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Rare earth elements found in Tete
Maputo, 28 Sept (AIM) - The Australian company Globe Metals and Mining on Tuesday announced the discovery of "significant potential for rare earth mineralization" at Mount Muambe in the western Mozambican province of Tete.
Rare earths are seventeen elements in the periodic table (scandium, yttrium and fifteen metals known collectively as lanthanides). The minerals identified at Mount Muambe are heavy rare earths - which are elements 63-71 in the periodic table (from europium to lutetium).
These elements have similar chemical properties, and are used in lasers, fluorescent lamps, magnets and x-ray machines. Yttrium is also used in high-temperature superconductors.
Mount Muambe is in Moatize district, about 60 kilometres south-east of Tete city, and quite close to the coal concessions operated by the Brazilian and Australian companies, Vale and Riversdale.
According to the statement from Globe Metals an analysis of high-grade fluorite rock chip samples removed for analysis in late 2009 showed "highly anomalous heavy rare earths". Of particular note was the presence of the high value rare earth dysprosium, with results from the samples of up to 168 parts per million (ppm).
Dysprosium is used in laser materials and in neutron-absorbing control rods in nuclear reactors. The compounds dysprosium iodide and dysprosium bromide are used in high intensity lighting.
Only about 100 tonnes of dysprosium are produced a year, mostly in China. Dysprosium prices have risen sevenfold since 2003, and by late 2009 the price was US$53 per pound.
The executive chairman of Globe Metals, Mark Sumich, cited in the release, said "We have been pleasantly surprised at the recently identified potential for heavy rare earths within the high-grade fluorite zone at Mount Muambe, in addition to the identification of other areas for potential rare earth mineralization".
Globe Metals intends to conduct further field work later this year, and Sumich said "We are looking forward to beginning our maiden drill programme at Mount Muambe in the coming weeks".
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AIDS related deaths fell 20 percent over five years
President Filipe Nyusi declared on 1 December in the northern city of Nampula that the number of deaths from HIV/AIDS in Mozambique fell by 20 per cent between 2014 and 2018.
President addresses Catholic Bishops
President Filipe Nyusi on 16 November challenged the Catholic Church to continue its commitment to achieving the social well-being of Mozambicans and indicated that dialogue should be one of the paths chosen.
New water system for Gorongosa inaugurated
More than 30,000 people will benefit from clean drinking water in Gorongosa town, in the central Mozambican province of Sofala, thanks to a new water supply system that President Filipe Nyusi inaugurated on 15 November.
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Shipping industry suffers huge losses due to the improper or weak packaging of the consignments, especially when carrying contaminants like odoriferous liquids.
This number is huge and raises concern regarding the right packaging practices. And, when we say right practice, we are referring to some testing standards, like ASTM, ISTA, etc.
What more draws our attention is rise of disputes related to losses due to failed packaging, stringent laws or liabilities are defined, which might vary regionally.
If a shipment is refused by the recipient, leaks or is damaged, the shipment will be returned to the sender if possible. If the sender refuses to accept the returned shipment or it cannot be returned because of leakage, or damage due to faulty packaging, the shipper is responsible for and will reimburse FedEx for all costs and fees of any type connected with the legal disposal of the shipment, and all costs and fees of any type connected with clean-up of any spill or leakage.
Of course, the carrier cannot act blindfolded while undertaking the consignment.
•	It is his responsibility to analyse the packaging at his end. He has all the rights to inspect the consignment before loading the trailer.
•	Upon encountering any visible defects in the packing, he must report to the sender about the calculative risk of improper packaging.
•	If the sender is willing to take improper packaging further, then it is assumed that sender is willing to take the risk involved and liable for any loss.
•	In exceptional scenarios, the shipper is prohibited to inspect the consignment when it is sealed. This definitely supports the integrity of the load but makes the sender accountable for any failure.
In a nutshell, for any damage to cargo, personal injuries or loss of life due to the improper or weak packing of consignment, the liability must bear by the sender or shipper.
Implementation of testing process helps you in controlling the failure of packaging with immediate effect. Bursting strength test is an important test which is widely performed in the corrugated packaging units to assess the performance of cartons during the transits.
Contact Presto to know more about bursting strength tester and other testing machines to make your packaging sustainable.


Meters to yards conversion – What is 564 M in yards?
You can easily convert 564 meters to yards by following a few simple steps. However, you should first understand the relationship between the two units. While the meter belongs to the International System of Units, SI units, the Yard belongs to both the British imperial and US customary systems of measurement. Following the international treaty on standard units, a yard is equal to 0.9144M. That means that to convert yard measurements you should multiply the figure by 0.9144. Here is a solution for your problem, plus a conversion chart and an easy to use conversion calculator.
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Edited highlights from ASA Annual Report for 2011
Written Osborne Clarke	on 06 Jul 2012
The UK's advertising watchdog celebrated its 50th year with an annual report featuring the "ten most complained about ads of all time," but what nuggets lurked in the less eye-catching small print? Stephen Groom pulls out some plums.
Topic: Regulatory
Who: Advertising Standards Authority
When: 30 May 2012
Law stated as at: 1 July 2012
The Advertising Standards Authority ("ASA") published its annual report for 2011.
Apart from celebrating its first half century by showcasing the ten most complained about ads of all time, the Report contained some interesting facts and figures.
Here are some highlights:
in the first ten months of its new, extended online remit covering most website content and social media marketing, the ASA received no less than 7,195 complaints about 6,631 online ads. These comprised a whopping 29% of all cases and contributed to an overall increase in cases of 71% year on year. This was considerably more than expected, but the ASA still coped with only a 15% increase in staff;
"own website" ads for complementary and alternative medicine featured particularly strongly in the new online caseload;
across all media, the most complained about sector was leisure, just as it was in 2010, followed by retail, health & beauty, computers & telecoms and financial;
the sectors which yielded the biggest caseload increases over 2010 were electrical appliances, industrial & engineering and education;
the most complained about media were TV (as in 2010) but now closely followed by the Internet, which "enjoyed" a case load increase of 299.4%. Complaints about direct mail were down a significant 20%, whilst email and text ads were the subject of respectively 48% and 213% more complaints. In-game advertising generated a 600% caseload increase but the number of cases in 2010 was just one;
the Independent Reviewer (who operates the ASA's only appeal process) was a busy bunny as he received 60 independent review requests, double the number in 2010. However the percentage of cases referred back to the ASA Council reduced from 27% in 2010 to just 20% in 2011. From that point appellants' prospects improved, with the original decision reversed in 5 cases out of 12, compared with just one case out of 9 in 2010;
the financial report shows a not unhealthy picture, particularly given the 15% staff increase. An after tax loss in 2010 of £124,335 became a £41,632 profit, with income jumping from £6.7m to £7.6m and staff costs increasing by only £500,000 odd despite the bigger head-count;
the average time taken to turn round complaints overall was 14 working days compared with one day less in 2010, whilst for cases requiring a formal investigation the average resolution time was 36 days, considerably better than 2010's 44 days.
The case handling and financial results in the report demonstrate the positive impact of the "system review" instituted by CEO Guy Parker shortly after taking up his post and the efficiency with which he has run the ship ever since.
The Independent Review statistics suggest that once "appellants" have persuaded Sir Hayden Phillips that there are good grounds for the case to be referred back to the ASA Council, there are decent prospects of a positive result in the form of a reversal of the original decision.
The complaint statistics yield few surprises and very much reflect the changing UK advertising landscape. Digital ad complaints (internet, email, text, mobile and in game) totalled 11693, just short of the combined total of 11954 for TV and radio. There can be little doubt that TV and radio will be overhauled in 2012, since the 2011 internet complaint total of 10,123 related to only ten months' ads due to the extended online remit not cutting in until 1 March 2012.
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Partner, Hamburg, Germany

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Feeding South Florida Receives $200,000 Grant From The Jim Moran Foundation at 3rd Annual Community Breakfast
Event Focused on Bringing Community Leaders Together to Fight Hunger in South Florida
(Left to right) Feeding South Florida Director of Development Anthea Pennant, President of the Board of Feeding South Florida Maria Millares, Board of Director of The Jim Moran Foundation Lucia Lopez, and Feeding South Florida Executive Director Judith Gatti.
Pembroke Park, Fla. - On Friday, January 28, Feeding South Florida (formerly Daily Bread Food Bank) teamed up with community leaders, elected officials, school board members, and representatives of Feeding South Floridas network of not-for-profit organizations in an effort to mobilize the South Florida community to Fight Hunger and Feed Hope in the new year.
During the event, representatives from The Jim Moran Foundation presented Feeding South Florida with a check in the amount of $200,000. This grant will support the Purchased Food Program, the Wholesale Food Club Program and General Operations at Feeding South Florida. In total, The Foundation has provided Feeding South Florida more than $340,000 since 2003.
"My husband, Jim, created his Foundation to be responsive to the immediate and ever-changing needs of our community," said Jan Moran, chairman and president, The Jim Moran Foundation. "It is our privilege to support Feeding South Florida in their extraordinary efforts to help thousands of individuals and families facing hunger every day."
Feeding South Florida celebrated The Jim Moran Foundation with a proclamation requested by Broward County Commissioner Dale Holness and signed by Mayor Sue Gunzburger, naming Friday, January 28 as The Jim Moran Foundation Appreciation Day. Feeding South Florida also recognized exemplary volunteers and agency members with gold medals, commending them for their service to the South Florida community.
"Our community leaders are integral to helping us in the fight against hunger," said Judith Gatti, executive director of Feeding South Florida. "The Community Breakfast provides an excellent forum where we can develop more ways to get local residents involved in helping the many South Floridians who suffer from food insecurity. This gift from The Jim Moran Foundation could not come at a better time to help us increase the number of food insecure clients we are able to serve."
About Feeding South Florida
Feeding South Florida (formerly Daily Bread Food Bank) is a not-for-profit organization that empowers other South Florida not-for-profit organizations to assist people in need and improve their lives. Feeding South Florida does this by providing food and other grocery products; and by educating and engaging our community to fight hunger and poverty. Through a local network of 800 other not-for-profit organizations, Feeding South Florida strives to serve children, the elderly, the mentally and physically challenged, veterans and the working poor with compassion and integrity. Feeding South Florida is a member of Feeding America, the nation's leading domestic hunger-relief charity and the largest food bank in the state of Florida. Over 24 million pounds of food is distributed within the community by Feeding South Florida each year. Feeding South Floridas headquarters is located at 2501 SW 32 Terrace, Pembroke Park, FL, 33023. For more information, please call (954) 518-1818 or visit www.feedingsouthflorida.org.
About The Jim Moran Foundation
Founded by automotive pioneer Jim Moran, the mission of The Jim Moran Foundation is to improve the quality of life for the youth and families of Florida through the support of innovative programs and opportunities that meet the ever-changing needs of the community. The Foundation has invested more than $20 million in education, elder care, family strengthening, after school and youth transitional living initiatives since its inception in 2000 with efforts currently focused in Broward, Palm Beach and Duval counties. Through a long-term Grant Agreement, The Foundation's significant funders are JM Family Enterprises Inc., and its subsidiaries, including Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC. It is located at 100 Jim Moran Blvd., Deerfield Beach, Fla. 33442. To learn more, visit www.jimmoranfoundation.org or call (954) 429-2122.
Anthea Pennant, Director of Development
954-518-1832 / apennant@feedingsouthflorida.org
Ilisa Finkelman, Senior Communications and Grants Manager
954-363-5550 / ilisa.finkelman@jimmoranfoundation.org


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Super Smash Bros. Coming This Year for Switch
By Jeff Scott Updated Jan 15, 2019 09:39 PM EDT
Nintendo nailed us with the infamous "one more thing" at the conclusion of today's Nintendo Direct. And while it was semi-expected, it was still a doozy. Super Smash Bros. has been announced for the Nintendo Switch.
The unveiling came after an extended look at Splatoon 2's upcoming premium story DLC. The game's director, Seita Inoue, was joined by Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima to cement the announcement and conclude the Nintendo Direct. That's when Kimishima says, "Well, actually, we have one more announcement…"
We then cut to another video of Splatoon's male and female Inklings darting across a blank landscape as they fire ink at one another. The male vanishes into the distance as the landscape goes dark. The female is then halted by something behind her and she turns towards it.
A look of surprise hits her as her eyes blaze with an image Nintendo fans are sure to recognize – the engulfed Super Smash Bros. logo.
Shortly after, we catch a dark silhouette of Mario and what appears to be Breath of the Wild's Link. Then, the Super Smash Bros. logo with a crowd of combatants in darkness standing below it.
Super Smash Bros. 2018. And that's all the details we're getting.
It certainly appears that the game is a brand new title for the Switch. Rumors have circulated for over a year that we would be getting an upgraded version of the Wii U entry in the series. Much like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was an upgraded version of Mario Kart 8 on the Wii U. But that doesn't appear to be the case here.
Super Smash Bros. for Switch will surely be a focal point of Nintendo's E3 presence. But if we're lucky, maybe we'll see a bit more of the game before a complete blow out hits us in June.
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Greece's opposition parties are divided about ongoing negotiations between Athens and its creditors. Potami supports the Syriza-led government's efforts, while New Democracy and Pasok are taking a hard line. EURACTIV Greece reports.
The main opposition party, the centre-right New Democracy, claims that Alexis Tsipras is not to be trusted.
He also said that Greek premier's performance in the European Parliament "ruined" the country's image. For those who have watched his performance however, this may sound as an overstatement.
Fofi Gennimata, the chief of the Pan-Hellenic Socialist Movement (Pasok), attacked Tsipras, saying that he had "dark double plans with expediencies and hidden agendas".
"The only choice of Tsipras is to say a resounding 'Yes' to Europe and to the Eurozone. […] He has to submit a comprehensive proposal", she added.
The head of centre-left Potami [S&D], Stavros Theodorakis, made it clear that he was supportive of Tsipras.
"We have to convince some reluctant [member states] in Europe that the future of the Greeks is the heart of Europe," Theodorakis said.
Potami (The River) is a political party founded in 2014, described as centrist and centre-left. It has 17 MPs in the 300-member parliament.
He added that Greece had "allies" that want the country to remain part of the eurozone, and to struggle for that.
"Among them is the French President, François Hollande," he stressed.
Speaking about the "opponents" and those who want Greece out of the eurozone, Theodorakis emphasised that Athens would do them no such favour.
Analysts estimate that a possible split in Syriza, due to a new bailout, might bring the moderate Tsipras camp closer to the S&D.
The center-right Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos encouraged Tsipras to find a "viable solution" and avoid a "disaster".
"Our country is in a quite critical situation. It is urgent to reach an agreement with our partners to prevent a huge national risk," Papoulias said.
He continued, saying that Tsipras and the government were talking about a viable and just solution "and it should be like this".
"But in order to be able to talk about the viability of the economy and social justice, we should belong to the EU core. Otherwise, the disaster will be inevitable," the President added.


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Graduating from College or University Soon!
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Summary of how the Salt Lake County Utah housing market performed in the fourth quarter 2007.
Salt Lake County homes in the 4th quarter 2007 stayed on the market longer, resulting in a large increase in inventory levels. This is turn put pressure on home prices, with 7 zip codes for single family homes seeing a fall in prices and 4 zip code areas for condos also falling (compared to the last quarter of 2006). Most zip codes were still showing median prices increase, but the majority only saw single digit increases, rather than the double-digit increases we have seen over the last 2 years.
Because areas that experience very few home sales in the quarter tend to show large price fluctuations, areas with fewer than 10 sales have been excluded from the median price change.


Google has announced that it will soon include ads in your image search results. Now, when you browse images, Google Image search results will include ads for products related the items you were just searching for. The ads will be at the top of the page above images sourced from the internet and link directly to retailers.
Whether they're looking for a new sofa or the perfect pair of earrings, people who search and shop on their smartphones at least once a week say that product images are the shopping feature they turn to most.3 And it turns out, the top questions Google Images users ask us are 'What's the price of this?' and 'Where can I buy it?' That's why we are introducing Shopping ads on image search. Now your ads for related products will appear as shoppers browse Google Images, so they can easily click through to buy from you.


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Sweden and Wales qualify for the 2022 World Cup
Sweden defeated the Czech Republic 1-0 in the match that took place between them on Thursday evening at the Friends Arena, as part of the semi-final round of the European qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup, which will be held in the coming months in Qatar. Sweden's goal came through Robin Kayson in the 109th[…]
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Brazil beat Chile by four in the World Cup qualifiers.. Video
Brazil scored a 4-0 victory over Chile in the match that was held between them at dawn on Friday at the Maracana stadium, as part of the 17th round of the South American qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, where he scored the Samba goals, Neymar da Silva, in the minute 43 from[…]
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Brazil hits Chile with two goals from Neymar and Vinicius in the first half .. Video
Brazil advanced against Chile 2-0 during the first half of their match, which is currently being held at the "Maracana" stadium, as part of the 17th round of the South American qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Brazil's goals were scored by Neymar da Silva in the 43rd minute of the match, and[…]
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Italy, again without a World Cup!
After being left out of Russia-2018, the current European champion will not be in Qatar-2022 either, losing against all odds against North Macedonia in Palermo The 'Azzurra' dominated completely, they had 30 chances, but they lacked success again, while the rival scored a great goal in added time with his second well-directed shot This was[…]
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'Bale' makes Wales dream of beating Austria
The Madridista winger, who disappeared with his club, was once again the absolute crack of his country with a double of goals that eliminated the Austrians from the playoffs Like veteran tennis players or boxers with a long history, Gareth Bale chooses his battles. In football, it is eleven against eleven but the Welshman, you[…]
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There are no doubts, with Wales it does: Bale's free-kick goal!
The Real Madrid striker, who has generated so much controversy due to his absence from the Clásico, put his country ahead in the 'final' for the World Cup against Austria For the squad. It was through the tighter angle of the Austrian goal that Gareth Bale dispelled all doubts about his form. The player has[…]
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Argentina coach: Messi is ready to face Venezuela and was not affected by the whistles of Paris Saint-Germain
Lionel Scaloni, coach of the Argentine national team, confirmed the readiness of his star Lionel Messi, the French Saint-Germain player, to face his guest, Venezuela, which is scheduled for the first hours of tomorrow, Saturday, in the seventeenth round of the South American qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Scaloni said in the[…]
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Negative first half between Italy and North Macedonia in the World Cup qualifiers
A goalless tie settled the first half of the match between Italy and North Macedonia, which they are currently meeting at the Renzo Barbera stadium in the semi-finals of the European play-off that qualifies for the 2022 World Cup. Ciro Immobile leads the Italian national team's attack in tonight's match alongside Berardi and Insigne. The[…]
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Portugal advances twice in the first half against Turkey in the World Cup qualifiers
Portugal finished the first half against Portugal 2-0, during the match currently being held between them at the "Dragao" stadium, as part of the semi-finals of the European qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup that will be held in Qatar at the end of the year. Portugal's two goals were scored by Otavio in the[…]
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The Iraqi national team defeats the UAE and ignites the Arab qualification race for the Asian playoffs for the World Cup
The Iraqi national team achieved a valuable victory over its UAE counterpart with a clean goal, in the confrontation that took place between them this evening, Thursday, at King Fahd International Stadium, as part of the ninth round of the Asian qualifiers qualifying for the World Cup "Qatar 2022", to ignite the Arab conflict over[…]
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Should Market Practices have a formal governance structure?
What tools and methods exist on which we could build one?
Finally, we will hear a report from the first year's operation of the new CR Forum, the new collaboration tool for stakeholders of MT Change Requests.


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Q: A probabilistic and trend analysis. There does not seem to be any statistical Q&A so I assume all the statisticians are on this site.
This question is very theoretical and is based on analysing voting systems. I have a very simple example here that does not include millions of people across various demographics.
I have outlined 2 red lines that try to determine a voting trend.

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*Top 2 candidates did very well with a mean vote of 40 between them

*Bottom 3 candidates have far less votes but seem to create their own trend.

The cyan lines are a visual attempt to establish trends and display established trends for these 2 groups. A total vote mean is identified in green and does not intersect with any trend.

The values of the elections are:

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*Voters that participated 96

*Votes cast 96/288 (Each voter could vote for up to 3 candidates)

My main question is how do I calculate the probability of voters that cast 1 vote, 2 votes and 3 votes in a cumulative result.

A: It is not really clear that you are looking for a probability model.  I think what you are looking for are probability estimates based on your observed sample data.  Reasonable estimates can be obtained if it is safe to assume that the sample you have is a random sample from the target voter population. The estimates are simply the sample proportions. For the percentage casting 2 or more votes just count the voters that voted 2 or more times divided by the total number of voters.
For each candidate you can take the number of votes received divided by number of voters to get their probability of getting a vote.  Now for your sample there will either be a candidate that gets a majority of votes or there will not.  So to answer a question like what is the probability of a candidate getting a majority, you will either need to construct a model based on the data or you could bootstrap the sample and use the proportion of bootstrap samples that get a candidate with a majority as the the estimate of this probability.

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Dota 2 Asia Championships Compendium is a virtual booklet that grants you ways like tournament predictions and community votes to interact with the grand Dota 2 tournament. The Compendium is also bringing many rewards like immortals treasures, loading screens, special effects. Leveling up Compendium will earn more!
Dota 2 Asia Championships will have the Main Event during Feb 5th-9th, 2015. Tickets will be available on 12:00PM Jan 23th. You can redeem bonus merchandise and virtual items with the tickets in the venue.
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Frank de Lisle Solbé (1 June 1871 – 12 January 1933) was an English international hockey player, who also played cricket.

Born in Chefoo, China, Solbé was educated at Dulwich College, where he played for the school's cricket eleven in 1887 and 1888. Described by the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack as being "a free and attractive batsman", he nonetheless struggled at first-class level, making occasional appearances for Kent County Cricket Club and Marylebone Cricket Club.

In 1897, Solbé made his first appearance for the England national field hockey team, and went on to play for them twice more in 1899 and once in 1900. He scored three times in 1899; once against Ireland and twice against Wales.

He died in Bromley in 1933, aged 61.

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1871 births
1933 deaths
English cricketers
English male field hockey players
Kent cricketers
Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
People educated at Dulwich College

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The Starbucks on Disney Springs' West Side is one of two locations at Disney Springs. Guests can enjoy a full Starbucks food and drink menu with a large indoor and outdoor seating area.
Located across from Super Hero Headquarters and Star Wars Galactic Outpost.
This location was formerly home to Wetzel's Pretzels before that was relocated.


During the past months we have been working on recording a new Theatron customer experience video. It has been a great delight to us, that in this case Åbo Svenska Teater has agreed on sharing their practises and knowledge on Theatron and its Intranet from along the 10 years they have been using it.
ÅST, the Swedish-speaking theatre in Turku, is the oldest theatre in Finland. Around 1810 in Turku the Swede C.G. Bonuvier built what probably was the country's first real theatre house. However, Bonuvier's theatre house was totally destroyed in the great fire of 1827 and a decision to build the new theatre house in the heart of Turku was made in 1836. The beautiful theatre building was ready to use by 1839.
We are very thankful to Åbo Svenska Teatern and Maria Olin for their participation in the video and the feedback about Theatron and the partnership with Mansoft. She certainly has described it very well.
Go ahead and check the ÅST user experience video by clicking here!


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Hoodia (; known locally as "ghaap" or "bobbejaanghaap")  is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, under the subfamily Asclepiadoideae, native to Southern Africa.

One species of Hoodia in particular, Hoodia gordonii, has achieved a degree of fame and controversy, after being investigated for use as a possible appetite suppressant.

Description

The group was first described as a genus in 1844.

Hoodia are stem succulents, described as "cactiform" because of their remarkable similarity to the unrelated cactus family. They have a branching, shrub-like form, and the largest species (Hoodia parviflora) can grow to the size of a tree — over  in height.

The flowers are extremely variable in size — from less than 1 cm, to almost 20 cm in diameter, depending on the species. Flowers appear in large numbers, always near the tops of the stems. Those of larger-flowered species (such as Hoodia gordonii) are often a papery pink-tan colour, plate-shaped, with an unpleasant smell to attract their fly pollinators. The smaller, darker flowers of some species have a far stronger and more unpleasant smell than the larger flowers.

Distribution
The genus Hoodia is restricted to the arid regions in the western part of southern Africa, ranging from western South Africa to central Namibia and as far north as southern Angola. It is especially common in the Namib desert and in the Orange River valley. Typical habitat is rocky slopes and open stone plains. Plants usually germinate in the shelter of bushes or rocks, but survive in the open as adult plants.

Species

Several of the small-flowered species of Hoodia were formerly in a separate genus, Trichocaulon ("ghaap"), but have been moved into the genus Hoodia, and the two groups are now synonymous. Phylogenetic studies have shown the genus Hoodia to be monophyletic, and most closely related to the stapeliad genus Lavrania. Marginally more distantly related is a sister branch of related genera including Larryleachia, Richtersveldia and Notechidnopsis.

Uses and horticulture

Supplement
Hoodia gordonii is traditionally used by the San people (Bushmen) of the Namib desert as an appetite suppressant as part of their indigenous knowledge about survival in the harsh desert conditions. In 2006, the plant became internationally known, after a marketing campaign falsely claimed that its use as a dietary supplement was an appetite suppressant for weight loss. As of 2018, there is no high-quality clinical research showing that hoodia has actions as an appetite suppressant or is effective for weight loss.

In a case of biopiracy, bioprospectors from  South Africa's  Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) realized that the plant was marketable and patented its use as an appetite suppressant without recognizing the Sans' traditional claims to the knowledge of the plant and its uses. The patent was later sold to Unilever, which marketed hoodia products as diet supplements. In 2003, the South African San Council entered into a benefit sharing agreement with CSIR in which they would receive from 6 to 8% of the revenue from the sale of Ho. gordonii products, money which would be deposited in a trust for all San peoples across Southern Africa.

Horticulture
Several species are grown as garden plants, and one species, H. gordonii, is being investigated for use as an appetite suppressant. However, in 2008, UK-based Unilever PLC, one of the largest packaged-food firms in the world, abandoned plans to use hoodia in a range of diet products.  In a document on Unilever's website entitled "Sustainable Development 2008:  An Overview", signed by Paul Polman, CEO, Unilever states:  "During 2008, having invested 20 million [pounds] in R&D, Unilever abandoned plans to use the slimming extract hoodia in a range of diet products.  We stopped the project because our clinical studies revealed that products using hoodia would not meet our strict standards of safety and efficacy."

Many Hoodia species are protected plants. Hoodia is currently listed in Appendix II to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), which includes species not currently considered endangered but are at risk if trade is not controlled.

References

External links

Germplasm Resources Information Network: Hoodia

Apocynaceae genera
Flora of Southern Africa
Succulent plants
Taxa named by Joseph Decaisne


ST. LOUIS — With early PGA Championship television coverage limited to featured groups, fans are missing the anticipated birdie barrage at Bellerive and even a brief 59 watch for Kevin Kisner.
What has the second-round scoring averaging more than a half-stroke under the course's early into day two? Here are five reasons.
Clear skies, less breeze than Round 1 and 85-degree temperatures by mid-morning have players on attack.
The par-3 third is just 132-yards to a hole practically sliding into the water. The short shot hasn't stopped the field from averaging nearly a half-stroke under par. The drivable, two-shot 11th is just 298 yards and has already seen Satoshi Kodaira make the tournament's first eagle after driving within 5 feet.
The players have become more comfortable with their "lines" and used to the course after getting in limited practice Monday to Wednesday. Familiarity — with soft greens –breeds birdies.
Yes the heat-badgered bent greens will still get chewed up as the round goes. But the ball is rolling noticeably better each day with Friday's looking the best yet. Superintendent Carlos Arraya predicted that Tuesday's rain would help in an effort to push the tender greens forward and he was right. Which is why good scoring is always a compliment to the hard working maintenance staff.


The brief message that Mikaela Shiffrin posted on social media says it all.
"Dear skiing," she wrote, "I miss you."
The American slalom star hurt her knee in a warm-up crash last month and thought she had suffered only bruising and a ligament tear until recent tests found a fracture.
The additional injury could keep her out of action on the World Cup circuit until early March.
"Due to the small fracture she had, she will go on the safe side and let that heal fully before going on snow," her agent told NBCSports.com on Monday.
Barring an unexpected development, the world champion and Olympic gold medalist will not be able to win her fourth-consecutive World Cup slalom title.
"That's all for now," Shiffrin wrote. "PS. Be back soon."


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L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia is associated with regional increase of striatal dynorphin peptides as elucidated by imaging mass spectrometry.
Opioid peptides are involved in various pathophysiological processes, including algesia, epilepsy, and drug dependence. A strong association between L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia (LID) and elevated prodynorphin mRNA levels has been established in both patients and in animal models of Parkinson's disease, but to date the endogenous prodynorphin peptide products have not been determined. Here, matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) imaging mass spectrometry (IMS) was used for characterization, localization, and relative quantification of striatal neuropeptides in a rat model of LID in Parkinson's disease. MALDI IMS has the unique advantage of high sensitivity and high molecular specificity, allowing comprehensive detection of multiple molecular species in a single tissue section. Indeed, several dynorphins and enkephalins could be detected in the present study, including dynorphin A(1-8), dynorphin B, α-neoendorphin, MetEnkRF, MetEnkRGL, PEnk (198-209, 219-229). IMS analysis revealed elevated levels of dynorphin B, α-neoendorphin, substance P, and PEnk (220-229) in the dorsolateral striatum of high-dyskinetic animals compared with low-dyskinetic and lesion-only control rats. Furthermore, the peak-intensities of the prodynorphin derived peptides, dynorphin B and α-neoendorphin, were strongly and positively correlated with LID severity. Interestingly, these LID associated dynorphin peptides are not those with high affinity to κ opioid receptors, but are known to bind and activate also μ- and Δ-opioid receptors. In addition, the peak intensities of a novel endogenous metabolite of α-neoendorphin lacking the N-terminal tyrosine correlated positively with dyskinesia severity. MALDI IMS of striatal sections from Pdyn knockout mice verified the identity of fully processed dynorphin peptides and the presence of endogenous des-tyrosine α-neoendorphin. Des-tyrosine dynorphins display reduced opioid receptor binding and this points to possible novel nonopioid receptor mediated changes in the striatum of dyskinetic rats. Because des-tyrosine dynorphins can only be detected by mass spectrometry, as no antibodies are available, these findings highlight the importance of MALDI IMS analysis for the study of molecular dynamics in neurological diseases.
Dynorphins
Neostriatum
Sprague-Dawley
Antiparkinson Agents
Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
Enkephalins
Jörg Hanrieder
Anna Ljungdahl
Maria Fälth
Sofie Eriksson Mammo
Jonas Bergquist
Molecular and Cellular Proteomics
1535-9476 (ISSN) 1535-9484 (eISSN)
Vol. 10 10 M111.009308-
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RTE alumna gets paid to play at Nike headquarters
For alumnus Lillian Walton, becoming the director of catering at Nike World Headquarters allows her to get paid to play.
"My day is different every day; that's why I love catering so much," the 2014 recreation, tourism and events graduate said. "There are no days alike; it changes so frequently within this business."
Working for Aramark, the on-site restaurant group for Nike World Headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon, Walton has a hand in multiple events each day from detailed parties for executives and athletes to large events for thousands of people. Each event fulfills Aramark's mission: to deliver experiences that enrich and nourish lives.
Although working 11-hour days, Walton said the excitement in her day-to-day makes it her dream job.
"This account is one of the best work environments I have worked in in all of my career," she said. "I never expected or anticipated being in my position, but I am glad I took the right chances and pursued this field."
Several diverse fieldwork and internship experiences during Walton's undergraduate coursework led to her current position. After doing fieldwork with the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation and an internship with Aramark at Lake Powell Resort in Arizona, Walton was offered a nine-month second-level management internship at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga. After that, she began working in catering at Nike and was promoted to director of catering last summer.
"When it comes to internships, don't settle for something that is comfortable or familiar," Walton said. "Take a chance to experience something new. If you try it and you love it, you have just entered a world of possibilities. If you hate it, you can always go back and start again, but at least you tried. … Build your resume with experiences."
"The organizational, event and leadership skills that she learned at FSU Panama City are definitely beneficial," recreation, tourism, and events faculty member Donna Trafford said. "Her persistence and hard work paid off."
Walton, who originally wanted to be an athletic trainer, said hospitality runs in the family.
Walton's father is a professional wedding photographer. Her mother who was park ranger at Wakulla Springs State Park and now working for the Florida Fish and Wildlife, promoting awareness and conservation of Florida's manatees.
"I'm an instant gratification type of gal, and the instant feedback after a successful event is exciting," Walton said. "I also think it is in my blood. … I grew up around recreation, tourism, and events my whole life."
After taking a year off school to focus on her career, Walton realized a degree would help her become more successful. She began taking recreation, tourism, and events classes in Tallahassee and traveled to Panama City to complete her coursework.
Undeterred by the two-hour commute from Tallahassee and overnight stays in Panama City with her husband, William, and their two children, Lokken and Anarah, Walton said the Panama City campus and its students became like a second family.
"I enjoyed the traveling days, because it was like a 'mini vacation' every week. Only on that vacation, you have to study, go to class, pay for your meals rather than cooking at home, and paying for a tank of gas," she said. "It's all about perspective and what you make of it."
Family dinners with classmates, runs on the Hathaway Bridge during lunch breaks and smaller classes made FSU Panama City feel like home.
"Lillian was a bit more mature, and other students looked up to her as she was able to be a great mom, go to school and work at the same time," Trafford said.
"As we get older, things get more serious and more professional, we may think we're too old to have a good time and we may get caught up in our day-to-day routine of work," Walton said. "It's okay to take chances, make mistakes and learn from them, and to have fun."
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Author: britsorice
Thank you Berkeley Carroll School
July 12, 2021 Kids and Community ServiceBerkely Carroll School, book donations, children and community service, donating books to Africa, donating children's books, kids and community service, kids service projects, Sebastian Zuba, Wonderland BookSaversbritsorice Leave a comment
by Sebastian Zuba
When I joined the Wonderland BookSavers team in 2017, I was the only member who didn't live in Connecticut, and we immediately knew that one of the best ways I could support our efforts would be to expand our reach for acquiring books. One of the first schools in Brooklyn that I called was Berkeley Carroll, and from the very beginning the librarians there have been eager to help our cause! Berkeley Carroll is a K-12 school with a big heart and a lot of libraries (!) and Ms. Kris Hartley-Maneri, Ms. Kendra Barbary, Ms. Briar Sauro, Ms. Mimi Stauber, and Ms. Anna Murphy are the most wonderful librarian-heroes that Wonderland BookSavers could ever ask for!
The wonderful Berkeley Carroll librarians!
Every year, these amazing librarians cull through their incredible collections and designate any surplus or remaindered books for Wonderland BookSavers and then carefully pack them into heavy-duty book boxes. Because there are four libraries in the three different buildings, this usually means my sister and I do about 4 huge pick-ups every year!
The amazing first grade teacher Ms. Cuba!
Since it's Brooklyn and there are a lot of stairs and usually only one small service elevator in each building, the equally wonderful Mr. Hicham and his maintenance staff, help bring the books out to the street and then we load as many into our car at a time as we can! This takes a lot of coordinating and a lot of time and we are so grateful to everyone at Berkeley Carroll for making this happen!
The incredible Mr. Hicham, Mr. José and Mr. Salvador!
So far, books from Berkeley Carroll have gone to schools and community centers in need right here in NYC and Connecticut, as well as the Pine Ridge, Rosebud and Cheyenne River Reservations in South Dakota, and, with the help of the US-Africa Children's Fellowship, all the way to Uganda, Sierra Leone, Kenya, Ghana, Zimbabwe, and Somalia. Wonderland BookSavers is a community that can only operate with a lot of helping hands along the way, and we are so lucky to have the amazing and generous staff of the Berkeley Carroll School on our team.
Lower school pick up
My grandmother has a sign in her kitchen with a quote that's attributed to Gandhi that says, "Be the change you wish to see in the world." I recently read that this famous quote is actually a paraphrase and what Gandhi actually said was, "If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him… We need not wait to see what others do."
My grandmother's sign
What I like about this original quote is the greater emphasis on how each individual change can in fact effect a world of individual changes and that is exactly what is so amazing about Wonderland BookSavers. We're all just doing one small part but together we can be a world of change.
Even though kids weren't at school, the librarians still packed up books during Covid!
Thank you Ms. Kris, Ms. Kendra, Ms. Briar, Ms. Mimi, Ms. Anna and all the Berkeley Carroll staff for working so hard to be a world of change with us!


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This Month 1984: Sept
1980's Music Videos
KeHS Photo Album
Yearbook Photos
80's Fashion's
History 1984 more
All 80's Reunion 2013
30 Reunion photos
25 year Reunion 2009
25 yr Reunion Family BBQ
Photo Chain in Venice Italy
Class Store
All the data was gathered from several sources and compiled together for entertainment on this site only.
Please be aware some may have copyright.
Thanks to the following sources
https://www.onthisday.com/date/1984/september Youtube Wikipedia Bing.com images
This Month in 1984: September
Sep 2 "Zorba" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 344 performances. Lead actor is Antony Quin. Setting is a Crete village
Sep 3 28 year old single Chicagoan wins $40 million in Illinois state lottery. At the time it was the biggest single winner in USA history. Mike Wittkowski did not take his winnings until November of that year. The issue involve splitting the money with his three family members without paying the gift tax. He wanted to assign part of the money from the beginning. He won that case.
Sep 3 Jerry Lewis' 19th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $32,074,566
Sep 3 South Africa adopts constitution
Sep 4 Nigerian singer Fela Kuti sentenced to 2 years
In 1984, Muhammadu Buhari's government, of which Kuti was a vocal opponent, jailed him on a charge of currency smuggling which Amnesty International and others denounced as politically motivated.[22] Amnesty designated him a prisoner of conscience,[23] and his case was also taken up by other human rights groups. After 20 months, he was released from prison by General Ibrahim Babangida.
Sep 6 Lanford Wilson's "Balm in Gilead" premieres in NYC
Sep 6 Today Show begins live remote telecasts from Moscow
Sep 6 "Amadeus" from the play by Peter Shaffer, directed by Milos Forman and starring Tom Hulce premieres in Los Angeles (Academy Awards Best Picture 1985)
Space Shuttle Mission September 1984
Sep 5 12th Space Shuttle Mission (41-D) -Discovery 1- lands at Edwards AFB
Sep 8 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41G mission
Sep 10 Discovery returns to Kennedy Space Center via Altus AFB, Oklahoma
Sep 13 STS 41-G launch vehicle moves to launch pad
Sep 21 NASA launches Galaxy-C
Sep 10 First episode of daily syndicated version of Jeopardy! with Alex Trebek as host
Sep 12 Cyndi Lauper sings "She-Bop" on The Tonight Show
Sep 12 Ethiopia forms socialist republic
Sep 12 NY Met Dwight Gooden sets rookie strike out record at 251
Sep 14 1st MTV Video Music Awards: The Cars win with "You Might Think"
Sep 15 Sharlene Wells (Utah), 20, crowned 58th Miss America 1985
Sep 15 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh, Semipalitinsk USSR
Sep 15 9th Toronto International Film Festival: "Places in the Heart" directed by Robert Benton wins the People's Choice Award
Sep 16 1st broadcast of "Miami Vice" on NBC-TV
Sep 17 Brian Mulroney sworn in as Canada's 18th Prime Minister, succeeding John Turner
Sep 17 USSR performs underground nuclear test
Sep 18 Joe Kittinger completes 1st solo balloon crossing of Atlantic
Sep 18 Tigers clinch AL East championship (spent all year in 1st place)
Sep 29 "(What) In Name Of Love" by Naked Eyes peaks at #39
Sep 29 "Cruel Summer" by Bananarama peaks at #9
Sep 29 "Drive" by Cars peaks at #3
Sep 29 "Layin' It On Line" by Jefferson Starship peaks at #66
Sep 29 "Let's Go Crazy" by Prince & Revolution peaks at #1
Sep 29 "Pretty Mess" by Vanity peaks at #75
Sep 29 "Torture" by Jacksons peaks at #17
Sep 29 "When You Close Your Eyes" by Night Ranger peaks at #14
Sep 29 "Yes Or No" by Go-Go's peak at #84
Sep 1 Joseph Trohman, American musician (Fall Out Boy)
Sep 1 Nick Noble, American soccer player
Sep 3 Garrett Hedlund, American actor, born in Roseau, Minnesota. 2010 movie "Tron: Legacy" plays Samuel "Sam" Flynn
Sep 9 Farrah Gray, American entrepreneur and author (Reallionaire). an American businessman, investor, author, columnist, and motivational speaker.. Gray was raised on Chicago's South side. He began his entrepreneurial career at the age of six selling homemade lotion and hand-painted rocks door-to-door.
Sep 10 Matthew Followill, American alternative-rock backing vocalist and musician (Kings of Leon), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Sep 12 Taylor Jenkins, American basketball head coach (Memphis Grizzlies 2019), born in Arlington, Texas
Sep 14 Adam Lamberg, American actor (The Lizzie McGuire movie), born in NYC, New York
Sep 14 Melissa McGhee, American rock singer (American Idol, season 5, placed 12th ), born in Tampa, Florida
Sep 15 Prince Harry [Henry Charles Albert David Windsor], Prince of Wales, 5th in British succession, born in London, England
Sep 16 Sabrina Bryan, American actress and singer (The Cheetah Girls), born in Yorba Linda, California
Sep 21 Benjamin Wildman-Tobriner, Gold medalist American swimmer. He was part of the Olympia swim relay team at the Beiing games in 2008.
Sep 21 Wale [Olubowale Akintimehin], American rapper of Nigerian heritage (The Gifted), born in Washington, D.C.
Sep 23 Nathan Jendrick, American author
Nathan Jendrick is a certified fitness trainer with clients ranging from competitive bodybuilders to Olympic gold medalists. He is married to two-time Olympic champion Megan Jendrick. He is the author of Gym-Free and Ripped and Dunks, Doubles, Doping, and he has been featured on dozens of radio shows, including The Drive with Chris Myers.
Sep 23 Matt Kemp, American baseball player
Sep 25 Matt Carle, American ice hockey player, born in Anchorage, Alaska
Matthew Carle is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman. Carle played in the National Hockey League with the San Jose Sharks, Tampa Bay Lightning, Philadelphia Flyers and Nashville Predators. He was originally drafted by the San Jose Sharks in the second round, 47th overall, in 2003.
Sep 27 John Lannan American baseball player
Sep 27 Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer-songwriter (Complicated, Sk8er Boi), born in Belleville, Ontario
Sep 28 Melody Thornton, American singer and dancer
Sep 28 Ryan Zimmerman, American baseball player
Sep 30 T-Pain, American rapper/singer
Famous Weddings
Wedding of Interest
Sep 7 Actress-singer Janet Jackson (18) weds fellow R&B singer James DeBarge (21)
Sep 14 Figure skater Marina Klimova (18) weds her partner Sergei Ponomarenko (23)
Sep 14 Stage and screen actor Gene Wilder (51) weds "Saturday Night Live" actress-comedian Gilda Radner (38) in France
Sep 22 Brussels Princess Astrid marries Archduke Lorenz of Austrian-Este at Church of Our Lady of "De Zavel


I have a few that resemble these and I use them all the time !
Our bathroom floor is marble and it is always cold .. so a non slip mat on the floor when you step out of the tub is necessary !
I like pale colors though .. these are all such beautiful bathrooms !


This is a video from a week before a long gunman attacked and killed multiple people at a Baptist Church in Texas.
The church is a rather conservative congregation in a small rural town. Authorities and locals are left with the question of why this has happened.
The church was founded in 2926 and has around 250 members, although early reports indicate as few as 50 people were in attendance at 11:00 to 11:15 am local when a gunman entered, It is reported the gunman reloaded multiple times. 27 people are reported to be deceased, including the Pastor's 14-year-old daughter. Other children are among the deceased, and both children and adults were wounded.
The attacker was cornered in Guadalupe County, 5 miles from the church, and was reportedly dispatched by police. The fact the attacker fled the scene and did not commit suicide will factor into an analysis of their psychological profile.
It's not known what kind of weapon, other than a firearm, the attacker used.
During this last sermon before the attack, the sermon focused on living upright before God, using the example learning for to ride a motorcycle.
Witches are people too, try loving them.
I think that we would all agree that this is a really creative way to share the Gospel message. However, there are those who would scold the young lady for using something that they refer to as Halloween props. Remember this pumpkin was crated by God to not only be eaten but to also be used in any way that glorifies His kingdom. We need to stop and remember that all things were created by Him and for Him before we start condemning and hurting others for our own convictions. There are some things we should speak out against, yet many of the things we condemn others for are really our own pet peeves, not God's. Pray before you speak this season and let's remember that we are to build the Kingdom of God, not drive people away.


Check out my Trello board for a list of all the current projects in my queue!
I am currently only able to work on 1-2 fursuits at a time, so I have organized them into batches. Order is based on commissioner payments, as always. Some fursuits are not currently organized into batches, but will be as time goes on!
Also- I do not list all of my work on Trello, so just because it's quiet, it doesn't mean I'm not getting work done!
Curious about my schedule? Don't be! It's posted weekly on Twitter, and there's even a page dedicated to info on it!


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Disney is paying $4.05 billion to buy Lucasfilm Ltd., the production company behind "Star Wars," from its chairman and founder, George Lucas. It's also making a seventh movie in the "Star Wars" series.
LOS ANGELES — Disney is paying $4.05 billion to buy Lucasfilm Ltd., the production company behind "Star Wars," from its chairman and founder, George Lucas. It's also making a seventh movie in the "Star Wars" series.
The Walt Disney Co. announced the agreement to make the purchase in cash and stock Tuesday. Disney added that "Star Wars Episode 7" is scheduled for release in 2015.
For people scheduled to buy or sell a house this week, hurricane amps up anxiety levels to new heights.
Many of the markets hit hardest during the crisis are starting to show sustained gains.
David Cohen, the cable giant's chief lobbyist and a veteran of Philadelphia politics, is critical to its dominance.
The deal brings Lucasfilm under the Disney banner with other brands including Pixar, Marvel, ESPN and ABC.
Kathleen Kennedy, the current co-chairman of Lucasfilm, will become its president and report to Walt Disney Studios Chairman Alan Horn. Lucas will be creative consultant on new "Star Wars" films.
Lucas said in a statement, "It's now time for me to pass 'Star Wars' on to a new generation of filmmakers."


I now have 34 alchemical rituals working. And 265 unit tests, which demonstrate that they're working. I'm feeling a little dizzy, honestly.
You'll recall I said something about "burning bits of wood and an alchemical retort" being the last bits of infrastructure. Well, inevitably, those were a nightmare. Burning things is one of the archetypical Hard Things To Do In IF. The other two are mixing liquids, and rope. Well, I implemented all the liquid-mixing back in July... and this game is not going to contain any rope.
Long story short: I now have a setting-things-on-fire engine, to go along with the liquid-mixing engine and the ritual state machine. This is where I get very grateful for Inform 7 and its rulebook architecture.


DANCEHALL artiste Kiprich has teamed up with British Rhythm and Blues singer Keisha White for the song My Heart Is a Jail which is featured on his new album, Kippo.
The track, which was released earlier this year, is produced by 9 Mile Productions.
"She (Keisha White) was in Ocho Rios early this year and I was also a performer at the venue and she stayed back and watched my set. She was impressed and afterwards we talked about recording together... hence came the single," Kiprich told the Sunday Observer.
White, 25, released her debut album Seventeen in 2005. One year later, she released The Weakness In Me, which is her biggest hit song to date, peaking at number 17 on the United Kingdom's Singles chart.
"This is about my fourth or fifth time to the continent. Although Europe more gravitate towards the reggae side of our music I am well received there," he said.
Kiprich is known for songs like The Letter, Facebook, and Telephone Ting.


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Franyó Zoltán Irodalmi Kör – a temesvári magyar írók és műkedvelő tollforgatók alkotó- és vitaköre. Az Ady Endre Irodalmi Kör örökébe lépve, 1979. február 27-én óta alakították meg a Temesvári Írók Társaságának védnöksége alatt. Székhely: Temesvár. Négytagú vezetőség – Anavi Ádám, Bálint-Izsák László, Mandics György és Pongrácz P. Mária – irányította. Felolvasó és elemző munkaülései mellett emlékülésen adózott Franyó Zoltán életművének. Kezdetben mintegy 30 aktív tagja volt, közülük – az írótársasági tagok mellett – Eszteró István, Gulyás Ferenc, Illés Mihály, Kiss András, Mandicsné Veress Zsuzsanna, Mirisz Miklós, Oberten János, Pataki Sándor, Salat Levente, Udvardy László rendszeresen szerepelt írásaival a sajtóban. A kör szerzőinek prózai írásaiból állította össze Mandics György, a Facla Könyvkiadó szerkesztője a Valakinek el kell mondanom c. antológiát (Temesvár, 1979). A közös hozzájárulással létesített alapból évente irodalmi díjat osztanak ki; 1980-ban e díjat Veress Zsuzsanna bemutatott regényrészlete nyerte. A Franyó Zoltán Kör a rendszerváltást is túlélte, írásaikat továbbra is antológiákban adták közre, híressé vált az 1970-es évek végén indított Lépcsők c. antológia-sorozatuk. A kör névadójáról, Franyó Zoltánról rendszeresen megemlékeznek.

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Molnos Lajos: Lépcsők - de merre? Utunk,  1988/39;
Boér Jenő: Készül a Lépcsők V. kötete. Szabad Szó, 1989/45.

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Temesvár kulturális élete
Romániai magyar szervezetek


District 2 School News – Back to School Celebration continues with a School Supplies Giveaway at Orchard Villa Elementary School. Thanks to Marlins Ayudan Foundation and Kiwanis Club of Little Havana for providing supplies to our deserving children.
Great job to Principal Tony Ullivarri, administration, teachers, staff and parents for educating our students!


This week, out of sheer curiosity, I called a woman at the high school and asked her all about our graduation ceremony. We spoke for nearly an hour, and right before we hung up, she said something that caught my attention.
It is autumn in New Hampshire. The air is changing, and we are surrounded by a landscape exploding with color—the brilliant orange and vivid yellow and deep, rich red of our season.
You are a freshman in college now, and I imagine you're still trying to get used to the dorm rooms and the cafeteria, and figure out all of the reading lists.
You and I lived in the same town for years, yet we have never met.
My name is Carrie. I have five kids, and my second son has autism. His name is Jack. He's thirteen.
Jack doesn't go to the public school. He goes to a school about twenty minutes away. Every morning he climbs into a minivan and he sits in the back seat behind an aide that accompanies the driver, and he makes the trip to a building that looks like it's part of an office park.
This school is very, very good for Jack. It is small, and it is quiet. It lets him be who he is—a lovely butterfly who still needs a caterpillar's quiet cocoon. Yet still, he wants to come back. He wants to go to high school here and graduate the way you did and walk across the long stage to accept his diploma.
He thinks this is possible. Maybe it is. Maybe it isn't. At this point, I honestly have no idea.
The first time I heard about the thing with graduation, I thought it was a rumor. You know, the thing where kids who earn a 20-credit diploma cannot walk with kids who earn a 24-credit diploma at the regular ceremony. Instead, they have their own ceremony on a different day.
But then I read the minutes from the school board meetings and I realized it was real. I realized if Jack ever came back to our school, he would not walk across the stage with everyone else, because he would earn the 20-credit diploma.
This made me very, very sad. It also made me a little mad, but mostly sad.
I was sad to think that after all news coverage about disabilities and autism and inclusion, and all the time I've spent trying to explain Jack and his quirks and his brain and his fondness for Oreos, people still think of my son as less.
I know, it's a complicated issue. I know there are lots of opinions and things to consider. That's usually the case when it comes to people with varying academic needs. That's always the case when it comes to autism.
Elizabeth, I feel like I am building a house made out of glass. I have to look at all the angles and the sides, and decide where they fit together. And as I work, I constantly see my own reflection in the smooth, mirrored surfaces.
And even though this glass house is open and bright, once I walk inside and the heavy door swings shut behind me, it is dark. My footsteps echo in the silence, and I am alone.
It might surprise you to learn that I didn't do anything about the graduation thing. I didn't go to any of the meetings, I didn't write to the administration. I felt it wasn't my place to get involved, seeing as Jack doesn't even go to public school.
But I watched from a distance, and I waited. I kept half an eye on the whole thing, the same way I watch television while I fold laundry. Then a few days ago, I came across your letter.
You know, the letter you wrote sitting in your light blue bedroom, two weeks before you graduated.
The letter you sent to the local newspaper.
The letter that changed everything.
This letter, well, it tells an important story about a boy and a girl who met in ninth grade and were very good friends.
They both took exams in the spring and bought school supplies in the fall and slid their trays along the metal rails in the cafeteria as white snowflakes dotted the frozen ground. At the end of senior year, they both earned a diploma.
The girl earned a 24-credit diploma. She graduated with the rest of her class in the huge field next to the school. She wore a red and white gown and she walked with her friends and high-fived other kids from the track team while the band played Pomp and Circumstance.
The boy earned a 20-credit diploma. He graduated with twelve other kids in a small ceremony. He wore a blue gown and the band was missing some kids because it was not the regular graduation and they couldn't all fit on the stage anyway.
But with the glue of a stamp, Elizabeth, you took something that was complicated and you sliced it in half like a sharp knife cutting through a ripe grapefruit.
This letter, well, it was like a flame held closely to a stick of dynamite. It lit a fire in our tiny town. People sat up, and took notice. All of a sudden, the school board meetings became crowded and tense.
One father cried. He stood up in the crowd, and he wept for his son's right to walk side by side with his peers.
I want you to know I came to terms with having a special-needs son a long time ago. I resigned myself to a different kind of life with a different kind of boy, and I am happy to say I hardly ever wish him different then he is.
I mean, I guess some days I would mind changing who he is just a little bit—like yesterday when he asked me about five hundred nine million times if we could get Pizza Hut for dinner because he saw a commercial for stuffed crust.
But for the most part, I've accepted it all; the medication for his anxiety and the obsessive behavior and the repetitive questions.
Sometimes, however, I can't help but wish people in high places—people who make great big huge important decisions—had a son like Jack.
I wish they had to fill out mountains of paperwork for a billion different specialists and call the pharmacy every month for refills and add melatonin to their grocery list.
I wish they knew the heartache that comes with raising a child who will never stand at a podium and deliver a valedictorian speech—who will never take an honors class, or understand algebra, or drive a car.
I wish they, too, wearily met the orange sunrise after a long, sleepless night.
On Monday, August 14th, 2017, the school board announced their decision to let all graduates walk in the same ceremony, regardless of the credits they earned for their diploma.
I guess I just wanted to say thank you. Thank you for your courage, and your honesty, and the way you cut through the silence.
Thank you for being the girl who opened the window, and let in the light.
Read Elizabeth's full letter here: All Graduates Deserve to Walk Together.
Brought tears to my eyes. Thank God for Elizabeth and her courage–and the courage of those that took that tiny spark and fanned it!
Wow! Elizabeth is wise beyond her years. And thanks for all you do, too, Carrie. So what's for dinner tonight?! Hugs!!!
I live in Nebraska, and our state Nebraska Department of Education released a document many years ago titled "Graduation Considerations for Students with Disabilities." This document encouraged schools to allow "social graduation" to let students walk across the regular stage on the regular day with their same age peers, even if they continue in an 18-21 year old program. This also recommended schools to do a full evaluation the last year of school eligibility so that parents could take updated information into adult services and not have to face the hurdle of getting an evaluation done privately and possibly having to pay for it on their own. I feel our NDE is very proactive on this issue, so it is now common for all students in special education to participate in regular graduation activities, even if they did not earn the required credits. The student then receives the signed diploma when then complete the IEP requirements. The students can only participate in walking across the stage one time, even if the school program extends past the peer graduation year, so it can be with peers or when they actually complete the program, whatever the IEP team decides is most appropriate.
My oldest son walked this past June with the kids he started in preschool with and went to school with until Grade 9. I thought it was mostly for me but he loved it and did amazing at it. He loved seeing all his old friends and it helped him to see that it was an end of a chapter. They were going on to College and he still needs to keep working on some areas. He is in an 18-22 year program. He has been residential for the past 3 years but he is finally ready to come home. My heart was bursting with pride. He did not get the same diploma but no one knew that; he got a certificate of completion.
My younger son starts high school next year and I'm hoping he will get a diploma. I will fight hard for him to stay in the system. They are all so unique. I wouldn't change a thing about him walking with his friends though from childhood. A memory we will both cherish forever.
I know a few awesome kids and parents who can relate! I shared this on facebook because I know someone who recently was included in her high school graduation in the Treasure valley area of Idaho. She was JUST as excited as ALL High School graduates i have come to love.
This is awesome… the world needs more Elizabeths for sure… one person really can change the world.


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More than 100,000 on furlough in Coventry & Warwickshire
Around 110,000 employees in Coventry and Warwickshire are currently on furlough, according to new figures.
The Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership (CWLEP) Growth Hub revealed the figures at the latest meeting of the CWLEP SME Supergroup Business Group.
CWLEP Growth Hub operations director Phil Peak revealed about 72,000 people are presently furloughed in Warwickshire and around 38,000 in Coventry.
But he said the sub-region was well placed to help businesses because of the well-established joined-up approach of business support organisations and local authorities in the region.
"The number of people that have been furloughed in Coventry and Warwickshire is sobering news," he said.
"Concern is continuing to build about how many of these jobs are going to switch from furlough to redundancy.
"At the Growth Hub we are working with other organisations such as the Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce, the FSB, local authorities, borough councils and district councils because we're going to face a huge number of redundancies.
"We need a joined-up approach because many companies are nervous about taking on more debt. Their reserves are down and their customer base has shrunk as we move into the recovery phase.
"Some sectors like hospitality and leisure, and culture and tourism that really rely on face-to-face contact are clearly going to face a real challenge but all the business support organisations are working together to come up with solutions.
"Coventry and Warwickshire has one of the most joined up ecosystems in the country which is a real positive and we have to use that as we move towards recovery.
"Re-skilling the workforce is a challenge and an opportunity but we have very strong skills in our region which we need to work on.
"We have to make the most of opportunities from schemes such as HS2 and the www.finditincw.co.uk platform where businesses particularly SMEs can find out all about new work which is available in the private and public sector."
Sean Farnell, chair of the CWLEP SME Supergroup Business Group, said this was a critical time as businesses focused on re-setting their companies.
He said: "We are at the coalface and it is great to have multi-national companies based in Coventry and Warwickshire but it is the SMEs which are going to be the drivers of change and we see this group as central to that.
"We are focused on re-setting the economy and every business whatever their size or sector needs to behave as if they are a new start-up.
"How we achieve that will be through collaboration among businesses throughout the region.
"This isn't going to be easy and businesses are going to have to make some tough choices. I think we will see some very difficult economic conditions across our region, the UK and the world."
UK aerospace calls for more support to navigate sector's rocky future
Good news for the Forest: £2.1M Lydney Harbour regeneration project begins


With a might ringing of the starting bell, heard across the street and down the block at Grant's Burgers, President Sandy McIntire opened the meeting. He of course donned one of the chapeaux from his Ministry of Silly Hats – this one very obscure – a Tilley hat. Right away I know it was from the country of Vancouver. But no – it turned out to be from Canada, gateway to Vancouver. Then came a string of (insert your adjective here) facts about Canada, like the country with the longest coastline, most lakes, most polite people, etc.
Incoming President, Cathy Buckley, is working on her planning for next year and is asking members to fill out the usual committee forms indicating their preferences in committees starting July 1, 2019. Click Here Please fill out and mail to Sandee at 2200 Vining St. or bring to Monday's meeting.
Catherine Riordan announced an evening 'invitation only' informal conversation with Paul K. Chappell to which all RCOB members are invited. Because there is food involved in the 6-8pm event, Catherine need an RSVP as soon as possible. The event is co-sponsored by this club, the Whatcom Dispute Resolution Center and WWU. This will be held in the new DRC facility at 206 Prospect Street on 10 April, 4:00-6:00 pm. Please RSVP to 360.676.0122 or wdrc@whatcomdrc.org ASAP Click here for additional information.
Paul Grey gave an update of the International Projects Committee. He announced that the committee has designated a dollar-for-dollar match of membership donations by the committee's funds up to a limit of $5,000 going to the Rise Against Hunger project. The deadline is the first week of April. There is an easy link on the club website, which he encouraged all to use.
We have been informed that we must change our location at the Dorothy Haggen Building for board meetings and new board member, Lisa Saar has arranged for us to meet at the Bellingham Legal Center, 805 Dupont St. the second Thursday of each Month.
We want to thank Rick Haggen and the Dorothy Haggen management for allowing us to use the board room since Rick's Presidency in 1997, over 22 yrs.
Nathan Conant has requested a leave for one year due to business and family commitments. The Board approved with regret. We will miss his beautiful piano playing and the new RCOB Rotary Song he created. Come back soon!
Brad Burdick, Chairman of Las Vegas Night reported that we made a profit of $9,025.19 on the event after snow cancellation, expenses adjusted and donated time. The board congratulated Brad and his committee on a job well done. We also want to thank all the members who helped make this event and fundraiser a success!!
Linda Hinton encouraged the club to help the Boys and Girls club by adopting a baseball field. Apparently the nefarious Sunrise Club has already stepped forward to adopt one of their fields. We don't want to look bad, do we?
Rise Against Hunger for $5,000. This meal packing project will be held in Bellingham April 27, 2019. This will be a Whatcom County Rotary Project with the Bellingham Rotary Club being the lead. This year it is tied in with District Rotary Work Day. We are going to be asking the membership to match this Grant by April 1st (the deadline for us to make donations). The goal this year is to package 88,000 meals which requires $30,000 to buy the raw materials and 300+ volunteers. The RCOB Foundation has already donated $2,000. This organization is a 501 ©3. The deadline is creating an urgency in the approval of this grant by the Foundation so that the challenge can be made to the membership as soon as possible.
Catherine Riordan presented the following offer to President Sandy: Paul Chappell will speak on "A New Peace to Paradigm: Our Human Needs and the Tangles of Trauma" in Bellingham 4/10 at 206 Prospect St. sponsored by Whatcom Dispute Resolution Center and WWU. She has offered to show us as a "sponsor" at no cost to the club. He is also speaking at the District Conference 4/13. The Board approved showing the club as a sponsor if there is no cost to the club. Catherine will be providing further information to the membership March 25th at the Monday meeting.
Kim Perry, Co-Chairman of the Student of the Month attended to discuss the 2019-2020 schedule. They are planning on changing the presentations from the business time slot to the program segment time and doing three per year, to allow more time for the students. We will also look at the Phil Millard Scholarship presentation date. The board approved.
Monty McAllister reported that we have at least 1 student for RYLA. There is a new 1-month short exchange program and we have 1 student from Spain coming this summer at no expense to the club. They are currently also doing outboard interviews for the 2019-2020 Rotary year.
Monty also gave us thank you notes from Charla Anne Larson, Carla Serrat, Rumbidzayi Machiridza (Rumbi) and Cole Drinkwater for their attendance of YAIL.
Gail Ridenour introduced member of the Whatcom Jazz Music Arts Center: Thomas Harris, Roger Yamashita, Christian Casolary, Chuck Eberdt and her husband Kevin Woods.
Folks from the Whatcom Jazz Music Arts Center put on what Pres. Sandy called the coolest program ever. Kevin Woods on trumpet, Thomas Harris on sax, Christian Casolary on drums and Roger Yamashita on bass played a few tunes and talked about their program. Your intrepid reporter was daydreaming and did not remember all the set, but among the tunes were: "The Sunny Side of the Street", "Caravan" and "Bye Bye Birdie". This program was so lively that Shannon stepped in to watch as well.
The WJMAC has two fronts 1) education and 2) program. The education side has small group classes to teach the art of improvisational jazz to high school (and older) students. It meets weekly for two hours a night. The cost per student is $125 a month. This reporter asked, "How do you teach improvisation?" The answer, in a nutshell is immersion. Instead of teaching how to read music etc. this combo course concentrates on learning jazz chord progressions, theory and what notes can be played over the chord. At present, the program has about 16 students. Another portion of the education wing is a summer camp also held in July at the Sylvia Center. This is a condensed version of the monthly program where everything is covered n a week.
The program side of things is covered with a live jazz presentation every Wednesday at the Sylvia Center. This happens from September to June. The cost ranges from $12 to $20 per performance. Where else can you get a jazz show at such a price? The center does have a liquor license, so beer and wine are available. Scheduled for this coming October is a jazz walk, where small combos will be appearing in various venues (like the alliteration?) on an art walk night. Look for it.
Gail Ridenour, Whatcom Symphony Orchestra, Dir.


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Current: Advanced launches Application Portfolio Analysis solution
Advanced launches Application Analysis solution
by Gordon Wilson, Chief Executive Officer, Advanced
Application Analysis enables organisations to reduce the complexity, cost and risk of application initiatives
Advanced today announces the launch of Application Portfolio Analysis (APA), an application analysis solution with integrated services.
APA enables organisations to reduce the complexity, cost and risk associated with application improvement initiatives and maximise the value of their existing legacy systems. The solution provides enhanced technical and contextual analysis to accurately determine how applications are being used to improve strategic decision making and investment prioritisation.
Many organisations including banks and financial services firms, retailers and government are grappling with outdated legacy systems which have been developed over several years by different programmers. The acceleration of disruptive technologies (cloud, mobile etc) have further added to the difficulty of maintaining an optimised portfolio.
Neil Cross, Managing Director, 365 at Advanced, comments,
"The enterprise application portfolio is evolving faster than ever before and some organisations are in danger of being left behind. Without a clear understanding of the costs, risk and IT strategies available, it is impossible for them to plan with any confidence and determine where they are today and where they need to be in the future."
As part of the APA solution offering, Advanced's comprehensive PathFinder services provide customised modernisation, rationalisation and decommissioning strategies. This assists organisations to determine the current cost of ownership and operation of existing applications, their value to the business and whether they need to invest in new application portfolio analysis initiatives.
In addition, the solution is underpinned by a unique Application Analysis tool that allows any developer to understand, maintain and enhance applications. Inherent relationships can be mapped, roadblocks can be identified, and suitable changes can be made. It provides a searchable database of information built from the language code and data structures of an organisation's application portfolio.
Cross adds, "With over 30 years' of experience, Advanced has a proven track record of assisting organisations to increase IT agility and achieve a tangible return on investment. APA builds on this foundation by giving organisations even greater clarity to better manage their existing portfolio, confidently plan for the future and execute that plan as efficiently as possible."
Advanced is a HP Gold Preferred Partner and specialises in helping organisations to better understand, maintain and enhance existing applications, such as those on OpenVMS and ICL/Fujitsu VME platforms, to maximise business value.
Application Analysis will be officially unveiled on Advanced's stand (number 563) in the Solution Kiosk at HP Discover 2015 (ExCel, London, 1-3 December 2015). For further information call 020 7880 8888.
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Having joined the company in September 2015 with a track record in leading business growth, Gordon has since driven the successful transformation of Advanced.