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Public Performance Schedule
Michael Cavanaugh with Rochester Philharmonic
Jul 19, 7:30pm - Jul 19, 10:30pm
60 Gibbs St
Rochester, NY 14604 Map
Join Michael Cavanaugh and the RPO on Friday, July 19 at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre for an evening of Sir Elton John's greatest hits, including "Rocketman," "Tiny Dancer," "Bennie and the Jets," and more!
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Music of Billy Joel and Elton John starring Michael Cavanaugh
Aug 1, 7:00pm - Aug 1, 9:00pm
Tulsa Performing Arts Center
Tulsa, OK 74103 Map
The Music of Billy Joel and Elton John features the greatest hits of the these two rock piano legends. Songs include: Piano Man, Rocket Man, Bennie and the Jets, Movin' Out, I'm Still Standing, My Life, and many more
Michael Cavanaugh stars in this production and he was handpicked by Billy Joel to star in the hit Broadway musical Movin' Out and received Tony and Grammy nominations in the lead role. Billboard called him the "New Voice of the American Rock and Roll Songbook"... See MoreSee Less
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Michael Cavanaugh: A Night of Billy Joel
Aug 10, 8:00pm
Anderson Theatre
Marietta, GA 30060 Map
Michael Cavanaugh is the new voice of the American Rock & Roll Songbook and a charismatic performer and musician made famous for his piano/lead vocals in the Broadway musical Movin Out. Handpicked by Billy Joel to star in Movin Out, Cavanaugh evokes a style rivaling the Piano Man, and appeared in the show for 3 years and over 1,200 performances, receiving accolade after accolade, culminating in 2003 with both Grammy and Tony award nominations.
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Music of Elton John Starring Michael Cavanaugh
Aug 24, 5:30pm - Aug 24, 10:00pm
The Pasadena Symphony | The Pasadena POPS
2 N Lake Ave, Ste 1080
Pasadena, CA 91101 Map
Grammy and Tony-nominated Michael Cavanaugh, "the new voice of the American Rock and Roll songbook" (Billboard), performs the greatest hits of Sir Elton John with Crocodile Rock, Tiny Dancer, Rocket Man, Benny and the Jets and more with your Pasadena POPS orchestra!
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The Music of Elton John Starring Michael Cavanaugh
Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden
301 N Baldwin Ave
Arcadia, CA 91007 Map
Grammy and Tony-nominated Michael Cavanaugh, "the new voice of the American Rock and Roll songbook" (Billboard), performs the greatest hits of Sir Elton John with Crocodile Rock, Tiny Dancer, Rocket Man, Benny and the Jets and more with your Pasadena POPS!
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Michael Cavanaugh and the Spokane Symphony
Sep 6, 8:00pm - Sep 6, 10:00pm
Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox
1001 W Sprague Ave
Spokane, WA 99201 Map
You won't want to miss "The Amazing Michael Cavanaugh" (The New York Times) performing the songs of Elton John. Cavanaugh wowed Spokane audiences performing the music of Billy Joel with the Spokane Symphony. The charismatic performer returns to lend his musical brilliance to hits such as "Benny and the Jets," "Your Song," "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," "Rocket Man," "Candle in the Wind," and more.... See MoreSee Less
Music of Billy Joel starring Michael Cavanaugh
Sep 27, 7:30pm - Sep 27, 10:30pm
Symphony Hall - Phoenix
75 N 2nd St
Phoenix, AZ 85004 Map
This concert will take you back to the early days of rock as you experience rock 'n' roll classics like never before, live with a full orchestra. Relive hits from Billy Joel performed live by The Phoenix Symphony as vocalist Michael Cavanaugh returns to Symphony Hall.
Sep 28, 2:00pm - Sep 28, 5:00pm
The Music of Elton John featuring Michael Cavanaugh
Oct 5, 8:00pm - Oct 5, 11:00pm
Carpenter Theatre at Dominion Energy Center
600 E. Grace St.
Richmond, VA 23219 Map
Grammy-and Tony-nominated Michael Cavanaugh returns to join the Orchestra to perform the music of Sir Elton John! Hear all the hits including "Crocodile Rock," "Bennie and the Jets," "Rocket Man," and many others in this high-energy show that will have you getting out of your seat to dance and sing along.
The Music of Billy Joel Starring Michael Cavanaugh
Nov 15, 7:00pm - Nov 15, 10:00pm
Myron's Cabaret Jazz at The Smith Center
575 Symphony Park Ave
Las Vegas, NV 89106 Map
Michael Cavanaugh, star of the hit Broadway musical Movin' Out, performs the greatest hits of rock piano legend Billy Joel. Piano Man, Scenes from an Italian Restaurant, Movin' Out, My Life, and many more. Cavanaugh, who was handpicked by Joel to star in Movin' Out received both Tony and Grammy nominations for his performance. Don't miss the chance to see the artist that Billboard calls "the new voice of the American rock and roll songbook."... See MoreSee Less
Michael Cavanaugh Tribute to the Great Song Writers
Dec 7, 7:30pm - Dec 7, 10:30pm
The Forum Auditorium
500 Walnut St
Harrisburg, PA 17101 Map
Michael Cavanaugh returns to Harrisburg to perform favorite songs by the likes of James Taylor, Neil Simon, Lennon & McCartney, and Neil Diamond. In a nod to the holidays, the show will also include Michael's inimitable rock versions of familiar songs of the season.
Dec 8, 3:00pm - Dec 8, 6:00pm
The Music of Billy Joel
Feb 13, 7:30pm - Feb 13, 10:30pm
Miller Theater
Augusta, GA 30901 Map
Handpicked by Billy Joel to star in the Tony-nominated Broadway musical, Movin' Out, Michael Cavanaugh evokes a style rivaling the Piano Man. Hear him perform Billy Joel's classic love songs with the Symphony to celebrate Valentine's week!
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HomeSales Channels – options aplenty, but what's the right choice for your firm?
I will also point out that a similar but slightly different thinking should constantly be considered for your delivery channels (ie using employees, independent contractors, or partners to deliver your training and consulting).
You might use this list of "critical questions" to guide your decision making process. For many of these questions you should peer through two lenses – first, your business today, and second, your business as you are thinking of evolving it.
What is the makeup of the sales force in terms of their demand creation, business development, and general selling ability?
What quality and quantity leads are your marketing efforts generating?
Describe your current client base: industries, original lead source for the account, level/title of economic buyer, sales cycle length, etc.
How would you describe the owners appetite for risk and amount of finances planned for investing in the business?
Who are your primary competitors and what is their sales channel model? Do you know how and how much they pay their channel?
What are your typical messages of differentiation against those competitors? And if any element of it highlights the difference in sales, delivery or account coverage model please highlight that.
How well can your owners handle a salesperson who is absolutely not 'managed' as much as they are 'herded'? You might have to stick to employee sales channels just to prevent "Founders Ulcer", a common and painful malady second only to "Crazy Founders Syndrome"1 in the training industry.
Feel free to call me if you would like to have a preliminary (no charge) conversation about what to do with these answers. In addition I would encourage you to review your answers with your sales, marketing and product development department heads – and compare answers.
To help in that conversation here are some pointers on what other training firms have done, using a typical example of a US-based training firm founded by 2 former sales people.
Startup phase: US-only sales force consisting of the founders only, ie a direct sales force. The founders are also doing all the workshop delivery worldwide.
Startup + 9: Because margins are so much lower with selling agents outside the US in every but the largest markets, a decision is made to terminate most international ICs and replace them with distribution partners. New distribution partners though as the people that were terminated 3 years ago are still not on speaking terms with you.
Startup + 10: Because you now have a good brand recognition and have continued to build up your infrastructure you are now paying ICs commissions of about 25%. However you are still about 10 points lower in margin than you were in year 2.
Clearly there are a lot of different variations that I have seen that aren't reflected here, but I'm hoping that this was good food for thought.
1 While I haven't written about Crazy Founder Syndrome (CFS) yet, anyone who has ever talked to me for more than 30 minutes about the training industry knows I feel the problem is rampant. I'm not sure if I coined the term but for now I'll take credit for it … I should also point out that "crazy" has many definitions (though no, I don't mean 'crazy like a fox') – so when I refer to a founder as having CFS I sometimes mean that they are intensely passionate about their own firm but have some blinders on about their firms weaknesses and that they also think that because they have such an easy time selling their wares, any half-decent sales person should be sell exactly how they sell and be successful. Another version of CFS is the founder who is generally referred to with 4 letter words (and not the nice ones) by most former employees and partners.


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HomeStartupsTruStacks Spinout Is Cornerstone's Solution To Simplify Software Delivery
August 23, 2022 Suzanne Blake Startups
TruStacks co-founders (from left) Gary Shaffer and Jared Patrick.
Wake Forest-based TruStacks has a bold goal: solve problems with software delivery within the next five years. But it's one that co-founders Gary Shaffer and Jared Patrick, who spun out the startup from their consulting firm Cornerstone, are confident they can achieve.
Says Patrick, "Our goal is to allow you to reduce your operational complexity, keep your intellectual property focused on the product, increase your hiring capability and really just ease the burden of delivering software without it having to be a new area of knowledge."
As a DevOps orchestration platform, TruStacks helps companies stop wasting time configuring their own tools and integrations. The platform has built-in best practices based on well-known frameworks.
"We are getting developers to the point where they don't feel like they always have to crack open the hood when something goes wrong," Patrick said. "Just focus on your code, and if it breaks, we've got a procedure to solve it."
A Church Connection Becomes The Start of A Company
Patrick and Shaffer met at their church years back when Shaffer was already running Cornerstone in Wake Forest. Once Patrick came onboard, the duo noticed some commonalities in the ways companies were solving problems with DevOps. So they wanted to figure out how to product-ize a solution.
Their first attempt was with a product called Zero, which they brought through the RIoT Accelerator Program (RAP) in 2020. The accelerator sparked them to make some changes, narrow their focus and ultimately begin TruStacks this year.
Patrick and Shaffer said TruStacks is different from its competitors because it standardizes the software delivery process so companies can save time and just run their code.
Entirely bootstrapped right now, TruStacks is creating an open-source version of their product that is pre-configured for any program. They plan to unveil the latest TruStacks version by the end of the year, but the process to get here has required the founders to stay patient.
"If you are impatient and you don't have the ability to persevere, you're probably just going to quit," Patrick said. "As engineers, we want it to be perfect. We want it to just work. But you do have to be willing to say, start small."
The ability to change course when you realize something is going in the wrong direction is also vital, he added.
"Tackling and identifying what is a minimally viable product is probably smaller than you think," Patrick said. "Throughout the process, I had to be very willing to let go of what I thought was the right thing."
When Zero turned into TruStacks and the pandemic happened to hit around the same time, Shaffer said they were reinvigorated to propel the company forward.
"We had this vision of 'let's put hands on the keyboard and actually make it happen,'" Shaffer said. "And we still have the same vision. It's just that now we've finally been able to start with something small, that's consumable, but also scalable."
Because Covid dramatically impacted staffing as well, TruStacks has had an increasingly powerful selling point in that they work to maintain developers' frameworks no matter which employees come and go.
"If they were built by some random architect or engineer and that person leaves, they possibly took all that knowledge with them," Patrick said. "And then it can actually put an organization in a really dangerous position because today's modern systems become tomorrow's legacy systems."
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He says the group hopes to end the 1993 policy by having it declared unconstitutional.
Lawyer Dan Woods says U.S. District Court Judge Virginia A.
Phillips in Riverside, Calif. agreed Monday to send the case to trial July 13.
Woods is representing the Log Cabin Republicans, a group rights group.
If the group wins, Woods says it could set a precedent for the entire nation.
The Obama administration supports the drive to repeal the ban but faces a tough road ahead in the full Senate, where Republicans are likely to filibuster it.


Storyline: Inspired by true events, Jigariyaa Shyam Lal Gupta (Shaamu) and tells the story of Radhika Sharma (Raadha). Shaamu, the only son of Ramlal Gupta, halwaai a happy go lucky boy in Agra. They write their days O-sheyr couplets to praise the motley group of friends spends. Radhika, Pandit Shankar Dayal Sharma only daughter of philanthropist and a man of high reputation in Mathura it as a social helps her father in his efforts that a well educated and caring girl. Shaamu in Agra from his nanny's House, which is the first sight, but falls in love with Raadha, thus to find the elusive girl in the streets of Agra his quest begins. They grow close to each other are fond and another twist of fate, and in addition to the two lovers broke.
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Leticia Spormann (* 23. Februar 1971 in Havanna; ehemals Leticia Pareja Padron) ist eine kubanische Sängerin, die in Deutschland lebt.

Biografie
Leticia Spormann wurde auf Kuba geboren und im Alter von sieben Jahren vom kubanischen Fernsehen für die Talentshow Que Siempre Brille Es Sol entdeckt. Nach einer musikalischen Grundausbildung besuchte sie das Gymnasium und schloss mit dem Abitur ab. Anschließend begann sie 1994 eine Ausbildung als Lebensmitteltechnikerin. Parallel dazu besuchte sie das Instituto Superior de Arte. Nach ihrer Ausbildung absolvierte Leticia diverse Tourneen mit ihrer Band durch Kuba und trat 1995 in der Revue des "Habana Libre"-Hotels auf. Ende der 1990er Jahre zog sie nach Deutschland.

Unter anderem arbeitete sie ab 1997 als Studiosängerin mit Passion Fruit. Im Jahr 2000 wurde nach diversen Singles das Album Spanglish Love Affairs veröffentlicht. Sie erhielt eine Goldene Schallplatte mit Passion Fruit und wurde für den Echo nominiert.

2004–2007 veröffentlichte Leticia diverse Singles unter Studioprojekten.

2008 begann die Zusammenarbeit mit dem Produzenten Axel Breitung, um ihr eigenes Album zu produzieren, dessen Texte sie selbst schrieb.

Seit 2016 arbeiteten das Bohemian Sound Recordings Team Fabius und Antonio Quarta mit Leticia an einem neuen musikalischem Konzept, welches sich Gaucho Country nennt. Die ersten Veröffentlichungen fanden 2018 statt.

Auszeichnungen
 2000 Goldene Schallplatte für The Rigga-Ding-Dong-Song

Diskografie
 1999: The Rigga-Ding-Dong-Song (mit Passion Fruit)
 2000: Wonderland (mit Passion Fruit)
 2005: Mama Eu Quero (Ritmo Rio Feat.Leticia)
 2006: Kiss Me…(Na,Na,Na)
 2007: Romeo
 2009: Cafe Negro
 2016: Dandole - Fly So High
 2018: El Poeta

Weblinks
 Leticia – Die offizielle Website

Einzelnachweise

Sänger
Kubaner
Geboren 1971
Frau

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Alibaba in US$2bn joint venture to expand Russian operations
|Sep 12| 6 min read
Chinese ecommerce group Alibaba has announced a joint venture that will see it expand its reach in the Russian market
Bloomberg reported that the JV is worth around US$2bn.
Alibaba will continue to own 48% of AliExpress Russia, while the remaining 52% will be split between Mail.ru, the Russian state's Russian Direct Investment Fund, and mobile operator Megafon.
Russia has been developing closer business ties with China in light of ongoing US and EU sanctions.
Megafon itself will be trading its 10% stake in Mail.ru for a 24% share of AliExpress Russia.
Mail.ru has 100mn clients across its various online properties, according to Reuters, and it is hoped that this will augment AliExpress's userbase and development.
A benefit to Mail.ru has already been seen in a jump in share value upon the JV's announcement.
Wholly digital life insurance company, Blue, to begin selling policies in Hong Kong
Renesas announces $6.7bn purchase of IDT to increase chips for self-driving cars
Alibaba Group reveals that in a year Daniel Zhang will replace Jack Ma as chairman
Analysts at Renaissance Capital commented on the prospects of both AliExpress and Mail.ru, saying the "deal gives Mail a stake in what we believe is the best-placed platform to capitalize on ecommerce in Russia".
Reuters noted that "e-commerce has grown rapidly in Russia in recent years, spurred by improved internet access, with turnover exceeding $14 billion last year, one third of which were cross-border deals".
It added that "the JV also plans to invest into another business together with Mail.ru Group, including foodtech".
Business Chief Magazine is a 'Digital Community' for the World's leading C-Level Executives


A home builder has been sentenced to serve 22 years in federal prison for his part in a conspiracy to defraud bankers out of millions of dollars in mortgages and commit tax fraud and money laundering against the IRS.
The sentenced was imposed against Ohio home builder Thomas E. Parenteau of Hilliard, Ohio in a conspiracy federal investigators say involved his wife, mistress and accountant. In addition to the prison sentence, U.S. District Judge Michael Watson also ordered Parenteau to forfeit nearly $15 million to the U.S. government.
Federal authorities say Parenteau and his accomplices defrauded the IRS out of nearly $1 million and defrauded banks into lending more than $40 million to the former home builder and his accomplices.
Parenteau operated a number of Columbus, Ohio-area businesses, and worked with his accountant, Dennis G. Sartain to prepare and file false income tax returns for Parenteau's mistress, who is also the mother of his two children, according to federal authorities. The false returns generated more than $850,000 in federal tax refunds.
Parenteau, his wife, accountant and mistress engaged in a scheme designed to defraud banks out of millions of dollars by falsely inflating the purchase prices of homes that Parenteau built and sold, according to federal prosecutors. Parenteau then paid kickbacks to the buyers after their purchases.
The couple also fraudulently obtained $18 million in bank loans against a 27,000-square-foot home the former home builder was to work on by falsely representing their income and submitting documents regarding the renovation on the home to qualify for the mortgages.
Parenteau then used the funds to make more than $6 million in life insurance premium payments on four insurance policies worth $23 million, which he collected after Parenteau's father died in 2009.
After learning of the IRS investigation into the tax, bank fraud and money laundering schemes the former home builder attempted to cover up the schemes by hiding computers, creating false documents, destroying evidence, tampering with a witness and lying to federal investigators.


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News Release 21-Oct-2022
Secret behind spectacular blooms in world's driest desert is invisible to human eyes
Diversity in flower color and patterning is even greater for pollinators
image: The 'desierto florido' event in Sep-Nov 2021 near the city of Caldera, Chile, as viewed by satellite. The mass bloom is dominated by purple pussypaws Cistanthe longiscapa (family Montiaceae) view more
Credit: European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery
The Atacama desert, which stretches for approximately 1,600 km along the western coast of the cone of South America, is the driest place on Earth. Some weather stations there have never recorded rainfall throughout their existence. But it's far from barren: many species live here that occur nowhere else, adapted to its extreme conditions. And approximately every five to 10 years, from September to mid-November, the Atacama hosts one of the most spectacular sights of the natural world: the 'desierto florido' (literally 'blooming desert'). These mass blooms, one of which is currently going on in the northern Atacama after abundant rainfall earlier this year, often attract media attention from around the globe.
But which physiological and evolutionary mechanisms enable the great diversity of colors, shapes, and visual patterns of flowers during desiertos floridos? And how do pollinators – in the Atacama, mainly hymenopterans like solitary wasps and bees – for whose benefit this visual extravaganza evolved, perceive all this variation? That's the subject of a new study in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.
"Our aim was to shed light on the ecological and evolutionary mechanisms that cause biological diversity in extreme environments like the Atacama desert," said first author Dr Jaime Martínez-Harms, a researcher at the Institute of Agricultural Research in La Cruz, Chile.
"Here we show that flowers of the pussypaw Cistanthe longiscapa, a representative species for desiertos floridos in the Atacama desert, are highly variable in the color and patterns they present to pollinators. This variability probably results from different so-called 'betalain' pigments in the flower petals."
Model species
Martínez-Harms and colleagues studied a desierto florido event in late 2021 near the city of Caldera in northern Chile. Despite being smaller in size than the event currently going on, it was clearly visible to satellites. A dominant species was C. longiscapa (family Montiaceae), an annual plant up to 20 cm high, which bloomed in two distinct patches tens of km across. These patches consisted of – to human eyes – uniformly purple and yellow flowers. Between them grew numerous intermediate (ie, reddish, pinkish, and white) flowers of the same species, strongly suggesting that the purple and yellow morphs are heritable variants that can interbreed.
Visualizing flowers as insects see them
Insects, with their compound eyes and different sensitivities, see the world very differently than we do. For example, most hymenopterans have three types of photoreceptors, which are maximally sensitive to UV, blue, and green. Martínez-Harms et al. used cameras sensitive to visible light and UV and spectrometers to measure the reflection, absorption, and transmission of different wavelengths by the petals of a total of 110 purple, yellow, red, pink, and white C. longiscapa flowers. This enabled them to produce composite images of these variants as seen by their many species of pollinators.
Diversity hidden from human eyes
The results show that just within this single plant species, the diversity perceptible to pollinators was greater than to us. For example, hymenopterans, just like us, can easily distinguish between red, purple, white, and yellow variants. But they can also distinguish between flowers with a high versus a low UV reflection among yellow and purple flowers. A UV 'bullseye pattern' at the heart of some flowers, which guides pollinators to the nectar and pollen, is invisible to us.
An exception are UV-reflecting pink and reddish C. longiscapa, which are quite distinct to human eyes, but probably appear similar to hymenopterans.
This visual diversity of C. longiscapa flowers is probably mainly due to differences between betalains – yellow, orange, and purple pigments that are a typical trait of the plant order Caryophyllales to which the pussypaws belong. Betalains don't just give colors to flowers: they also protect from drought, salt stress, and damage from reactive oxygen radicals under environmental stress – traits highly beneficial in deserts.
Pollinators drive selection for new variants
The authors hypothesized that the observed standing diversity within C. longiscapa flowers is driven by differences in the sensitivity and preference for different colors and patterns across many species of pollinators: an evolutionary experiment going on right now, which mostly escapes our eyesight.
"The great variation in flower color within C. longiscapa can be explained if different species of pollinating insects, through their preference for particular flower colors and patterns, could cause these variants to become reproductively isolated from other individuals of the same plant species. This ongoing process could ultimately lead to the origin of new races or species," said Martínez-Harms.
"In our next studies, we will further investigate the chemical identity and the biological synthesis pathways of betalains and other flower pigments, as well as their relationship to traits such as the scents produced by the flowers. This should help us to understand their role in shaping the interactions between plants and their pollinators, and in the plants' tolerance to biotic and abiotic stressors under fluctuating climate conditions," said Martínez-Harms.
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
10.3389/fevo.2022.957318
Imaging analysis
Mechanisms of flower coloring and eco-evolutionary implications of massive blooming events in the Atacama Desert
COI Statement
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest
Mischa Dijkstra
press@frontiersin.org
Expert Contact
Dr Jaime Martínez-Harms
Institute of Agricultural Research (Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias), La Cruz, Chile
jaime.martinez@inia.cl
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— And so thou shalt do the seventh [day] of the month for every one that erreth, and for [him that is] simple: so shall ye reconcile the house.
— "Thus you shall do on the seventh [day] of the month for everyone who goes astray or is naive; so you shall make atonement for the house.
— So thou shalt do also on the seventh of the month for every one that erreth, and for the simple; and ye shall make atonement for the house.
— And, so, shalt thou do in the seventh of the month, for any man that wavereth or is of feeble mind,—so shall ye cleanse the house by propitiation.
— And so thou dost do on the seventh of the month, because of each erring one, and because of the simple one—and ye have purified the house.
— And so shalt thou do in the seventh day of the month, for every one that hath been ignorant, and hath been deceived by error, and thou shalt make expiation for the house.
— And so thou shalt doe the seuenth [day] of the moneth, for euery one that erreth, and for him that is simple: so shall ye reconcile the house.
— And thus shalt thou do in the seventh month; on the first [day] of the month thou shalt take a rate from each one; and ye shall make atonement for the house.
From H6601; silly (that is, seducible).
_ _ for him that is simple — for sins of ignorance (Leviticus 4:2, Leviticus 4:13, Leviticus 4:27).
See commentary on Ezekiel 45:13-25.
Leviticus 4:27-35 And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth [somewhat against] any of the commandments of the LORD [concerning things] which ought not to be done, and be guilty; ... And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him.
Romans 16:18-19 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple. ... For your obedience is come abroad unto all [men]. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil.
Who wants understanding to conduct himself properly.
Lv 4:27; 16:20. Ps 19:12. Ezk 45:15, 18. Ro 16:18. He 5:2.
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In this TEDx talk, Mechai Viravaidya talks about his work promoting condoms in Thailand from the 1970s until today. Viravaidya's efforts have been so successful that he has been dubbed "Mr. Condom" (hence the title for this video), and some people in Thailand even refer to condoms by his first name (i.e., they call them "mechais"). Check out the video below to learn more about Viravaidya and his work. I think you'll find it to be absolutely fascinating because Viravaidya reveals that power of what can be accomplished when everyone gets involved in promoting sexual health and family planning, instead of just leaving it to doctors and specialists.


The Label of Love is Moshi Moshi, plus Gideon Coe plays as many records as he can manage.
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Q: Code::Blocks, Unable to locate header file even though its in the same project Having an issue where as I'm trying to link to a header file and the compiler cannot find it. I normally use VS for C++ development so I'm confused as to why this approach doesn't work in a similar fashion, unless I'm just doing it wrong.
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*Always use forward slashes in your #include directives. Backslashes only work on Windows.

*The layout of your Code::Blocks project has no effect on your C++ compiler. Go to Code::Blocks' project page and make sure that the folder in which include lies is in your include path. That setting should be in Project->Build Options->Search Directories->Compiler.

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Our Lady Star of the Sea Regional School Log In | Cornerstone
Our Lady Star of the Sea Parish began in 1894, with the appointment of its first pastor, Reverend, P.J. Petri. Fourteen years later, in 1908, having arranged for the Sisters of Mercy to work in the ministry of education, Father Petri opened Our Lady Star of the Sea School, with eighty students who were primarily Irish-American Catholics.
The parish school continued under the leadership of the Sisters of Mercy through World War I, the Depression, and World War II. Eventually there were two classes of each grade. In 1949 local iron workers donated their services to build the school gymnasium in record time, an event often compared to a "barn raising". The building, named Memorial Hall, was dedicated to the memory of those who had served the country in World War II. During this same time period, an extension was built onto the original school building, adding space for a library, resource room, and business office.
By the 1970's, because Atlantic City had gone through a major decline in population, school enrollment dropped, resulting in one class of each grade. This was also when the school community, previously comprised of a nearly all Irish Catholic population, began to include students who were ethnically diverse and non-Catholic. In 1976 the Kindergarten opened and followed the next year with the addition of two Special Education classes, sponsored by the Diocese of Camden.
During the 1980's the development of Atlantic City as a Casino Resort was moving at full speed. This brought tremendous employment opportunities for the many immigrants arriving from Asia, Central and South America, the Pacific Islands, and the Caribbean resulting in the community of Our Lady Star of the Sea becoming multi-cultural, multi-lingual and multi-denominational.
During the 1900's the influx of immigrants continued as other changes occurred. A modular building was purchased to provide space for a full-time guidance counselor, a Pre-Kindergarten class was established, and in 1997 the school became regionalized, with four parishes in Atlantic City accepting a role in the decision-making and financial support of the school.
In subsequent years OLSS School received and maintained its Middles States Accreditation, and implemented and continued to increase the use of technology tools for instruction. The Special Education Program ceased to be funded by the diocese, but remains a vital part of the school serving students with Individual Educational Programs.
Presently Our Lady Star of the Sea is enjoying both the changes and the constants, and the treasure of a cultural mix. Recovering from the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy and the closure of so many casinos, which provided employment to our families, presents another set of challenges. However, Our Lady Star of the Sea Regional School continues to shine brightly and continues to celebrate a rich tradition of providing a safe, nurturing, academically strong education for the children of Atlantic City and neighboring towns. 106 years later, the school, with its first lay principal, is staffed by the Sisters of Mercy as part of a dedicated faculty and staff who strive to educate all students within a Catholic faith community to help them reach their God-given potential.
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I read this article and found it very interesting, thought it might be something for you. The article is called Cigna Reaches 100 ACO Goal, Signs 11 Agreements in 7 States and is located at https://hitconsultant.net/2014/07/10/cigna-reaches-100-aco-goal-signs-11-agreements-in-7-states/.
Cigna has announced it has successfully reached its 100 Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) goal established in 2012. Effective Jul 1, Cigna entered into 11 arrangements in seven states, thus taking its ACO arrangements to 100. Cigna will serve one million customers through these ACOs.
The new agreements have been entered with Northeast Medical Group (NEMG) in Connecticut, Harbin Clinic and Physician Performance Network of Georgia/Tenet in Georgia, Presence Health Partners in Illinois, Skylands Medical Group in New Jersey, Primary Care Partners LLC and Wellmont Medical Associates in Tennessee, TheAustin Diagnostic Clinic, St. Joseph Health Partners and Village Family Practice in Texas and EvergreenHealth Partners in Washington.
Coming back, Cigna has been moving aggressively with this healthcare delivery model because of the promising results it has seen so far. Per the company, among the ACOs that have been in operation for more than two years, 73% delivered targeted quality care, an equal percentage of ACOs met the cost target and 55% achieved both cost as well as quality objectives.
The success of these ACOs comes on the back of Cigna sharing with other providers critical information related to its patients; its analytical predictive modeling capabilities which forecast patients likely to be discharged or readmitted, thereby developing post-discharge care plan to prevent recurrence of illness, and embedded care coordinators or registered nurses within physician practice, who scan though the information and make outreach calls to their patients to ensure follow-up care and resources. Other factors such as communication and collaboration, clinical integration, and aligning incentives to performance have also contributed to the program's success.


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Пентаоксид фосфора, также оксид фосфора(V) (фосфорный ангидрид, пятиокись фосфора) — неорганическое химическое соединение класса кислотных оксидов с формулой . Белый кристаллический порошок, реагирует с водой; ядовит.

Строение
Пары оксида фосфора(V) имеют состав P2O5. Твёрдый оксид склонен к полиморфизму. Существует в аморфном стекловидном состоянии и кристаллическом. Для кристаллического состояния известны две метастабильные модификации пентаоксида фосфора — гексагональная Н-форма (а = 0,744 нм, = 87°, пространственная группа R3С) и орторомбическая О-форма (а = 0,923 нм, b = 0,718 нм, с = 0,494 нм, пространственная группа  Рпат), а также одна стабильная орторомбическая О-форма (а =1,63 нм, b= 0,814 нм, с =0,526 нм, пространственная группа Fdd2). Молекулы P42O105 (Н-форма) построены из 4 групп PO4 в виде тетраэдра, вершины которого занимают атомы фосфора, 6 атомов кислорода располагаются вдоль рёбер, а 4 — по оси третьего порядка тетраэдра. Эта модификация легко возгоняется (360°С) и активно взаимодействует с водой.

Другие модификации имеют слоистую полимерную структуру из тетраэдров PO4, объединённые в 10-членные (О-форма) и 6-членные (О'-форма) кольца. Эти модификации имеют более высокую температуру возгонки (~580°С) и менее химически активны. H-форма переходит в О-форму при 300—360оC.

Свойства
P2O5 очень активно взаимодействует с водой при нагреве (H-форма поглощает воду даже со взрывом), образуя смеси метафосфорных кислот, состав которых зависит от количества воды и других условий:

При дальнейшем нагреве образует пирофосфорную кислоту:

На холоде с водой образует метафосфорную кислоту:

При сильном нагревании распадается на:

Он также способен извлекать воду из других соединений, представляя собой сильное дегидратирующее средство:

Оксид фосфора(V) широко применяется в органическом синтезе. Он реагирует с амидами, превращая их в нитрилы:

Карбоновые кислоты переводит в соответствующие ангидриды:

Оксид фосфора(V) также взаимодействует со спиртами, эфирами, фенолами и другими органическими соединениями. При этом происходит разрыв связей P—О—P и образуются фосфорорганические соединения. Реагирует с NH и с галогеноводородами, образуя фосфаты аммония и оксигалогениды фосфора:

При сплавлении P4O10 с основными оксидами образует различные твёрдые фосфаты, природа которых зависит от условий реакции.

Оксид активно взаимодействует с водой, поэтому его часто используют в качестве осушителя.

Получение
Оксид фосфора(V) получают сжиганием фосфора в избытке кислорода или воздуха. Технологический процесс происходит в камере сжигания и включает в себя окисление элементарного P предварительно осушенным воздухом, осаждение P2O5 и очистку отходящих газов. Очищают полученный пентаоксид возгонкой.

Технический продукт имеет вид белой снегообразной массы, состоящей из смеси разных форм P4O10.

Основные сферы использования
P2O5 применяют как осушитель газов и жидкостей. Также он является промежуточным продуктом в производстве ортофосфорной кислоты H3PO4 термическим способом.

Широко используется в органическом синтезе в реакциях дегидратации и конденсации.

Физиологическое значение
Пентаоксид фосфора особо токсичен; относится ко второму классу опасности и в высоких концентрациях раздражает кожу и слизистые оболочки глаз.

ПДК в рабочей зоны - 1 мг/м³ (в соответствии с ГОСТ 12.1.005-76).

ЛД50 на крысах и белых мышах при пероральном введении составляет 140 мг/кг.

Литература
 Ахметов Н. С. «Общая и неорганическая химия» М.: Высшая школа, 2001
 Реми Г. «Курс неорганической химии» М.: Иностранная литература, 1963
 Ф. Коттон, Дж. Уилкинсон «Современная неорганическая химия» М.: Мир, 1969

Кузьменко, Ерёмин, Попков Начала химии 1 том стр. 364

Оксиды фосфора
Соединения фосфора
Фосфор
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The Flower Basket Brooch
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Our celebration of Queen Elizabeth II's 92nd birthday rolls on today with a look at one of her most sentimental brooches: the sweet basket of gem-studded flowers that she's worn for seven decades.
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The flower basket brooch -- which Leslie Field notes is an example of what is sometimes called a "giardinetti," or "little garden" -- was given to the Queen in 1948 by her parents. It was a present to mark the birth of her first child, Prince Charles, who also happened to be a future heir to the throne.
The Queen, then still Princess Elizabeth, wore the brooch for Charles's first official photograph. Although Elizabeth's maternal joy is evident on her face, the black-and-white portrait doesn't show off the true colorful joy of the brooch, as it's set with diamonds as well as sapphires, rubies, and emeralds.
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Elizabeth made the brooch a regular part of her jewelry wardrobe in the years after Charles's birth. Above, in October 1949, she wore the brooch during a visit to a council estate in Ilford.
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Two years later, in August 1951, she wore the brooch on her arrival at London Airport, before heading off for her annual holiday at Balmoral.
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Even after her accession, the brooch has remained a central part of HM's jewel rotation, especially in recent years. Above, in June 2016, she wears the brooch for the opening of the Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre. Although the various gems in the brooch mean that it coordinates well with lots of colors, the Queen tends to wear the brooch most often with clothing in different shades of blue.
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In 2013, she sentimentally chose the brooch for a very important family event: the christening of Prince Charles's first grandchild, Prince George. The presence of the brooch at the christening provided a visual link between baby George with his great-great-grandparents, who would undoubtedly have been thrilled about the little future king (and his name)!
And that Christmas, the Queen used the brooch in her annual Christmas message as a visual symbol of the succession -- a brooch presented by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth II, in honor of the birth of the future King Charles III, then worn at the christening of the future King George VII, son of the future King William V. Whew!
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I finally found Looking Glass spray paint today at WalMart. They had told me they didn't carry it but I found 4 cans behind some frosted spray paint. Yeah me ! I went to the local church run second hand shop and bought 2 glass pieces for just $2.00 total. I'm going to wash them really good tonight and tomorrow I will attempt to spray them. In the picture is 2 a mercury glass piecse I already have. I hope mine turn out just as nice.
After, with a battery operated candle in the tall one. LOVE battery candles, you can put them where you could never put an open flame.
The clear glass plate with Mercury Glass spray paint.


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All Talk of "Winning" and "Losing" at Trade is Daft
Here's a Don Boudreaux letter to Club for Growth president David McIntosh:
Mr. McIntosh:
Sunday on Meet the Press you said that "And what we like about President Trump's vision on trade is his goal of zero-zero tariffs. We support that strongly. And I kind of have come to recognize, these tariffs are his way of forcing the Chinese to come to the table. They're costly. And we want them to go away. But he's using them to get to that ultimate goal of zero-zero tariffs."
I'm sorry, but for your happy interpretation of Trump even to begin to be believable he would have to evince an actual understanding of trade, an understanding of realities such as that imports are benefits and exports are costs paid to receive those benefits – that a U.S. trade deficit with the rest of the world does not mean that we are "losing" at trade – that a U.S. trade deficit with an individual country such as China is a meaningless phantasm – that all talk of "winning" and "losing" at trade is daft – and that the pattern of global supply chains is largely determined by comparative advantages, and that disruption of these supply chains with tariffs (and threats of tariffs) inflicts huge losses both abroad and here at home.
Yet Trump's revealed 'understanding' of trade is precisely the opposite of these truths. Nearly every syllable out of the man's mouth about trade expresses a fallacy. And so his words alone convince me that there's no reason to believe that his ultimate goal is global free trade.
But since becoming president Trump's got a record of more than words; he's got policies. And these policies prove that his goal is not a world of "zero-zero tariffs."
Forget that history belies those who assert that tariffs raised unilaterally at home eventually lead to a world without tariffs. Instead consider any one of Trump's trade policies chosen at random – say, his administration's recent deal with Mexican tomato growers to set minimum prices for Mexican tomatoes sold in the U.S. This deal – which imposes unnecessary burdens on American consumers as it inflates the revenues of both American and Mexican tomato growers – is protectionism pure and simple. It's impossible to square such cronyism with a commitment to bring about a future with no trade barriers.
It's dismaying that you and so many other conservatives today pusillanimously excuse Trump's protectionist interventions – interventions that, were these inflicted instead by a Democrat, you would be among the first to denounce as the economic and ethical outrages that they in fact are.
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If only the mainstream media would pick up on these posts.
Jimmy Joe Meeker August 28, 2019 at 1:52 PM
China is playing trade as a winner-loser game. Victory for China, or at least the government there of acts to secure the means of production within their borders. The idea of low prices was to have manufacturing relocated or built in China while what remains elsewhere gets scrapped. That's the game.
Ivory tower economists don't see that. Trump does and exploits it or just plain doesn't understand how to fix it or doesn't want to go there. As a result he does ham-fisted out of date things like tariffs. The root cause is ultimately central banking, both the fed and its counterparts elsewhere in the world including China. Another aspect is that in the USA the environment is protected while in China it is largely not. And the environmentalists don't as a rule pressure communists. So for everything from pollution control costs to CO2 reduction drives manufacturing to China.
On the level of manufacturers it is a competitive 'game', and the government of China is playing and fedgov for the last 20 something years has largely been giving China a handicap or more.


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Up-and-coming Colombian climber Egan Bernal is thought to be edging closer to signing with Team Sky for the 2018 season.
Bernal currently rides with Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec, an Italian continental team that recently featured in the Tour of the Alps seeing Bernal take the white jersey for best rider under 25.
The 20-year-old piqued the interest of WorldTour teams at the remodelled race but has been on the radar and was a close second in the young rider classification at Tirreno-Adriatico earlier in the year. That award ended up going to Quick-Step Floors Luxembourgish rider, Bob Jungels.
The news was reported by Italian sport news outlet, Gazzetta dello Sport, which claims that Bernal has made up his mind and is set to sign with Sky. If true, the British team will have fended off Movistar who were also rumoured to be in the running.
It's also been highlight that Androni Giocattoli have recently signed a three year contract with the young rider, meaning that some sort of financial compensation will be in order.
Unfortunately, mid-contract transfers aren't the most common events in cycling so it is unclear what deal will be sorted between the two teams. The break from the normal etiquette of signing riders only goes to further highlight the potential that Bernal has.
The signing of the slight rider would show a clear indication from Sky that they are thinking about a time without Froome and co.
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Speakers, Talks and Abstracts
Location: Ruppert Blauw lecture room in the Educatorium building in the Utrecht Science Park (de Uithof). See map.
Anton Alekseev
Title & Abstract
Philip Boalch
ENS Paris
Damien Calaque
ETH and Lyon
Gil Cavalcanti
Giovani Felder
ETH-Zürich
Marco Gualtieri
Victor Guillemin
Sergei Gukov
Nigel Higson
Nigel Hitchin
Madeleine Jotz
Camille Laurent-Gengoux
David Li-Bland
Jiang-Hua Lu
David Martinez-Torres
IST Lisbon
Rajan Mehta
Yoshihiko Mitsumatsu
Hessel Posthuma
Ajay Ramadoss
Florian Schaetz
Mathieu Stienon
Alan Weinstein
Thomas Willwacher
Titles and Abstracts
Opening Session - video
Anton Alekseev (Geneva) - video
Title: Poisson-Lie groups and tropical correspondence principle
Abstract: A Poisson-Lie group is a Lie group $G$ carrying a Poisson bracket $\pi$ which makes the group multiplication into a Poisson map. For $t$ a real number, $\pi_t = t \pi$ defines a one-parameter family of Poisson structures on $G$. For $K$ is a compact Lie group, the Poisson structures $\pi_t$ on $K^*$ are all isomorphic to each other (for $t$ non-vanishing) by the Ginzburg-Weinstein Theorem. The linearization technique shows that many other features of $K^*$ equipped with the Poisson bracket $\pi_t$ are independent of $t$.
The tropical correspondence principle is a tool in algebraic geometry which is based on the following observation: for a certain type of algebraic equations, one can introduce a parametrization of variables using a real parameter $t$. The $t \to \infty$ limit makes sense, and leads to a combinatorial problem which is usually more tractable than the algebraic problem that one started with.
In the talk, we show how to pass to the limit $t \to \infty$ in the case of the Poisson-Lie group $U(n)^*$. In particular, we obtain a combinatorial version of the Horn problem on the eigenvalues of triples of Hermitian matrices which add up to zero. In this case, we use Liouville volumes and the Gelfand-Zeitlin integrable system to establish the correspondence between tropical ($t= \infty$) and non-tropical solutions.
The talk is based on joint works with M. Podkopaeva and A. Szenes.
Philip Boalch (ENS Paris) - video & slides
Title: Poisson geometry of moduli spaces of meromorphic connections on curves and their Stokes data
Abstract: For G=GL_n(C) the space of flat G connections on a punctured complex algebraic curve is the same as the space of holomorphic connections, and in turn, via Deligne's Riemann-Hilbert correspondence, it is the same as the space of regular singular connections on algebraic vector bundles. Now, on a curve, a connection is regular singular if and only if it is the restriction of a meromorphic connection on the compact curve which only has simple poles at the marked points. In this talk I'll describe how one may relax this regularity assumption and explain how the quasi-Hamiltonian approach may be extended to this, irregular, context. In particular a new operation "fission" arises, complementary to fusion. Fission enables us to do induction with respect to the pole order, whereas fusion enables induction with respect to the genus and number of poles. This yields a rich class of holomorphic Poisson varieties, the "wild character varieties". I'll also describe the natural generalization of the well-known braid and mapping class group actions (the simplest case of which is known to account for the quantum Weyl group actions).
Damien Calaque (ETH and Lyon) - video
Title: Classical TFTs and symplectic structures on mapping spaces with boundary conditions
Abstract: In this talk I will present an extension of a recent result of Pantev-To 'en-Vaqui'e-Vezzosi on the construction of shifted symplectic structures on derived mapping stacks (which can be viewed as an approach to the AKSZ construction that avoids problems involving infinite dimension). The main new ingredient compare to PTVV is the presence of boundary conditions, which are necessary if one wants to understand the work of Cattaneo-Felder on the Poisson sigma-model. I will also explain how this is related to the project of constructing various extended Topological Field Theories with values in an appropriate category of Lagrangian correspondences (inspired by the recent work of Cattaneo-Mnev-Reshetikhin).
Gil Cavalcanti (Utrecht) - video & slides
Title: SKT geometry
Abstract: In classical terms, an SKT structure is a Hermitian structure for which the Hermitian 2-form is closed with respect to the second order operator dd^c. These structures arise naturally in the study of sigma models with (2,0) or (2,1)-supersymmetries, much like generalized Kahler structures arise in the (2,2)-supersymmetric sigma model. While the introduction of generalized complex geometry has provided the correct framework to study generalized Kahler structures and great progress has been made in this area in the last few years, SKT structures laid forgotten. We will take a look at what the generalized complex framework can do for SKT structures and in the process dispel some misconceptions that have arisen over the years.
Giovani Felder (ETH-Zürich) - video
Title: The classical master equation
Abstract: We formalize the construction of Batalin and Vilkovisky of a solution of the master equation associated with a polynomial in n variables (or a regular function on a nonsingular affine variety). We show existence and uniqueness up to "stable equivalence" and discuss the associated BRST cohomology (joint work with David Kazhdan).
Marco Gualtieri (University of Toronto) - video
Title: Symplectic groupoids of log symplectic manifolds
Victor Guillemin (MIT) - video
Title: Assignment cohomology
Abstract: In this talk (which is a survey talk on recent developments in GKM theory) I will discuss various combinatorial methods for computing the equivariant cohomology and K-theory rings of G-manifolds for G an n-torus.
Sergei Gukov (Caltech) - video
Title: The Verlinde formula via mirror symmetry
Abstract: The quantization problem starts with an input data of a symplectic manifold, i.e. an even-dimensional manifold equipped with a non-degenerate closed 2-form, from which one aims to construct the Hilbert space, the non-commutative algebra of operators, etc. Another area of mathematics where the same input data is used as a starting point is "mirror symmetry" where, given a symplectic manifold, one then constructs a number of sophisticated invariants, including Gromov-Witten invariants, Fukaya category, quantum cohomology, etc. Could it be that the two areas are related and the answer to the quantization problem is already contained among these sophisticated gadgets used in mirror symmetry? The answer turns out to be "yes". Moreover, by embedding the quantization problem in the framework of mirror symmetry one finds a natural solution to various puzzles, e.g. a simple geometric explanation why minimal orbits of SO(p,q) in Cartan type B are "quantizable" only when p<4 or q<4. Applying this approach to the quantization of moduli space of flat G-connections, one finds that some of the coefficients in the Verlinde formula have a simple interpretation via classical geometry of the moduli space associated with the Langlands dual group.
Nigel Higson (Penn State) - video
Title: K-homology and the quantization commutes with reduction problem
Abstract: The quantization commutes with reduction problem for Hamiltonian actions of compact Lie groups was solved by Meinrenken in the mid-1990s using geometric techniques, and solved again shortly afterwards by Tian and Zhang using analytic methods. In this talk I shall outline some of the close links that exist between the problem, the two solutions, and the geometric and analytic versions of K-homology theory that are studied in noncommutative geometry. I shall try to make the case for K-homology as a useful conceptual framework for the solutions and (at least some of) their various generalizations.
Nigel Hitchin (Oxford) - video & slides
Title: Generalized geometry of type B_n
Abstract: Conventional generalized geometry uses the SO(n,n) structure of T+T^*, Dynkin type D_n. We shall consider the SO(n+1,n) structure of T+1+T^*, its Courant algebroid structure, twisted versions and their twisted de Rham cohomology. Metric properties are linked to the equations of supergravity with a U(1) Yang-Mills field.
Madeleine Jotz (Göttingen) - video
Title: (Almost) Dorfman connections and the infinitesimal data of Dirac groupoids
Abstract: The infinitesimal objects associated to Poisson groupoids, presymplectic groupoids, and foliated groupoids are of different flavor, but all three structures are instances of Dirac groupoids. We will introduce the notion of "(almost) Dorfman connections" and explain how they naturally appear in several situations. The infinitesimal objects classifying Dirac groupoids are well expressed using Dorfman connections. We will see how to recover multiplicative Dirac structures from these infinitesimal objects, and show that we recover the constructions known in the Poisson, presymplectic, and foliated cases. (This is partly joint work with Thiago Drummond and Cristian Ortiz.)
Camille Laurent-Gengoux (Metz) - video & slides
Title: L-infinity structures in Poisson geometry : an application
Abstract: As shown by Behrend-Fantechi and Baranovsky-Ginsburg, the intersection cohomology of two coisotropic submanifolds admits a structure of Gerstenhaber algebra. We relate this construction to the L-infinity structure that the cotangent space of a coisotropic submanifold is known to be endowed with. In the process, the existence of quantizations of those is shown to play a role.
David Li-Bland (Toronto) - video & slides
Title: Moduli spaces of flat connections on coloured surfaces
Abstract: Suppose \g is a Lie algebra carrying an invariant metric. If M is an oriented surface, then Atiyah and Bott famously showed that the moduli space of flat g connections over M carries a symplectic form. Using a generalization of quasi-Hamiltonian geometry, we will show how to construct this moduli space using finite dimensional techniques. We will be particularly interested in surfaces with boundary (and corners), and will want to color each boundary component with coisotropic subalgebras of \g. From this perspective, interesting algebraic structures on \g (for instance a decomposition as the double of a Lie bialgebra) will reveal themselves as algebraic structures on the moduli spaces (for instance, the double symplectic groupoid structure integrating the double of a Lie bialgebra). Other notions, such as the fission spaces and domain walls introduced by Philip Boalch will also fit nicely into our construction.This is work in progress with Pavol Severa.
Jiang-Hua Lu (Hong Kong) - video
Title: On a Poisson structure on Bott-Samelson varieties
Abstract: We introduce a Poisson structure on Bott-Samelson varieties associated to reductive algebraic groups and study some of its properties such log-canonical coordinates, T-Pfaffians, and T-leaves.
David Martinez-Torres (IST Lisbon) - video & slides
Title: Poisson manifolds of compact type
Abstract: In this talk we will discuss the properties of integrable Poisson manifolds having an integration which is a compact (and Hausdorff) symplectic groupoid. We will demonstrate how integral affine geometry plays a key role in describing global features of this class of Poisson manifolds, and we will construct non-trivial examples. This is a joint work with M. Crainic and R. L. Fernandes.
Rajan Mehta (Penn State) - video
Title: Symplectic 2-groupoids and Courant algebroids
Abstract: I will describe an approach to integrating certain Courant algebroids via symplectic double groupoids. The integrated object is called a "symplectic 2-groupoid," although the name turns out to be a little bit misleading. If time permits, I will also give a simple description of Severa's infinite-dimensional integration of the standard Courant algebroid. This description allows one to easily see why Dirac structures integrate to presymplectic groupoids. This talk is based on joint work with Xiang Tang.
Yoshihiko Mitsumatsu (Tokyo) - video
Title: Lawson's foliation and a regular Poisson structure on the 5-sphere
Abstract: Lawson's foliation is, among other codimension 1 foliations, the first one which was found on S^5 (around 1970). Later on, Alberto Verjovsky posed questions (around 2000) whether if Lawson's one or some modified ones admit leafwise complex structures or leafwise symplectic structures. In this talk, we show that Lawson's foliation, without any modification, admits a leafwise symplectic structure. The results can be paraphrased that the 5-sphere admits a regular Poisson structure whose symplectic leaves form Lawson's foliation. The heart is to show the existence of an end-periodic symplectic structure on the Fermat cubic surface X^3+Y^3+Z^3=1, while it seems fairy rare for Stein manifolds to admit end-periodic symplectic structures. The argument also applies with minor modifications to two other cases of simple elliptic hypersurface singularities. If the time allows, end-periodic symplectic structures on globally convex symplectic manifolds are discussed.
Hessel Posthuma (UvA) - video
Title: Longitudinal index theory on Lie groupoids and the Lie-Poisson structure on the dual of a Lie algebroid
Abstract: The longitudinal index theorem for foliations is a well-known generalization of the family index theorem of Atiyah-Singer. In this talk, based on joint work with M. Pflaum and X. Tang, I shall consider its extension to Lie groupoids. This extension is based on a natural "higher index" pairing between certain differentiable groupoid cohomology classes and elliptic elements in the universal enveloping algebra. The computation of this pairing is achieved in two steps: first we use the van Est map from Lie groupoid to Lie algebroid cohomology to localise the computation to the unit space of the groupoid. Second, this localised index is computed using an "algebraic index theorem" for the Lie-Poisson structure on the dual of the Lie algebroid.
Ajay Ramadoss (ETH-Zürich) - video
Title: Noncommutative Poisson structures, derived representation schemes and Calabi-Yau algebras
Abstract: We introduce the notion of a derived Poisson structure on an associative algebra A. This structure is characterized by the property of being the weakest structure on A that induces natural graded Poisson structures on the derived moduli spaces of finite dimensional representations of A. A derived Poisson structure on A gives rise to graded Lie algebra structure on the full cyclic homology of A. The notion of a derived Poisson structure can thus be viewed as a higher homological extension of the notion of H_0-Poisson structure introduced by W. Crawley-Boevey in 2011.
We also construct a large class of examples of derived Poisson structures arising from finite dimensional n-cyclic coalgebras. Such coalgebras include linear duals of finite dimensional n-cyclic algebras which are n-Calabi-Yau categories in the sense of Kontsevich and Soibelman (2009).
(joint with Yuri Berest, Xiaojun Chen and Farkhod Eshmatov)
Florian Schaetz (Utrecht) - video
Title: Deformations of Lie algebroid morphisms
Abstract: I will explain the deformation complex of a Lie algebroid morphism and the higher structures it is equipped with. As an application, I will derive a stability criterion for isotropy Lie algebras. The talk is based on an ongoing project with Marius Crainic and Ivan Struchiner.
Mathieu Stienon (Penn State) - video
Title: Atiyah classes and homotopy algebras
Abstract: The Atiyah class of a holomorphic vector bundle $E$ is the obstruction to the existence of a holomorphic connection on $E$. A theorem of Kapranov states that, for a complex manifold $X$, the Atiyah class of $T_X$ makes $T_X[-1]$ into a Lie algebra object in the derived category $D^+(X)$. Furthermore, Kapranov proved that, for Kaehler manifolds, this Lie algebra structure stems from an $L_\infty$ algebra structure on $\Omega^{0,*}[-1](T_X)$. In this talk, we will show how Kapranov's theorems can be extended to the more general setting of Lie pairs of algebroids so as to produce new homotopy algebras. Lie pairs of algebroids arise naturally in Poisson geometry, in particular in the form of Lie bialgebras.
Alan Weinstein (UC Berkeley) - video
Title: Functorial integration of Poisson manifolds and Lie algebroid comorphisms
Abstract: I will report on ongoing work with Alberto Cattaneo and Benoît Dherin, in which we construct true functors from categories of Poisson manifolds and Poisson maps to categories of (possibly micro-) symplectic groupoids. Some of this consists of a rediscovery of announced results (with details unpublished) of Pierre Dazord on the integration of complete comorphisms between Lie algebroids.
Thomas Willwacher (Harvard) - video
Title: Drinfeld associators, Kontsevich formality morphisms and P. Etingof's conjecture
Abstract: Drinfeld associators (essentially) parameterize formality morphisms of the little disks operad and, due to the abundance of the latter, play a very important role in homological algebra. There are three explicitly known examples of such associators, namely (i) the Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov associator, (ii) the anti-Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov associator and (iii) the Alekseev-Torossian associator. P. Etingof's conjecture states that the third is "in the middle of" the other two. (This makes sense since the space of associators is a torsor.) (This is joint work in progress with Carlo Rossi)


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Bach & His Amazing Musical Family% In a house was overflowing with kids and harpsichords, Bach boasted that he could make "both an instrumental and a vocal ensemble" from his family. The 45-minute program ends with Apollo's Fire's famous Instrument Petting Zoo, where parents and kids invade the stage to try the instruments. Hudson Library & Historical Society, 96 Library St., Hudson, 11 a.m. or Akron Art Museum, 1 S. High St., Akron, 3 p.m. Free. apollosfire.org
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Clark Music Department
In keeping with the Montessori philosophy, it is the mission of the Clark Montessori Music Department to foster and promote the musical interests and abilities of each individual student.
Goals of the Clark Music Department:
To reveal and develop musical talent
To develop active, discerning listeners and sensitive performers
To promote creative thinking
To be musically literate
To develop a knowledge of and appreciation for music from Western and other cultures
To teach, model and develop a sense of community and spirit within the school and beyond
To develop students' individual capacity to learn and perform music
To offer experiences in and foster appreciation for working cooperatively in ensembles
To develop the skill of independent thinking while working for the greater good of the group
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Options for Music Instruction at Clark
Steel Band
Contemporary Percussion
Josh Roderer, Instructor and Band Director
Josh Roderer has taught in Cincinnati Public Schools since 2005. Prior to that, he held positions as an assistant band director at Centerville High School and director of bands at Colerain High School. He also served as graduate teaching assistant at Wright State University, where he taught courses in conducting, marching band methods and applied clarinet and also served as director of the concert band.
Roderer earned a bachelor of music degree in music education from Wright State University and a master of education degree in educational leadership from Miami University. He serves as a consultant for the Mason High School Marching Band and is an active member of the Ohio Music Education Association. In addition to his experiences in the field of music education, he has played both clarinet and saxophone professionally, has been featured on CD recordings with John McClure and David Dusing, and was the musical director for Showbiz players. He was an original member and Education Committee chair for Mayor Mark Mallory's Young Professionals' Kitchen Cabinet. Contact Roderer at (513) 363-7183 or by email.
Jeff Martin, Steel Band Director
Jeff Martin began teaching at Clark Montessori in 2013. He teaches all levels of the Steel Bands at Clark.
Martin graduated from Elder High School in 2009, and from Ohio Northern University (ONU) in 2013 with a bachelor of music degree in music education. While at ONU, he studied percussion and steel drums with Dr. Sarah Waters. He had an extensive performing schedule in many ensembles, including the Wind Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra, Marching Band, Men's Chorus, Percussion Ensemble and Steel Drum Band. While at ONU, Martin was selected as a winner of ONU Concerto Competition and performed Ney Rosauro's Concerto for Timpani and Orchestra in 2012 with the ONU Symphony Orchestra. In 2012, he served as student conductor of both the ONU Wind Orchestra and Symphony Orchestra and performed with the Lima Symphony Orchestra.
Martin is a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity, Kappa Kappa Psi Honorary Band Fraternity and the Ohio Music Education Association. Contact Martin at (513) 363-7184 or by email.


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BIF or bif may refer to:

Organisations
 Benevolence International Foundation, part of al-Qaeda, posing as a charity
 Brabrand IF, football club playing in the Danish 2nd Division
 Brøndby IF, football club playing in the Danish Superliga
 Brynäs IF, ice hockey team from Gävle, Sweden
 Die BIF, one of the first lesbian magazines

Places
 Barrow-in-Furness railway station, station code BIF
 British Industries Fair, Birmingham, England

Science and technology
 Banded iron formation, a type of rock
 Bifrenaria, orchid genus
 Borderline intellectual functioning

Other uses
 Bif Naked, Canadian musician
 Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework, H.R. 3684, in relation to the 2021 U.S. infrastructure spending plan
 Burundian franc, by ISO 4217 code


First Baby (bump) in The Kulig's.
The beautiful snow covered mountains of Vermont; The cozy fireplace to curl up to; The joys of being pregnant! Along with fun snowy photo sessions this holiday season, I just had to photograph my beloved older sister who is 6 months pregnant! She has been a real trooper, helping ME with photo shoots so I decided to let her pregnancy glow come through on the camera! I am SO in love with this black and white shot we got indoors! The family will cherish this image for years to come!


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Surprising Number of People Would Leave Their Jobs Over COVID Jab in a New Study
In the fog of the crappy news coming out of Biden's America, with the eighty-one million supporters he has (snicker snicker), it is refreshing to, on occasion, find a surprising news nugget. America's backbone may be stiffening on getting the COVID jab to keep your job.
I'm encouraged by this small ray of sunshine.
I'm sure most everyone by now has heard of some of the bigger instances of employees giving the middle finger salute to mandates. Probably the one that DEMANDED news coverage was the Southwest pilots saying "no mas" which effectively shut down air travel for a whole bunch of people. My compadre and colleague here at Red State Brad Slager covered this earlier this month with this piece Slowing the Spread of the Mandates — Southwest Airlines Announces It Will Drop Plans to Furlough Unvaccinated Workers. A brief refresher from that article…
While a number of businesses capitulated to the impending mandates ahead of implementation, many have been faced with resistant employees. News has come from Southwest Airlines that they are stepping back from the strong implementation of the mandate. By December 8, employees were set to either be vaccinated or face what was essentially a furlough. Now the company has changed that stance, as it has been facing pushback from a number of areas.
In a letter sent to employees, it is now saying that those who are remaining unvaccinated due to medical reasons or religious opposition will be placed under review while retaining their employment status.
Southwest's senior vice president of operations and hospitality, Steve Goldberg, and Julie Weber, vice president and chief people officer, wrote to staff on Friday that if employees' requests for an exemption haven't been approved by Dec. 8, they could continue to work while following mask and distancing guidelines until the request has been reviewed.
"This is a change from what was previously communicated. Initially, we communicated that these Employees would be put on unpaid leave and that is no longer the case," they wrote in the note, which was reviewed by CNBC.
Well, now comes news that possibly mainstream America is catching some of that Southwest pilot fever (the kind of fever you want to catch) and willing to quit their job rather than get jabbed. A new study was done by the Kaiser Family Foundation and I'm a bit surprised at the numbers.
First up, if you had a choice of getting the jab or doing weekly testing this is what KFF found…
When unvaccinated workers are asked what they would do if their employer required them to either get the COVID-19 vaccine or undergo weekly COVID-19 testing, 11% say they would be most likely to get the vaccine, nearly half (46%) would opt for weekly testing, and over a third (37%) say they would be likely to leave their job. This represents 1% of all adults who would get the vaccine if faced with an employer mandate and 5% who say they would leave their job.
So just 11% of those polled would just get the shot. The number of people who would opt for weekly testing jumps to 46% and those giving the bird on the way out the door is a healthy 37% which is quite respectable. Now, what would happen if the employer required you to get the jab to keep your job?
If their employer did not offer an option for weekly testing, the share of unvaccinated workers who say they would get the vaccine increases to 17% (2% of all adults), and the share saying they would leave their job increases to 72% (9% of all adults).
About 6 in 10 unvaccinated workers (59%) say they would be likely to apply for an exemption if their employer implemented a vaccine requirement, including 27% who would apply for a religious exemption and 16% who would apply for a medical one.
I have to admit that the 72% of those questioned here would leave their job really stunned me.
Ten years ago, if people in this country were given the choice to take a shot or keep their livelihood I would have said 80% would have given the one-finger salute. After what we have seen over the past 15 months, I have been disheartened with what I thought was the breaking of the American people and their spirit to just roll over to do what they are told.
Now though, this poll gives me some hope.
Maybe there are still enough Americans who are willing to stand up and tell the government of the people by the people and for the people that WE THE PEOPLE have had enough of this nonsense.
Maybe we can stop the founders from spinning in their graves on one issue.
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Anniversaries are difficult, both as a marker during the grieving process and as a sometimes unexpected reminder later on. Most people agree the first is the worst. That was certainly true for me. I've now got 20 behind me – birthdays, 'death days' and 19 Christmases. So how does one cope? In these internet days, it's easy to find loads of tips: poetry, private rituals, you name it. I tend to find that burying the most difficult day in a short trip abroad does wonders. Certainly, nothing would work for everyone, as this is all so personal. What it comes down to in the end, is that you've just got to find your own way for getting through it.
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