The United Sates is a country founded on the ideal of freedom of choice. Granted, in times of crisis, it is the government's responsibility to increase its role in daily life and make decisions usually left up to the citizens (e.g., the draft during wartime.) The proposal to require a mandatory year of public service for all young Americans involves a similar infringement on individual rights. Given that there is no such crisis, it seems both unnecessary and impractical to institute such a program. There are a number of problems with a nationwide service requirement. First, the one-year time frame greatly limits the benefits of service, given the need for initial training. Second, training and funding every graduating youth in the United States would put a strain on the national economy that far outweighs the services they provide. Finally, a year of service to the government creates a significant intrusion at a time that could be better served by continuing one's education or joining the workforce. Therefore, a mandatory year of public service for all young adults is logistically impractical, a budgetary drain, and a lifestyle interruption that is not beneficial enough to be reasonable. A far better solution is to incentivize, rather than require, a longer-term commitment to public service in order to maximize benefit for cost.
In order to set up a regimen of mandatory public service, the government would need to train all of its new employees. In this essay, public service will be defined according to the AmeriCorps definition: service in the areas of health care, public safety, education, and environmental protection1. This argument will also assume that the year of mandatory service will begin after graduation from high school, because this is the most reliable time for tracking and organizing such an endeavor. Immediately following high school is the only time when most young people are similarly without commitment and easily located in their home towns. The training that the government could provide for a one-year contract should only be for low-level, menial jobs if the training and service time are to be proportional. However, these positions are not the ones that most need to be filled. For example, a young person could be trained for basic public relations and healthcare education2, but there is far lower demand than supply for these roles. Crossing guards could also be trained easily. Unfortunately, there are relatively few crossing guard positions and these jobs provide an important part-time supplement to many families' incomes. Easily trainable roles such as these are not nearly as necessary as the jobs that require far more training.
The roles with the largest impact require an impractical amount of training, both prior to and on the job. There is a predicted shortage of nurses, due to growing health care demands (especially with the new, government-run sector of health care) and the impending retirement of Baby-Boomer nurses.3 Therefore, the healthcare system is going to need an influx of nurses and technicians to fill these gaps, but the training required is unattainable for a one-year commitment. The same problem exists in the public safety sector. Fire volunteers4, EMTs5, and especially police officers all require at least weeks of training before serving in any useful capacity. In addition, experience is incredibly important in these fields and opportunities are already competitive. If all positions were filled by eighteen-year-olds fresh out of training, the effectiveness of these roles would decline significantly and public safety with it. The third category of service, working in our nation's schools, simply could not be filled by these young adults. Teaching would be the most important role to fill, due to a shortage of teachers in the US. However, the only people qualified to supervise new teachers would be experienced teachers, and this would defeat the purpose of having teaching volunteers. Environmental protection is a final example of a sector where the roles that have the most impact (researchers, engineers, and policymakers) cannot be filled by the intended target. The consistent problem that arises with a one-year contract proposal is that the positions that most need to be filled cannot be without considerable training, training which is not proportionate to the time served.
Beyond the evidence that the cost and benefit balance is not tilted in benefit's favor, the cost of the proposed endeavor may be too much for the government to bear. Each year, the government would be adding the entire graduating class of that year to its annual budget. Ethically, each student would have to be paid at least minimum wage, and many more important positions would merit even higher pay. However, for the following calculations the positions will pay the federal minimum of $7.25 per hour.6 According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 3.3 million Americans will graduate high school in 2015.7 Based on a standard forty hour work week, employees would receive an annual salary of $15,080. This means that the federal government would have to add an additional 49.8 billion to the yearly budget, and this number can only rise with the population. This addition would be the sixth largest item on President Obama's 2015 budget.8 The proposed program would strain an already struggling economy. In addition to causing money troubles, the proposal would throw many young students' lives off track.
A majority of graduating seniors enroll in higher education, and a year-long forced break between educational institutions would make starting up again that much more difficult. High schools have been increasingly tailored towards preparing students for college, and train students in many useful habits for a college lifestyle. If graduates immediately entered a full-time job, they would have to unlearn these study habits in favor of work habits, and then relearn the study habits for entry into college. An already difficult and stressful transition would be made even more trying by this disconnect in lifestyles. Beyond the interruption of habits would be the interruption of subject matter. By senior year, many high school students focus their schedules around classes that inform their intended majors. A full-year break between important classes would significantly slow the momentum of knowledge and make college classes more challenging to the point that average four-year graduation rates may decrease. A much better proposal is to allow young people to follow their intended paths, but make it favorable to spend some time in public service.
Advocates of a one year mandatory service program might argue that for a significant number of Americans who do not enroll in college, a year of service would provide experience that would aid in job searches later. While this may be true, the benefit is still not proportional to the cost. A longer-commitment, voluntary program would work far better. Such a program would help balance the discrepancy between training and payoff. Additionally, the voluntary nature would self-select for the participants for whom this is a good career path. The government could partially cover training costs for public service positions that do not require a college degree under an extended contract, perhaps four or five years. This opportunity would also help young adults enter the workforce with a career prospect. For the college educated, the federal government could increase financial aid or partially subsidize students who pledge to work in a public service area related to their major for four or five years. This program would function similarly to and ROTC program and would eliminate complications with training the participants and interrupting their education. Incentivizing public service, rather than mandating it, ameliorates much of the impracticalities, economic stress, and lifestyle disruption that a mandated program would incur. Vital positions can be filled by competent and well trained people, and a longer commitment will increase the quality of the services. If the government promotes serving the population with a push, not a shackle, then the citizens and their government can work towards improving their country together.
1. "AmeriCorps." Corporation for National and Community Service. Corporation for National and Community Service, n.d. Web. 29 Oct. 2014.
2. "HealthCare Volunteer." HealthCare Volunteer. The Non-Profit for Global Healthcare, n.d. Web. 29 Oct. 2014.
3. Ramach, Vignesh. "The New Nursing Shortage." USA Today. Gannett, 07 May 2014. Web. 29 Oct. 2014.
4. Lawrence, Cameron. "How Firefighter Training Works." HowStuffWorks. InfoSpace LLC, n.d. Web. 29 Oct. 2014.
5. "How Long Does It Take to Become an EMT." Education Portal. Education Portal, n.d. Web. 28 Oct. 2014.
6. "Minimum Wage." Wage and Hour Division (WHD). United States Department of Labor, n.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2014.
7. "Back to School Statistics." National Center for Education Statistics. US Department of Education, n.d. Web. 29 Oct. 2014.
8. "The Budget." The White House. The White House, n.d. Web. 29 Oct. 2014.


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Monica Helena Edith Schultz, född 20 mars 1942 i Stockholm, är en svensk tecknare. Hon ingick 1965 äktenskap med tecknaren Göran Schultz  (1943–1999).

Schultz, som är dotter till filmregissör Eric Johnson och adjunkt Helena Johanson, studerade vid Nyckelviksskolan 1956–1957, Konstfack 1960–1961 och Anders Beckmans skola 1961–1964. Hon har sedan dess varit verksam som frilansande tecknare och på senare år lärare i illustration på Sörängens folkhögskola i Nässjö.

Schultz har bland annat illustrerat barn- och vuxenböcker. Hon har även utfört illustrationer för dags- och veckopress samt TV, hållit utställningar och utfört konstnärlig utsmyckning.

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'Dungeons & Dragons' Had Its Best Ever Year In 2019
Ewan Moore
Published 15:55, 24 April 2020 BST
| Last updated 15:56, 24 April 2020 BST
Classic tabletop RPG Dungeons & Dragons might have been around for over 45 years now, but 2019 was its most successful year to date. Are people starting to consider the game as less "nerdy"? It's no secret that there's always been a bit of a stigma around people who play tabletop RPGs, but I like to think that stigma is fading is fast.
Whatever the reason, RPG company Wizards Of The Coast has confirmed that 2019 was the most lucrative year yet for good old-fashioned D&D. In a lengthy press release, the company boasted that this was the game's sixth consecutive year of growth, and that sales in Europe increased 65% year-on-year, more than quadrupling since 2014.
Community / Credit: NBC
As if that wasn't impressive enough, Wizards also reported 2019 saw more than 17.5 Billion media impressions. Viewers on Twitch also reportedly watched a staggering combined 4.3 Billion minutes of D&D content, while 2 million tuned in to the D&D Live 2019 show.
Wizards also wants everyone to know that 39% of the player base now identifies as female, and that number is growing all the time. It's a shame that we're still not close to even 50% when it comes to women getting involved with the game, but I think that has a lot more to do with exclusionary attitudes than it does women genuinely not wanting to play. At least these days.
Check out an infographic charting the game's big 2019 wins below. No doubt a huge part of its success is because of the increasing number of famous faces that have been vocal about their love of D&D recently. Deborah Ann Woll, The Rock, and even Vin Diesel are just some of the famous fans helping to bust tired stereotypes about those that enjoy the game.
"Dungeons & Dragons has always been a pop culture staple, offering fans opportunities for storytelling and adventuring with friends, two fundamental human needs," Wizards wrote in its press release. "In recent years, it has been massively propelled forward thanks to the combination of appearances in mainstream TV shows like South Park and Community as well as the growth of the livestreaming ecosystem, with widely popular liveplay shows like Critical Role, or High Rollers and Oxventure in the UK".
"The legendary tabletop game continues to increase in popularity: Dungeons & Dragons now has over 40 million fans worldwide, with a community that continues to grow and diversify daily!"
Featured Image Credit: NBC/Wizards of The Coast
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Heterogeneity of B Cell Functions in Stroke-Related Risk, Prevention, Injury, and Repair
Uma Maheswari Selvaraj, Katherine Poinsatte, Vanessa Torres, Sterling B. Ortega, Ann M. Stowe
Cardiovascular Research Priority Area
It is well established that post-stroke inflammation contributes to neurovascular injury, blood–brain barrier disruption, and poor functional recovery in both animal and clinical studies. However, recent studies also suggest that several leukocyte subsets, activated during the post-stroke immune response, can exhibit both pro-injury and pro-recovery phenotypes. In accordance with these findings, B lymphocytes, or B cells, play a heterogeneous role in the adaptive immune response to stroke. This review highlights what is currently understood about the various roles of B cells, with an emphasis on stroke risk factors, as well as post-stroke injury and repair. This includes an overview of B cell functions, such as antibody production, cytokine secretion, and contribution to the immune response as antigen presenting cells. Next, evidence for B cell-mediated mechanisms in stroke-related risk factors, including hypertension, diabetes, and atherosclerosis, is outlined, followed by studies that focus on B cells during endogenous protection from stroke. Subsequently, animal studies that investigate the role of B cells in post-stroke injury and repair are summarized, and the final section describes current B cell-related clinical trials for stroke, as well as other central nervous system diseases. This review reveals the complex role of B cells in stroke, with a focus on areas for potential clinical intervention for a disease that affects millions of people globally each year.
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This work was supported by American Heart Association 14SDG18410020 and NIH NS088555.
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Selvaraj, U. M., Poinsatte, K., Torres, V., Ortega, S. B., & Stowe, A. M. (2016). Heterogeneity of B Cell Functions in Stroke-Related Risk, Prevention, Injury, and Repair. Neurotherapeutics, 13(4), 729-747. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13311-016-0460-4
Selvaraj, Uma Maheswari ; Poinsatte, Katherine ; Torres, Vanessa et al. / Heterogeneity of B Cell Functions in Stroke-Related Risk, Prevention, Injury, and Repair. In: Neurotherapeutics. 2016 ; Vol. 13, No. 4. pp. 729-747.
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We ensure the IT infrastructure, systems and architectural practice all function smoothly in a deadline driven firm of 165 people, including office moves and relocations (see below for services provided).
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In 2007, CT had eight full height server racks of computer and telephony equipment. All of this on-premise equipment had a large power draw and required two air conditioning units to cool the server room.
As CT have moved premises over the intervening years, we've facilitated a significant decrease in the amount of server room equipment moved each time, until we are now down to a single rack of equipment, with an extremely small footprint. This has been lead by three main factors.
Where once a physical server was needed for every backend service, filling a server room with a large number of under-utilised servers, virtualisation has meant consolidation of services onto a smaller and smaller number of servers, running at better and higher utilization levels. Today, CT is down to two primary servers and a single secondary server for the whole workload.
The second important factor has been CT's adoption of cloud services. They were early adopters of Microsoft's Office 365 Exchange Online platform, allowing them to move all of their email infrastructure out of their datacenter and into the cloud.
A final factor was the adoption of cloud based Voice Over IP (VOIP) for their telephony needs. A whole rack of telephone systems, and another rack of telephone connection patching has been replaced by a small box that connects to a hosted VOIP solution, again pushing equipment off-premise and into the cloud.
Better access to these resources for their offices outside of London.
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Education • Lifestyle
New Black Leadership at Read to Succeed
Jaimee Stanley and Ile Adaramola. Photo courtesy of Read to Succeed
By Emma Castleberry
The nonprofit Read to Succeed (R2S) has brought two Black women onto its leadership team. In July, Ile Adaramola was elected as board chair for a three-year term and Jaimee Stanley was appointed as co-executive director.
Stanley will partner with former interim executive director, Jess McLean, to lead the organization. "I come from a long line of Black women educators," says Stanley, who was an elementary educator for the first six years of her career, most recently at Claxton Elementary School. "When I began working at Claxton, I found the opportunity gap in Asheville City Schools both egregious and disheartening. As a Black female educator, I want to do all that I can to support our community in closing the opportunity gap for our Black and other historically marginalized students and families." As co-executive director, Stanley looks forward to providing resources for both the organization and the communities it serves. "Most importantly, I hope to learn from and with community-based assets through deep collaboration and coalition-building," she says.
Stanley says that placing Black women in positions of leadership is one of the most direct ways to dismantle systems of oppression and close the opportunity gap—the ultimate mission of R2S. "For centuries, organizations have placed white people in positions of power to no benefit of Black people or Black children, regardless of what they say," she says.
One example of this systemic injustice is the low number of Black female educators—they make up seven percent of public school teachers and 11 percent of public school principals. "Black women are the subject matter experts on raising and educating Black children," says Adaramola. "It is highly disingenuous to attempt to resolve the issues of equity in education without the leadership and input of Black women. As a result of being home-schooled by a Black educator, I understand the importance of having access to well-qualified teachers and a high-quality curriculum."
Adaramola is a prominent local Black lawyer and owner of Adaramola Law Firm. Her maternal ancestry has a long history of civil rights activism, including her great-grandfather, who paid poll taxes for Black Americans in his community to ensure they could vote, and her grandmother, who organized a protest on the lawn of her town's mayor during the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Adaramola was initially recruited by R2S founder Isaac Coleman in 2015 to join the board and she also serves on the board of the Asheville City Schools Foundation. "From the perspective of those living in the ongoing consequences of racism and white supremacy, the inequities, especially in education, continue to persist," she says. "Educational outcomes for Black children are a function of their unequal access to key educational resources. My purpose for this organization, community and world is to advocate for the implementation of policy that establishes education as a fundamental human right."
To learn more, visit R2SAsheville.org.


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Happy, healthy, inspiring & impactful 2023
1 January 2023 by WoW
For many the start of a new year is about making resolutions, setting targets and planning meetings, or vacations. But for many families living in rural India, without a regular source of income, it is difficult to plan anything ahead. Jaleshawari was once in this situation. But when she started earning a regular income at Women on Wings' business partner Rassaa Creations her life changed completely.
There are many rural women like Jaleshawari who started working to earn an additional income to contribute to their family income. Thanks to a job, they are able to pay for a better education for their children and buy more nutritious food. Also, women become more empowered, experience increased self-esteem and a more equal position in their families. In 15 years, we have co-created 285,000 jobs for women like Jaleshawari.
We are excited to start this new year, in which we expect to start new partnerships with social entrepreneurs and with state Government organizations, that will result in many new job opportunities for women in rural India.
We wish you and your loved ones a very happy, healthy, inspiring and impactful 2023!
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The store is tiny and I didn't have a chance to actually test the skates, but during the few minutes I had them on they felt great.
Now I got home and put the skates on while chilling at home and after a few minutes I'm feeling agonizing pain in both feet probably because the skates are at least half a size too small. My toes barely just touch the edge of the boot but they certainly do touch the top of the boot, where the laces begin. They are basically crushed and I lose all feeling in my toes after 20-30 minutes.
As you understand, I bought them in Canada and now I'm back home in Israel with a skate I'll never be able to wear. They are still brand new, I haven't taken them out to the street.
Am I stuck with a $700 paper weight?
skate them and they should break in, in time.
You would have noticed they were too small during the initial fit, what you are experiencing is very common, so don't panic.
The solution can be as simple as bandaids, thin socks and sweat!
Place a durable bandaid on the portion of your foot that is rubbing on the boot, thin socks will allow the boot to mold around your feet, but you may get more rubbing and cause more blistering in new areas.
Once you've applied more bandaids to the new spots, just wear them as often as you can... the sooner you start sweating in them the sooner they are going to mold around your feet.
Break in can be a painful process with some boots, the trick is to take steps to prevent permanent injury or scarring ASAP.
If you don't have some relief after about 40 or so hours of break in, then you may have a legitimate fit issue.
I contacted Seba, Seba's Israeli official distributor and the Shop Task store in Toronto, trying to figure if I could just replace the boot.
Anyhow, I'll wait for replies from the stores/distributors before I do anything crazy.
Relace the skate skipping the area where it hurts.
I don't know if heat molding will work. Heating up the boot softens the epoxy used to stiffen the carbon fiber and allows you to reform it before it cools and resets. I've tried to look up your boot online. Some sites say it is carbon fiber, but others say fiberglass. It may have to do with the model year.
Either way, that material is only for the stiff bottom of the boot. It looks like your problem is with the top fabric part (leather?). This will stretch in time, and does not require heat molding. Heat may help break down the material and make it softer sooner, but nothing is going to replace the time it will take to break in the skate.
I would recommend simply tightening the boot as much as you can without cutting off circulation and sitting in it for 10 minutes at a time while watching TV. Use your fingers the work the problem area back and forth. Consider a leather conditioner if it is leather. Don't use alcohol - that will break down the material and get you to the desired point faster, but it will shorten the boot's lifespan. You can skip an eyelet or two when lacing, then relace with those eyelets in a month or two as the boot breaks in.
If you can find a cobbler they have special stretching tools that might help.
It's leather-looking but I don't think it's leather.
Anyway, I paid the $175 and got a bigger size. Now here's to hoping it won't stretch and become too big in a month.
Did you try taking the laces off and relacing the boot with your foot in? When I tried out a boot at the rink, my foot was in pain, so I brushed it off as being too small. I then went to a pro shop, and the pros there told me that I needed to relace them, and it fit perfectly afterwards.
If the pain is across the top of your foot, it means the laces are too tight across that area of the foot. I always loosen up the laces all the way down the boot when I first try on a new pair of skates. Then putting the skate on and then do the laces up, somewhat, but not super tight. The liner will also shape around your foot to a certain degree when you are using the skate regularly.
If you get pain at your toes and sides of your feet, the skates are the wrong width or size for your feet. New skates and shoes often have paper pushed down into the toe (for some reason), but I guess everyone knows to remove that.
If you get sore ankles or heels - it's because the skates are too big and your feet are moving around inside the skate. You can counter this with a different pair of skates or a different size liner. Try adding a shock absorber heel pad and/or an innersole if your feet are only moving around slightly.
Muscle pains in your feet and ankles are because you are not used to skating or your new skates feel somewhat different and your feet need time to get used to them. Short amounts of regular skating will help here.
I've had this same issue with a couple of Riedell boots, 1150 and 195, where the eyelets land right on my toe knuckles. With the 1150 it eventually stopped after the leather stretched, from just skating, putting the eyelet in a different area, not over the knuckle. I am currently going through that process with the 195. As for now I just skipped that first set of lace holes until the boot stretches some more.


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Taliban attack on Afghan hotel ends after 13 hours, 6 dead
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A Taliban assault on the Intercontinental Hotel in Afghanistan's capital killed at least six people, including a foreigner, and pinned security forces down for more than 13 hours before the last attacker was killed on Sunday, with the casualty toll expected to rise.
The heavily-guarded luxury hotel is popular among foreigners and Afghan officials. Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danish said the six killed included a foreigner and a telecommunications official from the western Farah province who was attending a conference.
Six other people, including three security forces, were reported wounded and more than 150 people, including 41 foreigners, were rescued from the hotel, Danish said.
The Taliban claimed the attack, which began around 9 p.m. Saturday, saying five gunmen armed with suicide vests targeted foreigners and Afghan officials. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the insurgents initially planned to attack the hotel Thursday night but postponed the assault because there was a wedding underway and they wanted to avoid civilian casualties.
The attack unfolded almost six years after Taliban insurgents launched a similar assault on the property, which is not part of the InterContinental chain of worldwide hotels.
The Interior Ministry said a private firm assumed responsibility for securing the hotel around three weeks ago. The ministry says it is investigating how the attackers managed to enter the building.
Afghan security officials confirmed that 34 provincial officials were gathered at the hotel to participate in a conference organized by the Telecommunication Ministry.
A fire broke out at the hotel as the fighting raged, and the sound of explosions could be heard throughout the standoff. Live TV footage showed people trying to escape through windows on the upper stories.
Capt. Tom Gresback, spokesman for NATO-led forces, said in a statement that Afghan forces were leading the response efforts. He said that according to initial reports, no foreign troops were hurt in the attack.
Neighboring Pakistan condemned the "brutal terrorist attack" and called for greater cooperation against militants. Afghanistan and Pakistan routinely accuse each other of failing to combat extremists along their long and porous border.
Afghan forces have struggled to combat the Taliban since the U.S. and NATO formally concluded their combat mission at the end of 2014. They have also had to contend with a growing Islamic State affiliate that has carried out a number of massive attacks in recent years.
In the northern Balkh province, insurgents burst into a home where several members of a local pro-government militia were gathered late Saturday, leading them outside and killing 18 of them, said Gen. Abdul Razeq Qaderi, the deputy provincial police chief. Among those killed was a tribal leader who served as the local police commander, he said.
In the western Farah province, a roadside bomb killed a deputy provincial police chief and wounded four other police early Sunday, according to Gen. Mahruf Folad, the provincial police chief.
The Taliban claimed both attacks.
In the western Herat province, a roadside bomb struck a vehicle carrying 13 civilians, killing all but one of them, said Abdul Ahad Walizada, a spokesman for the provincial police chief. No one immediately claimed the attack, but Walizada blamed Taliban insurgents, who often plant roadside bombs to target Afghan security forces.


In practice, the diagnosis of Hepatic Angiomyolipoma (HAML) is often difficult to make�preoperatively, because of the highly variable histological composition. We describe a HAML in a 54 years old female who presented with right upper quadrant pain for one month and moderate fever for five days. Antibiotic treatment is effective. Abdominal ultrasonography revealed a well-defined hypoechoic mass without flow signals in it. Computed tomography showed a inhomogeneous mass, enhanced reticulately, without fat and vascular components. These were diagnosed to be either HAML or Inflammatory pseudotumor (IPT) of the liver. An Intraoperative ultrasound also found the anechoic lesions of the mass and suggested hemangioma. The cut surface of the specimen showed an encapsulated yellowish tumor consisting scattered intratumoral hemorrhagic focus. Pathological examination and HMB45 marker confirmed the diagnosis of Hepatic AML. The present case indicates that intratumoral hemorrhage led to the imaging diversity and IPT should be added to the list of differential diagnoses for HAML.


Arrive and get settled in your rental property, explore your nearby town or village's shops, markets, and potential restaurants.
Florence – OK, let's get it over with: Morning: the view from Piazzale Michelangelo, the church of San Miniato al Monte, and the Masaccios at Santa Maria del Carmine. Afternoon: Cross the Ponte Vecchio to Piazza della Signoria, Florence Cathedral, Baptistery, and Campanile, plus, entering about 90 minutes before it closes, the Uffizi, concentrating on just a few special works: Leonardo's Annunciation; Botticelli's Birth of Venus and Primavera; Van der Goes' Portinari Altarpiece; Uccello's Battle of San Romano; Michelangelo's Doni Tondo; Parmigianino's Madonna with the Long Neck; and the works of Rosso Fiorentino, Crivelli, and Pontormo, these last reflecting our own personal prejudices.
The Chianti countryside – take out your map and drive to Greve early. Go the office of the Chianti wine-producers consortium (or better yet, email them ahead of your trip) and arrange a couple of vineyard visits. Locate those vineyards and arrange a spontaneous driving tour around them, being sure to visit Radda, Gaiole, and Castellina in Chianti. The surprising thing about Chianti is that even in the height of the summer, those roads with scenery so beautiful it will make you weep aren't at all crowded.
Volterra and, especially, Massa Marittima whose principal piazza is not to be believed. Also, the direct north-south drive between these two towns for the Valle del Diavolo (Valley of the Devil), and you'll see why. Disturbing and unforgettable.
Pistoia – one of the real undiscovered jewels of Italy, full of charming streets dating from the Middle Ages and an unusual number of beautiful Romanesque churches. Get a detailed guidebook for Pistoia or stop at the tourist office. Be sure to visit the delightful open-air market in medieval Piazza della Sala, plus the Cathedral (with the St. James altar, a masterpiece of silverwork); the Baptistery; the cathedral square as a whole; and the Ospedale del Ceppo, gorgeous and (by us, at least) totally unexpected. Afternoon at the Medici villa of Poggio a Caiano, with a stop at Carmignano to see Pontormo's Visitation, one of the most beautiful paintings in existence.
Pisa – the Cathedral Square and a walk along the Arno in the morning. Lunch in Lucca followed by a walk around the medieval streets of that gorgeous city.
Back to Florence – The Museo Bargello, a wonderful museum overlooked by the masses crowding into the Uffizi and Accademia. Then a visit to the open-air market of Sant'Ambrogio, with lunch in the little "diner" in the market itself. Then a walk around the medieval streets of the city, perhaps visiting the Palazzo Davanzati or the Museo Horne, followed by the Accademia, again entering 90 minutes before it closes, for the David and, above all, Michelangelo's (unfinished?) Slaves.
A visit to the Casentino: Poppi, Camaldoli, La Verna, and, especially, Gropina, one of our favorite churches in Italy.
Siena – almost forgot it: the Campo and the Cathedral and the Museum of the Cathedral. That will take a morning. The rest of the day, just hang out and enjoy the spectacle.
A venture south of Siena: Three unforgettable abbeys with equally unforgettable scenery surrounding: San Galgano, Monte Oliveto Maggiore, and Sant'Antimo, plus atmospheric Bagno Vignoni, immortalized by Tarkovsky.


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Tales of a Year Lost in Transition
A Boy, A Girl, and an eBike in Bagan
February 9, 2016 By Lauren 7 Comments
Burma has yet to develop sufficient infrastructure to deal with the large-scale tourism that will surely come. Case in point: our flight from Yangon to Bagan. We weren't willing to devote a full day on a bus or train, so we decided to splurge for a flight. The cheapest we could find cost $230 per person to go only 300 miles. Our airline and departure city was designated by a sticker we were made to wear. We found out after we boarded, that it was actually three shorter flights since the plane would make two more stops before arriving at our destination. And when we arrived, there was no baggage claim carousel. Instead, a worker unloaded the bags from a cart and actually walked ours directly out to our car. The up side of air travel in Burma, though, is that it is still treated as a luxury. A line of gate agents with big umbrellas protected us from the sun as we waiting to board the plane, and the stewardess on board greeted us with towels and offered us a meal even though it was only a very short-haul flight.
Our guesthouse was similarly rustic, but the overwhelming hospitality of the family that ran it more than made up for its minimal decor and temperamental hot water tank. They were a wealth of information about the best temple-viewing routes and local restaurants. We had a fantastic breakfast each morning on the rooftop patio with a range of Western and Asian breakfast options, which were always served with a heaping plate of fruit, fresh juice, and a special dish of the day like coconut bao or tea leaf salad (a Myanmar specialty that I haven't seen anywhere else in the world). We were offered tea and a snack every time we came in, and the owner even called our airline to make sure our flight was on time. Our guesthouse was also responsible for outfitting us with what would be our favorite part of our Burma visit: our ebike.
Tea leaf salad, a unique dish to Burma
We also left the touristy restaurant row to find a local favorite with noodles for $0.70
But first a word on why we were in Bagan in the first place. This city was the capital of an ancient kingdom that reached its height between the 11th and 13th centuries. During this time, and to showcase the power and wealth of the Kingdom of Pagan, over 10,000 Buddhist temples were constructed in the city alone. Over 2,000 of these temples remain today and are scattered throughout the modern-day town. Bagan is often compared to the more famous Angkor Wat in Cambodia. Except the massive complex of Angkor Wat can be thought of like a huge feast set before you on the table, while Bagan is more like Spanish Tapas and experienced in smaller, more spread out portions. There are also significantly fewer people at the table in Bagan compared to Angkor Wat, it bears mentioning.
One of the 2,000+ temples of Bagan
There were so many unique designs to admire
Some are huge
Some are medium
Some are small
Some are returning to nature
Some serve as the grazing grounds for goats
But every temple has at least one Buddha in it
Though some are locked up and you have to find a "keyholder" to see them
Quite a few are pretty creepy… not helped by vendors selling these hanging dolls from nearby trees
A few also have legends about being haunted
Many of them have dark staircases inside that you can climb up
And ledges that drop off quite suddenly
But bravery is rewarded by sweeping views
Of temple spires as far as the eye can see
Since the temples are sprinkled throughout the countryside, you need to find a way to get yourself between them. Most people we saw were on an organized tour and were shuttled in between the major temples in large buses. Independent travelers got to choose between a number of options: hiring a private car, a horse and buggy, a bicycle, or an ebike. We chose the latter and couldn't have been happier. Cars were limited to only the paved roads. Horse and buggies were smelly and usually manned by touts. Bicycles were fun for exploring the villages, but demanded incredible effort to see the more far flung temples that were only accessible by sandy paths. Ebikes were the best. These electric scooters could go up to 40km per hour on the main roads and were a godsend on the sandy roads. Our ebike gave us complete freedom to explore Bagan on our own… and it was also super fun. And, of course, Chris had to name them. Our ebike on day one was the Yellow Dart, and (after finding out that the Yellow Dart was still charging and thus unavailable) our ebike on day two was the Ginger Ninja. Oh yeah, and for the two of us it cost 8,000 kyat a day ($6.33).
Chris and The Yellow Dart
Buffs to the rescue on the sandy roads
Avocado smoothies (ahhhh-mazing) were the perfect thing after a dusty day
The Yellow Dart and Ginger Ninja gave us complete freedom to explore the temples of Bagan on our own. Although the most famous ones like the Ananda Temple and Dhammayan Gyi Temple were the biggest and best preserved, we found them overcrowded and full of vendors (but, I'll have to admit, the touts here were definitely more friendly and less pushy than those we've found elsewhere). We much preferred to explore the smaller and more remote temples where we were usually completely alone. Many of the temples had dark staircases inside that led to the top with gorgeous views, and we always made sure to bring our headlamps to be able to find our way.
The larger, more ornate ones were beautiful
But they were often crowded with tour groups
And so many vendors
You have to practice your "no, thank yous"
And learn to make a quick exit
Those last photos look like we're in a market, but we were just trying to make our way into Bagan's most famous temple, Ananda
Ananda is still a very active temple for devotees
I no longer felt bad about taking photos inside once I saw a monk doing it
Chris and I miraculously found a corner of Ananda to ourselves
And made it to other bigger temples in between the buses
But we much preferred the deserted ones like this
And admiring some of the more popular ones from afar
Like this one too
Often it was just us and the bats inside a temple
Chris was convinced that we often found ourselves in the perfect setting for a lion attack
Our ebikes gave us an immense about of freedom to visit whichever temple we liked in Bagan
Sunset is also a big deal in Bagan. A lot of time and effort are spent by tourists to find the perfect place to watch the sun go down and cast a red glow over the tops of the temples along the horizon. We completely avoided the Shwesandaw Pagoda, which is accessibly via the main road and thus overrun by tour groups. Even the "less crowded" spot mentioned by our Lonely Planet guidebook was packed with tourists as we went by. Thankfully, our wonderful guesthouse manager gave us a local scoop on her favorite sunset viewing spot. We pulled up on the ebike right as the sun was setting, dashed up the crumbling steps in the dark (and eerie) interior, and made it to the top to find only two other couples sharing the view. It was perfect.
Lonely Planet's "uncrowded spot" is no longer
Even this other minor temple nearby had every seat taken
The path to the secret sunset temple was refreshingly deserted
Looks like only four other people knew about this secret spot
It was very pretty from the outside
But a little creepy inside, which added to the excitement
The view from the top was totally worth it
Enjoying a peaceful sunset over Bagan
Picture perfect, indeed
Our days on the ebike and watching the sunset over the misty, temple-sprinkled plains of Bagan definitely earn a spot near the top of our favorite travel experiences on the trip. There was much that we weren't able to see during our week in Burma, like visiting the scenic Inle Lake or taking a boat cruise along the Ayeyarwaddy River. We know we'll be back to Burma at some time in the future, but we couldn't help but wonder if we'll still need an ebike when all the sandy paths are paved or how long until a baggage carousel is installed at the airport. For now, we're thankful for our time of perfect travel balance in Burma.
Filed Under: Adventures Tagged With: Asia, Myanmar
Mary McCausland says
Lauren, seeing all the temples via ebike sounds like so much fun! What great photos! And an amazing sunset. I regret not having gone to Burma. If you had to compare it to another southeast Asian country, which would you say it's most similar to? Laos? Thailand?
Probably undeveloped like Laos but with the ruins more like Angkor Wat!
The sunset was outshined by how great your hair is looking!
Lux says
Looks like heaven!
Imari says
Well if for whatever reason ya get bored with investing, you guys have a future in photography! Awesome shots.
Beautiful sunset!


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Q: How to encode a webscraped image link in UTF-8 to ASCII but still have a functional link? I'm trying to webscrape a link to an image to use it in my Kivy app. The problem is that the image adress has Polish signs in it (ę, ł , ó, ą) and I get this error:
UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position 36-37: ordinal not in range(128)

Full error traceback:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "F:\Kivy\lib\site-packages\kivy\loader.py", line 342, in _load_urllib
    fd = opener.open(request)
  File "c:\users\user\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\urllib\request.py", line 526, in open
    response = self._open(req, data)
  File "c:\users\user\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\urllib\request.py", line 544, in _open
    '_open', req)
  File "c:\users\user\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\urllib\request.py", line 504, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "c:\users\user\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\urllib\request.py", line 1361, in https_open
    context=self._context, check_hostname=self._check_hostname)
  File "c:\users\user\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\urllib\request.py", line 1318, in do_open
    encode_chunked=req.has_header('Transfer-encoding'))
  File "c:\users\user\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\http\client.py", line 1239, in request
    self._send_request(method, url, body, headers, encode_chunked)
  File "c:\users\user\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\http\client.py", line 1250, in _send_request
    self.putrequest(method, url, **skips)
  File "c:\users\user\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\http\client.py", line 1117, in putrequest
    self._output(request.encode('ascii'))
UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character '\u0142' in position 36: ordinal not in range(128)
[INFO   ] [GL          ] NPOT texture support is available
[INFO   ] [WindowSDL   ] exiting mainloop and closing.
[INFO   ] [Base        ] Leaving application in progress...

Process finished with exit code 0

Here is an example where you can see what I mean. On picture loads normaly, without errors, the second one outputs the UnicodeEncodeError and displays a black color.
from kivy.app import App
from kivy.lang import Builder

build_structure = """
Screen:
    BoxLayout:
        AsyncImage:
            # This doesnt load because it's in UTF-8 and outputs the error above
            # but it doesn't break the app.

            source: app.link_to_image_bad
        AsyncImage:
            # This one does load
            source: app.link_to_image_good
"""

class ImageApp(App):
    # This link has Polish signs in it so it will give the UnicodeEncodeError
    link_to_image_bad = "https://nowa.1lo.gorzow.pl/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Szkoła-do-hymnu.png"

    link_to_image_good = "https://nowa.1lo.gorzow.pl/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Olimpiada-statystyczna.png"

    def build(self):
        return Builder.load_string(build_structure)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    ImageApp().run()

Output of the code above:

Is there a way to avoid this error and still have a functional link?

A: URL should already be ASCII compatible. The traffic on Internet (aka HTTP) works so: only ASCII URLS (with additional restrictions). Browsers now tend to unescape URL. [the %20 and other %xx character we saw in part in URL]. Note: now we have UTF-8 encoding, and on top a URL escaping. So, you should remember that you have two layers to encoding.
You should escape URL, see URL quoting. I would use quote() and unquote(). On comments, we saw a quote_plus(), but that change also the space, useful some time, but it will change the meaning of original data.
EDIT:
Ok, I problems. there seems to be something strange on how kivy handle the URLS. quote() is meant only for the path part, not for the first part of URL.
As an hack (it doesn't work if you have a specific port: it will quote the : in front of the port):
url = 'https://nowa.1lo.gorzow.pl/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Szkoła-do-hymnu.png'
url_split = url.split('//')
'//'.join([url_split[0], urllib.parse.quote(url_split[1]))

So you get the wanted: 'https://nowa.1lo.gorzow.pl/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Szko%C5%82a-do-hymnu.png' as used by browsers.
You may want to include it into your own functions (and maybe check if there is a port number, to exclude it from quoting).
But wait, maybe someone has the true solution for Kivy. I never use full qualified path (so with protocol and domain), so for me basic quote() is enough.

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Freedom House Foundation
Larry Grantham Celebrity Golf Classic on July 15 will honor former NY Giants player Karl Nelson
Freedom House Foundation Larry Grantham Celebrity Golf Classic on July 15 will honor former NY Giants player Karl Nelson Check out this story on mycentraljersey.com: http://mycj.co/1Mmrkiy
Published 11:02 a.m. ET July 11, 2015
Karl Nelson, former starting right tackle on super Bowl XXI Champion Giants, will be presented with the Sportsman of the Year Award during the 24th annual Larry Grantham Celebrity Golf Classic, a July 15 fund-raising event for Freedom House.(Photo: ~Photo Courtesy of Freedom House)
Larry Grantham Celebrity Golf Classic committee announces Karl Nelson as honoree
Award ceremony will celebrate honoree, Karl Nelson, former offsensive tackle for the New York Giants.
Nelson will receive the Sportsman of the Year award for his outstanding sportsmanship throughout his career
24th annual Larry Grantham Celebrity Golf Classic also a fundraising event to benefit Freedom House
A star-studded lineup of sports celebrities is set to hit the links at Fiddler's Elbow Country Club in Bedminster on July 15 for the 24th annual Larry Grantham Celebrity Golf Classic, a fundraising event to benefit Freedom House, a residential substance abuse halfway house in northwest New Jersey.
The day's events include brunch, golf, a post-golf reception, dinner, and an awards ceremony which will celebrate honoree, Karl Nelson, former offensive tackle for the New York Giants.
"We are very excited to be honoring Karl Nelson with the Sportsman of the Year Award for his outstanding sportsmanship throughout his career," said Stan Prater, Golf Committee chairman.
This year's award will be presented by Bart Oates, former New York Giant Super Bowl champion and last year's recipient of the Sportsman of the Year Award. Scott Clark, former director of sports at WABC-TV in New York City, will be emceeing the day/evening festivities.
"This a great way to enjoy a wonderful day of golf, rub elbows with some sports celebrities, all while helping to raise money for a great cause," said Dawn Knill, Freedom House director of marketing and development,
The event takes place at the newly renovated and expanded Fiddler's Elbow Country Club in Bedminster. The golf club now boasts an array of changes, upgrades and enhancements. For more information about the event or for registration information, contact Tracy Moran at tmoran@freedomhousenj.org or call 908-617-5492. Visit this link to download a brochure http://www.freedomhousenj.org/category/freedom-house-foundationfreedom-house-larry-grantham-celebrity-golf-classic/ Freedom House is a 501(c)3 organization.
Freedom House of New Jersey, founded in 1986, provides three major programs for those suffering from substance abuse and co-occurring disorders: long-term residential treatment in a halfway house setting to adult males; The Family Afterward a transitional program that provides intensive case management for women who are recovering from alcoholism and/or drug addiction and who are seeking reunification with their children; and the outpatient program, which began in 2014, for men and women who are in need of treatment, but also need to maintain their careers and family life during the recovery period.
Freedom House has provided men with room, board, substance abuse treatment services, life skills training and education, job seeking skills and assistance with job search and all transportation to and from work. Once working, residents are required to make a contribution toward their program fee, saving a third for expense after they leave the house. For more information, call 908-617-5492 or visit www.freedomhousenj.org.
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Intrigo: Dear Agnes
What is a human life worth? How is it possible that a woman like Agnes could agree to kill another human being? Is it the money? Or are there other forces at play? A funeral. A young widow and two adult children. Agnes is burying her much older husband and the children are his, not hers. Agnes senses that someone is watching her and glimpses a woman roughly her own age standing nearby. Within seconds, the woman is gone. They were once very close, Agnes and Henny. A friendship both rewarding and demanding, which ended in disaster. Now Henny seeks reconciliation. But Agnes seems cautious. Agnes is completely thrown by Henny's proposal. Henny is married to David, and asks Agnes to help her murder him. She's prepared to pay good money and also to let Agnes choose the manner in which David is to die. Agnes realizes that the past has caught up with her and that she has no choice. What really happened between Agnes and Henny in Bruges all those years ago? How could it be that two people who …
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Q: Is it possible to apply functions to an external table DDL in BigQuery? I have JSONL data being loaded into a GCS bucket, and some "record" field types are blank (i.e., {}). So auto detecting the schema ends up creating a RECORD type which has no sub fields (this is not allowed in BigQuery).
As a workaround, I have created the external table as such:
CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE `my_table`
OPTIONS
(
    uris=['gs://path/to/files/*'],
    format=JSON,
    ignore_unknown_values=true
)

(this table cannot be queried fully as I receive an error: Unsupported empty struct type for field '<field name here>'). So I create a view on top of this external table as such:
CREATE VIEW `my_table_view` AS
select TO_JSON_STRING(value) as column from `my_table`

and then I can successfully query this view (built on top of the external table) for any column.
My question is, can I skip creating the view and add this TO_JSON_STRING function in the external table definition itself? I have not been able to figure out how as I keep getting syntax errors.