It's been proven in the field!
ABS Group services showcase applied to all market sectors of the building industry while addressing the requirements of business profitability, sustainability, growth and environmental protection.
When it comes to ground-source heat exchangers, ABS offers the industry complete service. Under an Engineering Procurement & Construction (EPC) contract, ABS will design the installation, procure the necessary materials and construct it. Geothermal is our total focus; it is what we do. And, our sub-contractors have a proven track record of successful, on-time and on-budget projects to show for it.
Turnkey-Custom Build Geothermal Systems that fits in your FISCAL & ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS.
For speed, lower cost and higher quality, Turnkey Custom Build delivery can't be beat. Simply put, custom-build creates a single contract between the owner and ABS. While other delivery methods require the owner to contract separately with a designer/architect and contractor, custom-build contracting method ties all elements together and relies on the roles, relationships and responsibilities of every participant.
In the custom-build contracting method, ABS provides design, engineering, installation, testing and commissioning services. The process we use is designed to improve owners' control over the geothermal project, reduce risk and unpleasant surprises, and ensure the end result meets owners' expectations.
ABS also offer complete building integrated design approach as a whole will provide significant savings in Mechanical and Electrical Systems, or in some case reduce or eliminate systems. Our leaders have complete knowledge of how we fully integrate every existing building system with Geothermal, Solar etc in order to maximize the clean energy resources available to building.
ABS Group is excited to introduce our clients to a new integrated package of inspection, verification, testing and certification services for Geothermal Systems. We are constantly looking beyond customers' and society's expectations in order to deliver market leading services wherever they are needed. As the leader in providing specialized Geothermal Solutions that improve system efficiency, quality, safety and reduce risk, we help customers navigate an increasingly regulated world. Our independent services add significant value to our customers' operations and ensure sustainability.
When it comes to Geothermal, ABS as a leader offers the industry complete service and solution. Design is the critical first step in developing a cost effective Geothermal project and ABS experts are there to help you. We work closely with clients in order to fully understand their requirements and bring together our team of engineers, HVAC design engineers and geo exchange specialist to design the most suitable system for our client's particular needs and requirements.
We are continuously implementing futuristic, revolutionary & eco-friendly building technologies, in order to make more efficient, environmentally friendly and price worthy use of energy in buildings. ABS simulation methodology is based on a combination of empirical validation, analytical verification and comparative analysis techniques. We use sophisticated software ANSYS to perform geothermal modeling & simulation.
Actually, we are the first & the only firm in the World that brings Life To Geothermal Design, Engineering & Analysis. We believe systems engineering analysis leads to clear conclusion and finally conclusion leads to Cost effective and Energy Efficient Solutions. Analysis also provides benchmark to compare with different design options through techno-economic analysis in order to optimize the system design.
We are the first & the only firm in the World, providing Geothermal based spot cooling & heating solutions for industries. We are bringing innovation to work which require new method of design, new approach to technologies and new set of services. Each industrial system design by our leaders is tailor to meet the needs of the client while ensuring optimum system efficiency, sustainability and most importantly occupant and/or process comfort.
While many Engineering firms can produce good conventional designs for industrial buildings, ABS Group is one of the few firms with has the skills and experience to deliver cost effective, energy efficient, environmentally clean and safe Industrial space conditioning solutions.
ABS ESCO offers TURNKEY Design-Build solutions to Industrial Sector. Our Geothermal based Design/Build Construction method is unique. By leveraging Turn-Key's experience, the project will be completed faster, less expensively and without cost overruns created by "change orders".
To accomplish this, we utilize our unique system Modeling and Preliminary Design Evaluation techniques to explore all of your options and identify all major areas of concern at the beginning of the process. By doing this, we are able to give a firm price quote after agreeing on the preliminary design concept. This allows us to run the concept, design, working drawings and construction phases concurrently. Those using the "Plan/Spec" method of construction management run those phases consecutively, creating a longer and more costly project.
We delivered Carbon Neutral Buildings.
The 2030 Challenge is a North American based move to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions for all new buildings to zero by the year 2030. The fossil fuel reduction targets are aggressive: 60% in 2010; 70% in 2015; 80% in 2020; and 90% in 2025. At this point in time, the emphasis for the 2030 Challenge carbon reduction is focused only on operating energy. It presently is not considering the carbon implications of construction, the materials used in the building, the use of the building or associated transportation costs. It is felt that the impact of operational energy is of greater significance as its negative costs to the environment will persist for the life of the building.
Buildings that are currently including issues of sustainable design in their mandate, are likely already addressing some aspects that support carbon reductions. The issue of carbon in buildings is complex. There is carbon involved in the extraction of the resources that we use to create products; in the transportation of these products to the site; in the physical construction of the buildings; in the operation of buildings; and in the lives of people as they carry on business.
ABS Group has over 20 years of engineering experience in buildings system design and helped create some of Canada's most state of the art and efficient projects including Carbon Neutral Buildings. Each of our system engineering & design is unique and tailored to meet the needs of the Client while ensuring optimum performance, sustainability and most importantly occupant comfort.
New technologies are constantly being developed to complement current practices in creating greener buildings and structures, the common objective is that green buildings are designed to reduce the overall impact of the built environment on human health and the natural environment by efficiently using energy, water, and other resources, protecting occupant health and improving employee productivity & reducing waste, pollution and environmental degradation.
We are continuously implementing futuristic, revolutionary & eco-friendly building technologies, in order to make more efficient, environmentally friendly and price worthy use of energy in buildings.
Our services have earned a reputation for timely, high-quality service and solutions in cost-effective manner using innovative and current technologies that reduces energy consumption rates of buildings by 40% to 75% and most importantly client's environmental footprint.
We specialized in Energy Conservation and Design of sustainable & green buildings. We believe that renewable energy is a way to sustainable planet. We want to make it easy for our clients everywhere to make smart, more sustainable out of the box design decisions.
The environmental and energy challenges throughout the world are numerous and complex. Most individuals, commercial & industrial companies, municipalities and governments are now on the sustainability bandwagon to provide solutions to our energy & power problems. With the shrinking natural resource pool, the demand for alternative energy & power solutions are growing sky-high. Coupled with it is the rapid growth rate of economies among the developing countries of the world and unrealistic rise in world population which is already exceeded 7billion. The growing demand for more power and energy have led to more utilization of natural resources and consequently putting more pressure on the natural store house of non-renewable resources including fossil fuels like –coal and petroleum.
Effective energy solutions are the need of the day. ABS Group's experience extends to many energy & power technologies including Geothermal & Solar. Solar power is one of the best ways among alternative energy sources to compensate the power requirement. If properly utilized, geo-thermal energy holds a vast potential unlike other energy solutions fulfilling most of the energy requirements.
We provide a unique resource in Alternate Energy & Power solutions to meet our client needs. Please visit our Energy & Power section to know more about our solutions.
Building energy simulation and optimization engineering provide benchmark to embed energy efficiency in buildings by predicting their behavior under given climatic conditions and usage patterns. It also helps to predict energy consumption in buildings and provide opportunities to compare with different design options through techno-economic analysis in order to optimize the building design. Besides sailing through the process of building energy simulation up to report preparation stages the entire process helps in decision making related to use of insulation on roof, efficient lighting, advanced glazing, high performance HVAC system can be taken with much elevated confidence level.
Simulation tool methodology is based on a combination of empirical validation, analytical verification and comparative analysis techniques. Our leading experts have in depth experience of Building Energy simulation and optimization.
Our Green Building team can guide your project, and even the majority of your portfolio, toward LEED certification. We have the expertise to assist with every stage of LEED certification, from choosing the physical location of your site, to implementing sound operations and maintenance practices, and on to educating occupants about eco-friendly choices. As members of USGBC's LEED certification review team, we bring our first-hand knowledge of LEED requirements to help clients earn LEED certification for their projects.
Our services include assessing client needs, determining feasible options, implementing plans to meet requirements, overseeing necessary LEED documentation, and administering the roles and responsibilities in LEED. What sets the services and products of ABS apart from our competitors is that we have a truly interdisciplinary team of LEED Accredited Professionals within our Green Building Practice. Our in-house team encompasses not only engineers, architects, and systems specialists, but also energy managers, facilities managers, writers, and educators, all with breadth and depth of knowledge. When we bring our combined skills to bear on the needs of your buildings, you may expect our thinking to be fresh and incisive, understanding and understandable, and expressed in a language free of jargon.
We have a dedicated and devoted team of Professional Consulting Engineers with decades of experience in providing building engineering services such as Mechanical, Electrical Plumbing, Fire Protection etc, to all market sectors.
Our engineering services have earned a reputation for timely, high-quality services and solutions in cost-effective manner by using innovative and current technologies such ground source heat pumps, solar energy systems, carbon neutral energy systems etc. In our opinion, if the building is not carefully designed to lessen its impact (material and energy requirements) from the outset, it will not be possible to provide adequate renewable energy to allow the building to operate.
Our early involvement with every project helps in saving client's money & time, reduce risk and achieve designs with higher levels of performance and greater success. Teamwork is paramount in delivering and meeting our clients' objectives, day in and day out, and therefore, we maintain a highly motivated, experienced and skilled team.
As Program Manager, ABS Group offers an expanded scope of management service. In this role, ABS Group manages the planning, feasibility, design, construction reviews of a multiple-project/multiple-phase program. In addition our leading experts provide services to help client to take benefit of financial incentive programs or Tax benefits offered by Federal and Provincial authorities to promote green technologies in high performance building.
Canada still lags behind many other countries in its support for renewable energy. Most of us who have been in the industry for a while are self-taught. There are many other institutions that will be offering training programs in the very near future. ABS GROUP bears a responsibility to our Clients, our Planet, our Employees & our Society at large. We strongly believe that we have a duty to the Generations that will come after us. Society's acceptance of our actions is crucial to our success. Only if we can win broad acceptance our activities can we be successful in the long run. To put it in a nutshell, the challenge facing us is to win the trust of society – which can only be done by providing trainings and engaging in open and honest dialogue.
A range of technical training programs are available to help train an experienced renewable energy labour force. We can train you for the right qualifications; and support you afterwards so you can build a rewarding green career as a Renewable Professional.


This is a monitored business bulletin about privately owned businesses, as well as, private financial transactions.
Please submit all questions through our contact form.
This mailbox may be used to contact our Office of Assistance. While we encourage inquiries from the public via Internet e-mail, remember that your e-mail is not confidential, and we might publish it on our website. If you are comfortable in doing so, we ask that you provide your name, postal address, e-mail address, and a daytime telephone number where you can be reached easily. We will make every effort to respond to your inquiry quickly and completely by e-mail, however; some emails are not received or can not be answered. In that case, be persistent.
An open communication to Lawrence White, CFO Boston CHICKEN.
A turnaround plan for the floundering company.
Jurisdiction Over "Removal Of Ownership Rights"
A public letter to Mr. Levitt and Mr. Greenspan.
What quasi-governmental agency watches over "the transfer of retirement fund stock ownership... without the owners consent?"
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (Penny Benny) is headed by the Secretary Of Labor.
A small man seeks justice in the lair.
Bravo for a company with heart.
The most undervalued Internet stock.
The Lyonvest Statement of Investment Activities, Income, Dividends and Cash-On-Hand.
How much money will the year 2000 problem cost you?
How can I save money without risk?
The DJIA took a -357 point roller coaster ride... here is how it felt.
Q: How invested in the market should we be right now? A: Not very.
This is not spam! It is an overview of the initial Lyonvest transacations including a covered call on Lycos.
After a "family" grew from the Internet's fertility, an investment group was born (Lyonvest). This is the first email charting the attempt to jump from business R&D project to real dollars.


New York radio host Erica Bain has a life that she loves and a fiancé she adores. All of it is taken from her when a brutal attack leaves Erica badly wounded and her fiancé dead. Unable to move past the tragedy, Erica begins prowling the city streets at night to track down the men she holds responsible. Her dark pursuit of justice catches the public's attention, and the city is riveted by her anonymous exploits. But with the NYPD desperate to find the culprit and a dogged police detective hot on her trail, she must decide whether her quest for revenge is truly the right path, or if she is becoming the very thing she is trying to stop.
Running Time:2 hrs. 2 min.
MPAA Rating:R for strong violence, language and some sexuality.


text:
Disney, Star Wars, and An Idea for the "Sequel Trilogy"
I heard earlier today that Disney is buying LucasFilm and production on a new Star Wars movie, the beginning of a new trilogy, has begun. Although some people are skeptical of the project, given how Disney was ultimately behind the awesomeness that was The Avengers, I think this could go in some really good directions.
In particular, I'm hoping they adapt Timothy Zahn's Thrawn trilogy--Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, and The Last Command. The three books are especially beloved by the Star Wars fan community, which has oftentimes been greatly disappointed by the things Lucas has done to the SW universe.
Furthermore, the Thrawn trilogy has elements that would make it very attractive to the general audiences who loved the original films (and the prequels).
*We have Grand Admiral Thrawn as a powerful and threatening, but not wholly evil, villain. He's a man (sort of) who rose to a position of high honor and respect in Palpatine's Empire despite Palpatine's anti-alien racism and was entrusted with the Empire's continued military expansion in the outer regions of the galaxy while Palpatine and Vader ruled at home. He's someone who could provoke the same fascination/admiration that Vader did, and pose the same threat to our heroes.
*And we also have Joruus C'Boath, an insane Dark Jedi clone of a Jedi Master of the Old Republic, who can provide a Force-using villain and an opponent for Luke to have lightsaber duels with. He can also serve as a spiritual threat, much like how Vader and Palpatine were to Luke--his price for aiding Thrawn was that he would be given Luke Skywalker, the Princess Leia, and Han and Leia's two children to "mold."
*We have Mara Jade as a love interest for Luke, who never had one in the movies (except for Leia, who it turned out was his long-lost twin sister). Mara Jade was one of the Emperor's Hands, elite Dark Side-wielding assassins, and the last command she received from the dying Palpatine (this was via the Force) was to kill Luke Skywalker. This gnaws at her the entire trilogy, and leads to questions of loyalty. Character conflict is interesting too. :)
*It's set a decade after the original trilogy, much like how the prequels were set 20-30 years earlier. We'll get to see how Luke is reconstituting the Jedi Order and how Leia is putting together a New Republic. We can throw in other stuff, like how Han and Leia married and how the various warlords who emerged from the Empire's collapse were dealt with, as back-story.
Other than the fact there's a new trilogy coming, nothing has been announced. I'll keep everyone posted on what I hear.
Labels: books, culture, Disney, film, George Lucas, Grand Admiral Thrawn, Luke Skywalker, science fiction, Star Wars, Timothy Zahn, writing
Korsgaard October 30, 2012 at 11:51 PM
I'm giving my take on the merger on November 1st - I had posts planned for today and tommorow, I hope the news hasn't died down by then!
I've never read the Thrawn series though, how is it?
Peter Ball October 31, 2012 at 3:46 AM
It's a lovely trilogy. I agree with Matthew in recommending it. Zahn's a great writer: everything he does barrels along at an enjoyable speed. I am not so sure we're going to see Disney going with it, though. Lucas is staying on as a consultant, and has described his desire to oversee the handover of the franchise while he has time. Now, he won't have control, but he will have input on whatever Disney decides to do. He has shown absolutely no interest in the Expanded Universe. Funnily enough, some of the decisions he made in the Prequels lead to parts of the Thrawn Trilogy (and other EU works) being weird or "wrong". One thing that has excited me about this is that Joss Whedon directed that Avengers flick, a Marvel property, and Disney owns Marvel. Whedon has something of a Midas Touch, and anyone who's seen Firefly/Serenity knows that he is at home with the idea of a ragtag band of rebels facing off against an evil empire.
Matt October 31, 2012 at 8:03 AM
Hasn't Lucas had to approve the Expanded Universe material though?
And what parts of the Thrawn Trilogy have been overwritten by the prequel trilogy? I think I've only read parts of the TT and that was a long time ago, so I can't remember.
I think Lucas left it to other folk at Lucasfilm. It is a level of canon below the films.
Vader's given age is "wrong", leading to Zahn having to come up with the cunning suggestion that the Noghri answered in their solar year rather than galactic standard. Luke feels a strange sensation when the clones are about, and there's no mention of this in the prequels. There may be some other things, but those are what I remember offhand. It's been a couple of years since I myself reread the series.
Matt October 31, 2012 at 10:30 AM
I think some of those can be finessed, like Thrawn's clones being different from the Kamino clones of the prequel trilogy (either a different method of cloning or the Ysalmiri thing).
However, I do remember some reference to Vader having a living hand, while the prequels explicitly depict him being de-limbed completely.
To NaNoWriMo or Not NaNoWriMo?
Disney, Star Wars, and An Idea for the "Sequel Tri...
Joint Projects for Pro-Life and Pro-Choice People
My Top Traffic Sources and Lessons Thereof
Why I'm Not Voting for Romney or Obama
Crossing "Gates of Vasharia" with HBO's "Rome"
Games Workshop City Walk Celebrates First Anniversary
Star Trek Eugenics Wars Timeline, With a Joke
Character Interview: The Wendigo
My eBook Experiment, Success and Predictions...
Selling Online: Amazon.com and Half.com
Back To BattleTech

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
Tag: hailee steinfeld
It's that time of year again! 2022 is coming to a close and 2023 will soon be upon us! Let's take a look at the upcoming animated films set to be released in 2023.
Keep in mind that I'll only be mentioning theatrical and streaming films with set (US) release dates and that I won't be mentioning any live-action/animated hybrid films.
So sit back, relax, and enjoy this list with me!
Continue reading "Upcoming Animated Films in 2023"
Author The Animation CommendationPosted on December 19, 2022 December 19, 2022 Categories Animation NewsTags aaron horvath, alan tudyk, animated film, animated movie, animation, anya taylor-joy, ariana debose, benjamin renner, Cal Brunker, celia imrie, charles martinet, charlie day, chris buck, chris pratt, daniel kaluuya, disney, disney animation, disney canon, dreamworks animation, eleanor tomlinson, elemental, fawn veerasunthorn, hailee steinfeld, hugh bonneville, illumination entertainment, jack black, jake johnson, jason schwartzman, jeff rowe, jesus garcia galocha, joaquim dos santos, joe thomas, justin k. thompson, keegan-michael key, kemp powers, leah lewis, mamoudou athie, mario, michael jelenic, migration, mummies, oscar isaac, paramount animation, paw patrol, paw patrol the mighty movie, peter sohn, pixar, sean bean, seth rogen, shakka, shameik moore, sony animation, spiderman, spiderman across the spiderverse, taraji p henson, teenage mutant ninja turtles, teenage mutant ninja turtles mutant mayhem, the super mario bros movie, tmnt, trolls, trolls 3, wish9 Comments on Upcoming Animated Films in 2023
2022 already? I think we can all agree that while 2020 never seemed that it would end, 2021 just zoomed by us! Maybe it was a better year than 2020, maybe it was more of the same, but whatever the case may be, it's nearing its end.
We hope that 2022 will be an even better year for us and hopefully we can be free of this pandemic that we're in! Good thing we have films (animated films, in particular) to keep us occupied. Let's take a look at the upcoming animated films set to be released in 2022.
Keep in mind that I'll only be mentioning films with set (US) release dates and that I won't be mentioning any live-action/animated hybrid films. Also because the pandemic has shown us that streaming is pretty much a reality that's not going away anytime soon, I will be including animated films debuting on streaming services as well.
Author The Animation CommendationPosted on December 23, 2021 December 23, 2021 Categories Animation NewsTags aaron harris, aaron horvath, alan arkin, andy samberg, angus maclane, animated film, animated movie, animation, anthony ramos, antonio banderas, anya taylor-joy, Awkwafina, bardel entertainment, bob's burgers, brian hull, buzz lightyear, charles martinet, charlie day, chris evans, chris pratt, craig robinson, Dan Mintz, danny trejo, david soren, david spade, dc league of super-pets, Derek Drymon, disney, disney animation, disney canon, Dolph Lundgren, domee shi, don hall, dreamworks, dreamworks animation, dwayne johnson, Eugene Mirman, finneas o'connell, fran drescher, h. jon benjamin, hailee steinfeld, hotel transylvania, hotel transylvania 4, hotel transylvania transformania, ice age, illumination, illumination entertainment, issa rae, jack black, jake johnson, jameela jamil, jane fonda, jared stern, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jennifer Kluska, jim gaffigan, joaquim dos santos, joel crawford, john c donkin, john krasinski, John Roberts, jordan fisher, julie andrews, justin k. thompson, kate mckinnon, keanu reeves, keegan-michael key, kemp powers, kevin hart, kristen schaal, Kyle Balda, lightyear, lilly singh, Loren Bouchard, luck, Lucy Lawless, maitreyi ramakrishnan, marc maron, mario, michael jelenic, michelle yeoh, minions, minions: the rise of gru, molly shannon, oscar isaac, paramount animation, peggy holmes, pierre coffin, Pierre Perifel, pixar, puss in boots, puss in boots: the last wish, richard ayoade, rosalie chiang, russell brand, sam rockwell, sandra oh, selena gomez, seth rogen, shameik moore, simon pegg, skydance animation, sony animation, spellbound, spiderman, spiderman across the spiderverse, spiderman across the spiderverse part one, steve buscemi, steve carell, strange world, taika waititi, taraji p henson, the bad guys, the bob's burgers movie, the ice age adventures of buck wild, turning red, under the boardwalk, untitled mario film, utkarsh ambudkar, vanessa bayer, vicky jenson, vincent tong, warner animation, warner animation group, whoopi goldberg, zazie beetz6 Comments on Upcoming Animated Films in 2022
'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse' Theatrical Trailer Debuts!
We got our third animated film trailer for the week today, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
I, for one, am loving the art design and the overall Spider-Man story here! I feel this could be one of the best animated films in a while as well as one of the best Spider-Man films in a while!
Are you all excited about this film?
Author The Animation CommendationPosted on June 6, 2018 Categories Animation NewsTags animated film, animated movie, animation, bob persichetti, brian tyree henry, film trailer, hailee steinfeld, jake johnson, liev schreiber, mahershala ali, movie trailer, peter ramsey, rodney rothman, shameik moore, sony animation, spiderman, spiderman into the spiderverse4 Comments on 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse' Theatrical Trailer Debuts!


text:
Deciding What Wares to Buy and from Whom
Eric Chabrow • November 8, 2012
Acquiring IT security products gets more complicated every day, so SINET's John Muir says it's not unreasonable to expect that even the most informed CISO needs help in identifying the right hardware, software and services to obtain.
Incident Response: Gathering the Facts
To know how best to respond to IT and communications failures, organizations first must collect information on such incidents, says Marnix Dekker, who co-authored a just-issued report on incidents for ENISA.
Silver Lining in South Carolina Tax Hack
Gov. Nikki Haley realizes the potential political consequences of a breach, which explains why she held three press conferences on three consecutive days to address her administration's response to a computer breach of the state's tax IT system.
President Obama's Unfinished Business
Tom Field • November 7, 2012
If President Obama's second term were a movie sequel, I'd call it "Unfinished Business." It's time to step up and see through the cybersecurity initiatives Obama spoke about when he first took office.
Fraudsters Target Bank Employees
Tracy Kitten • November 6, 2012
A breach at a Texas credit union shows how fraudsters target financial institution employees to gain access to sensitive information. Why are institutions proving to be soft spots for compromise?
How Secure are the IT Wares You Buy?
One of the biggest IT security challenges enterprises will face in the coming years will be assuring the integrity of the computer products they purchase, says Gartner Fellow Neil MacDonald.
Secure Texting In Healthcare
Marianne Kolbasuk McGee • November 5, 2012
Text-messaging by physicians and other clinicians poses serious potential patient privacy risks. But with security controls in place, some healthcare organizations are giving a green light to texting in certain circumstances.
Cybersecurity: Obama vs. Romney
Both candidates have made fleeting references to cybersecurity during the presidential campaign, but neither has addressed the matter in detail. How different would a President Romney be from a second-term President Obama?
Hacktivist Speaks Out About DDoS
A self-proclaimed member of the hacktivist group Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters says Iran is not backing DDoS attacks against leading U.S. banks. What else did he reveal about the DDoS attacks?
Assessing Response to Superstorm Sandy
In the northeastern U.S., millions of residents are still coping with the devastation caused by Superstorm Sandy. Find out whether business continuity/disaster recovery plans are proving to be effective.
DDoS Response: Communication Tips
DDoS attacks against large organizations shouldn't come as a surprise anymore, says attorney Ronald Raether, who says institutions should be better prepared to communicate the incidents to the public.
Can the FBI Crack the Attribution Nut?
A key aim of the Next Generation Cyber Initiative has been to expand the FBI's ability to quickly define 'the attribution piece' of a cyberattack to help determine an appropriate response, the FBI's Richard McFeely says.
Sandy Strikes: Ensuring Continuity
Hurricane Sandy slammed the East Coast Oct. 29, causing widespread damage and power outages. As a result, business continuity plans are being put to the test. How are governments, financial institutions and healthcare organizations responding?
Coping with Sandy's Aftermath
As the remnants of Hurricane Sandy move north and west, IT security leaders and staff help pull together resources to make sure key systems remain available and secure.
Storm Prep Key to Recovery
It's been compared to the 'perfect storm,' but Hurricane Sandy is unlike any storm we've seen, says Alan Berman of DRI. He believes organizations have planned well for recovery.


text:
Q: Python "yield" keyword to calculate A bar shop has a ten-day promotion. During this period, the price of an beer drops 10 percent each day. For example, a beer that costs 10$ on the first day costs $9 on the second day and $8.1 on the third day.
I want to write a python function that uses yield keyword to calculate beer price each day.
For instance if we give input 10,
My expected output is:
Price is discounted to : 9

Price is discounted to : 8.1

..etc
class DiscountCalc:
    def get_item_price(self):
        return input('Input a starting price (0 to quit): ')

    def discount(self, current_price, days):
        yield (current_price - (current_price*10)//100)

    def run(self):
        initial = self.get_item_price()
        for price in self.discount(initial, 10):
            print "Price is discounted to : " + str(price)

DiscountCalc().run()

A: it's due to the cycle, this should fix it:
def discount(self, current_price, days):
    for day in range(days):
        yield current_price
        current_price = current_price * 0.9

def run(self):
    initial = self.get_item_price()
    for price in self.discount(initial, 10):
        print(price)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


text:
«Ніколо Дзено» () — військовий корабель, ескадрений міноносець типу «Навігаторі» Королівських ВМС Італії за часів Другої світової війни.

Есмінець брав активну участь у морських боях та битвах Другої світової війни на Середземноморському театрі дій, бився в битві біля Калабрії, першій битві в затоці Сидра, так званій «битві у середині червня», супроводжував конвої країн Осі та переслідував ворожі конвої транспортних суден.

Історія створення
«Ніколо Дзено» закладений 5 червня 1927 на верфі компанії CNR у Сестрі-Поненте. 27 березня 1930 року увійшов до складу Королівських ВМС Італії. Однак уже в ході випробувань у його конструкції силової установки системи «Белуццо» були виявлені суттєві проблеми — під час ходових випробувань на есмінці трапилася аварія в носовій турбіні високого тиску. Для усунення неполадок вирішили замінити ротори обох, і високого і низького тиску.

Історія служби
З 29 липня по 7 жовтня 1930 року корабель пройшов модернізацію в арсеналі Спеції, після якої увійшов до складу флоту. В серпні 1931 року «Ніколо Дзено» став флагманом дивізії. 4 жовтня 1931 року на кораблі, який у той час перебував на рейді Венеції, пройшла церемонія вручення Бойового прапору. В 1934 році «Ніколо Дзено» перевели зі складу 2-ї флотилії до 1-ї.

На початку 1936 року корабель був переданий у розпорядження військово-морської академії та міста Ліворно для проходження курсантами штурманської практики. В 1936—1937 роках «Ніколо Зено» кілька разів ходив до берегів Іспанії з метою підтримки франкістів.

У квітні 1939 року «Ніколо Дзено» був зарахований до XV флотилії есмінців з базування на острові Лерос, і зоною відповідальності в Егейському морі.

З 2 грудня 1939 року по 30 квітня 1940 року «Ніколо Дзено» пройшов чергову модернізацію.

На 10 червня 1940 року, на момент вступу Італію у війну, входив разом з есмінцями «Антоніо Пігафетта», «Алвізе да Мосто» та «Джованні да Верраццано» до складу XV флотилії ескадрених міноносців IX крейсерської дивізії I ескадри Королівського флоту.

7 липня 1940 року разом з однотипним «Антоніо Пігафетта», лінкорами «Джуліо Чезаре» і «Конте ді Кавур» і VII («Фречча», «Страле», «Дардо» та «Саетта») і VIII («Фольгоре», «Фульміне», «Лампо» та «Балено») ескадрами есмінців вирушив супроводжувати конвой з Таранто в Лівію, де готувалося Італійське вторгнення до Єгипту.

9 липня 1940 року «Ніколо Зено» брав участь у битві біля Калабрії.

З 27 липня по 1 серпня 1940 року брав участь в операції TVL по перекиданню військ до Лівії, входячи до складу далекого прикриття. В ніч з 5 на 6 серпня есмінець брав участь у постановці мінного загородження 7AN поблизу Пантеллерії. З 18 квітня по 1 травня 1941 року «Ніколо Дзено» брав участь в постановці мінних загороджень S.1 в Тунісі та T на північ від Триполі.

22 квітня «Ніколо Зено» брав участь в порятунку тих, що вижили з екіпажу ескадреного міноносця «Сімоне Ск'яффіно», який підірвався на міні.

З 4 по 7 травня 1941 року був у складі далекого прикриття при проводці двох італійських конвоїв до Лівії. Під час цієї операції разом з «Антоніо Пігафетта» потопив підводний човен противника «Аск» західніше Ла-Спеції.

З 12 по 23 серпня 1941 року в складі загону посилював мінні загородження S-41, S-42, S-43, S-44 в Туніській протоці.

На початку жовтня 1941 року «Ніколо Дзено» двічі доставляв війська в Бенгазі. З 19 по 21 листопада 1941 року конвоював допоміжний крейсер «Чітта ді Палермо», який слідував з військами в Бенгазі. З 26 по 30 листопада 1941 року брав участь в транспортуванні 80 тонн бензину в бочках з Таранто до Лівії.

З 16 по 20 грудня 1941 року входив до складу ескорту теплоходів Monginevro, Napoli і «Веттор Пізані» у ході конвойної операції M-42. Під час зворотного шляху «Ніколо Дзено» зіткнувся з броненосним крейсером «Веттор Пізані» і до кінця січня 1942 року був змушений проходити ремонт на верфях у Таранто.

З 21 по 23 лютого 1942 року брав участь в конвойної операції K-7. З 16 по 18 березня 1942 року брав участь в конвойної операції «Сіріо» по проводці транспортів Reychenfels і Vitor Pisani.

З 4 по 6 червня 1942 року «Ніколо Дзено» ескортував транспорти Unione і Ravello. 14 червня 1942 року разом з 7-ю дивізією крейсерів «Ніколо Дзено» вийшов з Палермо для перехоплення британського конвою, але через аварію з енергетичною установкою був змушений повернуться на базу. Після проведення ремонтних робіт есмінець повернувся до ескортної службі по проводці конвоїв з Італії в Північну Африку.

З 5 по 7 жовтня 1942 року брав участь у супроводі транспорту Sestrieri. В ніч з 13 на 14 жовтня 1942 року провів постановку мінної загорожі S-71 на північ від мису Бон. Вночі з 7 на 8 листопада 1942 року ставив мінне загородження S-8.

В ніч з 11 на 12 грудня 1942 року брав участь в постановці мінного загородження S-94.

На початку 1943 року він доставляв німецькі та італійські війська в Туніс. На початку лютого 1943 року «Ніколо Дзено» брав участь у складі загону з однотипних «Антоніо да Нолі», «Антоніо Пігафетта» і «Ланцеротто Малочелло», а також есмінців «Мітральере» і «Леджіонаро» в постановці мінного загородження S-62.

28 лютого 1943 при постановки мінного загородження S-101 в Сицилійській протоці «Ніколо Дзено» зіткнувся з есмінцем «Антоніо да Нолі». В результаті цього зіткнення корабель дістав важкі пошкодження і його відбуксирували для ремонту в Спецію.

З 15 березня по 15 серпня 1943 року на «Ніколо Дзено» тривали ремонтні роботи. Після їх закінчення корабель був зарахований в XVI флотилію есмінців.

9 вересня 1943 року, після капітуляції Італії в Другій світовій війні, через неможливість відходу зі Спеції та загрози захоплення німецькими військами, есмінець «Ніколо Дзено» був затоплений своїм екіпажем.

У 1948 році корпус корабля був піднятий і розібраний на метал.

За роки війни ескадрений міноносець «Ніколо Дзено» пройшов 57 856 миль і виконав 182 бойових завдання.

Див. також
 Strale (1932)
 Vincenzo Gioberti
 Camicia Nera
 Capitano Tarantini (підводний човен)
 Ескадрені міноносці типу «Маестрале»
 Ескадрені міноносці типу «Сольдаті»

Примітки

Посилання

 Destroyer Nicoló Zeno (Italy)
 Zeno «Nicolò Zeno»
 Эсминцы и миноносцы
 Nicolo Zeno (1928)

Література
 Franco Bargoni. Esploratori Italiani. Roma, Ufficio Storico della Marina Militare, 1996.
 Maurizio Brescia. Cacciatorpediniere Classe «NAVIGATORI». Parma, Ermanno Albertelli Editore, 1995 ISBN 88-85909-57-4
 Aldo Cocchia, Convogli. Un marinaio in guerra 1940—1942, Milano, Mursia, 2004. ISBN 88-425-3309-2
 Giuseppe Fioravanzo, La Marina Italiana nella Seconda Guerra Mondiale. Vol. VIII: La Guerra nel Mediterraneo — La difesa del Traffico coll'Africa Settentrionale: dal 1º ottobre 1942 alla caduta della Tunisia, Roma, USMM, 1964.
 Giorgio Giorgerini, La guerra italiana sul mare. La marina tra vittoria e sconfitta 1940—1943, Mondadori, 1994

Ескадрені міноносці типу «Навігаторі»
Ескадрені міноносці Італії часів Другої світової війни
Кораблі 1928

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
#include <aws/core/utils/Outcome.h>
#include <aws/core/auth/AWSAuthSigner.h>
#include <aws/core/client/CoreErrors.h>
#include <aws/core/client/RetryStrategy.h>
#include <aws/core/http/HttpClient.h>
#include <aws/core/http/HttpResponse.h>
#include <aws/core/http/HttpClientFactory.h>
#include <aws/core/auth/AWSCredentialsProviderChain.h>
#include <aws/core/utils/json/JsonSerializer.h>
#include <aws/core/utils/memory/stl/AWSStringStream.h>
#include <aws/core/utils/threading/Executor.h>
#include <aws/core/utils/DNS.h>
#include <aws/core/utils/logging/LogMacros.h>

#include <aws/macie/MacieClient.h>
#include <aws/macie/MacieEndpoint.h>
#include <aws/macie/MacieErrorMarshaller.h>
#include <aws/macie/model/AssociateMemberAccountRequest.h>
#include <aws/macie/model/AssociateS3ResourcesRequest.h>
#include <aws/macie/model/DisassociateMemberAccountRequest.h>
#include <aws/macie/model/DisassociateS3ResourcesRequest.h>
#include <aws/macie/model/ListMemberAccountsRequest.h>
#include <aws/macie/model/ListS3ResourcesRequest.h>
#include <aws/macie/model/UpdateS3ResourcesRequest.h>

using namespace Aws;
using namespace Aws::Auth;
using namespace Aws::Client;
using namespace Aws::Macie;
using namespace Aws::Macie::Model;
using namespace Aws::Http;
using namespace Aws::Utils::Json;

static const char* SERVICE_NAME = "macie";
static const char* ALLOCATION_TAG = "MacieClient";

MacieClient::MacieClient(const Client::ClientConfiguration& clientConfiguration) :
  BASECLASS(clientConfiguration,
    Aws::MakeShared<AWSAuthV4Signer>(ALLOCATION_TAG, Aws::MakeShared<DefaultAWSCredentialsProviderChain>(ALLOCATION_TAG),
        SERVICE_NAME, Aws::Region::ComputeSignerRegion(clientConfiguration.region)),
    Aws::MakeShared<MacieErrorMarshaller>(ALLOCATION_TAG)),
    m_executor(clientConfiguration.executor)
{
  init(clientConfiguration);
}

MacieClient::MacieClient(const AWSCredentials& credentials, const Client::ClientConfiguration& clientConfiguration) :
  BASECLASS(clientConfiguration,
    Aws::MakeShared<AWSAuthV4Signer>(ALLOCATION_TAG, Aws::MakeShared<SimpleAWSCredentialsProvider>(ALLOCATION_TAG, credentials),
         SERVICE_NAME, Aws::Region::ComputeSignerRegion(clientConfiguration.region)),
    Aws::MakeShared<MacieErrorMarshaller>(ALLOCATION_TAG)),
    m_executor(clientConfiguration.executor)
{
  init(clientConfiguration);
}

MacieClient::MacieClient(const std::shared_ptr<AWSCredentialsProvider>& credentialsProvider,
  const Client::ClientConfiguration& clientConfiguration) :
  BASECLASS(clientConfiguration,
    Aws::MakeShared<AWSAuthV4Signer>(ALLOCATION_TAG, credentialsProvider,
         SERVICE_NAME, Aws::Region::ComputeSignerRegion(clientConfiguration.region)),
    Aws::MakeShared<MacieErrorMarshaller>(ALLOCATION_TAG)),
    m_executor(clientConfiguration.executor)
{
  init(clientConfiguration);
}

MacieClient::~MacieClient()
{
}

void MacieClient::init(const ClientConfiguration& config)
{
  SetServiceClientName("Macie");
  m_configScheme = SchemeMapper::ToString(config.scheme);
  if (config.endpointOverride.empty())
  {
      m_uri = m_configScheme + "://" + MacieEndpoint::ForRegion(config.region, config.useDualStack);
  }
  else
  {
      OverrideEndpoint(config.endpointOverride);
  }
}

void MacieClient::OverrideEndpoint(const Aws::String& endpoint)
{
  if (endpoint.compare(0, 7, "http://") == 0 || endpoint.compare(0, 8, "https://") == 0)
  {
      m_uri = endpoint;
  }
  else
  {
      m_uri = m_configScheme + "://" + endpoint;
  }
}

AssociateMemberAccountOutcome MacieClient::AssociateMemberAccount(const AssociateMemberAccountRequest& request) const
{
  Aws::Http::URI uri = m_uri;
  Aws::StringStream ss;
  ss << "/";
  uri.SetPath(uri.GetPath() + ss.str());
  return AssociateMemberAccountOutcome(MakeRequest(uri, request, Aws::Http::HttpMethod::HTTP_POST, Aws::Auth::SIGV4_SIGNER));
}

AssociateMemberAccountOutcomeCallable MacieClient::AssociateMemberAccountCallable(const AssociateMemberAccountRequest& request) const
{
  auto task = Aws::MakeShared< std::packaged_task< AssociateMemberAccountOutcome() > >(ALLOCATION_TAG, [this, request](){ return this->AssociateMemberAccount(request); } );
  auto packagedFunction = [task]() { (*task)(); };
  m_executor->Submit(packagedFunction);
  return task->get_future();
}

void MacieClient::AssociateMemberAccountAsync(const AssociateMemberAccountRequest& request, const AssociateMemberAccountResponseReceivedHandler& handler, const std::shared_ptr<const Aws::Client::AsyncCallerContext>& context) const
{
  m_executor->Submit( [this, request, handler, context](){ this->AssociateMemberAccountAsyncHelper( request, handler, context ); } );
}

void MacieClient::AssociateMemberAccountAsyncHelper(const AssociateMemberAccountRequest& request, const AssociateMemberAccountResponseReceivedHandler& handler, const std::shared_ptr<const Aws::Client::AsyncCallerContext>& context) const
{
  handler(this, request, AssociateMemberAccount(request), context);
}

AssociateS3ResourcesOutcome MacieClient::AssociateS3Resources(const AssociateS3ResourcesRequest& request) const
{
  Aws::Http::URI uri = m_uri;
  Aws::StringStream ss;
  ss << "/";
  uri.SetPath(uri.GetPath() + ss.str());
  return AssociateS3ResourcesOutcome(MakeRequest(uri, request, Aws::Http::HttpMethod::HTTP_POST, Aws::Auth::SIGV4_SIGNER));
}

AssociateS3ResourcesOutcomeCallable MacieClient::AssociateS3ResourcesCallable(const AssociateS3ResourcesRequest& request) const
{
  auto task = Aws::MakeShared< std::packaged_task< AssociateS3ResourcesOutcome() > >(ALLOCATION_TAG, [this, request](){ return this->AssociateS3Resources(request); } );
  auto packagedFunction = [task]() { (*task)(); };
  m_executor->Submit(packagedFunction);
  return task->get_future();
}

void MacieClient::AssociateS3ResourcesAsync(const AssociateS3ResourcesRequest& request, const AssociateS3ResourcesResponseReceivedHandler& handler, const std::shared_ptr<const Aws::Client::AsyncCallerContext>& context) const
{
  m_executor->Submit( [this, request, handler, context](){ this->AssociateS3ResourcesAsyncHelper( request, handler, context ); } );
}

void MacieClient::AssociateS3ResourcesAsyncHelper(const AssociateS3ResourcesRequest& request, const AssociateS3ResourcesResponseReceivedHandler& handler, const std::shared_ptr<const Aws::Client::AsyncCallerContext>& context) const
{
  handler(this, request, AssociateS3Resources(request), context);
}

DisassociateMemberAccountOutcome MacieClient::DisassociateMemberAccount(const DisassociateMemberAccountRequest& request) const
{
  Aws::Http::URI uri = m_uri;
  Aws::StringStream ss;
  ss << "/";
  uri.SetPath(uri.GetPath() + ss.str());
  return DisassociateMemberAccountOutcome(MakeRequest(uri, request, Aws::Http::HttpMethod::HTTP_POST, Aws::Auth::SIGV4_SIGNER));
}

DisassociateMemberAccountOutcomeCallable MacieClient::DisassociateMemberAccountCallable(const DisassociateMemberAccountRequest& request) const
{
  auto task = Aws::MakeShared< std::packaged_task< DisassociateMemberAccountOutcome() > >(ALLOCATION_TAG, [this, request](){ return this->DisassociateMemberAccount(request); } );
  auto packagedFunction = [task]() { (*task)(); };
  m_executor->Submit(packagedFunction);
  return task->get_future();
}

void MacieClient::DisassociateMemberAccountAsync(const DisassociateMemberAccountRequest& request, const DisassociateMemberAccountResponseReceivedHandler& handler, const std::shared_ptr<const Aws::Client::AsyncCallerContext>& context) const
{
  m_executor->Submit( [this, request, handler, context](){ this->DisassociateMemberAccountAsyncHelper( request, handler, context ); } );
}

void MacieClient::DisassociateMemberAccountAsyncHelper(const DisassociateMemberAccountRequest& request, const DisassociateMemberAccountResponseReceivedHandler& handler, const std::shared_ptr<const Aws::Client::AsyncCallerContext>& context) const
{
  handler(this, request, DisassociateMemberAccount(request), context);
}

DisassociateS3ResourcesOutcome MacieClient::DisassociateS3Resources(const DisassociateS3ResourcesRequest& request) const
{
  Aws::Http::URI uri = m_uri;
  Aws::StringStream ss;
  ss << "/";
  uri.SetPath(uri.GetPath() + ss.str());
  return DisassociateS3ResourcesOutcome(MakeRequest(uri, request, Aws::Http::HttpMethod::HTTP_POST, Aws::Auth::SIGV4_SIGNER));
}

DisassociateS3ResourcesOutcomeCallable MacieClient::DisassociateS3ResourcesCallable(const DisassociateS3ResourcesRequest& request) const
{
  auto task = Aws::MakeShared< std::packaged_task< DisassociateS3ResourcesOutcome() > >(ALLOCATION_TAG, [this, request](){ return this->DisassociateS3Resources(request); } );
  auto packagedFunction = [task]() { (*task)(); };
  m_executor->Submit(packagedFunction);
  return task->get_future();
}

void MacieClient::DisassociateS3ResourcesAsync(const DisassociateS3ResourcesRequest& request, const DisassociateS3ResourcesResponseReceivedHandler& handler, const std::shared_ptr<const Aws::Client::AsyncCallerContext>& context) const
{
  m_executor->Submit( [this, request, handler, context](){ this->DisassociateS3ResourcesAsyncHelper( request, handler, context ); } );
}

void MacieClient::DisassociateS3ResourcesAsyncHelper(const DisassociateS3ResourcesRequest& request, const DisassociateS3ResourcesResponseReceivedHandler& handler, const std::shared_ptr<const Aws::Client::AsyncCallerContext>& context) const
{
  handler(this, request, DisassociateS3Resources(request), context);
}

ListMemberAccountsOutcome MacieClient::ListMemberAccounts(const ListMemberAccountsRequest& request) const
{
  Aws::Http::URI uri = m_uri;
  Aws::StringStream ss;
  ss << "/";
  uri.SetPath(uri.GetPath() + ss.str());
  return ListMemberAccountsOutcome(MakeRequest(uri, request, Aws::Http::HttpMethod::HTTP_POST, Aws::Auth::SIGV4_SIGNER));
}

ListMemberAccountsOutcomeCallable MacieClient::ListMemberAccountsCallable(const ListMemberAccountsRequest& request) const
{
  auto task = Aws::MakeShared< std::packaged_task< ListMemberAccountsOutcome() > >(ALLOCATION_TAG, [this, request](){ return this->ListMemberAccounts(request); } );
  auto packagedFunction = [task]() { (*task)(); };
  m_executor->Submit(packagedFunction);
  return task->get_future();
}

void MacieClient::ListMemberAccountsAsync(const ListMemberAccountsRequest& request, const ListMemberAccountsResponseReceivedHandler& handler, const std::shared_ptr<const Aws::Client::AsyncCallerContext>& context) const
{
  m_executor->Submit( [this, request, handler, context](){ this->ListMemberAccountsAsyncHelper( request, handler, context ); } );
}

void MacieClient::ListMemberAccountsAsyncHelper(const ListMemberAccountsRequest& request, const ListMemberAccountsResponseReceivedHandler& handler, const std::shared_ptr<const Aws::Client::AsyncCallerContext>& context) const
{
  handler(this, request, ListMemberAccounts(request), context);
}

ListS3ResourcesOutcome MacieClient::ListS3Resources(const ListS3ResourcesRequest& request) const
{
  Aws::Http::URI uri = m_uri;
  Aws::StringStream ss;
  ss << "/";
  uri.SetPath(uri.GetPath() + ss.str());
  return ListS3ResourcesOutcome(MakeRequest(uri, request, Aws::Http::HttpMethod::HTTP_POST, Aws::Auth::SIGV4_SIGNER));
}

ListS3ResourcesOutcomeCallable MacieClient::ListS3ResourcesCallable(const ListS3ResourcesRequest& request) const
{
  auto task = Aws::MakeShared< std::packaged_task< ListS3ResourcesOutcome() > >(ALLOCATION_TAG, [this, request](){ return this->ListS3Resources(request); } );
  auto packagedFunction = [task]() { (*task)(); };
  m_executor->Submit(packagedFunction);
  return task->get_future();
}

void MacieClient::ListS3ResourcesAsync(const ListS3ResourcesRequest& request, const ListS3ResourcesResponseReceivedHandler& handler, const std::shared_ptr<const Aws::Client::AsyncCallerContext>& context) const
{
  m_executor->Submit( [this, request, handler, context](){ this->ListS3ResourcesAsyncHelper( request, handler, context ); } );
}

void MacieClient::ListS3ResourcesAsyncHelper(const ListS3ResourcesRequest& request, const ListS3ResourcesResponseReceivedHandler& handler, const std::shared_ptr<const Aws::Client::AsyncCallerContext>& context) const
{
  handler(this, request, ListS3Resources(request), context);
}

UpdateS3ResourcesOutcome MacieClient::UpdateS3Resources(const UpdateS3ResourcesRequest& request) const
{
  Aws::Http::URI uri = m_uri;
  Aws::StringStream ss;
  ss << "/";
  uri.SetPath(uri.GetPath() + ss.str());
  return UpdateS3ResourcesOutcome(MakeRequest(uri, request, Aws::Http::HttpMethod::HTTP_POST, Aws::Auth::SIGV4_SIGNER));
}

UpdateS3ResourcesOutcomeCallable MacieClient::UpdateS3ResourcesCallable(const UpdateS3ResourcesRequest& request) const
{
  auto task = Aws::MakeShared< std::packaged_task< UpdateS3ResourcesOutcome() > >(ALLOCATION_TAG, [this, request](){ return this->UpdateS3Resources(request); } );
  auto packagedFunction = [task]() { (*task)(); };
  m_executor->Submit(packagedFunction);
  return task->get_future();
}

void MacieClient::UpdateS3ResourcesAsync(const UpdateS3ResourcesRequest& request, const UpdateS3ResourcesResponseReceivedHandler& handler, const std::shared_ptr<const Aws::Client::AsyncCallerContext>& context) const
{
  m_executor->Submit( [this, request, handler, context](){ this->UpdateS3ResourcesAsyncHelper( request, handler, context ); } );
}

void MacieClient::UpdateS3ResourcesAsyncHelper(const UpdateS3ResourcesRequest& request, const UpdateS3ResourcesResponseReceivedHandler& handler, const std::shared_ptr<const Aws::Client::AsyncCallerContext>& context) const
{
  handler(this, request, UpdateS3Resources(request), context);
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
/**
 *
 */

package org.opensaml.saml2.metadata.impl;

import org.opensaml.saml2.metadata.AuthnQueryService;

/**
 * Concrete implementation of {@link org.opensaml.saml2.metadata.AuthnQueryService}
 */
public class AuthnQueryServiceImpl extends EndpointImpl implements AuthnQueryService {

    /**
     * Constructor
     *
     * @param namespaceURI
     * @param elementLocalName
     * @param namespacePrefix
     */
    protected AuthnQueryServiceImpl(String namespaceURI, String elementLocalName, String namespacePrefix) {
        super(namespaceURI, elementLocalName, namespacePrefix);
    }
}


Laying slate flagstone patio has been place along within the method of production, thus within the actual installation method, it's terribly economical and labor-saving. the most color of laying slate flagstone patio for the assembly of Tiancheng stone is rusty, black, green, yellow, grey then on.
1:The finishes is flamed, natural face, bush-hammered, tumbled, polished, honed, rough picked, chiselled with natural cleft edges or sawn cut edges.
2:cut size as client request.,such as sq. kind, fan formed kind, offset kind, mixed type, wave kind shock therapy, we tend to conjointly welcome bespoke sizes and styles.
3:We offer the stone at differing kinds, appearances, thickness and textures.
As one of the natural disordered rocks, the slate has the benefits of alternative disordered rocks. this can be primarily mirrored within the long lifetime of laying slate flagstone patio, as a result of compared with marble and granite, the time period of laying slate flagstone patio are going to be longer. Laying slate flagstone patio could be a smart decoration material, whether or not it's on the out of doors path, within the curtilage, the building wall and alternative places, the laying slate flagstone patio naturally has the irregular characteristics, it's terribly keen on individuals, though it's a touch untidy however provides individuals infinite imagination.
The advantages of laying slate flagstone patio: before the slate is comparatively but the opposite slate meshed flagstone, that's as a result of the benefits of laying slate flagstone patio haven't nonetheless been accepted. currently tons of individuals within the art trade prefer to use stone to embellish the house, laying slate flagstone patio natural natural colours along can look terribly temperament. to fulfill people's pursuit of temperament and fashion.
The collocation of chaos and house style: natural slate has a unprecedented lamellar texture, its surface is obvious and picturesque, the feel is okay and dense, the air is extraordinary and inelegance, the large natural white cloud dog is on the stone, expressing a sort of come back to nature.
Natural laying slate flagstone patio takes nature, culture, weaving beauty, near to life, and has the colour of nature. A inexperienced artifact, that is created of rocks of many a lot of years agone, is of laborious quality, bright color, acid alkali resistance, low radiation and smart insulation and sound insulation. Laying slate flagstone patio product square measure wide utilized in villas, courtyards, homes, gardens, communities, parks, squares and alternative buildings. easy and natural, noble and stylish, it's appropriate for urban individuals to come back to nature and come back to natural tastes. bit by bit become the best material for indoor and out of doors decoration in trendy cities.
4,MOQ: 1x2ft instrumentality,sample order is negotiable.
5,Package: Fumigated leakproof wood crates or pallets.
1) Granite: gray granite G341 with our own quarry, yellow granite G350, red granite maple red, pink granite G364,G367, dark gray granite G343, and lots of colours from our north China.
4) Slate: wall panels, flats and corners, flagstones, mesh-tiles, gate posts, crazy pavings, cobblestones and roofing slates.
1--Wide ranges of product square measure accessible for various designs and sizes.
among twenty four hours. they might conjointly supply skilled advices to fulfill your satisfactory.
b. Our price man can choose the proper quarry and factories for your orders.
d. Our sales can update you order and shipping standing till you get them swimmingly..
4--Quality Control:Our QC can check product laptop by laptop before packing.
5--Timely Delivery:We invariably transmit containers among united time.
6--Guarantee:We square measure guarantee to switch or refund any wrong or broken product that caused in our half.
What will we tend to guarantee?
We can perceive your desires within the shortest time and reply in twenty four hours by email / phone.
After confirmation, 15-25 days / instrumentality ensures quick sales in your market.
A European customary takes your customers back and forth once more and once more. The twenty monitors every production stage inspector and checks them one by one before cargo.
We can offer you with a full vary of skilled production, sales, transportation and after-sales service team.
Laizhou Kingstone Co., Ltd is found within the biggest stone town in north China---Laizhou. we've been in stone field for over ten years with own mill. as a number one manufacturer and bourgeois of all types of natural stone product in China, has one quarry and 3 process factories. Besides, we've own G341, G355 and pure white marble quarry, export over one thousand containers to Europe, America and Australia per annum. over a hundred skilled employees within the mill, import cutting machine. Any sizes square measure accessible.
Warmly welcomes your enquiry. we tend to sincerely hope to develop a lasting and pleasant relationship with you. thanks.


These guys decided to find out "what's inside" a WWE Title Belt. One that's signed by Bret 'The Hitman' Hart and The Undertaker. You do get a little wrestling conversation, and at about 6:30 in the video the carnage begins. If you ever wanted to know...here you go!


This week we're in Charlotte, North, Carolina visiting The Duke Mansion.It's the middle of summer and the heat and doldrums of summer are takingtheir toll on our yards and gardens. The horticulturist at The Dukemansion, John Neville, utilizes some wonderful plants, has interestingtechniques for addressing summer problems and dealing with pests andpruning, all with the goal of "beating the heat."
John tells us that summers in Charlotte can be brutal. One of the majorfactors is the high humidity. High humidity for long periods of time,combined with temperatures of 90 degrees plus can do a lot of damage toplants. John feels the best thing he can do is study his plants, learntheir characteristics and grow plants accordingly.
John first shows us Hostas - Blue Hosta, Francis Williams. It is anestablished plant in a perfect area. English Laurel screens it from thewind, Oak trees protect it from the sun above, allowing it to receive alot of indirect sunlight. These plants are large and healthy. Once aplant like this gets to this size it pretty much takes care of itself.Selecting proper plants for your area and location, then getting thoseplants established is key to their success.
Plants in the summer get stressed. This is a function of water, pruning,weed and insect control. We look at a bed of Impatiens. Bed preparationis an important first step. John first tills the bed and adds good richcompost from the previous fall. With this in place he knows his plantswon't be bogged down in wet, soggy soil. Mornings are the best time towater, John uses a watering wand, watering underneath the plant. Hetries to stay away from the top of the plant because that may increasethe chance of fungus or disease. He tries to water before the dew hasfinished drying off in the morning, that way it doesn't extend the timethe leaves stay wet. He has mulch underneath, thus enough water mustpenetrate the mulch to ensure water will reach the root system. If yourplants are wilting during the day don't hesitate to water them at thattime, if water can be kept off the leaves that is preferable. The wandallows watering into a bed where one wouldn't typically be able to reachand makes it easier to get underneath the plant. Many ask - how muchwater is needed each week? That varies by plant and whether it is hot ordry, but in general one inch of water per week is good for flowers andturf. If watering by hand pull back the mulch and check out the soil.Dig down an inch or two, grab a handful of soil, squeeze it, if it staysclumped, that's a good indication that there is adequate moisture. Waterthoroughly yet infrequently, saturating the soil completely, then allowit to dry. Water must move down through the soil, encouraging the rootsto grow deeper into the ground. If watered every day the roots stayshallow, then if not watered the plants become unnecessarily stressed.
Hydrangea, Macrophylla typically likes filtered sun in the lateafternoon. This particular plant doesn't have filtered sun thus has atendency to wilt in the afternoon. This is called temporary wilt and iscommon with large leafed plants, especially where it is hot in themiddle of the day. Where there is heavy soil, water can't be taken upfast enough for the plant to transpire. With this type plant don't doanything. By the end of the day, when the sun is less hot, it will thenbe able to transpire and look ok. On the other hand, if by the nextmorning it is still dry, the plant is going into permanent wilt and itneeds water.
Newly planted or smaller plants may need watered more often, their rootsystems are small. It is difficult to over water plants during theirfirst month or two. In this case watering every day is ok, once theygain some size, once the roots become established, then water thoroughlybut infrequently.
A great garden should be cohesive. The different parts, the differentrooms should work together to create something that is greater than theparts. Hardscaping or paving material ties these areas together. In thiscase slate, placed close together, has been used to move through theturf and gardens. The slate is pressed down, it can be mowed across, yetit can still be used as a walkway. Using it protects the turf andprovides a hard path. The slate is also used in the patio. Here theslate is embedded in concrete providing a hard surface. The pathways andpatios tie together making an elegant, cohesive garden.
The Duke Mansion has a nice relationship or balance between formalelements like the sheared hedge and informal elements like the perennialborder. The hedge is Hoogendorn Holly and not Boxwood as many think. Itis different because it has a leaf stem arrangement that is alternativeinstead of opposite. John maintains a height of 2 to 2 and 1/2 feettall. John does his hard pruning in late winter, early spring. Thenthroughout the rest of the year he lightly prunes, if there is a limbsticking out he prunes that, leaving the rest untouched. It has a verynatural look. During the summer if the branches were to be removed itwould be stressful to a plant. We want to minimize the stress and thebest way to do that is to prune when the plant is dormant. February is agood time for pruning, at that time the plant has lots of stored energyand can use that energy to have a nice flush in the spring. This time ofyear the plant is growing, by removing large amounts of foliage it wouldtake a long time for the plant to recover. It probably wouldn't kill anestablished plant but would bother the plant and would make it moresusceptible to fungus and diseases.
Many gardeners prune by shearing, taking the tops off. A more plantfriendly approach is to thin the plant. First remember that maintainingthe height is most important, the objective shouldn't be to make iteven, instead keep it informal looking. To do this, select branches thatare not symmetrical with the plant itself, reach deep into the plant andcut those branches closer to the base. Be careful not to create big gapsor holes that look unsightly. Sunlight will hit the cleared area,rejuvenating the tissues and forcing more branching to emerge. Removeonly at most one third of the branches throughout the entire plant. Itwill open it up for a month or so, but by allowing sunlight deep intothe plant, growth will be encouraged.
It's not unusual to see winter damage on plants. Wait until plants arefully flushed out before making a decision whether a limb will comeback. Sometimes limbs are slightly damaged or stressed and they take alittle bit longer to come back. About June take a hard look and pruneall dead wood, if it hasn't branched out by then it probably won't.Another way to determine where to prune is to scratch the bark, if itisn't green that means that part is probably dead. Follow the branch allthe way down, if it is still brown that's an indication it's dead, if soprune it out. If a branch is dead at the tips, but has foliage furtherdown, prune the tips. Don't cut into the green growth. Cut above thegreen area at an angle. After pruning give the plant plenty of water andadd slow release fertilizer. That will help stimulate the roots whichthen provides a flush of growth.
During the summer insects become a problem. John always inspects plantsbefore buying them. Sticky strips are good for indicating insectinfestation problems. By placing them around your plants one candetermine what insects are present. The strips act like a monitor, theydon't get rid of the problem, they just alert us to the insectsthemselves, letting us know they are there. If a population is heavyJohn might first use insecticidal soap. If that doesn't work afterseveral treatments it may be necessary to use a chemical to get rid ofthem.
White Fly can be a problem, they are only about 1/8 of an inch long andonly fly if the plant is rattled. Insecticidal soap tends to coat theirbody and dissolves their exoskeleton. If this doesn't work a systemicinsecticide is needed. The insecticide goes inside the plant and becausethe White Fly has sucking mouth parts, it ingests the insecticide andrids the plant of the pests in this manner. A contact insecticide, asystemic insecticide seems to work very well. It shouldn't be used onplants that would be eaten or harvested.
We've received many emails asking "who's been spitting on my plants?"This is the work of a Spittle Bug. It is a sucking insect but really aharmless insect, thus it isn't necessary to use chemicals. If one wantsto get rid of these insects use a stream of water on sturdy plants ortrees, if on a more fragile plant a jet of water could damage it,instead wash them off.
A bug that does a lot of damage and is microscopic is the Thrip. Ifpetals are malformed or if leaves are deformed that is an indication ofThrip damage. They have rasping mouth parts, something like sandpaper.Thrips get down into the plant and scrape against the leaf or tissue,the nutrients or sap come out, the Thrip laps it up and that is how theyfeed. Insecticidal soaps, Orthene or Malithion work well to get rid ofthese critters. John uses these products on Coreopsis, Day Lilies andsome Roses. Try to detect the problem early. To do that take a bud andpeel it back, if a lot of little insects scurry around, then address theproblem.
Black Spot can be a problem and Red Tip Phoetenia is susceptible. Thefirst stage is a darkened spot, it then turns gray which results in thetotal branch dying back. A general fungicide will keep it at bay. It maybe necessary to thin shrubs if too thick, allowing for more aircirculation. Black spot isn't much of a problem in dry areas, humidareas pose more of a problem. If a plant has the disease take the deadleaves and remove them, if possible burn them. The best strategy is toselect plants not susceptible to Black Spot in your area.
We expect Annuals to look great from spring till fall. That is achallenge because they exhaust themselves by mid to late summer. Don'tbe afraid to give them food, fertilize them, throughout the entireseason. That way they'll look great spring through fall.
John tries to enhance the property with bright yellows, hot reds andpinks. This brings the guests out of the house and into the gardens.This is made easier if the color is close to the house. One particularlypretty plant is Mellopodium, Derby. It is drought resistant, has fewinsect problems and it reseeds prolifically. This variety doesn't needto be deadheaded, they self-clean. They put out vigorous shoots andbloom throughout the summer. It likes full sun and thrives in the heat.This garden is bordered with Ageratum, Blue Danube. It compliments thecolor of the Mellopodium. It too likes the heat, the dryness and as longas everything stays evenly moist, thrives and stays compact.
Floss Flower has floss-like petals that are delicate and very soft. NewGuinea Impatiens are an impact plant, very bold. Make sure the soil iswarm when planting and provide adequate moisture. They are heavy feedersthus like a slow release fertilizer. The flowers are big and florescent,the plant will grow to about 2 feet tall. Behind them are Caladiums,variety White Queen. Its' growing requirements are similar to theImpatiens - good, heavy feeders, ample moisture and most take filteredsun. This bed has a nice combination of plants that work well togetherand all have the same needs or requirements. John feels it is importantto select plants that will thrive in the middle of summer.
John chose Zinnias, this variety is Dreamland because they are bushy.Zinnias are susceptible to Powdery Mildew, thus it is best to try tokeep water off their leaves. The best way to do that is to waterunderneath the leaves. There are a lot of different colors available inthis series, all have the same habit and same plant form. The color isthe difference.
John the garden looks great, even in the middle of the summer. You'vedone a masterful job of handling the weeds, the watering, all the summerproblems. Thanks for showing us the gardens at The Duke Mansion.


"Even a peaceful landscape…even a meadow in harvest, with crows circling overhead and grass fires…even a road where cars and peasants and couples pass…even a resort village with a steeple and country fair…can lead to a concentration camp." So begins the narration of the most devastating documentary film ever made.
Before Hollywood determined it takes at least three hours to effectively grapple with the Holocaust – a Schindler's List or a Pianist, for example – long before, some four decades and more, there was Alain Renais' 31-minute Night and Fog.
I first saw and was shattered by this remarkable short movie while in college in 1975. I've just seen Night and Fog a second time, because Criterion recently released a new digital restoration of it on DVD. And 28 years later, Renais' film remains for me not only a chilling record of Hitler's "final solution" but the most powerful cinematic indictment of the State I've ever seen.
Night and Fog mixes color photography of the abandoned grounds of Auschwitz and Majdanek, shot just ten years after the 1945 liberation of those Nazi camps, with horrific black-and-white archival images.
"The blood has dried, the tongues have fallen silent," reads the narrator from a script by Mauthausen survivor Jean Cayrol. The camera pans slowly across a deserted camp in vivid, "present-day" color. "The only visitor to the blocks now is the camera," the voice-over continues. "A strange grass covers the paths once trod by inmates. No current runs through the wires. No footstep is heard but our own." Abruptly, the documentary cuts to black-and-white stills and film footage. "1933," the narrator recites dispassionately. "The machine goes into action. A nation must have no discord. No complaints or quarrels."
"A concentration camp is built the way a stadium or a hotel is built: with businessmen, estimates, competitive bids, and no doubt a bribe or two. … Architects calmly design the gates meant to be passed through only once. Meanwhile, Burger, a German worker; Stern, a Jewish student in Amsterdam; Schmulski, a merchant in Krakow; and Annette, a schoolgirl in Bordeaux, go about their daily lives, not knowing a place is being prepared for them hundreds of miles away. One day their quarters are ready. All that is missing is them."
We watch the State's victims being herded onto the trains, into the trucks, then into the camps. We see the SS slogans that greet them upon their entry: "Cleanliness is health." "Work is freedom." "To each his due."
We see the cylinders of zyklon gas. We see the emaciated inmates, then their dead bodies, stacked one atop another.
Shortly, we return to the color photography of 1955's "today." The camera tracks quietly over rusted barbed wire, now surrounding collapsed walls. It worms through gates and doorways. It lingers over one building. "A crematorium from the outside can look like a picture postcard," the narrator remarks. "Today tourists have their snapshots taken in front of them." We are drawn inside to study the now-cold ovens that were once so essential in making room for the next trainload of arrivals.
"Who among us keeps watch from this strange watchtower to warn of the arrival of our new executioners? Are their faces really different from our own? … With our sincere gaze we survey these ruins, as if the old monster lay crushed forever beneath the rubble. We pretend to take up hope again as the image recedes into the past, as if we were cured once and for all of the scourge of the camps. We pretend it all happened only once, at a given time and place. We turn a blind eye to what surrounds us and a deaf ear to humanity's never-ending cry."
Significantly, Night and Fog never categorizes victims, whether Jew or gypsy or other undesirable. It doesn't identify the executioners by name. It never distinguishes one concentration camp from the other. It doesn't need to. We know that Alain Renais is addressing the Holocaust – specific faces, specific times, specific places. But by speaking in broad language, even while presenting hideous images of the Nazi death camps, Night and Fog widens its message by implication. The State is the State is the State, after all. Some six million died horribly in the Holocaust. But death by the State, suggests Renais' brilliant documentary, is never-ending. At least 100 million people died at the hands of their own governments during the past century.
Wally Conger [send him mail] is a marketing consultant and writer living on California's central coast. Five years ago, he visited the Dachau memorial outside Munich and is still shaken by the experience. He has a website, www.WConger.com.


Home	> Jewelry	> Necklaces	> 14K Gold & Double Strand Freshwater Blue and Ivory Rice Pearl Necklace – 16"
14K Gold & Double Strand Freshwater Blue and Ivory Rice Pearl Necklace – 16"
A beautiful freshwater pearl necklace with both ivory and dyed blue pearls. Beaded with a 14K gold fishhook clasp. Oblong rice pearls, 4mm in length and uniformly sized with excellent luster. The blue is a smoky, iridescent tone. Perfect for a bride-to-be, anniversary gift, or birthday gift.
Length: Long strand is 18", short strand is 16"


text:
North Shoal Creek
8010 Stillwood Ln
8010 Stillwood Ln is a 1-floor Single Family Home in AUSTIN. The building was built in 1966 and has 1,208 square feet of living space.
As for the demographics around 8010 Stillwood Ln, the median age is 39, 39% of residents are married, and 15% of residents have at least one child. The median individual full-time income is about $44,992 and about 34% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher.
Regarding weather, the average summer temperature is 85.0°F, while the average winter temperature is 51.5°F. The average annual rainfall is 34.3 inches and the average annual snowfall is 0.6 inches.
Location Building Financial Transportation Demographics Weather
24% lower than the national average
The median full-time individual income in this area is
See the breakdown by sex
The common time to leave for work in this neighborhood is
See the commute stats
The most common way to commute in this neighborhood is
See the distribution
Census at a Glance
The median age is
See more population stats
The most common education level in this area is
See more work & school stats
Households with children are
of all households in this area
See more household stats
The percent of people in this area who are married is


This page shall inform you about our current projects. Of course our main aim and project which is constantly going on is our school and the children there. Apart from contributing in our current project you are always welcome to sponsor a child or their food for a day.
On 4th May 2014, Monika had an accident and burnt her face, chest and arms. Now, she cannot move her neck, she cannot close her eyes, has difficulties opening her mouth and cannot lift her arm! Additionally, she has pain in the eyes and her skin hurts!
For each surgery, Monika will have to be at the hospital for several days. After that, there has to be recovery time of at least four to five months in between surgeries. So only the planned surgeries above will already take about two years.
And these are only the plans for the near future! In the course of the next ten years, Monika will need repeated surgery because her body will grow – but the scarred skin cannot!
The doctors have given us an approximate estimate on the cost of the above planned surgeries. After that, we have made a rough calculation on the extra costs that will occur all around, as obviously it is not done with just paying the doctor: transfer, accommodation and food at the hospital, support for the family while the mother, the breadwinner is caring for the daughter, medicines and so on.
All in all, it will cost about 850000 INR, which is approximately 11000 Euro or 13500 US-Dollar.
This is a very, very rough idea which we have now - the exact amount can only be known once the surgeries are done.
You can help us helping Monika with her treatment!
Update: Stage 1 has been completed!
With the great support of many helpers, we were able to send Monika to her first surgery on 26th December 2014! It was completed successfully and after a few days at the hospital and one month living close-by the doctors for regular check-ups and changes of dressings, Monika finally returned to Vrindavan on 23rd January 2015!
The doctors took patches of skin from her thigh and placed them on her right eyelid, her chin and neck as well as her chest. She can now close her right eye and can move her neck again! She will have to wear a collar for the next months before we will be able to start the next surgery!
Update: Stage 2 has been completed!
On Saturday, 23rd May 2015, a bit more than a year after her accident, Monika went for her second surgery. She had asked the doctors to work on her arm next, as she wanted to lift it up again. That's how they worked on her right arm and her left eyelid as well as on her chest, again using skin from her thigh, making grafts at the affected areas. As before, she stayed in Delhi for a month again to have regular check-ups after surgery.
Monika can now fully close both eyes and lift her arm fully up again! She has to wear a compressive vest for the next months, helping the skin remain as it is now instead of pulling itself together again. One more big surgery is left now: the work on her mouth so that she can open it widely again!
Read our blog entries after the surgery and when she came back to school along with a video here.
And here you find all our blog entries on Monika!
We will of course continue our support - and welcome your help, too!
or by bank transfer with the details below.
The crop on the fields, which was ready by the end of February, got wet again and again and was completely destroyed by the rain falls! Farmers, some of whom have rented their fields taking loans to be able to afford it, have no harvest, no income, no money. They have put all of their money and effort into this harvest and they are left with debts to pay but nothing to pay them from!
Many farmers have died on the spot from heart attacks when they saw their fields. Others have committed suicide in despair!
The financial support that the government tries to offer doesn't reach until the farmers or only very little. They depend on help from private organizations!
We want to help, too, with money and food! You can support us in our efforts to help these farmers!
Name on account: Swami Balendu e.V.
A big thank you to everyone who contributed in this project and made it possible for the kids to have new mats and dresses! We would like to invite our donors to come to the Ashram to see how their contribution helped in supporting the future of poor children. Thank you!
In 2010, we started a new subject at our school: yoga. We bought yoga mats and yoga dresses for all children and started giving daily yoga classes. Every morning, before any other class, the children roll out their mats and start their yoga practice. While in the beginning Yashendu taught them the Asanas, they were ready, after just some weeks, to do their practice on their own. Every day there is another student showing his schoolmates what and how to do their yoga poses.
It is great to see the progress they have made in the past three years. While their postures are great to look at, there is something that is not so nice anymore to look at: their yoga dresses and yoga mats! For three years now, the children have used their dresses and mats every single school day. The dresses have been washed so many times that the printed slogan 'I found my heart in Vrindavan' is hardly readable on any of them anymore. Obviously, the children have grown in the past three years, too, and so there are a lot of boys and girls whose yoga dresses are very obviously too small! The yoga mats are worn out from the feet and hands sliding front and back. Many of the mats tore already and had to be thrown away.
In this year, with the extension of our school building, we have a lot of new children and as we just don't have that many mats anymore, the children of the two lowest classes don't do yoga with the elder children. They don't have dresses and there are just not enough mats!
Yoga – for the Body and the Mind, especially important for Students!
Of course, yoga mats and yoga dresses are not as important as daily food or these children's education. We had to put all our energy on ensuring these two aspects, which is how we have reached until this point at which the dresses and mats are just too old to further use them.
Nevertheless we believe that the daily yoga class is a very important part of our school's schedule. It gives the children the possibility to move their whole body and become aware of its different parts. They get their physical exercise but they also benefit from the mental effects that yoga has: it centers and supports the concentration – definitely something that all students will have an advantage of!
Additionally we believe that yoga is the best form of physical exercise to be done in school. Everybody can do it, it is not about being the sportiest or being the best. Doing yoga together unites instead of dividing the children by competition!


Thank you, Chairman, John Donoghue, for conferring upon me the Presidential medallion of Mount Saint Mary College. I enthusiastically and wholeheartedly accept the charge.
Distinguished guests, trustees, faculty, students, staff, and friends: welcome to this community celebration. I'm delighted to be at Mount Saint Mary College, overlooking the splendid Hudson River Valley in the great State of New York.
I'm thankful today/ for the supportive presence of past presidents William O'Hara and Sr. Ann Sakac, as well as members of the Board of Trustees, including past chairs Carl Meyer and John Mack. I invite all of them to stand for your applause.
I wish to acknowledge the presence of Senator William Larkin, City Manager Jean-Ann McGrane, and the various representatives of Colleges and Universities, in particular, the following presidents: David Conklin of Dutchess County Community College, Margaret Fitzpatrick of St. Thomas Aquinas College, Abraham Lackman of the Commission of Independent Colleges and Universities, Joseph Levesque of Niagara University, James Liguori of Iona College, Kevin Mullen of Siena College, my alma mater, Ann Marie Murray of Herkimer County Community College, Mary Eileen O'Brien of Dominican College, William Richards of Orange County Community College, Thomas Scanlan of Manhattan College, and Patrice Werner of Caldwell College. I invite all of these Presidents to stand for your applause.
I am also grateful to welcome Bishop Lagonegro, of the Archdiocese of New York, Bishop Hubbard, of the Diocese of Albany and an affiliate of the Franciscans, and Very Rev. John O'Connor, Provincial Minister of the Franciscan friars, Holy Name Province.
Thank you, all, for your presence at this college celebration.
Francis of Assisi and Dominic de Guzman/ were passionate about witnessing to Gospel values in the 13th century. In societies plagued by greed, poverty, war, ignorance and disease, the early Franciscans and Dominicans committed themselves to a joyful, simple, prayerful, evangelical life.
Today's turbulent times call us to carefully revisit our mission and strategic goals so that we can put forth, with renewed vigor, our best abilities in service to students.
And so, I would like to speak briefly about our heritage and our opportunities.
But first, a few words about my own heritage: I was born in Brooklyn, one of four children. Our parents were a warmhearted couple, blessed with good Irish humor, a deep sense of God and each other, and a down to earth love for the people who always seemed to be filling our home.
My early education was at the hands of the Amityville Dominican Sisters at Good Shepherd parish. They were dedicated to Dominic's tradition, and provided a thorough education in reading, writing, arithmetic and religion. Their whole lives revolved around teaching and nurturing in us/ virtues that are the foundation of a good life and a good society.
Those were defining moments. I wound up joining the Franciscan friars. Our leaders then sent me into education, which has been a mainstay in my work and my life.
Catholic education opens up habits of heart and skills of mind. It promotes a careful nature that leads to solid scholarship, pursuit of a profession, and a well-rounded life , guided by good ethics while engaging in the challenges of the day.
That tradition, notes the late Monika Hellwig of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities, is alive and well in colleges where there are good values and enduring principles that are "characteristically Catholic"while at the same time shared by many other religious traditions.
The appeal of Francis and Dominic reaches beyond Catholics to men and women of good will everywhere. This is not just because of the animals associated with Francis, or the cuddly dog at Dominic's feet in statues. The 3rd century Greek philosopher Plotinus tells us that the "spiritual" belongs to that highest level of Mind where thinking coincides with being. It enables the soul to surpass discursive reasoning. Francis and Dominic beckon mind and soul to aim upward.
Research indicates that the current generation places high value on integrating spirituality into their lives, but that nearly half of them are disappointed with the opportunities for religious and spiritual reflection during their college years (Astin et al, 2004).
The Four Pillars of Dominican life -- Study, Prayer, Community and Service -- can be a powerhouse in this community at Mount Saint Mary College, where we encourage students to strengthen their character with moral and spiritual values which enable them to make good choices in personal and professional life.
"Character" does not mean personality, but something deeper, more inward.
Your personality expresses your spontaneous reaction to your environment and is something that puts you in a class or category shared by many others -- you are cheerful, or moody, or a Type A or a Type B personality. Your character, by contrast, is singular and defines who you are, not superficially, but at the core of your inmost self.Personality is an emotional reality rooted in the body. Character is an ethical reality rooted in the soul, in the good habits of mind and will.
This year, we welcomed the largest freshman class in the College's history. Our hope is that their experience here will help form in them a good character, point them clearly in the direction of good values, provide a rich reservoir from which they can continue to draw as they struggle to make choices that define a worthy life.
In the decisions, small and great, that affect their work, career, family, even their leisure time, we hope that our students will have the courage to stand for what is true and good.
We hope that the professors and mentors of our students will be known for having helped shape the habits of mind and heart that lead to a quality life.
Dominican values and principles have shaped Mount Saint Mary College's character and history.
But what does it mean to be a Catholic college in the United States in the 21st century?
The late Louis Dupre of Yale University wrote that the Catholic university, and for that matter, a university which grants theology a place of honor, represents most fully the ancient ideal of learning. The challenge with this ideal in a modern setting is /how to enable the principles of theology and philosophy to penetrate the entire curriculum and to subordinate all its parts to a moral and religious ideal.
Thomas Aquinas made a case for the "reasonableness of faith." Pope Benedict XVI cites Aquinas' studies to indicate that faith and reason are not exclusionary principles. "When human beings limit their thoughts to only material objects . . . they close themselves to the great questions about life, themselves and God," Pope Benedict said.
Catherine of Siena, Doctor of the Church, wrote a profound book on "The Dialogue of Divine Providence." She was a prolific reformer and politician, who studied religious texts and helped the ill and the poor.
Cardinal Yves Congar, one of the most influential Dominican theologians of the 20th century, was active in reaching out to other traditions in the ecumenical movement and published on wide ranging historical topics, including his experiences during the Second Vatican Council.
We are also heir to Franciscan scholarship: Bonaventure of Bagnoreggio and John Duns Scotus in the arts, Roger Bacon in sciences, Luca Pacioli in business, and so forth.
A study of such vibrant scholars articulates well the ideal of education at Mount Saint Mary College: an education for life. St. Thomas More, an English lawyer, author and scholar, tells us: "Education is not the piling on of learning, information, data, facts, skills, or abilities - that's training or instruction - but is rather making visible what is hidden as a seed." To paraphrase Scripture: it is not always granted for the sower to see the harvest of those seeds.And that points to the value of our dynamic community at Mount Saint Mary College: where we learn to link mind and heart, body and spirit.
Our primary goal is to educate persons, not simply issue degrees.
The goal of a liberal arts education is to form and develop "a whole person" ready to take his or her place articulately and responsibly in the larger world. The aim, then, is strengthening those abilities apart from which knowledge, no matter how technically advanced, becomes self-absorbed.
A rigorous liberal arts education includes, by definition, a commitment to moral education, where people are educated not only for careers, but for leadership and service.
A thorough education encourages virtues that make one a good and not merely an accomplished person: virtues such as, self discipline, compassion, responsibility, friendship, hard work, courage, perseverance, honesty, loyalty, civility, respect, and faith in God.Our Catholic intellectual life is a living tradition that further advances knowledge. We pull from the diverse elements of that tradition to find the best way to respond to the situation in which we live, work, teach and learn.
It is particularly vital that a Catholic college be a place where, whatever our religious background, faith in a personal and provident God is not set aside as peripheral to the educational quest, but is taken seriously as an intelligent, morally responsible value for contemporary people.
As a community engaged in a vigorous search for the truth, we need to remind ourselves that morality is essentially defined by the attainment of goodness--a community marked by excellence and reverence and joy.The Dominicans have had an educational presence at this site since 1883. Here at Mount Saint Mary College, education is not just an intellectual exercise. It is a window to God's work in the world, and we are students, professors, and collaborators in that work.
We celebrate that tradition, and we also now stretch our vision to see how we may create new opportunities for students, as we approach the beginning of the college's second half century.
Job one must be to continually improve the quality of our undergraduate courses in the arts, sciences and business. Our general curriculum should give students an in-depth immersion in intellectual, cultural and religious roots.
Our new Mathematics Science and Technology Center, a state of the art facility supported by the Answering the Call capital campaign, is an important asset in this endeavor.
As an educational community, we want to use a strategic planning process to address needs such as faculty development and undergraduate research, facilities, enrollment, and resources including scholarships and grants.
Excellent education, in concert with families and businesses and civic representatives, is a key to improving communities and our country.
It will be our critical task to help provide access to quality education: to continue to contribute to our nation's need for excellent teachers, dedicated health care professionals to stem the nursing shortage, business students who will bring their honesty and integrity into those careers.
Again, it is my privilege to serve with you. I offer you my best efforts, and I trust each of you will contribute, as best you can, your talents, ideas, and energies.
I look forward to being an integral part, with all of you, of this great teaching vocation of "Educating for Life" young men and women at Mount Saint Mary College as it begins its second half century.
Thank you, God bless you, and God bless this College.


text:
St. Simon choir concert supports social justice night Voices of Hope concert
Written by Los Altos Town Crier Staff - Town Crier Report
St. Simon Catholic Parish has scheduled a concert featuring the Voices of Hope Humanitarian Choir 7:30 p.m. Friday at the church, 1860 Grant Road, Los Altos.
The evening also will include players from the Cal Arte Ensemble performing works by George Frideric Handel and composer Henry Mollicone's "Beatitude Mass for the Homeless."
Conducted by music director Mollicone, the Voices of Hope Humanitarian Choir is a volunteer ensemble comprising singers from several local musical organizations. Singers are from St. Simon; the San Jose Symphonic Choir; St. Andrew's Episcopal Church and Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Saratoga; and St. Luke Lutheran Church in Sunnyvale. The Cal Arte Ensemble is run by St. Simon Parish's choir director and award-winning pianist Tamami Honma.
The purpose of Voices of Hope is to raise funds for social justice and homelessness, with an aim to inspire audience members to make a difference for people in poverty.
Admission is free and open to all. Donations will be accepted. Proceeds will benefit the St. Vincent de Paul Society's work aiding the homeless in the community.
For more information, visit henrymollicone.com/beatitude-mass/voicesofhope.