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11 edition of Deception pass found in the catalog.
Published 1997 by Ballantine Books in New York .
Seattle (Wash.),
Washington (State),
Black, Thomas (Fictitious character) -- Fiction,
Private investigators -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Fiction,
Extortion -- Fiction,
Seattle (Wash.) -- Fiction
Statement Earl Emerson.
LC Classifications PS3555.M39 D435 1997
Pagination 246 p. ;
Open Library OL669234M
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I loved this book and it kept me involved the whole way through. I didn't pay attention to the summary of what the book was about and at first I was startled that it wasn't a historical romance which I had originally thought it was. I quickly became involved with the deception twin sisters, Sabrina and Stephanie, created by switching lives.4/5.
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Home» book Hundreds of pictures, one park's history Here is a great article about our Two Hands and Shovel book that came out in the Skagit Valley Herald. The deception is down low, where the water is. Boaters can experience the deception, and kayakers brave the deception, but even they don't truly get the deception.
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Official Selection: Oregon Shorts Film Festival. We are thrilled to have our script, Deception Pass, accepted to the Oregon Shorts Film will be OSFF's first year, and they will be holding the event at the Avalon Theater. A quick side note, for those of you who do not know about the Avalon, it's a throwback to the days of old penny arcades and movie theaters.
The tide chart above shows the height and times of high tide and low tide for Deception Pass The red flashing dot shows the tide time right now. The yellow shading corresponds to daylight hours between sunrise and sunset at Deception Pass.
The largest known tidal range at. Taking place at Deception Pass State Park which is named for the narrow and dramatic channel of water that separates Whidbey and Fidalgo Islands in the northern Puget Sound.
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Drive east to mile markerfound between the Skykomish and Stevens Pass. Turn south onto Deception Creek Road (FR ), and continue for one mile to the trailhead. Access the Tucquala Meadows trailhead from I From I take exit Drive north on SR to Salmon la Sac/5(9).On your next trip to Deception Pass State Park, don't cross over the Deception Pass bridge.
Instead, take the road down to Bowman Bay for some fine hiking along the rugged cliffs. Great views of the bridge over Deception and Canoe Pass, calm Lottie Bay, a woodland walk through hemlock, fir and Pacific Madrone, plus the legend of the Maiden of Deception Pass are what /5(38).
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DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT – Giacomo Mazzariello interviews Giorgio Cavalleri
Posted on June 1, 2021 December 25, 2021 Company Storytelling
Giorgio, in what way, at Chiesi, have we tied the topic of skills to company values?
For a company like ours, technical skills play a central role, but leadership models have become increasingly important, with regard to the topic of empathy or inspirational leadership, for example. What makes the difference today is purpose, the meaning you assign to the things that you do, the human dimension of the organisation. In this sense, the very concept of leadership skills is evolving, becoming our common heritage. This is why we have redesigned the company values, the basis of the company culture at Chiesi, the language and the common feeling of being together, collaborating and taking care of each other. It is on this culture that we base the evolution of competencies, a framework within which everyone can express themselves freely.
How are teams put together?
I believe that the basic element of organisations is not the individual, but the team. And diversity, or rather variety, is fundamental to generating discussions and value. That's why in recent years we have progressively sought to include colleagues who represent various geographies and functions, so as to create increasingly international and diverse teams. The more variety we have in our teams, the better they work, provided we can understand each other. Hence the importance of values.
What does individual responsibility have to do with the skills of the individual?
When we talk about training, I am convinced that the paradigm has changed: each of us is the protagonist in our own development. You are the one who, with the resources at your disposal, get active and devote time and effort to a topic that mainly concerns yourself, but also the organisation.
Giorgio Cavalleri
What does the training we provide to our employees look like?
Traditionally, training offers a catalogue of courses, locally or globally, based on defined priorities: Organisational Culture (Values & D&I), Development (the aforementioned leadership skills), technical skills according to professional sector, GxP and compulsory courses. Today, courses take place long-distance or through e-learning. But the evolution of needs and technologies provides a glimpse of a significantly different near future: it will be an approach based on personalisation, creating a pathway that leverages the network and knowledge of the individual and the team.
How has being a Certified B Corporation® changed our vision at Chiesi with regard to talent, skills and relationships between individuals?
It has had a huge impact. Today, in everything we do, we consider our impact and responsibilities towards society and the planet. B Corp certification has also inspired our new values and shaped our organisational culture. We want to build a working environment where everyone feels at home, where they can express their talents, grow and feel valued. To achieve this, we have a plan that follows various steps, from D&I Education to Gender Mix, to the new Wellbeing Policy.
The concept of Critical talent: what does that mean for us, concretely?
At Chiesi we believe that everyone has a talent, which is why we work to ensure equal opportunities for growth. However, personal characteristics sometimes allow people to grow faster and into roles and responsibilities that are critical to the success of the organisation. These people are what we call Critical Talents, for whom we are developing specific programmes.
Is it true, in your opinion, that men and women have different skills or is it perhaps a bit more complex than that?
It is natural to think that there are differences linked to gender, but the point, in my opinion, is not so much – or only – to associate men and women with different skills, but to recognise, beyond the stereotypes, a difference in style and way of thinking, of interacting, of viewing the world. And these differences can also go beyond gender. There are women at high organisational levels, for example, who I would associate with a male leadership style. I think it is useful to start thinking beyond just gender.
Giacomo Mazzariello
Giacomo, now I would like to ask you a question. What kind of corporate culture have you found at Chiesi and how has it changed since your arrival? What is your vision for the next five years?
I found an organisation with a strong and well-defined identity, a real community, competent and dedicated people, with strong ethical principles who are proud to be a part of this big 'family'. However, in my opinion, there was no single point of reference in terms of values and leadership style. This was also reflected in the relationship between headquarters and various branches; sometimes there was distance between them. It was necessary to work on communication and transparency to promote more inclusive and participatory leadership at the global level. Over the last two years we have been working on these very concepts, in a process that you described brilliantly earlier. The first results can already be observed, but it is clear that when it comes to mindset and culture you need perseverance and patience to achieve long-term results. When I envision our company five years from now, I see further confirmation of this path: an inclusive work environment, where people feel free to express their talent, where there is creative energy, a place to grow. I would like every colleague of ours, regardless of their role or job, to be able to identify with our purpose: to generate a positive impact on society and, above all, to improve our patients' quality of life.
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Animal Communications Systems (ANICOMS)
Evita Apalaki
Communication is the act that happens among a sender and a receiver, during which the latter is supposed to change behavior, or the transmitted information will affect the adaptation of one or both of those participants. Humans have developed the ultimate form of communication, language. Phrases said in a particular order structure a code that can be understood by a group of people and transmit information that will have the same meaning for the sender and the receiver. The inability of animals to speak brings up a major question, whether they can communicate. The field of bio-communication, a term adopted by the ethologist Gunter Tembrock, has raised the curiosity of scientists and animal lovers for ages. Individuals observe the behavioral patterns of interactions in the animal kingdom in order to distinguish any possible means that animals have to transmit information to other members of the same or other species. However, it is not only the methods of animal communication that researchers need to explore, but also the situations in which information needs to be transmitted.
Impressive findings indicate that there is a great network of animal communication systems (ANICOMS), supporting the theory that there are multiple ways of interaction among organisms, apart from linguistics and metalinguistics. The study of ANICOMS has long been known as Zoosemiotics and is a large contemporary field in the broader sector of ethology, sociobiology, linguistics and communications. Long-term observations have highlighted 4-5 major ways of inter- and intra- species communication:
Olfactory: This way of communication is driven by chemical compounds, pheromones, that are released from the body of an animal sender. The information may take longer to be identified by a receiver since such hormones need time to be synthesized and diffused in the air or water, until finally received by a target.
Auditory: It is a set of messages transmitted through sounds that are produced by the vocal cords of the animal. The style of sound usually differs depending on the circumstances, and can take the form of a scream, cry, song, or rhythmical signal.
Tactile: This style of communication usually requires the physical touch of at least two animal bodies. Touching movements, aggressive hits and other touching interactions, can incorporate information that will transmit a specific message each time.
Visual: The eyes are important organs of a body that can receive and decode messages. Visual messages usually take the form of gestures, facial expressions, body positions and colorations.
The methodical scientific observation of animals' behavior reveals major ways that animals have to send and receive information. This kind of communication is usually driven by instincts or mimicking behaviors developed during the early stages of life. Animal interactions are usually important for the security of vital needs. Finding a mate, hunting food, raising pups, building a shelter, or fighting against predators are the most common cases during which animals need to communicate. Especially among social species, communication skills are more developed due to the fact that members of animal communities need to maintain the cohesion of the herd, the hierarchy of the team and the coordination of big movements in the research of new shelters. Furthermore, animals depose much of their energy in the finding of their mate. Males especially compete for a female partner by showing their strength while fighting with other males, proving good performance skills by producing special sounds or impressing with their exceptional appearance of bright colors and big body size. In the animal kingdom it is usually the males that need to attract the females. This fact is related to the observation that the males of almost all species are more impressive in appearance compared to the females. Good phenotypical characteristics and efficient performance transmit the message of a good gene quality synthesis and health. On the other hand, females have less impressive appearance while their availability for mating is transmitted through hormones.
During the observation of behaviors in nature, several ways of communication have been decoded by the experts and are often of interest to the public. For example, the scout bee dances in the hive when nectar is found in order to direct the other bees to the location of the source. Furthermore, in a tactile way of communication, giraffes press their necks together when they are attracted to each other. Horses rub their noses as a sign of affection, and chimpanzees touch hands to greet each other. As strange as it may seem, mother birds that carry food for their children always recognize their own nests by the special sound-cry that small birds produce. In the same auditory communication system, the hierarchy in a monkey community is maintained by the differences in sounds produced by its members. Dominants usually produce reconciliatory signals that are indicative of low aggression, while lower-ranking members produce submissive displays towards higher-ranking individuals. Additionally, dogs are very good at sniffing pheromones transmitted in the air to recognize fear, aggression or kindness of humans or other animals around them. It is very impressive how messages can be transmitted as information enclosed in movements, sounds, colors or smells and change the behavior of a receiver.
Extensive research on the ANICOMS revealed that animals also have the need to express their feelings and communicate with subjects of the same or other species for vital needs and socialization reasons. It is not a structured oral language, but inner instincts and mimicking behaviors that enable animals to perceive auditory, visual, olfactory and tactile signals. Animal communication is a network of messages transmitted towards a receiver in ways which can be decoded by humans after a detailed observation.
Sources: Fact Monster, Khan Academy, Nature Education, Oxford Handbooks


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Jim studied composition under Henry Wolking at the University of Utah, and graduated with a degree in jazz composition. After moving to the Seattle area, he spent time with William O. Smith studying 12-tone counter point, and began introducing more contrapuntal motifs into his writing. There are many other influences to Jim's compositional style — Toshiko Akyoshi was one of his very earliest influences, but many other great writers have had at least a subtle influence -- Gil Evans, Thad Jones, Rob McConnell, Bob Florence, and Bob Brookmeyer to name a few. Jim also credits his passion for late classic, early romantic, and impressionistic composers as inspiration for his desire to touch others through his writing.
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Marine Litter
Marine litter is defined as any solid material which has been deliberately discarded or unintentionally lost on beaches, on shores or at sea. The definition covers materials transported into the marine environment from land by rivers, draining or sewage systems or winds. It includes any persistent, manufactured or processed solid material.
Originating from sources both on land and at sea, marine litter comprises a wide range of materials, including plastic, metal, wood, rubber, glass and paper, however it is dominated by plastic which accounts for up to 90% of the items found on some beaches in the OSPAR Maritime Area.
Composition of marine litter according to material / use categories for the period 2014–2015 in the OSPAR Maritime Area
A similar predominance of plastics is reported from sampling at the sea surface and on the seabed. Most plastics are extremely durable materials and persist in the marine environment for a considerable period, possibly as much as hundreds of years. However, plastics also deteriorate and fragment in the environment as a consequence of exposure to sunlight (photo-degradation) in addition to physical and chemical deterioration. This breakdown of larger items results in numerous tiny plastic fragments, which, when smaller than 5mm are called micro plastics. Some plastics of this size are also produced either for direct use, such as for industrial abrasives or cosmetics or for indirect use, such as pre-production pellets or nurdles.
Impacts of Marine Litter
Entanglement in, or ingestion of, marine litter can have negative consequences on the physical condition of marine species with 663 different species documented as being affected, a 40% increase since 1997. In the North Sea region during the period 2010-2014 93% of Northern Fulmars had plastic in their stomachs and 58% exceeded the 0.1 gram objective.
Ingestion of micro plastics is also of concern as it may provide a pathway for transport of harmful chemicals into the food web. Additionally, marine litter is known to damage and degrade habitats (e.g. in terms of smothering) and to be a possible vector for the transfer of alien species.
Marine Litter also has significant economic cost for a range of marine industries, such as: aquaculture, fisheries, harbours, industrial seawater users, marinas, municipalities, power stations, rescue services, shipping and water authorities. These costs can include cleaning, blockages, entanglement and contamination. The social impacts of marine litter relate to the ways in which marine litter affects people's quality of life and include reduced recreational opportunities and loss of aesthetic value.
OSPAR currently assesses beach litter, seabed litter and plastic particles in fulmar stomachs indicators, as part of its monitoring and assessment programme. These allow the abundance, trends and composition of marine litter in the OSPAR Maritime Area to be determined for different marine compartments (floating, seafloor and coast).
OSPAR is currently also working to develop new indicators, including ingestion of plastic particles by turtles and microplastics in sediments. The turtle indicator is being developed by the INDICT project and will cover the Bay of Biscay and Iberian Coast, (as well as the western Mediterranean). The microplastics indicator will address levels in marine sediments and will cover the whole OSPAR Maritime Area.
OSPAR action plan for marine litter
In 2014 OSPAR agreed to develop a Regional Action Plan for Marine Litter along with an implementation plan, in order to achieve its objective to significantly reduce amounts of marine litter. The RAP focuses on both sea-based and land-based sources of litter, as well as considering removal actions and education and outreach. It will be implemented over the period 2014-2021.
More information about the plan and details on progress on the fulfillment of its 23 national actions and 32 collective actions, please visit our Marine Litter Regional Action Plan page.
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OSPAR's work on Marine Litter is coordinated through the Intersessional Correspondence Group on Marine Litter (ICG ML)
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and honours, obtained without labour and without danger. Your praise it will be (a praise of endless duration on earth, and followed by a just recompense in heaven) to have laboured in the vineyard which yourselves have planted; to have declared the name of Christ, where it was not known before: and through much peril and difficulty to have converted to the faith those, among whom ye afterwards fulfilled your ministry. Your province, therefore, brethren, your office, I place before all dignities in the church. Let others be pontiffs, patriarchs, or Popes; let them glitter in purple, in scarlet or in gold; let them seek the admiration of the wondering multitude, and receive obeisance on the bended knee. Ye have acquired a better name than they, and a more sacred fame. And when that day shall arrive when the chief Shepherd shall give to every man according to his work, a greater reward shall be adjudged to you. Admitted into the glorious society of the prophets, tvangclists and apostles, ye, with them shall shine, like the sun among the lesser stars, in the kingdom of your Father, for eyer.
"Since then so great honour is now given unto you by all competent judges on earth, and since so great a reward is laid up for you in heaven; go forth with alacrity to that work, to the which the Holy Ghost hath called you. God hath already given to you an illustrious pledge of his favor, an increase not to be expected without the aid of his grace. Ye have begun happily,
proceed with spirit. He, who hath carried you safely through the dangers of the seas to such a remote country, and who hath given you favor in the eyes of those whose countenance ye most desired; he who hath so liberally and unexpectedly ministered unto your wants, and who doth now daily add members to your church; he will continue to prosper your endeavors, and will subdue unto himself, by your means, the whole continent of oriental India.
"O happy men! who, standing before the tribunal of Christ, shall exhibit so many nations converted to his faith by your preaching; happy men! to whom it shall be given to say before the assembly of the whole human race, "behold us, O Lord, and the children whom thou hast given us;" happy men who being justified by the Savior, shall receive in that day the reward of your labors, and also shall hear that glorious encomium; "well done, good and faithful ser: vants, enter ye into the joy of your
Lord." "May Almighty God graciously favor you and your labors, in all things." May he send to your aid fellow-laborers, such and as many as ye wish. May he increase the bounds of your churches. May he open the hearts of those to whom ye preach the gospel of Christ, that hearing you, they may receive life-giving faith. May he protect you and yours from all evils and dangers. And when ye arrive, (may it be late) at the end of your course, may the same God, who hath callcu yuu to dis wurk us the gospel, and hath preserved you in it, grant to you the reward of your labor, an incorruptible crown of glory.
"These are the fervent wishes and prayers of, venerable brethren, your most faithful fellow-servant in Christ,
"GULIELMUS CANT." "From our palace at Lambeth,
January 7, A. D. 1719." Providence hath been pleased to grant the prayer of the king, "that the work might not fail in generations to come," and the prophecy of his archbishop is likely to be fulfilled, that it should extend "over the whole continent of Oriental India." After the first missionary Ziegenbalg had finished his course, he was followed by other learned and zealous men, upwards of fifty in number in the period of a hundred years, among whom were Schultz, lænicke, Gericke, and Swartz, whose ministry has been con
tinued in succession in different provinces, unto this time. The present state of the mission, will appear by the following extract from the journal of the author's tour through these provinces.
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Tranquebar, 25th August, 1806. "Tranquebar was the first scene of the protestant mission in India. There are at present three missionaries here, superintending the Hindoo congregations. Yesterday I visited the church built by ZIEGENBALG. His body lies on one side of the altar, and that of his fellow missionary GRUNDLER on the other. Above are the epitaphs of both, written in Latin, and engraved on plates of brass. The church was consecrated in 1718, and Ziegenbalg and his companion died in two years after. They laid the foundation for evangelizing India, and then departed, 'having finished the work, which was given them
I saw also the dwelling-house of Ziegenbalg, in the lower apartment of which the registers of the church are still kept. In these I found the name of the first heathen baptized by him, and recorded in his own hand-writing in the year 1707. In Ziegenbalg's church, and from the pulpit where he stood, I first heard the gospel preached to a congregation of Hindoos, in their own tongue. The missionaries told me that religion had suffered much in Tranquebar, of late years, from European infidelity. French principles had corrupted the Danes,
and rendered them indifferent to their own religion, . and therefore hostile to the conversion of the Hin
doos. ' •Religion,' said they, 'flourishes more among the natives of Tanjore and in other provinces where there are few Europeans, than here or at Madras; for we find that European example in the large touns, is the bane of christain instruction.' One instance of hostility to the mission they mentioned, as having occurred only a few weeks before my arrival. On the 9th of July, 1756; the native chris
tians at Tranquebar celebrated a jubilee, in commemoration of the fiftieth year since the christian ministers brought the Bible from Europe. The present year 1806, being the second 50th, preparations were made at Tranquebar for the second jubilee, on the 9th of last month; but the French principles preponderating in the government, they would not give it any public support; in consequence of which it was not observed with that solemnity which was intended. But in other places, where there were few Europeans, it was celebrated by the native Christians with enthusiasm and every demonstration of joy. When I expressed my astonishment at this hostility, the aged missionary, Dr. John, said, 'I have always remarked that the disciples of Voltaire are the true enemies of missions, and that the enemies of missions are, in general, the disciples of Voltaire.'
"Tanjore, 30th August, 1806. "On my entering this province, I stopped an hour at a village near the road; and there I first heard the name of Swartz pronounced by a Hindoo. When I arrived at the capital, I waited on major Blackburne, the British resident at the court of Tanjore, who informed me that the Rajah had appointed the next day at 12 o'clock to receive my visit. On the same day I went to Swartz's garden close to the christian village, where the rev. Mr. Kohloff resides. Mr. Kohloff is the worthy successor of Mr. Swartz; and with him I found the rev. Dr. John, and Mr. Horst, two other missionaries who were on a visit to Mr. Kohloff.
"Next day I visited the Rajah of Tanjore, in company with major Blackburne. When the first ceremonial was over, the Rajah conducted us to the grand saloon, which was adorned by the portraits of his ancestors; and immediately led me up to the portrait of Mr. Swartz. He then discoursed for a considerable time concerning that "good man,' whom be
ever revered as "his father, and guardian. The Rajah speaks and writes English very intelligibly. I smiled to see Swartz's picture amongst these Hindoo kings, and thought with myself that there are many who would think such a combination scarcely possible. I then addressed the Rajah, and thanked him, in the name of the church of England, for his kindness to the late Mr. Swartz, and to his successors, and particularly for his recent acts of benevolence to the Christians residing within his provinces. The missionaries had just informed me that the Rajah had erected 'a college for Hindoos, Mahomedans, and Christians;' in which provision was made for the instruction of fifty Christian children.' His highness is very desirous that I should visit this college, which is only about sixteen miles from the capital. Having heard of the fame of the ancient Shanscrit, and Mahratta library of the kings of Tanjore, I requested his highness would present a catalogue of its volumes to the college of Fort-William; which he was pleased to do. It is volumnious, and written in the Mahratta character; for that is the proper language of the Tanjore court.
"In the evening I dined with the resident, and the rajah sent his band of music, consisting
of eight or more vinas, with other instruments. The vina, or been, is the ancient instrument which Sir William Jones has described in his interesting descant on the musical science of the Hindoos, in the Asiatic Researches, and the sight of which, he says, he found it so difficult to obtain in northern India. The band played the English air of 'God save the King,'set to Mahratta words, and applied to the maha rajah, or great king of Tanjore. Two of the missionaries dined at the resident's house, together with some ; English officers. Mr. Kohloff informed me that major Blackburne has promoted the interests of the inission by every means in his power. Major Blackburne is a man of superior attainments, amiable man


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Wedding Dressing
The world of weddings gives us a free pass to justify fulfilling some of our wildest dreams. With over 25 years' experience Suzie Turner has a standout relationship with British craftsmanship, taking the brave move to dress brides for their big day in the most beautiful dresses one can imagine.
Consumed by a love of detail, couturier Suzie Turner uses detail and outstanding British craftsmanship to create some of the most beautiful dresses imaginable. Each dress she creates is a celebration of traditional skills and painstaking laborious hand embroidery, from sweepingly fabulous evening gowns to the exquisite wedding dresses for which she has become known. A label alone takes five days to hand stitch. 'Each stitch is done here; each bead is applied and hand-knotted here.' The average gown takes approximately four months to complete, although the blossom-inspired dress she's currently working on is in its eighth month, with 3,000 petals still to be added. It's this commitment to meticulous detail which first caught our attention. Along with the fact that she burns Jo Malone London Candles to help inspire her in her East London studio. Peony & Blush Suede and Pomegranate Noir depending on her mood.
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Leaving school at 15, sewing was all Suzie knew. 'My mother ran a soft furnishings business, so I was using an industrial sewing machine at age 12. When I left school and headed to the Jobcentre, it dawned on me that I didn't have any other skills beyond sewing; I couldn't read or write. So I applied to work at a tailors.' Working 14-hour shifts, six days a week, helped Suzie learn the full grammar of tailoring, and she was determined to master every element.
It was the endless appeal of love stories that drew Suzie to bridal. 'Everyone deserves their moment, and it's an incredible pleasure that I can be a part of that. It's so special that I can help a bride realise their dream, and that my designs will also always be part of the recollection.'
Because each piece is one of the kind, it's the perfect canvas for adding personal touches. 'I'll often embroider a message inside a dress,' Suzie explains. 'For one, I turned the wedding vows into a poem and embroidered that onto the fabric. I often encourage brides to also consider scent when designing their gowns. Fragrance and fashion are entwined – you wouldn't wear one without the other.' We couldn't agree more, but when it comes to which scent to choose to match your wedding style, Suzie recommends an explorative approach. 'You have to be open minded as a bride. But what's more special than combining two scents to create your own bespoke fragrance that will always bring you back to that day.' For Suzie, the most romantic scent is Velvet Rose & Oud Cologne. In fact, it's so resonant for her that she keeps it private: 'I only wear it for my significant other. It's a scent I save just for him, which I love.'
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Archives of Acoustics (2)
Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences: Technical Sciences (1)
Teka Commission of Motorization and Power Industry in Agriculture (1)
Teka Komisji Ochrony I Kształtowania Środowiska Przyrodniczego (1)
Zonality of occuring and species composition of zoopleuston in two eutrophic water reservoirson Łęczna-Włodawa Lakeland
Monika Tarkowska-Kukuryk Wojciech Płaska Jacek Rechulicz Tomasz Mieczan Wojciech Pęczuła
Teka Komisji Ochrony I Kształtowania Środowiska Przyrodniczego | 2015 | Vol XII
Keywords zoopleuston zonality water reservoirs water/land zone shallow littoral
The aim of research carried out was to describe the zonality and structure of zoopleuston in shallow eutrophic reservoirs. Zoopleuston structure discovered in examined reservoirs was quite different than in depression reservoirs and lakes on Łęczna-Włodawa Lakeland. It was related to morphometry of reservoirs and plant richness of shallow litoral zone. Higher species richness in the water/land contact zone was found which confirms previous studies, however, sometimes zoopleuston abundance showed the opposite pattern. Most differences occurred in dominants composition as in water/land contact zone and on the depth of 0.5 m dominated mainly by small species of Heteroptera: Micronecta minutissima and Cymatia coleoptrata.
Modelling of non-linear long water waves on a sloping beach
K. Szmidt
Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences: Technical Sciences | 2006 | vol. 54 | No 4 | 381-389
Keywords shallow water non-linear wave unsteady motion sloping beach
The paper deals with a non-linear problem of long water waves approaching a sloping beach. In order to describe the phenomenon we apply the Lagrange's system of material variables. With these variables it is much easier to solve boundary conditions, especially conditions on a shoreline. The formulation is based on the fundamental assumption for long waves propagating in shallow water of constant depth that vertical material lines of fluid particles remain vertical during entire motion of the fluid. The analysis is confined to one – dimensional case of unsteady water motion within a 'triangular' body of fluid. The partial differential equations of fluid motion, obtained by means of a variational procedure, are then substituted by a system of equations resulting from a perturbation scheme with the second order expansion with respect to a small parameter. In this way the original problem has been reduced to a system of linear partial differential equations with variable coefficients. The latter equations are, in turn, substituted by a system of difference equations, which are then integrated in a discrete time space by means of the Wilson-µ method. The procedure developed in this paper may be a convenient tool in analysing non-breaking waves propagating in coastal zones of seas. Moreover, the model can also deliver useful results for cases when breaking of waves near a shoreline may be expected.
Analysis and Modelling on Radiated Noise of a Typical Fishing Boat Measured in Shallow Water Inspired by AQUO Project's Model
Peng Zilong Fan Jun Wang Bin
Archives of Acoustics | 2018 | vol. 43 | No 2 | DOI: 10.24425/122374
Keywords radiated noise South China Sea predicted model shallow water transmission loss
The shipping noise near channels and ports is an important contribution to the ambient noise level, and the depth of these sites is often less than 100 m. However less attention has been paid to the measurement in shallow water environments (Brooker, Humphrey, 2016). This paper presents extensive measurements made on the URN (underwater radiated noise) of a small fishing boat in the South China Sea with 87 m depth. The URN data showed that the noise below 30 Hz was dominated by the background noise. The transmission loss (TL) was modelled with FEM (finite element method) and ray tracing according to the realistic environmental parameters in situ. The discrepancy between the modelled results and the results using simple law demonstrates both sea surface and bottom have significant effect on TL for the shallow water, especially at low frequencies. Inspired by the modelling methodology in AQUO (Achieve QUieter Oceans) project (Audoly et al., 2015), a predicted model applied to a typical fishing boat was built, which showed that the URN at frequencies below and above 100 Hz was dominated by non-cavitation propeller noise and mechanical noise, respectively. The agreement between predicted results and measured results also demonstrates that this modelling methodology is effective to some extent.
Planned Motion Equations of Free-running Grain Mixture Flow
M. Piven
Teka Commission of Motorization and Power Industry in Agriculture | 2016 | vol. 16 | No 4
Keywords shallow water theory planned flow motion free-running mixture stress tensor strain velocity viscous friction
In the article the equations have been worked making it possible to model the motion of freerunning grain mixture flow on a flat sloping vibrating sieve within the framework of shallow water theory. Free-running grain mixture is considered as a heterogeneous system consisting of two phases, one of which represents solid particles and the other one gas. The mixture is brought into a state of fluidity by means of high-frequency vibration imposition. Coefficients of internal and external friction and dynamic-viscosity decrease by exponential law as the fluctuation intensity is increased. When considering grain mixture dynamics, the following assumptions are put forward: we ignore the air presence in space between particles, we consider the density of particles to be constant, the free-running mixture is similar to Newtonian liquid. The basic system of equations of grain mixture dynamics is due to the laws of continuum mechanics. The equation of continuity is issued from the law of conservation of mass, and the dynamic equations are issued from the law of variation of momentum. The stress tensor equals to the sum of the equilibrium tensor and the dissipative tensor. The equilibrium part of the stress tensor is represented by the spherical tensor, which is found to conform to Pascal law for liquids, and the dissipative part, which is responsible for viscous force effect and defined by Navier-Stokes law. Boundary conditions on the surfaces (restricting the capacity of the free-running grain mixture) have been researched. The distributions of apparent density and velocity field are assigned at the inlet and outlet flow sections of the mixture. The normal velocity component of the grain mixture on the side frames and on the sieve becomes zero, which meets the no-fluid-loss condition of the medium through the frame. Beyond that point at this time we satisfy dynamic conditions, which characterize the mixture sliding down the hard frame, motion flow resistance force is represented as average velocity linear dependence. A kinematic condition and two dynamic ones are stipulated on the free surface layer. One of the conditions states mass flow continuity across the free surface, the other one states the stress continuity while passing through the free surface. The basic premise of planned motion equations is the condition of small size of flow depth in comparison with its width. With the use of shallow water theory the basic principles of the equations of flow dynamics are simplified and for their solving a Cauchy problem can be set.
Matched-field Source Localization with a Mobile Short Horizontal Linear Array in Offshore Shallow Water
Dexin Zhao Zhiping Huang Shaojing Su Ting Li
Archives of Acoustics | 2013 | vol. 38 | No 1 | 105-113 | DOI: 10.2478/aoa-2013-0013
Keywords passive source localization matched-field processing inter-position processing short horizontal array shallow water
Passive source localization in shallow water has always been an important and challenging problem. Implementing scientific research, surveying, and monitoring using a short, less than ten meter long, horizontal linear array has received considerable attention in the recent years. The short array can be conveniently placed on autonomous underwater vehicles and deployed for adaptive spatial sampling. However, it is usually difficult to obtain a sufficient spatial gain for localizing long-range sources due to its limited physical size. To address this problem, a localization approach is proposed which is based on matched-field processing of the likelihood of the passive source localization in shallow water, as well as inter-position processing for the improved localization performance and the enhanced stability of the estimation process. The ability of the proposed approach is examined through the two-dimensional synthetic test cases which involves ocean environmental mismatch and position errors of the short array. The presented results illustrate the localization performance for various source locations at different signal- to-noise ratios and demonstrate the build up over time of the positional parameters of the estimated source as the short array moves at a low speed along a straight line at a certain depth.


This is another art card for the Bead Journal Project. Green is not a color I normally use in my work, so I decided to experiment with it. I found this cool diamond shaped stone at Artful Bead, my favorite bead shop here is Dallas. I've colored the background in green permanent marker so the white doesn't show through in between the beads. I've used a lot of olive green, some emerald, bronze, and brown so far. I still have some edging to do on the Strike piece, and then I'll post the final product!


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Mary Romero | The Maid's Daughter
ASU Professor of Justice and Social Inquiry Mary Romero presents her book, The Maid's Daughter: Living Inside and Outside the American Dream. Romero explores the complex story of Olivia—the Mexican-American daughter of a maid who worked in one of Los Angeles's most exclusive and nearly all-white gated communities—who grew up surrounded by children of privilege. Based on over twenty years of research, Olivia's story points to the hidden costs of paid domestic labor that are transferred to the families of private household workers and nannies. Romero also seeks to demonstrate how "mythologies of meritocracy, the land of opportunity, and the American dream remain firmly in place while simultaneously erasing injustices and the struggles of the working poor."
Mary Romero is professor and faculty head of Justice and Social Inquiry in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University. She is also a faculty affiliate of Women and Gender Studies, Asian Pacific American Studies, and African and African American Studies. She received the American Sociology American Section on Race and Ethnicity Minorities 2009 Founder's Award. In 2004, she received the Society for the Study of Social Problems' Lee Founders Award, the highest award made by theSociety for the Study of Social Problems for a career of activist scholarship. Romero is a former Carnegie Scholar, Pew National Fellowship for Carnegie Scholars, Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. More:https://webapp4.asu.edu/directory/person/86839>
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Home » Plays » Broadway » Significant Other
A single, neurotic, young, Jewish gay man feels lost as his female friends all get married. This sullen play is as mixed up as its main character.
Posted on March 17, 2017 by Darryl Reilly in Broadway, Plays
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Sas Goldberg and Gideon Glick in a scene from "Significant Other" (Photo credit: Joan Marcus)
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Unsuccessfully blending comedy and drama, Significant Other is a sullen though fitfully compelling take on contemporary romantic life in New York City.
"You have obsessive tendencies," remarks protagonist Jordan Berman's grandmother to him. This is the key to the play. In the second act, we learn that he is in therapy, and that his dosage of anti-depressants has been increased.
Unlike the likeable, neurotic persona Woody Allen popularized in his standup comedy act, or Larry David's enjoyable and relatable and dysfunctional characters on Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm, Jordan grows more unsympathetic, abrasive and gratingly self-indulgent as the play realistically concludes.
He is in his late 20's, single, Jewish, gay and neurotic. He works in advertising and lives on the Upper West Side. He regularly visits his mentally declining grandmother. His three best and only friends are pleasantly conventional women with whom he went to college.
His frustrations intensify as each of them gets married. He delivers a painfully explosive speech that becomes cringe worthy, as he castigates one of them for her excessive wedding activities. There's also an anti-Facebook rant.
Socially inept, fretting about his looks, disdaining casual sex, projecting romantic future scenarios onto the few men he does date, and having no gay friends, he is understandably single and likely to remain so. Obviously, therapy and medication aren't working and that is the true and unexplored theme of the play.
Barbara Barrie and Gideon Glick in a scene from "Significant Other" (Photo credit: Joan Marcus)
Playwright Joshua Harmon is a graduate of Juilliard, and under commission from the Roundabout Theatre Company, Manhattan Theatre Club and Lincoln Center Theater. In his printed script, Mr. Harmon quotes from Wendy Wasserstein's play Isn't it Romantic. Her influence is evident as this play shares Ms. Wasserstein's penchant for pandering to an audience through presenting characters that are "just like us," particularly with its Jewish aspects.
It's well constructed, the dialogue is snappy and filled with some funny one-liners. The milieu is that of upper middle class Manhattan white-collar workers. Moderately entertaining, it attempts to explore a prevalent societal issue, but is undermined by its off-putting main character and its rarified sensibility. There is minimal sex talk and that is mostly cute, rather then revelatory. Jordan rhapsodizes about a male co-worker's body, but doesn't extoll anything much below the waist.
The play opens with and includes several dance sequences at parties that connote the passage of time. Sam Pinkleton's choreography is in the comically awkward style of Elaine Benes' moves on Seinfeld.
Structured as series of short scenes, director Trip Cullman's vigorous staging does add momentum and mines all of the comedy and sensitivity. This is on display with the strong performances that due to the material often border on shrill.
Wide-eyed, slim, quirkily good-looking, personable and with a boyish speech pattern reminiscent of Robby Benson in the 1970's and Matthew Broderick in the 1980's, Gideon Glick is perfect as Jordan. Perpetually blinking, pausing, stammering and twitching, Mr. Glick does faithfully bring the character to life. He is the male successor to Sandy Dennis and Amanda Plummer.
Sas Goldberg, Rebecca Naomi Jones and Lindsay Mendez all marvelously portray Jordan's friends. Playing for, and getting the intended laughs, these excellent actresses also manage to bring humanity to their detailed characterizations.
Luke Smith, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Gideon Glick, Lindsay Mendez and John Behlmann in a scene from "Significant Other" (Photo credit: Joan Marcus)
With his imposing height, vivid facial features, striking eyes, and low-key persona, John Behlmann wonderfully depicts three characters. Two are men with whom the women are involved, and one is a taciturn co-worker Jordan is fixated with. Mr. Behlmann's rapid versatility is accomplished and distinctive.
As a loudly dressed, stereotypical screaming queen who works with Jordan, and as a mellow spouse of one of the female characters, Luke Smith makes a fine impression with his suitably droll performance.
The most pleasurable highlight of the production is that it brings the veteran actress Barbara Barrie back to the Broadway stage. As Helene, Jordan's grandmother, Ms. Barrie infuses every moment of her brief scenes with quiet power. Repeatedly reminiscing over the same family photographs, Barrie conveys the ravages of age with commanding straightforwardness and dry humor.
Mark Wendland's colossal scenic design is an aesthetic and functional multi-level configuration. Offices, apartments, and nightclubs are among the locales clearly represented.
Japhy Weideman's light design is necessarily frenetic. The numerous bursts of pop songs (Joni Mitchell is a motif) that punctuate scene transitions and minimal sound effects are proficiently realized by Daniel Kluger's sound design.
The wide variety of the characters' wardrobe selections is finely visualized by Kaye Voyce's costume design.
Significant Other has been given an excellent production but that cannot compensate for its problematic core.
Significant Other (through April 16, 2017)
The Roundabout Theatre Company
The Booth Theatre, 222 West 45th, in Manhattan
For tickets, call 800-447-7400 or visit http://www.significantotherbroadway.com
Booth Theatre
Daniel Kluger
Gideon Glick
Japhy Weideman
John Behlmann
Joshua Harmon
Kaye Voyce
Lindsay Mendez
Mark Wendland
Rebecca Naomi Jones
Roundabout Theatre Company
Sam Pinkleton
Sas Goldberg
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A native New Yorker, Darryl Reilly graduated from NYU with a BFA in Cinema Studies. For the Broadway League, (formerly The League of American Theatres and Producers) he developed, and for five years conducted their Broadway Open House Tours, which took visitors through The Theatre District and into several Broadway theaters. He contributed to Broadway Musicals Show by Show: Sixth Edition (Applause Books). Since 2013, he has reviewed theater, cabaret, and concerts for Theaterscene.net.
This is a must see production, no matter how many times you've seen it before, no matter how many qualms and questions you have as you have had before and you will continue to have.
Brian Bedford's stupendous Lady Bracknell in his frothy 2011 Broadway production of Oscar Wilde's classic was filmed for cinemas and is now streaming.
She Loves Me
A charmer from beginning to end.
Must be seen for Stockard Channing's impressive and multilayered performance, which is far from the only reason for seeing this new, richly resonant play.
92Y's Lyrics & Lyricists Series: Everything's Coming Up Ethel: The Ethel Merman Songbook
This delightful concert celebrated the Broadway icon's monumental career with spirited performances of standards and rarities by excellent vocalists.


In this production, UCAR and NCAR founding director and solar physicist Walter Orr Roberts is interviewed about his research on the Sun.
Our Mr. Sun uses a scientist-writer team to present information about the Sun and its importance to humankind. Enjoy and fondly recall a blast from the past!
NOTE: Produced in Technicolor, the film was originally telecast in 1956 and 1957 to 9 million homes; some 600 16mm prints were distributed to schools and community organizations through the Bell Telephone System film libraries.
Bell Labs (1956); Public Domain today.


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"Mom? There was another scary nightmare in my bed last night and hard sleeping."
"Well, that's rotten. What happened in your nightmare?"
"Boba Fett and Jaba the Hutt were trying to carbonite you just like Han Solo."
"Yeah but I was there and so I gave Boba Fett my toy action figure of himself with a jet pack. Then he was happier and turned into a good guy. Then he let you go. But it was still scary."
"I think you do that more than you'll ever know, Bob."
As I read these, I can't help but be glad for Bob. What a beautiful chronicle of the every day miracles. When he's all grown, I like to imagine him sitting down to read each and every one of these little bits of his life and knowing he has been well-loved.
I have a lot of nightmares about Jabba the Hutt, but mostly they involve me wearing a swimsuit and being mistaken for him.
I have lately been thinking the exact same thought as Cheryl. What I love and adore about these posts with Bob Rosenberg in them is how respectful you are of him and his childish, wise, Zen-like outlook on life. He will not have to cringe when he comes back later to read these.
Bob Rosenberg has become a very important part of my day. Thank-you.
Sorry; I couldn't pay attention what with the SIZE OF YOUR BED. If I took a picture of my six year old in mine, you'd see his arms and legs hanging over the edge. And cream linens in a house with a boy? You're a brave, brave woman, Lisa.
But I'm glad Bob has a soft place to land.
What a neat kid. He's even generous in his dreams.
Your posts make me smile every day, Lisa. And I agree with Cheryl; what a lucky boy to have all these little gems chronicled.
I would like Bob's idea to work for everyone.
Dealing with a disgruntled serviceperson? Give them an action figure.
The road-raging driver next to you? They get an action figure.
Oh, tears sprang to my eyes. I can imagine the anguish he felt when he was what they were trying to do to you and he knew what to do right away.
I read a book on raising boys, that was so interesting, and it spoke of the importance of seeing themselves as heros. Very interesting..I can dig up the title for you, but I think it was "raising boys."
Awwww, now I know where Bob gets his tender heart.
Okay I know we just "met" but I want to hug him (and you)...what a mensch this kid!
I clicked over from Ann's and starting scrolling through your posts, and I follow you on twitter, but all of this star wars stuff is just warming my heart enough to comment. I have 3 boys - the middle one is 4. And I love that you are a star wars mama - right there in it with him. At least learning the difference between Boba Fett and Kit Fisto. It's something, you know?
What a dream, by the way. That *would* be scary!


Domestic Violence: Dunedin, Clearwater & Tampa, FL | Michael D. Fluke, P.A.
Domestic Violence is never acceptable. In addition to criminal prosecution, domestic violence can lead to Injunctions and serious consequences in Divorce and Family Law matters.
If you are a victim of Domestic Violence the first thing you need to do is call the police and report it. Too many victims wait to call the police. If you have been intentionally touched or struck against your will, the crime of Battery has been committed against you. If you have been put in fear of imminent harm by the threat of violence against you by a person whose act has shown ability to do so, an Assault has been committed against you. Don't call your Mom, your friend or your lawyer. Get out of danger and call the police. DO NOT tell the police or the State Attorney that you do not want to prosecute or want to think about it. You may think that you can save your relationship, and perhaps you can, but you should seek the advice of a therapist and an attorney. People who are willing to become physically violent with their partner do not often change.
After you have found safety and dealt with the police. Calm yourself down. You did not do this and you did not deserve this. The next step is to consider how to protect yourself. You have the right to file for a Domestic Violence Injunction. There is no filing fee and you can get the paperwork at almost any courthouse. A Domestic Violence Injunction may provide you with exclusive use of the home, temporary custody of your children, temporary spousal and child support. If you have pending Divorce or Family Law litigation, you may want to consult your attorney who can help you with the Petition. If you are a victim of Domestic Violence and need the help of an experienced attorney, call Michael D. Fluke, P.A. today.
The other side of Domestic Violence Injunctions are Parties involved in Divorce or Family Law litigation who are not legitimate victims, but attempt to use the system to gain an advantage. Unfortunately, I have seen this happen all too many times. People have been ejected from their homes, prevented from seeing their children, and even arrested base on fraudulent allegations. Although you have the right to represent yourself, this is not the time to go without an attorney. False accusations of Domestic Violence must be taken very seriously. If not handled properly, they can effect your civil rights and a variety of your rights concerning your children.
If you have been falsely accused of Domestic Violence, schedule a consultation with Michael D. Fluke, P.A. today by calling (727) 793-9000 for Dunedin location or (813) 380-9095 for Tampa.


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Who would have thought Dan Last, the former Goannas bad boy who used to run amok in train stations and explode extraordinarily at umpires, would now be the Goannas president for 2014? Who would have thought such a thing when he was sitting in the police box explaining why he gave Omotesando station a pre-emptive make-over? Or even when he decided to re-enact pulp fiction at last year's Goannas ball, the single most prestigious event in Tokyo?
Yet here he is. Atop the rocky cliff top born anew. Simba.
When asked when the transformation happened one club insider said "I think the penny dropped when he heard Oceans estimated he would run the Tokyo marathon in 4 hours 50 minutes. That really hurt him.
"He couldn't believe how lowly people were thinking he was going to run. So he went off the grog and adopted a 'I'll show them' attitude".
For those who missed the result, Dan Last ran the 42km in 3 hours 30 minutes. It was a remarkable effort especially when you take into account his family name. It was an effort that shut the doubters up and gave him the image that endeared him to the punters down at the Hobgoblin pub. The image of the great Aussie battler. His gruesome account of the trials he faced in the lengthy run a testament to how far he has gone.
"I was doing well until around about the 29km mark", Last told reporters earlier. "I bought a gel pack at a running convention not long before the race. Basically I didn't read the package properly and it turned out to be poison. I started feeling nauseous and was about to puke all over my shoes after ingesting the contents. The reaction my body had to the gel pack brought my mind back to a piece of advice I received – and obviously didn't listen to. Don't ever take anything you haven't tried before during the race. Yet I pushed on and when I saw Jesus running in front of me with a giant cross strapped onto his back, I knew it was a sign. I had to show Oceans I could run faster than 4hours 50 minutes".
That he did.
Another club insider told of how much the change has surprised everyone. "Last year he was getting his younger brother drunk to the point his brother threw up all over the girlfriends hair while sleeping. Even though it was humorous at the time, the new Last would never let that happen nowadays. He would make sure the girlfriend would be wearing protective head gear before going to bed. That is how forward thinking he has become".
How Last now deals with the leadership role remains to be seen but he evidently has gained the support of the group with the club reporting record numbers to training and sturdy player retention. Even Hobgoblin has jumped on board for another 2 years, showing faith in the Goannas new leadership group.
As we roar into season 2014, broken train signs and 50 metre penalties seem a thing of the past. The resurrection of the man some call 'Telladega' (if you're not first, you're last) looks to continue unabated.


I first met Lawrence Joseph nearly thirty years ago. I was a sophomore in high school, with verses in hand and trouble in mind. He was a young professor at the University of Detroit School of Law, where my father served as dean. A serious poet with a steady job, Joseph struck my father as a good role model for his freshly literary son, so he sent us out for lunch at a diner near campus.


my poor shoes. even the ones I just got are feeling the abuse of a winter in this city.
fringe boots by Frye-these remind me more of native american style than country western, but take it as you will.
my recent acquisition. brown leather lace up boots with royal blue leather inside by John Fluevog. these have inspired an little orphan annie approach to my dressing.
a crowd pleaser, these little gems from Osborn are fair trade from Guatemala and are handcrafted and signed by the shoe's maker. only 3 of these puppies ever made. they remind me of hugh hefner. in complete need of a silk smoking jacket.


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Rest in My goodness. Trust Me to always go with you. There is nothing that can separate you from My love for you. I delight in every step you take with Me.
I want to get up and help people. I want to see heaven invade earth. I want to see the Kingdom come into people's lives! Amen. Am I going to make mistakes? Yes, I'm going to make mistakes.
Why? Well number one, because you and I, we're a bunch of knuckleheads. Number two, because we're beautifully flawed. And number three, when you swing for the bleachers you strike out sometimes.
We need to get past this fear of failure because the world around us has been going to hell. I don't want to sit around worrying about getting into trouble with Father God, especially when I know He's not going to get mad that I tried to glorify Him.
Does everything go perfect at our food outreach? No. I can tell you a bunch of stuff that didn't go right there. But you know what? That's not our testimony. There were many people loved on, prayed for, healed and there were salvations. That's our testimony.
Jesus is asking you to go out of these comfortable places. He wants you to go off of your map and look for Him there. You'll actually see Him when you get out of your comfort zone.


This illustrious pair has closed Fifth Avenue down for their festive, fabulous baraat and it looks like hubby-to-be Padam is bringing the party in full effect! I feel like cheering right along! Bride Puja is entirely stunning with makeup by Kanwal Batool and a lengha choli that has more style than a Bollywood red carpet premiere. In the ceremony venue, Elegant Affairs Inc has created a glowing mandap accented with deep red roses and sweeping fabrics while MaxPhoto NY plays paparazzi to our happy couple's every move. In case I missed any sublime detail, I'm heading back to the gallery!
From the bride: "I always wanted a wedding in Manhattan. I have never been a fan of just trends. I picked a theme of burnt orange, canary yellow, gold, and bronze with a hint of magenta. I wanted colors that cascaded into each other instead of something dramatic I preferred something romantic, elegant and classic. I wanted there to be cymbidium orchids, with Mokara orchids and Spanish peach roses with tons of crystals and candles. I used to draw and paint as a child so now that I'm a physician and don't have these opportunities as much, this was an opportunity to show my creative style."
Ready for your close-up? These sweethearts are about to head to a super sweet portrait sesh!
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Q: How can I intercept JTA transactions events and get a reference to the current EntityManager associated with the transaction Long story short: We develop and maintain a library that can be used in other projects using JavaEE7/CDI/JPA. Applications will run under Glassfish-4.0 and use Hibernate's JPA implementation for an underlying PostgreSQL persistence. This is part of a long term migration effort to rewrite old applications that were written in Spring/Struts/Hibernate into the new world of JavaEE7/CDI/JTA.
The problem: For audit purposes, our library needs to intercept all database transactions and include custom SQL statements before the user statements are executed. At this point, the current username and IP address need to be inserted into a temporary database variable (vendor specific feature) so that a database trigger can read them to create the audit trail for any row modification. This particular post was very helpful providing alternatives, and our team went down the trigger road due to a previously established legacy.
HOWEVER: We are deeply disappointed at how JTA handles transaction events. There are numerous ways to intercept transactions, but this particular case seems to be down right impossible. In the old architecture, using Spring's transaction manager, we simply used a Hibernate Interceptor implementing Interceptor.afterTransactionBegin(...). Reading up on the official JTA-1.2 spec, we found that it does have support for Synchronization.beforeCompletion and Synchronization.afterCompletion. After several hours of debugging sessions we clearly noted that Hibernate's implementation of JTA is using these facilities. But JTA seems to be lacking events like beforeBegin and afterBegin (which IMHO seems to be a lack of common sense). And since there are no facilities to intercept those, Hibernate complies fully with JTA and it simply won't. Period.
No matter what we do, we can't find a way. We tried, for instance, to intercept @Transactional annotations and run our code just after the container's JTA impl does its job to open the transaction. But we lack the ability to dynamically acquire the EntityManager associated with that particular transaction. Remember: this is a library, not the web application itself. It cannot make any assumptions about which Persistence Units are declared and used by the application. And, as far as we can tell, we need to know which specific Persistent Unit name to inject it into our code. We are trying to provide an audit facility to other temas that is as transparent as possible.
So we humbly ask for help. If anyone out there has a solution, workaround, whatever opinion, we'll be glad to hear it.

A: This was quickly answered here in this post by myself, but hiding the fact that we spent over two weeks trying different strategies to overcome this. So, here goes our final implementation we decided to use.
Basic idea: Create your own implementation of javax.persistence.spi.PersistenceProvider by extending the one given by Hibernate. For all effects, this is the only point where your code will be tied to Hibernate or any other vendor specific implementation.
public class MyHibernatePersistenceProvider extends org.hibernate.jpa.HibernatePersistenceProvider {

    @Override
    public EntityManagerFactory createContainerEntityManagerFactory(PersistenceUnitInfo info, Map properties) {
        return new EntityManagerFactoryWrapper(super.createContainerEntityManagerFactory(info, properties));
    }

}

The idea is to wrap hibernate's versions of EntityManagerFactory and EntityManager with your own implementation. So you need to create classes that implement these interfaces and keep the vendor specific implementation inside.
This is the EntityManagerFactoryWrapper
public class EntityManagerFactoryWrapper implements EntityManagerFactory {

    private EntityManagerFactory emf;

    public EntityManagerFactoryWrapper(EntityManagerFactory originalEMF) {
        emf = originalEMF;
    }

    public EntityManager createEntityManager() {
        return new EntityManagerWrapper(emf.createEntityManager());
    }

    // Implement all other methods for the interface
    // providing a callback to the original emf.

The EntityManagerWrapper is our interception point. You will need to implement all methods from the interface. At every method where an entity can be modified, we include a call to a custom query to set local variables at the database.
public class EntityManagerWrapper implements EntityManager {

    private EntityManager em;
    private Principal principal;

    public EntityManagerWrapper(EntityManager originalEM) {
        em = originalEM;
    }

    public void setAuditVariables() {
        String userid = getUserId();
        String ipaddr = getUserAddr();
        String sql = "SET LOCAL application.userid='"+userid+"'; SET LOCAL application.ipaddr='"+ipaddr+"'";
        em.createNativeQuery(sql).executeUpdate();
    }

    protected String getUserAddr() {
        HttpServletRequest httprequest = CDIBeanUtils.getBean(HttpServletRequest.class);
        String ipaddr = "";
        if ( httprequest != null ) {
            ipaddr = httprequest.getRemoteAddr();
        }
        return ipaddr;
    }

    protected String getUserId() {
        String userid = "";
        // Try to look up a contextual reference
        if ( principal == null ) {
            principal = CDIBeanUtils.getBean(Principal.class);
        }

        // Try to assert it from CAS authentication
        if (principal == null || "anonymous".equalsIgnoreCase(principal.getName())) {
            if (AssertionHolder.getAssertion() != null) {
                principal = AssertionHolder.getAssertion().getPrincipal();
            }
        }
        if ( principal != null ) {
            userid = principal.getName();
        }
        return userid;
    }

    @Override
    public void persist(Object entity) {
        if ( em.isJoinedToTransaction() ) {
            setAuditVariables();
        }
        em.persist(entity);
    }

    @Override
    public <T> T merge(T entity) {
        if ( em.isJoinedToTransaction() ) {
            setAuditVariables();
        }
        return em.merge(entity);
    }

    @Override
    public void remove(Object entity) {
        if ( em.isJoinedToTransaction() ) {
            setAuditVariables();
        }
        em.remove(entity);
    }

    // Keep implementing all methods that can change
    // entities so you can setAuditVariables() before
    // the changes are applied.
    @Override
    public void createNamedQuery(.....

Downside: Interception queries (SET LOCAL) will likely run several times inside a single transaction, specially if there are several statements made on a single service call. Given the circumstances, we decided to keep it this way due to the fact that it's a simple SET LOCAL in memory call to PostgreSQL. Since there are no tables involved, we can live with the performance hit.
Now just replace Hibernate's persistence provider inside persistence.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<persistence xmlns="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/persistence"
             xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
             xsi:schemaLocation="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/persistence http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/persistence/persistence_2_1.xsd"
             version="2.1">
<persistence-unit name="petstore" transaction-type="JTA">
        <provider>my.package.HibernatePersistenceProvider</provider>
        <jta-data-source>java:app/jdbc/exemplo</jta-data-source>
        <properties>
            <property name="hibernate.transaction.jta.platform" value="org.hibernate.service.jta.platform.internal.SunOneJtaPlatform" />
            <property name="hibernate.dialect" value="org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect"/>
        </properties>
</persistence-unit>

As a side note, this is the CDIBeanUtils we have to help with the bean manager on some special occasions. In this case, we are using it to look up a reference to HttpServletRequest and Principal.
public class CDIBeanUtils {

    public static <T> T getBean(Class<T> beanClass) {

        BeanManager bm = CDI.current().getBeanManager();

        Iterator<Bean<?>> ite = bm.getBeans(beanClass).iterator();
        if (!ite.hasNext()) {
            return null;
        }
        final Bean<T> bean = (Bean<T>) ite.next();
        final CreationalContext<T> ctx = bm.createCreationalContext(bean);
        final T t = (T) bm.getReference(bean, beanClass, ctx);
        return t;
    }

}

To be fair, this is not exactly intercepting Transactions events. But we are able to include the custom queries we need inside the transaction.
Hopefully this can help others avoid the pain we went through.