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Address: 1301 Ulysses St, Golden, CO 80401-2896
Website: Http://www.soudersstudios.com
Email: Rick@soudersstudios.com
Specialties: Food + Drink, Liquids/Splash, Still Life, Conceptual
Areas: Denver-Boulder-Greeley, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County
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Rick Souders, owner of Souders Studios, has been shooting food and drinks for some of the world's most well-known brands. Rick is an honors graduate of the Art Center College of Design and has been a part of many award-winning ads, campaigns and cookbooks. Rick is truly known for the artful nature in which he captures food and beverage and that in-your-face taste appeal. Using light, color and texture as his palette, he creates amazing edible imagery. He is known as the "Mile High Food and Beverage Guy." Souders Studios is based at the edge of the Rockies in Golden, Colorado. The Souders Studios facilities include a commercial kitchen, two studios, five client lounges, three prop storage areas and is super client friendly. Souders Studios has helped transform many food and beverage brands into visual icons. Square Pixels is its award-winning retouching and digital compositing studio. Visit the website, email Rick directly, or call 303-384-3128 for more information.


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In 2019, Los Angeles-based French chef and TV personality Ludo Lefebvre bought a Spanish Revival-style house built in 1973.
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It has a spacious dining area with a built-in library that fills the entire wall, while an iconic wrought-iron chandelier accentuates the room. It is one of the original features of the house retained by the couple, including the terra-cotta tile flooring, archways, textured stucco surfaces, and the classic hand-carved wooden headboard on the master bedroom.
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Jojo Rabbit: A Choice Between Authentic and False Community
November 5, 2019 November 5, 2019 James Walpole
"You're not a Nazi, Jojo. You're a ten year-old kid who likes dressing up in a funny uniform and wants to be part of a club."
– Jojo Rabbit
"Love is the strongest thing in the world."
"I think you'll find that *metal* is the strongest thing in the world, followed closely by dynamite, and then muscles."
You know it's a good movie when you clap spontaneously, laugh like a maniac, and feel your heart torn to shreds in the same two-hour stretch.
Jojo Rabbit is that movie.
Saw it last night and have a lot to say about it. If you haven't seen this wonderful movie, stop reading, watch the trailer, and get your tix. If you have seen it and want to discuss, keep reading.
SPOILERS BELOW
This is a movie about the choices between authentic living and belonging and the false kinds of life and belonging offered in conformity to the mass. In this case, that mass is totalitarian Nazi Germany's obedience and death cult.
The Default: Belonging to the Mad Collective
The movie starts with young Johannes (Jojo) heading off to summer camp to "become a man," (despite not being able to tie his own shoes) sprinting away to the delightful tunes of The Beatles "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" in German.
Turns out summer camp is more like a Hitler Youth training camp for 10 year-old soldiers. The sad (and hilarious) absurdity of the Nazi's doomed experiment is quickly apparent, even though Jojo tries to go along with it all.
But he refuses to do one thing: when ordered to kill a defenseless rabbit, he refuses. That earns him the nickname "Jojo Rabbit" from the older Hitler Youth bullies in one of the first scenes of overt monstrousness. In an attempt to strike back, Jojo decides to double down on the "brave Nazi warrior" thing and wounds himself with a grenade.
We see that Jojo is evidently different. He is gentle. He is sincere (if sincerely brainwashed). And he isn't exactly fitting in – he has precisely one real friend.
Did I mention his other friend is an imaginary version of Adolf Hitler?
Jojo heads into this story longing for acceptance and belonging in the suicidal death cult that is his culture. It's hard to imagine that so many other kids shared the same backdrop for growing up, but that's why this film is so important.
We soon learn about one big reason for Jojo's decent heart.
His mother Rosie (played by Scarlett Johansson) is a woman of kindness, independence, ferocity, humor, and imagination. In other words, she is everything the Nazis are not. Humor and imagination are bulwarks against tyranny in Rosie's home, and her playful, loving interactions with Jojo are some of the most touching moments in the film.
We also learn that Rosie is part of the German resistance, and (much to Jojo's horror) she is hiding a young Jewish girl in Jojo's deceased sister's bedroom.
Determined to write a book on Jewish people (all the better to defeat them, to his mind) Jojo begins to get to know the young woman, whose name is Elsa. Terror turns into curiosity, curiosity turns into tolerance, and tolerance turns into friendship – and later a serious crush.
As Germany falls apart in the latter days of the war, Jojo experiences a central transformation: from imaginary friendship (with Hitler) to his true friendship with Elsa. He finds true belonging in a human relationship with an unconquered individual with a rich inner life. At the same time, the false sense of belonging in the world of Nazi-dom loses its luster.
Then Rosie is hung for her participation in the resistance, and the Nazi dream (nightmare, rather) of Germany is falling apart all around Jojo's ears. Kids, civilians, and old German shepherds (actual shepherds, not dogs) are conscripted to defend the city in a last desperate fight. Little boys who stayed in the "club" of the Hitler Youth are used as cannon fodder – a horrifying look at where inauthentic "belonging" ends up.
Authentic Living and Belonging
When the dust settles, Jojo and Rosie have each other. And though Jojo is afraid, he makes the decision to set Rosie free.
Before he does so, a brain-spattered Hitler – once his imaginary friend – warns him that unless he chooses the totalitarian way, he will end up in a "desert of insignificance." It's notable how the affable and goofy Hitler of Jojo's earlier imagination has become something truly worthy of hatred and resistance.
Jojo responds appropriately: he kicks imaginary Hitler out the window with a well-placed foot to Nazi nuts.
In a perfect closing of a loop, he ties one of Elsa's shoes for her as she prepares to step outside.
And then they dance.
Jojo goes from being his society's false idea of "being a man" to "doing what he can" (as good a definition of true manhood as any). Elsa, who had a childhood denied to her, found her imaginative inner life in Jojo and now takes a step into free womanhood in the outside world.
But more importantly, both found what it meant to live authentically and to belong authentically.
This movie shows life's resilience and beauty despite tremendous evil. Rosie knew that:
"As long as there's someone alive somewhere then they lose."
When evil seems most powerful, we all have to remember to keep our inner lives alive, as Rosie did, as Elsa did, and as Jojo did.
Originally published at JamesWalpole.com.
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namespace {

void VerifyDownlinkKbps(double expected_kbps, double got_kbps) {
  // First verify that |got_kbps| is a multiple of 50.
  int quotient = static_cast<int>(got_kbps / 50);
  // |mod| is the remainder left after dividing |got_kbps| by 50 while
  // restricting the quotient to integer.  For example, if |got_kbps| is
  // 1050, then mod will be 0. If |got_kbps| is 1030, mod will be 30.
  double mod = got_kbps - 50 * quotient;
  EXPECT_LE(0.0, mod);
  EXPECT_GT(50.0, mod);
  // It is possible that |mod| is not exactly 0 because of floating point
  // computations. e.g., |got_kbps| may be 99.999999, in which case |mod|
  // will be 49.999999.
  EXPECT_TRUE(mod < (1e-5) || (50 - mod) < 1e-5) << " got_kbps=" << got_kbps;

  if (expected_kbps > 10000)
    expected_kbps = 10000;

  // The difference between the actual and the estimate value should be within
  // 10%. Add 50 (bucket size used in Blink) to account for the cases when the
  // sample may spill over to the next bucket due to the added noise of 10%.
  // For example, if sample is 300 kbps, after adding noise, it may become 330,
  // and after rounding off, it would spill over to the next bucket of 350 kbps.
  EXPECT_GE((expected_kbps * 0.1) + 50, std::abs(expected_kbps - got_kbps))
      << " expected_kbps=" << expected_kbps << " got_kbps=" << got_kbps;
}

}  // namespace

class NetInfoBrowserTest : public InProcessBrowserTest {
 public:
  network::NetworkQualityTracker* GetNetworkQualityTracker() const {
    return g_browser_process->network_quality_tracker();
  }

 protected:
  void SetUpOnMainThread() override {}

  // Runs |script| repeatedly until the |script| returns |expected_value|.
  void RunScriptUntilExpectedStringValueMet(const std::string& script,
                                            const std::string& expected_value) {
    while (true) {
      if (RunScriptExtractString(script) == expected_value)
        return;
      base::RunLoop().RunUntilIdle();
    }
  }

  // Repeatedly runs NetInfo JavaScript API to get RTT until it returns
  // |expected_rtt|.
  void RunGetRttUntilExpectedValueReached(base::TimeDelta expected_rtt) {
    if (expected_rtt > base::TimeDelta::FromMilliseconds(3000))
      expected_rtt = base::TimeDelta::FromMilliseconds(3000);

    while (true) {
      int32_t got_rtt_milliseconds = RunScriptExtractInt("getRtt()");
      EXPECT_EQ(0, got_rtt_milliseconds % 50)
          << " got_rtt_milliseconds=" << got_rtt_milliseconds;

      // The difference between the actual and the estimate value should be
      // within 10%. Add 50 (bucket size used in Blink) to account for the cases
      // when the sample may spill over to the next bucket due to the added
      // noise of 10%. For example, if sample is 300 msec, after adding noise,
      // it may become 330, and after rounding off, it would spill over to the
      // next bucket of 350 msec.
      if (expected_rtt.InMilliseconds() * 0.1 + 50 >=
          std::abs(expected_rtt.InMilliseconds() - got_rtt_milliseconds)) {
        return;
      }
    }
  }

  double RunScriptExtractDouble(const std::string& script) {
    double data = 0.0;
    EXPECT_TRUE(ExecuteScriptAndExtractDouble(
        browser()->tab_strip_model()->GetActiveWebContents(), script, &data));
    return data;
  }

 private:
  std::string RunScriptExtractString(const std::string& script) {
    std::string data;
    EXPECT_TRUE(ExecuteScriptAndExtractString(
        browser()->tab_strip_model()->GetActiveWebContents(), script, &data));
    return data;
  }

  int RunScriptExtractInt(const std::string& script) {
    int data = 0;
    EXPECT_TRUE(ExecuteScriptAndExtractInt(
        browser()->tab_strip_model()->GetActiveWebContents(), script, &data));
    return data;
  }
};

// Make sure the changes in the effective connection type are notified to the
// render thread.
IN_PROC_BROWSER_TEST_F(NetInfoBrowserTest,
                       EffectiveConnectionTypeChangeNotfied) {
  embedded_test_server()->ServeFilesFromSourceDirectory("content/test/data");
  EXPECT_TRUE(embedded_test_server()->Start());
  ui_test_utils::NavigateToURL(
      browser(), embedded_test_server()->GetURL("/net_info.html"));

  // Change effective connection type so that the renderer process is notified.
  // Changing the effective connection type from 2G to 3G is guaranteed to
  // generate the notification to the renderers, irrespective of the current
  // effective connection type.
  GetNetworkQualityTracker()->ReportEffectiveConnectionTypeForTesting(
      net::EFFECTIVE_CONNECTION_TYPE_2G);
  RunScriptUntilExpectedStringValueMet("getEffectiveType()", "2g");
  GetNetworkQualityTracker()->ReportEffectiveConnectionTypeForTesting(
      net::EFFECTIVE_CONNECTION_TYPE_3G);
  RunScriptUntilExpectedStringValueMet("getEffectiveType()", "3g");
}

// Make sure the changes in the network quality are notified to the render
// thread, and the changed network quality is accessible via Javascript API.
IN_PROC_BROWSER_TEST_F(NetInfoBrowserTest, NetworkQualityChangeNotified) {
  GetNetworkQualityTracker()->ReportRTTsAndThroughputForTesting(
      base::TimeDelta::FromSeconds(1), 300);

  embedded_test_server()->ServeFilesFromSourceDirectory("content/test/data");
  EXPECT_TRUE(embedded_test_server()->Start());
  ui_test_utils::NavigateToURL(
      browser(), embedded_test_server()->GetURL("/net_info.html"));

  RunGetRttUntilExpectedValueReached(base::TimeDelta::FromSeconds(1));
  // If the updated RTT is available via JavaScript, then downlink must have
  // been updated too.
  VerifyDownlinkKbps(300, RunScriptExtractDouble("getDownlink()") * 1000);

  // Verify that the network quality change is accessible via Javascript API.
  GetNetworkQualityTracker()->ReportRTTsAndThroughputForTesting(
      base::TimeDelta::FromSeconds(10), 3000);
  RunGetRttUntilExpectedValueReached(base::TimeDelta::FromSeconds(10));
  VerifyDownlinkKbps(3000, RunScriptExtractDouble("getDownlink()") * 1000);
}

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Quake Live Getting "Premium" Service
Andy Chalk
1 POSTED: 14 Aug 2009 10:47
John Carmack says Quake Live, the free, browser-based online FPS based on Quake 3 Arena, is unsustainable in its current format and will be adding a pay-to-use "premium" service model.
Quake Live offers the fast-paced online combat of Quake 3 Arena, including game modes like Team Deathmatch and Capture the Flag, but is entirely browser-based. After it entered open beta in February, id mastermind John Carmack said that while most of id's current games have to accommodate consoles, Quake Live "is an opportunity to do something where the PC will really stand alone."
Unfortunately, the game apparently isn't quite as good at generating revenue as it is at letting people shoot each other in the face. Speaking at Quakecon, Carmack assured the audience that the game isn't a failure, nor is it in danger of being closed down, but said it isn't sustainable on ad revenues alone and will therefore require some kind of subcription-based premium service level.
He didn't reveal any specifics about the plan but cheapskates in the crowd need not worry; he also said the game would probably always maintain some form of free service as well.
I played around with Quake Live for several days after the open beta started and found it to be remarkably true to the original Quake 3 Arena. Having a full-blown, "instant on" multiplayer shooter built into a browser is pretty cool and the game looks pretty damn good for being ten years old. But with the good comes the bad: Quake 3 Arena was always kind of half-assed, wasn't it? Still, if you haven't played it yet it's well worth trying, especially while it's still free.
Source: VG247
sturryz
kinda kills the purpose, at this point you might as well go hunting for a copy of Ultimate Quake.
ghalkhsdkssakgh
How was Q3 Arena half assed? It was one of the fastest, most frantic multiplayer experiences ever!
ThatJagoGuy
I'm currently loving QuakeLive and this news is pretty sucky. Hopefully, this will all occur in the form of additional content and accessibility for premium players, and not cutting down what is currently available for skinflints like myself.
Also, I'm glad someone else reckons Q3 was half-assed. I never got into it when it was released, and always considered UT to be the underdog which didn't get its rightful online FPS crown. :)
hansari
Malygris:
Two hours of free play...then we will kick you off the servers ;)
Seriously though...the question is...is the game good enough to actually pay money for?
Rigs83
Played it a bit but i don't have ADD so I haven't touched it in a while so I don't think I will pay to play it.
Zer_
I suppose that just means the old Q3 players will go back to playing VQ3 and the new players will start paying id Software. That's fine with me.
dochmbi
This is really unfortunate, because the reason I enjoyed Quake Live is that for the first time in history I could actually attain a positive k/d ratio in a Quake game, which just feels fantastic.
Woem
ThatJagoGuy:
From what I read on the QL forum it will mean that premium members will be able to create their own instances, and for instance have them password protected. This would allow clans to create their own private training maps, play clan wars, ...


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Jim Sturgess Exclusive
Tuesday 21st April 2015
|In Exclusive, Fault Magazine
Words: Charlotte MCManus
Photography: Sarah Dunn
Fashion editor: Kristine Kilty @Lovely Management
Fashion assistant: Sheryl Kelly
Grooming: Johnnie Biles @ stella Creative artists
FAULT's exclusive shoot with Jim runs over 10 pages inside the issue (in addition to the reverse cover) and also includes the issue's Men section cover.
Jim was shot in the luxury Cheval Three Quays apartments overlooking London's Tower Bridge. Photographed by Sarah Dunn and styled by Fashion Editor and Celebrity stylist Kristine Kilty, the shoot showcases Jim's brooding yet playful style as he channels James Dean for this striking spread.
In his interview Jim opens up to FAULT on how he coped with the big-budget box office flop Cloud Atlas, an excitingly ambitious yet commercially disappointing multi-role epic which he starred in along-side Tom Hanks and Halle Berry. Jim also let's us know what it's like working on his upcoming blockbuster movie 'Geostorm' also starring Gerard Butler out later next year.
I catch up with Jim on an icy February Friday, each of us shivering over the phone at our respective North London abodes. He's not long gotten back from sunnier climes, having spent three months filming in New Orleans for upcoming 2016 blockbuster, Geostorm.
"It was fun – a big Hollywood splash. I was honoured that they asked me to do it," says Jim, in his laid back, to-the-point manner. After recounting with warmth his off-set experiences in the lively southern American jazz scene, he describes the high-concept film has having "almost two stories, about two brothers – I played Max, a young politician on Earth, while Gerry [Gerard Butler] plays my older brother Jake, who gets sent up into space."
"It was cool – a big piece of entertainment, although it does have a backbone in the world of global warming and geoengineering," Jim says, musing on the idea of sci-fi flagging present-day issues rather than future ones. "Sometimes you reach more people with entertainment than some heavy-browed documentary. You can weave thoughts into their subconscious whilst making them laugh and showing them a good time… but I don't want to make out that we've made a really important environmental movie!" he adds, ever-quick to see the humour in a situation.
Another one to watch hits cinemas this year in the form of London Fields, an adaptation of Martin Amis' darkly comic murder mystery Jim plays Keith Talent, the thug, philanderer and darts-player extraordinaire who becomes embroiled with Nicola Six (Amber Heard), Guy Clinch (Theo James) and Samson Young (Billy Bob Thornton [FAULT 13's Cover Star] in a twisted love affair.
"It was such a bonkers movie – testing to make, and to dare to be involved in," says Jim, alluding to the narrative's brooding apocalyptic undertones and increasingly sinister sequence of events. "The nice thing about it, for me, was getting to travel around London and shoot in areas I hadn't been to in years, like Brixton Market. It almost felt like I was seeing the city through new eyes. With a lot of Americans involved, it was good to be the host for a change – normally I travel to other parts of the world, being a guest in someone else's town."
So how does he deal with the disappointment? Along with smaller-production titles like The Lion's Share, Jim recently starred in big-budget box office flop Cloud Atlas, an excitingly ambitious yet commercially disappointing multi-role epic with a story that spanned five centuries.
"As long as I feel I've made a good film, I can feel good about it. That's what's so frustrating about acting, because once you've done your bit, you kind have to hand it over… there's so little you can do." He pauses, contemplative. "You want a film to do well, but that's not always going to be the case. With Cloud Atlas, I was hopeful that people would be excited to see something different, which was a bit hard to watch. So much work went into it; all it took was the distribution companies to give it some love and support, but they didn't. But you know, we got such positive feedback from the people who did watch it – it connected with them, and that's the most important thing."
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Cinematic Sandboxes
June 2, 2016 / The Real Zordon
So, after sitting through the last three superhero movies of 2016 (BvS: Dawn of Justice, Captain America: Civil War and X-Men: Apocalypse) and reading screed after screed and post after post from fans and friends and frenemies and strangers, outlining what's right with them and whats wrong with them, why they aren't good or what should've been done differently, I've come to the conclusion that – in general – audiences simply don't want that much story or character in these types of films.
They want story and character, don't get me wrong. They just don't want much of it.
These films – and the material they are based on – are simply extensions of power fantasies about our fear of death. They are also gladiatorial games of a sort, fulfilling a need that pro wrestling or MMA or actual warfare doesn't.
Superheroes are strong enough or fast enough to meet death head on… they can fight cancer in a way we cannot, and more often than not they are victorious over death. Because bigger than life heroes win.
The way these films are marketed and sold – not the way they are made or told, just to be clear… but the way they are sold, plays up the 'exciting' and 'action-packed' elements to the point where we get fan trailers or 'supercuts' or phrases in articles or reviews that state that the preferred elements audiences want, i.e. '…As much as we'd all love to see Hulk kick ass for two hours…' is simply the punching, the fighting, the explosions and destruction.
Think about it… how many times have you sat in front of a fighting match or a film and muttered "Just get on with it!"? If you say you haven't… you're fibbing.
I get that mindset, especially when it comes to entertainment. I grew up with toys and games and stories that glorified combat and fighting. Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots. Risk. Stratego. Chess. As I got older, AD&D and computer games – Doom, Mortal Kombat, Warcraft, Age of Empires.
Working in the video game industry, the best part was being able to work with game engines and toolsets, setting up scenarios and situations and then watching how things played out.
And maybe that's the next evolutionary step for films of this type.
In the early 80's (1981 to be exact) Michael Crichton directed a film starring Albert Finney, James Coburn and Susan Dey … it's called 'Looker' and watching it now you may think it lame. The gist of the film is that models are committing suicide after they submit to plastic surgery in order to be 'digitally perfect'. Of course the suicides turn out to be murders because the company that hires the models, alters them and then scans their images into a databank (which they can then use to fit them into whatever commercial or ad or film they want) reneges on it's "paycheck for life" incentive it uses to get the models to submit to the procedures in the first place.
As our technology advances and CGI and digital body and face scanning becomes more and more lifelike and easier to produce, the idea that an actor could submit themselves to this type of promise and then sit back and collect the rewards seems like a sweet deal. As long as they didn't kill you off afterwards.
And that could also lead to a type of cinematic sandbox film making.
No need to recast Harrison Ford as Han Solo or Indiana Jones. He's gonna look the same and so… bring on Star Wars Episodes 10-100, starring all the original cast.
Imagine if you were able to take Henry Cavill as Superman and Mark Ruffalo as the Hulk and then bend and mold them into whatever shape and position you wanted in order to make your ideal ultimate DC vs. Marvel showdown. You'd have access to the sets and world locations too. So your creations would look just like the films you see in the theater.
And given the vociferous amount of digital ink given to the problems and issues of the three films I mention at the top of the post, would fans and audiences member be happier to have a toybox version of these properties rather than sitting in the dark and passively watching something they have no control over – only to come out the other side disappointed or pissed or grumbling 'why didn't they do it this way?"
I prefer the quieter moments in these types of film, moments like the bunker scene from Winter Soldier, where Steve and Natasha confront Zola and learn that Hydra is alive and well and behind EVERYTHING. It has the same thrill as the elevator fight scene, at least for me. It's tense, revealing and has you on the edge of your seat -the same way the shootout on the Guggenheim from The International does, but without the blood and violence.
I wouldn't be surprised if at some point in the next twenty years or so, the technology becomes available to allow for this type of product to become cheap enough to find its way into the public's hand.
But, of course, because of Rule 34, we won't get two hour fights between The Hulk and Superman.
What you will get — you won't be able to unsee. So yeah, maybe we shouldn't get that kind of tech anytime soon. 🙂
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If you want to see a peaceful and picturesque riverine region and participate in local people's life, then a trip to the River Vam Nao might be an excellent choice.
A broad river that connects two other rivers, the Tien and the Hau, the Vam Nao River in the southern An Giang province has various kinds of fish, especially the precious Ca bong lau (Chinese Pangasid-catfish) and Siamese carp, each of which can weigh up to 10kg.
The area also has poetic scenery with great tourism potential that has been successfully exploited by the local tourism department in recent years.
Director of An Giang Tourist Farmers Centre Nguyen Thanh Tung said six local families had been chosen to participate in the agricultural tourism development project, sponsored by the Dutch Farmers Organisation (Agriterra).
They receive financial support to build new restrooms, floating bridge and stilt houses, where visitors can break their journey and rest. These local farmers, who are also the tour guides, make tourists feel at home, thanks to their good nature and great enthusiasm.
Sailing along the river, the tourists can not only see the surrounding natural beauty, but also indulge in childhood activities such as fishing or picking flowers blooming above the water.
It is highly recommended that the tourists should visit the region during the flood season, which is from the seventh to the tenth month of the lunar calendar. They can sail above thousands of fish that flock the river at that time of the year, and also observe the fishermen harvest netfuls of fish, while listening to old folktales. The experience evokes a strange sense of peace and freedom.
The flood season is also the growing season of river beans along the riverbanks, which seem to give a warm welcome to the tourists. They will also have the opportunity to pick beans and hunt for horned water chestnuts with local fishermen to prepare a very delicious meal. Else, the tourists can ask the villagers to cook other local specialties that have both exquisite and distinctive flavours.
The most interesting part of the journey to discover the river region is observing the fishermen catch large catfish at night.
A prized fish with high economic and nutritious value, catfish is favoured by several gourmets for its delicious taste.
The catfish season in the River Vam Nao is from the 11th month to the next fourth month of the lunar year, when the muddy river water turns transparent.
The best time to catch catfish is right after sunset, when the water is still and the fish are most active.
The tourists gather at the house on stilts of the An Giang Tourist Farmers Centre before boarding the boat at 9pm. While waiting, they can enjoy catfish dishes and don ca tai tu (southern amateur music), two local specialties of the river region in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta.
The fishing equipment is pretty simple and inexpensive. The fisherman needs only a boat or a small canoe, lights and the indispensible net.
While the fishermen spread their nets, the tourists can admire the beauty of the Vam Nao, illuminated by the red lights of the buoys floating on the water.
It takes about one to two hours for the first haul. Tourists might share the anxiety of the fishermen while waiting for the first catch. However, not all nets are lucky with their first catch.
"Catching a catfish requires rich experience, so most fishermen are middle-aged," villager Pham Van Sanh said.
The trip becomes even more exciting if the tourists choose to cook the fresh catch themselves, enjoy a glass of wine and listen to the interesting life stories of the fishermen.


'The leather pants of an Eskimowomen', that's how the first sketches of Alvar Aalto vases were described. You can see in it whatever you want, but one thing is for sure: this shape has become an icon. The nature played a large part in the life and creativity of Aalto. His designs are a lot like the Finnish landscape, with it's thousands of lakes. The collection glasswork of Aalto was first presented in 1937 and is still produced by Littala. The vases are blown with the mouth by multiple masterglassblazers.
The best thing about the shape is that you can decide for yourself what you want to do with it. Because Aalto never said what his intention was for the 'vase'. The vases are pieces of art on its own, without any flowers in it. Nowadays, the vase is a world-famous glassobject.


Notes: Rare (proposed as a future Red Data Book species) and restricted to deciduous woodland in the coastal counties of south-eastern England. In Hampshire known from the 19th Century, thereafter not recorded until 1986, with an increase in records from 1995 onwards, when fairly frequent in the south of the county. Not recorded from the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan 13-15 mm. Larva mines fruit of Butcher's-broom.


On Monday, it was a day of remembrance for all Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. did to advance the cause of racial equality in America.
This simple quote sparked a visceral reaction from the left including King's son, Martin Luther King III.
Well, Mr. King – that appears to not be entirely true. Oh yes, the "love not hate" bit is absolutely true, but the wall builder may not be.
Although King, Jr. was a visionary, he also had a pragmatic side.
King was a tireless fighter for blacks in the United States. He knew that his fight must be fought on many fronts, which is why he offered his personal support of unity to the founder of the United Farm Workers Union (UFW), Cesar Chavez. He did so in a Western Union Telefax (telegram) on September 22, 1966.
But what struggle was Chavez fighting for, or against? It was the struggle for farm workers' rights against depressed wages and working conditions.
And what was causing the poor conditions and depressed wages? That's right – an influx of south-of-the-border immigrants flooding in and taking the jobs of American farm workers. Chavez called them "wets," as in wetbacks.
And King knew full well what Chavez was fighting for – and against, as Chavez didn't change his stance on migrants until long after King's death.
Black Americans had been suffering the same fate of immigrants stealing their jobs long before King and Chavez. Black leaders like William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington and A. Phillip Randolph all railed against immigration negatively affecting black workers.
These were the men that influenced Dr. King, and all spoke and wrote, denouncing the business model of cheap labor that preferred the work of immigrants to that of blacks.
During the 1950s and 1960s, Hispanic leaders Ernesto Galarza, Julian Samora, and Cesar Chavez all called for increases in Border Patrol and stiff employer sanctions to stop illegal immigration.
It is clear today, as it was in the 1960s, that immigration did not and does not provide a pathway for the betterment of the black community. And provided that the black leaders, who came before King, led and influenced King and the people that King would come to lead, one can only conclude that King had a similar stance on immigration.


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Q: YouTube video regex in MySQL query I have the following regular expression in PHP that verifies URLs of YouTube videos:
preg_match('/^(?:http(?:s)?:\/\/)?(?:www\.)?(?:m\.)?(?:youtu\.be\/|youtube\.com\/(?:(?:watch)?\?(?:.*&)?v(?:i)?=|(?:embed|v|vi|user)\/))([^\?&\"\'>]+)/', $message)

I need to implement this same regular expression in MySQL, so that:
$posts = mysql_query("
    SELECT *
    FROM posts
    WHERE message REGEXP '^(?:http(?:s)?:\/\/)?(?:www\.)?(?:m\.)?(?:youtu\.be\/|youtube\.com\/(?:(?:watch)?\?(?:.*&)?v(?:i)?=|(?:embed|v|vi|user)\/))([^\?&\"\'>]+)'
", $connection);

But it does not work.

A: You may use
REGEXP '^(https?://)?(www[.])?(m[.])?(youtu[.]be/|youtube[.]com/((watch)?[?](.*&)?vi?=|(embed|v|vi|user)/))[^?&\"''>]+'

The point is:

*

*Replace all non-capturing groups to capturing

*Do not escape / as they are not special regex metacharacters

*It is easier to use [] around single chars in case you are not sure how they should be escaped

*To define a single quote you need to use double single quote in a MySQL string literal.

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The puja performed on the fourth day of Diwali is called the Govardhan Puja.
The puja performed on the fourth day of Diwali is called the Govardhan Puja. The origin of this day goes back to the Dwapara Yuga, and to Lord Krishna. According to legends, he lifted mount Govardhan on this day and hence the day is dedicated to the worshiping the mountain. Goverdhan puja is offered as a tribute to Krishna's heroic feat. In parts of north India, people make cow dung replicas of the fabled mound, decorate it with flower petals and offer prayers.
In few places, Goverdhan puja, also known as Godhan puja The day after Diwali is celebrated as Govadhan Puja when Govardhan Parbat or Mount Govardhan, near Mathura, is worshipped. The devotees of Lord Krishna keep awake the whole night and cook as many as fifty-six or one hundred and eight different types of dishes for the bhog (the offering of food) to Krishna. This sacred ceremony is referred to as ankut i.e. a mountain of food. After being offered to the lord, the delicacies are distributed as prasad to devotees.


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Fourth Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Filed Against Nashville Public Schools
Ryan J. Farrick — September 22, 2017
Image via The Tennessean.
For the fourth time in recent years, a sexual harassment lawsuit has been filed against Nashville public schools over allegations that education authorities failed to properly respond to student-on-student misconduct.
The suit, according to The Tennessean, is requesting $3 million as well as punitive damages. An additional condition would require Nashville public schools to comply with federal laws on sexual harassment.
Filed on Monday, the litigation alleges that a 14-year old student – referred to in court documents simply as Mary Doe #2 – was subjected to "unwelcome sexual conduct" by an 'unspecified' number of 18-year old male students in a stairwell at Maplewood High School last September.
Another 14-year old girl was purportedly with Doe #2 in the stairwell. She too was subjected to the same misconduct, with at least one of the 18-year old alleged perpetrators having recorded the incident.
Maplewood High School in Nashville, Tn. Image via Vanderbilt University Admissions post.
The Tennessean says that the practice of videotaping consensual or forced sexual encounters is so prevalent in Metropolitan Nashville schools that it has been lent the moniker "exposing."
Teenage girls who are "exposed" are typically derided as "whores" or "sluts," regardless of whether they were willing participants in the action or forced to partake.
Both of the 14-year old girls who were purportedly assaulted – Mary Doe #2 and Jane Doe #2 – reported the incident to school authorities. In both cases, the young students were told to return to class, with the principal not bothering to even inform the mother of Jane Doe #2 of what happened.
Despite the video evidence, no substantial action was taken against any of the 18-year old males who could be identified from the tape.
The local District Attorney's office declined to prosecute anyone involved in the case after law enforcement made the results of their investigation available to the DA.
When pressed for comment by The Tennessean, Tammy Meade, a sex crimes prosecutor with the DA's office, said information couldn't locate or discuss a case without the name of the victim.
Since both Mary Doe and Jane Doe were underage at the time of the alleged assault, their names and identities are confidential in both police records and civil lawsuits.
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Q: Possible to retrieve multiple random, non-sequential documents from MongoDB? I'd like to retrieve a random set of documents from a MongoDB database. So far after lots of Googling, I've only seen ways to retrieve one random document OR a set of documents starting at a random skip position but where the documents are still sequential.
I've tried mongoose-simple-random, and unfortunately it doesn't retrieve a "true" random set. What it does is skip to a random position and then retrieve n documents from that position.
Instead, I'd like to retrieve a random set like MySQL does using one query (or a minimal amount of queries), and I need this list to be random every time. I need this to be efficient -- relatively on par with such a query with MySQL. I want to reproduce the following but in MongoDB:
SELECT * FROM products ORDER BY rand() LIMIT 50;

Is this possible? I'm using Mongoose, but an example with any adapter -- or even a straight MongoDB query -- is cool.
I've seen one method of adding a field to each document, generating a random value for each field, and using {rand: {$gte:rand()}} each query we want randomized. But, my concern is that two queries could theoretically return the same set.

A: You may do two requests, but in an efficient way :

*

*Your first request just gets the list of all "_id" of document of your collections. Be sure to use a mongo projection db.products.find({}, { '_id' : 1 }).

*You have a list of "_id", just pick N randomly from the list.

*Do a second query using the $in operator.

What is especially important is that your first query is fully supported by an index (because it's "_id"). This index is likely fully in memory (else you'd probably have performance problems). So, only the index is read while running the first query, and it's incredibly fast.
Although the second query means reading actual documents, the index will help a lot.
If you can do things this way, you should try.

A: I don't think MySQL ORDER BY rand() is particularly efficient - as I understand it, it essentially assigns a random number to each row, then sorts the table on this random number column and returns the top N results.
If you're willing to accept some overhead on your inserts to the collection, you can reduce the problem to generating N random integers in a range. Add a counter field to each document: each document will be assigned a unique positive integer, sequentially. It doesn't matter what document gets what number, as long as the assignment is unique and the numbers are sequential, and you either don't delete documents or you complicate the counter document scheme to handle holes. You can do this by making your inserts two-step. In a separate counter collection, keep a document with the first number that hasn't been used for the counter. When an insert occurs, first findAndModify the counter document to retrieve the next counter value and increment the counter value atomically. Then insert the new document with the counter value. To find N random values, find the max counter value, then generate N distinct random numbers in the range defined by the max counter, then use $in to retrieve the documents. Most languages should have random libraries that will handle generating the N random integers in a range.


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A Look at Jewish Life Lately in Shanghai, China
January 8, 2018Peter Kohn
Kehilat Shanghai, the dynamic Progressive congregation located in China's largest city, has been a hub of many activities lately, catering to a wide variety of ages and interests.
A teen retreat in Hong Kong saw teens from three different communities – Shanghai, Singapore and Hong Kong – exploring some of the less well-known places in Hong Kong.
They went to a geological park, did an Amazing Race-style scavenger hunt around Hong Kong's numerous markets, celebrated Havdalah on the waterfront, and took the Star Ferry back to Hong Kong Island, bonding over friendly competition and lots of singing.
This was a first for Kehilat Shanghai, and four teens from the congregation were in attendance.
"Beyond all the fun activities, the Shabbaton provided our kids (and their parents) with a unique opportunity to experience the tight-knit nature of liberal communities around the region," says Drew Nuland, father of one of the teens and tour chaperone. "We were all really impressed by the sense of Jewish identity that flows through each of those groups and returned to Shanghai inspired to inject more of that spirit into our own fledgling community," he said.
Rabbi Fred Morgan and Sue Morgan of Melbourne visited Kehilat Shanghai, and Rabbi Morgan conducted a memorable seder at Pesach in 2016.
Kehilat Shanghai held its first-ever community b'nai mitzvah event, a fully collaborative effort organized by the community, the parents, and the children themselves.
Taking place on Shabbat Shuvah, September 23, 2017, at the Ohel Moshe Synagogue, it was the second b'nai mitzvah for Kehilat Shanghai. In advance of his visit to Shanghai, Rabbi Gary Robuck conducted online lessons with the group to prepare for the service.
At the community b'nai mitzvah, each child read a piece of the parashah, some reading only Hebrew, some chanting, and some doing the English translation, which added to the diversity of the event.
Kehilat Shanghai hosted Rabbi Gary Robuck and Jocelyn Robuck of Sydney over Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur this year. Rabbi Robuck led services with much joy, thought, and music.
An Erev Rosh Hashanah community dinner saw more than 150 people in attendance and was preceded by a service led by Rabbi Robuck. Children were kept busy counting the seeds of pomegranates; the buzz was around the question, "Do pomegranates really have exactly 613 seeds?" Old and new friends gathered, and Kehilat Shanghai was joined by Moishe House Shanghai, with around 30 young professionals in attendance.
Together with three friends from Sydney, Rabbi Robuck and Jocelyn Robuck spent almost three weeks with Chinese community members, moving about Shanghai, which the rabbi regards as "a mega-city with so much to offer."
Services were conducted at Ohel Moshe, once a spiritual refuge for Jews primarily from Germany and Austria during World War II. The synagogue is now part of the Shanghai Refugees Museum grounds, operated under the auspices of the Chinese government.
More recently, Kehilat Shanghai hosted its fourth annual combined Shabbat service with 60 teens from Bialik College in Melbourne on their way to Israel. This was a meaningful and memorable event because of the dialogue after dinner and services. The teens got an opportunity to ask questions about what life as a Jewish person is like in Shanghai.
Kehilat Shanghai is always hosting exciting programming for their community and would like to invite you to join whenever you are nearby Shanghai!
Peter Kohn is a TBI Melbourne congregant whose family lived in Shanghai, China, during World War II. He has written two novels that deal with this critical time and place in 20th-century Jewish history.
For more information,about Jewish life in Shanghai, please email Hannah Maia Frishberg, community coordinator of Kehilat Shanghai.
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Though it is clear that I love the Fabry family very much, what might be difficult to believe is that I was not accepted by my mother-in-law, Olinka, and that I only met her once before she died. As much as I wanted to know her, there just wasn't enough time, and I was very sad about that. So, you can understand how these papers have been a gift to me, to be able to get to know who Olinka was, to understand why she was difficult and the hell she had been through – I think of her with compassion and forgiveness.
Besides being a great cook(see photo above), one of the qualities I admire most about her was her skill at many languages – she was as gifted as her brother Vlado.
It would have been easy for her to translate this document from the Prison de Saint Antione in Geneva(which is now the Palais de Justice), dated 1949, but it is not so easy for me. Who was in the prison? And why? Was it her father, Pavel? I am posting this here in hopes that Slovak readers will want to contribute a translation, if only to ease my curiosity. Please help!
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It was a dark and stormy night, but again the hall was full with members and visitors waiting to hear "Master Gardener" Hilary Newman telling us how to hide that ugly fence or wall.
Hilary started his career working under glass then moved to Edinburgh Botanics where he gained his degree and later moved to RHS Wisley. His knowledge of plants is extensive and with each slide he gave us full details of the best plant for varying locations, soil types and their maintenance. A most informative, useful and well timed talk which will help us choose and plant in the coming season.
One of the categories in this month's show was a knitted blanket to be given to the Premature Baby Unit at the Conquest Hospital. This was very well supported particularly by Busy Fingers and not surprisingly one of their group came first in that category. Many thanks to all those who entered.
After Hilary's fascinating talk about climbers and wall shrubs, he was kind enough to provide an annotated list of the plants he discussed. This can be downloaded from the Download page - click here.
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Beekman Boys Install The Vertical Axis Wind Turbine You'll Want To Get For Your Home
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photo: Windspire Energy
I'll be bluntly honest: I don't think most backyard wind turbines, still less rooftop wind turbines, are worth the money in most situations. But there are a couple which are really pretty good. Which is where the Windspire and where Planet Green's Beekman Boys come in.
On their farm in upstate New York they've decided to install one these vertical axis wind turbines as part of their efforts to build one of the greenest small farms in the US. Check out the description of the Windpsire from the Beekman1802 website:
The standard Windspire is 30-feet tall and 4-feet wide, designed to come in under the typical 35-foot height restrictions of local municipalities (many small towns, including Sharon Springs, are just now creating laws and regulations for the use of windpower). Due to the vertical axis design, sound levels were tested at 6 decibels above ambient, rendering it virtually inaudible and the 1.2kW Windspire installed at the farm will produce approximately 2000 kilowatt hours per year in 11 mph average wind which will cover a lot of the electricity needed to run the milking operation during peak season.
And this video (which is a bit over the top self-promotional cheesy in the voice-over, but gives you a good look at the turbines):
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Grade 3-5 In this picture book for older children, a Japanese potter learns about nature and life. Yukiyo finds that life and the seasons bring both good and bad as he and two willow trees that he has tended from saplings struggle with the forces of naturethrough winds, drought, and flood. One tree remains standing, the other becomes a bridge. At the end, Yukiyo and his family prosper. This is much more of a mood piece than a story. The witty dialogue of Pittman's A Grain of Rice (Hastings, 1986) is replaced, sadly, with uneven, sometimes plodding narration. For example, most of the introductory paragraphs begin similarly with ``the days passed'' or ``as the months went by.'' The storyline itself is made up of odds and ends that aren't totally developed. Most of the watercolors are beautifully executed with flowing scenes, although some pictures are cut into panels for no apparent reason and to little effect. Marianne Pilla, formerly at Allard K. Lowenstein Lib . of Long Beach, N.Y.
Yukiyo is a contented potter who lives near the Okayama river, where the soft red earth embedded in its banks is his clay. He worries that the two willow saplings by the river will not survive, but each year they grow stronger. In the meantime, he has found a wife, Kura, and their life together is rich and full. When first drought and then flooding strike, the potter, his wife and their newborn child must leave their home, a feat that is only possible because one of the willows has fallen over the river like a bridge. Pittman's story is poetically revealed to readers in quiet, controlled passages next to glowing watercolor spreads; gilded, silky fabric patterns in the family's clothing establish the Japanese setting. In pictures and words, the book invokes timeless folkloric themes with grace. Ages 5-9.


In the age of technology I often find that children are becoming less and less creative. Less creativity can often bring on speech issues as well. Now, I don't think any parent wants his or her children to follow the same trend. It just happens. The internet, television, smart phones, iPods... How do you get your children to think creatively without any gadgets in their hands? It is back to basics, and if you have little toddlers - now is a good time to make creativity available to them. They will be teenagers before you know it. Here are some practical ways to foster creativity in your young children. Any of them can be customized to be appropriate for the age of your child.
Build Forts and Playhouses: To get creative juices flowing use tables, chairs, and linens to build houses for your children to play in! This is perfect for a rainy day or the kids can do this outside (not with your furniture of course). Tree houses fall into this category! With the help of a handy dad these can be safe and fun. You'll have to help little ones but older kids can certainly do this on their own.
Paint, Sculpt, and Draw: What can be more creative than art itself? I remember my entire childhood (and beyond) spent drawing and painting. I took art classes in a local school in Russia. Then as a teenager in the US I took private art lessons. To inspire your children to create just take them to a local gallery or museum. I would marvel at the painting and would always want to draw when we came home. I loved sculpting figurines out of play dough as well (the non-toxic kind). Finger painting is great with little ones or you can always use brushes. It will get messy, be prepared!
Create Music: Nothing quite affects the developing brain the way music does. I firmly believe that the type of music your child listens to affects their behavior both immediately and later in life. Starting early with classical music can have profound effects on your child's development. My daughter listened to classical in-utero, she still loves it and loves to dance to it. She loves the piano! I'm on a hunt to get a toy piano for her. You can create music with your child even if you are not very musically inclined. With a keyboard in front of you, a tune can be born with simple imagination.
Bake and Cook to Your Hearts Content: Baking can be a tool for teaching speech skills. Hands on textures, smells, and taste are great for young children's brain development. My daughter is absolutely fascinated with baking and can already name many of the ingredients we use. Older children can help actively and can even make up their own recipes! Let them experiment... The kitchen is like a science lab!
I had a conversation recently with an old friend. She concluded that she has a hard time making decisions and knowing what she wants because her mother never encouraged playfulness and creativity. Everything had to be done a certain 'proper' way. She wasn't allowed to be goofy, to be wild, to play like a child should. Interesting? I realized how grateful I am to have a mother who encouraged creativity and let me be myself. She let me paint, build playhouses, and do things that left her lots of cleanup. I am certain that this shaped the person I am today in a very positive way!


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El municipio de Orleans (en inglés: Orleans Township) es un municipio ubicado en el condado de Harlan en el estado estadounidense de Nebraska. En el año 2010 tenía una población de 483 habitantes y una densidad poblacional de 5,24 personas por km².

Geografía
El municipio de Orleans se encuentra ubicado en las coordenadas . Según la Oficina del Censo de los Estados Unidos, el municipio tiene una superficie total de 92.13 km², de la cual 91,9 km² corresponden a tierra firme y (0,25 %) 0,23 km² es agua.

Demografía
Según el censo de 2010, había 483 personas residiendo en el municipio de Orleans. La densidad de población era de 5,24 hab./km². De los 483 habitantes, el municipio de Orleans estaba compuesto por el 97,52 % blancos, el 0,21 % eran amerindios, el 0,62 % eran asiáticos, el 1,66 % eran de otras razas. Del total de la población el 2,28 % eran hispanos o latinos de cualquier raza.

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Municipios de Nebraska
Localidades del condado de Harlan (Nebraska)

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Houses of culture
Museums, cultural heritage centers, memorial rooms
Vocational high schools
Vocational education institutions
Castles and manors
Castle mounds, ancient burial ground
Cultural monuments of national and local significance
Basketball team "Gulbenes Buki"
Economists, financiers, economists
Political staff
Writers, poets
Scientists, literary scholars, library scholars
Lakes in Beļava parish
Sudalezers
Lake Ludza
Lake Siladzirnavu
Lake Ushuru
Auguliena lake
Lake Galgauskas
Lake Sprīvuļi
Lake Lisa (Pinteļi)
Lakes of Lejasciems parish
Handy parish lakes
The Great Lake Virāne
Button Lake
Lake Stāmeriena
Driving along the Beļava - Lejasciems road, we will reach Lake Lisa (Pinteļi) and Lake Auguliena. Both lakes are connected by a small river that starts in Lake Auguliena and flows into Lake Lisa.
Lake Lisa or Pinteļi is one of the most beautiful in our area. It can be called a mountain lake with full rights. Looking from the hill near Belava to Lake Lisa, it lies picturesquely deep in the valley.
The area of Lake Lisa is 63 ha, the maximum depth is 16 meters.
It stands out from the many surrounding lakes with a range of accommodation located in the central part of the lake, about 200 m from the north shore on an underwater hill, at a depth of about 0.5 - 2 m. It was discovered on August 10, 1959, during an expedition led by archaeologist J. Apala. Lake Lisa Castle is similar in size and shape to Āraiši Castle in the Cēsis district. The remains of the buildings have remained several crowns high. On the surface and slopes of the underwater hill there are many open 10 - 30 cm thick logs, burnt trees, coal, shavings, burnt granite stones and their rubble, ranges of trees, piles and stakes. The cultural layer is very rich, as evidenced by the many finds of antiquities - fragments of dishes, animal bones, the end of a spear of an iron sleeve, a bronze pendant and a fragment of a chain, clay spindles, grains, etc. Summarizing the lake At the end of the 1st millennium and it was inhabited by ancient Latgalians.
Several stories and legends tell about the origin of the lake. One of them tells about the origin of the lake:
"In the old days, the lake had come there. It used to be that where the lake is now, there was a village where the wedding was celebrated. Exclaiming, "Liss is coming! Liss is coming! "They have begun to flee and have escaped, but the rest of the lake, bending down there, has surrounded their waves. In calm, clear time, there is now a house on the bottom of the lake.
Another saying says that in clear weather at the bottom of the lake you can see a sunken house. The ax is said to be thickened, the claw is attached to the wall.
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J.J. Watt seeking return 'smartly and safety' but refuses to accept 4-6 month timeline
Jess Root
December 23, 2021, 12:33 PM ·2 min read
Perhaps the biggest blow to the Arizona Cardinals' season was losing defensive end J.J. Watt to a shoulder injury in Week 7 against his former team, the Houston Texans. He had surgery and hopes to be able to come back at some point, perhaps in the playoffs.
While no one has previously given any exact timetable, head coach Kliff Kingsbury and general manager Steve Keim have simply said they won't count him out.
However, thanks to an interview Watt gave with Maanav Gupta on his YouTube channel, we now know about how serious the injury was.
"It's going really well," Watt said of his rehab and recovery. "It's going much better than we could have hoped or expected for it to go at this time. I'm feeling really good. I'm doing a lot of stuff to try and push it as hard as I can to smartly and safely get back as fast as I can, but it's going really well."
The reports of the severity of his injury were apparently true. He referred to his injury as he "tore everything in his shoulder." It was reported he tore his labrum, his rotator cuff and his biceps.
He had surgery in Houston and was told "it's going to take 4-6 months."
That certainly would not be in time for the playoffs.
He told Gupta he could have felt bad for himself. He hated the timing. He hated that he was going to miss time on a team that was rolling and "had a chance to do something special."
But he chose to look at it a different way.
"Instead, I said I'm not going to accept that," he explained. "We've got an unelievelable team. I want to see when I can get back."
He told the doctor to tighten things down as much as he could and that he would do the rest and rehab really hard.
He is lifting weights again and he is doing individual drills while the team practices.
He didn't say how close he is, but if there is any chance he can be back late in the playoffs, if the Cardinals can make it that far, getting him back on defense would be a huge boost and could propel them to the biggest game of the season.
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Early and mail-in voting should be promoted even after the pandemic
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The pandemic has changed several aspects of life. Some things such as remote learning and mask mandates will go away. Others such as remote working in the tech industry will and should persist even after society reopens. One major change that should continue after COVID-19 is the use of early and mail in voting.
The percentage of early voters has drastically increased every year starting at 7% of total voters in 1992 and in 2020 exploding to roughly 60% of all voters. More than 100 million ballots were cast early out of around 160 million voters nationally.
Early and mail in voting is usually done by opening voting booths early or sending ballots to registered voters or those who requested them. Ballots can be dropped off by hand or sent by mail.
Promoting early and mail in voting allows people who normally can't vote on election day a voice in American politics, makes the process easier for election day voters, and produces a more informed electorate. There are concerns by both the left and right in America relating to election security regarding mail-in ballots, and while those concerns shouldn't be ignored, they can often be overstated.
For Republican voters and politicians, their main concern with mail-in ballots is fear of voter fraud, whether it be in the form of fake votes from the deceased or ballot harvesting (the mass collection of ballots by a third party that can potentially destroy or tamper with the ballot). However, the actual number of cases of voter fraud are few and the cases of fraud not being caught until after an election are even rarer.
In fact, the only recent large-scale case of voter fraud was in North Carolina's 9th congressional district by Leslie McCrae Dowless on behalf of Republican nominee Mark Davis. Dowless, a GOP operative for Davis, was charged with organizing a network of individuals to illegally collect and tamper with absentee ballots in an election in which Davis beat Democratic nominee Dan McReady by 900 votes. The congressional seat was left vacant and Davis was deemed innocent of working with Dowless.
Republicans also believe that mail-in ballots have a partisan advantage to Democrats. Generally speaking, vote by mail is evenly split between both parties. The 2020 election is an anomaly with early voting favored by Democrats by 44.8% vs 30.5%, with the rest being by minor parties and independents. However, this divide was most likely fueled by President Donald Trump, who has spread claims that early and mail-in voting is rife with fraud despite even his Republican allies supporting it even filing multiple lawsuits, which for the most part have been thrown out, to try and remove ballots in swing states that cost him the election.
On the other end of the political spectrum, Democrats worry that mail ballots sent to the United States Postal Service rather than delivered to a drop box will fail to be delivered particularly in urban and minority areas. A myth circulated on social media that in the presidential election, the USPS lost 300,000 mail-in ballots. Actually, the 300,000 ballots lacked delivery scans to speed up their processing. Democratic voters also feared that mail-in ballots postmarked by election day weren't received until later and so wouldn't be counted. It's true that not every state would accept ballots postmarked by Nov. 3 but not sent afterwards, but 21 states and D.C allowed ballots mailed in but not delivered by election day. The Supreme Court has ruled that they can accept the delayed ballots in North Carolina and Pennsylvania.
Early and mail-in voting options help more people vote and make sure the average voter is making more informed decisions. Counties and states that switch to all vote by mail, such as Napa County or Colorado, universally see an increase in turnout of 5% to 10% compared to the rest of the country.
Early voting and voting by mail allow Americans to avoid crowded lines as the number of polling locations declines, which disproportionately hurts urban and minority communities. Relying on election day voting also hurts working class Americans who are often unable to vote on election day due to their occupation. Out of those who rarely or never note more than 10% listed the main reason as they couldn't get time off to vote. Early voting options make voting far more accessible to the American public as a whole rather than just those who are privileged due to their race or class.
One relatively new form of voting is drive-through or curbside voting, which also benefits the elderly and those with disabilities. In Harris County (Houston) alone more than 125,000 people used curbside voting. The county saw record turnout, surpassing its 2016 turnout through early voting alone.
Early and mail in voting options also produce a more informed electorate. A study by Emory University shows that those that vote by mail have more information on what's on their ballots and also spend more time researching how to vote. Instead of being bombarded with unfamiliar names in a voting booth, a voter who was sent a ballot can research individual candidates and better understand their platforms before submitting the ballot.
Whether it's deciding a presidential election or the board of a local sanitation district, every vote counts. By increasing early and mail-in options, Americans can create a government more reflective of their views.
There are concerns over mail-in voting from both sides of the aisle, but these fears are often overblown. Elections can determine whether someone has food on the plate, thousands of dollars of debt or not, or a future for economic mobility, so it's critical to make it as easy as possible to participate in a democracy.
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Rose Borthwick and Eva Weinmayr, both part of the Feminist Pedagogy Working Group at Valand Academy, University of Gothenburg, will start their workshop with a presentation of their work around "Let's Mobilize: What is Feminist Pedagogy?," the working group and the three day international investigation of queer and feminist pedagogies that took place in 2016 at Valand Academy.
In a second part the participants of the workshop will form small groups to brainstorm and discuss concerns (personal, institutional, wider context…) in regard to the influence and power of feminist thinking for contemporary art production in- and outside of the academic institution. We will finally work on a series on posters that will be installed on campus.
Please bring ready material for the posters (short text excerpts, quotes, images that you found inspiring, provocative or interesting) and take a look at the glossary: "Mapping the concepts and ways of working for Let's Mobilize", a chapter in "Let's Mobilize: What is Feminist Pedagogy workbook", which can be downloaded here: http://whatisfeministpedagogy.tumblr.com/workbook.


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Carlton Fisk's Clutch Home Run Did Not Win the World Series
Published by Harold Friend on June 7, 2009
"Most ball clubs would have quit, but we didn't. I said last night's game was the best ever-played in baseball. Now I take it back. This one's got to be the greatest."
The Reds Rallied to Win
Pete Rose was speaking to reporters after the Reds overcame a three run Red Sox lead by scoring two runs in their half of the sixth inning, and single tallies in the seventh and ninth at fabled Fenway Park, one of the two greatest ball parks now in existence, to win the 1975 World Series.
Carlton Fisk's Game 6 Winner
Carlton Fisk's dramatic game-winning home run in the 12th inning of Game 6 has been viewed so often, it is likely that most fans, especially younger fans, think that it won the 1975 ...
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Produced by: Jack Daniel's
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UK distribution by: Bacardi Brown-Forman UK
alc./vol: 43%
Proof: 86°
Vintage: Non-vintage
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The Maxwell House bottling is one in a range of commemorative bottles containing the same whiskey as the standard No.7 Black Label, although the alcoholic strength is slightly higher.
Over the decades there have been many commemorative bottles made for Jack Daniel's and as the distillery lies in Moore County where the sale of alcohol remains illegal, these ornate 'bar bottles' where sold at the distillery as empty decanters. They were popular with collectors and bar owners.
Townships within 'dry' counties can vote to go 'wet', but this will never happen in Lynchburg as legislation requires a majority vote of over 25,000 electors, but the current population is less than 500. However, in 1994 a special law was passed allowing commemorative bottles filled with whiskey to go on sale at the distillery with a $3.50 donation to the county government on each bottle sold.
All these commemorative bottles contain the same whiskey as the standard No.7 Black Label, although the alcoholic strength is slightly higher at 43 t0 45% alc./vol.. Some are reproductions of original decanters, others are in the style of the times they represent. All commemorate important people and events in the life of Jack Daniel's and 3 to 4 such bottlings are released each year. Notable examples include the Maxwell House Commemorative Bottling and the 1913 Commemorative Bottling, the latter released in 1998 and celebrates the year when a panel of international tasters in Ghent, Belgium awarded Jack Daniel's its third gold medal.
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Launched in Autumn 2012, this Limited Edition bottling is drawn from the barrels of Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey used to build the 2012 Barrel Tree in Lynchburg.
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