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Review: Sol Meyer NY Deli Opens on Main Street
Sol Meyer NY Deli on Main Street offers Jewish soul food like pastrami sandwiches, latkes, matzoh ball soup and more.
By Marsha Fottler Photography by Chad Spencer 1/25/2016 at 5:00am Published in the February 2016 issue of Sarasota Magazine
For as long as I have known my friend and fellow food writer, chef Judi Gallagher, she has told anyone who would listen that what downtown Sarasota really needed was a great New York-style delicatessen. Lately, I haven't heard much out of her, because her face always seems to be buried in a pastrami on rye ($13.99) at Sol Meyer NY Delicatessen on Main Street. I've even heard her whisper, over lunch, "I hope she can't hear me, but this kugel is better than my Nana's recipe."
Similar comments are passed around among the people standing in line on the sidewalk to get a cramped table inside. The opening weekend was so busy that the restaurant had to close down on Sunday, because the kitchen was out of everything and the staff hadn't slept in days.
Subsequently, management decided to eliminate early-morning breakfast, and now the deli is open from 10:30 a.m. until closing, often around 10 p.m. (Breakfast may return by spring.) The name of the deli is a combination of the first names of the two owners, chef Solomon Shenker and his brother-in-law, Dr. Meyer Rubin Samotin, who lives in Naples, Fla.
Shenker says he grew up on Long Island eating classic deli food, as did his sister, Samantha, who is running the front of the deli. Shenker is a traditionally trained chef and a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America. He has held positions at country clubs, private restaurants and catering businesses, and most recently was the chef at Sarasota's Hotel Indigo. But he has always yearned to have his own New York-style deli.
The restaurant seats 44 in tight quarters. The size and location of Sol Meyer means you can forget about finding a nearby parking space unless you get really lucky. But walking a few blocks to and from won't hurt, because the food here is calorie-intense, the servings are generous and nobody in the place is talking heart-healthy.
Essentially, it's Jewish soul food.
The corned beef sandwich and the pastrami ones, too, are outrageously stacked, juicy (oh, that gorgeous fat) and can come with cheese and sides of coleslaw (underseasoned) or potato salad (also needs a flavor boost) and pickles. Of course, you want a Doctor Brown's soda to go with it. The chicken liver paté is laden with schmaltz; the rye bread (nicely seeded) is made by a Sarasota baker to Sol's specs. Sol's wife, who is of Polish heritage, makes the pierogen (five with sour cream on the side, $8.99) and some of the desserts. Cheesecake, high, light and velvety, is $7.99 a slice and big enough to share (although I don't see many people doing that.)
Lunch and dinner includes sandwiches, many not offered at other places locally, such as tongue ($12.99), or a combination of pastrami and corned beef on rye ($14.99) or the King Sol, open-faced latkes and brisket with gravy for $14.99. A classic Reuben is $13.99, and the Dr. Meyer sandwich combines chopped liver and pastrami on rye for $13.99. If you want to eat heavier at lunch or dinner, sample the stuffed cabbage ($16.99), grilled liver and onions ($18.99) or half roasted chicken ($16.99). Maybe you'll just start with a cup of chicken soup ($4.99) and work up to the more serious food.
The menu also offers some unusual dishes, such as Eastern European egg salad ($6.99) made with roasted chopped eggplant, or the egg barley farfel (pasta) with mushrooms and brown gravy at $6.99. The Sol Meyer house chopped salad (a meal at $13.99) combines turkey and roast beef with the usual greens and accents it with hardboiled eggs, Swiss cheese, cucumbers and more. I suppose this could be the "healthy" dish on the menu.
The service at Sol Meyer is high-energy, friendly and brisk, but in case you have to wait a bit for your order or you're standing in line, browse the last page of the menu. It's a dictionary of Yiddish words that could help you be deli smart. Learn the difference between a schlemiel and a mensch or when to kvetch rather than kibbitz and find out why a lot of Sol Meyer customers leave the place feeling downright schmaltzy.
The Verdict: A long-awaited downtown deli brings authentic New York-style dishes, along with friendly, high-energy service, to Sarasota.
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Turtle Rock on Palmer Ranch exudes a serene elegance that positively attracts residents to the deed restricted community. Gated on both north and south entrances, Turtle Rock includes some of the best Sarasota real estate available on the market today. Although there are many outstanding properties in several of the communities, Turtle Rock emanates a charmingly breathtaking appeal that home buyers can hardly resist.
Turtle Rock real estate is composed of 758 residential properties, 148 of which are maintenance free villas in two separate enclaves, namely, Savannah and Somerset. Turtle Rock residents enjoy scenic lake views and a breezy atmosphere because most of the homes front a lake. Otherwise, the homes are located beside a nature preserve and so the residents enjoy a refreshing environment, nevertheless.
Turtle Rock homes for sale are generally in the price range of the low $300s to the high $500s, and floor plans of 1500 to 3500 square feet can have 2 to 5 bedrooms. The villas in Savannah and Somerset would be priced around the $300s. Residents enjoy 24-hour security and all the trappings of Palmer Ranch real estate: a community center for socials and events, a heated swimming pool, a playground for the little ones, basketball and tennis courts for the sporty, and nature trails for everyone. With 17 lakes within the community, canoeing is a pleasant and wholesome pastime.
Turtle Rock was developed in the early 1990s and deed restrictions are in place to help maintain the community's lofty standards. In fact, the skillfully maintained homes and the beautifully preserved environment are the best selling points of Turtle Rock real estate. Add to that the community's convenient location and quick access to commercial establishments, recreational and amusement facilities, and learning institutions and you'll know why Turtle Rock homes are top choices in the Sarasota real estate market.
Aside from these establishments and facilities, Palmer Ranch and, therefore, Turtle Rock enjoy two renowned golf courses in Sarasota: TPC Prestancia and Stoneybrook Golf & Country Club. Serendipity Racquet Club, with its 19 Har-Tru tennis courts, is also located in the Palmer Ranch development.
To top things off, the best Sarasota beaches are but a few minutes' drive from Turtle Rock. The beautiful Siesta Key beach features 8 miles of sugar-fine, powdery soft crystal sand. In addition, the eclectic Siesta Key Village is a cultural melting pot where residents and tourists can also mingle.
Below are all the real estate listings currently for sale in Turtle Rock on Palmer Ranch.


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Exit Engineering™ services in action
The Business: Privately held winery with eight owners – all family members.
The Challenge: 8 multi-generational owners where no one had majority control.
The Goal: Transfer out of the 40% owner share. Establish a Board of Directors that reports to the owners.
The Result: Assisted in the new implementation of an ERP system specific to the industry. Worked with all owners to establish clear roles and responsibilities. Formed a Board of Directors reporting to the owners. Empowered the key managers to make the decisions. Built and implemented departmental budgets.
Where They Are Today: The company enjoys increased gross revenue of 20% year over year, decreased overhead expenses and a 45% improved EBITDA .
Partnership Transitions
The Business: Privately held auto repair shop with two partners of 20 years.
The Challenge: This partnership separation was even more difficult as the success of the business was tied to both partners' gifts. One was operationally focused while the other was sales and customer relationship based.
The Goal: One of the business partners was no longer interested in working together and wanted to get out.
The Result: Negotiated with owners, spouses and strategic advisors for a fair/equitable separation for both the business and property. Helped secure financing and kept a very difficult situation away from the courts.
Where They Are Today: The business is thriving under the remaining owner.
Growth & Scaling
The Business: Privately held gluten free manufacturing and national sales company with a sole owner.
The Challenge: Annual sales growth from $5M to $13M in two years quickly outgrew owner's abilities.
The Goal: Build systems that allowed the sole owner to manage, operate and grow the company within their given skill set.
The Result: Put in new ERP and CRM system. Built new organizational chart with job descriptions and definable roles with responsibilities. Consolidated one of the manufacturing companies into the parent and closed the other company.
Where They Are Today: Grew the company from $13M to $21M and doubled the EBITA in two years.
Establishing Long Term Plan to Sell
The Business: Privately held service and repair shop – sole owner.
The Challenge: Owner was 65 and wanted a plan for retirement.
The Goal: Create a plan that would grow the value of the business while creating sustainability and provide for a smooth transition.
The Result: Work over a 5 year period on designing an exit plan which included buying another business to strengthen management staff, sell off the land under the business for a better capital gains tax deduction, implemented accounting standards so an SBA loan would be approved and cleaned up the site all before listing the business. Confirmed with his advisors that his retirement goal could be obtained with a set sales price and sold his business.
The Business: Privately held brewery. ECG was brought in by the attorney representing the Seller.
The Challenge: Seller had a LOI (letter of intent) from a larger competitor for $2.5M. The transaction was already at the verbal agreement level, but the attorney felt the Seller was not offered a fair price. Shopping the offer was not an option.
The Goal: Increase offer without blowing up the deal as the Seller wanted to sell to this specific buyer and close in 60 days.
The Result: Negotiated a sale price of $3m with $500,000 more cash up front. Saved the seller $300,000 in taxes by selling stock in the C corporation and structured the note as an installment sale to save $75,000 in Year One. Closed in 60 days.
3rd Party Sale
The Business: Franchise retail shop – one owner.
The Challenge: Owner, who was out of the country for most of the transaction, wanted out in 45 days.
The Result: Completed business analysis, created listing, solicited and qualified buyers, negotiated terms, worked with the franchisor through escrow, closed escrow in 30 days, and then assisted seller to complete after sale matters to close down his business license, prepare for tax implications and cash out.
Inside Sale
The Business: Large construction company.
The Challenge: Managing a large team of advisors necessary to discern the best pathway and successfully complete the complex transaction.
The Goal: The owners wanted to sell the business to a key employee and needed clear steps.
The Result: Evaluated liquidation, inside sale and outside sale against the owner's goals & objectives. Designed an ESOP with Strategic Advisor support and helped implement the transitional steps required.
Where They Are Today: Business is now owned by the employees, is profitable and continues to grow.

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Petition drive begins to pull Maine out of 45-state Common Core education collaborative
By Christopher Cousins, BDN Staff • August 21, 2013 5:07 pm
AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine Equal Rights Center announced Wednesday that it will launch a citizens' petition campaign to repeal Maine's reliance on a set of education standards used in 45 states.
The ballot question, which would go to a November 2014 referendum if petitioners gather enough valid signatures, is the first of its kind in the country. Heidi Sampson, a member of the state Board of Education and the Maine Charter School Commission, co-founded a group called No Common Core Maine, which is partnering with the Maine Equal Rights Center on the initiative.
Opponents of Common Core characterize it as part of an attempt to nationalize public education and an erosion of local control. Proponents say it allows state education officials to ensure consistency, which leads to better overall educational performance.
"On a daily basis, people are realizing for the first time the significant impact of Common Core and are becoming increasingly concerned," said Sampson during a news conference Wednesday at the State House. "This is not another educational fad that will pass away. The people of Maine must become informed and let their voices be heard."
The Common Core State Standards were implemented in 2010 in response to increased calls for proficiency-based education, which means students leave their public school with certain knowledge and skills in common with all other students. The intent was to ensure that all schools follow the same guidelines in teaching their students. Maine, which adopted the standards in 2010 under Gov. John Baldacci, is on track to adopt a new student testing system called Smarter Balance, which is based on the Common Core standards.
But Sampson and others argue that Common Core standards are actually less stringent than what many states would otherwise use, that the set of standards was implemented too quickly and that it strips control away from families and local school boards over what is taught in schools.
Erick Bennett, director of the Maine Equal Rights Center, said the local control issue was paramount for his organization.
"We're going to let the people in our state and their respective communities decide if they want to have control of what their children learn and how their money is spent or if they're going to leave that to a government that has a 33-percent approval rating," said Bennett. "The overall, overarching issue here is people losing control within their respective communities about what is best for their students. That is unacceptable."
Jamie Gass, director of the Center for School Reform at the Pioneer Institute in Boston, said his organization's research has shown that Common Core is a weaker standard than measures used in some of what he called "high-standards states" as well as some Asian countries that are known for the quality of their education systems.
But Rachelle Tome, chief academic officer for the Maine Department of Education, said she disagrees.
"I would ask them to check with a few of our teachers," said Tome. "If there's anything I have heard consistently it's from teachers about how they are going to adjust to even more rigorous standards."
Tome said another attribute of Common Core can be seen at the practical and financial levels.
"There's an economy of scale when you do these things with other states," she said, adding that having universal standards also makes life easier for students or teachers who switch schools.
Bennett said the intent of the referendum was to abolish both Common Core and Maine's Learning Results — which are another layer of education standards — leaving education decisions to be made exclusively at the local level.
"How would you know where you have the same set of expectations in your district as someone else nearby or somewhere else in the state?," said Tome. "What would that mean for a student who starts education in one place and moves to another? When you're leaving college as a teacher, how do you know what your expectations are going to be when you go out for a job?"
But that doesn't convince some, including Rep. Eleanor Espling, R-New Gloucester, one of the speakers at Wednesday's press conference.
"Just like the Affordable Care Act, I cannot and will not support this nationalization of our education system," she said.
A citizen initiative in Maine requires certified and valid signatures from 58,000 people.


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Phoenix Venture Partners LLC Raises 2nd Fund, PVP II LP
Mar 29, 2017 | News, Press Release
SAN MATEO, Calif., March 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Phoenix Venture Partners LLC (PVP) announced today that it has officially closed its new flagship venture capital fund, PVP II LP. The Fund's limited partners are composed of sophisticated financial institutions, family offices, and leading multinational corporations (strategic investors). PVP II LP's strategic investors include a who's who of market leaders in their respective industries, including Pfizer Inc., 3M, Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW), Eastman Chemical Company (NYSE: EMN), Solvay Group S.A., Showa Denko K. K. (TSE:4004), and W. L. Gore & Associates.
As the leading venture capital firm focused on Advanced Materials, PVP is known by entrepreneurs and corporations globally. PVP forges deep partnerships with its strategic investors and works closely with them to identify attractive market opportunities.
Following on the PVP partners' successful track record, PVP II LP will focus exclusively on investing in start-ups developing breakthrough Advanced Materials innovations. As in its prior fund PVP I LP, PVP will work with a limited number of leading corporations from different value chain positions, geographies, and industries to identify industrial opportunities and to vet "best in class" start-up technologies. PVP's partners also work closely with entrepreneurs, leveraging their domain experience as successful inventors, founders, start-up operators, and C-level executives.
Dr. John T. Chen, Managing General Partner of PVP, commented, "We are pleased by the continued support we received from our existing LPs and strong interest in PVP II LP from new investors. The Fund is off to a great start, having already made several new investments."
Dr. Zachariah Jonasson, Managing General Partner of PVP added, "We are excited to be working with both the most innovative multinational corporations and entrepreneurs globally."
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Mr. Leibniz's Second Paper
Author: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
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The previous part of this document is Dr. Clarke's First Reply [Collection of Papers [Leibniz-Clarke Correspondence] (1717)]
The next part of this document is Dr. Clarke's Second Reply [Collection of Papers [Leibniz-Clarke Correspondence] (1717)]
Mr. Leibnitz's Second Paper.
An Answer to Dr. Clarke's First Reply.
1. IT is rightly observed in the Paper delivered to the Princess of Wales, which Her Royal Highness has been pleased to communicate to me, that, next to Corruption of Manners, the Principles of the Materialists do very much contribute to keep up Impiety. But I believe the Author had no reason to add, that the Mathematical Principles of Philosophy are opposite to those of the Materialists. On the contrary, they are the same; only with this difference, that the Materialists, in Imitation of Democritus, Epicurus, and Hobbes, confine themselves altogether to Mathematical Principles, and admit only Bodies; whereas the Christian Mathematicians admit also Immaterial Substances. Wherefore, not Mathematical Principles (according to the usual sense of that Word) but Metaphysical Principles ought to be opposed to those <21> of the Materialists. Pythagoras, Plato, and Aristotle in some measure, had a Knowledge of these Principles; but I pretend to have established them demonstratively in my Theodicæa, though I have done it in a popular manner. The great Foundation of Mathematicks, is the principle of Contradiction, or Identity, that is, that a Proposition cannot be true and false at the same time; and that therefore A is A, and cannot be not A. This single Principle is sufficient to demonstrate every part of Arithmetick and Geometry, that is, all Mathematical Principles. But in order to proceed from Mathematicks to Natural Philosophy, another Principle is requisite, as I have observed in my Theodicæa: I mean, the Principle of a sufficient Reason, viz. that nothing happens without a Reason why it should be so, rather than otherwise. And therefore Archimedes being to proceed from Mathematicks to Natural Philosophy, in his Book De Æquilibrio, was obliged to make use of a particular Case of the great Principle of a sufficient Reason. He takes it for granted, that if there be a [1] Balance, in which every thing is alike on both Sides, and if equal Weights are hung on the two ends of that Balance, the whole will be at rest. 'Tis because no Reason can be given, why one side should weigh down, rather than the other. Now, by that single Principle, <23> viz. that there ought to be a sufficient Reason why Things should be so, and not otherwise, one may demonstrate the Being of a God, and all the other Parts of Metaphysicks or Natural Theology; and even, in some Measure, those Principles of Natural Philosophy, that are independent upon Mathematicks: I mean, the [2] Dynamick Principles, or the Principles of Force.
2. The Author proceeds, and says, that according to the Mathematical Principles, that is, according to Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy, (for Mathematical Principles determine nothing in the present Case,) Matter is the most inconsiderable part of the Universe. The reason is, because he admits empty Space, besides Matter; and because, according to his Notions, Matter fills up only a very small part of Space. But Democritus and Epicurus maintained the same Thing: They differ'd from Sir Isaac Newton, only as to the Quantity of Matter; and perhaps they believed there was more Matter in the World, than Sir Isaac Newton will allow: Wherein I think their Opinion ought to be preferred; For, the more Matter there is, the more God has occasion to exercise his Wisdom and Power. Which is one Reason, among others, why I maintain that there is no Vacuum at all.
3. I find, in [3] express Words, in the Appendix to Sir Isaac Newton's Opticks, that Space is the Sensorium of God. But the Word Sensorium hath always signified the Organ of Sensation. He, and his Friends, may now, if they think fit, explain themselves quite otherwise: I shall not be against it.
4. The Author supposes that the presence of the Soul is sufficient to make it perceive what passes in the Brain. But this is the very Thing which Father Mallebranche, and all the Cartesians deny; and they rightly deny it. More is requisite besides bare presence, to enable One thing to perceive what passes in another. Some Communication, that may be explained; some sort of influence, is requisite for this purpose. Space, according to Sir Isaac Newton, is intimately present to the Body contained in it, and commensurate with it. Does it follow from thence, that Space perceives what passes in a Body; and remembers it, when That Body is gone away? Besides, the Soul being indivisible, its immediate presence, which may be imagined in the Body, would only be in one Point. How then could it perceive what happens out of that Point? I pretend to be the first, who has shown [4] how the Soul perceives what passes in the Body.
5. The Reason why God perceives every thing, is not His bare Presence, but also his Operation. 'Tis because he preserves Things by an Action, which continually produces whatever is good and perfect in them. But the Soul having [5] no immediate Influence over the Body, nor the Body over the Soul; their mutual Correspondence cannot be explained by their being present to each other.
6. The true and principal Reason why we commend a Machine, is rather grounded upon the Effects of the Machine, than upon its Cause. We don't enquire so much about the Power of the Artist, as we do about his Skill in his Workmanship. And therefore the Reason alledged by the Author for extolling the Machine of God's making, grounded upon his having made it entirely, without wanting any Materials to make it of; That Reason, I say, is not sufficient. 'Tis a mere Shift the Author has been forced to have recourse to: And the Reason why God exceeds any other Artist, is not only because he makes the Whole, whereas all other Artists must have Matter to work upon. This Excellency in God, would be only on the account of Power. But God's Excellency arises also from another Cause, viz. Wisdom: whereby his Machine lasts longer, and moves more regularly, than those of any other Artist whatsoever. He who buys a Watch, does <29> not mind whether the Workman made every Part of it himself, or whether he got the several Parts made by Others, and did only put them together; provided the Watch goes right. And if the Workman had received from God even the Gift of creating the Matter of the Wheels; yet the Buyer of the Watch would not be satisfied, unless the Workman had also received the Gift of putting them well together. In like manner, he who will be pleased with God's Workmanship, cannot be so, without some other Reason than that which the Author has here alleged.
7. Thus the Skill of God must not be inferior to that of a Workman; nay, it must go infinitely beyond it. The bare Production of every thing, would indeed show the Power of God; but it would not sufficiently show his Wisdom. They who maintain the contrary, will fall exactly into the Error of the Materialists, and of Spinoza, from whom they profess to differ. They would, in such case, acknowledge Power, but not sufficient Wisdom, in the Principle or Cause of all Things.
8. I do not say, the Material World is a Machine, or Watch, that goes without God's Interposition; and I have sufficiently insisted, that the Creation wants to be continually influenc'd by its Creator. But <31> I maintain it to be a Watch, that goes without wanting to be Mended by him: Otherwise we must say, that God bethinks himself again. No; God has foreseen every thing; He has provided a Remedy for every thing before-hand; There is in his Works a Harmony, a Beauty, already pre-established.
9. This Opinion does not exclude God's Providence, or his Government of the World: On the contrary, it makes it perfect. A true Providence of God, requires a perfect Foresight. But then it requires moreover, not only that he should have foreseen every thing; but also that he should have provided for every thing before-hand, with proper Remedies: Otherwise, he must want either Wisdom to foresee Things, or Power to provide against them. He will be like the God of the Socinians, who lives only from day to day, as Mr. Jurieu says. Indeed God, according to the Socinians, does not so much as foresee Inconveniencies; whereas, the Gentlemen I am arguing with, who put him upon Mending his Work, say only, that he does not provide against them. But this seems to me to be still a very great Imperfection. According to This Doctrine, God must want either Power, or Good Will.
10. I don't think I can be rightly blamed, for saying that God is [6] Intelligentia supramundana. Will they say, that he is Intelligentia Mundana; that is, the Soul of the World? I hope not. However, they will do well to take care, not to fall into that Notion unawares.
11. The Comparison of a King, under whose Reign every thing should go on without his Interposition, is by no means to the present Purpose; since God preserves every thing continually, and nothing can subsist without him. His Kingdom therefore is not a Nominal one. 'Tis just as if one should say, that a King, who should originally have taken care to have his Subjects so well educated, and should, by his Care in providing for their Subsistence, preserve them so well in their Fitness for their several Stations, and in their good Affection towards him, as that he should have no Occasion ever to be amending any thing amongst them; would be only a Nominal King.
12. To conclude. If God is oblig'd to mend the Course of Nature from time to time, it must be done either supernaturally or naturally. If it be done supernaturally, we must have recourse to [7] Miracles, in order to explain Natural Things: Which is reducing an Hypothesis ad absurdum: <35> For, every thing may easily be accounted for by Miracles. But if it be done naturally, then God will not be [8] Intelligentia Supramundana: He will be comprehended under the Nature of Things; that is, He will be the Soul of the World.
[3] See the Note,in Dr. Clarke's First Reply, § 3.
[5] See Appendix, No. 5.
[6] See Appendix, No, 1.


Edinburgh Yarn Festival 2013 – the spoils of war!
I'm a bit late blogging about this, but better late than never! On the 16th March 2013, the very first Edinburgh Yarn Festival was held literally just around the corner from my flat (the venue was the Old Drill Hall/Out of the Blue, which technically speaking is in Leith, not Edinburgh, but we shan't get into that now…).
Oh the joys! I have been craving a yarn festival like this in Scotland for so, so long. There was Knit Camp in Stirling a few years back, which I attended, and the market place was great but there were a few problems (ahem, slight understatement) with the organisers and it never happened again. So I was absolutely overjoyed to hear about EYF and I hope it becomes a yearly occurrence.
Needless to say, the festival was absolutely mobbed. I think many were taken aback by the sheer size of the crowds, but I was partially expecting it. I believe many showed up, like me, not only to buy beautiful fibre but also to demonstrate the overwhelming demand for such an event in Scotland.
I tend to get overwhelmed by large crowds, so I didn't stay very long and never got a chance to catch up with anyone, but I did manage to fight my way through the scrums and came away with some fantastic fibrey goodness (pictured below). I'm so glad the event was a success, and fingers crossed it happens again next year!
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Coming in a finish of either brushed nickel or chrome, these handy little square clamps easily pull their weight when it comes to shelving. With a recommended weight capacity of 35 pounds, these clamps work best with 8" & 10" corner shelves, and should not be used with straight shelving more than 4 3/4" deep. A breeze to install, the square clamps are your ticket when it comes to hanging shelves!


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Secret Lives of Objects
Explore behind the scenes at Leeds Museums & Galleries!
Behind the Scenes, Collections, Discovery Centre, Leeds Discovery Centre, Leeds History, Leeds Museums, Natural Sciences, Uncategorized, Women's History
Irene Manton and Ida Roper
Posted by leedsmuseumsandgalleries on July 1, 2019 July 8, 2019
Irene Manton and Ida Roper were two brilliant women botanists collecting plants in two very different ways. Our Curator of Natural Science, Clare Brown, explores the specimens we have in our collection from both women.
In 2015, Leeds Museums and Galleries was fortunate enough to have Leeds University's plant collection transferred to us. Along with the roses, ferns, mosses and thistles came the collections of Irene Manton and Ida Roper: treasure-troves of leafy loveliness.
One of Ida Roper's hop specimens. She had an eye for laying out plants beautifully.
Both Irene and Ida were phenomenal botanists. Ida's gorgeous collection is fastidiously documented, extremely extensive and beautifully laid out. Her contribution to science and natural history covers the country, and her reputation, in Bristol in particular, lives on. Irene's collections reflect her interest in chromosomes and cytology. As Professor of Botany at the University of Leeds (1945-1969) she pioneered the post-war changes the institution needed to push its science reputation skyward. I've never seen botanical sheets with chromosome numbers on before:
One of Irene Manton's specimens. I love the spaces for Fixation and Chromosome numbers.
As an aside, it's amazing to look at the world Irene was operating in by reading the papers some of her specimens are still wrapped in. This fern, collected in 1956, is surrounded by stories and adverts from The Sunday Express on 15th April, one story discusses how safe it would be to let your husband go on a trip to Paris (quite safe, apparently).
Ida Mary Roper (1865 – 1935) was the first female president of the Bristol Naturalists Society. She carried out most of her collecting in the south west and I cannot establish quite why she bequeathed her collection to the University of Leeds before she died. She was clearly a careful and thoughtful botanist as the sheets she produced are beautiful. They reflect how active she was in the Botanical Exchange Club of the British Isles and her sheets can be found in herbaria across the country.
In contrast, and slightly later than Ida – Irene lived 1904 to 1988 – Irene's collection is less concerned with beauty and more the preservation of plants for genetic research. Irene's contribution to the life of the university was profound. I was lucky enough to talk to an old colleague of hers about her impact. Irene (pronounced I-reen-ee) was a formidable force and set to directing the botany department at Leeds in a single-minded way. She reportedly wore the same outfit – a beige polo shirt with knee-length skirt – her entire career and was very amused when an article on women scientists, including her, featured in Vogue. She is immortalised at Leeds with a plaque and a building named after her.
Holding these women up as pioneering women of science is easy – they were both, and Irene in particular, at the forefront of botanical study in the 20th century. But I do think it's interesting that they both excelled as botanists. From the 19th to the mid-20th century, botany might have been considered a particularly ladylike occupation. At Leeds we also have collections made by women in the molluscs but other areas, like geology, entomology and taxidermy are dominated by men. Why botany? Presumably because plants are appropriately feminine? Other disciplines are perhaps more gory or have too many hammers to be considered refined occupations. Ida and Irene may, as women, have been channeled away from other disciplines but cream will always rise to the top and it gave botany two brilliant champions whose legacies live on in Leeds.
By Clare Brown, Curator of Natural Science at Leeds Museums & Galleries.
An exhibition in response to Ida Roper's work is at Leeds Central Library from 11-24 July 2019, in collaboration with The Plant Room and the University of Leeds, and has some of our Roper specimens on display.
Explore the two workshops running alongside this exhibition: a writing and botanical workshop and a Natural Dyes Workshop with artist Ffion Taverner.
For further information, or if you would like to see Ida or Irene's collections (or both), they are held at Leeds Discovery Centre. Please email discovery.centre@leeds.gov.uk to book an appointment to visit.
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To all the extraordinary sysadmins out there, Happy SysAdmin Day !
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Select and send your SysAdmin a personalized e-card, from a range of designs and titles to choose from.
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Activity 2: Connect it
Guess the IT related word/phrase that connects the 3 provided clues for a chance to win a Google Home Mini.
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Showcase your artistic prowess and create a masterpiece of your choice. The top 3 submissions shall win an iPad, each.
Without IT there is no business, and
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IT. So, if you haven't told your sysadmin
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We at ManageEngine are forever in awe of the unrelenting spirit of sysadmins worldwide. This is precisely why we take our SysAdmin Day celebrations very seriously! However, this day wouldn't be half as fun without your enthusiastic participation.
Here's a look at our past SysAdmin Day activities.
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ARCAM Amsterdam Architecture Center
As part of its program for 2014 and 2015 Arcam will organise a series of activities on designing for biodiversity. Arcam thereby seeks close cooperation with Maike van Stiphout and Mathias Lehner. In the final project phase Arcam organises various public activities to ensure that the outcomes and findings are made known to a wide audience. Additionally Arcam has taken a supporting and facilitating role in the project. Arcam acts as mediator: the institute brings together designers, developers and policymakers around the theme of designing for biodiversity. Already in Spring of 2014, Arcam launched initiatives to inform stakeholder groups about designing for biodiversity and in order to deal with possible resistance.
Leiden University/ Naturalis Biodiversity Center
The Faculty of Science, Communication and Society at Leiden University and Naturalis Biodiversity Center are involved in the project as excellent experts when it comes to biodiversity, ecological 'wish lists' of the various life forms, scientifically reliable data and communication with stakeholders. For this party, Marco Roos (education coordinator, examiner and chief researcher for Tropical Plant Diversity, University of Leiden) is involved. In addition, Prof. Dr. J. van den Broek (Head of the Department Science, Communication and Society at Leiden University) is supervisor for transferring the knowledge and findings to residents, property owners, developers and users.
Design Academy Eindhoven
The Design Academy is indirectly involved. Recently graduated designers of the Academy investigate the international status of the natural inclusive design and construction, and translate the information from the research process into products for the redevelopment plans including nature.
Amsterdam Academy of Architecture
The Master education for Architecture, Urban Design and Landscape Architects delivers five, interdisciplinary interested students who participate for 3 months on a full time basis in the project. The role of these students is similar to that of the alumni from Eindhoven: participation in the research and making spatial design proposals during the design week in phase 3.
The Faculty of Architectural History brings in students that investigate the history of the Cruquius area. As a reminder to the former harbour and railway use the area boasts a number of rare plant species. The role of the students is to provide input for the design session.
City of Amsterdam – Local Municipality
The Eastern district government is closely involved and supports the research financially.
Amvest
The largest land owner in the Cruquius area is approached in order to develop outdoor space simultaneously with the proposed buildings and to participate in the project. The organisers of this project are in conversation with the architects at this moment.
Stichting Cruquius 2015
In the Stichting Cruquius 2015 a dozen owners within the Cruquius area united. They make joint agreements on the redevelopment, ensuring alignment and talk to the municipality about the implementation and operation of the spatial rules applied to the area. Stefan Bergsma is the coordinator of the foundation and will present a development project to the participants. Some owners have already proposed ideas for interventions including nature for their specific building.
De Nieuwe Vaart
The board of Nieuwe Vaart has offered its building as a test case to develop solutions that contribute to the increase of biodiversity. They will receive concrete proposals from this project. About the implementation of the proposals no arrangements have been made so far.


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European states pile pressure on Iran's leaders
'CLEAR SIGNAL' German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Monday new European sanctions would include targeted measures at "the inner circle" of the Revolutionary Guard - the main paramilitary force in charge of protecting the Shi'ite clerical ruling system - and financing structures.
French President Emmanuel Macron Image Credit: ANI
Iran's clerical rulers faced mounting international pressure on Monday over their crackdown on protests, with France's president characterising the unrest as a revolution and European governments planning sanctions on the Revolutionary Guards.
The nationwide protests ignited by Mahsa Amini's death in the custody of the morality police on Sept. 16 after her arrest for "inappropriate attire" mark one of the boldest challenges to the Islamic Republic since the 1979 revolution that brought the clerics to power. "Something unprecedented is happening," France's Emmanuel Macron told France Inter radio. "The grandchildren of the revolution are carrying out a revolution and are devouring it."
Macron said the crackdown by Iranian leaders would make it harder to reach agreement on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal, which would give Iran sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on its nuclear programme. "This revolution changes many things," Macron said. "I don't think there will be new proposals which can be made right now to save the nuclear deal."
Speaking after he met four Iranian women activists in Paris over the weekend, Macron said that more European Union sanctions would be adopted in reaction to Tehran's actions. Women and students have played a leading role calling for the downfall of Islamist rule under Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in defiance of a tough crackdown by security forces.
Iran's foreign ministry spokesman criticised Macron on Saturday after he met the activists, calling his stance "shameful" and a violation of France's responsibilities in the fight against terrorism. 'CLEAR SIGNAL'
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Monday new European sanctions would include targeted measures at "the inner circle" of the Revolutionary Guard - the main paramilitary force in charge of protecting the Shi'ite clerical ruling system - and financing structures. "We will pass a new sanctions package to send a clear signal to those responsible who think they can oppress, intimidate and kill their own people without consequences," she said before a meeting with other EU foreign ministers in Brussels.
Iranian leaders, who have blamed foreign enemies including the United States for what they call riots, are battling protests bringing together all layers of society, from lawyers to shopkeepers to actors and athletes. Eight weeks after the demonstrations erupted, students organised a sit-in at Sharif University in Tehran to protest against the arrest of fellow students and in support of the protest movement, Iranian activist news agency HRANA said.
A video shared by HRANA on Monday also showed students gathered at the University of Medical Sciences in the city of Qazvin, shouting slogans supportive of activist and blogger Hossein Ronaghi. Reuters could not verify the authenticity of the video. He was transferred to a Tehran hospital on Sunday from Evin prison, where he has been held since his arrest in September. His brother said on Twitter Ronaghi had been on hunger strike for over 50 days and both his legs were broken at Evin prison.
Judiciary news agency Mizan said "Ronaghi will soon be discharged from his hospital and his health is fine". It said all claims that his legs were broken are false. Iran's judiciary on Sunday said one person had been sentenced to death for "waging war against God", which is punishable by death in Iran, for setting fire to a government building during "riots". It said he could appeal the verdict.
Mahsa Amini's
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FACTBOX-Alireza Akbari: the British-Iranian executed by Tehran
Harris says abortion rights threatened across United States
FACTBOX-California rampage is the latest mass shooting in the United States
IAF pilot dead in possible mid-air collision of two fighter jets over MP's Morena
Head injuries linked to double death rate in long run: Research
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Nikolay Nikolaev (; born 19 March 1997) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Hebar Pazardzhik.

Honours

Club
Lokomotiv Plovdiv
 Bulgarian Cup: 2019–20
 Bulgarian Supercup: 2020

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1997 births
Living people
Bulgarian footballers
First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
FC Hebar Pazardzhik players
PFC Spartak Pleven players
PFC Dobrudzha Dobrich players
PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players
FC Tsarsko Selo Sofia players
PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players
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Jump into the Peconic Bathtub!
I've been looking out at the Peconic Bathtub my whole life. I never thought this was an unusual thing until I became an adult, and everyone who met me seemed to know I was a Peconic Bay girl by the way I always stared out across the water, and by the faraway look in my eye every time the Peconic Bay was far away.
I was raised on the North Fork side of this bay, in a little apartment above a restaurant where you could look across the bay and see Camp Quinipet's gazebo over on the Shelter Island shore. We didn't have a boat when I was a kid, but we built our own rafts out of driftwood, and salvaged rotten shells from creeks that might have been better left to decompose along the muddy water banks.
When I left the nursery of the North Fork shore, I only made as far as Sag Harbor, an easy place to walk to the end of Long Wharf and get back to the business of staring out across the Peconic Bay.
These bays nurture everything that we try to do on the land of the East End. They are dependent on our good stewardship, and we are dependent on their shores for recreation, fishing, transportation and solace.
I was in the middle of the Peconic Bay in a little kayak with The Peconic Bathtub's kayaking correspondent about a decade ago when I first decided to launch The Peconic Bathtub's sister publication, The East End Beacon.
At the time, I thought the East End Beacon was going to be a broadsheet newspaper, with ideas that would span both forks, printed monthly and distributed for free from one shore to the next. It was a ridiculously ambitious idea. Then, the bottom fell out of the newspaper business, and no broadsheet could span such a mental distance in the age of the internet.
But the Peconic Bay has always spanned that distance, and here we are, in the middle of it all.
In the upcoming months, we'll be rolling out stories from the middle of the Peconic Bathtub — of the people who rely on its shores, of the natural life that calls it home, and of the businesses whose futures depend on the health of the Peconic Estuary.
We're also planning to roll out several interactive features, including crew finding tools, sailboat race results, improved weather tools and message boards to help you find or sell gear.
We're starting today with The Bay Today, a rolling photographic journal of what the bay looks like now, wherever it is you are looking at it from. You can join in the conversation by submitting your photos to [email protected].
We're also highlighting goings-on at marinas throughout the East End. If you have any information you'd like to share, please email the details to [email protected].
If you have any ideas for what you'd like to see in the Peconic Bathtub, please email me at [email protected].
← Set Sail With Us!
Happy Birthday, Bathtub! And Happy Birthday, Beth!
Yes, you, I'm sure, have a genetic predisposition to these waters that comes from both sets of parents – even all the way back to Reverend John Youngs coming to the shores of Founders Landing in 1640 – How could you not be drawn thither? It's in your veins and pumps through your dear heart. Congratulations and wishing you "fair winds and following seas" on this new adventure!


Syndicate members celebrate their win.
A syndicate of 14 staff from Ross-shire Engineering in Muir of Ord are celebrating after scooping a £99,307.90 prize in the EuroMillions draw on Friday, March 22.
Delighted members of the 'Ross-shire Engineering Syndicate' will take home over £7,000 each after they matched the five main numbers and one Lucky Star number in the draw. The syndicate, who have bought tickets each week for the last 15 years, were over the moon to pocket the big win.
The syndicate members are already discussing what they would like to spend their money on, with exotic holidays and possibly a new motorbike, for one of the syndicate members, on the cards. But the first thing the lucky winners spent their money on was a celebratory drink together at their local, The Ord Arms.
The 14 members of the Ross-shire Engineering syndicate who have opted to share their news are: Eileen Logan (59), Graeme Sutherland (37), William Weatherall (55), John Finlayson (63), Ian Beaton (58), Duncan Maclennan (60), William MacPherson (44), William Morrison (57), George MacLeman (65), Ian Ross (59), John Bisset (47), Jack Shepherd (57), Andrew MacDonald (58) and Douglas Kelly (73).
Syndicate member Eileen Logan works in the Ross-shire Engineering office and takes charge of putting on the syndicate's weekly tickets.
She said: "We've had our syndicate since about 2004 and I normally pop to our local Co-op every Thursday to check tickets and put new ones on. My most recent visit was really unexpected, especially when the shop assistant handed me back our winning ticket saying it was too big to pay out!
"I took it home and immediately checked the numbers against The National Lottery website. I must've sat at the screen staring at it for ages before it sunk in. I then called Camelot who confirmed we had a winning ticket, I was just delighted!
The 'Ross-shire Engineering Syndicate' bought their winning EuroMillions ticket from the Co-op store on Great North Road in Muir of Ord. The syndicate's winning numbers for the draw on March 22 were 4, 17, 26, 30, 43 and Lucky Star number 6.


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How are you getting on with managing your information?
All of us rely on information in our personal and working lives, but the issues associated with 'information management' (that includes technology, and systems, and a heap of other things) are many and extend from an understanding of the base technologies that are used, right through to questions of business strategy. Joining all the dots is not easy.
The answer is to try and find the connections between technology, the information systems that serve our needs, and the strategic objectives of the business.
The IMBOK provides an easily-understood framework that relates information technology opportunities to business strategies in a helpful, staged way. It positions and isolates problems and allows ideas to move more easily from consideration of raw technologies right through to issues of business strategy. Will that help you?
But, who are you? And what are your issues?
It is reported that the level of students' interest in information systems has been reducing. How are your yearly intake numbers? Dropping?
If you are looking at this web then you must be studying or researching information systems issues. Are you struggling to make sense of the context for information technology and systems?
You are probably busy with your own work and hoping that your IT department has everything under control. Do you think that they do? It's complicated, isn't it?
The IMBOK reveals an important fact: it is not possible to 'align your IT and business strategies' in any simple way. There are no fewer than four critical junctions where things can go horribly wrong.
Have a quick look at a short paper that describes how a large Bank surveyed IT and IS confidence (and capability). Then, look at the IMBOK framework in detail and use it to position your own concerns so that your boundaries of control become clearer.
OK - you're in the hot seat! However, research has shown that the average IT manager or CIO has difficulty in operating effectively in the board room, with senior management. You need the right tools to get your messages through.
This is where the IMBOK will help you. It shows the specific connections and dependencies between your IT expenditure and the strategic benefits that the organisation seeks. There are ten domains of competency that will, when you understand them, bring persuasion to your arguments in the board room.
Have a look at the 'far end' - issues of strategy - See how far it is from 'IT'!
The target audience for the IMBOK includes people in business, in government, and in education: managers in specialist IT areas and in the organisation at large; teachers and researchers in academia; everybody who needs to manage information. Take time out of your routine to think about information management and the tools you can use to deal with it more effectively.
There is a new paradigm out there. The IMBOK enables a shared understanding and provides solid foundations for management, for education and for research.


We put up with, accept, take on, and are dragged down by people and situations that we may have come to ignore in our lives rather than fix them. Now is the time to identify those things that drain your energy for positive activities.
You may or may not choose to do anything about them right now, but just becoming aware of and articulating them will bring them to the forefront where you'll naturally start eliminating, fixing or resolving them.


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Choosing a dependable tyre that delivers all-round performance is easy with Firestone.
Offering a great balance between comfort, safety and affordability, the Firestone passenger car range is the smart choice for everyday driving.
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Featuring Firestone's advanced Fuel Fighter compound, the F01 is designed to optimise fuel efficiency, has great traction in the wet and dry all while maintaining a comfortable and quiet ride.
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The Firestone TZ700 offers the perfect balance between comfort, safety and affordability with excellent stability and safe handling in wet and dry conditions, it's an all round performer.
Firestone SUV & 4x4 tyres
Firestone Destination is the smart choice for customers seeking a dependable SUV tyre at an affordable price.
Whether it's main roads or rugged tracks, the Firestone SUV & 4x4 range offers well-balanced performance suited to Australian conditions.
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The Firestone Transforce AT2 tyre delivers all-terrain performance for light trucks and commercial vehicles. Built with a cut & chip resistant compound, this tyre is tough enough to deal with frequent use on unsealed surfaces.
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The Firestone Destination A/T is an all terrain tyre for SUVs and light trucks that's suited to Australian conditions, from main roads to rugged tracks, it offers excellent grip, stability and ride comfort in wet and dry conditions.
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The successor to the popular Destination LE-01, the Destination LE-02 features improved handling and braking in the dry plus longer wear life, improved fuel efficiency and reduced noise.
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Stay on the road with the Firestone CV4000 - the smart commercial tyre choice for light vans and utes.
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There's a tyre for every application – whether you're hauling freight interstate on the highway, or carrying passengers and cargo around the suburbs.
Discover Firestone's heritage
Firestone is proud of its 115-year history of service and quality.
1900 - Firestone Tyre & Rubber Company is founded.
Firestone Tire & Rubber Company is founded by Harvey S. Firestone in Akron, Ohio at the turn of the previous century.
1906 - Firestone delivers 2,000 sets of tyres to Ford.
It was the largest single order for tyres places by the auto industry to date, and would start a business partnership that would last for decades.
1910 - Firestone opens Akron, Ohio Factory
In 1910, profits for The Firestone Tyre & Rubber Company exceeded $1 million for the first time. By June 1910, Firestone's new factory in Akron, Ohio opened.
1955 - Firestone becomes the world's largest rubber producer.
On May 31, 1955, Firestone became the world's largest rubber producer, producing at a rate of one million pounds of rubber per day.
1965 - Firestone hits annual sales record
Firestone celebrated its 65th anniversary with a record $1.45 billion in sales across 23 countries, the highest sales record in its history. At that point, the company made and marketed 3,600 types and sizes of tyres as well as 2,000 other products in the fields of rubber, metals, plastics, synthetics, textiles and chemicals.
1988 - Firestone merges with Bridgestone
Firestone merges with Bridgestone corporation, which shared similar values and tradition of innovative excellence. This merge creates what is now the largest tyre manufacturer in the world.
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Evans Head erosion
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Yet another East Coast Low - is our weather getting weirder?
by Hamish Broome
ALREADY this winter the Northern Rivers has seen three East Coast Lows, begging the question: Are the destructive weather systems characteristic to Australia's eastern seaboard on the rise?
In this day and age of intense media coverage of extreme weather, it does sometimes feel as if we are being bombarded with increasingly intense events. Every time we get a hint of a storm, the media imagery, footage and running reports seem to grow exponentially.
We are a nation of weather watchers - albeit these days for most of us from the comfort of our armchairs; a spectator sport rather than a life and death affair.
The unknown questions over how global warming will shape our everyday lives also hangs over us, prompting us to ask whether the latest storm/heat wave/flood was because of climate change.
All of these factors beg the question: Are we getting more East Coast Lows (ECLs) than usual?
You might be surprised to know that the answer, at least for now, is no.
We had two ECLs in June, but June is the most historically common month for ECL development.
We've just had one in early August, which characterises it is as a "late season" affair but well within the usual parameters.
We could even get one more before winter ends, and it wouldn't be classed as "extreme".
When do they form?
East Coast Low causing havoc. Trevor Veale
East Coast Lows are most common between February and August, although they can form any time of year.
There's two basic different types - "pure" East Coast Lows, which actually form in the Tasman Sea, and ex-tropical cyclones (more common in the late summer months), which move down from the Coral Sea.
"You'd expect to see about this number each winter," commented professional weather watcher Michael Bath, from Northern NSW Severe Weather.
"In previous years we've probably had less than normal, and in other years, it's above.
"There's been plenty of years when I've been looking at the weather that there has been a lot more, in fact substantially more East Coast Lows in some years."
The year 1998 stood out for him as a "bad year" for ECLs, as did 2007 - that was the year the Pasha Bulker ran aground at Newcastle during a June storm.
Wild weather in Ballina. Patrick Gorbunovs
Those years there were about eight, so we still have a few left before 2016 is in that class.
An according to the Bureau of Meteorology, which has a detailed database of ECLS beginning in 1973, there are about then "significant impact maritime lows each year, but only once per year do we see 'explosive' development."
With just three weeks to go to the end of winter, we could have seen the last of East Coast Lows for this year - until Christmas at least.
"September through to November is probably the least likely time of year to see them," Mr Bath said.
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You've seen her destroy lives. Now, the fear-makers behind 'The Conjuring' dare you to experience the terrifying story of how she was created. Several years after the tragic death of their young daughter, a doll-maker and his wife welcome a nun and six girls from a shut-down orghanage into their home. What seems like the answer to their prayers becomes a curse as their guests become the targets of the possessed creation: Annabelle.
Let's be honest, possessed doll/things that go bump in the night movies have been done several times before so expectations here should be set to low. And to be fair, doing so probably helps because this does edge itself a little higher up the list than some others (Childs Play 2 onwards I'm looking at you!).
I bypassed the previous film and went straight for this "prequel" which is generally better received, and whilst it does all fall apart a bit in the third act it did hold my interest in its initial set-up with some impressive visual flourishes in places.
The denouement sadly doesn't quite pay off and whilst it does rely heavily on jump scares for its "horror" the sound design is particularly effective, in fact If you are going to watch it make sure you do so through a decent 5.1 surround system, it will make a big difference to your enjoyment.
A major problem with 2014's Annabelle was that the doll itself is not that creepy. It can't move on its own as it requires a lame looking ghost to carry it around a house and terrorize its victims. The prequel film Annabelle: Creation attempts to improve the concept by making everything around the doll more terrifying. Gone is the ghost in a nightgown, replaced with a beastly demon that lurks in the shadows with nasty teeth and glow-in-the-dark eyes. Gone are the frights of the doll being somewhere and then reappearing somewhere else. Gone are most of the simplistic scares of falling books and invisible pushing, replaced by more visible and frightening visions of demons. Even Annabelle looks more believable as a doll that kids would actually play as opposed to the hot mess she was in the first film.
The prequel reveals that the Annabelle doll was created by Mr. Mullins, a toymaker that based the design of the doll off his little girl. Everything seems to be going smooth in his rural. So, naturally, his daughter must be taken away from him in a horrific car accident. Mr. and Mrs. Mullins are saddened by the loss of their daughter and naturally accept a deal with the devil to see their little girl once more in the house, somewhat contained within the vessel of the Annabelle doll. It's just too bad it's not really their little girl and in actuality a demon that will soon murder everyone in the house. They decide to ground her within a dark closet of wallpaper must up of passage of the Holy Bible. Now why didn't the priests in the exorcist think of that?
It may sound as though I'm spoiling too much of the plot here, but, trust me, this is the least interesting part of this story. It's not until the Mullins take in an orphanage of young girls that the haunted house frights become a fun ride to experience. It seems like a very stupid call on the part of the Mullins to house little girls and tell them to stay out of their dead daughter's room with so many toys to play with. Right on schedule, one of the girls will venture inside, unwittingly unleash Annabelle and the house's spooky mode is activated!
The scares are technically lovable. There's a great use of glow-in-the-dark eyes, creeping shadows and footsteps in the darkness to set the mood. True, there are jump scares here and there are a few that are non-scares where characters greet each other by jolting them out of silence, but there are some clever jumps here as well. A perfect example is when one of the girls is led up the stairs where they previously saw the evil ghost of Annabelle that wants their soul. Which direction is the ghost going to come from? The top of the stairs or at the bottom the stairs? She could be under the steps as it was previously established anyone could wedge underneath. But, no, it's from above! Scenes like this are not particularly scary, but damned if they are not a hoot.
I was also surprised how much I liked the characters for as many classic horror mistakes as they make. Talitha Bateman plays Janice, an orphan stricken with polio that desperately wants to improve and play with the other girls. A demon could tempt her with being able to walk again. That is, if the demon gave her a choice. Janice's best friend is Linda, a chipper and wise little girl played expertly by Lulu Wilson. She's the most intelligent of the lot as goes directly for a gun with she senses a ghost and has to shout for the adults to run when she hears the rumblings on the demonic. The adults of Stephanie Sigman as Sister Charlotte, Anthony LaPaglia as Mr. Mullins and Miranda Otto as Mrs. Mullins are sufficient enough, but more intriguing for their purposes than their characters. In particular, Ms. Mullins is a uniquely mysterious woman hidden in the curtains of her bedroom where she wears a mask to hide her disfigured face.
Annabelle: Creation doesn't change my stance on the theory that dolls are not scary, but it did give me some thrills and laughs for its audacity of rollercoaster horror picture. There's some great atmosphere, likable characters and some surprisingly quality kills to earn that R rating. I also appreciated the big twist in the full-circle ending that reveals the real Annabelle doll of a Raggedy Anne. Who knows what crazy Annabelle sequel could be concocted from some such a development.


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"A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back, or from which to look ahead," writes novelist Graham Greene.
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Walking through the large barn doors at The Gardens at California Turf, you'll find more than a nursery. The gift shop, a seamless blend of home and garden, is stocked with such items as citrus topiaries, hanging lights and spiced candles.
It's the end of summer on The Flower Farm in Hanford, and the sun is just about to rise.


Despite the growing interest and use of MSK-US in children, its current use in paediatric rheumatology is not known.
To identify the current use of MSK-US and the areas most suitable for its development and standardisation in paediatric rheumatology.
A questionnaire of 10 single or composite questions, including professional data, current use in daily practice, current clinical relevance of the main features of MSK-US, and areas for prospective development, has been sent to the members of PRINTO/PRES.
92/389 (24%) answers have been collected from 37 countries. The responders are mainly pediatric rheumatologists (80%), have a long-lasting clinical experience in paediatric rheumatology (74% >10 years), and are more clinicians (>70%) than researchers (24%).
MSK-US is used in clinical practice by>90%: personally by 40%, 49% by the radiologist, 16% by the adult rheumatologist. The most relevant features of MSK-US are the high patient's acceptability (76%), the immediate improving of diagnosis of joint and soft tissue disease (73%), the assessment of synovitis and tendons/tendons'sheaths (73% and 70%), and the support to imaging guided joint injections (67%). The anatomical sites best suited for MSK-US are hips (87%), ankles (78%), wrists (65%), knees (64%), and mid-foot (63%). MSK-US is considered important for diagnosis, therapy monitoring, and research (70%).
We identified the current use of MSK-US in paediatric rheumatology among the European network of PRINTO/PRES. The results outline the major reasons and areas of interest, useful for future steps towards a wider international standardized development of MSK-US in paediatric rheumatology.


Facebook has identified 80,000 Russia-linked posts on its platform that sought to interfere in the 2016 election and were viewed by up to 126 million people, the company's top lawyer will tell a Senate panel Tuesday.
In an interview with Axios that aired on MSNBC two weeks ago, COO of Facebook Sheryl Sandberg said that Facebook would continue to run Russian Fake news and allow Russians to buy ads to promote their posts. She described Facebook as an "open platform" that anyone should be able to buy ads on, whether the information was real or not. "Facebook does not check the accuracy of content before we publish it and I don't think people should want us to do this", she said. She said that Facebook's only criteria for ads is that they don't contain 'hate' or 'bullying', their accuracy is of no concern to them. She also said that anyone who 'is a real person', no matter where they are, can place ads and have an account on Facebook. The only problem with this is that Facebook has no way of telling if a person is real or not, a small detail she did not address.
The main takeaway from Sandberg's interview is that Facebook, because they see themselves as a 'open platform' bears no responsibility for the content they allow to be published. This means one thing – THE CONTENT ON FACEBOOK HAS ZERO INTEGRITY (BY DESIGN) AND CANNOT BE TRUSTED. They say they monitor for content they define as 'hateful' and 'bullying', but beyond that nothing will be pulled, whether it is made up or not.
By this logic, we could create an ad of totally made up things about anyone. Things that would make that person seem like a really horrible human being that has done unspeakable things. We would be able to buy an ad on Facebook and send this out to millions of people and FACEBOOK WOULD APPROVE THIS?
Another takeaway from the interview was a not-so-subtle message that Facebook wants your ad money and they will never check your content for accuracy. She asserted that you can post or advertise virtually anything, no matter how big of a lie it is, and Facebook would allow it. Sandberg defended this with righteous zeal. Her utopian vision is a world where the 'content', i.e. the actual things being said, are not important. It's the ability to say them without any consequence is what is important. Anybody that is reading this should find this terrifying. Is this arrogance or is she delusional – or both?
Or is it signal to potential ad buyers in Russia and all the fake news factories around the world that "Facebook wants your business". If I was a fake news creator, what I would take away from what she said would be 'Come out from the shadows. Spend more than 5 minutes creating your fake account. Make it look a little more real. Then you can buy all the ads you want.' Time to hire extra staff.
What does Facebook do to combat Fake Accounts? Next to nothing. Case in point, look at the screen shot above. Meet Jim. Jim is from California, lives in Puerto Rico, has over 10,000 mostly fake-followers (but only a couple friends) and by the Russian groups he is a member of, he loves adorable kittens and Latvian Real Estate. Jim posted a political meme defending Trump's efforts in Puerto Rico, and, as so many posts do, it was shared over a half of a million times. Jim isn't a real person. He is not from California. He is not living in Puerto Rico. And Jim has no idea about the status of the recovery efforts on the island. The account is clearly fake and is pumping out a tremendous amount of highly-effective propaganda. When we reported the profile as fake, we received a notice from Facebook that they reviewed the profile. Facebook determined the profile (in all of it's fake glory) did not violate their community rules. Their advice to us was to 'Block Jim' if we did not want to see his content. They then eagerly asked "How did we do to resolve this situation?" A really smiley face, a somewhat smiley face, a neutral smiley face, a somewhat frowning face or a frown. That is about as serious as Facebook takes fake accounts.
You do not have to take my word for it. Make some fake accounts yourself and see if Facebook takes them down. They will not. Create 10 accounts. Make up names and find some different pics for each one (even though they really don't police this either). Now that you have your accounts made, friend each other (cross-pollinate) so your 10 fake accounts now have 10 friends. Then have your accounts follow each other. Your fake accounts are becoming popular! Now it's time to make them really popular by buying some fake friends. Don't worry, it's easy and cheap. Google 'buy friends on Facebook', pay a couple bucks and watch your popularity soar. Now you can go out and anonymously comment and share information and nobody will know who you are. Because you are so popular, there is a good chance your 'friends', wink wink, might just re-post your posts and like your stuff. If you are feeling lazy, don't worry, you can buy LIKES too.
You too can be popular, or just spread propaganda if that's your thing. Facebook is here to facilitate your efforts.
Based on what Sandberg said today, Facebook is going to do nothing to address the Fake Accounts situation. Fake Accounts click on things to 'seem real' and to avoid Facebook's incredibly lax efforts to detect fake accounts. What does this mean to companies advertising on Facebook? Many of the user interactions that you are paying for are from fake accounts. How many? It is impossible to tell. Given the fact there are millions of fake accounts on Facebook, the number is probably very high.
Advertising on any social or search network is based on trust. When the system says that X number of people were reached or clicked, you kind of have to take their word that these things actually happened. Back in the old days (i.e. 2012), we found Facebook ads to be fairly effective in getting viewers to our site. We would publish an article and then boost it on the network to increase exposure. Over the past several years, we noticed a sharp drop-off in the effectiveness of Facebook ads. The stats from Facebook were roughly the same as they always were, but we were not getting visitors from those interactions.
As any business, we did not want to be throwing our money away, so we conducted a little experiment. We created a test 'boost' campaign. What we found made us pull all of our ads from Facebook. We investigated the profiles that LIKED our post. We found 6 in 10 LIKES to be from clearly fake accounts. We also looked at the number of people Facebook claimed clicked on the link that would take them to our post. The reported number of clicks, EXCEEDED the number of views of the page it was linking to. This means that the most important metric, how many people clicked on a link and came to our site, was not true. Needless to say, we were shocked.
So, in short, advertising on Facebook is a waste of money. While is used to be an effective platform to reach viewers and potential customers, the infestation of fake accounts, fake likes, false metrics reporting, and a dedication from Facebook ensuring the content on their platform has no integrity, no company should throw away precious advertising dollars wooing people that don't even exist.
You cannot trust anything you read on Facebook. Don't take my word for it. Take the word of their COO Sheryl Sandberg. Facebook has no plans to ever check the accuracy of the content it allows to be published. Facebook also has no way to verify if accounts are from fake or real people. Because of the fake accounts epidemic, companies would be throwing away their advertising money if they place ads on Facebook.


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In 54 patients with pre-excitation, 30 (56%) had inducible A-V re-entrant paroxysmal tachycardia. Of these 30, 20 had spontaneous paroxysmal tachycardia (four also had atrial fibrillation), four had spontaneous paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, five had a history of palpitation without arrhythmia, and one was asymptomatic. In 24 patients (44%), paroxysmal tachycardia was not inducible. Of these 24, none had documented paroxysmal tachycardia, four had atrial fibrillation, nine had palpitation without arrhythmia, and 11 were asymptomatic. The incidence of documented paroxysmal tachycardia was higher in the patients with inducible tachycardia (P < 0.001). Tachycardia induction was noted in 20 of 20 patients with spontaneous paroxysmal tachycardia, eight of 12 patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, five of 14 patients with palpitation and no arrhythmia, and one of 12 asymptomatic patients. The frequency of ability to induce paroxysmal tachycardia was significantly higher in both the patients with documented spontaneous paroxysmal tachycardia and the patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation than in the asymptomatic group (P < 0.01).
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Rewriting the story of our families lives!
At first, it took a while to get everyone on board. I thought a yogurt drink or yogurt with granola was healthy for them. It was dairy right? I was buying them healthy Quaker oat bars, this was a brand I grew up trusting. And oatmeal was healthy for you, too.
I stopped baking homemade cookies and cakes since my family appeared to inhale them.
We only had soda pop when friends were over. Now I proudly serve them alkaline water.
Ketchup has 1 teaspoon of sugar for every tablespoon serving.
200 years ago the average person ate 2 lbs of sugar a year. In the 1970's each American average consumption was 123 lbs a year and the latest stat is up to 152 lbs of sugar per person. That is about 3 lbs of sugar a week.
It was not that I was baking too much nor did we realize that more and more processed foods contained sugar and chemicals and that was all we were eating. And less that 6 years ago healthier options were not readily available to us. The more I read and researched recipes and ingredients the idea still seemed out of our reach.
We were able to make small changes like stopped eating processed foods and premade meals. Mostly because the portion sizes were shrinking and prices were rising. Time that I spent away from the house due to a demanding career decreased the time for cooking and tapped my creative energy for menu making. I have said for years that exhaustion is a sign of failure.
Fortunately there was a wave of consumers and families demanding healthier options, fresher ingredients and cooking at home. Instead of having to search high and low to find organic, fresh, affordable ingredients in a far away land, this summer my daughter and I made a menu and were able to buy every ingredient from our local grocery store. Also I have learned if I start doing something the family does fall in line. Start somewhere and keep your goal in mind and you to can bring healthy meals and better choices to your family.
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Q: Is it possible to identify and distinguish types using Fortran's Select Type? Can Select Type distinguish between Integer(Int8), Integer(Int16), Integer(Int32) and Integer(Int64)?
Also, can Select Type identify an integer type irrespective of the number of bits it uses?

A: Yes, you can write something like the following.  Here I'm using real kind constants from the intrinsic module iso_fortran_env.
SELECT TYPE(areal)
TYPE is (REAL(real32))
   WRITE(*,*) '... real32'
TYPE is (REAL(real64))
   WRITE(*,*) '... real64'
CLASS default
   WRITE(*,*) '... default'
END SELECT

Note, though, that you can't write
SELECT TYPE(areal)
TYPE is (REAL(real32))
   WRITE(*,*) '... real32'
TYPE is (REAL(real64))
   WRITE(*,*) '... real64'
TYPE is (REAL)
    WRITE(*,*) '... real'
CLASS default
   WRITE(*,*) '... default'
END SELECT

In this case a real of default kind (probably real32 for most current compilers) will match two of the type guard statements, and that's an error the compiler should pick up.

A: Different integer kinds constitute different intrinsic types. So yes, select type distinguishes integers of different kinds.
I am not aware of any possibility to disregard the kind (i.e. not just the number of bytes, theoretically). You must use a distinct type is section for each kind.

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