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July 21, 1979: Garner's home run leads Pirates to comeback win over Astros
Rock Hoffman
"This was a hell of a win for us," said Pirates manager Chuck Tanner after his team rallied in the eighth inning with a pair of solo home runs to beat the Houston Astros 6-5 on July 21 at Three Rivers Stadium.1The win was the Pirates' sixth in a row and 10th in 11 games, a stretch that began before the All-Star Game on July 17. The winning streak eventually reached a season-high nine games and it finally allowed the Pirates to put behind them a slow start to the 1979 season. (They were 7-11 in April and reached their lowest point on May 15, when they were six games under .500 at 12-18. They immediately evened their record with a six-game winning streak, but didn't hit the .500 mark to stay until their 43rd game.) After a 9-3 win over Houston on July 20 Tanner's team was 49-39, tied with the Chicago Cubs for second place in the National League East, 1½ games behind the Montreal Expos.
As hot as the Pirates were, the Astros were just the opposite. They had completed a 20-8 month in June, but had won just five times in 17 tries in July, and had lost four of five before coming into Pittsburgh and losing the first three of a four-game set. But Astros manager Bill Virdon, a former Pirates skipper, still had his team leading the NL West by 3½ games over the Cincinnati Reds.
All the Pirates needed to do to continue their winning ways and extend the Astros misery was get the best of Houston's All-Star relief pitcher, Joe Sambito, who entered the game with a 0.95 ERA. Since allowing four runs at St. Louis on May1, Sambito hadn't allowed an earned run to score (and only two unearned runs) in a stretch that covered 27 appearances and 40⅔ innings.
It was 84 degrees with light drizzle when the teams took the field that Saturday afternoon. The Pirates were sending veteran left-handed pitcher Dave Roberts, a one-time Astro, to the mound for his first starting assignment since joining the Pirates on June 28. Two days earlier, Roberts won the first game of the series when he pitched 2⅔ innings of scoreless relief in the first game of a twi-night doubleheader. The Pirates had acquired Roberts and Bill Madlock in a six-player trade with the San Francisco Giants. Roberts was expected to add more flexibility to the bullpen, where the only left-handed reliever had been Grant Jackson.
However, the Pirates' schedule got in the way. Three scheduled doubleheaders and four that were needed to make up for postponements meant the Pirates had to play 29 games in 23 days after the All-Star break (July 19 through August 10). That forced Tanner to start reliever Roberts twice. (He had been mainly a starter up to the 1979 season.)
Against Roberts, the Astros got their leadoff man on in each of the first two innings and he scored both times. In the first inning, second baseman Julio Gonzalez tripled to center field and scored on a single to center by shortstop Craig Reynolds. An inning later, Enos Cabell doubled to left field and José Cruz knocked him home with a single to right. For the Pirates, Tim Foli had a one-out single in the first but went no farther. With one out in the second, Madlock walked and went to second when catcher Ed Ott singled. They advanced on a groundout by Phil Garner but were left on base when Roberts grounded out to end the inning.
After stranding three runners in the first two innings, Pittsburgh broke through in the third when right fielder Dave Parker drove in Omar Moreno with a grounder and first baseman John Milner hit a two-run homer, his eighth of the season, to right-center off Joaquin Andujar.
The Pirates' 3-2 advantage did not last long. José Cruz led off the fourth with an infield single and stole second. Art Howe walked and, after Roberts got two outs, Gonzalez who knocked Cruz home with a single to center.
The Pirates immediately grabbed the lead back. With two outs, Moreno singled to center, then stole second, his 41st swipe of the season. Foli sent him home with a double to right field.
Pitcher Enrique Romo took over for the Pirates in the sixth inning and gave up the tying run on doubles by Bruce Bochy and Gonzalez. Romo was also shaky in the top of the seventh but kept the Astros off the scoreboard as catcher Ott gunned down two Houston runners attempting to steal. In the eighth Cruz got his third hit, a single to shortstop, went to second when Romo threw a wild pitch, then stole third, his second stolen base of the game and his 25th of the season. Howe walked and Bochy struck out. Denny Walling pinch-hit for Astros starter Andujar and singled to left, plating Cruz. Left fielder Bill Robinson fielded Walling's hit and threw it to relay man Madlock, who fired it to Phil Garner to get Walling at second. Romo got Gonzalez on a foul fly to left field for the third out, but the Astros were up 5-4.
The stage was set for heroics by the Pirates. Joe Sambito entered the game in the bottom of the eighth and Bill Robinson greeted him by hitting a two-strike pitch over the wall in right-center field for his 20th home run of the season. Sambito got Madlock and Ott, but with two outs, Garner hit his third homer of the series and sixth of the year.
The Pirates weren't out of it yet. Grant Jackson came on in the top of the ninth to close out the game and pinch-hitter Jesus Alou, leading off, got aboard on a hit to shortstop. Pinch-runner Jimmy Sexton went to second on a groundout by Terry Puhl. Enter Kent Tekulve, who got the final two outs, striking out Jeffrey Leonard and getting Enos Cabell to ground back to him. It was Tekulve's 14th save of the season. Up to this point he and Jackson had split the closer role. However, for the rest of the season, Tanner made Tekulve the primary closer. Jackson had 11 saves coming into the game but got just three more the rest of the season while Tekulve finished with 31. As for Enrique Romo, despite throwing a wild pitch, committing a balk, walking one batter, and giving up two runs on six hits while facing 13 batters during his three innings of work, he got the win and his record improved to 5-3.
Sambito's record fell to 4-3 with the loss and the two runs he surrendered pushed his ERA up from 0.95 to 1.24. (At season's end it was 1.77.) Philosophical about it all, he said, "When I lose, I lose in style."2
https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PIT/PIT197907210.shtml
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1979/B07210PIT1979.htm
1 Ron Cook, "Confident Pirates Eyeing First Place," Beaver County (Pennsylvania) Times, July 22, 1979.
2 Ron Cook, "Astros' Honeymoon is Over," Beaver County Times, July 22, 1979.
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A Crimson Kiss – Timeless Events and Classic Cocktails: ¡Estamos detrás!
Hello, my darlings-what a week it's been!
The hotel was as gorgeous as I'd hoped it would be (you know how photos can sometimes disappoint? I was so glad when theirs didn't) and even after 6 days of tacos, I asked John if we could still have them this Friday. He quickly earned the title of "Johnny Five Tacos" although he'd eat 6 or even 8 in a sitting-something about "Johnny Eight Tacos and Two Tequilas and Two Pacificos" just doesn't sound as good. And despite weather reports predicting daily thunderstorms, we didn't have so much as a dark cloud.
But enough about our trip (for now, at least-expect a few snapshots soon!)-I want to know what you've all been up to! Tell me, what have I missed this week?
Photo by Troy Grover, Styling by Summer Watkins.
hope you had an incredible vacation!!!
cant wait to see pictures! We bought Emma a couple of those little maracas (sp?) when we were in Mexico!
Bentornata tesoro (= Welcome back darling) How I missed you!!
I just can't wait to hear more about it, please?
Glad you had a nice time, vacations are always so refreshing!
so excited for some pretty snap shots!
welcome back! Glad you had a nice time while you were 'unplugged' love it!
sounds like you had a great time...can't wait to see pictures.
sounds like you had a wonderful time!! can't wait to see pics!
So glad you had a wonderful time! And doesn't a nice hotel make a world of difference?
nice to know it was a fun time and relaxing to be away!!! have a fun one my dear!
Where did you stay? I am so glad you are back and had a great time! Unplugging, especially in Mexico with tequila, is the best.
Welcome home! I'm sure that's not really where you want to be but I'm happy you made it home safely and had a wonderful time! I love the name Johnny Five Tacos!
Welcome back! Glad you enjoyed your lovely getaway!
Haha nothing going on with me! And now I want tacos!
sounds like a wonderful trip!! i think everyone needed a bit of a holiday break!
Welcome back! Tacos and pacifico sound like heaven.
Your trip must have been lovely! I can hear the relaxation in your 'voice'! We should have a girls trip! Si!!!
Welcome back! I could eat tacos everyday of the week!
welcome home lena! glad you had a blast and turned into a taco. :) bring on the pics!
Glad you had fun!! The "Johnny Five Tacos" name is hilarious. Can't wait to see some photos!


Suoli di origine alluvionale ricchi di sali minerali, accarezzati dai caldi influssi adriatici. Apprezzati nei millenni per l'unicità di profumi e aromi che infondono al frutto della vite. Vivili e sentili riflettersi nel sapore dei nostri vini.
Organoleptic properties : intense yellow color and initial notes of yellow flowers, juniper, tropical fruit and peanut butter with a slight finish of vanilla. Warm and smooth on the palate with great concentration and a long and delicate finish.
Pairings : Pairs well with first courses of fish, barley soups, fresh cheeses, raw ham of San Daniele and the classic Friulan 'frico 'plate with polenta.
Description : the grapes are harvested around the last third of September and placed in small crates to dry for about 5 weeks in an old slab. Once the right degree of dryness is reached, we proceed with the destemming and it is left to ferment in wooden barrels with a capacity of 5 hl for about 20 -40 days depending on the year. Then it is separated from the pomace and left to settle for a few weeks and then refined for 18-24 months in suitable wooden barrels of 2.25 hl capacity.
Organoleptic properties: a rich ruby red color with wild berries and black currant on the nose joined with a light spice coming from the oak.
Organoleptic properties : a rich ruby red color with wild berries and black currant on the nose joined with a light spice coming from the oak.
Pairings : We recommend a combination of grilled red meats, beef or game beef. This wine, given its dryness, is also suitable for after supper accompanied by chocolate.
Organoleptic properties : a ruby red with black pepper and cloves on the nose followed by a light herbal undertone concluding with a full bodied roundness.
Pairings : Pairs well with meat dishes, roasts and salami.
Organoleptic proeprties : Followed by a natural aging process of about 3 months in wooden cases, the grapes dry and their properties become concentrated. The juice then ferments in barriques where it stays in its own yeast. It turns into an amber yellow color and becomes quite intense on the nose with a persistency of florals and fruit such as figs with notes of spices. It has an intense and persistent finish as well.
Pairings : It is a dessert wine. Excellent at the end of a meal, blends perfectly with dried desserts, fatty or grassy cheeses and dry pastries.
Organoleptic properties : an emerald green due to the variety with notes and scents varying due to climate zones. It can vary from light herbal notes to strong tropical ones. The complexity of our Sauvignon changes from citrus to tropical fruit notes. It is served best at 12 -14 C.
Pairings : Ideal for fish appetizers and grilled fish.
Organoleptic properties : originally a Greek variety, specifically Peloponnesian plains. Grows well in our areas of Friuli. A straw yellow with slight green reflections. On the nose it presents itself with lemon and mineral notes. Harmonious with a dry and pleasant finish.
Pairings : Ideal for all hours of the day especially if served fresh. To be combined with Montasio cheese, frico with polenta and crustaceans.
Organoleptic properties : The name of this wine comes from the resemblance of the berries to the blackbird. You can recognize the aroma of wild berries, in particular blueberries and raspberries with a slight herbal finish. It is well structured with a sweet tannin.
Pairings : It combines well with tomatoes and grilled meats.
Organoleptic properties : Intense ruby red color. On the nose notes of berries. Fresh with the balanced acidity which balances well with its tannins.
Pairings: Can be combined with various dishes of Friulian cuisine including seasoned meats and cold cuts.
Pairings : can be combined with various dishes of Friulian cuisine including seasoned meats and cold cuts.


CoQ10 deficiency: primary or secondary?
Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
Address correspondence to: Salvatore DiMauro, 4-420 College of Physicians & Surgeons, 630 West 168th Street, New York, New York 10032, USA. Phone: (212) 305-1662; Fax: (212) 305-3986; E-mail: sd12@columbia.edu.
J Clin Invest. 2007;117(3):587–589. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI31423.
In 1989 Ogasahara et al. described the first patients with coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) deficiency, presumably of the primary form (1). After normal early development, two sisters developed exercise intolerance and slowly developed progressive weakness of axial and proximal limb muscles. Around age five, brain involvement was manifested by learning disability in both sisters, seizures in one, and cerebellar syndrome in the other. In addition, both individuals had episodes of myoglobinuria following seizures or intercurrent infections. Family history suggested an autosomal recessive mode of inheritance. Laboratory abnormalities included lactic acidosis, increased serum creatine kinase levels, and myopathic electromyography. Muscle biopsies showed the presence of ragged-red fibers (RRFs) and excessive accumulation of lipid droplets in type I fibers. The concentration of CoQ10 was markedly decreased (about 5% of normal) in muscle from both patients but was normal in serum and cultured fibroblasts. It was concluded that the primary defect in this family probably involved a tissue-specific isozyme in the CoQ10 synthetic pathway of muscle and brain. Although this study was published in a high-profile journal, the report was followed by a remarkably long silence: the next publications on patients with the same clinical triad (mitochondrial myopathy, recurrent myoglobinuria, and CNS signs) and muscle CoQ10 deficiency appeared 8 and 11 years later(2, 3). Notably, all patients improved remarkably with oral CoQ10 supplementation.
In 2000, however, Rötig and coworkers reported a second and much more dramatic variant of CoQ10 deficiency, which presented as an infantile mitochondrial encephalomyopathy with widespread CoQ10 deficiency and, interestingly, nephrotic syndrome (not a common renal manifestation of respiratory chain defects) (4). This article was remarkable because it heralded the discovery of CoQ10 biosynthetic defects, two of which were identified at the molecular level just a few months ago (5, 6). In the study by Mollet, Rötig, and colleagues in this issue of the JCI, additional gene defects have been identified and proven to have functional effects (7). In 2000, Rötig et al. (4) had reported three affected children in a sibship of four, who presented soon after birth with neurological symptoms, including nystagmus (an involuntary, rapid, rhythmic movement of the eyeball), optic atrophy, neurosensory hearing loss, ataxia, dystonia, and weakness. Nephrosis had been rapidly progressive in all three: one died of renal failure at eight years of age, and the other two required renal transplantation. Biochemical analyses in various tissues from those patients (as in samples from patients described by Mollet et al. in this issue; ref. 7) showed defects of respiratory chain reactions requiring CoQ10, and the defects were corrected in vitro by addition of a CoQ10 analog to the reaction mixtures. Having found that CoQ10 was undetectable in fibroblasts from one patient, Rötig et al. documented that CoQ10 biosynthesis (measured in terms of [3H]mevalonate incorporation into CoQ10) was, in fact, blocked. Suspecting a defect in decaprenyl diphosphate synthase, the authors sequenced prenyldiphosphate synthase, subunit 1 (PDSS1), which encodes the human ortholog of the yeast COQ1 gene, in one patient but found no deleterious mutations. Another remarkable feature of this disorder was the dramatic response of the two surviving patients to CoQ10 supplementation.
In the seven years separating Rötig's 2000 paper (4) from the study in this issue (7) from the same group, the plot of the CoQ10 deficiency story has considerably thickened. While studying the second patient with the "myopathy-plus" syndrome (2), we found that one of our disease control muscle samples, belonging to a young man with cerebellar ataxia, also had a very low concentration of CoQ10. This serendipitous observation led us to study more than 100 patients, mostly children, with genetically undefined autosomal recessive spinocerebellar ataxia. We identified 21 patients who had, besides cerebellar ataxia and cerebellar atrophy, various neurological symptoms, including seizures, developmental delay, mental retardation, or spasticity (8–10). Muscle biopsies showed neither abnormal mitochondrial proliferation nor lipid storage, but CoQ10 levels were markedly decreased in both muscle and cultured fibroblasts. Similar patients have been reported by others (11–13). All patients responded, at least to some extent, to CoQ10 supplementation.
The latest development in the CoQ10 deficiency saga has been the identification of patients with isolated myopathy, usually slowly progressive and involving proximal limb and axial muscles: muscle biopsies characteristically show mitochondrial proliferation (as assessed by the observation of RRFs) and lipid storage (14, 15). Thus, it has become conventional to classify CoQ10 deficiency into four major clinical categories: (a) myopathy with recurrent myoglobinuria and CNS involvement; (b) cerebellar ataxia with variable CNS involvement; (c) isolated myopathy; and (d) infantile mitochondrial encephalomyopathy. Because CoQ10 in humans is almost completely synthesized endogenously, it has been assumed that these diverse syndromes are all due to primary CoQ10 deficiency, and it has become commonplace to attribute the different clinical phenotype to blocks at different levels in the complex biosynthetic pathway of CoQ10 (see Figure 1 in the article by Mollet et al.; ref. 7). In this pathway, decaprenyl diphosphate is synthesized from mevalonate via farnesyl diphosphate (which is also a precursor of cholesterol, steroids, and farnesylated proteins) and is attached to the para-hydroxybenzoate (PHB) ring by OH-benzoate polyprenyltransferase (COQ2). However, after this condensation reaction, at least six more COQ enzymes, catalyzing methylation, decarboxylation, and hydroxylation reactions, are needed to produce functional CoQ10 (16) (Figure 1).
CoQ10 in mitochondrial metabolism. CoQ10 is a vital component of the mitochondrial respiratory chain, where it shuttles electrons (e–) to complex III from complexes I and II. CoQ10 biosynthesis occurs mainly in mitochondria. Decaprenyl diphosphate is synthesized by a heterotetrameric enzyme composed of PDSSI and PDSS2 from mevalonate via farnesyl diphosphate and geranylgeranyl diphosphate and is attached to PHB by COQ2. Subsequently, at least 6 more COQ enzymes (COQ3–COQ8) catalyze methylation, decarboxylation, and hydroxylation reactions. A8, ATP synthase subunit 8; Cyt b, cytochrome b; FADH2, flavin adenine dinucleotide, reduced form; ND1–6, subunits 1–6 of NADH dehydrogenase; PP, diphosphate; PDHC, pyruvate dehydrogenase complex.
The central question in the burgeoning field of CoQ10 deficiency is whether different clinical variants of the disease can all be ascribed to different biosynthetic errors or, alternatively, whether they encompass both primary and secondary forms of CoQ10 deficiency. We now have experimental evidence that the second hypothesis is correct. Analysis of genome-wide microsatellite markers in a family with the ataxic variant of CoQ10 deficiency suggested linkage of the disease to chromosome 9p13 and led to the identification in all three affected siblings of a homozygous mutation in the aprataxin (APTX) gene that causes ataxia oculomotor apraxia type 1 (AOA1) (17). Although the relationship between aprataxin, which is involved in nuclear DNA single-strand break repair, and CoQ10 homeostasis remains to be clarified, this finding suggested that patients with the ataxic form of CoQ10 deficiency should be examined for other gene defects causing autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxias (18). Metabolic defects in the mitochondrial respiratory chain or in other mitochondrial metabolic pathways may also result in CoQ10 deficiency, although a study of 25 patients with mitochondrial encephalomyopathies, mostly due to mutations in mitochondrial DNA, showed a variable and, on average, mild (24%) decrease in muscle CoQ10 level (19).
On the other hand, three recent articles, including the present one by Mollet et al. (5–7), have documented the existence of primary CoQ10 deficiency. Not too surprisingly, these biosynthetic defects have been associated with the earliest and most severe variant of CoQ10 deficiency, infantile mitochondrial encephalomyopathy. More surprising, and more difficult to explain, is the clinical heterogeneity that is already emerging even within this group of disorders. For example, the two siblings examined in the current study with mutations in the first subunit of COQ1, PDSS1 (7), had a much milder phenotype (at the time of publication, they were 14 and 22 years of age, with obesity, hearing loss, optic atrophy, valvulopathy, and mild mental retardation) than the infant with mutations in PDSS2, who was hypotonic at birth and died at 8 months of age after developing seizures, recurrent vomiting, cortical blindness, severe nephrosis, and the neuroradiological features of Leigh syndrome (6). Unfortunately, we have not been given any information on the neuroradiology of the siblings with mutations in PDSS1: this would have been interesting, because in 2002 Van Maldergem et al. reported two sisters in their thirties with CoQ10 deficiency and lifelong histories of encephalopathy, growth retardation, ataxia, deafness, mental retardation, lactic acidosis, and increased MRI signals in the caudate nucleus and putamen (20): they may also have had mutations in PDSS1, and this might still be tested. In view of the rather striking response of these women to CoQ10 supplementation, it is surprising that CoQ10 was not given by Mollet et al. to their patients, but perhaps this may still be attempted.
The patients with mutations in COQ2 had in common early-onset nephrosis and encephalopathy, but the infants homozygous for the Y297C mutation responded dramatically to CoQ10 supplementation (5, 21), whereas those with the single-base-pair frameshift deletion died at 1 and 12 days (7). On the other hand, there are striking clinical similarities between the family with the Y297C mutation in COQ2 (5) and that reported by Rötig et al. in 2000 (4), including the severe nephrosis and the therapeutic effect of oral CoQ10 supplementation. It would be interesting to see whether the patients reported by Rötig et al. also harbored mutations in COQ2.
In summary, primary and secondary CoQ10 deficiency have belatedly taken center stage in clinical research. Of the nine genes presumably involved in CoQ10 biosynthesis and suspected of causing primary CoQ10deficiency, three — PDSS1, PDSS2, and COQ2 — have been found guilty. There is good reason to believe that mutations in the six genes still at large may soon be found to underlie human diseases. The paper by Mollet and Rötig (7) should serve as a wake-up call for clinicians confronted with early-onset mitochondrial encephalomyopathies, especially if associated with glomerulonephrosis. The need for research is made more urgent by the fact that some of these patients may be helped and even saved by timely administration of high-dose CoQ10.
Nonstandard abbreviations used: COQ2, OH-benzoate polyprenyltransferase; CoQ10, coenzyme Q10; PDSS1, prenyldiphosphate synthase, subunit 1; PHB, para-hydroxybenzoate; RRF, ragged-red fiber.
Reference information: J. Clin. Invest.117:587–589 (2007). doi:10.1172/JCI31423.
See the related article at Prenyldiphosphate synthase, subunit 1 (PDSS1) and OH-benzoate polyprenyltransferase (COQ2) mutations in ubiquinone deficiency and oxidative phosphorylation disorders.
Ogasahara, S., Engel, A.G., Frens, D., Mack, D. 1989. Muscle coenzyme Q deficiency in familial mitochondrial encephalomyopathy. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 86:2379-2382.
Rötig, A., et al. 2000. Quinone-responsive multiple respiratory-chain dysfunction due to widespread coenzyme Q10 deficiency. Lancet. 356:391-395.
Quinzii, C., et al. 2006. A mutation in para-hydoxybenzoate-polyprenyl transferase (COQ2) causes primary coenzyme Q10 deficiency. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 78:345-349.
López, L.C., et al. 2006. Leigh syndrome with nephropathy and CoQ10 deficiency due to decaprenyl diphosphate synthase subunit 2 (PDSS2) mutations. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 79:1125-1129.
Mollet, J., et al. 2007. Prenyldiphosphate synthase, subunit 1 (PDSS1) and OH-benzoate polyprenyltransferase (COQ2) mutations in ubiquinone deficiency and oxidative phosphorylation disorders. J. Clin. Invest. 117:765-772.
Gironi, M., et al. 2004. Late-onset cerebellar ataxia with hypogonadism and muscle coenzyme Q10 deficiency. Neurology. 62:818-820.
Auré, K., et al. 2004. Progression despite replacement of a myopathic form of coenzyme Q10 defect. Neurology. 63:727-729.
Artuch, R., et al. 2006. Cerebellar ataxia with coenzyme Q10 deficiency: diagnosis and follow-up after coenzyme Q10 supplementation. J. Neurol. Sci. 246:153-158.
Lalani, S., et al. 2005. Isolated mitochondrial myopathy associated with muscle coenzyme Q10 deficiency. Arch. Neurol. 62:317-320.
Horvath, R., et al. 2006. Coenzyme Q10 deficiency and isolated myopathy. Neurology. 66:253-255.
Quinzii, C., et al. 2005. Coenzyme Q deficiency and cerebellar ataxia associated with an aprataxin mutation. Neurology. 64:539-541.
Whaley, N.R., and Uitti, R.J. 2007. Inherited ataxias. In Neurology and clinical neuroscience. A.H.V. Schapira, editor. Mosby. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. 887–897.
Matsuoka, T., Maeda, H., Goto, Y., Nonaka, I. 1992. Muscle coenzyme Q10 in mitochondrial encephalomyopathies. Neuromusc. Disord. 1:443-447.
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Reconciliation: An Indigenous Woman's Leadership Experience
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Reconciliation within Post-Secondary Institutions: An Indigenous Woman's Leadership Experience
Jacqueline Ottmann, University of Saskatchewan
In this presentation, Jacqueline Ottmann will share the university-wide structural, systems and systematic transformations that supported reconciliation that she has experienced and initiated from an Anishinaabe woman's leadership perspective.
Dr. Jacqueline Ottmann is the Vice-Provost of Indigenous Engagement at the University of Saskatchewan, an international researcher, an advocate, and a change-maker who aims to transform practices inclusive of Indigenous leadership, methodologies, and pedagogies. She is Anishinaabe (Saulteaux), a former elementary and high school teacher and principal. She was at the University of Calgary for 13 years where her roles included coordinator of the First Nations, Métis and Inuit undergraduate teacher education programme and director of Indigenous education initiatives within the Werklund School of Education. She also co-chaired the Werklund School of Education Indigenous strategy, and alongside the provost, the university-wide Indigenous strategy.
This event is free and open to all. Please RSVP to ctl@uwo.ca
The Centre for Teaching and Learning
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Q: start SonarQube server with specific jdk Is there a way to start the SonarQube server (v. 3.7.4) with an specific jdk?
My case: My java-home is set to jdk 1.8, but SonarQube server has some known problems with 1.8. So I want to start the server with jdk 1.7 (without setting my java-home to 1.7).
I couldn't find anything in the bat-files.
OS: Windows 7; SonarQube server version: 3.7.4

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Morgan State Deemed a National Treasure
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is recognizing a gem in Baltimore. Morgan State University was named a National Treasure by the organization.
Founded in 1867, Morgan "one of the nation's earliest institutions to offer post-secondary education for African Americans." The campus also has an "impressive collection of historic buildings designed by black architects such as Albert Cassell, Hilyard Robinson, Louis Fry and Leon Bridges. It's the second Historically Black College or University (HBCU) to earn the designation.
Along with recognition, there's also a challenge inherent with the status. Going forward, officials from Morgan and the National Trust will develop a plan that incorporates the historic buildings into future plans to keep the campus updated.
"We are proud to partner with Morgan State University– a nationally-recognized innovator and education leader– to demonstrate how the preservation of their remarkable older buildings can be a springboard for growth, rejuvenation, and revitalization," said Stephanie Meek, CEO of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
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Too Faced Is Collabing With Your Favorite Real Housewife
When it comes to beauty collaborations, you mostly expect beauty gurus to team up with brands. After all, there have been so many in the past two years. Well, get ready, Real Houswives fans. An Erika Jayne x Too Faced collaboration is apparently on the way, and it seems to be promising you DSLs IRL. If you don't know what a DSL is, it's probably best you look that one up on your own, but maybe not if you're at work.
Even if you're the world's biggest fan of Bravo programming, it's hard to deny that some members of the Real Housewives are more well-known than others. Whether it's OGs like Vicki Gunvalson and NeNe Leakes or the owner of a majorly successful business like Bethenny Frankel of Skinny Girl, some names pop up more than others. One of those names is Erika Jayne.
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star isn't just a member of the cast. She's actually a pretty damn popular recording artist as well. Her song "Xxpensive" was featured on an episode of Saturday Night Live and even she herself was parodied (which is how you know you're a BFD). Plus, her book Pretty Mess is a New York Times bestseller. Now, she's adding more work to her plate that's going to make beauty lovers extremely happy.
Both Erika Jayne and Too Faced Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer Jerrod Blandino posted what clearly seems to be a marketing image from an Erika Jayne x Too Faced Pretty Mess collection.
In his post, Blandino makes references to both Jayne's iconic dance move and her song "Xxpensive" explaining that their "collab is so HOT." While neither Blandino nor Erika Jayne specifically said what's inside their upcoming work together, the Too Faced co-founder may have let a little bit of a hint slip thanks to his hashtags.
In his post, Blandino used the hashtags DSL and Polite Lips. For fans of Erika Jayne, these phrases will be immediately recognizable. In a segment on Real Housewives, Jayne explained that a polite lip is one that won't draw too much attention. It's sweet and unassuming. A DSL is well, you can look up with the acronym stands for, but essentially, it's a lip that grabs attention and is a focal point of a look.
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Carla Maffioletti Soprano, page 8
December 2019. Duo Almeh Luz recorded its first album: "Les Chemins de l'Amour". The CD will be released in May 2020. www.carlamaffioletti.com www.almehluz.com
January 15, 2020. Great news for the fans who are in Maastricht for the André Rieu concerts!!! Carla and Jutta announced a performance / meet and greet / signing session in Maastricht on Sunday July 12th 2020. Location: Cellebroederskapel. Time 3-4 PM. Buy tickets on https://www.ticketkantoor.nl/shop/almeh-maastricht The concert has been postponed to July 4, 2021. To follow Carla's career, go to her website. https://www.carlamaffioletti.com/calendar/
Click HERE to go to Carla Maffioletti, page 7. And click HERE to start all over with page 1.
April 2020. Carla Maffioletti gave "Breathe and Greet" Opera Singer Exercises on every Sunday afternoon during 20 minutes. Live from her living room in Limburg, the Netherlands! To make our lungs expand, calm and feel strong! Thank you Carla!
Attention to the fans who will be in Maastricht in July! (All concerts canceled, also Almeh Luz). Duo Almeh Luz. Presentation of the new album/signing session. Carla Maffioletti and Jutta Maria Böhnert, organize a performance/meet and greet/signing session on Sunday July 12, 2020, from 3 - 4 PM in the "Cellebroederskapel", Maastricht. To buy tickets, click https://www.ticketkantoor.nl/shop/almeh-maastricht
April 21st 2020: All André Rieu concerts in July in Maastricht canceled due to worldwide Corona Virus.
May 2020. New CD and fun videos by Carla and Jutta. All ALMEH LUZ concerts in the Netherlands, Germany, Portugal and the UK have been canceled too, due to the corona virus. After the "Breath and Meet" exercises on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook, Carla and Jutta treated the fans to other very funny videos. They created an inventive way to present every musical track of their new CD "Les Chemins de l'Amour" (the paths of love). The album is available on www.almehluz.com on CD and MP3 Download. For fun and to promote the new album, they created 11 ALMEH COOK videos: cooking combined with music. 11 Recipes for 11 songs, one recipe for each song on the album, flavour and temperament related, straight from their kitchen in Limburg, the Netherlands. You will be able to find the cooking sessions, and the sound tracks at Almeh Luz Instagram Account and on YouTube. On the AlmehLuz website under "blog" you may find the recipes. Here we post "ALMEH COOK" recipe 1: the drunken chicken. The song is "El Vito". Enjoy!!
Sound track: 1.El Vito 2. Les Berceaux 3. Les Chemins de l'Amour 4. En Jerez de la Frontera 5. Ala 6.Thy hand Belinda, when I'm laid in earth 7. Modinha 8. Alfonsina y el Mar 9. Je ne t'aime pas 10. Surabaya Johnny 11. Azulao.
May 2020. NEW!! SPIA LIVE: Live online concerts and events with ticket sale, bringing joy to a worldwide audience and valuing the performers. Carla Maffioletti on Instagram: "COVID-19 changed the world. We are forced to rethink our lives, reinvent ways to create and survive. The way we are dealing with culture and social media change. That's why I created the SPIA (Spy) platform of Live Broadcast with ticket sale, to promote a high quality performance for a worldwide audience. SPIA Live is a web keyhole to bring joy to our fans and a way to support Art and it's Artists. Do you like to know how it works? Click on www.carlamaffioletti.com/spialive to go to my website for more information. There are 3 ticket options. We will start a series of 5 live broadcasts in 2020 via a secret YouTube link. The first one will take place on June 21, at 16 h / 4 PM (Amsterdam time is Greenwich Mean Time + 2 (GMT+2). Mark your calendar!"
June 21, 2020. The first SPIALIVE online concert has taken place and was a big success. The second will be aired on the secret YouTube link on Sunday July 12th 2020, 3 pm Amsterdam time, with a special guest: the Belgian accordion virtuoso Ludo Mariën. So buy your ticket to experience a new kind of house-performance: Serenata na Varanda. https://www.carlamaffioletti.com/spialive/
Photo below by Sonja Harper, USA.
Mirusia and Carla on Instagram Live. During the months June and July 2020 Mirusia (in Australia) spoke with Laura Engel, Carla Maffioletti and Frank Steijns in the Netherlands, on Instagram Live. Their stories about the Rieu experiences behind the scenes while touring together, are hilarious. Enjoy! If you missed them, click HERE.
Because of the Italian songs, the final toast was with limoncello. Ruud and Ineke were in Maastricht and watched from the hotel room. The third SPIA LIVE concert is on August 23, 2020, with special guest: Enzo Kok, violinist.
August 23, 2020, the third SPIALIVE concert took place, with guest performers Enzo Kok, violin and Constant Notten, piano. Next on-line concert: Sept. 22, 2020.
SpiaLive the 4th concert on October 11th 2020, at 16.00 GMT (Amsterdam time + 2) will have a Franz Schubert repertoire, performed by the duo Almeh Luz (Carla Maffioletti and Jutta Maria Böhnert).
Introduction by Carla Maffioletti about the repertoire of the 3rd SpiaLive concert
October 2020: Introduction to the LIED afternoon (compositions by Franz Schubert), on Sunday Oct.11th 2020. Carla Maffioletti tells a little about the content of each individual song of the repertoire. Duration of the video: 19 minutes. Don't forget the coffee with liquor and whipped cream! Mmmmmm.
October 11th 2020. Carla and Jutta, congratulations with the 4th SPIALIVE on-line concert. The Schubert repertoire was of course in German language, since Schubert is a German composer. In general Dutch people know the German music, but the only Schubert songs we knew were "Heiden Röslein" (Heather Rose) and "Ständchen" (Serenade). So we have learned a lot. The fun with these concerts is the ending with a toast. Carla and Jutta usually choose the theme and this time it was: coffee, liquor and whipped cream. Cheers ladies! To a successful future of the duo Almeh Luz!
November 22, 2020. Dear Spies, We are happy to announce our Spia Live 5 which will be divided in 4 meetings on the 4 Sundays of Advent! 15 minutes of Christmas music!!! At 5 PM CET, 4 PM UK and Portugal, 1 PM Brazil, USA 11 AM. November 29 - Adeste Fidelis, O come all ye faithful. December 6 - O Christmas tree. December 13 - Dreaming of a White Christmas. December 20 - Silent Night, Noite Feliz, Stille Nacht. Looking forward to really seeing you, via Zoom, for the first time in Spia Live!!! Reserve your place!!!! www.carlamaffioletti.com/spialive
Carols of Advent
December 21st, 2020. Thank you Carla and Jutta for your wonderful SPIALIVE concert series and the last four short Advent concerts in December. It was so nice to see you and the fans all over the world on our computer screen, and to hear Carla's mother sing from Brazil. Thanks for the great video compilation. You girls are fantastic to manage the technical skills!! Thanks that we were allowed to be your spies and we wish you a merry Christmas and a corona-free 2021. Stay safe and healthy.
Order Carla's and Jutta's newest Almeh Luz Christmas CD on their website: https://www.carlamaffioletti.com/christmas-shop/
March 31, 2021. The Limburger, by Peter v.d. Berg. Translation by John de Jong. INTERVIEW WITH CARLA MAFFIOLETTI. She composed her own Opera "Pássaro do Paraïso" (Bird of Paradise). With André Rieu and his Johann Strauss Orchestra, soprano Carla Maffioletti (41) was already on many large stages all over the world. The Brazilian singer wants to recapture that place with the opera 'Pássaro do Paraïso' written by her. "For me, composing is like mathematics. How do I convert the melody in my head into sheet music on paper." Carla Maffioletti proudly gloats as she slides the inch-thick notebook to the other side of the table. Pássaro do Paraïso is written on it in large letters. The Portuguese words, freely translated, mean bird of paradise. Dozens of pages full of staves with sheet music. The opera which the classically trained singer worked almost daily on with heart and soul in recent months, at home in the Limburg village of "Horn". She calls it one of the best moments of her life. The creative process has now been completed. The musical piece is ready to be performed in the autumn in theaters. She is going to do this with the Limburg conductor Martijn Pepels and his chamber orchestra "Heritage Sinfonietta." "I have been working on the composition every morning for the past few months. I started the overture years ago. I never had time to continue on. To write music you have to have a lot of quiet. I compare it to mathematics. The melody is in your head, but then you also have to get it on paper. Now it's finally finished. A dream has become reality. It has always been a wish as a composer to make a piece of music. I'm very happy with it." Bird of Paradise. Pássaro do Paraïso is a 45-minute composition. It is a fable story in three parts about the bird of paradise, the macaw and the multicolored cockatoo. The Brazilian Amazon plays a leading role in the opera. Carla Maffioletti – born in Brazil, where her family still lives – also sings about the legends and mythology of the traditional Indians of the area. "Somehow many artists care about the fate of nature. We need to protect the natural environment. I feel powerless when I see how many trees in the rain forests are being cut down. We have to do something about that. With art and music I want to inspire people to a better world with more sensitivity. I think the corona pandemic has caused us to lose our souls a little bit. You can get that back with love, inspiration and solidarity. Say everything that makes us human." The work was created for two sopranos and a baritone. If the corona measures are relaxed and performance is again possible, the opera should become a family party. In addition to Carla Maffioletti, a role has been placed aside for her partner Jutta Maria Böhnert. The musical performance is also intended to appear on stage in Brazil. Then her 46-year-old brother Fabio will also be a part of the production as a baritone. The rapper, as Nitro Di, is a well-known artist in the hip-hop scene in his home country. "I'm really looking forward to that moment," Carla Maffioletti says. "Music is in our family. My last album also features my mother Leda. And I always wanted to do something with my brother Fabio. Hopefully that is all going to be working out now." Brass world. She is also very pleased with her collaboration with Martijn Pepels, a well-known name in the brass band/instrument world. "He invited me. It is not so easy to make arrangements for an entire orchestra. And then we also have to take into account that it all can be performed corona-safe on stage." In principle, the premiere of the opera should take place on 12 October 2021 in theater "De Oranjerie" in Roermond (Limburg, NL). Carla Maffioletti is looking for sponsors who want to financially support the project. "It's quite an expensive production with costumes and video footage and a decent orchestra. There are 25 people on stage, all professional musicians. We would like to go on tour after the premiere. In that respect, we surely could use some help." Chaos. She hopes that the Covid-19 pandemic will soon come to an end. Brazil is one of the worst affected countries. "The entire country is in chaos. A lot of people die and the panic creates a very high emotional burden. Fortunately, my family is healthy. I miss them so much. I see them via Skype/facetime, but I have not visited in two years." That is why she is currently concentrating entirely on her creative activities. A life without music is unthinkable for Carla Maffioletti. With her partner Jutta she has been giving online concerts at home. "On the veranda. People could see us on the Internet via a live stream, while the neighbors could watch live over the fence. The real applause created the necessary atmosphere. That was a nice thing to do." She looks back on a beautiful time with André Rieu and his orchestra. "I'm grateful for that. Now I can go on my own creative way. That's good, too. The fans of yesteryear continue to follow me now that I'm in the middle of a solo career. In fact, I think they've come closer to me. I'm in smaller venues, so direct contact has increased." Future Carla Maffioletti met her partner during the opera La Bohème. "We fell in love and came together. Even musically they are perfectly matched. I don't have a defined plan for the future anymore. Life takes me where it needs to be. That's how I am these days." She is looking forward to the moment that when the music which is in her head can actually be performed. "It's going to be very exciting. How will the public react? Would they like it? It's such a shame that we still have to wait. I want to rehearse, sing with a real orchestra. I can visualize the scenes in front of me. It's going to be a memorable moment."
May 2021. We decided to stop the Carla Maffioletti pages on this website. This is a fan website for André Rieu and the members of the Johann Strauss Orchestra, and it is growing bigger all the time. Carla was a beloved soprano with the group from 2004 - 2014. Since she has left the Orchestra in 2014 to start a new career with an Opera House in Lucerne, Switzerland (see our page Carla Maffioletti 4), and is successful with her partner Jutta as the duo Almeh Luz, we decided to stop now with the pages about Carla on our movies site. In the meantime the years have passed and it is now 2021 where we have collected 8 pages on this site about Carla and her career. We of course will keep following her and Jutta, via her website www.carlamaffioletti.com, Facebook and Instagram, also personally and will not totally stop following her because she was and always will be in our hearts. Since Carla and Jutta live in the Netherlands, we hope to attend their concerts where ever possible. Dear ladies, have a wonderful future and we say goodbye to you from this website only. Much love from Ruud and Ineke.
Carla as ARA, bird of Paradise. Jutta as LUA, the moon. The world premiere of the mini-opera took place in Venlo and Weert (NL), on Sept. 17th and 18th, 2022.


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Developing more environmentally sustainable consumption and production systems depends upon consumers' willingness to engage in "greener" consumption behaviors. Research efforts have sought to identify, analyze, and understand the "green consumer." Initial marketing and economics research, focusing on purchasing activities, has been complemented by research from fields such as industrial ecology and sociology, providing a more holistic picture of green consumption as a process. Much of the research has focused on areas with the greatest environmental impacts, namely peoples' homes and household management, their food choices and behaviors, and their transport behaviors for work, leisure, and travel. The emerging picture of green consumption is of a process that is strongly influenced by consumer values, norms, and habits, yet is highly complex, diverse, and context dependent. There are opportunities for future research that provides greater interdisciplinarity and challenges our assumptions and expectations about consumption and the nature of the consumer society.


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Q: when onsubmit event in form only first function is working i want to return all 3 function with true Ajax code to check email is new or existing
I want all the three function return(checkpass() && check() && validate(this)) to work. Currently only the function checkpass() is working. If I write return(check() && checkpass() && validate(this)), only check() function gets triggered.

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"Very clever songwriting on Lookin' Up...the whole cd from Adrian House is fabulous." - Bill Roach
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An original, daring singer-songwriter from St. John's, Newfoundland. 2021 Music NL Video of the Year nominee, with 6 total nominations to date. Embracing influences from folk to country to rock & roll, and singing in English and French, his music is an exciting journey, full of soul.
"A great sound coming out of Newfoundland," says CBC's Bill Roach of Lookin' Up (2019). Upbeat and inventive, it is Adrian's most accomplished album to date.
October, 2020 saw Adrian touring the Maritime provinces with his guitar on his bicycle, playing 10 shows. He garnered national attention and was featured on CBC's As It Happens. In August, 2021 Adrian reached the semi-finals of the Festival International de la Chanson de Granby in Granby, Quebec, the first Newfoundlander to do so.
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Over the Age of 70 ½ and Making Donations? Take Advantage of QCD's
By Mahoney
With a whirlwind of new tax legislation in the past few years, it is hard to keep up with the most current tax-savings strategies. A good tax-saving strategy, that just recently became more appealing due to new legislation, is to utilize a qualified charitable distribution.
What is a QCD?
In 2018, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) doubled the standard deduction and limited state and local/property tax deductions to $10,000. This left many taxpayers unable to generate enough itemized deductions to surpass the standard deduction. As a result, for taxpayers who found themselves unable to itemize their deductions, charitable contributions no longer received the same tax benefit as before. Fortunately, there is still a way to reap tax benefits from charitable contributions: by utilizing a qualified charitable distribution (QCD). A QCD is a tax-free distribution from a taxpayer's IRA made directly to a qualified charitable organization. The QCD can be a great strategy to save tax dollars, but, like all things good, there are restrictions and requirements:
The taxpayer must be over the age 70 ½ at the time of the QCD
The QCD must be made from a traditional or Roth IRA
The QCD must be made directly from the IRA trustee to the qualified organization.
The total amount that can be excluded from taxable income is $100,000 per year, per taxpayer.
Benefits of QCD's
Tax-Free Traditional IRA Distributions. As mentioned above, the main advantage of making a QCD is the tax-free treatment of distributions from a traditional IRA that would normally be taxable.
Required Minimum Distribution Satisfaction. When making a QCD after age 72 (the age when RMD's are required to begin), the amount of the QCD is eligible to be counted as an RMD.
Tax-Free Roth IRA Distributions. Typically, making a QCD from a Roth IRA isn't beneficial because normal distributions from a Roth IRA are tax-free. If, however, a taxpayer hasn't possessed his or her Roth IRA for a minimum of 5 years, the distribution will be taxable. In this circumstance, making a QCD from the taxpayer's Roth IRA would be beneficial because the proceeds from the QCD would not be taxable.
Is a QCD Right for You?
Making a QCD is most beneficial to taxpayers who:
Have paid off their home mortgage and no longer have mortgage interest expense;
Have noncharitable itemized deductions less than their available standard deduction;
Consistently give to charity each year; and
Do not "bunch" their donations into particular tax years.
Below is a common example of when making a QCD could be beneficial.
Example: Assume the following facts about Chris and Sandy, a generous couple married filing jointly.
They have $110,000 of income, not including distributions from their IRA.
Chris is age 75, and his RMD for the tax year is $30,000.
They have $30,000 of itemized deductions between state income taxes and property taxes (Note: per the TCJA, only $10,000 is allowed as an itemized deduction).
They plan to donate $30,000 to charity either by QCD or by cash.
Assume that Chris and Sandy have never heard of QCD's. Chris simply receives his $30,000 RMD and then later, $30,000 in cash is donated to their favorite charity. The couple's taxable income would be $100,000 (AGI of $140,000, minus itemized deductions of $40,000), resulting in a federal tax liability of $13,580.
Next, assume Chris and Sandy make the same $30,000 donation to charity, only this time, they do so using a QCD. Now their taxable income would be $85,200 (AGI of $110,000, minus their standard deduction of $24,800) and their federal tax liability would be $10,324. Making the QCD instead of donating cash saved Chris and Sandy $3,256 in tax.
In this new era, with state and local tax deductions being limited to $10,000 and the doubling of the standard deduction, the potential tax benefits of the QCD are more powerful than ever. To discover if making a QCD is right for your situation, you may want to reach out to a professional for assistance.
For additional considerations, please reach out to Tony Kallevig, CPA, Senior Associate or contact our Tax Solutions Team at Mahoney to be of help to you in any way.
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Commons Speaker John Bercow has ditched the stockings worn by his predecessors for the State Opening of Parliament.
Mr Bercow instead wore an outfit he has described as a "fusion of tradition and modernity", which includes trousers and an ordinary neck tie.
He was taking part in his first state opening since replacing Michael Martin, who quit as Speaker in June over his handling of the MPs' expenses scandal.
Mr Bercow said his change of attire was not meant to be "disrespectful".
His predecessors, including Mr Martin, who recently became Lord Martin of Springburn, have opted for a white ruff - a form of frilly neckwear - and stockings for Parliament's biggest annual occasion.
Mr Bercow, formerly a Conservative MP, revealed his revised outfit during the procession from his office to the Commons chamber.
He continued to wear the traditional black and gold robe of state, over a morning suit.
Ahead of the event, the Speaker told the BBC he was "anxious", adding that he wanted to "put my best foot forward" for the ceremony.
The Queen was less likely to feel butterflies, as it was her 58th state opening.
Mr Bercow said: "I do intend to wear a black and gold gown because I think the state robe is important and I think it says something significant about the relationship between Parliament and the monarch, and the role of the Speaker on such an occasion.
"But I am intending to wear a morning coat and to have the state gown on top and I shall very probably wear a House of Commons tie."
Asked about the lack of stockings, he said: "It's certainly not disrespectful. There's inevitably going to be criticism.
"But, equally, people will say that it is a good thing that we should respect the past but not live in the past.
"When you talk about dispensing with court dress, a morning coat is a modern form of court dress. So I am preserving some element of tradition, which I think is valid and justified, but updating the attire somewhat as well.
"And I think, therefore, there is a fusion of tradition and modernity."
What did you think of Queen's speech?


"If it is you tell me to come to you on the water" Peter says, and Jesus replies "come." History does not relate what the disciples thought about getting out of a perfectly serviceable boat, but Peter was right, and they were wrong. The utterly absurd is completely reasonable when Jesus is the one who is calling. Courage is liberated, and he gets out of the boat, walks a bit, and then fails. Love catches him, gently sets him right, and in a moment they are both in the boat and there is peace. Courage failed, but Jesus is stronger than failure.
The fear of the disciples was reasonable. People do not walk on water, but this person did. For us to trust and follow Christ is reasonable if He is what the disciples end up saying He is; "truly you are the Son of God." Each of us now needs to heed His voice calling to us, and to get out of the boat and go to Him. Because even when we fail, we find peace and hope and become more fully human than we can imagine: failure forgiven, courage liberated, hope persevering, love abounding.
For more than a thousand years this country has to one degree or another sought to recognize that Jesus is the Son of God; by the ordering of its society, by its laws, by its sense of community. Sometimes we have done better, sometimes worse. When we do better we make space for our own courage to be liberated, for God to act among us and for human beings to flourish. Slaves were freed, Factory Acts passed, and the NHS and social care established through Christ-liberated courage. The present challenges of environment and economy, of human development and global poverty, can only be faced with extraordinary courage.
The first reading we heard dates from the time of Israel before the Kings. It is the account of a Moabite refugee — utterly stigmatized, inescapably despised — taking the huge risk of choosing a God she does not know in a place she has not been, and finding security when she does so. The society Ruth went to was healthy because it was based on obedience to God, both in public care and private love.
For nearly two thousand years the Church has sought, often failing, to recognize in its way of being that Jesus is the Son of God. The wind and waves divided Jesus from the disciples. Peter ventures out in fear and trembling (as you may imagine I relate to him at this point). Jesus reconciles Peter to Himself and makes the possibility for all the disciples to find peace. All the life of our diverse churches finds renewal and unity when we are reconciled afresh to God and so are able to reconcile others. A Christ-heeding life changes the church and a Christ-heeding church changes the world: St Benedict set out to create a school for prayer, and incidentally created a monastic order that saved European civilization.
Yet at the same time the church transforms society when it takes the risks of renewal in prayer, of reconciliation and of confident declaration of the good news of Jesus Christ. In England alone the churches together run innumerable food banks, shelter the homeless, educate a million children, offer debt counseling, comfort the bereaved, and far, far more. All this comes from heeding the call of Jesus Christ. Internationally, churches run refugee camps, mediate civil wars, organize elections, set up hospitals. All of it happens because of heeding the call to go to Jesus through the storms and across the waves.
There is every possible reason for optimism about the future of Christian faith in our world and in this country. Optimism does not come from us, but because to us and to all people Jesus comes and says "Take heart, it is I, do not be afraid." We are called to step out of the comfort of our own traditions and places, and go into the waves, reaching for the hand of Christ. Let us provoke each other to heed the call of Christ, to be clear in our declaration of Christ, committed in prayer to Christ, and we will see a world transformed.


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Chapters 8,9,10,11
Extensive portions of the atmosphere with homogeneous horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics. They form over source regions and are classified by source region characteristics.
Continental air masses (DRY)
Maritime air masses (WET/MOIST)
Tropical air masses (mT or cT) (WARMER)
Polar air masses (mP or cP) (COLDER)
Equatorial air masses (WARM) (mE only)
Arctic air masses (Above polar) (cA only) (VERY COLD, VERY DRY)
Antarctic air mass (cAA only)
Analysis of air masses is accomplished by?
Radio sonde: a weather balloon that is released with a package of tools, measures temperature, pressure, and relative humidity and sends from balloon to earth by radio to give a vertical profile, which are used to see if an air mass is stable or unstable.
Transosande: same as radiosonde but the altitude is controlled by air pressure so it provides a horizontal cross-section.
Source Regions
Characteristics include homogeneous surface conditions of temperature and moisture availability
-large area of land (c) or water (m)
-uniform insolation
-transfers energy and moisture between the source region surface and the overlying air
-often associated with diverging high pressure areas, an exception is stagnant (still/not moving) equatorial air masses formed under converging low pressure
Lake Effect Snow Shower
a cP over a cool land mass which moves towards a lake, when the lake is warmer than that air mass so the water evaporates into the air mass, on shore air gets pushed up and cooled, turns moisture into snow-->nimbo clouds (may get stream fog before cloud comes to shore)
a transition zone between two distinct air masses
Baroclinic zone
the zone of mixing that comprises the front
Warm Front
(Low pressure) the warm air mass is moving against a retreating mass of cooler air
-warm air rides up over or "overruns" cooler air
-precipitation there is light to moderate in intensity -> gentile push or rise up and get horizontal formation of clouds with lots of time so the drops tend to form small
-pressure gradually decreases then levels as it passes
-if cold air is cold enough, get ice pellets or freezing rain
-The frontal zone is broad and it may rain for days
-cloud forms are mostly horizontal
-tends to advance more slowly than a cold front
(line has red half circles that point in the direction of the front)
Cold Front
(Low Pressure)
-pushes under warmer lighter air
-pressure falls, then drops sharply as the front passes, then rises
-vertical cloud development
-heavy showery precipitation for a short time, forms faster so fewer droplets (larger size)
-tends to advance more rapidly than a warm front
-cumulonimbus, might have fair weather clouds
-heavy precipitation closer to the cold front itself and over lap back behind it
(line is blue triangles that point in the direction of the front)
Stationary Front
(both red half circles and blue triangles on opposite sides) When they meet, pressure from both sides, not moving, doesn't mean there is no air flow
Occluded Front
(purple, has half circles and triangles on the same side) cold front and warm front have converged and are moving in the same direction
Thunderheads
vertical clouds, cumulonimbus, possibility of hail, rain, and tornadoes
Warm Front with Stable Air
Cirrus, Cirrostratus, Altostratus, Nimbostratus pass you in that order, that is how you know a warm front is coming
Warm Front with Conditional Instability
Altocumulus then Cumulonimbus come at you, warm air moving in is conditionally instable, depends on water content and relative humidity increase
hurricane is the same as
tropical cyclone, extra tropical cyclone, wave cyclone, mid-latitude cyclones
Is Bermuda Triangle or Chicago a better source region?
(better when around water and high pressure) The Bermuda Triangle is a better source region than Chicago because it is surrounded by water where Chicago has much less water and surround mainly by land and has cyclones which indicate low pressure, Bermuda Triangle is on the subtropical high pressure zone
Dry Conveyer belt associated with a cold front and a low pressure system
Warm Conveyer belt associated with a warm front
Cold conveyer belt associated with a cyclone
Typical patterns of cyclonic storms
-about once a week we get cyclones in the winter (snow)
-shaped like the jet stream
-cyclones more north in the summer, and south in the winter just like the sun, ITCA, STHP, and jet stream
-jet streams tend to guide the storms, help to feed/support the systems also (hi and lo)
-form from friction of the surface with influence with jet stream, tend to organize at the trough
-occur between air masses, associated with fronts
-tropical cyclones occur within air mass
Polar Front Theory (Norwegian cyclone model)
A theory developed by J. Bjerknes and other Scandinavian meteorologists in which the polar front, separating polar and tropical air masses, gives rise to cyclonic disturbances that intensify and move along the front and pass through a succession of stages.
Components to build a Thunderstorm
Instability (low pressure by rising air), strong unequal heating, moisture
Stages in the development of a thunderstorm
a. cumulus stage: accumulating and also creating a cumulus cloud
b. mature stage: up and down draft, updraft holds rain up and downdraft has heavy rain
c. dissapation stage: moisture taken out of system which means lighter rain, get rid of updraft
Thunderstorm do's
-stay in metal vehicle with windows closed
-get inside shelter
-squat with feet together
-stay away from windows
-move to lowest area if caught outside
-install lightning rods on buildings
-be warned if hair "stands up" squat quickly
-be cognizant of weather patterns and forecasts
-stay inside 30 minutes after storm
Thunderstorm Don't
-talk on corded phone
-use water/take shower/touch faucets
-make self the tallest object
-stand near or under trees or tall objects
-stay in, on, or near water
-play golf
-touch metal or other electrical conductors
-use an umbrella
-stay outdoors in the open
-lay down
-fly kites
Why don't we get lightning where it's raining so hard?
It's form where you have a strong updraft where there is no rain because they both form under different conditions
Saffer-simpson scale
category scale that measures hurricane intensity (measured 1-5)
Lightning causes the creation of cumulonimbus clouds
FALSE: cumulonimbus clouds might get lightning produced in them but lightning doesn't create them
Friction between graupel particles is the likely cause of charge separation which leads to lightning discharges
At least three factors that influence the formation of mid-latitude cyclone
wind sheer, instability, friction with air and surface, jet stream (polar)
A mid-latitude cyclone located over Des Moines, Iowa during july is most likely to?
Follow generally along the path that the polar jet stream is on at the time
Easterly Wave
a large migratory wavelike disturbance in the trade winds that sometimes triggers the formation of a hurricane
A roughly circular area of relatively light winds and fair weather at the center of a hurricane
Eye Wall
the doughnut-shaped area of intensive cumulonimbus development and strong winds that surrounds the eye of a hurricane
A tropical cyclonic storm having minimum winds of 119 kilometers per hour ; also know as a typhoon (western pacific) and cyclone (indian ocean)
-Hurricanes do not develop within about 5 degrees of the equator because the Coriolis force is too weak. Because warm surface ocean temperatures are necessary for hurricane formation, they seldom form poleward of 20 degrees latitude nor over cool waters of the South Atlantic and the eastern South Pacific
Hurricane warning
A warning issued when sustained winds of 119 kilometers per hour or higher are expected within a specified coastal area in 24 hours or less
an announcement aimed at specific coastal areas that a hurricane poses a possible threat, generally within 36 hours
the abnormal between the stratosphere and the mesosphere
Tropical Depression
by international agreement, a tropical cyclone with maximum winds that do not exceed 61 kilometers per hour
Tropical Disturbance
A term used by the National Weather Service for a cyclonic wind system in the tropics that is in its formative stages
by international agreement, a tropical cyclone with maximum winds between 61 and 115 kilometers per hour
Hurricanes diminish in intensity whenever they..
1. move over ocean waters that cannot supply warm, moist tropical air
2. move onto land
3. reach a location where the large-scale flow aloft is unfavorable
An air mass source region must be associated with a generally stagnant area
such that air will stay over it long enough to come to some measure of equilibrium.
An ideal source region must meet two (2) criteria.
One is that it must be an extensive and physically uniform area. The second is that the area must be characterized by a general stagnation of atmospheric circulation.
An air mass source region is the area in which
an air mass originates
The classification of an air mass depends upon
both latitude and surface of origin
Once an air mass moves from its original source region
it not only modifies the weather of the area it traverses, but it also is gradually modified by the surface over which it is moving.
Changes to the stability of the air mass can result from temperature changes.
T or F?
Changes to an air mass can result from vertical movements induced by
cyclones, anti cyclones, topographic differences
The air mass most likely to produce thunderstorms would be a
Most precipitation east of the Rocky Mountains comes from
An air mass moving from the Gulf of Mexico northward over the United States in winter would most likely be labeled a
An __________ air mass may produce an occasional nor'easter during the winter, but summertime incursions of this air often bring pleasant weather.
Continental arctic (cA) air is distinguished from cP air by its generally warmer temperatures.
Continental polar (cP) and continental arctic (cA) air masses are typically stable bodies of air.
In the middle latitudes, most atmospheric disturbances occur along the boundaries separating air masses.
An air mass with the designation w is likely to be stable.
Maritime polar (mP) air from the North Pacific has a strong influence on the weather along the west Coast of North America, especially in the winter.
This air mass is most associated with lake-effect snow.
Middle-latitude cyclones develop in conjunction with the __________.
polar front
A warm front exists when __________.
warm air occupies territory formerly covered by cooler air
In the Northern Hemisphere, the surface air flow associated with a midlatitude cyclone is __________.
counterclockwise, converging, rising
With which type of front will the flow of air most likely be parallel to the line of the front?
Most hurricanes form between the latitudes of __________ and __________.
5°; 20°
Most hurricanes form within the global wind belt referred to as the trade winds.
The eye region of a hurricane is largely free of precipitation and clouds because of __________.
subsiding air
A steep pressure gradient generates rapid, inward spiraling winds of a hurricane.
Which of the following contribute to the decline in the intensity of a hurricane as it moves onto land?
both friction and lack of warm, moist air
The primary characteristic that distinguishes a tropical depression from a tropical storm is __________.
The primary source of energy for a hurricane is the latent heat that is liberated when huge quantities of water vapor condense.
Many hurricanes approaching North America from the southeast are turned toward the northeast, away from the continent, by the steering effect of an upper-level trough.
The lowest pressures ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere are associated with hurricanes.
As a hurricane moves ashore, the most devastating damage in the coastal zone is caused by the __________.
One circumstance that may inhibit a tropical disturbance from becoming a hurricane is the formation of a trade wind inversion.
Because tropical and subtropical regions that spawn hurricanes cover vast amounts of open ocean, meteorological data consists primarily of ___________________.
Surface airflow in a Southern Hemisphere midlatitude cyclone is clockwise.
Which type of front will most probably develop over the southern Great Plains when dry, continental tropical (cT) air originating over the American Southwest meets moist, maritime tropical (mT) air from the Gulf of Mexico?
dryline
Large high-pressure anticyclones that form and persist over the middle latitudes for two weeks or longer and deflect the zonal west-to-east flow poleward are sometimes referred to as __________.
blocking highs
Anticyclones generally produce __________ conditions.
Most tornadoes in the central United States occur during the spring months when __________.
air masses have greatly contrasting conditions
In the U.S., air-mass thunderstorms frequently occur in __________ air that moves Northward from the Gulf of Mexico.
mT (maritime tropical)
During the spring and summer, when the air is heated from ____________ by warmer land surface, the _______________ air mass becomes unstable and thunderstorms develop.
below; warm and humid
A vast majority (80% or more) of the moisture that condenses in an air-mass thunderstorm does not leave the cloud as precipitation, but is in the vapor phase.
A significant portion of the growing-season rainfall in the agricultural regions of the central United States comes from __________.
mesoscale convective complexes
Squall lines
are relatively narrow, elongated bands of thunderstorms developing in the warm sector of a middle latitude cyclone.
Which of the following is important to the formation of lightning in a developing cloud?
strong vertical air currents
The Fujita Intensity Scale is commonly used to assess __________ intensity.
is a narrow zone along which there is an abrupt change in moisture content in the air.


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BAE Systems has signed new support, sustainment, and readiness agreement with the Norwegian Army for its fleet of 144 CV90 Infantry Fighting Vehicles, securing a new contract model to support the availability and continuous modernization of the fleet. The seven-year agreement with the Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation governs the purchase of components and equipment, as well as management and engineering work. It includes maintenance of the System Integration Lab, which ensures that both the customer and BAE Systems can monitor vehicles' current conditions and state of readiness to optimize vehicle performance and capabilities across the fleet.
"We look forward to strengthening the trust and cooperation we have with our Norwegian customer, and building on the positive experiences with our Norwegian industry partners who are an essential part of this contract. We are committed to going the extra mile to serve our Norwegian customer, along with other countries who operate the vehicle, who all benefit from being part of the CV90 User Club," said Tommy Gustafsson-Rask, managing director of BAE Systems Hägglunds, which manufactures the CV90.
"We are pleased to sign this contract to further secure the CV90 fleet for the future, both for ongoing sustainment and incremental capability upgrades," said Maj. Gen. Lars Christian Aamodt, head of the Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation. "We have today one of the world's most modern Infantry Fighting Vehicles able to advance combined arms with air and sea systems. With this contract we aim to stay in this position for many years to come."
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A brief clarification on the last post: The Pickle Patch is still here, and I'll continue to provide regular updates on our family's life in Vermont. On The Willows is an entirely different blog, created by a friend of a friend for women to share their life lessons, to which I will contribute from time to time. My posts there will likely be a little different than the ones here: less day-to-day, more personal, fewer pictures of the kids. But I'll provide the link when I do post over there, on the off chance that you're not getting enough information here!
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Just as I am not a born cook, I am not by nature a crafty person. On the basis of once having taught elementary school (which should require a minor in bulletin board design) and having received a graduate degree in studio art, I could perhaps pass for creative. But I've never been able to sustain any interest in things like scrapbooking, knitting, or jewelry making.
I do, however, have more desire to be a crafty person than I do to be a great cook, if only because the results can be enjoyed a little longer. So, when we moved to Vermont and my mom offered to bring up her old sewing machine, I jumped at the chance. Mind you, I haven't sewn anything since I made a cupcake pillow in junior high Home Economics, but I envisioned snowy evenings hunched happily over the sewing machine, turning out cute little dresses for the girls.
And guess what? This is a happy story, not "I Love Lucy" meets a sewing machine. The only part of that vision that didn't materialize so much this year was the snow.
It's a great book if you're looking to sew something for a little girl and don't know what you're doing.
1. She had a birthday back in November, and I figured it would be more meaningful to make her a dress than buy her something. So I had her pick out a design in the book above, and we went to the fabric store and she picked out the fabric.
2. Fiona loves clothes, and has a very particular sense of style. Given that Erick has been known to wear clothes until they actually fall off of his body, and I gave up caring about what I wore four years ago (when it became clear that no matter what I put on in the morning, it would look like a used napkin by the evening), this is clearly an inborn trait of Fiona's. She loves to choose her outfit for the day…and then change it…and change it again. I have actually had to make her "Clothing Change Tickets" that limit her to two clothing changes a day, or I'd never get her to leave her closet.
That could reasonably pass as a dress, right? Success! And it was FUN. I'm using the leftover fabric to make one for Campbell now.
Fiona modeling her new dress. (YES, this is the pose she hit when I said, "Fiona, let me take a picture of you in your new dress." I have no idea whose child she really is).


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Uber's Flying Drone Uber wants you to hail a flying cab —one that flies itself. Yes, autonomous helicopters operating as a taxi service. And lest you think that's the first company to consider this technology: remember Ehang, which is has been testing its own self-flying drone, the 184, since June. That aerial drone, which previewed at CES in January, though, is imagined as a private autonomous vehicle, with a one-button start. Uber, in the meantime, is testing its own fleet of self-driving taxis currently in Pittsburgh. Unlikely that those vehicles will suddenly take to the air anytime soon. (Via Telegraph)
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