Abstract: Means are measurements of centrality, commonly used in science, engineering, statistics, and mathematics. There is a plethora of means and they measure centrality differently as to obtain the most pertinent information to the question at hand. We will discuss a specific subclass of means called Pythagorean means, which include the arithmetic, geometric, and harmonic means. We will also discuss the root mean squared, as these four means are the most common means to run into in science, engineering, and statistics applications. Lastly, we will show how the value of each of the means is related to one another through the inequality relationship between them.
At New Student Orientation (NSO), we'll help you prepare for your first semester. You'll learn about campus, explore your academic program and work with an academic adviser to create your class schedule.
Abstract: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are a valuable tool for image acquisition in the field of 3D mapping. UAVs are a low-cost alternative to manned aerial vehicles, and can be affixed with digital cameras capable of collecting high quality images of structures and terrain for the creation of 3D models. This research is an extension of previous work which used a genetic algorithm and space partitioning to optimize UAV flight paths over areas with structures. Here, the focus is on optimizing the structure mapping portion of the flight plan by imposing the grid technology used for the area portion in the previous work to a building face, then using the grid size, camera specifications, and desired resolution to determine the optimal offset distance from the building.
Math undergraduate Tony Allen awarded NSF Summer Fellowship. Please congratulate him. Great work Tony!
Abstract: In the first part of this dissertation we study the evolution of a thin film of fluid modeled by the lubrication approximation for thin viscous films. We prove existence of (dissipative) strong solutions for the Cauchy problem when the sub-diffusive exponent ranges between 3/8 and 2; then we show that these solutions tend to zero at rates matching the decay of the source-type self-similar solutions with zero contact angle. We introduce the weaker concept of dissipative mild solutions and we show that in this case the surface-tension energy dissipation is the mechanism responsible for the $H^1$--norm decay to zero of the thickness of the film at an explicit rate. Relaxed problems, with second-order nonlinear terms of porous media type are also successfully treated by the same means.
In the second part we are concerned with the convergence of a certain space-discretization scheme (the so-called method of lines) for mass-action reaction-diffusion systems. First, we start with a toy model, namely AB and prove convergence of the method of lines for this linear case (weak convergence in L^2 is enough in this case). Then we show that solutions of the chemical reaction-diffusion system associated to A+BC in one spatial dimension can be approximated in L^2 on any finite time interval by solutions of a space discretized ODE system which models the corresponding chemical reaction system replicated in the discretization subdomains where the concentrations are assumed spatially constant. Same-species reactions through the virtual boundaries of adjacent subdomains lead to diffusion in the vanishing limit. We show convergence of our numerical scheme by way of a consistency estimate, with features generalizable to reaction networks other than the one considered here, and to multiple space dimensions.
Abstract: A recent increase in the use of the term "consensus" in various fields has led researchers to develop various ways to measure the consensus within and across groups depending on the areas. Numerous studies use the mean or the variance alone as a measure of consensus, or lack of consensus. Most of the time, high variance is viewed as more disagreement in a group. Using the variance as a measure of disagreement is meaningful in an exact comparison cases (same group, same mean). However, it could be meaningless when it is used to compare groups that have different sizes, or if the mean is different. In this thesis, we establish the fact that the range of the variance is a function of the mean, we present a new index of disagreement and measure of consensus that depend on both, the mean and the variance, by utilizing the conditional distribution of the variance for a given mean. Initially, this new index is developed for comparison of data collected using a Likert scale of size five. This new measure is compared with the results of two other known measures, to show that in some cases they agree, but in other cases the new measure provides additional information. Next, to facilitate generalization, a new algorithmic method to determine the index using a geometric approach is presented. The geometric approach makes it easier to compute the measure of consensus and provides the foundational ideas for generalizing the measure to Likert scales for any n. Finally, a multidimensional computational technique was developed to provided the final step of generalization to Likert scales of any n.
The Eberly College of Arts and Sciences has named two recipients of the 2016-17 Outstanding Researcher Award: Christina Duncan and Casian Pantea.
Congratulate Professor Pantea the next time you see him!
This competition will be open to all students grades 7-12. The questions will be at AMC difficulty level.
Abstract: This dissertation studies the extremal, structural and minimax properties related to digraph arc strong connectivity. Motivated by the former researches by Mader and Matula, we defined the digraph arc strength of a digraph $D$ to be the maximum arc strong connectivity of subdigraphs of $D$, and investigate extremal conditions for a strict digraph that is saturated with respect to the condition that it digraph arc strength is bounded by a positive integer $k$. Extremal size of such digraphs are obtained and structural characterization of the extremal digraphs are also obtained. In addition, a minimax duality theorem to determine the digraph arc strength of a digraph is found. Similar minimax results on related desity functions of digraphs are also obtained.
As part of the month-long Celebrating Einstein event here at WVU, Dr. Zach Etienne from Department of Mathematics will be giving a public lecture this Friday on black holes and gravitational waves. A planetarium show on the top floor of White Hall will follow immediately after his lecture. His talk is accessible to general audience and even kids may enjoy the talk and the show.
Abstract:What happens if you fall into a black hole? Einstein's theory of gravity provides us a means to answer questions that, like this one, fuzz the boundary between science fiction and science fact. But the equations behind this theory are extremely complex, and solving them to advance our scientific understanding--particularly now that gravitational waves have been discovered--usually requires the use of supercomputers. In a nutshell, this is my field of expertise. I will review my career path and present results from some of my latest supercomputer simulations, which have given us both deeper insights into the gravitational waves we have already observed, as well as important predictions for those we are likely to observe in the near future.
Immediately after the lecture, at 8:30PM, there will be a planetarium show on the top floor of White Hall.


Why facing Network error: An IO error occurred sending the request. error for single user??
following error is observed intermittently.
Message: Network error: An IO error occurred sending the request.
Which NeoLoad version do you use? Have you tried with 5.2.2?
There's an issue fixed in 5.2.2 that can lead to such error.
Yes, I am using Neoload 5.2.2.
Do we have any updates on this please? I am on 5.3.1 and am facing the same issue.
This error is not NeoLoad related after 5.2.2. It means that NeoLoad sent the request but the connection has been cut before receiving anything from the server.
It's a kind of connection reset. If it happens during a test you should check any network devices between your load generator and your application. It can be an issue due to firewall, proxy, load balancer or even the application under load.


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No Place To Be Somebody reviewed by Rob Stevens
Jeff Rolle, Jr. (all photos by Waco Theater Center)
Charles Gordone's 1969 No Place To Be Somebody has the distinction of being the first play written by an African-American playwright to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It was also the first off-Broadway play to win that award. A lot has changed in the 50 years since in regards to America's race relations and yet so much is still the same. In a sturdy revival at the Waco Theater Center in North Hollywood, director Richard Lawson has given the production a few tweaks to make it more relevant. The play takes place in the mind of writer Gabe Gabriel (Terryl Daluz), a light-skinned Negro who is fighting a losing battle for a career in theatre. Gabriel sets his play in a small New York City bar in the 1960s where owner Johnny (Jeff Rolle, Jr.) struggles against the ingrained mob rule and hatches some plans of his own to form a Black Mafia. Lawson has given Gabe a laptop in place of a typewriter and Daluz delivers his frequent poetic monologues more as hip hop raps than poems against a slideshow backdrop of Black life during the past 50 years.
Robert Jekabson, Terryl Daluz and Marianne Bourg
Gordone's cast of characters is similar to those delusional dreamers in Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh. There are the inevitable working girls Dee (Marianne Bourg) and Evie (Taylor Leigh Edwards). Dee may be Johnny's girl but he still pimps her out on the street and takes her hard earned cash daily. Bartender Shanty (Robert Jekabson) is a jive-talking, drum playing white man who longs to be black while his girl Cora (Courtney Nichole) longs to be married to a white man.
Robert Jekabson plays the drums in the bar
The show takes a turn onto violent gang war turf as Johnny attempts to blackmail the local Mafia boss and his bagman (Nick Teti) by using his latest attraction Ellen (Taylor Babb), a liberal white college student, to steal files from her father, a Mafia controlled Judge (Dan Warner). Complicating matters is Johnny's recently paroled mentor, Sweets (director Lawson at the performance I reviewed) who has six months to live and has given up his thieving ways and wants Johnny to do the same. The play ends like Shakespeare's Hamlet, with bodies littering the stage.
Jeff Rolle, Jr. and Kelly Tighe
It's always daunting to find a "Glossary of terms used in the play" in your program, especially a four-page Glossary. Luckily most terms were familiar so it was not a problem as in some Irish plays. There is a problem in understanding some of the dialogue that could have been fixed if the actors spoke a little slower at times and used a bit better diction. That is a mild rebuke. This revival of No Place To Be Somebody is an historical event taking us back to a point when off-Broadway was populated with large cast plays about the outcasts of society like Lanford Wilson's A Balm in Gilead.
Waco Theater Center, 5144 Lankershim Blvd. in North Hollywood. Ends March 9. www.wacotheatercenter.com
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Lovely photograph of a beautiful part of the country, and thats a compliment coming from a Lancastrian!
One of my favourite places and right on my doorstep, great picture!!!
A beautiful picture – especially the sweep of cloud! Thank you.
Beautiful! Never seen it photographed like this before. One of my favourite places too!


Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor finally face off on August 26th. It's the one we've all been waiting for, but it does come at a price.
Ringside seats are more expensive than the average soul, and even the pay per view will cause a major dent in your wallet.
In 2017, they're offering a standard definition version for a bargain price of $89.95, while HD will set you back by $99.95.
Of course, Sky is blocked for US citizens, but there is a way to get past the restrictions.
How to stream the biggest fight in sports history in the U.S.
So if you're looking for Mayweather vs McGregor live stream options, it's worth signing up to a VPN service.
You'll be able to spoof your location with a different IP, which could be used to sign up to a service (like Sky Sports) in the UK.
As long as you choose a VPN with servers in the UK, (for the IP address) it's easy to gain access and buy the PPV.
Make sure to choose a provider that specialises in live streaming and fast connection speeds, as you don't want the fight to cut out unexpectedly.
Regardless, Showtime is confident that the fight has enough mainstream appeal to secure record-breaking buys on the night.
To be fair, they're right. Whether by biting the bullet, or sharing the cost between friends, the contest is likely to have a massive audience in the US.
It's not the same to watch sports that aren't live, and you're never going to be able to stay away from spoilers.
Above all, there's no reason why you should be forced to pay $100 for a fight that could be over in the first minute.
Worse still, it could be 36 boring minutes that lead to a predictable unanimous decision and a 50-0 record.
The US market is clearly being gouged, and most of the potential audience has no idea they can watch the fight for a fraction of the advertised price.
You can find out more about using a VPN to watch McGregor v Mayweather here.
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Congratulations to Coach Mike O'Donnell, Class ABC coach of the year, and assistant coaches Brandon Cory, Kevin Jacobson, Jeff Niemi and Steve Turri and the Miners varsity boys basketball team who won the 2014 MPC title.
Great job to seven seniors: Zane Radloff, Eric Lori, Michael Hemmila, Tyler Jandron, Michael Anderson, Tyler Windahl and Doug Lindblom.
The Miners varsity boys basketball team won the 2014 District champs title and were 2014 Regional champs.
A great season with 24 wins and 2 losses.


In this excerpt from the story "Revenge of the Dinosaurs," a character visits her aging grandmother.
Hi, Barbara, I said. You're Barbara?
Eileen, said the nurse who answered the door. Nights.
I'm the granddaughter, I said.
I figured, Eileen said. Barbara told me you'd be showing up. So where's that handsome brother of yours?
Bill? I said, I beat Bill? That's a first.
Traffic must be bad, she said.
Traffic, traffic ... I was goggling past Eileen at Nana's apartment -- the black-and-white tile, the heavy gold-framed mirror, the enormous vases or whatever they are, the painting I'd loved so much from the time I was a child of a mysterious, leafy glade, the old silver-dust light of Nana's past. I was always shocked into sleepiness when I saw the place, as if a little mallet had bonked me on the head, sending me far away.
Or in Connecticut, Eileen said. I looked at her. Isn't that where they drive in from? she said. He's a wonderful man, your brother. So kind and thoughtful. And his wife, too. They always know just how to cheer your grandmother up. And that's one cute little girl they've got.
How's Nana doing? I asked.
A while since you've seen her, Eileen commented.
I live on the other side of the country! I said.
I know that, dear, Eileen said. I've seen your picture. With the trees. Before the second stroke she liked me to sit with her and go over the pictures.
I stared. Nana? Bill had told me to prepare myself, but still -- family souvenirs with the nurse? It's supposed to mean something to be one person rather than another.
Eileen accompanied me into the living room. Nana was dozing in one of the velvet chairs. I sneezed. Soldiers were marching silently toward us across the black-and-white desert of an old television screen. An attractively standardized smiling blond woman in a suit replaced them. Does Nana watch this? I asked. She seems to like having it on, Eileen said. I keep the sound off, though. She can't really hear it, and I'd rather not. Wake up, dear, your granddaughter's here to see you. Don't be surprised if she doesn't recognize you right off, Eileen told me. Dear, it's your granddaughter.
It's Lulu, Nana, I said, loudly. Nana surveyed me, then Eileen. Neither Bill nor I had inherited those famous blue eyes that can put holes right through you, though our father had, exactly, and so had our brother, Peter. Where does all that beauty go when someone finishes with it? If something exists how can it stop existing, I mused aloud to Jeff recently. Things take their course, Jeff said (kind of irritably, frankly). Well, what does that mean, really -- things take their course? Jeff always used to be (his word) charmed that I wasn't a (his word) sucker for received (his phrase) structures of logic. Anyhow, if something exists, it exists, is what I think, but when Nana turned back to the TV she did actually look like just any sweet old lady, all shrunk into her little blanket. I bent and kissed her cheek.
She winced. It's Lulu, dear, Eileen shouted. One of Nana's hands lifted from the pale cashmere blanket across her lap in a little wave, as if there were a gnat. I'll be in the kitchen, Eileen said. Call me if you need me. I sat down near Nana on the sofa. I was not the gnat. Nana, I said, you look fabulous.
Did she hear anything at all? Well, anyhow, she'd never gone in for verbal expressions of affection. Someone sighed loudly. I looked around. The person who had sighed was me.
The last time I'd seen Nana, her hearing was perfect and she was going out all the time, looking if not still stunning, still seriously good, with the excellent clothes and hair and so on. She was older, obviously, than she had been, but that was all: older. It's too drastic to take in -- a stroke! One teensy moment, total eclipse. In my opinion, all moments ought to contain uniform amounts of change: X many moments equal strictly X much increase in age equal strictly X much change. Of course, it would be better if it were X much decrease in age.
Oh, where on earth was Bill? Though actually, I was early. Because last week when I'd called my old friend Juliette and said I was coming to the city to see Nana, she said sure I could stay at her place and naturally I assumed I'd be hanging out there a bit when I got in from the airport and we'd catch up and so on. But when I arrived, some guy, Juliette's newish boyfriend, evidently -- Wendell, I think his name might be -- whom she'd sort of mentioned on the phone, turned out to be there, too. Sure, let's just kill them, why not just kill them all, he was shouting. Juliette was peeling an orange. I'm not saying kill extra people, she said. I'm just frightened; there are a lot of crazy, angry maniacs out there who want to kill us, and I'm frightened. You're frightened, he yelled. No one else in the world is frightened? Juliette raised her eyebrows at me and shrugged. The orange smelled fantastic. I was completely dehydrated from the flight because they hardly even bring you water anymore, though when I was little it was all so fun and special, with the pretty stewardesses and trays of little wrapped things, and I was just dying to tear open Juliette's fridge and see if there was another orange in there, but Wendell, if that's what his name is, was standing right in front of it shouting, What are you saying? Are you saying we should kill everyone in the world to make sure there are no angry people left who want to hurt anyone?
So I waited a few minutes for him to finish up with what he wanted to get across and he didn't (and no one had ever gotten anything across to Juliette) and I just dropped that idea about the orange and said see you later and tossed my stuff under the kitchen table and plunged into the subway. When Juliette and I were at art school together, all her boyfriends had been a lot of fun, but that was five or six years ago.
Excerpted from "Twilight of the Superheroes" by Deborah Eisenberg, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, LLC. Copyright © 2006 by Deborah Eisenberg. All rights reserved.


Jordan Butler made Two Point Tip Shot.
Jordan Butler made Jumper. Assisted by Armani Branch.
Nic Thomas made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kyonze Chavis.
Derrik Jamerson Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Steven Whitley.
Alex Long made Two Point Tip Shot.
Derrik Jamerson Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nic Thomas.
Steven Whitley made Three Point Jumper.
Galin Smith made Dunk. Assisted by Dazon Ingram.
Kira Lewis Jr. made Layup. Assisted by Dazon Ingram.
Dazon Ingram made Layup. Assisted by Kira Lewis Jr..
Kira Lewis Jr. made Jumper. Assisted by Dazon Ingram.
Avery Johnson Jr. made Jumper.
Alex Reese made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kira Lewis Jr..
Galin Smith made Dunk. Assisted by Herbert Jones.
Kira Lewis Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Riley Norris.
Herbert Jones made Dunk. Assisted by John Petty.
Tevin Mack made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by John Petty.
Tevin Mack made Jumper. Assisted by Herbert Jones.
Herbert Jones made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by John Petty.
All PlayersJordan ButlerAlex LongNic ThomasMastadi PittSteven WhitleyChris FordArmani BranchDerrik Jamerson Jr.BJ FitzgeraldC.J. KellyKyonze ChavisObi MomahJermaine BishopJoe Bryant Jr.


Calgary was re-introduced to the negative effects of a meltdown in the oil patch almost one year ago and the entire city is feeling the reverberations.
Over the next few quarters Calgary will experience more lay offs and these will start to have a greater impact on non-oil related businesses.
When we look at the unemployment statistics we see Alberta fairing very well against the rest of Canada. However, not all layoffs, especially individuals with large severance packages, quickly become members of the unemployed statistics.
According to Stats Canada, Alberta's unemployment rate for October 2015 was 6.6% while Quebec and Ontario were at 7.7% and 6.8% respectively. BC was 6.3%.
One year into the recession the Calgary Real Estate Board the benchmark condominium price of $286,000 has not fallen at all when compared to, November 2013 ($274,000) and a mere 3.5% when compared the end of 2014 (a record year for sales); January 2015 $297,000.
The bright light on the horizon however, is the interest rate, which is predicted to remain low throughout 2016 and into 2017. Unemployment directly affects under 10% of the workforce while a large spike in the interest rate, in today's economy, would be far more pervasive and destructive.
The take away is that while we are all riding out a tumultuous storm it is by far not the worst. Let us not forget that between April 2008 and 2009 the benchmark price for condos in Calgary fell 16.2% form $278,600 to $233,000 (CREB) and we recovered.
While we all work hard to help each other get through this let's try to remember that it could be far worse.


Three double bedroom first floor flat, modern development with gated off-street parking, moments from Guildfords cobbled High Street and all amenities.
The property comprises an entrance hall leading to an open plan living/ kitchen and dining area with Juliette balcony. The master bedroom benefits from ample fitted storage with en-suite shower room. You will also find two further double bedrooms and a family bathroom.
The property also benefits from an allocated parking space which has secure gated access.
Entrance Hall: Video entry telephone, storage cupboards.
Open plan. Fully integrated kitchen including dishwasher, fridge/freezer, washing machine.
Shower cubicle, heated towel rail, WC and wash basin.
Modern bathroom with jacuzzi bath, heated towel rail, WC and wash basin.
Sandfield Court is located in the centre of Guildford, walking distance to all of the shops, restaurants and bars as well as Guildford station, providing direct links to London Waterloo.


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Q: Как мне написать основную программу, в которой импортируются созданные модули и предлагается выбрать, какую из них исполнять? Как мне написать основную программу, в которой импортируются созданные модули и предлагается выбрать, какую из них исполнять?
Первый модуль
def size_of_triangle(x):
    """Дана сторона равностороннего треугольника. Найти площадь этого треугольника"""
    S=((pow(x,2)*(3**0.5))/4)
    return S

def string(s):
    """Даны натуральное число n, символы s1 , ..., sn . Исключить из последовательности s1 , ..., sn группы символов, расположенные между скобками (,). Сами скобки тоже должны быть исключены. Предполагается, что внутри каждой пары скобок нет других скобок."""
    s = input("Введите строку: ")
    print("Нач. строка: ", s)
    res = ''
    f = True
    for sym in s:
        if sym in '()':
            f = not f
        elif f:
                res += sym
                print("Кон. строка: ", res)
                return s
if __name__=='__main__':
    print('1'+size_of_triangle)
    print('2'+string)
    exit()

Второй модуль
def list(l):
    print('Даны натуральные числа n, a1, ..., an. Определить количство членов, являющихся квадратами четных чисел')
import random
def massgen(n):
    mlist = [random.randint(-10, 100) for i in range(n)]
    print(mlist)
    s = 0
    for i in mlist:
        if pow(i,2)%2 == 0:
            s = s + 1
            print(s)
            if __name__ == '__main__':
                massgen(n=9)
                return s,l

if __name__=='__main__':
    print('3'+list.__doc__)
    exit()

Модуль 3
def operations(n,spisok):
    'Введите его номер, Радиус(1), Диаметр(2), Длина(3), Площадь(4)'
    spisok = [[n, n*2, 2*3.14*n, 3.14*pow(n,2)],
            [n, n/2, 3.14*n, pow(n,2)/4*3.14],
             [n, n/(2*3.14), n/3.14, pow(n,2)/(4*3.14)],
              [n, sqrt(n/3.14), 2*sqrt(n/3.14), sqrt(n*4*3.14)]]
    return operations.get(spisok)
if __name__=="__main__":
    print('4 '+operations)
    exit()

A: В python нет возможности выполнить основной код только одного модуля, как если бы вы использовали функции. Интерпретатор по умолчанию исполняет код каждого импортируемого модуля (или не исполняет, если вы защитили его условием if __name__ == "__main__"). Это нельзя настроить программно.
Чтобы решить вашу задачу, можно просто убрать основной код каждого модуля в функции и импортировать именно их. Только тогда вы сможете сделать пользовательский выбор.
Пример:
module_1:
def main_1():
    print('1')

if __name__=='__main__':
    main_1()

module_2:
def main_2():
    print('2')

if __name__=='__main__':
    main_2()

module_3:
def main_3():
    print('3')

if __name__=="__main__":
    main_3()

Основной код:
from module_1 import main_1
from module_2 import main_2
from module_3 import main_3

funcs = {1: main_1,
         2: main_2,
         3: main_3}
number = int(input("Введите номер модуля: "))
funcs[number]()  # Выполнение функции под соответствующим номером

Вам остаётся только исправить ошибки вашего кода и использовать мой шаблон.

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Home Portfolio Item Mekong
December 19, 2022 Food
Mekong is a unique fusion restaurant located in the heart of Derry beside the famous walls. It combines the flavours from Asia, Vietnam, and Thailand. It was started in 2017 when owner and head chef Stephen Forbes had an idea to start a food truck business which has expanded into the restaurant 'Mekong'.
It started with a pop-up restaurant located in the Nerve centre in Derry and due to popular demand, it's still going strong today. Mekong is also part of the Legenderry food network and its very innovative in the local area as no one else is trading with the exclusive style of food and drink. They have also paired with a local brewery 'Rough Brothers' to create their own brand of beer.
The company wanted to develop a new hot sauce for retail as part of the Department for Economy InnovateUs programme however they required upskilling support from NWRC Foodovation Centre in order to make this a reality.
They also wanted to develop a stir-fry marinade for their customers to take home as part of the Invest Northern Ireland Innovation Voucher programme.
To assist and make their idea a reality Mekong contacted North West Regional College (NWRC) Business Support Centre (BSC) who supported them through the InnovateUs programme which is funded by Department for the Economy.
NWRC Culinary Technical Consultant, Ciaran Deery, provided upskilling in new recipe development, recipe engineering and sensory value of the new hot sauce, allergen advice and finding a better preservative for the sauce, sourcing fresh ingredients whilst maintaining the best pricing of items required to develop the sauce, ingredient research, sourcing and application.
The company also utilised Innovation Voucher funding from Invest Northern Ireland for upskilling support in packaging and labelling sourcing, HACCP, allergen management & storage, legal labelling and nutrition and allergen information, new product development and shelf-life testing.
The company successfully developed a new hot sauce for retail and stir-fry marinade as part of the Department for Economy InnovateUs & Invest NI Innovation Voucher programmes, which have since launched and are ready to buy in their restaurant.
Mekong described the benefits of working with NWRC's Business Support Centre via the Department for Economy InnovateUs & Invest NI Innovation Voucher programmes:
"We found working with NWRC's Foodovation Centre to be such a big help into achieving exactly what we were looking for in terms of the production of our sauces. From help with the labelling to the bottling and one on one help with the actual production of our sauces, it's been such a great help. The help we received really gave us a push to get the sauces over the line and start selling them in the restaurant."
Derry fusion restaurant, Mekong, has developed a range of sauces and marinades with help from NWRC Foodovation Centre.
Mekong worked with our Culinary Technical Consultant Ciaran Deery to develop a range of hot sauces and marinades for stir-fry cooking.


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WHEN YOU TRAVEL, ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN.
WHEN IT DOES, YOU NEED US.
The world's best prepared organizations choose Global Rescue for their travelers. You should too.
WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN GLOBAL RESCUE
Watch our members talk about the moment they needed Global Rescue in their own words.
LANZETTA FAMILY – FRANCE
The Lanzettas were enjoying a holiday abroad when 3-year-old Cate started suffering repeated grand mal seizures. The family needed to get Cate home to the U.S., fast, for the care she needed.
"One of the biggest fears was, we're not at home … we're at a beach resort in the southwest of France, and we don't know anybody. What do we do now?"
-Jason Lanzetta
ALLAN LOKOS – BURMA
A plane crashes to the ground in Burma, engulfed in flames. Allan Lokos and Suzanna Weiss survived the impact, but that was only the beginning of their ordeal.
"I was standing in fire. Not close to it, but in it."
-Allan Lokos
Jess McGlothlin - Outdoor Writer and Photographer
Outdoor writer and photographer Jess McGlothlin is constantly on the move, traveling the world in her work in the flyfishing and adventure travel industries. When she speaks with people who hesitate to travel due to security or medical fears, Jess tells them about Global Rescue.
"It takes away the fear factor."
– Jess McGlothlin
GAVIN HEALE – SOUTH AFRICA
Gavin had taken aim with his bow for target practice thousands of times. When his arrow splintered and the back half impaled his hand, he knew this time was going to be very different.
"On release, the arrow exploded."
-Gavin Heale
COOPER KOCH – NEW YORK CITY
A rash can be a minor annoyance, but when your livelihood depends on your skin being in good condition, a rash becomes a much bigger problem.
"I called the dermatologist and made an appointment. The next day, I go there, and nobody's there. They made a mistake, and nobody's there to help me."
-Cooper Koch
JULIAN P. TORRES
"It is with great humility that I would like to express my gratitude for your support to our Wounded Veteran Community and my mission to crucify my own limitations. To be a beacon of hope for humanity and to put the definition in physical form that we truly do control our circumstances. And together we achieved greatness by standing on the Roof Top of Africa Veterans Day 2015! I will never forget how you helped me and the cause."
Endeavor to persevere,
-Julian P. Torres USMC SGT RET
ANGIE HEISTER – ZIMBABWE
Angie and her husband were taking a walk after dinner while on safari when they heard an animal noise coming from the bush. It was a Cape buffalo, one of the world's most dangerous animals, and it was about to charge Angie.
"It gored me in my flank and threw me. This whole thing happened in four seconds."
-Angie Heister
Tiger Shaw - U.S. Ski & Snowboard
U.S. Ski & Snowboard has partnered with Global Rescue since 2006. Global Rescue provides life-saving medical advisory, evacuation, security and other critical emergency services to skiers, their families and USSA's elite athletes.
"Having Global Rescue helps us all sleep better at night."
– Tiger Shaw
Jim Klug - Bolivia
Yellow Dog Flyfishing Adventures Founder and Director of Operations Jim Klug was enjoying a fishing trip in Bolivia when a freak accident threatened to take his vision. Suffering from a traumatic eye injury in a foreign country, Klug needed help. That's why he turned to Global Rescue. See why Jim trusts Global Rescue when he travels, and why he makes sure his clients use Global Rescue's services too.
"Global Rescue got me to the best doctors back in the States in the quickest way possible. It definitely made a difference."
– Jim Klug
Oliver White - Bahamas
Professional angler and world-traveler Oliver White was helping to clean up after a hurricane in the Bahamas when he was bitten in the hand and medical help was nowhere to be found. Watch Oliver talk about why he puts so much trust in Global Rescue's services.
"More often than not, it's the little things that turn into really big problems when you're in really remote places"
– Oliver White
Mike Myatt - International Game Fish Association
The International Game Fish Association's 30,000 members travel extensively outside the US on fishing excursions. The organization selected Global Rescue to provide IGFA members with access to medical advisory and evacuation services in the event of an emergency far from home.
"I was very impressed with the speed and thoroughness of the person [from Global Rescue] on the other end of the phone."
– Mike Myatt
KEITH YOUNG – GLOBAL SECURITY SPECIALIST
Keith Young spent 30 years in law enforcement, including 23 in the Secret Service, before becoming a Director of Global Security in the private sector. He knows how to keep an organization and its employees safe.
"A company like Global Rescue, who has the professionalism, who has the communications system, who has the intelligence system, and who ultimately has the response capabilities that are needed, that's what [corporations] are looking for."
-Keith Young
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE – EGYPT
A group of Middlebury College students were traveling in Egypt when what became known as the Arab Spring, suddenly exploded all around them. The school's insurance provider said the students were safely on the way home. They weren't.
"After debating a bit what to do, we said, 'it looks like our evacuation provider isn't doing what they were supposed to do. Let's go with Global Rescue.'"
– Jeff Cason, Vice President for Academic Affairs & Dean of the Schools
CHRIST MERTZ LUTHERAN CHURCH – HAITI
Rev. Cheryl Meinschein and a group of volunteers from a Pennsylvania church arrived in Haiti on Saturday. On Tuesday, a devastating earthquake struck the island nation, crippling infrastructure and leaving the group stranded.
"The important question was: Are we going to be able to get home? How are we going to be able to get home?"
-Rev. Cheryl Meinschein
WADE BOGGS
Baseball Hall of Famer, avid outdoorsman and world traveler Wade Boggs relies on Global Rescue for peace of mind.
"You don't play with your life. Things can happen in the blink of an eye. That's when you call Global Rescue. In my opinion, you cannot afford not to get Global Rescue."
-Wade Boggs, Baseball Hall of Famer and Global Rescue member
DANIEL CORE – ZIMBABWE
A small animal veterinarian, Dr. Daniel Core is no stranger to wildlife. But when an ornery giraffe closed in on him and his wife while they walked through the bush on safari, there was nothing he could do to stop an attack.
"I go, 'oh my God, he is going to kill Laura or me, and there is not a darn thing I can do about it.'"
-Daniel Core
JIM & EDDIE GILDEA – NEW ZEALAND
A competitive freestyle skier, Eddie Gildea was training in New Zealand when he crashed during a run. He had a catastrophic knee injury, and he was thousands of miles from home.
"It wasn't an unusual accident. It happens all the time in skiing. Just not usually when you're 12,000 miles away."
-Jim Gildea
SCOTT GARRETT – NAMIBIA
A simple but nagging cough turned into something much more serious for Scott Garrett while he traveled to Africa. When he started coughing up blood, he knew he was in real trouble.
"A few more days, and I might not have made it through. It was just a rapid progression of everything starting to shut down."
-Scott Garrett
JAMIE CRANE-MAUZY – CANADA
A professional slopestyle skier, Jamie Crane-Mauzy was competing in Whistler, B.C., when she crashed to the ground on a jump. Her brain rattled against her skull as it whipped onto the snow, she began to convulse, and she fell into a coma.
"I said, 'well, is my daughter still alive?' And his response was, 'yes – for the moment.'"
-Grace Mauzy
KATE STARRETT – AUSTRIA
While living in Vienna with her two young sons, Kate Starrett suffered a violent allergic reaction. She couldn't breathe, and she couldn't find anyone who could help.
"I had a full-body rash. Unbeknownst to me, I was basically going into anaphylactic shock."
-Kate Starrett
JON TURK - CANADIAN ARCTIC
Jon Turk is no rookie outdoorsman, having been named an Adventurer of the Year by Outside Magazine. But after a 100-day, 1,485-mile journey in northern Canada, he began to suffer kidney failure. Global Rescue and physicians at Johns Hopkins determined he needed dialysis – immediately. Global Rescue deployed an aircraft and critical care transport team to bring him out of the Arctic to a medical facility for the life-saving care he needed, and then home to Montana.
"I recommend [Global Rescue's] services to anyone who strays far from home."
-Jon Turk, Global Rescue Member
SANDY & JOHN SEARLES - ETHIOPIA
John and Sandy Searles were on safari in Ethiopia when John suffered a stroke. One satellite phone call later, and Global Rescue had dispatched a critical care transport team to help bring John to a hospital in Addis Ababa, and stay with him while a neurosurgeon worked to save his life. Once he was stabilized, Global Rescue escorted him home to the U.S.
"Without Global Rescue, I don't know how I would have my husband with me today. If you are going to do this kind of travel at our age, it pays to take that extra step and think about getting rescued if need be."
-Sandy Searles, Global Rescue Member
STEVEN HUSKEY – CANADA
A September 2014 hunting trip in the Canadian Rockies suddenly went very wrong for Steven Huskey when he lost his footing during a snowy descent and slipped down a mountain, tumbling over a cliff. His guide reached out to Global Rescue, and we performed a field rescue and evacuation by helicopter. While Mr. Huskey was treated at a hospital, Global Rescue coordinated with his family, medical personnel, trip outfitter and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to perform his evacuation.
"If you are a back country adventurer, your Global Rescue membership should be at the very top of your packing list."
-Steven Huskey, Global Rescue Member
DR. MICHELE DONSKY - TANZANIA
Of all the places to experience shortness of breath and tightness in your chest, at 13,000 feet on a climb up Mount Kilimanjaro is one of the worst. Dr. Michele Donsky needed help immediately, and her guide called Global Rescue for a helicopter evacuation. Her condition improved at a lower altitude, and Global Rescue stayed in contact the whole way as she traveled home.
"I cannot praise you enough...I would be dead if you had not come to rescue me."
-Dr. Michele Donsky, Global Rescue Member
DR. MARTIN KOSICH – SWITZERLAND
An awkward fall in the middle of a long ski run down a Swiss mountain caused traumatic injuries for Dr. Martin Kosich, a veteran skier. It would have taken two hours for someone to ski down and get help, but Global Rescue was able to get a helicopter to him in a matter of minutes, bringing him to a nearby hospital to be stabilized before taking him to his home hospital of choice in the United States.
"There are no words to express the angst that was taken off my mind and body by Global Rescue. [Their] performance was terrific. I can't say enough about it. Without Global Rescue, I wouldn't be here today."
-Dr. Martin Kosich, Global Rescue Member
JOHN BATES - CHRISTMAS ISLAND
A much-anticipated fishing trip to Kiritimati, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, went very wrong for John Bates when he became severely ill. Despite the communication challenges, Global Rescue evacuated him via private medically equipped aircraft from the remote location and brought him directly to a Hawaiian hospital for the treatment he so desperately needed.
"I'm here and I've got all of my limbs, I'm glad I had Global Rescue. Having seen what they do, I'm a believer."
-John Bates, Global Rescue Member
JOHN ALL - NEPAL
Climate scientist Dr. John All was doing research in the Himalayas when he fell 70 feet into a crevasse. A member of the American Alpine Club, Dr. All was able to crawl out and to his tent, but he had sustained very serious injuries. He sent an SOS satellite message to call Global Rescue, and we performed a successful field rescue via rotary-wing aircraft and brought him to safety from an altitude of 19,700 feet.
"Please call Global Rescue. Broken arm, ribs, internal bleeding. Fell 70ft crevasse. Climbed out. Himlung camp 2. Please hurry."
-John All, Global Rescue Member
NICO MONFORTE - ITALY
U.S. Ski Team racer Nico Monforte was preparing for a skicross event at the Junior World Championships in Valemalenco, Italy, when he suffered a fall, breaking his leg and injuring his shoulder. Global Rescue brought him to a more suitable facility for his surgery and care, and also transported him back to his home hospital of choice in the United States.
"I would highly recommend Global Rescue to any of my friends and family, or to anyone who is traveling. The services I received from Global Rescue helped get me the care I needed to make a full recovery."
-Nico Monforte, 2014 Junior Worlds Skicross Team Member
STEVE HOUSE - CANADA
An 80-foot fall brought veteran alpinist Steve House crashing to the ground while climbing Mount Temple in Banff National Park. A Canadian medevac team brought him down from the mountain and Global Rescue deployed a critical care transport team and brought him to the hospital. He had suffered multiple fractures and a collapsed lung, but Global Rescue was able to evacuate him to his home hospital in Oregon via medical transport jet.
"Global Rescue not only got me home as efficiently as possible, they repeatedly made the best decisions for me as a patient. For that I am forever grateful."
-Steve House, Global Rescue Member
Services include medical evacuation, security extraction, travel intelligence and assistance services designed to assist and protect you when you are away from home.
Worldwide Field Rescue
Medical Evacuation to Home Hospital
Security Extraction
24/7/365 Advisory Services
TOTALCARESM MEMBERSHIPS
All of the benefits of our Travel Memberships, in addition to providing access to world-class virtual healthcare when you are at home.
EXTENDED PLANS
Membership plans are also available for individuals 75 and older.
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Protect the value of your trip with IMG Signature Travel InsuranceSM.
Is a revolutionary way for our members to manage their healthcare when they're at home or travelling by providing access to teams of paramedics, nurses and board-certified physicians from Elite Medical Group, the John Hopkins Emergency Medicine Division of Special Operations, and Partners HealthCare. These clinicians are available 24/7 to provide video consultation, diagnosis, treatment recommendations, prescriptions and referrals to more than 200 worldwide centers of excellence.
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IMG Signature Travel InsuranceSM
Protect the value of your travel with IMG Signature Travel InsuranceSM, designed by IMG® for Global Rescue. IMG has created the industry's most complete product, tailor-made for adventurous traveler. It's the perfect add-on to your Global Rescue membership, providing coverage against a variety of unexpected expenses while you're travelling, and giving you the added comfort of knowing the actual value of your trip is protected if something goes wrong.
Trip Cancellation Trip Cost Insured
(Up to $100,000)
Trip Interruption 150% of trip cost insured
Travel Delay Up to $1,000 ($250/day max after delay of 6 hours)
Missed Connection Up to $500
(after a delay of 3 hours)
Change Fee Up to $300
Reimbursement of Miles or Rewards Points Up to $75
Lost or Stolen Baggage Up to $2,500
Baggage Delay Up to $500
Emergency Medical Up to $100,000
Emergency Dental Up to $1,000
Pre-existing Condition Waiver Yes, if purchased within 20 days of initial trip payment
Common Carrier AD&D Up to $100,000
Search & Rescue Up to $10,000
Sports Equipment Rental Up to $2,000 ($500/day)
Rental Car Damage Up to $40,000
Optional Upgrade
Interrupt for Any Reason† Up to 75% non-refundable insured trip cost
Cancel for Any Reason† Up to 75% non-refundable insured trip cost (Policy must be purchased within 20 days from initial trip payment for you to be eligible)
Medical Evacuation & Advisory Services
Field Rescue
We pioneered worldwide field rescue for our members in remote or dangerous environments. Our deployable teams are standing by to rescue our members from the point of illness or injury for any serious medical emergency.
24/7/365 with critical care paramedics, nurses and physicians, and an exclusive relationship with the John Hopkins Emergency Medicine Division of Special Operations.
With fully deployable medical teams, we have the unparalleled ability to transport our members back to their home hospital of choice from anywhere in the world.
Security Extraction & Advisory Services
Our teams of military special operations veterans are available to provide aid and extraction from natural disasters, terror attacks and civil unrest whenever you are in danger.
Our in-house teams of intelligence analysts provide alerts, analysis and advice on security events worldwide.
Visa & Passport Services
We can assist you in obtaining replacements for a lost or stolen passport or visa.
We have interpreters and translators who are fluent in more than 190 languages standing by 24/7 to help you in a crisis.
Mortal Remains Transport
If a Global Rescue member dies while traveling, we will bring their remains to the home country morgue of the member's choice.
Legal Referrals
We can provide you with referrals to legal representation in more than 160 countries.
My Global Rescue Mobile App
Critical medical, security, and information resources at the touch of a button, anywhere in the world.
Our intelligence teams monitor world events to provide real-time information on more than 215 countries and principalities worldwide.
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Emergency Event Alerts
Automatic alerts for medical and security events that could impact your travel.
GPS Tracking & Alerts
Keep track of the people you care about with geo-fence designated areas and be notified when family members arrive or leave. Check in to let everyone know you're safe.
Department of Emergency Medicine Division of Special Operations
Since our founding in 2004, we have maintained a long-standing collaboration with the Johns Hopkins Emergency Medicine Division of Special Operations. This relationship provides our members:
A network of physicians and specialists for consultation services on health-related issues involving high-acuity, remote and/or logistically complex medical cases.
Specialty and subspecialty (nonemergency medicine) clinical second opinions within Johns Hopkins Medicine.
Medical training programs in tactical and operational medicine.
If I'm traveling, will Global Rescue fly me home on a private plane if I get sick?
If you require hospitalization and wish to go home, Global Rescue will transport you there by the medically indicated form of transport. Global Rescue will determine the mode of transport, taking into account member safety, treatment and comfort concerns.
Will Global Rescue reimburse me for medical expenses or the cost of my vacation?
Global Rescue is not an insurance company and thus cannot reimburse members for either the cost of treatment arranged by the member or the member's trip costs. Members who have purchased Global Rescue Signature Travel Insurance will be covered for their medical expenses up to $100,000.
If I have signed up for Security Services, will Global Rescue evacuate me from an active war zone?
If the situation in a country deteriorates to the point where an official declaration is made or it is clear that the member will suffer imminent grievous bodily harm, Global Rescue will deploy and rescue the member, bringing them to the nearest safe location prior to evacuating them back to their home country.
Do I have to be an American citizen to join Global Rescue?
Global Rescue membership is available to anyone, regardless of their country of citizenship. Global Rescue will transport and evacuate our members to their choice of hospital in their home country. All prices quoted for memberships are listed in U.S. dollars (USD).
If I'm hospitalized and want to be transported to Johns Hopkins Medicine to receive treatment, will Global Rescue transfer me to a Johns Hopkins Medicine facility?
Global Rescue will transport our members to the domestic hospital of their choice, whether they choose Johns Hopkins Medicine or another healthcare facility. Global Rescue cannot guarantee that there will be space available to admit the member, however. We will do our best to accommodate our member's preferences and work with the receiving hospital to both gain admittance for our member and manage all of the logistics of the transfer.
Can Global Rescue send and receive data files, faxes, packages, etc?
Global Rescue is equipped to both send and receive information to and from our members in a variety of forms. Our operations centers are equipped with state-of-the-art systems and sufficient bandwidth to send, receive and work with data intensive transmissions. Additionally, Global Rescue has relationships with worldwide couriers who can often provide physical delivery of critical documents and test results on a more rapid and geographically diverse basis than commercially available means. Shipping charges not related to a transfer or performed for our members' convenience will be the responsibility of the member. All transmissions regarding cases that result in a transfer are included in the price of membership.
When can i activate the Field Rescue service?
Global Rescue provides Field Rescue services to members anytime they become injured or ill in a location where serious permanent injury or death could result. For example, Global Rescue regularly provides Field Rescue services to members in the backcountry suffering from altitude sickness and orthopedic injuries, including sprains and broken bones. Please refer to our Member Services Agreement for more detail.
Transport Rules & Exclusions
Field Rescue services provide transport to the nearest facility if the member's condition is likely to cause serious permanent injury or death if they are unable to get to a hospital
Evacuation to home hospital of choice for members hospitalized or in need of hospitalization more than 100 miles from home
Country where patient is hospitalized must be able to safely accommodate Global Rescue aircraft, ground or sea transport
If the member is able to safely fly commercially with or without a medical escort, Global Rescue will make necessary arrangements for this alternative
All services must be arranged and provided by Global Rescue
Individual members are limited to two (2) transports per year
Family membership transports are limited to (1) transport each for a common accident or two (2) transports in aggregate
Members who become ill on cruise ships must disembark at an accessible medical facility or port
Transport Exclusions
Members with certain infectious diseases
Women beyond their second trimester of pregnancy
Psychiatric maladies
Members traveling expressly for medical purposes
Intentional self-inflicted injuries
Members engaged in armed conflict
Conditions relating to intentional overdoses of a controlled substance
Conditions relating to ingesting a banned substance
Conditions relating to previously diagnosed organ transplant or infectious disease
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For individuals 85+, medical transport is not included in membership. Members 85+ may purchase medical transport on a fee for service basis.
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In recent years whole grain foods have been given a bad rep due to their high carbohydrate content. Low-carb eating plans such as the Atkins and Paleo programs – which minimise or completely eliminate grains from our diets – are increasingly becoming the go-to for weight-loss, but there is a great debate among dietitians and nutritionists as to whether this is safe or effective.
With several health benefits to be gained from consuming whole grain foods, should we be ditching fads and opting for balance instead?
"There is a growing trend towards diets that eliminate sources of carbohydrate to aid weight loss. However, the science shows that these diets are no more effective than calorie-controlled diets that include grain foods," says dietitian and GLNC Nutrition Program Manager, Michelle Broom.
According to a study by the University of Sydney, a high protein diet that restricts carbohydrates puts a person at a higher risk of diabetes and can reduce their life span. "Eliminating grain foods puts you at risk of missing out on a unique set of essential nutrients and phytonutrients important for good health," Michelle explains.
Research shows that grains are the leading contributors of seven key nutrients, including zinc for healthy hair and nails, Vitamins B2 and B3 for soft, smooth skin and magnesium for brain function and muscle fuel. "On a daily basis, these vitamins and minerals in grain foods support your metabolism which helps you to feel less fatigued…" Says Broom.
The recommended amount of whole grains is three to four servings a day, so what grains should you be eating and how can you incorporate them into your diet without going overboard? Michelle suggests "starting the day with oats or a high-fibre cereal, choosing a whole grain sandwich or sushi for lunch, and enjoying a stir-fry with rice for dinner." Different grains like "black rice, barley, freekeh, quinoa or kamut" also make for great substitutes to mix up your week night recipes.
Essentially, the key here is balance and moderation. The Grains & Legumes Nutrition Council says the healthiest way to boost the whole grains in your day and take the guess work out is to look for foods labelled 'high in whole grain' or 'very high in whole grain.' They also recommend checking nutritional standards.


The Pentagon sharply criticized Russia's announcement on Thursday that it was starting military drills near the border with Ukraine and called on Moscow to take steps to lower, not escalate, tensions.
Moscow has said the drills were a response to Ukrainian operations against pro-Russian separatists and NATO exercises in eastern Europe.
"The Russian announcement of additional exercises on the Ukrainian border is exactly opposite of what we have been calling on the Russians to do, which is to de-escalate the situation," Pentagon spokesman Colonel Steve Warren told reporters.
"So we again call on them to act responsibly, to de-escalate this situation and to help all parties bring this crisis to a peaceful resolution."
The Kremlin has built up forces on Ukraine's border, estimated by NATO officials at up to 40,000 troops. It maintains Russia has the right to protect Russian-speakers if they come under threat, a reason the Kremlin gave for annexing the Crimean peninsula in Ukraine last month.
Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu was quoted by the Interfax news agency saying that, starting on Thursday, battalions of tactical groups from the armed forces' southern and western military districts would begin exercises in regions of Russia bordering Ukraine.
"Apart from that, the air force will conduct flights to train for maneuvers along the state borders," Shoigu said.
Speaking to reporters at the Pentagon, Warren said the United States had detected some Russian troop movements that could be associated with those military exercises, including the repositioning of vehicles and personnel.
"We have seen some movement associated with this announcement," Warren said.
Russia's announcement of the drills came a day after about 150 U.S. soldiers arrived for exercises in Poland, part of an effort by Washington to reassure eastern European allies worried by the Russian buildup. Another 450 U.S. soldiers will arrive in the three Baltic states by Monday.
Ukraine has asked Moscow, under European OSCE security arrangements, to explain and give details of its military exercises near the border within 48 hours, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Russia on Thursday demanded that the United States force the Ukrainian authorities to halt a military operation in southeastern Ukraine and withdraw units of the armed forces.
Putting the onus on Washington to ease tensions after Ukrainian forces killed up to five pro-Moscow rebels, the Russian Foreign Ministry said the situation "demands urgent actions to force the Kiev authorities, who are wards of the United States, to restrain themselves and not use force".
"We are counting on the United States to take urgent measures in the interests of de-escalation," it said in a statement.
"Washington must force the current Ukrainian leadership to immediately stop the military operation in southeastern Ukraine and withdraw military units to their permanent bases."
"So far, nothing has been done to resolve this urgent task," it said. "We hope that Washington understands the full measure of its responsibility for what is happening."
Telephone talks planned for Wednesday and Thursday between Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry had not taken place "for reasons that did not depend on Moscow", the ministry said.
It said that in advance of a conversation between Kerry and Lavrov scheduled for Friday, Russia "once again insistently calls on Washington to use all its influence on the interim government in Kiev" to prevent it from taking steps that could plunge Ukraine deeper into crisis.


mission of texts in the Middle Ages themselves.
tion of printing and the religious upheavals which we know as the Reformation.
known that I wish to bring to your attention.
[p.366] Erasmus wrote for his editions, and Allen's notes are an unexhaustible guide.
surprisingly they were first edited under the name of Tertullian.
had smoothed the Latinity or had altered the text for theological reasons.
Leland had found the manuscript in Masburensi coenobio gentis eius vetustissimo.
manuscript also has not survived.
thing about the 16th-century editors. What were their habits and credentials?
Jacobus Pamelius and Joannes Clemens, the owner of one of the lost manuscripts.
gives the fullest list of texts he edited or was author of that I have found.
brought him to the notice of King Francis I, whose grand almoner he became.
us where he found the manuscript.
know if the material for it exists.
with us, whom I suffer to be away from no talk wherein may be any profit or goodness'.
resident in Corpus Christi College.
anxious to study medicine and to bring to bear on it his knowledge of Greek.
exile in the Low Countries, where he remained until the accession of Mary in 1553.
at Malines, where he died in 1572.
Christopher Plantin's journal for 1561 there is an entry of purchase from Dr.
100 lbs weight of parchment books?
Latin' which had belonged to his grandfather.
Pamelius had not seen the manuscript.
catalogue of manuscripts is better than no catalogue, so let it be with the guide.
minutiae, the main text is as drafted by Dr. Hunt, but the references have been added.
1. L. Delisle, Le cabinet des manuscrits, 3 vols. + plates vol., Paris 1868-81.
Band 4 Heft i), Munich 1908 and 1911.
4. G.F. Diercks, ed., Novatiani opera (C.C.L. 4), Turnhout 1972, pp. 3-4.
(Glasgow University Publications 22), Glasgow 1931, p. 28.
6. Vol. 19, Paris 1857, cols. 165-6, under 'Gagni ou Gagnee, ou Guieni (Jean de)'.
7. Vol. 10, Halle 8 Leipzig 1735, cols. 64-5, under 'Gaigny oder Gagnee (Io.)'.
8. Vol. 56, Paris 1913, reprinted 1929, cols. 497-500, under 'Gagny (Jean de)'.
9. Reprinted, Paris 1965, p. 161, under 'Gaigny (Jean de)'.
11. See Delisle, Le cabinet des MSS., vol. I, pp. 162-3.
12. Avitus and Claudius Marius Victor were published together at Lyons in 1535.
13. Published at Paris, 1547.
'Gallicanus' (C.C.L. 101-101B), Turnhout 1970-71.
15. Vol. 16, Brussels 1901, cols. 528-542.
16. Vol. 4, first published 1887, p. 489.
17. 'Sopra Giovanni Clement e i suoi manoscritti', La Bibliofilia 28 (1926), pp.
81-99 = Studi a testi 79 (1937), pp. 292-315.
18. Diercks, ed. cit., p. 2.
1910, no. 468, lines 11-13; see also no. 388, lines 173-5.
21. Leiden, Universiteitsbibliotheek, Hebr. 8.
non-Hunterian collections', The Bibliotheck, 8 (1977), pp. 130, 135 (p1. 5), 147.
24. See Mercati in La Bibliofilia 28 (1926), p. 92.


Akor, a great adventure project that will happen during summer 2018, needed a logo and a brand identity for their various publications such as a sponsorship plan and social media posts. Here's an overview of Akor and the design process.
The team will be travelling from Schefferville, Quebec, to Nain, Labrador.
Some exploration for the name and logo.
Examples of publications released in accordance to the branding.
These were used in various social media posts for contests and to create hype towards Akor.


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Listen Up, Bureaucrats, the Time for Bhakti is Over
The Supreme Court and Election Commission must join forces to ensure the 2019 Lok Sabha poll becomes a free and fair contest.
India's chief election commissioner Sunil Arora speaks as Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa (L) and Sunil Chandra look on during a news conference in New Delhi, India, March 10, 2019. Photo: Reuters/Adnan Abidi
Harish Khare
As and when the obituary of the Modi regime gets written, future historians will have reason to register their disappointment that so distinguished a legal mind as K.K. Venugopal should have made himself available for the defence of a questionable defence deal.
He is, after all, Attorney-General of India – a constitutional office positioned over and above the petty interests of the political crowd.
Those who preside over institutions like the Supreme Court of India, the Election Commission, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, the AG, do have an obligation, even in most of normal times, to ensure a minimum of constitutional fairness, as well as staying outside the politicians' squabbles; this obligation becomes a duty the moment national polls season begins.
As the designated custodians of republican practices and protocols, these institutions have a sacred duty to ensure that the model code of conduct is honoured both in letter and spirit. In other words, they must see to it that there is a level playing field for all.
Admittedly, this is easier said than done.
Especially these past five years, all organs of the Indian state have been made to bend at the knee to a haughty and arrogant prime minister. Very many bureaucrats, judges, police officers, generals and admirals have allowed themselves to be taken in by the narrative woven around the prime minister and have, in the process, forgotten that we remain a republic of laws.
Now that the code of conduct has kicked in, it is time for every official, high or low, to remember that the Constitution of India is not a thuggish arrangement, to be manipulated by devious politicians.
The 21st century obsession with terrorism has eroded the constitutional restraint and fairness needed in the exercise of the coercive powers of the state. We in India have manufactured a new infatuation with strong leaders; the judiciary has slackened its vigilance against the over-bearing policeman, chanting the 'national security' mantra; bureaucrats have happily given in to the prime ministerial overlordism.
Yet the custodians of republican virtues and values need to remain unsentimentally clear-headed: impatience with the messiness of democracy cannot be allowed to become a reason to tilt the scales in favour of any authoritarian selling the virtues of a mazboot sarkar.
Also read: Since Modi is India and India is Modi, Who Needs Elections?
The most critical challenge before all constitutional functionaries over the next two months will be how to ensure and safeguard fairness and integrity of the electoral process. A free and fair poll is not a pious platitude; it is has to be necessarily construed as the keystone of the basic structure of the Constitution. The 'basic structure doctrine' was not enunciated just to maintain a certain institutional equilibrium and constitutional equanimity but was also anchored in a belief that the processes of democracy could not be allowed to be abused and hijacked by political gangsters.
True, the bureaucrats have necessarily to work closely with this or that leader. In the process, some of them do come to acquire admiration for their political bosses; some even choose to become a part of the coterie (and, in the process get branded as this or that leader's man); some genuinely begin identifying themselves with the political leader's priorities and prejudices and preoccupation. In many states like Gujarat the officials have got used so long to a particular political party that they no longer know the concept of bureaucratic neutrality.
Admitted, it is part of the basic scheme of things that the government of the day – in the states or at the Centre – must get the best advice and performance of a bureaucrat. But at no time, and definitely not at election time, should the official get involved in the politicians' rivalries and animosities. Sadly, these last few years, no bureaucrat has been allowed the elbow room of detachment.
Now, then, is the time for officials to rediscover their voice and, if possible, their spine. No, they need not become partisans to the opposition; nor do they need to become anti-politics insurrectionists; all that they have to do is to become agents of free and fair electoral choices. They have a chance to make up for the past few years' servility and surrender. And the seniors in particular need to show the way; only then can they demand neutrality and even-handedness from the lower level officials who function at the cutting edge on polling day.
And if the officials remain spineless, the two referee institutions – the Supreme Court and the Election Commission – will need to weigh-in with their constitutional yellow cards.
It is a matter of pride and satisfaction that we have come a long way from the era of unchecked political waywardness which existed before T.N. Seshan stepped in as chief election commissioner in 1990. The three honourable individuals who helm Nirvachan Sadan have much more than a legacy to defend. They need to appreciate that there is a sacred purpose to a general election: the renewal of legitimacy of authority. And the commissioners must feel obliged to walk the extra mile to dispel doubts about the fairness of the poll process.
Also read: As the Alliance Game Continues, Congress's Missteps Could Cost it Dearly
It is important to recall that in recent years Nirvachan Sadan had fallen short on this count.
For example, the Election Commission failed in its duty to hold the prime minister responsible for violations during the Gujarat Assembly election, when on the last day Modi used a sea-plane to overcome the commission's denial of permission for a road show (to him and the Congress leader, Rahul Gandhi). It failed to see that Modi's defiance amounted to him showing his middle finger to EC. Similarly, godman Morari Bapu was allowed to go ahead with his religious parvachan programme, which was a thinly disguised political pitch. Objective observers had sadly concluded that the Election Commission looked the other way at the BJP's transgressions. It needs to perform some penance.
Under the Supreme Court's goading, the Election Commission is obliged to correct the impression that it remains indifferent to the democratic concern about EVMs. There is a new leadership at Nirvachan Sadan and it is devoutly wished that the commission would recoup its institutional elan and sure-footedness.
Notwithstanding Pulwama, Balakot, Pakistan, Masood Azhar, Imran Khan and China, we cannot be distracted from the nobility of our democracy. Hence, we demand that there be no doubt about the democratic choices made. Our own constitutional arrangements, morals and manners remain unchanged, even if a "New India" has been proclaimed.
Harish Khare is a journalist who lives and works in Delhi. He was, until recently, editor-in-chief of The Tribune.


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import { parse } from 'url';
import { createServer, Server } from 'http';
import { Bridge } from './bridge';

type LauncherConfiguration = {
  entrypointPath: string;
  bridgePath: string;
  helpersPath: string;
  sourcemapSupportPath: string;
  shouldAddHelpers?: boolean;
  shouldAddSourcemapSupport?: boolean;
  awsLambdaHandler?: string;
};

export function makeNowLauncher(config: LauncherConfiguration): string {
  const {
    entrypointPath,
    bridgePath,
    helpersPath,
    sourcemapSupportPath,
    shouldAddHelpers = false,
    shouldAddSourcemapSupport = false,
  } = config;
  return `const bridge_1 = require(${JSON.stringify(bridgePath)});
const http_1 = require("http");
${
  shouldAddSourcemapSupport
    ? `require(${JSON.stringify(sourcemapSupportPath)});`
    : ''
}
const entrypointPath = ${JSON.stringify(entrypointPath)};
const shouldAddHelpers = ${JSON.stringify(shouldAddHelpers)};
const helpersPath = ${JSON.stringify(helpersPath)};

const bridge = (${getNowLauncher(config)})();
exports.launcher = bridge.launcher;`;
}

export function getNowLauncher({
  entrypointPath,
  helpersPath,
  shouldAddHelpers = false,
}: LauncherConfiguration) {
  return function (): Bridge {
    let bridge = new Bridge();
    let isServerListening = false;

    const originalListen = Server.prototype.listen;
    Server.prototype.listen = function listen() {
      isServerListening = true;
      console.log('Legacy server listening...');
      bridge.setServer(this);
      Server.prototype.listen = originalListen;
      bridge.listen();
      return this;
    };

    if (!process.env.NODE_ENV) {
      const region = process.env.VERCEL_REGION || process.env.NOW_REGION;
      process.env.NODE_ENV = region === 'dev1' ? 'development' : 'production';
    }

    try {
      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
      let listener = require(entrypointPath);
      if (listener.default) listener = listener.default;

      if (typeof listener.listen === 'function') {
        Server.prototype.listen = originalListen;
        const server = listener;
        bridge.setServer(server);
        bridge.listen();
      } else if (typeof listener === 'function') {
        Server.prototype.listen = originalListen;
        let server: Server;
        if (shouldAddHelpers) {
          bridge = new Bridge(undefined, true);
          server = require(helpersPath).createServerWithHelpers(
            listener,
            bridge
          );
        } else {
          server = createServer(listener);
        }
        bridge.setServer(server);
        bridge.listen();
      } else if (
        typeof listener === 'object' &&
        Object.keys(listener).length === 0
      ) {
        setTimeout(() => {
          if (!isServerListening) {
            console.error('No exports found in module %j.', entrypointPath);
            console.error('Did you forget to export a function or a server?');
            process.exit(1);
          }
        }, 5000);
      } else {
        console.error('Invalid export found in module %j.', entrypointPath);
        console.error('The default export must be a function or server.');
      }
    } catch (err) {
      if (err.code === 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND') {
        console.error(err.message);
        console.error(
          'Did you forget to add it to "dependencies" in `package.json`?'
        );
      } else {
        console.error(err);
      }
      process.exit(1);
    }

    return bridge;
  };
}

export function makeAwsLauncher(config: LauncherConfiguration): string {
  const { entrypointPath, awsLambdaHandler = '' } = config;
  return `const url_1 = require("url");
const funcName = ${JSON.stringify(awsLambdaHandler.split('.').pop())};
const entrypointPath = ${JSON.stringify(entrypointPath)};
exports.launcher = ${getAwsLauncher(config)}`;
}

export function getAwsLauncher({
  entrypointPath,
  awsLambdaHandler = '',
}: LauncherConfiguration) {
  const funcName = awsLambdaHandler.split('.').pop();
  if (typeof funcName !== 'string') {
    throw new TypeError('Expected "string"');
  }

  // @ts-ignore
  return function (e, context, callback) {
    const { path, method: httpMethod, body, headers } = JSON.parse(e.body);
    const { query } = parse(path, true);
    const queryStringParameters: { [i: string]: string } = {};
    for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(query)) {
      if (typeof value === 'string') {
        queryStringParameters[key] = value;
      }
    }
    const awsGatewayEvent = {
      resource: '/{proxy+}',
      path: path,
      httpMethod: httpMethod,
      body: body,
      isBase64Encoded: true,
      queryStringParameters: queryStringParameters,
      multiValueQueryStringParameters: query,
      headers: headers,
    };
    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
    const mod = require(entrypointPath);
    return mod[funcName](awsGatewayEvent, context, callback);
  };
}

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Visualization of different materials and colors by using a product configurator offers customers the opportunity to see the best aspects of the product. Your customer chooses between the materials and tones that they like most and immediately the configured image of the product will be displayed on the screen with the parameters selected for the product.
The functionality of such a web module can be particularly useful when the possible product portfolio is not yet physically finished and the customer changes his mind about the product – namely, if desired, the product could be added in another tone instead of previously selected tone.
In addition, the product configurator can easily be linked to web store solution, which gives our customers a definite advantage over competitors.
For the interior configurator, we create a space where the customer by using virtual furniture can try and combine different solutions and then consider compatibility of the created solution.
Example of a product configurator made by Revismo 3D Studio.


Ronald van der Pol MSc has been working in the field of Education and Research Networks for more than twenty years. Since 2012 he is working on network innovation projects at SURFnet. His former employers include VU University Amsterdam, SURFnet, NLnet Labs and SARA. His current interests are in new network technologies and how these can be applied to next generation networking. This includes Software Defined Networking, OpenFlow, multipathing, load balancing and other forms of traffic engineering and optimisation, network management and monitoring, transport protocols, end-to-end performance of demanding applications, programmable dataplanes (OpenFlow/P4), OpenDaylight, disaggregation in networking and intent and model driven networking. He holds masters degrees in both Physics and Computer Science and is a frequent speaker at networking conferences.


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by Eve Doster
Wednesday • 17
Detroit Tigers Winter Caravan
Few things put the world in perspective as delightfully as an old-fashioned underdog story. And when our Tigers became unlikely Mr. Octobers last fall, the city became, once again, smitten. This week, giddy baseball fans can meet up with (and give thanks) to the boys of summer: Much-loved broadcasters Mario Impemba and Rod Allen will emcee an appearance and meet-and greet with players, including our latest acquisition, outfielder Gary Sheffield, as well as Magglio Ordoñez, Brandon Inge, Curtis Granderson, Jeremy Bonderman, Nate Robertson, Kenny Rogers and Carlos Guillen. Festivities begin at 2:45 p.m. at the Oakland University's O'rena, 2200 Squirrel Rd., Rochester; 248-370-2100.
Thursday • 18
Iron Sheik and Head-Roc
There's few things as globally important as education, so it's fitting that rappers Iron Sheik and Head-Roc are slated to appear at this week's popular Global Thursdays series at the Arab American National Museum. Hip hop is their medium, but the message is steeped in social consciousness and activism. Think of it as hip hop with a political and community-based nature. Good shit, in other words. 7:30 p.m. at 13624 Michigan Ave., Dearborn; 313-582-2266.
Thursday and Friday • 18 and 19
Artistic rage heats up the stage in Peter Shaffer's production of Amadeus, an ingenious story of composer Salieri's violent jealousy over Mozart's catapulting career. With sumptuous period costumes, a tasteful set, elegant lighting design, and Paul Shaffer's original script — which was adapted into an Academy Award-winning motion picture by Milos Forman — the play provides three hours of appealing live entertainment. At the Hilberry Theatre, 4841 Cass Ave., Detroit; 313-577-2972.
Friday • 19
Nicole Havekost: Careful Measures
Inspired by the everyday, artist Nicole Havekost uses readymade items such as kitchen implements, tools, fruits, candies and various body parts to create her latest exhibit, Careful Measures. The installation includes mixed-media drawings that beautifully alter the prosaic into the interesting. Opening reception is 6-8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19, at the Paint Creek Center for the Arts, 407 Pine St., Rochester; 248-651-4110. Ends Feb. 24.
The Vizitors
Their roots trace back to the '70s, when drummer Dushun Mosely and keyboardist Kenny Green were among the Lansing-area musicians who coalesced around the Art Ensemble of Chicago's Roscoe Mitchell (then a Lansing resident). Mosely settled into the Chicago scene (most notably as a member of 8 Bold Souls) while Green carries on in Detroit. Throw in the volcanic saxophonics of Skeeter Shelton and the adventurous vocals of Teresa Mora (mother of Naima Mora of America's Top Model fame) and you've got a band that swings from spacey to earthy and back. At Bohemian National Home, 3009 Tillman St., Detroit; 313-737-6606.
Sonic Lullaby 1.5
Experimental music is easier to make in 2007. The technology is readily available — from the laptops to the software to the mixers and homemade instruments — and so are the obscure recordings that used to defy genre barriers. There's no underground when everything's online, and that's what Sonic Lullaby 1.5 celebrates. A loose collective of local musicians and friends exploring experimental, ambient, pop and noise music, and finding out that most of it leads them to the same contented place. At the Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit (CAID), 5141 Rosa Parks Blvd., Detroit; 313-899-2243. Featuring Geist:Ex:Bibliotecha, Trellis, Hungry Tummy Project, For Wishes, Noise for Neko, and Mother Whale.
Herman's Hermits starring Peter Noone
Though the British Invasion reinvigorated rock 'n' roll more than four decades ago, the music can be enjoyed without embarrassment, and is still greeted with new and welcome young ears. Herman's Hermits led the pack with sugary sweet hits "I'm into Something Good," "Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter," and "I'm Henry the VII, I Am." Fronted by the (still) baby-faced Peter Noone, this show's a slam dunk. Macomb Center for the Performing Arts, 44575 Garfield Rd., Clinton Twp; 586-286-2141. Tickets are $35-$45.
Friday & Saturday • 19 & 20
The name isn't the only evidence that this band's strength comes from the sum of its many parts. On an individual level, members of New York-based One for All have made magic with such jazz wizards as Lionel Hampton, Art Blakey, Chick Corea, Chet Baker, Elvin Jones and others — and as an ensemble, they get much industry respect. Side note: We recommend these guys highly, as does WDET's in-house jazz patriarch, Ed Love. As part of the Jazz Café series at Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts, 350 Madison Ave., Detroit; 313-963-7622. Set times are 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
It's not surprising that Humphrey Bogart received an Oscar nod for his role as the wild-eyed and sweaty-pitted Lt. Cmdr. Philip Francis Queeg in 1954's The Caine Mutiny. As a truly classic piece of human drama — and quite possibly Bogey's best work — this flick finds the hard-boiled icon in the throes of mental instability, betrayal and a government investigation that rocks the lives of an entire ship full of American sailors. The Navy must decide: Was the Caine mutiny a criminal act or a feat of extraordinary bravery? 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19, and 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20, at the Historic Redford Theatre, 17360 Lahser Rd., Detroit; 313-537-2560. Tickets are $4.
Saturday • 20
Dearborn Rocks
Local music rhetoric is saturated with anecdotal reverie about the city of Detroit, but the city of Dearborn is quite another yarn. While it's probably best known as the hometown of Henry Ford, Dearborn has a musical heritage that deserves acknowledgment. This week, the city's Historical Foundation presents Dearborn Rocks, a celebration of music that's come from the western suburb. Festivities include a Q&A session with old-school impresarios, a panel discussion moderated by Maury Dean, a former Dearbornite who authored Rock 'n' Roll Goldrush: A Singles Un-Cyclopedia and The Rock Revolution, and a concert from boogie-woogie masters Bob Baldori and Bob Seeley. Baldori, you'll note, is a Dearborn native and co-founded a band called the Woolies, which had a No. 3 national hit covering Bo Diddley's "Who Do You Love." He also played with Chuck Berry for many years. Starts at 3 p.m. at the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center, 15801 Michigan Ave., Dearborn; 313-943-2354.
Trio Con Brio Copenhagen
Trio Con Brio Copenhagen, an acclaimed trio of classical musicians, shuffles in the sounds of Haydn, Ravel and Dvorak this week. The three-piece was recently bestowed the prestigious Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson International Trio Award and will spread the love at the Seligman Performing Arts Center in Beverly Hills. Their newest release hits stores in February and features Maurice Ravel's Piano Trio in A Minor, Ernest Bloch's Three Nocturnes and Antonin Dvorak's Piano Trio No. 4, "Dumky." 8 p.m. at 22305 W. 13 Mile Rd., Beverly Hills. For tickets call the Chamber Music Society of Detroit at 248-855-6070.
Watermedia+
When Shakespeare wrote "Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep," he must have understood that in the absence of babbling there is grace. And gracefulness is the theme in the Riverside Arts Center's current exhibit, dubbed Watermedia+, a large group show featuring delicate watercolor works as well as other 2D and 3D watermedia artworks. Artists include Whisper Gregory Andrusiak, Mary Penn (artwork shown), Michael Reedy, Amy Sacksteder and others. At 76 N. Huron St., Ypsilanti; 734-480-2787.
Stephanie Dinkins
You can read a grad student like a book. Or so said art critic Michael Bulka, taking a look at Marygrove College's latest artistic offering, which includes a multimedia installation by Brooklyn-based artist Stephanie Dinkins that's jammed with books, projectors, trees and a rocking chair. Want to see if your view of the work squares with Bulka's assessment? Take a look-see for yourself. At the Gallery, Liberal Arts Building, Marygrove College, 8425 West McNichols, Detroit; 313-927-1538.
Eve Doster is the listings editor of Metro Times. Send comments to edoster@metrotimes.com
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