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Advanced Technology Facilities President
Mark Garvey was appointed President at Exyte's Asia-Pacific Region (APAC) in May 2015.
For 25 years Mark Garvey worked with the engineering and construction company Foster Wheeler in various parts of the world, including 9 years of international assignments. In his latest assignment, he was based in Houston, Texas, and responsible for the engineering and construction business of the company in the US and Latin America. Prior to that, Mark Garvey spent 6 years in Shanghai as CEO of Foster Wheeler's Power Group Asia, where he was responsible for the power business across the Asia region, including manufacturing locations in China and Thailand. Further to assignments in the corporate center near New York City, his earlier experience also includes 3 years in Singapore managing part of the Asian engineering and construction business.
Mark Garvey holds a Bachelor's degree from Drew University, Madison, New Jersey.


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Letris is considered to be among the most popular and trending AppStore games. The players will encounter unique and interesting gameplay when they download the game. They will get to build words to keep the gaming screen clear, and then they will be to empty it. The video game is based on a simple concept and will keep the players hooked until the end. Since it is unique and extremely engaging, the players will be encouraged to move on to a new level. Many players feel thrilled to beat their scores and records. Players will have to use plenty of letters to not run out of combinations. This will also make sure that they score better points than the opponents. Every game type shall grant the players distinctive power-ups that can be utilized to improve the scores and offer tips.
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Letris download PC free online by visiting the play store or app store. The game is free to download on the PC and a smartphone as long as the device is connected to the internet. The players can also download the emulator to enhance the gameplay and add support.
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The game is very simple to learn, and most players do not feel much challenged to learn it. The game comes with three different modes; therefore, the players will switch the modes if they want to try out something different. The players can also learn new languages by playing Letris as the application and dictionary shall be available in multiple languages, including Spanish, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, and many more.
The gamers shall be allowed to play the games in two languages simultaneously. The game history mode consists of around three hundred free levels full of surprises and interesting challenges. If you enjoy playing relaxed games with feels too pressured and rushed, you can download Letris and check out the Wordmatrix mode. Those fond of finding solutions to the puzzles can try Acronymus mode. Another great thing about downloading Lentris is that the players can challenge their friends as the game offers a two split-screen features in the multiplayer modes. This model is specifically designed for iPad users only. With weekly tournaments, the players will find three new levels that promise prizes to the most skilled players.
The players interested in the emulator can select the most suitable emulator online. It is advised to check the requirements of the program before downloading. The emulator software can be set up on the PC and MAC with a simple download and installation. Download the game Letris after setting up the emulator. When you download Letris, you can use the emulator to play the multiplayer game online game. The programs will help enhance the graphic elements similar to the real-time games.
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"Lost in Laconia" film presentation postponed to Tuesday, February 22nd, 7 p.m.
In 1903 the Laconia State School, or the New Hampshire School for the Feebleminded as it was called then, was founded. Until its closure in 1999 many people, including children, suffered abuse and neglect in a time when people were branded and stigmatized as "feebleminded" and a danger to society and were banished to a life of isolation and total segregation. Filmmakers, Gordon Dubois and Bill Rogers, have made a new and significant documentary about the school entitled, Lost in Laconia. Using archival footage and current interviews with former residents of the institution, families of former residents, and people who worked at the institution, along with an extensive collection of documents, this documentary examines the social values and cultural ideals of the twentieth century, relative to individuals and families who were labeled "feebleminded", deficient, or disabled in New Hampshire.
On January 18th at 7:00 PM the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Eastern Slopes will be sponsoring a showing at the Cook Memorial Library in Tamworth. Gordon Dubois will be present to discuss his film and an opportunity to talk and have refreshments will be available after the film.


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Perfect (1985 film)
This article's lead section does not adequately summarize key points of its contents. Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article. Please discuss this issue on the article's talk page. (April 2012)
Perfect is a 1985 American romantic drama film starring John Travolta and Jamie Lee Curtis, directed by James Bridges.[2] The film was based on a series of articles that appeared in Rolling Stone magazine in the late 1970s, chronicling the popularity of Los Angeles health clubs amongst single people.
Promotional poster
James Bridges
Aaron Latham (article)
Anne De Salvo
Marilu Henner
Matthew Reed
Gordon Willis
Jeff Gourson
Delphi III
June 7, 1985 (1985-06-07)
$20 million[1]
$12,918,858 (US)
Like Two of a Kind and Staying Alive (though the latter was successful at the box office), response to the film was mostly negative and Travolta would not appear in another motion picture for four years.
PlotEdit
Rolling Stone reporter Adam Lawrence (John Travolta) is sent from New York to Los Angeles to write an article about a businessman arrested for dealing drugs. During his stay in L.A., Adam sees a chance to collect material for another story about how "Fitness clubs are the singles bars of the '80s". He visits "The Sport Connection," a popular gym where he meets workout instructor Jessie Wilson (Jamie Lee Curtis) and asks for an interview. Because of a previous bad experience with the press when she was a competitive swimmer, Jessie declines.
Adam joins the fitness club and soon coaxes other club members to tell him about the gym and its impact on their love lives. Some, such as fun-loving Linda and Sally, are all too candid about their experiences with the opposite sex. Although she doesn't agree to be a part of his story, a romance does ultimately develop between Jessie and Adam, resulting in a moral dilemma; as a journalist he has lost his objective point of view.
Jessie comes to trust him. Less cynical than before, Adam makes a concerted effort to show Jessie that not all journalists are out for the cheap sensation. He writes an in-depth, fair-minded analysis of fitness clubs as a singles meeting scene. But it is deemed unacceptable by his boss, Rolling Stone's editor in chief Mark Roth (Jann Wenner).
Adam's article is turned over to others for editing, using material supplied by colleague Frankie, a photographer. She finds Jessie's long-ago appearance in a magazine with embarrassing details about a romance. Adam travels to Morocco for another assignment and is unaware of the changes being made in his story and too late to stop it. This has devastating impact on Jessie, as well as on others like Sally and Linda, described as "the most used piece of equipment in the gym."
Adam tries to explain the whole situation to Jessie, but can't. Meanwhile, he must attend a trial at which he's supposed to testify. As a reporter, using rights granted by the First Amendment, he decides not to comply with a judge who orders Adam to hand over tapes from the businessman's interview. Adam is jailed for contempt of court.
Jessie can see that Adam is a man of his word and believes him that he did not write the article the way it appeared in Rolling Stone.
CastEdit
John Travolta as Adam Lawrence
Jamie Lee Curtis as Jessie Wilson
Jann Wenner as Mark Roth
Marilu Henner as Sally
Laraine Newman as Linda
Anne De Salvo as Frankie
Mathew Reed as Roger
John Napierala as City News Editor
Stefan Gierasch as Charlie
Ramey Ellis as City News Receptionist
Alma Beltran as Grieving Woman
Perla Walter as Grieving Woman
Gina Morelli as Grieving Woman
Philippe Delgrange as Maitre d' in New York
Tom Schiller as Carly Simon's Friend
Paul Kent as Judge
Murphy Dunne as Peckerman
Kenneth Welsh as Joe McKenzie
Michael Laskin as Government Prosecutor
Robert Stark as Government Prosecutor
Laurie Burton as Mrs. McKenzie
Ann Travolta as Mary
Nanette Pattee-Francini as Nanette
Steven J. Zmed as hypochondriacal hustler
Robin Samuel as Robin
Robert Parr as Robert
Rosalind Ingledew as Sterling
Chelsea Field as Randy
Paul Barresi as naturally muscled gym patron
Kenny Griswold as Kenny
Ronnie Claire Edwards as Melody
Carly Simon as Herself (Cameo)
The film was neither a commercial nor a critical success.[3][4][5] Perfect maintains a 19% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and was nominated for three Golden Raspberry Awards: Worst Actor (John Travolta), Worst Supporting Actress (Marilu Henner) and Worst Screenplay. The movie was nominated for a Stinkers Bad Movie Awards for Worst Picture.[6] In a 1994 interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Quentin Tarantino called the movie "greatly underappreciated."[7]
The film is listed in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilson's book The Official Razzie Movie Guide as one of The 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made.[8] On October 16, 2015, the film was covered on the podcast for bad movies How Did This Get Made?[9]
SoundtrackEdit
Soundtrack album by
Ralph Burns
The soundtrack to Perfect was initially released in 1985 as a 12" vinyl record, and later re-released on CD.
"(Closest Thing To) Perfect" (Jermaine Jackson) – 3:50
"I Sweat (Going Through the Motions)" (Nona Hendryx) – 3:54
"All Systems Go" (Pointer Sisters) – 3:48
"Shock Me" (Jermaine Jackson and Whitney Houston) – 5:08
"Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do)" (Wham!) – 4:43
"Wear Out the Grooves" (Jermaine Stewart) – 4:33
"Hot Hips" (Lou Reed) – 3:33
"Talking to the Wall" (Dan Hartman) – 3:59
"Masquerade" (Berlin) – 3:48
"Lay Your Hands on Me" (Thompson Twins) – 4:11
Filming locationsEdit
"Sports Connection" fitness centre scenes were filmed in actual Sports Connection fitness club (now Sports Club/LA, a gigantic athletic facility in West Los Angeles), known as a place for singles to meet.
In the opening scene, the camera pans in on The Jersey Journal sign in Jersey City.
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^ "Perfect". Turner Classic Movies. United States: Turner Broadcasting System. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
^ "FILM: 'PERFECT,' GYM AND JOURNALISM". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
^ "Nothing Is Perfect, Not Even This Travolta Movie Movie Reviews". The Morning Call. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
^ "Perfect". Variety. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
^ "1985 8th Hastings Bad Cinema Society Stinkers Awards". Stinkers Bad Movie Awards. Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on October 17, 2006. Retrieved April 2, 2013.
^ Wild, David (1994-11-03). "Quentin Tarantino: The Madman of Movie Mayhem". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
^ Wilson, John (2005). The Official Razzie Movie Guide: Enjoying the Best of Hollywood's Worst. Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 0-446-69334-0.
^ "How Did This Get Made? Episode 121". Earwolf. Earwolf.
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Perfect at Rotten Tomatoes
Perfect at Box Office Mojo
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Grizzlies guard Ja Morant facing up to five weeks out with ankle sprain
By Matt Kelley 30 December 2020 4
Memphis Grizzlies point guard Ja Morant will miss the next three to five weeks rehabilitating a sprained left ankle.
The team confirmed on Tuesday that last season's Rookie of the Year will miss extended time after suffering the injury in Monday's 116-111 overtime win over the Brooklyn Nets.
In the second quarter, Morant jumped to block a shot and landed awkwardly on the foot of Nets guard Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot. He immediately hobbled to the sidelines in pain and was escorted to the locker room in a wheelchair.
Although X-rays showed no fractures, further testing revealed a grade two sprain.
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— Ja Morant (@JaMorant) December 29, 2020
The second overall draft pick in 2019, Morant is coming off a sterling rookie campaign during which he averaged 17.8 points and 7.3 assists, shot 47.7 per cent and helped energise Memphis to compete for a playoff spot in the Disney campus bubble.
The 6ft 3in guard was off to a red-hot start this season, scoring 44 points and providing nine assists in the Grizzlies' season-opening loss to the San Antonio Spurs on December. 23. He followed that with a 28-point game against the Atlanta Hawks on Boxing Day.
If Morant's prognosis holds true, he will miss somewhere between 11 and 19 games.
Dillon Brooks and Tyus Jones are among the candidates to spend more time at the lead guard spot until Morant is fully healthy.
Matt Kelley


Anyway, I'll have LOTS of updates on this soon, with lots of good blog topics from the trip, but wanted to touch on one thing first: Driving in the US, and US drivers.
US drivers tailgate on interstates and state highways. Like 1m behind you @ 70miles and hour (100km/hr+).
Less than 5% of the drivers indicate. Especially noticeable for lane changes.
As an aside, interstates and highways are pretty easy to navigate, and are very well signposted.
Anyone in New Zealand will know about spaghetti junction in Auckland. Well the photo for this post is for the Dallas/Fort Worth interchange. I think that must be the spaghetti factory there! And yes, I did drive it!
Black and White Version: Driving in the US was surprisingly easy. Interstates are fast and easy, and drivers are (mainly) good – but they sure do tailgate, and don't indicate.
Black and White Version: Just awesome! (share it).


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If you can't resist a monochromatic colour scheme, then the Slate could be for you. Use it in the kitchen as part of an industrial look, set against blacks and whites, or let this be a central feature in a teenager's bedroom for a versatile window covering that will match most colours.


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Q: Inconsistent sample time / presentation time during video decoding I'm writing an APP that can encode video by camera input and process video by decode-edit-encode steps. For the camera, I use the Camera class rather than Intent to configure the details settings of the camera. Then I feed the camera frames to the encoder (MediaCodec in API 16) and the muxer (I use ffmpeg muxer since I want to work on 4.1 Devices).
I measure the time code of camera frames by system nano time, and select a subset of frames to fit a desired FPS (currently 15). There are some small "noises" in the time values, for example (in ms): 0, 60718, 135246, 201049, ... rather than 0, 66000, 133000, 200000, ... .
After some trying of configuring the muxer correctly (As this question), I can produce a video (with AVC codec) that can be playback by the video player on devices. The playback speed is correct so I think the video should have correct time information of the frames.
However, I got a problem when I try to decode the video to perform the video editting process. I use the standard video extract/decode steps as these samples, like this:
int decode_input_index = decoder.dequeueInputBuffer(TIMEOUT_USEC);
if (decode_input_index >= 0)
{
    ByteBuffer decoder_input_buffer = decode_input_buffers[decode_input_index];
    int sample_size = extractor.readSampleData(decoder_input_buffer, 0);
    if (sample_size < 0)
    {
        decoder.queueInputBuffer(decode_input_index, 0, 0, 0, MediaCodec.BUFFER_FLAG_END_OF_STREAM);
        is_decode_input_done = true;
    }
    else
    {
        long sample_time = extractor.getSampleTime();
        decoder.queueInputBuffer(decode_input_index, 0, sample_size, sample_time, 0);
        extractor.advance();
    }
}
else
{
    Log.v(TAG, "Decoder dequeueInputBuffer timed out! Try again later");
}

The sample time from getSampleTime() has correct value as I encode the video. (e.g., they are exactly 0, 60718, 135246, 201049, ... in us). It is also the presentation time in the input of decoder.queueInputBuffer(). When the decoder proceeds to decode this frame, I get the frame time by:
int decode_output_index = decoder.dequeueOutputBuffer(decode_buffer_info, TIMEOUT_USEC);
switch (decode_output_index)
{
    ....
    (some negative-value flags in MediaCodec)
    ....
    default:
    {
        ByteBuffer decode_output_buffer = decode_output_buffers[decode_output_index];
        long ptime_us = decode_buffer_info.presentationTimeUs;
        boolean is_decode_EOS = ((decode_buffer_info.flags & MediaCodec.BUFFER_FLAG_END_OF_STREAM) != 0);

        ....
    }
}

I expect to set the same time sequence as the one in decoder input, but I get a lot of 0's from the BufferInfo at decoder output. The decoded frame contents seems to be correct, but most of the presentation time values are 0. Only the last few frames has correct presentation time.
I test the whole same process on a device with Android 4.3 (even with the same ffmpeg muxer rather than MediaMuxer in API 18), and everything looks fine. On 4.1/4.2 devices, if I capture the video by the built-in camera APP on the device and then decode the video, then the presentation time is also correct although the time values also have noises due to camera delay.
What's wrong with the video or the decode process, when the video can be playbacked and decoded normally, but with correct sample time and bad presentation time? I may have to use a workaround to measure the presentation time by the sample time (It's easy by using a queue), but I want to figure out if there is any missing part in my work.

A: There is no guarantee that MediaCodec handles presentation time stamps correctly before Android 4.3.  This is because the CTS tests that confirm the PTS behavior were not added until then.
I do recall that there were problems with the timestamp handling in the AVC codecs from certain vendors.  I don't remember the details offhand, but if you run the buffer-to-buffer and buffer-to-surface tests from EncodeDecodeTest on a variety of 4.1/4.2 devices you'll turn up some failures.  (You'd need to strip out the surface-to-surface tests, of course.)
Your timestamp handling code looks fine.  The timestamp isn't part of the H.264 stream, so it's really just being forwarded through the codec as metadata, and you seem to be picking it up and forwarding it on in all the right places.  The bottom line is, if you're passing valid PTS values in and getting good video but garbage PTS values, something in the codec is mishandling them.
You'll need to work around it by passing the values separately, or -- if the input frame rate is always regular -- trivially computing it.  In theory the encoder can reorder frames, so the order in which you pass time stamps into the encoder might not be the same order in which they come out... but since you know the timestamps were ascending when you made the movie, you should be able to just sort them if this were a problem in practice.
On a different note, delays in the system will cause the "wobble" you're seeing in the timestamp values if you grab System.nanoTime() when the frame arrives in the app.  You can do a bit better in Android 4.3 with Surface input because the SurfaceTexture holds a timestamp that is set much closer to when the frame was captured.  (I know that's not useful for your current efforts, but wanted to give some hope for the future.)

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Q: jQuery Queue Functions Take these two methods:
function moveUp() {
     this.element.rotate(0);
     this.element.animate({"margin-top": "-=51px"}, "slow");
     //do some more things for instance.
}

 function moveRight() {
     this.element.rotate(90);
     this.element.animate({"margin-left": "+=51px"}, "slow");
 }

Just in case, I rotate an object, then move it around with an animation. These functions are mapped to key presses, so if the user presses Up or Right, the object moves. My problem is that the animations are queued properly, because jQuery uses the fx queue for them. But the rotation happens inmediately, as well as any other thing I do, since they are custom things I have in my code.
The consequence is obvious, if you press say up and immediately press right, the object rotates up, but while it is moving upwards, it rotates right, it doesn't really wait until it gets there.
How can I write this code so that the whole methods are chained and not just their animations. I could add callbacks, but they won't always execute together, I need them to be queued if they happen to be called simultaneously, but I don't quite understand how to use the queue functionality in jQuery.
By the way, to see more of the code behind this, I have recently asked this question also: Array of prototype functions

A: You could animate it using something like:
    $elem.animate({rotation: 90},
    {
            duration: 'slow',
            step: function(now, fx) {
                    $(this).css({ "transform": "rotate("+now+"deg)", "-webkit-transform": "rotate("+now+"deg)", "-moz-transform": "rotate("+now+"deg)" });
            }
    })

That would add it to the queue automatically
I've made a jsfiddle here:
http://jsfiddle.net/obartra/7Qwgd/1/
EDIT: Just to explain my rationale, I'm guessing that the rotate method you are using is using setTimeout to set the rotation in the CSS progressively, thus not adding it to the animation queue. The code here uses animate to rotate the element so it gets added to the animation queue.


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Animal Instincts completed (20/11/2007):
After half a year of hard work and many late nights, we finally finished our short claymation film Animal Instincts.
The film was made as Cameron Edser's graduation project from the film course he was doing at Bond University. Michael Richards came up from Adelaide, the home of GooRoo Animation, to join Cameron in his second year on the Gold Coast and work on the project. This proved to be most ambitious project we've ever attempted.
We have always made it a priority to make our films as cheaply and efficiently as possible and Animal Instincts was no different. We ended up producing the film on a minimal budget that came out of our own pocket.
We set up a temporary studio in our garage, where we practically lived and worked for six months straight.
Equipment, especially for such a specialised area like stop-motion animation, is very expensive. Due to our limited resources we often improvised and came up with creative, economical new ways to get professional results.
As our production period was so lengthy, there was no way we could borrow equipment for the entire project. We used whatever we could get our hands on to get the job done. We bought and borrowed a range of new and used lenses that covered everything we needed. We used halogen work lights from Bunnings instead of professional studio lights and even made our own barn doors to put on them.
We adopted the approach to try and make everything in the film by hand rather than buying ready-made set and prop materials. We found this approach creates a more organic style, and compliments the charm of stop-motion animation. We built a miniature scale farmyard set, primarily from tools and construction materials that we brought from our home in Adelaide .
We bought a simplistic consumer-range HD camera for the few live action shots in the film but shot primarily on a Digital SLR camera. Shooting with a DSLR is an inexpensive and practical alternative to shooting with film. We were able to capture images comparable to 35mm productions whilst giving us the ability to review and change our footage as we shot it.
Knowing full well that an electronic motion controlled camera rig, that allows for incremental camera movements, costs around half a million dollars, we were happy to accept we wouldn't be able to afford one. However we still wanted the same tracking shots seen in professional animations like Wallace and Gromit. With some engineering help from a friend we were able to design our own simplistic dolly, specific to stop motion animation. The design cleverly incorporates the use of a standard car jack. Every motion controlled effect in Animal Instincts was created using this device.
Over half the shots in the film contain some kind of special effect. Usually special effects are quite expensive, hence not widely seen in short films. However, figuring out how to do these ourselves using creative ideas meant that we could achieve some things rarely seen in stop-motion animation. For example, we wired our own explosions, composited with blue screens, removed wire from airborne shots, and made use of slow motion.
We edited the entire film and soundtrack all in the garage on our own PC so we could cut it together as we shot it. There was probably almost as much time spent doing post work as we spent actually animating.
All of this work was squeezed into the short space of 6 months whilst balancing study and part time work. In late stages of production due to the looming deadline, we incorporated a split-shift working day with one of us working early morning through to evening and the other starting midday and working all night. This resulted in the film progressing around the clock at 24 hours a day.
While it may have been hard work, it was certainly all worthwhile now we have a film that we're proud to show to everyone. It was an incredible experience and we learnt a huge amount just because we pushed ourselves to do something extremely ambitious.
The film premiered December 6 2007 in front of a packed out theatre of over 500 people at Bond University, and was an instant crowd favourite, keeping the audience laughing and cheering the whole way through. This was a huge moment for GooRoo Animation, as we realised just why we make films. Having an appreciate audience is what inspires us as film makers.
Animal Instincts has since gone on to screen in over 40 film festivals and recieve 20 awards in the year since that first screening. For a list of screenings and awards, click here.


The creation of the first strictly defined gold standard database of diagnoses for causes of death will help strengthen verbal autopsy (VA) methods in low-resource settings, according to a study, Population Health Metrics Research Consortium gold standard verbal autopsy validation study: design, implementation, and development of analysis datasets, published in Population Health Metrics. The study was co-authored by a global group of researchers, the Population Health Metrics Research Consortium (PHMRC), which includes researchers from IHME.
Most developing countries lack complete vital registration systems that gather detailed information on mortality and causes of death. In these settings, VA methods are critically important for evaluating the leading causes of death and ultimately measuring the burden of disease, injuries, and risk factors. Researchers currently use a variety of VA methods to collect and analyze data.
To help evaluate the performance and accuracy of these methods in assigning a cause of death, PHMRC set out to create a high-quality validation dataset from different populations. This required finding deaths in low-resource settings, including Mexico, India, Tanzania, and the Philippines, that could be verified through robust gold standard (GS) criteria, which included clinical endpoints, laboratory findings, medical imaging, and pathology. This study is part of ongoing work by IHME to develop the most accurate and efficient methods of using VA to determine individual- and population-level causes of death.
PHMRC collected 12,542 VAs on deaths and attempted to verify them through the GS criteria. This included 7,836 adults, 2,075 children, 1,629 neonates, and 1,002 stillbirths. The majority of the deaths met the highest level of GS criteria. Overall, 86% of adult deaths, 81% of child deaths, and 99.7% of neonate deaths met the highest level of GS diagnostic criteria. The research revealed the low quality of medical records and diagnosis in some countries, underscoring the importance of looking beyond hospital records for assigning causes of death.
The PHMRC worked in six sites in four countries: Andhra Pradesh, India; Bohol, Philippines; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Mexico City, Mexico; Pemba Island, Tanzania; and Uttar Pradesh, India. Researchers developed strict diagnostic criteria that included laboratory, pathology, and medical imaging findings to identify gold standard deaths in health facilities.
Researchers also developed an enhanced VA instrument based on World Health Organization (WHO) standards. To build the cause of death list, researchers took into account the WHO Global Burden of Disease estimates of the leading causes of death, the potential to identify unique signs and symptoms, and the likely existence of sufficient medical technology to ascertain gold standard cases.
The PHMRC believes that this robust validation dataset will allow researchers to evaluate the performance of different VA analytic methods as well as instrument design. This dataset can be used to inform the implementation of VAs to more reliably ascertain cause of death in national health information systems. To meet urgent policy and planning needs, countries need to introduce VA methods to gather more information on the leading causes of death. It is critical that they be able to test the performance and validity of the methods they are currently using and any new methods they might consider using in the future.
They need to be able to assess these methods against rigorous, standardized criteria that are not influenced by the often poor quality of medical records or the diagnostic biases of physicians. Collecting a comparable GS dataset would be prohibitively expensive, meaning that the PHMRC dataset likely will remain the largest validation set for years to come. The PHMRC intends to make an anonymized dataset publicly available as a resource for the broader VA scientific community interested in developing and testing new methods.


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Home › History › From the origins to the Second World War. Acquasanta discovery
"The Rome Golf Club" probably already existed for some years, members mainly British and American diplomats, passionate golfers suited to play on the lawns of the Roman villas: Villa Doria Pamphili, Villa Borghese, as well as a path out of Porta San Giovanni.
In January 1903, according to the first General Meeting minute available (see), the Members asked Mr. Arthur Flach, appointed Hon. Captain, of finding the "links" suitable for their needs of a course.
The November 28th 1903 Extraordinary General Meeting, ratified the choice proposed by Mr. Flach who, after evaluating several alternatives, found that the suitable links were at Acqua Santa, a land owned by the Princes Torlonia.
The rent for the land and a rustic farmhouse,(the first club house) was Lit 2,900 a year, for three years with the possibility of renewal for another six, with the benefit of revenues from pasture and forage.
The Acquasanta links was particularly suitable to host a golf course, with a 360 degrees extraordinary view: on one side the sight of the roman Claudio's emperor aqueduct, on the other side the Cecilia Metella mausoleum, on the west horizon the two basilicas of St. John Lateran and St. Peter's.
Site of a beneficial water spring, the handed down legends about the nymph Egeria, the ancient fifteenth century Acquasanta thermal bath, built by Pope Paul V (still visible on the right side of the hole 1).
The slightly hilly landscape where the river Almone, rich of roman mythology legends, and its small tributaries enriched the course of precious natural obstacles.
The few members (a few dozen in the early years) gathered their meeting at the British or the Unites States consulates. Soon after meetings were held at the Grand Hotel more suitable also for the social events..
The minutes of the members annual general meetings, till 1929, are written in English.
The Hon. Captain, managed the Club sports and social activities. The President for the first three years, an Italian, for rule of courtesy to the country, was elected the Marquis Vanni.
In the early years Mr. Arthur Flach – Captain, Mr. R. C. Young and Mr. Hector De Castro where elected Hon. Treasurer and Secretary of the Club, given the small number of members, the Club faced economic difficulties.
The Members in the years improved the course, nine holes until 1912, with the planting of new trees (elms and pines). In 1913, in consideration of a greater number of members and players, the course could be extended to 18 holes with renting more land from the Torlonia's.
The course, correctly designed since the beginning, was very similar to the today one but with reversed holes order. Because of its proximity to the clubhouse, the first hole tee was about where today is the 10th hole one.
In those days the playing season began in October and ended in May. After the summer break, every autumn greens and tees were seeded. The fairways mowed once a year and periodically open grazing of sheep which in addition to fertilize procured an income to the club.
The Great War, disrupted Europe and also the Club social life. Until January 1923 the citizens from former enemy nations were banned from playing.
After the first 20 years from the beginning, ended the great war, the club economic situation was recovering and an increasing number of Italians joined the Club. In December 1923, the General Meeting approved a fundraising of about Lit 100,000 to build a new club house (the second) located next to the first one.
From 1925 increase also the number of Italians members in the Club Managing Committee.
The minutes of 23 April 1928 General Meeting show the ruling of Acqusanta Golf Club joining the newly founded Italian Golf Federation (FIG), associated to
the Italian Olympic Commitee (CONI),
In 1929 was built an irrigation system for the first nine holes only.
In 1930 the Italian members of the Managing Commitee are now prevailing and the meetings minutes was written in Italian only.
In the thirties, the Acquasanta is well established in the roman social society. The reputation of the first Golf Club in Italy is confirmed from the list of members in 1935. It included the names of most of the roman nobility and the best Italian and foreign intellects. Because of a good finance situation further improvements were taken on the course, more trees planted.
A good indication of the Italian golf development in those years is given by the numbers of Italian Golf Federation registered players: it was 113 in 1934 rising to 146 in 1939.
In 1938a new club house (the third one it was inaugurated), designed by the Arc. Pater. The swimming pool, still in use, became famous for its icy water coming directly from the Acqusanta mineral water spring.
The club house was largely funded by the Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr. Galeazzo Ciano, who in those years and until the Second World War, adopted the Club as an annex of his ministry. An ideal discreet location, where the presence of British people and their thinking was easily approachable.
The destruction of World War II spared much of Rome, but because of people food need, part of the golf course had to be turned into "war gardens" and sown with wheat.
On 22 January 1944 the Allies landed at Anzio, the Wehrmacht occupied the club house and the course. Camp were armed by the Germans on the river Almone valley but fortunately respected the greens and did not bring damages to the clubhouse. Oddly the Allied's Spitfire and P-48 spared this German camp. It was then asked some pilots why they had not bombed that German settlement so visible. Laughingly they replied: "We would have been crazy to destroy the only golf course of 18 holes south of Florence…."
From the origins to the Second World War. Acquasanta discovery Reviewed by giuseppe valli on 6 July 2016 .
"The Rome Golf Club" probably already existed for some years, members mainly British and American diplomats, passionate golfers suited to play on the lawns of the Roman villas: Villa Doria Pamphili, Villa Borghese, as well as a path out of Porta San Giovanni. In January 1903, according to the first General Meeting minute available (see),


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Peter Stein, född 1 oktober 1937  i Berlin, är en tysk teaterregissör.

Biografi
Peter Stein studerade litteraturhistoria och konsthistoria vid Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität i Frankfurt am Main 1956-1958 och Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität i München 1958-1964. Från 1964 verkade han som regiassistent och dramaturg vid Münchner Kammerspiele där han debuterade som regissör 1967 med Edward Bonds Gerettet (Saved), som också var hans första uppsättning att bjudas in till Berliner Theatertreffen. Året därpå fick han sparken efter premiären på Peter Weiss Vietnam-Diskurs på grund av uppsättningens USA-kritik och för att han startat en insamling till förmån för den sydvietnamesiska befrielserörelsen FNL. Hans stora genombrott var uppsättningen av Johann Wolfgang von Goethes Torquato Tasso med Bruno Ganz i huvudrollen på Theater Bremen 1969, som gjorde succé på Theatertreffen, men som samtidigt var starkt kontroversiell eftersom den kritiserade kapitalismens makt över den konstnärliga friheten. Från 1970  till 1985 var han chef och ledande regissör på Schaubühne i Berlin. Han har blivit internationellt tongivande med sina klassikeruppsättningar, vilka bygger på analytisk skärpa kombinerat med anslående scenisk verkan. En av de mest omtalade uppsättningarna är Aischylos fullständiga trilogi Orestien från 1980. 1991-1997 var han talteaterchef på Salzburger Festspiele. År 2000 satte han upp båda delarna av Johann Wolfgang von Goethes Faust på Expo 2000 i Hamburg. Detta var första gången verkets samtliga 12 110 verser framfördes på scen i en föreställning som sammanlagt varade 21 timmar. Peter Stein har även regisserat opera och film. Sammanlagt har 18 av hans uppsättningar har bjudits in till Theatertreffen, den senaste var Jean Racines Phädra 1988. Bland priser han tilldelats kan först och främst nämnas det europeiska teaterpriset Premio Europa 2011. 1988 tilldelades han Goethepreis, 1993 Erasmuspreis och 1996 Fritz-Kortner-Preis.

Referenser

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 Peter Stein, Nationalencyklopedin (läst 7 juni 2015)
 Peter Stein, Den Store Danske Encyklopædi (läst 27 juli 2017)
 Peter Stein, Gyldendals Teaterleksikon (läst 27 juli 2017)
 Peter Stein, Store norske leksikon (läst 27 juli 2017)
 Peter Stein, Encyclopædia Universalis (läst 27 juli 2017)
 Peter Stein, Munzinger (läst 27 juli 2017)
 Peter Stein, Premio Europa (läst 27 juli 2017)
 Carl-Gustav Pettersson & Theres Lagerlöf Smids: Teaterhistoria, Stockholm 2004,

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The term alopecia refers to hair loss. Traction alopecia is hair loss that's caused by repeatedly pulling on your hair. You can develop this condition if you often wear your hair in a tight ponytail, bun, or braids, especially if you use chemicals or heat on your hair.
Traction alopecia can be reversed if you stop pulling your hair back. But if you don't intervene soon enough, the hair loss may be permanent.
Doctors in Greenland first identified the condition in the early 1900s. They discovered that women who wore tight ponytails had lost hair along their hairline.
Early on, traction alopecia might show up as little bumps on your scalp that look like pimples. As the condition progresses, the main symptom is missing and broken hairs. The hairs along the front and sides of your scalp are most often affected. However, you may also notice hair loss on other areas of your scalp, depending on your hairstyle.
Eventually, the hair follicles can become so damaged and scarred that they can't produce new hair.
The symptoms of traction alopecia are different from those of other forms of alopecia. In other types, the hair loss occurs in patches all over the scalp. In traction alopecia, usually just the hair that's been pulled is affected.
You develop traction alopecia from wearing your hair pulled too tight. Pulling on the hair repeatedly loosens the hair shaft in its follicle.
People with very long hair can also get traction alopecia due to the weight of the hair pulling on the scalp. Men can also have it in their beard if they twist it too tightly.
This condition is common in African-American women, although it can affect people of any ethnicity. It occurs more frequently among people in professions that tend to put their hair up in a tight bun, such as ballerinas and gymnasts.
Although the condition can affect people of any age, it's more likely to happen as you get older because your hair becomes more damaged the longer you pull on it.
To prevent traction alopecia, wear your hair down. If you have to pull it up into a ponytail or bun, keep it loose and low on your head.
Change your hairstyle every couple of weeks. For example, alternate between braids and wearing your hair down.
When you pull your hair up into a ponytail, don't use rubber or elastic bands to hold it in place. They can pull out your hair.
If you have weaves or extensions, wear them for only a short period of time and take a break between each use.
Keep the heat setting low on your hair dryer and flat iron.
Don't sleep in rollers. Wrap your hair instead.
If you wear a wig, choose one with a satin wig cap. It won't pull as hard on your scalp.
To treat traction alopecia, see a dermatologist. The doctor will examine your scalp. He or she might take a sample of tissue called a biopsy to look for other possible causes of hair loss.
If you've lost a lot of hair and it's not growing back, a hair replacement procedure may be an option.
Traction alopecia is reversible, but you need to treat it quickly. If you stop wearing your hair in the tight hairstyle that caused it, your hair will grow back normally. But if you continue styling your hair the same way, the hair loss can be permanent.
When nails become discolored, it usually means you've picked up an infection or nail fungus. Learn about treatments and causes for yellow nails.


I'm a big fan of the Volvo Amazon, and I've featured several here on Volvojo. This one, though, might be my favorite. Meet Olav Kvipt's 1967 Volvo Amazon shooting brake. If you can see the pictures at all, you can already tell that it is an incredibly rare and tastefully styled hot rod that you could spend half a day poring over at a car show.
Everywhere you look on Olav's Amazon, there is something to see. Look at those Frenched headlights up front. Check out the shaved door handles. The taillights, which might even look stock to someone who wasn't familiar with the Amazon, are from a 1950s Cadillac. The stainless steel bumpers were custom made, with guards sourced from a 1956 Dodge.
… which, obviously, was built on a smaller budget. And, presumably, using a whole lot of duct tape and rattle-can paint. Even here, though, you can get a sense of Olav's genuine fascination with American hot rod culture kulture and see the influences that would lead, eventually, to the slick piece the car has become.
I'm not the only one who likes Olav's '67, either. Back in the fall of 2012, Gasoline Magazine had a Volvo contest where readers were encouraged to share pictures of their favorite "Volvo Customs", and the magazine's writes would choose a winner. Olav's car won. I can't imagine it was even close.
You can learn more about the history of Olav's awesome 1967 Volvo Amazon Nomad over at Kustomrama. They've got the full owners' history of the car, and even a breakdown of where Olav sourced some of the parts for his epic build. Best of all, they have a ton of build photos of the car that are definitely worth checking out. Head on over there using this link, then come back here and tell us what you think of Olav's shooting brake in the comments section at the bottom of the page.
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Baby asthma risk from yeast?
A yeast found in the guts of newborns in Ecuador could be used to predict if the children will develop asthma, says a team of scientists from the University of British Columbia, Canada. In the new study, there seemed to be a link between the presence of a yeast from the Pichia genus and asthma – three-month-olds identified with Pichia in their faecal samples appeared to be more likely to develop the disease by the time they reached five years of age. The research group is not yet sure why this may be the case, but suggest that it might be the way in which Pichia interacts with other microbes in the newborns' guts.
The mine life for ancient microbes
NASA scientists have recently found microbes inside crystals that have been in a Mexican lead, zinc and silver mine for up to 60,000 years. The surprising part? They were still alive. The study shows that these micro-organisms – which were mostly bacteria – seem to have adapted to survive on sulphite, manganese and copper oxide. Excitingly, the vast majority of these microbes have never been seen before. Their extreme survival skills mean that there could be many other undiscovered microbes living in hostile environments where researchers would never have thought to look for them.
Combat antibiotic resistance with dragon blood
Komodo dragons have a reputation for being impressive, not least due to their size and fearsomeness. New research by a team from George Mason University, USA, now suggests that these giant lizards are even more incredible than previously thought – they seem to have antimicrobial elements in their blood to help protect them from potentially deadly infections. Most animals' immune systems make compounds called cationic antimicrobial peptides (CAMPs), which help protect them from a variety of different pathogens. The recent study found that some CAMPs produced by komodo dragons were able to combat Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus – species of bacteria that are becoming increasingly resistant to currently available drugs. The findings suggest that these peptides may potentially lead to new much-needed antibiotic treatments.
Journal of Proteome Research
Sleep and mutate
In the antibiotic arms race between bacteria and scientists, the microbes appear to have upped their game once again, according to a research team at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Previous studies showed that, in a bid to avoid being killed by antibiotics, some bacteria were able to evolve a mechanism that kept them dormant until the course of treatment was finished. The solution to this was simply to extend the treatment, but a new study shows that bacteria are now able to lie dormant, then develop resistance 20 times faster than normal as soon as they awaken, rendering longer antibiotic treatments useless. Through further testing, the study suggests that the dormant mode both protects the bacteria from antibiotics, and also acts as a stepping stone for the mutations needed for the microbes to develop resistance. These findings could have important implications for the design and development of new antibiotics, in order to avoid this.
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Manipulating ticks to stop diseases
Many severe bacterial and parasitic diseases are transmitted to us through tick bites, but what makes ticks so resilient to these microbes that they themselves are not harmed when infected? Scientists at the University of Maryland, USA, believe they have the answer in their new study: a molecular pathway that recognises and protects the tick against Borrelia burgdorgeri, the cause of Lyme disease; and Anaplasma phagocytophilum and A. marginale, two bacterial species that cause rickettsial infections. The research team were able to both deactivate the pathway – making the ticks vulnerable to the bacteria – and over-activate it – making the ticks' immune systems combat the bacteria even more efficiently. The ability to manipulate this immune response could mean a decline in tick-borne diseases in humans and animals, if the arachnids can be made to be less vulnerable to infection altogether.
Healers from the Amazon onto something
Healers from indigenous groups living in the Amazon have been using Brazilian peppertree berries in their medicines for years, and new research by a team from Emory University, USA, shows that they might be onto something. By breaking the berries' chemical components down and testing them on mice, the researchers discovered that the berries contained a compound that can inhibit methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA – a 'superbug' that has become resistant to many currently available antibiotics. The compound works by disarming MRSA so that the bacteria cannot produce the toxins that damage skin tissue, allowing the immune system to heal wounds. This discovery may hold potential for new antibiotics that do not kill bacteria, but merely disable them, so that they do not get the chance to evolve resistance as they do with current treatments.
Sea bacteria to help combat climate change?
Researchers the University of East Anglia, UK, and Ocean University of China have discovered that many ocean-dwelling bacteria can synthesise a molecule (DMSP), which when broken down by other microbes produces dimethyl sulfide (DMS) – a gas that scientists believe have a role in regulating climate, as it helps form clouds. It was previously thought that only more complex organisms like seaweeds and phytoplankton were able to produce DMSP. Finding that marine bacteria are also able to suggests that the environmental role the compound and its producers play in climate regulation has been very much underestimated. Additionally, as these bacteria do not need sunlight for growth, DMSP production does not need to be limited to the surface waters of the sea, as was previously believed.
Nature Microbiology
Extreme temperatures, radiation and no air – no problem
9th February, 2017
Radiation, extreme temperatures and the vacuum of space – just one of these is usually enough to kill the majority of the inhabitants of Earth. However, two microbes sent to the International Space Station (ISS) by researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology IZI, Germany, were able to withstand all three combined. Sphaerocystis sp., an alga isolated from Svalbard in Norway, and Nostoc sp., a cyanobacterium found in Antarctica, survived temperature fluctuations of between -20 °C and 50 °C, the lack of oxygen and various types of UV radiation while suspended for 16 months outside of the ISS. The research team are now keen to look into the adaptations that allow the two micro-organisms to endure such extreme environments.
Sharing is caring, if you're family
Some bacteria kill distant relatives so that their immediate families can thrive, a study by scientists at the University of Edinburgh, UK, has found. The new research shows that Vibrio cholerae, the bacterium responsible for cholera, cooperates and shares resources with closely-related microbes, but kills off rival strains by injecting them with toxins via a mechanism called the type VI secretion system. Further investigation demonstrated that genetically similar bacteria are not affected by the toxins, allowing them to cooperate and flourish together.
Stopping resistant bacteria through brute force
A new study by researchers at University College London, UK, has shown that currently available antibiotics can still stop resistant bacteria – by pushing harder. Antibiotics work by binding to bacterial cells using molecular 'keys' that lock on to the microbes' surfaces, and when bacteria become resistant, they essentially change their 'locks' to stop the drugs from working. The scientists found that the antibiotic oritavancin could exert enough force to still inhibit the growth bacteria like methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, better known as MRSA. The study showed that oritavancin simply pushed harder against MRSA's 'locks' to force its 'key' in. These findings could help towards both designing new treatments as well as modifying existing ones.


A major advantage that I have received from writing a book with sound and proven medical solutions to relatively common health concerns is that I have had the chance of meeting many people around the world. Many of the stories I've heard related to human health and empowering people to heal have given me a great deal of encouragement in my mission. Whenever I hear feedback given from a patient or someone is read my book it is very rewarding. There is a great deal of satisfaction knowing that people are willing to help restore their own health and to live better lives. Though the vast majority of people will find great enthusiasm for improving their health, there are still many who will get stuck trying to lose weight or improve their bodies.
Many people try to stick to a series of recommendations religiously, never missing a workout, and trying to take supplements has recommended every day, but still something within themselves just won't change. Many feel tired, have "brain fogging", or just anxious and depressed about their bodies. These are all things that are regularly encountered, yet the frustration nearly always comes from those trying to lose weight. Stubborn weight is often a result of something deeper beneath the skin, where the body and the mind are on different wavelengths.
Stress is a natural process, and naturally the way we handle stress impacts our overall health and well-being. The more that we can use our parasympathetic nervous system, the better off we will be according to recent studies. There is a necessary period of time that is required to renew and repair our body systems, balancing and harmonizing them together. If this system is engaged regularly our body will be under a state of stress which relates to the large-scale stress-related diseases we see today. If we think about this type of relaxation and stress as similar to resistance people experience from drugs, we see that a person will reduce their susceptibility to disease by reducing her addiction to this state.
There are several key ways that stress impacts our bodies metabolism. These have been well documented in studies and have significant clinical support.
Let us first understand how stress causes the creation of a barrier between ourselves and our weight loss.
It's been well known for many years the digestive system will actually shut down and enter into a survival mode when under stress. As a result there will be a shortage of necessary enzymes, acids that you produce naturally, and bacteria that are all essential for proper digestion and metabolic function. If your body is not receiving nutrition and requires it will not be able to function correctly. You may actually be hungry as a result of poor nutrition rather than a lack of calories. When your body is digesting food, poor digestion can be cause of what's known as gut permeability or inflammation, which causes a plethora of issues such as weight gain and autoimmune conditions such as bloating and cramps.
Your stress response causes an increase in the excretion of nutrients which are needed by our brain to signal our digestive system that we've eaten enough food. Many people complain of binge eating sessions or cravings that they cannot control often are nutrient deficient, such as in essential fats or B vitamins. You can certainly increase your success just by appropriate supplements or eating whole foods. This is an important and effective way to reduce cravings and reducing stress! Managing stress as well as watching the levels of nutrients you take such as: magnesium, chromium, zinc and calcium is important to control food cravings as well as antioxidants in your bloodstream. B vitamins, as an example, stabilize the antioxidants in your body which stress tends to remove. It's true that stress has been linked to conditions such as hyperglycemia or osteoporosis – which are two conditions that heavily depend on the foods we eat.
There are many things that if increased such as triglycerides, sodium, or cholesterol will also increase hormones which produce a decrease in metabolic rate and lean muscle, such as thyroid hormones or the human growth. These are also impacted by stress, which can lead to weight gain, and inflammation in our digestive systems.
Stress is not only a major problem to deal with, it can often be completely exterior to reality. It is even possible that a person's own disposition can cause it without external stimuli. One person in the same situation may not feel any stress, while another person may be greatly stressed inducing them to gain weight, increase appetite and damage their body's nutrient balance. You literally and figuratively can reduce your appetite and increase your metabolism just by having a more positive outlook on your daily life. Just by controlling what you say to yourself in the mirror every morning, you will not only have a better chance of losing weight, you will have lower stress and lower levels of cortisol production, which is often linked to weight gain.
The next time that you begin to feel stressed just take a moment and think why you are feeling this way. Next time you eat and have cravings, particularly for foods that are high in fat, ask yourself is this a result of external stress. Is your heart rate elevated? Or perhaps you're feeling guilty for your cravings, or about how you look. These are negative drivers and should be removed. Think positively about yourself and your future weight loss, and tell yourself that you can succeed.


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The international School of Science and Technology Early Years Department is operated by "Children of the World" international pre-school. It is a well-established school preparatory kindergarten with exclusively high standards of tuition and care. You can read more about it here: www.children-of-the-world.com.
EYFS age groups are located on the 1-st floor of the school building and can enjoy all the school resources on offer.
The school occupies a large purpose built building with large classrooms, library, robotics and IT centre, science laboratories, ballet studio, art studio, music and assembly hall, gymnasium, dining hall and playground areas, which incorporate all weather sports pitch.
The school building benefits from spacious classrooms supplemented with netbook and tablet banks. Our classrooms are flexible working spaces where students can experience a variety of learning approaches. By combining elements such as formal work areas, reading areas, circle time and interactive areas for group work with modern technology, the school provides a truly effective learning environment.
Our wireless campus with fibre-optic internet connection allows each classroom seamless access to the internet. In addition, visits to the library and IT Centre are designed to foster the potential of research both online and through written text.
In the art studio and science laboratories, our students are encouraged to explore and take advantage of all the resources on offer. We have two playgrounds and a number of indoor, flexible-use spaces. The school also makes use of additional nearby facilities, including athletic tracks, games pitches and a large indoor swimming pool of Bauman Technology University located nearby.
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School breakfast and lunch are provided on site offering healthy and substantial meals. We encourage our children to make healthy choices and to eat more vegetables and fruit. Sweet soda drinks are not allowed at school.
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Earlier this month, Crypto Insider reported on the split between IOHK and Emurgo from the Cardano Foundation. The three entities, up to this point, made up the triumvirate group which oversaw development of the Cardano blockchain project.
Cardano creator, Charles Hoskinson, spoke with Crypto Insider by video and addressed his specific concerns with the Cardano Foundation and detailed his complaints which he outlined in a public letter on Oct. 13.
Part 1: What happened at the Cardano Foundation and why did you send the open letter?
In Part 1 of our interview with Hoskinson, we discussed the Cardano Foundation, where it was failing, and how he intended to bring the failing organization back into the fold.
Since the time we spoke, Hoskinson updated the Cardano community on plans to create a brand new set of community-run organizations which would step in and supersede the Cardano Foundation, for at least the time being.
The plan would include IOHK and Emurgo, which operate as separate entities with different objectives to advance the Cardano ecosystem, each creating a community management arm, according to Hoskinson.
Part 2: Has the Foundation changed in the past 12 months or has the regulatory environment changed?
In the second part of our interview, I asked Hoskinson how he would respond to the Foundation assuming they would claim they have been acting appropriately, and whether he believes that increased scrutiny around cryptocurrency projects could explain some of the Foundation's inaction.
As of press time, the Cardano Foundation still has released no public response to Hoskinson's public letter nor addressed any of his criticisms. It's also noteworthy that the foundation hasn't tweeted since the day before Hoskinson's letter was published.
Hoskinson's bottom line for the Cardano community is that the Cardano Foundation is a nice thing to have, but it's not necessary for the ultimate success of the project. Due to the way the project is structured, IOHK, a company founded by Hoskinson, and Emergo can continue developing and building out Cardano on their own.
His point about accepting the risk involved with operating in the current gray areas of regulatory uncertainty is well-taken across the entirety of the cryptocurrency space. To push forward with this new technology will involve some risks which must be undertaken to assume a leadership role.
This story is the first in a series of articles featuring our interview with Charles Hoskinson. Look for parts 3 and 4 next week covering Hoskinson's thoughts on similarities with the Tezos Foundation troubles in 2017, and his thoughts on Blockstream's Liquid sidechain as well as the future of smart contract platforms.


Riley Street Café and Wine serves a very happy mixture of well-sourced wine, good food and great (and affordable) coffee.
Riley Street Café and Wine serves a very happy mixture of well-sourced wine, good food and great (and affordable) coffee. It's a winning combination, made all the more appealing by the small but handsome space itself with its elegant marble bar, dark wood chairs and ever so European atmosphere. A joint venture by sommelier Gabrielle Webster and Mauro Marcucci and Michael Stevens of next door restaurant Baccomatto Osteria, it's a laid back, casual-but-not-too-casual venue, a well above average neighbourhood wine bar offering around 20 natural and bio-dynamic wines by the glass which also serves competitively priced coffee – $2.50 a cup – and seriously good food. Open from 7am, they offer top notch breakfasts (these guys can do seriously good things with eggs and they're available until 3pm, if, like us, you're not a morning person) and a large range of snacks and small plates – quality prosciutto, gorgeous cheeses, summery salads and savoury tarts alongside an ever changing selection of heartier dishes, everything designed to pair well with a glass or two of wine from their creative and unusual list if you're lucky they might even crack open a jeroboam. Service is warm and knowledgeable and their passion about wine and the things that go with it permeates the whole place in an infectious and endearing way.


So, I've been having a lot of trouble lately going to sleep. That's caused quite a bit of a stir in my household, as Mamma NEEDS her sleep. Unfortunately, I have also found a new obsession. A brand new yummy to keep me up at night. And I'm thinking that I need to move my little treat to breakfast in order to make sure I'm not up late with all the caffeine. Allow me to introduce to you the Dairy-Free Coffee Float that is sucking-up my sleepy-time hours and making me smile despite all that. Heh.
This all started with an experiment in chocolate ice cream making. Which is kind of unusual for me–I stick to the lighter flavors of my favorite frozen dessert. And I'm not one to go on a chocolate overload for any purpose, really, but for some reason, this is just something I felt like I NEEDED. So I gave it a shot.
I finally made some heavy-chocolatized ice cream that I was happy with, but then I accidentally dropped a big spoonful of it in a glass of half-day-old coffee I'd been warming and rewarming all afternoon, trying to get a cuppa in the day. Somehow, the loss of this spoonful of ice cream seemed like a tragedy at the time. Oh, man, how wrong was I?! Indignant that not a drop of this hard-won chocolate ice cream was going to go to waste, I scooped-up that spoonful and stuffed it in my mouth.
The flavor explosion was like a cold fire of awesome. My lovelies, if you make one recipe from this blog, you need to make this one. It's perfection, truly and absolutely. I. Love. This. Coffee Float. End of story.
Allow me to introduce to you the Dairy-Free Coffee Float that is sucking-up my sleepy-time hours and making me smile despite all that. Heh.
Make the ice cream by opening your coconut milk cans and scoop the thick cream part into a bowl, trying to get as little of the coconut water as possible. Discard coconut water or just set aside for chugging later, whatever.
Place the chocolate chips into a microwave-safe bowl and pop into the microwave in 30-second increments until it's smooth when stirred.
Add chocolate to the fluffy cream mixture.
Fold-in until chocolate is consistent throughout.
Place ice cream in the freezer for approximately 1 hour.
Go ahead and make your favorite coffee, then place it in the fridge. You'll want at least 1 mugful, if not 3. Heh.
When the ice cream is just about done, go ahead and make your creamer and whipped cream.
I started with the creamer by opening your coconut milk cans and scoop the thick cream part into a bowl, trying to get as little of the coconut water as possible. Again, you may chug it later--its your coconut milk.
Add your vanilla extract and sugar, stir together and set in the fridge.
Make your whipped cream by repeating the same process with the other half of the coconut milk.
Whip it for 2-3 minutes, until it's fluffy.
Mix your desired amount of creamer into your coffee, placing a layer of whipped cream on top of that.
Then, pull your ice cream out of the freezer and get you a big ole scoop of it.
Gently place that on top.
Begin consuming the most fabulous float you'll ever enjoy.
Ok, so what do you think? Something you want to try? Hit me up with a comment on Facebook or down below and let me know how your dairy-free Coffee Float turned-out! I'd love to hear from you, my lovelies.


The Royal Blues will take a new direction, after sporting director Christian Heidel's desire to terminate his contract prematurely was accepted by the club's board of directors. Heidel has a contract due to expire on 30th June 2020, but will now step down in the summer of this year at the latest. The board of directors has corresponded with Heidel's wishes and ensures that a decision on the new direction of the club will be made shortly.
FC Schalke 04 will face local neighbours SG Wattenscheid 09 in a friendly to help raise funds for the financially insecure club. Royal Blues sporting director Christian Heidel confirmed the friendly on Monday after discussions with Oguzhan Can, chairman of the SG Wattenscheid 09 supervisory board.
Last night saw many moments which people will remember for a very long time. FC Schalke 04, founded by miners, paid an emotional farewell to the coal mines in the Ruhr area before the game against Bayer Leverkusen.
It came late, but Schalke definitely deserved their win against Lokomotiv Moscow. The three points mean that Schalke finish second in Group D on 11 points, advancing through to the round of 16.
It would be safe to say that a team couldn't be any more unlucky with injuries than Schalke right now. Breel Embolo, Mark Uth, Steven Skrzybski and Franco Di Santo were all ruled out of the derby, while Guido Burgstaller had to be taken off in the first half. Cedric Teuchert, the only striker on the bench, is still not 100% fit after his injury and has only trained two or three times.
Christian Heidel has overseen four derbies as sporting director of Schalke 04 and is still unbeaten. "We all believe that we can make this one a positive experience," said the 55-year-old.
Schalke 04 will face Werder Bremen on Saturday (20/10/18) and sporting director Christian Heidel spoke to schalke04.de about the upcoming game, their schedule in November, Mark Uth's debut for Germany and Naldo's contract extension.
Whether it was the coach, the board or the fans – the relief was visible across all those supporting the Royal Blues. And the players knew exactly who they needed to thank after their crucial 1-0 win over Mainz on Saturday.
With four games played, Schalke find themselves last in the table and yet to pick up a point. Christian Heidel understands the criticism that has come with the disappointing start, but is still certain that the successes will come. The sporting director spoke about the "Franco di Santo incident", a goosebump-inducing team meeting, the upcoming test against Freiburg and the Schalke fans whose support is more important than ever in times like these.


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Although there is a veritable slew of guest and collaborative artists on this release, the main person behind Rivulets is singer/songwriter Nathan Amundson. Blessed with an amazing voice and a knack for writing quiet, plaintive songs, it seems almost natural that this album was recorded in an actual church. It's because of this that even simple vocal tracks often have a completely otherworldly quality to them. Tones reverberate up to the 20+ foot ceilings, and percussion rings out and wraps around things like a wet blanket.
I mentioned the guest artists above, and not only did Alan Sparhawk of Low sing on a couple tracks, but he also recorded and produced the disc with Amundson. In addition to Sparhawk, his other half Mimi Parker sings on one track, as well as Jon DeRosa (Aarktica), and Jessica Bailiff. The disc opens with a short and simple vocal track entitled "Evil," but it's obviously recorded in an non-sterile environment, and chair creaks and other noises are the subtle and fitting accompaniment. The track leads directly into "Cutter," which is probably one of the best songs on the entire disc, moving along with strummy acoustic guitar, plucked banjo, and very subtle keyboard. Amundson's voice soars above it all, and the second half of the track is so fragile that it sounds like it will fall apart at any moment.
"Bridges" moves through similarly haunted waters as solitary cymbal strikes become deep gong hits that fill the entire background of the track while plucked piano strings and acoustic guitar provide a limber foreground. It's some of the most simple tracks on the album that work the best, though. "Conversation With A Half-Empty Bottle" is nothing but Amundson and a guitar, but the natural reverb of the recording facility again just adds an almost otherworldly-ness to his already great vocals. Likewise, there are tracks that command attention simply by breaking out of the sort of sleepy, melancholy haze that the majority of the album drifts by in. "If It Is" is basically one rising crescendo, and by the time it reaches a louder point (complete with eerie Optigan organ), it shakes some life into things.
Not surprising is that the track which features both members of Low is the track that sounds the most like that group. "Will You Be There" is easily the best song for strictly vocals, mixing not only Parker and Sparkhawk in with Amundson, but Bailiff as well. With only tambourine, organ, and acoustic guitar for accompaniment, it's still enough. Despite a couple moments, Debridement is almost relentlessly deliberate and washed-out. Despite a couple moments of catharsis, it's best heard locked inside on a cool winter night. Fans of Low will most definitely want to check it out, as well as fans of drone-rock in general.


Former X Factor contestant Benji Matthews from Cornwall has spoken out about the pressures of being in the public eye after the high-profile suicide of a former reality TV star.
The 18-year-old rose to fame after appearing on the ITV talent contest in 2017.
He wowed audiences until getting knocked out of the competition when he wasn't picked by Louis Walsh during the six chair challenge.
Benji opened up about his own experience becoming a celebrity after the sudden death of Love Island star Mike Thalassitis.
This has led a number of former Love Island stars to criticize the show for the lack of support available after the series has ended, including Charlie Frederick, who has now spoken out. Health secretary Matt Hancock has also spoken of the duty of care that he believed those behind such shows should have towards participants.
Speaking of Thalassitis' suspected suicide, Benji said: "I know of him – I can't say I've really watched Love Island but I have heard of him. It is sad."
He continued: "I can 100% see how people struggle when they are in the public eye. There are people online that say stuff, the advice is, 'don't read it and don't respond' but if you see things they do affect you.
"If you can't accept yourself, it can get to you. I've accepted myself and my flaws so I can handle it now but I can see why it would affect someone.
"The X Factor team were absolutely brilliant. I don't want to sound like I think I'm Britney Spears but there is a certain pressure to look like you do in Instagram pictures all the time.
"I've gotten to the point now that I don't care if people say I'm ugly when I'm wearing a nice suit or if I'm wearing my trackies in Asda."
Benji said that his experience on television has been positive.
He added: "Personally it's a massive, massive learning curve. For me personally it was the biggest blessing - I'm so grateful, it was the best experience of my life.
"But everything does come with its negatives, there are people that knew me before and people who go funny and act a bit differently, they turn against you slightly but not maliciously.
"Then there are fake people who give you fake support."
Benji has also decided to start his own charity to raise funds for young people's mental health.
Benji added: "I had this idea because, like everyone, I've had my own struggles with mental health. I wanted to start my own charity and I wanted to raise money for mental health myself.
"I decided I would go around the schools and do some charity concerts. I wanted to get people talking about mental health.
"My project should be coming together in the next couple of weeks. There has been a great reaction to what I am planning on doing.
"I am hoping to go into as many schools as I can across Cornwall and across the UK – I want to get people talking especially young people.
"It is so easy for a young person to feel so lost and alone in today's world."
He added: "I'm really grateful to the X Factor for the platform and the voice that I have now."
Benji said he will be posting regular updates about his mental health project on social media. You can view his Facebook page here.


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The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1963 Davis Cup.

32 teams entered the Europe Zone, with the winner going on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the America Zone and Eastern Zone. Great Britain defeated Sweden in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.

Draw

Preliminary round

Turkey vs. Israel

Portugal vs. Luxembourg

Lebanon vs. Egypt

Ireland vs. Greece

First round

Netherlands vs. Rhodesia

Yugoslavia vs. Monaco

Austria vs. Israel

Romania vs. Switzerland

Denmark vs. Czechoslovakia

Portugal vs. Norway

Egypt vs. Chile

Finland vs. Soviet Union

Hungary vs. Belgium

Greece vs. Brazil

France vs. Poland

West Germany vs. Spain

Second round

Sweden vs. Rhodesia

Yugoslavia vs. Austria

Romania vs. South Africa

Denmark vs. Norway

Soviet Union vs. Chile

Belgium vs. Great Britain

France vs. Brazil

Spain vs. Italy

Quarterfinals

Sweden vs. Yugoslavia

Denmark vs. South Africa

Great Britain vs. Soviet Union

Spain vs. France

Semifinals

Sweden vs. South Africa

Great Britain vs. Spain

Final

Great Britain vs. Sweden

References

External links
Davis Cup official website

Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone
Europe Zone
Davis Cup


Backpacking is a hobby with ancient roots that many people still enjoy today. Over this 10-day lesson plan, you'll learn how to plan your own backpacking adventures. If you've ever wanted to explore the wilderness with everything you needed to stay happy and healthy right on your back, this is the course for you.


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