This unsung sparkler has much more in common with its French cousin than Prosecco.
Every sparkling wine fan knows that the world of bubbly doesn't begin and end in the Champagne region: America produces some delicious sparkling wines, Spain has it's famous cava, German's drink sekt, even France has its own sub-genre on non-champagne sparklers known as cremant. And, of course, Italy has prosecco; it's own version of champagne, right?
Certainly that's what we were all told when prosecco started taking over the brunch scene in the '00s. But as anyone who has ever sipped prosecco on its own can attest, though prosecco is certainly sparkling, flavor-wise it doesn't seem to have much in common with its bubbly brethren, and there's a good reason for that. When it comes to styles of wine, prosecco isn't Italy's take on champagne — franciacorta is.
Like prosecco, franciacorta is (you guessed it) a sparkling wine from Italy. Made in the Franciacorta territory, an area just south of Lake Iseo in the Lombardi region, franciacorta is a hand-harvested, bottle-aged sparkling wine with both DOC and DOCG recognition (meaning that wines with the franciacorta name have to meet a particularly stringent set of regulations and quality standards.) Unlike some other sparkling styles, franciacorta is fairly young on the world stage, established as a DOC in 1967 and a DOCG in 1995, according to Silvano Brescianini, president of the Franciacorta Consorzio and executive vice president of Barone Pizzini. But that youth doesn't mean that the Franciacorta territory is light on vintner history. "The region of Franciacorta has deep roots in the wine-making tradition, with 115 wineries and wine production dating back to the Middle Ages," Brescianini says.
HOW IS IT DIFFERENT FROM PROSECCO?
Though franciacorta and prosecco are both Italian sparklers, their similarity pretty much ends there. Franciacorta is made using the metodo classico aka the method champenoise. It's the same process used to make champagne, in which the wine goes through an initial fermentation like still wine, and then is bottled and left to rest on the lees, a yeast that causes a second, in-bottle fermentation, leading to all those bubbles we love so much. The wine then ages in-bottle for at least 18 months (for franciacorta's riserva style that can be up to 60 months) to develop a deeper, more complex flavor profile.
"In contrast to the classic method of franciacorta, prosecco is made using the charmat or martinotti method, in which the wine is fermented [for the second time] in vat before it's bottled," explains Brescianini. As a consequence, prosecco is generally younger, with a lighter, more fruit-forward flavor profile. The fact that the secondary bubble-producing fermentation occurs in a vat instead of individual bottles makes the process, and thus the resulting wine, less expensive; making prosecco a winner for mixing mimosas, but less nuanced to sip solo.
WHY IS FRANCIACORTA "THE CHAMPAGNE OF ITALY"?
"The most significant difference between champagne and franciacorta lies in the characteristic of these two geographical regions," he says. "Each has a diverse range of climates and especially soils – Franciacorta mostly has morainic (glacial) soil."
Just as terroir plays a role in the specific flavors present in still wines, it also reflects onto sparkling bottles. So while you might expect some of the same classic tasting notes from both champagne and franciatcorta — citrus, hints of dried fruit, and toasty flavors of brioche and pastry — the differences in their growing regions will provide interesting favor facets for even the most experienced champagne tippler to explore.
The bottom line: if you love champagne, it's time to add some franciacorta to your collection.


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Ivan Petróvitx Lariónov,  (, Perm – , Saràtov), fou un compositor, escriptor, folklorista, musicòleg i director de coral rus.

És l'autor de la cançó "Kalinka" (1860), que molts consideren erròniament una cançó popular russa.

Biografia
Ivan Petróvitx Lariónov va néixer en una família noble de Perm el .

Va estudiar música a la ciutat de Moscou. Va ser educat en el primer cos de cadets (1839-48), va cantar en el cor estudiantil, va fer progressos en el cant, i més tard es va convertir en director d'aquest cor. Després va servir com a oficial en un regiment d'infanteria. Durant el servei va escriure diversos romanços.

El 1858 es va retirar, es va instal·lar a la Gubèrnia de Saràtov i es va convertir en un recensor de música per al Full d'Informació de Saratov. A més, va viatjar molt per l'Imperi Rus, recollint cançons populars russes. En total, en va recollir prop de quatre-centes.

Més tard, Lariónov va deixar Saràtov per uns anys. En aquest període va escriure la gran òpera Bàrixnia-krestianka,  ("La senyoreta camperola"). Segons un dels seus contemporanis, "el 1875, aquesta òpera va ser interpretada diverses vegades a Sant Petersburg, a l'escenari del club d'artistes, i l'autor va ser cridat pel públic [a l'escenari]".

Ivan Petróvitx Lariónov va morir el  de càncer d'estómac.

Referències

Compositors russos del Romanticisme
Persones de Perm
Morts a Saràtov

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Texas Constitution > The Texas Constitution > Article 4 > Art. 4 sec. 3
Texas Constitution Art. 4 sec. 3 – Returns of Election; Declaration of Election; Tie Votes; Contests
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Joint session: When both chambers of a legislature adopt a concurrent resolution to meet together.
The returns of every election for said executive officers, until otherwise provided by law, shall be made out, sealed up, and transmitted by the returning officers prescribed by law, to the seat of Government, directed to the Secretary of State, who shall deliver the same to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, as soon as the Speaker shall be chosen, and the said Speaker shall, during the first week of the session of the Legislature, open and publish them in the presence of both Houses of the Legislature. The person, voted for at said election, having the highest number of votes for each of said offices respectively, and being constitutionally eligible, shall be declared by the Speaker, under sanction of the Legislature, to be elected to said office. But, if two or more persons shall have the highest and an equal number of votes for either of said offices, one of them shall be immediately chosen to such office by joint vote of both Houses of the Legislature. Contested elections for either of said offices, shall be determined by both Houses of the Legislature in joint session.
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In TRIPLE 9, a crew of dirty cops are blackmailed by the Russian mob to execute a virtually impossible heist. The only way to pull ...
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actor: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Casey Affleck, Anthony Mackie, Woody Harrelson, Aaron Paul, Kate Winslet, Gal Gadot, Norman Reedus, Teresa Palmer, Michael Kenneth Williams, Clifton Collins Jr., Michelle Ang, Terence Rosemore, Terri Abney, Alexander Babara
For the last 8 years the brothers have been living with their father on a sheep farm deep in isolated Ireland. One day their uncle ...
Actor: Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, Billy Connolly, Clifton Collins Jr., Julie Benz, Bob Marley, Brian Mahoney, David Ferry, David Della Rocco, Peter Fonda, Daniel DeSanto, Gerard Parkes, Matthew Lemche, Robert Mauriell, Judd Nelson
Blade II
A rare mutation has occurred within the vampire community. The Reaper. A vampire so consumed with an insatiable bloodlust that they prey on vampires as ...
Country: USA, Germany
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller
Actor: Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Ron Perlman, Leonor Varela, Norman Reedus, Thomas Kretschmann, Luke Goss, Matt Schulze, Danny John-Jules, Donnie Yen, Karel Roden, Marit Velle Kile, Tony Curran, Daz Crawford, Santiago Segura
The Boondock Saints
Two Irish brothers accidentally kill mafia thugs. They turn themselves in and are released as heroes. They then see it as a calling by God ...
Actor: Willem Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, David Della Rocco, Billy Connolly, David Ferry, Brian Mahoney, Bob Marley, Richard Fitzpatrick, William Young, Robert Pemberton, Bill Craig, Dot-Marie Jones, Scott Griffith, Layton Morrison
The caravan of survivors find the road blocked by smashed-up cars and the cooling water hose of Dale's truck bursts. The group decides to stop ...
Genre: Horror, Drama, Thriller
Actor: Andrew Lincoln, Jon Bernthal, Sarah Wayne Callies, Laurie Holden, Jeffrey DeMunn, Steven Yeun, Chandler Riggs, Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, Irone Singleton, Madison Lintz
The survivors have spent a difficult winter moving from place to place trying to stay clear of the walkers and constantly looking for food. Lori ...
Actor: Andrew Lincoln, Sarah Wayne Callies, Laurie Holden, Norman Reedus, Steven Yeun, Lauren Cohan, Chandler Riggs, Danai Gurira, Melissa McBride, Irone Singleton, Emily Kinney, Lew Temple, Scott Wilson, Theodus Crane, Nick Gomez
The community in the prison has grown significantly and they are slowly becoming self sufficient. They are growing vegetables and raising pigs and soon will ...
Actor: Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Steven Yeun, Lauren Cohan, Chandler Riggs, Danai Gurira, Melissa McBride, Scott Wilson, Emily Kinney, Chad L. Coleman, Sonequa Martin-Green, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Melissa Ponzio, Kerry Condon, Kyle Gallner
Rick and the others are still prisoners in the boxcar but the time of reckoning has come. They prepare to take on their captors by ...
Actor: Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Steven Yeun, Lauren Cohan, Chandler Riggs, Danai Gurira, Melissa McBride, Michael Cudlitz, Emily Kinney, Chad L. Coleman, Sonequa Martin-Green, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Josh McDermitt, Christian Serratos, Alanna Masterson
Rick and the survivors find a quarry with thousands of walkers blocked by heavy trucks, and he begins to plan how to take them far ...
Actor: Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Steven Yeun, Lauren Cohan, Chandler Riggs, Danai Gurira, Melissa McBride, Michael Cudlitz, Lennie James, Sonequa Martin-Green, Josh McDermitt, Christian Serratos, Alanna Masterson, Seth Gilliam, Alexandra Breckenridge
After torturing Rick's group, Negan kills two members and takes the shocked Rick for a ride in the van. Negan tries to show power over ...
Actor: Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Steven Yeun, Lauren Cohan, Chandler Riggs, Danai Gurira, Melissa McBride, Michael Cudlitz, Lennie James, Sonequa Martin-Green, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Josh McDermitt, Christian Serratos, Alanna Masterson, Seth Gilliam
A hard-luck limo driver struggles to go straight and pay off a debt to his bookie. He takes on a job with a crazed passenger, ...
Actor: Patrick Wilson, Ed Helms, James Badge Dale, Brooklyn Decker, Jessica Alba, Ray Liotta, David Hasselhoff, Randy Couture, Mindy Robinson, Claire Lanay, Sydney Bruso, Zach Calig, Tiffany Calig, Woody Carnahan, Norman Reedus
In the near future, breathable air is nonexistent. Virtually all of humanity has disappeared and those chosen to reestablish society reside in a controlled state ...
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller
Actor: Norman Reedus, Djimon Hounsou, Sandrine Holt, Michael Hogan, Steve Burgess, Peter Benson, Ryan Beil, Paula Lindberg, Sophie Lui, David Nykl, Darren Dolynski, Jin Sangha, Klara Rybicka, Meredith Hama-Brown, Greg Teasdale
An anthology of stories involving meth addicted white supremacists, a man looking for his kidnapped wife, and an Elvis impersonator.
Actor: Paul Walker, Matt Dillon, Brendan Fraser, Kevin Rankin, Vincent D'Onofrio, Norman Reedus, Chi McBride, Elijah Wood, DJ Qualls, Pell James, Lukas Haas, Sam Hennings, Ashlee Simpson, Michael Cudlitz, Thomas Jane
Two crew members are stranded on a spacecraft and quickly - and horrifically - realize they are not alone. Two astronauts awaken in a hyper-sleep ...
Country: UK, Germany
Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller
Actor: Dennis Quaid, Ben Foster, Cam Gigandet, Antje Traue, Cung Le, Eddie Rouse, Norman Reedus, André Hennicke, Friederike Kempter, Niels-Bruno Schmidt, Asia Luna Mohmand, Delphine Chuillot, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Julian Rappe, Domenico D'Ambrosio
Romy (Diane Kruger) is on holiday in the USA with her French husband, Richard (Gilles Lellouche). But the journey quickly turns into a settling of ...
Country: France, Germany
Actor: Diane Kruger, Norman Reedus, Gilles Lellouche, Lena Dunham, Q'orianka Kilcher, Lou Diamond Phillips, Joshua Jackson, Laurene Landon, Trevor Peterson, Arnita Swanson, Vanessa Villalovos, Daniel Polo, Andrew Bryniarski, Joseph Runningfox, Kainoa Kilcher
A disease carried by common cockroaches is killing Manhattan children. In an effort to stop the epidemic an entomologist, Susan Tyler, creates a mutant breed ...
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Actor: Mira Sorvino, Jeremy Northam, Alexander Goodwin, Giancarlo Giannini, Charles S. Dutton, Josh Brolin, Alix Koromzay, F. Murray Abraham, James Costa, Javon Barnwell, Norman Reedus, Pak-Kwong Ho, Glenn Bang, Margaret Ma, Warna Fisher
Voltron: Legendary Defender Season 1
Overwhelmed but ready for action, five aspiring space explorers learn they have the power to create Voltron, the most powerful robot in the universe.
Actor: Kimberly Brooks, Rhys Darby, Josh Keaton, Tyler Labine, Jeremy Shada, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Steven Yeun, Blake Anderson, Lacey Chabert, Jake Eberle, Emily Eiden, Keith Ferguson, Neil Kaplan, Nolan North, Norman Reedus
Hero Wanted
A man seeks out and murders the thief that left him and a bank teller for dead during a robbery, only to end up having ...
Actor: Cuba Gooding Jr., Ray Liotta, Norman Reedus, Kim Coates, Tommy Flanagan, Jean Smart, Christa Campbell, Steven Kozlowski, Gary Cairns, Sammi Hanratty, Ben Cross, Todd Jensen, Paul Sampson, Lisa Dunne, Elitsa Razheva
Floating is the story of a young man's struggle to come of age during a violent period of emotional and financial bankruptcy. The film stars ...
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Rick and his group, along with the Kingdom and Hilltop, band together to bring the fight to Negan and the Saviors. The plan involving Alexandrians, Kingdommers ...
Actor: Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, Lauren Cohan, Danai Gurira
Ride with Norman Reedus Season 2
Follows "The Walking Dead" star and motorcycle enthusiast Norman Reedus as he hits the open road to explore local biker culture and celebrate the best ...
Genre: Reality-TV
Actor: Norman Reedus
Robot Chicken Season 9
A characterized parody look at the walking dead.
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Actor: Andrew Lincoln, Jon Bernthal, Sarah Wayne Callies, Norman Reedus, Steven Yeun, Lauren Cohan, Chandler Riggs, Danai Gurira, Michael Rooker, Melissa McBride, Lennie James, Scott Wilson, Josh McDermitt, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Daniel Radcliffe
Sheriff Deputy Rick Grimes wakes up from a coma to learn the world is in ruins, and must lead a group of survivors to stay ...
Actor: Andrew Lincoln, Danai Gurira, Norman Reedus, Nadia Hilker


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Q: Retrieve the Request Headers from a page Is there a possible way to retrieve the content of request header from a page such as this:
Accept:*/*
Accept-Encoding:gzip, deflate, br
Accept-Language:en-US,en;q=0.8,id;q=0.6
Connection:keep-alive
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Host:shopee.co.id
If-None-Match:"75c23fc0e3e55d18c21158ab8a335ab4;gzip"
If-None-Match-:55b03-c56af1c195a559f1680c15f63d56f07a
Referer:https://shopee.co.id/SHARP-LED-TV-24INCH-LC24LE175ITT_sby-Area-Surabaya-i.24413460.298360054
User-Agent:Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/61.0.3163.100 Safari/537.36
X-API-SOURCE:pc
X-Requested-With:XMLHttpRequest

I want to store the value of "If-None-Match-: xxxx" in my code without having to manually do it, so for every page I open using the for loop that I have in my code, every page's "If-None-Match-: xxxx" value is saved as a variable.
I tried using
r = requests.get(url)
r.headers

But it only prints out the HTTP response header.
I was wondering if there's a way.

A: For getting the header of client side request header you need to get re.request.headers
import requests
res = requests.request('GET', "https://www.google.com")
print res.request.headers

Output
{'Connection': 'keep-alive', 'Accept-Encoding': 'gzip, deflate', 'Accept': '*/*', 'User-Agent': 'python-requests/2.13.0'}

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Giving Thought: A shout-out to those who feed the hungry
Opinion Opinion |
Tamara Tormohlen
Giving Thought
The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered an ongoing avalanche of need — for financial help, for health care, for fellowship and for food.
The Aspen-to-Parachute region has mustered an exceptional response to the huge and continuing need for food, and arguably the backbone of that effort has been the Food Bank of the Rockies. The organization procures and distributes food to hungry people in 30 Colorado counties and Wyoming as well. The Western Slope of Colorado, including the Roaring Fork Valley, is served by the organization's Palisade warehouse and office, which ramped up its distributions drastically in March, and has been hustling to help thousands in need ever since.
"This is an area that's struggling economically," said Western Slope Director Sue Ellen Rodwick. "Looking at unemployment numbers, Pitkin and Eagle counties are higher than the Colorado average. And there are people who aren't working and not getting unemployment."
Food Bank of the Rockies has long served the Roaring Fork Valley, so to understand the scale of the recent expansion, it helps to compare 2019 with 2020.
In November 2019, when few of us had heard the word "coronavirus" and food distributions occurred monthly, the Food Bank delivered 37,487 pounds of food to the upper valley. In November 2020, the mobile food pantries In Aspen and El Jebel occurred weekly (and every other week in Snowmass Village) and the figure leapt to 217,352 pounds. The week before Thanksgiving set a record.
"We've gone from serving 150 families per month to serving 758 families per week," Rodwick said.
Of course, every mobile food pantry requires at least one partner organization to accept the delivery and then give the food to the public. Rodwick added that the Food Bank is "extremely fortunate" to have partners like Aspen Family Connections and the Aspen Skiing Co.'s events team to hand out food boxes to the hundreds of families whose lives have been upended by the pandemic.
"We can do a lot more than we think we can," she said, speaking for her organization and its community partners. "New collaborative partnerships have made the seemingly impossible possible."
Of course, Food Bank of the Rockies does not cultivate or produce all of the food that it distributes. The organization purchases 10% to 15% of its food — much of it from Colorado producers of meat, dairy products, fruits and vegetables — but also depends on relationships with manufacturers that donate food, Grocery Rescue agreements with large retailers, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which ramped up its hunger relief efforts in March as part of the 2020 CARES Act.
The USDA portion of Food Bank of the Rockies' truckloads has gone from 18% to between 40% and 50% since the onset of the pandemic.
At Aspen Community Foundation, we are extremely grateful to all the individuals and organizations that have helped to execute these impressive food-relief efforts. It is remarkable, and sometimes even heroic, to see what we can do when we join hands and work together with real purpose.
Another upside of this strange chapter is the way it has leveled the playing field of our stratified society. People from all walks of life have felt the sting of this pandemic, and it has become clear just how much we all need one another.
"One silver lining that I've seen is an equalizing effect," Rodwick observed. "We have people driving up to these distributions in everything from a Lexus to a beat-up old station wagon. It's helped to reduce the stigma of needing help."
If you need help, or someone you know needs help, then Rodwick recommends the following online resources: for food near you, try foodbankrockies.org/find-food, and for various kinds of pandemic-related help, try a2pcovid.org.
Tamara Tormohlen is executive director of Aspen Community Foundation.
She Said, He Said: Don't make void the topic — married couples need to talk about sexual needs
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Jun 2019 Issue 10
Professor Martin D.F. Wong is new Dean of Engineering, CUHK
Professor Martin D.F. Wong is a pioneer in the field of Electronic Design Automation (EDA). EDA is an immensely important field that enables the design and manufacturing of high performance electronic systems. It manages the extremely rapid growth in complexity and scale of integrated circuits that can be composed of tens of billions of transistors.
A Safe, High-rate, and Long-life Organic-oxygen Battery: A New Chapter in Renewable Energy Storage
Professor Yi-Chun Lu and her team have been studying the origins of the instability of the oxygen batteries. Recently, they replaced the problematic potassium metal with an organic biphenyl anode (BpK) forming a potassium biphenyl complex-oxygen (BpK-O2) battery.
Smart Traffic Lights at Tai Tam Road (Dam Section)
Tai Tam Road (Dam Section) is a declared monument that was constructed more than a century ago. It is a major thoroughfare connecting Chai Wan and Stanley. For years, due to its narrow width of just five metres, traffic deadlock occurred when wide vehicles from both directions entered the section.
Smart Control Traffic System (STCS)
Dr. CHENG Chun Hung developed an intelligent traffic management project at Tai Tam Road (Dam Section). The STCS collects real-time traffic flow data of each side of the road and automatically allocates the optimal green signal time to reduce the waiting time.
Video courtesy of CUHK Communications and Public Relations Office
Collaboration of CUHK Faculty of Engineering and SenseTime on AI Education
The Faculty of Engineering and SenseTime Group Ltd (SenseTime) recently launched a new collaboration on Artificial Intelligence (AI) education with the signing of a collaborative agreement.
CUHK Programming Team Wins Bronze Medal in the International Collegiate Programming Contest World Finals
The programming team from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering won a bronze medal at the 43rd Annual World Finals of the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) held in Porto, Portugal last month.
CUHK Showcases Innovations at the 47th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva
Eleven CUHK Engineering projects have received two Gold Medals with Congratulations of the Jury, one Gold Medal, seven Silver Medals and the Prize of the Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation - Romania in the 47th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva.
Engineering Researchers Receive Awards from the Chinese Association of Automation
Professor HUANG Jie was honoured with the CAA Excellent PhD Thesis Supervisor Award and Dr. LIU Wei of the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering with the CAA Excellent PhD Thesis Award.
Distinguished Alumna Named One of China's Top 35 innovators by MIT Technology Review
Dr. SHI Jianping, a distinguished alumna of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, has been selected as one of China's top 35 innovators under the age of 35 by the world-leading scientific magazine, MIT Technology Review.
MAE Students Shines at Design Competition
MAE students has won the Best Design Award at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Student Design Competition 2019 (Hong Kong), and the Champion at the 8th Greater China Design Competition.
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Lori is a female given name, a variant of Laura and Lorraine.

People
 Lori Alan (born 1966), American voice actress
 Lori Alhadeff (born 1975), American activist
 Lori Balmer (born 1958), Australian singer
 Lori Berenson (born 1969), American activist
 Lori Cardille (born 1954), American actress
 Lori Douglas, Canadian judge
 Lori Dupuis (born 1972), Canadian ice hockey player
 Lori Dungey (born 1957), New Zealand actress
 Lori Ehrlich (born 1963), American politician
 Lori Foster, American romance novelist
 Lori Goldstein, American fashion designer
 Lori Greiner, American entrepreneur and television personality
 Lori Hoey
 Lori Lewis (born 1972), American singer
 Lori Lieberman, American singer-songwriter
 Lori Lightfoot, American politician
 Lori Loughlin (born 1964), American actress
 Lori McKenna, American singer and songwriter
 Lori Petty, American actress
 Lori Piestewa, American soldier
 Lori Singer, American actress
 Lori Trahan (born 1973), American politician
 Lori Wilson, American politician and lawyer

Fictional characters
 Lori, a character in the 2012 remake of Total Recall, played by Kate Beckinsale
 Lori Collins, a character in the 2012 film, Ted, played by Mila Kunis
 Lori Grimes, a character in the comic and TV series The Walking Dead, played by Sarah Wayne Callies
 Lori Quaid, a character in the 1990 film Total Recall, played by Sharon Stone
 Lori Weston, a character in the TV series Hawaii Five-0, played by Lauren German
 Lori Loud, in the TV series The Loud House
 Lori Carmichael, a character in Mary Stanton's Unicorns of Balinor book series
 Lori Milligan, a character in the film, The Final Destination
 Lori Nguyen, a character in the book TEN by Gretchen McNeil and the 2017 film adaptation Ten: Murder Island played by Raquel Castro
 Lori Jiménez, a child character in the anime series, Transformers: Cybertron

See also
 Lorrie, given name
 Laurie (given name)

Given names
Feminine given names
English feminine given names


The Imprologic Blog: Feedback, Please!
A month has passed since we released Picasa Mobile and we have well over 200 downloads. One of the most challenging things so far has been getting user feedback.
Like with any other consumer product, knowing what the user expects from it, how he/she uses it and what other features they would like are essential ingredients in creating a successful app.
So far, we have been pretty quick in responding to our users' queries, and our above average rating reflects it.
We were told that browsing through a lot of local pictures may be a problem, so we implemented a time filter.
We were asked for camera key support and we implemented it as of version 1.0.9.
We were told the some phones don't have a physical SD card (see LG-P999 G2x) and, starting with version 1.1.2, we adapted Picasa Mobile to use emulated SD cards.
But we are sure that the items above are just the tip of the iceberg. So please, send us your feedback so we can continue to improve Picasa Mobile. And rest assured that any upgrade will always be free.


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exports.default = __loadTree;

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Moms (new or veteran) often wonder if the dreamfeed is worth the effort. The current poll is asking how the dreamfeed worked for you. Come vote!
Next Post Poll Results: DID A DREAMFEED HELP BABY SLEEP LONGER THROUGH THE NIGHT?
Yes, it ended around 4. Maybe I will have to post reminders on Monday. When the post is up tomorrow, you can comment with your vote and I will update the results.
I think a day before reminder is a good idea too. I read in the morning & didn't see this until it was over.
WILL YOU BE GETTING A FLU SHOT FOR YOUR CHILD(REN) THIS YEAR?
Votes are pretty much deadlocked right now.
I will be reminding you about polls from now on (so long as I remember 🙂 ) because my friend, Serra, says she wants to vote but never thinks of it until the poll is closed and she is reading the results on her Google Reader. So here is your reminder!
I personally believe much of the vaccine drama is just 'hype' – my doctor also agreed – because, after all, flu is flu is flu. However, my friends' sister was in rotation at Primary Children's Hospital during last flu season and saw some very alarming results from the H1N1 strain in children. Here is a short article: http://universe.byu.edu/node/11012This is mostly what is making me think twice about what I will decide for my children. Just thought I'd share.
Wow…things are deadlocked for sure. It's an interesting topic. And sometimes much heated. 🙂 It's so nice to be able to research, hear testimonies, and look into it for yourself before making a decision. I personally don't think it's a moral decision as many moms make it out to be.
thanks for the reminder, I voted!


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linsheng stated that the pneumatic double diaphragm pump (AODDP) requires the correct pressure (PSI, pounds per square inch) and air (CFM, cubic feet per minute) to deliver the right amount of liquid. A typical pneumatic diaphragm curve shows the correct pressure and CFM required to provide the required flow on the discharge head.
Here are 5 questions and answers about the pneumatic double diaphragm pump.
In many pneumatic diaphragm (AOD) applications, the end user has sufficient pressure on the meter readings, but does not know the available CFM. It is equally important to have the correct amount of CFM because it is the pressure to reach the desired flow rate. Many end users may claim that their double diaphragm pump reads 100 psi, but they do not get the required GPM as promised in the flow curve.
In this case, remember that the pump pressure is required to reach the desired flow point, but the CFM determines the actual output in the GPM. The pump pressure overcomes the discharge head and the CFM determines the actual gallons pumped per minute.
CFM meters can be installed in air lines to determine the number of CFMs at a given location in the facility. Note that one BHP = 5-cfm.
Each AODD pump requires a certain amount of CFM to provide the required GPM. Correctly adjust the size of the air supply hose and water supply line to ensure that the pump is supplied with a sufficient amount of CFM.
Suppose your pneumatic pump application requires 40-cfm, pressure is 80-psm, and 100-gpm is available. You installed a 10 foot long 3/8 inch air hose and wondered why it never reached 100 gallons per minute. The maximum CFM for 3/8 inch air hoses is 30-cfm. The pump will never output 100 gallons per minute because there is not enough CFM available to the pump to achieve the required flow rate of 100 gallons per minute.
If the air supply hose is increased to 1⁄2-in and can pass 60-cfm, the required 100-gpm can be achieved. The same is true for hard pipes. By increasing the pipe from 2 inches to 2.5 inches, the CFM function is increased from 500-cfm to 2,000-cfm.
The size of the air hose and supply tubing is often neglected and not only creates problems with the pneumatic pump, but also creates problems with any pneumatic equipment.
The correct piping layout of the compressed air system is critical to achieving maximum performance of the pneumatic pump. Pneumatic pumps usually do not function properly due to poor piping design.
Remember to discharge the water and compressor oil out of the air motor of the pneumatic pump. The air supply pipe supplying the pneumatic pump should come from the inverted tee to prevent the water and compressor oil from seeping into the air motor of the air pump. Excessive water and oil in the air motor will prevent the air pump from executing and may cause the pump to stop.
If the pneumatic pump requires 50-cfm at 100-psi to pump 120-gpm, and the pump is fitted with an appropriately sized air line to pass 50-cfm but still does not provide the required 120-gpm? Further investigation revealed that the installed air conditioner reading was 100-psi, but could only pass through 25-cfm.
Due to the shortage of CFM, the pump will never provide the required GPM. The solution is to install a regulator that can reach 120-gpm with 50-cfm. This potential problem is usually overlooked when installing an air regulator to determine the rated CFM.
The main problem in this area is that typical end users will use regulators online to control pump speed (CFM), which determines the number of gallons pumped. When the pressure on the air conditioner is simultaneously increased and decreased, the CFM is increased or decreased. There is a hole inside the regulator when adjusting the pressure, which increases or decreases the speed of the pneumatic pump. When a regulator is used to control speed, it may not be possible to provide sufficient pressure to overcome the discharge head and thus achieve the flow that may be required for the application.
Remember the speed of the CFM instead of the pressure control air pump. Install the needle valve after the regulator is properly installed to achieve the desired air pump speed.
If the air pump must be operated at a constant speed regardless of the supply pressure, install the needle valve out of sight and set the desired CFM to maintain a constant speed of the air pump.
A new air motor can be preset to ensure that the air pump operates at a constant speed to avoid excessive cost of compressed air.
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Populorum Progressio (Latijn voor de Ontwikkeling der Volkeren) is de titel van de encycliek die paus Paulus VI uitvaardigde op 26 maart 1967. De encycliek was een vervolg op de encycliek Mater et Magistra van paus Johannes XXIII die op haar beurt verscheen ter gelegenheid van de zeventigste verjaardag van de encycliek Rerum Novarum van paus Leo XIII. Twintig jaar na Populorum Progressio publiceerde paus Johannes Paulus II zijn sociale encycliek, Sollicitudo Rei Socialis. Deze vier documenten vormen samen met de in juli 2009 verschenen encycliek Caritas in Veritate van paus Benedictus XVI de hoekstenen van de sociale leer van de Rooms-Katholieke Kerk.

Internationale sociale leer
De encycliek is de eerste encycliek in de geschiedenis van de Kerk die - in het bijzonder - handelt over de internationale dimensies van sociale gerechtigheid. Zoals de paus, in de inleiding stelt:

De paus zegt dat het sociale vraagstuk nu - voor het eerst in de geschiedenis - vooral een internationaal vraagstuk geworden is:

Oprichting Pauselijke Commissie Iustitia et Pax
Vooruitlopend op deze encycliek had de paus al in januari de Pauselijke Commissie Iustitia et Pax (Gerechtigheid en Vrede) opgericht. Deze Commissie had tot doel bij heel het volk Gods het volle bewustzijn te wekken van de plicht, die het in deze tijd heeft te vervullen, de plicht namelijk om de vooruitgang van de arme volken te stimuleren, de sociale rechtvaardigheid onder de volken te bevorderen en aan de minder ontwikkelde volken de hulpmiddelen te verschaffen, waardoor deze zelf hun vooruitgang kunnen verwezenlijken.

Plicht tot individuele ontplooiing en (internationale) solidariteit
De mens heeft – aldus de paus – de plicht te woekeren met zijn talenten. Hij is door God geschapen met het doel zich te ontplooien en gebruik te maken met wat hem door God is gegeven. De mens is evenwel niet alleen; het mens-zijn houdt een directe oproep in solidair te zijn met anderen, en niet met willekeurige, zelfgekozen anderen, maar met alle andere mensen. Meer in het bijzonder houdt dit volgens de Paus in dat degenen die veel bezitten, niet is toegestaan dat bezit uitsluitend aan zichzelf voor te behouden, maar dat zij verplicht zijn dit te delen met hen die behoeftig zijn. De paus pleit dus voor grotere inspanningen op het terrein van ontwikkelingshulp, maar ook voor bijvoorbeeld programma's die het analfabetisme tegen kunnen gaan.

Het probleem van de bevolkingsgroei
De paus signaleert dat in de derde wereld de bevolking vaak harder groeit dan de beschikbare middelen om in het levensonderhoud te voorzien. Hij spreekt - aarzelend - over de manieren waarop daar wat aan te doen is:

Zie ook
 Lijst van encyclieken van paus Paulus VI
 Paus Paulus VI

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Men of prayer, preaching and intelligence: Passionist participation in the Catholic Theological Society of America: A memorial essay–Father Augustine Paul Hennessy, C.P. (1914-2004)
Home / Men of prayer, preaching and intelligence: Passionist participation in the Catholic Theological Society of America: A memorial essay–Father Augustine Paul Hennessy, C.P. (1914-2004)
by Father Rob Carbonneau, C.P.
Father Augustine Paul Hennessy, C.P.
Summer is a pretty slow time for historians. School is out. Procrastination usually wins over research and writing. On the afternoon of July 15, 2002 this atmosphere was changed by an email inquiry from Professor Jeff Marlett, Ph.D., assistant professor of religious studies at The College of St. Rose, Albany, New York. He wanted to know if the Passionist Historical Archives had information on the extensive role played by Father Augustine Paul Hennessy, C.P. in the Catholic Theological Society of America (CTSA)—this for an upcoming 60th anniversary history in 2006. Quickly, I emailed him back and told him we had limited correspondence and that Father Hennessy resided, in good care, at Mont Marie Health Care facility in Holyoke, Massachusetts where he had been in a partial coma for a decade.
Invoking the historian's right to be a detective, in the Fall of 2003 I took a study day at a library and looked up past issues of the Proceedings of the Catholic Theological Society of America in order to learn more about Father Gus' participation. Plans for the CTSA began in 1945. After a series of planning meetings, an inaugural meeting was held June 25 & 26, 1946 at the Hotel Commodore, New York City. I came to understand that Fathers Hennessy and Aloysius McDonough, C.P. were prominent members in the first decades of the CTSA.
Sadly, as I was composing this newsletter essay I received word that Father Hennessy died on Holy Thursday, April 8. On April 13 I attended his funeral. This article now honors his memory. A little over a year ago I had the opportunity to visit him. He was strong. However, eyes that once sparkled at the chance to engage in a Thomistic debate were now vacant. Still, he was a witness to the passion of Jesus.
May this essay on Passionist participation in the CTSA invigorate us Passionists and friends of the Passionists to contemplate the place of the intellectual life in Passionist ministries and the Catholic Church, especially in the United States. Unless otherwise noted, all individuals cited below are Passionist priests.
Augustine Paul Hennessy
Augustine Paul Hennessy was proposed to be the CTSA secretary in 1947. In 1948 Hennessy was appointed to the Committee on Nominations and Admissions. In 1950 Joseph M. O'Leary of Chicago, Illinois was appointed to the Committee on the Cardinal Spellman Award. Hennessy filled in for O'Leary in 1950 and 1951 so the latter could complete a study year in Rome. In 1953 and 1954, and 1956 and 1957 Hennessy was on the Board of Directors. In 1955 he was President of the CTSA and Chair of the Committee on the Cardinal Spellman Award. He remained on this committee in 1956 and 1957.
Hennessy celebrated his 90th birthday on March 11, 2004. A native son of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was the son of John P. Hennessy and Kathryn Campbell. High school was at St. Joseph's, Hanover, Pennsylvania and West Philadelphia Catholic where he graduated in 1931. From 1932 till 1933 he was at the Passionists' Holy Cross Seminary, Dunkirk, New York. His novitiate was 1933 till 1934 in West Springfield, Massachusetts. He professed his Passionist vows on August 15, 1934 and was ordained a priest on May 1, 1941.
He went on to The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. and received a STD and STL. From 1959 till 1962 Hennessy was Rector of the Minor Seminary, Dunkirk, New York; 1962 till 1965 Master of Passionist novices, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; 1965 till 1967 Rector of Calvary Monastery, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts; 1967 till 1975 Editor of The Sign, Union City, New Jersey; 1975 till 1978 in residence at Jamaica, New York; 1978 till 1990 retired at West Springfield; 1990 until 2004 at Holyoke, Massachusetts.
Hennessy's 1955 presidential address to the CTSA was published in the 1956 Proceedings. Entitled "Charity and the Pursuit of Wisdom" it was divided into four parts: 1. By Charity We Possess God as Really and Substantially as we shall possess Him in the life of eternity. 2. Charity is a real participation in the Intratrinitarian life of God. This is a life of knowledge and love. 3. Through Charity the spirit of love substitutes the filial spirit of Christ in us for the spirit of egotism. 4. Charity produces an affective union with divine realities and this affective union is virtually cognitive, even though it be supraconceptual mystical experience. Hennessy's conclusion: Charity is the dynamic unitive force behind theology in all its functions.
Passionist office holders in the CTSA
Father Aloysius McDonough, C.P.
Aloysius McDonough
Aloysius McDonough was a work horse for the CTSA. He was named to the Committee on Research and Publications in 1946 and reappointed to the same in 1947. Sources show he held the post of secretary from 1949 until 1959.
McDonough was born November 6, 1902 in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He was educated at St. Peter's School. In 1916 he went to the Passionist Preparatory Seminary, Baltimore, Maryland. He professed his vows on September 20, 1921 and was ordained on June 2, 1928. He obtained a doctorate in theology from the Angelicum in 1930. From 1930 until 1945 he was professor of dogmatic theology in the Passionist Seminary system. From 1945 until 1948 he was director of sacred eloquence in Baltimore, Maryland. He then took on editorship of the question and answer column "Sign Post" in The Signuntil 1959. He was also province prefect of studies from 1955 until 1965. In the mid-1960s he became editor of the Passionist magazine Verbum Crucis. He wrote articles in a number of popular journals. For the last eighteen years of his life sickness was his companion. In 1962 he died a member of the Jamaica, New York community.
In 1962, he and retiring CTSA treasurer Monsignor James E. Rea were both praised for "their intrepid devotion over a period of fifteen years to the welfare of the Society, of high admiration at their sheer slavery of the plain routine of ordinary tasks, of deep gratitude for their continuous and cohesive influence in directing the affairs of the Society and providing, with characteristic and apostolic zeal, for its cause, which is that of Christ and His Church."
Kudos continued: "Father Aloysius McDonough, Passionist, has served the Society nobly and well as its secretary from the time of its foundation fifteen years ago. Distinguished scholar and author in his own right, he yet found time to pursue the elusive minutiae involved in keeping the Society together and informed, working steadily the while for its progress and development. Ever the expansive host at our annual meetings, by deft efficiency he absorbed in his own genial personality the burden of routine and detail, pared the business meetings to manageable size, instructed presidents in their duties of office, and generally provided unobtrusive skill for a well ordered and smooth functioning administrative unit."
McDonough was on the Committee on Admissions from 1952 till 1956 and Advertising Manager for Proceedings in 1952 and 1953 and 1956 till 1962. Theodore Foley held that post in 1954 and 1955. In 1953 McDonough was part of the Committee for revision of the Constitutions. Evidently all this service was appreciated, because when his secretarial service ended in 1959 he was asked, that same year, to be on a Committee to review the work and structure of the CTSA. From 1961 till 1962 he was president of the CTSA; on the Board of Directors from 1961 through 1963; Chair of the Committee on the Cardinal Spellman Award in 1961 and a member of that committee in 1962 and 1963. That same year he filled in again as Advertising Manager upon the resignation of Father Thomas Dolan, O.P.
McDonough's 1961 CTSA presidential address, published in the 1962 Proceedings, was "The Professional Theologian—An Instrumental Cause in the Ecclesia Docens." He ended his talk with this thought. "The theologian is less concerned about IQ, than about a normal telepathy between his own spirit and the Holy Spirit, upon the development of the graces of a lifetime—the graces of Baptism, Confirmation, Holy Orders. In harmony with the successors to the Apostles, the theological auxiliaries of the Ecclesia Docens [Church teaching office] are intent upon the more influential presentation of the Word of God, the more devout celebration of the Eucharistic sacrifice, the more fruitful reception of the sacraments. That unearthly objective, and theology as a means thereunto, are the reasons for existence of The Catholic Theological Society of America."
Other Passionist officers
Other Passionist officers were George J. Staniszewski on the Committee on Admissions in 1954. In 1956 he resigned as a member of the CTSA Regional Committee. Theodore Foley was Advertising Manager of Proceedings in 1954 and 1955. In 1959 Forrest J. Macken was a member of the Board of Directors. On the Committee on Admissions were John Baptist Pesce, 1956; Norman Demeck, 1959; Robert O'Hara, 1961, and Paul Boyle, 1962. Bertin Farrell was on the Committee of Nominations in 1963. Jude Mead was on that same committee in 1964. After 1965 no Passionists are CTSA officers.
Passionists' participation in the CTSA is continuous from its beginning in 1946 till the years immediately following the end of the Second Vatican Council in 1965. By the mid-1970s both United States Passionist regions had reconfigured their internal seminary programs so that seminarians no longer studied theology in Passionist monasteries. Instead, east coast students were at St. John's University Graduate School of Theology, Jamaica, New York, and the western province sent their students to Catholic Theological Union (CTU), Chicago, Illinois. The demise of the Passionist educational system corresponds directly to the decrease of Passionist membership in the CTSA after 1965. Given this context, it is of interest to see which Passionists were in the CTSA.
1946 charter members were Theodore Foley, Passionist Monastery Jamaica; Augustine Paul Hennessy of The Sign, Union City; Roland Joseph Hoffman, St. Michael's Monastery, Union City; and Aloysius McDonough, St. Joseph's Monastery, Baltimore, Maryland. In 1947 Joseph M. O'Leary, North Harlem Avenue, Chicago, Illinois joined. Bertin Farrell of Jamaica joined in 1948. New members in 1949 were Valentine Leitsch, St. Paul Place, Cincinnati, Ohio and Neil Sharkey from Union City. 1949 CTSA Proceedings show 8 Passionist members out of a total membership of 156 religious. Passionists were 1 of 31 religious communities. 75 diocesan priests came from 29 archdioceses and dioceses. New members in 1950 were John Devany, Louisville, Kentucky; Charles Lang, Jamaica; and Gregory J. Staniszewski, Chicago. Berchmans Lanagan, Jamaica, joined in 1951. Forrest J. Macken of Louisville paid his first dues in 1952. Kevin McCloskey and John Baptist Pesce, both in Baltimore, joined in 1953.
Passionists present at the 8th annual meeting in 1953 were Devany, Louisville; Farrell, Jamaica; Foley, Scranton; Hennessy, Dunkirk, McCloskey, Baltimore; McDonough, Jamaica; Macken, Louisville; Pesce, Baltimore and Staniszewski, Chicago. In 1954 Silvan Rouse, Baltimore joined and seven went to the 9th annual meeting.
By 1955 overall CTSA membership was over 500 members. That year Bishop O'Gara, expelled from Yuanling, China in 1953, became a new member as did Raymond J. Foerster, Nicholas Gill, Richard Kugelman and Columba J. Moore—all of Union City—and Robert O'Hara, of Pittsburgh, Peter Quinn of Jamaica, and from Brighton, Massachusetts, Cronan Regan and Gerard Rooney.
Eight Passionists were at the 10th Annual Meeting in 1955. Norman Demeck, Dunkirk; Paul Dignan, Union City; and John Baptist Pechulis, Chicago were new members in 1956 and eight Passionists attended the 11th annual Cleveland Meeting. Charles Frederick Lang C.P. died in 1956.
Passionists accepted as new members in 1957 were Aquinas McGurk in Brighton as well as Barry Rankin and Carroll Stuhlmueller in Chicago. Present at the 12th Annual Meeting were Norman Demeck, Dunkirk; Aloysius McDonough, Jamaica; Aquinas McGurk, Brighton; Forrest J. Macken, Louisville; John Baptist Pechulis, Chicago; Cronan Regan, Brighton; Silvan Rouse, Jamaica.
CTSA membership in 1957 was 686. Proceedings lists active Passionists as Bishop O'Gara, [Union City]; Silvan Brennan, Baltimore; Norman Demeck, Jamaica; John Devany, Sierra Madre, California; Paul J. Dignan, Union City; Bertin Farrell, Scranton, Pennsylvania; Raymond Foerster, Union City; Theodore Foley, Pittsburgh; Nicholas Gill, Union City; Augustine P. Hennessy, West Hartford, Connecticut; Richard Kugelman, Union City; Berchmans Lanagan, Brighton; Valentine Leitsch, Detroit, Michigan; Fintan J. Lombard, Rome; Kevin McCloskey, Brighton; Aloysius McDonough, Sign; Aquinas McGurk, Brighton; Forrest Macken, Louisville; Columba J. Moore, Union City; Robert O'Hara, Pittsburgh; Joseph O'Leary, Chicago; John Baptist Pechulis, Chicago; John Baptist Pesce, Dunkirk; Peter Quinn, Jamaica; Barry Rankin, Chicago; Cronan Regan, West Hartford; Gerard Rooney, Sign, Silvan Rouse, Baltimore; Neil Sharkey, Brighton; Gregory Staniszewski, Houston, Texas, and Carroll Stuhlmueller, Chicago.
New 1958 members included were Paul M. Boyle and Eugene Peterman, Louisville. Eight Passionists were at the 13th Annual Meeting. 1959 members totaled 754. New among them was Columkille Regan, West Springfield.
Passionist membership does not appear to be as pronounced as we move into the 1960s. As mentioned previously, this coincides with the Passionist participation in theological clusters, and may be in part due to less detailed reporting procedures in the Proceedings. Inducted in June 1961 were Norbert Leonard Dorsey, Jude Mead, and Wilfred John Scanlon. There were 968 members in 1962 which included associate members Sebastian K. MacDonald and Jerome F. McKenna, C.P. Later, the 1964 19th Annual Convention reported the death of Valentine Leitsch and approved active membership for Victor J. Hoagland and Martin Tooker. CTSA member Theodore Foley was elected Passionist Superior General in Rome. The 20th Convention approved John W. Cousins. The 1967 22nd Annual Convention Active announced Roger Elliot to be an associate member. The 23rd Convention in 1968 accepted Robert Molyneaux as an active member and Richard A. Cashen as an Associate Member. At the 24th Annual Convention in 1969 Nicholas Crotty was accepted as an active member and Paul I. Bechtold as an associate member.
The 1970 report lists Donald P. Senior, and Paul E. Schrodt was announced as a member in 1971. Joseph Gibbons and Eric C. Meyer became members in 1972. No new Passionists joined from 1975 until 1982.
In 1983 we see Eric C. Meyer report his change of address to Carbondale, Illinois and Norbert Dorsey change his address to Miami, Florida. In 1989 CTU faculty member Paul Wadell is listed as a member. As was the practice CTSA reported his academic pedigree. Wadell was a 1985 Notre Dame Ph.D. graduate who wrote his dissertation on An Interpretation of Aquinas' Treatise on the Passions, Virtues, and Gifts from the Perspective of Charity as Friendship with God. His interests were in Moral Theology—Feminist and American Ethics. That same year, W. Jerome Bracken, living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania switched from an associate member to an active member. His Fordham Ph.D. was on Why Suffering in Redemption: A New Interpretation of the Theology of the Passion in the Summa Theologica 3, 46-49. Moral Theology was his area of concern. Robin Ryan joined as associate member as he pursued graduate studies at The Catholic University of America and resided at Divine Word College, Washington, D.C. In 1990 Bracken reported his change of address to Jamaica, New York and Joseph A. Fahey, of the Apostolado Hispano in Atlanta became a member. He had a Harvard Th.D. His topic was The Antislavery Thought of José Augustino Caballero, Juan José Diaz, and Felix Varela, in Cuba, 1791-1823. His areas of interest were Applied Theology and Latin American Liberation Theology.
In 1991 Norbert Dorsey reported his change of address to be the Bishop of Orlando, Florida and Canadian Stephen Dunn became a member. He had obtained his STD in 1972 from the Alphonsianum. His dissertation was on Human and Christian Morality: A Study of the Principle of Autonomy. Areas of concern were Foundational Ethics, Ecological Ethics, Ethics and Spirituality. In 1993 Robin Ryan became an active member. He had completed his CUA Ph.D. the same year. His subject was The Quest for the Unity of the Christian Churches: A Study of Karl Rahner's Writings on Christian Ecumenism. Areas of interest were Theology of God, Theological Anthropology, and Rahner Studies.
In 1974 I was taking my family on a whirlwind tour of New York City. Required was a ride on the Staten Island ferry. Augustine Paul Hennessy happened to be on that same boat on the way to preach a parish appeal for Sign magazine. I said hello. He proved to be engaging as he spoke to me and my family. At that time I did not know the range and depth of his character. How prayer, preaching, and intelligence consumed his life! The long life and gospel service of Augustine Paul Hennessy offers all Passionists, those lay people involved in ministry, and all people of faith to ask for such facets—prayer, preaching and intelligence—to shine through in our daily life.


Many of us have never run a marathon and never will. Wrapping my head around the concept of finishing a marathon, let alone doing it in two hours, is almost unfathomable. Ed Caesar tackles this concept in Two Hours: The Quest to Run the Impossible Marathon. The two-hour marathon is something now obtainable according to scientists and is a goal for the elite marathoners of the world, who Caesar chronicles as they go through training for several races around the world each year.
Caesar talks about the world of marathon running and how preparation has changed over time as record times have slowly come down and the two hour barrier, once thought to be unobtainable, has approached like a runner approaching the finish line after a long race. The book talks about those advances from both the scientific perspective as well as ground truth, capturing the stories of runners and the advances in everything from clothing the runners wear to the training they participate in as part of the ritual.
The book reads well and provides those who are into running a nice background into the advances of the sport. It likely will not get you inspired to go out and run in New York, Philadelphia, or any other marathon any time soon. However, Caesar smartly advocates how running is one of the few sports where rich and poor can come together and run the same race and how those from dire economic circumstances can rise to the top of their sport. Even if you have no desire to lace up your sneakers and run, if you're interested in how the human body can adapt and how we can continue to break records in a sport, it's worth your time and effort to read Two Hours.


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World News /05 Nov 2015
James Parisot 11.05.15
The BRICS and American Global Power
China's rise has shaken up the global order. As East Asian governments, along with the United States, remain unable to develop a mutual security agreement over disputed islands, and the US pushes the Trans-Pacific Partnership to the exclusion of China as an alternative to the stagnating World Trade Organization, East Asia is riven with tensions. How to make sense of these developments in light of the larger potential challenge of China and rising powers for the United States?
On one hand, China continues to deepen its relations with Africa, replacing the Washington Consensus with Angola Model, based on commodity backed loans to obtain precious resources, especially oil, to fuel China's party-led developmental state. China's relations with Latin America also continue to deepen as China, for example, became Brazil's largest trading partner in 2009 and relations between China and Latin American states expand including developing a 'strategic alliance' with Argentina including Chinese investment in Argentina and naval cooperation. Russia-China relations have also grown closer as, in 2014, the two powers signed a thirty-year, $400 billion gas deal. And in May, 2015, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping issued a deceleration of cooperation between the EEU and China's plan for a Silk Road Economic Belt. Overall, this is part of China's 'one belt, one road' initiative as, among other things, India and Pakistan are set to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization next year.
On the other hand, the US appears relatively strong in its position of global dominance. Defense and defense related spending is estimated to be $841 billion for this year, about 34 percent of the world's military spending. And the US spends about 30 percent of global research and development spending a comparable amount to Asia as a whole at 34 percent. And in 2014 the American gross domestic product was over $17.419 billion, above China's $10.360 billion as the US significantly remains the world's largest economy. These figures suggest that, while a relative decline in American power may have occurred in the last half century, overall we still live in, in many respects, an American-centered global capitalism.
Meanwhile, the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) continue to hold yearly meetings and appear to be constructing an institutional network through and against American hegemony.
At the 2015 Ufa, Russia BRICS conference, China pledged $41 billion for a BRICS currency pool contingency reserve (with Russia, Brazil, and India giving $18 billion, and South Africa $5 billion) as a step towards creating currency exchange relations against the dollar. And the launching of the BRICS development bank may provide an alternative to the continued dominance of the US and the West over the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and UN developmental assistance system.
But tensions between the BRICS are also not without conflict. Brazil, for one, is well aware that China is pushing towards a potential relation of neocolonialism as it produces primary commodities such as soybeans for the Chinese market. To counter this, from 1992 to 2008, Brazil pursued 43 anti-dumping measures against China, along with 10 in 2013 and 16 in 2014. Tensions between China and India also continue, although economic relations continue to deepen. In 2014, for example, a two-week long standoff occurred over disputed border territory. India is also critical of China's support for military and development projects in Pakistan, China's increased presence in the Indian Ocean, and Chinese rule in Tibet, among other issues.
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While India continues to have an interest in working to give historically underdeveloped and western dominated countries a higher position in the global hierarchy, it does so, in many regards, within the American space of power as US-India relations have become closer since the early 1990s. The two countries continue to hold yearly strategic dialogues to cooperate on issues of security, trade, education, science, and energy. And June 2015 was the decade anniversary of the US-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative, as the US has continued to support India's use of nuclear technology as Obama and Modi make progress over making a deal that would make it easier for American companies to sell nuclear technologies to India. And trade between the two countries has increased five times over the past decade. Overall, then, India's entry into global neoliberalism has been one of increasingly embracing American leadership.
For South Africa, the smallest BRICs country, participation in changing the norms of international power comes along with an increased emphasis on state led development. In the wake of neoliberalism's path, more recently the country has embraced a developmental state model under 'The New Growth Path.' The New Growth Path plan aims to create five million jobs by 2020, much in part through state directed development such as state investment in infrastructure and construction. South Africa's participation in the BRICs coincides with increased ties with China, the country's largest trading partner, and increased Chinese investment in South Africa. Since formal diplomacy between the two states began in 1998, relations have continued to grow, signified in the 'Beijing Deceleration' of 2010, signed by both presidents. Overall, for South Africa, participation in the BRICs and other organizations, such as the G20 provides a way to slightly modify the rules of the international system and carve out a more independent space in the global economy.
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But the ability of the BRICS to challenge the West may be slowing down. Much of the recent growth of rising powers was due to a global commodity boom from 2004 to 2013, driven by energy consumption growing by almost 60 percent in the period, the general prices of world resources increased four times. States such as Russia and Brazil greatly benefited from this, as their economies rely on the production and export of, in Brazil's case, primary commodities such as soybeans, and in Russia's case, especially oil and gas.
Growth within China, expected to be under 7 percent this year, is also reflective of the structural problems of the Chinese economy, most significantly dependence on exports to foreign markets and continual overinvestment in construction and infrastructure domestically to prop up the economy, as was the case with China's $585 billion stimulus following the Great Recession. But China's growth path was built upon relatively well educated cheap labor and a dramatic increase in wages and a move away from export dependence which would mean a massive reconfiguration of class relations in China. The Chinese party-state is not willing to let this happen, at least within strict limits.
Additionally, China's increased political assertiveness is also increasing nationalist tensions throughout the region, making any dream of Chinese hegemony in East Asia appears increasingly impossible, particularly as tensions over East and Southeast Asian islands pull countries such as the Philippines closer to the Americans. China's increased assertiveness may, in the long run, alienate East Asian powers that have historically had close ties to the US, such as Japan and South Korea, and continue to exacerbate nationalist rivalries within the region.
Overall, then, while we have moved into an increasingly multipolar world, and will continue to, the rise of China and the rest of the BRICS seems to be one as much incorporated into American hegemony as against it, and as China's economic growth relatively slows, the ability of China to translate economic might into political will may increasingly become challenged, particularly as states throughout East Asia look to US political leadership to sustain regional security and stability. If, then, American power is in decline, it is not a sudden collapse so much as a slow crawl that will likely unravel over decades, not years.


The right interior paint means everything, but the color is only one thing to consider. Paint sheen is the glossiness of a paint finish and there are three sheen levels– Flat, Gloss and Semi-Gloss, but Matte, Eggshell, and Satin sheens are in between those.
There are a variety of both functional and design-related reasons behind the sheen level you choose. The sheen will affect the perception of your paint color because paint sheen reflects light differently from the surface of the paint when it dries. The paint sheen choice you make also has a significant impact on appearance and function. Paint colors with a higher sheen level will appear brighter and richer than the same color with a lower sheen level of paint.
For darker and richer paint colors, the lower the sheen level, the better. A high-gloss sheen on a darker color will create a super shiny effect, which will not look appealing. It's not the same all around – for lighter paints, the higher the sheen level, the more imperfections will show.
A flat sheen is muted and is typically made with a lot of pigment. This sheen not only hides the primer really well, it will definitely conceal imperfections better than any other sheen level. Flat paints are usually used for walls and ceilings, as it's easier to touch up should they get dinged or scratched. It's also non-reflective, so when it's applied it will help make uneven surfaces look smoother. This sheen is usually the best choice for rooms without threat of water or humidity.
Semi-gloss paint represents the best of both sheens. This sheen is not as highly reflective as gloss paint and won't show imperfections as much; yet still offers good stain resistance and is easy to clean. A semi-gloss paint is best used on bathroom ceilings where there is high moisture, in kitchens where there is smoke and grease, and on trim and doors that catch dirt and grime. This type of sheen can also be used for windows and doors, trim, and even cabinets. It's quite popular for various other spaces, like in children's bedrooms and playrooms.
Paints with gloss or high gloss sheen are very reflective, and they tend to highlight imperfections in walls and woodwork. This type of paint is stain-resistant and is much easier to clean than paints with less gloss. Glossed finishes are perfect for windows and trim, children's rooms, and playrooms. Because of their durability, they have better resistance to mold and mildew for use in bathrooms, kitchens, and laundry rooms.
The sheen level you choose for your painting project can have a great impact on the overall look and feel of your result. Light, color, and sheen all combine to create your room's overall feeling. Remember that adding more sheen also adds to the cost of the paint – usually an extra dollar or two per gallon. When looking for paint for your next project, give sheen level some careful consideration.
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World Middle East 11 Dec 2016 ISIS terrorists re-e ...
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ISIS terrorists re-enter Palmyra, fighting on with Syrian army
AFP | DECCAN CHRONICLE
Published Dec 11, 2016, 8:06 am IST
Updated Dec 11, 2016, 8:07 am IST
In September 2015, Islamic State fighters destroyed two of the most important temples in the UNESCO-listed Syrian city of Palmyra. (Photo: AFP)
Beirut (Lebanon): Jihadist fighters of the Islamic State group on Saturday re-entered Syria's famed ancient desert city of Palmyra from which they were driven out eight months ago, a monitor said.
"IS entered Palmyra on Saturday and now occupies its northwest. There is also fighting with the army in the city centre," said Rami Abdel Rahman of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The jihadists began an offensive in recent days near the town which is on UNESCO's world heritage list.
In May last year, IS seized several towns in Homs province including Palmyra, where they caused extensive damage to many of its ancient sites.
They were ousted from Palmyra in March by Syrian regime forces backed by Russia.
Meanwhile, the Turkish army and its allies entered the Islamic State group's bastion of Al-Bab in northern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
"They entered Al-Bab from the northwest after violent clashes with the jihadists as Turkish artillery bombarded the town," the Observatory's Rami Abdel Rahman said.
Heavy fighting was ongoing late Saturday in the town near the Turkish border, he said, which has been under IS control since 2014.
Al-Bab is the last bastion IS has in northern Aleppo province.
In August, Turkish troops entered northern Syria in an unprecedented operation Ankara said targeted both IS and Kurdish fighters.
Turkish media said on Friday it was sending 300 commandos to reinforce its military campaign inside Syria.
The offensive comes as a US-backed Arab-Kurdish alliance presses an offensive on IS's de facto Syrian capital of Raqa southeast of Al-Bab.
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The museum's historic fire apparatus and displays of artifacts and photographs reflect the evolution of firefighting technology from the bucket brigades to steam powered fire engines. Artifacts displayed from the museum's collections, as well as items loaned from the collections of the Nevada Historical Society, Nevada State Museum and Warren Engine Company No. 1 in Carson City, include the colorful uniform shirts, ornate leather belts and leather helmets worn by firefighters in Virginia City, Gold Hill and other Nevada communities. And, several of the historic fire apparatus on display have also had parts in such movies as In Old Chicago (1937), the Santa Fe Trail (1940), The Harvey Girls (1946), The Man Behind The Gun (1953), Hangover Square (1946) and The Richest Place on Earth (1978).
The museum also features a collection of antique cast iron and other fire toys donated by the late Chris Tyndall, the last fire chief of the Stewart Indian School (1890-1980) Fire Department in Carson City. The first superintendent of the school was W.D.C. Gibson, who also served as chief of the Gold Hill Fire Department in 1867 and 1869. Gibson's chief's helmet shield is among some of the artifacts also displayed in the museum from the collections of the Nevada Historical Society, Nevada State Museum and Warren Engine Company No. 1.
A portion of the extensive William R. Black Collection, donated by the Harmon Family of Reno, is displayed and features tools, emergency lights and sirens, uniform insignia, carbon tetrachloride and other types of fire extinguishers, nozzles and nozzle tips, hose adaptors and fittings and other equipment the late Mr. Black sold to fire departments and businesses throughout Northern Nevada from his Reno-based Nevada Fire Extinguisher Service.
William R. Black (1900-1983) owned and operated the Nevada Fire Extinguisher Service on Plumas Street in Reno from 1925-1971, serving the fire protection needs of homes, commercial entities and fire departments in Nevada and Northern California. At one time Mr. Black developed his own brick construction business in Reno, and following service in the Army in World War I, served four years as a CWA engineer, and later as an assistant engineer at the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Mill Camp at Battle Mountain, NV, while also running his Nevada Fire Extinguisher Service. In 1936 he developed the business into a full-scale operation for local volunteer and career fire departments and industrial fire brigades with offices and a small warehouse at his Plumas Street address. Mr. Black was active in the community serving as secretary of the Nevada Selective Service Appeal Board, as a member of the Civil Defense Board, and a member of the American Legion, Kerak Shrine, Lions Club, Masonic Temple and Elks Lodge.


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A large fine Chinese Ming Dynasty Gilt-Bronze Buddha with " Dia Ming Yungle " ( Yongle Period 1403-1424 ) marks. The Buddha is in the vajrasana sitting position with his left hand displaying the dhyana mudra gesture ( gesture of meditation ) and the right hand the vitarka mudra gesture ( gesture of argumentation ). The Buddha is well marked and stands 40 cm high or 15 1/2" and is in excellent condition.


Higher levels of physical activity and motor abilities were independently associated with better cognition in older adults, even when brain lesions or biomarkers linked to dementia were present, a post-mortem study showed.
The study also showed no evidence that a more active lifestyle or better motor abilities modified associations between dementia pathologies and cognitive function, suggesting the cognitive reserve associated with activity may be unrelated to them, Aron Buchman, MD, of the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, and colleagues wrote in Neurology.
"Physical activity may provide cognitive reserve to maintain function independent of accumulating brain pathologies," Buchman told MedPage Today.
"Similar findings have been reported for late-life cognitive activities," he added. "Together, these suggest that even in the absence of treatment for Alzheimer's disease and related disorders, a more active lifestyle including physical and cognitive activities may help maintain cognition in older adults."
Numerous observational studies have supported an association between physical exercise and reduced cognitive decline, but the mechanisms remain unknown, noted James Mortimer, PhD, of the University of South Florida in Tampa, and Yaakov Stern, PhD, of Columbia University in New York, in an accompanying editorial.
"The results of randomized trials of physical exercise suggest that exercise leads to increases in brain tissue, including in the hippocampus, where atrophy is an early and important finding in Alzheimer's disease," they wrote. One trial showed aerobic exercise led to increased levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and increased hippocampal volume; other studies suggested higher BDNF gene expression may help slow cognitive decline. "Alternatively, physical exercise itself might reduce brain pathology," Mortimer and Stern added: mouse models have shown that higher physical activity levels reduce Alzheimer's pathology accumulation.
The study drew on data from the Rush Memory and Aging Project, a community-based cohort of older adults who agreed to annual detailed clinical examination and brain donation at the time of death. The analysis included 454 participants with an average age at death of 91; 73% were female. A total of 191 participants had been diagnosed with dementia and 263 with no dementia.
The researchers incorporated 10 supervised motor performance tests to determine a global motor ability score and relied on continuous multi-day accelerometer recordings to monitor physical activity. Activity results were collected about 2 years before death and were measured in counts/day. The overall average was 156,000 counts/day, with participants without dementia averaging 180,000 counts/day, and people with dementia averaging 130,000 counts/day.
On average, participants had three different brain pathologies, with one or more pathologies observed in nearly all cases.
Buchman and colleagues performed regression analyses to "examine whether motor abilities or the quantity of daily physical activity attenuates the association of indices of AD pathology with the level of cognitive function proximate to death," they wrote. Higher levels of total daily activity (estimate 0.148 ± 0.049, 95% CI 0.053–0.0.244, P=0.003) and better motor abilities (estimate 0.283 ± 0.055, 95% CI 0.175–0.390, P<0.001) both were independently associated with better global cognition proximate to death. These independent associations remained significant when interaction terms for Alzheimer's disease and other pathologies were added.
Each standard deviation increase of total daily activity or motor capacity was associated with a reduction of dementia risk (total daily activity 31%; motor abilities 55%). These associations were additive, as the association of total daily physical activity with cognition did not vary with motor abilities.
"These data provide support for the idea that strategies or behaviors that lead to a more active lifestyle and better motor abilities may provide cognitive reserve, which may maintain cognitive function in older adults despite the accumulation of Alzheimer's disease and other common brain pathologies," the researchers wrote. "Further work is needed to clarify to what extent the risk factors and the types and duration of interventions to increase total daily physical activity and motor abilities are distinct and can be disentangled."
The authors noted several limitations to their research: the data were cross-sectional and causal inferences cannot be drawn. It's possible some of the association resulted from reverse causality (that lower cognitive function led to less activity). Accelerometers used in the study did not differentiate between various physical activities (such as steps vs arm movements) And the researchers assessed activity only at one point later in life; whether physical activity in early life may have played a role is unknown.
The study was supported by the National Institutes of Health, the Illinois Department of Public Health, and the Robert C. Borwell Endowment Fund.
Buchman reported no disclosures relevant to the manuscript. Other researchers reported relationships with Grifols, Lilly, Genentech, the Michael J. Fox Foundation, and the National Hockey League.
The editorialists reported no relationships.
Source Reference: Buchman A, et al "Physical activity, common brain pathologies, and cognition in community-dwelling older adults" Neurology 2019; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000006954.
Source Reference: Mortimer J, Stern Y "Physical exercise and activity may be important in reducing dementia risk at any age" Neurology 2019; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000006935.