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Green beans with stewed tomatoes is a staple on most Southern tables. In this recipe, we change it up a bit and add one of our Scotch bonnet peppers (whole) to the pot for a few minutes to give it more flavor and just a tad bit of heat. (Don't worry, we remove it just before we add the tatsoi to finish the dish.) Scotch bonnets are very popular in Caribbean cooking and add really nice floral notes to any dish.
We also add tatsoi right at the end so it is just wilted. Tatsoi is an Asian brassica green that has a very light mustard flavor to it. It has a very delicate texture, therefore great in salads, stir-frys, and as a finishing green in soups or stews. It is high in Vitamins C, A, and B9 (Folate), as well as Calcium, Potassium, and fiber.
After you've made this dish with tatsoi, try using our arugula, mizuna, or mixed baby greens in it the next time you make it!
Wash, drain, and trim the green beans, slice into 1-2 inch long segments; set aside.
Remove and discard any discolored tatsoi leaves, wash really well, spin dry; set aside.
Leave the Scotch bonnet whole; set aside.
Note: It should not break apart with its short spell in the stewing veggies. However, if you want the added heat then, by all means, chop it up and add it to the pot.
Place a medium sized soup pot on a burner set at medium-high, wait a minute or two to let the pot heat up, add the olive oil, wait another minute, add the onions, stir and cook for 1 minute or until translucent, add the garlic, cook for 1 minute.
Add the stewed diced tomatoes and dried oregano, stir, cook for 10 minutes, add the green beans, stir, add the Scotch bonnet, stir occasionally being careful not to rupture the Scotch bonnet, cook for 15 minutes.
Remove the Scotch bonnet pepper (or not), add the tatsoi, lightly press the leaves down into the stewing veggies, cook for 2 minutes.
This looks like a perfect springtime meal!


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Shelley Hirsch's Sonic Explorations
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Shelley Hirsch in Jim Hodges' the dark gate (2008). Photo: Chris Mode.
To spark discussion, the Walker invites local artists and critics to write overnight reviews of our performances. The ongoing Re:View series shares a diverse array of independent voices and opinions; it doesn't reflect the views or opinions of the Walker or its curators. Today, Walker intern Chris Mode shares his perspective on Shelley Hirsch's Sound Horizon performance. Agree or disagree? Feel free to share your thoughts in comments!
As curator of this season's Sound Horizon, artist Jim Hodges hand selected musicians to perform in Give More Than You Take, an exhibition of his work over the last 25 years. This Thursday saw the second installment, and vocalist Shelley Hirsch filled the galleries with her eclectic sounds.
Known for her experimental, improvisatory storytelling through song and text, Hirsch has been an active performer and composer for over three decades. Her biography boasts a presence on over 70 CDs, and she has worked with composers such as John Zorn, Christian Marclay, and Alvin Curran (who was at the Walker last month as a part of the Trisha Brown Dance Company's performance). Hirsch frequently works with visual artists as well, and she and Hodges have a long history of friendship and collaboration.
When she entered the gallery for her 7 pm performance, Hirsch's dress of blue velvet and floral lace was at home with Hodges' soft textures and colors. Microphone in hand, she began with an attempt at call and response, the greetings of "How are you?" and " I'm saying hello to you" careening through her range before breaking into gibberish. Hirsch's first task was to engage the dozens of students that surrounded her, arms crossed and unenthused. After some forced participation ("you've got to get up and be proud!"), they warmed up to her as she began her musical tour of the galleries.
Like Hodges, Hirsch creates through subtle transformations of the everyday; her improvisations relied on in-the-moment reactions to the art and bodies around her. She built a chant out of a simple observation: "I see you looking at me looking at you." She invited us to "try try try" to draw on napkins, as Hodges did, the next time we got coffee. Classic songs are a large part of Hirsch's performance vocabulary, and this invitation moved quickly into the first phrase of "Try to Remember." Her powers of contorting text and sound were quite impressive. After asking for the time, "7:27" slowly morphed into "transcendence," "transfigure," and "triangles of light," moving through the intermediate nonsense words in a free association description of Hodges' work and her reaction to it.
Hirsch's appreciation of Hodges' art was evident throughout her tour. At times she would explicitly acknowledge her fondness for a piece. Elsewhere, his work provided inspiration for her sonic explorations. Near the start, she stood quasi-yodeling into the hanging flower curtain of You. Later, she sang from the sheet music of Picturing That Day, singing the names of colors that Hodges had placed where the note heads had been.
In a participatory performance such as this, the words Hirsch elicited from her audience were often as entertaining as her own. By now totally won over, the students offered comments like "This is my dream job" and "I seriously want whatever she's on." At one point, a mother explained to her young, wide-eyed son, "it's called performance art." But, smiling, he didn't need an explanation of the fun that Hirsch was creating.
Early on, I spotted Jim Hodges sitting on a stool in the corner. He watched with a smirk, knowing exactly what we were getting into. By the end of Hirsch's performance, that smirk became a smile, and I saw it repeated on the faces around me.
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2-year-old boy survives two days home alone after mother suddenly dies
Micaela Quinn with her son
By: Feng Qian
(Scroll down for video) A two-year-old boy miraculously survived home alone after his mother suddenly died of natural causes, according to police in Oregon.
Police found the hungry and thirsty two-year-old boy on Wednesday, at his home in Portland.
The child had survived for two days after his mother, 40-year-old Micaela Quinn, died suddenly of natural causes.
Sergeant Pete Simpson said that a friend of Quinn, had contacted police after she had not seen her friend for a number of days. Police went to her house to check on her welfare Wednesday morning at 8:30 a.m.
A neighbor, Amber Sawney, said that she was devastated.
"You know, if anything happened to me I would feel the same for my child. A little boy himself, no mom, no one to care for him. It's sad," Sawney said.
Police said that the child is in good health, but was taken to a hospital for a checkup. The Department of Human Services will try to find relatives to care for the child.
"It's really heartbreaking. We can only assume what this poor guy was thinking about the last couple of days. Fortunately, the little one is fine," Simpson said.
"It's a good reminder that people have to look out for each other," he said.


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North Korea opens artillery fire on buffers in the East and West Seas.
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North Korea fired another artillery shell today within the maritime buffer established in the East and West Seas in accordance with the September 19 inter-Korean military agreement.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff announced that it intercepted artillery fire, estimated to be around 130 multiples, launched into the East and West Seas from the area of Geumgang County, Gangwon Province, North Korea, and the Jangsan Cape area, South Province Hwanghae , respectively, from 2:59 pm today.
The area where the shells fell was contained within the maritime buffer north of the Northern Limit Line (NLL), and the military immediately issued several warning communications to stop the provocation, saying it was in violation of the Treaty Military 9/19.
In this regard, North Korea announced through the Korean Central News Agency, a state-run media, that it was "firing artillery fire in response to the South's training" just over an hour after the announcement of our Joint Chiefs of Staff.
"From 8:30 a.m. to 3:50 p.m. today, dozens of missiles believed to be radiation bombs were fired in a southeast direction from the direction of Yipyong-ri, Cheorwon-gun," said a spokesman for the People's Army General Staff. North Korea Dept.
The General Staff Department issued "an urgent order to the front-line units of the People's Army to thoroughly monitor talent and prepare a quick counter-attack posture, and from 15:00 to 16:00, 130 rounds of maritime live ammunition were fired at the units on the eastern fronts and western for the purpose of countermeasure warning." to move forward," he said.
"The General Staff of the Korean People's Army once again declares that it will respond to all provocative actions of the enemy with overwhelming military action," he said. "He was threatening.
"We strictly warn the enemy not to trigger unnecessary tensions on the front and to take self-respect," he added.
It's been about a month since North Korean artillery fired 80 rounds into the buffer zone in the East Sea from Geumgang-gun area, Gangwon-do on the 3rd of last month.
There were observations that the artillery fire was in the nature of an armed demonstration against the firing drills such as multiple rocket launchers (MLRS) conducted by the South Korean army and the USFK in the Cheorwon area, but a North Korean military announcement confirmed this.
In Cheorwon, Gangwon-do, an artillery firing drill has been scheduled for three days from today, with the possibility of additional provocations from North Korea expected, and the military is known to be going ahead with previously planned training as which was arranged.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff said, "We are strengthening our preparedness posture in case of a crisis while tracking and monitoring related trends under close cooperation between the ROK and the United States."
Currently, it is known that the North Korean military has started winter training.
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...now I do tend to get excited about christmas but with the girls this year I really wanted to enjoy it and treasure every moment so am going to journal my december.
So I made the choice of using Teresa Collins for it and I liked the pictures of it I wasn't sure how much I would like it until it arrived this morning.
I ordered a 6x6 paper pad, the banners and the stamp set (not shown in the picture) as my daughter has taken a shine to them and put them in her bag, to go with the advent countdown set. This picture really doesn't do it justice so here is the album etc out.
I have just opened the advent countdown set and this is what you get, I am more then a little excited and cannot wait to get going with it.
Just thought I would share with you all.
Oooh can't wait to see what you do with that yummy stash, Lou.


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'I'm rich, white and middle-aged - where can I go to be heard these days? I literally have no platform to express myself, as I explained to my 200,000 Facebook followers.
'I've been cancelled - which is incidentally the name of my next movie'.
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"There is this vast knowledge that's been produced by Asian American Studies scholars that we think many educators may not have had access to"
University of California, Davis has won a grant to help K-12 education on California's Chinese American history.
The university's program 'Building Community in California: The Chinese American Experience' won the $190,000 National Endowment for the Humanities last week.
Under the program, 72 teachers in K-12 public schools nationwide will be educated on California's Chinese American history and a curriculum will be designed for their students.
C Davis' The History Project will run the program and will be led by Dr. Robyn Rodriguez, UC Davis Asian American studies department chair, and Stacey Greer, director of The History Project.
"There is this vast knowledge that's been produced by Asian American Studies scholars that we think many educators may not have had access to," Rodriguez said.
"We're really excited to be able to have this chance to share among a broader audience, giving them this unique lens into the Chinese American experience, but really also the broader Asian American experience."
The workshop will provide a week-long tour of major California landmarks in Chinese history for participants including San Francisco's Angel Island (where Chinese immigrants were detained),
"We tend to focus on (John) Sutter and the Gold Rush (in California's history education)," Greer said.
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\section{Introduction}

Although parton distribution functions are the
fundamental objects describing the inner structure of
hadrons, they were so far not calculated from first
principles. In the past, lattice QCD has successfully been
employed for the computation of hadronic spectra and form
factors, for instance. Yet calculations of quark distributions are still
missing, since they are given by light-cone correlation
functions and light-like distances are not accessible on an
Euclidean lattice.

A new method to deal with this problem was proposed in
Ref.\,\cite{Ji:2013dva} and employs the computation of a
purely spatial quasi-distribution in
a finite momentum frame. How to relate this
quasi-distribution to the physical PDF and general studies
of this method have already been addressed in a handful of
papers, e.g. \cite{Xiong:2013bka, Lin:2014zya, Alexandrou:2015rja,
Chen:2016utp, Ishikawa:2016znu, Chen:2016fxx}.

A crucial point when making the connection to PDFs is a
large momentum limit for the nucleon boost. On the lattice,
this provides a challenge, since large momentum nucleon
observables are known to be very noisy. Thus, we study the
effect of including a momentum dependent quark field
smearing \cite{Bali:2016lva} into our calculation, in order
to improve the quality of the signal, especially for large
nucleon momenta.

A comprehensive work on the calculation of PDFs with more
elaborate studies of the recent developments and our newest
results can be found in our latest paper
\cite{Alexandrou:2016jqi}.

\section{Lattice calculation \& momentum smearing}

The quasi-distributions are computed from
\begin{equation}
\tilde{q}(x, \Lambda, P_3) = \int_{-\infty}^\infty
\frac{dz}{4\pi} e^{-izk_3} \langle P
|\bar{\psi}(z)\gamma_3 W_3(z,0) \psi(0) |P\rangle\,,
\label{EQN_PDF_FT}
\end{equation}
where $W_j(z,0)$ is the Wilson line from $0$ to $z$ in the
spatial $j$ direction, $k_3=xP_3$ and the Euclidean momentum
is $P=(0, 0, P_3, P_4)$. It is required that the Wilson line and the spatial nucleon
momentum boost point into the same direction.
In lattice QCD, one can compute matrix elements of operator
as suitable ratios of three- and two-point correlation
functions.
The full set of PDFs can be accessed by using three-point
functions where the inserted operators have
the Dirac structures
\begin{itemize}
  \item $\gamma_3$, for the case of the unpolarized momentum
    quasi-distributions $\tilde{q}(x,\Lambda, P_3)$\,;
  \item $\gamma_3 \gamma_5$, for the case of the helicity
    quasi-distributions $\Delta \tilde{q}(x,\Lambda,P_3)$\,;
  \item $\gamma_3 \gamma_j$ ($j=1,2$), for the case of the transversity
    quasi-distributions $\delta \tilde{q}(x,\Lambda,P_3)$\,.
  \end{itemize}
Due to the rotational invariance on the lattice, one is
certainly not restricted to the 3-direction and can easily
generalize the operators to the other two
directions.
In order to obtain a quasi-distribution from the computed
matrix elements a Fourier transformation has to be
performed. The quasi-distribution can be related to the physical
PDF by a one-loop matching and a mass correction. Details
for these steps can be found in
Refs.\,\cite{Alexandrou:2015rja,Chen:2016utp}, for example.

In former studies we applied standard Gaussian smearing to
the nucleon fields in order to improve the overlap to the
nucleon ground state. This, however, is only valid for
momentum zero and deteriorates the signal for large momenta.
Thus, in Ref.\,\cite{Bali:2016lva} a new type of smearing, the
momentum smearing, is proposed. This smearing is constructed
in a way to increase the overlap of the used nucleon field
with a momentum boosted nucleon ground state.
In contrast to the Gaussian
smearing quark fields are smeared according to
\begin{equation}
  S_{mom}\psi(x) = \frac{1}{1+6\alpha}(\psi(x) + \alpha
  \sum_j U_j(x)e^{ik\hat{j}}\psi(x+\hat{j}))\,,
\end{equation}
where $k=\zeta P$, with $P$ the lattice momentum of the
nucleon and $\zeta$ a tunable parameter. This form looks
very similar to the definition of Gaussian smearing with an
addition of an exponential factor multiplying the gauge
links in the direction of the momentum boost. In practice, we
use a Gaussian smearing routine with the standard nucleon
parameters (50 steps, $\alpha=4$) and include a gauge field
with a complex phase $\tilde{U}_j(x) = U_j(x)e^{ik\hat{j}}$. For now we follow \cite{Bali:2016lva}
and choose $\zeta$ to be 0.45.

All calculations presented here were performed on an ETMC
(European Twisted Mass Collaboration) gauge field ensemble
\cite{Baron:2010bv}, with $N_f = 2+1+1$ flavors of
maximally twisted mass fermions and a volume of $32^3 \times
64$. The bare coupling is set to $\beta = 1.95$,
corresponding to a lattice spacing of $a \approx 0.082$\,fm.
The twisted mass parameter is $a\mu = 0.0055$, which gives a
pion mass of $m_{PS}\approx 370$\,MeV.
Because we still do not have a proper renormalization of the
involved operator we apply 5 steps of HYP smearing
\cite{Hasenfratz:2001hp} to the gauge links in the Wilson
line. This is expected to bring the values of the
renormalization constants close to their tree-level values.

For the computation of
the matrix elements we used only 50 gauge
configurations with 3 sequential propagators (one for each
spatial direction), resulting in 150 measurements. In case
of the unpolarized momentum distribution and $P_3 = 10 \pi / L$, we
used 100 gauge configurations. Currently the source-sink
separation is set to $t_s=8a$, in order to get a better
signal. Larger separations and thus the influence of excited
states will be studied in the future.

\section{Results}

In order to show the quality of our lattice calculation, we
show the unrenormalized matrix elements for the momentum,
the helicity and transversity cases in
Figs.\,\ref{FIG_ME_UP}, \ref{FIG_ME_HEL} and
\ref{FIG_ME_TRA}. To demonstrate the capabilities of the
momentum smearing we show results for momenta up to
$P_3=10\pi/L$ for the unpolarized case. When comparing to
previous results that employ the stochastic method
\cite{Alexandrou:2016jqi} one can see that a factor of
$\approx 200$ less measurements is necessary to obtain
results with a comparable uncertainty for a single momentum.

\begin{figure}
  \includegraphics{./fig/ME_ms_unpol/ME_ms_unpol.pdf}
  \caption{\label{FIG_ME_UP}Unrenormalized matrix elements of the vector
  operator (for the momentum distribution) and three
  different nucleon boost momenta, {\bf left:}
real part, {\bf right:} imaginary part.}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}
  \includegraphics{./fig/ME_ms_hel/ME_ms_hel.pdf}
  \caption{\label{FIG_ME_HEL}Unrenormalized matrix elements of the
  axial-vector operator (for the helicity distribution) and
$P_3 = 6\pi/L$, {\bf left:} real part, {\bf right:}
imaginary part.}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}
  \includegraphics{./fig/ME_ms_tra/ME_ms_tra.pdf}
  \caption{\label{FIG_ME_TRA}Unrenormalized matrix elements of the
  tensor operator (for the transversity distribution) and
$P_3 = 6\pi/L$, {\bf left:} real part, {\bf right:}
imaginary part.}
\end{figure}

Consequently, in Fig.\,\ref{FIG_PDF_MOM} we show the momentum
dependence of the unpolarized momentum quasi-distribution. One can
see that for larger momenta there is a trend that
points into the direction of the phenomenological PDF
curves. However, in order to make proper statements here we
will need probably even larger momenta and a procedure to
extrapolate to very large or even infinite momentum. We show
only the quasi-distributions in this plot, since the
influence of the matching and mass correction is very small
for momenta larger than $P_3=6\pi/L$. This can especially
be seen when looking at the results for the helicity and
transversity distributions for $P_3=6\pi/L$ in
Fig.\,\ref{FIG_PDF_HELTRA}. Here, the difference between the
quasi-distribution, the finite mass distribution and the
physical PDF is almost negligible. For even larger momenta
there should be no visible difference.

\begin{figure}

  \includegraphics{./fig/PDF_plots_momsm_compare/PDF_ms_compare_mom.pdf}
  \caption{\label{FIG_PDF_MOM}Momentum quasi-distribution for
    three different nucleon momenta. MSTW
    \cite{Martin:2009iq}, CJ12 \cite{Owens:2012bv} and
    ABM11 \cite{Alekhin:2012ig} are
phenomenologically extracted distributions plotted for
orientation.}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}

  \includegraphics{./fig/PDF_ms_hel_tra/PDF_ms_hel_tra.pdf}
  \caption{\label{FIG_PDF_HELTRA}Quasi-distribution, finite
    nucleon mass distribution and PDF after nucleon mass
    corrections for $P_3=6\pi/L$, {\bf left:} helicity, {\bf
    right:} transversity. DSSV08 \cite{deFlorian:2009vb} and
    JAM15 \cite{Sato:2016tuz} are
phenomenologically extracted distributions plotted for
orientation.}
\end{figure}

\section{Conclusion and Outlook}
In this proceeding we gave a brief update on our current
effort to compute parton distribution functions of the
nucleon with lattice QCD methods. We especially focused on
the recent inclusion of momentum dependent smearing. We
were able to show that by using this smearing in combination
with the sequential method it is possible to reduce the
error for larger momenta up to a factor of 200 in comparison
to our previous work where we used the stochastic method. We
applied this new smearing to the momentum, the helicity
and the transversity distribution.

In the future, the application of momentum smearing will
thus enable us to reach sufficiently large momenta in order
to make a connection to the physical light cone
distribution. When other systematic effects, e.g. the quark
masses and cut-off effects and, in particular, the question
of renormalization, are under control, we will be
able to tell, if PDFs can be extracted from a lattice QCD
calculation.

\section*{Acknowledgements}
K.C. was supported in part
by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), project nr.
CI 236/1-1. F.S. was partly supported by CNPq contract number 249168/2013-8.
We thank our fellow members of ETMC for their
constant collaboration. In particular
helpful discussions with G.C. Rossi are gratefully
acknowledged. We are grateful
to the John von Neumann Institute for Computing (NIC), the
Jülich Supercomputing
Center and the DESY Zeuthen Computing Center for their
computing resources and
support. This work has been supported by the Cyprus Research
Promotion Foundation through the  Project Cy-Tera (NEA
Y$\Pi$O$\Delta$OMH/$\Sigma$TPATH/0308/31) co-financed by the
European Regional Development Fund. This work has
received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020
research and
innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant
agreement No 642069 (HPC-LEAP).

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October was an amazing reading month for me. I read four outstanding books (a 5* review is coming soon!), which I think is a record for me. All were very different in terms of style and content, but I highly recommend them all.
The Last Banquet is an atmospheric story set in 18th century France. The descriptions of animal butchery mean that it isn't for the squeamish, but if you enjoyed The Cook by Wayne Macauley then this book is for you!
Beneath the Darkening Sky is a disturbing insight into the plight of Africa's child soldiers. It is a really important book and I hope that word about its brilliance spreads.
Difficult Conversations makes you look at arguments in a different light. It has changed the way I interact with people and had a positive impact on my life.
I'd be interested to see your thoughts on Tampa. I'm still on the fence about whether I would like to read it or not.
Lucybird, From what I've read it looks like 'Tampa' is one of those books you can't sit on the fence about. It is such a powerful book it will elicit strong emotions of either love or hate. I hope my review will be able to give you a good idea about whether or not it is for you.
Look forward to sharing thoughts on the Franck, Jackie.
Lizzy, The Franck will be a good one to discuss. I look forward to comparing notes.
Sounds like a wonderful November!
Jackie – you always amaze me with your monthly wrap ups . You did great once again. So many of these are new to me.
That definitely WAS a great month for you! You don't hand out those 4 and 5 stars easily. I've read The Interestings, and I liked it well enough but it will be curious to see what you say, and whether it holds your attention.
Sandy, That sounds as though I shouldn't raise my expecations for 'The Interestings'. I hope it manages to hold my attention.
I second Lizzy. I almost bought it but I've still got another novel by her which I haven't read yet. I thought the topic of this one was more appealing though.
I'm also interested in Moers. I've read another Eschbach and it was a page turner. I hope this one is good as well.
Caroline, I've nearly finished 'The Carpet Makers'. It is a real page turner and I think I'll read all of his books now. I look forward to seeing what everyone else reads for German literature month.
Richard Flanagan's 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North' about Australian soldiers taken prisoner by the Japanese and forced to labour on the Thailand-Burma railway. It's just brilliantly written and harrowing and ought to show up on the Aussie prize lists.
And I'm just getting to the end of Joyce Carol Oates' 'My Sister, My Love' which has been sitting on my shelves for a few years now. The last few JCO books I've read have been either short stories or novellas so it has been nice to sink my teeth into one of her chunky novels again (this one is 565 pages) and has made me want to read a few more.
I'm hoping to get to 'The Orenda' in the next few weeks so I look forward to comparing thoughts with you on that. Three other books I'll definitely be reading in November are the new novels by Maria McCann, Tim Winton and Thomas Keneally. Other than that I always look forward to November through February when there aren't so many new books and I tend to read more older stuff or catch up on some I might have missed this year and last.
David, All the books you mention sound appealing – there is something about books not released here that makes them even more interesting!
I ordered 'The Quiet Twin' from my library when you mentioned it a couple of weeks ago. It should come in soon and hopefully I'll be able to try it at some point in November.
Miller is one of those authors I've been wanting to try for a while. I won a copy of his book about horses from Kim's blog and hope to try it soon.
I love 'Gould's Book of Fish', but haven't tried any of Flanagan's other books. It is good to hear that his new one is worth waiting for. I should probably pull 'One Hand Clapping' off my bookshelf over the winter.
Stu, Hopefully we'll be able to spread the word about it in the next few months. More people need to read 'Darkening Sky'!
I read The Carpet Makers several years ago and really enjoyed it. I look forward to your thoughts on it!
I tried Tampa, but just couldn't do it. Not because of the subject matter, which I found intriguing, but because I thought the writing was poor.
threegoodrats, I've nearly finished 'Carpet Makers' and am really enjoying it. I love books with such original themes!
I look forward to reading your thoughts on The Orenda. It's a long one, almost 500 pages, but it is excellent. I think it's an important read in terms of Canadian history. I'm interested in hearing what people outside of Canada think of it.
Shan, I'm not familiar with this period of Canadian history at all so it will be interesting to see how I get on – I'll let you know!
Ooh, The Labyrinth of Dreaming Books! I've read The City of Dreaming Books and have a couple others by Moers to read (Captain Bluebear, Rumo) but haven't come across this one before. Must be a sequel, yes?
A Man in Full is the only Wolfe book I've read so far – way back at uni, a total whim read but I really enjoyed it. Don't remember what it was about, just that I liked it!


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Mary Poppins at the New Amsterdam Theater on Broadway
December 16, 2011 by Lolli
Lolli here…Tomorrow will mark 2 weeks since I saw my very first Broadway show, and I am still reeling. I was fortunate enough to see Mary Poppins on Broadway while I was in New York City with Disney/Dreamworks at the beginning of December. The performance was everything I could have hoped for and imagined….and more.
I LOVED the dress that I wore to see Mary Poppins. Lands' End was gracious enough to send it to me just for this New York trip!
Mary Poppins – the Hit Broadway Musical
The theater production of Mary Poppins has all of the songs that we love from the classic Disney movie (like my favorite, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious) and a handful of additional songs that really enhanced the show.
The current cast is incredible – a perfect combination of musical, acting, and dancing talent. Bert's incredible walk-on-the-ceiling stunt during Step in Time blew my mind (particularly that he could remain so poised AND keep singing while walking upside down around the theater walls). The children who played the parts of Jane and Michael Banks were models of talent, and as a mother, I was both impressed and proud of them.
Take a look at the intricacies of Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious:
The New Amsterdam Theater
While still in New York City, our group of bloggers was able to visit the New Amsterdam theater, home to Mary Poppins on Broadway. On our tour of the theater, we learned about the new Amsterdam's history and then had the chance for a hands-on exploration of costumes from several of Disney's past Broadway musicals. My favorite part? Trying on one of the Lion King's famous masks. Who would have known that those masks could be SO light?
The New York Times long ago nicknamed the New Amsterdam theater "The House Beautiful," and it really is. Built between 1901 and 1903 in an Art Nouveau style with a nature theme, it cost about $1.5 million dollars ($48 million by today's standards) to build, and then the same to renovate in the 1990s. The details in the New Amsterdam are worthy of praise and many pictures (which I took aplenty).
Have you been to the new Amsterdam theater? What did you think when you walked inside?
Have you had the chance to see Mary Poppins or any of the other Disney shows on Broadway? If not, I highly recommend making plans to see one!
Disclosure: I was not compensated for this post, but the trip to New York City and the shows and activities were paid for by Disney/Dreamworks. All opinions are my own.
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LOVED that show! I saw it in that theater (twice actually!). The theater is grand, but that is probably the one drawback to that show. So many of the other theaters are smaller and much more intimate. That one is HUGE.


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HR and employment law clinic: Ruling on religious discrimination
There has been a flurry of religious discrimination cases making the headlines.
By Roger Spence, director, Harrison Drury.
Two cases in particular illustrate that employers can face difficult and conflicting considerations when dealing with matters relating to employees' religious beliefs.
In the first case, Mbuyi v Newpark Childcare, the Employment Tribunal concluded that a Christian nursery assistant who expressed her views on homosexuality to a lesbian colleague, and was later dismissed, was subjected to discrimination on the grounds of her religious beliefs.
The tribunal found that the employer had also been wrong to characterise the exchange as harassment when it had been instigated by the colleague and the claimant was giving an honest answer to a question.
The tribunal concluded that the employer's decision to dismiss was unlawful as it was based on a stereotypical view of evangelical Christians.
In a different case (Begum v Pedagogy Auras UK Ltd t/a Barley Lane Montessori Day Nursery), the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) had to consider whether the requirement for a Muslim nursery assistant to wear a shorter garment at work, for health and safety reasons, amounted to discrimination.
In this case Ms Begum, who applied for a post as a nursery assistant, expressed the view she was obliged by her religion to wear a jilbab, flowing from neck to ankle. She was asked if she could wear a shorter garment to work as the jilbab she was wearing was seen as a "trip hazard."
Ms Begum complained of discrimination. The employment tribunal found that the 'provision, criterion or practice' (PCP) in relation to dress was not discriminatory because there was no religious requirement for Muslim women to wear a floor-length Jilbab. Alternatively, it was justified on health and safety grounds. The EAT upheld these conclusions. These cases show the potential difficulties for employers when making hiring and firing decisions.
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Sharing Territory develops a spiritual connection to the very heart of a horse.
From all of the years that I have Shared Territory with horses my spirit has always been lifted when I am in their company. My longing for a horse to feel this same spiritual connection with me is what led me to want to spend time just "being" with horses.
Strawberry was my first horse. I spent all of my days in his company just waiting for him to connect with me. I wanted him to have the same feelings for me that I had for him.
Strawberry came into my life when I was three years old. He was an old, retired plow horse and I loved him! I Shared Territory with him every day for hours. On the weekends my parents went riding and when they had time they would take me with them and I would ride Strawberry.
I remember one time I fell from the saddle while Strawberry was cantering across an empty lot. A horse fly bit him and he began bucking. Unfortunately, I was thrown and because my foot got stuck in the stirrup I was left hanging upside down. When that happened Strawberry stopped bucking and stood stock still. My parents wanted to run up and help me, but they were afraid to approach him for fear he would take off again. I remember that moment in detail like it was yesterday. I was around six at the time, and old enough to know that my horse could spook easily with me hanging from his side and that the precarious position I was in was very dangerous. At that same moment I felt an even deeper connection with Strawberry, which gave me the ability to communicate with him. I guess you would call this telepathy. Strawberry said to me "Carolyn I will stand here until you get out of danger, don't worry." It took me some time but I managed to right myself while my parents and some of their friends stood back watching in fear. From that day on Strawberry and I felt even closer. When the chips were down he had come through for me. I had always felt that our connection was deep, but after that experience I was now convinced. Sharing Territory developed a spiritual connection to bloom between us that had no explanation.
On the day that I got bucked off my horse instead of being faced with a serious injury our spiritual connection turned Strawberry into a hero in my eyes. Today I know that the power of connection comes with a language that I can share with horses. When empathy and a bond is shared between two beings telepathy is natural. Sharing territory with horses is an important practice for many reasons; it increases mental health, it develops personal growth and it encourages telepathic communication. Having a connection in harmony with horses is the foundation for any and all equestrian pursuits, from the ground to the saddle. It also has other important health benefits, to both horses and humans, that cannot be denied.
Some people are more successful than others in finding that magical connection by just being in the company of horses, so I developed a program called 21 Days to Connection With Your Horse, The Chair Challenge, as a guide so that everyone can have this deep bond with their horse. This program offers 21 guided meditation practices and exercises, as well as video and written lessons to help you develop a bond, trust and respect so that your horse will naturally follow your lead! The Chair Challenge is designed to bring out your ability to truly connect, soul to soul, with a horse, like I had experienced with my own horse, Strawberry. From learning how to connect, bond and communicate with horses, it is my hope that The Chair Challenge will encourage people to develop a soul to soul connection with all living things. If you are interested in my program this is how to get started.
May the spirit of the bond be with you!


A Salina man was arrested for allegedly shoving a woman and throwing a grill grate at a teenage boy.
Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that a welfare check on 38-year-old Jonathan Graham began a chain of events in the 800 block of State Street.
Officers were asked to check on Graham because an acquaintance believed he was suicidal on Monday evening around 9pm. Graham was talking on the phone to authorities but would not come to the door. Meanwhile officers also learned about an alleged assault on Graham's next door neighbor and a boy.
Police say Graham shoved the 35-year-old woman, kicked a hole in her screen door, then picked up a grate off a BBQ grill and hurled it at the teen, missing him.
While officers were chatting with his neighbors, Graham charged out his backdoor with his fists taped up like a boxer and threatened to kill a police officer, who in turn tased him and took him into custody.
Graham is facing multiple charges that could include, criminal threat, domestic battery and assault on a law enforcement officer.


Our dentists have a special interest in dentofacial orthopaedics for children with airway breathing problems, have studied Dr John Flutter and Dr Derek Mahony, and undertake cases suitable for the Myobrace system.
Dentofacial orthopaedics is the process of normalizing the growth of a patient's bone structure and repairing any imbalances of the face and jaws. This process often involves a two-phase treatment and often begins when the patient is around seven or eight years old.
The Myobrace system is a no-braces approach to straightening teeth and jaws. Treatment uses myofunctional orthodontic techniques to address the poor oral habits (known as myofunctional habits) that are the real, underlying causes of crooked teeth and uses light, intermittent forces to align the teeth. This is done through the use of a series of removable dental appliances that are worn for just 1-2 hours each day and overnight while sleeping.
Myofunctional orthodontic techniques have been practiced by orthodontists and dentists around the world for over 50 years.


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Pompeo hails Azhar listing as 'victory for American diplomacy'
UNITED STATES, May 02 (INP): United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has hailed United Nations' listing of Jaish-e-Muhmamad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar as a "victory for American diplomacy".
Pompeo congratulated his country's UN mission on their efforts in the negotiations and said "the long-awaited action is a victory for American diplomacy … and an important step towards peace in South Asia".
Azhar was designated a global terrorist by the UN Security Council (UNSC) on Wednesday after a long legal and political battle among the permanent members of the international body.
Since 2008, the US attempted four times to list Masood under the UNSC Resolution 1267, but every time its move was thwarted by China.
China resisted the listing of Masood at the request of Pakistan, which considered the move a political tool to equate the ongoing freedom struggle in Indian-occupied Kashmir (IOK) with terrorism.
Just hours before the listing of Masood, a senior Pakistani official explained as to why Pakistan and China finally withdrew its opposition.
"In the latest bid, Pakistan was able to convince the UNSC members to delink the listing of Masood from the Kashmir freedom movement. That was a major diplomatic victory," the official insisted.
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Explaining a product with hidden benefits.
Knauf is the world's leading force in the field of gypsum-based drywall systems. PerfectWall is a convenience product for the DIY field that is faster and easier to work with. Sounds like a superior product. If only someone would explain its main features to its target group.
The challenge was to shed light on the benefits of the new PerfectWall system for the German market, without undermining the justification for conventional drywall systems. Using the right tonality for this segment was also key.
A film featuring a sports competition between the two systems. A split-screen feature presented in the style of a football match.
Versions of varying lengths were edited for the website, social media and POS presentations. The launch was accompanied by an advertising campaign in specialist magazines for DIY enthusiasts. The campaign was perfectly suited to explaining the USP not only to the consumer but also to the trade and Knauf's own sales force.


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GID Acquires 129 Unit Luxury Community in San Francisco, CA
August 8, 2017 San Francscio, CA
San Francisco- (August 8, 2017) GID announced today that it has acquired Eviva at Mission Bay, a 129 unit apartment community located in the Mission Bay submarket of San Francisco. The property will now be known as Mission Bay by Windsor. Mission Bay offers tremendous access to area employment and entertainment options. The property is located two blocks from the 4th & King Caltrain Station and three blocks from AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants.
The property consists of one 5-story podium style building with parking on grade. There are nine units located on the ground floor with 12 foot ceilings with all other units having 9 foot ceilings. Units include 8 foot entry doors, quartz countertops, glass tile backsplashes, stainless steel appliances, full-size front load washer & dryer and vinyl plank flooring throughout all living areas. Amenities include a fitness center, courtyard with a BBQ grill and wi-fi lounge.
The unit mix includes one, two and three bedroom floor plans. The units average 832 square feet. Of these units, 103 are market rate and 26 are reserved for residents earning less than 90% of Area Median Income.
Matt Stuart, Senior Vice President and Director of Western Region Acquisitions at GID commented, "This transaction provided a rare opportunity to acquire a newly constructed apartment community in the city of San Francisco. This location features incredible pedestrian access to employment in Mission By and SOMA as well as access to valuable public transportation in Caltrain and Muni. Mission Bay by Windsor also affords great access to all of the entertainment options San Francisco has to offer. We are pleased to add such a dynamic property into our portfolio."


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Ethiopia suffers dramatic decline of internet freedom
ESAT News (November 15, 2017)
Ethiopia has suffered a dramatic decline of internet freedom over the past year, according to an annual report by Freedom House.
The report said Internet and mobile phone networks were deliberately disrupted during anti government protests and student exams; social media and communications platforms were periodically blocked throughout the year.
Self-censorship heightened following the state of emergency instituted in October 2016, the report added.
The state of emergency eroded fundamental rights and restricted certain online activities, including supporting protests on social media.
The freedom House report cited the Computer Crime Proclamation enacted in June 2016 which criminalizes online defamation and incitement and strengthened the government's surveillance capabilities by enabling real-time monitoring or interception of communications.
The report recalled many people were arrested for online speech or protests and some have been handed down years of prison sentences.
The report quoting the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) said
Ethiopia is one of the least connected countries in the world with an internet penetration rate of only 15 percent. Mobile phone penetration is also low at 51 percent which the report said stem from underdeveloped telecommunications infrastructure, which is almost entirely absent from rural areas, where about 85 percent of the population resides.
It said a handful of signal stations service the entire country, resulting in network congestion and frequent disconnection.
Access to ICT services remains prohibitively expensive for most Ethiopians, largely due to the government's monopoly over the telecom sector, which provides consumers with few options, the Freedom House report said.
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--TEST--
Test fgets() function : usage variations - read when file pointer at EOF
--SKIPIF--
<?php
if (substr(PHP_OS, 0, 3) == 'WIN') {
    die('skip Not valid for Windows');
}
?>
--FILE--
<?php
/*
 Prototype: string fgets ( resource $handle [, int $length] );
 Description: Gets a line from file pointer
*/

// include the file.inc for common test funcitons
include ("file.inc");

$file_modes = array("w+", "w+b", "w+t",
                    "a+", "a+b", "a+t",
                    "x+", "x+b", "x+t");

$file_content_types = array("numeric", "text", "text_with_new_line", "alphanumeric");

echo "*** Testing fgets() : usage variations ***\n";

$filename = dirname(__FILE__)."/fgets_variation4.tmp";

foreach($file_modes as $file_mode) {
  echo "\n-- Testing fgets() with file opened using mode $file_mode --\n";

  foreach($file_content_types as $file_content_type) {
    echo "-- File content type : $file_content_type --\n";

    /* create files with $file_content_type */
    $file_handle = fopen($filename, $file_mode);
    $data = fill_file($file_handle, $file_content_type, 50);

    if ( !$file_handle ) {
      echo "Error: failed to open file $filename!";
      exit();
    }

    echo "-- fgets() with file pointer pointing at EOF --\n";
    // seek to end of the file and try fgets()
    var_dump( fseek($file_handle, 0, SEEK_END) ); // set file pointer to eof
    var_dump( ftell($file_handle) );  // ensure that file pointer is at eof
    var_dump( feof($file_handle) );  // expected false

    var_dump( fgets($file_handle) ); // try n read a line, none expected
    var_dump( ftell($file_handle) ); // file pointer position
    var_dump( feof($file_handle) ); // ensure thta file pointer is at eof

    //close file
    fclose($file_handle);

    // delete file
    delete_file($filename);
  } // file_content_type loop
} // file_mode loop

echo "Done\n";
?>
--EXPECTF--
*** Testing fgets() : usage variations ***

-- Testing fgets() with file opened using mode w+ --
-- File content type : numeric --
-- fgets() with file pointer pointing at EOF --
int(0)
int(50)
bool(false)
bool(false)
int(50)
bool(true)
-- File content type : text --
-- fgets() with file pointer pointing at EOF --
int(0)
int(50)
bool(false)
bool(false)
int(50)
bool(true)
-- File content type : text_with_new_line --
-- fgets() with file pointer pointing at EOF --
int(0)
int(50)
bool(false)
bool(false)
int(50)
bool(true)
-- File content type : alphanumeric --
-- fgets() with file pointer pointing at EOF --
int(0)
int(50)
bool(false)
bool(false)
int(50)
bool(true)

-- Testing fgets() with file opened using mode w+b --
-- File content type : numeric --
-- fgets() with file pointer pointing at EOF --
int(0)
int(50)
bool(false)
bool(false)
int(50)
bool(true)
-- File content type : text --
-- fgets() with file pointer pointing at EOF --
int(0)
int(50)
bool(false)
bool(false)
int(50)
bool(true)
-- File content type : text_with_new_line --
-- fgets() with file pointer pointing at EOF --
int(0)
int(50)
bool(false)
bool(false)
int(50)
bool(true)
-- File content type : alphanumeric --
-- fgets() with file pointer pointing at EOF --
int(0)
int(50)
bool(false)
bool(false)
int(50)
bool(true)

-- Testing fgets() with file opened using mode w+t --
-- File content type : numeric --
-- fgets() with file pointer pointing at EOF --
int(0)
int(50)
bool(false)
bool(false)
int(50)
bool(true)
-- File content type : text --
-- fgets() with file pointer pointing at EOF --
int(0)
int(50)
bool(false)
bool(false)
int(50)
bool(true)
-- File content type : text_with_new_line --
-- fgets() with file pointer pointing at EOF --
int(0)
int(50)
bool(false)
bool(false)
int(50)
bool(true)
-- File content type : alphanumeric --
-- fgets() with file pointer pointing at EOF --
int(0)
int(50)
bool(false)
bool(false)
int(50)
bool(true)

-- Testing fgets() with file opened using mode a+ --
-- File content type : numeric --
-- fgets() with file pointer pointing at EOF --
int(0)
int(50)
bool(false)
bool(false)
int(50)
bool(true)
-- File content type : text --
-- fgets() with file pointer pointing at EOF --
int(0)
int(50)
bool(false)
bool(false)
int(50)
bool(true)
-- File content type : text_with_new_line --
-- fgets() with file pointer pointing at EOF --
int(0)
int(50)
bool(false)
bool(false)
int(50)
bool(true)
-- File content type : alphanumeric --
-- fgets() with file pointer pointing at EOF --
int(0)
int(50)
bool(false)
bool(false)
int(50)
bool(true)

-- Testing fgets() with file opened using mode a+b --
-- File content type : numeric --
-- fgets() with file pointer pointing at EOF --
int(0)
int(50)
bool(false)
bool(false)
int(50)
bool(true)
-- File content type : text --
-- fgets() with file pointer pointing at EOF --
int(0)
int(50)
bool(false)
bool(false)
int(50)
bool(true)
-- File content type : text_with_new_line --
-- fgets() with file pointer pointing at EOF --
int(0)
int(50)
bool(false)
bool(false)
int(50)
bool(true)
-- File content type : alphanumeric --
-- fgets() with file pointer pointing at EOF --
int(0)
int(50)
bool(false)
bool(false)
int(50)
bool(true)

-- Testing fgets() with file opened using mode a+t --
-- File content type : numeric --
-- fgets() with file pointer pointing at EOF --
int(0)
int(50)
bool(false)
bool(false)
int(50)
bool(true)
-- File content type : text --
-- fgets() with file pointer pointing at EOF --
int(0)
int(50)
bool(false)
bool(false)
int(50)
bool(true)
-- File content type : text_with_new_line --
-- fgets() with file pointer pointing at EOF --
int(0)
int(50)
bool(false)
bool(false)
int(50)
bool(true)
-- File content type : alphanumeric --
-- fgets() with file pointer pointing at EOF --
int(0)
int(50)
bool(false)
bool(false)
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Anna Habsburg (ur. przed 1280; zm. 19 marca 1327 w Legnicy) – księżniczka austriacka, margrabina brandenburska i księżna wrocławska.

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Anna była najstarszą córka Albrechta I Habsburga i Elżbiety Tyrolskiej. Jej ojciec poszukując sojuszników przeciw królowi niemieckiemu Adolfowi z Nassau zaręczył ją w 1293 w Wiedniu z margrabią brandenburskim Hermanem III Długim. Ślub nastąpił w październiku 1295 w Grazu. Z tego małżeństwa pochodził syn i 3 córki (Jan V, Agnieszka, Matylda, Jutta). Jedna z nich Matylda poślubiła księcia głogowskiego Henryka IV Wiernego. Margrabia Herman III Długi zmarł 1 lutego 1308. Pod koniec 1310 Anna poślubiła księcia wrocławskiego Henryka VI Dobrego. Z tego związku urodziły się 3 córki:
 Elżbieta – żona Konrada I oleśnickiego
 Eufemia - żona Bolesława Niemodlińskiego
 Małgorzata - ksieni klarysek wrocławskich

Bibliografia
 Hamannová B., Habsburkové. Životopisná encyklopedie, Praha 1996, s. 62.
 Jasiński K, Rodowód Piastów śląskich, t. 1, Wrocław 1973, s. 174-176.

Habsburgowie
Żony polskich książąt
Urodzeni w XIII wieku
Zmarli w 1327
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A very frequently charged crime in Los Angeles County is that of Assault with a Firearm or Penal Code 245. This offense requires there be some conduct on the accused that puts the victim in apprehension while armed with a gun. A common issue is whether the gun needs to be loaded or not in order to constitute the crime of ADW-firearm. The answer is yes, the gun must be loaded or be used as a bludgeon in order to meet the definition of ADW with a Firearm. If the gun is unloaded the crime may be brandishing or simply assault however. Matthew has litigated this issue extensively.
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Loaded guns can often be found in cars and vehicles but the possession of firearms in a car can be illegal. The District Attorney will prosecute people who have guns even if the individual may have a legitimate reason to have the gun. For the most part, all criminal gun charges require two basic elements in order to convict. Number one, the prosecutor must prove that the defendant had knowledge of the gun, whether it be in a motor vehicle or concealed upon the individual. Secondly, the District Attorney must establish that the accused have "dominion and control" over the firearm. Possession can be actual or constructive, meaning that the accused can directly exercise control, or have control through another person. When the crime is one of carrying a concealed weapon or firearm, these elements can be particularly useful in defending the case.
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