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The Other Side of Animation
Reviews of the lesser known animated classics and flops!
HomeAnimation Tidbits: Annecy Part 2
Animation Tidbits: Annecy Part 2
June 28, 2019 camseyeview Editorials, Lists, UncategorizedAbominable, Adam Lambert, Albert Tsai, animation, Away, Ayumu Watanabe, CGI animation, Children of the Sea, Chloe Bennet, Chris Buck, Chun Baek Lee, Daniel Radcliffe, Disney, Dreamworks, Eddie Izzard, Felix Dufour Laperriere, french film, Frozen 2, Gints Zilbalodis, GKIDS, Hiroyuki Imaishi, Japanese Animation, Japanese film, Jean-Francois Laguionie, Jennifer Lee, Jill Culton, Jim Gaffigan, Joe Hisaishi, Josh Cooley, Lino DiSalvo, Makoto Shinkai, Pixar, Playmobil, Promare, Sarah Paulson, South Korean Film, Studio 4c, Studio Trigger, STX Entertainment, Sung Yoon Oh, Tenzing Norgay Trainor, The Prince's Voyage, Todd Wilderman, Toy Story 4, Underdog, Ville Neuve, Weathering With You, Xavier Pircard
(Originally written: May 29th: 2019. Sorry for posting this late!)
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Alrighty, for the final part of this look at Annecy 2019, I decided to combine a bunch of films from different categories. This is because the various categories don't have enough to warrant talking about in individual articles. At least, that is my opinion on the other categories. The one major change they made was a new category called Contrechamp, a category with animated features that are in competition, but have visuals that challenge the medium of animation. Otherwise, the films on the list will be from the screening events and In Production section of the festival. Let's get started!
Children of the Sea (Contrechamp)
Directed by Ayumu Watanabe, the story focuses on a girl named Ruka, who saw a ghost in her dad's aquarium when she was little. She becomes attracted to the aquarium and the appearance of two mysterious boys named Umi and Sora, all the while the adults who work there figure out the mass disappearance of the earth's fish. In a lot of ways, it's almost unfair that this film is the perfect representation for the Contrechamp section of the festival. It's almost unfair how downright jaw-dropping-off-your-face beautiful the film is. Studio 4C has done a lot of great work, but this easily looks like it will be their best. Plus, with GKids now attached to bringing it over to the states this year, I have major hopes it's going to be at Animation is Film 2019! If that wasn't enough to get you hyped, Joe Hisaishi, the composer behind many of the Studio Ghibli classics, is composing the music for this film.
Away (Contrechamp)
Directed by Gints Zilbalodis, Away is about a young man who's riding a motorcycle, trapped on a mystical island while trying to avoid a shadowy monster chasing him. This is also a film that looks like it will be taking advantage of the Contrechamp title. Sure, it kind of looks like an indie game that's trying to be the next artistic achievement in gaming, but that's sort of the fun of it. Plus, this was directed and animated by someone who is 25 years old. That is wildly ambitious and I give him kudos for that. It looks like a visually creative film that I hope does well.
Underdog (Contrechamp)
Directed by Sung-Yoon Oh and Chun Baek Lee, the story revolves around a blue dog that was once a house pet, but ends up back in the wild. He encounters wild dogs, and tries to help them survive and live freely. Generic title aside, I really like the visual look of this film. It reminds me of the work arounds French animation uses in projects like The Painting. It has a super vibrant color palette, and while the CGI may not be Pixar or Disney level at all, it has its own identity and personality to it. I'm happy to see South Korean animation finally making some break-out titles to show that they can make animated features that aren't tied down to propaganda, and can be watchable by all. Though seeing some of the marketing blurbs say it was more emotionally gripping than Zootopia? Yeah, we will have to see about that.
Ville Neuve (Contrechamp)
Directed by Felix Dufour Laperriere, Ville Neuve focuses on a man named Joseph, who moves into a house with his friend, and tries to get back with his ex-wife, and this is happening with the 1995 Quebec Referendum happening in the background. I like the minimalist approach with its focus on whites, blacks, and grays. It comes off like a more personal and intimate film, and I can't wait to see what the reviews say about this one.
Playmobil (Screening)
Now then, let's jump in with the first film in the "Screening" category. Directed by Lino DiSalvo, the story focuses on a young woman named Marla, played by Anya Taylor-Joy, who gets pulled into this Playmobil world with her brother Carlie, played by Gabriel Bateman. They get separated, and it's up to Marla to team up with Rex Dasher, a secret agent voiced by Daniel Radcliffe and Del, a food truck driver voiced by Jim Gaffigan, to get her brother back and avoid the evil clutches of Emperor Maximus, played by Adam Lambert. Yeah, this film did not get the warmest impression, being negatively compared to the 2014 The LEGO Movie. I can understand why. It comes off as a bit outdated that there needs to be a reason for the Playmobil world to exist, when people would rather just enjoy the world that they make. Still, the film looks silly and aware about itself, and some of the jokes I saw got a chuckle out of me. Hopefully it can be an entertaining flick once it releases later this year.
The Prince's Voyage (Screening)
Directed by Jean-Francois Languionie and Xavier Pircard, this is a follow-up to a film Jean Francois did a while back called A Monkey's Tale, which follows the prince from that film, as he washes up on the shore of an island, and encounters an individual named Young Tom and his two parents, who were exiled scientists. The film itself looks great, but that should be no surprise, because it's the same guy behind The Painting, but I am curious to see how they make this film work, because who remembers A Monkey's Tale? It has only gotten an English UK release, and no one in America has probably heard of this guy or his films. Still, the CGI looks stylized, and I'm curious to see how this film does in continuing the story with these characters in a travel diary-style form.
Abominable (Screening)
Finally, we are seeing actual trailers and footage for this film. Directed by Jill Culton and Todd Wilderman, we follow the exploits of a young Chinese woman named Yi, voiced by Chloe Bennet, as she encounters an actual Yeti on the rooftop of her apartment building. It was previously caught by a scientist named Dr. Zara, voiced by Sarah Paulson, and an evil rich man named Burnish, voiced by Eddie Izzard. It is up to Yi, her friends Peng, voiced by Albert Tsai, and Jin, voiced by Tenzing Norgay Trainor, to get the Yeti back to his home in the mountains. This is an important film, due to this being DreamWorks first Chinese collaboration with Pearl Studio. As per usual with their non-comedy stuff, Abominable looks visually great, and has some endearing moments, but the jokes and references made in the first trailer and in the recent trailer are iffy. Hopefully, this is more of DreamWorks working at a How to Train your Dragon and Kung Fu Panda level, and not Shrek the Third level. Also, what is up with their marketing for this film? Everyone has already seen a trailer for the film for two or so months before the "official" trailer was released last week. What was the point of having two trailers and one of them was already viewable in theaters? Oh well, I hope this is a good movie.
Toy Story 4 (Screening)
Directed by Josh Cooley, we follow our heroes dealing with their new lives and a new encounter with a self-made toy named Forky, voiced by Tony Hale. One day, Forky gets out, and Woody, voiced by Tom Hanks, sets out to bring Forky back, but also runs into Bo Peep, voiced by Annie Potts. Shenanigans then ensue as Woody and the gang try to get Forky back to their new owner Bonnie, and Woody starts to have a crisis of what it means to be a toy. It's too easy and frankly lazy, to say how this is a "cash grab", when all films are cash grabs. We didn't need a 4th one, but if we needed this one to get back on the train of original films starting with next year's Onward, then so be it. Plus, I have been hearing good early word of mouth, and plus, who doesn't want to see Keanu Reeves in his first ever voice role? Even if we might "not need it", I'm glad to go back if the story is good.
Frozen 2 (Screening)
Directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee, our heroes from the first film, Elsa, Anna, Kristoff, and Olaf are off on another adventure to go beyond the kingdom of Arendelle. Yeah, there isn't much known about the film right now, so let's talk about how incredible the teaser trailer was. This film looks jaw-dropping-off-your-face-and-exploding gorgeous. I'm sure a lot of this is just teaser editing, and the film may not be this serious in tone, but wouldn't that be awesome if it was? I know there is a bit of Frozen burnout, but I liked the first movie, and I'm excited to see how this new one unfolds.
Weathering With You (WIP)
In the Work in Progress section, we have the newest film from Makoto Shinkai. The story revolves around a young boy who moves to Tokyo alone, and almost becomes broke, until he gets a writing job for an odd occult magazine. His life feels like it's constant misery, as rain and dark clouds follow him everywhere. One day, he encounters a young girl who has a mysterious power to clear the sky of the clouds and rain. While I have been critical of some of Shinkai's efforts and directorial touches in the past, this one has me very excited. To no surprise that Shinkai has more drop-dead eye-popping visuals, something about the story feels instantly likable, and GKids recently announced that they will be bringing it over! I can't wait to see this film, and I hope to see it sometime soon.
Promare (Midnight Special)
Finally, for the Midnight Special, we have Promare. Directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi, and animated by Studio Trigger, we follow Galo Thymos and his team, the Burning Rescue Fire Department. Their main goal is to take down a group of evil mutants called BURNISH that emits and can control a special fire that is engulfing the planet. This movie looks so over-the-top, silly, nonsensical, it's super drenched in its anime identity, and this is why I follow foreign/indie animation. This movie looks crazy in the most positive way possible. Sure, if you know anything about Studio Trigger's previous work like Kill la Kill, Space Patrol Luluco, Little Witch Academia, and SSSS Gridman, then you know you are going to get some of the most vibrant Japanese animation around. It looks like a lot of fun, and I hope to also see it soon.
And that wraps up what I think looks to be the most promising at the Annecy International Film Festival. Even with these listed, there are truly more interesting features being shown in their completed form or work-in-progress form. Just go check out the site, and see the multitude of animated projects being shown, and find your favorites.
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NGC 3679 is een elliptisch sterrenstelsel in het sterrenbeeld Leeuw. Het hemelobject werd op 24 april 1784 ontdekt door de Duits-Britse astronoom William Herschel.

Synoniemen
 MCG -1-29-12
 PGC 34844

Zie ook
Lijst van NGC-objecten

Externe links
  NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
  SIMBAD Astronomical Database
  SEDS

NGC-object in Leeuw
Sterrenstelsel in Leeuw

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The theoretical frameworks of Hartree-Fock theory and density functional theory are presented in this course as approximate methods to solve the many-electron problem. A variety of ways to incorporate electron correlation are discussed. The application of these techniques to calculate the reactivity and spectroscopic properties of chemical systems, in addition to the thermodynamics and kinetics of chemical processes, is emphasized. This course also focuses on cutting edge methods to sample complex hypersurfaces, for reactions in liquids, catalysts and biological systems.


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Soils, underpinning ecosystem services, represent an economic asset. However, global change, including changes in the use of land, climate change and pollution - alone and/or in combination – increasingly influence soils, their biodiversity and the ecosystem services that they provide. A better understanding of the links between soil biodiversity and soil services is needed urgently, as well as a standardised method to provide land users, managers, economists and policy makers with a robust and unambiguous tool to quantify these services and provide guidance for soil management strategies. Soil organisms provide a range of economically important services to mankind such as cycling of nutrients, support of plant growth and health, provision of clean drinking water, delivery of genetic resources to industry, agriculture and storage (as well as production of greenhouse gases). Traditionally, soil sciences have tried to translate the ability of a specific soil to support these services, into what is called "soil quality". However, soil quality is notoriously difficult to define and the scientific community has struggled for years to do so. In effect, the results have led to the proposal of a range of related concepts with no single measure or definition. Furthermore, procedures that are time-consuming, costly or involving arbitrarily selected biological indicators reduce the range of indicators that can be examined and affect the current measures of soil quality.


London's Hidden Charms have been teasing excellent new music with some demos recently out, but they have just released their official debut single "Dreaming Of Another Girl" which is set for release via B3SCI Records in North America on July 24th.
Legendary producer, Shel Talmy produced "Dreaming Of Another Girl", who has also produced classic hits by The Kinks and The Who. The rest of the EP is also produced by Shel, so this should be a great year to watch this band and listen close.


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Empire Or Little England? Brexit Breaks The Myth Of Globalization By Ogaga Ifowodo
While this demonstration of Britain's insularity may not "of itself . . . completely destroy the international order," as one observer has noted, it nevertheless "sets a precedent," and a "potentially corrosive" one at that. How corrosive?
by Ogaga Ifowodo Jun 28, 2016
A mere two days after Britain voted to exit the European Union and resile into its island fortress mentality borne of the days of empire, a momentous event took place in Beijing. The thunderous shockwaves of the referendum meant that not many noticed as China held the first meeting of its own World Bank, named the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. Among its 57 members, ironically, is Britain which occupies a vice president's chair and was in attendance, the turmoil at home notwithstanding. With AIIB, China announces loudly an intention to flex its financial muscle as the world's second largest economy, setting it up to directly rival the Bretton Woods institutions that established the post-World War II global economic order.
The symbolism of the event is underlined by the words of Jin Liqun, AIIB's president, who had once said of the United States-led world order, "History has never set any precedent that an empire is capable of governing the world forever." It is a tale of two countries: while China, peeved by the refusal of the western democracies to accord it the respect commensurate with its newly acquired clout, launched a bank to rival the World Bank and the IMF (by venturing boldly outside its national enclave), Britain chose the opposite course of retreating into its nationalist shell ostensibly in protest of curtailing EU policies dictated from Brussels. While this demonstration of Britain's insularity may not "of itself . . . completely destroy the international order," as one observer has noted, it nevertheless "sets a precedent," and a "potentially corrosive" one at that. How corrosive?
Take the words of two prominent proponents of Brexit. "Dare to dream that the dawn is breaking on an independent United Kingdom," Nigel Farage of the U.K. Independence Party told his supporters. Not long ago, in the gilded days of an empire "on which the sun would never set," it was other nations, mostly of "uncivilised natives," who sought independence from Britain. "Empire or Little England?" the imperial rear-guard has cried ever since at every instance of declining fortune. And so Boris Johnson, abrasive former London mayor and co-leader of Brexit: "We can find our voice in the world again, a voice that is commensurate with the fifth-biggest economy on earth." But Johnson and his London signify the divide and acute contradictions at home highlighted by the vote: on the losing side cosmopolitanism, and international finance which supposedly knows no nationalist barriers, also symbolised by a dynamic forward-looking population mostly young or under 45, and the winners who are more provincial, older and staunchly anti-immigrant, even overtly racist, whose rallying cry was "Take back our country." But wasn't globalisation supposed to underwrite a more harmonious and mutually prosperous future? Wasn't it vociferously touted as the fulcrum of democracy, and alliances among nations its logical step towards the vital necessity of maintaining peace in a turbulent world precisely by subduing nationalist fervour, eliminating borders and trade barriers in favour of the benevolent god of the market?
It is, of course, too early to say that the ideals of international cooperation and open societies have now been renounced and that Brexit — no matter the rising cries of "Frexit" in France, led by usual suspect Marine Le Pen of the Nationalist Front, and of "Nexit" led by Geert Wilders of the Party for Freedom in the Netherlands — indeed sets a corrosive precedent for an even more divided world. Yet, it is instructive that the forces crying "To your nationalist tents, O people!" found their voice in the wake of the flooding of Europe by Syrian and other refugees displaced by war, poverty and hunger. And on that score, Globalisation, Brexit suggests, was and remains heavenly for the economic and political elite who together constitute the prosperous one percent that has seen more and more of the wealth of nations concentrated in its hands. As reports by Oxfam and the United Nations Development Programme have shown, the exponential increase in global economic wealth has been matched by an unprecedented rise in poverty and hunger. According to the UNDP, the three richest people in the world control assets that exceed the combined Gross Domestic Product of the 48 least developed countries while Oxfam reports that 85 persons are wealthier than half of the world's population or about 3.5 billion people.
Consequently, the isolationist and anti-immigrant nationalism of Brexit is music to the ears of the expropriated, frustrated and angry masses of Europe and America. "If only we took our country back from the barbarians who have taken over our jobs and social security, then our lot would be better," they say. As Newsweek put it, Brexit shows "a global desire to throw the bums out." A deep class and social divide partly explains why the business and political class, including even the stridently xenophobic Donald Trump, incidentally, were for Britain staying in Europe. The corrosive effects of Brexit are all too disturbingly clear. Farage is right: a new dawn is breaking on the world, but, it seems, of rabid nationalism, falling just short of fascism. Poor countries like ours must do all they can to stop their people from fleeing hunger, insecurity and despair at home only to pine or perish behind the anti-immigrant walls set to go up in the so-called free world.
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John Goldingham FRS (1767 - July 1849) was the first official astronomer of the Madras Observatory, appointed in 1802. Goldingham was also an architect and surveyor who headed the Madras Survey School which later grew into the Guindy Engineering College and then Anna University. Born in London in 1767, Goldingham was first in the service of William Petrie at his private observatory and then hired by astronomer-sailor Michael Topping as his assistant in 1788.
John Goldingham succeeded Michael Topping as the Astronomer posted in Madras. Goldingham was put in charge of building an observatory in 1792, and later appointed as the Presidency Civil Engineer in 1800. Although a mathematician, he managed to learn both astronomy and engineering. He worked at around the same time as Colonel Lambton began the Trigonometrical Survey.
From 1787 observations were made on the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites. Using the time taken for these, the longitudes were established. Goldingham estimated the Madras observatory at 18°17'21" E and these were used for a while by the Trigonometrical Survey. Goldingham was succeeded by T. G. Taylor in 1831.[1][2]
Map of Madras in Goldingham's experiment to find the velocity of sound in 1823[3]
On April 20, 1796, he married Maria Louisa Popham, niece of Admiral Sir Home Riggs Popham, at St. Mary's in Fort St. George. They had two sons. In 1815 he married Ann Baxter and they had a son and two daughters.[4]
In 1802, Goldingham formulated the Madras time which was 5 hours and 21 minutes ahead of GMT thus establishing the closest precedent to Indian Standard Time adopted a century later in 1906. In 1800, he designed the Banqueting Hall (now Rajaji Hall), for which he was granted a commission of 15% on all bills. After the Board of Directors found that Goldingham had drawn 22,500 pagodas as commission on the 180,000 spent on the work till September 1801, the commission was suspended.
He then returned to his work as Government Astronomer, in the course of which he published two volumes of observations: one of them contains his observations on the length of the pendulum, the velocity of sound, of meteorological phenomena, as well as determinations of the longitude of Madras, and a discussion of the longitudes of the three Presidencies.
He retired back to England, where he died at Worcester, in July 1849. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society, the Royal Geographical Society, and the Royal Astronomical Society.
Observations for Ascertaining the Length of the Pendulum at Madras in the East Indies, Latitude 134'19".1 N. with the Conclusions drawn from the Same. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 112 (1822): 127–70.
A Method of Rectifying a Route Protraction. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 1 (1832): 19–20.
Of the Difference of Longitudes found by Chronometer, and by correspondent Eclipses of the Satellites of Jupiter, with some supplementary Information relative to Madras, Bombay, and Canton; as also the Latitude and Longitude of Point de Galle and the Friar's Hood. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 112 (1822): 431–36.
Of the Geographical Situation of the Three Presidencies, Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay, in the East Indies. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 112 (1822): 408–30.
Madras Observatory Papers. Madras: College Press, 1827.
^ Markham, Clements R. (1878). A memoir on the Indian Surveys (2 ed.). London: W.H. Allen and Co. pp. 64–66.
^ Goldingham, J. (1822). "Of the Difference of Longitudes Found by Chronometer, and by Correspondent Eclipses of the Satellites of Jupiter; with Some Supplementary Information Relative to Madras, Bombay, and Canton; as Also the Latitude and Longitude of Point de Galle and the Friar's Hood". Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. 2: 177.
^ Goldingham, John (1823). "Experiments for ascertaining the velocity of sound, at Madras in the East Indies". 113: 96–139. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ Phillimore, Colonel R.H. (1945). Historical records of the Survey of India. Volume I 18th century. Dehra Dun: Survey of India. p. 338.
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I date great women and they say they love me, but I can't love them back. I feel I'm living half a life.
I'm a 43-year-old bachelor who's been concluding lately that he lacks the capacity for love. I've had as girlfriends some of the finest women imaginable -- from super-successful showbizzers and celebrated intellectuals to down-to-earth, pure-hearted girl-next-door types -- most of whom loved me for who I was, warts and all, but couldn't understand why I didn't love them back.
Neither could I. Things typically started with us sleeping together early in the relationship, "falling in love," then some three to ten months later, I'd end it with, "I'm sorry, I don't love you. I don't know why, but I can't pretend any longer, hurt your feelings," etc. It's so immature, this cycle, and leaves undeserving damaged people in its wake. I've become an embarrassment to myself.
So, one sets to wondering: Did I not experience love as a child and therefore never quite learn how to feel and express it as an adult? My parents, though still together, have always been mismatched. Both neurotic in their singular ways, they often fought in front of my younger sister and me when we were kids. It was deeply disturbing to watch. I'm fairly certain my dad struck my mother in the face at least once, and I believe he fooled around with her best friend and got caught. So that was the "how to" example by which I learned about loving. I've never felt a close bond with my dad, and reflexively rebel against him to this day, though I wholly respect his achievements and vast erudition. I'm much closer to my mother, but she's in many ways still living in the 1950s and has always let herself be emotionally and intellectually hogtied by my dad, a taboo subject between all but my sister and me. The strange thing is, my sister has always been able to love people as easily as falling off a log.
Over the last year or so, I've backed off on a self-serving promiscuity routine, a staple for much of my adult life (when not in a relationship), and am trying to be a mature, understanding love-packin' man. But I'm driving without a steering wheel. I don't know my insides; there's a short-circuit between head and heart. I recoil with fear and revulsion and confusion when love, even platonic love, is offered to me. I'll admit to a pesky little superiority complex with humanity in general, and guess it stems from insecurities over my inability to meaningfully empathize with others.
Well, I'm fed up. I'm ready to take the bull by the horns and do whatever's necessary to become a full-fledged member of the human race. Think I can be repaired?
Your question poses a peculiarly Western riddle, rooted in our fabled split between head and heart, our belief in romantic love, our belief in individual freedom, and our privileging of the intellect. I'm not a psychologist or philosopher. I'm just a guy who works at Salon. But I do think, if you consider yourself broken, that you can be repaired if you find the right person to guide you. And I think the approach will involve learning to experience emotional pain.
You probably had a great deal of emotional pain as a child, from witnessing what went on with your parents; it's not that you didn't experience love, but that the love brought with it enormous pain, so today, whenever those tender childlike feelings of awe and desire to merge with another arise, with them come the awful childhood fears of abandonment, betrayal and possibly physical violence. You were probably able to hold your feelings in abeyance in your 20s and 30s while you solved what appeared to be more urgent problems of survival -- how to make money, how to score chicks. Now, however, that pain may be starting to surface, leaving you troubled, strangely numb and anxious, desirous of emotional connection yet so practiced in your personal art of pain containment that you can no longer remember or figure out how open yourself to deeper emotions. You may be distrustful of seemingly trite emotional displays yet at the same time sense that your comforting intellectual sterility comes at the cost of some greater and richer human experience.
And this is the peculiar disease of modern Western man, the cold, efficient, technocratic, pragmatic, alienated man whose American apotheosis appeared in the 1950s, and who was recognized by the Beats and the hippies as a tragic and frightening figure.
You could get into psychoanalysis and try to understand the real-world roots of your spiritual emptiness. That wouldn't be a bad idea, actually, if you're willing to do the work. You could find out a lot; it could force you to experience some of the pain that you may be holding back. But you don't need to spend years in psychoanalysis to cure yourself of emotional sterility; you just need to start feeling things.
It can all be done quite cheaply. Since you're basically afraid of pain, the solution is simple: Start feeling some pain. How? Stop doing whatever it is that anesthetizes you. And what is that? Every man has his drug. You tell me. It could be the cold intoxication of reason that keeps you from howling like an abandoned baby. It could be that little cultured laugh you give at an off-color joke where your lip curls and it looks like rage. It might be the way you lift weights like lifting the weight of the world. It might be the weekly massage with the happy ending. It's always something: the air-conditioned drunkenness of commerce over a bed of lettuce and the tinkle of glasses, a balm of blackened tuna with mango chutney, a manicure during which you dream of the manicurist's legs wrapped around your head, a drive in a Fiat Spider, nine holes of golf, backgammon on the terrace as the sun goes down; any niche you can store a little agony; any handkerchief into which you can spit your contempt, any pot you can piss your life into, any argument you can pour your rhetoric into, any container at all, a woman, a fist, an ATM: anything that will carry your guts away.
Whatever it is, if you stop doing it, perhaps you'll start to feel the first glimmer of the pain you've been putting off for so long. Perhaps it will come as a cramping of your belly, or maybe like an ice pick in your brow, or maybe just like a wet, itchy horse blanket of dread. Whatever it is, open yourself to it. It's the breath you took when you were born that told you the free ride was over. It's the waiting all afternoon for your father to come home that feels like seven years at sea. Whatever it is, you needn't be afraid; it's just the pain of the saints before the miracle occurred, the pain of the travelers who couldn't stop their horses, the pain of the mendicant on his knees in the desert. It's just the pain of the ages. It's just pain.
And then, after months of this, and perhaps under the guidance of a loving and experienced person, when your emotional pain has become your friend, the big howling ball of fear will start to break down into constituents, and you'll see the different kinds of pain, and the different strategies you use with the different kinds of pain. And perhaps you will see that among those strategies of containment, your feeling of superiority is king, that those critical and hateful things that you are afraid to say, like "That dress belongs on an Amish girl" and "When you order the duck, your voice sounds like Porky Pig," are used to bolster your impregnable superiority. That superiority is the cold ice pack you put on your wounds, the steak you put on your mother's eye to keep it from blackening at your father's blow.
Why else to leave woman after woman if not to preserve the fiction of your superiority? For if a woman were ever good enough for you, you'd have to keep her, wouldn't you? And you'd have to risk what happened with your parents all over again, wouldn't you? You'd have to risk feeling the anger your father felt toward your mother; you'd have to both feel it and contain it, and maybe you're afraid you don't know how to do that. But feeling anger is much like feeling pain: You just feel it; you don't disappear into it, you don't become a bawling child, you don't become a vengeful spouse, you just feel it.
Maybe up till now it's been safer to live in a sterile bubble of repetition. And, speaking of safety, if you start having thoughts about harming yourself or others, it's time to call in the pros. But you wrote to me because you want to break out, and I'm responding to you directly as I would to anyone. I can't teach you, but you can definitely learn. Good luck. May the gods watch over your journey.


Rhodes is the largest and most popular island of the Dodecanese which is ideal not only for those who want to relax but also for those looking for an action with 300 days of the sunshine per year. With its bright green hills, romantic Old Town, buzzing nightlife and crystal-clear waters Rhodes is truly a blessed place. Rhodes is one of the best gulet charter destinations.
The climb from the village of Líndos up to its famous Acropolis is steep, made more arduous in summer by the hot air that hangs heavily in the often windless village. It's worth it, though, when you get to the top and discover a series of ancient monuments including the inner Temple of Athena Lindia at the highest seaward point on the rock. The remains seen today – columns of the propylaia and inner bemas date from 342BC. What perhaps impresses most, though, are the superb views of Líndos Bay to the north, the town to the west, and perfectly sheltered St Paul's Bay to the south. The town itself is small, home to about 4000, but contains a number of decent eateries. But most flock to the sandy, gently curving beach. The bath-warm water is shallow, tranquil and clear, making swimming an absolute pleasure. For those looking for something more exciting, the usual range of beach water sports are also available.
In Rhodes' Old Town is the Street of the Knights, where many of the inns of the crusading Order of the Knights of St John were based. One of the most intact medieval streets in the world, its buildings of finely chiseled sandstone form one uninterrupted facade that rises to a double archway spanning the road at its peak.
During the day the street is crowded with strolling visitors, so it is easier to imagine yourself back in the 14th century at night, when the street takes on a more magical atmosphere with the waxy glow of the streetlights reminiscent of medieval oil-lamps, and the only sound is the gurgle of the fountain in the Villaragut Mansion garden.
Panagía Tsambíka Monastery sits on the peak of a rocky promontory overlooking the east coast. Although a narrow, steep but drivable concrete lane leads most of the way there, female pilgrims usually walk (or crawl on hands and knees) from the main road to pray for fertility and the chance of a child, especially during the festival on 8 September. Even from the parking lot and taverna, there are still 298 steps up to the pinnacle, a breathtaking walk in all senses of the word. The original, vaulted, 17th-century church retains fresco fragments; the wonder-working icon resides in a separate recess, emblazoned with támmata. The views from the grounds along the coast are second to none.
Some 326m directly below is sandy Tsambíka Bay, Rhodes' finest beach. Gently shelving, it is the first beach on Rhodes that becomes swimmable, in April. Beyond this, several bays are visible as far as Líndos, and other rugged limestone promontories fill the panorama.
Up in the hills south of the airport is Petaloúdes. This literally translates as 'butterflies', and the area is usually known in English as the Valley of the Butterflies, one of the island's beauty spots and an unmissable attraction. Petaloúdes is actually a seasonal home not to butterflies but Jersey tiger moths, which are attracted by the oriental sweetgum trees that grow densely in this valley.
The whole valley has been set aside as a well-laid-out reserve for visitors, who can walk through the trees, over streams and around ponds and waterfalls, looking out for the winged creatures. The climb to the 18th-century chapel of Kalópetra at the top of the valley takes around one hour.
The scent of pine on every breath, rustic bridges and trickling streams set the mood for 'Epta Piges' (Seven Springs), found 30 km from the City of Rodos. Those who want to rise to the challenge can wander around the maze of footpaths searching out the source of each of the seven springs. Lying across the entry road, a green lake with turquoise waters nestles in a pine clad gorge.
A sign posted footpath leads to it from the main site as does a tunnel carrying a stream. Many visitors walk through the 610ft (186m) long dark tunnel but it is not recommended for claustrophobic, who may follow the signposted alternate route. Peacocks wander the site too and if they are not to be seen their penetrating cry is unlikely to pass unnoticed. Set in some of the deepest shade by the water edge, the taverna (occasional operation during winter) is an atmospheric place to refresh and the food is good too.
On the north-western shore of Rhodes, close To the promontory of Agios Minas (the Ancient Mylantio) lies the third of The island's ancient cities - Kamiros.Kamiros was one of the three large Doric cities of the island, which united with Ialyssos and Lindos in the 5th century B.C. to create the powerful city - state of Rhodes.Although it was established by the Dorians, it seems like the first inhabitants of the area must have been Achaeans, as the ruins of an ancient Mycenaean necropolis close to the village of Kalovarda reveal. Kameiros was basically an agricultural society which produced oil, wine and figs. During the city's golden era of the 6th century, it was the first Rhodian city to cut its own coins.


You Can't Fire a Cannon From a Canoe!
Last week, a colleague of mine, Ed Dunne, with whom I was doing my usual weekly boxercise class (one-on-one) was trying to demonstrate the importance of having good balance.
He said you must have good roots in order to both box accurately and to move well enough to avoid the counter punches. At least with boxercise you don't get hit! As he said 'You can't fire a cannon from a canoe'. You might be asking yourself what this has to do with investing, but bear with me on it for a moment!
I thought it was a great phrase! If any readers in the South Dublin area have an interest in boxercise or self-protection classes (which he also runs) you can contact Ed by email to ed@protectyourself.ie or call him on 086 8121854.
The analogy applies to many areas of life, and in investing I guess a good grounding might refer to a solid investment strategy that can stand you in good stead in both bull market (up market) and bear market (down market) conditions. What might a solid strategy be in investing terms?
At the heart of good investing has to be buying value with minimal risks attached. Whether you are buying businesses (equities), physical property or government or corporate bonds, buying value is central to obtaining inflation-beating returns over the long-haul.
As I often say, the value you buy at the outset has a significant bearing on the subsequent returns you receive. For example, buying Irish commercial property today with initial rental yields of 7-8% when the Irish 10-year government bond yield is below 3% makes a lot more sense than buying the same asset when rental yields were below 4% and the Irish Government 10-year bond yield was above 5% (as was the case in the 2003-07 period in Ireland).
keeping an eye on the earnings and dividend yield on offer in the major markets and comparing them to the yield available from long-dated government bonds.
outsourcing the process to an independent source like an investment newsletter or using a boutique asset manager.
The economic risks we all face when investing - which include the chances of recessions in the real economy, outbreaks of inflation or the dreaded deflation.
The stock/fund-specific risks which include the business, financial and valuation risks.
In terms of the economic risks, we know that equities (and property) prosper in a healthy and democratic economy but, as we can't tell the future, we can't be sure we will get those conditions. Hence, we may choose to invest a portion of our savings in equities, a portion in bank deposits (no risk and bank deposits benefit in times of rising interest rates), a portion in long-dated bonds (which do well in deflationary conditions), a portion in precious metals (do well in inflationary conditions) and possibly a portion in hedge & absolute return strategies (which are supposed to provide investors with positive returns in all economic conditions).
In terms of the stock/fund-specific risks, diversification through funds is an easy solution, and each investor must know his/her own limitations in this regard. Of course, while diversification via funds controls both the business and financial risks it still doesn't assist if markets overall are overvalued.
Buying funds listed on markets which offer above average dividend yields can make for a sensible long-term strategy. The funds control the business and financial risks while the above average dividend yield indicates reasonable value. There is a table on our website that does exactly that for subscribers.
Buying funds where the fund manager has demonstrated a bias towards value investing in the past and who has a decent track record also fits the bill. We regularly highlight such funds to subscribers.
Spreading your monies across the five major asset classes (equities, government bonds, precious metals, hedge & absolute return strategies and bank deposits) can make sense, but if economies continue to make upward progress over the long-term, as they have in the past century, you have to recognise that the returns from a balanced portfolio are unlikely to match equity returns over the medium-term. We provide analysis of stocks and funds across the various asset classes on the website for subscribers. At present, our view is that we would avoid long-dated government and corporate bonds as the asset class offers no value.
Using debt or leverage (via spread-betting accounts or contract-for-difference (CFD) accounts).
The investor and the speculator may occupy the same space in stock markets, but they go about their business in very different ways. To be an investor is to be an 'owner of assets'. By owning assets you can benefit from the returns the assets produce over time. In contrast, the trader or speculator is looking for gains over shorter time horizons and, therefore, does not have the time to benefit from the underlying asset growth in markets. The speculator is playing a 'zero sum game'. His gain must be at someone else's loss. The promotion of trading or speculation in markets is everywhere from those trying to teach trading or speculative strategies without being honest about the risks, to the private client sections of stockbroking companies and spread-betting operators who benefit from the additional turnover (and commissions) that speculating generates.
With a small bit of assistance or training, it's easy enough to find an investment strategy that can suit your temperament and risk tolerance.


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Bembidion praecinctum är en skalbaggsart som beskrevs av John Lawrence LeConte 1879. Bembidion praecinctum ingår i släktet Bembidion och familjen jordlöpare. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Why would you choose a camcorder over a mirrorless camera? Here's why.
In a YouTube comment chain, there was a lively discussion about auto-focus on mirrorless cameras in which I suggested that anyone needing good auto-focus would be better off using a real camcorder than a camera in the "stills camera" style of a DSLR or mirrorless camera. I wrote the following in response to the question "why do most vloggers use mirrorless cameras then? I have never seen a vlogger with a camcorder. My [Panasonic] G7 has actually been serving me very well, partly because I don't know much about video."
Why do so many coffee drinkers buy Starbucks? Why do so many editors use Apple computers to run Premiere when PCs are objectively a better value and have much lower total cost of ownership? Ever since the Canon 5D Mark II made inroads into Hollywood (which, incidentally, is why Technicolor CineStyle exists and why normies shouldn't touch CineStyle) it has been fashionable to buy a Canon DSLR and use it as a video camera. When mirrorless cameras came out, they simply offered a metric ton more advanced features than Canon cams at the same price point because Canon artificially segments their camera market by literally turning off features in software on cheaper cameras (my old T1i got focus peaking with Magic Lantern, for example).
The Panasonic GH4 was the first mirrorless camera with 4K and it was way cheaper than Canon's full-frame lineup which had no 4K but still had lots of momentum, so we saw a lot of people jump ship to Panasonic's GH4 for the cheap 4K with interchangeable lenses. No one cared about Sony mirrorless cameras until they came out with the first mass-market full-frame mirrorless bodies, which somehow magically made their cheap mirrorless cameras seem amazing by pure name association; everyone ignored Sony's garbage highlight rolloff and heavy video noise reduction that kills most of the fine detail in your shots.
Mirrorless cameras are a trend and the sheep follow the trend. Full-frame mirrorless across the major manufacturers that aren't Sony was an inevitable trend too, and people are starting the trend, flocking largely to the EOS R system for full-frame mirrorless video. What's the EOS R system, really? Well, it's a 5D Mark IV designed with the flange distance of a mirrorless lens system rather than that of a standard DSLR lens system. They had a neat idea to add a general-purpose on-lens electronic control ring to the EOS R system which was very smart, but other than that, it's ultimately nothing more than a repackaged 5D Mark IV core, and it's crippled to avoid cannibalizing the market served by the very expensive Canon C-series digital cine camera line. People would get far more features and value out of Panasonic's FF mirrorless system just as they did with Panasonic's MFT cameras, but…Canon's a big name, Canon's still got 5D Mark II momentum, and Canon announced a little earlier, so the sheep continue to follow the trend.
Smaller sensors and camcorder ergonomics are extremely useful. Small sensors require smaller, lighter optics. Small sensors have a much larger depth of field which means you can't easily shoot a bokehlicious shot like on a big camera, but you will rarely (if ever) miss focus. Backgrounds are important and DSLR shooters tend to blow the backgrounds too far out of focus chasing that "film look" shallow DOF that usually doesn't look as cool as they think it does; camcorders don't do that, so you don't have to worry about the context provided by the background being lost (if you're walking around in a city, don't you want people to see more than just your face and a blur of mush around it?) Small sensors are much easier to stabilize because they're lighter. They don't overheat easily. They use a lot less power and their rolling shutter (aka "jello") tends to be far less pronounced. Because camcorders are sealed optical systems that'll never be changed, the glass inside all but the cheapest ones tend to be very high in quality.
Camcorder ergonomics are a big deal because they're designed explicitly for video first. You can comfortable hold a camcorder at the height of your neck for a long time thanks to the right hand strap and the way it conforms to your hand when your arm is locked upright, but you'll have a pretty hard time doing the same with the grip style of a photo camera. That's why so many people end up buying handles and grips and cages for stills cameras used for video, which constitutes an added expense and an imperfect solution. Camcorders have a zoom lever at your gripping hand's fingertips; all stills cameras have those controls as rings on lenses and you'll have a very hard time zooming on a non-rigged stills camera without wobbling the shot, never mind that it's hard to move non-electronic lens rings both slowly AND with a fluid motion at the same time.
Camcorders also have a unique advantage when you want to use remote control: if I use my Panasonic G7 in the Panasonic app, I can control the camera and the aperture and focus in the lens, but I can't control the zoom on the lens at all. There are expensive remote lens servo systems that can do this but again, that's an added cost over just getting a camcorder instead. The same Panasonic app connected to my Panasonic VX870 4K camcorder can control the zoom remotely. I have actually used this; I mounted the VX870 on top of the floating ceiling of a bar area in a restaurant to point it down at both the dance floor and stage. I needed to change the shot to be closer during the show because it was too wide, but I couldn't get the 12 foot ladder back out during the show. The remote app let me punch in further and tighten up the shot from the ground, greatly improving the footage.
I'd also like to point out that both action cameras and gimbal+camera all-in-one units like those made by DJI are camcorders, not stills cameras, and are used by quite a few vloggers. I'd also point out that many other people just use a flagship phone on a stick because they already have a fancy phone with a fancy internal camera in their pocket. Sometimes the camera choice just doesn't matter that much and it's all about what you can do with what you already have.


The Australian Capital Territory takes assault charges very seriously and imposes varying degrees of penalties according to the nature of the charge and the circumstances of the offence. Assault charges are dealt with under Part 2 of the Crimes Act 1900 and include offences such as common assault, grievous bodily harm and stalking.
In the ACT, a person can be assaulted through the intentional or reckless actions of another that cause fear imminent violence. Therefore, fear is an element required to prove assault. Assault charges can be made out in two ways, by threatening a person and causing them to fear imminent violence, or by using any force or violence against another person. As you can see, there does not need to be any physical injury for an assault to have occurred.
Section 26 of the Crimes Act makes it an offence to commit common assault in the ACT. A charge of common assault arises in circumstances where a person has either threatened to harm another person or where unlawful force has been used without the persons consent. The most common form of this offence arises when a person has been hit, pushed or shoved or has been threatened during an argument. Depending on the seriousness of the assault, the Magistrates Court may sentence the offender to up to 2 years imprisonment.
As stated above, a person may be charged with common assault by making a threat that causes another person to fear imminent violence. However, if a person makes a more serious threat, the ACT imposes harsher penalties. The Crimes Act makes it an offence to threaten to kill another person, causing them fear that the threat would be carried out. Threatening to kill a person may be punishable by a 10-year jail sentence.
An assault causing bodily harm is a more serious offence than common assault and arises in circumstances where the person has suffered actual physical injury. These injuries may include bruises or scratches. Penalties for causing bodily harm may result in imprisonment of up to 5 years. However, the penalty may be raised to 7 years imprisonment if the offender assaulted a pregnant woman, and with knowledge that the woman was pregnant, caused harm to the pregnancy.
The Criminal Code in the ACT defines grievous bodily harm as the infliction of any serious bodily injury through an unlawful or negligent act. At a minimum, an act of this nature generally involves causing disability, disfigurement, disease or injury to/loss of a pregnancy. The infliction of negligent grievous bodily harm may attract a penalty of up to 5 years imprisonment. However, if the offender intentionally inflicted the grievous bodily harm, the charge will be dealt with under section 19 of the Crimes Act where the maximum penalty is 20 years imprisonment. The penalty may be raised to a maximum of 25 years imprisonment in circumstances where aggravation is a factor.
In the ACT, it is unlawful to stalk another person and causing them fear of harm, or to cause actual harm. Stalking is defined under the Crimes Act to include following or approaching a person, loitering near a person, keeping a person under surveillance or interfering with the property of the person. If it can be proven that an offender has committed any of these acts on at least two occasions, a charge of stalking will be made out. This offence may be punishable by 2 years imprisonment. However, this penalty may be raised to 5 years if the offender was in the possession of a weapon.
It is important to note that certain defences may be available depending on the type of offence you are charged with. For example, a charge of stalking will not apply to the reasonable conduct of a person who is employed to engage in the type of conduct described above, provided it is not unlawful. Also, under certain circumstances, it may be lawful to make a threat to kill. This may arise in the event that a person who is being attacked may threaten to use deadly force in an attempt to deter the attack.


Q8-DEWANIYA: Macdonald's new spicy mcroyale!
A blog that talks about the latest trends in Kuwait and helps you to find the right place to go!
It is the same mcroyale sandwich with a spicy sauce taste like sweet chili sauce. Now what i really liked about the sandwich is the box, remember when i wrote about London sandwiches box (click here)? nearly the same is happening with this box but just the contains in sandwich by nice icons without the details.
ohh did they just have these boxes in kuwait?
ok. now i'm hungry !


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There are many causes of cervical pain of which the most common is cervical spondylosis. Spondylosis basically means that there is general wear and tear of the joint in the neck. With time these changes contribute to osteoarthritis of the neck and affect posture.
Cervical spondylosis and osteoarthritis are most common in people older than age 55, and both conditions progress with age. However, many sports related injuries, car-accident whiplash injuries and repetitive stress movements that occur on the job may also accelerate these degeneration processes.
Many people with cervical spondylosis and osteoarthritis have signs on X-rays but do not always have symptoms. The typical signs of these two cervical spine disorders include pain, stiffness and muscle spasms. When symptoms do occur, non-surgical treatments often are effective.
As one ages, the structures in the cervical spine like the bones, cartilage, tendons and ligaments get stiff and develop small tears. Over time, bone spurs may grow and the cartilage in between the joints will wear out.
Cervical spine problems are generally from the daily wear and tear of the joint, ligaments and tendons. By the age of 40, most people have some signs of joint degeneration on x-ray but symptoms do not start for another decade. With age, most people will have loss of elasticity in the joint, bulging or herniations of the discs, stiffening of the ligaments, muscle spasm and formation of bone spurs. Aging and daily wear and tear are the chief risk factors for development of cervical spine spondylosis.
When arthritic changes of cervical spine progress, it can lead to compression of the nerves. Sometimes bone spurs may occur which compress the nerves. Once nerve impingement occurs, the condition is usually progressive if no treatment is undertaken.


The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is considering P3 to improve the Illinois Waterway.
Part of that "something" is the use of private-public partnerships, or P3s. P3s unite public sector contracting authorities with a private sector consortium to deliver public infrastructure works.
Belk admitted that P3s are not without challenges. "It can't solve everything," he said, "but it can solve some things." Nor should P3s replace traditional public investments.
The ASCE COPRI (Coasts, Oceans, Ports, and Rivers Institute) P3 for Waterways Infrastructure Subcommittee has been working with the United States Army Corps of Engineers' Alternative Finance Team for more than a year on workshops, papers, and presentations to meet the group's three goals – educate, advocate, and facilitate. For more information, please contact Dennis Lambert, P3 for Waterways Infrastructure Subcommittee chair.


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>Voluntary After-School Program Can Reduce Alcohol Use Among Middle School Children
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Voluntary After-School Program Can Reduce Alcohol Use Among Middle School Children
A voluntary substance prevention program held after school and presented by trained facilitators can help reduce alcohol use among young adolescents, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
Results suggest that if prevention researchers build programs with developmentally relevant content, and provide this content in an engaging, confidential and non-judgmental way, it can help middle school-aged children avoid alcohol. The article is published online in the journal Prevention Science.
"There are many mandatory school-based programs aimed at preventing youth alcohol and drug use, but voluntary after-school models are less common," said Elizabeth D'Amico, the study's lead author and a psychologist at RAND, a nonprofit research organization. "Such programs may become more important as school resources and teachers' time are spread thinner. In addition, they offer parents and students a familiar environment that may be less stigmatizing than being referred to off-site services."
Research shows that alcohol drinking is widespread among American adolescents, with nearly half of eighth graders reporting they have drunk alcohol at some point in their lives.
This RAND study evaluated the CHOICE program, which is presented during five 30-minute sessions in a non-confrontational and non-judgmental manner. The program dispels myths about the prevalence of alcohol use, challenges unrealistic beliefs about substance use, presents ideas on resisting pressure to use substances and stresses the benefits of reducing or ceasing substance use.
To date, only three voluntary after-school programs focusing specifically on substance use have been evaluated, and CHOICE is the only program for middle school youth. The Prevention Science article presents results from the evaluation of CHOICE through a cluster-randomized controlled trial in 16 middle schools in Southern California. The study focused on alcohol use, which is the most frequently used substance in this age group.
The study found that African American and multi-ethnic students, as well as alcohol and marijuana users, were more likely to attend CHOICE. Most students surveyed after completing the program said they liked the style of the program and found the facilitators helpful.
Researchers found a school-wide effect on alcohol use for all students at the intervention schools, regardless of whether they attended CHOICE. Students at the eight schools that offered the CHOICE program were less likely to initiate alcohol use during the academic year compared to students at the eight control schools where the program was not offered.
"Our data showed that in schools where CHOICE was offered, one adolescent out of 15 was prevented from initiating alcohol use during this time period," D'Amico said. "In other words, only 15 people would have to be exposed to this brief, voluntary program to significantly benefit one individual."
"Overall, results of the study were modest and additional research in this area is definitely needed," D'Amico said. "But our findings suggest that adolescents will voluntarily attend an after-school program that specifically provides information on alcohol and drugs, and that this type of program can reduce alcohol use at the school level. This study is the next step in understanding how voluntary after-school programs can help younger adolescents make healthier choices."
D'Amico has been conducting research in this area for over 15 years. She has a large body of work that is specifically focused on developing and implementing individual and group interventions for adolescents that target alcohol and drug use and risky sexual behavior.
Support for the study was provided by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Other authors of the study are Joan S. Tucker, Jeremy N.V. Miles, Annie J. Zhou, Regina A. Shih and Harold D. Green Jr.
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Preventing Alcohol Use with a Voluntary After-School Program for Middle School Students: Results from a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of CHOICE
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we use 5955 WC in VA hospital. they use PIV card in order to login. but the card reader takes up to 30 s to let the user in after they put the passcode.
what it could be ? why takes up to 30s ??
we check the network with it team , no issue with it .
First, update to this firmware here.
Then try logging in again, if still slow, go into CWIS > Properties > Security > Logs > Network troubleshooting > Start Session Now.
Go to the MFP and try to log on. After it does, go back to the PC, stop the capture, download it, and open in Wireshark (or another network analyzer) and see where the lag occurs in the traffic.
unfortunately, we are not able to use any network analyzer. we are at VA hospital, our flexibility is limited.
can you maybe post a config sheet of your device?


"Modeling Responses of Dryland Spring Triticale, Proso Millet and Foxta" by S. A. Saseendran, D. C. Nielsen et al.
Published in Field Crops Research 113 (2009) 48–63.
Dryland farming strategies in the High Plains must make efficient use of limited and variable precipitation and stored water in the soil profile for stable and sustainable farm productivity. Current research efforts focus on replacing summer fallow in the region with more profitable and environmentally sustainable spring and summer crops. In the absence of reliable precipitation forecasts for the crop growing season, farmers rely mainly upon knowledge of plant available water (PAW) in the soil profile at planting for making crop choice decisions. To develop a decision support strategy for crop selection based on initial PAW, experiments were conducted with spring triticale (X Titicosecale Wittmack), proso millet (Panicum miliaceum L.), and foxtail millet (Setaria italica L. Beauv.) under artificially controlled Low, Medium, and High initial PAW levels during 2004 and 2005 at Akron, Colorado, and Sidney, Nebraska. The objectives of this study were to adapt an existing cropping systems model for the simulation of triticale and millet and to evaluate simulations from the adapted model by comparing results with field data collected under varying initial PAW conditions. The Root Zone Water Quality Model with DSSAT v4.0 crop growth modules (RZWQM2) was used. Specifically, the Cropping System Model (CSM)–CERES–Wheat module was adapted for simulating triticale, and CSM–CERES– Sorghum (v4.0) module was adapted for simulating proso millet and foxtail millet. Soil water, leaf area index, grain yield, and biomass data for the highest PAW treatment from one crop season for each of the three crops were used to adapt and calibrate the crop modules. The models were then evaluated with data from the remaining PAW treatments. The proso milletmodule was further tested with four years of data from a crop rotation experiment at Akron from 2003 to 2006. Simulation results indicated that the adapted and calibrated crop modules have the potential to simulate these new crops under a range of varying water availability conditions. Consequently, these models can aid in the development of decision support tools for the season-to-season management of these summer fallow replacement crops under dryland conditions in semi-arid environments.


Where I got it: Brooklyn Tweed sent me a sample skein.
My Thoughts: This yarn is soft and feels lovely to knit with. I wasn't totally satisfied with my Stockinette fabric - it seemed a little bumpy and uneven after blocking. But my impression is that this is really meant to be worked in lace. That's what I need to try.
What I might design with it: A wedding pi shawl.
Where you can get some: Brooklyn Tweed's website or your LYS. They've added some stockists recently, so check to see if your favourite shop carries it.


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[R1795 : page 86]
THE WICKED HUSBANDMEN.
—APRIL 14, MARK 12:1-12; MATT. 21:33-46; LUKE 20:9-19.—
Golden Text—"They will reverence my son."
THIS parable was very promptly recognized by the Jews as spoken against them (Mark 12:12); and so aptly did it represent their state of heart that its only effect was to arouse them to renewed energy to fill up the iniquitous measure of their guilty fathers and so fulfil the final prediction of the parable.—Verse 13.
The foundation of the parable is the very similar language of the prophecy of Isaiah 5:1-7, which is explained thus—"For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry."—Verse 7.
The parable, briefly interpreted, would read thus—"A certain man [God] planted a vineyard ["the house of Israel"—Isa. 5:7. See also Psa. 80:14,15; Jer. 2:21] and set a hedge about it [the divine law, the testimony of the prophets, the special supervision and fatherly guardianship of God and the ministration of his faithful servants, all of which served to separate them from the ungodly, surrounding nations, and to protect them from their influence], and digged a place for the winefat [or wine press, including the trough in which the grapes were pressed and the vat for the reception of the juice pressed from them. Thus God represents the various advantages conferred upon Israel, such as the worship of the sanctuary, the wonderful leadings of Jehovah, the teachings of the prophets, all of which should have caused the vine, Israel, to yield a large increase of precious fruit and caused her vats to overflow with wine. Well did the Lord inquire through his prophet, "What could have been done more to my vineyard that I have not done in it?"—Isa. 5:4], and built a tower [a watch tower for the protection of the vineyard—representing God's care over it in setting watchmen, the prophets and others, upon the towers of Zion—Ezek. 3:17; Isa. 62:6; Jer. 6:17], and let it out to husbandmen [the priests and leaders of the people, whose duty it was to instruct and to lead in the right ways of the Lord, which they were miserably failing to do], and went into a far country [left the vineyard thus prepared and equipped with every advantage to insure an abundant harvest, which he had a right to expect at the [R1795 : page 87] appointed harvest time, in which those addressed were then living]."
The fruits which the Lord had a right to expect from Israel in view of all his favors to them as a people were gratitude, love, obedience, meekness and readiness of mind [R1796 : page 87] and heart in the end of the age to follow the further leading into the new paths and the greener pastures of the Gospel dispensation, through the long promised and then present Messiah, the Son of God. These fruits, properly cultivated all through the age, would also have been manifested in a proper treatment of the prophets and in giving heed to their counsel and warnings; but the fruit was sadly lacking.
Verse 2. "And at the season [at such times as it was proper to expect some fruit] he sent to the husbandmen a servant [a prophet or teacher], that he might receive from the husbandmen [—through their influence; for the rulers in Israel, because of their influence and power, were held specially responsible for the course of the nation, although this did not relieve the masses of the people, the individuals of the nation, from responsibility] of the fruit of the vineyard."
Verses 3-5 refer to the shameful handling of those worthy servants of the Lord. See also Jer. 37:13-21; 1 Kings 18:13; 22:24-27; 2 Kings 6:31; 2 Chron. 24:20,21; 36:16; Acts 7:52; Heb. 11:35-38.
Verse 6. "Having yet therefore one son, his well beloved [the Lord Jesus, who thus spake to them], he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son." Though God knew it would be otherwise, it is so expressed to show the reasonableness of such expectation.
Verse 7. "But those husbandmen [the chief priests and rulers] said among themselves [they plotted privately and deceitfully, saying in substance], This is the heir [this man claims to be the king, the Messiah of the Jews]. Come let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours [the desire to retain their prestige and power was the very object of the leaders in Israel in persecuting and finally crucifying the Lord]."
Verse 8 was a prophecy of the murderous culmination of the wicked purposes that were even then filling their hearts.
Verse 9 foretells the purpose of God to cast those wicked husbandmen out of their offices and to give his favors to others than the Jewish nation; viz., the Gentiles.
Thus ended the parable with its awful significance of the triumph of evil; for full well the Lord knew that his days were numbered. But he did not wish to leave them with the idea that their triumph would be lasting, and so he called their attention to another prophecy (Psa. 118:22,23), saying, "Have ye not read this scripture?—The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner: this was the Lord's doing and it is marvelous in our eyes."
This was said in reference to his triumph in the resurrection and his future glory as the king of the whole earth.
Verse 12 shows the wickedness of their hearts in strong contrast with that beauty of holiness which never more than on this occasion appeared more lovely. Not a selfish thought stirred his generous soul. Here was goodness, purity, benevolence, grace, standing on the verge of an awful tragedy, with calmness and composure doing the last works of his earthly life. He had no time for gloomy thoughts or fearful forebodings: he must be about the Father's business. He must give the last words of testimony, of instruction, of warning, and fulfil all that remained to be fulfilled of the prophecies concerning him in the flesh. Then he was ready to be offered for the sins of the world—for just such ungrateful, wicked people as the Jews had proven to be, even under all their advantages, and as the Gentiles also were without those advantages.
But, thank God, he shall yet see of the travail of his soul and be satisfied.


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Assieme al chitarrista Carlos Alomar e a Dennis Davis, che sarebbe diventato il batterista di Stevie Wonder, formò la sezione ritmica negli album di David Bowie della seconda metà degli anni settanta. Nel corso della sua breve carriera internazionale, occasionalmente Murray si esibì anche come seconda voce e collaborò come compositore e arrangiatore.

Carriera
Si mise in luce inizialmente suonando nel 1974 alcuni brani in due dischi del musicista jazz/funk statunitense Weldon Irvine.

David Bowie
La collaborazione con Bowie ebbe inizio a Los Angeles in Station to Station, pubblicato nel gennaio 1976, un album di transizione per l'artista inglese tra le atmosfere funk e soul del precedente Young Americans e quelle elettroniche dei successivi album che compongono la "Trilogia di Berlino". Fu il terzo bassista impiegato da Bowie in tre dischi dopo la separazione dallo storico gruppo The Spiders from Mars ed il suo bassista Trevor Bolder.

La collaborazione con Bowie continuò a Berlino, dove Murray prese parte alle registrazioni dei dischi della trilogia composta da Low ed "Heroes" del 1977 e Lodger del 1979. I tre album costituiscono la svolta elettronica nella carriera di Bowie, registrati con l'aiuto di Brian Eno e sotto l'influenza di Conny Plank, l'ingegnere del suono che fu alla base del krautrock tedesco. L'ultimo album in studio con Bowie fu Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), pubblicato nel 1980. Di particolare rilievo in questo disco il suo contributo in stile funk nel brano Ashes to Ashes, che riprende le atmosfere di Young Americans.

Altre collaborazioni e ritiro dalle scene
Nel 1976 aveva suonato con il gruppo funk Luther di Luther Vandross nell'eponimo album Luther, che non ebbe un buon successo commerciale. Nel 1977 Murray entrò, con Bowie e altri musicisti presenti in Station to Station, nella formazione di The Idiot, l'album di debutto del rocker Iggy Pop, che ebbe invece una grande accoglienza da parte del pubblico e della critica.

L'ultima sua collaborazione di rilievo fu nel 1981 per The Red and the Black, album di esordio da solista del chitarrista dei Talking Heads Jerry Harrison. Subito dopo Murray sparì misteriosamente e definitivamente dalla scena musicale di alto livello senza lasciare tracce di sé. Descritto come una persona riservata, è stata avanzata l'ipotesi che si fosse stancato dell'ambiente della musica rock. In un'intervista del 1983, Bowie dichiarò che Murray si era trasferito in pianta stabile a Los Angeles e non era interessato a rientrare nel mondo musicale.

Discografia parziale
Con Weldon Irvine
 1974 Cosmic Vortex (Justice Divine)
 1974 In Harmony

Con David Bowie
 1976 Station to Station
 1977 Low
 1977 "Heroes" (1977)
 1978 Stage (live)
 1979 Lodger
 1980 Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)

Con i Luther
 1976 Luther

Con Iggy Pop
 1977 The Idiot

Con Jerry Harrison
 1981 The Red and the Black

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Voci correlate
 David Bowie

Collegamenti esterni


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Western takes steps to enhance safety on campus
Improved lighting, more patrols, more after-hours staffing among enhanced safety measures
By Debora Van Brenk,
Western is continuously improving campus physical space to enhance safety. Debora Van Brenk/Western News
Topic Campus & Community Featured 3
Physical spaces at Western, including residences, are continually being examined, re-examined and improved through the lens of community safety, say two members of Western's action committee on gender-based and sexual violence.
From millions of dollars spent on lighting upgrades to hiring more special constables and even to landscaping design, "physical space and environmental safety is something Western has made a priority," said Lisa Highgate, associate director, residence conduct and conflict resolution.
"Our campus is safe. However, it's important to review our practices regularly and continue to make improvements to ensure that people are and feel safe on campus," added Western special constable Kim Reynolds. "Incidents of stranger violence on campus are rare. Of the few incidents that do take place on campus, most are perpetrated by someone the survivor knows. But it's still critical to build deterrence into design and into people deployment to enhance safety and the feeling of safety on campus."
Highgate and Reynolds and other members of Western's action committee on gender-based and sexual violence are taking a comprehensive approach in scrutinizing campus safety and culture.
The committee – co-chaired by Nadine Wathen, Canada Research Chair in Mobilizing Knowledge on Gender-based Violence, and Terry McQuaid, Western director of wellness and well-being – is one element of the university's broader action plan to enhance student safety.
Six new special constables, reflective of the diversity of the campus community, have been hired to augment the existing 24/7 service, under new Western Special Constable Service director Bill Chantler.
Two of those constables were sworn in last month, while four others will complete their field training over the next few months, Reynolds said.
Western Special Constable cruiser. Western Communications photo
Additional security guards have also been hired to work alongside Western special constables.
The complement of health and safety advisors and of overnight staff in residences has also increased, said Highgate. "This allows a greater responsiveness, including directing students to on-call supports, damage concerns, noise complaints and deterrence of other issues just by their presence."
The return of students to campus has also meant a return of Western Foot Patrol, an evening service where pairs of students accompany other students to or from class or on-campus events.
"The more people there are on campus, the more extra eyes and ears there are. That enhances safety and feelings of safety, providing an additional layer of protection and support," Reynolds said.
In addition, Western has implemented a number of other safety measures:
$7.5 million has been spent on exterior lighting upgrades in the past decade – $1.5 million in the past two years alone, including better-lit pathways, roadways and buildings
26 blue emergency phones on campus that connect callers directly to Western special constables
Parking services offers stranded motorists roadside service, such as battery boosting on campus
All campus buildings, including residences, have interior and exterior security cameras, and older cameras have been upgraded
Western Foot Patrol
Residences have controlled entry through key cards and front desks are staffed around the clock, Highgate noted.
Even landscaping takes safety into account, with wide and well-maintained pathways and trimmed bushes and high-branched trees for improved sightlines, said Reynolds.
"Landscaping in general can be a deterrent because regular maintenance demonstrates shared ownership of space. It says, 'We are here, and we are taking notice.'"
Many of these measures are integral to Western's Open Space Strategy in which safety, accessibility and walkability are key features.
Even so, there is more to be done, the committee acknowledged.
"Ultimately, there needs to be a holistic solution" to gender-based and sexual violence, Ziyana Kotadia, vice president, university affairs, with the University Students' Council, said recently.
That includes not just built environment on campus but proactive education, policy, procedures and prevention, Kotadia said.
"Safety and belonging on campus are deeply tied to many factors, including amenities and physical spaces. They add to the cultural narratives that say, 'everyone is welcome, and everyone will have safe access,'" said Kotadia.
Meanwhile, other initiatives have rapidly ramped up, including:
Mandatory GBSV response and prevention training for all students in residence, with programming support from a range of campus, community and survivor experts
Mandatory training for faculty and staff in handling disclosures of sexual violence
A survey for the campus community about their safety-related perspectives and experiences on campus
A survey of partners and collaborators to more than 30 community agencies and groups, including members of the London Coordinating Committee to End Woman Abuse.
Based on four interim recommendations from the GBSV action committee, Western has made additional commitments for this fall focused on preparing incoming students and their parents/caregivers for the transition to campus; providing a coordinated process to hire and train sophs and peer mentors; enhancing the number of support staff in residence; and providing additional staff dedicated to anti-GBSV efforts. The committee's final report is expected this spring.
In addition, an independent review of events that transpired on campus, off campus and online during the weekend of Sept. 10-11 is underway with a view to identifying gaps and outlining recommendations.
This article is part of a series highlighting Western's work to prevent gender-based and sexual violence and support survivors.
If you need help now:
Western's survivor-focused supports for those affected by sexual violence include a dedicated gender-based violence and survivor support case manager (519-661-3568 or email support@uwo.ca). Survivors have support options, including disclosure, filing a complaint and/or requesting support.
In emergency situations, Western's Special Constable Service and St. Joseph's Health Care Regional Sexual Assault Program(519-646-6100 x64224) are available 24/7, or a call to 9-1-1 connects to London police, fire or paramedic services. Those visiting St. Joseph's Hospital's Urgent Care Centre should ask to speak to the nurse on-call for sexual assault/domestic violence.
Anova also operates a 24/7 support and crisis line at 519-642-3000.
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My boyfriend got the pho and he thought it was pretty good! However, I got the bun thit nuong Cha goi which is the vermicelli noodles with grilled pork and egg rolls and I thought the pork was way too sweet! I loved the fish sauce and the noodles, but the pork was a deal breaker. I didn't really like the atmosphere, but the pho is worth trying.


PELE once predicted an African nation would win the World Cup.
And Fulham defender John Pantsil reckons it will be the Black Stars who shine brightest in the first tournament to be held on the continent.
He claims they could emerge as the surprise package of the finals – because they have the power to shock the world's big guns.
Pantsil said: "There are always surprises at World Cup finals, so who knows? Maybe this year's will be one of the African nations.
"Hopefully Ghana can be the one to make an impact, and I believe we have every chance. "We have a lot of talented players and many that play in Europe's top leagues.
There are a total of six African nations contesting the tournament – and four of them have sacked their manager in the last 12 months.
Ivory Coast, Nigeria, South Africa and Cameroon all put a new man in charge for the finals after so-so seasons.
But Ghana have an experienced man at the helm in Serbian Milovan Rajevac, who has spent two years fine-tuning his side for this tournament.
Rajevac has been helped by Ghana's victory at the Under-20 World Cup last year.


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Geeks Around Globe > Blog > Business > Over the Moo current net worth – what happened to Over the Moo after the shark tank
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Posted by by MSM Riham 12 months Ago 4 months Ago 6 Min Read
How to Brand Your Business To Develop Omnipresence
Alex Houseman brought his company Over the Moo into Shark Tank with great hopes and a bold claim. He said that he makes the best dairy-free ice creams in Australia.
He was looking for an 8% stake in his company to ensure growth. For this, he wanted to take in $250,000 from the Sharks. So what did they think of his product? Did they bite?
Read what happened to Over The Moo worth and networth update in brief here.
1. What is Over the Moo?
2. Who is Alex Houseman?
3. What happened to Over the Moo at the Shark Tank?
4. over the moo shark tank update
5. Intellectual Property Problems
6. What happened to Over the Moo after the Shark Tank?
7. Over the Moo net worth in 2022
What is Over the Moo?
Over the Moo ice cream is a lactose-free ice cream brand. When Alex created the company he wanted to create a product that is on par with the normal ice creams in shops.
It's bold to claim that their own ice cream is the best tasting dairy-free product on the market, but the market seems to agree. Over the Moo, ice creams are always in high demand, and even people that are not lactose intolerant like it.
Not only is the product lactose-free, but it's free from most additives and it's a 100% vegan ice cream.
Who is Alex Houseman?
Alex is a young Australian entrepreneur. Before he started Over the Moo he might not have imagined the success.
As he said he got the idea while watching TV. He was watching with his girlfriend who was happily munching on some ice cream straight from the bucket.
Lactose intolerant Alex Houseman wanted to experience the same thing. He wanted to grab a bucket of ice cream and just chip away. However, while hunting for such a product he found that none tastes any good. At least not as good as the normal ones.
This is why he created Over the Moo.
What happened to Over the Moo at the Shark Tank?
He entered the stage with hopes held high and knew: he has a winning product. He was so confident that he invited the Sharks over to grab some ice cream from his pop-up truck.
After trying Over the Moo ice cream the Sharks were very interested. They definitely agreed on two things. It's the best dairy-free ice cream they ever had. It can rival normal brands.
The other thing they agreed on was not so good for Alex. They all thought that he overvalued his company at $3,100,000. Although the company was making money it needed more money to keep growing.
over the moo shark tank update
After deciding that Over the Moo is overvalued the offers started rolling in. The first offer was $250,000 for a 49% stake. Talk about lowballing!
Even the Sharks mostly agreed that it was a very low offer. The next offer was much better.
$250,000 for a 25% slice. Still a lot lower than the initial assessment from Alex but at least in the ballpark. During the negotiation, the Sharks asked a simple question that changed everything.
Intellectual Property Problems
Does Alex own the intellectual property rights for the recipe? He said no, his manufacturer does. What a turn of events! This puts a huge liability in the business.
Shortly after, almost every offer disappears. Only one is left: $250,000 for a 40% stake. After some discussion, the deal is off the table and Alex has to go home without new investment.
What happened to Over the Moo after the Shark Tank?
Regardless of the rejection, Alex didn't give up. Over the Moo after the Shark Tank continued to grow and expand.
Shortly after the episode went live on TV he got a deal with Woolworths to put Over the Moo on the shelves.
Due to this deal, the company crossed $1,000,000 in revenue for the year.
Alex is planning to take it even further. His plans include making $50M in the span of five years. Quite the dream!
Also read: coconut girl ice cream
Over the Moo net worth in 2022
Over the Moo net worth is around $1,000,000 today. Alex has seen the growth but due to the missing intellectual right, his profits stay low.
Lately, some stores have started pulling Over the Moo from their shelves. Alex is improving well to combat this like employing the company's own ice cream truck.
Regardless, the removal from stores is not a great look for the brand. We expect the net worth to go down in the future.
over the moo ice cream net worth 2021
over the moo ice cream net worth in 2021 is about $1 million.
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