The only recognised treatment available to anyone suffering a stroke, is a life-saving drug known as tPA (tissue Plasminogen Activator). If administered within a few hours of the stroke occurring, it benefits 80% of patients by dissolving the clot that caused the damage. That the good news.
The flip side is that the use of tPA also dissolves a protective barrier along with the clot, allowing white blood cells to flood in and cause inflammation, which itself can cause severe brain damage to the patient.
With the invaluable help and long-term commitment of supporters like you, scientists at The Heart Research Institute are working on what would be a 'World First' breakthrough. They believe they've uncovered a therapy that will boost the benefits of tPA, while blocking the harmful side-effect, thereby offering vastly improved protection to stroke victims.
Stroke survivor Ross Waldron was just 29 when he suffered a stroke.
Ross was given tPA, which dissolved the clot and assured his survival... but it also triggered parallel inflammation, which was damaging in its own way. "The left side of my brain was so swollen that it pushed the right side 8 millimetres across," says Ross. "I still can't feel much on the right side of my body at all... and I still have trouble with fine motor skills in my right hand. But I'm alive, even though I can no longer follow my career as a musician."
Professor Shaun Jackson and his team in The HRI's Thrombosis Group have discovered how the dark side of tPA operates and are currently developing a new blocking therapy to be given to patients alongside tPA. This would stop the blood cells from rushing in and causing the inflammation that affected Ross. If successful, this new blocking therapy will dramatically improve outcomes for patients and could even extend the window of time in which stroke patients can be treated... meaning more stroke victims would survive.
This ground-breaking research underlines just how vital your long-term support is for heart research. While current research results are extremely positive, it will still be another 4 to 5 years before a large scale clinical trial is possible. That's how long these things take. But if successful, the world will have a new therapy that stops inflammation to the brain, preventing injury and saving lives.
This is the vital work your support is making possible.
Thank you again for everything you do to help us save lives. This type of research could quite simply not happen without you.


Wallace Hume Carothers invented the miracle fabric of the modern era: nylon.
Carothers was born in Burlington, but his family moved to Des Moines when he was 5. His father, Ira, taught at Capital City Commercial College. The quiet, studious lad attended Sabin Elementary School.
He and his chums, who called him "Doc" and "Professor," established a club and experimented with electricity. Later, while attending North High, Carothers turned his bedroom into a laboratory. He earned money by reading water meters and clerking at the Des Moines Public Library.
He attended the commercial college where his father taught, and later graduated from Tarkio College in Missouri. By 1926 he was teaching chemistry at Harvard.
DuPont lured him away to Wilmington, Del., in 1928 and set him up in his own lab with a team of scientists "to work on problems of your own choosing." The final giant molecule of nylon was synthesized on Feb. 28, 1935.
In 1936 Carothers married Helen Sweetman, who worked in the DuPont legal division.
Carothers did not live long enough to see his genius celebrated with the rapid commercial success of nylon. In April 1937, he felt overworked and was depressed by the death of his sister Isobel, a nationally known radio actress.
Two days after his 41st birthday, in a hotel room in Philadelphia, he drank a fatal poison mixture.
Carothers has another claim to fame: He is one of three scientists who discovered neoprene, the first successful synthetic rubber, in 1931.


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New York Times Admits: Trump Can't Be Criminally Charged From Their Tax Story
The New York Times admits that President Donald Trump cannot be criminally charged in connection to any alleged strategies he used to help his family pay less taxes.
The Times is hyping a story on Trump's taxes as the mainstream media case against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh falls apart. Anti-Trump conspirators still hope to charge Trump in New York state in a last-ditch bid to spark a constitutional crisis to deflect from Robert Mueller's failure to find any Russian collusion. (RELATED: Trump Assassination Play Sponsored By The New York Times).
The Times reports, in the only paragraph from their article worth reading: "The Times's findings raise new questions about Mr. Trump's refusal to release his income tax returns, breaking with decades of practice by past presidents. According to tax experts, it is unlikely that Mr. Trump would be vulnerable to criminal prosecution for helping his parents evade taxes, because the acts happened too long ago and are past the statute of limitations. There is no time limit, however, on civil fines for tax fraud."
The conspirators have moved on from hoping Mueller finds something to instead hoping somebody in the U.S. Attorney's office in the Southern District of New York can claim they found something through Michael Cohen.
President Donald Trump's enemies in the Robert Mueller team and in Preet Bharara's orbit in the New York U.S. Attorney offices are launching a last-ditch bid to try to charge Trump with something in order to force a "constitutional crisis," according to a top FBI source.
Department of Justice (DOJ) attorneys have held several meetings with New York prosecutors to discuss the Deep State plan to damage President Donald Trump, according to a longtime former FBI special agent and a whistleblower in the Robert Mueller case.
I explain the Mueller camp's new strategy here (Twitter might say that page doesn't exist, but just click on the Periscope link anyway to watch the video):
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Dan Crenshaw White Knights for Liz Cheney After Republicans Blast Her Support for Trump's Second Impeachment
Liz Cheney, daughter of Dick, was one of ten GOP House members to vote "yes" on President Donald Trump's unprecedented second impeachment. Then when some were calling on Cheney to resign over her disgraceful vote, Dan Crenshaw, who voted against impeachment, quickly came to her defense and announced his "full support" for her.
"Let's get some truth on the record: @Liz_Cheney has a hell of a lot more backbone than most, & is a principled leader with a fierce intellect," Crenshaw tweeted Wednesday afternoon. "She will continue to be a much needed leader in the conference, with my full support."
"We can disagree without tearing each other apart," he added.
Let's get some truth on the record: @Liz_Cheney has a hell of a lot more backbone than most, & is a principled leader with a fierce intellect. She will continue to be a much needed leader in the conference, with my full support.
We can disagree without tearing eachother apart. https://t.co/yMLary1kLj
— Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) January 13, 2021
Crenshaw himself was then roundly criticized in the replies to his tweet.
The people of Wyoming can do better than Liz Cheney, like the people of Texas can do better than you
— Ryan James Girdusky (@RyanGirdusky) January 13, 2021
I wish SNL never mocked you, because then you'd just be some un-known RINO, but unfortunately they made you a star.
— Mark Dice (@MarkDice) January 13, 2021
Really thought you were the man. Much respect for your service and sacrifice, but if you are part of the GOP trying to purge the party of Trumpism. Count me out. I can't handle more Romney n McCain candidates
— Andrew Sean (@aehoosierdaddy) January 13, 2021
So sad. Turns out your just another politician. You're right about disagreeing. You'll see it at the ballot box next election how we can peacefully disagree.
— Rhonda Mc (Parler @rkmcsp) (@rkm_64) January 13, 2021
Cheney's vote comes as no surprise. Big League Politics reported on her recent statement in support of Trump's second impeachment, part of which read: "There has never been a greater betrayal by a President of the United States of his office and his oath to the Constitution. I will vote to impeach the President." For this CNN laughably called her the "conscience of Republicans."
Read More: No, Liz Cheney is Not the Future of the GOP
As the old saying goes, "birds of a feather flock together." Dan Crenshaw and Liz Cheney most certainly do not represent the future of the GOP.

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I've put the whole list of continually updating videos on this Go game over here, so you can watch them form the beginning.
A few days ago, a guy named Raymond Lim sent me an email with some questions about how to do something with TDD. He has been working on creating a game engine for "Go" game, for practice.
I thought it would make for a fun tdd pairing session, so we short the first part of that today.
Here's part one, which is just less than 2 hours long, where we setup the environment, and get going with some simple engine rules. you get to see how engaging and and fun it can be to pair, and how important communication is. Also, you get to see a bunch of times where test-first saves our asses.
It's not perfect, but it's basically how I'd approach this problem in the real world.
Have fun, and let me know if you'd like to see the rest of the session(s) we haven't shot yet. Thanks Raymond, for having an open mind, and a willingness to jump into the deep water!


This pale ale with balances bitterness vs sweetness. crafted from the blends of pilsner malt, roasted munich malt, it has a medium body with moderate carbonation. it delivers a malty caramel note flanked by tropical lychee, citrus and floral aromas that glide into a long finish, thanks to the robust 'hoppiness' profile of the cascade and columbus hops. chalawan pale ale is a good thirst quencher and flavorful party beer.


It may not seem like it when you are preparing your resume from the safe confines of your room. But the job market can be a harsh, cruel place. Every day millions of job seekers worldwide send out their resumes through the Internet or on foot. And every day, millions of job seekers' resumes are rejected or outright discarded.
You may not even receive word from the recruiter. Research conducted by recruitment specialists BeHiring showed that recruiters review a resume 200 seconds after it has landed on their table. In the 5 to 7 seconds it takes them to scan, more resumes are rejected than accepted.
How do you prevent your resume from being rejected? Here are the 10 most common reasons why resumes fail to land the interview.
The study by BeHiring showed that it only takes one mistake in spelling or grammar for your resume to be rejected.
If you think recruiters are over-reacting to just one mistake in spelling or grammar, put yourself in their position. Would you invest thousands of dollars every month in someone who won't even bother to spell or grammar-check his resume?
Run your resume through Grammarly.
Review your resume through the different stages of preparation.
Run it through the spelling and grammar check of your program.
Have a trusted friend or associate review your resume.
To err is human but spelling and grammar mistakes are simply unacceptable for recruiters.
The reason why cover letters remain relevant is because it connects your resume with the job you are pursuing. But the cover letter will not get you the interview; the resume will.
If your cover letter was able to establish the connection, your resume should validate it. As we discussed in Chapter 4, storytelling is an effective approach to stating your case. Weave your storyline throughout the resume beginning with the Header.
No matter how great your resume reads of how glowing the achievements are, if there is no connection to the job pursuit your application will be rejected.
For recruiters, reviewing resumes is second nature. They've developed an intuition for reading resumes that they can tell if you put enough thought and effort behind it by identifying visual cues.
You may want to keep your resume short and sweet but indicating your scope of responsibilities as "Designed Strategies" and "Conducted Research" will leave a sour taste.
Your resume should be customized for the job position you want and for the company.
As we discussed in Chapter 2, companies today that place greater importance on right-fit personalities over technical and fundamental competencies. How you compose your resume will give recruiters a firm perspective on whether you are right-fit with the organization or not.
The purpose of the resume is to land you the interview. It should not be designed to impress the recruiter with technical jargon. There is a time and place to become technical and it is not in your resume.
It may be 7 seconds or it could be 7 minutes. But recruiters do not want to spend precious time deciphering your content. Speak in a language which everyday people can understand.
If the recruiter feels he or she has to open a dictionary to understand your resume, it may well end up in the trash bin.
Throughout this book, we have discussed the importance of structure; of having cohesion in your resume in order to support your branded value proposition. Structure gives your resume greater focus and firmly establishes your purpose.
Recruiters will spend most of their time on your work experience. They can easily spot loopholes and raise questions on your time line. This usually happens when there are gaps between tenure. Many job seekers are afraid of gaps but these are actually part of your story.
If you refer to Chapter 6, if there are gaps, use the Functional Resume Format where you can place Achievements or Accomplishments before Work Experience. A recruiter can see what you did during the period you were not employed.
You could have taken additional training courses, completed higher education or spent 1-2 years working as a freelancer.
Keep the recruiter in mind when you are writing your resume. It must keep the recruiter on the correct train of thought when following your content.
Believe it or not, a recruiter can and will reject your resume at the Header.
If the recruiter sees your complete address and realize logistics may affect your availability for work or compromise your ability to carry out extra hours, your application will be declined.
You are not required to provide your full address. Your city, state and zip code should suffice.
Think of your resume as prime real estate. If you want it to appreciate in value, you should only put up relevant and important information.
Recruiters have their ways of unearthing the truth. They could see inconsistencies in your content, they may know people in the companies you identified in your work experience or it could be intuition. The thing is, you'll never know.
Lying has no place in a resume. A "white lie" will not add value. A 3.6 GPA cannot be rounded off to 4.0. Paraphrasing your duties and responsibilities to make them look more important will not work because it will detract from the rest of your story line. Once you go off the rails, it will be hard to get back on track.
Job responsibilities are not job accomplishments. Recruiters are more interested in what you were able to do than what you did.
C – Context; Your title and scope of responsibilities.
C – Challenge; The problem presented by the organization for your resolution.
A – Action; The course or courses of action you implemented to resolve the challenge.
R – Result; The outcome of the course of action and how it impacted the performance of the organization.
Without specific instances, your work experience loses value.
Social media gives people a false sense of entitlement. People become reckless with their content believing no one of consequence will be reading.
The same study by BeHiring showed that 68% of recruiters will look you up in social media specifically Facebook. Sure it is your private page and you should be allowed to post what you want. But so is drinking alcohol.
You should be responsible with what you do because there could be consequences to your actions.
Recruiters want to know "Who You Are". Social media has given them an unfiltered view of your life outside the confines of work.
Think twice before you post content on social media when you're active in the job market. In fact, you should clear out potentially damaging content before you start actively applying.
An e-mail is a prerequisite for every resume. But if your e-mail address is "[email protected]___" or "[email protected]_____", it will bury your chances of getting considered.
In the BeHiring study, 76% of recruiters will reject your resume if your e-mail address is inappropriate.
Your e-mail address must be simple yet professional. Recruiters only want to see your name, your initials or variations that still validate your professional identity.
Take the time to create a professional e-mail address from Yahoo! or Gmail. It may be difficult to find an original e-mail address but stay with it. It will be time well spent.
It is not the end of the world if your resume is rejected. There are factors that you cannot control once you submit your resume.
Recruiters are people with unique preferences and expectations. You will not know how the recruiter will view or respond to your resume.
The job may already have been filled and the post was not recalled or updated.
You may have applied too late and the recruiter already sent the final list of candidates to the hiring manager.
The job opening may have been placed "on hold" without notice.
Job description may have been changed arbitrarily.
If you do not hear from the company, you can follow up to clear your mind. Regardless, review your resume and assess why you did not get the invitation from the recruiter.
You should only concern yourself with factors you can control and one of them is your resume.
You may think it is perfect but that is only your perspective and more often than not, you could be biased. Keep an open mind or ask assistance from a friend or associate who has recruitment experience.
Review the list of reasons provided in this chapter and see how you can implement revisions that will make your resume better. Your resume should remain dynamic; it should continually evolve and improve. You should view it as a work in progress.


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Laverne Cox partners with haircare brand Matrix
AFP Relax 6 December 2019
Actress Laverne Cox has landed a new partnership with the professional haircare brand Matrix Total Results.
The "Orange is the New Black" star is heading to Orlando, Florida, in January, to take part in the training event Matrix Destination 2020.
Cox will kick off the three-day training event by welcoming over 2000 hairstylists, featuring in a mainstage opening show and joining Matrix Global Business Ambassador Tabatha Coffey in a "Live Your Color" general session discussion.
"I am so excited to join Tabatha and some of the most talented people in beauty at Matrix Destination 2020," says Cox, who is known for her work as an LGBTQ+ activist. "I am passionate about beauty and know when a person looks their best this can translate to how they feel as well. I only know how to be my true self and that is why this partnership with Matrix Total Results is the perfect fit!"
According to Matrix, which is part of L'Oréal USA's Professional Products Division, Cox will share her "inspirational messages about strength, conviction, individuality and the important role beauty plays in building confidence for everyone" during the "Live Your Color" general session.
This is not Cox's first big beauty deal -- she previously launched a nail polish collection in collaboration with Orly Nails, back in 2017.
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This looks like a cool app / concierge services. I will try it out. Have already downloaded the app. Perhaps, you will get a review later. Or, has anybody made experiences with it yet?
Pana, a travel companion that organizes your plans and sends personalized trip alerts, is now making its app free to challenge rivals like TripIt, Google Trips and others. First launched two years ago, Pana had previously focused on its paid subscription service for individuals and companies needing a 24/7 travel concierge – a move that may have limited its potential market. The free app (ver. 3.0), launched this week, brings a wide set of Pana's features to those who may not be frequent fliers in need of Pana's more hands-on service.
The result is a useful travel companion that can help you plan, organize and access your trip information, even when you're offline.
Explains Pana CEO Devon Tivona, the app had originally started as a side project, but the team soon saw the opportunity to take on the existing itinerary apps by offering a more modern, free alternative.


Take a snow day at the annual Winter Jam in Central Park next Saturday, Jan. 27th, with FREE skiing, cross country skiing and snowboarding lessons, an ice slide for kids, ice sculpting and more. It's all happening 11am to 3pm at the Central Park Bandshell in Rumsey Field, rain or shine, so let's hope for shine (rain/snow date is Feb. 3).
Winter Jam is presented by NYC Parks in cooperation with Love NY, I SKI NY and Lake Placid, home of the 1980 Winter Olympics, with a nod to the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea, starting next month.
Arctic Golf, Snowshoeing, Snowboarding and Skiing Lessons, Live Entertainment by various music groups, a Taste NY Hut & Market which is a place to sample various NY foods while warming up and also purchase food items too! There will also be food trucks on hand as well.
Note that participants in cross–country skiing, snowshoeing, and snowboarding/skiing lessons must sign a waiver and provide photo identification before participating in any of these activities. The waivers will be provided at the event.
Participants under the age of 18 must have a legal guardian present with photo identification to sign the waiver. Waiting lines for the activities are subject to close early.


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Our Interventions are dynamic in nature and follow periodical checks, reviews updates and follow-up action on a regular basis. We will be responsible for providing HR Services, supported by our back-office, research-based HR intellectual capital, which is updated regularly.
We also take care of total HR and administrative functions, including recruitment, training, performance assessment, salary administration, and HR policies, for organizations on a day-to-day basis with the involvement of our on-site HR Executives. HR Executive will assist the consultants in back-office and front-office as and when required. The agreement is for continual HR Services as HR Partner.
Our professionally qualified and experienced team members (MBAs and Engineers) comprise of Principal Consultant, Senior Consultant, Associate Consultants and HR Executive. They are involved in assignments related to HR Research, designing, co-ordination, data collation, analysis, interpretation, reports, workshops, presentation, periodical checks, reviews, updates and follow-up action on a regular basis in the field of recruitment, training and development, counselling, coaching, mentoring, HR Services and ISO Systems.
PGDM from Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (Rank Holder).
Gold Medallist (Bireshwar Sen Memorial) from St. Xavier's College, Calcutta.
Rank Holder in Higher Secondary in West Bengal.
Experience in Hindustan Unilever Group Company, Lipton India Ltd.
Experience in Consultancy over three decades.
Acted as visiting faculty of executive development program at Indian Institute of Management Calcutta and other organisations.
Lead a team for organising recruitment, training, leadership coaching, career counselling, performance management, HR services and ISO Systems for a large number of corporates.
Columnist on career counselling in Career graph feature in The Telegraph newspaper for six years.
Contributed articles on job market and foreign studies in The Times of India and ABP's Sananda Magazine respectively.
Appeared several times in newspapers' interview comments eg. The Times of India, The Telegraph, and Anandabazar Patrika.
Appeared several times in panel discussions in TV Channels eg. Zee News, Sahara India, Doordarshan, ABP Ananda, ETV Bangla, News Time, Tara, R Plus, High News and Bengal Times on current issues eg. HRD, career, employment, labour, economics, investment, budget etc.
Appointment advertisements for recruitment of professionals at senior, middle and junior management levels for Analytic's clients have appeared several times in the media eg. The Times of India, The Telegraph, The Statesman, Business India, Business World and The Economic Times.
Candidates / job seekers should EMAIL their updated CV to analytic.jobs@gmail.com.
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Fresh or experienced MBAs or Engineers, who are interested to work in Analytic Consultants, should EMAIL their updated CV to analytic.jobs@gmail.com.
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We will get in touch with the Corporates / Organizations for analyzing the situation and providing solutions for Organizational, Team and Individual development along with Productivity and Behavioral improvement for Cultural Transformation.
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Thanks to the extraordinary architecture the University Clinic Aachen (UKA) is definitely one of the most interesting buildings in Aachen. Nevertheless entering the clinic visitors might get the feeling of boarding a space ship, due to the numerous pipes and the metallic cladding as well as the grass-green carpet, door, walls, floors, chairs and even examination rooms. Furthermore visiting the hospital requires a well-developed sense of orientation. But don't worry we will provide a detailed map of the clinic structure for every incoming that comes to Aachen!
At the moment we have no Research projects available.
Usually, students are placed at student hostels at 5 minutes walking from the university clinic. In some cases, the students may also get a room in a flat shared with other students - either exchange students themselves or regular German students.
If you want to stay longer than your internship lasts, there is always the possibility of getting a room in youth hostels. If possible, you are always welcome to stay at the flat of one of our members.
Since Aachen does not have an airport, you have to fly to Frankfurt, Cologne/Bonn or Düsseldorf and travel by train to Aachen. We listed some of the connections to help you find your way.
There are some train connections that without any transfer stops. All of them can be taken every day. The departing station is Frankfurt Airport and the arrival station is Aachen Mainstation ("Aachen Hauptbahnhof" in German).
There are some train connections that have no transfer stops. All of them take off daily. The departing station is Cologe/Bonn Airport and the arrival station is Aachen Mainstation ("Aachen Hauptbahnhof" in German).
There are some train connections that have no transfer stops at this route as well. They can also be taken daily. The departure station is Düsseldorf Airport and the arrival station is Aachen Mainstation ("Aachen Hauptbahnhof" in German). Those trains depart regularly between the hours of 5 o'clock in the morning and 23 o'clock in the morning. Here are the first and the last connection of a day listed.
Coming to Aachen, there is one street which you won't forget so fast: Pontstraße. This is the place where the real student's nightlife is taking place. Students from all different faculties meet at the popular pubs and bars like the Apollo, the Labyrinth and the Pontgarten. Throughout the semester, there are often student's parties organised by the faculties, such as the "Pathofête" of the medical students in July or the "Summer Breeze" in June.
In order to get an idea of what's happening around you, visit Campuslife. There you will find an event-calendar showing all of the week's events as well as information about the location, the time, the type of music being played and the cost. The current Theatre Program is displayed there as well.
One of the most famous events is the international dinner or "Food and Drinking Party" where we meet at some member's place and where every student cooks traditional dishes from his or her country. This is always a lot of fun!
As for sightseeing and landscape, you will have the possibility to participate in a sightseeing tour organised by our members. Given the extraordinary history, there are lots of places of interest to see in Aachen.
Furthermore we will show you the Three Countries Corner where Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany meet. Surely you can imagine what crazy attempts have been made trying to reach all the three countries at the same time.
If you like chocolate, Aachen is good place to stay thanks to the manufactures of Lindt, one of the biggest German chocolate brands. It is an absolute must for every visitor that comes to Aachen!
Depending on the season, there are many sport offers, too, like climbing, swimming or ice skating. During the summer months, there is also the "CHIO" (Concours Hippique International Officiel) which is one of the most famous horse contests in the world and which is a great attraction for all tourists.
In spring and autumn, there is a fair in Aachen called "Bend". There you have many attractions like rollercoaster, carousels and a water slide. Here you can also buy typical German fair snacks like candy almonds and hearts of Lebkuchen (gingerbread).
If you also want to travel a bit from Aachen it is easy to travel to Paris, Brussels or Cologne by train. Amsterdam is also not that far.
!!!!The Hepatits B-Immunization is absolutely required!!!!
If you dont have a valid immunisation record and/or the Anti-HBs-titer is below 100ug/dl you will not be given permission to participate in our program.
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A dynamic gallery owner trades her North Boulevard traditional for a sleek Montrose mid-rise. Both she and her fabulous art collection are right at home.
Meredith Xavier
Claudia Casbarian
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If one wants to keep up with Laura Rathe, one needs to know how to walk and talk at a brisk pace. The art dealer and gallery owner is always on the move, juggling her time between clients, managing three Laura Rathe Fine Art locations in Houston and Dallas, and showing at fairs from Miami to Aspen.
Entering her newly appointed Montrose mid-rise, it's easy to feel the energy of her thriving art business. The walls are alive with works by Hunt Slonem, Zhuang Hong Yi and Stallman Studio, a young duo from the Pacific Northwest that morphs paint and canvas into sculpture. Behold Rathe's latest acquisition upon entry: Stallman's large circular work in vibrant pinks, greens and blues that pop against a Studio E painted-cork wallpaper in matte white and silver hues.
"I do like wallpaper, but my designer loves it," Rathe says, grinning at the walls. Rathe enlisted the help of longtime friend, collaborator and interior designer Mandy Plaisance of Mandy Rochelle Designs to help make sense of what Rathe describes as decades of collected and found pieces.
A sitting area in the master bedroom touts the wood-and-paint "Bending the Lines #2" by Gil Bruvel and a large-scale painting by Allison Stewart.
"When the real estate market was hot [in 2015], I took advantage and sold my house on North Boulevard," Rathe says. "And there was really nothing out there to buy, so I ran over here and put a deposit down on this [condo]." What turned into a three-year waiting period for the under-construction building to be move-in ready ended up being a blessing in disguise for Rathe.
"At the time, I was building my Post Oak gallery," Rathe says. "I was okay this was taking forever. It didn't put me under any pressure to get rid of stuff and get rid of clothes like you often have to do when you move, so it was a thread at a time making decisions. I am a decisive person."
Rathe's study features Schumacher wallcoverings and a French chair and ottoman in creamy Dedar fabric
Rathe started planning the design of her new gallery-esque home on her own, working with the builder on the floor and countertop selections throughout the kitchen and master bath. "When I started sharing what I wanted to do with Mandy, I showed her my wallcoverings and she goes, 'Oh, no no no! You're like six years old, you don't go there!'" recalls Rathe. "My picks were more textural and ... blingy. I thought it was cool!" Plaisance took over on fabric and wallcovering selections, and helped the eclectic Rathe execute her dream home.
"Laura has her own style and taste," Plaisance says. "It was my place to work with her to make decisions and bring it all together." The designer, who has no website or social media presence, finds all of her clients via word of mouth, and has no plans to get online anytime soon — after all, she's too busy working on her clients' second and third vacation homes.
"Laura is so used to giving me and my clients the royal treatment; it was nice to be able to turn around and do that for her on this project," Plaisance says. The two took regular shopping trips to favorite spots like Leontine Linens in New Orleans for custom-monogrammed towels and the sumptuous scallop-edged silk coverlet on the master bed.
Floor-to-ceiling windows throughout the home allow the light to flood in, softened by deep ivory blended silk draperies that were custom made from Creations Metaphores fabric. In the living room, a vibrant pixelated painting of Marilyn Monroe by Gavin Rain is hung near a Roche Bobois sofa in lavender. "You have to have different, interesting things, period," Rathe says. "I don't want it all white."
Focal points of Rathe's light-filled living room include a purple Roche Bobois sofa, a pixelated painting of Marilyn Monroe by Gavin Rain, and stunning floor-to-ceiling drapes from Creations Metaphores.
Antiques from her former home are found throughout, including the large armoire in the dining room and the vibrant teal and gilded console at the end of the hall. Above it hangs an oil painting by Russian artist Roman Zaslonov that was given to her by her parents. "Of course I have a lot of art, it's everywhere," Rathe says as she strolls through the hall into her sprawling bedroom.
A large white peace sign by artist Karen Hawkins hangs over her bed, a placement that she told Plaisance was a must. At the end of the bed is a settee where her black Labradoodle, Payton, often naps. "This has been recovered a thousand times over 10 years," says Rathe. (Plaisance opted for a Perennials performance fabric to keep the future recovering at bay.)
The love of wallcoverings continues throughout the bedroom, notably on the ceiling, with a Cole & Sons paper that mimics square moldings. Bright and light, this room is the largest reflection of her past life on North Boulevard — largely traditional pieces that Plaisance has given a facelift with new fabrics and accents from Creations Metaphores and Samuel and Sons.
An oil painting by Roman Zaslonov hangs over an antique console
The office — which Rathe says she never uses to work, only to stash papers inside the wall-to-wall, high-gloss white lacquered credenza — is another showcase for her artists. A vibrant blue and green sculpture in wood and resin from Gil Bruvel is placed on an acrylic shelf, juxtaposed against the classic flower-and-bird-on-branch Schumacher wallpaper that fills the space with a mellow blue-gray hue.
Across the hall is a large portrait of Andy Warhol by Alexi Torres, which Rathe says she believes to this day is his best work. She has clients biting to purchase it but she refuses to let it go. "It never even made it to the gallery," she says. "Warhol's expression is exactly what you can't be in this industry — smug. Warhol knew that. It's a big contradiction. I love it."
Rathe's passion for what she does and exuberant energy is contagious to everyone around her. She has spent the past 20 years building her business around partnerships and collaborations with interior designers — but now the interiors she had a part in crafting are her own. "It feels really good to come home."
AT TOP: Cuban painter Alexi Torres' portrait of Andy Warhol pops off the wall, in the home of gallerist Laura Rathe and her black Labradoodle, Payton.
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Financial planning majors Shelby Amatangelo and Denajo Amaro, accompanied by Dr. Barry Mulholland, visiting professor of practice and faculty advisor, joined 56 financial planning students from 28 colleges at the 2018 National Learn, Inspire, Network, Collaborate (LINC) Conference. The event is hosted annually by TD Ameritrade in Orlando, Fla., for independent registered investment advisors.
The LINC conference, held Jan. 31-Feb. 3, provided these students with an opportunity to explore different job opportunities in the industry and network with more than 3,000 financial advisors, industry professionals and experts. Pictured above, from left, are Tom Nally, president of TD Ameritrade Institutional; Shelby Amatangelo and Denajo Amaro, and Kate Healy, managing director of Generation Next, TD Ameritrade Institutional.
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Experts welcome comprehensive review of Family Law Act
By Melissa Coade|04 September 2017
Outgoing Family Court Chief Justice Diana Bryant AO has underscored the vital importance of one of the most significant reviews of Australia's Family Law Act in 40 years.
In an interview with Fairfax last month, the outgoing Family Court Chief Justice endorsed the vitally important review of Australia's Family Law Act.
Chief Justice Bryant noted the need for a "thorough overhaul" of the structure of the act and that attention should be given to making it "a much more comprehensive statute to read".
"This task will be considerable in itself," the Chief Justice told Fairfax.
When Attorney-General George Brandis announced plans for the review during the federal budget in May, he also revealed that the Commonwealth would commit an additional $80 million to family law and family violence services. Of that allocation, $12.7 million will establish parent management hearings and $3.56 million will go towards the pilot of new specialist domestic violence units.
Mr Brandis said in a statement that the review would be used to "contemporise" the family law system, with a final report due in 2018 that provides a roadmap for making dispute resolution simpler.
The extra resourcing for the Family Court system was welcomed by the outgoing chief justice, who will retire in October. She applauded the funding made available for an extra 17 family consultants to support the Family Court, Federal Circuit Court and Family Court of WA, as well as support for a trial workload management program boasting three new registrars.
"I am hoping we can demonstrate the usefulness of this resource and make a case for additional registrars when the evaluation concludes," the chief justice said.
"There is a compelling need to provide resources to support the judges."
Family law practitioners across Australia have also welcomed the measures and the extent to which the additional resources can alleviate pressures on the courts. Heather McKinnon, Slater and Gordon family law practice head, told Lawyers Weekly in May that the family consultant trial program could effectively provide a 'triage' service for the Family Court.
"In our experience, most disagreements occur between very young parents, with many descending into screaming matches where what's best for the children is forgotten," Ms McKinnon said.
"Relationship breakdown is incredibly difficult for children and fighting in court for three years is just going to make things harder, so triaging these smaller issues is going to remove some of the pressure on judges and also be less stressful for children.
"The pilot family consultant program in Parramatta will provide quantitative evidence of what works and what doesn't, so we can avoid the knee-jerk reactions that have caused many of the current problems plaguing Australia's family law system," she said.
Terms of reference for the comprehensive review are expected to be made available by the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) soon. It will be the first major review of the legislation since it was introduced in 1976.
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The focus of the Reimold lab's research program is to understand how transcription factors control the expression of genes involved in inflammation. Insights into how these proteins turn genes on and off may lead to new treatments for rheumatic diseases. They have studied transcription factors binding to DNA at cyclic AMP response elements, a sequence of widespread importance in the regulation of proinflammatory genes. To determine the precise functions of these transcription factors, mice with targeted disruptions of the genes under study were generated and have revealed defects in embryonic growth and development, as well as impaired activation of inflammatory pathways. Recently they have identified a block in the pathway of B lymphocyte terminal differentiation in one of our knockout mouse models. Further work will help to elucidate how the interaction of transcription factors with each other and with their target genes regulates the production of immunoglobulin-secreting plasma cells.
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Vaughan, Henry vôn [key], 1622–95, one of the English metaphysical poets . Born in Breconshire, Wales, he signed himself Silurist, after the ancient inhabitants of that region. After leaving Oxford, where he did not take a degree, he turned to the study of law. Later he switched to medicine and spent his life as a highly respected physician. His greatest poetry is contained in Silex Scintillans (1650; second part, 1655), which includes The Ascension Hymn, The World, Quickness, The Retreat, and They are all gone into the world of light. Though he openly admitted his indebtedness to George Herbert , where Herbert celebrates the institution of the Church, Vaughan is more interested in natural objects and in a mystical communion with nature. Vaughan's other works include Poems (1646), Olor Iscanus (1651), Thalia Rediviva (1678), The Mount of Olives (1652), and Flores Solitudinis (1654).
See edition of his works edited by L. C. Martin (2d ed. 1957); complete poems edited by A. Rudrum (1981); biography by F. E. Hutchinson (1947); studies by E. Holmes (1932, repr. 1967), R. Garner (1959), R. A. Durr (1962), T. O. Calhoun (1981).


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Q: How do you come to the conclusion $0<1/(m+1)!+\dots+1/n!<1/(2^n)$ from $2^kI'm working out of the Bartle and Sherbert Introduction to Real Analysis book and I'm looking at the partial solution to proving the sequence $(1+1/2!+\dots+1/n!)$ is Cauchy (Exercise 3.5.2(b)). Their partial solution was:

$0<1/(n+1)!+\dots+1/n!<1/(2^m), $ since $2^k<k!$ for $k\geq 4$.

I'm not understanding how they came to this conclusion. It seems that (as they tend to do in Cauchy proofs) they are assuming $n,m\in\mathbb{N}$ such that $m>n.$ I'm pretty sure an exercise from a few chapters ago showed $2^k<k!$ for $k\geq 4$ by induction, so I understand why they said that. I don't know how assuming $m>n$ along with stating that $2^k<k!$ for $k\geq 4$ implies that $1/(n+1)!+\dots+1/m!<1/(2^n)$. I get how one of the terms in the inequality would be less than $1/(2^n)$ (e.g. $1/(n+1)!<1/2^n$), but I'm not sure how all the terms added up together would be less than $1/2^n.$  Could anyone shed light on how this would work? Thank you!
PS: I understand that the proof that $(1+1/2!+\dots+1/n!)$ is Cauchy follows: Suppose $\epsilon>0.$ Then by the Archimedean Property there exists some $H=H(\epsilon)\in\mathbb{N}$ such that $1/H<\epsilon.$ Then for all $m,n\in\mathbb{N}$ such that $m>n\geq H,$
$$|(1+1/2!+\dots+1/m!)-(1+1/2!+\dots+1/n!)|=1/(n+1)!+\dots+1/m!<1/(2^n)\leq 1/H<\epsilon. $$
Since $\epsilon$ is arbitrary, we conclude by definition of Cauchy sequences of real numbers that the sequence $(1+1/2!+\dots+1/n!)$ is Cauchy.
So the only part I don't understand is the quote above.

A: You're mixing up some of your $m$ and $n$, typing one when you mean the other.  But that's a minor detail you can fix on your own.
The main idea is simply that, for sufficiently large $k$, $$\frac{1}{2^k} > \frac{1}{k!},$$ hence we may replace each factorial term with the respective power of $2$:
$$\begin{align}
\frac{1}{(n+1)!} + \frac{1}{(n+2)!} + \cdots + \frac{1}{m!}
&< \frac{1}{2^{n+1}} + \frac{1}{2^{n+2}} + \cdots + \frac{1}{2^m} \\
&< \frac{1}{2^{n+1}} + \frac{1}{2^{n+2}} + \cdots \\
&= \frac{1}{2^{n+1}} \left(\frac{1}{1 - 1/2}\right) \\
&= \frac{1}{2^n}.
\end{align}$$
In the first step, we bounded each term by the respective power of $2$.  In the second step, we took the resulting finite geometric series and bounded it from above by an infinite geometric series, which contains all of the terms in the finite series but also additional small terms $1/2^{m+1} + 1/2^{m+2} + \cdots$.  Then we sum the infinite series and get $1/2^n$ as claimed.
If using an infinite geometric series does not sit well with you, one can just as easily explicitly compute the finite sum:
$$\sum_{k=n+1}^m \frac{1}{2^k} = \frac{2^m - 2^n}{2^{m+n}} = \frac{1}{2^n} - \frac{1}{2^m}$$ and again this is strictly smaller than $1/2^n$ for any $m > 0$.

A: I would do this:
$\begin{array}\\
\sum_{k=n+1}^m \dfrac1{k!}
&=\dfrac1{n!}\sum_{k=n+1}^m \dfrac1{k!/n!}\\
&=\dfrac1{n!}\sum_{k=n+1}^m \dfrac1{\prod_{j=n+1}^k j}\\
&\lt\dfrac1{n!}\sum_{k=n+1}^m \dfrac1{\prod_{j=n+1}^k 2}\\
&=\dfrac1{n!}\sum_{k=n+1}^m \dfrac1{2^{k-n}}\\
&=\dfrac1{n!}\sum_{k=1}^{m-n} \dfrac1{2^{k}}\\
&\lt\dfrac1{n!}\sum_{k=1}^{\infty} \dfrac1{2^{k}}\\
&=\dfrac1{2n!}\\
\end{array}
$
This will give you what you want.
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Temporal arteritis, also known as giant cell arteritis, is an inflammatory vasculopathy affecting medium- and large-sized arteries. While the superficial temporal branch of the carotid artery is particularly susceptible, arteries at any site can be affected. Temporal arteritis is defined by a granulomatous panarteritis with mononuclear cell infiltrates and giant cell formation within the vessel wall.  This unique histologic characteristic confirms the diagnosis of temporal arteritis in biopsy specimens of the temporal artery (TA).
This article provides a method for consistent, safe, and cosmetically sensitive biopsy of the superficial temporal artery (Current Procedure Terminology [CPT] code 37609). The relevant anatomy, indications, and contraindications for this procedure are also reviewed. The video below includes an introduction to the procedure.
Introduction by Dr. Andrew Winkler.
The superficial temporal artery is the smaller of 2 terminal branches of the external carotid. It begins behind the mandibular ramus in the substance of the parotid gland and courses superiorly over the posterior aspect of the zygoma. It can be consistently palpated in this region just anterior to the tragus. Approximately 5 cm above the zygoma, it divides into a frontal and parietal branch.
As it crosses the zygomatic process, it is covered by the auricularis anterior muscle, which can aid in identifying the vessel. The superficial temporal artery runs within the superficial temporal fascia, also known as the temporoparietal fascia. This is also the fascia within which the temporal branch of the facial nerve traverses. As the vessel travels superiorly, it is crossed at the level of the lobule by the temporal and zygomatic branches of the facial nerve, which are traveling medially. Safe dissection within the substance of the temporoparietal fascia is permitted because of the divergent course of the vessel from the facial nerve.
While the superficial temporal artery crosses the posterior zygoma and continues posteriorly, the temporal branch of the facial nerve crosses the zygoma in the middle third and courses anteriorly to innervate the frontalis muscle.
Throughout its course, the artery is accompanied by the auriculotemporal nerve, which lies immediately posterior to it, as well as the superficial temporal vein, which lies anterior to the artery. The superficial temporal artery may be safely ligated because of anastomoses with the supraorbital artery of the internal carotid artery, among others. The video below demonstrates relevant anatomy.
Anatomy of the superficial temporal artery.
Temporal artery biopsy can be performed in a minor procedure suite or in the operating room, with or without the aid of an anesthesiologist. Most clinicians agree that the procedure can be safely performed with local anesthesia alone. If a patient is unable to tolerate the procedure with only local anesthesia, IV sedation with the help of a trained anesthesia provider may be necessary.
The author's preferred method of anesthesia for temporal artery biopsy is using only local anesthesia. A 1:1 mixture of lidocaine 1% with 1:200,000 epinephrine and bupivacaine 0.5% with 1:200,000 epinephrine buffered with 8.4 % sodium bicarbonate provides good short-term and long-term anesthesia. To ensure that the entire area is anesthetized, perform a ring block with a 3-cm radius from the incision site. The ring block should be performed after marking the incision and the path of the superficial temporal artery, as epinephrine will cause arterial spasm. For more information, see Local Anesthetic Agents, Infiltrative Administration.
A useful adjunct is to apply a topical anesthetic cream 20 minutes prior to injecting lidocaine.  Though certainly not necessary, topical anesthesia can make the experience more comfortable for the anxious patient. The patient need not be marked prior to applying topical anesthesia. For more information, see Anesthesia, Topical.
The video below demonstrates the local anesthesia for this procedure.
Temporal artery biopsy should be performed in a minor procedure or operating room.
Adequate lighting is essential, and overhead surgical lights are recommended.
The patient should be placed in a supine position with a pillow under his or her knees and the head of the bed elevated 45 degrees. This position is relatively comfortable and prevents venous congestion in the operative field, which can complicate the surgery.
The patient is asked to look away from the affected side so that the operative field is facing the surgeon.
This and every surgical procedure begins with a frank discussion with the patient regarding the steps of the procedure, the risks, and the potential benefits.
After consent is obtained, the patient is positioned as described above.
If desired, apply 4% liposomal lidocaine to the temporal area and allow 15-20 minutes for it to take effect. This should ideally be completed prior to marking the patient, because markings can be removed when the topical cream is wiped off.
The surgeon or a properly trained nurse/assistant marks the course of the superficial temporal artery by palpating the pulse. If necessary, a pencil-type Doppler ultrasound with water-based lubrication may be used.
In general, the superficial temporal artery is palpable just anterior to the tragus. However, a highly affected vessel may be pulseless and thickened because of diffuse inflammation. In these cases, a hard, ropelike vessel may be palpable in the area of the superficial temporal artery. When the inflammatory process is extensive, flow through the artery can be greatly diminished. If neither a pulse nor cordlike vessel can be palpated, intraoperative Doppler ultrasonography will help to locate the vessel.
Markings should begin just anterior to the tragus and continue well into the hairline. Mark out the surgical incision vertically within the temporal hair and greater than 3 cm from the temporal hairline.
After marking is performed, a 3-cm radius ring block around the planned incision is performed using the 1:1 lidocaine/bupivacaine mixture.
Shave the hair in an area 2 cm around the incision. Next, prepare the skin using an antiseptic solution. The authors prefer benzalkonium chloride because it is safe in and around the eyes, but any skin preparation solution will do.
Drape the area with sterile towels in a manner that avoids completely covering the patient's eyes and face, as this can cause claustrophobia.
Make the incision with a No. 15 blade scalpel directly over the artery, penetrating only skin and subcutaneous tissue to avoid injuring the underlying vessel. The blade should be beveled in the plane of the temporal hair shafts to avoid transecting the bulbs, which results in incisional alopecia. Also, avoid cautery of bleeding skin vessels if possible. See video below.
Bluntly dissect through the subcutaneous fat and into the temporoparietal fascia. The vessel is found within the temporoparietal fascia. See video below.
Carry out blunt dissection with a hemostat, spreading parallel to the vessel to avoid tearing it during exposure. See video below.
Dissection of superficial temporal artery.
Maintain hemostasis with electrocautery throughout the dissection to minimize the chance of hematoma formation.
Once identified, carefully dissect the surrounding connective tissue to expose 3-5 cm of the vessel. Clamp the vessel with hemostats proximally and distally and use 3-0 silk ties to ligate the vessel. See video below.
Harvest of the superficial temporal artery.
Cut the intervening segment of artery using the No. 15 blade scalpel and send it to pathology in formalin.
After adequate hemostasis is ensured, close the subcutaneous tissue using 5-0 interrupted Monocryl suture on a RB-1 needle, leaving the knot buried deeply. See video below.
Closure of the deep tissues.
Close the scalp skin with a running, locking 5-0 Vicryl Rapide suture. See video below.
Skin closure and postoperative appearance.
Dress the wound with ointment (eg, Aquaphor, white petrolatum). This should be continued 3 times daily until the sutures dissolve. Antibiotic ointment is not necessary.
If hematoma formation is a concern, a pressure dressing of 4 X 4 gauze and Kerlix may be placed around the head. This is typically removed the following day.
Know the anatomic layers of the scalp and the course of the facial nerve.
Map out the course of the superficial temporal artery with the use of Doppler ultrasonography.
Avoid injecting epinephrine near the artery, as this can lead to spasm.
Obtain at least a 3-cm segment of artery to aid in diagnosis.
Provide a relaxing environment in the procedure room and administer adequate local anesthesia.
To avoid incisional alopecia, bevel the scalp incision parallel to the plane of the hair shafts and avoid electrocautery of bleeding skin vessels, if possible.
When performed by a trained physician, temporal artery biopsy is a safe procedure.
The serious risks of biopsy include injury to the branches of the auriculotemporal or facial nerve,  bleeding, wound infection, and hematoma formation.
The more common minor complications include incisional alopecia, widening of the scar, and foreign body reaction to entrapped hairs.
Another common occurrence is a nondiagnostic pathologic result, which can generally be avoided if the segment of artery removed is large enough.
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Hunder GG, Bloch DA, Michel BA, et al. The American College of Rheumatology 1990 criteria for the classification of giant cell arteritis. Arthritis Rheum. 1990 Aug. 33(8):1122-8. [Medline].
Grossman C, Barshack I, Bornstein G, Ben-Zvi I. Is temporal artery biopsy essential in all cases of suspected giant cell arteritis?. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2015 Mar-Apr. 33 (2 Suppl 89):S-84-9. [Medline].
Narvaez J, Bernad B, Roig-Vilaseca D, et al. Influence of previous corticosteroid therapy on temporal artery biopsy yield in giant cell arteritis. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2007 Aug. 37(1):13-9. [Medline].
Ball J, Malhotra R. Efficacy of unilateral versus bilateral temporal artery biopsies for the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis. Am J Ophthalmol. 2000 Apr. 129(4):559-60. [Medline].
Gunawardene AR, Chant H. Facial nerve injury during temporal artery biopsy. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2014 May. 96 (4):257-60. [Medline]. [Full Text].
Kaptanis S, Perera JK, Halkias C, Caton N, Alarcon L, Vig S. Temporal artery biopsy size does not matter. Vascular. 2013 Dec 17. [Medline].


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Schloßgasse 21, 22: Wasserschlossanlage mit asymmetrisch-dreiflügeligem Hauptbau, Reste der spätmittelalterlichen Wasserburg im zweigeschossigen Unterbau des Ostflügels, Kellerportal bezeichnet "1525", zwei Fachwerkobergeschosse um 1525, Nordflügelerdgeschoss wohl spätmittelalterlich, Obergeschosse und vierstöckiger Treppenturm und Waschküchenbau an der Ostseite von Schlosserweiterung 1613, barocker dreigeschossiger Westflügel mit Mansardwalmdach 1736, mit Ausstattung () . Aktennummer D-6-73-175-31.

 Ummauerung auf quadratischem Grundriss mit runden Ecktürmen 1613
 am Südostturm zweigeschossiger Walmdachbau mit Langhaus der Schlosskapelle im Erdgeschoss, Chor im Turm, um 1600
 am Nordostturm, zweigeschossiger Wirtschaftsbau mit Walmdach, am Rundbogenportal bezeichnet "1613"
 Tor, mit Wappenkartusche, und Rundbogenbrücke 1736
 Bruchsteinmauer zwischen Schlossgraben und Ökonomiehof, wohl 19. Jh.
 Ökonomiehof mit Wirtschaftsgebäuden 17./19. Jh.
 westliche Gebäudegruppe
 östliche Gebäudegruppe, im Kern 17./18. Jh., nach Brand 1886 erneuert
 Nebengebäude mit östlichem Hoftor
 ummauerter geometrisch angelegter Schlossgarten, von Bruchsteinmauer umgeben, 18. Jh.

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Literatur

Weblinks

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Keith Womer, who came to UPC in September 2016, has more than 50 years experience as organist at Sunday liturgies for nearly all religious faiths. Keith is a concert organist both in solo recitals as well as a featured performer with orchestras such as the Victoria Symphony, Saint Cecilia Festival, and La Follia Austin Baroque. He has been Director of La Follia Austin Baroque since 2004.
Born and raised in Youngstown, Ohio, Keith studied organ with Raymond Ocock of Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, and harpsichord with Will Volcker in Houston, Texas. He has won the National Federation of Music Clubs Award and the Sigma Alpha Iota Award. His recitals include performances on such historic instruments as the Walcker Organ in Methuen, Massachusetts, and the organ in Atlantic City Convention Hall. He has appeared as soloist with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra and as featured artist in the Houston Harpsichord Society's annual Presentation Concert.
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Where is Alex Iwobi?
Not listed in the squad for Everton's first two games of the season, coupled with Carlo Ancellotti and the club's continued silence over his absence, we have declared Alex Iwobi missing.
Alex Iwobi could be on the move away from Everton after being left out of the squads for their first two games of the season.
Everton were one of the standout teams in the opening weekend of
the 2020/2021 Premier League season with their controlled 1-0 win
away at Tottenham.
Even more impressive were the performances of their new stars. James Rodriguez played with class, Allan snagged admiration with the assiduity with which he chased after everything in midfield, while Abdoulaye Doucouré was industrious.
Along with Andre Gomes' fine all-round performance, it was perfectly understood why Alex Iwobi was not called up to be part of Everton's 4-3-3 formation.
Not being in the squad at all raised questions but the situation looks even direr for Iwobi after he was left out once more from Everton's League Cup 3-0 home win over Salford City on Wednesday, September 16 despite 10 changes to the squad from the one that won away at Tottenham.
Also even more worrying is the continued silence of Carlo Ancelotti and Everton over Iwobi's absence in their last two games. The Nigerian was not mentioned when Ancelotti gave an injury update on his squad and also didn't speak of his absence.
This has been followed by reports that the 24-year-old is among players the club plans to offload this transfer window.
But how did Iwobi get here?
When Everton splashed almost £40m on the Nigerian in the summer of 2019, it was expected of the Arsenal Academy graduate to develop his game and deliver for the Toffees away from the tensed Emirates atmosphere.
He had a bright start with two goals in his first three games for Everton but that was all he could deliver in his debut season at Goodison Park. But it wasn't entirely his fault. Marco Silva's disjointed team went through a miserable run which cost the former coach his job and a hamstring injury kept him out of the side in Ancelotti's early days at the club.
He did get some game time later under the Italian manager, but Iwobi never looked the real deal for Everton at that point. Now with the investment Everton have made in midfield, it seems he will be one of the players that the club is looking to move on.
On a personal level, Iwobi does have to take accountability for where he is at right now in his career. There has never been any doubt about his talent and abilities but after his breakthrough at Arsenal that came by the sweat of his brow, the Nigerian has been unable to raise his game.
He divided opinion at Arsenal, thrilling and tying knots around opposition defences in one game and completely frustrating with his indecisiveness and poor decision making in the next. That was why Arsenal had no reservations about offloading him and why Everton looks on the verge of doing the same.
On his day, Iwobi has the dynamism to drive his team forward. But asides from being highly inconsistent, it has become difficult in recent times to deduce what he really brings to his side. Despite some fine performances, his low goal and assist returns have not done his reputation any good.
The signs show that it will be an uphill task for Iwobi to turn his Everton career around, but whether he stays or remains at the club, the task rests solely on his shoulders to fight his way back. Iwobi is missing and only he, not his manager, not the club, can find himself.
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Q: Should ARIA labels provide context? I'm working on a site that lists a bunch of MP3 radio programs. Every program has a few different tab-able elements: a title link, tags, controls to choose language, and a play button. When the user tabs over the content with a screen reader, they hear something like:

Dan's Story
Mystery
French // There might be a tag named this
Mayhem
English
French
Spanish
Play
Under the Treehouse
Nature
Outdoors
English
French
Play

That's pretty confusing to discern from only audio.
So my question is this, what's best practice in situations where you have recurring "components" that have controls. When you tab over the control, should the screen reader provide context as to what component it belongs to?
For example, should I set the aria-label for the play button to something like aria-label="Play Under the Treehouse"? Similarly, should I add aria-labels to the tags that describe them as a tag, for example aria-label="Mystery Tag"?

A: You could have some screen reader only text in between the sections, like "Tags" and "Languages".
Just have some text that's positioned off the screen:
.screenreader-only
{
        position: absolute;
        left: -10000px;
}

Your aria-label solution may work dependent on the HTML, but screen readers only tend to read that out if it is a form control or actual label - it doesn't get read out for a <div> or <span>

A: In a collection of tags a heading does the job well without being too verbose:
<h#>Tags</h#>

<p>
Nature, Outdoors, English, French
</p>

Ideally, if you have any content grouping then this fits naturally. You can style the heading to minimize it as you see fit.
For the play button, that also depends. If the play button is clearly for the only thing on the page, then you probably do not need it. If the play button is one of many, but grouped with the title of the thing, you may not need it. If there are only play buttons and no good grouping, or the play button shifts context, then you probably do need the label.
The key here is to rely on good content and HTML structure first. Then consider how verbose the page is otherwise (verbose pages are a hassle for screen reader users). Then, only when you absolutely cannot find a good way in standard HTML or page structure, could you consider using ARIA.


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//
//  ArchiverMediator.m
//  tweetLine
//
//  Created by W&C Mac on 2011/11/11.
//  Copyright (c) 2011 __MyCompanyName__. All rights reserved.
//

#import "ArchiverMediator.h"
#import "globalConstants.h"

#define LOGGING FALSE

/*
 0.01 fixes

 Stability fixes
 No diary(The Dreaded wooden background) on new/reinstall of tweetary
 Deleted diary accounts will not return on startupare now optional

 */

//This implementation is for Instagram :D

/* this should be your own implementation of this class, so change it as you see fit to your project, this will sit inbetween and send save requests to the archiverManager class

 */

/* THIS CLASS INTERCEPTS INCOMING REQESTS From AND SENDS THEM OFF FOR SAVING THIS IS ALL DONE IN THE BACKGROUND VIA THREADS, PARENTS MUST REGISTER FOR CONTEXT CHANGES TO BE ALERTED WHEN THERE IS NEW DATA IN THE CONTEXT */
@interface ArchiverMediator ()  <NSObject>

-(NSManagedObjectContext*) manageObjectContextForThreadSaving;

@end

@implementation ArchiverMediator

@synthesize archiveManager_;

-(id) init{

    //init anything you want here
    archiveManager_ = [[ArchiverManager alloc] init] ;

    df = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init] ;
    [df setTimeStyle:NSDateFormatterFullStyle];
    [df setFormatterBehavior:NSDateFormatterBehavior10_4];
    [df setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"];
    [df setLocale:[[NSLocale alloc] initWithLocaleIdentifier:@"en_ZA"] ] ;
    [df setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone timeZoneForSecondsFromGMT:0]];
    [df setLocale:[NSLocale currentLocale]];

    return  self;
}

-(NSManagedObjectContext*) getManagedObjectContextForUse
{

    return [archiveManager_  getManagedObjectContext];
}

#pragma mark Coredata methods

- (void)mergeChanges:(NSNotification *)notification
{
    if(![NSThread isMainThread]){
        //   NSLog(@"mergeChanges Not the main thread...");
        [self performSelectorOnMainThread:@selector(mergeChanges:) withObject: notification waitUntilDone:YES];

        return;
    }

    NSManagedObjectContext *mainContext = [archiveManager_  getManagedObjectContext];
    [mainContext setMergePolicy:NSMergeByPropertyObjectTrumpMergePolicy];

    [mainContext performBlock:^{
        [mainContext mergeChangesFromContextDidSaveNotification:notification];
    }];

}

-(NSManagedObjectContext*) manageObjectContextForThreadSaving{

    NSManagedObjectContext *ctx = [[NSManagedObjectContext alloc] initWithConcurrencyType:NSPrivateQueueConcurrencyType];
    [ctx setUndoManager:nil];
    [ctx setPersistentStoreCoordinator: [[archiveManager_ getManagedObjectContext] persistentStoreCoordinator]];
    [ctx setMergePolicy:NSMergeByPropertyObjectTrumpMergePolicy];
    [ctx setRetainsRegisteredObjects:YES];

    // Register context with the notification center
    NSNotificationCenter *nc = [NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter];
    [nc addObserver:self
           selector:@selector(mergeChanges:)
               name:NSManagedObjectContextDidSaveNotification
             object:ctx];

    return ctx;
}

-(HighScores*) getUserWithId:(NSString*) userId InContext:(NSManagedObjectContext*) ctx{

    NSArray *allUSers = [[NSArray alloc] initWithArray:[HighScores findAllObjectsInContext:ctx]]  ;
    HighScores *currentUser = nil ;    //then check for duplicates

    for (int a=0; a<[allUSers count]; a++) {
        HighScores *temp = [allUSers objectAtIndex:a];
        if ([[temp.userName lowercaseString] isEqualToString:[userId lowercaseString]]) {

            currentUser = [allUSers objectAtIndex:a];
        }

    }
    return currentUser;
}

#pragma  mark - saving user accounts
-(void) addUserHighScore:(NSDictionary*) data{

    NSManagedObjectContext *ctx = [self manageObjectContextForThreadSaving];

//fetch to see if we can find said user, else just create a new user account
    HighScores *currentUserScore = [self getUserWithId:[data objectForKey:@"userName"] InContext:ctx];

    if (currentUserScore) {
        //highscore, only save it if its higher than the current score
        if ([currentUserScore.score integerValue] < [[data valueForKey:@"score"] integerValue]) {
            [currentUserScore safeSetValuesForKeysWithDictionary:data dateFormatter:df];
         }
        //update number of playthrus
        int currentPlayCount = [currentUserScore.numberOfPlays intValue];
        currentPlayCount ++;
        [currentUserScore setValue:[NSNumber numberWithInt:currentPlayCount] forKey:@"numberOfPlays"];

    }else{
        HighScores *newUserAccount = [[HighScores alloc] initWithEntity: [NSEntityDescription entityForName:@"HighScores" inManagedObjectContext:ctx] insertIntoManagedObjectContext:ctx];
        [newUserAccount safeSetValuesForKeysWithDictionary:data dateFormatter:df];
     }

    //Whew, its been a long time coming but here we go
    //Save this in database
    [ctx performBlock:^{
        NSError *error;
        if ([ctx save:&error ]) {
             NSLog(@"\n CTX GOOD SAVE [%@ %@]",CLS_STR,CMD_STR);
        } else
        {
             NSLog(@"\n CTX GOOD SAVE %@ [%@ %@]",error,CLS_STR,CMD_STR);

        }
        [ctx reset];

    }];

}

-(void) saveToPlist: (NSArray*) array
{

    @synchronized(self) {

        NSData *dataRep;
        NSString *errorStr = nil;

         NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDownloadsDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
        NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
        NSString *path = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"HedzUpPongScores.plist"];

        //serialise the data and save it to file:
         dataRep = [NSPropertyListSerialization dataFromPropertyList: array

                                                             format: NSPropertyListXMLFormat_v1_0

                                                   errorDescription: &errorStr];

        if (dataRep) {
            [dataRep writeToFile:path atomically:YES];
            NSLog(@"%@ saved to cache!",@"LOG");

        } else {
            NSLog(@"Error writing plist to file '%s', error = '%s'", [path UTF8String], [errorStr UTF8String]);
             //so we write using nskeyed archiver :D
            [NSKeyedArchiver archiveRootObject: array toFile: path];

        }

    }

}

@end


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Q: How can I use the ls command to find out a folder's owner and group, and what rights they each have? Just switched completely from Windows to Ubuntu and am happy.
I have a problem; there is a folder called /root. I want to know how I could use the ls command to find out the owner and group associated with this folder, and what rights they each have.

A: I wonder why this is a "problem". The directory /root is the home directory of the root user, and you usually don't need to do anything in it. Accordingly, it has no execute permission for normal users, meaning that you can't enter it or list its contents. These are not things you should change, for security reasons.
Anyway, you can often find some guidance on usage of a command by running
man command
In man ls you'll find
-d, --directory
       list directories themselves, not their contents

Compare the effects:
$ ls /root
ls: cannot open directory '/root': Permission denied
$ sudo !!
sudo ls /root
[sudo] password for zanna:
snap
$ ls -d /root
/root

I need root permission (gained just for one command by running sudo command) to list out the contents of this directory, but not to list the directory itself. That's because I have execute permission on the parent directory of /root, / (often confusingly called the root directory as it is the "root" of the filesystem from which the rest branches off).
The vast majority of directories on your system have read and execute permission for you by default. The /root directory is rather exceptional in its restrictive permissions.
Also in man ls is the tool to show the permissions, but it's not at all obvious which one it is there, so you might want to try running info ls, which shows, in the section explaining what information each option causes to be shown, the documentation for the -l option:
'-l'
'--format=long'
'--format=verbose'
     In addition to the name of each file, print the file type, file
     mode bits, number of hard links, owner name, group name, size, and
     timestamp (*note Formatting file timestamps::), normally the
     modification time.  Print question marks for information that
     cannot be determined.

This still isn't very clear! Did you know that "file mode bits" means the permissions? The command chmod is an abbreviation of change mode. Now you know. So let's try the options together. I have annotated the output:
$ ls -dl /root       #note that the order of options does not matter here
drwx------ 8 root root 4096 Dec 17 14:06 /root
^ ^  ^  ^  ^  ^     ^    ^   ^   ^    ^     ^--file name
| |  |  |  |  |     |    |   |   |    |--last modified time
| |  |  |  |  |     |    |   |   |--day of month
| |  |  |  |  |     |    |   |--name of month *
| |  |  |  |  |     |    |--size
| |  |  |  |  |     |--group
| |  |  |  |  |--owner
| |  |  |  |--number of hard links to this file
| |  |  |--permission bits for "others" (any user/program)
| |  |--permission bits for group
| |--permission bits for owner
|--file type (d=directory)

*Depends on locale settings. If you use a non-English locale you can get English output for any command by running LC_ALL=C ls -dl /root
See the tag wiki for permissions for information on how to interpret the "mode bits". ls -l displays symbolic notation for the permissions, where r=read access, w=write access, x=executable, and - indicates no permission. These have different effects for directories and regular files. For directories, read access allows the contents of the directory to be listed if the x permission bit it also set, the x bit allows the directory to be entered, and w allows files within the directory to be deleted, created and renamed if the x bit is also set. It helps to remember that a directory is a file that stores a list of files - that's why you need write permission on the directory to create, rename or delete its contents - those actions change the list. This permission also allows you to force-write other changes to files inside the directory though.
If we are only interested in owners and permissions, ls -l gives us too much information. There is a more flexible command to show file metadata; it's stat. You can use it to list owner (%U) (u for user - most command line utilities call the owner of a file the user. In chmod, for example, u=owner and o=others - make sure you don't give permissions to o when you only want to give them to u!), group (%G), and list permissions in octal or symbolic notation:
$ stat -c "%U %G %a" /root
root root 700
$ stat -c "%U %G %A" /root
root root drwx------

See man stat for many other things stat can tell you about files.

A: To check the permissions type into the command line:
ls -dl

This will list you all folders and files of the current path you are in.
at the beginning of each line you will see some letters. e.g.:
example
First letter = type of file (here d = directory / Folder)
then 3x3 letter for the permissions

*

*first 3 letters = permissions of the owner

*second 3 letters = permissions of the group

*third 3 letters = permission of all others

the letters are rwx

*

*r = read permission

*w = write permission

*x = execute permission

if there is an - the permission is not set/given
in my example the owner has all permissions, the group and the others are not allowed to write (but to read and execute)

A: ls -dl /root

The -d option says that you want to see info on the directory itself rather than the files in it.
The -l option says to give a long list i.e. permissions, owner and group. The first three permissions are for owner, the second three for group and the third three for everyone else.