APG January Meeting will be our photo contest with cash prizes. You must pay for 2017 in order to participate. Arrive by 6:30 in order to pay and to fill out your entry form. More info coming at December's potluck dinner and in January's email.
April 2017 we will be having a show at the Oconee County Library. Start thinking about what you would like to show now. Depending on the number of paid members submitting work we will be able to show 1-2 pieces each.
2017 Eatonton-Putnam Arts Foundation 8th Annual Photography Contest & Exhibition. Entry fees benefit the Eatonton-Putnam Arts Foundation. All info can be found here. Images will be accepted from Jan 20 – Jan27, 2017 and can be mailed in. APG members have won top prize in three of the last four years so let's keep up the good showing.
Amateur: Photography is strictly a hobby. Photographers use basic to advanced cameras or image editing software. They do not earn any income from photography based activities. These photographers have not won more than 3 ribbons (1st-4th place) in the 2016 Plaza Arts Center Photo Contest or Best in Show Award in any Plaza Arts Center Photo Contests. Amateurs may enter in the Advanced Division if they choose to.
Advanced: Photographers have had additional experience beyond basic amateur photography. They may earn some income from the sale or publication of images and other photography related activities. They may have won a Best in Show Award in any Plaza Arts Center Photo Contests or 4 or more ribbons in the 2016 Plaza Arts Center Photo Contest.
Junior: Photographers are under 18 years of age at photo submission time. They may enter any photo with no regard to categories. See entry fee information under Entry Instructions.
Entry: Entries will be accepted January 21 – January 27. NO ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER JANUARY 27. Allow plenty of time for mailed entries to arrive before the deadline or they will not be accepted.
Category Ribbons – Ribbons will be awarded to 1st, 2nd, 3rd place winners in each category.
Best in Show Awards – Best in Show Awards will be presented to Amateur and Advanced Photographers and each will receive ribbons and cash prizes.
Thomas Struth Exhibit: An exhibit of photographs by German photographer Thomas Struth will be on display at the High Museum in Atlanta until January 8. Struth is celebrated for his innovations in large-scale color photography. /Nature & Politics/ combines Struth's varied interests—including cityscapes, architecture, portraits, landscapes, and museums—to focus on technology and the manufactured landscape as overarching subjects. B&W prints from influential 1960's and 70's photographers Arbus, Avedon, and Winogrand are also on display. More information here.
This is our annual BBQ & Pot Luck dinner for paid members and their guests. This is one of the benefits of joining the group!
If you have not already signed up then please R.S.V.P. to Judy Glenn (jglennpacs@yahoo.com) as soon as possible, but no later than December 10th.
No Creative Challenge but please bring your five favorite family-friendly images from 2016 so we can loop them during the dinner. If you are participating, you can bring your photos on a flash drive, or email them ==> the day before the meeting <== to athenspg@gmail.com. 1024 pixels on the longest side is sufficient. Please, no more than 2048 on the longest side. sRGB color space is fine.
New last year – If you are not yet a 2016 paid member you may pay $10 at the meeting and join us. You still must R.S.V.P. to Judy Glenn by Dec. 10th. This only covers your admission to the pot luck dinner. Everybody will still have to pay $15 in January to cover their 2017 membership and participate in the APG Photo Contest with cash prizes.
In addition we'll have our 2ND ANNUAL PHOTO FLEA MARKET/INDOOR YARD SALE: Have some unused photo gear? Convert it to cash for the holidays! At the potluck dinner, we'll have some tables at the back of the room where you can display your surplus photo gear and offer it for sale to, or swap with, other members. We will have blank price tag stickers at the meeting, or you can create your own before the meeting. Just include your name and asking price on the tag. This is a great opportunity to trade unused items for actual money, and to pick up some bargain items you never knew you needed!


Protestors are warning that a tranquil part of North Devon will become a "living hell" if plans for a new wind farm go ahead.
Development firm Wind Ventures is looking to site five 126m (413ft) high turbines at Harbour Cross, on the outskirts of Meddon near Bradworthy.
Daniel Baird, from the firm, said he was pleased with the response at an exhibition held in Meddon last week and is looking to submit a planning application to Torridge District Council before the end of the year.
But the move has met fierce opposition and members of STOPIT – Stop Turbine Onshore Proliferation in Torridge – say they will fight the plans all the way.
Chairman Dave Westcott said: "This is going to be a colossal fight. We know what it will entail and we have experts lined up ready to fight for us.
"These turbines will be just 800 yards from the nearest house and will be 100ft taller than Big Ben.
"They would look the part in an industrial estate, but not here in the countryside.
Laura Swain, owner of the West Country Inn, which is about 1,200m away from the proposed site, said the development could signal the end of trading at the 300-year-old inn.
She said: "Torridge is becoming smothered by turbines. Developers are blindly sweeping in and it is devastating.
"I think it will be a living hell if these monstrous turbines are given the go ahead.
"The West Country Inn is a 300-year-old building that has really stood the test of time. It is part of our heritage and is in danger of being wiped out. It has been a running business for 300 years and is a hub of the community.
Laura added: "We are a tourist destination right on the moor which is SSSI protected. It is renowned for its peace and tranquillity and we have people come here from all over the world.
"I don't think people will want to come here to look at an industrialised area.
"It will be horrific from the top of Bursdon Moor at the vantage point. It will be puncturing the skyline around this area.
But Mr Baird said: "There was a full spectrum of opinion at the exhibition, some who were dead against wind farm development and others who were offering to send letters of support.
"The majority of people didn't know much about wind farms but had heard lots of alarming stories. We had technical consultants on hand to talk about things like noise.
"One of the main concerns is that a wind farm will affect house prices but there is absolutely no evidence of devaluation of houses near wind farms, nor have they been proven to affect tourism.


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April 24, 2019 Ballroom Dancing / Life / Work
It is easy to live up to a set of beliefs in good times. Sometimes, you need to see a person under some stress to get a well rounded picture of their character. In the corporate world, there are times when you may have an opportunity to toss someone under the bus. In so many situations, it is not about fixing a problem but finding someone to blame it on.
One of the things that happens when a corporation kicks people to the curb and makes it clear that they aren't really wanted anymore is that things are left undone. The people who are left behind often are handed things to sort out. It sucks but it happens.
Don't want to get into the real details but some of my folks were cleaning out their desks yesterday and came across some files that needed to be sent off site for archiving. Our normal procedure was to hang on to stuff until (a) we were sure it wouldn't be needed or (b) we had enough to fill a box to be sent away. Neither condition had been met so they dropped the files off with instructions about what to do.
The manager of the group that absorbed our responsibilities sent an email to multiple people complaining about all the work that just got dumped on him (he included a picture of the offending files) and how he can't possibly get it done without help. And then he added a line about not understanding why they hadn't been archived properly.
See, this is a CYA move and those just suck even if they are sometimes politically necessary. You launch a pre-emptive strike so nobody can later blame you for why the files weren't sent away. And blaming a group that no longer exists and can't fight back is even better.
One of the people who got his email is a friend of mine and she was telling me about it. I convinced her to copy me on it so I could respond and explain our process and answer the open questions he left in his email. What burns me is that I'm in the office and dealing with mail at least 4 days a week – granted I'm not there all day but I'm around. Think you could have talked to me first rather than sending an email without even copying me.
Anyway, according to me friend, he came around later looking for me to admit that he was told why things hadn't been done but he was just looking for help. Now, I'm probably getting a little defensive about a single line in an email but why add that if all you wanted was help and you already knew the answer to the rhetorical question you were asking. Stuff like this is why I have no real desire to jump back into the corporate world.
I was going to talk about my dance lessons last night but then this came up and I just had to vent a bit.
We finally got back to the Cha-Cha. Maybe I should take back some of what I said about the coach because I seemed to be getting that whole body rotation thing even though I really didn't understand what I was doing. I just tried to remember to turn my body and not move my arms and it seemed to be working. At least that's what JoNY told me. The other part was the connection on a different part and that I remembered and could do so that worked out well also. We did the pattern to music once and managed to stay relatively on time.
We also worked on the Bolero and I'm still struggling with the whole timing around the lunge and oversway. It feels like there were four actions on three beats and I was trying to sort all that out in my head. The only thing I sort of knew was to step out strongly on my left foot after the pivot and then stay on the left foot but just rotate my body to get the oversway. There's the last part where I kind of snap her back into position which happens on some in between beat so the whole thing is like a quick-quick-and. Since I still don't fully understand how all the moving parts work together, I have to think about it which ends up putting me behind. Then we worked on my arm styling. I guess I need to take up more space so she wants my free arm extended during most of the pattern. Fingers together and thumb down. Which doesn't feel natural and then I start to think it doesn't look natural. And then I tell myself to stop thinking and just get the arm out there.
We also worked on Fox Trot which doesn't have a lot of new stuff except the open naturals which is still a bit of a problem. We get into it from an explosion, so we are side by side. I'm supposed to roll her in and pick her up in a shadow position with my right arm on her rib cage and then we go right into the turns so the challenge is getting the connection fast enough so I can really power through the first turn. And then keeping it strong during the whole pattern because I just feel my arm start to drop which put some torque on my wrist. I eventually figured out that I could get my right arm on her relatively quickly as she starts to roll in so I can have that connection ready to go. Now, without getting too graphic, lets just say that there's a fine line between the proper connection and what would be considered inappropriate touching. And, as she's rolling in, there is the danger of trying to connect too quickly which did happen once. In the real world, this would likely get you slapped but we just moved on.
We finished with Swing and we ended up tossing the last step in the pattern. She kept forgetting it and thought we were at the loop anyway. And, we counted the number of figures in the pattern and we were at 7 when OwnerGuy said he usually just used 5 in a pattern. So we dumped it because we have the three Silver III figures so we didn't need it.
We still haven't discussed Showcase again. I know she's got a heat sheet already primed and ready to go with the number she wants me to do but it hasn't come back since I said I wasn't sure anymore. And, I'm still not sure. I know we don't have a complete Tango and some of the other ones are still works in progress. Yes, getting them on the floor would be best but I just don't have that good feeling yet. Then again, my doubt level always peaks right before Showcase and that's where we are. Probably best to just bite the bullet and sign up and deal with it later.
Well that's a wrap for today.
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		Schema::drop('songs');
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A Taste of India
The foundation of Indian cooking need only be as far away as your backyard garden; from tulasi and turmeric to fenugreek and bitter melon.
By Wendy Kiang-Spray
| Winter 2013-2014
Fenugreek is versatile and is used fresh like a vegetable, dried like an herb, and is also grown for the seeds to use as a spice.
Photo courtesy fotolia/Corinna Gissemann
Snake gourds are mild and soft on the inside, similar to a Chinese luffa gourd or somewhat like zucchini.
Photo courtesy fotolia/Swapan
Tulasi, also known as holy basil, is a very important plant in the Hindu culture.
Photo courtesy fotolia/Bert Folsom
Photo by Wendy Kiang-Spray
My pregnant friend Monica has had her tenth dinner of Indian food in the past couple of weeks. I bet she is craving the comfort food of her childhood. Her father, from the old Madras area in India apparently makes a killer sambar and masala dosa. I had similar cravings when I was pregnant, and my younger daughter was born 3 weeks early with a lusty cry and an appetite for vindaloo. With the wide range of aromatic herbs and spices found in Indian food, it's no wonder Monica and I are only a couple of many Indian cuisine aficionados regularly seeking that wonderful alchemy of spicy, tangy, and aromatic flavors.
Most Indian restaurants in America serve Punjabi cuisine, characterized by the onion, garlic, and ginger flavors, with the decadent richness of ghee and cream in many dishes. Tandoori-cooked foods are an American mainstay and can be found in most neighborhood Indian restaurants. However, the very large country of India is comprised of many ethnic groups, cultures, and religions, giving rise to a great diversity in what is Indian cuisine. For example, garam masala is known as an Indian spice mixture made up of some combination of coriander, ginger, cardamom, turmeric, clove, cinnamon, and other dried herbs and spices. However, each culinary region has its own distinctive garam masala blend.
Just as diverse is India's landmass. There are coastal regions and deserts, hot and humid cities and cooler climates. The cuisines and crops of India vary just as widely. Fortunately, many vegetables called for in the best Indian recipes are commonly found in North America. To gain a broader taste of India, gardeners need only acquire the seed to try the herbs and vegetables that are more difficult to find, even in international grocery stores. The herbs and vegetables below are several suggestions for great crops to try. They are wonderful and easy to use not only in traditional Indian cooking, but also as a substitute for similar Western herbs and vegetables.
Snake Gourd
At first glance, the aptly named snake gourd can be spotted as if flash frozen while slithering across the garden floor, or hanging off a trellis in a serpentine pose. The snake gourd plant produces long, often curved fruits that are green with thin white stripes along their lengths. This unusual and very ornamental tropical gourd also features pretty, frilly, white flowers that only bloom at night. Prolific and easy to grow, ready-to-harvest snake gourds are about 10 to 20 inches long but can actually grow to many feet long! Snake gourds are mild and soft on the inside, similar to a Chinese luffa gourd or somewhat like a zucchini. When harvested young, the fruits are delicious and can be used any way you would use a mild summer squash. Having a cooling effect, Ayurvedic cooks love using snake gourds in healthy dinners.
Snake gourd plants thrive in gardens with a long, warm season. Those with a short season should start seeds indoors in early spring, but otherwise, seeds can be started directly in the garden. Seeds have a thick seed coat, so to grow, nick the seed coat first and then provide a little heat to speed germination. Once the weather warms, this plant will climb up a strong support and will grow prolifically. Keep on top of the harvesting and remember to pick the fruits when young for best taste.
Tulasi, also known as sacred or holy basil, is an important plant in Hindu culture. Traditionally, these aromatic shrubs are situated right in the center of Hindu family courtyards. Today, most families still have a plant in the ground or grown in special containers. During religious ceremonies, tulasi represents the goddess Lakshmi, and leaves are offered at the feet of the God Vishnu. Thus symbolically, tulasi represents the offering of love.
Tulasi is a sacred plant and not typically used for eating. In fact, the culinary use of meat and tulasi together is considered offensive. In other cultures though, tulasi is eaten and enjoyed for its aromatic herbal fragrance and slightly spicy bite. In Thai cuisine, this plant is called by its common name holy basil and is an important ingredient in the well-known dish "drunken noodles."
Tulasi also has many medicinal properties and is used in Ayurvedic medicine. The leaves can be made into a tea and used to treat colds, headaches, and upset stomachs. In warmer climates, tulasi is grown as a perennial, but in milder climates, it may need to be treated as an annual. Start seeds indoors in the early spring and transplant into the garden when the soil warms. Harvest leaves as needed. Because tulasi wilts quickly and does not store well, harvest just before using.
Tinda
Known in India as tinda or Indian round gourd, this pale green gourd is also known as Indian baby pumpkin or apple gourd (it should not be confused with the hard gourd often called "apple gourd" that resembles large apples used for crafts when dry). These little Indian gourds look much like a small, slightly flattened apple or baby pumpkin. And as evidence that cultures around the world are much more similar than we think, "tinda" is a common nickname in India, just as an American parent might lovingly call her child "pumpkin."
Tinda is coveted for its tender texture and mild, slightly nutty flavor. These little gourds are used in Northern parts of India and Pakistan and are either cut in pieces and thrown in curries, or cooked with a more elegant preparation. Experienced home cooks will cut an X partway through the gourd, creating a little pocket to stuff with a spice mixture or a vegetable and chili pepper mixture. The gourds are then sautéed, covered with a lid to cook till tender on the inside, and then possibly loaded with other ingredients like tomatoes, shallots, and cilantro. The finished product is coated with a slightly crusty herb and spice-blackened outside, and a soft, spicy inside. Tinda gourds grow prolifically on 4-foot-tall vines. Start seeds indoors in early spring and transplant to a sunny spot with a trellis to climb. Harvest at the immature stage, when fruits look like small, flattened, green apples.
Indian bitter melon is a grotesquely beautiful and unique fruit that has been touted to have numerous medicinal benefits. It is practically anti-everything-bad for you. It is a productive vine without many pests and is versatile in the kitchen. The only hurdle to get over with bitter melon is the fact that the fruit is unequivocally bitter. While first-timers may need to brace themselves, bitter melon has a cooling, almost refreshing bitter taste that can easily be acquired.
There are two main types of bitter melon. While the Chinese bitter melon is often longer with smoothed out bumps, the Indian bitter melon is intensely warty, shorter, and with pointed ends. To prepare, the fruits are cut lengthwise. The pithy insides and seeds are scooped out with a spoon. Then, each half is cut into c-shaped segments. Bitter melon can also be stuffed and then cooked in oil. Cooks will sometimes salt the pieces first, removing some of the bitterness, but this is not a required or always desired step. In Indian cuisine, bitter melon is often cooked in a curry. In one popular dish, it is cooked with potatoes and spices and served with yogurt to tame the bitterness.
Bitter melon is best started indoors in spring and transplanted outdoors when the soil warms. The vine will quickly climb up and over a trellis or arbor throughout the summer. Harvest bitter melon while still green or just beginning to yellow. As the fruits mature, the outside will become more bitter and inedible, while the insides will turn red, mucilaginous, and sweet. Some salad recipes will call for the ripe red insides of bitter melons to be used raw.
Pigeon peas have been cultivated for over 3,500 years in India. Having made their way to Africa and the Caribbean over time, these pretty protein-packed beans are eaten in most of the world, including in the southern states in America. In South India, pigeon peas are commonly featured in sambar, a traditional dish in which the beans are cooked down with spices until soft. Because these beans require a slow-cooking process, the softened beans and cooking water or broth help to create a thick savory soup or stew.
Pigeon peas are also a gardener's favorite because they are nitrogen-fixing plants, and easy to grow. Though they self-seed once established, they're best grown as an annual. Sow seeds directly in the garden once the soil warms. Pigeon peas may be slow to germinate and slow to start growing, but plants will take off after a few weeks. To harvest, use like green peas or allow beans to dry on the plant for use as dried beans.
Known in many parts of India as methi, fenugreek is widely grown in India. The herb gives a quick curry resemblance to many dishes and has a strong, pleasantly bitter and slighty sweet aroma. Fenugreek has a long medicinal history and has been shown to offer health benefits to people with diabetes. It is also a main ingredient in many "mother's teas," as it is known to increase the production of breast milk in nursing mothers. Fenugreek is versatile and is used fresh like a vegetable, dried like an herb, and is also grown for the seeds to use as a spice. When harvested for fresh eating, fenugreek leaves are used in salads or added to soups and dals to pack an aromatic punch. Because fenugreek leaves are typically pricey, many recipes that call for fenugreek will suggest substituting a smaller amount of fenugreek and bulking the greens up with spinach. Dried, fenugreek leaves are strong in flavor and wonderful in meat dishes.
Fenugreek seeds grow in long, thin pods, and the squarish pellets are often roasted first and can then be ground into a powder if desired. Fenugreek powder or seeds are a key ingredient in many pickles and vegetable dishes. To use seeds whole, heat some oil in a pan and throw them in for a few seconds until fragrant just before adding vegetables and remaining ingredients. Fenugreek is grown as an annual. To grow, sow seeds about ¼-inch deep directly in the garden in spring. Fenugreek thrives in full sun and fertile soil. Harvest for fresh leaves when still young. Fenugreek wilts quickly so use promptly. For seeds, harvest seedpods in early to mid-autumn and then allow seeds to fully dry out.
Turmeric is an herbaceous tropical perennial grown for its rhizome. Turmeric plays an important role in the Indian culture and is used in many different ceremonies. As an example, the deity Ganesha, recognized with the head of an elephant, is known as the "remover of obstacles" and is invoked at the beginning of most ceremonies. During these ceremonies, turmeric is mixed with water and shaped into a form that represents Ganesha.
Turmeric has an important place in the culinary realm as well. The slightly sweet, peppery and almost mustard-like flavor contributes to the combination of spices that give Indian food that exotic taste. Turmeric pairs well with ginger, its relative, as well as other spices and curries. Recently, research has indicated numerous health benefits as well. Turmeric has been found to have a synergistic cancer-preventative effect when added to cruciferous vegetables like broccoli. Freshly grated turmeric has a richer flavor than the powdered version available at most supermarkets and should be added towards the end of the cooking time to keep the flavor vibrant. If there is more harvested than can be used, the root can be cut into chunks and frozen until needed. Be careful, though, as the root bleeds a deep yellow color that will stain fingers and cutting boards. It's no wonder turmeric has been used as a dye for brightly colored saris as well as robes for Buddhist monks.
To grow turmeric in the warmer zones, plant rhizomes in the garden in late fall about 2 inches deep with buds or knots facing up. In colder zones, start plant indoors in 12-inch container or larger anytime and allow to bask in a sunny room. Turmeric foliage is very attractive and when grown in a pot makes a lovely container plant. Either way, in about 8 to 10 months, foliage will begin to die back. Dig rhizomes up to use, saving a piece of two for replanting.
During my most recent outing to my local Indian grocer, the owner told me that it only takes three ingredients to form the foundation of any Indian dish – onion, garlic, and garam masala. From there, it's just a matter of taste whether the cook wants to heat things up with other chilies and spices. With the range of vegetables that are as common as the tomato or as exotic as the snake gourd, a taste of India need only be as far away as your backyard garden.
Enjoy this Indian Dish: Snake Gourd and Bitter Melon Stir Fry Recipe
Wendy Kiang-Spray is a gardener, cook, and high-school counselor. She blogs at www.GreenishThumb.net and is working on her first book on cooking with Asian vegetables.


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Batillus — класс супертанкеров, построенных в конце 1970-х годов на верфи Chantiers de l'Atlantique в городе Сен-Назер. Супертанкеры данного класса имели длину — 414,22 метра, ширину — 63 метра, осадку — 28,5 метров, дедвейт — 553 662 тонны, водоизмещение в грузу — 629 191 тонн.

Класс включает в себя четыре судна:
 Batillus, построен в 1976 году, утилизирован в 1985 году.
 Bellamya, построен в 1976 году, утилизирован в 1986 году.
 Pierre Guillaumat, построен в 1977 году, утилизирован в 1983 году.
 Prairial, построен в 1977 году, был переименован в Sea Brilliance, затем в Hellas Fos, затем в Sea Giant, утилизирован в 2003 году.

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Diego Lainez's first start with the Mexico national team is something he'll never forget. Even if the Club America starlet doesn't bloom into a full-blown star during his career, El Tri fans will never forget it either thanks to a pair of incredible moments in Tuesday's 1-0 loss to the United States.
The first was when he put Wil Trapp on the ground, shifting past the American midfielder who couldn't keep up with the 18-year-old as he entered the box and then got to the line with a remarkable cut-back.
The second was when Matt Miazga nearly put him on the ground.
The diminutive Lainez battled with Eric Lichaj and other U.S. defenders all night, but the matchup was far less sporting when he mixed it up with the center back.
Lainez and Miazga jawed at each other while the defender made gestures about Lainez's small size. He later mimed looking for the winger before Lainez's America and Mexico teammate Edson Alvarez came in to tell the Nantes defender to pick on someone his own size.
"It's something that happens in soccer. A little run-in. It's nothing," Lainez said of the incident. "It's something that's totally normal." Miazga also used the word "normal" when reflecting on the play, saying "It's normal. We talked a little smack. It's part of the game."
It's not Lainez's first taste of a rivalry, but it's the first time he's experienced that kind of thing on the international stage. Mexico interim manager Ricardo "Tuca" Ferretti said it's something that even could benefit the player long-term. "It helps him. He's going to remember that the rest of his life and know how to do better the next times," the interim manager said.
It's a funny, harmless moment, especially with both players accepting it and moving on, but American fans might not be laughing for long if Lainez continues to develop into a threat.
He showed what he's capable of doing. Lainez completed 22 of 23 passes in the match, including the one he sent to Roberto Alvarado after skinning Trapp. The Cruz Azul attacker couldn't take advantage of the move, but it was an incredible moment.
"We have to keep pushing, forming them and keep giving them the chances that they deserve," Ferretti said of young players after Tuesday's match. "How will they deserve it? By going back to their clubs and showing their level that they really deserve to be in the national team with whoever else is there.
"But from what I saw with the young players against Uruguay and today, I'm satisfied with what they showed."
Getting club minutes is necessary, and Lainez knows it. To return to the national team in October, the Tabasco native said he needs to "keep doing things well with my club and then the people in charge will make that decision."
Yet despite positive performances with Club America, Lainez has struggled for consistency. With America manager Miguel Herrera hesitant to give the teenager a regular starting spot, that's been tough to come by. He's too talented of a player to keep out, though. Even when El Tri's top players return, it will be difficult for Ferretti or whoever takes over the Mexico job to leave Lainez off the 23-man squad.
The result was frustrating for Mexico, but it won't go beyond that. While this is the start of the new World Cup cycle for El Tri, it's a game that a number of players sure to be key during the upcoming four years watched from home (if they watched at all, with the time zone working against the Europe-based players).
The taste of defeat to a rival will fade over time for the next generation. Lainez will always be able to look back and smile on a night in which he gave plenty of reason to believe he too will be key in the near future.
"I think these games helped a lot, since I'm a young player. It was a great experience and hopefully I keep getting them," he said. "I'm happy that the manager included me, that we did things well. Now it's about continuing on this path."


16 channels, 6 busses, and all the outstanding digital effects you'll need to built in.
There's an astonishing amount of signal processing power packed into the compact chassis of the MG "CX" mixers. They incorporate a versatile digital multi-effect processor that provides a range of reverb, delay, modulation, and distortion programs you can use to refine and define your sound. Each of the 16 effect programs has a number of editable parameters as well as effect on/off switching capability and return level control. You can even blend the effects into the aux sends for quot;wetquot; monitoring, so the performers can hear the effects too. If you need to keep both hands free to play an instrument or perform other operations, an optional footswitch can be connected to the mixer's effect footswitch jack for convenient on/off switching.
Top-mounted input and output connectors make setting up and re-patching your system quick and easy. All models feature high-quality Neutrik™ balanced XLR connectors on mono microphone/line channels and XLR-equipped stereo channels. These professional-class connectors were subjected to extensive testing by the Yamaha design team, and were chosen for the MG mixers for their superior reliability and sonic qualities. The XLR-equipped stereo channels can accept mono microphone input either via the XLR or phone jack connectors. The remaining stereo channels provide phone jack and pin jack connectors for compatibility with a wide range of sources. Mono input channels also feature insert I/O connectors that let you patch external signal processing gear into those channels as required. Separate pinjack 2TR inputs are provided to accept the output from a CD player or similar stereo source.
This advanced feature can be a tremendous advantage in achieving great vocal sound, as well as to refine the sound of bass, guitar, and other sources. You won't find built-in channel compression on too many other mixers in this class, but in the new MG mixers you have Yamaha's innovative one-knob compression feature on several of the mono input channels. Conventional audio compressors with their threshold, ratio, knee, makeup gain and other controls can be complex and timeconsuming to set appropriately for a given source. Yamaha's one-knob compressor eliminates the need for an engineering degree with a single control that lets you simply dial in the amount of compression you want.
The smallest models in the lineup - the MG82CX and MG102C - have a single stereo bus (i.e. two mono buses). All other models additionally feature one or two stereo group buses and outputs that can be used for convenient channel grouping. Assign switches for the stereo and group buses are located next to each channel fader.


Call it the new math of chores.
Optimum household harmony won't be achieved by working couples if they divide the chores in half.
Rather, each spouse should do 45.8 percent of the laundry, cleaning, shopping, and dishwashing, says Chloe Bird, a Brown University sociologist. The last 8.4 percent should be handed off to the kids, hired out, or let slide.
Professor Bird says that in dual-income US homes, wives estimate they do about 67 of the chores. Husbands say 36 percent.
To put it another way, married women log 40 hours of chores weekly, married men do 17 hours. The data show that when women go from being single to married, their household chore load goes up by 14 hours. But the just-married men only up their chore load by 90 minutes per week.
Why the chore workload rises when two people unite is fodder for another research project. I bet it has something to do with what I call the divergent MTF (Mess Tolerance Factor) - one spouse has a higher tolerance than the other.
Desperately seeking the flaw in this study, I think we may need to massage the actual hours with a HARD (How Arduous is the Remaining Drudgework) Index. Assign a level of misery to each chore. (This is the quality versus quantity gambit.) Should car maintenance (my job), for example, get the same weighting as balancing the check book (her job)?
There is one other option: Persuade your wife to become a full-time homemaker. These women are most content doing 80 percent of the chores, Bird reports.


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ConnecticutMag.com on The GOP in CT
One-Party Politics in Connecticut: The Elephant Not In the Room
Ask a Republican legislator and they'll speak of their efforts to take back both chambers and the governor's office to "fix" what's been done by the Democrats.
An analysis by the New York Times found 36 states are now controlled entirely by a single political party—the largest number of one-party ruled states in six decades.
Connecticut is one of 13 states controlled by Democrats, compared to 23 run by Republicans. States are continuing to decide issues that members of Congress can't agree on—but the extreme polarization also means states are moving further and further apart. Representatives those states send to Washington, D.C., have also become more polarized.
One-party rule is the current lay of the land here—but an added dynamic is geography. Situated in cozy New England and among the historically blue states of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont and New York, Connecticut has the advantage of being surrounded by states with the same mindset.
If a Republican won the governor's race, the party will need four more seats in the Senate to flip at least one chamber. "This is doable," says David Labriola, CT Representative. "I believe momentum is growing for a big course change in Connecticut because people are focusing." (There is always the next election cycle in 2016 to flip the Senate in favor of the GOP and restore CT from last place among the states in tax and spend.
See the full connecticutmag.com article.


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Ein Putsch oder Staatsstreich (oft  []) ist eine meist gewaltsame und überraschende Aktion von Angehörigen des Militärs oder paramilitärischer Organisationen und/oder einer Gruppe von Politikern mit dem Ziel, die Regierung zu stürzen und die Macht im Staat zu übernehmen. Häufig folgt auf einen Putsch eine Militärdiktatur oder die Herrschaft eines autoritären Regimes.

Antonym ist Revolution, bei der der Regimewechsel nicht nur von einer kleinen Gruppe, sondern von relevanten Teilen des Volkes ausgeht und die einen tiefgreifenderen Wandel zur Folge hat.

Das Wort Putsch wird zumeist nur für einen gelungenen Putsch benutzt, ein fehlgeschlagener Putsch wird meist Putschversuch oder Revolte genannt. Auf einen gescheiterten Putsch folgt häufig eine Anklage wegen Hochverrats. Das Wort Putsch ist zugleich negativ konnotiert; Putschisten verwenden daher in der Regel euphemistische Bezeichnungen für ihre Handlungen.

Als Staatsstreich von oben wird die Situation bezeichnet, in der nicht Militärangehörige als Anführer agieren, sondern ursprünglich demokratisch in ihr Amt gewählte Staatsoberhäupter bzw. Präsidenten die Institutionen ihres Landes untergraben. Beispielsweise wurden die Entmachtung der Nationalversammlung von Venezuela im Jahr 2017 durch Präsident Maduro als Staatsstreich von oben bezeichnet, ebenso wie die Polnische Verfassungskrise und Justizreform von 2015.

Begriffsherkunft
Ursprünglich stammt der Begriff aus der Schweiz, wo das schweizerdeutsche Dialektwort  eigentlich 'Stoß', 'Zusammenstoß' bedeutet. Schon im 16. Jahrhundert wurde es auch im übertragenen Sinn militärisch für einen plötzlichen Vorstoß, den Aufprall gegen ein Hindernis oder die Initiative zu einem Unternehmen verwendet und erhielt schließlich auch die speziellere Bedeutung 'Volksauflauf', 'Revolte'. Im 19. Jahrhundert wurde das Wort im letztgenannten Sinn für verschiedene regionale und kantonale Umstürze und Unruhen wie den Freiämter Putsch (1830), den Züriputsch (1839), den Neuenburger Putsch (1856) oder den Tessiner Putsch (1890) gebraucht. Gegen Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts verbreitete sich das Wort dann im gesamten deutschen Sprachraum, insbesondere befördert durch Zeitungsberichte über den reaktionären Züriputsch in Zürich (1839).

Nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg wurde der Begriff auch ins Englische sowie ins Französische entlehnt, wobei er hier zunächst nur als Terminus technicus in Zusammenhang mit den politischen Wirren der Zwischenkriegszeit in Deutschland und Österreich begegnet (Kapp-Putsch 1920, Hitlerputsch 1923, Juliputsch 1934), in der allgemeineren Bedeutung "Umsturzversuch [gleich wo]" erst seit etwa 1950. Spätestens seit dem so genannten Putsch d'Alger (1958) ist er im politischen Diskurs Frankreichs fest verankert.

Putsch und Staatsstreich

Darüber, ob und inwiefern sich die Begriffe Putsch und Staatsstreich unterscheiden, besteht keine Einigkeit. Oft wird der Unterschied darin gesehen, dass bei einem Putsch der gewaltsame Sturz der Regierung von außen versucht wird (etwa vom Militär), während an einem Staatsstreich ein oder mehrere Mitglieder der aktuellen Regierung beteiligt sind. Der Begriff Staatsstreich orientiert sich dabei am Staatsstreich des 18. Brumaire VIII, d. h. der Machtübernahme Napoleons in Frankreich 1799.
 Der Duden gibt bei Putsch als Bedeutung an: "von einer kleineren Gruppe [von Militärs] durchgeführter Umsturz[versuch] zur Übernahme der Staatsgewalt". Bei Staatsstreich lautet die Bedeutungsangabe dagegen: "gewaltsamer Umsturz durch etablierte Träger hoher staatlicher Funktionen". Coup d'État wird als (weitgehend) gleichbedeutend mit Staatsstreich behandelt.
 Der Brockhaus vermerkt ergänzend, dass ein Staatsstreich ein planmäßig gegen die Verfassung gerichteter Umsturz bzw. Umsturzversuch sei. Meyers Konversations-Lexikon nennt Verfassungswidrigkeit als besonderes Merkmal eines Staatsstreichs. Einen Putsch hingegen beschreiben beide weniger spezifisch, das Merkmal eines gegen die Verfassung gerichteten Umsturzplanes muss dafür nicht notwendig erfüllt sein.
 Auch das Politiklexikon sieht den Unterschied darin, dass die Akteure eines Staatsstreiches bereits an der Macht beteiligt seien. Als Antonym zu Staatsstreich nennt es Putsch.
 Nach Walter Theimers Lexikon der Politik wird ein Staatsstreich "insbesondere vom Militär oder Teilen davon" durchgeführt. Der Unterschied bestehe darin, dass die Putschisten "subalterne Offiziersgruppen" oder andere eher machtlose Gruppen seien; Voraussetzung für die Durchführung eines Staatsstreichs sei dagegen eine hohe Machtstellung der Akteure, die – wie bei der Absetzung Mussolinis durch König Viktor Emanuel III. 1943 – sogar Staatsoberhäupter sein könnten. Das Antonym von Staatsstreich sei Revolution.
 Das Wörterbuch zur Geschichte definiert Putsch als Sonderform des Staatsstreichs: Er sei ein "Staatsstreich von unten durch eine kleinere Gruppe".

Andere Autoren behandeln die Begriffe als mehr oder weniger gleichbedeutend:
 Der Kriminologe Wolf Middendorf sieht keinen wesentlichen Bedeutungsunterschied, allenfalls gehörten Putschisten oft niedrigeren militärischen Rängen an.
 Das Wortschatzlexikon der Universität Leipzig bezeichnet beide Begriffe als synonym.
 Auch der Osteuropahistoriker Manfred Hildermeier benutzt beide Begriffe synonym, wenn er etwa die Moskauer Ereignisse vom August 1991 einmal als "gescheiterten Putsch" und einmal als "versuchten Staatsstreich" bezeichnet.

Militärputsch
Streitkräfte haben häufig Traditionen und Organisationsstrukturen, die älter sind als das Regime, dessen Existenz zu sichern ihre Aufgabe ist. Die Zusammensetzung des Offizierskorps kann dabei eine Rolle spielen, die Größe der Armee, eine Tradition von vorangegangenen Militärputschen, Niederlagen in Kriegen oder nationale Krisen, deren Bewältigung einer zivilen Regierung nicht zugetraut wird. Das kann dazu führen, dass zivile Regierungen entweder von Militärs in Putschen direkt beseitigt, oder aber vom Militär ihren inneren Feinden ausgeliefert werden.

Häufiger als der direkte Putsch mit dem Sturz der Regierung ist die legalisierte Auflehnung, bei der das Militär seine umfangreichen Machtbefugnisse nutzt, um direkten Einfluss auf politische Regierungsentscheidungen zu nehmen. In der Türkei, Thailand, Chile und in Burma hatte sich das Militär nach Militärputschen auch für die Zeit nach der Rückgabe der Macht an die Zivilisten derartige Einflussmöglichkeiten gesichert. Parlamentssitze und andere institutionalisierte Einflussmöglichkeiten sichern dem Militär einen Einfluss an der politischen Macht, ohne dass eine direkte Gewaltandrohung ausgesprochen werden muss.

Frankreich erlebte während der Auflösung seines Kolonialreiches zwei Militärputsche von Offizieren, die die Entwicklung aufhalten wollten. Der erste, der Putsch von Algier, führte 1958 zum Sturz der Vierten Republik, der zweite Putsch der Generale von 1961 scheiterte, bevor Algerien schließlich im März 1962 unabhängig wurde.

Palastrevolution
Eine Sonderform des Putsches ist die Palastrevolution. Sie bezeichnet keine Revolution, sondern einen Sturz von Herrschern oder Staatsmännern, der nicht durch Volksaufstände oder Erhebungen der Bevölkerung, sondern durch Intrigen im Umfeld der jeweiligen Herrscher herbeigeführt wird. Umgangssprachlich wird auch die Auflehnung gegen Vorgesetzte in Firmen und Organisationen als Palastrevolution bezeichnet. Beispiele sind die Russischen Palastrevolutionen.

Selbstputsch
Als Selbstputsch (spanisch Autogolpe) wird ein Putsch bezeichnet, bei welchem ein demokratisch gewähltes Staatsoberhaupt oder Regierungschef mithilfe des Militärs oder unverfassungsgemäßer Methoden das Parlament und/oder das Verfassungsgericht ausschaltet, um diktatorische Macht zu erlangen. Als bekanntestes Beispiel dieses Selbstputsches gilt der Autogolpe von Perus Präsidenten Alberto Fujimori im April 1992. In Guatemala versuchte 1993 Jorge Antonio Serrano Elias nach dem Vorbild Fujimoris die Macht an sich zu reißen, wurde aber nach massiven Protesten entmachtet. Ein weiterer, aber erfolgloser Selbstputsch in Peru wurde im Dezember 2022 von Pedro Castillo durchgeführt, welcher infolgedessen des Amtes enthoben wurde.

Auch der im Interesse Donald Trumps durchgeführte Kapitolsturm 2021 wird von einigen Autoren als versuchter Selbstputsch gewertet.

Putsche in der Geschichte
Obwohl das Wort Putsch international erst seit dem "Züriputsch" in Gebrauch ist, können Staatsstreiche in davorliegenden Zeiten ebenso bezeichnet werden.

Literatur
 David Hebditch, Ken Connor: Wie man einen Militärputsch inszeniert. Von der Planung bis zur Ausführung. Ares-Verlag, Graz 2006, ISBN 3-902475-23-4.
 Edward Luttwak: Wie inszeniert man einen Staatsstreich oder: Der Coup d'Etat. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1969.
 François Mitterrand: Le Coup d'État permanent (dt. Der permanente Staatsstreich), 1964.
 Joachim Fest: Staatsstreich. Der lange Weg zum 20. Juli. 4. Aufl. (August 1998), ISBN 978-3-88680-539-6.
 Bruce W. Farcau: The Coup. Tactics in the Seizure of Power. Praeger, Westport 1994, ISBN 0-275-94783-1, S. 2.

Weblinks

 Gefahr von Staatsstreichen in der Welt (A World in Trouble), Maximiliano Herrera (englisch)

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A survey on the knowledge, attitude and confidence level of adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation among junior doctors in hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia and hospital raja Perempuan Zainab ii, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia
K. S. Chew, F. Mohd Hashairi, Ida Zarina Zaini, A. W. Shaik Farid, M. N. Abu Yazid, N. A R Nik Hisamuddin
Junior doctors are often the "first line" doctors called to attend to patients in cardiac arrest. We performed an anonymous questionnaire study from October 2008 to December 2008 to assess the knowledge, attitude and skill of cardiopulmonary resuscitation among junior doctors in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia and Hospital Raja Perempuan Zainab II. Out of the 100 questionnaire forms sent out, 70 were returned completed. The majority (85.8%) stated that they were not confident of managing a resuscitation case. There was a statistically significant (p<0.001) association between duration of clinical practice and confidence level. Up to 77.1% said that BLS should be re-certified every two years.
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Chew, K. S., Mohd Hashairi, F., Zaini, I. Z., Shaik Farid, A. W., Abu Yazid, M. N., & Nik Hisamuddin, N. A. R. (2011). A survey on the knowledge, attitude and confidence level of adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation among junior doctors in hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia and hospital raja Perempuan Zainab ii, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia. Medical Journal of Malaysia, 66(1), 56-59.
A survey on the knowledge, attitude and confidence level of adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation among junior doctors in hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia and hospital raja Perempuan Zainab ii, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia. / Chew, K. S.; Mohd Hashairi, F.; Zaini, Ida Zarina; Shaik Farid, A. W.; Abu Yazid, M. N.; Nik Hisamuddin, N. A R.
In: Medical Journal of Malaysia, Vol. 66, No. 1, 03.2011, p. 56-59.
Chew, KS, Mohd Hashairi, F, Zaini, IZ, Shaik Farid, AW, Abu Yazid, MN & Nik Hisamuddin, NAR 2011, 'A survey on the knowledge, attitude and confidence level of adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation among junior doctors in hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia and hospital raja Perempuan Zainab ii, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia', Medical Journal of Malaysia, vol. 66, no. 1, pp. 56-59.
Chew KS, Mohd Hashairi F, Zaini IZ, Shaik Farid AW, Abu Yazid MN, Nik Hisamuddin NAR. A survey on the knowledge, attitude and confidence level of adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation among junior doctors in hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia and hospital raja Perempuan Zainab ii, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia. Medical Journal of Malaysia. 2011 Mar;66(1):56-59.
Chew, K. S. ; Mohd Hashairi, F. ; Zaini, Ida Zarina ; Shaik Farid, A. W. ; Abu Yazid, M. N. ; Nik Hisamuddin, N. A R. / A survey on the knowledge, attitude and confidence level of adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation among junior doctors in hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia and hospital raja Perempuan Zainab ii, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia. In: Medical Journal of Malaysia. 2011 ; Vol. 66, No. 1. pp. 56-59.
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publisher = "Malaysian Medical Association",
T1 - A survey on the knowledge, attitude and confidence level of adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation among junior doctors in hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia and hospital raja Perempuan Zainab ii, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia
AU - Chew, K. S.
AU - Mohd Hashairi, F.
AU - Zaini, Ida Zarina
AU - Shaik Farid, A. W.
AU - Abu Yazid, M. N.
AU - Nik Hisamuddin, N. A R
N2 - Junior doctors are often the "first line" doctors called to attend to patients in cardiac arrest. We performed an anonymous questionnaire study from October 2008 to December 2008 to assess the knowledge, attitude and skill of cardiopulmonary resuscitation among junior doctors in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia and Hospital Raja Perempuan Zainab II. Out of the 100 questionnaire forms sent out, 70 were returned completed. The majority (85.8%) stated that they were not confident of managing a resuscitation case. There was a statistically significant (p<0.001) association between duration of clinical practice and confidence level. Up to 77.1% said that BLS should be re-certified every two years.
AB - Junior doctors are often the "first line" doctors called to attend to patients in cardiac arrest. We performed an anonymous questionnaire study from October 2008 to December 2008 to assess the knowledge, attitude and skill of cardiopulmonary resuscitation among junior doctors in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia and Hospital Raja Perempuan Zainab II. Out of the 100 questionnaire forms sent out, 70 were returned completed. The majority (85.8%) stated that they were not confident of managing a resuscitation case. There was a statistically significant (p<0.001) association between duration of clinical practice and confidence level. Up to 77.1% said that BLS should be re-certified every two years.
KW - Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
KW - Malaysia
KW - Training
JO - Medical Journal of Malaysia
JF - Medical Journal of Malaysia


Graph 1: The chart to the left illustrates the Annual Rolling Monthly average (dotted black line). The month to month data is shown as black dots (data points for each months count).
The trend (dotted black line) has been relatively flat at about 7,200 meals per month average.
The food service count for the number of hot meals served by Albany Helping Hands for 2018 was slightly down (-1.7%) from 2017, 122 meals less per month. The 2018 totals were 9.3%, well above the 2016 totals.
The count of 86,185 hot meals served in 2018 equates to 7,182 meals a month average for the year.
Graph 2: The analytic Annual Meals Served is shown as a vertical blue bar with it's scale to the left ranging from 71,000 to 89,000 meals per year. This statistic is the total for a rolling 12 month period. The latest report noted 86,185 meals served over the twelve month period from January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018.
The Bed Night totals are illustrated by the dotted red line. The scale is on the right side of the graph ranging from 28,000 to 38,000 bed nights per year. This statistic is the total for a rolling 12 month period. The latest housing census report noted 36,418 bed-nights provided over the twelve month period from January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018.
After trending up to record highs in 2017, the need for housing remains high with the trend flattening out with an almost full shelter.
Graph 3: Average Monthly Meals Served. This is the average over the previous 12 month period of the count of monthly meals served. For the period, January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018 an average of 7,182 hot meals a month have been served.
Since March 2018 the average monthly meal count (12 month rolling) has averaged 7210 meals. The trend has been relatively flat, with a small "ripple".
Column 3- 12 Month Rolling Total. Total number of meals served over previous 12 month period ending on last day of reporting month. For example, 83,228 meals for period August 1 2016 to July 31, 2017.
Column 5- 6 Month Rolling Total. Total number of meals served over previous 6 month period ending on last day of reporting month. For example, 43,2918 meals for period February 1, 2017 to July 31, 2017.
Column 6 - 6 Month Rolling monthly average. The monthly average for the 6 month rolling period (above) is 7,215.
Column 7- 3 Month Rolling Total. Total number of meals served over previous 3 month period ending on last day of reporting month. For example, 21,170 meals for period May 1, 2017 to July 31, 2017.
Column 8- 3 Month Rolling monthly average. The monthly average for the 3 month rolling period.
Column 2 (Monthly Meal Count). Bar graph relative to reported count.
Column 3 - 8 (Rolling Averages) Each column of data is coded by color according to the rolling (12 month, 6 month, 3 month) count.
Lowest to highest are: green, light green, yellow, orange, red, and dark red.
For example, in the Average Annual Rolling column we see data for January 2017 we see green, reflecting the lower level. By January 2018 we see the red coded key, noting the high meal counts for those months.
This chart shows the Total number of meals served for previous 12 month period (365 days) ending on date noted, a day 365 rolling total.
For example: February 2019 data reports 85,514 meals served during the period March 1, 2018 to February 28, 2019.
For the data for each month's annual total, point cursor at the data point then a pop up window will appear.
Average Monthly Hot Meals Served. This is the average over the previous 12 month period of the count of monthly meals served.
For the latest period, January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018 an average of 7,182 hot meals a month have been served.
For the data for each month's total, point at the data point than a pop up window will display data.
The 3 month rolling average chart (right) shows the Monthly Meals Served over the last three months.
For example, the data for December 2018 shows an average of 7,434. This is the average number of monthly meals served for the period October 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018.
The chart to the left tracks the month to month hot meal service count (black line) with monthly totals. The red line is the 12 month rolling count of the monthly average.
Monthly data is noted as dot with data reported for each month.
3 Month Rolling Monthly Average noted as red dotted line.
6 Month Rolling Monthly Average noted as blue dotted line.
12 Month Rolling Monthly Average noted as double line.
Analytics of Average Number Housed (Daily).
Albany Helping Hands is a 20-year-old independent faith based 501 (c) 3 Non-Profit Organization and is an equal opportunity provider and employer. Federal Tax ID: 93-1244271. Copyright (c) 2019 Albany Helping Hands.


For Episode 92, the guys take a look back at Gangstarr's "Daily Operation," which was released on May 5, 1992. The group's third album, "Daily Operation" is considered to be among Guru and DJ Premier's best work. Bloggy Bonilla and Silent G reminisce on their experience with this 25-year-old classic.
The opening track is from the incredible new Gaussian Curve album (one of Silent G's favorite of the year so far).


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Brown U, GM researchers calculate optimum design geometries for Si/C core-shell materials for Li-ion anodes
Valero to ferry N. American crude from Montreal terminal to Québec City refinery with two Panamax-class tankers
Aberdeen takes delivery of first 4 of 10 hydrogen buses
The Aberdeen (Scotland) city council has taken delivery of four of the 10 hydrogen buses ordered from Belgian firm Van Hool and to be operated by FirstGroup and Stagecoach as part of the Aberdeen Hydrogen Bus Project. The others are due to be delivered in the coming weeks; in total, the 10 will represent the largest single operating hydrogen bus fleet. Ballard Power Systems is developing the hydrogen fuel cells for the buses.
The £19-million (US$31 million) Aberdeen City Council-led bus project, which has backing from Europe, the UK Government and the Scottish Government, as well as a broad range of private sector partners, is testing the economic and environmental benefits of hydrogen transport technologies and aims to drive the development of hydrogen technologies.
Part of the effort includes delivering a hydrogen infrastructure in Aberdeen in 2014. This will include the production of hydrogen from a 1MW electrolyzer utilizing renewable power and establishing a hydrogen refueling station—Scotland's first commercial-scale hydrogen refueling station that will include hydrogen production through electrolysis, in partnership with BOC.
Drawing of one of the hydrogen buses. Source: Aberdeen Hydrogen Bus Project. Click to enlarge.
The arrival of the buses has been planned in advance of the hydrogen production and re-fueling facility completion to ensure driver training, technician training and other operational planning can be completed prior to passenger operations commencing.
We will have the world's largest fleet of hydrogen fuel cell buses running on the Aberdeen's streets, which will help us to not only realize our aspiration of becoming a world-leading city for low carbon technology, but also of maintaining our position as a leading world energy city.
The Aberdeen Hydrogen Bus Project is a few years in the making now, but this is the first visible step in a very important demonstration project which will help to inform the growth and development of hydrogen technologies and the hydrogen industry, as well as a strong hydrogen economy in Aberdeen.
—Council leader Barney Crockett
The buses will be officially launched at the All-Energy conference which takes place in Aberdeen on 21 and 22 May. The buses, which will be integrated into First and Stagecoach operations from May, following an official launch at All-Energy, will be in use on routes across the city by autumn.
The vehicles will be refueled at the council's Kittybrewster depot. Further refueling stations are proposed across the city as the Aberdeen Hydrogen Bus Project evolves.
The bus project is part of the Aberdeen hydrogen project H2 Aberdeen, which provides the opportunity to create a new industry and greater choice in energy production and usage, as well as enabling the development of a hydrogen strategy for the Energetica Development Corridor.
It is also part of the HyTrEc (Hydrogen Transport Economy) transnational project which involves: working with EU partners around North Sea to facilitate transnational co-operation and learning; enhancing the competitiveness of the North Sea Region in hydrogen development; and providing a platform for joined-up working towards a hydrogen strategy across the North Sea region.
The Scottish Government has committed to largely decarbonize the road transport sector by 2050, with substantial progress to be made by 2030. To achieve this challenging target, the contribution of a range of low carbon vehicle technologies will be required with hydrogen fuel cell powered electric vehicles likely to be an important part of Scotland's future sustainable transport system.
—Transport Minister Keith Brown
The Aberdeen Hydrogen Bus Project partners are: Aberdeen City Council; Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG); the Scottish Government; Scottish Enterprise; Technology Strategy Board; Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution; BOC; Van Hool; First; Stagecoach; Scotland Gas Networks; and Element Energy.
A Hydrogen Economy for Aberdeen City Region; a 2020 Strategy Framework
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It will be a success, it's been a long time that I said to do that now.
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this is Peter Glotz, a 22-year old guy from Erfurt, a mid-sized city in central Germany. I'm a student of political science and economics.
I am the editor-in-chief of Caprica City, Germany's biggest BSG news site and fan communtiy, and an active member of the Luciana Carro Fan Board, among others. You'll see my nick on Skiffy, HD5 and a couple of German SF-related boards.
Further updates as I get them.
Cheers Pedda
1984: born January 17 in Cottbus, BB, Germany
1984-2002: raised and educated in Gera, TH, Germany
2002-2006: B.A. Staatswissenschaften (~ social sciences and economics) at the University of Erfurt in Erfurt, TH, Germany
2004-2005: academic year abroad at the University of Essex in Colchester, United Kingdom
2006-2008: M.A. Sozialpolitik (social policy) at the University of Bremen in Bremen, HB, Germany
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founder and editor-in-chief of Caprica City, the biggest German-speaking news site and fan community for all incarnations of "Battlestar Galactica"
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Taking a cue from P.S.1, Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art lightens up with a chill-out pavilion for summer.
Hunting for a fresh crop of innovative designers.
Home/Life gives homeless kids a camera—and a fitting place to show the work that results.
Frank Gehry's words of advice to a roomful of Columbia shapemakers.
Sarah Williams Goldhagen says Americans would get better architecture if our schools taught us how to look at it.
Liat Poysner talks about the design of her Gondwana wall sconce.
With its move to a new city in the desert, is the American University in Cairo buying sanctuary or isolation?
What if schools took the high road and pulled together all design understanding—for the benefit of society?
An educator offers further wisdom about ethics and the design practice.
Thoughts on design education from a master teacher.
Looking to reach a larger community, Art Center College of Design hatches an audacious plan for a second campus—and a higher profile.
Documenting the Manhattan skyline in unprecedented detail.
Tschumi and Mori on Teaching Architecture.
Pixelblocks, a new toy, makes that building-block metaphor literal.
Tschumi and Mori on the Education of Architects.
Can a design for a vacation house comment seriously on international politics?


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Part game, part tool, Incredibox is above all an audio and visual experience that has quickly become a hit with people of all ages. More than 70 million players worldwide have already enjoyed it. The right mix of music, graphics, animation and interactivity makes Incredibox ideal for everyone. And because it makes learning fun and entertaining, Incredibox is now being used by schools all over the world.
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"Incredibox allowed internet users to make music quite easily from the comfort of their sofas. Easy to use, you select beats, effects, melodies and voices to create your very own music." Jordan Gold KOMBINI
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The Anaconda Project, Episode Nine
by Eric Flint
"I have news," Lukasz Opalinski announced, as soon as his friend Jozef Wojtowicz entered the room which served Opalinski as a combination library and small salon.
Jozef closed the door behind him. "What could be so urgent that I had to drop everything and come here all the way from Poznan? Two days it took me, in this horrid weather."
"Oh, that's nonsense. Spring has arrived, you sissy."
"There is snow on the ground, Lukasz. And it's cold. Especially spending two days on horseback. More than two, in fact. I couldn't make it here by nightfall yesterday and had to spend the night at an inn a few miles away. A very wretched inn. Even the hogs at the place were miserable."
"Well, of course it's cold and there's snow on the ground. We're still in March—but! The equinox was four days ago. So we are well into spring."
"And you haven't even offered me a drink yet."
Opalinski waved at a nearby side table, quite heavily laden with bottles of various kinds of liquor. "Help yourself. But when did you start drinking in the morning?"
Wojtowicz took a seat on a chair not far from the divan where Opalinski was lounging. He did so without giving the side table so much as a glance.
"I fear for my chances at beatification," he explained, "should I add excessive drunkenness to my other vices."
"I'd say those chances are so close to non-existent it hardly matters."
"You never know. And I repeat, what is so urgent?" Wojtowicz gave Opalinski's hands a flamboyantly intense scrutiny. Which was perhaps peculiar, since the hands held nothing by a few sheets of paper. "So urgent, I now notice, that apparently you haven't been drinking this morning. Despite the fact that your own chances for beatification rank somewhere below Attila the Hun's—albeit, yes, I'll give you this much, higher than that of the average Polish magnate."
His wealthy friend chuckled. "That last witticism is closer to the mark than you realize." He gave the sheets of paper in his hand a little jiggle. "I just got a report from one of the spies I hired at your recommendation—at a frightful cost, I might add."
Wojtowicz shrugged. "Good spies are expensive. There are plenty of cheap spies, of course. If you ever find one who isn't completely useless—and usually a double agent—please let me know. And what does your costly but effective spy tell you?"
"He found out who assassinated Bohdan Chmielnicki. As well as who gave the order."
"As to the last . . . Samuel Laszcz, would be my guess. Failing that, one of those headstrong Radziwills."
"Mine, too—but we'd both have been wrong. No, it was Janusz Tyszkiewicz."
Wojtowicz's eyes widened. "The voivode of Kiev? But . . . "
"Yes, I know. But that suggests involvement by the crown. Given the king's favor to the Catholic church and the fact that Tyszkiewicz is a Catholic partisan."
"Say better, a Catholic fanatic."
Opalinski looked down at the papers in his hand. "But there's more. According to the spy, the plot was the product of a cabal between Tyszkiewicz, Samuel Osinsky—he's the Seneschal of Lithuania, no less—and none other than Jeremy Wisniowiecki."
"Wisniowiecki? He can't be more than twenty-three or twenty-four years old."
"Not even that. He's twenty-two." Opalinski grinned. "A bit young, one would think, for this sort of scheming. But perhaps he drinks in the morning."
Wojtowicz turned his head and spent a few seconds examining a painting hanging on a nearby wall. There was nothing unusual about the painting. It was simply one of many portraits hanging on the many walls of the Opalinski castle at Sierakow. All of them depicted various members of the illustrious family going back several generations.
Some of them had even been illustrious in truth. A goodly number more had been pure wastrels. Being born into one of the great Polish or Lithuanian magnate families automatically gave a young man a political and military career in the Commonwealth, unless he was an outright mental defective—and provided, of course, that he desired such a career. The same exalted status also gave such young men the opportunity to pass through their entire lives doing absolutely nothing useful and productive, but simply enjoying themselves.
A great many made that choice—and were then, typically, the most vociferous defenders of the rights and privileges of the Commonwealth's nobility. And the most savage when the lower classes presumed to challenge them, or were even too loud in their complaints.
Jozef had disliked the type even as a boy. Partly, perhaps, simply because he did not have their option. As an acknowledged bastard of a great magnate family, he had been given many opportunities and privileges which would have been denied to him had he been a commoner. But, still, he was a bastard. He was allowed to work in fields reserved for the szlachta—but he was expected to work.
Being fair to himself, though, Jozef was almost sure that he would have chosen a productive life devoted to the good of the Commonwealth even if he'd been legitimately born. Even, he liked to think, if he'd been born a commoner—although in that case, of course, his options would have been far more limited.
In the Army Now
Dafydd and Goliath
The Pessimist's Daughter
The Anaconda Project, Episode Ten
Nobody Wants To Be a Pirate in the Baltic
An Irish Sitter
An Analysis of the Effect of Evangelical Missions on the 1632verse
The Wind is Free: Sailing Ship Design, Part 1: Propulsion
Hyperinflation: Who Is Going To Do It?
Home On the Grange
Turn Your Radio On, Episode Three
Stretching Out, Part Six: King of the Jungle


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Podcast: Sex and the Cyber
Creative Commons Photo Credit: Source In the third episode of the Gender and Privacy Series, we talk about sex and privacy with two female activists: Sarah Jamie Lewis, an expert on the security of internet-connected sex toys, and Joana Varon, founder of the female-led Brazilian NGO Coding Rights. Listen to the podcast here.


The Eighth International Symposium on Intercultural, Cognitive and Social Pragmatics (EPICS VIII) will be held on 2nd-4th May 2018, at the University of Seville (Spain). The conference theme will be "Communication, culture and cognition". Deadline for poster and oral presentations abstracts: December 1.
EPICS VIII seeks to provide a forum for practitioners of pragmatics and other related disciplines to present on their latest research from social, cognitive or intercultural perspectives, as well as to suggest new avenues for research and share experiences.
– Penelope Brown, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics.
– Maria Sifianou, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
– Dan Sperber, Institut Jean Nicod, CNRS & Central European University.
These must be 20 minutes in length, followed by 10 minutes for questions and discussion.
These must contain a number of thematically-related papers, each of which must be 20 minutes in length, followed by 10 minutes for questions and discussion. Proposals for panels should also include a chair.
Posters should be no larger than 118,9 x 84,1 cm (A0).
They may be printed in colour or in black and white.
Poster presenters must bring a printed copy of their poster with them to the conference. Note that there will not be printing facilities at the conference venue. Presenters will also be responsible for displaying the poster and turning it down at the time and in the place designated by the conference organisers.
– A Word/pdf file containing an anonymised one-page abstract no longer than 350 words. Please name this file "Abstract_Surname".
In addition to the two files containing the abstract and information for each presentation, panel proposals must also include a one-page abstract no longer than 350 words for the whole panel.
Deadline for receipt of abstracts is 1st December 2017. Proposals will be peer-reviewed and notification of acceptance will be sent by 15th January 2018. The organising committee will plan the programme as soon as it has selected the successful abstracts, so please indicate on the abstracts if you cannot present on any day of the conference (2nd-4th May), as it is very difficult to reschedule papers after the programme has been planned.
The fees are for the full conference (2nd-4th May) and include the conference pack, coffee breaks and lunches, but not the conference dinner. Instructions to pay the registration fee will be given upon notification of acceptance.
Information about the official conference website will also be included in notifications of acceptance. In the meantime, feel free to follow EPICS VIII on Facebook in order to receive relevant updates. Click here: EPICS VIII Facebook Page.
We hope you will circulate this Call for Papers to your colleagues and others in your professional network, and to any discussion groups to which you may subscribe. For more information, feel free to contact us. We hope to welcome you to Seville in May 2018.


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Jerusalem Post Health & Wellness
Coronavirus: 1 out of every 7 sick Israelis is from Bnei Brak
Compare Bnei Brak's 900 patients to Jerusalem's 916 or Tel Aviv's 324.
By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
Coronavirus test site for the residents of Bnei Brak
(photo credit: ROI HADI)
One in every seven Israelis who are sick with the novel coronavirus are from the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) city of Bnei Brak, according to new data released by the Health Ministry and shared by the Hebrew website Ynet. There are now 900 people in the city with COVID-19, an increase of 177 patients in the last 24 hours – about 25%.
Compare this to Jerusalem: The capital's 900,000 residents have 916 cases of coronavirus, an increase of 15% from the day before.
In contrast, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Petah Tikva and Haifa have all begun to stabilize: There are 324 cases in Tel Aviv (up 8%) and 127 in Petah Tikva (up 2%). In Haifa, the number did not rise at all and remains at 81.
The rising number of cases in Bnei Brak had been expected by the ministry and the government, which yesterday increased both testing and restrictions on the city. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Ministry director-general Moshe Bar Siman Tov announced Wednesday that access to and from the city will be restricted by roadblock and human monitors.
"There has been a very positive shift in the ultra-Orthodox public," the prime minister said, noting that in recent days the haredi community has recognized the danger that it is in and is working to follow the guidelines set forth by the Health Ministry. "But unfortunately, in some places, the disease has already spread at double the rate of the rest of the country and continues to double."
"Maccabi handles the care of half of the residents of Bnei Brak and, according to various indications, about 38% of the residents of Bnei Brak are ill, which is 75,000 people," said Maccabi Health Services CEO Prof. Ran Saar. He said that if the city is not policed over Passover, "the situation will worsen. Bnei Brak is a city with a high percentage of elderly people. We will find ourselves with a lot of dead people in Bnei Brak."
On Thursday, the death toll from coronavirus in Israel passed 30 people and the total number of infected individuals spiked past 6,000. As of early morning, 107 patients were in serious condition.
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Barry Galfano, who retired at the rank of captain from the NYPD, was considered one of the nation's leading experts in the care and training of police dogs. Once Barry learned he would be the commanding officer in charge of the care, health and job performance of fifty dogs working in the NYPD's Canine Unit, it was the fulfillment of his life long love affair with police dogs.
When Barry was just ten, he began training his first German Shepherd. "I wanted him to be just like Rin Tin Tin," he said. The basic course for police dogs and their handlers is sixteen weeks. Training the dogs to find dead bodies, narcotics, and other search and rescue tasks takes another twelve weeks – that's a total of twenty-eight weeks, almost a half year. Barry supervised all the dogs who responded to the attacks in NYC on 9/11.
There was one spot on West Street where the Atrium used to stand with a massive mound of debris. It took Barry and a team of one hundred officers, working twelve-hour shifts, two months to dig their way to the bottom of the forty-foot pile.
In 2006 Barry retired from the NYPD. It was not long after that before the emotions he thought were buried came flooding back." I was exercising a lot, and my new job as security director for the United Nations Plaza complex was demanding. I was busy. But every time I heard or saw anything about 9/11, I would completely break down. That's when I decided to seek professional help.
In December 2006 Barry made the difficult decision to retire from the NYPD. He'd received a call from the Chief of Patrol that he was being transferred out of ESU. The Chief told him his experience was needed elsewhere. Barry panicked. Everything he had experienced since being assigned to Emergency Service came rushing back to him: the perp searches, the barricaded EDPs, the bridge rescues, the gang takedowns, the counterterrorism assignments, the President's motorcade details, the New Year's Eve details, the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Team, the K-9 training, and the nightmares and memories of 9/11. It all came back in waves of emotion.