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Q: Disable html5 "Required" field input attribute when section of form is not displayed The section below should only appear if the user selects the "Yes" option. This section  (id="co-op") is embedded inside of a long Form. All of the inputs within the section are required (using HTML5 "Required" attribute). However if the user selects "No" the section below doesn't display within the form. This means that I would like to disable the "Required" fields within the section when the user selects "No"; since they can't view the inputs. Currently they are still submitting and preventing a successful submission.
 Thanks!

                            Co-Applican'ts Information
                            <input type="text" class="form-control" name="firstName" placeholder="First Name" required>

                            <input type="text" class="form-control" name="middleName" placeholder="M.I." maxlength="1" id="middle-name" required>

                            <input type="text" class="form-control" id="last-name" placeholder="Last Name" required>

A: Using the jquery validation engine plugin I was able to use the following jquery to toggle the hidden elements when selected and remove the "required" attribute when not selected.
$(document).ready(function() {
    $("#retired-select-coapp, #retired-select-primary ").change(handleNewSelection);
    // Run the event handler once now to ensure everything is as it should be
    handleNewSelection.apply($("#retired-select-coapp, #retired-select-primary"));

    /** Step One Co-App Info  **/
    $('#co-app').hide();
    $(".app-choice").change(function () { //use change event

    if (this.value == "option2") {
    $('#co-app').stop(true,true).slideDown('1000'); //than show
    $('#co-app input,#co-app select').addClass('validate[required]');

    } else {
    $('#co-app').stop(true,true).slideUp('1000'); //else hide
    $('#co-app input, #co-app select').removeClass('validate[required]');
}
});


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Projects that commenced in 2015
Modelling optimum approaches to mange management for UK sheep flocks | Student: Emily Nixon
Supervisors: Prof Richard Wall (University of Bristol), Dr Eric Morgan (University of Bristol), Dr Ailsa Milnes (Zoetis Animal Health).
In environments where poor land quality precludes crop production, livestock represent the primary contribution to agricultural production and food security. Domestic sheep in particular are hardy and well-adapted to marginal land and harsh climates. However, sheep suffer from a wide range of parasites and disease problems, one of the most persistent and damaging of which in the UK is psoroptic mange, known as scab. Scab is caused by infestation by a parasitic mite, Psoroptes ovis. The mites cause a debilitating and destructive clinical disease; there are believed to be over 7,000 outbreaks of scab in UK flocks each year costing the UK sheep industry over £8 million per year from mortality, reduced weight gain and the costs of treatment. Despite a number of recent scab education campaigns, there is no evidence that scab prevalence has been reduced.
Recent research at the University of Bristol has highlighted the risk factors associated with scab outbreaks, quantified the prevalence of the disease and suggested that regional or local scab management programmes may be a more effective use of time and resource than any attempted national eradication programme. However, at present there is considerable confusion about the best approaches to scab management, both in terms of the compounds to apply, when to apply them in relation to seasonal husbandry practices and in terms of farm/region scale effects.
The aim of this project therefore, is to develop a systems model which incorporates different farm types and husbandry approaches, incorporating farmer behaviour, to identify optimum management approaches to scab control under specific husbandry regimes.
Determining the mechanism of action of the banned neonicotinoid insecticides in bumblebees and fruitflies | Student: Kiah Tasman
Supervisors: Dr James Hodge (University of Bristol), Dr Seirian Sumner, (University of Bristol), Dr Sean Rands (University of Bristol)
Over a third of global crops (84% European crops) are dependent on pollinators (predominantly bees) with a value of ~£120 billion. Food production has kept up with postwar increase in population through the extensive use of pesticides, with development of resistance becoming an increasing problem. The neonicotinoids represent 15% of the worldwide insecticide market valued at ~$1 billion/year, but their pervasive use is widely thought to be a major contributory factor towards the 50% decrease of bees since the 1970s. This has resulted in a two-year ban on the neonicotinoids allowing scientists to determine their safety, mechanism of action and compatibility with global food security.
We aim to exploit the genetic tractability of Drosophila to determine the mechanism of action of neonicotinoids and generation of resistance. Our pilot data reveals that field relevant doses of neonicotinoids have a similar detrimental effect on fly and bee viability, longevity, locomotion and memory.
Fruit host selection by the olfactory system in the agricultural pest Drosophila suzukii | Student: Claire Dumenil
Supervisors: Dr Wynand van der Goes van Naters (Cardiff University), Dr Mike Birkett (Cardiff University).
This project investigates how the olfactory system of the emerging agricultural pest Drosophila suzukii encodes host odours, and aims to identify attractive ligands and their mixtures that can be used as baits in traps. Endemic to eastern Asia, D. suzukii was first recorded in Spain in 2008 and has since invaded northwards in Europe, reaching the UK in September 2012. D. suzukii is an extreme generalist feeder: the fly lays its eggs in fruit from diverse plant families including strawberry, grape and blueberry. How a generalist insect selects its hosts is a central question in insect-plant relationships.
By electrophysiology at the resolution of single sensory neurons, we will test hypotheses of how the olfactory system encodes odours from fruit hosts. Are there shared key ligands in the bouquets emitted by the different hosts, which thereby activate common subpopulations of sensory neurons in the olfactory system that mediate behavioural attraction, or do different host bouquets activate mutually exclusive groups of sensory neurons? Our knowledge of the olfactory system of the model organism Drosophila melanogaster will inform our research on D. suzukii. Assays measuring behavioural attraction to pure single odorants and to multicomponent blends will provide quantitative readouts of processing of olfactory information, and a mathematical model which relates output to input will give insight into the importance of blend recognition. Blends that are attractive in the laboratory are valuable candidate baits for traps to monitor and control D. suzukii populations in orchards.
Exploiting and engineering the plant protective and growth promoting abilities of Burkholderia bacteria | Student: Alex Mullins
Supervisors: Prof Eshwar Mahenthiralingam (Cardiff University), Prof Jim Murray (Cardiff University), Prof Murray Grant (University of Exeter)
Harnessing beneficial interactions between microorganisms and plants can provide multiple solutions to food security by reducing chemical pesticide and fertilizer use, and improving crop yields. Burkholderia are Gram-negative, environmental bacteria that have been used as natural biotechnological agents for pollutant bioremediation and biological control of plant pathogens. They occur in high numbers at the roots of major crop species including maize and rice.
Burkholderia encode pathways that can fix atmospheric nitrogen and produce antimicrobial metabolites that kill a range of plant pathogens (bacteria, fungi and nematodes). However, the pathways that are most beneficial in plant interactions have not been systematically defined. The Burkholderia genome (8+ Mb) contains multiple large chromosomal replicons. The smallest, third chromosome (> 1Mb; c3) can be deleted, attenuating virulence but leaving rhizosphere fitness intact, opening up chromosome engineering as a means to harness Burkholderia's biotechnological potential.
The PhD will define the Burkholderia and plant genetic pathways involved in protective and growth promoting rhizosphere interactions, with an overall goal to engineer the most beneficial bacterial pathways onto a synthetic c3.
Generating cost-free phage resistant Bt | Student: Jennifer Broniewski
Supervisors: Prof Angus Buckling (University of Exeter), Prof Richard ffrench-Constant (University of Exeter), Dr Edze Westra (University of Exeter)
The bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis is the main bio-pesticide used to control insect crop pests and is widely used in agriculture in the UK. The bacterium is produced in large-scale fermentations, but this method often suffers from contaminations with viruses that feed on the bacteria (bacteriophages; phages), resulting in large economical losses. An estimated 30% of the bacterial fermentation batches suffer from phage infections and there is therefore a pressing need to develop phage-resistant B. thuringiensis strains to replace the current phage-sensitive variants. Here we will manipulate B. thuringiensis phage-resistance through its CRISPR-Cas systems. CRISPR-Cas systems are bacterial adaptive immune systems and unlike alternative phage-resistance strategies of bacteria, CRISPR-Cas can potentially provide cost-free resistance to unlimited numbers of phage species. In addition to increasing production of bacteria, the resultant B. thuringiensis genotypes are likely to have greater biocontrol properties, because their in vivo growth will not be compromised by phages. However, a main hurdle for using CRISPR-Cas to generate phage-resistant bacteria is that bacteria frequently evolve phage resistance through other mechanisms, and such resistant mutants are expected to have reduced virulence in hosts as well as being outcompeted by phage sensitive bacteria.
We have recently shown how we can predict and manipulate the environmental conditions that promote the evolution of different resistance mechanisms, and we have identified conditions where the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa exclusively utilizes CRISPR-Cas-mediated resistance. Here, we aim to investigate (i) the conditions where B. thuringiensis CRISPR-Cas-mediated phage resistance evolves; (ii) the level of protection offered by CRISPR-Cas-mediated phage immunity; and (iii) any in vitro costs associated with this resistance. Once we have pre-evolved phage resistant B. thuringiensis, we will (iv) investigate their biocontrol efficacy in insect hosts.
Rothamsted
Characterisation of chemical signalling from beneficial Trichoderma spp | Student: Gareth Thomas
Supervisors: Dr Michael Birkett (Rothamtsed), Prof Murray Grant (University of Exeter).
Trichoderma species are ubiquitous soil saprotrophs utilized in agriculture for their biocontrol activities. Some strains additionally possess the ability to activate induced systemic resistance (ISR) to a broad range of pathogens. Other strains have been shown to stimulate plant growth through the production of plant-growth-promoting (PGP) compounds, although both traits are rarely found together. This project focuses upon a novel, free-living, strain of T. hamatum, which exhibits biocontrol and plant growth promotion (PGP) capabilities in both monocots and dicots, controls plant diseases caused by pre- and post-emergence pathogens, can induce systemic resistance and modify root architecture, even in species where no increase in canopy development is evident (e.g. maize & wheat). As with other biocontrol/PGP solutions, field application presents many challenges. Complex cross-talk occurs during beneficial rhizosphere interactions and is influenced by the climate, soil type, time of year and host genotype, e.g. in tomato-T. atroviride and T. harzianum interactions. Therefore, there is significant added value in studies that seek to understand and exploit the chemical ecology that underpins beneficial traits conferred by Trichoderma in the rhizosphere.
This project will use an interdisciplinary approach to elucidate the novel bioactive chemistry produced by T. hamatumthat contributes to these agronomically important traits. Bioassay-guided fractionation (using advanced chromatographic/spectroscopic analysis i.e. MS and NMR) will be used to identify bioactive natural products from microcosm extracts of Trichoderma hamatum that provide protection of lettuce (Lactuca sativa) or brassicas against the soil pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotorium (Ss). In-soil capture of the identified chemical signals, from Trichoderma isolates and the host plants will be carried out by the insertion of reverse-phase coated fibres into Trichoderma-amended soil environment of plants, in the presence or absence of Ss, and then elution/analysis of the captured compounds. This technique will shed light on the identity of the causal metabolites involved in potential enhancement of root defence against herbivores eg. clover root weevils, Sitona lepidus.

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Biografia
Laureatosi alla Sorbona, ateneo in cui inoltre conseguì il dottorato di ricerca nel 1971, dedicò le sue prime pubblicazioni all'analisi della figura e del pensiero di Jacques Bénigne Bossuet.

Fu docente di Storia del cattolicesimo moderno presso la École pratique des hautes études, nonché direttore della sezione di Scienze religiose della stessa  . Era inoltre il curatore scientifico delle opere e della corrispondenza di Fénelon.

Morì l'8 aprile 2020 a Parigi, all'età di 88 anni, per complicazioni da COVID-19.

Principali pubblicazioni
 Bossuet (1970)
 Les Opuscules spirituels de Bossuet. Recherches sur la tradition nancéienne (1970)
 La spiritualité de Bossuet (1972)
 Le Pur Amour de Platon à Lacan (2002)
 La Jouissance et le Trouble. Recherches sur la littérature chrétienne de l'âge classique (2004)
 Le Pouvoir d'abdiquer. Essai sur la déchéance volontaire (2009)
 Sœur et amante. Les biographies spirituelles féminines du XVIIe siècle (2013)
 Dieu, un pur rien. Angelus Silesius, poésie, métaphysique et mystique (2019)

Note

Collegamenti esterni

Morti per la pandemia di COVID-19
Storici del cristianesimo

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Dyskeratosis Congenita
"Dyskeratosis Congenita" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A predominantly X-linked recessive syndrome characterized by a triad of reticular skin pigmentation, nail dystrophy and leukoplakia of mucous membranes. Oral and dental abnormalities may also be present. Complications are a predisposition to malignancy and bone marrow involvement with pancytopenia. (from Int J Paediatr Dent 2000 Dec;10(4):328-34) The X-linked form is also known as Zinsser-Cole-Engman syndrome and involves the gene which encodes a highly conserved protein called dyskerin.
Zinsser-Cole-Engman Syndrome
Syndrome, Zinsser-Cole-Engman
Zinsser Cole Engman Syndrome
Dyskeratosis Congenita, X-Linked
Congenita, X-Linked Dyskeratosis
Dyskeratosis Congenita, X Linked
X-Linked Dyskeratosis Congenita
X-Linked Dyskeratosis Congenitas
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Dyskeratosis Congenita".
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities [C16]
Congenital Abnormalities [C16.131]
Skin Abnormalities [C16.131.831]
Dyskeratosis Congenita [C16.131.831.150]
Genetic Diseases, Inborn [C16.320]
Genetic Diseases, X-Linked [C16.320.322]
Skin Diseases, Genetic [C16.320.850]
Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases [C17]
Skin Diseases [C17.800]
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Dyskeratosis Congenita".
Genetic Diseases, X-Linked
Aicardi Syndrome
Androgen-Insensitivity Syndrome
Barth Syndrome
Bulbo-Spinal Atrophy, X-Linked
Dent Disease
Ectodermal Dysplasia 1, Anhidrotic
Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
Glycogen Storage Disease Type IIb
Glycogen Storage Disease Type VIII
Granulomatous Disease, Chronic
Hemophilia B
Hyper-IgM Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Type 1
Ichthyosis, X-Linked
Isolated Noncompaction of the Ventricular Myocardium
Mental Retardation, X-Linked
Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne
Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
Oculocerebrorenal Syndrome
Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase Deficiency Disease
Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease
Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome
X-Linked Combined Immunodeficiency Diseases
Skin Abnormalities
Acrodermatitis
Anetoderma
Carney Complex
Ectodermal Dysplasia
Incontinentia Pigmenti
Port-Wine Stain
Prolidase Deficiency
Rothmund-Thomson Syndrome
Sclerema Neonatorum
Trichothiodystrophy Syndromes
Xeroderma Pigmentosum
Skin Diseases, Genetic
Darier Disease
Dermatitis, Atopic
Erythrokeratodermia Variabilis
Hereditary Autoinflammatory Diseases
Hyalinosis, Systemic
Ichthyosiform Erythroderma, Congenital
Ichthyosis Bullosa of Siemens
Ichthyosis Vulgaris
Keratoderma, Palmoplantar
Leukokeratosis, Hereditary Mucosal
Lipoid Proteinosis of Urbach and Wiethe
Monilethrix
Muir-Torre Syndrome
Netherton Syndrome
Pemphigus, Benign Familial
Porokeratosis
Porphyria, Erythropoietic
Porphyrias, Hepatic
Sjogren-Larsson Syndrome
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Dyskeratosis Congenita".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Dyskeratosis Congenita" by people in this website by year, and whether "Dyskeratosis Congenita" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Dyskeratosis Congenita" by people in Profiles.


We're hoping to move in the New Year and are beginning our search online – is there anything we should keep in mind?
The majority of buyers will shop online during their search for a new home, and many will actually begin their search there, like yourselves! The real estate industry has come such a long way in the 20 years since I started in this business. Back in what feels like a different century (perhaps because it was), we used bulky multilist books that were delivered every other week to find homes for our clients. Now you can access the entire nation's real estate inventory on national websites such as realtor.com in the comfort of your own home!
The internet has made it incredibly easy for buyers to do some preliminary research for a new home. It does have its limitations, however, which is where your expert real estate agent can fill in the gaps.
Online listings, if managed well by the listing agent, will always look amazing. Wide-angle lenses and professional photographers are employed, as well as photo-editing software and virtual staging, to make a home look as attractive as possible online. It's worth keeping in mind that pictures may lie – be careful not to screen out potential homes just because the photos aren't fabulous – rely instead on the wisdom of your agent. If she has listened to your feedback and is familiar with the inventory, she will be your best screen for which homes are better than they appear, and which may be worse.
Online listings also don't give you much of a sense of location. While google earth may help with some of this, until you actually drive by a property, you may not be able to tell physical lot characteristics that may be a positive or a negative to you. Online listings also can do little to convey a sense of neighborhood or community. Again, that is where your real estate professional should be able to fill in the picture for you.
Finally, online listings are only as good as the agent who enters the data – there may be information about the property that is not entered into the MLS, either by agent oversight or by simple lack of space, that might make a home more desirable to you. Information such as camera security systems, water softener and purification systems and high-efficiency mechanicals may have real value to you and is rarely listed online.
Online shopping is a great way to familiarize yourself with the market, but connecting with a Realtor who is an expert in the area of interest to you is your best course of action once your curiosity grows more serious.


You invested in a fabulous new camera and you're super excited to take beautiful, love filled photos of your family. But why do your photos from the new camera look so similar to the ones you took with your phone in the past? The reason is you're using the same photography skills and knowledge that you used before. Your skills behind the lens are way more important than the quality of your gear. Your intentions, your use of light, your control of the camera and even your editing impact the quality of your photos more than you ever realized.
I offer individual and small group photography instruction to give you the tools, knowledge and power to create the images you envision. Learning to take photos that you love is such a wonderful gift to your family and to yourself. You will have heirloom images to pass down through generations while experiencing the joy of learning something new. We will cover composition, lighting, exposure, and camera operations through a series of four lessons.
If you would love to take better photos, photographs worthy of printing, framing and cherishing for a lifetime, then invest in yourself to learn new skills that will serve you throughout your life. Compose with purpose. Shoot with control. Cherish with pride. Sign up for your lessons today.
I have partnered up with the Shultz Photography School to teach a course of photography classes along with their fabulous program and curriculum. Classes are open to anyone in the community and include a lifetime membership to the SPS Photo Fix, 4 one hour classes and access to a private Facebook group. Just like with private lessons, you will learn the most effective photography skills to take your photos from snapshots to heirlooms. The course is $199 and is open for enrollment at a few select times of the year. Space in each course is limited to just 5 students so that every student can have the time to do some hands on practice during class. If you'd like to be notified the next time enrollment is open, please just let me know using the "inquire" button below or via email or a phone call.
I am available to visit your organization to talk about and demonstrate photography topics that are important to your community. Please contact me to find out what would be a good fit for you.


Doctor's Choice Placement Services maintains listings for hundreds of internal medicine jobs. We have jobs available for permanent and locum tenens internists in all states. If you require assistance in your job search, our team of recruiters is here to help with anything you need.
Internal medicine physicians, also known as internists, are doctors who specialize in preventing, diagnosing and treating diseases and disorders in adult patients. Internists can be found working in hospitals and private practice.
After completing medical school, internists must complete a three year residency focusing on the study of internal medicine. After completing their residency, internal medicine doctors can further focus on sub-specialties of internal medicine including cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, hematology, infectious disease, and many others. Internists are board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine or the American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine.
You can search our complete database of internal medicine jobs without registration. The listings are updated daily, making sure you have access to the latest job opportunities available. Best of all, our services are free for the doctors looking for job placement. We have internal medicine jobs for internists in outpatient settings, traditional practices and hospital settings.


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The new edition of the "Via Francigena" magazine has been published: a special edition to be collected, entirely dedicated to "Road to Rome"!
The "Via Francigena and the European Cultural Routes" magazine honours our initiative with a special edition, entirely dedicated to the European march that celebrates the 20th anniversary of the European Association of Via Francigena ways (EAVF).
Following the outstanding flow of pictures and videos, blogs and stories that have been shared during the event, here is the official release of the Via Francigena magazine, created by EAVF with editor Studio Guidotti, that allows us to jump back in and live, once again, the extraordinary emotions we experienced during those four months: from the encounters with people and local communities to the discovery of territories, involving 650 municipalities along an axis of 3,200 km.
The magazine, published in English, French and Italian, can be downloaded in PDF version or purchased in paper version, and it collects the articles of many guests and collaborators who supported the project from the very beginning.
EAVF's President Massimo Tedeschi's editorial opens this number of the magazine, recalling the historical roots of the association and highlighting the three keywords of "Road to Rome": relaunch, heritage and Europe. The main sponsors of the event, ENIT, Snam and Intesa Sanpaolo, as well as "Valore Paese Italia e Agenzia del Demanio", introduce us to the beauty of traveling, across villages and enchanting landscapes, with an invitation to start walking.
A substantial section of the magazine is dedicated to the faces that guided this visionary and epic journey: a group of people fuelled by passion, enthusiasm and love for the Via Francigena. Thanks to these faces it was possible to organize, build and share the story of something that, just one year ago, seemed like an impossible dream.
There are many thematic articles in this number: Giancarlo Laurenzi, President of the Confraternity of Pilgrims to Rome, Didier Morel, President of the Federation Via Francigena France, Erik Samson, French Catholic priest, Gaetan Tornay, EAVF's Vice-president, Giancarlo Forte, President of Gruppo dei Dodici, and Federica Copernico and Andrea Giuffrida, bloggers from Trip'N'Roll. In these pages we can trace back across fragments and pictures of the journey which become input for future projects. Those who had this experience in first person, during one or more days on foot, were probably able to feel the cosiness of the journey and of the "Road to Rome" group, which made the chords of our hearts vibrate.
This edition also devotes a beautiful section to the Via Francigena section in the region of Lombardy, in the provinces of Lodi and Pavia, with a focus on cultural and natural emergencies. A path narrated by blogger Monica Nanetti, who cycled with us in this section this summer. It includes the introductions of Ambra Castellani, hospitalera at "La Torre Merlata" in Palestro speaking about hospitality along the route, and Francesco Ferrari, EAVF Vice-president and Mayor of Orio Litta, who tells us about the Grangia Benedettina hostel.
Words, stories, memories, but that's not all of it: in this edition, that comes with the end of 2021, the strongest messages comes from the beautiful photos taken during those unforgettable weeks by our official photographers, who followed us step by step. The images are carefully selected and collected in an archive that is much more than a magazine to us – it is a proper photo album, full of memories that allow us to live again a long journey that did certainly not end in Santa Maria di Leuca on the 18th of October.
Indeed, the special edition dedicated to Road to Rome is not only a way to remember those epic 4 months, but is a spark for reflection in the coming years: what will happen after this relay march? What are the projects the Association is now focusing on? What are the next challenges to accept in the tourism sector, currently in thorough transformation?
The road to walk is still long: for now, we can only wish you an enjoyable read and happy holidays, in company of EAVF!
To browse the online edition of the magazine, click here
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Q: Best way to hide/show depending on select options with jQuery? I have a select with two options in it. I'd like the default option to have an input displayed below the select element, while the other option, when selected, hides that input and instead displays a paragraph of text. I've tried using bind and change but I can't manage to get it to work. What's the best way to do this?

A: Here's a tiny, reusable function that reduces some code clutter with show/hide.
jQuery.fn.showIf = function (condition) {
return this[condition ? 'show' : 'hide']();
}

You use it like this:
$('#foo').change(function() {
    $('#input').showIf(el.val() === "1");
    $('#text').showIf(el.val() !== "1");
});

A: Something along these lines should do the trick:
<select id="foo">
    <option value="1">Enter a value</option>
    <option value="2">Show some text</option>
</select>

<input id="input" type="text"/>

<p id="text" style="display:none">
    Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
    blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
</p>

$('#foo').change(function() {
    var el = $(this);
    if(el.val() === "1") {
        $('#input').show();
        $('#text').hide();
    } else {
        $('#text').show();
        $('#input').hide();
    }
});

http://jsfiddle.net/J5Enp/

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This year I made just one resolution: write weekly. I created this space to enable me to do that, and I did. Sort of.
With this final post of 2013, I will have published 23 times. That's 23 weeks out of 52 possible weeks. Mathematically, I failed. However, while 44% is failure on a test score, this project isn't a test. It's a work in progress, and I'm proud I didn't give up when it was clear I would not get even close to a perfect publication score.
Most people do not listen with the intent to understand. Most people listen with the intent to reply.
This is not my favorite time of the year. Television stations suspend normal programming to present sentimental holiday movies and specials; radio airwaves spew a steady stream of crooners fantasizing about talking snowmen and roasting chestnuts. Shoppers increase their debt levels and engage in moronic behavior while pursuing the latest must-haves advertisers have persuaded them they cannot live without. Perfect becomes the adjective de jour: perfect hostess, perfect party, perfect meal, perfect gift... Visual and auditory sensations become overwhelming noise, a tornado of commotion inflating expectations and waistlines, and only the latter isn't deflated when the hoopla dies down.


-requested the book Analysing Media texts, edited by Marie Gillespie and Jason Toynbee. David Hesmondhalgh (in The Cultural Industries) says that it contains a "survey of some of the main techniques for analysing media texts" (45). Perhaps such techniques will provide clues about how one might test users' responses to virtual spaces (if an empirical study is in store for me…).
-finished Nick Harkaway's wonderful Angelmaker. Great stuff.


I am exceedingly excited to announce that Noonright, a short animation which I had the pleasure of scoring and sound designing, has won the Telus Story Hive Digital Short competition! The project will now move on to another phase of development, as well as getting exposure at the Banff World Media Festival. Take a look and listen to what we created, and stay tuned for further developments!


As adorable as the beehive-shaped bottle is (doesn't it remind you of Winnie the Pooh?), I was totally flabbergasted by the $18.50 price tag. What happened to the days of $12.50 Bath & Body Works?!
Spiced Pumpkin Cider Shower Gel is a blend of Heirloom Pumpkins, Royal Cinnamon, Apple Cider and Roasted Tonka Bean. The shower gel's fragrance was way too rich, and overbearing, for the summer-like temperatures of the first half of October. However, once the weather started to cool (thank you, Typhoons), I did enjoy the combination of the Autumn spices, apple and pumpkin.
Made with pure honey, aloe, shea butter, and vitamin e, Spiced Pumpkin Cider has a velvet-like lather. I like how well the shower gel cleanses and nourishes the skin, and so far, I haven't had any Fall itches.
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An exchange student from Philippines reveals how was her Erasmus study experience at LiepU
One semester has already passed since Riza Franchesca Regala from Ateneo de Manila University (Philippines) has started her Erasmus+ studies at Liepaja University (LiepU) in the study programme European Language and Culture Studies in Liepaja, Latvia. What was her experience during the studies and pandemic time, while being away from home till the very end of the study semester and how did she manage with online studies at LiepU? Riza Franchesca is one of the student's, who received an Erasmus+ grant for studies in LiepU within Erasmus+ KA107 project that LiepU currently implements together with Ateneo de Manila University.
"I still remember the day I was nominated for an Erasmus+ semester in Latvia like it was yesterday. I had always admired Latvia for its Art Noveau and rich history. Nevertheless, I understood that I had a lot more to learn about the country. (..) Little did I know, however, about the amount of paperwork I had to go through to get to Latvia. Fortunately, I received a great deal of support from the Liepaja University International Office. They never ceased to guide me through all the processes and they helped make the endless paperwork a lot smoother. Moreover, Liepaja University has this Buddy Set-up which matches each Erasmus+ student with a Liepaja University student. Initially, my buddy was someone who helped me find an apartment, but soon enough, my buddy became a trusted friend who helped me easily integrate into Latvian society. Without their assistance, my Erasmus+ experience would not have been the same. While the pre-mobility phase was clearly my least favorite part, I am thankful for the support I received to get through it.
Soon enough, the things that had shocked me became my new normal. I started to cherish the cold weather, knowing I was not going to experience it much as soon as I got back to the Philippines. I took advantage of the ice-skating rink and re-kindled my love for my childhood sport. I also took the opportunity to take Latvian Lessons which the University fortunately offered for free. I was so happy especially about this because as a European Studies student, I just knew that learning this language would allow me to appreciate the history and culture of Latvia more. It also allowed me to better communicate with the locals and embrace the Latvian society.
Of course, I got to meet more people as the months went by, locals and International students alike. I can proudly say that during this mobility, I met some of the kindest, most talented and most passionate people from every possible walk of life. I know for a fact that I will hold my memories with them in my heart wherever I go. They have widened my horizons which is something I am eternally grateful for. From ice skating together to meeting up after a storm to find amber on the beach, and later on travelling around Latvia and the Baltics, I easily found a sense of belonging with people from all around the world.
Liepaja University used to host these "International Wednesdays" gatherings where students and interns got to present about their home countries and prepare a national dish for everyone. I myself had the opportunity to present about the Philippines with one of my dearest Erasmus friends from Austria. Sadly, we did not know at that time that this was one of the last International Wednesdays in a while because just a few days later, the global pandemic began. I can recall a mix of emotions among us Erasmus students at that time: some of us were scared, some of us were sad, and all of us were frustrated because we had absolutely no control over what was happening.
At this point, Liepaja University arranged online classes. Although the system was different from in-person lessons, I was just happy that I could continue learning. I took my online classes seriously even if they were sometimes really challenging. The professors were still very helpful and I owe it to them that I was able to improve my proficiency in Spanish and French and my knowledge of Great Britain and French civilizations in spite of everything that was happening. LiepU has a very competent University staff. Additionally, the class size ratio to the professors make learning more personalized to the student's individual needs. Although sometimes professors spoke Latvian to explain a question to the non-Erasmus students, not once did I feel left out in any of my classes. Eventually, brighter days came and some restrictions were slowly lifted. Personally, I found it very commendable how Latvians themselves and the government handled the pandemic.
With all of this being said, I have some practical advice for anyone who wants to go on Erasmus+ in Latvia: do it. The exchange opportunity will allow you to expand your perspective on the world as you know it. Through the intercultural exchange, you will also be able to forge a lifetime of friendships with people around the world. It will not really take you long either to fall in love with the charm of Latvia and its breathtaking cities. Surely, your Erasmus experience will only be as good as you make it; but with the right people at a place that feels like home, the only thing left to worry about is finding a good apartment and taking care of the heaps of paperwork.
Overall, my Erasmus experience for me symbolizes a period in my life I was able to embrace my independence and learn how to manage my freedom. Though I know that the best six months of my life have come to an end, I strongly feel that this is only the beginning of a new chapter in my life where I get to take all the amber I found and all the lifelong lessons I learned back home. And, no matter where I go or what the future holds, a part of my heart will always stay in Liepaja."
Thank you, Franchesca!
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Time is running out for these tax savings, so remind clients to take action when appropriate but before Dec. 31.
It's that time of year again—yes, the holiday season, but also an important time for clients to take stock of 2015 finances to ensure they don't miss out on any last minute year-end tax planning moves (most tax moves must be made by December 31).
Intelligent year-end tax planning can generate welcome tax savings for clients—not just on 2015 returns, but in future years as well. This article will highlight some of the tax planning strategies that clients may be overlooking as the year draws to a close. In-depth coverage of these issues (and more) can be found in the four-volume Tax Facts series, which provides a comprehensive guide to advising clients on tax and financial issues—now available in both online and print formats.
Taxpayers who have incurred significant medical expenses in 2015 should compare these expenses to adjusted gross income (AGI) in order to determine whether they are deductible—generally, medical expenses that exceed 10% of a taxpayer's AGI are deductible. The threshold for 2015 is 7.5% if the taxpayer is 65 or older. If a taxpayer is close to the threshold, he or she may wish to consider accelerating medical expenses into 2015 that normally would be incurred early in 2016 to take advantage of the deduction.
Further, taxpayers should take a close look at the terms of any tax-preferred health flexible spending accounts (FSAs) to which he or she contributed in 2015. Health FSAs may be subject to the use-it-or-lose-it rule, which means that all 2015 contributions must be used by the end of the plan year unless the FSA offers either of the carryover or grace period options. The carryover provision allows a taxpayer to carry up to $500 in unused funds into 2016, while the grace period option gives taxpayers an extra 2 1/2 months to use the funds. FSAs may contain one of these provisions, but not both.
Beginning in 2013, new taxes—including the 3.8% net investment income tax (NIIT) and the 0.9% additional Medicare surcharge—were introduced in order to increase the tax liability of certain high-income taxpayers. The taxes impact taxpayers with AGI that exceeds $200,000 for single filers or $250,000 for married couples filing jointly. The NIIT applies to the lesser of AGI or net investment income, but only if the taxpayer's AGI exceeds the threshold. Clients who determine that their AGI is only slightly above the threshold limits can take proactive steps before year-end to avoid the tax.
These clients should ensure that they are taking all steps possible to reduce AGI—such as maxing out pre-tax contributions to retirement accounts, health savings vehicles and dependent care programs. It's also important that clients examine their portfolios carefully to determine whether they can offset any capital gains with capital losses. Taxpayers are also able to offset up to $3,000 worth of ordinary income with capital losses, and can carry any unused losses into future years (see Mike Patton).
Taxpayers who have reason to believe that their taxable income will increase in future years may wish to take advantage of Roth conversions before the end of 2015, while they are in lower tax brackets. This can reduce eventual required minimum distributions from traditional accounts in order to lower AGI in future years and potentially avoid the NIIT and additional Medicare taxes in 2016 and beyond. Lowering AGI in future years can also reduce the taxes that apply to Social Security income, and can allow clients to avoid the income-based surcharges on Medicare premiums.
Clients whose IRA holdings suffered during 2015 may be especially attracted to making a Roth conversion before year-end. When a client converts to a Roth, he or she pays ordinary income tax on the entire amount converted—if the value has declined, the conversion will generate a lower tax liability.
If the asset values rebound, the growth in the Roth assets will be tax-free—and if the values continue to decline, the client can always reverse the transaction and recharacterize the Roth (or a portion of the Roth) before October 15, 2016.
In 2015, taxpayers can make gifts of up to the $14,000 ($28,00 per married couple) annual gift tax exclusion amount per donee without incurring gift tax liability. Once the calendar turns to 2016, however, the clock resets and taxpayers cannot retroactively use their 2015 exclusion amounts to transfer wealth.
For wealthy clients who are worried about leaving valuable gross estates that are worth more than the estate tax exemption ($5.43 million in 2015 and $5.45 million in 2016), making small gifts each year can reduce the eventual estate tax burden. Taxpayers who live in states with estate or inheritance taxes should also consider lifetime giving, as exemption levels for state death taxes can be lower than the federal amount.
Clients can give cash, but they can also give shares of stock or other assets, and the donee will receive the giver's original tax basis in the gifted assets.
Funding a Section 529 college savings plan for a friend or relative may also appeal to many clients. Generally, clients are permitted to give up to the $14,000 annual limit without generating gift tax liability, but in the case of 529 plans only, a taxpayer is eligible to make a large gift to the 529 plan and elect to treat that gift as though it was spread over a five-year period for gift tax purposes.
Therefore, in 2015, a taxpayer could contribute $70,000 ($140,000 for a married couple) without gift tax liability to a beneficiary's 529 plan if he or she files a gift tax return and makes the election on that return. If the annual exclusion amount increases during the five-year period, the taxpayer can make additional contributions.
The provision that allows taxpayers aged 70 ½ and older to make tax-free charitable donations directly from IRA accounts technically expired at the end of 2014—but Congress has a lengthy history of retroactively extending this particular provision. For many taxpayers, this move can allow them to take annual RMDs from retirement accounts without the corresponding increase in taxable income.
The tax-free treatment of charitable donations from IRA accounts lets these taxpayers directly transfer an RMD of up to $100,000 per year ($200,000 per couple if each spouse has a separate IRA) to a qualified charity without increasing their tax burden (qualified charities include organizations such as churches and hospitals—most private foundations and donor-advised funds are excluded).
Assuming the provision is retroactively instated, taking advantage of the tax-free IRA charitable rollover can prevent a taxpayer from exceeding the annual income thresholds for higher tax rates and limitations on deductions and exemptions in 2015. A tax-free rollover can also help clients avoid higher Medicare premiums and any taxes that may be imposed on Social Security payments based on income levels.
The donation cannot also be treated as an itemized deduction if tax-free rollover treatment is elected. However, because the value of a client's itemized deductions will be phased out if income exceeds the annual threshold level, electing tax-free treatment may now be more beneficial than ever, allowing clients to reduce taxable income to enjoy the full benefit of their other itemized deductions.
While the tax repercussions of any given financial move should be considered year-round, the end of the year presents an opportunity for clients to take stock and evaluate—both to take advantage of potential year-end moves and to avoid mistakes in the future.


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1 AnmeldelseSkriv anmeldelse
Official Letters of the Military and Naval Officers of the United States ...
Av John Brannan
2d. The senior major general commanding the principal army is
entitled to the services of a private secretary. Sd. The ordnance and other departments of supply within the
district (No. 9.) are subject of course to your orders. 4th. The quarter master general of the army will supply the
funds for secret service. 5th. All orders to subordinate officers pass from the war de
partment to the adjutant general; to be communicated by him to the general commanding the district in which such subordi
nate officer may serve. 6th. No specific permission is necessary for removing factious
or disorderly men. All such will properly become subjects of the confidential reports to be made by inspectors. To detach such men from one district to another, is only shifting the evil;
the better way is to report them for dismission. 7th. If the corps at fort George be recalled, the works should
be razed or occupied by a force competent to hold it against an assault. There is a corps of militia and volunteers (to whom the Six Nation Indians have associated themselves) at Black Rock, which may be kept in service. They are commanded by
general Porter and Mr. Parrish. 8th. The secretary of war will decline and forbid all improper
communications, and particularly such as may bear any colour
of insubordination. 9th. Besides the ordinary mode of communication by mail, ex
presses may be employed in extraordinary cases. 10th. The dragoons and light artillery corps shall be made efli
cient. Horses may be bought for both. An officer from each corps should be directed to superintend the purchases. Price (average) not to exceed 120 dollars.
I have the honour to be, &c.
JOHN ARMSTRONG. Maj. Gen. Wilkinson, comdg. the N. Army.
SACKETT'S HARBOR, August 21st, 1819. SIR,
I arrived here yesterday: my machinery is in motion, and I have strong hopes of giving the change to sir George which will lead directly to the object of first importance.
Commodore Chauncey is in port here, and his antagonist, sir James Yeo, at Kingston. In the late interviews between these naval commanders, the first has zealously sought a combat, which the latter has cautiously avoided; the superiority on the lake therefore remains still to be settled; but I have Chauncey's assurance for it, and place much confidence in his word; it is obviously sir James's plan to decline a conflict; but on what ground I cannot determine,
Our schooner here will be equipt and manned by Wednesday, and I shall sail with the squadron for fort George probably the day after; I am endeavoring to draw sir George after me; but whether I succeed in this attempt or not, should our men and means answer report, and Heaven favour me, I will be in possession of Kingston, or below that place, on the 26th proximo.
Major general Hampton must not budge until every thing is matured in this quarter, and we have either got possession of Kingston or have cut its communication with Montreal, of which I shall give him seasonable advice, via Plattsburg, where I shall calculate on his arrival the 20th of the ensuing month, completely equipt for a forward movement. If he changes his position and shows his column west of the lake sooner, it may carry sir George to Montreal and produce precautions which might otherwise be neglected until too late for any salutary effect.
The militia called forth by governor Tompkins, of which by the bye you gave me no information, should not be arrayed before he hears from me at fort George, because the assembly of such a body would increase the alarm, and put all Canada in countermotion, while incidents beyond the controul of man may intervene to procrastinate my movements and thus baffle the effects of the proposed co-operation on the side of Vermont: should a corps of militia be drawn from thence, no movement should be made by them, until general Hampton has crossed Champlain.
It would be highly interesting to the public service and extremely acceptable to me to see you at Niagara, from whence, should I find it practicable, it is my intention to commence my movement down the lake, about the 15th of the next month; the best possible disposition for the safety of that frontier, and for the security of the vast mass of ordnance and stores which I must leave there, may render your advice and authority indispensably necessary to avert clamors and prevent any obstruction to my prompt movement.
obedient servant, &c.
JAMES WILKINSON, llon. John Armstrong, Secretary of War.
SACKETT'S HARBOR, August 26th, 1813. SIR,
Chauncey will go out, he says, to-morrow or next day to seek sir James. I see the necessity of settling the point of naval superiority before we commit ourselves, and therefore, the decision cannot be had too soon. In the mean time the essential arrangements progress, and if the means can be mustered, they will ensure the end.
I fear Yeo will avoid a contest to spin out the campaign, and gain time for reinforcements, and the organization of militia;
but if he will not come out, we must blockade him. I go to Niagara the moment our arrangements are matured here. Sir George has actually gone for the head of the lake with a reinforcement.
To prevent his playing tricks with Boyd, I have sent him (Boyd) the note of which you have a copy.
On Saturday 21st, one hundred and sixty regular troops ascended by Ogdensburg to Kingston, and on the 23 and 24th, they were followed by five hundred Highlanders in their kilts, who conducted up one hundred boats. Thus we see that this quarter attracts chief attention. All my efforts will be made to induce sir George to draw after him a chief part of the garrison of Kingston, which must now be near five thousand strong. The situation of Proctor and the irruption of our Indians have gone far to excite these dispositions. Meet me at Niagara, if possible, and for God's sake press on the recruits from Albany and the southward, and send me Wadsworth, Swift, Fenwick, and Izard. All things go well here, and thank God, the men are recovering rapidly. I hear not a word from Hampton. I hope he does not mean to take the stud; but if so, we can do without him, and he should be sent home.
Truly yours,
JAMES VILKINSON. Secretary of War.
WAR DEPARTMENT, SACKETT'S HARBOR,
September 6th, 1813. DEAR GENERAL,
I arrived here yesterday. Nothing new, excepting that Prevost has returned to Kingston. General Hampton will go through the campaign cordially and vigorously, but will resign at the end of it. He will be ready to move by the 20th, with an effective regular force of 4000, and a militia detachment of 1500. On the supposition that sir George had decidedly taken his part, and had chosen the peninsula as his camp de battaile, I had ordered Hampton to move immediately against the Isle Aux Noix. Two thousand militia will be promptly assembled at Champion, twenty-four miles from this place, and on the route to the St. Lawrence. The place was selected, as offering two objects, and of course leaving his knightship to guess. To have pushed them directly to Ogdensburg, would not have had that advantage. A larger draft would have been difficult. Another view of the subject is, that this part of the plan cannot be confided to militia exclusively; they must be propped by a regular corps, otherwise the back door may not be sufficiently closed and barred.
The battle on the lake! Shall we have one? If Yeo fights and is beaten, all will be well. If he does not fight, the result may also be favourable.
Yours cordially,
JOHN ARMSTRONG.
ONG.
General Wilkinson.
JIEAD QUARTERS, UPPER SANBUSKY,
August 6th, 1813. DEAR SIR,
Your excellency's of the 4th instant, was delivered to me yesterday morning, by colonel Brush. The exertions which you have made, and the promptitude with which your orders have been obeyed, to assemble the militia to repel the late invasion of the enemy, is truly astonishing, and reflects the highest honour on the state.
Believing, that in a formal interview, I could best explain to you the intentions of the government and my own views, I determined to come on to this place to see you. I have now the honour to repeat to you in this way, the result of my determination upon the employment of the militia, and most of the facts upon which my determination is founded. It has been the intention of government to form the army destined for operation, upon the lake Erie, exclusively of regular troops, if they could be raised; the number was limited to 7000. The deficiency of the regulars was to be made up from the militia. From all the information I at present possess, I am convinced that there will be a great deficiency in the contemplated number of troops, after the militia now in service, and whose term of service will not expire immediately, have been added to the regulars. I have therefore called on the governor of Kentucky, for 2000 effectives: with these, there will still be a defect of perhaps 1.200 troops. Your excellency has stated, the men who have turned out on this occasion, have done it with the expectation that they would be effectually employed, and that, should they be sent home, there is no prospect of getting them to turn out, should it be hereafter required. To employ them all, is impossible. With my utmost exertions, the embarkation cannot be effected in a less time than 15 or 18 days.
Should I even determine to substitute them for the regular troops, which are expected, to keep so large a force in the field, even for a short period, would consume the means which are provided for the support of the campaign, and which are only calculated for the number of men above stated.
I would recommend, under these circumstances, to your excellency, a middle course, viz: to dismiss all the militia but two regiments of 10 companies, of 100 men each, and an usual proportion of field and platoon non-commissioned officers and musicians. That this corps be encamped at or near this place, until it is ascertained whether their service will be wanted. A short time will determine this question.
Permit me to request your excellency to give your countenance and support to the exertions which general M Arthur will make to fill up the 26th regiment of 12 month's troops.
It appears that the venerable governor of Kentucky, is about to take command of the troops of that state; could your excellency think proper to follow his example, I need not tell you how highly gratifying it would be to, dear sir, your friend,
WILLIAM H. HARRISON. Te his excellency Gov. Meigs.
ON BOARD THE SHIP GENERAL PIKE,
AT SACKETT S HARBOR, August 18th, 1815. SIR,
I arrived here this day with this ship, the Madison, Oneida, Governor Tompkins, Conquest, Ontario, Pert, and Lady of the Lake. The Fair American and Asp, I left at Niagara. Since I had the honour of addressing you last
, I have been much distressed and mortified : distressed at a loss of a part of the force entrusted to my command, and mortified at not being able to bring the enemy to action. The following movements and transactions of the squadron, since the 6th instant, will give you the best ideas of the difficulties and mortifications that I have had to encounter.
On the 7th, at day-light, the enemy's fleet, consisting of two ships, two brigs, and two large schooners, were discovered bearing west north-west, distant about five or six miles, wind at west. At 5, weighed with the fleet and manouvred to gain the wind. At 9, having passed to the leeward of the enemy's line, and abreast of his van slip, (the Wolfe) hoisted our colours and fired a few
guns to ascertain whether we could reach him with our shot; finding they fell short, I wore and hauled upon a wind on the starboard tack; the rear of our schooners then about six miles astern. The enemy wore in succession and hauled upon a wind on the same tack, but soon finding that we should be able to weather him upon the next tack, he tacked and made all sail to the northward. As soon as our rear vessels could fetch his wake, tacked and made all sail in chase. In the afternoon the wind became very light, and towards night quite calm. The schooners used their sweeps all the afternoon, in order to close with the enemy, but without success. Late in the afternoon I made the signal of recal, and formed in close order; wind during the night from the westward, and after midnight squally; kept all hands at quarters, and beat to the windward, in hopes to gain the wind of the enemy. At 2 A. M. missed two of our schooners-at daylight discovered the missing schooners to be the Hamilton and Scourge. Soon after, spoke the Governor Tompkins, who informed me that the Hamilton and Scourge both overset and sunk in a heavy squall about 2 o'clock; and, distressing to relate, every soul perished, except 16. This fatal accident deprived me at once of the services of two valuable officers, lieutenant Winter and sailing master Osgood, and two of my best schooners, mounting together 19 guns. This accident giving decidedly to tha enemy the superiority, I thought he would take advantage of it,


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Nashville Civil Rights Movement Mentor C.T. Vivian Has Died
This 1960 photo shows Rev. C.T. Vivian (center) and Diane Nash (right) speaking to Nashville Mayor Ben West.Courtesy Nashville Public Library, Special Collections
A fiery leader and mentor within the Civil Rights Movement in Nashville and across the nation has died. Rev. C.T. Vivian passed away Friday morning in Atlanta at age 95, according to the Associated Press.
Vivian was a movement leader for more than six decades, often at the tip of the spear in the fight against racist segregation.
He was an organizer of the Freedom Rides, a leader of voter registration efforts and the renowned marches in Selma, Ala., and a close collaborator with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
In Selma, the Associated Press reports that Vivian was punched by Sheriff Jim Clark while cameras were rolling, and that ensuing coverage made the movement there a national phenomenon.
"You can turn your back now and you can keep your club in your hand, but you cannot beat down justice. And we will register to vote because as citizens of these United States we have the right to do it," Vivian declared before being struck.
Vivian's work earned him the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013.
This April 1960 image shows the "silent march" to the Metro Courthouse, with Rev. C.T. Vivian helping lead (far left, black suit).Courtesy Nashville Public Library, Special Collections
In Nashville, Vivian studied at American Baptist College and mentored students in nonviolence during the early-1960s integration movement.
He was also front-and-center in one of the city's pivotal moments.
As The Tennessean recounts, Vivian helped lead a march on city hall in April 1960. He was among those credited with compelling the city mayor to commit, on the spot, to integrate downtown lunch counters.
At the moment selected in the video below, Vivian discusses the march and the showdown with the mayor during a Library of Congress oral history:
Condolences are circulating across the nation on Friday.
Sad news, #northnashville. Rev. CT Vivian passed away earlier this AM. Sending Light+Love to his family and praying for their health and strength in the days ahead. RIP Rev. Vivian. pic.twitter.com/nBIQ2foaGn
— Learotha Williams (@learothawms) July 17, 2020
Tennessee House Democratic Caucus Chairman Mike Stewart called Vivian "a giant in the civil rights movement who played an integral part in the Nashville sit-ins."
"It is especially poignant that Rev. Vivian passed away as we are in the midst of a new civil justice campaign in the nation and in the State of Tennessee. Rev. Vivian said 'People do not choose rebellion; it is forced upon them. Revolution is always an act of self-defense.' Those words obviously still ring true today," Stewart wrote.
Rev. C.T. Vivian.
Courageous. Brilliant. Sacrificial.
A powerfully well-lived life that lifted humanity. We will miss you.
Thank you, sir. pic.twitter.com/Bd9QSLitN1
— The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center (@TheKingCenter) July 17, 2020
Filed Under: History Tagged With: C.T. Vivian, civil rights movement
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Bloomberg: China's imports of crude from Iran rebounded to the highest level in six months in December after the U.S. renewed an exemption from penalties on banks that process payments for the Persian Gulf nation's oil. Bloomberg News
China's imports of crude from Iran rebounded to the highest level in six months in December after the U.S. renewed an exemption from penalties on banks that process payments for the Persian Gulf nation's oil.
China, the world's second-biggest crude consumer, bought 2.52 million metric tons of oil from Iran last month, according to figures from the General Administration of Customs today. That's up 43 percent from November, when purchases slipped 9.3 percent. Shipments averaged 596,000 barrels a day, the most since June, and advanced 3.6 percent from December 2011, the data showed.
The U.S. State Department on Dec. 7 extended exemptions for 180 days for China and eight other countries from measures related to sanctions against Iran, saying they had "continued to significantly reduce" their purchases of the Middle East nation's oil. China's total crude imports last year from the Islamic republic, its third-biggest supplier, slid 21 percent to 22 million tons, the customs data showed.
"The annual decrease in imports was within expectations and safely in the range of 20 percent to 30 percent in crude cuts required by the U.S.," Li Li, an oil analyst with Shanghai-based commodity researcher C1 Energy, said by phone. "China will continue to import limited crude from Iran just to get around the U.S. as a political compromise."
China's monthly purchases from Iran may be 1.7 million tons to 2 million tons in the first half of this year, similar to the average for 2012, Li said. The U.S. and the European Union are pressuring Iran to curtail its nuclear program, which they say is aimed at developing an atomic weapon.
Saudi Arabia continued to rank as China's largest crude supplier last year, providing 53.9 million tons, up 7.3 percent from 2011, the customs report showed. The Middle East nation accounted for 19.9 percent of China's imports, compared with 19.8 percent a year earlier.
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Artificial Intelligence is often overestimated in the media as some magic cure-all that will solve all our daily problems while taking away all our jobs – or become sentient and lead a robot uprising. But for any business leader attending Nvidia GTC yesterday, AI's future in an enterprise will hinge on reassessing how the technology can help solve an operational problem, or accelerate the efficiency performance of one or more systems.
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To support the outsized workloads and massive natural language processing models that a variety of sectors demand – from biotechnology to customer service, with AI enabling things like chatbots and pushing the boundaries of uncovering new drugs — Nvidia Base Command and Nvidia AI Enterprise software are baked into every DGX system, enabling deployments for all manner of data center computing, from a single node all the way to an Nvidia DGX SuperPOD.
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But for companies that just can't wait until year-end, Nvidia revealed that H100 on Dell PowerEdge servers is now available on Nvidia's LaunchPad platform, along with free training and hands-on tutorials in the latest features and capabilities of the latest gen of the architecture. Organizations will be able to access the most up-to-date compatible hardware and Nvidia AI software.
NVIDIA also expanded its partnership with Deloitte in the enterprise development arena. Source: NVIDIA
Nvidia also announced an expansion of its partnership with Deloitte at GTC, to offer Deloitte professional staff with access to both Nvidia AI and NVIDIA Omniverse™ Enterprise platforms, combining the Nvidia product ecosystem with Deloitte's specialization in helping their clients innovate. The types of AI deployments that can be empowered include edge and speech AI systems, recommender engines, conversational AI, digital twinning, and cybersecurity apps.
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The collaboration is intended to develop and implement hybrid cloud solutions with Nvidia AI hardware and software, including DGX systems, to innovate at both the Deloitte Center for AI Computing, where development of AI solutions for Deloitte customers can hothoused and sped up, and Deloitte's Unlimited Reality services where 3D open-world design collaboration and simulation (including creating immersive 3D replicas of real-world environments so enterprises can make informed decisions to optimize spatial operations) can be given due attention.
A number of other integrated Nvidia product ranges help to expand the capabilities of both the NVIDIA AI and Omniverse platforms, making them more accessible, capable, and scalable to meet fast-growing, rapidly digitizing organizational needs.
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import java.util.Set;

import org.apache.commons.digester3.binder.LinkedRuleBuilder;
import org.apache.commons.digester3.binder.RulesBinder;
import org.apache.commons.digester3.binder.RulesModule;

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{

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    /* @Nullable */final String rootPath )
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    /**
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     */
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    public void configure( final RulesBinder rulesBinder )
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        {
            memoryRulesBinder = (WithMemoryRulesBinder) rulesBinder;
        }
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                memoryRulesBinder.getIncludedFiles().addAll( rootSystemIds );
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            forPattern( "*/set-root-rule" ).addRule( new SetRootRule( targetRulesBinder, patternStack ) );
        }
        finally
        {
            memoryRulesBinder = null;
        }
    }

    /**
     * @param pattern
     * @return
     */
    protected LinkedRuleBuilder forPattern( final String pattern )
    {
        return memoryRulesBinder.forPattern( pattern );
    }

}

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Sunday 9th July 2017…other people's gardens and a night at the opera…
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A really nice day today starting just after lunch with a village garden walkabout at Colebrook which is near Plympton. I don't know where, but we picked up a brochure beautifully put together, detailing gardens open during the season on behalf of St Luke's Hospice in Plymouth. What a very good idea. There were only 5 gardens open today, each of them attached to ordinary semi-detached houses. The first was, as it happens, the best…it had everything, different areas including a fire-pit hut which must be nice in winter and a lovely neat hot tub which must be nice any time! There was quite a large pond and waterfall with a variety of fish, some very large, and planting and veg areas. Lots of ideas to take away. I know I won't be satisfied until we have some water feature in our garden. There were refreshments available at one house and very nice they were too.
After that little bit of exercise (Colebrook is built into the side of a hill) we went to the Vue cinema in Plymouth where with our free Times+ tickets we were due to see Sofia Coppola's La Traviata captured live in 4D from the Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma. I had been advised by customers in Warwick Books to attend similar events at Warwick Arts Centre but we had never got round to doing so. My own recollection is that I have never been to a live opera (F. begs to differ), so I was very excited to be doing the next-best thing. What an experience. We could well have been there (apart from the odd niggling movement of a scenic view seen through the window of Violetta's country house). The screen was huge, the sound was huge, the singing immense (what do I know?).
Francesca Dotto was hugely impressive as Violetta. How on earth can singers keep that up?…what range, what work, what finesse, I find it unbelievable that this sort of performance can be repeated on just one more night let alone a succession. The single most memorable thing I have seen in a long time. Terrific! The support from Antonio Poli, and Roberto Frontali was also amazing. The storyline based of course on a shortish story by Dumas was trite (as in all opera?). But the performance had me at least in tears. I know I am sentimental (like Churchill and the Welsh amongst others), and I well up at D-I-Y SOS or Love Your Garden or sporting climactics, but I have never known myself to be just sitting there with single tears dropping dramatically at intervals…..all quite quite wonderful really! Must get to the opera……..
2nd July 2017…our first visit to Mount Edgcumbe
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Mount Edgcumbe is the third of the great houses in our part of Cornwall, and as it was such a nice sunny day we thought a drive along the coast to somewhere we hadn't visited before would be a good idea. So it proved. Samuel Pepys no less said of Mount Edgcumbe "A most beautiful place as ever was seen". I couldn't agree more. What a revelation. There were lots of folk about but it is only a short hop on the passenger ferry from Plymouth, so that was to be expected.
The setting is immense from the church at the top of the hill to the formal gardens to the landscaped deer parkland to the huge vistas of Plymouth Sound. The house now covers the footprint of the old Tudor house having been bombed to smithereens in the Second World War and rebuilt on a much smaller scale than previously. It is interesting to see pictures of the magnificent pile pre-war….
and compare with the present house rebuilt by the Edgcumbes
But as to the magnificence of the house, now owned by Cornwall County Council and Plymouth City Council we were not to be disappointed. It still contains treasures accumulated by the Edgcumbes over centuries and the structure of the house and its contents were full of interest. I particularly enjoyed the dining room with its naval table and crest of King Charles I…
and the octagonal rooms at the four corners were some of the most beautiful imaginable, the boudoir being particularly enchanting
The magnificent settee in the library was one of the objects hurriedly rescued during the bombing and thrown into bushes where it lay for several years before being rescued and sent to France for restoration….a great story.
Absolutely fascinating were the pair of hunting horns recovered locally and reckoned to be from about 1000 BC. They could have been made yesterday…..I think they are astounding
The toby jug on display was one of the very first. I used to have quite a collection myself, until being forced to get rid of them during our continual downsizing.
And the two vases in the dining room were also amongst the very first to be made in this country from china clay, a local man William Cookworthy discovering the secret of making porcelain and then setting up his factory in Plymouth and then Bristol from where these vases originated. His factory was only in existence for a few years, so these are very rare survivors indeed. It is astonishing to think that this man was responsible for Cornwall's china clay industry which is still going strong and indeed at St Austell the mines are the largest in the world. Looking at the satellite view of St Austell on Google Maps is very instructive!
Having enjoyed the house we then went out into the formal gardens after which we took a useful buggy service to the Orangery
where we enjoyed a very good lunch and looking out onto the Italian gardens
The walk back up the hill was rewarded with marvellous views of Plymouth Sound….a lovely place for a picnic, which we duly noted….
30th June 2017…..Trelawney Day at Pelynt
I am writing this the day after Trelawney Day, having just found out about it! Had I known I would perhaps have gone to the yearly commemorative concert in Pelynt yesterday. Pelynt is a village proud of its connection with a Cornish hero. I learned to play this tune on the recorder, when I was about eight I suppose, which is why it is familiar to me and why I burst into song whenever we drive through Pelynt (well the chorus which is all I can remember!).
Jonathan Trelawny was born in Pelynt in 1650. He was ordained in 1673. Along with his brother, Major General Charles Trelawny, he helped to put down the rebellion in the west led by the Duke of Monmouth. In gratitude for his services, King James IIknighted him and appointed him Bishop of Bristol in 1685.
Although he was loyal to the crown, Trelawny was one of seven Bishops who petitioned against the king's Declaration of Indulgence in 1667, granting religious tolerance to the Catholics. Along with the other bishops, he was imprisoned in the Tower of London for three weeks, then tried and acquitted. He became Bishop of Exeter in 1688 and Bishop of Winchester in 1707. He died in 1721.
Trelawny was the hero of the 1825 "The Song of the Western Men" by R. S. Hawker, the well known Vicar of Morwenstow Better known as "And shall Trelawny die?" or just plain "Trelawny", the song was derived from an old Cornish proverb which forms the chorus.
Robert Stephen Hawker (1803-1875), priest, poet, and mystic.
Hawker was parson of the parish of Morwenstow on the desolate north Cornish coast for forty-one years. He first became known for his work in rescuing and burying the remains of shipwreck victims washed up on the jagged rocks below his church. He was one of the finest poets of his period, and his Arthurian masterpiece, The Quest of the Sangraal , drew from Tennyson the acclamation: "Hawker has beaten me on my own ground."
His eccentricity was a by-word. He dressed in claret-coloured coat, blue fisherman's jersey, long sea-boots and pink brimless hat. He talked to birds, invited his nine cats into church, and excommunicated one of them when it caught a mouse on a Sunday.
Hawker is best known for his ballad about the imprisonment of Bishop Trelawny, The Song of the Western Men . Of this ballad he wrote:
The history of that Ballad is suggestive of my whole life. I published it first anonymously in a Plymouth Paper. Everybody liked it. It, not myself, became popular. I was unnoted and unknown. It was seen by Mr Davies Gilbert, President of the Society of Antiquaries, etc., etc., and by him reprinted at his own Private Press at Eastbourne. Then it attracted the notice of Sir Walter Scott, who praised it, not me, unconscious of the Author. Afterwards Macaulay (Lord) extolled it in his History of England. All these years the Song has been bought and sold, set to music and applauded, while I have lived on among these far away rocks unprofited, unpraised and unknown. This is an epitome of my whole life. Others have drawn profit from my brain while I have been coolly relinquished to obscurity and unrequital and neglect.
A good sword and a trusty hand!
A merry heart and true!
King James's men shall understand
What Cornish lads can do!
And have they fixed the where and when?
And shall Trelawny die?
Here's twenty thousand Cornish men
Will know the reason why!
And shall Trelawny live?
Or shall Trelawny die?
Out spake their Captain brave and bold:
A merry wight was he:
Though London Tower were Michael's hold,
We'll set Trelawny free!
'We'll cross the Tamar, land to land:
The Severn is no stay:
With "one and all," and hand in hand;
And who shall bid us nay?
And when we come to London Wall,
A pleasant sight to view,
Come forth! come forth! ye cowards all:
Here's men as good as you.
'Trelawny he's in keep and hold;
Trelawny he may die:
Here's twenty thousand Cornish bold
Will know the reason why
Herodsfoot…a Thankful Village
Herodsfoot is just over a mile from where we live and we have driven through it and walked through the woods to it. It is a lovely tranquil little place set around its stream and surrounded by hills and woods with its church on the upper slopes looking very Swiss. It is a Thankful Village and an interesting article on the BBC site tells us this means it is one of a tiny handful of settlements (53 in fact) where all those who served returned home after the First World War. But Herodsfoot was even luckier, if luck it be, in that it is a Doubly Thankful village, one of only 14 places in the UK where all survived the Second World War too. There is a memorial on the green…..The inscription is as follows….
(On the shaft)
The parish of Herodsfoot erected this memorial to the following men in gratitude for their services in the Great War 1914-1919
(On the base, the following names)
J Body . . C Honey
J Bunney . . A Kitt
S Cross . . H Medlen
JH Doney . . C Parker
RJ Doney . . H Somerset
W Hoar . . P Trengrove
WH Turner
(beneath the names as an addition)
In memory of all who served in 1939-1945.
See also an article on-line for some background to these villages., and the results of detailed research to see whether the evidence for no deaths for particular villages is confirmed. There appears to be no doubt as to the valid claim of Herodsfoot to be a Doubly Thankful Village.
Our friends Julia and Allan live in Meldon, Northumberland, another village about which there appears to be no doubt as to its validity as a Thankful Village. There is a memorial stone there….but this is at the school house which is now a private house and so the stone is not publicly accessible. However Allan, who is a retired Art teacher and jeweller, has designed a new memorial plaque for the church in Meldon. A lovely thing to do as it is really important that we remember the lucky few at the same time as we commemorate the horrors of the two wars. I shall look forward to seeing it when we are next up there.


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