To all those colleagues who have worked or are currently working in authorities judged "inadequate" by Ofsted, I salute you! It's a tough place to be, requiring bags of resilience and a steady nerve under relentless scrutiny.
All directors of children's services (DCS), irrespective of their Ofsted judgment, are wholly committed to improving the lives of all the children and families that they are responsible for and we know how demanding a job this can be. Having recently completed my first interim role and my first time working in intervention, I experienced both the challenges and rewards that this can bring.
One of the first questions I was keen to find an answer to was whether things were as bad as Ofsted had judged them - and my experience was to find that the answer was both yes and no.
Yes - in that although I thought I knew what I was getting into, I was still pretty shocked at the extent to which poor standards had become entrenched, so that in some ways there was almost an acceptance of this and an attitude of "what can you do?" When I asked a very experienced DCS to come and spend a day observing and talking to staff to get another view, I asked him at the end of the day what had bothered him the most. He thought long and hard before giving the answer that it was the strong sense of learned helplessness that he encountered.
No - in that there had always been areas of service that had remained effective and well-functioning and there had always been some outstanding practice and practitioners, though that can all get forgotten. And no, in that the fundamental problems did not lie with the quality of frontline staff, it was just that they had not had the experience of a culture that was focused upon practice and getting the basics right, nor of an environment which enabled them to practice effectively. A sustained period of austerity and a 50 per cent reduction in local authority budgets only exacerbates these problems and impacts the staff directly. The large majority of staff that were there when things hit rock bottom will be the same staff who return things to an effective service and beyond. Not just my lesson, but one shared by others who have been on this journey, not least in Rotherham and Doncaster. These are skilful and committed staff, and boy do we need that commitment as we set about re-building. The challenge was to ensure we were all focused on doing the right things for children and families, and to ensure that we had the right people to be able to deliver this.
Probably the most immediate leadership that I brought to bear was in re-setting the priorities in a completely re-written improvement plan. This involved an intense rapid process of consultation with staff and then setting the focus on practice, on supervision and on caseloads.
Retaining and recruiting the right people proved to be the biggest challenge and one of the common handicaps that a poor Ofsted judgment delivers. Whilst the overall staff group was reasonably stable, this was not true of our frontline child protection teams where social work turnover was very high, and the same was true for leadership and management roles. That meant two rounds of senior recruitment, for a new interim team to accelerate the pace of improvement, and then a permanent leadership team to provide continuity and take on the next chapter of improvement.
The watchers sure take up a huge amount of time! And that's a DCS's job to deal with so that the service has the space to get on with the important stuff. Improvement Board, DfE, DfE Intervention Advisor, Ofsted, improvement partners - all on top of the heightened scrutiny of progress from Leader, Lead Member, Cabinet, all members, Chief Executive, corporate colleagues, and senior partners. Restoring the confidence of all these stakeholders, that we knew what we were doing, was a key task but inevitably takes you away as a DCS from the actual doing of improvement. This can all feel pretty imbalanced though, and I do think that one flaw of the crude headline judgments applied by Ofsted is this overload, and that so much of that changes on the magical day when the world jumps from inadequate to "requires Improvement" (or even "good").
Ah yes, Ofsted… Whilst my experience of our working relationships with the Ofsted team was positive, I do think that their approach to intervention is problematic in a couple of respects. The first is that every quarterly monitoring visit is experienced as a mini-inspection and so the demands of this can feel relentless and not always helpful; and the second is that there is a mis-match between the wider world's interpretation of the outcome of each visit as a key measure of overall progress, and Ofsted's insistence that the visit is only giving a comment on the narrow area of service it is looking at.
Personally, I found the year hugely rewarding, for all the challenges, and a chance to make a real difference. Upon reflection perhaps the most important thing that we were working to develop was the culture. To move away from an exclusive focus on process and KPIs to concentrating upon relationship-based practice and quality; to move away from a punitive and directive approach to poor practice and improvement, to an approach characterised by motivation, encouragement and learning; to move away from a risk averse and decision averse approach to one of confidence in managing risk and taking responsibility. And always, always to celebrate success, achievement and commitment.


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Evolutionary psychologists look at how music could possibly have come about:
Since music draws on so many of the brain's faculties, it vouches for the health of the organ as a whole. And since music in ancient cultures seems often to have been linked with dancing, a good fitness indicator for the rest of the body, anyone who could sing and dance well was advertising the general excellence of their mental and physical genes to a potential mate.
Note: this applies to music performance, not music composition. Jimi Hendrix got laid like, well, a rock star, and if you're in a band you may be in with a chance. Sitting at your computer composing techno tunes is not a sign of Darwinian fitness, and unlikely to pull 'em in. As for DJing, the jury's still out.
Group singing, or chorusing, may have been an intermediate step in this process, he suggests. He has preliminary evidence that singing in church produces endorphins, a class of brain hormone thought to be important in social bonding, he said.
(I've heard it claimed in NLP circles that singing together puts one into a receptive state by the fact that one is, by necessity, breathing in synchronisation with everybody else in the church (including the celebrant of the service) and thus is more receptive to their beliefs; hence, it works as a sort of hypnotic persuasion technique.)
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In London, two Conservative Party aides, both of whom worked for front-bench Tory spokesmen, have been arrested for beating up a gay policy adviser, in what has been described as a "homophobic meditated attack". Expect the usual platitudes about how this was an isolated incident by two bad apples, and is in no way indicative of deep veins of intolerance and hatred within the Tory Party's culture or a logical conclusion of the "family values" the Tories spout off about every so often.
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An accusation of a sex crime can be damaging to your reputation and career and can affect your daily life and that of your friends and relatives. You may need the help of a criminal defense attorney to collect evidence and prepare a solid defense for your case. LA Criminal Defense Attorney has attorneys who are experienced in handling sex crimes in Los Angeles and can help you to navigate the situation and increase your chances of winning the case.
Important Definitions
The following terms are common in sex crime cases:
Duress: duress is a direct or implied threat of force or violence which is sufficient to coerce the victim into performing acts they would not have performed under normal circumstances. In proving duress, prosecutors may take into account the age of the victim and the relationship with the defendant.
Menace: a menace is a threat, declaration, or an act that implies the defendant will inflict harm on the victim.
Minor: a person below the age of 18.
Consent: positive cooperation in act or attitude in the exercise of free will.
What Is a Sex Crime?
A sex crime is any sexual act against another person committed without the consent of the person (the victim). Sexual crimes can also fall under sexual acts that are considered morally wrong by society. A sex crime can be committed against any person regardless of their age, gender, status, or origin.
Various sex crimes differ depending on their specific elements of crimes as discussed below.
Sexual assault includes all sexual acts committed without the explicit consent of the victim. It involves actions such as attempted rape, fondling, forcing the victim to perform sexual acts, and rape. Often, sexual assault offenders take advantage of a vulnerability in the victim. They may sometimes use force, coercion, and bribery to assault the victim. The most common victims of sexual assault are children and elderly persons. Sexual assault on a child is called child sexual abuse. On the other hand, elderly sexual abuse occurs when the perpetrator takes advantage of the elder's frailty, reduced functionality, and weakness to assault them sexually.
Under PC 243.4, sexual assault attracts the following fines and imprisonment terms depending on the circumstances of the crime:
Touching the intimate parts of a person who is institutionalized for treatment or due to any disability or is unconscious of the act due to fraudulent representation by the offender, without their will, for sexual gratification, arousal, or abuse is punishable by a county jail term not exceeding one year with a fine of not more than $2,000. As a felony, this crime could attract two, three, or four years in state prison and a fine not exceeding $10,000
When a person touches the intimate person of another, without the victim's consent, for the specific purpose of sexual arousal or gratification, is guilty of a misdemeanor and can be jailed for not more than six months or charged a fine of not more than $2,000 or both. Where the victim is an employee of the offender, the fine is $3,000
Rape is a form of sexual assault that involves forceful penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth with any body part or object without the explicit consent of the victim. Rape covers forced sexual acts with a person who is not the spouse of the perpetrator. Rape in California law is covered in PC 261. It involves any sexual act accomplished under the following circumstances:
Where the victim is not in a position to give explicit consent to the sexual act due to any form of physical, mental, or developmental disability;
Where the perpetrator uses duress, force, menace, violence or any threat of inflicting harm to the victim or another person, immediately or in future;
Where the victim is under the influence of drugs or any intoxicating substances that compromise the person's ability to resist any sexual activity, and the perpetrator is reasonably aware of the condition;
Where the victim is unconscious due to sleep, unconsciousness, and the perpetrator uses fraudulent means to misrepresent the intent of the act while the victim is not aware of that fact during the crime;
Where the perpetrator induces the belief that they are known to the victim, leading the victim to submit to the perpetrator;
Where the perpetrator commits the acts against the victim's will by threatening to retaliate against the victim in the future through extreme bodily harm, imprisonment, abduction, or death;
Where the perpetrator threatens to use the authority of a public official to incarcerate, arrest, or deport the victim. Whether or not the perpetrator is a public official, the victim submits in the belief that he/ she is.
To prove a rape case, there needs to be forceful penetration; however slight it is (PC 263). Rape under PC 261 and 262 is punishable by a three, six, or eight-year imprisonment in state prison. If the rape victim is under 14 years, the perpetrator is imprisoned for 9, 11, or 13 years in state prison.
Under PC 266a, any person who takes a person without their consent through fraudulent misrepresentation is punishable by imprisonment in state prison with a fine of not more than $10,000.
Where a person unlawful engages in sexual acts against the victim's will through the use of duress, force or menace, or facilitates the offender's act, such a person is punishable by imprisonment as defined under section 266b and section 1170(h).
Where one entices the victim to engage in sexual acts by inflicting fear, which acts contrary to their free will, they are punishable by not more than one year in county jail or state prison for two to four years.
Under the law, a child cannot consent to any sexual activity. Therefore, engaging in sexual activities with a child is a serious offense. Child sexual abuse leaves a lasting effect on the child psychologically, emotionally, and physically.
Child sexual abuse covers various activities such as fondling, intercourse, exhibitionism, masturbation in the presence of a minor, obscene phone calls, any form of sex with a minor, and sex trafficking.
Most perpetrators of child sexual abuse are close relatives or people who are entrusted to care for the minors. These perpetrators take advantage of the child's vulnerability and use their position of authority to coerce the child into engaging in sexual acts.
Where a person commits rape (264.1, 266a), sodomy (286c, d), or oral copulation (287) against a person who is 14 years or below, or is seven years younger than the offender; the offender is guilty of aggravated sexual assault of a child. This is a felony, punishable by imprisonment in state prison for 15 years or life.
Incest; PC 285
Incest is any sexual act between people who are closely related by blood. The laws of California prohibit sexual acts and marriage with people related by blood. Such relations include direct family members, aunties, uncles, half-siblings, nieces, and nephews.
Incest laws also cover same-sex sexual relations between related people.
California laws prohibit incest for the sake of minimizing cases of children who are born with defects arising from such close relationships and to encourage the development of healthy family structures. Family code 2200 provides definitions of blood relations who are too closely related to engage in sexual relations.
Under California law, anyone aged 14 and above is responsible for the crime of incest. However, where an adult commits incest with a minor, the adult is found accountable for both unlawful intercourse with a minor and incest.
You can be convicted of incest if you had sex with a blood relative, knew of the blood relation at that time, and the sex was consensual. Incest is punished as a felony with up to three years in prison.
The penalties you receive for committing incest depend on whether the sex was between two consenting adults, your previous criminal record, and the degree of blood relationship.
Statutory Rape; PC 261.5
Statutory rape involves sex with a person who has not attained the age of consent. A statutory rape accusation could be charged as either a felony or a misdemeanor. Statutory rape cases attract either a jail term or fine and sometimes both. Statutory rape can be charged as:
Unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor who is either three years younger or older than the perpetrator. This crime is charged as a misdemeanor;
Unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor who is more than three years younger than the perpetrator is either a misdemeanor or a felony;
Unlawful sexual activity with a minor who is below 16 years can be charged as a misdemeanor or felony where the perpetrator is 21 years or older. The offense attracts a jail term of not more than one year.
An adult who engages in unlawful sex with a minor may be liable to several civil penalties including a penalty not exceeding:
$2000 for an adult who has unlawful sex with a minor who is less than two years younger than the perpetrator;
$5000 for an adult who engages in unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor who is at least two years younger than the perpetrator;
$10000 where the minor is at least three years younger than the perpetrator;
$25000 where the perpetrator is 21 years or older and the minor is under 16 years.
Sodomy; PC 269, 286, 288.7, 1170
Sodomy is the sexual act involving contact between the penis of one person and the anus of another person. Sodomy can occur where:
the victim is below 18 years
the act is against the will of the victim through force, coercion, violence or duress, threat to retaliate in the future, or where the perpetrator threatens to use the threat on a public official
the victim was unconscious of the crime
the victim was not in a position to give consent to the act due to physical, mental or developmental disability which the perpetrator was aware of during the time of committing the offense
the offender uses false pretense, concealment or artifice to lead the victim into believing that they are known to them
the act is committed when the victim is under confinement in state prison
the victim is under intoxication or influence of a substance that makes it impossible for them to resist
The crime of sodomy attracts various punishments and penalties depending on the circumstances:
Up to one-year in jail where the victim is a minor
Where the offender is 21 years or above and the victim is below 16 years, the felony is punishable by a prison term of 16 months, 2 or 3 years
Where the victim is between 10 and 14 years, the prison term is either 3, 6 or 8 years
Where the offender uses force, duress or violence, the offense attracts imprisonment for 3, 6 or 8 years for adult victims, 9, 11 or 13 years for a victim below 14 years, and 7, 9 or 11 years where the victim is a minor above 14 years of age
Where the victim is unable to resist due to a physical, mental or developmental disability, but both the defendant and the victim are institutionalized, the crime attracts a jail term of not more than one year
Spousal Rape; PC 262
Spousal rape involves all sexual acts by a spouse without the consent of the partner. Spousal rape is a serious felony under California law. Spousal rape can happen where:
a husband uses physical force to coerce his wife into having sex
a wife threatens to divorce or withdraw favor from the spouse if they do not have sex
a husband has sex with his wife while she's unconscious
the act is committed under the threat that the perpetrator will use the authority of a public official
Spousal rape is prosecuted in the same way as rape. The perpetrator can use physical force, violence, duress, and threats. Sometimes, the victim may be under the influence of drugs or emotionally coerced into having sex.
Laws against spousal rape protect married couples from forced sexual activities or exploitation.
Sex trafficking is one of the human rights abuse issues affecting our world today. It involves the recruitment, transportation or soliciting of a person for commercial sex. Sex traffickers often use force, fraud, and coercion to entice persons below 18 to engage in these sexual activities. In California, sex trafficking contributes to more than 40% of the total human trafficking cases. Sex traffickers take advantage of legal businesses such as massage parlors to prey on their victims.
Under section 266j, giving, transporting or making available a child below the age of 16 for sexual acts is a felony crime and is punishable by imprisonment in state prison for three, six or eight years and a fine of not more than $15,000. In addition to the punishments, a violation for the terms of conviction under section 266j may attract an additional fine not exceeding $25,000.
Under PC236.1c, a person who causes, induces, or persuades a minor to engage in commercial acts of sex is punishable by:
Imprisonment in state prison for 5, 8 or 12 years and a fine of not more than $500,000
15 years to life imprisonment in state prison where coercion, deceit, duress, force, menace, the threat of injury to the victim or another person, and violence.
Indecent Exposure; PC314
Indecent exposure is the intentional exposure of one's genitals or private parts with disregard to the offensive, insulting, and frightening effect it has on others. Indecent exposure becomes a crime when done with the intent of achieving sexual gratification. Indecent exposure can be prosecuted either as a misdemeanor or felony depending on the circumstances surrounding the offense. Under California law, indecent exposure covers some of these behaviors:
A female exposing their breasts in a public place to sexually gratify their boyfriend
An adult male flashing his genitals to females passing along a street
A teenager exposing his genitals to offend elderly women
Most misdemeanor charges for indecent exposure involve first-time offenses. Repeat offenses are often charged as felonies. A misdemeanor attracts penalties of up to six months in county jail and may include a fine of up to $1000. Felony sex offenders are required to register as tier one California sex offenders for a minimum of 10 years.
Sexual Harassment; FEHA 12940
Sexual harassment involves any unwanted and unwelcome sexual advances, bullying, intimidation, requests for sexual favors, verbally or physically in the workplace or learning environment. Sexual harassment also involves subjecting a person to a harsh working environment based on sex. Some of the activities that fall under sexual harassment include:
Unwelcome touching of a sexual nature
Proposing employment benefits for sexual acts
Visual harassment which includes the display of sexually explicit objects or images
Verbal abuse using sexually offensive or degrading words
Physical or verbal sexual advances
Gender-related comments regarding one's appearance and behavior
Poor treatment to someone who does not conform to gender roles
Bullying through the use of gender-related comments and behavior
To determine whether any of these action qualifies as harassment, courts use the following criteria
Severity: how bad a contact happens regardless of frequency can be termed as unlawful, for instance, non-consensual physical touching
Frequency: when acts of sexual harassment become a regular practice, they become unlawful
Context: what are the circumstances surrounding the actions?
Prostitution is the exchange of money or other valuables for sexual favors as described under PC 647 b. The solicitor of the crime and the giver are both engaging in criminal activity by giving sexual favors or receiving money or valuables. Where a middleman is present, the person is punished for pandering or pimping.
Under section 266e and 266f, any person who gives or receives money or other valuables to purchase another person for prostitution or other immoral practices, against the will of the person, is punished by imprisonment for 16 months, 2 or 3 years.
Under 266g, anyone who uses force, intimidation, persuasion, or threats to procure another for prostitution or other immoral sexual acts, against the victims will, commits a felony and is punishable by imprisonment as defined under 1170h for two to four years. This includes any man who leaves his wife in any house of prostitution. The wife, in this case, can legally witness against the husband.
Any person who derives their earnings through prostitution, by another's prostitution, by soliciting or helping in the soliciting of persons for prostitution, or runs a house where prostitution is practiced, is punishable for pimping. Pimping is a felony that carries three, four, or six years of imprisonment. A person who derives support or maintenance from the prostitution of a minor is guilty of pimping a minor, which is also a felony. This is punished as follows:
Where the minor engaged in prostitution is 16 years or older, the punishment includes imprisonment in state prison for 3, 4, or 6 years
Where the minor is below 16 years of age, the punishment is by a 3, 6, or 8-year imprisonment in state prison.
Under section 267, anyone who takes a person below 18 years from their parents, guardian, or caregiver for prostitution against their will is punishable by imprisonment and could incur fines not exceeding $2,000.
Preparing a Defense for A Sex Crime
When it comes to sex crimes, it is essential to prepare effectively for the defense. While it could be an overwhelming and stressful experience, the defendant should know that they are innocent until proven guilty and they have various options they can explore. In addition, getting help from a knowledgeable criminal defense lawyer contributes to the preparation of a strong defense.
Since sex crimes can be hard to prove for the prosecutor and can result in a "he said" "she said" situation, it is important to gather adequate evidence to support your case and minimize the penalties or even prove your innocence.
An experienced criminal defense lawyer knows what kind of loopholes exist in sex crime proceedings and will take the necessary steps to help with your defense.
Find A Criminal Defense Lawyer Near Me
Finding the right criminal defense attorney is crucial in the preparation of a strong defense that will possibly prove your innocence and minimize the damages you may incur during your sex crime case. If you are in Los Angeles, LA Criminal Defense Attorney will be glad to help you handle your case. You can give us a call at 310-933-9439 today.


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MORE UNPROVOKED ATTACKS ON TORONTO TRANSIT SYSTEM
By Christine Ross
There have been more random attacks on the TTC.
A man is wanted by Toronto police for allegedly attacking two passengers on the subway on Thursday.
Brandonn Sevilla-Zelaya, 25, from Toronto, is wanted in connection with two unprovoked attacks on the TTC subway on Dec. 15, 2022.
The first happened at 10 p.m. when the suspect boarded the subway at Kennedy Station and allegedly punched a male passenger.
An hour later, the same man attacked a female passenger and then stole her headphones and uttered a death threat.
TTC spokesperson Stuart Green says transit agency is taking steps to improve safety.
"Clearly there's a broader issue at play here with respect to public safety which is why yesterday, our CEO met with Chief Ramer, met with the Mayor, and the head of the union to discuss this very issue," said Green. "What's happening on the TTC is evidence of something broader that's happening in society.
Green says extra safety measures have been added including additional staff visible.
Last week, a 31-year-old woman was stabbed to death near High Park Station and in another incident a TTC driver was assaulted and robbed at the Long Branch loop.


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A fantastic new show celebrating the genius of some of the greatest songwriters and performers of all time: George Gershwin, Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Rodgers and Hart, Ella Fitzgerald, Cole Porter, Rosemary Clooney, Irving Berlin, Frank Sinatra, Hoagy Carmichael, Louis Armstrong, Johnny Mercer and many others
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Tony Jacobs is one of the country's most entertaining performers with an exceptional repertoire of swing and popular music from the 1920s – 1950s. He returns to one of his favourite theatres with a brand new, exciting show which celebrates the music and performers of the era with fascinating (sometimes hilarious) anecdotes of the day and includes highlights from his successful shows – The Sinatra Years, The Gershwin Years and Let's Face the Music.
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Tony is accompanied by regulars Jim Barry (piano) and Sue Greenway (saxophone). Special guest is the lovely Catherine Sykes – a wonderful singer who is described as having 'a voice to die for!' Also in the line-up are three fantastic musicians – Paul Morgan on double-bass, Len Walker on guitar and drumming sensation Steve Rushton!
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I just bought a Romanian Tokarev from J&G Sales. I started doing research on the gun and was overwhelmed by the different models and countries of manufacture! They are THE hot item for sale now for C&R guns. I would like to suggest these type of guns be added to the list.
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This page lists historical and other events on September 19th in Catalonia and the Catalan-speaking countries as well as a list of births and deaths of well-known Catalans.
1809 - The city of Girona resists a ferocious attack by the French troops that have it under siege during the Peninsular War. The event is known as "The Great Day of Girona".
1866 - Barcelona: La pubilla del Vallès, a comedy by Josep Maria Arnau i Pascual, opens at the Teatre Romea.
2010 - The start of canal 3XL, a Televisió de Catalunya channel that substitutes Canal 300 and is a continuation of the young people's channel 3xl.cat.
1732 - Barcelona: Josep Martí, abbot of Bellpuig de les Avellanes and historian.
1772 - València: Vicent López i Portaña, Valencian neoclassical painter, court painter to the Borbón monarchy, from Carles IV to Isabel II (died 1850).
1946 - Josep Montràs i Rovira, mayor of Moià (1983 -2011).
1933 - Sabadell: Maria Teresa Duran i Nogués, Catalan writer and feminist activist.
1951 - Barcelona: Josep Ribelles Comín, Valencian librarian, journalist and cultural activist (born 1872).
1973 - Santiago de Chile (Chile): Joan Alsina i Hurtós, Catalan priest, murdered in Chile by the Pinochet regime.


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El rompecabezas MU es un rompecabezas formulado por Douglas Hofstadter y encontrado en Gödel, Escher, Bach que involucra un sistema formal simple llamado "MIU". La motivación de Hofstadter es contrastar el razonamiento dentro de un sistema formal (es decir, derivar teoremas) contra el razonamiento sobre el sistema formal en sí. MIU es un ejemplo de un sistema post canónico y puede reformularse como un sistema de reescritura de cadenas.

El rompecabezas
Supongamos que existen los símbolos , , y  que se pueden combinar para producir cadenas de símbolos. El rompecabezas MU le pide a uno que comience con la cadena "axiomática"  y la transformes en la cadena  usando en cada paso una de las siguientes reglas de transformación:

Aquí:caracter I.
{|
|-
| Nr.
| COLSPAN=3 | Regla formal
| Explicación informal
| COLSPAN=3 | Ejemplo
|-
| 1.
|ALIGN=RIGHT | x || → || x
| Agregue la  al final de cualquier cadena que termine en
|ALIGN=RIGHT |  || a ||
|-
| 2.
| ALIGN=RIGHT | x || → || xx
| Duplica la secuencia después de
| ALIGN=RIGHT |  || a ||
|-
| 3.
| ALIGN=RIGHT | xy || → || xy
| Reemplaza cualquier  con una
| ALIGN=RIGHT |  || a ||
|-
| 4.
| ALIGN=RIGHT | xy || → || xy
| Elimina cualquier
| ALIGN=RIGHT |  || a ||
|}

Solución
El rompecabezas no se puede resolver: es imposible cambiar la cadena  a  aplicando repetidamente las reglas dadas. En otras palabras, MU no es un teorema del sistema formal MIU. Para probar esto, uno debe salir "fuera" del sistema formal en sí.
Para probar afirmaciones como esta, a menudo es beneficioso buscar una invariante ; es decir, alguna propiedad que no cambia mientras se aplican las reglas.
En este caso, se puede ver el número total de  en una cadena. Solo las reglas segunda y tercera cambian este número. En particular, la regla dos lo duplicará mientras que la regla tres lo reducirá en 3.Ahora, la propiedad invariable es que el número de 's no es divisible por 3:
 Al principio, el número de 's es 1, que no es divisible por 3.
 Duplicar un número que no es divisible por 3 no lo hace divisible por 3.
 Restar 3 de un número que no es divisible por 3 tampoco lo hace divisible por 3.
Por lo tanto, el objetivo de  con cero  no se puede lograr porque 0 es divisible por 3.

En el lenguaje de la aritmética modular , el número n de  obedece a la congruencia

donde a cuenta con qué frecuencia se aplica la segunda regla.

Un criterio decidible para la derivabilidad
En términos más generales, las cuatro reglas anteriores pueden derivar una cadena x dada de manera arbitraria si, y solo si , x respeta las tres propiedades siguientes:
x solo se compone de una  y cualquier cantidad de  y ,
x comienza con , y
el número de  en x no es divisible por 3.

Prueba
Sólo si: No hay ninguna regla que mueva la , cambie el número de , o introduzca cualquier carácter de ,,. Por lo tanto, cada x deriva de  respecto a las propiedades 1 y 2. Como se mostró anteriormente, también respeta la propiedad 3.

Si: Si x respeta las propiedades de la 1 a la 3,deja a  y   ser el número de  y  en x, respectivamente, y deja a .Por la propiedad 3, el número de  no puede ser divisible por 3, por lo tanto,  tampoco lo puede ser. Es decir, .  such that  and . Comenzando desde el axioma , aplicando la segunda regla  veces, se obtiene ... con  .Ya que  es divisible por 3, por la interpretación de , aplicando la tercera regla  se obtendrán ......, con exactamente  , seguidos de algún número de . El recuento de  siempre se puede hacer de manera uniforme, aplicando la primera regla si es necesario. Aplicando la cuarta regla con la suficiente frecuencia, todo  se puede eliminar, obteniendo así ... with  .Aplicando la tercera regla para reducir las triples  a  en los lugares correctos obtendrá x. x se ha derivado de .

Ejemplo
Para ilustrar la interpretación del Si, la cadena , que respeta las propiedades de la 1 a la 3, conduce a , , , ; por tanto, puede derivarse de la siguiente manera:
                      .

Aritmetización
El Capítulo XIX de Gödel, Escher, Bach ofrece un plano del sistema MIU a la aritmética, de la siguiente manera:
En primer lugar, cada secuencia MIU se puede traducir a un número entero mediante la asignación de las letras , , y  a los números 3,1 y 0, respectivamente. (Por ejemplo, la cadena  se asignaría a 31010.)
En segundo lugar, el axioma único del sistema MIU, es decir, la cadena , se convierte en el número 31
Tercero, las cuatro reglas dadas arriba  se convierten en las siguientes

{|
|-
| Nr.
| COLSPAN=3 ALIGN=CENTER | Regla formal
| COLSPAN=4 ALIGN=CENTER | Ejemplo
|
|-
| 1.
| ALIGN=RIGHT | k × 10 + 1 ||  →  || 10 × (k × 10 + 1)
| ALIGN=RIGHT | 31 ||  →  || 310
| ALIGN=LEFT |  (k = 3)
|-
| 2.
| ALIGN=RIGHT | 3 × 10m + n ||  →  || 10m × (3 × 10m + n) + n
| ALIGN=RIGHT | 310 ||  →  || 31010
| ALIGN=LEFT |  (m = 2, n = 10)
|-
| 3.
| ALIGN=RIGHT | k × 10m + 3 + 111 × 10m + n ||  →  || k × 10m + 1 + n
| ALIGN=RIGHT | 3111011 ||  →  || 30011
| ALIGN=LEFT |  (k = 3, m = 3, n = 11)
|-
| 4.
| ALIGN=RIGHT | k × 10m + 2 + n ||  →  || k × 10m + n
| ALIGN=RIGHT | 30011 ||  →  || 311
| ALIGN=LEFT |  (k = 3, m = 2, n = 11)
|}

(NB: La representación de las reglas anteriores concretamente la primera, difiere superficialmente de la del libro,donde está escrita como  "[i]f hemos hecho 10m + 1, entonces podemos hacer 10 × (10m + 1)". Aquí, sin embargo, la variable m estaba reservada para su uso solamente en exponentes de 10 , y por lo tanto, se reemplazo por k en la primera regla. Además, en esta representación, la disposición de los factores en esta regla se hizo consistente con la de las otras tres.)

Notas

Acertijos lógicos
Rompecabezas sin solución

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Il liceo ginnasio statale "Gian Domenico Romagnosi" è un liceo classico di Parma, in Emilia-Romagna.

Storia
Il ginnasio-liceo nasce nel 1859 grazie alla legge Casati che voleva fondere l'organismo tradizionale italiano, dato dalle scuole di grammatica, di retorica e di filosofia, con l'ordinamento del Gymnasium tedesco nel quale era obbligatorio l'insegnamento del greco e veniva dato più spazio alle materie scientifiche. Lo scopo della riforma era dare a questo tipo di scuola un indirizzo prevalentemente formativo, così che dai diplomi rilasciati nel ginnasio (ammissione al liceo) e dal liceo (maturità classica) "fosse preclusa ogni possibilità di utilizzazione immediata".

E fu così che con decreto del 12 febbraio 1860 il dittatore dell'Emilia Luigi Carlo Farini istituì anche a Parma un Regio Liceo, che cominciò a funzionare regolarmente nell'anno scolastico 1860-61.

La sede che nel 1875 fu assegnata a questa prestigiosa istituzione fu poi il convitto nazionale Maria Luigia, creato nel 1831.

Nel 1865 prese il nome di Regio Liceo Romagnosi, che dal 1900, in seguito all'accorpamento del Ginnasio pareggiato del Regio Collegio Maria Luigia nel 1869, e di quello comunale poi, assunse il nome di Regio Liceo-Ginnasio "G. D. Romagnosi".

In età fascista l'Istituto cambiò sede e venne a stabilirsi dove si trova tuttora. Anche se esso aveva già preso possesso dell'imponente edificio di Viale Maria Luigia, che aveva servito prima la Scuola tecnica, poi la Scuola di avviamento al lavoro, fin dall'autunno del 1929, il trasferimento vero e proprio avvenne nel marzo del 1932, dopo circa tre anni di lavori e con la spesa di oltre due milioni per l'adattamento delle strutture e l'acquisto di libri. Il trasferimento in una sede più ampia fu necessario, vista la grande crescita della popolazione scolastica, che già nel 1910 aveva causato il prolungamento di un'ala del Collegio M. Luigia per nuove aule.
Nel 1933 gli alunni iscritti al liceo erano 761 (223 femmine, 538 maschi) distribuiti in sole tre sezioni. La cerimonia inaugurale ebbe luogo il 18 febbraio del 1934, alla presenza del Sottosegretario al Ministero dell'Educazione Nazionale Arrigo Solmi e del Preside, Comm. Prof. Bersanetti, oltre alle numerose autorità. La festa di quella domenica coincise con lo scoprimento della lapide ai Caduti della Prima Guerra Mondiale, nell'atrio della scuola, "nel commosso silenzio seguito allo squillo d'attenti", come riporta l'"Annuario" del 1934, che così prosegue: "sul volto dei parenti dei Caduti scendono le lacrime; nel cuore di tutti trema una sublime tristezza: davanti alla lapide sfilano - agili e promettenti - le belle schiere a cui è affidato l'avvenire d'Italia."

Dal 2008 è ripresa la pubblicazione dell'Annuario che raccoglie i principali eventi culturali e ricreativi che hanno coinvolto il liceo nel corso dell'anno scolastico: "la storia e le benemerenze dell'antico Liceo, prima scuola secondaria della città, mettono soggezione e fanno temere il confronto col passato: la scuola ha offerto un contributo fondamentale alla vita culturale, economica e politica della città e della nazione con i numerosi scrittori, deputati, sindaci, medici, avvocati, ministri, costituenti, giovinetti eroici nei momenti tragici della storia patria. Sua la prima donna laureata a Parma, prima pediatra d'Italia, [...] suo il primo giornalino studentesco che apriva con un'intervista niente meno che a Giovanni Pascoli. Gli annuari di cui abbiamo notizia risalgono al 1926 e al 1934; promuoverne un altro adesso fa tremare le vene ai polsi. Eppure tentiamo, anche perché il vecchio "G.D.R." che tra poco compirà centocinquant'anni, la sua età la porta bene e vorremmo testimoniarlo."

Tra i personaggi illustri che hanno frequentato il Liceo si annoverano il cardiochirurgo italiano Giancarlo Rastelli, che terminò i suoi sudi nel 1951, gli scrittori Luca Goldoni e Luca Farinotti, il politico Andrea Borri, il giurista Fabio Merusi, il medico Massimo Bucci, il medievista Arturo Quintavalle e  Pierangela Venturini, attivista per la difesa dei diritti delle donne, premiata con "l'Aoristo d'oro" alla memoria .

Nel corso dell'anno scolastico 2010-11 si è svolta una serie di eventi commemorativi per il 150º anniversario dell'istituzione, coinvolgendo svariati esperti e producendo iniziative culturali per studenti ed ex-allievi; inoltre, in occasione del Premio Sant'Ilario 2011, il liceo "Romagnosi" è stato insignito della medaglia d'oro del Comune di Parma.

Curare la conservazione della memoria storica del liceo è uno degli obiettivi dell'"associazione allievi del Romagnosi", che raccoglie gli ex-studenti e li mantiene in contatto con i più importanti eventi della vita del Liceo.

Ambienti e sede
Il liceo, che ha sede nel prestigioso edificio di viale Maria Luigia, 1, dispone, oltre che delle normali aule assegnate alle classi, di numerose aule speciali destinate a utilizzi particolari: i laboratori di fisica (pressoché inutilizzato) e di chimica (entrambi dotati di un'ampia raccolta di strumenti storici), tre biblioteche, un'ampia aula d'arte di grande capienza, un'aula magna, una di informatica, una palestra completamente rinnovata nel 1999, la relativa palestrina, un cortile interno e uno esterno con campi adatti per disputare partite di calcetto, pallavolo e pallacanestro.

Al secondo piano, inoltre, due aule sono adibite a "museo del Romagnosi": in oltre centocinquant'anni di storia, infatti, la mole di cimeli conservati nell'edificio è divenuta tale da necessitare ambienti appositi per essere contenuta e debitamente esposta. Il museo ospita, inoltre, una storica raccolta di animali imbalsamati, risultato di successive donazioni. Spicca, in essa, il famoso agnello a due teste.

Le biblioteche (denominate "biblioteca alunni", "biblioteca storica" e "biblioteca docenti"), disponendo di una notevole quantità di volumi, sono state valutate tali da essere inserite nel sistema bibliotecario nazionale alla pari delle altre biblioteche pubbliche presenti in città, come la nota biblioteca Palatina.

Tutte le aule sono dotate, a partire dall'a.s. 2014-2015, di lavagne interattive multimediali o computer con accesso a internet.

Attività extracurricolari
Il liceo organizza numerosi gruppi di lavoro che svolgono attività extracurricolari, alcuni nelle ore mattutine, altri, come il coro, il gruppo "Alea", i tornei sportivi ed il "Marketing Lab", in sessioni pomeridiane. Partecipa inoltre annualmente a diversi concorsi nazionali. Nell'a.s.2013-2014 di particolare prestigio sono state le vittorie nel concorso giornalistico "Giuseppe Fava", dedicato al tema delle infiltrazioni mafiose, e il piazzamento nel premio di lettura dantesca "La selva, il monte, le stelle" promosso dall'Accademia della Crusca.
Altra attività pomeridiana è la redazione del giornalino scolastico "Eureka".

Gruppo teatrale (CTD)
All'interno del programma dei corsi tematico-disciplinari è previsto un corso annuale di teatro, che comincia a settembre e si conclude a maggio con la messa in scena di uno spettacolo aperto al pubblico in uno dei numerosi teatri della città.

Coro
Il coro del liceo Romagnosi è una realtà affermata e, sotto la direzione del maestro Leonardo Morini, da anni è regolarmente impegnato in trasferte internazionali, come quella di Praga nell'a.s. 2012-2013 o quella di Bonn l'anno successivo, riscuotendo apprezzamenti con una continuità rara considerando il repentino e perpetuo rinnovamento dei suoi elementi che avviene, ogni anno, in conseguenza delle partenze dei componenti che ogni anno concludono la loro esperienza al liceo. È un ambiente spesso citato come esempio di fruttuoso lavoro di gruppo e di contesto sociale vivo e appassionante.
Il gruppo corale del Romagnosi è attualmente composto da una quarantina di elementi, ha un repertorio di melodie e testi di epoche e culture diverse. Dalla sua formazione ha partecipato a diverse iniziative legate alla vita della scuola e ad altre realtà musicali della città. Ogni settembre tiene il concerto di accoglienza sia per le nuove quarte che per i nuovi coristi; a dicembre l'ormai consueto e attesissimo Concerto di Natale e il tradizionale scambio degli auguri e a fine anno scolastico il concerto di chiusura.
Importanti negli ultimi anni la partecipazione al pomeriggio "Allegro minestrone" nell'ambito del progetto Comenius "D.R.A.M.A." con i partners provenienti dalla Polonia e dalla Repubblica Ceca, il concerto presso la scuola dell'Ospedale dei bambini nel reparto di pediatria dell'Ospedale di Parma. Il gruppo ha partecipato alla rassegna Scuolainscena a maggio presso il teatro Al Parco, alla rassegna di canto corale "Scuole in…coro" presso la Casa della Musica, ed è intervenuto alla presentazione del libro "Al di là del fiume" dei Giovani Creativi del Romagnosi presso il Salone delle feste della Banca del Monte, alla rassegna corale dell'Oltretorrente, nell'ambito del Festival dei Diritti umani, organizzato dalla Provincia di Parma, alla rassegna "La nota dopo il mi - scuole in coro" organizzata dal Liceo Sigonio di Modena.

Il coro del Romagnosi è intervenuto in occasione dei festeggiamenti del 150º anniversario del Liceo presso l'Auditorium Paganini e l'Auditorium del Carmine, ha inoltre partecipato al concorso nazionale per cori scolastici ad Ercolano.

Gruppo teatrale "Alea"
Il gruppo teatrale "Alea" rappresenta oramai da anni un'affermata realtà nel suo genere: ogni anno si esibisce, di norma, due volte: a maggio nell'ambito della rassegna locale "Scuole in scena"; e a novembre con uno spettacolo speciale in occasione della giornata dedicata al tema della violenza sulle donne. A quest'ultimo lavoro partecipano sovente ex-allievi, a ulteriore testimonianza del forte senso di appartenenza che è divenuto, talvolta in modo stereotipato, cifra distintiva della scuola nella considerazione cittadina.

Tornei sportivi
Il liceo organizza annualmente tornei interni di diverse discipline, con sezioni maschili e femminili. Particolare continuità hanno quelli di pallavolo e calcetto, per i quali la scuola si avvale della collaborazione dell'impianto sportivo "Lauro Grossi" di Parma, e quelli di tennis tavolo. Anche altre discipline sono contemplate, ad esempio il tiro con l'arco: due ragazze del liceo hanno ottenuto, per esempio, i primi due posti nell'edizione 2014 del torneo studentesco parmense di questo sport.

Marketing Lab
A partire dall'a.s. 2013-2014 il liceo Romagnosi, in collaborazione con l'associazione di imprese "centopercentopmi", partecipa insieme all'istituto commerciale "Bodoni" al laboratorio "Marketing Lab", che introduce i ragazzi delle due scuole al mondo del lavoro e ai sistemi di lavoro di gruppo.

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Bibliografia
 R. Greci, S. Schiavenza, Il Regio Liceo Ginnasio "Gian Domenico Romagnosi". Modello di scuola classica, Diabasis, 2007, 256 pp.

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Romagnosi
Romagnosi


I took this shot last year, but didn't think much of it at the time. These giants stand above an abandoned building site here in Limerick. I hear that the developer responsible for the abandoned mess has since gone out of business – I'm not sure if that is true or not.
The Cranes have been standing, motionless, over this part of Limerick for the bones of two years now. I doubt they are being maintained. Should they be taken down permanently? It might help lessen the impact of Limerick's biggest eyesore.


Delaying a bit what I got going on.
With a Barnes & Noble gift card I purchased a short story anthology. To increase posts on this here blog, I hope to intersperse brief reviews of short stories contained in the book. This is not meant as a substitution for any movie or novel, just an addition to the blog. The book is 50 Great Short Stories; it doesn't advertise them as the best, just great short stories. Milton Crane edited the series.


Internet of Things is the fusion of two transformational technologies: Big Data and connectivity. And IoT is here to usher our 40-50 year-old military designs into the modern day. In this article, I'll discuss the IoT upgrades that make the F-16V a cutting-edge platform, even though it's based on a design that went into full production in the 1970s.
While it could be argued the networking in place within the military might not technically count as IoT (since we're not talking about the public internet), the Big Data and connectivity principles are hard at work here. The definition of IoT still includes Machine-to-Machine, Connected Environments, and Situated Computing. I'm going with it.
In our highly popular article The Top 3 IoT Devices in Aviation Right Now, I listed the F-35 Lightning II as the #1 IoT device ever…aviation or otherwise. This airplane is a sensor, data, and connectivity platform that completely changes the nature of the battlefield. It is the future of warplanes.
But, as most know, this platform has been plagued by delays and cost overruns.
So to fill the gap and ensure current fighter jets maintain relevance, upgrades can go a long way. What do pilots and commanders want in terms of upgrades? Bigger weapons, tighter turning, faster speeds?
Are there particular upgrades you'd like to see?
So let's look at how IoT is changing our current forces and how they are benefiting from the development of F-35 technologies.
The majority of the current US fighter jets are based on ideas from the 1960s and designs from the 1970s. The F-16 went into full scale development in 1975. Prior to this was design, prototyping, and vendor competition. That's an old plane! What else from the 70s do you still use as part of your daily life? Not much.
Don't see many of those driving around today, do you?
The answer is the new F-16V.
"In today's world, we stay connected with our network at all times. The F-35 is no different. Equipped with a sophisticated mission systems suite, it enables seamless communications across the entire fleet in any battlespace. The F-35's advanced sensor fusion gathers information from the aircraft's multiple on-board sensors to create a single integrated picture of the battlefield.
Pilots fly in highly demanding situations. It is physically hard to fly. Visual input is off the charts. Auditory input is constant: warnings, tones, beeps. Plus, pilots have historically verbally shared information they are able to collect, such as targeting data.
The tenants of IoT allow this sensory situation and pilot workload to be greatly improved. No longer are they operating as an individual platform, but as part of a deeply integrated platform of airplanes, ships, satellites, and ground-based solutions.
The F-16V features dramatically improve situational awareness for not only the pilot, but also the rest of the connected battlefield.
To rule the battlefield today, data and connectivity are king. IoT is changing nearly every sector, but it is delivering fascinating advances in military application, hopefully improving outcomes and reducing the duration and reach of conflicts.


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Zipline Creative Limited is a South Wales based film, TV and radio production company, best known for its BBC Series Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience and contribution to the Cow – Don't Text And Drive campaign with Gwent Police. The company, founded in 2008 by two former BBC employees, is now based in Risca, in southeast Wales, and produces work for TV, radio and corporate clients.

Viral Films

Cow – 2008

"Cow" effective due to its highly graphic nature, affected the national debate in the United States about texting and driving. Following rapid viral success, major news outlets like The Today Show and all the national networks began to cover the film's impact. This was followed by worldwide coverage on news networks, online and in print. Furthermore, the film earned honours in the Advertising Age's weekly Creativity Top 5 video. It is now considered the most successful viral Public safety announcement yet experienced on the web.

The film began humbly, originally commissioned by Gwent Police to be shown only in schools in the county. Having previously worked with local director Peter Watkins Hughes, they were approached by him to produce and shoot the new project on a modest budget. Zipline's core team, Nathan Mackintosh and Rhys Waters, were previously students on Peter's Documentary Film and Television Degree course, who were still working locally and in the process of setting up their own company.

Mackintosh and Waters based themselves in a small unit near Tredegar where they built a large green screen with enough space for a car to be wheeled in front. Alongside this, three identical Ford Kas, two identical Ford Mondeos and two Ford Fiestas were donated to the project by a local car dealer. An abandoned road was chosen to crash the cars in Tafarnaubach Industrial Estate, several miles from the unit. With help from young film makers, local fire fighters and engineers, the team successfully crashed the cars with a multiple camera setup, including a birds-eye view on the impact using a Sony PD170 attached to the bucket of a JCB.

The remains of the vehicle were then transported to the green screen unit, and the internal shots of the impact were filmed with the actresses. Nathan, who acted as DOP also was responsible for the special effects on this scene. Over several months he added the additional layers of blood, smoke and glass.

Following its release online and in current affairs outlets, "Cow" was broadcast on BBC Wales and was then picked up by BBC Three under the banner "Only Stwpid COWZ Txt N Drive".

Television

Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience

Series 1 (2010): Originally commissioned for BBC One Wales and following a successful broadcast, BBC Two decided to broadcast the show on its Wednesday 10 PM slot. The Zipline team worked freelance as producer/directors, editors and also on camera and sound on the series for Presentable RDF. Classed as factual entertainment, the series followed Rhod Gilbert as he tried out jobs he believed to be tougher than being a stand-up comedian.
Series 2 (2011): Following the success of the first series on both BBC 2 and BBC One Wales, the original team was commissioned to produce another series of four episodes. The decision was made not to alter the format, aside from having mini sketches of Rhod doing his homework before each role. This choice was based on the thought that it was not the format that attracted people, but Rhods interaction with 'real' characters and allowing them their own space to shine on screen.
Series 3 (2012): The third series was commissioned in late 2011, with Zipline Creative appointed as co-producers as well as producer/directors for the series for the first time. It was shown on BBC One Wales and BBC 2's 10PM comedy slot during winter of 2012. The team decided to try a mix of normal and more eccentric roles for Rhod to attempt, including 'School Teacher' which turned out to be one of the most popular episodes in the show's history.
Series 4 (2013): A fourth series of Work Experience was commissioned in late 2012, again with Zipline Creative in their permanent role of co-producers of the show alongside Presentable. Most of the filming took place in spring 2013 and the series was broadcast on BBC One Wales in June. It was also broadcast on BBC 2's 10PM slot in August, and repeated on BBC Wales the following year in April 2014.
Series 5 (2014): The fifth series was commissioned in early 2014, and was aired on BBC One in the autumn of 2014.

Gareth Thomas : Game Changer - 2014

A 60-minute profile feature, documenting the life of the popular Welsh international rugby star. Broadcast on 26 October 2014.

Radio

Social Club FM - 2012-13

The first radio comedy series produced by Zipline Creative, Social Club FM, was a BBC Radio Wales sitcom based in a Valleys social club, starring Elis James, Chris Corcoran Vern Griffiths and Nadia Kamil. It ran for two series from 2012-2013 and was very well received critically. It subsequently gained a cult following with prominent comedy enthusiasts and a spin-off TV pilot was produced for BBC Three's Comedy Feeds. The show was written by Elis James (8 Out of Ten Cats, The Committee) and Gareth Gwynn (The News Quiz, The Armstrong And Miller Show) and produced by Sony Award Winning Producer Ben Walker.

Passing On - 2014

Zipline's second radio comedy show, Passing On, was written by Gareth Gwynn and produced by Ben Partridge, and stars Felicity Montagu, Richard Elis, Keiron Self, Katy Wix, Simon Armstrong and Melangell Dolma. The six-part series was broadcast throughout July and August on BBC Radio Wales.

The plot follows the story of two very different brothers who are forced to reunite on a monthly basis thanks to an unusual clause in their mother's Will. Concerned that her two sons might drift apart after her death, she testates they meet up once a month to entrust the other with her ashes. They must do this every month without fail until the youngest brother's fortieth birthday.

The Unexplainers - 2015

Open-minded rap star John Rutledge and sceptic stand-up comedian Mike Bubbins travel the nation unexplaining the most unexplainable mysteries.

The first four episodes include:

1. Are we surrounded by ghosts?

Mike and John find themselves drenched in ghost energy or 'Ghenergy' as they hear accounts from real ghost witnesses and even conduct their own ghost investigation in a haunted pub in Pontypool, South Wales.

With the help of some ghost hunting experts, they set up equipment to connect with spirits from the realms beyond science.  Will Mike have his paranormal third eye prised open for him to dare to believe? Will John glimpse a full apparition of a ghost? Find out by listening to the evidence..

2. Are big cats on the loose in the UK?

Mike's aunt once had a big cat, it was black and close to 2% larger than the average household cat. But across the UK, there are rumours of much larger cats, Pumas, Leopards and ferocious cougars living wild a terrorising farmland.

With permission from a key eyewitness farmer in North Wales, the Unexplainers set up a big cat watch nerve centre, but will a trap set with offal and, a trail camera reap rewards?

3. Did an alien spacecraft crash in North Wales?

Tabloid press dubbed it the Welsh Roswell, or RosWelsh, but did an alien lose his no claims bonus by smashing into a mountainside in north wales?
John's well educated in the ways of Aliens, he's seen at least 3 alien films and scored 10 on a 'How to tell if you're an Alien' quiz on Facebook.

Mike and John hit the road north to track down first hand witnesses to extraterrestrial events. When John puts up some posters in the local town of Llandrillo they hit the eyewitness jackpot and find themselves en route to the arguably exact spot where a spaceship possibly did or did not crash.

4. Do fairies live among us?

Despite most people considering fairies to inhabit the realm of make believe, there is a large and growing army of people who claim to see them on a regular basis. John isn't one of their ranks, but he wants to be very badly.

Heading out into the ancient British countryside, the duo go in search of a chance encounter, a fleeting glimpse or a full blow package holiday to another realm. Recruiting the help of real witnesses, Iceland's leading Elf ambassador and a reluctant physicist from CERN's Hadron Collider, the hunt is on.

The debut episode reached number 10 in the UK podcast charts and it has been considered a hit considering the circumstances of its rapid rise in the charts.

Corporate Work

Through its corporate wing, Zipline Creative has produced work for Aston Martin Lagonda, The Institute Of Advanced Broadcast, The University of Wales College, Newport, and worked with actress Margaret John. They also work with local councils and not-for-profit organisations in Wales to produce campaign films and video content.

The Size Of Wales - 2011

Rainforest charity the Size Of Wales, worked with Zipline to produce their second campaign. Shot and released in October 2011, it aimed to get the people of Wales to donate and help purchase large portions of rainforest for conservation. By mid 2012, donations have topped £1m with the video getting nearly 17,000 hits in 24 hours.

Discover Merthyr Tydfil - 2012

Zipline produced an online promotional film for Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council to feature on the Visit Merthyr website, with the aim of promoting activity tourism in the area. Helicopter footage of the Brecon Beacons area was used in the film to demonstrate the natural beauty of the area, and local people were recruited to take part in the range of outdoor activities featured.

Future Giants - 2013

Zipline's first cinema advert was commissioned by Cardiff Sixth Form College to promote the higher education centre to prospective new students. The advert was produced in the style of a Hollywood film trailer, and featured current students at the college walking around the city of Cardiff in the form of giants. Zipline worked together with special effects company Burning Reel and used their onsite green screen studio to create the illusion of real giants in the city.

Time To Change Wales - 2012-14

The Welsh mental health charity have produced a number of projects with Zipline Creative over the last two years. The first of which was 'In the Case of Dylan', a bilingual advert broadcast on ITV and S4C which highlighted the issues people often face when returning to work following leave due to mental illness, and encouraged people to talk about mental health. The advert was re-released in 2013 for cinema broadcast in South Wales. Zipline also produced event coverage films for TTCW in 2013, and a series of animated adverts in 2014 which were broadcast on S4C and nominated for an Inspire Wales Award.

Trades Union Congress animation – 2014

The TUC commissioned Zipline to produce an animated advert to raise the issue of the cost of living crisis affecting young people in the UK. The advert was shared nationally on social media and appeared on an ITV current affairs programme about the campaign.

Awards

The team won a Welsh BAFTA for their first series of Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience, two Celtic Media Festival Award's for their second and fifth series of the Rhod Gilbert programme, and the Chamber Of Commerce Award for Young Welsh Entrepreneurs of The Year 2009.

References

External links
 www.ziplinecreative.co.uk
 The Unexplainers on BBC website
 www.theunexplainers.com

Film production companies of the United Kingdom
Television production companies of the United Kingdom


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Q: Excel SaveAs Dialog I have code to have a default name and add a timestamp to it.  That works well.  Now I am trying to create a Save As Dialog that pops up to allow the user to view the new filename and edit the path to save it.  It gives me an error in section 2 below:
Private Sub Workbook_BeforeSave(ByVal SaveAsUI As Boolean, Cancel As Boolean)

Dim sFileName As String
Dim sDateTime As String
Dim txtFileName As String

'0. Set new filename with timestamp.
With ThisWorkbook
    sDateTime = " (" & Format(Now, "yyyy-mm-dd hhmm") & ").xlsm"
    sFileName = "2018 Testy" & sDateTime

'1. Check of Save As was used.
If SaveAsUI = True Then
    Cancel = True

  '2. Call up your own dialog box.  Cancel out if user Cancels in the dialog box.
   txtFileName = Application.GetSaveAsFilename(sFileName, "Excel Macro-Enabled Workbook (*.xlsm), *.xlsm", , "Save As XLSM file")
    If txtFileName = "False" Then
        MsgBox "Action Cancelled", vbOKOnly
        Cancel = True
        Exit Sub
    End If

  '3. Save the file.
   Application.EnableEvents = False
    ThisWorkbook.SaveAs FileName:=txtFileName, FileFormat:=xlOpenXMLWorkbookMacroEnabled
    Application.EnableEvents = True

End If

End Sub

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When students willing to participate in a play and interested teachers and parents come together to construct a play this course will come into play. Teacher or an interested parent acts as a director and a writer. Everyone contributes to with his own experiences and views. The course is for discussing and practicing the creative ideas of playwriting, particularly plays for children. Here is an attempt to explore methods to create your own scripts and do a quality theatre of your own ideas. The discussion sessions will help teachers to know more about theatre and staging a play.
In this module, you will learn about insurance industry, marketing and sales skills, insurance products, competition analysis, opening dialogue with a client, and closing deals.
This course is primarily aimed at small business advisers and practitioners providing a checklist about how to engage with businesses about climate change.
This course is designed for educators who are running Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) sessions for young people.
A general introduction to the living being.
Short introduction to the knowleague of the Earth: structure, dynamics and abiotic components of our planet. Breve introducción al conocimiento de la Tierra: estructura, dinámica y causas de la componente abiótica de nuestro planeta.
This course introduces you into the science of the Cosmos, a general idea of physics which makes it works, the elements of the Cosmnos and a wide idea of the Solar System.
NEWS: The Open University is closed from 24 December 2018 until 1 January 2019, support for OpenLearn Create limited.
Welcome! This is where you will find resources to support the Open University's Scholarly Career Development programme.
O curso tem o objetivo de fornecer aos participantes um panorama sobre os principais aspectos que caracterizam o judaísmo do ponto de vista religioso, cultural, histórico, filosófico e ético.
This course is designed as an Introductory-level course for participants to learn more about open education, open educational resources (OER), and open educational practices (OEP) in a post-secondary context. Any interested global participant is invited to join. The course is also part of a doctoral research study by the lead facilitator Jenni Hayman.The first live version of the course will run from June 1 - 15, 2018. Preliminary course content will become available on May 27 and sections of the course will be released on a daily basis from June 1. We can't wait to meet you!
In this course you will learn about the technologies and techniques that allow computers, tablets, smartphones and other devices to communicate with each other over networks (including the internet).
This is to allow learners on the FutureLearn course 'Listening and presenting: Learning English for Academic Purposes' submit draft and final assignments.
To develop the student's knowledge and understanding of the dynamics involved in leading people within an organisational context for the success of a business.
An 18 month study programme to prepare for Malawi national senior secondary exams (MSCE) in English, Maths, Physical Science and Biology, alongside a formative school experience placement as a Teaching Assistant.
This unit is aimed at people who are thinking about studying or enrolled to study Design and Innovation at the Open University.
This course is for anybody who would like to become a facilitator on an open online course. You'll be introduced to concepts and ideas as how best to engage with learners, encourage conversation, and identify good practice for responding to learners online.


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Home » Articles » Sports » John Deere Classic Hits The Tees This Week!
John Deere Classic Hits The Tees This Week!
Sean Leary July 12th, 2018 Sports, Local Share:
The revered and lauded local golf tournament drawing fans and sportsmen from around the world, the John Deere Classic, runs at Moline's Deere Run course through Sunday.
Competitors began teeing off today, with a wide-range of events and promotions surrounding the event. Favorites for the trophy this year include last year's winner, Bryson DeChambeau, as well as perennial favorite and past champion Steve Stricker.
The 156-player field battles it out for a $5.8 million purse, with the winner getting $1.044 million. Various charities are also winners as, last year, 521 participating charities received $12.27 million. This year, the tournament is expected to break the $100 million mark in charitable contributions.
For more information on the various events tied in with the JDC, check the rundown out here: https://johndeereclassic.com/spectators/schedule-of-events/
Sean Leary
Sean Leary is an author, director, artist, musician, producer and entrepreneur who has been writing professionally since debuting at age 11 in the pages of the Comics Buyers Guide. An honors graduate of the University of Southern California masters program, he has written over 50 books including the best-sellers The Arimathean, Every Number is Lucky to Someone and We Are All Characters.
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Have you just landed an interview for what could be your dream job? Congratulations for taking the initiative to advance your career. No doubt you are feeling a combination of excitement and nerves at the prospect of interviewing. Remind yourself that you most likely would not have been tapped for the position if your experience and qualifications did not meet the requirements for the position. The interview is not only an opportunity for the hiring manager to determine if your character, demeanor and motivations are a fit for the position and team, but it is also an opportunity for you to ascertain if the position and company culture are in line with your career goals and if the company culture embodies the atmosphere where you could excel. Follow these back to basics interviewing tips from the human resources professionals to ensure your interview is a huge success.
The most important thing to wear to an interview is a genuine smile and quiet self-confidence. Couple that with professional attire. Leave the flip flops and excess bling at home. Tone down the make up and get a fresh haircut. Invest in a well-tailored jacket and trousers and pair these with a solid, light colored, shirt or blouse. Take advantage of the awesome deals offered by Groupon coupons and snag a DestinationXL.com coupon. Take you grooming up a notch and forgo all cologne, aftershave, perfume and cologne. Don't give the hiring manager a reason not to hire you based on first impressions. You'll never have a second opportunity to make a first impression. Plan to arrive at least fifteen minutes early and greet everyone with a warm smile and respect.
Prior to the interview, spend time researching the company. The best place to start is with the company's website. Familiarize yourself with the company mission, product and service lines and scope of operations. Make note of any questions and plan to pose these at the appropriate time during the interview. Connect with other through your network that may work for the company to gain additional insight.
Finally, during the interview, answer all questions honestly and frankly. Understand the full scope of the position and if it indeed interests you, ask the hiring manager to be considered for the position. Follow up with a handwritten thank you note to the hiring manager on the same day as the interview. Best of luck to you!


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Madison LeCroy Goes IG Official With New BF After A-Rod Drama: Pics
Ann Johnson 7 months ago 1 min read
Miss moving on! Madison LeCroy made her new relationship Instagram official after finding herself caught in the middle of Alex Rodriguez's split from Jennifer Lopez.
"Madhappy," the Southern Charm star, 30, captioned a series of sweet photos with her beau, who was not tagged, on Sunday, June 13. The pair cozied up together on a boat, both concealing their faces with sunglasses. In another pic, they shared a kiss.
LeCroy previously hinted in April that she had a new man in her life, replying, "I have a boyfriend!" after a troll brought up her history with Rodriguez, 45, and Lopez, 51. Her relationship revelation came two days after the former fiancés confirmed the end of their engagement to Today.
"We have realized we are better as friends and look forward to remaining so," they noted in a joint statement at the time.
The retired athlete and the Second Act star previously shut down split speculation in March. Two months prior, LeCroy found herself in the hot seat during the Bravo series' season 7 reunion when Craig Conover claimed that she "flew to Miami to f–k an ex-MLB player."
Shortly after the drama played out onscreen, the hairstylist clarified that she didn't have a physical relationship with Rodriguez. "He's never physically cheated on his fiancée with me," she told Page Six, noting that they'd spoken on the phone "randomly, but not [consistently]."
At the time, however, a source close to the former New York Yankees star told Us Weekly the duo had "never met."
Since splitting from Rodriguez, the Grammy nominee has moved on with Ben Affleck, to whom she was engaged from 2002 to 2004. The former American Idol judge is seemingly ready to leave all the drama behind her — as is LeCroy.
"She's ready to move on in life and let that be the past," a source told Us of the reality star in April. "Madison is happy in her new relationship. She wanted to tell everyone she has a boyfriend because she was sick of hearing everyone claim she was hooking up with [Rodriguez]."
LeCroy's life didn't stay drama-free for long, however. Amid rumors that she was back in touch with Rodriguez, the New York native quickly shut down the speculation.
"I'm not sure who's looking to benefit from these types of rumors and false stories," a rep for Rodriguez told Us in May. "They are factually incorrect. Alex is busy concentrating on his businesses and his family."
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Boat Bae
The couple lounged on the deck of a boat in their swimsuits.
Courtesy of Madison LeCroy/Instagram
Finding Their Angles
LeCroy and her boyfriend, whose name was not revealed, posed for a sun-kissed selfie.
PDA Moment
A black-and-white photo showed the pair sharing a kiss.
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2013 Diocesan Convention Schedule – Stirrings of the Spirit!
10:00 – Session #1: Stirrings of the what?! Is this spaghetti sauce or Spirit that we're sensing?
Workshop: What's Emerging in the Emerging Church?
Please join Sean Lanigan, a Candidate for Holy Orders from the Diocese of Vermont, for an exploration of the emerging young adult ministry he's developing in Long Beach, California. (www.beachprogressives.org). We'll explore the challenges and joys of beginning a brand new ministry, focusing on the value of a relational style of leadership that is transferrable to any ministry context.
Sometimes we are so good at measuring the past that we forget to notice the new life emerging right beneath our feet. This session is devoted to the local community practices of engaging emergence. Did you know that discerning in community oftentimes asks us to try our ideas that don't give us the results we expected?" This interactive session will feel like a bootcamp for innovators! Ana Hernandez and Tom Brackett will lead us through the disciplines of learning from failure and the practices of being the "Beloved community" in the presence of volatility, uncertainty, complexity and making peace with uncertainty.
3:30 – Convention Opens: We will organize ourselves for the legislative component of Convention, receive a welcome from our Cathedral and hear from our Bishop.
6:00 PM—Social Time/FOB meeting at the Hilton Hotel: We will move from the Cathedral to the Hilton Hotel for our evening festivities.
Most of us have been raised on a steady diet of the "scientific method." We prefer proof and evidence and sound judgment over those voices that wake us in the night. Many of us are so out of touch with our own longings that it's just too much work to get back to the stuff that makes our heart sing. This offering is a trek back to the headwaters of our partnership with God. This is an invitation to explore your giftedness and a time to remember those moments when you realized just how "beloved" you really are. We will focus our time together on the basics of giftedness, belovedness and the creativity that the world is waiting for you to offer in our times.
8:30 AM Worship/Convention Business Session: This day will be structured around the Eucharist, during which we will conduct our Convention Business.
3:00 Worship/Table: We share in the Great Thanksgiving gathered around God's table to receive our spiritual food for the journey and bless Holy Oils for Baptism and Healing ministries.


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The World War I Letters and Artifacts
of Private First Class Robert E. Schalles
WWI Letters
Letter Recipients
Robert Schalles Biography
Robert Schalles Timeline: 1917 – 1919
June 5: Registers for the Military in Cortez, Colorado.
July 10: First day in Military
September 27-29: Las Cruces, New Mexico: Dona Ana County Fair
September 30: Camp Baker, El Paso, Texas
October 5: Las Cruces, New Mexico
October 7: Camp Baker, El Paso, Texas
November 24: Left El Paso, Texas at 1:30 p.m. On Train headed east in Texas
November 24: 1:30 p.m. El Paso, Texas;
November 25: 11:00 a.m. San Antonio, Texas
November 25-28: Atlanta, Georgia; North & South Carolina; Virginia;
November 28: Washington D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia
November 29: 14 miles outside New York in Barracks.
December 5 – 27: U.S.S. Huron across the Atlantic to France
March 30: France: At the front in a dugout
April 5(?)France: Helps bury three German soldiers
April 8: France: At the front
May 12: First Mother's Day letter (title of the book comes from this letter)
June ?: France: Gets button from German pilot who was shot down.
June 7-9(?): 48 hrs at the Front/"difficult" & "exciting conditions"
June 11: France: Back from the front a couple days ago.
July 11: France: Watches French Farmers harvest grain.
August 6: St. Nicholas, France
August 18: In France
October 4: Wounded, shrapnel in lower left leg above ankle.
October 8: American Red Cross Hospital, No. 5 in Paris.
Nov. 12: American Red Cross Hospital, No. 5 in Paris, 20 minutes from Central Paris. In the hospital seven weeks, October 4 – November 24.
Nov. 28 (Thanksgiving): On a boxcar headed for St. Dizier, 200 miles east of Paris.
Dec. 25 (Christmas): On a boxcar bound for Germany
December 29: Back with Company in Engers, Germany.
Feb. 8: Engers on the Rhein, Germany
March 26: Engers, Germany
May 11: 2nd Mother's Day letter (contains one the most poignant passages in the book)
May 18: Puderbach, Germany
July 2: Sayn, Germany
July 10: Sayn, Germany, getting ready to entrain to Brest, France
July 10? – August 3: Brest, France, departure point for home.
August 3-9: Trip home to America on U.S.S. Imperator
August 24: Honorably discharged from the Army
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Modern Mill and River Houses by Merge Architects
Williamstown, Massachusetts
River Houses is planned as seven two-unit duplex structures, the first of which is complete and overlooks a bike path that runs along the Green River. Photo © John Horner
KEYWORDS Massachusetts
Architects & Firms
Merge Architects
You might expect a Boston-based firm to adhere to a proper New England architectural tradition when designing housing in a picturesque town in the Berkshires. Not so. Merge Architect's two multifamily housing structures, just added to a compound anchored by a 2016 residential conversion of the late 19th-century Cable Mills factory buildings in Williamstown, Massachusetts, is different. The firm eschews the regional architecture of white clapboard, black wood shutters, and gable roofs. Instead, the architects' approach reflects the Modernist direction that took hold in the 1930s and '40s in the Northeast after the International Style began to have an impact in that part of the country.
But what took root here was not necessarily akin to the machine-like, abstracted designs in the famous 1932 Museum of Modern Art exhibition, curated by Philip Johnson and Henry-Russell Hitchcock. Rather it was a hybrid Modernism that explored regional materials and building techniques typical of rural and industrial buildings, such as board-and-batten wood siding, timber framing, and vernacular, single-pitched roofs. And that concept is alive and well today in Merge's new Williamstown housing projects, albeit updated in materials and design elements.
The firm's Modern Mill is a two-story, six-apartment building, while the River Houses eventually will be a row of seven structures, each with two duplex units (only the first of which has been built so far). Because the original conversion of the Cable Mills factory received tax credits, the National Park Service and the Massachusetts Historical Commission had a say in the design considerations, such as building heights, roof shapes, and the choice of materials.
At River Houses, charcoal gray board-and-batten of fiber cement alternates with Alaskan yellow cedar. Photo © John Horner, click to enlarge.
With the first of the River Houses, Merge carved out the volumes and pulled them apart to create voids for carports, patios, and porches. The charcoal gray board-and-batten exterior is actually fiber cement, and alternates with Alaskan yellow cedar, punctuated by gray brick at the entrances.
The six additional two-unit houses will extend along the Green River, which bends around the back of the site. As Elizabeth Whittaker, Merge's principal, explains, the next one will feature more yellow cedar on the exterior, with the charcoal gray fiber cement board lining the carved-out portions; the third house will revert to a charcoal wrapping with yellow cedar for indented areas, and so on, in a do-si-do rhythm.
In River Houses, two views of a duplex living area (1 & 2) demonstrate how the atrium brings light into the living and dining spaces. Photos © John Horner
In Modern Mill, the exterior cladding combines a terra-cotta-painted fly ash-and-polymer material for the carved-out spaces, with Alaskan yellow cedar tongue-and-groove panels. Those narrow planks are articulated with fins to give the low rectilinear block a sense of verticality. Since Modern Mill is closer than the River Houses to the converted factory buildings, its rusty hues and solid shapes were intended to fit in somewhat with the complex of 1870s redbrick buildings. The new structure's subtle single-pitched roof makes a gesture to the industrial-mill typology.
Modern Mill is a second component of the condominium apartments at Cable Mills. Here terra-cotta-colored fly ash and polymer panels alternate with Alaskan yellow cedar.
Modern Mill, a two-story block with six dwelling units is located close to the existing redbrick factory buldings that were previously converted to rental apartments.
Photos © John Horner
When Mitchell Properties and Traggorth Companies found the neglected nine-acre property in the mid-2000s, they commissioned Boston architects Finegold Alexander to adapt eight factory structures to 61 rental apartments with high ceilings and black-steel-framed windows. The developers had seen an opportunity to provide multifamily housing close to the center of Williamstown and to the Williams College campus. Although the town's population is only 6,000—swelling by 2,000 during normal school years—the college and such cultural magnets as the Clark Art Institute, and MASS MoCA in nearby North Adams, have been attracting curators, academics, and other professionals (and some retirees) to the area and, it seems, to Cable Mills.
To supplement the converted, rental portion, the developers decided to add the newly constructed condos. But they sought a contemporary look and were attracted to the modernist-industrial work of Merge. "We wanted the sensibility of the original mill buildings' apartments by having double-height spaces and large windows, but with light wood frame construction," says Whittaker, who founded her firm in 2003. (Whittaker won a Record Women in Architecture Design Leadership award in 2017 and her firm was a Record Design Vanguard in 2014.)
The first River House contains one 1,950-square-foot duplex with two bedrooms and another, three-bedroom, 2,400-square-foot unit. Inside both, the open plans and large windows take your eye immediately to views of the Green River and the pastoral setting. To bring in even more daylight and sense of space in the larger duplex, the architects inserted a glazed double-height atrium in the living area.
Modern Mill's apartment interiors feature large loftlike living spaces with views toward the river (3) and a kitchen/ dining area (4) with abundant wood cabinetry. Photos © John Horner
In the two-story Modern Mill, the single-level apartments vary from 1,450 to 1,800 square feet within one monolithic block, which is similar to the forms of the old mill buildings. As you enter the apartments, you find compressed corridors leading past bedrooms until you arrive at the dramatically expansive living/dining/kitchen area looking north to this building's own view of the Green River. "The game is to get you to the river," says Whittaker of the plan. (One exception is an apartment on the northeast corner abutting the carport, where daylight is admitted through clerestory windows. Since the second-floor apartment here overlooks the synthetic roofing for the carport, a prospective resident might want sedum to be installed on the roof at some point.)
While contemporary materials made of fiber cement and fly ash-and-polymer replace actual wood, and double-glazing substitutes for what typically would have been single-pane glass, the housing easily brings to mind its midcentury heritage. Merge introduces its own distinctive approach with more articulated surfaces and a highly defined volumetric play of mass and void. The architecture is recognizable as a current design response, yet cohabits nicely with its historic context, continuing a modern legacy that is now almost a hundred years old.
Cable Mills site plan. Click to enlarge.
River Houses floor plans. Click to enlarge.
Modern Mill floor plans. Click to enlarge.
Merge Architects — Elizabeth Whittaker, principal; Jamie Pelletier, project manager and designer; Elana Abraham, designer
Engineers:
RSE Associates (structural); Johnson Engineering & Design (m/e/p); Guntlow & Associates (civil); McPhail Associates (geotech)
General Contractor:
Salco Construction
Offshoots (landscape); Accentech (acoustics); Code Red Consultants (code)
Traggorth Companies and Mitchell Properties
16,800 square feet (River House, 4,800 square feet; Modern Mill, 12,000 square feet)
$4.8 million (River House, $2 million; Modern Mill, $2.8 million)
Fiber Cement Board:
Fly Ash and Polymer Siding:
Boral
Windows and Doors:
Skylights:
Paints and Stains:
Lanserhof Tegernsee by Ingenhoven Architects
Los Limoneros by Gus Wüstemann Architects
Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects' Modern Redo of the Hood Museum of Art Opens at Dartmouth


Ralco is excited to announce that we have been chosen as a finalist in the Sixth Annual BOLD Awards, presented by the Minnesota Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth® (ACG.) The BOLD Awards honor and highlight the innovative and inspirational organizations that make Minnesota great. The program celebrates the corporate leaders and teams that are behind successful mergers and acquisitions, financing and extraordinary strategies that led to sustainability, remarkable performance and/or accelerated growth in 2017.
Ralco is a third-generation, family-owned multinational company with distribution in more than 20 countries. Ralco supports large segments of the livestock, poultry, aquaculture and crop industries as a leading global provider of livestock nutrition, animal health products and crop enhancement products.


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Daily Picks: Weather Is Going To Play A Part
Our picks for today's MLB action
Sat, August 17, 11:54 AM
A fairly balanced split slate is on the docket for us this Saturday, with six games in the afternoon and a further nine in the evening.
Here are Today's MLB Picks:
Indians @ Yankees
We have had two interesting games so far in this series and this one should be no different. James Paxton has been solid in his last four home starts, allowing 11 earned runs in 21 1/3 innings. While those numbers are not great, he has generally been solid in terms of consistency. Performances against the Rockies and Blue Jays do concern me, but his last three starts in general have seen just six earned runs in 18 2/3 innings. On the other side you have Zach Plesac, who has two shutouts in his last five outings. Over those last five outings he has thrown 29 innings allowing just nine earned runs. With the weather expected to favor pitching in this one, the under looks the right side to be on in this one.
1u – Under 10.5 Total Runs @ -115
Cardinals @ Reds
My first instinct was that this game is too tight to call, but the more I investigated it the more a discrepancy appeared. Anthony DeSclefani has been better at home this season, allowing just a 3.70 ERA with a .251 batting average against. His ERA on the road is over 1.50 runs higher, so therefore, backing him at home looks to be solid. In contrast, we have the road form of Miles Mikolas. Mikolas has a 6.34 ERA and a .317 batting average against. Neither of these pitchers have been in great form this month so far, but the home/road splits suggest the Reds make for an interesting underdog at close to even money.
1u – CIN Reds ML @ +100
Orioles @ Red Sox
This is an interesting matchup because neither of the two pitchers have been terrible and the weather is expected to favor pitching. Eduardo Rodriguez has been solid at home this season with a 3.89 ERA and a .241 batting average against. As for Asher Wojciechowki, he has a .194 batting average against on the road. In a lesser matchup with better hitting weather last night only 10 runs were scored, so I am banking on the under hitting in this one.
1u – Under 11 Total Runs @ -120
Dodgers @ Braves
Until Hyun-Jin Ryu actually starts struggling you should keep trusting him to put together the impressive performances he has this season. His first start back from the IL saw him throw seven shutout innings so he has settled right back into the form he was in. In contrast, Mike Foltynewicz has never got it going this season, with a 6.24 ERA and allowing 16 earned runs in his last four starts, spanning 21 1/3 innings. With the disparity in the pitcher stats it is hard not to take the Dodgers to win this reasonably comfortably.
1u – LA Dodgers -1.5 @ +100
By Ben Rolfe
@benrolfe15
Ben is a football guru with years of experience covering the NFL. You can always count on Ben to pick a winner on Sunday!
17/08/2019 Daily Picks: Weather Is Going To Play A Part


On March 10 children will take over mumok. All children are warmly invited to take part in our program of events and to spend their day just as they please at mumok.
TAgnès Jaoui's debut film Le Goût des autres (English title: The Taste of Others) is a confrontational illustration of the strict connections between the symbolic power of legitimated culture(s) and social class, in line with the thesis of Pierre Bourdieu's Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste.


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