April | 2012 | YA? Why Not?
It started as an innocent trip to Barnes & Noble to accessorize my Nook. It turned into a mini-shopping spree. I am not a big shopper, so really anytime I buy more than one or two items it can be categorized as a spree. Anyway. I picked out my cover first and should have walked away. But really, I just has to see what they had (as if I didn't know. See how I trick myself?). Twenty minutes later I pried myself away with the cover, Grave Mercy by Robin Lafevers, Rebel Heart by Moira Young, AND Game of Thrones, season 1 on Blu-ray. Now all I need is a mini-staycation to enjoy all my treasures! Oh, and I got an arc of Timepiece by Myra McEntire. What an awesome first Nook book. Rereading this, I am really impressed that I actually came in to work today. What was I thinking? *cough* *cough* So there is the obvious answer to the question, It's Monday! What Are You Reading? Book Journey hosts this meme and Teach Mentor Texts has a children's/YA version. Check it out.
The List by Siobhan Vivian was pretty good. The 8 POVS were a bit overwhelming and at times it felt like an issues book on steroids, but overall enjoyable.
Ashes by Ilsa Bick was awesome. I couldn't put it down and I can't wait for the next one. Reminded me a little of The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness.
High Five by Janet Evanovich was just what I expected and needed. Good old reliable Stephanie.
Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson should only be read in the privacy of your own home, unless you do not care about strangers staring at you while you guffaw in public. I am pretty sure I need to just own this book. Love.
So, how does one top that amazing week? It will happen.
In the car: Sacré Bleu by Christopher Moore. It's the story of the color blue. And 19th century Impressionist artists in Paris. And murder.
With the dog: I am Legend by Richard Matheson. This novella, written in 1954, is considered by some to be birth of the modern vampire tale. I am really enjoying it and it's making me itchy for a vampire/zombie movie marathon.
On the Nook: Timepiece by Myra McEntire. Oh, happy day, I have the sequel to Hourglass!
On my nightstand: Thou Shalt Not Road Trip by Antony John. In preparation for hearing him speak at a conference I am attending in May, I am reading his newest book. I am nervous because I don't think it can compete with Five Flavors of Dumb. What am I saying, it will be great, in its own special way.
I also promised my seven-year-old nephew that I would read Nicholas St. North and the Battle Nightmare King by William Joyce to see if it would be a good one for him or if it is too scary.
The Power of Six got bumped again, along with so many others.
See? Another great week of reading to look forward to!
I did not ever get to The Power of Six.
This cold and rainy Saturday afternoon seems like the perfect time to revisit the hot and sunny climes of Central America. Ready? Let's go!
Determined to leave behind her broken heart, shattered dreams of art school, arguing parents, and unsupportive friends, 18-year-old Bria Sandoval signs up for a guided tour of Central America. She quickly learns that she is in fact, not a Global Vagabond. Her travel companions are all middle-aged tourists, all unwilling to head off the beaten path. When a handsome young backpacker invites her to a party, Bria seizes the opportunity to unleash her inner bad girl. She ditches the group and joins Rowan and his sister Starling, both seasoned backpackers. Both Rowan and Bria are keeping secrets and trying to out run their pasts. Will two weeks off the beaten path be enough for them to forgive themselves and learn to trust each other?
Wanderlove is a beautiful summer romance (that sounds a bit cheesy, but trust me, it's not). Bria and Rowan are both on journeys that are just as much emotional as they are physical, so it's not all light and fluffy, sunshine and butterflies. They both carry heavy emotional baggage and painful past experiences. Hubbard expertly captures the uncertainty of the late teen years, when young adults find themselves trying to separate from their parents and their high school experiences and make major life decisions.
My favorite part of the book was watching Bria change. In the beginning she was naive and honestly, a little bratty. She was hurt and angry and her entire self-worth was tied to what others thought of her. Her backpacking trip was only a few short weeks, but the journey was life-changing. It took a while, but eventually I was rooting for her, hoping that she would wake up and start living in the present instead of dwelling on the past (ditto for Rowan, the bad-boy trying to be good).
Wanderlove is a tale of adventure and redemption, healing and forgiveness, and most of all, it's about the rewards that come from taking amazing risks.
Wanderlove has the winning combination of a touching story, descriptions of tropical locales and backpacking etiquette so vivid the reader is transported along on Bria's adventures and whimsical illustrations that are little treasures throughout. Fans of contemporary fiction, travel, and romances will want pick this one up.
1. Jacky Faber, the star of the Bloody Jack series by L.A. Meyer. Oh, how I love this clever little tart of a girl. She's not perfect, but she has a big heart and a certain charm about her that helps her out of many a tight spot.
2. Flavia de Luce, the precocious, poison-loving, aspiring chemist from the series bearing her name by Alan Bradley. This amatuer sleuth has a sharp mind, a sharper tongue and a wicked sense of humor.
3. Amber Appleton, the Queen of Optimism from Sorta Like a Rock Star by Matthew Quick. She doesn't fight pirates or solve mysteries or battle evil paranormals, but this girl is truly gifted. There is something to be said about being the Queen of Optimism. It's sort of like being a rock star.
4. Piper Vaughn from Five Flavors of Dumb by Antony John. Speaking of rock stars…Piper doesn't let her deafness stop her from managing a rock band. I talk about this book all the time. Because it's that good.
5. Evie Green, the paranormal bag-and-tag heroine of the Paranormalcy series by Kiersten White. I think Green is her last name. She's smart, sassy, and stylish-a winning combo in my mind.
Runner's up-Cammie from The Gallagher Girls, Sophie from Hex Hall, Maggie Quinn from Prom Dates from Hell, and Calpurnia Tate from The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate.
1. Halt, the surly ranger from The Ranger's Apprentice. The only age-appropriate crush on my list! I love his sarcastic sense of humor and his quiet affection for Will.
2. Cassel Sharpe, the dark, dangerous, and misunderstood hero of the Curse Workers series by Holly Black. I am sure he is totally swoon-worthy, but I love him because he is a tortured soul. Gawd, how how cornball is that?!? Whatever, it's the truth. Poor Cassel.
3. Percy Jackson is the dyslexic son of a Greek god and the hero of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. I can't wait for my nephews to be old enough to read this series. Percy is such a fun and loveable character.
4. Doug Swieteck from Okay for Now by Gary Schmidt. I glad I met Doug recently. He is a pretty swell guy and I'm not lying.
5. Adam Wilde, the broken-hearted hero of If I Stay and Where She Went by Gayle Forman. Yeah, he's one of the good guys.
Runners up: Will and Horace from Ranger's Apprentice, Ed Kennedy from I am The Messenger, and Modo from The Hunchback Assignments.
I really wish I could wrap this up, but I feel the need to add a bonus category for those beloved nonhuman characters.
1. Tasey, Evies pink rhinestone encrusted taser.
2. Gladys, Flavia's trusty bicycle.
3. Bovril, the perspicacious loris from the Leviathan series by Scott Westerfeld.
4. Balder, the Norse god trapped in the body of a garden gnome from Going Bovine by Libba Bray. Man, I love that book. I should have added Cameron Smith to my guys list!
And there you have it, at least 23 of my favorite characters! Who's on your list?
1. Do it because you want to, not for the fame and glory. Fame and glory are exhausting….or so I'm told. Also, I really have no idea how to achieve F&G as a blogger. Thank goodness I have my illustrious library career to fall back on.
2. Post titles are important. I learned this one by accident. A while back I needed a filler post. I had been slacking and I was planning on going on vaca, so I whipped up a little post about how a bunch of new mermaid books were coming out. I titled it Move Over Vampires, the Mermaids Are Coming. That thing gets hits like crazy. Still. The moral of the story is, good titles get good hits. Also people are obsessed with mermaids. Who knew?
3. Read other blogs. Get an idea of what other bloggers are doing, but don't steal their ideas!
4. And once you find some blogs that you like, start leaving comments. Bloggers love getting comments and will usually pop over the commenter's blog and leave a comment and just like that you'll have new blog friends.
5. Find a fun meme or two to join. The are great for a couple of reasons. First, they can help you plan your posts, which is very helpful and they direct traffic to your blog. Win-win.
7. Do it because you love it and don't worry about how many followers you have. That kind of goes along with #6.
8. Don't be afraid to try new things. When I first started I rated all my books, but after a while I decided to stop that and simplify. It seems to be working out fine. On the other hand, I have joined memes that didn't bring any new traffic to my blog, so I stopped doing them.
9. Decide what kind of reviews you want to write and stick with. i.e. spoilery, long and detailed, short and sweet, only positive….I try to keep mine spoiler free and short and sweet. I like to read tons of blogs and I usually skim over the very long reviews and look for a rating at the bottom. And yet, I don't rate my own. Hmm. May need to rethink that idea!
10. Add pictures. I like pictures, but stealing them is wrong….says the thief. So, so as I say, not as I just did. I tell ya, this blogging business can sure me tricky.
Now, I am off in search of some good advice! Good luck to you.
Mondays With Megan-YALSA 2012 Teen Top Ten Nominees and What Are You Reading?
Holy moly! Did the weekend fly by in a blur or is it just me? I did manage to squeeze in some reading and I am heading to the shelves today to get some fresh books for the week. But before I do, let's talk about the 2012 Teen Top Ten list. YALSA announced the nominees last week-24 in all. Now it's time to go forth and READ so we are ready to vote in August and September. The winners will be announced during Teen Read Week in October. The TTT are chosen by teens, so all you adult YA lovers, you'll just have to sit this one out. Here's the list of nominees. I haven't read them all, but I will check the titles I would pick, if I were allowed to vote.
That's only 8! I need to get reading! What your top ten picks be? Moving on.
It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Book Journey and a Children's/YA edition can be found at Teach Mentor Text.
In my car: I am so close to finishing Okay For Now by Gary Schmidt. In fact, I am pretty sure my 10 minute drive home tonight will be enough. This one has been a real emotional roller coaster! I think I need some Stephanie Plum. I always know what I am going to get with her. So, up next High Five by Janet Evanovich.
My At Work Read: Today at lunch I finished Spell Bound by Rachel Hawkins. I really lingered over this one and I don't want it to be over. I have enjoyed the Hex Hall series a lot and look forward to Ms. Hawkins' future endeavors. My next book will be The Traitor and The Tunnel, book three in The Agency mystery series by Y. S. Lee.
At Home: An Irish Country Doctor by Patrick Taylor. This is my gentle read selection for book club. So far so good, as I had expected.
My new graphic novel series: Locke & Key by Joe Hill. I wrapped up Y: Last Man by Brain Vaughan this weekend and I'm still waiting for new Walking Dead and Fables, so it's on to something new in the meantime.
I must be needing a little break from YA since I only have one on my list for the week. Once I am finished with Traitor I want to read either From Bad to Cursed by Katie Alender, The Power of Six by Pittacus Lore, or Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness. I am feeling the need to catch up on some series!
Have you ever been tricked by a book? Maybe the cover was wrong or the summary was deceptive. Maybe you were expecting light and fun but got heavy and serious. This trickery isn't always a bad thing; I have discovered some gems this way. But doesn't it stink when a book tricks you into believing it's the best thing since____________(fill in the blank with things like Harry Potter, Hunger Games, Twilight) and it just doesn't live up to your expectations? Yeah, it happens. Well, this week The Broke and The Bookish want to know which books tricked us. Pay attention and don't let yourself be fooled!
Why: Don't be fooled by that gorgeous cover. This is one tough book. It's amazing, but there is nothing flowery about it.
Why: The covers. I mean seriously? This is a book that I would pass over without a second thought. Add in the summaries and it's a done deal. Not for me…except I decided to pick up the first book because I was worried that I wasn't reading enough books with strong guy appeal. Oh, man am I glad I did! I cannot gush enough about how amazing these books are. There is action and battles and all that good stuff guys like, but there is also humor and a teeny tiny bit of romance and characters that grow and develop and make you proud. See? Gushing.
Why: It's historical fiction. This is not my go-to genre, so imagine my surprise to discover that it's so much more. It's the past, it's the present, it's….oh, I can't spoil the surprise!
4. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater.
Why: Because it was supposed to be the next big thing after Twilight. This book elicited very strong, negative emotions. I was also lured in by the pretty, pretty cover. Blah. Not for me.
5. Bloody Jack by L.A. Meyer.
Why: Again, I always think historical fiction isn't my thing. Also, the covers aren't that enticing. Well, Jacky Faber is my hero! I love these books (especially the audio) so very much. I want everyone to listen to them. Really, you should.
6. Pop by Gordon Korman.
Why: It's about football. That's what you would think if you looked at the cover and read the summary. But really, it's so much more. It's sad and funny and heartwarming and heartbreaking. I was so surprised to discover that I had to read this book in one sitting.
Why: It's not all cutesy summer time romance. There is some serious stuff going on in this one. Don't get me wrong, there is plenty of sweet, kissy, romance, but it's not fluff. Personally, that's how I like my sweet, kissy, romances. Fluff free.
Why: The summary sounds super awesome and the cover is gorgeous. I was so sad to discover I couldn't even finish it. Slow-paced and flat characters caused me to give up about 50 pages in.
Why: See above. Seriously. Maybe Holly Black set the bar too high for mobster books. I love, love, love her Curse Workers series, which is like The Sopranos with magic. I guess I was hoping for a bit of the same with All These Things I've Done. I was so bored I couldn't be bothered to finish.
Why: The blurb on the back of the ARC is super cheesy. Also, the dialect was difficult to get used to. You know what? This book is fabulous. I think it got lost in the Hunger Games/Divergent shuffle, which is a shame. I can't wait for the sequel, Rebel Heart.
So, mostly I have had good surprises. How about you?


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Manchester United Transfer News: Juventus preparing Lukaku-Dybala swap deal
Harshit Mishra
According to reports, Juventus are willing to offer Paulo Dybala in a deal for striker Romelu Lukaku.
According to reports, Juventus are willing to offer Paulo Dybala to Manchester United as part of the deal for striker, Romelu Lukaku.
In case you didn't know...
Lukaku has been heavily linked with a move to Inter Milan this summer. Inter Milan manager, Antonio Conte is said to be a huge admirer of the Belgian striker and wants to bring him to the San Siro as one of his marquee signings for the 2019-20 season.
The 26-year-old is also open to a move away from Manchester United this summer and wants to join the Italian manager at Inter. However, the Nerazzurri have been struggling to find an agreement over a transfer fee with the Red Devils. The Italian club's previous offers for the striker fell quite short of United's asking price and were subsequently, shot down by the United hierarchy.
According to Sky Sports, Juventus have now entered the race for Lukaku and are willing to include Paulo Dybala in any potential deal. The Argentine has been struggling for form since the arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo in 2018 and found himself on the bench quite often under Massimiliano Allegri.
Inter Milan were said to be favourites to land Lukaku this off-season. However, they now face stiff competition from their Serie A compatriots for the Belgian forward.
At this juncture though, it remains unclear if Dybala would agree to be used as a makeweight in the deal.
BREAKING: Juventus are preparing an offer for Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku and are willing to include Paulo Dybala as part of the deal, according to Sky Sources
— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) July 26, 2019
Juventus' interest in Lukaku will certainly make the aforementioned transfer saga a lot more interesting. Inter have been struggling to find an agreement with the Red Devils for the past month and with the Old Lady entering the race, they will now be forced to pay Manchester United a fee close to the Red Devils' valuation. Else, they would risk losing out on their priority target of the summer.
The only winner in this situation seems to be Manchester United, who can now start a bidding war for the player and potentially recoup the transfer fee they paid for Lukaku's acquisition a couple of years ago.
Premier League 2020-21 Manchester United Juventus Football Romelu Lukaku Paulo Dybala

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Visits to Victoria's Parliament by regional community leaders can now include parliament in practice sessions that help to give insights into the procedures and processes of parliament.
In September, Leadership Great South Coast and Rivers and Ranges Community Leadership Program included these sessions into their field visits to Parliament House.
They were provided with briefings by the President of the Legislative Council, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and senior parliamentary officials, who spoke about their leadership roles in parliament, the management of parliamentary business during a sitting week and the way in which parliamentary committees operate.
The parliament in practice sessions can be arranged through the Victorian Parliament's Community Engagement Unit by emailing news@parliament.vic.gov.au or by phoning Communications Manager Andres Lomp on 8682 2814.
Through its committees, the Victorian Parliament is currently investigating a number of issues relevant to Victorians living in regional areas.
The Environment and Planning Committee has just announced a new public inquiry into legislation to restrict the supply and sale of plastic bags in Victoria. The inquiry will focus on the detail of the Environment Protection Amendment (Banning Plastic Bags, Packaging and Microbeads) Bill 2016. Public submissions have been invited by 21 October.
The inquiry into fire season preparation is continuing its public hearings and will be taking evidence in Morwell, Bairnsdale and Colac from 26 to 29 September.
Retirement housing is also under review, with the Legal and Social Issues Committee receiving more than 760 submissions from across Victoria. Public hearings will begin on 28 September and will include hearings in regional centres.
Road safety is another issue attracting the attention of Victorian parliamentary committees. The most recent committee report looked into rule changes that would require motorists to maintain a distance of between 1 and 1.5 metres when passing cyclists.
The Economy and Infrastructure Committee supported the rule change, stating that it is now up to the Legislative Council to decide whether to support the legislation.
"Regardless of whether or not the Bill is passed, cyclists' safety is an issue that needs the attention of governments," Committee Chair Joshua Morris said.
Road safety is also one of the features of the P-plate licence age inquiry which recently held hearings in Ballarat and Warrnambool. The inquiry will take further evidence in Wodonga on 4 October. People interested in contributing can email lrrcsc@parliament.vic.gov.au to register.
The inquiry into control of invasive animals on Crown land will also take evidence in regional Victoria over the coming months. On 6 and 7 October there will be a public hearing and public forum in Sale.
And as a follow-up to the regional leadership summit held in Bendigo in August, where the Parliament of Victoria had an information stand, Ballarat sculptor Tas Wansbrough together with Pauline O'Shannessy-Dowling have been invited to exhibit their sculptures at Parliament House as part of the 125th anniversary of the Women's Suffrage Petition.
The invitation followed a discussion with parliamentary staff who attended the summit about opportunities to showcase regional artists at Parliament House.
The anniversary exhibition of Tas and Pauline's PODTASTIC will be on show at Parliament House on 28-29 September and 3-4 October. The exhibition will help commemorate the petition with 30,000 signatures that was presented to the Victorian Parliament in 1891 calling for women's right to vote.


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'Noles got it right, JoePa
MOST DAYS, ONE sports topic grabs our fleeting H & I attention. Today, there are too many items that interest us.
* We see Florida State has named offensive coordinator Jimbo Fisher to replace Bobby Bowden as its football coach, assuming Bowden ever retires. Bowden is 78 years old. Since the sport is a whole lot more about recruiting than offensive-guard technique, this move keeps the Seminoles in play with high school players.
Perhaps Penn State, with a coach who will turn 81 years old next week, should consider the same thing. Can't hurt, right?
* The NBA, based in New York, has lived with the daily embarrassment of the sexual harassment case brought by a former Knicks executive. Anucha Browne Sanders sued and won the case against Knicks coach Isiah Thomas and Madison Square Garden, with testimony revealing repeated brazen sexual behavior.
Yesterday, MSG and Thomas reached an $11.5 million settlement. Not a day too soon, or a penny too cheap, for the NBA, which has enough problems without having to worry about horny, vulgar employees at one of its flagship franchises.
* That Buccaneers coach Jon Gruden misled
everyone about Jeff Garcia's back injury isn't
a surprise; it's what happens in the NFL.
That he admitted it shocks us. Gruden never
reported that Garcia was going to miss games.
"I just don't think the opponent needs to know exactly who to prepare for," Gruden said. "I don't believe I should apologize, but I don't feel like we have to divulge everything or let everyone know exactly where it is in terms of the timetable for Jeff."
* We think 2 weeks between the conference
championship games and the Super Bowl is a week too much. Of course, college football is
even worse. Ohio State last played on Nov. 17.
The Buckeyes next will play in the national title game on Jan. 7.
Nothing like a 51-day layover to keep those football skills sharp. You would think that in 51 days, they might be able to squeeze in playoffs. *
- Chuck Bausman
Send e-mail to highandinside@phillynews.com.


New Delhi, Dec 25: Good governance is the key to nation's progress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Thursday, a day being observed as Good Governance Day.
The government is committed to provide a transparent and accountable administration that works for the betterment of the common citizen, he said in his message to the nation.
"'Citizen-first' is our mantra, our motto and our guiding principle. It has been my dream to bring government closer to our citizens, so that they become active participants in the governance process," Modi said.
Good Governance Day is being observed Dec 25, to pay tribute to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, whose birthday falls on the same day. Vajpayee has been named for India's highest civilian honour, Bharat Ratna.
Modi said simplifying procedures and processes in the government was one of the easiest ways to ensure good governance.
"The push towards self-certification in place of affidavits and attestations is another indicator of the relationship of trust between the citizens and the government," Modi said.
He said the government was also working on a simpler internal work process manual, which would be delivered through an e-learning module.


Each coastal disaster is followed by the inevitable debates about whether rebuilding is the right decision.
For Pacific islands like Tuvalu and Kiribati, the implications of climate change are clear, and devastating. Already, these governments have begun to plan for a future in which entire populations have to relocate as their islands vanish under the rising sea. But climate change also threatens ways of life in subtler ways, leaving families around the world to work out for themselves how to cope.
Nantucket's Big Dig: How could it happen?
Geologist Orrin Pilkey predicted exactly what a storm like Sandy would do to the mid-Atlantic coast and New York City. On a tour of destruction after the deluge, he and David Gessner ponder a troubling question: Why are people rebuilding, as if all this isn't going to happen again?
The pillaging of sand is a growing practice in the world. Taken by hand, three or four meters deep in the Maldives archipelago, or transported on a donkey, or sucked up by huge sand boats in Asia, coastal sand mining, authorized or unlawful, is exploding.
Rebuilding the Coastline, But at What Cost?
Nearly seven months after Hurricane Sandy decimated the northeastern coastline, destroying houses and infrastructure and dumping 11 billion gallons of untreated and partially treated sewage into rivers, bays, canals and even some streets, coastal communities have been racing against the clock to prepare for Memorial Day.
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Easter may be over for another year but does that mean you must step away from the chocolate? Surely not? Well, here's your perfect excuse to tuck back into it. Something new and chocolatey with a difference.
Beech's have been making traditional chocolate in Britain since 1920 . New to their range for 2014 are these tasty bars. Dark chocolate lime and chilli; Dark chocolate ginger and Milk chocolate Anglesey sea salt. As I recently had guests for dinner I shared the treat of tasting them.
The clear favourite of the night was the Milk with Anglesey sea salt, beautifully creamy with a subtle salty after taste that didn't offend even the most salt-averse of people, my husband.
The lime and chilli had an amazing limey aroma as soon as I opened the packaging, and the chilli flavour came through at the end. Certainly a different type of chocolate experience.
Again the ginger aromas were fab, though the flavours were very subtle, maybe too much so for my ginger-loving taste.
If you like dark chocolate (which I do think is something of an acquired taste), these bars should certainly become part of your repertoire. If not, stock up on the milk…you can't go wrong.
Here are some fascinating Easter facts to mull over while you savour your chocolate.
Easter Day falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon in March but it's some sort of theoretical moon that doesn't quite match the one we can see. How confusing is that?
Anyway, all you need to know is that Easter Sunday may fall on any date between March 22 and April 25, making this year's Easter almost as late as it can be.
According to www.bakewithstork.com the UK ate 38 million hot cross buns this Easter, which means the average person ate 0.6 of a bun. I felt very ashamed on reading this as am personally responsible for polishing off at least 4 (that I'm admitting to)…I LOVE hot cross buns.
We give eggs at Easter because they symbolise joy and celebration and life returning in spring.
Ten per cent of the annual spending on chocolate in the UK takes place over Easter. Is it me or does that seem low?
In the US where jelly beans are clearly an Easter favourite, it is estimated that 16 billion of them are eaten at Easter.
76% of people eat the ears on chocolate bunnies first, well, seems a logical place to start.
Happy chocolate eating, whatever the season!


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Q: IOS Webview based application allowed on App Store? So I have a client who has a website that sells clothes and accessories.  My question is, can I create a web view based application with a few features like Push Notifications, other screens, and more.
Will my app get rejected if its web view based e-commerce site?  Are is it a way that I can get it on the store?

A: This is a very general question. Apple has no restrictions on web view based application and you can implement all the required feature that you have mentioned. For an example you can use: Ionic to build your application and it's totally fine.
Though apple doesn't recommend to make an application which only renders website inside the app framework. Since you are building an actual application with features that's not a problem. For assurance, I have published application which are based on web view in the past.

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What do George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese have in common? They all started out making student films! The Video Production Department offers a sequence of four courses designed to provide learners* with hands-on experience directing and producing documentary and fictional films, as well as experience broadcast journalism through the bi-monthly production of Cardinal News.
These courses have a strong emphasis on creative thinking and collaboration, where learners will have the opportunity to take ownership of each phase of the production process and create unique videos that reflect their interests and talents. Perhaps a new legendary director will emerge.


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June 17, 2021 January 6, 2022 tsugi-blog GameSynth, Procedural Audio, Tutorial
In this post, we will synthesize a complete tropical forest ambience. It is a good example of sound design using different levels of detail (LOD), an approach often used in procedural audio to create complex sounds without using too much CPU (as described in this previous post about simulating the sound of rain).
Our patch is divided in 3 branches that are mixed just before the output. The central branch generates the general ambience, which consists of birds singing in the background and rustling leaves. The left branch mimics the sound of a single crow-like bird in the foreground, while the right branch generates a more melodious bird call. (This is a stereo patch, and the positions of the branches in the patch correspond to the placement of the sounds they generate in the stereo field.)
Background Ambience
For the general ambience layer, we recreated the sound of dozens of birds tweeting in the background. To save CPU cycles, we used a single generator instead of synthesizing the sound of each individual bird. We used a Goo module for the basis of the sound, as it generates high-frequency, rapidly evolving noise. The timbre is then changed to something more suitable for birds by performing Cross-Synthesis with a Thunder module.
It may be a bit surprising at first, but the Goo module is actually a great choice to simulate the sound of flocks of birds. The 'Shrub Birds' patch in the GameSynth repository shows an alternative method, where the output of two Goo modules with different settings are passed through Frequency Shifters be fore being mixed.
We also added a Leaves module to the central branch, which single-handedly generates the sound of the wind in the leaves.
Croak
The sound of the croak is based on the 'Corvus Bird Rattle' patch from the GameSynth repository. It uses a single Noise module for all the sound generation. The noise is sent through two parallel EQ Filters configured as Bandpass and highly resonant.
Their central frequencies are modulated by the same Envelope module, resulting in a noisy signal composed of two spectral bumps sliding slightly down. Note that the Variation parameter of that Envelope is set to generate a slightly different sound each time. The amplitude of this noisy signal is then modulated by a pulse LFO.
As shown in the video above, at this point the basic timbre and pitch variation of the croak are already here. The rest of the patch essentially consists of processors such as Tube, Comb Filter and Delay used to make the sound more natural and simulate the syrinx of the bird.
Melodious bird call
The sound generated by the right branch is fairly basic. It is based on the 'Bird 1' patch from the repository. Two Oscillators are modulated both in amplitude and in frequency (via Pitch Shifters) to create a bird song.
Once mixed, they are sent through an EQ and a Reverb to give the sound a bit more presence.
Of course, there are many other ways to synthesize birds in the Modular model of GameSynth. For example, you can also use the Animal module, which has a Bird setting. Check the '37 – Bird Song' preset of the Modular to hear it in action!
You can find all the patches we talked about in this post in the GameSynth repository. Simply enter 'Bird' and search by Tag. What about you, how would you create bird songs in GameSynth?
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Q: Simplest way to insert Javascript string into the html without a div? Using a templating engine I can always put variables into a text very simple like this:
Welcome {{ user.first_name }}

I now need to do this with a Javascript string. I know there are are js templating engines, but I just need to do it once, so I don't want to load a whole js templating library for this. I know I can do it with jQuery by creating a div in the desired place and then using the .html method to insert the string, but that also seems like a hassle for this simple thing.
In php, although it's ugly, you could do something like this:
Welcome <? echo user.first_name; ?>

Is there a comparable way to do this in Javascript? All tips are welcome!

A: Since it is tagged as jquery you can use :contains pseudo-selector and replace it.
var first_name = "kramer65", placeholder = "{{ user.first_name }}"
$("html :contains('" + placeholder + "')").text(function(_, txt){
   return txt.replace(placeholder, first_name);
});

Just use Welcome {{ user.first_name }}
in html and since it has to be a child of any one of the container, the above code will work.
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Q: Can this summation and zeta be created in LaTeX?
Can the above \zeta and \sum symbol be produced exactly in latex? If yes what package to use? Kindly help.
Thanks.
EDIT: This is not a duplicate. I am looking for a math typeface which gives summation symbol exactly as show in the image above.

A: *

*With your reputation you should know you should provide a MWE.

*Why are you asking how \zeta and \sum symbols can be reproduced in LaTeX, if you already know their name?

If this code doesn't solve your problem, please edit your question and be more specific:
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{amsmath, amssymb}
\begin{document}
\[
-\frac{{\zeta}^{\prime}(s)}{\zeta(s)} = \sum_{m\geq 1}\frac{\Lambda(n)}{{n}^{s}}
\]
\end{document}

Edit:
As Mico said, this is the result with newtxmath package:
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{newtxmath}
\DeclareMathOperator*{\mysum}{\text{\raisebox{-2pt}{\scalebox{2}{$\Sigma$}}}}
\begin{document}
    \[
    -\frac{{\zeta}^{\prime}(s)}{\zeta(s)} = \sum_{m\geq 1}\frac{\Lambda(n)}{{n}^{s}}
    \]
\end{document}

Eventually, you could create your own math operator.
Second edit
As you correctly pointed out, my first solution (\mysum) doesn't become smaller when it was not in display style.
I have created another command (\mynewsum) that scales according to the size of the \sum operator.
If you prefer my first solution for display style, you can use a mix of the previous two (see \myfinesum).
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{amsmath, amssymb}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\renewcommand*{\arraystretch}{3}

\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{scalerel}
\DeclareMathOperator*{\mysum}{\raisebox{-2pt}{\scalebox{2}{$\Sigma$}}}
\DeclareMathOperator*{\mynewsum}{\scalerel*{\Sigma}{\sum}}
\DeclareMathOperator*{\myfinesum}{%
\mathchoice
  {\raisebox{-2pt}{\scalebox{2}{$\Sigma$}}}%
  {\scalerel*{\Sigma}{\sum}}%
  {\scalerel*{\Sigma}{\sum}}%
  {\scalerel*{\Sigma}{\sum}}
}

\begin{document}
\noindent
\begin{tabular}{l>{$\displaystyle}c<{$}>{$\textstyle}c<{$}>{$\scriptstyle}c<{$}>{$\scriptscriptstyle}c<{$}}
\toprule
&
\text{Display style}
&
\text{Text style}
&
\textstyle\text{Script style}
&
\textstyle\text{Scriptscript style}
\\[10pt]
\midrule
\textbackslash\texttt{mysum}
&
-\frac{{\zeta}^{\prime}(s)}{\zeta(s)} = \mysum_{m\geq 1}\frac{\Lambda(n)}{{n}^{s}}
&
-\frac{{\zeta}^{\prime}(s)}{\zeta(s)} = \mysum_{m\geq 1}\frac{\Lambda(n)}{{n}^{s}}
&
-\frac{{\zeta}^{\prime}(s)}{\zeta(s)} = \mysum_{m\geq 1}\frac{\Lambda(n)}{{n}^{s}}
&
-\frac{{\zeta}^{\prime}(s)}{\zeta(s)} = \mysum_{m\geq 1}\frac{\Lambda(n)}{{n}^{s}}
\\[10pt]
\textbackslash\texttt{mynewsum}
&
-\frac{{\zeta}^{\prime}(s)}{\zeta(s)} = \mynewsum_{m\geq 1}\frac{\Lambda(n)}{{n}^{s}}
&
-\frac{{\zeta}^{\prime}(s)}{\zeta(s)} = \mynewsum_{m\geq 1}\frac{\Lambda(n)}{{n}^{s}}
&
-\frac{{\zeta}^{\prime}(s)}{\zeta(s)} = \mynewsum_{m\geq 1}\frac{\Lambda(n)}{{n}^{s}}
&
-\frac{{\zeta}^{\prime}(s)}{\zeta(s)} = \mynewsum_{m\geq 1}\frac{\Lambda(n)}{{n}^{s}}
\\[10pt]
\textbackslash\texttt{myfinesum}
&
-\frac{{\zeta}^{\prime}(s)}{\zeta(s)} = \myfinesum_{m\geq 1}\frac{\Lambda(n)}{{n}^{s}}
&
-\frac{{\zeta}^{\prime}(s)}{\zeta(s)} = \myfinesum_{m\geq 1}\frac{\Lambda(n)}{{n}^{s}}
&
-\frac{{\zeta}^{\prime}(s)}{\zeta(s)} = \myfinesum_{m\geq 1}\frac{\Lambda(n)}{{n}^{s}}
&
-\frac{{\zeta}^{\prime}(s)}{\zeta(s)} = \myfinesum_{m\geq 1}\frac{\Lambda(n)}{{n}^{s}}
\\[10pt]
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{document}


Learning about military sake cups: Do fakes exist?
A question I hear from time to time is: do fakes exist, and how do I know if it's fake?
This is a question that others have answered before - Dan King in his book and also Rich Catalano before he shut down his site on sake cups. Basically - no, this really isn't a corner of the militaria market that has many fakes. The reason is quite simple - it's not worth it.


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Paris Court of Appeals pokes another hole in luxury selective distribution network
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (Bryan Cave)
France September 15 2016
On June 29, 2016, the Paris Court of Appeals dismissed the claim of the French subsidiary of Coty, a company specialising in the creation and distribution of cosmetics and perfumes, which had filed a claim against Brandalley, an internet fashion retailer, for unfair competition. This follows another decision, of May 25, 2016, in which the same court rejected a similar claim by Coty against Marvale - an online perfume retailer - and France Televisions, the French public national television broadcaster.
Both claims were similar in that they revolved around the existence and legality of a selective distribution network. EU Regulation 330/2010 offers block exemptions to certain vertical agreements, i.e. agreements between businesses at different levels of the supply chain such as distribution contracts, provided that such agreements contain no "hard-core" restrictions of competition ("black clauses") and none of the parties to the agreement have more than a 30% market share.
In both cases, Coty had brought claims of unfair competition against the online retailers for selling products reserved, according to Coty, for Coty's selective distributors only, which Brandalley and Marvale were not. France Televisions was also sued for broadcasting shows in which a Marvale executive presented its website.
The court dismissed Coty's appeals in both cases as (i) Coty was held to have failed to prove that its selective network fell within the scope of the block exemption regulation, and was therefore legal, and (ii) the standard contract between Coty and its distributors revealed the existence of three black clauses which restricted the sale to purchasing associations, distributors located outside of the selective distribution territory and active sales to certain end consumers. The Court considered moreover that Coty did not bring any compelling proof of its falling under the 30% market share cap.
The useful reminder which can be drawn from these two cases is that a whole selective distribution network can be put in jeopardy by the presence in a single distribution contract of any "black clause", as defined in the EU Regulation:
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C-C boys plays 'perfect basketball game' in win over Bristol-Plymouth
Kevin R. LaBounty
The Coyle-Cassidy High boys' basketball team saved their best game for last on Tuesday night.
With eight seniors taking the court for the final time in their high school careers, the Warriors played a spirited and disciplined game in defeating Bristol-Plymouth, 68-54, during Senior Night at the Coyle-Cassidy High gymnasium.
The victory allowed the Warriors to finish the first season under head coach Josh Odugbela at 4-16 overall.
The Craftsmen, who won a close game earlier against C-C, completed the regular season with a 10-10 mark and await the MIAA Tournament pairings on Friday.
"The kids just went out there and played," Odugbela said. "Everything we talked about all season finally showed up in the final game. They played a perfect basketball game. I have no complaints. We told them before the game to leave everything on the court and they played like that. They played like there was no tomorrow."
Prior to the game, C-C honored its seniors — Mac Curran, Kyle Simmons, Dylan Greene, Ryan Kowalski, Nate Biedak, Sam Devine, Phil Rondelli and Chris Kiley.
Senior cheerleader Kelsey Gracia was also honored prior to the start of the season's final game.
Simmons came out firing in his final game, scoring a game-high 28 points. He exploded for 22 first-half points. He scored 16 of his team's 21 points in the opening quarter, hitting four three-pointers and two additional baskets.
Curran finished with nine points, while Greene contributed eight in the second half.
Jake Gorman led the Craftsmen with 16 points, including nine in the second half. Matt Cassese also scored 10 points, eight coming in the opening half.
"Having already made the tournament, our plan going into the game was to give every kid an equal amount of playing time and we were able to do that," B-P head coach Tim Tobin said. "Come next week when we are playing in the tournament, some of our seniors won't be able to play as much as they did tonight. They deserved a shot to play and win or lose, I was glad I did it. This may be the last game for a lot of my seniors."
With Simmons' 22 points leading the way, the Warriors built a 35-20 advantage with 1:31 remaining in the first half.
But B-P scored the final six points of the first half and the first two of the second half to close the gap to 35-29, 18 seconds into the third quarter. David Garnett started the surge with a basket, followed by a long three-pointer by Christian Monreal and a free throw by Gorman, cutting the lead to 35-26 at the break.
Monreal then dropped in a 3-pointer to start the third and cut the Warrior lead to 35-29. However, the hosts then went on an extended 15-4 run to take control at 57-39 with 2:09 left in the quarter.
Greene and Simmons each had four points during this game-deciding surge, while Biedak had a three and Curran and Kowalski each had baskets.
B-P made one final push at the Warriors, using an 11-2 run to close the gap to 59-50 with 4:33 left in the game. Mike Urbano began the surge with a free throw, followed by baskets from Cassese and Matt White.
Gorman contributed a basket in the fourth quarter with Brian Cain concluding the run with two free throws and a basket.
But C-C re-asserted itself, going on a 7-2 run to regain control at 66-51 with 3:14 left.
Greene contributed the first basket to this surge with Kowalski adding a free throw and a basket. Greene then finished it up with a pair of free throws.
"The kids were aggressive on defense and were finally communicating on defense," Odugbela said. "They were all playing as one. We were able to score on offense because of how well we were playing on defense. Their clock management was also excellent."


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Cheshire East Council is to benefit from more government funding to repair the borough's potholes and road defects.
Councillor Don Stockton, Cheshire East Council cabinet member for environment, said: "This is welcome news at a time when the council is faced with a real challenge in terms of meeting the demands for road repairs.
"That the secretary of state has increased the amount of funding for all authorities also demonstrates that the pothole problem is not peculiar to Cheshire East; that councils up and down the country are spending more money repairing roads.
"In Cheshire East, we are repairing, on average,150 road defects a day and have substantially increased the number of highways teams engaged in road repairs.
"We have to prioritise the urgent repairs we are currently carrying out but the additional money will enable us to do more permanent resurfacing work in the spring and summer months ahead."
Cheshire East Council recently increased the amount to be spent on the borough's roads to £7m in 2018/19.
Residents are encouraged to report potholes at: www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/highways or call 0300 123 5020.
(All) government cash for (Wilmslow) pot hole repairs !
It could use every penny.
I tell you Don Stockton what the real challenge is....my spine & my suspension.
Stop filling pot holes which disintegrate at the first sign of frost and spend more time on new tarnac.
Those with enquiring minds will be able to see how many "extra" millions have been chucked at potholes in Cheshire East since. It's all on google, unfortunately for those seeking re-election.
The Cabinet Member could possibly have informed the residents how to report pot holes in order to get them repaired.
I have found that reporting on Fix My Street produces good results.
Have been looking for filled in potholes in and around Wilmslow, to no avail. Must be one surely? Stealth tarmac?
Not before time! - let's hope the council now walk the walk with applying this extra funding & sometime soon I'll be able to cease referring to my cycle outings locally as potholing expeditions.
Terry - Dean Row Road had been extensively repaired.
Is that next to the fields which CEC Leader said would never be built upon?
When will Wilmslow centre and south Wilmslow be repaired ?
This now, is a national disgrace,many holes are just covered with poor quality ,slurry ,which is soon holed again by HGV's.
Been round our way spraying white paint around holes reported and not round those a yard or two away from those that haven't. Are the workers blind? Doesn't really matter as even the marked ones haven't actually been done.
Just cost me over £200 for a tyre with a side cut caused by pot hole with sharp corners.
Have you also seen the filthy state of so called reflective traffic island signs? Invisible at night. Just back from visit to Leicestershire and they're clean and washed there. Third world here.
Do remember peeps. The government does not have any money. It takes money from the populace or borrows on their behalf and then spends it supposedly on their behalf. It is your money.
It's just not enough - how can the government claim to be running an efficient strong economy when they can't even figure out how to finance and maintain the road infrastructure which has deteriorated over 10 years???


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Hollywood Celebrities Who Are Crazy Collectors
By Hashtagchatter Staff July 17, 2020 | Entertainment
1. Johnny Depp – Barbie Dolls
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If you asked someone if they thought Johnny Depp belonged to the Crazy Hollywood Collectors Club, they'd probably say yes. After all, he's got plenty of money and clearly eclectic tastes. However, you would likely never peg for Depp for a Barbie collector! However, the Pirates of the Caribbean star owns quite the extensive collection of the popular dolls!
According to the actor himself, Depp's collection began Barbies when he played with the dolls with his daughter, turning each into its own character. Apparently, he's even used them while preparing for rolls in the past! "I've played with a lot of Barbies and Kens for my kids. It's actually one of the only things I'm good at," Depp said in a recent interview.
2. Tom Hanks – Typewriters
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We live in a day and age where our tiny smartphones contain everything we could ever need to send a message. Still, Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks has a deep love for typewriters and even collects them. "I ended up just having them around because they're beautiful works of art, and I ended up collecting them from every ridiculous source possible," Hanks said.
"It really kicked off probably when I had a little excess cash. But better to spend it on 50 typewriters than some of the other things you can blow show-business money on." Now, Hanks over 200 typewriters! Plus, not only does the actor take at least one typewriter with him on his travels, but he also keeps his entire collection in pristine condition. Furthermore, Hanks also announced that he'll soon publish a book of short stories about typewriters!


man under authority, having soldiers under me, Matt. 8:9 (Luke 7:8).
soldiers of the governor took Jesus, Matt. 27:27 (Mark 15:16).
soldiers … took his garments, John 19:23.
called … a devout soldier of them that waited on him, Acts 10:7.
endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus, 2 Tim. 2:3.
Helaman did march at the head of his two thousand stripling soldiers, Alma 53:22.


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The University of Kentucky was founded on a promise to lift Kentucky up with a world-class institution; 150 years later, general counsel William Thro is helping the university keep its word
By	Matt Alderton
Each spring, on the first Saturday in May—dubbed "Derby Day" since the inaugural Kentucky Derby in 1875—America boards the Kentucky bandwagon. It fawns over the opulent hats, which bloom on the tops of heads like gardens of feathers, flowers, and felt. It coos at the front-porch cocktails: mint juleps, Long Island iced teas, and bourbon slushes. And, of course, it cheers for the thoroughbred contenders with names like Gallant Fox, Majestic Prince, and Flying Ebony.
Indeed, for one day out of 365, Kentucky is the center of the social universe. But for the other 364, it's an afterthought, mostly forgotten if not for its equine assets and barrel-aged bourbon.
The tragedy of this heedlessness is what the nation would see if it ventured outside of Churchill Downs: beyond Kentucky's beautiful bluegrass is a state with significant generational challenges, says William Thro, general counsel at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky.
"There are three regions of Kentucky—Louisville, Cincinnati, and Lexington—that are doing relatively well economically and, increasingly, in terms of quality of life," explains Thro, a Kentucky native who was raised in a small town near Fort Knox, Kentucky, southwest of Louisville. "If you go to Eastern Kentucky, however—to the coal fields south and east of Lexington—along with great beauty, you'll see severe poverty and challenges associated with access to quality health care and jobs."
In fact, 16 of the nation's 100 poorest counties are located in Kentucky, which is more than any state, except Texas. "People in these areas have incomes that are half what they are in the rest of the state," Thro continues. They also have severe health-care problems: the number of people needing cardiology treatment, the number of people suffering from obesity or diabetes, and the number of people who smoke and potentially could develop lung cancer are well above the national average.
Educational inequities, likewise, are stark. The high school completion rate in Eastern Kentucky has improved in the last generation under a set of far-reaching reforms, but attainment levels remain well below the national average, says Thro.
He attributes Kentucky's decline to its antiquated economy. "If you go back 30 years, agriculture tended to center around tobacco, which, of course, is no longer fashionable." Some farmers have been able to grow other crops, but many haven't.
Another outdated major industry is coal. As the nation moves to cleaner energy sources, coal has gone out of style in a big way, and it shows in the state: As recently as 1985, there were 1,858 coal mines in Kentucky employing 36,814 people. In 2013, there were just 279 coal mines employing 11,885 people. "Jobs that once were providing a middle-class or upper-middle-class existence no longer exist or are threatened," Thro says.
It might seem reasonable that a public university in this socioeconomic climate would ignore or detach itself from its surroundings, especially in the interest of out-of-state recruitment of faculty and students. Instead, the University of Kentucky is one of the state's greatest tools to change the cultural norms that have caused these conditions.
"If there's any place that could benefit from a world-class research institution that's striving to improve the lives of its citizens and the quality of life in its state, it's probably the Commonwealth of Kentucky."
When it was established as a land-grant university in 1865, the University of Kentucky entered into a covenant with the state that promised to provide Kentuckians with education, research, and services, which would ensure a bright future for the commonwealth. University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto calls this covenant the "Kentucky Promise." When Capilouto took office in 2011, he pledged to renew and strengthen that promise as the institution neared its 150th anniversary.
"One hundred and fifty years ago, the University of Kentucky made a promise to the people of Kentucky to improve their lives and to improve the state as a whole," says Thro, who joined the university in October 2012 to help Capilouto fulfill the Kentucky Promise. "Eli wanted to redouble our efforts to keep the Kentucky Promise and be the institution that the people of Kentucky deserve. Kentucky, in many ways, is a disadvantaged state, and if there's any place that could benefit from a world-class research institution that's striving to improve the lives of its citizens and the quality of life in its state, it's probably the Commonwealth of Kentucky."
One of the chief challenges confronting the state—one the University of Kentucky can play a lead role in confronting—is what Thro calls a Bluegrass State "brain drain."
"Too often the best and brightest that Kentucky produces—the people who could make our economy grow by starting businesses and making discoveries—do not stay in Kentucky," he explains. "They go out of state for college, and they never come back."
Until he returned to Kentucky to join the university, that was the narrative of Thro's career. Upon graduating from high school, he went to Hanover College in Indiana, followed by law school at the University of Virginia, and graduate school at the University of Melbourne in Australia. Apart from a year he spent in Louisville in a judicial courtship, he lived his entire adult life out of state—first in Colorado, where he was assistant attorney general and a litigator for the Colorado Department of Education and Colorado State University; then in Virginia, where he had a similar position in the attorney general's office; worked as in-house counsel for Christopher Newport University; and served as solicitor general, chief appellate advocate for the state government.
"When I was a senior in high school, the University of Kentucky really wasn't on my radar," Thro says. "They did nothing to recruit me or attract me, so I went out of state—and I stayed out of state for 30 years."
The University of Kentucky can help Kentucky turn itself around, Thro suggests, by stopping the mass exodus of young talent from the state. "For [Capilouto] and his team, keeping the Kentucky Promise means transforming the university in a number of important ways," he explains. "One is enhancing the quality of our undergraduate educational experience; we've got to have a world-class undergraduate program because if you stay here for four years for college, there's a good possibility that you're going to stay here permanently."
Talent retention is one part of the Kentucky Promise. Another is research. "We need a vibrant research program," Thro says. "This research needs to encompass all aspects of the human experience, but, in particular, it needs to improve the quality of health care for all Kentuckians—especially those people in Eastern Kentucky, who will benefit greatly from breakthroughs in cancer treatment and in major drug development."
Early Wins
Many universities already have outstanding undergraduate and research programs. The University of Kentucky has had pockets of significant strength in both areas, but to be one of the top residential public research campuses in the country, Thro says a comprehensive commitment to excellence must be established in both undergraduate education and research. He cites the University of Wisconsin, the University of North Carolina, and the University of Virginia as examples of high-quality research institutions that the University of Kentucky aspires to emulate. These institutions embody comprehensive institutional excellence and showcase what a world-class university can mean for a state.
"In the 1920s, Wisconsin was mostly a rural state with a bunch of dairy farms," Thro says. "But the University of Wisconsin—arguably one of the great research universities in the world—made some decisions in the 1920s and early 1930s that caused it to become the major research institution that it is today. We have to catch up in that regard, and there is, at the University of Kentucky, an
unyielding commitment to doing so."
Among the actions already taken under Capilouto's renewed commitment to the promise is construction of new housing. In 2012, the university started a six-year plan to revamp and revitalize its on-campus housing. Since 2013, the university, in partnership with Memphis-based college housing developer and manager EdR, has constructed new residence halls with nearly 4,600 occupancies. Under the terms of the agreement, EdR will have a 75-year lease on the new housing and will collect rent from students, a portion of which it will pay to the university after meeting certain profit thresholds.
Along with more than 680 occupancies added in 2005, the university now has more than 5,200 modern student occupancies. By August 2016, it will add more than 1,000 new occupancies, meaning the university will house a total of more than 6,400 students. That will place the University of Kentucky at more than two-thirds of the goal Capilouto laid out three years ago, which was to complete 9,000 new student occupancies. "According to all the research, if you want students to be successful, the students need to have a sense of community," Thro says. "It's hard to develop that sense of community if they're coming to campus, going to class, then going home to an off-campus apartment where they never encounter another student."
The university has outsourced its on-campus dining services, resulting in better food and lower food costs. "All of this has caused many more of our students to want to live on campus," Thro says. "We have a waiting list with our new residence halls, which also contain high-tech classroom and community spaces. We expect those kinds of living and learning spaces to lead to greater student retention and higher graduation rates."
Another important initiative has been to increase scholarships for National Merit Scholars. "By giving substantial scholarship assistance to National Merit Scholars and students who are close to National Merit status, a lot of Kentucky's best and brightest are staying home," Thro observes. "Under President Capilouto the number of National Merit Scholars attending the University of Kentucky has essentially doubled to well over 100 in each entering class."
Yet another early achievement toward fulfilling the Kentucky Promise is state funding for a $265 million medical research center. Scheduled for completion in 2017, the six-story facility will conduct research on cancer, heart and pulmonary disease, stroke, and other chronic illnesses affecting Kentuckians en masse. "We persuaded the state legislature in a non-budget year to fund the creation of a new research center that will focus on medical and pharmaceutical research in order to improve the lives of all Kentuckians," says Thro.
He adds that another important development is the expansion of the university's health-care system, UK HealthCare, which is forming partnerships with health-care providers across Kentucky to expand its reach to underserved communities. "Our goal is to make sure Kentuckians get the best health care possible, as close to home as possible."
Lawyering Change
Although the Kentucky Promise is Capilouto's vision, Thro has been instrumental in its execution.
"Figuring out how to do what the university wants to do within the confines of the law can sometimes require some really innovative, outside-the-box thinking," Thro says. "That's where I have really been able to bring my skills and experience to bear."
Those skills are especially useful in the current fiscal environment, which demands an elevated level of legal counsel and problem solving, according to Thro, who says the University of Kentucky gets just $280 million, or 8 percent, of its $3.4 billion budget from state appropriations. The university needs to look for alternative revenue sources, including philanthropy, tuition increases, and public-private partnerships, which require legal negotiation, strategy, and maneuvering. "Long-term, we have to accept the reality that our state appropriations are unlikely to grow quickly, if at all," he says. "That's a huge challenge for the general counsel of any flagship university, but particularly in Kentucky."
Still, Thro is as optimistic about Kentucky's future as he's ever been. "I think we can move the needle in the short term, and I think we can move the needle in the long term," he says. "If you can educate a generation of really bright people and get most of them to stay in Kentucky, you're going to have a highly educated workforce that will form the backbone of your economy 15 years down the line when they are in their mid-30s—and that's going to lead to more economic growth."
He's also optimistic about the environment of health care in the state. "To the extent that you can improve the health care of people in Kentucky, you're going to give them a better quality of life, longer life expectancy, and more time in the workforce, which is a good thing in terms of their need to draw on the resources of the government and also their ability to contribute as much as possible to society," says Thro.
He adds that the university's future, in many ways, will dictate the state's future. "One of our professors, Frank X. Walker, who was the Poet Laureate of Kentucky, wrote a poem for our sesquicentennial about the university and its contributions to the state. There is a line in it that I think is particularly poignant: 'There is no vaccination against ignorance, but there is us. There is this university.' We really believe that and take it to heart: that this institution can make a difference for the people of Kentucky."


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Uniunea poporului rus (în ) a fost un partid politic de extrema dreaptă pro-țarist din Imperiul Rus, activ între anii 1905 și 1917. Acesta se caracteriza prin ultranaționalismul rusesc, sprijinul oferit autocrației țariste și tradiționalismul. Partidul a fost de asemenea un precursor al fascismului. A fost aliat cu mișcarea albă, dar și cu sotniile negre, și se face răspunzător pentru pogromurile antisemite din Rusia Țaristă. Acesta a fost desființat în anul 1917, în urma revoluțiilor din Rusia.

Recrearea
În anul 2005, sculptorul Veaceslav Klîkov a recreat un partid cu aceeași denumire, și de aceeași orientare: naționalistă, antisemită fundamentalistă, tradiționalistă și anticomunistă. Partidul n-a avut succes electoral.

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Fondări în 1905
Istoria Imperiului Rus
Desființări în 1917


Studying rivers can be unpredictable. Boats can get tossed around by currents and make buoy deployments difficult. Wildlife and debris in the water often get in the way.
To get around Mother Nature's whims, researchers at the University at Buffalo have built their own model rivers. Chris Lowry, an assistant professor of geology, uses one of the scale models to study groundwater discharge in rivers and streams. But he does it in a way few others do, using temperature as a tracer.
"Using temperature as a groundwater tracer is something that's been around for a while. It has a lot of great applications, but it's underutilized," said Lowry.
He can model the interaction between groundwater and surface water, which helps for verifying field results and makes it easier to locate groundwater hotspots in real rivers. The results are important for restoration projects and stream monitoring.
The method involves pumping cold water up through an artificial streambed made of sand. The surface water, meanwhile, is heated and cooled to mimic the temperature change water undergoes in a typical day. By measuring the effect that the cooler simulated groundwater has on the warmer surface water, it's possible to chart how the simulated groundwater spreads.
The tank Lowry uses is made with a metal frame, fiberglass and marine-grade plywood. It's five meters long, a meter tall and about 60 centimeters wide. A divider in the middle separates water going up one side and down the other, making a study area of 10 meters. Perforated pipes at the stream bottom pump in the cooler water, which ranges from 8 to 10 degrees Celsius, and Lowry can control where that water is introduced in the stream.
Sensornet fiber optic cable detects temperature changes and two HOBO temperature loggers confirm them. The cable is buried in the sand.
Lowry says using temperature as a tracer is very easy and cheap, noting that the probes used only cost a few hundred dollars. It's a very useful technique that he says people are overlooking.
It would be easy to change the streambed materials to mimic other environments. Changing from sand to a mix of clay, gravel and other sediment would be simple. As the research progresses, other tracers could be used as well.
But Lowry is focused on a temperature tracer for now.
"I'd like to benchmark this technique, to make it a standard that people use to start to identify where groundwater is discharging and how much," said Lowry.


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Q: Using OLE, remove all sheets except first one from a OpenOffice/LibreOffice Calc document, without using sheet names From a OpenOffice/LibreOffice Calc document created on code, the idea is to add a sheet as the first one and them remove all others (normally the document comes with 3 sheets).
It is using OLE on Windows from a xHarbour language program, but any language is ok if someone knows to do it on whatever language, translation is not a problem.
I got it working using the Sheet names. I think that this should be better using the indexes directly to remove them, but I was unable to do it with indexes only.
The code I got working is:
oPlan := oSheetDoc:GetSheets()
oPlan:insertNewByName("My New Sheet", 0)
DO WHILE oPlan:GetCount() > 1
    oPlan:removeByName(oPlan:GetByIndex(oPlan:GetCount()-1):getName())
ENDDO

I think that should be a "remove by index" that I can't find on the online docs from OpenOffice.
Anybody knows if is there a way to do it only with indexes, or any way just better than I am doing?

A: According to https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=94494, sheets can only be removed by name.
oSheets = oDoc.Sheets
aSheetNames() = oSheets.getElementNames()
for iSheet = 1 to ubound(aSheetNames)
    oSheets.removeByName(aSheetNames(iSheet))
next iSheet


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This past January, when I was researching hotels in the Fort Myers area for our spring break family vacation, I came upon the Marco Beach Ocean Resort. It had fabulous reviews on TripAdvisor, but I couldn't find any information about how kid-friendly it is. I sent a quick inquiry to the hotel and was assured that plenty of families stayed there, so we decided to book our spring break there. We had primarily planned to visit the beach – located on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico, so I wasn't as concerned with kids' clubs as I was with the general atmosphere of the hotel.
Marco Beach Ocean Resort is an all-suite hotel located right on the main road (S. Collier Blvd) on Marco Island. The hotel only offers valet parking, which is sort of a mixed blessing. While it's nice to have valet parking, it's kind of a pain to get your car from valet every time you want to run out to get some Starbucks or ice cream. We ended up only getting our car once per day, and ate all of our lunches right on the beach. Make sure you bring along plenty of small bills for tips if you plan to take your car out frequently.
Service at the hotel is amazing – definitely on par with high-end hotel chains like the Four Seasons and the Ritz-Carlton. This isn't surprising considering the resort is AAA four diamond resort). Even after our midnight arrival (thanks to a very delayed flight), we were greeted with a smile by both the hotel valet (who also helped us bring our luggage up to our suite) and the front desk clerk. The pull out couch was already set up too – so we could just get the kids in their pajamas and go right to bed. Over the course of our stay, everyone we encountered was friendly and helpful – from the valets to the concierge. The valets always offered directions and restaurant reservations each time we took the car out.
The Marco Beach Ocean Resort offers all suites – all of which feature a pull out couch for kids and a full kitchen (one and two bedroom suites are offered). There were two televisions in our suite – one in the living room and one in the bedroom. This was especially important as we were there during the Boston Marathon bombings and while we wanted to catch up on the news, we didn't want our kids to watch. It was also great to have two rooms since the kids go to bed earlier than us, but the suite was very small (especially with the couch pulled out). The only drawers to put clothes was a small lingerie dresser in the closet. We had to keep the two suitcases fully packed and stored on the coffee table in the living room. It was still worth having the suite, and I'd stay there again, but I wish there were just a bit more space to put things and to move around. There's also a fully equipped kitchen in case you'd like to prepare meals in your room. The grocery store was a short drive away, so it's definitely worth doing some shopping so you can save money. Free WiFi is offered.
We had a garden-view room and were pleasantly-surprised with the little private patio area that we had. Higher-level rooms have a small balcony and we saw lots of people enjoying their breakfast and coffee on them. It was a nice, relaxing spot for our family.
As the name suggests, the real draw at the Marco Beach Ocean Resort is the beach. While the hotel isn't directly on the beach, you just have to walk down a small path to get to it. I saw some complaints online about this, but it was no problem at all for us. Beach attendants set up umbrellas and chairs for guests in the morning, and you can get lunch and drinks delivered right on the beach. We spent almost every day sitting on the beach, and found it to be so relaxing, even during the busy spring break season. Parasailing and other water activities can be scheduled right from the beach. t's worth staying at the Marco Beach Ocean Resort just to get this access to the beach!
The Marco Beach Ocean Resort also offers a rooftop outdoor pool, located on top of the parking garage. While I preferred the beach, my kids really loved hanging out at the pool. Food and drink service is also available poolside.
There are several restaurants on property, including a high-end restaurant that we didn't check out (it's not kid-friendly). We did eat breakfast at the Terrace restaurant on the first day, and the view and food were both excellent. We also ate almost all of our lunches by the beach – the fresh fish sandwich was my personal favorite and I had one almost every day. The resort also offers an on-site spa, but we (sadly) didn't visit it. It offers a number of spa services, including body wraps, massages, and facials as well as steam rooms and sauna. There's also a fitness center, with cardio equipment and and weights. The resort also offers a small shop in the lobby.
I'd definitely recommend a stay at the Marco Beach Ocean Resort – both for a family vacation or a couples retreat. There was plenty to do in the area beyond the beach too (like the Dolphin Study Eco-Tour and Cruise that we took). We actually considered staying an extra night, but the hotel was unfortunately sold out. To learn more, visit their website. You can see more reviews here.
We loved it and I definitely plan to return.