We bring back Kombucha at the first of the year to chat about the benefits of good gut health. Many of you may be working on your New Years Resolutions, they may include, Detoxing and better body perception or a more ground emotional outlook. Lucky for you, we are here to help you out! In Jan we have our new Fresh Start Detox Kits that will help to nourish and support you in your new beginnings. Kombucha is a excellent thing to team up with for your detoxing. Kombucha helps to support good gut health. Your Gut is known as your first brain and can really help to support a more grounded emotional approach.
If you have ever tried Kombucha your first response may have been, "What the heck was that!" This sour, but sweet bubbly concoction that is good for you often sends a look of confusion to people's faces with the first sip. Kombucha is a fermented bubbly beverage that has living probiotics in it. For over 2000 years this strange botanical bacteria beverage has been used for gut health, soothing digestion, boosting energy levels, reducing stress and much more. The elders of the Ancient Chinese culture used it as a tonic for reducing inflammation and cancer.
Making Kombucha is a fun fermentation skill set to have under your belt. You really only need a few things to get started with your own batch of Kombucha. What you will need to get your first batch going is a SCOBY or mother culture, sugar and black tea. Eva's Herbucha has a great starter kit! The nice thing about making Kombucha is that you can flavor it with most anything. Maybe you like lemon–cayenne, fresh berries or looking for a little more support for emotional imbalances.
It only takes a few weeks to make your own batch of Kombucha. This blend will help with to boost your moody winter blues while nourishing your gut health. Watch me live on KGW8 on Jan 30th , at 4pm, for this months product making tip!
*Several containers for putting the Kombucha in. (Approximately 1 gallon's worth).
Bring approximately 4 quarts of distilled water to a boil. Pull from heat and add the sugar. Stir with a wooden spoon until it has dissolved. Take the tea and put into the stock pot with the sugar and put the lid on to let steep until the liquid has cooled to room temperature.
Once the tea's cooled then add your SCOBY to the sterile gallon jar and add the tea to the gallon jar.
Place a cheese cloth or coffee filter over the top of the gallon jar and seal with a rubber band. Keep it in a dark location at room temperature for 2-4 weeks. The first time you make this I would take a sample each 7 days to understand the difference in sweetness vs sourness. I tend to like mine right around the 14 day period. Label and date.
After you achieve your desired bubbly, sour/sweetness, you will need to pour off the liquid into another gallon jar. You will want to leave a little bit of liquid (approx. 1 cup) in the original jar with the SCOBY. You can go ahead and start another batch of Kombucha or leave the SCOBY in a dark place for the next round. Close up the gallon jar with a lid that is not metal. The metal has a tendency to kill the SCOBY.
This blend will help to give you a little boost for the winter blues.
-Take your second gallon jar with only the Kombucha and no SCOBY. It is time to be creative and add your flavor.
-Add all flavor or above ingredients to your gallon and add the cheese cloth and rubber band around the top. Let it sit for another 2-4 days to infuse the Kombucha with the other ingredients. It is important to not add other ingredients to the first fermentation because many things can kill the SCOBY. Label and date.
-Strain your other ingredients from the Komucha and bottle up.
-Label up your bottles with the ingredients and date.
Learning to make your own herbal products is a fun evolution to bringing balance to your life. On your person and in your home. We understand that not everyone likes to make his or her own products.
We take great pleasure in creating products and recipes for you. However, if you are interested in going more in depth to make all your own herbal products get signed up for THS Make Your Own: Herbal Product Series, Beginning in March 2019. In this 4 month, hands-on, program we will dive into making an assortment of products for your hair, skin, body and home. Space is limited. Secure your spot today! Early Bird Special $100 off till Mar 1st.


HALIFAX (Monday, 14 September 2015)—The undersigned organizations have issued a joint letter to the major political parties in Canada calling on them to make concrete commitments to reform Canada's access to information system.
Strengthen the Office of the Information Commissioner with a larger mandate and order-making power.
Eliminate loopholes and blanket exclusions and minimize exceptions to the Access to Information Act.
Expand the scope of the Act to include all public authorities and other bodies which perform a public function or receive significant public funding.
Require public officials to document and preserve all records of their decision-making.
How can Canadians help reform Canada's access to information system?
Send an email to your representatives: using the following simple one-click platform, you can easily make your right to information a priority to federal party leaders and your local MPs and senators based on your postal code.
Share your views on social media: tweet at Secretary of the Treasury Board @TonyclementCPC, Liberal Open Government Critic @Scott_Simms and NDP Treasury Board Critic @MRavignat using #ATIreform and #cdnfoi to let them know that you want to see immediate reforms to Canada's access to information system.
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Instagram is the fastest-growing social network, with over 1 billion users across the world. It's captured users with its visual content, infinite scroll, discovery features, and engaging Stories. It has also been one of the valuable tools for marketers: Over 25 million businesses have an Instagram profile and 80% of users follow a brand. Sixty percent of people even say they've discovered new products on the social network.
Instagram may have launched as a photo-sharing app, but the introduction of video in 2013 has helped skyrocket its popularity and success. It's easy to see why: People across the globe can share their experiences with family, friends, and audiences with the tap of a button. Brands also have more opportunities than ever before to engage customers with video by incorporating them into ads, carousel posts, and Stories. It's no surprise, then, that the number of videos produced each day has increased by 4X each year.
Now, it's even easier for brands to publish video on Instagram.
Brands can now publish video directly to Instagram without having to leave the Sprinklr platform. In the past, they've only been able to post Instagram text and photo through Sprinklr.
With video publishing, brands can more easily create and manage cross-platform campaigns, access Instagram video analytics, learn about their audiences, and optimize their strategies right in the Sprinklr suite.
Sprinklr's mission is to help the world's most valuable brands create happy customers. As an official Instagram Partner, we've long empowered brands to launch and manage Instagram campaigns through our all-in-one social suite. Just look at Sonos, which reached 19 million people and saw a 19X return on ad spend through its Instagram and Facebook video ad campaign.
Now, we're making it easier than ever before for brands to engage their social communities and create meaningful customer experiences on Instagram – all in one, integrated platform.
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Located in Qingdao with Pichai Courtyard nearby, Qingdao Limi Apartment Near Beach has accommodations with free WiFi. Accommodations feature a flat-screen TV, a private bathroom and a fully equipped kitchen with a fridge. St. Michael's Cathedral Church is 1.4 miles from the apartment, while Zhan Qiao Pier is 1.8 miles from the property. The nearest airport is Qingdao Liuting International Airport, 19 miles from Qingdao Limi Apartment Near Beach.


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Le tournoi de Dublin est un tournoi de tennis. L'édition féminine 1969 se dispute du 7 au .

Billie Jean King remporte le simple dames. En finale, elle bat Virginia Wade.

L'épreuve de double voit quant à elle s'imposer Karen Krantzcke et Kerry Melville.

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Résultats en double

Tableau final

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by 23rdPrecinct	on November 8, 2012 August 6, 2020
The Magnificent Seven
Author: Rob Lyon
Melbourne rockers The Living End are about to attempt one of Australian music's biggest undertakings: playing seven nights in a row in each capital city, playing a different Living End album in its entirety each night. Frontman Chris Cheney talks more about the upcoming tour.
Considering there are six cracking Living End albums (including their barnstorming self-titled 1998 debut, which the band will play twice at each stop), the tour has to be The Living End's biggest of this magnitude.
"I think it kind of is!" Cheney agrees. "What I'm finding is that it is a different sort of workload. It's one thing to say we're going to go out on tour and take pyrotechnics, back-up dancers and singers – not that we've ever had that – but that's on a different scale. This is grand on a whole other level; having to learn 80 songs and the fact that we're playing seven nights in a row. It's enormous, but there's something enormously exciting about it for us."
It must be great to have so much love from the fans to support this concept?
"We're still a little way out but the whole tour has sold incredibly well. There are some nights that have sold better than others and the initial idea was to celebrate our first record. Then the idea came along to do all our records, but then we wondered if anyone would come to the State Of Emergency or Modern Artillery nights. We thought they probably would as each album has done well on its merit. with successful radio singles off each album. The tour has sold really well and different generations of fans were around for different albums, which is an amazing thing the way it is unfolding."
Cheney laughs when it's suggested he might go spare spending a week in Adelaide.
"I don't think I've ever spent a week in Adelaide but I'm looking forward to it. I know you guys cop a bit of stick down there but I've always been very partial to playing in Adelaide. Ever since we were first out of high school we played little gigs there and we've always gone down well there. Having a South Australian in the band [Andy Strachan, drums], it has always been one of those consistent places for us. It sounds like I'm trying to sell it, but I can assure you I'm not – I'm legit and Adelaide is a special place for the band."
Are you planning to get out and about or sit back and count the cash?
"Counting the cash shouldn't take too long! Andy has friends and relatives there and I have a lot of friends and relatives there too so it will be nice to go out and see them. Normally it is a quick beer after the show and keep moving."
Where do you go after a tour of this size – will it be hard to reel it back in next time?
"We haven't put a great deal of thought into it as it has been such a massive exercise already. This tour takes us right up to Christmas and then we'll do our own thing before regrouping at some point. I can't see any reason why we wouldn't make another album. I can see how it may smell like a final lap around the country, but this is something we've felt like doing and the right time to do it now. After the last album I didn't feel like there was any lack of ideas and there is the hunger to do another – [it's] not the notion we better do another album. I feel we're still on the same path and have a point to prove with each album."
Will there be a live recording or DVD release to commemorate this tour?
"As far as I know we're going to try and document the whole thing. We're going to film and record it like we have done in the past but we've never wanted to approve it, as the three of us cringe our way through an entire set and say, 'Nah, fuck it – put in on the shelf. I can't handle listening to this!'"
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Is there a possibility of The Living End frontman Chris Cheney releasing a solo project in the coming years?
"I'd very much like to think so. I have a heap of tunes lying around and a lot of ideas. This band is all-consuming and so full-on that it is hard to think about other things. It has been in the back of my mind for a while now and having done things like [He Will Have His Way's Crowded House cover] Distant Sun and The Wrights was a good diversion I suppose. I'm not ruling it out!"
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Reflection statements tend to elicit deeper awareness of feelings. A well-timed reflection can reveal an emotion that has escaped the client's notice.
Bell's palsy is an inflammatory condition involving the facial nerve (cranial nerve VII). Although it results in facial paralysis, it is not the same as a stroke or cerebrovascular accident (CVA). Many clients fear that they have had a CVA when the symptoms of Bell's palsy appear, and they commonly believe that the paralysis is permanent. Symptoms resolve, although it may take several weeks.
Abdominal peritoneoscopy is performed to directly visualize the liver, gallbladder, spleen, and stomach after the insufflation of nitrous oxide. During the procedure, a rigid laparoscope is inserted through a small incision in the abdomen. A microscope in the endoscope allows visualization of the organs and provides a way to collect a specimen for biopsy or to remove small tumors.
The client experiencing a precipitate labor may have more difficulty maintaining control because of the abrupt onset and quick progression of the labor. This may be very different from previous labor experiences; therefore, the client needs support from the nurse in order to understand and adapt to the rapid progression. The contractions often increase in intensity quickly, adding to the pain, anxiety, and lack of control. The client may also have an increased amount of concern about the effect of the labor on the newborn infant. Lack of control over the situation combined with increased pain and anxiety can result in a decreased level of satisfaction with the labor and delivery experience.
Clients have a concern for the safety of their baby during labor and delivery, especially when a problem arises. Empathy and a calm attitude with realistic reassurances are an important aspect of client care. Dismissing or ignoring the client's concerns can lead to increased fear and lack of cooperation.
When caring for individuals from a different culture, it is important to ask questions about their specific cultural needs and means of treatment. An understanding of the family's beliefs and health practices is essential to successful interventions for that particular family.
Clients with MI often have a nursing diagnosis of Anxiety or Fear. The nurse allows the client to express concerns by showing genuine interest and concern and by facilitating communication using therapeutic communication techniques.
In the adjustment period during the first few weeks after spinal cord injury, clients may use denial as a defense mechanism. Denial may decrease anxiety temporarily and is a normal part of grieving. After the spinal shock resolves, prolonged or excessive use of denial may impair rehabilitation. However, rehabilitation programs include psychological counseling to deal with denial and grief.
Surgical incisions or loss of a body part can alter a client's body image. The onset of problems coping with these changes may occur in the immediate or extended postoperative stage. Nursing interventions primarily involve providing psychological support. The nurse should encourage the client to express how he or she feels these postoperative changes will affect his or her life.
Impetigo (sometimes impetaigo) is a superficial bacterial skin infection most common among children 2 to 6 years old.
Pulmonary edema is accompanied by extreme fear and anxiety. Because the client typically experiences a sense of impending doom, the nurse should remain with the client as much as possible.
The use of flexible visiting hours meets the needs of both the client and family in reducing the anxiety levels of both.
When a client experiences fear, the nurse can provide a calm, safe environment by offering appropriate reassurance, using therapeutic touch, and by having someone remain with the client as much as possible.
Stress can trigger the vasospasm that occurs with Raynaud's disease, so referral to stress management programs or the use of biofeedback training may be helpful.
Antianxiety medications and narcotic analgesics are used cautiously in the client being weaned from a mechanical ventilator. These medications may interfere with the weaning process by suppressing the respiratory drive. The client may exhibit anxiety during the weaning process as well for a variety of reasons, and therefore distractions such as radio, television, and visitors are still very useful.
Pulmonary angiography involves minimal exposure to radiation. The procedure is painless, although the client may feel discomfort with insertion of the needle for the catheter that is used for dye injection.
Staying with the client has a two-fold benefit. First, it relieves the anxiety of the dyspneic client. In addition, the nurse must stay with the client to observe respiratory status after application of the occlusive dressing. It is possible that the dressing could convert the open pneumothorax to a closed (tension) pneumothorax, resulting in a sudden decline in respiratory status and mediastinal shift. If this occurs, the nurse is present and able to remove the dressing immediately.
A lethality assessment requires direct communication between the client and the nurse concerning the client's intent. It is important to provide a question that is directly related to lethality. Euphemisms should be avoided.
A euphemism is a substitution of an agreeable or less offensive expression in place of one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant to the listener; or in the case of doublespeak, to make it less troublesome for the speaker.
In order for Fear to be an actual diagnosis, the client must be able to identify the object of fear.
Powerlessness is used when the client believes that personal actions will not affect an outcome in any significant way. Ineffective coping is used when the client has impaired adaptive abilities or behaviors in meeting the demands or roles expected. Anxiety is used when the client has a feeling of unease with a vague or undefined source. Disturbed body image occurs when there is an alteration in the way the client perceives body image.
Fears about having only one functioning kidney are common in clients who must undergo nephrectomy for renal cancer. These clients need emotional support and reassurance that the remaining kidney should be able to fully meet the body's metabolic needs, as long as it has normal function.
When cardiac output falls as a result of acute pulmonary edema, the sympathetic nervous system is stimulated. Stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system results in the flight-or-fight reaction, which further impairs cardiac function. The goal of treatment is to increase cardiac output and decrease fluid volume.
Acknowledging the client's feelings without inserting your own values or judgments is a method of therapeutic communication. Therapeutic communication techniques assist the flow of communication and always focus on the client.
Imipramine (Tofranil), Bupropion (Wellbutrin), and Doxepin (Sinequan) are classified as antidepressants and act by stimulating the central nervous system (CNS) to elevate mood. Alprazolam (Xanax), a benzodiazepine antianxiety agent, depresses the CNS and induces relaxation in panic disorders.
The client undergoing decortication to treat empyema needs ongoing support by the nurse. This is especially true because the client will have chest tubes in place after surgery, which must remain until the former pus-filled space is completely obliterated. This may take some time and may be discouraging to the client. Progress is monitored by chest x-ray.
Maprotiline (Ludiomil) is a tricyclic antidepressant used to treat various forms of depression and anxiety. The client is also often in psychotherapy while on this medication. Expected effects of the medication include improved sense of well-being, appetite, and sleep, as well as a reduced sense of anxiety. Common side effects to report to the health care provider include drowsiness, lethargy, and fatigue.
The needle insertion for thoracentesis is painful for the client. The nurse tells the client how important it is to remain still during the procedure, so the needle doesn't injure visceral pleura or lung tissue. The nurse reassures the client during the procedure and helps the client hold the proper position.
The anxious client with dyspnea should be taught interventions to decrease anxiety, which include relaxation, biofeedback, guided imagery, and distraction. This will stop the escalation of feelings of anxiety and dyspnea. The dyspnea can be further controlled by teaching the client breathing techniques, which include pursed lip and diaphragmatic breathing. Coughing techniques are useful, but breathing techniques are more effective. Limiting fluids will thicken secretions and increased dietary carbohydrates will increase production of CO2 by the body.
The pain associated with drainage of pleural effusion is minimized by positioning the client for comfort and administering analgesics for relief of pain. The nurse also offers verbal support and reassurance. All of these measures help the client cope with the pain and discomfort associated with this problem. It is least helpful to leave the client alone for extended periods, because the client may experience continued pain, which may be augmented by isolation.
Pleural effusion is excess fluid that accumulates in the pleural cavity, the fluid-filled space that surrounds the lungs. Excessive amounts of such fluid can impair breathing by limiting the expansion of the lungs during inhalation.
Sarcoidosis, also called sarcoid (from the Greek sarx, meaning "flesh") or Besnier-Boeck disease, is an immune system disorder characterized by non-caseating granulomas (small inflammatory nodules). It most commonly arises in young adults. The cause of the disease is still unknown. Virtually any organ can be affected; however, granulomas most often appear in the lungs or the lymph nodes.
The client with Powerlessness expresses feelings of having no control over a situation or outcome. Ineffective Health Maintenance involves the inability to seek out help that is needed to maintain health. Anxiety is a vague sense of unease. Disturbed Thought Processes involves disruption in cognitive abilities or thought.


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Wiedza i Praktyka – firma działająca w branży wydawniczej, jeden z największych dostawców informacji fachowej w Polsce w formie drukowanej (publikacje cykliczne i jednorazowe) i elektronicznej (portali branżowych, e-letterów) a także organizator szkoleń stacjonarnych i konferencji.

Historia firmy
Wydawnictwo Wiedza i Praktyka Sp. z o.o. powstało w 1997 roku na bazie współpracy właścicieli Wydawnictwa KiK, Panów Witolda Koniecznego i Romana Kruszewskiego oraz niemieckiego wydawnictwa VNR "Verlag Norman Rentrop", Pana Normana Rentrop. Ideą twórców firmy było stworzenie wydawnictwa dla fachowców i specjalistów, które dzięki profesjonalnym publikacjom będzie wspierać czytelników w praktycznym stosowaniu przepisów. Od 2017 r. firma nosi nazwę Wiedza i Praktyka sp. z o.o.

Od 2004 roku siedziba spółki mieści się w Warszawie przy ul. Łotewskiej 9A.

Autorem projektu logotypu Wiedzy i Praktyki jest polski malarz Wojciech Fangor.

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Juncao contributes to treatment of saline-alkali land in Jiangsu province
By Bai Guangdi, People's Daily
Yancheng, which literally means the "City of Salt" in Chinese, is located in east China's Jiangsu province. It is home to more than 455,000 hectares of coastal mud flat, which accounts for 70 percent of the total saline-alkali land of Jiangsu province.
Juncao, which in Chinese literally means "mushroom" and "grass", can be used to grow edible and medicinal mushrooms. In 2019, Zhang Quanxing, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and professor at the School of Environment of Nanjing University, visited a demonstration base of Juncao in Pingtan county, southeast China's Fujian province, and learned about the plant's strong vitality, as well as its high economic and ecological value.
Later, he shared with Lin Zhanxi, chief scientist of the China National Engineering Research Center of Juncao Technology, the idea of planting Juncao grass on the coastal mud flat of Jiangsu province.
In April 2021, Yancheng started growing Juncao grass. Over the past year, the plant has brought about positive changes to the coastal mud flat in the city.
A Juncao test field in Caomiao township, Dafeng district, Yancheng, has planted 10 hectares of Giant Juncao grass, a Juncao grass variety that can grow about five to six meters tall.
Giant Juncao grass is reaped in Caomiao township, Dafeng district, Yancheng, east China's Jiangsu province. (Photo from Yanfu People's Daily)
The test field was once a piece of salty and barren land where nothing was able to grow.
The Juncao grass is sweet itself, but it tastes salty now because it absorbs the salt in the soil and thus lowers the salt content in the soil, according to Liu Bobin, professor at the Yancheng Teachers University.
Good news from Pingtan county confirmed the impact of Juncao grass. In June this year, a piece of mud flat in Pingtan county saw its salt content drop from 14.7 per mille to 1.3 per mille since it was planted with Juncao grass three years ago by a research team led by Lin.
Yancheng, which has a different climate from Pingtan county, has a higher requirement for the cold hardiness of Juncao grass. At present, researchers are working to cultivate a new variety of Juncao grass that suits the natural environment in Yancheng, so as to better solve the issue of soil salinization in the city.
Apart from improving soil ecology, Juncao grass has also laid a solid foundation for enriching biodiversity in Yancheng.
Yancheng has the world's largest nature reserve for the protection of elks. Statistics show that over 7,000 elks inhabit the areas along the coastal mud flat in the city, including some 3,000 wild ones.
To ensure the source of food for the animals has always been a topic studied by the nature reserve over recent years, and Juncao grass is considered a substitution for traditional feed.
The nature reserve designated a piece of land as a Juncao test field, and the grass harvested there is fed to some of the elks.
According to Jia Yuanyuan, deputy head of the Yancheng research institute of elks, the animals enjoy eating the Juncao grass. However, it takes further scientific experiments to prove whether Juncao grass can be taken as daily feed for elks, she added.
Photo shows Giant Juncao grass. (Photo from Yanfu People's Daily)
If the result is positive, it will not only significantly reduce the feeding cost of elks, but also enrich the source of food for wild elk populations, Jia said.
Besides, Juncao grass is also a rich reserve of food for migrant birds staying, breeding or wintering in the city.
The strong capability of Juncao grass in nitrogen and carbon fixation has opened up even bigger prospects for the plant.
It is learned that different from other crops that take in nitrogen from the outside, Juncao grass is able to fix nitrogen in the soil through its photosynthesis, which improves the fertility of the soil and lowers the consumption of fertilizers. It is beneficial to the development of ecological agriculture.
Juncao grass can reduce greenhouse gases as well. "Based on experimental data, the photosynthesis efficiency of Giant Juncao grass is 4 to 21 times higher than that of broad-leaved trees. Each hectare of Giant Juncao grass can absorb more than 100 tons of carbon dioxide each year," said Lin.
Yancheng would see broad prospects of carbon fixation if it plants Juncao grass on all of its mud flats, the scientist added.


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Q: Issue Capitalizing accented words with gsed I've issue capitalizing words with gsed:
gsed -e "s/\b(.)/\u\1/g"
The string is:
adjéèf the poet
The output desidered is:
Adjéèf The Poet
But it it becomes:
AdjéÈF The Poet
please note: this is the creative name of an artist so that's just the way it is, with the two different accents...

A: you can try:
sed -e 's/\([^ ]*\)/\u\1/g'

it create Adjéèf The Poet

A: The \b boundary matches a position between two characters where one of them is nonalphabetic and the other is alphabetic.
Which characters exactly count as alphabetic depends on the locale, and also somewhat on the text representation.
Naïvely with a C locale and some legacy 8-bit character set, neither é nor è should count as alphabetics.
Properly under Unicode, both of them should.
I'm guessing you have a non-Unicode locale, or perhaps a sed version which doesn't respect that locale. Basically, what you get then is random breakage where the underlying Unicode representation (apparently, I'm guessing, decomposed, so that the accented characters are represented as just e followed by a joining diacritic) is accidentally exposed by a tool which doesn't support this abstraction.
A number of more or less involved workarounds are possible; but I'd recommend switching to a tool which is more likely to actually support these intricacies of Unicode.
perl -CSD -pe 's/\b(.)/\u$1/g'

The following simple demo script (try it online: https://ideone.com/VvXaAt) illustrates how the same string can have multiple Unicode representations, but my Perl solution still handles them all (provided, again, that your locale settings etc are properly configured).
#!/bin/bash

nfc () {
    perl -CSD -e 'print "NFC: adj\x{00e9}\x{00e8}f the poet\n"'
}
nfd () {
  perl -CSD -e 'print "NFD: adje\x{0301}e\x{0300}f the poet\n"'
}
pc () {
  perl -CSD -pe 's/\b(.)/\u$1/g'
}
echo '** Input **'
nfc
nfd
echo '** Output **'
nfc | pc
nfd | pc

Sample output:
** Input **
NFC: adjéèf the poet
NFD: adjéèf the poet
** Output **
NFC: Adjéèf The Poet
NFD: Adjéèf The Poet

I invite you to experiment with replacing the pc function with e.g. a sed script and observe any differences. Not every sed will be broken, but this is simply not an area where you can expect sed on different platforms to behave the same.
Perhaps read more about Unicode equivalence (Wikipedia).

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In this week's #WorldTravelingCrush we're introducing to you Terry & Sarah, a Globetrotting couple who reminds us that it's not only where you go, but who you go with. Terry & Sarah have been traveling around the world for some years now, and whether it's to the peaceful Maasai Mara National Park in Kenya, the crowd filled streets in Melbourne Australia or the crazy museums in Hong Kong, this couple can't get enough of seeing the world, and just might not get enough of their pictures.
"Travelling fulfills the soul and allows the mind to reach it's full potential. With every move, a piece of me is unlocked and I grow as a person."
Their latest destination was Shanghai, China. It's safe to say that this modern, vibrant city is one that'll definitely won't disappoint; from the 632m Shanghai Tower and the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, with distinctive pink spheres Shanghai is a must in China and as Terry let us know it was their favourite in this asian country.
Terry & Sarah are quite the globetrotting inspiration for us, they reflect the love of traveling, adventures, fashion and food all together. We love how much they care about each other and will definitely keep in touch with them to discover the adventures that await for them.
Follow Terry & Sarah on Instagram to keep in touch with their adventures!


Ah Harvard-Yale! It's one of the biggest events we look forward to in the year, what with the tailgates, pranks, parties, sleepovers, and, oh right, football. In less than a week, we will be packing our bags and heading on the shuttle to Cambridge. We know it will be a hectic time for everyone. Due to our consideration and kindness, The Boola has come up with a list of essentials to make The Game as enjoyable for you and your crimson hosts.
1. As much Yale gear as humanly possible.
You will always look in style AND show your true colors!
Not only will it protect you from the cold Harv– I mean Boston winds, it will also give you that on point retro-preppy touch.
For our serious Yale fanatics, we suggest replicating Joey Tribbiani's timeless look with all Yale shirts and sweaters. We also suggest accessorizing with Yale themed hats, scarves, and gloves (just in case you weren't warm enough already).
The weather is getting colder, and the last thing you want is to have frozen toes and fingers at the Game. Bring a snuggly blanket and friends to penguin huddle with. The temperature will be ranging from high 40's to 60 degrees on the day of the Game (that is 8°C – 16°C for our international friends). Be sure to stay warm!
Your Harvard friends have been living off cold crackers, sad cereal, and their tears for a long time. Now that the dining services strike is over, Harvard students have to return to lukewarm crackers, slightly less sad cereal, and their tears. Show your consideration and gratitude by giving them a care package with all your favorite foods!
Here are a few cost effective options (as in free!) 1) Your choice of fresh fruit, gluten free granola bars, and double fudge brownies from the Yale dining hall! Just grab it before you leave on Friday. 2) Leftover Halloween candy from your suite or the suite next door. 3) Insomnia Cookies from the billions of study breaks and club events.
Whether you recycle your outfit from the previous Woad's or you make a last minute run to Urban Outfitters, don't forget to bring your party outfits. Remember to give your Harvard host and friends a sympathetic hug before you go out, as they frantically complete psets for class on Monday. If you are planning to go to "HYpe: The Official Harvard-Yale Party" (FB event: here), don't forget your Yale ID for free entrance. If not, then take the red line towards Braintree and get off at MIT for a lit night. Have fun!
We all know that chanting and screaming is essential to The Game. Bring some cough drops or Advil for the next morning so you won't be croaking by the time Thanksgiving starts. Drink lots of water throughout the day. We also recommend a combination of tea mixed in with honey.
If your host doesn't have a futon or the decency to give up their bed to you (jk, plz don't make them give up their bed), bring a sleeping bag or air mattress.
Let your Harvard friends know how much fun you are having! Remember when it was Halloweekends and you were so swamped by all the parties and haunted houses, you nearly had to schedule everything you were going to on GCal? Or tell them about how you love Yale Dining by recounting when Saybrook had Oktoberfest and Stiles had a Dr.Suess brunch with green eggs and ham. Show them pictures of you frolicking in the leaves on Old Campus or having a siesta in a hammock. These will serve to jog their memories of what "happiness" and "fun" looks like.
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UTSA Grad Student Moved to Hospital After Chimp Attack
A week after he was mauled by two chimpanzees at a South African sanctuary, Andrew Oberle is hospitalized in stable condition.
By Sonia Smith
Andrew Oberle, the University of Texas-San Antonio graduate anthropology student attacked by chimpanzees in South Africa, was transferred Thursday from a regional hospital in Nelspruit to a larger hospital in Johannesburg.
ABC News reported that his family and doctors opted to move him so he could get better medical care. His parents flew in from the states to be with their son. "His parents are, well, they're quite traumatized," said Robyn Baard, a spokeswoman for the Mediclinic hospital in Nelspruit Wednesday. "They have requested privacy."
Before leaving for South Africa, his father told ABC News that, when he recovers, Oberle will likely go back to doing what he loves: working with chimps. "I'm sure if he's able to do it, that he is probably going to be right back there when he can," Andrew Oberle Sr. said. "That is what he wants to be doing."
Oberle's roommates— Anthony and Marissa Reimherr and his wife, Marissa—created a Facebook page to collect donations for his medical care and get the word out on his condition. More than $22,000 had been raised as of Thursday.
CNN gave this account of the attack:
Witnesses to the attack said that Oberle went into a no-go area because he seemed to want to remove a stone close to one of the animals that could have been picked up and thrown around, Cussons told CNN.
Oberle crossed one barrier and approached a second one, which is a main fence with 24 strands of electrical wiring, Cussons said. Two male chimps grabbed Oberle and tried to drag him under the fence, but were not able to yank him into their enclosure.
Cussons said he estimates the attack lasted 15 minutes.
At some point, people tried to stop the chimps, and Cussons shot two rounds in the air to see if that might get them to retreat, he said. One of the chimps then charged at Cussons, he said. Cussons shot that chimp in the abdomen, he told CNN, and it seemed to shriek as a kind of signal to other chimps that there was a more powerful threat present. The chimps then backed off, he said.
Oberle was rescued and transported for medical care.
Oberle first volunteered at the chimpanzee sanctuary, the Jane Goodall Institute's Chimp Eden, in 2010, CNN reported.
According to the San Antonio Express-News, Oberle moved to San Antonio to attend St. Mary's University. He had hoped to enroll in a doctoral program after completing his master's degree this coming fall.
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El Coste amortizado es un criterio de valoración contable de instrumentos financieros, concretamente de instrumentos de deuda, utilizado en las Normas Internacionales de Información Financiera (NIIF) y también en el Plan General de Contabilidad de España. La expresión española es una traducción de la denominación anglosajona amortized cost, de uso generalizado en la contabilidad norteamericana y en estándares internacionales.

Desde el punto de vista técnico, el coste amortizado se puede definir como el valor actual de los flujos de efectivo pendientes, descontados al tipo de interés efectivo o TIR de adquisición.

Definición del PGC de España
Según el Marco Conceptual del Plan general de contabilidad español, el coste amortizado de un instrumento financiero es: el importe al que inicialmente fue valorado un activo financiero o un pasivo financiero, menos los reembolsos de principal que se hubieran producido, más o menos, según proceda, la parte imputada en la cuenta de pérdidas y ganancias, mediante la utilización del método del tipo de interés efectivo, de la diferencia entre el importe inicial y el valor de reembolso en el vencimiento y, para el caso de los activos financieros, menos cualquier reducción de valor por deterioro que hubiera sido reconocida, ya sea directamente como una disminución del importe del activo o mediante una cuenta correctora de su valor.

El tipo de interés efectivo es el tipo de actualización que iguala el valor en libros de un instrumento financiero con los flujos de efectivo estimados a lo largo de la vida
esperada del instrumento, a partir de sus condiciones contractuales y sin considerar las pérdidas por riesgo de crédito futuras; en su cálculo se incluirán las comisiones financieras que se carguen por adelantado en la concesión de financiación.

El tipo de interés efectivo es un método para calcular el coste amortizado de un activo o un pasivo financiero, y por tanto, un medio para distribuir el ingreso o gasto por intereses a lo largo del período de vida del activo o pasivo. La diferencia entre el tipo de interés efectivo y un método de diferimiento lineal estriba en que el primero refleja un retorno o rendimiento constante sobre el importe en balance del activo o pasivo.

El coste amortizado se aplica en la valoración posterior de las siguientes carteras de instrumentos financieros:
 Préstamos y partidas a cobrar
 Inversiones mantenidas hasta el vencimiento
 Débitos y partidas a pagar.

En el reconocimiento inicial, estos instrumentos financieros se valoran a valor razonable más los gastos de la transacción en el caso de activo o menos los gastos de la transacción, en el caso de pasivos.

Ejemplo de cálculo
Cálculo del coste amortizado de un préstamo con las siguientes condiciones: El día 1 de enero del año 1, la empresa AAA recibe un préstamo por importe de 50.000€. Los gastos de formalización del mismo ascienden a un 1% del importe recibido. El préstamo se pagará en tres anualidades iguales con unos intereses del 5% anual.

Cálculo de los flujos de caja derivados de la operación
Los flujos de caja que producirá la operación serán las anualidad que deberá pagar la empresa prestataria AAA. Con la siguiente fórmula financiera se calcula la anualidad:

Anualidad = 18.360,428

Este cálculo también puede ser realizado con una función financiera de una hoja de cálculo.

Cálculo del tipo de interés efectivo de la operación
Para calcular el tipo de interés efectivo, se utiliza la técnica del TIR, que nos planteará la siguiente ecuación:

Despejando se obtiene que ie = 5,538201%

Cálculo del coste amortizado al final de cada ejercicio
El coste amortizado en cada momento de la vida del préstamo es el importe neto inicial (importe nominal del préstamo menos los gastos de formalización o apertura), más los intereses devengados al tipo de interés efectivo de la operación, menos los pagos que se realizan.

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Christmas has come and gone and it was a good one. A very quiet day spent with my wife and the cats. Lots of good food last night. The turkey, if I may modestly say so, was superb – the juciest I've ever cooked.
We both got some very nice presents and every one was thoughtfully chosen. Not a throwaway or regifting candidate in the bunch!
As you can imagine, finding the perfect present for an aviation nut is not hard to do. No, there weren't any tickets for the A-380 but I'm more than happy with what I did receive.
Jan got me this gorgeous desk clock and my friend Jim got me the model of the 767-300ER that he flies for Zoom Airlines. Both are great and unique additions to my collection.
Speaking of unique, Jan blew me away with this one. Probably from the early 50's, an ashtray stand with a DC3 on top. The picture doesn't do it nearly enough justice. The delicate glass globe on the bottom has an art-deco look, the centre section has 2 ashtrays and 2 match holders with incredible detail in the shelf and the plane itself is lit from within.
Jan and her elfs went through a lot of searching to find this and you could have knocked me over with a feather when I opened it. Of course I had a suspicion that she would get me something to go into my collection but I would never guessed that she'd find something this rare and beautiful. I've seen a few similar items on eBay but nothing to compare to this. In perfect condition, it will definitely have a place of honour.
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. Canadians are flocking to the malls today but we're just taking another day to relax, get a few chores done and extend the Christmas feeling by one more day. Tomorrow, we'll sharpen the elbows and venture off to get a few things.


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Quantum computers: from zeroes and ones to atoms
by Olalla Castro Alvaredo in Physics
Nanoscience High-Performance Computing Facility (Carbon), Argonne National Laboratory, USA [CC BY-NC-SA 2.0]
How do computers understand the information we give them in order to complete an action, such as typing a sentence on a keyboard? How will quantum mechanics be used to radically expand the possibilities in today's computers? Olalla Castro Alvaredo explains the exciting developments in a fast changing field.
Olalla Castro Alvaredo
Olalla is a Senior Lecturer in Mathematics at City, University of London, where she conducts research on integrable quantum field theory. She is also a keen singer and a member of EC4 Music, an amateur choir that performs at venues such as the Barbican and the South Bank Centre.
We live in the age of electronic devices: smart phones, computers, tablets, smart watches, to name but a few. Year-after-year each of these devices comes out with more, better, and faster functionalities. Not only do these devices get smarter, they also become easier to use. Even very young children can use tablets in a very intuitive way. Contrary to the 1980s, when the first PCs started to appear in our homes and a minimum understanding of computer programming was needed to do anything with them, we can now use electronic devices without ever thinking about how they truly work. These improvements to electronic devices are all due to the amazing levels of miniaturisation that electronic components have reached over the past decades.
But before any computer could be built, somebody had to find an answer to the question: how do we humans manage to communicate with a collection of electronic components wrapped in a nice plastic cover? Electronic devices require electricity to work, so yes, unfortunately we have to recharge our phones from time to time! No matter how complicated individual components of a device are, they can essentially be in one of two states: either an electric current is flowing through it — making it "on" — or it is not — making it "off". Each of the components are essentially small switches that switch on and off as the device does what we are asking it to do. Scientists usually call these values 0 (for no current, or "off") or 1 (for current, or "on"). In computer science, 0 and 1 are called bits, which stands for binary information unit, and they are the building blocks of any information that is processed by any electronic device. So, whenever we write an e-mail or browse, our actions get translated into a sequence of 0s and 1s, which the device then interprets and acts upon.
Doing anything on an electronic device means typing something, which is always a combination of letters (like a, b, c), symbols (like ?, *, %) and numbers (like 1, 2, 3). So how do all these letters, symbols, and numbers get transformed into sequences of 0s and 1s? To answer this question, we can first look at whole numbers. Let us take the number 53, for example. The number 53 can be expressed as the sum of 32, 16, 4 and 1, which are all powers of 2. Therefore, the number 53 can be written as the sum of 25, which is 32, 24, which is 16, 22, which is 4, and 20, which is 1. Mathematically, this can be also represented by the sequence 110101, where two to the power of 5 appears once (as 1), the power 4 appears once (the second 1), the power 3 does not appear (represented as a zero 0), the power 2 appears once (another 1), the power 1 does not appear (as a 0) and the power 0 appears once (the final number 1). This means that every time we type the number 53 on a computer screen, the computer reads this number as the sequence 110101.
In fact, any whole number can be broken down into powers of two, and written as a sum of these numbers where no powers of two are ever repeated. Moreover, this binary representation is unique; that is, no two numbers will correspond to the same sequence of 0s and 1s.
Similarly, whenever we type letters of symbols on a computer's screen, they are also translated into sequences of 0s and 1s. This happens through the use of the American Standard Code for Information Interchange, the ASCII code, which is a dictionary computers use to associate a precise number to any letters and symbols. For example, the lower-case letter "a" corresponds to the number 97 in ASCII code. The computer can then use the power-of-two method to express 97 in terms of 0s and 1s.
At present, most electronic devices use 0s and 1s to perform computational tasks. However, scientists have long been thinking about different ways to design computers and other electronic devices. Many believe that our future computers will be quantum computers. They will process information not through electric currents representing 0s and 1s, but by exploiting the unique properties of microscopic particles of matter such as atoms, electrons and protons. These properties are famously described by one of the most revolutionary physical theories of the twentieth century: quantum mechanics.
The famous Nobel prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman was one of the first to suggest that future computers could be built using the unique features of quantum mechanical objects to process information. Quantum mechanics is a notoriously counterintuitive theory in that it predicts very strange behaviours for anything on an atomic scale. It predicts that an atom can be in different energetically distinct "states" but can also be in a "mixture" of any such states, with certain probabilities corresponding to each state. This is called the principle of quantum superposition. So, if an atom has two basic states (let's call them 0 and 1, as before) it may be "prepared" in either of these states but also in any possible superposition thereof.
According to this quantum superposition of atoms, we can replace bits in a conventional computer by quantum bits, or "qubits". Whereas bits can only be either a 1 or 0 at any given time, qubits can be in any superposition of the states 1 or 0 and can thus carry twice the amount of information. This feature alone means that a quantum computer with 10 qubits has as much processing power as a standard computer with 210 bits. The difference between these two numbers is huge and grows exponentially with the number of qubits. This means that many tasks that are impossible for today's computers would be easy to perform on a quantum computer. This would revolutionise many areas of human endeavour, from the development of new medicines, to fighting cyber-crime, to developing new ways of encrypting information.
Scientists understand the problems a quantum computer could solve and how fast it could solve them very well. However, building an actual quantum computer is technologically very challenging. The main challenge is that it requires a great amount of control over atoms, which are microscopic and extremely sensitive to their environment. This generally means qubits need to be kept at extremely low temperatures (close to absolute zero). Nonetheless, much research is currently in progress in this area and there are already several products in the market which either employ some element of quantum computing or are described directly as quantum computers (such as the D-Wave computer).
It will certainly be years before any of us are carrying an affordable quantum device in our pocket, but the potential for such technology to positively change our world is enormous. There is much to look forward to in the world of quantum computing!
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To create google sign-in option in your app, first you need to configure google sign-in service in google developers console. To configure google sign-in service, you need SHA-1 hash of digital certificate that is used to sign your app's apk.
If you don't have digital certificate to sign your app, you can create self signed digital certificate using keytool utility available with JDK.
By default, android sdk creates debug keystore. For release, you need to create digital certificate.
Below is the command to create self signed certificate. You need to change keystore path, alias and validity. It prompts for key store password and private key password.
Once self signed certificate is created, you can use below command to create SHA-1 hash of digital certificate.
As mentioned, by default android sdk creates debug keystore and certificate, if you want to create google sign-in configuration for debug, you need to use below command to generate SHA-1 hash of debug digital certificate. It prompts for password, it is android.
Now you have SHA-1 hash of digital certificate, let's go ahead and create google sign-in service configuration. You need to login to google developers console and follow below steps to create google sign-in service configuration.
Create or choose an app and enter the package name which matches to your base package used in your project.
Enter sha1 hash of your certificate created following above steps.
Copy the downloaded google sign-in service json configuration file to your app project app/ folder.
You need to add google services and play services plugins and dependencies in your build.gradle.
First google sign-in button needs to be displayed in UI by adding SignInButton in layout files.
In onCreate() method of sign-in activity which handles on click event of SignInButton, initialize GoogleApiClient.
On click event handler of SignInButton creates inent by calling Auth.GoogleSignInApi.getSignInIntent()method which prompts user to enter credentials, performs authentication and sends result intent. In activity's onActivityResult() method you can handle status and do other processing.
Logged in users should be provided sing out and revoke access option. Sing out just logs the user out. Whereas with revoke access, account can be disconnected from app meaning user data received from google apis needs to be deleted from app.
Log out can be performed using Auth.GoogleSignInApi.signOut() method and an account can be disconnected by calling Auth.GoogleSignInApi.revokeAccess() method.
Following above steps, you can setup process to authenticate user using google sing-in service on the device. If your app communicates with server and server needs to identify users, then you need to pass user id token to server.
Once server identifies users, client app can access user data on server and also server can access google api's to get user data and provide expected app functionality to user.
It is important to use https to send user id token from app to server securely using https.
To authenticate with server, you need to create server client id, request server auth code, send auth token to server and verify it. All these steps are explained in detail below.
To get client id, you need to login to google developers console.
Once you login, go to OAuth 2.0 client IDs section in credentials tab and find web application client id as shown in below image.
When you initialize GoogleApiClient in your activity you can pass GoogleSignInOptions to it. If you need to authenticate user on server, you need to pass server client id obtained by following above steps.
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On server, you need to validate the server auth token received from your client app. Auth token validation can be done using google api client library.
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Q: Initialize deep map nesting in go structs To initialize a map in a struct one should do the following:
someStruct.nestedMap = make(map[int8]int8)

But what should you do if you have a code structure like this:
type Base struct {
    base map[int8]uint64
}

type Middle struct {
    baseObjects map[int8]Base
}

type Top struct {
    middleObjects map[int8]Middle
}

There we have a total of 3 structs where each has a struct as a key.
How do you initialize this, and make it ready to go?

A: What you want is auctually a map with default value that is not zero value, but a value ready to use, in this case, a made map.
Before going to the solution, there auctually is an issue about go here: https://github.com/golang/go/issues/3117
For reasons, Go now does not support to assign to a field of a struct if the struct is stored in a map.
To solve the issue, you need to use a pointer to that struct, and store the pointer in the map instead. So your data structure needs to be changed like:
type Base struct {
    base map[int8]uint64
}

type Middle struct {
    baseObjects map[int8]*Base
}

type Top struct {
    middleObjects map[int8]*Middle
}

And to the core logic: a defualt value map. Go does not support that with plain maps, but we can extend it, using methods to wrap it around.
func (t Top) Get(i int8) *Middle {
    x, ok := t.middleObjects[i]
    if !ok {
        v := NewMiddle()
        t.middleObjects[i] = v
        return v
    }

    return x
}

func (m Middle) Get(i int8) *Base {
    x, ok := m.baseObjects[i]
    if !ok {
        v := NewBase()
        m.baseObjects[i] = v
        return v
    }

    return x
}

When we are trying to get a value, we first check if it exists. If not, we return a new constructed one, and if it did exist, return the value.
Usage:
t.Get(8).Get(9).base[10] = 14

Playground example: https://play.golang.org/p/0JSN0yjRPif

A: Simply initialize the topmost struct Top with an empty map as value for its middleObjects property, calling any index on an empty map returns a zero value for the type the map holds.
package main

import (
    "fmt"
)

type Base struct {
    base map[int8]uint64
}

type Middle struct {
    baseObjects map[int8]Base
}

type Top struct {
    middleObjects map[int8]Middle
}

func main() {
    top := Top{
        middleObjects: make(map[int8]Middle),
    }

    // Outputs: "Top: {map[]}"
    fmt.Printf("Top: %v\n", top)

    // Outputs: "Base element: 0"
    fmt.Printf("Base element: %v\n", top.middleObjects[5].baseObjects[3].base[0])
}

Run the example here

Edit:
You could also initialize the Top struct with a couple of elements, in any case it depends on how many elements you require each map to have at initialization:
func main() {
    top := Top{
        middleObjects: map[int8]Middle{
            0: Middle{
                baseObjects: map[int8]Base{
                    0: Base{
                        base: map[int8]uint64{
                            0: 1234,
                        },
                    },
                },
            },
        },
    }

    // After that you have to add one by one
    top.middleObjects[5] = Middle{
        baseObjects: map[int8]Base{
            0: Base{
                base: map[int8]uint64{
                    0: 123456,
                },
            },
        },
    }
    // If there's a middleObject with that index
    top.middleObjects[0].baseObjects[1] = Base{
        base: map[int8]uint64{
            0: 1111,
        },
    }

    // Outputs: "Base element: 1234"
    fmt.Printf("Base element: %v\n", top.middleObjects[0].baseObjects[0].base[0])
    // Outputs: "Base element: 123456"
    fmt.Printf("Base element: %v\n", top.middleObjects[5].baseObjects[0].base[0])
    // Outputs: "Base element: 1111"
    fmt.Printf("Base element: %v\n", top.middleObjects[0].baseObjects[1].base[0])

    top.middleObjects[0].baseObjects[0].base[0] = 2222
    // Outputs: "Base element: 2222"
    fmt.Printf("Base element: %v\n", top.middleObjects[0].baseObjects[0].base[0])
}

Run example here


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Home History Architecture How we wiped out Kosciusko, which could have been another Soulard
How we wiped out Kosciusko, which could have been another Soulard
Another St. Louis neighborhood lost to urban renewal in the 1960s
by Chris Naffziger
Photo by Richard Moore; courtesy of the Missouri History Museum
The 1400 block of South Broadway, c. 1920s
"These people are utterly unprepared for the life on asphalt. They have little money, little education, and little of the skill demanded by urban industries. Inevitably they crowd into poor housing. Their only escape too often is a questionable corner tavern ... Those who get to know these people best are the police and the social worker..."
The widescale destruction of the African-American neighborhood of Mill Creek has garnered more attention the last couple decades, as it should. But a lesser known, majority-white neighborhood, Kosciusko, sandwiched between Seventh Street and the stretch of river south of the MacArthur Bridge, also saw itself annihilated by urban renewal in the 1960s. The same arguments city leaders used against African Americans in Mill Creek were turned against the poor white residents and their aging houses and apartment buildings in Kosciusko: surely they would live better and more upright and respectable lives if they moved into new Modernist public housing to the west? They would thus remove themselves from the vice-laden, soul-crushing rows of 19th-century houses crowding the riverfront. In the neighborhood's place would rise a purely industrial and commercial district, ripe for investment.
But—and if you've been reading my previous columns, this will not surprise you—photographs and records of the Kosciusko neighborhood reveals a culturally rich and thriving community that welcomed wave after wave of immigrants to St. Louis. They lived in close proximity to the industries and docks along the river and often found work there. The area takes its name from Kosciusko Street, honoring Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko, a Polish patriot who famously fought in the American Revolution before returning and unsuccessfully struggling to maintain his own country's independence in the face of Prussian, Russian and Austrian imperialism. Already in 1875, Compton and Dry's Pictorial St. Louis shows a bustling community abuzz with various industries, some cleaner than others, alongside residential districts. Anheuser-Busch's cooper (barrel) shop was located in the neighborhood at one point, for example.
Photo by William Swekosky; courtesy of the Missouri History Museum
Cohen's Curtains, Broadway and Lafayette
G. Kreb Saloon, Kosciusko and Victor
Lazar's Exchange Store and Omaha Market, 2120-2 South Broadway
Nat's Store and Lincor's Shoes, 2008-10 South Broadway
By the 1940s, the neighborhood was on the verge of demolition. In photographs by famous dentist and preservationist William Swekosky, it looks a lot like the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The street wall of stores along South Broadway, forming the commercial district of the neighborhood, would be the envy of any urban planner today. Sure, they looked a little rough around the edges, but so did the Delmar Loop, Manchester in Maplewood, or Cherokee Street in the 1970s. The names on the signs and other records reveal a diverse immigrant community of Eastern European Jews, Croats, and other ethnic groups operating businesses along the artery. (Incidentally, a careful observer will realize the wide trafficway that cuts past Soulard Market is actually Seventh Boulevard, and Broadway is actually a block east at that point in Kosciusko.)
Our Lady of Zcestochowa Roman Catholic Church, built in 1867 at 325 Victor
Of course, there were churches, and one of note was Our Lady of Czestochowa, a small Polish Roman Catholic parish church at the northeast corner of Fourth and Victor streets. It was originally built by German Lutherans as a school in 1867, reflecting the large number of Protestants emigrating from the region of Saxony. As the decades passed, Germans moved into the middle class, and they also moved westward, beyond Jefferson into neighborhoods such as Dutchtown. Eastern European immigrants moved in, and in 1907, the Roman Catholic Church bought the building from a group of Polish Catholics who had purchased it from the German Lutherans the year before. The second floor was wide open and functioned as the sanctuary, while a hallway on the first floor bisected two classrooms. A rectory was built next door; it was still standing when the parish was closed. Swekosky photographed the complex—all its members had moved west prior to "slum clearance"—prior to demolition.
John J. Roe's pork packing plant, N.E. Third and Convent, wrecked in 1954
Nearby, at the northeast corner of Third and Convent, was the John J. Roe & Co. pork packing plant, wrecked in 1954. Despite the fame of National City's massive slaughterhouses, the Roe plant did a good business of its own. The first buildings were erected here in 1859, and this area, Block 48, was one of the most infamous in the city during the 19th century, as it flooded with water from the actual Mill Creek, sending porcine offal and other waste into neighboring streets. (Thanks to the famous brewers Ezra English and Isaac McHose and others, the City finally acted on renovating and channeling Mill Creek through the area to prevent the flooding that jeopardized their nearby investments.)
John J. Roe had gone into the packing business at just the right time, as the Civil War required huge amounts of food for Union soldiers billeted in St. Louis. German shepherd dogs helped usher the hogs up Gravois Avenue from the countryside to the packing plan; we'll omit the details of the hogs' slaughter, which were inhumane to say the least. The sounds could be heard throughout the neighborhood, according to records of the time. There is also an unverified story of "Pigsfoot Alley" in St. Louis, associated with the packing plant. While Armour might have utilized every part of the hog except the squeal, Roe discarded pigs' feet in the alley behind the packing plant, allowing anyone interested to pick them up for free.
The George W. Sherrick residence, 2618 Seventh St.
The Adalbert Steinkaler House, 2614 Seventh St.
The Michaels residence, 2451 Kosciusko
The N. Trudeau residence, 2111 Kosciusko, in 1946
There was also a sophisticated side to Kosciusko, best seen in many of its handsome private residences. The George W. Sherrick House, for example, was an extremely rare (and now forever lost) example of Greek Revival architecture expressed in a row house structure. Greek Revival is rare in St. Louis, and it was usually reserved for large country homes; Sherrick's house, built in 1850 at 2618 South Seventh Street, features square pillars holding up a two-story porch. The second floor of the porch still retained its ornamental iron railings when photographed in the 1940s; they are almost certainly lost. The Trudeau and Steinkauler houses were also examples of Greek Revival vernacular in the neighborhood; they were demolished as well.
The Phoenix Musical Club, 1712 South Third St.
At the Phoenix Musical Club, built in 1899 at 1712 South Third Street, members could enjoy playing instruments, eating, and drinking. Founded in 1887, it had 40 members and a board of directors drawn from the German community. It would be interesting to know how much serious music playing occurred, relative to the eating and drinking. Slowly, Monsanto began to buy up the surrounding block, and eventually, the Club sold out the last parcel it owned in 1962.
The People's Savings Institution bank building at the northwest corner of Park and Broadway, in 1939
Finally, the People's Savings Institution Bank Building, erected in 1857 at Park and Broadway, perhaps best shows just what stunning architecture was lost in the clearance of the land south of downtown. This stately edifice shows a style of building in St. Louis that is rare or nonexistent. This was where the men and women who built the city before the Civil War worked and made transactions in the booming years of the 1840s and 50s. Its tragic loss is replaced with nothing of value today—except a curved right turn lane that allows drivers to swing around onto Broadway at high speeds without having to worry about pesky pedestrians or curbs getting in their way.
Which of course leads to the inevitable question asked last week: was the wholesale clearance of Kosciusko a net gain for St. Louis? Unequivocally, undeniably, no. From the pages of the Globe-Democrat in the 1960s, fascinating and depressing statistics emerge. An August 28, 1960, article reports the usual party line from city officials: Residents are happy to move out, there is all sorts of talk of investment, etc. We've all heard that before.
Courtesy of the Missouri History Museum
At the southeast corner of Third and Lafayette, c. 1910
But then, in an October 23, 1963, column by Allan Merritt, the startling truth of the success of the massive clearance of huge swaths of St. Louis is laid bare in stark numbers. Merritt reports that city officials had originally forecast $100,000,000 in new investment in Kosciusko—but four years in, and three years before its scheduled completion, the development had only attracted $1.6 million, 1.6 percent of the projected investment. Even worse, not a single new company had moved in where 3,000 "slum dwellings" had been demolished. Driving around Kosciusko today, it is obvious that city leaders did not somehow find the remaining 98.4 percent in those last three years before completion—or in the next half-century. We are left to wonder what might have happened if the government had trusted regular St. Louisans to rebuild the neighborhood themselves.
By the way, that quote at the beginning of this article was not actually describing living conditions in Kosciusko in the 1960s, but rather in Soulard. One must always remember that what is now one of the most treasured neighborhoods in St. Louis was once targeted for complete annihilation, just like its neighbor to the east. But despite being maligned as a "slum," Soulard now commands some of the highest real estate prices in South St. Louis, and it is one of the richest neighborhood communities. Given half a chance, Kosciusko might have been right there next to Soulard, with the same charming rows of beautiful brick houses and bustling stores.
Instead, it was "renewed."
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By Timothy Yap Dec 17, 2022 06:34 PM EST
Brothers of the Heart - the "country, bluegrass, gospel dream team" (Cowboys & Indians) featuring award-winning artists Jimmy Fortune, Bradley Walker, Mike Rogers, and Ben Isaacs - returns with its sophomore album Listen to the Music (Gaither Music Group). Here are 7 things to know about this album:
1. The album will release on January 20, 2023.
2. This 12-track record was produced by group member Ben Isaacs (producer for Oak Ridge Boys, Rory Feek and more).
3. On this new record, the Brothers reimagine country, gospel and pop classics, including "Ring of Fire," "Desperado," "Bye Bye Love" and more. Showcasing the supergroup's signature seamless harmonies and impeccable arrangements, the anticipated album illuminates the joy of listening to great music.
"Being a part of this project has been so much fun," stated Isaacs. "Not only do I get to produce, I also get to sing with three of the best singers and musicians ever. The song choices on this project are special to all of us; we feel that the songs have been a huge part of our pasts. I hope the listener enjoys the music and hears our love and passion in every song."
4. Two singles have been released from this new set. The album's debut track is the group's reimagining of The Statler Brothers' "I'll Go to My Grave Loving You." The second single "Just As I Am" was released on Friday, December 16, on all digital streaming platforms.
5. Listen to the Music record will be accompanied by a DVD and TV special. Filmed at the iconic Studio A at The Grand Ole Opry and hosted by The Statler Brothers' Don Reid, the TV special will debut on Thursday, January 19, at 6:30PM EST on RFD-TV with an additional airing on Saturday, January 21, at 6:00PM EST. Ths special will also air on PBS, TBN, Heartland, GaitherTV, FamilyNet, CTN, GMTN, Guardian, Liberty, TCT and TLN. In Canada, the special will air on Vision TV, CTS, The Miracle Channel, and Hope TV.
6. Listen to the Music Album Track Listing:
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7. Watch the video for "Just as I Am" here:
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I've now had Dystonia for just over eight years and was only diagnosed just over four years ago. So as soon as I was diagnosed I did my research on Dystonia, found out there was not much information and hardly many people including doctors had hear of Dystonia. So my plan of action was to create as much awareness for it as I possibly could.
So since Men's Fitness Magazine Interview I've had numerous interviews, photoshoot's which has created a hell of a lot awareness, more than I ever imagined. But I still felt like it was not enough and that people who didn't know me still did not believe that I had a disability. So I knew deep down I had to be really open with everything, from videoing my hand and speech therapy sessions, photos of me being injected with Botox and even doing random talking videos showing my speech progression.
Its only probably been over the last year where I finally believe that people who don't know me personally, now do believe that I actually have a disability. I find it mind boggling that I had to prove and show evidence of my Dystonia for everyone to see and to finally be accepted. So overall its the best thing I did being to open with everything.
I would like to finish with the quote the "Don't worry about those who talk behind your back, they're behind you for a reason."


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This article was first published in Greens Business Law Bulletin, Issue 157 (December 2018) and on Westlaw. It is reproduced here with the kind permission of Thomson Reuters.


Next week sees the DVD and Blu-ray release of the action thriller Vehicle 19 starring Paul Walker as an American tourist in Johannesburg who gets caught up in quite a conspiracy as he rents the wrong car, at the wrong place and the wrong time. This fast-paced action thriller is directed by South African filmmaker Mukunda Michael Dewil, follwing his 2011 debut, the dark and violent Retribution. Mukunda was kind enough to spare a few moments of his time provide a bit of insight into his experience working on Vehicle 19 alongside Paul Walker and little did I know just how much more both Mukunda and Paul Walker have in store for audiences in the near future. Read on to find out.
Thanks for speaking to us Mukunda. So Vehicle 19 is released in the UK next week. We're looking forward to that. Before we delve into that, can you tell us a little about your background in the film industry? I believe you started in the world of publicity and commercials.
Yes, that's right. That's where I cut my teeth and I was involved in making commercials for a good ten years prior to making my first feature film, Retribution, a couple of years ago. I always ultimately wanted to get into the film business but working in commercials has been a great way to get me where I am now. It was great experience for me as there is a lot of money in that sector that gave me the chance to shoot so many different things and I learned so much from it.
Then, when I came to do my first feature film it was nowhere near as daunting an experience as it probably would have been had I not had my previous decade of hands-on experience.
So you didn't really notice a big leap when you made switched from intense 30 second commercials to full blown movies?
Not really. The main difference I encountered was that with commercials I could have like fifty takes of a 30 second clip whereas I am only allowed like one take for 30 second segments in a movie. In the end you have to let things play out by themselves a lot more in movies but that is something I really enjoy about films. When I made commercials there was no element of building things or stacking things up but in movies you build all these sections together and, although it's been quite a learning curve, it's also been an amazing experience to let things play out and see the results.
So you wrote and directed Vehicle 19. Screenwriters and directors always tend to have their eye on cast members when preparing a new project so I'm guessing the same was true for you and Paul Walker, right?
Absolutely. I wrote this script thinking specifically of Paul. I mean, he's just such an underrated actor and it's just a matter of time before he blows up. He is already blowing up but there is so much more for him yet. There are just so many layers to him and so much depth whilst at the same time he delivers the physicality of his characters. Most actors can provide one of these elements but it's hard to find someone who can give you both at the same time.
As soon as Paul found out about this film he wanted to get involved straight away and since then we have developed a really strong relationship and are already working on a number of projects together. I expect so many great things of him.
It's interesting that you say he came on board straight away. I say this mainly because although the role is very action oriented, the majority of the film has a kind of Buried feel to it in the sense that a lot of the "action" takes place inside the car.
Oh he absolutely loved the role. I mean, in the end he did like 95% of all his own stunts – something you aren't generally allowed to do – and he just really wanted to sink into this role. He also found this film to be a refreshing experience too because he was so used to filming things where they would do a take then he would be waiting ages to do another take. In Vehicle 19 this was totally the opposite as most of the five weeks we took to shoot it was just him and I on our own, blazing through this film together to see what we could make of it.
While a lot of scenes are inside the car itself, the action scenes are very fast paced. I felt they had a very European style to them, a very Luc Besson feel if you will. Were you going for that vibe was it completely coincidental?
Well, we really wanted to steer clear of the typical clean, gritty Hollywood action movie. We wanted to give the film a real edge and if you look at European movies, particularly countries like France, they really do these kind of action movies so well. Filming Vehicle 19 in Johannesburg gave the film and indigenous flavour which I felt certainly gave the film an edge that most audiences aren't used to. So far people have really responded to that side of the filming and I'm really glad that people have picked up on this edge I wanted to create.
I'm intrigued about these future project with Paul that you mention. I'm guessing you can't reveal much but I have to ask.
As far as our future projects are concerned I can't say too much as they are not public knowledge just yet but it just made sense for us to continue working together as we found that we have very similar sensibilities.
So does this mean you are leaving your South African film career behind for a Hollywood career?
Well, most of my time is in the US now. I'm actually heading over to Los Angeles this week for a couple of months. I have got one project on the go at the moment called Drop which is being filmed on Table Mountain in Cape Twon but this is being funded with American money and stars an American lead actor.
Something that I am really excited about is a film version of Frank Miller's Hard Boiled that I'm preparing at the moment with Stephen L'Heureux from Solipsist films. They recently produced Sin City: A Dame To Kill For so it's going to be great.
It certainly sounds like you have a lot planned and you are sticking to the same genre. This begs me to ask the next, and final question. After filming Retribution you said that you would never do another film like that because you didn't want to bring any more violence to the world. In retrospect, do you regret saying that, because you went straight on to make Vehicle 19?
[laughs] I said that after Vehicle 19 right. No, I'm joking. No, I mean Retribution was a very, very dark film and something that would prefer not to do now. I don't think that any of the violence or action in Vehicle 19 can be considered bad in any way – it has its place and function. I just feel the thiller/action genre really works for me and I love doing this pacy stuff. I mean, if you are going to crash stuff and do action movies then, as long as it is all appropriate and not just gratuitous violence, there is always a place for it, as you'll see in Vehicle 19.
We'd like to thank Mukunda for his time and look forward to seeing all these US projects come to fruition in the near future. He certainly sounds like a director to watch out for. In the meantime, we recommend you don't miss Vehicle 19 which is out on DVD and Blu-ray this Monday, May 20th. We'll leave you with the action-packed trailer.


You do not need to spend thousands of dollars on a brand new kitchen remodel to give your kitchen a boost. Simply some new lighting can change the look of the entire room! Many people love cabinet lighting because when it is underneath the cabinets, the source of light cannot be seen, but the brightness illuminates task areas.
There are a few different types of cabinet lightings. Some cabinets have transparent windows in the door. Lights are installed inside the cabinet and the light shines out of the cabinet allowing it to glow from the inside.
Under cabinet lighting is more typical in Peachtree City homes. These lights underneath the cabinets can usually be installed so they can be dimmed or brightened. Changing the lights throughout the day is a luxury which transforms the home.