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Discover your new favourite fantasy series . . . _______________ The city of Darien lies at the heart of a dying empire. Twelve families spoil for a throne soon to be made vacant - by murder or civil war. Into this fevered, hungry city come six strangers: An orphan and an old swordsman. A hunter and a pitiless killer. A young thief and a cynical chancer. As the sun sinks the city will know no slumber. For long dormant passions have awoken. Fortunes will be won and lost. Lives will be staked and claimed. And a story long waiting to be told will catch fire in the telling . . . _______________ What readers think . . . 'One of the best fantasy novels I've read' ***** 'I'm a huge fan of Iggulden, but this takes it to another level' ***** 'A must-read and a very welcome addition to the genre' ***** 'Enough machinations, conspiracies and controversies to rival Game of Thrones' ***** 'If you love David Gemmel, you will love this' ***** _______________ Darien is the first book in the Empire of Salt, THE epic fantasy series of spellbinding imagination . . .


Topic: Shadwen – a True Stealth Game, Coming in 2016!
Topic: [Trine 3] DRM free version from humble store: Password?
Sorry for the delay, but thanks for your support!
Unfortunately there are no special versions planned at the moment, but it's nice to know that you'd be interested in one.
You probably saw my reply on that thread? Did you turn the Player Levitation on?
Unfortunately we really haven't managed to reproduce this at our office even after many attempts, so I can't promise a fix. Still I'll see if there is something I can do, so thank you for your report!


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"Flower of the Universe" is a beautiful acoustic ballad which was recorded by Sade for the soundtrack of the 2018 Disney film "A Wrinkle in Time". The movie's director, Ava DuVernay, asked Sade to record a song for the soundtrack, and said "I never thought she'd say yes, but asked anyway".

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As the weather gets colder, it's time to look for a good book to cuddle up with this winter. This weekend's activities include a trio of literary options, as well as a hip-hop star to help keep you warm and some Halloween-themed fun for adults.
John B. Lamb Oct 24th 2018 - 3pm.
FARGO — As the weather gets colder, it's time to look for a good book to cuddle up with this winter. This weekend's activities include a trio of literary options, as well as a hip-hop star to help keep you warm and some Halloween-themed fun for adults.
This year's One Book, One Community reading selection goes back and forth across the Atlantic Ocean, following a sailor from Nova Scotia to the European battlefields in World War I. Angus MacGrath is more than just a sailor or a soldier. He has an uncanny knack for maps, so when his brother goes missing on the Western Front, Angus follows into the fray. Author P.S. Duffy reads from and discusses her book tonight in the Knutson Campus Center Centrum on the Campus of Concordia College. The event starts at 7 p.m. and is open to the public; https://1book1community.org/.
The Rourke Art Gallery + Museum, 521 Main Ave., Moorhead, is scaring up a good time Friday night with an Art Ghoullery Masquerade Reception. The institution celebrates the spookiest season with some frighteningly appropriate art, from the mysterious to the macabre. Celebrate the show, which runs through Nov. 4, with a costumed reception from 6:30 to 8 p.m.; http://www.therourke.org or 218-236-8861.
While there's never really a bad time to do "The Time Warp," this time of year seems like the most ideal time to spend about 90 minutes with a "sweet transvestite from Transsexual, Transylvania." The Fargo Theatre, 314 Broadway, rolls out "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" with a special, interactive, late-night showing Friday night. A costume contest at 10:45 kicks things off. Props and participation are encouraged, but staff asks you to not bring rice, lighters, hot dogs and confetti. Tickets are $5; 701-239-8385 or http://fargotheatre.org.
For an artist best known for the hit "Hot in Herre," Nelly never comes to town in the summer. The star of hip-hop hits like "Dilemma," "Shake Ya Tailfeather," "Grillz" and "Just a Dream" returns to Scheels Arena, 5225 31st Ave. S., Fargo, Friday night, where he made his local debut in March 2011. The set is rounded out by Juvenile and Thee United Empire. Tickets range from $30 to $100; https://www.scheelsarena.com or 800-745-3000.
Activist and writer Winona LaDuke returns to town to read from her latest, "The Winona LaDuke Chronicles: Stories from the Front Lines in the Battle for Environmental Justice." A resident of the White Earth Indian Reservation, LaDuke often tackles oil pipelines in the book, but she also pays tribute to her fellow environmental advocates. She'll talk about the book and other timely issues at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, at the Hotel Donaldson, 101 Broadway N., Fargo. This event is free; http://www.hoteldonaldson.com or 701-478-1000.
Mary Casanova's new work, "Hush Hush, Forest," may be shelved with children's books, but it's really for all ages. To children, Casanova's text will be a soothing look into a woody, winter's night, and to adults, it reads like a hygge meditation. Duluth, Minn.-based woodcut artist Nick Wroblewski provides colorful illustrations to wrap up such a cozy tome. Casanova reads from and discusses her book from 2 to 3 p.m. Sunday at Zandbroz Variety, 420 Broadway N., Fargo. The event is free and open to the public; 701-239-4729.


Remember being a kid and answering the question "what do I want to be when I grow up?" Do you remember what you said? Maybe an astronaut, a teacher, a doctor, a lawyer, or maybe you're still trying to find out just what it is that you want to do. The good news is, you're not stuck in just doing one thing for the rest of your life - - check out these three simple ways to discover your talents and see some positive change in your life!


BSFL Packaging are a Dundee-based firm who specialise in bulk packaging. They had an existing website that was not helping them to create the impression they wanted, and was also not helping to bring in new customers and leads. As a small company they wanted to "punch above their weight" with their website the same way they do with customer service and pricing.
After considering a number of designs, we narrowed it down to a single design that used their key yellow/black combination but resulted in a brighter more colourful layout. We developed this into a fully responsive website theme and added a number of contact forms, including a "call to action" – Request a Quote – button on product pages to help gather leads from product pages.
As is often the case with smaller organisations, the content available was limited and because of the very specific nature business, it was difficult to source more via stock image libraries, etc. Bearing this in mind, the new site was designed to use as much of the old content and media as possible, but expand upon where possible. Additionally, some tweaks were made to the existing images so they would better fit into the new design.
SEO services are a very imprecise deliverable. Many companies "guarantee" you a certain position on Google, which is often misleading, and can even involve actions that will go on to hurt – not help – your website with regard to search engine rankings further down the line.
From the outset BSFL made it clear they would like some help with Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) services. We started by designing a template that was "Search engine friendly" – with a structured layout and then added some functionality to the template to help guide them when writing content. Links to social media, a search engine optimised XML site map and a blog completed the on-page SEO help.
To avoid losing the traction that the existing site had, we redirected each individual page to the corresponding page on the new site using 301 (permanent) redirects in order to preserve any page rank and also included a message at the top of the new site welcoming any visitors who arrived there via redirection.
The hard work we all put in paid off, with the new site ranking highly on Google for key phrases, as high as page one in some cases. SEO is based on a number of factors however, and is more like a marathon than a sprint. We have given BSFL the tools to keep improving their website visibility, and compete with much larger players in their marketplace.


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Institutional Gold
NEWARK, N.J., December 11, 2019 - Are institutional investors joining the gold rush? While gold's long-term performance is not strong compared to other assets, new PGIM research finds that under certain economic conditions—including a slowing growth environment—institutional investors are right to evaluate adding gold-related assets to a diversified portfolio. PGIM Inc. is the $1 trillion global investment management business of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU).
The Future Means Business
New PGIM research highlights long-term investment implications of three new types of companies emerging to dominate today's market.
Implications of a U.S.-China Trade Deal
The outlook for escalating trade tensions
Nathan Sheets, PGIM Fixed Income's chief economist and head of global macroeconomic research, recognizes that uncertainties regarding U.S.-China trade tensions have multiplied and provides perspective based on the question of "what do we actually know?"
Implications of a U.S.-China Trade Deal: Who Wins? Who Loses?
As the United States and China work toward a resolution of the ongoing trade war, an important question is whether the agreement will achieve any appreciable further opening of the Chinese economy and, if so, how such gains will be distributed across China's trading partners.
Broadway's "Hamilton" and the "Crowded Trade"
Broadway's "Hamilton" offers lessons on today's markets
QMA uses "Hamilton" tickets to tease apart exactly what is—and is not—a crowded trade, and why it matters for investors hoping to insulate portfolios from disruptions that could come in the months and years ahead.
Tussle between globalization
Tussle between globalization, nationalism creates new risks for investors, PGIM says
NEWARK, N.J., May 09, 2018 - The escalating tussle between globalization and nationalism could have profound implications for global financial markets, traditional investment frameworks and developed market geopolitical risk analysis, says a new report from PGIM, Inc., the investment management business of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU).
PGIM Fixed Income Q2 outlook: At cruising altitude with seat belts at the ready
The second quarter 2018 edition of PGIM Fixed Income's quarterly outlook leads off with "Air Pockets at Cruising Speed—Welcome to QT" by Robert Tipp, CFA, chief investment strategist and head of Global Bonds. In examining some prevalent market concerns, including quantitative tightening, Tipp provides some perspective on how investors might consider these issues after Q1's volatility.
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Broad, Balanced Growth Puts Emerging Markets in Focus
In the latest edition of PGIM Fixed Income's quarterly outlook, Nathan Sheets, PhD, Chief Economist and Head of Global Macroeconomic Research, looks at a global recovery that is often characterized as "sluggish," but one that may ultimately be remembered for its durability.
PGIM: Capturing alpha from growing emerging markets will require new investment approach
A radical shift in the forces shaping emerging market growth will require investors to take a different investment approach from what may have worked in the past. Increasingly, discovering investment opportunities will be rooted in the ability to capture the alpha from the new growth drivers, rather than in chasing the beta of the broad universe.
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Sly Fox Brewing is opening a satellite pub and wants crowdfunding investors
September 10, 2018 Chris Crowell
Do not disrespect the pizza chef bouncer in this new upscale satellite pub.
The reinvented Wyomissing suburb of Reading, Pa., will be the home of a new Sly Fox Brewing Co. satellite pub. It will be located with an upscale mixed use complex of office, retail and restaurant space developed by Philadelphia-based Equus Capital Partners, poised to transform Wyomissing into a swanky live, work and play location in Berks County.
"Wyomissing is a booming area," said John Giannopoulos, Sly Fox Brewing managing partner. "With large employers and great residential sections, growth is happening everywhere and we are excited to be a part of the development."
Equus has committed more than $70 million into Phase I of the Knitting Mills, and Phase II, a 20-acre site north of the main campus, has already attracted corporate tenants interested in new construction build-to-suit offices.
Looking for investors
To make this new venture happen, Sly Fox has initiated a funding campaign with WeFunder, an investment facilitator that offers contributors opportunity for return. The idea is that a large pool of investors will contribute to the personality of the pub, called Sly Fox at the Knitting Mills, and will act as brand ambassadors as much as stakeholders. Sly Fox selected WeFunder after brainstorming ways to proactively enter the highly competitive market. Besides ROI opportunity, contributors will receive exclusive perks and discounts at the pub.
"It's a unique investment opportunity, but it's really about building a passionate community of like-minded people who love award-winning craft beer, great food and great times," said Giannopoulos who opened the first Sly Fox pub with his family in Phoenixville in 1995.
Sly Fox at the Knitting Mills will focus on developing a fresh and locally sourced menu to accompany their well-regarded beer portfolio. The convenient location, just off of Penn Avenue, is a prime spot for foodies and craft beer aficionados.
"We thought it would be a really unique idea to, as we enter new markets, to build anticipation with an invested group of brand ambassadors," added Giannopoulos. The Sly Fox production brewery is situated just 20 miles east in Pottstown, Pa.
BrewDog opens final Equity for Punks crowdfunding round to support sustainability plans
Sly Fox Brewing debuts a beer and punk rock tour dedicated to just-retired craft beer pioneer Carol Stoudt
Sly Fox to open a fifth Pennsylvania location
Sly Fox Brewing overhauls its original brewpub as part of brand refresh


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HRD Antwerp Not for Sale (for Now)
AWDC approves new CEO Ellen Joncheere's turnaround plan.
Feb 23, 2020 7:11 AM By Joshua Freedman
RAPAPORT... The Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) has postponed the sale of HRD Antwerp, and will instead embark on a turnaround strategy for the laboratory.
"The [AWDC] board of directors and standing committee decided not to sell before the plan is implemented," Ellen Joncheere, HRD's new CEO, said Thursday in an email to Rapaport News.
The Belgian trade organization, which owns HRD, asked Joncheere to examine the business's condition and recommend a course of action, an AWDC spokesperson explained. She devised a plan that focuses on research and education, and intends to "differentiate [HRD] with new certificates," she added, without giving details. The board approved the proposal on Wednesday, the executive reported.
The AWDC also rejected a second takeover bid from former managing director Peter Meeus, Joncheere said. Meeus — who was seeking 51% of the business — said he was "seriously disappointed with this news."
Joncheere joined HRD as CEO last month from car-part supplier Fremach International, where she held the same position. The appointment happened in the middle of a process to sell the company, with Meeus, Sarine Technologies and Serge Couvreur — another former head of HRD — putting in bids late last year. Sarine and Couvreur declined to comment on the status of their takeover attempts.
Image: Ellen Joncheere. (HRD Antwerp)
Tags: Antwerp, Antwerp World Diamond Centre, AWDC, Ellen Joncheere, Fremach International, HRD, HRD Antwerp, Joshua Freedman, Peter Meeus, Rapaport News, Sarine, Sarine Technologies, Serge Couvreur


Thornton May is one of the brightest, most knowledgeable, and funniest consultants in the information technology industry. He spots trends well in advance of most of the pundits, and he's extremely well-connected with a very impressive following.
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Version 0.2.3 of thesadists package. It's crantastic!
Provides the density, distribution, quantile and generation functions of some obscure probability distributions, including the doubly non- central t, F, Beta, and Eta distributions; the lambda-prime and K-prime; the upsilon distribution; the (weighted) sum of non-central chi-squares to a power; the (weighted) sum of log non-central chi-squares; the product of non-central chi-squares to powers; the product of doubly non-central F variables; the product of independent normals.


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Inside the Artist's Studio
Inside the Artist's Studio: Flo McGarrell
by Georgia Kotretsos | Aug 28, 2009
Flo McGarrell at his studio in Vermont.
Flo McGarrell is a visual artist based in Newbury, Vermont, USA and Jacmel, Haiti. He was born in Rome, Italy to American expatriate artists. McGarrell received a B.F.A. in Fibers and an M.A. in Digital Arts at the Maryland Institute College of Art in 1998. He then attained an M.F.A. in Art and Technology Studies at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago where he implemented his hybrid skills in sculpture and digital craft to create architectural scale inflatable sculptural interiors animated with air pressure, light, sound, and video projections. He is currently serving as the director of FOSAJ, a non-profit art center in Jacmel, Haiti.
McGarrell is a full-time resident of Jacmel and during the summer months he retreats to his studio in Vermont. In Haiti, McGarrell's studio is located on the second floor of FOSAJ, which was previously a coffee warehouse. The FOSAJ space also serves as his living quarters, a place for his assistant, Zaka, and somewhere to hang his hammock.
Zaka tickling Stacy, FOSAJ office/studio/living quarters.
McGarrell tells me that Jacmel is a place where the senses awake–it is visually rich and energetic. The view outside the window is the bright Haitian sunlight, the ocean, coconut palms, almond and mango trees. The breeze brings him smells such as burning trash, cigarette smoke, marijuana from the beach and, in the evenings, the bar next door blasts Kompa music.
It wasn't so long ago that McGarrell excelled in the making of inflatable sculptures, now specializes in "agrisculptures." I will say no more. I encourage you to visit his latest show called I ♥ Agrisculpture at AVA Art Center and Gallery in Lebanon, New Hampshire.
The artist adds, "All of the pieces fall under the definition 'Agrisculpture' and are part of home-scale food production systems. All works are made with secondhand, found, intrinsically colored plastic, organic material and plants. All pieces are the result of experimentation undertaken in Roswell, New Mexico, Newbury, Vermont, and Jacmel, Haiti."
My interview with the artist is below and it is an absolute pleasure introducing you to this gutsy artist and friend.
Georgia Kotretsos: Flo, you have a base in Newbury, Vermont, and another in Jacmel, Haiti. Does each space accommodate different studio needs or do you feel like an artist at work in one place more than the other?
Flo McGarrell: I seem to be an artist-person who has only a little separation between art and life–if you will please excuse the cliché. Specifically, I attack whatever I am working on with an obsessive compulsion that we creative types are often afflicted with. It doesn't stop no matter where I am, regardless of whatever else I am doing. The objects of my ministrations include sculpture, art direction for film, performative identity adjustments, installation, kleptomaniac collecting schemes, so I must be poised to work wherever I am at all times. Whether it's from my own body, or my car, a suitcase, a friend's house or anywhere else I find myself.
That being said, the place I feel most enabled to create my sculptural work is my Vermont studio. It has lots of stuff, junk and tools I have collected over the years, and is always ready and waiting for me to use, exactly as I left it.
Proposing changes to the landscape around the Vermont studio.
It's lonely and quiet and boring which is good because I can be easily distracted–a stark contrast to all the fun and hectic confusion of the Haitian base of operation at the FOSAJ art center. My space there is barraged with people coming in and out bursting forth ideas and conflict. So, the office facilitates group artistic endeavors, collaborative problem solving — it's starting to seem more and more like a social experiment. But we have less material, art supplies are scarce and are used up quickly, tools always disappear, so it's a very needy, hungry place. We make art hand to mouth. I feel a little bit more like a therapist-administrator there, but making the center work is definitely a creative pursuit in the same family as all the other projects I choose to adopt as an artist-person.
The two places are an inverse mirror of each other. My challenge is to stay sane and creative in both.
FOSAJ art center, Jacmel, Haiti.
GK: Has your stay in Jacmel affected your personal work and, if yes, in what way?
FM: My current process references living economics (poverty, anti-capitalist consumerism {dumpster diving and stealing things in and around dumpsters of grocery stores and construction sites}).
The work I do in the States is conscious of the struggles of my friends living in Haiti, of how hard it is to get food, and to get one's basic needs met. So, as an exercise I try not to buy anything in order to make the work, everything is found in the trash or stolen. It works really well for me over here in the States, but that process is nearly impossible in Haiti, where it is very rare to find something useful in the trash (because everyone is already ingeniously reusing things), and it goes without saying that I wouldn't steal anything in Haiti.
So, my personal work (Agrisculpture) is much more slow going there. I not only have to find my second hand materials, suited to my precise specification (intrinsically colored plastic, bulk organic material) but also bargain the merchant down from the outrageous blan (foreigner) price they always give me, by that time we reach a still inflated but more reasonable price I can be frustrated, and the flow of finding materials I am "meant" to use has been slightly dampened. It works better as a communal effort. I am leading a permaculture workshop there, and we are slowly, but surely, working on a rain barrel shower sculpture for the center, a bicycle-powered washing machine, and a parabolic solar oven.
We are already grey watering, gardening and composting.
One recent piece that attempts to bridge this divide between my cultures was a performance wherein I hand picked about 10 quarts of strawberries, made jam, filled a gallon and a half size plastic jar (I found the perfect one in a dumpster), took the jar with me on a flight to Haiti, and shared the jam with the other artists in the center. Before we ate the jam I talked about how awful it is to be in the US sometimes where I find dumpsters full of perfectly good clean bread, where I see fruit go bad and get thrown out just because we have too much other stuff to eat. Also, how I wanted to treat them to an "exotic" fruit because I can, just as I can come to the Caribbean and indulge in "exotic" mangoes, zabriko, passion fruit but I did this knowing my [artist] friends in Haiti need a near miracle to get a visitor visa and funds to travel with the work that is often exported without them. So the jam was an offering to consume with abandon for once. It was the moment where I selfishly confessed the frustration and disconnection I feel between the two cultures.
Flo McGarrell, I Wanna Jam It With You, FOSAJ artists, 2008.
GK: Between 2006 and 2008 three major green or better environmental art shows took place in the States: Beyond Green: Toward a Sustainable Art, curated by Stephanie Smith, Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, 2006 (ongoing); Weather Report: Art and Climate Change, curated by Lucy R. Lippard, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 2007; and Design and the Elastic Mind, curated by Paola Antonelli and Patricia Juncosa Vecchierini, MoMA, 2008. How fast is the genre growing and how do you define yourself as a sculptor?
FM: While I did not get a chance to see any of those shows, I have admired and felt an affinity for the works of Micheal Rakowitz, Andrea Zittel, and Temporary Services, among others. I think that artists whose work intermingles with science, technology, and design are having an especial tendency to want to deal with questions of sustainability. Perhaps because we are thinking in this systemic cause and effect mode already, and we want to see how best to apply our efforts at this time when it is clear that a lot of science, technology and design has brought us to this dangerous precipice of almost certain imminent environmental disaster. Doing these sorts of exercises and models of sustainability makes us feel better, calmer, and more secure. Maybe it's that we offer hope, but I think more it is because what we are offering are examples of a streamlined practical thinking about the things we use and require in our built environment.
Flo McGarrell, Complete Self-Irrigating Indoor/Outdoor Hanging Food-Farm, AVA Center and Gallery,2009.
"Agrisculpture" was a term I coined to describe my work, I could have more accurately called what I do "Permasculpture", but not as many people know what permaculture is, so since my work's end goal is mostly about producing food I went with Agrisculpture, so that makes me an Agrisculptor.
Flo McGarrell, The Megacloche, made from about 300 empty 5 gallon water cooler containers collected from a dumpster over a year in Roswell, NM. When properly finished with a roof and all crevices sealed with plastic bags this acts as a season extending greenhouse, AVA Center and Gallery,2009.
Well I hope it's a fast growing genre with an agrisculpture department opening up in every art school by 2012 (every art student gets a little community garden plot instead of a studio?) because then I will be asked to come lecture everywhere…and I love to travel so that would be nice.
GK: What's taken you from the inflatables to recyclable and earthy mediums?
Flo McGarrell, Complete Worm Composting Appliance, everything needed to compost kitchen scraps with worms, and make worm tea to fertilize your plants, AVA Center and Gallery,2009.
FM: Well, the inflatables were also very self congratulatory but more indulgently egomaniacal. It's funny I used to kind of have a thing against art that deals with society's waste because I did sometimes use recycled materials in my earlier sculpture and when I was invited to participate in a festival they would sometimes enthusiastically say "use recycled materials to make art!" and I would examine those motives and conclude: A) They don't have a budget for my artist materials; B) They want to use artists to make the festival look "green" while the festival still generates tons of trash from food vending, etc.
I felt resentful that as artists we are supposed to exhibit a conscientiousness that is not required of everyone else. So, I said "screw that, I want to have the same entitlement to use and consume just as much as everyone else, and at least I am making art." I was really against the notion of artist as a cultural environmental remediator, especially when I felt under-supported and under-compensated for the work I was doing…so yeah, a real chip on my shoulder. So, the work I was making then required that I buy many miles of virgin plastic, nylon, and Vinyl, and I made really huge beautiful inflatable rooms.
Flo McGarrell, TRI:TORII, 2004.
I felt very happy with myself, even embarrassingly god-like. Then somewhere along the way I came back to using recycled materials, not for anyone else, but for me, for my own conscience and personal ethic. There is something very satisfying for me in taking something out of the waste stream and hacking it to be useful again. I feel lucky that as an artist I can look at something and see its potential to transform it into something else, so now I feel like that's what an artist like me is supposed to do: push along the edges, and get people thinking smarter.
Another influential factor is that while I was living in the Bay Area, while art directing "Maggots and Men" (the project between making inflatables and what I am doing now), I was exposed to people talking about permaculture, fermentation, dumpster diving for food, guerrilla grey watering. All these great folks who are really agile at lessening their impact. I suppose that really rubbed off on me as I found my love of systems, of finding little lifecycles within a process, for example, the waste output of one piece can be the input for another part or a different piece, so I think I arrived organically at making this environmental work (no pun intended).
GK: While artists are frequently fleeing their small hometowns to re-locate to major art centers to pursue an art career, you moved to Jacmel. Besides being drawn to the place, tell me a bit about the art that's produced in Haiti. I've always admired artists who made art without conforming to the Art World but by tailoring it to their needs. Isn't this the ultimate manifestation of artistic freedom? Help me begin a discussion about your work in terms of contemporary art–in relation to the art produced there?
FM: Well, if you were an artist in a small hometown in Haiti, Jacmel may very well be where you would relocate to pursue your art career, [there are] lots of art and artists in Port au Prince too, but Jacmel is the de facto cultural center of Haiti. Not only do many visual artists find their niche there, but there are many actors, poets, dancers, musicians and a lot of people who are doing all of the above. That is a big reason I settled in Jacmel. Every time I visited the town I would witness some ongoing flurry of creativity, and awesomeness taking place in one of the many venues in town, I said to myself this is "the" budding scene! I want to be a part of it! It also has a healthy mix of Haitians, foreign expats, and Haitians who have been living abroad and who have returned. We are all trying to work together to keep the energy up, quite selfishly of course.
So, you see you can't get away from the Art World. The artists I work with at the FOSAJ art center are much more financially motivated than I am, and they actually do sell their work and somewhat support themselves, that keeps them making paintings, especially paintings that resemble paintings that sold well before. All these Haitian art collectors have been coming to Haiti for decades expecting and supporting a particular Kitchy-Outsidery-Vodou-y style of painting, and from where I am standing that painting is being produced because there is a market for it, don't get me wrong these are honest paintings not mass-produced "tourist art," and many of them are quite good in my opinion.
I'm not sure if that makes the artists in that system free or not, on the one hand, they have no choice but to be cognizant of commercial concerns for survival's sake, and on the other hand, they get some income a lot of others don't and that "frees" one a bit. So I think I'm there to remind them there's all these other things to think about while doing that, like performance and sculpture, which they also love doing but are harder to sell.
I have never been able to think about the marketability of my work and that is my artistic freedom, but this issue of artistic freedom you raise is a sort of painful one for me to discuss on behalf of the artists I represent. Getting just a temporary visitor visa to travel is a very long, hard and expensive process for a Haitian artist to undertake. This often results in their work traveling all over the world without them, there is a lot of resentment over this, and I think there should be, it's gotten to the point where an artist will say "no, you cannot show this painting without me" in the hopes that it will just make the sponsoring institution aware that this is a problem, and maybe encourage them to make a little extra effort to help the artist travel to wherever the show is. I mean, can you imagine not being able to travel freely as an artist? It's absolutely essential to an artist's continued development. This is why the visiting artist program at FOSAJ is so very important. It is the one way we have to get artists exchanging ideas with people from other places. A stopgap measure, but it's what we can do.
Then there are the Haitian artists who have accessed the much sought after freedom to travel abroad. Like my good friend Maksaens Denis, a chaotic genius video artist who makes installations and performances. Then Atis Resistanz, a collective who make wild sculptures and will be hosting the Ghetto Biennale on their home turf. There are reasons these guys are much more [famous] on the international scene, perhaps their extraordinary originality, lucky connections, maturity, risk taking boldness, and sexiness (in the art AND body) doesn't hurt either. Perhaps the lesson here is: thinking free is what makes you free?
I have a few guiding principles, which I think must propel me toward this artistic freedom you speak about:
Don't hide, don't lie.
Do that which scares me.
Resist the urge to settle.
Be as many things as possible in this lifetime.
And so maybe that's it.
But it must be acknowledged that I am a white person from a middle class (artist) family. I am extremely lucky to have an amazingly supportive family who puts up with all my crazy schemes. They seem to understand, respect and trust my drive. I am so thankful I was born into them, and do not take this for granted. This is where all my freedom really comes from. I don't have to really sell any work because, if worst comes to worst, I can always go home. This is why I have the freedom to go work with people who are not so free at all, let's not forget that. Someday I would like to sell some work somehow, but I am not going to start trying now.
I admit I am starting to have an identity crisis the longer I live in Haiti, at what point after moving there full time do I stop being an American? People are always telling me I have "Become Haitian" when they see me doing something like hand washing my laundry, or cooking a certain way, or jerry-rigging (Kombelan) something. But really come on, I'm not ever going to be Haitian-Haitian no matter how good my Kreyol is, or even when I have a child with a Haitian. I actually would just like to feel like I can just be someone there, like everyone else. That is an amazingly tall order. So far, considering I stick sooo far out, not just by being a white foreigner, but also presenting a total gender mash up (beard, miniskirt, etc) as a non-passing transperson, my gender identity is a constant and humorous topic of discussion. But Jacmel is a small town and I hope that eventually people will just get used to me as one of the town fixtures.
GK: You are certainly invested in the Haitian culture socially and professionally. Does it go deeper than that?
FM: When I was 11 my mother took me to the Saint Louis Art Museum to see Maya Deren's film "Divine Horsemen," which she shot between 1947 and 1951 at various Vodou ceremonies. Not only was I really taken by the beauty of the place and people in the film, the rhythms of the sacred music became imprinted on my brain, and the pantheon of the Lwa, who are the spirit gods in Vodou…thoroughly seduced me. Finally, a theology that made sense to me.
I came away from that film needing to know more about everything Haitian. My whole life I asked questions about the place, read books (Including Maya Deren's treatise on the Vodou religion) history, politics, fiction, etc. Most people didn't want to discuss it with me. They just told me to forget it because Haiti is this awful poor place where people are getting hacked up with machetes all the time.
Well, when someone tells me I won't like something, I think "how the fuck do you know what I like?" So naturally, when I was 30 and I had a chance to go down there with Professor Houlberg, co-curator of the well received and traveled "Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou" exhibition, who mentored me in graduate school…I jumped at the chance.
Turns out that the land, the sea, the people, the manners, the food, the sense of humor, the dirty trash, and the language suits me just fine. The Vodou religion is still a very real and sensitive subject for me, but it's not why I am there anymore. The Kreyol (Creole) language is my current big love affair, I want to speak-write-think-dream it all the time because the sound it makes in me is the sound I want to be making. Life is indeed difficult there, nothing is easy, we only have electricity half of the time, if at all. Water may or may not come out of the tap, and then it could make you sick. It only took a little while for me to adjust. Luckily, I have always liked living rough, raw, and real, and this is what normal is in so many parts of the world.
I could have lived quite happily in the Bay Area, where everything is ideal and everyone is a lot like me (queer and transgendered, environmentally and socially aware, etc.), but why be somewhere so perfect? Why be so comfortable? Why should all my friends be so similar to me? Why not be someplace that is in flux? Someplace where the advantage is that it is NOT overdeveloped and fixed? There are many cultural differences, of course, but that's what makes it rich, and I believe that all the people who tried to warn me off of going to Haiti are the ones who are sad and poor.
These pictures were taken over a week and a half by FOSAJ artists, staff and friends who visited le A Vache (an Island off Haiti's southern Coast) to paint on a sail designed for the "Sipriz," a small sailboat headed to Miami via the same route as typical "Haitian Boat People" expeditions, but in this case the Haitians aboard (two sailors and the boat builder) have legal visitor visas. The project is the brain child of Dutch writer Geert Vanderkolk, to whom we from FOSAJ are very grateful for the chance to participate and the chance to visit the enchanting Haitian Paradise known as Ile a Vache. The Boat and sail will be Exhibited at the Palm Beach Maritime Museum, and the Katzen Art Center at American University along with Paintings by FOSAJ artists.
GK: What's mostly on your mind? What's the next project, goal, trip and dream?
FM: I am really looking forward to doing my piece in the "Ghetto Biennale," it will be the first time I will be making work and exhibiting in a "mixed" art scene, international artists with Haitian artists. Finally, we can all just be artists together in one place. Again the foreigners must come to Haiti if the there is supposed to be some semblance of us all working at the same level.
I am going to delve back into filmmaking for a bit. Inspired by our success following the premiere of "Maggots and Men" this past summer, I am anticipating the next project (and it might even help me with my identity crisis) Kathy Acker's "Kathy Goes to Haiti." Written in the early seventies, about a middle class white girl who goes to Haiti with no money, knowing no one, awkward conversations and promiscuity ensue. I will cast a transwoman as the lead along with a lot of other equally interesting people. To make it really interesting, I conceive that the film shoot itself will be a participatory performance art piece for all involved. The crew will be made up of friends mostly from the Bay Area, and collaborate with the Jacmel Film School.
I will be shooting the final chapter first (where Kathy goes to see a "Voodoo" priest and is actually a piece of journalism unlike the rest of the book which is one half pornographic, one half structural experiment) during the set up at the Ghetto Biennale. Uncut footage, and behind the scenes action will be screened at the Ghetto Biennale as a small video installation on the empty set. I love being on a film set anyway, but I think it will be really exciting to do this while all these other artists are making installations and performances in this particular place, which is the home base of the Atis Resistanz art collective, which itself is sandwiched between a junkyard and a cemetery in very hectic downtown Port Au Prince. It's going to be so wild. I am wriggling in anticipation! If I am successful finding the funding, I will finish shooting the rest of the film as just a film at a later date.
Flo McGarrell cooking, Jacmel, Haiti, 2009.
Also, I want to make agrisculpture beehives, and bee suits. Then start a family.
And that's a wrap!
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This is a really great article. I enjoyed reading about you and your work. I wish you could come to SA and share with us your fresh ideas!!
Linda Fisher says:
Hi Flo,
Former student of Jim here. He emailed the link, and I thought your agriscuptures sounded great so I thought I'd mention it.- Linda
Noe says:
Dear Flo, you are missed. Noe
C Pinkman says:
Flo was killed in the earthquake in Haiti I'm sad to report.
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Sarah Honaker says:
Rest in peace, Flo. You and your art, which were one and the same, will be missed. The extinguishing of your light has left the world a little dimmer.
Georgia Kotretsos says:
Area artist dies in Haiti quake
(http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20100115/THISJUSTIN/1150333)
By GREGORY TROTTER VALLEY NEWS – Published: January 15, 2010
NEWBURY — A Newbury artist was killed in the earthquake that devastated Haiti on Tuesday.
Flo McGarrell, 36, died when the Peace of Mind Hotel in Jacmel — a beach town about 20 miles south of Port-Au-Prince — crumbled during the earthquake, according to his parents.
A visual artist, McGarrell was serving as director of FOSAJ, a nonprofit art center in Jacmel. He spent the summer in Newbury with his parents, James and Ann McGarrell, and also returned for the Christmas holidays, leaving for Haiti only about 10 days ago.
"It's unbearable," said Ann McGarrell, her voice raw with emotion, in a phone interview Thursday.
A friend of their son called the McGarrells on Thursday morning on a satellite phone.
"The first thing I asked, 'Is Flo still alive?" his mother said. "She said, 'No.'"
The friend said McGarrell was returning from the airport in Port-au-Prince, having dropped off his godfather for a departing flight, and had stopped briefly at the hotel when the earthquake struck.
As an artist, McGarrell recently was known for making large-scale inflatable sculptures that could envelop people in light and air.
"By putting viewers inside the form, I force them to consider the space in relationship to their bodies, and to sense that they are inside a living, breathing organism — a monstrous creation whose beautiful physicality cannot be ignored," McGarrell wrote in his artist's statement posted on his Web site.
More recently, he turned his attention to "agrisculptures," using plants and recycled materials to make statements about sustainability.
In September, he had a well-received exhibition at the AVA Gallery and Art Center in Lebanon. Buckets of tomatoes hung from the ceilings.
Outside, cherry tomatoes, tomatillos and peppers hung in old detergent bottles and other recycled containers.
"It was one of the most extraordinary exhibitions we've had," Bente Torjusen, executive director of AVA, said by phone Thursday. "He was such a talent. This is such a tragedy."
The gallery director was also impressed with McGarrell's talk at the end of the exhibition. , declaring it to be one of the best she's ever seen.
McGarrell was born in Rome, Italy, as a female, but about six years ago, underwent transgender therapy to live as a male, his mother said.
"I think he would want that to be known," she said. "He felt he had always been a boy inside of a girl's body and it was time to be very honest about that."
The family lived in St. Louis before moving to Vermont in 1993.
McGarrell attended an art-focused magnet school there where he was already seriously envisioning a life committed to art. His father, a painter, recalled yesterday: "Flo did everything I don't do — installation art, performance, 3-D, video art."
Flo McGarrell's interests were varied. He studied metalsmithing and Italian language before attending the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore receiving bachelor's and master's degrees in new art and fibers in 1997-98. He graduated from the School of the Art Institute in Chicago in 2004 with a master's degree in arts and technology studies. In 2007, he attended an artist-in-residence program in Roswell, N.M.
McGarrell also was the art director of the film, "Maggots and Men," an experimental retelling of the story of the 1921 uprising of the Kronstadt sailors in post-revolutionary Russia.
Working in Haiti was "a lifelong dream" for McGarrell, his mother said.
His parents remember him for his passion, dedication, confidence and generosity — and for boldly living his own unique life.
After receiving the tragic news, Ann McGarrell said she was watching an unending film of Flo's life in her mind throughout the day. One of her favorite scenes from that movie starred a 12-year-old Flo McGarrell at school in St. Louis.
A tornado was approaching, Ann McGarrell said, and the skies were darkened and ominous. She had gone to school to pick her child up and take her home. "Everyone was huddled inside," Ann McGarrell said. "Flo was outside, dancing in the rain."
selena palmer says:
Heartbreaking, I am SOOOOO sorry.
Heartbreaking, I am so very sorry to all who loved and knew Flo.
Sheila Forrest says:
Ann McGarrell and Family,
You are in my prayers. Being a current parent of a Crossroads student, (Flo's former school), I feel a special connection to your family and my heart is very sad.
But what is so amazing is as I read your comments about Flo how similiar he was to my daughter. Dancing in the rain without fear but embrassing the moment, is what she would do.
Thank you for being a positive example of how parents should let their children live. Not with our dreams of who they should be, but to allow them to live and show others their unqie gift from God.
Thank you for reminding me to live each moment with purpose….Sheila
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Saskia Lehnert says:
Flo, it was a pleasure and an inspiration to be your fellow classmate at MICA. You will be missed by many.
Cat Gwynn says:
My friend Julie Dermansky wrote a moving piece about Flo. Having lost friend and fellow photographer just a little over a month ago to a plane crash, I am feeling the preciousness of life and to those whose contributions to the world matter so much – even if their lives have been cut short. I am so sorry to hear about Flo's untimely death and send my deepest condolences to his friends and family. But I must say, the visual of a 12 year old Flo dancing in the rain in the face of an approaching tornado makes my heart say YES to life. Thank you for everything, Flo.
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Connie Chew says:
I am writing from the photo department of The Wall Street Journal to request a hi-res photo of Flo McGarrell as seen on this web site:
http://magazine.art21.org/2009/08/28/inside-the-artists-studio-flo-mcgarrell/
We are planning to do a remembrance page on some of the victims of the Haitian earthquake and would like to include photos.
Please let me know as soon as possible today or early Friday if you would be able to help as we are on deadline.
Connie Chew
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Laura Friedman says:
I never knew Flo, but I am sure we have brushed by each other on the small SAIC campus. Having read this interview I am deeply saddened that I never got a chance to know such a wonderful person but I am also inspired to appreciate the people around me and to hold true to my own spirit. My thoughts are with Flo's family and all those who have lost loved ones in the devastating event.
luke Whitington says:
i knew flora as a child in umbria, italy. her mother was my poetry mentor.
i still remember her as a blonde, anarchic, capricious, girl child–
an aura of life to come swirling about her.
the light different, somehow rose, somehow gold.
god bless you flora
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According to the hypothesis of RNA world at the early stages of evolution RNA fulfilled functions of genetic information storage and of catalysis. It was suggested, that detached ensemble of different RNA molecules capable to self-replication could be a predecessor of cell. The necessary condition of appearance of such ensemble is the presence of diversity of RNA. Successive cleavage and ligation reactions of RNA are one of the foremost ways leading to their recombination. Spontaneous RNA cleavage occurs with SN2-mechanism and results in a formation of RNA fragments with 2',3'-cyclophosphate and 5'-OH. These groups may react with each other yielding novel RNA molecules.
In order to study nonenzymatic RNA recombination, occurring through successive cleavage and ligation steps, the model system consisting of two RNA fragments was used. The RNAs are 96 nts fragment of HIV-1 genomic RNA, comprising primer binding site (HIV-RNA) and 96 nts fragment of Influenza virus A/WSN33/H1N1 genomic RNA, encoding M2 protein (M2-RNA), prepared by in vitro transcription. Cleavage and ligation reactions, occurring in solution containing only magnesium ions (5 mM MgCl2, pH 8.0, 37 °C, 0, 3, 7, 30 days) may lead to the formation of a wide variety of recombinant molecules. Our tasks were to identify these recombinant molecules, find the most widespread ones and find out RNA structures promoting ligation reaction.
The formed pools of RNA incubated for 3, 7 and 30 days and control pool were used for preparing cDNA libraries according to the following scheme: adapter ligation, reverse transcription, PCR. Libraries were amplified on beads in emulsion PCR and then sequenced on SOLiD 5.500 platform.
In order to analyze the sequencing data concept of a ligation point was suggested. A group of the recombinant products (novel sequences) corresponds to each ligation point. Totally 102 749 novel sequences, corresponding to 2099 ligation points were identified in three libraries (3, 7 and 30 days of RNA incubation). Frequency of occurrence of ligation points is not accidental and differs dramatically from 1 to several thousands of sequences per library. Frequently found ligation points correlate with fragile sites of HIV and M2 RNAs, however, this correlation is not strict.
A variety of novel RNA sequences decreases from about 50 thousands in 3 days library to 5 663 in 30 days library. Each group of products from 3 days library includes several RNAs differing significantly in their structure and length (30-75 nts). Each group from 30 day library includes one or several similar RNAs (20-32 nts). Totally in 7-30 days successive cleavage/ligation leads to generation of short 20-32 nts hairpin-like RNAs with apical loop 4-6 nts. The most abundant ligation points remain the same in all three libraries.
Analysis of the secondary structures of novel RNA products shows that ligation reaction occurs preferably i) within apical loops 4-6 nts, rarely 8 nts in length; ii) within internal loops and bulges 3-6 nts in length and iii) occasionally within double-stranded RNA regions at a distance of one or two nucleotides from a single-stranded region.
RNA products corresponding to one ligation point in 3 day library contain variable and constant (core) parts in their structure, and the core structure remains the same in all libraries. Thus we can conclude that the structure which provide for efficient ligation of RNA fragments is the same for each ligation point.
This work received financial support from Russian Science Foundation grant No. 14-44-00068.


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The issues are currently not fixed.
A new study found that shift workers with irregular hours and jet-lagged travelers may be at a higher risk of catching viral infections.
Zika, failing infrastructure, toxic water and more.
One from the sci-fi department.
The patient recently traveled to Venezuela, and is now recovering in hospital.
Where oh where did the malware go?
Researchers say they have created a tool that could reveal many of the viruses that have infected a person in the past.
The virus causes severe respiratory distress, and has hit young children the hardest.
The lockdown aims to stop the disease "once and for all."
Sierra Leone's top Ebola doctor has reportedly saved over 100 patients from the deadly disease -- now he will have to fight it within his own body.
Like James Bond does in the new hit film Skyfall, secret agents all over the world are now dealing with digital threats. Is this malware giving them a digital license to kill?
Did the World's Nastiest Virus Try to Self-Destruct?


U.S. History teachers and students at East High School carved an intriguing niche into the course curriculum this year. They're going to examine their school's own long story within the broader context of America's.
In particular, students will consider how to change what they consider to be a widespread misperception of East High.
No school in the district makes a better laboratory for a deep dive into local history than East. The East Des Moines Public Schools, a forerunner of DMPS, launched their high school in 1866 and the Scarlets have been at home on the campus at E. 13th & Walker for over a century.
The lobby at the main entrance of the original building is paneled with historic plaques commemorating the service of eastside soldiers in America's great wars, and that's just a hint of what's in store inside.
Throughout this yearlong project, eastside VIPs will be invited to come and speak with students. Tuesday morning State Representative Ruth Ann Gaines was the first.
Before her election to the state legislature in 2011, Rep. Gaines taught drama at East for 40 years. She grew up in parochial schools, and said there was a stigma about East being a school of hard knocks when she began her career there.
Eastside Pride probably warrants upper case treatment, maybe even inclusion on the periodic table of elements. It's a powerful force that finds expression in the school's alumni association, one that boasts of being among the nation's largest and oldest, dating all the way back to 1877. Last year the group raised more than $160,000 for scholarship awards to the Class of '18, an all-time high. How's that for making some school history?
Sounds more like big bucks than hard knocks.
As the project unfolds, one aspect that will bear watching from the outside is the volume and pattern of response to the community survey that's just underway. It's unscientific, but still promises to be revealing, and maybe surprising. We'll check back for updates on the results. To participate in East High's survey, click here.


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John Jacob Astor VIII, né le ,  Astor de Hever, ex-militaire est homme d'affaires et politique de la noblesse britannique.

Biographie
Il étudia à Eton et à l'académie royale militaire de Sandhurst avant de recevoir sa commission dans l'armée. Il est affiché aux Life Guards, servant jusqu'en 1970.

Il rejoint les entreprises familiales avant d'héritier de son père, le . Admis à la chambre des lords en 1984, il devient observateur parlementaire britannique à Johannesbourg aux élections générales sud-africaines de 1994. Il démissionne de la Chambre des Lords le 22 juillet 2022.

Membre de l'exécutif du l'association des pairs conservateurs de 1996 à 1998, il est élu depuis 1999 pair héréditaire à la Chambre des lords.

Porte-parole de l'Opposition officielle au Sécurité sociale et à la Santé de 1998 à 2001, il est ensuite chargé à l'ombre des Affaires étrangères, du Développement international et de la Défense jusqu'en 2010. Parenté du premier ministre David Cameron, le baron Astor est en 2010 nommé « Lord-in-Waiting » puis sous-secrétaire d'État parlementaire à la Défense jusqu'en 2015.

Ancien vice-président du parti conservateur, il est  de la  de Londres et « Deputy Lieutenant » du Kent.

Voir aussi
 Famille Astor
 Hever Castle

Notes

Liens externes

 Debrett's People of Today
 Burke's Peerage & Baronetage
 Les Astor sur www.hereditarypeerage.com

Naissance en juin 1946
Famille Astor
Baron britannique du XXe siècle
Baron britannique du XXIe siècle
Élève du collège d'Eton
Colonel britannique
Militaire britannique du XXe siècle
Membre de la Chambre des lords
Personnalité du Parti conservateur (Royaume-Uni)
Homme d'affaires britannique
Baron de la pairie du Royaume-Uni
Ministre du Royaume-Uni
Deputy Lieutenant du Kent

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Іва́н Іва́нович Поп (26 травня 1938 року, с. Страбичово, Мукачівський округ, Чехословаччина (нині — Закарпатська область, Україна)) — український радянський історик — славіст, публіцист.

Біографія
У 1955—1960 роках навчався в Ужгородському університеті, на історичному факультеті, звідки був виключений. У 1963–1966 рр. навчався в аспірантурі Інституту слов'янознавства і балканістики АН СРСР (Москва). Закінчивши навчання, з 1967 по 1992 рік працював у цьому інституті, де захистив 1966 року кандидатську дисертацію, а 1988-го — докторську. У 1988—1992 роках був головним редактором журналу «Советское славяноведение» («Радянське слов'янознавство»). Переїхавши з Москви в Ужгород, у 1992—1994 роках обіймав посаду професора історії в Ужгородському університеті та директора новоствореного Інституту карпатознавства. Зробив вагомий внесок у відновлення і розвиток русиністики (Karpatho-Ruthenica) на території Підкарпатської Русі. У 1994 році емігрував до Чехії.

Лауреат премії Schola Ludus за педагогічну майстерність (Чехія-ФРН, 1998), премії і медалі ім. Антонія Годинки (Угорщина, 2009) за видатні досягнення в справі збереження русинської культури, науки, традицій і материнської мови (2009).

Виступав з критикою пропозицій про зближення карпаторусинської мовної норми з російською мовою і в цілому проти русифікації:

Брат Дмитро Іванович Поп — історик і культуролог, учасник промосковського «Сойму підкарпатських русинів».

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Іван Поп — автор також близько 200 статей зі славістики, ряду монографій і енциклопедій. Публікувався російською, русинською, українською, англійською, французькою, німецькою, словацькою та чеською мовами.

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 Чехословакия — СССР, 1941—1947. Москва, 1990.
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Marine wild-capture fisheries after nuclear war.
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Education Committee looks at potential budget shortfall for schools
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Shoring up an expected shortfall in the county schools' budget for the upcoming year was the focus of the Education Oversight Committee during last Thursday's meeting.
Because of increased fiscal capacity (ability to pay) on Trousdale County's part, the state has started providing less funding through the BEP (Basic Education Plan). In the current 2018-19 fiscal year, state funding dropped by just over $303,000.
According to Director of Schools Clint Satterfield, another similar cut is expected for the upcoming year with an additional $150,000 cut for the 2020-21 fiscal year.
"They're saying, 'You've got a significant amount of revenue somewhere in your county that came in.' We know what it was; it was the prison," Satterfield said. "Since your ability to pay has become greater, then the BEP is going to give you less."
Director of Schools Clint Satterfield
CoreCivic's Hartsville prison pays over $1.5 million each year in property tax to Trousdale County. Chairman Jerry Ford pointed out that much of that money had been spent in raises for county employees and other recurring expenses.
"That's why we're in the position we're in now," Ford said. "If we had just saved some of that money."
"No one is to blame; we've never had anything like this happen before," added Johnny Kerr, a current School Board member and former county commissioner. "Fiscal capacity is a compliment to us because we've actually got a major industry in here… Based on the information we had at that time, we spent the way the majority approved."
Satterfield said the state was supposed to provide a preliminary estimate of BEP funding for the upcoming year this week. That estimate had not been made available at press time.
The County Commission has over the years gone above what the state requires in terms of funding schools beyond the BEP. In 2017-18, the county funded $582,129 above state BEP funding. For 2018-19, that funding excess was reduced to $278,628.
If the county loses another $303,000 in the upcoming year, it could force some difficult decisions.
In Trousdale County, the BEP funds 85.52 teacher positions. Currently, there are 87.5 teachers in the system. BEP also funds 0.5 assistant principal positions – each school has an assistant currently. BEP also does not fund any extracurricular activities.
In a worst-case scenario without making up some of the lost BEP funding, items such as community use of facilities, school athletics and teaching positions could be cut.
Satterfield also addressed upcoming capital outlay needs, including roof work on the elementary and middle schools, the high school parking lot and a new bus route on the western end of the county where population growth is at its highest.
The school system does have a healthy fund balance, estimated at $5 million as of Dec. 31. However much of that money is restricted for certain uses and actual available cash was around $2.1 million, according to Satterfield. The school system is already going into fund balance this year for some expenses and the budget estimates an available cash balance of $1.1 million come June 30.
"Fund balance is not for reoccurring expenses like salaries and benefits; you can use it for one-time expenditures," Satterfield said.
Commissioners discussed potential options for finding revenue for the schools. Options tossed out included increasing the local option sales tax, which would require a referendum, adjusting impact fees from new construction in the county and removing the discount for early payment of property tax.
"We've done an excellent job over time of extending the quality of our schools," Satterfield said. "I hear from county commissioners about how many people are moving into our county, and a lot of them are moving in because of the quality of our schools.
"We're going to have to have some relief to keep this momentum going."
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Foyle's War: The Hide
By ITV1
Foyle's War
Sunday, 25 April 2010, 8:00PM – 10:00PM on ITV1
The Hide
The British Free Corps were bizarre collection of misfits and traitors…Englishmen fighting for the Nazis. The third and final episode, The Hide, takes a closer look at this splinter group and raises the themes of loyalty to king and country and family ties as the newly retired Foyle battles to save a young man from the executioner's noose, in his most personal case yet.
At last the day has arrived that Foyle has been waiting for. A replacement has been chosen and Christopher Foyle can walk out of Hastings Police Station, his tenure as Detective Chief Superintendent finally over.
However, when he spots the headline in a national paper about a member of a distinguished Hastings family sentenced to hang for treason he realises that he might have one last case to explore before he starts afresh.
Foyle visits James Devereaux in his cell and what follows are a series of mysterious meetings between a damaged young man intent on self destruction and Foyle, who will not give up on him.
In another part of Hastings, Sam and Adam have battles of their own to fight: Hill House is suffocating under mounting debts and the dark shadow of the town planners whose vision of Hastings is everything that Hill House is not ��" so it has to go. Working together, they finally manage to secure the future of the guest house, when disaster strikes and a huge explosion destroys all their hard work. Will Sam and Adam find happiness amid the ruins and debris of their shared enterprise?
Meanwhile the clock is ticking as Foyle desperately searches for any evidence to clear James Devereaux's name. What becomes apparent is that this case means more to Foyle than any that he has previously undertaken and what he discovers shatters him to the core.
The Hide stars Max Brown, Anastasia Hille, Will Keen and Andrew Scott.


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Exciting New Tools for Designers, September 2020
By Carrie Cousins | Sep. 21, 2020
It's fun to see new website design tools that reflect current times and the state of the world. That's very true this month with new databases devoted to diversity and women in technology, as well and resources to make your design life easier.
Here's what's new for designers and developers this month:
Ztext.js
Ztext.js is an easy to implement, three-dimensional typography tool for the web that works with any font you want to use. With the popularity of 3D effects and animation, this tool has a lot of practical applications. Everything you need, including documentation, is available from developer Bennett Feely on his website and GitHub. (It's free but you can show appreciation with a donation if you like it.)
Gradient Magic
Gradient Magic is a free gallery of fun and interesting CSS gradients. You can sort through a random selection or by category of color to find just the right gradient for your project. Some of them would make really neat backgrounds or image overlays.
Impossible Checkbox
Impossible Checkbox is a fun little divot that you'll want to play with and emulate. Click or tap the slider to activate and a nifty little friend pops up. Now here's the fun part: You can't leave it checked, and take note of the changing expression of the checkbox character.
Diversify Tech
Diversify Tech isn't your average job board; it is a collection of resources – and opportunities – for underrepresented people in technology. It includes a weekly roundup and everything from scholarships, to events, to jobs, to speaking opportunities.
Women in Tech is a list of apps made by women. The apps are ranked and chosen based on upvotes and is a good resource if you want to help support women-owned projects. Search or submit an app for inclusion.
Devello Studio
Devello Studio is a tool that allows you to write code in the cloud. You don't have to install anything and no matter where you are, just can open a project in-browser, and continue development where you had left off last time. Plus, it works with GitHub support built right in.
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FeedBaxley
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BestTime
BestTime launched a major update with a new tool that makes it possible to analyze visitor peaks of public business (cafe, gym, etc) for whole areas. Using the heatmap API you can find businesses at popular times, locations, or by business type.
Pixeltrue is a new collection of free SVG illustrations and Lottie animations in a trendy style. They are available for commercial and personal use and add a bit of whimsical delight to website projects. (The error illustrations are particularly fun.)
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Alt Text Overlay Bookmarklet
The Alt Text Overlay Bookmarklet solves a common problem: It shows what images use alt text and what that text is. The tool was created by Christian Heilmann and he's put it on GitHub for you to play with and test.
MergeURL
MergeURL allows you to merge and shorten up to five links. Enter the links and mergeurl.com/o/xxxxx, for example, will open all the URLs associated with that link. The tool is free to use and you don't have to register to use the service.
Infinity Search
Infinity Search is a new search engine that lets you look for things privately and efficiently. Search the web, images, or videos. Here's a little about how it works: "While we retrieve results from other search engines like Bing and Wikipedia, we also have our own indexes of links that are displayed in our search results. We are actively working on improving these indexes and they will only get better."
Blade UI Kit
Blade UI Kit is a set of renderless components to use in Laravel Blade Views. It's built for the tall stack and is completely open source. It includes 26 components and you can contribute as well.
Trusted News is a Google Chrome extension that uses AI to assist in evaluating the quality of the online content. In its first release, it scores the objectivity for a selected article, testing whether it is written from a neutral perspective as opposed to a subjective one.
BaseDash
BaseDash allows you to edit production data without coding. You can make changes to the database with the ease of a spreadsheet. This tool makes it easy to find and edit information in a hurry. It works with all major databases including MySQL, PostgreSQL, Amazon Redshirt, Microsoft SQL Server, and more.
Email2Go
Email2Go is a service that helps you create email templates and test them on dozens of physical devices and applications. It's free right now while it is in early release.
Iconscout Converter
The Iconscout Converter allows you to convert icons and images from one file format to another for free. Convert SVG, PNG, JPG, and PDF with a single click.
Shape 2 is a massive collection of 5,000+ unique icons and illustrations with a full-blown web editor. Customize colors, stroke width, size and full variations that can export to SVG, PDF, PNG, GIF, and React. This is a premium tool and includes a discounted release price for now.
Aestetico
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Allosaurus vs Tyrannosaurus – two of the most well-known dinosaurs. They both lived in the late Jurassic period, and they were both apex predators. So, which one was the better predator? Let's take a look at their stats.
It's difficult to say for sure, as there is much debate over the specific characteristics of each of these dinosaurs. However, if we were to compare the two based on their size alone, it seems likely that the allosaurus would come out on top.
The tyrannosaurus was a relatively small dinosaur, while the allosaurus was one of the largest predators that ever walked the earth.
What are the key differences between Allosaurus and Tyrannosaurus?
Allosaurus was slightly larger than Tyrannosaurus, with a longer neck and tail.
It also had more teeth, which were blade-like and ideal for slicing through flesh while Tyrannosaurus had fewer, but larger teeth that were better suited for crushing bones.
The size difference between Allosaurus vs Tyrannosaurus
Diet and hunting habits of Allosaurus vs Tyrannosaurus
Which dinosaur would most likely win in a fight, an allosaurus vs Tyrannosaurus?
Which is the better predator, Allosaurus vs Tyrannosaurus
Allosaurus and Tyrannosaurus were two of the most fearsome predators to ever roam the earth. Although they shared many similarities, there were also some key differences between them.
Additionally, Allosaurus had shorter arms with three claws each, while Tyrannosaurus had longer arms with two claws each. These differences helped to make each dinosaur well-adapted to its preferred hunting style.
Allosaurus was a nimble predator that could take down prey using its sharp teeth and claws, while Tyrannosaurus was a powerful destroyer that could use its size and strength to crush and dismember its victims. Together, these two dinosaurs ruled the prehistoric world as the ultimate predators.
Allosaurus was a large theropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Jurassic Period. Its name means "different lizard", due to its unique set of teeth. Although it wasn't as big as Tyrannosaurus, Allosaurus was still a formidable predator, with an estimated length of 9-12 meters (30-40 feet) and a weight of 4-5 tons.
Tyrannosaurus, on the other hand, was one of the largest land predators ever to have existed. It lived during the late Cretaceous Period and was considerably larger than Allosaurus, with an estimated length of 12-13 meters (40-43 feet) and a weight of 7-8 tons.
So, there you have it! Although both Allosaurus and Tyrannosaurus were impressive predators, Tyrannosaurus was definitely the bigger of the two.
When it comes to diet and hunting habits, Allosaurus and Tyrannosaurus were very different animals. Allosaurus was strictly a carnivore, preying on smaller dinosaurs and scavenging for carrion when necessary.
In contrast, Tyrannosaurus was an opportunistic feeder, eating anything from plants to small animals. This difference is reflected in their hunting habits. Allosaurus was a fast and agile predator, using its speed and sharp claws to take down its prey.
Tyrannosaurus, on the other hand, was a slower but more powerful hunter, using its massive jaws to crush its victims. As a result of these differences, Allosaurus and Tyrannosaurus had very different hunting styles which likely resulted in different levels of success.
Despite its smaller size, the allosaurus would most likely win in a fight against the Tyrannosaurus. The allosaurus was a dominant predator during the late Jurassic period, and it was known for its speed and agility.
The allosaurus also had sharp claws and teeth that it used to tear apart its prey. In contrast, the Tyrannosaurus was a slower and heavier dinosaur. While the Tyrannosaurus had powerful jaws, it would have been at a disadvantage against the allosaurus due to its size and lack of speed.
Ultimately, the allosaurus would have been able to use its speed and sharp claws to overpower the Tyrannosaurus.
It's a tough call when it comes to deciding which is the better predator, Allosaurus vs Tyrannosaurus. On the one hand, Allosaurus was a fearsome carnivore that could grow up to 40 feet long and was equipped with sharp teeth and claws.
On the other hand, Tyrannosaurus was even larger and more powerful, with some estimates putting its weight at 20 tons.
In addition, Tyrannosaurus had a more sophisticated brain than Allosaurus, which may have given it an advantage when it came to hunting. Ultimately, it's impossible to say for sure which dinosaur was the better predator.
However, one thing is certain: both of these creatures were formidable beasts that would have been worthy opponents in a battle to the death.
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Determination and modeling of the influence of the fluid-dynamics in hydrotreating bench scale plants
Titre : Determination and modeling of the influence of the fluid-dynamics in hydrotreating bench scale plants
Auteurs : Christophe Guéret, Directeur de thèse
Note générale : Thèse de Doctorat : Génie Chimique : Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin : 1999
Mots-clés : Hydrotreating
Three-phase reactors
Axial dispersion
Mass transfer
Residence time distribution
Résumé : At an industrial scale, the hydrotreating of oil fractions is carried out in multiphase fixed bed reactors. The oil fraction and hydrogen cross the catalyst bed, usually in cocurrent downflow. Since the product specifications are steadily becoming more severe, the testing of new catalysts and of modified operating conditions in pilot plants becomes increasingly important. Although these pilot plants are frequently by a factor of 100 000 smaller than the industrial units, they still have to allow the upscaling to industrial units. In the literature, relatively low conversion degrees in pilot plants are frequently reported, especially in downflow. The significantly lower fluid velocities in pilot plants seem to be responsible for such differences, as the influence of fluid-dynamic non-idealities and of the extraparticle mass transfer phenomena increases with a decrease of the fluid velocities. In the present work, the influence of important fluid-dynamic non-idealities on the hydrotreating of gas oil fractions in pilot plants was examined. This was done on the one hand in experiments with different pilot plants and the other hand by simulations with an especially developed multiphase model. The phenomena were considered as well in an isolated manner. In order to examine any interactions with the chemical reactions, they were also studied in a reactive system. This methodology was applied to the phenomena, "axial dispersion" and "gas-liquid mass transfert". The axial dispersion and the liquid holdup were determined in residence time distribution experiments. The residence time distribution experiments resulted in a significantly higher axial dispersion in downflow than in upflow. Subsequently, the desulfurization degrees in upflow and in downflow were determined, in order to measure the relative importance of the axial dispersion. In this context, the "wetting degree" of the catalyst was examined, too. However, no significant difference between the upflow and the diwnflow desulfurization performance was observed over a large range of operating conditions.
The gas-liquid mass transfer was examined by taking samples of the gas phase at reaction conditions. The composition of the gas phase was compared with the results of flash calculations. The gas samples indicate no important gas-liquid mass transfer resistance.
Subsequently, the influence of the gas-liquid mass transfer was examined in catalytic experiments by varying the gas velocity. The desulfurization experiments confirmed the absence of an important gas liquid mass transfer resistance. In the second part of the work, a simulation program was developed, which-contrary to the "pseudohomogeneous" models that are frequently used in industry-accounts for the presence of a gas and a liquid phase. In addition to the chemical reaction kinetics, axial disoersion and gas-liquid mass transfer were integrated into the model. The model reproduces the influence of the axial dispersion and of the gas-liquid mass transfer in a qualitative manner. The variation of the desulfurization degree after an increase of the gas velocity is correctly reproduced in a quantitative manner, too. Significant differences between the experiments and the simulation concerning the axial dispersion indicate, that the yet neglected intraparticle mass transfer should also be examined.
Determination and modeling of the influence of the fluid-dynamics in hydrotreating bench scale plants [texte imprimé] / Christophe Guéret, Directeur de thèse . - 1999 . - 175 f. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Thèse de Doctorat : Génie Chimique : Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin : 1999


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Azazel became integral in Lucifer's plans to escape from his his prison. Azazel kept faith in Lucifer (whom he referred to as his "daddy" and "padre") even after other demons gave up on his return, and continued to search for him for years, eventually discovering the site where Lucifer's Cage opened and how to contact him through it. On Lucifer's instructions, he created the Special Children.[5] It is during this mission that he encounters Mary Campbell. After killing her parents and her fiance John Winchester, he makes a deal with her that if she'll allow him entry to her home in ten years time, he'll bring John back to life.[6] On the night Azazel visited Sam's nursery, he killed Mary Winchester when she discovered him, and set fire to the Winchester home. These actions caused John Winchester to pursue Azazel for the rest of his life, and Sam and Dean's lives were forever altered.
Whilst John has been captured, Sam and Dean visit an old family friend, Bobby Singer. While at Bobby's house, Meg is able to track down Sam and Dean. Meg kicks down the door, and walks in. She asks them where The Colt is and they say that they don't have it on them. Sam and Bobby move around the room, and trick Meg into walking into a Devil's Trap. Whilst she is inside Dean tells Sam to start exorcising her. He does so, and the body in which Meg was possessing died. Meg's vessel did tell Sam and Dean where John was. Sam and Dean find their father and go to an abandoned building. Once there, Azazel reveals to be possessing John and Sam ends up shooting him in the leg. Dean is injured because of Azazel torturing him, John is hurt because of Sam shooting him in the leg, however, Sam is ok so he drives them to the hospital. Sam and John are arguing about why Sam didn't kill Azazel when he had the chance. When Sam is talking the Impala get's rammed by a possessed truck driver...


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