When you stay at Grand Bahia Principe Coba – All Inclusive in Akumal, you'll be next to a golf course and close to Aktun Chen and Akumal Beach. This all-inclusive resort is within close proximity of Riviera Maya Golf Club and Xcacel Beach.
Make yourself at home in one of the 1080 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars and LCD televisions. Rooms have private balconies. Satellite television is provided for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature jetted bathtubs and complimentary toiletries.
Relax and unwind with massages, body treatments, and facials. You're sure to appreciate the recreational amenities, which include 2 outdoor swimming pools, 3 spa tubs, and a nightclub. Additional features at this resort include wireless Internet access (surcharge), concierge services, and babysitting/childcare (surcharge). Getting to the surf and sand is a breeze with the complimentary beach shuttle.
Satisfy your appetite at one of the resort's 7 restaurants. Relax with a refreshing drink from a poolside bar or one of the 7 bars/lounges.
Featured amenities include express check-in, express check-out, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Event facilities at this resort consist of conference space and a meeting room. Free self parking is available onsite.
We stayed at the Grande Bahia Principe Coba Apr 9-16, 2019. This was our 4th trip to this chain of hotels. We previously stayed at the Grande Bahia Principe Coba, Tulum, and Sian Kaan. We previously very much enjoyed this resort hence continuing to return. This trip was disappointing though. We stayed with our 4 adult sons on this trip, and booked 3 rooms.
1. Food- Food is good but not great, especially at the buffet.
2. Rooms- Rooms are clean, and well air conditioned.
3. Entertainment- The entertainment staff are fabulous at the pool and for the evening entertainment.
1. Check in experience- Upon check in we were assigned our rooms and the staff had assigned a king bed to 2 of our adult boys. We requested a room change to a room with 2 doubles (which our travel agent had specified), which the staff wouldn't accommodate. Instead they put one of our boys on a pull out, which wasn't the most comfortable apparently.
2. Raining in our room- We has torrential rain storms twice while visiting, and one of the roofs in our rooms was leaking terribly beside the bed and in the bathroom. It was basically pouring rain in the room. We asked to be moved to a room that wasn't leaking, and the staff would not accommodate this request. Instead we were given towels to continuously mop up the floor. No apologies by the staff.
3. The 3 restaurant bookings that came with the trip- We were a little frustrated with the 3 restaurant bookings that came as part of the trip package. We arrived at midnight, so booked our restaurant meals first thing on the next morning. Most places were booked. We ended up with 3 reservations that were not the best times. Booked for 6pm, 7pm and 930pm which wasn't the best times for us. On our last night we had a reservation for 6pm at the Brazilian restaurant which our whole group was very much looking forward to. I totally messed up and told my group the reservation was for 7pm. We arrived right at 7pm and told we were too late to be able to eat there after the staff realized that we arrived 1 hour late. I was very apologetic, and asked if there was anyway the could accommodate our group. The restaurant at this time was half empty, and yet the staff would not accommodate us arriving late. The manager just said "Sorry Miss, you should be on time". Needless to say, our whole party was seriously disappointed.
After this experience, we definitely will not be booking any future trips with a Grande Bahia Principe hotel chain.
Our stay was early February 2019. This was the first time we had stayed at a resort this BIG... especially with access to 3 'attached' resorts. The food - buffets & alacartes - were fabulous. Always lots of food at the buffets, and a large variety of it. The alacartes were top quality. During our stay, it was quite windy. For us, we did not miss not being directly on the beach, as you could barely feel the wind at the pool. The pools are large, and plenty of lounge chairs. Could possibly use a bit more shade, but all-in-all no real complaints. The room was always clean, and the mini fridge stocked - and it was easy to get more at the bar, if you needed. The staff was fantastic! Every staff member we encountered was smiling and always friendly and polite. Although we could not use the restaurants at 2 of the other 3 attached resorts, we still did a lot of walking through them. All of the grounds were very well maintained, and we witness some groundskeepers cutting open coconuts for some kids... cool! We only have one very minor complaint... a item did go missing from our room. We did report it through a evaluation form left for management before we departed the resort. Sadly, we did not receive any response from management. We completely understand that management is not responsible for missing items (it wasn't anything of large value, but is not easily replaced), but it would have been nice to receive some sort of acknowledgement. In the evaluation, we also mentioned our experience at the Japanese restaurant... it wasn't the best, but it did not ruin our vacation. Overall, we would recommend this resort.
Hotel is ok but gift shop, painting at the pool is ridiculously expensive. You get a couple bottles of water in the fridge but are charged extra if you need more so you are forced to pay the high prices in the gift store.
I've been to a few resorts in cancun and Mayan and this is by far the most expensive on the resort as any.
Family stay in Coba during easter holiday. First time in Mexico. Loads of iguanas around. Hotel is very nice and clean. Service is good. Visited alecarte japanesse restaurant. Marcos was very helpful waiter. Service was quick and sake was warm as it is suppose to be. Pecking duck was amazing.


Ryan Crotty's days in an All Blacks jersey are numbered after he confirmed his depatrture from New Zealand rugby at the end of the season.
The Crusaders midfielder will link up with Japanese club Kubota Spears.
The news comes mere hours after fellow All Black Aaron Smith committed a further two years to New Zealand Rugby.
Crotty has played more than 100 games for the Crusaders since debuting against the Hurricanes in 2009.
Crotty made his All Blacks debut against the Wallabies in Sydney in 2013 and has earned 44 caps in the black jersey to date, scoring nine tries.
All Blacks Head Coach Steve Hansen said, "Crotts has been one of the mainstays of our midfield for many years and is a world-class footballer. He's a very physical, well-balanced rugby player, an outstanding communicator and decision-maker, who runs great lines and has a great pass.
A former member of the Shirley Boys' High School First XV, Crotty represented New Zealand Schools in 2006, New Zealand Under 19 in 2007 and was part of the New Zealand Under 20 side that won the inaugural Junior World Championship in 2008.


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Ada Lovelace was one of the influential mathematicians and English writers of her time. She has written instructions for the first computer program in the mid 1800s. She also wrote the program for Charles Babbage's mechanical computer, the analytical engine.
She was born on December 10, 1815 to the poet Lord Byron and Anne Isabella Milbanke. She was also the only legitimate child of her father but had no relationship with her father. Lord Byron left his wife and daughter continuing his affair with a stage actress and died when Ada was just nine years old.
Ada Lovelace is credited with writing the first algorithm that was meant to be processed by a machine.
She was the first one to realize that a computer would be able to do more than just performing mathematical calculations.
She conceptualized a flying machine after studying the anatomy of birds at the age of 12 years.
Her mother Anne Isabella Milbanke was also a mathematics wiz. She was also known as the Princess of Parallelograms.
Ada married William King-Noel, the first Earl of Lovelace. She is also known as the 'Countess of Computing'.
There is also a computer programming language which is named in Ada Lovelace's honour. It was developed during the 1970s by the U.S. Department of Defense.
Lovelace died on November 27, 1852 due to uterine cancer. She was 36 years old at that time.
She was buried next to her father at her request who also passed away at the age of 36 years.

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By Merle Bertrand	| March 19, 2002
It's always dangerous, of course, to stereotype. But if one were to draw up a caricature of the quintessential "Bluesman," chances are the resulting illustration would be of an aging, gravely voiced, hard-living black man with about five good teeth from the Deep South. In other words, the drawing would bear a strong resemblance to any of the four subjects in "You See Me Laughin'." You see, if there's any type of music out there that has to be lived before it can be properly performed, it's the blues. And believe me, these four have lived the blues.
Cedell Davis was stricken with typhoid fever as a child, followed by polio, then injured in a melee which has kept him wheelchair bound ever since. T-Model Ford first picked up a guitar at the age of 58 just to impress a woman. R.L. Burnside lost five family members within an eight month period of time. Junior Kimbough has 28 kids…
Director Mandy Stein tells the story of these men in a way that's as affectionate as it is dignified. From their roots playing seedy dives in the swamps of Mississippi to their marginally more successful existence today, "You See Me Laughin'" exposes these men and their raw and powerful stripped down form of blues to an audience that probably considers Eric Clapton's unplugged version of "Layla" to be the blues.
True, the film gives a wink and a nod to such anti-social behaviors as murder, drinking, gambling and womanizing, but that was the world in which these cats lived and immortalized in song. The film also shows us that it's a world that would have sunk into the swamps had it not been for a fateful chance encounter with a precocious young white blues enthusiast named Matthew Johnson. It was an encounter that led to the formation of Fat Possum Records, the shoestring budgeted record label for these and other back woods bluesmen.
Featuring appearances by Bono, a hysterical Iggy Pop, and Jon Spencer, Stein's fascinating, toe-thumping documentary "You See Me Laughin'" is the "Buena Vista Social Club" of ol' Dixie bluesmen.
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New development seen on Coleman St. at Hunters Point shipyard on Monday, June 18, 2018 in San Francisco, Calif. The retesting of contamination at the shipyard will begin this fall but could take about a year.
California health officials said Tuesday they will begin testing in July on the hilltop portion of the former Hunters Point Shipyard currently under development, a process state officials say should put to rest the fears that harmful levels of radioactive materials are buried among the burgeoning neighborhood's handsome townhomes and grassy dog runs.
The California Department of Public Health told The Chronicle that the work, which is scheduled to be wrapped up in the fall, will "address the radiological health and safety of the environment" of the area known as Parcel A, where 450 homes are either completed or under construction. The Navy will pay for the work.
But experts and shipyard residents are already questioning whether the proposed method of testing — using sodium iodide detectors — will adequately determine whether the soil at Parcel A is clean.
Dan Hirsch, retired director of the Program on Environmental and Nuclear Policy at UC Santa Cruz, said that the "gamma radiation" scanners the state is proposing will not detect two of the most harmful isotopes found at the Hunters Point Superfund site, strontium-90 and plutonium-239.
While the sort of Geiger counter the state is planning on using can be helpful in determining whether some radioactive materials are present in the ground, actual soil samples need to be gathered and analyzed in a lab to determine whether soil is truly clean, he said.
The plan to retest the property — site of the Bay Area's largest redevelopment project — comes after a year in which both the Navy and the Environmental Protection Agency have called into question cleanup and soil testing work done by Tetra Tech, an environmental engineering firm that was paid more than $250 million to clean up the mothballed shipyard, which was home to the Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory from 1946 to 1969.
Two former Tetra Tech supervisors, Justin Hubbard and Stephen Rolfe, have pleaded guilty to falsifying records in connection with the cleanup, swapping suspect soil with clean dirt to make it appear that areas were free of harmful radiation. Both were sentenced to eight months in prison. Reports released last year by the Navy and the EPA said that up to 97 percent of the soil samples taken in two areas of the shipyard site could not be trusted.
Tetra Tech has repeatedly said that the cleanup was done by the book and that any cheating was the work of two "rogue" employees.
Tetra Tech had little to do with Parcel A, beyond overseeing some remediation work at one building. And the Navy and the EPA have insisted that Parcel A is clean because it was mostly home to military housing barracks.
But historical records and some field technicians who worked on the shipyard have questioned whether the area is as clean as government officials have said. A lab building adjacent to the site at one point contained a room full of caged dogs given lethal doses of radiation, according to government reports, and at least one former Tetra Tech field worker said he detected high levels of radioactive materials on the edge of the parcel.
On Friday, the Navy said it would provide some financial support as well as "guidance and expertise" on Parcel A, but would not take a lead in the retesting of that area.
The controversy over the testing of the hilltop parcel comes just days after the Navy released a proposed plan for retesting Parcel G, a rectangular piece of land just to the south of Parcel A. The evaluation, which will delay the planned redevelopment of the former shipyard by at least a year, will include testing of former sanitary sewer and storm drain trenches, as well as other portions of the property previously identified as having possible radiological contamination. It will also involve the scanning of six buildings "identified as radiologically impacted according to historical use," the Navy said.
While members of the public have 60 days to comment on the plan for Parcel G, no plan for the survey of Parcel A has been made public, and there is no formal public review process.
She said that she is "not very happy" with the level of testing the state is proposing.
Bradley Angel, executive director of the environmental watchdog group Greenaction, said that the scanning at Parcel A should happen, but should be done in conjunction with extensive soil sampling.


The new school year is under way! We hope you'll take a minute and catch up on our news.
A core belief of the Wilmington City School District is that all students should be prepared to work in a diverse world. We hope you'll join us as we begin the school year with a celebration of cultural diversity in our schools and our community.
Our theme for the night is "I am Wilmington"
September 20, 2018 from 6-8 p.m.
Raised in Wilmington, Scott Fortune has served in the United States Army for over 28 years, and continues to serve as a Senior Army non-commissioned officer .
We encourage you to visit our WCS Diversity Committee page to learn more about our committee, our mission, and our work.
It's hard to believe, but Homecoming weekend is just around the corner. Homecoming weekend at WCS is a great time for honoring tradition and building community, whether you come to the annual chili supper or visit friends in the stands as we cheer on the home team.
The Pep Rally will held at Alumni Field, after the parade returns (approximately 7:15). Join us as we recognize our fall teams, present our Homecoming Court, announce the Homecoming King and Queen, and recognize our Grand Marshall.
Tickets: Tickets go on sale 2 weeks before the Chili Supper. Tickets are $7 and can be purchased at the door or in advance from any Band member or at the High School.
Tickets: Tickets are $6. Passes can be purchased at the HS between 7 and 2:30. Student passes are $25 and Adult Passes are $125 and are good for all home MS and HS events all year.
Where: WHS Auditeria - We ask that students remember to have the Dance Expectations form signed before purchasing a ticket. Students must arrive between 8 and 8:30, and may not leave before 10:00pm without permission.
Let's have an exciting and safe Homecoming Weekend! Go Cane!
Every child counts, and has the right to a quality education. Every parent and guardian has a legal responsibility to make sure their child attends school on time and every day. September is National Attendance Awareness Month. At WCS we promote strong attendance every month!
Ohio Bill 410 changed the way that schools track attendance. We now count hours as opposed to days. Time missed when students are tardy or absent can add up quickly and students miss valuable learning time by missing even a small part of a school day.
Learn more about the new WCS attendance policy in your student's school handbook, and read our flyer and FAQ's for more information on our attendance expectations.
Some things change, and our way of communicating with parents is certainly among them. We thought we would take a minute and highlight a number of ways in which we communicate with parents and the community.
Share the newsletters using the "Forward this email to a friend" button at the end of the newsletter.
Let us know if there is information you would like to see in our newsletters. We're always looking for ways to improve. Just email us at info@wilmington.k12.oh.us.
Be sure to check out the very top of the website for handy shortcuts to calendars, District News, Transportation, Progress Book, and PaySchools. They will always be at the very top no matter which page of the site you are on, if you're viewing the site from a desktop or laptop!
Subscribe to our news feed so that you'll know when we post news on the site. We have a district news feed, as well as one for each school and Athletics. Just visit the individual pages to subscribe.
If you're checking the website from your mobile device or tablet, you'll see our mobile version with most requested information: Calendar, Attendance hotline, news, contact/directions, ProgressBook, Transportatin, Athletics, and Food Services. You can set your building preferences, and you can always select the option to view the full site if you're looking for more.
This method sends a recorded message to parent phone numbers on file for students. Generally, the messages that are sent through One-Call are related to school schedule changes (late arrivals, snow days, etc) or urgent informatio n for parents. It's important for parents to keep their phone number(s) updated with the schools so that they receive these messages.
TIP: The numbers on our One-Call list come from your child's contact information. If you have additional family or community members that also want to receive calls (ie grandparents, babysitter, etc) they can add their own contact information to the one-call list in our Parent Portal. They just create an account (user name and password), then they can add their own phone number and/or email address to our list. They can also update their preferences when they no longer wish to receive notifications.
If you already follow our schools on social media, you can help spread our messages by reacting, commenting, and sharing our news.
Make sure you are set up on ProgressBook so that you can track student attendance, homework, and grades throughout the year. Our How to Create a ProgressBook Account document walks you through the process.
Newspaper: The local newspaper will announce our Board meetings, in addition to feature articles on happenings around the District, including academic achievements, athletics, program highlights, and District announcements.
Mailers/postcards: We typically don't do mass mailings very often, due to postage costs, but there will be occasions when we mail District news pieces.
And last but not least: Your child's backpack!
Sometimes we still do things a little old-school and send papers home with your child, so take a peek in the pack when they get home.
As we move forward, we want to ask for you r help in sharing this information, and in helping us to improve the reach of our District and School communications.
Did you know that we transport more than 1500 children in a 161 square mile area every school day at WCS? So far this year our ridership has increased more than 100 students. While the majority of our 22 routes are running smoothly and on time, we are working on a permanent solution to alleviate some issues on 7 to 8 routes that are not meeting expectations.
Please see our transportation update on our website for details on our permanent and intermediate solutions, notification information, and our recent report to the Board on our Transportation Department page.
Each building has their own web page , calendar, and social media channel for your convenience.
*Please double check each building's calendar for changes as an event approaches.
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Self-acclaimed Biggest Nollywood actor in Nigeria, Uche Maduagwu has declared that he would never date Simi, not until she apologizes for saying Nigerian men aren't romantic.
I'll think about dating you if you apologize for saying Nigerian men are not romantic…? @symplysimi That's wrong, Nigerian men are very #romantic, in short, "over romantic" is worrying some of us…?


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Home Dining Mac-o-licious to Open Flagship Restaurant in Valley Village
Photograph courtesy Mac-O-Licious
Mac-o-licious to Open Flagship Restaurant in Valley Village
The former food truck aims to be your one stop-shop for all things mac 'n' cheese
Justin Bolois
Gourmet mac 'n' cheese specialist Kelly Chapman, who you may have seen at various farmers' markets across the city with her Mac-o-licious food truck, is on a karmic roll right now: In addition to a recent television appearance on CNBC's Restaurant Start Up and an album release with various Grammy award-winning musicians called "Great is Your Grace," Chapman has put the cherry on top with a new flagship Mac-O-Licious restaurant set to open this September in Valley Village.
"I told myself if I ever left corporate America, I would focus my attention on macaroni and cheese," says Chapman, who once worked at Microsoft and BET. The key to making a great mac 'n' cheese, she says, is baking it like a casserole, which creates a sought-after crispy, top layer of cheese. "You can get the creamy style of mac n' cheese anywhere in the world. But this is something different; it's like cheese on steroids."
Her "5 Cheese" Mac is topped with Asiago, Fontina, Gruyere, Parmesan and Cheddar to provide maximum richness; the American Mac incorporates asparagus, hickory-smoked bacon and cheddar; one new recipe called the Frou Frou is bolstered with blue crab claw meat (you'll also see one with lobster); or if you want something a bit more whimsical, you can always order her Southern Fried Mac Pops, fried on a stick and dressed with marinara sauce and herb oil. Pair this with roast beef, fried chicken, sausage, and Chapman's homemade corn bread and you've got yourself a modern, Southern-style meal in the good ol' San Fernando Valley.
"In our world, mac 'n' cheese is the main event, and proteins are the sides," she laughs. Mac-O-Licious will be open for breakfast on Saturdays and Sundays, where you can enjoy her breakfast sausage and bacon-egg casseroles, too. Sounds like we'll need a nap afterward.
Mac-o-licious, 5217 Laurel Canyon Blvd., Valley Village
Kelly Chapman
Mac-o-licious
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This convenient foldable camping cutlery is great because it saves so much space. Space is important when you are packing for a trip because there may be many items you need to bring. You can bring an entire set of cutlery but that may not be convenient if you are camping with a lot of people. If you plan to hike or ride one of these can fit easily in your backpack. The lightweight design makes this set perfect for most outdoor activities. It is made from aluminium because it is made of lightweight steel and aluminium. The set weighs only 156 grams so it will practically add no extra weight to your luggage. Light enough to carry in your pocket.
This set has everything that you need because it is a four in one design. There is a knife, a fork, a bottle opener and spoon. You will not need any other cutlery in order to enjoy a meal. Simply fold out the utensil that you need and do what you need to do. The fork does separate from the knife so that you can eat a meal.
You can give this as a gift to anyone who enjoys the great outdoors because it it sure to get a lot of use. The set does come boxed which makes iot perfect for gifting.


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Q: I need an illustration about merge sort algorithm ? (recursive invocation step by step please) I'm stuck with the recursion used in merge sort , I can't understand it , I tried to but I just can't understand how a computer would execute this algorithm .
for example how this algorithm would sort the selection <5,2,4,7,1,2,3,6> .
I know how the algorithm merges two lists , but I need to see the stack of recursive calls . I know a lot of questions were asked on this topic but I need to understand the recursive part of the algorithm. I am too confused.

A: Top down merge sort is left first, depth first. Using | to indicate splitting of array, using youtube video sequence
|4 2 8 6 0 5 1 7 3 9|
|4 2 8 6 0|5 1 7 3 9|
|4 2|8 6 0|
|4|2|
|2 4|
    |8|6 0|
      |6|0|
      |0 6|
    |0 6 8|
|0 2 4 6 8|
          |5 1|7 3 9|
          |5|1|
          |1 5|
              |7|3 9|
                |3|9|
                |3 9|
              |3 7 9|
          |1 3 5 7 9|
|0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9|

Compare to bottom up merge sort:
|4 2 8 6 0 5 1 7 3 9|
|4|2|8|6|0|5|1|7|3|9|
|2 4|6 8|0 5|1 7|3 9|
|2 4 6 8|0 1 5 7|3 9|
|0 1 2 4 5 6 7 8|3 9|
|0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9|

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Make Your Point > Archived Issues > BRAGGADOCIO
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Braggadocio came into the language from Edmund Spenser's 1590 epic poem The Faerie Queene. In that story, Braggadocchio shows up riding a magnificent horse, brags a lot, then leaves, generally providing some comic relief--at least, that's what I think happens; to be honest, the poem is really hard to understand. (It's full of words like "misweene" and "mickle.")
A fun synonym of braggadocio is fan____nade, meaning "an act of bragging that reminds you of the blowing of trumpets or bugles." Can you recall it?
"BRAGGADOCIO"
Like it sounds, braggadocio is vain, exaggerated, self-important bragging.
In other words, braggadocio is loud, proud, empty boasting.
Several ways are recognized by dictionaries. Pick from
"brag uh DOE she oh,"
"brag uh DOE see oh,"
or "brag uh DOE chee oh."
(Not sure which one to pick? Go with the first one, "brag uh DOE she oh;" it's the oldest and the only one the OED acknowledges.)
Uncountable noun.
(Like "milk," "rice," and "education," uncountable nouns are words for stuff that can't be broken into exact units. You talk about "some milk," "the rice," and "a lot of education," but you don't say "a milk," "three rices," or "many educations."
Likewise, talk about "the braggadocio," "this braggadocio," "his braggadocio," "such braggadocio," "no braggadocio," and so on,
but don't say "a braggadocio," "one braggadocio," or "braggadocios.")
"Braggadocio" can also mean "a person who brags and boasts," but it's uncommon today.
It's also uncommon, but acceptable, to use "braggadocio" as an adjective: "her braggadocio attitude," "his braggadocio manners."
The more common adjective is "braggadocious," which is specific to informal American English. Yes, the OED recognizes this silly-sounding word, providing 6 citations for it that range from 1853-2012. I mention that because Donald Trump used this word in a 2016 debate and got mocked for it: he even got schooled by Merriam-Webster, which may have led people to think "braggadocious" isn't a word, but it is. It's just casual and silly.
When you need a synonym for "boasting" and "bragging" that's just as grandiloquent and ridiculous as the person who's doing the bragging, pick "braggadocio."
Say that someone's comments are braggadocio or that they seem or sound like braggadocio.
Or, talk about someone's braggadocio: "he's known for little else than his braggadocio," "we're wearied by the braggadocio of this speaker."
You might say that someone is all braggadocio, nothing but braggadocio, or full of braggadocio.
And, we say or do things with braggadocio (or without braggadocio).
Sean isn't a fan of rap music; he dislikes the braggadocio that seems to define its lyrics.
I can't do much to help edit a resume that's light on the factual evidence and heavy on the braggadocio.
study it now:
Look away from the screen to explain the definition in your own words. You'll know you understand what "braggadocio" means when you can explain it without saying "vaunting" or "vainglory."
try it out:
Fill in the blanks: "Just when I thought (Someone's) braggadocio was subsiding, (he/she) claimed (that/to) _____."
Example: "Just when I thought her braggadocio was subsiding, she claimed that she would have brought the house down if she'd been given the solo."
before you review:
Spend at least 20 seconds occupying your mind with the game below. Then try the review questions. Don't go straight to the review now—let your working memory empty out first.
Our game this month is called "Cousins or Strangers?"
Consider two pairs of similar-looking words, and figure out which pair are truly related, like cousins, and which pair are unrelated, like strangers. "Related," of course, is a relative concept (ha ha). We're interested in closeness: "compute" and "computer" are sisters, or variations of the same word; "vision" and "video" are cousins, sharing the same Latin root; but "compute" and "video" are strangers.
From our previous issue:
Pair A: DEMON and DEMONSTRATE. These are the strangers. "Demon" comes from the Greek daimon, "spirit or god," while "demonstrate" comes from the Latin for "entirely" ("de") and "point out, show" ("monstrare"). "Demonstrate" is, however, cousins with "monster." Crazy, right? It's because the same Latin word (monstrum) that means "omen, sign" also means "monster, monstrosity." (Please don't ask me why!)
Pair B: GARDEN and KINDERGARTEN. These are the cousins. We can thank Friedrich Fröbel for inventing the word "kindergarten," which is German for "garden of children."
Ready to check out two more pairs? Remember, one pair will be cousins; the other, strangers. Which is which?
Pair A: CALLOUS and CALLUS
Pair B: FOUR and FORK
review today's word:
1. The closest opposite of BRAGGADOCIO is
A. SHYNESS
B. SECRECY
C. HUMILITY
2. It's not braggadocio; she really does _____.
A. play with trains and dinosaurs more than dolls
B. bake the South's best biscuits
C. love her in-laws
Answers are below.
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Disclaimer: Word meanings presented here are expressed in plain language and are limited to common, useful applications only. Readers interested in authoritative and multiple definitions of words are encouraged to check a dictionary. Likewise, word meanings, usage, and pronunciations are limited to American English; these elements may vary across world Englishes.
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Nanomechanical Testing of High-Temperature Coatings
From Bruker Nano SurfacesJan 17 2019
Prof. Mathias Goeken and his team work with metals and their mechanical properties, developing new materials for high temperature applications such as high temperature coatings
Please could you introduce our readers to your work in nanomechanial testing?
Here at Friedrich-Alexander University we work primarily on metals and their mechanical properties.
We also develop new materials for high-temperature applications for use in the automotive industry, lightweight materials for use in constructions, films, coatings, and many different materials. No matter what the application is, we are always looking to improve the mechanical properties of different materials.
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By mechanical improvement, I mean trying to increase the material's strength and ductility, and developing an understanding of deformation behaviour and processes that happen on a microstructural level. We do this by correlating micro structural analysis with macroscopic, bulk mechanical properties. By developing an understanding of what is happening on a microscopic level when a material is deformed, we can develop improvements which impact the materials bulk behaviour.
How do you use micro- and nanoscale testing to develop materials with improved bulk properties?
Micro-scale testing has evolved enormously over the last 20 years. I started working with Hysitron Instruments in 1995 when nanoindentation was a relatively new technique. At the time I was working at the University in Saarbrucken and we had one of the first nanoindenters in Europe.
We started using nanoindentation techniques to observe the local strength of materials, to gain a stronger understanding of material behaviour. Nanomechanical testing as grown significantly since then and the equipment and processes used have become increasingly sophisticated and complex. We can now explore far more than just the localised strength of materials and can now measure more complex properties such as hardness and the Young's modulus of a localised point on a material.
We want to understand the strain and sensitivity of materials on a nanoscale. We want to measure properties at higher temperatures, in different environments, and to investigate fracture toughness, fatigue, creep, and all these different mechanical properties that are necessary for many applications.
What different types of tests do you use to test materials?
Nanoindentation is a basic test, which we still use in most of our projects, but we also employ many other techniques on the nanoscale. We intensively use micro-cantilever testing, which allows you to deform a microscopic cantilever in a microscope, and measure the fracture toughness of these materials.
We also often perform micropillar testing, which involves microscopically crushing pillars and then testing them in the microscope. Bulge testing is another special technique which we carry out to test very thin films.
We can also test the mechanical properties of individual particles which are the size of one micrometer. We often test a lot of nickel-based superalloys which have different phases within their overall structure, such as gamma and gamma-prime phases with cubic structures. Nanoparticle testing means we are able to etch away at the overall structure and separate the different cubes for individual testing.
Why are you interested specifically in coatings? How do you test coatings?
Coatings are absolutely necessary for all high-temperature applications such as the super-alloys used in turbine applications. The coating provides oxidation protection, for which aluminised coatings are very popular. The coatings have to withstand high thermal loads, but also mechanical loads, which requires toughness and ductility. This means nanoscale testing to make sure these properties are good enough is important, especially when dealing with coatings which have mechanical properties that are difficult to measure, or those that will be used in ccritical applications.
For tests such as these we can use a few different test methods. Micro-cantilever tests can be ran directly from the coating, and we can also use nanoidentation to measure coating properties in a cross-section. The AFM, integrated with Hysitron's equipment, allows us to scan the tip or surface of the sample and select locations for testing.
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Why do you choose to use Hysitron's equipment for your research?
Hysitron's instrument was the first to combine AFM and nanoindentation, and it has remained the best instrument for the nanomechanical testing of materials.
Hysitron offers very important tools, such as picoindenter systems, which can be used in situ and integrated imaging modes such as transmission electron microscopy and scanning electron microscopy which are very useful for in-situ testing.
What impact do you expect your work on high-temperature coatings to have on the real world?
The types of high-temperature coatings that we work on are mostly used by the aerospace industry, where they protect the components in engine turbines. However, they are also required for use in other turbines, such as those found in industrial plants and in power stations.
By improving the performance of the coatings used in these systems we will be able to improve the performance of the turbines themselves, making them more powerful and more efficient.
Have you enjoyed hosting this year's Nanobrücken conference?
It's a very nice conference and we've had some great exchanges with people from all around the world. The conference allows us to see new developments in nanoindentation instruments and the application of different techniques. It attracts a good mix of people from industry and science, and mixes young researchers with the more experienced people.
This conference helps spread knowledge about nanomechanical techniques and shows younger people where and how these techniques can be used.
We were honoured to host the conference this year after having used instruments by Hysitron for many years. Erlangen, the home of the Friedrich-Alexander University, is well known for its nanomechanics research and it was a pleasure to host the event here for the first time.
Disclaimer: The views expressed here are those of the interviewee and do not necessarily represent the views of AZoM.com Limited T/A AZoNetwork the owner and operator of this website. This disclaimer forms part of the Terms and conditions of use of this website.
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Yoga is an exceptional way of exercise to ensure that your mind, body and soul are in balance. It is the best way to ensure thorough fitness. Numerous asana and exercises have been highlighted to benefit the patients in a number of ways. It has also been proven as the best practice to prevent a number of ailments ranging from cardiac disease, obesity, liver failure and kidney issues. The goal of yoga is to also calm the mind, ensure better coordination of mind and body.
A woman's body is unique, for it is associated with transitions of puberty, the fertile years, menopause and post menopause. Through yoga a woman can maintain a balanced and harmonious reproductive system and may lead to greater vitality and radiant wellness. A yoga practice has the potential to support positive transformation through these natural cycles.
Regular practice of certain specific postures provides the body with necessary strength to face the contractions to ease labor, speed recovery and restore energy levels. Post natal practice of yoga helps to restore firmness in the muscles.
Practicing yoga regularly can prove very beneficial for women. Yoga can provide innumerable benefits to women like improving reproductive system, helping in natural child birth, giving complete workout to the body.
Be careful in your middle ages- Middle age for a woman comes with complexities. Yoga plays the role of a healer for a new set of physical changes in women. During the menopausal phase helps to balance hormones keep weight under control, avoid medical complications and maintain healthy digestive system.
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Q: Change default server for Rails I installed the mongrel gem because I need it on my workstation for rare occasions, and now it's my default Rails (2) server. I know I could specify script/server webrick on the command line, but the fact is that I'd like to have my system (or app) default to webrick, and only use mongrel when specified.
Anybody know how to arrange that?
Specs: WinXP, Rails 2.3.12, Ruby 1.8.7

A: Ok here are a few options:
Option one - One off: Always add webrick as a command line arg
Open script/server and insert a line between the two requires
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require File.expand_path('../../config/boot',  __FILE__)
ARGV.unshift "webrick"
require 'commands/server'

Option two - Global:  Edit the commands/server.rb file that launches rails
gem which railties -> tells you where the startup code is
Open the file at lib/commands/server.rb
Around line 45 edit the logic so that webrick is always launched by default.
server = Rack::Handler.get(ARGV.first) rescue nil
unless server
  begin
    server = Rack::Handler::WEBrick # was Mongrel
  rescue LoadError => e
    server = Rack::Handler::WEBrick
  end
end

Option 3 - Cleanest but most involved:
Switch to Bundler and manage your dependencies directly.  This is more work but positions you for switching to rails 3 at some point which might be nice depending on the life cycle of the application.
There's a tutorial for rails 2.3 here


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Author: - April 12, 2018 0	Rep. Gowdy Demands More Details on Scott Pruitt's First-Class Travel, Condo Deal
Pruitt has recently been questioned over his spending at the agency, including his use of taxpayer money to fund a large security detail reportedly comprised of 20 full-time members - three times the size of former EPA administrator Gina McCarthy's part-time security staff.
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If you haven't noticed, Kim Kardashian and Kourtney Kardashian are on vacation in Turks and Caicos right now and we know this from their various photos to the Gram. She immediately notices that one of her diamond earrings is missing and bursts into tears-and an iconic moment in the reality TV show is born. "Morning", Kim greeted her fans.
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The fallen celebrity of Netflix's " House of Cards " was convicted of sexual assault a year ago by several adult males both in the USA and United Kingdom authorities in the two countries opened felony investigations to help research the asserts.
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The concept of automobile license plates has not changed much ever since the invention of the auto itself more than a century back, however, digital license plates have been a lot in talks in present years. Fines, parking fees and payments for renewing your registration plate will also be automatically deducted from Dubai residents' accounts. Sultan Abdullah told the Khaleej Times: "The digital plate, called Tag to Connect, is a smart screen that will replace the current metal plate".
Author: - April 12, 2018 0	SonamKapoor to marry Anand Ahuja this month!
Nobody knew about their wedding until the couple took off to Italy and broke the big surprise by posting their wedding pics on social media. The trailer of Veere Di Wedding , according to a report in DNA , will be released on 19 April, 2018.
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The sports broadcaster told viewers that he would have to "be careful" when stepping into the pool, explaining how he had a sound pack on. Bushell later recovered and was a good sport about the fall. Stayt said: "Mike is carrying on talking, but we can't hear him, because a moment ago he fell in the water, his [sound] pack went in, and he doesn't know we can't hear him now".
Author: - April 12, 2018 0	'Heartbreak' as Irish Overtones singer Timmy Matley dies aged 36
The handsome five-piece vocal harmony group went on to achieve four top-ten albums in the United Kingdom and their debut, Good Ol' Fashioned Love , reached number four in the charts. He was expected to do a skydive on May 3 to raise money for the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity before joining The Overtones for a tour around the United Kingdom this July.
Author: - April 12, 2018 0	Overkill's The Walking Dead's Latest Trailer Introduces Maya
In the ensuing chaos, a doctor Maya worked with, and someone who was apparently her friend, was bitten by one of the undead. The video is mainly a reminder that the game is still on the way, probably because the last trailer we saw was exactly four months ago , for Aiden, the first character to be revealed.
Author: - April 12, 2018 0	Russian Federation to deploy troops to site of chemical attack in Syria
The allegation of a chemical attack , pushed by the pro-militant sources, has been eagerly supported by the United States and other Western countries, who squarely pinned the blame for the unverified incident on Damascus. "He will. Everybody will". "The Russian regime whose hands are all covered in the blood of Syrian children can not be ashamed by pictures of its victims", Haley said.
Author: - April 12, 2018 0	Netflix Pulls Its Movies From Cannes Following A Controversial Rule Change
So this whole beef started with a statement by Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Fremaux . Sarandos said he personally would not attend the May 8-19 festival in the French Riviera, but said Netflix executives would be there looking at films to acquire.
Author: - April 12, 2018 0	Man City attacker Gabriel Jesus: Congratulations to Liverpool
The goal made it hard. "These kind of games, this competition the impact is so big". They have a fantastic team - Edin Dzeko, wow. The Reds will meet one of Roma , Bayern Munich/Sevilla and Juventus/Real Madrid. City threatened again with De Bruyne shooting at Loris Karius and Bernardo Silva curling a shot wide before having another deflected onto the post.
Author: - April 12, 2018 0	Forget What Wall Street Says: Oracle Corporation (ORCL), Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (INFI)
The Average Volume is a very popular concept in capital markets, which is generally used as the number of shares that shuffles during the daily activity in the stock market. Flossbach Von Storch Ag, which manages about $10.46 billion US Long portfolio, decreased its stake in Class A Call (Call) by 25 shares to 25 shares, valued at $2.63M in 2017Q4, according to the filing.
Author: - April 12, 2018 0	Bomb Threat At City Hall
The train was cleared of passengers while a bomb squad boarded and searched the train. Miller was charged for calling in a fake bomb threat from an Amtrak train. According to the Justice Department, Miller had been removed from the vehicle in NY because he was allegedly intoxicated. Amtrak police interviewed the first class attendant, who said Miller appeared to be drunk when he boarded the train in Washington and had multiple drinks on the train, according to the DOJ allegations.
Author: - April 11, 2018 0	Cynthia Nixon wants to legalize weed in NY
Now New York's governor finds himself running against a Nixon. Thumbnail image courtesy of Instagram . The simple truth is: for white people the use of marijuana has effectively been legal for a long time . In the video, Nixon does not explicitly talk about the NYPD or de Blasio or his continued support for broken windows policing. A spokesperson for Cuomo says he has twice strengthened rent protections and created the first of its kind tenant protection unit that placed more than 6,000 ...
Author: - April 11, 2018 0	More memorial services to honour Mam' Winnie
As for her husband - and she stopped for emphasis: "He will come home". Thousands of mourners flocked Wednesday to the heart of South Africa's sprawling Soweto township, a center of anti-apartheid resistance, to pay tribute to Nelson Mandela's former wife and struggle hero Winnie Mandela .
Author: - April 11, 2018 0	The Undertaker Casket Match Announced For "Greatest Royal Rumble"
The Undertaker will face Rusev at the Greatest Royal Rumble . It isn't just a 50 man Greatest Rumble; every male main roster title will be defended at the show as well. In spite of returning to WWE ring after nearly a year at this year's Wrestlemania , The Undertaker looked in tremendous shape as he defeated 16-time World Champion, John Cena.
Author: - April 11, 2018 0	More than 120 employers at job fair today in Colorado Springs
Participation is free and open to all job seekers. "Events such as the Regional Job Fair create opportunities to find a match for employers and prospective employees". The event is taking place on Tuesday, April 17 from 10 a.m.to 2 p.m.at the Oakville Conference & Banquet Centre (2515 Wyecroft Rd., Oakville). They recommend brining a resume and to dress for success.
Author: - April 11, 2018 0	Texas Gov. Abbott: We Want to Ensure Border Is Secure
Meanwhile, authorities in Democratic-led California, another border state, has remained mum on any commitment of troops to the border security effort. The caravan had sparked furious criticism from Trump, followed days later by his National Guard border protection deployment plan. Some National Guard members have started arriving at the U.S.
Author: - April 11, 2018 0	Here's what happened when a Wheel of Fortune contestant said 'flamenco' wrong
With the words "Flamenco Dance Lessons" spelled out in front of him on the board, he had a crack at solving it. Sadly, he had to get the buzzer on that one, when Ashley swept in and read the board correctly for the win. The look on Jonny's face in the video above says it all really. After another contestant solved the puzzle, Sajak offered more of an explanation.


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BOOK REVIEW Ladies Lazarus
by Lauren Emily Whalen
By Piper J. Daniels
$16; Tarpaulin Sky Press; 128 pages
Piper J. Daniels is many things: a Columbia College Chicago graduate, a Michigan native, a queer intersectional feminist, and a professional ghostwriter. Impressive bio and city connections aside, she's a survivor, as all women are. Let's face it: Everyone who's not a straight white cis man commits a radical act by leaving the house to face a world that, more often than not, doesn't want them.
Ladies Lazarus is Daniels' stunning debut book, a collection of poetic essays on literature, suicide culture, body image and the aftermath of hometown terror. ( In addition, the essay collection has been nominated for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay. ) Although Daniels tends to heavily quote and name-drop her literary heroes, almost to the point of saturation, her writing is both evocative and clear. Her queerness, her feminism, her self are present in every single syllable. When it comes to voice, hers is unmistakable, and memorable.
Anyone triggered by mentions of suicide should probably stay away from Ladies Lazarus, but those who have struggled with mental illness and self-harm could find these essays very therapeutic. The collection's title originates from Sylvia Plath's iconic poem "Lady Lazarus," which contains the lines "Dying/Is an art, like everything else./I do it exceptionally well." Plath, of course, committed suicide as a young wife and mother, and she wasn't alone: Anne Sexton and Kurt Cobain, both of whom Daniels quotes, also went early and of their own volition. In "Epistle for Suicided Mothers," Daniels pays homage to four female writers who have gone before her, including Virginia Woolf ( "[l]ike every sentence penned, your death was perfect" ) and fellow Midwesterner Sara Teasdale ( "[i]n the tub, in the warm water, your skin takes on that pinking pallor" ).
However, Ladies Lazarus doesn't focus exclusively on suicide; rather, its main thrust is the business of existing. In the collection's title essay, Daniels explores her mother's own illness, as well as what really happens in the Biblical story of Lazarus. As Daniels astutely points out, "[h]ow jesus [sic] was aware of Lazarus's illness, but waited until he'd been entombed for four days before doing anything about it." This pulling aside the curtain is a touchstone of the entire book: Daniels is intent on removing the stigma of mental illness, surviving sexual assault and dealing with one's past once and for all.
In the book's strongest essay, "The Twist," Daniels unpacks the murder of two preteen girls in her small Michigan hometown—when Daniels was their same age. She describes the ensuing paranoia and victim-blaming, the trial and the strangely hands-off attitude her formerly overbearing parents took toward Daniels and her younger sister. "The Twist" lays it all out in Daniels' unflinching narrative: society's fascination with young murdered girls, and how it affects the actual surviving girls in the vicinity. The events Daniels writes of in this essay laid the groundwork for the adult she would become, and the picture she paints is unforgettably haunting.
Ladies Lazarus isn't just for female readers. Anyone who loves books and knows fear is an ideal match for Daniels' debut essay collection. Though reader never meets author—only catches glimpses throughout the short 128 pages—by the final piece, they will feel like they know her.
'She Shot Him Dead' among newest Newberry offerings 2020-01-13 - The seminar series "She Shot Him Dead: Husband-Slaying in Turn-of-the-Century Chicago" will take place Tuesdays Feb. 11-March 10, 6-7:30 p.m. at Newberry Library, ...
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In Brazil: Encountering Festivals, Gods, and Heroes in one of the World's Most Seductive Nations by Fran Bryson
Reviewed by Kevin Rabalais •
April 2016, no. 380
In Brazil: Encountering Festivals, Gods, and Heroes in one of the World's Most Seductive Nations
by Fran Bryson
Scribe $32.99 pb, 320 pp, 9781925321142
Before his first Brazilian sojourn in 1936, Stefan Zweig – the Viennese author who enjoyed fame as the most widely translated writer in the world between the two world wars – deemed the South American country 'terra incognita in the cultural sense'. Once it had also been unknown in the geographical sense, this 'land that one should hardly call a country anymore, but rather a continent', as Zweig writes in Brazil (1941). 'There I was confronted not only with one of the most magnificent landscapes on earth – that unique combination of sea and mountains, city and tropical nature – but also with a completely new kind of civilization.'
The cultural and mineral wealth of the country, along with its vast diversities, impressed Zweig so much that he made plans to return for a prolonged visit. History intervened. First came the Spanish Civil War, in 1936. Two years later, Zweig's native Austria fell, followed by Poland. He made plans to leave 'suicidal Europe': 'I more and more passionately wished to escape for a time from a world that was destroying itself, into one that was peacefully and creatively building,' he writes. Zweig returned to Brazil, living there until his death in early 1942.
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Kevin Rabalais's books include Novel Voices (2003), The Landscape of Desire (2008), and Conversations with James Salter (2015).
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Watchdog: Palestinian Textbooks are "More Radical" Than Ever
Palestinian Authority textbooks for the school year of 2016 doubled down on demonizing Israel and praising "martyrdom," a report released this month by the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education (IMPACT-se) concluded. The report assessed the contents of textbooks in the PA school system ranging from the fourth through 12th grades.
"Despite assurances from the PA Education Ministry, these new books are actually more radical than we have previously seen," said Marcus Sheff, the CEO of IMPACT-se. "There is clear evidence of a strategy of radicalization of young Palestinians, devised and implemented by the ministry, which includes a commitment to an Arab Palestine encompassing the entirety of Israel."
The textbooks glorify terrorists, featuring math questions asking students to calculate how many "martyrs" had died in the first and second intifadas combined. Maps depicting "Palestine" are shown covering all of Israel.
"The most troubling aspects of this curriculum involve the attitude of PA/PLO/Fatah authorities toward the six- to 10-year-old children who are considered to be expendable; and the indoctrination of these youth to the idea that all of Israel belongs to Palestine and all Israelis are evil," the report assessed.
A study by Professors Arnon Gross and Roni Shaked of the Harry Truman Research Institute at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem similarly found in January that Israeli cities established since 1948 had been erased from textbooks used in United Nations-run schools in the West Bank, while all Jewish historical and cultural ties to the country had likewise been expunged.
A previous report by IMPACT-se, issued last June, discovered that the word "peace" did not appear at all in its survey of 78 PA textbooks for grades 1 through 12.
In The Palestinian Textbook Fiasco, published in the June 2013 issue of The Tower Magazine, Adi Schwartz dissected a State Department-sponsored study that whitewashed the extremism present in Palestinian textbooks.
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Биг-Фолс () — город в округе Кучичинг, штат Миннесота, США. На площади 15,6 км² (15,6 км² — суша, водоёмов нет), согласно переписи 2002 года, проживают 264 человека. Плотность населения составляет 16,9 чел./км².

 Телефонный код города — 218
 Почтовый индекс — 56627
 FIPS-код города — 27-05680
 GNIS-идентификатор — 0640086

Примечания

Города округа Кучичинг
Города Миннесоты

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TheBlueGuerilla: Labour Candidate Calls Gary Barlow A Tory C*nt.
LABOUR Candidate Hannah Wright has potentially put an end to an unspoken "love-in" between Labour and the Tories according to one UKIP source, after publicly laughing at Take That band members receiving a tax bill for £20m whilst apparently slamming Gary Barlow a Tory C*nt, TBG can sensationally reveal.
The shocking outburst has led to some in UKIP telling TBG - "If one of our candidates tweeted like this it would be all over the media."
Tories clamp down on tax avoidance and still get called c*nts by Labour Party Candidates when one has to pay up. Is that hypocrisy? Irony? Or just dumb?
Labour candidate Miss Wright is standing in the Eastney and Craneswater Ward in Portsmouth.


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Abhaya Subba () is a Nepalese singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the front woman of the rock band Abhaya & the Steam Injuns. She is a former RJ of Times FM and Hits FM, and is famous for her progressive music and social initiatives. She is the founder of Women in Concert that gives a platform and creates a safe environment for upcoming female artistes.

Personal life and career
Abhaya completed her LLB studies from St. Xaviers, Mumbai. She worked as RJ in Times FM in Delhi and later with Hits FM in Nepal.
She started her music career with a local band Parikrama back in India, and was involved with it from 1993 to 1995. She was also affiliated with other Rock bands, Red Skywalkers and Punchtatva, respectively, before making it big with Abhaya & the Steam Injuns. She claims that her inspiration and the driving force is her father, who got her interested in music since her childhood.

She later collaborated with the Image Channel as a producer and the judge of a local talent program, Sprite Band Challenge—Freedom to Rock
Her music is influenced by Led Zeppelin, Blondie, The Clash, Steely Dan and Green Day.

She has a son with her husband, Kai Weise, who is a local architect in Nepal.

Mainstream success

Abhaya claimed the commercial and critical success with her current band, Abhaya & the Steam Injuns. The band was formed on 2 January 2003. Initially they were involved in playing live gigs in hotels and lounge bars. It was essentially an acoustic blues band before it kicked off as a rock outfit. Abhaya Subba, the lead vocalist, is also the founder member and creator of the band.

She was judge in the rock band competition called Sprite Band Challenge—Freedom to Rock, and has judged it along with fellow Nepali musicians Robin Tamang and Dev Rana, where underground rock bands compete for an ultimate prize and a music contract.

Concerts & Tours
Abhaya has participated in numerous concerts and international tours with her band, and other associated acts. She is also the founder and creator of Women in concert. A concert conceptualized to support rising Nepali female singers and musicians.

The Voice of Nepal
Abhaya was one of the judges in the first edition of The Voice of Nepal.

Discography

The Steam Injuns (2005)
Nayan (2008)

Other works

In May 2011, Abhaya participated in Nepal Unites via Facebook, an event organized to warn politicians about the statute drafting within the stipulated time frame, with musicians like Nima Rumba and Aani Tschoing Dolma.

She, along with Lamp Lights, organized Let there be lights, a protest-concert in Kathmandu, in February 2012, to solicit unity against the government's move on increasing load shedding.

In a post-program interview, she responded:

See also
People of Nepal
Music of Nepal
Nepalese rock

References

External links

Living people
1979 births
Nepali-language singers from India
21st-century Nepalese women singers
People from Darjeeling
Nepalese rock singers


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Home ♃ Recent Stories ☄ Despite Challenges of Sickle Cell Disease, Cameron Thedford Inspires
Despite Challenges of Sickle Cell Disease, Cameron Thedford Inspires
By Ameera Steward
When others seem to be having a bad day, Cameron Thedford, a 20-year-old University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) student majoring in physical therapy, is usually the one who can get them to feel better.
The 2017 graduate of John Carroll High School in Birmingham was born with sickle cell disease in June 1999 with mild complications. As Cameron grew, he battled a bout of pneumonia and later suffered a stroke at age five. He spent a week in the intensive care unit as a result.
And once a month since age eight, Cameron and his mother, Carmesha, have a clinic appointment at Children's of Alabama for regular blood transfusions and now red blood cell exchange apheresis, a nonsurgical therapy that removes and replaces a patient's red blood cells.
Cameron has also gotten blood infections from the apheresis which keeps him at the hospital longer. Cameron has had three including the most recent which kept him in the hospital for 13 days.
"Cameron has had his fair share of complications, but he has a quiet strength and a resilience that I don't see in a lot of people," said Kristen Osborn, his nurse practitioner for the past eight years. "He never let sickle cell hold him back or get in his way of accomplishing what he wants to accomplish."
Cameron is already helping others who may feel down.
"There was a kid [in the hospital]…he was just really depressed about school and life because he was always sick and I just wanted to talk to him a little bit and cheered him up, we played Uno…and just talked and he said he felt better afterwards," Cameron said.
His mother believes that her son would like to work one day with children. "I can relate to some of the stuff they might go through so I can just tell them everything is alright," said Cameron, who likes to play basketball, hang out with his friends and 16-year-old brother, Dominic Hudson Jr.
After suffering a stroke at age five, Cameron spent a week in the intensive care unit.
"That was really scary," said Carmesha, who went on to recall Cameron's subsequent liver biopsies, gallstone removal and numerous other procedures. "Cameron doesn't like to complain about anything. He's always smiling, always happy. He never feels down because of his illness."
Both Carmesha and Cameron credit their optimism to their Children's care team, specifically Osborn and pediatric hematologist-oncologist Thomas Howard, M.D. "Up here they do the best they can to make you feel better. They look out for you," said Cameron.
After his stroke his mother didn't know how it would affect him.
"It didn't affect his body physically, but the doctor explained because of the type of stroke he had it could affect his thinking ability . . . that would affect his school studies," said Carmesha. "When I found that out I started giving him tutoring, in school, outside of school and it really helped . . . That makes him work even harder."
Cameron began blood transfusions in 2006 at Children's of Alabama which involves doctors or nurses going through the chest to take blood and give him blood simultaneously. He receives these transfusions once every four weeks, which can take up to a full day.
He's also had seizures which have prevented him from driving for six months but he will resume on Sept. 13 and he's excited.
Strength & Positivity
"Whenever I'm in the hospital I just know I'm going to get better because I feel like they're going to help me no matter what, they're going to do their best and I just always think positively," said Cameron. "I don't like anybody to know I'm hurting because I say that I'm real strong about that . . . other than that, you wouldn't really know because I'll try to deal with it. I know pain is temporary and I'm going to get better."
Osborn said she admires his strength because many people who have a chronic illness and complications requiring treatment once a month can become depressed "because they don't want to live with the disease, they want to ignore it and pretend like it's not there."
"Cameron has kind of faced his head on and always dealt with things as they come and I just think that…it's his strength for not letting this disease keep him from accomplishing the things that he wants to accomplish in life," Osborn said. "He is a very kind person as well. He always has a smile on his face and he is always very polite and just easy to be with."
Cameron said his mom is a big part of how he keeps his spirits up, but she said he is the one who keeps her calm when he's sick.
"He'll tell me that he's going to be ok, for me not to worry … he'll tell me everything is going to be ok…'the doctor is going to take care of me. I'll be good,'" said Carmesha. "I think so far I've done well considering he's 20 years old, he's been through a lot of rough stages in his life and as a single parent it can get hard but he never doubts anything, he never feels discouraged about anything, that's why I think he's done really well."
Cameron said he also stays strong and positive for his brother as well.
"I don't let sickle cell or anything hold me back, I don't let anything hold me back. if I put my mind to something, I'm going to do it," he said. "I don't limit myself to anything. I feel like I can do it all."
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