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https://apnews.com/article/new-york-donald-trump-c0a28202ea4a4b1767af5a4ad93f1300
Bernard Condon
Bernard is an investigative reporter for breaking news.
BernardFCondonbcondon@ap.org
Trump sells Washington hotel to Miami-based investor group
By BERNARD CONDONMay 12, 2022 GMT
A worker removes the signage for the Trump International Hotel Wednesday, May 11, 2022, in Washington. The lease to the Washington hotel run by Donald Trump's family company while he was president, has been sold by his family company to a Miami-based investor fund. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
NEW YORK (AP) — The lease to the Washington, D.C., hotel run by Donald Trump's family company while he was president, a symbol of his power to GOP politicians who gathered there and of corruption to his critics, has been sold by his family company to a Miami-based investor fund.
The Trump Organization said Wednesday that it had completed the sale of a long-term lease of the Trump International Hotel to CGI Merchant Group of Miami for what it described as a record price per room for the city. Sources close to the deal demanding anonymity to discuss the private transaction have said that the price was $375 million, handing the Trump family business perhaps as much as $100 million in profit.
The new owners planned to remove the Trump name from the facade and rebrand the hotel a Waldorf Astoria. Workers were seen removing signage from the hotel Wednesday night.
The Associated Press reported earlier this year that the group of investors includes former Yankee slugger Alexander Rodriguez.
Many hotel brokers, owners and consultants did not expect the 263-room hotel down the street from the White House to fetch such a high price. The hotel lost more than $70 milllion during the four years of Trump's presidency, including in each year before pandemic shut downs.
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Israeli forces kill 2 Palestinians during new violence
The high price, equivalent to more than $1.4 million a room, has drawn scrutiny from Democratic lawmakers. The U.S. House Oversight Committee earlier this month requested documents from CGI listing all of its investors.
The hotel was a magnet for lobbyists, diplomats and others seeking to curry favor with the president. Democrats said it it sullied the reputation the presidency, pitted his financial interest against public interest and possibly broke the law. Several lawsuits challenging his ownership of the lease were unsuccessful.
The hotel is the former Old Post Office building, and its still formally owned by the federal government. The Trump Organization won rights to fix up the building and run it as a hotel in exchange for paying the government annual rent and a cut of profit upon a sale.


Donald Trump's most ardent coffee-drinking followers are not happy that Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz endorsed Hillary Clinton this year — and they've come up with a curious way to get revenge.
As The Hill reports, Trump fans have started asking Starbucks baristas to write down Trump's name on their cups when they order drinks. The "movement" was inspired by a Trump fan who had a temper tantrum in a Starbucks earlier this week when he accused Starbucks of engaging in "anti-white discrimination" because his coffee was delayed.
Now Trump fans are posting their #TrumpCups all over Twitter in an act of rebellion against Starbucks that also happens to involve giving the company more of their money.
Many people on Twitter immediately pointed out the ridiculousness of this protest, and said that Starbucks would be grateful if more Trump fans tried to hurt the company by buying more of its coffee.
Brilliant Provocateur: Write "Trump" on my Starbucks cup!
BP: Now here's the money for my drink!
Attention #TrumpCup crew – wearing a diaper to Starbucks owns the Libs even harder!!!! And buy like 10 coffees, to really show em!!!!!
This idea of telling your Starbucks barista that your name is "Trump" is so subversive, we should try it with the Muslim registry.
'pumpkin spice latte for Rump"
"PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE FOR RUMP"


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Skehanagh is on Logainm.ie: Skehanagh.
It is located at 52° 50' 52" N, 7° 47' 20" W.
We don't know about any subtownlands in Skehanagh.
Curious to see who lived in Skehanagh in the past? Maybe even seeing scans of their handwritten census returns?
Skehanagh was added to OpenStreetMap on 13 Aug 2015 by Teester.


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Bjarni Kristófer Kristjánsson
Camille A. Leblanc
David Benhaim
Skúli Skúlason
Stefán Óli Steingrímsson
MARBIO
Biodiversity lab >
ECO-EVO-DEVO
Evolution of cognition: A study of sympatric morphs of Arctic charr
Microevolutionary processes in small populations
The importance of egg size for phenotypic variations and divergence in wild populations
Aquaculture lab >
Egg quality and growth in selected Arctic charr
Enhanced Soy Protein for Salmonid Aquafeeds
Research policy >
Research Policy of the Department of Aquaculture & Fish Biology >
Appendix 1 - Focus of Research
Appendix 2 - Storage and access to databases
Appendix 3 - Storage and registration of samples
Facilities+
Verið research station
Breeding station
Camille A. Leblanc
camille(at)holar.is
Curriculum Vitae
I am an evolutionary ecologist and my work focuses on the processes that create, alter and maintain biodiversity. I am especially interested in the interplay of ecological and evolutionary forces in shaping biodiversity between populations. But I have also a particular interest in undertsanding why do individuals differ in life history traits within a single population. Understanding how microevolutionary processes can affect individual phenotype in variable environments is fundamental to successfully manage and conserve wild populations.
My work involves a range of approaches, from controlled laboratory experiments to field work in various parts of the world.
I am formely trained as a fish farmer, a marine biologist, and a behavioural ecolgist so most of my work has been on marine and freshwater fishes.
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Microevolutionary processes in small populations (2012-2019) funded by the Icelandic Research Fund RANNÍS
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The importance of egg size for phenotypic variation and divergence in wild populations (2014-2018) funded by the Icelandic Research Fund RANNÍS
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Egg quality and growth in selected Arctic charr (2017-2019)
funded by the AVS Research fund
The importance of egg size for the diversity of salmonids
Ph.D. study, (2007-2011), Dual degree from the University of Iceland and Oregon State University
Funded by RANNÍS, Leifur Eiriksson, and Eimskip
Migration, Physiology and Behaviour of Steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) smolts
Funded by Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking (POST), Oregon State University and The Hatchery Research Center.
Phenotypic plasticity in small benthic Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus)
Funded by RANNÍS, and Hólar University.
Maternal effects on foraging behavior of Arctic charr (S. alpinus): Implications for aquaculture and ecology
M.Sc. study (2004-2006)
Funded by Hólar University College and ERASMUS mobility grant.
Louise Vernier (MSc)
Samantha V. Beck (PhD, 2014-2019)
Mathias Lherbier (PhD, 2016-2018)
Marie Birault (MSc. 2017, co-advisor)
Markos Tsinganis (2016, co-advisor)
Romain Theysset (MSc. 2012-2013)
BSc students and interns
Sébastien Skiada, 10ECTS project (3months), ENSAIA - University of Lorraine, Nancy, France
Nienke Van de Loosdrecht, 30ECTS, project, advisor, Has University of applied sciences, The Netherlands
Nais Droillard, 6ECTS project, advisor, Veterinary school, Toulouse, France
Jesse de Vries, 30ECTS project, advisor, Has University of applied sciences, The Netherlands
Wolf Van Lier, 30ECTS project, co-advisor, Has University of applied sciences, The Netherlands
Rick Morks, 30ECTS project, advisor, Has University of applied sciences, The Netherlands
Koen Sijstermans, 30ECTS project, advisor, Has University of applied sciences, The Netherlands
Elizabeth Forgako, UNU-FTP student from Cameroon. 4-months project.
Michelle Wisse, 30ECTS project, co-advisor, Has University of applied sciences, The Netherlands
Valerie Kalle, 30ECTS project, advisor, Has University of applied sciences, The Netherlands
Anne Loes Tukker, 30ECTS project, advisor, Has University of applied sciences, The Netherlands
Renze Jacobi, 30ECTS project, advisor, Has University of applied sciences, The Netherlands
Sebastiaan Meeuwsen, 30ECTS project, advisor, Has University for applied sciences, The Netherlands.
Jason Flatt, 10 ECTS project, co-advisor,University of Guelph, Canada.
Matthieu Besson, 18 ECTS project, advisor, Universite de la Rochelle, France
Soizic Le Deuff, 18 ECTS project, advisor, INTECHMER, France
Q. J. Horta-Lacueva et al. (2020). Multivariate distributions of behavioural, morphological, and ontogenetic traits in hybrids bring new insights into the divergence of sympatric Arctic charr morphs. BioRxiv. 10.1101/2020.10.14.339911.
S.V. Beck et al. (2020). Differences among families in craniofacial shape at early life stages of development of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus). BMC Developmental Biology. DOI: 10.1186/s12861-020-00226-0
A.K. Kreiling et al., (2020). Seasonal variation in the invertebrate community and diet of an apex fish predator in a thermally stable spring. Hydrobiologia. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-020-04409-5
D. Benhaim et al., (2020). The effect of triploidy on the performance, gut microbiome and behaviour of juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) raised at low temperature. Applied Animal Behaviour Science. DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2020.105031
Leblanc, et al. (2019). Subtle temperature increase can interact with individual size and social context in shaping phenotypic traits of a cold water fish. PLOSone. 10.1371/journal.pone.0213061
Skúlason et al. (2019).A way forward with eco evo devo: an extended theory of resource polymorphism with postglacial fishes as model systems. Biological reviews
Beck et al. (2019).Gene expression in the phenotypically plastic Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus): a focus on growth and ossification at early stages of development. Evolution and Development. DOI:10.1111/ede.12275
Kristjánsson, B. K. and Camille A. Leblanc (2018).Variation in the magnitude of morphological and dietary differences between individuals among populations of small benthic Arctic charr in relation to ecological factors.Ecology and Evolution. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3761
Lasne et al. (2018). Egg size vs.number of offspring trade-off: female age rather than size matters in a domesticated Arctic charr population. Evolutionary Biology. DOI 10.1007/s11692-017-9433-8
Kristjánsson et al. (2018). Phenotypic plasticity in the morphology of small benthic Icelandic Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus). Ecology of Freshwater fishes. DOI:10.1111/eff.12380

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Anyone used the 10 speed Ventura 11-36t cassette sold by SJS?
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Inge's Pulitzer Prize winning play 'Picnic' to debut at the UO
April 13, 2018 - 1:15pm
University Theatre will present "Picnic," William Inge's award-winning play about small-town life in the 1950s, and invite students to bring their grandparents to one of the shows.
Directed by Tricia Rodley, the play will be performed in the Hope Theatre in the Miller Theatre Complex. Performances will be April 20, 21, 27 and 28 and May 4 and 5 at 7:30 p.m.
Also, at a matinee showing at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 29, students are encouraged to bring their grandparents. A reception will be held in the lobby following the performance.
Tickets range from $8-$10, but UO students are admitted free. More information about pricing, ticket purchases and free tickets for UO students is available online.
In "Picnic," generations of women prepare for Labor Day celebrations in their small town, but a young drifter inspires life-changing choices. The play won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 and challenges audience members to revisit 1950s America from today's vantage point.
"I am really excited to see 'Picnic' because Tricia is a fantastic director," said Alohi Wright, office specialist for the theater arts department. "She picks unique plays that really challenge audiences to re-examine how they view the world. Plus, Tricia is a lot of fun and that comes across in her productions."
"Picnic" premiered on Broadway in 1953 and as a Hollywood film in 1955.
"While I hope our audience may have heard of Inge or 'Picnic,' I also hope they will expect to challenge some of the issues that do not get addressed in the film," Rodley said. "The play uniquely features a group of women in this past era, and many renderings of the story tend to be told from a male perspective. We're trying to find more balance, to ask different questions about all of these characters."
According to Rodley, putting the play into production now offers the UO audience an opportunity to engage with Inge's work as a drama of its cultural movement and also as a work that exposes some of the pre-feminist tensions in America that Inge was writing about.
—By Lizzy Elkins, University Communications


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MAIN | MUSIC | VOICES | ARCHIVES | CONTACT
Silver Arrow 2008
Producer: Paul Stanley
1. Goodbye Daughters of the Revolution
2. Walk Believer Walk
3. Oh Josephine
4. Evergreen
5. We Who See the Deep
6. Locust Street
7. Movin' On Down the Line
8. Wounded Bird
9. God's Got it
10. There's Gold in them Hills
11. Whoa Mule
The Black Crowes reclaim their song
By NICK TAVARES
STATIC and FEEDBACK editor
Editor's note: Unlike some other publications, we here at Static and Feedback actually went to the trouble of listening to this entire album before reviewing it.
For years, most of the Black Crowes — namely, Chris and Rich Robinson and Steve Gorman — spoke about the importance of "The Song." The Song, they explained, was the continuous sound that began with cavemen banging rocks together through lutes, Mozart, the Beatles and last week's show at T.T. The Bear's in Cambridge.
They grabbed hold of their piece of The Song at the onset of the 1990s, barreling through their version of rock and roll with a fervor not seen since the demise of the Faces in the mid-70s. In between then and now, they've seen mutations, shifts in style, endless shows, lineup changes and then, after more than a decade, a hiatus.
In nearly text-book style, solo albums followed that were clearly less than the sum of their parts, and in 2005, the band reformed and began barnstorming theaters, clubs and arenas across the U.S. Fans flocked to see the band that year, which culminated in a New Year's Eve show at Madison Square Garden, their first appearance at the legendary venue.
The clamor for a new studio album began in earnest midway through that year, but it didn't come. It didn't come in 2006, either, and by the end of the year, lead guitarist and fan-favorite Marc Ford was once again out of the picture. Long-time key wizard Ed Harsch was gone, too. And 2007 saw yet more touring, though in some of the smallest venues of the band's career.
So, here we are, finally, March of 2008, a full three years after the band's return, with the long-awaited studio album, their first since 2001's Lions, firmly in hand. After all the turmoil following their hiatus, what was waiting for listeners on a record was anyone's guess.
What appears on Warpaint, after all this flux, is the work of a seasoned rock and roll band who took the time to reclaim their sound through three years of furious touring. And the results really do speak for themselves.
Moreso than on any Crowes album since 1994's Amorica, there is real and obvious growth present. The band, a little more than 10 years ago, were crafting records and shows that blended all of their influences into a single, distinct sound. But they changed course quickly following Marc Ford's first departure, and a tour with Jimmy Page turned them into a pile-driving rock band with incredible sonic ability. 2001's Lions opened with a blast of feedback and distortion, and the Crowes plowed through several amp-twisting songs, featuring debauchery, funk and classic rock balladry. It was good, to be sure, but the southern soul was gone in favor of hitting 11.
Instead of the sonic highs, what's present on Warpaint is a sound that's striking for its craft, the most mature work by the band to date. There are elements of all their influences — blues, country, rock and roll — and they're all finely honed and tuned to the band's strengths. "Oh Josephine" and "Woah Mule" has easy country vibe that made Gram Parsons a legend, while "Walk Believer Walk" and "Evergreen" display the tough, nasty blues that gave the band their edge from their earliest outings. Clearly, new guitarist Luther Dickinson (of North Mississippi Allstars fame) took to his new surroundings nicely, and proves an effective foil to rhythm guitarist Rich Robinson's tough, open-tuning riffing. The Crowes show off their love and knowledge of the blues on this album perhaps more than they ever have in their career.
The band is at their best, though, when all of these influences come together. "Goodbye Daughters of the Revolition," opening with the silky runs of Dickinson's Coricidin-bottle guitar, announces that band, riffs and all, are ready to bring the country, soul, rhythm and blues back home. "Movin' On Down the Line," which I'll just start hailing now as one of the band's greatest songs, takes the psychedelic touch of the Beatles and pushes it into the country with gospel touches and plenty of slide guitar. The way the track moves and covers so much ground in just under five minutes is remarkable.
It's this kind of commitment to the music that makes this album so impressive. This is not a band resting on their laurels or just releasing an album to keep touring a viable option. They believe in the music they've created here. It's American roots music at its best — there's plenty to remind you of what came before, but enough to push it all in a new direction.
To say the least, it's not bad for an album that looked as though it may never come. It had been too long, but the Black Crowes have grabbed hold of another chunk of The Song. And, from the sound of it, the ground covered laid the path for what was to come all along.
E-mail Nick Tavares at nick@staticandfeedback.com
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Home export four wheeler tvs two wheeler wego TVS Motor Company Sales grow by 10% in March 2017
TVS Motor Company Sales grow by 10% in March 2017
New Delhi, April 3, 2017: TVS Motor Company posted a sales growth of 10% during the month of March 2017, with total sales increasing from 232,517 units recorded in the month of March 2016 to 256,341 units in the month of March 2017.
Total two-wheeler sales increased by 10.7% from 226,643 units recorded in March 2016 to 250,979 units in March 2017. Domestic two-wheelers sales grew by 8.4% from 200,190 units in March 2016 to 216,995 units registered in March 2017.
Scooter sales of the Company grew by 23.5% increasing from 68,161 units in March 2016 to 84,173 units in March 2017. Motorcycles sales grew by 10.3% increasing from 86,776 units in the month of March 2016 to 95,671 units in March 2017.
Three-wheeler of the Company registered sales of 5,362 units in March 2017 as against 5,874 units in March 2016.
The Company's total exports grew by 23.6% increasing from 31,121 units in March 2016 to 38,462 units in the month of March 2017. Two-wheeler exports registered growth of 28.5% increasing from 26,453 units in March 2016 to 33,984 units in March 2017.
Fourth Quarter Sales Performance
During the fourth quarter of the current financial year, two-wheeler sales grew by 3.2 % increasing from 6.39 lakh units registered in the fourth quarter of the previous year to 6.59 lakh units in the quarter under review. Three-wheeler sales of the Company was at 0.15 lakh units in the fourth quarter of the current year as against 0.21 lakh units in the fourth quarter of the previous year.
Transition from Bharat Stage III (BS III) to Bharat Stage IV (BS IV)
The Company had commenced manufacture and sale of BS IV compliant stocks much before the transition date of March 31, 2017. Consequently, the stocks of BS III compliant products with the dealers were progressively coming down. However, on March 29, 2017 by its order, the Honourable Supreme Court of India permitted sale of such BS III emission compliant products only up to March 31, 2017. Accordingly, the Company within the framework provided by the court order extended suitable required support to the dealers to enable them to offer attractive incentive schemes to customers to sell the BS III compliant stocks. The dealers have confirmed that majority of such stocks have been sold by March 31, 2017. The Company is assessing the one-time impact of this transition on the financials of the Company.
About TVS Motor Company
TVS Motor Company is a leading two and three-wheeler manufacturer, and is the flagship company of the USD 7 billion TVS Group. We believe in Championing Progress through Mobility. Rooted in our 100-year legacy of Trust, Value, Passion for Customers and Exactness, we take pride in making internationally aspirational products of the highest quality through innovative and sustainable processes. We endeavour to deliver the most superior customer experience at all our touch points across 60 countries. We are the only two-wheeler company to have received the prestigious Deming Prize. Our products lead in their respective categories in the JD Power IQS and APEAL surveys for the past two years. We have recently been ranked No. 1 Company in the JD Power Customer Service Satisfaction Survey. For more information, please visit www.tvsmotor.com.
TVS Motor Company Sales grow by 10% in March 2017 Reviewed by SHREY KAPOOR on 6:08 PM Rating: 5
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Q: Fill a dataframe using a reference/lookup dataframe I would like to fill one dataframe (df) with information from a lookup dataframe(reference_df). I have tried this (using other StackOverflow posts and answers) with merge, fillna and combine_first. However, each method brings some problems in my case.
df1:
  class  A   B   C
0     a  1 NaN NaN
1     b  2 NaN NaN
2     c  3 NaN NaN
3     a  1 NaN NaN

reference_df:
  class  A  B  C
0     a  1  2  3
1     b  2  4  6

Target_df:
  class  A    B    C
0     a  1  2.0  3.0
1     b  2  4.0  6.0
2     c  3  NaN  NaN
3     a  1  2.0  3.0

Three things to note:

*

*'c' is not in the reference_df so should remain empty

*'a' appears twice not ordered in df1, and should be filled with the values of 'a' in reference_df

*the order of df1 should stay as is

The above also show the issues I ran into with merging and fillna and combine_first. The repetition of 'a' breaks fillna and is filled with other values in the other two methods.
The solution I have going now is done manually via looping over both frames, but this is very expensive and the dataset is very large.
I hope I am explaining this alright, first post on StackOverflow so I might be missing some needed information. Let me know if I should clarify.
Cheers

A: target_df = df1[['class', 'A']].merge(reference_df, 'left')
print(target_df)

Output:
  class  A    B    C
0     a  1  2.0  3.0
1     b  2  4.0  6.0
2     c  3  NaN  NaN
3     a  1  2.0  3.0

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What is an "Anglican Catholic"?
On Tuesday, February 9, we will be holding a Shrove Tuesday pancake supper that will begin at 6;30 till whenever. Everyone is invited to join us. You can even bring a few friends. All are welcome to come and feast.
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This Grizzly Bear Fine Art Print was released back in 1988. How long has it been since the grizzly bear was standing right here...where is he now? Look closely at those tracks. The snow is crisp and clean and the edges haven't begun to melt yet. These grizzly tracks are fresh. How far ahead is he? Not far at all. - Bev Doolittle.
Doubled Back - Grizzly Bear by Bev Doolittle is available for sale as a Signed and Numbered Limited Edition of only 15,000 paper art prints with a 18-3/8 x 31 Image Size and is for sale for $2250 unframed. The prints are in mint condition and have never been framed. Grizzlies and hidden images by Artist Bev Doolittle and art prints on sale framed any way you want or unframed. Order your print today. All prints are professionally boxed and insured and guaranteed to arrive in mint condition. Wildlife Artist Bev Doolittle Grizzly Bears and hidden images in Art Prints for sale. Camouflage Art and Native American Indians painted in Artwork on sale painted by Bev Doolittle. Call for framing prices and options.


He was born to a cloth mill worker in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
He was the 4th children of his parents.
He recited his first poetry at the age of 19 in 1972.
He was brilliant in both studies and sports. He was the captain of Hockey and Football teams in both school and college.
After completing graduation in 1973, he spent 10 years in a confused state. He did nothing during that period and used to wander hither and thither. However, after being convinced by his friends, he pursued his post graduation in Urdu Literature and passed out with Gold Medal.
He was given an offer to teach at Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore. Since the prerequisite to teaching there was to have a Ph.D. degree, he pursued Ph.D. in Urdu Literature and started teaching there as Professor of Urdu Literature. He taught there for 16 years. Later, more than hundreds of students did Ph.D. under his guidance.
Before coming to poetry, he used to be a painter and even started painting at a commercial scale. He used to paint Bollywood Film's posters and banners. He designs the cover of books even today.
His lyrics has been used in more than 11 Bollywood films including the Blockbuster Munna Bhai MBBS.
He writes poetry in a simple & lucid language.
He recites his couplets in a very expressive style.
He is considered a celebrated poet and has traveled globally to recite poetry.
Harivansh Rai Bachchan Age, Death Cause, Wife, Family, Biography & More!


The world-renowned photographer Charlie Waite, is the inspiration and driving force behind this competition. His commitment to encourage the next generation of photographers is well known. Having led workshops in the U.S.A. for decades, Charlie has long been enthralled by the drama and diversity of its landscape. Through this high profile competition, which is open to photographers from all over the world, he hopes to give entrants a platform through which their talent and hard work can reach a wider audience and showcase the great landscapes of the U.S.A.
e) they have received any necessary permissions from the owner(s) of buildings included in submitted images for the usage rights required by the Competition in #16 and will indemnify USA LPOTY against any claims made by any third parties in respect of such infringement.
Entrants, whose work is short-listed as a semi-finalist or above, agree to take part in any on-line galleries run by any of, but not limited to, USA LPOTY, USA TODAY, Popular Photography, Popphoto.com, American Photo, Amateur Photographer and Outdoor Photography and in any post-Competition publicity and agree to the use of their winning image and name and likeness for this purpose without compensation.
USA LPOTY reserves the right to refuse or remove an entry from the Competition for any reason.
USA LPOTY will remove any entries from the competition that it feels may breach or contravene laws of public decency or may bring the photographer, the Competition, Take a view or any of its sponsors into disrepute. Such entries will be deemed as void and any fees paid will not be refunded.
e) for use in press, promotional and marketing materials – both print & digital that may be published before, during or after the Competition.
Entrants also agree that the organisers can sub-license images to the media and to the Competition's sponsors and supporters for reproduction in connection with the Competition.


Following an incredible adventure travelling around Myanmar (Burma), I spent 5 days in Bangkok in Thailand to photograph Lilly & Kyle's Wat Arun engagement shoot ahead of their Thailand elopement wedding, as well as a couple photoshoot for Anastasia & Miro.
The beautiful Chakrabongse Villas wedding venue, on the banks of the Chao Phraya river was a perfect base for both of my photoshoots & to explore the old town of Bangkok, Rattanakosin. I was quite poorly during my time in Thailand so alas did not get to explore or venture as far as I had hoped, but it was still amazing to take in the kaleidoscope of colours that makes up Bangkok & to experience the Thai culture. Huge thanks to Atom at Chakrabongse Villas for making my stay incredible – it was a rather luxurious end to some hard travelling around Asia & is such a beautiful oasis of calm. It would make a wonderful wedding venue if anyone is planning a Thailand wedding or elopement in Bangkok! Had I not been so poorly, due to my anti-Malaria tablets from Myanmar, I would have spent a couple of days at Ayutthaya ancient city, but I still had a wonderful time doing the Bangkok must-sees – exploring & taking lots of travel photography around the old town Rattanakosin, flower market & temples of Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn), Grand Palace, Wat Phra Kaew & Wat Pho (my favourite!) with the giant reclining Buddha & rows upon rows of golden seated Buddhas.
Oh my.. a place I would absolutely love to visit! So beautifully shot/edited and presented 🙂 Amazing images of an amazing place!
More bally gorgeousness right there!
We as a family thai box, and when the little one is a bit older if a place we are definitely visiting. I love all the colours in your photos.
Incredible photos! Takes me back to my honeymoon trip 7 years ago. Totally miss the madness and tranquility of Bangkok!
What a beautiful place, lovely images.


Muslims are by far the greatest perpetrators of terrorism around the world, according to a report from PeaceTech Lab, visualized by Esri Story. The map is updated daily, so it also provides information on all 2016 terror attacks.
The Islamic State is the world's leading perpetrator of terrorism.
LOS ANGELES, CA (California Network) -- So far in 2017, there have been 415 terrorist attacks, producing 2,860 fatalities, as of May 6. In 2016, there were 1,441 attacks which claimed 14,356 lives.
There are a few attacks each year associated with other groups besides Muslims. Drug cartels and guerrilla movements are responsible for a few attacks and fatalities. However, the vast majority of the attacks have been perpetrated by Muslims.
Most of the attacks have occurred in the Middle East and Asia where Muslims are numerous and often clash with one another or their neighbors.
It is difficult to say what is responsible for the militant strains of Islam that inspire people to attacks others, but it is a feature of the religion. Every religion seems to have a militant branch, but not all actually engage in terrorism.
The last cases of Christian terrorism occurred during the 1990s as Catholics and Protestants clashed over the political and religious status of Northern Ireland.
Between 2016 and today, there have been nearly 20,000 victims of terrorist attacks. Virtually all have been at the hands of Islamic militants.
There's little consolation when viewing these numbers. Perhaps the only comfort is the knowledge that terrorism is still an uncommon way to die. Most people will die from heart or respiratory failure, instead of terrorism. In some countries, such as the United States, you are more likely to die in a plane crash, be attacked by a shark, or win the lottery, than to die in a terror attack.
Still, this is no comfort to the families of the 20,000 victims claimed since January of 2016 by Islamic terrorism.
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Jean-Vincent Verdonnet (19 April 1923, Bossey Haute-Savoie – 16 September 2013, Vétraz-Monthoux) was a French poet, close to the .

He received numerous literary prizes including
1985: the prix Guillaume Apollinaire
1995: the Prix Paul Verlaine of the Académie française
the Prix des Gens de lettres
the Grand Prix du Mont-Saint-Michel

Works
1951: Attente du jour, Les Cahiers du Nouvel Humanisme
1952: Noël avec les morts réconciliés, Cahiers de Rochefort
1966: Album d'avril, Hautebise
1967: Le Temps de vivre, Club du poème
1971: Lanterne sourde, Formes et Langages, Prix Archon-Despérouses of the Académie française
1972: Cairn, Formes et Langages
1974: L'Écorce écrit son testament, Formes et Langages
1974: S'il neige dans ta voix, Saint-Germain-des-Prés
1976: Arc-en-ciel, Henry Fagne (Belgium)
1976: D'Ailleurs, Saint-Germain-des-Prés
1977: Pénombre mûre, Rougerie
1979: La Faille où la mémoire hiverne, Saint-Germain-des-Prés
1979: Pour tout viatique, Verticales 12
1980: Au temps profils furtifs, Rougerie
1981: Espère et tremble, Rougerie
1984: Ce qui demeure, Rougerie
1984: La Quête inachevée, pour une approche de Gustave Roud, Éditions des Voirons
1984: Poèmes-missives, Guilde du Poème
1987: Fugitif éclat de l'être, Rougerie
1990: Dans l'intervalle, L'Arbre à paroles
1992: À chaque pas prenant congé, Rougerie
1994: Où s'anime une trace (tome I), Rougerie
1995: Copeaux, éditions
1995: À l'espère tu me rejoins, Rougerie
1996: Où s'anime une trace (tome II), Rougerie
1997: Où s'anime une trace (tome III), Rougerie
1999: Où s'anime une trace (tome IV), Rougerie
2001: D'un temps soucieux d'éternité, drawings by Yves Mairot, Voix d'encre
2002: Ce battement de la parole, Rougerie
2003: Droit d'asile, calligraphies by Henri Renoux, Voix d'encre
2005: Ombre aux doigts de sourcier, illustrations by Claire Nicole, Voix d'encre
2006: Jours déchaux, Rougerie
2008: Mots en maraude, illustrations by Marie-Claire Enevoldsen-Bussat, Voix d'encre
2009: Jean-Vincent Verdonnet, l'art de vivre en poésie. Lecture by Marie-Claire Enevoldsen-Bussat followed by unpublished poems by Jean-Vincent Verdonnet, Éditions Le Tour

References

External links
 Jean-Vincent VERDONNET on Les Hommes sans épaules
 La furtive écoute de Jean-Vincent Verdonnet
 Le poète Jean-Vincent Verdonnet nous a quittés dans sa 90e année on Le Messager.fr
 Ecole de Rochefort - Verdonnet, Jean-Vincent Université d'Angers
 Jean-Vincent Verdonnet passe le seuil on La Voix des Allobroges
 Jean-Vincent Verdonnet on the site of the Académie française

20th-century French poets
Prix Guillaume Apollinaire winners
People from Haute-Savoie
1923 births
2013 deaths
Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres

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Morris "Moe" Koffman, OC (28 December 1928 – 28 March 2001) was a Canadian jazz saxophonist and flautist, as well as composer and arranger. During a career spanning from the 1950s to the 2000s, Koffman was one of Canada's most prolific musicians, working variously in clubs and sessions and releasing 30 albums. With his 1957 record Cool and Hot Sax on the New York-based Jubilee label, Koffman became one of the first Canadian jazz musicians to record a full-length album. Koffman was also a long-time member of Rob McConnell's Boss Brass.

Early life and education

Koffman was born in Toronto to Jewish immigrants from Poland. His parents operated a variety store. At the age of nine he began his musical studies in his native city,  studying violin. He studied with Gordon Delamont, and later attended the Toronto Conservatory of Music, now the Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto, where he was a student of Samuel Dolin.

Background
Koffman dropped out of school when he found work performing in dance bands. In 1950, he moved to the United States, where he played with big bands including those of Sonny Dunham and Jimmy Dorsey. In 1955, he returned to Toronto where he formed a quartet and later a quintet. He recorded Swinging Shepherd Blues in 1957 which helped establish his reputation as a flautist. "Swinging Shepherd Blues" was a hit in the United States, reaching #38 on the Billboard pop chart and #23 on the UK Singles Chart.

Koffman was inspired by Rahsaan Roland Kirk to play multiple instruments at once; and had a modified set of straps to hold a tenor and an alto saxophone so that he could put forward incredible chords and improvise at the same time. One of the more famous session musicians in Toronto, he appeared in countless commercials, background music, and film and TV soundtracks. Most work on bass flute in Canadian soundtracks from 1950 to 1990 in Toronto sessions was done by Koffman on this rare instrument. Koffman was also an exponent of circular breathing techniques for his large volumes of sound, and joined fellow Canadian Maynard Ferguson and new age multi-instrumentalist musician Ron Allen in this talent.

During the 1970s, Koffman recorded several albums with arrangements of works by classical composers including Bach, Mozart and Vivaldi. The albums were released by GRT Canada and later by Universal. He also was a guest performer with a number of symphony orchestras across Canada.

He performed with Dizzy Gillespie and Peter Appleyard during the 1980s, as well as continuing to front the Moe Koffman Quintet. He often performed with Rob McConnell's Boss Brass. From 1956 to 1990, Koffman booked performers for George's Spaghetti House in Toronto, where he performed weekly. His compositions "Curried Soul" and "Koff Drops" have been used as the opening and closing themes respectively for the CBC radio show As It Happens since 1972.

He was appointed to the Order of Canada in 1993 and inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1997.

Career
By May 1970, Koffman's album, Moe's Curried Soul was out on the Revolver label. It entered the RPM100 album chart at #100 on the week ending May 9th. It peaked at #90 on the week ending June 13.

Koffman recorded a single with The Longo Brothers. It charted in the CanCon Top 10 Adult Contemporary chart for a number of weeks in 1984.

Illness and death
Koffman was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2000, and died of cancer in Orangeville, Ontario in 2001 at the age of 72.

Legacy
In 2002, Moe Koffman was a MasterWorks honouree by the Audio-Visual Preservation Trust of Canada.
Some of Koffman's music for Duke Street Records was unreleased at the time of his death. Music for the Night was released and re-issued in 2007, and Devil's Brew was re-issued in 2009.

Discography (Selective)

LPs:
Cool and Hot Sax (1957) (Jubilee)
The Shepherd Swings Again (1958) (Jubilee)
Moe Koffman The Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens (1962) (Ascot)
Tales of Koffman (1962) (UA)
The Moe Koffman Quartet (1963) (CTA)
Moe Koffman (1967) (Universal)
1967 (1967) (Just A Memory)
Moe Koffman Quartet (1967) (CBC/RCI)
Moe Koffman Goes Electric (1967) (Jubilee)
Turned On Moe Koffman (1968) (Jubilee)
Moe's Curried Soul with Doug Riley & Lenny Breau (1969) (Revolver)
Moe Koffman Plays Bach (1971) (GRT)
The Four Seasons (1972) (GRT)
Master Session (1974) (GRT)
Solar Explorations (1974) (GRT)
Swinging Shepherd (1975) (Universal)
Live at George's (1975) (GRT)
Jungle Man (1976) (GRT)
Museum Pieces (1977) (Janus)
Things Are Looking Up (1978) (GRT)
Back to Bach (1979) (Anthem)
Project (1980) (Universal)
If You Don't Know Me By Now... (1982) (Elektra)
Moe-Mentum (1986) (Universal)
One Moe Time (1986) (Duke)
Oop.Pop.A.Da featuring Dizzy Gillespie (1989) (Universal)
Moe Koffman Quintet Plays (1990) (Duke Street Records)
Music for the Night arranged by Doug Riley (1991) (Universal)
Collection (1993) (Universal)
Devil's Brew (1996) (Universal)

'With the Ron Collier Orchestra featuring Duke EllingtonNorth of the Border in Canada'' (Decca, 1967 [1969])

See also

Music of Canada
Canadian Music Hall of Fame

References

 Short biography by Scott Yanow

External links
CBC Digital Archives – Swingin' Moe Koffman
CanadianBands.com

1928 births
2001 deaths
Canadian jazz composers
Male jazz composers
Canadian jazz flautists
Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductees
Deaths from cancer in Ontario
Deaths from non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Jewish Canadian musicians
Musicians from Toronto
Officers of the Order of Canada
The Royal Conservatory of Music alumni
20th-century Canadian composers
20th-century Canadian male musicians
Canadian jazz saxophonists
20th-century jazz composers
20th-century saxophonists
Anthem Records artists
Jubilee Records artists
Revolver Records (Canada) artists
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In 2006, the National Academy of Sciences published "Toward an Integrated Arctic Observing Network" on the severity of the Arctic region's observable environmental changes and their myriad implications for national and global welfare. The study recognized inherent challenges of the Arctic's unique environment, such as its remote location, vast expanse, limited accessibility, and sparse observing infrastructure to understand these changes. It declared that if left unaddressed, scientists' abilities to understand, predict, and inform adaption and response to the Arctic's natural and societal-driven changes would remain out of our reach.
The report outlined detailed operational recommendations and compelling societal justifications to implement an international Arctic Observing Network (AON) for enhanced delivery of observations. The AON was envisioned as diverse in nature to encourage numerous networks and programs already in existence – satellites, weather observations, terrestrial observatories, ocean buoys and moorings, ecological sampling networks, and even citizen science – to coordinate, streamline, and learn from other experts and their methodologies. A realized AON would not only improve current and long-term Arctic monitoring and observation needs, it would vastly advance scientists' comprehensive understanding of how Arctic climate connects within the global environmental system.
In 2007, NOAA and the National Science Foundation (NSF) co-led The Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee's (IARPC) report "Arctic Observing Network: Toward a U.S. Contribution to Pan-Arctic Observing" to detail their contributions to a notional pan-Arctic observing system. The publication provided a summary of ongoing and planned Federal Arctic observing activities along with a strategy for enhanced coordination and integration of these activities made by all Federal IARPC agency counterparts, including natural, social, and observing system studies within NSF's Arctic Observing Network Research Program. Agency leadership acknowledged that the ability to maximize societal benefits of Arctic observing would require international support. In 2011, the Sustaining Arctic Observing Network (SAON) was established to
formally organize multinational partnerships for pan-Arctic observing needs. After SAON's formalization, the U.S. Arctic research community continued to study and advance national AON capabilities, as detailed in the first IARPC Arctic Research Plan 2013-2017.
In 2016, significant progress was made when NOAA established the U.S. AON Office and its interagency Board to encourage U.S. interests and efforts towards an international AON. Second, the Federal Government's Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) funded the Science and Technology Policy Institute, in collaboration with SAON, to develop an Arctic-specific societal framework.
Today, the U.S. AON Office, SAON, and other Arctic Nations, the State of Alaska and Alaskan Tribal Governments, Industry, academia, and other NGOs all remain committed to the continued advancements of a robust and effective pan-Arctic Observing Network. The U.S. AON Board is actively deliberating a Strategy for U.S. Arctic Observing, expected to be released for public comment by the Fall of 2018. Please check back regularly for progress updates recognized within the IARPC's second 5-year plan, the Arctic Research Plan 2017-2021.
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Hugh Russell, Russell County, KY (1933-2014)
He was a native of Russell County, KY, and a resident at the time of his death. he was the son of the late Mary Louetta (Wilson) and Thomas Blair Russell. His wife, Dorothy (Weddle) Russell, survives. He leaves 16 direct living descendants. He was a member of Clear Springs Missionary Baptist Church and a farmer.
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Hugh Russell, 81, of Russell Springs, KY, passed away Saturday, January 3, 2015 at Fairoaks Nursing Home in Jamestown, KY.
Funeral services will be at Pine Grove United Baptist Church, at Gosser Ridge, at 1pmCT, on Tuesday, January 6, 2014, with Bro. Delvin Wilson officiating. Visitation will be after 10amCT, on Tuesday, at Pine Grove United Baptist Church. Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery, Russell Springs, KY.
Hugh was born in Russell Springs, Russell County, KY on September 17, 1933. He was a son of the late Mary Louetta (Wilson) and Thomas Blair Russell. He died Saturday, January 3, 2015, at Fairoaks Nursing Home in Jamestown, KY.
He was a member of Clear Springs Missionary Baptist Church and a farmer.
He is survived by his wife, Dorothy (Weddle) Russell, Jamestown, KY and the following: He is survived by:
Two daughters: Deborah Gosser, of Russell Springs, KY; and Tamela Sue (Lee) Darnell, of Clayton, GA
Five grandchildren
Nine great grandchildren
Two sisters in law: Gladys Russell of Russell Springs, KY; and Edith Russell, Ludlow, IL
and a host of neices and nephews who mourn his passing
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January 25, 2019 | PDP News
Onnoghen suspension: CUPP, PDP condemn action, says its invitation to anarchy
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The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has described the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, by President Muhammadu Buhari and appointment of Justice Tanko Mohammed as illegal and a coup against judiciary.
Similarly, the Peoples Democratic Party in utter dismay described the action of the president as an invitation to anarchy.
The Spokeperson of CUPP, Ikenga Ugochinyere, said the coalition had been vindicated on their earlier alarm that Buhari wanted to appoint pro All Peoples Congress CJN to help use the judiciary to affirm APC candidates in the 2019 pre and post election litigations.
He spoke to journalists in Abuja after the Buhari action.
He said, "The opposition parties raised alarm last week on the plot by the Buhari APC administration to remove Chief Justice Onnoghen and replace him with Justice Tanko Mohammed and they vehemently denied it."
"The CJN can be removed from office either if he has been convicted or if under section 291 and 292 of the constitution, the Senate affirms a request by the President to remove him by two-third majority vote. Buhari has dared Nigerians. The filed a charge at CCT with a hurriedly put petition, we kept quiet; they filed a motion to remove him from the tribunal but the Appeal Court restrained them and just few hours to the inauguration of the supreme court election panel that will hear pre and post 2019 election, the emperor crushed the constitution and overthrew the leadership of the Supreme Court and appointed his stooge."
He lamented that President Buhari had finally overthrown constitutional governance adding that Onnoghen's illegal removal was aimed at stopping the swearing in of members of the 2019 general election petition tribunal.
Ugochinyere further said that President Buhari had shown with this development that he was the most cruel and barbaric President Nigeria ever had.
"A man who rode to power on the basis of respect for the rule law and fundamental principles of democracy has chosen to play to the gallery of dictatorship. Let see how it goes."
"Onnoghen remains CJN and we will not recognise this unlawful, unconstitutional
act. We call on lawyers, Judges and Judicial Staffs to down tool now, shut down of courts and massive protest to save our judicial system should start now."
The Coalition urged the Senate to reconvene and start removal process of Justice Tanko Mohammad.
"The democratic institutions will fight back. Trust me it is the beginning of democracy in Nigeria. Out of adversity comes strength. This is the last battle," Ugochinyere said
PDP said that Buhari's action in attempting to unilaterally appoint a Chief Justice and foist him on the country was a direct invitation to anarchy, national confusion and a monumental crisis capable of derailing the country's democracy and destroying its corporate existence as a nation.
But the PDP, the main opposition party, therefore called on the National Assembly to reconvene and take legislative action against the President.
The PDP in a statement Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, said the party firmly holds that such impunity cannot stand, as Nigeria is a nation governed by law and not by the whims and caprices of a dictatorial leader.
It said Buhari wanted to ruin the country and vowed never allow him.
The party stated, "It is now clear to the world that President Buhari, in his selfish self-succession bid, is out to cause mayhem in our nation and truncate the smooth conduct of the 2019 election, not minding the consequential human and material losses.
"There can be no two Chief Justices of Nigeria. Our constitution is clear on how a Chief Justice is appointed and removed as such does not lie on the prerogative of the President. As such, we urge all Nigerians and the international community to recognise only Justice Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria."
PDP stressed further that the world already knows how the Buhari administration had been trying to compromise the electoral process, including the refusal to sign the amendment to the Electoral Act, as well as appointment of his relation by marriage, Mrs. Amina Zakari, to coordinate the collation of presidential election results.
It said, "Nigerians must reject the incendiary move by President Buhari to forcefully suspend our constitution, annex the judicial arm of government and open the nation up for full-blown totalitarianism to achieve his self-succession bid, having realised that he cannot win in the 2019 general election.
"The PDP wants President Buhari to know that this nation belongs to all Nigerians. Our nation is a democratic state governed by the constitution and the law and Nigerians will never allow anybody to appropriate rulership to himself outside the dictates of the law."
"President Buhari tried to forcefully remove the leadership of the National Assembly and failed. His attempt to annex the judiciary and impose a Chief Justice that will surrender the judiciary to him, is also already dead on arrival."
The PDP called on the international community and particularly the United States and the United Kingdom to note that this assault on the judiciary was geared towards subverting the 2019 general elections and as such immediately list Buhari and APC leaders for proposed sanctions on election riggers and perpetrators of violence in the general election.
It also called on the National Assembly to immediately reconvene and proceed with legislative actions against President Buhari for this gross misconduct.


International Day of Peace on September 21, organized by the United Nations, is "a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and peoples." We gather a few days later in a service of evening prayer to ask for peace, sing an ancient liturgy, and hear the music of English composers Thomas Tallis, William Byrd, Orlando Gibbons, and Ralph Vaughan Williams. The gathered assembly will have many opportunities to join in the singing. Childcare provided. Reception to follow.


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Every cheese you eat is a window into another culture. Cheese is never about landing into culinary chaos; instead, it is about slowing down. Enjoying cheese is about having time to relax and stretch out the dining experience and talk about flavors, textures, cultures and history.
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In Alpine areas, transhumance, the moving of cows to the mountains in the spring and their return to the valleys before the winter snows, became a time for ceremony and festivals. Large cheeses, such as Emmenthaler, Gruyère and Comté were very stable and could easily be transported down to the valley for aging. In later times, the cheeses that stored well and could be transported long distances became a source of trade and prosperity. Roquefort, a famous blue cheese from France that is prized all over the world, is beautifully tied to the region. The area around Roquefort is tough, rugged terrain. Not much grows there. With its scrubby grass, the only ruminant that seems to thrive are sheep and a few goats. The area is also full of natural caves filled with a naturally occurring blue mold, perfect for aging. Roquefort is an edgy blue cheese made from sheep's milk. The blue mold culture was grown in giant loaves of rye bread. I favor Roquefort on a slice of dark rye bread spread with butter.
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Одеський український клуб — громадсько-культурна організація, заснована після закриття в 1909 році Одеського товариства «Просвіта», 11 січня 1910 року група місцевих українців, переважно колишніх просвітян (присяжний повірений Олексій Панченко, селянин Іван Резниченко, катеринославський міщанин Фердинанд Андерегг, статський радник Антон Крижанівський та селянин Архип Кравченко), подала прохання на ім'я Одеського градоначальника генерал-майора Івана Толмачова дати дозвіл на реєстрацію «Українського клубу». У канцелярії градоначальника статут вивчали близько місяця і 6 лютого у спеціальний перелік товариств під № 85 було внесено запис про офіційно зареєстрований клуб з вищезазначеною назвою.

Перші загальні збори Одеського «Українського клубу» відбулися 11 квітня 1910 року за участю 58 осіб. Раду «старійшин» було затверджено в такому складі: Іван Луценко (голова), Яків Пономаренко (заступник голови), Ілларіон Немировський (секретар), Фердинанд Андерегг (скарбник), Михайло Белінський, Михайло Комаров, Архип Кравченко, Олексій Панченко, Ф. Перепелиця, Федір Шульга. Канцелярія «Українського клубу» на момент його відкриття знаходилася в помешканні Фердинанда Андерегга по вулиці Новосельського, 65. Щоправда, засідання відбувалися і в інших приміщеннях – вул. Преображенська, 25; Соборна площа, 1.

«Клуб», існуючи винятково на внески своїх членів та невеликої господарської діяльності, займався тими самими справами, що й «Просвіта». «Клуб» мав хор, драматичний гурток, 4 секції — хорового співу, драматичну, лекційну й дитячих вечорів. Він, на аматорському рівні, розвивав театрально-хорове мистецтво, влаштовувалися літературні вечори, зберігалися традиції віршованих декламацій тощо.

4 листопада 1913 року Одеський градоначальник Іван Сосновський прийняв рішення внести на розгляд «Присутствия по делам об обществах» питання про закриття «Клубу», доручивши провести ревізію роботи товариства. На підставі наказу №1595/І поліція підготувала звіт, датований 13 листопада, за яким 20 листопада 1913 року Одеський «Український клуб» припинив своє існування, відновивши ненадовго роботу лише влітку 1918 року.

29 травня 2010 року діяльність клубу була відтворена. Цього ж дня пройшло урочисте святкування 100-річчя клубу.

Посилання

 Володимир Полторак. «Калина над морем» Український тиждень, 11 червня, 2010
 Громадська організація «УКРАЇНСЬКИЙ КЛУБ ОДЕСИ»

Громадські організації Одеси
Історичні громадські організації України
Засновані в Україні 1910


In this installment of exploring game algorithms using the simple game Color Walk, we're going to do something a little different. Last time we explored a number of variations and hybrids of Dijkstra's algorithm—the classic, efficient graph algorithm for finding shortest paths—and found that pairing it with a pre-run of Greedy Look-Ahead (GLA) performed better than any other algorithm we've seen so far. This time we're not going to explore any new algorithms. Instead, we're going to look into what makes Dijkstra's algorithm tick: the priority queue. Save for this variant of a standard queue, Dijkstra's algorithm is conceptually the same as Breadth-First Search (BFS), so we want to see what makes this priority queue so special and how we can implement one efficiently with a binary heap.


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Frugterne er saftige, orange-gule stenfrugter, omkring 3-4 cm i diameter, der ligner små ferskener. Frugten indeholder op til 85% vand. Det tynde skind er fløjlsagtigt – nærmest håret – som ferskenens. Smagen er sød og frisk. Kernen er en flad sten, der indeholder et frø. Frøkernene indeholder helt op til 50% olie, der gør, at kernerne kan bruges som alternativ til mandler i produktion af marcipan.

Abrikoser kan spises friske, eller de kan anvendes til for eksempel syltetøj og marmelade. Tørrede abrikoser kan spises som snack. Tørrede abrikoser er som regel tilsat sulfit for at konservere dem og bevare den lyse farve (svovlede abrikoser).

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Boats are docked in front of a long row of warehouses in Koamicho (小網町) in Tokyo's mercantile quarter of Nihonbashi. Ogawa was looking towards Yoroibashi, a steel bridge built in 1873 (Meiji 6), which can be seen in the far right of the image.
Before the city of Edo was built, this area used to be coastline. But by the time this photo was taken, the sea had already been pushed far away and Nihonbashi had transformed into a busy center of commerce.
Nihonbashi was the most densely populated area of Tokyo. It was also the heart of Tokyo's shitamachi, the low city, where merchants and artisans lived and worked. It was a down to earth and conservative place where Meiji modernization took longer to take root than in nearby Ginza.
Nihonbashi was a place where people worked hard and merchants became rich. During the Edo Period, strict social constraints had kept the rich merchants here, living close to Tokyo's many poor, who were stowed away in the area's dark and dreary back-streets. But as soon as the Meiji reformation lifted these constraints, the rich moved their homes to more agreeable sections of Tokyo.
Eventually, business would prefer greener pastures, too. By the end of the Meiji Period, Nihonbashi was slowly loosing its position as commercial center of Tokyo to the newly built Marunouchi district in front of Tokyo Station.
But at the time of this photo, things had not gotten that far, yet. Nihonbashi's waterways were crowded with boats full of heavy loads ferried in from all over Japan. Nihonbashi river, its banks jammed with white-walled warehouses, was still the busiest waterway in the city.
To spoil enemy attacks, the old city of Edo had been deliberately built within a spiral network of moats, rivers, and canals. This made transport by water especially attractive. Early in the city's development, unloading points called kashi had been created. Warehouses and markets grew up around them. Nihonbashi was the most important one. From here, goods were distributed all over the city.
The area's warehouses gave Nihonbashi a unique look that didn't only attract the photographer who shot this photo, but also several famous ukiyo-e artists. Utagawa Hiroshige marvelously captured the essence of Koamicho in 1857 in his print "Yoroi no Watashi" (the ferry at Yoroi) included in his series of 100 famous views of Edo (see left).
Unfortunately, most of Nihonbashi, including the warehouses on this photo, was destroyed in the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 (Taisho 12).
1. For those interested in Japan's wooden boat culture, the Michinoku Traditional Wooden Boat Museum in Aomori and Douglas Brook's site are highly recommended.
2. This image is taken from exactly the same location as Tokyo 1890s • Koamicho, Nihonbashi, so I decided to use the same story for this photograph. Interestingly, in the other image, the Yoroibashi Bridge is deliberately kept outside the photographer's frame.
You can also licence this image online: 71204-0002 @ MeijiShowa.com.


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A moment of triumph
The Vaishali hospital
Max Healthcare currently comprises of 14 hospitals, some of which are directly owned by the company while others have joined the Max chain through long term partnerships
By Sumit Ghoshal. Contributing Editor, Business India
Back in 2015, as he sat in his office in Mumbai's Nanavati Hospital, Abhay Soi was at best a fringe player in the highly competitive segment of private healthcare delivery. His fledgling company, Radiant Life Care, had recently acquired a controlling stake in Nanavati Hospital. It was his second after B L Kapur Hospital in Delhi, which he had turned around in an impressive fashion.
At the time of the takeover, Nanavati too was a loss-making operation, facing the stark possibility of shutting down. By that time, Nanavati management's attempt to shore up revenues through a relationship with HCG (the cancer hospital chain) had already failed.
But last fortnight, as Max Healthcare Institute Ltd got listed on the stock exchanges after a series of complex transactions, Soi savoured his moment of personal triumph. He is the new chairman and managing director of the company, which in its new avatar, has become India's second-largest chain of hospitals by revenue, and has the fourth-largest number of operating beds. A few days before the ceremony, Soi told Business India that the Radiant management style would benefit the Max Hospitals as well because the former was much better in managing its indirect costs and this improved its EBIDTA margins as well. "Max had somehow lost its way in terms of its indirect costs," he added.
According to a document put out on the Max Healthcare website, the top five hospital companies in India by revenue at the end of FY20 are: Apollo Hospitals group (Rs5,730 crore), Max Healthcare (Rs4,371 crore), Fortis Hospitals (Rs3,752 crore), Narayana Health (Rs2,694 crore) and Manipal (Rs1,823 crore). However, according to BSE records accessed on 20 August, the FY20 revenues are as follows: Apollo Hospitals group (Rs9,794.43 crore), Fortis Healthcare (Rs701.85 crore) and Narayana Hrudayalaya (Rs2,239 crore). Since Manipal Hospitals is an unlisted entity, no financial information about it appears on the BSE website.
Max Healthcare currently comprises of 14 hospitals, some of which are directly owned by the company while others have joined the Max chain through long term partnerships. In addition, they have a management contract with BLK Superspecialty Hospital in Delhi and Nanavati Superspecialty Hospital in Mumbai.
The package rates offered are almost 40 per cent lower than the standard rates charged to individual self-funding patients
This adds up to a total of 3,391 beds (886 belonging to Radiant Life Care and 2,505 beds from the original Max Hospitals). Of these, about 3,234 beds in all the hospitals put together are operational beds, that is, they are fully able to admit patients, while the remaining ones are built up and ready to become operational as and when the need arises. Most large hospitals follow this practice because hospital beds require a lot of supporting infrastructure, such as electrical fittings, air-conditioning, etc. Adding beds in piecemeal fashion involves much refitting and rebuilding which is not only very expensive but also disruptive to the existing facilities.
Viranna's strategy
The listing ceremony of Max Healthcare Institute on Friday, 21 August is the latest of a series of events, which began in November 2017 with the appointment of Dr Shrey Viranna as group CEO of Life Healthcare, South Africa. Dr Viranna came with 12 years of experience with McKinsey, after moving out of clinical practice. By this time, he had extensive experience in Africa, India and the UK, advising on M&A transactions in healthcare. At that stage, Life Healthcare held a 49.7 per cent equity stake in Max India, which comprised of a chain of hospitals and other businesses.
In June 2019, about 18 months after the new CEO took up his position Life Healthcare announced that it had sold its 49.7 per cent stake in Max India to Radiant Life Care Pvt Ltd (the company that Abhay Soi had founded a few years before). The South African company stated that the deal was backed by the global equity investment firm, KKR (Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts). Soon afterwards, Life Healthcare made additional acquisitions in the UK and elsewhere in keeping with Viranna's corporate strategy.
Radiant Life Care was able to raise the amount of Rs2,136 crore for purchasing the Max India equity through a combination of equity and debt. For this KKR made a cash advance to Radiant after which there was a share swap between the two companies. According to the scheme of the share swap, Radiant shareholders will receive 9,074 shares of MHIL (Max Healthcare Institute) for every 10 shares of Radiant. Shareholders of Max India will get 99 shares of MHIL for every 100 shares they hold in Max India based on the share swap ratio. As part of the share purchase agreement, the Max India promoter group including former chairman Analjit Sigh and his associates were required to dilute their stakes from 12 per cent to 7 per cent, while KKR would acquire the remaining 5 per cent.
"It is not quite at pre-Covid levels but it is getting there," Soi remarks
The next step had two components: one, the healthcare assets of Max India were hived off into a separate company known as Max Healthcare Institute, while the other businesses, that is Max Bupa (health insurance) and Antara Senior Living were placed with a new entity to be listed separately. At the time of this writing, the stock exchanges have suspended trading in Max India shares for 'procedural reasons'. The second component was the merger of Radiant Life Care Pvt Ltd, with Max Healthcare.
With the second corporate action, Nanavati Hospital, Mumbai and BLK Superspecialty Hospital, New Delhi also became a part of the Max Healthcare chain. Besides, the share swap ensured that Soi and KKR together held a controlling stake in MHIL. At the end of the series of transactions, the shareholding pattern would be: KKR - 51.9 per cent, Soi - 23.2 per cent, Max promoter - 7 per cent and public - 17.8 per cent. The last would have to be increased to 25 per cent mandatorily within 12 months of the stock being listed. As an aside, the brand Radiant, which Soi describes as a B2B brand would cease to exist, now that the merger has been completed.
The two hospitals under the Radiant management until now were a 'natural fit' with the Max hospitals chain because the latter were also targeting the premium segment of patients. However the EBIDTA margin of the Max hospitals under the earlier management had slipped below 10 per cent in the last few years while that of BLK Hospital, hitherto the flagship of Radiant, had climbed to a healthy 19 per cent. The BLK record therefore comes to the financial performance of industry leaders such as Apollo (20-24 per cent).
Regarding the future strategy of the combined entity, Soi said they would try and reduce the proportion of government funded patients such as CGHS, etc from the current 35 per cent to just about 15 per cent in the coming four or five years. Compared with Narayana Health whose insured patients account for 22 per cent of the total, while another 18 per cent come from (government and other) schemes.
Since the package rates offered by these schemes are almost 40 per cent lower than the standard rates charged to individual self-funding patients, the revamp is definitely going to improve the company's financial status.
This year, of course is rather out of ordinary because of the Covid-19 pandemic and the consequent lockdown. Most healthcare establishments have suffered grievously with OPD footfalls being reduced by 80 per cent. Max has also felt the impact in substantial measure. Before March, when the countrywide lockdown was imposed, its bed occupancy was of the order of 70-80 per cent and this came down to just 28 per cent! In recent weeks, however, as the lockdown eased up gradually, the occupancy has returned to about 60 per cent. "It is not quite at pre-Covid levels but it is getting there," Soi remarks.
Everyone in the healthcare understands that the lockdown could have forced a large number of nursing homes and small hospitals to face very severe financial constraints or perhaps even close down. Many of these 50-100 bed hospitals offering secondary care in Tier-II and III locations. Though these establishments would be ripe for acquisition, Max Healthcare would not even consider them.
Also, they would continue to focus on the metro cities, which they consider as attractive markets, even if this approach runs contrary to the strategy of several other hospital networks in the country. One reason for this is their focus on international patients, which was bringing in almost 20-25 per cent of the total revenue to BLK Superspecialty Hospital. This was higher than most other hospital networks.
An important consideration for the Radiant management earlier and now Max Healthcare would be that they are operating in two of the metros which are very well connected with the capital cities of several countries. Radiant's decision to take over Nanavati was partially guided by this fact.
Yet they are very much focused on the Delhi-NCR region and some cities in North India, which they plan to continue with the Max hospitals network. Thus they have no plans of becoming a pan-India chain like Apollo Hospitals.
Soi and his management team have calculated the valuation of the combined entity as Rs7,242 crore. This week as trading begins in the Max Healthcare scrip, the first few sessions would show whether or not the investor community agrees with this valuation. If it does, and there is little reason to think otherwise, it will be one of the most important milestones in the journey of the organisation. ♦


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WALKERS and runners of all abilities can help do their bit for the brave soldiers who have been injured in war by taking part in a sponsored lido lap.
Hillingdon Council is organising the Help for Heroes Lido Lap at Ruislip Lido, in Reservoir Road, Ruislip, on September 6 to raise money for the charity.
The event is part of a range of initiatives by the council to support and recognise Hillingdon's heroes, included funding a trip back to Normandy for a war veteran and co-organising the welcome home parade in Uxbridge on August 5.
The Civic Centre's very own security guards will also be continually completing laps of the lido for three hours after they came up with the idea for the event.
Lewis Baker, 24, from Hayes, and Dan Preston, 25, from Harrow, said: "We knew we wanted to do something for charity and while we don't have the bottle to go to the front line ourselves we want to make sure that the people who do get the respect and support they deserve.
"We have lots of friends in the armed forces serving on the front line. While this event doesn't compare with challenges our friends face we hope that it will help raise money and awareness of their bravery and sacrifices that have been made.
"As Sergeant instructors in the Army Cadet force this is our chance to do a little something for the heroes that are doing it for real.
"We would like to thank the council for making our challenge and fun day possible and providing the resources to make it happen."
The laps kick off at midday on September 6 and finished at 3pm and there will also be a fun day at the lido on the same day from midday until 6pm.
There will be a free bouncy castle, a fun run, a kangaroo boxing area, face painting and military displays.
Entry is ?5 for the lido laps, which includes a Help for Heroes T-shirt.
Go to www.hillingdon.gov.uk/index.jsp?articleid=18101to find out more or call 01895 250 453.


Step aboard and prepare to be blown away from the stylish design and elegant décor, to the friendly and efficient service from the skilled cabin crew. Air offers a unique experience that is dedicated to being the best, outstanding in-flight entertainment delivered through state of the art technology that will delight the senses while their unrivalled commitment to safety confirms Air as your ultimate after-dark destination.
Air Nightclub aims to offers an irreplaceable experience of music and atmosphere to suit all patrons. This is the complete nightclub experience that will have you flying first class. Air look forward to welcoming you on board.
Located in the heart of Northbridge, Air is the perfect venue for birthdays, functions, celebrations and corporate events. Air has an overall capacity of 447 and has a range of private areas for you and your guests to enjoy. Their friendly and professional team will make your event one to remember. They pride ourselves on tailoring functions to suit your specific needs and requirements. From a low-key event of 20, to a party to end all parties, Air is the place for you to hold your next function.
The nightclub also has four VIP booths available for anyone that would like to receive bottle service. The VIP booths at Air Nightclub are opulent and luxurious, making them the perfect setting for an evening out with friends or that special occasion. Whether you're hosting an intimate gathering of up to 8 people, or you want to treat that special someone to an Air Nightclub VIP experience, we have the perfect booth to suit your needs.


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