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Never too young to help!
Libbie Hodas
For the last 24 years, Diablo Valley Montessori School (DVMS) in Lafayette has held an annual Coin Drive, benefitting the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano for the holiday season. A preschool serving young children through Pre-K, DVMS believes that you are never too young to help someone in need. "This is not only a fun activity for the kids, but it is an important way we can empower our children to take action to help other children and their families who are in need," said Annie, a member of the Parents Club at the school.
This year when DVMS asked us what else they could do for the Food Bank, we were thrilled that teachers, parents, and students enthusiastically embraced the opportunity to work on a holiday project for seniors who receive our support. Over the past few months, students have been hard at work, carefully crafting holiday cards—for people they don't even know—so that we can include their well-wishes with our food packages given out through our Senior Food Program. This week, they delivered HUNDREDS of cards for us to disperse!
When asked about their experience, students shared the following:
"I counted coins in my classroom for the coin drive, which is for the people that don't have any money. We made each of them a lovely card to go with the coins to put a smile on their face." Skyler, Age 5
"I liked bringing coins to school because it would help feed people who don't have food. And it was fun making the cards for people for the holidays. The cards will make them happy, and it made me happy to make other people happy!" Camdon, Age 4.5
The Food Bank thanks the students, parents, and teachers of Diablo Valley Montessori School in Lafayette for their steadfast and thoughtful support. We are grateful for your cheerful holiday cards and all the volunteer hours you put into them. Additional thanks to Suzette, Head of School, for sharing these photos with us.
Best wishes for a happy and healthy holiday season to all our volunteers. On behalf of all of us here at the Food Bank, thank you for making a difference in someone's life in 2019.
Did you know? Food Banks are flush with volunteers during the holiday months at the end of the year. But after December 31, we can't find enough people to fill our volunteer shifts. This is a time when we need your help the most. Not only are our warehouse aisles packed with food drive products that need to be sorted, but hunger never rests. The Food Bank provides emergency food to 178,000 every month. Yet, we find it the most difficult to staff our volunteer shifts during the first months of the year.
Interested in making a volunteer commitment in 2020? At the time of this writing, numerous volunteer opportunities from January to March are waiting to be filled. Register and sign up here: foodbankccs.org/volunteer. Help us fight hunger 365 days of the year!


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Biografia
Nel 1821 entrò all'École polytechnique ma ne venne escluso l'anno successivo per ragioni politiche. Proseguì i propri studi d'archiettura ed entrò nel 1831 all'École des ponts et chaussées. Nel 1833, venne nominato aspirante ingegnere ed entrò nel consiglio generale del Corps des ponts et chaussées dove incontrò il fratello di Augustin Fresnel, Léonor Fresnel, all'epoca segretario della commission des phares, del quale divenne l'assistente.

Nel 1834, Reynaud venne incaricarto di progettare il faro degli Héaux de Bréhat, presso la Côtes-d'Armor. La base del faro era ispirata ai fari inglesi di Eddystone e di Bell Rock. La sua forma ellittica permetteva di avere una notevole resistenza ai flutti, consentendo così alla struttura di elevarsi in sicurezza sino a 47 metri. Venne quindi nominato ingegnere del suo dipartimento.

Alla fine del 1837, Reynaud venne prescelto quale professore d'architettura all'École polytechnique. Divenne successivamente supplente alla cattedra d'archiettura all'Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées nel 1841, prima di divenirne titolare nel 1847. Tra il 1842 ed il 1847, Léonce Reynaud progettò la prima Gare du Nord di Parigi, la cui facciata venne poi smontata e reinstallata a quella di Lille nel 1860. Venne nominato ispettore generale degli edifici diocesani dal 1853 al 1856.

In parallelo, Léonce Reynaud proseguì la sua collaborazione con Léonor Fresnel nella progettazione di fari per la marina francese. Gli succederà a capo del suo ufficio nel 1846 e vi rimarrà sino al 1878. Disegnò personalmente quindi la maggior parte dei progetti dei fari marittimi della Francia moderna, tra i quali i più noti sono indubbiamente quelli di Fréhel, les Baleines sull'île de Ré nonché i primi fari metallici costruiti in Francia come il faro Amédée in Nuova Caledonia e quelo di Roches-Douvres nella Manica. Ispettore generale des Ponts et Chaussées nel 1856, venne nominato direttore della medesima scuola nel 1869 rimanendo in carica sino al 1874. Si espresse a più riprese contro la demolizione del Palazzo delle Tuileries.

Opere
 Traité d'architecture, Parigi, Carilian-Goeury, 1850
 Mémoire sur l'éclairage et le balisage des côtes de France, Parigi, Imprimerie impériale, 1864
 Application de l'huile minérale à l'éclairage des phares, Parigi, Éditions Dunod, 1873

Onorificenze

Onorificenze francesi

Onorificenze straniere

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Bibliografia

 Sous la direction d'Antoine Picon, L'art de l'ingénieur constructeur, entrepreneur, inventeur, p. 416, Centre Georges Pompidou/éditions Le Moniteur, Paris, 1997

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

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"Now that Mr. Bannon has resigned, Breitbart has the opportunity to refine its message and expand its influence," Rebekah Mercer wrote of Steve Bannon. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Rebekah Mercer: Bannon 'took Breitbart in the wrong direction'
By LOUIS NELSON
Conservative megadonor Rebekah Mercer, owner of a partial stake in the alt-right outlet Breitbart News, wrote Wednesday that the publication's former chief, Steve Bannon, "took Breitbart in the wrong direction."
"I own a minority stake in Breitbart News (where I have no editorial authority) because I believe it adds an important journalistic voice to the American conversation," Mercer wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed published Wednesday night. "Stephen Bannon, its former chairman, took Breitbart in the wrong direction. Now that Mr. Bannon has resigned, Breitbart has the opportunity to refine its message and expand its influence."
Mercer, whose family's contributions to conservative politicians and causes puts it in the top tier of donors alongside the Koch brothers and casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, has risen to prominence along with two controversial causes she supports: Breitbart News and President Donald Trump. She argued in her op-ed that her "natural reluctance to speak with reporters has left me vulnerable to the media's sensational fantasies."
"Some have recklessly described me as supporting toxic ideologies such as racism and anti-Semitism. More recently I have been accused of being 'anti-science,'" wrote Mercer, whose family donations have previously backed controversial conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos. "These absurd smears have inspired a few gullible, but vicious, characters to make credible death threats against my family and me."
She declared her support for "a kind and generous United States, where the hungry are fed, the sick are cared for, and the homeless are sheltered" and one "that welcomes immigrants and refugees to apply for entry and ultimately citizenship."
She professed a desire for smaller, more localized government that she said would more efficiently and responsively serve its constituents. Federal programs, she said, cannot solve societal problems because they are "expensive, ineffective and inflexible."
"I supported Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign because he promised to tackle entrenched corruption on both sides of the aisle," she wrote. "I continue to support President Trump, which does not mean I agree with every position he has taken or every thought he has tweeted. I remain hopeful that he will continue striving to fulfill his campaign promises."
Mercer also expressed a commitment to "research and the scientific method," pointing to her multiple science-oriented degrees from Stanford University. She wrote that she opposes "politicized science, in which researchers cannot study certain subjects—or even ask certain questions—for fear of career-ending backlash and persecution."
"We have lost our way. As my family and I know firsthand, America is now a society that threatens, pillories, and harms those who dare to question the status quo," she wrote. "But questioning the status quo is more important now than ever. America's future depends on it."
Rebekah Mercer

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text: Jonathan Pearlman is the editor of Australian Foreign Affairs and the world editor of The Saturday Paper. He previously worked at The Sydney Morning Herald, covering foreign affairs and politics from Canberra and Sydney. He has worked as a correspondent in the Middle East, and has covered various international stories, including the 2008 US election and the violence in eastern Congo. He is a correspondent for The Straits Times newspaper (Singapore) and was Australia–Pacific correspondent for The Telegraph (UK). His work has appeared in numerous publications, including The Diplomat, Good Weekend magazine and Australian Book Review, and he has been a Walkley Award finalist and a United Nations Media Award winner. He was born in Sydney and studied at the University of New South Wales and Oxford University.


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The company will offer its search engine and network cache software to European ISPs, telecommunications firms, and backbone carriers.
In yet another sign that search engine company Inktomi is becoming a behind-the-scenes powerhouse, the company today announced it is launching a European division and it has completed a $12 million round of financing.
The European arm, based in London, will provide its search engine and network cache software to local Internet service providers, telecommunications companies, and backbone carriers.
While other search engine companies such as Yahoo and Excite are competing to become the most popular search sites on the Web, Inktomi is focusing on supplying its technology to larger companies.
For instance, Inktomi recently struck a major deal with software giant Microsoft to design a search engine for Microsoft's new home page initiative, code named Microsoft Start.
It also has forged partnerships with Intel and Sun Microsystems.
Today's move to expand in Europe is in preparation for an expected boom in European Internet growth. Europe is generally considered to be a year or two behind the United States in adoption rates to the Internet. Likewise, service providers around the globe are preparing for the same kind of exponential growth rates in Europe that they have seen in the United States.
The company's European operations will be headquartered in Surrey, England. It initially will target markets in the United Kingdom, Germany, and Scandinavia.
In a separate announcement, Inktomi said it has secured $12 million in its latest round of financing. The money will be used for general corporate purposes as well as expanding sales and marketing, according to the company.


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All ACC Sports Teams News
by Brian Geisinger Sunday March 10, 2019
ACC Analytics 2019 All-ACC Teams, led by Zion Williamson and De'Andre Hunter
All-Analytics
Cameron Johnson
Coby White
DeAndre Hunter
John Mooney
Jordan Nwora
Kerry Blackshear
Ky Bowman
Kyle Guy
Marcquise Reed
RJ Barrett
Terance Mann
Ty Jerome
Zion Williamson
Duke's Zion Williamson (1) and Duke's RJ Barrett (5) thump their chests late in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Hartford in Durham, N.C., Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown)
Oh, boy. The last four-five months have absolutely flown by in another college basketball season. Let's cut through the preamble and get right to the ACC Analytics Page's All-ACC teams: First, Second, Third, Honorable Mention, Freshman and Defense.
(Note: There 15 teams in the ACC; some of those teams are very, very good — some, not so much. There are a lot of players to choose from for a finite number of spots. This is a tricky process, and some deserving players will be left off, unfortunately. The game is the game.)
Zion Williamson, Duke
This was the year of Zion Williamson in college basketball — or basketball, period. The hype, which started early, was justifiable, too. Williamson is arguably the best NBA prospect since LeBron James back in 2003; he also doubles as the best offensive player in the country and the best defensive player in the nation, too.
Williamson put up a comical stat line: 21.6 points (10 double-doubles), 8.8 rebounds (12.5 per 40 minutes), 2.2 steals, 1.8 blocks and 2.2 assists. There's nothing this guy can't do on the basketball court (13.2 percent offensive rebound rate); he was the most disruptive help defender in the country — blowing up opponent pick-and-rolls and protecting the rim — while scoring at will, especially around the basket.
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On post-up possessions, according to Synergy Sports, Zion shot 77 percent and scored over 1.3 points per possession — both of which rank No. 1 in the nation.
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Williamson, who tallied 52 dunks in 26 games (2.8 per 40 minutes), shot 72.7 percent at the rim in the half court — scoring 1.48 points per possession. These are monster numbers, both of which rank in the top 15 nationally. Even against the best defenders the ACC had to offer, he was virtually unstoppable — scoring 1.13 points per possession on isolations (No. 2 in the ACC).
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This dude never disappointed; he showed up and played hard every game — popping off the screen or court with unprecedented aesthetics, and the numbers to match. Sometimes you would see all of it — the motor, power, defensive prowess, handles and explosive finishing — in one single burst. It was amazing.
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He's so special.
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Duke lost just twice this year when Zion was able to play 15+ minutes: Gonzaga (22 points, 10 rebounds, 4 blocks, 2 steals, 2 assists) and Syracuse when Tre Jones got hurt (35 points, 11-of-15 2PA, 10 rebounds, 4 blocks). Put this guy on the floor, and this is one of the best teams in modern college basketball.
De'Andre Hunter, Virginia
I've made my case clear all season: De'Andre Hunter is a bonafide star, an amazing two-way NBA prospect and the second best player in the ACC.
Hunter returned to Charlottesville for his redshirt sophomore season and put together a spotless campaign. On offense, Hunter is a marvel of efficiency; in the 2018-19 season, he averaged 15.2 points on 63.1 percent true shooting with a usage rate around 24 percent.
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Hunter's face-up game — jab step, rocker step — is his bread and butter; it's also what Virginia can go to when its half-court offense bogs down. Throw the ball to him at the nail or elbow and let him go to work. According to Synergy, Hunter posted an effective shooting clip of 56.8 percent on half-court jump shots this season.
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However, Hunter can shoot/score from all three levels of the floor — while also avoiding turnovers (1.7 per 40 minutes). That package, along with his steady defense, are why he's such a coveted NBA prospect. On catch-and-shoot attempts, Hunter (50 3P% in ACC play, No. 1 in the league) posted an effective shooting clip of 67.3 percent — No. 6 in the ACC.
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Hunter's passing took a leap this season, too. It will never be at the top of his scouting report, but Hunter showed the ability to make simple reads (15 percent assist rate) on face-up drives or over the top of the defense.
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Outside of the impact numbers, Hunter is the perfect cog for Virginia's defense, which wants to avoid fouls and defend late into the clock. Hunter (2.5 fouls per 40 minutes) is long and can slide gracefully with a variety of player types — just ask future pros Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Coby White. (He spent time on Kerry Blackshear Jr. in the Virginia Tech games, too.)
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For whatever it's worth, I think — as Hunter moves to the pros — there's untapped potential for him to emerge as a better stocks player.
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RJ Barrett, Duke
When it comes to offensive production, few players in the country are more industrious than Duke's RJ Barrett, who led the ACC in scoring (23.4 points), usage rate (32.7 percent) and field goals (269). He also ranked second in the conference with 188 free throw attempts.
Players nationally averaging 20.0+ points, 7.0+ rebounds, 4.0+ assists:
RJ Barrett | Duke | Fr.
23.1 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 4.2 apg
Justin James | Wyoming | Sr.
21.5 ppg, 8.3 rpg, 4.4 apg#DukeMBBStats
— #DukeMBBStats (@DukeMBBStats) March 5, 2019
Playing next to the supernova that is Zion Williamson, would force a lot of players into the shadows; however, that wasn't the case with Barrett. At this point, Duke's offense isn't the most creative; a lot was asked of Barrett to simply make things happen.
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Barrett scored 0.85 points per possession (45.7 eFG%) on isolation possessions and 0.87 points per possession from the pick-and-roll, per Synergy.
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There's no doubt he can get to the midrange and score; Barrett shot 40 percent on 2-point attempts away from the rim — only 23 percent of which were assisted on. Late in the season, however, with Williamson out, Barrett became a dynamo at getting to the rim.
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At times, Barrett's playmaking and vision have been nitpicked, but for a freshman that's yet to turn 19, he's shown potential. By the end of the season, Duke ran plenty of flat 1-5 ball screens and let him facilitate.
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Over Duke's final seven games, Barrett averaged 5.8 assists per contest; in ACC play, he ranked ninth in assist rate (25.1 percent) and handed out 4.8 dimes per 40 minutes.
Ty Jerome, Virginia
Ty Jerome was already a really good basketball player a year ago, but one could easily make the case he's the league's most improved player, too. Across the board, Jerome's output increased — a nice blend of high-usage and efficiency.
For the season, Jerome posted a top-50 assist rate (32.8 percent) while leading the conference during ACC play in that statistic (35.6 percent, 10.6 assists per 100 possessions).
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As good as his passing and floor game are, Jerome is a serious bucket-getter, too. The junior guard averaged 13.5 points per game on 55.1 percent effective shooting. He got to the free throw line more frequently this season (3.3 FTA per 40 minutes), and even if he can't get all the way to the rim Jerome has a potent floater to use as a weapon, too.
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All Jerome needs is an angle, which should serve him well as defenders get faster and longer in the NBA; according to Synergy, Jerome shot 53.1 percent of floater attempts inside of nine feet.
Jerome also has incredible shooting range; Tony Bennett has clearly given him the green light, too. Once upon a time, early-clock 3-pointers where mythical for UVA hoops. That's no longer the case.
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From the half court, Virginia likes to run a lot of mover-blocker offense, or attack with its continuity ball screen approach. As Bennett and the Cavaliers diversified the offense — using more ball screens — Jerome continued to excel.
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Few players in the country are more adept at shooting on the move than Jerome (42.4 3P%). The arrival of Kihei Clark allowed Jerome to get off ball more this season, which proved pivotal for Virginia's offense. Through a combination of screen and dribble utilization, Jerome seems to always create enough space.
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According to Synergy, Jerome scored 1.48 points per possession (73.6 eFG) on catch-and-shoots this season, which ranks No. 1 in the ACC — above Cameron Johnson, Kyle Guy and Coby White.
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There's more of that, too — this time against a man-to-man concept. He's so good coming off screens, looking to score, even when an excellent defender, like Nickeil Alexander-Walker, closes out quickly.
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Cameron Johnson, North Carolina
North Carolina's Cameron Johnson is more than just a good story. Finally healthy, Johnson emerged as one of the most efficient offensive players (62.9 eFG%) in the country this season.
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Early on, Johnson (46.9 3P%) established himself as a go-to guy for UNC, and never let up: 16.8 points per game (20.8 percent usage). He's one of 15 Division I players (three from the ACC) shooting over 45 percent on 3-pointers with at least 150 3-point attempts. Similar to Ty Jerome and Kyle Guy, Johnson needs little time to get a shot off, too.
Watch how quickly he gets his feet set here.
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During ACC play, Johnson led the conference with an offensive rating of 132.5, according to KenPom. For the season, he scored 1.32 points per possession (65.9 eFG%) on spot-ups — a top-25 number nationally, which also ranked No. 2 in the ACC.
Along with Guy and Jerome, Johnson was one of the league's elite off-screen scorers. According to Synergy, Johnson posted a ridiculous 74 percent effective shooting clip on said possessions.
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This kind of movement and accuracy allowed North Carolina to feature Johnson in a variety of methods, including one of their pet action: elevator door screens from a vintage UNC box set. (They brought this back in the home finale against Duke, too.)
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Here he is again off that weak-side stagger-screen look. This right here — the ability to square his feet and hips (healthy now) — is an NBA-level move.
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Johnson may have the profile of a pure catch-and-shoot weapon, which includes a turnover rate of just 10.3 percent in conference action; however, he did other stuff, too. In the half court, Johnson shot 37.5 percent (45.3 eFG%) off the dribble and 57.7 percent at the rim.
At 6-foot-9, Johnson's defense is mostly fine (it's certainly not a major weakness), but he did manage to record a steal rate of 2.1 percent in ACC play (No. 23).
Second Team
Kerry Blackshear Jr., Virginia Tech
14.5 points (36.5 3P%, 59.7 TS%), 7.2 rebounds (14.6 percent offensive rebound rate in ACC play)
Post-ups: 1.07 points per possession (55.4 eFG%)
Pick-and-pops: 1.15 points per possession (59.6 eFG%)
3.2 assists per 40 minutes in ACC games (19.2 percent assist rate)
119.6 offensive rating, 4.2 percent block rate
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Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Virginia Tech
16.6 points, 3.9 assists (4.6 per 40 minutes, 24.3 percent assist rate), 111.4 offensive rating
STOCKS: 1 of 23 Division I players with 15 blocks, 50 steals (2.3 per 40 minutes)
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Spot-ups: 1.12 points per possession (59.8 eFG%)
Virginia Tech: 1.06 points per possession (53.8 eFG%) when Alexander-Walker passed out of the pick-and-roll
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Coby White, North Carolina
16.3 points (26.8 percent usage rate, 57.7 TS%), 4.1 assists (5.9 per 40 minutes)
27.6 minutes per game; UNC's offense: top-10 in adjusted efficiency and tempo/pace
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6.9 FTA per 40 minutes (82.3 FT% in ACC play), 4.4 fouls drawn per 40 minutes
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Catch-and-shoot 3PA, per Synergy: 47.8 3P% (37.9 3P% overall)
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Kyle Guy, Virginia
15.3 points (21.2 percent usage rate), 60.7 eFG%, 4.5 rebounds
Off screens, per Synergy Sports: 131 points (No. 1 in the ACC), 1.05 points per possession (54.5 eFG%)
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Catch-and-shoots: 1.27 points per possession (63.2 eFG%)
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Third in the ACC in 3PA (215, 8.4 per 40 minutes), first in 3-pointers (97)
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Marcquise Reed, Clemson
19.4 points (28.7 percent usage), 57 percent true shooting, 5.7 FTA per 40 minutes
Isolations: 1.15 points per possession (56.6 eFG%), No. 1 in the ACC (minimum 20 possessions)
Spot-ups: 1.21 points per possession (60.6 eFG%), No. 73 in the nation (minimum 100 possessions)
3.9 percent steal rate in ACC play, No. 1 in the conference
Third Team
Jordan Nwora, Louisville
17.3 points (26.4 percent usage rate), 7.7 rebounds, 71 3-pointers (37.2 3P%)
21.8 percent defensive rebound rate, No. 148 in the country
Pick-and-pops, per Synergy: 1.6 points per possession (92.3 eFG%)
Spot-ups: 185 points (No. 2 in the ACC), 1.03 points per possession (55 eFG%)
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27 dunks, 54 FG% at the rim in the half court
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Ky Bowman, Boston College
19.2 points per game (26.4 percent usage rate), 7.5 rebounds, 4 assists
39.4 minutes per game, played in 99 percent of Boston College's ACC minutes
Range shooting: 40 3P% in ACC play, 78 3-pointers total
Off dribble, per Synergy: 117 points (0.78 per possession), No. 4 in the ACC
18.4 percent defensive rebound rate, eight double-doubles
John Mooney, Notre Dame
14.1 points (24.6 percent usage rate, 55.4 TS%), 11.2 rebounds, 1 of 6 Division I players averaging 14 points and 11 rebounds
30.7 percent defensive rebound rate, No. 4 in the country; 32.6 percent defensive rebound rate in conference play, No. 1 in the ACC
Put-backs: 1.22 points per possession (63.6 FG%)
Terance Mann, Florida State
11.5 points (18.6 percent usage rate, 56.8 eFG%), 6.2 rebounds (9.5 percent offensive rebound rate), 2.5 assists, 43.9 3P% in ACC play (No. 4)
61 percent true shooting, 42.4 percent free throw attempt rate
33 dunks (64.3 FG% at the rim, transition and half court)
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Luke Maye, North Carolina
14.6 points (22.9 percent usage rate), 10.5 rebounds (13.6 per 40 minutes)
18 games with 10+ rebounds
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108.5 offensive rating, 51.8 percent true shooting
Post-ups: 1.02 points per possession (48.1 FG%)
15.3 percent assist rate in ACC play
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Mfiondu Kabengele, Florida State
Chris Lykes, Miami
Markell Johnson, NC State
Dwayne Sutton, Louisville
Christen Cunningham, Louisville
Torin Dorn, NC State
All-Freshman Team
11.8 percent offensive rebound rate in ACC play, 1.48 points per possession (72.9 FG%) on put-backs (No. 1 in the ACC)
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Transition: 1.32 points per possession (83 FG%)
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23 games of 20+ points, 5.2 fouls drawn per 40 minutes, 31.6 percent usage rate in ACC play (No. 1 in the conference)
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Transition: 1.07 points per possession (59.5 eFG%)
First Duke freshman since Jabari Parker (2013-14) to post a usage rate above 30 percent; one of three ACC rookies to do that since the 2009-10 season
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With 75 3-pointers already, including 52 in ACC play, White has tied Rashad McCants for the UNC freshman record.
As good as this North Carolina team is, White is the one guy on the roster who can get to wherever he wants on the floor. With his draft stock rising, White has also emerged as one of the league's more productive end-of-game players, too.
Coby White's per-40 clutch stats this season: 45.2 pts, 7.8 reb, 4.7 asst, 0.0 TOs. Not a bad line for a freshman.
— Adrian Atkinson (@FreeportKid) February 9, 2019
Tre Jones, Duke
8.7 points, 5.3 assists (6.4 per 40 minutes)
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42.1 FG% on floaters/runners, according to Synergy
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2.1 steals (3.2 percent steal rate in ACC play)
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Xavier Johnson, Pittsburgh
15.6 points (30.3 percent usage), 4.5 assists (5.9 per 40 minutes), 1.3 steals (1.6 per 40 minutes)
Along with Ja Morant, 1 of 11 Division I players with 30 percent assist rate and 30 percent usage rate. In ACC play, he finished second in both assist rate (32.9 percent) and usage rate (31.4 percent).
Xavier Johnson with the nice relocation to the corner after the drive and kick. He probably could have put up the 3 but he attacks the closeout well and has a really nice finish around the basket pic.twitter.com/bkOTlRngW1
— Zach Milner (@ZachMilner13) February 11, 2019
Gets to the rim with all kinds of speed, although he struggles to finish at the rim, some (50.9 FG%). Less than six percent of his finishes at the rim were assisted on.
Xavier Johnson making a statement early in this game… pic.twitter.com/xoJyCRnE1c
— Zach Milner (@ZachMilner13) December 10, 2018
Johnson has some craft with the ball, too; he scored 0.82 points per possession on isolations this season, and drew a shooting foul on 20.5 percent of those possessions, according to Synergy
For the season, Johnson drew 6.2 fouls per 40 minutes, which ranked 65th nationally.
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Toughest Omissions
Cam Reddish, Duke
Jaylen Howard, Wake Forest
Nassir Little, North Carolina
Kihei Clark, Virginia
All-Defensive Team
Despite playing in just 26 games, Williamson is 1 of only 3 Division I players this season with 45 blocks and 45 steals — along with Matisse Thybulle.
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Williamson was a wrecking ball on defense — emerging as a historically-great help defender. Williamson posted per 40 minutes averages of 3.1 steals and 2.6 blocks; he ranks 21st nationally in steal rate, too (4.2 percent)
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Williamson rendered opposing pick-and-roll attacks useless by blowing up passing lanes. As the season progressed, too, he became an even better on-ball defender — capable of guarding 1-5 and sliding with point guards he outweighs by 100 pounds. (Yep, you read that correctly.)
then he goes and does this, though pic.twitter.com/e3dOLnAI8j
— Brian Geisinger (@bgeis_bird) January 29, 2019
On the defensive end, Hunter doesn't put up huge steals/blocks numbers (0.8 steals and 0.6 blocks per 40 minutes), which is one of his knocks, albeit a modest one. Down the stretch of ACC play, though, he hit another gear; in eight of UVA's final 10 games, he posted multiple stocks (steals plus blocks).
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Sports Reference: 94.4 defensive rating, 4.3 defensive box plus/minus
2.5 steals per 40 minutes, 2.1 steals per game (18 games with 2+ steals)
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14.9 percent turnover rate (14.7 percent in ACC play)
153 assists to 41 turnovers
One of the best on-ball defenders in recent ACC history, helped spearhead a defense that ranks No. 4 nationally in steal rate (12.8 percent)
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Like we mentioned above, Virginia Tech's Alexander-Walker is one of the top steals/blocks players in the country.
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NAW: 1 of 10 ACC players this season with a defensive rating under 100, a two percent block rate and a two percent steal rate.
Alexander-Walker is more than just a steals guy, though; he can get in a stance and stay in front of the best of them, including Miami's jet-quick Chris Lykes.
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Mamadi Diakite, Virginia
For the third straight season, Diakite posted a defensive rating under 90, according to Sports Reference.
Diakite ranked 26th nationally with a 9.9 percent block rate; however, that rate jumped to 12.2 percent in ACC play — good for the best in the conference. (3.7 per 40 minutes)
This season against UVA, opponents shot just 49 percent on non-post-up attempts at the rim in the half-court
Starting in December, Diakite had a 14-game stretch where he blocked at least one shot in each game. He blocked at least one shot in 23 of Virginia's 30 games, so far; in 13 of those games, the junior big blocked two or more shots.
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James Banks, Georgia Tech
Kenny Williams, North Carolina
Marques Bolden, Duke
Trent Forrest, Florida State
Braxton Key, Virginia
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Ed Pien: Our Beloved
June 29 – September 22, 2019
Ed Pien's 144 framed photographs of real and artificial flowers are hung together in a monumental, wall-filling installation. While travelling in Santiago, Chile, the artist photographed these flowers at the mass gravesite Patio 29, one of the largest burial sites of political dissidents and victims of the murderous reign of Augusto Pinochet from 1973 to 1990.
For Pien, while it was a site steeped in tragedy and loss, the colourfully decorated graves seemed to be overflowing with love and joy in remembrance of lives once lived. Our Beloved came out of Pien's artistic exploration of empathy; by sharing the acts of devotion and memorial made by strangers, he hopes to tap into some of the big, complex and touching emotions that unite all people when dealing with death and loss.
Ed Pien is a Canadian artist based in Toronto. He has been making art for over 30 years. Born in Taipei, Taiwan, he immigrated to Canada with his family at the age of 11.
Ed Pien. Our Beloved, 2016, Collection of the artist.
(Top) Ed Pien. Our Beloved, 2016, Collection of the artist. Photo by Toni Hafkenscheid.
In Union Station, in frozen January, an art garden blooms (Toronto Star)


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Souffle Continu > Sahib Shihab & Gilson Unit - La Marche Dans Le Desert LP
Sahib Shihab & Gilson Unit - La Marche Dans Le Desert LP
Label: Souffle Continu
Release Date: January 22nd, 2021
Souffle Continu Records present the first vinyl reissue of Sahib Shihab + Jef Gilson Unit's La Marche Dans Le Désert, originally released in 1972. A few months after having released Le Massacre Du Printemps, Jef Gilson was back behind his keyboards heading up his Unit. This time he was joined by Sahib Shihab. The caravan passes by, evoking, one after the other, Pharoah Sanders and Alice Coltrane, Pierre Henry and Karlheinz Stockhausen... Oh yes, Shihab's saxophone is... amplified. La Marche Dans Le Désert (The Walk in the Desert) is the first and foremost the meeting of two iconoclastic musicians: Jef Gilson, pianist who tried his hand in all forms of jazz collaborating with emblematic American musicians (Walter Davis Jr., Woody Shaw, Nathan Davis...) or French musicians who were on their way to becoming so (Jean-Luc Ponty, Bernard Lubat, Michel Portal, Henri Texier...) Shihab is one of the many black American jazzmen who found refuge in Europe. After having played in the bands of Fletcher Henderson and Roy Eldridge, the saxophonist worked with Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Art Blakey and Tadd Dameron. He came to the old continent with the Quincy Jones orchestra, spent a few years in Copenhagen, returned to Los Angeles, then came back to Europe.
When he met Jef Gilson, in February 1972, the saxophonist was happily touring with the Clarke-Boland Big Band. La Marche Dans Le Désert was an opportunity for this supporting player to show what he was capable of. And it was some opportunity: with Gilson and his Unit (Pierre Moret on keyboards and Jean-Claude Pourtier on drums, Jef Catoire on double bass, and Bruno Di Gioia and Maurice Bouhana on flute and percussion respectively), Shihab got maximum exposure. To mark the occasion, he put aside his baritone saxophone to play a soprano... varitone. The amplified instrument, while losing nothing of its natural sound, was capable of generating the same presence as Gilson's electronic keyboards. And it would change the face of modal jazz: in a forest of percussion, Shihab and Gilson go on a sensual walkabout that will remain with listeners for long after. Between the two takes of "Mirage," Shihab, this time on baritone again, takes up the mantle once more of a style of jazz he was unable to strictly define.
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People label you as a 'versatile player.' Do you agree?
I started my career as a striker. Under Subhash-sir (Bhowmick), I played side back and from then on playing in different positions became my forte. I am comfortable anywhere. During training, Coaches keep on joking that I should have remained a striker!
You know the other day I was sharing this story with the Cameroon No.3 player – the same guy who right back in the last league match (which we lost) but came on as a substitute to play upfront in the final. He was amazed to hear that I started off as a striker. But I am really happy with the manner things have shaped up in my career. I'm ever ready to play any position the Coach finds me suitable.
Are India are a better side than what the rankings project?
We have to play more on FIFA dates. We are a side on the rise and that has to reflect at the World stage. The clubs have to be supportive as well as the media. Playing on FIFA dates will make the result count. Surely, we are much much better than the FIFA Rankings.
What do you think was India's X-factor in this Nehru Cup?
The never-say-die attitude instilled by our Coach was special. He used to tell us 'I want the Cup.' He wanted to focus on the task ahead and not be overawed by anything. One game at a time was his philosophy. It helped us tremendously.
We are confident bunch and the camaraderie stays fantastic. The days in the Camp just flew by. If you noticed, in the final, we closed their movement on the flanks and that did the trick for us.
How do see the future of Indian football?
I reiterate, it's on the right track and heading in the right direction. We need to invest judiciously and promote the game. AIFF is doing a great job for sure. Media has a role to play as well. They need to highlight budding talent. The likes of Lenny (Rodrigues), Francis (Fernandes), Denzil (Franco), Nirmal (Chhetri), Jewel (Raja), Manandeep (Singh) deserve the limelight. It is not only about Nabi, Sunil (Chhetri), and Subrata (Pal).


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Eric Bertram Crockford (Wylde Green, Birmingham, West Midlands, 13 d'octubre de 1888 - Four Oaks, Birmingham, 17 de gener de 1958) va ser un jugador d'hoquei sobre herba i de criquet anglès que va competir a començaments del .

El 1920 va prendre part en els Jocs Olímpics d'Anvers, on va guanyar la medalla d'or com a membre de l'equip britànic en la competició d'hoquei sobre herba. Entre 1911 i 1922 també jugà a criquet.

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VIDEO: Using the Barrett MRAD Conversion Kit for .300 Norma Mag
in Athlon Outdoors Rendezvous, Guns, Rifles, Videos
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We got to send some rounds downrange with the versatile, multi-caliber Barrett MRAD Conversion Kit in .300 Norma Mag recently at the Athlon Outdoors Rendezvous. Also, shooting targets at extended ranges, the MRAD, as always, proved to be an impressive rifle system.
Long-Awaited Barrett REC10 Set to Debut at SHOT Show
"What makes this gun unique as a chassis system is the fact you can convert this one system to eight different calibers by loosening these two nuts, pulling out the barrel, replacing it with another barrel that has a bolt face that has already been fitted, or headed, to the chamber," said Barrett's Mountie Mizer during the event. "This goes back into the bolt, put the barrel back in, tighten it down, and you're ready to shoot a second caliber.
"Another reason we're talking about and shooting this gun at this event is because this is our submission for the armed services rifle contract in a .300 Norma Mag," Mizer continued.
As such, we got trigger time shooting Berger 230-grain bullets from 100 to 1,000 yards. In a benchrest setting, the MRAD proved capable at these ranges, only hinting at the full capability of the platform.
Barrett MRAD Conversion Kit Features
The Barrett MRAD rifle system utilizes a monolithic upper receiver machined from 7000-series aluminum. A full-length Picatinny rail provides generous mounting surface for both day and night optics. Also, the rail features built-in taper in keeping with the rifle's intended role of long-range engagement. Barrett placed additional accessory mounting surfaces at the 3, 6 and 9 o'clock positions.
Arguably the biggest highlight of the MRAD platform is the system's barrel interchangeability. After loosening only two bolts via a standard Torx wrench, the user can then change between several different calibers or barrel lengths. MRAD chamberings include .338 Lapua Magnum, .338 Norma Mag., .300 Norma Mag., .300 PRC, .300 Win. Mag., .308 Win., 7mm Rem. Mag., 6.5 Creedmoor and .260 Rem. Barrel lengths include 17, 20, 22, 24 and 26 inches.
For more information, visit barrett.net.


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DoD Bargaining
Federal Members,
Many of you may have seen reports regarding a letter that the President sent to DoD allowing DoD to prohibit bargaining for federal civilians employed by DoD. An article on the letter can be found here. https://www.govexec.com/management/2020/02/secret-white-house-memo-could-end-unionization-pentagon/162981/
The District and the IAFF will continue to fight these egregious attempts by the Administration to bust Unions in the federal sector. We are working with other Unions within the Federal Workers Alliance (FWA) to protect your bargaining rights. On February 11, 2020, the following was sent to SecDef from the IAFF regarding the letter:
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The Honorable Mark T. Esper
Secretary of Defense
1000 Defense Pentagon
Dear Secretary Esper,
On behalf of the nation's 320,000 professional fire fighters and emergency medical responders, please reject the elimination of unions and collective bargaining within the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) – it will hurt all of our federal fire fighters, their safety and families immeasurably.
In 1962, President Kennedy first recognized the right of federal employees, including those employed by the DOD, to have their voices heard in grievance and arbitration matters. Seven years later, expanding on the right Kennedy provided, President Nixon set forth the framework of today's labor-management relations in the federal government. President Carter determined that comprehensive reforms were necessary for the federal workforce. Working with Members of Congress in a bipartisan manner, President Carter worked to pass and signed into law the Civil Service Report Act of 1978 codifying the rights and responsibilities of unions and the government. There is simply no basis to even suggest that the long-standing legal protections afforded to the nation's federal fire fighters "cannot be applied . . . consistent with national security requirements." More than 50 years of history proves otherwise.
During the 58 years that have elapsed since IAFF fire fighters first achieved recognition at the DOD, union representatives have worked in partnership with DOD officials to find solutions and improvements in all types of matters facing the Department. Together, we have achieved solutions that continue to assure the safety of everyone entering military installations while maintaining a highly trained and agile emergency response force capable of suppressing and mitigating natural and man-made disasters placing lives in harm's way. Nothing in our past suggests our successful partnership cannot continue to safeguard the public interest, contribute to effective public business and facilitate and encourage the amicable settlements of disputes between employees and their employers.
Since 1962, unionized federal fire fighters have successfully participated in securing our nation and our national security interests. IAFF fire fighters have worked hand in hand with agency officials during threats to the nation, both man-made and natural, with a singular focus of preserving our government and protecting American citizens. History has demonstrated this to be true. From days of the Cuban Missile Crisis through our nation's current and continuous response to terrorism, unionized federal fire fighters have served to protect this nation, defense installations and America's defenders with distinction.
Today, as the world gets more and more dangerous, and protecting our nation's military has to remain paramount, fire fighters on military bases and in other DoD facilities need a voice in their work to do their jobs.
Silencing their voice would hurt their ability to serve and protect as effectively as possible. I urge you in the strongest possible terms to continue to allow federal fire fighters to retain their union voice in the federal workplace. The eyes of America's fire fighters and history are on you.
Harold A. Schaitberger, General President
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4. The Higher Jhanas In this chapter we will survey the higher states of jhana. First we will discuss the remaining three jhanas of the fine-material sphere, using the descriptive formulas of the suttas as our starting point and the later literature as our source for the methods of practice that lead to these attainments. Following this we will consider the four meditative states that pertain to the immaterial sphere, which come to be called the immaterial jhanas. Our examination will bring out the dynamic character of the process by which the jhanas are successively achieved. The attainment of the higher jhanas of the fine-material sphere, we will see, involves the successive (...) continue
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First: U.S. schools are ideologically predisposed, for a variety of reasons, to defending and propagating a specific, very conservative, idea of history and the world. From what is taught to how it is taught, obedience to corporate overlords, acceptance of violence, and an idea of America as exceptionalist is deeply ingrained in the curriculum.
Second: U.S. schools have serious problems with gender bias. Both girls and boys are affected by these problems, though the fears about how boys are treated is often exaggerated with hysterics.
Third: U.S. schools are unequally funded. Because of the reliance on property tax and because of other funding priorities and mechanisms, American schools are effectively both racially segregated and economically unequal. This leads to unequal outcomes.
Fourth: U.S. schools fetishize standardized tests. Metrics can be good, but the problem we have is two-fold: First of all, we punish failing schools instead of giving them more resources to allow them to succeed; second, we use metrics that are flawed on their face, racially and culturally biased, and spend so much time getting metrics that we actually prevent a quality of education. When there is a good test that examines if someone has learned critical thinking, emotional intelligence, life skills, and how to be a good citizen from school, then those tests will be worth it. Until then, they are overwhelmingly distractions.
Fifth: U.S. schools too often propagate racial bias. From the way that tracking is conducted in an often-racist way to subconscious and conscious biases on the part of teachers to the least qualified teachers being assigned to the students who are struggling the most (when it should in fact be the opposite), U.S. schools perpetuate racial inequality far more than they prevent it. Worse, they tend to then push students into other associated biased institutions: Schools rarely help students deal with any kind of stereotype threat, which causes inequalities in test scores.
Sixth: On average, teachers are paid too little and there are either too many students and/or not enough time for teachers to be able to prepare lessons and deliver quality education.
Seventh: Curricula are flawed on multiple levels.
The solution is not to prioritize charter schools or private schools. Those are fine institutions and should receive appropriate support, but the public educational system must be competitive and produce critically-thinking empowered adults.


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Did you know America's largest concentration of Victorian houses can be found in Flatbush?
They're in a cluster of mini-neighborhoods, one of which is Prospect Park South.
Right before the turn of the 20th century, Dean Alvord bought 50 acres of land from the Dutch Reformed Church and an old-line Brooklyn family, the Bergens. He turned this tierra into Prospect Park South.
According to the city Landmarks Preservation Commission's 1979 designation report about the Prospect Park South Historic District, Alvord wanted to incorporate "rural beauty" into the city blocks of the neighborhood he was creating.
Alvord was born in Syracuse and developed several neighborhoods in Rochester before moving to Brooklyn.
The stand-alone houses he and other builders constructed in Prospect Park South epitomize gracious suburban living — though they're located deep in the heart of busy Brooklyn.
Most of the homes have lots of bedrooms. And pretty porches for enjoying the soft spring air. And lush, landscaped lawns. And driveways and garages.
One great way to savor the sights of this Instagram-worthy corner of Victorian Flatbush is to walk up and down every street in the landmarked district.
It's not very big. Its boundaries are Church Avenue, Buckingham Road, Beverley Road and Stratford Road.
We picked out five fab spots to look for on your stroll.
We could have picked out 50 spots — and that wouldn't begin to cover the neighborhood's architectural eye candy.
Which way to the Japanese House?
Such a pretty pair, these two.
They're situated on the shortest street in the Prospect Park South Historic District — Buckingham Road.
On one side of the street, there's a grand, old-fashioned mansion with two-story Ionic columns flanking the front door. On the other side of the street, there's the beloved Japanese House, as it's nicknamed.
The mansion with the columns, which is 104 Buckingham Rd., was designed in 1901 by an architect on Alvord's staff named Carroll H. Pratt.
The last time the house was sold, which was 2008, the price was $1.85 million, city Finance Department records show.
The wood and stucco Japanese House, at 131 Buckingham Rd., resembles a pagoda.
Alvord had the unusual house designed as a three-dimensional advertising tool to promote the neighborhood. It was featured in a 1903 ad in a magazine called Country Life in America.
Architecture firm Kirby, Petit & Green designed the house.
An often-repeated story about the house is that it was built for the Japanese Ambassador of that era — but that's an urban myth, a 2014 posting on Untapped Cities' says.
We've never seen any other house that looks quite like lemon-hued 215 Marlborough Rd.
Prospect Park South's developer would love to hear an observation like that if he were alive.
Alvord wanted all the houses in Prospect Park South to look unique and special. The concept of cookie-cutter homes was anathema to him.
John J. Petit designed French Gothic Revival-style 215 Marlborough Rd. for Alvord in 1901, the designation report about the Prospect Park South Historic District says. Petit was of course a partner in the firm that designed the Japanese House.
The house at 215 Marlborough Rd. is part of a terrific trio of eye-pleasing homes.
The home next to it, 203 Marlborough Rd., is painted deep green. By the way, Petit designed this house, too.
This house changed hands in a 2015 estate sale. The price was $2.03 million, Finance Department records indicate.
The third house in the trio, 197 Marlborough Rd., is partly painted a blue hue. The bottom floor of the house is made of red bricks. The turret on one corner of the property is very photogenic.
Another spot that shows off the historic district's eye-pleasing architectural variety is in the middle of Rugby Road.
On one side of the street, there's a wooden Swiss chalet.
Or, more precisely, 100 Rugby Rd. is Petit's architectural interpretation of a chalet that's on a flat lawn on a city street instead of in an Alpine meadow. He designed the house for Alvord.
On the other side of the street, there's handsome 101 Rugby Rd.
It has a big, round front porch and a circular turret with a row of windows on its second floor. The top of the turret looks kinda like it's wearing a crown.
John E. Nitchie — an architect whose name is new to us — designed this house in 1900.
We didn't pick out a preponderance of Petit's designs on purpose for this list of dandy eye candy.
We took photos in Prospect Park South first, then looked up historic-house info afterwards.
It turns out that Petit designed another house we want you to see.
It's at 1306 Albemarle Rd., on the corner of Argyle Road.
The Colonial Revival-style home has a curvy front porch topped by a turret that wears a witch's hat.
Right across the street, there's another iconic house, 1305 Albemarle Rd.
The architect who designed it was H.B. Moore. It was built in 1905.
It's got grand, two-story pillars at the front door and porches on its first and second floors.
An architect bought 1305 Albemarle Rd. for $2.75 million in 2017, Finance Department records show.
He has done beautiful exterior restoration work on the house.
Reversal of Fortune was filmed in this house. That's the movie that stars Jeremy Irons as Claus von Bulow, who was tried for the attempted murder of his wife, Sunny von Bulow.
Irons won an Oscar for this role.
You might get so wrapped up in the neighborhood's north- and south-running streets that you forget to stroll along east- and west-running Beverley Road on the edge of the historic district.
You'll miss intriguing-looking 1205 Beverley Rd. It's in the middle of the block between Argyle and Westminster roads.
This house has a skinny tower rising up on one corner of it and porches stacked on top of one another on another corner.
Developer George T. Moore hired architect Henry A. Stunek to design the house in 1899, the Prospect Park South Historic District's designation report says.


Dozens of assault rifles are among the firearms collected at May 12 events held in Northeast Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley.
LOS ANGELES — Mayor Eric Garcetti announced today that his Office of Gang Reduction and Youth Development and the LAPD collected more than 470 guns — including close to three dozen assault weapons — at dual gun buybacks held on May 12.
In all, 478 firearms were collected at the buyback events — 35 assault weapons, 174 handguns, 103 shotguns, and 166 rifles.
The Gun Buyback program allows individuals to surrender weapons anonymously in exchange for store gift cards — $100 for handguns, shotguns and rifles, and $200 for assault weapons as classified in the State of California.
Since the City began organizing annual gun buybacks in 2009, 16,483 weapons have been collected at the events. To expand the program, the Mayor has partnered with the non-profit organization Gun by Gun on an initiative that allows Angelenos to financially support efforts to get guns out of their own communities.
Reducing gun violence is a top priority for Mayor Garcetti, who has signed laws that ban large capacity ammunition magazines and require that guns be stored and locked while at home and not in use.
In 2017, the Mayor set a goal to get at least 20,000 guns off the streets of L.A. in five years. The City is well ahead of the pace to meet that goal — collecting 7,300 last year alone, the most since 2013.
At the beginning of 2018, Mayor Garcetti directed the LAPD to start the year by clearing the list of prohibited gun owners — people who are no longer legally allowed to possess firearms, including felons and people with a history of domestic violence or severe mental health issues. In mid-April, officers were able to bring that list down to zero.
Mayor Garcetti has also committed additional resources to the people and communities most affected by gun violence: he worked with the LAPD to create a Crime Gun Intelligence Center, which matches guns to crimes and crimes to criminals — by coordinating the work of local and federal law enforcement and using data-driven strategies, forensic expertise, and prosecutorial resources to drive down gun violence and combat illegal gun trafficking and dealing. And in 2016, Mayor Garcetti and the LAPD established the Community Safety Operations Center (CSOC) in South L.A. — a command post where specially-trained and equipped officers can pool their information to pinpoint the response to violent crime. The strategy has worked: Last year, LAPD's South Bureau saw the lowest number of homicides and victims shot since 1973. The CSOC is now being taken citywide.
The Mayor's strategies to reduce gun violence are showing results. Homicide in Los Angeles is down more than 13 percent compared to the same time period last year, and the number of people shot has fallen by close to 28 percent.
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Any Pennsylvania resident will tell you: Our infrastructure needs a little bit of tender loving care (ie: millions of dollars in upgrades). Our bridges are deficient and our roads are pock-marked, at best.
For most motorists, the associated weight-limit signs don't mean much because they don't really apply. While those of us who own sedans, coupes and pickups might not pay much attention to them, for the commercial truck drivers among us, they need to be seen and respected.
Because if a truck driver gets busted for a violation on size or weight limits, it's a really, big, messy, expensive deal.
How big, messy and expensive?
For one Florida long-haul driver passing through Pennsylvania for a delivery, it was four-days-in-jail-and-a-$17,000-fine big, messy and expensive.
Here's what happened: Last month the truck driver allegedly confused an Alpine Road in Canonsburg with the more rural Alpine Drive in abutting Cecil Township. The problem? The guy's 40-ton truck was way over the posted weight limit there, which was just 10 tons.
According to an Associated Press report on the matter, a local district magistrate threw him in jail after he was unable to post a $10,000 bond that would secure his appearance at his preliminary hearing regarding the more than $17,000 fine. But that's not all: The judge also ordered the truck be impounded until that entire fine was paid.
I wish I could say this was an anomaly – but it's not. As both a Pennsylvania and West Virginia criminal defense attorney, I routinely represent commercial truck drivers facing serious traffic violations similar to the one that landed our Florida driver in jail for a few days.
While police said a better GPS might have improved that long-haul truck driver's fate, it's worth noting that out-of-state truck drivers have to be ever vigilant in the Keystone State. That crumbling infrastructure I mentioned earlier? It causes detours, and those detours often meander onto less-traveled throughways with a lower weight limit.
And that's to say nothing of the zoning laws (ones that could have a place of business located in a residential area with roads with posted weight limits too low for the tractor-trailers to be able to deliver there legally – and it happens. I represented a guy who had a similar experience).
Here's another twist (file it under #truckerproblems): For long-haul truckers from state's like Virginia and North Carolina, even if so-called lesser traffic violations such as going five miles over the posted speed limit (an infraction that compels no points on a Pennsylvania license) can make a quality criminal defense lawyer a necessity. That's because, in those states, motorists begin accumulating points as soon as they go even one mile over the speed limit.
And points, while a concern for most motorists, could be like Kryptonite to a CDL driver. Too many points = bye, bye livelihood.
I know: I routinely represent guys like the Florida gentleman – people who don't necessarily want to fight a traffic ticket, but who need to because, in some cases, their jobs depend on it.
To my long-haul driver friends, a bit of advice: Don't tempt fate – get a quality GPS and be extra careful on Pennsylvania roadways.
And as always: if you get into a jam, call me. I deal with this stuff all the time. I routinely represent both everyday motorists, as well as commercial truck drivers in both West Virginia and Pennsylvania and have routinely gotten great results – sometimes successfully getting fines lowered or points reduced.


Welcome to Kids Get Crafty. On Monday the 6th December was St Nikolaus day. In Germanic countries this is celebrated with St Nikolaus visiting the children and bringing them Satsumas/ Mandarines/ Clementines, nuts and dried fruit. The specific tradition varies from country to country and family to family, but at our house, IF Red Ted has been good (!) we leave a little basket outside the bedroom door (traditionally it is a shoe or boot) and St Nikolaus comes during the night and fills it with goodies! To celebrate, we also made a little "Nikolaus Stern" or "Santa Star". This is a widespread craft and I really cannot take any credit for it. Non the less, it is cute!
These darling Santa Stars were first published in Dec 2010 and have been updated and republished for your convenience.
Hang on your Christmas Garland: we have our Christmas Trees, our Snowmen and now our Nikolaus's. Red Ted was SO excited to see them all together and insisted on attaching them himself (with some masking tape). It was the first thing he showed Daddy when he come home in the evening!
What a lovely tradition, and I like your Santa star!
This is lovely. I am definitely going to make a lovely garland like this with Milo to hang up. He is enjoying the Christmas crafting a lot at the moment – our house is permanently covered in glitter!
The Santa starts are great! Such a cute craft.
Quick and simple crafts are often the best!
cute idea- will save this idea for our annual st nicholas event at chruch (which i'll be in charge of again!).
was the book worth buying to copy illustrations for kids to color (ie scan and put into cartoon form?)?
That Santa is so cute, though I have been avoiding Santa crafts as we don't "do" Santa and I want to focus on the true meaning of Christmas. Not knocking anyone who does include Santa, it's just something I don't believe in. I like that the book shares the true story of Saint Nicholas. When Santa comes up around here I am careful to make sure the girls know there was such a person once. Sorry the book didn't live up to your expectations.
That would make a cute ornament for the tree, too. I wonder if I can find wooden stars?
What a sweet craft! Looks great.
I love the Santa Star. That is so cute!
BB will love doing this, I bought a bumper bag of cotton wool yesterday and we are planning to get really crafty this weekend!
I love the Santa garland. You are so right about simple crafts coming together to make beautiful things.
Thanks for linking to Read.Explore.Learn. I have Stumbled and tweeted about your post.
That garland turned out really lovely.
Oh how amazing.. Love the little faces of the little one. Thanks for stopping by for my Round Robin..
adorable! those stars are so cute!
Thank you all for your lovely and kind comments!! We are very much enjoying our Santa's and Red Ted is so proud of himself!!!
That's such a cute craft. My husband's family celebrate St. Nicholas's day- but I didn't grow up with it and I always forget.. until my MIL gives my boys a sock of stuff. I guess I'm going to have to try and remember as they get older!
Looks like a great craft and easy too.
Gorgeous! My Little Man also has to show Daddy his crafts, sometimes before he's even completely in the house after work ;-)!
Very pretty craft, and I like how it works on your chain with Christmas trees and snowmen! We celebrate Nikolaus as well even though I was very tempted to leave the shoe empty this year, since daughter was particularly naughty on the Nikolaus Eve!
Natalie – I know just what you mean!!! Our little ones do test us! (and Liz) As to the chain, it was a bit of a fluke! I never really thought of putting them all together like this until the very end! We were lucky it worked!
Alethea – I love it when they take pride in their crafts!
What a great craft– on that even I can handle! Thanks foe sharing it!
I just made the stars with my daughter and we had so much fun! They are not as well done as yours, but I'm sure the grandparents will love them. We attached little clothes pins on the back so we can attach them to presents.
Texttussi – Oh I like the little clothes peg idea! Fabulous and you prob attach them to the tree that way too!
Lizzy_o – Yes, will do my best to remind you of crafts pasts!!!
Hi Maggie. Thanks for your visit. Your blog is excellent. A huge.
The Father Christmas stars are absolutely adorable.
Awww thanks, haven't made them in years, we need to revisit for sure!
Awww I bet you are not really rubbish!!!!! Have fun.
SO sweet! I love the fact it's a star and a santa!


This article will explain how to utilize the Universal Reader Assistant software by ThingMagic.
What is Universal Reader Assistant?
Universal Reader Assistant (URA) is a cross-product demo tool created by ThingMagic for its various readers. This tool is utilized to interface with ThingMagic readers including the USB Pro, USB Plus, and Vega readers. Since URA is built completely using the Mercury API, developing a custom software solution similar to URA is relatively straightforward with some programming knowledge.
To set up URA, you will need to download the tool from the link above. Once it is downloaded, open the .exe file and allow URA to install on your machine.
Once installed, launch URA and select the 'Connect' button, which will open the Connect options on the right sidebar. Make sure to connect your reader to your PC before continuing.
For a USB or serial reader, the 'Serial Reader' radio button option will need to be selected, as well as the reader's COM port from the drop-down list. Next, select the 'Connect' button to attempt to connect to the reader. For more information on connecting the USB readers, please see Setting Up Your ThingMagic USB Reader.
For a Network reader, the 'Network Reader' radio button option will need to be selected and then the 'Connect' button needs to be selected.
Once the reader has been connected, URA settings will need to be adjusted in order to achieve the best functionality for an application. These settings can be found in the sidebar, and allow for the adjustment of everything from read power to display settings.
Read/Write Options - This section allows for the adjustment of the read behavior of URA, including the read time and the ability to filter tag reads. This section also allows for the selection of a particular antenna or the Antenna Detection setting if the connected reader supports this functionality.
Performace Metrics - This section gives a brief rundown of the current functionality of the tag read process. The metrics shown include the number of unique tags read, the total number of tag responses, and the rate at which tags were read.
Performance Tuning - This section allows the user to fine-tune the reader's ability to read tags. Settings include the read power (in dBm), read rate, read distance, tag population size, and tag response rate.
Display Options - This section allows for the adjustment of various display settings, such as font size, time-stamp format, and EPC format. Additional columns can be added to the Tag Results tab from this setting.
Reader Diagnostics - This section shows information about the connected reader, including its firmware and hardware version.
Firmware Update - This section allows for the firmware of the reader to be updated. The user can simply browse their computer for the firmware file and upload it to the connected reader via this interface.
Data Extensions - This section allows the user to either stream tag read data to a TCP port or to post it to a HTTP site.
The Universal Reader Assistant tool allows the user to perform various actions on nearby tags, including reading and writing tag memory and locking memory banks of tags. The functionality of URA is separated into tabs, which are explained in more detail below.
Tag Results - This tab allows the user to perform a synchronous tag read process. This functionality allows the user to read multiple tags at once and see each unique tag's data in a single location. This data includes the tag EPC, the time at which the tag was read, the received signal strength (RSSi) of the tag, and the number of times the tag was read in the given amount of time. Additional columns can be selected in the Display Options mentioned above.
Write EPC - This tab allows the user to read and write a single tag that is in the read range of the connected reader. This can either be accomplished by selecting a tag that has already been read in the Tag Results section, or by allowing the reader to report the first tag that responds to a read operation. Typically, adjusting the read power of the reader to a relatively low dBm setting will allow the user to isolate a single tag to write. However, even at a relatively low setting, additional tags may be read or written to. It is suggested to only allow a single tag to be in the read range and field of the reader while a write operation is taking place. Note that when using a USB reader, write data may be transmitted via the USB cable to a nearby tag, so be sure to remove any tags from around the cable to prevent undesired tag writes.
Tag Inspector - This tab allows the user to see all accessible data banks contained on a particular tag. These data banks include the Reserved, EPC, TID, and User memory banks. This tab only displays the information contained in these banks, and does not allow for the editing of this data.
User Memory - This tab allows the user to write to a particular tag's User Memory bank. This functionality allows the user to access different functions of certain tags, which are outlined in the tag's datasheet if available.
Lock Tag - This tab allows the user to set Access and Kill passwords for the selected tag. The user can also apply lock/unlock the memory banks of the tag from this tab. Note that a tag that has its EPC memory bank locked and contains an Access password can still be read by any reader. However, the locked memory banks will not be able to be overwritten unless the Access password is provided.
For any additional questions regarding the functionality of the Universal Reader Assistant tool, please see the video below or contact our support team at support@atlasrfidstore.com.


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Q: maxscript how to detect collision and write to text First up I am a newbie on Maxscript.
I have seen script for collision detection for specific objects I also want to write to a txt file the objects that are For example all objects with the name "Prism*" that collide with Cylinder001 I want to colour red and write to the text file.
I have made some attempt at code;
     fn collisionDetection node1 node2 =
     (
      if intersects node1 node2 then
     (node1.mesh * node2.mesh).numverts > 0
     else
     false
     )

    dir =getFilenamePath (getThisScriptFilename())
    makeDir  dir
   OutputTextFile = dir + "Output.txt"
   if (doesFileExist OutputTextFile) do deleteFile OutputTextFile
  filestreamvar = openFile OutputTextFile mode:"w"
     if  filestreamvar == undefined do
    (
createFile OutputTextFile
filestreamvar = openFile OutputTextFile mode:"w"

        myObjects = $'Prim*' as array

        for i = 1 to myObjects.count do
        (
            nam = myObjects[i].name
      if collisionDetection $myobject[i] $'Cylinder001' do
   (
print myobjects[i] to:filestreamvar
            )
    )
    edit OutputTextFile
   close filestreamvar

I haven't added code for colouring the object that is true as I am struggling with the output in a textfile already. Can somebody please help? thank you.

A: Your error is in the line
    if collisionDetection $myobject[i] $'Cylinder001' do
Your referencing $myobject as if it were a named item in the scene, but its actually a local variable.  That means that you pass undefined to collisionDetection
pass myObject[1] instead, that should get it working

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It goes without saying that safety and security are number one priorities on board the ships that cruise the Yangtze. The vessels have been specially built and are fully equipped with modern navigation and communication devices. This means that the operators are able to ensure safe and comfortable voyages along the river.
All passengers are recommended to pay heed to the safety instructions and in particular to acquaint themselves with the location of their individual life jackets. Deck plans are displayed in cabins so that all passengers may be aware of emergency exit routes.
The members of staff on board are professional, responsible people and are wiling to offer every assistance to passengers at all times.
By observing all the necessary precautions you can relax and enjoy your trip.
Yangtze Cruise ships set no limit on luggage amount. It is better for each passenger pack the mostly needed luggage just for convenience. There are racks in cabins and some ships provided luggage depository services. Luggage of visitors traveling in groups are transferred on board in advance or delivered on arrival of the owners. After then, each piece will be delivered to your own cabin. Baggage-smasher will offer help when there is a need; however, the service is usually tipped.
In addition, there is a deposit box in each cabin and can be used for the safekeeping of valuables. Regulations specifically state that the ship's company takes no responsibility for any lost of valuables that are not placed into the deposit box. The service center also offers safe deposit boxes as well, but they may require specific procedures.
Generally, an excursion takes two or three hours. Please remember to bring some water with you. We would suggest you buy enough water before boarding since there is hardly chance buying bottled water during excursions. You can also buy it on the ship, it usually costs more.
For the whole cruise trip, passengers will usually have two river guides and some local guides for excursion tours. When on excursions, passengers will be divided into several groups by the cruise company and each group will have a local guide for the excursion. All activities aboard are arranged by the cruise company and subject to change without prior notice.
As for transport vehicles, passengers will have clean and safe coaches and/or minibuses for touring on shore. We should remind you that there are many steps in certain places, like the Ghost City, Fengdu and Shibaozhai (the precious stone stronghold). You may consult the river guide or the cruise staff, if you think it might be difficult for you and you may then decide whether to take part in a particular excursion.