CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund winner Jonathan Simkhai has always had a thing for lace. The delicate, feminine fabric has become a signature of his ready-to-wear, and, as he explains, it isn't just a part of his design process, it's rooted in his DNA. "Before the shah of Iran was exiled, my grandfather ran a lace mill in Tehran. The mill specialized in guipure lace, so it has always been important to me." So important, in fact, that Simkhai has created an entirely new category for himself that highlights his passion for this material and, more importantly, how women feel when wearing it. Today, the designer launches his debut nine-piece collection of lingerie called Night Night, a name that came from "something sweet that loved ones say to each other before bed but also a night out with friends, a night out running into your crush. It's about celebrating the alluring hours after twilight." Simkhai has created satin wrap robes, bodysuits, dresses, pajamas, bralettes, and underwear, all incorporating details like lace appliqués, cutouts, and tassels. The collection is available exclusively at Intermix.


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Everitt, Nyce appointed to Northern Health board
by admin|Published September 22, 2017
The province has appointed Colleen Nyce, current interim chair, as board chair for Northern Health and Frank Everitt as a board member.
"Nyce and Everitt have been instrumental in providing leadership to their communities for many years and now they will lend their expertise to Northern Health's board," said Health Minister Adrian Dix, in a press release. "Their previous experience will help them play a key role in contributing to a strong public health-care system to benefit residents of northern British Columbia."
Colleen Nyce has been serving as interim chair of Northern Health and recently retired as corporate affairs and community relations manager at Rio Tinto Alcan, where she worked for 14 years. Prior to that, Nyce was a personal investment manager at Scotiabank. Nyce was president of the 2004 Northern BC Winter Games, and is involved with the Terrace Figure Skating Club and the Terrace and District Chamber of Commerce. She holds a bachelor of arts in political science and public administration from the University of Windsor.
Everitt, who replaces Pat Bell on the board, is serving his second term as a city councillor in Prince George and is a member of the city's finance and audit committee. Everitt is retiring as president of the Union of Steel Workers Local 1-424 (now Local 1-2017) and he volunteered for the 2015 Canada Winter Games. He has been a community member on the Select Committee on Homelessness and Affordable Housing, board member and vice-chair of Employment Action, board member and vice-chair on the College of New Caledonia, president of Prince George and District Labour Council, board member of Spruce Credit Union, board member of the Canadian Institute of the Blind and was a member on the Forestry Roundtable.
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Sonja Gabriel
Sonja Gabriel works as a professor for media literacy at University Teacher College Vienna/Krems (Austria) where she teaches pre-service and in-service teachers. Her primary focus of research is on digital game-based learning and using serious games for teaching different subjects at school and university as well as evaluation of various projects for learning with games and game-design approaches.
The magic of serious games for learning
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When talking about serious games for teaching purposes, magic can be seen in two ways. First of all, magic is quite often used as narrative, to give a background or by equipping the player's avatar with magic items or skills. The use of magic in storytelling has always been important for humans to explain phenomena which could not be explained in another way. For children, however, magic also is of educational value – although the themes used in stories (and games) might often be unrealistic, there are fundamental elements for children's development. Many studies which had a look into fairy tales have proven the learning possibilities of these stories. Especially, digital games aiming at children (and also those that have been designed for learning purposes) use magic to engage children and to teach them – talking animals, towns made of candy and sugar or (nice) monsters being some characteristic examples. A second connection to magic and learning games for children can be made with the magic circle. Serious games wanting to teach players facts, change in behavior or attitude need to go beyond the magic circle. In order to make a game immersive, the three identities according to Gee have to be taken into account. However, that does not mean that knowledge or skills acquired within the game, will be taken beyond the game boundaries automatically. To enable transfer beyond the boundaries of the magic circle, additional measures (like classroom teaching) have to be taken. In the first part, the contribution will have a look at some children learning games and the role magic plays, whereas the second part will summarize major findings of studies related to digital game based learning and thus stress the fact that learning from games will show best results when it is accompanied with measures outside the game.
Ivo Antunic
Ivo Antunic is a designer and publisher of the board game World Control (www.world-control.net). He received BSc in Architecture from the Technical University of Vienna and has become a student of Game Studies at Danube University Krems in 2021. World Control was introduced to him during an exchange year in the US by his host father, Michael Lee Cregger. After sailing the carribbean seas, the name of his boat – imago – lived on for his publishing venture when he crowdfunded WorldControl on Kickstarter in 2016 during the rise of the Trump-Phenomenon. Focusing on deeper, analog immersion, and themes that bridge over to current events with a Twitter-Bot, additional crowdfundings on StarNext took kept WorldControl a constant Work-In-Progress. The blurring of the real & the gaming world is what he calls "Playerism".
Playerism – A broken Magic Circle, when the whole world is a game.
My entry into Game Studies stems from crowdfunding the board game "WorldControl" in 2016. It had been pieced together as a mashup of the board game classics "Risk" and "Monopoly" by Michael Lee Cregger in 1991, but remained unpublished. As an exchange student at the Cregger family in 2005 I got to know and love this forgotten game. Its story "in the future all governments have failed & a billionaire elite with corporate armies now plays for the world's total ownership" seemed gloomy but visionary. So when a billionaire gameshow host started running for the highest office of the world's most powerful army under a premise of "winning again", it seemed the game of WorldControl was about to get real. The simple mixture of "Fight or Pay", adding strategic elements to counter pure chance, gave the game a highly immersive gameplay compared to the known classics, while offering a familiar layout. But there was something about the original prototype that gave it that magic. A submerged central dice-rolling arena provided a feeling as if surrounded by James-Bond villains at Casino Royal. As a student of architecture I had always been fascinated by physical manifestations of these magic circles in the form of theaters, arenas and stadiums. It was not merely about the game, it was about making it bigger than life & immersing all of society into it. With permission to make something out of WorldControl, I poured all my love for design into carving an opulent board. Within 3 weeks a prototype and a campaign was set up without any advertisement, but since every friend called me crazy to believe that anyone would pay up to €230+ or more for a board game, I offered multiple versions. An overwhelming +75% of the backing eventually came from the design-editions. It was successfully funded on election-day 2016. The gameshow-host, trying to brake the rules of reality at every moment, became president & I was confronted with actually having to realize my modern Jumanji, with its immersive effect of braking into reality. The magic circle as a barrier seemed broken. This fusion of the real world and the simulated play world, is what I now call "Playerism".
Tamer Aslan
Tamer Aslan is a creative technologist and founder of City Games Vienna. He received BSc in Electronics Engineering from Sabancı University Istanbul and MA in Interaction Design from Domus Academy Milan. After working as a creative engineer and researcher in Ars Electronics Futurelab, he moved to Vienna to realise his vision of Playful City through City Games Vienna. He has received funding from aws, Vienna Business Agency and FFG, and produced games for Austrian Ministry of Tourism, UNODC, and BOKU. City Games Vienna currently has three Monster Hunts in local market and is developing a digital version to go international.
Blurring the Borders of Magic Circle: Urban Games as a Method for Fusing Game Worlds with the Real World
Urban games are an emerging form of play that derives from street games, location-based games, theatre performances and artistic happenings. They can be defined as pervasive games that are designed for urban context. They differentiate from other games in the sense that (1.) they are built upon cultural and technological heritage that can only be found in cities and (2.) they use real-life situations and locations as their magic circle. Two aspects form the base of the methodology in the design of the urban games: The Impact and the Container. The Impact is the aimed effect to be triggered in players participating in the games. The Container is the employed form housing the urban game. Three use cases will be explained within this structure, where urban games are used to blur the borders of the magic circle so that the skills acquired during gameplay can be translated and transferred into real life. Monster Hunts: Impact: Trigger awareness about the history and culture of Vienna. Form: Hybrid Card Game Using a city map, scratch-off riddle cards and web stories, players go around Vienna and catch "Monsters" with the help of Georgina II the Monster Huntress. The Monsters are sculptures or architectural elements that can be found in the city. CATRINA: Impact: inform and empower players on civil courage Form: Phone Game Players go to a public location and call a phone number where they listen through a scenario and decide on actions using keypad entries, to prevent the world from being destroyed by aliens. The actions provide handling options, so they can learn how to approach such situations in real life. Römerland Carnuntum 2040: Impact: Increase awareness of residents about the development of the region Form: Board Game Players role play four teenagers in an adventure game that takes place in Römerland Carnuntum. Trying to help a kid from the future, they go around the region and collect items. Depending on the items selected, the game ends with a different future scenario.
Jeremiah Diephuis
Jeremiah Diephuis (US/AT) was born in 1976 and grew up in the great arcades of the American Midwest. After studies in computational linguistics and communication and knowledge media, he turned his focus to the use of games for various purposes in the public sphere. He currently works as a lecturer and researcher in the Digital Media department at the Hagenberg Campus of the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria and is a founding member of the research group "Playful Interactive Environments".
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Even a brief examination of the sacred tome of game design reveals a myriad of apparent contradictions: the mechanics of a game should be easy to learn, but difficult to master; interaction should be simple and intuitive, yet simultaneously challenging and foster problem-solving skills. Yet, perhaps the most elusive of all game design mysteries is the art of emergence, the phenomenon of players interacting in ways that a game's rule system allows, but was not really intended, or at least not as a main objective. Emergence is often perceived as some form of the Philosopher's Stone, whose ingredients are not entirely known, but could be the secret to achieving a higher level of play. However, emergent gameplay tends to be more of an ex post facto observation than an actual design methodology, despite a growing number of publications that would suggest it can be harnessed to achieve increased player agency and engagement. Although some basic principles can be addressed in a game's design, emergence is heavily dependent both on the involved players' individual creativity as well as the game's actual setting. Particularly for co-located games, i.e. games played with others in the same physical environment, both Huizinga's concept of the Magic Circle as well as Juul's slightly extended metaphor of the Puzzle Piece can serve as useful theoretical models to understand some of the components that can contribute to emergence. In this talk, we will address some of the more-or-less intended as well as some truly surprising emergent gameplay that became part of co-located game installations developed for the Ars Electronica's Deep Space over a period of seven years. The presentation will examine both encouraging examples of emergent behavior as well as potentially game-breaking — or at least gameplay-inhibiting — actions that were observed in the wilds of public exhibition. The talk aims to provide both an informative analysis of potential pitfalls for co-located game installations as well as postulate a few promising ingredients for the cauldron of emergence.
Markus Meschik
Markus Meschik is head of Enter, an NGO dedicated to the counselling of families and institutions on the topic of digital games in education in Graz, Austria. He is a lecturer in the fields of social pedagogy, counseling and digital games at the University of Graz, where he received his doctorate on the topic of digital games in the family, and at the FH Joanneum Graz. He is a reviewer and expert for the BuPP of the Federal Chancellery.
"And for my next trick, I'll make your wallet disappear!" Adolescents' use and perception of "free-to-play" games in Austria
Current financing models of digital games such as the "free-to-play" model are generating unprecedented revenues in the video game industry (Wijman 2018). Many games seem to be tailored to and deliberately appeal to an adolescent target group, be it through their audiovisual design or by their easily accessible game mechanics. Other game series have been established for many years and added said financing models later. Due to structural similarities of these financing models with traditional gambling, this poses challenges for legislators as well as educators and gamers themselves. Some aspects are perceived as particularly critical. Lootboxes, for example, have been under investigation for some time and are already regulated in some European countries (Close/Lloyd 2021). However, lootboxes are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to financing models. "Pay-to-win" mechanisms and simulated gambling receive much less international attention, but like lootboxes, they exploit cognitive dissonances in gamers. These dissonances are similar to infantile magical thinking as described by Piaget (1926), where it is assumed that thoughts or actions can cause events that are causally unrelated. This contribution discusses how magical thinking by gamers can lead to increased spending in certain games, which cognitive distortions come into play in this process and how certain financing models take advantage of precisely this magical thinking. The contribution is based on the results of the author's dissertation, in which 30 adolescents between the ages of 12 and 18 were surveyed about their video game behavior using a qualitative approach.
Alexander K. Seewald
Dr.techn. Dipl.-Ing. Alexander K. Seewald has been active in research in the field of machine learning, artificial intelligence, and image analysis/pattern recognition for several decades. He has processed data with self-developed or modified learning algorithms, e.g. spam e-mails, handwritten numbers, biological research papers (from the BioMinT project), EEG data (from Prof. Weiss, Brain Research Institute, Vienna), binary TCP/IP data packets (from a honeypot system operated at the University of Vienna itself, image, audio and video data (various sources including stereo camera video recorded by his robot platform ToyCollect) and depth sensor data (practically all existing depth cameras)
Ten Years of Magic Mirror: I and My Avatar
Alexander Pfeiffer (Danube University Krems)
Since 2012 we have been building the augmented reality system Magic Mirror based on Kinect V1 and V2's native API. It relies on the magic mirror metaphor, where a large screen shows a mirrored camera view with overlaid graphical elements. In our case, it shows a different face mesh over the person's face which reliably tracks face poses in real time while leaving the eyes and mouth of the person visible for interaction and to improve immersion; replaces the background with images that may be changed, smoothly zoomed and dragged; and allows to take screenshots which are automatically printed out on photo cards with an unique QR code linking to its digital image. Control of the system is primarily via easily learned hand gestures very similar to multitouch screen gestures known from mobile phones and tablets. We have demonstrated the system to the public as well as in private (including at FROG conferences 2012, 2013 and 2014, albeit without presenting a paper) in a wide variety of settings, faces and backgrounds. Here, we explain the challenges inherent in creating high-quality face meshes and textures from 2D images, and how we solved them; describe the different versions of the system, how they differ and their limitations; and demonstrate the usefulness of our system in several applications from people counting and tracking to obtaining height measurements without storing or processing personal data.
Sarah Lynne Bowman
Sarah Lynne Bowman, Ph.D. is a scholar, game designer, and event organizer. She is a Senior Lecturer for the Department of Game Design at Uppsala University Campus Gotland and the Coordinator for Peace & Conflict Studies at Austin Community College. McFarland Press published her dissertation as The Functions of Role-playing Games: How Participants Create Community, Solve Problems, and Explore Identity (2010). Bowman has edited for The Wyrd Con Companion Book (2012-2015), the International Journal of Role-playing (2016-), and Nordiclarp.org (2015-). She helped organize the Living Games Conference (2014, 2016, 2018) and Role-playing and Simulation in Education Conference (2016, 2018).
Liminal Intimacy: Role-playing Games as Catalysts for Interpersonal Growth and Relating
Kjell Hedgard Hugaas (Department of Game Design, Uppsala University)
Josephine Baird (Department of Game Design, Uppsala University)
One of the most powerful aspects of role-playing games is the ability to slip out of established social frames (Goffman 1986; Fine 1983) and explore identity, whether digital (Bessière, Seay, and Kiesler, 2007; Bowman and Shrier 2018) or analog (Pohjola 2004; Bowman 2010). When a role-playing group supports meaningful self-discovery, it can become a space for magic: a transformational container within which players feel safe to explore new aspects of their consciousness within a liminal space (Bowman and Hugaas 2021). If the group is supportive off-game, that player can feel validated in portraying a new social identity in daily life (Stets and Serpe, 2013), as well as shaping a more empowering narrative of their life story (McAdams, 2011). Furthermore, role-playing games open up new relationship frames related to these identities and the fictions surrounding them. Previous work has addressed the ways in which players may experience such dynamics as erotic (Brown and Stenros 2018), confusing (Waern 2010), or potentially detrimental to existing relationships as a result of bleed (Bowman 2013; Harder 2018). Role-playing is an inherently co-creative activity, where new modes of reality and, thus, relating are experienced, even if these dynamics are fictional. However, we posit that within those fictional dynamics, players can experience sometimes unprecedented intimacy, vulnerability, and connection, which can fundamentally shake not only their self-concepts, but also their understanding of relationships. Integrating principles from transactional analysis (Berne 1996), attachment theory (Levin and Heller, 2011), and other psychotherapeutic concepts, as well as practices in relationship design (Michaels andJohnson, 2015) and authentic relating games (see Authentic Revolution, 2021; Games for Humanity, 2021), this article will explore intimacy within these environments. Role-playing games can hold space for players to catalyze new relationships, practice interpersonal skills such as flirting and sharing, and experience the magic of limerence and integration through connection (Siegel 2010). Furthermore, these containers can help players transform their understanding of intimacy in daily life, whether with specific people or with their own sexual and/or romantic identities. To best harness this potency, this article will conclude with recommendations for exploring intimacy with an emphasis on safety, consent, calibration, transparency, and trust.
Angshuman Dutta
Angshuman Dutta is currently a postgraduate student in his first year at Jadavpur University pursuing MA in English. He has published short stories in a couple of anthology compilations and in journals. He has a deep interest in the cultural impact of video games and his recent paper, titled "Playing in Space: Outer Wilds and sound", was presented at Affecting Game Space: Theory and Practice organised by Game Worlds Cluster, Centre for Data, Culture and Society, the University of Edinburgh 2021.
Designing Space: Outer Wilds and its non-linear immersion
Open-world games are tending to become more and more massive as time goes on. The map is seemingly endless and teeming with myriad sets of objectives, collectables, interactives and NPCs. Players are given directives and hand-held through the mechanics as they traverse from one level to another. Mobius Digital's Outer Wilds lies in contradiction to this trend. The game echoes on the surface the extreme fascination humanity has towards exploring space. Each planet, it feels, has its own essence, and audio cue, and the protagonist, finally becoming an astronaut, is to explore them all. Rather than putting an immense-almost-infinite world at the fingertips of the player, Outer Wilds puts them in a contained solar system stuck in a 22-minute time loop ending in the sun going supernova. The game is designed in such a way that interaction with it is not forced. Players can choose their own way to play each loop. They can visit wherever they want to and nothing other than the endgame actually requires a prior key to be collected or latch to be pulled. The immersion of the game resides in the uniqueness of the different planets, the accompanying music pieces, and the existentialist question of life and the self in a space that is dying. The game takes on a heuristic approach rather than helping the player with clear cut clues. The game is not meant to be or designed to be played in any one linear way. This paper wishes to examine how the design of the world in the game helps in the immersion of the players in its gamespace, while not binding the players to any certain way of playing.
Mario Donick
Dr. Mario Donick has studied German language & literature and history at the University of Rostock. He has a PhD in Communication Studies. He works as independent author and researcher. Books and articles on human computer interaction & society, as well as computer games. CV and publications.
Doing Magic for a Living: About the "Mages Guild" in The Elder Scrolls as Professional Organization
Many fantasy games present mages, wizards and witches as a fairly common part of the game world and its society. Magic exists objectively and even common people know about it. Still, magic is often regulated by special organizations. In the "Elder Scrolls" series of games, many mages are organized in the Mages Guild. In my talk, I start by explaining the guild's purpose, both in term of gameplay and narrative – the guild not only structures the quest-based gameplay of the series, but also builds, strengthens and confirms the player's assumed identity as mage, witch or wizard. It is therefore a tool helping the player to suspend disbelief. However, by doing so, the actually fantastic endeavour of casting spells or doing magic research becomes surprisingly mundane – magic quests are presented as jobs with payments and deadlines to meet. Members are organized in ranks, have to follow rules, and guilds are managed, just like every other company in our normal world. At first this seems to be a contradiction to the fantastic setting of the game world. However, I will show that elements of every-day bureaucracy actually increase the credibility of the fictional guild and further strenghten the player's impression of really being a mage, witch or wizard.
Katarzyna Marak
Katarzyna Marak, Ph. D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Cultural Studies at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland; she is the author of Japanese and American Horror: A Comparative Study of Film, Fiction, Graphic Novels and Video Games and the co-author of the monograph Gameplay, Emotions and Narrative: Independent Games Experienced, as well as a number of texts discussing independent games, game mechanics, player experience, and storytelling aspects of games. Her research interests concern game studies, with particular emphasis on independent game texts, horror fiction, testimonies of reception, and elements of American and Japanese popular culture.
Magic as Mechanics and Narrative in Independent Horror Games
This paper will attempt to outline and examine the medium-specific ways in which magic is portrayed and used in independent digital horror games. The two most important factors taken into consideration will be the practical employment of magic, discussed in terms of mechanics, and the fantastical employment of magic, discussed in terms of the narrative. Both these components are particularly significant in horror fiction in general, where magic is primarily depicted as a source of harm and peril, and only occasionally as the means to defend oneself—depending on the culture-related politics of magic. Such portrayal of magic does conform to the medium of digital games, but also breaks with the strict long-established convention of typical literary and film horror narratives by empowering and strengthening the protagonist. Using a number of selected examples, the paper will examine a number of varied representations of magic in game texts, with particular emphasis placed on the relationship between magic and immersion, as well as magic and agency. By placing games in a broader context of other horror texts, the paper will demonstrate how through a complex interplay of mechanics, narrative, and gameplay experience independent digital horror games allow the players to obtain and use the power to make impossible things occur in and impact on the game world.


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A Baía de San Diego () é um porto natural adjacente à San Diego, Califórnia. Tem 19 km de comprimento e de 1.6 a 4.8 km de largura. A baía faz fronteira com as cidade de San Diego, National City, Imperial Beach e Coronado.

A fronteira ocidental da baía é protegida no Oceano Pacífico por um longa e estreita faixa de terra, chamada de Silver Strand (Praia prateada). No norte da Silver Strand se encontra a North Island(Ilha Norte), o local da Naval Air Station North Island (onde se encontram vários porta-aviões, inclusive o USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)) e também Coronado. A Marinha dos Estados Unidos tem outras três instalações na baía: Base Naval de San Diego, Base Naval de Point Loma (base de submarinos nucleares) e Naval Amphibious Base Coronado.

O Porto comercial de San Diego possui duas instalações para container (uma para containeres refrigerados) e um terminal para cruzeiros. No porto passam mais de 3 milhões de toneladas de carga anualmente. Pelo terminal de cruzeiros passam mais de 250 navios por ano totalizando aproximadamente 1 milhão de passageiros. Na baía encontram-se dezenas de marinas e nove clubes de iate, incluindo o Clube de Iates de San Diego onde aconteceu a America's Cup (copa de barcos à vela) em 1988 e 1995.

O Porto de San Diego gerencia a baía e administra as terras públicas adjacentes a ela. O porto é uma entidade governamental criada pela legislação em 1962, a qual obtém seus lucros de tarifas e aluguéis pagos pelos tenentes do distrito.

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April 16, 2021 Monique Roth Destrehan, Featured, Health, Lifestyles, Profiles, St. Charles Parish
Kim Costandi said she is currently working out four to five days a week, and that her overall health has become her main goal.
Destrehan resident Kim Costandi was athletic and involved in sports year-round when she was growing up, but adult responsibilities and motherhood meant she had a hard time incorporating exercise into her weekly routine.
That is, until February of 2020.
"Exercise was not really my thing," she said. "I did do a bit of martial arts for a few years and managed to get to the rank of Decided 1st Degree Black Belt in Taekwondo, but that was about it."
Costandi first joined Anytime Fitness Destrehan in 2013 but had stopped going for years. She rejoined in February 2020.
"I hate that I got off track, but I'm not planning on going anywhere again," she said. "My goals when I rejoined were to start making time for me again and commit to getting back in shape. I've worked from home the last two and a half years and it hasn't been easy to stay active during the day. I also want to get healthy for my son – not only to set a good example, but to make sure I'm around to watch him grow up and have his own babies."
When Costandi rejoined the gym on Feb. 24, 2020, she became a participant of the center's FitFest and started small team training as a way to jumpstart being back at in the gym. Little did she know gyms would close due to the coronavirus pandemic just a few weeks after she rejoined.
"I think we all faced the same obstacle this year," she said. "The gym closing in March was a huge stumbling block. It would have been easy to settle into old ways, especially with virtual schooling and work occupying the day, but with the beautiful weather through most of the closure, bike rides and walks with the dog became daily rituals we all looked forward to."
Costandi said when Memorial Day 2020 rolled around and the gym offered an outdoor workout, she was so happy to be back in a fitness training atmosphere.
"I was excited to start working towards my 100 workout goal," she said. "It was great to get back in a more scheduled routine."
Costandi said she is currently working out four to five days a week, and that her overall health has become her main goal.
"For anyone just getting started or needing a little help or a reset, the best advice I can give is to keep going," she said. "I just want to be healthy. I'm in a good spot right now, but it's a never-ending journey."
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Deputies with the St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office were dispatched to a residence in the 200 block of 4th Street in Luling just after midnight on Jan. 9 after receiving a call from a female requesting medical aid for a male. […]
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Q: MySQL in VMWare Ubuntu 11.10 64bit, Configuration Can anyone suggest an optimal setting for what I'm doing?  (Note that this is a one time job, after finishing my code, I'll put this back to development setting.)
I am setting up a 64bit Ubuntu 11.10 VM with 4 cores and 16GB RAM.  I'm going to import 15MM+ rows into a single table and upon saving, the Python/Django code will trigger a look up to a second table, and pull some fields from the second table and update the large table.
The job has already failed once because I was trying to import 15MM+ in one short.  So I have broken the file down into 16 files.
There will be some filtering and export off the first table after the import is completed.
The DB is InnoDB.  I don't know how good the default my-large or my-huge .cnf settings are  and not sure if it is suitable at all for me.
Thank you in advance!

A: try this or this. both should give you some sane configuration values suitable for modern hardware.

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The Seahawks will play in London for the first time this weekend, clashing with the Oakland Raiders at Wembley Stadium -- a game feel Carroll described as being similar to that of a college bowl game.
In terms of adjusting to the time difference, Carroll explained the goal is having the players sleep on the plane ride and keeping them up the day they get there so they can get a regular night of sleep.
"You can't imagine how long they (the Seahawks organization) have been working on it. I'm talking all aspects of our club," Carroll said. "The meetings and the travel and the trips and the preliminary trips and all that stuff. They've been working like crazy for this thing. It's hard. It's a hard thing to under take. But they've got it nailed and our guys know how to do it. It just takes a long time. It's a big process, you know?
The Seahawks had their best offensive performance against the Rams last week.
They had season-bests in third-down conversion rate (7-of-12) and rushing yards (190). Quarterback Russell Wilson had his most efficient performance of the season, play action worked with great success and the team found a power run game with Chris Carson and Mike Davis.
Carroll said Tuesday the hope is maintaining the upward trajectory in London.
"This is where we've been seeking," Carroll said. "We feel really good about what we're trying to do. The guys up front are doing a great job. The running back group, who's ever out there, is really giving us the kind of intensity and aggressive focus that we want. I think it fits us together. We have to keep doing it. We got a long ways to go here, but we made a big turn.
First-round pick Rashaad Penny didn't see any action in the back field against Rams, as he's fallen behind Mike Davis on the depth chart.
Carroll explained Tuesday that there just weren't enough opportunities for the rookie on Sunday. He admitted that Penny lost ground when he broke his finger in the preseason, but reiterated that he's 100 percent healthy and just waiting for his chance to play.
Baldwin played 88 percent of the Seahawks' offensive snaps on Sunday, but had just one catch for a yard.
The two-time Pro Bowler was sidelined for Weeks 2 and 3 after spraining his right MCL in the season opener. He's also battled lingering issues in his left knee since the offseason. But Carroll said his numbers had nothing to do with his knee problems.
Carroll said that rookie defensive end Rasheem Green (ankle) is still a couple weeks away from returning. He added that linebacker K.J. Wright, who's yet to make his season debut since having arthroscopic knee surgery in August, will be sidelined again in London.
The Seahawks' offensive line has been much-improved the last three weeks. The sacks numbers are down and strong run blocking has enabled the team to find some success in the back field.
D.J. Fluker has been a big reason why.
The 6-foot-5, 342-pound right guard has helped stabilize the right side of the o-line with his force and size. He had a big-time pancake on the Rams' Ndamukong Suh on Mike Davis' TD run in the first quarter of Sunday's loss.
Fluker signed with the Seahawks in the offseason.
"I just couldn't imagine the personality and the toughness and the love of the game that's so obvious," Carroll said. "He's exactly what you hope football players are like, in terms of love of the game and how he approaches it.
Most recognizable to Seahawks fan on the Raiders' roster is Marshawn Lynch.
Lynch played six seasons in Seatlle and was a fan favorite, establishing himself as one of the best running backs in the franchise's history. He retired following the 2015 season but returned in 2017 to join the Raiders.
Carroll raved about how good Lynch still looks at the age of 32 ahead of the clash with his former player.


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Fences is a American period drama film starring, produced and directed by Denzel Washington and written by August Wilson, based on his Pulitzer Prize- winning play of the same name. In addition to Washington, the film also stars Viola Davis, Stephen McKinley.
Tensions begin to boil in the studio between Ma Rainey, her white producer, and the bandmates, as the underlying issue of white producers exploiting black recording artists comes to a head. Helmed by Broadway powerhouse director George C. A play calls for limited settings and lengthy dialogu,e and can only be pulled off on screen by talent who knows how to blend the two primary art forms. Washington has proven repeatedly that he has a knack at eliciting emotions - on and off the screen - and no doubt it didn't take much enticing to bring Davis and Boseman on board. Source: Deadline. Tags: ma raineys black bottom.
Please refresh the page and retry. D irector: Denzel Washington. Cert 12A; mins. The feat was repeated for the revival, with Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in those parts. O n film, with Washington on both sides of the camera, what we get is still very much the play: anyone allergic to Serious American Theatre may be well advised to steer clear. For its first half, at least, Fences is stagy, talky, demanding and slow.
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By Anthony D'Alessandro. That deal was moved over to Netflix. The project reteams Davis and Washington on their third Wilson endeavor after starring in both the Broadway revival of Fences and the film version, which he directed and also earned three Oscar noms. Davis and Washington both won Tony Awards for their roles. Constanza Romero will serve as EP. Oscar winning Ann Roth is set as the costume designer with Branford Marsalis composing.
The central character, Troy Maxson, is a bedraggled patriarch with a backbone of pride that rules and defines him. Troy works as a trash collector, and when we first see him, finishing his Friday shift and coming home to greet the weekend the way he always does, by sharing a pint of gin with his grizzled co-worker, Bono Stephen Henderson , he seems an ebullient and centered man. And Washington tears through it with a joyful ferocity, like a man possessed. Which, as we learn, is just what Troy is. Troy thinks society will never change for the black man, so he turns that belief into a self-fulfilling prophecy. As other characters show up, each sheds a ray of light on the real nature of Troy.
Fences is a American period drama film starring, produced and directed by Denzel Washington and written by August Wilson , based on his Pulitzer Prize -winning play of the same name. Principal photography on the film began on April 25, , in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , in the Hill District, and wrapped in mid-June In s Pittsburgh , Troy Maxson lives with his wife Rose and their son Cory, and works as a waste collector alongside his best friend, Jim Bono. Gabriel has since moved out, but still lives in the neighborhood, often getting in trouble with the law. Troy left home at 14 after beating up his abusive father, and became a robber to sustain himself. After serving prison time for killing a man during a robbery, he met Bono and revealed himself to be a talented baseball player.
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Favorite thing about St. Anne's: The people. The people in our community are like extended family to me. I work with amazing, talented colleagues and very special families who share their precious children with us every day.
Why did you choose to teach? I actually wanted to be a teacher from the time I started Kindergarten. I loved school as a child! That feeling became a passion for working with young people, watching them learn and grow, and learning alongside them. Although I am not currently in the classroom, I still get to be around teachers, students and parents every day. I can honestly say that, after all these years, I still love coming to school every day.
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Stuck on an island, what book do you bring with you?/Favorite book: The Norton Anthology of English Literature
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Favorite thing about St. Anne's: The community is amazing! I love the connections between all constituents of our community, and the connections over decades between families, alumni, current students, faculty, and staff. That creates strong bonds that are there to support each other.
Why did you choose to teach? I'm always learning myself, and I love to be part of the learning process for students as they learn new skills, face challenges, and navigate the world.
Hobbies or interests outside of school: I love to read, write, be outdoors, ski, hike, and spend time with my family and friends.
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Favorite thing about St. Anne's: My favorite thing about working at St. Anne's is the kids. I love shaking their hands in the morning, spending time with them at recess, and sitting with them at lunch (when they let me!)
Why did you choose education? I think education is the most important thing we can all support financially. With a strong academic and character foundation, students can succeed and go on to do remarkable things in the world!
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Stuck on an island, what book do you bring with you?/Favorite book: Shel Silverstein's A Light in the Attic, a collection of poems. They are quirky, silly, reflective and fun!
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Favorite thing about St. Anne's: I love taking care of St. Anne's and keeping it running so that the entire community can enjoy uninterrupted access to the technology they require.
Why did you choose education? I didn't really choose education, education chose me, and once I experienced that feeling of helping out 5-year old Kindergarteners navigate through Carmen Sandiego and Math Blaster, I knew I found a great place to build a career.
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By Rachel Held Evans, on January 01, 2013.
Let's just imagine it's Sunday...and 2012... shall we?
Malala Yousafzai, a young Pakistani activist who as shot in the head by Taliban on her way home from school.
Glennon Melton – You probably know her from her wildly popular blog, Momastery, but Glennon has a book coming out in 2013—Carry On, Warrior—that I've had the privilege to read early and that I know you are going to just love. Expect this book to make news!
Enuma Okoro – Recently named one of seven top young influencers for the next generation by Catalyst, Enuma is speaking all over the world now, and in June of 2012 was honored as the first woman of African descent to preach at the historic American Church in Paris. Expect to see her at more conferences and events in 2013.
Sarah Bessey – How this lady has managed to write a book while consistently posting amazing essays on her blog is simply beyond me. I think 2013 is going to be a good year for this kindred spirit and friend.
Elizabeth Esther – Elizabeth is the definition of a woman of valor who also has a book releasing in the next year. And she's planning to blog every day in 2013, which is good news for the Internet!
Nicole Cottrell – Nicole and I don't always agree, but this woman knows how to blog. If she keeps doing what she's doing, we can expect her to be a major player in the online conversations that get everyone talking.
Micha Boyett – One of my favorite writers, Micha will be announcing some exciting news shortly. Expect to hear more from her in the coming years.
Jamie Wright – You know her as Jamie, The Very Worst Missionary. I think of her as Jamie, The Very Funniest Blogger. Jamie's just got a knack for writing in a funny, relatable, and disarming way that manages to entertain while instructing.
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End of tenancy cleaning has to be a daily routine when living in London, but no one wants to do it so often! Because of that, you have to call for a cleaner's team that will clean your house with some chemical products that do not let the dust to settle! The result: you do not have to clean your furniture often! Buy why ask for a cleaners' team than buying these chemical products? The answer is simple: because you will save a lot of money! These type of substances are very expensive, but if you hire a cleaners' team, you will receive two things at a very good price: the dust will not settle on your furniture too soon and your entire house will be cleaned!
So, you have all the reasons to call at a cleaning company or contact them directly via their website at: http://cleansimply.co.uk and see their offers and ask the team to clean your house!
We will present you one from the most important reason for what you need to have your house clean all the time: it is a reflection of you! You believe it or not, it is real and it is proved by the scientist. And, if you do not have enough time to clean, but you are organized and a person that is taking care of herself!
For example, if you have invited some people to your house for a party or a dinner, your house need to be clean, tidy and welcoming! It can be really stressful, especially if you have as guests important people that you want to impress! For example, your mother-in-law will not have a good opinion about you, if she finds your house a mess! And being loved by your mother-in-law is an important for you and your future marriage/ actual marriage!
If you have your house clean, it says about you a lot of things. For example, that you are a good person, always ready to face the problems and organized! If your dirty dishes stay in stacks in your sink or the dirty laundry stay without being washed for days says about you that you are a person that is not taking care about herself, her life or that you do not know how to face problems!
To not let a wrong impress to guests even if you are a person that is taking care of herself, call for a professional tenancy cleaning team that will be always ready to help you to keep your image in the society!
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noun Plural form of aurochs.
The forests and the plains gave plentifully of fruits and wild birds, antelope, aurochsen, and elk.
The most unique item of this "Game Book," with the exception, naturally, of the two aurochsen, are assuredly the three whales which the emperor shot with a harpoon gun, on the occasion of his yachting trip to the furthermost portion of Norway a few summers ago.
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Thus there are a couple of "aurochsen," which is a species of bison-like wild cattle, still to be found strictly preserved in the private domains of the Emperor of Russia.
And they found bisons, aurochsen, in the mountains, Paul says, and is not surprised thereat, because there are plenty of them in Hungary near by.
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Bos taurus, with some lines of evidence suggesting possible, albeit rare, genetic contributions from locally domesticated wild aurochsen across Eurasia.
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Sequence analysis reveals evidence of heteroplasmy in this sample and places this mitochondrial genome sequence securely within a previously identified aurochsen haplogroup (haplogroup P), thus providing novel insights into pre-domestic patterns of variation.
In contrast to mtDNA studies, analyses of paternally-inherited Y-chromosome haplotypes are equivocal on whether male aurochsen contributed to European The recent advent of high-throughput DNA sequencing technologies, also referred to as
A contrasting picture is seen in Italy, where all ancient aurochsen mtDNA control region sequences to date have been assigned to macro-haplogroup T
Inferences from these investigations have been based largely on the analysis of partial mitochondrial DNA sequences generated from modern animals, with limited sequence data from ancient aurochsen samples.


MARK COLVIN: The Prime Minister's delivered a strongly-worded attack on the Opposition over the family payments system, accusing it of planning to take an axe to the system if it won government.
John Howard's target was Labor's plan to put a means test on Family Tax Benefit Part B and take it away from families earning more than a quarter of a million dollars a year.
The Prime Minister calls this the thin edge of the wedge.
But the Opposition says he's running a loopy scare campaign and failing to explain why millionaires should receive welfare payments.
LOUISE YAXLEY: John Howard calls the speech "Taxation keeping faith with Australian Families," and it's a straight pitch to the nation's parents � and would be parents � a prime minister selling his Government's credentials as a family friendly administration.
He's the leader who leaves nothing to chance, putting down a foundation for an election still 18 months away by painting himself as the one with the right policies for people with children.
JOHN HOWARD: A taxation system that fails to recognise the costs of raising children, that adopts an antiseptic economically neutral view of the responsibility carried by Australian parents is a taxation system without a social vision.
My Government faces the low and middle-income families of Australia squarely in the foreground of our policy lens. We make no apologies for that. That is how we said we would govern, that is how we are governing, and that is how we intend to go on governing.
LOUISE YAXLEY: But the point of this speech is to tear down the Opposition, even more than it is to build up his own side.
Mr Howard argues that Labor wants to strip back the family payments system.
JOHN HOWARD: The Labor Party has exhibited only unremitting hostility to the family tax benefit system. It has become a very small-minded political outfit, almost resentful when the Coalition looks after low and middle-income families better than they do.
Time and again Labor has signalled its intention to take the axe to the family tax benefit system. At the last election its family tax plan would have left some of the least affluent people in Australian society worse off, including single mothers, and large single income families on modest incomes.
Last November the architect of this vicious policy and now the ALP Treasury spokesman, Mr Wayne Swann, said that family tax benefits for what he terms, and I quote, "high income single income families," end of quote, should be rolled into a reformed tax system.
In January Labor's family and community services spokesman Senator Evans complained that the Government, and I quote, "has been gradually and quietly pushing up the value of family benefits, and that there has been no real debate on the implications of this."
You don't have to be a Blexley Park codebreaker to see where they are going. Labor wants to undermine the family tax benefit system.
LOUISE YAXLEY: Labor's families spokesman Chris Evans says the Prime Minister's falling back on a trademark scare campaign, and this one, he says, is filled with conspiracy theories.
Chris Evans says Labor supports the family tax benefits system, but it wouldn't apply a means test for those earning more than a quarter of a million dollars.
And he says, in launching such a strong defence of the current system, the Prime Minister shows he's not prepared to deal with any of the flaws in it.
CHRIS EVANS: John Howard really has to answer the challenge we put down to him in the May budget. There are real inequities in the family benefits system, terrible tax imposts on middle Australia, and John Howard must use his authority to change those inequities, to make the system fairer for middle income families.
He must do that, otherwise he's failing those families. It's not reasonable to expect people to lose 70 cents in the dollar for every extra dollar they earn by going back to work or doing a bit of overtime. We should be rewarding hard work, encouraging participation in our economy, and currently we're taking 70 cents in the dollar of every extra dollar people earn, and instead we're paying millionaires over $3,000 a year because their partners don't work. It's not fair, it's not Australian, and it ought to be fixed.
MARK COLVIN: Chris Evans ending Louise Yaxley's report.


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Discover the Christmas custom, story, myth and legend associated with Holly. This festive tradition and Christmas custom, with its familiar symbol and meaning, has evolved over time. But what is the history, meaning and origin of Holly? This article provides facts and information about the history of Holly as a familiar symbol, tradition and custom of our Christmas today. Holly remains green throughout the winter, thus symbolizing renewal.
What is Holly?
What is Holly? Definition: Holly is defined as a tree or shrub of the genus Ilex. The European species Ilex Aquifolium is best known, having glossy green leaves, with a spiny, waved edge, and bearing berries that turn red or yellow about Michaelmas. The holly is used to adorn churches and houses, at Christmas time, and hence is associated with scenes of good will and rejoicing. It is an evergreen tree, and has a fine grained, heavy, white wood. The American holly is the Ilex opaca. Commercial holly, called Meserve Holly, was hybridized by Kathleen Meserve on Long Island, New York in the 1950's. It is hardier than wild forms with brighter berries and glossier leaves. Also, unlike English holly, it can survive temperatures as low -20°F.
The Legend of the Holly
According to legend the "crown of thorns" of Jesus Christ was of holly and that the berries turned from white to red after His crucifixion.
The Origin and History of Holly
Some origins date back to the pagan traditions and customs of the ancients. Other symbols, customs and traditions have specific religious significance to the Christian religion and the Nativity of Jesus Christ. And finally there are many new, non-religious customs which have emerged due to increased prosperity and the commercialism of the festival in the modern world. The origin and history of Holly is pagan. It was banned in 1647 by the English parliament under Oliver Cromwell due to its pagan connections. Holly was regarded as an excellent form of protection for all manner of things but specifically against evil spirits, poisons, thunder and lightning and the evil eye.
The Christmas Custom & History of Holly - Symbol of Fertility
Evergreen plants, such as Holly, are rooted in pagan religions, some dating back thousands of years to the Ancient Egyptians. In winter, when everything is brown and dead, evergreen plants, such as Holly, are manifestations of the abiding life within the plant-world, and evergreens may well have been used as sacramental means of contact with the spirit of growth and fertility. Particularly precious would be evergreen plants like Holly, which actually bears fruit in the winter time. Holly was believed to have many healing powers when used as a herb. It has been used for asthma, rheumatism, gout and dropsy.
The History and Origins of Holly - The Celtic Druids
The most celebrated festivals of the Celts and their priests, who were called Druids, were held in honour of the return of the sun which at the winter solstice begins gradually to regain power and to ascend in the horizon. The Druids worshipped the sun which included prayers and offerings to their Sun God to ensure that the sun returned to give them a good summer. The Druids also revered the Ivy and especially Mistletoe. Holly was used by people in Britain to protect their homes from evil spirits. Witches were said to be deterred from entering a house because of the holly's prickly leaves and by its reputation for holiness (the word holly derives from the word holy).
The History of Holly - Superstitions
There are several old superstitions surrounding the holly. Holly was believed to bring bad luck:
If Holly is burnt whilst it is still green
If the berries are smashed
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Peopling of the New World remains contentious
New genetic studies reach differing conclusions
It is generally accepted that the humans first reached the New World by crossing the land bridge between Siberia and Alaska during the last Ice Age. However, the number of migrations and their timing has been debated for many decades.
The Paleoamerican model states that the earliest Americans or Paleoamericans were replaced by a second, separate wave of migrants from which today's Native Americans are descended. The model is based on apparent differences in craniofacial morphology between some early fossil remains and more recent Native American. Note that this hypothetical second migration is distinct from the much later migrations responsible for around half of Aleut-Eskimo ancestry, and a tenth of Na-Dene ancestry.
Two new studies, published respectively in the journals Science and Nature, have reached opposing conclusions. Publishing in Science, Raghavan and colleagues analysed whole genomes of 31 present-day people from the New World, Siberia and Oceania, 23 ancient New World genomes and single nucleotide polymorphism genotypes from 79 present-day people from the New World and Siberia. The ancient DNA included samples from a 4,000 year-old Saqqaq individual from Greenland and the 12,600 year-old Anzick-1 (Clovis culture) individual from Montana.
They found that the ancestors of all present-day Native Americans, including Athabascans and Amerindians, entered the New World in a single migration from Siberia no earlier than 23,000 years ago and after no more than 8,000 years of isolation in Beringia. Around 13,000 years ago, these ancestral Native Americans diversified into two basal genetic branches: one that is now dispersed across North and South America and another restricted to North America. Subsequent gene flow resulted in some Native Americans sharing ancestry with present-day East Asians, including Siberians and, more distantly, Australo-Melanesians. But populations believed to be relict Paleoamericans including the Pericúes from Mexico and the Fuego-Patagonians, are not directly related to modern Australo-Melanesians, contrary to the predictions of the Paleoamerican Model.
The second study, published by Skoglund and his colleagues in Nature, featured genomic data from 63 Native Americans, who belonged to 21 diferent populations, and showed no discernable evidence of European or African ancestry. Results showed that some Amazonian Native Americans descend partly from a founding population with an ancestry more closely related to Aboriginal Australians, New Guineans and Andaman Islanders than to any present-day Eurasians or Native Americans. This genetic signature is not seen in present-day Northern and Central Native Americans, or in the Anzick-1 genome. The source population for this Australasian-related ancestry was named 'Population Y' after Ypykue´ra, which means 'ancestor' in the Tupi language family spoken by the Suruı´ and Karitiana.
The researchers suggested that Population Y had already admixed with a lineage related to First Americans by the time it reached Amazonia, and that it was the explanation for the differing craniofacial morphology noted above. However, no ancient DNA directly extracted from remains with this morphology, so the results did not prove that these people were Population Y. The absence of linkage disequilibrium in Population Y suggests that it arrived in the New World a long time ago. Furthermore, while it shows a distant genetic affinity to Andamanese, Australian and New Guinean populations, it is not particularly closely related to any of them, suggesting that its ultimate source in Eurasia no longer exists.
It is to be hoped that future ancient DNA studies provide further insight into the results of the Skoglund study.
Skoglund, P. et al., Genetic evidence for two founding populations of the Americas. Nature 525, 104-108 (2015).
Raghavan, M. et al., Genomic evidence for the Pleistocene and recent population history of Native Americans. Science 349(6250), 841, aab3884-1-10 (2015).
Author prehistorianPosted on July 29, 2015 January 7, 2018 Tags Ancient DNA, Native Americans
Ohalo II 'proto-weeds' indicate attempts to cultivate wild cereals 23,000 years ago
Evidence of low-level food production at Epipaleolithic site
Ohalo II is a well-studied sedentary hunter-gatherer settlement on the shores of the Sea of Galilee. Associated with the Kebaran culture, the site dates to the Early Epipaleolithic period and was occupied around 23,000 years ago. The partially-excavated site is believed to cover an area of around 2,000 sq. m. (21,500 sq. ft.), and excavations have revealed the remains of six huts. Faunal remains suggest that the Ohalo II people hunted gazelle and deer, trapped hare and birds, and caught fish. From preserved botanical remains, no fewer than 142 different plant species have been identified, including emmer wheat, barley, brome and other small-grained grasses, acorns, almonds, pistachios, olives, legumes, raspberries, figs and grapes. These were collected from a range of habitats, including the nearby Mount Tabor.
In a newly-published report, archaeologists report the identification of 13 plant species now classified as weeds, mixed with large quantities of wild cereal seeds, including emmer, barley and oats. The presence of such species among cereals is considered to be one of the key archaeological indications of food production – in this case some 11,000 years before the onset of full-blown agriculture in the region.
That the Ohalo II people were harvesting wild cereal stands is supported by a study of glossed flint blades found at the site. The pattern of use-wear 'sickle gloss' polish observed on the sharp edges of these blades is consistent with their use to harvest wild cereals before they fully ripen and scatter their grain. Such a practice known from the later Natufian culture, but has not previously been documented for the Kebaran. The blade also bears traces of hafting on the opposite side to the cutting edge, indicating that it was possibly a part of a sickle. Again, such tools are very rare in a pre-Natufian context.
However, the report suggests that these techniques were not carried on in later times, and they evidently represent a failed attempt at low-level food production. Sickle-harvesting did not come into widespread use until the Early Natufian around 8,000 years later, or 15,000 years before the present.
Snir, A. et al., The Origin of Cultivation and Proto-Weeds, Long Before Neolithic Farming. PLoS One 10 (7), e0131422 (2015).
Author prehistorianPosted on July 23, 2015 January 6, 2018 Tags agriculture, epipalaeolithic, Kebaran, Ohalo II
Earliest evidence of dentistry in Late Upper Palaeolithic
Stone tools used to treat dental caries 14,000 years ago
Humans have been practising dentistry for a surprisingly long time. The earliest dental filling, made from beeswax and dating to 6,500 years ago, was reported from Slovenia in 2012 and a bow drill was apparently used to remove decay from molar teeth recovered from a 9,000-year-old Neolithic graveyard in Pakistan. The increase in carbohydrate consumption in the Neolithic was accompanied by an increase in dental caries, and a need for dentistry. The drilling, cleaning and filling dental cavities is documented in ancient Egyptian texts, which confirm that the practice was established by at least the fifth millennium BC.
Evidence of a much earlier origin for the treatment of dental caries has now emerged from Epigravettian site of Riparo Villabruna in northern Italy. Researchers studied a lower right third molar from a 25-year-old male, originally recovered in 1988 and radiocarbon dated to around 14,000 years ago. They noticed a dental cavity that had apparently been cleaned and on investigating with an electron microscope they found V-shaped striations that appeared to have been caused by scraping.
The researchers then attempted to replicate the striations on recently-extracted third molars, using pointed tools made from wood, bone and microlith. The use of such tools as toothpicks is well documented from the Palaeolithic. It was found that the microlith tool produced grooves and ridges matching those found on the Villabruna tooth, which thus provides the earliest known example of dental surgery. The cavity had been dug with a flint microlith to remove the dental decay and presumably relieve toothache.
The Villabruna specimen suggests that there was at least some knowledge of dental disease treatment well before the Neolithic. This study suggests that early forms of carious treatment entailed an adaptation of a toothpick to lever and scratch out decay rather than the drilling practices of later times.
Oxilia, G. et al., Earliest evidence of dental caries manipulation in the Late Upper Palaeolithic. Scientific Reports (2015).
Author prehistorianPosted on July 22, 2015 January 7, 2018 Tags dentistry, upper palaeolithic


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Lophocarpinia aculeatifolia is a species of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.

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Caesalpinieae
Monotypic Fabaceae genera


Infant Development – Get A Clear Idea On How Your Little One Will Behave At Different Stages!
As a parent you will be observing the day by day development of your infant. At different age levels, he/she will perform different tasks.
You can expect noises, laughing and smiling from them.
To make your child feel safe, provide gentle care and tender kisses for him.
Try to speak freely with him/her.
Don't show more harshness and strictness to him/her even though they are naughty.
Provide healthy nutrition required for them according to their age and weight.
Respond to the tears of your infant, because he/she will be unable to talk, so know clearly what made them to cry.
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In case you're new to Instagram and wondering what it's all about, Instagram is a free social media app centered around sharing photos and videos. The latest Instagram statistics indicate that the app has over 500 million monthly and 800 million daily active users, and that number just keeps growing. With new features popping up every few months, Instagrammers won't lose interest any time soon, either. What started as a simple photo sharing app with a selection of filters and editing tools soon added a video feature, then a live video feature, and now includes even more editing options, face filters for still photos and videos, direct messaging, the ability to follow hashtags, and much more.
Want to put Instagram on your iPad?
Open the App Store app on your iPad.
Tap on the magnifying glass icon at the bottom of the screen.
Type Instagram into the search field, then tap Search. When your search results appear, tap Get to download Instagram for iPad; make sure to look for the Instagram icon that matches the one in the picture below to be sure you're downloading the correct app.
When the app is finished downloading tap Open, and you'll be directed to install Instagram on your iPad.
Now you can log in to your Instagram account or create a new account.
Why is Instagram for iPad so Tiny?
Hooray, we have Instagram installed on our iPads but… it's really tiny, and you have to hold your iPad in Portrait mode because the app refuses to display in Landscape mode. We can fix some of this problem but not all of it.
Tap the icon with two arrows that you'll see at the bottom-right of the Instagram display.
The Instagram display will expand, but there will still be a black frame around it. The display will still only work when you're holding your iPad in Portrait mode, too.
If you're not pleased with the results of downloading the Instagram app to your iPad, there's still one more option. Simply open your browser and type in instagram.com, then log into your account. Everything will be crisp and clear with no black frame and will work when your iPad is in Landscape mode or Portrait mode.
Unfortunately, this option used to also allow for taking photos and videos, but that feature has been removed. You'll need to use the Instagram for iPad app, or the iPhone version, for taking and uploading photos and videos, and use the browser option version for scrolling through your feed while on your iPad.


Effective January 1, 2009, the Administrative Support Manual (ASM) is revised to replace Subchapter 44, Commercial Advertising Policy, in its entirety to reflect organizational changes and current responsibilities and to maintain consistency with other programs and practices.
It is important to note that under both the existing and revised commercial advertising policy, field managers do not have local authority to enter into joint marketing, co–branded, or commercial advertising agreements.
The purpose of this policy is to allow the Postal Service, in the exercise of its business judgment, to maximize the value of its property through the display of commercial advertisements. This policy is not intended to create a public forum for the dissemination, discussion, or debate of issues or ideas.
A commercial advertisement is an advertisement purchased pursuant to contract that promotes nothing other than a product or service available in commerce. Specifically excluded from this definition are advertisements that take a position, explicitly or implicitly, on government, public policy, morality, politics, or religion (whether or not they also convey a commercial message).
This policy applies to all Postal Service property, including all real property and all tangible and intangible personal property.
a. Lobby management as prescribed in all applicable Postal Service policies and regulations (including, without limitation, manuals, handbooks, and management instructions).
b. Advertising of Postal Service products, services, or brands alone, or in combination with the products, services, or brands of another government or business entity.
Except as prohibited by this policy, the Postal Service may accept a commercial advertisement for display on Postal Service property.
a. Is indecent or obscene.
b. Depicts violent or sexual material that would be harmful to minors.
c. Is unlawful or legally actionable.
The terms "obscene," "indecent," and "harmful to minors" have the broadest meaning permissible under United States Supreme Court decisions and other applicable judicial decisions.
The Postal Service will not accept a commercial advertisement for a product or service that competes with a Postal Service product or service.
The Postal Service will not accept a commercial advertisement for alcohol, tobacco, weapons, or gambling.
The vice president of the organization within the Postal Service requesting to display commercial advertisements on Postal Service property (the "sponsoring organization") is responsible for ensuring that this policy is properly administered. Each vice president may delegate this responsibility to a representative within his or her organization who is familiar with this policy and its requirements.
a. Senior vice president, General Counsel, or designee.
b. President, Shipping and Mailing Services, or designee.
c. Vice president, Corporate Communications, or designee.
Within thirty (30) days of receipt, the clearance committee will review the proposal and complete and return the Commercial Advertisement Standard Clearance Form to the sponsoring organization. The clearance committee may, at its discretion, notify the executive committee of the proposed advertisement.
Before implementing the display of any commercial advertisement that the clearance committee has approved, the sponsoring organization must secure an appropriate delegation of authority from the vice president of Supply Management.
Field managers do not have local authority to enter into joint marketing, co-branded, or commercial advertising agreements.
The General Counsel has authority for reviewing and amending this policy as needed. The General Counsel may delegate this responsibility to individuals in the Law Department who are familiar with this policy and its requirements.
n In the left hand column under "Essential Links," click PolicyNet.


Total Of 8.17 Carats of Commercial-Sized Diamonds Recovered From PST Kimberlite - Dunnedin Ventures inc.
July 25, 2017 – Vancouver, BC, Canada. – Dunnedin Ventures Inc. (the "Company" or "Dunnedin") (TSX-V: DVI) today reported final diamond recovery results from the PST kimberlite. A total of 8.17 carats of commercial-sized diamonds (+0.85 mm) were recovered from 2.03 tonnes of PST, for a final aggregate sample grade of 4.02 carats per tonne. Results are provided in the table below.
Historical bulk sample results from PST are presented in Table 2. Historical and current samples were collected from the same sample site.
Most of the PST diamonds recovered by Dunnedin are clear and colourless variants of octahedra. No historical or current resource numbers are available for PST, however recent interpretive work by Dunnedin suggests it has a potential strike length of up to 2.5 kilometres based on historical drilling and geophysical surveys.
In 2016, Dunnedin determined that the PST, Notch and other kimberlites have intruded a gold-mineralized metasediment belt that has yielded gold in drill core, and pristine, locally sourced gold grains in tills. Some of the highest gold-in-till values observed through Dunnedin's work come from the immediate vicinity of PST, with gold mineralization also noted in outcrop and boulders within 200 m of the kimberlite.
The PST sample was treated through an autogenous mill-fusion circuit located at CF Mineral Research Ltd. of Kelowna, British Columbia, using a lower size cut-off of 0.425 mm. Unlike standard DMS recovery methods, the circuit can recover nearly all diamonds present in a kimberlite to the predetermined cut-off size, along with associated indicator minerals.
Dunnedin's primary asset is the Kahuna project, where it is completing final steps to earn a 100 percent interest. Kahuna is an advanced stage high grade diamond project located near Rankin Inlet, Nunavut. Dunnedin is now recovering diamonds and indicator minerals from a series of kimberlite and till samples collected from two seasons of field work. An Inferred Resource released by Dunnedin showed over 4 million carats of macrodiamonds (+0.85 mm) at a grade of 1.01 carats per tonne had been defined along the partial strike length of the Kahuna and Notch kimberlite dikes through shallow drilling, and remains open to extension. The largest diamond recovered was a 5.43 carat stone from the Kahuna dike which was a piece of a larger diamond that had been broken during the sample preparation process and was reconstructed as having an original size of 13.42 carats. Recent results include a 0.82 tonne sample of the PST kimberlite dike which returned 96 macrodiamonds totalling 5.34 carats (+0.85 mm) and a 2.36 tonne sample of the Notch kimberlite which returned 89 macrodiamonds totalling 2.38 carats (+0.85 mm).


Forgiving is not easy; there is no doubt. The good news is that it is possible! How do we know? Because God's Word gives us everything we need in order to forgive. As a result there are some steps that you too can take to live your life in forgiveness.
1- Choose to live in forgiveness. While it may sound overly simple; the choice to forgive is one that most don't think about. They by default live in 'unforgiveness'. Living in forgiveness is a lifestyle lived on purpose. I never knew that; nor did I know that by default my unforgiveness was a choice. When you choose forgiveness you are choosing life and following in Deuteronomy where it tells us to choose life so that 'you and your children' may live.
2- Believe that with Jesus all things are possible. You can forgive and you can do all things through Christ who gives you strength so it reads in Philippians 4:13. So what this means is that not only can you do it; you have someone with you every step of the way. I didn't recognize that either until I was faced with going before the Lord and actually dealing with it. It was decades of pain and the past that was bottled up ready to be overcome and with Jesus the way was made; and it will be for you too.
3-Remember you are no different than those who hurt you. This is hard to accept at times; especially when people do the unthinkable. It's hard to not look at what they have done and hold it against them. It's hard to not judge or be critical; or resent them. I'm not going to lie about this at all! It doesn't matter if it is cheating, stealing, lying; murder or anything else. Hurt caused by others still hurts. While those things may not be the things that you have done or would do; if you look carefully at yourself are there things that you too have done that aren't the nicest representation of who you are? Probably right? Now we all say reflect and think 'yeah well I haven't done 'that' but so what? It doesn't change the fact that we are all fall short and the moment you compare what you haven't done to what someone else has; that is the moment vanity and judgment creep in to your heart. When you forgive you are cleaning your heart toward the Lord and allowing Him to take that burden so you don't have to carry it.
4- Accept and know it is a process. The process of forgiveness is one that takes as much time as it needs. Many believe that simply moving away from the situation is forgiveness; although that won't work because you are still are who you are- just live may live by the beach. Others say that time heals wounds which is not true either because if it were; there would not so many people up in age that are angry, bitter, resentful and ugly about what did or didn't occur or what they didn't get that they should have in the past. The process of forgiveness is one that takes as much as it requires because each person is different, has different hurts; and has a different relationship with Jesus. If someone is pressuring you to just forgive already; know there is a reason and it probably has more to do with them than you. Just go forward with Jesus and know that it is something you need to do and do it at the pace that is in accordance with your walk with Him.
5- Be Quick to Forgive. Being quick to forgive can literally save your life. We all know things in life come at us and some are not what we want at all. What happens though is if you allow all of those things to stay; they will. And the enemy would love nothing more than for you to be angry, sad, resentful, bitter, unforgiving; ungrateful, self-centered and all the other 35 symptoms of unforgiveness. Every act of not forgiving is really an open doorway for the enemy to reside and continue to wreck your life. Don't think he won't! He will and every chance he gets he does so; and it's even in more sly ways than you can think. Being quick to forgive keeps you on the offense and right with Jesus so that you can live your life in peace while advancing His Kingdom.
Forgiveness is not for the faint at heart. It is for those who want to live their Christian life in obedience and more depth in their relationship with Jesus; and more out of life itself. Forgiveness is and should be the standard of life for Christians as it reveals a level of obedience, love for others; and what is in their hearts. Living in Forgiveness will not only change what you see; but how you see and how you live. And it's time now to start living in forgiveness.
For more about forgiveness and the full life in Christ watch 'Living in Forgiveness' weeknights at 9:30pm CST on the UANetwork.


The John Wesley School of Cocoye provided much needed education for about 150 children from 4-16 years old on the island of Touchuchu. Because of severe earthquake damages, the school has been closed since January 2010. Thanks to hard work by the community and local pastors, however, the John Wesley School is scheduled to reopen in October 2010. The water used at the school is currently collected rain overflow from the surrounding mountains and stored in dug-in water reservoirs around the community. This type of water is at very high risk of contamination, and the local community complains of being sick several times per week. With the help of Poured Out and its sponsors, these school children will be able to enjoy clean water along with their re-established educations!
The John Wesley School of Cocoye has now been rebuilt and is serving approximately 150 children! The children are drinking clean water and looking forward to receiving their large UV filtration system at the end of the year!


When I was in university, we had a campus cafe that served the BEST mushroom ravioli. It's been years since I've had it so I tried to recreate the dish a few weeks ago, complete with hand-rolled dough. Keep reading for my recipe for mushroom ravioli and get some of the tips I picked up along the way!
Last week I was in contact with Kristi Carlson, you may recognize her from such books as Eat Like A Gilmore and the highly anticipated, just released, Eat Like A Gilmore: Daily Cravings. Kristi was looking for bloggers (check), with their own website (check), that had a love of cooking (check) and who were BIG fans of Gilmore Girls (check) to try some of the recipes that are included in the new cookbook that was just released yesterday.
I was asked to try the recipe for Lasagna and write a post about it and honestly, I was thrilled.
I've got a heart that battles between loving Spring while also loving Fall. How can one possibly love a season full of growth AND a season of ending, all at once? On one hand, there are buds growing into leaves and flowers blooming, while on the other, leaves change colour, falling to the ground making room for snowy branches. But I figured it out.
I LOVE peaches. They're sweet and juicy and remind me of a warm summer day. Peaches are currently in season so I rounded up a few recipes to help you make the most of this sunshine filled fruit.


STATE CAPITOL, Phoenix – A bill that will allow a person's physician to access childhood and adult records in the state immunization system was recently signed into law by Governor Jan Brewer. The bill, regarding the administration of immunizations by pharmacists (HB 2164), included a provision that would allow adult immunization records to be added to the current system for recording childhood immunization records.
The Arizona State Immunization Information System was created in 1998 as a registry for children from birth to 18 years old. Upon enactment, an adult's health care provider will be able to access a person's immunization history if it is available in the system. The bill requires pharmacists to report information to any adult immunization information system or vaccine registry established by the Department of Health Services. The bill also allows a person to request that information be withheld from disclosure from the System.
Sen. Amanda Aguirre introduced the amendment to expand the System during a hearing in the Senate Committee on Healthcare and Medical Liability Reform. The bill passed the Senate with a 28-0 vote and the House with a 56-3 vote.
The effective date for this legislation is September 30, 2009.


When Should I Change My Run-Walk-Run Ratio?
The short answer is that you should change it whenever you want. There are no hard fast rules, and the program will never automatically adjust your Run-Walk-Run ratio for you. As your fitness improves, you can move up to a more intense ratio, but don't get too rigidly locked into a set ratio, you should adjust as needed. Take factors like speed, hills, heat, humidity, time of day, etc. into account and feel free to adjust the lengths of your walk breaks at any time.


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Q: How can a client know if server has quit? I have a UNIX domain socket and I am able to create and communicate between the server and client. The problem is the scenario where a server may crash unexpectedly: How to handle such situation?
The client in my code is part of a different program which also manages various other tasks and sends the data to server via socket.
The return error value is an Enum maintained by me. This code is part of a library.
I connect to server as below
int sock;
struct sockaddr_un server;

//Create socket
sock = socket(AF_UNIX , SOCK_STREAM , 0);
if (sock == -1)
{
    return ERR_SOCK;
}

server.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
strcpy(server.sun_path,SOCKET_PATH);

//Connect to remote server
if (connect(sock , (struct sockaddr *)&server , sizeof(struct sockaddr_un)) < 0)
{
    return ERR_CONFAIL;
}

After this I send the data as below
ret=send(sock , message , sizeof(struct message_t) , 0 );
if(ret < 0){
    printf("Error while sending\n");
    return ERR_NOCON;
}

Normally everything works fine but if I terminate my server and send the data, then send does not return and the client terminates.

A: You could use poll(2) on the file descriptor before writing or sending on it. This would check that data can be sent. More generally, you could have (and perhaps already have) some event loop.
As Dark Falcon commented (see this answer), you are getting the SIGPIPE signal. So read signal(7). You could ignore that signal (but they are pro and cons in ignoring SIGPIPE).
Use also strace(1) to understand a bit more what is happening (what syscalls and signals are involved).
You might also have the server send its pid, and have the client use kill(2) with a 0 signal number to test the existence of the server's process (since both are local to the same machine). But I won't recommend that in your case.
Perhaps read Advanced Linux Programming.