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The Dear Hunter- Full Story Explanation And Overview Part IV
Posted on March 12, 2017 by worldprognation
Hey everyone. I know it's been a while (these reviews are hard to write), but today we start reviewing Act III of The Dear Hunter saga. In the last one we just finished Act II, with our protagonist leaving Ms. Leading and the City. He thinks he learned his lesson and is finally ready to face the world.
…. and now- Act III begins. This act is pretty dark, and takes us far away from the city and everything that transpired up to now to the horrors of World War I. This one, like the first Act is shorter and more aggressive than the second act. It took a while for me to like it when i first got into The Dear Hunter, but after a few listens I started to understand how good it is and how good is the story behind it. This Act is very interesting music-wise and the lyrics are absolutely brilliant. Casey's a poet. so let's dive in.
"Writing On A Wall":
"Come away young man where the ground is red and you need a mask to breathe.
Oh it's been so hard, but your luck could change if you'd just roll up your sleeves.
We had tried our best to warn before but it didn't get you far.
Now we're here again with a wish to mend your agonizing scar."
The Oracles are back with a warning to The Boy. As always, The Oracles are setting the scene and help move the story with foreshadowing for certain things yet to come. They reveal to us that The Boy has joined the army during World War I. We don't actually know where, but it's safe to assume it's in the France-Germany border (after hearing the song Mustard Gas and The Poison Woman), probably in 1917-1918 since the us army has joined the war around that time. We don't really know why or when he enlisted, but it was probably done in an attempt to put the past behind him and run away from his history (and it's not going to be that easy). "Come away young man where the ground is red and you need a mask to breathe." this is a reference to the many casualties of the war. They are offering The Boy another chance to listen to their warning and mend his scars.
"Open eyes young man vigilantly hands and a heart prepared for pain.
You will lose much more in this vicious war,
Past and present stay the same.
But the time to come can be altered some if you listen to our song… do we sing in vain?
Does the fact remain "there is nothing can't be done?"
they're warning him yet again from pain and loss. Things will get worse and he will continue to lose those he loves. Past and present stay the same- your actions will not change the past nor the present, so this future he's wishing for is worthless, and will only harm him. They wonder if it's worth it and do they sing in vain again. It's certain that nothing can be done, since The Boy keeps acting on his own misguided instincts and doesn't learn from past mistakes.
2. "In Cauda Venenum"
This song offer a harsh commentary on war in general and this war in particular. This story usually doesn't offer any political commentary but this song certainly criticizes politicians and the different means people use when going to war. The album's full of horrifying stories about the war and the way of fighting but this is the only song that actually talks from the narrator's perspective on the different aspects of the war, almost mocking the individuals who ultimately create and fuel wars by sending others in. But i think that it has a lot to do with this particular war, that as we know- had inhuman ways of fighting that included mustard gas, fighting in underground tunnels and more. It is, one of humanities low points.
The rough translation of the title of the song is "The Poison is in the tail". It can be interpreted as something that starts off normal enough but waits until the end to reveal its true horror. It's very easy for different leaders and people in key roles (politicians, men of religion, and military leaders) to decide to go to war since it's not them who pay the ultimate sacrifice in the end. It's the simple soldiers that have to live with the horrors of this war, and their families that have to cope with the lost of their loved ones. The poison lays in the rampant bloodshed and taking of lives of those already in a position of weakness under those who command them.
"We're biting our tongue, (biding our time),
An apparition; awoken
With an urge to own and occupy
Who ever said this was easy?
A majesty's massacre floods the fields of red
Blood on your body naturally rushes the blood to your head
To your head!"
The Boy talk about how all of his fellow soldiers have to transform themselves (biting our tongue) and strip away their humanity for them to awaken the urge occupy possession, land and people's lives. The ones that control the war have that urge themselves, but only see it as an abstract and not reality. For them, occupying land and possession is an idea and not reality. they don't have to pay the psychological price that the soldiers on the battlefield have to pay. That's the difference between an idea and it's execution- the idea is abstract, and focuses on the final outcome. the execution on the other hand is much more demanding, and hard to bare, and it mainly focuses on the means to achieve the idea, rather than it's final outcome.
"And now with our hands in line, these arms move tonight
and we cry "We can not allow this,"
"This is terrible." With ideals we're idle as they lust for more.
But oh, if we settle the score
We'd never been so excited to see you before."
Once you start, it's really hard to stop. The ideals cry out that what you're doing is wrong but you can't let the enemy, who uses the exact same means to win. As individuals, they don't want to pay that moral price and they want to stop. But when you're in a group, you're willing to sacrifice your own moral principals for the group's objective. There's a feeling that all of it is worth it if you end up defeating the enemy, putting your trust in the leaders that tell you that you're doing the right thing.
The song continues to talk about how "In the cradle you're helpless"- as babies we are harmless. but we're taught to become creatures both capable and eager to wreak havoc and create disorder in the world.
"Oh! What a terrible, terrible game we play.
Replacing a bond for a body and the players;
Politicians who say what they need to say."
"Oh, when I think about your eyes
Oh, when I think about your smile
Oh, when I dream about your lies
Traveled all this way just to find love"
The Boy has a small flashback to the time he spent with Ms. Leading. suddenly, all of the misery he felt doesn't feel so bad. The only reason he enlisted was to escape from his feeling towards Ms. Leading, maybe even hoping to find love there, not realizing that the only thing that he will find is misery.
3."What It Means to Be Alone"
When The Boy sees the death and destruction around him he finally realizes what a huge mistake he has done. Right now he is truly alone and has nothing. "Prayers from above, never answered quite enough. Now the only one you have is you." Not even god can help him at this point.
"Smoke arose on azimuth glares.
Bodies brewed in frigid winter air,
Where families' sons are robbed beneath their feet
And hearts concede "ad ova"
The angel sings "ad astra"
Our eyes to the sea,
We thought that we had a cause for suffering
And reason enough to die alone"
this verse paints a very vivid picture of horrifying things. bodies strewn everywhere, men's lives taken all over the place from stepping on landmines. "Ad ova" in latin roughly translates to "to the beginning" (ova meaning egg, or a symbolic inception or origin), and "ad astra" translates to "to the stars." In this context I think it means that the men on the battlefield think about their families and where they came from, wishing they could go back, only for the angel to reply-to the stars, meaning there's no escape from death. The Boy then remarks that he thought there was a reason or a higher value for fighting and suffering but the reality of war is far bleaker and more complicated than that- and that is one of the reoccurring themes throughout this Act.
4."The Tank"
WOW. this is one hell of a song. Casey does well in transferring to the listener the horrors of war through the very tense music and brilliant lyrics. this song, and "Mustard Gas" are talking about brand new technologies that change the way armies fight. These songs are meant to show us these things from the eyes of a soldier that sees it for the first time. These next 4 songs form a miniature song cycle within the album as The Boy encounters 4 objects, individuals, or groups that are manifestations of war and humanity at its worst and most cynical. The Tank became emblematic of the world's entry into mechanized warfare, a symbol of the machine-like hardening that such wars would have on those participating.
"Eight wheels lusting for the lives of infantry (His bearings shift)
His turrets turning from accountability (He takes his aim)
We sing our final song and soon this verse is over
He makes advances 'till his wheels cease to roll (His God is smiling)
His God is smiling on his cold mechanic soul
His plot is perfect if it sees no contradiction
There is no sign that he shows a sign of slowing"
This is nothing short of poetry. Every time i read this it gives me the chills. The Boy is talking about The Tank and it's operator as one terrifying being. The Boy remarks for the machine's lack of "accountability", since unlike traditional warfare, the operator (or in this case, the whole being) is very distant from the kills. Accountability is the basis to the concept of basic human morality. The Boy envisions this being to have no consideration of human worth, and instead of seeing it as a soul-less being, he actually sees it as a being with a very twisted soul, in which he believes he is carrying out his God's wishes. The tank is neither all man or machine, but it takes the worst aspects of each and mutates them into a cold, killing thing.
"You've stained your skin and I won't stick around, around
Long enough to count the hearts that hit the ground
So long ago was I one of them?
Your urgency hastened by his ingenuity (It's just a matter)
Matter of moments 'till your body is debris (So say a prayer)
In the chorus, The Boy reacts to two separate elements from his past and present, thus uniting them ("past and present stay the same"). seeing the dead soldiers stained with blood, The Boy decides to run away from the fight, not sticking around long enough to count the hearts that hit the ground. talking about the soldiers as "hearts" that fall to the ground makes us remember this is the same description taken from Act II, where different hearts/lives hitting the ground to the fate of the men who dealt with Ms. Leading. He spends the following verse running for his life from the steady, relentless destruction of the tank behind him.
"And still he moves on
Arm and iron conquer heart and soul
And what of those in silent disconnect
Sundry souls akin in consequence
Begging for bliss beyond the pain
Relief is just a turret's turn away…"
"arm and iron" is the combined being of man and machine that will conquer those who only possess flesh, hearts, and souls. He then expands the metaphor to all of those in war ""in silent disconnect" who cut out their own morality and humanity in order to become a ruthless killing machine- part man, part machine. For these individuals, the only relief they can find in war is succeeding in their mission in taking as many lives as they can with them. Even though our protagonist is naive, and easily influenced, he did not make that transition into a soldier without humanity, so he decides it's better to run away and keep any last shred of humanity than to stay and lose it.
5. "The Poison Woman"
The Boy flees into a nearby city, and there he finds a woman only known to us as "The Poison Woman". She uses her knowledge on drugs and medicine to take lives – but in a completely different way from the tank. Using deception, she offers soldiers drinks laced with poison to their demise. It's never stated that she favors one side over the other in this war, or that she has any motivation to do what she does other than pure enjoyment in killing. As we know, these four songs are meant to describe certain horrifying elements of war and violence- a manifestation of humanity in it's worse moments. most of the reviews I read said that The Poison Woman doesn't have any clear motive to poison soldiers other than the enjoyment of killing. If it's true- the poison woman herself is the manifestation of violence and war. but I read one review that said that she's poisoning soldiers that come to abuse and rape her. If that's true, then she's just a symptom and the things she has to go through is the manifestation of violence and war. Still, i don't think this interpretation adds up with the lyrics, calling her wicked.
Similar to the effects the war has on the soldier in the tank, The Poison Woman has a similar effect as she prays on trusting men. Like the soldier in the tank, she strips away her humanity and becomes an eager killer. As The Boy encounters her and see what she does, the lesson he learned in Act II is reinforced, and he realizes that few people are who they say they are.
"She has her superstitions
They've got their rationale on call
(They never saw it coming, they never stood a chance)
She's got a new tradition, involving ethylene glycol
She has no apprehension, habit sustains her wickedness
"With the weight of the world on her shoulders, she
Don't want none of the sins as they unfurl in her palms, in her palms
Take this bottle"
ethylene glycol is a compound most commonly found in antifreeze. It's known for its sweet taste and for the potent alcohol-like intoxication it produces when ingested in small quantities. It's most likely that The Woman gave the soldiers the poison telling them it was wine, or some other alcoholic drink. It's probably hard to trace the kills back to her since fatal effects of ethylene glycol are not immediate- the victims usually die days later from kidney failure if they don't overdose.
The Boy does not fall for her tricks and even confronts her about it. It appears to be that once she was confronted, she felt an enormous amount of guilt and burden from what she did (supporting the idea that she doesn't do this because she enjoys killing but more as a defense from soldiers and a reaction to the things war make people do). She's offering The Boy a bottle of the ethylene glycol, which he accepts. Now all we have to do is wait for that bottle to make an appearance again.
6. "The Thief"
Our protagonist meets the third incarnation of war. The first two represents destruction and deception, the third one- greed. He encounters The Thief- stealing goods off of dead or sleeping soldiers. Again, we find an individual taking advantage of the oblivious, and this is a reoccurring theme throughout the Acts. different people with the power and means to take everything from those who can't do anything about it, or are unable to. It happens with The Pimp and The Priest, and it's happening here, with the three encounters we already talked about.
"Love seems barren when cash is king
Wealth here for the bleeding, what good will bring
More than I could ask from those who sleep
A crooked mind, an honest heart ancillary
They collide"
The Boy confronts The Thief asking him why he's doing what he does. He tells him that wealth and money for the dead are worthless. It seems like a logical point although it's really cynical and cruel. The Boy says that he has an honest heart but a crooked mind, which allows him to twist morality and justify the horrible things he does. It's not the logic that matters, it's The Thief's indifference that bothers the boy so much.
I've got the time tonight"
It's not clear who says these lines. It's a possibility that The Boy is saying these words, and that he joins The Thief to rob bodies. But that's very dissonant to the more "moral" approach he took so far that guided him to not get influenced by these dark aspects of war. *Prognotes mentions that the answer is actually in the video for the song "What It Means To Be Alone". which, among other things describes these events too. After confronting him about the nature of what he does, The Boy asks The Thief how to return to his camp (he points to an insignia on his jacket resembling the symbolic tree we've come to know and love).
The Thief brings him to the edge of a battlefield and points him in the right direction, though he tells him he should leave this things behind because they'll only weigh him down. Unsurprisingly, once The Boy does so and takes off, The Thief promptly takes those possessions for himself. This leads us to one of the darkest songs, describing one of the most terrifying things.
7. "Mustard Gas"
This is one of their best songs, IMO. The Lyrics are unbelievable. so let's dig in:
"Here they are
A panic floods the field
Unthinkable
They play the part, performing oh so well"
Returning to the battlefield, The Boy finds himself caught up in crossfire and, worse yet, we meet the most terrifying manifestations of war yet: The Mustard Gas brigade.
"With empty cause, they carry on
A twisted soul, an apparition
Born of a beastly brand
They butcher purposely
(Just have the sense to run away)"
Unlike the first three characters, there's no rationale for doing what they do. They Kill because they can, and treat the enemy as a pest that needs to be exterminated. This war was really humanity's way of testing the moral boundaries of the way to fight. each side had his own twisted take on how to defeat the enemy. The Narrator describes pure fear in this song. "just have the sense to run away"- there's nothing to do but to run away from these animals.
"Scream at the sky and beg
Beg for a reason he would allow this
Look to the sky and say
We would be better off without this
Who would allow this?"
The Boy once again prays to god to end this suffering and madness, only to find silence. What god would allow such a thing to exist? to allow people capable of doing this things to exist?. These four songs takes the boy though all these different encounters to challenge his sense of morality and shape it. The only logical conclusion is that this world is run by those who breed hate, greed and destruction and use it to manipulate those with actual desires for love and morality.
"We've never felt alive
But none of us can die just when we want to
(Want to)
We're stuck in this disguise
With leather skin these eyes designed to haunt you
(Haunt you)
But do we haunt you?"
Taking on the perspective of the soldiers in the masks, They portray themselves as inhumane beings. They're not alive but not dead either. Their gas masks serve as a disguise to hide what they've truly become and present themselves to others as beings lacking in any identity whatsoever. The Boy falls and almost dies from the attack.
Well, this is it for now. we'll continue hopefully next week or two.
as always, you're welcomed to write what you think about the story so far, the characters, or if you have something to add that we might've missed.
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Anxiously waiting for he next part!


Murano's greatest architectural treat is the lovely 12th-century Veneto-Byzantine Basilica dei Santi Maria e Donato, just past the glass museum on Fondamenta San Giustinian. Visit Murano when the church is open. Inside is a lovely coloured mosaic floor, and dominating the church is a grand Byzantine mosaic in the apse, portraying the Madonna against a gold background. As well as the remains of St. Donato, the church also supposedly possesses the bones of the dragon he killed with his holy spit.


London Olympic 2012 Venues | No one is a failure until they stop trying.
London being part of the island country has a limitation to expand; though it can grow vertically but not horizontally. Thus many of the space consuming sporting events will be conducted outside the city. The four major categories according to which the venues are divided are Olympic Park, London venues, venues out of London and Non-sporting venues. Olympic Park is located on the eastern side of London. The area within which it is located is called Stratford.
Olympic Park will act as a central place for the Games. It will play a major role in the Paralympics. The Olympic Park comprises of the Olympic Village where the athletes and the staff shall reside and other nine venues where the sporting events will be held. You can buy images of the Olympic Park to know more about the facilities available in it for the athletes, spectators and the tourists.
Aquatics Centre is amongst the venue of Olympic Park which is located in the south-east corner. The construction for the Aquatic Centre began in the year 2008. The sporting events which it will host during the London Olympics 2012 are Diving, Swimming, Pentathlon, Synchronised Swimming and Paralympics Swimming. The seating capacity for Water Polo event is 5,000 people and that for the Swimming and Diving Is 17,500. The length for the swimming pool is 50-metres and that of the diving pool is 25-metres. After the Olympic Games the facilities will be used by the citizens.
Basketball Arena is located in the north of Olympic Park. The construction for the Basketball Arena began in the year 2009. The sporting events which it will host are Basketball, Handball and Wheelchair Basketball for the Paralympics; also Wheelchair Rugby during the Paralympics will be held in the same Arena. The capacity for the spectators is 12,000. Once the Olympic and Paralympics Games are over the Arena will be dismantled and its parts will be used for other purposes.
BMX Circuit is located in the north of Olympic Park. The construction for the BMX circuit began in the year 2011, a year before the Games. It will host a 400-metre circuit with the capacity to accommodate 6,000 spectators. After the Olympic Games the BMX Circuit will be modified and reconfigured for a Velopark. You can buy online content to know about the events that will be hosted in the BMX Circuit.
Eton Manor is also located in the north of the Olympic Park. The sporting events it will cater to is Wheelchair Tennis. It construction replaced the earlier Eton Manor Sports Club made in the year 2001. After the Games it will continue to be used as a sports complex by the citizens. The capacity for the spectators is 10,500.
Handball Arena is located in the west of Olympic Park. The arena will host the sporting events such as Handball, Modern Pentathlon and Goal Ball. The seating capacity is for 7000 spectators. After the Games the arena will be used as a sporting facility for the community.
Olympic Stadium is located in the south of the Olympic Park. The Stadium will host the Athletics events and the Paralympics Athletics. The seating capacity for the Olympic stadium will be 80,000 and after the Games are over the stadium will be handed over to club West Ham United, who will become its legal and rightful owner. You can buy news articles in order to know more about the Olympic Stadium and of all the athletics events it will host.


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Q: Confusion on java return at the end of Method I don't understand  "return " value at the end of Method isPrime, it has value true .
public class PrimeNumber extends ConsoleProgram{
public void run(){
    int number = readInt("Enter number: ");
    if(isPrime(number)){
        println( number + " is prime number");
    }else{
        println(number + " is not a prime number");
    };
}

private boolean isPrime(int n){

    for(int i=2;i<n;i++){
        if (n % i == 0) {
            return false;
        }
    }
    return true;
}

It returns false when it finds divider, but i don't get why outside the loop it returns true?

A: It returns true by default. So if it finishes the loop, going through all the numbers checking for divisibility, and finds that none divide it, it returns true. It is written in a way that your method will return false if it finds any number that divides your parameter, and will return true only if it checks all the numbers it wants to check and finds none dividing the parameter with remainder zero.
A method declared with boolean return type MUST return something always, the method cannot simply end without returning anything.
Note: You don't have to check every single number last than X for divisibilty to see if x is prime. You only have to check up to and including the square root of X, see this for reference: Why do we check up to the square root of a prime number to determine if it is prime?

A: The isPrime function assumes the number is prime. The loop is searching for a counter-example that would disprove this assumption. If no counter-example is found, the loop reaches its end and the function returns true.
This is known in logic as a proof by contradiction. In cases where most of your results will be false (such as this, since most numbers are not prime), it is regarded as a good programming practice because it leads to algorithms that fail and return as quickly as possible, resulting in better performance.

A: Basically, this lets the programmer take some liberties in simplification of the code in this case.
If inside the loop, (n % i == 0) evaluates to true, the if statement is taken. false is returned and the method stops.
In the alternative, if that expression is never true, the loop is exited, and true is returned.
Placing a return at the end of a piece of code that can return something conditionally helps with cleaning up an initial condition and avoids compiler warnings or errors.

A: he is right, but if you want to check if the number is a prime one, you only have to check to n/2!

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Art At The Mill
Temporary Exhibit Gallery
In 2017, the front room of the Clarke County Historical Association's museum in downtown Berryville was turned into a temporary exhibit space to allow for more of our historic collection to be on display throughout the year. Each exhibit in this space explores a different historic theme to Clarke County with images and artifacts drawn almost exclusively from CCHA.
Currently On Display
Clarke County and the National Pastime
Baseball has long been considered the "national pastime" and has been enjoyed on fields across the country by people of all ages for over 100 years. This exhibit, drawing largely from the archives of the Clarke County Historial Association, examines how the sport was played and even reported in the first half of the 20th century. Complete with game-worn jerseys, bats, funny stories, and more, Clarke County and the National Pastime brings to life how local residents played the game nearly a century ago.
Also featured is a pink baseball bat made exclusively for this exhibit. This bat is available for purchase through a silent auction between now and November 15th. Proceeds from the auction will go to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure organization to support breast cancer research. Join us in the fight against breast cancer! Make your bid today!
To make a bid, email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call the museum at 540-955-2600.
Current High Bid: $10.00
In 2004, the Clarke County Historical Association began planning a new and exciting museum experience for visitors to our headquarters in Berryville. On November 19, 2009, the vision of our late president, Roger Chavez, became a reality.
Designed around the unifying theme "Our Land Is Our Legacy," museum displays, specially commissioned art work, and state-of-the-art audio/video displays allow us to share our collection in a way that is both educational and entertaining.
Artifacts on display in the museum's three rooms include the money chest from Thomas, Sixth Lord Fairfax's Greenway Court land office, a Chinese punch basin that once belonged to 18th century plantation owner Nathaniel Burwell, racing silks from Audley Farm, and a former slave's corn-cutting knife from a home in Josephine City.
Two of the rooms also feature extraordinary films that combine historical photographs, contemporary footage, and the art of noted illustrator Richard Schlecht to tell a panoramic story of the early history of Clarke County and of the county's continuing efforts to preserve a unique and land-based way of life.
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Saturday 11 - 2 p.m.
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Лука Лотти (; род. 20 июня 1982, Эмполи) — итальянский политик, министр спорта Италии (2016—2018).

Биография
В 2001 году окончил научный лицей Понтормо в Эмполи, впоследствии окончил Школу политологии имени Чезаре Альфиери Флорентийского университета.

Состоял в католической организации «Католическое действие» и в партии «Маргаритка». В 2005 году, будучи членом коммунального совета, случайно познакомился с тогдашним главой администрации провинции Флоренция Маттео Ренци (Ренци зашёл в здание коммунального совета по дороге на ярмарку керамики в Монтелупо-Фьорентино, не зная дороги к конечной цели своего путешествия, и Лотти подвёз его на своём «Гольфе»), а на следующий день Ренци пригласил его в свою команду.

5 июня 2013 года в Национальном секретариате Демократической партии назначен ответственным за связи с местными партийными организациями, 9 декабря 2013 года назначен ответственным за организационные вопросы и национальным координатором Секретариата.

В 2013 году избран в Палату депутатов Италии от 12-го избирательного округа Тосканы.

28 февраля 2014 года назначен младшим статс-секретарём аппарата правительства Ренци с обязанностями в области информации и связями с общественностью правительства и в области издательского дела, а также занял должность секретаря .

12 декабря 2016 года назначен министром без портфеля правительства Джентилони со сферой ответственности в спорте.

23 декабря 2016 года газета «il Fatto Quotidiano» опубликовала сообщение о привлечении Луки Лотти в качестве подозреваемого к расследованию коррупции в компании по управлению государственным имуществом Consip по обвинению в разглашении тайны следствия и в пособничестве. По утверждению газеты, показания против Лотти дал бывший член регионального правительства Тосканы Луиджи Маррони, которого бывший премьер-министр Маттео Ренци ввёл в руководство Consip. Лотти в своём Фейсбуке категорически отверг все обвинения, а прокуратура не подтвердила официально информацию прессы.

1 марта 2017 года стало известно об аресте по делу Consip предпринимателя Альфредо Ромео и официальном включении Луки Лотта в список подследственных с группой других должностных лиц и с отцом бывшего премьер-министра Италии Маттео Ренци — Тициано Ренци (расследование передано из Неаполя в прокуратуру Рима).

1 июня 2018 года без участия ДП было сформировано первое правительство Конте, в котором Лотти не получил никакого назначения.

В августе 2022 года не вошёл в списки Демократической партии при подготовке к досрочным парламентским выборам.

Личная жизнь
Женат на Кристине Мордини, бывшей сотруднице секретариата Маттео Ренци — мэра Флоренции, у супругов есть сын — Герардо (род. 2013).

Примечания

Ссылки

Министры Италии
Политики XXI века
Члены Демократической партии (Италия)
Выпускники Флорентийского университета

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Experimental Therapeutics
Resistance Mechanisms in Human Sarcoma Mutants Derived by Single-Step Exposure to Paclitaxel (Taxol)
Charles Dumontet, George E. Duran, Katherine A. Steger, Lidija Beketic-Oreskovic and Branimir I. Sikic
Charles Dumontet
George E. Duran
Katherine A. Steger
Lidija Beketic-Oreskovic
Branimir I. Sikic
DOI: Published March 1996
A fluctuation analysis experiment was performed by exposing 15 expanded populations of MES-SA sarcoma cells to paclitaxel (Taxol) at a concentration of 10 nm for 7 days. The mutation rate was approximately 8 × 10-7/cell generation. ANOVA supports a stochastic cell survival mechanism of spontaneous mutation rather than induction of an adaptive response under these selection conditions. Surviving colonies were found in 12 populations, 9 of which had clones that remained resistant to paclitaxel after a 2-month period of propagation. Analysis of mdr1 gene expression by reverse transcription PCR demonstrated positive clones in 4 of the 9 populations with stable resistance. Accumulation of [3H]paclitaxel was decreased in these clones but not in the mdr1-negative clones compared with parental cells. A high degree of resistance to paclitaxel (36-to 93-fold) was selected by this single drug exposure in all 9 stably resistant mutants. Those with mdr1 activation demonstrated a broad cross-resistance to vinblastine, doxorubicin, and etoposide, whereas the other 6 mutants were cross-resistant only to the Vinca alkaloids. Because tubulins are the target molecules for paclitaxel cytotoxicity, we evaluated total tubulin content by immunoblotting and performed semiquantitative reverse transcription PCR analysis for expression of the α-tubulin isotypes Bα1, Kα1 and Hα44, the β-tubulin isotypes M40, β9, 5β, β2 and β4, and γ-tubulin. Total tubulin content was decreased significantly in one of the single-step mutants. All surviving clones, both resistant and sensitive to paclitaxel, displayed reduced expression of the 5β and the β4 β-tubulin isotype transcripts in comparison with the parental cell line. These data suggest that stringent exposure to paclitaxel selected clones with reduced transcript levels of 5β and β4 β-tubulin isotypes, but that these reduced levels were not directly involved in the resistance of the clones to paclitaxel. The results suggest an important role for non-multidrug-resistant mechanisms of resistance to paclitaxel. These mechanisms do not involve reduced drug accumulation and provide cross-resistance among both paclitaxel and tubulin depolymerizing agents.
↵1 This work was supported by American Cancer Society Grant DHP-76, Department of the Army Grant DAMD 17-94-J-4352, NIH Grant CA-52168 (B. I. S.), the Association pour la Recherche contre le Cancer, the Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, the Ligue contre le Cancer de la Drôme, and the Philippe Foundation, Inc. (C. D.).
↵2 To whom requests for reprints should be addressed, at Room M-211, Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Divisions of Oncology and Clinical Pharmacology, Stanford, CA 94305-5306. Phone: 415-725-6427; Fax: 415-725-1420.
Received October 13, 1995.
Accepted January 2, 1996.
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Victoria Li began writing nutrition-related articles in 2009. She held a senior editorial position for "ASIA" magazine at Syracuse University and holds a Bachelor of Science in nutrition. Li is also a self-proclaimed 24/7 foodie, amateur photographer and recent cancer survivor. She is currently working on a memoir.
College is a time of excitement and growth in knowledge, social life and yes, possibly even your body size. Changes in lifestyle habits, such as diet and physical activity, are risk factors for college weight gain. Instead of turning to crash diets that are often more detrimental than beneficial, following certain dietary behaviors to reach or maintain a healthy weight can lead to long-lasting and positive results.
Don't let the vast variety of foods served in dining halls overwhelm you. While opting for burgers fresh off the grill seems tempting, adhere to the habit of filling half your plate with fruits and vegetables, then filling the remainder with whole grains and lean protein. This ensures a balance of both adequate nutrients and energy. Skip the soda machine and choose water or low-fat dairy as your beverage. Remember that colleges are not purposely trying to make their students gain weight; many dining halls will provide healthier options if you simply ask.
Long hours in classes and extracurricular activities easily lead to erratic eating schedules. Even on the most hectic days, find time to include at least 3 meals into your daily routine. Feeling famished due to skipped meals puts you at risk for overeating and making poor dietary choices during your next meal. Don't be shy to pack meals or get healthy foods from the dining hall to eat in class if needed, unless eating in a certain class is prohibited. If time is really problematic, pack a handful of nuts and dried fruit as a snack to eat between classes to keep hunger at bay.
Don't let ordering take-out or dining out in restaurants hinder your health goals. Choose grilled or steamed options over fried menu items. Swap the side of French fries for steamed vegetables or a plain baked potato. When you absolutely cannot avoid unhealthy food options at certain events, be aware of serving sizes and your body's natural satiety cues. For instance, consume one slice of pizza, and then wait to see if you are still hungry before reaching for the second slice.
Since pure alcohol provides about 7 calories per gram, excessive drinking is a definite factor when it comes to college weight gain. If you do choose to drink alcohol, do so in moderation. Moderate drinking equals one drink a day for women and up to two drinks a day for men. One serving of alcohol is considered 12 fluid ounces of beer or wine cooler, 8 ounces of malt liquor, 5 ounces of table wine and 1.5 ounces of gin, vodka or whiskey.


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Q: Bootstrap cols behavior We try to create UI component ICONS LIST which will be responsive using bootstrap cols classes (col-md-*...).
The problem is when we trying to show same UI comp in different columns of layout 2:10 for example.
The behavior (view) must be different... If this UI component sets inside of COL 2, then we want to see all icons vertically ( each of them separated by row), but when the component sets inside of COL 10, then we want to see that icon list in horizontal view.
Lets say that behavior of the UI Component must be dependent by it parent element, not by media tag. So what the solution we should use to get result ?
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A: Try to give the icons fixed width with display inline-block (or flow left/right).
The width has to be a little more than half of col-2 (so there will be no space for 2 icons in the same row)
This way, when the icons are in a narrow div (col-2), every icon will be on a separate row - i.e. displayed vertically; While in the wide div (col-10), they will be placed in a row.


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Liberia: Who's Behind US$180K Opposition Lobbying in Washington?
By Rodney Sieh Last updated Sep 18, 2021
Monrovia – FrontPageAfrica has learned that a US$180,000 lobbying and public relations campaign aiming to gain US support for the opposition in Liberia was registered in the name of Alan White and Jeffrey Birrell under the banner of the Liberian Renaissance Office Inc.(LIROI).
The Foreign Lobby Report which provides comprehensive coverage of the latest foreign lobbying in Washington first reported the opposition lobbying on its website Friday.
A copy of the Foreign Agents Registration Act document detailing the report in possession of FrontPageAfrica, states that both White and Birrell are signatories to the document.
The Lobbying Report stated Friday that LIROI's office in Monrovia is being run by Mr. Sylvester Grigsby, a Minister of State for Presidential Affairs under former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
According to a new Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) filing with the US Department of Justice, in possession of FrontPageAfrica, BW partners, represented by Jeffrey Birrell, who lobbied for the Liberia government back in the early 1990s during the reign of former President Charles Taylor, and Alan White, a former Department of Defense employee and chief investigator for former President Charles Taylor.
Ironically, in 2010, Birrell was entangled in a US Senate report detailing how foreign officials from Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria and Angola who were under investigation in the US – allegedly took advantage of legal gaps, poor due diligence and inadequate controls to move funds from shell companies and bank accounts in London and elsewhere into the US.
One of those involved the late Omar Bongo, who was president of Gabon. Bongo reportedly wired more than $18 million to "The Grace Group LLC, a U.S. corporation formed by Mr. [Jeffrey] Birrell," the report states. Birrell used the money to buy Bongo six armored vehicles and six C-130 military cargo aircraft from Saudi Arabia, the report says.
Ian Pitz, an attorney for Birrell at the time said with respect to the allegations raised by the report and activities undertaken by The Grace Group, "we are unaware of any wrongdoing by any party. All of the 'export' and 're-export' activities undertaken by The Grace Group LLC, were done with complete transparency."
Birrell has since moved on from Grace to BW Partners.
According to the FARA document, BW's goal is to "promote good governance and rule of law in Liberia," according to the contract with Grigsby, in particular through the US promotion of whichever candidate the Liberia Renaissance Office ends up endorsing for the 2023 presidential election.
Grigsby's group supports the Collaborating Political Parties (CPP), a coalition of four political parties that have agreed to get behind a single candidate to be selected in December.
As part of the deal, LIROI may try to arrange Washington visits for their leaders ahead of the December selection of a united opposition ticket to take on President George Weah and the ruling Coaltion for Democratic Change.
The opposition alliance includes the former ruling Unity Party, headed by former Vice President Joseph Boakai; The Alternative National Congress, led by former Coca-Cola executive and fellow 2017 presidential candidate Alexander Cummings; The All Liberian Party of Wilfred Benoni Urey, a former Commissioner of Maritime Affairs under Charles Taylor who was under US sanctions for his alleged role in the 1999-2003 civil war until President Barack Obama lifted them; and The Liberty Party led by Senator Nyonblee Karngar-Lawrence, the only woman in the CPP leadership.
Birrell is quoted by the Foreign Lobby Report that the Liberia Renaissance Office has a US presence and is expected to host Cummings, who resides in the United States, for a visit to Washington next month.
According to the report, BW will also be lobbying for the US to get behind the establishment of a War Crimes and Economic Crimes Court to hold accountable those responsible for the civil wars of 1989-1997 and 1999-2003, as recommended by Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission back in 2010.
Recently, the congressional Tom Lantos Commission held a hearing in support of the court in June (the State Department did not immediately respond to a query about where the Joe Biden administration stands on the issue).
What is unclear for now is the fate of the ongoing effort by the Lantos Commission and the major role Dr. White played when he testified before the Lantos Commission, supposedly as an "unbias" expert criticizing the Weah administration and highlighting the push for war crimes in Liberia without fully disclosing what his interests were.
Under FARA, certain agents of foreign principals who are engaged in political activities or other activities specified under the statute, are required to make periodic public disclosure of their relationship with the foreign principal, as well as activities, receipts and disbursements in support of those activities.
"Disclosure of the required information facilitates evaluation by the government and the American people of the activities of such persons in light of their function as foreign agents. The FARA Unit of the Counterintelligence and Export Control Section (CES) in the National Security Division (NSD) is responsible for the administration and enforcement of FARA."
In June, Liberia's Ambassador to the United States of America, in a stinging letter to the U.S. Congressional Committee on Foreign Affairs alleged that White and others who testified before the Lantos committee to make a case for the establishment of war crimes court in Liberia, could have been on the payroll of some Liberian politicians in the opposition bloc.
Amb. Patten lamented that the Committee denied his request to also present the Liberian government's position on the establishment of war and economic crimes court said the three witnesses at the public hearing are all open critics of the George Weah-led administration.
In his letter, Ambassador Patten was particular about Dr. White whose business partner in the BW Global Group, Mr. Jeffery Birrel, was a registered foreign agent for former presidential candidate Benoni Urey.
Amb. Patten stated in the communication: "I share with you in this testimony that when Dr. White and his partner Mr. Birrell visited the Liberian Embassy in April at my invitation, where I requested an opportunity to provide them a government perspective, they did not disclose to me their Liberia paymasters, past or present, and positioned themselves as caretakers of U.S.-Liberia policy, suggesting that if the government did not align, they would be shut-out of Congressional support. It is incumbent upon the Commission to ascertain if funding is on-going from Liberia political leaders, directly or indirectly to witnesses that it selects."
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Morocco cuts ties with Iran for alleged arms delivery to Western Sahara rebels
Morocco has accused the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah of arming the Western Sahara independence movement. The Polisario Front has been fighting Moroccan forces in an area Sahrawi refugees claim as home.
The Moroccan government has severed diplomatic ties with Iran for supporting the Polisario Front, a movement hoping to carve out a state in the contested Western Sahara, Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said on Tuesday.
Bourita accused the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah of delivering a "shipment of weapons" to the Polisario Front via an "element" at the Iranian embassy in Algeria.
Read more: 'Arab Spring started in Western Sahara'
"Morocco has irrefutable proof, names and specific actions to corroborate the complicity between the Polisario and Hezbollah," said Bourita.
The government took the decision "in response to Iran's involvement, through Hezbollah, in allying itself with the Polisario over the past two years in order to target the security and higher interests of Morocco."
UAE Foreign Minister Anwar Gargash backed Morocco's decision on social media, tweeting that his country will stand with Morocco "against Iranian interference in its internal affairs."
Sahrawi rebels have fought a decades-long insurgency against Morocco in a bid to gain control of Western Sahara
'Baseless'
But Hezbollah has rejected Morocco's claims that it provided arms to the Western Sahara independence movement, saying Rabat was using "baseless arguments" to serve another agenda.
"It is regrettable that Morocco has resorted to raising these false accusations under US, Israeli and Saudi pressure," Hezbollah said in a statement. "The Moroccan Foreign Ministry should have sought a more convincing pretext to cut ties with Iran."
Over the past decade, relations between Morocco and Iran have been rocked by regional tensions, with Rabat often siding with Saudi Arabia in conflicts. In 2009, Morocco severed diplomatic ties with Iran for allegedly questioning Sunni rule in Bahrain, a Gulf country home to a Shiite majority.
Read more: Saudi Arabia vs. Iran: From 'twin pillars' to proxy wars
From colony to conflict
In 1975, when Spanish colonial forces withdrew from Western Sahara, Morocco deployed forces to lay claim to the phosphate-rich territory. But the offensive prompted an insurgency by Sahrawi rebels, who came to be known as the Polisario Front.
Read more: Germany's Horst Köhler heads new UN bid to resolve Western Sahara dispute
Morocco took control of the territory shortly before a UN-brokered ceasefire went into effect in 1991. Rabat considers Western Sahara an integral part of its territory, while Sahrawi refugees in neighboring Algeria consider it their homeland.
The UN has pressured Morocco to end the conflict and bring about peace in the contested territory
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Horst Köhler heads new UN bid to resolve Western Sahara dispute
A fresh bid by the United Nations to resolve the Western Sahara dispute has taken former German President Horst Köhler to Algiers. The new UN envoy has already visited Morocco and refugee camps in southwest Algeria. (23.10.2017)
'Arab Spring started in Western Sahara'
In the wake of the ongoing unrest across the Arab world, voices from the forgotten Western Sahara conflict claim their role in the so-called Arab Spring. DW talked to a Western Sahara independence activist. (18.06.2012)
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German ex-President Horst Köhler quits UN Western Sahara role 23.05.2019
Horst Köhler, who was president of Germany for six years, has left his post as UN envoy for the territory of Western Sahara. His departure on health grounds leaves efforts to resolve a decades-long dispute in limbo.
The forgotten refugees of Western Sahara 22.03.2019
The conflict over Western Sahara has smoldered for more than 40 years. Morocco's offer of autonomy for the region is now on the negotiating table, but that's not enough for many of the Saharawis exiled in Algeria.
Morocco mulls 'all options' over Polisario Front's alleged Western Sahara incursions 05.04.2018
Morocco's top diplomat has threatened unilateral action against the Polisario Front for alleged incursions into UN-monitored buffer zones in Western Sahara. The Polisario Front seeks independence for the disputed region.


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The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
Irwin Allen was the "Master of Disaster," making this movie, The Towering Inferno, Flood!, Fire!, Hanging By a Thread, The Swarm, Beyond the Poseidon Adventure and When Time Ran Out. When he was asked if he'd ever run out of disasters, he said "No, I'm not going to run out of disasters. Pick up the daily newspaper, which is my best source for crisis stories, and you'll find 10 or 15 every day. People chase fire engines, flock to car crashes. People thrive on tragedy. It's unfortunate, but in my case, it's fortunate. The bigger the tragedy, the bigger the audience."
Based on The Poseidon Adventure by Paul Gallico, this was directed by Ronald Neame (who also made Meteor) and written by Stirling Silliphant and Wendell Mayes, the movie starts with establishing that the SS Poseidon is not a seaworthy ship. Captain Harrison (Leslie Nielsen) tries to tell the owners and is instead told to just sail faster.
That's when we get to meet the characters over dinner. There's Detective Lieutenant Mike Rogo (Ernest Borgnine) and wife Linda (Stella Stevens) who he saved from the streets. Susan (Pamela Sue Martin) and Robin (Eric Shea) who are on their way to see their parents. Reverend Frank Scott (Gene Hackman), who is being punished by the church for his strange views on God only helping those who help themselves. Jewish hardware store owner Manny (Jack Albertson) and Belle Rosen (Shelley Winters), who have never taken a vacation and been hard workers all their lives. Ship singer Nonnie Parry (Carol Lynley), waiter Acres (Roddy McDowall) and hat salesperson James Martin (Red Buttons) are the other survivors who hang on when a tsunami hits the boat, flips it upside down and causes them to go on a long and deadly journey back through the body of the Poseidon.
This won two Oscars — for "The Morning After" and effects — and this led to a big wave — ugh, that pun — of disaster films. None of those have Gene Hackman screaming at God while being burned alive, but that's the kind of magic you can only pull off once.
Except for the most dangerous sequences, all of the stunts were done by the actors themselves. And for those that love The Love Boat, Borgnine and Winters would play a married couple on an episode but the Pacific Princess did not capsize.
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We also still have the 13-inch MacBook Air in 256GB or 512GB capacities for up to $224 off.
The Touch Bar places controls right at your fingertips and adapts to different apps to provide useful functions without having to navigate complex menus or memorize keyboard shortcuts. Replacing the function keys in the top row of the keyboard, the Touch Bar features a Retina-quality display and supports multi-touch input. The power button has been upgraded with a Touch ID sensor, so you can quickly log into your MacBook Pro using your fingerprint. You can also use Touch ID to make purchases over the web, thanks to Apple Pay. Touch ID enables a quick, accurate reading of your fingerprint and uses sophisticated algorithms to recognize and match it with the Secure Enclave in the Apple T1 chip.


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The conversation started as reception conversations typically do: names, personal CSB and SJU stories, then family connections and history.
This mom related that her son is a current Johnnie. He is having a great experience, for which the family is very grateful. They were not sure this would be the case, despite a deep knowledge of Saint John's and Saint Ben's—a couple uncles and an aunt are graduates and his family had lived in this area for the current Johnnie's whole life.
I must have looked perplexed at this scenario, though I did not say anything. His mom then said, "We were worried about the transition to college because my son is on the autism spectrum. We were especially concerned about the social challenges."
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often affects communication and social skills and can make some everyday interactions more complicated and even fraught, as has been noted recently in the higher education press.
Like most high functioning autistic students, her son had the talent and desire to pursue a college degree. There was never a question of if he would go, but the question was where? Her son had his college choice narrowed down to Saint John's and another Minnesota private school. He had set up a matrix of pros and cons for the two schools with the usual entries: cost, location, academic offerings, outcomes, facilities, etc. What he did not include, maybe unsurprisingly for a young man on the autism spectrum, were social environment and community, though to be fair, these are hard to quantify or judge for virtually all prospective students. Every school offers some sense of community and the social environment can be difficult to assess from the outside. In the end, using his own analysis, her son chose Saint John's and enrolled.
He was assigned a roommate whom he did not know. For someone who is not adept at reading social cues and can find new social situations confusing and even painful, dorm life, which is not simple in the best of times – requiring living with dozens of strangers – is among the most daunting aspects of college life.
This Johnnie reported that he and his roommate got along fine. While they did not have a lot in common and did not continue as roommates after freshman year, they shared their dorm room amicably, and the young man said he learned that not all students took his approach to college. He found that his roommate was not as focused on academic responsibilities as the ASD Johnnie was. Social activities seemed more important—something the ASD Johnnie continues to find curious. "Why would someone spend so much money on college and not focus on academics?" But overall, the roommate experience was positive from the student's and his family's point of view.
In the classroom, the ASD Johnnie was well-prepared and, as is true when students get into their majors, mostly got to pick courses that played to his academic strengths. What was especially helpful was that a faculty member recognized this young man's strengths in math and science and, after completing the professor's course, the young man was asked to assist in grading homework and tutoring other students.
From my conversation with the mother, it was unclear whether the professor knew that the Johnnie was on the autism spectrum, though it seems likely an experienced faculty member would know. In any case, a professor seeking a tutor for students in his or her classes would certainly consider the social skills of the tutor. It was clear to professor and student alike that the social interactions involved in tutoring were going to stretch this Johnnie, regardless of whether the faculty member knew of the formal ASD diagnosis.
However, both the professor and the Johnnie were up for the challenge. The tutoring has gone well for both parties as well as the tutees over several semesters, and it also helped the young man discern that teaching was probably not the right career path for him. While successfully helping his peers, he reported that he did not always understand why those he was helping didn't find the material as easy as he did.
The mother also reported that her son had found students "with similar interests" on campus and that her son had a roommate and a group of friends. Social interactions are still not easy, but her son is both making social progress and is happily on track to complete his degree with his classmates. These outcomes were not foregone conclusion as this young man began college, and, for these successes, his parents and grandparents are deeply appreciative of the community that welcomed and embraced this ASD Johnnie.
Listening to this mom's story was an obvious reminder of the increasing diversity on our campuses. As one interacts with Johnnies and Bennies today, there is the obvious racial, ethnic and religious diversity, as well as slightly less obvious geographic and economic diversity. And then there is the diversity that is more subtle and often hidden: mental health diversity, learning challenges diversity and, in the case of the Johnnie described here, neurodiversity.
Each student brings his or her own story to our community and each has a unique mix of strengths, gifts and challenges that are part of their undergraduate journey. Our institutions have dedicated greater human resources in the form of faculty time and staff positions to help our increasingly diverse students, but this story speaks to a larger truth about how our community welcomes each individual and then makes them a part of the community. The freshman roommate who likely found his new roommate quirky but accepted him as he was; the faculty member who took a chance on hiring an autistic teaching assistant; and the dozens of others who interacted with the ASD Johnnie in respectful and loving ways, all participated, knowingly or not, in making our community welcoming to this young man.
We may not do it perfectly for every individual, but our lived Benedictine ethos, in the form of many small kindnesses that are second nature to so many, allow diversity to grow and flourish at Saint John's and Saint Ben's.
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About the Author: Michael Hemesath
Michael Hemesath is the 13th president of Saint John's University. A 1981 SJU graduate, Hemesath is the first layperson appointed to a full presidential term at SJU. You can find him on Twitter [at] PrezHemesath.
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The last few weeks have been very rough. After mom spent almost a week in the Hutchinson Hospital, we moved her into the Health Care area at Presbyterian Manor. She was not able to go back to independent living. The first couple of days were hard for her, but she seems to be adjusting. They have a lot of activities, and they are keeping her busy. We are hoping to get her a private room, but so far one isn't open, so she is sharing with another lady, whose name is Yvonne. I have yet to meet her, she is rarely in the room. Now we need to get mom's apartment cleaned out. We plan on doing that next weekend, though we may do some packing this weekend.
I just love this picture of Muffin. Whenever I separate laundry, she has to jump into the baskets of clothes (yuck!). Last week she stayed in this basket while I was throwing jeans in it. I finally got down on the floor and took her picture buried under several pairs of jeans. Too cute, but she's not too smart!
The second photo is Corby and Kaitlin's first attempt ever at making pretzels. As they were rolling them out, they both complained that they weren't going to turn out - said the dough was too thick and hard to handle. Well, THEY ARE GREAT! I brushed a little butter on my warm pretzel, and YUM, YUM, YUM! Kaitlin and I both like the Aunt Annie's pretzels at the mall, and these are very comparable! Now I have my own pretzel makers at home! That's nice, as we very rarely go to the mall.


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Faces on the Front Lines: Heroes Behind the Masks
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The COVID-19 pandemic has turned the world upside down, leaving concern and loss in its wake.
Michigan's first case of the novel coronavirus was diagnosed March 10, 2020. The disruptive, frightening, relentless, highly infectious contagious disease blind-sided the general public and much of the health care realm alike. COVID-19 is new and without a cure or vaccination at the ready; it stopped people in their tracks and sent the seemingly healthy spiraling down a tunnel of the unknown.
What started as murmurs and curiosity about an illness affecting people in other countries soon became a concern and a horrible reality in the United States, Michigan, and, all too soon, West Michigan. People who had left home for business travel or vacation returned mere days later to find things had changed in a flash. A trip to the store for basics such as toilet tissue, soap and milk turned into futile searches online, as shelves had been cleared by those who were panic-buying items to the detriment of others in the community. Hand sanitizer went from something you tossed into your tote bag—just in case—to a precious and rare commodity; if you were lucky, you scored a bottle or two online, perhaps at a premium.
The challenges in our state were immediate. Swiftly, devastation reigned. Shutdowns began to occur as apprehensions climbed, before being ordered in an attempt to slow the spread of the coronavirus and keep people safe. "Flatten the curve," we reminded ourselves and others. "Keep your distance." We washed our hands and steered clear of others and wiped down surfaces over and over again, hoping to stave off the danger and remain safe. We stayed home.
The Mitten State—for which we use our hand as a map to show folks where we live—turned into a state of emergency. The 10th-largest state in the country by population quickly rose to third largest in terms of lives lost to COVID-19. The Metro Detroit area was hit hard. West Michigan began to see cases and more cases. The surges finally started to abate as people stayed put and took needed precautions. We listened. Still, we're not through. We're seeing new confirmed cases and related deaths. The coronavirus will continue to wreak havoc and cause loss of lives and of livelihoods. There will be irrevocable damage; we don't know the extent yet. Still, we're in this together, most of us striving to keep each other safe.
As we go to print, we have confirmed cases in 79 of our 83 counties. While myriad people self-quarantine, continue to work from home, maintain physical distance when out, and otherwise make an earnest effort to stay safe and healthy, many others don't have the luxury of staying away from the front lines or playing an important part behind the scenes, doing all they're able to help ensure the people in our community are cared for.
The West Michigan Woman team expresses our gratitude for the countless people who face this pandemic every day, through many roles and avenues. In this issue, we honor a handful of women from four of our local health care systems.
And we hope by the time you're reading this, these women and other essential workers throughout the area, throughout the state, and beyond will have had an opportunity to rest, care for themselves, and somehow spend time with their friends, families, and loved ones.
Vivian Romero, M.D.
Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist
Babies don't wait for pandemics.
Dr. Romero's workload remains as busy as ever. She and the maternal fetal medicine team continue to treat patients, monitor their health, deliver babies, perform cesarean sections and provide follow-up care after delivery.
"I couldn't be prouder of my team."
Ann Bowman, RRT
Respiratory Therapist, Cardiothoracic Intensive Care
36th year at Spectrum Health
In a pandemic caused by a respiratory illness, respiratory therapists form an especially valuable vanguard of the front line. They maintain patients on advanced life support, like mechanical ventilators. They provide treatments for people who are coughing and having trouble breathing.
"We have to keep ourselves calm and create that calm, so we can help others be calm."
Metro Health
"I want to thank every one of our medical providers for remaining at the bedside and staying focused on caring for our patients during this turbulent time," said Steve Polega, Chief Nursing Officer, Metro Health – University of Michigan Health.
"Their dedication and grace has been an inspiration to all of us. We will get through this national crisis with the help of every single person rising to the challenge in front of us."
Ashley Pattison, RN
Britini Gass, RN
Emergency Department Nurse
Danielle Hess, RN
ICU Nurse
Danielle Light, M.D.
Holly Bishop, RN
10 years of service
Joyce Schaner, RN
Melissa Routledge, RN
Natalie Kent, D.O.
Natalie Parr, D.O.
Quinn McGill, RN
We are inspired by the hope and resilience of our patients and colleagues. It's our mission to be a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities, and we are honored to serve throughout this pandemic.
We pray for all of the health care workers, patients, and their families, for their health and well-being.
Lara Baatenburg, M.D.
Daniela Pellegrini, M.D.
2.5 years of service
Elizabeth Scott, DNP
"We are proud of all of our team members, especially those on the frontline who continue to provide access to high-quality health services for those who have little or no access to health care in the communities we serve."
—Heather Kehoe, Communications Specialist, Cherry Health, Heart of the City Health Center
Letisha Thrower, BSN, RN, CLC
Cherry Health's Maternal Infant Health Program
2.5 years of service at Cherry Health
16 years of service as a Registered Nurse
Abha G. Varma, M.D.
Internal Medicine, Heart of the City Health Center, Adult Medicine
3 years of service at Cherry Health
10 years of service at Spectrum as a Hospitalist
16 years of service as a Hospitalist
Maria Vizcarra
Patient Registration Specialist, Heart of the City Health Center, Adult Medicine
11 years of service at Cherry Health
West Michigan Woman thanks the Chief Executive Officers of these health care systems for their leadership and their service to our communities!
Tasha Blackmon
President and Chief Executive Officer, Cherry Health
Rob Casalou
President and CEO, Mercy Health and Saint Joseph Mercy Health System
Tina Freese Decker
President & CEO, Spectrum Health
Peter Y. Hahn, M.D., MBA
President & Chief Executive Officer, Metro Health – University of Michigan Health
Written by Amy L Charles, Editorial Director for West Michigan Woman.
This article originally appeared in the June/July 2020 issue of West Michigan Woman.
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Editorial : Universidad de Guayaquil. Facultad de Ciencias Matemáticas y Físicas. Carrera de Ingeniería en Sistemas Computacionales & Networking.
This project is to implement a system backup and recovery of servers information for the Career Systems Engineering belonging to the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, as the institution does not have an automated system to perform such tasks as carrying processes manually. The purpose of implementing the project is to bring automation of backup jobs to avoid the loss of important information, for which the proposal includes the implementation of a backup system with Open Source technology "Bacula" in order to perform the an automated process. The research method of this type project is feasible, as it seeks to solve the problem that exists today in the technical department and intends to use technological tools and devices that allow us to use the data network to save the backup data on a NAS (Network Attached Storage). The target population to carry out this research project will be the technical department staff, teachers, students and administrative staff of the School of Engineering in Computer Systems from the University of Guayaquil, because they are the main users will benefit from the use services provided by the technical department.


Many years ago I switched browsers (from Internet Explorer to Firefox) and became aware of extensions that enabled me to censor what I saw inside of my internet browser. These days I use the Chrome browser and use several browser extensions to control what I see or do not see on websites - it even has filters for Facebook. Some say that people should not use these tools because they hurt revenue streams for websites that we visit. I see it no differently than fast forwarding through annoying political ads on my DVR. Do you use a browser that lets you censor what you see? If not you may want to change browsers.
Hey Bob, which ones do you use for Chrome?
I have used several over the years Lou. I have used AdBlock and now use AdBlock Plus. Others that I have used are: avast! WebRep; Compact Density for the new Google Bar; Hide Facebook SideBar Ticker; KB SSL Enforcer; Keep My Opt-Outs; Minimalist for Google Calendar; SiteAdvisor for Chrome.
I also have several other non-censor extensions that I use. Which ones are you using? Anything that you really like and might recommend?
Hope all is well with you and your beautiful wife! Say hi to her for me.
I love my ad blockers. I'm always so shocked when I see someone's computer that doesn't have them. Very noisy!
Why do you watch the Debates?


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Thursday, March 3, 2016 | 7:30 PM
Lori Freedman + Seth Josel
The brilliant Canadian clarinetist Lori Freedman performs THE VIRTUOSITY OF EXCESS, a solo concert of music for bass clarinet and contrabass clarinet. The title is a quote from the French composer Raphaël Cendo, referring to the exploration (and sometimes exploitation) of the beauty of extremes. The program is about 50 minutes in duration and features music which travels all over the limits and thresholds of the low clarinets, obscuring what is possible and what is not; it includes three works commissioned especially for this tour, and has been constructed like a full course meal with careful attention paid to the accumulation of rich but varied "food groups" – the aural palate and the psycho-sensorial tastes:
Brian Ferneyhough Time and Motion Study I (1977) for bass clarinet
Paul Steenhuisen Library on Fire (2015) for bass clarinet
Richard Barrett Interference (2000) for contrabass clarinet, voice and kick drum
Lori Freedman Solor (2016) for bass clarinet
Paolo Perezzani Thymos (2014) for contrabass clarinet and voice
Lori Freedman is part of a movement of "renaissance musicians," whose artistic practices span a gamut of activity in making music. Heralded internationally for her provocative and creative performances in both solo and ensemble settings, Freedman's work encompasses composing, improvising and interpreting scores written by others. As an interpreter of written music for clarinet, hundreds of works have been premiered by and/or dedicated to her. Full bio here. (photo: Martin Morissette)
This brim-full evening of musical contrasts concludes with guitarist Seth Josel performing the US premiere of point/wave (for steel string acoustic guitar and environmental chord cycle) (2015), a gorgeous new 45-minute piece for steel-stringed acoustic guitar and live ambient sound processing by composer Cat Lamb. "point/wave is an aggregate composition with an indefinite return. Resonating points of the guitar smear and coalesce with the filtered environment, creating a continuously fluctuating, cyclical tonality." (listen here)
Originally from New York and now residing in Berlin, Seth Josel has been highly committed to working with several of the leading young composers of our time. Catherine Lamb (b. 1982, U.S.) is a composer dedicating herself to the elemental interaction of tone—by the investigation into partial theory (extended just intonation) and variations in presence of materiality/field within unfolding forms/structures. She has written for numerous musicians/ensembles in North America and in Europe. Her most influential mentors have been Mani Kaul, James Tenney, and Michael Pisaro. She currently resides in Berlin.
Lori Freedman's Virtuosity of Excess tour has been generously supported by the following:
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The Christmas trading period is supposed to be the time when retailers make hay while the sun shines.
Despite this, it has recently been announced that Jessops, the specialist national chain, is to close with the loss of thousands of jobs nationwide, quickly followed by the news that HMV and Blockbuster have both been put into administration.
It all comes in the wake of a number of 'High Street' businesses whose viability has been compromised by what we once thought of as generalists such as Tesco, Amazon etc. The generalists have now become specialists, and so the space for the niche player is becoming ever smaller.
Clearly, if the big chains are under pressure then the small independents, without a unique proposition, are going to struggle in their fight against the growing presence of the 24/7 internet.
The dynamic of the traditional high street is changing fast. St Helier is more vibrant than most due to the planning policy of limiting out-of-town retailing. This has meant that we still have a significant 'traditional' retail offer, and that we now have a 'window of opportunity' to think about a strategy that delivers a unique proposition in St. Helier, for both locals and visitors alike. Andrew Hosegood, who runs the four Mange Tout outlets has ideas here, which are explored later in this issue.
So where might we start? Firstly, we urgently need a political vision; something we can all sign up to. Changing St Helier's status to that of a 'city' for instance will put us on the map of city breaks, and might help to reignite the tourism industry. We have to recognise the strengths and weaknesses of St Helier, whilst acknowledging just how small the wider market in Jersey is.
Fundamentally, we need to recognise that 'localising' will be a central plank, if we are to have a sustainable economy.
Why don't we see more local entrepreneurs on our high street? Are the risks too great? High rent, competition from the internet and a small local market mean that the numbers simply don't stack up for so many potential projects.
Organisations such as Jersey Business Limited, Economic Development and the Jersey Chamber of Commerce need to work together with other stakeholders to redefine the St Helier proposition. Could that mean doing something as 'heretical' as scrapping Sunday trading laws? Maybe; but no stone should be left unturned to ensure that there are opportunities for the next generation of wealth creators.


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Screening for chronic PTSD after disasters: The gap between self-reported posttraumatic stress and PTSD cases in psychiatric services
Bondjers, Kristina
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Medicinska och farmaceutiska vetenskapsområdet, centrumbildningar mm, National Center for Disaster Psychiatry. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatry, University Hospital.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7062-1011
Arnberg, Filip
Willebrand, Mimmie
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatry, University Hospital.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2506-6527
2017 (English)Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Refereed)
Introduction: Screening disaster survivors for mental health problems after initial recovery may detect unrecognized cases of chronic PTSD. This presentation compares published findings of PTSD prevalence after the 2004 tsunami among exposed Swedish adult survivors.
Method: Register data were collected for psychiatric diagnoses made in specialized healthcare for 8762 Swedish adults with various levels of disaster exposure. Posttraumatic stress (PTS) was assessed and exposure established for 2268 individuals who filled out the Impact of Event Scale–Revised (IES-R) in surveys at 1, 3, and 6 years post-disaster. A subset of directly exposed participants (n=142) were assessed for current and post-disaster PTSD with SCID interviews.
Results: In the survey sample, 5% of participants reported very high and 11% reported high levels of PTS across all surveys. The post-disaster prevalence of PTSD was 11.3% in the interview sample. In healthcare services, the 5-year incidence was 0.5% for PTSD and 2.1% for any stress-related disorder. Findings suggested that the IES-R possessed good screening properties, e.g., sensitivity ≥ 0.92.
Discussion: These studies indicate large differences between the PTS load among survivors and the number of PTSD cases in healthcare services, making a case for individual symptom screening. Yet, screening for chronic PTSD with current methods will yield a substantial numbers of incorrectly classified survivors (640 false positives in this sample), providing challenges to psychosocial follow-up services.
Part of symposium: Screening for mental health after trauma in children and adults: importance, instruments, & innovations
The 15th European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Conference, Child Maltreatment - What do we know? Where do we go from here?, Odense, Denmark, June 2-4
Bondjers, KristinaArnberg, FilipWillebrand, Mimmie
National Center for Disaster PsychiatryPsychiatry, University Hospital


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» March 2017: The Current State Of Swift
March 2017: The Current State Of Swift
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In February 2016, I published a post that discussed the state of Swift at that date. Time to look what has changed since then.
Let's start by talking about Swift:
It's very impressive how quickly Swift has grown: Since its announcement in 2014, it has become the number one programming language for iOS development. And this hold true especially for these areas:
WWDC sessions: Apple is heavily pushing Swift. Nowadays, almost only Swift is used in WWDC sessions.
iOS development blogs: Almost all of the important iOS development blogs are using just Swift. This holds true for this blog as well.
Books: New books about iOS programming are also almost always written in Swift.
YouTube: All the best iOS programming YouTube channels are using Swift.
So as you can see, especially in the area of teaching iOS development, Swift has become the standard. It's has become impossible to stay up-to-date on iOS development without looking at Swift code.
Nevertheless, there isn't just Swift. Instead, many iOS developers are still using Objective-C. Recently, I made a pool about that topic on Twitter:
Have you written Objective-C code within the last 6 months? #iosdev #swiftlang
— Thomas Hanning (@hanning_thomas) February 12, 2017
More than every second iOS developers has been using Objective-C within the last six months – despite the fact, that Swift has become very popular in the community. What's the reason for that? One reason is for sure that there are developers how just don't like Swift and prefer Objective-C. And that's totally fine because people do have different preferences.
But because of the fact that Swift has become the dominant language in teaching Swift, I think every serious iOS developer have to deal with Swift.
Besides personal preferences, there's an even more valid reason to still use Objective-C: Maintainance of long term projects. If a project has been coded with Objective-C, it doesn't make sense to migrate the whole project to Swift – why should it?
However, for new features Swift could and should be used. Swift and Objective-C work perfectly fine side-by-side in one project. And by doing so, a long term project can be migrated to Swift over time without having more effort.
It hasn't changed a lot in the last 12 months: Swift is still on the rise and is definitely the future of iOS development. And in many areas it's already state of the art. But on the other hand, Objective-C is still used and is an important skill for iOS developers.
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Type:Bed & Breakfast
Wellington Road
LL18 1LG
Churchill House is a converted Church and Grade II listed building which was converted over the last few years to provide a high standard of comfortable guesthouse accommodation and is accredited with 4 stars by Visit Wales. Many of the Church's features have been carefully retained in its restoration and conversion to a private residence which make it a very interesting, unique and quirky building.
Owners Mike & Ali offer three luxury bedrooms with ensuite facilities on a bed & breakfast basis with prices starting at £80 (single) & £110 (double). They also have a large Family Sized Room with prices starting at £140 (double) & £170 (triple).All Bedrooms have Flat screen TV, Internet connectivity,Tea & Coffee making facilities,Hairdryer & Room Safe plus use of a Trouser press and Ironing Board.
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Family En-Suite (Room 2) £140.00 per room (breakfast included)
Room 1 £90.00 per room (breakfast included)
*Bedroom 1 Kingsize Bed 2 persons £120 or 1 person £90, Bedroom 2 (Large Family Room) Kingsize Bed & Single Bed 3 persons £170 or 2 persons £140, Bedroom 3 Kingsize Bed 2 persons £110 or 1 person £80. All pricing includes breakfast.
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In town/city centre
Non smoking establishment
Colour television in all bedrooms
Ground floor bedrooms available
Modem point in all bedrooms
Directions by Road - North Wales is primarily served by the A55 which connects well to the main motorways M56 & M53.You should leave the A55 at Junction27 and follow the A525 into Rhyl town centre.
By Rail - Rhyl railway station has good connections to most large towns/cities in the UK and we are approximately 10 minutes walking distance from the station. There is normally a good supply of Taxies,
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