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Aurora Central Catholic wins physical regional final over Sandwich
By James Krause
Aurora Central Catholic ended the Cinderella-story run of Sandwich in the Class 2A Somonauk regional final Friday, winning 47-40.
In a physical game where the teams combined for 39 fouls, the Indians' second half push challenged the Chargers late. The Chargers (18-14) survived behind 15 points from freshman guard Sofia Corral, 13 of which came in the second half.
"I knew this wasn't going to happen unless everybody pitched in," Corral said. "We're a team and we work as one very well. As a point guard, it's kind of up to you to lead your team and spark that offensive motion to get things going."
Sandwich struggled offensively in the first half, trailing at the break 17-8 and putting several players in early foul trouble. The Indians rallied off 21 points in the third quarter with better composure, but they couldn't manage a similar rally on defense.
"In the first half I probably should have called timeout early and got our girls composed," Sandwich coach Randy Malloy said. "That would have given me a chance to compose myself and do what we needed to do. The halftime was much needed for us because we were able to compose ourselves."
Junior forward Clarie Allen led Sandwich (11-23) with 14 points as the centerpiece of the Indians physical play. In the second quarter, an elbow by Allen left Chargers junior guard KK Nash with a bloody nose and ratcheted up the intensity of play.
"Allen was a handful inside," Aurora Central Catholic coach LeVada Smith said. "I thought they tried to bully us around a little bit in the first half and the score was low as a result. I think what happened in the second half is our conditioning kicked in and that's where we started scoring points and playing better defense."
The rough and tumble nature of the game was evident in the first quarter as Sandwich finished the period with a 6-5 lead. The Indians managed only two points in the second quarter on a basket by senior forward Molly Roberts.
Nash tied the game with a free throw before having to leave the game to tend to her injuries from the Allen elbow. When she returned, she made two baskets to help the Chargers take a nine-point lead at halftime.
Roberts, Allen and junior forward Alyssa Broce all made 3s for the Indians in the third quarter. The Chargers also had plenty of offense behind baskets from Corral and freshman forward Riley Cwinski, who finished with 10 points. At the end of the period, the Chargers led 34-29.
The Indians shooting went cold to open the fourth, leading to the Chargers extending the lead by the final of 47-40.
The Chargers play Winnebago at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Class 2A Johnsburg Sectional semifinal.
The loss for Sandwich marks the end of an underdog story in the Somonauk regional. After winning their regional quarterfinal, the Indians knocked off the regional two-seed St. Edward 43-36 on Tuesday in the semifinal round.
Despite the final record, Malloy said the team's change of attitude after Christmas helped prepare them to reach the regional finals.
"At Christmas, I basically told the girls 'Let's treat this as a new year,'" Malloy said. "We needed to refocus ourselves, so we all refocused for regionals. Since Christmas, they've had a new mentality and it was so great to see them come to practice smiling, laughing, having a great time and working really hard."
Aurora Central Catholic High School
Sandwich High School


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EESI pride ourselves on working with local service providers and employ locally, with all but two of our staff coming from Gloucestershire, with the exceptions coming from Swindon and the Forest of Dean. We are proud to support the following local causes:
The Nelson Trust
The Nelson Trust has a national and international reputation as a centre of excellence in the treatment of addiction. Their belief in the capacity for individual change and sustainable recovery based on lifelong abstinence is an approach which was once seen as radical but is today accepted as the most effective evidence-based treatment for people with entrenched and complex substance misuse problems. They provide treatment for around 150 clients each year from all over Britain and beyond, and together with our work in the local community in Gloucestershire and Wiltshire they work with over a thousand individuals each year.
For more information on The Nelson Trust, visit their website here
Based in the town of Nailsworth, Forest Green Rovers were the longest serving member of the Football Conference until they gained promotion to the football league in 2017. They're aiming to break this habit over the next few seasons and climb into the football league for the first time – with positive changes and investment on and off the pitch pushing us towards success.
Forest Green Rovers are aiming to create a truly sustainable football club, which would be a world first. Somewhere they can demonstrate all of our thinking and technology, and through that engage with a new, large and passionate audience. A global audience ultimately. It's the chance to introduce some Eco into the world of sport, and not just football.
For more information on Forest Green Rovers, visit their website here
Tetbury Youth U9's Football
We support Tetbury Youth Under 9's football.
Old Centralians Men's Rugby
EESI is proud to sponsor Old Centralians Men's Rugby club in Gloucester.
Dan Cooper Racing
EESI is proud to sponsor Dan Cooper and his team. From Brimscombe in Stroud, Daniel has run his team under the Dan Cooper Racing banner since 2015, riding Honda machinery for the 600cc and 1000cc classes at all of the International Road Races including the North West 200, Isle of Man TT, Ulster Grand Prix and Macau Grand Prix.
EESI currently employ 11 local apprentices and have supporting young people in the local community for decades. For more information on our apprenticeships programme or to apply for an apprenticeship with EESI, please visit our careers page here

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JZ designed the Virtual Village web site in collaboration with H. Hargrove, one of America's most popular living artists. Hargrove painted the four seasons of the village scenes from JZ's vision. The JZ Rose web site (formerly the Outback Boutique) won third place in the 2005 Horizon Interactive Awards for design. IBM received second place in the same category. This is a prestigious international competition recognizing outstanding achievement among interactive media producers and recognizing the best web sites, videos, online advertising, print media, and mobile applications of thousands of entries received from all over the world.


California has over 23 million licensed drivers and over 33 million registered private and commercial vehicles according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. The California Department of Insurance has some great resources to help you find quality California Auto Insurance. These resources can help you with the California Low Cost Auto Insurance Program, What information you should have ready when shopping for a California Auto Insurance Quote, What are the California Auto Insurance Broker Fee Regulations, Who is eligible for California Auto Claims mediation and more.
This is a list of all California Auto Insurance Companies with their telephone number or website where you can get a cost estimate of the insurance companies lowest priced California Auto Insurance Quote at the limits that you request and for which your are eligible.
The California Auto Insurance Consumer Complaint Study is published by the California Department of Insurance to help California Car Insurance Consumers shop for the best automobile insurance. California Car Insurance Consumer Complaints are one measure to look at when selecting an automobile insurance company.
Why use Auto Claims Mediation?
What is Auto Claims Mediation?
Who is Eligible for California Automobile Claims Mediation?
This guide covers many other issues related to California Automobile Insurance Claims Mediation.
You may be eligible for cheap California Auto Insurance under the California Low Cost Automobile Insurance Program. In order to be eligible you must.
Be at least 19 years of age or older and a continuously licensed driver for the past 3 years.
You must qualify as a "good driver".
There are different "payment plan options" that allow you to make installment payments.
What is California Auto Insurance?
When must you show proof of California Car Insurance?
Why should I shop around for California Automobile Insurance?
California Low Cost Auto Insurance Program.
What information do I need to have ready when I get a California Auto Insurance Quote?
What if I can't find a California Auto Insurance Company that will insure me?
Available Coverages on Most California Automobile Policies.
There are many more auto insurance topics covered in the California auto insurance brochure.
Obtain the broker's business card.
Understand the difference between an insurance company and an insurance broker.
Obtain and keep important insurance papers.
Take your time and ask questions.
Find out more about auto insurance.
This pamplet covers those car insurance buying tips in more detail.
This is a great guide from the California Department of Insurance detailing auto service contracts, mechanical breakdown insurance, extended warranties and other California Automobile Service Contracts. This brochure is 29 pages long and gives information about Types of California Auto Repair Agreements such as Vehicle Service Contract Provider Service Contracts, Automobile Warranties, Dealer Obligor Service Contracts and California Mechanical Breakdown Insurance. They also cover important auto service contract terms, where to buy, how to buy and how much to pay for California Service Contracts and Mechanical Breakdown insurance. This is a good resource if you are thinking of buy California Car Breakdown Insurance or Service Contracts.
This short booklet informs you of your California Auto Body Repair Rights when dealing with car insurance related auto body repair in California.
What should I do at the Scene of an Auto Accident?
What Happens After I File a Claim with My Insurance Company?
How Does the Insurance Company Evaluate Vehicle Damage?
Will the Auto Insurance Company Pay for a Rental Car While Mine is Being Repaired?
What is the Salvage Value?
What Should Be Done if a Lawsuit Arises Out of an Accident?
The California Insurance Department also gives you Important Tips, your rights under the Fair Claims Settlement Practices Regulation and much more.


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Daniel J. O'Mahoney, O.S.A.
1856 – 1951 (March 2)
Daniel John O'Mahoney, was born to Jeremiah O'Mahoney and Mary Toomey, on May 27, 1856, in Smithtown, New York. Three years later the family returned to Ireland where Daniel was educated and received First Communion and Confirmation. In 1871, when he was fifteen years old, the O'Mahoneys returned to America settling in Lawrence, Massachusetts, where Daniel worked in the card and drawing rooms of the Pacific Mill. In 1874, he began studies at Villanova College, and on January 26, 1877, he entered the novitiate. He made his first profession of vows on January 29, 1878 and solemn vows on February 2, 1881. On June 11, 1881, he was ordained to the priesthood at the Vincentian seminary, Germantown, Pa., by Bishop Jeremiah Shanahan.
On July 5, 1881, Father O'Mahoney received his first assignment to Our Mother of Consolation Parish, Chestnut Hill, Pa. In 1882, he was appointed to the Parish of the Immaculate Conception, Hoosick Falls, N.Y. He remained there until 1889, when he was assigned to Saint Nicholas of Tolentine Parish, Atlantic City, New Jersey. In September 1892, Father O'Mahoney became an assistant in Saint Mary's Parish, Lawrence, Mass. In 1898, he was elected fifth definitor and appointed prior and pastor of Saint Augustine Parish, Andover, Mass. Here he completed the reconstruction of the church begun by Father Thomas Field following a fire of November, 1894.
In 1902, at the end of the Spanish-American War, Father O'Mahoney, together with Father John A. McErlain, O.S.A., volunteered to open a mission in Manila, the Philippine Islands. Father O'Mahoney conferred with William Howard Taft, Governor General of the Philippines, and later President of the United States, regarding the distribution of Augustinian property and the liberation of imprisoned friars. The plan for an American house there was reconsidered and the friars were recalled to Villanova in February, 1905. Father O'Mahoney then became a member of the Augustinian Mission Band, while residing at Saint Mary's in Lawrence. In 1917, he was appointed prior and pastor of Saint Augustine Parish, Philadelphia, Pa., and later became sub-prior of the Saint Mary community, Lawrence, where he served for 24 years, from 1922 to 1946. Ecumenical in spirit Father Dan was respected by people of all faiths. While walking in Lawrence or Andover he greeted everyone along the way. His quick humor and engaging personality made of ordinary people, friends.
In 1946, his health failing, Father Dan retired to Saint Thomas Monastery. He died on March 2, 1951 at Our Lady Help of Christians Convalescent Home in Philadelphia. A Funeral Mass was offered in Saint Thomas of Villanova Church, and a second Requiem was celebrated at Saint Mary's, Lawrence, where hundreds of priests, religious and lay people filled the church. Interment was at Saint Mary's Cemetery, Lawrence.
Newer Post Joseph F. O'Malley, O.S.A.
Older Post Albert C. O'Loughlin, O.S.A.


Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas thought the two goals his side conceded in Wednesday's Champions League last-16 first-leg defeat at the hands of FC Porto were due to schoolboy errors.
The Gunners slumped to a 2-1 defeat in Portugal with Porto's second goal coming after Sol Campbell's back-pass was picked up by keeper Lukasz Fabianski.
Referee Martin Hansson awarded the free-kick inside the area and, while Arsenal were still contesting the decision, Falcao was able to stroke the ball home into an empty net.
Boss Arsene Wenger was furious that the Swedish official allowed the goal to stand but Fabregas was more sanguine.
When asked if he thought the goal should have stood, the Spaniard said:"I don't know. I have no idea to be honest. Maybe as a player I would have done the same.
"It was a schoolboy's goal, but what can you do? There's nothing, nothing to complain (about).
"After the second goal we went down. Maybe we are still a little bit soft in that aspect as a team when we concede a goal maybe sometimes we are not strong enough to lift ourselves up.
"That's what happened really, we were not strong enough to stand up and play well but until the second goal I think we were having a very good game."


This scholarship has been established in honour of the distinguished career of Professor Emeritus, Terry Rogers. It will assist students in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Carleton University who demonstrate excellence in the fields of nuclear engineering and thermalhydraulics, which were passions of Dr. Rogers. Dr. Rogers served as a professor in the department for over 20 years (1970-1993). He received numerous awards which, coupled with his impressive professional career, developed his reputation as one of Canada's leading nuclear safety experts.


Electronic beam steering and polarization agile planar antennas in liquid crystal technology.
A 2-D Electronically Steered Phased-Array Antenna With 2 x 2 Elements in LC Display Technology.
In: IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, 60 pp. 1-10.
Continuously polarisation reconfigurable antenna element by using liquid crystal based tunable coupled line.
In: Electronics Letters, 48 pp. 141-143.
Liquid Crystal filled LTCC Phase Shifter.
In: Microwave Technologies & Techniques Workshop.
Reconfigurable waveguide polariser based on liquid crystal for continuous tuning of linear polarisation.
In: Electronics Letters, 48 (8) 441 -443.
Continuously Tunable W-Band Phase Shifter Based on Liquid Crystals and MEMS Technology.
In: Proceedings of the 41st European Microwave Conference.
Methods for Improving the Tuning Efficiency of Liquid Crystal based Tunable Phase Shifters.
In: 6th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference.
Tunable Loaded Line Phase Shifters for Microwave Applications.
In: Proceedings of International Microwave Symposium.
Precise Broadband Microwave Material Characterization of Liquids.
Liquid Crystal Based Reconfigurable Antenna Arrays.
Tunable band-pass filter based on Liquid Crystal.
A Synthesis Technique for Multiband Tunable Impedance Matching Networks with Optimized Matching Domain.
In: Proceedings of German Microwave Conference.
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How does the sward condition in late winter influence the Marandu palisade grass (Urochloa brizantha cv. Marandu) structure during spring and summer?
Manoel E.R. Santos, Bruno H.R. Carvalho, Flávia O.S. van Cleef, Gabriel O. Rocha, Henrique C.R. Nogueira, Gustavo S. Borges
Height and mowing of a sward in late winter can change its structure during the subsequent spring and summer seasons, which influences plant growth and animal performance. This work was conducted to evaluate the structural characteristics of Urochloa brizantha (syn. Brachiaria brizantha) cv. Marandu (marandu palisadegrass) during spring and summer in relation to the following sward conditions in late winter: short (15 cm), medium (23 cm), tall (31 cm) and tall (31 cm)/mowed to 8 cm. Stages of the grazing period (beginning, middle and end) in spring and summer were considered measures repeated over time. Leaf area index was lower in the tall pasture than in the other pastures and was lower at the beginning than at the end of the grazing period. Dead material mass was highest in the tall pasture, intermediate in the short and medium pastures and lowest in the tall/mowed pasture. Live stem mass was higher at the end than at the beginning and middle of the grazing period of the short, medium and tall/mowed pastures, contrary to that observed in the tall sward. At the end of the grazing period, tiller number did not vary among pastures. The tall pasture in late winter presents a limiting structure to animal consumption. Short and tall/mowed pastures in late winter show a favorable structure for forage plant growth and, probably, animal performance.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17138/tgft(8)167-176


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Cattashowrock ( Cat-tas-how-rock) Town will reopen for tourist /general public the first day of spring, March 20, 2017 and continue to be open for two days per week Friday and Saturday through the second weekend in December 2017. The hours of operation will be 6 hours,10am- 4pm.
Relive the history, cultural, and traditions of the Iroquoian speaking Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indians of Southampton County VA with Chief Red Hawk. Enjoy Native American Dancing, Drumming and Singing. A maze of color in Native American Dance Regalia. Special Guest the Aztec Dancers. Visit the Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian History Booth and learn to speak our Iroquoian Language as recorded by John Wood in 1820. View Native Artifacts with ASV, Nansemond Chapter, dating back to 10,000 BC. Visit our Native American Arts & Craft and Jewel Vendors. Enjoy the taste of Native Cuisine – Indian Taco, Fry Bread, Fish & Chips, Corn Soup, Funnel Cake and more. Visit Cattashowrock Town, a 17th Century replica Native American Palisade Village, as identified by William Byrd of Westover upon his visits to what is now Southampton County on April 7th & 8th, 1728 – walk the interpretative trails guided by signage in our Iroquoian language and in English identifying Native Flora and Fauna indigenous to the area. SOL Appropriate / Specific.
20,000 LONG LEAF PINES FULFILL VISION OF "RED HAWK"


Foreclosures rise 500 percent in key Bay Area counties. (Reported one year ago).
I'd imagine a lot of Bay Area readers of the San Francisco Chronicle are wondering why they didn't see any investigative reporting three years ago.
That's because the realtor organizations were feeding the business reporters rosy press releases. Plus, very few reporters have MBAs or have even taken Economics 101 for that matter.
Foreclosures and default notices are reaching historic numbers in California and especially the high-tax, left-leaning Bay Area. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that in the fourth quarter of 2007, according to real estate stats released today.
Banks repossessed 31,676 homes in California in the October-November-December period, according to Data-Quick Information Systems, a La Jolla research firm. That was a dramatic 421.2 percent increase from 6,078 in the year-ago quarter. I predicted 200,000 for 2007 and 08.
More that 31,000 families lost their homes in California the past three months.
In the Bay Area, foreclosures rose a stunning 482.5 percent to 4,573 in the fourth quarter, compared with 785 a year ago. Contra Costa County, with 1,558 foreclosures, up 533.3 percent from a year ago, had the most, followed by Alameda County with 1,026 (a 514.4 percent increase) and Solano County with 704 (up 528.6 percent).
We moved from the Bay Area to Houston three years ago. My MBA and my wife's law and real estate background paid off. We could see the bubble bursting in the near future and we timed it just right with a little luck. I built a river rock fireplace makeover and we had contractors put in hardwood floors and granite counter tops.
Our good friends Marjon and his wife, both attorneys, were studying the same red flags and moved out of California a few months ahead of us, after they did some extensive remodeling that included a new second story deck off their master suite and granite, of course.
The Data-Quick company gives its services a little self promotion in the report.
It was the most foreclosures since DataQuick began tracking them in 1988 and more than double the previous peak of 15,418 foreclosures in the third quarter of 1996. The fewest foreclosures recorded were in the second quarter of 2005, when 637 homes were repossessed.
Mortgage default notices, sent by lenders when homeowners are several months behind on payments, also hit record highs. Default notices are the first evil step of the drawn out foreclosure process. Once you fall about five or six months behind, the banks know you will never dig yourself back out.
Statewide, lenders sent 81,550 default notices, up 114.6 percent from 37,994 in the fourth quarter of 2006. It was up 12.4 percent from 72,571 in the third quarter of 2007. It was the most defaults since DataQuick began tracking them in 1992.
On Thanksgiving, we were at friends' home in Texas, (they also came from California) having moved just a few months after us. There home has a saltwater pool and the two-story structure is about 3,200 sq. ft., a short walk to a large lake.
We laughed and congratulated ourselves as we realized that all five families at the party were from California.
Why did we leave? The state income tax is just under 10 percent, plus each employee has to pay disability tax, it went up about $600 per worker this month. Any connection to the job losses and mass exodus? Hey, but the lettuce is cheap! What about the weather, the mountains, the beaches?
Top Conservative in the USA? Rudy Giuliani!
The mainstream liberal newspapers in America won't report this. You have to go across the pond to the Telegraph to get a clear description of who the conservative and liberal front runners are. Democrats are so deceitful they don't want the lable liberal.
The clear Republican front runner and arguably the only party nominee who could beat Hillary Clinton in 2008, Giuliani makes the top of our list despite his unorthodox brand of conservatism that is anathema to many on the Christian Right. Before 9/11, a thrice-married New Yorker in favour of abortion and gay rights and gun control would have struggled to survive the early stages of a Republican nomination battle despite his tax cutting and crime fighting credentials. But even many Christian conservatives who disagree with the former New York mayor on social issues now view national security as their number one priority.
Giuliani's performance after 9/11 made him an international figure and helped make a nation feel good about itself just after its darkest hour. But 9/11 is the centrepiece of the Giuliani campaign in more than just that respect – he is determined to confront America's enemies, including Iran, and has taken on an array of hawkish advisers. Meetings with Tony Blair and Gordon Brown while in London to receive an award from Margaret Thatcher underlined his global stature. All the stars are in alignment for a Democratic victory in 2008 but Giuliani has the potential to buck the historical trends and signal a dramatic shift in American conservatism by securing a win.
With the wildfires under control, and the $250,000 rewards posted for the arsonists, we can calm down and look at another problem that is 10 times worse. The housing bubble has burst. There may be 200,000 homes foreclosed on this year in California. What about next year,300,000 in California alone?
There were some 1,500 homes destroyed in the SoCal fires, virtually all had fire insurance, plus, the land is not destroyed. But with a foreclosure, it's all gone, and the one who loses his home, still owes the property taxes.
Wanna buy some prime California real estate?
The public thinks mainstream media is politically biased? Wow, you think?
In a new survey by Pew Research Center, a majority of Americans say U.S. news organizations are politically biased, inaccurate, and don't care about the people they report on, a poll published Thursday showed.
Survey respondents who use the Internet as their main source of news — one quarter of all Americans — were even harsher in their criticism of mainstream media, the poll findings said.
More than two-thirds of the Internet users said they felt that news organizations don't care about the people they report on; 59 percent said their reporting was inaccurate; and 64 percent they were politically biased.
More than half — 53 percent — of Internet users also faulted the news organizations for "failing to stand up for America".
Among those who get their news from newspapers and television, criticism of the news organizations was up to 20 percentage points lower than among Internet news audiences, who tend to be younger and better educated than the public as a whole, according to Pew.
The poll indicates an across the board fall in the public's opinion on the news media since 1985, when a similar survey was conducted by Times Mirror, Pew Research said.
"Two decades ago, (before the Internet) public attitudes about how news organizations do their job were less negative. Most people believed that news organizations stood up for America… a majority believed that news organizations got the facts straight," Pew said in a report.
The American people have spoken and shut down the elite 100 U.S. Senators who wanted to change America's core values just to win future votes and get cheap labor.
We can secure our border with current laws and send all illegal law breakers back home. The men and women with the big hair can go home on summer vacation now.
We have to thank Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Michael Savage and Dennis Miller for bringing our voices further.
"If only the Fairness Doctrine were in place," Harry Reed and Ted Kennedy are shaking their heads in agreement.


Many jobs in Delaware will require municipal permits in order to be approved by the town's inspector. It's always good to ask who will be responsible for pulling those permits, and if you'll be expected to do it. You'll almost never be told to pull your own, but knowing that New Castle Additions and Remodels permits are required makes you appear to be a well informed customer.
Is your bill for Additions and Remodels in New Castle an estimate or a final price?
Always ask for references, and always check them. Keep in mind though that the only references you'll get are people who the contractor is certain will give him a good review. You'd also be well advised to check online review sources in New Castle as well, which will give you a broader view of customer satisfaction for a given company.


Annapolis, Md. – UMBC opened play at Navy's Joe Hunt Invitational on Friday as three players advanced to the semi-finals in singles competition.
Senior Jaan Kononov (Talinn, Estonia) picked up where he left off last spring, winning a pair of matches in straight sets in the A Flight singles competition. Kononov defeated Delaware's Michael Furr, 6-3, 6-0 and then ousted George Mason's Jimmy Lange, 6-3, 6-1.
In the B flight singles, senior Alex Drean (Bayonne, France) opened with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Army's Daniel Zheng. He then knocked off fourth-seeded Peter Beatty of Georgetown, 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 to also advance to Saturday's semi-finals.
In the C flight competition, senior Eliott Loubatie (Paris, France) defeated Venkatesh Ramkumar of Delawrae, 6-3, 6-2 and took out Tanner Baine of George Mason, 6-3, 6-1.
In A Flight doubles, Drean and senior Justin Carter (Randallstown, Md.) advanced via a walkover and sophomores Kevin Hsieh (Ellicott City, Md./Centennial) and Vijay Golla (Bowie, Md./Eleanor Roosevelt) moved on with a 6-2 win over St. Bonaventure in C Flight Doubles.
Shane Jaffray, Del., def. Melker Svard, UMBC, 4-6, 6-1, 2-1, ret.


Danny just posted about him leaving Search Engine Watch and SES by this December. The specific reasons was contractual and that Incisive and Danny couldn't come to terms on (what I believe to be) some sort of equity stake in the future of SEW and SES. There are just so many questions buzzing through my head. I know the industry has not yet had time to react, so I plan on doing a follow up to this post with the industry response but first let me try to predict.
(1) What will happen with Danny? Well, as he said, his last day at SEW is November 30th. He will be doing the SES Chicago event, but that is it. Will Danny start a new site? Work for a company? Do consulting? Well, these are all options. We know Danny won't leave the industry, he has had a huge impact on creating this industry - and I can't see Danny just getting up and walking away from it. I would expect to see a new blog/site come about, where Danny continues to write on search topics. Maybe the blog/site will act as an anchor for his book, that he has been eager to write. I would also expect Danny to get tons of offers from both SEM companies and the search companies themselves. You can expect him to get a few offers to write for an other search industry site. But I think Danny will initially start his own thing, do consulting on the side, and start getting his book underway.
(2) What will happen with Search Engine Watch? On one hand, Search Engine Watch (SEW) is the site on search, it is the authority, it was the first source and remains to be the ultimate source on search topics to this day. On the other hand, the reason SEW is all of that is because of one man, Danny. Danny invented, created, built up, and made SEW into a success. Is SEW dependent on Danny? I thing very much so, in terms of the day to day management. I know a little of what goes on behind the scenes, and I know that the site runs because of Danny. So it is hard to say how this will impact the site. The site should remain an authority, but you can expect those close to the industry, those at the forefront will have some inward resentment towards Incisive and whomever takes Danny's role. But that can and most likely will be done diplomatically, to reduce the level of any resentment.
(3) Who will take over SEW? Well, the next man in line is Chris Sherman. But Chris and Danny have been working together for five plus years. I doubt Chris needs SEW to be successful. I honestly have not spoken to Chris about it. But I am sure that if he wanted to take over, he would be able to. But for some reason, I think he may not. Just a feeling. So who will? I don't know, but I bet lots of people will be jumping at the opportunity to fill Danny's shoes.
(4) How will this affect the industry? I feel there will be resentment towards this whole event, but that will die down by itself. Danny will continue to contribute to the industry, so much won't be lost there - I hope. SEW may lose some of its authoritative power, that it once held. The industry will move on. The conferences, I suspect will continue to do well. The site will continue to get lots of traffic. But the industry, the community, will probably see less activity around the SEW brand and more around Danny and other names in the industry. A lot has to do with #3. More on this later today.
(5) What will happen with me? Will I still work on the SEW blog? I have no idea. For now, yes. But I have no idea what will happen.
(6) My advice to Incisive? If there is any way to keep Danny, do it. All in all, I believe the next year will be very rough. The site will suffer, the conferences will suffer, and the industry as a whole will suffer. Try, try, to do whatever you can, to keep Danny - if it is not too late.
If you have questions for Danny, there are instructions on how to communicate with him at http://daggle.com/060829-112950.html.
I did post a thread at SEW forums, but I don't expect many answers from Danny there. Use the methods above.


ABERDEEN-based experts Ecosse Subsea Systems are preparing to showcase their innovative subsea technology at Europe's largest conference and exhibition for the industry.
During the Subsea 2012 event at Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre (AECC) on February 8th and 9th, Mike Wilson and his team will exhibit the wholly owned subsea trenching system SCAR which is designed to operate from vessels of opportunity. Designed in close consultation with the subsea industry, SCAR offers low mobilisation costs and presents a reliable and cost-effective alternative to conventional towed ploughs and trenchers.
In addition, Wilson will present a conference paper entitled, 'GLS: New Technology Rising to the Challenge of Subsea Lifting', looking at this patented enabling technology for installing structures in subsea environments from Ecosse Subsea Systems and partners Aubin. Both companies will exhibit at the event and can be found on stand A42.
The system offers a precise, safe and transferable buoyant force independent of depth which can move and recover structures of 20kg to 2,000t from depths of up to 150m. It offers a cheaper, simpler and safer option than cranes in the areas of wind turbine installation, tidal stream machine installation, manifold installation, salvage and decommissioning.
Ecosse Subsea Systems will also host a table at the 2012 Subsea Business Awards awards dinner where partner Marin Group hopes to be named subsea company of the year. Last year, the two organisations formed an alliance to offer a one-stop excavation and trenching service to the oil, gas and renewables industries worldwide.
For further information, contact Ecosse Subsea Systems at Enterprise Business Centre, Admiral Court, Poynernook Road, Aberdeen, AB11 5QX. Alternatively, visit www.ecosse-subsea.com or call (01224) 289788.


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Trust Stamp Receives Notice of Allowance from the US Patent and Trademark Office
Reports strong traction with 22 banks enrolling in paid pilot programs over the past three months
Atlanta, Georgia, Jan. 23, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Trust Stamp (Nasdaq: IDAI), the Privacy-First Identity CompanyTM providing AI-powered trust and identity services used globally across multiple sectors, today announced that it has received a Notice of Allowance from the United States Patent Office for its Privacy-First Identity Company™ trademark.
Trust Stamp launched its low-code Privacy-First Identity solution for banks and financial institutions in 2022 and is now seeing significant traction, with 22 banks (with total assets exceeding $50B) enrolling in paid pilot programs over the past three months.
Trust Stamp's accelerating traction with banking institutions parallels its 2022 release of a range of Privtech CertifiedTM identity products to empower government agencies to balance safe and efficient interaction with digital users with minimized intrusion into the user's privacy.
"Trust Stamp's mission is to accelerate secure financial and societal inclusion, on and offline, for everyone, everywhere, by giving them the means to establish their identity using universally accessible privacy-first products and services," said Gareth Genner, CEO & Co-founder of Trust Stamp. "Our mission's emphasis on privacy resonates with multiple industries, and this trademark further emphasizes our commitment to making our mission a reality."
About Trust Stamp
Trust Stamp the Privacy-First Identity CompanyTM, is a global provider of AI-powered identity services for use in multiple sectors including banking and finance, regulatory compliance, government, real estate, communications, and humanitarian services. Its technology empowers organizations with advanced biometric identity solutions that reduce fraud, protect personal data privacy, increase operational efficiency, and reach a broader base of users worldwide through its unique data transformation and comparison capabilities.
Located in nine countries across North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa, Trust Stamp trades on the Nasdaq Capital Market (Nasdaq: IDAI). The company was founded in 2016 by Gareth Genner and Andrew Gowasack.
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The Weekend Guide April 28th-30th, 2017
Beer ,Events ,Food ,Happy Hour ,Live Music ,Uncategorized ,Weekend
Friday April 28th– The weather has been unpredictable. Monday my iPhone weather app told me it was going to rain for the next eight days, Tuesday there was predicted sunshine for Friday and Sunday but now it looks like we may just have some clouds over our heads.
Regardless of weather, we all know Portland is always prepared for a good time and Friday evening is filled with events made to give someone a good night out. Rising Tide Brewing Company is hosting it's event Beer & Oysters from 4-7pm. Whether you are into beer, into oysters or just want to bring your friends somewhere you know that you can have a good time, show up here and meet some new people, they are always hosting events just for us!
If oysters are too daring for you but you like a being in a competitive environment with others, then we can head over to FYOOD Kitchen from 6-9pm and start cutting back on that fear in the kitchen because they're inviting you to sit down with the food they provide and COOK! Learn, explore and definitely play with your food.
Maybe you've mastered the art of sticking to healthy living on the weekends and are looking for something to do out and about to relax after the rainy week. At Niraj Yoga, they are starting a New Moon Restorative class at 6:30. Ease your mind and regain your energy for only $10. Email [email protected] to reserve your spot.
Attention Moms: Your night won't start deep in the Old Port but Spare Time is hosting a Mom's Night Out which means FREE bowling, FREE laser tag and plenty of food and drinks specials. This is their first Mom's Night Out so let's make it count for both them and you! Event starts at 6 and ends at 9, check it out!
Saturday April 29th -There will be a Beauty Walk starting at 10am in the Baxter woods. The idea of this walk is quite beautiful itself. Although we do live in an area incredibly appealing to the eye we are also constantly fighting for it to remain so. For those of us who may have started to feel a tad burnt out in our efforts or those of us who are always searching for new meditative practices, this walk seemed to have been put together just for you and to invite those who may need some rejuvenation and reassurance within our beautiful city, all aboard. Here is the Facebook event to learn more: https://www.facebook.com/events/386048015094574/.
Margaritas opens at 11am and is also fighting for something but they need us. There is a flyer to bring in with you to Margaritas when you join them this Saturday as 20% of your orders proceeds will go to the March of Dimes!
Portland Ballet is wrapping it's season up with Swan Lake Act II. The 7:30pm showing of this complete classic is going to fill you with serenity but you will have to go just a few miles out of your way for the show. This is a great opportunity to watch our Portland Ballet dancers give it there all. They are talented, kind, poised and it exudes from their every tranquil transition.
Hellooo, Adele is here -in spirit! This is the second annual tribute concert to Adele at the Portland House of Music. Many of the tribute bands that play here in Portland live up to all of the expectation you could create for them. My last experience with a tribute band was that of Queen, same place and it blew my mind. Fans of Adele's will probably find themselves fans of this night, and fans of Rachel Doe, the "Adele" to be.
Sunday April 30th– This was the day that on Monday we were given the hopes of sunshine. We hope you get that! If not here are some events to brighten up your day:
Maine Nephrology Associates' 5k Walk/Run for Kidney Health @Payson Park, 9am
Walk/Run to raise the awareness needed to understand the early preventions of kidney disease.
Our Human Confusion: Meditation in Maine @Yoga Center, 10am
To learn more, please visit Meditation in Maines Facebook page.
Geary's Summer Ale Release Party @DL Geary Brewing, 12pm
Food, music and art to enjoy! Geary's has worked with the Maine College of Art to conjure the perfect designs to release their Summer Ale. The famous artist this time around, Hallie Mitchell!
Processing Acorns Into Flour @Portland Food Co-op, 2pm
Teaching you how to identify and use acorns in your homes for only $10's, acorn muffins included!
Seeds & Spores: A Hands On Rooftop Garden Adventure @409 Cumberland Ave with North Spore and Master Gardener Educators, 2pm
Discussion will include mushroom cultivation and a meal will be provided after the session.
Symphony and Sprits @Oxbow, 2pm
For $25 check out the Portland Symphony Orchestra show this evening and get a drink at Oxbow.
"Symphony & Spirits is a series of events offered by the Portland Symphony Orchestra and local bars and restaurants, designed for attendance by young adults between the ages of 21-39."
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Donald James Thatcher
November 12, 1946 – August 24, 2018
Don, Donnie, DJT, T, Mr. T 'Brown Road' – passed away Friday, August 24th in the Prince George Regional Hospital with family, CBC radio, a good nurse and a compassionate doctor at his side.
Don was born in Prince George, BC one of Leonard and Bunty Thatcher's six children. They lived at Chief Lake until Donnie was 10 years old then moved to Wells, BC. From an early age, Donnie was interested in animals, farming, outdoors, hunting and cooking. He loved his dogs, baking bread with his mother and pulling pranks on his younger sister Bea. At age 17 Donnie went into the army becoming a military policeman in Manitoba. It was then he pursued his true passion of becoming a wildlife conservation officer. DJT spent his CO career in Prince George, Cloverdale, Burns Lake and ultimately Dease Lake, Spatsizi area – where he patrolled an area the size of Switzerland. Don had an amazing career in the days of helicopter, float planes, riverboats, and horse patrols – he was knowledgeable and dedicated to protecting northern wildlife.
After leaving Dease Lake, in 1991 – Brown Rd., Burns Lake became his home with Caroline, where he farmed and had cows, pack horses, a donkey, hay, bees and chickens. Don worked for the Ministry of Highways in Burns Lake, before one last CO career move into Nunavut in 2003 where he dealt with muskox and polar bears, -40 C and winter darkness.
Don was a very private person but when he wished to, he could tell many stories over tea, his homemade biscuits, his famous cinnamon buns or a full course meal.
Don is predeceased by his parents Leonard and Bunty (Isabelle) Thatcher, his brother Bill, his nephew Norman and his niece Pam. He leaves behind his siblings Joan, Leonard (Diane), Bea, David (Sam) and many nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews. He also leaves behind Caroline, their dogs and cats, his career partner, best friend and hunting partner Del, and friends.
A celebration of life will be held at the Francois Lake Hall in Burns Lake, Saturday, September 29th at 2:00 p.m. In honour of DJT, donations can be made to the BC Wildlife Federation or the Canadian Lung Association.
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Wolves legend Steve Daley help raise awareness about prostate cancer
By Adam SmithWolverhamptonPublished: Dec 3, 2022 Last Updated: Dec 3, 2022
Wolves favourite Steve Daley was on target during another successful prostate cancer awareness event at Molineux.
Ex-Wolves player Steve Daley
More than 30 men of all ages, from all communities, attended the event, in association with Wolves Foundation at Sir Jack's Restaurant.
Jenny Akins and Nicola Farnell, the urology nurse specialists at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (RWT), explained where the prostate is, what it is for and what it does. The prostate, which is a small walnut-shaped gland in the male reproductive system, is found below the bladder and in front of the rectum. It often becomes enlarged as people get older.
Nicola told the audience that men who have trouble passing urine or have blood in their urine should go to their GP to get themselves checked. And both advised men over 50 should have a PSA test every year.
She said awareness among men has improved thanks to celebrities such as the late Bill Turnbull, Stephen Fry, Nile Rodgers, Sir Rod Stewart and Sir Elton John promoting it.
Once Britain's costliest footballer, Steve, 69, is keen to do the same and recounted his own cancer journey after having robotic surgery at New Cross Hospital to have his prostate removed in the summer.
The former midfielder, who played 244 times for Wolves from 1971-79, urged men to get themselves checked and said: "I had back ache and was struggling to pass urine, getting up two or three times a night. I went for a test, an MRI scan and a biopsy and had surgery. It probably saved my life."
Steve admits he wished he'd have been checked out earlier.
"I was panic stricken," he admitted. "The whole situation gave me a wake up call. I'd say go and get yourself checked. It can save your life.
A member of the audience asked if there's a longer wait to see a male doctor. Jenny reassured: "You are able to see a male doctor. However, we find once men are assessed by us they are very reassured by our knowledge and expertise."
Geoff Finney at Molinuex
Prostate cancer survivor Geoff Finney, 76, from Coven Heath, had his prostate removed in 2000.
He said: "The event was really informative and there was a good turnout. I came because I thought if I could share my personal story like Steve it might help others to get checked.
"It might mean someone comes forward because they shouldn't be frightened of getting checked. There were plenty of people there coming up to an age where it's more prevalent so there needs to be more awareness."
Phil Barrett, 62, a financial crime manager at NatWest, from Bournville, recovered from prostate cancer in 2020. He said: "It's fantastic that people like Steve come and talk about it because it took me 15 months to do something about it."
By Adam Smith
Senior Reporter for the Express & Star.
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The home is described as "traditional elegance at its best."
Live like a king in this home, or, like the CEO of Citigroup.
Real estate website Southbyshomes.com listed the home of Vikram Pandit, CEO of Citigroup, in Greenwich, Ct.
While the $4.3 million price tag is enough to scare us common folk away, there's no harm in taking a peek into the luxurious life of the rich and powerful.
The Colonial single family home is situated on 2.3 acres of land and includes 6 bedrooms, 6 full baths, 1 half bath, a pool, a pool house (because you can't have a pool without a pool house, am I right?), an eat-in kitchen with an adjacent family room, a lower level playroom and a 2-car garage.
The outside is just as impressive as the inside. The house includes a deck, patio, gardens, terrace, balcony, shed, rolling grounds, a BBQ and a fireplace.
So after staring at these photos for the past half hour, how are we supposed to be happy going back to our tiny NYC apartment?


The 2012 Olympics are right around the corner, and Green Shoot Media has released an Olympics preview section designed to drive newspaper revenue this summer.
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The games officially begin July 27 in London.
Pages in the section are designed to fit either the top half of a broadsheet or a full tab page. The package includes layout documents that can be opened in both Quark and InDesign, high-resolution PDF pages, along with the text and photo files for papers that want to customize the look for their market.
Samples and pricing are available at http://GreenShootMedia.com. You can also download a complete sample PDF here.


Here at the Bunker we can provide only some impressions of the game for now. Since Jens and I are both players who value a good atmosphere and like to combine this with a small story, we spontaneously decided that this match was about a sponsorship deal with Bugman's new BUGMANS XXLIGHT brand. Because of the similar team colors, that little story element almost came by itself.
If you want to know who won the deal at the end, you can find out in the match report on YouTube, as we let the camera run for the whole match. I have to apologize to the English-speaking visitors of the Bunker this time though - the match report is completely in german language.


The village of San Cassiano is situated at 1,535 metres above sea level and is surrounded by the Conturines and Lavarella massifs. The village centre is popular due to its pedestrian zone where you can find restaurants, clothes shops and sports equipment. At the centre of the village you can visit the Ursus Ladinicus museum, the Dolomite bear is located in the Conturines mountain. The village of San Cassiano is renowned amongst hikers and mountaineers who can test themselves on the most arduous climbs on the Dolomite walls at Lagazuoi or Sella.
In winter the Piz Sorega cable-car facilities which bring you quickly to the slopes of the Dolomiti Superski starts from the village. The Alta Badia Cross-Country Skiing Centre in the wonderful Armentarola basin offers not only a spectacular cross-country circuit for skiers but also tracks for walks in the snow or excursions with snow shoes in the surrounding forests.


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Стасим ( та  — нерухомий) в давньогрецькому театрі (трагедії і комедії) — хорова пісня, яка виконувалася хором не в русі (не під час виходу або входу), а в центральній частині п'єси, коли хор перебував в орхестрі, тобто була протилежною пароду. Ці пісні наповнюють собою перерви драматичної дії, тобто виконуються між епізодами вистави. В них виражається співчуття хору до головного героя п'єси. Зазвичай у трагедіях їх було 3.

Визначаючи частини трагедії в «Поетиці», Арістотель виділяє три жанри хорової пісні - парод, стасим та коммос. Згідно з його опису, в трагедії після прологу на сцену виходив хор. Під час руху - особливими проходами-коридорами, які називалися «пародами» - з-за лаштунків в орхестру хор співав першу пісню. Описуючи стасим, Арістотель згадує лише характерну особливість його метрики (в ній «немає анапеста чи хорея»). Це важливе уточнення означає, що музика стасиму не могла бути заснована на основі «маршових» метрів, тобто таких, які використовувалися під час руху. З інших описів зрозуміло, що хор, після виходу через бічні проходи на орхестру, далі залишався на ній, звідси етимологія терміну. Пізніше деякі грецькі словники і довідники (Суда, «Ономастикон» Поллукса, словник «Etymologicum magnum», Псевдо-Пселл) відтворюють класичні визначення Арістотеля.

Стасим (як і парод) були частинами не лише трагедії, а також і комедії, що володіла і власними структурними особливостями. Куаленівський трактат (імовірно конспект втраченої, другої частини «Поетики», присвяченій комедії) не розрізняє парод і стасим та каже лише про «хорову пісню» в цілому. Вважається, що парод і стасим виконувалися хором в унісон.

Література

 Comotti G. La musica nella tragedia greca // Scena e spettacolo nell'antichità. Atti del convegno internazionale di Studio Trento <...>, a cura di Lia de Finis. Firenze: Olschi, 1989, pp.43-61.
 Mathiesen T. Apollo's lyre. Greek music and music theory an Antiquity and the Middle Ages . Lincoln; London: University of Nebraska Press, 1999, pp.94-125 ( «Music in the theatre»).
 П. В. Никитин, "Лекции по истории греческой литературы" (литогр.).
 Westphal, "Prolegomena zu Aeschylos Tragödien" (Лейпциг, 1669).
 Croiset, "Histoire de la littérature grecque".

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Q: More efficient plotting with ggplot I have a dataset df that looks like the following:
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The column time is continuous with 100 unique values. factor is a factor with 22 levels. I want to do the following plot:
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  theme(axis.text = element_text(size = rel(0.5)))

However, it takes more than 30 mins to plot and similar time to save. Therefore, it's quite prohibitive to edit the code and redo the plot in terms of time cost. Is there any way to make this plotting more efficient? Thanks in advance.

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LED Bumper Reflectors were first introduced in 2010 at Tokyo Auto Salon. They were designed to replace the OEM bulb-less plastic reflectors on the bottom of the rear bumper with the same type of assembly but have the LED lights built inside. These stylish LED reflector lights provide a quick response and more light when you step on the brakes which allows other drivers to see and react quicker to avoid collision.
This YouTube video shows you how to remove the bumper reflectors. Some bumper reflectors can be popped off, but in most cases, you will need to need to gain access from the back of the bumper in order to pop the reflector off since it is held with a clip or screw. So in order to do a clean job, we highly recommend you remove the rear bumper to install this product.
In this video, we will show you how these LED bumper reflectors function, based on a 2011 Mugen style Honda CR-Z. During the day when the headlight is off, these LED reflectors will only light up as brighter mode when you step on the brake. During night time when the headlight on, these LED bumper reflectors will light up in dimmer mode as tail lights and when you step on the brake, it will become brighter than brake lights.
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Theater Thursday - Annie Get Your Gun, Pete the Cat and Endangered
We were given free tickets to Annie Get Your Gun for review purposes. Any and all opinions expressed are our own.
What: Annie Get Your Gun
Where: Kelsey Theatre
1200 Old Trenton Rd.
West Windsor, NJ
When: Friday, Saturday and Sunday through August 6
Me - Annie Get Your Gun was a really good show. It had very nice songs. I especially like the songs Doin' What Comes Natur'lly and Anything You Can Do. The characters were fun. My favorite was Annie. She was very brave. The girl who played Annie was excellent, she had a really nice voice. She was very lively and full of spunk. The rest of the performances were mixed. Some were better then others. The costumes were pretty. They were very colorful. All in all Annie Get Your Gun was a very upbeat and energetic show, and I would highly recommend going to see it.
For more information or to purchase tickets visitwww.kelseyatmccc.org/Annie
What: Pete the Cat
Where: Lucille Lortel Theatre
121 Christopher Street
Who: All ages especially 10 and under
When: Through August 18, 2017
Me - Pete The Cat was a really cute show. It is based off a picture book series. I remember reading a few of the books when I was in Kindergarten. The show is full of fun upbeat songs, such as Really Big Adventure, I'm Painting, The Sneezing Song and Happy Housecat. The show is lively and fast paced and really captures the energy of a young child. The cast led by Kyle Sherman in the title role is terrific and really believable in their parts. The show is not too long at about an hour so it is perfect for the short attention spans of young children. Little kids would love this show especially if they have read and liked the Pete The Cat books. It is also an enjoyable enough show that older children and adults shouldn't get bored. The show is running at the Lucille Lortel Theatre located at 121 Christopher Street through August 18. Tickets are free and are available at the theatre box office on the day of the performance beginning one hour prior to the performance.
For more information visit http://www.theatreworksusa.org/free_summer.cfm
We were given free tickets to Endangered the Musical for review purposes. Any and all opinions expressed here are our own.
What: Endangered the Musical
Where: The Davenport Theatre
Who: All ages especially kids from 6 to 10
Me & Mom - Endangered is a family friendly eco-musical. It is the first eco-friendly musical. If you are interested in a show that is fun for kids, and might actually teach them something, this is a good choice. It is about a a kid who gets locked in a zoo overnight. He has to help the animals escape from a storm and in the process he learns about endangered species and the need to try to save them from extinction. If you don't like talking and singing animals played by humans, you are probably too old for this show anyway. However, it is a good show for mid range children from about 5 or 6 to 10 who are old enough to understand the story and still enjoy it. Kids will particularly like the interactive aspect of the show where the characters are always addressing the audience and making them feel like they're part of the show. They will also like the lively songs. Endangered is currently scheduled to run through September 1 at the Davenport Theater located at 345 W. 45th St, New York, NY.
For more information or to purchase tickets visit http://endangeredthemusical.com
Tune in tomorrow for Funtivity Friday.
Photo credits: All Pete the Cat production photos by Jeremy Daniel
All Endangered the Musical production photo by Jeremy Daniel


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I was not a sneaky student. Both of my parents are teachers as is my grandma and pretty much every person in my family. I was taught to respect teachers and was too afraid of authority to break rules. But my boyfriend was. He can get himself out of anything. I didn't know him in high school, but the stories he tells me make me cringe for the poor teachers' souls. Now, I have witnessed him get out of THREE speeding tickets, two of which he was going 15 MPH over the limit. It pays to be an EMT, I guess.
I'm so glad you had a great run! Night runs totally count. I'm too much of a scardie cat!!!
Even the best students can be sneaky...I was definitely a goody-two-shoes, but I had my days ;o) lol Sounds like Boyfriend is a good one to have around when you're in a jam!
I wore that pink zebra BIC band at DIVA last weekend (except I got mine from our grocery store Korger- sshhh don't tell). LOVE 75 degrees when running. Seriously best ever. Congrats to your friends on the engagement... I have one I'm currently waiting on right now!
Your grocery store sells BIC bands? That's kind of awesome. My favorite running weather is 65, but 75 is WAY better than 90!
Grits may be the exception, I can usually dig deep and find the motivation to clean some bowls in order to eat my grits.
I love the depth of this reply...Breakfast for dinner is a big conversation starter! We used to make waffles every Saturday, but we rarely go all out this way. I agree on dishes: worst chore EVER.
I love the Harry Potter reference!!! That was awesome!!!
Also our store just recently starting selling the rainbow loom kits! I can't wait to get a bracelet!
The HP reference was perfect.
You definitely added cheer to my week!!


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Q: How to find duplicate rows and assign an ID in a new column I have a dataframe that looks something like this:
col_0        col_1          col_2        col_3
Type_1       data1          data2        data3
Type_2       data2          data1        data3
Type_3       data4
Type_4       data4          data5

Notice that type_1 and type_2 rows are still duplicates, just that the values are placed in different columns. Also, col_0 should not be included in checking for duplicates.
So I want to add a new column, with a new name or ID, that has the same ID for duplicate rows. The desired output would look something like this:
col_0        col_1          col_2        col_3     col_4
Type_1       data1          data2        data3     1
Type_2       data2          data1        data3     1
Type_3       data4                                 2
Type_4       data4          data5                  3


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Ken started his career in boxing at the ripe old age of 15 in 1956 when he put his name down for trials for the Olympic Games. Ken fought many fights as an amateur before he became professional. He was amateur champion for four years, winning 102 matches before taking time out and then returning as a professional.
The pinnacle of Ken's career was the winning of the Australian Featherweight Championship in February 1970, seven years after retiring in 1963. This fight will surely go down as one of the most popular in the history of Australian boxing.
Ken's lead-up to winning the Australian title was pretty impressive, winning both the Australian Amateur Title and the NSW Featherweight Title in 1969.
During his career Ken left the sport for nearly six years due to problems with his knees before returning. Ken is the first boxer to win an Australian championship after a retirement of more than five years. He did not fight from May 1963 to December 1968. This is an Australian record that may never be broken.
He fought whilst as an amateur, to qualify for the Rome Olympics to represent Australia but lost on points in the final. The winner of this bout went on to win the bronze medal in Rome in 1960.
In a boxing career that spanned over forty years Ken had 197 fights, professional and amateur, with just fifteen losses and two draws, and interestingly, of the fifteen losses, he had rematches with thirteen of them and won on a knockout each time.
Born: 17 January 1941


The taxi driver in Ulaanbaatar asked double the price of what the hotel had told me. I had no more local money and was ready for a battle in the cold drizzly morning outside Ghenggis Khan international airport. I threatened to call the hotel which immediately produced the change he owed me but I got the receptionist to give him a piece of my mind in Mongolian anyways. I hoped it was not a bad omen. Corruption and unsavory business practices are apparently rampant. I had heard about it and now there was the experience.
I was too early and this meant standing in this line and then that line while the uniformed men and women employed at the airport donned their white gloves and took their stations. It took a long time.
The check in staff had no idea where Kinshasa was but they gave me boarding passes to my transit and final destinations anyways. Although I had gotten a Premium Economy Ticket on this Aeroflot flight, more expensive than the usual low fares I get, I was placed in the middle of the cabin. I grudgingly let go of my fantasy which only knows premium from long haul/wide body flights – narrower than B-class but more spacious than the back of the bus. I consider a 6.5 hour flight a long haul but we did it in a small plane that had no fancy premium chairs. I reseated myself in the middle of an empty row and held on to it throughout the boarding process – tense moments. When I stretched out to sleep I realized there were damp blankets all around me (or maybe someone peed in his/her pants) – that kind of smell.
The cabin crew told us first in Russian and then in accented English that alcohol not provided by the airline was not to be consumed. It was 6 AM in Ulaanbaatar and I hoped this was not going to be an issue.
I slept, read and puzzled and suddenly we were in Moscow. As we moved west across the steppes, Siberia and then the -Stans I noticed that we went from treeless to heavily wooded by the time we landed in Moscow.
I was last in Moscow (not at the airport) in 1974. If someone had told the Soviets then that their airport would look like any other airport in the world (Africa north of South Africa excepted) forty years later he would have been tried for treason. There is an TGIFriday and countless Starbuck look-alikes, fancy perfumes that produce sneezing attacks and alcohol galore. Other than the Cyrillic script and the abundance of Aeroflot planes there is no way of knowing I am in Russia. I am looking for oligarchs in the business lounge and wonder if they could be female.
The business class lounge has salami and herring (not combined) sandwiches and there is vodka of course. But there is also oatmeal porridge and fancy petit-fours. The free internet promptly crashed my computer, if such is possible. My virus defense force gave me notice that a Python virus had been caught. Imagine that! I hope my computer's vaccinations are up to snuff. Next sign of life from Paris, incha'llah.
The second day of the alignment meeting even less people showed up. I suppose the meeting needed to be renamed 'Alignment Light.' We were at half capacity. The representatives from other ministries must have decided there were other more important things to do and so we lost some critical perspectives. But all the wheelchair users were there – this is important to them, they have the most to gain from this initiative and I suspect it will be their perseverance that will get and keep things moving.
Energy levels went up and down throughout the morning and after lunch the downhill trend set in, not unusual, to continue deep into the basement. With only 15 people left and only 2 in position of any authority, we ended at 3 PM, two hours before the scheduled time. We had enough good stuff to crawl into the next phase – one learns to adjust one's expectations.
What resulted was some action on transportation access, some action on creating a multidisciplinary and multi stakeholder committee to focus exclusively on wheelchairs, complete a proposal to Korea about setting up workshops and keeping momentum going. A third group is working on constructing a model building, not a new project but something that can be used to show what a wheelchair accessible (inside and outside) building looks like. The owner of this project, a private prosthetics business woman, invited everyone to the opening. A fourth group focused on developing a plan that will eventually produce a pool of local trainers. This will require some extensive negotiations between various interested parties, among them Deseret, an organization of the Latter Day Saints, that donates wheelchairs plus training, a package deal.
All in all I am optimistic. Mongolia is at the very beginning of a long process of developing its capacity and infrastructure to meet the needs of wheelchair users. Since my only other example is The Philippines I might have overestimated what is possible here.
We had a nice debriefing with the USAID mission director and his Georgian program manager over lattes and espresso. We all paid for our own beverage, as we are supposed to, something we learn every year in our procurement integrity course. I was glad there was no awkward moment. The USAID mission is small here, only 2 expats, and, we were told, shrinking, if such is possible with that few people.
Back at the hotel Maggie and I had our last meal together and then it was time to pack. Maggie is lugging an empty suitcase back, except for the cashmere stuff she is buying. So I was able to drop some things off at her room and continue my journey just a tad lighter.
On Wednesday we started the final of our three events here, the one I am leading. Some 35 representatives from various organizations involved (or to be involved) in wheelchair services had been invited. About 25 or so showed up.
We have a few Americans in the room and so translation remains a challenge because we have to translate both ways and not just for the facilitator. One of our translators volunteered to come simply because she was curious about the unusual methodology – we ended up using her quite a bit and hopefully we can pay her.
The highlight of the day was the creation of a shared vision. Getting people to visualize a desired future was a challenge with reluctance to close eyes, many people not returning after lunch and constant cellphone interruptions which, though silent were still interruptions. People cannot seem to turn cellphones off or ignore calls.
But once the visualization was done and participants were urged to use all materials in the room (this included modeling clay), everyone started playing, with an abandon I haven't seen before. Faces lit up and the usually serious and unsmiling faces relaxed. We stood around each table as they pointed out their dreams for wheelchair access in Mongolia.
After the break we started to tease out the common elements and it was as if I had put people back in their traditional school benches. The energy dipped, the energy slipped and at 4 PM, one hour ahead of time, I called it a day as there seem to be no point in continuing with the small group. I felt as I was wading through molasses. When I announced the end of the day people started smiling again and energy returned – energy applied to packing up.
It was our last evening with our Filipino friend and master trainer and we had her select the restaurant for our farewell supper. We went to a Mongolian hot pot place and ordered spicy hot pots, dumplings, thin mutton slices and a basket full of vegetables, accompanied by a large Ghenggis beer and then we parted. We are now in the phase were everyday someone is leaving. Me tomorrow for my trip to Kinshasa and Maggie will close the ranks on Friday night, returning to DC.
About three quarters through the managers' workshop our translator shared with us that many (most?) of the 45 or so people in the room did not understand why they were there, why they were selected for the training and what the point was of these nice foreigners telling them how to run a wheelchair service. They had no wheelchairs to give away and if they did they were not at all of the quality that we told them was acceptable. Furthermore, they didn't expect any of such wheelchairs anytime soon. We were teaching about budgets but budgets are handed down from above.
I cringed. This was everything that critics of development aid throw in our face and usually I counter by saying we don't work like that. But here we were. We called an emergency meeting with our main counterpart, who we had expected to be with us, follow all the trainings and explain how this training fit into a larger plan. He speaks very little English and had us believe, some time ago, that he followed what we were talking about. Not so.
Any of the context setting and opening speeches had been vague about the purpose and thus the frustration of the participants was entirely justified. We rectified all this with more speeches and pointed out that the managers were 'laying out the path in walking,' to use a well-worn quote. In the final reflection people seemed to understand their situation better. One person mentioned an HIV training she had received years before HIV became a problem in Mongolia and then she realized the value of her training. Maybe people were just nice and polite to us.
Monday morning we received some 45 of the 64 expected managers to help them understand the implications of setting up a wheelchair service in their centers. We had divided our roles between the three of us and are each responsible for 3 to 4 sessions.
The social workers came in uniforms. They look like police officers but without a whistle and a cap. This was a good thing we decided, as they look rather intimidating. The other participants come from health centers run by the government and from the national rehab center. Only one person is in a wheelchair, the PR manager of a wheelchair users group who Maggie and I invited at the last minute. The make up of this group stands in sharp contrast with the Philippines where wheelchair users occupy some of the highest positions in agencies that look after people with disabilities.
It is very tricky to teach with a translator. Participants get easily bored when the translator talks to us in English and we miss of course a great deal. But from time to time we can see people perk up as they talk about the universal organizational phenomenon: managers who don't understand them and do bad things to them. I reminded them that they too are managers and therefore can break the chain.
When not in front I sit by the side chatting with the translator who is not on duty. We argue about American's role in the world (her: you are bombing people into democracy). I try to explain that, while I am not in favor of bombing anyone and anything, the situation is a bit more complex, especially when it comes to Islamist fundamentalists.
She is an interesting mix of Europe and Asia – a Portuguese father and a Mongolian mother, both attracted as young idealists to Moscow to be part of the communist movement in the 50s or 60s. She points out to me that under the communist regime, Mongolian women earned the same as men, everyone had access to health services, education and housing, though standards may not have been as high as in the west. After the start of Mongolian democracy in 1990, these numbers have been slipping and ordinary people are worse off, especially the women. In the west these advantages of communism were usually ignored or downplayed. But I do remember these facts well as I studied Russian history, political economy and social life as part of my graduation electives. It seems that here the baby was thrown out with the bathwater.
We got into this conversation because I had noticed that most of the participants were women. However, I was told, these were midlevel managers. The ones at the top were most likely men who are highly political party bosses. Our translator has little love lost for the way her country is governed these days, with corruption and bribes creating economic hardship for many.
On Sunday it rained and was cold, like early April in Massachusetts. We set out with two colleagues from the Rehab Center who kindly sacrificed their day off to show us a small piece of their enormous country.
The roads are rough, with holes everywhere – I will complain less back home. The winters do a terrible job on the asphalt and repairs are probably postponed. Mongolian drivers are among the worst drivers I have seen – on the daily route to the Rehab Center we see at least three or four cars stopped because they ran into each other. Cars go left and right to avoid pot holes and drivers are rather selfish (this is actually not so unique). Trying to get into a line or cross a busy street is nearly impossible, so I suppose one learns to be selfish and aggressive.
We stopped by the side of the road where two mangy (or were they simply shedding) Bactrian camels (two-humped) were tied to a stake by the road. Our Mongolian hosts indicated we should get out and ride the camel about 20 feet one way and then 20 feet back. We also were offered a large leather mitt on which an enormous bird was placed, weighing more than Faro – an eagle I suppose – with huge talons and beak but eyes that showed no more life in them than one would observe in a plastic replica. The spirit had gone out of this bird and one could easily understand why – sitting by the side of the road in a bleak landscape, being carted to and from work in the boot of a car and tied to a pole. He (she?) and a mate, even larger with a wingspan of about 2 meters, were like the dancing bear or performing monkey. Our Mongolian hosts paid the 25 cents for each of us, contributing to this terrible practice because of politeness and a little curiosity.We returned to the car, wet from the drizzle, our hands smelling sour from the inside of the mitt and the camel's coat.
We continued our journey (54 km east of Ulaanbataar) to the Ghenggis Khan Statue Complex. I had expected a series of slightly larger than life status with Mr. Khan in various poses. Instead we saw the largest equestrian statue in the world. Sitting proud and tall and made from 250 tons of stainless steel, 40 meters high, Mr. Khan, the national hero, dominates the landscape. He looks east towards his birthplace. His statue sits on top of a circular pedestal with 36 columns representing the 36 khans (Ghenggis being number one) to Ligdan Khan (presumably number 36).
Inside the base is a museum, a movie theatre, a restaurant, post office, and two gift shops plus a 7 meter high replica of his riding boot. For a couple of dollars you can 'rent' some traditional clothes: fine embroidered gowns and fancy hats for women and rough leathers and wolf furs with chainmail, helmets and other war faring paraphernalia for men. You can then roam around the complex in your gowns and make pictures to your heart's content. Of course we did so and enlisted some local men in their scary outfits to join us for various group photos.
We walked up a very narrow staircase inside the back of the horse to emerge between the horse's ears with a close look at Ghenggis's face and the surrounding landscape. A few of the lodging yurts are already in place but the landscaping has barely started. Here too there are no trees – a few scraggly ones planted as part of a more grandiose plan to match the grandiosity of the center piece. We drove back in more drizzle, zigzagging across potholes and avoiding other cars doing the same.
We made it back in one piece and without a scratch, had a late Japanese lunch and settled into the local Starbucks look-alike for a macchiato to divide roles and responsibilities for the managers' workshop that starts tomorrow.
Saturday was a day of play and rest for Maggie and me while our trainers completed their last day. Our guide and interpreter took us to the Gandan Monastery which is located on the edge of the city. It was established at its current location in 1838 and grew over the next century into a complex that included 9 dastans or institutes, a library and housing for some 5000 monks. It attracted people from all over who practiced the Tibetan form of Buddhism. I recognized the similarity with the monasteries Axel and I visited in Sikkim some years ago.
In 1938 the communists destroyed most (some 900) monasteries in the country. Five of the Gandan monastery temples were destroyed and what was left served as barracks for Russian soldiers or barns for their horses. The monastery did continue to function, although under strict supervision and on a very small scale during the rest of the communist era until the Democratic Revolution of 1990.
Now the place is thriving again and expanding. There are 10 temples and some 900 monks. Our guide keeps calling them monkeys, not out of disrespect but because she confuses the words. After all, if one is monk, two might well be monkees. It is a logical mistake.
An enormous golden statue (my guess: some 3 stories high) of the Bodhisattva of Compassion, Janraisig (Chenresig in Tibetan) stands in the center of the biggest temple which has become a symbol of independence for Mongolians. The original was carted off to the USSR and can be seen in the Hermitage we were told. How they got it out of the building (and how the Mongolians got a copy back in) is a miracle, the latter attesting to the craftsmanship of the Mongolians.
In other temples monks were reciting from the (Tibetan) books of prayer, rocking back and forth. They received gifts, like boxes of Choco Pies which were placed next to religious artifacts, creating some dissonance for me but apparently none for the locals.
We followed our guide and received blessings from several monks by bending over in front of their seat. They placed the prayer book on our forehead. Leaving the temple is a bit tricky with the uneven stones and high thresholds because once cannot turn one's back on what is inside the temple. It occurred to me that for wheelchair users a visit to this temple is at least for now, out of the question.
An American gentleman started to follow us and listen in to our interpreter's explanations. We invited him to join us and discovered that he is a visiting OB/management and strategy professor at a Chinese university and was in Mongolian to cross one item of his bucket list, a motorcycle ride across the steppes. He had already done one from the most southern tip of South America to Alaska. He is a circumnavigator, an elite club of people who have gone around the world a few times. It includes many celebrities, among them the former queen of Sikkim, who I knew about from our Sikkim travels.
Outside the temple complex are souvenir shops that sell trinkets, mass-produced art and amulets for protection against the dangers of the world. We decided that our new friend needed to buy some protection against the dangers of traversing Mongolia on a motor bike. Maggie and I bought a charm to protect me against flattery and her against interferences to doing a good job. For a dollar and a quarter each, we also bought 9 hedge hock quills in a shaman's shop. A dollar and a quarter is not much, we reasoned, to protect us against the dangers of travel. We did not buy the more powerful protection, in the shape of an embroidered roll, for 25000 Mongolian Tughrik (about 14 dollars), considering this a tad too much for superstition.


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Q: using of "more of" When I was reading a text about dreams, I saw this quote. It's the first time I saw "more of" in a sentence so I can't understand the whole sentence. Can someone please help me?
"Dreams are real while they last -- can we say more of life?"

A: To simply state it, the line just means

Life is no more than a dream

Under the context of the given sentence, the author, Havelock Ellis, quantifies a dream as an event which is real till it lasts. He then also implies that life is also the same and does not differ in a significant way. He asks a leading question can we say more of life? with an embedded answer as "no, we cannot" to indicate this.