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What to expect from the week ahead in Asia?
Posted on March 21, 2017 by martinlowepp in Asian Cup 2019 Qualifiers, World Cup 2018 Qualifiers // 1 Comment
After a lengthy 4 month winter break, World Cup qualification returns to Asia this week, as we continue in the final round along the Road for Russia. The first half of WCQ Round 3 was enthralling, a welcome change from some of the quite one-sided encounters of Round 2. There were a few shocks to start us off, but in the main the regulars in terms of World Cup qualification are there or thereabouts, in place to put themselves a clear distance from the rest of the field over the coming week.
Of the 12 matches taking place this coming Thursday and Tuesday, none pit any of the top 3 nations from either group against one another. Subsequently this could be the round we effectively say goodbye to half of the field, as we knuckle down to the final strides towards automatic qualification and the tumultuous playoff stage, no one is really looking at as an acceptable avenue at this point.
Alongside the return of elite Asian national football in World Cup qualification, comes the resumption of Asian Cup qualification, remember that? The one we started two years ago, and haven't seen in any action for nearly 12 months,? That one. While there may have been a lack of competitive action for those involved (aside from those who qualified via the playoffs or inadvertently through the Solidarity Cup in the Autumn), the new qualification format on the whole is trundling along quite nicely, evident by an interesting Round 3 group stage draw which offers up a number of intriguing questions as the field narrows down ahead of UAE-2019.
The week looks set to be competitive at the very least, with the vast majority of Asia taking part in some sort of competitive game-play against similarly ranked nations, something we've rarely had the opportunity to witness in the past, so we should give the AFC some credit. With so much to pick from, here's a selection of the areas of interest to look out for over the coming 7 days.
Confederations Cup looms, but Australia need to return to winning ways
Rewind some 9 months, and Australia were seemingly strolling through to a third successive World Cup since joining the Asian confederation. But then came the draws, that have left a tinge of doubt hanging over whether the continental champions of 2 years ago can repeat their continual feat and automatically qualify for Russia. The draws in themselves, in isolation are far from terrible results; a 2-2 draw away in Jeddah against an inform Saudi Arabia, was followed by a 1-1 draw at home to Japan, before an emotionally tinged 2-2 draw in Thailand against a team who upped their game in the wake of mourning over the death of their monarch.
The fact is however, three draws in succession hasn't helped their qualification cause, dropping them to third in the leaderboard, back into the mix of a competitive top 4 group that are now separated by only one point. Australia, like no other know the pitfalls of having to negotiate the intercontinental playoffs, something that was a necessity back in their OFC days, so to finish 3rd this time around and potentially face up to the likes of the United States in the World Cup shootout isn't a prospect Ange Postecoglou will be relishing at present.
The once assumed, still expected World Cup qualification campaign is now to be precariously played out either side of Australia's trip to Russia for the Confederations Cup this summer, a competition Postecoglou would've hoped to have been played out with the Socceroos having one foot in the World Cup the following summer. Any dropped points this week against Iraq (in Tehran) and UAE (back in Sydney) will put greater pressure on their squad going into June, given they'll host leaders Saudi Arabia days before they head off to Europe.
One of the most tactically flexible coaches in Asia, Postecoglou has made tweaks to the system and personnel throughout, and March looks no different. A couple of new faces have been brought in; right back Rhyan Grant has been one of the standout players in Sydney FC's record breaking season, while Riley McGree will inject youth and unpredictability into the squad. There are also a couple of notable returns; with James Troisi returning to national team duty for the first time in over a year, conveniently timed to replace the injured Tom Rogic at the tip of the midfield diamond, while Perth Glory's Rhys Williams is recalled to potentially play a part in an experimental back three.
One area that hasn't been messed around with too much is in attack, where Postecoglou returned to selecting Tim Cahill and Tomi Juric as the squad's only out and out front men, after both missed out on the last call up due to fitness concerns. Their experience was considerably missed in November's trip to Thailand, where Brisbane Roar's Jamie Maclaren failed to live up to expectation in a lone front role. A return to the usual attacking blend is expected, which'll no doubt include Bundesliga based Matt Leckie working in tandem with one of the two strikers. With qualification on the line, despite the sprinkling of fresh talent, it's back to the tried and trusted once more in attack.
Saudi Arabia lead the way, but can they stay out in front through March?
Saudi Arabia remain the silent assassins of Asian football. Top of their group at the halfway stage of qualification with arguably the two easiest opposition on paper ahead of them this week, it makes you wonder why it is that we're not hearing more of their chances of making it to their first World Cup since 2006?
Whether it be a case that everyone assumes, come the latter parts of qualification that Japan and Australia will be too much for Saudi Arabia, something that on current form looks far from a certainty, or what is more likely is that many don't expect Saudi to keep up their current run of form which has been highly impressive. While they jointly sit, albeit on goal difference, atop Group B, it could've been so much more after losing their last match in Saitama against Japan in November. They were far from outclassed that day, not helped out by some unfortunate officiating, overall they held their own against the Samurai Blue.
That's been the case for much of their campaign, they've generally performed well against the top ranked sides. Their strongest performances have come against the aforementioned Japan, Australia and UAE, the latter the statement result of the last year. The two matches to forget however were their opening victories ironically against weaker opposition; slim victories over Thailand and Iraq, the very two opponents set before them this week.
Saudi Arabia performed meekly over both, and while they'll vehemently protest against their treatment by the officials in Japan, they can't say it doesn't even out over a campaign, after receiving 3 penalties over the two matches, two of which were soft to say the least. In Riyadh against Thailand, they dominated possession without offering any end product, while in Malaysia, they were run ragged by Iraq, who should've been 3 or 4 up by the second half, where the nominal hosts eventually ran out of steam and ultimately luck.
The Thailand prospect this Thursday offers up a test to put to bed a question mark over Saudi's abilities to end a tie effectively against a technically weaker side, who'll expectantly be on the back foot, initially looking to counter the Middle Easterners. Thailand however are a rising force, finishing 2016 on a tremendous high after drawing with Australia in WCQ and clinching yet another Suzuki Cup. Their fortunes have been replicated in 2017, excelling domestically in the Champions League having Muangthong United (where much of the national team ply their trade) clinched some eye-catching results against some of Asia's top performing clubs.
Much of Saudi Arabia's success since Dutchman Bert van Marwijk took the helm has come through quick incisive wing play, with Nawaf Al Abed and Fahad Al-Muwallad particularly thriving in the first half of the campaign. Van Marwijk has opted to do without the latter who hasn't featured since being sent off against Al-Hilal at the beginning of the month, while captain Osama Hawsawi is also out, this time through suspension for the match in Bangkok. The plus side however can be found in the form of their strikers; Nasser Al-Shamrani and Mohamed Al-Sahlawi who both notched up braces in January's battering of Cambodia. A similar free flowing attacking performance is expected over the coming week if the Green Falcons expect to stay on course for Russia.
China to use ACL experience to become giant killers?
It's been another productive off season in Chinese football, with global stars being drafted in for big money, with big expectations attached to them but the early signs are that it's starting to pay off. An unbeaten start in the Champions League for all three Chinese Super League clubs suggests their continental domination may just be around the corner, but the resulting impact on the national team continues to be a long way off.
While the overseas stars are clearly headlining CSL team performances, the CFA's ludicrously late changes to foreign player limits have shifted the focus back somewhat on to the domestic product. In the early weeks of the ACL and indeed since the resumption of the domestic league, there have been some quick returns to form for some of China's big names; the likes of Wu Lei of Shanghai SIPG, Wu XI of Jiangsu Suning and Zeng Cheng and Zheng Zhi of Guangzhou Evergrande are all domestic talents that have impressed in the early stages of the ACL and will continue to form the spine of Marcello Lippi's national team setup.
The area in which Lippi's continues to be lacking in, is the next generation. Despite domestic rule changes surrounding U23 players (CSL clubs must now start at least one U23 player domestically), this latest call up only features two players under 25, one being Zhang Yuning, currently playing in Holland, the other being Deng Hanwen, currently playing in the Chinese second tier. The rushed legislation in hope that a greater exposure of league minutes for young Chinese players is an admirable one from the CFA, however without stipulations concerning their formative years and the early signs that clubs will substitute said players at the earliest convenience leaves the initiative clearly in it's infancy.
Another initiative which also failed to take off was the introduction of the China Cup in January. Granted FIFA competitive status, the promise of an A-grade international tournament running outside the FIFA calendar was always going to be difficult to achieve, and in the end it was a format that arguably didn't benefit anyone. A set of second string squads saw China struggle to impress on home soil against a similarly below par Iceland and Croatia. Lippi may have taken away a couple of plus points from the tournament in terms of preparation and tactics, but on a personnel basis, this week's squad call up was hardly altered.
China have little chance of challenging for a place in Russia, either in terms of points or generally the quality of their current squad. The latest round of qualifiers taking in the visit of South Korea, before jetting off to Iran can't have drawn them against tougher opponents, meaning either scheduling the perfect testing ground for a new look Lippi side or setting up yet another embarrassment on the continental scene. The only claw-back they may be able to take is their club's achievements on the continent of late, but it'll be much more difficult to replicate such quality in the national team, when you lack the goals of Hulk, Ricardo Goulart and Alex Teixeira.
Panenka revisited
All eyes will be on the man in the middle come Thursday's encounter between UAE and Japan in Abu Dhabi, for the anticipation of a penalty kick to be awarded to the Emirati hosts. For the last two matches involving these two have been decided by a delicate Panenka style penalty delivered duly by UAE's star men; Omar Abdulrahman (in 2015's Asian Cup quarter-final penalty shootout victory) and Ahmed Khalil (in last year's World Cup qualification Round 3 opener). Many will deride the impact of such the nonchalant risk of chipping the ball down the middle from 12 yards, but the way that both occasions have shaped this battle for supremacy has had a lasting effect due to it's mockery.
Abdulrahman is hated for his act of "disrespect" in Australia, and Khalil can expect the same treatment this time around, ever greatly rubbed in as Japan exited their qualifier with a bitter taste in their mouth after some (yes, more) questionable officiating. Expect for this relatively new rivalry to be finely poised for another fiery bust up or controversial decision, as much more is on stake here than merely bragging rights.
UAE have it all to do in March. While all their rivals have at least one match they are heavy favourites for, UAE host Japan before heading to the continental champions Australia on Tuesday – no easy task to keep your qualification hopes alive. The fact is these matches have to be played sometime, and you couldn't be playing both Asian juggernauts at a better time, with both going through a stuttering spell of late. For an under pressure Mahdi Ali, the writing is likely to be on the wall as we enter April; overcome the challenge and he'll be guiding a side to a prime run-in and a historic World Cup appearance, fall to two defeats and he'll likely exit stage right.
Vahid Halilhodzic in the opposing dugout will be another man to keep an eye on over this period, that being said Halilhodzic to this day continues to command the Japanese media, and any sniff of a potential managerial exit would likely be on his terms. His frustration bubbles away on a regular basis, with every squad reveal, with every lengthy interview, he continues to leave little to the imagination, never falling short of pointing out his side's flaws or his frustration when it comes to the domestic league.
That being said, on paper Japan have selected once again a fearsome squad, especially in attack. From 2016's star player Genki Haraguchi (the one man that seems to fit Halilhodzic's ideal) to November's man of the month Hiroshi Kiyotake, you can add in there the inform Yuya Kubo, Bundesliga regular Yuya Osako and now Shinji Okazaki who is back in the starting lineup for an improving Leicester City.
A host of attacking players, and this doesn't even include the big two; Keisuke Honda and Shinji Kagawa. Talent aside, both were duly dropped from the Saudi victory in November, and their winter performances domestically (the former in particular who has barely featured for Milan) leaves a question of whether they'll feature again from the bench in the Emirates. Do they dare go with fluidity and form, pace and directness, or do they go with experience offered by their underperforming duo? With a late injury to captain Makoto Hasebe and with Kiyotake lacking substantial minutes since returning to Japan with Cerezo Osaka, it might be an initially cautious selection from the Samurai Blue.
Asian Cup qualification resumes
It's nearly been a year, but Asian Cup qualification returns to the fold with the Round 3 group stage. The draw has opened up a pretty even field, supplemented by the odd surprise package, such as Nepal and Macau who qualified via the inaugural AFC Solidarity Cup last year. It wouldn't also be an AFC competition, without controversy either, and we've on cue received it with North Korea's match against Malaysia having to be postponed due to high political tensions that the confederation were keen to sidestep.
The biggest tie of the opening set of fixtures, which kicks off on Tuesday sees one of Round 2's most impressive stories head to an arguable sleeping giant of West Asian football. Hong Kong are experiencing a promising upsurge that has now stretched into the new year. From back-to-back draws against China in the last round of qualifiers, domestic champions Eastern having picked up the underdog batten with verve, already clinching a home point against Japanese side Kawasaki Frontale in the Champions League.
In the home corner Lebanon are a side looking to compete at an Asian Cup for the first time in nearly a decade. Round 2 was a stage of nearly moments, characterised by their opening defeat to Kuwait. This is a side that has the players to on occasion compete with the very best in Asia, but too frequently they succumb to the odd lapse performance, finishing the stage with a 1-1 draw with Myanmar. Group B looks one of the most open in the draw, with Lebanon and Hong Kong being slotted in alongside a worthy North Korea side that very nearly made Round 3 of WCQ and Malaysia, who are an unpredictable opponent who have a number of dangerous weapons in their armoury on their day. The opening round of fixtures will likely give a flavour of what we can expect over the coming 12 month round robin.
Elsewhere, expectation is high for the likes of Oman and Jordan. Regulars at the Asian Cup in recent editions, the fact they failed to reach Round 3 of World Cup qualification was a telling blow to their future development, setting up a no-win situation in the final round of Asian Cup qualification. While it'll generally be a testing ground for future prospects, home fans will find it hard to generally take much out of a group stage draw, which at worst is an unwelcome banana skin, but should be easily navigated as they hone in on a tournament that is still 2 years away.
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The Fiscal Fantasy Behind U.S. Defense Strategy
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It's time for Congress to wake up and make sure our budgetary resources match our security needs
by KORI SCHAKE
Republicans ought to own the issue of responsible defense planning. We are a party that has long stood for a strong national defense, accountability in government, and concern for the nation's fiscal outlook. These issues should come together in developing a defense program that achieves all three of those necessities. We should hold the commanding heights. But we do not.
We do not own the issue of responsible defense planning because we have not embraced a program that brings our spending into line with our revenue. We have shied away from tackling the cause of our deficit spending: entitlements. We cannot cut discretionary spending enough to surmount the obstacle that entitlement spending creates — zeroing out the defense budget in its entirety wouldn't get spending out of the red. In the depths of the Euro crisis, the Prime Minister of Luxembourg summarized a challenge that applies equally to us: "We all know what needs to be done, but we don't know how to get elected after we do it." The American political party that can build consensus around a solution will dominate the political landscape.
The Congress is allowing itself to be painted as the irresponsible party on defense, when in reality it is the Executive branch that deserves the blame. But by refusing even small reductions in the rate of increase in pay and retirement and health benefits to our military, we are making the all-volunteer force unaffordable. If we are going to expect the military to absorb the magnitude of reductions envisioned in current law, we ought to give them the managerial latitude to develop a cohesive defense program. That means allowing them to close bases, retire cost-inefficient platforms, determine the right mix of pay and incentives, and reform the acquisition process.
By refusing even small reductions in the rate of increase in pay and retirement and health benefits to our military, we are making the all-volunteer force unaffordable.
The 2011 Budget Control Act reined in discretionary spending and incentivized a broader budget balancing agreement with the threat of sequestration. Inability of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to achieve that broader agreement ought to have alerted the Defense Department to the importance of developing a defense program that would not exceed the BCA top line, since doing so would trigger sequestration and dramatically reduce their leeway in programming their spending.
But the Department of Defense instead has submitted three budgets in excess of the BCA top line. The Office of Management and Budget guidance instructed departments to ignore sequestration in their budgeting, and DOD accepted that politicized guidance. The White House chose to exclude personnel costs (which represent fifty percent of defense spending) from sequestration, forcing all cuts into the procurement and readiness accounts. These are not immutable laws of nature, they are political choices, and they exacerbated the problems.
It needs to be said that the Joint Chiefs of Staff allowed themselves to be enlisted by the White House in the political gamesmanship of sequestration. As a result, they bear some culpability for the tumult in the defense program. General Dempsey developed a defense strategy he claimed could not be carried out with any further reductions; now that further reductions have been taken, he has not developed a more resilient strategy. The Chiefs decried sequestration's damaging effects without taking responsibility for their part in triggering it or developing alternative strategies and force structures to buffer against its effects.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff allowed themselves to be enlisted by the White House in the political gamesmanship of sequestration. As a result, they bear some culpability for the tumult in the defense program.
The 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review ought to have been the vehicle for such exploration. Secretary Hagel claims the QDR "matches our strategy to our resources," but it doesn't. The QDR force is unaffordable without $115 billion more than the top line legislated in 2011 — and that is in addition to the $80 billion annual fund of war operations and separate from the $26 billion "Opportunity, Growth, and Security Initiative" submitted as a wish list along with the budget itself. That completely negates the $113 billion in cuts that the President's budget "imposes." So they're actually cutting nothing. Hagel says "it would have been irresponsible not to request these additional resources." It was irresponsible not to develop a strategy consistent with available resources. This QDR has failed in its fundamental purpose.
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Kori Schake is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution. She previously served as Director for Defense Strategy and Requirements on the National Security Council under President George W. Bush.
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For Valour – WW2, Thomas A Milton Boulter, MM
Jan 20, 2017 | Honours
A remarkable life of courage, stamina and achievement – this summary taken from the records of the Caulfield Grammar School (previously the Malvern Memorial Grammar School when Thomas was a student there) pretty much points to Thomas' character, and his dedication to survival and high achievement.
Colonel Thomas Alfred Milton (Mick) Boulter QC (1928–32 MMGS) – Solicitor, Barrister, Queens Counsel (1966), Judge of the District Court of NSW (1973–83), President North Shore Historical Society (1968–83), Chairman of the Donbank Museum Trust (1977–83), AIF (1940–46), CMF (1946–62) Colonel, GOC1 (Int) Lt.Col Eastern Command (1959–61), recipient of the Military Medal for Bravery in the Field (1942).[10]
No doubt the peak of Thomas' life in the community was his appointment as a Judge of The NSW District Court, but his outstanding military career which in a very real sense involved low and high points, with his capture and imprisonment by the German Army in Greece, then his escape and flight to safety is a story of movie making potential.
Thomas wrote three letters back to his family describing in a rather matter of fact manner what was in reality a set of hair-raising experiences from the time of his escape. We present these letters as an attachment below. The military record in regard to the awarding of his Military Medal is also shown below.
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MISSISSIPPI STATE – Owners and operators of the state's agricultural businesses now have more agricultural economists to consult through the Mississippi State University Extension Service.
James Barnes and Brian Williams are located on MSU's main campus in Starkville. Larry Falconer is based out of MSU's Delta Research and Extension Center in Stoneville.
"My goal has always been to serve the needs of our clientele," said Gary Jackson, director of MSU's Extension Service. "Agricultural economists who have a variety of specialties can offer the kind of comprehensive information our clients have come to expect from Extension but can also add a new depth to that information.
"Dr. Williams and Dr. Falconer are agricultural commodities experts who will provide marketing strategies for Mississippi producers. Dr. Barnes is a community and economic development expert who will support rural Mississippi communities, small businesses and local government leaders," he said.
Williams specializes in commodity marketing of beef cattle, corn, milo, soybeans and wheat, as well as value-added management and marketing. He received a bachelor's degree in natural resources and a master's degree in agricultural economics from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. He earned his doctorate in agricultural economics at Oklahoma State University.
Falconer focuses on agricultural finance, marketing, risk management, and farm and ranch management. He joined the MSU Extension Service after serving for 24 years as an agricultural economist for Texas A&M in Corpus Christi. He obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees from Oklahoma State and his doctorate from Texas A&M, all in agricultural economics.
Barnes serves as state specialist in economic and community development. His primary responsibilities relate to agricultural contracting in supply chains and clusters, rural healthcare systems and broadband Internet technologies in rural areas. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in agricultural economics at Oklahoma State University. He earned his doctorate in agricultural economics at the University of Missouri.
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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is speaking out after he and his family were confronted by a group of people while eating dinner at a restaurant in his state, a video shared on social media shows.
Murphy on Tuesday told "CBS This Morning," just days after hecklers shouted expletives at him and his family during dinner, that he understands that people are experiencing "exceptionally high" levels of stress.
"There's no reason we should have to be having a political discussion about whether or not you're wearing a mask. We were dining outdoors in the middle of our meal," he told the morning show's co-host, Gayle King. Murphy added that he and his wife have thick skin and "could take it," but added: "I'd prefer folks to be more civil and to leave our kids out of this."
The Democratic governor was seen on video sitting with his wife, Tammy; their three sons, and their daughter, when at least two women approached and confronted him, according to a video of the encounter.
Murphy and his family, who were not wearing masks at the time, were not only seated but eating at the time of the confrontation. He told reporters on Monday that he and his family were dining outdoors in Red Bank, N.J. during the Saturday night incident.
"Oh my God, Murphy, you are such a d---," one woman reportedly tells him.
Democratic then-gubernatorial candidate Phil Murphy with his wife and children after voting on election day November 7, 2017 in Asbury Park, New Jersey. (Bobby Bank/Getty Images)
Tammy Murphy then whispers something in her husband's ear as another woman cuts in.
"You havin' fun with your family in the meantime you're havin' all kind of other bulls--- goin' on?" the woman says.
When one of the governor's sons asks the woman if she's drunk, she denies it. When he asks her if she can wear a mask, she responds: "You can go f--- yourself, how's that?"
"You know why I don't need a mask?" the woman continues. "Because there ain't nothin' f----- wrong with me."
Gov. Phil Murphy at an event in Blackwood, N.J., on Oct. 21, 2020. (New Jersey Office of the Governor via AP, File)
As the conversation continues, Murphy places his mask over his face and his wife appears to begin recording the group.
When asked about the hecklers on Monday, Murphy said nothing had happened to prompt the two women to approach him. And the pair left after a third person from their group pushed them away.
"I'm a big boy, I have thick skin. It doesn't impact me at all and I think I can say the same thing for my wife," he said during an unrelated press conference. "I would say this though: our kids are not part of that ... and I don't even know who these people were, by the way."
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Murphy has faced backlash recently over his stringent novel coronavirus-related restrictions and limitations as the holidays approach.
Just last week, Town of Howell Police Chief Andrew Kudrick said his department "will not accept nor respond to any report of a facial covering/mask, social distancing or indoor/outdoor gathering complaint."
"By no means is this a defiance to the Governor's orders as I do believe we all have to do our part to end this pandemic," Kudrick wrote. "However, we the police will not be used to carry out orders I feel are detrimental to our relationship with our community. Or, will put officers in a no-win predicament such as being called for a social distancing or mask complaint. Although justified in our enforcement, the perception will be the opposite and majority support will be lacking."
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Kudrick said the police department would only "consider a response" when receiving reports of "packed" house parties.
On "Fox & Friends Weekend" Kudrick called Murphy's guidelines "draconian."
"Our community is hurting," he said. "I live here. I grew up here. I shop here. I go out to dinner here. And I talk one-on-one with our business owners … and I see how much they're hurting."
"So as a police chief, in charge of 100-plus police officers, I felt it was just incumbent upon me just to let them know, and let my community know, that we're not going to enforce some of these executive orders which I feel are basically draconian," he added.
Earlier this month, California Gov. Gavin Newsom came under fire after he was seen without a mask sitting closely with others in a group in the state, where he was attending a birthday party for one of his advisers. He later admitted he needs "to preach and practice, not just preach."
Meanwhile, Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser was in hot water for flouting her own state quarantine list after traveling from Delaware. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot was also criticized after she shared a video celebrating election results in a crowd of people without wearing a mask.
Fox News's Ronn Blitzer contributed to this report.
Stephanie Pagones is a Digital Reporter for FOX Business and Fox News. Follow her on Twitter at @steph_pagones.


Pregnancy is a time in life bringing body changes and sometimes physical discomforts. For the future mother, this period can bring a lot of questions and emotions. Massage therapy can be a way to relax and relieve these discomforts to favor a good pregnancy outcome.
For the pregnant woman, being massaged can be a special moment to make contact with her body and focus on herself, a good way to feel good about her own body and to learn how to live the physical changes due to pregnancy.
Pregnancy causes changes in the posture of the pregnant woman that can lead to muscle tension and stiffness. In addition to hyperextensive joints caused by relaxin, a hormone secreted during pregnancy, these changes may cause or accentuate pain requiring more in-depth care. You should know that, no matter the stage of pregnancy, the massage therapist can relieve the muscular tensions and perform kinesitherapy mobilizations to favor the relief of these discomforts.
Similarly, as the pregnancy progresses, the baby occupies more and more space in the mother's womb, which compresses her diaphragm and hampers her breathing. The massage stimulates the blood and lymphatic circulation, which promotes the oxygenation of cells and tissues, in addition to relieving certain other pregnancy discomforts such as nausea, gastric reflux and constipation.
The therapist adapts and personalizes the care to the needs of the client. Depending on the pregnancy trimester, the therapist may suggest different comfortable positions to adopt according to the facilities of his work place. Some therapists will work with tables adapted to the pregnant woman, while others will use customized pregnancy massage cushions. Depending on the trimester, the therapist will also adapt the techniques in order to respect the bodily changes caused by the fetal growth.
There are contraindications to massage depending on the health status of the pregnant woman: history of miscarriage, pregnancy at risk, diabetes, hypertension, preeclampsia, etc. In these situations, it is essential to obtain the advice of the doctor or the midwife who does the follow-up, before making an appointment to receive a massage.
However, a woman who goes through a normal pregnancy can be massaged at any time, even during the first trimester. For her, the best thing to do is to call on a therapist who has been trained for pregnancy massage at a recognized educational institution. This person is aware of precautions that need to be taken and will be able to perform the appropriate techniques and offer the right body positioning to ensure the comfort of the client.


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How Sociable Are You? How to identify Social Traits from Handwriting
Fiona MacKay Young, Handwriting Analysis & Personal Growth
10 Lessons (37m)
1. 1 introduction complete
2. 2 Who will you hang out with
3. 3 who will you hang out with Quiz
4. 4 How connected will you be
5. 5 How connected will you be Quiz
6. 6 Putting it all together introduction
7. 7 Putting it all together
8. 8 Social Games
9. 9 Putting it all together Quiz
10. 10 Graphotherapy & Conclusion
With explanations, clear illustrations and quizzes, this course will take you through identifying how you are likely to behave is social situations. It will also give you the ability to identify how others will behave socially. All you need is some handwriting of the person.
Knowing where you yourself else are coming from, why you behave as you do can help you gain confidence in socially. This course also gives you the tools to change if that is what you want. Just change your writing to the trait you want to have, and keep practicing it till becomes your natural way of writing and you will find your behavior changes accordingly too.
It can also help you greatly in understanding others social behavior. Someone you thought didn't like you could just be someone who cannot easily show an emotional warmth. Why does someone always leave early, for example. These questions can all be answered by looking at their writing.
There are three sections in this course and each section has a video quiz. These are the class projects.
Fiona MacKay Young
Handwriting Analysis & Personal Growth
I've been involved for over 20 years in helping people move ahead with their lives through identifying their gifts, strengths and overcoming blocks or limitations. It is my goal to inspire those I meet to develop their potential to the fullest.
There are a wide variety of ways to do these things, and I love to explore, adapt and create new ways.
As a Graphologist and Grapho-Therapist (Handwriting Analysis),
And also as a Career Counselor and Personal Development &...
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1. 1 introduction complete: I'm feeling Makhaya on. Welcome to how social are you? I'm going to take it to looking at handwriting to identify how social, some two years in different ways, how much they'll want to spend, how much time they want to spend with other people. And also, however, you will respond to others when you're with them. There were quizzes. There are illustrations. There are explanations. Take you through it, step by step on. At the end of it, you will know how social you are at. Understand your own behavior better. Perhaps you also have the ability to find out that's about other people, because get along with people is all about understanding them. And if you can understand why someone perhaps isn't a social as you would like them to be or by someone is maybe mawr emotional than you expect them to be. Whatever thes different things can all be identified from the writing on. Once you know it's in your writing or their writing, it helps you to understand that person so much better. So let's get on with how social are 2. 2 Who will you hang out with: How sociable are you? Your head ready? We'll tell. We all socialized to some extent. Some of the time, sometimes work or even family situations can require us to socialize in ways that are not natural to us. Here's a way to see your natural social behavior as we go through the traits. Know that if you have one you don't want or you don't have one, you do want you can change. There's more information on this at the end of the course, it's called Grateful Therapy Section one. Who will you hang out with? All the traits mentioned in this section of the course show in the lower extenders, which are the tails on the lower case J. Why F and G First off is a quiz for you to identify your lower extenders. You could also be identifying them from the writing of someone else if you prefer, so have in front of you a piece of writing with several lower extenders. The letters Q and P are not included, as the Q is traditionally written in a different way. Onda loop on the P has a different, unique meaning, so just ignore any peas are accused that you have in the writing, although in general handwriting analysis is works with both printing on script, this specific section on Lee works really well with script. So even if you normally print, try writing a few sentences in script and then go on to the rest of his course. So script it's letters joined up, printing his nor letters joined up. So this style of your script doesn't matter just long is at least some off. The letters are joined together. They don't all need to be joined together, but some of them have to be as well aside, undefined your own sociability rating. The other obvious benefit off knowing how to identify sociability is that it helps you in understanding others on their social style. There are just five questions in the quiz. Question Number one. Do your lower extenders just go down, forming a sick like stroke and and there with no loop, for example, Fair. It just goes straight down and it ends and there's another one there. There's one Arab, but they're actually three sticks. It doesn't matter how long they are for this. It's just the fact that goes down, and it stays down. This is the loner. Depending upon the requirements of life, this person may socialize frequently. Andi enjoy it, but they also need quite a bit of time on their own. After this, he's spending time with others. The loner needs time away from everyone to recharge his or her batteries again. Question number two. Do your lower extenders have a very slim loop coming back up to or near the base life, so you'll notice the loop. The width of the loop is narrower than the with off the main part of the letter, so that's what we're looking for. It is in both of these, and again it is in these. The P doesn't count. API has a different meaning. So all of the's have very narrow loops. Are yours like that? If so, you are selective in your choice of friends. As a selective writer, you will choose friends who have common interests to you. This may seem obvious, and you may think it. Everyone does that on. We do, of course, to some extent, but a selective writer will have very little interest in those who do not fit into the select. Their selective areas of interest. Question number three Are there small, tight knots at the bottom of your lower extenders. So you see on, well, it's all G's, actually, Arthur's one wide, all the rest through cheese they've all got instead of a proper loop. They do have a sort of a loop, but it's just a little tight, not at the bottom. It doesn't go right up to the baseline, so I think a little tight. Not like that. Do you have those? Then you are clannish, sticking mostly with family or a family of friends. This is an indication off clannish nous. The person by preference socializes with family. If there's no blood family around, they'll farm their own tight knit family of friends on by preference, say, within that small group. Question number four. Do you have large wide loops on your lower extenders? You'll see those two. There are extremely white compared with the width of the actual, the main part of the left of the top part. I like em there. I've only foot one arrow, but there were three of them. If so, you enjoy a wide range of social contacts on the physical last sight of life in general. This is it is our for a variety. You have a wide assortment of friends and family and you will enjoy their diversity. Do you have extremely long Lorik senders? You'll notice those to the top. Part of the letter is very small compared with the length off the Lorik sender, so they have very long lower extenders on again. There in James, if you have very long lower extenders, this is a desire for change. You enjoy change in your social connections, your calendar in your material world. In general, you just like things to be constantly changing. It may be a constant that you just enjoy change all the time. Or it may be temporary that just know you're in a situation or face where you're seeking change. The desire for change can appear along with any of the other four options previously mentioned 3. 3 who will you hang out with Quiz: Here's a quick quiz on lower extenders, which off the five traits just covered Do you see in the writing below on a reminder of what they are? They're loner, clannish, selective, changed on variety. Soon parts of video. If you like to have a better look on the answers air on the next site, I'm moving on to the next side now. So pause the video. If you want to watch this for longer. To hear the answers to the quick quiz on, you'll see the five traits I've got in different colors, and that's the color that the arrows will be for each. So in this one, there's definitely a loner. The lower extenders go down and stay down. Some of them are longer, some of ever shorter doesn't matter. They go down and stay down. No loops It all. This is a loner, this one, the loops that does have loops, whether all very narrow. Even the one in analysis, which is the whitest of the lot, is much narrower than the upper part of the y. So this person is selective, and that's the only one showing him about one. Here we have change. We have long. The damn strokes are very long. The Lorik senders are very long, so that still has change on. You've probably also notice the other one, which is clannish. The blue is clannish on. This person is definitely clannish. So this one shows to it Sure has changed, and it shows clannish the last one. We're obviously pointing to the Lord look, So they've got to hear there's two or three loops was two different traits showing there's changed on this variety. So change is the length of the loops or very long a variety is the fact that the loops air very white. So this person likes change on variety. How did you do with that? So now that you know what the various lower extenders mean, we'll move on to Section two on. We'll look at the slant off the writing. 4. 4 How connected will you be: Section two. How connected will you be? Whether you like to be with people is one thing, But how responsive are you to others? Will he feel you're connecting with, um, or will they feel your reserved? I'm withdrawn here. We're looking at social behavior. Obviously, some business situations require different degrees off reserve or formality. The degree to which you connect with people on an emotional level shows in the slant off the writing. So the blue and I'd is the baseline and red arrows point. This sounds so there's a back can slant goes backwards out bright straight up and down on right hand slants, obviously, over to the right. So which way were you writing? Slant started with upright writing that doesn't notice Lee slant to the right or to the left. This is what I call the air traffic controller sent, meaning that this person can keep their cool in almost any situation. So there's writing that's pretty upright. They may well, this kind of writer may well fall to bits after crisis is over, but they say calm and in control when it's needed. Thea Pride writer is poised, cool and generally level headed. This is good, but it also means that they don't really show their feelings. They'll come across a subjective, a logical, and there's another example off our priority. Don't respect the upright writing to shore their feelings most of the time. They may, however, have occasional emotional explosions. If you think of putting a part of water on the stove with a tight fitting lid as the water heats up at the pressure off the steam gross, eventually the little blast off. This is how the emotional outbursts and liable toe happen with the upright writer. They don't show their feelings for ages and ages, but tension, maybe building. If so, sooner or later the pressure will be too much on their let it all out in a rush. It's not temper, although it may sometimes seem that way. It's just that they have so much emotion, all locked up in sight that they need to let it out. The next land we'll look at is the back can slammed. The writer who writes with the left hand slams tends to hold themselves back from expressing their emotions, and there is a mild backhand slant that writer will definitely hold themselves back from letting their feelings show at one point in their life, perhaps even when they were extremely young. It was intentional. But now is the subconscious act. The farther to the left this land, the stronger this trait is on, the more easily it can be seen in the righteous general behaviour. So here's a pretty far back hand slant this personal definitely holder feelings in very noticeably. You'll just get the feeling that they're just You just can't get to know them properly because they're holding stuff in all the time. As with the upright writer, don't expect to see or hear much emotion from the left town writer, or at least on topics that they hold any emotional punch for them. They won't allow themselves to be so exposed and that some milder back can slap there temper. Of course, it's a great emotional exposer. If any writer with any slant shows temporary the writing when they lose it, emotions will run free for us long as they're out of control. So we're not looking at temper in this. We're just looking at natural way off, showing emotion or not showing emotion. A rice slight right transplants means that the writer will be warm and friendly, but not overly so. They will show sympathy or empathy, but only to a limited extent, as there aren't comfortable with extreme emotion. So there's writing with a slight right hand sent the farther to the right, this land them or emotion the writer will show. So there is a moderate right hand slants, and there's a more exaggerated right hand son. Once the writing is almost horizontal, this shows complete submission to emotion where control and objectivity are gone. This is very unusual to see. Here's a signature off Napoleon in defeat. See how far to the right the slant goes, and it's a very slant within one word. Both of these things show that emotion is out of control. Next up, a quiz on sent 5. 5 How connected will you be Quiz: Here's a quick quiz for slant. How would you describe the slant off each of the writing examples below you? Impassive video. If you like to have a better look, the answers air coming up on the next site. I'm going to move on to the next side now. So if you want to look at the examples for longer policy video, so here are the answers to the Chris First Plant. How would you describe the scent of each of the righty samples below? So, looking at the 1st 1 it has a moderate right hand sent. It's not just a slight slant, and it's not an extreme South. It's moderate is in the middle, so this person will show their feelings moderately. They'll be warm. You'll be able to relate to them emotionally because their feelings will show. The 2nd 1 has a very upright slant, so this person is poised, cool, calm and collected most of the time when they don't lose their cool because everything's built up too much. Most the time. This personal, Be cool, be difficult to connect. On an emotional level, you can probably connect for easily on a friendship level without emotion, you know, just talking about things, etcetera. But if it's going to be from the heart, who is going to be emotional? This person is a hard time with that. This writer has a slight backhand slant, so they're slightly pulling themselves in. You may be able to feel it. It's not really strong. If it was really strong, you could just feel it if you're talking to that person. But this person will definitely not show their feelings. They'll hold them in quite deliberately. It may be subconscious now, but at some point it was conscious toe. Hold the feelings back, and here's another right transplant. So again, someone who will show their feelings you were able to relate on an emotional level to that person. So how did you do so how all this relates to sociability is people who others can feel is holding back tender of trouble, putting out enough to relate to others, at least where close friendships are concerned. Whereas those who shall warmth and enthusiasm, but not so much as it south of control will have unease. Easier time of it. So when you team up the lower extenders with the slant, you can really tell a great deal about how Eddie Writer will get along with others socially or at work. We'll look at both the Lorik senders on the slam together on identify both for each example in the next section. 6. 6 Putting it all together introduction: Section three, Putting it All together. All traits affect each other, so this is just a snapshot. Many other things in the personality may hide or camouflage this natural inclination. You can probably feel it's right this when you consider yourself. But it may not be so obvious when you observe others, especially those you know through work or business. Social made me think of parties, which got me around to thinking about the different types of parties that different writers would enjoy. So let's take a look at those the most common type of party where people just mingle and chat. It's a great enjoyment to some on torture for others, but whether you're aware of it or not, social gatherings are not so easy for everyone. Many people enjoy one on one or just a few people at a time to socialize with and steer clear of anything that's called a party. Some people can be very comfortable socializing with people they know well, no matter what their backgrounds, just the fact that they're familiar faces makes it easy to mingle. However, often these same people will be very uncomfortable in larger gatherings on drift only towards those that they already know. Rather than take the opportunity to meet your people next, we'll take a look at what types of party goer each offer writers is. 7. 7 Putting it all together: this writer with large lower loops and you'll see them there. They are very large, especially the one on my and myself of the first line. This person with the large lower loops enjoys people in general on were thoroughly enjoy the chance to go around and chat with whom ever is there. Whether be friends and family are total strangers. This concept of socializing is perfectly suited to them on them to it. However, since this writing is almost upright, this writer was socialized in a cool manner. Friends A yes, but not emotionally engaged people who are selective in their choice of friends and their selective again the very narrow loops seldom very trusted in small talk, they don't mind who you are, whether they know you are not. If they discover a common interest with you, they could chat you for hours at enjoy the experience immensely, and this writer will get bored faster than some. Since the writing has a site left hand slant here, she will hold back, be reserved and not really enter into the spirit off partying. The cleanliness writer, as we've already covered, will sick with their small group off family or friends on there again. It's a clannish, not at the bottom off The Lord extenders. However, this clannish writer has a definite right hand slant, so they will be warm and easy to relate to. If you're one of those in their clan, on will probably be warm and easy to relate to, even if you're not in their plan. But it will only be temporary seeing for the longer term and their chosen small group, the Loughner will do a bit of socializing, if absolutely necessary. If it comes as part of the work are they become used to it through work, they may do a very good job of it, and there's the law order with the tails. It just go down the straight line. It's stay there. However, they can only joy, a limited about to social time and much prefer to have time on their own, or at least with just water to compatible others. This is something to watch for because, especially in a work situation, the's loners can come across this real socialize. But it's just a learned response. They really prefer more time alone. And when we look at this Lorna's writing, it's an upright sound. So not only will this writer thes lots of time alone, but they won't be emotionally engaged, even when they are with others. Next, we'll look at games and how the various writers are likely to respond to party games. 8. 8 Social Games: games of many kinds are a good idea for social events because they tend to give the opportunity to each type to behave in their preferred style. First, there is a gave player who makes a great deal of noise comments on everything everyone else does encourage it in comments from the sidelines that is generally involved throughout. Now they've got long Laure extenders and big loop. So change a variety. They like different things happening. This is a social type. This social writer also has a moderate right hand sand, so they will not only enjoy being around people, they'll relate well to others, and in turn, others will probably relate well to them, too. So that's combining the long, large lower loops and the right hand sent. The less social player complete. His or her part has required, but be more quiet, withdrawn at other times, recharging batteries as sicko. Some games give you the chance to sit. Between two people are stands between two people. So this selective, which is the lore, the narrow lower looks on the clannish, which is the tight not on the bottom, off the step off the Lorik senders. So the selective and the clannish players can choose where to sit or sand to suit this trait. They're likely to be well involved with their immediate circle. But less so with a larger group is ah, hole, so those it doesn't matter. The slant here were just looking at the looks, so the narrow loops are the little knots on the bottom, Selective in clannish, they prefer just to say with a small group, even when they're playing a game, notice that this selective writer has quite a far right slant, so emotion and feeling will go into their connections with others. And if the game can have an emotional component, they will gets involved in that. The clannish writer, however, has a definite left hand slant, so probably be very obvious to others in the game that they're not really involved. So there were taking the clannish and the selective, both of of like, small groups. But the one with the right hand slant will get emotionally involved in whatever it is they're doing in their smaller group, where it's a clannish personal, though comfortable in the smaller group will not sort of they will get. He mostly evolved, and you could always feel that someone is sort of holding back. You can like the well enough, but you only get so much from someone who has a left hand sent. The loner may well play along well enough, but it's a sure bet that if the party continues too long, they will be the first to find some reason to leave. And again, the Lord straight six down, and it doesn't matter how long they are. The ones and yesterday are pretty long, the ones in validity and there are pretty short. The length is not important. It's just the fact that it goes down and it stays down, and these are all wise. But it's G. Why Jnf, the loner who's writing is on the left below, not only likes to be on the old agreed deal, they also keep themselves very much to themselves as shown in the left hand slant. The writer on the right, although also a loner, shows about right hand sons so will engage with others when they're there. Coming up next, one final quiz on sociability 9. 9 Putting it all together Quiz: Here's a quick quiz for you. Who is the most social off the writers here who is a loner in the group who enjoys change the most on who will get engaged emotionally. You can pass the video if you like to get a better look, and the answers are on the next site. Here are the answers to the quick quiz who is the most social off the writers here, and that will be in red, who is a loner in the group and that will be in blue. Who enjoys change The most will be in green on who will get engaged emotionally will be in purple, So looking at the left hand example. First, the green arrows point to change. The Lorik senders are very long. That's for change. They're not white, so there's no social. If they're large, lips would be social, but it's not on. The slant is slightly right hand, so they will get emotionally engaged to some extent. The other one loner. They're not a loner because they do have looks, so the length of the lower extenders shows them as wanting change on the right hands. Land shows him getting emotionally involved the one on the right here has large loops on the Lorik senders. If you look at the circle off the G in handwriting and comparative with the for loop the loop ISS so much whiter than the G on the lip, otherwise also wider. So this person definitely likes to be social. They like to be around people. They also want change the enjoy variety because the Lorik senders air vory long. So both change and variety, which means a problem like all different types of people. And they also have quite a far right slant, so they're very social, so this person is not a loner, but they're very social. The enjoy both change on getting engaged in mostly variety and change on the last one. Here is a loner, the Lorik Sanders Air. Just six. It go down and stay down. So this is a loader. The slant is upright so they won't get engaged. Emotionally. There are no looks that so. They can't be social and they're not long, so they don't go for change. So this person really only qualifies as a loner. How did you do? It's perfectly possible to be a mixture off types, in which case you're writing will show some Lorik Sanders of one kind as some off another. It just means that you will feel and behave differently. Is social situations at different times, which is pretty normal for a lot of people. If you're Lorig, senders are neither long nor short with average with loops. Then you enjoy socializing to a moderate extent on will participate also to a moderate extent there is still right. There is no wrong. Whatever fits for you is perfect on. By fighting other Sumer to yourself, you will find your social life becomes quite naturally to your liking. Coming up next graph for therapy and how it's could work for you. 10. 10 Graphotherapy & Conclusion: how to make the changes you want. You can change your writing, which in turn will change your behavior on how you feel. This is called Graph Oh Therapy Graph four Therapy Involves is changing your writing until the new way becomes your natural way off writing by that time, when you no longer have to concentrate on the writing in the new way because it's happening without you thinking about it. By that time, the new traits are already starting to appear in your personality. If that sounds unrealistic to you, just think of feeling down and depressed and going for a walk in the woods or by the water or somewhere you love and coming back feeling happier? What happens then, is that what you're doing is affecting how you feel your body language going for a walk. Getting exercise is changing your feelings on. The change continues to affect you. Even after the walk. It's finished. Graph of therapy works in exactly the same way on your handwriting is body language on. By changing your body language, you can change how you feel and how you act, but you have to keep practicing until the new strokes become your natural way off writing. Otherwise, you only get the benefit when you're actually concentrating on practicing on the writing. So now you know how to identify sociability in your own or other people's writing, and you know how to make changes if you want to do so. Congratulations are completing this course.


Microsoft has today announced that Facebook is finally delivering its set of Windows 10 apps to the Windows Store. As promised last year, Facebook are introducing three new apps to the Windows 10 platform; Facebook, Facebook Messenger and Instagram, all built with Windows 10 in mind. Facebook and Facebook Messenger are coming today for desktops and tablets, whereas Instagram is rolling out for mobile.
Today, we are excited to share that the official Facebook app and Messenger app for Windows 10 PCs and Tablets, and the official Instagram app for Windows 10 mobile are rolling out and will be available soon in the Windows Store. Designed to run quickly and easily within Windows 10 and have the most up-to- date features, Facebook built Windows-only experiences into all three of these apps such as Live Tiles, which lets you quickly see new posts, messages and photos right from your home screen.
The new Facebook app for Windows 10 is available today for desktop and is coming soon for mobile, and makes keeping up with friends faster than ever; With live tile support, reactions, stickers, notifications and even an in-app browser so you never have to leave the Facebook app. The app has also been designed to look similar to the website, meaning users will be familiar with the experience from the get-go.
Facebook Messenger is only available for desktop, and is packing a whole set of new features such as photo sharing, stickers, group conversations, and GIFs (finally!) Again, Microsoft highlights the new live tile, keeping you up to date with ongoing conversations happening straight from your Start Menu.
Finally, the new Instagram app for Windows 10 is only available for phones, and features a whole set of new features bringing it up-to-par with the iOS and Android versions. Direct Messaging, Search/Explore, Videos and Account Switching are all here and present with today's new update. There is also live tile support, again keeping you up to date with the latest on-goings from within the world of Instagram.
Microsoft says these apps are rolling out via the Windows Store now, and should be available within the next few hours. Unfortunately, the Facebook Messenger app doesn't appear to be coming to mobile today, leaving phone users with the old Windows Phone 8.1 app. Microsoft tells WinBeta that a Messenger app for Windows 10 Mobile will be arriving at a later date.


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O Museu de Arte do Espírito Santo Dionísio Del Santo é um museu localizado em Vitória, Espírito Santo, inaugurado no dia 18 de dezembro de 1998.

O museu ocupa um edifício, projetado pelo arquiteto checo Joseph Pitilick, concluído em 1925, que já sediou o "Serviços de Melhoramentos", tendo também acolhido o Diário Oficial, setores da Secretaria de Administração e dos Recursos Humanos e a Secretaria da Fazenda.

O Museu de Arte do Espírito Santo pode receber exposições nacionais e internacionais, tem cinco salas e hall, em dois pisos. Tem também uma biblioteca com cerca de 3 mil títulos em diversas temáticas.

Reforma
Com o objetivo de otimizar o espaço disponível e adequá-lo às normas de acessibilidade, foi iniciada uma reforma no Museu de Arte do Espírito Santo Dionísio Del Santo (MAES), no dia 19 de setembro de 2016. No projeto, foi pretendido ampliar a área expositiva para uma maior flexibilização do espaço e também criar áreas voltadas para a convivência dos visitantes.

Além de um mobiliário adequado para comportar todo o acervo, foi previsto na reforma uma adequação para pessoas portadoras de necessidades especiais como, por exemplo, sinalização adequada, banheiros e elevadores. A abertura de janelas do museu para o centro da cidade também foi pensada para proporcionar uma melhor interação do público com as ações ocorridas dentro do MAES.

Reforma fictícia (2021)
Em 24 de março de 2021 o artista Felippe Moraes, enquanto um dos curadores do projeto Tirante, publicou em seu Instagram planos de uma nova reforma do Museu de Arte do Espírito Santo com patrocínio da Da Silva Brokers. Os renders de uma construção em forma de ovo gigante posicionado sobre o Museu, que serviria como anexo para exposições e abrigaria a coleção de arte contemporânea da empresa, viralizaram e geraram indignação do público. Foi criado um abaixo-assinado para impedir as obras. O projeto foi criticado pela poluição visual e inconformidade com a arquitetura tombada do edifício.

Entretanto, o projeto da reforma, assim como a empresa Da Silva Brokers, e seu CEO Antônio da Silva, eram todos fictícios e parte do trabalho desenvolvido pelo artista alemão Anton Steenbock para o projeto Tirante. Segundo o artista, a iniciativa propunha discutir a arquitetura de construções extravagantes e a especulação imobiliária. A Secretaria de Cultura do Governo do Estado do Espírito Santo (SECULT) se manifestou esclarecendo que não havia previsão de novos projetos de reforma do Museu. Também afirmou em nota que a repercussão do projeto reforça o papel provocador e inquietante da arte e se propõe a discutir a velocidade em que se são consumidas informações e desinformações.

Exposições

Projeto Tirante (2021)
Em 2021, durante a pandemia de Covid-19, foi realizado o projeto Tirante, a primeira exposição online do Museu e pensada inteiramente para o ambiente virtual. Com curadoria de Clara Sampaio e Felippe Moraes, a mostra articula arte e arquitetura, curadoria e prática artística e é motivada pela reforma da instituição entre 2016 e 2017 e pelas práticas transdisciplinares dos participantes. O projeto apresentou conteúdos inéditos no Instagram e no site criados pelos artistas participantes: Anton Steenbock, Clara Sampaio, Felippe Moraes, Fredone Fone, Marcelo Venzon e Raquel Garbelotti. Também foram apresentados conteúdos criados pelos convidados Lindomberto Alves, Amanda Amaral, Ricardo Basbaum, Gabriela Leandro Pereira, Mauro Neri, Juan Gonçalves, Rebeca Ribeira e Thiara Pagani.

Site do projeto: tirante.org

Ligações externas

Museus de Vitória (Espírito Santo)
!Esboços sobre museus
Patrimônio tombado pela SECULT (ES)
Fundações no Espírito Santo em 1998

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A Collection Of The 6 Loathsome Poems About Hate
In the modern world, hate is all around us. Hatred has become an accepted part of society, whether on social media or everyday life. Writing about it seems easy, but some poems are better than others at capturing their subjects' emotions and thoughts.
There isn't a single person on this planet who can say they've never felt animosity towards another human being before (except maybe Mother Theresa). But how does hating someone feel? and how does one go about expressing their feelings of revulsion for someone in the first place?
Here are six loathsome poems that explore what hatred feels like from the writer's perspective.
The Broken Balance By Robinson Jeffers
Childhood By Richard Aldington
To My Enemy By Lucy Maud Montgomery
I Do Not Love You Except Because I Love You By Pablo Neruda
Sonnet Xlviii: Cupid, I Hate Thee By Michael Drayton
The poems in this collection are filled with rage, pain and despair. If you find yourself struggling to understand how someone could be so filled with hate or anger, these poems may help you gain insight into the mind of a loathsome person.
Read them carefully – they're not for everyone, but if you feel like doing some self-analysis of your feelings towards others, give it a shot! You might just discover something about yourself that will surprise you.
Don't forget to check out these The Best Marijuana Poems | Weed Poems, these 16 Brave Poems That Deal With Anxiety or these 10 Miraculous Poems About Passover.


It's interesting how one day can bring little surprises that I couldn't have seen coming. Sometimes they're good, and sometimes they make my heart sink. On the bright side, a recent last-minute decision led me along a road filled with good things around every bend (literally).
It has been a long start to the week. After a season of rest, I am heading full swing back into long days and keeping busy. The time that that was so plentiful not long ago now feels very much of the essence. It's a good thing that there is still just enough time to slow down a little bit and enjoy the journey.
My day started as I had expected that it would. On the itinerary were work, exercise, a worry-free commute, a little bit of down time, and another commitment in the evening. Easy. What I didn't factor in was the stand-still traffic that would develop right on schedule with my drive home. As I began getting restless and glancing in the rear view mirror at the sleeping passenger in the car behind me, an idea started to develop.
I was stuck in a one-way traffic jam while cars were flowing well in the other direction. Continuing this way would have me stuck for an indefinite period of time. However, the fortunate thing about living on an island is that a drive in either direction would eventually take me back to the other side of the mountain. So I had a choice. Would I wait out the growing line of idling cars, or would I take the winding backside mountain road?
It didn't take me long to decide. At the first gap in oncoming traffic, I made my decision, turned up the radio, and headed north.
The amount of cars thinned just as the road did, and I found myself eventually driving solo around each cliffside turn. I had driven this road before, but this was the first time that I was taking the journey by myself. Without conversation or a clear signal, it was just me, an occasional passing vehicle, and breathtaking views for miles as the daylight slowly faded. I could try to tell you about the textured hills and steep ocean cliffs, but words would not be enough.
I couldn't help but think that it seemed a lot like life. There were unexpected circumstances that changed my course, blind turns, and a need to patiently navigate each obstacle as it came. But along the narrow road, I also found that there was beauty around each bend and a longer but more worthwhile journey than I would have otherwise taken.
In hindsight, it may have been faster to just wait out the traffic, but I would have missed something so much better.


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Q: Antlr4 parser for boolean logic I'm new to Antlr4/CFG and am trying to write a parser for a boolean querying DSL of the form

(id AND id AND ID (OR id OR id OR id))

The logic can also take the form

(id OR id OR (id AND id AND id))

A more complex example might be:

(((id AND id AND (id OR id OR (id AND id)))))
  (enclosed in an arbitrary amount of parentheses)

I've tried two things. First, I did a very simple parser, which ended up parsing everything left to right:
grammar filter;

filter: expression EOF;

expression
    : LPAREN expression RPAREN
    | expression (AND expression)+
    | expression (OR expression)+
    | atom;

atom
    : INT;

I got the following parse tree for input:

( 60 ) AND ( 55 ) AND ( 53 ) AND ( 3337 OR 2830 OR 23)

This "works", but ideally I want to be able to separate my AND and OR blocks. Trying to separate these blocks into separate grammars leads to left-recursion. Secondly, I want my AND and OR blocks to be grouped together, instead of reading left-to-right, for example, on input (id AND id AND id),
I want:

(and id id id)

not

(and id (and id (and id)))

as it currently is.
The second thing I've tried is making OR blocks directly descendant of AND blocks (ie the first case).
grammar filter;

filter: expression EOF;

expression
    : LPAREN expression RPAREN
    | and_expr;

and_expr
    : term (AND term)* ;

term
    : LPAREN or_expr RPAREN
    | LPAREN atom RPAREN ;

or_expr
    : atom (OR atom)+;

atom: INT ;

For the same input, I get the following parse tree, which is more along the lines of what I'm looking for but has one main problem: there isn't an actual hierarchy to OR and AND blocks in the DSL, so this doesn't work for the second case. This approach also seems a bit hacky, for what I'm trying to do.

What's the best way to proceed? Again, I'm not too familiar with parsing and CFGs, so some guidance would be great.

A: Both are equivalent in their ability to parse your sample input.  If you simplify your input by removing the unnecessary parentheses, the output of this grammar looks pretty good too:
grammar filter;
filter: expression EOF;
expression
    : LPAREN expression RPAREN
    | expression (AND expression)+
    | expression (OR expression)+
    | atom;
atom : INT;
INT: DIGITS;
DIGITS : [0-9]+;
AND : 'AND';
OR : 'OR';
LPAREN : '(';
RPAREN : ')';
WS: [ \t\r\n]+ -> skip;

Which is what I suspect your first grammar looks like in its entirety.
Your second one requires too many parentheses for my liking (mainly in term), and the breaking up of AND and OR into separate rules instead of alternatives doesn't seem as clean to me.
You can simplify even more though:
grammar filter;
filter: expression EOF;
expression
    : LPAREN expression RPAREN   # ParenExp
    | expression AND expression  # AndBlock
    | expression OR expression   # OrBlock
    | atom                       # AtomExp
    ;
atom : INT;
INT: DIGITS;
DIGITS : [0-9]+;
AND : 'AND';
OR : 'OR';
LPAREN : '(';
RPAREN : ')';
WS: [ \t\r\n]+ -> skip;

This gives a tree with a different shape but still is equivalent.  And note the use of the # AndBlock and # OrBlock labels... these "alternative labels" will cause your generated listener or visitor to have separate methods for each, allowing you to completely separate these two in your code semantically as well as syntactically.  Perhaps that's what you're looking for?
I like this one the best because it's the simplest and clearer recursion, and offers specific code alternatives for AND and OR.

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Abstract: Few works tackle the problem of the size and diversity of the communities in relation with the absorption capabilities of the firm and with the managerial resources allocated to their coping. Successful firms structure their communities' portfolio more efficiently, see these communities as resources, transform these resources into capabilities and leverage these capabilities to enhance existing products or create new generations of products. We develop a model linking strategies and communities based on this remark and illustrate this model by case studies in the video-game industry. We examine different development modes of communities by firms, as consumers of an internally developed product, as a resource acquisition, as a capability, and finally as a leveraged capability that brings a better performance to the firm.
Abstract: This paper investigates the dynamic capabilities of firms in the video game industry, where these firms are at the intersections of different markets, each with its own degree of dynamism which varies also in time, and its imperatives and pace of change. In this industry, firms are required not only to have technical and evolutionary fitness but also to achieve a creative one. On the basis of 36 semi-structured interviews aimed at the development of grounded theory, temporary findings of this study, highlights how firms achieve creative fitness through an adequate use of disorganizing and synchronization capabilities, allowing them to orchestrate latent processes embodied in multiple levels in and outside of the firm.
Abstract: The industrial project-based firm executes most of its value creation through projects. Single projects and entire project portfolios are exposed to degrees of uncertainty and complexity uncommon in operations-based business, for example when considering the fluctuations in demand. The key objective of this investigation has been to better understand value creation in the project-based firm and to develop a new way of managing dynamic capability on the strategic level in order to increase the firms' adaptiveness. We report a comparison of a multinational firm's project portfolio in the Marine industry where a project portfolio management method was developed and tested.
Abstract: Traditional diversification research has emphasized supply-side resources and capabilities that give firms competitive advantage across product markets due to economies of scope. Another, much smaller literature has explored diversification into markets that share the same customers with the original market, effectively applying bundling strategies. In this study we explore the question under what circumstances diversification leads to superior performance by explicitly taking into account market connectedness. In particular we model the demand side with heterogeneous customers. Furthermore we develop a typology of resources that form the basis for diversification. Through analytical modeling and simulation we show how and under what circumstance a firm is able to appropriate the value stemming from different types of unique resources and thereby create superior performance through diversification.