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Have an old flag and you hate to have to get rid of it? I have repurposed mine into a patriotic flag. You can certainly use a new flag though too!
Decide on placement of any flowers yo may wish to use and hot glue in place.
Lay out flag on work table.
Drape reamining part of flag across wreath in a diagonal and wrap around and through the center of the wreath at about the 4 o'clock postion as show below. (End of flag should now be pulled up slightly through the center of wreath).
Gather the end of the flag and secure with rubberband approximiately 4 inches or so from end.
Wrap end of flag around wreath again at the 4 o.clock position next to where you wrapped it before. try to hide rubber band just inside the center of the wreath with the gathered portion draping over the wreath.
Hot glue in place by gluing underneath the flag to the wreath.
Hot Glue /tie down Star over the top of the draped portion/flowers. This will help hide any rubberbands showing as well.
Beautiful wreath! I'll keep this in mind when we replace our flag next. It seems like our flags only last one to two years and this one is currently on year two.
I've always thought this wreath was beautiful! Thanks for linking it up on the Celebrate 365 Blog Party!


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Q: url is not being inserted in database correctly I am trying to insert
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=plagerism
in mysql database. The data type is varchar(500).
But what i get in the field is
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php%3Fterm%3Dplagerism
Can anyone help me explain how i can fix this.
Thanks

A: look at PHP's URLencode() and URLdecode() http://php.net/manual/en/function.urlencode.php

A: what is the code you use for inserting into database?
I would guess there is a part that reqrites part of the data to prevent SQL Injection...

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Nyikolaj Fjodorovics Vatutyin () (Voronyezs, Orosz Birodalom, 1901. december 16. – Kijev, Szovjetunió, 1944. április 14.) szovjet parancsnok, hadseregtábornok, számos "front" parancsnoka a második világháborúban. A keleti front legfontosabb csatáinak résztvevője. A modern hadtudomány a második világháború egyik legkiválóbb és legmerészebb parancsnokának tartja. A háború alatt agresszivitása és támadó szelleme miatt offenzív tábornoknak nevezték. 1944 áprilisában halt meg, miután az Ukrán Felkelő Hadsereg harcosai halálosan megsebesítették.

Ifjúkora
Szegény parasztcsalád fia volt, Voronyezsben született. Az 1917-es októberi orosz forradalom után belépett a Vörös Hadseregbe, Sztarobelszk és Luhanszk környékén harcolt Mahno erői ellen. A polgárháború után 1922-ben Poltavában elvégezte a tisztiiskolát, 1929-ben pedig lediplomázott a Frunze Katonai Akadémián. Ezzel a lépéssel kezdődött a háború előtti nagy ívű karrierje, melynek során később a vezérkar tagja lett. Gyors felemelkedéséhez legfeljebb a későbbi marsallok, Zsukov (aki mindig rendkívül tisztelte őt) és Vaszilevszkij karrierje hasonlítható. Zsukov helyettese, majd törzsfőnöke volt a Kijevi Különleges Katonai Körzetben (1938-1940), majd 1941 elején a vezérkar hadműveleti osztályának élére került, valamint a vezérkari főnök (Zsukov) helyettese lett. Ebben a magas beosztásban részt vett a mozgósítási terv kialakításában – amely később teljesen rossznak bizonyult.

A második világháborúban
A német támadás teljesen blokkolta a Vörös Hadsereget. Az első napokban Vatutyin a tűz közelében volt: Zsukov távollétében többször jelentett Sztálinnak. Teljes fordulatszámon pörgött, minden energiájával részt vett az orosz háborús erőfeszítésben. Pár nap elteltével Sztálin az Északnyugati Fronthoz küldte ki, amely nagyon gyengén teljesített a háború első napjaiban. A parancsnokot, Kuznyecov vezérezredest (valamint az utódját, Szobennyikovot) nemsokára leváltották, de a helyzeten ez sem sokat segített. Vatutyin és az új parancsnok, Kurocskin seregtestei súlyos vereségeket szenvedtek, Leningrád előtt azonban csodával határos módon sikerült megállítaniuk a német "Észak" hadseregcsoportot. 1942 tavaszán visszahívták Moszkvába, a vezérkarhoz, amelyet ekkor már Saposnyikov (és helyettese, Vaszilevszkij) irányított.

A Kék hadművelet kezdetben újabb nagy krízist idézett elő a szovjet-német arcvonal déli szakaszán. A Voronyezs védelmével megbízott Voronyezsi Front élére júliusban Sztálin kinevezte Vatutyint (saját kérésére). Ekkor vezetett először frontot. A hadműveletek irányítása során arról az optimizmusról, merészségről, stratégiai képességről és rendkívüli energiáról tett tanúbizonyságot, amely mindvégig jellemezte. Voronyezst elszántan, keményen védte a jól szervezett és jól felfegyverzett német erőkkel szemben. Kiváló teljesítménye jutalmául a sztálingrádi bekerítő hadműveletek egyik fő kivitelezőjének őt választották ki: októberben a Délnyugati Front parancsnoka lett, így részt vett az Uránusz hadművelet előkészületeiben és lebonyolításában.

November 19-én a Délnyugati Front támadásba lendült. Pár napon belül áttörte a sztálingrádi német csoportosítás szárnyát fedező (nagyrészt román és olasz) hadseregek védelmét, meglepetésszerűen átkelt a Donon Kalacs mellett és egyesült a Sztálingrádi Fronttal. Ez a ragyogó siker jelezte a sztálingrádi csata első fázisának végét. A tábornok szokásos energiájával és éleslátásával irányította alakulatait, de az előkészületek során is nagyon fontos munkát végzett, elősegítve ezzel a hadjárat sikerét.
Rövid szünet után, december 16-án a Don és a Csir körzetében indított újabb offenzívát. Szokásos merészségét és független szellemét mutatja, hogy azt javasolta Sztálinnak, kíséreljék meg Rosztov visszafoglalását. Javaslatát nem fogadták el (ez alkalommal talán túlzott optimizmust tanúsított, ami mindig legfőbb hibája volt). Az új (szerényebb célt kitűző) offenzíva lényegében két találkozó irányú csapás volt, melyet a Délnyugati Front és a Voronyezsi Front (Golikov tábornok) alakulatai mértek. Sikeresen áttörték az olaszok által tartott arcvonalat és körülbelül  foglyot ejtettek, amivel hozzájárultak Paulus sztálingrádi hadserege tragikus sorsához.

1943 januárjában újabb orosz offenzívára került sor délen. Vatutyin csapatai az első két héten látszólag megállíthatatlanul törtettek előre nyugati irányba. Balszárnya a Kaukázusból visszavonuló német 1. páncéloshadsereg (Kleist) összeköttetési vonalait fenyegette, a másik szárny február elején gyors előrenyomulásával veszélyes helyzetbe hozta a harkovi német helyőrséget, amely a hónap közepén fel is adta a várost (Golikov csapatai 16-án bevonultak). Sztálint és a főhadvezetést is megtévesztette a kezdeti siker (február 12-én jutalmul Vatutyint hadseregtábornokká léptették elő); noha a Délnyugati Frontnak és Popov frontgyorscsoportjának nem tudtak elegendő utánpótlást szállítani, sürgették az offenzíva folytatását. Vatutyin is elhitte, hogy szétzúzhatja az ellenség déli arcvonalát és nagy önbizalommal folytatta a támadást. Ennek következtében február végén elszenvedte első komoly vereségét. Manstein vezértábornagy, kihasználva, hogy az oroszok túlságosan elnyújtották összeköttetési vonalaikat, egy gyors ellencsapással, melyhez felhasználta minden elérhető tartalékját, visszavágott és kibillentette egyensúlyából Vatutyin csapatait. Az oroszok március közepére kénytelenek voltak feladni a februárban megszerzett területek legnagyobb részét, és kevésen múlt, hogy el tudták kerülni a még nagyobb katasztrófát. Manstein ugyanis észak felé fordulva Golikov Harkovtól nyugatra előrenyomuló alakulatai hátsó szárnyába támadott. Ha a tábornagy elegendő erővel rendelkezett volna a nyugatra előretört hadseregek elvágásához, a németek sztálingrádi vereségéhez hasonló katasztrófa lett volna a végeredmény. Sztálin elsősorban Vatutyint hibáztatta a kudarc miatt, Golikovot és Popovot kevésbé tartotta felelősnek a kialakult helyzetért. Zsukov viszont rábeszélte a diktátort Golikov leváltására. Vatutyin újból a Voronyezsi Front élére került.

A tavasszal az orosz hadvezetés a németek offenzívájára várt. Vatutyin szentül hitte, hogy meg kell előzni a németek támadását és sürgette Vaszilevszkijt (aki Zsukovval együtt nehezen meggyőzte Sztálint, hogy érdemesebb védelembe átmenni, mint támadást indítani a németek ellen), hogy vegyék át a kezdeményezést: "Van elég erőnk." Még Sztálint is felhívta és győzködte, hogy ne várják meg a Wehrmacht támadását, szervezzenek offenzívát. A javaslatot végül nem fogadták el.

A Vatutyinnak alárendelt hadseregek a kurszki kiszögellés déli oldalán, visszavontan helyezkedtek el. A német támadás július 5-én indult. A kurszki csata során Vatutyin kiválóan vezette a csapatokat, Manstein erői az első pár napon csak lassan haladtak előre. Az orosz ellentámadás július 12-én indult. Vatutyin egységei áttörtek Manstein frontján, augusztus 5-én visszafoglalták Belgorodot, majd a következő héten százharminc kilométert nyomultak előre. Konyev jobbszárnyával együttműködve kis híján sikerült bekeríteniük a Harkovban állomásozó ellenséges csapatokat, és összeomlással fenyegették a németek déli arcvonalát. Manstein az utolsó pillanatban elhárította az összeomlást és sikeresen stabilizálta a helyzetet. Az oroszok továbbra is nyomultak előre, de csak kevés foglyot ejtettek. A német ellencsapások ellenére Vatutyin szeptember elején kijutott a Dnyeperhez, és 22-én több ponton átkelt rajta. November 6-án átkaroló manőverrel felszabadította Kijevet, a németek azonban ismét kibújtak a bekerítésből. November első hetében új támadást indított nyugati irányba, és tíz nap alatt közel százhatvan kilométert nyomult előre. Manstein azonban, éppúgy, mint márciusban, ezúttal is ellencsapást mért, és sikerült visszaszorítani Vatutyin erőit.

December 24-én újabb támadás indult a kijevi kiszögellésből. Vatutyin a közbeeső időben megerősített csapatai január elejére elérték a háború előtti lengyel határt. A másik szárnyon Konyevvel együttműködve bekerítették a korszunyi kiszögellésben tevékenykedő ellenséges csapatokat. Egy részük kimenekült, 18 000-en fogságba estek. Stemmermann, a 11. hadtest parancsnoka is elesett.

Halála
A nagyszerű győzelmek alapján akár később a Szovjetunió marsalljává is előléphetett volna. Február 29-én viszont az Ukrán Felkelő Hadsereg (UPA) szovjetellenes partizánjai rajtaütöttek, amikor az egyik szovjet hadsereg harcálláspontjára utazott és halálosan megsebesítették.

A kijevi kórházba szállították, ahol hosszú szenvedés után, április 15-én meghalt. Kezelőorvosa, Nyikolaj Nilovics Burgyenko, a Vörös Hadsereg törzsorvosa volt. Beszállításakor Vatutyin még nem volt különösebben rossz bőrben. Gyógykezelést kapott, ám állapota fokozatosan rosszabbra fordult. Az orvosi csapat eleinte maláriájának kiújulására gyanakodott, mivel Vatutyin a fronton egyszer már átesett ezen a betegségen. Végül kiderült, hogy a lőtt sebe fertőződött el. A főorvos penicillint kívánt alkalmazni. Az orvosok véleménye szerint megfelelő adagolás mellett ez teljesen visszafordíthatta volna a betegséget. Ám ezekben az időben ezt a gyógymódot csak Sztálin beleegyezésével lehetett volna alkalmazni, de ő ellenezte ezt. Sztálin nem adott engedélyt, mondván: "a penicillin nem szovjet (ekkortájt a Szovjetunióban nem volt penicillin), hanem amerikai gyógyszer és Sztálin úgy vélte, talán a penicillin is fertőzött, talán olyan penicillint csempésznek oda, amely gyöngíti erőinket, és megengedhetetlen az, hogy ilyen orvossággal gyógyítsanak egy olyan kiváló katonai vezetőt, mint Vatutyin." Így tehát a kórházi személyzet, fejvesztés terhe mellett adhatta volna csak megfelelő gyógyszert, ezt nem merték vállani. Állapota ezek után rohamosan romlott, amputálni kellett a lábát, de már ez is késő volt, ez sem segített. Végül súlyos szepszisben hunyt el.

Személyének értékelése

Sir B. H. Liddell Hart több művében rámutatott kivételes képességeire, nagy szerepére az 1943-44-es szovjet sikerekben. Az újabb kutatók – Earl Ziemke, John Keegan, David M. Glantz – feltárták szerepét, személyiségének jelentőségét, kivételes stratégiai-operatív képességeit. Kollégáitól szinte egyöntetűen csak dicséretet kapott halála után. Emlékirataikban valamennyien úgy említik, mint az egyik legtehetségesebb szovjet hadvezért, aki vezérkari tisztként, parancsnokként is kiválóan teljesített. Mindig pártfogolta a tehetségeket, például a nála is fiatalabb Csernyahovszkijt és segített nekik az előrejutásban. Halála a szovjet hadvezetés számára súlyos veszteség volt. A háború fiatal magasabb parancsnoka volt (40 évesen fényes katonai karrier előtt állt), és hősi halála a második világháború egyik legragyogóbb katonai pályáját törte ketté.

Jegyzetek

Források

 David M. Glantz: The Battle of Kursk, Jonathan Mallory House, 1999.
 David M. Glantz: When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler, University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, 1995.
 John Keegan: A második világháború, Budapest, Európa Kiadó, 2003.
 B. H. Liddell Hart (ed.): The Soviet Army, London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1956.
 B. H. Liddell Hart: Stratégia, Budapest, Európa Kiadó, 2002.
 Michael Parrish: Sacrifice of the Generals: Soviet Senior Officer Losses, 1939–1953, Scarecrow Press, 2004.
 Alekszandr Vaszilevszkij: A vezérkar élén, Budapest, Zrínyi Kiadó, 1975.
 Earl Ziemke: Stalingrad to Berlin, University Press of the Pacific, 2002.

Szovjet katonák
A Szovjetunió katonái a második világháborúban
A Szovjetunió Hősei
1901-ben született személyek
1944-ben elhunyt személyek
Lenin-renddel kitüntetettek

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Jack Tretton Not Concerned About PS3 Sales
May 14, 2007 Arnold-Katayev — No Comments
Sony Computer Entertainment of America's President, Jack Tretton, spoke to the LA Times recently in regards to the sales performance of the PlayStation 3. Currently, in the United States, the PS3 has sold a respectable 1.2 million consoles since its launch. The Nintendo Wii has so far sold 2.1 million, and the 18 month old Xbox 360 has accumulated 5.3 million.
In regards to not making their fiscal prediction of having 6 million PlayStation 3s shipped, Tretton claims: "We didn't get into PS3 for the first six months of 2007 – we're into this for the next 10 years and beyond. A million units one way or another at this point isn't going to worry us."
Tretton is essentially claiming that sales so early on in the life of a console is not a direct reflection of its performance down the line. Additionally, this statement also rebukes the ridiculously absurd rumor of Sony introducing a new PlayStation within the next two years.
Billy Pidgeon, IDC Analyst, shares Tretton's sentiments: "The PS3 is ahead of the market, while the Xbox 360 and the Wii were designed for immediate market impact." Sony's inclusion of the Blu-Ray drive continues to be the biggest factor behind the sales of the PS3, as it is directly related to the console's price-tag. But Sony stands firmly by their decision to include Blu-Ray support by looking at it as a feature that'll benefit them in the longterm.

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3-й Чемпионат Европы по лёгкой атлетике прошёл с 22 по 25 августа 1946 года на стадионе «Бислетт» в Осло (Норвегия). Впервые соревнования среди мужчин и среди женщин проходили в одно время и в одном месте.

Соревнования
Впервые участвовала сборная СССР, ещё не состоявшая в ИААФ, и первую золотую медаль чемпионата получила Татьяна Севрюкова, толкнув ядро в первой попытке на 14,16 (рекорд ЧЕ). Первый дубль (из трёх подряд) сделали итальянские дискоболы Адольфо Консолини и . Через 2 года они повторят свой дубль в олимпийском . Довоенный чемпион в беге на 1500 метров  (Великобритания) выиграл через 8 лет, после войны, 5000 метров. Другой чемпион-1938 47-летний марафонец  (Финляндия) сейчас был вторым.

Общий медальный зачёт
На ЧЕ-1946 награждались медалями: 1-е место — золотая, 2 и 3-е места — серебряные, 4—6-е места — бронзовые. Поэтому в разных справочниках возникли разночтения. В таблице медали указаны по современной системе зачёта — 1-е место — золотая, 2 место — серебряная, 3-е место — бронзовая.

Общую победу одержала команда Швеции.

Результаты

100 м

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Другие дисциплины

Мужчины

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Литература

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 3rd European Athetics Championships, Oslo 1946.

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Август 1946 года
Спорт в Норвегии в 1946 году
Международные соревнования по лёгкой атлетике в Норвегии
Международные спортивные соревнования в Осло
Чемпионаты Европы в 1946 году
Чемпионаты Европы в Норвегии
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Papua New Guinea Unprepared for Covid-19 Surge
Government Should Bolster Healthcare System; International Donors Need to Step Up
Update: On March 17, 2021 the Australian government announced it will provide 8,000 doses of a Covid-19 vaccine to PNG. Papua New Guinea is facing a surge in Covid-19 cases, with more confirmed cases in the first two weeks of March…
Ecuador's Assembly Approves Bill Furthering the Right to Health
Proposed Health Code Would Improve Protection for Women, Girls, LGBTI People
Ecuador's National Assembly has approved a new health code that would help all in Ecuador enjoy better access to health care. The bill, nearly 8 years in the making, was approved on August 25 by a vote of 79 to 58, and now requires the signature of…
Police Beat and Injure Ecuador's Covid-19 Protesters
Authorities should investigate and bring those responsible to justice
Police in Guayaquil, Ecuador – the heart of the country's coronavirus epidemic – used apparent excessive force to break up a peaceful protest held on May 14 by civil society groups, beating and injuring demonstrators. The 40…
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Internally displaced people in Colombia often live in overcrowded conditions with limited access to water and food. These families, who fled violence in their home regions and often struggle economically, face further risk from Covid-19.…
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Even before the coronavirus, the fragile health system in Papua New Guinea (PNG) was underfunded and overwhelmed, with high rates of malaria, tuberculosis, and diabetes among its population of more than eight million. Access to hospitals is…
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The rapid spread of the Zika virus has raised concern among public health officials across the Americas. The World Health Organization warned Sunday that the virus is likely to spread further across the region. At first glance,…
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Want to help make real change in 2019?
Civic Engagement and Elections, Water
By Jon Scott - Member Services and Corporate Relations
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Start by Taking Charge of Your Change – a new way you can support the fight to Protect Clean Water.
We've all had this experience.
You make it to the end of the check-out line. Then, in front of everybody, the cashier looks you in the eye and says "Will you be adding a donation today for [name that worthy cause]?'
You say "OK," because you know that if you don't you'll feel guilty afterwards. By the time you get home from shopping, you've probably forgotten the whole thing.
Donate-at-checkout requests happen for one big reason: They work. It's hard to say "No," and even if each donation is small, they can really add up. Some stores raise tens of thousands of dollars from just a few days of "round-up" or spare-change-at-checkout donations. Overall, US businesses raise as much as half a billion dollars annually in small donations from customers like you.
The money goes to all kinds of great causes. But they were picked by the store, not by you. The store gets all the credit for your donations. Your individual involvement can seem insignificant – if you remember it at all. There's also the guilt factor. Nobody wants to feel guilty, but is guilt really the best way to generate support for even the most worthwhile causes?
What if there was another way to channel the positive power of these kinds of small change donations into real impact for a cause you are passionate about – maybe one that's not often represented in those in-store charity check-out campaigns?
What if you chose the nonprofit, instead of letting the store where you shop do if for you?
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Russia and football
Losing crowd control
Russia's police no longer know how to handle a riot
EuropeJun 15th 2002 edition
Ivan woz robbed
DOES Russia need tougher laws on public order or just better police? The lesson of a riot in Moscow sparked by the national team's loss to Japan in a World Cup football match on June 9th is that these days the authorities are unable to cope with anything difficult or unexpected. In the Soviet era, hooligans were often locked up for several years even for a first offence; few young Russians dared misbehave at a football match or pop concert. How drastically things have changed.
This week thousands of drunken fans, who had been watching the match on an outdoor screen near Red Square, where Lenin's corpse must have been turning in its mausoleum, rampaged through Moscow's centre, injuring 75 people and killing two, chasing and beating outnumbered, ill-prepared policemen, burning cars and smashing shop windows. And all within a bottle's throw of the Kremlin.
Debate rages about the blame. Some, as always, see a conspiracy. Molotov cocktails appeared among the rioters surprisingly quickly. Right-wing extremists in Russia, who featured prominently in the fracas, have rum links with the security services. But it looks more likely that the cause of the rumpus was a lethal mix of alcohol, excitement, frustrated national pride and lax policing.
Strikingly, only a few dozen officers were visible when the trouble started, and their brutal but haphazard response provoked rather than contained the mob. While crowds are becoming more western in behaviour, Russia's criminal-justice system is still rooted in the Soviet past: bureaucratic, top-heavy, authoritarian. The average local police station is full of beefy men smoking and chatting, paperwork is tapped out on typewriters, pay is miserable and bribe-taking routine.
Racism is more in evidence too. The rioters beat up a visiting Japanese musician. Most weeks a racist murder occurs. Embassies have complained publicly this year about violence against people who happen to have a black or brown skin.
The culprits are usually thuggish youths, but the police, who often seem to delight in picking on foreigners for even the most trivial breaches of law such as not carrying a passport, are quite frequently guilty of lawless violence themselves. Azeris in Moscow say that one compatriot, a street vendor, was beaten to death this month by plain-clothes police after a row over a Russian who urinated on his kiosk.
And the likely punishment for the 113 football rioters so far arrested? Retribution is still ferocious, by western standards. Those deemed ring-leaders could be sentenced to as long as eight years in prison. But fear of the law is not what it was.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline "Losing crowd control"
Racism tests France's colour-blind model
Three men in a Rhineland boat
Germany's next chancellor is likely to come from North Rhine-Westphalia
One man's terrorist
Covid-19 and repression in Turkey


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Воинское кладбище № 391 () — воинский некрополь, находящийся в населённом пункте Коцмыжув сельской гмины Коцмыжув-Любожица Краковского повята Малопольского воеводства. Некрополь входиn в группу Западногалицийских воинских захоронений времён Первой мировой войны. На кладбище были похоронены военнослужащие австро-аенгерской и российской армий, погибшие во время Первой мировой войны.

История
Кладбище было основано Департаментом воинских захоронений К. и К. военной комендатуры в Кракове в 1914 году. На кладбище площадью 263 квадратных метров находятся 6 братских и 29 индивидуальных могил, в которых похоронены 59 австрийских и 7 российских солдат. Последнее захоронение было в 1916 году. Известны имена 26 похороненных.

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 Oktawian Duda: Cmentarze I wojny światowej w Galicji Zachodniej. Warszawa: Ośrodek Ochrony Zabytkowego Krajobrazu, 1995. ISBN 83-85548-33-5.
 Roman Frodyma Galicyjskie Cmentarze wojenne t. II Okolice Tarnowa (Okręgi V—VII), Oficyna Wydawnicza «Rewasz», Pruszków 1998, ISBN 83-85557-38-5

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A Quantitative Estimate of Vulnerable People and Evaluation of Flood Evacuation Policy
Karina Vink*,**, Kuniyoshi Takeuchi**, and Kelly M. Kibler**
*National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Disaster Management Program (DMP), National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, 7-22-1 Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo 106-8677, Japan
**International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM), 1-6 Minamihara, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8516, Japan
disaster risk management, vulnerable people, social vulnerability, flood, evacuation
Disaster Risk Management (DRM) laws and policies ideally contain measures to reduce disaster risk to all exposed people equally, even the most vulnerable people. To investigate this, we estimate the number of potentially vulnerable people in areas exposed to flood hazard, and evaluate the laws and policies which aim to reduce vulnerability. We proposed a theoretical framework based on four recognized characteristics of vulnerability (less physically or mentally capable; fewer material and/or financial resources; less access to information, and restricted by commitments) and created indicators for six groups of potentially vulnerable people: children, older adults, minorities, people with disabilities, people living in poverty, and women. We applied the framework to the populations of Japan, the Netherlands, and the United States, and proposed a new DRM policy evaluation method; and found that measures in DRM laws and policies are not in proportion to the number of potentially vulnerable people. The most numerous indicators included children aged 0-14, women with no car, and people with pets. The top ten indicators account for 80% of all potentially vulnerable people. When addressing the needs of vulnerable people from a policy perspective, these top ten indicators may serve as a starting point in order to increase the resilience of the vulnerable population. Seven of these ten are identical across the three case study countries, meaning the countries can learn from each other's measures and possibly apply them in their own area. Policy evaluation showed that while many laws and policies do recognize various groups of potentially vulnerable people, they lack detailed support measures. Much remains to be amended in policies on all scale levels if the policies are to realize an equal disaster risk for all exposed people.
K. Vink, K. Takeuchi, and K. Kibler, "A Quantitative Estimate of Vulnerable People and Evaluation of Flood Evacuation Policy," J. Disaster Res., Vol.9, No.5, pp. 887-900, 2014.
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Home > Printer-friendly > $5M gift establishes seed fund for Quantum Information Systems research
$5M gift establishes seed fund for Quantum Information Systems research [1]
The University of Massachusetts Amherst is pleased to announce the creation of a seed fund by anonymous donors to support research of quantum information systems, including an anonymous lead gift in the amount of $5 million. The fund aims to bolster an existing creative and collaborative partnership between the College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS) and the College of Engineering (COE) with the mission of solidifying UMass Amherst's position in the cutting-edge field of quantum information systems.
Faculty at UMass Amherst are already deeply involved in quantum information systems—a field that promises to develop systems capable of processing larger amounts of information at faster speeds than classical supercomputers. Don Towsley, a distinguished professor in CICS, is a co-lead on a research thrust funded by the National Science Foundation's Engineering Research Center for Quantum Networking. His goal is to develop quantum network architecture that will enable distributed quantum computing and sensing as well as make communications more secure. Towsley's leadership and extensive research in this ground-breaking field inspired creation of the seed fund for donors who are interested in investing in the expansion of this work.
"Quantum computing, communications, and networking have the potential to significantly transform the ways we solve complicated computational problems and conduct scientific research," says Towsley. "A critical ingredient in this endeavor is the development of a 'quantum internet' to provide network security and to connect quantum computers that, collectively, will help to solve currently intractable problems, such as those related to climate change. My passion is to bring the quantum internet to life, and this gift will help to make that happen."
The fund also supports the current work of Distinguished Professor Weibo Gong [2], electrical and computer engineering, who has been focusing on a fundamental issue of artificial general intelligence research, namely the concept extraction algorithm and its applications in reasoning. Gong's work is in a major way motivated by symmetry implications widely used in quantum physics and general relativity. COE has an established track record of quantum research, including the work of Professor Joseph Bardin [3], who has been working with a multidisciplinary team at Google to improve quantum readout circuits since 2017.
"The area of quantum information systems is a national priority for the United States, with the potential to grow new industries and advance our national and economic security," says Chancellor Kumble R. Subbaswamy. "This investment by donors in an interdisciplinary quantum information systems seed fund, placed at the intersection of the information and computer sciences and engineering, will accelerate our campus's ability to make increasingly significant contributions to this area of national importance."
The fund will strengthen the critical mass of CICS and COE faculty dedicated to quantum computing research by funding a position for a new theoretician in computer science and a position for an electrical and computer engineering experimentalist. Support from the donors will cover start-up costs, equipment, postdoctoral researchers, and research assistants for each position. These new faculty will join the two recent hires in this field who were funded by the university.
"The new fund builds on almost 60 years of revolutionary computer science research at UMass Amherst and positions us as a destination of choice for outstanding quantum faculty," says Laura Haas, dean of CICS. "It is only fitting that Don Towsley, who led the way on foundational networking and communications theory research, is now helping the nascent field of quantum communications take its first steps."
Quantum computing holds so much promise because it harnesses the unique ability of subatomic particles to exist in more than one state at the same time. Unlike classical computing, the use of more quantum bits enables the quantum computer to handle operations at exponentially greater speeds, due to its ability to solve problems in fewer operations, while consuming a lot less energy. The applications of quantum computing include the potential to develop more energy-efficient batteries, the improvement of radar systems, the creation of more accurate financial forecasts, and the ability to keep water sources clean using chemical sensors.
"The College of Engineering, and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering specifically, look forward to advancing quantum devices, sensors, integrated circuits and algorithms for emerging quantum information systems through this new fund," says COE Dean Sanjay Raman. "We are deeply grateful for this opportunity to accelerate groundbreaking research and lead the way forward in this emerging area of importance."
By establishing a fund for this type of research through the support of donors, UMass Amherst will be better able to foster collaboration and innovation related to the most effective ways to build a quantum computer and the most efficient ways to minimize or correct errors in processing. This type of research requires significant resources to conduct, and one of the goals is to reduce the cost and increase the accuracy so that quantum computing can become more widely applicable to solving problems.
U.S. News & World Report's guide Best Graduate Schools ranks UMass Amherst as having the No.1 public computer science and engineering programs in New England and ranks the university's computer science program as the No. 11 public program in the nation.
This article was originally published [4] by the UMass Amherst Office of News & Media Relations.
Source URL: https://ece.umass.edu/news/5m-gift-establishes-seed-fund-quantum-information-systems-research
[1] https://ece.umass.edu/news/5m-gift-establishes-seed-fund-quantum-information-systems-research
[2] http://ece.umass.edu/faculty/weibo-gong
[3] http://ece.umass.edu/faculty/joseph-bardin
[4] https://www.umass.edu/news/article/umass-amherst-announces-creation-seed-fund-support-quantum-information-systems


My studio makes these guys look like pikers.
Inspired by Tresa Black posting the above article, I'm showing you my studio.
Neatniks – you may want to look away.
Hoarders – don't come to bother me, I won't answer.
NOW, let's play, I spy with my little eye!
BTW, there will be a great video announcement soon, too.
Can you spy: one of the Super Glue Guys, my video camera, and my "SIXGUNN" licence plate?
BELIEVE it or not – my sewing machine is under there and I can get to it without difficulty.
Can you spy? My Crush Tote, my CTMH cruise scrapbook page, and a pair of black pants which have needed to be shortened for 4 or 7 years?
FUNN Tipp: let your kids paint on a canvas. It makes them feel like the artist they are and may inspire you later. Just like these two paintings done by my daughters many moons ago.
Some of my favorite cards I've made.
Riddle me this: when is floor not a floor? When it multi-tasks as the lower shelf!
Can you spy: my CTMH PhD diploma, my "Scrapbooking Mary" plate – a gift from upline MaryBeth Wright, and my October FUNN CLubB Babycakes scrapbook project?
Yeah, getting in the closet is a little tricky, that is probably why it is tidy!
Stacker, Piler, Packer, that is me!
Can you spy? My blog banner, my son's painting from school, my beautiful Close To My Heart paper?
Several favorites – a photo of my Kitty Carlisle in a unique frame by a fellow artist and a darling needle point made by and given by Nancy, a dear FUNNy friend!
Getting on around to the door and my to-do calendar.
Can you spy? Close To My Heart stamps (good thing they are not wood and rubber), my son's lightening photography, a pencil drawing of one daughter, my cricut (easy).
Surrounded by tools, inks, stamps, embellishments (ALL CLOSE TO MY HEART), favorite photos, sayings, and lyrics.
Can you spy: some jarred alcohol markers (kept in an antique canning jar from my Nana's house), reinkers? I know, I can barely spy them, too.
Near and above my creative spot – love, love, love.
Can you spy? a pencil drawing of my daughter, copies of the scrapbook articles from the local paper, a hair piece from a FUNN Cropp, family photos, our horses, my dog, my son's band cd cover, my hockey mom button, Scripture, "Momu" in glitter, ideas for scrapbook layouts, and a clock that mocks me.
Light at the end of my tunnel – so to speak – from which I can enjoy a lovely view.
From my business desk I see woods. From my creative spot, I see woods and lake.
So I can handle the very organized mess because all I have to do is look out!
Can you spy: the happiness I feel here, the creative tension, the joy of refuge?
Those who do are kindred spirits.
And to Tresa – thank you!
This is a future scrapbook page.
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Home Locations Northern Virginia 'Kid Victory' at Signature Theatre (Review) by Derek Mong
'Kid Victory' at Signature Theatre (Review) by Derek Mong
Derek Mong
Haunting, chilling, and totally mesmerizing are just a few words that you could use to describe the second collaboration between legendary composer John Kander (Chicago and Cabaret) and acclaimed playwright Greg Pierce (Slowgirl). After their production of The Landing, which premiered at The Vineyard Theatre in 2013, Kander and Pierce are back at it again with their latest work, Kid Victory, which opened last night at Signature Theatre.
Donna Migliaccio (Gail), Bobby Smith (Ensemble), Laura Darrell
(Ensemble), Parker Drown (Ensemble), and Jake Winn (Luke) in 'Kid Victory' at Signature
Theatre. Photo by Margot Schulman.
Kid Victory takes the audience on a journey through the assimilation of the seventeen-year-old protagonist Luke (Jake Winn) as he tries to cope with reconnecting with his family and community after vanishing mysteriously for almost an entire year. Luke—who returns an entirely different person profoundly changed by his kidnapping for reasons that are elaborated throughout the musical—struggles to return to the life he once knew. Finding friendship with Emily (Sarah Litzsinger), the quirky proprietor of an offbeat garden shop that struggles to stay afloat, Luke grapples with his life at home while trying to come to terms with his newfound identity, complicated by the tenacity of adolescent angst.
Greg Pierce and John Kander. Photo courtesy of Signature Theatre.
With the story of the days leading to his disappearance interwoven with his present day return, the resulting narrative is complex and thought-provoking as the story is shaped and reshaped at seemingly every turn. As Signature Theatre puts it, "Kid Victory is a hauntingly mesmerizing original musical about what it means to disappear."
Opening with a jolting group number, "Lord, Carry Me Home" recounts Luke's joyous return home and the community's reaction after almost a year of waiting for news of his whereabouts. The orchestrations (orchestrations by Michael Starobin, music supervision by David Loud, and music direction by Jesse Kissel) are rich and layered, and emanated beautifully from the orchestra that was situated above and behind the wide-set stage, ironically, also largely hidden from view.
At the end of the opening number, the stage illuminated with a magnificent backdrop of wheat fields, ultimately serving as the Kansas-inspired backdrop for the three sets situated in the open across the stage: a living room on the left, a bedroom on a pedestal at the center of the stage, and a garden shop on the right. With the cast moving between these three spaces that seamlessly flow into one another guided by changes in lighting (lighting design by David Weiner), Kid Victory presents a simple, though powerful, use of space—creating a single platform by which the story is told. This is particularly poignant when Luke's bedroom literally revolves, revealing the basement room in which Luke was held captive—a point that is underscored when Luke reveals that the size of his bedroom at home reminds him of the room in which he was held captive.
Jake Winn (Luke) and Christiane Noll (Eileen) in 'Kid Victory' at Signature
Upon his return, Luke's mother joyously recounts the many days she spent waiting for him to return—about how she lit a candle each night at the dinner table until he reemerged. Performing "A Single Tear," the mother, played by Christiane Noll, delivers a touching performance that would bring tears to any mother's eyes. Christiane Noll is stunning through the evening, playing a slightly overbearing, but well-intentioned, caricature of a mom. Reminiscing about the bygone days she had spent with her son, she performs a powerful ballad "There Was A Boy" as she yearns for the kind son she once knew.
Sarah Litzsinger as Emily is also a scene-stealer. As a quirky storeowner who befriends Luke, her slightly offbeat nature was accentuated in upbeat, quirky tunes like "Lawn," where she shares how her lawn as a child growing up was her comfort as she hid from the world of bullies who would tease her for her differences. In a touching moment, Emily performs "People Like Us," where she identifies with Luke's experience as an outcast in an effort to ease him.
One of the pivotal moments of the musical is when we meet Luke's abductor, Michael (Jeffry Denman), whose characterization is complex and becomes textured as the story unfolds. He dazzles as a history teacher in "Vinland," an upbeat, imaginative number in which he seduces Luke with his knowledge about historical events and general worldliness. Although their relationship eventually culminates in physical abuse (with fight choreography by Michael G. Chin), Denman handles this characterization with finesse—creating an enigmatic character with depth and color under the direction of Liesl Tommy.
To offset the solemn tone of the show, a few lighthearted numbers create a timely break. Donna Migliaccio's portrayal of pseudo-psychiatrist Gail is compelling in "You Are The Marble," in which cast members dance about the stage while Gail makes a failed attempt at getting through to Luke. With cast members dancing about with large rubber balls, it was a hilarious intermission (in a show without a true intermission) from the somberness of the topic matter. In the second half, Parker Drown similarly dazzles with a tap number "What's The Point?," choreographed by Christopher Windom, as he encourages Luke to live life to the fullest while dancing energetically about the stage.
Jake Winn (Luke) and Jeffry Denman (Michael) in 'Kid Victory' at Signature
Perhaps the greatest achievement of Kid Victory is that it accomplishes what great storytellers try to do: bring challenging subject matter to audiences in a new, compelling, and thought-provoking light. As a musical that centers upon the rare phenomenon of total disappearance, Kid Victory shines in highlighting the universality of acceptance, companionship, identity, and genuine understanding.
Running Time: Approximately 2 hours, with no intermission.
Kid Victory plays through March 22, 2015 at Signature Theatre — 4200 Campbell Avenue, in Arlington, Virginia. For tickets, call the box office at (703) 820-9771, or purchase them online.
Read our other review of Kid Victory by John Stoltenberg on DCMetroTheaterArts.
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Derek is a DC-native and a graduate of Duke University (B.A Political Science). During his junior/senior year at Duke, Derek served as a Marketing and Public Relations intern at the Nederlander-operated Durham Performing Arts Center. At his internship, Derek developed marketing campaigns and assisted press in coverage of the four major Broadway engagements that season: Memphis, The Addams Family, Bring It On, and Wicked. Upon graduating from Duke in 2012, Derek joined a tech and management consulting firm in Arlington, VA, where he currently works. Derek enjoys frequenting the DC-NYC theatre scene; when not in the theatre, Derek can probably be found running outdoors, blogging, playing the piano, traveling the country, and, of course, tweeting (@derekmong). Derek is currently obsessed with Disney's 'Newsies' on Broadway.
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Will March 1, 2015 at 10:30 am
Excellent review of a MUST SEE show. Who wouldn't want to hear more from Mr. Kander and learn so much about the talented Mr Pierce?
Logan March 1, 2015 at 2:33 pm
Great review! I too was incredibly moved by this production of Kid Victory and Kander's stunningly beautiful and haunting score. Although I was initially hesitant to see it because of the subject matter, the ending filled me with hope and optimism. I will most likely will be seeing it again before it closes.
Rob March 2, 2015 at 11:39 am
This show is a TOTAL mess and two of the worst hours I've ever spent in a theater. The subject matter was of concern when I first heard about the plotline- the kidnapping of a child- but I've seen Kander and partners do wonders with similarly unappealing subjects.
The music is absolutely forgettable and I just wish the visuals of the chaining, child abuse, pedophilia, and beatings were too. The splatter of blood on the wall of the bedroom is ridiculously graphic and is about the only element of the staging that is visually stunning. Everything else about the set looks cheap and unfinished. On so many levels this show and the story it's based on are ill conceived and poorly crafted. Kudos to the talented performers on stage and in the orchestra who do the best they can with this misfire. The audience I saw it with politely applauded at the end and then muttered disgust amongst themselves as they left. This show needs to close early and be re-written or simply written off.


Derrick Lightfoot was newly separated, with a stack of expenses that kept him up at night.
He had a bachelor's and 2 master's degrees. But he had never discovered the best ways to manage cash.
Lightfoot was in his mid-50s when he signed up in The Money School, the signature program of the Delaware Financial Literacy Institute (DFLI). His very first class: Kiss Financial obligation Farewell and Other Credit Idea.
In the last 10 years, Lightfoot has taken lots naturally, all free and taught by volunteer facultyprofessor at numerous public places throughout New Castle County. Topics include such diverse topics as understanding mutual funds, finding cash to invest, developing a workable budget, saving for retirement, understanding your credit report and staying clear of fraud.
More than 10,000 individuals in all 3 Delaware counties have actually enrolled considering that the program was established in 1999, says Ronni Cohen, executive director of the not-for-profit company.
He accepted modification, challenging himself to find methods to attain his dual objectives: paying for debt while conserving for the future.
He discovered an inexpensive house and bought a bus pass to avoid parking, minimizing his commuting costs to work to 66 cents each way. He went without cable televisioncable tv for nearly a year.
Today, at 64, Lightfoot has nearly $100,000 in savings plans, including four Person Retirement Accounts he will utilize to supplement his city pension after he retires.
Quadia Muhammad, program director at DFLI, says customer input helps shape the curriculum.
"We receive a great deal of phone conversation and emails from people who are trying to find aid increasing their credit ratingscredit history and saving for retirements," she states.
Practical techniques to saving and creating additional income also resonate with students. Recent courses on couponing and selling on ebay.com drew in standing-room-only crowds.
In a sour economy, Ross retired in her early 50s, earlier than prepared from her task at a communications business. She lost half her pension to her partner in an uncomfortable divorce. When she was unable to pay her home mortgage, the bank foreclosed on her house.
She learned about the program in 2012 through a brochure dispersed at the Newark library. Her very first course: The Secret to Drawing in Money.


Speaking about "well done"...I am planning to buy some sausage tomorrow....to braai.
Maybe some coals on the fire and maybe a few rolls and so on.
So yes, I like my food well done/braaied.
I cannot help but thing that you have been on the "sauce" this evening.
However, sausages, chops and a burger or two and I wish that I could be there at the braai.
Has anyone heard from him or his dad lately?
It is good to hear your story. I know the new job will be just a start on your way to even better.
Hi everyone here on the forum .
I am very interested in this topic but it seems like the OP is not following .
Any ways , am in a similar situation , i have worked for about two months in a control panel make/sell company as a wiring technician , basically they give you an electrical schematic and you wire it all together , then you do quality checks .
My goal is to work with less boredom not for example work in a single chain of automated machines everyday.
Try to find a place for a PLC in your company. It will be hard to convince you boss this will work but give it a try. If not then do the work at home at night or on a break. When you mostly have it working show your boss.


With the threat of tariffs and counter-tariffs between Washington and Beijing looming, Chinese buyers are canceling orders for U.S. soybeans, a trend that could deal a blow to American farmers if it continues.
"The Chinese aren't willing to buy U.S. soybeans with a 25 percent tax hanging over their head," said Dan Basse, president of AgResource, an agricultural research and advisory firm. "You just don't want the risk."
Data from the U.S. government data show that sales of soybeans have fallen from about 255,000 metric tons in the first week of April, when the trade dispute began, to just 7,900 in the week that ended April 26. Cancellations have also jumped, to more than 140,000 metric tons in the week ending April 26. In the same week last year, there were no canceled sales at all.
And if the Chinese market were to be closed to U.S. farmers, they might be able to sell some portion of their soybeans to other markets. Baize said that huge multinational companies, such as Cargill and ADM, might, for example, sell more U.S. soybeans toEurope, where they wouldn't face any tariffs, though this likely wouldn't make up for the loss of the Chinese market.
But the subsidy adjustment did come with political undertones. Officials in major soybean-producing provinces were describing the promotion of local soybeans as "the most important political task in agricultural production at present." Heilongjiang in northeast China announced a pilot project to plant soybeans on 100,000 new hectares, with an extra 2,250 yuan ($353) subsidy per hectare.
The moves are prompting farmers like Liu Cong to focus more on growing soy. Liu says he used most of his land to grow corn last year but this year is planting more soybeans. "This is encouraging for farmers," he said in a phone interview. "We're more motivated."


Part of the collection will be exhibited at our stand at Frieze Masters, the other part will be on show at our shop in Mason's Yard.
Benjamin Spademan is presenting a group of books which he started putting together some ten years ago, when he acquired in Paris a monograph on Henry Moore, with an original drawing and presentation by the artist on the title page. Next came a Francis Bacon, and a collection began to form. To qualify, books had to have been personally transformed by the artist, usually as a gift to another person.
The criteria for selection were drawn broadly, to include visual artists of all kinds - painters, sculptors, illustrators, cartoonists, stage & fashion designers - and allowing all kinds of art, from highly finished drawings, collages and watercolours to fairly minimal interventions. The books too covered a wide range of types, from livres d'artistes, to standard monographs, to periodicals, exhibition catalogues and ephemera such as invitations.
In the process of selection, the focus was always on the quality of the image and the interest of the inscription.The earliest examples, John Constable and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, are both intensely personal family affairs. In the case of Constable a present for his god-daughter, the child of his close friend and future biographer; and of Rossetti a celebration - together with his sister, the poet Christina Rossetti - of their mother's 80th birthday.
In the course of the 20th Century, the practice of artists inscribing books with original drawings became more established, and the circle of recipients widened enormously. A high proportion though remained to people connected to the artists milieu - patrons, collaborators, fellow artists, art critics and museum directors- including such names as Colette, Picasso, Marie Cuttoli, Peggy Guggenheim, Florence Gould and Kenneth Clark.
A catalogue presents the whole collection.
180 x 250 mm, pp. 221, 107 items.
[...] The rare book dealer Benjamin Spademan offers a collection of works that hover between books and art: books embellished with the signatures and drawings of artists, from Henry Moore to Henri Matisse. (...) there is a book of poetry by Isaac Watts inscribed, touchingly, by John Constable to his goddaughter, with watercolour drawings, as well as 20th-century volumes of works by Francis Bacon, Graham Sutherland and Picasso inscribed by the artists.
CONSTABLE, John. Songs Divine and Moral, Attempted in Easy Language, by Isaac Watts; London: Charles Tilt, 1832. ©Antiquarian Photographer.
Paris: Editions de la Revue Verve, 1948. ©Antiquarian Photographer.
by Jean Giono, with a preface by Pierre Bergé.
Paris: Creuzevault, 1953. ©Antiquarian Photographer.
and Ewan Clayton, author of The Golden Thread, A History of Writing.


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Creating a godly atmosphere with a spirit of excellence!
Bible Class Sunday mornings at 10:15 a.m.
Jeff Buford leads the class in the Fellowship Center next to the church using the "Uniform Series International Bible Lessons for Christian Teaching," a series of lessons designed to cover the entire Bible in six years. Bring your Bible!
We believe music has an important role in worshiping God. Our choir sings twice a month in morning worship and gives special seasonal presentations. Practices are Wednesdays from 6-8 p.m. Praise Team members lead worship one Sunday a month, rehearsing the prior Thursday at 4 p.m. Praise Band consists of instrumentalists who play 1 to 2 Sundays per month, also rehearsing Thursdays at 4 p.m. Contact Cheryl De Jong if you are interested.
Greeters/Bulletin Team
Greet guests and members with a smile and handshake, making everyone feel welcome and distribute bulletins as needed.
Servers-Ushers/Offering & Communion
Act as ushers prior to service, serve communion and receive offering during service, and collect used communion cups after service.
Café Ministry
Serve in the ministry of hospitality by exhibiting an outgoing personality, serving and engaging with people, reading body language and beginning conversations naturally.
Baptism Events Team
Create a prayerful atmosphere that shares the love of Jesus to those being baptized and ensure participants are provided a helpful, comfortable and caring experience.
Safety Team
Coordinate security measures for NLCC grounds, facilities, church services and special programs and provide a calm, reassuring, approachable presence in the face of a threat.
Medical Response Team
Ensure people receive competent intermediate medical emergency care while waiting for a 911 response.
Opportunities for ministry during the week
Small Groups are a vital piece of NLCC's commitment to spiritual growth. Our groups are spread throughout the community, and we encourage everyone to participate. These groups meet in host homes or at church to study and discuss selected topics. Some groups take a summer break.
Groups are encouraged to remain together. While there will be the flexibility to move between groups, the goal is long-term bonding to share life and ministry together.
To connect with groups that are currently meeting, click here.
Join men the third Tuesday of each month at the church at 8 a.m. for breakfast, devotion and fellowship. (Cancelled until further notice.)
Men meet at the church each Tuesday at 8:30 a.m., with the exception of the third Tuesday of the month. On the third Tuesday, Bible study begins at 9:00 a.m. (after the Men's Breakfast).
Living With Loss Group (Grief Support) meets the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month at 10:00 a.m. in the Fellowship Center.
Vicki King's Easy Stretch and Balance Class meets weekly on Monday and Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Center. (Cancelled until further notice.)
For all women of NLCC, opportunities for fellowship and service are planned throughout the year. Occasionally, special speakers are invited or local trips are organized.
Six to eight women meet monthly for three months to get to know each other better. Groups change quarterly.
Sisters in Faith (Cancelled until further notice.)
Single women (members and non-members) gather to support each other and to have a friend with whom to talk or to go to social events.


Top echelons of the political class have gone into campaign mood over-drive, complete with massive funding, strategic focus groups, espionage and counter-espionage on the political front with guns blazing ahead of 2017.
That Raila Odinga led Cord has established an elaborate parallel intelligence network able to intercept state secret documents is in no doubt. Last week, Cord principals led by Kalonzo Musyoka called a press conference to unleash a secret high voltage letter claimed to have originated from the Office of the President and by extention State House. That no senior government official has come out to deny the letter circulated by the opposition has left many unanswered questions.


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What decisions have you made already today?
Or did they affect a group of people?
Were some of them routine decisions?
And others were more strategic?
Were any of them major decisions?
Or just minor, daily decisions?
Decision type and severity can vary greatly from person to person.
Based on their job, their home life, and many other factors.
Do you ever have a problem with making decisions?
We all have to make decisions, and we have to be confident in the decisions that we choose to make in order to keep things moving and to make the next decision.
Decisions are a mental activity every one of us engages in on a daily basis.
From deciding when to wake up, to what to eat, to how to spend our day, to where to spend our money, and whom to spend our time with–decisions are part of our daily life.
That doesn't mean we are good at making decisions.
Many of us make very bad decisions every day and only a few of us make good decisions consistently.
Why is there such disparity in this?
What keeps us from making sound decisions?
Did you know that you could virtually eliminate conflict and confusion by becoming proficient at making decisions?
Once you make a decision, you will find all the people, resources and ideas you need, every time.
Indecisiveness is a decision to not make a decision.
This is typically fueled by the fear of failure.
Low self esteem and succumbing to circumstances is why so many people make poor decisions.
If you have an idea, desire, a wish, a worthy ideal; make the decision to achieve whatever it is that you want.
Once you make the decision, the people, resources, and ideas will be attracted to you because your belief in achievement will supersede your fears and circumstances.
Your belief will be the catalyst that changes your behaviors, your actions, and ultimately, your results.
Keep your focus on your visions, your worthy ideal.
Refuse to worry about how it will happen.
Know that you are capable of anything you put your mind to.
No matter how big or small they may seem.
Consider the facts, outcomes, and whatever else you need to make the appropriate decision.
Because there will be more choices for you to make throughout the day, and your life.
But the power is in your hands.
And make the decision today to DECIDE WHERE YOU ARE WITH WHATEVER YOU'VE GOT.


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Artist: Jeremiah Ariaz | Location: Baton Rouge, LA
Ride or Die Trail Riding Club, (Opelousas) 2017
$1600 (mounted & framed)
Black Trail Riding Clubs have their roots in Creole culture formed in South Louisiana in the 18th century. Today trail rides are an opportunity for generations of people to gather, celebrate, and ride horseback. The riders form a distinctive yet little-known sub-culture in Southwest Louisiana.
In the wake of the Trayvon Martin killing, violence and indifference to the value of young black lives has been brought to the national spotlight in incidents across the country, from Ferguson, MO to the photographer's home in Baton Rouge, LA following the tragic death of Alton Sterling in 2016. In the context of this national backdrop, Ariaz's photographs depict joy, pride, and familial intimacy, particularly between fathers and sons who are taught to care for and ride horses from an early age. The work reflects the Creole culture and the celebratory spirit of the trail rides while sharing one of the many histories in the American story that has largely remained untold.
Jeremiah Ariaz
Jeremiah Ariaz is a Professor at Louisiana State University. His current project Louisiana Trail Riders features Black trail-riding clubs with roots in Creole culture formed in South Louisiana in the eighteenth century. The riders are a stark contrast to most depictions of cowboys and serve as a reminder that Black equestrian culture stems from a time when the Louisiana Territory was in fact the American West. For the photographs Ariaz was named the 2018 Louisiana State Fellow and awarded the 2018 Southern Arts Finalist Prize from South Arts. He was also the recipient of the 2018 Michael P. Smith Award for Documentary Photography from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, a Community Partnership Grant from the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, and an ATLAS grant.
A monograph of the work titled "Louisiana Trail Riders" was released last fall from UL Press and has been featured in the Paris Review, U.S. News and World Report, Oxford American, among others.
https://www.louisianatrailriders.com
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Home Food The Foundry Camden Review
The Foundry Camden Review
Camden, London
www.foundrycamden.co.uk
Reviewed by Sean Dodson
It's broadly true that people who are passionate about music tend to be so about food. If that's you, then The Foundry, in the heart of Camden, the centre of the capital's music scene, is an ideal place to consume both your passions at once.
The restaurant forms the foodie part of The Forge Music and Arts Centre, an award-winning, purpose-built concert room, known for both the quality of its acoustics and its intimacy. Opened in 2009 by a pair of local musicians, the Forge cooks up a diet of piano recitals and dinner jazz to a discerning clientele who come here for the music. The restaurant sits in the front of the venue, divided by a large plate glass screen that means you can sit in the restaurant sipping cocktails and see and hear the acts of stage, but it remains quiet enough behind the glass to allow you to converse naturally.
The food itself is contemporary and British, but with several modernMediterraneandishes on offer. We began with a supreme squid ink tagliolini with braised squid, prawn and cherry tomatoes (£9), the pasta glistened on the plate like glossy liquorice; and also a caponata (£6): the classic Sicilian salad of aubergines, green olives, onion and capers with sweet and sour tomato. For mains we opted for quail stuffed with mushroom and speck (£19.50). Two little birds arrived roasted on a bed of lentils, mushroom cake and enlivened with pistachiocream. We also ordered the "fish of the day", monkfish steak (£17), which came sliced and arranged on the plate like the petals of a rose. Both mains were accompanied with nothing more than a house salad (£4), light and delicate enough. We followed with a cardamom and vanilla crème brulee (£6), a nicely balanced classic, as brittle on top as it was delicate beneath; and a tocino del cielo, the Spanish version of the crème caramel. Served with vanilla ice cream, it was equally good.
On the other side of the glass screen the jazzplayed on. We finished of sprightly bottle of Mariona 2010 (£18), a Spanish sauvignon blanc that tasted too good to be the house white and generally wallowed in the ambience of the place. You don't have to be a jazz aficionado to enjoy the music of the Foundry, nor a gourmet to dig the food. But anyone with an appreciation of both will like this place a great deal. The buildings architecturally impressive, the service impeccable, and the atmosphere sophisticated-yet-casual. You'll almost certainly want a repeat performance.
For more information, view menu or book a table visit www.foundrycamden.co.uk
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His black-and-gold Pittsburgh Steelers "Terrible Towel" – a gift from a couple in the Steel City whose wedding Mass he celebrated – is tacked neatly on the mantle of his new office at Notre Dame Seminary.
But Father James Wehner says he has told seminarians and faculty members one thing as he takes over as the new rector-president of Notre Dame: he knows very well that he lives in fleur-de-lis country.
"I remind people that the Saints and the Steelers are in two different conferences," Father Wehner, a Pittsburgh native, said with a smile. "I told the seminarians I am open to conversion."
When Father Wehner left the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio, in June after having served as rector-president for three years, he got a parting gift of a Saints' cap from Tim Heffernan, a Josephinum seminarian whose uncle is Saints tight ends coach Terry Malone.
Even judged against the standards of the local football team's extremely abnormal offseason, Father Wehner's last few months have been a whirlwind. He accepted Archbishop Gregory Aymond's appointment as rector-president of Notre Dame Seminary in March.
A fast-paced start
He worked at the Josephinum through June 30, left for New Orleans on July 1 and hasn't had many quiet moments since. In keeping with his pledge to become the spiritual father of the seminarians at Notre Dame, he placed phone calls to each of the 70 returning seminarians, and he is preparing to welcome about 20 new seminarians this year.
He has written to every bishop who has sent seminarians to study at Notre Dame Seminary – along with vocation directors of each sending diocese – and asked them to assess the formation program "to help me understand what the needs" of the seminary are. That same assessment form has been given to the Notre Dame faculty and staff.
He has held hourly meetings throughout the day to familiarize himself with faculty members and archdiocesan staff, and he has mailed letters to every pastor indicating his willingness to celebrate Mass in different parishes on weekends so that he can get to know the archdiocese and also offer his help when pastors need a vacation break.
"The mail delivery must be very successful in New Orleans because the letter went out on a Friday, and on Saturday I was getting emails from priests," Father Wehner said. "I thought, 'That was fast.' I just wanted to introduce myself and saying that I was new. I see myself as a brother priest to the priests of New Orleans, and I asked them to please invite me to come and celebrate Mass if they need the help. That word got out. That will be a way for me also to learn the city by going to different parishes."
Meticulously organized, Father Wehner has scheduled drive-bys of neighborhoods with the aid of seminarian guides who will show him different parts of the archdiocese. He already has found his way to St. Louis Cathedral, where he found out quickly that wearing clerics will attract attention.
"I went to the French Quarter and the cathedral and spent some time there," Father Wehner said. "As a matter of act, a tourist stopped me and there was some evangelization going on. They were not Catholic and they were asking me everything from, 'What is that over there?' I said, 'That's a confessional.' And they looked at an image of Mary and asked, 'Do you all worship Mary?' So I was only there for about 15 minutes and there was evangelization going on."
A personal relationship
Getting to know the seminarians in his care will be his priority, Father Wehner said.
"The whole point is that the title rector means one who stands in the place of the bishop for a particular community, in this case, the seminary community," Father Wehner said. "But more importantly, it means that I'm the spiritual father of the community. I want to be sure we cultivate a relationship where they see my priesthood as a fatherly support to their discernment of their call to be a priest, and that doesn't happen overnight. I have to be sure that that relationship is established."
Pope John Paul II called the seminary "an apostolic community," Father Wehner said, in the sense that "we are disciples around the Lord. This relationship provides an environment where these men can clearly discern if the Holy Spirit is directing them toward the priesthood."
Father Wehner has been thoroughly impressed with the Notre Dame Seminary faculty.
"We probably have one of the best faculties in the country," he said. "In the past couple of years, the archbishop has assembled scholars – outstanding professors and experts in their own fields. I have to be able to support them in a way that enables the relationship that the seminarians have with the faculty so that I can then let bishops and vocation directors know that their seminarians are receiving a top-notch, first-class formation experience."
The bottom line of seminary formation, Father Wehner said, is that parishioners receive a priest who is "competent, effective and holy."
"The lay faithful deserve effective, competent, holy priests," he said. "In order to achieve that expectation, we have to be able to find and have the resources to provide to the seminarians what they need. The archbishop is committed to providing not just the financial resources but also the personnel resources to make that happen."
Father Wehner probably will spend the first year assessing the seminary's strengths and challenges, leading to a "lot of discernment and assessment."
"Then decisions have to be made, and I'll make swift, clear decisions with the support of the archbishop, and then those decisions are going to establish the direction we're going in," he said. "Next year, I'd like to be able to announce to the bishops, 'Here is the direction we're going,' and then to convince them why, frankly, they ought to be assigning their seminarians to Notre Dame Seminary. I can't do that much sooner because the assessment and the discernment has yet to take place."
The seminary enrollment currently is about 90 and represents seminarians from 12 dioceses. Father Wehner said he intends to speak with bishops from the south who traditionally had sent their seminarians to Notre Dame but have not done so recently.
"I would like to bring the story to them of who we are and what we're about," Father Wehner said. "The goal is eventually to reach an enrollment of 120. That 120 will sustain certainly the financial dimension, but it also will reflect the quality of how a seminary ought to be operating. Having said that, it's never about numbers. At the end of the day, we want to be ordaining the men who only should be ordained. It's not a numbers game at the end."
A positive vocations trend
Father Wehner said vocations throughout the United States are on the rise, particularly among recent high school graduates entering the seminary. That phenomenon may be tied to the advent of World Youth Days and the direct efforts of bishops and priests "who are beginning once again to talk about vocations with young men, even as early as grade school."
"Those conversations are beginning to occur more regularly, even within the family," he said. "I've seen the fruit of this in the last five years. Most seminaries are reporting an increase in enrollment, and dioceses are reporting an increase in vocations."
With Pope Benedict XVI placing an emphasis on the "new evangelization" – which happens to be the subject of Father Wehner's doctoral thesis – seminarians must understand that the church needs to be present "wherever man is found."
"If it's in a hospital, a rehab unit, a family, a college campus, the church needs to be right there with them," he said. "Fundamentally today, every priest must understand the missionary dimension of their priesthood. In a sense, if you are called to be a priest, you are called to be a missionary, even within your own local culture.
"In the United States, we've bled religion, God and religious values out of the public discourse. So that means the church needs to penetrate the culture. John Paul II said there is no new evangelization without new evangelizers, and priests must be the first. They're the shepherds, so the shepherd needs to lead."
Peter Finney Jr. can be reached at pfinney@clarionherald.org.
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