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'TWD: World Beyond's Alexa Mansour & Aliyah Royale on the Finale, Romance, & Season 2
Emily Hannemann November 29, 2020
[WARNING: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for The Walking Dead: World Beyond Season 1 Finale, Episode 9, "In This Life."]
To say sisters Hope (Alexa Mansour) and Iris (Aliyah Royale) went through a lot in The Walking Dead: World Beyond's first season would be a vast understatement. Not only did they trek across the country in hopes of finding their dad, they learned how to kill "empties," were betrayed several times — once by a close friend — and, in the end, wound up separated. And they don't even know yet that their home was burned to rubble!
TV Insider spoke to the duo about the Season 1 finale, their characters' romantic lives (or lack thereof), their ideas for Season 2, and more.
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We start with one of the biggest surprises of Season 1: The status of Huck (Annet Mahendru) as a CRM mole. Monsour says when she learned about the twist, she was shocked. Still, she says, "there was something about Huck that just rubbed me the wrong way. There was something funky about her. I had a feeling."
Royale, whose character was the first to figure out Huck was off, was no less surprised. "We were waiting to see who would be the 'sketchy' character," Royale says, "but finding out Huck was [Lt. Col Kublek, played by Julia Ormond]'s daughter was a surprise to me."
Family ties play a huge role in the show's narrative, which includes, of course, their own father, Leopold (Joe Holt), whose relationship with walker-experimenting scientist Dr. Lyla Belshaw (Natalie Gold) at CRM did not sit well with his daughters.
"I think Hope would put hot sauce in her wine!" says Monsour. Royale adds that "old Iris" might've tried to make it work, but the person she became after her journey is far less amenable to her dad's new flame.
Both of their characters grew leaps and bounds throughout the course of the season, learning how to kill "empties," survive on their own, and even, as we saw in the last episode, when to sacrifice themselves for the greater good of their loved ones. Monsour says Hope grew the most "the second she left the community and had to start acting like an adult. She had Iris covering for her when she was inside the campus, but once they left, they all had to man up."
Iris' turning point, says Royale, "was when Hope told her what happened to their mom. That moment really shook Iris, and she needed to hear that a long time ago. She's been holding herself accountable for something that was so beyond her control, and Hope could've eased that guilt."
As for on-set experiences, Royale says she felt very moved the day they shot the scene with Iris and Silas (Hal Cumpston) dancing in the gym as though they were at Homecoming or prom.
"I got that experience at the same time Iris did," she says, explaining that she'd left school early to pursue acting and had never been to a prom. Making it even better, she adds, was the show's costumes and props departments making her a bouquet out of the corsages the extras were wearing: "That was probably the greatest set gift I've ever gotten."
As for Season 2, the actresses said they'll be back on set in early 2021. Their characters' sophomore-season storylines are still unknown to them, but they have ideas.
"A boyfriend!" Mansour says. "But on a serious note, I would like Hope to become a little more confident, and sure of herself. I don't think she gives herself enough credit."
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"I would love her to not make a decision," Royale says of Iris' love triangle with Silas and Percy (Ted Sutherland). And she's also feeling pretty open-minded about CRM, saying she might even see the good in it. "Who knows?" she says. "She might walk in there to get her sister back and go, 'this is kind of cool.'"
Would they want their characters to meet anyone from the other TWD-universe programs?
"Daryl Dixon," Mansour says, explaining she'd like to ride on the back of Dixon's (Norman Reedus) motorcycle and kill some walkers (or empties) while she's at it. For Royale, it's Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), hands down. "He's that chaotic character that you need," she says, "and I think Iris would love some chaos."
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Q: Problem with vectors, points and intersection I have a problem for an online assignment which I was able to complete. The problem was:

Gandalf the Grey started in the Forest of Mirkwood at a point with coordinates (−1,3) and arrived in the Iron Hills at the point with coordinates (1,6). If he began walking in the direction of the vector v=5i+1j and changes direction only once, when he turns at a right angle, what are the coordinates of the point where he makes the turn.

I was able to solve the problem by moving the the initial coordinates to the origin and hence moving the other at (2,3). Then, I took the inverse of the speed (which is the normal as well) and got w=1i-5j.
From there, I went freestyle and found the y=x+b version of the vectors, solved for x and y and moved them back to the original place finishing with the turn being at (1.5,3.5).
I got the right answer so I guess it works but would you guys have made it differently? I'm quite new to that kind of stuff so I couldn't think of a way of doing it with vectors and points only.
Thanks!

A: I think translation of the axes is totally unnecessary. In particular, his coordinates before turning can be described as $x = -1 + 5a$ and $y=3+a$ (which implies $5y=x+16$ if you prefer to not work with parametric equations).
Now, we need to compute the coordinates of the point where he turns at the right angle. Obviously, the vector from that point to $(1,6)$ is perpendicular to $5 \vec i + 1 \vec j$. Consequently, $((2-5a)\, \vec i + (3-a)\, \vec j)\cdot(5\vec i + \vec j)=0 \implies a=1/2 \implies (x,y)=(3/2,7/2)$.

A: A simple way to solve this is to use the vector dot product as in Math Lover's answer, but you can also solve this using the Pythagorean theorem.
Let $p_0=(-1,3)$ and $p_1=(1,6)$ be the start and end points of the journey, respectively. The turning point $q=p_0+\alpha v$ for some $\alpha>0$. The two legs of the journey and the direct path between the end points form a right triangle, so we must have $$\|p_1-q\|^2+\|q-p_0\|^2=\|p_1-p_0\|^2$$ which when expanded and simplified becomes $$52\alpha^2-26\alpha=0.$$ The solutions to this equation are $\alpha = 0$ and $\alpha = \frac12$, so $q=\left(\frac32,\frac72\right)$.

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CPLR § 3102(c); Derivative Action
By: Madeline Collins | Senior Staff Writer
Plaintiffs, minority shareholders of nominal Defendant, Culligan Ltd. ("Culligan Limited"), bought this derivative action on behalf of that entity, a Bermuda company that does business in New York. Plaintiffs filed four separate complaints in this action, including most recently the third amended derivative complaint (the "Third Amended Complaint"). Plaintiffs entered into a settlement agreement with six other defendants (the "Settling Defendants"), which was subject to court approval. The Court then dismissed the Third Amended Complaint for failure to adequately allege derivative standing as against Culligan Limited and a list of thirteen other defendants (collectively, the "CDR Defendants").
On May 19, 2015, this Court approved the settlement, and denied as moot the motion to dismiss the Third Amended Complaint filed by the Settling Defendants. The Appellate Division reversed this Court's approval of the settlement, and vacated the judgment, holding that the settlement should not have been approved because it "does not provide for payment to the company" but only accomplishes "getting [the plaintiffs'] lawyers paid," when these same lawyers "after four attempts, have yet to plead properly that they have standing to sue derivatively, [and] are not entitled to legal fees."
Plaintiffs subsequently sought to compel the Settling Defendants and other defendants to comply with their specific discovery obligations as set forth in the settlement agreement, and resorted to CPLR § 3102(c) to compel compliance.
The Court determined that CPLR § 3102(c) was not available for Plaintiffs. The Court further determined that were CPLR § 3102(c) available, Plaintiffs would still not be entitled to the disclosure they seek pursuant to this provision. The Court reasoned that while pre-action disclosure may be appropriate to identify potential defendants, it may not be used to ascertain whether a prospective plaintiff has a cause of action worth pursuing" or "to explore alternative theories of liability." The Court held that Plaintiff's reliance on CPLR § 3102(c) was improper and denied the Plaintiff's motion in its entirety.
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Indian Challenge to be lead by PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal, Denmark Open
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Olympic medalists PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal will be leading a strong Indian challenge this time at the Denmark Open badminton tournament which will...
Odense: Olympic medalists PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal will be leading a strong Indian challenge this time at the Denmark Open badminton tournament which will commence on Tuesday.
PV Sindhu has been seeded third in the event; Saina is unseeded here.
Sindhu will be up against USA's Beiwen Zhang, in women's singles opening round.
Whereas Saina will take on Cheung Ngan Yi of Hong Kong.
Men's singles competition
Kidambi Srikanth has been seeded seventh in the tournament. In the opening round, he will face Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus. On the other hand, B Sai Praneeth will take on Huang Yuxiang of China.
Sameer Verma will be up against third seed Shi Yuqi of China. On the other hand, HS Prannoy will be up against sixth seed Son Wan Ho of Korea.
Parupalli Kashyap, Commonwealth Games champion, who asked for Indian government's help after he lost his passport at Amsterdam on Friday, didn't mark in the men's singles draw.
Men's Doubles Competition
Opening round: B Sumeeth Reddy and Manu Attri will face Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen.
In the first round of the mixed doubles competition, Ashwini Ponappa and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy will take on Seo Seung Jae and Chae Yujung, from Korea.
Women's Doubles Competition
Ponappa will team up with N Sikki Reddy and play against the American duo of Ariel Lee and Sydney Lee.
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The Holiday season is in full swing, and with this comes shopping for fantastic gifts that are perfect for your loved ones. What if I told you that you could do almost all of your shopping right here in Minnesota while supporting small business throughout your community?! I have spent some time putting together the ultimate gift guide making shopping feel almost effortless this season!


Thomas L. Friedman's bestseller The World is Flat, published in 2005, identifies a more flattened or horizontal way of doing business made possible by improvements in communications technologies, political changes and new collaborative business practices. He focuses on developments that are making it easier and more necessary for people and businesses all over the world to partner every day.
This consciously collaborative approach is relatively new in the donor recognition field and provides advantages for all players. It affords the client better long-range plans for ongoing maintenance and expansion of the donor recognition program. It also allows each stakeholder in the project the ability to provide their best consultation and service directly to the client. Done well, it makes best use of client financial and staff resources. Heurista sees this model as a positive, necessary and growing trend in the field of donor relations.
As a recent example, Heurista worked in close partnership with multiple design and fabrication partners at the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina. First, the USC Central Development team engaged Heurista to expand the donor recognition standards to include guidelines for electronic donor recognition and the product solutions for the recognition of non-facility-based naming opportunities. Further, this facility has unique design features that posed design challenges, including the need to group recognition into primary public destinations with available wall space. Central Development encouraged the partnership between the Moore School and Heurista in order to create standard solutions that would serve as guidelines for other schools and units.
Once programmatic decisions were underway, Heurista worked in close coordination with the Moore School's leadership, advancement and marketing teams, and the architectural firm, Raphael Viñoly Architects to develop a comprehensive messaging strategy. A dynamic sign system is coordinated with a dedicated display for recognition of donors, alumni, volunteers, history and current initiatives, in addition to the nine hardscape donor recognition displays throughout the building. Heurista remained engaged with the advancement team for all content development, including donor interviews, copywriting and the review and approval process.
Honorcraft worked collaboratively with Heurista to detail, fabricate and install the displays and has reported on the project on their own blog. SiteImages supported the digital architecture and provided digital design for the touch screen content. Tightrope Media Systems used content architecture and graphic design from Heurista to complete the custom interactive presentation that intersects with the digital sign system throughout the building. Gallehugh Group provided video content for top tier donors and RVA Architects coordinated design and installation of dimensional letters for primary destinations. Throughout, Moore School staff and members of the university's technology services team were actively engaged.
Timing for this project was crucial. Tight coordination was necessary between all outside firms and those coordinating the move of the Moore School into the new space, which occurred just as classes were starting this past fall. Due to hard work and commitment on all fronts, in less than ten weeks, nine separate displays were built and installed and the electronic recognition component, presenting over one hundred individual profiles, was finalized.
While not all of Friedman's theories apply to our work, it is my prediction that the trend towards collaboration will flourish in donor relations and stewardship work. It is a model that allows non-profits to draw the best possible expertise from multiple sources while maintaining a creative role in the design and implementation process. Depending on the skills and time that in-house team members have to dedicate to the project, a staff member may serve as project lead. Or as was the case with the donor recognition at the Moore School, one outside resource may take the lead, as Heurista did. In either situation, roles and responsibilities, a reporting structure, file sharing methods and schedule and budget must be carefully managed, now that there is no single-source, vertical accountability.
The new Darla Moore School of Business is an example of collaborative success and the facility is a showplace.


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Police are seeking witnesses who saw a blue Toyota Yaris being driven northbound on the Bruce Highway in the lead up to a fatal crash at Childers. FILE
One dead, five from Coast injured in horror Bruce Hwy crash
by Stuart Cumming
6th Jul 2019 10:39 AM | Updated: 12:08 PM
SHOCKING details have emerged about a crash which killed a Sunshine Coast teen and threw a fellow Coast 18-year-old from the same vehicle.
Both vehicles involved had Sunshine Coast residents inside.
Childers police officer-in-charge Geoff Fay said the manner in which a blue Toyota Yaris was being driven in the lead up to the Bruce Highway crash was a focus for Forensic Crash Unit investigators and urged any witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage of the vehicle to come forward.
Sergeant Fay said an 18-year-old Sippy Downs man was a front seat passenger in the Yaris which was believed to have been on the wrong side of the road when it collided head-on with a black Jeep Cherokee about 1km north of Childers on Friday.
"He was entrapped in the car and passed away at the scene," Sgt Fay said.
He said the 18-year-old driver of the Yaris, from Palmwoods, was taken to Bundaberg Base Hospital in a serious condition.
Sgt Fay said an 18-year-old Buderim man was thrown from a rear seat of the Yaris.
"He was on the bitumen when police arrived at the scene," Sgt Fay said.
The Buderim man was flown to a Brisbane hospital in a serious condition.
Sgt Fay said a Nambour family was travelling in the Jeep.
Sunshine Coast RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter airlifts a 40-year-old woman to Sunshine Coast University Hospital after a crash near Childers which killed a 18-year-old Sippy Downs man. Courtesy RACQ LifeFlight Rescue
He said a 40-year-old woman, who was in the front passenger seat, was seriously injured.
She was flown in a RACQ LifeFlight rescue helicopter to the Sunshine Coast Airport before being driven to Sunshine Coast University Hospital.
Her 57-year-old husband was not seriously injured and has since been discharged from hospital.
Their 18-year-old daughter, who Sgt Fay said was in a rear seat of the vehicle, was taken to Bundaberg Base Hospital to be treated for serious abdominal injrues.
Sgt Fay said the blue Yaris was northbound when the crash occurred about 6.30pm.
"They've crossed onto the wrong side of the road and collided head-on with the black Jeep heading south.
"We are seeking information about the manner in which the blue car was being driven between Torbanlea and Childers.
He said the timeframe was roughly from 5.30pm onwards.
"We have some information that car was being driven dangerously on the Bruce Highway prior to the crash."
He said highway traffic was reduced to one lane past the crash scene until 12.15am Saturday.
Anyone with information can call Policelink on 13 14 44.
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Formlabs' New Castable Wax Makes It Easier To 3D
Ringly, purveyors of vibrating jewelry , are at it again – this time with a bangle bracelet. Come for the flowery new hardware, keep for the fancy new software program. On the floor, the Pebble's interface is similar one we have grown accustomed to over the previous year, with one key distinction: You can now discover and obtain a plethora of watchfaces, games, productivity tools and different apps via a centralized app retailer. It is a vital enchancment over the previous methodology, which required Pebble customers to endure everlasting scavenger hunts by means of third-social gathering web sites and smartphone app shops (iOS' and Android's, to be particular) to get the best apps for his or her watch. The new store can be obtainable on each Pebbles (present Pebble owners ought to see a firmware replace within the coming days), however this was the very first time we have had the chance to try it out.
Do not need clear notion: Essentially the most superb function of the actual diamond is that it doesn't maintain a clear notion. This means that the proprietor of the real diamond can not look via from whereas the pretend diamonds gives a transparent notion when wanting through them. The real diamonds are sometimes mistaken to be utterly transparent however they are not.
The north pole of a magnet is meant to stimulate metabolism, rising the energy burned in cells and thus increasing the general vitality expenditure. Within the rings – marketed for wearing on fingers or toes depending on the design – the magnets are used in mixture with principles of acupressure. Acupressure is another remedy technique, based on the concept stimulating certain factors on the physique will lead to modifications in inside organs and physiological processes. The overall rules are the identical as used in acupuncture.
Resistance Band Higher-Body Exercise : Before you start using weights, you'll be able to work your upper body with a resistance band. Nevertheless, Sheila A. Millar, a lawyer for the Style Jewelry Trade Affiliation, mentioned members had not noticed "widespread substitution" with cadmium. She mentioned jewelry makers these days often opt for zinc, which is a safer substitute.
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NBA Restart Plan Consists of Using Oura Rings To Catch COVID
If the wearable development is ever going to really take off, firms are going to have to determine how one can make folks wish to wear them That means taking it a step beyond simply not being embarrassed to be seen carrying one in public – these devices are going to have to really be engaging. The company's coverage of not checking products already on the shelves appears to have changed: In its statement, Wal-Mart stated it reviewed youngsters's jewelry and pulled "the few merchandise that didn't" comply with its new testing regimen. His testing of children's jewelry for AP additionally showed that some objects easily shed cadmium, elevating considerations about publicity to children.
Lastly, apply dynamic movements in your day-to-day life. This may occasionally embrace taking part in piano or guitar, sewing, making jewelry and selecting small items up off the desk or ground. The strain, which has also been found in California, Florida, and Colorado, is believed to be communicable however does not seem to make individuals sicker or improve the chance of demise from Covid-19, experts have said.
A 2008 regulation imposed limits on lead in kids's products and sent factories speeding for substitutes. About the identical time, cadmium costs dropped, in part because nickel-cadmium batteries are swiftly being replaced with newer designs. The CPSC noted in its recall notice that "lengthy-term publicity to cadmium could cause antagonistic health effects." Cadmium is a known carcinogen that research exhibits can also trigger bone softening and severe kidney issues.
A cadmium specialist with the Beijing workplace of Asian Metallic Ltd., a market research and consultancy firm, said products with cadmium are normally directed to the Chinese home market. Sapphire rings reliably add a touch of coloration and magnificence to the wearer. Nevertheless, sapphire ring fanatics can be glad to know that colourful sapphire is usually a viable substitute to many different gems.
The U.S. Shopper Product Security Fee, which announced the voluntary recall early Friday, warned shoppers to instantly stop utilizing the glasses; McDonald's stated it could publish directions on its web site subsequent week concerning refunds. Legal professionals representing the Toy Business Association of America and the Trend Jewelry Trade Association said their products are secure and insist cadmium will not be widely used.…
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Diamonds are a girl's greatest friend. All but one of the 13 have been on store cabinets in the eight states where AP reporters appeared. Opposite to Wal-Mart's assertion Wednesday, which said the Miley Cyrus jewelry was offered in the ladies's apparel part, AP reporters found the items either within the jewelry section or low cost bins.
Sterling Silver: It is attention-grabbing to note that there was a time when silver was thought-about as valuable as gold. Nonetheless, in as we speak's market, it is emerged as a sublime and complex metallic accessible at affordable charges. Sterling silver typically comes with platinum or 14K gold end, making it a preferred choice for sapphire ring fanatics. Sterling silver can fluctuate from shiny to grayish white and have a shiny or matte end.
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Gold Moto 360 Makes A Brief Look At Amazon
Wedding ceremony affairs these days are altering their characters with time. There have been few human trials of Job's Tears, and uncomfortable side effects are largely unknown. A 2005 research within the "Journal of Toxicology & Environmental Health" found pregnant rats fed Job's Tears experienced the next fee of abortions and the extracts additionally poisoned the creating embryos. Don't use Job's Tears in case you are pregnant, and examine with your doctor earlier than utilizing extracts from the plant for any well being situation.
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Blue sapphire is known to be immediately helpful in rendering blue sapphire or neelam stone benefits and results on a person carrying it. It must be worn by people who have consulted with their astrologer and gemologist. When worn in the precise time and for the proper function, it reveals its power in bringing back harmony and success.
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Know Innovative Methods For Wearing Sapphire Rings
Look beautiful, live stunning and dream lovely; this saying appears to be cent p.c true once we discuss modern day women. Dell's no longer simply an electronics company – it now makes jewelry too (sort of). It has teamed up with actor and activist Nikki Reed on the Circular Collection, which contains pieces constructed from gold recovered from Dell computer motherboards. These are 14- and 18-carat gold rings, earrings and cufflinks, thoughts you, and don't look like they've been remade from waste material at all.
Before your cardio and power exercises, at all times set aside time to run by way of a dynamic heat-up to cut back the chance of injury and allow you to transfer and feel your finest. Upper-body activation and lower-body activation workout routines will heat up your muscular tissues, making certain your body is moving properly throughout your coaching session.
The silver in these dietary supplements is similar treasured steel used to make jewelry, dental fillings and silverware. In the case of those dietary supplements, tiny particles of silver are suspended in liquid. The silver can construct up within the body over months or years, typically resulting in argyria, a blue-gray discoloration to parts of the physique. Excessive doses have more severe well being issues like kidney injury and neurological issues.
Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., referred to as word of cadmium in jewelry "alarming proof constructive that more should be accomplished to protect our families – particularly youngsters – from dangerous substances that end up in toys and household items." He said he's drafting a invoice that would shift responsibility to make industry, not authorities, accountable for proving that consumer chemical substances are safe.
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Diamond is understood to exhibit a lot of distinctive and distinguishing features over the opposite stones available. Insert Lonité, a Swiss memorial diamond firm that turns human ashes into diamonds. By a captivating process that you'll learn more about shortly, they use the carbon within us to turn family members into diamonds. Twelve gadgets had cadmium levels of not less than 10 % by weight. One piece had a startling 91 p.c, and others contained more than 80 p.c. The federal government has no restrictions on cadmium in jewelry.
The evaluation article was written similtaneously the Feinberg researchers, along with researchers from the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, have been conducting a trial on an assistive know-how that uses magnetic tongue studs to assist individuals with quadriplegia to make use of computers and drive their very own wheelchairs. The examine is funded by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering.
Federal scrutiny of the glasses began final week. The Washington office of U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier, a California Democrat who has proposed strictly limiting cadmium in jewelry, obtained what a spokesman described as an nameless tip that testing with an X-ray gun that estimates how much cadmium an item incorporates indicated the metallic was current within the glass paint. Speier's workplace requested samples of the glasses from the tipster, and upon receiving them Might 27 despatched them to the CPSC for further investigation.
Visceral fat , a type of WAT, wraps around your organs and gives a layer of cushioning. However, too much of it may be harmful to your health and improve the risk of cardiometabolic illnesses. Subcutaneous fats sits beneath the skin and retains you heat, in keeping with the AARP It additionally serves as a supply of energy on your physique.
Sapphire ranks nine on Mohs hardness scale and is second only to diamond in hardness. The excellent toughness of the stone makes it resilient and robust sufficient to handle everyday put on and tear. Federal regulators' own analysis says that kids begin becoming excited by making their own jewelry round ages 6 to 8. As for merchandise featuring Cyrus, her fans include teenagers, tweens, even kindergartners.…
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However, this male held the door open and prevented her from doing so. At this time, a black Ford Explorer pulled up in front of the Complainants' residence and five other black males exited this vehicle and proceeded to the front door. The largest of these suspects compelled his method into the residence, placed a pistol towards the complainant's abdomen, and forced her into the lounge space of the residence. This huge suspect then proceeded to search the residence while another armed suspect guarded the complainant, who was struck in the head and facet areas by this second armed suspect with his pistol after she screamed for assist. Because the suspects regarded by means of the residence, they demanded to know where the medicine and money have been and Criticism Henriquez advised them that there have been no such things within the residence. The suspects then took some jewelry together with the complainant's cell phone earlier than they fled the scene within the black Ford Explorer.
Hypersensitivity to the nickel in jewelry can cause a continual itchy, red-pores and skin reaction. That is an allergic response generally referred to as nickel dermatitis or contact dermatitis. Whereas dermatologists can offer remedies to manage this allergy, these therapies are typically only efficient for a short time.…
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Ringly, purveyors of vibrating jewelry , are at it again – this time with a bangle bracelet. HP has been treating its premium Spectre line like high-quality jewelry for a number of years now , with an emphasis on flashy designs and thinness. They've seemed good, especially for HP laptops. But now with the newest Spectre x360 thirteen-inch, the company finally has an ultraportable that would look proper at dwelling alongside gold and diamond put on at the mall. In a phrase, it's beautiful – HP lastly modernized the x360 with vastly thinner screen bezels and a smaller footprint. It is a high point for the corporate, and together with Dell's XPS 13 2-in-1 , the brand new x360 is a sign that LAPTOP-makers are truly starting to excellent their convertibles.
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The case was identified in a 60-yr-outdated man from Saratoga County who had no earlier history, Cuomo mentioned during a conference name with reporters. The person worked in a jewelry retailer where three other people also tested constructive for Covid-19. The state is investigating whether or not these instances were brought on by the new strain.
The 2 corporations have been working on this modern collection of wearables for over 17 months, based on Joan Ng, Swarovski's SVP of product advertising for jewelry and watches in Asia. Certainly, they appear like pure partners. Misfit's authentic Shine tracker was widely praised for its clear design, that includes a small metallic body and smooth curves. It was the best wearable for Swarovski's fashion-conscious fan base. Those early Misfit adopters can snap up one of many new Swarovski Assortment wristbands so as to add a bit of bling to their well being tracking.…
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The Louisiana Railroad Bridge carries a single track rail line across the Mississippi River between Louisiana, Missouri and Pike County, Illinois.  Built by the Chicago and Alton Railroad, the structure is currently owned by the Kansas City Southern Railway following a series of sales and consolidation in the railroad industry.

History
A predecessor of this bridge was opened for service in 1873 as one of the first 15 bridges across the Mississippi River.  The current structure opened to traffic in 1898, having been fully reconstructed on the original piers from the 1873 bridge.  When it opened, the 444 foot swing span was the longest swing span in the nation.

Appearance
The bridge's distinctive appearance is derived from the variety of truss types installed as different spans were replaced over time.  The most recent span replacement occurred in 1945, when three new spans were installed.

In its closed position, the bridge provides a vertical clearance of 15.8 feet above the normal pool for this section of the Mississippi River.

See also
List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River
List of brides in the United States

References

External links
Historic Bridges of the United States

Railroad bridges in Missouri
Railroad bridges in Illinois
Bridges over the Mississippi River
Bridges completed in 1873
Kansas City Southern Railway bridges
Alton Railroad
Buildings and structures in Pike County, Missouri
Truss bridges in the United States
Metal bridges in the United States
Interstate railroad bridges in the United States

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Looks like Kamala's story just went up in smoke.
When you are growing from a young adult into the responsibility of a life beyond academia, you are forced to become unafraid of change.
That is because, while you may be well educated, you've never done a lot of this before. You learn to roll with the punches. You get tired of picking yourself up, but you move on, because there simply isn't much else that you can do.
And this, my friends, is why the liberal left relies heavily on the votes of young people: Progressivism is, by it's very nature, a state of constant change. The young are unafraid of it because they understand it, and they may feel a bit of comfort in the chaos.
Politicians on the progressive side of things have to work extra diligently to navigate the socio-cultural world of America's youth. Not only is there a mighty age gap between many of the more entrenched establishment types and the voters they seek, but there is often a large societal class gap as well.
That's why we see so many liberals trying to "act cool" and failing. Miserably. And, sometimes offensively as well.
Kamala Harris, a 2020 hopeful for the fractured democratic party is just the latest example of this abject failure.
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) claimed Monday that in her college years, she smoked marijuana while listening to rap legends — whose debut albums were released only after the presidential candidate completed graduate school.
Later, the senator is asked about the type of music she listened to while smoking. "What does Kamela Harris listen to? What did you listen to when you was high? Was it Snoop?" Charlamagne asked.
Then, Harris' pants figuratively burst into flames.
To top it off, all of this comes to us right smack dab in the middle of Black History Month here in the United States.


I remember talking to a student many years ago when the movie The Exorcist first came out. He told me that he couldn't sleep for a week after watching that movie. He had nightmares and images of demons every time he closed his eyes. I asked him why he went to see the movie since it already had the reputation of scaring the pants off people. He said that he just HAD to see it because all his friends saw it and everyone was talking about it. "OK", I replied, but "What did you get out of it except nightmares and disturbed emotions? Why would anyone want to do that to themselves?" I asked.
He couldn't think of a good reason because he didn't have one. He was manipulated by hype to shell out 4 or 5 bucks to see a movie that he knew would disturb him, yet he felt compelled to go anyway.
You don't have to follow his foolish example.
If you are an adult and if you still have a brain in your head, do not waste your money on The Passion of The Christ extravaganza from Mel Gibson, unless, of course, you just HAVE to immerse your brain in pain.
If you bring children into a movie theater to assault and brutalize their young psyches with this 50 million dollar bloodfest, then you ought to be scourged for such reckless insensitivity and stupidity.
And may God forgive those who would actually arrange to bus in children from schools to see this 'suicide' bomb for the mind and heart.
Do yourself a favor: Avoid the 'need' to see this movie. Keep your money, save your nervous system the pain, and retain your mind's state of inner calm and peace. Christ, I'm sure, would very much prefer the latter.
This movie has NOTHING to do with Jesus, but EVERYTHING to do with MIND (and People) CONTROL.
See The Movie, Buy The Nail & Coffee Mug!
A friend saw "The Passion" last night and was sick, almost vomiting, through the whole thing. She is a veteran horror flick watcher. She said it's a torture flick. Does making the victim Jesus make it okay to saturate yourself in torture? I think it makes it worse!
What's next? Movies that show Christians being thrown to the lions? Bloody Hell! We're worse than the ancient Romans who did that. Our roman circus is a virtual one, but it is up close and exaggerated and designed to elicit the same sick emotional reactions. We're supposed to know better now. People come out of the theatre sick, crying and weakened. Is that what Christ wanted? Don't be fooled. If you want blood and guts watch Braveheart again…and again …and again like some people have.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for your short article regarding Mel Gibson's latest movie. From my viewpoint, it is identical to most of his movies, namely - gory and violent. This latest movie "The Passion of Christ" is totally worthless crap. The worst part about it is that it will inflame and encourage fanaticism among traditional Christians, who can't think for themselves anyway.
Ken, I pray that no children will be assaulted by this movie due to their unthinking parents. God protect the children from this trashy propaganda which promotes Mel's crystallized thinking and prejudices.
Read your response and others responses to THE PASSION. I'm asking you not to shut Jesus out. He paid the ultimate price for all of us so we could get back with God. He is your best friend and wants to come into your heart. Give him a chance. The rapture will be soon. You don't want to be left here with the anti-christ. As a friend I am writing. You were always kind to me. Now it is my turn to help you out. Remember me?
I appreciate your concern, but you don't really understand what is going on with this movie. It has nothing to do with Christ or His message. Nor do my remarks have anything to do with my belief in Christ.
This movie is a propaganda vehicle designed to manipulate people's emotions. It's a mind control operation and you don't understand who is really behind this, nor what their real motives are. Don't allow yourself to be so easily duped.
I know you are a sincere and caring soul, but you must give pause and reconsider what has been repeatedly drummed into your head in the last decade or two by fundamentalist TV evangelist as witnessed daily on TBN and similar TV or radio stations. The Rapture is an Illuminati created DECEPTION. If you deicde to go, you'll be beamed up alright, but it won't be into Heaven; it will be into an alien spacecraft where you'll be taken to another planet and used for slave labor and food! The negative, Dracos reptilian aliens who are the overlords of the Illuminati, EAT human beings. I am not exaggerating or making this up. See this interview with Red Elk and read the more recent books of David Icke and his videos with Credo Mutwa if you've willing to look at the other side of the Rapture coin.


FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai warned fixed wireless Internet service Providers (WISPs) Wednesday that he is worried the FCC might be headed toward Title II regulation.
In a speech to WISPAPALOOZA, the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association conference in Las Vegas on Oct. 15, Pai took a page from former President Ronald Reagan to make his point. "President Ronald Reagan wisely said that the 'government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.' Unfortunately, I'm worried that's where the FCC might be headed when it comes to the Internet."
Saying "everyone wants a free and open Internet," Pai also invoked National Cable & Telecommunications Association President Michael Powell in his former job. "One decade ago, then-FCC Chairman Michael Powell outlined four principles of Internet Freedom: The freedom to access lawful content, the freedom to use applications, the freedom to attach personal devices to the network, and the freedom to obtain service plan information. Republicans and Democrats, consumers and industry, everyone agreed with these principles."


Search Engine Optimization is a Blankety-Blank and it's nowhere near as fun as dancing. That's why we are giving you seven tips to make it easy.
But only if you write it in the correct format and make sure that you can put KEY WORDS in the article. You need to have about 300 or 400 words to make an impact and mention that key word about 6 times. Can't think of what to write? Have a BLOG contest at your studio asking students to tell you why they love to dance at your studio!
Social media doesn't necessarily affect your RANK but sometimes the social media interfaces get found more quickly than your website. The ones you MUST have a profile on include: Facebook, twitter, YouTube, Google+, Instagram, and Linked In. Make sure your website has SHARE tools because getting people to share your content from your website to their profiles creates what is called "links" to your website. This helps search engines find you.
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Google LOVES YouTube. Why? Because they OWN it! Properly tagging your You Tube videos (i.e. in the TITLE say, "Diane's Academy of Dance, Stamford, Connecticut) and then have your Website Name and telephone number in the description, makes it much easier for your videos to come up when people are searching for dance studios in your area.
Your web developer can make sure that all your pages are automatically submitted to Google.
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History of Avant-garde Film
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311AF ZK 3 40 hodin (60 minut) praxe nebo samostatné práce ve škole za semestr, 35 až 50 hodin domácí příprava anglicky letní
By the end of the course students will:
-understand the basic periods of historical "development" of Film Avant-garde during the 20th century
-explain the terms from historical point of view (First Avant-garde, Second or Forunderground Avant-garde, Third Avant-garde or Underground Film, Expanded cinema, "Recycled and recycling" Avant-garde)
-explain and analyse the specific branches ("faces") of the Film Avant-garde (absolute film, pure film, narrative avant-garde film, trance film, assemblage film, found-footage film, structural film, metric film, spontaneous film etc)
This course will examine the evolution of avante-garde film over the course of the 20th century. Students will become acquainted with nearly all strains of avante-garde film (i.e. cinéma pur, non-objective film, surrealist´ film, formal film, structural/material film, found-footage film, assemblage and collage film etc.) with the objective of demonstrating the vast possibilities of film language (filmic devices, film technique, methods of montage or animation, etc) in non-narrative cinema. Each lesson is accompanied by various examples screened on DVD or VHS.
The whole course is divided in two parts:
Part A – A Historical overview of Film Avant-garde during the 20th century
Part B – The Seven faces of the Avant-garde - detailed analysis of diverse strains of Avant-garde film
Part A – A Historical overview of Film Avat-garde during the 20th century
1.Avant-garde of the 20s–30s (1st Avantgarde, der Absolute Film - Hans Richter, Walther Ruttmann, Oskar Fischinger, cinéma pur: Man Ray, René Clair, Fernand Léger, the others: Joris Ivens, Alexandre Alexeieff, hand-made film: Len Lye etc.)
2.Avant-garde of the 40s–50s ( 2nd Avantgarde, forunderground film, Trance film and The San Francisco Renaissance etc.)
3.Avant-garde of the 60s (3rd Avantgarde, Underground film, New American Cinema, Jonas Mekas – leading person of an American avant-garde; German experimental film)
4.Avant-garde of the 70s–90s (Recycling and recycled Avantgarde, expanded cinema, Schmelzdahin, Alte Kinder, Mathias Müller, Stan Brakhage, Peter Tscherkassky, Martin Arnold, Marcus Bergner, ARF ARF, etc.)
Part B – The Seven faces of the Avant-garde - detailed analysis of diverse strains of Avant-garde film.
1.Absolute Film (Der Absolute Film, Walther Ruttmann: Painting in the medium of time, Hans Richter, Viking Eggeling, Oskar Fischinger, Harry Smith, James & John Whitney, Jordan Belson, Stan Brakhage etc.)
2.Pure Film (cinema pur, Man Ray, Henri Chomette, René Clair, Fernand Léger, Alexandre Alexeieff, Stan Brakhage, Thomas Mank, Hans Richter etc)
3.Avant-garde Film in the narrower sense (René Clair, Trance film and The San Francisco Renaissance, Maya Deren & Alex Hammid: Meshes of the Afternoon, Maya Deren At Land; Kenneth Anger: Fireworks, Rabbit´s Moon, Scorpio Rising,; Sidney Peterson: The Cage, The Lead Shoes, Robert Frank Pull My Daisy, Shirley Clarke; Mythopoetical films – Stan Brakhage: Dog Star Man)
4.Assemblage Film (Collage Films, Stan Vanderbeek, Robert Breer, Larry Jordan, Stan Brakhage: Dog Star Man)
5.Found- footage Film (Bruce Conner, Malcolm Le Grice, Martin Arnold, Matthias Muller, Boris Kazakov etc.)
6.Structural Film (The Viennese Formal Film: Peter Kubelka, Kurt Kren, etc. The American Structural Film: Paul Sharits, Michael Snow, Tony Conrad, etc.)
7.Spontaneous Film (instant structuring of the reality, flash and freeze, film as a diary, Marie Menken, Jonas Mekas, Kurt Kren, etc.)
SITNEY, P. A. Visionary Film. New York: Oxford Univ. Pr., 1974.
LEGRICE, Malcolm. Abstract Film and Beyond. London, 1977.
PETERSON, James. Dreams of Chaos, Visions of Order: Understanding the American Avant-Garde Cinema. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1994.
Class Attendance and participation: mandatory in order to pass the course.
Written Exam: a test, which will examine students' basic knowledge of the material covered in class.
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Embraced: The International Community Roundtable, August 12 / July 26, 2015 by Miriam Schaer
Felt book in progress, Alvani School, 2013
I will be participating in a round table conversation in conjunction with Embraced: The International Community, an exhibition organized by RIchard Minsky, on view at the Center for Book Arts. The panel will take place on Wednesday, August 12, 2015, at 6.30 pm. Panelists Steven Daiber, Takuji Hamanaka, John Ross, and I will discuss our projects and experiences working with the international book arts scene. You can get more information about the exhibition and the round table talk here
If you are in NY, I hope to see you there!
The Center for Book Arts, 28 W 27 Street, 3rd Floor, NY NY
Artist Books, Felt, Republic of Georgia, Miriam Schaer, Center for Book Arts, Embraced: The International Community July 29, 2015
Gendered Journeys: Art and Activism of Melissa Potter and Miriam Schaer At SUNY Brockport / March 1, 2015 by Miriam Schaer
If you are anywhere near Brockport NY, in upstate New York, my exhibition with Melissa Potter, Gendered Journeys, will be on view at the Tower Fine Arts Center at the College at Brockport.
The exhibition is anchored around a two-part residency in the Republic of Georgia. Part 1, with Clifton Meador, incorporates a unique craft‐based project which brings together groups of women for a series of workshops in artists' books and personal storytelling using the medium of handmade felt, an indigenous Georgian craft. The works embrace feminist activism for women's basic rights to safety, as well as advocacy for women craft artisans, whose skills are endangered, underpaid and under‐recognized.
In Part 2, Potter and Schaer returned to Tblisi in June 2013 to work with local feminist activists to create felt banners and masks in the wake of a riot that attacked peaceful LGBTQ marchers in Tbilisi.
In addition to our collaboration with women artisans and activists in the Republic of Georgia, the exhibition includes Potter's film Like Other Girls Do, featuring the story of a Montenegrian woman who was raised in a Balkan tradition as a boy in a family with no male heirs and Baby (Not) on Board, my on-going project about society's prejudice against childless women.
The exhibition will be on view from March 3-29. The Gallery will be closed from March 14-22 for academic break.
The gallery is located at 180 Holley Street, Brockport, Brockport, NY, USA and the exhibit is free and open to the public
http://www.brockport.edu/newsbureau/2080.html
Feminist Art, Georgian Felt, Miriam Schaer, Melissa Potter, SUNY Brockport, Kitty Hubbard, Like Other Girls Do, Baby (Not) On Board March 02, 2015
Craft Power! at the Baird Center, South Orange NJ Jan 14 / December 25, 2013 by Miriam Schaer
Last year I was fortunate to go to the Republic of Georgia twice, working with Clifton Meador and Melissa Potter, my friends and colleagues at Columbia College Chicago. In January we worked with women's groups to make artist books from felt-a local craft heritage. In June, I returned with Melissa to work more closely with Women's Fund in Georgia. Please join us on January 14, at 11.30 for lunch and an in depth look at craft and women's empowerment. Craft Power: Enhancing Women's Rights Through The Practice of Traditional Craft, is sponsored by the Book Arts Roundtable! Reservations are necessary and will cover the cost of lunch ($20/$15 for members of the Book Arts Roundtable) Call 973-761-7151 or email bookartsroundtable@gmail.com before Jan 1. Please join us!
Uncategorized Artist Books, Bookarts Roundtable, Felt, Lives in Georgian Felt, Miriam Schaer, Republic of Georgia, Women's Fund of Georgia December 25, 2013
Childfree: Conversations About Choice, Circumstance, and Ambivalence / November 27, 2013 by Miriam Schaer
I hope you can join me as I will be presenting my work on Childfree: Conversations About Choice, Circumstance, and Ambivalence,a panel at Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, Residents' Dining Hall on THURS Dec. 5 | 6-8 PM
Jane Addams-Hull Houses 800 S. Halsted, Chicago, IL
Reserve a free spot here: http://childfree.eventbrite.com
Organized by Kirstin De Mello
+Carrie Ruckel, moderator and filmmaker, creator of the short film "This is not a feminist theory about motherhood" +Nannette Banks, Reverend and coordinator at McCormick Theological Seminary +Gloria Bowman, writer and author of Human Slices, a love story about the choice to be childfree +Sekile Nzinga-Johnson, Asst. Prof. in Gender & Women's Studies at UIC and editor of Laboring Positions: Black Women, Mothering and the Academy (2013). +Miriam Schaer, artist and professor at Columbia College, recent work includes Baby (Not) on Board: The Last Prejudice? +Edra Soto, artist and creator of The Franklin exhibit space
Uncategorized Child Free, Childfree, Childless, childless women, Jane Addams Hull-House, Miriam Schaer, Women Without Children November 27, 2013
Wyoming Bound! / November 1, 2013 by Miriam Schaer
I will be in Wyoming next week for my exhibition Baby (not) on Board at Western Wyoming Community College, in Rock Springs. I'll be working with students and others in the community. It's going to be really exciting to see this new work up in one space-for the first time! And, there has been some interest in the local press
Uncategorized Childfree, childless women, Embroidered Text, Miriam Schaer, Performative Photography, Women Without Children November 01, 2013


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A História da agricultura no Brasil retrata desde o período pré-colonial, quando os indígenas praticavam a agricultura de subsistência, chegando ao período contemporâneo onde predomina a tecnologia e mecanização agrícola.

Primórdios

A agricultura era uma prática conhecida pelos nativos, que cultivavam a mandioca, o amendoim, o tabaco, a batata-doce e o milho, além de realizarem o extrativismo vegetal em diversos outros cultivares da flora local, como o babaçu ou o pequi, quer para alimentação quer para subprodutos como a palha ou a madeira, e ainda de frutas nativas como a jabuticaba, o caju, a cajá, a goiaba e muitas outras.

Com a chegada dos europeus, os indígenas não apenas receberam a cultura mais forte e dominante, como influenciaram os que chegavam: O português passara "a nutrir-se de farinha de pau, a abater, para o prato, a caça grossa, a embalar-se na rede de fio, a imitar os selvagens na rude e livre vida", no dizer de Pedro Calmon

Até a introdução do cultivo de exportação, o extrativismo do pau-brasil, foi a primeira razão econômica da posse das novas terras por Portugal.

Brasil Colônia: a monocultura da cana

Logo após o Descobrimento, as riquezas naturais da terra não se revelaram promissoras, até a introdução da produção de cana-de-açúcar na região Nordeste, principalmente em Pernambuco. Isto obrigou os portugueses a introduzirem a mão-de-obra escrava, capaz de realizar as duras tarefas de cultivo da monocultura, sistema muitas vezes chamado de plantation. Essa fonte de riqueza, entretanto, não serviu para a promoção do desenvolvimento técnico ou social.

A concentração da riqueza e a formação de latifúndios geraram um sistema social quase feudal - diverso do que ocorreu, por exemplo, na América do Norte, onde a terra foi dividida em pequenas propriedades. A economia brasileira era em sua maior parte dependente da exportação do açúcar, que a despeito de ser trinta por cento mais barato que o produzido noutras partes, não possuía acesso aos mercados, vindo a declinar na segunda metade do século XVII. Muitas regiões produtoras, então, passaram a diversificar a produção, passando ao plantio do algodão, como em Pernambuco, ou, na Bahia, do tabaco ou do cacau - embora o legado negativo desse período tenha permanecido: a estrutura social arcaica e a baixa tecnologia agrícola.

Brasil Império: domínio do café

Ainda no final do período colonial o café foi introduzido no país. Mas foi somente após a independência que a produção se consolidou na região Sudeste, sobretudo no estado de São Paulo. A exportação, que no começo do século XIX era de 3.178 mil sacas de 60 kg, passou a 51 milhões e 361 mil sacas, nas décadas de 1880 e 1890 - saltando de dezenove por cento para cerca de sessenta e três por cento do total da exportação do país.

Esse enorme peso econômico fez surgir uma nova oligarquia dominante no Brasil, os chamados Barões do Café. Apressou, ainda, os movimentos de imigração, com o fim da escravidão, atingindo seu ápice nas chamadas política do café-com-leite e política dos governadores, esta última no governo Campos Sales, até a crise de 1929 encerrar este ciclo na década de 1930 e com a industrialização do país - com o capital oriundo do excedente cafeeiro.

A imigração européia se acentuou com a produção do café no oeste paulista, com a chegada ao país sobretudo de italianos. A riqueza gerada pelo produto acentuou as diferenças entre as regiões brasileiras, especialmente o Nordeste.

Além do café outras culturas tiveram crescimento ainda no século XIX, como o fumo e o cacau, na Bahia, e a borracha na Amazônia: em 1910 a borracha representava em torno de quarenta por cento das exportações. O algodão assistiu um crescimento temporário, durante a Guerra de Secessão, nos Estados Unidos da América.

Anos 1950
No pós-guerra tem início no país o debate que indicava o atraso no setor agrícola como um dos obstáculos ao desenvolvimento e à industrialização que se projetava na Era Vargas, nos entendimentos entre o país e os Estados Unidos. O modelo a ser adotado recebia forte influência da CEPAL, organismo da ONU sediado no Chile.

O atraso do campo não atendia mais à demanda dos grandes centros urbanos, e cidades como São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro e Recife sofriam com escassez de gêneros básicos como açúcar, trigo, feijão e outros.

Diversificação agrícola: anos 1960 a 1990

Após o período de forte influência da CEPAL, tem lugar os estudos feitos pelo Instituto de Estudos Brasileiros, fundado em 1962. No ano seguinte tinham início as Reformas de base de João Goulart, provocando forte reação dos latifundiários. No meio acadêmico duas correntes se debatiam, uma dizendo que o país possuía uma estrutura feudal no campo, ao passo que intelectuais como Prado Júnior defendiam que a estrutura rural era capitalista; em ambos os casos pregava-se a reforma agrária como meio de melhoria do sistema econômico; também se falava em alterações constitucionais, e todo esse quadro gerou a oposição acirrada dos conservadores, e que culminaram com o Golpe Militar de 1964.

Durante o regime militar foi criada em 1973 a EMBRAPA (Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária), com o objetivo de diversificar a produção agrícola. O órgão foi responsável pelo desenvolvimento de novos cultivares, adaptados às condições peculiares das diversas regiões do país. Teve início a expansão das fronteiras agrícolas para o cerrado, e latifúndios em escala semi-industrial de soja, algodão e feijão.

Dentre os pesquisadores da Embrapa que possibilitaram a incrementação da revolução verde na agricultura brasileira, destaca-se a pesquisadora tcheca-brasileira Johanna Döbereiner que, com suas pesquisas sobre os microrganismos fixadores de nitrogênio, por sua amplitude mundial, rendeu-lhe, em 1997, a indicação para receber o Prêmio Nobel de Química.

Em 1960 eram quatro os principais produtos agrícolas exportados; no começo da década de 1990 estes passaram a dezenove. O avanço nestes trinta anos incluiu o beneficiamento: nos anos 60 os produtos não-beneficiados eram oitenta e quatro por cento do total exportado, taxa que caiu a vinte por cento, no começo da década de 90.

As políticas de fomento agrícola incluíam créditos subsidiados, perdão de dívidas bancárias, e subsídios à exportação (que, em alguns casos, chegou a cinquenta por cento do valor do produto).

Mecanização: os anos 1990

A partir de 1994, com a estabilização monetária do Plano Real, o modelo agrícola brasileiro passou por uma radical mudança: o Estado diminuiu sua participação e o mercado passou a financiar a agricultura que, assim, viu fortalecida a cadeia do agronegócio, desde a substituição da mão-de-obra por máquinas (houve uma redução da população rural brasileira, que caiu de vinte e um milhões e setecentas mil, em 1985, para dezessete milhões e novecentas mil pessoas em 1995), passando pela liberação do comércio exterior (diminuição das taxas de importação dos insumos), e outras medidas que forçaram os produtores brasileiros a se adaptarem às práticas de mercado globalizado. O aumento da produtividade, a mecanização (com redução dos custos) e profissionalização marcam esse período.

Desenvolvimentos sobre a agricultura no Brasil
A historiografia agrícola do país surge com uma nova visão a partir da década de 1930, com o lançamento da obra Casa-Grande e Senzala de Gilberto Freire e Evolução Política do Brasil, de Caio Prado Júnior, ambos de 1933, além de outras obras posteriores.

A partir da Guerra Fria a historiografia brasileira passou a dar maior enfoque à economia e aos fatores de produção, até que na década de 1970 surgem os primeiros trabalhos voltados especificamente para o setor agrícola.

Os defensores das ideias marxistas produzem grandes embates, que se esvaziam com o Golpe Militar de 1964. Obras como Formação Econômica do Brasil, de Celso Furtado (1959), "Da Senzala à Colônia", de Emília Viotti da Costa e "A Revolução Brasileira", de Caio Prado Jr. (ambos de 1966) trazem importantes contributos para a compreensão do passado agrícola, permitindo que na década de 1970 a produção específica sobre agricultura tivesse espaço. Otávio Guilherme Velho, na Inglaterra, Kátia Mattoso, na Bahia, são nomes que passam a abordar a temática, não mais apreciando os dados oficiais, mas pesquisando ampla documentação. Surge o debate acerca dos modos de produção, que destacam nomes como Ciro Flamarion Cardoso, Jacob Gorender e Antônio Barros de Castro

Um maior impulo às pesquisas deu-se com a criação do CPDA, em 1977 e, desde então, as pesquisas da história da agricultura brasileira passaram a incorporar estudiosos de diversas áreas das ciências humanas (como sociólogos, economistas, filósofos, etc.).

Além das pesquisas centralizadas no Rio de Janeiro, estas passaram a se desenvolver noutros estados, em que se destaca o papel do Arquivo Público da Bahia, faculdades de Minas Gerais, etc., que muito contribuem para a ampliação do conhecimento historiográfico do setor agrícola no país.


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Nato  da Carlo e Caterina Gastaldi, entra nella Scuola militare il 6 ottobre 1892. Ufficiale del 3º Reggimento alpini durante la Grande Guerra, negli anni venti assume il comando di varie scuole dell'esercito e l'incarico di Direttore capo di divisione incaricato al Ministero della guerra, per poi prestare servizio con incarichi di comando, dal 1929 al 1933, nella 12ª Brigata fanteria.

Promosso a Generale di divisione il 23 gennaio del 1933, comanda la 3ª Divisione CC.NN. "21 aprile" durante la guerra d'Etiopia. Promosso a Generale di corpo d'armata il 3 aprile 1937, nel 1939 viene nominato Senatore del Regno d'Italia; nel Senato ricopre l'incarico di membro della Commissione degli affari dell'Africa italiana fino al 1943, quando viene dichiarato decaduto dall'Alta Corte di Giustizia per le sanzioni contro il Fascismo. Nello stesso anno aveva ricoperto la carica di presidente dell'Unione Militare.

Medaglie, onorificenze e decorazioni

Bibliografia
Generali Dell'Impero, Vinicio Araldi, 1940.

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Ufficiali dell'Ordine militare di Savoia
Militari italiani della prima guerra mondiale
Ufficiali del Regio Esercito
Medaglie d'argento al valor militare
Persone legate al colonialismo italiano
Medaglie di bronzo al valor militare
Croci al merito di guerra
Decorati di Medaglia commemorativa delle campagne d'Africa
Decorati di Medaglia commemorativa della guerra italo-turca
Decorati di Medaglia commemorativa della guerra italo-austriaca
Decorati di Medaglia interalleata della vittoria
Decorati di Medaglia commemorativa dell'Unità d'Italia
Croci di guerra al valor militare
Decorati di Medaglia commemorativa delle operazioni militari in Africa Orientale
Decorati di Medaglia mauriziana
Croci d'oro per anzianità di servizio
Cavalieri di gran croce dell'Ordine della Corona d'Italia
Grandi ufficiali dell'Ordine coloniale della Stella d'Italia
Cavalieri dell'Ordine di San Stanislao
Commendatori dell'Ordine dei Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro


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Those rental e-scooters that show up around your neighborhood might have "HARLEY DAVIDSON" on the side soon.
Don't want to pull in a clutch? No problem! You have options!


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import React, { useEffect } from 'react';
import Head from 'next/head';
import { useUser } from '@auth0/nextjs-auth0';

import EntryForm from '../../components/EntryForm';
import Box from '../../components/Box';
import Spacer from '../../components/Spacer';
import Button from '../../components/Button';
import LocationSearch from '../../components/LocationSearch';
import Login from '../login.page';

import { useMapState } from '../../components/MapState';

import config from '../../config';
import { useRouter } from 'next/router';
import { withApollo } from '../../api-client/withApollo';
import {
  UpdateLooMutationVariables,
  useUpdateLooMutation,
} from '../../api-client/graphql';
import PageLoading from '../../components/PageLoading';
import { LooMapLoader } from '../../components/LooMap/LooMapLoader';

const initialFormState = {
  active: null,
  noPayment: true,
};

const AddPage = () => {
  const { user, isLoading } = useUser();
  const [mapState, setMapState] = useMapState();

  const router = useRouter();

  const { lat, lng } = router.query;

  // set the map position if lat and lng query params are present
  React.useEffect(() => {
    if (lat && lng) {
      setMapState({
        center: {
          lat: parseFloat(lat as string),
          lng: parseFloat(lng as string),
        },
      });
    }
  }, [lat, lng, setMapState]);

  const [
    updateLooMutation,
    { data: saveData, loading: saveLoading, error: saveError },
  ] = useUpdateLooMutation();

  const saveLoo = async (formData: UpdateLooMutationVariables) => {
    // add the active state for which there's no user-facing form control as yet
    const { errors } = await updateLooMutation({
      variables: { ...formData, active: true },
    });

    if (errors) {
      console.log(formData);
      console.error('save error', errors);
    }
  };

  // redirect to new toilet entry page upon successful addition
  useEffect(() => {
    if (saveData) {
      setMapState({ searchLocation: undefined });
      // redirect to updated toilet entry page
      router.push(
        `/api/loos/${saveData.submitReport.loo.id}/revalidate?message=created`
      );
    }
  }, [saveData, router, setMapState]);

  if (isLoading) {
    return <PageLoading />;
  }

  if (!user) {
    return <Login />;
  }

  return (
    <>
      <Head>
        <title>{config.getTitle('Add Toilet')}</title>
      </Head>

      <Box position="relative" display="flex" height="40vh">
        <LooMapLoader
          center={mapState.center}
          zoom={mapState.zoom}
          minZoom={config.editMinZoom}
          showCrosshair
          controlsOffset={20}
          withAccessibilityOverlays={false}
          alwaysShowGeolocateButton={true}
          controlPositionOverride="bottom"
        />

        <Box position="absolute" top={0} left={0} m={3}>
          <LocationSearch
            onSelectedItemChange={(searchLocation) =>
              setMapState({ searchLocation })
            }
          />
        </Box>
      </Box>

      <Spacer mt={4} />

      <EntryForm
        title="Add This Toilet"
        loo={initialFormState}
        saveLoading={saveLoading}
        saveError={saveError}
        onSubmit={saveLoo}
      >
        <Box display="flex" flexDirection="column" alignItems="center">
          <Button type="submit" data-testid="add-the-toilet">
            Save toilet
          </Button>
        </Box>
      </EntryForm>

      <Spacer mt={4} />
    </>
  );
};

export default withApollo(AddPage);

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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/**
 * sessionAuth
 *
 * @module :: Policy
 * @description :: Simple policy to allow any authenticated user Assumes that
 *              your login action in one of your controllers sets
 *              `req.session.authenticated = true;`
 * @docs :: http://sailsjs.org/#!/documentation/concepts/Policies
 *
 */
module.exports = function(req, res, next) {

	// User is allowed, proceed to the next policy,
	// or if this is the last policy, the controller
	if (req.session.authenticated) {
		return next();
	}

	// User is not allowed

	if (res.redirect) {
		return res.redirect('/login' + locationService.getRoomQuery(req));
	} else {
		return res.forbidden();
	}
};


The show started with 12 contestants after Imran and Mer left on Saturday night.
Kenya's Doreen kicked off the nights show and the judges plus the faculty seemed to be impressed with her performance before Uganda's Allanroy hit the stage. Judge Ian started off by saying the diction was terrible and if he was singing in Kikuyu it could have been terrible. Even judge Juliana was not impressed. Judge Hermes said that was a good song but you lost the lyrics.
Samantha from Burundi was the next to perform though it looks like Dr. Mitch has a soft spot for her based on his comments as he was drumming up support for her. Judge Ian said yes to her performance, Hermes said if that song was her's it could have been a hit on radio, Juliana told her that she set the house on fire, generally, they all liked her performance.
Kenya's Steve was next with 'Without You'. Judge Juliana liked it, Judge Ian did not like the performance and Hermes disagreed with Ian by saying, it was a good performance.
Kenya's Eunice was the next to perform but Judge Juliana did not like her performance but Judge Ian liked her performance and even compared their beauty to Juliana. Hermes said the song did not work out for him.
Uganda's Sharon took her curves to the stage next after she was saved last night by the faculty. Juliana said her performance was fair, Judge Hermes said this was her worst performance. It had more bad parts than good parts, so it was not good, said Judge Ian.
Fatuma from Rwanda hit the stage next doing Jenipher Hudson's track 'Where you are' Judged Hermes liked her performance, Juliana said her performance was fair. Judge Ian said she had poor mic technic, no voice and wondered what was the point of her even giving it a chance!
Ruth from Kenya probably had the best performance for the night and the crowd went wild at the end of it all. Judge Ian said wow, wow wow, the show has began after the curtain raisers. Judge Juliana said Ruth has such a big voice and she brought the house down. Judge Hermes simply said, Ruth, Thank you very much.
Damian from Tanzania was next and at the end of his performance, Juliana felt he could have done better than that and these were the same comments by judge Hermes. Dr. Mitch saved him form judge Ian now that he liked his shoes.
Nancy from South Sudan hit the stage clad in a black dress with a long slit doing 'Boom Boom' Judge Ian said that was karaokish and he was disappointed. Juliana seemed to agree with judge Ian.
Jackson from Rwanda was up next. Judge Ian said that was an okay performance. Judge Hermes said Ian was totally wrong, he felt like he was in a bar and he was doing karaoke.
Joe from Burundi was the last performer or the night. In terms of performance that was strong according to judge Hermes, but Judge Ian said there was nothing to write home about.
Those on probation this week are Jackson, Eunice, Damian, Allanroy(Tusker4) and Fatuma(Tusker 9).


The sign at the top of the Schoolhouse Gap trail, where we hiked this weekend.
Whenever Bruce and I return home from a trip out of town, he says, "I miss everywhere but Orlando." I usually bristle when he says this, wishing somehow that we should be loyal to the city where we live. I try to emphasize in my mind the comfort of our home, the pleasant view of pines and palms and palmettos out the wall of sliding glass doors across the back, the presence of my sweet kitties, the large live oaks that line the streets of our neighborhood and trail Spanish moss like so many dream clouds. There is a lot to like about where we live and how we live.
Yet it's true that I haven't found a sense of home here, and I am reminded of that every time I go back to East Tennessee, as I did over Thanksgiving weekend to visit my dad and his wife. I have that creeping middle-aged feeling that it was a good place to live, though I couldn't wait to get away from it when I was young. There was, after all, a whole world to explore. Surely in all that world, I thought, there must be some perfect place.
Now, when I go back to Sequoyah Hills, where my family lived for three years during the late 1960s, and where my father has lived the past fourteen years, I think it might be the most perfect place. I feel at home in my body there, and in the nearby Great Smoky Mountains, even though my connections to both places and to East Tennessee in general might seem tenuous.
One thing I always notice when I'm back in East Tennessee is just how nice everyone is. On this trip, Bruce and I stopped off at a convenience store for drinks, trail mix, and a pack of sandwich cookies to take on a short hike in the mountains. In spite of the fact that the stretch of Alcoa Highway we were driving along is not doing too well—numerous storefronts papered over and a few buildings bulldozed—the clerk was cheerful. She rang us up promptly and politely asked if we wanted a bag. As I put my wallet back in my purse, she actually said, "Y'all come back soon!" I laughed and told her we were just visiting so it wasn't likely, and then I felt stupid, as though this might be rude. So I added, "But next time!" and she grinned at me and waved as we pushed through the door.
This always happens when I am in East Tennessee. Always. It's not that I never encounter a grumpy person there, but such are greatly overshadowed by nice people, friendly people, people willing to chat, people who treat you like you are another human being. I don't realize I miss it until it's there in front of me again.
I wonder about it, too. For a long time, I wondered if it meant that people were dumbly accepting of their "place" in life. I mean, shouldn't clerks in convenience stores, working the Saturday after Thanksgiving, be somewhat resentful of those of us cavorting in the woods on vacation? Doesn't their cheerfulness let me off the hook too easily in my middle-class life? I mean, no revolution is going to come from that attitude!
There was always a kind of acceptance exhibited by people in East Tennessee that my restless soul never felt, even when I lived there. My family was more about ambition and less about community, though years later my mother gave me a T-shirt that says, "If you're lucky enough to be in the mountains, you're lucky enough." Even though I readily acknowledge the down side of too much acceptance of the status quo, I also think I would have done well myself to learn better the importance of commitment to community and of a sense of self-worth that is rooted in something other than achievement.
There is, in fact, something in kindly behavior that asserts (better than resentment) that we are all fellow travelers and that we all deserve each others' respect. There is a lack of shame in a habit of friendliness, a democratic sense that we each play an important role in life unfolding. I find again and again that in East Tennessee, there's less adherence to a corporate script and more ad libbing.
Even more than this native kindness, though, I feel a connection to East Tennessee simply through my senses. I feel it through the easy adjustment of my body as the car curves along the hilly roadways. My lungs seem to expand and my nostrils open wider in the pine-scented air with the right amount of moisture. The light creates halos around people and objects in its brightness that is seldom harsh. Even the sound of dogs barking in the evening is resonant and pleasant, deep and cushioned by the hills and trees, and so unlike the shrill, neurotic sound of dogs in Orlando.
But, of course, there's also a lack of complication that I'm suspicious of in my view. Going "home" is like being a tourist in my own past—there were indeed fewer complications when I was a kid. Even the difficulties I recall are blunted with distance. No doubt I had sharp emotions then as I do now, but in retrospect, they fade and the familiarity of the place feels only good. I wonder if nostalgia can ever be a genuine emotion.
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Interesting. I, too, have no sense of place in my region of residence. Waking up this morning, I realized it was 13 years to the week that I first moved to Seattle, and have spent 11 of the last 13 years here. Oddly enough, I am used enough to the city itself (we live about 5 miles south of downtown), but when I'm outside Seattle that the "I am not of this place" feeling really hits.
I used to grumble aloud about it, which would provoke a "bristle" out of JB, and now I just internalize it. I guess I wanted to share my bad mood and that would do it, believe me. But I quickly (ok, maybe not so quickly) realized that was not making me feel any better in the long or short run.
The less I think about it the better. But because my work in ecology/environmental policy has always been centered in the place I live, there is not much escaping it. I should have gone to pharmacy school. Instead, I get to look over Excel spreadsheets of chum salmon harvest in Puget Sound 1974-2009. Woo-hoo!
And an aside about regional dialects. Some folks at work cringe when I say "crick." But I can turn that on and off, so I turn it on only in the office. ;>). Then I explain that it's from the Scotch-Irish immigrants, and how those immigrants influenced speech across a wide swath of the middle of the country. Then I launch into why everyone should read "Albion's Seed" and by then people are running away….
You raise another whole interesting point about how work so often gets to be about things other than what it was originally about.
What you say about place reminds me that it doesn't even matter how great a place it may be that we're in. Today after I posted, I had errands to do and was out in a perfectly delicious Florida fall afternoon. You live in Seattle, one of the most enviable locations on earth. Yet we aren't quite home in our heres.
I suppose it has to do with some formative moments that stick with us, though some people find their homes only after they are adults. I met such a woman in Moab a few years ago, who had visited as a tourist and decided it was the place for her. Hmmm….
And accents and dialects are another whole universe. You and I could probably write a book about that. Or at least a long string of anecdotes.
Another gorgeous piece of writing, Lisa. And a place I also love so!
Thanks, Gigi. We should all meet up there some time.


Priority: Members of Centre 81 who chipped in with the clean up.
MANY hands made light work as team set about the task of transforming the appearance of a previously neglected part of town.
A bit of elbow grease and Tar Works Road was looking back to its best as a result of last week's clean up.
Members from disabled charity Centre 81 helped out along with Primo's Gardeners to collect rubbish and tidy verges.
The clean up was organised by Community Connections and North Yarmouth Safer Neighbourhood Team with the support of Anglian Water's River Care scheme.
The task was identified as a priority at a recent meeting of the North Yarmouth Key Individual Network Group, which sets policing priorities for the area.
Community development worker Mark Llewellyn, who organised the event, said: "We realised there was a lot that could be done along here and had already removed a wrecked boat left near the river.
"Everyone who has taken part has done a great job and we must have collected about 20 bags of rubbish.
Amongst those taking part was Tony Nash from Centre 81. He said: "This has made a big difference - I never knew how much rubbish there could be in one small area.
"I hope it will encourage people to take responsibility for looking after their own doorstep.


This trial is looking at different ways of treating early stage bladder cancer that has come back after treatment. It is comparing surgery with a type of chemotherapy called mitomycin C. It is for people with the most common type of bladder cancer called transitional cell cancer.
Doctors usually treat bladder cancer that hasn't grown into the muscle wall (early bladder cancer) with surgery. This may be followed by a type of chemotherapy called mitomycin C. You have a single treatment of chemotherapy into the bladder. This is called intravesical treatment. But sometimes bladder cancer can come back and you may need to have more surgery.
Researchers think that mitomycin C could be a useful treatment for low risk bladder tumours that have come back, without the need for surgery. But they aren't sure yet how well it will work. So in this trial, they are comparing mitomycin C with surgery as treatment for bladder cancer that has come back.
This is a phase 2 trial. The researchers need 174 people to join. It is a randomised trial. You are put into 1 of 2 groups by a computer. Neither you nor your doctor can decide which group you are in.
For every 3 people joining the trial, 2 will have mitomycin C and 1 will have surgery.
If you are in the chemotherapy group, you have mitomycin C into the bladder once a week for 4 weeks. You have it through a thin tube (a catheter) put into your bladder through your urethra . You will be asked not to pass urine for an hour. For 6 hours after each treatment you need to be careful when you pass urine as it will contain chemicals from the chemotherapy. For example, men should sit down to pass urine to reduce the chance of splashing.
If you are in the surgery group, you have surgery as usual. You may have a single treatment with mitomycin C into your bladder after surgery. Your doctor can tell you more about this.
If you agree to take part in this trial, the researchers may ask for extra urine samples and samples of your cancer (biopsies ). These samples will be stored safely and used only for research. They may help researchers to learn more about bladder cancer and how to treat it. If you don't wish to give these extra samples for research, you don't have to. You can still take part in the trial.
The trial team may ask you to fill out a questionnaire at set times during the trial. The questionnaires will ask about side effects and how you've been feeling. This is called a quality of life study. If you don't wish to fill out these research questionnaires, you don't have to. You can still take part in the trial.
If you have mitomycin C, you go to the hospital once a week to have your chemotherapy.
If you have surgery, you go to hospital just once, but you may stay in overnight. You will have a catheter in place for a few hours after surgery to help you pass urine. You can go home when the catheter has been removed and you can pass urine normally.
Everyone will have a test to look inside the bladder (a cystoscopy), to see if the cancer has gone, 3 months after treatment has finished. If it appears the cancer has gone, the doctor will take a biopsy of the previous tumour area to check there is no cancer in your bladder.
If the cystoscopy shows there is still cancer in your bladder you will have surgery to remove it. Should this happen, you then have a further cystoscopy 3 months after that to check there is no cancer in your bladder.
Everyone will have a final cystoscopy a year after treatment finished. The trial team will check how you are getting on every year at your routine hospital visits.
You may see a small amount of blood in your urine for up to 2 weeks after surgery. You should avoid any heavy lifting, sports, sexual activity or driving a car during this time.