New Vision Wilderness offers a unique and intensive therapeutic process for teens. The Clinical Team includes Field Therapists and Clinical Specialists who are passionate about healing and using the outdoors as an office. NVW also offers Psychological Testing through a collaboration with Dr. Mark Bjerke Ph.D, and several other national industry authorities.
Lead Field Therapists oversee treatment and also facilitating group and individual therapy. Clinical Specialists are masters-level professionals incorporating specialty skills into the wilderness experiences. These collaborative efforts increase therapist contact time and clinical intervention. NVW follows a Trauma Informed Care model, and all clinical staff are trained in Brainspotting. For more clinical resource information click here.
Steve Sawyer is a licensed psychotherapist filled with passion and knowledge surrounding the intervention and change process. His experience comes from over a decade of intervention with tough-to-reach client populations in therapy settings ranging from residential, community-based, outpatient and wilderness therapy. Steve is trained in several unique therapeutic models including somatic trigger release, traumatic memory reprocessing, and HeartMath. He is also recognized internationally as a Brainspotting trainer and consultant who trains outpatient therapist and treatment programs. Through his experience he has authored two books, co-founded Wisconsin's only wilderness therapy program, New Vision Wilderness, and works as a core therapeutic training development staff with the Institute of HeartMath. He was an author in the innovative and comprehensive HeartMath Interventions Establishing a New Baseline for Sustained Behavioral Change therapist training Module that revolutionizes modern therapy interventions through an emotional physiology approach. Steve's largest project has been the development of NVW's Trauma Informed Care model in the wilderness setting that has challenged the entire wilderness therapy industry on making healthier interventions with their clients. Steve's trainings are recognized nationwide for cutting-edge therapeutic techniques and inspiration.
Edwin Weih P.A. attended Emory University School of Medicine Physician Associate Program. While at Emory University he learned to guide rafts from Prof. Claude Terry. Prof. Terry was very instrumental in the formation of the Southeastern United States Whitewater community and he was the Whitewater support director for the movie Deliverance. One of Edwin's positions was at the Georgia Tech University student health service. During this time he was the medical director for Outdoor Recreation Georgia Tech, fondly known O.R.G.T. He had a great interest in developing the medical kits that were used on O.R.G.T. trips He was also a professional raft guide for High Country based in Atlanta Georgia. He guided on the Ocoee, section 3 of the Chattooga and the Gauley when it was running. Most recently he guided a paddle raft down the Colorado River for 18 days. He worked emergency room medicine at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta Georgia and was the medical director for Catherine Freer Wilderness Therapy Expeditions. He has also been an avid rock climber. Teaching and climbing in the southeastern United States and climbing for pleasure in El Dorado Canyon, Yosemite and Joshua tree among other locations.He is a member of the Wilderness Medical Society and continues to be very active in paddling, cross-country skiing and trail running. He has presented at the Wilderness Risk Medicine Conference and continues to be active in wilderness medicine. He currently runs a family practice in a small rural town, Oakridge Oregon. There is a high level of urgent and emergent care associated with this practice.
Dr. Jennifer S Moravec M.D., F.A.A.C.A.P.
Dr. Jennifer S Moravec is board-certified in general psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry. She treats mental health problems, behavioral problems and emotional problems with a family-centered, evidence-based treatment approach. She utilizes a holistic, integrative medicine model to evaluate, diagnose and treat children of all ages, adolescents and adults. She provides individual therapy, family therapy, psycho-education, neurofeedback, and medication management. Her treatment and research interests are Mindfulness-based psychotherapies, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (MBCT) and Mindfulness-Based Meditation.
Ricky received his BA from The Evergreen State College in Washington State and his Master of Social Work in Oregon State at Portland State University. During his graduate education Ricky focused on working with at-risk youth, their families and communities as an addictions counselor, case manager and a school social worker. He has been trained in Brainspotting (BSP) and continues to focus his professional development and career in the trauma informed arena, specializing in the treatment of adolescents. Ricky belongs to the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and is currently certified as a Clinical Social Work Associate (CSWA). He has over two years of experience working with youth in a wilderness therapy setting as both a field instructor and field supervisor. Ricky is a firm believer in the transformative power of nature and the outdoors as a medium for therapy, growth and positive life change with an emphasis on family systems, interpersonal process and attachment therapy, trauma informed care and seeking the deepest therapeutic healing possible. Ricky is excited to bring his extensive outdoor skills and therapeutic background to New Vision Wildernesses clinical team.
Liz joined the NVW team in 2010 and has treated in both our Wisconsin and Bend locations. As a lead therapist, Liz worked with adolescent females, males and young adult populations in the wilderness. In 2016, she enthusiastically began working extensively with our families – bridging front country therapy with wilderness experiential process. Liz deeply believes in the importance of repair, healing and growing within our relationships to fully develop a secure self. She steps into this work with much vigor and excitement to utilize the power of nature, experience and relational repair. Liz achieved her Master of Social Work, emphasis on Child and Family and Mental Health, from Loyola University Chicago in Illinois. She is trained in Brainspotting, EMDR-Level One and Two and Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga which are powerful tools to utilize with trauma, attachment and anxiety. Liz utilizes these tools to create a powerful experience within treatment for the entire family to heal. Outside of work you can find Liz trying to find every waterfall in Oregon, dancing, reading, and rooting for her favorite team, the Wisconsin Badgers.
Jacob earned his Master's Degree in Clinical Psychology from Wheaton College in Wheaton, IL. He has worked for more than 7 years as a therapist in the wilderness in Utah, Wisconsin, and at an extended care sober living program in Maine. As an adventure therapist, Jacob has led clients on international outdoor treks. . Jacob believes in utilizing the challenges of the wilderness to build confidence in those who are struggling to identify personal strengths and growth areas. A native of Georgia, Jacob and his wife Kelsey moved to Medford, WI where they are raising their daughter to explore and appreciate the great outdoors.
Leah received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Portland State University in 2009, a certificate in Emergency Medical Services from Trinidad State University in 2014 and is a current Master's in Counseling student at Colorado Christian University. Leah is a member of the American Counseling Association (ACA), Oregon Counseling Association (ORCA), the Association for Experiential Education (AEE) and Chi Sigma Iota: Counseling Academic and Professional Honor Society International. Previously Leah worked with male adolescents through Youth Guidance Association (YGA) in Portland, OR and has volunteered supporting female pre-teens. Leah is passionate about the healing potential of relationships, the wilderness, and in walking with clients as they author new narratives about themselves and their experiences. When not working, Leah enjoys reading, writing, painting and hiking. Leah completed a year-long clinical internship with New Vision Wilderness in 2018 and is excited to join the clinical team in a support position.
Keri comes to New Vision Wilderness with a strong business background. Keri walked in a world with some of the largest stressed filled corporations in the country. Through this experience, she came to realize the importance of somatic focused stress regulation. She has found a passion for working with highly stressed and sensitive clientele like treatment resistant teens and survivors of trauma. Keri teaches many classes across Northwest Wisconsin. Keri is a registered yoga teacher through the yoga alliance. She is certified in Alignment Yoga and her approach is based in trauma sensitive principles. Keri teaches at NVW to bridge the gap between mind, body, and emotions. She works with all groups on affect regulation skills, stress reduction, mindfulness meditation and somatic awareness. Keri integrates the teachings of Heart Math and Brainspotting into her work. She helps integrate all forms of somatic work into the NVW model.
James Nippert started working with adolescents and their families in wilderness therapy in 2004 and has been passionate about wilderness therapy ever since that time. James' personal approach to therapy focuses on the need for both the adolescent and the family to heal together. James received his Master's Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Appalachian State University and has worked for a number of wilderness therapy and therapeutic boarding schools. James is thrilled to bring his talent and love of teens to the Oregon woods with New Vision Wilderness. It is his personal belief that there is no other milieu that so successfully sets the stage to facilitate change and healing as does an attuned wilderness experience. In his spare time, James is an avid reader, skier and enjoys learning how to perfect gluten-free cooking methods.
Leroy received his BS in Forestry from Southern Illinois University. After working a number of years as a park ranger he found his way into wilderness therapy in Oregon. It was while working in the field that Leroy discovered his life's passion, to help adolescents and young adults build the courage to go within themselves and find their true self, while learning healthy coping skills to handle the challenges of young adulthood, assertive communication skills, and resources to help them maintain their sobriety. After working for 2 ½ years as a Senior Field Instructor he moved into a Mentor and Outdoor Director position with a young adult transition program in southern Oregon. Having gained experience working with young adults returning from the wilderness and applying the skills they learned in the woods, Leroy took a year to travel on his motorcycle before returning the woods with wilderness therapy program in Georgia for the next year. He made the choice to attend graduate school at California Institute of Integral Studies, receiving his Masters in Counseling Psychology with a focus on Marriage and Family Therapy. Leroy is passionate about working with young adults and adolescents in the wilderness setting. He draws upon a variety of therapeutic modalities, Gestalt, Transpersonal, CBT and DBT techniques, Relational, Family Systems, to help him meet the client where they are. In his spare time Leroy enjoys woodworking, reading, meditation, motorcycle rides, backpacking and hiking, and spending time with friends, family and his dog Sid.
I have been in the counseling and therapy field for over 25 years and have a diverse background including community mental health, inpatient, outpatient and wilderness therapy settings. I have a B.S. in Psychology from the University of Oregon and M.A. in Counseling Psychology from Antioch New England Graduate School in Keene New Hampshire. I am also very interested in the treatment of developmental trauma and attachment and how it seems to be at the core of many of issues including anxiety, depression, addiction, and overall well being. I have also been a student of consciousness, awareness, and the inner sciences since my time at U. of O. and have a daily yoga and meditation practice that help me to stay focused and centered. I also love spending time in nature, playing music, and going on adventures with my wife Jen and my favorite four legged, Lilly.
After receiving a B.A. dual degree in Education and History from the College of Idaho, Xela served in the Peace Corps for nearly three years in South Africa. It was in this foreign environment where she fully understood and embraced her passion for being of service to others. Upon returning to the States, Xela started her work in wilderness therapy as a field instructor, where she spent several years helping to invite change in adolescents. Soon after, Xela received her Master's Degree in Clinical Social Work, with high honors, from Arizona State University. Spanning over a decade, Xela has worked at several wilderness therapy programs and therapeutic boarding schools. Xela has a natural affinity for relationship-based work with adolescents and easily connects and aligns with individuals and families to clarify strengths and issues, build insight, and guide needed changes. She believes that the wilderness setting naturally provides a very meaningful and powerful environment for adolescents to improve their self-worth, sense of belonging, and connection to self and others.
Ryan has a passion for helping youth move from a place of discouragement to empowerment. His experience comes from working with youth and families for over a decade in a variety of settings including therapeutic boarding school, direct care social work, and Wilderness Therapy. Ryan received his Master of Social Work from Western New Mexico University where he graduated with honors and is a member of the Phi Alpha Honor Society. Ryan firmly believes that when a client is able to take their power and put it into constructiveness instead of destructiveness the seed of change begins to grow and that spreads to everyone around them. The wilderness is a perfect backdrop for that change, free from distractions; so empowerment can blossom and the gifts that each person is meant to give this world can shine. In his spare time Ryan is a dedicated family man and enjoys going on family adventures. He works hard to find a balance of connection, love, responsibilities, and joy. He enjoys getting out in the wilderness through whatever the mountains and oceans provide and can be found with his family on the rivers, trails, mountains, and oceans whenever possible.
Claire graduated with her Master's in Mental Health Counseling from Viterbo University in La Crosse, WI. During this time her focus was complementary health and addiction studies. Prior to joining New Vision's team, Claire has worked in community mental health with at-risk youth and their families and at a university setting with young adults. Growing up in northern Wisconsin, Claire has always had a great appreciation for the outdoors and the healing power of nature. In her free time, Claire enjoys spending time horseback riding, hiking, canoeing, and adventuring with her four-legged family.
Ashley graduated from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with her Master's Degree in Social Work. During this time, Ashley was awarded a grant to start Lego Therapy groups with students. Prior to joining New Vision's team, Ashley has worked with at-risk students and their families in school programming. She has also worked with adolescents as a junior high school social worker in Woodridge, Illinois. Ashley joined New Vision because she appreciates the therapeutic benefits of the wilderness and the challenges it provides to facilitate change. In her free time, Ashley enjoys listening to podcasts, fishing with her family, and making salsa.
Clayton's interest in the therapeutic benefit of nature began while pursuing a degree in social work at Aurora University. This interest in nature led Clayton to working with at-risk youth and adolescents in both school settings and a non-profit adventure theraputic agency. After obtaining a Master's Degree in Social Work, he decided to begin working as a field guide for New Vision's team because of the opportunity to work with students in the challenging, yet engaging environment of the wilderness. Clayton enjoys rock-climbing, spelunking, and reading.
Jillian earned her Masters of Science in Mental Health Counseling from the University of Phoenix, Saint George, Utah campus. She has worked in wilderness therapy and the mental health field since 2005. Growing up in the north woods of Minnesota, Jillian has always had a passion for the outdoors and its therapeutic value. She loves the experiential work and believes in taking a person-centered approach, looking at each student as an individual. Jillian also believes in not only giving her clients the opportunity to grow, but that treatment is an opportunity for the whole family. In her free time Jillian enjoys playing outside with her family and their dog.
Wesley started working with youth in 2009 as a residential caseworker at a group home for at-risk youth. Wesley studied at the Adler University in Chicago, IL where he obtained his MA Counseling Psychology along with a certificate in Advanced Adlerian Psychotherapy. Before joining the NVW team Wesley worked as a school therapist (Chicago, IL) and as a program clinician (Boston, MA) at a twelve bed residential treatment where he focused on utilizing Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) with teens and families. Since joining the NVW team Wesley has focused in therapy practice on utilizing both trauma and relational models, and utilizing various therapy approaches including brainspotting, trauma sensitive yoga, along with traditional therapy approaches. Wesley enjoys travelling, backpacking, running, yoga, and cooking.


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Eresus kollari ignicomis est une espèce d'araignées aranéomorphes de la famille des Eresidae.

Distribution
Cette sous-espèce est endémique de France. Elle est essentiellement présente en Corse. En 2014, elle a été signalée sur l'île de Bagaud, réserve intégrale du parc national de Port-Cros.

Habitat
Elle se cache sous les grosses pierres des plateaux calcaires du Sud de la Corse.

Description
Cette sous-espèce se distingue des femelles des autres sous-espèces d'Eresus kollari par son céphalothorax et son abdomen parsemés de poils rouges. La base des chélicères (jusqu'au tiers apical) sont garnis de poils d'un rouge-orangé épais et très denses. Ses pattes sont noires avec de petites touffes rouges à l'extrémité des fémurs, des tibias et des métatarses antérieurs. Les traces d'une ligne rouge sont visibles sur les tibias. Son prosome mesure  de longueur et  de large.

Le mâle n'a pas été décrit.

Systématique et taxinomie
Cette sous-espèce a été décrite par Simon en 1914. L'épithète ignicomus fut utilisé à tort à la place d'ignicomis.

Elle a été considérée comme sous-espèce dEresus niger (Canestrini & Pavesi, 1868) puis dEresus cinnaberinus (Olivier, 1789).

Publication originale
 Simon, 1914 : Les arachnides de France. Synopsis générale et catalogue des espèces françaises de l'ordre des Araneae; . Paris, , .

Liens externes

Voir aussi
 Liste d'arachnides endémiques de France

Notes et références

Eresidae
Sous-espèce d'araignées (nom scientifique)
Faune endémique de France métropolitaine

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Yesterday's Google event threw out a lot of facts and figures that could have easily been missed if you were distracted at any moment during the 1 hour plus presentation. If you haven't had a chance to view it by-the-way, you can do so here. One interesting number that was thrown out yesterday is actually very telling about where the personal computing industry is today. Google announced yesterday that there are 1.4 billion active Android users in the world today with a new 400 million active users added since May of last year. That figure is important because it is only 100 million shy of the once all dominant Windows platform.
Paul Thurrott has some great insights on this over at his site if you want to research this a bit more.
So for some perspective, 1.4 billion Android users is more than iOS users by about half-a-billion based on the number of iOS devices sold (not apples-to-apples (pardon the pun) but the best figure I could find in my research). By Microsoft's own figures, they have 1.5 billion active Windows users in their ecosystem. That's a lot but Windows has been around for 30 years. Android? 7 years. In fact, if you want to look at another Microsoft product, Office, Android has already passed that user count (1.2b for Office).
Microsoft Windows has been the dominant ecosystem for 25 years and for them to be upended is big news. Yes I get it, there is a bit of apples-to-oranges comparison going on so you have to be a little careful looking at these numbers. One was born on the desktop while one was born in a mobile frenzied world. But the fact remains on pure numbers of users of an platform/ecosystem, Android is going to pass Windows and do it soon.
With Google continuing to push into emerging markets, places where people do not nor ever will have a PC, the speed by which Android will pass Windows will likely only accelerate. One thing that is for sure is that Windows isn't going to be going away any time soon. Microsoft has a well established customer base, particularly in the enterprise space, where Android will be and has been adopted along side Windows.
Finally, this supplanting of Android over Windows from a user base is not news to Microsoft. Their adoption of a mobile first strategy, which heavily depends on their apps on Android devices, speaks to this fact. Redmond knows that they are about to be passed and instead of trying to fight this fact, they are leveraging it to their advantage as best they can. And you know what? They are doing a pretty good job. The Office apps for Android are terrific and if you are in the Microsoft ecosystem from an Office perspective, having an Android device isn't limiting or punishing in any way. That strength in apps is only going to continue.


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Q: In C#, if any asynchronous operation in a method makes an entire method async, why would I need more than one await statement in the method? Why doesn't one await statement make all other statements in the same method async-await calls?
From MS docs:
static async Task<Toast> MakeToastWithButterAndJamAsync(int number)
{
    var toast = await ToastBreadAsync(number);
    ApplyButter(toast);
    ApplyJam(toast);

    return toast;
}

On the page it says,

Composition with tasks
You have everything ready for breakfast at the same time except the
toast. Making the toast is the composition of an asynchronous
operation (toasting the bread), and synchronous operations (adding the
butter and the jam). Updating this code illustrates an important
concept:
Important
The composition of an asynchronous operation followed by synchronous
work is an asynchronous operation. Stated another way, if any portion
of an operation is asynchronous, the entire operation is asynchronous.

Later on in the final version, one of the methods shows two await statements.  Why?  If the method has the first await on Task.Delay, why do I need another await on the second Task.Delay?  Wouldn't the Task.Delay make this async thread "await" here anyway?
private static async Task<Bacon> FryBaconAsync(int slices)
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"putting {slices} slices of bacon in the pan");
            Console.WriteLine("cooking first side of bacon...");
            await Task.Delay(3000);
            for (int slice = 0; slice < slices; slice++)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("flipping a slice of bacon");
            }
            Console.WriteLine("cooking the second side of bacon...");
            await Task.Delay(3000);
            Console.WriteLine("Put bacon on plate");

            return new Bacon();
        }

This did not tell me the why:  Why do we need more than one `await` statement in a C# method?
Nor this,
C# Async Await with Synchronous and Asynchronous operation

A: Task.Delay doesn't delay your current task. It creates another task that waits for that amount. So if you just do Task.Delay(123) you are spawning another task that waits for 123 ms, but your current task doesn't wait for that spawned task to finish. In order to make your current task wait for 123 ms as well, you need to await Task.Delay(123), which makes the current task wait for the spawned task, which waits for 123 ms. Because await pauses the current task's execution at that point to wait for the given other task to complete.

Note: Please note the comment by Theodor Zoulias:

It's better to say that the Task.Delay creates a task that will complete after that amount of time. There is no waiting taking place internally.

A: awaits are there so that the next statement executes after the work is done.
Let's imagine a piece of code that requires a sequence of steps.
async Task<bool> ProcessAsync()
{
   var data = await GetDataAsync();
   await SendDataOrThrowAsync(data);
   return true; // Success
}

The 1st await is easy - you cannot send data before you get it.
The 2nd await is there so that return true is executed only when the sending is finished.
Without the 2nd await the contract changes.
async Task<bool> ProcessAsync()
{
   var data = await GetDataAsync();
   SendDataOrThrowAsync(toast); // don't wait just start
   return true; // Success
}

A true here means that we started sending not that we sent it.

I think this is also a good example that I hope helps clearing the confusion.
With
await Task.Delay(1000);
await Task.Delay(2000);

DoWork();

DoWork will be called after 3 seconds.
With
await Task.Delay(1000); // Start, and pause execution here until done
Task.Delay(2000); // Start, but don't pause;

DoWork();

DoWork will be called after 1 second.
Having the ability to to await or not to await allows you to do multiple things at the same time.
async Task<int> GetFirstHalfAsync() => await Task.Delay(1000);
async Task<int> GetSecondHalfAsync() => await Task.Delay(3000);

(...)

var t1 = GetFirstHalfAsync(); // Start, don't pause here
var t2 = GetFirstHalfAsync(); // Start, don't pause here

var results = await Task.WhenAll(new Task<int>[] { t1, t2 }); // Pause here until we get the results

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Thought you might appreciate this item(s) I saw at Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
Indocyanine Green Angiography Use in Breast Reconstruction: A National Analysis of Outcomes and Cost in 110,320 Patients
Chattha, Anmol, B.A.; Bucknor, Alexandra, M.B.B.S., M.Sc.; Chen, Austin D.; Lee, Bernard T., M.D., M.B.A., M.P.H.; Lin, Samuel J., M.D., M.B.A.
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery: April 2018 - Volume 141 - Issue 4 - p 825-832
doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000004195
Breast: Outcomes Article
Background: Indocyanine green angiography has gained popularity in breast reconstruction for its ability to assess mastectomy skin and tissue flap viability. The authors aim to analyze trends and outcomes associated with indocyanine green angiography use in breast reconstruction.
Methods: Using 2012 to 2014 data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project National Inpatient Sample, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the authors identified breast reconstructions performed with or without indocyanine green angiography use. Trends over time were assessed using the Cochran-Armitage test. Outcomes were assessed using logistic regression and generalized linear modeling.
Results: Over the study period, 110,320 patients underwent breast reconstruction: 107,005 (97.0 percent) without and 3315 (3.0 percent) with indocyanine green angiography use. Usage increased over time: 750 patients (1.9 percent) in 2012, increasing to 1275 patients (3.7 percent) in 2013 (p < 0.001). Smokers (p = 0.018), hypertensive patients (p = 0.046), obese patients (p < 0.001), and those with a higher comorbidity index (p < 0.001) were more likely to undergo indocyanine green angiography. Autologous reconstruction was more frequently combined with its use compared with tissue expander reconstruction (4.5 percent versus 2.1 percent; p < 0.001). There was a significant increase in the odds of débridement associated with its use (OR, 1.404; p < 0.001; 95 percent CI, 1.201 to 1.640).
Conclusions: Indocyanine green angiography use in breast reconstruction has increased in recent years and is associated with higher débridement rates. These rates may indicate changing trends for clinicians when deciding whether to débride tissue during breast reconstruction.
CLINICAL QUESTION/LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Therapeutic, III.
From the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School.
Received for publication May 22, 2017; accepted October 4, 2017.
Disclosure:The authors have no financial interest to declare in relation to the content of this article. No funding was received.
Supplemental digital content is available for this article. A direct URL citation appears in the text; simply type the URL address into any Web browser to access this content. A clickable link to the material is provided in the HTML text of this article on the Journal's website (www.PRSJournal.com).
Samuel J. Lin, M.D., M.B.A., 110 Francis Street, Suite 5A, Boston, Mass. 02215, sjlin@bidmc.harvard.edu
Copyright © 2017 by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery141(4):825-832, April 2018.
David H. Song, M.D., M.B.A. is the President-elect of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). He is a consultant with BioMet, Emmi Solutions, LLC, a consortium-member providing senior debt for Brava, and consultant with and investor in HealthEngine.com. He receives author royalties from Elsevier. Scot Glasberg, M.D. is the President of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). He is a consultant with LifeCell Corp and Mentor Corp and an investor with Strathspey Crown. The authors have no sources of funding to report related to the writing or submission of this discussion.
The location and affiliation information should read as follows: Arlington Heights, Ill. From the American Society of Plastic Surgeons/Plastic Surgery Foundation.
David H. Song, M.D., M.B.A., 444 E. Algonquin Rd. Arlington Heights, IL 60005, songd@uchicago.edu
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As you know, Luciana attended the Mission Starfury: The Cylon Attack in London in November 2009. There are already several reports and galleries about this convention here on the blog, but what we didn't have so far were videos. Until now.
Now, and I know I said this before, if you have the chance to meet this lovely lady at a convention, don't hesitate! You can find a list of upcoming events in the convention section of the fansite.
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Das Museo Experimental El Eco (gegründet 1953) ist ein Ausstellungs- und Performanceort für zeitgenössische Kunst und Architektur im Zentrum von Mexiko-Stadt. Es wurde von dem Bildhauer Mathias Goeritz entworfen, einem mexikanischen Künstler deutscher Herkunft, der bei der Planung des Hauses eng mit dem mexikanischen Architekten Luis Barragán zusammenarbeitete.

Geschichte des Gebäudes
1952 beauftragte der Geschäftsmann Daniel Mont den Künstler Mathias Goeritz mit dem Bau eines Ortes, der eine neue Beziehung zwischen seinen kommerziellen Interessen an einer Restaurant-Bar und dem avantgardistischen Geist einiger kultureller Akteure der damaligen Zeit herstellen sollte. Es sollte etwas anderes als das Etablierte entstehen. Goeritz nutzte die Gestaltungsfreiheit, um ein Gebäude in der calle de Sullivan in Mexiko-Stadt mit einfachen Formen und kontrastierenden Elementen zu schaffen: Hell–Dunkel, Massivität–Leere, Horizontalität–Vertikalität. Es wurde als poetische Struktur entworfen, deren Anordnung von Korridoren, Decken, Wänden, Leerräumen und Öffnungen die Besucher dazu veranlassen sollte, den Raum auf emotionale Art zu reflektieren; dieses Konzept forderte die damals in der Architektur vorherrschenden Dogmen des Funktionalismus heraus. Goeritz konzipierte das Gebäude als eine begehbare Skulptur und wurde dabei von dem mexikanischen Architekten Luis Barragán beraten.

So entstand in den 1950er Jahren eine einzigartige Begegnungsstätte für mexikanische und internationale Künstler der Literatur, der bildenden Kunst, der Musik und der Architektur.

Obwohl Daniel Mont kurz nach der Eröffnung des Hauses am 24. Oktober 1953 starb, konnte Goeritz das Konzept der experimentellen Bespielung noch ein Jahr aufrechterhalten. Dann änderte der Eigentümer die Nutzung und richtete ein Restaurant und einen Nachtclub ein. Jahre später wurde das Gebäude als Theater vom Isabelino Forum und dem Theater El Tecolote genutzt. Danach stand es bis 1997 leer. Das Gebäude erlebte innerhalb von 50 Jahren eine Vielzahl von Umbauten, die jedoch nicht in die Grundstruktur eingriffen.

Im Jahr 2004 kaufte die Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México das Gebäude und wollte das architektonische Erbe von Goeritz wiederbeleben. In monatelangen Restaurierungsarbeiten hat der Architekt Víctor Jiménez, der auch für die Restaurierung des Studienhauses von Diego Rivera und Frida Kahlo verantwortlich war, den ursprünglichen Zustand wiederhergestellt und am 7. September 2005 wurde das Gebäude als künstlerische Begegnungsstätte wieder für die Öffentlichkeit zugänglich.

2006 kaufte die UNAM das angrenzende Grundstück und schrieb einen Wettbewerb aus, um der Raumnot zu begegnen. Die Erweiterungsbauten wurden von Fernando Romero (LAR) und Juan Pablo Maza (FRENTE Arquitectura) 2007 abgeschlossen.

Programm
Seit der architektonischen Wiederherstellung in den ursprünglichen Zustand hatte Guillermo Santamarina die Leitung der Institution inne und versuchte auch künstlerisch die ursprüngliche Intention zu etablieren: "ständiges Experimentieren und die Möglichkeit für das Publikum, mit dem Künstler und dem Prozess seiner Arbeiten in Kontakt zu treten". Aktuell ist Paola Santoscoy Leiterin der Einrichtung.

Pabellón Eco

Im Jahr 2008 rief das Museum erstmals einen nationalen Architekturwettbewerb für junge, praktizierende Architekten ins Leben, um das Erbe des räumlichen Experimentierens fortzusetzen und ein interdisziplinäres Kunstprogramm zu veranstalten. Das Projekt wird gemeinsam mit Buró–Buró durchgeführt, einer unabhängigen, gemeinnützigen Kulturorganisation. Der Sieger des Wettbewerbs gestaltet von April bis August eines Jahres den Innenhof (Patio) des Museums neu. Er muss folgende drei Kriterien erfüllen: Klar erkennbare Funktion, Bezug zum vorhandenen Raum, Wirtschaftlichkeit.

Sieger des Pabellón Eco:
 2010: Frida Escobedo
 2011: Estudio MMX
 2012: Desplaza[miento] von Luis Aldrete
 2013: Estudio Macías-Peredo
 2014: kein Bewerber konnte die Kriterien mit seinem Entwurf erfüllen
 2015: Paradoja Hídrica von Taller Capital
 2016: APRDELESP
 2017: keine Preisverleihung
 2018: Campanario von TO Arquitectos
 2019: keine Preisverleihung
 2020: Cronoboros von Andrés Arochi und Galia Eibenschutz (TANAT)
 2021: keine Preisverleihung
Das Museum organisiert parallel dazu eine Konferenz über experimentelle Architektur namens Pabellón Eco: Panorama. In dem neu gestalteten Innenhof finden zudem Lesungen, Tanzperformances und andere künstlerische Interventionen statt.

Veröffentlichungen (Auswahl)

Literatur

Galerie

Weblinks

 Website des Museo Experimental El Eco
 Buró—Buró organization website, partner for Pabellón Eco

Einzelnachweise

Kunstmuseum (zeitgenössisch)
Kunstmuseum in Mexiko
Museumswesen (Mexiko-Stadt)


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It has a velcro strap that allows you to attach the sheep to the crib or to a car seat, so you can use the sheep both at home and on the go. Despite to its size and inner sound machine, the sheep is lightweight and portable. The sound box is removable, which makes it easy to wash the sheep. This toy is the best sleep aid for your baby as well as a perfect gift for baby showers.
Here are some of the best features I found in this cute thing.
requirement of the toy is quite low and you won't have to worry about changing the batteries for a long time. Thanks to being battery powered, the Sleep Sheep can calm and comfort your little one at home and on the go.
Cloud B Sleep Sheep comes with 4 soothing white noise settings: whale song, rain, ocean and mother's heartbeat. It also has 4 melodies that you can use when nursing or playing: Twinkle Twinkle, Rockabye Baby, Classical Lullaby and Tranquil Melody. The machine is really easy to use. The sheep has a panel with 4 buttons on the back that allows you to select your preferred track and control the volume of the sound. It also has a timer that can be set for 23 or 45 minutes, which is usually enough for the baby to fall asleep.
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Although the sheep is portable and lightweight, it's a bit too large for traveling and everyday walks as it takes up quite a lot of space. Luckily Cloud B has designed a smaller white noise machine especially for this purpose.
This is a smaller compact version of the original sound machine. It weighs only about 12.8 ounces and it's the perfect baby-soother for traveling. You can take it with you when going for a walk, a visit or a car trip. And, of course, you can successfully use it at home as well.
The traveling version of the toy has the same features as the full-size sheep. It's battery-operated and has a removable sound box with 4 buttons. It also has adjustable volume and a velcro strap for comfortable attachment, but the sounds the on-the-go machine comes with are slightly different. It has 4 white noise sounds: spring showers, ocean waves, whale sounds and gentle stream. Unlike the original sheep, Sleep Sheep On The Go doesn't have the 4 baby melodies and lullabies, nor the mothers' heartbeat sound. Still, all of the sounds are soothing, pleasant, and effective for calming your little one.


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Tweet Tweet My Lovely is an album by the English punk rock band Snuff. It was released in 1998 on Fat Wreck Chords.

Critical reception
AllMusic wrote that "Snuff has ability, humor, throaty vocals, and nine different tempos to work in, as well as the occasional nutty brass and pretty '60s organ."

Track listing
All songs written by Snuff, unless otherwise stated
"No Reason" – 2:11
"Ticket" – 2:02
"Timebomb" – 0:46
"Lyehf Taidu Leikh" – 2:58
"Nick Motown" (Redmonds) – 2:25
"Brickwall" – 1:46
"Arsehole" – 2:37
"Bob" – 1:12
"All You Need" – 2:31
"Etc." – 1:40
"Thief" – 2:52
"Verdidn't" – 2:23
"Bit Cosy" (Batsford, Murphy, Redmonds, Wong) – 2:14
"Take Me Home (Piss Off)" – 4:05

Credits
 Duncan Redmonds – vocals, drums
 Loz Wong – guitar
 Lee Batsford – bass
 Produced by Snuff
 Engineered by Harvey Birrell
 Mixed by Ryan Greene

References

External links
Fat Wreck Chords album page

1998 albums
Snuff (band) albums
Fat Wreck Chords albums


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Tuscan Sun Festival – A Fan's First-hand Account
Thank you to [you know who you are] for this account of Jeremy at the 2011 Tuscan Sun Festival:
(Photos at the bottom of the post…)
"The evening was a mix of theater, music and ballet and told the story of the 9 year long relationship between Chopin and female writer George Sand. Though I really like Chopin's music and they played the pieces pretty well, I just wished there were less music and more Jeremy.
As for his acting: he was breathtaking… I was very curious whether he could do a convincing Chopin. Not only because he had to play a young man (half of his age), but because of Chopin's character, who was a fragile, angelic man, ill all the time, sophisticated and sensitive in a sort of feminine way (while Sand was the more dominant, stronger party in the relationship). And yes, he did it… He transformed completely, especially in the second half of the play, when he becomes more and more ill and lonely and finally brakes up with Sand. You just wanted to take him to your arms carefully and protect him – just like George Sand must have felt about Chopin.
I'm not sure if I have ever seen him being so painfully beautiful like this evening. His hair was something like in Appaloosa, curly at the back, and his skinny, fragile figure was emphasized with long, narrow-fitted clothes. And his face… it was truly expressive, lost, and dreamy (do you remember the last scene of M Butterfly? I could compare his between-genders presence to that). Every bit of him was alive, his playing was so subtle, sensitive and expressive!
As for the set, they had two armchairs and a table at each side of the stage, Sinead on the right, Jeremy on the left. At the back, in the middle the piano. Simon Trpceski played the pieces, while Jeremy sort of pretended to play them either sitting on a chair with his back to the audience or standing at the side of the piano.
There was an ovation at the end of course, they got flowers, and Jeremy threw his to the audience with a cheeky smile before he disappeared behind the curtains. Outside of the theater the crowd waited for them. The musicians came, then the dancers came, God knows who else came, but not them. I waited at least an hour but they must have left through a stage door or something, which was a bit disappointing. Both Max and Sam were there with girlfriends. I saw them briefly, they walked away on foot. Now they are at the charity dinner."
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Jeremy Irons – Tuscan Sun Festival – HUGE High-res Photos!
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Jeremy Irons in Italy for the Tuscan Sun Festival
Jeremy Irons and his wife, Sinead Cusack, were in Cortona, Italy, for their 4 August performance at the Tuscan Sun Festival.
Jeremy Irons and Riccardo Baracchi @ il Falconiere in Cortona on a Midsummer's Night:
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Jeremy Irons to be at Tuscan Sun Festival
Irons and Stone to play Chopin and Sand
Renowned British actor Jeremy Irons will play Frederic Chopin and Hollywood star Sharon Stone his long-time lover George Sand in a play staged at the Tuscan Sun Festival in Cortona, Italy on 5 August 2011.
In Nocturne: seduction, smoke and music – a love story of Chopin and George Sand, the remarkable acting duet will present a story of the Polish composer and French novelist's turbulent love which lasted over ten years.
Stone and Irons will read letters out that the lovers sent to each other and acclaimed musicians, including Russian cellist Nina Kotova and British pianist Lucy Parham will play Chopin's compositions.
Among the guests of this year's festival, which starts on 30 July and ends on 7th August in the heart of Tuscany, include world-renowned pianist Martha Argerich, who will dedicate her performance to the homeland Argentina and tango, and pop musician Sting, who, together with his wife Trudie Styler will stage Masters of Wine, a live theatrical performance about wine, dance and yoga.
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Five New Studies Show Cannabis' Potential as Viable Replacement for Opioids
The findings in these new studies suggest that marijuana could play a role in ending the opioid crisis.
Several studies published recently add to a growing body of evidence that providing legal access to marijuana could help address the nation's opioid epidemic.
Here's a short overview of each of the new studies with their major findings:
Recreational Marijuana Legalization Associated with Reduced Opioid Use
Legalizing adult use marijuana is associated with a decrease in the number of opioid prescriptions, according to a new study published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence.
Researchers from the University of California at San Diego, Weill Cornell Medical College, and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign examined prescription data for Medicaid enrollees from 2010 to 2017 and found "no evidence to support the concern that recreational marijuana legalization increased opioid prescriptions received by Medicaid enrollees."
The researchers found that in 2015, legalized recreational marijuana was associated with a 32 percent reduction in the total number of opioid prescriptions, a 30 percent drop in the number of doses, and a 31 percent decrease in spending on Schedule III opioids.
The study, "Recreational marijuana legalization and prescription opioids received by Medicaid enrollees," is available to access through ScienceDirect.
Opioid Prescriptions Lower in States Where Marijuana is Legal
The legalization of medical and recreational marijuana may lead to a reduction in the number of patients receiving opioid prescriptions, total amount of opioids prescribed, and total days supply of opioids prescribed, according to a new University of Alabama Legal Studies Research Paper.
To see if any connection exists between opioid prescriptions and marijuana legalization, researchers used a dataset of over 1.3 billion individual opioid prescriptions between 2011 and 2017.
They found that recreational and medical marijuana access laws were associated with a 6.9 percent reduction in opioid prescriptions in states with fully legal states, and a 6.1 percent drop in states with medical marijuana only.
"In other words, cannabis access laws reduce the average provider's opioid prescriptions by the equivalent of half a kilogram of morphine," the researchers wrote.
You can access the new University of Alabama Legal Studies Research Paper, "The impact of cannabis access laws on opioid prescribing," through SSRN.
Fatal Opioid Overdoses Lower in Counties with Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
Counties that allow the operation of medical marijuana dispensaries experience significantly lower rates of opioid and heroin overdoses compared to counties without dispensaries, according to a new study from researchers at Claremont McKenna College, the University of Georgia, and University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
To examine whether local access to medical cannabis could reduce opioid-related mortality, researchers obtained mortality data through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Vitality Statistics System. They then compared the mortality data of non-Hispanic white men aged 15 to 54 years from 2009 to 2015 in counties with at least one dispensary to mortality data of the same demographic in counties with no dispensaries.
"We find that counties with dispensaries experience 6% to 8% fewer opioid-related deaths among non-Hispanic white men," the study reads. "Mortality involving heroin declines by approximately 10% following the opening of a dispensary."
You can access to full text of the new study, "The effect of medical cannabis dispensaries on opioid and heroin overdose mortality," through the Munich Personal RePEc Archive.
Growing Number of Arthritis Patients Opt for Cannabis Over Opioids
A new study published in the journal Orthopedic Proceedings found evidence to indicate that more patients with severe arthritis that required reconstructive surgery could be choosing to use cannabis rather than opioids for symptom management.
Researchers examined toxicology tests administered to more than 520 patients in 2012 and 2017 and found that the "prevalence of preoperative cannabis use increased from 9% to 15% while the prevalence of opioid use decreased from 24% to 17%."
While these findings could suggest that patients are using cannabis rather than opioids, the researchers note that it is unclear whether the prevalence and trends of cannabis and opioid use are related.
The abstract of the study, "Cannabis use has increased among patients with advanced arthritis who were scheduled for total joint arthroplasty, while opiate use has decreased: A five-year, single-institution study," is available through Orthopaedic Proceedings.
Use of Cannabis Has Increased While Misuse of Opioids Has Dropped
Compared to previous years, opioid misuse in 2017 was down while marijuana usage was up, according to a study from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.
In 2017, 11.4 million individuals misused opioids in 2017, compared to 11.8 million in 2016. At the same time, about 26 million Americans 12 and older consumed cannabis in 2017, compared to 24 million in 2016.
While the study doesn't prove that the two trends are related, they may suggest that legal marijuana access is associated with reduced opioid misuse rates. Nearly 60 percent of those who misused opioids indicated the main reason for misuse was to address pain, and previous findings have suggested that cannabis can serve as a safer alternative for pain management.
Read the entire 2017 National Survey on Drug Use and Health here.
Cannabis' Potential for Addressing Opioid Crisis
You can learn more about the opioid crisis in America, and how cannabis can possibly solve it, by visiting our news page.


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Infinity minus one second
"You're a dreamer Lex Luthor,
a sick twisted dreamer."
Jor-El was the father of the newborn Karl-El. They lived a long, long time ago in a far, far away galaxy, on a planet called Krypton. Krypton was cold. Its sun was dying. Soon, a collision would occur. Icy Krypton would melt then burn. Baked Alaska. In order to save his son, Jor-El placed his baby in a little star-cradle made out of crystals.
"You'll carry me inside you all the days of your life, you'll make my strength your own, see my life through your eyes as your life will be seen through mine… The son becomes the father and the father… the son," says Jor-El to his son, says Marlon Brando to the audience. Looking straight at the camera through the eyes of his son, Jor-El is Marlon Brando and Marlon Brando plays nothing else than the father of Superman. If God made man to his own image, Marlon Brando made Superman to his own : "The son becomes the father and the father… the son."
The crew on the movie set is amazed: Jor-El is talking from his heart but Marlon Brando is reading his lines as he refuses to learn the dialog by heart.
"It is wonderful not having to learn your lines. You gain time and nobody can tell the difference. It makes you more spontaneous, because you really have no idea about what you're going to do. You have a vague idea of what you're going to say, you say it and then you cannot remember what you really wanted to say," says Marlon Brando in a January 1979 Playboy magazine interview about his conception of acting in Superman.
Marlon Brando worked on set 13 days. He received for this time period a paycheck of $3,700,000. For being the father of Karl-El, the Holy Father of the most powerful man on earth, a.k.a. Superman, Marlon Brando worked at a rate of $8 a second. If we consider his financial contract allowing him to get 10% of the worldwide sales gross of the movie, we can raise his rate to thirty bucks a second. This can be considered a huge amount of money per second, but after all, as Andy Warhol once said, "Art is money". Can we seriously imagine that Superman could have been Superman if his father had not been Marlon Brando? Could Superman have reached our planet from a far distant universe, could he have flown in his crystal spaceship if he had not sprung from the cosmic semen of this extraordinary extraterrestrial father? And so, young Karl-El lands on planet Earth and later becomes this superhero disguised in prêt-à-porter polyester who saves mankind and the population of Metropolis a whole lot of times.
A Christian Saint-Superman ?
The Miracle of the Child Falling from the Balcony by Simone Martini (c. 1324)
Of course who could believe such a story? A Metropolis television news broadcast does not hesitate to describe the unbelievable event as a sort of fantastic hoax. So far, Superman doesn't even have a name yet; the Metropolis Post carries the headline: "It flies." The Daily News writes: "Look Ma — No Wires!" and the Daily Planet : "Caped Wonder Stuns City".
Journalism is a leitmotif throughout the whole Superman franchise. As everybody knows Clark Kent is the human body double of the yet-to-be-named Superman. "Clark Kent" is a nerdy cover, Clark Kent is a pretender, a fraud, a journalist. Clark Kent offers a kind of journalistic legitimacy to the mythological tale of Superman. Factual journalism is the flip side of imaginary fiction and you can turn one over and get the other in less than a second. Such is the transformation of Clark Kent into Karl-El: quick, slick and insidious like a subliminal advertising message.
If Superman does not endorse any product on his clothes, if you don't see any brand named on his cape, any Coca-Cola logo flying through the clouds, that doesn't mean the producers have avoided the principle of product placement: Superman grows up on earth eating Cheerios. Here lies within the movie an explicit twenty seconds, minimalistic yet at the same time brashly commercial, a twenty seconds consecrated to the glory of Young Superman eating his oat cereal The scene is shot at …sunrise. What solar light of ambrosia, what a shining star it is that powers the iridescent O, oh Cheerios, what cheer you bring us! If mead be the nectar of Gods, Cheerios is the delight of simple mortals – sweet, and not at all sour like Popeye's green spinach.
Later at night, later in the movie, Superman saves a white cat named Frisky. Hmm. It possibly reminds you of…Friskies cat food?
A failing Pagan Superman ?
The Sun or the Fall of Icarus by M.-J. Blondel (1819)
The extraordinary extraterrestrial sells well; the press loves him, so do advertisers and advertising agencies. The Flying Newcomer is a sexual icon, a man turned into a luminous entity of desire. But the superhero does not have a name yet. Like any fantasy or product for sale, the creature needs a name and it shall be named by a woman. The chief editor of the Daily Planet wants an exclusive interview with the superhero because as he says :
It could be the single most important interview
since God talked to Moses.
Here are some excerpts from Lois Lane's 1978 interview with Superman – not published, like Marlon Brando's interview, in Playboy magazine, but rather in the Daily Planet, established in 1775:
- Let's start with your vital statistics. Are you married ?
- Huh, no I'm not.
- Do you have a girlfriend ?
- No, I don't but if I did Miss Lane, you would be the first to know about it.
- How old are you ?
- Over 21.
- How tall are you ?
- About 6'4.
- And how much do you weight ?
- Oh, around 225.
- 225?
- Well I assume then that the rest of your bodily functions are normal ?
- Sorry, I beg your pardon ?
- Well, putting it delicately… do you… eat ?
- Yes, yes I do when I'm hungry.
- You do, of course you do, well, then is it true that can see through anything?
- Yes I can, pretty much.
- What color are the panties I'm wearing?... Oh, I'm sorry I embarrassed you, didn't I ?
- Oh, no, Miss Lane, it's just…
- Pink.
- What…?
Their mouths are closed so here is what their eyes said :
- Your panties are pink…
- Do you like Pink ?
- I like pink very much, Lois.
Pink is the color and we can almost hear the two characters whispering over virtual sensual silk lingerie. Superman is of course wearing red and tight briefs which display with grace his male attributes. And Lois looses herself in endless fantasies of instantaneous orgasms, permanent voluptuousity. As their lips almost touch…
- Why are you?
- I'm sorry?
- I mean, "Why are you here ?".There must be a reason for you to be here.
- Yes, I'm here to fight for truth and justice and the American way.
After a romantic flying session hand in hand through the skyline of Metropolis, Lois falls even more under the spell of the superhero, the Nietzschean shaved or hairless queer Übermensch.
Lois goes linguistic:
- What a super man…
(She pauses.)
- Superman!
The harder they fall.
The Fall of Phaëton, engraving by Hendrick Goltzius (1588)
The next morning the Daily Planet front page headline is: "I spent the night with Superman".
Karl-El the extraterrestrial creature, Clark Kent the terrestrial journalist finally gets a name and becomes Superman. But one main question has not been answered yet:
- How fast do you fly ?
- Oh, I don't know, I have never actually bothered to time myself.
If Metropolis television stations follow the exploits of Superman in real time, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, the superhero seems to have the power of ubiquity. He can be here and there and now – in no time. In his crystalline and icy fortress of solitude, Jor-El and Karl-El talk about the nature of time:
- First you cannot save humanity 28 hours a day.
- 24.
- or 24 as it is in Earth time.
On earth, it is both day and night at the same time, Summer in the northern hemisphere and winter in the southern hemisphere. Yes, this is an earthling contradiction, as Superman is Clark Kent and Clark Kent is Superman. Earth rotates on itself. And, also, earth orbits the sun. And on this pale blue dot, one day Lois dies in her red car during a giant earthquake. Superman thunders his sorrow and despair. He soars up toward the sky, the white clouds, crosses the atmosphere and reaches the dark stellar night. According to physics, one needs to attain escape velocity – the speed of at least 11 kilometers per second – in order to break free from earth's gravity. Confronted with such pain, Jor-El's voice echoes in orbit around the blue planet. Here is the father's commandment :
"It is forbidden for you to interfere with human history".
As if the Holy Spirit told his son Jesus not to interfere with human business! Groaning with pain but possessing God-like power, Superman flies around the earth, in the opposite direction of its rotation, covering the distance of the equatorial circumference in less than half a second at a staggering 22 kilometers per second. But Superman is still slower than the earth, because the earth flies around the sun at an incredible 30 kilometers a second. Were Marlon Brando's thirty bucks per second worth the 22 kilometers per second of Superman? Time is precious, time is money, time is running – running out. Isn't the dead Lois, pale Ophelia, already crossing the dark water of the Styx to the Underworld? Superman ain't no Orpheus so ya better hurry! Dazed but energized, the superhero accelerates to the point where he stops the earth which begins spinning backwards, rewinding the course of time. Ah-hah, that's how it shall be done!
Always on time, Superman saves Lois before the catastrophe ever happened. This action, the power of it… is magnificent. It's comparable, on more than a conceptual level, to absolute speed – you know, 300,000 kilometers per second – in other words, the speed of light. Well, folks, as Jor-El says at the beginning of the movie:
"This is no fantasy, no careless product of wild imagination".
Labels: SUPERMAN


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Stephen M. Thompson (nacido el  en Los Ángeles, California) es un exjugador y entrenador de baloncesto estadounidense que jugó una temporada en la NBA, además de hacerlo en ligas menores de su país, en Europa y en Japón. Con 1,93 metros de estatura, lo hacía en la posición de base. Fue en entrenador de la Universidad Estatal de California, Los Ángeles entre 2005 y 2014, tras haber sido asistente desde 2002. Actualmente es entrenador asistente en la Universidad Estatal de Oregón. Es el padre de los actuales jugadores Ethan y Stephen Thompson Jr..

Trayectoria deportiva

Universidad
Tras disputar en 1986 el prestigioso McDonald's All-American Game, jugó durante cuatro temporadas con los Orange de la Universidad de Syracuse, en las que promedió 13,6 puntos, 4,2 rebotes y 1,8 asistencias por partido. Fue incluido en sus dos últimas temporadas en le mejor quinteto de la Big East Conference, liderando la conferencia en 1989 en porcentaje de tiros de campo con un 60,9% de acierto.

Profesional
Tras no ser elegido en el Draft de la NBA de 1990, jugó en la CBA, donde en su primera temporada fue elegido rookie del año de la competición. Mediada la temporada 1991-92 firmó como agente libre con los Orlando Magic, con los que únicamente disputó un partido, y un mes después con los Sacramento Kings, con los que disputó 16 partidos en los que promedió 1,6 puntos y 1,0 rebotes.

El resto de su larga carrera transcurrió entre ligas menores de su país y diversas competiciones europeas, para acabar jugando en Japón.

Entrenador
Tras dejar el baloncesto como jugador, en 2002 entró como entrenador asistente en la Universidad Estatal de California, Los Ángeles, puesto que ocupó hasta 2005, cuando se hizo cargo del banquillo, en el que permaneció una temporada.

Estadísticas de su carrera en la NBA

Temporada regular

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 Ficha en NBA.com
 Ficha de Stephen Thompson en ultimatenba.com
 Ficha de Thompson en justsportsstats.com
 Estadísticas en la NCAA

Baloncestistas de California
Entrenadores de baloncesto de Estados Unidos
Entrenadores de baloncesto de la NCAA
Baloncestistas de la NBA
Baloncestistas de los Syracuse Orange
Baloncestistas de los Rapid City Thrillers
Baloncestistas de los Oklahoma City Cavalry
Baloncestistas de los Orlando Magic
Baloncestistas de los Sacramento Kings
Baloncestistas del Basketball Club Oostende
Baloncestistas de los La Crosse Catbirds
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Premier League: Perfect 8 for Liverpool, as West Ham slip to Palace
By Temisan Amoye
Liverpool's perfect start to the season continued with a 2-1 win over Leicester City. Klopp's reds had to wait till the 95th minute to secure their win, recording the maximum 24 points so far.
James Milner celebrates his 95th minute goal against Leicester
Leicester City's fine form under Brendan Rodgers had made this match a much anticipated one, especially after Liverpool's defending against Red Bull Salzburg during their midweek Champions League clash, where the reds lost a three goal lead. Leicester City traveled to Anfield sitting in 3rd place, a result of the fine job Brendan Rodgers is doing over at the King Power.
James Milner released Sadio Mane through on goal in the 40th minute, after a well worked build up from the back, and the in form Senegalese winger scored his 5th league goal of the season. Taking his overall premier league tally to 50 goals in 100 appearances for Liverpool. Despite registering 6 shots on goal , it was ex-manager Brendan Rodgers's Leicester who scored next, with midfielder James Maddison receiving a pass from Ayoze Perez and scoring in the 80th minute.
The game looked destined for a draw until the 93rd minute when Sadio Mane was brought down in the box, and Liverpool were awarded a penalty after VAR consultation. James Milner continued his fine form from the spot and scored Liverpool's second in the 95th minute.
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The results ensures Liverpool maintain a perfect start to the season, with 24 points, with closest rivals Man City 8 points off in second with 18 points, with a game in hand, and Leicester 10 points off in 3rd with 14 points and suprise Burnley 12 points off in 4th with 12 points rounding up the top 4.
Sean Dyche's men recorded their 3rd win of the season with a 1-0 victory over underperformers Everton, who are failing to deliver despite spending over 100m million euros on new signings in the summer. Everton finished the match with 10 men, after fullback Seamus Coleman was sent off in the 56th minute. Burnley would go on to take the lead in the 72nd minute through Jeff Hendricks. Making it Everton's fifth defeat of the season, with Marco Silva's men under pressure in 17th place on the log.
Meanwhile over at Carrow Road, Aston Villa ran riot over fellow newcomers Norwich City, as the Villans routed Norwich 5-1 away from home. Summer signing Wesley put Villa a goal up in the 14th minute, and the Brazilian doubled the lead in the 30th minute. Winger Jack Grealish made it three in the 49th minute and Hourihane scored Villa's fourth in the 61st minute. Substitute Douglaz Luiz would go on to compound Norwich's woes in the 83rd minute, scoring Villa's fifth goal. Substitute Josip Drmic scored a sole consolation goal for the Canaries in the 87th minute .
Watford and Sheffield United played out a goalless draw, at Vicarage road, continuing Watford's poor start to the season, as the Hornets find themselves in 20th place on the log.
In the final match of the day, West Ham's fine form suffered a blip as they lost 2-1 to Crystal Palace in the London derby. West Ham took the lead through French striker, Sebastian Haller, scored with a left footed shot in the 54th minute for the hammers.
Declan Rice conceded a 61st Minute penalty and fullback Van Aanholt had no problem scoring from the spot. Striker Jordan Ayew scored in the 87th minute, after receiving a headed pass from defender Martin Kelly. With Crystal Palace earning 13 points from a possible 18 in the last six matches.
The defeat is the first for Manuel Pellegrini's Hammers in six matches, with West Ham hoping this is just a minor blip in their early season fine form under the Chilean.
Tomorrow's fixtures see Chelsea travel to the Saint Mary's to face Southampton. With Tammy Abraham hoping to celebrate his England Call up by continuing his fine goal scoring form.
Wolves travel to the Etihad to take on Guardiola's Man City. While Arsenal welcome Bournemouth to the Emirates. As Solksjaer would be hoping Manchester United improve their form when they travel to Saint James Park to take on Newcastle United, on the final day of the Premier League's Matchday 8.
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We create fears in our mind and then turn them into torture house for ourselves. Why fear death when you are certain you will die? Why do you go deep into the forest without marking the way to bring you back? Remember simple animals like dogs mark their territory.


CMOs now own the customer experience, and it seems as though they'll be dealing with increased customer expectations around customized experiences in the years to come. In a new report, WE Communications finds almost half (47%) of respondents across 8 countries believing that technology absolutely will allow companies and their products/services to customize their experience in the next few years.
The ability for tech to unlock greater offerings from brands isn't limited to customer experiences. About half replied that technology "absolutely will" allow for them to assess products or brands online and for brands to develop new products or services.
Technology should also allow for greater brand involvement in sustainability: close to half of the consumers surveyed feel strongly that tech will enable brands to be environmentally friendly and sustainable.
Consumers may be excited about the future benefits of brands' use of technology, but that doesn't mean they don't have deeply held fears about its potential drawbacks, too.
For example, fully 84% strongly or somewhat agreed that they're fearful that their personal data is not secure. Given recent revelations about data leakage at Facebook, these fears aren't unfounded.
More than 7 in 10 consumers also worry that customer service representatives won't be people anymore. There have been pieces of research that have found hesitancy on the part of consumers to deal with purely AI-driven customer service interactions.
Some 55% of respondents in the US agree that they expect brands to take a stand on important issues. And that was easily the lowest rate of agreement of the 8 countries, with 87% in South Africa on the high end, and no fewer than two-thirds of respondents in other countries agreeing.
Even so, people are more likely to support a brand that has a high level of functionality than one with a high level of purpose.
Asked to rate their support on a 9-point scale, with 1 being a completely purpose-driven brand and 9 being a completely functional one, 39% of respondents in the US skewed towards functionality (7,8, or 9) while just 9% tilted towards purpose (1,2, or 3).
Still, it's worth noting that most people want a mix of both functionality and activism: a slight majority (53%) of respondents in the US chose a 4,5, or 6 on the scale, meaning that they're about equally as likely to support a brand that has a high level of purpose/participates in activism as one with a high level of functionality/provides personal effectiveness.
More results and takeaways are available in this white paper [pdf].
About the Data: The results are based on a survey of roughly 27,000 consumers and B2B decision-makers from 8 countries: US; UK; South Africa; China; Singapore; India; Germany; and Australia. Respondents were queried about 8 categories: Health & Wellness; Prescription Health; Food & Beverage; Finance & Banking; Automotive; Computing Devices; Smart Home; and Business Tech Solutions (these were the B2B decision-makers).


There's a real case to be made here. That happy girls are the prettiest. Set aside their beauty—so organic and real, the fancy night masks, the dedicated yoga, the happy hormones. True beauty for these women comes from a place of contentment, an intrinsic happiness that makes everything beautiful.
For the sake of propriety, we'll go with the version minus the well-placed expletives. "Just be yourself. Be unapologetic of who you are. Life is short. Move on," says Shaheen Abbas, designer/proprietor, Shaheen Abbas Fine Jewellery. Happiness is in the small things for her, like sitting in bed in her pyjamas with a cup of tea, or watching Netflix with her husband. She says a thank you every single night. "After a certain age, when the youth is gone, your head and heart are what reflect in your eyes. When you're unhappy, it shows." Her work makes her exceedingly content. "I need to be immersed in jewellery, surrounded by it. I feel such joy in the process: from my head to a sketch, to CAD to the finished piece." London, The Wizard Of Oz (1939), laughing outrageously with her sisters on her terrace, and yet another stamp on her passport are all her happy perks. She swears she eats a lot but her devotion to exercise keeps her fit. She climbs stairs and has run the marathon despite being diagnosed with a very weak spine. "My skin looks better. I always come back smiling. Everyone should dance, jog, walk and get natural happy hormones. If not, three glasses of wine should do it." Even as she channels her inner Sofia Vergara (the resemblance is uncanny), her happy memory is a pleasantly quiet one, sitting on a set of stairs in Pushkar as the temple bells tolled around her at dusk.
"I don't mean to sound cliché but I truly believe in all that is good, safe, happy and healthy for everyone," says Tara Sharma Saluja, actor, entrepreneur, creator, co-producer and host of The Tara Sharma Show. Eternal optimist is another one on her bio. Creating her own show is hugely rewarding; it allows her time for her kids. She has just started off on a movie now. She runs every single day, and has had since she was in school, even if it's just for 15 minutes. That's her adrenaline rush. With that is regular yoga. Her keyword is consistency. "It keeps me sane." English comedian Michael McIntyre never fails to crack her up. Her husband comes a close second. Watching her kids wake up and her morning coffee—both great happy starts to her day. And her happy space? It has to be with her family, nosing through a well-worn copy of Songs For My Grandchildren—a book her author/playwright father Partap Sharma penned for her kids shortly before he passed away.


The last fruit of the British autumn, sloes are the small, plum-like fruits of the blackthorn tree, which is often used in hedging. A wild ancestor of modern cultivated plums, sloes' bluish-black colour is similar to that of black grapes, and like plums they have a soft bloom on their skins.
Although sloes appear in hedges around August, they are traditionally not picked until after the first few frosts, late in October or November, because then the flavour is sweeter and the skins softer.
Sloes are much too sharp to eat raw, and they have limited uses when cooked. Their high pectin content means that they are sometimes combined with other fruit in jams and jellies to encourage the preserve to set. More common, however, is to use them to flavour gin. The sloes are combined with sugar and alcohol and left to steep in a cool, dark place for several months, before being strained and rebottled. A similar method is used to make sloe flavoured vinegar. They can also be used to make fruit wine.
When preparing sloes for steeping, they can either be pricked all over with a needle, or put in the freezer for a couple of days so that the skins split.


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The Monster Enters: COVID-19, AVIAN FLU AND THE PLAGUES OF CAPITALISM
By Mike Davis
Read by Stephen R. Thorne
Mike Davis Tantor Audio
Category: Nonfiction/Health & Fitness
Publisher: Tantor Audio Publisher: Tantor Audio Publisher: Tantor Audio
In this substantially expanded edition of his earlier book, The Monster at Our Door, the renowned activist and author Mike Davis looks at the COVID-19 pandemic now sweeping the world. He sets the current crisis in the context of previous viral catastrophes, notably the 1918 influenza disaster that killed at least forty million people in three months and the Avian flu of a decade and a half ago that sounded a tocsin, disastrously ignored by those in power, for today's devastating outbreak.
In language both accessible and authoritative, The Monster Enters surveys the scientific and political roots of today's viral apocalypse. In doing so it exposes the key roles of agribusiness and the fast-food industries, abetted by corrupt governments and a capitalist global system careening out of control, in creating the ecological pre-conditions for a plague that has brought much of human existence to a juddering halt.
Author Bio: Mike Davis
Mike Davis (1946-2022) was an author, historian, and political activist. He was known for his exposés of economic, social, environmental ,and political injustice. He wrote several books, including City of Quartz, Ecology of Fear, Late Victorian Holocausts, Planet of Slums, and Magical Urbanism. He was a Getty Scholar, was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship received the Lannan Literary Award for Nonfiction. Late Victorian Holocausts won the World History Association Book Prize.


Like many mom's the decision to stay home or return to work was agonizing. It was a topic of discussion in our house for months after my little boy was born. Like many mom's I returned to work after 3 months maternity leave but it was awful.
So much so, that my husband and I made some sacrifices so I could eventually stay home full time. It's hard only having one income and I often find myself wondering how other mom's do it.
I am personally not crafty so cottage industries are out for me, and I am terrible at selling things so direct sales are also out. I am always curious how other moms manage.
When I was approached to review MUMPRENEUR ON FIRE, I was intrigued. I don't read a lot of non0fiction so this was something a little on the new side for me.
Mumpreneur on Fire is a compilation of 20 amazing women telling their inspirational stories. Drug abuse, domestic violence, bereavement and heartbreak did not hold these amazing ladies back. Take inspiration from these amazing heartfelt stories of 20 regular women who had the desire to succeed against all odds (summary from Goodreads).
The book, Mumpreneur On Fire, is published by the Mums in Business Association (MIBA) organization which is a place for business minded moms to come together and network. This book is brilliant, it is a snap shot of some of the MIBA mom's and how they came to be in business.
Some times it's hard to find a person you can connect with and sometimes there are people who hate sharing their story over and over again. That's what makes this book so great….there are plenty of inspirational stories for readers to choose from and the authors of the story don't have to tell their tale her and over again, people can read it all right here in this book.
I loved reading each of the women tales. Some were funny while others downright sad. There were single moms, drug addicts who over came odds, actresses who left the spotlight behind for family, as well as a host of other truly remarkable tales. Women ranged in ages and circumstance and their businesses are all different.
I felt like I got to know each woman on a very intimate level. Sure some of the businesses weren't really my thing (sales, psychic, and some cottage industry) and I was unlikely to take the same path as some of these women, but for me the journeys were what sold this book. I love an inspirational tale as much as the next woman so I was thrilled to read about these women.
For me personally, I liked Holly's story best. reading about her personal tragedies and struggles was so personal and her voice was powerful. I haven't experienced anything like she has but the fact that she lost her husband so recently and was able to write about it for others to read was to me so very moving. I was inspired by her strength.
Each tale is different and is unique. Now that I am a mom, I connected with each story in a very personal way. This book reads very quick. I was able to read it in a couple of days but could easily have read it in one sitting.
There were links at the very end to some of the social media and/or websites to some of the contributors but I would have liked to have seen it all together at the beginning of each story for easy reference.
On the whole, this is a great collection of inspiring stories for women, about women, by women. If you are thinking about getting into business then MIBA and reading Mumpreneur On Fire is a great way to start your journey!


By Canuck Jesse in Uncategorized on September 26, 2014 .
So glad to read your update! You have my sympathy/empathy with the depression stuff (BTDT) and admiration with the adoption. I hope you find a workable routine and things settle down for you soon.
That is great news about the adoption; saw the braces pic on FB and laughed. It will be an adjustment for sure, but a good one when things balance out.
Sorry about the triathlon. And yeah, understand totally about the depression. Hope the meds work their magic. Sometimes it's just a little alone time on the trails that works for me.
Sign up for a big race :), and hang in there!
That's so great about the kids. that's a huge adjustment for both of you, but it will be great in the long run. Bummer about everything else. If you ever want to hang out or join in a run, let me know. I do solo and group runs. In the morning I"m running trails with Luke's at Erwin Park at 7am. Bring the fam if they can get up that early. Holla!
Hooray, an update! Glad everything is going well with the kiddos, and sorry about that tri. That's so heartwarming that they wanted to come watch you race, though! And maybe depression is going around like a bad case of the flu? Because I'm a mess-and-a-half as well, and I don't know what to do about it. Do you feel the meds have helped?
Thanks for the update! That's awesome news about your family and the kids 🙂 I can imagine you're exhausted with the adjustment of your new norm.
Take care of yourself, and hopefully once everyone settles into routine, you'll have more time for exercise and you'll feel better.
I was wondering how you and your family were doing. Hope you're gearing up for a wonderful first Christmas with the kiddos! Also, hope for more motivation and a routine that makes you happy in 2015!


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Transport in Perth, Western Australia, is served by various means, among them an extensive highway / freeway network and a substantial system of commuter rail lines and bus routes. Public transport is managed by the Transperth agency.

History

Following the settlement of the Swan River Colony in 1829, the Swan River was the main transportation link between Perth and the port of Fremantle. Land transportation was difficult as the only river crossing near Perth, a ford at the eastern end of the town, was often impassable for wagons and carts. The next crossing point was  upstream at Guildford, a major detour.
The only alternative to these river crossings were ferries, which operated from North Fremantle, Preston Point, and The Narrows.

Road transport
Perth has a road network centred around three freeways and nine metropolitan highways. It has no toll roads.

Highways and Freeways

The Mitchell Freeway connects the city centre to Joondalup, in Perth's northern suburbs. The Kwinana Freeway runs through and beyond the city's southern suburbs towards Mandurah and Bunbury. The Graham Farmer Freeway, incorporating the Northbridge tunnel, was built in 2000, primarily to provide a road link between East Perth and West Perth and act as a city bypass.

The port city of Fremantle, and adjacent suburbs, are linked to the city centre via Stirling Highway, which travels on the north side of the Swan River after crossing into North Fremantle on the Stirling Bridge. On the southern side of the river, Canning Highway, which later continues on as Great Eastern Highway, connects Fremantle to Midland, north-east of the city centre. Leach Highway is a parallel route that terminates at the edge of Perth Airport. Marmion Avenue is the northern continuation of West Coast Highway, which runs near the coastline, from Swanbourne to Trigg.

The arterial routes out of the Perth Metropolitan Region radiate out as a series of spokes. Stock Road, Rockingham Road, Patterson Road, Ennis Avenue, and Mandurah Road are part of Highway 1, and a coastal route to the areas south of Perth. Kwinana Freeway, and its continuation as Forrest Highway, provide a controlled access alternative (State Route 2) further inland, which meets up with Highway 1 (as Old Coast Road) at Lake Clifton, south of Mandurah. Albany Highway (State Route 30) travels in a south-easterly direction to Albany, Western Australia. At Armadale, in Perth's south-eastern suburbs, South Western Highway (State Route 20) branches off Albany Highway, heading south towards Walpole on Western Australia's southern coast. Brookton Highway (State Route 40) leads from Albany Highway in Kelmscott (just north of Armadale) south-east towards Brookton.

From the Midland area, Great Eastern Highway connects to Kalgoorlie, and is part of National Highway 94, which leads to Adelaide, South Australia. Great Northern Highway links Perth to Wyndham in the state's north, and is the majority of National Highway 95 to Darwin, Northern Territory. It also carries Highway 1 northwards out of Perth. Toodyay Road (State Route 50) is a third route out of Midland, heading north-east to Toodyay. Wanneroo Road (State Route 60) is a north-western route from Perth towards Yanchep and beyond, and Marmion Avenue provides a parallel route to Yanchep.

Ring Road

Roe Highway offers a controlled access route between the Kwinana Freeway, east of Jandakot, east of Fremantle, and Midland. There is a plan to extend Roe Highway, Perth's southern half of its ring road, towards Fremantle via overpasses and a tunnel. If the extension is approved, it will become Perth's only toll road. In Middle Swan, one suburb north of Midland, Reid Highway is the continuation of Roe Highway, travelling west to North Beach, where it meets Marmion Avenue.

Traffic congestion
Weekday traffic congestion is worst during the morning peak hour, when traffic regularly slows to almost half the speed limit. Depending on the road, the weekday peak hour is usually about 7am to 8am, or 8am to 9am. On weekends, congestion is worst later in the morning and harder to predict.  Rather than being on roads into the central business district, it centres on beaches, shopping centres, white goods and other big-box stores, and children's sporting grounds, such as netball courts.

Public transport

Perth metropolitan public transport, including trains, buses and ferries, are provided by Transperth, with links to rural areas provided by Transwa. Perth provides zero-fare train trips for SmartRider (travel fare card) holders around the city centre (the "Free Transit Zone"), as well as four high-frequency (every 8–15 minutes) Central Area Transit (CAT) bus routes (Red, Blue, Yellow, Green), which, alongside trips on regular Transperth buses in the city centre, are free to all users.

Suburban rail

There are five main rail lines, 70 stations and 15 bus stations in the metropolitan area.

Bus

An extensive bus network services the greater Perth metro area. Many bus routes act as feeder routes to the main rail lines.

Regional and interstate rail
The Indian Pacific passenger rail service connects Perth with Adelaide and Sydney. The Prospector passenger rail service connects Perth with Kalgoorlie via several Wheatbelt towns, while the Australind connects to Bunbury, and the AvonLink connects to Northam.

Trams

Perth's first trams operated for a short period at the end of the nineteenth century, on an unsuccessful horse-car tramway between the GPO and East Perth.

The city's first electric trams began operating in 1899 between East Perth and West Perth, along Hay Street in central Perth. The electric tram network was ultimately expanded west as far as Claremont, north as far as Osborne Park, and south across the Swan River causeway to Victoria Park, Como and Welshpool.

The initial electric tram infrastructure in Perth was privately funded. The government took over the running of trams in 1914, with the aim of better co-ordinating the network. Trams were an integral part of the public transport system in the early 20th century until the advent of the private automobile.  However, long term lack of government investment led to the network being phased out by July 1958. A number of Perth's historical trams are maintained at Whiteman Park.

Between 1905 and 1952, Fremantle had a small but comprehensive tramway network of its own.  The Fremantle network was owned and operated by a consortium of local municipalities, and was never linked into the Perth network.  Throughout its existence, the Fremantle network covered both the Fremantle municipality and the adjacent municipality of East Fremantle.  Its tram lines also extended for part of that period into North Fremantle and Melville.

There are now various tourist buses decorated as "trams", but running on rubber tyred wheels independently of rails, in both Perth and Fremantle. They operate services such as the Kings Park tram tour and others.

In 2012 a light rail network, to be known as the Metro Area Express was announced. After being pushed back, it was cancelled in 2016.

Cycling

Cycling in Perth is common on the roads and paths for recreation, commuting and sport. Between 1998 and 2009 the number of cyclists in Perth increased 450%.

Airports
Perth is served by Perth Airport in the city's east for regional, domestic and international flights and Jandakot Airport in the city's southern suburbs for general aviation and charter flights.

References


Ah, armchair reporting! It's great. Hasbro sent along a batch of photos of new Star Wars goodness from their "Twas The Night Before Party." In here, you'll find 3 3/4-inch Star Wars The Black Series C-3PO, Princess Leia in Boushh Disguise, Mosep Binneed, Commander Thorn, Han Solo in Carbonite, and a pair of Jawas! What's not to love?


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Good morning council members and neighbors. My name is Charlie Melchior-Fisher, and I'm here with my classmates from the Capitol Hill Montessori @ Logan. We need to have a science lab. Our school is adding a middle school, and I'll be a 7th grader there. DCPS says every middle school and high school student should have high quality science, but our school has never had a science lab. We will need one for years to come, so we ask you to give us 20,000 to 30,000 dollars so we can get proper science equipment for the coming year. We know that it may seem like we're asking for a lot, but science is important to the curriculum and the world. Thank you for listening.


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An attendee from Lyn's workshop "Discovering the Real You".
A happy attendee from Lyn's "Discovering the Real You" workshop.
Brian's testimony from attending Lyn's workshop "Discovering the Real You".
Sarah's testimony after attending Lyn's workshop "Discovering the Real YOU".
Cassie's testimony after attending Lyn's workshop "Discovering the Real You".
A happy attendee, Kelly, who attended Lyn's workshop "Discover You".


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Lilla Janina Moroz-Grzelak (ur. 1961) – polska literaturoznawczyni i slawistka, dr hab. nauk humanistycznych, profesor nadzwyczajny Instytutu Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk.

Życiorys
W 1985 ukończyła studia w zakresie jugoslawistyki na Uniwersytecie Warszawskim, 4 czerwca 2002 obroniła pracę doktorską Aleksander Wielki a macedońska idea narodowa (promotor – Krzysztof Wrocławski). 20 listopada 2012 habilitowała się na podstawie oceny dorobku naukowego i pracy zatytułowanej Bracia Słowianie. Wizje wspólnoty a rzeczywistość.

Pełni funkcję profesora nadzwyczajnego w Instytucie Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk, oraz jest członkiem dwóch kolegiów redakcyjnych pism "IberoSlavica" w Portugalii i Istorija" w Macedonii, a także Komisji do Badań Porównawczych nad Literaturą Słowiańską i Komisji Ibero-Slawistycznej Międzynarodowego Komitetu Slawistów, Komisji Bałkanistyki oddziału PAN w Poznaniu i rad naukowych, oraz programowych Instytutu Polskiej Akademii Nauk, trzech czasopism Slavica Lodziensia, Slavia Meridionalis, Studia et Documenta Slavica.

Wyróżnienia i nagrody
 2012: Wyróżnienie w konkursie Nagroda im. Jerzego Skowronka za monografię Bracia Słowianie. Wizje wspólnoty a rzeczywistość
 Medal 50-lecia Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Publikacje
 2002: Bibliografia słowianoznawstwa polskiego. Słowiańszczyzna zachodnia i południowa. 1996-2000
 2007: Polska wizja bałkańskiej przestrzeni terytorialnej w kontekście pojęcia "kocioł bałkański"
 2012: Bałkańskie kompleksy "gorszej Europy" w prozie Ermisa Lafazanovskiego

Przypisy

Absolwenci Wydziału Polonistyki Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Członkowie komitetów naukowych PAN
Polscy literaturoznawcy
Polscy slawiści
Pracownicy instytutów naukowych PAN
Urodzeni w 1961


New York, NY (April 8, 2019)—d&b audiotechnik has introduced its new B8, an ultra compact subwoofer standing 170 mm tall.
With its diminutive side, the B8-SUB is intended to have a low profile while offeriung a low frequency extension down to 43 Hz.
The B8 pairs with the established d&b xC, xS and E-Series loudspeakers, with dedicated models for mobile (B8-SUB) and install (Bi8-SUB).
The B8 is an actively driven subwoofer that features two 6.5" drivers with ferrite magnets housed within a bass-reflex cabinet design. The drivers reportedly achieve a low frequency extension from 170 Hz down to 43 Hz. The B8 can be driven by all current d&b amplifiers, achieving a max. SPL of 122 dB.
The B8 can be used under stages, stairs or ceilings; landscape or portrait; flush mounted or flown with small mid/high d&b loudspeakers.