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LAPD ends investigation into Anne Heche car crash
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FILE - Anne Heche arrives at the premiere of "The Tender Bar" on Dec. 12, 2021, at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. Heche was in the hospital Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022, following an accident in which her car smashed into a house and flames erupted, a representative for the actor told People magazine. The representative, who was not identified, told the magazine that Heche was in stable condition a day after Friday's accident. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Police Department has ended its investigation into Anne Heche's car accident when the actor crashed into a Los Angeles home on Aug. 5.
Heche, 53, is brain dead and on life support, pending evaluation for organ donation.
"As of today, there will be no further investigative efforts made in this case," the department announced Friday. "Any information or records that have been requested prior to this turn of events will still be collected as they arrive as a matter of formalities and included in the overall case. When a person suspected of a crime expires, we do not present for filing consideration."
Detectives looking into the crash had said narcotics were found in a blood sample taken from Heche. She has been hospitalized at a Los Angeles burn center.

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14th annual Jody Shelley's Golf Fore Health event July 13 at River Hills in Clyde River
Kathy Johnson (Kathy.Johnson@tricountyvanguard.ca)
Published: Jun 27, 2018 at 2:08 p.m.
Former NHL player Jody Shelley talks with friend Billy Corbin from Columbus, Ohio, who was one of Shelley's playing partners at last year's Jody Shelley Golf Fore Health Tournament at the River Hills Golf and Country Club. - Kathy Johnson
CLYDE RIVER, N.S. – Golfers will be teeing off for charity at the River Hills Golf and Country Club in Clyde River on Friday, July 13, in the 14th annual Jody Shelley's Golf Fore Health tournament in support of the Yarmouth Hospital Foundation.
More than 30 teams are registered so far for the tournament, with a few spots left, said Mary Surette, development coordinator for the Foundation.
"We will always try to squeeze in a team when we can," she said.
The Jody Shelley's Golf Fore Health is one of the Yarmouth Hospital Foundation's signature events that has raised a total of $446,000 towards critical equipment needs for the Yarmouth Regional Hospital over the years.
"This event would not be able to take place without the support of volunteers, donors and organizations from communities in the tri-counties," says Surette. "We are so thrilled that Jody Shelley returns each year to give back to the community where he grew up."
Shelley and his family moved to Yarmouth when he was in his teens. The former NHLer – who played minor hockey in Yarmouth, was captain of the Halifax Mooseheads for a stint and played with the Columbus Blue Jackets, San Jose Sharks, New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers – always refers to Yarmouth as his hometown. He looks forward to being back in the region each year.
"It's the one day of the summer that I get to go back and see everyone I grew up with and raise money and have fun," says Shelley about the event. "It is fun. The excitement and the enthusiasm. This is the 14th year and everyone gets more excited and more enthused. They do a great job. I'm always looking forward to it. Raising money for a great cause, eating some good seafood, seeing some good people, getting back to that area, it's a special area for me."
This is the third and final year the Jody Shelley Golf Fore Health tournament will be held at River Hills.
"Every three years we move this tournament to a new venue," explains Surette. "It is great to be able to rotate this tournament throughout the golf courses of the tri-county area. We meet amazing individuals and volunteers.
"Wherever the venue has been (Pubnico, Clare, Yarmouth or Clyde River), each community has stepped up to the cause and put their own creative spin on the tournament. By the end of the day, not only have monies been raised for critical equipment needs but everyone has had a memorable fun day."
The site committee and group of volunteers at River Hills have been "amazing," Surette says.
The venue for the next three years will be announced by Shelley at this year's tournament.
In addition to golf, there are always some friendly and fun course competitions during the tournament, including this year's lineup of Dinghy Delight, the Circle Game and Best Dressed Team.
Over the years, the Jody Shelley Golf Fore Heath has raised funds towards hospital equipment such as renal dialysis chairs, an infant incubator, an ANA analyzer, 2 laparoscopic suites, cardiac monitors, medication management system, CT scanner, monitor defibrillators and rehab equipment. This year, the Yarmouth Hospital Foundation is focused on raising funds to replace a 14-year-old ultrasound in diagnostic imaging. Surette says the foundation's recent Spring Gala raised $56,000 towards the $185,000 purchase price of a new ultrasound, leaving $129,000 to raise.
Surette says the foundation gets incredible ongoing support from sponsors for the Jody Shelley Golf Fore Health, including: platinum sponsor, Pam and Keith Condon; platinum patron, Moses Medical; gold sponsor, Pink Star Barro; silver sponsors, Tim Horton's, Murray Dodge, Acadian Seaplants, AF Theriault & Son Ltd. and the Tri-County Vanguard; dinner sponsor Clearwater; reception sponsor, Comeau's Sea Foods; and hole-in-one sponsors, Murray GM and MacDonald Chisholm Trask Insurance (MCTI).
Anyone interested in fielding a team in the tournament can contact Surette at 902-749-1669 or email mary.surette@nshealth.ca
The Yarmouth Regional Hospital serves Shelburne, Digby and Yarmouth counties.
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The Italian luxury fashion label Gianfranco Ferre was founded by the designer of the same name, known for his background in architecture. The designer showed his fist women's collection in 1978 and he worked for a stint at Christian Dior. The label's aesthetic has veered away from trends, taking inspiration instead from its founder's architectural background. The result is a collection of ready-to-wear that is timeless in its composition, from velvet textured overalls to draped satin jumpsuits.


Toys R Us is going to hire 45,000 employees, which sounds like good news. However, like the Census jobs that came and went in the spring, these are temporary positions. Some people say "a job is a job." I disagree. If the best our economy can do is to create temporary and seasonal positions, working people in America will continue to be poorer and less secure. Rather than trumpet a temporary gain, our business and political leaders need to look in the mirror. They took jobs out of this country. Some people profited quite well from this strategy. We need real good news, which is jobs that pay a living wage and offer security. Christmas is nice, but we can't live on a holiday.
Employers want to see why you are qualified to fill their open position. Too often job seekers get so caught up in resume "rules" that they fail to demonstrate why they are a good fit for the position. One important way job seekers cheat themselves is by not taking advantage of volunteer work, internships, and other non-paid positions.
If you have done significant work as a volunteer and generated results that an employer would care about, why not list these facts on your resume? Employers want to see relevant information, the kind that shows how you are the solution to their problem.
How can you use non-paid experience? One of my clients is a manager in human resources, but his experience in training is limited. For several years, he has volunteered as a manager at a camp. In this position, he has hired and trained hundreds of volunteers, several of whom have take on managerial roles. We listed this information on his resume. It is true and shows his abilities to mentor employees.
Another client, an interior designer, has planned and managed several projects working for a relative who owns rental properties. The work he has done is exactly the same as if were a full time employee at a design firm. Why shouldn't he take credit for this experience? My client is not lying about what he has done and the hands-on skill he has developed. His next employer will benefit from his work in a "non-paid" position.
The challenge in your resume and in interviews is to convince the employer that you have the skills and experience needed to do the job. If the best card you have to play is a volunteer or non-paid position, play that card. It's the best one you have.
Over the past two days I've taken part in three events that help students and schools. As governments cut more and more of their funding to education, neighborhood groups and parents have taken on the responsibility to raise money to support schools and programs.
On Friday, Kiwanis Club of the North Shore joined with Circle K from Loyola University and Key Club from Senn High School to raise money with their annual Peanut Day Fundraiser. The money raised on this day will be used for programs to support reading programs in local public schools. It will also fund an essay contest for eight graders. Beyond its contribution to schools, Kiwanis helps children by supporting our great local food pantry, Care for Real.
On Saturday, I went to Kegs for Kids, an event to raise money to fund new programs and purchase equipment for Peirce Elementary School. Local business donated time, products, and gifts for a silent auction. Two businesses Hopleaf Bar and Metropolis Coffee stand out for their efforts along with Friends of a Peirce, a parent and community group that supports the school.
Later in the day, I traveled a little north to attend the Gralley, an event to support Northside Catholic Academy. Many of the people I saw at this event were long time volunteer supporters of the school and the church to which it is attached, Saint Gertrude's. Most of the volunteers were parents of school children who are already paying tuition to support the school. Their effort shows a commitment to religious education.
Whether the cause is public or private schools, it is interesting to note how many people are willing to give time and spend money to support young people and education. There is, however, another group that works every day to support young people: teachers.
Over the past few months, I have frequently written about teachers and how school systems (especially Chicago Public Schools) seem more interested in cutting salary and breaking unions than educating children. Putting this conflict aside for a moment, it's important to remember that teachers work every day to help young people learn and mature. They take on the challenge of communicating with a generation that is distracted by electronic gadgets and a media that often celebrates stupidity and denigrates learning.
When we say we support education (which almost everyone does), let's start with the people who are on the front line every day – teachers. It's great to raise money for schools. I happily participate in such efforts. However, teachers are the engine that drives learning. They makes sacrifices and often spend their own money to purchase supplies. We need to celebrate this dedication and the good work that teachers do every day.
I was listening to Hal Sparks' program on WCPT this morning. Hal is an actor and comedian who is also a political activist. In an exchange with a caller, he talked about how he has managed his life and career.
First, he said that his success has been driven by not talking about his goals. People who talk about their goals often fail to pursue them. Hal's advice was to spend your focus and energy working toward the goal. Do it – don't talk about it.
His other point about career success was not to "spread your misery." People talk about what is wrong and what is making them unhappy. Instead, they should be doing something to change their lives and make themselves happy. Again, action beats talk.
I was raised by a single father who grew up during the Depression and fought in WWII. He could complain sometimes, but when things were really bad, we never knew it as kids. He worked an extra job. He cut back on spending in a way that didn't let us feel poor. He didn't talk about things. He did them. My father would have understood Hal Sparks' advice, especially the part about not "spreading your misery." It pays to be stoic – and quiet.
This week's Chicago Reader provides more stories of the methods that principals are using to lay off teachers in Chicago Public Schools. The article reviews the pretzel-like terminology used to justify layoffs. My favorite is "honorably terminated," which sounds like some kind of mercy killing from a 70's film like Rollerball.
Writers Ben Joravsky and Dave Glowacz interview several teachers who were among the 1,300 let go before this school year began. We constantly hear the cliche of "bad" teachers. The teachers profiled in this article have proven records of success. The problem seems to be that they cost too much when a school can hire cheaper, younger teachers.
This article focuses more on individuals than issues of unions and contracts. Even so, it reminds us that few teachers in CPS can feel secure in this environment. Will good teachers want to continue to work in such a system? How does a culture of fear impact teaching? These questions aren't asked. Instead, the mainstream media feeds us stories about "bad" teachers. Thankfully, writers like Joravsky and Glowacz are around to tell the truth.
Blockbuster has filed for bankruptcy. In the short and long term, this news probably means many people will be laid off as stores close. I often complain that big companies are needless cutting jobs or sending them to low wage countries. This case is different. People now obtain videos from mail services like NetFlix and vending machines like RedBox.
Retail video distribution models like Blockbuster are no longer viable. The consumer has other ways to get the product. Blockbuster is the wooly mammoth in a tar pit. It's time is over. Soon many people will be downloading directly over the Internet. In a case like this, jobs will be lost.
What's the good news? As Blockbuster disappears, new technologies will create new jobs. We hear more and more about "green" jobs, and there are new jobs related to wind turbines, solar panels, and alternative energy. There are also new jobs being created in health care where nurse practitioners are providing primary care in chain drug stores. IT generates new types of jobs all the time. Old technologies like typewriters and cassette tapes go away. They are replaced, and often more opportunity is created. Try to stay optimistic, and look for ways to take advantage of change.
When it comes to computer skills, clients frequently tell me what they don't know. Or they talk about programs they have the least experience with. Technology is always changing, and we tend to think that we need to know the latest version of a software.
Think about computers and software a different way: They are tools that help us do our job. I ask my clients how they use a computer at work. If they use Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), that's fine. But I also want to show how they use software or database programs. Another computer skills that's coming into use more and more in the workplace, especially for marketing and sales, is social networking.
How do you know what computer skills employers are looking for. Take a poll. Review 5-10 job postings for jobs you want to pursue. What programs or skills are listed in most postings, those are the ones that should go on every resume.
Use the computer skills section of you resume to list programs that the employer will care about. Don't worry about what you don't know. If you need to learn a software program to do your job, it's time to go back to school. Otherwise, list what you know and find other ways to tell employers that you are someone they want to interview.
Common Dreams has published an essay by Michelle Chen that challenges the claim that public sector workers are overpaid. Chen looks at statistics rather than simply making broad claims. She finds that people working for government still make less than people working in similar jobs in the private sector.
Union workers are the chief target of attack. Chen shows that the benefits negotiated in contracts took years to achieve. Critics that attack unionized public sector workers ignore what working people in private industry have lost. They are pushing more and more a race to the bottom.
Chen gives us all a great example. When a critic of working people makes a simplistic claim, ask for some evidence. Remind that person that workers in the private sector have not only lost jobs, but had hours and wages cut. They pay a larger percentage of their health care every year. Ask the critics: Why do you hate working people and want more for billionaires?
Poor Teachers or Students in Poverty?
Roger Bybee, writing in In These Times magazine, explores the root causes holding back students in many public school systems. Conservatives, their media allies, and – at times – President Obama and Arne Duncan blame poor teachers. Bybee looks at poor students and their families and considers the social and economic factors that affect learning, which all start with poverty, not bad teachers. This article is a fine antidote to much of what is accepted as conventional wisdom about public education.
Are there bad teachers? Yes. Are their back school administratiors, business excutives, and political leaders? Yes. Let's look at people who have more power to influence change.


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Like a good jigsaw puzzle? The Puzzlin' Scarf is a reversible scarf featuring a partially worked puzzle on each side of the scarf. The color scheme on one side is reversed on the other. Gradient yarns show off the puzzle pieces beautifully, but any two contrasting yarn colors can be used. It's perfect for wearing to a fun game or puzzle night.
Sheep are the source of the beautiful, luxurious wool that many knitters use to knit their creations. They can also be darned cute! The Counting Sheep Blanket has an entire herd of sheep on each side of the blanket. Depending on the yarn you use, it can have white and black sheep, blue and yellow sheep, purple and green sheep, or whatever color combination you can imagine! The blanket also comes in handy for insomnia — counting the sheep should put you right to sleep!
Double knit, the blanket is fully reversible, featuring opposite color schemes on each side. Full instructions are included for the double knitting technique. The pattern includes two sizes — baby blanket and throw blanket.


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China Philharmonic Orchestra reveals Beijing's new concert hall
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The China Philharmonic Orchestra revealed MAD Architects' design of the new China Philharmonic Hall. The concert hall was designed in collaboration with renowned acoustic expert Yasuhisa Toyota, and will be the orchestra's first permanent residency. The philharmonic orchestra'sgoal is to create a state-of-the-art concert hall that will serve as a cultural exchange and China's new locus for classical music.
British magazine GRAMOPHONE recognized the China Philharmonic Orchestra as one of world's best symphony orchestras. The orchestra's current president is Li Nan, and its artistic director/chief conductor is Yu Long. The project was approved by the National Development and Reform Commission,and the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film, and Television of the People's Republic of China considers it a high-priority national project. Located at the south side of the Workers Stadium East Gate in Beijing's Central Business District, the concert hall covers a site of 11,600 sqm, and has a total floor area of 26,587 sqm.
Ma Yansong envisions the concert hall as a hidden gem and a peaceful cultural escape from the city. "We wanted to create a pure and sacred oasis in the midst of the bustling city," says Ma Yansong, founder & principal partner of MAD Architects. "From the moment you enter the building, you will be taken to another time and space." To ensure the design also meets the highest standards for classical music performances, the acoustic design was developed by Yasuhisa Toyota, whom has designed world-class concert venues such as the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, the Philharmonie de Paris, and the Suntory Hall in Japan.
The building is surrounded by a lotus pond and lush greenery. The translucent façade gently emerges from the landscape like a piece of jade. While walking past the building, people will be attracted to its soft glow. Once inside the lobby, audience members will feel like they are entering an installation of light and space. Daylight is diffused through the translucent white curtain wall into the lucid space. "Audiences will experience a transition from an urban setting to one of music and nature, preparing them for a journey of self-discovery," says Ma Yansong.
The 1,600-seat main concert hall is laid out in a vineyard style, with the seating surrounding the stage; rising up in serried rows in the manner of the sloping terraces. Its wooden lakes organically surround the stage while the white sound reflection petals on the ceiling are designed to resemble the segments of a lotus flower. The natural light coming from above will make audience members feel as if they are in the center of a blooming flower. Lighting and visualizations can be projected onto the white petals and choreographed to match the musical performances. MAD has created an abstracted space thatallows theaudiences to escape from the city and retreat intovarious sceneries.
Adjacent to the lotus pond on the south side of the building is a 400-seat rehearsal hall. The interior is made of curved wooden walls designed for an optimal musical experience. The adjustable sound reflection panelbehind the stage can beraisedto bring natural light and views of the landscape into the space. The building also includes a professional recording studio, a library, a collection gallery, offices, rehearsal rooms, and other auxiliary function spaces.
The China Philharmonic Hall designed by MAD Architects will begin construction later this year, and is expected to be completed in 2019. Rooted in Eastern philosophy, the China Philharmonic Hall aims to create a new formula for concert hall design and introduce a space within the busy city that promotesconversations between people, nature, and music.
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Q: LLVM - How AST can be transformed to IR I know that an AST generated by the parser is used to generate IR in the frontend.
I am wondering how AST to be parsed and then transformed to IR (prob assembly or bitcode),
AST is a tree, what are the steps involved in the transformation from AST to IR.

A: Emitting LLVM IR from Clang ASTs happens in Clang's code gen stage. The code for this stage lives in lib/CodeGen/ (relative to Clang's source root). There's no need to parse the AST since Clang has the AST in an in-memory data structure. Code generation is essentially a recursive walk of the AST that emits IR into a Module. If there's any specific step of it that interests you, the best way to examine it would be to look in the code.

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The Mighty Sparrow (Slinger Francisco) has been bestowed the Order of the British Empire (OBE). Currently in Trinidad, the Calypso King of the World will receive the award in his birthplace, Grenada, on October 22, the T&T Guardian has been told.
The holder of the Order of Trinidad & Tobago, this nation's highest award, achieved in 2014, Sparrow was awarded the Humming Bird Medal (Silver) in 1969 and the Chaconia Medal (Gold) in 1993. He also received an honorary PhD from the University of the West Indies in 1987.
In 2013, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Government of T&T. In 1977, the government of Nigeria awarded Sparrow with a chieftaincy title and named him Chief Omo Wale of Ikoyi.
Sparrow was born in the fishing village of Grand Roy, Grenada, on July 9, 1935, and his mother brought him to T&T at the age of two. He won his first Calypso King title in 1956, singing Jean and Dinah. He won the title on seven subsequent occasions and the Road March title eight times.
Commenting on his latest achievement, Sparrow said, "This is truly an honour. When I actually receive the award I will then know how I value it in comparison to the other awards I have received."
Reverting to his usual humorous side, he added, "I doubt that (Prince) Phillip will be flying to Grenada to give me the award. You know when we reach a particular age we cannot be jetting off around the globe as we once did. I guess Phillip is now spending much more time in Buckingham Palace."
Sparrow's Phillip My Dear, recorded in 1983, has become one of Sparrow's most popular and requested calypsoes. Sparrow recorded this song after an incident on July 9, 1982, in which a man managed to climb up to the roof and get into Buckingham Palace for the second time in a month. But that time he also managed to get into Queen Elizabeth II's bedroom, where the Queen was sleeping alone.
This lapse in security caused a big scandal in Britain at the time, and inspired Sparrow to write a song very loosely based on the event.
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Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History
Writer, Rebel, Soldier, Shaykh: Border Crossers in the Historiography of the Modern Caucasus
Alexander E. Balistreri
Slavica Publishers
Volume 20, Number 2, Spring 2019
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Writer, Rebel, Soldier, ShaykhBorder Crossers in the Historiography of the Modern Caucasus
Alexander E. Balistreri (bio)
Rebecca Gould, Writers and Rebels: The Literature of Insurgency in the Caucasus. 352 pp. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2016. ISBN-13 978-03000200645. $85.00.
Reinhard Nachtigal, Verkehrswege in Kaukasien: Ein Integrationsproblem des Zarenreiches 1780–1870 (Transportation Routes in Caucasia: A Problem of Integration for the Tsarist Empire, 1780–1870). 448 pp. Wiesbaden: Reichert, 2016. ISBN-13 978-3954901234. €128.00.
Jeronim Perović, Der Nordkaukasus unter russischer Herrschaft: Geschichte einer Vielvölkerregion zwischen Rebellion und Anpassung. 544 pp. Cologne: Böhlau, 2015. ISBN-13 978-3412224820. €45.00. Published in English as From Conquest to Deportation: The North Caucasus under Russian Rule. 480 pp. London: Hurst, 2018. ISBN-13 978-1849048941. £65.00.
For nearly a century and a half, the Caucasus found itself under Russian and Soviet rule, and kavkazovedenie—Caucasology—fit into the rubric of "domestic social sciences" (otechestvennoe obshchestvovedenie). Under one state with a lingua franca in administration and scholarship, the Caucasus thus lent itself to study as a region. Following the breakup of the Soviet Union, however, the emergence of strictly controlled national boundaries, armed conflict, and hermetic academic institutions made it not only more difficult to move around the Caucasus but also to study the region as a whole. Today structural, disciplinary, topographic, ideological, and linguistic hurdles remain too high [End Page 345] for most scholars to write histories of the Caucasus that traverse geographic and temporal boundaries. Studies generally remain confined to ethnic and national histories, to one side of the Greater Caucasus mountain range, or to one side of the events of 1917. Quixotic attempts at writing a grand unified history of the Caucasus, meanwhile, run the risk of producing unwieldy quasi-encyclopedias based by necessity on unreliable secondary sources—compare James Forsyth's recent 938-page Caucasus: A History.1
Three scholars have recently taken up the challenge of traversing these seemingly insurmountable geographic and temporal boundaries of Caucasian historiography. Collectively, these authors invite us to find elements that define the Caucasus as a region. Rebecca Gould collects literary works from both the North and the South Caucasus and finds a common aesthetic vector of insurgency pointing from the mid-19th century to the Soviet period and beyond. Jeronim Perović crosses the temporal boundary of the 1917 revolutions, too, giving us a longer-scale perspective on state-society relations in the North Caucasus across regimes. Finally, Reinhard Nachtigal shows how new transportation infrastructure across physical barriers turned paths of local import into integrating networks that consolidated the Caucasus and connected the region to the Russian heartland. As this essay hopes to show, such scholarly border crossing helps make debates about colonialism, violence, and modernity in the Caucasus relevant for scholarship beyond the confines of area studies as well.
Gould's Writers and Rebels is an anthropology of "the literary Caucasus"—the Caucasus as imagined in locally produced texts, primarily dealing with the topic of violent insurgency.2 Her corpus consists of literature written in Arabic, Chechen, Georgian, and Russian, mostly between the mid-19th and the mid-20th centuries. Gould is not concerned with establishing a chronology: Writers and Rebels is explicitly not a history but a literary analysis, and Gould considers literary forms valid even if they "invert the historical record." The ethics and aesthetics reflected in Caucasian literature, she argues, help us understand and explain violence better than a strict historical analysis, since the latter's singular focus on causality ignores nonhistorical experiences (like [End Page 346] miracles, mourning, or personal acts of redemption) that nevertheless shaped lifeworlds and framed violent acts. Yet Gould slides into a causal mode as well, arguing that "literature shapes history and experience … by giving birth to new ways of conceiving political life [and] generating new idioms of resistance and new and ever more complex languages of accommodation" (23). The glue holding these modes of analysis together is an aesthetic of violence Gould calls "transgressive sanctity."
In a frequently cited article published in this journal in 2007, Gould defined "transgressive sanctity" as "a particular form of religiosity that is constituted through its violation of the secular...


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The Lasting Inspiration of Iconic French Wines
New World homages.
Writer Rod Phillips
There was a time, not so long ago, when French wine was considered the best in the world. Not all French wine, of course, but if you had asked almost any wine professional to name the 10 best wines in the world, the majority would have chosen French ones. The list would have included prestigious wines from Bordeaux, Burgundy, and Champagne, and perhaps the Loire and Rhône valleys.
But in the past two or three decades, other European wine-producing countries (notably Spain, Italy, and Germany) have stepped up their game, and many countries outside Europe have begun to select grape varieties and plant vineyards smartly and make fine wines that rival the best of France. Following the famous 1976 "judgement of Paris, " when California wines beat French wines in a blind tasting by French judges, many other "judgements" have shown that wines from places as diverse as Chile and Ontario do well against the best that France offers.
The result is not that the best French wines are not still excellent, but that wines of equal quality are now made elsewhere. You can see it in the annual list of best wines published by Wine Spectator. In 1988 the top 10 included seven from France (four from Burgundy and three from Bordeaux), along with two from Italy and one from California. But three decades later, in 2019, the top 10 comprised only three from France (two from Burgundy and one from the Rhône Valley). The other seven were four from California and one each from Italy, Australia, and Chile. Even allowing for Wine Spectator's love of California wine, the shift away from France is clear.
French wines are now judged in the context of the scores of fine wines from around the world, but there is a residual belief that French wines are the benchmark against which wines should be judged. Fortunately the bad old days when wine producers anywhere could simply use French appellations on their wines are mostly past us. "Champagne" made in Canada and elsewhere has pretty much disappeared, as have "hearty Burgundy" and "Bordeaux blends."
But if French regional wine organizations have successfully stopped the appropriation of their appellations, they cannot prevent non-French producers from likening their wines to their French counterparts. Many winemakers, for example, say they make their pinot noirs or chardonnays in a "Burgundian style." In California's Santa Rita Hills appellation, the Brewer-Clifton winery says of its founders that "focusing on the Burgundian roots of pinot noir and chardonnay, they paid homage to France." In Ontario Le Clos Jordanne, which began life as a joint venture by companies from Burgundy and Canada, states that its goal was and is "to create a 'domaine' in the Niagara region, producing ultra-premium, Burgundian-style Chardonnay and Pinot Noir."
By holding up Burgundy as a benchmark, these producers are acknowledging the quality of many of that region's wines—a far cry from the misleading labelling of the past. They also acknowledge that wines from Burgundy's many sub-appellations cannot be replicated elsewhere, where climate and other growing conditions are very different.
It is not only Burgundy that is a model for winemakers outside France. Red blends often include the grape varieties permitted in Bordeaux (especially cabernet sauvignon, merlot, and cabernet franc). Sparkling wine producers use the same main varieties (pinot noir and chardonnay) and the same production method as in Champagne—even if they can't use the phrase "Champagne method" and turn to terms such as "traditional method." Producers of syrah look to the northern Rhône Valley. In California, Copain Wines (copain means friend or
buddy in French) says its wines "have been long inspired by France's Rhône Valley wine
region, resulting in Copain's signature style of restrained and elegant wines."
And many winemakers think of Loire Valley appellations when making cabernet franc. In Ontario, Shiraz Mottiar, winemaker at Malivoire Wine Company, says, "I am a fan of cabernet francs from the Loire, Saumur, Chinon—I could drink those all day. I would like to think that inspires us." At Thirty Bench winery, winemaker Emma Garner comments, "Loire Cabernet Franc is a style which I really appreciate. I try to replicate it without copying it."
No longer uncritically thought of as having a virtual monopoly on the best wines in the world, the French wine industry has had to accept that equally fine wines are made throughout the globe. But you don't find many winemakers saying they make Maipo-style (Chile) cabernet sauvignon, Eden Valley–style (Australia) riesling, or Central Otago–style (New Zealand) pinot noir—even though those regions produce standout wines from those varieties. The wine world might have become less franco-centric, but France retains benchmark regions like no other country.
Some fine wines inspired by French regions
Brewer-Clifton Chardonnay 2017 (Santa Rita Hills, California)
Brewer-Clifton Pinot Noir 2016 (Santa Rita Hills, California)
Copain Wines Baker Ranch Syrah 2016 (Anderson Valley, California)
Copain Wines Hawks Butte Syrah 2017 (Yorkville Highlands, California)
Le Clos Jordanne Le Grand Clos Chardonnay 2017 (Niagara Peninsula, Ontario)
Le Clos Jordanne Le Grand Clos Pinot Noir 2017 (Niagara Peninsula, Ontario)
Thirty Bench Small Lot Cabernet Franc 2016 (Beamsville Bench, Ontario)
Malivoire Wine Company Wismer Cabernet Franc 2016 (Twenty Mile Bench, Ontario)
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Q: Counting factors with other columns and placing the result in a data frame I have a data frame with three columns, species (factor) year (numeric) and disease status (factor). Disease status has two levels - "Negative" and "Positive". I want to count for each species in each year how many negative and positive results there are and place the result into a data frame. I only want one row for each species in each year for each disease status.
    Species Year Disease_status
1 Hedgehog 1870       Positive
2 Hedgehog 1870       Positive
3   Badger 1990       Negative
4 Blue Tit 1991       Negative

LOP <- as.data.frame(with(Book1, tapply(Species,
list(Disease_status, Year), FUN = function(x) length(unique(x)))))

The code above is as far as I've gotten, but only produces a data frame with the number of species with a negative or positive result in a year, but not the number of individuals within a species with a positive or negative result in a year.

A: I am not quite sure whether this is what you need, but I thought of the following solution, which is based on the tidyverse package:
df <- tibble(
  "Species" = as.factor(c("Hedgehog", "Hedgehog", "Badger", "Blue Tit")),
  "Years" = as.numeric(c(1870, 1870, 1990, 1991)),
  "Disease_status" = as.factor(c("positive", "positive", "negative", "negative"))
)

summary <- df %>%
  group_by(Species, Years) %>%
  count(Disease_status)

This yields:
# A tibble: 3 x 4
# Groups:   Species, Years [3]
   Species Years Disease_status     n
    <fctr> <dbl>         <fctr> <int>
1   Badger  1990       negative     1
2 Blue Tit  1991       negative     1
3 Hedgehog  1870       positive     2

In case you want to have %>% spread(Disease_status, n, fill = 0) at the end of the pipeline (as suggested by Ben Bolker), the output is:
# A tibble: 3 x 4
# Groups:   Species, Years [3]
   Species Years negative positive
*   <fctr> <dbl>    <dbl>    <dbl>
1   Badger  1990        1        0
2 Blue Tit  1991        1        0
3 Hedgehog  1870        0        2

A: There are many ways to accomplish this task in R. Using base R functions, it can be accomplished as follows.
rawData <- "Species Year Disease_status
Hedgehog 1870       Positive
Hedgehog 1870       Positive
Hedgehog 1870       Negative
Hedgehog 1870       Negative
Hedgehog 1870       Negative
Hedgehog 1870       Negative
Hedgehog 1871       Negative
Hedgehog 1871       Negative
Badger 1870      Positive
Badger 1870      Positive
Badger 1870      Positive
Badger 1870      Positive
Badger 1870      Positive
Badger 1870      Negative
Badger 1870      Negative
Badger 1870      Negative
Blue_Tit 1991       Negative"

theData <- read.table(textConnection(rawData),header=TRUE,
                      stringsAsFactors=FALSE)
theData$count <- 1
aggData <- aggregate(count ~ Disease_status + Year + Species,
                 data=theData,sum)
aggData

The output is as follows.
> aggData
  Disease_status Year  Species count
1       Negative 1870   Badger     3
2       Positive 1870   Badger     5
3       Negative 1991 Blue_Tit     1
4       Negative 1870 Hedgehog     4
5       Positive 1870 Hedgehog     2
6       Negative 1871 Hedgehog     2
>

If the output requires two columns of Positive and Negative for Disease_status, this can be accomplished with the reshape2 package as follows.
library(reshape2)
theData <- read.table(textConnection(rawData),header=TRUE,
                  stringsAsFactors=FALSE)
theData$count <- 1
dcast(theData, Year + Species ~ Disease_status,
      value.var="count",sum)

And the output:
> dcast(theData, Year + Species ~ Disease_status,value.var="count",sum)
  Year  Species Negative Positive
1 1870   Badger        3        5
2 1870 Hedgehog        4        2
3 1871 Hedgehog        2        0
4 1991 Blue_Tit        1        0
>


The annual Boston Dragon Boat Race took place on Sunday 16th August 2015 and DCI staff were out in force to take on other local companies to compete for a place on the podium. The team took part in a number of heats, narrowly missing out on a place in the final by a few hundreds of a second!
Our team did so well; it was a tough competition and we were really put through our paces on the day. The atmosphere was great and although we all knew it would be a demanding physical challenge, support from friends, family and colleagues kept us rowing until the finish line.
This year, the DCI Dragons were rowing in aid of the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Trust, and donations can still be made via: justgiving.


In today's social media driven age, finding out set times for shows you are planning to go see has become increasingly easier. Many venues, production companies, or even bands themselves will post times online for the upcoming concert that evening. This is a relatively new phenomenon, as it was only a few years ago when the best you could hope for was a time for when doors would be open and maybe if you were lucky all of the opening bands would be listed on the bill. With that information, you could at least attempt to guess at what time the headlining act would actually go on.
Typically, there is a "local" opening band that performs first (sometimes two), followed by the opening act that is also touring with the headliners. When the venue posts that doors open at 7 p.m., typically the first headliners will go on by 7:30 or 8 p.m. They play short sets, around 30 minutes long, followed by a 45 minute set for the touring opener. This was the math I would try to compute in my head when trying to determine when the headliners would go on.
Now, I admit that I myself used to be guilty of trying to make that guess so that I could avoid getting to the venue too early. The goal was to time it just right so you got to the venue right after the last opening band ended, so you could get a good spot and catch the entire headlining set. However, after a few failed attempts that left me missing some of those headliners first few songs (and a terrible view in the back of the crowd), I decided I would start showing up earlier to the venues to ensure I got the perfect spot. What I found was that by showing up late, I had been missing some incredible opening bands.
If you are going to see a band you really like, more than likely the openers will consist of bands that have a similar sound, or at least a similar genre. Even more, I have found that a lot of times the headlining band will actually choose to tour with bands they really like to listen to or are friends with. This essentially means they are screening that band for you, making your job easy when it comes to discovering new music. If you really love the band you bought the ticket to see, chances are you will also love their handpicked opener.
Often times, the local openers are an up and coming band that are aspiring to be headliners someday. This means they have something to prove. Although I think there is some unwritten etiquette that the opening acts are not supposed to outshine the headliners, believe me when I say that rule is not always followed. These bands primary goal is to make you remember them. This can lead to some epic performances in the short windows they have to perform.
Sometimes, showing up early can lead to getting to meet the headliner as well.
If I had continued only trying to make it to the venue to see the last band play, I would have missed seeing some of my now favorite bands perform for the first time. Check out the list below of bands I would have missed if I had only gone to see the (headliners), and listen for them on KTSW!
So next time you are thinking of showing up late to that concert you bought tickets for, consider getting there early and seeing what magic you might find from the opening acts. What are some of the best opening bands you've ever seen? Let us know in the comments section below.


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Q: need help in mysql database retrieving (unable to retrieve the current value) I have a mysql table with around 20 columns, what I am trying to do is retrieve values from database and send those values to a Web page.
So, by usingmysql_fetch_array() I can get the first value entered in the database and by using while(mysql_fetch_array()), I am able to retrieve all the values in the database table, and by using fwrite(), i can even send the values to a file.
But the problem is if i use while(mysql_fetch_array()), all the values are getting retrieved; I only want the current(latest) value entered in the database to be sent to another page. How do I do this?

A: Just filter your query to only get the desired result.  So for example let's say you have a timetamp filed in the database, do something like this:
SELECT * FROM table ORDER BY `timestamp_field` DESC LIMIT 1

Obviously you could use ASC instead of DESC if you wanted the earlier date.  This same logic applies to other column types that you may want to sort as well.

A: First, if you are trying to send the LATEST value to another page, why are you running a query that receives all the values and not just the one you need? Is it possible to do something with a new field and check for the latest "date_created" value? So you will get something like:
    SELECT * FROM table ORDER BY date_created DESC LIMIT 1

Now you will get only the latest value entered in your database. Of course you have to create the column: date_created ;)

A: We have to keep in mind it is bandwidth plus time consume to fetch many data from server then sort or get our desire data from received data . In this kind of scenario we have to optimized our sql query to solved the problem of bandwidth and time.
I accept the sql query written by MIKE. It seems to me optimized for the problem what you are facing.
SELECT * FROM table ORDER BYtimestamp_fieldDESC LIMIT 1
So, after getting data from above query you just output the data which will help you to decrease the bandwidth and time to fetch data from server [It's an serious issue because it is not matter for 5 to 10 row but if there have 100000000000 then it really matter].
Thanks for your important time.


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Game Recap: Lakers 88, Warriors 87
Game Highlights: Lakers 88, Warriors 87
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LAS VEGAS -- The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Golden State Warriors, 88-87, in the Las Vegas Summer League Consolation Bracket at Thomas and Mack Center on Friday.
This game looked over when Golden State took a 24-point lead into the half, but Los Angeles had other ideas, and they responded with a 31-12 third quarter to make it competitive. There were five lead changes alone in the fourth quarter, and Golden State missed an open three at the buzzer that would have won the game. Three-point shooting was decisive, with the Lakers hitting 12-of-39 and the Warriors connecting on just 7-of-31. Los Angeles' bench was the key, outscoring Golden State's bench 57-17.
The Lakers (1-4) had no starter reach double figures in scoring, with Jordan Caroline providing 20 points and two rebounds on 7-of-8 shooting off the bench. Cody Miller-McIntyre led the starters with six points, four rebounds and five assists, though committed eight turnovers. Jaron Johnson amassed 19 points, four rebounds and two assists off the bench as well.
The Warriors (3-2) were led by Kevin McClain, who amassed 24 points, three rebounds and two assists. Travis Wear totaled 16 points and seven boards but missed a game-winning three at the buzzer. Ebuka Izundu generated 14 points and 11 rebounds.


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Closeout Price! Collects #13-17, 1954. Limited, 300! Recommended. By Richard Hughes. Art by Harry Lazarus, Bob Forgione, Art Gates, George Klein, Bob McCarty et al. Horror and the supernatural from the ACG's short-lived sister title to Forbidden Worlds and Adventures Into the Unknown. Five issues include "The Screaming Skulls," "From the Bottom of the Well," "Allie's End," "Out of the Screen," "Sahara Madness," "Space Scientist," "The Little Furry Things," "The Haunted Piano," etc. 30 stories plus original covers and ads
Horror and the supernatural from the ACG's short-lived sister title to Forbidden Worlds and Adventures Into the Unknown. Five issues include "The Screaming Skulls," "From the Bottom of the Well," "Allie's End," "Out of the Screen," "Sahara Madness," "Space Scientist," "The Little Furry Things," "The Haunted Piano," etc. 30 stories plus original covers and ads.
Other artists here include Sheldon Moldoff, Lin Streeter, Ken Bald (covers), Ed Good, and Sam Citron. Harry Lazarus is a standout here, an interesting artist who worked with a style not unlike the fine line work of Al Williamson and Frazetta. He moved out of comics in the fifties, and only in ACG titles do we find his work. Bob Forgione was another excellent artist and if some of this work wasn't signed, you'd think it was by Joe Kubert! He did lots of work for Stan Lee in the Atlas horror and sci-fi titles, and here we see him at his best.
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Speed of Expansion
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What Is Urgent and What Is Important.
Due to AEC's inception, borders are opening for travel and business. With a population of more than 600 million and a robust economy, expansion opportunities abound for brands and businesses.
What is URGENT.
An entrepreneur states: "cease the opportunity as it presents itself". If you're establishing your business, this mindset is correct because you must build your brand, and you must expand your store's network to gain market share.
Speed of expansion is the main priority, and it's vital to secure viable locations. Increasing store presence and brand awareness arecrucial to a startup business, but there are always tradeoffs.
The brand will gain market share if it executes the brand's promise.The key is to consistently and regularly deliver a product/service on all locations.
What is IMPORTANT.
When you start franchising your business, you must consider a new set of responsibilities. Businesses rush into franchising without consideringthe financial, operational and legal implications to their business including how these will affect the franchisee.
Getting your numbers right
Like any business endeavor, the franchisee's three questions are:
How much is the Franchise Fee?
How much is the investment package?
What's the ROI?
A key requirement in franchising is to ensure that both the franchisor and the franchisee is PROFITABLE. This will fundamentally determine the success of the franchise organization.
Developing anin-depth franchise business plan ensures that your numbers are right. This involves planning and strategizing the speed and extent of expansion, the applicable business structure, and determining where your Revenue streams will come from.
Getting your house order
Clear cut operational parameters should be developed, documented, communicated (thru training), executed, tested, evaluated, adjusted (if, need be), and audited regularly. In short, "winging it" will not work.
Whether you grow your brand organically (company owned stores) or thru other means of expansion, crafting and implementing an operating system will always be a necessitybecause your customer will expect consistency on all locations.If you go to any McDonald's store in the world (except India) and order a regular hamburger, you will get the samesandwich every time.
Dot the I's and crossing the t's
If your financials are right and your operations systems are in place, then the next step is to focus on your Franchise Agreement.
It is essential that your franchise agreement clearly stipulate the following:
Brand execution and protection
Responsibilities of both Franchisor and Franchisee
Fees and required purchases
Territorial restrictions
Exit clauses
Having the best crafted franchise agreement, operating system and franchise business does not guarantee instant success. Franchisor must provide continuing value, manage expectations, and provide an open communication line.
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"California Nails and Day Spa" provides the ultimate rest and relaxation with their superior nail and spa services. It's the home of the nail and wellness experts, and they're giving clients the ultimate pampering they deserve to ensure they're positively nurtured at the end of every visit.
Their nail care services follow the California State Board of Cosmetology standards, ensuring their high quality. They also offer a variety of skincare services such as facials, body scrubs and waxing, with beauty, grooming and body maintenance services all in one roof. Customers can also avail a variety of massages to accompany their treatments.
California Nails and Day Spa are looking for partners interested in becoming part of a growing family of franchisees.
PIZZA BRANDS WHICH AIMS FOR GLOBAL EXPANSION
Italian cuisine has gained wide acceptance all over the world. Pizza is one of the pillars of the food service industry's global foothold. According to market research firm Euromonitor International, pizza chains now represent nearly five percent of global consumer food service/sales, and they account for US$124 billion in global spending. Euromonitor adds that Asian markets exhibit great potential for effective segmentation in the pizza market, and it cites homegrown pizza brand Greenwich as an example.
Here are pizza brands which are international favorites:
It advertises itself as a slice of New York or "the Big Apple" at your doorstep. Thanks to Italian immigrants, New York is best known for its pizza. Yellow Cab seeks to promote the New York-style pizza experience to Filipinos. Due to its fast pizza delivery service and its iconic yellow Vespa scooters, Yellow Cab has successfully positioned itself as a pizza restaurant which is difficult to beat internationally. It only uses fresh and premium quality ingredients for its signature pizza and pasta offerings. Its signature flavors are often imitated, but they are never rivaled in taste. With over 120 stores in the Philippines, Qatar, UAE & Saudi Arabia, Yellow Cab continues to spread its New York-style pizza experience all over the world.
SHAKEY'S
Shakey's is internationally recognized as a pizza franchise chain from the United States. For the past 62 years, it advertises that it is "Pizza fun for the whole family". Spacious pizza parlors decked with arcades and play areas make Shakey's appealing to both adults and children alike. Its focus on "fun times with the family" has enabled Shakey's to become the market leader in traditional full-service pizza chains and family-style casual dining. Even after decades of success, Shakey's is showing no signs of slowing down. Now with 500 stores worldwide, it is continuously expanding in Asia, the Middle East, Australia, and New Zealand.
PROJECT PIE
It advertises itself as: "The freedom to create artisan pizza everyday."
When serial restaurateur James Markham founded Project Pie in 2011, he wanted to give customers the freedom to create their own pizza taste. Since then, Project Pie has positioned itself as a fast-casual restaurant where customers can custom-build their own pizzas using a wide selection of sauces and toppings.
Incorporating an assembly line counter, the Project Pie crew will assist customers as they assemble their own custom-build pizza creations. The diverse selection of sauces and toppings can be initially intimidating, but it could be narrowed down to a set of seven classic pizza flavors which you can choose from when you build-your-own pizza concept.
This build-your-own concept has been extended to Project Pie's selection of salads and pastas.
Today, this United States pizza concept is holding its own in the global pizza market. Project Pie has already established its presence in the United Kingdom & the Philippines, but it wants to expand in the Middle Eastern and Southeast Asian markets.
8 Filipino franchises which have gone global
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The Philippines is "the franchise development hub of Asia" because it has more than 1,500 franchise brands. They earn an average of $11 billion in combined annual sales.
These eight Filipino brands have gone global:
This flavored French fries concept started in 1992. It opened its first overseas branch in Indonesia in 2006. It introduced its flavored French fries in 30 countries including Malaysia, Panama, United States, Australia, Singapore, UAE, and Thailand, among others. Today, Potato Corner has over 550 stores locally, while 90 are located overseas.
Jollibee popularized "Chickenjoy." It started as an ice cream and hamburger store in 1975. Locally, Jollibee is the largest fast-food chain with 900 stores. It is also emerging as a global fast-food player with 135+ stores overseas. Jollibee is still expanding, but it expects to open an additional 100 stores overseas.
After 50 years, this bakeshop continues to strengthen its international presence. Goldilocks opened its first overseas branch in 1976 in Los Angeles, California. Goldilocks has 22 stores in San Francisco, Las Vegas, Sacramento, and San Diego including two stores in Canada and six stores in Thailand.
Max's Restaurant
Max's Restaurant is rapidly building its global presence. Founded in 1945, it initially served fried chicken, steak, and drinks, but it also included Filipino recipes. It established its US branch in 1982. It also opened stores in Canada, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, and Australia. Today, Max's Restaurant has 146+ locally, but it has 20+ branches overseas.
Yellow Cab Pizza
Yellow Cab is a homegrown pizza-and-pasta restaurant which opened in 2001. Its goal is to share the New York-style pizza goodness to Filipinos. Its yellow scooters are iconic deliveries of pizzas/ pastas. Today, Yellow Cab has 130 branches nationwide. It has branches in US, Guam, Malaysia, Qatar, and UAE. New stores will open in China, Jordan, Egypt, KSA and Singapore.
From a small store selling men's t-shirts in 1987, BENCH has grown into a global fashion powerhouse. Its products include undergarments, footwear, fragrances, and other lifestyle items. Today, BENCH has over 186 branches in the Philippines and 85+ branches overseas.
Oryspa
Oryspa is the first to use rice bran or "darak" (a rice mill residue) as a base for its health and beauty products which includes soaps, body masks, pain relief balms, and massage oils, among others. Oryspa promotes natural Asian beauty through its 23 branches nationwide. Its products are already exported in Asia and Europe. It is also sold worldwide through various online merchants, but it has two actual stores in Singapore.
Bibingkinitan
Bibingkinitan sells smaller portions of "bibingka" all year round. The name Bibingkinitan is a mix of "bibingka" (rice cake) and "balingkinitan," (small or petite) which implies a smaller serving. After 10 years, Bibingkinitan has opened its first outlet in Dubai and another in Qatar. Soon, they will have a flagship store in Abu Dhabi including countries Guam, China, Singapore, Thailand, and Indonesia.


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In 2014, Karen Miller left Long Island where she was a caterer and event planner, with the goal to retire in New Bern. But she loved her career and just couldn't give it up. She found herself going back and forth to New York to cater for her clients there.
The joy starts here: At the ordering counter.
Gradually, she shifted her attention to New Bern. She opened Sweet Pea's Café on Middle Street. She found success there, but the kitchen and refrigeration were insufficient for her catering.
She sold the café and rented refrigerator space in a colleague's kitchen so she could continue her catering business, Posh Palate Caterers. Business grew and grew and in June 2019, she reopened Sweet Pea's in Village Square.
"It's a place I can do both. There's a dream kitchen here," she said.
The second iteration of the café has a friendly atmosphere. Karen's dad even works there.
"You always get greeted. So many people tell me that they feel like part of the family here. I love that," she said.
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It's not just a family atmosphere; the food is homestyle, assuming that homestyle for you is world-class food.
Sweet Pea's has seating capacity of 54 under normal circumstances, slightly larger than her previous location on Middle Street, and has a party room that customers can rent.
It also has a take and bake case. You can stop by and pick-up cooked meals like family size shepherd's pie, quiche, soups, and even collards, and take them home to reheat and serve.
The café is open from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays. The café is closed on Sundays.
The coffee service table.
If you go at 10:30 a.m., you can choose from either the breakfast or lunch menu.
"Even after we stop serving omelets, which are beautiful, giant, and delish, you can always have quiche or frittata egg cups. We always have four or five different egg cups to choose from," Karen said.
They also have Egg in the Nest, which is a hash brown potato nest stuffed with scrambled eggs and cheese, and stopped with sausage gravy.
For lunch, the café serves sandwiches, wraps, and salads. Choose from favorites like Ham and Brie with honey mustard on raisin bread, or roast beef with caramelized onions, mozzarella, and horseradish mayo.
You can also order individual sheppard pies, chicken pot pies, and quiches.
"My shrimp salad is off the charts," she said.
The lasagna is made from fresh pasta and homemade marinara.
A stuffed meatball consists of almost a pound of meat stuffed with fresh mozzarella, and topped with ricotta, mozzarella, and Parmesan cheeses.
Fresh eggplant, asparagus, and other vegetables are roasted and drizzled with balsamic glaze bursting with flavor, but not overwhelmed by it.
The chef arrives early each morning and makes all the food from scratch, all except for one thing: the crumb cake.
"That's only because I'm using the company up north. It is the closest to my grandma's, so why mess with a good thing," she said.
Karen's catering company, Posh Palate Caterers, has a menu that is very different.
"I specialize in hors d'oeuvres. I have 60 different kinds. I love them," she said.
She is creative with presentation and likes to make small bites easy to eat.
"I serve Chicken Satay that have shot glasses for personal dipping, and chicken quesadillas and guacamole in small flowerpot-type containers. I can also take a buffet table and break it down into stations," she said.
Her company caters corporate events, weddings, baby and bridal showers, and also offers luscious sit-down dinners, with family style platters on each table.
Sweet Pea's Café is a New Bern treasure. It's a wonderful place to have a great cup of coffee and a bite to eat. And when you leave, you will be full and happy.
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El condado de Worth (en inglés: Worth County), fundado en 1853, es uno de 159 condados del estado estadounidense de Georgia. En el año 2008, el condado tenía una población de 21 996 habitantes y una densidad poblacional de 15 personas por km². La sede del condado es Sylvester.

Geografía
Según la Oficina del Censo, el condado tiene un área total de , de la cual  es tierra y  (0.85%) es agua.

Condados adyacentes
 Condado de Crisp (norte)
 Condado de Tift (este)
 Condado de Turner (noreste)
 Condado de Colquitt (sur)
 Condado de Mitchell (suroeste)
 Condado de Lee (noroeste)
 Condado de Dougherty (oeste)

Demografía
Según el censo de 2000, había 21 967 personas, 8106 hogares y 6120 familias residiendo en la localidad. La densidad de población era de 15 hab./km². Había 9086 viviendas con una densidad media de 6 viviendas/km². El 68.69% de los habitantes eran blancos, el 29.57% afroamericanos, el 0.36% amerindios, el 0.22% asiáticos, el 0.01% isleños del Pacífico, el 0.61% de otras razas y el 0.55% pertenecía a dos o más razas. El 1.09% de la población eran hispanos o latinos de cualquier raza.

Los ingresos medios por hogar en la localidad eran de $32 384, y los ingresos medios por familia eran $38 887. Los hombres tenían unos ingresos medios de $31 668 frente a los $20 950 para las mujeres. La renta per cápita para el condado era de $15 856. Alrededor del 18.50% de la población estaban por debajo del umbral de pobreza.

Localidades
 Poulan
 Sumner
 Sylvester
 Warwick
 Oakfield

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 Official website
 Worth County School District
 Historical maps of Worth County

Condado de Worth (Georgia)


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TP 97 Adult Film Performers Transmission Behaviors and STI Prevalence
Marjan Javanbakht, PhD1, Pamina Gorbach, DrPH1, M. Claire Dillavou, MPH1, Robert Riggs, MD2, Sixto Pacheco, CCRC3 and Peter R. Kerndt, MD, MPH4, 1Fielding School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 2West Oaks, Canoga Park, CA, 3BioCollections, Miami, FL, 4Keck School of Medicine, Dept of Medicine, Div of Infectious Disease, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Background: Adult film work involves multiple sex partners, unprotected intercourse and frequent oral/rectal contact. Data on sexual networks and sexual behaviors of adult film performers (AFPs) are limited.
Methods: From August 2012-May 2013, AFPs in Los Angeles, CA seeking care at two clinics that provide STD testing to performers were offered urogenital, pharyngeal and rectal Chlamydia/gonorrhea NAAT testing. A web-based survey was used to collect demographics, type of sexual practices on-set and off-set, substance use, and sexual network characteristics. Participants were at least 18 years of age and performed in at least one adult film within the past year.
Results: A total of 366 AFPs were enrolled; 75% (n=274) were female, 62% (n=219) were white and the median age was 25 years (IQR: 22-31 years). Most reported a main partner (74%), 23% reported non-film transactional partners, and 26% reported sex with an AFP off–set; only 6% reported always using condoms on-set and 13% off-set. Overall, 24% (n=86) tested positive for Chlamydia (15%, n=54) or gonorrhea (11%, n=41). The most common site of infection for Chlamydia was urogenital (43/54) and pharyngeal for gonorrhea (33/41). Prevalence of Chlamydia/gonorrhea varied by age (median 23 vs. 26 years; p-value<.01), time as a performer (median years 2 vs. 3; p-value=0.06), and days of adult film-work in the past 30 days (median 6 vs. 4 days; p-value=0.02). In multivariable analyses, age (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]=0.90; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.85-0.96) and type of scene (AOR for double vaginal=2.89; 95% CI 1.29-6.48) were associated with Chlamydia/gonorrhea.
Conclusions: AFPs had a high burden of STIs at all anatomic sites and reported inconsistent condom use within the context of any occupational or other sexual partnerships. Targeted intervention strategies - both in and outside the workplace - are needed to limit the spread of STIs.


As we only had one night in New York moving our clocks back five hours and now changing them forward an hour every night is really affecting me. So we had a lazy start this morning and had breakfast delivered to our stateroom. It arrived at exactly the time requested and everything ordered was very fresh and hot - how do they do it?
It takes some getting used to there being no need to rush off the ship to visit the next port of call! But there is plenty of opportunity to take part in the many activities available on board that are listed in the daily news left in our stateroom every evening for the following day.
As well as fitness classes, there were RADA workshops, Watercolour art classes, Bridge lessons, Trivia quizes, Dance lessons, Golf competions and lectures from three guest lectureres. One lady gave talks on Beatrix Potter and another gentleman gave very informative lectures on film making in particular the musicals.
During the cruise it was also possible to visit the Galley, attend a signing by the Captain of Cunard memorabilia, take part in a guest talent show, learn napkin folding, play bingo and take part in hoopla, darts, shuffleboard and table tennis tournaments - something for everyone including the ubiquitous bingo!
After our exploration of the ship we went to the main dining room for lunch . Somehow we feel that by choosing from the menu and having it served to us we will eat less, but I'm not so sure!
After lunch I was invited to meet Yoyo the on board future cruise agent and she took me on a tour of some of the Queen and Princess Grill Suites. All very spacious and well appointed. When we arrive in Southampton the ship is going to dry dock in Germany for a two week refit and all staterooms will benefit from new carpets and curtains together with flat screen TVs. A new IT system is being installed throughout the ship , all the shops are being remodelled and The Golden Lion is having a complete transformation. It will be very interesting to see some photos once this has been done.
Yoyo informed me that my husband and I had been invited to dine in the Princess Grill this evening, which was a lovely surprise.
After my mini tour I went to the Art Gallery for a very interesting talk on the life and art work of Rolf Harris. There was standing room only for this lecture and it was repeated many times throughout the cruise as it was such a popular subject. This was followed by a glass of Champagne while admiring some of his work. He is a very accomplished artist.
We changed for dinner , for this evening the style was Elegant Casual, and went to the theatre for a performance of Canterbury Tales, by the RADA group. An excellent production, very funny and the costumes and props were brilliant.
We moved to the Princess Grill for dinner where we were greeted by name and shown to a lovely table for two.
The menu presented to us contained one side showing the meal available to diners in the Britannia Restaurant and the other was the A la Carte menu for this restaurant. It was possible to mix and match and chose from either. Both our main courses were prepared for us by the Maitre d at our table and created a 'theatrical' element to a very delicious meal.
After dinner we went to the Queens Room for a spot of line dancing(!) and then moved into the nightclub to once again enjoy the Caribbean band.


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Zoe asked in Politics & GovernmentImmigration · 1 decade ago
Did You See Illegal Alien Kills COP In HOUSTON?
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By BRIAN ROGERS and MIKE GLENN
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle
Harris County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal said today that he will lead the prosecution of the man accused of killing Houston police Officer Rodney Johnson.
Referring to it as "coming out of retirement,'' Rosenthal said he could not recall the last time he took part in prosecuting a case, but guessed that it has been two or three years.
A judge, meanwhile, ordered this morning that Juan Leonardo Quintero remain in the County Jail without bail.
Quintero, 32, is charged with capital murder in connection with the shooting of Johnson near Hobby Airport on Thursday afternoon.
Johnson had stopped Quintero, a Mexican national, for a traffic violation and arrested him because he had no identification. Police said Johnson failed to detect that Quintero had a pistol hidden in his clothing.
Quintero, although handcuffed, managed to get his hands in front of him, pull the gun and kill Johnson while locked in the backseat cage of the officer's patrol car, investigators said.
Rosenthal said this is a "bizarre'' case because Quintero is accused of killing Johnson even though Quintero was locked in the back of the car and could not escape.
In this morning's hearing, state District Judge Joan Campbell granted a defense request for funds for such expenses as hiring an investigator.
Rosenthal said he believes Quintero could come to trial sometime next spring. The next step in the case will be another court hearing in 15 days, he said, and the case could go to a county grand jury shortly after that.
The arrest of Quintero has renewed debate over the enforcement of immigration laws and HPD's policy of not questioning suspects about their residency.
Houston Police Chief Harold Hurtt appeared on ABC television's "Good Morning America," this morning where he accused the federal government of not properly securing the nation's borders.
With 250,000 to 400,000 illegal immigrants believed to be living in the Houston area, Hurtt said the resources are not available for HPD officers to assume a greater role in immigration enforcement.
"I would need another 2,500 officers," Hurtt said. Hurtt was interviewed for the ABC program from Charlotte, N.C., where he is attending a meeting of the Major Cities Chiefs Assocation that he heads.
Quintero was deported as an illegal felon in 1999, following a charge of indecency with a child, HPD officials said.
Court records show Quintero was given deferred adjudication in that case.
His previous criminal record included an arrest for driving while intoxicated, for driving with a suspended licensed and for failing to stop and give information after an automobile accident, HPD officials said.
hisgirl
DEPORT DEPORT NO AMNESTY FOR ILLEGALS.
But But they are only here for a better life.they don't cause any trouble honest. they just want a better life for their families.
How much more will we stand for America? A 11 year old girl was hit in my town the other day by a very drunk illegal. She is still in the hospital. She was playing in her yard when the useless bastard went over the curb and plowed into her.
I know we have bad people here in this country that are citizens. I know accidents happen.......but wouldn't it be smarter to make our safety odds better. SEND ALL ILLEGALS BACK TO MEXICO!
Mr Toooo Sexy
I live in Houston and have heard about this non stop but it seems certain news /media groups like to leave certain things out or make it seem like quintero was the victim.One station went so far as to open the story saying "Lulac has reported death threats"Probably never happened, but is a great way to twist a story.
Also is the problem of Houston police having a no tell policy when dealing with illegals.You would think this would make them re-think that but instead Hurtt is openly blaming the feds.I guess I should be glad he's not passing the buck to them on drug crimes or murder.
There exists in the USA today two standards of justice. One for Americans and one for the illegal immigrants/alians. The bar for proper behavior is way up on Americans. The other bar for illegals is either non existant or laying on the ground.
It is outrageous that our police departments can't or are not given the authority to handle illegal immigrant crimes.
The cops are the cops. We have criminals living amongs us, doing bad stuff to the rest of us. We need and pay for protection with out tax dollars. The death of this police officer allegedly at the hands of an illegal, preditory criminal immigrant is a small metaphor for what is, has and will continue to happen in this country, if we don't get a handle on illegal behavior by foreign folks that come here and who's first action on American soil is to break the law.
Have you noticed that once the law is broken, the criminal has nothing really to lose but presses forward and violates the law andtime it suits their purpose and goals.
Remove illegal immigrants from our land, our neighborhoods, our schools and our social programs.
Send them to their homelands and keep them out of the USA until they go through legal means to be here and obey our laws.
It is true, it doesn't matter whether this man was an illegal immigrant or a citizen of the country, he still killed another human being.
This is a perfect reason why we have immigration laws. This man was deported once for felonious behavior.
But in order to uphold one law, society must uphold all laws. I suppose there are those who are going to try to say he didn't know any better?
There are legal citizens of this country who have committed horrible crimes - Lee Harvey Oswald, Charles Manson, Timothy McVeigh, Jack Ruby, John Wayne Gacy, Susan Smith, just to name a few.
But if you are illegally residing in the United States, you are already in violation of our laws. Any further crimes just compound the original crime - illegal entry into our borders!
Princess 29 71
Yesterday was my birthday and two days before that was my sweetie's birthday. He is 45 and I am 35. I don't
I feel like I have let my dreams go like a fast moving train that can't be stopped. I feel powerless to do anything productive. Is that crazy? It is, isn't it? Anyway, mom surprised us on the 21 with a beautiful party in which Renegade and I celebrated together. There were balloons and a beautiful cake, pizza, subs, you name it. It was very nice. I won't forget it. Thank you mom and dad.
WOW! Not even close to the deaths of the Native Americans killed by those immigrants in the 1600s!
Did you hear they completely wiped out some tribes?
getmycountryback
If you look at the statistics, it is staggering the amount of crimes that are committed by illegal immigrants. Those facts alone should be enough for the country to stand up for itself and protect it's borders.....but of course, we still keep quiet. It makes me so sad to read articles like this one.
Source(s): http://www.getmycountryback.com
bekkiboo31
Yes, I knew about it. I live in the Houston area. Sad, isn't it?
Yes I saw it, and wonder why that piece of trash is still alive. Illegals that kill or rape or rob etc should have immediate execution and body put in trash.
mobileminiatures
Hey, maybe Americans do kill cops, but this guy is an ILLEGAL ALIEN, if he was not here, the incident would not have taken place. You can take all your racist crap and stuff it... I am sick to death about hearing about Mexico's plight... Fix your own country, do not come to mine illegally and expect the same rights as Americans. This officer would be alive today if policies ALREADY IN PLACE WERE ENFORCED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am sure his family and his fellow oficers would all agree with my sentiment. My condolences to the officers family and friends...
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