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2018-19 Upper Deck Team Canada Juniors Goes for Gold
August 13, 2018 By Stephen Laroche
If there is one thing that Canada truly seems to rally around, it is their national hockey team as it takes on the best talent from the rest of the world. Since the players from the Great White North tend to have a lot of success on the ice, it is only natural that there is also a great demand for these talents appearing on trading cards in their maple leaf-emblazoned jerseys. The upcoming release of 2018-19 Upper Deck Team Canada Juniors aims to satisfy hobbyists with a look at the game's future along with some of the best women skating today and a smattering of legends.
Upper Deck has made this product an annual tradition and it manages to deliver some big hits – including an average of one autographed patch card in each 15-pack box. That is not the only thing collectors may be excited about, though, as there are three other hits inside that could be game-used memorabilia cards or autographs.
Plenty of Prospects
The 2018-19 Upper Deck Team Canada Juniors base set is going to be made up of 100 cards which draw from the U-18 and U-20 Men's teams in addition to the Women's squad that won silver at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Additionally, there are a few retired players expected to make it into the collection as well.
Several of the young stars making it into the set may only have a few cards on the market, so this product is a natural place to begin a player collection. Among the ones to watch from the U-20 subset are elite Philadelphia Flyers goaltending prospect Carter Hart along with Jordan Kyrou (St. Louis Blues), Sam Steel (Anaheim Ducks), Michael McLeod (New Jersey Devils), and Drake Batherson (Ottawa Senators).
Moving on to the U-18 group, you will be getting several players in 2018-19 Upper Deck Team Canada Juniors that were recently drafted. Included in that group are first rounders such as Liam Foudy (Columbus Blue Jackets), Ty Dellandrea (Dallas Stars), Ty Smith (New Jersey Devils), and Ryan Merkley (San Jose Sharks). There are some 2019 prospects like Kirby Dach, Peyton Krebs, Bowen Byram, and Matthew Robertson. However, the one people are really going to be chasing is prime 2020-eligible talent Alexis Lafreniere – who has already seen early cardboard action in Upper Deck's CHL release earlier this year.
One of the coolest features of this annual release is the inclusion of members of the national Women's team. The Canadians narrowly lost a thrilling gold medal battle with the United States and there is still plenty of prime talent likely to be found here like goalie Shannon Szabados and big scorers like Marie-Philip Poulin, Rebecca Johnston, and Melodie Daoust.
Intriguing Inserts and Parallels
Each of the cards in the base set will have multiple levels of parallels and they average out around five per box. The regular Exclusives are numbered out of 225 while High Gloss are a much tougher pull as they are limited to 25 copies each. The biggest challenge in 2018-19 Upper Deck Team Canada Juniors will be the Black parallels and there are just five of those for each player.
Team Canada Jerseys are the foundation of the memorabilia program and they are joined by the premium Autograph Patch Cards which fall once per box. These come in two tiers for the Men (/125 or 199) while there are 199 copies for each of the women.
As for the traditional non-memorabilia inserts, there will be at least three different types to collect. Program of Excellence, which has a long history in Upper Deck products, is here along with Golden Futures and Provincial Prowess.
Upper Deck Team Canada Juniors is set for release on August 21.
You can see Team Canada Juniors cards on eBay here.
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About Stephen Laroche
There aren't many things Stephen Laroche hasn't done in the hobby since the 1980s--from designing sets for a card company to editing hobby magazines-- but writing is his primary passion.
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Northwest of Ljubljana in Triglav National Park, the Vogel Ski Area has 14 pistes totaling 22km that are served by 6 lifts accessing a maximum descent of 275m. This is an easier ski area with no difficult pistes. With that said, there are numerous off-piste backcountry free ride routes for splitboarders to explore.
The ski area is located near Kranj and Bohinj Jezero. To reach the snowboarding at Vogel Ski Area, fly into Ljubljana and take a train to Kranj. Take a bus or taxi from Kranj to the car park on Lake Bohinj at the bottom of the cable car (the only way to the base area). The Ski Hotel is located at the mid-station and most snowboarders spend their day above the mid-station.
Overall, Vogel Ski Area is the 1st most popular snowboard & freeride destination of all 7 snowboarding resorts in Slovenia.


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Council meeting draws big crowd
By Amy Veneziano • December 9, 2007 4:20 pm
Architect Dave Frunkland, from Yakima, talked about the proposed North Valley Hospital renovations at length with a packed crowd Nov. 27. Most of the council meeting was spent on the proposed plans, addressing a sometimes-hostile crowd – Photo by Amy Vene
A standing-room-only crowd greeted Nov. 27's city council meeting, eager to voice their opinions, whether supportive or objective, to the North Valley Hospital's proposed expansion plans.
Though the hospital asked for a delay in the decision to vacate 2nd Street, the council still allowed public comment. The new meeting was scheduled for Jan. 22, 2008.
Architect Dave Frunklund explained the options in design, which would either remove the back of the Whitestone Apartments or the Tonasket Eagle's Property.
The expansion was necessary, Frunkland said.
Tonasket is in need of a larger facility and the various parts of the hospital cannot be divided, Frunkland said.
"Right now, it's designed as one entity; if we divide the parts, it becomes more inefficient and difficult for doctors and nurses. You kill the parts if you separate them," Frunkland said.
It would also be too expensive to move the hospital, he said. "Moving the facility is way beyond the range of this community. You need to do something to update this facility."
No matter what plan the hospital pursued, expansion is necessary, Frunkland said.
"The only way to expand the hospital is to cross the street. There's no room on-site, so we obviously can't expand there. The vacation of 2nd Street is a necessity," he said. There was also no way to expand the hospital without acquiring some property, he said.
"Can we do the expansion without acquiring property? No, we cannot. There's not enough parking without taking some property. And we have to have parking, especially during construction."
The hospital has three options to expand, Frunkland said. All include vacating 2nd Street.
The first is to buy the Whitestone Apartments, forcing the businesses there to move. While that plan is cost-effective for the community, Frunkland said it is not ideal.
Removing the building and those businesses was a serious concern and would be detrimental to the community, he said. It would hinder Tonasket's "Main Street image," he said.
"You have a beautiful little town and you're right that taking away these main street businesses would detract from it."
The second option – the most inadequate, Frunkland said – was to purchase the north 18 feet of the Eagle's property. This had several inherent flaws, he said, including the location of patient rooms and splitting various parts of the hospital. Though that plan added parking, it still lacked adequate space, he said.
The final option, called the best by hospital staff and Frunkland, has the hospital expand over the Eagle's property. Frunkland said the third plan provided the best design, adequate parking and the least infraction on the town.
However, the catch: In the third design, the Eagles would lose their location.
Washington State Eagles president-elect Denis Allen traveled from Spokane to address the issue.
"The Eagles are not against this hospital expansion," Allen said. "Eagles nationwide support hospitals and have donated more then $10 million to hospitals for research. In the last year, the state of Washington Eagles Association has donated $220,000 to hospitals," he said.
Regardless of their hospital support, he had concerns about the proposed expansion.
"We're not here to argue about the need for a hospital here," Allen said. "But the Tonasket Eagles are here and they're not going away. You need them. You need some amicable agreement so the Eagles can co-exist in the city of Tonasket."
In a recent press release, the Eagles announced the formation of a six-person committee to work with the hospital to attempt to find a compromise. The six members are Dave Kester, Mike Kessler, Arnie Marchland, Ken Montanye, Bob Pardue and Brad Wood.
Hospital administrator Warner Bartleson said he was pleased with the committee and that he believes they will be able to work together and the delay would help them.
"We hope to be able to do this with the Eagles," he said. "They have put together, I'm pleased to say, a very knowledgeable committee who can put down what the Eagle's needs are, we can say what our needs are and search for ways to meet those needs."
Chris Branch, the Tonasket Planning Development Coordinator, recommended the city council postpone a decision until further data was collected. The planning committee was not willing to grant approval of vacating the street without a certain final outcome.
"It can sound like a good idea, but we need to know the final outcome before moving ahead," he said.
But that delay and possible compromise did not smooth the full council room.
One man, who did not give his name before speaking, said to the council, "Anyone who votes for this levy will not be reelected."
Jack Rawley, the local Eagle's secretary, said, "I can guarantee that if you don't come to an agreement and take our property by imminent domain, you won't pass another levy in this town for 50 years."
Some people at the meeting were more direct.
A woman who identified herself as Pat Nelson told the hospital board and administrator, "You people are bald-faced lying to us, you're making crap up! Why don't we vote again?" Many people agreed, verbally and by clapping.
Some locals supported the hospital.
"People, we're all in a sundry over this," said Duane Rawley. "This isn't Exxon-Mobile or big business who are going to come in here and gain wealth. The people who benefit from a hospital are all of us. The hospital is not the all-conquering corporation looking to gain wealth. A hospital is a public utility we all need. Yes, something does need to be done, but tonight I haven't heard the hospital talk about or threaten imminent domain. The only people who've been saying it are you!"
Despite the arguments, taking the hospital out of Tonasket was not an option, when Hospital Commissioner Dick Larson proposed it.
"If you don't want the hospital here in Tonasket, I'll help make that possible," Larson said. "Let's take it to Oroville. There are more people there, and we need and want it there."
Council member Joyce Fancher made the first lengthy address of the night after Larson's proposal.
"No, thank you. We're having contention here with the Eagles group, but we need to look at who employs the most people, which is the greater benefit to the town itself. I know the many good things the Eagle's do, but the hospital saves lives. It employs people. If we lose our hospital, we lose much more then that," she said. "We won't have Tonasket anymore. Things that are vital to a community – it's hospital, schools, forest services – these are vital. If you wipe out the hospital, you wipe out half the employment in town."
Bartleson said the hospital employs about 240 people.
Dave Kester, who is on the Eagles committee to work with the hospital, said, "We're not against the hospital, we want them to treat us fairly."
He said that had the hospital board contacted the Eagles when the issue first arose, things would have been different. "We have played fairly with you. We don't feel like we've gotten the same back."
Ultimately, both sides said they wanted what was best for the community,
either in a community area for social and benefit events at the Eagles or a health facility for the area.
"This is an opportunity for us to work together, to get rid of this contrition and to build trust again," Duncan said. "Yeah, we could've done things differently, but we're here today. Let's quit talking about imminent domain and start talking about the future."
Mike Kessler, who said he was in the middle through the entire situation, as a hospital employee, Eagle's trustee, chairman of the bond election committee and member of the Eagles committee, said it was time to work on a compromise.
"Let's trust them enough to allow the trustees and committee appointed to work with the hospital," he said. "Let's give the two sides the chance to come together and the chance to talk it out. We need to go forward."
His statement was greeted with "amen's" and claps through the crowd.
The committee had its first, mostly informal, meeting with the hospital board Nov. 28, which went very well, said Bartleson. He said he feels confident that the Eagle's and hospital can find a solution.
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'Defining Abstraction' at Selby Galleries
By Susan Rife , Herald-Tribune
/ Wednesday, July 8, 2015
"Defining Abstraction," a group exhibition featuring work by more than 30 contemporary artists, will be on display July 10-Aug. 7 at Selby Gallery I and II on the campus of Ringling College of Art and Design.
Curator Mark Ormond chose artists who work in a variety of media, including painting, sculpture and printmaking.
"Together" by Gary Petersen
"What is Abstraction? Perhaps we all think we know what it is, we know we can define it or we know it when we see it," said Ormond in a statement. "This exhibition is designed to pose as many questions as it answers. It will provide the viewer examples of works of art where the artists have pondered or wrestled with the idea of abstraction."
Artists whose work is on display include Peter Brown, Jean Blackburn, John Clement, Elisabeth Condon, Hugh Davies, Kyler Duhé, Peppi Elona, Gay Germain, John Henry, Mike Hodges, Julie Kanapaux, Jay Kelly, Ellen Mason, Nicole Mauser, Laine Nixon, Anna Paul, Gary Petersen, Elisabeth Phillipson, Meg Pierce, Judy Lyons Schneider, Ali Smith, Tremain Smith, Mike Solomon, Tom Stephens, Steven Strenk, Pamela Sumner, Kyle Trowbridge, Josette Urso, Siebren Versteeg, Jeff Whipple and Michael Wyshock.
DEFINING ABSTRACTION
July 10-Aug. 5 at Selby Gallery I and II, Ringling College of Art and Design, 2700 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. Opening reception 5-7 p.m. July 10. Curator tour, 11:30 a.m. Aug. 5. 359-7563; www.ringling.edu/selbygallery
Susan Rife
Susan Rife is the arts and books editor for the Herald-Tribune Media Group. She holds a bachelor of science degree in journalism from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. She can be reached by email or call (941) 361-4930. Make sure to "Like" Arts Sarasota on Facebook for news and reviews of the arts.
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REVIEW - KINGSTON WALL: KING SIZE BOX
This is really interesting stuff which has to be heard. The tragedy is known, the story does not need repeating (in the review that is) and this box (actively) makes the music stand apart from that. Whether the latter is by design is impossible to determine.
It's obvious they are/were important, which makes the bare-bones packaging perplexing as the box is presumably the last word on them. But there we are.
Below is what was in Rumba (click on it a couple of times and it can be made big enough to read), and below that - for non-Finnish speakers - is the English, before it was translated..
I had not heard Kingston Wall until a few weeks ago. I had not heard of Kingston Wall until a few weeks ago. This doesn't matter. It's not a problem. There's masses of music out there and it's impossible to have heard or heard of it all. The question is: should I have heard of Kingston Wall? Based on this enigmatic box set, the answer is yes.
Enigmatic as King Size Box gives little away. It's not a typical box set. There's no photo-packed booklet. There is no booklet. With no liner notes and the minimum of credits and label copy, it's obvious King Size Box is about the music. The sole picture is of three young men. Two have long hair, one doesn't. Clues as what Kingston Wall might sound like come from the tracks. Versions of Hendrix's "Fire" and "Purple Haze" offer hints. So does a version of The Beatles' "Rocky Racoon". Titles like "Nepal", "Mushrooms", "More Mushrooms", "Istwan", "Freak-Out Intro" and "Freak-Out Outro" reinforce the idea they're looking to the '60s, the mystical and might know what drugs are. But a version of Donna Summer's electro-disco classic "I Feel Love" suggests a broader outlook.
So it's about the music. There's a lot of it. The eight CDs include a trio collecting the band's three albums: I, II and Trilogy. There are three discs of live material from unspecified venues, with no recording dates given. One is a new remix of Trilogy. The eighth disc comprises studio outtakes. King Size Box does little to unlock the enigma.
Especially as the period covered is 1991 to 1994. The three albums span 1992 to 1994 – no one made an album a year in the '90s. They still don't. We're looking at an active period of 1992 to 1994, when us lot were in thrall to Britpop and the Oasis vs. Blur war. Without even having heard the music, it's clear this could never have hit the mainstream in the UK.
After sticking the CDs on, it's even more clear that Kingston Wall are out there on their own. Sure, I's "Used To Feel Before" borrows bits of Hendrix's "Foxy Lady" and nods at "Been Caught Stealing"-era Jane's Addiction. But there's no pose here. This music just is. The modal figure which defines I's "Tanya" isn't the sort of thing on the minds of many bands in the '90s. II takes it even further. It opens with the circular "We Cannot Move", which segues into Led Zeppelin-ish "Istwan". But there's a folk element too. Tracks bleeds into each other. This is an album, not a series of disparate songs. The version of "I Feel Love" is as straight as it could be. The ten-minute portmanteau composition "You" is the album's highlight. Trilogy is a more tense album, with a greater contributions from early '70s-sounding synthesisers. It's the sound of a band testing its limits. "The Key: Will" leans towards the sounds of native Australia. There's some reggae in "Get Rid Of Your Fears".
If Kingston Wall had caught on beyond Finland they would have soon ceased sounding this idiosyncratic – the music business cannot tolerate the individual. Templates and formulas rule. But it's always the esoteric, the individualistic, that lasts.
It's impossible to determine if they could have made waves beyond Finland. However, think on this – where did the second Stones Roses' album, Second Coming, look to for its inspiration? But that was rubbish, half-baked, directionless twaddle. Whatever the imponderables surrounding Kingston Wall, they would have easily aced The Stones Roses. That wouldn't have been enough though.
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Fabulous summer style starts with the Bass Ophelia. This women's platform sandal features a supple leather upper with crisscrossing straps. An adjustable ankle strap with a buckle closure lends a snug fit. The covered wedge heel and platform lend a trendy yet classic look while the cushioned footbed offers long-lasting comfort. Raise your fashion sense to new heights with the Bass Ophelia.


Our Dual State Variable Filter is - on the surface - a very simple device, offering two powerful multimode VCFs, each able to operate in lowpass, bandpass, highpass, and notch mode. It really sounds beautiful, with a lovely liquid sound, and plenty of bass 'oomph'. But our design makes it very versatile and powerful too.
At its simplest, it is a perfect mono filter: Ideal for creating incredibly fat kicks and other percussion - or thick basses, pads and leads. But when used as two parallel filters it can be used to apply extraordinary stereo effects to mono signals - from sweeping panoramas to ultra-wide characterful stereo-ising (using carefully applied notch filters on the left and right for example). And used in a serial configuration it yields stunning results, such as formant filtering, for organic vocal-like effects - on anything from pads to drums. Or simply running one 12dB filter into the next, creating a 24dB filter, but with the ability to alter the cutoff, resonance, and more... halfway through the process.
Naturally, the cutoff and resonance controls feature CV inputs, each with an attenuverter. And the individual filter types have their own outputs, all of which can be deployed simultaneously (with some additional options for Notch that are probably best left to the manual to explain!).
Finally, to simplify many (if not most) regular patching situations, all audio and CV inputs are normalised* from filter A to filter B.
In the end, the Dual State Variable VCF delivers everything you would expect and demand from a modular VCF, feature-wise, plus some well thought out routing, and a sound so creamy that you might well consider buying this module even if it was missing valuable features and was terribly designed.


What to wear: You'll need some friends to pull off this look, since each of the Harmons on their own isn't very recognizable. For Vivien, you'll need a long, wavy red wig, a modest dress, and a little white dog to carry. Ben is easy: just throw on some khakis, a shirt, and a blazer, and don't forget the fedora. Violet needs a baggy floral dress and a mustard sweater.
How to act: If you're Vivien, be cautiously optimistic. For Ben, get increasingly irritable and suspicious throughout the night, and if you're Violet, you're a ghost, so be forlorn.


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Political and social upheaval around the globe is having a surprising effect on Millennials' tendency to job-hop. Millennials have to date shown no faith in the concept of loyalty and flirted with a string of jobs to climb their way up the career ladder. As commentators, we are still writing about Millennial's obsession with job hopping. But, could there be signs this obsession is coming to an end?
According to Deloitte's Millennial Survey 2017, Millennials indicated they are less likely to leave the security of their jobs than in previous years. Millennials are concerned about a large range of global issues. They currently have a generally pessimistic view on economic and social progress. The uncertainty formed around Brexit is one source of anxiety. Automation is another.
This anxiety and uncertainty are driving a newfound desire for greater stability at work. This is good news for employers who in recent years have struggled to hang on to talent. Here's a quick reminder of who Millennials are and what businesses can do to capitalize on Millennials' U-turn on loyalty at work.
Millennials are one of the largest generations in history. Born between 1980 and 2000, the Millennial generation has grown up in a time of rapid change. These are truly the generation of the digital age. They have been reluctant to enter the housing market and they care about social issues. They shop differently and they want different things (experiences and sharing, rather than ownership). They're also committed to good health.
Millennials work differently to any previous generations. They are comfortable with digital technology and they know when and how they work best. They also value work-life balance. Millennials want flexible work schedules and studies indicate that a significant proportion of millennials believe that flexible working makes them more productive.
Flexible work schedules promote a healthy work-life balance, but they need to be backed by a trusting relationship between manager and employee. Task management systems and shift scheduling software can help to keep projects on track and give reassurance to jittery managers that the work is being done.
Millennials see the workplace as somewhere they can make a difference and have an impact on the social issues they care about. Millennials are renowned for seeking out employment with businesses who have a social conscience and robust Corporate Social Responsibility policies.
Millennials are passionate and respond well to a sense of fulfillment at work. Millennials want to make the world a better place and robust CSR policies feed that sense of purpose.
One of the factors behind Millennials' propensity for job-hopping is in their devotion to career loyalty (not the same as employer loyalty). Millennials are driven to succeed without the tethered sense of loyalty of previous generations, so they happily moved around to further that goal.
What can employers do about it? Commitment is a two-way thing. Providing opportunities for growth is more likely to create a culture where loyalty can blossom.
While Millennials do appear to place purpose ahead of pay, they are more than happy to sack off employers and job-hop to climb the pay scale. To ensure your prized Millennials aren't tempted into chasing pay rises elsewhere, step up the benefits and increase pay in line with the competition when appropriate.
Millennials will make up 75 percent of the workplace in the next 10 years. If businesses are serious about their future success, they will need to respond to Millennials' needs and build workplaces Millennials thrive in.


I was sixteen then and on summer holidays from my boarding school in Ireland.
We had berthed our yacht 'Voyageur' stern-to on the quay in the Port of Mahon in Menorca – it was in the middle of August and the heat was unbearable as we had no air-conditioning in those days, just a wind scoop which collected air and directed it down through a deck hatch into the saloon. It didn't help at all.
I didn't sleep well because of the heat and woke up one morning at five to the sound of marine engines chewing up the water opposite us on the quay and shouted commands in German. My father (whom I had always called John) had also woken up and together we went topside to see what was going on.
A massive super-yacht flying a Panamanian flag had secured her lines and we looked up to see what we guessed were Filipino deckhands running all over the boat – and behind them was an old white-haired man dressed all in whites holding a horse-whip which he cracked as he ordered them to work faster.
The noise and commotion had attracted a mixed bunch of local fishermen and crew from nearby yachts who watched the goings-on in amazement.
The fishermen had been across the road in the bar they went to early every morning to drink gin and prepare for their day's work at sea on their trawlers.
Well, of course, that really got John mad so he replied, "I'll meet you on the quay and we will sort this out ok?" To which the German answered "Nein, but I will meet you in the fisherman's bar this evening at 7 o'clock for a drink".
I should mention at this point in the story that John had served both in the Merchant Navy before the war and then as a Marine Engineer during the war. He lost many of his friends and was with his ship at Dunkirk in June 1940.
At five minutes to seven that evening he said to me "Stay here on board and do not come to the bar under any circumstances." Then he walked across the road.
The bar itself was an old fisherman's cave built into the side of a cliff on the harbour. It was filled with old nets, glass buoys and an old anchor that apparently had come off a British warship.
For about two hours I heard the sound of singing and laughter, so I began to relax after a long day.
The German, who had drunk a huge quantity of Menorquin gin answered, 'I live in Argentina and I was a Colonel in the SS." Then he took off his white shirt and showed him an SS tattoo under his left arm.
John didn't hesitate and landed a right hook on his jaw which floored him momentarily. When the German recovered he got up and the fight was on and lasted nearly one hour.
Someone called the police (it wasn't me as I was enjoying the show from across the road), and they turned up in a blue van and arrested John and the German and put them in jail for the night to cool off.
Of course, John was an old drinking pal of the Police Chief in Mahon and he was released at about six in the morning.
When he got a lift back to our yacht by the police I saw he had a black eye and bruises all over his face.
The super-yacht had already sailed but I am glad to say I had a final chance to give the finger to the owner when they cast away.
John said it was the most fun he had had for years!


On the front, the map shows information on the formation of the Dolomites. On the back is a 1:150:000 road map illustrating the nine areas of the Dolomites that are now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Coverage extends from the Austrian border to just past Trento and Feltre, and west/east from the Ortles Massif to well east of Belluno.


I've played BO1 several times and have never heard the name Hash'ak'gik mentioned. Now, I know he is the Dark Entity that possesses Mortanius, but where is that name mentioned? Is it in the manual somewhere, or does he say the name somewhere withen the game? Or niether?
There's a secret room (underneath Avernus, IIRC) that has a book with his name in it.
The Dark Entity was never caled that in game, was he? I thought he was only mentioned as the unspoken by Ariel in the beggining.
Oh well, the more names, the better one should think. All relate to the demon in one way or another. They don't in dialouge mention him much and never by the name Hash. I guess that leaves his name Hash unspoken. And as a demon, he is a dark entity. It fits.
The horned demon at the end is never explicitly called Hash'ak'gik, but the secret chamber under Avernus has a book that says "And Hash'ak'gik spoke unto the world..." and then some doom-and-gloom stuff I can't remember offhand.
"And Hash'akGik spoke unto the world: 'Bring me your first born and shed their blood on the alter of the world so that I may take nurishment from them. Do this without question or suffer my wrath for eternity!' And it was done." That was (almost) a direct quote from what was said in Blood Omen.
Don't snore at me, warp. Unless Amy said that it was, the game never calls him that, and he looks like the big gray demons in SR2, so that demon isn't unique. It could be him, but for all we know it might not be, either.
That is a quote from Amy. LOL :p I wasnt snoring at you I'm just tired of the Hashagik/Dark Entity Question.
Q: And now, is Hash the demon at the end!? It says no where that he is or isnt.
he is the Unspoken, everyone fears his wrath if they say his name.
A: hehe, I just wrote Chris a response to this question, so he could post it on the forum.
To clarify, the being referred to as the "Dark Entity", the "Unspoken" and "Hash'ak'gik" are all the same entity. This was left very vague in BO:LoK, but clarified in SK's FAQ and in the dialogue scripts themselves.
Just so you know -- the being is never called "the Dark Entity" in the game; this is just what the being is called in the stage directions of the dialogue scripts, and this is what SK calls it in their FAQ.
When Ariel tells Kain to "beware the Unspoken", she's talking about the Dark Entity. (The "Unspoken" name is also referenced in SK's FAQ).
but it was clarified in SK's FAQ, where they did state that the Dark Entity possessing Mortanius is, in fact, Hash'ak'gik.
I never did find that altar... of course, I only played it once... how does one get to it?
The altar is really cool. I like the voice that they use to say the scary scripture. It's a real pain in the *** to get to actually if I remember.
The doorway that leads to the altar isn't too hard to find (if you know where to look). It's near the main altar of the cathedral. There may be a switch that opens the door, but every time I've reached it, it's already been unlocked.
Even without Amy's feedback, the mural on the floor of the altar room suggests strongly that it is the demon who is being referred to in the text.
the mural on the floor of the altar room suggests strongly that it is the demon who is being referred to in the text.
I agree it was the Dark Entity just because it looks just like him. I went back today to see the altar again. Hadn't in a while. I was suprised the first time I stumbled upon it (back when the game first came out) just because I didn't expect such a change of scenery. I had just first gotten to the chapple (before the Reaver/Armor stuff) and I didn't expect that. When I went to the later Reaver and armor sections though, I knew full well of those kinds of changes from the alter so it didn't really seem to matter. I stumbled upon the door just exploring. I thought that was where I had to go.


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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, has just announced that they are looking forward to continued operations and funding in the fiscal year 2019, following the release of the President's Budget on February 12.
In Connecticut, the budget proposes continuing funding for the operation and maintenance of the 8 Corps-managed flood risk management reservoirs, the Stamford Hurricane Barrier, and for project condition surveys and inspection of completed works.
In Massachusetts, the budget proposes continuing funding for operation and maintenance of the 12 Corps-managed flood risk management reservoirs, the Cape Cod Canal and the New Bedford Hurricane Barrier.
Additionally, the budget proposes $15.1 million for construction of the Boston Harbor Deep Draft Improvements and $7.1 million for dredging the federal navigation project. It also provides funding for project condition surveys and inspection of completed works.
In New Hampshire, the budget proposes continuing funding for operation and maintenance of the 6 Corps-managed flood risk management reservoirs and funding for project condition surveys and inspection of completed works.
In Vermont, the budget proposes continuing funding for operation and maintenance of the 5 Corps-managed flood risk management reservoirs and funding for inspection of completed works.
In Rhode Island, the budget proposes continuing funding for operation and maintenance of the Fox Point Hurricane Barrier and Woonsocket Flood Risk Management projects, and $2.5 million for maintenance dredging of the Block Island Harbor of Refuge and $350,000 to dredge the Great Salt Pond.
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FinanceMore Africa NewsWorld's largest satellite operator files for bankruptcy protection
May 15, 2020by Adrian Hall0
Intelsat filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and said it had obtained US$1-billion in new financing that will allow it to keep the satellite service in business while it awaits billions of dollars in proceeds from a government spectrum auction.
To facilitate financial restructuring, Intelsat and some subsidiaries have filed in the US bankruptcy court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the company said on Thursday in a statement.
The filing will allow the satellite operator to address its $14-billion debt load as federal regulators head toward an auction of C-band satellite airwaves for use in 5G wireless networks. Intelsat needs to spend $1.5-billion to $2.5-billion to prepare its spectrum for sale, and it could net as much as $4.8-billion for handing over its C-band by certain deadlines, according to Bloomberg Intelligence.
"We intend to move forward with the accelerated clearing of C-band spectrum in the US and to achieve a comprehensive solution that would result in a stronger balance sheet," Stephen Spengler, Intelsat CEO, said in the statement.
The operator of the world's largest satellite fleets said its restructuring "will likely result in a substantial reduction of Intelsat's legacy debt burden", and that the company is managing the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on several of its markets. — Reported by Dave McCombs, (c) 2020 Bloomberg LP
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Nanci Koschman. | Peter Holderness / Sun-Times
Mom sues, claiming 'official coverup'
PUBLISHED BY: Paul Saltzman
By TIM NOVAK, CHRIS FUSCO AND DAN MIHALOPOULOS
City Hall and the Chicago Police Department engaged in an "official coverup" to "protect the Daley family political dynasty" by refusing to charge former Mayor Richard M. Daley's nephew in the killing of David Koschman, Koschman's mother says in a federal lawsuit filed Monday.
Nanci Koschman's civil rights suit accuses the police of hiding facts and creating phony evidence "in a concerted and unremitting abuse of power and authority" to protect Daley nephew Richard J. "R.J." Vanecko, who escaped prosecution for more than eight years, until after the appointment of a special prosecutor in the case.
Koschman argues she would have been able to sue Vanecko for "battery and wrongful death" years ago if the city and police department "had not created a false official record of the Koschman homicide, had not fabricated evidence against David Koschman, had not covered up and concealed the fact that Vanecko was legally responsible and directly at fault in that homicide, and not privately and publicly made false official pronouncements legally absolving Vanecko for her son's death."
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The Mount Prospect woman is suing the city of Chicago, former police Supt. Phil Cline and 20 other current and former cops, saying they violated her son's civil rights by botching two investigations into his death. Other defendants include Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez, former State's Attorney Richard Devine and three unnamed Daley "family members or associates."
Koschman also is suing Vanecko for wrongful death for "viciously" punching her 21-year-old son "square in the face and causing him to fall backward and hit his head on the pavement" in 2004.
Vanecko, now 39, wasn't charged until December 2012, when a grand jury led by special prosecutor Dan K. Webb indicted him for involuntary manslaughter. Vanecko pleaded guilty Jan. 31 and is serving a 60-day jail sentence.
Koschman's mother is being represented by attorneys Locke Bowman and G. Flint Taylor, who have spent decades fighting City Hall over police corruption, including the torture cases involving detectives led by now-imprisoned former police Cmdr. Jon Burge.
Taylor said they plan to question the former mayor and other Daley family members.
Attempts Monday to reach Daley were unsuccessful.
Stephen Patton, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's chief City Hall lawyer, said: "We are deeply sympathetic to Mrs. Koschman for the loss of her son and commend the work done by special prosecutor Dan Webb and Inspector General Joe Ferguson to investigate every aspect of this case, but unfortunately we cannot comment on the specifics of what is now pending litigation."
The lawsuit is based on evidence contained in the 162-page report Webb produced, which was released last month. Bowman and Taylor hope to obtain 300,000 pages of testimony, medical records and other documents Webb gathered during a 17-month investigation that ended last September. Webb, who concluded he couldn't prosecute police officials under state law, has turned over that evidence to the FBI.
Drawing conclusions based on Webb's report, the lawsuit says that soon after Vanecko punched Koschman and fled in a cab, the former mayor, his relatives or people "closely connected" to them got involved "to influence the course of the investigation . . . and to prevent Vanecko from being exposed to criminal or civil liability."
"Very early on — not as a result of the ordinary process of the investigation, but as a result of some back-channel communication that could have only originated with Vanecko and the other Daley associates — the police were informed of the identity of the person who was involved, and that's when this investigation went off the rails," Bowman said at a news conference. "Somebody got called in the Daley family — or associated with the Daleys — and that somebody or somebodies contacted some somebodies in the police department."
Taylor added: "It had to go through the channels of the Daley family and then to the channels of the highest levels of the police department. . . . Within a few hours, it comes back down to the commander of the area that's in charge of the investigation . . . and the investigation stops."
Hours after Koschman was hit on April 25, 2004, detectives stopped investigating the case, Webb's report concluded. They didn't resume until May 9, 2004, three days after Koschman died.
Nanci Koschman said she is suing because she "wants to make a change for future Davids."
She also said she is hoping to find answers about why her son's killer wasn't charged sooner.
"If I get the answers," she said, "it will make me more at peace."
WHO'S BEING SUED
• City of Chicago.
• Cook County.
• Phil Cline, police superintendent in 2004 who said there wasn't enough evidence to charge anyone in Koschman's death.
• Michael Chasen, Area 3 commander who oversaw 2004 investigation, now retired.
• Richard Rybicki, Area 3 lieutenant in 2004, now retired.
• Ronald E. Yawger, lead detective in the 2004 investigation, now works for the Illinois attorney general's office.
• Rita O'Leary, detective in the 2004 investigation.
• Robert Clemens, O'Leary's partner, now retired.
• Anthony Giralamo Jr., dectective from 2004, now retired.
• Jody Weis, police superintendent in 2011 who ordered re-investigation.
• Steve Peterson, deputy superintendent in 2011 who oversaw re-investigation, now retired.
• Ernest Brown, another 2011 deputy superintendent, now police chief in Darien.
• Thomas Byrne, chief of detectives in 2011, now retired.
• Constantine "Dean" Andrews, Byrne deputy whom special prosecutor considered charging for fabricating statements in police reports.
• Gary Yamashiroya, Area 3 commander in 2011.
• Joseph Salemme, Area 5 commander who oversaw 2011 investigation.
• Denis P. Walsh, Area 3 lieutenant who took missing case files home in 2011.
• Thomas Flaherty, Area 3 sergeant, Walsh's former partner.
• Richard Downs, Internal Affairs sergeant who investigated missing files.
• Sam Cirone III, Area 5 sergeant special prosecutor considered charging for fabricating statements.
• James Gilger, lead detective in 2011.
• Nick Spanos, Gigler's partner.
• Maureen Biggane, police news affairs lieutenant in 2011.
• Richard Devine, Cook County state's attorney in 2004.
• Darren O'Brien, Devine's felony review chief who declined to charge anyone in 2004, now retired.
• Anita Alvarez, Cook County state's attorney who agreed with police there wasn't enough evidence to charge anyone in 2011.
• Dan Kirk, Alvarez's chief of staff.
• Richard J. "R.J." Vanecko, Koschman's now-jailed assailant.


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Agile Teaches Us An Important Lesson About Innovation
The story of Agile is more than just one chapter in the history of software development. It's also an extremely valuable case study in innovation, an elusive and often humbling process that doesn't work in quite the way that we instinctively think it should.
The trajectory of Agile points toward increasing the value of the software delivered. However, it started with no metric of value and almost no notion of what happened outside the development team. Instead, the first phase of Agile, as I describe in the recent publication "Navigating The Future Of Agile And Lean," focused primarily on changing the behavior and world view of developers working together in a team. Therefore, you won't find anything in Scrum or XP that says, "This is how you know your software is better." Instead, these methodologies told you how to work more effectively as a team. Presumably, better results would follow.
In fact, the framers of the Agile Manifesto sought to change the whole notion of methodology, according to Martin Fowler:
Engineering methodologies have been around for a long time. They've not been noticeable for being terribly successful. They are even less noted for being popular. The most frequent criticism of these methodologies is that they are bureaucratic. There's so much stuff to do to follow the methodology that the whole pace of development slows down.
Agile methodologies developed as a reaction to these methodologies. For many people the appeal of these agile methodologies is their reaction to the bureaucracy of the engineering methodologies. These new methods attempt a useful compromise between no process and too much process, providing just enough process to gain a reasonable payoff.
The Agile movement started with big ambitions. So why then, after the foundational meeting in Snowbird, did Fowler, Schwaber, Highsmith, et al. then dive into the procedural weeds? What does something like daily stand-ups have to do with changing the concept of a software development methodology? What's the connection between continuous integration and increased value from the standpoint of the customer using the software?
Fowler gives part of the answer in that quote. Most methodologies, up to that point, assumed that to get to the desired outcome, you had to take into account everything that would ultimately lead to that outcome. The journey of a thousand miles might start with a single step, but these methodologies tried to tell you what the next step would be, and the next, and the next after that, not just for you the developer, but for everyone involved in software development and delivery.
Fine intentions aside, the results were godawful. Checklists that developers hated to follow and managers hated to enforce. Only a small cadre of the initiated with the certification to prove they could understand Byzantine methodological logic that no one else could follow.
And, worst of all, these methodologies allowed practically no room to accommodate changes in the world. In 2001, the year of the Agile Manifesto, software development was very different than it is today. Cloud computing was in its infancy (or maybe even a fetal state). The idea of doing real work through real applications on your phone seemed ludicrous. Social computing was barely out of its BBS phase. And so much more changed, creating new ways to approach software development and delivery and new expectations of what would emerge from it.
Therefore, the real genius of Agile is that it started small. It didn't try to chart the entire journey from software development in 2001 to the terra incognita of 2012. It didn't try to change the way everyone in the software value chain worked all at once. Instead, it chose a critical point in that value chain, the development team, and made a highly disruptive change to it. Eventually, people would figure out the next steps that would ultimately lead to better software as delivered (not just as built, as proponents of the DevOps movement will remind us).
Regardless of what sort of innovation we're attempting, we should heed this example. No one is smart enough to figure out every aspect of disruptive innovation from beginning to end. Innovation is a journey, not of a thousand steps, but into an unfamiliar landscape, full of potholes, wrong turns, and dead ends. It's important to start with something that compels you to make the journey at all, and to navigate successfully through the unknown.
You can see that innovation strategy today in the issues Agilists are talking about. We've moved well past the developer-focused topics, such as sprint planning and test-driven development. Now, the Agile community is grappling with other parts of the value chain beyond the development team. How do we better incorporate customer feedback? How do we collaborate better with UX designers? How can we release as quickly as we build? If there are business imperatives beyond just building software more effectively, how do we alter the Agile timeline, creating something like water-Scrum-fall instead of an endless series of sprints? How do we incorporate Lean to ensure that we're all moving in the right direction?
These are the questions that no one could have answered in 2001, or even in 2006. It took a long time to hone core Agile practices, get a lot of teams to adopt Agile, and then watch the ripple effects. Only then could we get into these sorts of discussions about improving software value.
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Sauces in Singapore: 9 Must-Have Chinese Sauces in Your Kitchen
Sauces in Singapore play a significant role in various cuisines, whether for restaurant menus or traditional dishes. One cuisine, Chinese cuisine, is renowned for its flavorful characteristics. And due to the many Chinese sauces used in their cuisine, kitchen pantries often see popular Chinese flavourings.
Chinese dishes come with condiments from Chinese culture and pair well with each other. From dipping options to stir fry vegetables, Chinese cuisine offers many flavours. It is time to learn about the Chinese sauces you should have in your kitchen.
1. Plum Sauce.
A thick Chinese sweet-and-sour sauce, plum sauce is a condiment for Asian cuisine. It is a mixture of dried plums and apricots, vinegar, sugar, and spices that has a sweet, tangy, and slightly spicy flavour to foods. Commonly served with duck, pork, and spare ribs, the sauce can also be a dipping sauce, a seasoning for cooking sauces in Singapore, or a glaze for roasts. This condiment is in Asian markets and well-stocked supermarkets.
2. Hoisin Sauce.
Hoisin sauce is translated as 'seafood sauce' in Chinese. However, neither is it exclusive to seafood nor does it contain seafood. Hoisin sauce is more prevalent in southern China, particularly in Cantonese and Fujianese cuisine. This sauce is sugary and velvety, perfect as a dipping sauce, meat glaze, and stir-fry sauce for egg noodles in Singapore.
3. Duck Sauce.
A sweet and sour sauce made with dried plums and apricots, vinegar, sugar, and spices, served with roasted duck or pork. A standard sauce for Asian cuisine — duck sauce has a sweet, sour, and slightly spicy flavour to food. The sauce is typically served with duck, pork, and spare ribs and used as a dipping sauce, a seasoning in cooking sauces in Singapore, and a glaze for roasts.
4. Sweet Bean Sauce.
In Southern China, hoisin sauce is the usual condiment, whereas, in Northern China, sweet bean sauce is the local favourite. It differs from hoisin sauce in texture, colour, and flavour. Moreover, sweet bean sauce is darker, sweeter, and pastier. Hoisin sauce's primary ingredient is fermented soybean paste, while sweet bean sauce's primary ingredient is wheat flour. Lastly, sweet bean sauce can help elevate Beijing roast duck, Chinese savoury pancakes, and other dishes. Try this sweet bean sauce recipe for Beijing-inspired fried sauce egg noodles in Singapore.
5. Leek Flower Sauce.
It is a condiment from the Chinese Leek Flower, with a long, slender, and razor-sharp stem and a tiny flowering bulb at the tip. The Chinese Leek Flower, grown to harvest both the stem and the bulb, is processed into a condiment served over rice dishes or lamb dishes such as boiled mutton. The Chinese Leek Flower, also known as the Chinese Chive, has a garlic-like flavour with a chive overtone; therefore, the Leek Flower Sauce gives meat and rice a similar taste.
6. Bean Sauce.
It is a condiment from fermented or germinated soybeans to flavour Asian dishes. In Asian cuisine, bean pastes and sauces are a base sauce from which other pastes and sauces root. Bean sauce combined with hoisin sauce or hoisin sauce combined with chilli bean paste enhances the sauce flavour and the food. Bean pastes and sauces are frequently combined with chilli peppers or other seasonings to intensify the heat and flavour of dishes with a hot or spicy taste. Bean sauces in Singapore are for seasoning poultry, meat, noodles, pork, and vegetables.
7. XO Sauce.
This well-known Chinese condiment is also known as the caviar of the East. It comes with dried shrimp, scallops, ham, garlic, onions, and chilli peppers. XO refers to extra-old cognac, but don't believe the hearsay; the sauce contains no trace of it.
In Asia, not only is XO sauce in Singapore derived from cognac but it is also packaged similarly to the esteemed spirit. This sauce is loaded with umami and has an intense flavour. It has already established its reputation in North American restaurants. And in addition to being a popular condiment or dipping sauce, XO is used to enhance the flavour of stir-fries, seafood, rice, and vegetable dishes.
8. Sauce Sha Cha.
It is referred to as the Chinese barbecue sauce and is most popular in Guangdong and Taiwan. Sha cha sauce is also highly adaptable. It can be a soup base, a meat marinade, a stir-fry sauce, and for dipping sauces in Singapore for a hotpot dinner. The sauce is savoury and slightly spicy. It is a component of Sha cha noodles.
9. Oyster Sauce.
A Chinese seasoning is prepared by simmering steamed oysters, soy sauce, and salt until thick and concentrated. Inventor Lee Kam Sheung allegedly put oysters in boiling water for too long. When he recalled and opened the pot, the soup was fragrant and dark brown. As a result, there came oyster sauce. Different recipes may call for different ingredients. It stands as a condiment in stir-frying and a seasoning for other dishes. Adding oyster sauce to a dish enhances its flavour without overpowering it. It is available in bottle form at Asian markets and well-stocked supermarkets.
Oyster sauce is not vegan. However, there are two plant-based substitutes, one of which is Vegetarian Oyster Flavoured Sauce. The second contains shiitake mushroom essence and is labelled as Vegetarian Stir-Fry Sauce. They are acceptable copies of the original! Additionally, gluten-free oyster sauce is available.
Various Chinese condiments can be added to cooked dishes, including steamed dishes, to enhance their flavour. Most Chinese condiments consist of two or more components. The most common ingredients include dark soy sauce, soybeans, fermented bean curd, bean paste, bean sauce, Sha Cha sauce, XO sauce, and chilli peppers in Singapore. Some thicken the sauces with glutinous rice or wheat flour.
Professionals recommend stocking your pantry with sesame seeds, sesame oil, and five-spice powder if you are unfamiliar with preparing authentic Asian cuisine. Before you know it, ordering Chinese takeout will be a thing of the past, and you'll be preparing your meals.
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by Sumaya El-Zaher October 9, 2018, 1:40 pm in History
The Father of the Theory of Evolution: Al-Jahiz and His Book of Animals
Abu Uthman ibn Bahr al-Kinani al-Basri, or also known as Al-Jahiz, was a Muslim writer and thinker of Ethiopian descent. He was born in 776 in Basra, the second biggest city in Iraq. Even though his family was very poor, it did not stop Al-Jahiz of seeking knowledge and attending lectures on different topics like Arabic poetry, philology and lexicography. The gained knowledge and his desire for studying would later result in more than two hundred books, though unfortunately only thirty of them survived.
The most famous book written by Al-Jahiz is Kitab al-Hayawan (Book of Animals). This multi-volume book does not only describe more than 350 varieties of animals, but also consists of pre-Islamic poetry, personal observations, humor, storytelling and influences of Aristotle's zoological texts. Although the Book of Animals consists of a wide range of subjects, the great amount of scientific information given is of great value. Al-Jahiz introduces the concept of biological evolution in this book. After observing animals and insects, al-Jahiz came to the conclusion that there must be some mechanisms which have influence on the evolution of animals, and this 1000 years before Darwin did. Al-Jahiz writes about three main mechanisms; the struggle for existence, the transformation of species into each other, and the environmental factors.
Al-Jahiz wrote "Animals engage in a struggle for existing, and for resources, to avoid being eaten, and to breed." and continued, "Environmental factors influence organisms to develop new characteristics to ensure survival, thus transforming them into new species. Animals that survive to breed can pass on their successful characteristics to their offspring".
It was clear to him that there is always one species stronger than the other, and that in order to survive, species had to develop new characteristics. These new characteristics helped species to adapt to environmental conditions and created new species.
Although the mechanisms are scientific, Al-Jahiz added a spiritual aspect to it. The reader had to appreciate the complexity and wonders of God's creation:
"The rat goes out for collecting his food, and it searches and seizes them. It eats some other inferior animals, like small animals and small birds…it hides its babies in disguised underground tunnels for protecting them and himself against the attack of the snakes and of the birds. Snakes like eating rats very much. As for the snakes, they defend themselves from the danger of the beavers and hyenas; which are more powerful than themselves. The hyena can frighten the fox, and the latter frightens all the animals which are inferior to it. This is the law that some existences are the food for others…All small animals eat smaller ones; and all big animals cannot eat bigger ones. Men with each other are like animals…God makes cause of some bodies life…"
Masterpieces of al-Jahiz
But the Book of Animals is not the only great work written by al-Jahiz. The Book of Misers, for example is also very popular. It is a social, literary and historical encyclopedia. He also wrote books on human psychology, language and grammar. They are all written in a language very accessible for the common person. He sometimes added funny anecdotes and amusing comments in his scientific works.
In 868 the poor fish-seller's son died in Basra and left an impressive oeuvre behind him. It is not clear how he died, but there is no doubt that his works were and still are indeed revolutionary. Sometimes he is referred to as the "father of the theory of evolution".
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Davidson Belluso is seeking a Public Relations Coordinator with 2-5 years of experience in public relations and social media to assist in managing client projects and agency promotion.
Davidson Belluso is a dynamic, full-service marketing communications agency that is team-focused, creative, collaborative and fun. Our growing client list spans many industries, with a particular focus on education, government, healthcare, financial services, and travel and tourism.
We are seeking someone with excellent writing, editing and proofreading skills as well as a strong work ethic and a positive attitude.
Reports to Public Relations Director and helps manage client and internal public relations efforts and campaigns.
Writes, edits and proofreads press releases, blog posts and newsletter content.
Creates social media content and manages both internal and client channels.
Performs media research and assists in the development of media pitches.
Assists with offsite client events and presentations. Position may require work on evenings and weekends and may involve limited travel.
Researches and contributes to strategic planning, reporting and creative brainstorming for public relations and social media campaigns.
Participates in researching, writing, editing and implementing annual communications plans and reports for various clients.
Tracks social media and media coverage and develops reports for client and internal use.
Collaborates with teams throughout the agency on a variety of projects and planning efforts.
Previous public relations, marketing or advertising agency experience.
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Oxford United are helping to raise funds for the Royal British Legion by auctioning the special 'Poppy' shirts that the players wore in last weekend's FA Cup win at Grimsby.
A proud red poppy was shown on the front of the shirts for that game and first on offer is the shirt of teenage striker James Roberts who scored two goals on his debut.
The large adult away shirt has 'ROBERTS 31' on the back as well as the official SkyBet Football League badges and the exclusive "Football Remembers 1914-2014" Poppy Emblem on the front.
The lucky winning bidder will have the opportunity to get this shirt personalised and signed by James.
All profits from this auction item will be donated to the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal 2014.


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Rabbi Jonathan Kraus was ordained by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) in 1989 and has been the Rabbi of Beth El Temple Center since 1994. A child of the Reform Movement who grew up in its synagogues and programs, Rabbi Kraus was deeply influenced by the Union for Reform Judaism's (URJ) summer camps, its youth movement (NFTY) and its Religious Action Center in Washington, D.C. All are programs he continues to support enthusiastically as a rabbi. A longtime song leader, composer and musician, Rabbi Kraus also has been nourished by his great love for and involvement with Jewish music. All those experiences, combined with several, transformative opportunities to visit and live in Israel, have been among the most defining influences on his Jewish identity and rabbinate.
Director of Education, Joan Perlman
Joan Perlman is thrilled to have joined the Beth El Temple Center community as Director of Education as of July of 2018. Joan has been in the field of Jewish education for the past 20 years, having served as Director of Education at Temple Shalom Emeth in Burlington, MA, and, most recently, as Director of Education at Congregation Kerem Shalom in Concord, MA. Joan received both her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Simmons College in Boston. She has also studied extensively at Brandeis University and Hebrew College, as well as at the Research for Better Teaching Center.
Temple Administrator, Matthew Chance
Matthew Chance joined the BETC community in July, 2018. Matthew received his BA in Psychology from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine with concentrations in philosophy and the human body. Prior to working for BETC, Matthew was the Director of Operations for a behavioral health company and has spent over 10 years in the fields of education, administration, and consulting – working with children with special needs and their families, as well as with teachers and educators across the country.
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Cantor Jeri Robins was ordained at Hebrew College in Newton in 2013 and became the Cantor of the Beth El Temple Center community in July of 2018. Cantor Robins grew up in the Reform movement in Cleveland, Ohio, as well as in congregations in Florida and Massachusetts. A resident of Newton, she raised her family at Temple Emanuel. She has held pulpit positions in both the Reform and Conservative movements, giving her a broad understanding of Jewish practice and traditions, worship styles and musical genres.
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Rabbi Sandi Intraub is beginning her 8th year at BETC and is our Rabbi-Educator who coordinates the Rishonim-Third Grade Program, leads our Mishpachah, Family Education and Adult Learning Teams, and shares the leading of Worship Services and attends to the Pastoral Needs of the community. Rabbi Sandi believes that all students, young and older, should have opportunities to study all aspects of Judaism with each other, using creative, accessible and interactive methods that inspire further growth and learning. Sandi feels a Jewish obligation to respond to those in need and effect change in the world with education, hands-on work, fundraising, and advocacy and enjoys engaging in Tikkun Olam at BETC! Sandi treasures the wisdom in Jewish traditions, worship, holidays, life-cycle events, and rituals and enjoys leading others in learning, celebration, and prayer.
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One good movement, more required. Time for the prunes?
Never say never and all that, but why would Arsène join Real Madrid? We're talking about a team, as others have pointed out, that sacks successful managers. A glamorous and famous club, yes, but a bonkers one at the same time.
I'm glad he's in London this week. If he didn't like the weather before then he definitely won't like it now. It's wet, blustery and grey – climactic conditions that are not conducive to a happy Jose, let alone a happy RotorGoat.
I'm loving the new marketing pics for the shirt launch on Arsenal.com. There's one of Denilson (I think?), Gilberto, Walcott and Fabregas sitting on a bench on the platform at Arsenal tube in their kit (like that happens after a game! Imagine! "Oi, Walcott, you were crap. Give us your seat").
Anyway, the best thing about this photo is it's the same one as the previous one, only with Henry replaced by Denilson. The looks on the faces of the other three are identical – and besides, Gilberto's somewhere in South America at the moment. So they've done a good Photoshop job on it like nothing ever happened. It's like those disappearing photos in Back to the Future.
Come to think of it, perhaps Reyes was whisked off in the De Lorian with "Doc" Brown. That would explain things.


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Q: How to override an external html template angular.js I'm using this https://github.com/amitava82/angular-multiselect multiselect dropdown for my project.
In my html:
<am-multiselect class="sv-manage-multiselect-dropdown"
                 ng-model="nameList.name"
                 options="name as name.key for name in nameList"
                 multiple="true"
</am-multiselect>

This dropdown has a "checkall" and "uncheckall" button in the dropdown, which I WANT to remove, while keeping the functionality of the multi-select.
This is the html in the directive the guy uses:
src/multiselect.tmpl.html

    <button type="button" class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle" ng-click="toggleSelect()" ng-disabled="disabled" ng-class="{'error': !valid()}">
        {{header}}

    </button>

            <input class="form-control input-sm" type="text" ng-model="searchText.label" ng-keydown="keydown($event)" autofocus="autofocus" placeholder="Filter" />

            <button class="btn btn-link btn-xs" ng-click="checkAll()" type="button"> Check all</button>
            <button class="btn btn-link btn-xs" ng-click="uncheckAll()" type="button"> Uncheck all</button>

             {{i.label}}

I wan't to just remove/override the checkall and uncheckall buttons WITHOUT editing this library's directive. I can override the CSS in my personal file.css, but how do I override the HTML template he uses. Thanks

A: I see 3 ways you could do it:

*

*Add your own template to replace this one like this (reference):

The potential issue with this is that you would be overriding this template everywhere it's used. But maybe you are using this in a bunch of places and that makes sense.

*Add a decorator to the directive that removes the part of the template you don't want during the compile phase and allows the rest of the directive to perform as usual:
decorator('amMultiselectPopupDirective' ['$delegate', function($delegate) {
  var directive = $delegate[0];
  var compile = directive.compile;

  directive.compile = function(tElement, tAttrs) {
    var link = compile.apply(this, arguments);

    if (tAttrs.disableCheckAll) {
      tElement.find('li[ng-show="multiple"]').remove();
      // this code could be different, but the gist is that it would remove or hide the stuff you don't want
    }
    return function() {
      link.apply(this, arguments);
    };
  };
  return $delegate;
}]);

The potential issue here is that you would be changing the template for this directive everywhere the directive is used. That's why in my example I made the template change conditional based on some attribute you could define, like disableCheckAll.

*Use template-url attribute that is already defined for this directive and create your own template that doesn't have these buttons:

<am-multiselect ...
  template-url="yourowntemplate.html">
</am-multiselect>

I would say 3 is probably the best way to do it. But 1 could work better if you wanted to override the default, and then you wouldn't have to pass in the template-url everytime you use the am-multiselect directive.

Edit: Here is a working example for 3: http://plnkr.co/edit/m0lZSHUJ8MHslqCNPnCc?p=info

A: *

*Overlap his directive with your own div with class: "no-btns"

*Add this css:
.no-btns .dropdown-menu li:nth-child(2) {display:none;}

Example:

  <am-multiselect class="sv-manage-multiselect-dropdown"
                  ng-model="nameList.name"
                  options="name as name.key for name in nameList"
                  multiple="true"
  </am-multiselect>

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hi - I have decided to start a blog to record my DIY projects. Welcome to you and thanks for reading also.
I reupholstered this little kids chair for a friend's daughter's 5th birthday using a drop sheet and paint to transform it into a gorgeous French Chair. Usually I start my projects at the last minute (i.e. morning of or night before the birthday party) but we're glad we gave ourselves a lot of time on this one.
I bought the chair on ebay for a bargain price of $1.75.
I pulled all the ripped stained pink gingham off, recovered it in a (clean) drop sheet with a million staples and some upholstery tacks and then painted it with stripes and a fleur de lys. I made the fleur de Lys stencil myself. I used Artist acrylic paint mixed with a fabric fastener then ironed it once it was dry. I then put some red material on the base to hid all the inner workings and replaced the little feet.
My little boy was a great apprentice. Check him out using his new tool set we gave him for Christmas. They are proper miniature tools and not toys. He thinks he is the bees knees!
Really happy with how it turned out - a couple of little smudges in the red line paintwork but I don't think it's too noticeable.
I'm sure my friend and her daughter will love it.
My little guys had real tools too!
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Thanks a bunch for linking this up! I look forward to seeing what you have in store for next week.
thanks also for becoming followers. Hopefully i can keep you inspired with future projects.
Really great job; love it!
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I'm highlighting this project at my VIP party tomorrow!
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oh i love that- it is soooo cute! much better than the pottery barn anywhere chair any day! it's got charm, and is unique!
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I love the makeover. The chair looks so cute!
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Children of the Lamp is a series of children's books written by P.B. Kerr following the exploits of two children who learn that they have magical powers.
The Children of the Lamp series began publication in 2004 with 'The Akhenaten Adventure'. The Book introduced readers to the Gaunt family. John and Philippa Gaunt are twins living in New York City with their parents.
John and Philippa's lives change when they turn twelve and their wisdom teeth appear. The pair manifests magical powers and realizes that they are actually Djinn, beings that have the capacity to bend the world to their will by granting wishes.
The discovery fills John and Philippa with both excitement and apprehension. On the one hand, their eyes are opened to a fantastical world filled with all manner of supernatural creatures. The twins meet their uncle Nimrod and, through him, learn of the important role they were born to fulfill.
On the other hand, the world of the Djinn is dangerous, and it doesn't take John and Philippa long to realize that with their gifts comes a responsibility to fight evil.
Fortunately for all involved, John and Philippa are more than happy to step up and fight whenever the need arises.
P.B. Kerr describes Djinn as the guardians of luck. This applies to both Good and Bad Djinn. Good Djinn promote good luck and they fight to protect it at all costs. Their cause is primarily represented in the Children of the Lamp series by the Marid, a tribe of Djinn led by Layla Gaunt.
John and Philippa belong to the Marid.
The Bad Djinn work to promote bad luck and their primary representatives take the shape of the Ifrit, a tribe of evil Djinn that play the role of antagonist throughout the books.
While the Ifrit and the Marid are not the only tribes of Djinn in the series, they tend to play the most prominent roles.
P.B. Kerr makes an effort to expand the mythos of the Djinn in between all the running, and fighting and adventuring.
He explains that the power of the Djinn has its limits. For one thing, every time Djinn grant a wish, they lose a portion of their life force which, in turn, shortens their lifespan. And the life force a Djinn loses can never be regained.
Additionally, Djinn need heat to use their power. For that reason, it is common practice to freeze adult Djinn in ice to prevent their power from being used.
Djinn in the Children of the Lamp Universe depend on will and imagination to make wishes come true. If they can accurately picture what they want to achieve, they can make it happen.
However, that does not include bringing back the dead, affecting the flow of time or creating other Djinn. Kerr maintains the old trope that Djinn can only grant three wishes to any given individual.
However, there is a fourth wish on offer that individuals can use to undo all their previous wishes if things did not pan out quite as they intended.
The perks of being Djinn include slowed aging, the ability to take an astral form with which one can enter the dreams of other people and even possess them, and shapeshifting capabilities.
Djinn can also travel by whirlwind and utilize the powers of elemental beings.
While Philippa and John take center stage in the Children of the Lamp Series, the books boast quite the rich cast of characters. They include Dybbuk, John and Philippa's best friend and a fellow Djinn who loves treasure hunts.
Then there's Uncle Nimrod, a powerful Djinn and the leader of the Marid. Nimrod, who has a preference for red suits, is the primary source of wisdom and guidance for John and Philippa.
Harry Groanin is Nimrod's butler. Harry freed Nimrod from imprisonment. In return, Nimrod offered Harry three wishes. Harry misused the first two wishes. He became Nimrod's butler because he needed time to figure out how to best use his third wish.
Layla Gaunt is the twin's mother. A tall, glamorous and eccentric lady, Layla departed the Djinn world a long time ago and even chose to forego the use of her powers. Layla doesn't play much of a role in the first few stories. However, circumstances eventually drag her back into the fray.
Edward, the twin's father, is a successful banker who loves antiques. Edward fears John and Philippa's powers.
The Children of the Lamp books have been criticized for some of the xenophobic views P.B. Kerr presents. The books seem to throw disdain at everything and everyone who isn't European.
Philip Kerr is a British author that attended a Grammar School in Northampton before pursuing a law degree from the University of Birmingham. Born in 1956, Kerr was a copywriter for Saatchi and Saatchi. He eventually abandoned the career to write full-time in 1989.
Kerr has written both fiction and nonfiction for adults and children.
John and Philippa are 12-year-old twins living in New York. Their father Edward is an investment banker. Layla, their mother, is suspicious in the power she seems to wield on the social scene.
Despite that, John and Philippa are living relatively ordinary lives. Then their wisdom teeth appear and their powers manifest. John and Philippa learn that they are Djinn. That means they have the power to grant wishes.
With their eccentric uncle Nimrod, his complaining butler Groanin and old friend Rakshasas in tow, John and Philippa embark on a journey to find the ghost of an evil pharaoh.
John and Philippa are good, obedient kids. They are also brave and do not hesitate to jump into the thick of things when trouble arises.
When their wisdom teeth came in, John and Philippa learned that they were Djinn. They have since come to terms with the great power they possess and the responsibilities it entails, having only recently come back from fighting an evil Djinn in Egypt.
When the most powerful grimoire in the Djinn world is stolen, the twins realize that their adventures have only just begun.


The Kings Arms is a dog friendly pub with dog friendly staff. They provide water bowls, treats and locally hand made dogs dinners. The pub has plenty of seating inside and out for drinkers or diners with dogs. The pub is surrounded by plenty of good walks ranging in length.
They have jars of different doggy treats. stayed there and had doggy welcome pack. Also doggy bed too. And dogs allowed in the bar. Our dog was made very welcome. And made a big fuss off.


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