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Monday's stars/Tuesday's must-see event
Madison Markham had a big day in leading Masters to a volleyball victory, one of the stars of the day.
Monday's stars/Tuesday's must-see event Madison Markham had a big day in leading Masters to a volleyball victory, one of the stars of the day. Check out this story on lohud.com: http://lohud.us/1wgVMna
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Monday's stars of the day
Drew Bronen, Suffern boys volleyball: Bronen had six kills and eight blocks in a 25-20, 24-26, 25-14, 25-20 win over visiting Clarkstown North to complete the Mounties' second consecutive 12-0 season.
Ailbhe Cafferky, Yonkers girls soccer: Cafferky had three goals and three assists for host Yonkers in a 7-1 win over Gorton.
Sandra Kola, Nanuet field hockey: Kola scored four goals in a 4-2 win over visiting Sleepy Hollow.
Madison Markham, Masters volleyball: Markham had 16 kills and eight aces in a 25-19, 25-21, 24-26, 25-19 win at Riverdale Country School.
Bailey McCollum, Haldane girls soccer: McCollum had two goals and two assists in a 7-0 win over visiting Yonkers Montessori.
Erin Nicholas, Scarsdale field hockey: Nicholas had three goals in a 5-2 win over visiting Pearl River.
Liam Pettit, Yonkers boys soccer: Pettit had two goals and two assists in a 5-0 win at Saunders.
Tuesday's must-see event
Volleyball: Hen Hud at John Jay, 4:30 p.m. Hen Hud coach Diane Swertfager, who recently won her 500th career match, faces her daughter, John Jay senior libero Theresa Swertfager, for the last time.
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#include "BeforeScorer.hh"
#include "DependencyOrder.hh"
#include "Iterator.hh"
#include "LinearOrdering.hh"

namespace Permute {

  // Collects the set of children of each parent from a dependency parse.
  class Children {
  private:
    std::vector <std::vector <int> > c_;
  public:
    Children (const std::vector <int> & parents);
    const std::vector <int> & operator [] (int parent) const;
    std::vector <int> & operator [] (int parent);
  };

  Children::Children (const std::vector <int> & parents) :
    c_ (parents.size () + 1)
  {
    for (int child = 0; child < parents.size (); ++ child) {
      operator [] (parents [child]).push_back (child);
    }
  }

  // Parent indices are in [-1,n), so add one to get an index in [0,n+1).
  const std::vector <int> & Children::operator [] (int p) const {
    return c_ [p + 1];
  }
  std::vector <int> & Children::operator [] (int p) {
    return const_cast <std::vector <int> &>
      (static_cast <const Children &> (* this) [p]);
  }

  /**********************************************************************/

  void exhaustive (BeforeCostRef bc, Permutation & pi);
  void greedy (BeforeCostRef bc, Permutation & pi);

  void dependencyOrder (BeforeCostRef bc,
			Permutation & source,
			const std::vector <int> & parents) {
    Children allChildren (parents);
    Permutation target (source);
    Permutation::iterator it = target.begin ();

    // Uses a stack as a substitute for recursion.  Pushes the root node onto
    // the stack.
    std::vector <int> q;
    q.push_back (-1);

    while (! q.empty ()) {
      int p = q.back ();
      q.pop_back ();
      std::vector <int> & children = allChildren [p];

      // Assembles the full permutation from the leaves---if a node has no
      // children, then it goes to the next available slot.
      if (children.empty ()) {
	* it ++ = p;
      } else {
	// Creates a subpermutation consisting of these children.  Except for
	// the root node, the parent must be included in the permutation.
	if (p >= 0) {
	  children.push_back (p);
	}
	Permutation child_pi (source, children.begin (), children.end ());
	// Builds a LOP matrix for these children.
	child_pi.identity ();
	// Finds the best ordering of the children.
	greedy (bc, child_pi);
	// Adds the children to the stack in reverse order.
	std::copy (child_pi.rbegin (), child_pi.rend (),
		   std::back_inserter (q));
	// Makes sure that when this parent pops again, it is treated as a leaf.
	children.clear ();
      }
    }

    source = target;
  }

  void exhaustive (BeforeCostRef bc, Permutation & pi) {
    Permutation best = pi;
    double bestScore = bc -> score (best);
    while (std::next_permutation (pi.begin (), pi.end ())) {
      double score = bc -> score (pi);
      if (score > bestScore) {
	best = pi;
	bestScore = score;
      }
    }
    pi = best;
  }

  void greedy (BeforeCostRef bc, Permutation & pi) {
    while (block_lsf (pi, bc, pi.size ()) > 0);
  }
}

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A series of sulfide solid electrolytes with room temperature ionic conductivity of 10-3 ~ 10-2 S/cm are successfully synthesized. Meanwhile, a new battery construction containning a solid electrolyte bilayer, i.e. Li10GeP2S12 and 70%Li2S-29%P2S5-1%P2O5, have been designed, well addressing the compatibility between electrolyte and metallic lithium. Besides, the intimate contact interface can be realized by coating sulfide electrolytes evenly on the surface of active materials, which enables the battery to withstand the large stresses/strains during repeated charging/discharging, leading to significant improvements in energy density and cycle life.
Furthermore, a reduced graphene oxide coated with ~2 nm sulfur composites were employed in all-solid-sate lithium-sulfur battery, which significantly reduced the interface resistance and stress/strain of sulfur cathodes. At 60 °C, the all-solid-state lithium-sulfur cell can maintain a high reversible capacity of 830 mA h g-1 at 1.0 C for 750 cycles. Minimization of the stress/strain of solid cells is crucial for long cycle life of all-solid-state lithium-sulfur batteries.
Biography: Dr. Xiayin Yao is a professor at Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology & Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He received Ph.D in materials physics and chemistry from Institute of Solid State Physics and Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology & Engineering (NIMTE), Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. R. China in 2009. After that, he joined NIMTE and worked there until now. During 2012-2014, he was a research fellow in Hanyang University, S. Korea and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Up to now, he has published over 60 peer-reviewed papers in the journals such as Nano Letters, Advanced Energy Materials, Energy Storage Materias and so on. His major interests include developing solid state electrolytes with high ionic conductivities and solid state lithium-sulfur batteries as well as solid state sodium batteries.


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At each session the youths are introduced to a basic concept in each of the core subject areas; Math, Reading, Science, and Social Studies. The mentors work with each youth providing guidance and instruction when necessary.
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Q: Newbie help - Domains/Subdomains I have a domain with GoDaddy. I have a VPS with an IP address (and it does not come with a control panel). How do I create domains/subdomains and point them to Default websites and other websites in IIS 7?
Do I need to sign up for Plesk(?)

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On a rough, stony farm in 1850s New England, old Ephraim Cabot brings his third wife back to the family home. When his youngest son meets her sparks fly – with devastating consequences.
In this early masterpiece of American drama, Eugene O'Neill draws on both Greek tragedy and his Irish roots to tell a story soaked with greed, repressed desire and the yearning for escape. Together these elements present a deeply disturbing portrait of the American psyche stirred by the rage of the Old Country.
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The Sun's Solar Storms Could Blackout Earth's Technology
Peter Schmiedchen
Can you imagine a world with no Internet, computers or cell phones? Earth is due for a solar storm and when it hits technology will suffer.
The Sun has been throwing a series of temper tantrums lately, and as you'd be right to conclude that's not great news for Planet Earth. In September the sun started firing out solar flares, seven of them in seven days. This series of X-class flares, the most powerful sun storm category, escalated to the point of warnings being issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center of potential navigation system disruptions and high-frequency radio blackouts.
These solar storms wreak havoc on Earth's magnetic field, which in turn directly affects just about everything we rely on for communications (and some might argue survival in general). In theory, as humans become more reliant on technology, the more dangerous these storms could become. Some astrophysicists are even proposing the construction of a $100-billion magnetic deflector shield. Not everyone in the science community thinks that would help, but they did send that statement out through email and social media which would be rendered useless if a major solar storm does eventually hit us…
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What is an assignment of contract of sale?
An assignment of contract involves transferring a real estate contract from an original party (also known as the real estate wholesaler or assignor) to a new party (also known as the assignee). It is also referred to as an Assignment of Real Estate Purchase and Sale agreement.
What are the pros and cons of a contract for deed?
Pros and Cons of a Contract for Deed Pro 1: Flexibility. Typically, when homebuyers set out to purchase a new home, there are several rules that must be followed. Pro 2: Less Time Waiting. Con 1: In Case of Default. Con 2: Higher Interest Rates.
What is the difference between a contract of sale and a deed of assignment?
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Meaning of deed of assignment in English a legal agreement to give an asset or to sell a debt to someone else: This deed of assignment enables ownership of a life-insurance policy to be transferred from the current owner to another person or organization.
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Instead of purchasing a home with a mortgage, the buyer agrees to directly pay the seller in monthly installments. The buyer is able to occupy the home after the closing of the sale, but the seller still retains legal title to the property. Actual ownership passes to the buyer only after the final payment is made.
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By Shrikant Joshi — Aug 22, 2006
Part II - Why Search Engines will be redundant soon...
Part II – I Seek You, and your meta-data, too…
The story until now:
Part I was a quick review into understanding Traditional Search Engines and their methods and relating them to human conversation – since the Web 2.0 is all about 'conversations in the marketplace'. On to the second part.- - - - - -
What does making sense out of data mean?
In Search Engine terms, it would refer to contextualizing the huge chunk of uncontextual data that is the World Wide Web into information and eventually knowledge. To me, as a human, it simply means tagging certain keywords to any given chunk of data (e.g. a lecture, a passage, a book, a chapter, a conversation) in order to be able to recall it at any time – especially, when one of these keywords is mentioned.
For instance, the conversation in the previous post was about a traveller, (an out-of-towner) looking for directions to a tobbacconist. As I keep reminding myself, Web 2.0 is not a product, it is a process. The process has a lot of conversational threads that keep getting picked and dropped as newer and more interesting threads or new participants appear in their place.
So what would a contemporary Search engine have to consider in Web 2.0?
'Weight'ing for Information.
From being a static display of items-for-sale behind elegant window panes, the Internet slowly transformed into a bazaar of sorts, with hawkers all around the place plying their wares. The markets grew to accomodate the new and the old. With the advent of Web 2.0, contextualization of information became the norm and not an option.
It all began with a nifty bookmarking site called del.icio.us that allowed you to access your favorite sites across the web. Technorati extended the concept to Blogs and induced bloggers to 'tag' their posts with their choice of keywords/tags.
With the Web evolving like a democracy, the obvious question of authority in the Web-democracy arose. Which voice among the loud babble was to be trusted? As the web evolved, so did the concept of it's franchise. Only, in this virtual reality, links were deemed votes and tags were your campaign ads. Let's take a quick look at the foru weights that influence your vote.
Tags – Powerful Keywords
Each tag is a keyword that associates a particular context, a topic, with a given chunk of data.
Time – The 'other' Long Tail
All topics & data have a peak presence time. The freshness of a particular keyword is of prime importance in its influence.
Consider this simple example: When Iraq was attacked, almost all of the Search Engines across the world were buzzing with Search queries consisting of corresponding keywords, viz., "Iraq" "attack". The "hotness" of the Search cooled down as the days progressed, as the world got other topics to discuss about.
Trust & Authority
Even in flat hierarchies like the Internet there are obvious postitions of Trust and Authority. People who blog well, and blog often gain a large following, and effectively, the crucial element of Trust.
A news on a Microsoft blog would obviously be rated higher in all terms than a news quoting a "trusted Source at Microsoft". The only exceptions to this rule are:
The news is a really good bit of juicy gossip – like a rant or a 'leaked' secret
The blogger has high levels of Trust & Authority
There's a common thread that binds all of these.. Do you see it yet?
(To be concluded)
I profusely apologise for disappearing from the Blogging scene, all of a sudden. I was forced into a short hiatus by unforeseen circumstances. We updated our website platform to a new version, recently. although the beta is pretty stable, we are still working on a better UI. As a result, I had to spend some sleepless nights and a few Blog-less weeks. ;)
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Aotearoa is the Maori name for New Zealand, though it seems at first to have been used for the North Island only. Many meanings have been given for the name but with Maori names the true meaning can often be found only in a mythological story or in historical fiction illustrating either how the name was given or something of the ideas which prompted it. Aotearoa is made up of either two or three words, Aotea and roa or Ao tea and roa. Aotea could be the name of one of the canoes of the great migration, the great magellan cloud near the bright star Canopus in summer, a bird or even food; ao is a cloud, dawn, daytime, or world; tea white or clear, perhaps bright, while roa means long or tall.
The most popular and authoritative meaning usually given is "long white cloud", and there are two stories current to illustrate this. It seems the voyagers to New Zealand were guided during the day by a long white cloud and at night by a long bright cloud. The more usual one tells how, when Kupe was nearing land after his long voyage, the first sign of land was the peculiar cloud hanging over it. Kupe drew attention to it and said "Surely is a point of land". His wife, Hine-te-aparangi, called out "He ao! He ao!" (a cloud! a cloud!) Later Kupe decided to call the land after his wife's greeting to it, and the cloud which welcomed them. The name Aotea was given both to the Great Barrier and to the North Island, but the latter became Aotearoa, presumably because of its length.
According to certain authorities, the other meanings are: big glaring light (Hochstetter); continuously clear light, or land of abiding day (Stowell); long white world (Wilson); long bright world, long daylight, long lingering day, or long bright land (Cowan); and long bright day (Tregear). A good case could probably be made out for the land of abiding day, or similar names. Maui, who is closely connected with New Zealand in mythology, once snared the sun and beat him to make him travel more slowly across the sky. Perhaps Maui achieved the same end when he sailed south to fish up New Zealand where there is longer day with long twilight, particularly in the south.
'AOTEAROA', from An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock, originally published in 1966.
Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/1966/aotearoa (accessed 06 Jan 2021)


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Groups of pens, cars, Lego bricks.
You could also use objects which differ markedly in texture, for example six normal pieces of paper and a piece of sandpaper.
1. Put a group of things into a bag and add one clearly different object.
3. Comment on the item that is different, for example "look... this is the odd one out" or "this is different" (look surprised, puzzled, make an exclamation).
Make this a fun activity - use humour!
Sets of pictures from packs of pictures cards, torn from magazines or catalogues so that you have a group with an obvious characteristic in common and one picture which is clearly different.


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Ladies' Brunch
Phil and Debi provided the program for the Ladies' Brunch, sponsored by the United Methodist Women of First United Methodist Church in Temple. In attendance were over 100 women from Temple and the surrounding region of Central Texas. Phil and Debi sang songs from their albums "Fly Away," "Landmarks," "So Far," and "My Heart's Desire," as well as two songs that have not yet been released to the public. Phil gave his witness to what God has done, in saving his life from a deadly illness. Debi did her popular comedy routine, posing as a telephone operator in Old Testament times, as characters such as Noah, Moses, and Jonah, call in with their prayer requests.
Saturday, Dec. 7 at St. John's United Methodist Church in Texas City, Phil and Debi provided a concert of music from the 1970's, including Christmas songs by Jose Feliciano, The Eagles, and John Lennon, along with familiar tunes by Judy Collins, Elton John, John Denver, Carly Simon and others. On Sunday morning, Phil and Debi led the music for morning worship in both the contemporary and the traditional services.
Canton Worship
Phil and Debi led music for morning worship at both the contemporary and the traditional services at First United Methodist Church of Canton, Texas. Phil also brought the message, on the crucial role that forgiveness plays in the Christian life, some of the major misconceptions about forgiveness, and the major benefits of forgiveness.
Sun., June 30—Phil and Debi provided music, message, and comedy for Sunday morning worship at First United Methodist Church of Beeville. (See picture)
Sun., July 14—Phil and Debi provided music, message, and comedy for Sunday morning worship at Warren United Methodist Church, and First United Methodist Church of Kountze.
Phil and Debi led music for morning worship, and provided music for the church picnic, at First United Methodist Church of El Campo on Sept. 23. Because of the heavy rains, the picnic was moved indoors. Pictures by Charles Peterson.
A day at Swan-Wood Springs United Methodist Church
Phil and Debi provided special music for morning worship at Swan-Wood Springs United Methodist Church in Tyler, and a concert with comedy and personal witness in the afternoon, followed by a reception in the Fellowship Hall. Photos by Margaret Patin.
In Blue Rock Studio Working on a New Album
Phil began work on an album of love songs, recording 4 new songs at Blue Rock Studio in Wimberley, Texas, with (left to right) producer Patrick Conway, lead guitarist Anthony Browne, Phil, bass player Sam Pankey, drummer Dees Stribling, and keyboard artist Sean Giddings.
Morning Worship in Burnet
Phil and Debi provided music for morning worship, and Phil brought the message, at First United Methodist Church of Burnet, filling in for the pastor, who was away at annual conference.
First United Methodist Church of Mission, Texas,
Phil and Debi provided a concert of songs from their album "Fly Away," complete with an appearance by Ernestine, at First United Methodist Church of Mission, Texas, on Saturday, March 11. The next morning, they provided special music for all three worship services.
Valentine's Banquet
Phil and Debi will present a program of original and sacred music, comedy, and testimony, for a Valentine's banquet hosted by Lakeside Community Women's Fellowship at the Point Venture Club Room, 555 Venture Boulevard South, in Point Venture, Texas.


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Q: __EVENTTARGET is empty on postback of button click I have a button on aspx page
<asp:Button runat="server" CssClass="sc-ButtonHeightWidth" ID="btnFirstSave" Text="Save" OnClick="btnSave_Click" />

I am trying to get the event target and event source in code behind to do some validation based on it. I tried with below code.
string ctrlname = page.Request.Params.Get("__EVENTTARGET");
string ctrlname = Request.Form["__EVENTTARGET"];
string ctrlname = Request.Params["__EVENTTARGET"];

But all the above are giving me empty values. How to get the control which caused postback everytime. Am i doing anyting wrong above?
FYI : I already tried the solution mentioned in this LINK. But its only returning button text for me. I want the buttonID.

A: I have set usesubmitbehavior to false as of now. A good solution given by Damith above in the comment. As of now its working fine for me without any problem. To know about the property Read this LINK
Hope this will help someone.

A: Just add UseSubmitBehavior="False" to your button.
<asp:Button runat="server" CssClass="sc-ButtonHeightWidth" ID="btnFirstSave" Text="Save" OnClick="btnSave_Click" UseSubmitBehavior="False" />

A: /// <summary>
/// Gets the ID of the post back control.
///
/// See: http://geekswithblogs.net/mahesh/archive/2006/06/27/83264.aspx
/// </summary>
/// <param name = "page">The page.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static string GetPostBackControlId(this Page page)
{
    if (!page.IsPostBack)
        return string.Empty;

    Control control = null;
    // first we will check the "__EVENTTARGET" because if post back made by the controls
    // which used "_doPostBack" function also available in Request.Form collection.
    string controlName = page.Request.Params["__EVENTTARGET"];
    if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(controlName))
    {
        control = page.FindControl(controlName);
    }
    else
    {
        // if __EVENTTARGET is null, the control is a button type and we need to
        // iterate over the form collection to find it

        // ReSharper disable TooWideLocalVariableScope
        string controlId;
        Control foundControl;
        // ReSharper restore TooWideLocalVariableScope

        foreach (string ctl in page.Request.Form)
        {
            // handle ImageButton they having an additional "quasi-property"
            // in their Id which identifies mouse x and y coordinates
            if (ctl.EndsWith(".x") || ctl.EndsWith(".y"))
            {
                controlId = ctl.Substring(0, ctl.Length - 2);
                foundControl = page.FindControl(controlId);
            }
            else
            {
                foundControl = page.FindControl(ctl);
            }

            if (!(foundControl is Button || foundControl is ImageButton)) continue;

            control = foundControl;
            break;
        }
    }

    return control == null ? String.Empty : control.ID;
}

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A: Asp button renders as input with type submit this method will not fill_EVENTTARGET
controls using "__doPostBack" method to cause postback will add values to _EVENTTARGET
so your button id is missing from _EVENTTARGET you can iterate through all the controls in page to check which control caused postback.
Try this to capture Your control -Here
private string getPostBackControlName()
        {
            Control control = null;
            //first we will check the "__EVENTTARGET" because if post back made by       the controls
            //which used "_doPostBack" function also available in Request.Form collection.
            string ctrlname = Page.Request.Params["__EVENTTARGET"];
            if (ctrlname != null && ctrlname != String.Empty)
            {
                control = Page.FindControl(ctrlname);
            }
            // if __EVENTTARGET is null, the control is a button type and we need to
            // iterate over the form collection to find it
            else
            {
                string ctrlStr = String.Empty;
                Control c = null;
                foreach (string ctl in Page.Request.Form)
                {
                    //handle ImageButton they having an additional "quasi-property" in their Id which identifies
                    //mouse x and y coordinates
                    if (ctl.EndsWith(".x") || ctl.EndsWith(".y"))
                    {
                        ctrlStr = ctl.Substring(0, ctl.Length - 2);
                        c = Page.FindControl(ctrlStr);
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        c = Page.FindControl(ctl);
                    }
                    if (c is System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button ||
                             c is System.Web.UI.WebControls.ImageButton)
                    {
                        control = c;
                        break;
                    }
                }
            }
            return control.ID;

        }

A: My solution.I add OnClick event like this on my client side
function btnClickSuper(s, e)
{
    __doPostBack(s.name, '');
}
here s is object presented my button in DevExpress, where property name contains, as part of, an Id of elment. so ,on server side,  I can get Id of button sent postback. Price is server OnClick enevnt isn't fired.


If there is one thing I can do well, it's pack.
This isn't me showing off. I just have a LOT of experience. And it's not JUST as a mother, who has to pack for three (while my husband throws stuff in a bag two hours before we leave the house).
It's also because, as a fashion editor, I regularly packed for trips and shoots, checking off lists and making sure every eventuality was catered for.
Now this doesn't mean I like packing necessarily, I much prefer having my STUFF around me. However, I know the score and I can do it.
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Before you start, think about what you're going to be doing during the day and every evening. If it's a simple villa holiday with friends, will you really need five ultra glam dresses? If you're heading to a resort, maybe think about a couple of separates that will work for day and night. Lay out what you want to take with you on the floor in total outfits, from accessories like bags and jewellery to your swimming costumes and kaftans. You don't need 15 kaftans, you'll need 3-4 max. Be strategic, sticking to a two colour palette and think about wearing the same thing twice with a different skirt or pair of trousers. Sometimes restricting yourself is the best policy. How many times have you been away and not worn half the pieces you've taken? Exactly.
Regardless of climate or location, it's always worth packing a couple of neutral layering pieces that would go with everything. For example on this trip, I took a super useful tan cardigan. White, black or denim are universally useful – whether it be a lightweight jacket, a heavier shirt or blouse, or a slouchy cashmere boyfriend knit.
OK, so hands up who is often caught short and has to rinse their bloomers in the hotel sink with shampoo? Yep, we've all been there. Just over pack knickers and bras. That's all.
I know, you love ALL your shoes and you want to take them ALL away with you. I hear you. However, you don't need the 5-inch heels if you'l be running around a resort with the kids. And you definitely don't need heavy duty trainers if you plan on sunbathing on a beach for two weeks. Think practically about how many formal evenings you will have, where you might need something more substantial than an espadrille. But mainly think about the sandals you gravitate towards every day – one or two pairs of sandals and a more formal style will generally be more than enough. Unless you're going on a cruise, in which case, take an extra suitcase!
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There are LOTS of amazing new season pieces, so spending that £1000 is going to be very easy. Just saying. Good luck!
This post was written in collaboration with La Redoute, but all words, styling and thoughts are my own.


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We have seen some of the major arguments that Cicero uses against the Stoics, in book IV of his De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum (On the Ends of Goods and Evils), and I'm going to complete my brief analysis in this post.
This is obviously a position antithetical to Stoicism, which very much puts Reason in charge of redirecting the passions, combating some (e.g., fear, anger) and fostering others (love, a sense of justice). Modern cognitive science strikes a balance between the Reason First and the Passions First positions, but at any rate it is not clear how Cicero thinks this is going to help his pro-Aristotelian case, since Aristotle certainly would not have agreed with Hume!
I think Cicero is wrong on both counts here. First, there is an important conceptual distinction between something being "evil," i.e., necessarily bad, and something being "irksome, annoying, hateful," etc.. For one thing, because pain can actually be good, as in then pain you might have to suffer during an operation to save your life, or, more modestly, to improve your health through strenuous exercise at the gym. So pain is not inherently evil, it can be good or not, depending on the circumstances. More importantly, though, Cicero simply refuses to accept — without argument — the crucial distinction that the Stoics make between the moral sphere and everything else. They reserve the label of "evil" (whatever that means, metaphysically) for morally unworthy actions, and contrary-wise the label "good" for the practice of virtue. This, however, does not imply that other things may not be "irksome, annoying, hateful" and so forth.
Second, the Stoics were right that one's mental attitude toward pain does actually affect one's experience of pain. There is plenty of modern empirical evidence of this fact, and the Stoics — who were keen observers and good psychologists — had intuited it (and, likely, experienced it in the first person). Of course this doesn't mean that one can simply think one's pain away, but read this brutally honest and compelling account of a modern Stoic dealing with chronic pain and see if Cicero wasn't a bit too hasty in his dismissal of the Stoic doctrine.
Here Cicero is mentioning some of the most paradoxical of Stoic doctrines, such as that we are all equally unwise, a concept often illustrated by an analogy to someone who is drowning at the bottom of the sea compared to someone who is doing so in a meter of water: while the latter is much closer to the surface, he is drowning just the same. Or the idea that all "sins" are equally bad, which critics take to mean that there is no difference between stealing a lamp and murdering someone.
It should be clear by now why Cicero is mistaken in this, and it is rather ironic that he is supposed to be talking to Cato the Younger, who most definitely did not abandon "participation in politics [and] the duties of life." On the contrary.
But here is another way to put the point: economists make use of the concept of lexicographic ordering of preferences to account for why standard market theory cannot explain certain rather common human behaviors. For instance, I assume that you wouldn't sell your daughter, say, in exchange for a Lamborghini, or whatever other very costly object you'd like to possess. Why not? Because your daughter belongs to a higher lexicographical set of preferences than a Lamborghini, and there is no trading off one against the other precisely because they belong to incommensurables sets, unlike the perfectly fine trading off of a pile of a cash for the above mentioned Lamborghini.
So all the Stoics are saying is that there is a qualitative distinction between Class-A goods (wisdom, virtue, integrity of character) and Class-B goods (health, wealth, education). While this means you are not to trade any Class-A goods in exchange for any Class-B goods, it doesn't mean at all that you cannot pursue Class-B goods, so long as you don't do it in a way to compromise any Class-A ones. Go ahead, if you have enough cash buy yourself a Lamborghini. But don't sell your daughter for it!
This entry was posted in Cicero, Critics of Stoicism on August 26, 2016 by Massimo.
I did not see an answer to the objection at the beginning of the essay about the necessity to excite desire and passion to initiate action.
Temperamentally i am very inclined to stoicism but that Hume quote has been in my mind ever since i heard it. I dont know how it square it with my more passive philosophy.
It takes the passionate and unreasonable man to get things done. Politicians often have to be inspirational and passionate and in being so are often inaccurate. I am so uncomfortable when i hear leaders trying to inspire people because i am aware of all the caveats and conditionals they dont mention. Yet it's necessary to leave them out to inspire. This is not just external but also internal. How can i inspire passion and action in myself and others when i am constantly aware of all the conditionals and the reasons things are like they are and not different.
Where not some Stoics 'great' orators?
Not just progress, but much evil besides. Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Mussolini were passionate.
Shaw is always fun. I don't think he is right.
I think stoics mean something else by 'passion' and are not advocating passivity.
To what synred has already posted I can add the following. I think Hume was flat out wrong: when reason is the slave of passion then really bad stuff has a tendency to happen. But if he meant more modestly that we don't do things because of reason along, that we need to have desires, then yes, and that does square with both modern cognitive science and the Stoic theory of the graduate development of virtues — see for instance Becker's book, A New Stoicism.
I seriously doubt it. Besides, "passion" is a generic term that could very well encompass the Stoic positive emotions, such as love and concern for justice. It's the unreasonable (if by that one means irrational) part that I object to.
Politicians are master sophists, capable of manipulating crowds. But it doesn't mean that they believe what they are saying, or that they themselves are moved by negativ emotions (such as fear or hatred).
Roosevelt and Churchill were passionate and (mostly) reasonable.
The answer to Cicero and Hume is that the cultivation of positive virtues will "supply the impulse to desire the things that are in accordance with nature". I think the answer is here in your blog I have been reading your writing on Becker and "virtue as ideal agency" (still not sure how this works). I would like to see this developed more. (probably is I just have to find it).
My other thought is that perhaps i'm asking of stoicism something it is not really its purpose.
The goal of stoicism is equanimity and calmness of mind. I would not want to make it all things.
I appreciate the answer about good orators/politicians: "one can feign anger and passion to move others. But one shouldn't be transported by it".
No, probably Roosevelt didn't feign passion, though he was not a Stoic anyway.
But right, reasonable and passionate are not antonyms, and from a Stoic point of view there are such things as positive passions. Remember, Stoicism isn't about abolishing emotions, pace Mr. Spock.
This quote makes absolutely no sense to me. It is a complete contradiction. To maintain the only Good is Moral Worth is to do away with care of one's health? To neglect yourself is harmful, and to deliberately harm something is in my opinion bad/evil. Continuation of self neglect will eventually will lead to death which is technically suicide, which is also bad. How can one do good in their communities without participating in some sort of politics? Silence is never an option. There are people that do evil things, and there are others that see evil things being done and do nothing about it, which is even more evil in my opinion. One has to be of service to themselves and their surroundings, there is nothing good about ceasing your own existence in order to avoid "evil", that is cowardly, that is lazy, and if something is in your will power to promote good in order to prevent something evil from happening or to fight evil…that in itself is an evil action.
Is not one of the virtues wisdom, which entails honesty, and a sense of reality. Is it not wise to be healthy, to take care of your finances, to participate in your society? Where is the conflict with virtue if I try to be wise in practical living?
Right, the quote about the idea that pursuing the only moral good is to do away with everything that actually matters to a human being, I agree, it's the result of Cicero (willful?) misunderstanding of the Stoic precept.
There is a concern I have with the concept of preferred indifferents that Cicero alludes to.
Is eudaimonia enhanced by cultivating preferred indifferents ( of course, not at the expense of the cardinal virtues)? I recall that it was argued that cultivating preferred indifferents can facilitate the pursuit of the cardinal virtues.
The best way I've come up with to explain this is to think in terms of what economists call lexicographic preferences: virtue is in preference set A, while everything else (wealth, education, etc.) is in preference set B. A is what we care for above all else, and no element of A can be traded off for any element of B. But so long as pursuing an element of B doesn't get in the way of our preferences for A, we are good. Practical (non-Stoic) example: my daughter's welfare is in a higher preference set than my liking of pizza. I can enjoy pizza, but not at the cost of compromising my daughter's welfare. I hope this helps!
Thanks for the reply. But should I pursue pizza? ( not at the cost of any virtue). If my life is better with pizza , shouldn't that be one of my goals? Does a stoic embrace some Epicurean tendencies/goals as long as they don't violate the practice of Virtue?


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Margarita McGrath and Scott Oliver of Noroof Architects termed the 1,650-square-foot house in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, "Pushmi-Pullyu," in reference to the interior-exterior flow they created. Resident Jill Magid, pictured on her front steps with son Linus, is a conceptual artist; she fabricated the neon house numbers.
An ample sill made of English elm was built into two front windows to create a gathering spot that is visually connected to the street. Donna Wilson's lively Ernest pouf in coral Nos Da upholstery for SCP adds extra seating in the living room.
A vintage sofa purchased from Open Air Modern mixes with Low Pad chairs, by Jasper Morrison for Vitra, in the living room, which features a window inspired by Marcel Breuer's Whitney Museum of American Art.
In the kitchen, matte Caesarstone tops an island composed of custom millwork and stainless-steel Ikea cabinetry. A bright-green Vola faucet adds an idiosyncratic touch of color.
The second-floor bathroom includes a washroom that can be closed off from the bathing area with a sliding glass door. Bauer and Magid can supervise the kids' baths or use it as a steam room.
A Godmorgon vanity from Ikea is paired with white field tiles from Mineral Tiles.
An interior window creates flow between the skylit landing and baby Banks's room.
Magid selected lively Whitby wallpaper by Mini Moderns for Linus's room, along with Oeuf's Perch bunk bed. The homeowner found the light-up rocket-ship mobile on a trip to Mexico City.
Floor-to-ceiling windows accentuate the home's indoor-outdoor flow and connect the first-floor dining room to a patio. The vintage Russell Woodard dining set came from the Brooklyn Flea, and the Sterling II barbecueis by Tec.
Blackened steel for the Noroof-designed minimalist staircase matches the living room's "Breuer" window; reclaimed ash flooring came from a demolished church in Ohio.
If it's not the raw brick siding, it's the house numbers—a sleek neon "175" in sans serif font—that give it away. The miniature, functional art piece is the work of Jill Magid, a conceptual artist. She and her husband, advertising executive Jonny Bauer, finished a head-to-toe remodel of their row house in the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn in mid-2013, and those neon house numbers act as a modern beacon on an otherwise unremarkable street.
The couple bought the home—located at the end of a row of three matching turn-of-the-century workers' homes—in June of 2011, then hired local firm Noroof Architects for the renovation. The five-month permitting process was the first stumbling block; during inspections with their architects, engineers, contractors, and city officials, they learned that the light remodel they had anticipated was turning into a major gut job. "But we were so determined to keep the shell," says Bauer.
Because of the extensive structural work required in the renovation, material decisions were not taken lightly. Magid and Bauer invested most of their funds in the reclaimed flooring and a few pieces of custom woodwork in the kitchen that surround off-the-rack Ikea cabinetry. They also splurged on an outdoor barbecue by Tec that the family regularly uses to cook, even in the winter. "Being Australian, this is most important to me," Bauer explains. "We cook 70 percent of our meals here." Economical choices include James Hardie cement-panel lap siding for the back facade, simple Decorators White paint by Benjamin Moore, and concrete masonry unit walls and a concrete floor slab for the first-floor rear extension.
Despite well-laid plans once the construction got underway, the layout changed when the family learned that Linus would be getting a younger sibling. The family had Noroof reconfigure the upstairs so that the master bedroom, initially slated for the front of the house, moved to the rear extension, next to a shared bathroom. Baby Banks, now a year old, occupies a petite chamber carved out on top of the stairwell—complete with a window onto the upstairs landing and a built-in changing table—next to his older brother's room. Linus resides in the "quietest room in the house," which is outfitted with a bunk bed by Oeuf, nautical wallpaper, custom floor-to-ceiling built-in storage, and a rocket-ship mobile scored on a trip to Mexico City.
In the year since its completion, the neighbors have taken to the reconstructed home. "Some of the old houses have been demolished, so people have thanked us for saving ours," says Bauer. "They bring us cheesecake once a week. Our son walks their dog. It's pretty safe, and it's a real neighborhood." Judging from the number of passersby ringing the doorbell to catch a glimpse of the makeover, the new-old house is a welcome addition indeed.


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Taiwan-based Hon Hai Precision Co., more commonly referred to as Foxconn, has today announced its plans to invest in the U.S. "We are in preliminary discussions regarding a potential investment that would represent an expansion of our current U.S. operations," Foxconn told CNNMoney. Apple's biggest supplier, who also plays a key role in assembling iPhones, employs hundreds of thousands of workers in China.
The statement was issued in response to Foxconn's name appearing on a document, which was carried by a top Japanese tech CEO in a meeting with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump yesterday. Following the meeting, Trump took credit for a planned $50 billion investment in U.S. by Japanese company Softbank, that he said would create 50,000 jobs.
The photos showed SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son holding a document with the logos of both his company and Foxconn's.
"Commit to: Invest $50bn + $7bn in US, generate 50k + 50k new jobs in US in next 4 years," the document said. That led to speculation that Foxconn could be planning to invest $7 billion in the U.S. to create 50,000 jobs. But Foxconn declined to provide any further information.
During his Person of the Year interview with TIME, Donald Trump said:
I said to Tim Cook, it's my ambition to get Apple to build a great plant, your biggest and your best, even if it's only a foot by a foot bigger than some place in China.
Trump also tweeted that Son told him Softbank's investment would not have happened if he hadn't won the U.S. election. After the meeting, Son told Trump he would like to "celebrate his presidential job" because he has made deregulation part of his platform.
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Seven weeks ago, Hurricane Maria roared through the center of Puerto Rico. Winds battered the palm leaves and rain poured over the houses in the town of Barrancas.
The storm brought terror to German Santini, who was inside his home. Santini emerged the next day to see a town that looked like it had been hit by airstrikes.
For Santini, the worst part was not being able to communicate with his wife, who was in Holyoke, in western Massachusetts, in the third trimester of her pregnancy.
On October 16, a few days after Santini arrived on a packed flight from San Juan, his son Yedriel was born in Holyoke. The parents were visibly stressed. They had nowhere to go after leaving the hospital.
Before the hurricane, the plan had been for the whole family to move to Puerto Rico. But they decided they couldn't bring a newborn to a place with no electricity and no running water.
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The hurricane turned a steady flow of emigration into a raging flood. Researchers from the City University of New York estimate more than 200,000 people could flee Puerto Rico each year — as many as 14,000 to Massachusetts.
A month and a half after the hurricane, state officials say more than 1,000 have already sought help.
Medina said she sees a generational divide among those that plan to stay and those who will return.
Santini tried out the faucet and stove in his family's temporary home in Greenfield, 30 miles north of Holyoke. The triple-decker apartment was found by Enlace and belongs to the state housing department.
Santini is grateful, but he already misses life in Puerto Rico.
But Santini says his priority now is to provide stability for his family — and it's here in Massachusetts that he can make that happen.
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Washington Football Team at Philadelphia Eagles Odds, Lines & Picks
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This week, there are two episodes of Tuesday Night Football for us to make our NFL picks from. However, in this article, we'll focus on the matchup featuring the Washington Football Team at Philadelphia Eagles. There's a lot riding on this game as both teams are looking to grab that final spot in the NFC Playoffs.
Here, I will provide the top Tuesday Night Football picks, odds, and lines for the Football Team at Eagles matchup tonight.
Tuesday Night Football Picks – Football Team at Eagles
Bet Washington Eagles
Moneyline +240 -301
Points Spread +6.5 (-110) -6.5 (-110)
Total O41.5 (-110) U41.5 (-110)
Washington Football Team +6.5 (-110)
There aren't a lot of people giving the Football Team a chance in this game, and I feel like that is an egregious error. After all, Washington did have a four-game losing streak before finally falling to Dallas last week at home.
The two teams have yet to meet this season, but Washington did win each of the two meetings in 2020. I think one thing that hurts (pun intended) the Eagles tonight… is Jalen Hurts. He has been a bit of a wonky quarterback in recent games, not really looking like a traditional signal-caller. Gardner Minshew took over last week, and the offense certainly looked a lot happier. It'll certainly be interesting to see how the Eagles respond with Hurts back under center.
Under 42.5 Points (-110)
As I just mentioned, there should be some clunky behavior out of the Eagles' offense tonight. Even when Philly was winning ball games with Hurts, it opted to run the football and absolutely kill the clock in the process.
On the other side, Washington's offense certainly isn't lighting the world on fire. The offense will look to Antonio Gibson for a huge workload tonight with JD McKissic out once again. Gibson is a solid running back, but he is not as much of a big-play threat as McKissic is. Ultimately, I feel like this will be a slow-moving divisional slugfest that we see tonight.
Antonio Gibson – Over ___ Total Yards (-110)
If you read this article often, you can tell that the one outcome usually leads to the other – and here we are now at Gibson. The season-long numbers aren't all that impressive for Gibson, who has only rushed for 100+ yards once in a game this season. Although, he has rushed for 85+ yards four different times, with three of those coming over the last four games.
There isn't much competition for Gibson to get substituted for either, especially with the absence of McKissic. Of course, that's why we're seeing Gibson get more work in the passing game, where he has seen a total of 15 targets in the last three games.
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Christine Margaret Blasey Ford, known professionally as Christine Blasey born November 1966 is an American psychologist and professor of statistics at Palo Alto University. Widely published in her field, she specializes in designing statistical models for research projects. During her academic career, Ford has worked as a research psychologist for Stanford University's Department of Psychiatry and a professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine Collaborative Clinical Psychology Program.
On September 16, 2018, she publicly alleged that U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in 1982, in what she described as an attempted rape.
Christine Blasey spent her early life in Maryland, near Washington, D.C., where she attended a private university-preparatory school. While on her regional sports team for diving, she accompanied diver Greg Louganis on a trip to the White House to discuss the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott. She graduated in 1984 from Holton-Arms School in Bethesda, Maryland.
She earned an undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1988. She received a master's degree in psychology from Pepperdine University. In 2009, she garnered a master's degree in epidemiology, with a focus on the subject of biostatistics, from Stanford University. She has a Ph.D. in educational psychology from the University of Southern California. Her 1995 dissertation was entitled Measuring Young Children's Coping Responses to Interpersonal Conflict.
Christine Blasey Ford began teaching at Stanford University in 1988. She works at Palo Alto University teaching students clinical trial design and data analysis. She participates in educational programs with the Stanford University School of Medicine as a member of a consortium group with Palo Alto University. Through this consortium group, called the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology (PGSP), Ford teaches subjects including psychometrics, study methodologies, and statistics. She performed consulting work for multiple pharmaceutical companies. Ford worked as the director of biostatistics at Corcept Therapeutics, and collaborated with FDA statisticians. According to NPR and The Washington Post, Ford was "widely published".
Sexual assault allegation against Brett Kavanaugh
In early July 2018, after Judge Brett Kavanaugh was reported to be on the shortlist to become an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Ford contacted both The Washington Post via a tip line and her Representative Anna Eshoo. On July 20, eleven days after President Trump nominated Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, Eshoo met with Ford for about 90 minutes, becoming convinced of Ford's credibility and noting that Christine Blasey Ford seemed "terrified" that her identity as an accuser might become public. Thereafter, Eshoo and Ford mutually decided to take the matter to Senator Dianne Feinstein, ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, which would deliberate Brett Kavanaugh's nomination. In late July, Eshoo arranged for a letter from Ford to be hand-delivered to a Feinstein aide in Washington. In the letter, Ford alleged that Brett Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her when both were in high school, and stated that she expected her story to be kept confidential. In August, Ford took a polygraph test with a former FBI agent, who concluded Ford was being truthful when she endorsed a statement summarizing her allegations as accurate.
Feinstein did not mention Ford's allegations during the committee's four-day public confirmation hearing that began on September 4, 2018; in her private meeting with Brett Kavanaugh; or at a closed session in which Kavanaugh met with the committee. On September 12, The Intercept reported (without naming Ford) that Feinstein was withholding a Brett Kavanaugh-related document from fellow Judiciary Committee Democrats. Feinstein then referred Ford's letter to the FBI, which redacted Ford's name and forwarded the letter to the White House as an update to Brett Kavanaugh's background check. The White House in turn sent the letter to the full Senate Judiciary Committee.
On September 16, 2018, after the accusations were made widely known in the media and reporters started to track down her identity, Ford went public. Christine Blasey Ford had wrestled with the choice to make her identity known, weighing the potential negative impact it could have on her. According to her, the sexual assault took place in the summer of 1982 when she was 15 and he was 17. Christine Blasey Ford told The Washington Post that, with another boy watching, Brett Kavanaugh, intoxicated, held her down on a bed with his body, grinding against and groping her, covering her mouth when she tried to scream and trying to pull her clothes off. She recounted escaping when the second boy jumped on them both and they all fell. Ford provided The Post with the polygraph as well as session notes from her therapist written in 2012. The therapist's notes do not name Brett Kavanaugh but record her claim of being attacked by students "from an elitist boys' school" who went on to become "highly respected and high-ranking members of society in Washington". The therapist's notes also say four boys were involved, which Ford attributed to an error by the therapist; Ford said in 2018 that four boys were at the party but only two were involved in the incident. Ford's husband recalled that she had used Brett Kavanaugh's last name in her 2012 description of the incident. Judge Brett Kavanaugh has categorically denied Ford's allegations. Ford retained civil rights lawyer Debra Katz to represent her throughout the process of going public with her statements about Brett Kavanaugh.
On September 18, Ford's attorneys sent a letter to Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley requesting that the FBI investigate the incident before the Senate holds a hearing on Christine Blasey Ford's allegations. "A full investigation by law enforcement officials," the letter said, "will ensure that the crucial facts and witnesses in this matter are assessed in a non-partisan manner, and that the Committee is fully informed before conducting any hearing or making any decisions." The letter also stated that Ford had received a "stunning amount of support from her community," but had also become "the target of vicious harassment and even death threats" and was forced to leave her home. Ford's attorney Lisa Banks told CNN's Anderson Cooper, "Christine Blasey Ford will talk with the committee. She is not prepared to talk with them at a hearing on Monday September 24. This just came out 48 hours ago." The same day, a crowdfunding campaign was created to defray Ford's security costs. The fund surpassed its $100,000 goal in less than 24 hours.
Christine Blasey Ford lives in Palo Alto, California, with her husband Russell Ford, whom she married in 2002, and two sons.She is a registered Democrat. She attended the 2017 Women's March and the March for Science. According to the Federal Election Commission, she has made campaign contributions totaling $80.50, which included donations to the Democratic National Committee and Friends of Bernie Sanders. Ford is the aunt of actress and singer Bridgit Mendler.
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Whoot Another Week Another Challenge!
Can you believe that summer is almost over. Me either! Where did it go?!?!
This week's sketch is a quick one. I should of times myself because I think I was under 10 min. It's great for all those "Oh, my I forgot to make a card" moments.
Simple and quick! Of course I added my own twist on it by using circles.
As You See It Challenge #49!
Can you believe that we have been doing the challenge blog for almost a year! Me either!
This weeks challenge is a COLOR challenge.
Are you loving the Blackberry Bliss color? It's a brand spanking new in-color that Stampin' Up! just came out with. Love the richness to it.
Here is my upbeat card for the week. Enjoy!


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New office, partnership for Celerion in South Korea
Peter Mansell
Celerion has become the latest clinical-research organisation (CRO) to put down roots in South Korea, which is attracting growing interest as a preferred location for drug development.
The US-based CRO, formed in 2010 from the Early Stage Development operations and the Development and Regulatory Services consultancy of MDS Pharma Services, has opened a new Asian office in South Korea within the SNUH Clinical Trials Centre, as part of a partnership with Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH).
The arrangement gives Celerion and its clients access to the 80-bed clinical research unit, which is particularly geared towards clinical pharmacology, oncology and pediatrics, as well as to the centre's trained staff.
The Clinical Trials Centre's focus is on translational medicine, which aligns with Celerion's own strategic emphasis on providing "effective global services that support growing interest in complex early clinical studies", the CRO noted.
Celerion has also built relationships with (and audited) three other clinical-trial centres in South Korea, which will help address a need for multi-site early studies in patients who often require confinement, it pointed out.
The new Asian office will be overseen by John Horkulak, Celerion's executive director, Eurasian site operations.
Clinical-pharmacology support
Over the past 10 years, the South Korean government has been providing the funds and resources to create a network of well-equipped hospital-based clinical trial centres as a focus for training and growth in clinical pharmacology, Celerion observed.
By partnering with Celerion, SNUH and the other clinical trial centres will gain "exposure to our best practices and processes as well as broader involvement in global drug development", the company said.
For its part, Celerion can now offer clients access to patient populations for early clinical research in oncology, hepatitis C, cardiovascular disease (atherosclerosis and hypertension), diabetes, arthritis, osteoporosis, pain, psychiatric conditions, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Celerion's partners can provide additional expertise in pharmacogenetics and ethnic bridging studies in Asian populations, the CRO noted.
Global leader
According to Susan Thornton, Celerion's president and chief executive officer, Seoul National University Hospital is "among the global leaders in the conduct of quality medical research".
Together, "we are in a solid position to successfully conduct and analyse complex clinical-pharmacology studies involving patients with access to specialised equipment and facilities", Thornton commented.
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After eight years of kind hosting at MozillaZine, I have now moved this blog to its own host. Many thanks to Kerz and the crew :-) They are now trying to ease their way out of the blog hosting business, and I appreciate their patience while I got my act together.
I have imported all the old posts and comments, and made quite a bit of effort to make sure all links still work – even those from 2004/2005 when Movable Type generated pages with names like 005643.html. MozillaZine just sends everything to blog.gerv.net, and the mapping happens on my side. This work was made substantially easier by the "Canonical URLs" feature of WordPress, so thanks to Mark Jaquith. I've also switched my FeedBurner feed over, so people using that shouldn't see any differences (although the last 10 or 15 posts might get duplicated in some clients. If you are subscribing to this blog, please use that feed.
If you find a broken link somewhere on the web or an a post here, please let me know and I will look into it.
The look and feel is vaguely the same; my time to work on that was limited.
I will be offline from tomorrow, Saturday 30th July, until at least Monday 8th August, doing this and other things.
So when I set this blog up six years ago, I started using an unpublished post as a scratchpad to keep all my post ideas in. But it was a bit hard to find it amid all the others, so in order to keep it at the top of the list of posts, I set the date on the post to one in the far future – midnight on 1st January 2010. It now seems like WordPress automatically publishes future-dated posts when their posting date gets hit. Hence, last night at midnight, my scratchpad (which I have long since stopped using, but never deleted) appeared on my blog, with the wonderful title "DO NOT PUBLISH – Idea Bank". Oops. Fortunately, while it was a random unconnected series of thoughts and URLs, there was nothing embarrassing there.
With a heavy heart, I have just gone through every post I've ever made older than a month, and disabled trackbacks and comments. Given MT's lack of a trackback management interface, deleting dodgy trackbacks takes about 10 times as long per trackback, and I just can't afford to spend that sort of time cleaning up.
The MozillaZine crew are working hard on solutions to the spam problem, but I don't have an ETA, and so I feel I have to take this measure to save my sanity. Until such measures arrive, I will be periodically disabling these features on inactive posts once they get that old.
If anyone wants comments or trackbacks reopened on an old post, please email me and let me know, and I'll do it immediately.
Update: Phil Ringnalda points out that MT does have an identical interface for managing Trackbacks to the one for comments – and it's linked in the left hand bar. So how did I miss it?
The "You have a trackback" email doesn't have a link (as the "You have a comment" one does) to view/delete that trackback, which takes you to the list after using it.
Deleting a trackback (or comment) from the Edit Entry screen takes you back to the Edit Entry screen, not the full list.
I couldn't find my own head if it were handed to me on a plate.
So, I never discovered it. <sigh>. Still, better late than never.
Update 2: The first two comments to my original post also point this out. I really am being dumb today.
I've just about got a handle on the comment spam. I clear it out, taking about five minutes every day. It's a small price to pay for decent discussion. But now I'm getting trackback spams. And they are 10 times worse.
For a start, MT's Trackback management interface isn't the same as its comment interface. There's no link in the email you get, there's no central list of trackbacks, and once you finally get to the correct entry you have to delete every dodgy trackback individually. And although you can turn off comments globally, you can't turn off trackbacks. It's a per-entry setting, so I'd have to go through all X entries and turn it off for each.
Any solutions, please let me know!