Essay On Importance of Email | Why We Have to Use E-mail!
Email is a commonly used word for 'electronic mail'. It is a method of exchanging digital messages from sender to one or more receivers. It can only be operated across the internet or other computer networks.
E-mail is an information and communication technology. It uses technology to communicate a digital message from a sender to receiver over the internet. There are many software platforms and applications available to send and receive. Popular email platforms include Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail, Outlook, and many others.
Initially email systems required the author and the recipient , both to be online at the same time in common with instant messaging. But today's email systems are based on a 'store and forward' model. E-mail servers accept, forward, deliver, and store messages, neither the user nor their computers or other systems are required to be online simultaneously, they can simply connect to the internet or mail servers for as long as it takes to send or receive the message.
An internet e-mail has three components : the message envelope, the message header, and the message body. The message header contains control information, including originator's e-mail address and one or more recipients' addresses. Subject header field can also b added. The body contains the main message and also different file types can be attached and sent in an email.
To facilitate electronic mail exchange between remote sites and with other organizations, telecommunication links, such as dial up modems or leased lines, provided means to transport email globally, creating local and global networks.
There is a typical sequence of events that takes place when sender transmits a message using Mail User Agent (MUA) addressed to the e-mail address of the recipient.
The MUA formats the message in the email format and uses the submission protocol, to send the message to the local Mail Submission Agent (MSA). MSA determines the destination address and resolves a domain name of the mail server in the Domain Name System (DNS). The DNS server responds with any MX records listing the mail exchange servers for that domain.A Message Transfer Agent (MTA) server run by the recipient's ISP. Then the message reaches the final Message Delivery Agent (MDA) which again delivers it to the mailbox of the user. And finally, recipient's MUA picks up the message using either Post Office Protocol (POP3) or the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP).
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Land Rover Delivers a Classic Defender with a Penchant For Off-Road Adventures
After 43 months of extensive engineering and testing, the new Defender was unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
By Shaun Tolson / November 11, 2019
From the moment it made its debut at the Amsterdam Motor Show in 1948, the Land Rover Defender—then known simply as Land Rover—has epitomized off-road, all-terrain, adventurous driving. By 1966, the British automaker had built half-a-million examples and exported them all around the world. A decade later, those production numbers had doubled. In 1990, the iconic adventure vehicle was formally branded the Defender, and across subsequent decades, Land Rover's flagship model has continued to evolve. That is, until global production came to a screeching halt in early 2016.
The New Land Rover Defender.
In September 2019, after 43 months of extensive engineering and testing, Land Rover's new Defender was unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The automaker's contemporary interpretation retains the model's characteristic short front and rear overhangs—design features that create optimal approach and departure angles—plus a side-hinged rear tailgate and externally mounted spare tire. Those elements, combined with the vehicle's purposeful upright stance, have produced a modern Defender that pays homage to the original's unmistakable silhouette.
"The new Defender is respectful of its past but is not harnessed by it," says Gerry McGovern, Land Rover's chief design officer. "This is our vision of a modern Defender. The clean body side contrasts dramatically against the sheer verticality of its front and particularly its rear to create a reassuringly purposeful stance.
Speaking of purposeful, Land Rover developed an all-aluminum platform for the new Defender, a monocoque construction that has produced the stiffest Land Rover body to date. Three times more rigid than a traditional body-on-frame design, the new Defender's foundation now supports a fully independent suspension, twin-speed transfer box, and permanent four-wheel drive. It also means that every body panel on the Defender is exclusive to the model, fabricated on a dedicated assembly line.
The new Defender also offers plenty of customizable options. Buyers can choose from a dozen wheel designs—ranging from 18-inch, white-painted, pressed steel rims to 22-inch Luna alloys. They can also select one of seven exterior colors (including three new metallic shades), and they can further enhance their vehicles with one of four accessory packages. The explorer pack, for example, includes a lightweight expedition roof rack and an exterior side-mounted gear carrier; while the adventure pack features a trunk-mounted integrated air compressor and a portable rinse system equipped with a 1.7-gallon pressurized water reservoir. For those who prefer trekking the concrete jungle, Land Rover created an urban pack identified by a bright rear scuff plate, a front undershield, and a spare wheel cover, among other accoutrements.
Regardless of the terrain that they intend to traverse, consumers can accelerate with confidence, knowing that Land Rover put the model through all its paces. The vehicle's on-road dynamics were dialed in at Germany's Nürburgring facility, for example, while its off-road capabilities were tested along the rocky trails in Moab, Utah and across Dubai's sand dunes. All told, the Defender performed in environments where the mercury spiked as high as 122 degrees Fahrenheit and plummeted to as low as negative 40 degrees. By the end of April, the model's fleet of prototypes had logged almost 750,000 miles.
Buyers in the U.S. market have two powertrain options: They can select a turbocharged four-cylinder engine, which produces 296 horsepower, or a six-cylinder Mild-Hybrid Electric Vehicle (MHEV) powertrain, which produces 395 horsepower. In either configuration, the new Defender is boosted by Land Rover's proprietary Configurable Terrain Response, a system that allows drivers to fine-tune the vehicle's setup to best conquer an area's unique off-road conditions.
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Impact Snacks: World's First Carbon Positive Plant-Based Superfood Bars With Compostable Packaging
By Sally Ho on September 22, 2020
Impact Snacks is the newest plant-based startup in town and is the world's first snack company that reclaims 100% of its carbon footprint. Based in Boston, the company will launch this month its first product, a plant-based superfood bar packaged in a home-compostable wrapper, which will be supported by a social and environmental impact program.
Four years ago, Corey Nobile and Nick Oliveri embarked on a mission to set up a company that can make people and planet-forward decisions easy for consumers. This month, Impact Snacks became a reality after being fully funded by a Kickstarter campaign, surpassing its goal of US$20,000 in just 13 hours. As of right now, the initiative is 200% funded with still 3 days to go.
Their first product, set to launch this September, is a 100% plant-based, vegan-friendly snack bar packed with superfood ingredients, which reclaims more carbon than it makes and produces absolutely no plastics.
There will be two flavours – Dark Chocolate Brownie Superfood Bar and Iced Caramel Latte Superfood Bar – and both are made from healthy whole food ingredients such as lion's mane, an energising brain food that is touted to improve brain function and reduce anxiety, and contain at least 6 grams of prebiotic fibre. These bars are then encased in a biodegradable and home-compostable wrapper, which the startup spent 1000% more on the design and sourcing compared to traditional consumer packaged goods brands.
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Each snack bar's carbon footprint is tracked through a life cycle analysis, which takes into account harvest, production, packaging and shipping, and then Impact Snacks offsets it completely. According to the startup, of the 0.38 pounds of carbon produced by each bar, they reclaim 1 pound or 250% more than the original offset – making it the first snack company that actually takes away more carbon than it produces.
Early on, consumers will have the choice of either contributing to tree planting projects for reforestation in tropical or arid regions, or (with every pound of carbon credits being equivalent to 30 watts of solar energy) contributing to renewable energy projects such as our first one – a solar farm in Jackson, Tennessee!
Corey Nobile & Nick Oliveri, Co-Founders of Impact Snacks
Bars can be purchased through a flexible monthly subscription plan, and each customer can choose using their app the social and environmental impact they want to make. Each month, the Impact Snacks community will choose which program they would like to support, from funding additional carbon offsetting projects to a social cause, using their carbon credits assigned to them for purchasing a bar.
Impact Snacks has now evolved into a fully realized initiative to not just provide high-value accessible nutrition, but reflects what we think companies need to be: responsible corporate citizens who are helping to create the world we all want to live in.
"Early on, consumers will have the choice of either contributing to tree planting projects for reforestation in tropical or arid regions, or (with every pound of carbon credits being equivalent to 30 watts of solar energy) contributing to renewable energy projects such as our first one – a solar farm in Jackson, Tennessee!" said the co-founders.
An "Impact Story" is then provided each month to keep customers up-to-date on the progress of these initiatives.
Writing about the support that they have received, co-founders Nobile and Oliveri said: "Impact Snacks has now evolved into a fully realized initiative to not just provide high-value accessible nutrition, but reflects what we think companies need to be: responsible corporate citizens who are helping to create the world we all want to live in."
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The Afrolit Sans Frontieres Festival is a virtual literary festival founded by South African author and curator Zukiswa Wanner as a response to the curfews and lockdowns related to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic within the African continent. The festival has featured writers from different countries including
Season 1, curated by festival founder Zukiswa Wanner, ran from March 23-30. It had 16 writers from 10 African countries sharing their work from 15 different cities in English, French, Lingala, or Portuguese. The festival theme was sex.
Season 2, co-curated by Zukiswa Wanner and Maaza Mengiste, ran from April 20-27. It had 16 writers from 14 countries streaming from 13 cities in English, French, or Portuguese. The festival theme was "What I Wish You'd Ask Me."
Season 3 co-curated by Mohale Mashigo and Zukiswa Wanner ran from May 25 – June 1. It featured 16 writers from 13 countries streaming from 15 cities in English, French, and Portuguese. The festival theme was "Past. Present. Future."
Season 4, curated by festival founder Zukiswa Wanner alongside Cifordom, Ethale Publishing, and Peripherals who helped source French and Portuguese speaking artists ran from June 29 to July 6, 2020. It had 16 writers sharing their work from 12 different cities in three continents in English, French, and Portuguese. The festival theme was "To Cut A Long Story Short".
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On March 1, the Committee on the Present Danger: China gave a "Battlespace Threat Briefing" on the topic of China. Frank Gaffney (Vice Chairman of the Committee; Executive Chairman, Center for Security Policy; President and CEO, Save the Persecuted Christians) and Brian Kennedy (Chairman of the Committee; Former President, Claremont Institute; President of American Strategy Group/Claremont Institute, The American Strategy Group and Chair of the Committee) were joined by Col. John Mills (Former Director, Cybersecurity Policy, Strategy, and International Affairs, Office of the Secretary of Defense) and Dr. Greg Autry ( Professor at the Marhsall Business School at USC, and served on the NASA Agency Review Team and as White House Liaison at NASA.) This Threat Briefing was a powerful and sobering look at the present – and growing – danger from China and what each of us can do to help counter it.
For more information on the committee, their work, and the threat that China poses, click here.
The videos and information on the event, click here.
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STEPHAN KOMANDAREV (*1966) received numerous international prizes for The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Just Around the Corner (2008) and The Judgment (2014).
»God abandoned this country a long time ago«: Bulgaria, a broken society, consumed with greed, violence and social division. A handful of taxi drivers are on the road with their fares. Each journey illustrates a different section of society, in which ethics have been replaced by egotism and excess. When one of the drivers shoots a banker who has suddenly demanded twice the usual bribe for a loan, the news spreads like wildfire among the other drivers. Is the perpetrator a murderer or a hero? Directions is an episodic portrait of a European country heading for the abyss.


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I am a gestural abstract artist, taking my cue from nature. My work is at once personal and universal, like looking out a window and seeing life through my own point of view, but knowing others will have their own unique response. I am particularly influenced by the colors and energy of nature and the ever-changing environment. Line, color, shape, and movement all invoke feelings, daydreams, longings, and collective memories. In working abstractly the work is never fixed, but dynamic—one can see infinite relationships. My paintings are organic, yet honed: Spontaneity and energy are just as important as deliberation, composition and application of materials. In working large, I realize the reach of my own physicality and fully immerse myself into each work of art. Look closely, and step back too. It is paint after all; but the fact that its application onto a single surface can reach the deepest part of our psyches is nothing short of a miracle and I long to be part of that transcendent experience.
how it begins
Bachelors of Fine Art, UC Berkeley
Certificate of Completion, Multi-media Studies,
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SLATE contemporary, Oakland, CA
Studio Shop Gallery, Burlingame, CA
Industrial Center Building: 480 Gate Five Road
Studio No. 306c, Sausalito, CA
Simon Breitbard Fine Arts
DZINE Gallery
Ruby Living Design
ICB Artists Association
O'Hanlon Center for the Arts
Mill Valley Art Commission, Commissioner (1998-2000) and
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Art For AIDS (2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014)
Limelight Foundation (2019, 2018, 2017, 2016)
PARCA (2018)
Educational Tall Ship (2018, 2017, 2016, 2015)
CASA (2017, 2016, 2015)
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"Three Visions" with Silvia Poloto and Aondrea Maynard, Ruby Design, Mill Valley, CA (September-November 2019)
"Introductions" SLATE contemporary, Oakland, CA (July 2019)
"Water Music" DZINE Gallery, San Francisco, CA (May 2019)
"New Currencies" Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery/JPG @ The Bank, Lafayette, CA (March 2019)
"Flora/Fauna" (group exhibit), Jen Tough Gallery, Benicia, CA (February 2019)
"Make Your Mark" with Krista Harris, Gallery 111, Sausalito, CA (October 2018)
Art San Diego represented by Jen Tough and Opus Art Collective, San Diego, CA (October 2018)
"Windows and Waterfalls" (two-person exhibit), Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, CA (April 2018)
"Winter Brings its Own Delights" (solo exhibit), 142 Throckmorton Theatre, Mill Valley, CA (January 2018)
"Inter/Actual" (two-person show), Studio Shop Gallery, Burlingame, CA (March 2017)
"En-gaged" (group show), Studio Shop Gallery, Burlingame, CA (November 2016)
"Bay Area Women Artists" O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA (August 2019, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2012)
Art Market San Francisco, represented by Simon Breitbard Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA (April 2016)
Bay Model Visitors Center (solo exhibit), Sausalito CA (July/August 2013)
Thomson Gallery (solo exhibit), Sausalito, CA (October 2012)
"Collective Actions" (group exhibit), Marin Community Foundation, Novato CA (September 2011-January 2012)
"Dennis Hare & Friends" (group exhibit), Gallery 111, Sausalito, CA (September 2011)
"Marin Masters" (group exhibit), Mill Valley Outdoor Art Club, Mill Valley, CA (January 2011)
"Ways of Seeing" (group exhibit), Marin Arts Council, San Rafael, CA (October - November 2010)
"Surface/Tension: h2o" (group exhibit), Gallery 111 and Bay Model Visitor Center, Sausalito, CA (June 2010)
"Abstract Works on Canvas" (group exhibit), Robert Allen Fine Art, Sausalito, CA (February - March 2010)
"Inside Out—Bay Area Abstract Artists" (group exhibit), Marin MOCA, San Rafael, CA (February - March 2010)
Marin Civic Center (group exhibit), San Rafael, CA (May 2008)
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (Monotype Marathon), San Jose, CA (2007, 2006, 2005, 2004)
Artisans Gallery, San Rafael, CA (Best of Show February 2007, Merit Award October 2007)
Sonoma Plaza Center for the Arts, Sonoma, CA (September 2007)
Marin Arts Salon, San Rafael, CA (May 2006)
142 Throckmorton Theatre, Mill Valley, CA (April 2005)
Fun and Notable
Marin County Fair 2014 SPECIAL AWARD: Acrylic painting
Williams Sonoma Curated Art, Featured Artist, (2013)
Film Set "Paranoia" (2013)
Dwell Magazine Home Tour (Featured Artist) 5 Hillcrest Mill Valley, CA (2012)
California Home + Design Magazine (Featured Artist) (2012)
The ArtList (Artist of the Month) (2010)
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There is tension in the Eastern Region town of Yilo Krobo following a dispute between two families over the right to enstool a new chief.
The chief of the town, Nene Azaa, who passed away was buried two weeks ago necessitating the installation of his successor.
But there is a raging conflict over which royal house has the legitimacy to do so.
A local reporter, Bennet Yaovi, told Citi News that a faction which claimed to be the rightful heir to the stool commenced processes to install a new chief, but were confronted by the other faction.
Eastern Regional Operations Director for the Ghana Police Service, DSP Kartey Otumi, in an interview on Eyewitness News confirmed the incident.
DSP Kartey Otumi however denied media reports that his men were unable to avert the clashes between the two camps.
He explained that although they had intelligence about the possibility of the clashes, the police personnel present could not have used force to dispel the crowd.
He was however of the view the police 'did their best' to prevent the clashes.
DSP Kartey Otumi said there were no injuries from the clash, although some persons had been arrested.


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Q: Examples of recurrences on the infinite binary tree? Given a infinite binary tree rooted at node 1 where children of node $i$ are $2i$ and $2i+1$, with each node having a value $v(i)$. The values of the first $k$ nodes are given, the value of any node numbered above $k$, $v(i) = v(i$ mod $k)$.
From these basic initial conditions, I ask the open-ended question of what would be some examples of interesting recurrences which:
(1) output a specific value at the root (ie. not an infinite)
(2) this final value can be calculated in polynomial time (ie. there is a way to simplify the infinite recurrence so it does not take infinite time to calculate, and it does not take an impractically long time to calculate either)
I have worked on this for many hours now, but I am unfortunately not very experienced in this field and so have not found some good examples of recurrences. However, I have (I believe) found a pattern to the tree that I describe below (though I have not yet found any utility to this pattern). Any comments on interesting recurrences (preferably with solutions) or on additional properties of this binary tree which may help me find recurrences would be appreciated!

So far, my results are that I have found a pattern in the position of all nodes numbered a (mod k) in the binary tree. The lowest numbered node on a layer that has a value of a (mod k) cycles. To illustrate what I mean, take the example of a tree where k=3. If we are considering nodes which are numbered 1 (mod k), the nodes are 1,4,7,10,13,etc. The node numbered 4 is the first node on layer 3. The node numbered 7 is the third node on layer 4. The node numbered 13 is the first node on layer 5. So, we see a pattern where the first node on each layer which is numbered 1 (mod k) is 1,3,1 etc. If the binary tree is constructed further, we can see this pattern holds. It also holds for other values of a.
We can divide the binary tree into two sections: the section before this cycle starts and the section from there on where the cycle continues infinitely. In the above case, the section before the cycle starts would be the first 2 layers.
This cyclic behaviour should always hold (I have a semi-proof which I can post in comments), however if it does not I would also appreciate comments saying that and giving a reason why.

Apart from this, I have looked into probabilities as a possibility for avoiding infinite values from being output, however I have not looked much further on that issue.
Thanks for any and all help!

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Amanda Griemsmann, Matthew Conlon, Rosemary Cline and Andrew Botsford in HTC's new production of "Don't Dress for Dinner" | Tom Kochie photo for HTC
"Don't Dress for Dinner"—a mile-a-minute comedy by Marc Camoletti adapted from the original French by Robin Hawdon—will be the fourth and final play of the Hampton Theatre Company's 2017-2018 season, opening on May 24 at the Quogue Community Hall and running through June 10.
With his wife Jacqueline scheduled to visit her mother, British ex-pat Bernard has invited his chic mistress, Suzanne, to spend the weekend at his converted farmhouse outside Paris. He has arranged for a Cordon Bleu chef to cook for them and has also invited his best friend, Robert, as a suitable alibi. What could possibly go wrong?
Matthew Conlon and Amanda Griemsmann in HTC's production of "Don't Dress for Dinner" | Tom Kochie photo for HTC
For starters, unknown to Bernard, Robert and Jacqueline are secret lovers and are determined that Jacqueline will not leave for the weekend; the cook has to pretend she is Bernard's mistress; and his actual mistress, relegated to the kitchen, is unable to cook. Preposterous alibis and explanations start to pile up … and then the chef's homicidal husband comes calling. In an evening of hilarious confusion, Bernard, Jacqueline and Robert and are all forced to improvise at breakneck speed.
Marc Camoletti's original version of the play was a hit when it first opened in Paris, running for two years. The Robin Hawdon adaptation ran for six years and more than 2,000 performances in London in the 1990s. "Don't Dress for Dinner" was called "two of the most rib-tickling hilarious hours I have spent in the theatre in some time" in a review in Chicago Style Magazine.
Other rave reviews for the boulevard comedy include: "Pile on the comic chaos!" (Variety); "Gut-busting! Hilarious!" (Entertainment Weekly); and "A near faultless piece of theatrical invention" (The Guardian).
French playwright Marc Camoletti (1923 – 2003) was perhaps best known for his signature hit, "Boeing, Boeing," which ran for seven years in London in an English adaptation by Beverley Cross. The two central characters in "Boeing, Boeing," Bernard and Robert, turn up again in principal roles in "Don't Dress for Dinner." Camoletti's theatrical career began in 1958, when three of his plays were presented simultaneously in Paris. He was awarded one of France's highest honors, the Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur, and his plays have been performed in numerous languages in 55 countries.
The cast of Hampton Theatre Company's "Don't Dress for Dinner" features five HTC veterans and one newcomer to the Quogue stage. Andrew Botsford and Rosemary Cline play Bernard and his wife Jacqueline; Matthew Conlon has the role of Robert; Rebecca Edana is Suzanne; and Amanda Griemsmann plays the chef, Suzette. Making his debut in Quogue is Sam Yarabek, in the role of Suzette's husband, George.
HTC veteran director and actor George A. Loizides directs. Set design is by Sean Marbury; lighting design by Sebastian Paczynski; and costumes by Teresa Lebrun.
"Don't Dress for Dinner" runs at the Quogue Community Hall from May 24 to June 10 with shows on Thursdays and Fridays at 7, Saturdays at 8 and Sundays at 2:30. An additional 2:30 p.m. matinee performance will be offered during the final weekend of the production, on Saturday, June 9, prior to the regular 8 p.m. performance that evening.
The Hampton Theatre Company will again be offering special dinner and theater packages in collaboration with the Westhampton, Southampton, Hampton Bays and Quogue libraries. Offered in association with the Quogue Club at the Hallock House, a special lunch and theater package is available for the Saturday matinee on June 9. For information about all packages and available discounts, visit www.hamptontheatre.org or email info@hamptontheatre.org. Additional information about library dinner and theater packages is also available through the libraries.
To reserve tickets, visit www.hamptontheatre.org, or call OvationTix at 1.866.811.4111.
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D.O.E. Loan Program That Funded Solyndra 'Flop' Will Earn $5 Billion
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Bloomberg: "The U.S. government expects to earn $5 billion to $6 billion from the renewable-energy loan program that funded flops including Solyndra LLC, supporting President Barack Obama's decision to back low-carbon technologies."
"The results contradict the widely held view that the U.S. has wasted taxpayer money funding failures including Solyndra, which closed its doors in 2011 after receiving $528 million in government backing. That adds to Obama's credibility as he seeks to make climate change a bigger priority after announcing a historic emissions deal with China."
"A $5 billion return to taxpayers exceeds the returns from many venture capital and private equity investments in clean energy, said Michael Morosi, an analyst at Jetstream Capital LLC, which invests in renewable energy."
"'People make a big deal about Solyndra and everything, but there's a lot of VC capital that got torched right alongside the DOE capital,' Morosi said. 'A positive return over 20 years in cleantech? That's not a bad outcome.'"
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Jean Duhau est un joueur français de rugby à XV et de rugby à XIII, né le  à Ondres et décédé le  à Marseille.

De taille  pour , il a essentiellement évolué au poste de pilier ou de talonneur en club (XV ou XIII) ou équipe de France de rugby à XV.

En mars 1934, il opte pour le rugby à XIII et l'équipe des Galia boys (constituée et managée par Jean Galia) qui se déplace en Angleterre pour apprendre le néo-rugby. Pionnier () cela ne lui donne pas alors droit à la qualité d'International mais il est sélectionné ensuite à quatre reprises en équipe de France.

Un auteur dit de lui qu'il était un « sacré meneur d'hommes », et qu'il avait « une gueule et une gouaille à faire du cinéma ».

Carrière en rugby à XV

Clubs
 Boucau Tarnos stade,
 Stade français (jusqu'en 1927)
 SA Bordeaux (jusqu'en 1934)
et,
 Vice-champion de France avec le (Stade français, poste:  aile) (1927)

Équipe de France
 International (7 sélections) équipe de France (1928 à 1933)
 Participe à 3 éditions du Tournoi des Cinq Nations (1928, 1930, 1931); l'équipe de France étant  de l'édition 1930 et 1931.

Carrière en rugby à XIII

Clubs
 Roanne XIII
 Bordeaux XIII

Détails en sélection
Quatre fois international, à l'occasion des rencontres ci-dessous :

Entraîneur

Après la Seconde Guerre mondiale, il entraine les deux clubs suivants : Bordeaux XIII et Marseille XIII .

Puis il devient co-entraineur du XIII de France de 1951 à 1955 et donc de la première équipe française de sport collectif (XIII de France) qui fit en 1951 une tournée triomphale de deux mois et demi aux antipodes.

On le considère alors comme un « entraineur de haute lignée » associant à  « sa compétence technique » « l'art subtil et rare du maniement des hommes ».

Notes et références

Liens externes

Joueur international de rugby à XV et de rugby à XIII
International français de rugby à XIII
Entraîneur français de rugby à XIII
Joueur international français de rugby à XV
Joueur du Boucau Tarnos stade
Joueur du Stade français Paris
Pilier (rugby à XV)
Talonneur (rugby à XV)
Naissance dans les Landes
Naissance en mai 1906
Décès en septembre 1973
Décès à 67 ans
Décès à Marseille

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US drug czar says border wall will reduce influx of drugs
Posted 8:55 pm, March 18, 2019, by Associated Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky.— President Donald Trump's drug czar on Monday touted the president's plan for a U.S.-Mexico border wall as a way to save American lives by helping stem the flow of illegal drugs into the country.
While visiting Kentucky, drug czar Jim Carroll said Trump's long-promised border wall would help stop drug smugglers looking for places to penetrate the United States away from ports of entry.
"So that wall will undoubtedly stop the flow of drugs in those locations, force people to the ports of entry, where there's more law enforcement located," Carroll said when asked about the wall and its potential impact on the illegal drug trade.
But U.S. statistics, analysts and testimony at the New York City trial of drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman show most hard drugs entering the U.S. from Mexico come through land border crossings staffed by agents, not open sections of the border.
David Shirk, a University of San Diego political science and international relations professor, said by phone Monday that a wall would only lead to "more creative solutions to moving drugs into the country."
Carroll visited an addiction recovery center in Louisville with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who has stuck with the president during Trump's fight with Congress over his national emergency declaration along the Mexican border.
Trump issued the first veto of his presidency in rejecting an effort by Congress to block the emergency declaration he'd used to circumvent lawmakers as he tried to shake loose funds for the wall. It is unlikely that Congress will have the votes required to override Trump's veto, shifting the confrontation to the courts.
Carroll said it's wrong to assume that beefing up enforcement at ports of entry alone will stop the influx of illegal drugs.
"If you're a drug trafficker coming up from Mexico, you're not going to stop trafficking drugs just because (of) the ports of entry," he said. "They will then move between the ports and that's why we need a wall there. But obviously they're coming through in massive numbers as it is now. But this is clearly needed to save American lives."
The southwestern U.S. border "remains the primary entry point for heroin into the United States," said the Drug Enforcement Administration's 2018 Drug Threat Assessment. It said most of its heroin seizures on the border are at official crossings called ports of entry, in California, and increasingly in Arizona. It arrives in passenger vehicles, hidden inside their frames and in other places in the cars, followed by tractor-trailers, where the drugs are hidden in legal imported goods.
A much smaller amount of heroin is seized from people who sneak across the border, usually on foot.
Border security has been beefed up for decades without making a dent in drug flows, said Shirk, who specializes in U.S.-Mexico relations and border politics.
"Barriers make it easier for border authorities to gain operational control at the border, but they also lead to innovation by drug traffickers to find new, more sophisticated ways to penetrate the border," he said.
McConnell and Carroll emphasized a combination of law enforcement and treatment and recovery programs to combat substance abuse. Carroll also urged employers to consider hiring people who have overcome addictions. A restaurant owner recently told him the eateries staffed by people in recovery are his best-performing locations, Carroll said.
"These people who are in recovery and starting their lives over again are some of the hardest-working people that they've found," Carroll said.
McConnell, who is up for re-election next year, said about $30 million in federal funding has been sent to Kentucky in recent years for addiction treatment and recovery efforts.
"I think our people on the ground … are making great use of all this additional funding that we are providing to try to get on top of this epidemic," McConnell said.
McConnell and Carroll visited a Volunteers of America addiction recovery center in Kentucky's largest city. For participants, the center's treatment programs can last three to nine months because the focus goes beyond recovery from addiction, said Jennifer Hancock, president and CEO of Volunteers of America Mid-States.
"We know … that long-term recovery must be contingent upon not just being clean and sober, but having stable housing, also having a living-wage job," she said.
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Teachers and local union members demonstrated on the Sande Overpass this afternoon in Terrace. Here is Roy Vick
Unions show support for Terrace teachers
"And we will be standing behind them no matter how long it takes."
Janine Workman
Mar. 6, 2012 7:00 p.m.
It was busy scene on the Sande Overpass in Terrace this afternoon, as local unions members banded together in support of striking teachers.
Holding signs, waving union flags and handing out leaflets, about 100 people joined together to protest legislation that would lead to mediation in an effort to forge a new contract between teachers and the government.
The legislation would also stop any renewed attempts by teachers to go on strike.
Teachers are now in the second day of a three-day strike in protest of the legislation.
Drivers showed their support by honking at demonstrators as they drove by.
"Teachers are really pleased to know that they have the community's support," said president of the local teachers' union, Karen Andrews. "And we are all really pleased to have our CUPE colleges here to support us."
Along with members from the Canadian Union of Public Employers Union were members from the BC Nurses Union (BCNU) and the Canadian Energy and Paperworkers Union (CEP).
"I think we are all in the same boat," said Elaine Pigeau from the BCNU, explaining that both teachers and nurses are asking for more support to do their jobs better.
CUPE 2052 president Wilma Maier says they are there to show support for their union brothers and sisters.
"And we will be standing behind them no matter how long it takes," she said.
CEP shop steward Francoise Godet said they are there because they believe in collective bargaining.
"And we feel it hasn't happened at this point," she said.
Godet, who is the constituency assistant for Skeena-Bulkley Valley NDP MP Nathan Cullen, also passed on a message from Cullen which offered his support to teachers, saying he knows this is a "fight worth fighting."
Schools are set to open again Thursday. Pending the passage of legislation from the government, teachers could be in a position to strike for one day next week.
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Actually bought these to catch a couple of mice which somehow snuck into my basement(open door perhaps)from my backyard. These boards are very effective in catching mice. Put 2 down the first day I received them and BAM!, the next morning both mice were caught, on the same trap. DMOPC also offers these with the tunnel type covering to protect as much as possible against dust and dirt from catching on the trap which extends the adhesion of the trap. Also offered as "the more the buy, the more you save". Great buy! Would purchase again.
There is an old saying, once attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson: "Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door." Whether Emerson said it or not, it is a truism that has been embraced by society, and is reflected in the fact that traps to catch both mice and rats are the most frequently invented (or is that reinvented?) device in U.S. History.
We had field mice come in, bought a plug in repellant, we put poison down and got rid of them. We kept the repellant plugged in since this was 3years ago. Now, for the past few evenings we have heard noise in the loft. Thinking it could be a squirrel we went and had a look. Going by droppings could be a rat. No damage so far so put poison in, but wondering the plug in could be working. Also, it works through the electrics in your home. Hopefully sonic noise driving it crazy.
I tried the live traps and the sticky traps and nothing! I finally just decided to get these old fashioned ones and….oh snap, I caught 2 mice the first night! I'm not sure why these get bad reviews, they couldn't be any easier and they WORK!
We carry Trapper Rat Glue Traps, Catchmaster Cold Temperature Rodent Traps, Trapper Plastic Tunnel, Trapper Cardboard Tunnels, Maxcatch Giant Glue Boards, Rat Glue Books, and Trapper Glue to make your own boards.
In 2001, the Federal Trade Commission sent a warning to manufacturers of ultrasonic pest control devices, demanding that claims of effectiveness must be backed up by scientific research. Thanks to the FTC intervention, package claims on ultrasonic rodent and insect devices are a little less preposterous than they used to be, and many product websites have links explaining their research methods and results, such as these from Green Shield and Victor.
Equipped with a setting control which allows you to use a soft or sensitive set,"s" for normal, stable surfaces and a firmer setting,"f", on surfaces that may vibrate( machinery for example) ..where they could prematurely set off the trap.
These traps are cheap, functional, and easy to use. With the bottle cap modification mentioned in the other comments, the traps are even better. That said, for the large attic rats that live in Seattle, these still aren't enough to get the job done. Since setting three in my attic, I've had two separate traps trip twice. Each time, not only has the trap not killed the rat, the rat has also been able to struggle free. Each time the rat did however lose quite a bit of fur struggling free.
We've had a mice problem for years, tried traps which work but I hate emptying them. Also had a problem in the garage, mice put grass seed in the car's air filter. I bought two of the small plug in ultasonic and put them in the garage, no clue if they work yet. Then one in the bedroom where I could hear them scratching about at night and early morning up in the attic (where I cannot get to). The first night heard the mice for a few minutes, then nothing. The second night heard them for a few seconds then nothing since and it's been 3 weeks. I've since plugged 4 into the basement to cover all walls and no mice have been caught in the traps and can't see any evidence they've been there. As far as I'm concerned they work, tho for how long, don't know.
Keep Trapping: The best results for both rodents and insects come from using ultrasonic pest repellents along with trapping. Simply put, the sound waves cause the pests to scurry around, which drives them right into your traps.
In general, rat traps can be broken into two broad categories: traps intended to kill the rodent and live capture cages. Both lure the rat in with food and have the ultimate goal of removing the animal considered vermin by most people from a home or work environment.
Recognize behavioral differences between rodents. Aside from favoring certain types of bait, rats and mice have very different temperaments that lead to important behavioral differences. Rats are naturally cautious, while mice tend to be curious. Be aware of seasonal behaviors too. Trap squirrels in late spring and early winter in particular, as this can prevent breeding.
This technique doesn't buy the mouse or rat a lot of time. If you put in it other rodents' territory, they will attack it. It's also vulnerable to predators. But you will have avoided killing the creature yourself. Don't reuse the container for food storage.
When assembling the trap, we recommend applying the bait before the trap is set. After the trap is set, it is designed to trigger when movement is detected on the metal pedal. Baiting the trap before it is set ensures the safety of the consumer.
Remove the paper label. Use you're ice pick or drill to bore a hole in the center of the can lid. If you plan to reuse the liquid, turn the can over and bore another hole in the bottom of the can over a container. This will vent the can and empty in a few minutes.
If you'd like to buy it and you live in America, clicking on any of the pictures will take you to Amazon USA, who sell it at the best price I've been able to find. If you live in the UK, see this link.
To celebrate our 50 episode, we spent some time with one of the most recognized and respected pest professionals on the planet. Jerry Schappert talks with us about his early blogging days, books, pest control business, and his super successful online community.
Drive a stick through the opposite ends of the water bottle (Or whatever object you chose to use. It should be cylindrical and easy to roll.) Drill holes in two sides of the bucket near the top where you can slide the hanger through. Fill the bucket with water. (optional) Set up your ramps, and then bait the rolling mechanism. You'll have rats climbing up to get to the delicious bait only to be dropped to the bottom of the bucket!
The Victor Electronic Rat Trap is the ultimate in rodent control. It works by delivering a humane, high-voltage shock to effectively kill the invading rat. This powerful device is capable of killing up to 50 rats per set of fully charged batteries (4 C), making it a great value when you're dealing with a sizable infestation. It's also easy to use! Get started by simply applying a high protein bait in the provided bait cup, place the trap in a location with high rodent activity and turn it on.
Ordered two packs. I have been seeing a couple rats in kitchen so I thought I would try these traps over conventional traps. THEY DONT WORK. I have laid out the traps and wake up to find rat prints on the traps but NO rats.
Thought about using a garbage can instead of a bucket. Can catch many at once! Also love the idea of putting sunflower seeds over the water. Also, can possibly lower the wire and roller so the rat has to bend down more and may fall in?
If you are concerned about the mice suffering I would not use these. I have seen mice that struggle for several days. But we have deer mice and they can carry the hanta virus which is often fatal. Sometimes this is the only thing that works for me.
I bought these as an Add-On item for relatively inexpensive cost ($2.98) and I thought I would give them a try for this cheap. The other paper glue stuff I bought caught fiddler crabs and palmetto bugs; no rats or mice. I think the rats made fun of the lower quality glue paper as I found it pushed aside with no indication of rodent fur.
Place the trap in an enticing position. Place it in areas like along a wall or a high-traffic area near a mouse hole. When the mouse enters the bottle to eat the cheese, pull back on the string looped around the skewer sticking out of the bottle's bottom. The bottle will snap closed on the mouse, trapping it within.
The original wood-based wire snap trap, the Victor Metal Pedal Rat Trap with 4-Way Trigger provides instant rodent control and is safe for business use. Trusted to control rats for over 100 years, this trap allows for clean and quick trapping – ideal for maximum rodent control. Once a rodent triggers the metal pedal, the trap immediately springs closed to eliminate the pest on contact. It can then be easily disposed of for quick and clean removal. With superior quality and effectiveness, the Victor rat trap has become the #1 selling trap in the world – with over 1 billion sold. Also, Victor rat traps are the professionals' trap of choice. The disposable rat traps are safe for use around food, water, children and pets. Victor® Metal Pedal Rat Traps are perfect for use anywhere at your business. These rat traps should be placed where rodents travel, such as along walls at 2 to 3 foot intervals. Victor metal pedal rat traps are constructed from environmentally responsible, Forest Stewardship Council certified wood. Made in the USA!
my only comfort is that humans are going nowhere . . and come the the day there will be no shortage of food for rats. . . If you go the spring trap way . make sure it can do the job . . this was cheap one.
TRAPPER's sturdy, low-profile plastic tray reduces the chance of rodents stopping at the edge of the tray. Once rodents step onto the glue board, TRAPPER's tenacious glue holds a rat securely, while just the slightest contact with the glue will hold a mouse. TRAPPER Glue Boards come in rat and mouse sizes. For best results, place TRAPPER Glue Boards directly in the rodent's runway between its nest and food supply — every 8 to 12 feet for mice and 15 to 30 feet for rats.
Rats present a large problem to agriculture; it is estimated that millions of dollars' worth of food crops are lost annually to their incursions; rat populations are also on the rise in urban areas across the US fuelling fears of the spread of disease. Rat control has become a huge and lucrative industry and the use of rat traps is a major tool in the battle against the rodents.


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Pete Scales | 2nd April 2019
Disciplines – a colour metaphor
Here's an experiment – download a copy of the colour spectrum. The first thing you notice is that it's a continuum. Blue shades gradually and imperceptibly into green; green shades into yellow. Is there any point at which we can clearly see that red becomes orange or purple? Do people in other cultures make the same divisions and use the same terms to identify them?
An on-going debate in linguistics is the concept of cultural differences in 'colour lexemes' or 'colour terms'. There are other languages which have different, and probably fewer, colour words than English. In the Hanunnoo language (according to the linguist, David Crystal) there are just four basic colour terms – black; white; red and green. The English sentence, "My favourite colour is blue", cannot be exactly translated into Russian – you would have to choose between words meaning 'dark blue' or 'lighter blue', there being no single Russian word which means 'blue'.
The way the colour spectrum is divided and labelled is, it seems, arbitrary. The question I want to ask is 'Can the same be applied to knowledge?' Are there separate bodies of knowledge or is there a 'unity of knowledge' which is arbitrarily divided into subject disciplines that we have come to regard as immutable, within which we build our careers? Is it possible that our accepted disciplines and subject categories are contingent and might just as easily have been otherwise? We might, for example, have developed a discrete subject which is partly sociology, partly economics and a dash of history and biology. Academics would have fought long and hard for their places on the library shelves, to produce its journals and build borders and guard against intruders from other disciplines.
In 'The Idea of a University' John Henry Newman declares, of the university, that: '… all branches of knowledge are, at least, implicitly, the subject-matter of its teaching; … these branches are not isolated and independent one of another, but form together a whole or a system; that they run into each other, and complete each other…'1
English as a case study
What I hope to show is that the subjects/ disciplines we take for granted are relatively new and have, in most cases had to work hard to gain credibility and status. It's difficult to imagine, for example, that English and English literature were once regarded as 'soft options' with no real content of any value.
Given the generally low status of engineering in universities at the time, University College London was considered very daring when, in the 19th C, it founded a chair in Engineering. Even more 'daring' when later that century they pioneered English Literature as an area of study. Before 1880 most teaching of English Literature and English language was for the utilitarian pursuit of functional literacy and was considered suitable work for women teachers. Real 'men's' work, or 'gentlemen's work', was studying the classics in Latin and Greek.
Brian Doyle in 'English and Englishness' suggests that, "During this period … the very notion of an academic discipline devoted to the study of English, and especially English literature, would have made little sense within the universities."2 Little attempt was made to offer detailed comment on content or argument, or to relate any work to its author or historical context. It was a difficult task to make English Literature into an academic subject of scholarly application and critical analysis. Much the same is said of Media Studies, today.
'Tribes and Territories'
Becher and Trowler in 'Tribes and Territories'3 examine the ways in which the landscapes, tribal territories and cultures of higher education become established and suggest that much academic work is about building and policing the barriers between disciplines.
Faculty subcultures generally form around disciplines. As these disciplines develop, their work becomes more specialised. Academics will have fewer things in common with those in other disciplines and less impulse and opportunity to interact. Sociologists will know little of physics, but there might be great benefit from exploring the sociological and cultural contexts in which physics developed.
Do 'traditional' academic disciplines serve to restrict thought, stifle interdisciplinary development and discourage transdisciplinary approaches to learning? A number of criticisms have been made of disciplinarity, including:
Restricting what is perceived as relevant and drawing boundaries too narrowly. People build careers on deciding what is, or what is not, relevant
Concentrating on continuity and conformity and restricting creativity and innovation
The possibility of 'heresy' and critical questioning of norms being suppressed
A lack of engagement with real-world problems and with other disciplines
To understand the big problems facing the world, we could argue, a narrow disciplinary approach is inadequate. What is needed is a more connected approach in which we shift our ways of thinking from the parts to the whole. We need, it is frequently suggested, to develop 'systems thinking'. As Sir Karl Popper stated: "We are not students of some subject matter, but students of problems. And problems may cut right across the borders of any subject matter or discipline"4
Newman, J. H. (1852) The Idea of a University
Doyle, B. (1989) English and Englishness London: Routledge
Becher, T. and Trowler, P. (2001) Academic Tribes and Territories: Intellectual enquiry and the cultures of disciplines (2nd) Buckingham: Open University Press/ SRHE
Popper, K. (1963) Conjectures and Refutations London: Routledge
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Written by Pete Scales
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Congresswoman Proposes Radical Solution to Refugee Crisis, "Stop Arming Terrorists"
Matt Agorist March 2, 2017
A brave congresswoman from Hawaii has the perfect solution to the refugee crisis — stop making refugees — by stopping the US arming terrorists.
US Representative Tulsi Gabbard is proving to be quite the thorn in the side of the establishment warmongers. In January, Gabbard went on a secret trip to Syria to investigate first hand and to find the truth that the corporate media is covering up about the Syrian war. Since then, this brave congresswoman has remained steadfast in her mission to show Americans how their tax dollars are funding terrorism in the Middle East.
In a press conference this week, Gabbard called on President Trump to "end the regime change in Syria," adding that this is what is causing the refugee crisis.
"The most important question is, how do we address the cause of these people fleeing their homes," Gabbard stated before pointing to a bill that she's submitted to Congress this year that would help in solving this problem.
The bill's premise to stop the refugee crisis is quite simple — stop arming the terrorists.
"Stop Arming Terrorists Act," or HR 608, would ban the use of US taxpayers' funds to aid terrorist groups affiliated with Al-Qaeda or Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL).
"For years, our government has been providing both direct and indirect support to these armed militant groups, who are working directly with or under the command of terrorist groups like Al-Qaeda and ISIS, all in their effort and fight to overthrow the Syrian government," Gabbard said in an interview Wednesday.
During her visit to Syria in January, Gabbard met with refugees and victims of the US-backed Syrian regime change, who all asked the same question — why is the US funding terrorism.
"I'll tell you what I heard from the Syrian people that I met with, Jake, walking down the street in Aleppo, in Damascus, hearing from them.
They expressed happiness and joy at seeing an American walking through their streets. But they also asked why the U.S. and its allies are providing support and arms to terrorist groups like al-Nusra, al-Qaida or al-Sham, ISIS who are on the ground there, raping, kidnapping, torturing and killing the Syrian people.
They asked me, why is the United States and its allies supporting these terrorist groups who are destroying Syria when it was al-Qaeda who attacked the United States on 9/11, not Syria. I didn't have an answer for them," Gabbard said, noting the clear dismay the average Syrian has for the U.S. support of al-Qaeda – a proposition which every American should equally question.
"The reality is… every place that I went, every person that I spoke to, I asked this question to them, and without hesitation, they said, there are no moderate rebels. Who are these moderate rebels that people keep speaking of?
Regardless of the name of these groups, the strongest fighting force on the ground in Syria is al Nusra, or al-Qaeda and ISIS. That is a fact," Gabbard said.
As pro-war neocons — consistently beating the war drum in spite of never actually spending any time in the military — lash out at Gabbard for her Syrian trip and proposed legislation, other members of Congress, who've actually been in the military (like Gabbard), are showing their full support of the bill.
Representative Tom Garrett (R-Virginia), a US Army veteran, is one of those supporters who said that the goal in Syria should be peace.
"Tulsi understands that arming the so-called 'rebels' in Syria has only led to more bloodshed, more suffering, and created more refugees," Tima Kurdi said in a statement on Tuesday. "A military solution in Syria is not the answer. I hope that President Trump will stop arming terrorists and commit to a political solution in Syria—it is the only way to restore peace."
Matt Agorist is an honorably discharged veteran of the USMC and former intelligence operator directly tasked by the NSA. This prior experience gives him unique insight into the world of government corruption and the American police state. Agorist has been an independent journalist for over a decade and has been featured on mainstream networks around the world. Agorist is also the Editor at Large at the Free Thought Project. Follow @MattAgorist on Twitter, Steemit, and now on Facebook.


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David and Corey Robinson to deliver keynote at Notre Dame Walk the Walk Week luncheon
Author: Sue Ryan
National Basketball Association (NBA) Hall of Famer David Robinson and his son, a Notre Dame graduate and former football player Corey Robinson will be the featured keynote speakers during the University of Notre Dame's Martin Luther King Celebration luncheon on Jan. 22 (Monday). This campus-wide luncheon will be the capstone event of Notre Dame's 2018 Walk the Walk Week in honor of the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
Corey will interview his father in a fireside chat format, exploring the family's motivations for service and sharing insights on how they have worked to serve their communities and make a difference.
Corey Robinson
Corey graduated from Notre Dame in 2017 with a Program of Liberal Studies major and a sustainability minor. A former Fighting Irish football player, he stepped away from the game after three seasons due to concussions. He continued his involvement with the football program as a student assistant coach during the 2016 season and served as the student body president. While at Notre Dame, Corey co-founded the nonprofit organization One Shirt One Body, which promotes the pursuit of higher education through the donation of issued gear by college athletes to their local communities. A Rhodes Scholar finalist, he was also a first team Academic All-American. He currently resides in New York and works at Gagosian Gallery, a leading contemporary art gallery.
David graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and was the top pick in the 1987 NBA draft, after completing his service to the country in the U.S. military. He went on to lead the San Antonio Spurs to a pair of championship titles, was a 10-time NBA All-Star, and a two-time Olympic gold medalist. David was named one of the 50 greatest players in NBA history. Long recognized for his commitment to community development and education, David founded both the David Robinson Foundation to support elementary schools in the San Antonio area, and The Carver Academy, an independent school designed to serve pre-K through eighth grade students. David was instrumental in launching the Admiral Center, a non-profit initiative formed in partnership with Living Cities to support professional athletes and entertainers with their philanthropic endeavors. He now serves as a founding member of Admiral Capital Group, which seeks to combine interest in private equity with a desire to make a positive social impact.
Notre Dame's Walk the Walk Week luncheon begins at 11:30 a.m. in Joyce Center's north dome. The event is open to students, faculty and staff, and is a free but ticketed event. For more information, visit diversity.nd.edu.
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Photograph courtesy of the November Project.
It's finally (finally!) starting to feel like spring outside, and if the sunshine doesn't make you want to burn calories running around outdoors, then I don't know what will. The good news is, there's plenty of places for you to stretch your legs and enjoy this fabulous warm weather, all in the form of free, outdoor workouts. Pick your poison from the list below, and happy sweating.
Starting May 2, the Golden Triangle Business Improvement District is offering three different workout classes, three nights a week. The free classes will all take place from 5:30 to 6:30 PM, with yoga at Farragut Park on Tuesdays, barre at the Plaza at 2100 M Street on Wednesdays, and Pilates at Farragut Park on Thursdays. The classes will run every week may through September.
The Georgetown Nike store's fun runs take place around the city, and range in distance and pace so you can feel free to go at your own speed. Keep an eye on the online calendar to register for runs as they become available.
Hosted by CorePower Yoga at The Park at CityCenterDC, these free yoga sessions start at 6 PM every Tuesday evening through the end of May. Just make sure to bring your own mat, and RSVP here.
Great for beginners, the REI Run Club keeps to a ten to 11-minute-per-mile pace for three miles, starting at REI's new NoMa flagship store. The runs begin at 6:30 PM on Tuesdays; check out the upcoming events here.
Though the November Project runs year-round, there's no time like springtime to join. With workouts at 6:30 AM on Mondays at either Meridian Hill Park or Capital Hill, 5:25 and 6:20 AM on Wednesdays at the Lincoln Memorial steps, and random locations at 6:30 AM on Fridays, there's lots of free, endorphin-fueled workouts to choose from. Find out more details about upcoming sweat sessions on the November Project website.
While the popular outdoor and fitness brand, The North Face, also partners with the November Project on their morning workouts, the Mountain Athletics club hosts some exercise classes of their own. The workouts take place on Tuesdays at 6:30 PM at Stanton Park and Thursdays at 6:30 PM at Franklin Square Park, and all are focused on "preparing for and achieving any outdoor goal." To register for a workout, visit The North Face website.
Starting at the athletic wear brand's Clarendon store, this run club allows you to stash your stuff indoors before heading out for the four to six mile run around the neighborhood. The third week of each month, the program focuses on speed work, then rewards participants by finishing at South Block Juice Co. for a free juice. The runs take place on Monday evenings at 6:30 PM. Check out the online schedule for an upcoming event.
Every Wednesday night in June through August, head to the Georgetown Waterfront Park for a free workout. The classes take place between 6 and 7 PM; check the Georgetown Business Improvement District website for more details as they become available.
The new Capitol Hill athletic wear boutique, Summit to Soul, hosts a range of events—from pop-ups to book clubs—and on Wednesdays, they run from the store to the Capitol for a hill workout. The distance totals around two to four miles, and stroller-pushers, dogs, and beginners are all welcome. Check out details about upcoming events on the store's website.
The athleisure boutique located outside of Union Market, S3 Active, has partnered with local health influencer Mona Lavinia to lead Sunday fun runs, followed by 30 minutes of Pilates. The run starts at 10 AM at the S3 Active storefront. To register, visit Union Market's website.


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The cast and crew of Warner Bros.' Focus were in high spirits Tuesday night at the film's premiere at the TLC Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
"I'm so happy it is almost sad," Will Smith told The Hollywood Reporter.
At the premiere, people took time to catch up with their former co-stars and reminisce about their time on location in New York, New Orleans and Buenos Aires, Argentina. Said co-director/writer John Requa about Buenos Aires: "It became a co-star in a way. We always knew it was an exciting place, but not until we got there with our cameras [did] we realize just how amazing it was."
Smith attributed part of the fun environment to co-star Margot Robbie. "She's like the camp coordinator on the set," he said. "She's always planning something, and then the whole crew has to come. Or you know her feelings are hurt if you don't come to her 'Zombie Hunt' that she found in New Orleans."
Focus centers on Nicky (Smith), a top con man whose life is changed when a beautiful aspiring con (Robbie) asks him to mentor her. When they reconnect after three years in Buenos Aires, the romantic tension interferes with Nicky's ultimate heist.
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The actors received intense training on how to pickpocket from expert on deception Apollo Robbins. Robbins told THR, "It was about taking them out and letting them know what it feels like to steal from someone and the predatory nature of that. Then the physical thing about being able to pull things out and steal from them without people knowing."
The newfound skills contributed to a quite a few pranks on-set. Co-director/writer Glen Ficarra told THR, "I didn't bring my credit cards to work. I just brought my wallet with cash and my ID. At first it was just Apollo who was pickpocketing. But then once he taught the actors, they thought it would be fun, and you had to be really careful."
When asked about his training, Adrian Martinez, who plays Farhad in the film, reached into his pocket and said, "Well, I'll tell you what. Let me first of all give you back your wallet." After he put his prop wallet back, he added, "I learned that no matter what, you have to absolutely, positively say the lie with complete honesty. There's a lot of common ground with that and acting."
Robbie, who stunned on the carpet in a sheer black-and-white Giambattista Valli Couture gown, echoed her co-stars' sentiments: "That's often one of my favorite perks of doing a job — the icing on the cake — is a skill you get to learn for your character and then the locations you get to shoot in. And in this case, I got to learn pickpocketing from one of the world's best and got to shoot in New Orleans, Buenos Aires and New York. It's a dream come true."
The afterparty was at The Loft of The W Hotel Hollywood. Guests included Smith's former Fresh Prince co-star Alfonso Ribeiro, Queen Latifah and Jaden and Jada Pinkett Smith.
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The Sulzbacher Roman Holiday is Rome's 40-passenger excursion boat. It's available for private events, and public excursions are also held throughout the year.
Rolling on the River public tours are great for all ages. The river tour offers a unique perspective on how Rome's rivers have shaped the town's history. All tours depart from Heritage Park in downtown Rome.
In the case of inclement weather,cancellations will be announced on this web page by 12 noon on tour day.
**Not all school groups are classified as a "School Group". Call 706.622.6435 for additional information.
Tours of the Rome-Floyd E.C.O. Center can be arranged in conjunction with rental of the Sulzbacher Roman Holiday for an additional $3.00 per person.
You may bring aboard any food or drink desired – tables and an ice chest are built into the boat! Planning a party? You can decorate the vessel in any style – just remember that you are responsible for clean-up of all food, drink and decorations. The Sulzbacher Roman Holiday is equipped with a PA and sound system with a microphone, CD player, radio, iPod, or MP3 player for jamming out or karaoke!
The Sulzbacher Roman Holiday is based in Downtown Rome's Heritage Park.
Public tours are typically held the first Sunday of every month May – Oct.
Call for ticket availability 706.622.6435.
All tours begin at 2 p.m. and last approximately two hours.


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25-pair color code chart
Twisted pair cabling is a type of wiring in which two conductors of a single circuit are twisted together for the purposes of improving electromagnetic compatibility. Compared to a single conductor or an untwisted balanced pair, a twisted pair reduces electromagnetic radiation from the pair and crosstalk between neighboring pairs and improves rejection of external electromagnetic interference. It was invented by Alexander Graham Bell.[1]
In a balanced line, the two wires carry equal and opposite signals, and the destination detects the difference between the two. This is known as differential signaling. Noise sources introduce signals into the wires by coupling of electric or magnetic fields and tend to couple to both wires equally. The noise thus produces a common-mode signal which can be canceled at the receiver when the difference signal is taken.
Differential signaling starts to fail when the noise source is close to the signal wires; the closer wire will couple with the noise more strongly and the receiver will be unable to eliminate it. This problem is especially apparent in telecommunication cables where pairs in the same cable lie next to each other for many miles. Twisting the pairs counters this effect as on each half twist the wire nearest to the noise-source is exchanged. Provided the interfering source remains uniform, or nearly so, over the distance of a single twist, the induced noise will remain common-mode.
The twist rate (also called pitch of the twist, usually defined in twists per meter) makes up part of the specification for a given type of cable. When nearby pairs have equal twist rates, the same conductors of the different pairs may repeatedly lie next to each other, partially undoing the benefits of differential mode. For this reason it is commonly specified that, at least for cables containing small numbers of pairs, the twist rates must differ.[2]
In contrast to shielded or foiled twisted pair (typically F/UTP or S/FTP cable shielding), UTP (unshielded twisted pair) cable is not surrounded by any shielding. UTP is the primary wire type for telephone usage and is very common for computer networking.
Wire transposition on top of pole
The earliest telephones used telegraph lines, or open-wire single-wire earth return circuits. In the 1880s electric trams were installed in many cities, which induced noise into these circuits. Lawsuits being unavailing, the telephone companies converted to balanced circuits, which had the incidental benefit of reducing attenuation, hence increasing range.
As electrical power distribution became more commonplace, this measure proved inadequate. Two wires, strung on either side of cross bars on utility poles, shared the route with electrical power lines. Within a few years, the growing use of electricity again brought an increase of interference, so engineers devised a method called wire transposition, to cancel out the interference.
In wire transposition, the wires exchange position once every several poles. In this way, the two wires would receive similar EMI from power lines. This represented an early implementation of twisting, with a twist rate of about four twists per kilometre, or six per mile. Such open-wire balanced lines with periodic transpositions still survive today in some rural areas.
Twisted-pair cabling was invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1881.[3] By 1900, the entire American telephone line network was either twisted pair or open wire with transposition to guard against interference. Today, most of the millions of kilometres of twisted pairs in the world are outdoor landlines, owned by telephone companies, used for voice service, and only handled or even seen by telephone workers.
Unshielded twisted pair
Cross-section of cable with four unshielded twisted pairs
Unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cables are found in many Ethernet networks and telephone systems. For indoor telephone applications, UTP is often grouped into sets of 25 pairs according to a standard 25-pair color code originally developed by AT&T Corporation. A typical subset of these colors (white/blue, blue/white, white/orange, orange/white) shows up in most UTP cables. The cables are typically made with copper wires measured at 22 or 24 American Wire Gauge (AWG),[4] with the colored insulation typically made from an insulator such as polyethylene or FEP and the total package covered in a polyethylene jacket.
For urban outdoor telephone cables containing hundreds or thousands of pairs, the cable is divided into small but identical bundles. Each bundle consists of twisted pairs that have different twist rates. The bundles are in turn twisted together to make up the cable. Pairs having the same twist rate within the cable can still experience some degree of crosstalk. Wire pairs are selected carefully to minimize crosstalk within a large cable.
Unshielded twisted pair cable with different twist rates
UTP cable is also the most common cable used in computer networking. Modern Ethernet, the most common data networking standard, can use UTP cables. Twisted pair cabling is often used in data networks for short and medium length connections because of its relatively lower costs compared to optical fiber and coaxial cable.
UTP is also finding increasing use in video applications, primarily in security cameras. Many cameras include a UTP output with screw terminals; UTP cable bandwidth has improved to match the baseband of television signals. As UTP is a balanced transmission line, a balun is needed to connect to unbalanced equipment, for example any using BNC connectors and designed for coaxial cable.
Cable shielding
Main article: Electromagnetic shielding
F/UTP cable
S/FTP cable
U/FTP, F/UTP and F/FTP are used in Cat 6a cables
Twisted pair cables often incorporate shielding in an attempt to prevent electromagnetic interference. Shielding provides an electrically conductive barrier to attenuate electromagnetic waves external to the shield; and provides a conduction path by which induced currents can be circulated and returned to the source via ground reference connection.
Such shielding can be applied to individual pairs or quads; or to a collection of pairs. Individual pairs are foil shielded, while an overall cable (of multiple pairs) may use any of braided screen or foil or braiding with foil.
When shielding is applied to a collection of pairs, it is usually referred to as screening, but usage among vendors and authors in applying such words as screening, shielding, and STP (shielded twisted pair) can be subject to variability.[5][6]
ISO/IEC 11801:2002 (Annex E) attempts to internationally standardize the various designations for shielded cables by using combinations of three letters - U for unshielded, S for braided shielding (in outer layer only), and F for foil shielding - to explicitly indicate the type of screen for overall cable protection and for protecting individual pairs or quads, using a two-part abbreviation in the form of x/xTP.
Shielded Cat 5e, Cat 6/6A, and Cat 8/8.1 cables typically have F/UTP construction, while shielded Cat 7/7A and Cat 8.2 cables use S/FTP construction.[7]
Because the shielding is made of metal, it may also serve as a path to ground; usually a screen shielded, twisted pair cable has an integrally incorporated, grounding wire, called a drain wire, which makes electrical contact with the shield or screen. The purpose of the drain wire is for easy connection of the screen to terminals, which are usually designed for connection of round wires.
Common shield construction types include:
Individual shield (U/FTP)
Individual shielding with aluminum foil for each twisted pair or quad. Common names: pair in metal foil, shielded twisted pair, screened twisted pair. This type of shielding protects cable from external EMI entering or exiting the cable and also protects neighboring pairs from crosstalk.
Overall shield (F/UTP, S/UTP, and SF/UTP)
Overall foil, braided shield or braiding with foil across all of the pairs within the 100 ohm twisted pair cable. Common names: foiled twisted pair, shielded twisted pair, screened twisted pair. This type of shielding helps prevent EMI from entering or exiting the cable.
Individual and overall shield (F/FTP, S/FTP, and SF/FTP)
Individual shielding using foil between the twisted pair sets, and also an outer foil or braided shielding. Common names: fully shielded twisted pair, screened foiled twisted pair, shielded foiled twisted pair, screened shielded twisted pair, shielded screened twisted pair. This type of shielding helps prevent EMI from entering or exiting the cable and also protects neighboring pairs from crosstalk.
An early example of shielded twisted-pair was IBM STP-A, which is a two-pair 150 ohm S/FTP cable defined in 1985 by the IBM Cabling System specifications, and used with token ring or FDDI networks.[5][8]
Common industry nomenclature for cable construction types
Industry abbreviations
ISO/IEC 11801 designation
Pair shielding
UTP, TP U/UTP None None
STP, ScTP, PiMF U/FTP None Foil
FTP, STP, ScTP F/UTP Foil None
STP, ScTP S/UTP Braiding None
SFTP, S-FTP, STP SF/UTP Braiding and Foil None
FFTP, STP F/FTP Foil Foil
SSTP, SFTP, STP, STP PiMF S/FTP Braiding Foil
SSTP, SFTP, STP SF/FTP Braiding and Foil Foil
The code before the slash designates the shielding for the cable itself, while the code after the slash determines the shielding for the individual pairs:
U = unshielded
F = foil shielding
S = braided shielding (outer layer only)
TP = twisted pair
TQ = twisted pair, individual shielding in quads
See also: ISO/IEC 11801
Analog telephone
Before digital communication and ethernet became widespread there was no international standard for telephone cable. Standards were set at a national level. For instance, in the UK the General Post Office specified CW1293 and CW1308 cables. CW1308 was a similar specification to the earlier CW1293 but with an improved color code. CW1293 used mostly solid colors on the cores making it difficult to identify the pair it was twisted with without stripping back a large amount of sheath. CW1308 has narrow rings of the paired color printed over the base color to solve this problem. Both cables are a similar standard to category 3 cable.[9]
Prior to the common use of polyethylene and other plastics for insulation, telephone twisted pair cable was insulated with waxed paper or cotton with a wax coating applied to the copper. The overall sheath of this type of cable was usually lead. This style of cable came into use in the late 19th century shortly after the invention of the telephone.[10] The cable termination in termination boxes were sealed with molten wax or epoxy resin to prevent the ingress of moisture which would seriously degrade the insulating properties of the paper insulation.[11] However, such seals made future maintenance and changes more difficult. These cables are no longer made, but are still occasionally encountered in old buildings and in various external areas, commonly rural villages.
Typical construction
Level 1 0.4 MHz Telephone and modem lines Not described in EIA/TIA recommendations. Unsuitable for modern systems.[12]
Level 2 4 MHz Older terminal systems, e.g. IBM 3270 Not described in EIA/TIA recommendations. Unsuitable for modern systems.[12]
Cat 3 UTP[13] 16 MHz[13] 10BASE-T / 100BASE-T4 [13] Described in EIA/TIA-568. Unsuitable for speeds above 16 Mbit/s. Now mainly for telephone cables[13]
Cat 4 UTP[13] 20 MHz[13] 16 Mbit/s[13] Token Ring Not commonly used[13]
Cat 5 UTP[13] 100 MHz[13] 100BASE-TX / 1000BASE-T [13] Common for current LANs. Superseded by Cat5e, but most Cat5 cables meet Cat5e standards.[13] Limited to 100m between equipment.
Cat 5e UTP,[13] STP[14] 100 MHz[13] 1000BASE-T / 2.5GBASE-T [13] Enhanced Cat5. Common for current LANs. Same construction as Cat5, but with better testing standards.[13] Limited to 100m between equipment.
Cat 6 UTP,[13] STP[15] 250 MHz[13] 5GBASE-T / 10GBASE-T ISO/IEC 11801 2nd Ed. (2002), ANSI/TIA 568-B.2-1. Most commonly installed cable in Finland according to the 2002 standard EN 50173-1. Limited to 55M distance at 10GBASE-T
Cat 6A UTP, F/UTP, U/FTP 500 MHz 5GBASE-T / 10GBASE-T Improved standards, tested to 500 MHz. Full 100M distance at 10GBASE-T ISO/IEC 11801 2nd Ed. Am. 2. (2008), ANSI/TIA-568-C.1 (2009)
Cat 7 S/FTP, F/FTP 600 MHz 5GBASE-T / 10GBASE-T or POTS/CATV/1000BASE-T over single cable Fully shielded cable. ISO/IEC 11801 2nd Ed. (2002). It is not recognized by the EIA/TIA.
Cat 7A S/FTP, F/FTP 1000 MHz 5GBASE-T / 10GBASE-T or POTS/CATV/1000BASE-T over single cable Uses all four pairs. ISO/IEC 11801 2nd Ed. Am. 2. (2008). It is not recognized by the EIA/TIA.
Cat 8/8.1 F/UTP, U/FTP 2000 MHz 25GBASE-T / 40GBASE-T ANSI/TIA-568-C.2-1, ISO/IEC 11801-1:2017
Cat 8.2 S/FTP, F/FTP 2000 MHz 25GBASE-T / 40GBASE-T ISO/IEC 11801-1:2017
A loaded twisted pair has intentionally added inductance and was formerly common practice on telecommunication lines. The added inductors are known as load coils and reduce attenuation for voiceband frequencies but increase it on higher frequencies. Load coils reduce distortion in voiceband on very long lines.[16] In this context a line without load coils is referred to as an unloaded line.
A bonded twisted pair is a construction variant in which the two wires of each pair are bonded together for the length of the cable. Pioneered by Belden, it is intended to help assure configuration consistency during and after installation. One key benefit is that the noise immunity performance of the cable can be protected despite potentially rough handling.[17] This may not be necessary and it could have detrimental effects in applications which require flexible cable.[18]
Twisted ribbon cable
Twisted ribbon cable used for SCSI connections
A twisted ribbon cable is a variant of standard ribbon cable in which adjacent pairs of conductors are bonded and twisted together. The twisted pairs are then lightly bonded to each other in a ribbon format. Periodically along the ribbon there are short sections with no twisting to enable connectors and PCB headers to be terminated using the usual ribbon cable IDC techniques.[19]
Solid-core vs. stranded cable
A solid-core cable uses one solid wire per conductor and in a four pair cable there would be a total of eight solid wires.[13] Stranded conductor uses multiple wires wrapped around each other in each conductor and in a four pair with seven strands per conductor cable, there would be a total of 56 wires (2 per pair × 4 pairs × 7 strands).[13]
Solid core cable is intended for permanently installed runs (permanent link). It is less flexible than stranded cable and is more prone to failure if repeatedly flexed. Stranded cable is used for fly leads at patch panel and for connections from wall-ports to end devices (patch cord or drop cable), as it resists cracking of the conductors.
Connectors are designed differently for solid core than for stranded. Use of a connector with the wrong cable type can lead to unreliable cabling. Plugs designed for solid and stranded core are readily available, and some vendors even offer plugs designed for use with both types. The punch-down blocks on patch-panel and wall-port jacks are designed for use with solid core cable, these work via a method known as insulation-displacement which pierces the sides of the insulation and "bites" in to the copper conductor to form a connection.
Electrical noise going into or coming from the cable can be prevented.[20]
Crosstalk is minimized.[20]
Cheapest form of cable available for networking purposes.[20]
Easy to handle and install.[20]
Deformation: twisted pair's susceptibility to electromagnetic interference greatly depends on the pair twisting schemes (sometimes patented by the manufacturers) staying intact during the installation. As a result, twisted pair cables usually have stringent requirements for maximum pulling tension as well as minimum bend radius. This fragility of twisted pair cables makes the installation practices an important part of ensuring the cable's performance.[21]
Delay skew: different pairs within the cable have different delays, due to different twist rates used to minimize crosstalk between the pairs. This can degrade image quality when multiple pairs are used to carry components of a video signal. Low skew cable is available to mitigate this problem.[22][23]
Imbalance: differences between the two wires in a pair can cause coupling between the common mode and the differential mode. Differential to common mode conversion produces common mode currents that can cause external interference and can produce common mode signals in other pairs. Common mode to differential mode conversion can produce differential mode signals from common mode interference from other pairs or external sources. Imbalance can be caused by asymmetry between the two conductors of the pair from each other and in relationship to other wires and the shield. Some sources of asymmetry are differences in conductor diameter and insulation thickness. In telephone jargon, the common mode is called longitudinal and the differential mode is called metallic.[24]
Ethernet over twisted pair
Balanced line
Copper wire and cable
Registered jack
Star quad cable increases cancellation of interference
TIA/EIA-568-B
Tip and ring
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Warner & Kaine Announce More Than $5 Million in Head Start Funding for Virginia
WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced $5,740,241 in federal grant funding through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for Head Start and Early Head Start programs throughout Virginia.
"These programs are critical to help ensure that our schools and organizations across the Commonwealth have the resources they need to support our future leaders," the Senators said. "We're excited to see this funding go toward promoting early childhood development."
The following organizations will receive funding:
Augusta County School Board
People Incorporated of Virginia
STEP, Inc.
Eastern Shore Area Agency on Aging/Community Action Agency
Exmore
As Governors and Senators, Warner and Kaine have advocated for investments in early childhood education. Head Start programs promote school readiness for children under 5 years old from low-income families through health, education, family support, and social services.
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