Johan von Kirschner was born in Heidelberg. He studied mathematics at the Mannheim University. He has always been fascinated by hermetics and the mysticism of numbers. He has authored several textbooks about numerology, Kabala, astrology and geomancy. Furthermore, he has authored several books about the Saga of Avalon and the Holy Grail. Johan von Kirschner lives and works as an author in Berlin, Germany.
This tarot deck in a tin is a wonderful collectors item. It is thoth inspired and the soft water colors appear to be centered around the chakra colors. I do consider it to be a 'light' deck, some cards may be too soft or washed out to get a deep in depth message, however, despite that minor aspect, I find the cards highly accurate with my questions. So I am very impressed that as a 'light' gentle deck offers a great deal of potential an accuracy. I think its a great item to carry around anywhere, in your purse or bag pack. Most importantly, the art work it simply breath taking, it is a beautiful piece of art to own and I am happy to have it a part of my collection.
Lovely, playing card quality deck with etheteal Asian-inspired watercolour art, by Christine Zillich. Pentacles are disks. Follows the Thoth. LWB comes with a clear, concise, generalised, yet informative introduction of tarot, by Johan Von Kirschner. No deck-specific spreads provided, but that takes nothing away from the deck itself. Overall, the deck has a calming, introspective quality about it. Easy to carry, and travels well in tin container.
This is the first Thoth-style* deck I have owned. In the past I have had strongly negative reactions to every single Thoth deck I'd ever picked up. Even before I knew anything about the background of Thoth decks or their designer, Crowley. The Zillich Tarot, however, I instantly loved. It is beautiful. Zillich's watercolors are ethereal and timeless, the human figures are vague and culturally indeterminate, and none of the illustrations seem violent or overtly alarming which makes this deck a great choice for giving public readings. It comes as a pocket-sized (2.5" x 3.75") deck which is my FAVORITE size for a Tarot deck; small enough to carry and handle easily but large enough to clearly see the images. It is printed on glossy, firm card stock in a full-color tin box.
As with most Thoth-style decks, it is not necessarily beginner-friendly and the booklet doesn't help with that at all. However, this is a beautiful and gentle deck. If you love the art and are intrigued by this deck, don't let me deter you. Love always wins and you will find a way to work with this deck if you are motivated to do so! Just don't be discouraged if it doesn't come easily… this isn't an easy deck. Zillich's art is mesmerizing and creates a unique world. If you've been looking for a Thoth deck to try, I highly recommend this one.
It's always fascinating to me to see whether a deck creator depicts the Nine of Swords as implying more of an externalized force majeure happening to a seeker, causing the pain and suffering, or whether that pain and suffering is internalized. Here in Zillich, it appears the creators have cone in the direction of externalized force majeure. Overall, I love the vibrancy of Zillich's artwork. There's a charm to this deck that attracts you to it. Look at the Queen of Discs and Knight of Discs, for instance– Zillich's art blends Old World European magic with modernist expressive abstract art together in an innovative, very original approach. Overall stunning work by Christine Zillich and I hope to see more tarot and oracle deck work from this brilliant artist.


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Q: How does the OCaml compiler deal with this code? I read a project written in OCaml and can't figure out some source code here:
type 'a node = {mutable parent: 'a node; mutable rank: int; label: 'a}

let singleton x =
     let rec n = {parent=n; rank=0; label=x} in
 n

This code is part of the disjoint set but I don't really understand the recurive function. I used to be a C++ programmer and can easily use a pointer to handle the parent thing.
When I run this code in the OCaml utop the result surprise me. It did generate many node.
Is this code cost much memory since it generate so many node?
How the compiler deal with this without overflow?

A: It does NOT create many nodes but one.
Internally the value of the node is represented as a pointer, so n has a pointer which points to itself in its parent field. It is pretty like a way you create a looped data structure with pointers in C++. C++ always requires assignments to create loops but in OCaml some simple loops can be created by recursion.
In utop you see one value n is printed in many times. OCaml value printer prints values in expanded form even if there are loops inside them.

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Q: ¿Cómo usar la biblioteca Zepto desde navegadores antiguos hasta los actuales? Desde hace poco me he valido de muchas formas con tal de sacar mejor partido a las bondades de Zepto, aunque para navegadores antiguos tuve que usar jQuery 1.12.0. Mi problema es que tenia que usar plugins y/o crear main.js para cada una de ellas, por tanto; eso ya no me gusta.
Lo hacía de esta forma:
document.write( '\u003Cscript src=js/' + ( !!global.HTMLCanvasElement && !!document.querySelectorAll && !!global.addEventListener ? 'zepto' : 'jquery' ) + '.min.js>\u003C/script>' );

Entonces, ¿cómo hacer posible usar solo Zepto para todos los navegadores incluyendo antiguos?

A: Me pasé 4 días para lograr lo que no parecía.
Zepto 1.1.6 y jQuery v3.x ya podemos usar para cualquier navegador antiguo, siempre y cuando dicho navegador acepte elementos básicos de HTML5.
Si no fuera menos, también podemos programar en javascript usando el estándar ECMAScript versión 5/6, al estilo ( Vanilla JS ) o Plain JS.
Los requisitos son:
"navegadores": {
    "chrome": "1+",
    "firefox": "3+",
    "ie": "6+",
    "opera": "7+",
    "safari": "4+",
    "ios_saf": "3+",
    "ios_chr": "?",
    "android": "1+",
    "op_mob": "6+",
    "ie_mob": "6+",
    "firefox_mob": "1+",
    "bb": "5+"
}

Se demuestra en SisePuede v0.4.1 GitHub Repos.


Major version bump to LibStatLogic-1.2 because of GetStatMod API broke-age. LibStatLogic-1.1 will remain wotlk compatible for China.
I did some informal testing on my monk (lvl90), and it does appear that 1 agil = 2 attack pwr, at least for WindWalker.
Added some monk data to the spreadsheet. Hope its enough to at least make a start.
Or tell me the numbers.
Since i have no plans to level a monk Tank. Or a Monk. Or another character.
Read this and follow the instructions.
Ok, time to pull out the data analysis.
TankPoints has been secretly recording all your stats. Every time your stats change (including changing equipped items, getting buffs), it records a snapshot of all your stats.
and any other stat that might affect druid's dodge.
Ideally would you also save it as a CSV, open it in Excel, and then paste them into a new tab on my existing Google Document Spreadsheet, so i can see the values and begin graphing and performing linear regressions on them.
At the very least it will let you understand the pain i'm going through, with absolutely no value to myself.
I took it upon myself to update this for 4.3 & release. Slap my fingers if you don't like it.


Today Prayer Time in Machala. Current Sunni / Fiqh Hanafi Namaz Time of Machala are.
Machala Prayer Timings - Today 19 April 2019 Machala Namaz Timings are Fajar 05:08 am, Zuhr 12:19 pm, Asr 04:38 pm, Maghrib 06:20 pm & Isha 07:30 pm. Today Islamic Date is 14 Shaban 1440 in Machala, Ecuador. The prayer times are different every day in Machala, A complete 7 days Namaz Time schedule and monthly calendar of Machala Namaz timings is given on this page for your information.
It is very convenient and accurate way to find the exact Machala Namaz time for people who do not have access to the mosque or Azan clock. You can also download or print the Prayer timings of Machala for your convenience, specially in the areas where Muslims do not hear the Azan from Mosque. These timings are updated regularly according to the calculation of University of Islamic Sciences, Karachi, Fiqa Hanafi (Sunni). These timings are (Fiqa Hanfi) Sunni Namaz Timings in Machala. For Shia Namaz timings in Machala, Click here.


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Rising from the grasses
New Prague, Minn. — Sometimes little things make the biggest differences. For Dave and Florence Minar, it was letting their cows eat grass.
That grass-fed beginning led to an on-farm creamery producing dairy products high in Omega-3s, Florence says. This spring, their Cedar Summit Farm brand became available in Twin Cities health food stores and a St. Peter co-op.
Summit of three generations
Cedar Summit Farm has been in the Minar family since the 1920s, when Dave's grandfather purchased it. His parents took over in the '30s, and finally he and Florence purchased it in 1969. The three-generation family business has developed a loyal customer group and keeps growing by word of mouth.
It wasn't until 1993 or '94 that the Minars' cows started on grass rather than corn and grains, but Florence says it made a noticeable difference. Outdoor exercise makes their cows healthier, which has dramatically cut vet bills. Healthier animals produce healthier milk, she maintains. "We have very happy cows now," adds the Minars' daughter Laura. "They spread out all over the pasture because they have so much to eat."
To give the cows shelter from Minnesota winters, the Minars put up a hoop house last fall. The house has a fabric cover that lets in sun while it keep the cows warm.
Around the time they began pasturing cows, the Minars took to direct marketing chicken, beef and pork. That's when Florence began researching Omega-3s and passing out articles about it. "I realized we had a superior product because of the Omega-3 in it, and I wanted people to know about it," she says.
Everyone needs a dietary balance of Omega-3 and Omega-6 oils. Omega-3, contained in green vegetables and the grass cows eat, is an essential fatty acid that promotes lean muscle mass, helps fight cancer and helps convert fat to energy. Omega-6, another essential fatty acid, is in many seed oils, but too much of it can possibly cause immune system problems, make the body store fat and promote tumors, say some researchers. Florence says Americans have twenty times more Omega-6 than Omega-3 in their diets today, but research indicates it is best to eat only three times more Omega-6 than Omega-3. "I don't feel as much like a radical as I did before because more people are finding out about (Omega-3s) now," she says.
Zoned out
Although the farm was thriving and expanding, the Minars did not have smooth sailing. Located in an "agriculture zone," they had to get a conditional use permit for their business from Scott County. The permit restricted retailing, so the Minars call their store a "showroom."
The farm appears to be doing well with or without advertising. They have regular customers who come in at least once or twice a week, and Florence says they get about two to three new customers a day. She thinks loyal customers are spreading the word because "people like to know where their food comes from.
With all the E. coli scares everywhere, a product like ours makes a difference." She says that every time there is an outbreak of E. coli, the farm gets phone calls and product requests. "Last year we ran out of ground beef because of an E. coli scare. People were stocking up on boxes of ground beef and got kind of panicked."
Roller coaster to creamery
When their parents began talking about developing a dairy processing facility on site, sons Mike, Dan and Chris, daughters Laura and Lisa and their spouses were all enthusiastic. "They wanted to be a part of it," Florence says. She and Dave began checking around to determine how to build a creamery of their own. "It was a roller coaster ride," laughs Florence. "One day we'd be excited, the next we'd be saying, 'Oh my gosh.' "
Lisa Gjersvik, project development director in Waseca, has been working with the Minars since September 2001.
"The Minars did things right," she says. "They had an idea for a product that's differentiated in the marketplace, but they knew that was only part of the equation. They knew they needed to determine whether their products' attributes were valued by consumers." The Minars took the time to do the homework on the front end and went in with their eyes open. "Planning in the beginning pays long-term dividends."
Now in their fourth month of processing, the family is finding out what works and what doesn't. All five of the Minar children help out as much as possible, and that includes spouses. While the family runs the creamery, their dairy farm partner Paul Kajer manages the livestock and two part-time employees help in the barns. "Dave and I just fill in wherever we're needed," Florence says. "At least one of us has to be around the bottle washer to keep it going during the day too."
Cedar Summit dairy offers a wide variety of products: regular, chocolate and strawberry milk, butter, yogurt, ice cream, cheese, chicken, beef, pork and turkey at Thanksgiving. "We sell pretty much all of our turkeys every year," Florence says. "We have a waiting list from people who sign up to be assured they get a turkey next year."
In addition to Cedar Summit's showroom sales, and New Prague and Twin Cities markets, Laura home delivers within a 10-mile radius of New Prague. The Minars are considering a possible venture into the St. Paul Farmers Market, which would be a "big commitment," Florence says.
For the cows, there is freedom and that luscious grass. "It was really funny watching the cows recently," says Florence. "We milk them two times a day and after each milking they get fresh grass. One day they went running out to the pasture because they knew what they were getting. They love it."
For more information, visit www.cedarsummit.com or call (952) 758-6886.
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Quickspin, the innovative online slots studio owned by software giant, Playtech, welcomed a new executive to its team. Erik Gullstrand has become Quickspin's new chief product officer, responsible for product planning and development. He will help diversify Quickspin into new global markets and devise new promotional tools. The company provides its games to multiple countries around the world, and its slots titles can also be found at online casinos that cater to South African players.
Gullstrand steps into the shoes of departing Quickspin Joachim Timmermans, who helped co-found the company and who announced that he was leaving very recently. Timmermans noted that the company was "doing great" and that it was "growing healthily in both revenues and people", but that he felt it was time to move on from the business.
Erik Gullstrand has been with the Swedish based Quickspin since 2012 and has held several positions, including head of account management, head of development and VP of business development. He said that he was excited to accept the new challenge.
"Having been at Quickspin since its founding days, I see this appointment as testament to all of the hard work myself and my fellow Quickspinners have put into the building of the company to the leading slots specialist it has now become," he said.
He called Gullstrand "an invaluable asset" who has been dedicated to building Quickspin into what it has become today since the company's founding in 2011.
"We have very exciting plans for 2019 and are confident that Erik is the ideal person to execute that strategy," added Lindberg.
Quickspin has 45 slots on its platform, 40 of which are available as mobile slot games. The company plans to release a total of 13 new games this year. Popular titles in its portfolio include Divine Dreams slot, Ivan and the Immortal slot and Dwarfs Gone Wild slot. Look out for its latest title, Ticket to the Stars, coming soon.


The Hyundai Tuscan Limited, Takes on the big boys.
Hyundai Motor America announced the launch of an initiative to support vehicle owners with special physical needs. Through the new Mobility Program, customers will be reimbursed up to $1,000 for new adaptive equipment installed in any new Hyundai vehicle leased or purchased through an authorized dealership.
According to research conducted by Louisiana Tech University, minivans and sedans make up the majority – 55.4 percent – of modified vehicles for the disabled. The most common modifications made by those with special physical needs include the use of lifts and lowered floors, as well as special steering and braking controls.
Hyundai vehicles feature unsurpassed standard safety technologies, outstanding cargo capacity and comfortable, ergonomic interior space making them well suited for drivers with special physical needs.
The all-new Entourage minivan, just launched this spring, recently earned the "Top Safety Pick" award by the IIHS – the best rating ever for a minivan. The Entourage was also the first Hyundai to receive a gold award for good crashworthiness ratings. In addition to outstanding safety features, Entourage boasts a generous 172 cubic feet of interior volume – more than Honda Odyssey.
The all-new Azera sedan is the most luxurious and well-equipped Hyundai model ever. Among its many features, Azera comes standard with Electronic Stability Control (ESC) with Anti-lock Braking System (ABS), eight standard airbags and active front head restraints. Azera also received the top crash test rating for frontal offset impacts by the IIHS.
Additionally, the 2006 Sonata was the industry's first midsize sedan with standard ESC and six airbags, and received the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA's) five-star crash test rating for front and side impacts. Combined with its "class-above" interior space (categorized a "large car" by the United States EPA), Sonata is another outstanding option for drivers with special physical needs.
To qualify for the Hyundai Mobility Program, customers must have the adaptive equipment installed within six months of the Hyundai vehicle purchase or lease, and submit the claim form within 60 days of the completed installation. Qualifying adaptive equipment or conversion is defined as any aftermarket alteration or equipment installation that provides the user convenient access and/or the ability to drive the vehicle.
Hyundai Motor America, headquartered in Fountain Valley, Calif. is a subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Company of Korea. Hyundai cars and sport utility vehicles are distributed throughout the United States by Hyundai Motor America and are sold and serviced by more than 700 Hyundai dealerships nationwide.


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Monday BP: The Giants enjoyed the 49ers playoff win
A few members of the Giants took in Sunday's playoff game between the Niners and Cowboys.
By Brady Klopfer@BradyKlopferNBA Jan 23, 2023, 5:00am PST
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Happy Monday, San Francisco Giants fans. We're still a little over two months away from the start of the Giants season, but there's plenty of other action in Bay Area sports going on to keep us entertained. For instance, on Sunday, the Giants neighbors, the Golden State Warriors, were busy blowing a lead and losing a game.
But more exciting was what was going on in Santa Clara, where the San Francisco 49ers beat the Dallas Cowboys, and will march to the NFC Championship Game this coming Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles.
The game was a big event, and the Giants apparently thought so too, as a few of them attended it. Manager Gabe Kapler was there alongside designated hitter Joc Pederson, who perhaps can answer a question I've wondered for years: are you still as outraged as the average mortal by $30 beers after signing a $19.65 million contract?
Gettin' loud at Levi's ✌ pic.twitter.com/nxBI9Llg6e
— SFGiants (@SFGiants) January 23, 2023
Pederson was also seen on the field hanging out with some of the players.
Bay. Area. Unite. #SFGiants x @49ers pic.twitter.com/qZzHusj8ym
It makes sense that Pederson would be interested in the game, as he grew up in the Bay Area, and is a lifelong Niners fans. And speaking of Giants hitters who grew up in the Bay Area, Brandon Crawford didn't make it to the game, but repped his red and gold pride nonetheless, wearing, it seems, the exact same jacket as Pederson.
Bang bang #49ers pic.twitter.com/wzxam1V6d7
— Brandon Crawford (@bcraw35) January 23, 2023
Crawford earns bonus points for the following tweet:
Niners to the SB confirmed https://t.co/BHVKIJGCa9
And speaking of left-handed hitters ... Barry Bonds, everyone!
Another GOAT sighting at Levi's pic.twitter.com/f6eBmsyx8r
— 49ers on NBCS (@NBCS49ers) January 22, 2023
Go Giants. Go Niners.
2023 Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List No. 19 Who is the 19th-best prospect in the Giants system?
Position preview: catcher It's Joey Bart's position, for better or for worse.


A Grant-in-Aid is a grant of funds to a full-time graduate student of ASHRAE-related technologies. It is awarded once each year for use in the following academic year.
Past recipients of this award are NOT eligible to reapply for this award.
Multiple awards (typically 10 to 25) are made each year in the amount of up to $10,000. The awards are meant for the students' personal use while pursuing an HVAC&R related education. The goal of the Grant-In-Aid program is to encourage outstanding graduate students to become involved in ASHRAE, its research and establish careers that include active engagement within and continued contributions to Society activities. Part of the award will be used to pay for the student's travel and registration for one Society Winter or Annual meeting within the 18 months following notification of award. An award in the amount of $5,000 will be paid upon confirmation of the student's enrollment. An additional $5,000 shall be paid upon receipt of a report prepared by the awardee documenting his/her attendance at one of the next three ASHRAE Society meetings following the award; these funds will be retained by ASHRAE if the awardee does not attend one of these meetings.
In addition, grant-in-aid recipients are eligible for an additional $1,500.00 honorarium if they author and present a peer-reviewed paper at an ASHRAE annual or winter meeting or submit an article that is published in the Science and Technology for The Built Environment. The presentation or publication must be based on the thesis/research supported by the grant-in-aid. The honorarium will be paid by the Manager of Research and Technical Services (MORTS) to the GIA recipient upon confirmation of presentation or publication of the paper.
The evaluation criteria for candidates include academic performance, quality of the student's thesis/research plan and its relevance to ASHRAE, the advisors' recommendation, and an overall assessment of the likelihood for future involvement of the student within ASHRAE. In order to be eligible for an award, the applicant must be a full-time graduate student throughout the academic year following the award. The student should be preparing a thesis on ASHRAE related areas/technology or be working on or proposing to work on a research project that has relevance to ASHRAE. The student must also have a faculty advisor who is supervising the student. Applicants from all ASHRAE regions worldwide are eligible. While membership in ASHRAE is not a requirement for the award, all applicants are strongly encouraged to become student members and to participate in the activities of the Society.
Applications shall be made to the Manager of Research & Technical Services on the student's behalf by the faculty advisor and will be reviewed and selected by the Research Administration Committee at their spring meeting each year. Applications must be received at ASHRAE Headquarters by March 1st to be considered.
Applicants will be notified of the results of the competitive evaluation by May 1st. Funds will be available to the grant recipients shortly after July 1st.
The student shall complete pages 1-3 of the application and submit it to his/her advisor.
Student History: Name, address, post-secondary education including current degree program, grade point average (official transcript to be attached), rank in class, membership in professional societies, and previous work experience.
Description of Thesis/Research Project: Significance of thesis/research, outline of plan of procedure, plans for publication of thesis/research results.
Application for Grant-In-Aid for Graduate Students (Word) can be obtained from the ASHRAE website (www.ashrae.org), or the MORTS at ASHRAE headquarters. Requests may be made via mail, or e-mail MORTS@ashrae.net and/or Ddaniel@ashrae.org.
Nominations, together with all support documents should be submitted electronically (Word or PDF) to MORTS, Manager of Research & Technical Services, Michael Vaughn, MORTS@ASHRAE.net and Donna Daniel, Research Coordinator, Ddaniel@ashrae.org , prior to March 1st.
All applicants for the ASHRAE Student Graduate Grant-in-Aid Award should expect to receive a submission confirmation e-mail from ASHRAE.
Thesis/Research Plan: Significance of thesis/research, outline of plan of procedure, and plans for publication of thesis/research results should be described. A maximum of 30 points are awarded for this element of the application.
Faculty advisor recommendation:The Faculty Advisor should make a recommendation based upon student involvement related to ASHRAE or other related society activity, academic achievements, ability to carry out the research project. Up to 20 points are awarded based upon these recommendations.
Potential for future ASHRAE involvement: The evaluation of this criterion is based on the student and faculty involvement within ASHRAE, the relevance of the thesis/research project to ASHRAE, the history of ASHRAE involvement of the institution. The student is strongly encouraged to be a student member within ASHRAE and participate in ASHRAE activities such as an ASHRAE student chapter and local chapter. The faculty advisor is expected to be an ASHRAE member and should demonstrate a history of and/or future potential for involvement within ASHRAE activities. For students and faculty residing outside of North America, membership in the appropriate ASHRAE associate society will be considered to be equivalent. 30 points are awarded for the potential for future involvement by the nominee.
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Originally Published: March 18, 2019 9:39 p.m.
PHOENIX — Fraud investigations trump Arizona's physician-patient privilege, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Monday.
In a unanimous decision, the justices upheld the conviction and 10-year prison term of Chalice Zeitner on charges of defrauding the state's Medicaid program, identity theft and fraud. They rejected her claims the testimony and medical records of her doctor could not be used in her trial accusing her of faking a claim of cancer in order to obtain a state-funded abortion.
Justice John Lopez, writing for the high court, acknowledged that the statute that protects patient communications with a physician apply in criminal cases. That, he said, is designed to "ensure that a patient will receive the best medical treatment by encouraging full and frank disclosure of medical history and symptoms by a patient to his doctor.
Lopez also said that same law also protects patient medical records.
But the court also said that privilege is not absolute, citing examples like requiring doctors to disclose wounds that may have resulted from illegal activity as well as evidence of contagious or infectious diseases.
In this case, he said, physicians providing services under the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, the state's Medicaid program, are required to report "any cases of suspected fraud." And the agency is required to investigate.
The charges against Zeitner stem from her 2010 claim that she needed a state-finance abortion because she discovered she was pregnant after recently undergoing extensive radiation and chemotherapy treatments for cancer. AHCCCS pays only for abortions in cases of the life or health of the mother.
Part of that scheme also included providing the obstetrician a letter purportedly written by a doctor from an out-of-state hospital who Zeitner claimed had treated her for an abortion. That letter recommended she receive an urgent abortion to relieve third-term, life-threatening conditions to the patient.
The obstetrician, relying on that information, concluded the abortion was necessary to protect Zeitner's health.
The plan began to unravel a year later when the obstetrician, performing a cesarean section on Zeitner for another pregnancy, found no physical evidence to support her previous claims of uterine cancer. The obstetrician reported his suspicions about her to the health plan which forwarded the matter to AHCCCS for investigation.
She eventually was indicted on 11 charges including defrauding AHCCCS, which otherwise would not have paid for the abortion. Prosecutors also charged her with identity theft and forgery for impersonating a doctor who recommended that she receive an abortion.
Over her objections, the trial judge allowed her medical records into evidence and her physicians to testify.
In Monday's ruling, Zeitner argued that decision was contrary to law.
Lopez pointed out that the federal government, which picks up most of the cost of the AHCCCS program, has some specific requirements for disclosure of patient records. He also said there are some parallel state laws and rules that allow for release of information for conducting or assisting in an investigation, prosecution or civil or criminal proceedings.
The court acknowledged that the question of the state law protecting physician-patient privilege is a bit trickier.
While Lopez said state law spells out specific exemptions, like the one for reporting wounds, the Legislature has not enacted one specifically covering this kind of case. He said, though, that it appears that was the intent of the Legislature.
Lopez pointed out that there are other laws like the one requiring doctors to report suspected AHCCCS fraud and another which gives AHCCCS the power to "examine any person under oath" and "compel the production of any record ... necessary to support an investigation.
"We cannot infer that the Legislature, in granting such broad investigatory authority, intended the privilege to stand as a bulwark against AHCCCS fraud investigations," he wrote.


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2017 Movies and Music
Directors, actors, and musical artists have the world watching with their cinematic and musical hits of 2017. From Get Out to Wonder Woman and "HUMBLE." to "Bodak Yellow," the share of entertainment is growing in quantity and quality.
In November, 178 Packer Upper School members completed a survey in which they chose their favorite movie of the year. Although over 20 different movies were in the running, there were only three clear favorites: 49 people voted for Get Out, 25 for Baby Driver, and 19 for Wonder Woman. These are not only popular at Packer; they are some of the most popular films nationwide.
Released in February, Get Out earned rave reviews and a whopping 99% on Rotten Tomatoes. The comedy-horror follows the story of Chris, a black man, and his white girlfriend, Rose, on a weekend getaway with her parents. Director Jordan Peele uses several racial themes in the story that both add to the plot and get the audience thinking.
"I didn't like the slow beginning of Get Out, but I did like how it had a lot of plot twists," said Mele Buice ('21).
Although it does take a little while to get into the plot, the combination of horror, comedy, and serious topics makes the movie a must-see. Since Get Out is Peele's directorial debut, he will likely be a director to watch as he goes on to direct future films.
Ansel Elgort and Lily James star in the new action movie Baby Driver, which premiered in June. Earning a 93% on Rotten Tomatoes, many critics found the film to be well-executed, unique, and incredibly moving.
The movie follows Baby, a music-loving getaway driver, who meets Deborah, the girl of his dreams. Baby is forced to work for a crime boss and depends on his music and love when his life is at risk.
Wonder Woman premiered in June, receiving exceptional praise and a 92% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The film stars Gal Gadot, who embodies the role of a strong female superhero overwhelmingly well. In an interview with the American magazine Rolling Stone, Gadot described that she, as well as her character, "stands for love and hope and acceptance and fighting evil."
"I really loved how the character who played Wonder Woman made me feel super empowered," said Claire French ('20).
Many girls at Packer have spoken to this point: unlike most other superhero movies, Wonder Woman emphasized the power of women. The character Wonder Woman was created by DC Comics in 1941, inspired by the feminism of the 40s, or more specifically Margaret Sanger, a birth control activist, sex educator, writer, and nurse.
The 178 students who completed the survey also chose their favorite song of the year, and out of over 20 options, "HUMBLE." by Kendrick Lamar claimed the prize for most loved by the Packer community, followed by "Bodak Yellow" by Cardi B and "Feel it Still" by Portugal. The Man.
Lamar's most recent album, DAMN. has gotten significant attention from all over the world. As Pitchfork, an American online magazine, accurately describes the album, "DAMN. is a widescreen masterpiece of rap, full of expensive beats, furious rhymes, and peerless storytelling about Kendrick's destiny in America."
Cardi B, a 24-year-old "regular, degular, shmegular girl from the Bronx," as she describes herself, topped the charts with her debut major label single "Bodak Yellow" earlier this year, making her the first solo female rapper to hit number one in 19 years. Although she has released other songs in the past, "Bodak Yellow" has made Cardi B a real subject of discussion.
"I really like 'Bodak Yellow' because it makes me feel empowered. I don't know, it makes me feel strong—brawling—when I listen to it," said Farida Salami ('20). "I feel like I can do anything I want because you feel it in your soul when it comes on."
Cardi B has definitely reached the status many musical artists aspire for, though we'll see if it lasts. If she releases more music as catchy as "Bodak Yellow," she'll be sure to have a true place in the musical hierarchy, but if not, she'll simply be known as another one-hit-wonder.
"'Feel it Still' is such a great song. It's so easy to vibe to and has a great melody," said Dante Mastropietro ('20).
Portugal. The Man's new album, Woodstock, includes "Feel it Still" among other great tunes. It was released in June and the hit song reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and has been number one on Alternative Songs for 13 weeks straight.
The catchy song takes listeners back to the era of rock and roll, and sounds incredibly similar to "Please Mr. Postman," by The Marvelettes.
2017 has set high standards for the entertainment of 2018, and we'll see how well next year's music and movies live up to this year's. We might see more of the same artists, as well as new ones, and hopefully some great new blockbusters from the film industry that interest Packer students as much as this year's did.
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Anarcho Punk
Amebix & Zygote with Stig Miller
Amebix & Zygote with Stig Miller in conversation with David Eastaugh
Amebix were an English crust punk band. Formed as the Band with No Name, the band's original run was from 1978 to 1987, during which time they released three EPs and two full-length albums. The group reunited in 2008, released another full-length album in 2011, and disbanded again in November 2012.
By being one of the first bands to blend anarcho-punk and heavy metal music, Amebix are often cited as one of the key bands that helped to create the crust punk style, and are considered as a proto-thrash/extreme/speed metal band.Such notable bands as Sepultura, Neurosis and Deviated Instinct have paid homage to the band.
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27/07/2015 Mon 12:00 in All markets by Anthony Wong
Cathay Pacific to appear in French court over labour law violation
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Unhygienic water and missing bags of money are not the only things bothering Cathay Pacific Airways these days.
Adding to the airline's latest misery, French prosecutors have pressed charges regarding concealed work, and subcontracting and loan of workforce on the airline.
The case was first reported by The Hong Kong Aircrew Officers Association and was later confirmed by the airline.
In a press release issued by The Hong Kong Aircrew Officers Association (HKAOA), the trade union that represents pilots and flight engineers employed by the airline said the charges concerned the employment of 40 pilots stationed in France.
When Cathay Pacific closed its Charles de Gaulle operating base in August 2012, it tried to keep the employment condition of the pilots away form French authority.
Hearings on these charges have been scheduled in court in October 2015 and January 2016.
A number of additional claims have also been filed against Cathay Pacific in civil Courts for failing to provide pension contributions that are compulsory under the French system and compensation for the pilot's forced relocation to Hong Kong.
HKAOA General Secretary Chris Beebe said the association is aware that the managers who made the decision to close the Charles de Gaulle base and rejected earlier attempts to resolve the situation through mediation attempts have left the company.
"Our organisation sincerely hopes that Cathay Pacific's recently appointed managers will review the case objectively so that a renewed dialogue on the adequate compensation of its members can be initiated and further procedures avoided," he said.
He added the association will provide legal assistance to the affected pilots.
A spokesperson from Cathay Pacific acknowledge the legal actions that are going on in France and refused to comment further because legal procedures are under way.
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Machinery validation or Qualification is a mandatory requirement when ever a machine is used in a way that can affect the quality, safety, efficacy of a controlled product or jeopardize the integrity of any predicated data, relating to that product. The term machinery relates to any metal moving or removing equipment which is largely mechanical in operation, but may have software management or recording facilities. Examples; could be metal working machinery such as CNC - machining-centers - milling - turning - drilling - packaging machinery.
In the US this is managed by the FDA. In Europe it is managed by EU. Many other countries also have an agency to manage this requirement and those that don't usually rely on the World Health Organization (WHO).
Machinery Validation and or qualification requires a suite of inter-related documents to be put into place. Each document should be constructed to a format and with a content that will satisfy the regulatory expectation for such a document. The regulations leave a certain amount of freedom to manipulate tests and inspections to save unnecessary retesting and ease access and downtime requirements. However this freedom does not affect the basic directives; which mandates, the documented need for the suite of documents to start at the VP then the URS and on through the VRA, DQ, IQ, OQ to the PQ. These regulatory requirements exists and must be complied with.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW MACHINERY VALIDATION TEMPLATE DOCUMENTS.
Machinery Validation Practices and Procedures.
The procurement process normally starts with the production of a documented requirement or group of requirements. For existing facilities this should take the form of a Change Request (CR). As soon as management has agreed to proceed with the CR, approval should be issued to produce a Validation Plan; sometimes called Quality Audit Plan (VP). This plan must be all encompassing. It must give assurance that all aspects of the proposed CR have been studied and the CR impact on existing facilities, utilities, product and personnel have been defined and the appropriate corrective or support actions planned for. A fully detailed User Requirements Specification (URS) can now be authored reviewed and published. Since developing the URS may raise problems that could not be anticipated when the VP was raised; a VP review is required to ensure all aspects of the final approved URS are fully catered for.
With the URS defined and the Validation Plan (VP) in development Validation Risk Assessment (VRA) must be authored and executed to establish the scope and depth of CNC validation that is appropriate for this equipment. This information must be published in the VP and used as the authority for all protocol development. Where vendor developed Functional Specifications FS) and or Design Specification (DS), are available they should be reviewed and referenced in the VP. Where these documents are not available a DS or FS may have to be retrospectively developed.
The installation of each validatable item and or system must be subjected to, and satisfy, an approved Installation Qualification (IQ) protocol. Details of the scope of the IQ, responsibilities for generating, reviewing and approving of this document must all be documented in the VP.
When the requirements of the IQ have been satisfied, all aspects of the operational capabilities of each system must be fully challenged and verified by the execution of a pre-approved Operational Qualification (OQ) protocol. As with the IQ; OQ scope and details of the persons responsible for generating, reviewing and approving of this document will be documented in the VP.
As soon as the executed IQ and OQ protocols having been reviewed and approved, a pre-approved Performance Qualification (P1Q) protocol or Process Qualification P2Q) (this requirement will be documented in the VP) must be issued for execution.The execution of this PQ must verify that the system performance requirements, as specified in the URS have been achieved, and that the system operates in a manner safe to the product and production personnel.


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Mentor Spotlight: Kevin Olson
Posted by Reeve Staff in Life After Paralysis on June 11, 2020 # Peer & Family Support Program Spotlight
Whenever Kevin Olson meets someone with paralysis or just someone who looks down and out, he gives them his business card which reads 'If not now, when?' and 'Been there, done that' and includes Olson's contact information.
"I decided a long time ago that if I ever had the opportunity to help someone, I would," says Olson. "Here I am, I can't move below my neck, and I still have high hopes and expectations. When others don't, I want to inspire them to realize there is life after injury."
Almost ten years ago, a car accident left Olson with a C1, C2 incomplete injury, the same level of injury as Christopher Reeve. He also has a fused C3 vertebrae.
"I essentially died after the accident, and I flat-lined again on the way to the hospital," says Olson who was 45 years old at the time. "I have had to overcome one hurdle after another including multiple surgeries and episodes of pneumonia. As a mentor, I can truly relate to many of the issues my peers [individuals who are being mentored] experience."
Although Olson has faced many personal ups and downs, he's managed to stay positive, a trait he partly credits to how he was raised and partly to his natural demeanor. In 2015, his sister introduced him to the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, and he applied to be a Peer & Family Support Program mentor.
"I enjoy being able to give back, and I wanted to help even more people," says Olson who has participated in multiple advisory panels for medical students, sharing his experiences living with paralysis.
Olson's first peer was a shy woman named Erin who also lives in the Phoenix area and has a similar level injury. In the four years since they were first connected, the two have become good friends and meet every couple of months for lunch. Erin recently became a certified Peer & Family Support Program mentor herself.
Olson is grateful that the Reeve Foundation was able to connect him with Erin.
"We never would have found each other otherwise," says Olson. "But it is up to the peer to make the first move and reach out to the Reeve Foundation. Talking to someone who can truly relate to you makes a phenomenal difference, and the sooner the better."
Olson also points out that his mentor relationships work both ways. His peers have taught him a lot as well. "We help each other. We support each other, and we try to share a good laugh along the way. Only another person with paralysis can relate to having an itch and not able to scratch it."
For more information on the Peer & Family Support Program and to request a mentor, please go to https://www.christopherreeve.org/get-support/get-a-peer-mentor.


The tale of the Tesla Model 3 teardown by Munro & Associates continues. Bloomberg published a piece today that again goes over the findings from the work carried out by the firm earlier this year, and includes some recent input from Sandy Munro, the eponymous founder of the firm. According to Mr. Munro, he sent Tesla — for free — a list of 227 ways in which they could improve the mid-size sedan.
We'll go over a few of those items in a moment, but first, a quick refresher. Contracted by an outside company to perform a complete teardown analysis of the Tesla Model 3, the consultancy released some initial findings in a video interview with Autoline back in February which we not especially complimentary. The phrase "the gaps on this car, you can see them from Mars," springs to mind.
Later that month, again with Autoline, they released some driving impressions, which were notably more positive. Aside from a quibble with the center screen containing all the driver's information and most of the controls, they very much enjoyed the driving experience. That positivity continued during Munro's next appearance, this time in the Autoline Afterhours studio. Though still critical of the build quality, he expressed some amount of astonishment at the sophistication of the electronics located within the car.
Finally, in July, Autoline visited Munro & Associates after the analysis was finally complete. This time around, in addition to positive notes about the battery and electronics, he admitted that "I have to eat crow," saying the car would be profitable "by over 30 percent."
So now that we're all caught up, what are some of the improvements Munro would like to see? They seem to be mostly body-related. For instance, he believes parts of the steel and aluminum frame to be somewhat redundant. The battery pack sits down there and already adds strength and rigidity. Another issue can be found around back in the trunk. Here, the body is made of as many as nine separate pieces held together with welds and rivets. According to Munro, other manufacturers might use a one-piece fiberglass trunk. By contrast, the Chevy Bolt, we're told, features a stamped piece of steel.
Perhaps it was because of the attention that the teardown got at the time, but Tesla CEO Elon Musk did talk with Munro about his findings. Apparently, one of the recommendations he made was for Musk to fire the person who had engineered the body, which he was promptly informed had already happened.
One of the other areas found to be ripe for improvement doesn't have as much with the car itself, but rather its manufacture. According to Munro and others interviewed for the piece, Tesla has too many people putting the vehicles together. Remember those welds and rivets? According to the analyst, that type of joining isn't suited to automation.
Bloomberg points out that when the plant was operating under the auspices of GM and Toyota, it produced as many as 450,000 vehicles a year with a headcount of about 4,400. Now, the same facility is said to have about 10,000 workers. Tesla may have more vertical integration going on, requiring more hands, but the difference between the two scenarios does point to room for improvement.
The good news is that the Tesla philosophy is one of continual improvement. Unlike other automakers, the Silicon Valley operation doesn't produce separate model years, preferring instead to improve its vehicles and production processes when it can. Certainly, it does this with its software, improving customer's cars years after they've been in their possession, and we can say that there has been a huge improvement in the fit and finish of the Model 3 since it first began limited production.
Whether they can improve their physical product and processes while increasing labor productivity, leading to profits is the yet unanswered question. Hopefully, we'll soon see a large positive step in that direction when the company's 3rd quarter financials results are announced.


Daphne is a city located in Baldwin County, Alabama. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 16,581.
Daphne is located at 30°37'52.640" North, 87°53'11.184" West (30.631289, -87.886440)Template:GR.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 36.5 km² (14.1 mi²). 34.9 km² (13.5 mi²) of it is land and 1.6 km² (0.6 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 4.47% water.
As of the censusTemplate:GR of 2000, there are 16,581 people, 6,563 households, and 4,672 families residing in the city. The population density is 475.3/km² (1,230.5/mi²). There are 7,222 housing units at an average density of 207.0/km² (536.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 85.33% White, 12.35% Black or African American, 0.30% Native American, 0.61% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.43% from other races, and 0.97% from two or more races. 1.53% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There are 6,563 households out of which 34.2% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.6% are married couples living together, 9.8% have a female householder with no husband present, and 28.8% are non-families. 24.6% of all households are made up of individuals and 5.5% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.50 and the average family size is 3.01.
In the city the population is spread out with 25.6% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 31.6% from 25 to 44, 25.6% from 45 to 64, and 10.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38 years. For every 100 females there are 94.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 92.4 males.
The median income for a household in the city is $52,603, and the median income for a family is $61,563. Males have a median income of $46,576 versus $29,052 for females. The per capita income for the city is $25,597. 4.5% of the population and 2.6% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 4.5% of those under the age of 18 and 7.0% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
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Forum: Off Topic Want to join us? Can you develop a sleep-tracker like wearable?
Want to join us? Can you develop a sleep-tracker like wearable?
We are startup. we have a technology, which helps people to fall asleep.
It would be great, if you live in Germany.


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// アセンブリに関する一般情報は以下の属性セットをとおして制御されます。
// アセンブリに関連付けられている情報を変更するには、
// これらの属性値を変更してください。
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[assembly: AssemblyDescription("Twitter And Common Network Operations Library")]
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The Mid-South Symphonic Band will host our season finale concert on May 20th at 3 pm at Ringgold High School Performing Arts Center, 29 Tiger Trail, Ringgold, GA. The concert is free to the public.
Start your summer off right! In addition to our standard patriotic tunes to prepare for the Memorial Day holiday, the band will entertain you with a piece inspired by the cold storm of the century 15 years ago.
Founded in 1990, the Mid-South Symphonic Band is comprised of 75 musicians from the greater Chattanooga area and performs under the direction of Jim Souders. This all volunteer organization is comprised of musicians from diverse backgrounds who enjoy sharing their talents with each other and with the community. Please check us out at www.midsouthsymphonicband.com or find our event on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/events/1868258506798231/ .
The band looks forward to seeing you at this free Sunday afternoon concert!


Are you in Solihull feeling hungry and on a tight budget? We got you covered! Here is a list of the cheap eats you must try in Solihull! Not just to fill your appetite but also to satisfy your taste buds!


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N'Gabacoro is een gemeente (commune) in de regio Koulikoro in Mali. De gemeente telt 18.300 inwoners (2009).

Gemeente in Mali

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Search - Bloody Fists on DVD
Bloody Fists
Actors: Chen Kuan-Tai, Chen Sing, Lindy Lim, Yue Mi, Henry Yue Young
Director: Ng See Yuen
Genres: Action & Adventure, Indie & Art House
Sub-Genres: Martial Arts, Hong Kong Action, Indie & Art House
Studio: Crash Cinema Media
Format: DVD - Color,Widescreen - Subtitled
Screens: Color,Widescreen
Languages: Chinese
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gussi | Stockholm, Sweden | 10/17/2003
"Basically it's about a bunch of Japanese martial arts experts harassing a Chinese village on the lookout for the sectret 'dragon herb'. The Japs face hard resistance from the Chinese fighters who run a martial arts academy up in the mountains. Unanticipated assistance in terms of fighting expertise, however, comes from a refugee on the run.The fighting scenes are not very realistic but cool anyway. A classic!"
One of the all time great basher movies. And it's widescreen
morgoth | omaha, NE | 02/16/2007
"The Japanese plan on opening a gym in China. While the Japanese vs. Chinese story is nothing new, great acting by Chen Sing really helps this movie out. Like most kung fu movies filmed in the 70's, the Japanese are portrayed as the cruelest people alive and will have a school in China no matter what they have to do. Trust me, 'Bloody Fists' lives up to it's name. The fists cause a good amount of blood to come out of people. Then you have Chen Sing who is Mr. Unstoppable and the Japanese become very worried about him. He is a fugitive but also a good guy and is willing to help the people in a village that he is visiting. When he gets sick, they take care of him. But everybody that helps him out get killed while he is ill. The Japanese are really looking for this special Dragon herb and the villagers don't want to give it up. Once Chen Sing is better and finds out everyone is dead, he goes to take revenge and it gets very bloody. This is a dark movie and is well directed by Ng See-Yuen. Not a classic because of the story but Ng does a good job of setting up all of the fights. It is not one of those movies that was shot in a day and has the hero just walking around and getting into fights. Chen Sing is very strong as the lead role and people should know by now, you don't mess with him! He rarely gets to play the lead role as the hero but used to in movies like this one, 'Heroes of the Wild', 'Shaolin Monk'(he plays Damo), and a few others. He was always a great actor and has extremely powerful fist forms.
You have to love San Kwai also. He is the hunchback in 'The Buddhist Fist' and has sort of an Elvis look going for him in this. Chen Kuan Tai('Executioners From Shaolin' and 'Killer Constable')also has one of the worst wigs ever. With Kuan Tai vs. Chen Sing, you know that it is going to be a good fight. Don't worry, they do finally throw down. And it is spectacular!
All of the fighting is classic basher style. It is from 1973 so don't expect it to be very refined but Yuen Woo Ping does a very good job making everything flow together. Only average action, but still, you will at least laugh out loud a few times. This, and other classics like 'One Armed Boxer' and 'King Boxer' were only the beginning of what kung fu movies would become a few years later. 3.5/5"


Being a company that really knows our garlic we like going that extra mile to keep ourselves as the leading industry experts in all things garlic. As we don't like things that aren't black and white and we really like numbers and facts to back things up with, we got in touch with Oxford University and we have developed a "thingy majigy" that we like to call the "Beacon Scale". For those who are interested we will go into more technical blurb further on, but in simple terms our Beacon Scale Meter will tell us the strength of our garlic. Over the past several months we have been trialling it and building up a history of garlic flavours and readings looking at different varieties, countries of origin and so on, this means that if you are producing garlic bread for instance you can be assured that we will know that the garlic you are using is to the correct flavour profile.
We have been working in collaboration with Oxford University to assess various batches and varieties of garlic over several months in order to establish whether we could develop a means of objectively (currently subjective organoleptic testing) determine the strength of garlic.
The main compound in garlic that determines its flavour is a family of organosulphur molecules. The newly developed methodology detects and enables the strength of a given garlic sample to be determined rapidly and accurately. The basis of this process is the quantification of the organosulphur concentration, which is achieved using an electrochemical system, where the organosulphur compounds are indirectly detected through the use of bromide. The method has been proven to be able to cover a whole range of garlic strength and the results showed an excellent correlation with organoleptic tests.
We are currently testing (exclusively to Beacon Foods at present) the prototype equipment for the Electrochemical Detection of the Strength of Garlic, which will enable us going forward to objectively evaluate the differences in garlic strength between varieties and seasonality. So keep your eyes peeled!


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Tungsten Network launches billing service for Accounts Receivable departments
Source: Tungsten Networks
Tungsten Network, the global digital automation platform, has dramatically expanded the scope of its invoicing services with the official launch of Tungsten Network e-billing.
This new service represents a logical step for Tungsten to better serve all the members of its digital platform.
The new service will enable Accounts Receivable (AR) departments worldwide to send 100 per cent of their outbound invoices through a single service provider and have them delivered in the preferred format of the recipient, regardless of whether their customers are registered on Tungsten Network. It complements Tungsten Network's e-invoicing solution, aimed at removing friction from Accounts Payable (AP) processes, providing companies a unique opportunity to digitally automate their accounting processes on both sides of the ledger.
Tungsten Network e-billing customers will digitally send their outbound invoice data to Tungsten Network via single connection. Invoices are processed by Tungsten Network, validated in accordance with global tax-compliance standards, and delivered both on- and off-Network. Tungsten Network delivers the invoices in the recipient's required format, whether digital, a PDF email attachment, or via a printing and postal service, allowing Tungsten Network customers to easily meet the diverse interoperability requirements of connecting with their own customers. This will dramatically increase invoice-processing efficiencies and drive down the cost of getting paid for the goods and services they provide.
Creating a more efficient AR process increases the control Tungsten Network customers have over their working capital position. In particular, it has a positive effect on days sales outstanding (DSO), a financial ratio that illustrates how well a company's accounts are managed.
Finance departments will also benefit from enhanced visibility because they can have access to all of their digital invoice data through a single portal. They also have the opportunity to magnify the benefits they feel from being part of Tungsten Network through its value-added products, like Tungsten Network's Analytics solution.
Richard Hurwitz, Tungsten Network CEO, said: "Offering a comprehensive billing service represents a strategic move to open up Tungsten Network's technology to even more businesses. E-billing customers send all invoices via the same connection and in the same way, whether on- or off-Network. As part of our strategy to add complementary adjacent services, we have now enhanced the value proposition we offer to our customers by allowing both AP and AR departments to take the lead in introducing digitisation and to get better visibility on their finances. This also allows Tungsten Network to initiate engagements with its customers from multiple points."
A global leader in e-invoicing, Tungsten Network creates valid, tax-compliant documents across 48 different countries. With all invoices issued through a single solution across 192 countries, Tungsten Network e-billing will also give businesses the ability to ensure compliance while at the same time improving payment processes.
The expansion builds on the value-added services already offered by Tungsten Network, including access to Tungsten Network Finance. As the platform currently sitting at the centre of £164bn worth of transactions every year, Tungsten Network is able to turn this data into actionable insight for its customers.
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The future of science
By Amber Kispert-Smith on Feb 19, 2011 at 11:30 a.m.
East Ridge High School student Mwape Kalambata works on some research in Project Lead the Way's biomedical science program. The program has students exploring the various dimensions of the biomedical field from diseases to the human body through experiments, research and exploration.
It's an average day at East Ridge High School. Students go to classes, teachers lecture. But in Nancy Berg's biomedical sciences class, it's a whole different ballgame.
Inside Berg's classroom, students are in the process of creating HeLa cells, a cancerous cell strand that has been used in every aspect of scientific research for the past 50 years.
Berg's biomedical sciences class is just one example of the big Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) curriculum push that is taking place nationally.
District 833 held its second annual "STEM Career Day" on Feb. 8 at Five Oaks Community Church.
The career day saw students hearing from STEM professionals and exploring potential STEM career and education options.
"STEM is the big push in the country right now because corporations don't feel that students are being prepared for their job market," Berg said. "Instead of waiting until they get to college to start getting interested in STEM, they want it to start earlier.
"They want to start getting kids interested and start getting people channeled in that direction at an early age, so these corporations have people that are ready to fill those niches."
Within District 833, the STEM curriculum push can be see through its Gateway to Technology program in the middle schools and the Project Lead the Way programs at Woodbury and East Ridge high schools.
The Gateway to Technology Program is a six-week program, which has students explore the areas of technology, design and models, automation and robotics, energy and the environment, flight and space and electrons.
At the high schools, the Project Lead the Way curriculum is split up into two different programs -- engineering and biomedical sciences.
"Engineering came about because it wanted to try and get kids interested in engineering young so they could train them and get into the field because there was a huge shortage of engineers," Berg said. "Biomedical sciences came about because health care projects that 25 percent of all new jobs in the next 15 years will be in biomedical sciences."
The engineering course, which started in 1998, has students using 3D design software; exploring aerodynamics, astronautics and space life sciences; applying biological and engineering concepts related to biomechanics; and designing, testing and constructing actual circuits and devices.
At East Ridge High School, more than 100 students are in the class.
The curriculum, which is a four year program, is divided into eight classes which include: introduction to engineering design, principles of engineering, digital electronics, aerospace engineering, biotechnical engineering, civil engineering and architecture, computer integrated manufacturing and engineering design and development.
The newest Project Lead the Way program biomedical sciences was developed about three years ago.
East Ridge High School was the first school in the country to implement the program and Berg was the first teacher to teach the program. East Ridge currently has 131 students in the program.
The biomedical sciences program has students exploring concepts of human medicine, introducing them to bioinformatics; examining the processes, structures and interactions of the human body; studying prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases; and investigating innovative and designing innovative solutions.
The four-year curriculum is broken into four classes: principles of biomedical sciences, human body system, medical interventions and biomedical innovation.
Teacher as facilitator
The Project Lead the Way programs are different from other science classes in that they are a college-level class and are inquiry based, Berg said.
"The learning goes from teacher-centered instruction to student-centered inquiry and problem-solving," she said. "The kids have to be very intrinsically motivated because the teacher is a facilitator basically.
"It's a paradigm shift in teaching methods."
Both the engineering and the biomedical sciences programs has teachers giving their students a problem or inquiry, and it is up to the students to find the answer through research and hands-on experiments.
"Students don't want to sit and listen to a teacher talk -- that's not how you learn," Berg said. "(Project Lead the Way) is absolutely the way science should be taught."
Senior Brianna Schuler, of Woodbury, said she chose to take the biomedical sciences course because she thought it was looked interesting and she wants to have a future in medicine.
"I really enjoy how you get an in-depth look at everything and you get to see sides of the experiment that you don't usually get," she said. "You get things you don't with other science classes.
"The class is definitely challenging because it's a bunch of concepts I haven't really looked at before."
'A monster run wild'
Sophomore Lauren Buchal, of Cottage Grove, said the biomedical sciences course gives her a taste of what a career as a doctor might be like.
"Since I was little I kind of wanted to be a doctor, so I wanted to know if I actually liked it and it was something that I wanted to do when I was older," she said. "The course prepares you for if you want to be a doctor and what it's like to be a doctor."
Berg said she foresees the emphasis on STEM curriculum continuing to grow.
"I think it's a monster that's run wild," she said.
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Amber Kispert-Smith has been the schools and Afton reporter at the Woodbury Bulletin since 2008. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Minnesota. She previously worked as a reporter for Press Publications in White Bear Lake.
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I was very excited this past weekend to finally meet my "boss," Amy Sharony, and her husband, Jason, at the National Alliance for Secular Homeschooler's inaugural conference in Atlanta, Georgia. We met there to help promote the magazine, but I was more excited about meeting them in person for the first time! They are the sweetest couple ever! It was nice to see how enthusiastic they are about the magazine (because I am too!) and how they plan to keep it going. It takes time to build up everything we envision for home / school / life, and it can be frustrating when it's basically just three people working on the major parts of the operation, but hey — we'll keep working slow but sure and get it all done somehow!
I wrote about our meeting and what we talked about, especially some of our plans for the future of the magazine on the home / school / life blog, and I hope you'll read about that by clicking here.
THIS GIVE-AWAY HAS OFFICIALLY ENDED. THANK YOU TO ALL WHO TOOK ADVANTAGE!
But I saved something more fun for my blog readers! 😉 Amy and Jason had these little coupons made up for people at the conference that allows them to download the summer issue for free. I grabbed 10 of them, and I thought I would share them with you. So, if you haven't subscribed to the magazine yet – maybe you're not sure about it and you'd like to check it out first – send me an e-mail at shelli@homeschoollifemag.com. I'll give the code for the free issue to the first TEN people who e-mail me before midnight on Wednesday night. So send me that e-mail now! If you know someone who you'd like to give the magazine to, send me an e-mail and copy them, and I will send them the code too.
Hi! I'm hoping I'm in the first ten!
Just emailed. This magazine looks great!
I took a quick flip through the issue and I love it! Reminds me of the late, great Wondertime, my favorite parenting mag (also one of my favorite magazines ever, frankly). Can't wait to explore more.


Afifah School is an independent day school. It caters for pupils aged two to 16 years. There are mixed-gender classes in the early years and primary phase, but girls only in the secondary phase. The school was registered in 2001. It is situated near Manchester city centre in a residential area of Old Trafford. It is a school with an Islamic religious character. The school's aim is to develop 'every student's mind, body and soul, by promoting academic progress and nurturing their intellectual, physical, spiritual and social potential for the benefit of the wider community.' The school does not use alternative provision.
This is a good school The headteacher leads the school in a calm, focused way. He strikes the right balance between his strategic leadership role and the day-to-day running of the school. He has ensured that the school is compliant with all of the independent school standards. Leaders are continually looking for ways to improve in their desire to provide the highest-quality education for their pupils. To this end, they are very outward-looking, working with a range of external agencies and the local authority. Despite the school's small size and limited resources, leaders ensure that pupils have access to a broad curriculum. The personal development and welfare of its pupils is at the heart of the school's ethos and culture. Pupils leave Year 11 very well prepared to take an active part in modern British society. Children who attend the pre-school benefit from high-quality provision as a result of strong leadership. Most pupils benefit from good teaching that enables them to learn successfully. Opportunities for leaders to raise the quality of teaching further across the school are limited as there is no ongoing professional development programme for staff. Throughout their time in school, pupils make good progress and attain standards that are at least in line with national averages. Leaders do not monitor effectively enough the progress of the small number of pupils who have special educational needs and/or disabilities. This means that targeted support for these pupils is not as effective as it should be. The actions that leaders have taken to improve attendance have had some impact. However, too many pupils are still not attending school regularly, particularly in the primary phase. Pupils are routinely respectful, polite and helpful to their peers and adults. Compliance with regulatory requirements The school meets the requirements of the schedule to the Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014 ('the independent school standards') and the associated requirements.


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24April 2014
TextOlivia Singer
Fashion Revolution Day encourages consumers to know where your clothes come fromKeiron O'Connor
Ethical fashion is feminist fashion
As the first Fashion Revolution Day kicks off, Dazed explains why considering the labour behind your label is the ultimate feminist act
This time last year, the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh collapsed, killing 1,133 workers and injuring over 2,500. The factory was home to manufacturers making clothes for companies like Walmart and Primark, and the tragedy was inextricably linked with the way we live our daily lives, ones often facilitated by super-cheap, super-fast fashion.
Fair trade pioneer Carry Somers is hoping something will change. Today marks the first Fashion Revolution Day, a global initiative that Somers founded to provoke a conversation about where our clothes come from. Somers is organising an international calendar of sustainable fashion events and is encouraging people to wear their clothes inside out with their labels on show and share images on social media with the hashtag #INSIDEOUT. Rather than just being a way of seeing who can actually afford the SS14 collections, the initiative will hopefully provoke consideration for the repercussions of unethically sourced fashion, which are particularly vast for women in developing countries.
"The Rana Plaza disaster was a catalyst for change," Somers told us. "It has enabled us to create a platform which brings together everyone who wants to see a more sustainable future for fashion."
It might seem bizarre to be celebrating an industry that was essentially responsible for the tragedy last year (and many more besides). But the conversation around garment manufacture is tied to how we look at fashion, and events like Fashion Revolution Day promotes change where it needs to happen.
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The Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh killed 1,133 workers and injured over 2,500
Over 80% of Bangladesh's export market is made up of garment manufacture. Over half that output is then sold to EU countries. Not only are their faceless multinational buyers accountable for ensuring basic safety, but so are we: the people who actually buy the poly-blend t-shirts and runway rip-offs that have made these companies billions.
At the bottom end, the creative industries are less lucrative than ever. It is a bad time to be a journalist, an artist or a new fashion designer: however much we re-embrace the 90s, the glory years of grants and artistic bursaries are over. High street chains are more appealing than ever: they cater to those on below-living-wage salaries with an appreciation for runway fashion. In spite of this, it is important to remember how deeply the high street contradicts the ethics we embrace in our everyday lives.
85% of Bangladeshi factory workers are women. While western feminism is often quick to focus on the inequality around us, there is often a perverse blindness as to the impact of our purchasing power and privilege further afield. When feminist women shop in stores that directly profit from the exploitation of other disenfranchised women, we betray our own politics in a grotesque case of wilful ignorance.
The effects of globalisation are not uniquely a feminist problem, but they play into an international sphere of cultural inequality. The reasons why the significant majority of factory workers are women are not exclusive to Bangladesh: women all over the world have the poorest access to education and the least lucrative jobs. Bangladeshi women are affected by the same endemic stereotypes that plague women everywhere. While the repercussions of those stereotypes are amplified in Bangladesh, they are not original: they are the same reasons that mean women in the UK are paid 85 pence to a man's pound.
Women in Bangladesh factoryscreenshot via Channel 4 News
Bangladeshi women have fewer options for employment than their male counterparts; they have to take the jobs that nobody wants, the jobs where their lives are at risk, where they are rarely offered maternity support and frequently face sexual harassment (Action Aid in Bangladesh estimates 20% of women are engaging in sex at the workplace).
But it isn't quite as easy as just not buying clothes that have 'Made in Bangladesh' on the label or abandoning fluro-lit chain stores. Stopping trade with Bangladesh or boycotting organisations that profit from inequality doesn't mean these women will be able to break free of stereotypes and rise up to claim executive positions, Sheryl Sandberg-style: it means that they will be left jobless and in poverty.
Despite the geographical distance, there are more than a few similarities between us female consumers and a factory worker in Bangladesh. Acknowledging this means we can reframe the problem with a greater sense of global accountability: events like the Rana Plaza collapse aren't distant 'third world' phenomenona.
These are issues that can only be fully resolved by both looking at the supply chains that facilitate our lifestyles and working to promote universal gender equality. We need to remember that feminism is not just for white women and we need to ask for transparency in fashion manufacturing – it's only then we can address these problems both at their root causes while preventing their dangerous manifestations.
It might be easy to pass off Fashion Revolution Day as yet another date on the philanthropic calendar, but campaigning for revolution shouldn't be dismissed. Without sounding too much like a hemp-wearing anarchist, it is literally the responses of trend-chasing consumers (that's us!) that can change these problems. It is not just government legislation that can change the lives of Bangladeshi women, their families and children – it is us, the frequent fashion consumers, that brands are forced to listen to. (Maybe one of capitalism's singular pros in a sea of cons.)
"Fashion Revolution will challenge the industry to do better, celebrate fashion and spread excitement about the power it has to make big changes happen," explains Somers. "I hope that by showcasing best practice, we can change lives."
And if all that doesn't convince you to reconsider holding yourself and the brands you buy from accountable, then wearing your clothes inside out might make them look like Margiela.
To find out more about Fashion Revolution Day, go to fashionrevolution.org. If you would like to support the victims of the Rana Plaza disaster and their families, you can donate to the Rana Plaza Donors Trust Fund here.
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Statement at the at the Informal meeting of environment and transport ministers of the EU in Graz, October 2018.
Statement at "The EUs vision for a modern, clean and competitive economy". Stakeholder consultation high level public event, Brussels 11 July 2018.
Held at Nydalsdammen, Akerselva. Pep-talk at the Akereselva World Environment Day Clean-Up event, Tuesday June 5th, 2018.
Opening address by Minister Ola Elvestuen at the ASEM Conference on Green Shipping, Blue Business, Moving Forward Together, in Singapore April 26th 2018.


Nothing is lovelier than an early morning ride on the week-end. The streets are (almost) devoid of cars, the hectic bicycle commuters are still asleep. I have the place to myself. As in the past few days, I was out at seven, hoping for a ray of sun through the clouds at sunrise. No luck on that account today.
I rode through the streets of Schwabing, then to the English Garden and had my new lens with me, a tricky lens that I don't yet have much experience with, and so far have had very limited success with. If used properly, the lens gives you a slice of sharpness and the rest of the photo is a soft blur that doesn't distract from the subject of the photo - which should be the slice that is in focus. Today's photos weren't too successful, either. It seems I have been making the slice too thin and the blur too strong, just overdoing it. Below are the few pictures I have salvaged from the many that I took. I am looking forward to getting out again to apply what I hopefully learned this time around.


What are the adv to migrate from USPVM to HUSVM compared with a non HDS storage besides the compatibility of shadow imgae scripts?
I would say HUSVM comes at a very attractive price point and hence has become a best seller. You get enterprise features at a mid range price point.
It also offers the prospect of combining, block, file and object based solution, something your organization can leverage to optimize the usage of disk capacity and retain data for longer.


The templates that ship with Premiere Pro employ creative uses of these effects: Convolution Kernel, Fast Color Corrector (Blue Lens), Gaussian Blur, or Levels (Animated Diagonal Glow). Watch the �... The most efficient (well, okay, least inefficient) way to accomplish this in Photoshop would probably be to make a selection over the part you want to blur, then feather it a few pixels (depending on the size of your image) and apply a Gaussian blur.
Add another gaussian blur and this one only blur the horizontal by 50 or 75 (whatever looks good.) Repeat edge pixels here, too. Repeat edge pixels here, too. Add a track matte key effect to the underlying video and choose the animated shape that we just created.... Check out the Premiere Pro Blog and Adobe TV for an overview of all the new Premiere Pro CC features. The ability to track effects is a common request, as you often need to be able to blur or otherwise obscure someones face/product because of permission/copyrights.
I'm new to Premiere and I want to know how do I add a blur like this, I saw a lot of tutorials in YT teaching how to add blur only to a section (That's what I want) but I don't have the desired results. It doesn't blurs at all, I can still read the text I blurred even making the blur high.
n Adobe Premiere Pro (CS5 to CS6, or any CC version): 1. From the Effects window (Video Effects > Pixelan folder) of Premiere Pro, drag a Blur-Sharpen effects plugin on a clip.
Then, drag the 'Gaussian Blur' effect to your clip. Next, go to the 'Effects Control' to make your adjustments to the blur. Next, go to the 'Effects Control' to make your adjustments to the blur. The dream look is in soft focus and is not a complete blur.


In conjunction with "Dream night", Parques Reunidos holds events or activities aimed at children suffering from chronic and/or long-term illnesses. These activities will be carried out on request or, in the case of the Dream Night, they are held one day a year.
The objective is to offer these children a unique experience at Selwo Aventura by giving them the opportunity to experience new, magical sensations, in direct contact with the animals.
During these events they learn a bit more about the work of the keepers, they visit the park, participate in workshops, they receive wild gifts and they have a picnic outside surrounded by the most amazing animals and their loved ones.


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Brewster Building (Queens)
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View of the building from the south, including a bit of 27th St
The Brewster Building is a 400,000-square-foot (37,000 m2) building at 27-01 Queens Plaza North in Long Island City, Queens, New York City. Once an assembly plant for Rolls Royce cars and Brewster cars and Brewster Buffalo airplanes, it is now the corporate headquarters for JetBlue.
1.1 Brewster
1.2 Rolls-Royce
1.3 Brewster returns
1.4 Disrepair
1.5 JetBlue
Brewster[edit]
The building designed by Stephenson & Wheeler[1] opened in 1911 to handle the assembly of the chassis for the Brewster cars that were being built since 1905 at 47th Street and Broadway in Times Square in nearby Manhattan. The building was one of the first major developments at the foot of the Queensboro Bridge, opened in 1909, which reduced car transport from Queens to Times Square to a matter of minutes. In 1915 it began building the Brewster Knight.
Rolls-Royce[edit]
In 1925, the company was bought by Rolls-Royce of America, which had been operating out of a plant in Springfield, Massachusetts. In 1931, the Rolls Royce Springfield operation ended. From 1931 to 1934, Rolls-Royce Phantom II chassis were shipped directly to the Long Island City plant when Rolls Royce terminated its United States assembly program.[2]
Brewster returns[edit]
From 1934 to 1936, under J. S. Inskip, Brewster automobiles using Ford chassis were built at the plant. The Brewster operation ceased in 1936.[2] The Brewster Aeronautical Corporation manufactured the Brewster F2A Buffalo and a version of the Vought F4U Corsair known as the F3A-1 during World War II at the plant. The multi-story layout of the building limited airplane production efficiency. The aircraft were flown from Roosevelt Field (airport) in nearby Mineola.[3]
Disrepair[edit]
The building fell into disrepair following the war and its landmark clock tower was dismantled in 1950. A series of garment manufacturers occupied the building until 1996.[1] In 1996, Brause Realty extensively remodeled the building and an adjoining 12-story tower and it became an operational center for Metropolitan Life Insurance with 1,500 employees.[4]
JetBlue[edit]
In 2010, JetBlue announced it would combine its existing large Kew Gardens, New York and existing small 70-person Darien, Connecticut office staff members into the building, bringing 1,000 employees to it. JetBlue is the only major airline headquartered in New York City.[5] The new headquarters is 6 miles (9.7 km) from the previous one.[6] JetBlue, looking for a new corporate headquarters, had also considered Orlando, Florida. As part of taking on the moniker of being the hometown airline of New York City, JetBlue announced it would be joint branding the "I Love New York" logo.[5] JetBlue stated in 2012 that it plans to construct a 40-foot (12 m) lighted sign stating "JetBlue" on top of the 8th floor, adjacent to the outdoor terrace.[7]
^ a b Gray, Christopher (22 July 2001). "Streetscapes/Long Island City, Queens; After Hard Times, 1910 Auto Factory Gets New Life". New York Times. p. 2. Retrieved 2011-03-24.
^ a b "Brewster Car Society". Dons-neatstuff.com. 1937-08-18. Retrieved 2011-03-24.
^ Stoff, Joshua "Long Island Aircraft Manufacturers",Arcadia Publishing 2010.
^ "Brause Realty, Inc. - Real Estate Owners, Developers and Managers". Brauserealty.com. Retrieved 2011-03-24.
^ a b "JetBlue Airways - Press Releases". Investor.jetblue.com. Archived from the original on 2014-07-18. Retrieved 2011-03-24.
^ "Leave New York City? Fuggedaboutit! Archived 2013-12-15 at the Wayback Machine" JetBlue Airways. March 22, 2010. Retrieved on August 23, 2012.
^ "Taking JetBlue To The Sky(line) In Our New Home Archived 2012-08-22 at the Wayback Machine." JetBlue Airways. February 7, 2012. Retrieved on August 23, 2012.
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Each year in Britain we mark the start of a New Year on the 1st January. Often following an evening of celebrations on 31st December, including the singing of Auld Lang Syne, ('Auld Lang Syne' is Scottish for 'times gone by.'), listening to Big Ben chime midnight, going to parties, and setting off fireworks.
Other countries and cultures mark the beginning of their year at different times, and in very different ways.
For example, the Chinese New Year is celebrated on the first day of the lunar calendar, and can fall on any day between 20 January and 20 February. The celebrations for this festival are bright, cheerful and noisy, involving fireworks, dancing Chinese dragons, and the giving and receiving of money, often in small red envelopes.
In Thailand, New Year is called Songkran, and isn't celebrated until Springtime, on either 13th April or 14th April. During Songkran water is thrown over Buddha statutes as a blessing. This water is then gathered up and used to give good fortune to elders of the family by gently pouring it onto their shoulders.
Followers of the Sikh Religion mark their New Year on 14th March, in time with the birth of their first Guru, Guru Nanak.
Muslims celebrate the Hijri New Year. This begins on the first day of the month of Muharram. Like the Chinese and Vietnamese calendars, the Islamic calendar is lunar, so New Year's Day is on a different date each year.
Followers of the Hindu religion celebrate their New Year at two different times of the year depending on which strain of the religion they follow. In Southern India they celebrate New Year around 14th April when the Sun enters Aries on the calendar. In Northern India it is celebrated on 23rd or 24th March, on the first day of the Chaitru month.
Whenever and wherever New Year's Day is marked, it is usually celebrated with feasting, thoughts of the year past, and shared hopes for the future.