If one would study the customs of a people, travel third. When I at last had taken my ten more winks over a half dozen times, I sat up and marveled at how dirty I was. The train soon stopped at a station. I alighted but only to find the washing fountain so crowded there was not a chance. These blessings are found at many stations. A dozen spigots and a few mirrors aid dirty night-travelers to regain their cleanliness.
On the train the women were busy tidying up. I had lots of hints how to properly arrange the kimono-like dress, the sash and baby carriage that is always tied on the back. The Japanese also dress in a multitude of bright happy colors. Women's dress is awfully attractive. They wear no stockings, but instead have a white sock coming to just above the ankle. This appears to be made of either white suede or of several layers of heavy cloth, and looks to be sewed on, though I doubt it for they are always so clean. Shoes—a board slightly larger than the foot, either an inch thick or having two perpendicular pieces on the sole, raising it two inches above the ground. The foot rests on a straw matting. The shoe is held on the foot by a V-shaped thong, the angle of which is at the toe and nailed down. This part is slid between the big toe and the second toe. Of course all socks have the big toe separate just as some mittens have the thumb separate and the other four fingers together.
The kimono hangs to the ankles, and is usually of pleasing colors and designs. A big sash is wound tightly around the body just below the breast to keep the kimono closed. Other tricky ribbons hold the attractive carriers (I guess they are) on the back.
As to the hair, it is always raven black, long and glossy. On the front of the head the hair is warped over a frame I guess, till it curls up and down to the forehead like a wave. One can see right through the blamed thing from one side to the other. Another such affair extends from the top of the head backwards, but it is more solid. A large puff on either side and perhaps a comb or two complete the job. The women of Japan have been a big surprise to me. I rarely ever see one that is not very neatly and attractively dressed. Even in the country toward evening you see dozens of fair and smiling maidens strolling along the footpaths between paddy-fields—all dressed in their many-colored kimonos, many carrying loudly painted Japanese parasols.
Of course you see some who are very poorly clad and others who have adopted European dress, but by far the large majority seem to be neatly and nicely dressed. However, I prefer their natural complexions in place of one covered in powder. A girl who powders invariably forgets the back of her neck and that section then appears dirty.
There is no false modesty lost in concealing breasts. On the boat, train or street it is a very common sight to see mothers nursing their young. And for some reason the girls do not flirt much, yet those who do are winning enough.
In comparison, the man is not so well dressed. The wife may look like a million dollars but hubby's suit has seen better days three years ago. Still the Japanese man, speaking of the average, dresses quite well. He at least tries to appear respectable no matter what his clothes. His hair is black too—and too often made to appear ugly by close cropping.
The men have taken to European dress so much more readily than have the women. But the man in his kimono-like clothes or priest-like dress is common enough. In fact you often see outfits parading down main streets that would find themselves in police stations in America. Men wearing only a light cotton sleeveless shirt and trunks of the same material. These individuals always remind me of the man who was so absent-minded that he forgot his shirt and trousers. Those who add a shirt to the trunks strike me as having lost their trousers somewhere. Those who do not wear European clothes wear no socks and the same wooden shoes as do the women. Some have the slot sock, but black instead of white.
The country, as we neared Kobe, still continued mountainous but more densely populated. Cities became more frequent and larger. Factories were more numerous. We were going through a flat plain not far from the sea.
At last we came to the Kobe station, unimpressive, under repair, a bad first impression of Kobe. But the city has since proved more pleasant and is always disclosing new places of interest and beauty. A few minutes on the train to the Y.M.C.A. where I got a ton of dirt off. The director, a very nice Japanese, took me up to the room of a young (24) American who has been staying here, William Cecil Headrick. He fixed it up so I could stay in his room and save plenty as hotels are far from cheap here. From Kansas City (?), he spent last year in Germany in school. Rode through much of Europe on bike, in many places I did and in southern Germany where I didn't. He came across Russia and Siberia on the Trans-Siberian Railway (12-day trip to Europe $60) and has been in Japan about a month. Has come from Europe on $200, a remarkable achievement, done by sleeping with farmers and peasants, no hotels. He is an interesting talker and a student of conditions of these countries through which he has traveled and has the courage of his convictions to grow not only a mustache but a goatee. He is soon returning to Germany via Siberia to use a scholarship he has won, and I believe intends to lecture upon his return to the States.
He showed me about town a bit and we tried unsuccessfully to find a Japanese guide book other than the large and expensive official one. I called on the Shipping Board agent, but he was out. There was a S.B. boat that left today at one o'clock.
Kobe's business section is not as I had pictured it, but as I never get any great illusions about things I haven't seen, I was not disappointed. There are many very nice office buildings, most of the streets are of fair width though a majority are of gravel or else bumpy asphalt, and shops and stores are quite modern. You can buy sodas, etc. in drug stores and all sorts of sweets in candy shops or bakeries. We had a game of ping pong and later lunch in a little native restaurant measuring 4′ x 10′, one table and a wall shelf. We ate our fish, rice, and cooked vegetables with chopsticks. Mine cost 7½¢, 15 sen. The proprietor and his wife of course couldn't speak English, but showed their pleasure by broad grins and many smiles—and with much bowing brought us our food. Japanese are very polite. When meeting a friend or being introduced, they bow low, both men and women. When taking leave, one bows twice, very low. I like the custom.
Went up to the Nunobiki Waterfalls in the afternoon. A very pretty spot in the hills that back up Kobe. There is a temple nearby, too. You can have tea etc. in nice tea houses overlooking Kobe, the falls, or other pretty scenes.
Another game of ping pong before dinner at the Y. Such prices—a good meal for 30 sen—15¢.
Bill had an English lesson to teach from seven to nine. Makes 3 you—$1.50 for two hours—not bad. Afterward we walked down to the business section which is interesting at night—that is, the main drag, Motomachi St. It is well lighted by half arc lights that extend up a curve from each side of the street, but fall short of meeting. The shops have a great variety of interesting displays—silks, jewelry, leather goods, shoes of all kinds, sweets, books, etc.


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American Tugboat Review, Tugboats & Towing
Teddy Meyer
LeBeouf Bros. Towing sits on the bank of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, in Bourg, to the east of Houma, La. In recent years the company has developed an in-house barge-building program to supply its modern tank barge fleet at its Bourg Dry Dock facility. LeBeouf is also building two pushboats at the shipyard, which sits adjacent to its offices and fleet moorage.
Teddy Meyer (Brian Gauvin photo)
The 297-by-54-foot double-skinned barges are the 18th and 19th barges built by the company since the start of a barge-building program in 2008. These barges represent approximately 30 percent of the total barge fleet of 65.
Although the LeBeouf shipyard has carried out repairs and refits on boats for many years, Teddy Meyer, a 95-by-35-foot pushboat is the first boat built at the shipyard since the late 1970s. Teddy Meyer is the 29th boat in the company's fleet.
Earlier this year the company took delivery of two 2,000-hp towboats, the 72-by-30-foot Bea Sonier from Intracoastal Iron Works in Bourg, and the 87-by-32-foot Capt. Pic Naquin from Sneed Shipbuilding in Texas. Both of the new boats are powered with Cummins KTA-38M engines and Reintjes marine gears.
Naming the boats is a personal affair at LeBeouf. "Bea is my late grandmother, and Capt. Pic is our personnel director here at LeBeouf," said Jon Gonsoulin, president of the company. "Capt. Pic's career with LeBeouf has spanned 54 years." Capt. Pic worked his way up with LeBoeuf from a deck hand on the boats, to captain for several years, to human resource manager.
"Teddy Meyer is a gentleman that my father, (Dickie) Gonsoulin, served with in the U.S. Army in Vietnam in the early 1960s. My father visited Teddy once in the 1970s and then lost track of him."
In 2009 the two army buddies were reunited when his father found Meyer on a genealogical website posting. Meyer was paralyzed from his nose down as a result of a stroke and confined in a hospital bed in Honolulu. "The reunion between Teddy and Dickie was bittersweet," said Gonsoulin. "Teddy was able to communicate only with his 'eye language.'"
Jon Gonsoulin, president of LeBeouf Bros. Towing, points out the best parts of his company's newest towboat. (Photo by Brian Gauvin)
Teddy Meyer will be powered by two Mitsubishi S12R diesels generating 3,030 hp through Reintjes 6:1 reduction gears. The boat has enough horsepower to push three 30,000-bbl barges. "We opted to go to larger vessels to increase the handling capability of the tows and for crew comfort," said Gonsoulin. The boat will work the full range of the company barge fleet, transporting petroleum products along the Intracoastal Waterway and Inland River System, typically pushing two barges, three when necessary.
Frank Basile of Entech & Associates, in Houma, has designed most of the pushboats in the LeBeouf fleet, including Teddy Meyer. At 86-years-old you might expect him to rest on the laurels of his past success, especially those garnered by his signature 72-by-30 foot towboat design. Basile speculates that at least 70 of his 72-footers are still in service, 12 in the LeBeouf fleet alone.
"The 72s multiply like rabbits and I can hardly keep up with them," said Basile. "They have a very definite place in the industry, particularly along the Intracoastal. But in time I hope the 95s will step up and surpass the 72s because they can handle twice the tow with maybe 33 percent more fuel."
Entech employed computer simulation to develop arched tunnels with open propellers for the 95s. The arched tunnel, as opposed to an inverted V-shaped tunnel that was developed in the late 1950s, allows for smoother water flow over the propellers, minimizing turbulence and the vibration caused by cavitation.
Another aspect of the boat is the addition of a 1-inch-thick by 24-inch sheer strake surrounding the main deck instead of the usual rubbing strake of flat iron. "It adds some strength to the boat because it's an integral part of the hull," said Basile. "But mostly it protects the boat from being all dented up over time from banging against barges and what not. And it's a natural landing place for the fendering."
Teddy Meyer will be followed by the 95-foot Karl Senner, named after the legendary founder of marine supply distributor Karl Senner Inc., in Kenner, La. In 1967, LeBeouf purchased the first Reintjes gearbox sold in the United States from Senner, and had it installed in Mary R. "After the vessel was decommissioned in the early 1980s, we removed the gear and gave it back to Karl Senner," said Gonsoulin. "It was then polished and painted and inspection ports cut out to expose the inside components of the gearbox. Then it was put on display for many years at the Reintjes exhibit at the WorkBoat Show in New Orleans. It's now on display at the Reintjes factory in Germany."
A pair of new oil barges built by LeBeouf Towing at the company's shipyard reflect an investment strategy focused as much on workhorse barges as on new tow boats. (Photo by Brian Gauvin)
On a tour of the LeBeouf yard, Mark Bourgeois, executive vice president of the company said that business has really come back this year. "The economy is really showing signs of strengthening. Boats are in short supply. Barges are in short supply."
To meet the current market demands, LeBeouf has signed contracts for three more boats to be built at other yards. Two 87-foot pushboats with Mitsubishi engines are being constructed at Sneed Shipbuilding. And a 72-foot boat powered by Mitsubishi is under construction at Intracoastal Iron Works. It will be named Donnie Sonier after Gonsoulin's late uncle and Godfather.
LeBeouf has upgraded its own Bourg Dry Dock facility considerably since launching the program to build its barges in-house. The yard has a range of repair capabilities that include a 1,500-ton dry dock and a 4,000-ton dry dock, a 400-by-200 foot graving dock, full-service machine shop, gas-free plant, water treatment plant and the latest cutting and welding machines. As well as building and repairing its own fleet of boats and barges, Bourg Dry Dock provides repair services for other marine companies.
LeBeouf Bros. Towing, dating back to the 1940s, claims to be one of the oldest companies operating on the country's inland waterway system. The company was formed by brothers Willard and Irvin LeBeouf. Earl Gonsoulin joined the company sometime around 1946 and became an equal partner with the LeBeoufs. Through the years, the Gonsoulin family, who retained the LeBeouf name, bought out the LeBeouf family. Today, LeBeouf Bros. Towing is owned and operated by father and son, Richard and Jon Gonsoulin, respectively.
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They separated as soon as they reached the TARDIS so that the instruments could be safely deposited in their respective rooms, but quickly all congregated once more in the control room.
"That was the best day off ever," Rose commented, sighing happily.
"I'd have trouble disagreeing with that," Jack replied with complete satisfaction.
The Doctor didn't speak up in agreement, but his relaxed demeanor and the uncharacteristically soft and open expression on his face as he tweaked the TARDIS controls made it clear that he had also enjoyed the day.
"I suppose it's time for you apes to get some sleep," he said instead, the remark lacking its usual disparaging edge.
Rose yawned involuntarily in reply, then said, "That's not a bad idea."
"But you owe me something first, Doc," Jack said, a devilish grin on his face and in his voice. He didn't seem to be tired at all, instead he closed in on the console with a spring in his step.
The Doctor merely quirked an eyebrow in reply, not having the faintest idea what Jack was talking about.
"Oh, come on, now," Jack admonished. "You shouldn't go back on your word."
"My word?" the Doctor asked.
Jack nodded, having stepped up directly in front of the Doctor. Face to face, inches from each other, the Doctor refused to back away or show anything more than a mild interest in Jack's behavior.
Rose looked on from the other side of the console, having no more idea than the Doctor what was going on.
"At lunch, I got up to get us all another round of drinks," Jack said. The apparent non sequitur gave Rose no hints, but the Doctor's eyes widened noticeably as Jack continued, "We had to pay for lunch with sound samples, just like everything else in the museum. I sang a classic fortieth century love ballad to get those drinks."
"And your point is?" the Doctor replied mildly, though it was obvious he'd realized what Jack was trying to say.
Rose still didn't understand, but she moved a bit closer out of curiosity, sensing that something interesting was about to happen.
"I bought you a drink, Doctor!" Jack crowed triumphantly. "You said that's what I had to do to earn a kiss. So it's your turn to pay up!"
There was a pause, a breathless moment, and then just as Rose blinked it was as if the day had rewound to that morning's high spirited chasing around the console.
The Doctor slipped past Jack like a shot, and they were off again as if the intervening hours had never passed.
The difference was that after their experiences during the day, sitting clearly in the back of each of their minds was a memory of Jack's rather erotic mental perception of their musical collaboration. It was no longer an unspoken possibility in the half formed thoughts of Rose's subconscious, or a dream of honest and carefree closeness which the Doctor didn't dare allow himself. Now it was an openly shared idea between the three of them.
Even more importantly, the music they had played and heard and created together during the day had given them a new avenue of communication, and a deeper understanding of each other's emotions. It had allowed them to see each other on an even footing for the first time, opening their eyes to see beyond their misconceptions.
During their telepathic collaboration in the Telekinetic Waveform Extrapolator, it had been possible for Rose and the Doctor to plainly see the honesty and depth of affection shining beneath Jack's almost involuntary flirting. It had been possible for the Doctor and Jack to truly see Rose as an adult capable to holding her own in their relationship and worthy of their respect as a woman, instead of the occasionally smothering protection they had both afforded her as if she were only a child under their care. And Jack and Rose had finally been able to see a bit of the man behind the mysterious persona of the Doctor, as they'd watched him confront a small piece of his painful past and helped him find some of the beauty hidden within it.
They had each grown, and grown together, through their shared music.
Her previous yawning forgotten, Rose found herself laughing at her friends' antics once more and wondering if Jack's metaphor might actually work its way into reality if he ever managed to catch the Doctor and claim his kiss.
Deciding to take matters into her own hands, she then jumped into the chase with a gleeful shout and began to help Jack in his quest.
It didn't take the two of them long to catch their quarry, though it might be that their quarry didn't so terribly mind being caught.
Food of Love: Musical 'Notes'
About the Music in Food of Love
The music in this fic, with one and a half exceptions, was all composed or created by me. I use Mozart music editing software for my MIDI editing and Sound Forge for conversion to MP3 format. I uploaded the files to FileAve, and then went crazy beating on LJ in order to get the hosting and embedding to work. If anyone ever needs to do something similar, I can probably save you some trouble with a few tips!
Below is a track list, with a few details about each of the tunes. If you enjoyed them, feel free to download copies (links can be found in the track list) for yourself. I only ask that you not redistribute the music or use it for anything else without crediting me! :-)
Track List for Food of Love
1. Jack's Piano - This is the 'half' of the one and half non-original tracks. The left hand of this little piano ditty is a MIDI sample from a Casio piano I used to own. The right hand part is completely original.
2. Rose and Jack's Song - This is an original tune I wrote a few years ago. I never named it, and never had any idea what to do with it. When I was looking through my stuff for something to be Rose and Jack's collaboration, it just jumped out at me.
3. The Doctor's Harp - Exactly as described in the story, the Doctor plucks experimentally at the harp as if deciding if he really wants to play it or not.
4. The Doctor's Song - My interpretation of a Gallifreyan lullaby, and one of the two songs composed originally with this fic in mind. I can imagine exactly what my composition professor would have to say about this piece, but I maintain that it is supposed to sound a little bit wandering and alien. The scale it uses is meant to be a vaguely Pythagorean (ancient Greek) pentatonic scale, in agreement with my theory that Gallifrey (or at least a Gallifreyan or two) had great influence on ancient Greek culture.
5. Rose's Recorder - The second song composed originally with this fic in mind, this is meant to be a simple recorder tune that Rose might have learned in a beginner or intermediate level method book. It is in a basic AABA format, and makes use of my favorite musical interval, the major sixth (familiar to many from the old NBC jingle).
6. Celestial Winds "Come With Me" - A track from the Celestial Winds CD Bliss, which should be available on Amazon. Not only did I think the title was perfect, the track actually had harp and recorder and percussion all intermingled. Obviously the quality is significantly above that of my little MIDI tunes, but I think I explained that away sufficiently in the fic.", "url": "https://adaliafic.livejournal.com/2757.html", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://l-stat.livejournal.net/img/sign.png" }, "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Adalia Zandra", "image": "https://l-userpic.livejournal.com/69123024/14434960" }, "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Journal adaliafic", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://adaliafic.livejournal.com", "contentUrl": "https://l-userpic.livejournal.com/69123024/14434960" } } }
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FIC: Food of Love: Part 6/6: Epilogue and Endnotes
For notes and details, please see the Forward.
6. Celestial Winds "Come With Me" - A track from the Celestial Winds CD Bliss, which should be available on Amazon. Not only did I think the title was perfect, the track actually had harp and recorder and percussion all intermingled. Obviously the quality is significantly above that of my little MIDI tunes, but I think I explained that away sufficiently in the fic.
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Peruvian radio host's wife killed in attack on station
Bogotá, Colombia, October 20, 2014--Peruvian authorities must conduct an efficient and thorough investigation into Friday's attack on a radio station in which assailants killed the wife of a journalist, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
On the pretext of purchasing ads, a man entered Radio Rumba, in the town of Pichanaki in central Junín department, at about 5:30 am on Friday. He was followed into the station by a second man who was armed with a pistol, according to news reports.
When the men entered, Gerson Fabián Cuba was hosting his morning radio program, according to reports. The gunman began insulting and beating him with their gun. When the journalist's son protested, Fabián Cuba's wife, Gloria Limas Calle, tried to drive the men away with a broomstick. The assailants shot Limas Calle in the chest and fled the premises. Limas Calle died before reaching a Pichanaki hospital, according to news reports.
Limas Calle wrote ad copy for Fabián Cuba and often cleaned the radio station's studio.
"We condemn the attack on Gerson Fabían Cuba that killed his wife, and we call on Peruvian authorities to work quickly to ensure that local journalists and their families and associates do not have to fear violent reprisal for their reporting," said Carlos Lauría, CPJ's senior program coordinator for the Americas, from New York. "Only finding those responsible and bringing them to justice will prevent further attacks on, and harassment of, the local media."
Fabián Cuba told the Institute for Press and Society, a Lima-based press freedom group, that he did not know what had motivated the attack. But he said that in recent programs he had criticized local politicians for corruption and had spoken critically about environmental activists who blocked roads in protest of a natural gas exploration project by the Argentine energy firm Pluspetrol.
Another local journalist was harassed and beaten earlier this month. Eduardo Aucalla Muje, a reporter for Radio Frecuencia 97 in Pichanaki, was hit with sticks and soda bottles by environmental activists on October 14 while covering the protests against the gas exploration project, according to news reports.
Journalists and news outlets reporting on corruption and organized crime in Peru are frequently targeted with violence, according to CPJ research.
Eduardo Aucalla Muje
Gerson Fabián Cuba
Gloria Limas Calle
Pichanaki
Radio Frecuencia 97
Radio Rumba
Available in: Español , Português
Short URL: https://cpj.org/x/5d58
Peruvian judge orders assets freeze for Ojo Público, 2 journalists in defamation case
April 29, 2019 1:22 PM ET
Bogotá, Colombia, April 29, 2019-- A Peruvian court has ordered assets belonging to the independent news website Ojo Público, its executive director Óscar Castilla, and La República investigative reporter Edmundo Cruz, to be frozen while a criminal defamation complaint against them is heard, according to news reports. The Committee...
In Peru, journalist Gustavo Gorriti, other media blamed for ex-president's suicide
New York, April 22, 2019 - Peruvian authorities should immediately take action to ensure the safety of journalists at news website IDL-Reporteros, and officials should refrain from making inflammatory statements blaming the outlet and its director, Gustavo Gorriti, for the suicide last week of former President Alan García, the...
CPJ calls for Peru to stop harassing news outlets over investigative reporting
New York, July 17, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Peruvian authorities to end their harassment of two news outlets. A government body issued summonses to the directors of news website IDL-Reporteros and the TV program "Panorama," and the public prosecutor and police went to the offices...


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Derby County Community Trust
Arts Council Hub for Derby
Bondholder Derby Theatre has been awarded £1.5m by Arts Council England to become a pilot Performing Arts Producing Hub from September 2019.
As one of only two venues selected as a Producing Hub, Derby Theatre will use the three years of funding to programme work in community settings across the city; produce new small-scale productions that will tour into these hubs and beyond; produce new mid-scale work which will play on the Derby Theatre main stage and produce new outdoor work which will play at festivals like Festé and across the city.
The exciting consortium of companies who will help to support, deliver and develop the Producing Hub model in Derby include: Bondholders Déda, Derby City Council, Derby County Community Trust, QUAD and the University of Derby, along with Baby People, China Plate, Crying Out Loud, Maison Foo, Milk Presents, Not Too Tame and Wild Rumpus.
Sarah Brigham (Chief Executive and Artistic Director, Derby Theatre) said:"We are absolutely thrilled to have been awarded the Producing Hubs funding which will enable us to forge and develop new and exciting relationships with artists, local people and organisations across the city and beyond."
Neil Darlison (Director, Theatre at Arts Council England) said: "These pilots will examine whether a better connected performing arts sector increases production capacity and provides greater opportunities for artists and audiences."
In addition to the Arts Council England Funding, Derby Theatre along with Bondholders Artcore, Déda, Derby County Community Trust, Derby Museums, QUAD and Sinfonia ViVA, as well as Baby People and East Midlands Caribbean Carnival Arts Network (collectively known as the Derby Cultural Education Partnership) has also been awarded £1.1 million from the Arts Council Youth Performance Partnership Fund for the continuation of This is Derby.
The overall aim of the Arts Council's Youth Performance Partnerships programme, through This is Derby, is to provide new opportunities for more children and young people, aged 8-18, particularly from areas of low cultural engagement and high levels of deprivation to take part in high quality cultural activities. It is a 3-year programme running until August 2022.
Tagged: Derby Theatre, Deda, Derby City Council, Derby County Community Trust, Derby QUAD, University of Derby, artcore, Derby Museums, Sinfonia Viva
Bondholders collaborate to deliver 'Essential Life Skills'
Bondholder Derby County Community Trust has launched a £1m project called 'This Is Derby' – an Essential Life Skills Programme which is funded by the Department for Education.
This innovative project will be delivered alongside Derby's Cultural Education Partnership, with fellow Bondholders Déda, Derby Museums, Derby QUAD, Derby Theatre, and Sinfonia Viva, as well as Artcore, Baby People, East Midlands Caribbean Carnival Arts Network and Music Partnership taking a lead role for different areas.
The project is a collaboration between arts, culture and sport for 5-18 year olds in Derby, and was awarded the fund from the Department for Education as Derby is identified as an opportunity area, where educational attainment falls below the national average and alternative provision has been identified as impacting growth and learning.
'This Is Derby' will provide a minimum of 12 hours per week of extra-curricular activity in the nine most disadvantaged areas of the city: Abbey, Arboretum, Alvaston, Boulton, Chaddesden, Derwent, Normanton, Mackworth and Sinfin. In addition, there will be a citywide SEND hub, and a digital hub which will be co-ordinated by QUAD and invite the young people involved to enhance their digital skills.
Simon Carnall, Head of Community at Derby County Community Trust, spoke at the launch event, saying: "We are all fantastic organisations delivering amazing work in the city. However, the statistics speak for themselves and even with all this work, we sit at 303rd out 324th for social mobility in the country.
"We need to change, work together and grow to make sure our young people are progressing, achieving and believing in themselves. 'This Is Derby' is new, exciting and collaborative, and we can't wait to hit the ground running and work on 'closing the gap' for those young people whose lives are essentially determined by the postcode they were born in."
There will be the opportunity for young people to voice their ideas and opinions on the project in order to ensure it is youth led and caters for the needs of the city's youth. The project will open up opportunities for children and young people aged 5-18 and their families, but is not wholly exclusive and will not be restricted by means testing.
Alix Manning-Jones, Derby's Cultural Education Producer, who has spearheaded the bid along with Will Turner from Derby County Community Trust, said: "I'm really enjoying working in partnership with the Trust and other sports organisations that the arts aren't seen to usually work alongside.
"We're looking forward to the kick-off roadshows to go to the communities in which they'll be delivering in October to really begin to see the project in action."
Tagged: Derby County Community Trust, Derby Museums, Deda, Derby QUAD, Derby Theatre, Sinfonia Viva
Bondholders join forces
Bondholders showed their support for Derbyshire Constabulary when they joined forces with Normanton and Rosehill Safer Neighbourhood Teams to hold a children's sports event in Derby's Arboretum.
Last week, the policing teams came together with Business in the Community's business connector, Bondholders Derby Community Trust, Derby College, East Midlands Airport and Rolls-Royce as well as PAK foods, Sainsbury's and ASDA to hold a sports event for local school children.
The event, attended by Derby City Council's Mayor, Mike Carr, was held with the aim of giving young people a positive experience with the police.
Sergeant Donna Abbott, who is in charge of the teams, said: "The area that the teams police in this part of Derby is very diverse.
"We are always looking for different ways of engaging with the different communities to give people the confidence to be able approach us when they need us. It is important that when they need our help people feel confident to come to us and events like this help to break down any barriers that may exist.
Sara Mitchell, Derby business connector at Business in the Community, added: "This is a brilliant example of organisations from different sectors in the local community achieving great things by working together.
"It is wonderful to see businesses, police, community organisations and the education sector collaborating to increase community cohesion. A fantastic example of what the responsible business model looks like in action.
Tagged: Derbyshire Constabulary, Derby County Community Trust, Derby College, East Midlands Airport, Derby City Council


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    /*! The cache will periodically serialize changes to the filesystem.
        Over time, the cache will grow to encompass all expressions
        encountered at runtime, making expression evaluation quicker.
        Cache files will be larger, however, which can affect application
        launch times in extreme cases. */
    MBExpressionCacheSerializationOptimizeForPerformance,
};

/******************************************************************************/
#pragma mark -
#pragma mark MBExpressionCache class
/******************************************************************************/

/*!
 The `MBExpressionCache` class is used to cache tokenized versions of
 Mockingbird expressions.

 ### How expression caching works

 The process of evaluating an expression consists of two parts:

 * **Tokenization:** First, the expression is parsed, resulting in a set of
   *tokens* that represent the grammatical structure of an expression.

 * **Evaluation:** Then, once the expression has been tokenized, the tokens are
   *evaluted*, yielding an *expression result*.

 Tokenization only needs to occur once for a given expression. Once the tokens
 have been created, they can be reused any number of times for evaluation.

 To optimize the process of evaluating expressions, Mockingbird caches
 expression tokens in memory by default.

 And to be respectful of memory usage, if your application receives a
 `UIApplicationDidReceiveMemoryWarningNotification`, the in-memory portion of
 the expression cache clears itself automatically.

 ### Cache serialization

 The `MBExpressionCache` can also be configured to serialize the token cache
 to the filesystem.

 Storing the expression cache in the filesystem can provide performance benefits
 for applications that rely heavily on Mockingbird expressions.

 Serialization allows the cache to be pre-filled with tokenized expressions
 when the `MBEnvironment` is loaded. With a serialized cache, expressions
 in the cache won't ever need to be re-tokenized, even after a fresh launch of
 your application.

 To enable cache serialization, call `setCacheSerialization:withInterval:`.

 ### Where cache files are stored

 If serialization is used, the cache file will be stored in your application's
 `Caches` directory, in a file named `MBExpressionCache.serialized`.

 During development, you can inspect this file to get a sense of what's
 ending up in the cache.

 ### Filesystem cache management strategies

 Typical applications won't need to worry about the size of the expression
 cache. However, if your application is likely to encounter tens or hundreds
 of thousands of unique expressions, your cache file may grow large and
 you may want to consider:

 * Limiting cache serialization using
   `MBExpressionCacheSerializationOptimizeForLaunch`. Instead of serializing
   every expression ever encountered, your application can be set to
   serialize only those encountered only within a certain period of time
   from application launch.

 * Manually managing the size of the filesystem cache. Listen for the
   `NSNotification` event named "`MBExpressionCache:didSerialize`", and
   when it is fired, check the return value of the `filesystemCacheSize` method
   and call `removeFilesystemCache` as needed.

 ### Shipping with a compiled-in cache file

 When developing your application in the simulator, if you're relying on
 cache serialization, you can copy the `MBExpressionCache.serialized` file
 into your application's resources. This will allow you to ship your
 application with a pre-built cache file.

 **Note:** The pre-built expression cache must be included in the main
 `NSBundle`'s resources in order to be found.

 @warning   You *must not* create instances of this class yourself; this class
            is a singleton. Call the `instance` class method (declared by the
            `MBSingleton` protocol) to acquire the singleton instance.
 */
@interface MBExpressionCache : NSObject <MBSingleton>

/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
#pragma mark Controlling cache behavior
/*!    @name Controlling cache behavior                                       */
/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

/*!
 Disables caching altogether when set to `YES`. Defaults to `NO`.
 */
@property(nonatomic, assign) BOOL disableCaching;

/*!
 By default, the expression cache will log status messages to the console
 when attempting to load or save cache files. This property can be set to `YES`
 to suppress those log messages.
 */
@property(nonatomic, assign) BOOL suppressConsoleLogging;

/*!
 Allows expression cache serialization to be temporarily disabled.

 This value is manipulated during the `MBEnvironment` load process. Typically,
 you would not change this property yourself; instead, consider using
 the `setCacheSerialization:withInterval:` method if you wish to control how
 persistence is handled.
 */
@property(nonatomic, assign) BOOL pausePersistence;

/*!
 Controls whether and how the expression cache serializes cached tokens
 to the filesystem.

 The expression cache will not serialize by default. This method must be
 called with the appropriate parameters to enable serialization.

 @param     serialization Specifies the serialization strategy to use

 @param     interval The time interval that applies to the `serialization`
            value. If `serialization` is
            `MBExpressionCacheSerializationOptimizeForLaunch`, the cache
            will serialize at most once per run of the application, and only
            after `interval` seconds have elapsed. If `serialization` is
            `MBExpressionCacheSerializationOptimizeForPerformance`, then
            serialization may occur periodically, no more than every `interval`
            seconds. If `serialization` is `MBExpressionCacheSerializationNone`,
            this value is ignored.
 */
- (void) setCacheSerialization:(MBExpressionCacheSerialization)serialization
                  withInterval:(NSTimeInterval)interval;

/*!
 Specifies the cache's serialization behavior. The default value is
 `MBExpressionCacheSerializationNone`, but it can be changed by calling
 `setCacheSerialization:withInterval:`.
 */
@property(nonatomic, readonly) MBExpressionCacheSerialization cacheSerialization;

/*!
 Specifies the cache serialization interval. The meaning of this value depends
 on the value of the `cacheSerialization` property. Will be `0.0` if
 `cacheSerialization` is `MBExpressionCacheSerializationNone`.
 */
@property(nonatomic, readonly) NSTimeInterval cacheSerializationInterval;

/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
#pragma mark Clearing and resetting the cache
/*!    @name Clearing and resetting the cache                                 */
/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

/*!
 Throws away the in-memory token cache.

 This method is called automatically in response to the
 `UIApplicationDidReceiveMemoryWarningNotification` event being fired.
 */
- (void) clearMemoryCache;

/*!
 Removes the serialized expression cache file, if any.

 The next time `loadCache` is called, a compiled-in expression cache may be
 loaded. If you want to prevent this from happening, call `resetFilesystemCache`
 instead.
 */
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/*!
 Returns the size of the serialized filesystem cache, if any.

 This does not take into account the size of any compiled-in expression
 cache resource.

 @return    The filesystem cache size (in bytes), or `nil` if there is no
            filesystem cache.
 */
- (nullable NSNumber*) filesystemCacheSize;

/*!
 Clears the in-memory cache and resets knowledge of data that could affect
 automatic cache invalidation.
 */
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/*!
 Saves an empty cache file to the filesystem, replacing the existing
 cache file (if there is one).

 This method provides a way to override any compiled-in expression cache
 file resource; next time the `loadCache` method is called, the cache file
 in the filesystem will be loaded instead of the compiled-in resource.
 */
- (void) resetFilesystemCache;

/*!
 Clears the in-memory cache and removes the filesystem cache by calling
 `clearMemoryCache` and then `removeFilesystemCache`.
 */
- (void) clearCache;

/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
#pragma mark Cache persistence
/*!    @name Cache persistence                                                */
/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

/*!
 If an expression cache file is available, it is loaded, and the file's contents
 are used to replace the existing contents of the in-memory cache.

 If there is no cache file available in the filesystem, the cache will attempt
 to load a file named `MBExpressionCache.serialized` from the application's
 main `NSBundle`.

 The memory cache is not modified if no file was loaded.

 @note      Calling this method has no effect if `cacheSerialization` is
            `MBExpressionCacheSerializationNone` or if `pausePersistence`
            is `YES`.
 */
- (void) loadCache;

/*!
 If an expression cache file is available, it is loaded, and the file's contents
 are merged with the current contents of the in-memory cache.

 During the merge process, cached expressions contained within the file are
 added to the memory cache only if the expression does not already exist
 in the memory cache.

 If there is no cache file available in the filesystem, the cache will attempt
 to load a file named `MBExpressionCache.serialized` from the application's
 main `NSBundle`.

 The memory cache is not modified if no file was loaded.

 @note      Calling this method has no effect if `cacheSerialization` is
            `MBExpressionCacheSerializationNone` or if `pausePersistence`
            is `YES`.
 */
- (void) loadAndMergeCache;

/*!
 Saves the current in-memory expression cache to the filesystem.

 @note      Calling this method has no effect if `cacheSerialization` is
            `MBExpressionCacheSerializationNone` or if `pausePersistence`
            is `YES`.
 */
- (void) saveCache;

@end

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I don't remember how did I come across Renegade Tea Estate's Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign, I think it was floating around on Facebook, but it was interesting enough for me to take a gamble. I contributed USD75 to get myself a tea bush in rural Georgia (the country, not the American state!) and 300g worth of … Continue reading Renegade teas arrived!


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Hibs' hunt for a new manager is set to drag on after the Easter Road club hit a major contract snag with top target Michael Appleton.
The former Leicester City, Oxford United, Blackburn, Blackpool and Portsmouth manager was expected to be unveiled as Neil Lennon's successor this week.
But Hibs appear to have turned their attention elsewhere after talks with Appleton broke down at the 11th hour.
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Appleton expected the contract in Leith to include a 12 months' compensation clause should he be fired. But, according to the Scottish Sun, Hibs were offering only four months.
On top of that Appleton is said to have been disappointed not to be offered a relocation deal to help him find accommodation in Edinburgh.
Hibs could now return for former Leeds United and Barnsley boss Paul Heckingbottom.
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Austin Ortega leads UNO hockey to new heights
When I saw that one of UNO hockey's best players, Austin Ortega, has a Spanish surname I was taken aback because the sport of ice hockey isn't exactly known for players of Latino ancestry. In doing this story about him for El Perico newsspaper I soon discovered he doesn't feel like a fish out of water because of his ethnicity – I should note here he is part Mexican and part Filipino. But as his brilliant sophomore season continues he's getting more and more attention and it's impossible to ignore he's different, not just because of his ethnicity but because he's supremely talented at scoring goals. My article appeared a few weeks ago when he led the nation in game-winning scores and he's only added to that total since then. He and his teammates have Top Ten-ranked UNO contending in their conference and nationally for the first time this late in the season. Their final regular season home series this weekend (March 6-7) is huge for solidifying their placement and momentum in the post-season.
Originally appeared in El Perico (el-perico.com)
At first glance Austin Ortega doesn't appear to belong in big-time college hockey. At 5-foot-8,175 pounds the UNO sophomore forward is smallish for a power conference player and his Mexican-Filipino ancestry makes him a rare brown face in a white-centric game.
But as anyone who's seen him play can attest, this clutch scoring machine for the 16-7-3 and No. 4-ranked Mavericks is right at home on the ice. He was named National Player of the Month for December and through January his nine game-winning goals led the nation. He's the top scorer and point producer for a UNO team enjoying its best season ever and coming off a historic two-game split with No. 1 North Dakota.
In UNO's 3-2 sudden-death overtime win over NDU on Jan. 30 Ortega tallied the game-winner on a power play before 11,000-plus fans at the CenturyLink arena and a CBS Sports Network audience.
The Escondidio, Calif. native is the first in his family to play the sport. He says his parents figured he'd lose interest but his passion only grew through travel club and junior league play on his way to becoming a prized Division I recruit. Still, his dominance so early in his collegiate career is a surprise to everyone, including himself.
"Obviously you want to come into the school and be an impact player
but it's older guys, it's college hockey. it's hard to get here in the first place," he says. "You don't know what you can do but I wanted to continue to play the role I played before I came here – scoring goals, being an offensive threat. Last year, I think I had a decent year for a freshman and this year I wanted to keep building on that, and I'd say I've already surpassed my expectations."
UNO Coach Dean Blais confirms Ortega's development is on a faster track than anticipated. But he no longer questions the player's capabilities, not with his new star ably filling the void created by 2014 All-American Josh Archibald's departure for the NHL.
"Austin Ortega stepped right in and took over Josh's spot and has had almost the same success, so that says something about his ability," Blais says. "He can make something out of nothing, and that takes a special player. There's been times he should have been off the ice and he managed to generate enough energy to get to the net to score.
"A sign of his leadership and his want-to is the nine game-winning goals. Some players don't get nine game-winning goals in a career."
Ortega attributes his ability to be a difference-maker to "a lot of hard training all summer long." Back home he works out with pros and amateurs at an athletic performance training center. "You see someone lifting more than you, someone faster than you, someone working harder than you, you want to match that."
A serious worth ethic instilled during childhood drives him to improve.
"If you're not working hard you're not getting better, that's how I view it. That's always what my parents have taught me. That's just the mindset I have – to always work hard. You can't get worse if you're always working hard. I've heard that all my life."
Blais says there's more to Ortega than what first meets the eye.
"In practice you might not even notice him. He goes up and down (the rink) and he looks like just another player. Then you drop a puck in any kind of a game and he wants to be the guy that scores the goal and that has the puck and makes plays. He can affect the game."
The coach sees major strides since he first arrived.
"He started off as maybe trying to look for offense instead of working for it because you've got to work to get your offense and he's done that. He's learned how to get open, he's learned how to communicate better offensively, and that's all verbal. He knows when he wants the puck and he yells for it. There's sometimes 10-12,000 people in the building and you can hear him communicating. That's not instinctive, that's learning how to do it."
Ortega aspires to the NHL and Blais doesn't doubt he can make it.
"If Martin St. Louis can play for the (New York) Rangers, then I think Austin Ortega can play at the next level. If he keeps going in that direction, if he keeps improving and doing the things we taught him, he's got a chance. Martin is about the same size as Austin. Austin's just as quick and he's got a great shot. Martin's a little better at stick handling right now but Austin's a few years out yet."
Some may regard Ortega's size as an issue but not Blais.
"He's not that big but he's really strong and solid on his skates. He'll hit a 6-foot-2 guy and make him know he's around. He can finish checks. And with the way the game's being officiated today, it's a game of speed and entertainment, not of intimidation and fighting like it used to be. So, it fits Austin, and we coach that way. He couldn't be at a better school at a better time than right now."
Ortega respects the vast knowledge that Blais, a college coaching legend brought to UNO six years ago to make the program nationally relevant, has for the game. "I feel like if I want to make it to the next level he's the coach to play for," he says. "I learn something every day. He's hard on you when he needs to be."
Blais, who has UNO in a position it's never been in before, feels "the foundation is there" for his young, talented team to "be knocking on that championship door," He feels things are trending for Ortega to lead UNO there and to contend for hockey's top individual awards.
"He's got a lot to shoot for but he's given us a lot already."
Ortega, who as a kid once juggled hockey, soccer and baseball, says he's never dwelled on being a person of color in a sport lacking diversity. He's intrigued to learn UNO has a legacy of athletes of color in history-making spots. Joe Arenas, a Mexican, operated then-Omaha University's single-wing offense in the 1950s. Marlin Briscoe, an African-American, quarterbacked OU before becoming the NFL's first black starting signal-caller. Before Ortega, UNO hockey featured an African-American player in Alex Hudson.
"I'd never even thought about that before, but yeah it's cool to be a part of something like that," says Ortega, whose Mavericks face Western Michigan in a February 13-14 home series.
If Ortega keeps netting game-winners, come March UNO may finally advance past the NCAA opening round. The ultimate goal is the Frozen Four in April.
For UNO hockey details, visit http://www.omavs.com.
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Good for you Austin. I hope you are successful.
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DOOH is paving the way for innovative & successful marketing campaigns and out-of-home just keeps getting better!
Digital out-of-home advertising, also known as DOOH is on the rise in the world of advertising, and truth be told, it has been for quite some time. It is no longer the next big thing, it is the biggest thing in advertising right now. DOOH claims the title for being one of the most interactive and fastest growing forms of advertising.
As leaders in Out-of-home advertising, we unpack what DOOH is, the trends and why it has become the leading medium in advertising.
What is digital out-of-home advertising?
Out of home (OOH) is nothing new, it is actually the oldest kind of marketing around today. Static-only billboard gave rise to digital OOH thanks to advances in technology.
DOOH refers to digital forms of media that appear in public places. These include digital outdoor signs and poster, billboards and screen found in malls, airports and other environments people tend to visit or pass by. When done right, DOOH is not only a tool for selling but an effective way for brands to interact with their consumers and a creative way to grab their attention.
DOOH cannot be scrolled passed, blocked or unfollowed, they are hard to ignore and incorporate powerful software and innovative technology to make this form of advertising, a force reckoned with.
In having close to 16500 panels in South Africa alone, we are starting to take notice of a more creative and intelligent use of DOOH – moving from being the basic copy and paste of a TV commercial into a complementing and effective medium for a marketing campaign.
Thanks to interconnectivity with digital, marketers have been able to fine-tune their consumer marketing using demographic data. Brands are starting to use data from social media platforms such as Twitter and Instagram to pinpoint where the best locations are to reach their target market.
Likes, locations, interests, follows, friends, stories, check-ins and other data can all be captured to clearly define the consumer and target them at the right locations with the right message.
VR (Virtual Reality) –This form of interactive marketing immerses the consumer in a 360-degree digital world. It makes use of a headset such as the Google Cardboard or Oculus Rift.
AR (Augmented Reality) – This form of marketing uses the physical environment of real-world objects and combines them with computer-generated content such as video, graphics or sound and it is most commonly done through an app such as Snapchat on a mobile device.
At this point, you might be wondering "But, how does DOOH fit into all of this?" Well, VR and AR both have the ability to create content for mass audiences and grab the consumer's attention. Combining this technology with the broadcasting abilities of OOH in reaching mass audiences in urban areas, brands are able to integrate AR and VR to increase both the interactivity and reach of their campaigns on an exponential level.
Mobile and DOOH are converging. Research has revealed that OOH (including DOOH) ads have resulted in more online activity by consumers per ad spend compared to any other form of offline media.
Data from mobile location, as we mentioned earlier, provides new innovative capabilities to measure the viewability of OOH by connecting outdoor ads to in-store sales. As well as this, marketers can identify smartphones that are exposed to their OOH ads and retarget these devices with mobile ads at the optimum time.
It becomes clear as to how OOH has been putting in the work to keep up with and exceed the expectations of technology and advances in advertising strategies and techniques. OOH helps brands to take their message one step further, expanding reach, impact and awareness.
We live in an age where media fragmentation is on the rise and OOH is more relevant than ever. OOH reaches consumers no matter how they prefer to consume media, making them take notice, stop, and buy a product. There is no other form of advertising that is more present and more versatile creatively.
When combined with other advertising platforms in a well-thought-out media strategy, OOH will amplify your campaign, extend the reach, drive your consumers to engage with your brand online and in-store.
DOOH continues to surprise brands with phenomenal results, innovative messaging and data capturing techniques and an increase in the efficacy of campaigns. So, are you ready to take your next ad campaign 10 steps further? Get in touch with us and let's make your ads something to remember.


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Gettin' Dirty with TONKA - A Family Tradition...
When it comes to iconic, American toys, one of the few brands that immediately springs to mind is TONKA. For me, simply hearing the word conjures images of those five bold letters standing out in the stamped, embossed metal form that I grew up on as a kid in the 80s. My cousins and I had many adventures with our TONKA Trucks and construction vehicles - the original-style metal versions that were built like tanks. From the sandbox to the garden, and even at one point an actual construction site (my aunt and uncle had a property being built that had some cool ditches we used as a "quarry"), we were there with TONKA, getting dirty and having fun. In fact, "Gettin' Dirty Since 1947" is TONKA's tagline in 2015, and all these years later, it's a tradition that The Rock Daughters™ have now been experiencing here at Rock Father HQ...
While the TONKA Classics Steel vehicles are still being made today, as in the 80s, there's some also-tough plastic and diecast counterparts available, like the new series of off-road racing editions based on real-life TONKA Motorsports vehicles driven by Myan Spaccarelli, Eric Baron, Taylor Atchison, Todd Romano and more. They're fun for the whole family, including new generations of kids and grown-up collectors like myself.
Produced by Funrise Toys under license from Hasbro, the girls have been rocking four new rides that we received for review in our state-of-the-art Toy Testing Facility (our home, yard and sandbox): The TONKA T-Rex and TONKA Pro2, both in their "Replica" (larger, lights and sounds) and Diecast versions. When Addie first started getting into toy vehicles, I thought she was obsessed... but Little Finley has certainly eclipsed her when it comes to the excitement level. It warms my heart to see them outside playing hard - in dresses and in the dirt!
Backyard adventures...
Front yard adventures...
Getting outside for some quality imaginative play is what it's all about, and watching my girls create their own adventures is something that will never get old.
TONKA Trucks and Vehicles are available now at retailers everywhere. Check out a full assortment on their official site.
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The connectors are designed to reduce traffic bottlenecks by providing alternative routes and to improve neighborhood safety. The extension of Rogers Drive will meet Rennell Avenue at the Lancaster Park entrance and provide a second access into the Colony Square neighborhood.
St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office COPS program and the Colony Square Neighborhood Improvement District endorse the opening of additional access points for the neighborhood.
In collaboration with the community development corporation, St. Mary's County was awarded a $330,473 Maryland Community Development Block Grant for the project. St. Mary's County is waiving more than $10,000 in fees to support the project. St. Mary's CDC is providing more than $100,000 in administration and project management support.
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by Ruth Jernigan Goldberg, Public Information Intern, St. Mary's County Community Development Corp.
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A Catholic Modernity?
Charles Taylor's Marianist Award Lecture, with responses by William M. Shea, Rosemary Luling Haughton, George Marsden, and Jean Bethke Elshtain
Edited with an Introduction by James L. Heft
This book offers a series of reflections on the state of Christianity, and especially Catholicism, in the world today. The centerpiece of the volume is a lecture by the renowned philosopher Charles Taylor, from which the title of the book is taken. The lecture, delivered at Dayton University in January of 1996, offered Taylor the opportunity to speak about the religious dimensions of his intellectual commitment--dimensions left implicity in his philosophical writing. In fact, this is the only place where Taylor, a Roman Catholic, spells out his theological views and his sense of the cultural placement of Catholicism, its history and trajectory. He uses the occasion to argue against the common claim that obstacles to religious belief in modern culture are epistemic--that they have to do with the triumph of the scientific worldview. The real obstacles, says Taylor, are moral and spiritual, having to do with the historic failures of religious institutions.
Four well-known commentators on religion and society, two Protestant, two Catholic, were invited to respond to Taylor's lecture: William M. Shea, George Marsden, Jean Bethke Elshtain, and Rosemary Luling-Haughton. Their chapters offer a variety of astute reflections on the tensions between religion and modernity, and in particular on the role that Catholicism can and should play in contemporary society. The volume concludes with Taylor's perceptive and thoughtful response to his interlocutors. A Catholic Modernity provides one of the most thoughtful conversations to date about the place of the Catholic Church in the modern world, and more generally, about the role of religion in democratic liberal societies.
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4. Matteo Ricci and the Prodigal Culture, George Marsden
5. Augustine and Diversity, Jean Bethke Elshtain
6. Concluding Reflections and Comments, Charles Taylor
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Q: Wrong addition values In this Program in which I'm accepting some values and just adding them. The program is accepting values but showing the wrong addition.
#include<iostream.h>
#include<conio.h>
class Employee
{
    char name[30];
    int id;
    public:
    void Getdata()
    {
        cout<<"Enter Name: ";
        cin>>name;
        cout<<"Enter ID: ";
        cin>>id;
    }
    Employee()
    {
    }
    void Putdata()
    {
        cout<<name<<endl;
        cout<<id<<endl;
    }
};
class Salary : public Employee
{
    int sal;
        int basic, hra, da, cla;
    public:
    void set()
    {
        cout<<"Enter Basic Pay: ";
        cin>>basic;
        cout<<"Enter HRA: ";
        cin>>hra;
        cout<<"Enter Da: ";
        cin>>da;
        cout<<"Enter CLA: ";
        cin>>cla;
    }
    Salary() : Employee()
    {
        sal = (basic+hra+da+cla) ;
    }
    void show()
    {
        cout<<"Salary: "<<sal;
    }
};
void main()
{
    clrscr();
    Salary s;
    s.Getdata();
    s.set();
    s.Putdata();
    s.show();
    getch();
}

I expected The salary as 13000 but instead getting Salary: 11172 as result.

A: You are calculating the value of sal from un-initialized members in the default constructor: sal = (basic + hra + da + cla);. So your program runs an Undefined Behavior.
That is because the constructor runs before any other member. To solve it you should Get the values first then Calculate next:
Salary() : Employee(){
//  cout << basic << ", " << hra << ", " << da << ", " <<  cla << endl; // this line proves that hra, basic... are not initialized.
    set(); // assign values before calculate.
    sal = (basic + hra + da + cla);
}

*

*What I recommend is to remove this line from the default constructor: sal = (basic + hra + da + cla); and put it in set. so set() would look like:
void set(){
    cout << "Enter Basic Pay: ";
    cin >> basic;
    cout << "Enter HRA: ";
    cin >> hra;
    cout << "Enter Da: ";
    cin >> da;
    cout << "Enter CLA: ";
    cin >> cla;
    sal = (basic + hra + da + cla); // after getting values it is a good place here to process the sal.
}

*Another thing to consider is that main should return an integer not void. Returning void is wrong.

*Also don't use character strings but use std::string it is worthy to use:
class Employee{
    std::string name;
    int id;
    // ...
};

*Also making Salary derived from Employee is irrelevant:
Ask yourself: "is a salray an employee?" So the relevant is to achieve a Has-a relationship instead of Is-a because an employee does have a salary but he is not a salaray.
class Salary {
    public:
        Salary() :
            sal{}, basic{}, hra{}, da{}, cla{} {
        }
        void set() {
            std::cout << "Enter Basic Pay: ";
            std::cin >> basic;
            std::cout << "Enter HRA: ";
            std::cin >> hra;
            std::cout << "Enter Da: ";
            std::cin >> da;
            std::cout << "Enter CLA: ";
            std::cin >> cla;
            sal = basic + hra + da + cla;
        }
        void show() {
            std::cout << "Salary: " << sal << std::endl;
        }
    private:
        int sal, basic, hra, da, cla;
};

class Employee {
    public:
        Employee() :
            name{}, id{}, sal{} {
        }
        void Getdata() {
            std::cout << "Enter Name: ";
            std::getline(std::cin, name);
            std::cout << "Enter ID: ";
            std::cin >> id;
            sal.set();
        }
        void Putdata() {
            std::cout << name << std::endl;
            std::cout << id << std::endl;
            sal.show();
        }
    private:
        std::string name;
        int id;
        Salary sal;
};

int main(){
    Employee emp{};
    emp.Getdata();
    emp.Putdata();

}

*NB: The code I wrote doesn't compile on "Turbo C++". Please give up that old and erroneous Compiler and use one if the new sophisticated ones.

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Q: List to List> with linq or lambda I am having a list which contains 243 strings. I want to split the list into several smaller lists containing 20 strings each. Obviously, the last list should have 3 strings. I want the format to be List>.
How do accomplish this with linq och lambda?
To the ones who cares: When I have my lists, i will use foreach on them to call an API with only so many string at a time.


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