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Food Assistance Convention
ABOUT FAC
SESSIONS & MEETINGS
Food Assistance Convention: 2021 Annual Narrative Report
In 2021 hunger surpassed all previous records as reported by the Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC). The GRFC published in May 2022 (covering the year 2021)1 indicated that around 193 million people in 53 countries were in crisis or worse (IPC/CH Phase 3 or above) by the end of 2021, with an increase of nearly 40 million people since 2020. The magnitude and severity of food crises in 2021 were mainly driven by protracted conflict and insecurity, economic shocks - related to the COVID-19 pandemic - and weather extremes which exacerbated pre-existing fragilities. Malnutrition remained at critical levels, driven by several factors, including low physical availability and economic and physical access to food, poor child-feeding practices, a high prevalence of childhood illnesses, poor maternal dietary practices during pregnancy and low access to sanitation, drinking water and health care.
The increase in serious and large-scale crises that occurred simultaneously in 2021 and the food crisis that are expected to worsen in 2022 due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, conflicts and low rains in many parts of Africa, emphasizes the continued relevance of the Food Assistance Convention (FAC). The FAC represents a commitment by its Parties2 to contribute to global food security and to improve the ability of the international community to respond to emergency food crises, to save and change lives, to reduce hunger, to improve levels of nutrition, to create livelihoods, and to strengthen the resilience and self-sufficiency of the most vulnerable populations. This 2021 FAC Annual Report presents a summary of the Parties" contributions towards these objectives, as per their individual financial and narrative reports for the year.
In 2021, all Parties fulfilled or substantially exceeded their commitments by collectively contributing over 6,791 million US dollars to the improvement of worldwide food security. Cash-based transfer programming (CBT) continued to receive increased support as the transfer modality for multi-purpose assistance by FAC Parties. The vast majority of total contributions were provided fully in grant form, with a substantial part consisting of earmarked or lightly earmarked contributions, predominately at country or activity level. Multi-year funding and un-earmarked contributions were mainly provided to WFP, and to a lesser extent through the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) and to country-based pooled funds (CBPFs). Key responses were supported in collaboration with various agencies and programmes of the United Nations, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, national governments in the developing world, and civil-society organizations. Geographically, food assistance was provided in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Pacific region.
In 2021, the top 10 FAC Recipient Countries were Ethiopia, Yemen, South Sudan, Syria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Afghanistan, Sudan, Somalia, Nigeria and Bangladesh.
Compared to the top 10 counties with most people in Crisis, only Pakistan and Haiti (number 9 and 10 respectively) are not included in the top 10 FAC recipient countries.
Andreas Papaconstantinou, Director at the European Commission, and European Union Chair of the FAC in 2022, expressed concern about the high levels of food insecurity, which have kept increasing in 2022, exacerbated by the ripple effects of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He wishes to thank the FAC members for their contributions to fight global hunger, and emphasises the need to step-up efforts, as the situation is likely to remain critical in the immediate future.
For the full report please see https://www.foodassistanceconvention.org/en/reports.aspx.
1 https://www.wfp.org/publications/global-report-food-crises-2022
2 Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, European Union, Finland, France, Japan, Republic of Korea, Luxembourg, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States of America.
PR (FAC Dec 2022)
UN Ratification Status
Food Aid Convention 1999
Food Assistance Committee
C/O International Grains Council Secretariat
1 Canada Square
London E14 5AE England
e-mail: fac@foodassistanceconvention.org
and implementation
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Old Alykanas or Xechoriatis as it is also known is the original traditional village of Alykanas.
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This project included a major link of the Sitka Sea Walk from Crescent Harbor to the Sitka Public Library, creating a flexible outdoor public space along the waterfront for locals and tourists as well as integrating the building expansion with the recently completed parking lot improvements. Other features include paving patterns and amenities that highlight Sitka's rich history. The 'Ovoid' is the basic building shape in Tlingit carving. The form is called 'Salmon Trouthead' and was a collaboration with Master Carver Tommy Joseph.


Israeli television channel conducted a poll which found that Israeli Jews have a high level of anti-Palestinian prejudice.
Four Special Rapporteurs express 'deep concern' that Nation-State Law is 'discriminatory in nature and in practice against non-Jewish citizens and other minorities and does not apply the principle of equality between citizens, which is one of the key principles for democratic political systems,' and gives Israel 60 days to explain itself.
Israel's new Nation State Law, just over 1 month old, has emboldened right-wing Israelis and removed all protection from Palestinians living in Israel. Laws forbid them from growing or selling certain crops, picking certain herbs, and applying for many jobs; besides this, many factories are closing or moving to Jordan. It is clear that institutional racism is no longer in the shadows, and Israel wants Palestinians to leave.


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A laser level is a tool used in constructions and surveys to control. The laser projectors are fixed on a tripod that is leveled per the device's accuracy that then projects either red beams along the vertical axis or set greens along the horizontal axis. The use of laser levels in the industries of construction is gaining more popularity among contractors that work on commercial projects that take place in large scales.
There are several laser levels, and each of them has specific qualities that are used for various needs. Line or dot lasers are used for interior uses such as leveling of floors in the building, checking the heights of windows and doors easily, aligning cabinets and shelves (Sacks, Gurevich and Shrestha 481). Others include measuring the distances between objects in the house so that the contractors can know where to place a specific purpose at a specific place. Electricians also use this laser level nowadays for creating better outlets and layouts for the heights at which switches are to be placed. Electricians also use these levels to know how to set the pipes in the house for the correct wiring of the building. Other laser levels include dumpy levels used in the setting of horizontal standards in a construction site, rotary lasers for tiling, wall plumbing, and survey works, grade lasers, and pipe lasers.
Construction lasers are used in various jobs where a performance of layout is done, and a level reference that is accurate is required. The laser levels are applied in two different ways mainly indoor applications and outdoor applications for various tasks that are necessary for the area being worked. Certain jobs where laser beams are used include installations of ceiling tiles, installing power receptacles in a home that is under construction, in dining rooms where chair railings are installed (Sacks, Gurevich and Shrestha 500). Several other smaller tasks such as the hanging of pictures in a fashion that is level across a wall of the living room. Other extra-large tasks where laser levels must be used is in installations of sewer pipes and handling grading plans on sites for new buildings. In recent times, construction lasers have been advanced in several aspects to the extent of being low-powered with the increasing needs for safety purposes. Accuracy levels for lasers of construction have various models which vary from one model to another and contractors must be aware of the laser level they need to use before purchasing it.
Laser levels help in site layouts for new construction projects where the plan of the site layout is the most crucial activity for new building constructions. Site layout planning is a significant activity, and it comes about with large safety impacts and the productivity of all the other works of development to be performed in the future (Shanbari, Blinn and Issa 204). Laser levels help in the leveling of the constructed foundations making it easier for the contractors to save more money. The quality of work is not compromised when the contractors use laser levels because the required tools needed are used more efficiently. Water levels are a method that is past by time and using them in layouts of sites is cumbersome and may not provide accurate results especially if the place is a big area that needs more advanced technology. Laser levels are the best alternatives to water levels in laying out the sites for these constructions without any limitations.
Some tasks of aligning and leveling are done manually but only on small scale constructions and aligning as well as leveling tasks. However, in large scale operations, the only option that can be used for that job is laser levels, and there are no alternatives for that (Shanbari, Blinn and Issa 210). In the past, large scale constructions took a long time to finish because the alignment and leveling jobs took several hours to manually complete, but after the invention of laser levels, those same jobs are finished swiftly and smoothly and a faster speed than the past times. They have a general advantage in that they not only reduce workloads but also save time used in all outdoor activities. This new technology has several other benefits to contractors when taking part in any construction such as increasing customizations, reducing times for construction, reducing human resources and creating cheaper costs in construction.
Laser levels are also used for purposes of grading which is the most critical and challenging part of any job of construction. Grading is the process of testing elevations of construction sites to determine site leveling grounds that are the most accurate (Barazzetti et al. 345). With improper grading, all the works of construction can be interfered with, and to accurately shoot grades; contractors require laser levels of sound quality where grading rods, laser detectors, and tripods are necessary. As technology improves over the years, laser levels are getting smaller, easier to use, more affordable and more accurate making jobs that could be done by two or three people in the past be quickly finished by one person in a relatively short period. In fence alignments of posts, laser levels are used instead of the old method of using strings and carpenters to align the fence posts so that the fence can be put up.
In any construction site, one of the major concerns is the drainage system of the site. A proper drainage system ensures that water does not overflow in the area causing water to stand anywhere instead of the water channels through the drainage area into the places specified for drainage (Barazzetti et al. 349). Mistakes done in drainage systems can cause significant problems to the whole building being constructed and its environs. To avoid such issues and ensure that proper methods of drainage are installed, contractors must use rotary laser levels which makes sure that accurate measurements without additional inch by inch measurements of the terrain of the area that the drainage system is being installed. In the installation of pipes that move water from the source to the building, laser levels are also required to ensure that the tubes are correctly aligned to provide that water can flow through them even at the lowest pressure possible.
Laser levels have led to a reduction of workloads while at the same time increasing job quality where leveling was done manually; it would not give readings that are accurate. From the simple tasks such as curtain lining inside the house to more critical functions such as grading, laser levels are easy to handle and produce actual results. A laser level is also used in the installation of pipes where accurate measurements are required to avoid mistakes that would otherwise cause system failures and other adverse negative effects to the site of construction in the future. This paper has been a success in describing the roles that laser levels play in construction industries.


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Ibogaine: Battling the Opioid Epidemic with a Psychedelics Healing
With so many choices and treatment options for those addicted to heroin or opiates, finding the right treatment can be difficult. And with the low success rates that come with traditional treatments, it can often seem hopeless from the start.
Some treatment options are relatively unknown. However, there are many alternative style approaches to addiction treatment. Let's look at one alternative to addiction treatment that has shown promising results. It's based on a psychoactive drug called Ibogaine, and it has proven itself a powerful addiction treatment for heroin and opiate addiction.
Ibogaine is an extracted alkaloid. Found naturally in the roots of a shrub called Tabernanthe Iboga, native to Africa. This Iboga plant has been an important part of the Bwiti religion for hundreds of years. They scrape off the root bark of the plant, brew it as a tea, and use the psychoactive properties for healings, rites of passage, and Shamanic rituals.
Ibogaine was being heavily studied as a treatment for addiction before the 1960s, when the DEA deemed it illegal, not only for recreational use, but also for scientific study as well. But by then, it was too late. Ibogaine had already proved itself extremely useful in helping people recover from their addictions permanently.
How was this treatment discovered?
Ibogaine was discovered to treat addiction by a man named Howard Lotsof. He was a 19-year-old heroin addict in the early 1960s. He went on a quest to find a new psychoactive drug that he could try, and a friend of Lotsof's gave him Ibogaine. Lotsof experienced an intense psychedelic trip that left him exhausted.
With just this one dose, he began to notice something that would change his life forever. 72 hours after using Ibogaine, Lotsof realized he hadn't used heroin, and he didn't have any withdrawal symptoms from not using.
Ibogaine had a profound healing effect for Lotsof on a psychological level as well. While he was walking outside he suddenly came to a deep realization about his addiction. Looking at a large tree, and clouds that were in the sky, and it dawned on him that he had been frightened for his entire life—and he was using heroin to hide. But now, for the first time, he was not afraid. Ibogaine had helped Lotsof identify a mental root to his addiction and face it.
Of course, Lotsof was excited by the discovery of what Ibogaine could do, and he wanted to explore its capabilities further. He gave the drug to some of his friends who were also heroin addicts. The results for them were the same as they had been for Lotsof. They were released from their addictions without the harsh symptoms of heroin withdrawal.
Unfortunately, as mentioned before, strict laws were passed in the United States that made usage of Ibogaine illegal. However, Lotsof was already determined to devote his life to the study of Ibogaine and its medicinal uses. He wanted to share the healing powers of Ibogaine with others, so he opened clinics outside of the United States where addicts could come and break free from their addictions.
Those laws remain in effect today. And those who choose to try Ibogaine treatment today must still go outside of the United States to find it.
How does Ibogaine work on a physical level?
Ibogaine bonds to the opiate receptors in the brain. This resets the pleasure pathways (also known as the reward system) which have been dramatically altered by opiate usage. Opiates and heroin flood the brain with chemicals that change the brain itself, causing the addiction. Ibogaine acts as a reset button, returning the neurons to the healthy state they were in before drug use and addiction. This restores the natural systems of the brain and allows it to function properly again.
Serotonin and dopamine levels go back to normal as well. By resetting the brain this way, the addict can experience a sense of renewal within the first few hours of Ibogaine treatment. This reset button essentially eliminates harsh withdrawal symptoms.
Since Ibogaine has this clean-slate effect on the brain's reward system, which plays such a prominent role in addiction, it can successfully be used to treat addictions other than opioids and heroin. The outcomes are somewhat less predictable, but Ibogaine can loosen the grip of alcoholism and addictions to methamphetamines, crack and cocaine, even tobacco. It has also shown positive results for some struggling with mental health issues; such as anxiety, depression, and even PTSD.
How does Ibogaine work on a psychological level?
As a psychedelic, Ibogaine can have a powerful effect psychologically as well as physically. Trauma and addiction go hand in hand, so if the addict's past traumas are not dealt with in a meaningful way, the addiction's underlying causes often remain after rehabilitation. These underlying issues drastically reduce the chances of successful treatment. In order to have a proper recovery, psychological factors of the addiction must be addressed.
By combining the conscious and subconscious mind, Ibogaine gives users the chance to confront negative life events and situations from a new perspective, even bringing up traumas they may not have recognized. This unique opportunity to face and process trauma gives the addict the tools needed to accept their past more fully, including their own mistakes and hurtful decisions. The peace that comes with this acceptance helps many addicts move forward, stepping into the future with a healthy, enlightened mindset.
Is Ibogaine a safe choice?
Dangerous outcomes and negative reactions have made it clear that Ibogaine is not safe for everyone. These negative reactions from Ibogaine are often caused by pre-existing health conditions—including heart or liver problems. Deadly results can also occur when Ibogaine is mixed with certain other substances. Because the side effects can be so serious, it should only be used with proper pre-screening and under medical supervision.
For any addiction treatment to have the proper effect, it must be paired with an addict's efforts to make important changes to their own lives. They must cut ties with many negative influences in order to be successful. Ibogaine can help those struggling with addiction get a head start in recovery, but that is just one step of the process.
Before choosing Ibogaine, or any other treatment, further educate yourself on the options. Weigh the pros and cons so you can choose a treatment option that will work best for you.
Aeden Smith-Ahearn was a heroin addict for 7 years. After trying multiple different treatment options, he put his last hope into Ibogaine treatment. Now, 5 years later, Aeden has helped thousands of individuals find freedom from addiction through Ibogaine. He believes that Ibogaine is not for everyone, but can be effective for those who have tried other avenues of treatment without success.
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AIDS: Symptoms, Treatment and Prevention
August 24, 2019 September 2, 2019 Doc Said EditorialComment on AIDS: Symptoms, Treatment and Prevention
Why is HIV infection incurable?
Causes of AIDS
Ways of transmission
Symptoms of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)
AIDS and HIV – diagnostic methods
Disease treatment and prevention
AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) is a late manifestation of infection of the body by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). AIDS is not a disease, but a complex reaction of the body to a developing infection, it is impossible to get AIDS, only HIV infection. According to doctors at the University of Oxford, the development of the syndrome indicates an overly acute reaction to HIV: groups of people with a significant number of viral particles in the blood, who have not received antiretroviral therapy and who do not have AIDS symptoms are identified. The causes of AIDS, its development in HIV-infected people, therapies are still under study. Today there is scientifically confirmed information about the methods of infection, the stages of development of the syndrome and methods of prevention.
The human immunodeficiency virus was isolated from a patient's lymphocytes in 1983 by a group of scientists led by Luc Montagnier. At the same time, a similar virus was obtained in the US laboratory. In 1987, the disease was called "HIV infection."
There are two virus serotypes: HIV-1 and HIV-2. The first type plays the most significant role in an infectious pandemic. HIV infection is a systemic disease of the body that provokes a gradual decline in the general immunity of a person. With a decrease in immunity, the body can not resist the effects of numerous pathogens and fight the development of malignant tumors.
The main diseases that occur in the body of an infected person can also affect healthy people, however, the dynamics of their development is much more restrained. Some diseases (the so-called opportunistic diseases) arise exclusively from immunodeficiency against the background of HIV infection, since normally they are hampered by immunity.
The causative agent of HIV infection after penetrating the human body is not yet possible to destroy. Also, despite numerous studies and programs, an effective vaccine against HIV has not been created yet.
This phenomenon is associated with a high ability of the virus to genetic variation: the microorganism changes at the same time as the immune system begins to produce antibodies. Moreover, if a virus infected with one strain has a secondary infection with a virus with an altered genotype, two strains "carry out" recombination, exchange of blocks of genes, which leads to the appearance of superinfection. The third reason for the resistance of the virus to the effects of drugs – the ability to "hide" in the intracellular space, turning into a latent form.
It is possible to get AIDS only if you are infected with HIV and the body reacts accordingly to the pathogen. Despite the popular view that only a drug addict or a homosexual person can get AIDS, this has long ceased to correspond to the real situation. HIV infection no longer serves as a marker solely for drug use, the presence of promiscuous heterosexual and homosexual relationships: the prevalence of the virus is detected among various social strata of the population, age groups regardless of sexual preferences and harmful addictions.
According to the World Health Organization, about 80% of new HIV infections were detected in Eastern Europe, 18% in Western European countries, 3% in Central Europe.
At the same time, the routes of infection differ by territorial basis: in Europe in the first place (42%) are homosexual sexual contacts with a slight advance over heterosexual ones (32%), infection among drug addicts does not exceed 4%.
As the statistic says, the most usual way of HIV transmission is any type sexual contact with infected person. If the carrier of the infection follows the rules of specific therapy, the probability of infection is 1%.
Traumatic sexual contacts, in which the formation of cracks on the mucous surfaces, as well as the presence of erosion, damage to the internal and external integuments with existing diseases, increase the likelihood of infection. In women, the virus is present in the blood, vaginal discharge, in men – in the blood and semen. Infection when blood particles or other biological fluid containing an infectious agent enter the body of a healthy person also occurs during invasive procedures, most often associated with the use of reusable syringes without appropriate treatment. It is also likely to get infection during medical, dental manipulations, visits to nail salons, tattoo studios and other places where the instrument may intentionally or accidentally come into contact with an infected surface. Before the introduction of control of donor fluids (blood, plasma) and organs, there were cases of infection from the donor to the recipient.
Vertical infection is called transmission from mother to child during gestation, during labor or during breastfeeding.
There are no other ways of infection that are not related to blood contact, vaginal secretions or semen. The infection does not spread when using the same dishes, hygiene items, visiting pools, bathrooms and toilet rooms, is not transmitted through blood-sucking insects, etc. The human immunodeficiency virus is extremely unstable in the external environment and quickly dies outside the body.
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The disease, AIDS syndrome develops as a late complication of HIV infection. Immediately after infection, during the incubation period (an average of 3 weeks – 3 months), no symptoms and manifestations are observed, although antibodies to the causative agent of the disease are already beginning to develop.
The stage of primary manifestations, replacing the incubation period, may also be asymptomatic or appear as an acute HIV infection, which depends on the general health of the person and the state of his immune system.
The clinical picture of the manifestation of the disease is quite extensive. The first symptoms may include:
feverish state
rash on the skin and mucous membranes;
increase and / or soreness of lymph nodes;
catarrhal symptoms, cough, rhinitis, pharyngitis;
weight reduction;
persistent or recurrent diarrhea;
enlarged liver and spleen.
Similar symptoms, including all the above manifestations, are observed only in 15-30% of patients, in other cases 1-2 symptoms occur in different combinations.
Next comes the latent asymptomatic stage, the duration of which ranges from 2-3 to 20 years (average 6-7 years). At this stage in the blood there is a significant decrease in the number of lymphocytes. The fall in the level of lymphocytes, indicating that severe immune deficiency has begun, can lead to a stage of secondary diseases. Among the most common are:
sore throats;
pneumonia;
herpes;
fungal infections;
intestinal infections;
oncological diseases;
infections caused by protozoa and others.
The next stage, terminal, is characterized by acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or AIDS. At this stage of AIDS, severe symptoms lead to the destruction of the vital systems of the body. This stage is lethal, despite active antiviral therapy.
Modern drugs can extend the stage of infection and more effectively deal with opportunistic and common infections that lead to the death of patients.
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A diagnosis is never made on the basis of the symptoms of AIDS or other stages of HIV infection. However, the disease can be suspected by the following diagnostic features:
diarrhea resistant to treatment for 2 months or more;
prolonged unmotivated fever;
skin rash in different variations;
Kaposi's sarcoma development at a young age;
weight loss of more than 10%, for no apparent reason.
Confirmation of the diagnosis is performed using two tests: a screening test (the ELISA test is most common) and a confirmatory test that evaluates the presence of the virus and viral load.
The basis of therapy is the control of the reproduction of the virus and the treatment of associated diseases. By following the appointments of specialists and taking modern drugs, it is possible to curb the development of HIV infection.
Treatment should begin immediately after diagnosis. Russia has established centers for the treatment and prevention of HIV infection, in which drugs for HIV-infected people are prescribed and issued. Additional treatment is aimed at combating cancer and opportunistic infections resulting from reduced immunity and stimulation of the immune system.
Preventive measures consist in the observance of safety measures during sexual intercourse, medical and cosmetic procedures, regular blood tests for infection and compliance with the appointments of specialists.
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Connecting back to nature, connecting back to self!
With our ever increasing mantra of "not enough time" we find ourselves starved of what our body craves....nature. It's hard wired into us and its that thing that we feel within us when something is not feeling right, that feeling we are searching for something. Searching for home......rewild your life by making simple changes.
2. Pop a plant in your office, it is a proven fact that plants in offices increase cognitive activity and also give a sense of calm.
5. Take the scenic route home after work and make the effort to stop and look at something beautiful. My favourite is an old oak tree which I pass on my way to do my shopping, I could take the shorter route but it is so much nicer to walk amongst the trees!


There are certain hairstyles that makes your hair look fuller and thicker from the roots to tips. Many would often suggest for short bob cut with bangs. Fringes make your hair looks thicker while the short bob frames your face as it curves down. It makes your hair look bouncier. If you like to keep your hair long, you can try the V-Cut or the Slash/layered hair. Often times the layers would... Fine hair tends to look fuller when it sits at the collarbone or above. It is ok to layer fine hair but stick to long layers and don't cut into them too much. If their hair is wavy, you can layer a bit more as the layers will bring out some fullness.
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Two former Vienna High School athletes will soon be inducted into the VHS Hall of Fame.
The induction ceremony will be held Friday, Feb. 12, during the intermission of the junior varsity and varsity games against Fairfield.
The 2016 Hall of Fame inductees are the class of 2007 member Tori Webb-Hettinger and the class of 1973 member Ross Hill.
Tori Webb graduated from VHS in 2007.
She was a 3-year letter winner in softball and a 4-year varsity letter winner in basketball.
Tori was a vital starter of both the 2006 and 2007 softball regional title-winning teams, with a career batting average of .286.
During her time on the basketball court, the team won 77 games, including the regional championship in 2006.
Tori scored 1578 points on the court during her high school career, the second all-time highest at VHS.
During her time at VHS, Tori had 769 rebounds, placing her third in the school's history, and 138 blocked shots, the second highest in blocks.
She was named to the All-Conference Team two years in a row and to the All-South Team in her senior year.
Tori received a basketball scholarship to Shawnee Community College.
She currently resides in Belknap with her husband Wes Hettinger.
Ross Hill graduated from Vienna High School in 1973.
During his senior year, Ross was named most valuable athlete and most valuable player in baseball and basketball.
He played on the only VHS basketball team that went undefeated during its regular season in 1972-73.
After college, Ross Hill returned to Vienna High School to teach and coach.
During his tenure at VHS he coached boys and girls basketball for 21 years and softball 19 years, holding the title of the longest serving coach in each sport's history at VHS.
He also led the only Vienna girls' basketball team to go undefeated during their regular-season in 1993-94.
Between coaching basketball and softball, coach Hill has an amazing 1007-395 win-loss record, 630/173 in softball and 377/222 in basketball.
His softball and basketball teams won 54 tournament titles and 24 conference championships.
Coach Hill's teams have also won 20 regional championship and four section titles.
He led his 1993 and 1994 softball teams to state competition, placing 4th and 3rd respectfully.
Hill also served as VHS' athletic director from 2004 to 2010 and oversaw the reconstruction of the high school football program in Johnson County after going dormant in 1931.
Coach Hill was inducted into the Illinois Coaches Association Softball Hall of Fame in 2006.


Many athletes believe that the key to sporting success and achieving peak performance requires either speed, strength or endurance – or a combination of the three. However, that overlooks flexibility which is vital before a workout or game to ensure high performance and injury prevention.
That's where Stretching for Sporting Success comes in. It's a dedicated guide to enhancing your all-round flexibility and reducing the chance of injuries during physical exercise.
Which stretching exercises does my body need? When should I stretch? Before training and competition or after? How should I stretch for maximum benefit? Should I do stretching exercises at all?
The good news is that stretching is not "heavy science", and Stretching for Sporting Success will help you understand the concepts and how to apply them in a practical sporting environment.
Stretching is vitally important, and the resulting increase in flexibility can be the difference between injury and setting a personal best, yet the wrong type of stretching at the wrong time can actually reduce the amount of force your muscles are able to generate.
Incorrect stretching can have serious effects on your body and the rest of your workouts – that's why Stretching for Sporting Success can transform your fitness life.
Stretching for Sporting Success combines both scientific knowledge with practical guidelines to allow you to enjoy increased flexibility in the core areas of your body.
It's the ideal programme for people of all shapes and sizes looking for greater all-round flexibility and injury prevention, regardless of their sporting discipline.
If you've looked previously for the latest, proven, practical information on stretching then you know that not only is it difficult to find, but you can also spend a fortune in return for it.
Stretching for Sporting Success is the answer to both of these problems.
It helps you understand how your body's muscle groups interact, so you can maximise your stretching and flexibility programme as well as doing it in less time, allowing you more time to focus on the rest of your workout in the knowledge that your body is fully prepared to give you a more effective and efficient period of exercise. Better still, everything is explained in practical terms, so that each exercise programme can quickly be incorporated into your workout routines.
Better still, it comes with a no questions asked money back guarantee if you are not 100% satisfied. So you have nothing to lose.
Think of it as an investment in your future. You'll transform your body, your exercise regime and save yourself time and money!


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Floyd Walter Konetsky (May 26, 1920 – November 15, 1987) was an American college and professional football player who was an end in the National Football League (NFL) and All-America Football Conference (AAFC) for three seasons during the 1940s.  Konetsky played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for the NFL's Cleveland Rams and AAFC's Baltimore Colts.

Early years

He was born in Marianna, Pennsylvania.  Konetsky attended German Township High School in McCleelandtown, Pennsylvania.  He was captain of the German Township high school football team in 1938.  Konetsky was the younger brother of Ted Konetsky, who was a prominent lineman for the Pittsburgh Panthers football team from 1937 to 1939.

College career

Konetsky accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Josh Cody and coach Tom Lieb's Florida Gators football teams from 1939 to 1941.  Konetsky graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in 1943.

Professional career

The Cleveland Rams selected Konetsky in the 29th round (275th pick overall) of the 1943 NFL Draft, and he played for the Rams during  and .  During the Rams' 1945 NFL championship season, he played in all ten regular season games and started four of them.  During his two seasons with the Rams, he played in eighteen games, started ten of them, and had one interception return for 15 yards.  He signed with Baltimore Colts in October 1947, and played in six games for them, all but one in reserve.

See also

 Florida Gators football, 1940–49
 History of the St. Louis Rams
 List of Florida Gators in the NFL Draft
 List of University of Florida alumni

References

Bibliography
 Carlson, Norm, University of Florida Football Vault: The History of the Florida Gators, Whitman Publishing, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia (2007).  .
 Golenbock, Peter, Go Gators!  An Oral History of Florida's Pursuit of Gridiron Glory, Legends Publishing, LLC, St. Petersburg, Florida (2002).  .
 Hairston, Jack, Tales from the Gator Swamp: A Collection of the Greatest Gator Stories Ever Told, Sports Publishing, LLC, Champaign, Illinois (2002).  .
 McCarthy, Kevin M.,  Fightin' Gators: A History of University of Florida Football, Arcadia Publishing, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina (2000).  .
 McEwen, Tom, The Gators: A Story of Florida Football, The Strode Publishers, Huntsville, Alabama (1974).  .
 Nash, Noel, ed., The Gainesville Sun Presents The Greatest Moments in Florida Gators Football, Sports Publishing, Inc., Champaign, Illinois (1998).  .

1920 births
1987 deaths
People from Washington County, Pennsylvania
Sportspeople from the Pittsburgh metropolitan area
Players of American football from Pennsylvania
American football ends
Florida Gators football players
Cleveland Rams players
Baltimore Colts (1947–1950) players

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International Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme (COFAS) was a postdoc programme that ran 2009-2018, aimed at creating opportunities for collaboration and exchange of knowledge between countries.
COFAS was a programme for postdoctoral researchers, aimed at contributing to increased internationalisation and researcher mobility. It was run by Forte in 2009-2018, supported by Marie Curie Actions within the EU Framework Programme, Horizon 2020. The goal of COFAS was to promote the international researcher mobility and research cooperation within the health, working life and welfare areas. COFAS also provided a unique opportunity for professional development of individual researchers.
About 60 researchers have been awarded through the COFAS programme. Here you will find information about fellows awarded through calls 1 to 3 in COFAS 2.
In our "Book of abstracts" for COFAS2, you can read about the projects that have been funded through the programme.


The Carnmarth Hotel has a great location overlooking the well known Fistral Beach in Newquay and offers holiday breaks any time of year. From learning to surf (or perhaps watching for a distance!) to taking a pleasant stroll along one of our beaches or coastal paths or perhaps even sampling some of the fashionable shops or taking soaking up the vibrant nightlife there really is something to suit every taste! Whatever you're looking for just relax unwind and enjoy!


Merged 10 months ago by a2batic. Opened 11 months ago by amitosh.
This utilizes JS Intl API. This is horribly broken on Firefox from the repos, which completely disregards the system locale.
There is a disparity in the fedocal APIs. The meeting reminders that are sent in emails, the fedocal documentation and the events that are entered are completely out-of-sync! This leads to confusion in timezones Confirmed that FedoCal API gives out date and time in UTC (See below).
[15:28] <amitosh> Can someone clarify about whether the time returned by /meeting endpoint is in UTC?
[15:37] <amitosh> pingou: so meeting_timezone says the time zone for the meeting_time_start and meeting_time_stop?
[15:42] <amitosh> not just that, the same error is for all the meetings in QA!
Just curious, why so many downgrades ?


Areas susceptible to irrigation-induced selenium contamination of water and biota in the western United States / by Ralph L. Seiler, Joseph P. Skorupa, and Lorri A. Peltz.
Seiler, R. L., (author.). Peltz, Lorri A. (Lorri Ann), 1959- (author.). Skorupa, Joseph P., (author.). Geological Survey (U.S.), (issuing body.).
U.S. Geological Survey circular ; 1180.
Manufacturer: [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1999.
"Prepared in cooperation: U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Reclamation, Bureau of Indian Affairs."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 32-36).


PI theme has 6 colorschemes. So root folder contains from 6 folder (each for one of 6 colorschemes) that contain all scripts/3dParty script/astyles/html/img used by each colorscheme and images folder, we decide to move some images to the build root, in order to decrease build archive size.
PI theme colorsheme folder consist from css/js/html components, in order to make website loads faster you should decide what components you need to load on your website or even on each pages. If you need low components quantity on your website , you can create your own global.css and insert all css what you need. The same thing relates to JS.
This page contain information about css/js files content. Other pages have HTML code examples with CSS/JS scripts they need to work properly, CSS classes to control element view and CSS classes and data attributes used by JS.
!!! Please see detailed documentation for any component if you have any troubles with understanding what's going on there.
images.css images styles, images captions, overlays etc.


We took full advantage of all Fort Mill has to offer for Casie's Senior session! We started out in downtown and then worked our way over to the greenway. We walked and explored (something I LOVE to do when shooting) – ended up in a spot I'd never been!


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Correspondencias & análisis
Social Networks as Public Relations Tools in European Institutions
Internet is the digital agora in where that all can participate. The European institutions can use the social networks like tools of dialogue with the citizens to attain his implication and commitment with the process of European construction. This investigation analyses the spaces in Internet of the main entities of the EU to check if they are using the new technological potentialities to converse directly with the citizenship or still keep a special attention to the media like intermediaries to transmit their messages to the public opinion.
Internet is the digital agora in where that all can participate. The European institutions can use the social networks like tools of dialogue with the citizens to attain his implication and commitment with the process of European construction. This investigation analyses the spaces [...]
Open Initiatives: Offenheit in der digitalen Welt und Wissenschaft
Abstract in English language: Initiatives that are calling for transparency, open and easy access to information (of academic, administrative or any other origin) are gaining momentum and are beginning to differentiate more and more. The claims range from Free Access to information to Open Access according to the principles of the Open Source community. Some initiatives focus more on transparency rather than on openness, such as the whistleblower platform Wikileaks, while others (e.g. Open Government and Open Access to Research Data) combine the demands for transparency and openness or focus on the provision of non-proprietary information (like the geodata project OpenStreetMap or Open Metrics concepts in the scientific area). Twelve authors from different Open Data projects and from the context of Open Access to scientific information, Open Science, journalism and law analyze the Open Initiatives and discuss their common limitations as well as radical concepts of Openness such as WikiLeaks and Anonymous. Abstract in German language: Initiativen, die Transparenz, offenen und möglichst einfachen Zugang zu Informationen, etwa in Wissenschaft und Verwaltung fordern und herstellen, gewinnen rasant an Bedeutung und beginnen sich immer weiter zu differenzieren. Die Forderungen reichen von freiem (im Sinne von kostenlosem) Zugang zu Informationen bis hin zu offenem Zugang analog den Prinzipien der Open Source Community. Manche Initiativen und Phänomene fokussieren stärker auf Transparenz als auf Offenheit, wie z.B. die Whistleblower-Plattform Wikileaks, während wiederum andere (z.B. Open Government oder Open Access zu Forschungsdaten) die Forderungen nach Transparenz und Offenheit kombinieren oder sich an der Bereitstellung nicht-proprietärer Informationen versuchen (wie das Geodaten-Projekt OpenStreetMap oder die Open Metrics Konzepte im Wissenschaftskontext). Zwölf Autorinnen und Autoren aus Open Data Projekten und aus den Bereichen Open Access, Open Science, Journalismus und Recht beschreiben und analysieren die besagten und andere Open Initiatives, diskutieren deren Gemeinsamkeiten und Grenzen sowie radikale Offenheitskonzepte wie WikiLeaks und Anonymous.
Abstract in English language: Initiatives that are calling for transparency, open and easy access to information (of academic, administrative or any other origin) are gaining momentum and are beginning to differentiate more and more. The claims range from Free Access to information [...]
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Access to and reuse of public data: open data and open govern
Open government is a form of permanent open communication between the administration and citizens, based on transparency from the administration, working with civil society and business. We present one of the key points that are being used to achieve this objective of participation: the open data movement. In Europe, its origins lie in the issuance of Directive 2003/98/EC of the European Parliament and the Council on access to and reuse of public sector information. Open data projects described here provide access to government data according to the recommendations of the W3C . The structure and open format allows data to be reused to provide new services to citizens and businesses. Numerous projects and visualization applications have been developed that realize the potential of this movement. The situation in Spain is emerging and even in a short period of time many initiatives are maturing. This offers us the opportunity to ask what role information managers will take on in this new scenario.
Open government is a form of permanent open communication between the administration and citizens, based on transparency from the administration, working with civil society and business. We present one of the key points that are being used to achieve this objective of participation: [...]
Reuse of public sector information and open data in the Spanish and European context. Aporta Project
The reuse of public sector information is an increasingly key element in the Open data and Open government strategies. The European authorities are promoting public information reuse policies as a pillar for the digital economy and for democratic transparency. In the same way, several public and private reuse initiatives in Spain have sprung up in recent years to maximize public information reuse benefits. In this sense, the Aporta Project, supported by the Spanish Ministry for Territorial Cooperation and Public Administration and the Ministry for Industry, Trade and Commerce, have been working since 2009 in promoting reuse in Spain. Regarding the challenges of the actual reuse policies it is important to point out that a Royal decree that develops the Spanish Reuse Law is being drafted with the aim to solve some indeterminate aspects of the present public information reuse law.
The reuse of public sector information is an increasingly key element in the Open data and Open government strategies. The European authorities are promoting public information reuse policies as a pillar for the digital economy and for democratic transparency. In the same way, several [...]
Open data? Yes, but in a sustainable way
More and more people think that we are transforming the model of society, changing from an industrial to a knowledge model, where data and information are its raw material. In this context many open data initiatives are being developed by public administrations around the world in a short time period. The open data process is defined, the reasons to carry out it are explained, and some guidelines on how to do it in a very pragmatic and sustainable manner are given.
More and more people think that we are transforming the model of society, changing from an industrial to a knowledge model, where data and information are its raw material. In this context many open data initiatives are being developed by public administrations around the world in [...]
Linked open data and Open data. Its impact in the field of libraries and information science
We show the first steps of the initiatives Open data and Linked open data as sources of innovation in the field of information management. As the Open Access movement (OA) and the Open Archives Initiative (OAI) implied some years ago, these two initiatives constitute a shock that reverberated in technological innovation and the structure of the Web. We present a global overview of open data and national projects related to government data. Four Spanish local or regional administrations have already begun to release their data: in chronological order, Asturias, Euskadi, Zaragoza and Catalonia. In the case of Linked open data we also provide a global picture, with 203 registered projects. We describe in more detail the work that the W3C is currently carrying out in the field of libraries. Finally we present the consecuences these new developments can have for librarianship and information science.
We show the first steps of the initiatives Open data and Linked open data as sources of innovation in the field of information management. As the Open Access movement (OA) and the Open Archives Initiative (OAI) implied some years ago, these two initiatives constitute a shock [...]
Civic participation and interactive documentaries: a contribution to the open government model
This research introduces the marriage between interactive documentaries (i-docs) and politics as an opportunity to motivate new civic participation and expression in the political sphere. The main objective of this study is to identify the different degrees of civic participation that i-docs permit and to setup a classification according to these levels of engagement. In order to achieve the main objective, this research has analyzed a group of documentaries using a mixture of Gaudenzi, Gifreu-Castells, and Nash methodology. The results show that it is possible to find a parallel between the closed mode and the Orwellian model; the semi-closed mode and the Tokenism model; the semi-opened mode and the playful model; and between the opened mode and the Athenian model. However, only the opened mode, used in the Global lives documentary, offers a real experience that symbolizes the purest representation of an open government system.
This research introduces the marriage between interactive documentaries (i-docs) and politics as an opportunity to motivate new civic participation and expression in the political sphere. The main objective of this study is to identify the different degrees of civic participation [...]
Organization of the information and obligated subjects in the Portal of the Transparency of Spain
In this article we analyze the organization of information in Spain's Portal of the Transparency, which includes information that is required by law. We analyze both the organization of information and people who appear in the Portal. The analysis is then compared with the Law of transparency, access to public information, and good governance. The results show a high percentage of subjects that are not reporting the information as required by law. Contrarily, some sections, like economics, include an excess of information that makes their access complex.
In this article we analyze the organization of information in Spain's Portal of the Transparency, which includes information that is required by law. We analyze both the organization of information and people who appear in the Portal. The analysis is then compared with the Law of [...]
Meloda, a metric to assess open data reuse
Current policies demanding an increase in transparency, open government and smart cities share open data publication as one of their basic pillars. However, there is a limited availability of mechanisms to assess the use and value of this information. The goal of this paper is to present a new metric, Meloda, that qualifies the information and helps to assess its reusability. Meloda's four dimensions are described: technical standards, access, legal considerations, and data model. Finally Meloda's assessment process is explained.
Current policies demanding an increase in transparency, open government and smart cities share open data publication as one of their basic pillars. However, there is a limited availability of mechanisms to assess the use and value of this information. The goal of this paper is to [...]
Open data in the Spanish public administrations: main subject categories and apps
There is a growing number of open data initiatives that allow citizens to reuse public data sets through specifically designed applications. This paper presents an overview of these initiatives and their development in Spain, analyzing the open data sets available and the functions and features of the applications developed for this purpose. The information source used in this work is the portal http://datos.gob.es, of national scope which organizes and manages the public information catalog of Spanish administrations. This source offers information about these data sets and the applications and utilities developed. The analysis shows a diverse distribution of these open data sets that requires grouping by metacategories for its study and analysis. The level of development of the applications seems low but it may be due to the incipience on freely available data. In any case, the data sets related to infrastructures (especially transports) appear to be the main object of the applications developed so far in Spain in this context.
There is a growing number of open data initiatives that allow citizens to reuse public data sets through specifically designed applications. This paper presents an overview of these initiatives and their development in Spain, analyzing the open data sets available and the functions [...]


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The builder coach cometh -- Bo Perasol arrives in a new era for Ateneo basketball
Rick Olivares
How do you follow a multi-titled champion coach?
Dolreich "Bo" Perasol doesn't know the answer to that but he will certainly give it the old college try in order to find out.
Perasol isn't new to hardship or struggles. As a youngster growing up in General Santos City in the early 1980s, Perasol used to walk for several kilometers just to get to school. It would be so hot that by the time he arrived in school, his face was sweaty, his arms caked with dust, and his lips parched. He did this for almost every single day of his life until he moved to Manila for college.
When he arrived as a wide-eyed freshman at the University of the Philippines, he was a mere walk-in aspirant for the men's basketball team. His coach Rey Madrid wasn't even sure what to make of him. He was after all a Masscom student whose first choice was to go to the school of music because he liked to sing. But Perasol worked hard enough to moved up from Team B all the way to the seniors squad.
In his first ever PBA coaching job, Perasol saw his team trade away its top draft picks of 2005 in Anthony Washington and Mark Cardona. Yet somehow, Perasol led the Air21 Express to a third place finish in the Fiesta Cup. In 2008, Perasol steered the Express once more to the Fiesta Cup Finals this time against Ginebra. Even with spitfire behind Gary David and Arwind Santos, the Express fell in six matches. Not soon after, team management dealt away his top players and the team fell into a period of mediocrity.
When Perasol moved to the Coca Cola/Powerade Tigers team, he found himself in the same situation – leading a rag tag outfit of discards, drafting a few top college players, competing for a PBA title, and then seeing them dealt away. It was while he was with the Powerade Tigers, which Perasol considers his best coaching job to date, that they battled Talk 'N Text for the 2011-12 Philippine Cup.
With top rookies Jayvee Casio and Marcio Lassiter and pickups Doug Kramer and Sean Anthony to back up Gary David, the Tigers defeated two top seeds in B-Meg and Rain or Shine before falling to the Tropang Texters in six games.
Soon after, with the team headed for disbandment, players were traded away. Key players in the Philippine Cup run were gone. The championship contender that Perasol took so long to nurture and build was gone.
That is why the move to Loyola Heights, although with the Ateneo Men's Basketball Team clearly in a rebuilding process, is a welcome change for him. "All my life I played for or coached teams that had to be built up from scratch – Surigao (in the now defunct Metropolitan Basketball Association), Air21, Coca Cola, and Powerade... it's nice to be a part of a program that is well-funded, well-supported, and has a winning tradition."
That decision wasn't an easy one to make though. After the Coca Cola/Powerade PBA franchise disbanded, Perasol was a cinch to become league newcomer Global Port's first head coach. "There was that building from scratch job all over again," smiled the coach.
However, when Ateneo patron Manuel V. Pangilinan asked him if he would like to coach the Ateneo Blue Eagles, he mulled over the offer. The first person he sought advice about the job was former UP and Ateneo head coach Joe Lipa.
"It seemed that more people warned me than congratulated me," explained Perasol. "It is no secret about how demanding it can be coaching Ateneo especially with everything that they have accomplished and won through the years. But Coach Joe told me to focus on the task at hand and that maraming mabait na tao na tutulong sa yo (there are many good people who will help you)."
This was the tipping point. In the PBA, he was only answerable to the owner as his teams didn't have large fan bases. Now, he knows it's an entire community that he has to please.
In the recently concluded UAAP season, Perasol made his first appearance in the "blue" side during the first round Ateneo-La Salle match. "I didn't just observe the game of Ateneo," he recalled. "I went there to watch the crowd. You see entire families there – si daddy, si mommy, mga anak, pati si Lolo at si Lola. This was the kind of support the team got. It was a community event. And these are the people who you have to think about (aside from the players) when you take to the basketball court. Kapag natalo hindi makatulog; hindi makakain (if Ateneo lost, they couldn't eat). That is how intertwined the Ateneo community was with the basketball team."
During his time in UP, the Battle of Katipunan was the Fighting Maroons' 'championship' game. And it still is. "Matalo na lahat wag lang sa Ateneo (we can lose all games but not against Ateneo)," laughed Perasol at the memory. "We knew we didn't have a chance against FEU that had Johnny Abarrientos and Vic Pablo, UST had Dennis Espino and an entire team that went to the pros. La Salle had Jun Limpot and a bunch of stars. Kami, we were down there with NU. Ateneo had lost its players who won championships to graduation and they were not the same. They were down there. Pero bale wala yan sa amin. Makaisa kami sa Ateneo, okay na. That was our championship. But of course, we wanted to win more. Rivalry lang yan. Ganyan din naman between Ateneo and La Salle."
Now he is at the other end of Katipunan and wearing blue.
If Ateneans are worried about his loyalties, Perasol has this story for an explanation.
While growing up in General Santos City, there weren't any malls back then or even the Internet to stay updated with the times. To keep up with the PBA games, Perasol and his father would stay glued to a beat up transistor radio that was their lifeline to the fabled Toyota and Ginebra San Miguel teams of old when El Presidente presided over the lane and The Big J barreled right in.
It was a ritual consummated by the father and the son. The father wished his son would become a basketball player. Although Bo never did make it to the pros he discovered that even while playing in the UAAP, he enjoyed the other side of coin and that was coaching and teaching.
In his first ever game as head coach of the Surigao Miners, Perasol's wards defeated his hometown SoCSarGen Marlins. The coach wept afterwards because his father had passed away unable to see his son make it to the pros albeit in a different way.
When he became head coach of Air21, he found it easy to coach against his boyhood favorite, Ginebra San Miguel. "You learn real quick to put aside sentiment or else your job is on the line. You have to be professional about things. And if Coach Joe could do it then so can I."
And so Bo Perasol, "the builder coach" is the 36th head coach in Ateneo Blue Eagles history.
While watching the combined players of Ateneo Teams A and B practice, he couldn't help but notice that there are many sons of players he once watched or played against. There are a couple of Ravenas and Capacios. An Adornado. A Cabahug. And a Black.
He looks forward to the coaching job. He knows with every team out there built up for the sole purpose of unseating Ateneo, it will be a struggle. But he's used to that by now. The hardship he faced as a youngster has served him well in his different head coaching jobs. He has no doubt that it will serve him in good stead in Loyola Heights. He paraphrased a quote from the late and legendary UCLA head coach John Wooden who he idolizes, "This isn't just basketball. This is a game. About life."


Eat Dallas: Off With the Boar's Head?
The phrase "eat like a king" takes on new (or old) meaning when referring to a typical feast at the table of Henry VIII. Tudors had no way of extending food life other than drying, smoking, salting, or pickling. It could not be transported, nor could it be frozen and therefore, fresh, in season produce and meats were relied upon. If you were like most people in the 1530s, poor, you would most likely have supped on pottage, a stew composed of meat or fish with herbs, vegetables, and grains which would have been served with bread and beer or wine if you were wealthy, as water could not be trusted, due to contamination. Potatoes were not introduced to Britain until Henry's daughter by Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth's reign. Typical meats of the period were oxen, deer, calves, pigs, wild boar, chickens, pheasant, dove, duck, and fish. These were either easily hunted or kept, so they were in steady supply. The large meats were either roasted, boiled, or made into pies, while the fish and poultry was baked, fries, grilled, or boiled. The food was usually serve in an herd sauce.
In an average year the royal kitchen would serve 1,240 oxen, 8,200 sheep, 2,330, deer, 760 calves, 1,870 pigs, and 53 wild boar, totaling more than 14,000 large animals, equating to 23 animals per member of the court every year.
At the royal table the first course would have consisted of items such as Brawn (a terrine of meat from the head of a calf or pig, sometimes a sheep or cow, that may have also include meat from the feet and heart. It's usually eaten cold or at room temperature), Roast Tongue, Leg of Pork, Roast Beef, Roast Venison, Meat Pie, In Season Vegetables, and Bread.
The second course would have contained Roast Lamb, Rabbit, Bread, Tarts, and Custard.
Grilled Beaver Tail - This was popular on Fridays when Catholics were not allowed to eat meat as they categorized beavers as fish!
Whale Meat - Whale meat was occasionally eaten on Fridays. Dolphin was also served. It was usually boiled or roasted.
Spit-Roasted Meats - Wild boar or pig was served at almost every meal as a show of extreme wealth, as only the wealthy could afford fresh meat year round, and only the very wealthy could afford to roast it, due to the added fuel and labor cost.
Whole Roasted Peacock - This was usually served baked, with its colorful feathers reapplied and its beak gilded in gold leaf.
Black Pudding - This dish was popular in all parts of England. A sausage encased in pig intestine, it was made of boiled, congealed pigs blood.
Internal organs - Not being ones to waste any part of an animal, medieval cooks served internal organs which were often considered delicacies. These were usually eaten fresh, but typical preservation methods were brining or storing in vinegar. The spleen, lungs, liver, and even udders were considered kingly fare.
Roasted Swan - On very special occasions, swan was served, as it was considered too noble and majestic an animal to eat every day. The bird was usually presented with a gold crown atop its head. Still, English law dictates that all mute swans are owned by the Crown and can not be eaten without permission from the Queen.
Boars Head - Garnished with bay leaf and rosemary, a boars head was often served as the centerpiece of the Christmas feast table, or for other special occasions.
Vegetables - Veggies were not eaten in large quantities by the court as they were viewed as food of the poor. Vegetables comprised less than 20% of the royal diet.
Marzipan - The deserts course was not popularized in England until the 1700s, when very elaborate sugar sculptures were popular among aristocrats. This paste made from ground almonds, sugar, and sometimes rose water, was occasionally served at the end of a meal.
Spiced Fruitcake - During the Twelfth Night feast, which was on January 6th, a special cake containing a dried pea or bean was served. Whoever found the pea was crowned king or queen of the pea (or bean) and was treated as the guest of honor for the rest of the evening.
Bread - Bread was served at every meal.
Wine and Ale - Copious amounts of wine and ale were consumed to wash down all of that food. It is estimated that 600,000 gallons of ale (enough to fill an Olympic sized swimming pool) and 75,000 gallons of wine (1,500 bathtubs) were drunk every year at Hampton Court Palace.


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package com.orionplatform.user_management.registration.tasks;

import com.orionplatform.calendar.CalendarService;
import com.orionplatform.calendar.datetime.DateTime;
import com.orionplatform.core.abstraction.Orion;
import com.orionplatform.core.configuration.ConfigurationService;
import com.orionplatform.core.exception.Assert;
import com.orionplatform.core.uuid.UUIDSecurityService;
import com.orionplatform.cryptology.encoding.base64.Base64EncodingService;
import com.orionplatform.data.data_access.user.security.OrionEmailValidationCodesDAO;
import com.orionplatform.data.data_model.user.security.OrionEmailValidationCodesModel;

public class CreateAndSaveEmailValidationCodeTask extends Orion
{
    public static synchronized String run(String userID)
    {
        Assert.notEmpty(userID, "The userID input cannot be null/empty.");
        String UUIDBase64Encoded = generateUUIDWithoutHyphensBase64ForURLEncoded();
        OrionEmailValidationCodesModel emailValidationCodesModel = buildEmailValidationCodesModel(UUIDBase64Encoded, userID);
        OrionEmailValidationCodesDAO.saveEmailValidationCode(emailValidationCodesModel);
        return UUIDBase64Encoded;
    }

    private static synchronized String generateUUIDWithoutHyphensBase64ForURLEncoded()
    {
        String UUID1 = UUIDSecurityService.generateUUIDWithoutHyphens();
        String UUID2 = UUIDSecurityService.generateUUIDWithoutHyphens();
        return Base64EncodingService.encodeBase64ForURL(UUID1 + UUID2);
    }

    private static synchronized OrionEmailValidationCodesModel buildEmailValidationCodesModel(String UUIDBase64Encoded, String userID)
    {
        int numberOfMinutes = ConfigurationService.getIntegerProp("email.validation.code.expiration.in.minutes", 20);
        DateTime currentInstancePlusDuration = CalendarService.addMinutesToCurrentDatetime(numberOfMinutes);
        long epochSeconds = CalendarService.convertDateTimeToEpochSeconds(currentInstancePlusDuration);
        OrionEmailValidationCodesModel emailValidationCodesModel = new OrionEmailValidationCodesModel();
        emailValidationCodesModel.setUserID(userID);
        emailValidationCodesModel.setEmailValidationCode(UUIDBase64Encoded);
        return emailValidationCodesModel;
    }
}

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