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Cathedral of San Pedro Claver (Iglesia de San Pedro Claver) Tours
Cartagena's Cathedral of San Pedro Claver (Iglesia de San Pedro Claver) immortalizes the life of Saint Pedro Claver, one of the first human rights pioneers in the Americas. The austere stone facade of the cathedral alludes to a peaceful interior, where visitors can pay their respects to the remains of the saint, which are visible through a gilded glass case.
A prime location in the midst of Cartagena's old town has secured the cathedral's place on multiple sightseeing tours. Visit on a tour that focuses on UNESCO World Heritage sites, or stop by on an evening horse-and-carriage ride. Alternatively, walking tours provide a more intimate experience of the old town, and help first-time visitors orient themselves in the Caribbean city.
The Cathedral of San Pedro Claver (Iglesia de San Pedro Claver) plays an important role in the history of Cartagena, making it a must-see for first-time visitors and history buffs.
Alongside the church is San Pedro Claver's former house, now a museum exhibiting one of the most complete collections of religious art on the Colombian coast.
Usually an hour is ample time to explore both the church and museum.
The Cathedral of San Pedro Claver (Iglesia de San Pedro Claver)is accessible to wheelchairs and strollers.
Located on Calle San Pedro, the Cathedral of San Pedro Claver (Iglesia de San Pedro Claver) is about a 2-minute walk from Plaza Bolivar, the cultural and historical hub of the city. To stay cool in Cartagena's sweltering daytime heat, opt for a city tour that includes air-conditioned transport.
The Cathedral of San Pedro Claver (Iglesia de San Pedro Claver) is open all day, every day. The church's cool interior courtyard offers midday visitors a break from the heat.
History of a Human Rights Pioneer
Although the cathedral was constructed in 1575, its namesake, Saint Pedro Claver Corberó, didn't arrive in Cartagena, then a slave-trading hub, until 1610. A Spanish Jesuit priest, Pedro was horrified by the treatment of African captives, who were bought and sold on what's now Plaza de los Coches. He baptized slaves in the cathedral's courtyard, and believed that they deserved all the rights held by other Christian citizens of the Spanish Empire.
Address: Plaza de San Pedro Claver, Cra. 4 ##30-01, Cartagena, Bolivar, Colombia
13 Tours and Activities to Experience Cathedral of San Pedro Claver (Iglesia de San Pedro Claver)
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City Tour of Cartagena for Cruises
Enjoy a fascinating 4-hour exploration of Cartagena's top attractions during this shore excursion designed with cruise ship passengers in mind. Join a local guide to check out Cartagena sights including the striking architecture in the Manga neighborhood and see the colonial San Felipe Fortress. You'll also have shopping time at Las Bovedas, take a walking tour of the old city and learn about Colombia's emerald industry at the Emerald Museum. This shore excursion also covers transport by air-conditioned vehicle, bottled water and entrance at the monastery and the Saint Peter Claver Church and Museum.
Gabriel García Márquez Literature Tour in Cartagena De Indias
If you're a fan of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, one of Latin America's most beloved authors, then don't miss out on this literary walking tour, ideal for travelers that are familiar with Marquez's work. With a guide, you'll visit hard-to-find places that correlate to the fictional places in the Nobel Peace Prize winner's books. Plus, a mid-afternoon start time means you'll avoid the midday heat.
Private Cartagena City tour from Cruise Terminal
As a cruise tourist the time in the city is short, so let's make the best of it, so skip the big cruise tour groups and enjoy the city in the best way possible with a well educated local guide, that will make you feel welcome but also will tell you the interesting history of Cartagena. Cartagena can be hot, so on this tour we have a coffee stop planned so you can also try the worldwide famous colombian coffe.
Walk through the Old City of Cartagena
You will know with us a city full of beauties, both modern and ancient, where the historic center with its "military architecture" from the 16th to the 18th centuries, its walls, bastions and forts, contrast with its modern buildings, mainly located in the area of the Bay. The magic of the city is in its outstanding colonial beauty, where you can visit places like the palace of the Inquisition, the squares of cars and customs, religious beauties like Sanctuary San Pedro Claver. --- Please provide us with an email --- --- Please provide email ---
Enjoy the best of Cartagena's history knowing the richness of its museums on a private tour with tickets included
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Shore Excursion, "Pirates in Cartagena".
In this shore excursion Cartagena de Indias will come alive, right in front of your eyes, and it will make you understand, why this port city was an object of desire for pirates and empires. In full air-conditioned vehicles, you are going to see the major landmarks; starting from the 360° view at the top of the mountain of La Popa, and then, going to the inexpugnable Castillo de San Felipe de Barajas. From there on we will ride in a panoramic journey by the streets of the city, going to the Ciénaga de La Virgen and the fishermen village of La Boquilla, where we will have a pit stop to have some local fruits and refreshments. Then the photo opp at the Cartagena sign on the beach of Marbella. And from there we will be entering the walls of the city to walk by this splendorous Unesco World Heritage Site. Getsemaní the coolest hood in town will be on the list. Photo perfect tour designed for you to shine on IG and SM. Come with us and be like a pirate. Return to ship on time
GOD 3- COLONIAL ROMANTICISM AND PASSIONS OF CARTAGENA'S PAST Shore excursions
Enjoy the magic and romanticism that can only be lived while strolling the beautiful streets in the heart of the magical and historic old city. An expert guide will narrate and recreate the most unbelievable and extraordinary love stories that took place in this historic city. The perfect setting and backdrop for beautiful and unforgettable pictures that will come to mind as you remember this special time. The history of charming Cartagena intertwined with the love affairs between slaves and slave owners, though some of them in hiding. Likewise others between founders (conquistador) and natives. This tour will make you live and feel strong emotions!
Walking tour at the walled city
The tour includes walk-ins to some sections of the walls. We will end our tour at the charming streets and squares of Getsemaní, the most traditional neighborhood in the city. Through the old town, you can feel the story of what the Spanish used to call THE KEY OF LAS INDIAS, a hidden treasure sheltered on the colonial streets and squares. With this walking tour, you will get a great overview of Cartagena, its colorful houses, and that great sensation of living the history in every step you take.
Cartagena Museum Tour
This tour includes the description of the history of Cartagena based on museums. We will start with the Gold Museum where we will discover the magical world of the pre-Columbian era through the beautiful pieces that were carved by the Zenués Indians using goldsmithing techniques, pieces that date back more than 1,000 years. Then, we will go to the Naval Museum, where we will learn from the Colonial era and immerse ourselves in the general history of Colombia, learning about the most representative facts and characters of the time. We will then go to the Museum of the Inquisition, where the inquisitive events of the city took place. Whoever practiced occultism at this time was punished with death. Finally, we will visit the San Pedro Claver museum here, we will learn from this famous saint who was a worthy representative of the fight against slavery and the evangelization of slaves. --- Please provide us with an email --- --- Please provide email ---
1-Hour Private Functional Training Personalized Sessions in Cartagena
Functional training is a great trend worldwide, and that is why we believe that our group and personalized outdoor classes are an excellent way to be in connection with the environment of our magical city. This workout incorporates natural day to day movements into a free style 1-hour session designed to strengthen the body to function, play and work with more energy and strength and fewer injuries in this session in Cartagena's beach "Playa de la Artillería". A variety of exciting equipment and body weights are used to get results.
Walled City + San Felipe Castle + Optional Popa Convent Cartagena City Tour 6-8H
Whether you are short of time or you are wanting to have the complete experience in Cartagena, this full-day tour is made for you! Come to the most important places of the city and live them authentically. Discover Cartagena's top landmarks: Gold Museum, the Palace of Inquisition, San Felipe Castle and more. You'll be able to choose whether you want it to last 8 hours with La Popa convent, a city viewpoint, or 6 hours without this top. Join us! • San Felipe Castle, Gold Museum and Palace of Inquisition guided tour • Historical landmarks in the Walled City its squares, fortresses and bastions • Tasting of typical Caribbean cuisine • Optional: visiting La Popa, on the top of a hill, and enjoying Cartagena's landscapes • Plenty of spectacular photo spots for unforgettable memories of your trip to Cartagena.
Walled City + Museums Cartagena City Tour 4H
Join us in this 4-hour tour around the famous Walled City of Cartagena de Indias, led by a local expert tour guide who will show the best of it. You will visit places of great cultural importance for the country such as the Palace of Inquisition, the Zenú ethnics Gold Museum and the famous Clock Tower. Besides, you will have a glimpse of Caribbean cuisine with some local hand-made snacks. • Historical interesting facts about the Walled City • A visit along fortresses, bastions and squares • Local experiences of traditional food tasting • A guided tour inside Gold Museum and Palace of Inquisition • A walk along colonial and heritage houses and churches
Food Tour in Cartagena Walled City
A trip would not be complete if you don't go beyond touristic places and give yourself the chance to taste a place's food. So, come with us to this food tour around Cartagena's heart, so you get the best of Caribbean cuisine and its people: raspao, carimañola, arepa de huevo, agua de coco and more. Although those names are hardly relatable to something common or widely known, we are sure that it will be a gastronomic experience to remember. • A walk along with important spots of the city such as the emblematic Clock Tower • A brief introduction to Colombia's and Cartagena's rich history of diversity in the Walled City • Samples and samples of typical foods and drinks of the region (fruits, desserts, finger foods, refreshments) • An incredible chance to get in touch with locals and their stories • Memories full of senses about colors smells and flavors of this Caribbean city
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Vanity. Despite how it may sound it can be the one and only thing that is big enough to drive people to change their bad habits and unhealthy lifestyles. It's not that most people don't know the drawbacks of a poor diet and detrimental lifestyle practices such as smoking or overeating, but for some people even after they hear all the testimonies about how good they can feel and some of the powerful healing effects of raw foods, they still have a hard time finding the inspiration to really go out there and do it.
For some people, being gravely ill and without viable alternatives becomes a good incentive to start the raw food diet, but, for others, a lack of motivation is the real problem. Many women have told me that they would not consider going raw for their health-they would just take medication. They would, however, do it for beauty. Clearly, beauty is a great impetus. This goal does not, however, preclude men, the raw food diet is just as beneficial for them-it just makes them handsome instead of beautiful.
Everyone knows the health dangers of smoking and eating junk food. But the toxic, addictive and dehydrating effects will also zap your looks, spoil your skin and age you faster than just about anything. Let's be honest; everyone who smokes knows they should quit. No need to spend any time convincing here. Everyone who eats cooked, processed junk foods knows they should quit. No need to beat that dead horse anymore. But have you ever stopped to consider the effects these things have on your skin, hair, teeth and youth? Two of the most notorious 'beauty thieves' I know are smoking and consuming cooked, processed food. It makes sense that it should be so: beauty is one of the ways that health presents itself to the world and you will not have a glowing complexion if you don't root out these beauty thieves!
When you go on the raw food diet, stop detrimental habits and replace them with health-promoting ones, the improvement in your health will bring about striking improvements in your looks as well. They go hand in hand. My first book Your Right to Be Beautiful: Miracle of Raw Foods is a complete handbook on how health and beauty are inextricably linked, and what you can do to bring about a complete revolution in both! For some people, this will be what it takes to inspire them, and the health benefits will merely be an added bonus. So be it! If I can help even one person give up smoking and harmful foods no matter for what reason they make the decision, it will all be worth it!
One reader recently sent me some photos of two famous women, one an actress and the other a fashion designer. It would be unfair to post them, but the photos clearly show the ravages of these women's diets and lifestyles on their looks. From chain smoking to drugs to plastic surgeries and beyond, they were reduced to prematurely aged shadows of their former beauty. They looked downright scary. Some would say 'That's Hollywood', but in reality that lifestyle is quite prevalent everywhere. Celebrities are just more on display than the average man or woman. What thrilled me the most was the comment this lady included with the pictures: "And Tonya, at the same chronological age, seems to get more and more beautiful as the years go by. For me this was a huge motivation to quit smoking and become a rawsome beauty!"
There you have it. The key to motivation! If you won't do it for health, do it for beauty. You only get one shot at life, and believe me, when you reveal your most beautiful self on the raw food diet, it's too good to pass up for a few nasty habits that won't serve you in the long run. This is my mission and my joy, I want to motivate you to become a rawsome beauty as well.


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North Carolina General Statutes § 15A-832 Responsibilities of the district attorney's office
(a) Within 21 days after the arrest of the accused, but not less than 24 hours before the accused's first scheduled probable-cause hearing, the district attorney's office shall provide to the victim a pamphlet or other written material that explains in a clear and concise manner the following:
(1) The victim's rights under this Article, including the right to confer with the attorney prosecuting the case about the disposition of the case and the right to provide a victim impact statement.
(2) The responsibilities of the district attorney's office under this Article.
(3) The victim's eligibility for compensation under the Crime Victims Compensation Act and the deadlines by which the victim must file a claim for compensation.
(4) The steps generally taken by the district attorney's office when prosecuting a felony case.
(5) Suggestions on what the victim should do if threatened or intimidated by the accused or someone acting on the accused's behalf.
(6) The name and telephone number of a victim and witness assistant in the district attorney's office whom the victim may contact for further information.
(b) Upon receiving the information in subsection (a) of this section, the victim shall, on a form provided by the district attorney's office, indicate whether the victim wishes to receive notices of some, all, or none of the trial and posttrial proceedings involving the accused. If the victim elects to receive notices, the victim shall be responsible for notifying the district attorney's office or any other department or agency that has a responsibility under this Article of any changes in the victim's address and telephone number. The victim may alter the request for notification at any time by notifying the district attorney's office and completing the form provided by the district attorney's office.
(c) The district attorney's office shall notify a victim of the date, time, and place of all trial court proceedings of the type that the victim has elected to receive notice. All notices required to be given by the district attorney's office shall be given in a manner that is reasonably calculated to be received by the victim prior to the date of the court proceeding.
(d) Whenever practical, the district attorney's office shall provide a secure waiting area during court proceedings that does not place the victim in close proximity to the defendant or the defendant's family.
(e) When the victim is to be called as a witness in a court proceeding, the court shall make every effort to permit the fullest attendance possible by the victim in the proceedings. This subsection shall not be construed to interfere with the defendant's right to a fair trial.
(f) Prior to the disposition of the case, the district attorney's office shall offer the victim the opportunity to consult with the prosecuting attorney to obtain the views of the victim about the disposition of the case, including the victim's views about dismissal, plea or negotiations, sentencing, and any pretrial diversion programs.
(g) At the sentencing hearing, the prosecuting attorney shall submit to the court a copy of a form containing the identifying information set forth in G.S. 15A-831(c) about any victim's electing to receive further notices under this Article. The clerk of superior court shall include the form with the final judgment and commitment, or judgment suspending sentence, transmitted to the Division of Adult Correction of the Department of Public Safety or other agency receiving custody of the defendant and shall be maintained by the custodial agency as a confidential file.
(h) When a person is a victim of a human trafficking offense and is entitled to benefits and services pursuant to G.S. 14-43.11(d), the district attorney's office shall so notify the Office of the Attorney General and Legal Aid of North Carolina, Inc., in addition to providing services under this Article. (1998-212, s. 19.4(c); 2001-433, s. 3; 2001-487, s. 120; 2007-547, s. 3; 2011-145, s. 19.1(h).)
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The Course of Empire is a series of five paintings created by Thomas Cole in 1833 through 1836. It is notable in part for reflecting popular American sentiments of the times, when many saw pastoralism as the ideal phase of human civilization, fearing that empire would lead to gluttony and inevitable decay. The theme of cycles is one that Cole returned to frequently, such as in his The Voyage of Life series. The Course of Empire comprises the following works: The Course of Empire – The Savage State; The Arcadian or Pastoral State; The Consummation of Empire; Destruction; and Desolation. The original works were quite large, with all the canvases 39.5 inches by 63.5 inches (100 cm by 161 cm) except The Consummation of Empire which is even larger at 51″ by 76″ (130 cm by 193 cm). We've reproduced them as beautiful giclée prints in a much more manageable 18" x 11" and 36" x 24".
The fourth painting, Destruction, has almost the same perspective as the third, though the artist has stepped back a bit to allow a wider scene of the action, and moved almost to the center of the river. The action is the sack and destruction of the city, in the course of a tempest seen in the distance. It seems that a fleet of enemy warriors has overthrown the city's defenses, sailed up the river, and is busy ransacking the city and killing its inhabitants and raping women. The bridge across which the triumphant procession had crossed is broken; a makeshift crossing strains under the weight of soldiers and refugees. Columns are broken, and fire breaks from the upper floors of a palace on the river bank.
In the foreground a statue of some venerable hero (posed like the Borghese Gladiator) stands headless, still striding forward into the uncertain future.[a] In the waning light of late afternoon, the dead lie where they fell, in fountains and atop the monuments built to celebrate the affluence of the now fallen civilization. The scene is perhaps suggested by the Vandal sack of Rome in 455. On the other hand, a detail in the lower right of "The Consummation of Empire" shows two children, maybe brothers, fighting, one clad in red and the other in green—the colors of banners of the two contending forces in "Destruction," which thus might depict a foreshadowed civil war.
The children, now men, are shown, with one having finally prevailed over the other but seemingly in contemplation of the heavy price paid. In the painting, the red and green banners are on different sides of the river, with the green banners mostly on the temple side and the red banners predominantly on the palace side, maybe showing the still ongoing war between traditionalism and modernism
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No. 4.— The picture represents the Vicious State, or State of Destruction. Ages may have passed since the scene of glory — though the decline of nations is generally more rapid than their rise. Luxury has weakened and debased. A savage enemy has entered the city. A fierce tempest is raging. Walls and colonnades have been thrown down. Temples and palaces are burning. An arch of the bridge, over which the triumphal procession was passing in the former scene, has been battered down, and the broken pillars, and ruins of war engines, and the temporary bridge that has been thrown over, indicate that this has been the scene of fierce contention. Now there is a mingled multitude battling on the narrow bridge, whose insecurity makes the conflict doubly fearful. Horses and men are precipitated into the foaming waters beneath; war galleys are contending: one vessel is in flames, and another is sinking beneath the prow of a superior foe. In the more distant part of the harbor, the contending vessels are dashed by the furious waves, and some are burning. Along the battlements, among the ruined Caryatides, the contention is fierce; and the combatants fight amid the smoke and flame of prostrate edifices. In the fore-ground are several dead and dying; some bodies have fallen in the basin of a fountain, tinging the waters with their blood. A female is seen sitting in mute despair over the dead body of her son, and a young woman is escaping from the ruffian grasp of a soldier, by leaping over the battlement; another soldier drags a woman by the hair down the steps that form part of the pedestal of a mutilated colossal statue, whose shattered head lies on the pavement below. A barbarous and destroying enemy conquers and sacks the city. Description of this picture is perhaps needless; carnage and destruction are its elements.
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A fledgling US development studio is creating a multi-format first-person shooter that it claims features many of the elements seen in titles such as Call of Duty and Unreal Tournament.
Speaking to IncGamers, the firm's Alfonso Cubias praised COD for being an inspiration to their game, but criticised the length of the campaigns: "They do quite a few of the more modern mechanics like iron sights and weapon pacing really well.
ORION: Prelude will launch late this year on Xbox Live, PlayStation Network and Steam.


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When Aliya went to Texas State for college, Foster Angels of Central Texas connected with Aliya when they provided a laptop so Aliya could easily navigate her coursework. Over the summer, Aliya set her sights on studying abroad but fell short when she could not find a program that would take the tuition waver. Instead, she found a program at the State University of New York in Syracuse near Canada that could give her some new experiences!


The new and quite recently unveiled 2014 BMW S1000R has now been launched in India at a staggeringly high price of s 22.83 lakh (ex-showroom Mumbai). We say high because the direct competitor to this machine in India the Kawasaki Z1000 comes in at about 10 lakhs cheaper and there is absolutely no great difference between these motorcycles that warrants such a price gap nor are the brand values of the companies so different that these amazing motorcycles are priced so far apart. The primary reason for the huge price mismatch as you might already know is due to the fact how both these companies operate in India. While Kawasaki uses one of Bajaj's assembly lines to operate in the CKD route, BMW still works through its car dealers via direct imports, basically CBU. The different taxation's involved the reason behind the huge difference.
Coming back to the 2014 BMW S1000R for India, it produces 160 BHP, 83 lb/ft torque and a power-to-weight ratio of 2.85 pounds per BHP and while you are searching for something to hold on to after hearing that, add to the mix some very advanced electronics that include Ride Modes (Rain, Road + Dynamic, Dynamic Pro), gear shift assist, DTC (dynamic traction control) and cruise control and a "Premium" package that includes all equipment in the "Standard" package plus DDC (dynamic damping control semi-active suspension), heated grips and an engine spoiler, you are left with a very strong product. All this make the BMW S1000R a superb choice and the ease it which you will be able to just hop on and get going on this motorcycle makes it all the more special. There might be a good chance of a price revision in the not so distant future, primarily due the to the BMW-TVS connection. If they work out something that enables a CKD operation for BMW Motorrad then we could see the entire line up from the manufacturer at more realistic prices.


Nissan Cube - A 5 Year Review | media!
It's been five and a half years since I bought a 2009 Nissan Cube. I was looking for something that was different and would draw more eyes to the vehicle as it would be wrapped in promotional material, yet still be functional for the work I needed it to do. The Cube I purchased has a 1.8-liter four-cylinder engine paired with Nissan's Xtronic CVT automatic transmission. As a promotional tool it was a hit as it was new in Canada and not a day went by without being asked about the vehicle – was it a hybrid or electric, what the heck is it etc.
47,000 KMs in the first year (44,000 KMs in 9 months). The vehicle was taken with a full load from Victoria, Port Hardy, Campbell River, Tofino, Hope, Kelowna, Prince George, Dawson Creek, 100 Mile House, Whitehorse, Yellowknife, Edmonton, Calgary, Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Dauphin, Thompson, Thunder Bay, Niagara Falls, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec City, Fredericton, Halifax, Charlottetown, St John, and Peggy's Cove – and that was just Canada! It's also seen the entire US eastern seaboard including the Florida Keys, Texas, Arizona, Utah, California and many more.
Much of the travel through the Canadian north was on gravel roads. And for 5,200 KMs the car was equipped with a trailer hitch and it pulled a small trailer with approx. 450 kgs of gear and other materials on top of the cabin being fully loaded.
By taking the back seat out of the Cube you can create for yourself a mini-minivan. The swinging tailgate makes for easy loading and unloading and I'm still amazed at just how much you can cram into a Cube.
It is very nimble with a great turning radius making it simple to drive and easy to park. With the large windows, including the wrap-around rear window, visibility is great. Getting in and out of the vehicle is also easy.
Durability has been excellent. The engine and transmission were more than capable of handling the full load and trailer combo including through Death Valley, California and over the Sierra Nevada mountains. Considering how much time has been spent in it and its use as a work vehicle, it has held up very well. Nothing has broken, no torn seats or carpets and all doors and windows are still well-sealed. And mechanically apart from routine maintenance, it has never needed any mechanical repairs.
There have been a few recalls but only for minor issues which the Nissan dealership quickly rectified without any further complications.
The Nissan Cube is a very noisy vehicle. Not so much at slow speeds but as soon as you get to 60 KPH or faster the wind noise is very noticeable and road noise also comes readily into the cabin. High cross-winds can also present a bit of problem but nothing keeping two hands on the wheel doesn't counter.
The heaters have always been a little weak, so defrosting windows and just keeping moisture off the inside of the windows can be a bit of a chore. Air conditioning on the other hand has worked well from day one.
Fuel mileage is not great. In fact it is only about 20% better than our V8-powered work vehicle (Ford) when loaded with people and/or materials.
Would I buy another or recommend the Nissan Cube? Well, you can't buy one – not new anyways. They have been discontinued in Canada after very poor sales. Even after five years I'm still not sure if the Cube is ugly or not. But ugliness aside, it has been reliable, and very functional despite outward appearances. If you need a reasonably priced used small vehicle and are considering a Nissan Cube, give it a spin, you may come to like it too.


How path counting and electrical resistance can help us find hidden links in social networks.
Given a network of known relationships between people in a social network, can we predict new or hidden relationships? There are several known methods for link prediction. For example, the Katz method counts the number of paths between people, and assigns likelihood scores based on these counts. Alternately, we can use the mathematics of electrical resistor networks, assigning scores based on resistance distance between pairs of nodes. In this talk I will describe some of the mathematics behind these link prediction algorithms. I will share some new results about computing effective resistance on certain families of graphs, and I will discuss open problems, including comparing link scoring methods on simple networks.
The publication of Liber Abaci, Leonardo Pisano's book of calculation, in 1202 introduced the use of the Hindu-Arabic numeration system across Europe. The techniques of arithmetic and problem solving explained here were drawn from Leonardo's education and travels throughout the world of the late 12th century. Leonardo, who was also known as Fibonacci, wrote several books on mathematics following the Liber Abaci. While not widely appreciated, this work along with Fibonacci's other writings, played an important first role in reviving mathematics in Europe. In this talk we will examine some of the techniques introduced in the Liber Abaci and explore some of the problems presented there using both his methods and those of contemporary algebra. We will also look at some of the techniques presented in this book from 1202 that are still in use today.
The talk will present some interesting combinatorial and geometrical symmetries of the distribution of random walks on domains with boundary. Naively, a random walk of length n consists of n consecutive "moves" (up, down, left, or right) on the lattice of integer points in the plane. Let Δ be an infinite domain in the Euclidean plane with boundary ∂Δ. I will give explicit formulas for the probability of a random walk to exit Δ at a precise point on ∂Δ. The justification of such formulas presents meaningful connections with linear algebra, probability, geometry, and real analysis. The talk is geared toward an undergraduate audience and exemplifies a possible "capstone" topic for our curriculum.
This is joint work with Jamie Brandon, currently at Brandeis University.
In this talk, we'll combine ideas from number theory and linear algebra to explore factorization in semigroups of graphs.
In music, a 12-tone row is any of the 12! possible orderings of notes in the Western chromatic scale. The musical notes of a 12-tone composition must always arise in the same order, cycling repeatedly through a predetermined "row" of twelve notes. The repetitive structure of 12-tone music lends itself to mathematical study. In 2003, Hunter and von Hippel investigated symmetry in 12-tone rows, using group theory to enumerate equivalence classes of rows under a group of music-theoretic symmetries. They found that highly symmetric rows constitute just 0.13% of the 12! possibilities, and yet these rows arise in 10% of actual compositions. This result provided strong evidence that composers favor symmetric rows, but leaves us wondering about the remaining 90% of compositions. In this talk, we introduce a way to measure the occurrence of short repetitions and symmetries that go undetected in the analysis of Hunter and von Hippel. We present a new hierarchy of symmetry for 12-tone rows, and offer evidence that composers favor symmetric substructures in their work.
Inverse problems arise frequently in many areas of scientific research, and have very wide application, such as in seismology, medical imaging, remote sensing, and image reconstruction. I will introduce the topic and describe the challenges involved in solving inverse problems. Several techniques for meeting these challenges will then be presented, and their advantages and disadvantages described.
I will recall and then prove Vieta's formulas that relate the roots of a polynomial to its coefficients. I will explain Euler's proof of Newton's identities that relate the coefficients of a polynomial to the sums of powers of its roots. Finally, I'll explain how to view synthetic division from a linear algebra point of view and use this approach to prove an identity in the spirit of Newton.
Metabolomics, proteomics, and genomics (in general omics) hold the promise as a new technology to diagnose highly heterogeneous diseases. Conventionally, omics data analysis for diagnosis is done using various statistical and machine learning based classification methods. However, it remains unknown if deep neural network, a class of increasingly popular machine learning methods, is suitable to classify omics data. Here we use omics data to test the accuracies of feedforward networks, a deep learning (DL) framework, as well as five widely used machine learning models, namely random forest (RF), support vector machines (SVM), linear discriminant analysis (LDA), prediction analysis for microarrays (PAM), and generalized linear models (GLM) to predict some very important diseases. DL framework resulted in higher predictive power in classifying cases/controls, compared to the other five machine learning algorithms. Some of the diseases that we work to predict are pancreatic cancer, cervical cancer, autism, down syndrome, cerebral palsy, pediatric concussion, miscarriage and Alzheimer disease.
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USF Receives Funding for a National Technical Assistance Center on Youth Transition
Wednesday, January 1, 2003 In October 2002, The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), a public health agency within the US Department of Health and Human Services, awarded $2.3 million for the Partnerships for Youth Transition initiative, which funds five sites across the nation to develop and implement transition programs for youth with serious emotional disturbance (EBD) as they enter adulthood.
Creating Change and Keeping it Real: Report Reveals how Excellent Child-serving Organizations Carry out Their Goals
Thursday, December 12, 2002 Community-Based Theories of Change is a national study funded by the federal Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS-SAMHSA) and National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research that is designed to address how human service organizations carry out their mission and goals, how they transfer their policy agendas across stakeholders, and how they sustain their service strategies over time. This report summarizes the cross-site findings of Community-Based Theories of Change and presents lessons learned across the three participating sites in 2002.
CFS Staff Ask: What Makes Children's Mental Health Services Successful?
Wednesday, December 11, 2002 Under the direction of Drs. Mario Hernandez and Sharon Hodges at the Department of Child and Family Studies, the Community-Based Theories of Change Study has recently completed Phase I, which involved conducting case studies at program-and system-level sites, gathering information on how organizations conceptualize, operationalize and implement community-based service policies, and how those organizations transfer policy agendas across stakeholders in local organizations.
Promising Center for Young Children Receives Additional 2.2 Million
Friday, November 15, 2002 Aggression. Noncompliance. Defiance. Tantrums. Destruction of Property. These are the challenging behaviors in young children that lead parents and caregivers to seek help. Sources of help may include child welfare, public health and mental health services, pediatricians, preschools, as well as early care and intervention programs. In the past, these agencies and service providers have had limited access to information about best practices for children with, or at risk for, behavioral problems and their families.
Latino Astronaut Frank Caldeiro Participates in USF's ENLACE Program
Sunday, November 10, 2002 For the past two years, the ENLACE program at USF has partnered with the Museum of Science and Industry's National Hispanic Scientist of the Year Award program. This year, ENLACE middle school students spent a day at MOSI and met award recipient NASA astronaut Frank Caldeiro, who brought a strong message of staying in school and going to college in order to have a better life.
New Reports Profile Strategies That Deal with Safety in the Schools
Saturday, October 19, 2002 In an effort to make schools safer and help protect students from violent behavior and drug & alcohol use, the Clinton Administration allocated $100 million in grants to 54 communities. The goal of the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative (SS/HSI) is to link school systems with community-based services and prevention activities into one community-wide approach to violence prevention and healthy child development.
CFS's Richard Briscoe Receives Honor for Contributions to the African-American Community
Thursday, October 10, 2002 University of South Florida President Judy Genshaft will join the USF African-American Advisory Committee to honor six people for their commitment to the community on October 24 at 6 p.m. at the Lifsey House, USF Tampa.
October 29th Conference to Discuss Issues and Initiatives for Tampa Bay's 150,000 Young Adolescents
Saturday, October 5, 2002 Youth in the middle school, make-or-break years are faced with many physical, psychological and educational changes. With more than 150,000 youths within the ages of 10 and 14 now living in Hillsborough County, a conference has been scheduled October 29, 2002 to address the special needs of this age group.
Bringing Out the Best in Adolescents: Grant Recipients Present Successful Results
Tuesday, October 1, 2002 The USF Collaborative for Children, Families and Communities awards grants each year to USF faculty members who work with community partners on projects that address important issues relating to children and adolescents. Several projects recently completed show how the university and community can successfully work together for the good of these young people and their families.
CFS Evaluates Community-based Care in Florida: Report Now Online
Thursday, August 15, 2002 One of the Florida Department of Children & Families' (DCF) responses to ensuring the safety and well being of children in the child welfare system is the implementation of the Community-Based Care (CBC) initiative.
State Training Teams Meet to Discuss Challenging Behaviors Students Bring in Today's Classrooms
Thursday, August 8, 2002 At a recent meeting of the State Training Team Network of the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Positive Behavioral Support (RRTC-PBS) held the week of August 19th, training teams from 23 states met to discuss ways in helping expand the support teachers, related services personnel, administrators, and family members need to address the challenging behaviors students bring in today's classrooms.
CFS Helps Communities Help Themselves
Thursday, November 22, 2001 Last July, federal funding from the Office of Rural Health Policy was provided to the Southwest Rural Health Research Center at Texas A&M University to conduct research on access to health issues for the Latino population. One of the grant's six studies was proposed by CFS's Ricardo Contreras and Marlynn May of Texas A&M.
HIPPY USA Selects Florida HIPPY Technical Assistance and Training Center as National Evaluator
Sunday, November 11, 2001 The Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) was established in the United States in 1984 and now serves more than 15,000 families in many urban, suburban, or rural areas across the country. HIPPY goals include increasing the chances of positive early school experiences among children who may be educationally at risk, empower parents to view themselves as primary educators of their children, and create an educational environment in the home that encourages literacy.
A Look at Children's Challenging Behaviors:OSEP Funds Two New Centers for DARES
Sunday, November 11, 2001 With drastically changing conditions for teaching and learning in both general and special education classes, the public demand for improved learning and behavioral outcomes has become more pressing, especially in the early school years. In order to address this issue, a new center, led by researchers at the University of Oregon, will collaborate with five research organizations (CFS is one) to conduct and coordinate research and demonstrations across 90 schools and five states. This five–year project will focus on children K-3 who are identified as having great difficulty learning to read or who exhibit serious problem behaviors.
CARD Gears up for 2001/2002 Teacher Partnership Program
Wednesday, October 10, 2001 The Partnership for Effective Programs for Students with Autism is now in its third year and currently accepting applications for the 2001-2002 school year. Funded by the DOE's Bureau of Instructional Support and Community Services, the program is designed to offer training and technical assistance to teachers who wish to enhance the educational program for students with autism in a general or special education program.


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Troublesome people – in the church too
Photo - Such people have the effect of driving in the wet
This topic of perennial troublesome people sneaking through to key roles in church and mission life is as old as there are years and the issue on the one hand is what to do with them, and on the other, the nature of the issue pervades every area of life.
This was drawn to my attention a few years ago with the political dramas of Senator Jacqui Lambie of Tasmania and the Palmer United Party's leader Clive Palmer who made the claim she was planted to cause trouble.
Whether such a claim can be proven is another question.
But the existence and idea of perennial troublesome people is a real one and they land themselves and into some senior roles in a wide range of businesses, organisations, voluntary bodies, child care, churches, missions ---
First we might discuss what exactly is a perennial troublesome person. A troublesome person is not a whistleblower. A whistleblower is someone who identifies what they consider to be a clear breach of some law that adversely affects a wide range of people and whistleblows as a matter of good conscience.
A perennial troublesome person exhibits a very different agenda and what is more, may not even realise their social capital is lacking some very basic courtesy manners and moreover tend to be overly focused on themselves.
This is a broad based cursory list of such
A perennial troublesome person may find fault with everyone they encounter and express these opinions.
A perennial troublesome person tend to undermine not only their colleagues but work procedures / projects and are very clever about it all.
A perennial troublesome person will get into positions of power whereby they can exercise an authority that will disrupt, bring to bear, be hurtful to specific people, and be sweetness and light until their true colours are revealed.
There are countless television shows and series where the author of the original book has such characters where the script writers then bring to life these people and the actors involved express these characteristics brilliantly.
We can think of the characters in Downtown Abbey, Dad's Army, Lost in Space, Foyle's War, Midsummer Murders, One Foot in the Grave, The Office .... in point, the very nature of television drama thrives on the perennial troublesome person.
Photo - such people are like dark clouds over a mountain
Ultimately they go too far, what they have been doing in their undermining comes to light, sometimes they get moved out or even promoted .... oh yes, too true !
But in the meantime the rest of those engaged with them have to put up with them and their antics and the question is, how to survive it and in the meantime, curtail it all.
There are several strategies can may be employed to handle the perennial troublemaker.
Be proactive and make them a friend for there may something else going on in their lives and that this is the reaction to such. But be careful regarding clinging ....
Make a careful audit of their antics where such behaviour has detracted from the task at hand, like the company money making endeavours or the smooth operation for the business. That will bring it out into the open.
In meetings, clarify very carefully the proposals put up by the troublesome person and identify the weaknesses and potential to create unwanted attention to the business and its staff's peace and calm.
Never allow yourself to be bullied, stand up to it. The perennial troublesome person thrives on bullying. The Dad's Army program illustrates how Private Godfrey the very elderly gentleman is heard to say in a number of programs: "I don't like that type of thing", and "I've never been persuaded by such talk" and inevitably he stands his ground and the others rally round.
Photo - such people make the view dark and dismissive
Moving them out
More often than not it is much easier than one might think. If the entertainment value goes out of the situation, the perennial troublesome person often leaves off of their own accord as it becomes boring. Moreover they fear additional work might come their way.
Another mechanism is to isolate them. In business, the statistical numbers will always be in favour of the official process, and this might illustrate how their influence is consistently diminished.
Threaten to send in a minority report to the management. It will become very quickly evident that the group is being persuaded in one direction and serious questions will be put. Positions may be lost.
In Churches and Missions, the same principles apply. I do not know how many sit-coms I have viewed over the years involving a church / parish committee, and the running of the committee is governed by one overpowering and often troublesome person.
These are practical issues that require mundane, boring, soul searching and yet difficult yet practical responses. Sometimes they end up in splits. Like Paul and Barnabas, the two ideas cannot be reconciled.
We live in a real world where tough questions, sometimes require even tougher responses. Let us not be diminished from this task as it is just as much Kingdom service to see off those whose endless troublesome behaviour create havoc and drama whereby the Kingdom engagement suffers.
Photo - Such people make church like a single phone box


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Body found by side or railway track
Published: 9:01 AM May 18, 2009 Updated: 9:37 PM October 10, 2020
THE body of a man has been discovered by railway workers close to train tracks behind the old Cattle Market, in Norwich.Police were called to the scene at about 12.
THE body of a man has been discovered by railway workers close to train tracks behind the old Cattle Market, in Norwich.
Police were called to the scene at about 12.15pm on Saturday and remained at the site into the evening.
An investigation into the identity of the dead man, believed to be aged between 35 and 55, is being carried out by British Transport Police.
He was found in the undergrowth and police think he could have been there for some time.
A post-mortem examination is being carried out to try to find the cause of death but police are not treating it as suspicious.
Anyone with information should call British Transport Police on 0800 404 040.
Projects to restore axed rail routes get £794m boost
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Jump to pigmentAzuriteBone blackCadmium yellow/redCarbon blackCarmineCerulean BlueChrome orangeChrome yellowCobalt blueCobalt greenCobalt violetCobalt yellowCopper resinateEgyptian blueEmerald greenGreen earthIndian yellowIndigoLead whiteLead-tin yellowLemon yellowLime whiteMadderMalachiteNaples yellowOrpimentPrussian blueRealgarRed leadRed ochreSmaltTitanium whiteUltramarineUmberVan Dyke brownVerdigrisVermilionViridianYellow ochreZinc white
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The main innovation in this era was the collapsible tin paint tube, invented in 1841 by American painter John Rand. This revolutionized the color palette and technique of plein-air oil painting by offering a range of pre-mixed colors in a convenient, portable medium. This was a major factor in the emergence of Impressionism. The practice of oil painting dramatically changed at the end of the ninetieth century when paints companies began to develop a method to maintain pigments particles suspended in linseed oil. Consequently, since then, there was no more need for painters to ground pigments in order to prepare their paints.
Spurred on by an increasing demand for dyes to accommodate the growing industrial-scale production of textiles, the process of scientific research into colorants gathered momentum towards the close of the 18th century. As a result, the turn of the century saw the introduction of several new paints - pigments such as Mars reds (synthetic red ochre) chrome orange, and chrome yellow.
The 19th century - essentially the beginning of Modern Art - was a period of huge change for both oil painters and watercolorists. New colors and enhanced versions of established pigments popped up with regularity. Cobalt blue emerged in 1807, while viridian was introduced in 1838. Cadmium yellow appeared in 1820, cerulean Blue in 1860, to be followed by cheap synthetic French ultramarine, zinc white, and cobalt violet. Problems remained of course, notably in pigment toxicity as with emerald green. The main reason for the introduction of new oil and watercolor paints had nothing to do with art. Instead, it came about almost entirely as a result of the huge demand for textile dyes for clothing. Thus when a new pigment was discovered, or an old one synthesized, the first beneficiaries were usually textile manufacturers. Artist-quality versions of the pigments took longer to appear, as the demand for such specialist color products was less.
John Constable; Romanticists' palette
John Constable, Wivenhoe Park, Essex, 1816, National Gallery of Art, Washington (D.C)
John Constable was an English Romantic painter known principally for his landscape paintings of the area surrounding his home-now known as "Constable Country"-which he invested with an intensity of affection. "I should paint my own places best," he wrote to his friend John Fisher in 1821. "Painting is but another word for feeling."
He made up his own paint from pigments bought in powder form. Prussian blue was the most common color Constable used for skies. This was mixed with lead white and carbon black to produce the required shades of blues and grays. Constable also used red lake and vermilion to add warmth to the colors. Ultramarine was also used for the final touches to a finished sky but it was, and still is, very expensive.
Eduard Monet, the impressionists' palette
Edouard Monet, La Gare Saint Lazare, 1877, Musee D'Orsey
Armed with this new battery of brilliant colors, the Impressionists set their canvases alight with fireworks, leading conservatives to denounce them as "dazzlers who painted only with intense colors." Pissarro claimed to have banished the old, dull "earth" colors from his palette. Even the gloom of Monet's La Gare Saint-Lazare (1877) is a concoction of rainbow hues: cobalt blue, cerulean blue, French ultramarine, emerald green, and viridian.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Renoir's paint box and palette, Musée d'Orsay;
This paint box belonged to Auguste Renoir, probably in the late 19th or early 20th century, at the end of his career. By the 1890s, during the last two decades of his life, Renoir suffered from arthritis and spent most of his time away from Paris. Unable to move his hands freely, a brush was strapped to his arm to allow him to paint. In December 1919, Renoir died at the age of 78. Renoir's palette consisted mainly of lead white, Naples yellow, chrome yellow, cobalt blue, French ultramarine, Alizarin Crimson (synthetic madder lake), viridian, emerald green, and vermilion.
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SUNJUWAN, JAMMU: Pakistan based Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist outfit attacked one of the most sensitive army camp in Jammu city, known as Sunjwan Military Station, on Saturday early morning.
The day long operation was still on, till last reports came in. Army's Special Forces (para-commandos) had by then neutralized three terrorists in the gun battle.
Two army personnel attained martyrdom in this attack, while nine others including five civilians suffered bullet injuries, while two of the civilians were stated to be critical. Army in its exclusive operation have neutralized three terrorists, who were wearing army combat dresses and were carrying AK-56 assault riffle, large amount of ammunition and hand grenades. Over 150 houses were cleared and occupants were moved to safer places.
At 4:50 am on Saturday, first contact of terrorists with the sentry on duty on the back side of the Sunjwan Military Station was made.
At 4:55 am, Military station was alerted about presence of terrorists inside the camp.
At 5:00 am, the Sentry on duty, at back side post and terrorists exchanged fire.
At around 5:15 am, the first attack on Junior Commissioned Officer of Jammu & Kashmir, Madan Lal Choudhary, was reported. While the officer attained martyrdom, his daughter and one other girl suffered injuries.
5:30 am: A Major rank officer, who was heading the Mahar Regiment's unit, came to counter terrorists.
5:40 am: Following counter attack, terrorist moved towards family quarters and hid there.
5:45 am: Special Operation Group of state police reached the spot.
6:00 am: High alert sounded in Jammu City.
At 6:15 am: All senior police officers including IGP Jammu Zone, SD Singh Jamwal reached outside Sunjwan Station.
At 7:00 am: Terrorists and army exchanged fire.
At 7:30 am: Army prepared strategy and first evacuated all the families inside the JCO quarters.
At 8:00 am: The particular residential block was cordoned.
At 8:30 am: Police also cordoned all the outer points of Sunjuwan Camp.
At 11:00 am: Two teams of Special Forces (para-commandos) landed Sunjuwan camp.
At 3:30 pm: First terrorist killed, Jaish flag recovered from body.
At 4:30 pm: Heavy firing at the spot from both sides.
At 5:30 pm: Army fired Under Barrel Grenade Launchers (UBGLs) towards terrorists.
At 6:30 pm: PRO Defence briefed about the killing of two terrorists.
At 6:45 pm: Chief of Army Staff, General Bipin Rawat reached Jammu to have first hand information about operation.
At 9:00 pm: Abhimanyu Tanks (Battle tanks) pushed inside.


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È stato campione dei pesi medi UFC e campione dei pesi massimi Unified Shoot Wrestling Federation, nonché il primo statunitense a vincere il torneo Pancrase Neo-Blood di Tokyo.

Morì nel 2008 causa ipertermia durante un suo solitario viaggio in moto nel deserto californiano.

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Inizi: Unified Shoot Wrestling Federation
Tanner iniziò a lottare nella squadra di lotta libera dell'high school, con la quale divenne campione del Texas nel 1989.

L'esordio come professionista nelle arti marziali miste avviene nel 1997 nell'ormai defunta organizzazione USWF: qui infila subito tre vittorie consecutive, l'ultima delle quali contro la futura stella UFC Paul Buentello per sottomissione, e nell'ottobre dello stesso anno poté affrontare Heath Herring per il titolo dei pesi massimi.
Tanner vinse l'incontro per sfinimento dell'avversario e venne quindi dichiarato campione di categoria USWF.

Successivamente combatté anche per un'altra promozione texana, la PSDA, dove subì la vendetta di Herring che sconfisse Tanner per strangolamento.

Tra il 1998 ed il 2000 Tanner difese il titolo USWF per ben sette volte, l'ultima di queste ai danni di Travis Fulton, lottatore che al tempo vantava ben 117 incontri tra i professionisti.

Pancrase
Nel 1998 Tanner si trasferì in Giappone per prendere parte ai tornei della prestigiosa federazione Pancrase: nel torneo Pancrase 1998 Neo-Blood di Tokyo vinse tutti e tre gli incontri, la finale contro il connazionale Justin McCully, e divenne il primo lottatore statunitense a vincere tale torneo.

Lotto nella Pancrase fino al 1999, quando venne messo KO dall'olandese Leon Dijk.

Ultimate Fighting Championship
L'esordio nell'UFC di Tanner risale all'8 gennaio 1999 con l'evento UFC 18: The Road to the Heavyweight Title, dove si presenta con un record personale di 16-1 e sottomette Darrel Gholar.

Dopo altre due vittorie tenta subito la sfida al titolo dei pesi mediomassimi detenuto da Tito Ortiz: il risultato è pessimo in quanto Tanner viene messo KO con un body slam dopo soli 32 secondi.

Tanner non demorde e successivamente infila altre tre vittorie in UFC battendo per KO tecnico Elvis Sinosic e prende parte anche ad un incontro di solidarietà per la lotta contro il cancro.

Nel 2003 subisce la sua quarta sconfitta per mano di Rich Franklin che lo mette KO nel primo round: a quel punto Tanner decide di scendere di categoria e passare ai pesi medi.

Vince subito una doppia sfida contro Phil Baroni e, dopo un'altra vittoria, nel 2005 si candida per il titolo dei pesi medi UFC, lasciato vacante da Murilo Bustamante dopo il suo passaggio alla Pride.
L'avversario è il connazionale David Terrell, che nell'incontro precedente mise KO Matt Lindland in meno di 30 secondi.
Tanner vinse nel primo round per KO tecnico e venne quindi incoronato campione dei pesi medi UFC.

Lo stesso anno Tanner trovò nuovamente sulla sua strada Rich Franklin, anch'egli passato ai pesi medi, e l'incontro per la difesa del titolo fu combattuto fino al quarto round, quando Tanner dovette arrendersi per scelta dello staff medico e cedette il titolo di campione a Franklin.

Successivamente Tanner non riuscì più a combattere ai livelli iniziali e chiuse il post-Franklin con un parziale di 1-3 causa le sconfitte patite contro David Loiseau, Yushin Okami e Kendall Grove, fino alla sua tragica morte avvenuta nel 2008.

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Reef Check's Tropical Program works with teams of citizen scientists in over 40 countries around the world. Organized through different chapters, our network of EcoDivers conducts over 600 surveys annually to monitor the health of coral reefs.
In 1997, Reef Check conducted the first-ever global survey of coral reef health that provided scientific evidence that our coral reefs were in crisis due to overfishing, illegal fishing, and pollution. The results shocked many marine biologists who had not realized the extent of human impacts on reefs. In 2002, Reef Check released its report, The Global Coral Reef Crisis – Trends and Solutions, at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa. Based on data collected by thousands of Reef Check volunteer divers in over 80 countries and territories, the report was the first scientific documentation of the dramatic worldwide decline in coral reef health over a five-year period. The report concluded that there was virtually no reef in the world that remained untouched by human impacts. In 2013, following surveys of over 1000 km of Haiti's coast and coral reefs, the government of Haiti declared two sets of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), the first such protection in the country. On the other end of Hispaniola Island, Reef Check Dominican Republic (RCDR) has shown how to turn a former "paper park" into a well-functioning MPA producing both ecological and economic solutions at La Caleta. In 2015, Reef Check helped lead the emergency response to the third Global Coral Bleaching Event, following similar efforts after previous natural disasters, including the 2004 Aceh earthquake and subsequent Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 and the devastating series of Caribbean hurricanes in 2017. Most recently, Reef Check data showed promising news that some corals are becoming more resistant to global warming than they were a decade ago.
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So after my posting of last year's AGCM, hopefully some have got themselves a position as delegate for their club.
Cut off date for delegates (and observers) is Tuesday 9th April, so there's a bit of time, if your club hasn't registered any attendees yet, before the late fee is applied.
The cost is once again $250 per head (for delegates and observers).
Planning to attend next year and get extra votes? Join one of the clubs that never attends and put your hand up to be their official delegate. Get a few mates to do the same with other clubs. And talk to each other beforehand because over the years many a remit has failed merely for the lack of a seconder!


Well, it's the night before the night before and my daughters and I are plotting our day at puddlejumpers tomorrow. Every Christmas Eve Day Hillary plays Christmas trivia with customers and hands out treats to those who answer correctly....or not. It's a fun day and we are happy to help you select your last minute gift purchases and wrap them up beautifully for you to present. If we won't be seeing you tomorrow we want to say Merry Christmas and thank you for another great holiday season here in beautiful downtown Exeter....it's good to be here.
Regular winter hours resume Jan 3.
Need a last minute gift? Townwear to the rescue!
Do you still need a few last minute gifts? Are you traveling to see family from out of town this week? Spread the love by giving them a cozy Exeter hoodie or long-sleeved tee from Townwear! The tees and hoodies both feature 3 iconic Exeter images across the back, as well as the latitude and longitude of our wonderful little town! Both styles are available in multiple colors, in sizes from kid to adult, and Townwear even donates 5% of sales back to a local charity. The hoodies are full zip, and ball caps make a great gift for dad!. It's good to be here.
Need to ship your gifts? We can help! We offer gift wrapping (for free!) and flat-rate shipping services, so stop by the store and we can help you finish up all your shopping!
New CHARM IT! Charms are in!!
A charm bracelet is the perfect Holiday gift. With so many charms to choose from, CHARM IT! charm bracelets are easily customized to for each and every little girl, ages 3 and up, on your list! No room left on your bracelet?
Buy a few and hook 'em together to create a CHARM IT! necklace!!
Here's a sampling of this week's new arrivals.
A gift box that really opens, wise owl, chilly penguin, yummo waffle and a shy mouse.
We can't get enough of Lindsay Phillips ballet flats! Jenni & Hillary have had them in adult sizes for years, and they wear them constantly. When we found the kids sizes at a recent trade show, we immediately placed an order! They've been a smash hit; we've already had to reorder 4 times!
These shoes are fantastic! They are extremely comfortable, and elastic keeps them snug on little feet. They are perfect Holiday shoes, and they also look fantastic with jeans and a cute top.
Are you on board yet? Good news! Lindsay Phillips flats are now for sale on our site! Check them out here.


Many athletes may not know precisely what the Achilles tendon is, apart from being a stretchy bit of tissue between the ankle and the heel, but they will certainly be aware of the agonies of Achilles tendinitis.
It is a condition that can wreck your training and utterly destroy your performance results. The purpose of this special report is to explain what the Achilles actually does, describe how it works and how it can be injured, and prescribe exercises and treatments that can prevent it being hurt and quickly bring it back to normal.
This report has been prepared by the Peak Performance team of experts, physiologists, fitness specialists and sports doctors, and is designed to tell you everything you need to know about the care and feeding of the Achilles tendon.
It contains, among its abundance of practical advice, a number of strange and unexpected facts such as, for instance, that the length of your Achilles tendons may be a crucial factor and by stretching them you may actually improve your performance!
Strong ankles are one of the key factors in preventing Achilles tendinitis, and this special report has a definitive article on how to strengthen them and also prevent that bane of an athlete's life, ankle sprains. Finally, the report has an extra bonus: a guide to recovering from knee injuries.


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La bottinoíta es un mineral, hidróxido de antimonio y níquel hidratado. Fue caracterizado como una especie nueva en 1992, a partir de ejemplares obtenidos en la mina de Bottino,  Stazzema, provincia de Lucca, Toscana (Italia), que consecuentemente es su localidad tipo, y de la que recibió el nombre.

Propiedades físicas y químicas
La bottinoita aparece generalmente como agregados de microcristales tabulares de contorno aproximadamente hexagonal, más o menos curvados, asociados entre sí de forma subparalela. Es de color azul pálido, a veces ligeramente verdoso. Es un mineral secundario, formado por oxidación de la ullmannita. El contenido de agua es variable según los ejemplares que se analicen.

Yacimientos
La bottinoita es un mineral bastante raro, conocido en poco más de una docena de yacimientos en todo el mundo. Además de la localidad tipo, se encuentran ejemplares muy notables en la mina Dörnberg, en  Ramsbeck,  Arnsberg,  Renania del Norte-Westfalia (Alemania). En España aparecen ejemplares notables en la mina Nueva Virginia, Lanzuela, (Teruel).En este yacimiento, además de los cristales de bottinoita de la forma típica se encuentra también como pseudomorfosis de microcristales de ullmannita

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Minerales de antimonio
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Elijah Lucy placed second in the long jump with a new personal best of 24-11 3/4 (7.61m).
LINCOLN, Neb. - Competition got under way on day one of the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational in front of a crowd of 1,660 at the Bob Devaney Sports Center on Friday night.
Elijah Lucy set a personal best in the long jump to earn runner-up honors in the event. Lucy jumped 24-11 3/4 (7.61m) on his second attempt. Shylia Riley took second place in the women's long jump with a leap of 19-5 1/4 (5.92m) on her fourth attempt. She equaled that same distance on her fifth attempt. Ieva Turke was third with a mark of 19-4 3/4 (5.91m).
Andy Jacobs placed fourth in the women's pole vault with a bar of 12-9 (3.89m). Nicole Baker was seventh with a PR of 12-3 1/4 (3.74m).
Michael Hoffer was sixth in the long jump with a personal-best jump of 23-5 1/4 (7.14m) and Isaiah Hutchinson was seventh at 23-4 1/2 (7.12m). Jamesha Western finished seventh in the weight throw with a new personal best of 60-9 1/2 (18.53m), which was just one inch shy of an all-time top-10 mark at Nebraska. In the women's long jump, Zionn Pearson placed eighth after an indoor personal-best 18-11 1/4 (5.77m).
On the track, Tony Nou took sixth in the men's 400 meters with a time of 48.40. Dominic Bentil was eighth in 48.82. Kierra Griggs also placed eighth in the women's 400 meters in 56.32.
The Huskers who qualified for the 60-meter hurdles finals that will be run on Saturday were: Jasmine Barge (8.39), Luke Siedhoff (PR 7.91), Vincent Ohlman (8.00) and Makiyah Smallwood (8.23). The Huskers who will compete in the 60-meter dash finals are: Lakayla Harris (7.46), Deja Ingram (PR 7.54), Whitney Bridges (7.66) and Noah Lukz (PR 6.91). Competing unattached for the first time on the track, Nebraska football wide receiver Jaron Woodyard won his 60 meters heat in 6.87 to qualify for tomorrow's final with the fourth-fastest time.
Nebraska athletes competed in the combined events for the first time this season on Friday. Freshman Johanna Ilves led the way in the pentathlon with a personal-best 3,645 points to finish fifth overall. Ilves was third in the shot put competition (37-8, 11.48m) and fifth in the long jump (17-8, 5.38m).
In the heptathlon, Jared Seay holds the lead after day one with 3,244 points through four events. Seay opened the day with personal bests in the 60 meters (7.02), long jump (24-1 1/2, 7.35m) and shot put (42-8 3/4 ,13.02m). He won the long jump and high jump competitions. Cale Wagner finished third in the 60 meters and second in the long jump and is in third place with 3,151 points. Zach Podraza set PRs in each of the first three events and is in fifth place with 2,861 points.
For the second straight weekend, a Devaney Center record was broken. Iowa's Laulauga Tausaga broke the Devaney Center women's weight throw record with a throw of 76-3 /4 (23.26m), the top throw in the nation this year.
Day two of the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational begins with the heptathlon at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday. The field and running events will begin at 11:30 a.m.


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Her father, Gene, is a religious fundamentalist who believes that Big Government is out to get everyone. Increasingly paranoid, Gene decides to outsmart the authorities by going completely off the grid, not registering his children's births, taking them of out or never entering them in school, staying away from hospitals and stockpiling gasoline and food so he and his family could survive the End of Days. Despite their early educational deprivation, three of the children miraculously passed the college entrance exams, graduated from college, and went on to obtain Ph.D.'s – Tara studying at Cambridge and Harvard, no less. Four of them didn't even get high school diplomas. Although she exceeded her goals in the real world, Tara paid a high price for both growing up in a strange, abusive household and for striking out on her own.
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Hertig Heinrich Wladimir Albrecht Ernst av Mecklenburg-Schwerin, född 19 april 1876 och död 3 juli 1934, prins av Nederländerna (prinsgemål) till drottning Vilhelmina av Nederländerna.

Biografi
Han föddes i Schwerin, som yngste son till Fredrik Frans II, storhertig av Mecklenburg-Schwerin, och hans tredje hustru prinsessan Marie av Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.

Prins Heinrich blev prins Hendrik av Nederländerna 6 februari 1901 och gifte sig med drottning Wilhelmina 7 februari 1901 i Haag.

1904 blev han generallöjtnant i Nederländernas armé och viceamiral i Nederländernas flotta.

Äktenskapet blev olyckligt, men resulterade i vad plikten krävde, en tronföljare. De fick ett barn, prinsessan Juliana, till vars förmån Vilhelmina abdikerade 4 september 1948. 1918 blev Henrik även far till en son utom äktenskapet, men det spekuleras att han hade uppemot tio utomäktenskapliga barn.

Utmärkelser
  Riddare av Serafimerorden, 20 januari 1901.

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We had some Ubuntu leaflets at Linuxworld London last October. Could we get some more of them from wherever (Canonical?) or get the design in order to print our own?


This 5-year research study focuses on responsible and problematic fantasy sports activities. Researchers are conducting a robust set of studies related to identifying characteristics and behaviors of daily fantasy players, providing the evidence necessary to promote responsible play and responsible gaming resources, and determine the feasibility of developing a predictive algorithm for detecting problem play patterns among daily fantasy players. The Division will disseminate its materials and findings via academic publications, The Transparency Project, and educational activities (i.e., trainings) targeting employees, public health stakeholders, and the public at-large. This study of online fantasy sports is the first to use actual player records, providing much needed information about this burgeoning new area of gaming.
The goal of this study is to evaluate the GameSense program as implemented throughout MGM Resorts International properties in North America. GameSense is a branded responsible gambling program that includes both customer and employee facing components. Using MGM's multi-property portfolio, this study will assess the safety, reach, and effectiveness of the MGM-GameSense program and complete a comparative analysis of the imposed (i.e., GameSense managed by entities external to MGM) and integrated (i.e., GameSense managed by MGM) models of GameSense.
This project includes developing updated versions of two resources (1)Your First Step to Change: Gambling and (2) Practice Guidelines for Treating Gambling-related Problems. For Your First Step to Change, we will review the content, concepts, activities, and measures, and update and revise, as necessary to maintain a contemporary evidence-based foundation. For the guidelines, we will review the scientific literature related to treating gambling-related problems empirically, and update the treatment guidelines to indicate and describe those treatments that meet the American Psychological Association's qualifications for Empirically Supported Treatments. In addition, we will work with the Office of Problem Gambling Services to provide gambling-related clinical trainings and complete gambling-related needs assessments for adults and youth accessing Bureau of Substance Addiction Services treatment services.


Rebate Management is the process of recording what rebate type applies to a customer or product, (sometimes referred to as a trade agreement). Rebates act as a loyalty incentive as they usually run over a time period which incentivises the buyer to stay loyal, in order to reach the agreed target and get the rebate owed to them.
However, e-Bate is more than just rebates, is a rebate and pricing management Software-as-a-Service platform, tracking monies that have a post invoicing impact on margin, such as commissions, bonuses, on offs, events and promotions, to name just a few and each sector refers to them in different ways.
What are the benefits of using a rebate management solution?
What functions and roles do rebates affect?
But generally, they work in silos as each function has a different objective. But collectively, rebates are there to ensure that the board delivers on its business strategy. However, if the process is disjointed and the information is delayed, can you really be sure what your financial position is?


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Simply Grand Concerts
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Sheri Melcher and Richard Amoroso
Sunday, February 8th at 3pm
WVIA's next Simply Grand Concert features pianist Sheri Melcher, Director of the Creative and Performing Arts Academy at The Scranton Cultural Center and Richard Amoroso, violinist with the esteemed Philadelphia Orchestra. On the program will be the Violin Sonata, Op. 30, No. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven and Mozart's Sonata in E minor, K. 304 as well as music of Franz Liszt and Fritz Kreisler. The live concert will be held on Sunday, February 8, 2015 at 3 p.m. in the Sordoni High Definition Theater at the WVIA Public Media Studios in Pittston, PA. Seating is free, but limited. To make reservations call 570-655-2808 or click here.
Sheri Melcher is a professional pianist, musical theater director, choral conductor and educator. She has enjoyed an extensive performance career, including chamber music recitals at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall with Philadelphia Orchestra musicians Richard Amoroso (violin) and Adam Unsworth (horn). She has performed in recital with internationally acclaimed violinist Eugene Fodor at the Kennedy Center, bass-baritone Eric J. Owens and with members of the Baltimore and National Symphony Orchestras. Sheri has collaborated with The Concert Opera of Philadelphia, Astral Artistic Services, The Choral Society of Montgomery Country, The Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia and The Philadelphia Singers.
As a sought-after music director for middle and high school, college, community and professional theater programs, Sheri has musically directed over one hundred productions. She is particularly proud of her work as the music director for Harry Connick, Jr's new children's musical, The Happy Elf, which premiered in 2012 at the Pennsylvania Youth Theater in Bethlehem, PA. She musically directed the cast recording of The Happy Elf this past December for HC Productions and conducted the full run of the production at the Scranton Cultural Center this past December.
As a member of the music faculty at Springside-Chestnut Hill Academy in Philadelphia for 20 years, Sheri taught upper and middle school music history, music theory, and world music, while co-directing the Boychoir, Upper School Chamber Singers and the Middle School Drama Program. During her tenure at SCH, she was honored with the E. Perot Walker Prize for Teaching Excellence and named a Cy Nathan Faculty Chair as the representative for the combined music and art departments.
Newly relocated to Northeast Pennsylvania, Sheri is extremely excited about her new position as Director of the Creative and Performing Arts Academy at The Scranton Cultural Center at the Masonic Temple. A graduate of The Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University and Temple University's Esther Boyer College of Music, Sheri holds Bachelor degrees in Piano Performance and Music Education as well as Masters Degrees in Piano Accompanying and Pedagogy. Her teachers have included Fernando Laires, Marian Hahn and Lambert Orkis. She currently resides in the beautiful Pocono Mountains with her husband Michael, daughter Kayla and son Sam.
Violinist Richard Amoroso joined The Philadelphia Orchestra in 1998. Born in 1970 to a musical family, he is well-known for his involvement in the Philadelphia musical community and for his extensive work with young people. A former pupil of past Philadelphia Orchestra concertmasters, Norman Carol and William de Pasquale, Mr. Amoroso continues in the long and rich tradition of these artists.
Most important engagements include a recital at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall and a solo appearance with the Philly Pops Orchestra. In addition, Mr. Amoroso speaks from the stage to both subscription and young audiences of the Philadelphia Orchestra. He is also a frequent participant in the orchestra's chamber music series and Family Concerts. Most recently, Mr. Amoroso performed as soloist with the Helena Symphony in Montana performing Shostakovich's Violin Concerto.
Mr. Amoroso's relationship with The Philadelphia Orchestra began at the age of 13 when, as winner of the orchestra's student concerto competition, he performed as soloist with the orchestra on the stage of the famed Academy of Music. He continued his studies at the Settlement School of Music and later earned his bachelor's degree from Dickinson College, graduating Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa.
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Sometimes I like to think of catchy, cute blog post titles. Today is not that kind of day. I'm lazy. In fact, I've had the laziest weekend I can remember in a very long time. Partially because it's spring break for me at Chatham. Also because my boyfriend has been really busy at work so we've not had tons of time to chat. In these kinds of times I begin to realize why I'm so busy all the time: because if I'm not busy, I'm not productive. I've basically laid in bed for the last four days straight, save for brunch with my folks yesterday and an Oscar party last night. I did go to work today, but here I am back in bed when I just realized I forgot about a doctor's appointment I had at 5pm. Normal, overworked, overly busy, stressed out Laura would have remembered. But lazy, somewhat lonely, slightly despressed Laura eats chips and dip in bed while watching hours of SNL reruns on Hulu.
The thing is, I have a ton of work to do. I have two huge research papers due in the next few weeks. I have so much to read for class. I have lesson plans to write for work and for a class. Perhaps I am frozen under the weight of all I need to accomplish. Mostly I am guessing I'll just get it done another time and it's more fun to watch TV.
Writing this blog post is the most work I've done (other than teach) all day. I now have actually scared myself into starting some of my school work. Here goes nothing.