It's been a pleasure to have rescued, cared for and found loving forever homes for all the dogs on this page. We wish our adopted dogs and their families wonderful lives together.
Lovely girl Echo (front) went to join Trina and her new brother on 9th February.
Big character Mousey went to her forever home with Carrie, Simon and Jayden 22nd February.
Shy boy Archie was adopted by Monica and Geoff on 16th January 2019.
George joined his new family, Laura, Matt and their 4 children on 1st January 2019.
We're so pleased for our loved-up couple Lisa and Stu who joined their forever family Liz, Brett and children on 8th December.
Bertie joined his new family Joanna, Neil, Ben, Rosie and Rojo the cat on 18th November.
Birthday boy Murphy went home to his new family Lynn, George and Ellie on 17th November. What better present could there be???
Charlie joined his new family Tim, Paula and GRSY girl Minnie on 14th November.
Gorgeous 12 year old Manny found a lovely home with Jill on 28th October.
Our beautiful snowflake girl was adopted by Ben on 12th October.
Long-stayer Teddy found his forever home with Russell and Jo on 15th September.
Beryl joined Jeanne, Gary and her previously adopted kennel mate Blue on 12th September.
Jilly (left) Adopted 17th August by Christine, Robert, Penny and Oliver.
Violet (left) adopted 16th August by Unmani, Paul, Darcie and Katie.
Our beautiful Pippa went to her forever home on 21st July with Pennie, Mike and their white and black greyhound Deano.
Our gentle giant Cooper went to his forever home on 7th July with Barbara, Frank and their cats including Missy who's in the picture. Be happy sweet boy.
Taylor went to his new home on 7th July with Melanie, Dax, their 2 sons and Tiggy the cat. Be a good boy sweetheart.
On 5th June our gorgeous big gentle giant Pluto (now Blue) went to his forever home with new owners Jeanne and Gary. It's taken a while to find him his perfect home but today is his day and we couldn't be happier for him. Many thanks to Laura and Damien for fostering Blue.
Our gorgeous Gracie went to her new home with Shuna and her two sons on 10th May. She came into our care after injuring her wrist on her very first race. All recovered now and such a happy bouncy girl who is going to be so loved by her new family. Enjoy your forever home baby girl.
Yay for our beautiful Bailey (left) who has finally got his forever home! Our special lad has his quirks but his new family Vicky, Dex and greyhound Daya are experienced and more than happy to work through any issues that might arise.
Beautiful Darcey was adopted on 27th February by her new family George and son Elliot. Darcey loves to play and now has a lovely big garden to run around in!
Wednesday 7th February was finally Harvey's day. After a long spell in foster with Clare and Gavin, this once-terrified lad finally flew the nest and went to live with the lovely Janet and Roy. So happy for you Harvey, be happy special boy.
Florence's adoption has sadly been delayed because of kennels, work and snow - but there was no way Suzie wasn't going to keep this chilled out little lass! So on 21st January her adoption was completed and she has really landed on her paws! Suzie has made fleece coats for Florence and has kindly donated a couple to us along with a bed Florence won't use!
Our lovely Jamie was adopted on 21st January by his new family Jane, Darren and their sons. Jamie has settled in great and most importantly been fantastic with the kids. His new family can't fault him so they've signed the paperwork and officially adopted him.
Our handsome boy Bramble went to his forever home with Annemarie and Lee on 20th January 2018 and we couldn't be happier for him.
Bramble loves his new mum and dad, his cosy bed and the garden.
Lucy, her partner Tom and their Whippet Amy took Bingo into foster as an emergency. They cared for him throughout the treatment on his injured wrist and of course they fell in love with our super happy chappy. So much so that they decided to keep him and on 17th Jan 2018 his adoption was made official.
Rolo and Eva, our loved up bonded pair went to their new home on 4th Nov with Adele, Lee and their two children. We're absolutely over the moon for these two beauties who have been renamed Ted and Penny, and of course their new family who have been lost since the death of their previous much loved greyhound.
October 4th was our beautiful Blossom's 3rd birthday and what better way to celebrate it than being adopted! Yes, Carole recently admitted what we knew all along that Blossom was home and wouldn't be leaving her foster home and new family Lady Eka (left) and Azu (front)!
After a successful home trial Casper was formally adopted on 29th August 2017 by his new mum and dad Angela and Kris.
So happy for this lovely lad.
After a successful home trial our lovely Humbug was officially adopted on 6th August by Adele, Paul, Lily and Jake. He is now Jimmy and has well and truly settled in his new home. He's been amazing with the children, great overnight, loves his walks (when its not raining) and has made friends with all the dogs and people he's met.
Cody has come so far and especially since being fostered with the lovely Sharon. We're delighted that Sharon, whippet Roxy and greyhound Skye have decided they can't part with Cody, so as from 26th July she's homed.
Norman was officially adopted on 16th July 2017 after the lovely Lucy and Darren who fostered him following his op fell in love with him. Norman is so happy and settled in his new home and we couldn't be happier for him.
Our crazy little Darcy was adopted on 7th July by Elaine and Peter. Also in the picture is their daughter's lurcher (left) who they look after during the day and will be a fantastic playmate for Darcy.
After a week's trial Tammy, now Luna, has decided she likes home and on 1st July 2017 is staying. Not only are her new family over the moon with her, her brother Whisper (left) is also much more relaxed and is really enjoying having a new sister.
Kizi went on trial with Andy, Marie and their son and daughter and on 8th June they officially adopted her. It was lovely to see her again.
This beautiful girl has come so far in the 5 weeks since she was rescued in a very sad state. After a successful home trial it's safe to say Molly has landed on her paws in her new home with Barbara and her daughter and was formally adopted on 7th June 2017.
Winnie was officially adopted on 2nd June 2017 by sisters Vikki and Kate, Kate's young daughter and Greyhound boys Bingo (who wouldn't get up for the photo) and Dave.
Ollie has been a good boy during his home trial and on 11th May 2017 he was formally adopted by Trevor and Anne and their hounds Alan (l) and Sally (r). He is now Iggy.
After a successful home trial with Claire and her boys we finally made Mari's adoption official on 7th May.
Midnight went to her lovely new home on 29th April and has become Winnie. She has been adopted by Kathryn and Marc, and their black lab Walter and Charlie the cat.
Gorgeous Dazzle was homed on 11th April after a successful trial in her lovely new home.
Several-time failed fosterers Jackie and Dave cannot bear to part with bully boy Socks (left) after much work, love and patience with him. So on 31st March he is officially staying with them, Molly (middle) and Sheba (right).
Belle (Stella as was, and on the right here) is staying with failed fosterers Lorna and Darren. Your new life started on 31st March 2017 sweet little girl.
After a short trial Domino settled really well and was officially homed on 25th March. He has become a lovely 'brother' to his new doggy friend Poppy, and is adored by his new family Sarah, Chris and their two boys.
Happy days ahead for our lovely boy Joey, now Beau who was adopted on 19th Feb by Lindsay, Lee and their Jack Russell girl Ella.
Lovely Twinkle has become Twiggy and as of 17th January 2017 is having a fantastic life with Kathryn, Andy and adopted GRSY boy Ronnie.
Spirit (now called Barney) was adopted on 15th December 2016 by Maxine, Andy and their daughter Kim.
Our gorgeous Vinnie (right) was adopted on 19th November 2016 by Janet, Kingsley and their greyhound Merlin. So happy for our gorgeous fella who has been renamed Arthur.
Chief (was Callum) was homed on 6th November 2016 by Sue, Brian and their existing GRSY girl Olivia who was only adopted less than 6 weeks ago!
Beth (left) went to her forever home on 29th October 2016 with Megan, Paula, Ewan and Gordon, not forgetting the lovely big brindle Oscar.
Sky was adopted on 28th October to start her new life with her forever family Sharon, Claire and new little sister Roxy.
Gorgeous Stanley went to his forever home on 9th October 2016 with Julie, Steve and their 2 dogs Greyhound Milo and Whippet Bert.
Monty (previously Olly) was adopted on 5th October 2016 by Jacqueline, Gordon and their 2 sons.
Olivia was adopted on 29th September 2016 by Sue and Brian and their family.
Jo and Becky also adopted Susie on 17th September 2016 after fostering her for a long period helping her to overcome her fear of unknown dogs. She now has a family of (currently) 6! Read more here.
After several ops and a lot of rehab to fix a neglected broken leg, gorgeous Reggie was formally adopted by Jo and Becky on 17th September 2016.
Lovely 3 year old Benson (front left) was adopted by Alan on 17th September 2016 and joined GRSY hounds Cherry and Tippy.
Extremely shy lad Eric has been in the perfect foster home for him. John & Mary have now succumbed and as of 17th September 2016 he is staying. Read more here.
Eddie was officially adopted by Debbie and Alistair and their GRSY girl Tia on 1st September 2016.
Old boy Jack has been on trial with Heather, Les and fellow whippet Ceilidh and as of the 15th August he's staying!
Trixie was adopted by Wendy and Craig and their daughters and dog Scooby on 8th August 2016.
Baby Raven was adopted by Emma, Dave, their daughters and 3 Greyhounds 6th June 2016.
Now in her forever home with her 'failed fosterer' Alan and his previously adopted GRSY boy Tippy.
Adopted by Carole and her Greyhound Eka.
Adopted 11th February 2016 by Iain and Janet and Sam their young Labrador.
Adopted 20th April 2016 by Elaine, Dickon and their cat Muffin.
Puppy adopted 24th April 2016 by Kathryn and Andy, their 2 cats and previously adopted GRSY boy Ronnie.
8 week only puppy adopted 17th April 2016 by Deborah, Frank, their family, their Greyhounds Lottie and Boris and resident cat Smudge.
Puppy adopted 19th April 2016 by Dawn, Leon, their family, their cat Tommy and adopted GRSY girl Mitsy.
Lurcher girl (on the right) adopted 7th April 2016 by a lovely family and their Greyhound girl.
Whippet girl (on the right) adopted 4th January 2016 by Lisa and her 2 GRSY greyhound boys Henry and Sausage.
Adopted 21st January 2016 by Carl, Rachel, Ruby and their Lurcher Jen.
Adopted 28th February 2016 by Holly and David.
Adopted 28th December 2015 by Matt, Helen and their sons after a successful home trial.
Adopted 30th December 2015 by her fosterer Hilary and her Lurcher Heidi.
Adopted 10th July 2015 by Yani and family and their Rottweiler, German Shepherd and horses.
Adopted 28th November 2015 by Rea, her son Elliot and their greyhound Archie.
Adopted 24th August by Frances and her family.
After a 47 week wait our lovely girl has finally found her forever home with Debbie and Alistair who adopted her 13th September.
Adopted 16th August by Dan, Lisa and their previously adopted GRSY Greyhound Henry.
Adopted 6th July 2015 by his failed fosterers Maggie and Tes.
girl Amber (on the right).
Ella, adopted as a bonded pair with her best friend and foster sister Faren, by Alex and her family and their greyhound Lenny 12th April 2015.
and rehoming once we got her safe.
Adopted 24th July by Lorna, Darren, their sons Ryan and Blake and their Staffie-cross Lab Chase.
Sheba (brindle bull lurcher) officially adopted 6th June 2015 by her failed fosterers Jackie and Dave and their dog Molly (previously adopted from us).
Adopted 27th March 2015 by Steve.
Adopted 22nd March 2015 by Shula and Mark and their two cats and two chinchillas.
Adopted 25th February by Dawn, Leon, their family and their cat.
Adopted 20th February by Jane and Andrew and their lurcher Alfie.
Adopted 16th January by Fiona and family and their Lurcher Elsie.
Adopted 6th January by Jacqueline and Keith and their two cats.
Adopted by Donna, Marc, their children and their Greyhound Dolly (Jack is blue).
Adopted 9th November by Louise and Keith and their Weimaraners Inca and Rufus.
Adopted by Sue, Jon and their lurchers Ellie and Vivvie 27th July 2014.
Adopted by Rachael and Dan on 25th July 2014. Currently an only pet and enjoying all the attention.
Our lucky greyhound pup escaped a life of misery as a racer.
Adopted by Gill, Ian and their greyhound Meisha.
Adopted 14th January by the lovely Frankie and his 2 lurchers Jake and Millie.
Adopted by Lisa on 7th June.
Adopted by Noreen, Grey, Lev and their deerhound Turi on a very rainy day!
Adopted by a lovely family and their greyhound Doc.


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Piitaistakis-South Livingston Raptor Watch Fall 2009
The South Livingston Raptor Count for the fall migration of 2009 has now begun. First official day of counting began on 25th August 2009. Follow the daily movement of raptors on this blog updated daily by Peter Sherrington. If you enjoy and are inspired by what you are reading, and would consider supporting or joining RMERF, please click on Membership for details.
December 9 [Day 103] (Valley View site) The temperature reached a high of -13C from a low at 1015 of -16C, which was also the temperature at 1700. Ground winds were mainly SW to NW and occasionally NE gusting to 50 km/h and ridge winds were mainly strong WNW. Cloud cover was 20-90% altocumulus, cirrostratus, cirrus and lenticular and a spectacular sunset proved a fitting end to the fall 2009 count. No migrant raptors were seen but an adult resident Golden Eagle displayed briefly above the Livingstone ridge at 1044 and probably the same bird glided high to the north above the valley at 1617. 7 hours (1142.8) TOTAL 0 (7145)
December summary This is only the second year that the count has extended into December, the other being in 2007: inclement weather precluded December counts in 2006 and 2008. Seven days were spent in the field (60 hours) with December 5 and 6 lost to poor weather and 48 migrant raptors were counted compared to 78 in 2007. The count comprised (with 2007 count in parenthesis) 36 Bald Eagles (69), 1 Red-tailed Hawk (0), 4 Rough-legged Hawks (4) and 7 Golden Eagles (3). Two migrant Northern Goshawks occurred in 2007 but the species was not recorded in December this year.
FINAL COUNT, AUGUST 25 TO DECEMBER 9 (variance from 2006-8 average in parentheses)
DAYS 103 (+10.8%)
HOURS 1142.8 (+15.16%)
TURKEY VULTURE (TUVU) 0 (=)
OSPREY (OSPR) 49 (+167%) New high count
BALD EAGLE (BAEA) 684 (+24.5%)
NORTHERN HARRIER (NOHA) 100 (+65.7%) New high count
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK (SSHA) 1015 (-22.3%)
COOPER'S HAWK (COHA) 302 (+40.2%) New high count
NORTHERN GOSHAWK (NOGO) 136 (-27.8%)
Unidentified Accipiter (UA) 35 (-34.8%)
BROAD-WINGED HAWK (BWHA) 45 (+214%) New high count
SWAINSON'S HAWK (SWHA) 7 (+250%) New high count
RED-TAILED HAWK (RTHA) 195 (-14%)
FERRUGINOUS HAWK (FEHA) 10 (+400%) New high count
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK (RLHA) 85 (-20.6%)
Unidentified Buteo (UB) 7 (+10.5%)
GOLDEN EAGLE (GOEA) 4293 (-14.45%)
Unidentified eagle (UE) 4 (-76%)
AMERICAN KESTREL (AMKE) 65 (-122%) New high count
MERLIN (MERL) 29 (-16.3%)
GYRFALCON (GYRF) 10 (+66.7%) New high count
PEREGRINE FALCON (PEFA) 48 (+63.6%) New high count
PRAIRIE FALCON (PRFA) 12 (-26.5%)
Unidentified Falco (UF) 3 (+12.5%)
Unidentified raptor (UU) 11 (-8.3%)
TOTAL 7145 (-9.72%)
Principal Observers: Peter Sherrington (95 days), Bill Wilson (4 days), Vance Mattson (3 days) and Doug and Teresa Dolman (1 day). The Principal Observers were skillfully assisted by Keith McClary (51 days), Phil Nicholas (41 days), Denise Coccioloni-Amatto (29 days), Nel Van Kamer (9 days), David Thomas (9 days), Dawn Hall (9 days), Doug and Teresa Dolman (6 days), Pat Lucas (5 Days), Peter Sherrington (3 days), Ben Johnson (2 days), Karole Michalsky (2 days), Angelo Mincone (2 days), Dominic Mincone (2 days), Patricia Wagenaar (2 days), Nancy and Terry Waters (2 days), John and Donna Dubbelboer (1 day), Brenda Kofell (1 day), Marian Mincone (1 day), Mark Sherrington (1 day), Gareth Thompson (1 day) Heinz and Marilyn Unger (1 day), Paul Vandervelde (1 days) and Michael Woertman (1 day).
Acknowledgements: To the Board, members and supporters of the Rocky Mountain Eagle Research Foundation for their continuing financial and material support, and to members of the Crowsnest Conservation Society for their support and many contributions to the success of the project. To the many people who invited me for meals and hospitality during the season, to Nel Van Kamer who cooked prepared meals for me and saved me hours of cooking time, and to all of the above for their support, friendship and companionship during what was a long and often arduous field season.
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December 8 [Day 102] (Valley View site) The temperature was again -29C at 0800 and rose to a relatively pleasant -14C between 1300 and 1430 before falling to -20C at 1700. Fortunately ground winds were light varying from NE to SW and ridge and upper winds were NE moderate to light to 1430 when they backed to NNW. It was cloudless to 0900 after which cumulus and cirrus cloud developed reaching 90% at 1200 which gradually thinned becoming cloudless again after 1600. Very light snow fell between 1140 and 1300 and low cumulus enveloped part of the Livingstone Range between 1200 and 1430. The only migrant raptors were an adult Bald Eagle flying south from Bluff Mountain at 1351 and another adult Bald Eagle flapping south along the Livingstone ridge at 1511. A single American Tree Sparrow at 1253 was the 107th bird species recorded this season, and single Northern Shrike and Townsend's Solitaire furnished latest records for the site. 9.75 hours (1135.8 hours) BAEA 2 (684) TOTAL 2 (7145)
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December 7 [Day 101] (Valley View site) It was the coldest day of the season with a temperature high of -18C from 1200 to 1420 from a low of -29C and by 1700 it was down to -25C again. Ground winds were NE to NNE gusting to 15 km/h until 1100 after which they mercifully became light SW to W, and ridge winds appeared to be light or moderate NE to N all day. Skies were essentially cloudless all day with only occasional traces of ephemeral cumulus cloud in the afternoon. A total of 9 raptors migrated between 1136 and 1404 comprising 7 Bald Eagles (6 adults and 1 subadult), 1 adult intermediate morph "Harlan's" Red-tailed Hawk and a juvenile Golden Eagle. The Harlan's Hawk is the first ever December record for a Red-tailed Hawk on a RMERF count and was the first at the site since November 4, and the Golden Eagle was the latest ever recorded at this site. With the exception of one adult Bald Eagle seen over the Livingstone ridge, all the birds moved south over Bluff Mountain to the west of the observation site. A single Townsend's Solitaire seen on a couple of occasions was the latest ever recorded on a count here. 9.75 hours (1126) BAEA 7 (682), RTHA 1 (195), GOEA 1 (4293) TOTAL 9 (7143)
December 5 & 6 No observation. Cold, north winds, snow and ridges obscured all weekend. On December 5 at 1437, however, David McIntyre observed an adult Golden Eagle flying south over his house on the North Burmis Road immediately east of south Livingstone Range ridge. The bird had blue patagial tags on both wings with white numbers which could not be read because of the conditions and is probably a bird marked by Rob Domenech of the Raptor View Research Institute in Montana. It was obviously a migrant so I have added it to the count.
December 4 [Day 100] (Valley View site) The temperature was -7C until 1000 when it rose to -6C, ground winds were NW to W gusting to 50 km/h and ridge winds were moderate to strong changing from WSW to W to WNW between 1720 and 0900. Cloud cover started at 10% altocumulus, but quickly increased and thickened to 100% stratus after 1030 when an arctic cold front moved through bringing north winds gusting to 50 km/h, snow and obscuring most of the ridges by 1100. Taking heed of a winter storm warning I left at 1115. No migrant raptors were seen so the Bald Eagle recorded yesterday at 1401 was the last to move south ahead of the approaching arctic front. The storm is forecast to persist throughout the weekend so I plan to shut the count down for a couple of days and resume it for one or two more days when it finally clears again. 4 hours (116.3) No migrant raptors.
December 3 [Day 99] (Valley View site) The temperature regime was similar to yesterday's with a low of -18C rising to -5C between 1300 and 1530 and falling to -7C at 1700. Ground winds were variable gusting up to 15 km/h and ridge winds appeared to be moderate WNW changing to NW to N after 1400, while the high upper flow was N all day. Cloud cover was thin cirrostratus and altostratus 20-50% in the morning gradually increasing to 100% after 1500. Raptor movement started with a juvenile Bald Eagle flapping low to the south above the valley at 0813, followed some time after by 5 adult Bald Eagles between 1028 and 1127. There was a brief high movement along the Livingstone ridge between 1346 and 1401 involving 3 adult Golden Eagles and 2 adult Bald Eagles and that was it for the day. A Northern Shrike at 1620 was a first December record for the site. 9.92 hours (1112.3) BAEA 8 (675), GOEA 3 (4291) TOTAL 11 (7133)
December 2 [Day 98] (Valley View site) It was the second coldest day of the season with a morning low of -18C and the temperature reaching -5C at 1400 but falling again to -15C at 1820. It was cloudless all day with traces of cumulus cloud between 1000 and 1530, and it was mainly calm both in the valley and at ridge level. Raptor movement again started early with a Bald Eagle and 2 Rough-legged Hawks flying south between 0804 and 0821, but the next Bald Eagle was not seen until 1143. Movement picked up in the afternoon with 14 more migrants peaking at 6 between 1400 and 1500 which included 4 Bald Eagles flying south together at 1420. The last of the day's 18 migrants were 2 Bald Eagles flapping low to the south at 1640. The flight comprised 14 Bald Eagles (10 adults, 3 subadults, 1 juvenile), 2 light morph Rough-legged Hawks and 2 adult Golden Eagles. Because of the calm conditions all birds flapped extensively and the day's first Golden Eagle at 1143 soared for 5 minutes before finally flapping and gliding to the south along the Livingstone ridge. A Great Horned Owl singing at 1702 was the first owl species detected during a count in December. 10 hours (1102.4) BAEA 14 (667), RLHA 2 (85), GOEA 2 (4288) TOTAL 18 (7122)
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middleaudio.com • View topic - Happy Birthday Nick!
Today is Nick H. 's birthday. He is officially allowed to buy liquor in the USA. Matter of fact I think he's on his way there right now to buy booze and guns. I've taken the liberty to inform the port of entry at St. Stephens that he is potentially armed and awkward on land.
More graceful in the water?
Have a good one Nick!
macrae11 wrote: More graceful in the water?
One has to assume... His girlfriend posted this video of a newborn giraffe on his facebook wall, and I nearly died laughing. He's gotten way better in recent years but when he was 17-18 he was pretty bad, so I keep razzing him about it.
Mathieu Benoit wrote: ...he is potentially armed and awkward on land.
The similarities between that giraffe and myself are not lost on me.
Also, thanks! Can't wait to visit the Calais duty free.
Happy Birthday, Nick. Don't buy too much guns!


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Leaving the Family Business to Pursue Your Dreams
Categories All, Stories
Date 15 December, 2019
Or how civil engineer Dzhani Chernev decided to roll up his sleeves and build his own future in the classroom as a math teacher
Dzhani is also one of the teachers selected to participate in this year's recruitment campaign for new program participants
Dzhani seems to be one of those lucky people whose career has pretty much been chosen for him. Born into the family of an engineer with his own construction company and an older brother who had already followed in the footsteps of his father, the most natural thing for Dzhani was to follow their lead. He graduated from Vocational High School of Electronics "John Atanasoff" and then from the University of Civil Engineering and Architecture "Lyuben Karavelov" in Sofia.
"I was surrounded by blueprints at home. It was fascinating to see my father and older brother in action – designing an apartment building or working on a university project… More or less, that was how I decided to follow in their footsteps," Dzhani explains his initial career choice.
But when he was still a high school student Dzhani discovered yet another source of inspiration – "motivated teachers" and "a wonderful class teacher". He thought that perhaps someday he might work in education. This idea, inspired by his dedicated teachers, however, had to be put on the backburner. Dzhani got his degree in civil engineering and worked in his father's construction company for a few years. He was happy, but something was missing. The inspiration he felt in the classroom was still there. Looking back, he realized that as a high school and university student he always helped his classmates, loved explaining and showing them how to solve problems, or reassured them, if anyone felt like they didn't understand or wouldn't be able to do something.
The decision to apply for Teach For Bulgaria's program seemed only natural to him – a way to pursue the dream he had in high school.
Follow Dzhani's example and join Teach For Bulgaria's program by submitting your online application here.
To his friends, however, this drastic career change was quite surprising.
"At first my friends asked me how I came to that decision, why I would choose to work for next to nothing, so on and so forth. They thought it was strange that I would go from working as a civil engineer in my father's company and potentially helping him grow our family business to teaching. Some of them still don't get it even though they saw it for themselves and told me they had never heard me talk about my job with such passion before."
According to Dzhani, Teach For Bulgaria participants are motivated and do not give up easily. He demonstrated the same perseverance when, despite the disapproval of his closest friends, he joined Teach For Bulgaria's class of 2017-2019. Dzhani taught math and IT at 170 Secondary School "Vasil Levski" in the village of Novi Iskar for two years.
Teaching is challenging and requires absolute dedication
Dzhani was convinced that teaching was challenging and would require absolute dedication. His daily routine as a math teacher at the school in Novi Iskar went something like this:
"I got up at 5:40 a.m. I quickly learned that breakfast was important and if I had the time, I'd also have a few sips of coffee before I left my apartment. I caught the tram for two stops, got on the subway for three stops, and then took the 27 bus. I often traveled with Galya and Zheni [Teach For Bulgaria participants from the class of 2016-2018] on the bus – they also had early morning classes. The bus ride was about 40 minutes long. We had plenty of time to talk about classes and students the three of us shared – what had happened the day before, if there was anything we could do differently, or we'd just share some personal stories because we quickly became friends. We got to school by 7:30. Classes started at 8, but I usually used these 30 minutes to go over my schedule, see if there were some changes, printing out worksheets, tests, etc. Then I quickly grabbed the class record book and went to class. After I was done with classes I usually tutored students who needed additional support at least three days of the week. So on most days I would leave school at 3 or 4 p.m. and get home by 5. After a short break it was time to prepare for the following day. If I had the time, I would go out with friends for about an hour or catch up on my reading at home. Then it was time to go to bed and wake up in the morning to do it all over again."
Take a look at this video which documents Dzhani, Galya, and Zheni's experience as teachers:
Dzhani had to combine his work at school with going through a university qualification programat Veliko Tarnovo University to get his teaching certificate [Teach For Bulgaria covers all expenses related to acquiring a teaching certificate, if participants do not already have one]. He also had additional ongoing trainings and professional support provided by Teach For Bulgaria.
Perseverance Is Key
Dzhani with some of his colleagues from Teach For Bulgaria class of 2017-2019
As a beginner teacher Dzhani felt strongly supported by his colleagues at school. He also found much needed support in Teach For Bulgaria's community of participants and team members. Working with students, however, motivated him the most. That was why he decided to keep teaching even after completing Teach For Bulgaria's two-year program. He currently teaches math and IT at 97 Secondary School "Brothers Miladinov" in the neighborhood of Lyulin, Sofia. He still talks about his work and the commitment to stay in education with the same passion with which he once talked to his friends about making the right choice by becoming a teacher:
"This whole experience at school, we say it's exhausting, at times difficult, and demotivating while it actually is wonderful… I have never felt as rewarded as I feel at school – when my students succeed and I know I have somehow contributed to their success. I stayed in the education system because I have a lot of unfinished work. I have a lot more to learn. I want nobody to feel ignored or lost in my class. I want to have the power to change the curriculum and the way we assess students. I want my team of fellow teachers to be strong and openly communicating about any educational issues. I want students to know why they come to school and go home with a sense of accomplishment. I want to be part of the change."
FInd out what Teach For Bulgaria offers to all participants here.
Follow Dzhani's example and become a Teach For Bulgaria teacher by applying here.
Learn more about another math teacher, Georgi Stoev, or find out how math can become interesting for students here.
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Ab Initio macromolecular phasing has been traditionally limited to small proteins at atomic resolution (1.2Å or better unless heavy atoms are present). ARCIMBOLDO constitutes a general method for 2Å data, based on combination of location of model fragments like small ?-helices with PHASER and density modification with SHELXE, distributed over a grid of computers.
The Atomic Simulation Environment (ASE) is a set of tools and Python modules for setting up, manipulating, running, visualizing and analyzing atomistic simulations.
ATSAS is a program suite for small-angle scattering data analysis from biological macromolecules. It includes multiplatform data manipulation and displays tools, programs for automated data processing and calculation of overall parameters, usage of high- and low-resolution models from other structural methods, algorithms to build three-dimensional models from weakly interacting oligomeric systems and complexes, and enhanced tools to analyse data from mixtures and flexible systems.
BINoculars is a tool for data reduction and analysis of large sets of surface diffraction data that have been acquired with a 2D X-ray detector. The intensity of each pixel of a 2D-detector is projected onto a 3-dimensional grid in reciprocal lattice coordinates using a binning algorithm. This allows for fast acquisition and processing of high-resolution datasets and results in a significant reduction of the size of the dataset. The subsequent analysis then proceeds in reciprocal space. It has evolved from the specific needs of the ID03 beamline at the ESRF, but it has a modular design and can be easily adjusted and extended to work with data from other beamlines or from other measurement techniques.
Bonsu is an interactive phase retrieval suite, designed for phase retrieval with real-time visualisation in both two and three dimensions. It includes an inventory of algorithms and routines for data manipulation and reconstruction.
BornAgain is a software package to simulate and fit small-angle scattering at grazing incidence. It supports analysis of both X-ray (GISAXS) and neutron (GISANS) data. Its name, BornAgain, indicates the central role of the distorted wave Born approximation in the physical description of the scattering process. The software provides a generic framework for modeling multilayer samples with smooth or rough interfaces and with various types of embedded nanoparticles.
DAWN, the Data Analysis WorkbeNch, is an Eclipse based application for scientific data analysis. It comes with a range of tools for visualization (1D, 2D and 3D), code development environments (for Python, Jython and Eclipse plug-ins) as well as processing workflows with visual algorithms for analyzing scientific datasets. It is primarily developed at Diamond Light Source, but external contributions are most welcome! DAWN is distributed freely and is released under the Eclipse Public License.
DiffPy-CMI is a library of Python modules for robust modeling of nanostructures in crystals, nanomaterials, and amorphous materials. The software provides functionality for storage and manipulation of structure data and calculation of structure-based quantities, such as PDF, SAS, bond valence sums, atom overlaps, bond lengths, and coordinations. Most importantly the DiffPy-CMI package contains a fitting framework for combining multiple experimental inputs in a single optimization problem.
ART algorithms for fluorescence and transmission tomography reconstructions. Fluorescence absorption for the incoming and outgoing beams are taken into account.
The iFit library (pronounce [eye-fit]) is a set of methods to load, analyse, plot, fit and optimize models, and export results. iFit is based on Matlab, but can also be launched without Matlab license (stand-alone version).Matlab It does not currently include advanced graphical user interfaces (GUI), and rather focuses on doing the math right. Any text file can be imported straight away, and a set of binary files are supported. Any data dimensionality can be handled, including event based data sets (even though not all methods do work for these). Any model can be assembled for fitting data sets. Last, a number of routines are dedicated to the analyses of S(q,w) and S(alpha,beta). More advanced features include the full automation to compute phonon dispersions in materials, using DFT codes such as ABINIT, ELK, VASP, QuantumEspresso, GPAW and more (Models/sqw_phonons). The software can also compute the neutron TAS resolution function (4D) and fits to experimental data with full resolution convolution (ResLibCal). An interface for McStas and McXtrace is also available to automate and optimize instrument simulations.


Continuing our series on commonly asked medical school interview questions.
Your personal statement, resume, letters of recommendation and all other documentation that you would have sent along with your application are fair game for questioning and will provide plenty of materials for the interviewing panel to base questions on. The interviewer may ask you to elaborate or discuss any point that they find intriguing or questionable.
– In your personal statement, you have mentioned… can you tell me more about it?
– You've mentioned you've done some volunteer work. What did you take away from your volunteer experience?
– Have you prepared for this interview? How?
– Why do you want to enrol in our school?
– Is our med school your first choice?
– How many other schools have you applied to?
– We've received applications from thousands of students; tell us why we should choose you.
– How many other interviews have you been to?
– How would you like to be remembered?
– What would you do to attract more physicians to rural areas?
– What would you do if you do not get accepted into any medical school?
– How do you think you fared in this interview?
As you go through all of these questions, it is sure to evoke a mixed reaction from you. Some of the questions are relevant to a career in medicine, whereas others may seem way off base. Why would anybody ask these questions at an interview for medical school?
What Are Med Schools Looking For?
Every medical school has a limited number of seats and in any given admission year, the applications that any school receives far outweighs the number of seats available. Moreover, most of the applications come accompanied by stellar academic records and glowing reference letters. Making sure they select the right applicants can be a real challenge and the interview questions are usually varied so that they cover all bases to ensure that the school does not overlook any deserving student because of an error in judgment.
So what exactly are the interviewers looking for and what do they hope to achieve with these questions? Several things.
Medical schools want to make sure you are committed to medicine as a career and are passionate enough about it to seek additional information independent of any organised infrastructure. They also want to ensure that you have the fortitude and the academic acumen to complete the course and not quit midway because you cannot handle the rigors of the course. Most importantly, they want to make sure that the students they choose have what it takes to be empathetic and compassionate professionals while also being objective enough to understand the various nuances of any dilemma that they may be faced with. Making sure your answers clearly demonstrate these qualities is the key to acing your med school interview.
Read 'Tell Us About Yourself… Part One' and 'Tell Us About Yourself… Part Two' for more med school interview questions and 'Tips For Acing Your Interview'…Part Four for tips on how to win over your interviewers.


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A Sinister Alliance: Soviet-German Relations 1939–1941
Joshua Rubenstein, author and associate at Harvard's Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian studies, details the relationship between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union in the decade before World War II.
Absil Walter - Blood Libel
Holocaust survivor Absil Walter recalls the blood libel myth's impact on his community.
Transforming Germany in the 1930s
Acting on Faith: Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Protest Against National Socialism - Victoria Barnett
Dr. Victoria Barnett speaks about Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German pastor who took a stand against the Nazis.
Almost Lost: The Heinemann Legacy (Before, During, and After the Holocaust)
This film explores how one family found restitution and healing after coming together for a ceremony to loan items looted by the Nazis from their descendant Marcus Heinemann back to Museum Lüneburg.
Analysis of Nazi Massacres in Latvia by Scholar David Marwell
Scholar David Marwell describes and analyzes footage of a Nazi mass shooting in Latvia in 1941.
Antisemitism from the Enlightenment to World War I
Scholars describe the persistence of antisemitism in Europe from the Enlightenment through World War I and explain how new social, political, and pseudo-scientific justifications were created to perpetuate old prejudices.
Art as Propaganda: The Nazi Degenerate Art Exhibit
Jonathan Petropoulos discusses the importance of the German 1937 Degenerate Art exhibit.
Ava Kadishson Schieber, Holocaust Survivor, Shares Her Story with Facing History Students
Holocaust survivor, artist, poet, Ava Kadishson Schieber speaks to students about how she survived the war by leaving her family and hiding on a farm. She answers students questions about her survival, her faith, and her education.
Awakening Conscience: The Pastor Martin Niemoller Story - Victoria Barnett
Dr. Victoria Barnett speaks about German pastor and Nazi opponent Martin Niemoeller.
Benjamin Ferencz Speaking at the Nuremberg Trials
Benjamin Ferencz speaks at the Einsatzgruppen Trial in Nuremberg.
Benjamin Ferencz: Watcher of the Sky
This film focuses on Benjamin Ferencz, a former prosecutor of the Nuremberg trials who is dedicated to preventing mass atrocities.
Complicity and Cultural Figures in the Third Reich: Navigating the Grey Zone
Jonathan Petropoulos discusses the choices four German artists made under Nazi rule.


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Formula One 2017 season review
F1, Featured
by Muktesh Swamy
Schumacher's Karting Track to be Closed
The year 2017 is over and we're into 2018 so let me begin with wishing everyone a Happy New Year. The season is over and even the offseason news mill is going into hibernation mode. So we can now safely review the Formula One 2017 season. This, however, will not be the run of the mill, race by race review. This article will be a review of all things on track and off track.
Beginning with the new owners Liberty Media. Twelve months in, it may be said that Liberty's honeymoon period is over. And everyone has anxieties about the company's plans, mainly because no one still knows what they are. While Ross Brawn speaks with conviction about what needs to be done. His talks vary from reigniting excitement on the track to introduce an engine cheaper and louder than the current lot. From giving aerodynamics an urgent revamp to tackling the performance disparity. The list goes on but little of consequence has been heard from other Liberty folk.
There has been much talk of the need to attract the young, by means of social media. Sean Bratches' vision is 'to turn Formula 1 from a motorsports company to an entertainment company and brand, with Formula 1 at the center of it'. This change and vision are good but what the new management team shouldn't forget is the basics. Their attempts should not alienate the sport's bedrock supporters. Those who have kept faith with F1 through what has lately been a shaky period in its history.
Niki Lauda is one with concerns. And the Austrian raises some valid points. Calling the suggestion by Bratches that 'grid kids' be introduced to the sport as a cheap imitation of Football. Similarly, the elaborate 'Drivers Introduction' ceremony at Austin found little favor with worldwide fans or with those being introduced.
A while ago, Chase Carey spoke of an aspiration to turn every grand prix into a Super Bowl. How much of that aspiration is still alive is a whole different ball game altogether. But this talk points to a big flaw in the new owner's mindset. Chase Carey and co's focus is on turning what is essentially a European Sport into an American one. There focus should instead be on to put on a race that makes folk want to come back for another one.
All that said, the task before Liberty is undoubtedly a daunting one. Liberty's acquisition is diametrically different from when Ecclestone took control. At that time most teams bought very affordable engines from Cosworth and were entirely content to have Bernie negotiate with race organisers on their behalf. He made a lot of people inordinately rich, and for more than 40 years their hearts and minds followed.
Things are very different now. These days there are no Cosworth engines available to anyone who might wish to buy it. Instead, today's ballgame depends on doing a 'customer' deal with one of the manufacturers. And it's still not straightforward. It's the manufacturers who choose to sell the engine or not. This decision rests on ancillary conditions like a clause to put one of 'their' drivers in the car.
In this era, enormous power, therefore, resides with tycoon suits like Sergio Marchionne and Dieter Zetsche. Their power evidenced by their teams' response to Brawn's suggested engine changes for 2021: we don't like them, and we might well quit. It perfectly resonated with what Bernie said: "Never rely on the manufacturers. They come and go as it suits them – always have, and always will. They're not in Formula 1 because they love it."
This is why, for example, Marchionne refused to countenance going back on the absurd 'three engines per season' rule. Guaranteed to produce even more of the grid penalties, the Ferrari boss said he couldn't care less. He hadn't spent all that money on increasing engine life for nothing.
In a perfect world, as per Christian Horner and Sebastian Vettel, F1's engine would be a V12, plain and simple. The likes of Cosworth and Mario Illien could then get in on the act, supplying whoever wished to buy from them. Any manufacturers wishing to compete would be very welcome, if not, sayonara. A pipe-dream? Yes, of course, but does anyone doubt it would bring back the fans?
Emphatically, they have never taken to these hybrid engines, but that is only part of the problem. Paddy Lowe recently pointed out that the engines aren't the biggest issue. The biggest issue is the current cars' inability to race, thanks to the joys of 'aero'. A couple of years ago, NASCAR, facing a similar dilemma, opted to reduce downforce, and the racing greatly improved. For 2018, IndyCar is following a similar path. Sooner rather than later – Formula 1 must do the same. It needs to put an end to processions of cars, such as we saw in Abu Dhabi.
Much has been made this year of the world championship fight between Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel. Assuredly it was good. After three seasons of absolute Mercedes domination, to see Lewis facing opposition from other than his team-mate. The Ferrari resurgence, so long anticipated, was stronger than expected. Many a time Vettel went into a race with the quickest car.
Hamilton it was, though, who in the end won conclusively. Given he was helped by Ferrari's operational failings, as well as Vettel's occasionally intemperate behaviour. Despite all this Lewis himself was better in Formula One 2017 season than ever before.
Interestingly, both Hamilton and Vettel seem to flourish best with a firm number two in the other car. Overall, Valtteri Bottas did a sound job for Mercedes. Sometimes he excelled, but routinely he was not the threat that Nico Rosberg had been. In this changed environment, a newly serene Hamilton thrived. Similarly, Vettel has good reasons for keeping the fading, apolitical, Kimi Raikkonen at Ferrari.
Fundamentally, you needed a Mercedes or Ferrari in 2017 to win. And therefore, Renault users remained at a disadvantage. But still Red Bull, after developing an initially disappointing car, sometimes threatened. Ricciardo and Max Verstappen both winning in 2017.
2017 was the year in which the scarily quick Verstappen truly bloomed. Precisely aware of how good he is, Max is in awe of no-one, and nor should he be. But he manages his innate aggression well, saying what he thinks in words of one syllable, but without brattish arrogance. A series of Renault failures drove him to distraction this season, but took no toll on his motivation: at 20, his future looks limitless.
It says much for Verstappen's team-mate that he didn't allow himself to become at least a little overwhelmed. Along with Bottas, 'Danny Ric' is the most well-balanced driver in the paddock. If he couldn't equal Max in qualifying, on race day he remained a match for anyone. And his incisive overtaking moves remained as breathtaking as ever.
The financial gulf between the big three and the rest, as we know, is immense. But Force India knows a thing or two about working with loaves and fishes. The team once again excelled in 2017. By making the most of a good chassis, a Mercedes engine, and a pair of drivers who really did push each other all the way.
Sergio Perez has matured into a fine grand prix driver, after uncertain times earlier in his career. He is aggressive and opportunistic, yet better than most at looking after tyres.
FIA president annoyed with drivers' criticisms
Down the road, though, it is his team-mate who will go further. Although outqualified more often than not by Perez, newcomer Esteban Ocon had a startlingly impressive season. There is about him that indefinable something that separates the special from the rest.
A gentle demeanor in the paddock emphatically does not carry over to the track. If, as expected, he shines even more in 2018, it is easy to envisage him the following year at Mercedes.
For Williams, it was an up and down season. Felipe Massa, instantly called back from retirement after Bottas' unexpected move to Mercedes, doing his usual sound job. Newcomer Stroll still has a lot to improve and prove.
Nico Hulkenberg, at last in a factory team, greatly impressed everyone at Renault. He revelled in Pirellis that lasted long enough to let him go racing. He made great strides making the most of a car that improved significantly through the season. Too many indifferent showings sadly cost Jolyon Palmer his place before season's end. At Austin, in his first drive with the team, Carlos Sainz was stunningly impressive. This is a strong pairing for 2018.
Sainz had a negotiated departure from Toro Rosso and Daniil Kvyat's had a harsh dismissal. Pierre Gasly and once-dropped Red Bull man Brendon Hartley came in for the last few races, and will drive for the team in 2018. The team will now be powered by the Honda engine finally abandoned by McLaren.
Ironically, in the closing races of the season, Honda's reliability markedly improved. Thus allowing McLaren's excellent MCL32 to score a few points. But horsepower remained in lamentably short supply. After three years of this, enough was clearly enough.
Vandoorne, while obviously a star of the future, looked unconvincing in the first half of the season. But the Belgian picked up well in the second. Alonso every weekend wrung the neck of his car because that's him: the ultimate racing warrior, he can do no other.
That leaves us with Haas and Sauber. Romain Grosjean, once – like Hulkenberg – in the frame for a Ferrari drive, continued to disappoint. Kevin Magnussen had the better of him more often than usual. Pascal Wehrlein invariably had the better of Marcus Ericsson, whose sponsors keep him – rather than Marchionne's choice, Antonio Giovinazzi – at Sauber in 2018.
Closing note, and one to ponder. In 2017, the first year of Liberty's F1 ownership, the company has spent considerably on recruitment. As a result, end-of-season monies paid to the teams are down (by $43million) for the first time in eight years. It has not gone down well.
2018 will be interesting for things both on track and off it. March couldn't come faster enough.
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Includes a brief description of the Center's holdings as well as regulations, hours, upcoming seminar schedule and news and updates of the center.
From the Mobile Genealogical Society, Mobile, Alabama.
Included are hours, directions to the FHC, and research collections.
Established in 1964 to service the needs of the 9.6 million citizens of Los Angeles County as well as the surrounding county areas. The estimated monthly patronage is over 6,300 attendees. The LAFHC is the largest family history center satellite of the Salt Lake Family History Library.
FAQ's, how to get started, links, and a searchable database for the collection of films, fiche and books.
From the Genealogy Home Page.
THE genealogy web site of the LDS Church. Includes the ability to search the IGI, the Ancestral File, the Family History Library Catalog, and web site submissions. Also has user mailing lists, online ordering of FHL research materials and allows you to preserve your own research online.
Description from the National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System web site.
Courtesy of Cottrill & Hefti, Professional Genealogists.
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Q: Combining Dashcode features into one project I'm not a javascript/css/html programmer.  If anything I'm an objective-C, C#, C++, java programmer.
Looking at Dashcode there are features of the Utility project, Stacklayout project and some custom views that I'd like to combine into one webapp.  This app would use 2 layers of stacklayout navigation, and use the infobutton to flip one of the views to get to the settings.
Is there a good way to combine dashcode projects?  I notice the the generated "parts.js" file only contains dashcodePartSpecs for elements that Apple has included in that project.  Can dashcode be used for non-trival projects? or this there a better way.  (and yes I've already created an app store app, but Apple is trying to steal our subscription money.)
Cheers,
Gerry

A: There are similar to Dashcode tools that generate web "apps" Phonegap, iui, jqtouch, extjs and others.
They are essentially html/js/css frameworks from third parties. Dashcode does not get much attention from Apple where as both Phonegap and Extjs are actively supported. There is also an O-Reilly book covering Phonegap.

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CityPulse Perth
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Perth is one of Australia's great cities and, in the near future, will be the country's third largest. As Perth embarks on this next phase of growth, we need to ensure the liveability, work environment and cultural pursuits of the city mature in parallel to give our communities the lifestyle they desire and deserve.
CityPulse Perth provides a fact base which describes the current state of our city, enabling us to understand the opportunities and challenges for Perth at the postcode level, using data from a range of third-party sources and PwC's own Geospatial Economic Modelling capability, to provide an accurate picture of how we currently 'live', 'work' and 'play'. These measures go to the heart of how we live our lives, and are easily understood and tangible so that everyone can form their own view on what is working well in our city, as well as what is not. Through this analysis, our communities can work through solutions to solve the challenges we face.
CityPulse Perth identifies which areas within Greater Perth provide most ready access to the things that contribute to making our lives easier and better – transport, housing, health services, employment, parks and recreation facilities, cultural facilities and entertainment.
Through our easy-to-use interactive maps, we can better understand where the opportunities exist for better planning and investment. We can set out a vision for our city and imagine a future where we can all live, work and play, no matter which suburb we're in.
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You can arrive at Perth Airport directly from London, for the first time or returning home, and step straight onto a train that takes you into the heart of the Perth CBD – where you will find a vibrant city that is culturally rich and buzzing with activity.
Tourists from across Australia and around the world are drawn to Perth's artistic and cultural festivals, the new WA Museum celebrating the state's unique heritage, and the city's internationally renowned urban beaches and national parks.
The Fremantle waterfront has been completely revitalised as a cultural hub that draws in tourists and residents alike, with the majority of freight and trade now moving through a redeveloped port at Kwinana.
A maritime and defence construction cluster has evolved at the Westport 'outer harbour' and the new Henderson Industry Incubator Zone, drawing on a skilled local workforce and injecting investment into the South Metropolitan Region.
Investment in public transport, including the full rollout of METRONET, has delivered to the city a world-class transport network which connects people across Perth's suburbs, and links the nodes of Perth's learning and innovation cluster of universities, the CBD, and the medical research precinct.
International students are drawn to study at Perth's world-class, innovative universities while enjoying engagement with industry-leading firms alongside a unique lifestyle.
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PwC's CityPulse assesses how each area performs against each of the three 'Live, Work, Play' metrics and is based on a range of data sources; examples under the category of Live include data relating to hospital accessibility, crime rates, and housing affordability. CityPulse focuses on general access and availability and does not currently take into account the demographics or preferences of local residents. Learn more about our approach.
Key findings on Live
Mortgage stress is a unifying experience for Perth residents and should spur planning system reform. Our average property prices are highest in central beachside suburbs, and decline the further out you travel. However, CityPulse Perth analysis of the data reveals a story which unites homeowners across suburbs with some of the highest and lowest average prices. If we look at the western suburbs for example, we see the core experiencing considerable pressure, surrounded by concentric belts of lower and higher levels of mortgage stress.
We're still a motor city – but public transport investment is making amenities more accessible. Our analysis shows that residents of most Perth suburbs currently require a car if they are to have ready access to the amenities that underpin the quality of urban life. But as Perth's population expands towards a projected 3.5 million people by 2050, this will no longer be sufficient, and Perth will need to see major investments in public connective infrastructure to avoid a dramatic increase in traffic congestion. The good news is that CityPulse Perth shows clearly the improvement resulting from previous investment in the Joondalup and Mandurah train lines. Their capacity can be further increased to accommodate population growth.
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We need to foster collaboration between industry and our research institutions by encouraging the growth of Perth's innovation precinct around and within our research and educational institutions, our CBD, and the Subiaco - Shenton Park medical hub. This will create an environment that draws in international students, investors and innovators. With the right incubator assistance, these groups will thrive and attract a sophisticated employment profile to Perth.
Key findings on Play
The last ten years has seen a major transformation in the cultural and entertainment options available within the Perth CBD. The Perth City Link and more recently, the Yagan Square redevelopment, is providing a mix of housing, services, shops, bars, restaurants and entertainment facilities, while major architectural projects include Perth Arena, the new Optus Stadium, Elizabeth Quay and the Old Treasury Building. The impact of this investment leaps out from the CityPulse Perth data, with a high concentration of entertainment and cultural attractions clustered within the CBD. Future investment in the Perth Concert Hall, Perth Cultural Centre common areas and the Art Gallery/State Library would ensure even better integration of these new 'play' assets that have been created.
There is also an opportunity to look beyond the CBD in order to open up new areas for locals and visitors to easily access cultural, dining, entertainment and recreational facilities. Fremantle represents a largely untapped opportunity, in particular the establishment of a redeveloped Victoria Quay entertainment hub with the transition of the majority of freight and trade to Kwinana as part of the new Westport 'outer harbour' project. A similar opportunity exists north of the river to complement the tourism investment in places such as Scarborough and Hillarys.
How do we reimagine our future?
Catching up – connecting Perth's suburbs
In the last decade Perth's population has grown rapidly, with our city now home to over 2 million people. At the same time, the urban footprint has been expanding to accommodate these new citizens. Consequently, Perth is one of the lowest density cities in the world – to get from the centre of Mandurah to Two Rocks takes a two-hour drive covering 135 kilometres.
The major infrastructure investments planned under the ambitious METRONET public transport program will go a long way to connecting residents of Perth's outer suburbs to services, cultural facilities and economic opportunities. But more work is needed to make it easier for people to access the city's existing economic and cultural centres, as well as to develop new hubs of activity beyond the CBD where people can work and play within the area where they live.
Open for innovation – new skills for a new generation
After what has been a difficult economic period for Western Australia, Perth is now leading the state's economic recovery. As one of the most economically diversified and innovative locations in the state, Perth has made a strong contribution to WA's resilience during the slowdown.
Perth's southern corridor has been a strong contributor to this recovery, with the data revealing above average growth performance, as have the multiple university precincts strung along the Swan River, the medical hub in Subiaco–Shenton Park, and the resource, technology and services centres in the city's CBD. Together these locations form Perth's innovation precinct, but there are also surprising innovation hotspots in Perth's Northern suburbs.
Liveability – from great to one-of-a-kind
PwC's CityPulse analysis makes it easy to see what a great place Perth is to 'play'. The data reveals that the city has an abundance of open space and national parks, a world-class new sports stadium and some of the country's best urban beaches, which are easily accessible from most parts of the metropolitan area. Access to recreational waters, especially in the city's southern suburbs, is also a major lifestyle attraction. In recent years, these traditional elements of the quintessential Perth lifestyle have been complemented by new cultural attractions.
CityPulse Perth highlights an opportunity to take our city from great to one-of-a-kind. In particular, the future of Fremantle will play a central part in helping Perth to become a truly unique place to live and play.
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Georgia, however, returns everyone else at the position. While Wims was great for the Bulldogs, his departure will allow for someone to prove he can fill the void left behind.
What to watch: Wims was essentially Georgia's No. 1A receiver, with Godwin serving as No. 1B. Godwin had just seven fewer receptions than Wims and went for 639 yards and six touchdowns. Electing to come back for his senior season, Godwin is set to be Georgia's top option in the passing game. Given his receiving skills — evidenced by a stunning one-handed grab against Notre Dame — he will have every chance to be the focal point of Georgia's aerial attack.
The Bulldogs will have plenty of other options to turn to as well. Hardman, who underwent an adjustment period after playing his freshman season at cornerback, grew into a reliable target as the 2017 campaign went on. In the College Football Playoff National Championship, Hardman caught a deep ball that he took the entire way for an 80-yard score. He will have every opportunity to show off his big-play ability as a junior.
Ridley also showed off his potential in the national title game by catching six passes for 82 yards. As for a receiver who could slide into Wims' role, Holloman may be a candidate to do so. Holloman, at 6-foot-2 and 200 pounds, passes every test when it comes to athletic attributes. He figures to get a good look as one of Georgia's X receivers, or the split ends.
Another receiver to watch will be Jackson, a Peach County product who recently was filmed squatting 405 pounds five times. That kind of lower body strength stands out, considering Jackson is 6-foot and 200 pounds.
The Bulldogs will also have a couple of tall receivers to integrate into the offense. Landers is 6-foot-5 and redshirted as a true freshman. Bush, who pledged with UGA on National Signing Day, is also 6-foot-5. That kind of height could aid Georgia's offense on the perimeter.
Outlook: While it won't be easy to replace Wims, Georgia has plenty of quality receivers to turn to. With Fromm entering his sophomore season, the passing game should open up a little more. Then again, these receivers all proved to be valuable blockers in a run game that was rarely slowed down last season. Therefore, whichever role they're asked to do, the receivers should be a strength of Georgia's offense in 2018.


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Făclia (The Torch in English) (between 1989 and 2007 Adevărul de Cluj) is a daily newspaper published in Cluj-Napoca. The paper was among the official publications of the Cluj Region People Council and Party Committee during the communist era.

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Art & Climate Change
by Noel Kassewitz Aug 27, 2018 3 minuti
Wouldn't it be bizarre to explore how an artist would go about preparing their artwork for climate change? In a natural disaster scenario, no one says "Grab the passports and the dog… and the Modigliani!" So, the works presumably will have to fend for themselves. This thought launched my most recent series of work. Now, a year and a half later, I will be floating down the Potomac River on top of one of my "climate change ready" paintings as both a demonstration of its capabilities and a symbolic gesture to the government establishments I feel are ignoring the problem.
I've always believed that art and science strengthen each other when combined. In an era of half-truths, full-lies, and intentionally blurred lines, the relationship between art and science is more important than ever. Science provides us with the evidence, but I believe art can plant the message deep enough emotionally to sprout into useful action.
As a Miami native, I've decided to currently focus on rising sea levels since it is an issue that I have experienced first-hand. The streets of Miami and Miami Beach regularly flood during high tides, a change from years past. As an April edition of Business Insider explained, "Because of ocean currents and Miami's location, sea levels are rising in and around the city and Miami Beach faster than in most of the world." However, Miami isn't the only city at risk. According to the National Ocean Service of NOAA, "In the United States, almost 40 percent of the population lives in relatively high-population-density coastal areas, where sea level plays a role in flooding, shoreline erosion, and hazards from storms. Globally, eight of the world's 10 largest cities are near a coast."
The idea of climate change isn't anything new. Before Al Gore and Leonardo Di Caprio, there were others who warned us of our trajectory. It was in 1824 that French physicist Joseph Fourier first observed and wrote of the "greenhouse effect" of the Earth. He was followed by Swedish chemist Svante Arrhenius in 1896 who concluded that the huge influx of coal burning from the industrial revolution would greatly augment the greenhouse effect. By the 1960s, it was becoming increasingly clear that human induced carbon dioxide was warming the atmosphere at a rate faster than ever experienced in recorded history. As stated in the Union of Concerned Scientists's article Global Warming Science, "Over the past 130 years, the global average temperature has increased 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit, with more than half of that increase occurring over only the past 35 years… [and] …scientists have detailed records of past CO2 levels from ice core studies, which show that CO2 levels are higher today than at least any point in the last 800,000 years ago."
What's most alarming to me is that despite so many years of mounting research and warnings, we've done so little to solve the problem. There is a general sense of apathy when speaking to the general public about climate change. "Yes, it's a problem, but what can I personally do about it?" they ask with a shrug. Photographs of starving polar bears and melting icecaps just aren't jarring enough to a public exposed to far worse, albeit fictional, scenes on television and in movies. I hope to sneak through this wall of apathy that has currently built up around the issue, and I've found that my Trojan horse is a sense of humor. Humor catches people off guard, and I can often find myself in conversations with people who otherwise wouldn't have been open to the topic.
When I began researching various ways to make my paintings "climate change ready," one place I looked was in the tomes of art history, and I found that creating paintings has always involved planning for their long term stability. Artists of the past learned how to layer their oils in such a way as to minimize future cracking. They created new pigments that were less volatile and held their original color far longer. Knives were hung beneath portraits so that should a home catch fire, the owner could quickly cut the painting from its heavy frame and toss it out the window to safety. With that history in mind, I decided to follow the long evolutionary lineage of pre-emptive art preservation, but today's issues call for new solutions. I consulted with an expert in the field of art conservation, and through a process of trial and error, I began experimenting. I learned to weave my own canvas and embed buoys and other found flotation devices into the fabric of my paintings. I have tried approaches as simple and playful as wrapping existing paintings in common pool noodles to more serious and complex waterproof paintings made of synthetic sailcloth & marine foam.
People generally laugh and engage when I point out that my artwork is designed to survive rising sea levels. As for my own amusement, I imagine some day in the future, an art collector will be safely sitting on top of their floating artwork exclaiming "Thank goodness we bought a Noel Kassewitz!"
Kassewitz plans to float down the Potomac during the last week of August, weather permitting. For more information on her art and when and where Kassewitz will be floating next, you can visit her website: www.noelkassewitz.com or follow her on social media via Instagram @noelkassewitzart.
Miami-born Noel Kassewitz is a Washington, D.C.-based artist whose paintings and sculptures explore metaphysical, gender, and environmental concerns. Her works have exhibited nationally in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Miami, as well as internationally in Milan and Bologna, Italy.
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Gaius Ummidius Quadratus Annianus Verus was a consul suffectus around the year 146 CE.

Family
He was born in 110 to Gaius Ummidius Quadratus Sertorius Severus and Ummidia Quadratilla. However, it is possible that he  was adopted by Ummidia. Ummidius Quadratus married Annia Cornificia Faustina in 136, at age 26. They had three children, only two of whom are known by name: Marcus Ummidius Quadratus Annianus, and Ummidia Cornificia Antonia.

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La Sonata per a piano núm. 12 en do sostingut menor, D 655, és una obra per a piano sol, inacabada, composta per Franz Schubert durant el mes d'abril de 1818. Aparegué publicada molts anys després en un suplement en l'edició d'Eusebius Mandyczewski de 1897; forma part de la sèrie XXI (Supplement: Instrumentalmusik; Gesangsmusik).

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La sonata és incompleta i consisteix en un únic moviment també inacabat, ja que va ser abandonat abans de la conclusió. Altres músics, com Howard Ferguson i Noël Lee, han intentat completar el que Schubert havia deixat apuntat.

Aquest moviment  fragmentari està en do# menor i és segueix l'esquema de la forma sonata, quedant inacabat al final de l'exposició. Schubert fa servir una exposició amb tres tonalitats, amb un primer grup tema en el tònica, un segon grup temàtic, primer en mi major (el relatiu major) i també en sol# major (la tonalitat dominant major). Inusualment, el segon grup temàtic és quatre vegades més llarg que el primer.

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Tag Archives: Elliott Mazer
Underrated Drum Tracks I have Loved 2014, Part 10 – Out on the Weekend – Neil Young
If you play something he doesn't like, boy, he'll put a look on you you'll never forget. Neil hires some of the best musicians in the world and has 'em play as stupid as they possibly can.
Neil Young famously likes his drummers to play simple. Sometimes it feels as many as half his songs are built on the same rhythmic chassis: boom-boom tssch, boom-boom tssch, about 80-90 bpm. It's his feel, and he's always made it work for him. It's impossible to tell whether he adopted it because it was all Crazy Horse's Ralph Molina could play, or whether he suggested it to Molina, but either way it stuck.
He said to me, "I don't want any right hand" – no cymbals – which was really tough for me, because I was havin' to think about what I was playin' rather than lettin' it come natural.
That's Kenny Buttrey (taken from Jimmy McDonough's Shakey*), who occupied Young's drum stool for Harvest and its quasi-sequel Harvest Moon, talking. Buttrey was a successful Nashville drummer who'd played on the R&B track Anna (Go to Him) by Arthur Alexander in 1962 and crossed over into rock with his appearance on Blonde on Blonde. Buttrey's best performances on that album are things of wonder – country funk with a great-feeling backbeat. He's wonderful on Visions of Johanna, Most Likely You'll Go Your Way and on more delicate tracks like Just Like a Woman. However, it's not nit-picking to say that he didn't quite have the right authority for Pledging My Time and Leopard-Skin Pillbox Hat (compare the oafish but so much more physical take from the 1966 tour with the Hawks – the "Royal Albert Hall"** show with Mickey Jones on drums. Compare also how much more satisfying Bobby Gregg's heavier performances on Highway 61). Buttrey, then, wasn't a great pick for live heavy-rock shows, as would become apparent on the Time Fades Away tour, but fantastic in the studio with the right kind of material.
Having been at the forefront of the early crossover between rock 'n' roll and country music on subsequent Dylan records John Wesley Harding and Nashville Skyline, though, made him a natural fit for Young's Nashville band the Stray Gators, even if, like Tim Drummond and Ben Keith, he was brought in by producer Elliott Mazer because the guys he really wanted all spent their weekends fishing. And, appropriately, my Buttrey choice – and really it could have been any one of another half-dozen tunes, since the differences in beat are often minimal – is Out on the Weekend, Harvest's opener.
Like most of the Harvest material (the time and tempo changes of Words (Between the Lines of Age) being the obvious exception), Out on the Weekend allows one to play the fun game of listening out for the little licks and subtle variations Buttrey tries to sneak in without Young noticing: the odd little semi-quaver stutter on the kick, a little bit more of that dreaded right hand, in the second half of the second verse. Kenny Buttrey's work on Harvest is a reminder that while playing to a demanding artist's specifications may be an ordeal (what first-call Nashville player would cheerfully submit to being transformed into a Ralph Molina clone?), it can pay huge artistic (and financial) dividends.
Young and the Stray Gators rehearse in Young's barn. l-r Buttrey, Tim Drummond, Jack Nitzsche (piano), Ben Keith (pedal steel), Young
*I've retained the punctuation as it appeared in Shakey. McDonough's habit of representing a Southern accent by dropping terminal "g"s, and rendering "interesting" as "innaresting'" whenever Young says it, becomes rather wearying over 700 pages, but source material is source material.
**It was actually recorded at the Manchester Free Trade Hall, but the show – with it's "Judas!" moment – went down in legend as having been at the Albert Hall. The quote marks do appear on the record sleeve, by the way.
This entry was posted in Music and tagged Anna (Go to Him), Arthur Alexander, backbeat, Ben Keith, Blonde on Blonde, Bob Dylan, boom-boom tssch, country-rock, Crazy Horse, Elliott Mazer, Harvest, Jimmy McDonough, John Wesley Harding, Kenny Buttrey, kick drum, Leopard-Skin Pillbox Hat, Manchester Free Trade Hall, Mickey Jones, Most Likely You'll Go Your Way, Nashville Skyline, Neil Young, Out on the Weekend, Pledging My Time, Ralph Molina, Richie Havens, Royal Albert Hall, Shake Sugaree, snare drum, Stray Gators, the Hawks, Tim Drummond, underrated drum tracks, underrated drummers, Visions of Johanna on October 11, 2014 by rossjpalmer.
Last Dance – Neil Young
Last Dance is the highlight (but for some the nadir) of Time Fades Away, the out-of-print live album that began Young's 'Ditch' trilogy. The story behind the live album is pretty well covered by Jimmy McDonough in Shakey, and has been covered in other places too, but here's a quick version of it for the uninitiated.
After making Harvest, Young went on tour with the same band who'd featured on that record: Kenny Buttrey and Tim Drummond on drums and bass, Ben Keith on pedal steel and Jack Nitzsche on piano. Danny Whitten was supposed to play with them too, but his heroin use was out of control so Young sent him home. Whitten overdosed fatally shortly after, casting a pall over the tour and inspiring Young to write Don't Be Denied.
Inevitably after such an event, the mood in the camp was dark, and it was immediately aggravated by haggling over money. Buttrey was a studio player from Nashville, and he informed Young that to drop his session work and hit the road he'd need $100,000, a figure which Drummond and Nitzsche then demanded too. Young matched Buttrey's fee for all the band members, but was upset at the way Drummond and Nitzsche had handled the situation, confronting him during rehearsals rather than coming to speak to him privately. Nitzsche later said that the tour never recovered from this incident.
That wasn't the last of Young's problems. Buttrey, as a studio player, was unused to the physical demands of driving a rock band along every night on a stage (for 62 dates and with few nights off), and unprepared for the lifestyle or the craziness of touring; musicians as a general rule save their worst excesses for the road and tend to be more focused and together when recording, so this was quite a culture shock. Unhappy with Young's behaviour and his constant demands that he play louder, Buttrey quit mid-tour, to be replaced by Johnny Barbata (of CSNY and the Turtles), who appears on all the full-band material on Time Fades Away. Nitzsche, meanwhile, one of the few people in Young's circle prepared to go toe to toe with him, was drinking too much and had a bad attitude, chafing under Young's heavy-handed leadership.
The stories that have come out about this tour, coupled with Young's own comments ('I had this band of all-star musicians who couldn't even look at each other. It was a total joke'), had me prepared for a dismal, dirgey, tuneless assault from Time Fades Away. In fact, the music is both more delicate (three of the album's eight songs feature Young alone at the piano – check out Love in Mind: it's beautiful) and more upbeat than the record's reputation suggests. The title track and Yonder Stands the Sinner, complete with Nitzsche's pounding piano, are almost reminiscent of Creedence Clearwater Revival's New Orleansy choogling, albeit with Young singing in his trashed Tonight's the Night voice. I can understand why the crowd in 1972 who just knew After the Goldrush and Harvest might have been taken aback at the roughness of some of his vocals, but Young's singing is no more off-key here than on Tonight's the Night, and is certainly more tuneful than, say, Dylan backed by the Hawks in 1966, so there had been plenty of precedent in rock'n'roll for such non-bel-canto singing.
Most unexpected given its reputation was Last Dance. McDonough makes it sound like a self-nullifying, caterwauling death march of a song (a 'grating headache', he calls it). On Time Fades Away (perhaps the versions played at other shows on the tour were more extreme and negative in vibe – I haven't heard them all), Last Dance actually strikes me as capturing a familiar mood in Young's music: summoning the strength to begin again after something important has come to a shattering end.
Still, the Time Fades Away myth is a powerful one. Maybe, to be cynical for a moment, that's why Young insists on keeping it out of print. It's a good Neil Young record, and in places – Last Dance being one of them – it's excellent, but the reality doesn't really match the myth. If you've heard Rust Never Sleeps (and certainly if you've heard Eldorado, Arc or Weld) you'll probably find it quite tame.
And Elliott Mazer mixing the snare in the left channel and the rest of the drums in the centre is just as distracting and eccentric as it is on Harvest.
Neil Young and his infamous Gibson Flying V, Time Fades Away tour.
This entry was posted in Music and tagged Ben Keith, Danny Whitten, Elliott Mazer, Flying V, Jack Nitzsche, Johnny Barbata, Kenny Buttrey, Neil Young, Shakey, Tim Drummond, Time Fades Away on June 28, 2013 by rossjpalmer.


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