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create database if not exists conjugator;
use conjugator;

-- Create a user if not exits for the created database.
grant all on conjugator.* to 'conjugator'@'localhost' identified by 'conjugator';

-- table for verbs
create table if not exists verb(
	id int primary key not null auto_increment,
	type int unsigned not null,
    name varchar(100),
    description text
);

-- this make each verb unique
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX  `idx_verb_name`  ON `conjugator`.`verb` (name)

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Should Children in Immigration Court Be Their Own Attorneys?
Amid growing violence in Central America and Mexico, thousands of unaccompanied immigrant children have sought safety and stability in the United States over the past several years. After reaching a peak in the summer of 2014, the U.S. saw a slight decrease in the numbers of such children coming to the U.S. last year; however, fiscal year 2016, which began on October 1, 2015, has thus far seen another dramatic increase in children from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras crossing the southern border. But one thing that has not changed is the lack of legal representation for many of these vulnerable children.
After being apprehended at the border, unaccompanied children are placed in removal proceedings in immigration court, where an Immigration Judge will determine whether the child can remain legally in the U.S. or will be deported. Though the federal government is represented in these proceedings by trained, experienced Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) attorneys, individuals in removal proceedings, including children, are not provided an attorney to represent them – the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) currently provides noncitizens the right to legal representation, but "at no expense to the Government." Thus, if children cannot afford to pay costly attorneys' fees or are unable find pro bono representation on their own, they will be forced to defend themselves in these extremely complex proceedings.
Given the sheer numbers of children in need of representation, nonprofit legal service providers have been stretched beyond capacity in recent years, struggling to meet the demand for low-cost or free legal services. While the federal government currently funds some initiatives to increase representation, such as the Vera Institute of Justice's Unaccompanied Children Program and the more recently created justice AmeriCorps, the need is still greater: despite the best efforts of attorneys and nonprofits around the country, almost 50% of all unaccompanied minors are unrepresented by counsel during their removal proceedings in immigration court. 89.4% of children ordered removed (deported) in the last two years did not have any attorney; that number climbs to 96.6% of children ordered removed in absentia (in other words, ordered removed because they did not appear at their hearing).
Central American migrant children. Photo by Peter Haden.
And having an attorney is often the deciding factor in whether a child is able to remain in the U.S. legally. Most unaccompanied minors who qualify for immigration relief apply for asylum and/or Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), two forms of legal status that involve very complex requirements and application processes.
In order to be granted asylum, individuals must demonstrate that they fear persecution in their home country on account of their race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group. Because most unaccompanied children's asylum claims tend to be based on domestic violence or child abuse, or persecution by vicious gang members, their claims often rest on them proving that they fear persecution on account of their membership in a particular social group, which involves an even higher evidentiary burden. This category of asylum applicants must show that they are part of a social group that can be defined with "particularity" and that has "social distinction" (legal terms of art that are still being fought over in court cases around the country), and that their home country's government is either unable or unwilling to control the non-state actor persecuting them. Not only do they have to sufficiently complete the asylum application form, but they have to present incredibly complex legal arguments demonstrating how they meet each eligibility requirement, supported by expert testimony, country conditions reports, and documentary evidence from their own lives. Obviously this is a challenging task for anyone to accomplish without the assistance of an attorney with specialized training – whether an asylum seeker has legal representation has been found to be the single most important factor determining the outcome of the case. Imagine how much more difficult it becomes for a minor child who entered the U.S. without his or her parents, most likely does not speak English, and has been traumatized by so much in such a short lifetime.
SIJS, on the other hand, is a form of relief available to children who are unable to reunify with one or both of their parents due to abuse, abandonment, or neglect. But before a child can apply for SIJS and eventually lawful permanent resident status before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), s/he first has to be declared dependent on a state "juvenile court," usually through guardianship or custody proceedings, and obtain a predicate order making certain special findings about the child and his or her parents. It is impossible to apply for SIJS without attaching a certified copy of that predicate order from state court, but it is highly unlikely that a child and his or her guardian would be able to navigate that process without legal representation. While most state family and juvenile courts have resources in place to assist individuals with simple guardianship or custody cases pro se (without an attorney), the vast majority of those resources will not include assistance with obtaining an SIJS predicate order. Many state court judges are unfamiliar with, or sometimes even hostile towards, SIJS and believe that they cannot or should not make the requisite findings (despite the fact that Congress designated state courts as the only appropriate bodies to do so); others have afforded different interpretations to amendments made to federal immigration law in 2008, so that more legal arguments may be required before the state court. Accordingly, it is very unlikely that a state court judge would spontaneously issue an SIJS predicate order to a child without it being requested and explained by an attorney. Additionally, while a child can apply for SIJS before USCIS until age 21, the laws governing the maximum age for state courts to take jurisdiction over guardianship or custody cases varies by state and sometimes even by type of proceeding – nuances that a non-English-speaking child without an attorney is unlikely to identify.
Thankfully, more and more government officials are recognizing what attorneys and advocates have known for years – these children need and deserve greater access to legal representation. Last month, a group of Democratic senators introduced the Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2016, which was then introduced in the House of Representatives by another group of Democratic lawmakers shortly thereafter. The law would provide counsel, "at government expense if necessary," to all unaccompanied children in removal proceedings, as well as to other vulnerable populations such as those with disabilities, victims of "abuse, torture, or violence," and others as necessary to ensure fair and efficient proceedings. Additionally, it seeks to "improv[e] immigration court efficiency and reduc[e] costs" by automatically providing all noncitizens in immigration court with access to relevant documents in their government file, a huge improvement over the current process of having to file and wait months for the results of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for each individual in proceedings. The bill also provides for increased access to "Know Your Rights" presentations and counsel to noncitizens in immigration detention facilities, and creates a pilot program for case management services to vulnerable populations as well. Advocates enthusiastically welcomed the bill, but it of course remains to be seen whether it will actually be enacted into law.
The proposed law follows the filing of a lawsuit in federal court in Seattle in 2014. J.E.F.M. v. Lynch (originally J.E.F.M. v. Holder) is a nationwide class action lawsuit arguing that the government's failure to provide legal representation to unaccompanied children in removal proceedings violates both the INA and the Constitution's Fifth Amendment guarantee of due process, and seeking to require the government to provide counsel to these children. The suit is ongoing, but sworn testimony from the proceedings recently made headlines when Assistant Chief Immigration Judge Jack Weil stated in a deposition that he has "taught immigration law literally to 3-year-olds and 4-year-olds." Legal and child development experts scoffed at the notion that such young children could effectively represent themselves in court, and three former Immigration Judges filed a brief in the case this week, pointing out that "[a] typical three-year-old cannot tie her shoes, count to 100, peel a banana, or be trusted not to swallow marbles." Immigration lawyers have been posting (adorable) videos of their own young children trying to "defend" themselves, further demonstrating the nonsensical nature of the judge's claims.
Though that ideal world may still be far in the future, there is a growing consensus that representation should at least be provided to the most vulnerable populations appearing before the immigration courts. Teenagers and toddlers should not be sent back to their deaths without a meaningful opportunity to defend themselves, and they cannot do that on their own.


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Police capture one of two suspects in Fourth Street carjacking Sunday
Posted by The Argonaut | Sep 29, 2005 | News - Features, Santa Monica | 0 |
One of two suspects in a carjacking in Santa Monica early Sunday, September 25th, was arrested after Santa Monica police were led on a vehicle pursuit that ended after a traffic collision in Los Angeles.
Police had been called to the 1500 block of Fourth Street at 1:18 p.m. regarding an armed robbery and carjacking that had just occurred.
Preliminary investigation revealed that two victims were entering their vehicle when two suspects approached them.
One of the suspects forcibly grabbed the purse of one of the victims and sprayed both victims with pepper spray, police allege.
Both suspects allegedly entered the victims' vehicle and drove away.
The two victims were treated for eye irritation from the pepper spray.
A Santa Monica police unit saw the vehicle a short time later on the eastbound Santa Monica Freeway (I-10) at La Brea Avenue.
The suspects' vehicle allegedly failed to stop for the police car and a vehicle pursuit ensued, police said.
The vehicle pursuit ended at the intersection of Laurel and Rosewood Avenues in Los Angeles after a traffic collision.
The two suspects then fled the scene and police established a perimeter.
One of the suspects was arrested at the scene, but the second suspect remains at large, police said.
The apprehended suspect was identified as Keith Duane Pye, 22, of Los Angeles.
The second suspect is described as a black female in her 20s, five feet six to five feet seven, 140 to 185 pounds, having black hair. She was wearing a white baggy T-shirt and blue pants.
Pye was booked at the Santa Monica Jail and charged with armed robbery, carjacking, felony evading, felony hit and run and parole violation, with no bail.
Anyone having information regarding this incident is asked to contact the Santa Monica Police Department at (310) 458-8491.
Callers who wish to remain anonymous may also call the We-Tip national hotline at (800) 78-CRIME (782-7463).
Callers with information that leads to an arrest and conviction become eligible for a reward of up to $1,000.
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Ariel Enrique Holan (Buenos Aires, Argentina; 14 de septiembre de 1960) es un entrenador argentino de fútbol y hockey sobre césped, actualmente es el entrenador de Universidad Católica de la Primera División de Chile.

Trayectoria

Hockey
Inició su carrera deportiva como director técnico de hockey sobre césped, actividad que realizó durante más de 10 años en los principales clubes de Argentina. Siendo el director técnico de la selección femenina de hockey sobre césped de Uruguay, obtuvo la medalla de bronce en los Juegos Panamericanos de 2003, celebrados en Santo Domingo. El reconocimiento que obtuvo como entrenador le permitió ser invitado a dictar clínicas de fútbol en Estados Unidos en Pennsylvania y Atlantic City.

Entrenaba todas las divisiones del Club Alemán de Lomas de Zamora (SAGLZ) en el año 82-87. Mostró capacidad de llevar todas las divisiones. Llevó al equipo femenino de hockey de Banfield desde las últimas divisiones a la segunda división. Dirigió a la selección femenina de hockey sobre césped de Uruguay, logrando una medalla en los Juegos Panamericanos 2003 en Santo Domingo. Posteriormente dirigió un seleccionado de Buenos Aires, viajando en ocasiones a Estados Unidos para dictar charlas y clínicas.

Fútbol
En el fútbol profesional inició su carrera en 2004, como miembro del equipo de colaboradores de Jorge Burruchaga en su paso por Arsenal de Sarandí, Estudiantes de La Plata y posteriormente en Independiente de Avellaneda. Entre 2006 y 2008 se desempeñó como director de la escuela de fútbol de Independiente. Posteriormente se sumó como ayudante de campo de Jorge Burruchaga cuando este asumió como director técnico del Club Atlético Banfield. Al finalizar el contrato, continuó junto al mismo entrenador en un nuevo paso por Arsenal Fútbol Club durante la temporada 2009/2010.

Al inicio de 2011 tomó la dirección técnica de inferiores en Argentinos Juniors hasta que fue convocado por el Club Atlético River Plate para formar parte del cuerpo técnico liderado por Matías Almeyda tras el primer descenso de la historia de este club. Luego de un año de trabajo el club logró el objetivo, obteniendo el campeonato de Primera B Nacional y así ascendiendo al equipo a la Primera División de Argentina. El Millonario finalizó con un total de 73 puntos (20 partidos ganados, 13 empatados y 5 perdidos), con 66 goles a favor y 28 en contra. Con el mismo cuerpo técnico iniciaron el Campeonato de Primera División 2012/13, culminando su contrato con River Plate cuando el club decidió finiquitar el contrato con Matías Almeyda.

Defensa y Justicia
En junio de 2015 Defensa y Justicia confirmó en su cuenta de Twitter la contratación de Holan como director técnico, sustituyendo a Darío Franco. Trabajó en el club de Florencio Varela hasta el 14 de noviembre de 2016.

En 2016 el club hizo historia al eliminar a Independiente de la Copa Argentina 2015/16 con un gol de Andres Ríos, y obtener el 4º puesto de la Zona B en el torneo de Primera División 2016, que lo clasificó a su primer torneo internacional, la Copa Sudamericana 2017.

Independiente

Tras un buen paso por el Halcón de Varela, el 29 de diciembre de 2016 fue convocado por el Club Atlético Independiente para dirigir su equipo de primera división tras la salida de Gabriel Milito, firmando un contrato hasta diciembre de 2017. En los primeros días de trabajo fue muy cuestionado por periodistas y exfutbolistas como Jorge Burruchaga, Ricardo Enrique Bochini o Daniel Bertoni (Los cuales luego pidieron sus respectivas disculpas), por un audio que se filtró de él sobre como quería ver jugar a su Independiente y por su metodología de trabajo, por el uso de equipamiento de alta tecnología para el seguimiento del rendimiento de los jugadores, la prensa amarilla y ciertos personajes del fútbol, poco acostumbrados al uso profesional de la tecnología en el deporte, consideró estas declaraciones como una sobre-exposición; estas críticas se fueron disipando a medida que el equipo empezó a jugar tal cual él había dicho, recuperando la identidad de juego que caracterizó a Independiente en los mejores años de su historia.

El 13 de diciembre de 2017 se consagró campeón de la Copa Sudamericana empatando 1 a 1 en el mítico estadio Maracaná frente al Flamengo, quedando así 3-2 en el global. Esta victoria fue de una real importancia para el club, ya que no tenía ningún título desde 2010 y había pasado una temporada en la segunda categoría del fútbol argentino, algo inédito en su historia. El público de Club Atlético Independiente agradeció al entrenador y le tomó gran cariño por el título y juego que logró imprimirle al equipo. Una semana después de salir campeón decidió no renovar su contrato debido a las constantes amenazas de barrabravas del club, por no acceder a suspuestos pagos. Fue el primer caso que un director técnico profesional realiza una denuncia penal por estos actos delictivos de los que fue víctima. Luego de conversaciones, unos días más tarde revocó su decisión, cuando el Ministro de Seguridad de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Cristian Ritondo, le dio garantías de la seguridad propia y de su grupo familiar. Con esto, decide continuar en el cargo y renovar su contrato hasta el 31 de diciembre de 2018.

El 28 de junio de 2018, el Club anunció la renovación anticipada del contrato hasta el año 2021. El 8 de agosto de 2018 se consagró ganador en Japón de la Copa Suruga Bank ganándole 1 a 0 al Cerezo Osaka con gol de Silvio Romero. No obstante realizada la renovación del contrato, el club y Holan acordaron dar por terminada la relación contractual el 30 de junio de 2019.

Universidad Católica
El 12 de diciembre de 2019 es oficializado como nuevo director técnico de Universidad Católica de Chile para la temporada 2020. Cuatro días después firma su contrato con vigencia hasta el 31 de diciembre de 2021, con una cláusula especial de salida con opción de parte de Holan luego del primer año como entrenador. Hizo su debut con el club en el último partido que disputó la UC en la temporada 2019, la semifinal de la Copa Chile 2019, la cual se aplazó por las protestas en Chile para el 18 de enero de 2020.

El 10 de febrero de 2021, en un torneo aplazado por la pandemia de COVID-19, Universidad Católica se coronó campeón de la Primera División 2020, con Holan al mandó la UC alcanzó su primer tricampeonato de su historia. El 18 de febrero de 2021, tras la obtención del título, hace oficial su salida del club, ejerciendo la cláusula de su contrato.

Santos
El 22 de febrero de 2021 es oficializado como nuevo director técnico del Santos de Brasil, hasta el año 2023. El 26 de abril de 2021, renuncia al club debido a malos resultados y también por los incidentes fuera de su departamento de los hinchas del club. El técnico dejará el "Peixe" después de 12 partidos, en los que anotó cuatro victorias, tres empates y cinco derrotas con un rendimiento del 42%.

León
El 11 de mayo de 2021 es oficializado como nuevo director técnico del León de México. El entrenador fue presentado a través de una llamada telefónica. Los hinchas tenían que marcar un número, en el que luego se escuchaba un mensaje del nuevo entrenador, anunciado su llegada en su primera experiencia en el fútbol mexicano. El 21 de abril de 2022, el club Leon FC oficializa a través de su cuenta oficial de Twitter, la renuncia presentada por el entrenador.

Segunda etapa en Universidad Católica
El 30 de abril de 2022, se anunció su retorno a Universidad Católica, firmando un contrato desde el 1 de mayo de 2022 hasta diciembre de 2023.

Clubes

Como entrenador

Como ayudante de campo

Estadísticas como entrenador

 Actualizado de acuerdo al último partido dirigido el .

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Resumen estadístico

 Actualizado de acuerdo al último partido dirigido el .

Palmarés

Como ayudante de campo

Campeonatos nacionales

Como entrenador

Campeonatos nacionales

Campeonatos internacionales

Hockey

Como entrenador

Campeonatos internacionales

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Página web oficial de Ariel Holan
 Twitter Oficial de Ariel Holan
 Record Mundial de Entrenadores

Entrenadores de fútbol de Argentina
Entrenadores de fútbol que nunca jugaron profesionalmente
Entrenadores del Club Social y Deportivo Defensa y Justicia
Entrenadores del Club Atlético Independiente
Entrenadores del Club Deportivo Universidad Católica
Entrenadores del Santos Futebol Clube
Entrenadores del Club León

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import classNames from 'clsx'
import type * as React from 'react'

import Select from '../../../../../core/components/baseItems/Select/index.js'
import classes from './styles.module.css'

interface Props extends React.ComponentProps<typeof Select> {
  readonly choices: ReadonlyArray<string>
}
export default function SelectString({
  choices,
  className,
  ...restProps
}: Props) {
  return (
    <Select className={classNames(classes['main'], className)} {...restProps}>
      {choices.map((optionChoice, optionChoiceIndex) => {
        return (
          <option key={optionChoiceIndex} value={optionChoiceIndex}>
            {optionChoice}
          </option>
        )
      })}
    </Select>
  )
}


Have you been injured while at work or have you been diagnosed with a workplace related illness? If you have, you may be worrying about your job and how you are going to pay for medical treatment. You may be wondering whether you can obtain any sort of compensation from your employer. The good news is that you may be eligible for workers' compensation if your employer has taken out this sort of insurance cover. If your employer has no workers' comp. cover, you may still be able to obtain compensation through a personal injury claim. A workplace injury attorney at the Injury Lawyer San Antonio can provide professional advice and legal help whichever type of claim is most suited to your circumstances.
Workers' compensation in Texas – are you covered?
It is commonplace for many employers, especially large ones, to take out workers' compensation insurance to cover them and their employees in the event that one of them suffers from a workplace injury or illness. In Texas, employers are not obliged by law to have insurance cover. It is left to each individual employer to make that decision. Employers often do have workers' compensation insurance as it then prevents an employee from suing them if their injury or illness is caused by the negligence of the employer.
Workers' compensation is a no-fault type of insurance. As a worker, a compensation payment may be paid out regardless of whose fault the injury or illness was. Workers' compensation is restricted to payment for medical treatment, sometimes by a preferred medical provider determined by the employer, as well as around two thirds of any lost wages. Non-economic damages, such as compensation for the pain and suffering caused by the injury, are not part of a workers' compensation payment.
There is an established process for a workers' compensation claim. You must inform your supervisor of the injury, complete an accident report within a given time frame and then file the claim with your employer's insurer. If a claim is denied by the insurer there is a procedure in place in Texas that allows you to appeal the decision. A workplace injury attorney here at the Injury Lawyer San Antonio can help you decide which claim to file and how to provide the relevant information needed to support your claim. If you decide to appeal a denied claim, you will almost certainly need expert legal advice which we can provide.
overwork and fatigue because of insufficient staffing.
Although a personal injury claim is limited to injuries and illnesses that are the fault of the employer, there can be a significant financial advantage over a workers' compensation claim. Generally, a successful personal injury settlement will cover all current and potential future medical costs related to the injury or illness, all lost wages and potential future lost wages, as well as non-economic payments not covered by typical workers' comp. claims such as compensation for pain and suffering and, in some cases, punitive damages. The expectation for conclusive proof of negligence is higher in a personal injury claim. The standard of documentation required to accompany a claim is also higher than for a workers' comp. claim.
Whichever type of claim you file will normally depend on whether your employer has workers' compensation insurance or not. Even if your employer does have workers' comp. insurance, you may still decide to file a personal injury claim if there are problems with your employer's insurer or the claim is denied. If you have suffered any kind of workplace related injury or illness, you should schedule an appointment with our experienced workplace injury attorneys. Call the Injury Lawyer San Antonio today at (210) 646-9100.


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import { CommonModule }        from '@angular/common';
import { NgModule }            from '@angular/core';
import { FormsModule }         from '@angular/forms';
import { ReactiveFormsModule } from '@angular/forms';
import { HttpModule }          from '@angular/http';
import { MaterialModule }      from '@angular/material';

import 'hammerjs';

// Dependency Modules
import { CategoryModule } from '../category/category.module';
import { SharedModule } from '../shared/shared.module';
import { UserModule } from '../user/user.module';

// Routing Module
import { ProductRoutingModule } from './product-routing.module';

// Components
import { ProductListComponent }       from './list/product-list.component';
import { ProductEditComponent }     from './edit/product-edit.component';
import { ProductDetailComponent }     from './detail/product-detail.component';

// Services
import { ProductService }       from './product.service';
import { ProductChangeService } from './product-change.service';

@NgModule({
  imports: [
    CommonModule,
    HttpModule,
    MaterialModule,
    FormsModule,
    ReactiveFormsModule,
    UserModule,
    CategoryModule,
    SharedModule,

    ProductRoutingModule // must be last
  ],
  declarations: [
    ProductListComponent,
    ProductEditComponent,
    ProductDetailComponent
  ],
  providers: [
    ProductService,
    ProductChangeService
  ]
})
export class ProductModule { }


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Q: Type checking with an array in Typescript I'm attempting to call the api = https://pokeapi.co/api/v2/type
I wish to display the array in the data using the async pipe.
I'm doing this via the html:
<option *ngFor="let pokemonType of pokemonTypes$ | async" [value]="pokemonType.url">{{pokemonType.name | titlecase}}</option>

I have a Filter interface for this:
export interface Filter {
  name: string;
  url: string;
}

I have the following method in my httpService file:
getTypes(): Observable<Filter[]> {
        return this.http.get<Filter[]>("https://pokeapi.co/api/v2/type", { responseType: 'json', observe: 'response' }).pipe(map((res: any) => res.body.results));
    }

But when I try to set pokemonTypes$ in my component:
pokemonTypes$: Filter[] = [];
this.pokemonTypes$ = this.httpService.getTypes();

I get the following error:
Type 'Observable<Filter[]>' is missing the following properties from type 'Filter[]': length, pop, push, concat, and 27 more

Any ideas as to why?

A: pokemonTypes$ is expected to be an observable, yet your'e initializing it as an empty list.
if you want to init it with empty list, you should init it as an observable which contains empty list like this:
pokemonTypes$ = of([]) as Observable<Filter[]>;

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Everything is possible with animation! Get in from the cold and toast your body and mind to the warm glow of animated stories. Toronto Animation Arts Festival International brings you eye-popping shorts, features and the filmmakers behind them. From our Saturday Morning Cartoons to the Midnight Madness program, TAAFI 2019 is going to satisfy that cartoon craving!
A psychoterapist suffers violent nightmares inspired by legendary works of art. Four of his patients, expert thieves, offer to steal the works, since he believes that once he owns them, the nightmares will disappear. He becomes a wanted criminal known as "The Collector". Who will dare to catch him and his gang?


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West London News
Ealing looks for Borough of Culture support
Webmaster Member News, West London News October 24, 2017
Ealing is canvassing support for its bid to become London Borough of Culture 2019.
Inspired by the UK City and European Capital of Culture Programmes, the competition, launched by the Mayor of London, would, hopes Ealing Council, help them showcase how the arts and culture could help achieve their ambitions for a prosperous, healthier, safer, cleaner, fairer and accessible borough.
The London Borough of Culture will showcase the best of arts and culture in London. Winning the Mayor of London's competition would bring in over £1 million of investment aimed at enhancing the borough's cultural landscape.
The council is looking for support via a survey, the results of which will help develop the bid and also the council's longer term planning for Ealing Arts and Culture Strategy 2018-2023.
The bid will be submitted on 1 December with the winner to be announced February 2018.
Since the competition was launched, Ealing Arts Forum have been discussing and developing ideas. In the run up to the bid is submission date, these ideas will, ssay the council, be shaped into a clear plan for how Ealing would use the prize money to showcase the arts in Ealing to leave a lasting legacy for the future of culture in the borough.
Ealing Council leader Julian Bell said: "Ealing has a lot to offer with many cultures and backgrounds being celebrated. We need to combine everyone's ideas together to make sure we have the best chance of winning over £1 million.
"Ealing knows how to celebrate people and places, and reveal the value of culture in bringing everyone together to strengthen our community. We need to show how culture will contribute to making Ealing a great place. It's a competition across London and we know we have a lot to offer and can win."
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Maritime Sunday is suspended this week in honor of St. Patrick's day. Last week, I had an opportunity to wave my camera around at St. Patrick's Old Cathedral in Manhattan, and was allowed to photograph the Irish Language Mass they were conducting. Here's what I saw…
from oldcathedral.org
Designed by architect Joseph Francois Mangin, St. Patrick's has great dignity and character in its restrained simplicity. Her sidewalls rise to a height of 75 feet, and the inner vault is 85 feet high. The church is over 120 feet long and 80 feet wide. Near the west wall stands the huge marble altar surrounded by an ornately carved, gold leaf reredos.
To begin with, these shots are a combination of tripod and handheld. It's not that bright in the cathedral, but it is lit like a movie set by the interaction of sunlight and stained glass which is augmented by well placed electrical fixtures. Sculptural elements and motifs are plentiful, and it is easy to get lost in photographing small details.
In 1836, the cathedral was the subject of an attempted sack after tensions between Irish Catholics and anti-Catholic Know-Nothing nativists led to a number of riots and other physical confrontations. The situation worsened when a brain-injured young woman wrote a book telling her "true" story – a Protestant girl who converted to Catholicism, and was then forced by nuns to have sex with priests, with the resulting children being baptized then killed horribly. Despite the book being debunked by a mildly anti-Catholic magazine editor, nativist anger at the story resulted in a decision to attack the cathedral. Loopholes were cut in the church's outer walls, which had just recently been built, and the building was defended from the rioters with muskets
Long has one enjoyed the pursuit of photographing ritual spaces of all kinds around the City of New York, but fascination with the era surrounding this cathedral lent a certain nervous excitement to my task. This was the "House of Dagger John", after all, and its connections with Calvary Cemetery along the Newtown Creek have given it a special status in my eyes.
John Joseph Hughes (June 24, 1797 – January 3, 1864), was an Irish-born clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the fourth Bishop and first Archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York, serving between 1842 and his death in 1864.
The plan for the service (and one must remember that a humble narrator was raised in the Hebrew faith as I stumble through this part- I'm not being vague, sarcastic, or anti anything- rather I'm Jewish and have no real idea what the meshuggenah goyem do) was for the Mass to be vocalized in the Irish Language. There was an Organist and a Cantor performing music, and the adherents stood up and sat back down a couple of times while the Priests said things (in Irish).
Irish was the predominant language of the Irish people for most of their recorded history, and they brought their Gaelic speech with them to other countries, notably Scotland and the Isle of Man, where it gave rise to Scottish Gaelic and Manx. It has the oldest vernacular literature in Western Europe. In the Elizabethan era the Gaelic language was viewed as something barbarian and as a threat to all things English in Ireland. Consequently, it began to decline under English and British rule after the seventeenth century. The nineteenth century saw a dramatic decrease in the number of speakers especially after the Great Famine of 1845–1852 (where Ireland lost 20–25% of its population either to emigration or death). Irish-speaking areas were especially hit hard. By the end of British rule, the language was spoken by less than 15% of the national population. Since then, Irish speakers have been in the minority except in areas collectively known as the Gaeltacht.
I met the fellow on the left earlier in the day, one Msgr. Donald Sakano, who was a very nice fellow. He and the other Priests performed several actions while saying things which I'm sure would be familiar to adherents of the Roman Catholic Church, or at least Irish speakers, but not to this Jewish kid from Brooklyn.
The gaps in my knowledge just astound sometimes, actually, how can I not know every single detail of this altar ceremony?
from urbanomnibus.net
Monsignor Donald Sakano is one of those urbanists who certainly possesses a singular perspective, forged from his work at the intersection of ministry, social work and affordable housing development and policy.
For the past four years, as Pastor of the Basilica of Saint Patrick's Old Cathedral, he has presided over the restoration and transformation of Old Saint Patrick's buildings — which include The Old Cathedral, the school, the Parish House, St. Michael's Chapel, the Youth Center and the iconic wall — into a series of community facilities available for outreach, assembly and cultural events, such as our benefit event, which will begin at the St. Patrick's Youth Center at 268 Mulberry Street.
It's funny, as I can bore you to death about Arius, Origen, or Loyola. Want to talk about the Renaissance, Reformation, or Second Great Awakening- I'm all in. Recognizing the common tools and long practiced performance of catholic mass?
I can describe the effects of nearly all the known forms of kryptonite, however.
The Roman Missal contains the prayers, antiphons and rubrics of the Mass. Earlier editions also contained the Scripture readings, which were then fewer in number. The latest edition of the Roman Missal gives the normal ("ordinary") form of Mass in the Roman Rite. But, in accordance with the conditions laid down in the motu proprio Summorum Pontificum of 7 July 2007, the 1962 edition of the Roman Missal, the latest of the editions that give what is known as the Tridentine Mass, may be used as an extraordinary form of celebrating the Roman Rite Mass.
The ceremony continued, and I decided that maybe it wouldn't be that terrible to get lost in some of that architectural detail for a frame or two, and opened up the shutter for a long exposure. The big difficulty encountered, of course, were the dichotomous ambient conditions whose luminous contrast stretched into narrow bands of shadow and light.
The Eucharistic Prayer, "the centre and high point of the entire celebration", then begins with a dialogue between priest and people. This dialogue opens with the normal liturgical greeting, "The Lord be with you", but in view of the special solemnity of the rite now beginning, the priest then exhorts the people: "Lift up your hearts." The people respond with: "We lift them up to the Lord." The priest then introduces the great theme of the Eucharist, a word originating in the Greek word for giving thanks: "Let us give thanks to the Lord, our God," he says. The congregation joins in this sentiment, saying: "It is right and just."
The priest then continues with one of many Eucharistic Prayer prefaces, which lead to the Sanctus acclamation: "Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts. Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest."
Following the moment depicted above, the three priests dispersed to the heads of the aisles, whereupon celebrants of the faith formed lines whose reward seemed to be a small cookie or cracker. One presumes that this is "the host" which figures so prominently in the Catholic Mass.
How am I supposed to know, I'm Jewish- by me it's a cookie.
Happy St. Patrick's day- and thanks to Jim Garrity and Msgr. Sakano for allowing so poor a specimen as myself to spend the day with them.
The absence of snakes in Ireland gave rise to the legend that they had all been banished by St. Patrick. chasing them into the sea after they attacked him during a 40-day fast he was undertaking on top of a hill. This hagiographic theme draws on the mythography of the staff of the prophet Moses. In Exodus 7:8–7:13, Moses and Aaron use their staffs in their struggle with Pharaoh's sorcerers, the staffs of each side morphing into snakes. Aaron's snake-staff prevails by consuming the other snakes.
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deserted midnight
A friend recently published an excellent book (Eat the City) and your humble narrator was invited to the reception party her publisher was sponsoring on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. On the way to the event, deep in Alphabet City, this church building at 345 East 4th street between Avenues B and C caught my eye.
Built in 1895 as a Russian church, it currently houses the congregation of "San Isidro y San Leandro of the Western Orthodox Catholic Church of the Hispanic Mozarabic Rite".
Western Rite Orthodoxy or Western Orthodoxy or Orthodox Western Rite are terms used to describe congregations and groups which are in communion with Eastern Orthodox Churches or Oriental Orthodox Churches using traditional Western liturgies rather than adopting Eastern liturgies such as the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom. While there are some ancient examples of Western Rite churches in areas predominantly using the Byzantine Rite (the Monastery of Saint Mary of the Latins, often referred to as Amalfi, is a common example), the history of the movement is often considered to begin in the nineteenth century with the life and work of Julius Joseph Overbeck. Less commonly, Western Orthodoxy refers to the Western Church before the Great Schism.
The history of this structure is somewhat hazy, but it was purpose built as a church. Originally a catholic church serving the St. Elizabeth of Hungary parish, ownership was transferred to the "Russian-Greek Orthodox Chapel of the Holy Trinity" and then the "Russian Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas". I've been unable to tie down exactly when the current congregants took possession of the structure.
The Mozarabic Rite is the second-best attested liturgy in the Latin Church in terms of preserved documentation. The Mozarabic Rite was considered authoritative for the clarification of a Sacramentary received by Charlemagne from Pope Adrian I (d. 795). The first is, of course, the Roman Rite, which, to encourage unity of faith and worship, generally replaced the Mozarabic in Iberia from about 1080.
In the year 870, Charles the Bald, wishing to see what the ancient Gallican Rite had been like, had priests sent from Spain to celebrate the Mozarabic Rite before him.
In the latter part of the eighth century, the Rite had fallen under some suspicion owing to quotations cited by Elipandus of Toledo in support of his Adoptianist theories, and the Council of Frankfurt 794 spoke somewhat disparagingly of possible Islamic influence on it. It was due to these suspicions that in 924, John X sent a Papal Legate named Zanello to investigate the Rite. Zanello spoke favourably of the Rite, and the Pope gave a new approbation to it, requiring only to change the words of consecration to that of the Roman one. Spanish clergy gradually started to use the Roman words of institution (though there is no evidence whether or not it was done consistently).
When King Alfonso VI of Castile conquered Toledo in 1085, it was being disputed as to which rite Iberian Christians should follow: the Roman rite or Mozarabic Rite. After other ordeals, it was submitted to the trial by fire: One book for each rite was thrown into a fire. The Toledan book was little damaged whilst the Roman one was consumed. Henry Jenner comments in the Catholic Encyclopedia: "No one who has seen a Mozarabic manuscript with its extraordinarily solid vellum, will adopt any hypothesis of Divine Interposition here." The king allowed six parishes in the city to continue to use the Mozarabic rite.
Baroque, and literally gothic in its decoration and design elements, the church reminds one that the monolithic Roman Catholic Church of modernity was once rent asunder by schisms. The Church was once caught between two dying and one growing empires (Latin Rome, Greek Rome, and the Arab Rum) which caused isolated pockets of Christian adherents to stray from Vatican orthodoxy. Often, it was the endless sea of politics which created these schisms, but as often as not it was merely regional variation in belief.
Saint Isidore of Seville (Spanish: San Isidro or San Isidoro de Sevilla, Latin: Isidorus Hispalensis) (c. 560 – 4 April 636) served as Archbishop of Seville for more than three decades and is considered, as the historian Montalembert put it in an oft-quoted phrase, "le dernier savant du monde ancien" ("the last scholar of the ancient world"). Indeed, all the later medieval history-writing of Hispania (modern Spain and Portugal) was based on his histories.
At a time of disintegration of classical culture, and aristocratic violence and illiteracy, he was involved in the conversion of the royal Visigothic Arians to Catholicism, both assisting his brother Leander of Seville, and continuing after his brother's death. He was influential in the inner circle of Sisebut, Visigothic king of Hispania. Like Leander, he played a prominent role in the Councils of Toledo and Seville. The Visigothic legislation which resulted from these councils is regarded by modern historians as exercising an important influence on the beginnings of representative government.
The world of a thousand years ago, while bearing strange similarity to our own, saw one of the great wheels of history grinding to a halt. The process that began with Alexander the Great and continued through Rome's unified empire, then the Western and Eastern Roman imperiums, and the fall of the West and subsequent reign of the barbarous men of the North- spawned several Catholic variants which few have ever heard of. The Copts, Mozarabs, and Syriacs come to mind, of course- as do the Arians, Monophysites, and Nestorians.
Leander and Isidore and their siblings (all sainted) belonged to an elite family of Hispano-Roman stock of Carthago Nova. Their father Severianus is claimed to be according to their hagiographers a dux or governor of Cartagena, though this seems more of a fanciful interpretation since Isidore simply states that he was a citizen. The family moved to Seville around 554. The children's subsequent public careers reflect their distinguished origin: Leander and Isidore both became bishops of Seville, and their sister Saint Florentina was an abbess who directed forty convents and one thousand nuns. Even the third brother, Fulgentius, appointed Bishop of Écija at the first triumph of Catholicism over Arianism, but of whom little is known, has been canonised as a saint. The family as a matter of course were staunch Catholics, as were the great majority of the Romanized population, from top to bottom; only the Visigothic nobles and the kings were Arians. It should be stated that there was less Visigothic persecution of Catholics than legend and hagiography have painted. From a modern standpoint, the dangers of Catholic Christianity were more political. The Catholic hierarchy were in collusion with the representatives of the Byzantine emperor, who had maintained a considerable territory in the far south of Hispania ever since his predecessor had been invited to the peninsula by the former Visigothic king several decades before. In the north, Liuvigild struggled to maintain his possessions on the far side of the Pyrenees, where his Merovingian cousins and in-laws cast envious eyes on them and had demonstrated that they would stop at nothing with the murder of Liuvigild's sister.
An interesting series of clips, detailing the choral aspects of the Mozarabic rite, can be accessed here. Always fascinated by the prismatic flavors of faith, your humble narrator is glad to have stumbled across this enigmatic little church. Should any congregants of the institution have anything to add or correct, please use the comments link to share your knowledge.
The Mozarabs (Spanish: mozárabes [moˈθaɾaβes]; Portuguese: moçárabes [muˈsaɾɐβɨʃ]; Catalan: mossàrabs [muˈsaɾəps]; Arabic: مستعرب trans. musta'rab, "Arabized") were Iberian Christians who lived under Arab Islamic rule in Al-Andalus. Their descendants remained unconverted to Islam, but did however adopt elements of Arabic language and culture. They were mostly Roman Catholics of the Visigothic or Mozarabic Rite.
Most of the Mozarabs were descendants of Hispano–Gothic Christians and were primarily speakers of the Mozarabic language under Islamic rule. Many were also what the arabist Mikel de Epalza calls "Neo-Mozarabs", that is Northern Europeans who had come to the Iberian Peninsula and picked up Arabic, thereby entering the Mozarabic community.
A few were Arab and Berber Christians coupled with Muslim converts to Christianity who, as Arabic speakers, naturally were at home among the original Mozarabs. A prominent example of Muslims who became Mozarabs by embracing Christianity is the Andalusian rebel and Anti-Umayyad military leader, Umar ibn Hafsun. The Mozarabs of Muslim origin were descendants of those Muslims who converted to Christianity, following the conquest of Toledo and perhaps also, following the expeditions of king Alfonso I of Aragon. These Mozarabs of Muslim origin, who converted en masse at the end of the 11th century, many of them Muladi (ethnic Iberians previously converted to Islam), are totally distinct from the Mudéjars and Moriscos who converted gradually to Christianity between the 12th and 17th centuries. Some Mozarabs were even Converso Sephardi Jews who likewise became part of the Mozarabic milieu.
Separate Mozarab enclaves were located in the large Muslim cities, especially Toledo, Córdoba, Zaragoza, and Seville.
August 5th, 2012- Newtown Creek Alliance Walking Tour- The Insalubrious Valley- This Sunday
Newtown Creek Alliance historian Mitch Waxman will be leading a walk through the industrial heartlands of New York City, exploring the insalubrious valley of the Newtown Creek.
The currently undefended border of Brooklyn and Queens, and the place where the Industrial Revolution actually happened, provides a dramatic and picturesque setting for this exploration. We'll be visiting two movable bridges, the still standing remains of an early 19th century highway, and a forgotten tributary of the larger waterway. As we walk along the Newtown Creek and explore the "wrong side of the tracks" – you'll hear tales of the early chemical industry, "Dead Animal and Night Soil Wharfs", colonial era heretics and witches and the coming of the railroad. The tour concludes at the famed Clinton Diner in Maspeth- where scenes from the Martin Scorcese movie "Goodfellas" were shot.
Lunch at Clinton Diner is included with the ticket.
Details/special instructions.
Meetup at the corner of Grand Street and Morgan Avenue in Brooklyn at 11 a.m. on August 5, 2012. The L train serves a station at Bushwick Avenue and Grand Street, and the Q54 and Q59 bus lines stop nearby as well. Check MTA.info as ongoing weekend construction often causes delays and interruptions. Drivers, it would be wise to leave your vehicle in the vicinity of the Clinton Diner in Maspeth, Queens or near the start of the walk at Grand St. and Morgan Avenue (you can pick up the bus to Brooklyn nearby the Clinton Diner).
Be prepared: We'll be encountering broken pavement, sometimes heavy truck traffic as we move through a virtual urban desert. Dress and pack appropriately for hiking, closed-toe shoes are highly recommended.
Clinton Diner Menu:
Cheese burger deluxe
Grilled chicken over garden salad
Turkey BLT triple decker sandwich with fries
Spaghetti with tomato sauce or butter
Greek salad medium
Greek Salad wrap with French fries
Can of soda or 16oz bottle of Poland Spring
for August 5th tickets, click here for the Newtown Creek Alliance ticketing page
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stately height
Last week, the Saint Demetrios Cathedral here in Astoria held their annual street fair, and I had an opportunity to enter the church and wave my camera around a bit. Greek, or Eastern Orthodox as adherents would prefer, churches are a particular favorite of mine to visit due to the literally byzantine artwork and lavish ornamentation.
from saintdemetriosastoria.com
Saint Demetrios was born in Thesaloniki, Greece in 270 AD. He came from a wealthy family and because he was athletic in appearance and heroic in spirit, he became a high-ranking officer in the Roman Army at a very young age. (This is why he is depicted in Byzantine icons in military dress, either standing or riding a horse.) He considered himself a soldier of Christ first, and a military soldier second. He spent most of his time as a devout missionary, preaching the Gospel at secret meetings and converting pagans to the Christian faith.
Every time that I do a posting about a church, someone invariably accuses me of being ignorant or attempting to smear an institution somehow. Seriously, this could not be further from the truth, as the last thing I want to argue with anyone about is religion. Politics yes, but religion no.
Funnily enough, the Greeks pretty much invented both politics and religion, as well as "arguing".
also from saintdemetriosastoria.com
The very first organized meeting of Greeks included also the residents of Corona and took place on December 18, 1923 at the Archdiocese which was then located on 30th Drive in Astoria. Immediately following these few Greek families received permission from the then, Archbishop Rodostolou to attend services in the Archdiocesan chapel of St. Athanasios on 30th Drive. At that time, the first Greek School was established.
The people then felt a need to organize their own Church and in 1927 the ground on which St. Demetrios stands today, was purchased for $3,500. An architect was engaged and a $25,000 structure was agreed upon which could later serve as a basement for the someday completed structure of their dream.
I'm not entirely sure if it was ok to be taking pictures in the Cathedral, and an older Hellenic woman was watching me carefully. If you don't know any older Hellenic women, trust me on this, you don't want them angry at you.
It ends badly.
The lady, however, did not adjure me to cease photographing, so I kept on clicking.
from holy-ny.com
In terms of architectural style, the building itself is reminiscent of older Byzantine churches. Its high arching stained glass windows are also reflective of a distinctly American style. Greek characters adorn each wall, and flags of Greece stand tall throughout.
The church offers a variety of different services, ranging from blessing a new office or home to holding services for those about to go to war. Funeral services are also provided, as well as exorcisms.
A lovely stained glass window dominates the cathedral, depicting the annunciation. The last time that I was in this structure, a young priest described the windows as being the work of a famous artist and that it was a great coup for this congregation to possess them, however I can supply little additional detail on the artist.
In Eastern Christianity Mary is referred to as Theotokos (Θεοτόκος="God-bearer"). The traditional Troparion (hymn for the day) of the Annunciation which goes back to Saint Athanasius of Alexandria is:
Today is the beginning of our salvation,
And the revelation of the eternal mystery!
The Son of God becomes the Son of the Virgin
As Gabriel announces the coming of Grace.
Together with him let us cry to the Theotokos:
"Rejoice, O Full of Grace, the Lord is with you!"
The Feast of the Annunciation is one of the twelve Great Feasts of the church year. As the action initiating the Incarnation of Christ, Annunciation has such an important place in Eastern theology that the Festal Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is always celebrated on March 25, regardless of what day it falls on—even if it falls on Pascha (Easter Sunday) itself, a coincidence which is called Kyriopascha. The only time the Divine Liturgy may be celebrated on Great and Holy Friday is if it falls on March 25. Due to this, the rubrics regarding the celebration of the feast are the most complicated of all in Eastern liturgics. The Annunciation is called Euangelismos (Evangelism) in Greek, literally meaning "spreading the Good News".
In 2007, the Saint Demetrios congregation was robbed of a relic of the saint himself, which was later returned. While looking around for information on the Saint- I became interested in Myrrh, a term I've heard all my life but have never been quite sure what it meant. A sort of tree resin, I'm told it is used extensively by both Catholic and Orthodox churches for incense and other ritual usage.
Having grown up in the Jewish culture, such usage of resinous incense wasn't part of the program, as we had Pastrami.
from nytimes.com
Detectives in Queens have cracked the case of a stolen church reliquary, the police said.
The reliquary — a sterling silver box containing a saint's ankle bone — was stolen from the solea, a sanctuary platform, in front of the altar of St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Astoria between noon and 2 p.m. on Tuesday, the police said. Church elders discovered the theft early on Wednesday, during morning prayers, said Fr. Dionysios Anagnostopoulos, who is the church's archimandrite, a clerical dignitary ranking below a bishop.
Informal and entirely incidental reading has suggested to me that both Myrrh and Frankincense were a standard carry for soldiers in the Roman military serving in the theaters of North Africa and the Near East. In a world without antibiotics, the two substances were used to treat wounds incurred in the field.
One theory is that his veneration was transferred from Sirmium when Thessaloniki replaced it as the main military base in the area in 441/442 AD. His very large church in Thessaloniki, the Hagios Demetrios, dates from the mid-5th century, so he clearly had a large following by then. Thessaloniki remained a centre of his veneration, and he is the patron saint of the city.
After the growth of his veneration as saint, the city of Thessaloniki suffered repeated attacks and sieges from the Slavic peoples who moved into the Balkans, and Demetrius was credited with many miraculous interventions to defend the city. Hence later traditions about Demetrius regard him as a soldier in the Roman army, and he came to be regarded as an important military martyr. Unsurprisingly, he was extremely popular in the Middle Ages, and along with Saint George, was the patron of the Crusades.
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An Iron Road, St. George, and the Copts
31st street, Astoria – photo by Mitch Waxman
When heading east along Northern Blvd. – after navigating and exiting the traffic choked Queensboro bridge complex of off ramps, elevated trains, and vehicular approaches – the elevated iron and steel tracks make a sharp screech of a turn, transiting along the centuries old borderline between those calloused declinations found in semi industrial Dutch Kills- and the tree lined hillocks of sun kissed and sharply tragic Astoria.
from nycsubway.org
The Astoria Line did not come into being until the era of the Dual Contracts, when it and the Corona (Flushing) Line were constructed to serve the northern part of Queens. These were perhaps the most cooperative portions of the project since both the IRT and BMT would share the routes and operate them jointly.
The original arrangement, beginning around 1920, was that the IRT (now the 7) ran through the Steinway Tunnel, and the Second Avenue El ran over the Queensboro Bridge, and met at Queensboro Plaza. From there, trains ran to either Flushing or Astoria.
Queensboro Plaza Station was built with eight tracks on two levels, served by four island platforms. The BMT operated the northern half of the station and the IRT ran the southern half. The north station had two platforms that fit the wider ten foot BMT subway cars and two for the narrower el cars. The southernmost pair of tracks connected to the Steinway Tunnel, while the next set north connected to the Second Avenue El. Both of these could serve either line in Queens via scissors crossovers west of the platforms on either level. The northerly pair of tracks curved to the Astoria Line and the southerly pair connected to the Flushing Line.
31st street, Astoria Elevated Subway- photo by Mitch Waxman
A critical artery, the elevated tracks are also a loud, noisome, and exasperating neighbor for those forced to live near it. The tracks currently carry the N and W subway lines from their Manhattan duties back to the marble cloaked Ditmars section of Astoria, which hurtle along sounding like the chariots of hell itself. Interestingly, the stations along this mechanical Appian Way bear the nomenclature of old Astoria's street names, – Beebe Avenue, Grand Avenue etc.- which are otherwise extinct and atavist usages. I'll refer you, once again, to forgotten-ny's excellent "Street Necrology of Astoria" page- which describes the perplexing maze of street designations far better than I can.
Click here to hear what its sounds like on the street, under the elevated train. (that's me doing the voiceover time stamp at the end).
note: this is being served by my comics site, and is quite safe for work- its a quicktime movie around 500K, audio only.
A movie or two have used 31st street as their location. I specifically have to mention one of my favorite NY flicks- A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints– which is a good representation of what New York street life used to be like in the 80's and is a GREAT Astoria movie. The graphic and often violent action in the movie, however, is set on the Ditmars side of 31st street, not below Broadway- where these photos were shot. Seriously… rent it… it doesn't suck.
31st street, Astoria "the other Shunned House" – photo by Mitch Waxman
Some of the buildings lining 31st street, like this enigmatic and quite large home which has been abandoned for years, have recently seen new fencelines erected and DOB permits affixed. If the normal patterns of destruction and construction observed in modern Queens play out over the coming months in predictable fashion, an enigmatic structure will be obliterated and replaced by some towering rectangular pile of rebar and cinder blocks.
Rare Political Statement from fence sitter Mitch:
We Plebeians can't stop the money of the Patrician and Equestrian classes from pushing their plans along except in very rare cases- this is historically true.
The currency that the Political class trades in, ultimately, are votes. If chimpanzees voted, and did so "reliably", we'd have a lot of bananas growing in Queens and a dedicated effort to bring more Chimpanzees into the neighborhood. The government would ignore the horrific realities of chimpanzee attack.
Community equals constituency. Constituency means that the Politicians will come to YOU, because you vote- reliably. If we can supply a torch bearing mob of angry constituents to a Politician to exploit- anything can happen- because the game rules have changed and the community can out "tweed" the other side. Only 15% of eligible voters went to the polls in the last democratic primary… during wartime.
Community equals constituency.
The Dutch Kills side of 31st street hosts a series of automotive service shops, collision remediation specialists, and large warehouses which offer glimpses of a more prosperous time in fading signage and ornate masonry. These grand structures testify to the wealth and prosperity carried into the area by the elevated tracks. Just a century ago, this was farmland.
All along the southern borderlands of 31st street, the shadows of the "El" part to reveal relict buildings which have been either been cross purposed to modern usage- or just abandoned. Near 36th avenue, there is an avian abattoir.
There are also many churches clustered along 31st street- including the notable St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Cathedral, an Eastern Orthodox institution. The neighborhood I grew up in was Irish, Italian, Jewish, and African American, with a sprinkling of Boricua here and there. I went to a lot of communions, weddings, and confirmations as a result. This "Brooklyn experience", and a lifelong fascination with diabolical oppression as represented by Hollywood, my perspective on Christianity is an intrinsically Roman Catholic one- but that might be because of Dio.
note: I was lucky enough to be allowed to take photos inside the St. Demtrios Cathedral back in May, and was given a tour of the place by a young priest. You'll get to see the photos sometime this winter
As a result, I find the other branches of the cross fascinating- warning- I'm about to go off on a tangent here- might as well go get yourself a coffee because you've got links to click.
31st street, Astoria- St. George Christian Coptic Orthodox Church – photo by Mitch Waxman
In the beginning -which in this case is around the 3rd and 4th century AD- there was a great civilization built around an ocean sea that spread out along the coastlines onto three continents.
This civilization had just spawned a new religion, based ultimately around three places
– the civilizations capitol city in the west,
– its intellectual heartlands in the east,
– and in its breadbasket to the south.
As is the case with ecclesiastical communities, disagreements over doctrinal practice and liturgical rites caused schisms to form between various camps. As time went by, and the civilization crumbled into constituent states at war with each other, these schisms widened. The branches of the roseated cross were separated and they became part of emerging nation states.
The western capitol- where the northern barbarians called Normans (specifically Lombards) would rule- was Rome, and its branch of the cross is called Roman Catholic. The intellectual heartland, and the eventual seat of the Greek Roman Empire (or Eastern Roman Empire, whose citizens called themselves Romoloi) was Constantinople. and its church became known as the Orthodox. The southern branch, which is based in Alexandria, is called the Coptic Orthodox. The people who grew up in this tradition can be referred to as Copts.
St. George was a noble born Roman citizen from Cappadocia (modern day anatolia) who joined the legions and made a name for himself during the reign of Diocletian. The emperor found it politically convenient to purge his ranks of noble christians, and George found himself in direct conflict with the world's most powerful man.
from st-george-church.com
Diocletian gave orders for the issue of a formal edict against the Christians on February 23, in the year 303 A.D., being the feast of Termhlalia. The provisions of this edict which was published on the next day in the market place, were as follows: "All churches should be leveled to the ground. All sacred books to be burned. All Christians who hold any honorable rank are not only to be degraded, but to be deprived of civil rights. Also, All Christians who are not officials are to be reduced to slavery".
Recognizing the futility of his efforts, Diocletian was left with no choice but to have him executed for his refusal. Before the execution George gave his wealth to the poor and prepared himself. After various torture sessions, including laceration on a wheel of swords in which he was resuscitated three times, George was executed by decapitation before Nicomedia's city wall, on April 23, 303. A witness of his suffering convinced Empress Alexandra and Athanasius, a pagan priest, to become Christians as well, and so they joined George in martyrdom. His body was returned to Lydda for burial, where Christians soon came to honour him as a martyr
There is a large Copt community in Astoria (as well a large Egyptian Muslim neighborhood near Steinway and Astoria Blvd.).
Culturally similar (recipes, style of life, role of women) to the long habitated Greeks, the Copts own many shops and restaurants along Broadway. They often offer a version of the Greek Taverna– an inn which offers light meals and various beverages to weary travelers- but with the addition of Hookah pipes filled with flavored tobaccos and other aromatics. There really does seem to be a Mediterranean culture which crosses state boundaries, but never gets more than 200 miles away from that ancient waterway which was the navel of the world.
There are other ancient branches of the cross out there which also survived the fall of their Roman Empire. The Nestorians, The Chaldeans, The Monophysitists, amongst many others. I haven't found them yet, however, I'm still searching for the Yazidi– who have got to be somewhere in Astoria.
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Andrea's Angle | "Good Boys": Wrong in all the Right Ways
Andrea's Angle
5 months ago Andrea Rittschof
I loved the trailers for "Good Boys". The young leads looked interesting and the film looked funny. Advertised as being from the writers of Superbad and Pineapple Express, it appeared to be the Superbad take on sixth grade. After seeing the film, I can confirm that Good Boys manages to combine terribly inappropriate comedy with the pains of growing up. The young leads are engaging and funny, the subject matter is just the right level of wrong, and the audience laughed throughout the entire movie.
Written by the team of Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky (NBC's The Office, Bad Teacher) with Stupnitsky directing and produced by Eisenberg, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg (Superbad, Pineapple Express and Sausage Party), and James Weaver (Neighbors), Good Boys is all about how bad one day can get for a trio of tweens. 12-year-old Max (Jacob Tremblay) has just been invited to his first kissing party. Asked by the cool kids, he agrees but only if his best friends, Thor (Brady Noon) and Lucas (Keith L. Williams) can come too. But Max has a crush on one of the girls at the party, Brixlee (Millie Davis), and panics when he realizes he has no idea how to kiss. In an effort to learn, he uses the drone his father has forbidden him to even touch to spy on the teenage couple next door. When the girl, Hannah (Molly Gordon) and her friend, Lily (Midori Francis), take the drone, it gets destroyed when Max attempts to retrieve it. Desperate to replace it before Max's dad (Will Forte) gets home, the boys skip school and set off on an odyssey of epically bad decisions involving some accidentally stolen drugs, frat-house paintball, and running from both the cops and terrifying teenage girls. In the process, the boys learn that sometimes growing up means changes and that change isn't all bad.
While the film very much follows the Superbad framework and there isn't anything new, the writing, the acting, and the characters are funny, well-executed and engaging. From one antic to the next, the boys are charming and while the humor is ribald, laced with sex jokes and f-bombs, it makes you laugh, especially when it is over the top. One of the reasons is the pacing. The story is quickly set up, both Max's father leaving and the drone being off-limits. The film doesn't let up, jumping the boys from one humorous scenario to the next. The boys are exploring what it means to grow up, to figure out who they are, and how their friendship will evolve as they grow. Even though the comedy is what moves the film, it is the moments of friendship that builds the story and the film is balanced well between the comedy and the heartwarming scenes. The humor is outrageous and the friendship will make you fall in love with the boys.
The other factor that makes the film so good is the actors. All three young men have impeccable comedic timing and are genuinely charismatic. Each one is different but it is the dynamic between the three that makes the film so good. Jacob Tremblay is funny and charming as Max, trying to figure out girls and kissing. Brady Noon as Thor is hilarious as he figures out who he is and what he wants, figuring out that fitting in isn't always what is best. Keith L. Williams is fantastic as Lucas, a rule follower and conscience of the group. He plays Lucas as the geek but his character is the one who's the heart of the three. The trio really plays well off each other and it is their interactions that heighten the comedy and makes the movie so good.
Happily, it isn't just the lead actors that excel but the entire cast. Will Forte is brilliantly modern and great at embarrassing Max. Lucas' parents, played by Retta and Lil Rel Howery deliver some awesome lines, even as they try to help their son through tough times. Both teenage girls, Molly Gordon playing Hannah and Midori Francis as Lily are tough and outrageously funny as they chase the boys through the movie. All the supporting actors do a fantastic job and it is the acting that makes this film shine comedically.
The limit of this movie is that it is not new. Most of the situations that the boys face are predictable, set up at the beginning of the film and you know what to expect, Superbad meets The Goonies. So while it is easy to follow, it is absolutely a laugh riot. The other thing worth mentioning is that this film is rated R for a reason. While it stars middle graders, those same middle graders aren't going to be able to go to the film without an adult, something most parents should be aware of and plan on. There are jokes that some parents may not want their children to hear. Adults, on the other hand, will empathize with being a tween and will laugh at the antics.
Overall, the humor and the friendship between the boys make this one of the best comedies. The blend of Superbad into the tween world is fantastic, as the stars of the film explore sex, kissing, and growing up. If you don't mind outrageous humor, risque subject matter and boys using the f-bomb, the over the top scenes will make you laugh at every scene. I really liked it, even though it was so wrong in all the right ways.
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Government policies, economic & social systems key in driving the digital economy
CYBERJAYA, June 16 — The newly formed Malaysian Digital Economy Task Force will be focusing on three key components namely government policies, economic and social systems in efforts to promote the country's digital economy, Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah said.
"Where the government is concerned, we will have a closer look at e-government because this is a big issue and it is here, that the government should come out with strong policies such as cloud security policies.
"Under economy, of course, it will be about e-commerce and we will study how far small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have embraced e-commerce transformation," he told reporters during his first official visit to the Malaysian Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), here today.
In terms of the social system, Saifuddin said the team would look into issues on education, training, and talent development including developing the creative industries which would not be limited to just creating animations and video games.
He said the Task Force is co-chaired by him and Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin, adding that officer-level discussions were ongoing and the first meeting would be held soon.
On MDEC's work plans, he said the corporation is currently focusing on the implementation of programs under the National Economic Recovery Plan (PENJANA) following the COVID-19 pandemic.
He said it was discussed that while SMEs and small business operators in the rural areas are trained on starting online businesses, local entrepreneurs should be encouraged to trade in the ASEAN region.
Meanwhile, MDEC chief executive officer Surina Shukri said to help those who lost their jobs following the COVID-19 pandemic, MDEC would launch a training program under the Global Online Workforce (GLOW) initiative this August.
Surina said that through GLOW, a program under PENJANA, MDEC would provide guidance and training on earning income from serving international clients while working online.
Surina said MDEC had also launched the "Let's Learn Digital" program under the #mydigitalworkforce initiative during the Movement Control (MCO) in collaboration with the global online learning platform, Coursera, which gives access to over 3,000 free online courses.
Over 12,000 people, 75 percent of whom were recently left unemployed, participated in the courses, she said.


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António Leite de Magalhães foi um major do exército português, Governador da Guiné-Bissau entre 1927 e 1931.

Governadores da Guiné Portuguesa
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A combination of two things; technical knowledge and experience. One is no good without the other; both are necessary to be successful.
From a technical viewpoint, we are excellently placed personally and have available resources within Australia and overseas. More generally, the average length of insurance experience in our company is in excess of 15 years, working in major commercial, industrial and corporate insurance fields.
Expertise is often knowing what questions to ask and where to get the answers.
Our client list is diverse and represents "complex risks" where our overall service delivery is respected not only the specific premium cost of each policy.
This is perhaps the most important factor in ensuring the job gets done in the best possible manner. Even though we are Corporate Authorised Representatives of Insurance Advisernet Australia, your welfare has a direct relationship to our business as all major broking staff are shareholders in ERG. As a result, our motivation is second to none.
You will have direct personal access to all broking staff twenty four hours a day, seven days a week and at any one time at least three of our servicing staff will continue to be intimately involved in handling your business.
Within our own organisation our team reflects the strongest possible set of working relationships. We know and trust each other's ability to perform and contribute towards the company's objectives. Our desire is to forge similar working relationships with clients, so we enjoy doing business together and can share in the successes.


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Lafresguimont-Saint-Martin is een gemeente in het Franse departement Somme (regio Hauts-de-France) en telt 445 inwoners (1999). De plaats maakt deel uit van het arrondissement Amiens.

Geografie
De oppervlakte van Lafresguimont-Saint-Martin bedraagt 26,1 km², de bevolkingsdichtheid is 17,0 inwoners per km².

Demografie
Onderstaande figuur toont het verloop van het inwonertal (bron: INSEE-tellingen).

Gemeente in Somme


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Don't miss out with your church e-newsletter
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Jane T. Massey
Why using a PDF for your church e-newsletter is a mistake. Image by Sarah Killian, Unsplash.
"Why can't I attach a PDF of my church newsletter in an email and count it as my e-newsletter?"
That's the top question I'm asked by church leaders in my email marketing role at United Methodist Communications. And I get it. Someone spent time assembling content and photos into a design that was printed, mailed or handed out. It seems efficient to repurpose what already exists. But is it?
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One of these things is not like the other
PDF stands for Portable Document Format, a downloadable file type for letter-sized documents. (Think contracts and product instructions.) It's designed as a print format, not digital. Furthermore, emailing a PDF introduces concerns for:
Missing, incompatible or outdated PDF reader apps.
Font errors or substitutions that change the appearance of the e-newsletter.
Usability, especially for those unfamiliar with downloading or navigating PDFs.
Deliverability since the file may:
Be too large to send or may exceed the recipient's inbox capacity.
Be deemed suspicious by email providers, spam filters and firewalls.
Hide or perpetuate malware.
Since an e-newsletter is sent through email, it should be in a digital medium designed for on-screen reading.
If these concerns and form-follows-function distinctions fail to convince, you still need to ask: Is a print format (PDF) as effective as a digital one for an e-newsletter? That depends on your expectations.
Research by industry expert Jakob Nielsen shows "forcing users to browse PDF files makes usability approximately 300% worse. No matter how tempting it might be, you should never use PDF for content that you expect users to read online."
Almost persuaded? Here's the kicker.
If you hope to measure interest in your content or refer readers beyond the e-newsletter by tracking opens, clicks or shares, a PDF is not your answer. It doesn't record any of these analytics or lead anywhere but the document. Only an email sent through a service provider — like Mailchimp, Emma or Constant Contact — delivers insight into who's reading what, clicking links and when.
Thanks to simple email editors and template choices offered through these providers, an attractive e-newsletter is easy and quick to build without knowing a line of code. Today's templates guide your design to its professional best with drag/drop modules for images and text that invite measurable and clickable calls to action.
Email still matters
Church leaders are interested in using email as a distribution tool and a creative one. That's great because the 48-year-old technology is back — in a big way.
Email is declared the "hot new channel of 2019 for reaching real people" by the technology editor of the Wall Street Journal — the very paper that pronounced it dead 10 years prior. In fact, email is defiantly thriving with both recipients and professional communicators.
The time recipients spend reading email is up, and they aren't just skimming content as early research indicated. According to a survey by Adobe, more people report routinely reading email at all hours of every day, combining email consumption while...
Watching TV (41%).
In bed (31%) or the bathroom (21%).
Walking (22%) — Risky! I once walked into a pole doing this.
During a meal with others (19%) — Don't be that person.
Driving (8%) — Please don't!
Church communicators need to consider data from the marketing industry and be aware of what's working and where marketers are investing. Currently, that's email.
Email newsletters matter more
"Your e-newsletter is no longer important — it's vital," says Ann Handley (@annhandley), author and chief content officer for MarketingProfs. "What should you obsess over? I'd suggest starting here: Your email newsletter," she tweeted when asked about the best content strategy to keep people engaged.
Think of your e-newsletter as a letter about the church to people with a vested interest in your news. As Handley states, "It's an opportunity to connect one-on-one in an inherently personal space: the inbox. Write accordingly. Treat email, especially an e-newsletter, as a letter from one person to another."
All age demographics (including 65% of millennials) prefer receiving news and information from nonprofits through email. An e-newsletter provides both the most preferred experience for your members and a cost savings for the church as there's no printing or postage involved.
An e-newsletter can also boost your other communications channels by providing connections to their content. For example, use a short e-newsletter article with a "Read More" link to refer readers to your website, blog or your social media posts. This reminds readers of your other content channels and increases traffic to them.
Increase engagement through commenting and referrals to friends of friends through social sharing. This can expand the audience for your content.
It all begins with an e-newsletter.
Email is omnipresent
According to Google, there are about 2.6 billion email users worldwide, owning more than 4.3 billion email accounts. 99% of us check email every day.
Voice-activated devices and wearables like Amazon's Alexa and the Apple Watch are becoming more common, bringing the inbox as close as your wrist, car or even refrigerator. The future for email accessibility is very bright, indeed.
So, while you test and adopt new ways to communicate digitally, don't forget the original, the tried, true and everywhere: email. Be mindful of the increasing concerns and unreliability of PDF attachments. Then craft the e-newsletter your readers want and need.
Even in our ever-changing landscape, an e-newsletter offers the most trustworthy, preferred opportunity for connecting with, nurturing and measuring the content interests of your community.
Jane T. Massey is unreasonable. She still hopes for a Minority Report-like experience, swiping midair to move emails and web pages around. Jane expresses annoyance daily that we don't have personal jetpacks yet. When not doing these, she works as the email marketing manager for United Methodist Communications.


We'll go around the room and ask everyone to introduce themselves and mention what brings them to ClojureBridge.
We'll welcome you at the door so you can sign-in, customize your badge and pickup a lanyard.
The goal of the Installfest is to ensure all the software you need for the workshop is installed and ready to go. We do this separately from the workshop because it can sometimes be tricky. Don't worry -- we'll have plenty of volunteers who are ready to help!
See the detailed instructions on the Installfest page.
In addition to getting ready for the workshop this is a great chance to meet the other students and volunteers.
Don't forget to bring your badge back on Saturday!!!
Programs are a set of instructions for a computer to follow.
Computer programming is about expressing the instructions in a language that can be translated down to the detailed steps that a microprocessor can understand.
Programs that do something interesting enough that we would recognize -- like sending an e-mail, uploading a photo or making a restaurant reservation -- are, themselves, made up of many smaller programs.
Software developers often start with a big goal like "make a restaurant reservation application" and break it up into smaller pieces. In fact this process happens repeatedly until the pieces are tiny and bite-sized.
So let's start by breaking that into independent parts: we'll combine all three parts to make the meal.
Now each of the steps (except maybe making the sauce :) is short and straightforward.
In computer lingo we would say that each of these steps are "functions": each is designed to accomplish a specific task. A "program" is just a big function that's built on top of lots of other little functions.
The words "functional programming" mean more than just programming with functions. It means programming with small functions that take some input and provide some output without depending on other knowledge of how "the system" is running.
By contrast "imperative programming" describes functions that are changing things in "the system" that you have to remember. Set the variable X to $19.95 and the variable Y to 3. At first the "change this, then change that..." approach seems easy to understand until you get a lot of details that you have to keep in your head to understand the function.
In "functional programming" the idea is to have short functions where you can see everything that's happening without having to remember what's going on outside the function (i.e. in "the system"). Clojure programmers like to talk about functions taking in data of a certain shape and returning data of a different shape. The data could be numbers or text or collections of things.
Clojure is a modern adaptation of of the classic functional programming language LISP (which stands for list processing language) which dates back to 1954!
In LISP everything is a list. The functions you write are lists. The data for your functions are lists. The clever bonus of having everything is a list is that programs and data look the same. That means we can have functions that create or improve other functions because they all look like data!
Clojure is open source software... what does that mean?
Typical examples are Linux (runs in every Android phone), the Firefox web browser, and the Libre Office suite of tools.
Why makes open source software great?
Because the code is open anyone can inspect it for security weaknesses or privacy vulnerabilities.
Everyone can get involved simply by being a user, reporting bugs, working on documentation and, yes, contributing code.
Why is diversity in technology (especially open source software) important? * Women are 50% of users, but only 15% contributors * For any software to be successful it has to take the needs of users into account * In order to make better software we need YOU!
Today you will publish a program on the Internet!
One way to think about version control is in the context of some software tool you currently use. Every few months you get a new 'version' of the tool you are using. The code that was written to create the software tool is the same original files, but in this new version some of the files may have been changed to add a new feature or fix a bug (broken code). Git is one of the tools that developers use to be able to facilitate multiple versions of the same code.
Various version of the same code. To maintain the history. You can go back and view what the code used to look like or even go back in time to fix something the broke.
As a collaboration tool. When many developers work on the same files it can be complicated and time consuming to combine all the changes. Version control helps developers make changes in parallel and handle conflicts.
The git documentation covers this topic very well here if you want to more in depth to why git.
git is a command line tool (in your terminal), that allows us to get all the benefits described above. You can do all you need locally (on your computer) without connecting to the internet. See the Why git? section for more detail, but it's local capabilities are one of it's main advantages.
Github is a web application built on top of git. It adds some additional functionality and some nice UIs (user interfaces) to make things easier to read. The main benefit is it easily helps us collaborate with other developers. We can put our code up on Github and others can collaborate on the project, use our code as an example, or give us feedback on what we are writing.
You may hear people say "remote repository" this is what Github is. A place not on our computer where we can store our code.
There are other similar services. Github is just one that is popular and we will be using during the workshop.
We are going to learn five basic command that will get you started with git in your terminal. You will see references to these throughout the curriculum, but feel free to come back to these notes if you need a reminder.
Commits are sets of changes to the code that we can move through to see the history of all the files. They capture what the code looked like at the time of the commit.
We will reference this diagram in the descriptions below.
This command turns the folder your code is in into a local git repository.
This command prints out the current state of your local repository. It will show you the files git is tracking or not, what changes have been made, and what changes are staged for commit. This is a command developers run frequently and inbetween different stages.
When you are happy with a change (or changes) you need to move them to the staging area. Files in the staging are in green when you run the git status command. All staged changes will be included in your next commit.
Like mentioned earlier, a commit a snapshot of the code at that time. This command takes the staged changes and makes that snapshot. The command also takes a message that describes the changes being committed.
$: git commit -m "useful message describing the change"
Instructions for how to do this can be found here. Github will give us some additional commands to link the local with the remote repository. For now copy and paste these to set up tracking.
Now the changes are in the local repository, it is time to put them on the remote repository to share the code you wrote (with a friend!). This command will do that!


The FOGG Steering Committee is initiating a letter writing campaign as part of its ongoing efforts to preserve the open recreational space at the GGTSC.
We are in what you could call the lazy days of summer. As we spend some time with friends or family at our beautiful Club, it seems so distant that the Club, as we know it, could be gone forever.


Sunday I had the pleasure of hiking the first stretch of the Pinhoti Trail, Alabama's connection to the Appalachian Trail. It starts on Flagg Mountain, the southernmost mountain in the Appalachian chain that rises 1,000 feet above prevailing terrain. This wooded corridor is preserved by the state's Forever Wild program, and it's a fabulous trail that descends into a wooded valley, cupped by low mountains. At the base of the valley is lovely Weogufka Creek. There's a trail shelter by the creek. I almost hate to spread the word because this spot isn't widely known and part of me wants to keep it to myself.
Another Flagg Mountain hike, featuring the abandoned CCC-built stone fire tower atop Flagg Mountain is included in my book, Five Star Trails: Birmingham. There is additional information about that hike at the Alabama Hiking Trails Society website.
The map of this Pinhoti stretch can be found here. And you can find additional information, instructions, and directions on the hike at the Pinhoti Trail Alliance website.
One thing I'll mention. The trail from the Flagg Mountain trailhead to County Road 56 is 5.3 miles. The section from the trailhead to the creek (about 2.5 miles in) and beyond is very well-marked. However, when you reach a clearcut area, you might find it difficult to stay on the trail. I got off it and had to bushwack. If I had to do it over, I'd just go out and back. The best scenery is in that first 2.5 miles.


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Installing the new 80 metre platform capable of accommodating the next generation of trains means the station will be closed from Sunday, March 31, all through the Easter holidays, to re-open on Monday, May 6.
During the closure, Bittern Line trains from Norwich to Sheringham will terminate at Cromer, with a replacement bus service being laid on for passengers to West Runton and Sheringham.
And the vintage Routemaster bus will be used to transport passengers to and from Sheringham and Holt to the Vintage 1960s Festival in Cromer on Saturday.
Tickets, priced £7 return, available from the pier box office on 01263 512495 or from www.cromerpier.co.uk.
Andrew Goodrum, business readiness director at Greater Anglia, which is replacing the platform, said: "We're very pleased to carry out these major improvements at Sheringham station, which will benefit rail passengers and the town.
The station's current 40-metre platform is too short to fit the rail firm's new bi-mode trains, which can switch between electric and diesel power.
The new platform will be wider than the current structure, with improved lighting and a new shelter.
The current platform was installed in 1967, and was originally designed to be temporary.


AbstractAn ultrasound measurement system was employed as a non-destructive method to evaluate its reliability in predicting the tensile strength of tablets and investigate the benefits of incorporating it in a continuous line, manufacturing solid dosage forms. Tablets containing lactose, acetaminophen, and magnesium stearate were manufactured continuously and in batches. The effect of two processing parameters, compaction force and level of shear strain were examined. Young's modulus and tensile strength of tablets were obtained by ultrasound and diametrical mechanical testing, respectively. It was found that as the blend was exposed to increasing levels of shear strain, the speed of sound in the tablets decreased and the tablets became both softer and mechanically weaker. Moreover, the results indicate that two separate tablet material properties (e.g., relative density and Young's modulus) are necessary in order to predict tensile strength. A strategy for hardness prediction is proposed that uses the existing models for Young's modulus and tensile strength of porous materials. Ultrasound testing was found to be very sensitive in differentiating tablets with similar formulation but produced under different processing conditions (e.g., different level of shear strain), thus, providing a fast, and non-destructive method for hardness prediction that could be incorporated to a continuous manufacturing process.