a public authority or body; or
(c)a person who, in the circumstances set out in subsection (1L) below, enters into the contract in order to provide the local authority with goods or services,
or with a person who, not being a public body, has functions of a public nature or engages in activities of that nature and the purpose or effect of the agreement is to facilitate discharge by that person of those functions or that person's engagement in those activities.
(1C)The restriction in subsection (1A) does not prevent a local authority from entering into an agreement where the likely result of doing so would be that the income referred to in that subsection will exceed the limit there referred to if the Scottish Ministers give prior consent to the authority doing so.
(1D)In subsection (1A) above—
(a)the "commercial services" income of a local authority is that part of their income which—
(i)is derived from agreements entered into for all or any of the purposes set out in subsection (1) above and is, in accordance with proper accounting practices, credited to a trading account kept by the authority for a trading operation;
(ii)is derived from relevant dividends; or
(iii)is derived from relevant profit sharing agreements; and
(b)the "statutory limit" for a trading operation is such amount as the Scottish Ministers may, by order, fix.
(1E)For the purposes of subsection (1D) above—
"relevant dividend" means a dividend paid by a body corporate which carries on operations which, if they were carried on by the authority to which the dividend is paid, would be relevant trading operations;
"relevant profit sharing agreement" means an agreement between a local authority and a body corporate which carries on such operations in terms of which the body corporate undertakes to pay to the authority a proportion of any income which it derives from carrying out those operations.
(1F)An amount so fixed may be expressed as a fraction of any other amount specified or referred to in the order.
(1G)Different amounts may be so fixed for different trading operations or classes of trading operation, and an amount may be so fixed for all trading operations.
(1H)Where, for any trading operation, no amount has been so fixed, the prohibition in subsection (1A) above applies, the condition of its application set out in that subsection being ignored.
(1I)If, however, in the case of a trading operation for which no amount has been fixed, the Scottish Ministers give prior consent to a local authority entering into an agreement under subsection (1) above in relation to that trading operation, that prohibition does not apply.
(1J)An order under subsection (1D)(b) above shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
(1K)Before making such an order, the Scottish Ministers shall consult such persons as they think fit.
(1L)The circumstances referred to in paragraph (c) of subsection (1B) above are that the local authority considers that the provision of the goods or services under the contract mentioned in that paragraph will be facilitated if the person who has entered into the contract is within that paragraph.
(1M)A local authority shall, before entering any such agreement as is referred to in subsection (1) above, have regard to whether doing so will be likely to promote or improve the well-being of—
(a)their area and persons within that area;
(b)either of those.
(1N)For the purposes of subsection (1M) above, "well-being" is to be construed in the same way as it is construed for the purposes of section 20 of the Local Government in Scotland Act 2003 (asp 1).
(1O)References in this section to a trading operation are, in relation to a local authority, references to a trading operation for which, in accordance with proper accounting practices (within the meaning of section 12 of the Local Government in Scotland Act 2003 (asp 1)) the authority keep trading accounts.
(1P)The reference in subsection (1) above to a relevant trading operation is a reference to a trading operation which is carried on for the purpose of enabling a local authority to raise money, by borrowing or otherwise.";
(c)in subsection (2)—
(i)for the words "preceding subsection" there is substituted "subsection (1) above";
(ii)paragraph (a) and the word "or" which immediately follows it are repealed;
(iii)after "property" there is inserted ", goods or materials"; and
(iv)after "except" there is inserted "(i)" and at the end there is inserted ";
(ii)for the purpose of enabling the authority to supply the property, goods or materials or, as the case may be, provide the service to another authority;
(iii)in the case of the supply of goods or materials, where that supply is for the purpose of, or is incidental to the purpose of, enabling the authority to supply property or, as the case may be, provide a service; or
(iv)in any other case, where the Scottish Ministers have consented to the supply or provision.";
(d)in subsection (4)—
(i)the definitions of "public body" and "works of maintenance" are repealed; and
(ii)in their place there is inserted—
"property" includes land, accommodation, vehicles, plant and apparatus;"; and
(e)subsections (5) and (6) are repealed.
(3)In section 2 (supplemental)—
(a)in subsection (1) for "public body" there is substituted "person"; and
(b)subsections (4) and (5) are repealed.
9Special provision for local authority contracts for construction of buildings or works
(1)A local authority may, in accordance with regulations made under this section, enter into an agreement with any person for the construction or maintenance by the authority of any buildings or works.
(2)The Scottish Ministers may make regulations—
(a)restricting the exercise of the power under subsection (1) above by reference to the likely gross expenditure of the local authority in any financial year occasioned by its exercise of the power when taken together with the likely gross expenditure of the authority in that year on—
(i)all other construction of building or works; and
(ii)all works of maintenance of land or buildings,
undertaken by the authority, and
(b)otherwise prescribing how local authorities are to exercise the power.
(3)Those regulations may, under subsection (2)(b) above, provide that any code or other document referred to in the regulation is to have effect for the purpose of regulating the exercise of the power under subsection (1) above.
(4)Those regulations may include provision for the making of reports to the Scottish Ministers and to the public on the exercise of the power under subsection (1) above.
(5)Those regulations may make different provision for different authorities or different classes of authority.
(6)Regulations under this section shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
(7)Before making any such regulations, the Scottish Ministers shall consult such associations of local authorities and such other persons as they think fit.
10Trading operations and accounts
(1)It is the duty of a local authority to conduct each of its significant trading operations so that, as respects that operation—
(a)in relation to every three year period; and
(b)taking every year with the two previous years,
revenue is not less than expenditure.
(2)In subsection (1) above, the references to a local authority's significant trading operations are references to those of its trading operations for which it must, in accordance with proper accounting practices, disclose trading accounts and, in this subsection, "proper accounting practices" is to be construed in accordance with section 12(2) below.
Disposal of land for less than full value
11Disposal of land by local authorities for less than full value
(1)In section 74 of the 1973 Act—
(a)in subsection (2) (prohibition of disposal of land for less than best consideration reasonably obtainable except with consent) for the words "with the consent of the Secretary of State," there is substituted "in accordance with regulations under subsection (2C) below,";
(b)after subsection (2) there are inserted the following subsections—
"(2A)Subsection (2) does not extend to a disposal where—
(a)the best consideration that can reasonably be obtained is less than the threshold amount; or
(b)the difference between that consideration and the proposed consideration is less than the marginal amount.
(2B)The Scottish Ministers shall, by regulations, fix the threshold amount and the marginal amount for the purposes of subsection (2A) above.
(2C)The Scottish Ministers may, by regulations, provide as to the circumstances in which and procedure by which local authorities may, under this section, dispose of land for a consideration less than the best that can reasonably be obtained.
(2D)Those regulations may include provision—
(a)requiring a local authority proposing to dispose of land at less than the best consideration that can reasonably be obtained to appraise and compare the costs and other disbenefits and the benefits of the proposal;
(b)requiring the local authority, before deciding in favour of the proposal, to be satisfied that so deciding would be reasonable; and
(c)setting out factors to which the local authority must have regard when considering whether its decision would be reasonable.
(2E)References in this section to the best consideration that can reasonably be obtained by a local authority are references to that consideration as assessed by a suitably qualified valuer.
(2F)In appointing and instructing a suitably qualified valuer for the purposes of subsection (2E) above, the local authority shall have regard to any guidance provided by the Scottish Ministers on—
(a)what are suitable qualifications;
(b)what factors are to be or not to be taken into account by the valuer in assessing the consideration referred to in that subsection.
(2G)Regulations under this section shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
(2H)Before making such regulations, the Scottish Ministers shall consult such associations of local authorities and such other persons as they think fit.".
(2)In section 36(20) (power of the fire authorities and joint fire boards to sell land but only with ministerial consent) of the Fire Services Act 1947 (c. 41) the words "with the consent of the Secretary of State" are repealed.
Accounts, finance and performance accountability
12Proper accounting practices
(1)It is the duty of a local authority to observe proper accounting practices.
(2)In subsection (1) above and in paragraph (b) of section 99 (auditor to be satisfied that proper accounting practices have been observed) of the 1973 Act, the references to proper accounting practices are references to accounting practices which fall within one or more of the following—
(a)those which the local authority is required to observe by virtue of any enactment;
(b)those which have been specified in guidance issued for the purposes of this section and that section by the Scottish Ministers;
(c)those which, whether by reference to any generally recognised, published code or otherwise, are regarded as proper accounting practices to be observed in the preparation and publication of accounts of local authorities.
(3)In the event of a conflict in any respect between the practices within paragraph (a) of subsection (2) above and those within paragraph (b) or (c) of that subsection, only those within paragraph (a) are to be regarded as proper accounting practices in that respect, and in the event of a conflict in any respect between those within paragraph (b) and paragraph (c) of that subsection, only those within paragraph (b) are, in that respect, to be so regarded.
13Publication by local authorities of information about finance and performance
(1)It is the duty of a local authority to make arrangements for the reporting to the public of the outcome of the performance of its functions.
(2)Subject to subsections (3) and (6) below, it is for the local authority to determine the form, content and frequency of and time limits for reports made under subsection (1) above, to whom they are to be given and by what means they are to be published or made available to members of the public.
(3)The Scottish Ministers may, by regulations, make provision governing any of the matters set out in subsection (2) above.
(4)Such regulations shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
(5)Before making such regulations, the Scottish Ministers shall consult such associations of local authorities and such other persons as they think fit.
(6)Such regulations may include provision—
(a)for a summary of the local authority's assets and their value, its sources of income, the amounts derived from those sources, and its expenditures to be included in that which is to be reported under subsection (1) above;
(b)for the local authority's trading accounts or a summary thereof to be included in that which is to be reported under subsection (1) above;
(c)for a summary of the authority's expenditure under such works contracts as may be specified in the regulations to be included in that which is to be reported under subsection (1) above;
(d)for the publication of the information which is to be provided under section 1 (power of Accounts Commission to direct publication of information about standards of performance) of the Local Government Act 1992 (c. 19), to be included in that which is to be reported under subsection (1) above; and
(e)for—
(i)a statement setting out the arrangements the local authority had in place under section 1 above during the financial year immediately preceding that in which the statement is made and describing what it did under those arrangements and to what effect, including an account of how what it did contributed to the achievement of sustainable development;
(ii)a statement specifying by what means and when the local authority proposes to carry out its duties under this section during the remainder of the year in which the statement is made; and
(iii)a statement specifying any unimplemented recommendations about the performance of the authority's functions made to the authority by any person discharging a power or duty under an enactment to make the recommendation,
to be included in that which is to be reported under subsection (1) above.
(7)The Scottish Ministers may issue guidance to local authorities on how those authorities might carry out their functions under this section.
(8)Before doing so, the Scottish Ministers shall consult such associations of local authorities and such other persons as they think fit.
(9)In section 1 (Accounts Commission's power to direct publication of information about the activities, in a financial year of local authorities etc.) of the Local Government Act 1992 (c. 19)—
(i)after "year", where first occurring, there is inserted "or such other period as is specified in the direction being a period beginning not less than 3 months after the giving of the direction";
(ii)after "effectiveness" there is inserted "and of securing best value in accordance with section 1 of the Local Government in Scotland Act 2003 (asp 1)";
(iii)after "year", where secondly occurring, there is inserted "or other period";
(iv)after "years", there is inserted "or, as the case may be, other periods";
(b)in subsection (2), after "year", in each place where that word occurs, there is inserted "or other period".
(10)In section 2 (further provisions about directions) of that Act—
(a)in subsection (1)(a), after "years" there is inserted "or other periods"; and
(b)in subsection (4) there is inserted at the end "or, where another period has, under section 1(1) above, been specified in the direction, than such date as is there specified for the purposes of this subsection.".
14Application of this Part to other bodies
This Part of this Act applies also to those bodies to which Part VII (finance) of the 1973 Act applies by virtue of section 106(1) of that Act (application to committees, joint committees and joint boards the members of which are appointed by local authorities and to charities etc. the trustees of which are local authorities or their members).
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Counseling + Therapy / Servicios de consejería + Salud Mental Case management, brief counseling and care coordination services.
Arts, Culture & History / Arte, Cultura, y Historia Numerous talks, programs and lectures pertaining to Charlestown's history, events and people.
After School Programs / Actividades después de la Escuela, Education /Educación, Mentoring / Mentor, Recreation / Recreación, Volunteer Opportunities / Trabajo Voluntario Since the fall of 1997, CLLC has provided educational services, as well as athletic opportunities through the sport of lacrosse, to the youth of Boston. Over the years CLLC has helped youth and adolescents develop into not only successful students, but also contributing members of the community. Our services - which include tutoring, drop-in homework help, a healthy cooking program, reading groups and standardized test preparation - are free of charge and open to the community. The CLLC services over 300 youth through both our Lacrosse programs and our Learning Center. While the Lacrosse program spans K-8th grade, the Learning Center services students from 3rd-12th grade.
Club + Civic Associations / Clubes y Asociaciones cívicas, Recreation / Recreación A LOT! Contact us for more information.
Club + Civic Associations / Clubes y Asociaciones cívicas We offer flag football for grades 1-2. A structured 4x4 defence with learning fundamentals of tackle football for grades 3-4 and tackle football for kids in grade 5-8. We also offer cheerleaders the fundamentals of basic cheering to back handsprings. Each child learns how to be on a team and gets the understanding of having a team to fully support you with everything you do. These youth learn that people and other children care about you regardless of race, gender and religion. We strive to make sure that each child leaves our program knowing that they will always have us to fully support them in their life.
Neighborhood Association / Asociaciones de vecindarios Advocating for the rights and interests of Charlestown dog owners, promoting responsible dog behavior and ownership practices, emphasizing respect for our neighbors and the community.
Education /Educación Scholarships are awarded each year to college and high school students to assist with tuition and education expenses.


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Home Mobile Marketing P&G's Bounty teams with BuzzFeed on March Madness videos
P&G's Bounty teams with BuzzFeed on March Madness videos
Procter & Gamble teamed with digital media platform BuzzFeed to produce two video ads that show how its Bounty paper towels can help during March Madness parties. The first one-minute spot features popular basketball broadcaster Dick Vitale providing play-by-play commentary on a recipe for Cheesy Broccoli Bacon Fritters, according to a company announcement.
Vitale, who also goes by nickname Dicky V, narrates how the paper towel brand is part of the recipe for prep work, cooking and cleanup during the annual NCAA college basketball tournament. The commercial was shared this week on the @Bounty account on Twitter.
P&G made the videos with BuzzFeed's Tasty, the producer of popular "hands in pans" videos that provide step-by-step instructions on food recipes. The commercials will be shown on Bounty's, Tasty's and Vitale's social channels, per P&G's announcement.
P&G's Bounty brand aims to stake a claim during March Madness for anyone who hosts a party and makes food during the college basketball tournament. The basketball championship games, held from March 19 to the final on April 8, are the biggest advertising bonanza after the National Football League's Super Bowl. March Madness last year spurred more than $1.32 billion in national TV ad spending, compared to $1.68 billion for the NFL's post-season, according to WPP's Kantar unit. Mobile-related advertisers were some of the biggest TV sponsors of the tournament last year, including AT&T ($101 million), Samsung ($39 million), Google's parent company Alphabet ($39 million) and Apple ($36 million), Kantar's data show.
The quickness of Tourney Time is no match for @Bounty and @DickieV ????Check out the play-by-plays for this fun and easy game day recipe, it's #AwesomeBaby #QuickerPickerUpper pic.twitter.com/8uHOyiEAOC
— Tasty (@tasty) March 18, 2019
Bounty wants to stand out with its strategy of posting videos to social media channels, where they're more likely to be seen by younger adults who watch less cable TV than older generations and may not yet be loyal to a certain paper towel brand. The biggest group of Twitter users consists of people ages 25 to 34, who make up 43.2% of the social network's user base, per social media management firm Sprout Social.
Bounty is among the advertisers rolling out social media campaigns around March Madness. Honda's luxury car brand Acura is urging Instagram users to share videos of their "super handling" basketball skills on the court or in everyday situations during the tournament, with ESPN analyst and host Jay Williams providing color commentary on fans' top moves in videos posted to Instagram. Buffalo Wild Wings is running several campaigns, including its "That's March Madness" activation that urges viewers to have fun watching games at its sports bars and restaurants instead of isolating themselves to second-screening alone with their mobile devices and desktop computers. It's leveraging its Twitter network by sharing humorous suggestions on how to fill out tournament brackets as the tip-off for the First Four games approaches tonight.
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My RBR20 says the internet is online and has 1 satellite connected. The only issue is as i check on the your products tab it says im not connected to my internet. I try to connect my orbi wifi to my ps4 and it comes up with a CE-37813-2 error code.
It often helps to "start at the beginning." i.e. We assume this is a new Orbi RBR20 that you have just installed (not one that has been working fine for some time)?
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Saft looks set to cash in on the growth in the German photovoltaic market as Bosch mass-produces the BPT-S 5 Hybrid energy management and storage system, containing Saft's lithium-ion batteries.
Although the Bosch hybrid system was launched in 2012, it is now being delivered in volume to capitalise on incentives offered by the German government for the combined installation of PV panels with energy storage systems.
The batteries will be supplied with a capacity ranging from 4.4 to 13.2 kWh in five different sized models of the system.
The home storage market is expected to boom because the German Federal Ministry for the Environment is offering subsidies worth €25 million until the end of the year for eligible, certified decentralised battery storage systems supporting an on-grid PV system. The incentives are expected to lead to the installation of 8 – 10 000 new systems.
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Jojo Siwa helps normalize the sexuality spectrum after coming out
by Olivia Espinoza
Many childhood stars like Miley Cyrus and Demi Lovato came out as being a part of the LGBTQ+ community as their audience matured with them.
However, younger pop-stars no longer feel the need to wait for their audiences to grow up thanks to Jojo Siwa. The kid-friendly pop-star proved this by coming out to her young fans on Instagram in January.
Siwa, well-known for her energetic personality, bubbly hit songs, and sparkly bows refused to hold back on her sexuality any longer. Siwa took to Instagram, posting a picture of her in a t-shirt that read "Best Gay Cousin Ever," later confirming her coming out post on Instagram Live.
"I think humans are really incredible people. Right now I am super duper happy and I want to share everything with the world, but I also want to keep things in my life private until they're ready to be public," Siwa said on her Instagram video.
The pop-star specified that she is not ready to share where she lies on the spectrum and continued the conversation on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon to announce her relationship with her girlfriend.
"The most amazing, wonderful, perfect, most beautiful girlfriend in the whole world. It's not something I'm ashamed of. I just haven't shown the internet yet," Siwa said on The Tonight Show.
After coming out, Siwa's social media was flooded with support from numerous celebrities, friends, and parents of her young fans.
Siwa's infamous dance coach, Abby Lee Miller from "Dance Moms," also posted about the performer, sharing her support.
"I always knew the world would be a more colorful, positive, sparkly place with a kind, loving dazzling triple threat like you in it – a shining example for the kids out there to live their BEST lives each and every day," Miller said on Instagram.
However, not all responses have been as positive as most would hope. Some parents do not approve of their children admiring a gay celebrity.
"My daughter will never watch you again," said a disapproving mother in a comment on Siwa's coming-out post.
Even so, Siwa has been commenting on the hate she has received with maturity, understanding that coming out to such an impressionable audience will come with some backlash.
"I think coming out has this stigma around it, that it's a really really really scary thing. It's not anymore. There's so many accepting and loving people out there. Of course people are gonna say it's not normal, but it's your normal," Siwa said on Instagram Live.
The 17-year old's bold announcement of being a part of the LGBTQ+ community, having over 12 million subscribers on YouTube, 10 million Instagram followers, and major success with her 14 million dollar brand, will have a long-lasting impact on the younger generation that looks up to her.
Siwa has opened the door to have discussions about sexuality starting at a younger age. This is simply the beginning of normalizing the sexuality spectrum in younger communities.
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Today is Barack Obama's birthday. At least that's what people are saying. Without a birth certificate, it's hard to know for sure. I blame the poor state of health care in Kenya in 1961.
Anyway, since he's up and walking around, we'll assume he does have a birthday, okay? I don't think he's a robot. Or a space alien. Although either of those would explain a lot.
No, I think he's a human. Or close enough, anyway. And, sure, I'll go along with today being his birthday.
Which means ... PARTY! Because everyone from Georgia is all about the party, right?
So, how do we celebrate Barack Obama's birthday?
Find an Arab king and bow to him.
Go on vacation. But not to the Gulf.
Blame Bush for any gray hairs I find.
Spend a trillion dollars. After all, it's also Wednesday!
Order the most expensive item on the menu, then, if they bring me a bill, tell the waitress she's racist.
If she's White, tell her she's racist anyway.
Call Larry Sinclair, just for old time's sake.
Blame Bush for taxes going up.
Tell everyone on teh Twitters how awesome I am.
Those are my ideas. You have any suggestions?


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Competitions, Entertainment, Media/Internet, TV	 July 8, 2016
Pete Chatmon, Kate Marks and Kevin Lau Selected for HBOAccess Directing Fellowship
HBOAccess Directing Fellow Pete Chatmon (photo via shadowandact.com)
article via Tambay Obenson via shadowandact.com
HBO has selected the three emerging directors to participate in the 2016 HBOAccess Directing Fellowship. Now in its second year, the program provides one-on-one mentorship with an HBO creative executive, education about the craft and business of directing, and a $100k budget to shoot a short presentation for HBO with a professional crew. The winners will participate in the workshop in July, shoot their presentation in August, and finish up post-production by the end of September.
The three directors selected are:
— Readers of this blog will be familiar with Pete Chatmon, whose debut feature, "Premium," starred Dorian Missick, Zoe Saldana, and Hill Harper and premiered on Showtime after a limited theatrical run. Chatmon also wrote, produced, and directed "761st," a documentary on the first black tank battalion in WWII, narrated by Andre Braugher. Chatmon received the Tribeca Film Institute "All Access" Program's Creative Promise Narrative Award for the heist screenplay "$FREE.99", written in collaboration with Candice Sanchez McFarlane.
Through Double7 Images, his Digital Studio, he has directed content for ad agencies, Porsche, Proctor & Gamble, Lenovo, Universal Pictures, and other brands. Chatmon's career began in 2001 with the Sundance selection of his NYU thesis film, "3D", starring Kerry Washington. His current project, the short film "Black Card", began traveling the international film festival circuit in Spring/Summer 2015 and premiered on HBO in February 2016.
— Kate Marks was a Project Involve fellow at Film Independent where she received the Barbara Boyle Award. She began making films after working as a playwright, theatre director, and performer in New York City. Her award winning short films (Pearl Was Here, Homebody, 7 Day Gig, and Miracle Maker) continue to screen all over the world. Highlights include Slamdance, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Austin Film Festival, Mill Valley, and broadcasting on PBS. She is a graduate of CalArts (MFA) and Brown University (BA). Additionally Kate teaches filmmaking in public schools, prisons, senior centers, and parks. Her work with a wide range of students can be felt in her stories, which focus on the need to be witnessed.
— Kevin Lau is a writer/director who is a recent fellow of the Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors Program and CAPE New Writers Fellowship. A graduate of Columbia University's MFA program, his thesis film, "Made in Chinatown", swept the NBCUniversal Short Film Festival–winning Best Short, Best Writing, and Best Actor–and has gone on to screen in exhibitions at the New Americans Museum, Glass Curtain Gallery, and in classrooms at UCLA and Emerson College. Kevin is a proud native of Los Angeles and credits the culturally diverse city for shaping the stories he tells.
"We had well over 800 submissions so narrowing the list down to the top eight finalists was incredibly difficult," says HBO's Head of Talent Development, Kelly Edwards. "No one can say the talent isn't out there. We saw some excellent films. All these directors need some exposure and the chance to get in a room with the decision makers."
Marks, Chatmon, and Lau will each direct a pilot presentation for the premium channel this summer with material work-shopped through the 2015 HBOAccess Writing Fellowship. Pete Chatmon will be directing "Lady Bouncer" by Sarah McChesney; Kate Marks will helm "Manic" by Yolanda Carney, and Kevin Lau will take on "F**ked Up" by Joshua Levy and Prathi Srinivasan.
Edwards is enthusiastic about the innovative approach HBO is taking with this year's program. "We are incredibly excited about introducing a new element to our process by marrying our writing and directing programs. Since we are developing great material, the best possible outcome is to move it into production."
Rounding out the talented group of top 8 directing fellowship finalists were Marielle Woods, Steve Acevedo, Susana Casares, Danielle Katvan, and Moon Molson.
Applications for the 2017 HBOAccess Writing Fellowship will open in March 8, 2017 through Film Freeway.
For more information go to www.hbo.com/hboaccess.
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Home Hematology Pancytopenia Secondary to Adult Osteopetrosis
Pancytopenia Secondary to Adult Osteopetrosis
*Abdullah Y. Alkhowaiter, Anwer S. Alenazi, Ali G. Alghamdi
1. Division of Internal Medicine Department, King Saud Medical City,
The authors have declared no conflicts of interest.
EMJ Hematol. 2020;8[1]:113-116. DOI/10.33590/emjhematol/20-00012. https://doi.org/10.33590/emjhematol/20-00012.
Osteopetrosis (OP), metabolic bone disorder, pancytopenia
Osteopetrosis (OP) is a rare genetically metabolic bone disorder caused by severe impairment of osteoclast-mediated bone resorption. It is characterised by extensive sclerosis of the skeleton, fragility fracture, haematopoietic insufficiency, nerve entrapment syndromes, and growth impairment. It is clinically classified into two major types: infantile (autosomal recessive, malignant) and adult (autosomal dominant, benign) OP. The infantile type is usually diagnosed early in life, while adult type is diagnosed in late adolescence or adulthood. Approximately one-half of patients are asymptomatic and the diagnosis is made incidentally. However, some patients might present with one or more complications of OP, and the diagnosis is made during the work-up and evaluation. Here, the authors describe an unusual case of adult type OP presented with pancytopenia.
The 35-year-old female of Arab ethnicity was admitted to the Department of General Internal Medicine in King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with a long history of approximately 7 years of intermittent lethargy, dizziness, and exertional dyspnoea. She sought different healthcare centres, where she received multiple blood transfusions, intravenous iron infusion, and vitamins. She gave a history of similar condition to her elder sister, who had passed away. There was no history of bleeding, abnormal menstrual cycle, bony fracture, or haematological disease. On examination, she was fully conscious, alert, and oriented to time, place, and person, with no skeletal deformity. The patient was found to be moderately pale. She had palpable spleen 2 cm below the left subcostal margin in its axis with palpable liver 3 cm below the right subcostal margin, nontender, smooth-surfaced, and soft in consistency. Neurological and ophthalmological examinations were both normal.
Laboratory examination yielded a red blood cell count 1.44 cells/mm3, haemoglobin 4.80 g/dL, mean corpuscular volume 107.60 fL, mean corpuscular haemoglobin 33.30 pg, red blood cell distribution width 17.70%, reticulocyte count 1.51%, white blood cell counts 2.89 cells/mm3, and platelet count 188.00 /mm3. Peripheral blood smear revealed marked macrocytic anaemia, polychromasia, few teardrop cells, mild leukopenia, and mild thrombocytopenia. Biochemical analysis was normal, including 195 U/L lactate dehydrogenase, total bilirubin level of 9.3 umol/L, and normal serum calcium and phosphorus levels, with the exception of alkaline phosphatase which was 180 U/L. There was a normal iron profile, except for high ferritin which was 631 ng/mL. Thyroid and parathyroid functions were both normal. Serology for cytomegalovirus, Epstein–Barr virus, viral hepatitis, and HIV was negative. The antinuclear antibody titer was nonsignificant, antidouble stranded DNA was negative, and C3 and C4 were both within the normal reference range. Bone marrow aspiration and touch print showed severe hypocellular diluted bone marrow with cellularity <20%. Bone marrow biopsy and microscopic examination showed entirely thick trabecular bone, filling the whole biopsy with marble-shaped bone and no evidence of malignancy. Skeletal survey and radiological evaluation revealed diffuse bone sclerosis (Figure 1). Posteroanterior chest X-ray showed mild cardiomegaly and a homogeneous increase in bone density throughout the clavicular bones, thoracic cage, and vertebrae (Figure 1A). A noncontrast CT scan showed diffuse increased bone density in the vertebral bodies and ribs with severe osseous sclerosis (Figure 1B). Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry showed generalised increased bone mineral density. The T-score and the age matched Z-score were very high compared to the expected range for the patient's age according to the International Society of Clinical Densitometry (ISCD) recommendation,1 in keeping with diffuse dense sclerosis noted in previous CT scans (Figure 2).
Figure 1: A) Posteroanterior chest X-ray shows mild cardiomegaly and homogeneous increase in bone density throughout the clavicular bones, thoracic cage, and vertebrae. B) Noncontrast CT scan shows diffuse increased bone density in the vertebral bodies and ribs with severe osseous sclerosis
Figure 2: A) Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry scan using both hips and lumbar spine as standard protocol. B) Dual-energy X-rays Absorptiometry shows generalised increased bone mineral density, and the T-score and the age matched Z-score are very high compared to the expected range for age according to the international Society of Clinical Densitometry (ISCD) recommendations, in keeping with diffuse dense sclerosis noted in previous CT scans.
SD: standard deviation.
Based on the clinical, haematological, radiological, and bone marrow biopsy findings, a final diagnosis of adult-type osteopetrosis (OP) was made. Genetic studies could not be performed. The patient was referred to a specialised centre for bone marrow transplantation where the diagnosis of OP was confirmed. The treating physicians could not find a human leukocyte antigen matching donor in the patient's family; therefore, the patient was started on corticosteroids as a supportive treatment with regular visits to a haematology outpatient clinic for follow-up clinical and laboratory testing.
OP refers to a group of disorders caused by the severe impairment of osteoclast-mediated bone resorption. As a consequence, bone modelling and remodelling are impaired. The defect in bone turnover characteristically results in skeletal fragility despite increased bone mass, and it may also cause haematopoietic insufficiency, nerve entrapment syndromes, and growth impairment. It is clinically classified into infantile, which is autosomal recessive, malignant, and has a poor prognosis; adult, which is autosomal dominant, benign, and has a good prognosis; and intermediate, which is rare, autosomal recessive, and has a poor prognosis.2 OP tarda, the benign adult form, is inherited as an autosomal dominant trait. Patients are typically asymptomatic and have good long-term survival rates because bone marrow failure rarely occurs.3 It is usually detected by a family history of bone disease or as an incidental radiologic finding, and is asymptomatic in approximately 50% of cases. Close to 40% of patients present with fractures related to brittle osteopetrotic bones or with osteomyelitis, especially of the mandible. There is sufficient retention of marrow cavity for normal haematopoiesis to occur in patients with OP tarda. In some cases, there is an elevated acid phosphatase level. Although patients with OP tarda have an increased susceptibility to fractures, healing appears to proceed normally.4
OP is characterised by abnormal bone tissue which infiltrates the marrow cavity, resulting in pancytopenia and bone marrow failure. As a compensatory mechanism, extramedullary haematopoiesis occurs in the spleen and/or liver. Clinical features include recurrent fractures, stunted growth, failure to thrive, blindness and deafness from cranial nerve entrapment, and recurrent infections from impaired immune function. These severe clinical features of OP are more common in infantile than adult OP.5
In this case, severe pancytopenia was the patient's main presentation with a long history of the symptoms of anaemia and multiple blood transfusions, which is an unusual presentation of adult OP. Moreover, there was no previous history of bony fracture. One of the patient's elder sisters had similar symptoms, but she died with no clear diagnosis and no family history of OP. She also had hepatosplenomegaly upon palpation, which is likely because of bone expansion leading to bone marrow narrowing and extramedullary haematopoiesis.
The diagnosis of OP largely depends on the radiologic features of the skeleton. The presence of bone sclerosis is usually diagnostic of OP. Two types of adult OP are mostly identified based on the distribution of bone sclerosis. Typing the patient's disease helps to predict a fracture pattern because of the nature of the different types. In Type I, sclerosis of the skull mainly affects the vault and the spine does not show much sclerosis. Type II tends to increase the risk of fracture, and sclerosis is mainly found in the base of the skull, the spine always has the rugger jersey appearance, and the pelvis always shows subcristal sclerosis. Transverse banding of metaphysis is common in patients with Type II disease but not in patients with Type I. This finding confirms Type II disease, but its absence does not necessarily indicate Type I.2
Some controversy surrounds the role of bone marrow biopsy in the diagnosis of OP; however, the histopathologic studies of the biopsy may be useful to predict the likelihood of bone marrow transplant success. Patients with crowded bone marrow are less likely than others to respond to a transplant. For this patient, the diagnosis of OP was established based on the radiological evidence of dense sclerosis, and bone marrow biopsy was performed to confirm its diagnosis and rule out other causes of pancytopenia.
Genetic studies could not be performed for the patient. A defect in chloride channel 7 α subunit (CLCN7) has been identified in some cases of infantile and adult OP. Most individuals diagnosed with autosomal dominant CLCN7-related OP have an affected parent. The proportion of cases caused by de novo pathogenic variants is unknown. Each child of an individual with autosomal dominant CLCN7-related OP has a 50% chance of inheriting the pathogenic variant.6
The treatment of OP depends on its variety and presence of complications. Most cases of adult OP require no specific treatment by itself. This patient, however, had severe pancytopenia, and therefore was referred to a specialised centre for haematopoietic stem cell transplantation, of which might be the only treatment that can provide a cure in such patients. IFNγ1b treatment has been tried in patients with OP and has been reported to result in improved immune function, increased bone resorption, and increased bone marrow space.7-9 At the time of the study, there was insufficient evidence to support the routine use of corticosteroids in OP.10
CONCLUSION/TAKE-HOME MESSAGES
The take-home message of this case is to maintain a high index of clinical suspicion for unusual presentation of adult-onset OP. Therefore, proper clinical assessment and radiographic investigations are essential for diagnosis of OP. Thus, it is important for physicians to be familiar with various clinical manifestations of OP and its radiological features.
The International Society for Clinical Densitometry (ISCD). 2019 ISCD Official Positions – Adult. 2019. Available at: www.iscd.org/official-positions/2019-iscd-official-positions-adult/. Last accessed: 21 April 2020. Blank R, Bhargava A. Osteopetrosis. Available at: emedicine.medscape.com/article/123968-overview. Last accessed: 19 March 2020. Carolino J et al. Osteopetrosis. Am Fam Physician. 1998;57(6):1293-6. Wyngaarden JB et al. Bennett JC (eds.), Cecil Textbook of Medicine (1996), Philadelphia: Saunders, pp. 1388-9. Stark Z, Savarirayan R. Osteopetrosis. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2009;4:5. Sobacchi C et al. CLCN7-related osteopetrosis. Available at: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1127/. Last accessed: 19 March 2020. Key LL et al. Recombinant human interferon gamma therapy for osteopetrosis. J Pediatr. 1992;121(1):119-24. Key LL et al. Long-term treatment of osteopetrosis with recombinant human interferon gamma. N Engl J Med. 1995;332(24):1594-9. Lyseng-Williamson KA. Interferon γ-1b in chronic granulomatous disease and severe malignant osteopetrosis: a guide to its use in the USA. Drugs Ther Perspect. 2015;31:213-20. Wu CC et al. Diagnosis and management of osteopetrosis: consensus guidelines from the Osteopetrosis Working Group. 2017;102(9):3111-23.
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The Australian Rising Public Concern on Cannabis
Group to study cannabis links to mental illness
Lax state laws on cannabis will come under renewed pressure after the federal Government addressed rising public concern by creating a top-level advisory group to tackle the drug problem.
Parliamentary secretary for health Christopher Pyne said yesterday five experts would be recruited to the new body, which would review current evidence on the links between cannabis and mental health problems, and identify what could be done.
Mr Pyne said the group – which he will chair – would also report on "what steps the commonwealth Government could take to change the direction of cannabis use".
Many experts have told The Australian over the past two weeks that the evidence has now become overwhelming that cannabis causes not only psychotic illnesses such as schizophrenia, but also depression and anxiety disorders – particularly when smoked by young people whose brains are still developing.
"There's a causal link between cannabis and mental health disorders, from recent reports, but there's resistance from the state attorneys-general and others in the community, who insist in believing that cannabis is no more harmful than alcohol," Mr Pyne said. He said that although state attorneys-general believed the laws should not be changed, "I feel the commonwealth needs expert advice to give us the weapons to change thinking on cannabis in Australia".
South Australia and Western Australia, and both territories have removed criminal penalties for possession or use of minor amounts of cannabis.
Although still illegal, these offences now attract parking-offence style "fines" that do not bring a criminal record.
Experts understood to have been asked to join the group include Adelaide public health physician Robert Ali; director of the National Drug and Alcohol Research Council Richard Mattick; former NDARC director Wayne Hall; Professor of adolescent health at the University of Melbourne, George Patton; and chief executive of the Ted Noffs Foundation Wesley Noffs.
Mr Pyne said the group would meet in Canberra before the end of this year.
While there are no national statistics for new cases of psychotic illnesses such as schizophrenia, figures last month from South Australia show a disturbing link between drug use and mental health problems – and a further association with criminality.
Forensic psychologist Craig Raeside reviewed more than 2000 people facing criminal charges and found more than 75 per cent used marijuana, and 58 per cent amphetamines.
Source:The Australian Adam Cresswell Nov.9th 2005
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Ancient art moves to a new beat at Beth Shalom
Cantor uses aerobics to reinforce students' Torah trope instruction
By Debra Rubin January 19, 2010, 12:00 am Edit
Students at Temple Beth Shalom in Manalapan demonstrate movements that are helping them to learn Torah trope.
Students preparing for their b'nei mitzva at Temple Beth Shalom in Manalapan are getting a head start in learning Torah trope — and getting a physical workout at the same time.
The trope system — a series of symbols above and below the text representing distinct musical phrases — is the ancient cantillation that guides readers in chanting biblical text.
Cantor Ruth Katz Green has her fifth- and sixth-grade students do what she calls "cantillation aerobics," combining specific physical movements to reinforce the musical notation.
The 12-week course is based on a system Green saw demonstrated last year while attending a state cantors conference. Cantor Sharon Brown-Levy of Temple Emanu-El of West Essex in Livingston led the workshop based on a copyrighted program she had developed called Trope Aerobics.
"I saw Sharon demonstrate it, and I just loved it," said Green, who introduced it on a limited basis last spring and had her first full class this fall.
Green said she teaches "a little more" than the material included in Brown-Levy's system. "At the end of the 12-week course, kids are prepared to read from the Torah scroll at our family worship services," said Green, "which is our equivalent to junior congregation."
Under the heading of Team Torah, a CD recording is combined with physical movement to reinforce the trope accents.
"I sing each of the cantillation groups by their names, and then they see what the symbols look like," said the cantor. She is helped by teaching assistants Melinda Graff and Sara Teplitsky.
Using cantillation charts with musical notes — a real plus, she said, for those students who read music — youngsters can see how the notes go up and down. A third chart lays out the aerobic movements.
When a symbol is above a letter, the students stand and reach above their heads. If the sound goes down, they dip.
"When we review, we use hand symbols and our heads and bodies to show what the symbols look like and how it's sung," said Green. "The more exaggerated the motions are, the more they like it and the more they remember. When we get to some of them they just giggle because they're so much fun.
"I'm older and if I look silly then it's all right for them to."
Green also works individually with students as part of Team Torah, and Graff has developed a Team Torah Jeopardy game that incorporates the aerobics.
"If they know the answer their team gets points," said Green. "They pay more attention if they know their team is going to get points out of it."
Many of the Team Torah students become so proficient in Torah cantillation they read on the High Holy Days.
"They learn Torah through the cantillation," said Green. "It's really wonderful."


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Q: passing data to a widget that´s not parent/child - Flutter/Dart I´m new to flutter and need some help!
I know how to pass data from a parent to child, and the other way around.
But how do I pass data from a Widget that´s neither parent nor child from the receiving Widget?

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If that seems to be too much work, because they are too far apart in the tree, consider another approach to state management.

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*use state Management (if you want just send parameters from a screen to another it's not recommend)

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and when you want to route to this screen you can pass param1 like this:
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Kirsten Wenzel (* 27. Februar 1961 in Leipzig) ist eine ehemalige Steuerfrau im Rudern aus der DDR. 1980 gelang ihr im Vierer mit Steuerfrau der Olympiasieg.

Die Pädagogikstudentin trat für den SC DHfK Leipzig an und trainierte bei Herta Weissig. Bei den Ruder-Weltmeisterschaften 1978 siegte der DDR-Vierer mit Kersten Neisser, Angelika Noack, Marita Sandig, Ute Skorupski und Kirsten Wenzel. In der gleichen Besetzung wurde das Boot 1979 DDR-Meister und belegte bei den Weltmeisterschaften den zweiten Platz hinter dem Boot aus der Sowjetunion. Bei den Olympischen Spielen 1980 in Moskau trat der Vierer in anderer Besetzung an: Ramona Kapheim, Silvia Fröhlich, Angelika Noack, Romy Saalfeld und Kirsten Wenzel siegten mit etwas über einer Sekunde Vorsprung auf die Bulgarinnen, die sowjetischen Weltmeisterinnen belegten den dritten Platz. Für diesen Erfolg wurde sie mit dem Vaterländischen Verdienstorden in Silber ausgezeichnet. 1981 gewannen Saalfeld, Sandig, Fröhlich und Wenzel zusammen mit Sabine Portius den Titel bei den DDR-Meisterschaften. Bei den Weltmeisterschaften 1981 in München saß Viola Kestler für Portius im Boot, die DDR-Ruderinnen belegten den zweiten Platz hinter dem sowjetischen Boot. 1982 steuerte Kirsten Wenzel den DDR-Achter zu Weltmeisterschaftsbronze. Dies gelang ihr auch 1983 nach ihrer Heirat mit dem Schwimmer Rainer Strohbach. Diese Ehe wurde später wieder geschieden.

Literatur
 Volker Kluge: Das große Lexikon der DDR-Sportler. Die 1000 erfolgreichsten und populärsten Sportlerinnen und Sportler aus der DDR, ihre Erfolge und Biographien. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89602-348-9.

Weblinks

 Deutsche Erfolge bei Weltmeisterschaften
 DDR-Meisterschaften im Vierer

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Ruderer (DDR)
Olympiasieger (Rudern)
Olympiateilnehmer (DDR)
Teilnehmer der Olympischen Sommerspiele 1980
Weltmeister (Rudern)
DDR-Meister (Rudern)
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Träger des Vaterländischen Verdienstordens in Silber
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UCSB Upsets Irvine
January 14, 2011 at 12:52 am by Paul-Michael Ochoa
On the road facing Big West-leading UC Irvine, the UCSB women's basketball team stepped up big on Thursday with an important 69-58 victory over the Anteaters.
[media-credit id=20281 align="alignright" width="250″] [/media-credit] With the win, the Gauchos are now 9-7 (3-1 in conference) on the season. Junior guard Emilie Johnson scored a game-high 20 points and freshman guard Melissa Zornig contributed a career-high 17 points for UCSB. The loss drops Irvine to 11-5 (3-1 in conference) and into a tie for second in the Big West with the Gauchos.
"We had a lot of people that stepped up tonight," senior forward Mekia Valentine said. "We are a team with multiple weapons. It's really nice knowing that we have a team with five players that could score one night and five different players who could score the next night."
Valentine led the Gauchos with 16 rebounds while adding eight points and two blocks. The bench posted its second consecutive 23-point effort.
"Our game plan was to make it hard for their top two scorers tonight," Head Coach Lindsay Gottlieb said. "Our pressure put them out of a rhythm and they missed a lot of shots early. We executed the game plan well and competed for a full 40 minutes."
The Gauchos held Irvine forward Mikah Maly-Karros and guard Jade Smith-Williams in check throughout the game, holding the duo to 16 points, well below their combined average of 33.
"It was a phenomenal defensive effort by our team," Gottlieb said. "Mekia set the tone early and didn't let [Maly-Karros] get anything easy. She was able to control the game from the start and the rest of the players did a great job helping on the double-team."
Irvine was held to under 33 percent shooting on the night, highlighted by Smith-Williams' two of 10 from the field. The Gauchos shot 51 percent from the field.
"I haven't been hitting a lot of my shots, especially threes," Zornig said. "But in this game, I started taking it to the basket more. It felt really good to start hitting those shots out there tonight."
UCSB outrebounded Irvine by 15 in the game. Sophomore forward Sweets Underwood continued to play well with nine points and six rebounds while filling in for senior forward Margaret Johnson, who has missed the last three games due to an injury.
However, turnovers continued to be a concern for the Gauchos as they committed a season high of 27.
"We need to give ourselves a chance to score, and turnovers take away those opportunities.," Gottlieb said. "Tonight was a situation where it unraveled with the turnovers, but we were able to still win despite not taking care of the ball."
After a good night's rest, the Gauchos will continue the road trip and prepare for another tough opponent, this time facing defending Big West champion UC Riverside. The Highlanders' record of 9-7 (3-1 in conference) is identical to UCSB's.
"I think they are a tough team," Zornig said. "We need to stop them defensively. We are going to get a game plan going tomorrow, and hopefully it will be effective and we can knock them off because they were Big West champs last year."
Riverside is coming off of an 85-67 victory over Long Beach State on Thursday night. Sophomore guard Tre'Shonti Nottingham leads the team with over 10 points per game.
"The game plan for Riverside is totally different," Gottlieb said. "We know they are the defending tournament champs and we need to focus on our prep and play with same the same intensity and energy as we did tonight. It's going to be key for us to control the boards, and clean up the offense obviously, but overall continue to be a lockdown defensive team."
Tip-off against Riverside is scheduled for 5 p.m. on Saturday.


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Q: Wordpress PHP 404 page is not returning When I search for something in the search query, WordPress returns a blank page instead of the 404.php page, but I don't know why... if code needed, i'll show.

A: Without more info, it's tough to say, but searching should NEVER return a 404 page. Why it shows a blank page is a different question -- most likely because you don't have a template page created for search results (search.php)


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import hudson.model.TaskListener;
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3 Kilos Vodka, in collaboration with the notorious Greg Yuna, hosted Manhattan's hottest Monday night at the recently opened Zavõ restaurant in mid-town to launch 3 Kilos Ultra Premium Dutch Vodka "Gold 999.9" and "COCO Gold" coconut-flavored vodka. The evening kicked off in a marble and glass lounge where guests were greeted by a stunning presentation of 3 Kilos branded menus, cocktails such as the Golden Daisy & the 3 Kilos Pear Mule/Nuts of Paradise/Rose Gold Spritz, all handcrafted on the spot by seasoned professionals, along with a DJ. A grand piano accompanied by a live burlesque dancer kept the crowd entertained as photographers snapped shots of every best-dressed invitee, including Nigel Sylvester, Greg Yuna, George Wayne, Emir Bahadir and Sue Tsai.
Once everyone had the pleasure of enjoying both 3 Kilos Vodka Gold 999.9 and 3 Kilos COCO Gold cocktails, the group moved into the spectacled dining room adorned with personalized table settings, mouth watering Mediterranean crudités, and of course, endless bottles of 3 Kilos Vodka. Appetizers of Tuna Tartare and Lobster Avocado salads, to name a few, were soon followed by Filet Mignons and cooked-to-order Lobster Thermidors. Between courses, a live band and aerialists took center stage at the head of the main table to perform an awe-inspiring routine of dance, acrobatics and everything in-between Once dessert and digestifs concluded, it goes without saying that guests left with a satisfaction and surprise they won't soon forget, as only 3 Kilos Vodka can manage.


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