In this vivid first-person narrative, Anne Askew (1521-1546), a member of the Reformed church, records her imprisonment for heresy and her interrogation by officials of church and state in the last days of Henry VIII. She represents herself arguing forcefully, learnedly, and wittingly with her accusers, continually demonstrating their theological errors and her own refusal to be the traditional silent woman in public debate on religion. As a spiritual autobiography, a historical document, and a carefully crafted polemic, this work gives new insight into Reformation politics and society in England. After Askew was burned at the stake in 1546, her work was immediately published by John Bale who wove his own historical commentary with her text to "elucidate" her role as a Protestant martyr. Askew's work also exists in several early editions without Bale's commentary, most importantly in John Foxe's Acts and Monuments (1563). This volume includes two texts: the first edition of Askew's Examinations with Bale's Elucidation, and Foxe's edition uninterrupted version of her work. This book will have strong appeal for scholars and students of English Renaissance literature, Reformation history, and women's history.
This is the fourth in the series of proceedings of the interdisciplinary conference sponsored by the Center for Renaissance & Baroque Studies at the University of Maryland. This volume reflects the commitment of scholars to the exploration of early modern women's culture as recovered through images, literature, music, and archives of the period. In essays on 'Stories,' 'Goods,' 'Faiths,' and 'Pedagogues,' scholars from a wide variety of fields discuss the contributions that reveal early modern women's influence on the societal and cultural transformations in which they participated. Nearly thirty workshops from the conference are summarized, and these offer a detailed overview of current research in early modern women's studies. An introduction by Margaret Mikesell traces the development of the Attending to Early Modern Women symposia (1990-2000). A keynote address by Diane Purkiss on stories of maternal grief located in Scottish witch-trial confessions is also included.
Authorial studies, or 'career criticism' is a new and distinctive branch of interpretive methodology that explores various paths of European careers, particularly literary careers. In this first book-length study in the field various specialists from Italian, French, English, and Spanish studies collectively discuss literary careers spanning from classical antiquity through the Renaissance. They argue that the idea of a literary career evolves slowly, derives centrally from Virgil, and that the periodization from classical, medieval and Renaissance culture helps to elucidate the details of that evolution. Including authors from Theocritus to Spenser, the contributors correlate an author's sense of a career to the period of history in which he or she is writing, foregrounding his or her role in the multi-sphered life of the nation, especially its institutions of family, state, and church. Authorship and agency, genre and genre patterning, imitation and intertextuality, politics and religions, sexuality and gender all become part of the complex template for defining the idea of a literary career. Unique in both scope and topic, this study breaks new ground in current critical theory, allowing for complex interrelations between models of authorial agency and models of social construction.
As writers strongly committed to the Reformation, Anne Lock Prowse and Elizabeth Russell translated works which they believed were doctrinally useful for their Protestant readers. Lock translated Calvin's four sermons from French, dedicating the work to Katharine, Duchess of Suffolk. These were published with the appended sonnet sequence A meditation of a penitent sinner. This appears to be the first sonnet sequence written in English. The present edition is a facsimile of the Folger Shakespeare Library copy of 1560. Of the markes of the children of God, and of their comforts in afflictions was published in 1590. Lock's translation of Jean (or John) Taffin's French treatise proved very popular as there were seven subsequent editions. The appended poem The necessitie and benefite of Affliction may reasonably be attributed to Prowse; it is written in common meter with alternating rhymes and continues the themes of the prose treatise. The present edition is a facsimile of the Huntington Library copy, which is an excellent copy. Elizabeth Cooke Hoby Russell was the sister of Anne Cooke Bacon. Her translation of Bishop John Ponet's work from Latin was dedicated to her daughter Anne Herbert and in her dedication she suggests that the work was published in 1605, long after it was written, to prevent alterations to the text after her death. This edition is reproduced here from the one extant copy held at the Folger Library.
Twelve of the fourteen essays in this volume describe much of the lives and works of an extraordinary group of English women who, despite the regime of chastity, silence and obedience imposed on them, managed to engage in particular with contemporary religious debates, through their work as writers, patrons, and especially translators. The translators discussed include Margaret More Roper, Queen Elizabeth I as a young girl, Mary Sidney, the Cooke sisters, and Lady Cary. Some essays focus on the style of individual translators, revealing "deviations" from source texts where the translator's voice, intentionally or unintentionally, shines through. Mary Ellen Lamb draws on translation prefaces to show how women translators were encouraged to be modest and self-effacing, and to reveal the prevailing misogyny of the time. Two more general essays describe: the social context in which Tudor women wrote, with reference to one influential "conduct book" for women; and the need to develop new critical models to deal with women's writing. Margaret Hannay provides a lucid introduction, and a selected bibliography for further reading. An invaluable and highly readable source for anyone interested in the history and feminization of translation.
The increased attention to women's literature of the early modern period has reinvigorated literary study, not by supplanting the traditional canon but by renewing our interest in it. As the volume editors note, "Teaching Spenser's The Faerie Queene is a richer experience when one also teaches Wroth's Urania." Teaching Tudor and Stuart Women Writers summarizes the latest scholarship on British women writers who lived from roughly 1500 to 1700 and suggests strategies for presenting their works in the classroom. Thirty-six essays discuss frequently anthologized pieces by such women as Margaret Cavendish, Elizabeth I, Mary Sidney, and Mary Wroth as well as the writings of women who have come to the notice of scholars only recently. The volume addresses women's roles in early modern society and women's limited access to education and opportunities for writing; provides background for understanding literary, religious, historical, and social texts; gives biographies of certain writers; lists texts suitable for presentation in the undergraduate classroom; suggests models for lower-level surveys as well as semester-length graduate seminars; and details the availability of primary sources.
In Tudor and Stuart Britain, women writers were shaped by their culture, but they also helped to shape and reproduce culture through their writing, their patronage and their network of family and friends. Although they submitted to the cultural constraints of femininity, women helped to fashion gender roles. Denied positions of power in government - with the exception of queens - women sought to influence their society's politics through their writings and personal relationships. Through the lens of cultural studies, the editors explore women's material culture, women as agents in reproducing culture, popular culture and women's pamphlets, and women's bodies as inscriptions of culture. As the only collection on early modern British women's writing to draw primarily on feminist cultural studies, this book covers new ground, especially in the scope and breadth of the authors surveyed. In addition to essays by the editors on Mary Queen of Scots, poetry and gift exchange, Lady mary Wroth's anti-absolutist sonnets, and Elizabeth Cary's portrait of the queen in Edward II, the book includes Margaret Hannay on class in Pembroke's psalms, Mary Ellen Lamb on Aemilia Lanyer and patronage, Elaine Beilin on Anne Dowriche's Protestant history, Barbara McManus on the pamphlet controversy about women, and Carole Levin on the assimilation of female saints into reformation England.
New Formalisms and Literary Theory examines the political motivations of a return to formalism. Together with our contributors, we want to propose and challenge the conception of New Formalism as an extension of contextual readings and as a 'mere' return to aesthetic readings. The essays gathered here encourage reflection upon New Formalism's points of intersection with other theoretical approaches and demand a reinstatement of form as the critic's central focus, form, that is, as it reflects a culture's creative imagination and historicizes itself within and against a politically charged background.
Individualism: The Cultural Logic of Modernity explores ideas of the modern sovereign individual in the western cultural tradition. Divided into two sections, this volume surveys the history of western individualism in both its early and later forms: chiefly from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries, and then individualism in the twentieth century.
These essays boldly challenge not only the exclusionary framework and self-assured teleology, but also the metaphysical certainty of that remarkably tenacious narrative on "the rise of the individual." Some essays question the correlation of realist characterization to the eighteenth-century British novel, while others champion the continuing political relevance of selfhood in modernist fiction over and against postmodern nihilism. Yet others move to the foreground underappreciated topics, such as the role of courtly cultures in the development of individualism. Taken together, the essays provocatively revise and enrich our understanding of individualism as the generative premise of modernity itself. Authors especially considered include Locke, Defoe, Freud, and Adorno.
The essays in this volume first began as papers presented at a conference of the American Comparative Literature Association held at Princeton University. Among the contributors are Nancy Armstrong, Deborah Cook, James Cruise, David Jenemann, Lucy McNeece, Vivasvan Soni, Frederick Turner, and Philip Weinstein.
The first full-length collection in many years by an award-winning poet whose work has appeared in The Atlantic, The New Yorker, The Nation, Poetry, The Kenyon Review, The Threepenny Review, and a host of other journals.
The adventures of Lucy, her friends, and family, at home and at school, as she attempts to restore her family's decrepit boat house that has a dance floor on the second floor, so that she can have a double birthday party for her mother and her cat.


You can add water movement to your existing bird bath with a regular or solar-powered mini-fountain, by adding a dripper kit, using a Water Wiggler or by placing a water mister over or near the bird bath.
If you want to go low-tech, you can even hang a jug of water with a tiny hole in the bottom over your bird bath.
A solar-powered bird bath fountain in operation.
A bird bath fountain is a small pump that takes the water that's already in your bird bath and squirts it into the air. Fountains may be solar powered, but you can also get them with electrical cords. Most of the solar powered fountains operate directly on light but some do include a battery that stores a few hours' worth of power.
A fountain doesn't need a hose or outside source of water and won't keep your bird bath topped up. Fountains that have electrical cords can run as long as you leave them plugged in.
Solar fountains depend entirely on light to make them work, so on sunny days, the water will flow well and you'll get a good spray. On cloudy days, the flow may be much less powerful or may stop entirely. Most solar fountains don't have the power to make a tall, impressive spray.
In both cases, the fountain will have a small filter to keep debris out of the motor. You'll need to give the filter a bit of attention occasionally to keep the water flowing smoothly.
Can be used in any bird bath that is big enough for the fountain's base or pump.
Universal dripper kit by Duncraft.
A dripper is usually an arched metal or bendable plastic tube that attaches to your bird bath to drip water from a height of a foot (30 cm) or so. It doesn't draw water from the bird bath itself, which means you need to attach it to a hose.
You can use a Y connector at the hose bib so it doesn't hog the faucet, and bury the hose in the lawn or garden to keep things pretty. An inexpensive irrigation timer will control the flow rate and timing so it's not running too fast or overnight.
If you want to experiment with the concept before spending any money, you can make a simple dripper out of an empty distilled water or milk jug. Just fill it with water, put the lid on loosely, and poke a pin hole in one corner. Suspend the jug a foot or two (30-60 cm) over the bird bath and watch what happens.
If you decide to go with the 'jug method', you'll have to check it at least once a day to make sure there's enough water in it.
What the Heck is a Water Wiggler?
It operates 24/7 on a couple of D cells (good for two months or more). It does attract birds, and also does a good job of keeping the water moving so mosquitoes can't lay their eggs in it. If you don't want to shell out for batteries every couple of months, there is a solar version, but that one doesn't seem to perform as well.
Other than taking the battery out, there's no way to turn it off.
Some users think the white plastic looks cheap, but you can spray paint the plastic to any color you want. There is also a nice-looking ceramic version available, but it costs twice as much.
If you haven't heard of misters before, let me explain. A mister is a miniature brass nozzle with a very fine opening (about the size of a needle tip) for water. It attaches either to the end of a standard garden hose or to a smaller-diameter attachment hose and can be placed anywhere you can get the hose to stay put. Birds love them— this little hummingbird just can't get enough!
A mister produces a very fine mist that is often used to water delicate seedlings like tomato plants without squashing them, to provide water for birds and to cool off outdoor spaces on very hot days.
Because of the very fine opening, misters do get clogged after awhile. It's not easy to clean them, and some have delicate fittings that wear out quickly and can't be replaced. However, quite they're inexpensive. If one 'dies' it's easier to replace it and recycle the old one.
Uses minimal water – 0.5 to 1.0 US gal/hour, depending on what size nozzle you use.
You have to find a way to anchor the hose in place, unless you use some sort of mister stand.


Is there a better alternative to Expressions?
Is Expressions really the best app in Developer Tools category?
Will Expressions work good on macOS 10.13.4?
Expressions lets you play with regular expressions (regex). Just type your pattern and some text to test it. All the changes are updated while you're typing text or pattern. App highlights the syntax, so the pattern is easy-to-read and modify. If you use subexpressions (groups), you can highlight them by pressing Cmd+Shift+] (or [ - for decreasing the highlighted group number). If you don't remember the regex syntax, just press Cmd+r or click button in the top-right. You will get the reference sheet, so you don't have to remember everything.
The user interface is very minimalistic and non-distractive. By default the color is the same as your menubar, but you can always switch to dark or light mode (see: Preferences). You can also open app in beautiful full screen mode which is perfect when you want to focus or to demonstrate regular expressions to other people. Note:Expressions uses ICU regular expression standard. More information here.


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Two minute guide to Lincoln City versus Port Vale
Rob Fielding Pre-match stories 2018-19	Lincoln City	0
Pressure is mounting on Neil Aspin as Port Vale take on a tricky away test against Lincoln City…
Pre-match newsdesk
The pressure is certainly on after the poor 4-1 home defeat to Oldham Athletic with questions being asked about manager Neil Aspin's reign.
Changes can be expected after the Lincoln loss and Vale have already announced that Dan Turner (right) is eligible for the matchday squad. Turner could come in for Scott Quigley who has been recalled by parent club Blackpool.
"I am not making excuses. The past month has been disastrous for us, and we have the toughest game probably to come . There is no point in hammering the players, we have to work with them and try to put out a team that at least will show pride and who will battle and scrap. If they do that then the supporters will support them."
Port Vale manager Neil Aspin
"I think Port Vale will be our toughest game of the season. We've had two good wins at Vale Park but they have a very determined group of players, who will want to put those two results right. We're expecting to see a wounded animal. I know Neil well – he's a good man and a good manager – and he will have them fighting for the shirt. We have to make sure we match them in those areas."
Lincoln City manager Danny Cowley
Man in charge
There's no dispute that Danny Cowley has been a huge success at Lincoln and must now be attracting the interest of clubs further up the League ladder. Since joining in 2016 he has won promotion to the Football League and the Checkatrade Trophy final.
After their two comprehensive wins this season, Lincoln have edged ahead with 33 wins to Vale's 32. There have been 22 draws.
Clearly Vale's recent record against the Imps is terrible with ten goals conceded this season and it's not that great at Lincoln with Vale losing on the last two visits. Their last victory at Sincil Bank was in 2009 when Marc Richards and Louis Dodds (right) scored in a 2-1 win.
Featured connections
Vale could face former midfielder Michael O'Connor who joined Lincoln City in the summer. The former Northern Ireland International had a two-year spell in the Potteries.
Meanwhile, Louis Dodds could potentially face one of his former loan clubs if he is picked by the Valiants.
There are a large number of players who have played for both clubs in recent years including:
Defender Callum Howe
Goalkeeper Joe Anyon (right)
Winger Gareth Ainsworth
Striker Dany N'Guessan
Forward Theo Robinson
Two minute guide to Port Vale versus Oldham Athletic	Two minute guide to Port Vale v Shrewsbury Town
Port Vale fans reaction: manager lost the plot playing players out of position
Port Vale keeper – that was embarrassing, we apologise and we deserved the boos
Two minute guide to Port Vale versus Lincoln City

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Q: Iterating through a list of urls and grabbing selected text Hi I'm trying to write a script that will scrape specified information from a list of urls that in this case are job listings, and then with the specified information (from html) on each job listing page, write that to a file. The part about writing to a file I'm not too concerned with right now, I'm more focused on being able extract desired info from a specified link. I've written this code to create a list of the urls of interest:
import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

# Get links for all open listings
mainpage = requests.get('https://www.digitalmarketplace.service.gov.uk/digital-outcomes-and-specialists/opportunities?q=&statusOpenClosed=open%27%27%27')
soup = BeautifulSoup(mainpage.text, 'html.parser')
link_list = []

for opps in soup.findAll('li', class_='app-search-result'):
    links = opps.h2.a.get('href')
    open_links = ('https://www.digitalmarketplace.service.gov.uk/%27+links')
    link_list.append(open_links)
# print(link_list[25])

This works fine as I can select a desired link by index. For the next part I'm trying to write a for loop that will iterate over each link in link_list and for the respective link then grab the specified information.
# Write for loop hat grabs specified information
for idx, item in enumerate(link_list[0:]):
    open_opps = requests.get(open_links)
    open_soup = BeautifulSoup(open_opps.text, 'html.parser')
    closing_date = open_soup.findAll(class_="govuk-summary-listvalue")[2].text
    summary = open_soup.findAll(class_="govuk-summary-listvalue")[3].text

print(closing_date[25])

In the above code I tried to extract the closing date of the 24th job listing however I received an error:
closing_date = open_soup.findAll(class_="govuk-summary-listvalue")[2].text
IndexError: list index out of range

I'm wondering how I can go about writing this so I can extract specified info such as the closing date of the 2nd job listing. Any help would be much appreciated, thanks

A: While Parsing closing date you are using wrong xpath class
 closing_date = open_soup.findAll(class_="govuk-summary-list__value")[2].text
 summary = open_soup.findAll(class_="govuk-summary-list__value")[3].text

instead of govuk-summary-listvalue use govuk-summary-list__value as class value

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Adrian is a Swiss helicopter pilot and mechanic living in Switzerland. His hobby is aviation photography and freelance journalism and as such, he has contributed images and reports to various printed and online media.
He lived in Cameroon (West Africa) and Madagascar between 1994 and 2005, together with his wife and three sons. Adrian still travels around the globe in his position as technical manager of Helimission, a swiss foundation operating ten helicopters for non profit work in Africa and Asia.
Adrian is particularly interested in C-130 Hercules, further in military and African Aviation. He tries to "play" with the light, aims for nice backgrounds so the aircrafts are well presented, and also likes to shoot from different angles and positions to add diversity to his work.


When you make it to an interview,perhaps one of the most important things to remember is that there is no real downside from here on,so long as you have done the preparation.Hopefully, you will end up getting the job,but even if you dont, youre getting valuable practice in doing interviews.Remember that practice definitely works to your advantage. never let yourself become jaded,complacent, or pessimistic just because youve been to a few interviews without getting the job .
That said,it can be difficult to know how to present yourself,especially when different sources offer contradictory advice.One employment agencys website may advise you to maintain strong eye contact with the interviewer,use a firm hand shake,and rehearse answers to common questions beforehand. the net may talks about employers being turned off by the mechanical eye contact,crushing handshake,and scripted answers of candidates who just read a how to succeed in a job interview manual.
There are some things on which there seems to be common agreement, including:be on time,and be well and neatly dressed and groomed.maintain good posture at all times,whether seated,standing,or walking (without overdoing things to the point of appearing false or mechanical).
Be enthusiastic,positive, and engaged.Do not appear apathetic,bored,or sullen.Make sure you have done your homework on researching the company in general,and the position in particular.
Have at least a couple of questions you would like to ask about the organisation thought up previously.
Be polite and respectful,keep slang to a minimum.Do not be critical of current or former employers.
Be self-confident but do not come across as a know it all,arrogant,or cynical.Never betray any sense that you are only shopping around and not particularly interested in this particular job.
Much of the above flows naturally from acting in a manner consistent with the target personality profile described our subscribers section. remember,stay in character.Attitudes tested on an initial paper or computer personality test may be tested again at the interview.Questions like how do you perform under pressure and what really irritates you in other employees will be testing the same things at the interview as they were in the personality test.
If asked what you see as your weaknesses (and you probably will be),use this as an opportunity to present a strength as a weakness.


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Ukrainian Legal Nodes raises $120k via Techstars London Accelerator
07 September, 2021, 12:20
Tetyana Grytsik
Legal Nodes, a Ukrainian startup that provides a secure, easy-to-use platform to work on legal matters, has joined Techstars London and raised $120,000 from the accelerator. This was reported to AIN.UA by representatives of the startup.
In August 2021, Legal Nodes received $300,000 in a pre-seed round. The round was led by the angel syndicate LIFT99. Thus, the total investment in the startup grew to $475,000.
According to Margarita Sivakova, CEO and co-founder of Legal Nodes, the team applied to Techstars London three times, two of which were unsuccessful.
A total of 12 companies from all over the world were selected for the Techstars London program. Legal Nodes is the only company from Ukraine in the batch. It is Techstars' policy to select only 1% out of all applicants to the program.
"Considering how niche our product is, a large number of regulatory challenges, and the need to build a strong network in the UK — getting into Techstars London was our number one goal," Legal Nodes comments.
The Legal Nodes product will offer alternative ways to provide legal services and adapt them to new realities. The team plans to achieve this by introducing fixed subscriptions to legal services that clients can manage via the online platform.
Legal Nodes co-founders. Image credit: Legal Nodes
Legal Nodes' target audience is international technology companies and startups, which often have legal entities, investors, and clients worldwide.
"Legal Nodes focuses on the law of foreign countries. In the UK, the trend of productization of legal services at the legislative level is actively supported. At the same time, the market for unmet legal needs of medium and medium-sized businesses amounts to more than 11 billion pounds a year. Therefore, from the very beginning, the company was aimed at this market."
The startup was founded by Margarita Sivakova, Nestor Dubnevych, and Maxim Maliuk. As of 2021, Legal Nodes already has over 60 corporate clients.
Ukrainian Propertymate startup enters Techstars Austin and raises $120k in investment
Ukrainian aviation startup InputSoft raises $120k from Techstars at $3M valuation
Ukrainian startup Legal Nodes secures $300k in a pre-seed round
Ukrainian legal tech startup Lawyerd! valued at $3M joins TechStars
Ukrainian Greenbin.app raises €45k in Polish accelerator. The company is developing a recycling app
Revenue Grid closes $20M Series A, plans to expand Ukrainian office
Skillsetter, an educational platform with online simulation courses for IT professionals, raises $262k


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Florida Georgia Line's Tyler Hubbard Injured in a Dirt Bike Accident
Tyler Hubbard of Florida Georgia Line will need surgery after an accident on a dirt bike track. The singer and songwriter talked about his injuries and showed off his wounds in a Friday morning (Aug. 21) message to fans.
"Doc said his goal was to have me walking in 5 weeks. Hayley and I said "make it 4 weeks because that's when baby number 3 gets here," Hubbard writes in a caption for his video message. He describes over-jumping a jump on his dirt bike and "landing flat," causing a significant ankle injury. The accident happened two days ago.
"I have a ruptured Achilles tendon and I broke the bone right there on the inside of the ankle," he says as one of his kids shouts in the background. Surgery is scheduled for next week, and then rehabilitation.
"It couldn't be worse timing. I'm really bummed," Hubbard continues in the video. "I'm upset that I can't be helpful around the house as much as I would like to be. I know God is teaching me something through all this and I'm going to try to stay positive. Going to try to work on my mental game and apparently some upper-body."
As he mentioned, Hubbard and his wife are expecting their third child together soon. In March, the couple announced that a baby boy would be joining 2-year-old Olivia and now 1-year-old Luca. They revealed the pregnancy just weeks earlier, six months after Hayley gave birth to their first son.
Musically Florida Georgia Line have a Top 5 hit in "I Love My Country," a song from their recently released 6-Pack EP. Like nearly all artists in country music, their 2020 tour plans have been wiped out due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Brian Kelley of Florida Georgia Line Is Living In a Legit Treehouse:
Source: Florida Georgia Line's Tyler Hubbard Injured in a Dirt Bike Accident
Filed Under: Florida Georgia Line, Tyler Hubbard
Categories: Music News, Taste of Country Nights
Tyler Hubbard to Perform Thanksgiving Halftime Show in Minneapolis
Tyler Hubbard Reveals Cover Art, Track List for Debut Solo Album
Florida Georgia Line Round Up Their 'Greatest Hits' + Three Unheard Songs For a New Package
Tyler Hubbard Throws Garage Party in 'Everybody Needs a Bar' Video [Watch]
Tyler Hubbard's Son Luca Totally Rocks Out at Dad's Rehearsal [Watch]
Tyler Hubbard Is 'Excited' About New Music, Keith Urban Tour
Florida Georgia Line Thank Fans at Emotional Final Show [Watch]
Tyler Hubbard Delights With '5 Foot 9′ Performance on 'Today' [Watch]


Join Nicolas Botomisy for a plated desserts class through our Center for Advanced Pastry Studies (CAPS)! CAPS is designed for current industry professionals, offering single- and multi-day continuing education workshops taught by master chefs and critically acclaimed artists from all over the world. At CAPS, you will refine your skills, learn new and innovative techniques, and expand your current repertoire with hands-on classes among peers. What's more, all CAPS classes are approved for American Culinary Federation-certified education hours.
Chef Nicolas Botomisy has been a pastry chef for more than18 years, including work at restaurants with two and three Michelin stars in France and the U.K., and luxury hotels such as the Four Seasons in Japan and the USA. He grew up in the South of France cooking with his grandmother. After studying in the region, he worked at the Michelin-starred restaurants Relais de la Poste, Carré des Feuillants and Georges V. in France and Waterside in the U.K. While working in Paris, Nicolas met his Japanese wife and decided to move to Japan. There he joined the École Valrhona Tokyo, then worked at the Valrhona Brooklyn school. In 2018, Chef Nicolas opened ateliers in Tokyo specializing in chocolates while traveling back and forth to the U.S. He loves to teach and share his knowledge with others, and bases his teaching programs in a technical way around the ingredients, their roles and ways to feature them best. He will explain how he builds tastes through feelings and emotions and then allow students to apply the techniques to their own work in the class. Chef Nicolas will create various types of desserts, including high-end gastronomy, banqueting and bistro-style dishes. Techniques will include emulsion, mousse (different kinds), ice cream, sherbet, chocolate tempering, crunchy décor, sablé, sponge, sous vide cooking and candied fruits.


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NY Irish centre gets government green light
By Noreen Bowden | June 22, 2009
An Irish centre that would encompass arts, cultural and business matters in New York City will go ahead, according to an article in the Irish Echo. The center has been a matter of discussion for many years, with Gabriel Byrne spearheading the publicity drive.
The Irish goverment's commitment to the centre was confirmed by Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism Martin Cullen. He said the government would give 170,000 to the centre for an initial planning phase; the centre will ultimately cost as much as $30 million. Cullen noted that the planning process would take a number of years and that by the time it was ready to build he hoped that an upbeat economy would ease funding.
The newspaper quoted from its interview with Gabriel Byrne last summer, in which Byrne described his vision for the centre:
"A new center would encourage not just the importation of current Irish culture, and diverse current Irish culture, but would encourage the development of a unique Irish American cultural voice, this while we would have the place to do it which is also a business center, where people from Ireland could come in and do business, where Irish people could get together socially," was how Byrne described the proposed center.
"Of course it's a sensitive time economically to be asking for money. But this is the best time to invest, not just in this notion of an Irish identity and culture, but in the brand of Ireland.
"It just needs a commitment from the Irish government to support this. The government are behind it, in theory. It just needs that final push to make it happen. You really have to envision it as a temple on the hill. We would have to make a place of welcome, not just for Irish Americans. It would reach out to all cultures, a place of light and welcome," Byrne said at the time.
Read the article in the Irish Echo: Center's a go


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Bryan Boyer
The Fame Kid Makes a Leap for the Big Time
By Sarah Hepola, Fri., March 3, 2000
Photo By Todd V. Wolfson
Remember Fame? I'm gonna live forever, and all that jazz? Like Solid Gold, another show which enjoyed an unmercifully long run, Fame screams Eighties television programming, with its song-and-dance depiction of urban teen life at New York City's High School for the Performing Arts, in which cafeteria lunches explode into group jam sessions, in which moments of self-doubt prompt ballads in soft focus. Yet at a young age, Fame imprinted on me the particulars of life as a struggling artist. So when I think of Bryan Boyer, I think of Fame.
Don't get me wrong: Bryan Boyer would probably just as soon declare himself America's favorite breakfast cereal as dance through Times Square in leg warmers. But as one-fifth of DeepLeap.com, an Internet start-up hoping to revolutionize the way you do something or the other, Boyer shares with those leotarded Fame kids the simple truth of his career -- which is littered with as many failures as clichés. A job with promises of fortune for few and crabbed hands for many. For Boyer, prosperity in the new economy will prove just as slippery as making it on old Broadway, seeing as how both rely less on talent than luck and timing. Despite all that, he's forging ahead, and all that's left until the moment of truth is many, many hours of work. Debbie Allen might as well be talking to Boyer and his cohorts when she barks to a roomful of hopefuls in Fame's opening credits: "This is where you pay. In sweat."
And that's just what Boyer has been doing -- alongside co-founders Lane Becker, Ben Brown, Courtney Skott, and Tempy Evans-Munoz -- for the three months he has been in Austin preparing for the company's late-March product launch. Like others armed with bravery and the luxury of little to lose, they are navigating their way through life as a start-up -- scouring for venture capitalists, poring over business plans, working in a cramped office full of dry erase boards and one Dreamcast console. And social life? It helps that Boyer is surrounded by a tight-knit community of tech people, many of whom have already taken a similar leap of faith. Together, they share tricks of the trade and speak a common vocabulary -- much like that of film geeks, theatre people, businessmen, or sports fanatics -- that can sound downright alien to an outsider. Boyer talks in streams of acronyms, worries about keeping his "personal site" and "business site" separate, grumbles about the proliferation of Webloggers, ponders the superiority of different form validation measures, and gives presentations on "hidden information spaces."
But one look at his personal site, BryanBoyer.com, and you realize that -- minus the jargon -- Boyer is just an intelligent, slightly timid, totally nice guy. It is on that personal site that Boyer makes (sort of) daily updates chronicling the anxiety, the disappointments, the discoveries, and the mundanities of a career based on work binges and purges. It's really just a "journal more for self-reflection" than anything, a way his out-of-town friends can check up on his life, a keepsake for years down the road when he's forgotten what it felt like to be young and hungry for something. What the personal site doesn't cover, though, is what the hell this much-anticipated DeepLeap is going to do. That's a secret squirreled away for the big ta-da! of the launch party, and for that reason, it's damn near impossible to speculate on the success or failure of Boyer's venture. "If we fail, we fail," he says frankly. Even so, the pressure is on.
All of this makes him understandably touchy about the hype being thrown at his career of choice. "I think people take too much from the start-up experience," he explains. "All these stories take the grueling aspect of the start-up life and glamorize them." As part of the Internet's second wave, Boyer benefits from the first generation's hard-learned lessons, but it's also true he bears the burden of increased scrutiny and cynicism. While the media continues to paint his group of upstarts in terms of their business savvy and money-grubbing, Boyer insists that for him it's simply about pursuing a life that makes sense at this moment. "It's just something I have to do," he says. "This is what I'm most interested in, and what I feel I have the most to contribute to." Of course. He's a Fame kid. And only time will tell if we'll remember his name.
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New AFL Book – The Uncrowned Champs!!
Dave Steidel is at it again. The author of the universally loved tome, Remember the AFL, has a new book out this month, and it will certainly stoke the fires of any AFL enthusiast (as well as piss off many staunch NFL fans).
One of my favorite, though least-viewed (according to Google Analytics) sections of this site is the Photo Gallery. There is a lot of fantastic AFL photography included there, and though it take time to find new photo collections, I am always looking to add quality imagery.


Clay Campbell's Kentucky Opry in Draffenville features down-home comedy and country musical entertainment for the whole family every Friday and Saturday night. In addition it hosts special events, A Country Christmas show as well as the Stars of Tomorrow Talent Search Competition. And don't forget over in Grand River's, KY is Variety! Music, Memories & More a two-hour Branson style musical revue with a professional cast of singers, dancers and a live band at Badgett's Playhouse.
Nearby Murray with its renowned university offers symphonic band, choir and jazz band concerts, plays, musicals, operas, and the Clara Eagle Art Gallery.
Nearby Paducah has the Market House Theater, the Paducah Symphony Orchestra and the Museum of the American Quilter's Society where quilters from around the world gather each April to compete in the largest competition of its kind. The sheer artistry on the display here is breathtaking even to the most casual visitor. Paducah is also home to the Luther F. Carson Four Rivers Center for Performing Arts which hosts Broadway hits theatre, dance and a musical series with big name entertainers and traveling productions year-round.
When many people think of "culture", they picture symphony orchestras and art galleries. In Marshall County, our definition goes beyond the expected. Marshall County celebrates its culture in the living beauty of folk art, the pleasant and peaceful sounds of bluegrass and gospel, and even by paying tribute to the humble sweet potato.
On the first Monday of April, the streets of Benton fill with thousands of people, all who have come to the annual celebration of the sweet potato. Tater Day started in 1842 with the trading and selling of sweet potatoes. Tater Day features a parade, flea market, arts and crafts, beauty pageants, carnival rides, barbeque cook off competition, Tater trot & run, and all the "good eats" you would expect to find at an old time country fair.
The Big Singing, held the fourth Sunday in May at the Marshall County Courthouse in Benton, is the oldest indigenous music festival in the United States. The Big Singing has actually attracted singers from several foreign countries to sing the sacred southern harmony music from William Walker's original "shaped note" hymnals.
July and Summer bring Ameribration, Calvert City's salute to our country's birth with a parade, beauty pageant, arts and crafts, and a dazzling fireworks display at dusk. Several other fireworks displays are held in Marshall County to mark our nation's independence and most are viewable from land or from a boat on Kentucky Lake.
The first weekend in August brings a Walk In Time Antique Tractor, Gas Engine & Modern Equipment Show to Calvert City. Visitors stroll along a one mile paved trail to see workhorses of Past and Present! Also enjoy flea market and food vendors and free concerts in the evenings!
The Aurora Country Festival, held in October, features a flea market, parade and hayrides in the crisp and colorful glory of autumn. Crafts in the Village at Kentucky Dam Village is held in October and once again in Spring. Arts and crafts enthusiasts from across the country come to view and purchase the work of some of the most talented artisans in the nation.
The Hot August Blues Festival attracts local and big name blues artists who perform at Kenlake's Amphitheater located on the shores of Kentucky Lake. The audience enjoys three days and nights of "blues" while eating some of the best barbeque in the South. Visitors come by land and boat to this famous event.
Marshall County Family week takes off the first full week of September each year with free family-oriented activities planned around the county each night for the community to enjoy. From family movie and game night, to specially planned events at local restaurants and venues including putt-putt golf and fishing at the Clark's River Wildlife refuge, the week culminates with Family Day in the park, a day filled with a 5k fun run, free activities and food for all. For more information and dates on the upcoming event, see www.mcfamilyweek.com.


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Beauty pageant titles are more diverse than ever
Sami Bowlin, News Editor|December 22, 2019
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Miss Universe 2019 Zozibini Tunzi, of South Africa, is crowned onstage by Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray (right, in blue) at the 2019 Miss Universe Pageant at Tyler Perry Studios on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019 in Atlanta, Ga. (Paras Griffin/Getty Images/TNS)
For the first time in beauty pageant history, Miss Universe, Miss America, Miss USA and Miss Teen USA are all simultaneously black women. Zozibini Tunzi was crowned Miss Universe on Dec. 8, following behind Cheslie Kryst as Miss USA, Kaliegh Garris as Miss Teen USA and Nia Franklin as Miss America.
"I grew up in a world where a woman who looks like me, with my kind of skin and my kind of hair, was never considered beautiful," Tunzi said. "I think it is time that stops today. I want children to look at me and see my face. And I want them to see their faces reflected in mine."
This is a monumental year for women of color as very few women of color have one any of these titles.
"It makes me really happy to see women of color getting recognized," junior Eboni Thomas said. "I think black women, especially young girls, need to have these role models to show us that dark skin is beautiful and something to be proud of"
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MY NOTES: My cupcakes took 21 minutes to bake.
To inject the jelly: I used a Wilton round #7 tip and a piping bag. Just stick the tip most of the way into the cupcake and squeeze until you feel jelly coming out of the tip. Stop squeezing before you remove the tip from the cupcake. You might have to practice to know how much jelly to add. I squeezed about 2 teaspoons into each cupcake, but probably could've added more. I was just worried about the cupcakes exploding.
To swirl the peanut butter frosting and jelly together: I filled a piping bag half full with frosting. Then pinch one side of the bag to pull the bag away from the frosting starting at the tip all the way to the top of the bag to make room for the jelly. Then using a spoon or another piping bag, add a small amount of jelly to one side of the piping bag. This takes some experimenting also. A few of my cupcakes came out looking terrible because too much jelly came out with the frosting. No worries, they were still delicious!
Preheat the oven to 350 F. Insert 24 liners into a medium cupcake pan.
In a large bowl cream together the butter, peanut butter, and brown sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy, about 3-5 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time. Beat well. Mix in the vanilla.
In a separat bowl combine the flour, baking powder, and salt.
Add the dry ingredients to creamed mixture, alternating with the milk. Mix well.
Fill the cupcake liners 2/3 full. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool cupcakes in the pan.
I just made my own batch of pb&j cupcakes this past weekend and I used another technique to get the jelly inside. Instead of piping it into the center, fill the liner half way with your batter. Next, put a rough tsp. of jelly in the center. Fill the remainder of the liner with more batter making sure the jelly is completely covered. They were delicious and also a huge hit at the party I took them to! No one expected a jelly center!!!


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The year 2017 is going to be a big year as far as the latest snippets of Canada Immigration News suggest. If one may not take major headlines seriously, it would be hard to ignore the latest trends in issuance of the ITAs since the incorporation of changes in the visa policy.
It was a pleasant surprise to witness an issue of over 3300 ITAs to the waiting applicants, from all over the world. This was in due continuation of the trend that started after the incorporation of modifications in the Canada Immigration policy on November 19, 2016.
Since then, more than 11000 invites have been sent to people holding profiles in the Express Entry. Even going by the figures as revealed by IRCC, in the phase preceding changes – before the modification were affected – over one-thirds of applicants, out of the pool of 60689 people, were issued invitations to go ahead with the next phase of application processing.
The scenario is expected to further become more interesting as the number of Express Entry entries being received are expected to be much less than the number of invites issued. This is surely going to make the things more and more exciting as decreasing number of stationery profiles engaged in race for the ITAs are expected to stay low.
The signals are clear, as the Canada Immigration News bulletin suggests, the people waiting for the right time to squeeze in their applications by way of the Express Entry should hurry up the things and make a go for the permanent resident visa.
The Canadian government has also foretasted that the things are expected to improve further down the 2017 program and the visa program driven by economic considerations would make it easier for the people to set their foot on the shores of the country.
This is the time that is not to be lost since an opportunity as green as this may never appear again. It has been proven historically that people pushing in their requests for Immigration in the first few months of changes in the Canada visa policy have managed to gain entry quickly.
So no errors and no judgment misses, just think fast. Approach us for further details by filling in the enquiry form immediately.
Finally with the turn of the year, the Immigration to Canada, your destination of desire have been thrown open for more and more applications. The government has come down with multi pronged strategy to invite qualified people from all corners of the world.
As per the trends, it can be clearly said that the current focus of Canadian government would be to allow entry of, as many people as possible and take all necessary steps to enable the new entrants to settle down in the country successfully.
Over the years, the authorities have worked relentlessly and updated the inwards migration policy to arrive at a set-up that could allow for successful integration of the immigrating families in the local surroundings.
Currently, several such programs have been laid open for you to access. You may qualify for any of these Canada Immigration programs, based on your profile and the conditions. Under the current scheme of things, you could successfully immigrate through Express Entry driven federal skilled programs and provincial sponsorships schemes – that are working in tandem with the Express Entry, the state specific PNPs, and the Quebec skilled schemes.
All the visa programs are guided by the independent program guidelines and formats. There are reports that people have even created multiple profiles for multiple programs. This sphere makes Immigration to Canada all the more interesting and as a matter of fact quite exciting. Never has in the past, such flexibility, in otherwise conservative policy, been experienced.
To apply for Immigration to Canada through any of these schemes, you have to just to compile all the required documents, in the desired format, and create an online profile on the designated portal, Express Entry – in case you are intending to enter the Maple Leaf country through a federal scheme, or EE linked provincial scheme; and the state government allocated PNP portals.
Finally with the turn of the year, the emigration pathways to Canada, your destination of desire have been thrown open for more and more applications. The Canadian government has come down with multi pronged strategy to invite qualified people from all corners of the world.
As per the trends, it can be clearly said that the current focus of the authorities of the Maple Leaf country would be to allow entry of, as many people as possible and take all necessary steps to enable the new entrants to settle down in the country successfully.
Currently, several such programs have been laid open for you to access. You may qualify for any of these programs, based on your profile and the conditions. Under the current scheme of things, you could successfully immigrate to the Canadian shores through Express Entry driven federal skilled programs and provincial sponsorships schemes – that are working in tandem with the Express Entry, the state specific PNPs, and the Quebec skilled schemes.
All the programs are guided by the independent program guidelines and formats. There are reports that people have even created multiple profiles for multiple programs. This sphere makes Canadian Immigration all the more interesting and as a matter of fact quite exciting. Never has in the past, such flexibility, in otherwise conservative policy, been experienced.
If you feel that this is the time you had been waiting for, you are bang on point. Kick start your immigration endeavor by contacting us and providing us some of your important details in the given form along side.
Immigration to Manitoba, Canada—Are You Qualified?
Every year, 1000s of people look forward for Immigration to Manitoba, Canada in search of, among others, rewarding employment and/or investment opportunities. The statement is fully justified by the data that states that as high as 85% of the nominees that comes to the Manitoba starts working after 3 months and 76 % migrants own their home within 5 years and 95% of them gets comfortably settled into their new home called Manitoba.
There are many reasons that attract them to make this 'one of the three prairie provinces of the nation that has a long history of welcoming guests with wide open arms'their new home,even while immigration to Manitoba, Canada is fully supported, either by family unification or by wonderful employment opportunities there in.
It is one such welcoming doorway that helps an aspirant seize the Permanent Residency (PR) of Canada. Immigration to Manitoba, Canada is fully fueled by its business opportunities, provision of employments and world-class lifestyle.
Apart from this wonderful and widely used gateway, there is Family Sponsorship and Federal Immigration Programmes that help with the hassle-free migration to the province. The province welcomes refugees from across the globe with open arms. They are either sponsored by the government or by private sponsors. Over the time, these refugees have made a remarkable addition to the economy, thus rewarding generously back to the community for their little act of kindness.
The MPNP is a promising scheme that allows hassle-free entry to the province. It is weaved for all those people who possess the capability of making an addition to the economy of Canada. The Immigration, Refugees,and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) — the apex visa and immigration affairs governing body of the nation–provides all possible and necessary help to the aspirants, in clearing stones that may hinder the migration pathway.
The process starts with the submission of interest followed by submitting documents in support of showing interest in the province and genuine intention to reside there in.
The MPNP is especially crafted for all those aspirants who wish to reside in the province,along with family their members and dependents. When a person crosses the borders, on business or investment grounds, then it's expected that he will make some fixed investment in the business or venture there in the province. The applicant who does not meet the necessities of the programme is advised to look for other provinces in the nation and not Manitoba.
Submitting an application does not guarantee Permanent Residency (PR). The IRCC that looks into the matter reviews the file and expects all medical and safety norms are rightly met before issuing an interview letter. If the applicant is found unsuitable for the province, then the nomination may be withdrawn.
The lucky applicants who manage to seize the nomination are expected to make investments of 100,000 Canadian Dollars. This invested amount is refunded to the investor after a period of given 5 years with the necessary condition of yielding no interest on this capital. Once in the province, he is able to grab its PR and then Canadian citizenship.
The MPNP–Who are Ineligible to Apply?
Refugee claimants, or those involved in a federal appeal or removal process.
Live-in Caregivers presently residing in the nation. 3.
Temporary overseas employees presently working and doing a job in any otherCanadian province.
Partners of either Canadian permanent residents or citizens.
Those who have an active immigration petition with a different provincial immigration scheme in the country.
Important:Presently, in the high-powered economy of the province, trained labor force, tradespeople, and experts are in high demand. Actually, the Administration of Manitoba projects a labour deficiency of more than 20,000 qualified employees by 2020.
Against this backdrop, if you are one of these in-demand professionals, and are motivated with immigration to Manitoba, target Canada! You will get a chance to move to your dream destination and get PR there in without great difficulties or problems.


It is generally wise to beware of "the big plan". This past century has seem too many grand ideas, some millenarian, that have overridden the common sense and rights of ordinary folk and often brought about misery on a totalitarian scale.
In SA, the grandest plan of all was that of "separate development" but the democratic state has also seen its fair share of overarching ideas.
Our constitution, sometimes wrongly described as "the most liberal in the world" prescribes government policy to an extent done nowhere else. What it claims are "rights" includes such things as housing, education and health care, encouraging, notes Constitutional Court judge Edwin Cameron approvingly, government to provide much of these things. In effect, constitutional negotiators who wanted a social democratic state tried to impose this on SA for all time.
We've also had in these two decades since 1994 a reconstruction and development plan, a growth, employment and redistribution plan, and adoption by the ruling part of the need for a "national democratic revolution" that sees all "levers of power" and institutions controlled by political appointees. Now we have a new totem – the national development plan (NDP) that is supposed to guide government policy across all sectors of society all the way to 2030, ignoring the wishes of pesky voters in the elections between.
Running to almost 500 pages and so read by very few, it has been adopted by the cabinet, parliament and the ruling party's national conference, as well as by organized business, although it finds an enemy in the Congress of SA Trade Unions. Given Cosatu's fixation on protecting the jobs of its middle class membership, and its suspicion of economic freedom, it's difficult to see why it dislikes the NDP so much.
As SA Institute of Race Relations CE John Kane-Berman notes, the NDP is anything but a call for a free economy. Rather, it wants "public-private partnerships" across almost every realm of the economy, often with policy first cleared by the very groups whose immediate interests are most threatened by greater choice – organized business and organized labour.
The NDP wants more land reform, a national health insurance scheme, strong industrial policies, more state capital investment, and ongoing "protection" of local businesses. It cockily assumes reversals in employment trends in mining and manufacturing, even while it avoids privatization of the country's 715 state-owned entities.
It is in line with government proposals for a state role on nuclear energy, aerospace, furniture design, and even "beneficiation" of crocodile skins, along with national music and cosmetics strategies. We should all do physical exercise on the second Saturday of every month. Nothing is too small to be left out of the NDP, unless it's too big to put in.
So it doesn't propose dismantling SA's over-bearing labour laws, seems happy with racial laws for business, has watered down its own ideas for disciplining teachers, and utterly ignores SA's thrusting private health sector. It even introduces a new "right", to work, not something our constitution even tries.
Like the best big ideas, the NDP doesn't cost itself. Says Kane-Berman: "There are no scenarios about tax revenue, or the budget deficit, or public debt. To endorse the NDP amounts to giving the government a blank cheque".


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Emma Beko Drops Music Video Following the Release of "BLUE"
Emma Beko has been growing her fanbase for several years now as one-half of the popular Montreal-based group, Heartstreets. After finding herself with a little bit of space and breathing room during the beginning of the pandemic, Emma opted to take the time to explore the feelings that she's now willing to share in her music.
After releasing a few singles leading up to January 29th drop, including, "MHS", "Waves", "Salute" and more, we are happy to share her 9-track debut album, BLUE.
The themes of the album are innately human, and relatable, but Emma's skill are anything but. There are not very many people in the world who can deliver vocal performances that are as nonchalant and impressive as Emma's. She jumps between laid back "stream of consciousness" type rapping, and an exciting, unique, singing tone – all of which are on top of intricate and high quality production that feels like something Amy Winehouse would appreciate.
If every verse on the album was the stroke of a paintbrush, then producer Beau Geste, provided the different shades of blue.
We love the features from Karelle Tremblay, Quills, and Rymz on "Alma", "Salute", and "Party", respectively, and each of their guest appearances work perfectly on the production they chose. But of course, Emma can also hold her own, and she did that for most of her album. "Ukulele" (for which the brand new music video is available above), "MHS", and "Waves" are solo tracks in which Emma fully displays her range of talent – again, all while discussing the emotions and pain that plague many of our adolescent and adult years.
Check out the music video to "Ukulele" above, and stream Emma's debut album, BLUE, right now! Be sure to show her and Heartstreets some love!
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Roosevelt man charged with Freeport rape
Posted Thursday, October 4, 2018 4:16 pm
Police released this video of the suspect at the scene.
Courtesy Nassau County Special Victims Squad
Ever L. Martinez
Courtesy Nassau County Police
According to police, the rape suspect was last seen near Elm Street and Ray Avenue in Freeport on Sept. 28.
The suspect was described as a Hispanic man, 5-foot-7 tall, with a slight to medium build.
I've been doing this a long time, and this is one of the most brutal rapes that I've ever seen."
Madeline Singas Nassau County district attorney
By Nadya Nataly
This story was updated Oct. 11, 2018 at 2:33 p.m,
Nassau County police have arrested and charged an undocumented immigrant from El Salvador with raping a Freeport woman outside her home on Sept. 28.
Officials said that the 36-year-old victim, whom they did not identify, was walking home at around 1:40 a.m. that day when Ever Martinez Reyes, 24, knocked her unconscious in her own yard, on Parson Avenue near Frank O. White Memorial Park, and then sexually assaulted her. Police arrested Martinez Reyes on Oct. 5.
Martinez Reyes, who was born and raised in El Salvador and lives in Roosevelt, followed the woman for a few blocks before attacking her, police said. When she woke up, she realized Martinez Reyes was raping her, but before she could react, he knocked her out again and continued the assault, according to authorities. Martinez Reyes ran off and was last seen near Elm Street and Ray Avenue in Freeport.
He immigrated to the United States illegally in 2010, when he was 16 years old, officials said. He was deported, but in 2014 he re-entered the country illegally and moved to Freeport. Since moving to Long Island, he had worked as a day laborer, often as a landscaper.
According to Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder, Martinez Reyes had no prior criminal record and was not affiliated with a gang. At the time of his arrest, police received a tip that he was planning to flee the country to El Salvador.
"I've been doing this a long time, and this is one of the most brutal rapes that I've ever seen," Nassau District Attorney Madeline Singas said.
As the manhunt began, police released surveillance footage to the media. According to police, the media's quick coverage helped officials identify and capture Martinez Reyes.
The Herald Leader shared police surveillance video and photos on Facebook, prompting readers to share the post on their own timelines numerous times.
"This happened right around the corner [from] my house," Jennifer Carrero wrote in a Facebook post. "I came home late that night and to know he was out there at that time — it's scary."
"The most important thing that [helped us] is the fact that our community got together and looked at the information that was put out in our bulletin and in the media," Ryder said. "That's when our tips came in."
Martinez Reyes was charged with two counts of first-degree rape, two counts of first-degree sexual abuse and second-degree assault, and faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted. He was arraigned last Saturday in First District Court in Hempstead, and was scheduled to make his next court appearance on Wednesday.
The incident had residents of north Freeport on edge, even though Martinez Reyes was in custody. Neighbors were having conversations about safety. Thalia Perez, a mother of two small children, said that she visits Frank O. White Park two to three times a week, and was in shock when she heard about the rape. She added that she hoped the neighborhood and park could have better lighting at night, and that police surveillance could be stepped up.
"We were at the park the day before," Perez said. "I can't get over something like that happening so close to the place where my kids play."
Sitting on a bench at the park on Tuesday, Edward Johnson said he could not believe a rape had occurred just steps from his home. "It's tragic that a person can actually do that to another person," he said. "This is a heinous crime."
A neighbor, Elzo Lucas, said that assaults are rare in the area. "This came out of nowhere," he said. "I'm very shocked. This type of thing doesn't happen in our neighborhood."
Johnson agreed, adding that "one time is one too many."
"If you are a sexual predator in Nassau County . . . get out," County Executive Laura Curran said. "If you prey on our vulnerable people here, we will find you, arrest you and prosecute you."
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This week is one of those weeks that feels as if it is going on forever (in a good way, I think)! I have managed to work this week and get my nose to the writing grindstone too. Which is fortunate as I have just accepted a short-term contract for the next fortnight and will have precious time or energy left for writing. I haven't worked full-time since my illness, but it isn't for a long period of time and I have a week off after to recoup…well, after Mr G's Birthday/Valentine weekend.
Next week I have writing deadlines, a headline slot at Stirchley Speaks along with Alisha Kadir and Mark Kilburn. It is also Daniel Sluman's Book Launch and Emma Purshouse is performing at Permission to Speak, which (depending on energy levels) I hope to make. On Saturday I am working for WWM (Writing West Midlands) and in the evening watching Liz Berry as part of National Library Day as well as working with small, terrifyingly energetic four year olds! I think the blog posts may have to wait.
Maybe next week will seem as endless as this one, it is good when time feels stretched this way.
This week I have been taking chunks out of the Action Plan. Writing around the day job, as many of us have to do. My main focus was on a project that needed lots of research, which I managed to write 5 new poems and have enough material and ideas to generate more when I get a moment to write again. I have submitted this poetry and now have my fingers crossed for a positive response.
I have also been editing the manuscript, which really needs to be emailed. You know that thing when something is as written as it can be for now but you keep chipping away at it. I heard an interview with David Calcutt this week, where a comment about editing struck me because I think not only is it true of my own poetry/writing progress, but is also part of my learning of 2015 about writing once you have had work accepted and it is part of an editorial process.
David on editing poetry: ( paraphrased) some people 'polish the diamond' – diamond poetry is strong, hard, well executed, beautiful but it is what it is and doesn't leave room to be anything else. Poetry can be equally as good but not as polished, where there is still breath in the work, it has been overly re-written, it allows the reader space.
I guess it is that fine line between polishing something so it shines and polishing it so hard it becomes so hard to handle it slips right out of your hand to the floor. I am always aware of 'authentic voice' in poetry, this may or may not be a bad thing. I know we all work differently and that my manuscript is in exceptionally safe hands editorially. It is just me learning to let go more I think.
The things that we dream of are new realities and experiencing them in real-time is different to how they were imagined.
'Around the Myths in 80 Words' – I liked the play on title but researching and writing the poetry was a different matter. At the end of two days I was happy with all 4 poems and they were ALL just 80 words (sometimes editing is necessary to success). I wrote about Hercules and Achelous, The Rainbow Lady – A Goddess in Mayan Myth, Welsh myths from Cader Idris. Cader Idris is a mountain in Gwynedd, Wales, found at the southern end of the Snowdonia National Park. I also wrote a poem based on Urban Myths.
I really enjoyed the evening and there was some great writing born from this challenging prompt. It was a late night and there are currently night works on the main exit roads, making my journey home close to an hour, on a work night! I tried not to let this dampen my spirit last night as it was such an enjoyable evening.
Also Andrew Owens shared the exciting news that rather like my local roads, the bar where he hosts 42 is having a renovation. Hopefully this will leave us with a great new performance space for the rest of the year. The pub has bands playing on the stage weekly too and the room could use some TLC, I am sure the new owners of the pub will do themselves proud. I cannot wait for the unveiling.
Most of us are hoping the performance post disappears.
Today I heard that one of my submissions has been unsuccessful, you know when you really want to crack a publication and you submit time again to be rejected… well I have decided that since doing battle in 2014, 2015 and now this year to wait until I find a perfect match between the issue theme and work I have already written because creating to theme in a style that matches the publication doesn't seem to be working. I will crack it.
I realised whilst playing with diary dates and deadlines that 2016 is in fact my Olympic year. I am in the 4th year of writing (technically 3rd year of poetry – two under the belt), so this will be the year I take stock and so far I think it is fair to say that I am not giving up on wordsmithing, nor will I ever. The 15 years I have taken off in the past was enough and the success and feelings I maintain writing show me that this is the right path. I know I won't need 16 years to achieve what I am striving for – but still I look forward to taking stock over the next 4 Olympics nevertheless.
I have also taken some time to compile my set list for Headlining next week and have finally taken my new Kindle Fire out on the open (or not quite so open) road to 42, one of the reasons I wanted one was to use for performing. I look forward to setting it up over the weekend for next week's readings.
This weekend I am going to watch Patience Agbabi at The Hive and go to the MAC for the 52 Launch Party before collapsing in a heap and getting some sleep before next week. I hope that the in a night-out a night pattern that fortunately fits the week will keep my head above water.
You were a glorious month on one side of the coin and a very difficult one on the other. I am going to write a separate blogpost about the dips because I think it is something all writers experience and it might help people who feel they are alone with the downside of this profession.
My highlights include Wenlock Poetry Festival, having poems published and performing at a Book Launch.
David Calcutt is currently working on a group poetry project for a performance in June, from the Caldmore Writing Workshops. Sadly I can't make the reading as it is the final session in the library with WWM group and the distance between the two venues and timing of the class make it impossible. They are considering re-doing it for a summer festival in August though so I hope to make that one.
The MOOC poetry course (University of Iowa) finally started and has been great so far – I will share some of the poetry that has been created as a result, some of it I hope to work on and publish, but I can leave teasing snippets here on AWF.
There are too many students (6000) I think, to make any real bonds with, but we have a good few weeks to go so maybe networks will develop too. I love the international favour and the excitement of discovering new poets and poetry.
I have also planned another writing session for WWM, after our network meeting as I am the LEAD Writer again for May. It is going to be a great session.
The Quiet Compere – things are hotting up, it was over a year ago when 10 poets were approached to take part in this tour. My t-shirt has been ordered, I have gone for a lovely bright blue one!
I am going to be using some of my next headline set as part of my 10 minutes and also hope to interview the Quiet Compere herself, Sarah Dixon, for this blog. She is Arts Council funded (which means we are paid) and tours the North of England/Midlands (and this year the South too) with 10 selected poets performing 10 minute sets at various venues. Ours is THE HIVE in Worcester, the studio space in the library is perfect for performance, especially with the lighting rig!
The Power of Poetry To Heal with Rachel Kelly, Susanna Howard and Jill Fraser, was worth going to. A very moving event and meeting Rachel in person – who has requested another blogpost – well it would be rude not to was smashing too.
I will write a more detailed post soon, both about the event and the work these people do.
Norman posted an abundance of final prompts for us to get our teeth into and the community of MINT is going strong. Most of us are still full of the pleasure Wenlock brought us and are now booking tickets for Stratford Upon Avon Poetry Festival.
This month I was looking for time to write on my own projects and completely had my head in the sand about other submission opportunities. I made a bid for a festival this summer and also another one for BeatFreeks Pen Museum – which I didn't get chosen for but Jess Davies and Sammy Joe did, so congratulations to them. I won't pretend I am not gutted – I love pens and this would have been the perfect commission (paid as well) to celebrate National Museum Night.
l also entered some poetry for an amazing opportunity which sadly has not come to fruition this time.
Can you see why I started to dip?
I submitted 3 poems to I am not a silent Poet and had all 3 published.
They were written for 16 Days of Activism Event last Autumn at The Library of Birmingham.
I also started to work on a workshop project.
All in all a good month that I need to blog about as soon as I can.


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No appeal in polygamy case
OMI Agency, Canada/December 21, 2011
By Stephanie Ip, QMI Agency
A lawyer who argued to decriminalize polygamy will not be appealing the court's decision to uphold Canada's 120-year-old anti-polygamy law, it was announced Wednesday.
"A legal publication suggested recently that (lawyer George Macintosh) had decided to appeal. That report was erroneous," a statement released by his office said.
The announcement came as a surprise as many expected Macintosh to appeal the ruling.
Previously, the court-appointed amicus curiae – a Latin term meaning impartial advisor – had said if all parties consented, an appeal would be pursued to dispute the constitutionality of certain sections of the law, but not the facts already established in the initial ruling.
"The issue wouldn't be whether the conduct complained of is harmful because much of the conduct clearly is harmful," Macintosh said in November following the B.C. Supreme Court ruling.
However, attorneys general at federal and provincial levels still have the power to revisit the case in court if they choose.
The ruling, issued in late November by Justice Robert Bauman, found polygamy was still harmful to children and women and they far outweighed the religious freedoms of Mormons.
Bauman added the law was unconstitutional when used to prosecute children under 18 since they're most at risk in situations of polygamy.
In his original findings, he said women in polygamous marriages are at a higher risk of physical and psychological harm, domestic violence and abuse, and sexual abuse. Competition between co-wives for a husband's attention also leads to depression and mental health issues, low self-esteem and marital dissatisfaction. Young brides also suffer health issues from early sexual activity and pregnancies.
Children in polygamous families are also known to suffer emotional, behavioural and physical problems and have higher infant mortality rates and lower educational.


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Indra Sofian
Sora Schools
Elevate Media
Entrepreneur. Filmmaker. Writer. Photographer. Designer.
I wear many hats, but that's the fun part of life.
The Story of Elevate Media
Of all the founder stories out there, this one has a pretty unexpected beginning.
In 7th grade, my history teacher (we call him Coach Rice) assigned everyone in the class a project. We were studying the American Revolution and how the United States government was formed, so our teacher wanted us to create our own nations. To tell the story of our nations, Coach Rice wanted us to pair up and make a video about the project.
There were roughly twenty kids in my class. Through a combination of luck and process of elimination, I was paired up with a kid that I had met in 4th grade. We were always competing against each other, whether it was on tests or simply getting to lunch first when class ended. This little rivalry of ours had continued on from elementary school to middle school. This would be the first time we ever work together.
That kid's name was Wesley Samples.
I bought a camcorder from Best Buy, and together Wesley and I set out to make our nation. As you might expect from a farm boy with airsoft guns and a weird kid who really liked action movies, we spent most of our time just filming Wesley shooting at me to represent the treatment of natives in our great nation (only later did we realize the implications of this choice of topic and our roles). We finished the project at the end of the semester.
But, as it turned out, Wesley and I really liked making videos.
For me, it was like telling a story with a camera. I always loved stories; I spent most of my days as a kid writing fiction and reading books about adventurous kids and tales of epic travels. I liked making videos and watching people laugh and smile at my work.
It was around that time that YouTube was beginning to really take off. I watched people like Nigahiga, Kev Jumba, Freddie Wong, and much more. As I watched these videos, I felt this desire to make my own videos and start my own YouTube channel. I asked Wesley if he wanted to start a YouTube channel, and he was down. All we had to do was come up with a name. Being the creative individuals we were in middle school, Wesley and I spent hours trying to come up with a name that would represent our values and the brand that our content would be housed under.
Thus, Aimless Experts was born.
Wesley and I established a routine in high school. We would make videos on the weekends, bringing friends and pizza together in an endeavor to create content that we would all enjoy. There was never any sort of expectation that we would become big on YouTube, or any of us would actually get paid for all of our efforts. We simply did it for the fun and challenge.
As expected, the first videos were absolutely horrible. They were straight, blatant copies of the videos made by popular YouTubers, further exacerbated by our terrible filmmaking skills and our pedestrian equipment. But we kept making films, and we eventually grew better. Our stories became smoother and more vivid. Our equipment was upgraded. Our skills evolved, forged by years of practice and mistakes.
Time passed, and Wesley and I went to college at Georgia Tech. There, something special happened.
We received a phone call.
It was our high school friend, Rostam. At the time, he was attending Emory University. As we caught up with each other, not having talked in several months, Rostam told us in hushed tones, "Guys, I need your help with a video."
Our response: "What video?"
Turns out, Rostam and his friend Brian had been working on something since they had met in biology class. They had devised an idea for a medical device called R.E.D.S, which stood for Rapid Ebola Detection Strips. The idea was that R.E.D.S would function as an easy, quick, and convenient method of detecting the presence of the Ebola virus in the bloodstream. But to do lab testing and actually develop the product, Rostam needed funding. So, he turned to Indiegogo, a crowdfunding platform. But to make an Indiegogo campaign, he needed a video.
Enter Wesley and me.
It was an easy video to make. We filmed it in a couple of hours and produced it in a single day. We gave Rostam the video and told him to let us know how the campaign went. His target was $14,500, an ambitious goal for a couple of college freshmen with nothing but an idea and a dream.
They raised $14,605 in 30 days.
Wesley and I, sitting in his dorm room in Perry Residence Hall, were astonished. That video we had made for Rostam had helped him raise over $14,000? It was nothing short of a revelation for the two of us. We had never thought of our videos as anything but something fun to do on the weekends. But the R.E.D.S project had shown us that our content had power, and people were moved by it. Certainly, enough that they would give their hard-earned money to some college students.
Rostam introduced us to a friend at Emory, Kaeya Majmundar. She was an entrepreneur that had recently been featured on Shark Tank. Kaeya had an idea for a new product that she wanted to fund with a Kickstarter campaign, so she needed help to make the video. At the time, Wesley and I couldn't believe it. We were excited to be able to work with such an accomplished entrepreneur. She even paid us, something we had never expected. Wesley and I made the video for her, and she ran the campaign. Her goal was $8,000, and she ended up raising $8,140 in 30 days.
At that point, Wesley and I knew we had something. But then, the question that popped into our minds was this: what next?
Soon, the summer had arrived. Wesley and I were working at AT&T (yes, somehow we managed to end up interning at the same company too) in Atlanta. For our first internships, it was pretty exciting in the beginning.
That energy lasted all of two weeks.
As I sat in my cubicle, my left hand clicking through spreadsheet after spreadsheet on my work computer, my right hand was on my laptop, moving images and typing words that would form the copy of our official website for our business, Elevated Solutions.
It was there in that office that Wesley and I had decided that we would not, could not work for someone else. No more 7AM train rides. No more random checkups in my cubicle by a manager. No more boring, unfulfilling work. No more spreadsheets (for someone else's company, anyways).
Pacing around in our apartment at North Ave in the evenings, Wesley and I had realized that we were anxious to do something. We had skills that other people wanted, and now we were ready to offer those skills to the world. Within the first couple of weeks in the summer, with absolutely no experience, we made a website, designed a logo, filed for an LLC, and started our business.
Over the next year, our journey with Elevated Solutions would take us to places that we had never even thought of. We made a marketing video for Rostam (yet again) and his new edtech startup, Mystro. We worked with Coca-Cola and produced a landing page video for one of their newest IT initiatives, Coke One North America. We made several videos for Pointivo, an ATDC startup, to be used at the Consumer Electronic Show.
As we grew the business, we kept in touch with our creative side. We made videos for a local basketball academy teaching kids how to play ball and dream big. We worked with a friend-turned-artist and produced one of our first music videos. We made marketing hype videos (1 and 2) for an event called 1000 Pitches that our student organization, Startup Exchange, was putting on.
We've made a lot of progress so far. But we're just getting started.
Every spring, my Facebook feed is filled with posts of my friends announcing their places of work for the summer (and sometimes for full-time). One friend is working for Google. One friend is working for Goldman Sachs. One friend is working for Deloitte. One friend is working for Proctor & Gamble.
In the summer of 2017, I, Indra Sofian, am announcing that I will be working for myself.
Wesley and I will be running our newly re-branded company, Elevate Media.
Our new brand represents our fresh take on the company that we started as college freshmen years ago. We realized that companies today need content and a brand that speaks to the connected digital age. Content needs to be vivid, shareable, and memorable, something to be talked about at the dinner table, not lost in a series of training videos mandated by HR. In an era of information overload, organizations need to tell their stories in a way that people can understand and remember. That is a need that Elevate Media is uniquely qualified to fulfill. Our company brings a fresh and vivid direction for our clients who want to stay relevant.
Sure, we're young. We may not have the experience of other "videography companies" and "branding agencies". We might even be a little overconfident. We'll face competition, and that will leave our futures uncertain, especially as we approach our last year in college. Wesley and I are taking a leap of faith with our company.
But we don't care.
When I was a little boy, I had always wanted to start my own business. Part of that was shaped by the occupation of my parents, who own restaurants in North Georgia. My mom and dad always told me that, at some point in my life, I had to go start my own business, be my own boss. In his usual gruff but passionate voice, my dad would say, "Sure, you can go work at a company. But don't stay there too long. One day, you'll get old and fat, and they'll replace you. They always do." If my younger self were to see me now, I hope that he would look up to me with admiration. I hope that my parents are proud of me as well.
Today, I take my destiny into my own hands. No more wasting time.
We're Elevate Media. If you're ready, contact us and we'll get to work.
-Indra
Atlanta, 2017
Student, Georgia Tech
Founder, Village
Entrepreneur. Filmmaker. Writer. Photographer. Designer. I wear many hats, but that's the fun part of life.
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Marketing folk almost always insist that we build in WordPress. And it's great for informational sites. But we refuse to build custom web apps upon the WordPress ecosystem. But sometimes we're asked to and we can at least appear to comply… Thus we launched a Hybrid experiment.
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Be a Jedi developer. Become one with the Source, and the Source will guide you.
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Auth is a a daunting concept to grok, especially for the uninitiated. In addition to the many authentication strategies to choose from, there are also many cloud based authentication services available. Deciding the best authentication strategy for your application can be an incredibly overwhelming decision. In this session, we journey through the steps of securing a web application by taking a bare bones web application and progressively adding authentication to it. In the process of adding authentication, we will demystify the wonderful world of web authentication to take our web security skills to the next level!
In addition to covering a real world example, I will be covering simple tools and techniques you can use to start integrating authentication into applications without the stress.
I'll be jamming live on stage with my guitar to demo every code example, and we'll also use WebRTC to jam with friends across the world! After this talk, you will be familiar with the principles behind pedal sound effects and how to create them in code. Let's rock the Web 🤘!
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You could argue that web accessibility is the most important consideration when building web applications. Web accessibility enables an inclusive experience for all. Yet it tends to be overlooked due to its complex nature. Let's change that!
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A hobgoblin to Blacknail's left fell as a boggart landed on his back. Reacting quickly, Balcknail stabbed the creature in the side and tossed its twitching carcass away. He then kicked another worker that tried to gore the fallen hobgoblin, which gave him time to reach down and pull the hobgoblin back to safety, where he could recover. As the fight continued, Blacknail found himself having to focus more and more on protecting his minions as they grew tired from the boggarts' endless assault. This couldn't last. Soon, they would be overwhelmed, but there was little Blacknail could do but keep fighting. He didn't have nearly enough mana to use fear magic constantly. His core already felt low on power.
That was when a new swarm of boggarts appeared and charged toward the hobgoblins' flank. Blacknail grimaced in frustration. He couldn't be everywhere. This was going to hurt his minions a lot. In fact, it might be time to consider grabbing his most useful minions and retreating before he got encircled.
"Without me and my hobs you'll all get the plague and die," Blacknail huffed in reply. He'd been paying close attention to Luphera – her face, not her other more distracting parts, like her huge breasts – and he was certain he knew why she was being so difficult. It was an act.
Also is there a link to get back to Imp's story. I already joined the mailing list but I can't find a link to reread it.
Same here, except I was never able to find the link in the first place.
I've added a link at the bottom of the table of contents, but you will still need the password form the e-mail. Can you find the e-mail you got after signing up?
Found it. Thanks. Also whatever happened to Twig Arms and Bone Face?
Also he needs to leave Herah and Khita to run things in Daggerpoint. I know that sounds like a disaster, but it would be better than leaving any males who might succumb to Luphera's charms "coughrooofiescough".


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Artists with Alzheimer's help research Jump to media player Analysis of more than 2,000 paintings by seven famous artists has shone new light on the development of brain diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/health-38455761/artists-with-alzheimer-s-help-research
Artists' depiction of Alzheimer's Jump to media player Vanessa Jayne's painting of her father-in-law struggling with the impact of Alzheimer's disease just months before his death has won an award in a national competition.
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-kent-37310828/lympne-artists-depiction-of-alzheimer-s-disease
Study aims to stop Alzheimer's disease Jump to media player A woman whose parents lived with Alzheimer's disease says health fears prompted her to take part in a new study of the condition.
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-scotland-36265737/alzheimer-s-disease-study-aims-to-stop-condition-developing
The world's first Alzheimer's patient Jump to media player In 1995, Dr Konrad Maurer found the missing case study of the first ever Alzheimer's patient.
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/magazine-35279750/the-world-s-forgotten-first-alzheimer-s-patient
Artists with Alzheimer's help research
A new analysis of more than 2,000 paintings by seven famous artists has shone new light on the development of brain diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
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