The chief executive officer of Fiera Capital Corporation, a Canadian asset manager, has set his sights on another huge deal – even though two existing deals have not yet been completely finalised.
Jean-Guy Desjardins is hoping his firm will close a deal for Apex Capital Management this week, said to be worth approximately $145 million. However, he has informed Bloomberg that the company's work is not yet done – and that talks have already started with companies in Canada, the USA and outside North America as the firm targets so-called "alternative" assets.
Outlining that the company has "six, seven, eight prospects we are looking at", Desjardins highlighted how acquisitions have become a vital component in the company's drive to double its assets. It wants to have around $200 billion under management by 2020 – which would represent an increase from $98 billion as of the end of March.
The Montreal-based firm has been active in the market with 12 deals secured since its inception back in 2003. Its shares have since jumped by 60 per cent during the last five years – that's the most among non-bank Canadian asset managers, although it should be noted that National Bank of Canada does own a 31 per cent stake in Fiera.
One of its key targets going forward is alternative assets, including credit fund managers. The company has already established a $475 million debt fund in Canada and now it wants to build similar capabilities across the USA.
Currently around five of Fiera's senior executives in Montreal are involved in merger and acquisitions efforts, along with colleagues in the company's New York office, Bloomberg reports. Fiera has about 460 employees, including about 150 investment professionals.


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Queering a Black Temporality in Octavia Butler's Kindred : Ruminations on a Black-Oriented Understanding of Time
by Sautman, Matthew B., M.A., Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, 2018, 97; 10974012
This study interrogates the resonances of queer utopianism in Octavia Butler's presentation of time in Kindred in order to address the lack of existing scholarship on the novel's relationship with queer temporality. To conduct this interrogation, I utilize the work of queer optimists like Muñoz, Berlant, and Ahmed to deconstruct the text phenomenologically in conjunction with queer pessimists like Halberstam and Edelman to nuance this analysis. To prevent this analysis from being overtaken by a white gaze, I also make use of Black scholars like Morrison, Sharpe, Cooper, Gates, and Collins. In my analysis, I divide Butler's presentation of time into present, past, and future- whereas the present refers to the American Bicentennial and the cultural disconnect the protagonist Dana experiences in her relationship with her white husband, the past signals the pull of Antebellum era white supremacist patriarchy and Dana's need to engage in archival work to reconstitute the history that has been denied to her, and the future implies a nebulousness that blurs both eras together and instills the novel's ending with an ambiguity that lends itself to both pessimistic and optimistic readings. I emphasize how Butler positions Black temporality as a queer temporality in the novel that challenge readers' own relationship with the dominant white patriarchal culture.
Advisor: Cali, Elizabeth
Commitee: Gurfinkel, Helena, Ramaswamy, Anushiya
School: Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
Department: English
School Location: United States -- Illinois
Subjects: Black studies, American literature, Gender studies, LGBTQ studies
Keywords: American exceptionalism, Historiography, Phenomenology, Post-colonialism, Queer utopianism, Temporality

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Pools are becoming increasingly popular with all homeowners who have a large enough backyard.
If you thought that a swimming pool is something that can only be found in a hotel, on community grounds or in a rich person's garden, you were wrong. Pools are becoming increasingly popular with all homeowners who have a large enough backyard. The cost and maintenance of such a pool are nothing compared to the health benefits you gain from the possibility of taking a dip a few feet from your home's doorstep. However, there are certain aspects to owning a pool, such as safety, that you should constantly be aware of in order to enjoy each swim to the fullest.
Swimming is one of the few exercises that engage nearly every muscle in our body. This makes it suitable both for professional athletes who are always on the lookout for novel training methods, and physically inactive people who can swim as slow as they want or just splash around. By swimming regularly, which would be possible if you had a backyard pool, you will increase the stamina and endurance over time, as well as improve overall flexibility, which is of great importance for seniors.
Furthermore, intensive swimming sessions burn calories, thus decreasing body weight, so people with obesity are advised by physicians to swim as many laps as possible. Finally, your heart and lungs will benefit from swimming as it engages them fully, testing their capability and increasing their respective volume and capacity to handle physical stress.
Many people think that the pool is for swimming only but you can also sunbathe next to it. This means spending more time outdoors as a pool acts as sort of a bait that draws people out of the house during the summer months. This is especially important when it comes to children who seem to be glued to computers, tablets, and smartphones. You, as the parent, can make the pool area an electronics-free zone, so children would have to set aside all the gadgets if they wish to have a splash. Once they start wading through the shallows, it will be hard to drive them away from the pool. While they are playing in and around the pool, you can sunbathe and enjoy some quality family time.
Public pools have lifeguards and other safety measures, which is something most home pools lack. Don't even think of building a backyard pool if you are not going to apply safety precautions. Children and pets are going to play near the pool, so the last thing you need is a non-swimmer accidentally falling into the water. If they are unsupervised, such a scenario can have mortal consequences, so you have to erect some sort of fencing around the pool. Many homeowners who have estates with a view choose glass fencing at it is aesthetically most appealing; at the same time providing excellent safety. Such frameless glass pool fencing is installed directly into the concrete, adding to its stability. The spigots are made from stainless steel so the fence will remain in place for decades without the need for major maintenance.
We already mentioned that electronic devices have no place at the pool. The main reason behind this is that besides being a training ground, the pool is really a zone free(ed) of any stress. You want to come here after a long working day or week to relax and unwind. Perhaps you can read a book to make the time pass quicker but e-mails, scheduled tasks, and Facebook pop-up belong somewhere else, like in the office. The swimming pool is your sanctuary from all the hustle and bustle of modern, artificially sped up life. Here time run slowly and stress is watered down, pun intended.
Last but not least; a swimming pool is valued a lot like home improvement. You may not think of it as an investment but it will definitely increase the overall market value of your home. Just think of the impression a body of clear water will leave on prospective buyers once the agent brings them over to have a look. In some cases, the home's value can rise up to 10% thanks to the pool alone, not to mention all the poolside luxurious additions like glass fencing. Other people are obviously also aware of the safety and health benefits of owning a pool entails.
If you want to improve your family's health, a backyard pool with all the safety measures installed is an ideal solution. Just don't forget to have a lot of fun near the poolside during the summer months.


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Title: Benchmarking small power energy consumption in UK office buildings: a review of data published in CIBSE guide F
Authors: Menezes, Anna Carolina Kossmann de
Buswell, Richard A.
Cripps, Andrew
Bouchlaghem, Dino
Keywords: Small power
Performance gap
Publisher: Sage © The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers
Citation: MENEZES, A.C. ... et al., 2013. Benchmarking small power energy consumption in UK office buildings: a review of data published in CIBSE guide F. Building Services Engineering Research and Technology, 34 (1), pp. 73-86.
Abstract: CIBSE's Guide F is a widely recognised guidance document on energy efficiency in buildings, which includes energy consumption benchmarks for small power equipment in offices. In its recently published 3rd edition, existing power demand benchmarks for office equipment were revised to better represent appliances found in contemporary office buildings. Other key sources of data such as typical operating hours for equipment, however, have been omitted. This paper compares the benchmarks published in both the 2nd and 3rd editions of Guide F against a set of measurements of small power loads in a real UK office building. Load profiles for the monitored equipment are also presented to supplement the information included in the new Guide F. Practical application: With the increasing demand for more realistic predictions of operational energy use in buildings, small power should not be disregarded since it typically accounts for more than 20% of total energy used in offices. Furthermore, small power loads can have a significant impact on the cooling loads of a building. This paper reviews existing benchmarks, focusing on the new update to CIBSE Guide F, comparing available benchmarks against newly gathered monitored data. Detailed load profiles for individual office equipment are also provided, which can be used by designers to inform better predictions of small power consumption in office buildings.
Description: This article was published in the journal, Building Services Engineering Research and Technology [Sage © The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers] and the definitive version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0143624412465092
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0143624412465092
Appears in Collections: Published Articles (Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering)
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Патриціо Сала (, * 16 червня 1955, Беллуско) — колишній італійський футболіст, півзахисник. По завершенні ігрової кар'єри — футбольний тренер.

Як гравець насамперед відомий виступами за клуб «Торіно», а також національну збірну Італії.

Клубна кар'єра
Вихованець футбольної школи клубу «Монца». Дорослу футбольну кар'єру розпочав 1973 року в основній команді того ж клубу, в якій провів два сезони, взявши участь у 37 матчах чемпіонату.

Своєю грою за цю команду привернув увагу представників тренерського штабу клубу «Торіно», до складу якого приєднався 1975 року. Відіграв за туринську команду наступні шість сезонів своєї ігрової кар'єри. Більшість часу, проведеного у складі «Торіно», був основним гравцем команди.

Згодом з 1981 по 1989 рік грав у складі команд клубів «Сампдорія», «Фіорентина», «Піза», «Чезена» та «Парма».

Завершив професійну ігрову кар'єру у нижчоліговому клубі «Сольб'ятезе», за команду якого виступав протягом 1989—1990 років.

Виступи за збірні
1978 року залучався до складу молодіжної збірної Італії. На молодіжному рівні зіграв у 3 офіційних матчах.

1976 року дебютував в офіційних матчах у складі національної збірної Італії. Протягом кар'єри у національній команді, яка тривала 5 років, провів у формі головної команди країни лише 8 матчів. У складі збірної був учасником чемпіонату світу 1978 року в Аргентині.

Кар'єра тренера
Розпочав тренерську кар'єру невдовзі по завершенні кар'єри гравця, 1991 року, увійшовши до тренерського штабу клубу «Монца».

В подальшому очолював команди клубів «Леффе», «Варезе», «Пістоєзе», «Б'єллезе», «Віз Пезаро», «Валенцана» та «Про Патрія», а також входив до тренерського штабу клубу «Торіно».

Наразі останнім місцем тренерської роботи був клуб «Казале», команду якого Патриціо Сала очолював як головний тренер до 2006 року.

Титули і досягнення
  Чемпіон Італії (1):
«Торіно»:  1975–76

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 Статистика виступів за збірну на сайті Федерації футболу Італії.

італійські футболісти
італійські футбольні тренери
Футболісти «Монци»
Футболісти «Торіно»
Футболісти «Сампдорії»
Футболісти «Фіорентини»
Футболісти «Пізи»
Футболісти «Чезени»
Футболісти «Парми»
Футболісти «Сольб'ятезе»
Тренери ФК «Монца»
Тренери ФК «АльбіноЛеффе»
Тренери ФК «Варезе»
Тренери ФК «Пістоєзе»
Тренери ФК «Б'єллезе»
Тренери ФК «Віз Пезаро»
Тренери ФК «Валенцана»
Тренери ФК «Про Патрія»
Тренери ФК «Торіно»
Тренери ФК «Казале»


Not too difficult for me, and it really is just a dream. To live in England/Wales/Scotland – Great Britain.
So these shots are from 2009, the last time I was there.
I love Hyde Park, and the plane trees and the ponds, but this time, I'm looking at another area. There's only a hint of plane trees in this post.
Oh – course, she's not amused I was gone so long (it's actually after I went sunsetty photo-ing). She wants DINNAH!
I hope you enjoyed these trees.
And now – the PLush-de-resistance: Fattee Cattee. Always moving, seemingly impossible to catch. Aren't I lucky we're digital now!
Coming to get me for DINNAH!!!
Yes, I should be walking, but I went for a walk in Hyde Park yesterday afternoon and caught that magic moment of light somewhere between late afternoon and sunset. The light turns everything gold & it is intensely beautiful. So I thought I would share some of the photos with you.
They are a different aspect of Hyde Park to what I have otherwise posted – parts look like a part, others like a patch of wilderness somewhere – but they are all in the park.
Sunsets. I have heard photography described as 'painting with light' – and this is precisely the case with sunsets. They paint the familiar in shades of wonder & the unexpected.
And it's clouds that structure an urban sunset, along with telephone poles, wires and rooftops – as well as foliage.
But the real magic is cloud and light.
An atypical scene, taken from outside my house – I don't normally see this spire – & Perth doesn't have a lot of them anyway. It was a chance shot.
This is from South Perth, looking back over the river to the city. It was taken the same evening as all the sunsettty shots from the car that I posted in Fleeting Moment (previous post). Beside it east towards the south-east, the soft pastels of encroaching night.
This is by no means all my sunset photos. In fact, I've just taken another batch, but I will sae them for another time. Now I must cook dinner (for me, not the fattee cattee) & get back to work.


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New Super Mario Bros. U is a whole lot better than I remember it to be. I played it on its first launch day in 2012 on my then shiny new Wii U. Riddled with scatches and dust from neglect, I don't have many good memories of my days playing the Wii U, and perhaps that's part of the reason why I don't remember New Super Mario Bros. U too fondly. As for New Super Luigi U, the B-side to this brilliant platformer? It's equally impressive on the Nintendo Switch, but for different reasons.
The release of New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe on Switch follows Nintendo's delightful trend of bringing underplayed Wii U gems to a console that people adore. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe reminded us in 2017 that it is the best Mario Kart game of all time. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker gave Toad's wonderful puzzle platformer new life. And now, New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe is here to make us (or at least me) rethink its place in Super Mario history.
After tearing through both New Super Mario Bros. U and New Super Luigi U on Switch, it's clear to me that the only Mario sidescroller that (maybe) has it beat is Super Mario World. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe is a spectacularly designed platformer that never once rests on its laurels.
As always, a jubilant gathering of friends in the Mushroom Kingdom is spoiled by the invasion of Bowser, Bowser Jr. and a bunch of their Koopa buddies. They kidnap Peach, lock her in the top floor of her castle like Rapunzel, and slap Mario and friends far away with a giant mechanical arm. Is the extremely repetitive plot tired at this point? Yes, probably, but it only takes a few minutes hop, skipping, and jumping through the grassy Acorn Plains to remember that the plot of a Mario game doesn't really matter.
New Super Mario Bros. U plays just like the classic SNES games. It has checkpoint flags and tall finish line flags followed by small castles. Many of the enemies are familiar such as Goombas and Koopa Troopas, and the boss fights take on the classic "three-hit and they're dead" approach, fit with spinning shells you'll have to avoid in between each successful whack. It's so well-known at this point that you wonder when Nintendo will pull out the rug and change it to four or five just to see the reaction of fans.
Playing it now, six years removed from its lackluster launch, allowed me to view this excellent platformer in a new light.
It's actually understandable, looking back, why New Super Mario Bros. U felt like a minor disappointment in 2012. The unfortunately-named "New" sub-series had been around since 2006 on Nintendo DS. Three like-minded entries had already arrived by the time it hit stores, including New Super Mario Bros. 2 for Nintendo 3DS just months later. Sure, New Super Mario Bros. U looked better than its predecessors, with glossy HD visuals, and lots of color and textures that gave off a 3D appearance. But it didn't look that much better. The Wii U's system seller lacked the flair and innovativeness that typically comes with Nintendo launch games (i.e. Super Mario 64, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild).
Playing it now, six years removed from its lackluster launch, allowed me to view this excellent platformer in a new light. For starters, it's easily the most dynamic sidescroller in Mario canon, with shifting platforms of different shapes and sizes galore, a bounty of secret areas to discover, and enemies that actually pose a serious threat if you aren't careful.
From the ice-cream infused Layer Cake Desert world to the underwater paradise of Sparkling Waters to the lava-soaked lands around Peach's Castle, New Super Mario Bros. U makes great use of each of its themes, twisting and turning the gameplay, obstacles, and enemies with each passing level. The large stages are impeccably designed in a manner that ensures you'll be revisiting them to see how they tick. And, of course, to secure any of the three hard-to-reach gold coins you missed the first time around.
Many of the levels and worlds were inspired by previous Mario games, but they never feel anything but unique. In a sense, New Super Mario Bros. U is a remastered greatest hits collection, with Nintendo adding new trappings and flourishes with all of the knowledge accumulated from decades of making 2D Mario games.
The large stages are impeccably designed in a manner that ensures you'll be revisiting them to see how they tick.
The inventiveness of the levels extends to the overworld map as well. It's not quite non-linear, but you have choices of which levels to play first (you can even skip an entire world if you so choose). Enemies circle some of the spaces on the map. If you run into them, you have to win a close quarters fight to move on. The map brims with life, which sets an appropriate stage for the levels it houses. Every time I hit a question block and saw the magical acorn roll, I got irrationally excited. The acorn turns Mario into a flying squirrel, and yes, it's as cute as it sounds.
It's largely the same experience as six years ago, but a few new additions do manage to add value. You can play as the nimble Toadette (who can power-up into super-floaty Peachette) and Nabbit, a character who cannot take damage from enemies (perfect for kids who are just learning how to play). The new characters make the four-player local co-op better when playing alongside youngsters (like my daughter), but four experienced Mario players may not like having to play as one of the easier options.
New Super Mario Bros. U is the calm experience where you have the opportunity to take everything in. New Super Luigi U is the storm. It's not just that you only get 100 seconds to complete each level, it's that each level removes the breathing room between integral, make-or-break moments. Every moment of New Super Luigi U tests your reflexes and ability to make quick-witted moves on the fly, without slowing down to second guess yourself.
The world map, boss fights, and even the opening cutscene are the same as in Mario's adventure, but it's far more than a mere add-on expansion. While each level holds the same thematic layout as the Mario version, the levels are entirely different. Checkpoint flags are gone, so if you die during a boss fight, it's back to the beginning. Luigi's version of the adventure even includes new mechanics like swinging vines and throwable barrels. Just like New Super Mario Bros. U, each level adds a new wrinkle of difficulty, with new elements used sparingly to keep the experience novel throughout.
Every moment of New Super Luigi U tests your reflexes and ability to make quick-witted moves on the fly.
Luigi and the other three playable characters (Mario isn't available) jump markedly higher than in New Super Mario Bros. U. The fluttery jump doesn't make things easier though. Instead, it makes landing where you want more of a challenge. The mechanic reminds me of the floaty controls seen in early 2D Mario games. It's not the stop-on-a-dime Mario series platformer controls we've become accustomed to over the years.
It's striking to play these games back-to-back rather than a year apart (New Super Luigi U was originally released in 2013). While they have the same foundation, each one offers a unique experience. New Super Luigi U is easily the hardest Mario game since the SNES era, but it never feels unfair. Often times, you have to learn each level's obstacles on the fly, memorize the jump pattern and progression, then put it altogether in your successful run. The chaos is part of its charm.
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe gives an overlooked pair of Wii U gems new life on the Nintendo Switch. New Super Mario Bros. U is the most dynamic and inventive Mario sidescoller ever created, and New Super Luigi U offers one of the toughest tests in Mario history. New playable characters make Deluxe super approachable for players of all skill levels to enjoy one of the most joyous 2D platformers in recent memory.
Yes, Super Mario Odyssey is the better Mario game on Switch, but New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe offers some of the best 2D platforming on Switch.
We completed New Super Mario Bros. U in about 10 hours and New Super Luigi U in about five. But collecting all of the coins and playing through the secret worlds could take you upwards of 50 hours.


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Do you take extra emergency heater repairing? Don't wait till the time he hands over a long bill in your hand with all the expenses. It is better you ask them before hand, regarding their charges for emergency calls. There are few agencies who do charge extra while there are some who doesn't. While, there are agencies who charge extra specifically during this weekend or on national holidays. In short, you must clear all your queries to avoid any uncalled situations.
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You must question them regarding the type of gas heaters they are specialised in. Not all servicemen work on gas heaters; there are some who specifically work on boilers or furnaces. Know the type your servicemen are comfortable with.
The final question to be asked is what brands of equipment the servicemen carry. Before you hire them, it is important to know whether their choice or brand matches to your choice or not.
There are certain do's and don'ts that are to be followed while using a gas heater. The do's laid down by the gas heater service to ensure public safety.
There should be ample of ventilation for an easy flow of air to enter the house and for the fumes to vent out.
Keep children and senior citizens far away from touching hot objects.
Make sure you do not keep any flammable objects beside the heater.
Certain don'ts that are to be kept in mind include to never installing a gas heater inside your bathroom or bedroom. In closed spaces, accumulation of toxic gases can cause serious life threats. Also, air sprays should never be used near gas heaters. Lastly, disposal of any kind of cotton materials in gas heater must not be practiced.


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Pregnancy Week 31- The third trimester nuances | LIPS n BERRIES!
Its Week 31 today. As I type, my left rib is hurting me and I can't do a thing about it. It's the baby trying to make room for a growth spurt about to come. I have about 9 weeks to go now. It seems surreal. I'm no longer in denial and kinda warming up to the idea of being a mother. Not fully there yet but warming up! Its time..
I've never been around pregnant women. I don't know their symptoms. I've never asked anyone of their birth story. We haven't hung out with people with kids. I've never imagined myself to be the mothering kind. I've never held a newborn in my arms. I've never asked someone how breastfeeding works. This is all new. I've avoided googling any symptom so far. It helps to not know things beforehand. If it wasn't for the BabyCentre App, I wouldn't have a clue of changing trimester even. I have a new respect for my body and nature and science. You don't question your existence till you are pregnant. Like it finally hits you, this is how my mother would have carried me in for 9 months and this is how I came into being! This is how the entire human race is surviving.
I'm officially in third trimester now. My bump will shoot up and all the pregnancy nuances are going to be in full force during these last few weeks . I've still got it easy though. I just have painful ribs, a growing tummy that makes putting on socks a task in itself, the ever present gastric reflux and a growing appetite. Yes! I've finally started eating more than my normal. I find that I don't feel full anymore and I can finish as much as I put on my plate, without that satiety sensation kicking in. Looks like baby needs all this food to put on some fat on the bones. In terms of health, all is good. I can still exercise 3 times a week. I have no back pain or swollen feet. It's good! The nurse is going to discus Birth Plan next week and I also have my 32 week baby growth scan.
To be honest, this birth plan part kinda scares me. I have done absolute minimal reading and I have no experience with pregnant women or their birth stories. I'm trying to relax and not focus on the details. Living by the motto 'Ignorance is Bliss' has never been truer. The baby has to come out and that's the reality of it, come what may. It doesn't depend on whether I know a thing about the process or not. There will be doctors and nurses more capable than me to make those decisions, even if I'm writhing in pain to think straight. Millions of women do it everyday and I shall go through it too. And when it's all over, it'll make for good stories. So lets just go with the flow & not think about that one day of pain. This pregnancy has been super kind to me so I'm just gonna enjoy it while I can. Legit hoping I'm not punished in labour for all the good times I've had so far. This body walked 306 km all over Europe. I have no right to complain.


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Nudist's wild boar chase at popular Berlin lake caught on camera
Images of a nudist chasing a wild boar at a popular German lake have gone viral, spreading delight and messages of determination across the internet.
The photos were taken last week by Adele Landauer, a Berlin-based personal coach who told the mans story via Facebook and Instagram.
"Yesterday, at the lake in Berlin, I saw a real hero," she said on her Instagram account.
"A female wild boar with two babies came out of the forest in order to search for food."
Landauer explained that sunbathing naked is normal in Berlin, so there were a few people at the lake, known as Teufelssee, who were completely nude.
She said that a few onlookers were scared of the boars but they seemed peaceful.
"After they ate a pizza from a backpack of a man who was taking a swim in the lake, they were looking for a dessert. They found this yellow bag and decided to take it away."
If you want to read the whole story about this hero, please follow me on Instagram: adelelandauer_lifecoachDie Fotos…
Posted by Adele Landauer on Wednesday, 5 August 2020
It is at this point that the chase begins; the owner of the bag (pictured), realised the boars had managed to take off with his laptop so he was determined to get it back.
"Everyone of us adored him how focused he stayed and when he came back with his yellow bag in the hand we all clapped and congratulated him for his success," Landauer said.
Landauer said on her Facebook that she had showed the photos to the man before posting them.
"I then showed the photos to the man, he laughed and authorized me to make them public," she said.
According to The Guardian, Derek Ehlert, Berlin's ombudsman for wild animals, told local media that incidents like this had become increasingly common and that foxes had also become regular visitors to Berlin's lakeside resorts.
Featured image source: Facebook/Adele Landauer
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CDC expert panel on macroeconomic factors and individual violence – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Violence prevention leadership support program – Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, SAMHSA
Model Programs Guide – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, DOJ
Crimesolutions.gov – Office of Justice Programs, DOJ
Systematic review and meta-analysis of the consequences of school violence – National Institute of Justice
Mixed-methods study on the effect and quality of services provides to victims of identity theft – National Institute of Justice
Evidence assessment of school safety programs and practices – National Institute of Justice
Mixed-methods study on the impact of safe harbor laws on commercial exploitation of minors – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Evaluation of the impact of California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitations GPS system for monitoring high-risk sex offenders – National Institute of Justice
Evaluation of California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation GPS system for monitoring high-risk gang offenders – National Institute of Justice
Evaluation of the Girls Circle Program – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Evaluation of Father Flanagan's Boys Town short-term shelter for female juvenile offenders – National Institutes of Justice
Evaluation of San Francisco SAGE project's LIFESKILLS and GRACE commercial sexual exploitation prevention and intervention programs – National Institute of Justice
Evaluation of adolescent gang prevention programs – National Institute of Justice
Socioeconomic mapping and resource topography system – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Court coordination program technical assistance – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Technical assistance for the juvenile accountability incentive block grant program – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Evaluation of Boys Town Washington D.C. – District of Columbia Justice Grants Administrator
Northern Virginia gang assessment study – Northern Virginia Regional Gang Task Force
National evaluation of prevention projects relating to drugs and youth gangs – Family and Youth Services Bureau, HHS
Evaluation of law-related education court diversion programs – Virginia Department of Corrections Division of Youth and Family Services
Youth violence prevention training and technical assistance project – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Faith- and Community-Based youth violence prevention training and technical assistance initiative – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Technical assistance on the national forum on youth violence prevention – White House Initiative
Technical assistance to end racial and ethnic disparities in the juvenile justice system – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Partnerships in prevention of youth violence – Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, SAMHSA
Violence data exchange team training – Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, SAMHSA
Violence against women training curriculum – Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, SAMHSA
Youth gang drug prevention technical assistance program – Administration for Children, Youth and Families, HHS
State advisory group training provider – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Management of formula grants and technical assistance program – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Development of performance measurement system for formula grants and Title V program – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Management of Title V training and technical assistance for state and local governments – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Management of the targeted community action planning intensive technical assistance initiative – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Management of the JAIBG national training and technical assistance program – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Development of the program implementation guide for child-focused interventions with sexual abuse victims – National Children's Advocacy Center
Disproportionate minority contact reduction best practices database – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Performance evaluation of state-run secure juvenile residential facilities – Colorado Department of Human Services' Division of Youth Services
Gaps analysis for facilities master plan – Maryland Department of Juvenile Services
Review of readiness for deadly force encounters – General Services Administration, OIG
Protective factors framework and literature review – Administration of Children, Youth and Families, HHS
Uniform Data Set Development – Office of Minority Health, HHS
Cross-site evaluation of experimental behavioral health interventions in the workplace – Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, SAMHSA
Evaluation of bilingual/bicultural health services demonstration grants – Office of Minority Health, HHS
Evaluation of managed care programs in the workplace – Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, SAMHSA
Evaluation of HIV/AIDS risk behavior change among injection-drug and crack users – National Institute on Drug Abuse
Ethnography of runaway youth – National Institute on Drug Abuse
Community utilization of evidence-based program registries in behavioral health care – National Institutes of Drug Abuse
National registry of evidence-based practices and programs – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Database for First Lady's Helping America's Youth Initiative – SAMHSA, HRSA, NIDA, CDC, DOE and DOL
Longitudinal study of 12-year criminally insane forensic patients in Maryland – National Institute of Justice and Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center
Minority fellowship program coordinating center – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
DATA waiver processing and support center – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Recovery to practice – Center for Mental Health Services, SAMHSA
GetFit interactive website – Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, SAMHSA
Outpatient and aftercare tracking systems – State of Maryland Department of Mental Hygiene's Conditional Release Program
Flight attendant well-being study – Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, SAMHSA
Ethnography of U.S.-Mexico border media and violence – Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, SAMHSA
Mixed-methods study on substance abuse and HIV/AIDS risk in Vietnamese, Cambodian and Laotian communities – National Institute on Drug Abuse
Coordination of working group on standards for juvenile and adult facilities for illegal immigrants – Department of Homeland Security
Immigration and Customs Enforcement web-based application for monitoring and analyzing compliance with federal performance protocols and standards – U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Evaluation of Boys Town Louisiana – Administration of Children, Youth and Families, HHS
Methodological development of National Library of Medicine ACCESS Project – National Library of Medicine
What Works Clearinghouse – Institute of Education Sciences, DOE
Reviews, Reporting, Dissemination and Development for What Works Clearinghouse – Institute of Education Sciences, DOE
Children exposed to violence evidence-based guide – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Evaluation of evidence-based program implementation in D.C. classrooms – District of Columbia's Office of the Deputy Major for Education
Evaluation of court appointed special advocate program – Fairfax County, Virginia
Evaluation of the Youth Awareness Program – District of Columbia Public Schools
Evaluation of educational services for at-risk English speaking minority students – District of Columbia Public Schools
Child welfare meeting preparation and support – Administration of Children and Families, HHS
Coordination of the school violence expert working group – Office of the U.S. Attorney General


The history of nineteenth century art is the story of a struggle against schemata in the arts. The only remedy for the artist who wanted to avoid formal formulas, the rules of how to paint and sculpt, was a careful study of nature. Nature was seen as a source of objective truth. For the Realist artists, science and history became the models for a new mode of action. It was assumed that history was a "science" based upon careful and impartial observation of the facts and evidence, and that science was a procedure that rejected metaphysics and belief systems and relied upon empirical evidence. The Realist artists followed unconventional and non-academic methodology, based upon empiricism, unsupported by traditional artistic techniques. Therefore, "realism" in the nineteenth century can be defined as the necessity to render only what could be seen, eliminating content that could not be witnessed, whether the past or fantasy. Although the Realist artist could or should respond only to the contemporary, an entirely new world of content opened up, suddenly as the ordinary and the everyday became accepted subject matter among the "advanced" or avant-garde artists. Realism stood for a rejection of all that was false in art, from imaginary content to time worn conventions of pictorial illusionism. Truth became equated with authenticity and sincerity, the prime motivations of the Realist artist who rejected the poncif of training and learned technique.
For centuries painting had been based upon a number of conventions or schema or art devices, developed by artists over time, which stood for reality and operated like signs. These signifiers could be read by the spectator, reinforcing the fact that art was a language with its own grammar and syntax and its own complex vocabulary. Perspective was invented in the Renaissance, provided, through the use of orthogonals converging at a vanishing point, an illusion of space, a space ample enough to contain volumetric figures and objects. Chiaroscuro gave them three dimensional objects the illusion of volume on a two dimensional plant, similar to the appearance of sculpture, especially that of bas relief sculpture, through a system of lights and darks. The gradation of tone creates the illusion of a form that is advancing and receding. Chiaroscuro not only provides the means of volumetric illusion for not only single objects but also for the composition as a whole. Important areas are highlighted and as the composition moves inward from dark edges to a light filled center, focusing the viewer's attention on the subject. This hierarchy of elements in the composition is further reinforced by the use of aerial perspective in which the outlines of objects far away are blurred, compared to those close at hand which have sharp outlines and contours. This play between blurred and sharp contours also works within the composition as a whole, regardless of distance, to focus the viewer's attention on important details and parts.
Thus the viewer is directed through use of conventions of artistic devices in the reading of the painting from less important to more important hierarchy of detail and parts, adding up to a unified whole of chiaroscuro, lights and darks, within a structured composition composed according to the rules of perspective. The vocabulary of art includes, in addition, a series of gestures, poses, and postures called by avant-garde artists "rhetorical," which stood for feelings and emotions and actions and could be decoded by the audience. The entire system of conventional painterly devices and signs was challenged by the so-called "advanced" artists in the nineteenth century, struggling to replace what can be called an academic or conventional realism, which depended upon schemata. The Realist artists sought a fresh look at nature and the world around them. This swerve on the part of artists, looking away from the classicism that had ruled since the Renaissance–hundreds of years–was most acute in England and France, nations which had strong art Academies. The French Academy in Paris and the Royal Academy in London were strong presences not only in educating artists but also in setting the rules for how art should be made, what content was desirable, and, perhaps most important, was outlawed or disregarded or candidates for rejection. Although other European nations had academies, patterned after these early prototypes, their establishments were not as venerable and their art worlds were not as seminal as Paris in setting trends and styles. That said, the art academies of Berlin and Vienna were as rigid as the French and the Royal Academies, and, although the rebellion in those nations came decades later than that in London and Paris, the revolt against the establishment also came to the nations to the east of France. However, by the time the east European artists rose up against their artistic oppressors, the day of Realism had come and gone. Therefore the discussion of Realism as a movement that was anti-academic should be confined to the two principle battlefields, Paris and London, where the classically inclined academies faced the unrefined ordinaries of the everyday.
Like Classicism, Realism was international in scope and diverse in genres. There were realist novels and realist paintings that emerged from Russia–Tolstoy's War and Peace–to England–George Eliot's Mill on the Floss–and points in between. Realism as a literary and visual arts movement was paralleled by a rise in positivist philosophy, a philosophy based upon or inspired by the scientific method. As discussed in previous posts, positivism, whether that of Jeremy Bentham in England or Auguste Comte in France, emerged at the same time as Realism in the arts. Reflecting what seems to have been a wide cultural shift, whether in literature of philosophy or the visual arts, Realism was empirical, meaning based strictly upon what was seen, felt, smelled, heard–available to the senses of the viewer. The artist needed to be objective, like a scientist, disinterested and distanced from the topic of examination. Realism emerged just before and during vast political changes in Europe, changes inspired by the failure to fulfill the promises of the French Revolution of liberty, fraternity, and equality. Removing monarchs did not necessarily result in liberty, much less equality, and the nineteenth century proved to be a disappointing shift in political power from one group, the aristocracy, to another, the bourgeoisie. Either way, the lower classes were shut out and shunted to a harsh future in factories where they were exploited in the name of a new and unsetting Industrial Revolution. This new economy was very disruptive, unending ways of life that had existed for centuries. As landed wealth became less important and as business and industry began to dominate in the economy, the political weight shifted from the rural areas to the urban areas which were rapidly expanding. It is customary to think of French art when discussing art within these parameters of social and political change, but the economic model of the industrial revolution was set by the British. What made the French situation unique was the slow manner in which the nation developed industrially–compared to England–and the extent to which the provinces of France remained untouched by the new economy. France had one modern city and that was Paris. Not as large as London, but trendsetting in the artistic culture, Paris dominated in the creative arts and set the standards. In future posts the resulting contrast between England, where the Midlands became an industrial belt, and France, where the outlying regions remained in the eighteenth century untouched by progress and the impact upon art will be further developed.
To traditionalists the Black Country is the area where the 30ft coal seam comes to the surface – so West Bromwich, Oldbury, Blackheath, Cradley Heath, Old Hill, Bilston, Dudley, Tipton, Wednesfield and parts of Halesowen, Wednesbury and Walsall..he region was described as 'Black by day and red by night' by Elihu Burritt, the American Consul to Birmingham in 1862.
Realists artists emerged out of and because of these huge social and political changes that were sweeping Europe, and the artists of the mid nineteenth century would be developed into two groups: those who conformed to the Academy and those who were beginning to respond to the new culture that was emerging. From the artists' perspective, it was necessary to begin the process of developing new visual and literary languages to express and explain this new reality. However, the art audiences who came to the Salon exhibitions were behind the artists. They were trained to like and admire academic art. Academic art was entertaining and taught lessons to the public. Attending an exhibition was rather like going to school; one would be educated and conditioned to be a good citizen. One would learn what the state wanted the citizens to do and to be. The Realists did not follow these academic rules of content, which were based upon the belief that "art" had to transcend reality in order to speak of higher things. Realist artists contented themselves with observing the world around them and recorded their own time and place. The Realist artists startled audiences, not by a careful copying of nature, but by the choice of content. Often these artists selected the lower classes as their focus of attention, not as objects to be studied, but as content to be elevated above the status of "genre" or studies of everyday life. The notion that marginalized people and places were worthy of artistic attention convinced conservative art audiences that the Realists artists were not only discarding artistic conventions but that they were also deliberately provoking public disapproval by showing the public sights that were "ugly." In discarding the traditional idea that only aspects of "beauty" was the province for artists, the Realist artist answered that the world was a given and that the role of the artist was to respond non-judgmentally without preconceived ideas. For the Realist artist, the world is a given and the sole aim of the artist is to describe this world. In attempting to see the world without the subjective or the personal or the emotional, the artists were acting like Positivist philosophers. Idealism was rejected and ugliness was accepted.
Like Courbet, Ruskin was a figure who espoused a form of "realism" but, as shall be seen, the "definition" of realism evolved over the decades from the 1840s to the 1880s. Ruskin still sought some form of beauty based upon the reality or the truth of nature; Courbet found realism outside of Paris, in the countryside where age old ways of life existed but adjusted to the coming of the next phase of Realism–modernité–an urban phenomenon.


ps- you can see more of my photos (most of them were taken with my old camera, though) on my Flickr account.
I really like the black and white photos! I must agree on it being a great outlet!
oh my goodness these are incredible!
the cat photos are too adorable!
that's so sweet! i did a bag post a while back, though....the contents have really stayed the same. heh. here's the link!
what beautiful cats! That top one looks just like my Oya. It must be a really good camera because those photos look great! I like your blog.
That is a VERY nice camera, indeed. I "know" a guy on Flickr--whose photo work is amazing--he saved up for one and he loves it. Will check out your stream soon. Have fun with your new creative tool!
I've been in the market for a new camera before my move. I think I may just stop by Pro Photo when I'm back in Portland for a weekend.


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The issue of domestic violence during a divorce case requires immediate use of a Baton Rouge family law attorney if you live in the area. With domestic abuse in the national spotlight again recently, those of us here at The Layfield Law Firm, LLC know how devastating these situations can be. And it can sometimes happen with either gender being the abusive one, even though a male abusing his wife is something we unfortunately see too much of in our cases.
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Recent heat wave rather uncommon at this time
Paul Westermeyer
The sudden onslaught of sweltering weather in the Midwest region caught many by surprise — Pontiac itself had a stretch of five straight days of the temperature exceeding 90 degrees, two of which shattered records.
A meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in Romeoville said it was a perfect storm, so to speak, that led to the confluence of conditions creating the heat wave. But the good news is that the weather expert said temperatures were expected to drop in the near future.
The meteorologist noted that several high temps of the late May heat wave matched or broke several records up in the Chicagoland area, including the hottest ever Memorial Day, noting as well the comparisons to other pre-June heatwaves, like those in 2012 and in 1977.
In Pontiac, Sunday and Monday, at 98 and 97 degrees respectively, were the two hottest May 27 and 28 in the city's history since climatological records first started being kept in 1903. The hottest May 27 and May 28 dates before this year's both belonged to 1911, with each mercury reading clocking in at 95 degrees.
After the pleasant warmth of early last week, in the mid-70s from May 20 to 22, the temperature suddenly spiked into the mid-and-upper 80s before reaching 91 degrees by Friday, a stretch of hot temps that the NWS meteorologist said was unusual.
What happened that created so unusual a warm spell?
"This kind of heat this early is really uncommon," the meteorologist said. "We just got into the right kind of pattern of an area of high pressure that was parked in place over us for a few days.
"We also had a subtropical system that was down to our south, so we had a spell of a warm, southerly flow out of ahead that. That maintained a 'thermal ridge,' which is a ridge of warm temperatures over us, and we were just really in the sweet spot of where that was.
"It's really unusual, also if you consider hurricane season," the meteorologist added. "Technically, hurricane season officially starts June 1, but this season, we've already had a named storm (Subtropical Storm Alberto) before then, so it's really uncommon and has helped create a lot warmer weather a lot earlier than its normally seen."
Given the two-week, locally-concerned weather tracking, modeling and predictions done by the NWS Romeoville office, the meteorologist could not speculate as to the possible involvement of other weather phenomena, such as the oceanic cooling and warming patterns of La Niña and El Niño, respectively, in the hot spell.
As far as the immediate future went, the meteorologist stated that Livingston County area residents could a reprieve from the unusually hot conditions.
"We've got the subtropical systems coming up through Tuesday night into Wednesday, which will cause us to briefly dip back down to more normal temperatures, at least for this time of year," he said. "Behind that system, however, we get right back into a warmer southwest pattern at least for Thursday, which is looking to get up to 90. We have a cold front coming through on Friday, though, so after a rollercoaster here for a few days, we'll head back to where we normally are for the season."


Pastoral Network - We have reviewed the function and structure of the existing pastoral groups, and the intention is that every worshipping member of the congregation should have a 'pastoral leader'. Their role is to look out for the well-being of the individuals on their list, and be a point of support and contact in addition to the ministers. Any issues can be referred to your pastoral leader (as well as direct to Mark or Martine), and they will liaise with the clergy over any concerns if needed. This is primarily a way of making sure that no one is missed as we continue to look out for one another. These pastoral groups are not the same as home groups. We are aware of the need for home groups which meet together for study, prayer, fellowship etc., and are looking to address this. A new pastoral list, showing leaders and the members of the congregation in their 'group', will be published shortly. Due to new members of the congregation, especially those with children, we are looking for an additional pastoral leader. If you might be interested in this role, or have any questions about the pastoral network, please do speak to Rev Martine or Rev Mark.


I was given the task to write a complete feature film movie script for the first time. Any topic I wanted.
I have decided to pay tribute to one of the legends of boxing and written a very fictional story about the life of Roberto Duran in screen play format.
Note that I do not own copyright to Roberto's Duran name or image, and that I have not written the script with commercial interest.
I will reproduce a couple of pages here when my first complete draft is complete.
At the moment, the project remains a work in progress.


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DB Schenker, one of the global leading logistics providers, and Cisco, the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet, are collaborating to change the face of the logistics Industry. The companies are working together to develop, test, and implement various applications around the Internet of Things and other innovative technologies for logistics.
Digitization is transforming societies, and therefore logistics is transforming the way we move, store, and secure goods around the world. The two companies believe that the changes in transportation, warehousing, customs, and last mile delivery are massive, pervasive, and are already altering the way both companies do business worldwide. They aim to drive this transformation together, and continue their leadership of innovation in their respective industries.


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Fathers treat Edinburgh maternity ward like hotel, say midwives
Midwives say that takeaways are being delivered to new fathers at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary
Midwives have complained that expectant fathers are treating maternity wards "like a hotel" and are risking the care and privacy of other patients.
The men are said to be sharing beds with their partners on the postnatal unit at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and demanding meals. They also order takeaways, which is disrupting the sleep of new mothers.
Staff are said to be demoralised after managers told them to "just accept" it, but they fear that if the problem persists it may lead to angry confrontations between staff and the men. New mothers are apparently feeling too uncomfortable to breastfeed because of the presence of strangers on the wards.
Unison, the trade union, has urged the hospital, run by NHS Lothian, to put couples in single