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review: A Jane Austen Daydream
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by Scott D. Southard
"When one looks at life it is easy to get lost in big moments, losing simple days that pass by in a glance, unimportant except in counting down to other days and events. We only notice their loss when we wonder whither all the time disappeared. We may see the lost time in the eyes of grown children and the age on the face of our parents. The hard, inescapable truth is that it is forever gone, and man has yet to find a way to recover it."
This novel, full of anecdotes, does not come across as a transparent retelling, but rather an emotional journey that fits in perfectly with the known facts of Jane Austen's life. The inclusion of a completely fictional character, an American at that, ensures a uniqueness and the smart, humorous prose resonates the authors' own beloved style. Jane's experiences and thoughts are cleverly laced with phrases fans will recognize from her books, while character traits are obviously drawn from family and acquaintances unfortunate enough to make an impression on the young writer.
"All her heroines find love in the end—but is there love waiting for Jane?
Jane Austen spends her days writing and matchmaking in the small countryside village of Steventon, until a ball at Godmersham Park propels her into a new world where she yearns for a romance of her own. But whether her heart will settle on a young lawyer, a clever Reverend, a wealthy childhood friend, or a mysterious stranger is anyone's guess.
Written in the style of Jane herself, this novel ponders the question faced by many devoted readers over the years—did she ever find love? Weaving fact with fiction, it re-imagines her life, using her own stories to fill in the gaps left by history and showing that all of us—to a greater or lesser degree—are head over heels for Jane."
This marks the 35th Jane Austen variation I've read, and it stands out as one of the more well-written and thought provoking. There are no modern nuances, it does not stray too far from the facts, and the author has managed to capture Austen's style and wit, along with his own charming quips. This story will delight those Austen fan-fiction enthusiasts who enjoy an imaginative and entertaining escape into their favorite author's world.
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Mr Smith previously served as vice-chair and has been a trustee of Arthritis Ireland since 2010.
Seoirse Smith is a consultant in change management, particularly in IT. He was president of the Ankylosing Spondylitis International Federation from 2009-2016 and secretary/PRO of the Ankylosing Spondylitis Association of Ireland from 1998-2016. He became a trustee of Arthritis Ireland in 2010 and served as vice-chair for the past two years.
John O'Flynn worked in auditing, management consultancy and commercial life. In 2006, together with other members, he set up the Cork branch of Arthritis Ireland. He is a participant in the patients as teachers programme in the School of Medicine, UCC. He was chair of the board since 2013 and a trustee since 2007.
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Q: Count number of publications with a specific first author I am trying to make a more automatic latex CV.  I'd like my reference section to lead with: "Refereed Publications (N first author, M total):"
For the M total, I have found a solution based on this post:
\usepackage{totcount}

\newtotcounter{citnum} %From the package documentation
\def\oldbibitem{} \let\oldbibitem=\bibitem
\def\bibitem{\stepcounter{citnum}\oldbibitem}

\renewcommand{\refname}{Refereed Publications [N first author, \total{citnum} total]:}

This results in the heading for the Bibliography section being changed to Refereed Publications [9 first author, 45 total]:, where the number 9 in this example is hard-coded and the number 45 has been counted by latex.
How can I do the same sort of counting, but only for the N publications on which I am the first author?
MWE added as per Johannes_B's request:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{natbib}
\usepackage{totcount}

\newtotcounter{citnum} %From the package documentation
\def\oldbibitem{} \let\oldbibitem=\bibitem
\def\bibitem{\stepcounter{citnum}\oldbibitem}

\renewcommand{\refname}{Refereed Publications [2 first author, \total{citnum} total]:}

\begin{document}
\nocite{*}
\bibliographystyle{apj_revchron}
\bibliography{mwe}
\end{document}

With the bib file mwe.bib:
@article{one,
    author = {{me}, a. and {you}, b.},
    title = {one},
    journal = {one},
    year = {2015},
}
@article{two,
    author = {{you}, a. and {me}, b.},
    title = {two},
    journal = {two},
    year = {2015},
}
@article{three,
    author = {{me}, a. and {you}, b. and {them}},
    title = {three},
    journal = {three},
    year = {2015},
}

This will result in the heading:
Refereed Publications [2 first author, 3 total]:
My question is, how can the 2 here be automatically determined?

A: Here a solution mostly stolen from Audrey in Count number of references using biblatex

%\RequirePackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
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        author = {Bee, B. and Wombat, W.},
        title = {Loving cobblestone},
        journal = {Stones weekly},
        year = {2015},
        keywords = {mefirst},
    }
    @article{two,
        author = {Wombat, W. and Bee, B.},
        title = {Flying Penguins},
        journal = {MP Monthly},
        year = {2015},
    }
    @article{three,
        author = {Bee, Busy and Wombat, Walzing and Penguins},
        title = {Animal Friendships},
        journal = {Madagascar Quarterly},
        year = {2015},
        keywords = {mefirst},
    }
\end{filecontents}
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{biblatex}
\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}

\defbibheading{bibliography}[]{\section*{Refereed Publications}
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}
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}
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Glen Davis is an old shale-mining town on the Capertee River, 35 km east of Capertee on the eastern rim of the Capertee Valley.
The first mining tunnel, established in 1881, later became the basis of the major mining enterprise which opened in 1938. A town of some 2500 people developed around the mine, which was named Glen Davis after the Davis Gelatine interests who headed the mining consortium (for further information see The Glen Davis Story by GJ Taylor).
The operation closed down in 1952 due to high costs and the increasingly small output, leaving what remains today – crumbling furnace ruins, retorts and collapsed shafts covered in vegetation and surrounded by steep sandstone cliffs and a profuse array of bird & wild life.


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The Tennessee Pharmacists Association (TPA) is providing the following information as an update to members about the recent Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) implementation Compliance Policy. TPA received the information below from the Division of Drug Information (DDI), a division of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) required dispensers, which primarily include pharmacies, to comply with new requirements related to product tracing beginning July 1, 2015.
Today, FDA issued a guidance, "DSCSA Implementation: Product Tracing Requirements for Dispensers–Compliance Policy (Revised)," announcing that it is extending a previously issued Compliance Policy from November 1, 2015, to March 1, 2016, because some dispensers – primarily smaller, independent pharmacies, and health systems – have expressed that they need additional time.
FDA previously published a Compliance Policy on July 6, 2015. It stated FDA did not intend to take action until November 1, 2015, against dispensers that accepted ownership of product without receiving the product tracing information or who did not capture and maintain the product tracing information as required by the law.
For more information, please read the guidance located at: DSCSA
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The boxer is playful, exuberant, inquisitive, attentive, demonstrative, devoted and outgoing; it is a perfect companion for an active family. It can be stubborn, but it is sensitive and responsive to commands. It may be aggressive toward strange dogs, but it is generally good with other household dogs and pets.
The boxer derives from two central European breeds of dog that no longer exist: the larger Danziger bullenbaiser and the smaller Brabenter bullenbaiser. Bullenbaiser means "bull biter," and these dogs were used to grab large game (wild boars, deer and small bears) after it was at bay, hanging onto it until the hunter arrived to kill it. This required a strong but agile dog with a broad powerful jaw and a recessed nose to enable the dog to breathe while its jaws were clamped onto an animal. Similar attributes were required of dogs used in bull-baiting, a popular sport in many European countries. In England, the bulldog was the favored breed for the sport, whereas in Germany large mastiff-type dogs were used. Around the 1830s, German hunters began a concerted effort to create a new breed, crossing their bullenbaisers with mastiff-type dogs for size, terriers for tenacity and, finally, bulldogs. The result was a tough agile dog with a streamlined body and strong grip. When bull-baiting was outlawed, the dogs were mostly used as butcher's dogs in Germany, controlling cattle in slaughter yards. By 1895, an entirely new breed, the boxer, had been established. Although the exact origin of the name boxer is obscure, it may have been derived from the German boxl, as they were called in the slaughterhouses. The boxer was one of the first breeds to be employed as a police and military dog in Germany. By 1900, the breed had become established as a general utility dog, a family pet and even a show dog. The AKC recognized the breed soon after, but only in the 1940s did the breed begin its steady rise to the top of the popularity charts, eventually peaking as the fourth-most popular breed in America.
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Grant Awarded to Children's Advocacy Center
Texas-New Mexico Power has awarded a grant to the Children's Advocacy Center of Denton County, a nonprofit agency that assists children who have been abused and which works to prevent abuse.
A check for $3,700 was presented earlier this month to CACDC Executive Director Dan Leal and Development Director Stacie Wainscott by TNMP President Neal Walker and North Texas Operations Director Dan Nelson.
"The funding from TNMP came at a needed time," Leal said. "It pays for 74 counseling sessions for abused children or for 74 children to receive a videotaped forensic interview to tell their stories of abuse.
"The impact of that donation is magnified by the hope, healing and safety these children will receive."
TNMP and the Children's Advocacy Center have a long-standing relationship. The center is located across the street from TNMP's construction center in Lewisville. TNMP's support, among other efforts, has included employees donating needed children's items and assembling and installing playground equipment at the center.
"We're very happy that we can continue to provide support for the Children's Advocacy Center," Walker said. "They're not just our neighbors – they play a vital role in helping kids in need in Lewisville."
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Pinterest. I love Pinterest, even more so as a hairstylist. It's a fantastic way to help you show your prospective hair tamer how you'd like your hair. Without the ums, ahs and descriptive hand gestures. It's also great for all wedding aspects - just don't get too caught up in the 'dream wedding' as some of this pins are something to aspire to.
'Imagine the Bride' - Now this might sound a little silly, and pretentious, but imagine the finished look. Dress, make up, the full sch-bang! 'It looks a little fancy!' is a comment I've had once or twice. Which whilst you are stood looking in a mirror wearing leggings and a five year old hoody, it will.
And most of all, remember, it's still you. I love doing trials where the bride declares she'd like a dramatic up do and tells the MUA to 'go dark and smoky' but in all honesty, if that's not you, you will probably look in the mirror and panic. Whilst it's great to try out different looks, it's maybe not a great idea on your wedding day. You'll be feeling nervous and it may make you feel more uncomfortable if you don't recognise your own reflection. Also, don't want to have the groom questioning who is walking down that aisle.


Because higher education faculty directly impact student learning, it is important to understand how they perceive their roles in academic assessment and how they communicate their involvement in, and commitment to, academic assessment practices (Lee, Zhang, & Yin, 2011). Faculty may have different points of contact with academic assessment. Assessment professionals need to understand how faculty incorporate academic assessment practices into their professional routines and rituals, so that institutional leaders can provide better resources and smarter strategies to gain the compliance of faculty on academic assessment tasks (Daniels, 2011). To effectively measure student learning, assessment professionals need to understand how to provide resources for faculty that will ultimately lead to gains in student learning performance (Banta, 2007). The purpose of this study was to explore how assessment professionals described their efforts to work collaboratively with faculty to gain their compliance on academic assessment tasks. Using the interpretive research paradigm, this study employed a qualitative methodology that utilized a collective case study research design. A collective case study research design was used to study collaborative behaviors within the context of assessment professionals' work. The collective case study design allowed the researcher to gather data from the perspective of multiple interrelated cases. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews. The processes of open coding, axial coding, subcoding, and NVivo coding were also used. The findings of this study indicated that assessment professionals employ specific strategies to gain faculty compliance on academic assessment tasks. First, participants noted that communicating reciprocity was a helpful compliance strategy. In other words, offering something in return to the faculty member seemed to help the faculty member complete the assessment task. Second, participants suggested that conveying flexibility and supportiveness, where appropriate, was also a useful compliance strategy. The participants described how they consciously made decisions about extending assessment deadlines based upon departmental or institutional circumstances. Third, the participants reiterated the importance of recognizing disciplinary-based connections to the assessment data. This intentional strategy helped the faculty members contextualize the data within their discipline. Finally, the participants offered six recommendations for working collaboratively with faculty on academic assessment tasks: 1) communicating reciprocity to faculty can be a helpful strategy for assessment professionals to gain compliance with assessment tasks; 2) assessment professionals should convey flexibility and supportiveness to their faculty colleagues in order to help build greater commitment to academic assessment; 3) faculty are engaged in assessment when a discipline-based connection is present; 4) a best practices approach for collaborating with faculty emphasizes how the assessment data benefits faculty; 5) a best practices approach for collaborating with faculty is dependent upon the extent to which the faculty member(s) and the assessment professional can propose a solution to the assessment problem, and 6) a best practices approach for collaborating with faculty focuses on the creation of disciplinary connections to the assessment project. The discussion of findings gives voice to the role of the assessment professional in higher education. Assessment professionals are an unstudied employee group within higher education, and this study aimed to contribute to the literature on this particular employee group. The results of this study lead to several implications for higher education practice, including that the current accountability climate is not overwhelmingly empowering either to assessment professionals or faculty members; collaborative strategies used by assessment professionals need to be intentional in order to gain faculty compliance, assessment professionals must consciously work together with faculty to solve assessment problems, and assessment professionals may consider interprofessional collaboration as a legitimate compliance strategy. These four implications indicate that institutions will continue to be challenged to achieve greater faculty compliance with academic assessment within the current higher education environment. The results of this study lead to several recommendations for higher education practice. The first recommendation is the need for assessment professionals to create meaningful professional development opportunities for faculty, so that faculty learn about assessment techniques and strategies at the course, program, and institutional levels. The second recommendation is that institutional leaders must explicitly state that academic assessment is a required part of the faculty contract. Clarifying these expectations for faculty is fair, especially because assessment practices generally require significant effort, especially when performed well. The third recommendation is that institutions must develop their own assessment policies that privilege continuous improvement of student learning. Institutions need to move away from using the term compliance, and instead develop and implement institutional policies that emphasize improvement. The fourth recommendation for higher education practice is to encourage assessment professionals to have more direct involvement with the academic decisions of their respective institutions. Direct involvement can take many forms, such as serving as a voting member of an academic decision-making group, like a core curriculum committee, a general education committee, a state education board, or a departmental assessment subcommittee. The final recommendation for higher education practice is to create formal partnerships between assessment professionals and faculty. Examples of formal partnerships include the development of a faculty fellow program, the awarding of faculty assessment stipends, and the offering of workload credit or reassignment time to faculty who have significant responsibilities in assessment.


The section covers core topics comprising news, events, marketing, ad management and industry trends about social network Twitter.
Govind Singh July 9th, 2015 Social Media Marketing 2 comments.
Stone Temple analyzed the same 900+ user set that they analyzed somewhere in February this year. While suggesting the growth promising, the report added that still more than 96% of Tweets that aren't indexed.
Tarun Gupta June 12th, 2015 Social Media Marketing 2 comments.
The platform wants change in twitter direct message to be enough precise so that all the applications and services can handle these longer format messages before the final switch in coming month.
Tarun Gupta June 11th, 2015 Mobile Marketing 3 comments.
Twitter, the micro-blogging legend has introduced a tool named 'installed app category targeting'. The tool takes into the account what are the apps installed and used by the users.
The new layout won't force users to log in for reading twitter feeds. It was earlier a big turn-off for the users. This new twitter home page layout has flatter and cleaner design elements to deliver users a tailored Twitter experience.
Sumant Singh June 2nd, 2015 Social Media Marketing 6 comments.
Twitter has always been eager to add additional features to make tweeting easier. This time, the social network has revamped its re-tweet feature. Now, while re-tweeting, users can add their comments to it to make their views more specific.


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Telégrafo é um bairro de Belém do Pará, possui pouco mais de 40 mil habitantes. Está localizado ás margens da baía do guajará, na zona norte de Belém. Também chamado de Telégrafo sem fio, o bairro tem intenso comércio e serviços, com ruas bem movimentadas. A formação de sua populção é mista, com o perfil socioeconômico de classes mais pobres até classe média alta. Nele passam algumas vias importantes como as avenidas  Pedro Álvares Cabral,  Senador Lemos e a  Rodovia Artur Bernades. O bairro possui um forte centro comercial atendendo as necessidades dos moradores e bairros próximos, além do Centro de Ciências Sociais e Educação da Universidade do Estado do Pará.

História

Toponímia
O nome do bairro foi popularizado pela vizinhança da época após a instalação da estação telegráfica, em 1886, que por lá marcou a história da urbanização da cidade.

Origem e Ocupação
Por volta de 1861, Bruno Álvares Lobo, propriétario de um sítio chamado São João do Bruno, contrata a construção de matadouro na região, ao redor desse matadouro surgiria uma grande área que mais tarde se tornaria o bairro denominado São João do Bruno. E a partir das construções da rede telegráfica de Belém, o bairro passaria a ser chamado de Télegrafo sem fio, ou simplesmente Telégrafo. O bairro surgiu de um pedaço do Umarizal. Antes de se tornar um bairro nobre, o Umarizal era periférico, mas a partir de sua verticalização a populção mais pobre foi forçada pelas mais ricas a se mudar para áreas com terrenos não muito apropriados. Assim surgiu não só o Telégrafo mas também a Pedreira.
Essa condição, não apropriada, se dá por a maioria do bairro ser situado numa planíce com níveis de 5 a 10 metros no máximo,  em encostas de igarapés ou a margem direita da baía de Guajará. Era um bairro  residencial  com  uma  população  pobre,  que  residia  em  barracas,  habitações construídas sobre estacas, algumas sujeitas às dinâmicas da maré e poucas casas de alvenaria e palafitas. A partir da década de 60 o bairro sofreu melhorias de estrutura consideráveis como: ruas asfaltadas, linhas de transporte público, escolas e estabelecimentos comerciais de grande porte. Apesar disso, muitas residências continuam com condições precárias, graças as condições socioeconômicas dos moradores, essas residências mais humildes se concentram em torno do canal do galo, hoje em dia.

Geografia

Localização
Segundo a Lei 7.806, de 30 de julho de 1996,  o bairro compreende a área envolvida pela poligonal que tem início na interseção da margem direita da Baía do Guajará com o Canal do Una, segue por este até o encontro da avenida Senador Lemos com a travessa Mauriti, flete à direita e segue por esta até a Rua Nova, flete à direita e segue por esta até encontrar o Canal do Galo, flete à esquerda e segue por este até encontrar a travessa José Pio, flete à direita e segue por esta e por seu prolongamento até a margem direita da Baía do Guajará, flete à direita e segue por esta até o início da poligonal.

Principais Vias e Logradouros
  Avenida Senador Lemos
  Avenida Pedro Álvares Cabral
  Rodovia Artur Bernades
 Travessa Djalma Dutra
 Rua do Úna

Transporte Público

Nota: Muitas outras linhas cruzam o bairro, essas são apenas as principais, baseadas em sua frequência.

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You know what? It's not too late. You can throw your squash vines in the compost (R.I.P, butternuts) and try to kill the army of borer beetles and what the heck even rip your spent tomatoes out, but it is Not Over Yet. There's still time! There are cold loving plants!
Natalie at Bayberry gave me the rundown the other day. She does all the ordering for the fall seedlings and seed packet sales at the nursery, and she's got some real gems. My personal favorite is Veronica Cauliflower.
Have you ever seen it? It looks like something out of science fiction. The florets are bright lime green and they swirl and point. Natalie thinks it looks like dinosaur horns. However you want to describe it, the taste is mild and sweet and a little bit nutty and a big hit. It's a bit late to start Veronicas from seed, but Natalie has starts.
Beets are another story. Natalie says beets are always better from seed—she likes Jewel-Tone and her dad likes Detroit Red and they also have a few packets of Early Wonder kicking around. Natalie says beets also like bonemeal and plenty of water, that if they dry out they can get a cavity inside.
Then of course there are greens. Arugula and kale (lacinato up there and curly leaf are Natalie's picks) and lettuces of every shape and sort. For kale you want starts, but Natalie says it's not too late to start arugula and lettuce from seed. She recommends picking a looseleaf variety for lettuces, something that doesn't take as long as the heading varieties like Tom Thumb or Romaine. That way you can start cutting individual leaves pretty early on.
Finally, it's not too late for fennel or bush beans. Fennel will overwinter or stick around until you decide it's time to pull it out, and bush bean starts planted now will produce through the end of fall.
Things around here are starting to wind down. The squash vine borer beetles hit us hard, and while we have arugula and fava beans coming in and kale and turnips in the ground, there's not much else going on. But Natalie's got me thinking, and what I'm thinking about is a second wind. The tomatoes are about done, the vines will be out of the hoophouse soon, and what's to stop me from transplanting baby lettuces and bean starts in?
Bring on the seeds and let's march into fall.
It sounds unlikely, I know. But Natalie swears it's delicious, and so does her sister. It comes from their aunt, Christy Milliken.
Sauté the onion, celery, leeks, and garlic in a little bit of olive oil in a big pot over medium heat. When the veggies are soft and translucent, add the arugula and spinach and stir until wilted. Next, add the chicken stock and bring to a boil. In a separate melt the butter and slowly whisk in the flour to make a roux. Stir the roux into the soup to thicken it, then add the heavy cream. Puree with an immersion blender until smooth. Add more stock if needed. Season with salt and pepper and serve hot.
Next time you plant squash put in three or four radish seeds around the base of the plant and just let them grow and grow and grow. They will look pretty funky but they are a great deterrent for squash vine borers who tend to attack the vine at the base.
thanks for that advice, darnell! i'll try that next year. i'd never had a problem before but this year was terrible.
It would be highly advantageous to do organic farming to prevent the after-effects of using synthetic chemicals for enhancing the fertility of seeds artificially.


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Artis Amsterdam Royal Zoo – Dierentuin Artis
May 14, 2020 Museums, Parks, Plantage, Zoo
Founded in 1838, ARTIS is the oldest zoo in the Netherlands, and one of the oldest zoos of mainland Europe.
Guidebooks rightly refer to it one of the most pleasant city zoos around. The whole place breathes a 19th-century garden atmosphere with winding paths, majestic trees, fascinating sculptures and monumental historical buildings.
As much as possible the over 900 species of animals live in landscaping that resembles their natural habitat.
Having been closed due to the COVID-19 crisis, ARTIS is reopening to the general public on May 23, 2020.
Amsterdam King's Day 2021: All-Day Citywide Street Party
May 12, 2020 Events, Things To Do
On King's Day Amsterdam puts on the world's largest street party. In 2020 the party moved indoors for King's Day 2020, the Coronavirus Lockdown Edition.
It's too early to tell what the conditions will be like on King's Day, 2021 (April 27). Will it be another lockdown edition, largely online? Will people be allowed to travel to Amsterdam>
Previously known as Queen's Day, 2021 will mark the eighth edition of King's Day in honor of King Willem-Alexander.
It's actually a nationwide party, but Amsterdam definitely is the place to be.
Mark this date on your calendar: Tuesday, April 27, 2021.
Free Amsterdam Walking Tour
October 12, 2017 Things To Do
Amsterdam is a walkable city. It's small enough to easily walk to many of its tourist sights and attractions. While most visitors explore the city on their own, many book a Free Amsterdam Walking Tour.
But are those tours really free? If so, what's the catch?
More importantly: which free tours company may you want to avoid?
January 24, 2017 Things To Do
Amsterdam is a freewheeling city, but — contrary to popular opinion — not everything goes. And even some things that are perfectly legal are best avoided. Here is our list of tourist traps to avoid.
A'DAM Lookout — Amsterdam 360° Panorama Observation Deck
August 21, 2016 North, Things To Do
A'DAM Lookout is Amsterdam's only publicly accessible observation deck.
It provides spectacular, 360° panoramic views of Amsterdam and surroundings.
Plus: are you brave enough to take a ride in Europe highest swingset? You'll swing right over the edge, 20 stories above the ground!
Virgin Vacations: Amsterdam world's most bicycle friendly city
January 26, 2010 Bike Tour / Ride a Bicycle, News
Amsterdam is the most bicycle-friendly city in the world, says American travel agency Virgin Vacations. In its listing of "11 Most Bicycle Friendly Cities in the World," Amsterdam ranks number one.
Small wonder. Amsterdam truly is bike heaven.


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The NorthEast SAS Users Group (NESUG) is a regional SAS user group serving the northeast; from the Eastern Provinces of Canada south to Washington, DC, and west through New York and Pennsylvania.
The main purpose of the group is to promote the sharing of SAS related information among members of the SAS community.
NESUG meets this goal by conducting an annual educational conference, a Speaker Sharing program to local user groups, and by acting as an advocate for SAS users to both SAS Institute and the SAS Global Forum Users Group.
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Wedding Planners Reveal 11 Things Couples Tend To Forget (But Really Shouldn't) While Planning Their Big Day!
Wedding planning is exciting but can also get overwhelming. There are a million things you need to plan, whether it's selecting your bridal outfit or saving ideas for wedding decor or searching for the best of the best vendors. Then there are guests you need to take care of, logistics to be managed. In the middle of all this, there will be a few things that will slip your mind.
1) Is the panditji or the decorator responsible for the hawan kund and samagri? CHECK!
"It is small but essential. Some kaliras require being individually threaded for tying. People who don't know this or are unprepared tend to run around with panicking at the last minute".
#SpottedAtRealWedding: Team Baraati Inc came to the rescue with their 'Shaadi Survival Kit' that contains molis, sindoor, safety pins and ointments.
3) Make sure you carry jewellery to the parlour!
"There's no 'jugaad' for this one! It must be packed right, kept and transported safely at all times!"
#SpottedAtRealWedding: Our very own Chief Content Officer, Shinjini Amitabh Chawla, packed her jewellery but forgot to take it along with her and realised only when the makeup artist asked her for the maang tikka!
"A lot of times, the DJ does not have the particular choice of track you have decided on, you cannot expect him to have it!"
Also, make sure you have multiple copies of the soundtrack or the video that you want to be played. You just can't rely on one pen drive - it can be forgotten, lost or get corrupted. And sometimes, phones might don't get plugged into DJ's equipment too!
5) Arrange meals for all your vendors and other help!
"People making your big day cannot be left unfed and not looked after! You or your family don't want to be in a situation where a rude vendor points out in the middle of the function that they deserve some shaadi food!
Keep buffer time and extra time in hand but a realistic timeline is important to chart out in order to STICK to it on the big day!
"Make sure smaller vendors are locked in with an advance payment and followed up with regularly. Whether it's the mehendi or ghodi wala who can ditch at the last minute if not booked properly".
9) Brides, don't forget to pee!
"Yes, it might not seem like an important thing to 'remember' but it is! Release the tension before walking into the spotlight. You don't want to feel uncomfortable in the middle of your function".
"Everyone wants to look their best for your wedding. Arranging for a makeup artist/hair stylist for your guests is a thing you might forget during your wedding planning. Book a good local artist so that your guests feel important too and moreover feel well looked after".


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Better Late Than Never (A Library Lover's Mystery #7) (Mass Market)
In this Library Lover's Mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of A Likely Story, a decades-overdue book puts library director Lindsey Norris hot on the trail of a cold case…
When the Briar Creek Public Library holds its first overdue book amnesty day—no fines for late returns—the volume of incoming materials is more than Lindsey and her staff can handle. But one tardy tome catches her attention—a copy of J. D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, twenty years past due.
When Lindsey looks up the borrower, she's shocked to discover it was a murdered teacher named Candice Whitley, whose killer was never found. Candice checked out the novel on the day she died. Now Lindsey wonders if it could provide a clue to the decades-old cold case. No one noticed who brought the book back in, but could it be Candice's killer? Lindsey is determined to catch the culprit one way or another, because justice for Candice Whitley is long overdue...
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SDSU Department of Physics Master's Thesis Defense: Vadim Malis
Speaker: Vadim Malis
Title: "Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging Techniques to Probe Muscle Structure and Function"
Time: 12:45 pm, Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Place: PA-250
Structural and functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) studies of skeletal muscle allow the elucidation of muscle physiology under normal and pathological conditions. Continuing on the efforts of the Muscle Imaging and Modeling laboratory, the focus of the thesis is to (i) extend and refine two challenging imaging modalities: structural imaging using Diffusion tensor imaging and functional imaging based on Velocity Encoded Phase Contrast Imaging and (ii) apply these methods to explore age related structure and functional differences of the gastrocnemius muscle.
Diffusion tensor imaging allows the study of tissue microstructure as well as muscle fiber architecture. The images, based on an ultrafast single shot EPI sequence, suffer from geometric distortions and low signal to noise ratio. A processing pipeline was developed to correct for distortions and to improve image SNR. DTI acquired on a senior and young cohort of subjects were processed through the pipeline and differences in DTI derived indices and fiber architecture between the two cohorts were explored. The DTI indices indicated that at the microstructural level, fiber atrophy was accompanied with a reduction in fiber volume fraction. At the fiber architecture level, fiber length and pennation angles decreased with age that potentially contribute to the loss of muscle force with age.
Velocity encoded Phase contrast imaging provides tissue (e.g. ,muscle) velocity at each voxel which allows the study of strain and strain rate (SR) under dynamic conditions. The focus of the thesis was to extract 2D strain rate tensor maps from the velocity images and apply the method to study age related differences. The tensor mapping can potentially provide unique information on the extracellular matrix and lateral transmission, the role of these two elements has recently emerged as important determinants of force loss with age. In the cross sectional study on aging, strain rate during isometric contraction was significantly reduced in the seniors; presumably from decrease in muscle slack and increase in stiffness with age. Other parameters of interest from this study that allow inferences on the ECM and lateral transmission are the asymmetry of deformation in the fiber cross section as well as the angle between the SR and muscle fiber.
The last part of thesis, which is a 'work-in-progress' is the extension to 3D SR tensor mapping using a 3D spatial, 3D velocity encoded imaging sequence. This is combined with Diffusion tensor imaging to obtain the lead eigenvector (muscle fiber direction) at each voxel. The 3D SR is then rotated to the basis of the DTI to obtain a 'Fiber Aligned Strain rate: FASR'. The off diagonal elements of FASR are shear strain terms. Detailed analysis of the shear strain will provide a unique non-invasive method to probe lateral transmission.
Dr. Usha Sinha (Chair, Dept. Of Physics)
Dr. Valafar (depart. of computer science)
Dr. Shantanu Sinha (depart. of Radiology, UCSD)


http://www.howtogetbackonyourex.com/ex -- signs he wants you back - signs your ex boyfriend still loves you.
"What are the signs my ex boyfriend wants me back?" Is that one of the questions you've been asking friends recently? When we go through a break up and then realize that we are still in love with our ex, we're in a difficult position. Is it best to simply try and forget about him and move on or should you try and get him back? It seems that everyone has an opinion on this but the only opinion that truly matters is your own. If you want him back, you need to try and get him back. Before that can happen you have to determine whether there's a chance for a renewed romance between you two. Knowing whether or not he wants you back isn't nearly as hard as you might think.
One of the signs that your ex hasn't gotten over you yet is his desire to stay in touch with you. In the case of a welcomed break up most men can't get far away from their ex girlfriend fast enough. They stop all contact and they never think twice about it. When a man still has lingering feelings for his ex, he'll want to keep some type of a connection alive. He'll either call or text message her regularly to see how she is. On a related note, if your ex has asked you to be friends, take that as a great sign. It usually means that he wants to reestablish a bond with you, and a friendship is a great way to do that.
Another way to tell what's really going on in the heart of your ex boyfriend is his interest in your current dating status. Let's face it, when a relationship ends and we're glad about it, we don't care either way if our ex starts seeing someone new. Sometimes we're even relieved when we know there's a new woman in the picture because it means he won't be coming back. Your boyfriend is asking out of concern more than curiosity. He wants to know if there's any new competition for your affection. Although you may think it's wise to try and make him jealous, don't resort to this. It won't work. Playing with a man's emotions in this way can actually make him pull back from you forever. A good rule of thumb is to just not date if you still care for your ex. That leaves you open and available in case he wants to get back together too.
Wishful thinking can only carry you so far when you're hoping to get back together with an ex boyfriend. When we want something very badly we tend to let our imaginations get the best of us and we may misread signals or see things that simply aren't there. If you are intent on having a future with your ex there are some unmistakable signs he wants you back. If you notice any of these happening, there's a lot of reason to hope that he wants you back just as much as you want him.
One of the clear signs he wants you back is how often he contacts you. Normally when a relationship ends and the man has decided to move on with his life, he just won't contact his ex anymore. If your ex boyfriend regularly calls you to see how you are or he texts or emails you to keep in touch, that's a sign that he's still harboring strong feelings for you. If you've been the one initiating contact with him, stop it for a few weeks and see how often you hear from him. If it's more than a few times a week, he wants to stay close because he still cares for you.
During the course of your relationship it's very likely that your ex would come to you for advice. If he's still doing that it's one of the signs he wants you back. If he's turning to you to help him make some important decisions it shows that he still values your opinion. If you want him back listen carefully to the issue and offer whatever support and guidance you can. Show him, through your actions, that you still care for him too.
Jealousy tends to sneak into almost every relationship. If your ex continually asks about your life love that's one of the signs he wants you back. If he didn't feel emotionally connected to you anymore it wouldn't matter at all to him if you were dating someone else. If you'd like to get back together with him it's important not to date others. Once a man realizes that his ex is with another man he can lose interest very quickly and any chance of reconciliation will be lost.


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Erdogan faces toughest challenge as hundreds of thousands rally for opponent
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:00 A.M.) – Turkey's presidential candidate Muharrem Ince rallied in front of hundreds of thousands of supporters at a campaign rally in Istanbul on Saturday, just one day before the start of his first tour before Turkey's snap president elections.
During his rally, which was not broadcasted on any Turkish television channel, Ince made several promises to the crowd, while also providing a glimpse into his potential presidency.
"If the eyes are not lying, if the words are not lying, if the squares are not lying, if the streets are not lying, this has been done, this is job is done. Rest assured. Not a president with a long face, not a tired president, a president with fresh blood," he began.
"Not a president which is yelling 'Eyyy' in the rallies, a president which is talking about the future at rallies, a president who talks about nano technology, space mining, a president who is talking about cars without drivers, a president who promises not to open coffee shops but factories. Not a president who is offering free cake after sixteen years of service but a president talking about, jobs, food and bread," Ince told the crowd.
"I will do whatever it takes to create an independent judiciary, the economy cannot recover without an independent judiciary, to recover the economy you have to free the judiciary, that's where we will start. How nice of you. There will be a Turkey like this. We will establish together a Turkey like this," he continued.
"I am proud of you too. I am proud of five million here. I am proud of the 81 million." he added.
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Jun 16, 2006the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
President Bush says the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi offers an opportunity for Iraq's new government to "turn the tide in this struggle."
But, in contrast to his triumphal claims in 2003 about "mission accomplished," Bush has no illusions that the war is over.
Abu Hamza al-Muhajer -- the successor to the Jordanian-born al-Zarqawi -- already has warned that his predecessor left "lions behind" him to carry on the fight.
After al-Zarqawi's death from a June 7 airstrike north of Baghdad, Bush showed he has become aware that his credibility about victory claims is almost nonexistent. The president has even said future presidents will have to deal with Iraq.
The giddy headlines about the death of al-Zarqawi have been mired in other reports that do not reflect well on the United States, such as the alleged Marine massacre of 24 Iraqi civilians at Haditha and the three detainee suicides at the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Bush, who made a surprise quickie trip to Iraq Tuesday, said the "difficult and necessary mission in Iraq continues," and he expects no let up in the violence.
He also covered his tracks by repeating that the death of al-Zarqawi was "not going to end the war."
At the same time, Bush got a jolt of good news that there is an improvement in public confidence that the war is winnable, according to a USA Today-Gallup poll.
The new poll said 48 percent now believe the United States probably or definitely will win the war, compared with 39 percent in April.
According to the survey, 47 percent of those polled believe things are going well in Iraq, a boost from 38 percent in March.
There is no doubt that the U.S. military also is buoyed by the death of the terrorist leader and has embarked on an aggressive drive against insurgents. U.S. soldiers have been raining bombs on Iraqis, raiding 140 sites, and killing 32 people in the resistance, including a baby boy and a 4-year-old boy.
Bush also has made some diplomatic efforts to bolster support for the war.
He provided Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen with the rare hospitality of Camp David last week. Rasmussen told reporters he "shares the same ideology" with Bush about liberty, freedom and democracy.
But Rasmussen demonstrated that friendship goes only so far when he took a slap at alleged human rights abuses by U.S. forces.
"When unacceptable events happen in Abu Ghraib (the notorious prison near Baghdad)," Rasmussen said "and when allegations are made about horrific events in Haditha, it is not only a tragedy for the victims, it is damaging to our own efforts and an offense to our very own values."
There also have been many calls in the international community to shut down the Guantanamo Bay prison.
The three prisoners who hanged themselves in their cells at Guantanamo used sheets and clothing for nooses. All left suicide notes in Arabic.
Speaking of the suicides, Rear Adm. Harry Harris Jr. commander at Guantanamo was quoted in The New York Times as callously saying: "They are smart, they are creative, they are committed. They have no regard for life, either ours or their own. I believe this was not an act of desperation, but an act of asymmetrical warfare waged against us."
Colleen Graffy, U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for public diplomacy, matched Harris, saying: "Taking their own life was not necessary, but it was a good PR move."
White House press secretary Tony Snow said the president has expressed "serious concern" over the suicide deaths.
To prove it, Bush should start by abiding by the international law on humane treatment of prisoners.
That way the United States will be able to shine in the triumph over al-Zarqawi. And Bush will have learned the wisdom of Winston Churchill's dictum: "In victory, magnanimity."
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Il castello Merola, chiamato anche castello Merla, è un castello ubicato a San Mango Piemonte.

Storia e descrizione
Il castello venne costruito tra il XII e il XIII secolo sulla sommità del monte Magno, come luogo di avvistamento a difesa del confine meridionale del principato di Salerno: comunicava infatti con il vicino castello di Montevetrano tramite segnali di fumo o di luce utilizzando i riflessi di specchi. Dotato anche di una cisterna, il castello servì anche come luogo di rifugio.

Del castello rimane visibile una torre, edificata durante l'epoca angioina.

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Architetture militari di San Mango Piemonte
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Speak Freely Like Rush Did! Parents Push Back Against Critical Race Theory
TODD: Ophelie Jacobson of Campus Reform asked students at George Washington University about critical race theory. Here's a montage of her recording…
JACOBSON: "The most important thing about you is your race." Do you agree or disagree with that?
(montage of responses)
TODD: They're taking apart critical race theory's elements and they're showing them for what they are, and the young people reject them — and this is a great trick that the left pulls. "Critical race theory? It must be very serious, because it's called 'theory.'" (Snort!) See, freedom of speech can save this country.
You can find this link at RushLimbaugh.com, and you can share it with your friends, and you can say, "This is what you agree with? But you agree with critical race theory," or this one. This is from TikTok, a video that's gone viral on social media of a young Black father and his daughter speaking out against CRT.
KORY YESHUA: Daddy teaches you that you can be anything in this world that you want to be, right? Don't daddy teach you that?
ROYALTY: Yeah, and it doesn't matter if you're black or white or any color.
KORY YESHUA: Doesn't matter if you're black or white, brown —
BOTH: Yellow!
KORY YESHUA: Right.
ROYALTY: "Block."
KORY YESHUA: And how we treat people is based on how they are —
ROYALTY: Yeah, and if they're nice!
KORY YESHUA: — and not what color they are.
ROYALTY: And if they're nice and if they're smart.
KORY YESHUA: See? This is how… (chuckles) This is how children think right here. Critical race theory wants to end that. Not with my children. It's not going to happen. My baby is gonna know that no matter what she wants to be in life, all she has to do is work hard, and she can become that.
ROYALTY: Work hard. Even though you don't know anyone, you can make friends.
KORY YESHUA: (chuckling) Yeah. You can make friends no matter what color they are. So we stop CRT, period, point-blank. Children do not see skin color, man! They love everybody. If they're good people, they love 'em.
ROYALTY: We pray for people who are hurt.
TODD: God bless them. Ainsley Earhardt interviewed the dad, Kory Yeshua, on Fox & Friends yesterday, and asked them what compelled them to post the video.
KORY YESHUA: I have just seen a lot of things about to go in America right now, a lot of things going on in the world, and I see the agenda being pushed on our children, and they're trying to teach our children to look at each other, not for who they are as a person, but for their skin color. I just decided I wanted to get out there and show the world what I teach my daughter, you know, and the values I instill in her, and that's to see people for who they are, and for "the content of their character, and not the color of their skin."
TODD: Earlier in the week on Fox, a dad in Maine explained how his opposition to critical race theory and it nearly got him banned from attending his own twin daughters' graduation.
Shawn McBreairty: This sounds weird, but I feel I'm the tip of the sword. There's a lot of people behind me, and I've had, you know, a number of business leaders and people across the town pulling me aside and say, "Hey, Shawn. I believe what you're doing. I can't say anything because the cancel culture is so strong here. And really, the woke mob, the trolls, they go after everybody." So I got pushed, and I pushed back hard.
TODD: Rush invoked the Reverend-Dr. Martin Luther King to describe the absolute perversity of today's Democrat Party.
RUSH: Well, I have to agree with you. Dr. King, one of his most famous passages was that he hoped that his kids someday would grow up in a country where — I'm paraphrasing — the content of their character was the single greatest determining factor about the kind of people they were, rather than the color of their skin. Now, Dr. King — and I have no problem saying this at all — Dr. King would not recognize the modern iteration of the Democrat Party.
He did believe in nonviolence. And he might have had a political motivation now and then of playing, throwing down the race card, but that was not who he was. It was not the defining thing about Dr. King. And so much is being done in his name that he never supported. I think he would be shocked, probably is. But it's kind of like saying the same of JFK. JFK would not be welcomed into the Democrat Party today.
JFK believed in tax cuts, for example, and a whole lot of other conservative economic principles. And yet all of these things that the Democrat Party supposedly believes in are being done in the name of people like JFK, but more importantly, Dr. King. And I'm telling you Dr. King would not recognize the Democrat Party today. And I have no compunction saying that he wouldn't want any part of it, or a large part of it.
TODD: Rush spoke freely for a living — a really good one, God bless him — and we must speak freely. Everyone else is waiting for someone in the room to say, "This is crazy, insane, nonsense. White people are not racist by the virtue of being white. Race is not the most important thing about hiring or about anything else." It's content of the character. It's how you treat others. So we must be the ones who arrive with free speech.
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Campus Reform: Students reject Critical Race Theory after learning what it's really about
New York Post: Video of dad, daughter speaking out against critical race theory goes viral


Homeless Today, Parody Song Lyrics of Traditional, "Home on the Range"
Song Parodies -> "Homeless Today"
And a siren's not blasting all day!
In a Bronx city shelter I stay.
Or a studio flat near Broadway.
And the shelters are filled to the brim.
The rent's too damn high!
Better yet, my ex-landlord—ask him!
So Barack and DeBlasio pay.
But we barely make minimum pay!
Then the programs were slashed.
Our low pay and high prices don't jibe!
While we can't feed our kids.
How do you expect us to survive?
Though to you, we look dirty and strange.
Well, then, you try to live on chump change!
Well done, Melanie Lee. I don't think the original song has as many verses as your parody, but you had a lot to say and you said it well. Where does the blame for homelessness belong? Of course, a lot of people and institutions can be blamed; but, interestingly, the only perpetrators that you specify are both Democrat. I commend you for being an equal opportunity parodist.
Brilliantly written. I don't know why anyone would live in New York City, but I'm glad they do, otherwise they would bring their lack of manners and their repressive laws to Kansas ("Home on the Range" is our State song). There are three different versions in the Wikipedia article and they all have six verses. I think your lyrics capture the feel of what it must be like to be one of society's outcasts. Last night, as I stood in line with thousands of more or less affluent people, waiting to attend a concert in Kansas City, Missouri, I saw a man picking up cigarette butts from the sidewalk and stripping the remaining tobacco into a foil pouch. You can see such contrasts in just about any US city. Security code for this comment "ARD". There is a line in the Esperanto version of "Hejm' sur la Step'" that goes "Dum longa rigard', mi scivolis pro ard'" (As I gazed out, I wondered at the glow". I used to know more of the language, this parody brought back some of it.
And Patrick, shame on you for your stereotyping New Yorkers for "lack of manners." How dull! You should know better.
You're right, you look at the site where that list comes from... "The two most populated metro areas, New York and Los Angeles, also have the highest homeless populations." So the rate isn't the highest, but they still have the most homeless. Anyone can distort facts I guess.
Sorry about the stereotype. But, when I hear a heterosexual New York accent, it seems to make every sentence sound like "F! You!". The few times I have been cussed at on the street in Kansas City, it was by someone with a New York hetero accent. There is also a very distinctive gay New York accent, you can sometimes hear on interview shows. Having that many people crammed into a small area has to be rough on the nervous system. I try to stay out of downtown KCMO for that reason. Yesterday I talked to a couple of Jewish guys from New York. They told me all the crap you have to go through to own a gun in that state. It's almost as bad as trying to register a car in Kansas. That's why I always give thanks for New York and California, so that people who can live that way will have a place to do so and never, ever bring their ideas about government here. Rob, by the way, I know you are one of the good guys. As for the list of cities with highest rates of homelessness, they mostly seem to be places where a person might have a chance of staying alive outdoors at night. The police and Salvation Army keep tabs on the homeless encampments in KC, especially in the winter, since it is all too easy to freeze to death.
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    throw new Error(`Invalid GitHub repository URL: ${ghURL}`)
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Checkers on one side, Backgammon on the other!
Extra-large checkers: 12 black and 12 red.
Durable woven natural fiber rug.
Features an ample 28" x 28" game area.
Extra-large checkers and versatile playing surface make this game ideal for children and seniors alike. Playing surface is of a natural fiber composition. Comes with 12 black and 12 red oversized 3" checker pieces for playing checkers, 30 traditional sized checker pieces in 2 colors, plus 2 dice to play backgammon, and a 28" square "board" with checker board on one side and backgammon on the other. Includes everything needed to play checkers and backgammon.
Sharing a childhood favorite with the next generation.
I bought two of these for use in the library that I work in. We put them out over the winter holiday as a passive program for the kids who still visited. I now use them mostly in my after school crowd and my students love them. Over the winter holiday we had great relationship building when teaching the kids how to play checkers. Those same kids now teach others and have a sense of pride knowing how to play a game that others don't. It has lead to relationship building which makes me happy.
I've been looking for these for a while!
I teach an after school program with the library and we do gaming once a week. I am always looking for fun and excited games for the kids to use. I have been looking for these larger table top checkers for quite some time.
They loved the size of it. Also was made very well.