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Agnes McCarthy
NAA Director, Voice instructor, Choir Director
Agnes McCarthy leads a busy life as Director of Sault Ste. Marie's Northern Arts Academy, providing comprehensive multidisciplinary training for singers with diverse musical interests. She also currently serves as a music specialist with the Algoma District School Board and is an Adjunct Professor of Voice and Voice Coordinator at Algoma University where she teaches private voice as well as Musical Theatre and Elementary Music Methods courses.
Agnes began her undergraduate studies in Voice with Carolyn Hart at Memorial University of Newfoundland. After completing her B. Mus. / B. Mus. Ed. degrees, she moved to Montréal to pursue graduate studies in Early Music Performance at McGill University. Under the tutelage of Canadian countertenor, Allan Fast, she completed her Master's Performance degree. That same year, Agnes relocated to Sault Ste. Marie as part of the Artist in Residence Program at Algoma University and has since served in the capacities of performer, voice instructor, choral conductor and coordinator of the vocal division of the Sault Ste. Marie Music Festival. Her choirs and private students have distinguished themselves by winning numerous national awards, and many have gone on to professional careers.
Agnes has spent her professional career in Sault Ste. Marie deeply involved in the musical life of the community as a teacher and performer. She has collaborated with The Sault Symphony, The Algoma Chamber Players, The Chamber Singers of Algoma, The Algoma Festival Choir and with The Musical Comedy Guild of Sault Ste. Marie as Vocal Director for their productions of Les Misérables and Jesus Christ Superstar. She is also active as a Choral and Voice Festival adjudicator.
Paul Dingle
NAA Director, Piano instructor, Theory instructor, Accompanist/Coach
Paul Dingle brings over 30 years of professional experience to the NAA as a performer, collaborative pianist, conductor, clinician, adjudicator and teacher. Paul originally relocated to the Sault to work at Algoma University. As an Adjunct Professor he teaches music history, theory, popular culture, orchestral and choral conducting, audio arts, piano performance, and is Director of The AlgomaU Choir. Paul is also Organist & Choirmaster at Central United Church, where he runs a choral and handbell program.
He began undergraduate studies in harpsichord and early music in England under Valda Aveling and Edgar Hunt at Trinity College London. Paul completed a Bachelor of Music degree in musicology at Memorial University of Newfoundland, and a Master's Performance degree in piano at Brandon University. Upon his return to his native Newfoundland he founded and was Artistic Director and Conductor of the Terra Nova Chamber Players, a professional orchestra specializing in Baroque music. Paul was also a composer and performer in the experimental multimedia group Fusion, an ensemble dedicated to high-technology arts productions involving analog, digital and hybrid synthesis, as well as a contributor to the International Sound Symposium, a biannual festival of new music, art, and dance. Paul's first recording for CBC FM radio broadcast as a 16 year old pianist was his introduction to the world of audio and recording technology, an experience that has become a lifelong passion. Later studies in recording technology, acoustics and psychoacoustics led to a research interest in the historical interface between music and technology.
Paul has spent his professional career in Sault Ste. Marie collaborating in the musical life of the community as a teacher, conductor and performer. He has partnered with The Algoma Conservatory of Music, The Sault Symphony, The Algoma Chamber Players, The Chamber Singers of Algoma, The Algoma Festival Choir, Algoma Fall Festival, The Northland Chorus and The Steeltown Silver Band. His long association with musical theatre includes serving as Musical Director for The Musical Comedy Guild of Sault Ste. Marie's productions of She Loves Me, Les Miserables, Jesus Christ Superstar, Mary Poppins and A Christmas Carol.
Skye Smith
Movement/Acting instructor
Skye Smith is delighted to share her expertise and passion in performance and movement with Northern Arts Academy.
Skye has been working in community theatre for more than 10 years. She has starred in many memorable productions such as White Christmas with the Sault Symphony Orchestra, The Producers with the Musical Comedy Guild, and God of Carnage with In Your Eyes Projects. Skye has also directed and choreographed many productions, and has mentored in the popular Soo Sings for Kids for the last four years. She earned her Bachelor's Degree in Music at Algoma University studying with Agnes McCarthy and also studied dance at Sherry Walsh Academy of Dance Arts obtaining a teaching certificate in Jazz, Ballet, and Stage/Tap. She taught primary and recreational Jazz, Tap and Ballet at Sherry Walsh for five years before returning to school to study Public Relations and Event Management at Sault College. She studied at Vancouver Film School at a weeklong intensive Acting workshop, and has worked on many local film sets. You may have seen her in the locally filmed movie, The Story of Luke or in Northern Know How videos for Northern Credit Union as a "Northern Financial Survival Guide".
Alexandria Givens
Voice Instructor/Choir Director
Hailing from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Alexandria Givens, B.Mus., M.Mus., B.Ed., is a classically trained vocalist and educator. Alexandria is the recipient of many scholarships and awards such as the Senior Scholarship Winner in the NATS 2016 vocal competition, Gaston Héton Musical Excellence Scholarship, and the Gold Recipient for the Kiwanis Sheild Competition in 2009.
Alexandria has played many roles on and off the stage; she has sung roles such as the Queen of the Night in Mozart's Die Zaubeflöte, Rosalinde in Johann Strauss' Die Fledermaus, Laurette in Bizet's Le Docteur Miracle, Fiordiligi in Mozart's Così fan Tutte, and has sung many recitals around the Ottawa-Gatineau region and Northern Ontario.
She received her Masters of Music at the University of Ottawa under Christiane Riel, as well as her Bachelor of Education in 2018. Alexandria has worked in both secondary and elementary schools with the Ottawa-Carleton District School board, as well as worked as the special events coordinator for Music and Beyond, where she worked towards making music education accessible to everyone in the Ottawa-Gatineau region.
As the Artistic Director at the National Capital Suzuki School of Music, Alexandria spent her time creating opportunities for all students, parents, and teachers to experience the joy and creativity in music education and performance.
In Gatineau, Québec Alexandria works as a voice and musical awakening teacher with l'École de Musique de l'Outaouais Inc., is the choral director at Lycée Claudel, and runs her own voice studio. Always seeking new opportunities, Alexandria looks forward to building her studio with the Northern Arts Academy in a rich musical community!
Jean Philip Savard
Guitar/Group Ukelele Instructor
Originally from Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, Québec, Jean-Philip Savard began his studies in guitar at a young age, for which he quickly developed a passion. He began studying at the conservatory of music in Rimouski,QC with Erick Labbé in 2008, where he developed both his technical and pedagogical talents. During his time at the Conservatory he took part in masterclasses and workshops with guitarists such as David Jacques, Petrit Ceku, Isabelle Héroux, Pavel Steidl, Aniello Desiderio, Roland Dyens and Sergio and Odair Assad.
Jean-Philip has won several awards for both his solo and ensemble playing. In April 2011, he won a gold medal at the Festival-Concours of Music from Rivière-du-Loup, QC along with 3 more for his chamber guitar group. In 2016, He graduated from the University of Ottawa with his Master's Degree in Classical Guitar under the guidance of Patrick Roux.
Jean-Philip actively teaches guitar, theory, solfège and ukulele in the Ottawa-Gatineau region, and is excited to start as a part of Sault Ste. Marie's vibrant community!
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What's the difference between an ordinary teenager and an extraordinary one? A great deal, as sought-after youth speaker John Bytheway points out in his latest book for teens.
Extraordinary teens control themselves. They're not controlled by others. Not even remotely. They keep their control inside. They realize that the things others do may influence them but not control them. They can channel their feelings, lower the volume of outside voices, or mute them altogether. They have the power. They hold their own remote.
Just by looking at the cover or case I knew that it it would be a good book and I was right.


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Evolution Director Talks Tapping Into Primal Fears of Pregnancy Ahead of Popcorn Frights Florida Premiere
Hans Morgenstern | August 11, 2016 | 10:12am
Informed that the CDC has recommended that pregnant women avoid the Wynwood neighborhood where her new movie, Evolution, is to have its Florida premiere, writer/director Lucile Hadzihalilovic can't help but burst into laughter.
"Is this on purpose?" she asks during an interview from France. She wonders if the twisted minds behind the second-annual Popcorn Frights Film Festival booked her movie at O Cinema Wynwood as a sort of mischievous marketing scheme to jump on the Zika-fears bandwagon.
Her movie follows Nicolas (Max Brebant), a 10-year-old boy who lives in a spare seaside village off a beach of black, craggy rocks. He has an ambivalent relationship with his mother (Julie-Marie Parmentier), a woman with slicked-back hair and bleached eyebrows. She looks like all the other "mothers" in this coastal village also populated by other 10-year-old boys who frolic in the ocean when they're not being fed inky goop of worms by their mamas. When Nicolas dares to venture out at night in the village only to be confronted with an orgy of hissing mothers celebrating a newborn baby on the beach, he's off to a hospital, where he will confront pregnancy on an uncanny level.
"It's better that pregnant women don't see my film," Hadzihalilovic — a French filmmaker who grew up in the movie's alien setting of Lanzarote, on the Moroccan coast — tells New Times. "I've received a few remarks from pregnant women who have said, 'Oh, that's a bit too disturbing for me,'" she adds, laughing some more.
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To Hadzihalilovic, however, being pregnant is disturbing to her. "I'm too much afraid about it," she says coyly. "That's why I did this film."
Indeed, to some women, pregnancy can feel like living a science-fiction movie, and the filmmaker agrees. "That's the idea, showing this idea of pregnancy as something abnormal, maybe like an alien. So that's why I thought, with a boy, it's of course much more shocking and abnormal and striking. If it would have been with a girl, it would have been a more normal kind of nightmare, whether being pregnant or raped. But with a boy, of course, it was more like a horror film."
She doesn't care whether some will be tripped up by the film's logic. She has no interest in explaining why these things happen to poor Nicolas. Hadzihalilovic is more interested in exploring a more primal dread. To her, horror movies work best as fantasy, triggering the imagination — exploring the simple mysteries of the unknown while defying reason for atmosphere in a confrontation with the unreal. She prefers to induce the feeling of horror, which sometimes is best achieved by subverting rationale.
"American horror films are very explicit, which my movie is not at all," she says. "There are horror films that are really kind of like nightmares. The very first horror films I saw as a teenager was Dario Argento's films, which are really a lot more like nightmares or dreamlike films."
For Hadzihalilovic — who also admits to being inspired by the body horror of David Cronenberg — the ultimate horror film is about creating a waking nightmare. The more abnormal the circumstances, the less predictable the film becomes. The result is a more unnerving experience for the audience. "I think, for me, the film is so much about the feeling of mystery," she says. "It has nothing to do with narrative. It has much more to do with the unconscious and nonverbal and nonnarrative experience, but very little story."
She also doesn't want to talk down to viewers or treat them with sly humor. In the end, she has great respect for the audience's ability to let go and connect with the movie on a deeper, more primal level.
"I think it's more important to have an elliptical narrative so people can make their own connections," she says, "because it's a way to go deeper into your experience as an audience. I like to not understand everything so I can stay open to it afterwards. When I don't catch everything, I have to involve myself in my thought. I don't think we need to understand everything to appreciate and enjoy it."
Premieres at 7 p.m. Sunday, August 14, at O Cinema Wynwood. For tickets and more information, visit popcornfrights.com.
Follow Hans Morgenstern on Twitter: @HansMorgenstern.
Hans Morgenstern has contributed to Miami New Times for too many decades, but he's grown to love Miami's arts and culture scene because of it. He is the chair of the Florida Film Critics Circle, and most of his film criticism can be found on Independent Ethos (indieethos.com) if not in New Times.
Twitter: @HansMorgenstern
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Bobby Ray is an American singer-songwriter, vocalist, entertainer based out of Houston, Texas. He spent many years working in the Austin, Texas live music community and is now located just outside Houston, Texas entertaining live for the Southeast Texas music scene in a variety of music styles including Country, Blues, Gospel, Rock, R & B, Contemporary Adult hits, and more. Bobby Ray raises awareness of the ongoing need to support the fighting men and women of the US Military and has donated time performing to support their cause.

Bobby Ray was born in San Diego, California, United States, and moved to Austin, Texas in 1987 to pursue a college degree. His music career began not long after when he was asked by a friend to help him sing at a VFW hall. He has appeared on numerous radio & television commercials, and has played in popular regional bands such as Rain Dance, The Fury, country western band Shilo, blues band Blue Sun Rising, Mojave, among others mostly in the Central Texas area in and around the popular Austin live music scene.

Bobby Ray has played alongside, worked with, or opened for many well known Texas based musicians including Gary P. Nunn, Red Volkert (guitarist for Merle Haggard), John Inmon (former guitarist for Jerry Jeff Walker), Rick McRae (acoustical guitarist for George Strait), Glen Fukunaga (often plays with Bonnie Raitt while touring in Texas), Fred Krc (drummer for Asleep at the Wheel), Shawn Curtis (who sang for The Stylistics in the 70's), among other notable musicians who play in and around the Texas concert circuit.

With production assistance from Triple Strand Productions, two of Bobby Ray's songs " Whiskeyville" and "It's A Friday Night" have recently been featured on international FM radio stations throughout Europe. His music has also been featured on Texas radio stations in Brenham, Conroe, Fairfield, and Fredericksburg as well as numerous internet radio sites that play popular Texas based music.

2008 found Bobby Ray's song "Welcome To Lonelyville" charting in Europe on the European Country Music Association's (ECMA) airplay list in July 2008.

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External links
 European Country Music Association
 Artist Page at MP3.com
 Artist Page at Austin Music Download
 Artist Page at Tune Flow
 Fan Club Page at Our Stage.com
 Bobby Ray's Official website

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American country singer-songwriters
Country musicians from Texas
Country musicians from California
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Musicians from Houston
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I've made a number of attempts at writing a novel over the years. While I've succeeded at writing and producing plays and screenplays, a finished novel has eluded me. There's one series in particular that I've been working on in one form or another for about five years now. On the first draft I got seven chapters in before restarting, writing another seven chapters, restarting again, writing another two chapters, and then starting over again.
The fourth draft has been more successful. I had a few of the main plot points figured out, but I was still flying by the seat of my pants for the most part. This time around, I got twenty five chapters in and just… hit a wall. It's not that what I had was bad. I actually like most of it. But I felt like the last few chapters had the characters spinning their wheels, venturing off on this mission, and then that one. Something was missing, and I just couldn't put my finger on what it was.
It was around that time that I had to focus on finishing post-production for Uncommon Law, so I set the book aside for a while as I completed the movie. When I was finished with that and went back to the book, I realized I still didn't know where I was going with it.
And that's when I knew I had a fundamental flaw in my writing process.
Whenever I've written a play or a screenplay (you know, those things I've actually completed and put out in the world,) I've had an outline that I worked from. However, anytime I've written fiction, I've been a pantser, someone who just writes as it comes, without any outlining or significant planning. Which, I realized, may be why I've never actually finished a book. Some of this probably goes back to the times I've participated in NaNoWriMo, which has traditionally been the domain of pantsers. Now, don't get me wrong: There's nothing wrong with pantsing (unless you're in public, in which case nobody wants to see that.) It's great for some people, but it just wasn't working for me. I had to try something else.
I searched online for different outlining methods, but none really struck my fancy. In my search, though, I saw a number of people on Writer Unboxed and the NaNoWriMo forums recommend K.M. Weiland's Outlining Your Novel: Map Your Way to Success . Enough people seemed to swear by it that I decided to give it a look. Reading through it, I felt like it had some good info in it, but I wasn't certain how much of it would really be helpful. But hey, the old method wasn't working, so I figured it wouldn't hurt to take a shot at putting Weiland's lessons into practice.
I set aside my in-progress novel and pulled out an old idea from over a decade ago (that longtime readers may remember as my short-lived fantasy web comic "Into The Black.") I had jotted down various ideas or thoughts that had came to mind over the years, but I'd never actually written it. I believed it had a lot of potential, though, so I knew it would be a good candidate to try out the lessons from Outlining Your Novel.
I'm not even a third of the way into the steps listed in the book, and I'm already a believer. Not just in a "hey, this kinda works" way, but in an "I've got to obnoxiously tell all my writer friends about this book" sorta way.
One of the first things the book has you do is list all the potential "What If" scenarios that could occur, and it encourages you to write down everything, even if it seems ridiculously silly. Following that, you pick out the ones that have the most legs or that give you a visceral reaction, and you extrapolate like crazy on those. Just from doing that exercise, I not only learned things about my characters that worked so much better than the notes I'd already written down, but I'd also figured out what the story should be about and the right angle to take to introduce this world. Some people say they don't like outlining because it takes away the exhilarating sense of discovery that comes from writing, but damn, I was getting that exact same feeling from brainstorming these ideas up front.
Another recommendation the book made which has been extremely helpful to me has been to do the brainstorming/outlining process by hand. Way back in the day, I used to write all my notes out on notebook paper in three-ring-binders, but when I was in college I switched to doing everything on a computer. In doing so, I found that I'd fallen into one of the traps Weiland mentions: When you're writing on the computer, it feels so permanent. I had a lot of ideas that would come to mind, but I wouldn't type them up because I didn't know if they were worthy of going into my Scrivener file. So instead, they just sat in my mind until I found the right way to incorporate them, or else until I forgot all about them before I could figure out how to make them work. By returning to my old three-ring-binders, I've given myself permission to write down every single idea that comes to mind, no matter how implausible, and then when I reach the end of the outlining process and am ready to write, I can transfer all the ideas I'm keeping into the notes on my computer. Also, it means that when I'm outlining, I don't have all of the distractions of the internet at my fingertips (a big problem of mine.) I still plan to do all the actual writing on my computer in Scrivener, but so far this is working wonders for the outlining/brainstorming process. Boom. Best of both worlds.
I'm looking forward to my daily writing sessions each day as I get further along in this outline and continue to make discoveries about this story, the characters, and the world it's set in. I can't wait to start writing the actual story, and feel the relief that comes from knowing where I'm going every step of the way.
The TL;DR version: I was having crazy trouble writing as a pantser, and K.M. Weiland's Outlining Your Novel: Map Your Way to Success has completely changed the way I write and reinvigorated my creativity. If you've been struggling with writing by the seat of your pants, I highly suggest checking out this book. Hopefully it'll do for you the same as it's done for me.
1.) I'm in pre-production on my first feature film, Uncommon Law. This has been consuming most of my non-work hours lately. I'm working on screenplay revisions now, along with researching equipment to buy. I was on the phone today ordering replacement parts for my tripod (harder to track down than you'd think), debating on fronting the cost for some high-end lights, and hoping I can find someone who'll loan me a Canon 7D so I don't have to buy that, too. It'd be great if I could find a reliable production manager who I could delegate some of the planning tasks to, so I can focus more on the artistic side.
2.) Still slowly chipping away on my novel. I started work on it last November, but recently I decided to toss out the existing chapters and start from scratch. It wasn't that the writing was bad, but more that I felt the story could be better told in a different style. I had been writing the book from multiple POVs (ala A Song of Ice & Fire), but realized that the story didn't NEED multiple perspectives in order to be told. Beyond that, I realized that the story I was telling wasn't the most effective way to open up an ongoing series and introduce people to this world. So I've put all that to the side, and am instead starting fresh with something new. I've got tons of pages worth of notes about the characters and the world they inhabit (Scrivener is my friend), and I'm excited to go further with it. You know, after I've got the movie wrapped; until then, this is low priority.
I've got a couple other things in the works, but they're still in the very early stages. I'm meeting with someone about another project tomorrow, and if all goes well I'll have something else to announce here soon.


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The municipality of Leopoldsburg has been shaped around a vast military base dating back to the 1830s. As a result, military history is part of Leopoldsburg's DNA. All over Leopoldsburg one encounters rich military heritage with distinctive architecture surrounded by beautiful greenery. Military history is omnipresent here. Leopoldsburg is a place where young men from all over Europe have been preparing for battle since the nineteenth century, while being exposed outside the camp boundaries to the many temptations of everyday life. With over 350 cafés and bars, Leopoldsburg was known as a vibrant and even notorious place in the otherwise sleepy province of Limburg. Even today, the military continues to be active in Leopoldsburg in what remains the largest military camp in the country. Military activities can still be seen and experienced all around on a daily basis.
That is why it is a natural location for a brand-new military museum – Liberation Garden – scheduled to open in May 2022. Liberation Garden will tell the story of two centuries of Belgian and European military history through the prism of garrison town Leopoldsburg. The main focus of this story is on World War II. It is here, for example, that Operation Market Garden was initiated in 1944, a daring attempt to invade Nazi Germany through The Netherlands and put an end to the Second World War before Christmas. For this and many other reasons, Leopoldsburg can present itself as the Flemish anchor point on the Liberation Route Europe, the international route that connects key sites of the liberation in 1944-45.
What do we do in the project?
In that context, Terra Mosana funding is enabling the development of three key products that promise to appeal to broad and diverse Belgian and international audiences. The first one is a film telling the story of the liberation of the Terra Mosana Euregion. The second one is a 3D film explaining Operation Market Garden. The third one is a VR experience visualizing the crossing of the Rhine and the collapse of Nazi Germany.


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Full Disk Encryption Proves Its Worth, Ponemon Study
The benefits of using full disk encryption far outweigh the costs of deploying the product, which is more than just the cost of purchasing the software, according to a new study.
Fahmida Y. Rashid
The Total Cost of Ownership for Full Disk Encryption study released Tuesday examined the benefits and costs of deploying full disk encryption (FDE) products within the organization. When compared to the potential damage caused in the advent of a data breach, the cost of encrypting every single bit of data stored on the drive is a "fraction" of the value gained by protecting the information, the study found. The primary benefit was the lower probability of having a data breach as a result of a lost or stolen coputer.
The study, sponsored by WinMagic and conducted by Ponemon Institute, surveyed 1,335 IT and IT security professionals in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and Japan. The survey participants represented various industry sectors and on average had 10 years of IT experience.
"The results clearly show that the benefits for encryption are extremely compelling" said Larry Ponemon, chairman of the Ponemon Institute.
However, companies underestimate the total cost of ownership for encryption, such as the amount of time it takes a technician to perform a procedure, the study found. The software cost of the product license and maintenance contract was only a "small fraction" of the total cost to the organization.
Organizations don't always understand the amount of technician time that is required to complete a procedure or the amount idle time by users because they can't access their computers during the encryption process. The most expensive component of having full disk encryptions comes for the amount of time it takes to work on an encrypted machine. Machines with fully encrypted disks took extra time to start-up, shutdown and hibernate, adding 42 seconds to each day. In one year, that amounts to nearly three hours per employee lost.
The smallest and largest organizations fared the worst in the report's total cost of ownership analysis. FDE deployment and maintenance had a total cost of $399 for organizations with fewer than 50 employees and $313 for organizations with more than 25,000 employees. Amount of regulation also matters, as heavily regulated industries such as financial services and healthcare had the highest total costs, with $385 and $363, respectively.
"This study really allowed us to get very granular as it relates to the optimum use of encryption and understanding the total cost of ownership," Ponemon said.
German organizations were more likely than other countries in the report to encrypt sensitive and confidential information. More than 50 percent of German respondents said their organizations encrypted trade secrets, financial confidential documents and employee records.
With the exception of Germany, organizations in the remaining countries reported nearly a third of the stolen computers contained sensitive information that had been encrypted. German organizations said that only a quarter of the computers had information in clear text.
The reasons for encrypting the data also vary across regions. Respondents from the US, Germany and Japan looked for strong security when evaluating encryption products. UK organizations are more concerned about performance and speed.
"WinMagic has long held the belief that innovative features can help to significantly reduce the cost of deploying and operating full disk encryption, while optimizing compliance and user satisfaction," said Garry McCracken, vice-president of technology partnerships at WinMagic.
U.S., UK and German organizations mainly encrypt their data to comply with state and national data protection laws. In contrast, Japanese organizations encrypt data at rest to comply with industry and self-regulatory requirements, such as PCI DSS, ISO and NIST, the report found.
WinMagic said the report found that the costs of deploying full disk encryption are higher than just the cost of the software license. Using "free" encryption products bundled with operating systems doesn't really affect total cost, since there are other issues to consider. In fact, WinMagic said the free products may have significantly higher costs than commercial products if they interfere with existing user and IT processes.
Written By Fahmida Y. Rashid
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"At the time, it was really stressful, because most people go to college right away. I felt like, 'I can't figure out what I want to do with my life!' You feel like you're behind. But in the long run it was the right thing to do," Hill says with a mirthful chirp of a laugh.
Hill is sitting at a long stainless-steel table in the industrial kitchen of The Bakewell Co., the small business she owns in Kalamazoo that employs up to 21 people in the summer, making 2,000 quiches a week to sell at 14 farmers' markets from Holland to Marshall.
Hill, who is 35 and lives in Climax, grew up in Battle Creek as the oldest of four kids. Her parents were hobby farmers who sold poultry and pork and eggs from pasture-raised chickens to friends and family before they started selling their Pleasant Hill Farm products at the Battle Creek Farmers' Market 16 years ago.
Hill started Bakewell in 2009 by bringing a few quiches to market to sell to her parents' customers. She sold out the first day.
At the time, she wanted to start a full-scale bakery selling cakes and pastries as well as quiche. But while the sweets she later brought to markets languished on her parents' table there, people got continually excited about the quiches.
That's her theory for the popularity of her quiche. The ingredients she uses can't hurt either. Two favorite quiches are the Sausage, Cheddar and Chive and the Goat Cheese, Spinach and Roasted Red Pepper. The Butternut Squash with Sausage and Tomato Preserves is another scrumptious option, as is the Potato and Caramelized Onion with Brie and Smoked Gouda.
A small Bakewell quiche for one person sells for $6. A medium quiche, which will serve two to three people, is $12, and a large, which can serve up to six, is $20.
The shape of Hill's quiches are also just unusual enough to stand out at farmers' markets. Baked in tart rings called entremet rings, the quiches aren't sloped like traditional pies but rather have vertical edges with a tidy, modern look.
Hill got the idea for the quiches' unique shape from a job she had after she graduated from the Secchia Institute for Culinary Education at Grand Rapids Community College in 2004. She worked six months at Gleneagles Hotel, a five-star luxury hotel, spa and golf resort in Scotland, where she spent half of her time in the fine-dining kitchen as a line cook and the other half in the pastry kitchen producing desserts. The hotel served a chocolate tart Hill loved, made by putting a shortbread crust into entremet rings and then filling it with rich dark chocolate — a process not unlike placing vegetables and meat into an all-butter crust and then filling it with eggs and cream.
The tidy shape, which makes Bakewell's small quiche look like a big hockey puck full of fluffy goodness, often draws people in, according to Hill.
For ingredients, Hill and her team source everything as locally as possible, getting meat from her parents' farm, butter from a Michigan dairy supplier based in Kalamazoo, and vegetables from vendors at the farmers' markets where Bakewell sells quiches.
"We go loaded with quiche and come back loaded with vegetables," Hill's younger sister Andrea, 33, says. A former nurse, Andrea has been working for her older sister full time for the past two years.
"I've been bossing her around my whole life," Hill jokes.
"She's the boss, and I'm the minion," Andrea jokes back.
The sisters' easygoing relationship and gentle camaraderie make it easy to imagine Bakewell as a fun place to work.
In addition to her sister, Hill has two other employees who work part time during the winter. One rolls out crust and makes quiche; the other creates marketing materials.
On market days in the summer, Hill's day starts sometime between midnight and 2 a.m. She tries to get home around 6 p.m. on Fridays so she can get some sleep before turning around and coming into work.
Employees arrive at 5 a.m. on Saturdays to load freezers full of quiche into minivans for delivery to the markets.
Hill would like to figure out how to expand her business throughout the year. She's looking toward online sales, increasing cold shipping to customers throughout the U.S., and possibly opening a retail space selling full-scale bakery items, as she first imagined.
While quiche makes up 90 percent of Bakewell's sales, the company also produces bread pudding, brownies and pot pies. It also makes small, traditional English treats called Bakewells — tarts with a shortbread crust and almond filling and a little bit of jam at the bottom — which sell for $1. Hill discovered the classic treat, named for an English town, during her stay in Scotland and chose the name for her business because of the quality the name suggests.
Bakewell takes orders online through its Facebook page, on the phone and at summer markets.
Cherri's Chocol'Art, 245 S. Kalamazoo Mall, carries Bakewell quiche, and Bakewell sells hot quiche every other Wednesday evening during events at Lawton Ridge Winery, 8456 Stadium Drive.
For more information or to place an order, visit Bakewellcompany.com, or their Facebook page — facebook.com/TheBakewellCo — or call 459-8030.


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Jonathan Wiesen, Ph.D., an authority on modern European history, including histories of racism and antisemitism, and the history of advertising and consumerism, is the new chair of the Department of History.
Wiesen comes to the department from Southern Illinois University's Department of History, for which he has been department chair since 2016 and a member of the faculty since 1998.
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St. Charles Parish, Louisiana (Map It) was created on March 31, 1807 as of the original 19 parishes from German Coast County. The parish was named for Saint Charles..
St. Charles Parish is bordered by Lake Pontchartrain (northeast), Jefferson Parish (east), Lafourche Parish (southwest), St. John the Baptist Parish (northwest).
St. Charles Parish Cities and Towns include Ama, Bayou Gauche, Boutte, Des Allemands, Destrehan, Ormond, Hahnville, Killona, Luling, Montz, New Sarpy, Norco, Paradis, St. Rose, Taft.
A Map of St. Charles Parish, Louisiana contains detailed information about roads and boundaries, these maps may include rural communities, churches, and cemeteries.
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The St. Charles Parish Courthouse is located in Hahnville, Louisiana. Learn More About State of Louisiana Court, Tax, Land and Probate Records.
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St. Charles Parish Clerk of Court has Marriage Records from 1739, Land Records from 1734, Probate Records from 1734 and Court Records from 1734. The Parish Clerk of Court performs the functions of more than one office. As the Recorder, the office of the Clerk of Court receives, files, records and indexes all mortgages, conveyances and all other instruments recorded in the Public Records for the Parish. The Clerk's Office receives and files all pleadings, such as petitions, answers, motions and other filings in Civil and Probate matters, as well as indictments, bills of information and other filings in Criminal matters. Another function of the Clerk's Office is the issuance of Marriage Licenses and recording their returns after the marriages are performed.
U.S. Federal Population Schedules: 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 (free index), 1890 (fragmented), 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940
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Dr. Jonathan Ward completed his D.Phil. at the University of Oxford, specializing in China-India relations. He has presented on Chinese military space and nuclear policy at the annual People's Liberation Army Conference at the U.S. Army War College, lectured at the U.S. Naval Academy, the Naval Submarine League, and the Army and Navy Club in London, and presented on the rise of the Chinese and Indian navies at RUSI's International Sea Power Conference. He has spoken on China-India relations at the Economic Research Council in London, the Oxford-India Centre for Sustainable Development, and the Institute of Chinese Studies in New Delhi, among other venues.
An American citizen, he studied Philosophy, Russian, and Chinese at Columbia University, and continued his language studies at Beijing University in China and St. Petersburg State University in Russia. He speaks Russian, Chinese, Spanish, and Arabic, consults on China-India relations and the Indo-Pacific, and has traveled extensively in Russia, China, India, and the Indian Ocean region. He is a member of the Energy Institute and the Economic Research Council in London, a Research Associate at the Changing Character of War Programme at the University of Oxford, and a graduate of the Oxford-Chicago Valuation Programme at Oxford's Said Business School. He is the founder of the recently established Atlas Organization, a consultancy which advises on China, India, and their strategic interests.


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Huge: "Birthdays"
HugeSeason 1
"Birthdays"
"Birthdays" is one of the better episodes Huge has turned out so far, and a big reason for that is the way that the show has built very carefully a network of information. On Huge, none of the plot twists are terribly surprising, but the way the show builds who knows what and when they know it and whom they reveal it to is handled almost expertly. By the time the final scene of this episode rolls around, there's a definite balance of information, to the point where holding information becomes almost like holding power. George and Amber disguise the fact that they're talking about their relationship from Poppy by pretending to talk about boating and how it was too dangerous to go boating because of storm warnings. Poppy, oblivious as always, ran after Amber after she stormed off, wanting to make sure that she was OK, but the scene very wisely used our own knowledge against us. It's the most interested I've been in the George and Amber relationship in the entire run of this show.
But the best scenes in "Birthdays" focus on the increasingly complicated relationship between Chloe and Alistair, the two twins who have hovered around the periphery of the show without ever quite coming to its center. Since Huge has been good about slowly working its way through its character roster, it was obvious that something like this would happen eventually, and, indeed, the bulk of the episode focuses on how the two are sharing a birthday, but no one at the camp seems smart enough to put together that they're related. The episode figures out a fairly smart way to draw that connection even more poignantly as it goes on, but it also grounds all of this in its more generic camp setting.
At its best, watching Huge really does feel like going to summer camp, like finding a respite away from the rest of the world that doesn't judge you for who you are or what you look like. Already, the show is creating a sense of this camp as a kind of oasis away from the rest of the world or even the rest of television. I like the leisurely rhythms of episodes like this, again capturing some of that feel of a lazy summer spent away from home. Even when the kids are going through full-bore exercise routines, it feels like they're on a vacation. I also like the way that the show sets so many of its pivotal scenes at nighttime, though it's careful to make it a kind of perfect night, where people are able to spend seemingly days playing board games.
It's these lazy rhythms that elevate Huge above some of its other teen show companions, the shows that take the stuff of adolescence and turn it into cheap melodrama. Most of the elements of melodrama are present in Huge, but the show somehow miraculously avoids that fate. I think it's because the series takes its time with each and every scene, feeling free to lose itself in the idea of these kids bonding and hanging out. That scene where the kids play "Never Have I Ever," which gradually shifts (as it always does) into Truth or Dare is just a genius piece of writing and acting, never pushing the limit, yet giving us plenty of character development - Amber has shoplifted! - and setting the stage for what's to come - as Piznarski is dared to kiss a guy and the others in the circle choose the unsuspecting Alistair.
Alistair's portrayal as someone of fairly ambiguous sexuality who, nonetheless, commands the respect and friendship of the other guys in his cabin has been one of the best things about Huge. He's probably gay, sure (well, this episode all but confirms that), but that doesn't stand in the way of the genuine friendship he's grown with Trent or the way the other guys in the cabin include him in their ribbing and friendly games. Other shows would likely have made a big deal out of this, had whole subplots about one of the guys confronting his homophobia or something, but Huge is perhaps more audacious because it simply treats Alistair's sexuality as a fact of life, a thing that the other guys see as just one part of him. When he starts ranting about how he never got the dolls he wanted for his birthday and always got G.I. Joes, it's easy to see where a lesser show would take this and make it the focal point of the episode. But the other guys all laugh, compare those gifts to times they've gotten crappy gifts from parents who treat gift-giving as a form of self-improvement.
Really, the Trent and Alistair relationship has turned into one of the show's most compelling ones. It helps that the actors have such good chemistry, but the show is also exploring the kind of relationship you don't see on TV all that often, where the "popular" kid hangs out with one of the unpopular ones because they have common ground. But this episode also plays out Alistair's relationships with Ian and Piznarski and his sister as well, as the dare to kiss him turns into a moment where he's genuinely shamed and embarrassed, and the other guys try to back away from it as quickly as possible. It might have been even more impressive had Ian been involved (since the guy sometimes seems too good to be true), but it was still a quietly devastating sequence.
Huge works because of how well it depicts these quiet, smaller moments, like Ian looking over as Alistair talks about why he forgave Trent and realizing that he's head over heels for the guy, or Becca and Alistair doing rune prophecies at the very end. Even a story like Dr. Rand going to her support group was mostly played out through smaller, less dynamic scenes. It's an interesting decision to do this in a genre that tends to reward whichever show goes the most over the top, but Huge is reaping dividends from this approach. It's become less a show about how these kids are losing weight and more about how they're learning to become better people, to stop sabotaging themselves.
Let us now sing the praises of Poppy, who has quickly turned into one of my favorite minor characters on television. Her introduction to game night? Priceless. Her decision that maybe Amber just needed a hug? Perfect. Her solemn intonation on the occasion of Chloe's birthday? Amazing. I kind of want to marry Poppy.
After this aired, I watched an episode of The Secret Life of the American Teenager, and I was pleased to find it as batshit crazy as it was the last time I saw it. I've always maintained a weird affection for the series, which seems like a teen drama performed by aliens who are summarizing their findings after spending a year among the Earthlings, and the sheer strangeness of the show, which seems to take place in a weird blend of Archie comics and 90210, always makes me chuckle. It's not GOOD, but it's so bizarre that I'm surprised watching it ironically hasn't become more popular.
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Will was barely in this episode, but I liked the scene where she talked with a drunk Amber about her relationship with George. You can really see how she's softening some.
Next week is parents week, which means we'll finally get to meet Will's parents, I imagine, and the secret of Chloe and Alistair being twins will come out. Which, of course, means that we're closing in on the midseason finale, which will be in two weeks' time.


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import edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.command.Command;
import robot.Robot;

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public class MecanumDrive extends Command {

    public MecanumDrive() {
        requires(Robot.dt);
    }

    // Called just before this Command runs the first time
    protected void initialize() {
    }

    // Called repeatedly when this Command is scheduled to run
    protected void execute() {
    	Robot.dt.mecanumDrive();
    }

    // Make this return true when this Command no longer needs to run execute()
    protected boolean isFinished() {
        return false;
    }

    // Called once after isFinished returns true
    protected void end() {
    }

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    }
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He majored in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University, and earned his medical degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Following his residency training in Orthopaedic Surgery at UCLA, Dr. Kupperman completed specialty fellowship training in hand and upper extremity surgery at the prestigious Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. He also trained at Memorial Sloan-Kettering and New York Presbyterian Hospital of Cornell Medical School.
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Ramblings of an Aussie book lover
The Monthly Wrap-Up
Third Sentence Thursday
Book Review: The Archived (Sneak Peek) by Victoria Schwab
2013 Releases, Book Reviews, Paranormal, Young Adult
Title: The Archived (Sneak Peek)
Author: Victoria Schwab
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
Shelf: Read-in-2012, Young-Adult, 4-out-of-5, Paranormal, Released-in-2013, NetGalley-Read, Sneak-Peek, Kindle-eBook
Synopsis: "Each body has a story to tell, a life seen in pictures that only Librarians can read. The dead are called Histories, and the vast realm in which they rest is the Archive.
Da first brought Mackenzie Bishop here four years ago, when she was twelve years old, frightened but determined to prove herself. Now Da is dead, and Mac has grown into what he once was, a ruthless Keeper, tasked with stopping often-violent Histories from waking up and getting out. Because of her job, she lies to the people she loves, and she knows fear for what it is: a useful tool for staying alive.
Being a Keeper isn't just dangerous-it's a constant reminder of those Mac has lost. Da's death was hard enough, but now her little brother is gone too. Mac starts to wonder about the boundary between living and dying, sleeping and waking. In the Archive, the dead must never be disturbed. And yet, someone is deliberately altering Histories, erasing essential chapters. Unless Mac can piece together what remains, the Archive itself might crumble and fall.
In this haunting, richly imagined novel, Victoria Schwab reveals the thin lines between past and present, love and pain, trust and deceit, unbearable loss and hard-won redemption." (Taken from Goodreads)
I just got this off NetGalley today, and was extremely excited to devour it whole! And oh boy, it didn't disappoint! Unfortunately, this was only a sneak peek version of the story, which makes me really sad at the moment because I just finished the first nine chapters that were included in the galley. However, I'm very content with how chapter nine ended, and although it was quite predictable, it was extremely satisfying to see that I was right. Although I doubt Schwab really intended to hide that little plot twist anyway.
What I find really good about this book so far is the world-building. It's extremely unique in the current overkill of paranormal/fantasy books that's being churned out every month, so many kudos. The Archives, where the memories of Histories (deceased people) are kept, sounds hauntingly beautiful. All I can imagine is a huge library stacked with the memories of the world. And 'Histories' is just such a befitting name for the dead. Everything just clicks so well together in this secret world that Mackenzie Bishop works for.
So Mackenzie is a Keeper, whose job is to stop Histories that manage to escape from the Archives. She usually catches them in the Narrows, the place between the Archives and the Outer (the real world), and guides them through a door where they are put to rest once more. It seems like an awfully frightening thing to task a 16-year-old to do, but she's been trained for this from a very young age by her grandfather.
In The Archived, you flit between the present and the past almost every chapter. It's very interesting to read about Mackenzie's past, but I found it very annoying when it switched from first-person narrative to a second-person one. Yes, a second-person narrative. You dont usually see that. The last time I read a second-person narrative was probably in one of those 'choose your own path/story' books that were really popular back in primary school. Or maybe some experimental fiction stories on fictionpress. But yes, it's not often you see that in a novel, and while it's refreshing, I found it unnecessary. What was the point in putting me in the position of Mackenzie's grandfather? Maybe it'll be reviewed later in the story, but I'm only reviewing the sneak peek version, and it's definitely not necessary in my opinion.
Mackenzie was a character that I liked a lot. However, her past self and present self seems to have some very contrasting personality differences. Young-Mackenzie was a lot more fierce than her present self, and I understand that with everything that's happened in the past year to her family, it's a given that she'll be a little withdrawn into her shell. I found Schwab's writing was strongest during the flashbacks as they were just so emotive. I found myself wanting to be taken back to Mackenzie's past more often than wishing the story would move forward.
What I found a little lacking in this sneak peek is the lack of plot. I understand it's not the final edited version, so it's not as tightened up as what the final edit would be. However, I found myself questioning the author where exactly the plot was heading as I neared the end of the galley. While there were some very interesting back-stories, world-building and character developments, I had no idea when we would get to the actual plot. I didn't mind all too much as the chapters were short, and I've only read nine chapters, but I really hope the finished version of the book gets the ball rolling, or at least gives more hints as to where Mackenzie's story is being led towards.
In the end, I'm so glad I had the opportunity to read this, so thank you to NetGalley and Victoria Schwab for providing this sneak peek. It's such an intriguing and unique story, I can't wait to get my hands on a physical version of the book in January!
RELEASE DATE: 22nd January 2013
THANK YOU: Disney-Hyperion on NetGalley and Victoria Schwab for the galley.
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Ventum Racing Bikes Announces HQ Move to Utah
SBGMedia - September 20, 2019
Ventum, maker of performance racing bicycles and the Official Global Bike Partner of Ironman, announced that it has raised a round of funding and that it is moving to Heber City, UT. Proceeds from the investment round will be used to fund Ventum's ongoing growth and new product development. Over the next five years, Ventum projects to increase sales to over 40,000 bikes across road cycling and triathlon as well as new market segments, driving.... Read More
"Our new home in Utah meets all of our criteria, plus having the mountains and trails right outside is going to come in handy for the bikes we're working on next."
USAF Technology Training Center Coming to Utah
HAFB Press - July 19, 2019
Situated in the Wasatch mountain range in northern Utah, outside the gates of Hill Air Force Base, scientists, engineers, technicians, and educators will have a new state-of-the-art facility to help revolutionize future manufacturing technologies. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center in collaboration with the Air Force Sustainment Center will be opening a joint technologies center to advance emerging technologies, leading to improved sustainment of Air Force weapons systems and support equipment. The facility will.... Read More
The Air Force is opening a fourth Advanced Technology and Training Center in Syracuse, Utah. The new state-of-the-art facility, scheduled to open in early 2020, will be used by scientists, engineers, technicians, and educators to help revolutionize future manufacturing technologies.
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Gov. Gary R. Herbert just finished leading a business and diplomacy delegation of Utah companies and organizations on a trade mission to Switzerland, France and Italy to boost trade to Utah and promote the state as an attractive destination for foreign investment. With many industries represented in the delegation, specific company and event visits will focus on exploring manufacturing, aerospace and energy trends. From June 13 to 21, 2019, delegates will forge valuable connections and.... Read More
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Woman's day); February 14th (St. Valentine's Day); and of course her birthday!
You can't even imagine a Ukrainian woman's excitement and joy when on a certain day and time she will get a bouquet from another country. So don't reck your brains over inventing something extraordinary . There is a great way to make your darling person happy and remind her about you. Especially nowadays when it is simple and moderate for everyone. Order flowers delivery for your darling from Ukraine and you can be sure that her heart will be fascinated. Ukrainian women are children, only with bigger needs, that's why in any case you will make up a puzzle if you give her something like jewels or a knick-knackery with precious stones. All these little things decorate and emphasize some nice women's peculiarities!
Before you give her a present, it is better to intrigue your lady. Thus you will get the greatest emotional return from your gift. Don't be afraid to buy something extraordinary. Gift - is always good to get!!!


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Female cats are different than male ones, and this gender difference certainly dictates a lot of behavioral differences. If your asking "How do you know if a cat is female or male?" this article is for you.
Below we have gathered some of the facts that allow you to understand more the differences between male and female cats:
Female cats names:
Terminologies:
The general names used to refer to a female cat are "Molly", and the other one is "Queen", which is more general than the first one. "Queen" often refers to a cat either able to give birth or that is already nursing and taking care of little kittens.
Many female cat's names exist and most of them end with an "e" sound which gets more the attention of cats, some are based on food, while others are based on flowers, for instance, Bella, Lucy, Luna, Molly and Kitty, these are the most commonly used ones.
Female cat behavior:
The social aspect:
Female cats supposedly have their own special way to greet you and each other, whether they're outdoor cats or indoor ones; they either rub you with the nose or with their cheek. Apparently, if you're a parent, greeting your Queens and Mollies using their own way would allow you to bond more with them.
The vocal tone:
One of the ways to learn how to tell the gender of a cat is the vocal aspect.Even if usually, the vocal attribute has more to do with the breed than the gender, in general, female cats are more vocal than their male counterparts. If you have a cute Queen in the house, it's more likely that you're going to have unsupportable meows all over the place, especially during reproduction periods.
Being motherly:
One of the most pronounced female feline behaviors that will definitely help you know how to tell if cat is male or female is when she gets motherly towards her kittens, and the most aggressive to protect them on the other side.
This motherly aspect of your Queen can be extended and contain you too; for instance, when she brings you a prey, that is proof that she loves you and feels motherly toward you. This aspect is what allows your Molly to accept another female feline along with her kittens. Genuinely, the differences between the two cat genders are more apparent before they get nurtured or sprayed.
Female cats temperament:
The aggressive aspect:
Another obvious way to get to know how to tell the gender of a kitten is aggressivity to protect its kittens. As mentioned before, female cats can get extremely aggressive when it comes to their kittens or their owners.
Unconditional love:
Many surveys have shown that female cats have a tendency to show less affection compared to the male ones; as they prioritize their kittens overs their humans, which isn't the case for male cats. However, when nurtured, female cats apparently show more affection; as they direct their affection totally towards their owners. However, some say that when nurtured, female cats tend to become more independent and less attached to their human mates compared to their nurtured male counterparts.
Female cats facts:
Female cats dominant hand is the right one, unlike male cats who are left-handed.
The maximum number of kittens a Queen has given birth to so far in 19, unfortunately, 4 of them were stillborn.
On October 24th, 1963, a female cat called Felicette did a short yet successful trip to space.
female cat vs male cat :
The anatomy of a male cat is different than the female one, and this difference isn't on the biological level only, it also affects the entire cat's system; its lifestyle, its behaviors, its preferences and certainly its relationship with you as a cat owner. And to know how to tell the difference between male and female kittens, you can notice the differences mentioned above, also, if you have other observations to add, please do it in the comments below.
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package org.zkoss.zsoup.nodes;

import org.junit.Test;
import org.zkoss.zsoup.Zsoup;
import org.zkoss.zsoup.TextUtil;
import org.zkoss.zsoup.nodes.Document;
import org.zkoss.zsoup.nodes.Element;
import org.zkoss.zsoup.nodes.TextNode;

import static org.junit.Assert.*;

/**
 Test TextNodes

 @author Jonathan Hedley, jonathan@hedley.net */
public class TextNodeTest {
    @Test public void testBlank() {
        TextNode one = new TextNode("", "");
        TextNode two = new TextNode("     ", "");
        TextNode three = new TextNode("  \n\n   ", "");
        TextNode four = new TextNode("Hello", "");
        TextNode five = new TextNode("  \nHello ", "");

        assertTrue(one.isBlank());
        assertTrue(two.isBlank());
        assertTrue(three.isBlank());
        assertFalse(four.isBlank());
        assertFalse(five.isBlank());
    }

    @Test public void testTextBean() {
        Document doc = Zsoup.parse("
One two & three &
");
        Element p = doc.select("p").first();

        Element span = doc.select("span").first();
        assertEquals("two &", span.text());
        TextNode spanText = (TextNode) span.childNode(0);
        assertEquals("two &", spanText.text());

        TextNode tn = (TextNode) p.childNode(2);
        assertEquals(" three &", tn.text());

        tn.text(" POW!");
        assertEquals("One two & POW!", TextUtil.stripNewlines(p.html()));

        tn.attr("text", "kablam &");
        assertEquals("kablam &", tn.text());
        assertEquals("One two &kablam &", TextUtil.stripNewlines(p.html()));
    }

    @Test public void testSplitText() {
        Document doc = Zsoup.parse("
Hello there
");
        Element div = doc.select("div").first();
        TextNode tn = (TextNode) div.childNode(0);
        TextNode tail = tn.splitText(6);
        assertEquals("Hello ", tn.getWholeText());
        assertEquals("there", tail.getWholeText());
        tail.text("there!");
        assertEquals("Hello there!", div.text());
        assertTrue(tn.parent() == tail.parent());
    }

    @Test public void testSplitAnEmbolden() {
        Document doc = Zsoup.parse("
Hello there
");
        Element div = doc.select("div").first();
        TextNode tn = (TextNode) div.childNode(0);
        TextNode tail = tn.splitText(6);
        tail.wrap("");

        assertEquals("Hello there", TextUtil.stripNewlines(div.html())); // not great that we get \nthere there... must correct
    }

    @Test public void testWithSupplementaryCharacter(){
        Document doc = Zsoup.parse(new String(Character.toChars(135361)));
        TextNode t = doc.body().textNodes().get(0);
        assertEquals(new String(Character.toChars(135361)), t.outerHtml().trim());
    }
}


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Advantages and risks of regional defence cooperation
Defence cooperation in smaller groups has become a way to deal with the deterioration in European security. For Sweden, according to an FOI report, this involves prioritising those clusters that deliver the greatest benefits for its defence capability.
Visby class corvettes HMS Nyköping and HMS Karlstad during Trident Juncture 2018. The two corvettes are assigned to the JEF force pool and will be held at high readiness from 2019 as part of the NRF. Photo: Alexander Gustavsson/Swedish Armed Forces.
Sweden currently has bilateral defence agreements with ten or so countries and participates in several regional cooperation arrangements. The impetus is the deterioration in European security, especially the tense situation around the Baltic Sea.
At the request of the Ministry of Defence, FOI has analysed two groups that Sweden is a member of: the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF), led by the United Kingdom, and the Framework Nations Concept (FNC), led by Germany. On the one hand, the study assesses what more limited defence cooperation structures imply for Europe's defence and security and, on the other, what Sweden needs to consider both in being a member of these cooperation formats and in eventually joining new ones in the future.
Quicker decision-making
According to the report, the various forms of defence cooperation have both positive and negative impacts. On the plus side, decision-making is faster, among other things.
"This involves small groups, of course, which means that one doesn't have to wait for decisions from as many parties as one does in large multi-lateral collaborations. Also, decision-making is facilitated by the fact that the countries are often like-minded and have similar threat perceptions. They can thus act more flexibly in regional situations than what is possible in EU and NATO," says Eva Hagström Frisell, Deputy Research Director in the Department of Security Policy and Strategic Studies, and a co-author of the report.
The report also shows that these forms of regional cooperation strengthen the security relationships between countries as well as Europe's capability to manage different situations. They can also constitute a way for European countries to live up to their NATO commitments and contribute to fairer burden-sharing. Another advantage is that smaller countries can be stronger by cooperating with one of Europe's larger military forces.
May lead to fragmentation
At the same time, the report's authors maintain that collaboration initiatives such as the JEF and FNC may lead to a fragmentation of European defence cooperation. The member countries also risk wasting resources that they would otherwise need for investment in national defence.
"Therefore, a careful analysis of the benefits and limitations of this type of cooperation needs to be undertaken, with priority given to that which provides the best outcome," says Eva Hagström Frisell.
Despite the negative consequences, the report's message is that those cooperation arrangements that can strengthen security relationships are good for Sweden.
"Both the United Kingdom and Germany are important for Sweden. But it is essential that military projects are coordinated, so that several organisations don't end up putting money into the same thing."
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Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1919, Volume I
Costa Rica:
Political affairs (Documents 786-894)
Organization of Tinoco's opponents in Nicaragua; representations to Nicaragua by the United States—Unsuccessful invasion of Costa Rica by Julio Acosta—Reports by the consul at San José of threats against Americans—Bomb explosion at the Legation, May 19—Revolutionary affray at the consulate, June 12—Summoning of the gunboat Castine to Port Limon—Further incursions from Nicaragua—Proposals for joint action of the other Central American states; approval of the United States (Documents 786-856)
Surrender of power by the Tinocos: assassination of Joaquín; departure of Federico, August 12—Succession of Juan B. Quirós as Acting President; refusal of recognition by the United States—Transfer of power to Aguilar Barquero—Good offices of the United States and Nicaragua for the reconciliation of leaders and the holding of an election—Election of Julio Acosta (Documents 857-894)
Oil concessions (Documents 895-914)
Unsuccessful attempt of S. Pearson & Son to obtain a concession in 1913—The Greulich concession of 1916; transfer to the Costa Rica Oil Corp. in 1917—Grant of a concession to Amory & Son, June 25, 1918; disapproval of the United States (Documents 895-914)
Convention with the United States for facilitating the work of traveling salesmen
Message of the President of the United States to Congress, December 2, 1919
List of Papers
General: (Documents 1-224)
Argentina: (Documents 225-236)
Austria: (Documents 237-243)
Belgium: (Documents 244-248)
Bolivia:
Brazil: (Documents 249-271)
Canada: (Documents 272-301)
China: (Documents 302-722)
Colombia: (Documents 723-785)
Costa Rica: (Documents 786-914)
Addendum (Document 915)


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