This guide book was our go-to book of our Spain trip. Its appeal was that Steves essentially condensed most of the popular cities and towns in Spain into a quick hitting list of highlights complete with triangle ratings, at-a-glance summaries to quickly help the reader prioritize the sights, and simplified hand-drawn maps focusing only on what Steves thought was most important to his audience. He also pulled no punches when it came to his opinions as well. And as such, it was very apparent to us that this book was a hit with the American audience.
We also appreciated some of Rick Steves' insider tips regarding booking many of the venues in advance. Especially for things like the Palacio Nazaries in the Alhambra of Granada and several of the Gaudi buildings in Barcelona, it was very wise to book those things well in advance of our trip. Although we enjoy flexibility and letting the circumstances (especially weather, closures, crowds, etc.) dictate what we should focus on and what to defer, we wisely did as Steves said and avoided getting shut out or held back in very long queues on the aforementioned key highlights by getting our tickets well in advance.
Since we didn't want to lug multiple guidebooks with us while out in the field, this was the book we ultimately relied on for the majority of the Spain part of our trip in 2015. But that was also where we ran into trouble. Given its popularity with Americans, pretty much everything Steves recommended was crowded and/or overrun with tourists. It turned out that some of our most enjoyable experiences in the country involved places that weren't mentioned in the guidebook. Examples of this included the Hanging Houses in Cuenca, most of the waterfalls that we visited, a nice beach at Ezaro, Monasterio de Piedra, and many other things. And because of our over-reliance on this guidebook, we also missed out on some things that I really wished we could've done. These misses included a couple of Barcelona sights like the Magic Dancing Fountains on Montjuic and the Parc de la Cituadella as well as the Tower of Clavero in Salamanca among others.
Rick Steves also had a tendency to favor things related to art history. I guess that's fine if you're into that, but our interests were more on the nature stuff. So we had to take his ratings with a bit of a grain of salt though for the most part, we agreed with his ratings.
Overall, we can totally understand why the Rick Steves Europe guidebooks (and TV show on PBS) is very popular amongst the American audience. But we do have to caution that if you're gonna bring just one guidebook and it's this one, then it's probably beneficial to go on TripAdvisor to validate or at least open your mind to the stuff that's either not mentioned or de-emphasized in the Steves guidebook. I know there were certainly moments where if we paid attention to the DK guidebook, we wouldn't have whiffed on some of the things we wished we had back. Still, it's a solid guidebook that we think maintains its relevancy despite all this free information on the internet.
For almost all of our trips, we'd go to the LP guides as our default choice of guidebooks, but we made an exception for Spain as we put the Rick Steves guide to the test and were pretty pleased with the experience though there were some things we wished we would've known in spite of the book. So in terms of in-the-field guides, it seemed like over the years, LP had lost its utility. However, where the LP books still remain relevant to us was the pre-trip planning. That was where their detailed maps, sight summaries and highlights, and encyclopedic information and logical organization at least helped us seed our pre-trip queries before we delved deeper into the research to become well informed during the course of our trip planning.
Some of the things we spontaneously "discovered" through the LP guides while out in the field (that didn't involve Rick Steves) included Ainsa, Ordesa y Monte Perdido hikes, Aiguestortes y Estany de Sant Maurici, and others. I also appreciated the write-ups concerning the history and culture, which helped me better prepare for what the attitudes and way of life was like, which was especially important since we were spending a month in the country.
That said, the book itself was quick thick so when it came to the weight versus usefulness in the field, Rick Steves won out. So in the end, I'd recommend this book to start a pre-trip research, but I wouldn't recommend it as an in-the-field resource unless you're not keen on checking out DK and Rick Steves.
Julie and I brought three guidebooks to Spain, and this was the third one. In terms of writeups and trying to glen a little more about what the country would be like in more than just pictures, I'd have to say this book was probably the most lacking on that front. In fact, I could probably generalize and say that as far as a standalone reading resource, this book doesn't do the job.
However, we also recognize that pictures are worth a thousand words, and when it came to getting a sense of what a particular attraction looked like or how it was laid out or how the street-by-street self-touring would be like, that was probably where this book shined over both LP and Rick Steves. I guess if there wasn't readily available internet (to check out TripAdvisor or Pinterest), this guidebook was good for that quick visual at-a-glance evaluation of whether a particular attraction was worth our time or not. Plus, in a bit of a surprise, this book also covered a few things that weren't in either Rick Steves nor LP, and this included the waterfall-heavy Monasterio de Piedra.
So in the end, this book was primarily a back-up resource as well as an aid to our pre-trip planning. And in terms of how it compared to the LP experience, I guess it was hit and miss, but we felt it was more useful as a resource in the field (where Rick Steves didn't cover it or provide good photos), and so we gave this book a slightly higher rating than LP.
Generally, when it comes to international research, I'm pretty happy when I can call upon a MapSource software that covers the part of the international destination that I'm headed. In this case, it was Europe, and the cool thing about this product was that it pretty much covered all of Europe. So that meant it was useful for trip planning when we drove around France, Italy, Switzerland, Great Britain, and now Spain!
The reason why I like the MapSource product is largely because of its functionality. Even though we had a Garmin Nuvi for in-the-field navigation of Europe (from a separate purchase of an SD card), this MapSource product helped us with the trip logging and waypointing both when I had to download stuff from the Nuvi as well as prior to the trip when I had to mark where we were planning on going.
In addition to the functionality, I also liked the level of detail that included default waypoints for some places we were targeting (mostly accommodations but surprisingly some waterfalls as well, which was surprising considering this product was a "city navigator"). That said, there were some details that were left to be desired concerning walking paths and trails that weren't in the map, but I guess that's really an expected weakness considering this product was all about city navigating in Europe as opposed to navigating between natural and wild places in the continent. We also saw quite a few parts of the map that were a bit outdated so we did experience a few confusing moments while driving in Spain (especially frustrating since it seemed like the streets were even narrower and more random than in other European cities, which we suspect might have to do with the fact that some of the old medinas were probably converted into city streets).
I think GoogleMaps still leaves a lot to be desired in terms of places pinned on their world collaborative maps, and so until I see GM getting even more comprehensive, I'll just keep sticking with the MapSource product for trip planning in the interim. Who knows how long it will take before that happens? In any case, I'm willing to bet that quite a few of these default waypoints haven't even made an appearance on GoogleMaps yet (though it is a matter of time).
So even in an age of GoogleMaps where there might be plenty of disjointed waypoints and tracks from random bloggers, hiking clubs, business, and general info providers, this map is still necessary to get the rest of the info that otherwise wouldn't find its way onto Google. And for that reason alone, that makes this product very valuable. I know that little by little, these map products are being phased out, but at least as far as Europe is concerned, I have what I need.
During the course of our research of waterfalls in Spain (not necessarily a commonly searched thing, especially since you pretty much have to do the searches in Spanish to get anywhere), we came across this website on more than one occasion. I tend to think of it as kind of a free trails.com except it focuses on the country of Spain. So there are trail write-ups (in Spanish) along with elevation profiles, photos, star ratings, and even interactive topographic maps (an especially useful feature).
It's too bad that not everything is covered, but of the kind of long distance excursions that we knew we might have to make an evaluation as to whether to spend the hours to do them or not on our Spain trip, this helped a lot in terms of getting a good idea of how much trouble it would be as well as how off-the-beaten-path the trail would be as well. They even had GPS waypoints as well as tracks.
Had we been living in Spain and had the time to go on longer weekend outings, then this would be an extremely useful tool to refer to over and over again. However, since we were on limited time abroad, this tool actually deterred us from considering most of the long-distance hikes unless it really was worth it (Cares Gorge comes to mind). In any case, the level of detail was definitely what we were looking for when it came to trail research, and it's this kind of useful level of detail that we also strive for on our own writeups on this website. So their approach definitely resonated with us.
The only drawback is that it's pretty much in Spanish. Personally, my Spanish is not up to the fluency where I can seamlessly use this tool and read the descriptions and know exactly what they're saying in one quick pass. Nope, it takes me multiple passes at a very slow reading speed. So that's really the only thing keeping me from rating this tool any higher.


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Naturally, we are absolutely delighted to be placed in 'The Times' top 10 state schools in Wales for a second successive year.
We are especially pleased to see our Sixth Form once again receiving national recognition. It is little wonder that our vibrant Sixth Form is growing, with students travelling from far and wide to access the caring, close-knit, supportive and high quality learning environment. We have a strong history of supporting students to achieve places at Oxford, Cambridge and many other Russell Group universities. This year, we are possibly unique in Wales in being able to say that every single student was awarded a place in their first choice university, a feat rarely matched by fee-paying independent schools. We will continue to ensure our sixth formers have an open door to world-class higher education when they leave us for pastures new.
However, being one of 'The Times' top ten schools in Wales is not just down to our success at post-16. All of our pupils richly deserve this national recognition of their academic success. Each year Llanidloes High School reap the rewards of their mature approach to academic studies and their determination to excel. They seize every opportunity afforded them to access revision and mentoring support. Indeed, visitors to the school often comment on our pupils' happy blend of courtesy and enthusiasm for learning, both of which feature at the heart of our successful school culture. It is a joy to be a part of such a vibrant and flourishing learning community.
A school cannot enjoy academic success without a superb staff team and we are no different. Every single member of staff at Llanidloes High School works tirelessly to plan and deliver enjoyable, inspirational and challenging learning experiences. They give up countless lunchtimes, run innumerable after school activities and go well beyond the extra mile to provide the support and opportunities every single child needs to thrive and excel. It is a privilege to work alongside such a gifted, caring and committed team.
We are also seeing the fruits of the excellent start our pupils are given in our primary schools. From Llanbrynmair, Carno and Ysgol Dafydd Llwyd in the north, to Rhayader in the south, and everywhere in between, our primary colleagues do a marvellous job of instilling a strong sense of respect and boundless enthusiasm for learning.
Furthermore, we are deeply thankful for the invaluable support we receive from parents and the wider community in Llanidloes who work so closely with us to ensure every child flourishes. For example, our 'Friends of Llanidloes High School' team work exceptionally hard – and with seemingly limitless creativity – to provide additional funding at a time when all schools are feeling the pinch.
Others who contribute greatly to the school's success include our governors who have provided exceptional strategic oversight for many years. We are also thankful for our partners in the Local Authority, especially the highly effective school improvement service including the Challenge Advisers who deliver and broker first class support.
Finally, I am thankful for the support we receive from Headteachers and colleagues in every other Powys secondary school. The days of competition and rivalry between schools are thankfully a distant memory. The relationship between each and every secondary school in Powys is now characterised by collegiality and support as we jointly seek to make a positive difference to the lives of as many children as possible.


History Revealed is our monthly presentations that takes a dive deeper into history. Presentations by the Cultural Resources Division of the War in the Pacific National Historical Park provide in depth information and interpretation of major events, and not so well know events, of the War in the Pacific, primarily regarding the Mariana Islands.
Below are the presentation slides for select History Revealed programs for download and use.


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Those looking for some portable romance may be delighted with the announcement that love adventure game Girl Friend BETA: Summer Vacation Spent With You is coming to Vita in Japan this Summer.
Girl Friend BETA began in 2012 as a popular smartphone game, which then spawned manga adaptations and anime, and is now heading to Vita.
The game is set at Seiou Academy, with eight different characters for the player to attempt to woo and romance. Affection can be created and enhanced via conversations or activities, with a variety of locations available for dates.
I kinda want this game just for something different at the moment.


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This Weekend's Blue Moon Will Be the OTHER Type of Blue Moon
Yeah, there's more than one type.
By Peter Hess
Filed Under Astronomy, Moon & Space Science
On Saturday night, the full moon and its weird effects will grace the night sky. It won't be just any full moon, though — it'll be a blue moon. It might not even be the kind of blue moon you're thinking.
Despite the name, the blue moon will not be the color blue. It will look just like any other full moon — kind of a yellowish-white. The fact that "blue" is just a name probably won't come as a surprise, but this might: There are two types of blue moon, and this one will be the weird kind.
The moon will be at its fullest at 5:11 p.m. Eastern on Saturday, and after the sun sets, will light up the sky. But if, like me, you truly had no idea that there were two types of blue moon — again, neither of which is actually blue — keep reading about this week's lunar event.
The First Type of Blue Moon (Which Won't Happen This Weekend)
The definition of a blue moon with which I'd always been familiar was the second full moon in a calendar month. Since a lunar cycle — the time from a new moon, to a full moon, and back — lasts about 29.5 days, and most months have 30 or 31 days, inevitably there will be some overlap, with the occasional calendar month including two full moons.
When a calendar month has two full moons, the second one is commonly referred to as a blue moon. This is the definition that I am most familiar with, as in the expression, "Once in a blue moon," which refers to the fact that this rare occurrence usually only happens every two to three years (though two of them actually happened in 2018, in January and March). The next one will be in October 2020.
This definition also applies to the 13th full moon in a calendar year. Since 12 lunar months only have 354 days, some years will also have 13 full moons.
But Saturday's blue moon isn't either of these.
The OTHER Type of Blue Moon (Which Will Happen This Weekend)
The other definition of a blue moon, which I'd never heard of before this week, is a seasonal blue moon — the third full moon in an astronomical season that has four full moons.
Wait…what?
Let's break that down: An astronomical season is an unfamiliar label for a familiar concept, commonly just called "seasons." Astronomical seasons are divided by the solstices and the equinoxes — summer begins on the summer solstice in June, winter begins on the winter solstice in December, spring begins on the spring equinox in March, and fall begins on the fall equinox in September.
(There's a range of a few days that any of the solstices or equinoxes can fall on, since the Earth takes 365.25 days and not an even 365 to revolve around the sun, but we'll save that discussion for another day. Today we're talking about the moon.)
An astronomical season includes three months, so it would normally encompass three full moons. But since our seasons are divided by a solar calendar and not a lunar calendar, there can be overlap between lunar cycles and astronomical seasons. (Huh, it's almost like time is made up.)
When this happens, and there are four full moons in an astronomical season, the third one is called a blue moon.
As EarthSky reports, the popular use arose through a mistaken interpretation of the Farmer's Almanac back in 1946. Back then, the term referred to the 13th full moon in a calendar year, but the writer misinterpreted it to also mean the second full moon in a month.
Space.Com reports that the seasonal definition actually predates the calendar one, though, so arguably this month's full moon is a classic blue moon.
The last one of these seasonal blue moons occurred in May 2016.
When Can You See the Blue Moon?
According to the US Naval Observatory, it will rise at around 8:00 p.m. in New York, but you can put your city in this form to find your local moonrise.
What Does It All Mean, Though?
While our names for moons use natural phenomena to mark the passage of seasons, time is ultimately a human creation. So to a significant degree, these nicknames we have to describe natural phenomena are just human efforts to impose order on a chaotic universe.
So does it really matter that a seasonal blue moon will rise this weekend? Not really. But does that make it any less incredible? No.
Regardless of what you call it, you can still step outside, gaze up at it, and marvel at your smallness in the face of the universe.
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The name Citrine derives from the French word 'citron', or 'lemon', which describes its typical lemon yellow colour.
This vivacious gemstone is a microcrystalline variety of Quartz. Usually extracted together with Amethyst, it owes its brilliant colouration to the presence of iron. Bicolor Citrine is a mixture of Citrine and White Quartz, produced by environmental changes. Just like Ametrine, where the beautiful purple of Amethyst is married to the fresh yellow of Citrine.
The most sought-after stones are mined in Brazil, Madagascar, Uruguay and Mozambique, while Ametrine and Bicolor Citrine are extracted in Bolivia. Lemon Citrine is also found in Zambia and Tanzania.
Citrine was already a popular and beloved gem in antique Greece, from circa 480 B.C., but only in the first century B.C. did the Romans begin to use it as a gemstone.
Considered the stone of happiness by the ancients, Citrine was used as a talisman to ward off evil thoughts and as an antidote to reptile poison. However, its uses were manifold, particularly in medical care. It was believed that it could aid the development of the digestive tract and protect the body from poisonous substances, pestilence and that it played an important role in curing depression and diabetes.
Experts in crystal therapy also maintain that Citrine stimulates mental faculties and creativity, helps develop intuition and self-confidence, and increases control over one's own emotions.
The colours of Citrine range from lemon yellow to golden yellow, and even approach tangerine and Madeira red hues (famed for the eponymous wine). Traditionally, the Madeira tones were the most sought after, while the lemon yellow tints are currently more popular. Bicolor Citrine displays a delicate chromatic shift from yellow to white.
The wonderful orange colours of Tangerine Citrine clearly distinguish it from the golden yellow Citrines. Lemon Citrine displays a fresh yellow with a delicate green note; in contrast, Madeira Citrine is resplendent in red. Bicolor Citrine encapsulates within itself the golden yellow of Citrine and the icy white of Quartz, bonded as they were formed during different geological conditions. The iron is responsible for the colour; when combined with Quartz, it creates a spectacular gemstone that must be cut by a true artisan in order to best display this unique phenomenon. Its composition is similar to that of Ametrine, where the yellow of Citrine is married to the purple of Amethyst.
Some stones lose their brilliance or return to their original colouration if exposed to very intense light sources.


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A delay to the return of indoor hospitality is looking increasingly likely.
A delay to the return of indoor hospitality is looking increasingly likely, as Government and official sources indicated the full return of pubs and restaurants will be pushed back from the planned date of July 5th.
However, sources told The Irish Times that there are also concerns at senior levels of Government that a delay may lead to further extensions, with the next window for more reopening as late as autumn.
The National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) is currently working on advice to be presented to Government next week.
It is believed the more transmissible Delta variant will account for more than half of infections by the middle of July, and 90 per cent in early August.
A well-placed source said it was "highly likely" that Nphet will recommend an extension beyond July 5th, however, the source also said there is still a chance the group will recommend reopening as planned, particularly if modelling indicates continued low hospitalisation levels.
Sources indicated that it was unlikely an additional delay would be needed even if this one is accepted.
Government sources told The Irish Times that lifting of measures could be phased through July if the return of indoor dining is delayed, meaning a date later in the month while other measures would be lifted as planned.
Green Party leader Eamon Ryan has said the plan is still to reopen travel on July 19th. "There is strength in following a common [EU] approach," he said.
Vaccine rollout
Any delay would place pressure on the vaccine rollout to continue at its current pace. On Thursday, The Health Service Executive said about 500,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine will arrive in the State in August.
Chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan has written to the National Immunisation Advisory Committe (Niac) to ask whether the AstraZeneca vaccine can be given to younger age groups (it is currently limited to over-50s).
HSE chief executive Paul Reid said: "None of us want a situation where we have a stock here that we're not utilising and we don't have people vaccinated. So that's a situation we'd all like to avoid, certainly from a HSE perspective."
While the vaccination programme is helping to curb the spread of coronavirus, Mr Reid said the State is at a "point of unease and apprehension as to what might happen next".
The Taoiseach has said he "cannot speculate" right now about whether Covid-19 restrictions will be eased as planned next month.
Micheál Martin said the Government had managed to reopen the economy in a "cautious but a progressive way" and that many people do not want that progress jeopardised.
The Fianna Fáil leader made the comments in a television interview with Virgin Media One marking his first year in office as Taoiseach.
Mr Martin said: "I can't speculate right now, today, in relation to this, other than [to say] it is an area of concern to the chief medical officer, to everybody, to myself included.
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"But I just want to make the point that so far, we have managed to reopen society in a cautious but a progressive way, and a lot of people are satisfied and relatively happy with the manner in which that's happened.
"They don't want that jeopardised or undermined in any way either, and anything we open we want to keep open. We don't want to be going back.
"That's the important principles that has to inform any decisions in light of any advice we might receive from the Chief Medical Officer and from Nphet, who have to do some modelling of this Delta variant."
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HNB Finance has made strides in introducing many of its services to a digital platform which is convenient for its growing customer base across the country.
"Initially, we focused on providing services to the SME sector. However, we found that there was a clear and growing market need for Small Scale Enterprises (SSEs). These are businesses that are not identified as SMEs but – with the right support – can easily develop to that level," HNB Finance CEO/Managing Director, Chaminda Prabhath said.
"As a result, HNB Finance has updated its portfolio to more effectively cater to their needs. Combined with our expertise in working as partners in building the success of our clients, we are confident that HNB Finance will be at the forefront of this business segment," he said.
HNB Finance offers services such as collateral-free loans, gold loans and leasing backed by attractive benefits to a segment of the financial market that is often ignored by the banking system.
This financial institution's mission has dovetailed neatly with the existing strategy and business alignment of HNB Finance as it has had the dual effect of enabling the organisation to acquire an extremely diverse customer base while presenting the opportunity for people to conduct all financial transactions within a single, trusted financial service provider, a bank spokesman said.
"We see great potential in this market segment because of the experience we already have in serving this segment of customers. Many of our customers used to come to us only for business loans. They fulfilled their consumption needs at other financial institutions.
"Understanding this led to a transformation at HNB Finance. By introducing new products we became a one-stop-shop for our customer's financial needs. This is a field which shows great potential, and balanced with our continuing emphasis on enterprise clients, we are now working to integrate this segment with the facilities provided by giants such as HNB so they are able to grow," said Prabhath.
"We are already linked with Lankapay, having established SWIFT and SLIP secure and efficient transfers. As our customers can now do transactions with HNB, we have issued more than 250,000 cards in a very short span. Our next goal is digitalisation, it allows our customers a platform to complete all their financial services on one platform. This is our future," he said.
HNB Finance has set its sights on a listing on the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) next year following the introduction of new financial services and the expansion of its product portfolio to service a wider range of clients.


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Hola! My name is Liz Dean. Some of you may know me from the Instagram world, others may stumble across my blog here because you found me online somewhere :). However you found my little space on the internet, welcome!
This is place where I plan to entertain others, to share life lessons – good and bad, and to wrap parenting into the mix of travel, working and lifestyle. A hodgepodge of so many niches here, if you will. Because, life isn't one straight shot and you always find yourself off the beaten path!
Life wise, I am married to a great guy, Courtney, and have a 2 year old son, Rainier. I also have three cats who are jerks for the most part, but we still love them to pieces.
I've had some huge curveballs thrown into my life in the past 4 months (this is written in early May 2017) from a ski accident with multiple injuries including a head injury, to being SUED while I was recovering from my injuries, to buying our first new house ever, moving into it and some other crazy things. This is why I have been so quiet online the past few months, so unreliable at times and have had good days and bad days.
I've been bottling stuff up for months while I worked through so many mental things and emotions. I am so ready to start sharing things I have learned and experienced recently and to BE REAL with you all. More importantly, I am excited about the future and to share that with you all as well.
I thought what a better time than to do it now AND to rebrand my blog, blissfulinblue.com while I was at it to finally match my handle, @littleprettyliz. So here we are, now, as Littleprettyliz.com and see how this name came about.
Are you ready for it?! Because it's, about, to go DOWN. Join me on this wild journey called life.


An appeals-court panel on Tuesday unanimously ordered the de Blasio administration to release communications between the Mayor's Office and a consultant that City Hall has been trying to hide for three years.
The ruling upholds a March 2017 State Supreme Court decision dismissing City Hall's claim that communications with BerlinRosen are confidential.
"Based on the substantial body of law . . . respondents had no reasonable basis to withhold the documents," wrote Justice Anil Singh.
The city must pay the legal fees of plaintiffs The Post and NY1, the court said.
Law Department officials wouldn't say if they'll appeal, and Mayor Bill de Blasio dodged questions about the case at an event in Newark.


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The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) makes teaching and learning more transparent and facilitates the recognition of studies (formal, non-formal and informal). The system is used across Europe for credit transfer (student mobility) and credit accumulation (learning paths towards a degree). It also informs curriculum design and quality assurance.
Institutions which apply ECTS publish their course catalogues on the web, including detailed descriptions of study programmes, units of learning, university regulations and student services. Course descriptions contain learning outcomes (what students are expected to know, understand and be able to do) and workload (the time students typically need to achieve the learning outcomes), expressed in terms of credits. In most cases, student workload ranges from 1,500 to 1,800 hours for an academic year, and one credit corresponds to 25-30 hours of work.
Credit transfer and accumulation are helped by the use of the ECTS key documents (course catalogue, learning agreement, and transcript of records) as well as the Diploma Supplement.
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My friends in Basement toured the United States in the summer and made a really rad documentary about it.
Math core band perform a hip hop parody of the Three Kings fable.
I know we've said this before but this is completely outrageous. You need to see it!


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Thinking about Good Friday during a pandemic
This year the Solemn Reproaches are speaking to me in a new way.
by Elizabeth Palmer
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I was walking through the narthex to my church office one Good Friday morning when I heard a tenor voice singing in the sanctuary: "O my people, O my church, what more could I have done for you? / Answer me."
I cracked open the door and slipped into the back pew. Our cantor, Dan, was standing by the font. He glanced my way and kept chanting: "I gave you a royal scepter, but you gave me a crown of thorns; / I gave you the kingdom and crowned you with eternal life, / but you have prepared a cross for your Savior."
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Dan was rehearsing the Solemn Reproaches, which he would be leading at that evening's service. This ninth-century liturgical text gained popularity over the years and was eventually added to the Western church's liturgy for Holy Week. The Solemn Reproaches are often used on Good Friday as a companion to the Adoration of the Cross.
A reproach expresses deep hurt or blame, and such a statement can be used for good or for ill. In the Solemn Reproaches, Jesus addresses people who have harmed him—and the text has a long history of stirring up violence against Jewish people. Many times over the centuries, in many places, Christians bowed before the cross on Good Friday and heard or sang some version of these words: "I led thee through the wilderness 40 years, fed thee with manna, and brought thee into a land exceeding good, and thou hast prepared a cross for thy Savior." Then they'd leave the church, form a mob, and attack Jewish communities.
Evangelical Lutheran Worship, the 2006 worship book used in my denomination, includes a new version of the Solemn Reproaches that seeks to undermine this anti-Semitic legacy. It adds New Testament imagery and words like church to clarify who it is that Jesus is reproaching. It also adds a stanza that explicitly condemns this history of misplaced blame: "O my people, O my church, what more could I have done for you? / Answer me. / I grafted you into my people Israel, / but you made them scapegoats for your own guilt, / and you have prepared a cross for your Savior."
I sat in the back pew listening to Dan sing, and after a few minutes I began to join in on the Trisagion, sung after each stanza of the Solemn Reproaches as a congregational response: "Holy God, holy and mighty, holy and immortal, have mercy on us." We sang together for a while, starting again from the beginning when we'd reached the last stanza. We didn't say anything to each other; we just kept singing, back and forth across an empty church, alternating between Christ's reproaches to us and our pleading calls for God's mercy.
I think about the Solemn Reproaches a lot these days. A virus that looks like a crown of thorns is multiplying uncontrollably, and our collective anxiety about it has left us alternating between language of reproach and language of pleading.
The pleas have been fairly straightforward, even as they've increased in urgency and intensity: Wash your hands. Stay home if you're sick. Don't hoard face masks. Cancel all large gatherings. Pass legislation that guarantees paid sick leave. Shut down schools. The reproaches have been more complicated, as we've struggled to understand the causes of the pandemic. I've heard people blame globalization, secretive governments, unequal access to health care, an unregulated market that made it easy for a virus to jump across the animal-human barrier, the narcissism and denial of world leaders, people who don't cough into their elbows, climate change, delayed test kits, cruise ships, handshakes, pangolins, political appointments motivated by loyalty instead of competence, overcrowded prisons and detention centers, open work spaces, communion by intinction, and asymptomatic carriers.
Reproaches can be useful—particularly if we direct them toward ourselves, naming our sins and striving to correct our errors as we move forward. But as resources become scarce and panic increases, it can be easy for our reproaches instead to turn outward and morph into violence—whether that means overtly xenophobic mob actions or just the cumulative harm caused by millions of small decisions made out of anxiety.
Christians have responded to past pandemics in a variety of ways. In February 1349, with the plague looming, the municipal authorities of Strasbourg in Alsace rounded up the city's Jewish people, accused them of poisoning the Christians' wells, demanded that they convert on the spot, and burned about 1,000 of them alive.
But it's also true that in the third century, when a plague nearly wiped out the Roman Empire, Christians became known for performing unsolicited acts of compassion and self-sacrifice. Cyprian, who was the bishop of Carthage at the time, wrote these words:
How pertinent, how necessary, that pestilence and plague which seems horrible and deadly, searches out the righteousness of each one, and examines the minds of the human race, to see whether they who are in health tend the sick; whether relations affectionately love their kindred; whether masters pity their languishing servants; whether physicians do not forsake the beseeching patients; whether the fierce suppress their violence. . . . These are trainings for us, not deaths: they give the mind the glory of fortitude; by contempt of death they prepare for the crown.
Being forced to envision our own mortality can strip us bare of all pretenses and reveal who we really are.
That Good Friday morning when Dan and I rehearsed the Solemn Reproaches in the empty church, a complex beauty emerged. The sanctuary, built in a midcentury architectural style that I can only describe as urban stark, was already stripped of all adornment. Everything soft—paraments, linens, cushioned kneelers, flowers, candles, books—had been removed during the Maundy Thursday service the night before. In that somber space, Dan's voice and mine resonated only with stone, bricks, concrete, and wood.
It was a rehearsal, but it was as real as any act of worship ever is. There were only two of us, and yet we were confessing the sins of all Christians across the centuries. The heaviness of our guilt—as individuals, and as the body of Christ in a world marred with violence and inequity—was palpable. The need for God's mercy felt thick.
But just as thick was the presumption that God would indeed grant that mercy. We knew even as we were pleading for it that it was already ours. We remembered that we were singing to a God who had jumped across the divine-human barrier in order to be able to bleed and sweat and catch viruses and weep and ache and die. That's why Dan and I kept singing, hesitant to stop.
But it was Good Friday, and we worked at a church. We had a lot to do. Before too long, we went back to our offices so we could complete all of the Holy Week tasks that still needed to be done.
This year, many churches may be empty on Good Friday because of the pandemic. But I'd like to think that the chanting of prior generations will resonate even in those stark, still sanctuaries: "Holy God, holy and glorious, holy and immortal, have mercy on us."
A version of this article appears in the print edition under the title "Reproach and pleading."
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Why Orthodox Christians see triumph in the cross
Not just suffering
by James R. Payton Jr.
Suffering and salvation: Jeremiah 31:31-34; Psalm 51:1-12; John 12:20-33
Psalm 51 does not let any of us off the hook—not the progressives, the evangelicals, or the feel-good agnostics.
by Susan Andrews
The great drama of the trinitarian hymn "Holy, Holy, Holy"
The beloved song can contain God's glory no more than the scripture it's based on.


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Demetri Goritsas est un acteur américano-canadien.

D'origine grecque et norvégienne, Demetri Goritsas est né à Eugene (Oregon). Il grandit en Colombie-Britannique et réside actuellement à Londres. Il a étudié à la Prince George Secondary School à Prince George.

Il joue aux côtés de Jeremy Irons dans Gallipoli en 2005 et est récemment apparu dans la série Torchwood dans le rôle du père de Jack Harkness. Il a également fait des doublages dans des jeux vidéo, comme DRIV3R, Killzone 2, Driver: San Francisco et 007 Legends

Filmographie
 1994 : Les Quatre Filles du docteur March (Little Women) : Bhaer's Student
 1996 : The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue : Young Kansas Man
 1997 : Excess Baggage : Surveillance Van Cop
 1998 : House Arrest : Phil
 1998 : Il faut sauver le soldat Ryan (Saving Private Ryan) : Parker
 2001 : Spy Game, jeu d'espions : Billy Hyland
 2002 : La Mémoire dans la peau (The Bourne Identity) : Com Tech
 2004 : Thunderbirds : News Anchor
 2004 : Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow : Radio Operator
 2006 : The Road to Guantanamo : Interrogator #7
 2007 : Un cœur invaincu (A Mighty Heart) : John Skelton
 2007 : Benjamin Gates et le livre des secrets : Asa Trenchard
 2008 : Un été italien (Genova) : Demetri
 2010 : Seule contre tous () : Kyle
 2011 : X-Men: First Class : Levene
 2012 : Acts of Godfrey : Brad Angel
 2012 : Good Vibrations : Paul McNally
 2013 : Austenland : Jimmy
 2013 : Rush : American Journalist
 2014 : Manifesto : Clark
 2015 : Angel of Decay : Roger
 2015 : Everest : Stuart Hutchison
 2016 : Genius : John Wheelock
 2016 : Snowden : Frank Davini (en post-production)

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Naissance à Eugene (Oregon)
Acteur américain
Acteur canadien
Naissance en août 1971

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Dual Universe - Alpha 1 Successfully Launched!
Next test planned on Thursday, December, 6th!
We successfully launched the Alpha 1 phase on Thursday, November 29th!
We welcomed our Sponsor backers into the game in addition to those who previously had access during Pre-Alpha.
Due to exceptional Server stability, our original 24h test decidedly became a 48h test through Saturday, December 1st to celebrate!
This is a monumental milestone for Novaquark and your incredible and never-ending support helped making this dream a reality! This is only the beginning of our journey; there's a long and challenging road ahead toward the game's official release... With your useful feedback and continued encouragement as a community, we're confident we'll succeed!
Those who backed us on Kickstarter and have reached at least Silver status (even by upgrading their pledge after the campaign's end) will join the Alpha Test group for the next test scheduled Thursday, December 6th, at 14:00 UTC!
We are also aware that many Kickstarter backers haven't created their Dual Universe account yet.
Without this account, you cannot download the game and will be unable to receive future invitations to participate in test groups.
Only accounts that are currently registered in our database can receive invites.


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require "test_helper"

# Single name model scope test.
class ForVarietasTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
  test "from a higher rank for varietas" do
    rank_id = name_ranks(:varietas).id
    ranks = Name.from_a_higher_rank(rank_id).collect do |name|
      name.name_rank.name
    end.uniq
    assert ranks.include?("Regnum"), "Should include Regnum"
    assert ranks.include?("Division"), "Should include Division"
    assert ranks.include?("Classis"), "Should include Classis"
    assert ranks.include?("Subclassis"), "Should include Subclassis"
    assert ranks.include?("Superordo"), "Should include Superordo"
    assert ranks.include?("Ordo"), "Should include Ordo"
    assert ranks.include?("Subordo"), "Should include Subordo"
    assert ranks.include?("Familia"), "Should include Familia"
    assert ranks.include?("Subfamilia"), "Should include Subfamilia"
    assert ranks.include?("Tribus"), "Should include Tribus"
    assert ranks.include?("Subtribus"), "Should include Subtribus"
    assert ranks.include?("Genus"), "Should include Genus"
    assert ranks.include?("Subgenus"), "Should include Subgenus"
    assert ranks.include?("Sectio"), "Should include Sectio"
    assert ranks.include?("Subsectio"), "Should include Subsectio"
    assert ranks.include?("Series"), "Should include Series"
    assert ranks.include?("Subseries"), "Should include Subseries"
    assert ranks.include?("Superspecies"), "Should include Superspecies"
    assert ranks.include?("Species"), "Should include Species"
    assert ranks.include?("Subspecies"), "Should include Subspecies"
    assert_equal 20, ranks.size
  end
end

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Q: CodeIgniter - sql return only the first letter I'm working on a directory for a vocabulary page for a site I'm building. So when you click the A link it will pull back all the letters that start with A and so on. I have most of the functionality done, but I can't get the right sql statement to pull back what I want.
I'm working on this...
$this->db->order_by("title", "asc");
$this->db->where('category', 'vocab');
$this->db->like('title', $this->uri->segment(3));
$data['query'] = $this->db->get('entries');

So, I've been trying to get the like function working. To match the first letter in the title with the letter I'm throwing in the url when the user clicks on the link.
Any help? Am I doing the like clause right? I've never actually had to do one before.

A: I believe you need to change one row:
$this->db->like('title', $this->uri->segment(3), 'after');

Also, note the way you get results: $this->db->get('entries')->result();

A: If you want to control where the wildcard (%) is placed, you can use an optional third argument. Your options are 'before', 'after' and 'both' (which is the default).
$this->db->like('title', 'match', 'before'); // Produces: WHERE title LIKE '%match'
$this->db->like('title', 'match', 'after'); // Produces: WHERE title LIKE 'match%'
$this->db->like('title', 'match', 'both'); // Produces: WHERE title LIKE '%match%'

You can see the codeIgniter Active Record Page

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While snapping pictures of our Rose of Sharon bushes, I snapped this dynamic photo of a bumble bee. She was laden with pollen already, and her poking around in the flower caused a spray of pollen speckles.
I haven't seen very many Jack-in-the-Pulpits yet this year, but her are a couple. The first one, seen in late April, was on the small side- only about 6 inches high, but beautiful anyway.
Now, in the second week of May, there are more! There are two in the picture below. Can you find them both?
I think that the trillium is one of our more showy wildflowers here in Northeast Ohio. On a recent hike in Hinckley Reservation, there were parts of the trail where there were blooming trillium as far as I could see in the deep woods.
There were many different kinds; I am only able to differentiate them by color. White is the most common here.
When the white ones are near the end of their blooming time, they turn a pretty pink.
There were just a tiny few of some creamy green ones, but my photos just look white, so you will just have to image those. Check out these vivid red ones though! Wow. This isn't a Photoshop trick.
From the Wikipedia, "trillium was treated in the family Trilliaceae or Trillium family, a part of the Liliales or Lily order. The AGP II treats Trilliaceae as a synonym of the family Melanthiaceae." I'm not sure what that means. Is it a lily or not?
Some interesting fact I saw while researching these plants – ants spread the seeds of trillium. Also – the large white trillium is the official wildflower of Ohio.
Here are the elusive Squirrel Corn that we found in Hinckley Reservation. The flowers resemble a kernel of corn. I find these along with the Dutchman's Breeches; these were in a lowland area in deep woods, by a creek.
I love our local plants!
The Dutchman's Breeches, with a little imagination look like little pairs of pants – upside down with the legs pointing up, but still pants (or breeches). My Grandfather used to say it "britches"… like "hold on to your britches", ummm, but that is quite the tangent isn't it? Aren't they adorable?
Up next – Squirrel Corn.


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ABOUT THE FOREST
gov info
"Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people."
click for resources for Elected officials and gov agencies
Julie Stutterheim
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facebook.com/lastKCforest/
© 2019 SAVE THE LAST KC FOREST
There are many plants and animals that call the Line Creek Forest their home – owls, songbirds, deer, bats and more. As development occurs, these populations dwindle and we lose the benefits these species provide.
Three facts to know:
Nationwide, metropolitan areas are losing about 36 million trees every year. As cities lose their large, old trees, the native wildlife that depends on them for food and shelter are also in danger of disappearing.
https://www.nathab.com/blog/losing-urban-trees-and-the-wildlife-that-depends-on-them/
https://ufi.ca.uky.edu/wildlife-habitat-tree
According to the World Wildlife Fund, the world's populations of mammals, birds, fish and reptiles have dropped 60 percent since 1970, and human activity is to blame.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/kids/people-places/animal-species-are-disappearing-and-we-the-people-are-the-problem/ar-BBVid5p?%252525252525253Bocid=DELLDHP
https://www.worldwildlife.org/habitats/forest-habitat
From Maine to Arizona, America's forest species are in a steady slide towards extinction. Scientists predict that more than 4,600 native plant and animal species will be gone by 2030, an evolutionary blink of the eye.
https://www.americanforests.org/magazine/article/endangered-forest-species/
more reasons to protect the forest
See what Missouri Department of Conservation, MARC and other experts say about the forest & why it's an important property for conservation.
KC spent 2 million dollars to bring community members to the untouched forest. Why ruin the surroundings with development?
The Line Creek Forest has a rich history, from the interurban railroad to the archeological artifacts of the ancient Hopewell Culture.
LASTKCFOREST.com


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Alan Mackenzie Howard
Born August 5th 1937, son of Arthur John Howard and Jean Compton Mackenzie. On his mother's side of the family were generations of actors, on his father's, the film star, Leslie Howard. The Howards true surname was Stainer/Steiner, but after Leslie achieved fame and fortune, all took the surname of Howard. Arthur looked very like Leslie and occasionally acted as his stand-in, for example, in the 1938 film of 'Pygmalion', which Leslie was co-directing. Leslie Howard's son, Ronald, also became an actor, mostly in film and TV. Another Howard in the film industry was Arthur's sister, Irene, who became a casting director for M.G.M.
Through his mother's side of the family, the Comptons, professional actors since the early 19th Century, Alan Howard is related to most of the acting dynasties of the theatre. Click here for a Compton family tree.
Through his father, Arthur John Steiner (Howard), Alan is related to the British film star Leslie Howard.Click on Leslie for more information about the Howard acting family.
Education: Ardingly College.
Married 1965, Stephanie Hinchcliffe Davies, actress, then theatre designer, no children, divorced.
2. Married long term partner Sally Beauman, nee Kinsey Miles, in 2004.
One son, James Howard
One grandson.
More ......
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Alexis Ayala puede referirse a:

 Alexis Ayala Padró (1965-), actor mexicano.
 Alexis Ayala Wilson (1971-), humorista cubano.


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Froome: 'Andorra will be the toughest Grand Tour stage I've ever done'
By Cycling News 02 September 2015
Team Sky leader motivated for key mountain stage at the Vuelta a Espana
Chris Froome (Sky) (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Chris Froome (Team Sky) waves to the crowd on the sign-in stage at the Vuelta a Espana
Chris Froome kisses his 2015 Tour de France trophy (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Chris Froome finishes ahead of Valverde (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Chris Froome (Team Sky) (Image credit: Roberto/BettiniPhoto)
Chris Froome says that today's stage 11 of the Vuelta a Espana in Andorra will be "the hardest Grand Tour stage I've ever done."
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"I've never raced such a tough stage in a Grand Tour," Froome told Spanish newspaper AS, "so I don't know what will happen."
"The weather's set to change, it's expected to be a lot colder and will perhaps rain. Coming after the hot weather of the first week, there could be some major time gaps and a lot of abandons." "It's going to be the most important stage of this year's Vuelta."
Froome's comments concur with those who believe the combination of the shortness of the stage with six classified climbs, the 5000-plus metres of climbing, the expected poor weather, and all coming after a rest day, will make the Vuelta's stage 11 a very tough and potentially decisive in this year's race.
Froome says his rivals range from Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin), through to Fabio Aru (Astana), Esteban Chaves (Orica-GreenEdge), Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) and the Movistar duo of Alejandro Valverde and Nairo Quintana.
The Tour de France told AS that his form good, saying "I'm really up for the race and motivated. But I'm not at the same level as in the Tour."
Froome revealed that Team Sky's planned helicopter transport from the stage 10 finish in Castellon to Andorra did not work out as planned, as a thunderstorm rendered air transport too dangerous. After flying roughly 120 kilometres the helicopter was forced to land in the airport of Reus, where the bus picked them up for the remainder of the six hour transfer, and they reached their hotel shortly after midnight.
Listen to our exclusive interview with Team Sky manager Dave Brailsford about the Vuelta a Espana and the latest on the rider transfer market.
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Emily Blunt on Playing Mary Poppins: "Nobody's Julie Andrews, So I'm Just Gonna Do My Own Thing"
Emily Blunt Interview About Mary Poppins
14 October 2016 by Becky Kirsch
Image Source: Getty Images / Karwai Tang
Emily Blunt is about to take on one of the most beloved literary and cinematic characters of all time and, rightfully so, she's a little scared. During a press day where she was promoting The Girl on the Train, Blunt was equally excited to discuss the next huge role she's lined up, playing Mary Poppins in Mary Poppins Returns. The sequel already boasts an incredibly cast that includes Meryl Streep and Hamilton's Lin-Manuel Miranda, but Blunt has some big shoes to fill after Julie Andrew's originated the role in the 1964 film — not that she's letting her nerves get in the way.
POPSUGAR: How much, if it all, are your kids a factor into the actual roles you choose now?
Emily Blunt: Mary Poppins! What a gift to my girls! I would've done Mary Poppins whether I was a mother or not, but the fact that I'm a mother and to a mother of girls is just so awesome to be able to play Mary Poppins. It's a real gift. Because they're just gonna find it joyous.
POPSUGAR: Are you nervous at all take on such an iconic character?
EB: Yes! When [director] Rob Marshall called me, I felt simultaneously thrilled and frozen with fear. Nobody's Julie Andrews, so I know that much. So I'm just gonna do my own thing. But Mary Poppins is sort of emblematic of people's nostalgia in many ways. They're some big shoes to fill. When I said I was taking it on, my friend said to me, "Wow. You've got balls of steel." I was like, "Don't say that! It makes it scarier."
Image Source: Getty Images / Kevin Mazur
PS: You're going to be working with Meryl Streep for the third time. Are you guys a package deal now?
EB: Am I the actor that's worked with Meryl the most? I might be the actress that's worked with Meryl Streep the most. How lucky am I? She just stalks me. It's embarrassing.
PS: She just finds out what projects you're doing and . . .
EB: Yeah, she always tries to get into every movie I make.
PS: And you're going to be working with Lin-Manuel Miranda, who is now just everywhere.
EB: Cover of Rolling Stone. Everywhere. And he's cut all his hair off! I didn't recognise him!
PS: He looks 100 percent different now.
EB: I was like, "You look 12." But what a cool guy. I think that term "genius" is used rather too casually, but he's it.
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John Coward may refer to:
 John Coward (ice hockey)
 Sir John Coward (Royal Navy officer)
 John Coward, airline pilot, see British Airways Flight 38.


Families gathered at the Inver Grove Heights Community Center to meet Santa and take a spin in his sleigh at the 17th annual Holiday on Main Street event Dec. 14.
Photos from the Guardian Angels Boutique that was held Dec. 7. Click here to see and buy more photos from the Guardian Angels Boutique event.
Hay wagon rides with Santa took place out at the Bruentrup Heritage Farm during the Maplewood Area Historical Society Holiday Open House Dec. 7. Classic 1960's Christmas music, lunch, snowshoe demonstrations, and s'mores by the campfire were also part of the afternoon.
Japanese Dance with Taiko Drum was one of the many cultures highlighted at the annual Taste of Weaver held Nov. 21. Eleven ethnic performances took center stage. A potluck followed. Louai Abualreesh, second from left and now in middle school, came back with his friends for a Palestinian folk dance, a line dance for weddings and joyous celebrations. Louai performed in second grade with his older sister and has performed at the Taste of Weaver since. Alijah Ellingson, Mubaraq Adedayo, and Creshawn Prior made their moves in a hip-hop dance.


The exhibition of works on paper in Gallery P28 changes every twelve months to highlight the variety of the collection, and to limit exposure of the light-sensitive pigments.
Image: Odilon Redon, French (1840-1916). Salomé with the Head of Saint John the Baptist, ca. 1880-1885. Charcoal and black chalk on tan paper, 8 5/8 x 7 13/16 inches. Bequest of Milton McGreevy, 81-30/67.


Looch's Penguin LIVE Lecture earlier this year was one of the most successful online lectures ever recorded and on the 1st of August Looch will return to his home town for a one night only mentalism lecture.
Covering some of his incredible material from previous releases and also sharing some new, unpublished work Looch will present an evening of minimal mentalism focusing on strong, powerful and simple effects. It doesn't matter whether you are a beginner or are a seasoned pro, you will be sure to learn something.
Location is at Magick Enterprises, 82 Broad Street, Sheffield S2 5GT. The lecture will begin at 7.30 pm and is free to paid up members of the circle and £10 for guests.
On Thursday the 17th of September James Prince will be lecturing for the circle and presenting his Menu of Miracles. A collection of effects that he uses in his restaurant magic using cards, rings and coins. There will be something for everyone in this lecture.
It should be a very interesting and entertaining evening.


Moldova's prime minister has declared his government faces a "last chance" to regain public trust as the country a battles deep political crisis.
On a visit to neighbouring Romania, Pavel Filip said the elite was to blame after Moldova was rocked by mass protests in recent weeks. He called for calm from protesters demanding his resignation.
"The political class now has its last chance to restore Moldovans' and our international partners' trust," said Pavel Filip in an interview with BBC television.
About 40,000 people took to the streets last weekend to demand early elections just days after Pavel's new government was sworn in – becoming the third such administration to take office within a year.
Filip said he had no intention of resigning, telling the BBC that Moldova desperately needed stable government to avoid a "deep economic and social crisis".
He added that action would be taken against protesters who "cross a red line and become violent".
Moldova has been mired in crisis since April when the exposure of a billion-dollar corruption scandal triggered huge protests and the arrest of former prime minister Vlad Filat.
The previous pro-EU government lost a vote of confidence in October and was dismissed, but since then the parliament has been deadlocked over its replacement.
The country is torn between those who want it to join neighbouring Romania in the European Union and those who want closer relations with Moscow, its Soviet-era master.
The nomination on 20 January of a new government did little to calm the protests, with demonstrators trying to storm the parliament as the new administration was sworn in, prompting calls for calm from the EU.
The Romanian prime minister, Dacian Ciolos, said during Filip's visit on Tuesday that Bucharest would loan its neighbour €150m (£113m/US$163) on the condition that the government pushes through "real reforms".
"Romania is ready to support Moldova on its European track provided it makes a clear commitment to carry out real reform, and not just on paper," Ciolos said.
Bucharest had pledged the loan in October but froze it in the midst of the political crisis.
With a population of 3.5 million, Moldova sits wedged between Ukraine and Romania and is one of Europe's poorest countries.
Although Romania expected to release a first €60m tranche of the loan, this would depend on the outcome of an upcoming visit by IMF officials, Ciolos said.
Filip pledged to push through the reforms aimed at stabilising Moldova's economy and fighting corruption.
"We will show by our actions that we are determined to implement the promised reforms," he said.


They stood their ground against government threats, but it took coercion from one of their own to end the junior doctors' 40-day strike.
At one time they were fired by Vice-President Constantino Guveya Chiwenga after refusing to return to work following a court ruling declaring their strike illegal. Several meetings were later held between the doctors and the Health Services Board (HSB), which employed the carrot-andstick tactic to try to persuade and also threaten them to go back to work — all in vain.
So, The Standard went to find out what really happened to cajole the doctors to go back to work after more than a month of resistance. Our investigations found out there was more than meets the eye to the doctors' surrender and that discontent is still simmering among them with many seriously considering leaving the country. The relaxation of terms for non-European doctors has made England an attractive destination.
According to the video footage of the meeting in The Standard's possession, one of the consultant doctors threatened to abandon the junior doctors if they did not heed their order to return to work.
One of the three consultants is recorded saying that the junior doctors' demand for drugs and consumables was the responsibility of the senior medical practitioners and not the strikers. The consultant doctor is also heard saying to the junior doctors that government had heard their concerns and would address them while they reported for duty.
"If they (government) give you a pay rise today, the whole country will demand that and the government will not be able to cope," the doctor is recorded in the videos saying.
"The cost of living (allowance) is coming in March. It is coming, they have promised. Consider what is there on the table and take. If you continue, if the consultant says fire them, you will come back to zero, remember, you are not yet registered with the Medical Council. If you get fired, no matter what you want to do, you will never go anywhere. You have wasted your six years of training. I am pleading with you, suffer for a while."
It turned out that the fear of failing to finish their courses was the major push factor that forced the doctors to grudgingly return to work. Without the consultants' greenlight, junior doctors on housemanship cannot successfully complete their medical training.
"It was a difficult decision to make. We had concerns, but we cannot afford to cross paths with our consultant doctors. As an intern, you cannot go against the consultant doctors because you will not finish the internship," one junior doctor said.
"This explains why most junior doctors who join the Zimbabwe Hospitals Doctors' Association (ZHDA) take time to finish their internship — it is this failure to obtain a pass from the consultant doctors."
After consultations with their colleagues elsewhere, the junior doctors then decided to go back to work and the ZHDA announced on Thursday the decision to "begrudgingly" end the strike.
"Sadly, with no salary review, and frozen December salaries, in this rough and ravaging economic environment, it remains a dilemma how our members will report to work daily," said the striking doctors in the statement.
"Indeed, poor remuneration and the current fuel shortages remain a threat that may spontaneously hinder our members from reporting to work and discharging quality health services to patients. That being said, our members have begrudgingly resumed work with effect from today, as dialogue continues."
Divisions started showing up in the doctors' camp with one camp accusing another of being sponsored by government.
"I needed the money. So when they approached me, I had to accept. I tell you because you are family. Please don't sell me out. You should have supported me financially, but you neglected me," the female doctor wrote.
"That is mere speculation, no one has been bribed to go back to work. What we know is that some doctors are agitating for more and more benefits at the expense of saving lives," Mutodi said.
"Being a doctor is not a profession for gold diggers and money mongers. Government is committed to improving the livelihoods of its workers."
"This is embarrassing Dr. I have respect for you. You shouldn't have accepted the bribe to go back to work. It is like selling your fishing boat and net for a plate of fish or your birth right for a plate of soup," one member commented.
Asked how many others she knew had been paid and how much they had been paid, she said: "No one will confess, but I suspect all who are coming back were given money. US$500 is more than the salary I was looking for anyway."


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Born in Odisha, India on September 23, 1958, Dr S K Pattanayak has been in the Administrative Services under the Government of India. He superannuated as the Secretary to Government of India in the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare, New Delhi, in September 2018. He is a warm person and an affable leader and remains most popular among his staff.
An accomplished policy-maker, doable planner and an inspiring leader, Dr Pattanayak, as an Administrator had handled a wide variety of assignments at the grassroots and national levels within India and internationally, being entrusted with increased responsibilities in a career of over his thirty-six years of service starting from 1984 to 2018.
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Malfeasant Wall Street national homebuilder wants to destroy Fish Island.
A St. Augustine homeowner got the largest homebuilder in the country to pay up to fix what he says is a construction mistake.
It comes four months after an Action News Jax Investigation into D.R. Horton.
We reported that some D.R. Horton homeowners were complaining the roofs on their pricey new homes were leaking and the company wasn't honoring their warranties.
Navy veteran Roger Carman told Action News Jax in November the roof of his $360,000 D.R. Horton home was leaking.
"My psychiatrist has actually had to triple my dose of Xanax just to keep my anxiety level down," said Carman.
"We saw the story and saw he was a military veteran that was struggling with an issue on his home," said Reliant Roofing president Cameron Shouppe.
Carman suspected the holes for his vents were cut too large and it was letting water in.
That's exactly what Reliant Roofing found.
Reliant Roofing took photos they say show the holes were cut 6-8 inches too wide.
They fixed it and, after months of back and forth, they got D.R. Horton to reimburse them.
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Europe To Become World Crypto Hub
The crypto race is on. Following the explosive and exceedingly public gains of Bitcoin in 2017, it should come as no surprise that countries have moved quickly to try to fit the growing cryptocurrency sector into their existing regulatory frameworks. But not all regulatory strategies are seen equally. For blockchain startups and cryptocurrency investors alike, a clear framework which allows for both growth and exploration is key to operations.
It is for this reason that many startups seem to crop-up in countries that might not be the first guess of someone trying to pinpoint the homeland of their favorite project. Binance, for example, has begun operations in blockchain and crypto hub Malta, to the interest of many. Other companies have even considered moving out of more confusing regulatory scenes—such as the United States—in an effort to more closely follow the law and flourish in more favorable conditions.
But with all the pressure put on businesses to bend and twist around existing metrics for regulation, equal thought must be allotted to the countries vying for the attention of cryptocurrency investors. For nations that successfully draw the interest of both retail investors and near-institutional cryptocurrency organizations, the economic impact could be major and fantastic. For a while, it was Asia and the United States which sat at the top of the crypto pile.
According to new reports, however, Europe has seen an incredible increase to their token sale value, nearly totaling up to an amount higher than both all of Asia and the United States put together. In simplest terms, it seems that Europe is quickly on its way to become the next cryptocurrency hub in the growing global crypto sector.
The Fabric Ventures Report
Venture capitalist investment fund Fabric Ventures released an official study detailing what they believe to be some of the main contributory reasons behind the massive expansion of public interest in ICO funding in 2018 within Europe. In particular, the report highlighted the willingness of countries in the EU and in all of Europe to set out clear regulatory boundaries as one reason that the industry continues to flourish.
Additionally, the separation of European Union economies and the efforts of the EU to continue to develop countries and economies all over the continent have both been factors in the astonishing increase to overall interest in Initial Coin Offerings. In total, ICOs operating in Europe have raised around USD $4.1 billion, which is nearly twice the earnings in the United States and over double the funds raised in Asia in 2018.
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Europe has already made a name for itself on several occasions for being a hub of innovation for blockchain and crypto technology. Both Malta and Gibraltar are known as "crypto nations—" and with very good reason. But aside from these easy targets, the Fabric Venture notes that cities all across Europe are home to a budding trend of massive startups which help to spur innovation and public interest in blockchain in the area.
As the regulatory "sandbox" expands in many parts of Europe, the report concludes that project formation in the strong EU will continue to be a major factor in their race to become one of the global leaders in increasingly valuable blockchain technology's creation.
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