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Drs. Peter and Marlene MacLeish Endowed Lectureship
Transdisciplinary Collaborative Center (TCC)
Research Centers for Minority Institutions (RCMI)
Lectureships and Symposiums
James W. Reed, M.D. Lectureship
Dr. Curtis L. Parker Student Research Symposium
Global Health Equity Symposium
Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) proudly announced the establishment of the Drs. Peter and Marlene MacLeish Endowed Lectureship in March 2018, recognizing MSM's commitment to supporting neuroscience and to celebrate the contributions Peter and Marlene have made to advance education and scientific research at MSM.
The Drs. Peter and Marlene MacLeish Endowed Lectureship Series is a Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) event established to:
Recognize and celebrate the contribution of basic science, particularly neuroscience, to Morehouse School of Medicine,
Invigorate and inspire students and junior faculty, and
Inform the general public about advances in biomedical science and its impact on health.
The lectureship was established in 2017, thanks to initial funding gifts from Dr. Zach Hall, Former Director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, his wife Julie Ann Giacobassi and Dr. Torsten Wiesel, Nobel Laureate and President Emeritus of The Rockefeller University.
Honoring a Legacy
To honor the legacy of Drs. Peter and Marlene MacLeish and to ensure its continuation, Morehouse School of Medicine and its gracious donors have created an initial $200,000 endowment to support this high-profile lecture series bringing outstanding biomedical scientists to the MSM campus and surrounding community. You are invited to further support the Drs. Peter and Marlene MacLeish Endowed Lectureship, by making a gift online by visiting giving.msm.edu.
The 2nd Annual Drs. Peter and Marlene MacLeish Endowed Lectureship lectures, titled, "Deciphering the Dynamics of the Unconscious Brain Under General Anesthesia," included the following:
Community Presentation and Q&A Discussion: Wednesday, March 27, at 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
5:30pm - 6:00pm: Reception
Dr. Brown will discuss Propofol, the most widely used anesthetic drug, which was implicated in the death of Michael Jackson. The lecture will also provide an overview of the five behavioral states that can occur under general anesthesia: unconsciousness, loss of memory, pain sensation and mobility, as well as stability of physiological variables (e.g. heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature and stress response).
Scientific Lecture: Thursday, March 28, from 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
This scientific session will bring together some of the greatest minds in neuroscience and anesthesiology highlighting human studies of general anesthesia. Emery N. Brown, M.D., Ph.D. will discuss measurements of brain activity, and provide a detailed characterization of the changes in brain activity that occur during loss and recovery of consciousness due to various anesthetic drugs.
Sponsored by United Negro College Fund and the E.E. Just Institute with generous support from the Genentech Foundation.
Lecture Speaker
Dr. Emery Brown
This year's lecturer is Emery N. Brown, Ph.D, M.D., Edward Hood Taplin Professor of Medical Engineering, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science and Professor of Computational Neuroscience, Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is also the Warren M. Zapol Professor of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Emery N. Brown is an internationally renowned anesthesiologist-statistician-neuroscientist. He has pioneered the use of systems neuroscience to decipher the mechanisms of anesthetic agents. His experimental research has identified maintenance of extracellular current oscillations in brain circuits as a primary mechanism through which anesthetics create the states of general anesthesia. These insights have led to new paradigms for monitoring the brain states of patient receiving general anesthesia, as well as neurophysiologically-based strategies for anesthetic drug dosing and for controlling precisely the anesthetic state. Dr. Brown is also widely recognized for his development of signal processing algorithms to characterize accurately the dynamic properties of neuroscience data.
He received his B.A. (magna cum laude) in Applied Mathematics from Harvard College, his M.A. and Ph.D. in statistics from Harvard University and his M.D. (magna cum laude) from Harvard Medical School. He completed his internship in internal medicine at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and his residency in anesthesiology at MGH.
Dr. Brown is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Inventors. He is one of 21 people who are currently members of the National Academy of Medicine, the National Academy of Sciences, and the National Academy of Engineering. Dr. Brown also served on President Obama's NIH Brain Initiative Working Group. He has received an NIH Director's Pioneer Award, the National Institute of Statistical Sciences Sacks Award and the American Society of Anesthesiologists Excellence in Research Award.
Learn more about Dr. Brown.
The Inaugural Lectures
The inaugural Drs. Peter and Marlene MacLeish Endowed Lectureship Lectures were held on Tuesday, March 27, 2018. Nobel Prize winner Martin Chalfie, Ph.D., co-recipient of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the introduction of GFP as a biological marker. He is also a university professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Columbia University. Learn more and watch the recorded lectures here.
About Drs. Peter and Marlene MacLeish
Marlene MacLeish, Ed.D.
Marlene MacLeish, Ed.D., was recruited to MSM in 1995, as an internationally known spokeswoman for science education and health disparities research. She has published widely on STEM education and served in many leadership roles to advance science education.
Published The Brain in Space: A Teacher's Guide with Activities for Neuroscience.
Served as the executive producer of a six-part radio series, Biomedical Science for Space Travelers, and a documentary film, Exploring Two Frontiers: The Brain in Space, which aired on Public Broadcasting Services-USA.
Served on many boards, including the Board of Trustees of the International Academy of Aeronautics: France; Emory University Board of Visitors, the National Science, Engineering, Mathematics and Aerospace Academy Advisory Board, and the Fernbank Science Center - Space Station Advisory Committee.
Earned the Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LL.D.) from the University of Western Ontario, Canada; The Woman of Distinction Award, Brescia College, Canada; there is also a Dr. Marlene MacLeish Endowment Fund by The Congress of Black Women of Canada in London, Canada.
Peter MacLeish, Ph.D.
Peter MacLeish, Ph.D., was also recruited to MSM in 1995 and subsequently honored as the George H.W. and Barbara Bush Professor of Neuroscience. He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine, where he is a Section Chair and a former member of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Council and of the Advisory Committee to the Director of NIH. Additionally, he was a member of NIH Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) working group. Most notably, his arrival at MSM marked the establishment of the Neuroscience Institute.
Under Dr. Peter MacLeish's leadership as the first Director of the Neuroscience Institute:
Institute faculty members have received a total of 69 awards, including 50 NIH awards, totaling $77.6 million.
Morehouse School of Medicine established a Department of Neurobiology.
The Specialized Neuroscience Research Program was expanded with a U54 award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) to support neuroscience programs at other minority institutions.
The Neuroscience Institute implemented a degree program in collaboration with Morehouse College, Spelman College and Clark Atlanta University giving undergraduate students the opportunity to obtain a B.S./M.S. within 5 years of starting their undergraduate programs.


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How Music Can Help You Bust Your Running Rut
Garmin 04/16/2018
Science says your playlist could unlock a PR.
When the going gets tough, the tough turn to Beyoncé. Or Springsteen. Or Kanye. Many a runner knows the power of a good playlist on a run, and now there's scientific proof: multiple studies show that music increases concentration, lowers perception of effort, and generally leaves you feeling like you can take on the world – or at the very least, that beast of a hill.
For some runners, a pair of headphones and a Garmin Forerunner 645 Music may be all that's needed to bust out of a training rut. When runners add music to their training arsenal, they often find the stimulus is just what they need to go faster, farther, and with less effort. Here's how:
Turn On, Tune In, Go Fast
Studies out of Brunel University show that music can improve performance by almost 15 percent, or three minutes off the average 5K time. How? By blocking the part of the brain that recognizes pain and fatigue. When you're rocking out to Kendrick Lamar, you're more likely to accept – and even enjoy – a harder effort.
Studies show that when it comes to music as a motivational tool, women pay attention to tempo and melody, while men hone in on the lyrics. Both are equally effective for keeping the stoke levels high on a run. A 2004 study published in Psychology of Sport and Exercise found that music increases motivation to run, especially in the initial miles of a workout, when the body and brain are struggling to get on board.
Love To Hear Percussion
The beat of the song can influence the beat of your run. When you listen to faster music, you're more likely to run with a faster turnover, say researchers from the University of Plymouth. For best results, download songs with a cadence of 180 beats per minute, a cadence "sweet spot" that has been linked to both better performance and decreased injury risk.
Slow Jams For Faster Recovery
Music doesn't just benefit runners during a workout. As it turns out, it can also speed up recovery. A 2010 study out of Narayana Medical College found that runners who listened to music in the days following a tough workout recovered faster than those who went sans playlist.
Put the "Beat" in Your Daily Mission To Beat Yesterday
With up to 500 songs worth of music storage built right into your watch, the Garmin Forerunner 645 Music makes it easy to take your tunes with you on every run. This all-in-one watch has it all: GPS tracking, 24/7 heart rate monitoring, social networking via Garmin Connect, real-time training feedback and Garmin Pay contactless payment for on-the-go purchases. Now you can really leave your phone behind when you head out for a run, because the music that keeps you moving is right there on your wrist.
For more information about how to rock out with the Garmin Forerunner 645 Music and its featured technologies, visit Garmin.com.
The Playlist: Top 10 Workout Tunes for May 2019
Run to the Fast Beats of Some Current Music
This Playlist is a Little Bit Country, a Little Bit Pop

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Border crossings from Mae Sot, Thailand to Myawaddy, Myanmar. The border checkpoint is open from 6.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m. 7 daily. There is a 400 metre walking path between Thai and Myanmar migration control points across the viaduct. i' i' i' i' i' s fairly sure, but not sure that the opening hours match the myawaddy age.
Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Great Britain and many other pass holder must obtain a USD 50 Myanmar visas and present a certificate of entry at the border before travelling. Submit your application via the official website of the federal administration and it will take up to three working day, although my 5 hour stay lasted. No Thai departure tax.
In Myawaddy there are several ways to buy coach-tours ( (in Myanmar or Thai currency) to your next destinations. There was one immediately on the right side of the street, behind Myanmar's departures markhouse. Hpa-on after 4 hrs, Thaton after 5 hrs, Kyaikto after 6 hrs and here you can take the coach to kina for 500 Kyat, the city near the gold cliffs, Hpa Yar Gyi after 7 hrs, Bago after 8 hrs (transfer here for a 6pm overnight coach northward to Kalaw and Inle Lake for 18000kyat) and Yangon after 9hr. drive.
In order not to get off in the midnight, I would suggest a overnight in Mae Sot in the sleeping place for 200 Thai pp and in the early mornings, before 8 o'clock in the mornings, to Myanmar to the first shuttles or buses. FYI, on the eve of our crossing, we got an 8.30 am 30 am Chiang MAY for 290 Thai awaited at 2 pm, but we reached at 4.30 pm and ruled that it was too late at noon as our goal was the gold cliff that would see us arriving in the midnight.
Those who go to Maylamyine, I asked the local people and there are proportion of minivans for 450thai per persons that can be bargained down, these I am told get out of the house between 8am and 5pm every day and take 4 h. Eventually we were held on three different opportunities by the migration between Myawaddy and hpa-an in our minivan and had to give our ID and e-visa letters (with stamps on them) to the officers through the windows.
For me they seemed like natives, but they had a cap with the inscription "Immigration", so that they must have been legitim.


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How much would fictional houses cost in real life?
Updated 28th April 2017
Credit: Courtesy Warner Bros./IMDB
Written by by Paula Erizanu, CNN
From Great Gatsby's luxury estate to Count Dracula's Transylvanian lair and Amelie Poulain's tiny Parisian pad, the houses in which our favorite fictional characters reside are often inspired by real-life properties.
CNN tracked down some of literary and cinematographic history's most famous post codes and calculated their value in today's property markets. Use the slider tool to reveal their prices.
The Great Gatsby (1925), F. Scott Fitzgerald
Great Gatsby's home in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel is a symbol of 1920s wealth in America.
"In his blue garden men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars," the narrator says of Gatsby's buzzing property.
One of the properties thought to have inspired Fitzgerald -- and director Baz Luhrmann's 2013 film adaptation, the source of the image above -- is the Beacon Towers in Great Neck, Long Island, near where the author lived between 1922 and 1924, and wrote the first three chapters of the novel.
Demolished in 1945, the Gothic building had belonged to suffragette and architectural designer Alva Belmont, who threw opulent parties for the city's elite.
All this history combined with literary fame, would have further upped the mansion's price today, says associate broker Maggie Keats of Douglas Elliman Real Estate.
Master and Margarita (1967), Mikhail Bulgakov
The famous, morbid ball scene in Bulgakov's novel was partly inspired by wild parties held at the Spaso House, the US ambassador to Russia's residence since 1933.
Bulgakov and his wife attended one such revelry in 1935, where live pheasants, baby bears, goats and roosters mingled with guests in smoking jackets and ball dresses.
According to Savills global real-estate agent, the value of the Spaso House today puts it in the top 5% of Moscow's real estate.
Despite this, the US government paid $3 per year between 1990 and 2004 to rent the building -- this fixed price was set by a Soviet-era contract, which devalued after the collapse of the USSR. The rent has since changed but is a secret.
Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
When Conan Doyle wrote his detective series, the real Baker Street in London stopped in the 100s -- 221B didn't exist.
When the street was renumbered in the 1930s, the Abbey National Building Society bank was assigned the notorious number 221.
The bank received so many letters addressing the famous detective that it hired a secretary to respond to the queries.
A dispute over whether the Sherlock Holmes Museum -- located at 239 Baker Street, and opened in 1990 -- or the bank should receive such letters was resolved in 2002, when the bank left the building.
The Holmes Museum, which emulates the detective's home, is technically located between 237 and 241 Baker Street although special permission from the City of Westminster allowed it to list its address as 221b.
The property's current exorbitant price tag may have proved challenging even for the celebrity detective, due to the explosion of London's property market over the past 20 years.
Pippi Longstocking, Astrid Lindgren
The nine-year-old Swedish children's book heroine Pippi lives in Villa Villekulla with a monkey, Mr Nilsson, and a horse who is usually found on the porch. One of the house's main treasures is the tree that grows Swedish soda water.
The house pictured above, built for the 1969 Swedish TV series based on Lindgren's books, is now the Pippi Longstocking Museum located at the heart of an attraction park in the small town of Kneippbyn on Sweden's Gotland Island.
In the Mood For Love (2000), Wong Kar-wai
The two small flats where this movie plays out shape the plot and atmosphere of this classic romance, as neighbors Chow Mo-wan and Su Li-zhen learn that their spouses are having an affair.
The typically cramped Hong Kong properties reflect the characters' lack of privacy -- they are constantly spied upon by other neighbors and their landlords -- and are a catalyst for them falling in love.
But there is also a political context. By the early 1960s -- the era depicted in the film -- thousands of Shanghai exiles had moved to Hong Kong, especially to the North Point neighborhood.
Many of them were wealthy business people (like Su's husband) and intellectuals (such as Chow), and expecting their move to be temporary they led a separate life to locals, which explains the characters' sense of alienation.
Engel & Völkers estimated the value based on the cost of an average 861-square-foot (80sqm) flat in a traditional walk-up in North Point, Hong Kong.
One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967), Gabriel García Márquez
The house in which generations of the Buendía family live, love and die in the fictional village of Macondo was inspired by Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez's grandparents' home in Aracataca, Colombia, where the author grew up.
"Neither my mother nor I, of course, could even have imagined that this simple two-day trip (to sell my grandparents' house) would be so decisive that the longest and most diligent of lives would not be enough for me to finish recounting it," Marquez wrote about his trip to the house as a young man in his autobiography "Living to Tell the Tale".
Based on Marquez's writings, Colombia's Ministry of Culture in 2010 spent $350,000 reconstructing the house -- which had been demolished -- and opened it as a museum in the author's name.
Dracula (1897), Bram Stoker
The Bran Castle in Brasov, which is now owned by the Romanian royal family, is generally associated with the famous vampire Dracula, and consequently receives 800,000 visitors a year.
But there isn't any historical evidence to support the myth around Bran. Built in the early 13th century by the Teutonic knights, the castle has no concrete link to Vlad Tepes -- the Wallachian medieval king who inspired Stoker's vampire. While Tepes ordered the killing of many Saxons in Brasov, it is not known if he ever stepped foot in the castle.
Nevertheless, Forbes magazine deemed the property to be the most expensive European home in 2007.
Romanian real estate agents Transylvanian Properties used that figure to make their estimate, taking into account subsequent renovations and extensions.
Amélie, (2001), Jean-Pierre Jeunet
This film's whimsical depiction of contemporary Parisian life revolves around Amélie Poulain, a shy waitress who lives in a tiny Montmartre flat.
With its crimson walls, replica Renaissance paintings, and pig-shaped bedside table lamp, the flat reflects Amélie's cheekiness and charm.
The neighborhood is part of the 18th arrondissement, in north Paris, near the Sacre-Coeur basilica, the Moulin Rouge cabaret and a Dali museum. Montmartre became famous as an artists' hub, where the likes of Pablo Picasso and Vincent Van Gogh lived, attracted by the cheap rents.
But this is not the case anymore -- the general increase in property prices across Paris, as well as tourism and the municipal renovations in the area, led to a 260% increase in property prices from 2000 to 2016, according to MeilleursAgents.
Amélie set locations are part of the tourists' route, and the film might have played a role in the neighborhood's property price rise.
Out of Africa (1937), Karen Blixen
In her memoir, Danish author Blixen described in detail the Nairobi farmhouse in which she lived from 1917 until 1931 -- a description which later informed the 1985 film of the same name starring Meryl Streep.
After Blixen's return to Europe, the house had multiple owners until in 1964 the Danish government bought it and gave it to the Kenyan government as an independence gift.
Initially, the government used the building as a college principal's home, but it opened it as a museum in 1986, after the success of "Out of Africa" the movie.
The film, however, was shot in a different house in Kenya, which had previously belonged to Ngina Kenyatta, the widow of the east African country's first President Jomo Kenyatta.
And one that really is fictional...
Hogwarts is the center of the Harry Potter world. Built in the Scottish Highlands in 993 AD, according to JK Rowling's texts, this old ruined castle features 142 staircases, ample towers, turrets and forests, as well as a quidditch field and lake.
The Harry Potter films used several locations in England to recreate the magic of Hogwarts, including the banquet hall at Christ College and the Bodleian Library in Oxford, Gloucester Cathedral and Alnwick Castle in Northumberland.
Because of this, CNN asked a real estate expert to estimate the approximate value of the fictional building only, excluding fields and forests, and assuming it were located in the Scottish Highlands.


Lee Woolery|Miami Valley Today Troy's Cole Brogan (10) leaps onto home plate after hitting a grand slam in the fourth inning of Tuesday's 15-0 victory over Greenville at Market Street Field.
Lee Woolery|Miami Valley Today Troy's Jacob Adams makes contact on a two-run single in the first inning Tuesday against Greenville.
Lee Woolery|Miami Valley Today Troy's Austin Kendall hits a leadoff double Tuesday against Greenville.
Lee Woolery|Miami Valley Today Troy's Cole Brogan smiles as he rounds the bases after hitting a grand slam Tuesday against Greenville.
Lee Woolery|Miami Valley Today Troy third baseman Matt Bigley throws to first for an out Tuesday against Greenville.
Lee Woolery|Miami Valley Today Troy's Braeden Snider follows through on an RBI single Tuesday against Greenville.
Lee Woolery|Miami Valley Today Troy's Weston Smith runs to second base for a double Tuesday against Greenville.
Lee Woolery|Miami Valley Today Troy's Grant Gariety rips a double down the line Tuesday against Greenville.
Lee Woolery|Miami Valley Today Troy's Jacob Adams follows through on a swing Tuesday against Greenville.
Lee Woolery|Miami Valley Today Troy second baseman Austin Kendall throws to first for an out Tuesday against Greenville.
Lee Woolery|Miami Valley Today Troy's Cole Brogan pitches Tuesday against Greenville.
TROY — When asked which felt better — the one-hit shutout he threw on the mound or his exclamation point of a grand slam to seal a run-rule victory — Troy's Cole Brogan had the only correct answer.
"The win. The win feels better than anything," he said.
Particularly after the previous night's game.
After falling on the road at Greenville in its Greater Western Ohio Conference American North Division opener on Monday, the Troy baseball team bounced back in a big way Tuesday at Market Street Field, piling up seven runs in the first three innings and then stringing together an eight-run rally all with two outs in the fourth — punctuated by Brogan's slam — and the senior did the rest on the hill to lead the Trojans to a dominant 15-0 run-rule victory in five innings.
Brogan struck out nine, walked none and allowed only two baserunners — an infield single by Warren Hartzell in the second inning and an error in the fifth — in a masterful performance, then he went 2 for 4 at the plate with a double, a home run and a total of five RBIs on Tuesday to help Troy improve to 3-1 overall and 1-1 in the GWOC American North. But that one loss is likely to sting the team for a while.
That's because Monday, the Trojans fell victim to a two-run walkoff single by Greenville's Hartzell in a 4-3 loss at Greenville to start the series.
Troy starter Ethan West put Troy in position to win, going 5 1-3 innings and allowing two runs on four hits while striking out nine, walking two and hitting two, leaving the game with a 3-2 lead. Jakob Libecap came on in relief and pitched 1 1-3 innings, striking out one, hitting a batter and allowing two hits — one of which was Hartzell's two-run game-winner with two outs in the bottom of the seventh.
Offensively, West had two RBIs and Braeden Snider was 1 for 3 with an RBI as Troy plated three runs in the fourth inning to take a 3-0 lead — which was where things stood until the Green Wave finally got on the board with two in the sixth and then scored two more in the seventh.
Tuesday's 15-run blowout didn't do much to take the edge off, either.
"It doesn't make last night feel any better, I'll tell you that," Troy coach Ty Welker said. "It actually probably makes us a little more upset, because we feel like that's a game we should have had last night, as well. We expect a better offensive performance than we had last night.
Troy jumped out in front Tuesday thanks to some timely hitting early. A leadoff double by Austin Kendall, a walk by Caleb Fogarty and a wild pitch led to a two-run single by Jacob Adams to start things off fast, then Adams scored on an RBI double by Brogan to make it 3-0 after one. In the second, Kendall led off again by reaching on an error, stealing second and taking third on a wild pitch, then Fogarty walked again and Kendall scored on a wild pitch that allowed Fogarty to move up two bases to third. Braeden Snider then capped off the inning with an RBI single to make the score 5-0 Troy. And in the third, Weston Smith doubled and Kendall walked, then Smith scored on a throwing error and Kendall was driven in on an RBI groundout by Adams that gave the Trojans a seven-run lead.
Greenville (2-3, 1-1 GWOC American North) appeared to slow Troy's momentum in the bottom of the fourth, recording the first two outs, but then the Trojans put together a lengthy rally to put the game away. Grant Gariety doubled, Matt Bigley was hit by a pitch and Smith walked to load the bases, then Kendall and Fogarty drew back-to-back RBI walks to make it 9-0. Two runs then scored on an error off the bat of Adams to make it 11-0, and Snider walked to load the bases for Brogan — who promptly emptied them with a blast over the left-field fence.
And Brogan finished things off in the top of the fifth, punching out two and not allowing a one-out error to amount to anything to record his second win of the year.
On the day, Kendall was 1 for 2 with a double and four runs scored in the leadoff spot, Fogarty had three walks and scored three runs, Adams was 1 for 4 with three RBIs, Snider was 1 for 3 with an RBI, Gariety doubled and scored a run and Smith doubled and scored two runs.
Still, as the Trojans go into Friday's GWOC American League crossover matchup at Fairborn, the team knows that splitting with Greenville complicates things moving forward.
"We're going to have to stay focused every night," Welker said. "We feel like we're one of the best teams in the division. To win that title, we always play one game at a time and have our fate in our own hands. Because you've got to go and try to beat Tippecanoe twice and Butler twice — does that mean we can split with those guys and still have a chance? Sure. Anything can happen. This just leaves less room for error now.
But Tuesday, the Trojans seemed to figure out what it takes to be on that track.
https://www.tdn-net.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2019/04/web1_040219lw_troy_brogan_celebrate.jpgLee Woolery|Miami Valley Today Troy's Cole Brogan (10) leaps onto home plate after hitting a grand slam in the fourth inning of Tuesday's 15-0 victory over Greenville at Market Street Field.
https://www.tdn-net.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2019/04/web1_040219lw_troy_adams.jpgLee Woolery|Miami Valley Today Troy's Jacob Adams makes contact on a two-run single in the first inning Tuesday against Greenville.
https://www.tdn-net.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2019/04/web1_040219lw_troy_austinkendall.jpgLee Woolery|Miami Valley Today Troy's Austin Kendall hits a leadoff double Tuesday against Greenville.
https://www.tdn-net.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2019/04/web1_040219lw_troy_brogan_bases.jpgLee Woolery|Miami Valley Today Troy's Cole Brogan smiles as he rounds the bases after hitting a grand slam Tuesday against Greenville.
https://www.tdn-net.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2019/04/web1_040219lw_troy_bigley.jpgLee Woolery|Miami Valley Today Troy third baseman Matt Bigley throws to first for an out Tuesday against Greenville.
https://www.tdn-net.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2019/04/web1_040219lw_troy_braedensnider.jpgLee Woolery|Miami Valley Today Troy's Braeden Snider follows through on an RBI single Tuesday against Greenville.
https://www.tdn-net.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2019/04/web1_040219lw_troy_westonsmith.jpgLee Woolery|Miami Valley Today Troy's Weston Smith runs to second base for a double Tuesday against Greenville.
https://www.tdn-net.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2019/04/web1_040219lw_troy_grantgariety.jpgLee Woolery|Miami Valley Today Troy's Grant Gariety rips a double down the line Tuesday against Greenville.
https://www.tdn-net.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2019/04/web1_040219lw_troy_adams_followthrough.jpgLee Woolery|Miami Valley Today Troy's Jacob Adams follows through on a swing Tuesday against Greenville.
https://www.tdn-net.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2019/04/web1_040219lw_troy_austinkendall_field.jpgLee Woolery|Miami Valley Today Troy second baseman Austin Kendall throws to first for an out Tuesday against Greenville.
https://www.tdn-net.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2019/04/web1_040219lw_troy_brogan_pitch.jpgLee Woolery|Miami Valley Today Troy's Cole Brogan pitches Tuesday against Greenville.


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Naked Wines reports £10m loss after heavy investment
Benedict Smith
Online retailer Naked Wines has seen its healthy profit from 2020 plummet by £18 million, despite increasing sales and expanding overseas markets.
The firm blamed the £50 million it spent on attracting new customers, hoping the investment will pay dividends down the line.
Global sales leapt by 68 per cent to £340 million, reflecting the surging popularity of e-commerce during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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"We believe Naked now stands at an inflection point with outstanding growth potential ahead."
He added that the business would continue to invest in attracting customers over the 2021/22 financial year.
The news comes after the International Wines and Spirits Record revealed the alcohol industry had been kept afloat during lockdown by home-drinking and online sales, which have grown 45 per cent since 2019.
Wine consumption increased 1.7 per cent globally despite a steep decline in China, thanks to its popularity in the UK, US and Australia.
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2020 quarterly results of 4 spine device companies: A breakdown of Stryker, Zimmer Biomet & more
Alan Condon - Thursday, August 13th, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on first- and second-quarter revenues of medical device companies, with the spine and orthopedic industry taking a particularly seismic blow.
Here is a breakdown of key quarterly results published by Zimmer Biomet, Stryker, Globus Medical and Medtronic this year, along with the year-over-year percentage change:
Zimmer Biomet
Net sales: $1.78 billion (-9.7 percent)
Global hips sales: $433 million (-10.5 percent)
Sports medicine, extremities and trauma sales: $333 million (-6.5 percent)
Knees sales: $629.8 million (-9.3 percent)
Dental, spine and craniomaxillofacial and thoracic sales: $252 million (-12.4 percent)
Net sales: $3.6 billion (+2 percent)
Knees sales: $432 million (+1.7 percent)
Hips sales: $316 million (+5.9 percent)
Trauma and extremities sales: $392 million (+0.8 percent)
Neurotechnology and spine sales: $700 million (+0.7 percent)
Globus Medical
Total sales: $190.6 million (+4.2 percent)
U.S. sales (including robotics): $158.4 (+7.4 percent)
International sales: $32.1 million (-9.3 percent)
Net income: $25.9 million (-21.9 percent)
Net sales: $1.23 billion (-38.3 percent)
Global hips sales: $329.7 million (-31.1 percent)
Sports medicine, extremities and trauma sales: $252.6 million (-29.2 percent)
Knees sales: $374.2 million (-46.8 percent)
Dental, spine and craniomaxillofacial and thoracic sales: $182.5 million (-37.6 percent)
Net sales: $2.8 billion (-24.3 percent)
Knees sales: $241 million (-45.2 percent)
Hips sales: $216 million (-37.1 percent)
Trauma and extremities sales: $330 million (-16.4 percent)
Neurotechnology and spine sales: $546 million (-29.6 percent)
Total sales: $148.9 million (-23.4 percent)
U.S. sales (including robotics): $125.2 million (-21.8 percent)
International sales: $23.8 million (-31.2 percent)
Net loss: $20.8 million (-154.6 percent)
Medtronic fourth quarter (reported May 20, 2020)
Total revenue: $6 billion (-26 percent)
Spine revenue: $480 million (-31 percent)
Brain therapies revenue: $615 million (-26 percent)
Specialty therapies revenue: $197 million (-44 percent)
Pain therapies revenue: $198 million (-42 percent)


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Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme
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When I first saw the topic for this week I thought I was going to struggle to get ten books to share with you, but when I stared to go through my Goodreads shelf I found quite a few books didn't have as many ratings as I thought they would, for example Ruined by Amy Tintera only has 1708 ratings. So this list is some of -what I think are - the less well know under 2000 rated books and I think I have covered most of the major genres that I read in this list so hopefully there will be something that appeals to most of you, so let me know in the comments below which one of these appeals to you most. (N.B I know that technically Robin: lady of legend shouldn't be on this list but it was so close in the number of ratings, and I remember it being a great book that I just had to add it on to the end of this list.)
*Ratings from my original read of the book and the Goodreads Information was correct as of 21/06/16*
Poker Face by Jess Sturman Coombs
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Number of Ratings of Goodreads: 35
Sixteen year old Ruby Palmer is hot, feisty and out of control. She's also about to walk into the most dangerous and frightening job imaginable; trainee office junior.
Her inability to type and her very bad attitude keep her moving around the firm like a hot potato and eventually she finds herself under the strict rule of Mr Alessi – senior partner and successful criminal lawyer. Ruby soon discovers that Mr Alessi isn't quite what he seems when she accidently meets two of his very private clients. They come in through the backdoor, out of office hours believing the building to be empty, but Ruby is still there and now she's seen too much.
All the worst kind of people think Mr Alessi just employed himself an easy target. They intend to bully Ruby into retrieving an incriminating appeal file hidden somewhere in Mr Alessi's building. What they don't realise is that Ruby isn't one to bow down to intimidation or pressure.
She's quick, she's clever and she's about to give them ALL a deadly run for their money.
Thief Trap by Jonathon Moeller
My Rating: 4 Stars (Reviewed)
Number of Ratings on Goodreads: 90
In 2013, a gate to another world opened, and Elves used their magic to conquer Earth, crushing all resistance before them.
Three hundred years after the Conquest, the exiled Elven High Queen rules an orderly but stagnant Earth, with humanity forced to fight in the High Queen's war against the traitors on the Elven homeworld.
Nadia Moran doesn't care about that. She doesn't care about the High Queen, or the Rebels seeking to overthrow her. All she cares about is getting her baby brother the treatments he needs to recover from his potentially fatal disease…and those treatments have a steep price.
Fortunately, Nadia has magic of her own, and she's a very, very good thief.
Unfortunately, the powerful Elven lord Morvilind has a hold on Nadia. If she doesn't follow his commands, her brother is going to die.
Of course, given how dangerous Morvilind's missions are, Nadia might not live long enough to see her brother's death…
Broken Trouble (Broken Storm #1) by Kristan Billups
17 year old Nova has one last chance to turn her life around. When the judge gave her an ultimatum of getting herself and her life together or going to prison, she is sent to a Ranch in the middle of nowhere swarming with hot cowboys.
The same Ranch that she had burnt a barn down on that had sent her back to Juvenile detention.
The same cowboys that had almost lost their ranch because of her.
How do you change when everyone hates you and doesn't trust you?
How do you change when you don't want to?
Which life will she choose? The fun but dark life she's been living her entire life or something even better?
Ammey McKeaf by Jane Shoup
Number of Ratings on Goodreads: 133
At nineteen, Ammey McKeaf is a golden-haired beauty that is beloved and protected, not only by her father, the most revered General in Azulland, but also by five elder brothers, all champions of the games that are held in the medieval island country. Her brothers have trained and challenged her all of her life, especially at swordsmanship, which will serve her well.
Trouble stirs when Marko Corin, the ambitious leader of Bellux-Abry, seeks to gain control of the country. His small bands of highly trained soldiers, known as 'wolf packs,' roam the country, reaping destruction and death. When a pack strikes close to the Forge, home to the McKeafs, Ammey is escorted to sanctuary -- but sanctuary is a thing of the past.
As violence reigns, Ammey is rescued and taken into the mystical Vihlae Forest, where she discovers strength she did not know she possessed, and learns the art of survival from one of her rescuers, sparking an undeniable passion. As Ammey travels from one end of Azulland to the other, battling to survive and protect those around her, she will be tried and tested beyond anything she could have imagined, but will her efforts be enough to save herself and those she loves?
Hemlock by N.J. Layouni
When a modern-day woman finds herself stranded in a medieval world, an attractive outlaw offers her protection in the role of his 'wife', and promises to help her find a way back home. Until then, Martha must attempt to fit into medieval society, avoid the Evil Earl and his minions, and learn how to trust her heart again.
Shadows of the Ancients by Christine M. Butler
Number of Ratings on Goodreads: 1022
No one ever questions the pairings their pack-master chooses for them. No one, except Jessica St. Marks, who can't stand the thought of being bonded for life to Zach Brighton, douchebag extraordinaire.
Jessica plans a night out with her human friend, Ashley, to have a little fun before she's forced to settle for the loser her pack has chosen to be her mate. Little does she know, her fate is about to change when she runs into a mystery wolf who takes her breath away, and marks her as his own.
Evan De'Lune may be new and exciting, but he has secrets that threaten to not only put Jessica's life in danger, but his ability to keep his claim on her as well!
Colour Me Grey by J.C. Phelps
HELP WANTED - Person wanted with specialized training. Exciting and highly paid position... Meet Alexis Stanton, a 5'4" petite young woman with a yen for adventure. She grew up as a tomboy wishing she could have all the adventures boys could have. She has since decided that being a boy instead of a girl has it's advantages, but being a woman is much better. Raised in a family with money, she was able to pick and choose her education. She had been schooled in everything from being a lady to courses with Special Forces instructors. Her desire for adventure and her boredom with her current employment make her answer a strange 'HELP WANTED' ad. She finds that job she could "just die for..". and it looks like she just might!
Esker by S.T. Bende
Kristia Tostenson prefers Earl Grey to Grey Goose and book clubs to nightclubs. But when she transfers from her one-stoplight Oregon town to Cardiff University in Wales, she falls in love with Ull Myhr. Her new boyfriend isn't exactly what she was expecting. His cashmere sweaters and old world charm mask a warrior who's spent an eternity fighting for his very existence. Ull is an honest-to-goodness Norse god — an immortal assassin fated to die at Ragnarok, the battle destined to destroy Asgard and Earth. On top of being marked for death, Asgardian law prohibits Ull from tying his fate to a mortal. No matter what she feels for Ull, Kristia knows she's the one thing he can never have.
With Ragnarok on the horizon and a lunatic haunting her dreams, Kristia has to find a way to convince Ull that breaking the rules is the only way to survive; that defying the order he's sworn to uphold is their only chance to be together. And when someone starts asking the wrong questions, Kristia realizes the crazy visions she's had all her life might be the key to saving their realms... even if they end up costing her her life.
Anomaly by Tonya Kuper
Reality is only an illusion.
Except for those who can control it…
Worst. Birthday. Ever.
My first boyfriend dumped me—happy birthday, Josie!—my dad is who knows where, I have some weird virus that makes me want to hurl, and now my ex is licking another girl's tonsils. Oh, and I'm officially the same age as my brother was when he died. Yeah, today is about as fun-filled as the swamps of Dagobah. But then weird things start happening…
Like I make something materialize just by thinking about it.
When hottily-hot badass Reid Wentworth shows up on a motorcycle, everything changes. Like, everything. Who I am. My family. What really happened to my brother. Existence. I am Oculi, and I have the ability to change reality with my thoughts. Now Reid, in all his hotness, is charged with guiding and protecting me as I begin learning how to bend reality. And he's the only thing standing between me and the secret organization that wants me dead…
A Crimson Frost by Marcia Lynn McClure
.Beloved of her father, King Dacian, and adored by her people, the Scarlet Princess Monet endeavored to serve her kingdom well—for the people of the Kingdom of Karvana were good, and worthy of service.
Long Monet had known that even her marriage would serve her people. Her husband would be chosen for her—for this was the way of royal existence. Still, as any woman does—peasant or princess—Monet dreamt of owning true love—of owning choice in love. Thus, each time the raven-haired, sapphire-eyed, Crimson Knight of Karvana rode near, Monet knew regret—for in secret, she loved him—and she could not choose him.
As an arrogant king from another kingdom began to wage war against Karvana, Karvana's king, knights and soldiers answered the challenge. The Princess Monet would also know battle. As the Crimson Knight battled with armor and blade—so the Scarlet Princess would battle in sacrifice and with secrets held. Thus, when the charge was given to preserve the heart of Karvana, Monet endeavored to serve her kingdom and forget her secreted love. Yet, love is not so easily forgotten
Robin: Lady of Legend by R.M. ArceJaeger
What if Robin Hood wasn't the man you thought him to be—what if he wasn't a man at all?
Robin of Locksley is young, headstrong, and about to receive the worst birthday present of her life. Still struggling to define herself in a society that believes women are fit for little more than governing a household and bearing children, she balks at her father's plans for her future, but the consequences of her rebellion prove deadly. Hunted by both her father and the Sheriff, Robin is forced to hide her identity and seek refuge as an outlaw in Sherwood Forest.
Disguised as a lad for protection, Robin maintains a careful isolation from the world around her...until she chances upon a young boy being beaten to death by the Sheriff's soldiers. Her rescue of the youth marks the beginning of her leadership in Sherwood forest and of the unfortunates who seek refuge therein. Robin's endeavors to provide a life of honor and purpose for her people while aiding the land's downtrodden win her high esteem, but enrage the Sheriff of Nottingham, who plots a deadly fate for her and her band.
As the Sheriff's traps close in around her and assassins seek to bring her down, Robin must risk losing love, leadership, and life if she is to save her people and fulfill her destiny as one of history's greatest heroes.
Alive with adventure and danger, sword fights and heists, hatred and love, Robin: Lady of Legend is the never-before-told tale of the girl who became Robin Hood.
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IUCN ROWA has taken a pragmatic direction to focus on the major priorities that draw all of the region's countries together.
According to this idea, the following programmes have been developed: The Drylands, Livelihoods & Gender Program, The Water & Climate Change Program, The Protected Areas & Biodiversity Program and finally The Marine & Coastal Management Zone Program.
Through this thematic method, IUCN ROWA will unite strengths of IUCN components to share knowledge in order to develop new models for conservation and sustainable management of natural resources.
The thematic programmes' approach aims at using IUCN's considerable resources and long experience in terms of knowledge network, including a wealth of research and a wide range of expertise from governmental as well as non-governmental organizations, research institutions and universities.


This Spiced Lamb Flatbread (also known as Lahmacun is kind of like a Middle Eastern pizza. A soft and chewy homemade flatbread base topped with spiced minced Welsh Lamb, creamy and cooling tzatziki, plenty of herbs and chunks of feta with jewels of pomegranate.
If you are looking for something easy, but still impressive to serve guests at a dinner party, then give this spiced lamb flatbread traditionally known as Lahmacun)a try. Slice it up and put it on the table and let everyone dig in. Serve it with some extra dips like hummus and tzatziki, some olives and crispy potatoes for a full meal.
The lamb is the star of the show here, which is why it's important to use top quality lamb. We have used PGI Welsh Lamb – it is different from other UK lamb.
It has special characteristics, flavours and textures that are unique to Wales. The PGI status of Welsh Lamb guarantees the quality, authenticity and integrity of the brand.
Wales is perfectly adapted to the production of natural pasture, with acre after acre of lush green grass, combined with heathers and indigenous fragrant wild herbs which contribute to the unique and distinctive flavours of Welsh Lamb.
It is both sweet and succulent and we honestly think you can taste the difference, and it's why we love using it in our recipes.
Did you know that sheep farming in Wales is documented as far back as the 14th Century? According to the Royal Chef in the late 19th Century, Queen Victoria considered Welsh Lamb to be the tenderest and would have no other lamb served in the Royal Household.
Year after year, generation after generation, the singular husbandry and grassland management skills of the proud and passionate Welsh farmers are practised across Wales, predominantly on small, traditional family farms.
It is Love Lamb Week this week, which was started by Cumbrian sheep farmer Rachel Lumley in 2015. The week (1-7 September 2018) is an industry-wide initiative involving the Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), the National Sheep Association (NSA), the National Farmers' Union (NFU), Red Tractor, HCC in Wales, LMC Northern Ireland and QMS in Scotland and aims to increase awareness of lamb amongst UK consumers.
Many people think of lamb as just a roast, or to use in stews, but there is so much more that you can do with it and it can be healthy too. We are here to show you that a lamb dish can be light and fresh, just like on this Spiced Lamb Flatbread.
To keep lamb dishes lighter, trim off any visible fat, use just a little oil and drain any extra fat (but still keeping some for flavour).
The spices we have used here really bring the lamb flavour to life and make this a flavour packed flatbread. We kept it simple and used a ras-el-hanout spice blend, which is made up of cumin, chilli, cinnamon, paprika, coriander, cardamom and much more.
If you don't have any ras-el-hanout blend but you do have a well stocked spice cabinet, then you could easily make up a blend yourself using the previously mentioned herbs and spices.
It's so easy, not to mention much cheaper, to make your own flatbread. Just mix together 3 ingredients, roll them out and then dry fry them until the puff up. We used 4 portions of our homemade flatbread recipe, and rolled it out in to one big flatbread.
You could leave it just there, but we mixed together some olive oil and chopped herbs and then brushed that over the cooked flatbread before adding all the extra toppings – it just gave it a bit more flavour.
We spread some homemade tzatziki on top of the flatbreads, topped it with the cooked Welsh Lamb and then scattered over some extra herbs, feta, pomegranate and some pine nuts for added crunch.
This Spiced Lamb Flatbread is definitely a dish to wow your lamb loving dinner guests.
One: Weigh out the Welsh lamb to 250g.
Two: Put the lamb in to a food processor and pulse to form mince.
Three: Heat a little oil in a pan and then add the lamb mince. Gently heat for 4 minutes.
Four: Add the ras-el-hanout, mix well and cook for a further 2 minutes.
Five: Roll out the flatbread dough to one big flatbread and then dry fry until it has puffed up. Spread a mixture of olive oil and chopped herbs on it and then pop it under the grill for 1 minute.
Six: Spread the tzatziki on the flatbread.
Seven: Top it with the minced lamb.
Eight: Add the crumbled feta, pomegranate and chopped herbs before serving.
If you don't have a ras-el-hanout spice blend, then you can just make up your own spice blend with a mixture of the herbs and spices mentioned above.
Serve these spiced lamb flatbreads with extra dips, olives and some crispy roasted potatoes.
If you don't want to make your own flatbreads, a store bought one will work too.
Try to use Welsh Lamb in this recipe, as you really can taste the difference.
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This Spiced Lamb Flatbread is kind of like a middle-eastern pizza. A soft and chewy homemade flatbread base topped with spiced lamb, tzatziki, herbs, feta and jewels of pomegranate.
Put the lamb in to a food processor and pulse to form mince.
Heat a little oil in a pan and then add the lamb mince. Gently fry for 4 minutes.
Add the ras-el-hanout, mix well and cook for a further 2 minutes.
Roll out the flatbread dough to one big flatbread and then dry fry until it has puffed up. Spread a mixture of olive oil and chopped herbs on it and then put it under the grill for 1 minute.
Spread the tzatziki on the grilled flatbread.
Top it with the spiced minced lamb.
Add the crumbled feta, pomegranate and chopped herbs before serving.
If you don't have a ras-el-hanout spice blend, then you can just make up your own spice blend with a mixture of the herbs and spices mentioned above.
If you don't want to make your own flatbreads, a store bought one will work too.
Lamb is a favorite of mine but I have never had PGI Welsh lamb and from your description, I am missing out! The presentation for this dish is lovely and it sounds so very delicious.
This looks fabulous! I love flatbread, but I've never tried lamb. Can't wait to recreate this!
I just had dinner and now I'm hungry again! I love every part of this from the tzatziki to the spicy lamb to the feta to the mint to the pomegranate.
Love flatbread and always looking for new ingredients combo, this spiced lamb version is definitely on my to-make list!
I love flatbread meals and I forget about them. It's so easy and so satisfying. Thanks!
what a delicious way to serve lamb! definitely looks like some good quality meat, too, wondering if they export to the US?
I am just loving the lamb combined with pomegranate! It is so delicious and downright festive. This would be a really lovely thing to serve around the holidays, especially – and who doesn't love a flatbread!?
Very unique toppings! So different from my plain old tomato sauce and cheese. I adore flatbread, but have never tried making it myself. Three ingredients? I can handle that!
Omg, this looks so delicious and easy to make. I love lamb!
Wow, I love flatbread with tons of toppings and served warm! It looks delicious. You did an awesome here.
This looks so delicious and something I could make at home. I am organizing my menu for the week and I would love to add it this on my list.


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"""Fixture helpers, like context managers

Exists because it is bad practice to import from `helpers`.
"""

import contextlib
import random
import string
import typing as t

from flask import url_for
from werkzeug.routing import IntegerConverter, UnicodeConverter

from .assertions import TestClient

@contextlib.contextmanager
def login_context(test_client: TestClient, login: str, password: str):
    test_client.post(
        url_for("login.login"), data={"login": login, "password": password}
    )
    yield
    test_client.get("/logout")

BlueprintUrls: t.TypeAlias = t.Callable[[str], list[str]]
_argument_creator_map = {
    IntegerConverter: lambda c: 1,
    UnicodeConverter: lambda c: "test",
}

def _default_argument_creator(_c):
    return "default"

def _build_rule(url_adapter, rule) -> str:
    try:
        values = {
            k: _argument_creator_map.get(type(v), _default_argument_creator)(v)
            for k, v in rule._converters.items()
        }
    except KeyError as e:
        raise AssertionError(f"Cannot create mock argument for {e.args[0]}")
    return url_adapter.build(rule.endpoint, values, 'GET')

def prepare_app_for_testing(app):
    """Set setting which are relevant for testing.

    * testing / debug mode
    * disable CSRF for WTForms
    * set a random secret key
    * set the server name to `localhost`
    """
    app.testing = True
    app.debug = True
    # Disable the CSRF in testing mode
    app.config["WTF_CSRF_ENABLED"] = False
    app.config["SECRET_KEY"] = "".join(
        random.choice(string.ascii_letters) for _ in range(20)
    )
    app.config["SERVER_NAME"] = "localhost.localdomain"
    return app


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Investigations are continuing after a teenager "could have been killed" when he was hit in the neck with a glass bottle in Mirfield.
The 17-year-old was walking with friends on Huddersfield Road, near the former Swan Inn at around 11.30pm on Saturday when he was attacked.
A 16-year-old boy, who was arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm with intent, has been released on police bail and detectives have appealed for any witnesses to get in touch.
Det Insp Mark Truelove, of Kirkless CID, said: "This could well have been a fatal incident as the victim sustained serious neck injuries.
"The victim had been with friends when they came across three other males walking in the other direction. There was some sort of altercation between the complainant, his friends and this other group resulting in the complainant receiving serious injuries, which we believed we caused by a glass bottle.
Anyone who witnessed the incident or who has information is asked to contact Kirklees District CID via 101.


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Chanel S.A. () è una casa di moda parigina fondata all'inizio del ventesimo secolo da Coco Chanel. Specializzata nei beni di lusso (alta moda, prêt-à-porter, borse, profumeria e cosmetica, fra gli altri), il marchio Chanel è diventato uno dei più riconoscibili nomi nel campo della moda. La casa di moda è di proprietà dei fratelli Alain Wertheimer e Gerard Wertheimer, nipoti di Pierre Wertheimer, uno dei primi soci in affari di Coco Chanel.

Chanel è ben noto per il profumo Chanel No.5 e l'abito Chanel. L'uso del tessuto jersey ha prodotto capi comodi e convenienti. Chanel ha rivoluzionato la moda, sia l'alta moda (haute couture) che la moda di tutti i giorni (prêt-à-porter), sostituendo le silhouette strutturate, basate sul corsetto e sul corpetto, con capi funzionali e allo stesso tempo lusinghieri alla figura della donna.

Storia

Anni venti-cinquanta

Nel 1909, Gabrielle Chanel aprì un negozio al piano terra degli appartamenti Balsan di Parigi dando il via a quello che in seguito diverrà uno dei più importanti imperi aziendali del mondo. L'edificio, era un luogo in cui si ritrovava l'élite parigina, e per la stilista fu un'ottima opportunità di vendere i cappelli di sua creazione. Qui, Coco Chanel conobbe Arthur Capel, che vide in lei un'ottima propensione agli affari aiutandola, così, a trasferire l'attività al 31 di Rue Cambon di Parigi, nel 1910, dove già si trovava un negozio di sartoria.

Successivamente, nel 1913, Chanel aprì due nuove boutique a Deauville e Biarritz in Francia, dove lanciò una moda maschile più semplice delle tendenze della Belle Époque, che privilegiava uno stile sfarzoso ed opulento.

L'inizio della prima guerra mondiale influenzò anche il mondo della moda, dato che le donne dovettero sopperire alle mancanze lavorative dei mariti impegnati al fronte. Pensando al modo in cui vestire le donne, affinché potessero avere dei capi d'abbigliamento comodi e pratici anche sul lavoro, Chanel aprì una nuova boutique a Rue de Cambon davanti all'Hôtel Ritz. Furono prodotti blazer di flanella, gonne di lino, marinarette e maglioni in jersey. Lo stile Chanel divenne celebre per la sua semplicità in tutta la Francia.

Nel 1915 e nel 1917, in un articolo della rivista Harper's Bazaar venne scritto che un abito Chanel sarebbe dovuto essere "nella lista di ogni compratore".

Coco Chanel diventò una delle più celebri stiliste al mondo,e seguendo le tendenze della moda degli anni venti, produsse nuovi abiti femminili, in due o tre prezzi, ancora oggi considerati di grande eleganza. Nel 1921 venne prodotto il primo profumo della casa di moda, Chanel No. 5, creato da Ernest Beaux. Il nome fu scelto da Coco Chanel riferendosi al numero di prove che avevano fatto per testare l'essenza: inconsciamente stava dando il nome ad un mito secolare. Coco Chanel fu la terza stilista, dopo Paul Poiret e Maurice Babani, a creare una linea di profumi associata a una linea di moda. La fragranza ebbe un notevole successo, così che lei stessa cominciò a considerare il "5" come il suo numero fortunato. Chanel No.5 fu il primo di una serie di profumi che divennero uno dei prodotti di punta della maison e alla cui commercializzazione Pierre Wertheimer affiancò Coco Chanel. Chanel N.22 vide la luce nel 1922, Gardénia nel 1925, Bois des Îles nel 1926, Cuir de Russie nel 1927, Sycomore, Une idée nel 1930, Jasmin nel 1932. Nel 1923 la stilista rivelò ad Harper's Bazaar che la chiave per la vera eleganza risiede, da sempre, nella semplicità.

Risale al 1926 l'arrivo sul mercato del tubino, la petite robe noire, considerato il capo più importante nella storia dell'abbigliamento. Nel 1932 Chanel lanciò sul mercato una linea di gioielleria, basata principalmente sui diamanti, realizzati con la collaborazione del conte Etienne de Beaumont e del duca Fulco da Verdura. Chanel giunge al culmine della propria notorietà, mentre i suoi atelier danno lavoro a 4000 persone. Le vendite degli abiti Chanel si aggirano a circa 28 000 modelli l'anno. Nel 1939, però, lo scoppio della seconda guerra mondiale costrinse la stilista a chiudere il negozio di rue de Cambon, lasciando in vita soltanto l'attività dei profumi. Alla fine della guerra, Coco Chanel, accusata di aver collaborato con i nazisti, si trasferì in Svizzera decidendo di vendere tutti i diritti del marchio a Pierre Wertheimer.

Anni cinquanta-settanta

Chanel ritornò a Parigi nel 1953 per scoprire che la scena della moda era dominata dal giovane stilista Christian Dior. Coco Chanel ritornò in affari con Pierre riprendendo, così, pieno possesso del marchio. La loro collaborazione fece tornare la maison al vertice del mondo della moda e la collezione primaverile di Chanel ottenne un grande successo. In particolar modo, fu molto apprezzato il suo tailleur di maglia, che in seguito, divenne celebre anche grazie a Jacqueline Kennedy. Chanel ottenne il prestigioso riconoscimento Fashion Oscar di Neiman Marcus, che le fu assegnato nel 1957 a Dallas e nel 1965 Jacques Wertheimer prese il posto del padre Pierre alla guida dell'azienda.

Il 10 gennaio 1971 Coco Chanel morì all'età di 87 anni. La guida dell'azienda passò a Yvonne Dudel, Jean Cazaubon e Philippe Guibourgé, che contribuirono a mantenere alto il nome del marchio, anche se Jacques Wertheimer alla fine rilevò l'intera casa di moda. Nel 1974 fu lanciata sul mercato l'eau de toilette Cristalle, nata da un progetto che Coco Chanel aveva iniziato quando era ancora in vita. Il 1978 vide la nascita della prima linea di prêt-à-porter del marchio (disegnata da Philippe Guibourgé) e la distribuzione di essa a livello mondiale. Alain Wertheimer, prese il posto del padre Jacques nel 1974 e grazie alle sue strategie di mercato, il profumo Chanel No. 5 ritornò ad essere il più venduto al mondo. Inoltre, riuscì a "strappare" alla casa di moda Chloé il rinomato stilista Karl Lagerfeld.

Anni recenti

Karl Lagerfeld si occupò dal 1983 della linea d'alta moda e dal 1984 del prêt-à-porter. Pur mantenendo inalterati lo stile ed i valori del marchio "Chanel", Lagerfeld attualizzò l'azienda introducendo importanti innovazioni e lanciando nuove linee. La famiglia Wertheimer, invece, si occupò di creare nuove società per differenziare la produzione Chanel, spaziando dalla cosmetica, alla gioielleria, ai costumi da bagno (tramite il marchio Erès), agli orologi e agli occhiali (licenziati da Luxottica).

Nel febbraio 2002, in collaborazione con il Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle, venne organizzata a Roma una mostra dedicata al diamante presso le scuderie del Quirinale. Insieme ai gioielli Cartier, De Beers, ai quadri di Tiziano e di Rubens vennero esposti tre gioielli firmati da Coco Chanel: la spilla del 1932 Étoile, in platino e diamanti, il collier Comète tempestato da 650 diamanti, e un anello composco da 22 diamanti di 2,15 carati con al centro un diamante da un carato.

Nel 2018 Chanel pubblica il primo resoconto finanziario dopo 108 anni, rendendo noto un fatturato di 9,3 miliardi di dollari e un utile prima delle imposte di 2,69 miliardi. Ha anche razionalizzato la struttura con la creazione della holding Chanel Limited con sede a Londra dove ha trasferito parte del personale da New York. Nel settembre 2018 acquisisce una quota di minoranza di Montres Journe, azienda svizzera di orologi che produce solo 900 esemplari l'anno. In ottobre acquisisce l' Orlebar Brown, una società inglese di costumi, accessori e abbigliamento per la vita da resort, nata nel 2007 per vendite solo on line.

Nel 2019 Virginie Viard viene nominata direttrice artistica di Chanel in seguito alla morte di Karl Lagerfeld, con cui ha lavorato per più di trent'anni.

Nel dicembre 2021, Leena Nair è stata nominata CEO.

Logo
Il simbolo raffigurante la casa, composto da una doppia lettera C incrociata, fu registrato come marchio di fabbrica nel 1924. La sua origine è incerta e viene fatta risalire a seconda delle fonti a un medaglione rinascimentale presente nella villa Château Crémat sulle colline di Nizza, allora appartenente all'ereditiera statunitense e amica di Coco Chanel, Irene Bretz. O, invece, al simbolo risalente al XVI secolo candidior candidis (la più bella delle belle), adottato dalla regina Claudia di Francia e, in seguito, da Caterina de' Medici, che Coco poteva avere visto presso Château Chaumont o nel castello reale di Blois.

Filosofia e stile Chanel

Coco Chanel rivoluzionò il mondo dell'alta moda sostituendo i sontuosi abiti femminili con modelli più semplici e lineari, oltre che notevolmente più comodi. Gli anni venti e trenta furono contraddistinti proprio dalle linee e dalla moda inventata dalla stilista.

Chanel non diede solo una svolta al mondo della moda, ma per la prima volta valorizzò la donna e ruppe la coltre fitta che impediva di vedere il genere femminile alla pari con quello maschile.

Il dettaglio per eccellenza nello stile Chanel è il cappello, in cui tutto il suo istinto e la sua passione si liberano, coronando gli abiti di luce, colore, eleganza, classe, leggerezza e personalità. La "petite couturière" Coco è sovrana dello stile e della classe ai quali non rinuncia mai, conferendo unicità e originalità ad ogni sua creazione.

Chanel è per tutte le donne. Sempre giovanile ed elegante, diede alla donna un'importanza maggiore nel mondo del lavoro unendo una semplice giacca di taglio maschile ad una gonna, permettendo così a chi la indossava di mostrare la propria femminilità.
Nel tempo Chanel ha vestito le donne più affascinati del pianeta, da first lady a principesse fino alle star d Hollywood. Per esempio il brand è stato scelto da Poppy Delevingne in occasione delle sue nozze con James Cook.
Uno dei capi che ha segnato la storia del brand e del mondo della moda, diventando icona di stile per una donna libera, è il tailleur donna in tessuto tweed, conosciuto come tailleur Chanel e disegnato dalla stilista all'inizio degli anni venti.

Profumi

Direttori creativi della sezione profumi di Chanel sono stati in ordine cronologico, Ernest Beaux, Henri Robert e Jacques Polge. Di seguito un elenco incompleto dei principali profumi lanciati sul mercato da Chanel.

Orologi
Il direttore creativo di Chanel, Jacques Helleu lanciò sul mercato il primo orologio del marchio, chiamato Premiere, nel 1987. La prestigiosa linea di orologi Chanel J12, provvista di tourbillon, invece vide la luce nel 2000. Nel 2005 i designer Chanel hanno sviluppato l'esclusiva tecnologia di movimento dell'orologio CHANEL O5-T.1. Nel 2006 è stato aggiunto alla produzione il prezioso Chanel J12 Haute Joaillerie, un orologio tempestato di diamanti, a cui è seguito Chanel J12 Tourbillon Haute Joaillerie. Nel 2007 è stata la volta del primo modello della linea J12 GMT. Da una collaborazione con Audemars Piguet è nato, invece, nel 2008 il modello J12 calibre 3125, equipaggiato dell'innovativa tecnologia di movimento CHANEL AP - 3125.

Distribuzione

Chanel conta più di 200 boutique in tutto il mondo, distribuite in negozi monomarca, all'interno di grandi magazzini come Harrods e Neiman Marcus, o in alcuni aeroporti. Dal 2001 è iniziato un progetto dell'architetto Peter Marino con il quale è iniziata la ristrutturazione di alcune delle principali boutique Chanel, affinché esse si adeguino alla filosofia della stilista, secondo la quale "le cose più belle sono le più semplici, e niente è tanto bello quanto uno spazio vuoto". In questo progetto sono stati fatti rientrare i negozi di New York, Parigi, Roma, Tokyo, Seul, Vienna, Città del Messico, Milano e il nuovo negozio simile a quello di Rue Cambon di Parigi a Venezia.

Testimonial

La compagnia si è sempre avvalsa di testimonial particolarmente celebri, fra cui non si può non ricordare Catherine Deneuve, Nicole Kidman e Audrey Tautou (tutte e tre per il profumo Chanel No. 5), Gisele Bündchen ma soprattutto, Marilyn Monroe che negli anni cinquanta si fece fotografare, mentre si spruzzava alcune gocce di Chanel No. 5. Tale immagine è rimasta sicuramente la più rappresentativa dell'intera produzione di Chanel, e continua ad essere una delle foto più celebri nella storia del marketing, ancora oggi citata in diverse occasioni o venduta in forma di poster..

Per le sue campagne pubblicitarie spesso Chanel si affida a testimonial celebri come Kate Moss, Nicole Kidman o più recentemente a Keira Knightley, Vanessa Paradis

Attualmente il principale volto maschile di Chanel, è il modello francese Baptiste Giabiconi, quello femminile invece è Blake Lively per le Chanel Mademoiselle bags.

Brad Pitt è il primo testimonial maschile del profumo Chanel n. 5. Lo spot in bianco e nero diretto da Joe Wright è una dichiarazione d'amore, pensieri sparsi di un innamorato per la sua musa, che in questo caso non è altro che il celebre profumo.

Il tuffatore brasiliano Hugo Parisi è stato testimonial della campagna pubblicitaria del 2016 del profumo Chanel Allure Homme Sport.

Nel 2019 la maison francese ha scelto il super modello Italiano Marco Castelli per la campagna di Blue di Chanel.

Modelli di Chanel

Riferimenti nella cultura di massa
 Il marchio Chanel viene citato nelle canzoni Fashionista di Jimmy James, Labels or love di Fergie e Fifty sixty di Alizée.
 Nel film "Tacchi a spillo" (1991) di Pedro Almodovar Victoria Abril indossa esclusivamente Chanel ed in una scena alla guida dell'automobile sfoggia con dettaglio gli occhiali.
 Nella soap spagnola "El secreto de Puente Viejo, Maria, protagonista della seconda stagione della serie, indossa per le sue nozze un abito griffato Chanel.
 Scene di lotta di classe a Springfield della serie animata I Simpson, Marge Simpson indossa un vestito Chanel.
 Nella serie televisiva The Hills, Spencer Pratt regala una borsetta Chanel ad Heidi Montag.
 Nella serie televisiva Sex and the City, le 4 protagoniste sfoggiano spesso delle borse Chanel.
 Nella serie televisiva Lipstick Jungle Victory Ford (Lindsay Price) riceve in regalo una borsa che fu usata da Coco Chanel.
 Nel film Il diavolo veste Prada del 2006, Nigel (Stanley Tucci), direttore artistico della rivista Runway, nel tentativo di migliorare il look di Andrea Sachs (Anne Hathaway), le dice di avere "un disperato bisogno di Chanel".
 Nel film Beverly Hills Chihuahua del 2008, la cagnetta Chloe rivela di utilizzare Chanel No. 5.
 Nel film Agente Smart - Casino totale del 2008, l'agente 99 (Anne Hathaway) utilizza borsa ed occhiali Chanel.
 Nel Telefilm The O.C., la protagonista femminile Marissa Cooper sfoggia numerose borse Chanel.
 Nei primi minuti del film-concerto Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden la cantante Lady Gaga utilizza degli occhiali Chanel.
Anche nelle serie televisive Gossip Girl e 90210 si possono ammirare le borse utilizzate dalle protagoniste.
 Negli album del cantante rap Entics quest'ultimo cita numerose volte la marca Chanel.
 Nel film d'animazione "Anastasia" (1997) compare l'insegna della nota casa di moda mentre la protagonista acquista nuovi vestiti a Parigi.
 Nella serie televisiva Scream Queens, le ragazze della sorellanza KKT si chiamano tutte Chanel e spesso indossano abiti e accessori Chanel.
Inoltre, a partire dagli anni settanta, "Chanel" è anche usato come nome proprio femminile, proprio su ispirazione della linea di moda.

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Voci correlate
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Altri progetti

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Artadia's 15th Anniversary Exhibition
Artadia: the Fund for Art & Dialogue Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Exhibition
curated by Gianni Jetzer
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 13, 2014, 5 – 8 pm
Exhibition Dates: September 13-October 25th, 2014
Artadia: The Fund for Art & Dialogue celebrates 15 years of support for visual artists with a vibrant show presenting the work of 20 Artadia Awardees at Longhouse Projects in downtown Manhattan. The exhibition is curated by former Swiss Institute director Gianni Jetzer and includes artists from Artadia's six US program cities: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco as well as Artadia NADA Awardees. The exhibited artists are diverse in background, mediums in which they work and stages of their careers and share a dedication to practice and a level of excellence that demonstrates the best of American contemporary art being made in the beginning of the 21st century.
Artist participants include: Jillian Conrad (Houston 2012), Meg Cranston (NADA Award 2013), Bill Davenport (Houston 2010), Cayetano Ferrer (Los Angeles 2013), Ryan Foerster (NADA Award 2013), Rachel Hecker (Houston 2006), Stanya Kahn (Los Angeles 2013), Robbie Land (Atlanta 2014), Stephen Lapthisophon (Chicago 2002), Margaret Lee (NADA Award 2012), Nicole Miller (Los Angeles 2013), Helen Mirra (Boston 2007), Ramekon O'Arwisters (San Francisco 2002), Eamon Ore-Giron (San Francisco 2001), Brion Nuda Rosch (San Francisco 2009), Vaughn Elaine Sills (Boston 2007), Deb Sokolow (Chicago 2012), Weston T Teruya (San Francisco 2009), Stephen Tourlentes (Boston 2007), Kerry Tribe (Los Angeles 2014)
Visitors enter the show through Bill's Junk, an extraordinary shop run by artist Bill Davenport; where all items on display are for sale. In the same DIY-spirit, Ramekon O'Arwisters hosts a "Crochet Jam" workshop with the local community.
Drawings by Stanya Kahn in the first gallery pair sexuality with humor, turning the dynamics of relationships into a cartoon. The works of Deb Sokolow and Rachel Hecker share a fascination for handwritten notes, with very different outcome. Meg Cranston combines found imagery with abstract forms, layering real signifiers and content in her canvases.
A projection space offers successively three different film works: a video by Kerry Tribe based on a live performance of a scene borrowed from a structural film, a multi-channel video installation by Nicole Miller which opens up a window on computer screen manipulations as if performed live, and a 16mm film installation by Robbie Land is based on a motion study of the Northern Hemisphere night sky, mirroring the universe.
Several artists such as Jillian Conrad, Stephen Lapthisophon, Margaret Lee, Eamon Ore-Giron and Brion Nuda Rosch make sculptures out of ephemeral or found materials, oscillating between the ordinary and the extraordinary.
Artadia's 15th Anniversary exhibition expands into the nearby NYC Fire Museum. Weston T Teruya interviews exponents of the firefighting community and recreates archival and everyday objects as a way of highlighting the community's relationship to the city's other residents. Black and white photographs by Vaughn Elaine Sills portray people through their gardens in Southern states. By contrast, Stephen Tourlentes documents prisons at night turning them into a phenomenon of light and shadow.
A few artists work directly in public space. Ryan Foerster's newsprint poster installation is located on the firewall behind the parking lot on the corner of Spring and Hudson Streets. Cayetano Ferrer displays an advertisement on Spring Street sourced from a brochure to address gambling addiction in Las Vegas. Helen Mirra walks from one place to another in New York City most days during a three-week period, focused on developing the so called half-smile.
Ramekon O'Arwisters' "Crochet Jam" was held on Saturday, September 13th, 5-8 pm in conjunction with the opening reception. The event was open to the public and participants brought pieces of used fabric to add to the tapestry.
"Half smiler" by Helen Mirra ran from September 15th – October 3rd, 2014. For more information on this project: http://hmirra.net/half-smiler
A guided tour provided by Gianni Jetzer on Friday, September 26, is documented below:
Art Net on Artadia's 15th Anniversary Exhibition


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How will the Lord be "near" the brokenhearted unless one who knows the Lord goes—with compassion and empathy—and is present for as long as it takes? How will the Lord work to "save those whose spirits are crushed" unless one who knows the Lord goes with—conviction and courage—and acts on behalf of and with them? How will the Father's will be done on earth as it is in heaven, unless we who know the Son (and the Father who sent him) act accordingly? What do you hear?
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Donna and I were given a tour of the University by Aime Nshizirungu, one of the founders of the Business Club. I was so happy that Donna arranged it, She wanted to gain more insight concerning how they found Bpeace, Sweet Dreams, and the idea of their club. Aime heard about the Bpeace Race to Inovation from the Orphans of Rwanda organization that is now connected to all of the former orphans who are now at various Universities. We found out that Richard made an appointment with the head of the organization to make them aware of the Race.
Many applicants were University Students. The government of Rwanda is encouraging the students to create new businesses that can provide jobs (doesn't that sound familiar?). They decided to use the same base of students to invite other business owners in Rwanda to provide them with insight concerning why they were not selected as a finalist. They asked: "What could we have done better?"
Aime (above in the photo with Donna) found out about Sweet Dreams from the Career Counselor at the University. Nikki from Sweet Dreams, contacted the Counselor about the need for interns for the project. 100 students applied, and our four Race candidates were the ones selected. I guess they learned what they could have done better. For those that were not selected, the counselor sat with each one and pointed out "What they could have done better." This is the theme of the Group. What can I do better?
College campuses are college campuses all over. We left the beautiful campus with its park benches, student hall, gymnasium, cafeteria and library.and walked back to Sweet Dreams. The bagels had arrived. They were good, and the women and interns loved them. Of course us "Bagel Experts" from the U.S. had our own opinions, but they tasted great. Over the bagels, Donna and Aime committed to contacting the organizations that the Business Club works with, and their Counselor at the University. I guess Sweet Dreams had its first "mini meeting for business discussions.
While Donna and I are touring the university, we're communicating with Fran who is at the Rain Forest in a car that had a flat. Fran, forever the connector, got the name from Simon (the English instructor for Sweet Dreams) of one of the Rangers that he knew at the Rain Forest. So when the car got the flat, Fran knew a Ranger who was able to contact who we are calling AAA services to fix the flat. I don't know what to say at this point!!!!! We have decided that there are two parts to this Rwanda Road Trip, one that was structured in its Western structured format training, networking, business opportunities and the other is the Rwandan spirit of community, joy laughter and spontaneity that also becomes business opportunities. They both created the wonderful experience in Butare.
Now we have moved to a wonderful hotel in Kigali, and Fran and Donna have just returned from their gorilla trip. Some of the Bpeace Fast Runners are coming to the hotel in a while to take me to dinner, so stay tuned. Wait a minute a truck just pulled up with a business, dropping off someone, let me see what they do?...........Here we go again.


text:
describe Timekit::User::Client do
  before(:all) do
    @client = Timekit::User::Client.new
  end

  describe '.auth' do
    before(:all) do
      stub_post('/auth').with(
        body: {
          email: 'doc.brown@timekit.io',
          password: 'Password123'
        }
      ).to_return(
        status: 200,
        body: fixture('auth.json'),
        headers: { content_type: 'application/json' }
      )
    end

    it 'must auth' do
      response = Timekit::User.auth(
        'doc.brown@timekit.io',
        'Password123'
      )

      expect(response.code).to eq(200)
      expect(
        a_post('/auth')
        .with(
          body: {
            email: 'doc.brown@timekit.io',
            password: 'Password123'
          }
        )
      ).to have_been_made
    end
  end

  describe '#me' do
    before(:all) do
      stub_get('/users/me').to_return(
        status: 200,
        body: fixture('user_me.json'),
        headers: { content_type: 'application/json' }
      )
    end

    it 'must show me' do
      response = @client.me

      expect(response.code).to eq(200)
      expect(a_get('/users/me')).to have_been_made
    end
  end

  describe '#timezone' do
    before(:all) do
      stub_get('/users/timezone/email@example.com').to_return(
        status: 200,
        body: fixture('user_timezone.json'),
        headers: { content_type: 'application/json' }
      )
    end

    it 'must show timezone' do
      response = @client.timezone('email@example.com')

      expect(response.code).to eq(200)
      data = JSON.parse(response)['data']
      expect(data['timezone']).to eq('Europe/Stockholm')
      expect(a_get('/users/timezone/email@example.com')).to have_been_made
    end
  end

  describe '.create' do
    before(:all) do
      stub_post('/users').with(
        body: {
          email: 'ph@timekit.io',
          timezone: 'Europe/Copenhagen',
          first_name: 'Peter',
          last_name: 'Hansen',
          password: 'Password123'
        }
      ).to_return(
        status: 200,
        body: fixture('user_create.json'),
        headers: { content_type: 'application/json' }
      )
    end

    it 'must create the resource' do
      response = Timekit::User.create(
        'ph@timekit.io',
        'Europe/Copenhagen',
        'Peter',
        'Hansen',
        'Password123'
      )

      expect(response.code).to eq(200)
      expect(
        a_post('/users')
        .with(
          body: {
            email: 'ph@timekit.io',
            timezone: 'Europe/Copenhagen',
            first_name: 'Peter',
            last_name: 'Hansen',
            password: 'Password123'
          }
        )
      ).to have_been_made
    end
  end

  describe '#update' do
    before(:all) do
      stub_put('/users/me').with(
        body: {
          first_name: 'Marty',
          last_name: 'McFly',
          timezone: 'America/Los_angeles',
          password: 'my-new-password'
        }
      ).to_return(
        status: 200,
        body: fixture('user_update.json'),
        headers: { content_type: 'application/json' }
      )
    end

    it 'must update resource' do
      response = @client.update(
        'Marty',
        'McFly',
        'America/Los_angeles',
        'my-new-password'
      )

      expect(response.code).to eq(200)
      expect(
        a_put('/users/me')
        .with(
          body: {
            first_name: 'Marty',
            last_name: 'McFly',
            timezone: 'America/Los_angeles',
            password: 'my-new-password'
          }
        )
      ).to have_been_made
    end
  end

  describe '#resetpassword' do
    before(:all) do
      stub_post('/users/resetpassword').with(
        body: {
          email: 'ph@timekit.io'
        }
      ).to_return(
        status: 200,
        body: '{}',
        headers: { content_type: 'application/json' }
      )
    end

    it 'must reset password' do
      response = @client.reset_password('ph@timekit.io')

      expect(response.code).to eq(200)
      expect(
        a_post('/users/resetpassword')
        .with(
          body: {
            email: 'ph@timekit.io'
          }
        )
      ).to have_been_made
    end
  end
end


If you wish that Siri's voice sounds less like a computer and more like a human, we have good news for you. It is actually possible to download an enhanced voice pack for Siri. With this pack Siri will sound significantly more human and less like a robot.
Open the iPhone "Settings" and go to "General". Then choose "Accessibility" and go to "Speech". Tap "Voices" on this level to see the list of all languages that Siri speaks. Tap your main language (i.e. English), which should be displayed on top.
The default voice in the United States is "Samantha" but in Ireland it'S "Moira" so you have different default voices depending on your country.
To download a more human voice for Siri tap on the default voice to see the other options. Tap the option "Siri Female" or "Siri Male", depending on which voice you prefer. On the next level you will have the option to choose the normal Siri voice pack (Siri Female or Siri Male).
In addition you can also choose the enhanced voice pack. Press the Download button (little cloud with downwards arrow) next to "Siri Male (Enhanced)" or "Siri Female (Enhanced)" to download the specific voice pack. You will need 205 MB space on your iPhone, because this will be permanently on your iPhone. The Download icon turns into a circle and shows the download progress.
Once the voice pack is done downloaded, you can activate it. For doing this tap either 2Siri Male (Enhanced)" or "Siri Female (Enhanced)" – depending on which gender you chose before.
That's it already. Siri should now sound more human than before – thanks to the enhanced voice pack.


The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State has won 17 of the 23 local government chairmanship and councillor elections which were held last Saturday while the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won in four local government areas.
The results were announced yesterday by the returning officers at the various local government area headquarters.
However, elections were suspended in Kaura and Jaba council areas following an attack on the electoral office in the area last Friday night.
In Kagarko Local Government Area, the APC polled 65,226 to defeat the PDP which got 14,658 votes, as announced by the returning officer, Chinedu Richard.
Also, in Kaduna North, Umar Hayatu was declared the APC winner having polled APC 168,572 while the PDP polled 12,467.
The results from Kubau also showed that APC got 46,535 votes to defeat the PDP which polled 13,898.
Similarly, the APC won in Makarfi Local Government Area, the hometown of the former National Chairman of the PDP, Senator Ahmed Makarfi.
Other councils won by the APC included Jama'a, Soba, Kudan Lere, Ikara, Birnin Gwari, Giwa, Kudan, Igabi, Sabon Gari and Kajuru.
The PDP won Zangon Kataf, Kauru, Kachia and Sanga Local Government Areas.
The results of Chikun and Kaduna South Local Government Areas were yet to be released at the time of this report.
Meanwhile, the PDP has kicked against the results, alleging that the process was compromised.
The state Chairman of the party, Hassan Hyat, told THISDAY in a telephone interview yesterday that the returning officers were abducted and results were not declared in many polling units.


I had never seen this color combo in a zinnia before, so I was excited to give this variety a try. Great overall germination rate, not a lot of seeds in a packet, which was a surprise, but very pleased overall. As earlier reviewer mentioned, short stems make using the flower in arrangements a bit more of a challenge, but they are a knockout nevertheless. I will grow again next summer. Thanks, Pinetree!
This is one of my favorite zinnia. They don't get much taller than 12 inches but bargain to bush early. The flowers start out a lime green with pink undertones and the turn to the red and white twiizzle. Have very short cutting stems but have won at the fair with these in low container arrangements.


Founded by Peter the Great more than two centuries ago, the quintessential Russian orchestra brings an all-Stravinsky program to The Soraya, led by one of the world's foremost conductors, Valery Gergiev. "Driving a Formula One car, trying to hold the bend," is how one violinist describes the indomitable Gergiev.
Gg3cud You could certainly see your skills in the work you write. The sector hopes for even more passionate writers such as you who are not afraid to say how they believe. Always go after your heart.


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Burning Porsche ignites mid-century Palm Springs house near Sunny Dunes Road
The fire sparked after car began burning at a home near the intersection of Canon Drive and Sunny Dunes Road in Palm Springs.
Burning Porsche ignites mid-century Palm Springs house near Sunny Dunes Road The fire sparked after car began burning at a home near the intersection of Canon Drive and Sunny Dunes Road in Palm Springs. Check out this story on desertsun.com: https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/local/palm-springs/2019/06/20/palm-springs-firefighters-respond-to-single-family-residence-fire/1512384001/
Risa Johnson, Palm Springs Desert Sun Published 11:07 a.m. PT June 20, 2019 | Updated 4:56 p.m. PT June 20, 2019
A 34-year-old Porsche sports car caught fire Thursday morning and the flames soon ignited a mid-century home in the Beverly Hills neighborhood of Palm Springs.
The fire on Canon Drive near Sunny Dunes Road involved a 1985 Porsche, which owner Owen Fox, 75, had just started up. He said he routinely starts the classic car up every few weeks, but this time things went awry.
He said he'd backed the car from his garage and soon after smoke began to fill its interior, so he pulled it back in and turned off the engine. He presumed the smoke would dissipate and went into the house.
Photos: Palm Springs home catches fire on Sunny Dunes Road
The Palm Springs Fire Department responded to a single-family residence fire at Canon Drive and Sunny Dunes Road on Thursday, June 20, 2019. RIsa Johnson/The Desert Sun
Palm Springs firefighters extinguish a house fire on Canon Drive in Palm Springs, June 20, 2019. Jay Calderon/The Desert Sun
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But soon, a neighbor told Fox that fire was coming out of the muffler.
"In just a matter of a couple minutes, flames were above the roof (of the house)," he said, sitting across from his home watching it burn. "It's incredible. I don't know what's in there that could burn like that."
Flames had been doused by about 11:30 a.m., and damage was clearly visible from the front of Fox's home. Fox said he did not know the extent of the damage to his home, which he said was built in the late 1950s or early '60s. But his daughter's dog was inside and had not yet been located.
Neighbor Zoran Andjelkovich said he heard a revving sound and soon after saw bits and pieces of the car shooting from the garage.
Chris Gastelum, 31, Fox's next-door neighbor, was evacuated with his three small children and watched firefighters from across the street extinguish the flames. Gastelum's home appeared to be untouched.
"We started hearing popping and we ran out," he said.
Gastelum said the fire ignited about 10:30 a.m. and firefighters were there within a few minutes. His wife and two other children were out at the time.
The Palm Springs and Cathedral City fire departments responded. Fire officials on scene were unable to provide more details.
Risa Johnson covers Native American affairs in the Coachella Valley and beyond. She can be reached at risa.johnson@desertsun.com or (760) 778-4737. Follow her on Twitter @risamjohnson
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