Portsmouth – Opponents of the Wastewater Treatment Facility have indicated their intention to file a citizen's lawsuit against the City of Portsmouth under the provisions of the Clean Water Act in response to a deal reached between the Environmental Protection Agency and the City of Portsmouth about the plant's place, size, location, capacity, footprint, and construction schedule. The citizens, lead by former city councilor Esther Kennedy, argue that they are incorrect in coming to an agreement, and also they've taken at least twenty hostages to show that they are sincere.
The hostages, who have been scattered around Esther's Marina and dressed in floppy hats and cardigans to make them indistinguishable from their South End hostage takers to police, are believed to include City Councilor Chris Dwyer, residents of Elwyn Park, West End residents and others. Police lines have been busy with missing persons reports.
The hostage takers issued an extensive list of demands, among them the relocation of the Wastewater Treatment Facility to another location, easements of tax burdens on the South End, the delivery of Prescott Park Arts Festival's Ben Anderson "for disciplining", a case of Pinot Grigio, a case of Grey Goose for "daytime use", and a bag of ice.
"What is your timeline for the cessation of the dumping of human waste in the Piscataqua," asked a police negotiator over the landline that Kennedy still uses.
"What? Oh yes, that. Soon. Sometime soon, if you could," said Kennedy before disconnecting the line.
Police have been negotiating for the release of the hostages for almost 24 hours now, with limited success.
City officials and citizens were mixed in their reactions.
Onlookers watched apprehensively as tactical teams moved into position around Kennedy's compound.
I'm surprised residents are not fashioning Molotov cocktails made from elicit alcohol containers fished out of the trash cans after a concert at Prescott Park.
While I can't criticize their passion, fact is the decision has been made by the Portsmouth City Council — 8 to 1. I accept that decision. I want to see the completion of the expansion at Peirce Island as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible. Our long-term vision should be to have a regional waste water treatment plant when the life-span of the expanded Peirce WWTP comes, in a generation or two — to return Peirce Island to a fully environmentally-protected, recreational island. With a "2050 vision," of which I have spoken,we can work with our neighbors on ever-evolving technology to have regional waste water treatment, which likely won't include Peirce Island. In the meanwhile, continued delay in the schedule of expanding the Peirce Island WWTP makes no sense, and will likely not succeed in any Court. It will cost upwards of $100M because of poor past planning, but it must be done to protect the river, and our precious water resources.
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Home India Haryana Sex ratio in Haryana touches 950 mark for first time: Khattar
Sex ratio in Haryana touches 950 mark for first time: Khattar
For the first time in the history of Haryana, the sex ratio in the state has touched the 950 mark.
Haryana is notorious for its skewed sex ratio.
Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said yesterday that the sex ratio at birth stood at 950 girls to 1,000 boys in March this year.
This was for the first time in the history of the state, he said.
As per district-wise data, the sex ratio at birth during March in Kaithal, Rohtak, Jhajjar, Gurugram, Bhiwani, Jind, Fatehabad, Panchkula, Rewari, Ambala, Mewat, Sonepat and Faridabad was 864, 863, 893, 893, 893, 896, 898, 912, 913, 921, 926, 939 and 947 respectively.
The ratio in Karnal, Hisar, Yamunanagar, Sirsa, Kurukshetra, Panipat, Palwal and Narnaul was 953, 972, 974, 976, 980, 993, 1,217 and 1,279 respectively, as per information provided by the state government.
Khattar said that the state had, after the launch of 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' programme by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Haryana, accepted the challenge of improving the skewed sex ratio.
It launched a massive campaign in the state by strictly implementing Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994 and Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act, 1971 and running sensitisation-cum awareness campaigns promoting girl child.
An official release quoting Khattar said more than 430 FIRs have been lodged in the state under the PC-PNDT Act and the MTP Act in the last about two years.
Out of these, more than 80 FIRs were registered after inter-state raids in the neighbouring states of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi and Punjab.
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Welcome to the Suffolk County Veterans Discount Program. In order to obtain your veteran discounts, you will need a Suffolk County Resident Veteran ID card.
In order to obtain a Suffolk County Resident Veteran ID Card, you would either need to come down to our office in Hauppauge or Riverhead. Our Riverhead office is located at 300 Center Drive, Riverhead, NY 11901. It is in the Riverhead County Complex at the corner of County Road 51 and the traffic circle. Our Hauppauge office is located in the H. Lee Dennison Building on 100 Veterans Memorial Highway in Hauppauge, NY 11788. It is a 12 story building with memorials out front, and it is right across the street from Blydenburgh Park. You would need to come in the side of the building, not the front, because the front is strictly the Traffic Agency. The security guards will guide you to us from there.
What you would need to bring with you is your driver's license to show Suffolk County residency. If your driver's license has a P.O. Box on it, then you must bring a piece of mail, namely a bill, which is addressed to you at your physical address to show Suffolk County residency. Also, you would need to bring your DD-214 that shows active duty service beyond training and an honorable discharge. Lastly, if you receive compensation from the VA for a service-connected disability, you would need to bring a copy of your rating decision.
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Often asked: How Was Gold Found At Sutters Mill?
James W. Marshall was building a sawmill for Captain John Sutter, using water from the South Fork of the American River. He noticed several flakes of metal in the tailrace water and recognized them to be gold. Though he tried to keep it a secret, the word spread quickly and triggered the California Gold Rush of 1849.
How did they find gold in the Gold Rush?
In September 1850, California became a state. At the beginning of the Gold Rush, there was no law regarding property rights in the goldfields and a system of "staking claims" was developed. Prospectors retrieved the gold from streams and riverbeds using simple techniques, such as panning.
How was the first gold nugget found?
John Sutter on the morning of January 24, 1848, on the South Fork of the American River at Coloma, California, when he saw something glittering in the water of the mill's tailrace. In June of 1848, Colonel Sutter presented Marshall's first-find scale of gold to Capt.
How did they find gold in California?
On January 24, 1848, James Wilson Marshall, a carpenter originally from New Jersey, found flakes of gold in the American River at the base of the Sierra Nevada Mountains near Coloma, California. Miners extracted more than 750,000 pounds of gold during the California Gold Rush.
Where did Sutter discover gold?
Sutter – 1848. THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD IN CALIFORNIA. It was in the first part of January, 1848, when the gold was discovered at Coloma, where I was then building a saw-mill. The contractor and builder of this mill was James W.
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Who first found gold?
Gold Discovered in California. Many people in California figured gold was there, but it was James W. Marshall on January 24, 1848, who saw something shiny in Sutter Creek near Coloma, California.
What did miners say when they found gold?
There he walked up and down the streets, waving the bottle of gold over his head and shouting " Gold, gold, gold in the American River! " The next day, the town's newspaper described San Francisco as a "ghost town." Sam Brannan quickly became California's first millionaire, selling supplies to the miners as they passed
What's the biggest bit of gold ever found?
Considered by most authorities to be the biggest gold nugget ever found, the Welcome Stranger was found at Moliagul, Victoria, Australia in 1869 by John Deason and Richard Oates. It weighed gross, over 2,520 troy ounces (78 kg; 173 lb) and returned over 2,284 troy ounces (71.0 kg; 156.6 lb) net.
Who owns the Welcome Stranger nugget?
Deason and Oates were finally paid an estimated £9,381 for their nugget, which became known as the "Welcome Stranger". At August 2019 gold prices, it would be worth US$3.4 million [2.3 million GBP].
Is there still gold at Sutter's Mill?
Jan. 24 is the anniversary of the discovery of gold by James Marshall at Johann Sutter's mill in 1848. There might not be such a rush today, but there's still gold in them thar hills and people working hard to find it.
Where was most of the gold found in California?
Sierra Nevada Region. California's Sierra Nevada Mountain Range is by far the top gold region in the state. With well over 10,000 gold mines and thousands of active placer claims, this region has the state's largest historical gold production totals and the most active modern placer mining districts.
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Where is gold naturally found?
Gold is usually found embedded in quartz veins, or placer stream gravel. It is mined in South Africa, the USA (Nevada, Alaska), Russia, Australia and Canada.
What ended the gold rush?
On February 2, 1848, the Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo was signed, formally ending the war and handing control of California to the United States.
Why didn't Sutter profit from the gold found on his property?
One would think that discovering gold on Sutter's property would have made him a wealthy man. The Gold Rush, however, had the opposite impact on Sutter and his property. His land was destroyed, his businesses died, and his money dried up.
Who broke the secret of the discovery of gold?
In the process of building a water-powered sawmill, a carpenter named James W. Marshall found flakes of gold in a streambed (January 24, 1848). The two men tried to keep the find a secret, but the news leaked out. Workers deserted the colony.
Where did James W Marshall find gold?
On January 24, 1848, James W. Marshall discovered gold on the property of Johann A. Sutter near Coloma, California. A builder, Marshall was overseeing construction of a sawmill on the American River.
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Western Carolina University Interim Chancellor Alison Morrison-Shetlar discusses the impact of the NC Promise tuition plan during a hearing Wednesday, March 13, of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor.
Western Carolina University Interim Chancellor Alison Morrison-Shetlar testified Wednesday, March 13, before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor, describing the NC Promise tuition program as a "game-changer" that is making a college education more affordable and more accessible to a larger number of students.
Morrison-Shetlar was among a five-member panel of witnesses invited to testify at the committee's hearing on "The Cost of College: Student-Centered Reforms to Bring Higher Education Within Reach."
The NC Promise program lowers the cost of tuition for North Carolina residents to $500 per semester at WCU and two other University of North Carolina System institutions – Elizabeth City State University and UNC Pembroke. The cost of tuition for students from other states dropped to $2,500 per semester under NC Promise.
Through NC Promise, an in-state student who graduates in four years would save approximately $12,000, Morrison-Shetlar told the committee.
"The goals for NC Promise are clear: increase access to higher education, improve affordability, reduce student debt and continue to grow North Carolina's economy," she said. "I hear from my students every day that this program is a game-changer. It is opening doors. It is changing the trajectory of their lives and setting them up for success beyond their expectations."
Total undergraduate enrollment was up at all three NC Promise institutions for the 2018 fall semester – 6.6 percent at WCU, 14 percent at UNC Pembroke and 19 percent at ECSU. At WCU, the number of first-time, full-time freshmen increased by 10.5 percent last fall, while the number of transfer students jumped by 40.5 percent.
Morrison-Shetlar shared the results of a survey of members of WCU's fall 2018 entering class in which nearly one-third of respondents with significant financial need indicated that, had it not been for NC Promise, they would not have been able to attend any college or university.
"All three NC Promise institutions are in historically under-served parts of North Carolina. UNC Pembroke and Elizabeth City State University are both historically minority-serving institutions. This program is a targeted intervention that lifts up the communities and families who need it most," she said.
"There should be no question that an educated, leadership-ready workforce is absolutely essential for economic development, and we know that an affordable degree can transform a student's future," Morrison-Shetlar said. "North Carolina's overall investment in higher education – and the groundbreaking NC Promise program – is a resounding win for all. Students win, their families win, the businesses that call our state home win, and we are a step closer to creating a thriving economy and a better life for all our citizens."
Morrison-Shetlar described WCU as the westernmost institution in the globally recognized UNC System, with a mission of serving its region and community.
"As a regional comprehensive institution, we know the lion's share of the work needed to lift families out of poverty happens at universities like ours," she said. "We take that responsibility seriously."
Joining Morrison-Shetlar to testify before the committee were Douglas Webber, associate professor of economics and director of graduate studies at Temple University in Philadelphia; Jenae Parker, student at Franklin University in Columbus, Ohio; Elizabeth Akers, senior fellow with the Manhattan Institute in New York; and James Kvaal, president of the Institute for College Access and Success in Washington, D.C.
The March 13 hearing was one of five scheduled by the Committee on Education and Labor on the topic of higher education and marked the formal start of an effort to reauthorize the Higher Education Act in the 116th Congress. Upcoming hearings will address "Strengthening Accountability in Higher Education to Better Serve Students and Taxpayers," "The Cost of Non-Completion: Improving Student Outcomes in Higher Education," "Engines of Economic Mobility: The Critical Role of Community Colleges, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and Minority-Serving Institutions in Preparing Students for Success" and "Innovation to Improve Equity: Exploring High-Quality Pathways to a College Degree."
To read Morrison-Shetlar's written testimony, click HERE.
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"The Global Food Policy Report is the first publication that represents the major, major food policy developments in the past year and the outlook for 2012," said Director of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Shenggen Fan in a video to promote the launch of the institute's most comprehensive policy publication yet. The report is focused on regional developments, new research, debates, and legislation regarding food security both within individual states and at the international level.
The 2008 global food crisis launched food security back onto the global agenda. A rapid rise in food prices contributed to instability around the world, and policymakers began to realize that access to food is an important security issue (high food prices have been linked to riots, for example).
"For 2012, food prices will remain very high and volatile, and some of the long-term trends like climate change, population growth, and demographic shifts towards more urbanized and higher income [populations] will continue to put pressure on global food security," predicted Fan.
But the report notes that much of the fluctuation in global food prices is due to a lack of knowledge, not necessarily scarcity. The authors point to issues of preparedness and regulation as exacerbating factors and suggest that more detailed information, like that provided in the report, can help provide better solutions to policymakers.
The report draws on the expertise of dozens of authors who discuss topics ranging from biofuels to climate change. Rajul Pandya-Lorch, head of IFPRI's 2020 Vision Initiative, spoke about the utility of collaboration among different disciplines in an interview with IFPRI: "I think for me 2011 was the time when we began to realize that we cannot think of agriculture simply for agriculture; we need to think of agriculture as a way in which we can impact on other development outcomes, especially nutrition and health," she said.
Kathy Spahn, president and CEO of Helen Keller International, a speaker at the launch event, agreed. "The development community is beginning to realize that achieving food security is about more than just growing more food. It is also about growing more nutritious foods and making sure these foods are available and accessible to the families in need," she wrote for Helen Keller International.
Fan emphasized that although agriculture has become more prominently featured in discussions of development, it is important to continue to link it to other outcomes. "We must find new ways to exploit the links between agriculture and other sectors, including health, nutrition, water, and energy," he wrote in the overview of the report.
Several key developments are highlighted that shaped food security in 2011. Food prices were particularly volatile – rising for the first half of the year then dropping – which caused a renewed global emphasis on food from policymakers.
New players ranging from emerging economies to the private sector "are increasingly reshaping the structure and nature of the global food landscape," write the authors. The G-20 is "claiming a growing role" to help manage economic issues, and states like China, Brazil, and India are becoming more vocal regarding global food policy. Partnerships between governments and private companies have also become more common.
These and other developments described in the report will have an impact into 2012 and beyond. The report points out that "food emergencies" caused by natural disasters like the 2011 drought in the Horn of Africa will likely occur in 2012 as well, but also emphasizes that these cannot overshadow more long-term drivers of food insecurity, like land degradation.
The report describes four "high-priority areas of action" for this year. First, the G-20 should try to reduce price volatility (although some have argued volatility is less a problem than consistently high prices). Second, policymakers should work to improve agricultural production specifically through strategies like soil nutrient management which provide high yields but are more sustainable than high use of fertilizers. States should also ensure that the infrastructure necessary to make these strategies successful is in place. The next target is based on the Rio+20 conference, namely that participants should "integrate economic, social, and environmental sustainability efforts" to improve outcomes like nutrition and health. There were in fact several seminars on cross-discipline partnerships at the conference, and the importance of integration was mentioned in the outcome text that emerged.
Finally, the report calls for further collaboration across disciplines, in emulation of the internal IFPRI effort for the report which included a wide variety of expertise. The authors emphasized that though progress has been made, the challenge of achieving global food security will remain a concern for the near future, and cooperation across communities will be critical.
Sources: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, CNN, Hellen Keller International, International Food Policy Research Institute, UN Conference on Sustainable Development.


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miansai's michael saiger hits japan
The founder and creative director heads to Japan to take care of business…
by Christian Lavery
MIANSAI'S MICHAEL SAIGER HITS JAPAN
Behind the mind of Michael Saiger,
Miansai's
founder and creative director, the accessories brand has grown into an entity that comes with a certain aesthetic. Known for its signature bracelets that offer a rustic and ageless feel, the brand that began 2008 has since expanded into the realms of leather goods, watches, shoes, and most recently opening up a shop New York's esteemed neighborhood of SOHO.
With its expansion comes a whole new set of opportunities, like say, heading to the East Asian nation of Japan. Not a bad gig, right? So while Saiger was out there working, he managed to round up a visual diary of everything he saw. View the gallery above, and see what he had to say about his trip below.
Is this your first time in Tokyo? If not, how frequently do you go?
"It's not my first time…I've been there once before and plan on going in the future; at least once a year."
What do you do in your free time?
"I definitely make a point to visit the fish markets in the morning. Walking around Tokyo is very inspiring… there are so many cool stores."
Where do you eat? Any favorites?
"Sushi is my favorite food. The no-name hole-in-the-wall local joints are my favorite spots for the freshest fish."
What are you expecting to see or learn at the fish markets? How do you think this will inspire you in the next collections?
"The fish markets are incredibly inspiring for me when designing new collections. I love to walk around at dawn and see the boats unloading the huge blue fin tuna. Also, the fishing hardware around the market is very inspiring and gets me amped up to design cool SH*&T"
What areas will you be in specifically?
"My favorite areas that I'll be visiting are Ginza, Aoyama, Harajuku, and Daikanyma."
Any other interesting plans while you are there?
"We will be looking at space for a possible Miansai Japan shop – very excited about this idea. I love Tokyo and we have a huge following there, so it seems a natural next step for the brand."
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Wolfgang Van Halen Won't Need Five Years for Next Mammoth WHV LP
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Wolfgang Van Halen said he was confident he could complete Mammoth WVH's second album in "a couple of months" rather than the five years he took to make his debut LP.
While he described himself as "very ready" to make a studio return, he also refused to commit to his hope that it would happen during 2022.
"We've got a busy year [of touring] ahead of us," Van Halen told Eddie Trunk on SiriusXM, referring to the band's touring schedule. "I think we're trying to find some time this year to get back in the studio and do another album. I don't wanna guarantee anything, but I'd like to get that done as soon as possible. ... I'm very ready to get back in the studio. We have some leftover tracks from the first album that I'd like to take another look at, maybe add stuff or maybe redo entirely, and then a bunch of new ideas to get into."
Wolfgang Van Halen started work on his debut around 2015, and frequently offered hints as to how it was developing. Eddie Van Halen had expressed pride over his son's music, saying, "The riffs are catchy. It's a little of everything and sounds like a freight train coming at you. I've never heard anything quite like it. It's so powerful that I'm jealous."
"I was trying to figure out what I was through that whole process," Wolfgang reflected in the new interview. "And now that I know what this is, I think I can crunch those five years into a much smaller [time] … a couple of months." Meanwhile, Mammoth WVH and Dirty Honey continue their Young Guns double-header tour of North America.
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Xbox Series S: PRE-ORDERS OPEN! UK Release Date, Specs, Price, Games, And Everything We Know
It's finally confirmed - here's all we know.
By Lloyd Coombes
The Xbox Series X was revealed at The Game Awards towards the end of last year, marking it the first official glimpse of the next era of console gaming, but rumours have long been swirling about a cheaper Xbox console launching alongside it.
We now finally have some information about the console, its price, and what it can do. Here's what we know so far!
Latest News - Pre-orders now OPEN
If you want to grab your Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S you've come to the right place! Check the links below, and best of luck!
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According to multiple reports, the Xbox Series S is slated to be a next-gen console with much less power than the Xbox Series X - but will play the same games as part of Microsoft's Smart Delivery initiative.
The Series S is an all-digital console, 1440p at up to 120 FPS, boasting ultra-low latency, 4K streaming media playback and 4K upscaling for games.
It is reported to be running a 20 CU, RDNA2 GPU, which would put it 4.2 TF of GPU performance.
It is running the same eight-core CPU as the Series X, with slightly lower clock speed and 7.5 GB of usable RAM.
The console will also support DIRECTX Raytacing, variable-rate shading and variable refresh rate.
Lastly, it will sport a custom 512 GB SSD.
It will be an all-digital console and have a similar design to that of the One S.
According to a leak cited by The Verge, devs are able to test their game on Series S specs when developing for Series X.
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Check out this leaked trailer courtesy of @WalkingCat on Twitter.
Whichever console you end up picking up, you'll have access to the same game library.
As well as Xbox Series X-era games, you'll be able to play games from the Xbox One, the Xbox 360, and the very first generation of the Xbox.
While a lot of titles are unconfirmed, especially with Halo Infinite being delayed into 2021, we may be looking at a launch that features a lot of cross-party games.
It's been confirmed that the Xbox Series S will cost $299 or £249.
The Xbox Series X will retail for $499 or £449.
Which console will you be picking up? Or will you opt for the PlayStation 5, either with or without the disc drive?


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Develop leadership capabilities to act as agents of change in promoting and developing social and commercial entrepreneurial activities.
Nurture business professionals who are aware about the globalised nature of contemporary business, culturally sensitive about managing business networks and relations, and understand the relationship between self, society and business environment. This is achieved by specifically designed activities and courses that encourage students to learn act and reflect.
Paying special attention to generating new ideas and synthesizing and integrating existing ideas for applying them to solve real world problems.
Our programme goal is to develop globally sensitive, scholarly practitioners with social entrepreneurial mindset.
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For the uninitiated, like me, who don't know about the marvel hero or the plot of the film, you are in for a great viewing experience. I resonated so much with its content and philosophy that I was swept away by its many dimensions (pun intended).
The film delves on various eastern philosophies, ours included, and speaks of them with an authority and subtlety which is truly fascinating. Benedict Cumberbatch is perfect for the title role, embodying the talent and ego which would warrant a transformation. He is supported wonderfully by Tilda Swinton and Chiwetel Ejiofor, who become his world of the Mystic Arts.
He encounters Mads Mikkelsen and Benedict Wong amongst others in that world, with differing agendas and protocols. What impressed me the most was how the sifted through they subject matter so effortlessly, weaving in good quality humour. The special effects are spectacular, sometimes you feel you are looking through a kaleidoscope lense. That's when your feet leave the floor! How I wish I would have seen this in IMAX.
An entertaining, well written film, a slick direction by Scott Derrickson, crisp at under two hours with a deep message.
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#Linsanity, The Valentine's (Or VaLintine's) Day Edition: Who Should Be Jeremy Lin's Basketball Wife?
So Linsanity took, what, all of a week to sweep the nation? Now what?
If Jeremy Lin keeps playing the way he's been playing, he's going to have to negotiate a much bigger contract when he becomes an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season. (Currently, he makes the league minimum.) But that's for his sports agent to figure out.
And dude needs a place to live, since he's currently–and adorably–crashing with his older brother Josh, who's in dentistry school at NYU. But that's for his real estate agent to figure out. Preferably after his sports agent figures out where Lin will be playing next year.
After all that, the next thing Lin ought to figure out is who his "And One" will be. Because nothing–apart from a lot of sparkly man-jewelry–says "I've arrived" in the NBA quite like a Basketball Wife, a boo to cheer you on when everyone else is, well, booing your sorry ass. And since it happens to be the holiday of bitterness, loneliness, cliched expressions of affection, flawed diamonds, deli flowers, teddy bears that give you allergies, cheap boxes of chocolates, and crying yourself to sleep, er, LOVE, I've taken it upon myself to be Jeremy's matchmaker. (And, yes, my ten percent cut can totally come in the form of courtside seats.)
Like it or not, at the moment, Jamie is arguably the most famous young Asian American Continue reading #Linsanity, The Valentine's (Or VaLintine's) Day Edition: Who Should Be Jeremy Lin's Basketball Wife?
Filed under: Basketball, Basketball Wives, Beliebers, Girlfriends, Jamie Chung, Jeremy Lin, Jeremy Lin Girlfriend, Khloe Kardashian, Kim Kardashian, Kismet, Linsanity, Love, Matchmakers, Matchmaking, Michelle Wie, My Funny Valentine, NBA, New York Knicks, New York Sports, Rihanna, Rooney Mara, Selena Gomez, Valentine's Day, Vanessa Bryant
ROCK OF TEA PARTY NASIAN: Lisa Mei Norton
April 28th, 2010 | 10 comments | Posted by Diana
Have you heard about Lisa Mei Norton, right-wing Christian conservative country singer/songwriter?
America's rack!
She wants to keep her guns, finds Michelle Malkin and her ilk to be "smart," thinks we've gone socialist, believes Obama wasn't born here and loves to (tea) party. Oh, and she's already working on the indoctrinasian of her six-year-old son. Translasian: She watches Fox News.
Check out her buzzword-laden Tea Party anthem, "A Revolution's Brewing," a lovely ditty for all 3,000 of those adorable, overly-acknowledged, grammatically-challenged teabaggers:
Continue reading ROCK OF TEA PARTY NASIAN: Lisa Mei Norton
Filed under: A Revolution's Brewing, Anti-Agin' Asian, Big Dawg, Boobs, Christian Conservatives, Conservatards, Conservatives, Country/Western Singers, Disappointing Your Parents and Your Parent-Country, Enough Already, FOX News is a Joke, God Lovers, Grating Voices, Gung-Ho, Guns, Indoctrinasian, Liberty, Lisa Mei Norton, Logic Is Useless, Michelle Wie, Obama Birth Certificate, Pop Singers with 3rd-Grade Vocabularies, Really Smart People, Right Wing Nutjobs, Ruining Your Children, Singer/Songwriters, Tea Parties, Tea Party Anthem, Teabaggers, What the hell are you people talking about?, Why Does The Tea Party Get So Much Press?
AMAZIAN OF THE WEEK! LPGA Tour Champion Michelle Wie
November 16th, 2009 | 5 comments | Posted by Jen
Name: Michelle Wie
Occupation: Student and pro golfer
After becoming the youngest player to qualify for an LPGA tour event at age 12 and turning pro at 16, only to have her career declared "over" by age 18, Michelle Wie's finally won her first LPGA tour title. Wieeeeeeeeeee!
We've been tough on Michelle Wie in the past, particularly when she became better known for her bratty tournament shenanigans than her game, but her win this weekend at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational suggests that the former child prodigy who always wanted to compete with men may have grown up and sacked up over the last few years. Certainly what Wie had to say after her win can be taken as a good sign:
"I think that hopefully life will be a lot better (after this), but I still have a lot of work to do."
"I still have a lot of work to do"…that's music to our Hardass Asian Ears!
[AP: At long last, Michelle Wie gets 1st LPGA Tour win]
Filed under: Asian Golfers, Golf, Growing Up, Hardass Asian Expectations, Hawaiians, Korean-Americans, Michelle Wie, Michelle Wie First LGPA Win, Michelle Wie Wins, Punahou School Alumni, Stanford, Winners
BIRTHDAY CELEBRASIAN!
October 30th, 2008 | 0 comments | Posted by Diana
Michelle Wie turns 20 this weekend, which means she'll be one year too old to be considered a provocative "teen athlete" with "lots of potential," and one step further away from being a young prodigy. Not to be a buzzkill or anything–that's just what our moms said to us when WE turned twenty. It sucked!
Filed under: Asian Golfers, Getting Older, Hardass Asian Moms, Michelle Wie, Prodigies, Professional Athletes, Savoring Your Early Twenties, Suckage, Time to Step It Up Lady
No Longer a Wie Lass
July 21st, 2008 | 0 comments | Posted by Jen
We suppose you can't fault Michelle Wie for being ambitious. Coming off a much-discussed disqualificasian for not signing her scorecard at the State Farm Classic Saturday, the 18 year-old golfer will be playing with the big boys next week in the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open. It will be Michelle's eighth time playing on the PGA Tour.
Frankly, we're worried. A year ago, after she bailed on a few tournaments, we wondered if Michelle wasn't fast becoming the Anna Kournikova of golf. A whole lotta sizzle but no steak. And now that she's an adult, no one's impressed anymore by her merely showing up. We love to see a woman competing against men, but girlfriend's got to brang it. Otherwise, it's just another tired old–yes, old–bid for attention.
Filed under: Anna Kournikova, Child Prodigies, Golf, Golfers, Growing Up, Michelle Wie, Playing with the Big Boys, Sack Up, The LPGA Tour, The PGA Tour
Happy 18th birthday, Michelle Wie! We know we've been a little tough on you in the past, but hey, you're a superstar and you can take it.
OMG, we just realized that you're a superstar and you've only just turned 18 and you've got no worry creases or laugh lines or drinker's pooch or nicotine stains on your teeth yet, just a career and millions of dollars and the limit of the sky. Ugh. We feel nauseous. We feel old. We feel jealous. We hate you all over again.
Filed under: Birthdays, Golf, Jealousy, Legalizasian, Michelle Wie, Resenting the Young, Sports, We're Not Too Old to Party
DISGRASIAN OF THE WEAK!
July 6th, 2007 | 0 comments | Posted by Jen
Normally, Diana and I are above disgracing children. Child prodigies, in particular, because, first of all, we love a prodigy and wish we had been one ourselves, and second, it's clear that they already have enough pressure in their lives, especially if you throw in a Hardass Asian Parent or two. But Michelle Wie is three months shy of 18, so we've decided to try her ass as an adult.
Kidding! We're not totally heartless. But, in light of recent events, we feel that what Michelle really needs is some big sisterly tough-love.
You're talented, smart, and gorgeous. If we were the same age, or in the same town, or chugging beers at the same Stanford keg party, I would hate you. Daggers would be shooting from my slanty eyes in your lofty direction. Thank goodness I'm four years older than you. Okay, maybe a little older. Alright, a lot–but I digress.
Last weekend, when you pulled out of the U.S. Women's Open after sucking all over the green, citing a wrist injury, the media was not so kind. Here's a glimpse of some of the headlines I read after your withdrawal:
"Wie and Adu: Has-beens before their prime?"
"Wie's woes: the year from hell"
"Do they learn nothing from sad decline of Wie?"
"What Is Michelle Wie Doing Out There?"
Ouchers. Why is everyone so pissed at you, you wonder? Allow me to introduce a timeline.
2002-2004 – You become the youngest player to qualify for an LPGA event, the youngest player to make the cut at an LPGA event, and the youngest player to play in a PGA event with the big boys. Ah, first love.
2005 – Is a banner year. You turn pro, place second at the LPGA Championship, and Nike throws millions at you. Life is, like, so rad!
2006 – In July, you play with the boys in the PGA John Deere Classic, but withdraw after the 9th hole, citing heat exhaustion. But was it the heat that got to you, or the fact that you weren't going to make the cut? Either you were really dehydrated or a really huge drama queen, but you're taken off the course on a stretcher.
By the end of 2006, according to Wikipedia, you've "missed the cut in 11 out of 12 tries against men, and remained winless in all 33 professional women's tournaments" that you entered.
But who cares about all that golf nonsense when Forbes ranks you 74th out of 100 Top Celebutards, and your earnings reach $17 mil, one milsky for each year of your young life?
2007 – You take four months off because of wrist injuries. Is this from too much texting, perhaps? Or too much time counting your millions? You return from rehabbing to play in the LPGA's Ginn Tribute, a tournament hosted by Annika Sorenstam. But then you suck all over the place, shooting 14 over-par through 16 holes, and withdraw, saying you "tweaked" your wrist again. You're seen practicing, however, two days later, prompting Annika to say that your withdrawal showed "a lack of class." You refuse to apologize.
"Bring it, bitch!"
Um, Bad Idea Jeans.
For the U.S. Women's Open, the second tournament you play in since the Sorenstam debacle, a 12 year-old upstart named Alexis Thompson qualifies.
"I'm cute!"
While you withdraw from the tournament because of your wrists, 8 Korean golfers make it to the top 10 of the tourney. "Seoul Sister" Angela Park places second, and, in action, kind of looks like…
…well, never mind.
Sports writers declare that you are over at 17, and, worse, that they're "rooting against" you.
Here's where DISGRASIAN's big sisterly advice comes in. Take the summer off and build up those wrists again. Do not go to events unrelated to golf–focusing on your looks instead of your game is a career killer (just ask Anna Kournikova).
"Oh My Gaw. Just what I needed…a free watch!"
Go to Stanford. Rush a sorority or something (I can't believe I just wrote that). Drink too much Hitachino White Ale or, um, whatever the young ones are drinking these days. Instead of competing with boys, make out with a few. Girls, too. There's nothing quite like a lesbian lip-lock to defuse a bitchfight. Practice your ass off when no one's looking.
wishing you love, flowers, and birdies,
Jen and Diana
Filed under: Annika Sorenstam, Bitch Fights, Child Prodigies, Golf, Michelle Wie, Sistahood, Tough Love
Watch Your Back, Wie!
April 1st, 2007 | 0 comments | Posted by Jen
"Morgan Pressel became the youngest major champion in LPGA Tour history Sunday with a game well beyond her 18 years, closing with a 3-under 69 at the Kraft Nabisco Championship as everyone around her self-destructed."
You betta work, Girlfriend.
Filed under: Golf, Michelle Wie, Morgan Pressel, Tiger Woods, Upstarts
DISGRASIAN OF THE WEAK! Is Swinging Criminal?
DISGRASIAN OF THE WEAK! Albert Y.M. Huang, San Gabriel Mayor And Bad Asian Driver
AMAZIAN OF THE WEEK! Jeff Sheng's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Photography Exhibit
Meet The First Asian American Gold Medalist, 91 Year-Old Sammy Lee
AMAZIAN OF THE WEEK! Democratic Congressional Candidate Colleen Hanabusa
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White Samurai who is typically the only person on Earth capable of saving innocent Japanese villagers from evil warlords and marauders.
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n. An Asian who's aging well. adj. Delaying or lessening the effects of aging by about 10 years, especially on the skin: an anti-asian cream.
Mutasian –
A recurring archetype in movies and television who does not have speaking lines. Also known as an Ornamental.
Muslasian –
Muslim Asian.


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The Great Meadow is a 1931 American Pre-Code adventure film, produced and distributed by MGM with direction by Charles Brabin. The film starred Eleanor Boardman and Johnny Mack Brown. It is based on the novel The Great Meadow by Elizabeth Madox Roberts, which is similar in theme to Drums Along the Mohawk by Walter D. Edmonds, which was later made into the 1939 film of the same name directed by John Ford. MGM filmed The Great Meadow a widescreen format called "Realife". However, it is unclear whether it was released in that widescreen process due to declining interest of the movie-going public.

Plot
The title background is a sculpture of an American frontierswoman, a child on her left arm and the barrel of a flintlock in her right hand. The picture is dedicated to the women of the wilderness, "the wives and sweethearts who endured martyrdom for love's sake [and] lie quiet and unsung in the great meadow." The fortitude of women is the focus of most episodes in the film.

In 1777, on their farm in Albemarle County in the Piedmont of Virginia, the Hall family go about their routine, drawing water, feeding chickens, forging tools, plowing rocky hillsides.

In the evening, Thomas Hall (Russell Simpson) reads the latest war news to his family—his wife Molly (Sarah Padden), their grown son, Rubin (Guinn "Big Boy" Williams), their daughters Diony (Eleanor Boardman) and Betty (Anita Louise), and the youngest child, Samuel (Andy Shuford). Widow Sally Tolliver (Helen Jerome Eddy) also lives with them.

They admire the exploits of young George Washington who has just captured Harlem Heights on Manhattan.

No hands are idle.  Rubin dips candles, Diony runs her spinning wheel, Molly works at her loom, Betty tends a pair of lambs and Sally knits. Young Samuel plays with his dog, and tried to get out of stretching deerskins out to dry in the morning; he wants to go hunting instead. His father reminds them that his mother can't make new hunting shirts for them out of wet hides. They are soon joined by a neighbor, Evan Muir (Gavin Gordon), who is clearly smitten with Diony. Evan impresses everyone with the success of his flour mill and of his farm, including 8 cows, "not counting the bull" and 24 hogs, "not counting the boar." Diony teases that he'll have no trouble finding a woman to marry with that "great Noah's Ark." But Evan is soon upstaged by the arrival of Berk Jarvis (Johnny Mack Brown), with a token for Diony—a beautiful bird fan—and news of a meeting that night in the clearing to hear Daniel Boone (John Miljan) speak.

Boone has come to recruit settlers for Kentucky. He describes it as the promised land, with ample game and lush meadows, with rich soil "like cream."  He will blaze the trail for them: Southwest to the Holston River and across the Blue Ridge to Mount Powell, from which they will see a white cliff, the gateway to Kentucky, then on to Fort Harrod and the great meadows. Inspired by this speech and ignoring the desperate warnings of Sally Tolliver, whose husband and children were killed by Indians, Berk, his mother Elvira (Lucille La Verne), his younger brother, Jack (William Bakewell) and several others, including Evan, volunteer. The next day, Berk asks Diony to come with him. He warns her it will be a hard life, but she says as long as she is with him she would choose no other.

The group begins the more-than-500-mile trek to Kentucky on Berk and Diony's wedding day.

Their trials begin with the deep grief of parting from family and friends, knowing that they will never meet again. Betty is distraught at losing her sister. Diony weeps, cradled in her mother's lap. Her heart is torn in two. Molly says women's hearts seem made that way. She thought she would be near Diony when she "had a wedded woman's work upon her."  Diony laments that she has never been apart from her mother one night since the day she was born, and now they will never see each other again. "Hard it is and bitter," Molly replies. She has faced it twice, first when leaving her own Mammy to help make the land here, and now, is giving Diony. But people who are in each other's thoughts cannot be separated, and she will be thinking on Diony "for my whole enduring life."

Diony joins the waiting train. Thomas gives her two books and charges her to teach her children to read. Samuel, weeping, gives her his dog. Her mother gives her a case of needles and a bag of gourd seeds, "the use-fullest things next to bread." Rubin almost forgets his gift, clutched in his hand, and runs after her; it appears to be a pair of gloves. Samuel's dog runs back to him.

The journey takes much longer than planned as they wade through mud flats, travel up and down mountains and ford rivers. They lose stock, supplies and baggage—including Diony's books—enduring hunger, rockfalls and torrential rain. They fend off Indians, the women shooting "rifles" side by side with the men, and Berk's brother is killed in one such attack.

At last they struggle up and over Mount Powell in a thunderstorm, and Boone's landmark is in sight. After six months' journeying, the ragged survivors stagger into Fort Harrod. People pour out of the gates to welcome them, including the founder of the settlement, Jim Harrod (James A. Marcus) and a flock of women who know exactly what these people have experienced, because they have lived through it themselves, with arms outstretched to help and console the weary travelers.

Eight months later, Diony and Elvira leave the fort to gather corn in their now-abundant fields. An Indian finds them, kills Elvira and scalps her, in front of Diony, before fleeing at the sound of gunshots...

Berk and three other men are about to set out to get salt, necessary for the settlement's survival. [They say it is to prevent scurvy. Salt was and is indeed essential for life, but it was not historically a remedy for scurvy, so this mistake belongs to either the book or the script.]

Berk and Diony's child will be born before the men return from the 4-month-long journey. Berk and Diony, who is still recovering from the shock of her mother-in-law's murder, talk about what she will tell their child, a strong boy to be named Tom. And indeed, when the men come back, Diony shows him his son. The community holds a jubilee to celebrate their return. The dance is interrupted by a cry warning that mounted Shawnee are attacking. Black Fox brandishes a length of hair and cries "Squaw Jarvis," enraging Berk. Diony holds him back, but later, their cabin built and the crops in, Berk is driven to seek vengeance. Dione gets him ready...

Months pass... A canoe pulls up to a riverbank and Berk gets out. He was captured by the Cherokee, sold to the British and imprisoned for a year. He has escaped and is striking out for Shawnee country, aiming to trap Black Fox... High in the mountains, Jarvis lures Black Fox out of camp. He seizes the warrior by the throat, strangling him so that he can't call for help. They fight and Jarvis wins, but two men who came out of the camp with Black Fox run to where Berk lies on the ground...

It is winter and a blizzard rages. Diony tries to get out of the cabin to get help but the snow is too deep. She can't make it to the fort, and she can "abide no more." A fur-wrapped figure dragging a sledge behind him struggles to her door. It is Evan, come to help her and to tell her that there is news of Berk—the Shawnee have killed him.

Back in Albemarle, Hall is reading Diony's letter aloud to the family. She tells of how her skills with spindle and loom made it possible for her to make clothing out of nettles and buffalo hair and to teach other women to do the same. The next year she married Evan, and they do very well together. Her mother praises the Lord that Diony's hardships are over.

In the cabin, Diony, with little Tommy standing beside her, welcomes Evan home. Meanwhile, a man on horseback stops at the gate in the palisade. It is Berk, come to the fort looking for Diony. He has kept alive all this time only for the sight of her.

Diony is spinning and Evan is dipping candles. Berk halloos the cabin and immediately embraces Dione. It took him a year to escape the Shawnee; he has been gone more than two years.

Although Berk says he doesn't blame anyone, a confrontation brews and when they start talking about whether they are going to fight with fists or cudgels, Diony stops them cold. She is not property to be fought over. According to the law of the wilderness, it is for her to choose.

Diony tells the story of the last several years, beginning with their marriage, and Berk understands before she finishes—she chooses the man who has been her mainstay for the past two years. Berk goes to the bed, tenderly caresses his sleeping child and moves to leave.

Then Evan says that Diony chose him from duty, there is something greater than duty or right. That's love. He has always known that Berk was the man for her content. He is proud and happy with what they have been to each other. His time with Diony will be like a treasure to him, for his whole enduring life. He leaves, and Diony turns toward a still-stunned Berk.

Cast
 Johnny Mack Brown – Berk Jarvis
 Eleanor Boardman – Diony Hall
 Lucille La Verne – Elvira Jarvis
 Anita Louise – Betty Hall
 Gavin Gordon – Evan Muir
 Guinn "Big Boy" Williams – Rubin Hall
 Russell Simpson – Thomas Hall
 Sarah Padden – Mistress Molly Hall
 Helen Jerome Eddy – Sally Tolliver

unbilled
 William Bakewell – Jack Jarvis
 James Bradbury Jr – Bit
 Heinie Conklin – Bit
 Dale Fuller – Bit
 Lloyd Ingraham – Elly Harmon
 Gardner James – Pioneer
 Paul Kruger – Bit
 Lillian Leighton – Bit
 James A. Marcus – Bit
 Frank McGlynn, Sr. – Bit
 John Miljan – Daniel Boone

References

External links

 The Great Meadow at IMDb.com
 The Great Meadow; allmovie.com
 The Great Meadow lobby poster

1931 films
Films based on American novels
Films directed by Charles Brabin
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
American black-and-white films
American adventure drama films
1930s adventure drama films
1931 drama films
1930s American films
1930s English-language films


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The School of Film Directing is nothing. It is just a place with editing rooms and halls a studio and a cinema. Just stuff. Cameras. Some computers. Lights. A school is nothing without it's people their visions and ideas.
Distinct ideas about film have characterized the schools pedagogy during these first fifteen years. The possibility to use new digital equipment that actually brings forth new stories. A will to complicate seeing and make the image into something more than just esthetics – a gaze. A clear perspective – that of viewing individuals as part of their society. A strive for verity, reality, authenticity, credibility and thus the responsibility that comes towards that which is rendered verity. But also ideas that film is close the dream in its form. Or memory. A sense of time.
For The School of Directing's 15th birthday 2012 we got together a small committee and tried to find a defining theme to represent that, which had been of interest from the school. It couldn't be done. Even though the students who have studied at The Film School of Directing the first fifteen years have passed through the same corridors and been taught a similar pedagogy they are above all individuals. Maybe The School of Film Directing's primary hallmark is cultivating unique visions and expressions. So instead of trying to squeeze out a common denominator for this anthology we've let former and current students make a claim about film. Overlook their processes or tell us about their realities. And thus we've let it grow from within.
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El Acueducto romano de Peña Cortada, también Acueducto de La Serrada o Acueducto de La Serranía  discurre por los municipios de Tuéjar, Chelva, Calles y Domeño, en la Provincia de Valencia. Si bien una publicación reciente del arqueólogo y doctor en arquitectura de la Universidad Politécnica de Valencia Miquel R. Martí Maties, durante el VI Congreso Internacional de Ingeniería Romana, amplía su recorrido hasta la misma capital valenciana, con una distancia total de 98,6 km.

Descripción

Este acueducto fue trazado con distintos sistemas de conducción de aguas que, desde su origen en el azud del río Tuéjar, salvan grandes escollos topográficos. La longitud de los restos hallados es de 28,6 kilómetros, siendo su entidad comparable con los acueductos romanos más relevantes de España: Segovia, Les Ferreres de Tarragona y Los Milagros de Mérida.

En el acueducto de Peña Cortada coexisten dos tipos, el de acueducto puente y el de acueducto viaducto. En el primero se aúnan las técnicas ya resueltas del puente y del arco honorífico o triunfal que aquí se emplean sobre todo para salvar la rambla de Alcotas y el barranco de la Cueva del Gato con la monumentalidad requerida por sus autores para magnificar el poderío de su imperio. En el segundo tipo de acueducto de circulación libre por canal, canalis structilis, se despliega aquí, en su tramo excavado en roca, el dominio técnico romano en cuanto a sistemas de conducción de aguas.

No se conoce el trazado total del acueducto, aunque con toda probabilidad se puede descartar que su destino fuera Sagunto, que tenía su propio sistema de agua como Liria, donde ocurre lo mismo. Además, por cotas de nivel a esta última llegaría a una cota casi 100m por encima de la población. Por otra parte la anchura de la conducción, claramente de dimensión superior por ejemplo a la del acueducto de Tarragona, una de las ciudades de mayor población de la España romana, nos pueden indicar un uso para riego y su destino sería el llano entre Casinos y Liria.

Partes integrantes

 1. La captación de agua (Tuéjar). Muy cerca de la Fuente del Saz (área recreativa ubicada en el término municipal de Tuéjar), encontramos un simple dique, saeptum, perpendicular a la corriente, que permite desviar directamente hacia el canal, specus, donde su tramo inicial está tallado en roca.
 2. El puente del barranco del Convento (Chelva) de un solo arco.
 3. El puente de la rambla de Alcotas (Calles). Escolano en 1611 y Marés en 1681 pudieron comprobar que este puente tenía seis arcos. Sin embargo Cavanilles un siglo más tarde, en 1795, ya constata la existencia del único arco apoyado sobre dos pilas que hoy en día permanece en pie, así como una tercera pila con el arranque de un segundo arco.
 4. El puente del barranco de la Cueva del Gato (Calles) de tres arcos que constituye la fábrica más espectacular y mejor conservada de todo el acueducto. Su longitud total es de 36 m., mientras que su altura máxima rasante supera los 18 metros.

Una vez rebasado este puente el specus gira bruscamente en dirección este para seguir a través de un impresionante cortado denominado Peña Cortada o La Serrada, ya que la montaña sufrió un corte casi en vertical de unos 25 metros de altura y en una longitud de unos 50 metros. La roca extraída debió aprovecharse en la construcción de este puente acueducto.

 5. Puente de la Torre de Castro (Calles). A partir de este punto, la conducción alterna 5 tramos al aire libre con otros 4 en galería, bordeando los costados oriental y septentrional de la Torre de Castro, mientras que en el occidental se localizan los restos de un puente acueducto, construido para salvar el barranco de Más de Solaz.

 6. Puente del barranco de La Cabra (Calles) de un solo arco.

 7. Puente del barranco de El Zurdo (Calles) del que apenas se distingue uno de los machones.

 8. Puente del barranco del Tío Roque (Calles) de un solo arco en el que apenas se distingue el arranque de los machones.

 9. Puentes de los barrancos del Arenal y de la Olivera del Arquillo (Calles) de un solo arco, también muy destruido.

 10. Canalizaciones en el término municipal de Domeño, cubiertas y descubiertas.

Véase también
 Bienes de interés cultural de la provincia de Valencia

Referencias

Bibliografía
 Este artículo incorpora texto del BIC  incoado por la Consellería de Cultura de la Generalidad Valenciana

Enlaces externos

 Puente del barranco de la Cueva del Gato o de la denominada Peña Cortada (fotografía panorámica).

Peña Cortada
Tuejar, Acueducto
Peña Cortada
Peña Cortada
Arquitectura de la Antigua Roma en la Comunidad Valenciana
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This Tech Company Sent Four Black Women Engineers to Accept Award at the Crunchies
They celebrated the diversity of their team.
Tasbeeh Herwees
Slack wins Fastest Rising Startup at the #Crunchieshttps://t.co/il5dirl9c4
— TechCrunch (@TechCrunch) February 9, 2016\n
The tech industry has long grappled with its lack of diversity but at the 9th Annual Crunchies Awards (one of the biggest awards events for the Silicon Valley set) on Monday, the issue was a prominent theme among an elite that desperately wants the world to know that it is capable of self-awareness. In addition to comedian and awards show host Chelsea Peretti's caustic humor ("I hate all white men," said Peretti. "Sorry everybody here."), which made frequent reference to the overwhelming whiteness of tech companies, the awards also included a category mystifyingly titled "Include Diversity".
And when the award for Fastest Rising Startup went out to the team at Slack (a messaging app), four black women engineers went up to accept the trophy—Megan Anctil, Erica Baker, Kiné Camara, and Duretti Hirpa. Tthey did not waste the opportunity to celebrate the diversity of Slack's team.
"We're engineers, so we came prepared," said Camara. "There are many things that are major keys to the success of Slack, not least of which are diversity and exclusion."
"The idea that diversity at companies improves the culture and the bottom line may be somewhat controversial, but all we know is we've got 9 percent women of color engineering at Slack — four of whom are up here tonight, in 'Formation'," she said, making a cheeky reference to Beyoncé's new single. "We're the fastest growing enterprise, software start-up of all time, so…"
Earlier this year, Fortune called Slack one of the youngest billion-dollar companies in Silicon Valley. The company has made an early habit of reporting its diversity figures—just this month, they released new figures reporting that women comprised 43 percent of their managers and that black employees comprised almost 7 percent of their technical staff. Perhaps other companies could learn from Slack's success—Twitter, where black people only comprise 3 percent of the employees, faced much criticism last year when it hired a white man as its head of diversity (this month, Twitter shares plummeted in value. Coincidence? Probably, but I prefer to wildly speculate.)


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In the written portion of this exam, there are four papers in total namely English, Urdu, Computer and Pakistan Affairs (General Knowledge). As we all know, eligibility for this particular exam is HSSC so this exam is also based on the intermediate level.
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How to grab the attention of a jobs headhunter
August 4, 2014 | The Guardian
If you have dreams of being the boss, you'll need to attract the attention of a head hunter. Here's how to get on their radar
By Anna Lewcock
Do you have dreams of the corner office? Plan to be a senior exec or CEO one day? Chances are you won't land in that padded leather seat by scouring the job boards, for these roles are the realm of the executive search consultant – the headhunter.
Headhunters work differently to the recruitment agencies you might be familiar with. They're paid a retainer by a company to go out into the market, research behind the scenes and identify the very best people for a specific role, and then approach them directly – even if they're not looking for a job. "It's a proactive process," explains Sue Rossiter, managing director and European practice lead for DHR International's global life sciences practice. "Rather than finding jobs for people, we're finding people for jobs."
Although usually focusing on 'C-suite' roles (often with six-figure salaries), executive search firms are also regularly used for other senior positions or to fill vacancies requiring very specialised or unusual skillsets.
Becoming a target
So how do you get yourself on a headhunter's hitlist? It's all about your visibility, your network, and your reputation. "LinkedIn and Twitter should be a given today," says Richard Shea, managing director for Europe, Middle East and Africa, at international search firm Futurestep. "Candidates can stand out in these saturated spaces by positioning themselves as a commentator on relevant topics." Always be aware of the self you're portraying through your online presence, and use it to your advantage.
This personal branding is something you need to tackle head on if you want to appear on a headhunter's radar, particularly in terms of establishing yourself as an expert in your field. Keep up to date with industry news, and always have something to say. "Getting noticed and referenced by people as an authority and as somebody who knows their subject well is really important," says Rossiter. Speaking at conferences or blogging will help build your profile, as well as helping you hone important communication skills.
You'll need to conquer any networking fears if you hope to build up enough of a profile to be recommended when a headhunter is calling round, so make sure you always have business cards handy. Join professional organisations, attend networking and social events and be seen. "There's only so much we can get from looking at a LinkedIn profile or reading somebody's blog, we've got to meet people face to face and know all the key players in the industry," explains Edith Udemezue, who heads up the life sciences practice at Futurestep. "We get a good number of names through recommendations and referrals."
Hard and soft skills
Being known isn't the only important thing. "First and foremost, be exceptional at what you do in terms of your technical capabilities and your subject matter," says DHR's Rossiter. The most successful candidates will be high achievers, both academically and in their careers. Add softer skills like leadership, teamwork, and excellent communication skills, and you're more likely to start appearing on a headhunter's radar.
Know your sector and what will make you a strong contender for senior roles. Would additional qualifications help? Speaking another language? Turn any unusual career routes into a selling point to help you stand out from the crowd. In the financial services sector, for example, banks have become keen to recruit candidates from more diverse backgrounds to bring in a different style of thinking and problem solving post-financial crisis, says Futurestep's Jason Smallwood.
The world's your oyster
An international flavour to your CV will reap rewards. "No more than around 20% of what we do is contained within one geography," says Rossiter. The remainder will be international searches, often across the globe. If you're able to relocate then your career is likely to be more dynamic, and make you attractive to larger multinational firms.
If you haven't worked in another country, you can still add an international dimension to your work experience. "In an increasingly global workplace, having a knowledge and appreciation of other cultures (and markets) is a distinguishing quality in today's talent pool," says Shea. Learning a foreign language is an obvious way of demonstrating this, but working closely with foreign departments within your company or international suppliers will help you expand your network and show you have an appreciation of workplaces outside your home country.
Make the first move
It's not a one-way street – there's nothing to stop you contacting a headhunter and letting them know you're in the market. "Definitely go out there and meet with the right headhunter," says Udemezue. "Stay in touch – we may not be retained for something specific at that time, but we'll remember you."
And if you're not quite at the point where you can command a six figure salary, there's no harm in reaching out a little early. "Part of our role is to talent spot in an industry and see who's coming through," says Rossiter. That way they can talk to people about specific roles when the timing is right.
And if you are lucky enough to get a call from a headhunter? "Always take the call," says Udemezue. "You might not be looking for something right now, but it's always good to keep in touch with a good headhunter because you never know when you may be looking for an opportunity."
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Holiday Report and Boothy News. » Pretty. Quirky.
Arkansas was wonderful. For the first four or five days it was above 50 degrees out! I washed my car! It was delicious. It did get cold during the second half of my visit, but by then I was warmed by the love of my wonderful family (AWWWWWWW!). It was a lovely visit, and my nieces are prettier than ever.
So while I was in Fayetteville, I went to the booth EVERY DAY to straighten and add merchandise. I was obsessed. If I lived in the same town as my booth, I know I would be up there on, like, an hourly basis, trying to replace items AS THEY'RE PURCHASED. It's very addictive.
The plate/platter rack in the far left photo turned out to be a really great tool — it's hung from the pegboard and my SIL has to replace platters every week — they're selling like hotcakes! They're one of the biggest sellers we've had so far.
The wooden bowls in the middle photo and the picnic baskets in the far right photo are the other big winners. Originally, there were three different baskets on that aqua chair, and they sold right away. Luckily I had two more in storage to replace them with.
We're trying to use the hooks and the pegboards wisely — we only have two walls in our space, because it's kind of a corner space, so we don't have as much pegboard as other booths. The space is really small, and we can't sell furniture in it — there's just no room. I'm already feeling all anxious to get a bigger space but I think we should stick to what we have for now, since poor Michelle is the sole person responsible for maintaining it. This visit I stuffed it as full as I possibly can, hoping that customers can peel off a whole layer of merchandise and reveal another fresh layer without worrying about too much re-stocking.
It's still such a learning experience, as I'm figuring out what people will actually buy and what they're just not interested in. I got obsessed with those vintage baby planters that used to hold flowers for new moms, and was buying them left and right, but not one single one has sold yet. I think they would be so cute in a nursery for holding cotton balls or q-tips, but APPARENTLY I'm the only one who thinks so. So I'll out the kibosh on buying any more of those. It's all a learning process, baby. FUN, though.
I got THE most awesome set of dishes in Little Rock. I'll be posting those as soon as I get photos of them!


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BMW Recreates The Garmisch, A Forgotten Classic Concept From 1970
Gokul | June 10, 2019 03:04 PM
At the end of May every year, enthusiasts for historic cars and motorcycles come together from all over the world to celebrate the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este at the shores of Lake Como, Italy.
As for this year, hundreds of rare and classic beauties once again gathered at the event, making it one of the highlights of the year as far as classic car fans are concerned.
One of the main highlights of this year's Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este was definitely the "reborn" BMW Garmisch.
Designed by Marcello Gandini, one of the most influential car designers of the 20th century, the Garmisch was a classic concept car that was designed for Bertone back in 1970.
Unfortunately, after it was revealed at the Geneva Motor Show in 1970, the car just "vanished", never to be seen again.
So, in an effort to pay homage to the concept and Gandini himself, BMW recreated the Garmisch to look exactly how it did back then.
"Building the BMW Garmisch for a second time gave us the opportunity to pay tribute to Mr. Gandini, recall one of his lesser-known cars, and highlight Bertone's stylistic influence on the evolution of BMW design. For me, that alone was reason enough to do this," said Adrian van Hooydonk, Senior Vice President of BMW Group Design.
Just like many other Italian show cars of the 1960s and 1970s, the original BMW Garmisch was developed by Bertone as an independent design proposal intended to demonstrate the studio's creativity.
"The original idea came from Nuccio Bertone himself who wanted to consolidate our existing relationship with BMW by designing a surprise show car for the Geneva Motor Show", remembers Marcello Gandini, who was in charge of Bertone's design department at the time.
The most distinctive design feature of the BMW Garmisch was its bold, vertical and almost angular variation of BMW's kidney-shaped radiator grille, which was flanked by square glass-covered headlights.
Other unusual details included sports car-like louvres on the C-pillars and the honeycomb-patterned mesh cover for the rear window – a trademark element of Marcello Gandini's style.
With its rather unusual vertical radio on the center console, a lavish fold-out mirror for the passenger and a flamboyant mix of colours and materials, the BMW Garmisch added an elegant Piemontese twist to the rather functional interior design habits of the time.
As original documents of the BMW Garmisch were sparse, the interdisciplinary team convoked from the BMW Group Design and BMW Classic departments had to retrace every detail of the car's exterior and interior from a small selection of period images, most of them only available in black and white.
Marcello Gandini himself contributed to the research process with memories from the creation of the car, allowing the design team to refabricate key details such as the exterior colour – a light champagne metallic in line with Italian fashion trends of the time – and the interior materials and trim.
And while the BMW Design team used the latest 3D modeling technologies to revive and specify the original structures and shapes, the BMW Garmisch was coach-built by skilled craftsmen in Turin – just like the original car almost 50 years ago.
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Members of New York's Talea Ensemble lead a score reading with UW composition students on March 19 (Photo: Anthony James).
UW Composition faculty, left to right: Huck Hodge, Joël-François Durand, Juan Pampin, Richard Karpen (Photo: Steve Korn).
Composition student Josh Archibald-Seiffer receives notes from the JACK Quartet, who were in residence at the School of Music in 2011.
The Talea Ensemble performed works by UW faculty and graduate student composers.
The highly selective composition program at the University of Washington emphasizes mastery of technique and encourages students to develop their own artistic voices.
Students in the program study with the four internationally renowned composers who comprise the core faculty — Jöel-François Durand, Huck Hodge, Richard Karpen and Juan Pampin. Faculty interests are wide-ranging and include symphonic and chamber instrumental composition, interdisciplinary arts, improvisation, and interactive works for digital media.
Students benefit from the opportunity to work with major international artists in a variety of settings ranging from master classes to performances and readings of student works. Recent visiting artists and residencies have included Pascal Gallois, Garth Knox, Margaret Leng Tan, Shulamit Ran, Stuart Dempster, the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Les Percussions de Strasbourg, the JACK Quartet, The Talea Ensemble, and the Deep Listening Band, among others.
The School of Music and the affiliated Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS) present numerous concerts of new music annually, making vital contributions to Seattle's contemporary and experimental music scenes.
The School of Music distributes more than a half million dollars annually in merit- and need-based student support. Graduate teaching assistantships are also granted in all areas of study.
Joël-François Durand in the Mirror Land, University of Washington Press, 2006.