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UNKN
@STMPRBOSSES active 14 hours, 49 minutes ago
Stamper ID: UNKN
Hometown: Washington, DC
Lifetime Found Bill Report Ranking: Unranked
Number of Times Reported: 4,052
Estimated Impressions: 3,545,500 times
Stamped in All States Ranking: Unranked
Why I Stamp:
Because politicians listen to corporations, billionaires, and special interests, not voters. And because some voters, especially elderly, disabled, students, minorities, and public transit dependent people are being blocked from voting at all. We're stamping to end the influence of big money in politics and to stop the attack on voting rights!
Favorite Stamp(s):
Stamp Money Out of Politics Desk Stamp
Favorite Place to Spend Stamped Money:
Stamper: UNKN, Washington, DC
Sighted in: Batesburg-Leesville, SC
Possession: Received it at a store
Sighted in: Matawan, NJ
Possession: Work
Sighted in: Burlington, VT
Possession: ATM
Sighted in: Duncanville, TX
Possession: Got it in change
Sighted in: Danville, VA
UNKN's Map of Found Bill Reports
7/19/2019 Batesburg-Leesville, SC Received it at a store 1
7/19/2019 Matawan, NJ Work 1
7/19/2019 Burlington, VT ATM 1
7/18/2019 Duncanville, TX Got it in change 1
7/18/2019 Danville, VA Got it in change 1
7/18/2019 Cheyenne, WY 1
7/18/2019 Watervliet, NY 1
7/18/2019 Champaign, IL Change from transaction at local store. 1
7/18/2019 Reno, NV 1
7/18/2019 Eureka, MO 1
7/18/2019 Garland, TX Change at Braums ice cream! 1
7/18/2019 Garland, TX Change at Braums ice cream 1
7/17/2019 Sunnyvale, CA Change 1
7/17/2019 Denver, CO Was a tip at work 1 View Bills
7/17/2019 Denver, CO 1
7/16/2019 Fort Lauderdale, FL 1
7/16/2019 Point Pleasant, NJ 1
7/16/2019 Addison, TX received as change in Uniontown or Addison, PA 1
7/16/2019 Annapolis, MD Friend gave it away because he couldn't use it in drink machine. 1
7/15/2019 Edgewood, NM Given as change 1
7/15/2019 Firestone, CO As change at a gas station 1
7/15/2019 Detroit, MI Gas station clerk 1
7/14/2019 Susanville, CA I own a little grocery store outside of Susanville, CA in Johnstonville. I live in Lassen, Co. which is one of the Trumpistan areas of CA. 1
7/14/2019 Milwaukee, WI Gas station 1
7/14/2019 Chicago, IL 1
7/14/2019 Mexico, NM Drug cartel Mexico 1
7/13/2019 Las Vegas, NV 1
7/13/2019 Amherst, NY 1
7/13/2019 Columbus, OH 1
7/13/2019 Boise, ID Boise fry company have it to me 1
7/12/2019 Islip, NY got it as change 1
7/12/2019 bronx, NY i got it from breaking a $20 at the store 1
7/12/2019 Turtle Lake, WI Change 1
7/12/2019 Knox, IN My mom was going through her wallet and I had to see what the stamp said, and when I found out I traded her bills so that I could have this one, and next I plan to order a stamp 1
7/12/2019 San Jose, CA 1
7/12/2019 Nashville, TN 1 View Bills
7/11/2019 Buffalo, NY At store getting my change back. 1
7/11/2019 Williamsburg, VA Tip money 2
7/11/2019 Sunnyside, WA I got it from a mexican meat market 1 View Bills
7/11/2019 Sunnyside, WA 1
7/11/2019 Ames, IA Change for a purchase at a convenience store 1
7/10/2019 Saint Johnsbury, VT Given as change. 1
7/10/2019 Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ I was counting my drawer before starting my cashier job at Buffalo Wild Wings 1
7/10/2019 Portland, OR Tip. 1
7/10/2019 Baton Rouge, LA I work at fresh junkies and one of our regulars came in with a friend who tipped us this bill. 1
7/9/2019 Victorville, CA 1
7/9/2019 Chicago, IL Tip at work 1
7/8/2019 Seminole, FL Got it as change from a Publix supermarket 1
7/8/2019 Key Largo, FL 1
7/7/2019 San Jose, CA 1
7/7/2019 Chino Hills, CA Change for tip at nail salon 1
7/7/2019 Ware, MA Atm 1
7/7/2019 Commack, NY 1
7/7/2019 Chowchilla, CA 1
7/7/2019 Dallas, TX Don't know but we were going to use it to pay and realized the stamp. We kept it 1
7/7/2019 Carlsbad, CA 1
7/7/2019 New Milford, CT Cashier at work 1
7/6/2019 Kansas City, MO 1
7/6/2019 Placerville, CA I bought something from save mart and I came home and saw the stamp and looked all this up 1
7/6/2019 Burlington, VT 1
7/5/2019 Dinuba, CA I was given to me at the store 1
7/5/2019 Algonquin, IL from 5/3 bank 1
7/5/2019 Pleasant Hill, CA 1
7/5/2019 Manassas, VA Tip given to me while working 1
7/5/2019 Boston, MA 1
7/4/2019 Florence, KY Where I work, it was in the our safe. Someone must of used it to pay to get in. 1 View Bills
7/4/2019 Rochelle, IL Change at a store 1
7/4/2019 Milwaukee, WI Street performance with my violin 1
7/4/2019 Morro Bay, CA I received this bill from a lovely couple who purchased a pet stroller from me in Morro Bay, CA on 7/3/2019. The $5 bill serial number is MB70459520C. Unfortunately, I was unable to read the STMPR number as it was stamped into the dark lower portion of this bill. It would be good if there was a way to enter the serial number on this website. I have not yet found a way to do so. Anyhow, MoveOn! 🙂 1
7/4/2019 Morro Bay, CA I received this bill when a kind couple stopped by on 7/3/2019 to buy a pet stroller from me, which I had advertised in a Nextdoor Neighborhood website. The $5 bill ID is MB70459520C. 1
7/3/2019 Fort Smith, AR Change at academy 1
7/3/2019 Tucson, AZ 1
7/3/2019 Peachtree City, GA 1
7/3/2019 Foxborough, MA 1
7/2/2019 Tucson, AZ I get it from the bank withdrawal. 1
7/1/2019 Malverne, NY i work at a movie theater and i sold this couple some tickets, and they gave me the stamped bills. 1
7/1/2019 Phoenix, AZ Buying marijuana at the dispensary. 1 View Bills
7/1/2019 Saco, ME 1
6/30/2019 Fond du Lac, WI in change 1
6/30/2019 Hartsdale, NY I'm a cashier and it was used for a purchase 1
6/30/2019 Oxford, OH change 1
6/29/2019 Lumberton, NC At a store 1
6/29/2019 Durham, NC Chamge back 1
6/29/2019 Durham, NC Change back 1
6/29/2019 Boston, MA From a store in Massachusetts over by Fenway park. 1
6/29/2019 Las Cruces, NM 1
6/29/2019 Lincoln, NE Making a transaction at work 1
6/28/2019 Scarborough, ME 1
6/28/2019 Morrison, CO got it as change at 7eleven 1
6/27/2019 Egg Harbor Township, NJ Cash back all 7-11 1
6/27/2019 Dexter, ME 1
6/27/2019 Bellevue, WA I\'m a cashier at a pastry 1
6/27/2019 Bellevue, WA 1
6/27/2019 Sidney, OH Bank 1
6/26/2019 Belmont, MA No clue! Took out a few bux to tip a delivery driver, noticed it, and replaced it with a different dollar so I could check it out. Could have been in my wallet for weeks. 1
6/26/2019 Shinnston, WV 1
6/26/2019 Syracuse, NY 1
6/26/2019 Sarasota, FL Change from a dollar general store 1
6/26/2019 Azusa, CA i was at a recreational park named santa fe dam when i bought ice cream the gave me 2 dollars in change so my kid wanted a dollar to play a claw machine game and he told me the machine wouldnt accept the bill so i had a look at it and a said " NOT 2B USED 2 BRIBE POLITICIANS " in black ink with no code. 1
6/25/2019 Atlanta, GA Walmart 1
6/25/2019 Joliet, IL 1
6/25/2019 Oshkosh, WI Was in the coffee till at work 1
6/24/2019 Burlington, VT Received as change 1 View Bills
6/24/2019 Ocean City, MD 1
6/24/2019 Windermere, FL It was a tip 1
6/24/2019 Salem, OR 1
6/23/2019 Whitley City, KY Bank atm 1
6/23/2019 Catskill, NY shopping 1
6/23/2019 Hartford, CT 1
6/23/2019 Peoria, AZ 1
6/23/2019 Tulsa, OK Saw it while counting down the register at work. 1
6/23/2019 Schenectady, NY change 1
6/22/2019 Ontario, CA Dairy queen 1
6/21/2019 Bronx, NY Found it on the ground 1 View Bills
6/21/2019 Passaic, NJ cash register at work 1
6/21/2019 El Paso, TX GaD station 1
6/20/2019 Mountlake Terrace, WA 1
6/20/2019 Portland, ME 1
6/20/2019 Byron, IL 1
6/20/2019 New York, NY Iforgot 1
6/19/2019 Turlock, CA bank 1
6/19/2019 Brevard, NC Gas station change 1
6/19/2019 Brewster, NY Got a pack of 1,000 one dollar bills and it was in a sealed federal bag 1
6/18/2019 Virginia City, MT I work in historic tourism, and it was in the cash register. 2
6/17/2019 Moab, UT Change at Supermarket... 1
6/17/2019 mariland, MD 1
6/17/2019 Pleasanton, CA Given with a tip from dog grooming client 1
6/17/2019 North Kingsville, OH tip (to insure prompt service) 1
6/17/2019 Niceville, FL Gas station change 1
6/16/2019 San Antonio, TX cafe 1
6/16/2019 Appleton, WI The bank 1 View Bills
6/16/2019 Hammond, IN Getting gas 1
6/16/2019 Buffalo, NY 1
6/16/2019 Yuba City, CA 1
6/16/2019 Washington, DC 1
6/16/2019 Asheville, NC Change at restaurant 1
6/15/2019 Middletown, PA Store 1
6/15/2019 Phoenix, AZ Was given change from a concession stand 1
6/15/2019 Chicago, IL At my job. I'm a cashier. 1
6/15/2019 Owensboro, KY Store 1
6/15/2019 Auburn, AL 1
6/14/2019 Cambridge, MA 1
6/14/2019 Sandpoint, ID Tip money 1
6/14/2019 Sandpoint, ID 1
6/14/2019 Paso Robles, CA 1
6/14/2019 Lawrence, KS 1
6/13/2019 Kansas City, MO 1
6/13/2019 Union, NJ I went to go buy lunch at school and I got a dollar bill with a stamp on it in return. I was intrigued about what it meant so I searched it up and now I\'m here 1
6/12/2019 New York City, NY 1
6/11/2019 West Chester, PA Change from purchase. 1
6/11/2019 Mansfield, MA grocery store 1
6/11/2019 Dumas, TX 1
6/11/2019 Meridian, ID I work at a shaved ice shack and someone payed with it 1
6/11/2019 Meadville, PA Change 2 View Bills
6/11/2019 Meadville, PA Change 2
6/11/2019 Honolulu, HI Got it at the bank on payday 1
6/10/2019 Philadelphia, PA 1
6/10/2019 Denton, TX pampered chef party 1
6/10/2019 Petersburg, VA Gas station 1
6/9/2019 West Lafayette, IN Liquor store 1
6/9/2019 Casa Grande, AZ Got it back as change from circle k 1 View Bills
6/9/2019 Indianapolis, IN IT WAS CASH I GOT FOR CASHING AT A PLS. 1
6/9/2019 gloucester, MA


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Alyssa Lagonia has worn the red and white before, but never quite like this.
The former Team Canada women's soccer midfielder and ex-Laurier Golden Hawk has traded in the maple leaf for the barber-pole look of the Doncaster Rovers Belles in England, and the business graduate feels her last three weeks across the pond have been exquisite.
"I've always wanted to come to Europe to play," said the 2011 Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) player of the year over Skype on the weekend.
The Belles, one of the eight teams in England's FA WSL (Football Association Women's Super League) signed Lagonia to a contract in early March after weeks of discussion.
Laurier coach and player agent Barry MacLean as well as assistant coach Niki Budalic used their contacts to build a connection to Doncaster, but it was Lagonia who did all the work researching her new home.
"I figured it all out myself and was almost filling in those guys (MacLean and Budalic) on the league," said the centerpiece of the Golden Hawks' squadron during her tenure at the school.
The league may only be a year old, but the Rovers Belles precede the FA WSL by decades. It was 1969 in which the township formed the Belle Vue Belles, later the Doncaster Belles.
Now that the star who has formerly played with the Ottawa Fury of the United Soccer League's W-League has gained international clearance last week, she took in her first match versus the Bristol Academy Women in a 1-0 loss for her side, which was broadcasted on ESPN during the Continental Cup.
Their regular season starts in April and play lasts until October, which is also when Lagonia's contract expires.
And the product of Kitchener isn't the only international player on the club. Two players hailing from Ireland have joined Lagonia in a Doncaster hotel which will be her permanent residence for the next seven months.
John Buckley, the side's head coach has placed Lagonia in front of the striker. So far, the midfielder has loved playing for her new manager.
The squad practises three times per week and help local schools' soccer sessions in gym class.
The Rovers Belles play out of Keepmoat Stadium and the weekly matches are sometimes picked up by ESPN.
Lagonia isn't yet sure of her agenda once October rolls around and the season comes to a close.
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Clarissa Caldwell Lathrop (1847 – September 11, 1892) was an American social reformer and autobiographer. Her prominence came from her remarkable experience, being confined and according to Lathro, unlawfully imprisoned in the Utica Lunatic Asylum for 26 months (October 1880 – December 1882).
Clarissa Caldwell Lathrop was born in Rochester, New York. She was a daughter of Gen. William E. Lathrop, a Brigadier General of the National Guard. Lathrop's father had met and married Lathrop's mother, Jemima, at the age of 42 – Jemima was only 19. Lathrop had been one of five children but had lost her eldest brother to disease in 1865 and her second eldest brother moved to the southern part of the country to look for work. Lathrop's father passed away in 1877 leaving his wife, and his three daughters to open their home to board strangers for income.
She graduated from the Rochester Academy and became a teacher, which, owing to her father's failure in business, became a means of support to her family as well as to herself.
Utica Lunatic Asylum incarceration
Utica State Hospital
Lathrop feared that Miss Hamlo, a boarder in her mother's house, was poisoning her. Lathrop was obsessed with a Mr. Zell, a former lover who married another woman after Lathrop rejected him. After repenting her decision to reject Zell, Lathrop became convinced that Hamlo was in alliance with Zell's wife. After Lathrop began seeing Zell everywhere, she believed he had divorced, and would now marry her if Lathrop survived Hamlo's poisonings. When Lathrop's life was "saved" on two occasions by friends, she took some of the poisoned tea to a chemist for analysis, as she sought reliable proof before making open charges against anyone. At the instigation of a doctor Lathrop went to Utica to consult Dr. John P. Gray, Superintendent of the State Lunatic Asylum in Utica, New York. Instead of seeing Grey, upon her arrival, she was incarcerated with the insane, without the commitment papers required by law, and kept a prisoner at the asylum for 26 months.
Clarissa was sent to the asylum at the insistence of her mother and sisters, who lived in Rochester, and who asserted that Lathrop was suffering from the delusion that somebody was trying to poison her. Her answer was that it was not a delusion, that somebody was endeavoring to poison her. But she was willing to accept proof to the contrary, which was also evidence that there was no delusion. Nonetheless, her incarceration ensued. By the time Lathrop was admitted to the asylum, she was 32 years old and unmarried despite engagements to two different men.
The hospital, according to Lathrop was "a living tomb."
Within a few weeks of her arrival at Utica, Lathrop had written letters to two of her physician friends only to find out later that her letters had never been mailed. The attending physician claimed they were not sent because the asylum was not obliged to send her letters "all over the country." Lathrop was "amazed and dumbfounded" at the idea that not only would her letters be read by the asylum doctors, but that they would never reach their intended destination. Lathrop had easily made a friend who had revealed to her how she would be able to communicate to the outside world without getting caught by the authorities. She obtained paper through another patient who had hidden the contraband in her room. The woman would not outright give the paper to Lathrop for fear of punishment for aiding and abetting, but hinted that there was nothing she could do if Lathrop took a page or two while she was elsewhere. Lathrop also wrote on newspaper edges and scraps of wrapping paper which she also hid in her skirt.
Eventually, Clarissa managed to communicate with Silkman, a New York lawyer, who had been forcibly carried off and imprisoned in the same insane asylum. He obtained a writ of habeas corpus at once on behalf of Lathrop, and in December, 1882, Judge Barnard of the New York Supreme Court pronounced Lathrop to be sane and unlawfully incarcerated.
Social reformer and autobiographer
Immediately upon her release, Lathrop went before the New York State Legislature. She described her experience and the necessity for reform. After making another fruitless effort the succeeding year, she found herself homeless and penniless, and dependent upon a cousin's generosity for shelter and support, forced to begin her new life under the most difficult circumstances.
A Secret Institution (1890)
Lathrop collected money for a charitable society on a commission, spending her evenings studying stenography and typewriting. She soon started a business of her own and was successful as a court stenographer. Ten years after her release, she wrote her book, A Secret Institution, which was a history of her own life, written in the style of a novel, and descriptive of what she experienced or witnessed while an inmate of the Utica asylum.
Keeping true to her vow "to devote the rest of [her] life to the cause of the insane," Lathrop formed the Lunacy Law Reform and the Anti-Kidnapping Leagues. The Leagues provided legal services to asylum patients who felt they were victims of a corrupt legal system. The goal of the leagues was to "protect sane people from false imprisonment." Both groups had helped several individuals who had been unjustly incarcerated secure their freedom. The Lunacy Law Reform League in 1889, was a national organization having its headquarters in New York City, of which she was secretary and national organizer. Lathrop spoke out against asylum abuses, and became a spokesperson for others incarcerated as insane. She lived with self-doubt, fear, and suspicion, while trying to understand how incarceration affected her. She struggled with society's perceptions of her mental stability.
Lathrop died in Saratoga, New York, on September 11, 1892.
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Green bean casserole is far from the healthiest veggie dish on the Thanksgiving table. Thanks to the cream of mushroom soup and classic fried onion topper, it's actually calorie-heavy and often packed with fat and sodium. And the green beans add less redeeming nutritional value than one might guess!
The go-to green bean casserole recipe includes green beans, condensed cream of mushroom soup, milk, and fried onions. And all those ingredients add up to a whole lot of calories. Following the classic French's instructions, a one-cup serving has 142 calories and 8 grams of fat— and that's without seconds! The problem? Lets start with the soup. Just one ½ cup serving of classic canned cream of mushroom is overloaded with sodium— nearly 1,000 mg and 36 percent of the recommended daily value— which has been linked to high blood pressure when consumed in excess. As for those onions, fried foods have been associated with obesity and higher-than-normal BMI. Intake of fried foods is associated with obesity in the cohort of Spanish adults from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. Guallar-Castillón P, Rodríguez-Artalejo F, Fornés NS, et al. Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2007 Jul;86(1):198-205. Association of consumption of fried food away from home with body mass index and diet quality in older children and adolescents. Taveras EM, Berkey CS, Rifas-Shiman SL, et al. Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, MA. Pediatrics, 2005 Oct;116(4):e518-24. .
While they may be healthy on their own, green beans can hardly compensate for the soup and onions. They do have a respectable amount of vitamin K and some vitamin C, but they don't hold a candle to more nutrient-rich greens like kale. Making matters worse, after cooking, many of green beans' vitamins are lost, leaving them little nutrition to offer this dish Comparison of vitamin losses in vegetables due to various cooking methods. Rumm-Kreuter D, Demmel I. Alfa Institute Eltville FDG. Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology, 1990;36 Suppl 1:S7-14; discussion S14-5. Vitamin C, total phenolics and antioxidative activity in tip-cut green beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) and swede rods (Brassica napus var. napobrassica) processed by methods used in catering. Baardseth P, Bjerke F, Martinsen BK, et al. Nofima Mat AS, Osloveien 1, NO-1430 Aas, Norway. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 2010 May;90(7):1245-55. .
We know, we know, sometimes green bean casserole is simply a necessity. If the traditional dish is the only way to go, there are a few easy fixes to improve the nutritional value. Healthier versions of cream of mushroom soup (think "low sodium," or "reduced fat") may cut out up to half of the calories, fat, and sodium. Homemade baked onions, while still not especially healthy, may be a better alternative to fried onions by cutting down on fat. As for those green beans, if using frozen, don't thaw 'em before cooking. Vitamins affected by heat (vitamin C, for example) are broken down more easily when cooked after thawing Vitamin C losses in some frozen vegetables due to various cooking methods. Nursal B, Yücecan S. Hacettepe University, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, TR-06100 Sihiye, Ankara, Turkey. Die Nahrung, 2000 Dec;44(6):451-3. . Additional vegetables are another great way to compensate for vitamin-loss during cooking. Fresh mushrooms are rich in B vitamins and onions (not of the fried variety) have been associated with cancer- and bacteria-fighting properties Onions--a global benefit to health. Griffiths G, Trueman L, Crowther T, et al. Department of Plant Genetics and Biotechnology, Horticulture Research International, Wellesbourne CV35 9EF, UK. Phytotherapy Research, 2002 Nov;16(7):603-15. . For those looking to hide a few more vitamins in this casserole, try substituting some of the green beans for other frozen veggies, like asparagus (they'll blend right in!), carrots, or cauliflower.
1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Combine the flour and a pinch of salt and pepper in a small bowl. Toss sliced onions in mixture until well coated.
2. Spray a rimmed baking sheet with cooking spray. Spread the onion strips on the tray. Bake for approximately 10-15 minutes or until crisp.
3. While the crispy onions are baking, sauté the chopped onion and mushrooms until just soft. Combine in a casserole dish with the frozen veggies, soup, and milk. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
4. Bake the casserole for about 30 minutes or until warmed through. Five minutes before it's done, top with the baked onion strips.


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Q: file.read() of png file bug? I'm trying read a PNG image in pure text, as in the notepad. (For later conversion to base64).
test images: http://i.imgur.com/yrL3Zz2.png
So I tried this code:
f = 'test1.png'
with open(f) as file:
    for i in xrange(0, 5):
        print(i, f, file.read())
print
f = 'test2.png'
with open(f) as file:
    for i in xrange(0, 5):
        print(i, f, file.read())

But it not read the entire file, such as "read" function is suppose to do.
If I try call read again for some PNGs it read one more part, for others it didn't, no matter how often called.
I only have this output:
(0, 'test1.png', '\x89PNG\n')
(1, 'test1.png', '')
(2, 'test1.png', '')
(3, 'test1.png', '')
(4, 'test1.png', '')

(0, 'test2.png', '\x89PNG\n')
(1, 'test2.png', '\xd2y\xb4j|\x8f\x0b5MW\x98D\x97\xfc\x13\\7\x11\xcaPn\x18\x80,}\xc6g\x90\xc5n\x8cDi\x81\xf9\xbel\xd6Fl\x11\xae\xdf s\xf0')
(2, 'test2.png', '')
(3, 'test2.png', '')
(4, 'test2.png', '')

But I want it like this:
http://i.stack.imgur.com/qvuvj.png
It's a bug?
Any other (simple) way to get this file in base64?

A: PNG files are not text files; you must read them as binary files, not text files, like so:
with open(f, 'rb') as file:

If you want to produce the base64 encoding of the data, use the base64 module:
import base64
f = 'test1.png'
with open(f) as file:
    for i in xrange(0, 5):
        print(i, f, base64.b64encode(file.read()))

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Following painful surgical procedures of the breast, postoperative analgesia is often provided with a paravertebral nerve block (PVB). For intense, but shorter-duration acute pain, a single-injection of local anesthetic is used with a duration of approximately 12 hours. The PVB has several limitations: it can decrease blood pressure, and very rare—but serious—complications have occurred, including neuraxial injection, neuraxial hematoma, and pleural puncture. An alternative block has been described: the erector spinae plane block. The theoretical benefits include ease of administration since it is a plane superficial to the PVB and therefore easier to identify and target with ultrasound (therefore increasing success rate); and an increased safety margin: there are few anatomic structures in the immediate area which could be injured with the needle; and, the target plane is much further from the intrathecal/epidural space relative to the PVB. Lastly, the plane may be easier to catheterize for continuous peripheral nerve blocks relative to the relatively-small volume PVB. There are therefore multiple theoretical reasons to prefer the erector spinae plane block. Unfortunately, it remains unknown if the analgesia provided by this new technique is comparable to that provided with the PVB. The investigators therefore propose to compare these two techniques with a randomized, subject-masked, active-controlled, parallel-arm, human subjects clinical trial.
Following painful surgical procedures of the breast, postoperative analgesia is often provided with a paravertebral nerve block (PVB). For intense, but shorter-duration acute pain, a single-injection of local anesthetic is used with a duration of approximately 12 hours. Recently an alternative block has been reported: the serratus plane block.2 The theoretical benefits include ease of administration since it is a plane superficial to the PVB and therefore easier to identify and target with ultrasound (therefore increasing success rate); and an increased safety margin as there are fewer anatomic structures in the immediate area which could be injured with the needle; and, the target plane is much further from the intrathecal/epidural space relative to the PVB, therefore leakage of cerebrospinal fluid or injury to the spinal cord are less likely with the serratus compared to the PVB.3 There are, therefore, multiple theoretical reasons to prefer the serratus over the PVB. Unfortunately, it remains unknown if the analgesia provided by this new technique is comparable to that provided with the PVB.4 The investigators therefore propose to compare these two techniques with a randomized, subject-masked, active-controlled, parallel-arm clinical trial.


Production, Artists, and DJ team Christian Rich consists of twin brothers Taiwo and Kehinde Hassan. Born in Chicago, raised in Lagos, and based in Los Angeles/Berlin, the Hassans made small but significant moves from 2003 through 2012 -- a period in which they collaborated with Lil' Kim, Clipse, Foxy Brown, Armand Van Helden, mentors N.E.R.D, and Rye Rye.
The duo's first big year was 2013. Four of that year's Top Ten albums -- J. Cole's Born Sinner, Earl Sweatshirt's Doris, Drake's Nothing Was the Same, and Childish Gambino's Because the Internet -- featured the duo's work. In 2014 they released the critically acclaimed EP SS14. 2014 also proved more hits for the boys including Vince Staple's debut hit "Senorita" which they produced amongst other productions that year. The album FW14 followed a year later and featured a guest appearance from funk legend Steve Arrington, Goldlink, Vince Staples, Niia and others. Recently the duo produced multiple top Urban 40 records for Wale/G-Eazy with "Fashion Week" and "Big Fish" by Vince Staples.
Listen to Christian Rich now.


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Longtime Rocker Has Tamed His Party Animal
By BILL LOCEY
SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Memo to Dodgers General Manager Fred Claire: Off-season moves can determine the success of the upcoming season, so listen up. If the Dodgers make the playoffs next season, do not let Eddie Money sing "The Star Spangled Banner." At least not in Dodger Stadium.
More baseball advice later.
Anyway, Eddie Money will sing (but probably not the national anthem) Friday night at the Ventura Theatre after a short drive from his Westlake home--the one with the wall full of gold and platinum albums.
Money, once a notorious party animal, hit it big with his 1977 self-titled debut. He has cleaned up his act considerably since and thus is not one of those dead guys who still happens to be making albums. He is a cinch to belt out the hits for his loyal legion of fans, many of whom still view him as the party people's choice.
Born Edward Joseph Mahoney in Brooklyn, the fortysomething Money hasn't lost his New York accent or his sense of humor. He chatted about what's what during a recent phone interview.
Last tour you did the acoustic thing. Is this tour going to be acoustic or plugged in?
We're plugged in like big dogs. I got tired of doing "Shakin' " on congas. We never have a set list, so every night is a little different. I like to keep the band on their toes. Plus we have an arsenal of great songs. I remember one time I saw Led Zeppelin open for Country Joe and the Fish at the Fillmore, and they did every song note for note, just like on their first album. We try to do the same thing. I live to be on stage.
You used to be this party animal dude--how did you survive?
To tell you the truth, I got so high in the '70s and '80s, my whole life is still an acid flashback. I get up in the morning, smoke a cigarette and see paisley. Besides, I've got a wife and kids now, and I don't ever want to be a phantom soccer dad. Yeah man, my wife is this great little rock 'n' roll girl, except, man, she spends so much money, sometimes I think I should've married a blind girl. You know what she wants now? Tile in the laundry room! Hey man, I shop with double coupons.
Eddie, you clearly have too much money. All right, so party dude no more for you--but when you play, do you still get the party dudes in the audience?
Oh yeah, man. I remember this one guy one night--he had cigarette butts in his hair . . . and just got a DUI. "Hey, Eddie, man, I just drove 300 miles to see you. I almost made it through high school listening to you, man." I have a lot of die-hard fans. I meet a lot of them in traffic school.
You're from New York. Imagine the World Series next year, Dodgers and the Yankees; whose side are you on?
Oh man, the Dodgers. They give me free tickets. You know I sang the national anthem before one of the playoff games with the Braves this year. But I forgot to tell the Dodgers that every time I do that the home team loses.
What? I always thought it was the lack of hitting. Wow. All right, so how has the music biz changed over the years?
A lot of the alternative bands now like Candlebox and Collective Soul were weaned on Eddie Money, Aerosmith and Tom Petty, so I've had my day in the sun. KLOS doesn't play me anymore and I get stuck in this classic rock thing. Bob Segar, Rod Stewart and myself get left out in the cold a lot, but still I can't complain.
What were some of your memorable gigs?
Oh man, I opened up for the Rolling Stones. That was wild. I played with the Clash. They thought they were going to kick my ass, but they were wrong. I played before 450,000 at the first US Festival. I've played some killer gigs. Recently, some chick who wasn't even supposed to be on stage fell off. Did she sue the promoter? Did she sue the venue? Hell no, she sued me.
Looks like no tile in the laundry room this week. So what does everyone get wrong about Eddie Money?
Everyone thinks I used to be a cop. I was a police trainee, a typist. I got to work in the police department. I did the roll call every morning. My dad was patrolman of the year, and I was like this undercover typist. I was in a band at night, getting stoned all the time and growing my hair long and driving my dad nuts. This captain that hated me fired me for writing a personal letter on police department stationary.
Why doesn't rock 'n' roll ever start on time?
To tell you the truth, it's the roadies. They don't [care]. They act like they do, but they don't. They don't care about anything.
* WHERE: Ventura Theatre, 26 Chestnut St., Ventura.
* WHEN: Friday at 8 p.m.
* HOW MUCH: $21.50.
* CALL: 648-1888.


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Q: Increase counter if a value exists In my database, I am searching for a specific value. If that value does not exist, it should simply be added, but if it exists, a counter should be added next to it.
So for instance, if the value Hello World already exists, the added value should be Hello World 1, the next one should be Hello World 2 and so on...
This is what I have tried:
int id = newQuoteRepository.findByTitle(data.getTitle()).size();
System.out.println(id);
if (id > 0) {
    data.setTitle(data.getTitle() + id);
}

Well, basically it works but it is not really what I want. So if a value is bar, it will add bar1. And next time, it will add bar1 again, because it is searching for bar and so the added value, which was bar1, will be ignored.
So this is what I have: bar, bar1, bar1, bar1 ...
And this is how it should be: bar, bar1, bar2, bar3 ...
What could be a solution for this issue?

A: You can use findByTitleLike instead of findByTitle for your task.It will find titles  match with the given regex.

A: One way to solve this would be to add a counter column to your table and whenever you need to show your title, concatenate the title with this counter.
e.g.
int id = newQuoteRepository.findByTitle(data.getTitle()).size();

if (id > 0) {
    data.setCounter(data.getCounter() + 1);
    // persist it
}

// Show title:
System.out.println(data.getTitle() + " " + data.getCounter());

There are several advantages to this approach.

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*You work with numbers directly

*No need to do some String magic to achieve what you want

*Cleaner


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Bollywood Movie Review – Lage Raho Munnabhai
After partition and the creation of the states of India and Pakistan the film industry also went the trauma. Some Moslem stars migrated to Pakistan but a good many remained back in Bombay (Now called Mumbai). One of your stars who stayed back was Dilip Kumar. The he was a Moslem from Peshawar from North West Pakistan who had arrive at Bombay help make a career in video clips.
I would recommend much more about the culture among the place a bit before starting out to travel. Support in obtaining it contact with locals more practical. One belonging to the best for you to get to Indian hart is through films. In this country experience more with their who is their favorite Bollywood actress for example. Little time spent to look out some movies online really helps you later each morning conversations. But in the case you are about take a trip to Kerala, I help you to watch Hindi movies online along with several Malayalam movies as you know. Malayalam is the business include language in Kerala. Films help to pick up some local words as prior to when you hit the correct route.
The second point resistant to the movie is its inordinate length. Three hours is a pretty very long and at the end the viewer is exhausted. Jha would carried out his film a lot of good if he had pruned or edited it by another 45 min .. But then using a gigantic cast that included Nana Patekar, Ajay Devgun, Ranbir and Manoj Bajpai he perhaps felt hemmed in.
After the film wrapped, Dian told him she was expecting, and in addition were reconciled. Carl agreed to get gone his three hunting marketers. But the marriage didn't last, so they soon separated.
Well in context with culture, similar to also include lifestyle. The ever changing lifestyle, will be also affected by western customs. The style of clothing likewise changing in the way very disturbing into the aged. The shirts are inclined up for the girls and jeans are coming down day during the day. I, myself is an exponent of western style but everything ought to done in the limit.
Eileen: The book's mixture off temperamental actors, undercurrents of your supernatural, and a madman across the prowl wherever the family apart Varun Dhawan Biography from the many cozies, police procedurals, legal mysteries, high tech thrillers that dominate today's mystery world. This one is people individual preference like and learn to dislike, dislike and for you to like, real people in believable-if slightly bizarre situations. After all, can the theater so that added theatrical flair is a must.
Slumdog Millionaire is an additional average want to-be Bollywood film. Talking about talking for your poverty aspect which was highlighted by Amitabh Bachchan. We are talking relating to the movie content purely, which is notches beneath the standard with the can be called quality film-making. Slumdog Milionaire uses the same lost and found formula completed to death by Indian film-makers. Haven't we seen a street urchin becoming a ganglord, involving 70s Bollywood flicks?
Penn appeared in two other major films in 1997. varun dhawan wife U-Turn and The sport. Hurlyburly (1998), and The Thin Red Line adhered to. In 1999, Penn won an extra Academy Award nomination for optimum Actor for Sweet and Lowdown. In 2000, he starred in Up inside of the Villa and the Weight water.


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This passage is about Mount Everest, one of the tallest mountains in the world.
Categories: People & Places Animals & Nature
Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. It is 29,035 feet high. Mount Everest is part of the Himalaya. The Himalaya is a mountain chain in southeast Asia. The mountain was named after Sir George Everest. He was the Surveyor General of India from 1830 to 1843. Sir Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal were the first people to reach the top of Mount Everest. They did it in 1953. To reach the top, climbers face many dangers. Temperatures on the mountain can be as cold as 40 degrees below zero. The wind can blow at a 125 miles per hour. It gets harder to breathe the higher you go. This is because the oxygen gets thin. It is considered a great achievement to climb Mount Everest. Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were hailed as heroes after they reached the top. Today, over 2,000 people have climbed to the top of Mount Everest.
Sir Francis Drake was an English ship captain. He was also Vice Admiral of the English nav...
Everyone likes to have good friends. The best way to have a good friend is to be a good fr...
Kentucky became a state in 1792. Kentucky is called the "Blue Grass State." Blue...


The Pretender is a BookShots story by James Patterson and Andrew Bourelle.
The publication date of this book was August 16, 2016. It's now available as part of a three-story BookShot collection called Tripe Threat.
Logan Bishop is a handsome thief living off a stash of stolen diamonds.
But when his murderous ex-partner tracks him down, Logan must find a way to turn the tables–or lose the only woman who can handle the truth.


The latest on the Kings. Jordan Fisher Smith's book about crime and death in the American River Canyon is featured for Auburn's Community Reads. Janis Stevens directs George Bernard Shaw play at Cal Stage. Part two with jazz trombonist Steve Turre.
Before the Buzzer The saga of the Sacramento Kings' potential relocation to Seattle is winding down to the final few plays. A bankruptcy court moved Seattle bidder Chris Hansen one step closer to buying the Kings Tuesday, the team's last game of the season is Wednesday, and the National Basketball Association's Board of Governors is meeting Thursday and Friday to determine whether the team can leave. Capital Public Radio's Bob Moffitt starts off this weeks' Insight coverage of the Kings story as it winds to a close - or starts a new chapter.
"Nature Noir" From 1986 to 1998, Jordan Fisher Smith was a forest ranger in charge of land cleared to be a lake once the proposed Auburn dam was finished. When delays in the dam kept the territory dry, crime flooded into the void. Smiths' new book "Nature Noir" covers deaths, suicides and other dark sides of his patrols in an American River Canyon. "Nature Noir" has been selected by the Auburn Rotary Club for its Community Reads event Thursday, April 18 at the Placer High School auditorium in Auburn, where Smith will discuss the chapter in his book that chronicles the case of a man who got away with murder for 20 years.
"Widowers' Houses" George Bernard Shaw's rarely produced comedy, "Widowers' Houses," is at California Stage. The satire focuses on the constant social climbing of the economic upper class and is rife with political themes still relevant today. We'll talk about the play with director Janis Stevens and actor Jessica Goldman Laskey.
Steve Turre We continue a two-part conversation with renowned jazz trombonist and former Sacramento State University student Steve Turre, who is returning to his alma mater this week to participate in the Festival of the Arts. Turre plays with the student Jazz Ensemble at 8 p.m. Wednesday in Sac State's Music Recital Hall.
Apr 15 Insight: Paying Taxes in California / "Trailblazer" / Bees in Decline / "Foodopoly"


"Advertising was my world for over 30 years where I spent my time running an agency in London. I was very much a hands-‐on creative director. As an adman, very commercial in outlook but with a very strong passion for the classic arts, I promised myself, I would explore them when time permitted. What better place than Florence to travel and immerse oneself in the great art of the renaissance. Apart from my practice in commercial art, I wanted to brush up my skills in drawing and painting and luckily I found The Florence Art Studio and Gary Adcock who runs it. What a revelation.
Gary opened my eyes and showed me how to see shapes and tones, which are fundamental to reproducing form. Initially I struggled with a new conceptual approach but with gentle persuasion and skilled direction, Gary got me to understand the crucial importance of how to capture what was in front of me.
Now I see differently, clearly and constructively so much so I now want to draw all the time! Painting as a progression from drawing was also a revelation with Gary motivating me step by step from basic preparation, organization and final application to another level of skill. I have a long way to go but with the very dedicated personal tuition I received from Gary, I feel confident I am well on my way!
"I fulfilled my dream last month. I booked 7 days of instruction at The Florence Art Studio with Gary Adcock. It was wonderful. Not only is the studio a magnificent space to work in, but also Gary is a brilliant instructor. I loved every moment of it.
The studio is centrally located. I booked a little apartment through Windows on Italy, which was literally around the corner from the studio. My first day we discussed my art goals and before I knew it…I was learning to draw. I have been painting for about 3 years but never learned the fundamentals of drawing. After 7 days…I am more knowledgeable, confident and eager to continue my lessons. I'm going back next February for two weeks. Don't wait to do this.
The classical music was playing as I worked. The fresco ceilings were inspirational. Gary is kind, patient and true to learning to do things correctly. I told him he has a student for life now. I know as I progress…I will become a very accomplished artist as time goes on. And for those of you from the US or England…Gary is an American. No problem with accents and language. I felt at home the moment I met him.
"I recently had the pleasure of attending The Florence Art Studio. The school is in a beautiful 18th century palazzo. My incredible instructor, Gary Adcock, gently guided me through the process of learning the sight-‐size method. With patience and several approaches to learning he helped me to achieve my goals.
"The program that I participated in [at The Florence Art Studio] was exactly what I needed. It taught me many new things and refreshed some things I had already known but failed to realize in my drawing/painting. It definitely improved my technique.
The studio environment was excellent – very spacious, relaxed, and easy to concentrate on the task at hand in. The lighting was great and the work-‐station was very convenient.
Gary is very patient and full of knowledge. He takes his time to explain concepts and answer questions, and is overall a very pleasant person. Both he and Kathryn [Bouchard, Gary's assistant] are wonderful people, and although very professional, they also made me feel very comfortable and at home around them. They were more than fair with me.
I would definitely recommend The Florence Art Studio to anyone who wishes to improve his or her skills. I had a great experience. I've learned a lot, it was great fun, and Florence is amazing in many ways. It was definitely one of the best experiences of my life. The highlight would have to be seeing the fruits of my labor, meaning the final drawing and painting that I made. The drawing is by far the best I have ever done.
"Having built a busy 42 man architecture firm at a young age, I saw the need for a sabbatical, a chance to recharge my creativity and focus on my art which was the basis for the firm's public exposure.
I enrolled in a six-‐week course with Gary, open to the quiet constructive observation of my drawings up to that point. Afterwards I believe it changed everything I did for the better: a renewed focus on design, accuracy of perspective, shadows/shapes, and most importantly, self-‐ criticism.
"As an Illustrator from the UK, I came to hear about the Florence Art Studio through The Royal Portrait Society.
I was looking for an intensive short window of two weeks in which to study the fundamentals of drawing. Although I am professional Illustrator and had attended art school , I still felt I had lacked the formal academic training.
The course proved perfect as it was tailored specifically to my particular interest and ability and I found it to be fascinating. The tutor Gary Adcock is a fountain of knowledge, subtly bringing out the best in his students by letting them realize their potential with a patient, informative manner. Gary's enthusiasm for art, Florence and the Renaissance in infectious. Our studio teaching was regularly punctuated by guided visits to the numerous Galleries and Palaces in Florence. This holistic approach created an amazing experience which I have since thought about every day.
The knowledge I acquired has been put into practice with my work and I have great pleasure in recommending The Florence Art Studio to both professional artists and enthusiastic beginners.
"Remember as a child sitting down to build a puzzle? First, separating the color pieces. Then finding the edges to set the frame, and finally settling down to put it all together and enjoying the experience as the puzzle picture came together. This is how my experience with the Florence Art Studio, under direction of Gary Adcock, emerged.
The decision to travel to Florence for an extended period of time, for me, represented fulfilling a dream I had since visiting my daughter in Florence when she studied there 12 years earlier. I had the opportunity to return to Florence again last year for a brief visit. That was when I put the wheels in motion to combine studying art and experiencing Florence. So I sat down to solve my puzzle: where to stay, where to study, which studio would be best for me, what did I expect to find? I explored several websites. I corresponded via email to several studios to find what I hoped would be a good fit. The Florence Art Studio seemed to take the most interest in me as an artist and as a person.
For a whole year Gary communicated with me, answering every question I asked, some of which I'm sure were redundant and mundane. His replies never made me feel as though I was wasting his time. Interestingly, once I was a student at the Studio, the other students I connected with remarked having the same feeling. This is so important. Remember, for the most part, you are traveling alone, going to a place you can only hope is what you are looking for. The Florence Art Studio, with director Gary Adcock, exceeded any expectations I had hoped for.
The time spent in the studio was relaxed yet intense. Class time was scheduled from 9-12, with a break each morning. However, every day, we would all decide to extend our time drawing or painting by several hours, often breaking for lunch and heading back to the studio until evening. Many of these days, Gary would spend the day with us, giving of his time and expertise. He inspired me, all of us, to work hard to be better artists. It was exciting and fun.
As exciting as the art classes were, deciding to spend over a month in a foreign country involved more than just time in the studio. The Studio realizes this and provides a packet of information on dining, lodging, excursions and other cultural events. Every Wednesday Gary became our personal guide to the museums, combining both art history with interesting anecdotal stories of Renaissance characters. Gary recommended all the best gelato places, from Firenze to Roma! The total experience was attended to.
Upon my return home, everyone asks me how was it living in Florence? What was it like to study art? Just like that puzzle, the pieces all fit in place.
"Two weeks at The Florence Art Studio have been a revelation and set me on a different more confident path towards my rather ambitious goal of traditional Portraiture.
Gary Adcock is a generous, knowledgeable and accomplished tutor with limitless patience and the rare ability to treat each student as an individual. He knows instinctively when to encourage and when to stand back. I am lucky enough to have a number of distinguished artists in my lineage who have all had great influence on me, however I myself am a relative novice, having only taken up drawing and painting within the last three years.
Spending time with Gary both working in the Studio as well as benefitting from his seemingly limitless knowledge during visits to the Uffizi has been invaluable. My knowledge and understanding is greatly enhanced giving me the focus I require to move forward.
"The 3 weeks I spent at the Florence Art Studio proved to be one of the most pivotal times in my artistic development. Despite having taken numerous drawing classes and holding an art degree, no one had taught me the right way to see, and to construct a realistic drawing, until I met Gary. I learned more in 3 weeks than I had in years, and now have taken those skills with me.
In addition to his vast knowledge of technique and art history, Gary is a supportive and incredibly patient teacher. He has the ability to see the errors in a drawing and gently guide the student to correct them. He takes the process step by step and gives clear instructions. No time was wasted. The 3 museum tours I went on with Gary were also fascinating as he revealed the depth of his knowledge, citing details about the artists and their techniques that would not be covered in a normal tour.
"The week I spent at The Florence Art Studio was the first art class I've taken since high school. I hoped, in that time, to gauge whether or not my interest in art is a long-‐term pursuit and how I want to explore it. Working in the lovely studio, and Gary's sincere commitment to helping students achieve their individual goals, allowed me to look at what I've made recently in new ways and with a fresh perspective.
Gary very knowledgeably encouraged me to explore techniques and mediums I haven't yet. I found that the access to museums and the weekly class visit that the Studio includes in its program structure was a great bonus that facilitated my ability to explore and think about the project I'm working on in a vastly broader context.
"As I was searching for a drawing course in Florence, Italy – jewel box for schools that teach drawing or painting techniques – I found that most schools in Florence only offer fixed programs, without considering the requirements and wishes of the students.
Every student who comes to learn art is on a different level, and has different wishes regarding what he or she prefers to learn. When I came across The Florence Art Studio, the first thing they did was send me an application form asking what I hoped to gain from the course, what I was most interested in, and for samples of my work.
That was when I knew that The Florence Art Studio was the right fit for me.
During my time at the Studio, there were five other women studying with me. Everyone was on a different level and had different objectives for their lives.
What made me very grateful is that Gary Adcock has found a way of approaching each student with explanations and materials specific to their experience. For example, he gave me around four books each day because of my interest in early Renaissance art history.
"After a bumpy start ('no, you can't do sight size sitting down'), my two weeks at the Florence Art Studio produced some paintings that actually vaguely resembled their subjects – no mean feat, given my limited artistic skill.
"I came to the Florence Art Studio to develop my understanding of painting. I have been painting for many years, teaching myself and copying photographs. The three years I spent on a rather conceptual art school allowed me to work with painting intensively. However there was little technical instruction, which is why I decided to come to The Florence Art Studio.
When I came to the studio I agreed to start with drawing exercises and then move on to painting as suggested by Gary. He explained to me that drawing is the foundation for painting and to improve my painting skills I would predominantly have to work on my drawing skills.
So I started doing the cast drawing in charcoal. I thought that since my drawing skills are already good, I could move on to the painting very quickly. However as it turned out, to really draw this cast perfectly, required me to go through a lot of lessons. At each stage of the drawing came another important lesson that I could later also apply to painting. So to complete this cast drawing and to go through all of its lessons, took me about three weeks.
This may sound like a long time to spend on one drawing, but as Gary told me, the students in the Academies spent the first six months of their program on this cast drawing. As I was going through the lessons of the cast, my drawing skills were rapidly increasing, especially in speed. I learned about how to approach a drawing, to focus on the most important aspects that would make it effective and to keep from "overworking" it.
Later when we moved on to painting I could apply all that I had learned in the cast. My painting skill and velocity had already improved. The way I would approach and start a painting had changed. So the main thing I got out of the time we spent on painting was how to mix the colors. But, what really changed my understanding of painting was the time I spent on the drawing exercise.
Overall the time I spent at the Florence Art Studio was very fruitful for me. The studio is beautiful and there is a good working atmosphere. The program is very intense and to really get somewhere in a short amount of time requires continuing to work on the exercises in the afternoon and on the weekend. So to students who are intending to have a lot of time to look at the city or to do a parallel course, I suggest that they plan spending some extra time in Florence before or after the studio course.


In the last few months we have seen many new features getting added in Android and the latest is Voice Match Unlock. Now you can unlock your device by saying Hey Google! This require you to train the Google Assistant for voice match.
Now go to Settings. Here under 'Search' heading tap on Voice.
Open Voice Match (You can manage your default language here and you can also download offline speech recognition files for your phone).
Enable 'Say "OK Google" any time' and it will ask you to teach the assistant to recognize your voice.
After completing the process enable 'Unlock with Voice Match'.
Now you can unlock your phone by saying 'Hey Google!' on the lock screen.
If you don't like this feature, then you have the option to disable it. You can also retrain the Google Assistant for voice match and there is an option to delete the voice model if you are worried about your privacy. It is recommended that you install offline speech files for your language.
Google has implemented artificial intelligence across their devices and operating systems. We have seen how a single camera can be used to capture a perfect portrait image. Google Assistant is now capable of recognizing any song playing around your phone. The Google Assistant has grown smarter and with the Google Lens it can tell you what is inside a picture. Many other companies do rely on the hardware to get most out of their phone and they keep adding it but Google has shown that if the software is properly optimized then there is no need of a high end hardware. The Android One program is a perfect example of it, devices like MI A1 which is one of the most sold Android One phone across world has proved it.


The crunchy almond cookies replace soft smushy ladyfingers for a welcome twist on the classic dessert. For a long, lazy lunch menu serve this dessert after a spread of sea bream crudo, tomatoes and haricots verts, handmade malfatti, and grilled turbot.
Whisk egg yolks in a medium bowl to blend, then gradually add sugar, whisking constantly until mixture is thick, smooth, and pale yellow. Using a rubber spatula, gently fold in mascarpone, rum, and salt; set aside.
Place espresso in a small bowl. Working in batches, gently mix and turn cookies in espresso 20 seconds to soak. Divide cookies among glasses and top each with ½ cup mascarpone mixture. Chill at least 1 hour.
Dust tiramisù with cocoa powder just before serving.
Do Ahead: Tiramisù can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and keep chilled.


Self-Deprecating Sunday started because I'd written a YA novel about a girl in R.O.T.C. in high school. I was looking for photos of myself in my uniform–had to get the description of the uniform just right. I found some of those photos. I'm the one in the ridiculous glasses, on the right. Even beyond R.O.T.C., it really cracked me up to look back on all the outfits I wore and what I knew was hip and cool, so I started showcasing some of that on my blog. So much of being a teen is about exploring your identity; it's partly why I love writing about teens. With these posts I'm making fun of myself, yes, but fun is the big idea here. We all get through the awkward years–some of us with more flair than others, but it is fun to look back. Eventually I asked other YA authors to share in the self-deprecation, as well. We're generally a confident group of people with a fantastic sense of humor.
If you're a YA author and would like to be featured on Self-Deprecating Sunday Throwback Thursday, please let me know.


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https://www.trumbulltimes.com/sports/high-school-sports/article/Girls-lacrosse-FCIAC-playoff-matchups-set-13928505.php
Girls lacrosse: FCIAC playoff matchups set
Published 10:08 pm EDT, Tuesday, May 17, 2016
The Darien Blue Wave, New Canaan Rams and Ridgefield Tigers lead a strong field of eight teams into the FCIAC girls lacrosse tournament, as seeds were set on Tuesday night.
Below are the match-ups for the quarterfinals, which are scheduled for Friday, May 20.
Games are tentatively scheduled for 4 p.m., but check back on FCIAC.net for times and schedule changes.
FCIAC Quarterfinals at higher seeds
No. 8 Ludlowe (9-7, 5-6) at No. 1 Darien (14-1-1, 9-0)
No. 7 Norwalk (9-6-1, 5-5-1) at No. 2 New Canaan (13-3, 9-1)
No. 6 Warde (10-4-1, 6-3-1) at No. 3 Ridgefield (14-1-1, 9-0-1)
No. 5 Wilton (8-8, 7-2) at No. 4 Greenwich (11-5, 7-3)
Note: Records shown are overall and official FCIAC games. Not all games played between league teams were part of the official league schedule.
FCIAC Semifinals at New Canaan, 5 and 7:30 p.m.
Thursday May 26
FCIAC Championship at Brien McMahon, 4 p.m.
The eight playoff teams were determined using a power point system. Teams are awarded 100 points for each official league victory, and 10 bonus points for every league win that opponent has.
While the power point system was used to determine qualifiers, it was not used to determine final seedings.
Once the top eight teams were established, the eight coaches of those teams voted on the seedings. Teams were ranked one through seven, with one best being and seven being worst. Coaches could not include their own team in their ranking.
Darien had the lowest point total and was seeded first, New Canaan was second lowest and was seeded second, and so on to Ludlowe in eighth place.


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Outright Monetary Transactions case (2014) BVerfGE 134, 366 is an EU law case, concerning preliminary references to the Court of Justice of the European Union.

Facts
In September 2012, the European Central Bank Governing Council adopted a decision on Technical Features of Outright Monetary Transactions (OMT). This authorised emergency and confidential purchases of unlimited government bonds of member states in financial difficulty, if they could not obtain sustainable interest rates in open financial markets. It did so under conditions that the member state would pursue reform under the European Financial Stability Forum or the European Stability Mechanism. The decision was authority, and was not yet in effect. But the mere publication of the ECB's intention was enough to calm financial markets. A challenge was brought in Germany as to whether this was compatible with the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

Judgment
The German Constitutional Court made a preliminary reference, asking whether the OMT decision was compatible with TFEU articles 119 and 127, on the ECB's mandate, and TFEU article 123 which prohibits monetary financing of member state budgets. The purchase of government bonds was an economic not a monetary measure because (1) its objective was to neutralise spreads of government bonds (2) it selectively purchased bonds of member states, while monetary policy was meant to be uniform (3) it was related to financial rescue of member states, so was functionally equivalent. OMT was intended to circumvent art 123(1), which prohibits providing overdraft facilities. Under the Honeywell standard, the OMT decision would manifestly exceed EU competence, bringing about a structural shift in the balance of competences, unless interpreted restrictively.

According to the Court, if the OMT decision is to qualify as an independent act of economic policy it violates the distribution of powers. It is structurally significant because it is equivalent to financial assistance without safeguards. Rescue programmes, owing to 'their significant financial scope and general political implications, belong to the core aspects of the Member States' economic policy responsibilities.' Without parliamentary approval, the OMT did away with national democratic process. OMT was structurally significant by redistributing between budgets of member state taxpayers, and so was fiscal redistribution contrary to TFEU art 125. The prohibition of monetary financing of the budget is one of the fundamental rules that guarantee the design of the monetary union as a 'community of stability' and safeguards the overall budgetary responsibility of the German Bundestag. The OMT could be rescued, by restrictive interpretation, by (1) excluding any acceptance of a debt cut (2) not permitting purchase of an unlimited amount of bonds (3) avoiding interference with price formation on the market.

German participation in ESM had to be cleared by the Bundestag, but the ECB intervention was not subject to parliamentary approval.

The reference was made by a majority of four to two.

Judge Lübbe-Wolffe and Judge Gerhardt (the two most senior judges) dissented.

Subsequent developments

The European Court of Justice has largely overruled the case putting "the German Constitutional Court in a tough position".

See also

European Union law

Notes

References

Court of Justice of the European Union case law

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Maren Ade (ur. 12 grudnia 1976 w Karlsruhe) – niemiecka reżyserka, scenarzystka i producentka filmowa. Jedna z najważniejszych postaci współczesnej kinematografii niemieckiej.

Życiorys
Urodziła się w 1976 w Karlsruhe w Badenii-Wirtembergii w rodzinie nauczycieli. Swoje pierwsze amatorskie filmy krótkometrażowe nakręciła jako nastolatka. W 1998 zaczęła studiować produkcję, a następnie reżyserię filmową na Uniwersytecie Telewizji i Filmu (HFF) w Monachium. Studia ukończyła w 2004.

W 2001 wraz z koleżanką ze studiów Janine Jackowski założyła wytwórnię filmową Komplizen Film. W wytwórni tej zrealizowała swój debiut fabularny, a zarazem film dyplomowy Las dla drzew (2003). Obraz ten – portret psychologiczny początkującej nauczycielki – pokazano na wielu międzynarodowych festiwalach filmowych i wyróżniono Nagrodą Specjalną Jury na Sundance Film Festival w 2005.

Jej drugi film fabularny, Wszyscy inni (2009), był kameralnym dramatem obyczajowym, którego akcja rozgrywała się na Sardynii, gdzie para głównych bohaterów spędzała urlop. Film miał swoją premierę w konkursie głównym na 59. MFF w Berlinie, gdzie zdobył Grand Prix Jury i Srebrnego Niedźwiedzia dla najlepszej aktorki dla Birgit Minichmayr. Obraz wszedł na ekrany kin w 18 krajach.

Kolejny film Ade, Toni Erdmann (2016), stał się prawdziwą sensacją na 69. MFF w Cannes, gdzie był pierwszym niemieckim filmem w konkursie od ponad dziesięciu lat. Była to opowieść o ojcu, który poprzez swoje niekonwencjonalne żarty i dziwaczne przebrania stara się sprawić, by jego poważna, pracująca w korporacji córka zaczęła wreszcie cieszyć się życiem. Inspiracją dla postaci filmowej był ojciec samej Maren Ade. Ten niemal trzygodzinny, pozornie lekki komediodramat, który śmieszył i wzruszał publiczność do łez, dotykał wielu istotnych tematów, jak relacje rodzinne na linii ojciec-córka, krytyka korporacjonizmu czy gwałtownie zmieniająca się Europa Wschodnia (na przykładzie Rumunii).

Film odniósł niebywały sukces na całym świecie. Wśród najważniejszych wyróżnień dla niego wymienić należy nagrodę FIPRESCI w Cannes, pięć Europejskich Nagród Filmowych w najważniejszych kategoriach (film, reżyseria, aktor, aktorka, scenariusz) oraz nominację do Oscara dla najlepszego filmu nieanglojęzycznego. Ade została też pierwszą w historii kobietą-reżyserem filmu wyróżnionego Europejską Nagrodą Filmową dla najlepszego filmu.

Dzięki wytwórni Komplizen Film, Maren Ade odniosła również sukces jako producentka filmów innych reżyserów, takich jak Ulrich Köhler (Sen o Afryce, 2011), Barbara Albert (Ci, którzy żyją i umierają, 2012), Benjamin Heisenberg (Superegos, 2014), Miguel Gomes (Tabu, 2012) czy Sebastián Lelio (Fantastyczna kobieta, 2017).

Zasiadała w jury konkursu głównego na 70. MFF w Cannes (2017).

Prywatnie jest żoną reżysera Ulricha Köhlera, z którym ma dwoje dzieci. Mieszkają w Berlinie.

Filmografia

Reżyser

Filmy fabularne
 2003: Las dla drzew (Der Wald vor lauter Bäumen)
 2009: Wszyscy inni (Alle Anderen)
 2016: Toni Erdmann

Filmy krótkometrażowe
 2000: Ebene 9
 2001: Vegas

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne

Laureaci Europejskiej Nagrody Filmowej dla najlepszego reżysera
Laureaci Europejskiej Nagrody Filmowej dla najlepszego scenarzysty
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Vera Ígorevna Zvonariova (rus: Вера Игоревна Звонарёва; Moscou, Unió Soviètica, 7 de setembre de 1984) és una jugadora de tennis professional russa. El 2010 assolí el seu millor rànquing en posicionar-se en el número 2 del rànquing individual de la WTA. Ha guanyat un total de dotze títols en el circuit WTA destacant les dues finals de Grand Slam disputades l'any 2010. A banda, ha guanyat quatre títols de Grand Slam, dos en dobles femenins (amb Nathalie Dechy i Svetlana Kuznetsova) i dos més en dobles mixts (amb Bob Bryan i Andy Ram).

Participà en els Jocs Olímpics de Pequín 2008 representant Rússia, obtenint la medalla de bronze en la categoria individual després de ser derrotada en semifinals per la seua compatriota Ielena Deméntieva i vèncer la xinesa Li Na en la lluita pel bronze.

Biografia
Filla de Igor Zvonarev i Natàlia Bíkova. El seu pare va jugar a bandy formant part del Dinamo Moscou mentre que la seva mare va jugar a hoquei sobre herba i fou medalla de bronze en els Jocs Olímpics de Moscou 1980.

Començà a jugar a tennis als 6 anys i es convertí en professional l'any 2000. Es va graduar l'any 2007 en Educació física en la Universitat Estatal Russa d'Educació Física, Esport, Juventut i Turisme. També va estudiar relacions econòmiques internacionals en l'Acadèmia Diplomàtica del Ministeri d'Afers Exteriors de Rússia a Moscou.

El 23 d'agost de 2016 va anunciar el seu casament amb Alexander Kucher i pocs mesos després va néixer la seva filla Evelina. El seu darrer partit fou al maig de 2015 i durant aquesta etapa va restar apartada de la pràctica esportiva per centrar-se en la seva família. El seu retorn al circuit professional es va produir el 2017 en torneigs menors, i lentament va tornar a disputar els primers torneigs WTA i retornar al Top 100.

Torneigs de Grand Slam

Individual: 2 (0−2)

Dobles femenins: 4 (3−1)

Dobles mixts: 2 (2−0)

Jocs Olímpics

Individual

Palmarès

Individual: 30 (12−18)

Dobles femenins: 19 (12−7)

Dobles mixts: 2 (2−0)

Equips: 2 (2−0)

Trajectòria

Individual

Dobles femenins

Dobles mixts

Referències

Enllaços externs

 Vera Zvonareva a Olympic.org

Medallistes russos als Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 2008
Esportistes russos als Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 2012
Tennistes femenines moscovites
Campiones de l'Open d'Austràlia
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The Northern Territory road toll has risen to 11 after a pedestrian was killed in Winnellie on Friday evening.
The woman was struck by a vehicle at the intersection of the Stuart Highway and Hickman Street around 7pm.
Major Crash Investigators are urging anyone who witnessed the crash or who may have dash cam footage to contact police.
At the same time last year the road toll was seven.


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Brad Miller is showing his flaws with more playing time
Brad Miller is still a strong hitter against right-handed pitching, but more exposure to southpaws has tanked his stat line.
By Leo Morgenstern@morgensternmlb Aug 31, 2021, 9:00am EDT
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A little more than three months ago, I published a piece called "Brad Miller is more valuable than you might think." I had this to say about Miller's performance at the time:
Over the past three seasons, Brad Miller has slashed .255/.345/.497 with a 123 wRC+ in 415 PA. (This includes his time with Cleveland, St. Louis, and Philadelphia.) A 123 wRC+ puts Miller in the top 20% of all hitters during that time span (min. 400 PA). For those unfamiliar with wRC+, it is a statistic that attempts to quantify a player's total offensive value and compare it to league average. A 123 wRC+ means that Brad Miller has created runs for his team at a rate 23% better than a league-average player, and 5-6% better than Rhys Hoskins (118 wRC+) and J.T. Realmuto (117 wRC+). That's really good.
Just over a week after I sent those words out into world, Brad Miller went ice cold. From May 25 until August 29, Brad Miller hit just .160/.268/.355 with a 67 wRC+. He turned from an undervalued offensive gem into a pumpkin (or, in terms of wRC+, he went from Juan Soto to Elvis Andrus) seemingly overnight. His season slash line dropped to .217/.307/.421 with a 95 wRC+ as of August 29.
I read many an article (and angry tweet) over the past few weeks that touched on Brad Miller's struggles. Phillies fans weren't happy with Miller's performance, to say the least.
But then – to further complicate things – he could still sometimes put on an absolute show. Remember July 8, when he hit three home runs in one game? Or how about last night when he went 3-for-3 with a home run and two walks and was named Player of the Game on the TV broadcast? With his incredible showing last night, he raised his 2021 wRC+ from 95 to 103.
Brad Miller is the first Phillie in 13 years with three homers in a game.
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— Phillies Nation (@PhilliesNation) July 9, 2021
So who is the real Brad Miller? Is he the player that posted a 130 wRC+ through 163 games from the beginning of 2019 until May 24, 2021? Or is he the player who's hit below the Mendoza-line since?
Unsurprisingly, the truth is that the real Brad Miller lies somewhere in the middle.
For one thing, no one should expect Miller to be a 130 wRC+ hitter over a full season. Otherwise, he wouldn't be a Phillies bench player on a one-year, $3.5 million contract. However, he has also been the victim of some bad luck on balls in play recently. Miller had a .188 BABIP in 73 games from May 25 to August 29. His career average BABIP is .288. His Statcast numbers further support the argument that he ran into some bad luck. His expected wOBA during that slump was well above league average, while his actual wOBA was a pathetic .271.
But bad luck can't explain it all. Not when Miller had been so bad over so many games. No, the root cause of Miller's mediocre performance this season is more than just some bad luck. The bigger issue is that the Phillies have been relying on Miller far too much recently, and therefore his biggest weakness has been exposed: facing left-handed pitching.
I'm not going to go into Miller's history of struggles against LHP here. I wrote about that all the way back in April. But let me just share his 2021 splits.
Brad Miller in 2021 vs RHP: .246/.356/.476, .832 OPS, 123 wRC+
Brad Miller in 2021 vs LHP: .171/.205/.343, .548 OPS, 44 wRC+
Against RHP, Miller is still having a strong season, but it's clear that his numbers against LHP are tanking his overall season statistics. The reason that's happening is because Miller has had far more plate appearances against left-handers than usual this year.
Brad Miller has had 292 PA this year – 219 against RHP and 73 against LHP. That means 25% of his PA have come against southpaws, which is pretty close to the 2021 NL average of 27.5%. But when Brad Miller is being deployed correctly, he rarely faces left-handed pitching. In 2020, he only faced LHP in 20 out of 171 PA (11.7%). In 2019, he only faced LHP in 22 out of 170 PA (12.9%). That's just 12.3% of his PA against lefties from 2019-2020. In other words, he has more than doubled his rate of PA against left-handers this season. No wonder his numbers don't look as good as they used to.
So what if Miller hadn't had so many plate appearances against lefties? How would his numbers look if he was only facing lefties 12.3% of the time, like in 2019/2020? The answer is pretty impressive.
.236/.337/.458, .795 OPS, 119 wRC+
Obviously, this is just an estimation. There's no official way to calculate something like this, so I'll briefly explain my methodology.
I kept Miller's numbers against right-handers constant. He has had 219 PA against RHP this year, and I didn't change that. I didn't add plate appearances against RHP to make up for the ones I was taking away against LHP.
Instead, I figured out how many plate appearances against LHP he would need in order to make up 12.3% of his total PA. The answer was 31 (technically that's 12.4%, but it's the closest we could get). 31 PA vs lefties plus 219 PA vs righties adds up to 250 total PA in this theoretical season.
Miller's BB% against LHP is 4.1%, which means in 31 PA he'd walk 1.271 times (let's just pretend that's possible for the sake of these calculations.) That means he'd have 29.729 at-bats. Presuming he keeps the same BA/OBP/SLG, he'd have 5.083659 hits, 6.355 times on base, and 10.197047 total bases.
I added those totals to his actual numbers against RHP (46 hits, 78 times on base, 89 total bases) and recalculated the rate stats. That's how we get to these numbers:
Those stats look very similar to the ones I wrote about back on May 18 when I was praising Miller's offense. And with his 2021 BABIP back up to .288 after his 3-for-3 showing on Monday night, we can trust that these numbers are reflective of Miller's true talent level. Thus, Brad Miller isn't having a markedly worse season in 2021, he's just been asked to take on a bigger role than he's capable of.
So the next time Brad Miller steps up to the plate, make sure to remember who he is. If a right-handed pitcher is on the mound, he's arguably the second-best hitter in the lineup. But if he's facing a left-hander, keep your expectations low. Very low.


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My latest column is up at Meridian Magazine here. I reviewed two short but meaningful books about prayer: Anne Lamott's Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers and Anthony DeStefano's Ten Prayers That God Always Says Yes To: Divine answers to Life's Most Difficult Problems. They both had powerful insights into communicating with the Divine that cross denominational boundaries. I'd really love to hear your thoughts!
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The Second World War put 750,000 Canadians into khaki uniforms. Men from all parts of the country suddenly found themselves living in barracks and learning how to be soldiers. The transition was not easy and everyone had to learn to march, shoot and fight. The tens of thousands who saw action had to adjust...
Standing Up To The Blitz: Army, Part 4
January 1, 1996 by Terry Copp
The Blitz started without any warning. Churchill and the defence chiefs met for an emergency meeting the day before it began but their concerns were intelligence reports indicating that the invasion of England–Operation Sealion–was about to start. Nerves were stretched to the breaking point and...
The Battle Over Britain: Army, Part 3
November 1, 1995 by Terry Copp
When Winston Churchill rose to speak in the British House of Commons on June 4, 1940, the rescue of British and French troops from Dunkirk was complete.The attempts to create a second British Expeditionary Force for France could not disguise the scale of the disaster...
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Historians now explain the collapse of French military resistance in June 1940 in ways that make defeat seem inevitable. But at the time, the fall of France was, in the words of the British foreign secretary, "so unbelievable as to be almost surely unreal". Thoughtful...
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We don't work obeah, says Revivalist pastor
Published:Thursday | October 29, 2015 | 8:46 AMShanique Samuels
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The interior of the Good News Seventh-day Zion Healing Assemblies at Farm, Clarendon.
PHOTO BY SHANIQUE SAMUELSThe exterior of the Good News Seventh-day Zion Healing Assemblies at Farm, Clarendon.
FARM, Clarendon:
The practice of Revivalism in Jamaica is centuries old and is said to have originated in Africa.
The oppressed slaves who were taken here danced to the rhythmic beats of drums and chanted as a way of communicating with each other in a way that was unknown to the slave masters.
Fast forward today, several revivalist churches still exist in our society, but with much ridiculing and stigmatisation.
On Sundays, the Good News Seventh-day Zion Healing Assemblies Church, begins at 11 a.m. with divine worship, singing and consecration service. Located in the usually volatile Farm community in Clarendon, this church has a steady and growing membership.
Although founded by the current Bishop, who requests that his name not be used, 15 years ago, the building has only been there for 10 years. He says he was born a healer and has been performing healing since he was nine years old. "A long time me a do healing work, but me did stop because people say me a science (seance) (obeah) man, and even now, people still say me a science man and me no do nutten, but heal people. I eventually started back the work when I found my wife in 2007," Bishop told Family and Religion.
"I was baptised at a church in St Thomas, and while working in the church, I got a lot of fight because my spirit operates differently from them, so they say I had a 'poco' (of the Jamaican folk Pocomanian religion) spirit. He says when he is to do healing on a Wednesday, he abstains from engaging in sexual contact with his wife for the 24 hours leading up to the day. This Bishop said it allows him to be cleansed and pure in spirit and ready for the day's work.
BELIEFSYSTEM
"We believe in principle and good living. We believe in God, we no believe in obeah," remarked Bishop. Notwithstanding, people from far and wide attends the church on a Wednesday to get their healing. Many have also testified that they have been healed and have witnessed the healing of others. They dance and sing around the seal with movements that were quite entertaining; the spinning, rotating and whirling were appealing.
The Revival church he says operates different from other churches. There are coloured banners hanging high at different points inside the ceiling, live flowers set in a vase with water on the edge of the seal. The seal is a small circular pool with mineral water which is used in the cleansing and healing ritual. Coconuts are used to break destruction, the live flowers bring prosperity, and rum is used to ward off evil spirits.
Bishop says he has healed people with 'bad belly', 'sore foot' and all kinds of other ailments, too many to mention. He explained that "to be healed one must believe, you can't come for healing and have doubt, you must have faith and believe that you will get your breakthrough, you must tell yourself, I am going to be delivered," he said.
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JMS, the national group of consulting engineers, is excited to announce the opening of a new Derby office in January 2020.
With a growing customer-base in and around Derby, the building and infrastructure specialists will play a key role in many of the upcoming civil and structural developments in the area. As well as making their mark on the local skyline, they also have their sights set on becoming one of the best employers in the area, with their generous approach to working hours and staff welfare.
JMS Managing Director, Daniel Staines, explains:
"We are delighted to set up shop in Derby. It has a great reputation for high-tech innovation, and it is also a beautiful place to live, with a great mix of urban infrastructure and amazing countryside on your doorstep."
The Derby office is the latest expansion for the company, that already has regional offices dotted throughout the UK and overseas. With a portfolio that includes tidal flood barriers, hospitals and sustainable urban developments with green rooves, the team has also been responsible for refurbishing many of London's Grade II listed buildings, such as The Shaftesbury Theatre.
And whilst the business may be expanding, staff waistlines and working hours won't be. In fact, all JMS staff enjoy a 'Free Fridays' initiative, which gives them every second Friday off work. This amounts to 25 paid days off work a year, on top of their generous annual leave allowance.
Daniel says,
"The engineering industry has a reputation for tight deadlines and long working hours. People burn out. As a responsible employer, I wanted to move away from this culture, and find a way to ensure my staff could enjoy a more positive work life balance. Needless to say, when I suggested the idea of a nine-day fortnight, my team were very happy to give it a go. After a year, we have discovered that our productivity levels are actually now much higher. People work hard when they are here and appreciate what we are doing for them."
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Annan Athletic Football Club was established as a junior side in 1942. Following the dissolution of the Dumfries and District Junior League in the early 1950s, Annan Athletic joined the Carlisle and District Football League.
In the 1977/78 season, Annan returned to Scottish football, competing in the South of Scotland Football League. During their spell in the SoSFL, Annan won the league on two occasions (1983/84 and 1986/87). By the 1987/88 season, Annan joined the East of Scotland Football League. They continued their non-professional success, winning the EoSFL four times (1989/90, 1999/2000, 2000/01 and 2006/07).
In 2008, the original Gretna FC folded, making way for the admission of another club into the Scottish Football League. Annan's application was successful, beating out Cove Rangers, Spartans, Preston Athletic and Edinburgh City. Since joining the SFL, Annan have yet to gain promotion from the bottom tier, but showed promise in the 2015/16 Scottish Cup, advancing to the fifth round before being knocked out by Greenock Morton.
Annan first used a badge on their kits around 1978, and this original badge remains in use today. It features a torch being carried, within a shield, flanked by two thistles. Although Annan are known as 'the Black and Golds', the colours of the badge are based upon the colours of the coat of arms of the former royal burgh of Annan.
For my redesign, I opted to go the route of a round badge, with a monogram at its centre. The monogram consists of two 'A's, tilted at a 45° anti-clockwise angle so as to resemble the town of Annan's coat of arms (which features a yellow shield bearing a red saltire). At a stretch, the monogram includes the full 'AAFC' initials. A t-panelled football is superimposed over the monogram. The club's name and two thistles occupy the outer ring.
Both of the redesigned kits take their colours from Annan's traditional home and away kits. The home kit is inspired primarily by Annan's handsome 1989/90 Umbro home kit.
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Q: Running Gulp command from terminal I'm designing a Wordpress theme for the first time on a MAMP environment using an online tutorial.
I'm a newbie to Gulp and SASS and I'm trying to run/execute Gulp from  a folder on my Mac, but cannot seem to get the command right in terminal.
I have run and installed Gulp successfully, but cannot get the next part of the process (the tutorial only gives instructions for Windows).
I know I have to execute a "run" command on the , but I keep getting it wrong.
In short, what should a "run" or "execute" file command look like in Terminal?

A: In your terminal, what commands have you run so far.
Check for node, npm, npx and gulp
A quick way to check if they are installed is using these commands.
node --version

npm --version

npx --version

Then have you gulpfile.js file? If not run this command
npx -p touch nodetouch gulpfile.js

Then add your SASS commands in the file.
e.g
'use strict';

var gulp = require('gulp');
var sass = require('gulp-sass');

sass.compiler = require('node-sass');

gulp.task('sass', function () {
  return gulp.src('./sass/**/*.scss')
    .pipe(sass().on('error', sass.logError))
    .pipe(gulp.dest('./css'));
});

gulp.task('sass:watch', function () {
  gulp.watch('./sass/**/*.scss', ['sass']);
});

To run gulp, make sure you are within the directory which has the gulpfile.js.
gulp

Here is a quick start on getting you going with Gulp on terminal in mac.
https://gulpjs.com/docs/en/getting-started/quick-start
Hope that helps.


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