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Elmo Francfort Ankerkrone (15 de abril de 1982) é consultor de TV, escritor, pesquisador, radialista e jornalista. Já foi coordenador de comunicação, escritor, roteirista e produtor.

Até março de 2018 foi responsável pelo Museu da TV - na Internet, pelo Centro de Memória da Pró-TV e pela curadoria do acervo da Pró-TV - Associação dos Pioneiros, Profissionais e Incentivadores da Televisão Brasileira, em que esteve de 2001 a 2018. Em 19 de junho de 2021, passou a dirigir o coletivo que herdou o acervo da associação, sob o nome de Museu da TV, Rádio & Cinema.

É um dos diretores da Francfort Comunicação, agência de broadcast marketing, fundada em 2007.

Em  14 de Abril de 2008 lançou o livro "Rede Manchete: Aconteceu, Virou História", que fala sobre a trajetória da extinta TV Manchete.

Em 25 de janeiro de 2010 Elmo lançou o livro "Avenida Paulista, 900: A História da TV Gazeta", contando a história da TV Gazeta de São Paulo. O evento fez parte das comemorações dos 40 anos da emissora. Elmo foi também produtor executivo deste projeto, que além do lançamento do livro (no hall do Teatro Gazeta, na Avenida Paulista), contou com transmissão ao vivo pela emissora durante o "Todo Seu" (programa apresentado por Ronnie Von, em que posteriormente Francfort passou a ser o roteirista da atração), chuva de fogos e uma exposição alusiva ao tema. No dia anterior foi ao ar o especial "Gazeta 40 Anos", exibido por temas nas últimas quatro sextas-feiras e em formato de boletins no Jornal da Gazeta e nos intervalos da emissoras em formato de pílulas televisivas. O "Gazeta 40 Anos" teve produção executiva, pesquisa e reportagens de Elmo Francfort, como editor-chefe Hélio Jacintho e direção-geral de Marcos Nascimento. Foi depois, na Fundação Cásper Líbero, roteirista do programa "Todo Seu" (2010) e coordenador do Centro de Memória Cásper Líbero (2012).

Já colaborou com as mais diversas emissoras de rádio e TV. Em 2016 foi consultor da série "Nada Será Como Antes" (Rede Globo), que tem como pano de fundo a história do rádio e da televisão no Brasil.

É autor de outros livros como "No Meu Tempo Era Assim" (In House), "Televisão em 3 Tempos: Três épocas de um Brasil que viu nascer a TV em preto e branco, em cores e digital" (2014) e a biografia conjunta "Gabus Mendes: Grandes Mestres do Rádio e Televisão" (2015), sobre Octávio e Cassiano Gabus Mendes - que comemorou os 65 anos da televisão brasileira, no Memorial da América Latina, em São Paulo, e um dos redatores responsáveis pelo "Almanaque do SBT" (Editora On Line, 2017). Como colaborador, já esteve por trás de mais de 60 publicações sobre a área, muitas consideradas como referência.

Em junho de 2019, lançou o livro "Almanaque dos 50 Anos da TV Cultura" em homenagem ao cinquentenário da TV Cultura.

Elmo criou programas como "TV História" (Rede NGT), "Gazeta 40 Anos" (TV Gazeta) e projetos como "60 anos da Telenovela Brasileira" (Rede Globo, que itinerou pelas cinco emissoras próprias e mais 12 afiliadas, de Porto Alegre a Manaus, sempre com a curadoria de Francfort) "Telenovela Brasileira: Viagem ao Mundo da Ficção" (Globo Internacional, presente na Europa) e "Vila Digital" (Pró-TV, em parceria com a Seja Digital, ABERT - Associação Brasileira de Emissoras de Rádio e Televisão e ABRATEL - Associação Brasileira de Rádio e Televisão, exposição realizada para conscientização da implantação do desligamento da TV analógica no país e implantação total da TV digital nacional, com itinerâncias por São Paulo, Ceará e Pernambuco, em 2017). Foi também curador da exposição "60 Anos de TV no Brasil" (Caixa Cultural, na Praça da Sé, 2010) e "Marcos da TV Brasileira" (que itinerou pelo interior de São Paulo, pela Secretaria de Estado da Cultura, de 2009 a 2014) e "Silvio Santos Vem Aí" (MIS - Museu da Imagem e do Som, 2016-2017).Em 2018 e 2019 foi o autor dos textos das exposições 50 Anos de Midia (Unibes Cultural SP) e Entra que lá vem história (Shopping Eldorado SP)

Elmo também foi consultor de Hebe: A Estrela do Brasil, filme e minissérie sobre a vida de Hebe Camargo.

Em 2020,lança  dois livros: A História da Televisão Para Quem Tem Pressa – Do Preto e Branco ao Digital em Apenas 200 Páginas! e "TV Tupi: Do Tamanho do Brasil", escrito em parceria com o também pesquisador e jornalista Mauricio Viel.

Elmo também coordena o projeto Memória ABERT do projeto TV ANO 70.

É considerado um dos maiores nomes na preservação da memória da comunicação brasileira, com destaque para área de rádio e televisão.

Atualmente dirige o projeto Memória da Mídia, que preserva o passado da mídia nacional e seus reflexos na atualidade.

Em 19 de junho de 2021, Elmo Francfort assumiu a direção do Museu da TV, Rádio & Cinema, órgão criado a partir dos acervos do Museu da TV e do Museu do Cinema Antônio Vittuzzo, agregando também o vasto acervo, de mais de 100 mil peças, ligadas também ao meio Rádio.

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Tuesday 7 January, 2020
2/17th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force
13 April 1941, Tobruk, Libya
John Hurst 'Jack' Edmondson was born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales on 8 October 1914. He was the only child of Joseph and Maude Edmondson and was the light of their lives. He was particularly close to his mother and they would often talk for hours and take leisurely walks around their property, 'Forest Home', in Liverpool. His father was more reserved but cherished working the farm with his son. Edmondson enjoyed farm life, played piano and excelled at shooting.
Edmondson joined the Militia in March 1939, parading part-time with the 4th Battalion (Australian Rifles) at Marylands, four months later, he was promoted to corporal. He joined the AIF in May 1940 relinquishing his rank on joining the 2/17th Battalion. In the October, he sailed for the Middle East.
The battalion trained in Palestine and then spent time in Port Said in Egypt before moving on to Mersa Matruh with other elements of the 9th Australian Division. An Axis counter-attack forced them to retreat to Tobruk, where a siege began on 11 April 1941. Two days later, German troops probed the perimeter, beginning a series of battles referred to in Edmondson's citation.
The Edmondsons were deeply affected by the loss of their only son. Before leaving for the Middle East, John had asked his mother to keep a diary and he would do the same. The entries Maude kept following her son's death detail the anguish of life without her son, and the nightmares she endured afterwards.
Four days after her son's death, Maude Edmondson read about the fighting in Tobruk in the newspaper. The article referenced an unnamed corporal who had saved the life of a Marylands lieutenant. Maude was convinced the unnamed corporal was her son, and her fears were confirmed on 26 April when a telegraph arrived advising of her son's death.
After his death, a former school teacher wrote of Edmondson:
"In those young days he lived how he departed, helping the other lad. He gave his lunch away each day, with a sandwich or a piece of cake and an apple which he had brought for his horse."
His citation reads:
On the night of 13-14th April, 1941, a party of German infantry broke through the wire defences at Tobruk and established themselves with at least six machine-guns, mortars and two small field pieces. It was decided to attack them with bayonets, and a party consisting of one officer, Corporal Edmondson and five privates, took part in the charge. During the counter-attack, Corporal Edmondson was wounded in the neck and stomach but continued to advanced under heavy fire and killed one enemy with his bayonet. Later, his officer had his bayonet in one of the enemy and was grasped about the legs by him, when another attacked him from behind. He called for help, and Corporal Edmondson, who was some yards away, immediately came to his assistance and in spite of his wounds killed both of the enemy. This action undoubtedly saved his officers life. Shortly after returning from this successful counter-attack, Corporal Edmondson died of his wounds. His actions throughout the operations were outstanding for resolution, leadership and conspicuous bravery.
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"This means that an incident involving a chemical attack was prepared by NATO countries, with the militants given everything they needed to accomplish it. NATO countries, first and foremost the United States, organize such provocations to allow them to further blame the Syrian government," Hteit added.
"The American and French [armies] are illegally based on Syrian territory. NATO was founded as a defensive bloc, but has now turned into an aggressor organization," the ex-officer noted.
Prior to the latest weapons find, Syrian government troops had repeatedly reported finding large quantities of NATO and Israeli-made weaponry in territories cleared of Islamist militants, including Daesh* (ISIS). NATO and Tel Aviv have generally refrained from commenting on these discoveries, but have publicly supported what they call a "moderate" armed Syrian opposition since the start of the 2011 civil war.
A SANA reporter confirmed Tuesday that the military's operation to clear the Homs countryside of illegal arms caches would continue until all weapons there are found, allowing locals to return to the area. The northern Homs countryside was declared free of terrorists last week, after the last of the militants and members of their families were evacuated to the country's north.


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Chandra Taal Lake – How to Reach, Distance, Hotels
There are many lakes in Himachal Pradesh that allow tourists to spend wonderful holidays and to enjoy many beautiful places around the lakes. Chandra Taal is one such lake of Himachal Pradesh that is situated in the Lahul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh. Like many other beautiful lakes of the Himachal, Chandra Taal also has many features and characteristics that make it one of the popular destinations among the tourists visiting the state, especially Lahul and Spiti districts.
There are lots of itineraries and places to explore around Chandra Taal lake.
About Chandra Taal Lake
Chandra Taal lake is located in the Lahul area of the 'Lahul and Spiti' District and it lies at the altitude of 14000 feet ie. 4,300 above sea level. Chandra Taal Lake is about 1 KM long and it has a width of 0.5 km i.e about 0.31 Mi. Chandra Taal Lake is one of the largest lakes of Himachal Pradesh and no doubt is one of the most beautiful lakes also as it is located in the snowy mountains of Lahul and Spiti. The lake is a perfect destination for those who are looking for an excellent weekend trip or a relaxing weekend in nature.
We are sure that, when you visit Chandra Taal Lake, you will really love its landscape and the natural aspect. The lake will surprise you with its blue chilled water and its mesmerizing surroundings.
How to reach Chandratal Lake
Chandra Taal Lake is surrounded by many scenic views and there are many things to do there for fun and cultural trip. Anyone planning a trip to Himachal Pradesh should visit Chandra Taal Lake and they will not be disappointed for sure. There are many ways to reach Chandra Taal Lake.
Through Car
The car is undoubtedly the most convenient and easiest way to reach Chandra Taal Lake. It is recommended that you should hire a car instead of traveling in your personal car. The benefit of visiting Chandra Taal Lake through a rented car is that you don't have to worry about the route. As the route to Chandra Taal Lake is very tough, therefore in such dangerous hilly areas, it is advised to book a car.
Through Public Transport
Using Public Transport for reaching out to Chandra Taal Lake is the cheapest and the safest way. Although Public transport is not available from all the cities of Himachal Pradesh to Chandra Taal Lake and also it is not frequent, but still, there are quite a few routes and public transport is available if you are planning to visit Chandra Taal Lake.
Through Bike
The bike is another most of transport to reach Chandra Taal Lake, but it is best suited for solo travelers. A trip to Chandra Taal Lake by bike is the riskiest. For traveling by bike you should have some experience of riding in hilly areas and it also needs a lot of experience. Route from Manali is the best way to reach Chandra Taal Lake by Bike. You can easily rent a good-conditioned bike from Manali.
Through Air
Chandra Taal Lake or Lahul and Spiti district is not directly connected with an Airport. The nearest airport to Chandra Taal Lake is Bhuntar Airport, Kullu–Manali. You can reach this airport from various major cities of India and then choose any of the other transport to reach Chandra Taal Lake.
Through Train
Chandra Taal Lake is also not directly connected with any Railway station. Joginder Nagar railway station, Mandi is the nearest Railway station to Chandra Taal Lake. From this Railway station, you have to reach Manali which is at a distance of about 110 Km and then you can opt for any other transport like car, bus or bike.
Routes for Chandratal Lake
There are many routes from different parts of Himachal Pradesh to Chandra Taal Lake, but the two most popular routes are:
Route From Shimla
The distance of Chandra Taal Lake from Shimla is about 530 Kilometers and it is the longest route. The Route from Shimla to Chandra Taal Lake is Reckong Peo >Pooh >> Kaza>> Batal. There are two buses available from Shimla for Reckong Peo. The timings for these buses may changes. So for the exacts timings of these buses from Shimla to Reckong Peo, it is advised you should contact the Shimla ISBT Enquiry department.
Route From Manali
The second and the easiest way to reach Chandra Taal Lake is through Manali. Chandra Taal Lake is at a distance of about 124 KM from Manali. Although this distance of 124 KM looks a short distance, due to dangerous and bad road conditions this trip will easily take around 8-10 hours. But you can take a view of various natural places like waterfalls, Mountains, etc on this route. Two buses departs from Manali for Chandra Taal Lake and the the route is: Manali >> Rohtang pass>> Gramphu >> Chhatru >> Batal
Route From Delhi
The central capital i.e Delhi is directly connected to the most major cities of India. So anyone from the Westerns, Eastern, Southern part of the country, looking to visit Chandra Taal Lake have to first reach Delhi. From Delhi, the nearest route to reach Chandra Taal Lake is Manali. It will take around 15 hours to reach from Delhi to Manali and then another 8-10 hours from Manali to Chandra Taal Lake depending upon the mode of transport you choose.
Chandra Taal Lake Traveling Time
As mentioned above, there are different routes and modes of transport for reaching Chandra Taal Lake, so the time of traveling also differs.
Shimla to Chandra Taal Lake Traveling Time
The distance from Shimla to Chandra Taal Lake is 530 KM and due to the bad conditions of the roads, this trip will take about 3 days.
Manali to Chandra Taal Lake Traveling Time
The 124 KM distance from Manali to Chandra Taal Lake will take around 8-10 hours.
Delhi to Chandra Taal Lake Traveling Time
The distance of Chandra Taal Lake from Delhi is about 646 KM and it will take around 23 hours to 25 hours.
Where to Stay at Chandratal Lake (Hotels Near Chandra Taal Lake)
If you are searching for a comfortable stay around one of the most beautiful lakes of Himachal Pradesh, then will find a lot of options. There are many hotels and other accommodation places like Home Stay, Resthouse, etc available at very low prices to enjoy the charming and relaxing travel to the Chandra Taal Lake. These places to stay during your visit to Chandra Taal Lake will give you a breathtaking view of the sceneries around the lake. You can enjoy delicious breakfasts, lunch, or even have a romantic dinner at these hotels.
Some of the best and economic places to stay near Chandra Taal Lake are:
Sakya Camp Chandertal
The Nomad's Cottage
Snow Valley Resorts
The Cider
The Chandratal Lake Camp Retreat
Although these hotels are located at some distance from Chandra Taal Lake. The most convenient and cheapest place to stay near Chandra Taal Lake is the PWD guest house at Batal. But getting accommodation in this guest house is subject to availability.
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A: mounted is called after render, however if we try to scroll immediately on mount,
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A: Perhaps you could use the lifecycle hooks in Vue
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The third (3rd) paragraph here on "The Battle of Odessa - 1941" page seems to be missing an ending.  The last sentence looks incomplete?
Thank you for this fine website as I have recently joined (as Berettamen) and as I begin to read through.  I only wish I'd read some of the many items as I spent the last 6 weeks in Romania with my wife's family and we visited Transilvania on three different driving loops through the country.  We'd planned for a trip to the Black Sea but ran short of time.
Cind a avut loc bombardarea accidentala a depozitului de linga Odessa de catre Cpt. av. Popescu-Oita, pilot pe Savoia J.R.S. 79B, mentionat in acest studiu?


Here at Belmont University where I direct a leadership program, it's move-in day for all the freshman class. By the end of the day about 1800 new students will inhabit the campus. That's 1800 new stories to be written, 1800 new minds to teach, 1800 cars to unload. They have a system here on move-in day at Belmont where upperclassmen greet families as they pull into the driveway in front of the various dorms. Literally within seconds, the car is unloaded and all the stuff is hauled up to the appropriate living space by countless volunteers. It really is quite remarkable… maybe a little mind-boggling to the parents who are already worried about separation anxiety who watch the task of unloading unfold before their eyes.
It's been almost 4 decades since I moved onto campus as a college freshman. I still remember the moment and admittedly, I'm a little jealous of those who are just starting this experience. I'm jealous of the opportunities they have, the future that is theirs to grasp, the experiences about to unfold. I'm jealous of the new friendships they will forge for life and for the ways in which their world-view, faith, and intellect are about to explode. For most, college is an exhilarating experience and my hopeful prayer is that these students will be safely sheltered, carefully taught, and wonderfully challenged.
I met a family on campus yesterday who were getting their bearings so that the chaordic (chaos & order) process of moving in wouldn't catch them off guard. They flew in from California to help their only child, a daughter, get settled. She looked excited, anxious, fearful, and a bit overwhelmed. That's got to be hard. It's a long way from home and family. I gave her my business card and told her, "If you begin to feel a little overwhelmed or you miss home a little too much, come find me. I will make sure you get connected and find some folks to meet." It can be a big, lonely world and sometimes having people to join you in the journey will help.
The feeling of being overwhelmed by life doesn't apply just to college students. Let's be honest… it's a big, mean, lonely world. Maybe the key for our survival is learning how to invent community around our lives. It doesn't just happen. It is a very intentional process. We forge friendships. We create dialogue. We initiate conversations. There is a risk and reward. But at the end of the day, it's the sense of community that holds the key to our survival. You may find it at your work, or in your neighborhood, or at your church, or at the gym. We were not made to be lone-rangers. We were created for community.
So if you see a lost student this week, point them in the right direction. If you see a lost soul, offer them a moment. And if you find yourself struggling with this big world, seek out community where you can connect. It's how we survive.


We develop and extend a line of recent work on the design of mechanisms for two-sided markets. The markets we consider consist of buyers and sellers of a number of items, and the aim of a mechanism is to improve the social welfare by arranging purchases and sales of the items. A mechanism is given prior distributions on the agents' valuations of the items, but not the actual valuations; thus the aim is to maximise the expected social welfare over these distributions. As in previous work, we are interested in the worst-case ratio between the social welfare achieved by a truthful mechanism, and the best social welfare possible.
Our main result is an incentive compatible and budget balanced constant-factor approximation mechanism in a setting where buyers have XOS valuations and sellers' valuations are additive. This is the first such approximation mechanism for a two-sided market setting where the agents have combinatorial valuation functions. To achieve this result, we introduce a more general kind of demand query that seems to be needed in this situation. In the simpler case that sellers have unit supply (each having just one item to sell), we give a new mechanism whose welfare guarantee improves on a recent one in the literature. We also introduce a more demanding version of the strong budget balance (SBB) criterion, aimed at ruling out certain "unnatural'' transactions satisfied by SBB. We show that the stronger version is satisfied by our mechanisms.


By now you most certainly heard the news of the death of conservative blogger, Andrew Breitbart, at the age of 43. He was a boat rocker and, to the progressive left, a trouble maker. His goal in life was to "destroy the institutional left." Just as his work was loved and respected by many, it created a host of enemies.
While it is not unheard of for someone his age to die of a heart attack, it does raise questions, and suspicions. I'm sure most of us at least know of someone else who exited this life at a young age – and it reminds us that we never know how much time we really have… that if there is something to be done, it needs to be done now! Whether it is telling your family you love them, or there is an unfinished task on your agenda, there is no time like the present – and none of us are promised tomorrow.
The story went out quickly that a heart attack ended his life. This is unusual as we are normally told that the cause of death was undetermined pending the autopsy to be performed by the LA coroner. The fact that Breitbart exposed corruption at ACORN and broke the Weinergate story and was working some video tapes that could destroy the President that were to be released this summer, and suddenly, is no more, causes one's mind to wander to thoughts of the final scenes of the Dustin Hoffman film Wag the Dog.
Now it is entirely possible that Andrew Breitbart did die of natural causes. It is also possible that Gary Webb, the reporter that brought to light the drug dealing of the CIA, did, indeed, commit suicide. The official story is that he shot himself in the head with a .38 revolver, not once, but twice. The report said it was unusual, but not impossible. Considering the size hole the slug would make in a man's brain, it is really difficult to believe there would be any capacity fire the second shot… but I was not there at either event, and neither were the investigators.
It could well be that the suspicions expressed above are completely unfounded and reality matches the public narrative. If that is the case, why is it, so many run down the conspiracy theory road? What has happened to us that we have, seemingly, lost our ability to trust our government, the media and even each other? And, is this inability to trust, a temporary, specific situation, or a generalized distrust? We did not used to think this way. Somewhere we changed. This means it is, more likely than not, a learned response.
It is a response to the dishonesty coming at us from all quarters. It is a dishonesty that, while always present in fallen man, has increased more rapidly as our society has moved away from the Judeo-Christian traditions. After all, the government wouldn't tell us these things if they didn't want us to believe them.
The most damaging sources could well be the people and institutions we have trusted most and looked up to. It used to be that people like the President of the United States spoke with authority and integrity, and their words were received with respect – but no more. When a child goes off to school he begins a relationship with his teachers where he believes his he has the prettiest and smartest one in the world. This love and respect is often repaid by filling his little head with all sorts of progressive propaganda, and he eventually learns to properly identify, and develop a healthy distrust of most everything he is told.
So, it would seem that no matter what our "betters" in the government or academia want to do to us, we have, or at least should have, been conditioned to follow them with growing skepticism… or follow them, not at all. This would seem to be the most destructive action our leaders, at various levels, have done – that of taking away our ability to work together with our fellow citizens. We are being divided to diminish are influence and resolve. If we continue down this path, we will surely be conquered. Whatever is going on around us, we need to seek the truth, find the truth and hold on to it!
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As part of this enhancement to TotalSocial, we acquired U.S. sales data for a substantial number of the 500 US brands in our database from leading sources of syndicated sales data such as Nielsen, NPD Group and others, covering 2014 to 2016, with a focus on more recent time periods. The data were used to develop predictive statistical models determining the impact of each of eight core metrics to consumer purchases, which resulted in the most extensive links between word of mouth and social media metrics to sales.
The link between the sales data and word of mouth was measured through statistical regression. By observing the correlation between how word of mouth data increases or decreases as compared to sales patterns at the same time or beforehand, Engagement Labs was able to isolate both the impact and significance of TotalSocial scores. The data were controlled for seasonal impacts and trends, to ensure the model is measuring true incremental impact.
This latest release marks a big leap forward in that we have universal sales-driving weightings applied against all brands. Over time, we will be providing clients with the chance to optimize the weightings for their brand in particular. Indeed, our team was truly impressed by the degree to which every brand has its own distinctive "social DNA" when it comes to driving its sales. Some brands are strongly weighted toward offline conversation, others toward online, and on average the balance is near-equal between online and offline.
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Can You Die From Alcohol Withdrawal-Detox?
Can Alcohol Detox Kill You?
Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome
What Causes Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome?
While many people are at least somewhat familiar with the dangers and difficulty of withdrawing from heroin and cocaine, the truth is alcohol detox and withdrawal can also be dangerous. Alcohol withdrawal can lead to a range of symptoms that may begin as early as two hours after the last drink. These symptoms can persist for many weeks and range from shakiness and anxiety to serious complications such as delirium tremens (DTs), seizures, convulsions, and heart attack. Don't take alcohol detox lightly; detoxification from alcohol should not be attempted at home.
Alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) refers to a number of symptoms experienced by a heavy drinker or suddenly stops drinking or drastically reduces alcohol intake. Symptoms can appear within just a few hours of the last drink. AWS can cause a range of emotional and physical symptoms ranging from anxiety, nausea, and fatigue to hallucinations, hand tremors, vomiting, irritability, nightmares, and insomnia. The symptoms of AWS can be life-threatening and tend to worsen over a period of three days and last for weeks.
During the first day of stopping drinking, some people experience hallucinations that end after another 24 hours. This condition is called alcoholic hallucinosis, but it's not the same as the hallucinations that occur with the DTs (a very serious form of alcohol withdrawal syndrome) because people with alcoholic hallucinosis know that the hallucinations are not real.
More serious alcohol withdrawal symptoms occur in about 10% of people being treated for alcohol withdrawal. Over 90% of alcohol withdrawal seizures happen within 48 hours of quitting alcohol, although it is possible for seizures to occur up to 20 days after the last drink. Research has indicated that the risk of having seizures and the severity of seizures increases with the number of past alcohol withdrawals the person has had.
Symptoms of alcohol withdrawal can worsen rapidly, so it's important to seek medical care even if symptoms seem minor.
Heavy and prolonged drinking disrupts the neurotransmitters in the brain which are responsible for sending messages and regulating the central nervous system. Initially, alcohol boosts the effects of the neurotransmitter GABA which produces a sense of relaxation. Chronic drinking over time suppresses GABA activity and causes a tolerance to build up, requiring more alcohol to produce the same effect. Chronic drinking also suppresses glutamate, a neurotransmitter that causes excitability. Glutamate is necessary to maintain equilibrium.
A sudden or dramatic reduction in alcohol consumption means the neurotransmitters are no longer suppressed. They quickly rebound and cause brain hyperexcitability. This is why alcohol withdrawal symptoms are the opposite of symptoms associated with drinking, including anxiety, tremors, and anxiety.
The most serious type of alcohol withdrawal syndrome is called delirium tremens (DT). DTs usually start between 2 and 3 days after the last drink. People who have a history of withdrawal seizures, abnormal liver function, acute illness, and those who are older are more likely to experience these life-threatening symptoms.
Symptoms of DT include:
Extreme confusion
Extreme agitation
Hallucinations that include visual (seeing images that aren't real), auditory (hearing sounds that aren't real), and tactile (feeling false sensations such as numbness, burning, and itching)
These symptoms are considered a medical emergency. If AWS advances to delirium tremens, it can be fatal. Death can occur in 1% to 5% of people with DTs, but the risk of death is reduced with medical support and medication to reduce withdrawal symptoms.
Because alcohol withdrawal can be very painful and life-threatening, supervised detox in an inpatient setting is recommended for heavy or long-term drinkers.


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West Norfolk Sports Podcast non-league end-of-season special
Published: 3:42 PM May 1, 2015 Updated: 2:41 PM October 10, 2020
Swaffham Town celebrate with the Thurlow Nunn First Division runners-up shield following their 5-1 home win over Woodbridge Town Reserves at Shoemakers Lane. Picture: Eddie Deane - Credit: Eddie Deane
Reporter Gavin Caney takes a look back at the 2014/15 semi-professional season in our area.
The West Norfolk Sports Podcast host is joined by the bosses of Thurlow Nunn First Division Swaffham Town (Paul Hunt) and Downham Town (Bob Warby) to reflect on their excellent campaigns. Well-known non-league press experts Mark Hearle and Greg Plummer also pop along to cast their eye over the term that was by focusing on, among other things, the fortunes of King's Lynn Town.
As always, if the above is not enough to tempt you to tune into our latest offering, there's all of the week's other goings on in the popular Gone in 60 Seconds news segment.
To listen to the latest WNSP, brought to you by the EDP, click here or visit www.edp24.co.uk/wnsp – where all previous shows can also be found – and select episode 63.
- To get involved with the podcast, or for all your sports news in and around the Lynn area, follow Gavin on Twitter by clicking on the link on the right-hand side of this page.
- This podcast was recorded on April 29.


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May. 31, 2018 5:30 a.m.
For years, it lay hidden under drab blue carpet on the top floor of a non-descript building that housed everything from a printing press and dance hall to a gym and storeroom.
But in 2010 when a fire swept through the historic structure in St. Stephen, N.B., the cleanup uncovered a buried treasure that's now at the centre of a transatlantic debate over a little-known piece of basketball lore.
"Upstairs there was carpet all over the gymnasium floor and pulling up the carpet, by God there it was — all hardwood," said Peter Corby, president of the non-profit group Canada 1st Basketball Inc.
The floor is what Corby and other self-proclaimed Canadian "basketball nuts" claim is the oldest basketball court in the world and where research suggests the first game was played on Oct. 17, 1893.
The assertion has touched off an international tug-of-war with historians who say Paris has the oldest basketball court still in use. It was there, in the basement of a Parisian YMCA, that a game of hoops was played in December of 1893, just a couple of years after the game was invented.
Corby, a former athletic director and teacher who's heading a group hoping to preserve the New Brunswick court, insists that the St. Stephen YMCA game was played months earlier, giving lie to the Paris claim.
"I guess Donald Trump would call that fake news!" he joked in an interview from his home in Fredericton.
Corby traces the story of the floor back to one of the original players of the game, Lyman Archibald, a Canadian who studied at the YMCA Training School in Massachusetts under James Naismith — basketball's inventor.
According to Historica Canada, Naismith was looking for an indoor recreational sport when he was teaching at the YMCA in Springfield and came up with a game that used peach baskets, a ball and 13 rules governing such things as running with the ball, tripping and pushing.
Many of his students returned to Canada, helping spread the game across the country.
In St. Stephen, the game took hold when Archibald, who was originally from Nova Scotia, was assigned to be the director of the local YMCA where he introduced the small community to basketball. Corby says it inspired a passion for the game that is still felt in the town of about 4,600 people.
That enduring enthusiasm led Corby and his group to work with the current owner of the building, the St. Croix Vocational Centre, to figure out a way that Canada 1st Basketball could buy it and turn it into a basketball heritage museum.
Under the arrangement, Corby has just under two years to raise enough money to buy the building for an amount that has yet to be determined.
The work is part of a dream for Corby and his group to celebrate both the game and Canada's critical role in its beginnings, much like Cooperstown, N.Y., has done with its National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
"There is no physical building in Canada that houses a Canadian basketball hall of fame," he said, adding that there will be a special event on Oct. 17 to commemorate 125 years of basketball being played in St. Stephen.
St. Stephen Mayor Allan MacEachern said being in the space — a court of about 14 metres by 9.3 metres under baby blue walls and an ornate green and white ceiling — conjures up visions of what it was like a century ago when nine players per team squared off against each other.
He's hoping the federal government helps out with funding so Corby and his crew can transform the building into a lasting tribute to the sport.
It could also be a tourist boon for the seaside town, known more for being the home of Canada's oldest candy company, Ganong.


Jonathan G. Vander Els, M.Ed., Ed.S. (Ph.D Student in Leadership and Policy Studies) is the Director of Innovative Projects for the New Hampshire Learning Initiative, overseeing the personalized and competency-based work related to the Assessment for Learning Project's Phase II Next Generation Collaborative Learning Design and the State of New Hampshire's efforts integrating Work Study Practices into curriculum, instruction, and assessment.
Sarah Kiley, M.Ed. is an art educator at Epping High School (@EppingHighNH) and serves as the district's Work Study Practices Coordinator. Sarah is also a member of the district's Competency Implementation Team. Through this work, Sarah has been able to develop her leadership skills while working to refine the competency-based model within the Epping School District. Sarah has also been involved with the Performance Assessment of Competency Education state-wide Art & Music team and is a member of the New Hampshire Art Educators' Association.


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PCI/Doing Gender Lecture - Itinerant Data: Unveiling Gendered Scrutiny at the Border
Radha S. Hegde (Professor of Media, Culture and Communication, New York University, USA)
Utrecht University, 24 June 2019
Under what conditions do minority stories travel from the periphery to the centre? Technologized border regimes transform bodies with great speed into data and embed them within archives of suspicion. Examining the performance of surveillance rituals directed towards Muslim women at airports, this presentation discusses how classifications at digital frontiers reproduce familiar patterns of discrimination. The objections raised by Muslim women about the circulation of their cellular data serve as a point of departure to rethink national belonging in terms of the new itinerancy of data, corporeal transparency and the digital archive as expression and identification
Radha S. Hegde is Professor in the Department of Media, Culture and Communication at New York University. She is the author of Mediating Migration (2016), editor of Circuits of Visibility: Gender and Transnational Media Cultures (2011), and co-editor of Routledge Handbook of the Indian diaspora (2017). Currently she serves as the Dahlem International Network Professor for Gender Studies at the Freie Universität in Berlin.
Registration is compulsory
Location: Entrance at Muntstraat 2A, MCW-LAB (Grote zaal KNG20)
Register by sending an email to: nog@uu.nl
SCREENING AND LECTURE BY SERGIO RIGOLETTO (UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, USA)
Screening (13 May) + Lecture (22 May)
PCI Film Series presents Call Me by Your Name (dir. Luca Guadagnino, 2017)
Introduced by Sergio Rigoletto (University of Oregon, USA)
A sensual and transcendent tale of first love, based on the acclaimed novel by André Aciman
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, the new film by Luca Guadagnino, is a sensual and transcendent tale of first love, based on the acclaimed novel by André Aciman. It's the summer of 1983 in the north of Italy, and Elio Perlman (Timothée Chalamet), a precocious 17-year-old young man, spends his days in his family's 17th century villa transcribing and playing classical music, reading, and flirting with his friend Marzia (Esther Garrel). Elio enjoys a close relationship with his father (Michael Stuhlbarg), an eminent professor specializing in Greco-Roman culture, and his mother Annella (Amira Casar), a translator, who favor him with the fruits of high culture in a setting that overflows with natural delights. While Elio's sophistication and intellectual gifts suggest he is already a fully-fledged adult, there is much that yet remains innocent and unformed about him, particularly about matters of the heart. One day, Oliver (Armie Hammer), a 24-year-old American college graduate student working on his doctorate, arrives as the annual summer intern tasked with helping Elio's father. Amid the sun-drenched splendor of the setting, Elio and Oliver discover the heady beauty of awakening desire over the course of a summer that will alter their lives forever. Source (IMDb)
Call me by your Name (dir. Luca Guadagnino, Italy, France, Brazil, Usa 2017, 2.21 min)
Date: 13 May
Time: 17.00- 19.30
For more information: http://www.postcolonialstudies.nl/
Admission is free of charge. However, due to safety regulations, maximum capacity of the room is 80 people. No exceptions are made. First come, first seated
Lecture by Sergio Rigoletto (University of Oregon, USA)
The Lingering Specters of the Universal Story in Call Me By Your Name
Under what conditions do minority stories travel from the periphery to the centre? What compromises are required for these stories to enter mainstream contexts of production, distribution and consumption? Is this journey from the periphery to the center always already haunted by the experience of loss and by the betrayal of an original, truthful story?
At a time in which more and more film festivals historically dedicated to gay and lesbian issues leave behind their identity politics markers (e.g. the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival changing its name to BFI Flare) and filmmaker Xavier Dolan angrily refuses to accept the Queer Palme at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival under the motivation that "we shouldn't label a film 'gay'", these questions lay out some of the problems around the promotion, circulation and reception of stories which allegedly transcend their concern with difference and particularity in order to speak to all of us.
Ever since Call Me By Your Name premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, a common response to the film has been to celebrate it as a powerfully universal story. Exploring some of the distinctive ways in which the film may allow this type of response, this lecture asks whether Call Me By Your Name epitomizes a post-political moment for the kind of cinema that deals with LGBTQ lives, one in which the exclusionary trap of identity politics gets replaced by the universal aspiration to address everybody.
This lecture seeks to expose and make sense of the lingering (homophobic) specters that, according to several critics, have been banished from the dreamy arcadia of the Italian villa in which the love between Elio and Oliver blossoms. It will show that these specters are present in the form of a strange, eerie affect that haunts the film. By exploring the impact of this affect on the conditions of plausibility of the story, the lecture will demonstrate that CMBYN is indeed a universal story not despite but because of the function and significance of homosexuality within the film. It will show that the claim of universality carries an implicit aspiration to go beyond difference, an aspiration that is most apparent in the gesture of the benevolent critic who mentions the question of homosexuality within CMBYN only to quickly assert its irrelevance. This aspiration produces an excess that returns to haunt the experience of universal spectatorship that the film claims to address.
The lecture ultimately asks whether the category of 'universality' may be rescued from its traditionally essentialist grounding to account for contemporary conditions of spectatorships and experiences that do not elide difference but appear inextricably informed by it.
Sergio Rigoletto is Associate Professor of Italian and Cinema Studies at the University of Oregon (USA). He has a joint appointment in the Cinema Studies program and in the department of Romance Languages. His expertise is in European Cinema (especially Italian), Queer Cinema, Stars Studies, Film Comedy, and Television. His current research focuses on film star Anna Magnani, the question of authenticity in the media, and the queer art film. Some of his most recent publications are: Masculinity and Italian Cinema: Sexual Politics, Social Conflict and Male Crisis in the 1970s (Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, 2014); Popular Italian Cinema (co-edited with Louis Bayman) (Palgrave: Basingstoke, 2013).
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Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (PSP) Review
Posted on December 7, 2005 by davepoobond (DPB)	Leave a comment
Developer: Rockstar Leeds / Publisher: Rockstar Games || Overall: 9.5/10
Grand Theft Auto has finally made its way to a portable system in pure 3D. Only possible by taking advantage of the Playstation Portable's technology, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories is an amazing transition of this generation's Grand Theft Auto games from console to handheld. Regarded as the first major release on the PSP, Liberty City Stories is a major reason for owning the pricey handheld.
Taking place in Liberty City, the same city as in Grand Theft Auto III, you take the role of Toni Cipriani. For Grand Theft Auto III patrons, you'll remember Toni Cipriani from nearer to the beginning of the game that had the mom who'd yell through the window during the cutscenes where you would take missions from Toni. Being part of Salvatore Leone's gang, Toni will visit many familiar places and will see familiar faces that you will instantly recognize from GTA III. But, since Liberty City Stories is a prequel to Grand Theft Auto III, all the events that had actually taken place in Liberty City during GTA III haven't actually happened yet. As such, certain buildings will be under construction to reflect that Liberty City Stories is a prequel. Not to mention certain people still being alive. However, Liberty City is still intact just as it was played on the Playstation 2, but there are enough changes and shake-ups to the city that will make Liberty City Stories unique.
The most important thing to mention about the game is the controls. Unfortunately for the PSP, it just doesn't have as many buttons or analog sticks as the Dual Shock controllers do. But the hardware limitations don't stop the game from having good enough controls to make those limitations almost not be a factor. Almost. There are two pre-set configurations in the Controls menu which will change the functions of the shoulder buttons for car use. SETUP1 will make L the "Look" button, that when pressed you move the analog stick the direction you want to look at while driving, and the R button the hand brake. SETUP2 will give a closer feel to the controls of the console games, making the shoulder buttons look left, right, or behind when both are pressed. There are no differences between the setups for when you're on foot. There is also the option to change how you control the character – either with the analog stick or the directional buttons. Whatever movement selection is not used for primary movement, it will become less important, yet necessary, controls such as honking the horn, starting a special mission, radio station cycle, weapon cycle, and target cycle. Since the analog stick on the PSP is just about at a perfect sensitivity for moving and driving around, it's more beneficial to use the directional pad as the other functions. But any way you slice it, the only real problem you might have is when it comes to shooting and targeting with weapons. When you get into instances where there is a requirement for high-speed shooting and targeting action, the PSP's controls are not as responsive as a Dual Shock controller's and you may get frustrated having to try something over and over again.
Plenty of the aspects of the Grand Theft Auto games actually work well for the handheld arena. Mostly the Taxi, Ambulance, and Vigilante missions, as well as a few other special non-story missions can easily be initiated and completed within a very short amount of time. Even story missions are finer tuned and shorter to complete. Another big point to the formula is the loading times. The only time you'll see noticeable loading times are when you first start up the game, move around to other parts of Liberty City (which are the same as Grand Theft Auto III), and right before missions. While it could get annoying when you constantly retry the same mission, the loading times are very acceptable in the end and typically don't take out a chunk of your playing time. There is also a slight lag between switching radio stations as the audio loads, but nothing too out of the ordinary. As a consequence the UMD will be spinning most of the time, since the data will stream off, resulting in less actual playtime unless you've got an outlet nearby.
As for graphics and sound, they're exactly what is to be expected from the series. Not only that, it is truly amazing how they could pack it all in into such a small package. Compared to GTA III, the game looks to be on the same level, if not better. The cars look realistic, as well as the damage to the cars. Buildings themselves also look exactly how they should be remembered. The most impressive thing about it all is that the actual distance that you can see is a whole lot better than what had been done in almost any other GTA game. You might also notice a little bit of ghosting and frame rate, which is very solid, can drop at points. Radio stations are just as diverse as they were in GTA III, not to mention a couple more were added, along with the ability to play custom tracks off your memory stick. To utilize the custom tracks, however, you have to download a free program to your computer that will convert CDs into a format that the game can read – MP3s can't be directly used. Voice work is also nothing short of what is to be expected. All the voice actors that played reoccurring characters from the series have reprised their roles, and while it may sound a little tinny at times, there really isn't anything to complain about in that regard.
Besides a little bit of a shake-up in the control scheme, everything about the game gives the same experience of its console brethren. There's a great story in a huge city filled with tons of things to do for everyone, even veterans of the series that will spark enjoyment on some level, and you can take it anywhere you want. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories is by far the best game you can spend your money on at this point in the PSP's life.
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Q: Using sed to replace multiline xml I'm trying to use sed to edit/change a xml file, but I'm having problems with multilines
The file I want to change has (extract)
<keyStore>
  <location>repository/resources/security/apimanager.jks</location>
  <password>wso2carbon</password>
</keyStore>

I want to change the password (and only the keyStore password, the file has another password tag)
I'm trying
sed -i 's/\(<keyStore.*>[\s\S]*<password.*>\)[^<>]*\(<\/password.*>\)/\1$WSO2_STORE_PASS\2/g' $WSO2_PATH/$1/repository/conf/broker.xml

but it's not working (change nothing, pattern not found)
If I test the pattern in on-line tester (https://regex101.com/) it seems to work find.
Also, I have tried to replace the [\s\S]* by [^]*, but in this case, sed generate a syntax error.
I'm using Ubuntu 16.04.1.
Any suggestion will be welcome

A: Parsing XML with regular expressions is always going to be problematic, as XML is not a regular language. Instead, you can use a proper XML parser, for example with XMLStarlet:
xmlstarlet ed --inplace -u "keyStore/password" -v "$WSO2_STORE_PASS" $WSO2_PATH/$1/repository/conf/broker.xml

A: Sed is not the tool for the job. Use an XML-aware tool, for example xsh:
open { shift } ;
insert text { shift } replace //keyStore/password/text() ;
save :b ;

Run as
xsh script.xsh "$WSO2_PATH/$1/repository/conf/broker.xml" "$WSO2_STORE_PASS"


It refers to a battle between gods and demons. Indra (the king of the gods) was feeling dejected, so his wife Sachi took a thread, charged it with sacred verses (Mantras) for protection and tied it on Indra's hand. The strength of this thread helped Indra to conquer his enemies. This festival is celebrated since then.
During the medieval era, Rajputs were fighting Muslim invasions. Rakhi at that time meant a spiritual binding between siblings and the protection of sisters was foremost. A famous incident relates how rakhi broke religious barriers. When Rani Karnawati, the widowed queen of the king of Chittor realized that she could in no way defend the invasion of the Sultan of Gujarat, Bahadur Shah, she sent a rakhi to Emperor Humayun. The Emperor touched by the gesture set off with his troops in aid of Chittor without wasting any time.
The oldest reference to the festival of rakhi goes back to 300 B.C. at the time when Alexander invaded India. It is said that the great conqueror, King Alexander of Macedonia was shaken by the fury of the Indian king Puru in his first attempt. Upset by this, Alexander's wife, who had heard of the Rakhi festival, approached King Puru. King Puru accepted her as his sister and when the opportunity came during the war, he refrained from harming Alexander.


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The Indonesia Business Council for Sustainable Development (IBCSD) convened high-level meeting on building commitment and collaborative actions for green lifestyles for sustainable consumption and production at Mercantile Athletic Club, Jakarta on 31 January 2019. This event marks the conclusion of the IBCSD-supported series of activities on promoting green lifestyles for responsible consumption and production in Indonesia. Companies operating in Indonesia, at least 13 companies, made declaration of commitment to support the implementation of sustainable consumption and production. More than 100 participants from various stakeholders: government and non-government partners, private sector, development partners and academia participated in this event.
Chairman of IBCSD, Sihol Aritonang, in his opening speech shared major conclusion from the IBCSD-supported study on green lifestyles program. "From private sector perspective, sustainable consumption and production like two sides of the same coin can be achieved by two collaborative movements: equipping the capacity of the internal supply-chain to adopt sustainable principles (upstream level) and educating consumers to choose 'green' products (downstream level)", said Sihol Aritonang.


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title: 'Publishers Weekly: Best Books of 2017, Top 25 Fiction'
date: 2017-10-27 12:00:00
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Pachinko is a Top 25 Fiction selection for PUBLISHERS WEEKLY's BEST BOOKS OF 2017. Thank you.

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Declaration of variable: – In java, variables are the names of storage location. After designing suitable variable name, we must declare them to the compiler. declaration does three things. (1) It tells the compiler what the variable name (2) It specifies what type of data the variable will hold. (3) The place of declaration decides the scope of variables.
Scope of variable: – Java variables are actually classified into three kinds. They are instance variable, class variable and local variable.
Instance variable are created when the objects are initialized and there for they are associated with the object. They tech different values for each object. Class variables, on the other hand, are global to a class and belong to the entire set of object that class create. Only one memory location created for each class. Variables declared and used inside the methods are called local variables. They are called so because they are not available outside the method. Local variables can also be declared inside the program blocks that are defined between the opening and closing curly braces. These variables are visible to the program only from the beginning of its program block to the end of the program block. When the program control leaves a block, all the variables in the block will ceases to exit. The area of the program where the variable is accessible is called scope of variable.


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Information Systems Schools
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Information Systems Schools in Brockton, MA
With an overall population of 94,304 and a student population of 10,017, approximately 7,941 of Brockton students attend one of Brockton's schools that offer information systems programs.
The largest information systems school in Brockton, by student population, is Massasoit Community College. In 2010, Massasoit Community College graduated approximately 1 students with credentials in information systems.
In 2010, 1 students graduated with an information systems degree in Brockton. In 2009 tuition at information systems schools in Brockton was $3,288 per year, on average.
You should also anticipate spending about $800 for information systems related books and supplies every year.
Information Systems Salaries and Career Outlook in Brockton
Many information systems graduates choose to work as information systems professionals after graduation. If you choose to follow that path and remain in Brockton, your job prospects are average. In 2010, 1 out of every 131 information systems professionals in Massachusetts were working in the greater Brockton area. Brockton's information systems professional workforce is projected to increase by 11% by the year 2018. This anticipated change is slower than the projected nationwide trend for information systems professionals.
The average salary you can expect to earn as an information systems professional in Brockton is $80,270 per year. This is lower than the state-wide average salary for information systems professionals.
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Eddie Bolden has tears in his eyes as he hugs his son Dominique, less than a week after he was released from prison after 22 years, during Dominque's graduation from Goshen College on April 24, 2016. Dominique was less than a year old when Bolden was sentenced to life in prison for a double murder he did not commit. "I didn't realize the effect that I had on him simply through the letters and visits and phone calls," said Bolden.


Check out my newest Nordstrom Picks for Fashion Friday!
FASHION FRIDAY FEATURING NORDSTROM IS HERE!
This weeks Fashion Friday is going to feature womens fashion from Nordstrom. Nordstrom is one of my absolute favorite places to shop. They have all different price points, and they have SALES! So even though they do not have coupons, they do have sales quite often! Nordstrom always has classic & trendy pieces for kids, women, & men.
First is one of my favorite shoe Brands that I get from Nordstrom, Bernardo!
You can see my new favorite Bernardo shoes here!
Next up is Wit & Wisdom, another brand I LOVE to shop at Nordstrom. The jeans are SO reasonable & fit so well!
Next up my quite possible FAVORITE brand to shop at Nordstrom, BP!I love BP so much! They are SO reasonable in price, and such cute day-to-day casual looks! SUCH cute sweaters, tees, jeans, even shoes!
Next up is all about the WEDGE! WEGES are back! I shared my favorite. Some from Linea Paolo Gigi are GORGEOUS! I can't choose YET!
Next up is Jeffrey Campbell shoes. Now mind you some of these are for the ladies who are more of risk-takers in fashion. Some of these shoes are not for every day. They are so beautiful though! I have a few I am watching for sales!
The last shoe share is a new TREND ALERT! Womens oxford shoes are the new shoe THANG! Taken from the look of mens work shoes, these are new modern takes on the oxford! Do you like them? Would you rock them?
Last but not least is Halogen! Another one of my FAVES from Nordstrom! Lots of pieces on sale right now too!
There you have it! Another Fashion Friday in the books! What are your favorite brands to shop at Nordstrom? Are you into the women's oxford trend?
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The human experience is tough, but we are tougher.
Today I felt something staring at me and when I looked above my laptop screen and outside of my window, I saw a robin on top of my neighbor's garage staring at me. It felt intense. I looked up the meaning of robins and it resonated with me.
I've been thinking about my father a lot recently and last night the scent of his cologne traveled up my nostrils. The robin happens to be a symbol a loved one is around.
It is also a symbol of good luck and planting new seeds. It means no matter what is going on in your life, you find a way to be content. The robin teaches us to move forward with grace.
I thought it was such a reassuring message – especially during spring.
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'Lego building': Can modular housing disrupt the US housing market?
Lucy Wallwork Monday, November 12, 2018
Daily headlines carry news of technologies "disrupting the market." One of the latest stories is that of pre-fabricated, "modular housing" and what it could do to transform the way the construction industry operates. If there was ever an industry in need of disruption, it is homebuilding.
Changing the playbook for the construction industry
The playbook for housebuilding has changed little since the early days of human civilization. Materials are dragged to site, in a more or less high-tech fashion. We then pray for the weather to hold off, and then we fit them all together.
Modular housing promises to take much of the risk and complication out of that process by performing most of the construction work in a weathertight plant. Panels are manufactured in a factory and slotted together on site, often in a matter of hours — a true "plug and play" model.
Precision architecture allows designers to build highly efficient, sustainable buildings — a far cry from the flimsy boxes many of us associate with prefab. One modular housing architect said that designing these "lego houses" feels more like product design than traditional architecture.
Modular housing is no novelty. It is in fact a clever rebranding of what we knew in the 1960s as the "prefabs," which have become unpopular and dogged by a reputation for drabness.
But the return to the prefabricated approaches the 1960s (albeit an improved version) is no accident. Those technologies were similarly a high-tech response to crisis. In the years after the Second World War, there were huge pressures to provide homes for war veterans, with young families to house.
Tentative steps in the US
In the U.S., startup companies have been trialing the method — creating modules in a factory that are stacked together like Legos once they arrive on site. However, there have been ups and downs.
The people behind the 416 Dean Street modular skyscraper in New York sold their factory after completing, after being beset by delays and disputes before they were finally able to top out. Even so, they still insist that the future is modular. With big hitters like Amazon now investing in the sector, perhaps they are right.
The politics of the industry could also be intriguing. Some have suggested that, given the difficulties of importing entire houses from factories on far-off countries, the future of modular building — despite its factory-based, high-tech nature — is likely to be as a local industry. That will be popular with politicians.
Rethinking materials: Exploring the 'new concrete'
Great progress in materials have made the new generation of modular housing much more sustainable and efficient. Materials like cross-laminated timber (CLT) – which is strong, rigid, durable, and actually extracts carbon from the atmosphere rather than dumping waste — have been described as "the new concrete."
CLT offers the tantalising prospect of simultaneously combating the housing crisis and the environmental crisis — especially given that the construction industry contributes a good chunk of our greenhouse gas emissions. The most ardent CLT advocates have suggested we might build the Empire State Building out of wood.
The holy grail of flexibility
One of the many things modular housing has been called is the "holy grail of design." But I think that view is missing a trick. Modular housing offers much more than design freedom. In fact, it is the flexibility they offer that is the holy grail.
Rather than buying at the top of your budget and growing into a house, your house can shape-shift around you. Modular concepts like the ADU (accessory dwelling unit) allow you to "add on" units in your own back yard — either as a traditional "granny" unit, to generate income through a lodger, to house a struggling graduate child, or to house a caregiver for when we get older.
A very different scale of approach from ADUs are the mega-projects that are being discussed. Manufacturing powerhouse China is busy building factories in the U.K. and is planning output of 25,000 homes per year by 2022. Larger schemes can also be flexible — able to be dismantled and moved, to expand or contract, depending on changing needs.
Upcycled houses — life in a shipping container
An alternative riff on this approach has been the rise of the residential shipping container. Dubbed as "cargotecture," this method is often limited to "emergency" and interim strategies – housing the homeless, victims of natural disasters, or others completely locked out of the housing market.
Containers can be bought cheaply to make compact, affordable homes for those who struggle to afford to buy, and was first experimented with by the ever-pioneering Netherlands and Germany. While they need to overcome problems with insulation (steel is a good heat conductor), the fact they use up-cycled materials that would otherwise be thrown away makes them very sustainable.
These container homes are now spreading from Europe to the U.S. Unsurprisingly they have popped up where there is most pressure on land and prices — in cripplingly expensive Oakland, California, as "Containertopia," and the SeaUA experiment in D.C.
The outlook for scaling up modular housing
Modular technologies are churning out increasingly more exciting designs, but the challenge is changing perceptions. Our perceptions of what a "home" is can be as resistant to change as conventions over how they are built.
As some have pointed out the industry has not yet reached the "disruptive" tipping point, despite the hype. Prefab houses haven't yet broken out of the pages of architectural magazines to become accepted for large-scale affordable schemes.
That is likely to change. There are all kinds of opportunities to take these processes further, such as the use of robotics in these housing factories. The logical next step might be sci-fi futures like 3-D-printed houses. But the houses themselves are only half of the equation — to take this to the next level, more has to be done by municipalities to free up land to build these Lego creations on.
Lucy is a UK-based urban and environmental planner, with a background in Open Data policy and energy policy. She is fascinated by how we grow our cities and towns, and how we can learn from place, as well as how apparently dull policy details can transform the experience of our everyday built and natural environment. She writes here about urban spaces in the U.S. and beyond from all kinds of perspective — from the busker to the policy maker.
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Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are a key management tool for the conservation of biodiversity and restoration of marine communities. While large, well-designed and enforced MPAs have been found to be effective, results from small MPAs vary. The Hawkesbury Shelf, a coastal bioregion in New South Wales, Australia, has ten small, near-shore MPAs known as Aquatic Reserves with a variety of protection levels from full no-take to partial protection. This study assessed the effectiveness of these MPAs and analysed how MPA age, size, protection level, wave exposure, habitat complexity, and large canopy-forming algal cover affected fish, invertebrate and benthic communities. We found aspect, protection level, complexity and algal canopy to be important predictors of communities in these MPAs. Most MPAs, however, were not effective in meeting their goals. Only full no-take protection (three out of ten MPAs) had a significant impact on fish assemblages. One no-take MPA-Cabbage Tree Bay-which is naturally sheltered from wave action and benefits from an active local community providing informal enforcement, accounted for most of the increased richness of large fish and increased biomass of targeted fish species. Our findings suggest that small MPAs can enhance biodiversity and biomass on a local scale but only if they have full no-take protection, are in sheltered locations with complex habitat, and have positive community involvement to engender support and stewardship. These results provide a baseline for robust assessment of the effectiveness of small MPAs and inform future management decisions and small MPA design in other locations.


USAID's Justice System Strengthening Program, a four-year rule of law activity that focuses on promoting a judicial system that adheres to high standards of independence, impartiality, integrity, accountability, and transparency, and on supporting the functioning and integration of judicial structures in the north.
USAID, through the Justice System Strengthening Program assists the Kosovo Judicial Council (KJC) and Kosovo's courts in consolidating gains in efficiency and management at the court level. This is accomplished by facilitating the decentralization of administrative competencies and institutionalizing systems and tools for effective court and case management. Activities under this objective reduce case backlog and procedural obstacles to court efficiency and effectiveness.
The program works closely with the KJC, judges, and court staff in building capacity to deliver justice professionally and efficiently. It also promotes continuing education and public integrity initiatives as the foundation for a judiciary that is accessible, credible, and effective.
USAID Justice System Strengthening Program supports the KJC and the courts in activating judicial structures in northern Kosovo based on the Justice Sector Agreement that was signed between the governments of Kosovo and Serbia in 2015. This agreement provides for the integration of institutions, court operations, and judicial resources in the north. This USAID program also assists individual courts in the region with case inventories and transfers, backlog reduction, case management, and capacity-building for judges and court staff.
o Case clearance rate in Basic Courts increased from 83% (December 2015) to 165% (June 2018) as a result of USAIDs activity. This means that the number of resolved cases is greater than the number of filed cases and that the total inventory of cases is being reduced, from 408,803 at the end of 2015 to 229,551 in June 2018.
o Increased the number of published court decisions from 87 as of October 2016, to over 7,000 as of December 2018.
o Trained 234 of Kosovo's 399 judges (59%) on the Code of Ethics, in the first (and ongoing) training conducted as part of mandatory continuing legal education for judges.
o Initiated an early case screening mechanism that has reviewed more than 3,000 civil cases at select piloted courts, flagging more than 1700 cases where filing fees were unpaid. This has led to the recovery of approximately €62,000 in court fees, and will increase revenue collection going forward through the increased fee compliance that the screening is generating.
o Supported Kosovo Judicial Council in developing 43 legislative and regulatory acts, policies and procedures designed to promote court efficiency, transparency and integrity, and to enhance judicial independence.
o Surveyed court users to gauge their satisfaction with court efficiency, transparency and integrity. The results indicate that court users express greater satisfaction with the judiciary than the general population, as indicated by the Public Pulse survey.
o Functionalized newly integrated courts in northern Kosovo by furnishing and rehabilitating courthouses, training court staff and providing orientation packages for newly integrated judges, including rules and regulations governing the judiciary.
Partner: Millennium DPI Partners L.L.C.


After talking recently about modern technology and drones , today I'd like to talk about computers and video games consoles, especially the old classics (remember the Atari?) that take us back to our childhood and give us fond memories of our first real experience with electronics.
I'm not sure exactly why I got thinking about all this really, as old 80's classics back in the day, while contributing to a fantastic era to grow up in is seldom thought about, especially as the video game industry has grown exponentially over the years.
I was mindlessly swiping through my newsfeed on Facebook the other day and I came across a post from a friend of mine sharing a link to a YouTube video with a corresponding comment saying something along the lines of 'Hilarious! You've got to see this!' I naturally clicked and it was basically a video of a young man playing a video game in his bedroom. To the viewer, all you could see was his screen and the activity on it and hear the sounds of the game as he was playing. It was what looked to me like a war-based game but with horses and a myriad of modern advanced weaponry and to be honest, the graphics and playability looked the best I've ever seen. It was amazing. What was more impressive however was the audio. Some chief or commander gave a running commentary as the bloodshed took place in the form of observations and orders shouted to his team. This in itself, was exceptional. It was no different to watching a modern day Oscar winning warfare movie, with the lead role being performed and delivered superbly. It was only when the boy's mother walked in the room that I realized what was going on. The commentary stopped momentarily and continued with 'Can't you see I'm playing a game here mom?' It was the lad playing the video who was providing the audio the whole time! At first I honestly thought he had the volume up and was playing silently. Anyway, I digress slightly.
All this got me thinking about just how far technology has come. Video games when I was a teenager were nothing compared to this. I appreciate that it's all relative but I struggle to imagine now how excited we used to get as kids when new games came out on to the market. Poorly digitized blocks moving around other blocks firing pixels into other blocks accompanied by the most awful bleeps and sonic crashes. The two couldn't be so far removed from each other. However, when I think back to my childhood, nothing gives me more joy than to reminisce over the early games we accumulated and the basic electronic devices, the consoles we had at our disposal to try and play them. Back then the whole concept of technology was new, and these games consoles, to us, were groundbreaking.
The first I can remember wasn't a console as such, at least not as we know it today, it was more of a small black plastic box with a power switch, a connector that connected to the aerial socket on the back of a black and white portable TV and two hand-held controllers - each with one (just one) control knob in the centre. This could be turned clockwise or counter-clockwise (like a volume dial) in order to achieve a left/right or up/down combination. These were called 'paddles' if I remember correctly. Once turned on, the game had one load up screen with a selection of options. The options were called games but consisted only of a moving ball that was always in motion and one or a series of hard moveable surfaces that you controlled with your paddle. When two players got together with their corresponding paddles the game function as what we know today as tennis. How times have changed. I was possibly six or seven years old back then.
A year or so after I discovered the first real games console that everything else would possibly originate from. It was called an Atari 2600 and to us back then it was something that revolutionized the gaming industry. The Atari had a huge port in the centre whereby you could insert games cartridges. This excited us beyond measure. Games were in colour and it seemed like the days of the paddle were finally over as we finally became acquainted with its successor: the joystick. I don't think we saw daylight for weeks. I can only assume the chap in the YouTube video hasn't either. If you're interested in getting hold of one of these classic consoles, there's a great site selling used consoles at great rates. Check out http://www.used.forsale for more info.
Thanks for reading guys! Until next time..


Vibrant flavors of freshly chopped basil leaves and ripe olives come together in this aromatic premium extra virgin olive oil. A classic for Mediterranean cooking.
Pairs well with: 18 Year Traditional Balsamic, Sicilian Lemon White, Oregano White, and Neapolitan Herb Dark Balsamic.
Tasting notes and serving suggestions: Try it on a Caprese salad, over pasta, or on roasted or grilled vegetables. Delicious tossed with angel hair pasta, blistered cherry tomatoes, and freshly shaved Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese. Pair it with the Sicilian Lemon balsamic, add some grilled vegetable and orzo for a fresh, light meal. Terrific brushed on steak, fish or chicken before grilling.


Author Scott King came on the show to chat writing multi-genre, going from screenwriter to novelists, and more!
Until moving to Texas, to follow his wife's career, King worked as college professor teaching photography, digital arts, and writing related classes. He now works full time as a game photographer and author.


Wooded pond front lot, a full acre in size! Peaceful pond view and neighbors at a distance. Enjoy the colors and sounds of nature in this tranquil paradise.
Great location near Poplar Creek Landing and Lake Marion access. Make this wooded lot your spot near the lake.


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Bolzoni Auramo Canada 20th Anniversary
In the 1990s Canada was the largest exporter in the world of forest products amounting to 25 million tons. Following the increasing demand of Canadian paper mills and printing companies for damage free handling solutions, in 1992 the Finnish forest products manufacturer Auramo decided to establish a new company Auramo Ltd in Dollard des Ormeaux, Quebec, a region accounting for the largest share of total paper production. In 2001, Italian Bolzoni acquired Finnish Auramo and later the Canadian subsidiary changed its name to Bolzoni Auramo Canada Ltd, further extending its range of lift truck attachments.
From the beginning, the strong focus on customized damage-free handling solutions and the wide choice of paper roll clamps, bale clamps and other specialized attachments for paper handling, has enabled the company to build up powerful partnerships with paper mills, printing companies and logistic warehouses.
In close cooperation with all major forklift distributors, Bolzoni Auramo Canada is business partner in many industries including paper and pulp, lumber, recycling, plastics, metals, food and beverages, fishery, pharmaceutical, logistics and any general handling, supplying its complete range of parallel clamps, multiple pallet handlers, rotators and many other attachments.
The line of fork positioners, characterized by excellent visibility, reduced dimensions and well-proven design, include models for heavy, medium and light applications ensuring less pallet damage and operation times in any pallet handling operation.
In addition, a local stock of high quality Bolzoni forks will be made available to the market in the second half of 2012.
"We would not have reached this milestone without those who appreciated our products" says Gilles Ganassa, Branch Director "and our thanks go out to everyone who has taken part in our success, our customers, our company team and our colleagues worldwide".
High quality attachments, products handling expertise, dedicated service and training to support the client in any handling situation: Bolzoni Auramo Canada looks forward to continuing the co-operation with its customers, providing a high level of reliability, cost effectiveness and developing logistics solutions to face the common future challenges.
Bolzoni Auramo Group is a market leader in the production of forklift truck attachments, lift tables and forks. The organisation has manufacturing plants in Italy, Germany, Finland, America and China and through its network of direct branches and independent dealers covering all continents it is able to satisfy all market requirements.
For more information about Bolzoni Auramo Canada, please contact:
Bolzoni Auramo Canada Ltd / Gilles Ganassa
Tel: +1-800-685-7871 (Canada only) - +1-514-685-7871


If you want to manually enter your US payroll deductions into Kashoo, please follow the instructions below. Once you know what you need to pay your employees and the government, here's what to do in Kashoo.
Note: If you operate a business in Canada, please see our article Entering Payroll Deductions - Canada.
Kashoo by default already has a "Payroll Expense" account, so you will only need to add some payroll liability accounts.
Note: If you imported your own chart of accounts, then be sure that you do have an equivalent Payroll Expense account as these instructions assume you do.
Liability accounts are the accounts you use for money that your company owes. When you pay an employee, you deduct payroll taxes that you'll then remit to the government.
To create those accounts go to Accounts in the left hand navigation menu.
If you look at the Liabilities / Credit Cards section, you will see the new accounts you created.
You can enter your employee payroll by going to the Bills to Pay page.
So after taxes, the Gross Pay of $1,000.00 becomes Net Pay of $755.20. Notice that all the taxes are negative amounts while the Gross pay is positive.
Note 2: To get the Tax and Remittances accounts to show up in the Expense Account field, you will have to scroll down to the bottom and click Show All Accounts. Alternatively, you can simply start typing in the account name into the text box and it will display accounts that match the name.
After you click Add to add the payroll deduction expenses, you can click on Edit to view the summary of this transaction or click Duplicate to duplicate this transaction. The Duplicate function is great because you can enter multiple payroll entries in a row by simply changing the employee's name (the Supplier field) and the deductions amounts.
The transaction history is found in the lower portion of the Supplier Page.
You'll find your payroll accounts in the Liability part of the report.
When you remit payroll taxes to the government, you can do so from the Income and Expenses page.


Andrew Perkins looks at what motivates a business to expand into the franchise market and what are the considerations it needs to have regard to.
Andrew's article on whichfranchise.com, looks at a whole host of reasons, some obvious and some more subtle, why businesses choose to grow through a franchise model rather through traditional expansion.
To read Andrew's full article, please click here.