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Drawing Conclusions
A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery
The landmark twentieth novel in the celebrated Commissario Guido Brunetti series.
Imprint Grove Paperback
Publication Date April 21, 2020
ISBN-13 978-0-8021-4585-7
Dimensions 5.5" x 8.25"
US List Price $16.00
Donna Leon, born in New Jersey in 1942, has worked as a travel guide in Rome and as a copywriter in London. She taught literature in universities in Iran, China, and Saudi Arabia. Commissario Brunetti made her books world-famous. Donna Leon lived in Italy for many years, and although she now lives in Switzerland, she often visits Venice.
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Nearly twenty years ago, when a conductor was poisoned and the Questura sent a man to investigate, readers first met Commissario Guido Brunetti. Since 1992's Death at La Fenice, Donna Leon and her shrewd, sophisticated, and compassionate investigator have been delighting readers around the world. For her millions of fans, Leon's novels have opened a window into the private Venice of her citizens, a world of incomparable beauty, family intimacy, shocking crime, and insidious corruption. This internationally acclaimed, bestselling series is widely considered one of the best ever written, and Atlantic Monthly Press is thrilled to be publishing the twentieth installment, Drawing Conclusions, this spring.
Late one night, Brunetti is called away from dinner to investigate the death of a widow in her modest apartment. Though there are some signs of a struggle, the medical examiner rules that she died of a heart attack. It seems there is nothing for Brunetti to investigate. But he can't shake the feeling that something or someone may have triggered her heart attack, that perhaps the woman was threatened. Conversations with the woman's son, her upstairs neighbor, and the nun in charge of the old-age home where she volunteered, do little to satisfy Brunetti's nagging curiosity. With the help of Inspector Vianello and the ever-resourceful Signorina Elettra, perhaps Brunetti can get to the truth and find some measure of justice.
Insightful and emotionally powerful, Drawing Conclusions reaffirms Donna Leon's status as one of the masters of literary crime fiction.
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"Leon's twentieth novel starring Venetian police Commissario Guido Brunetti is one of her best. . . . When [Brunetti] muses, the reader listens almost hypnotically, transfixed by the somehow ennobling ordinariness of this remarkable man's humanity but also by the subtlety of his mind and his absolute refusal to succumb to the tyranny of bureaucrats and moralists. . . . Leon's popularity among mystery fans has grown steadily, but over the last several years, she has become a must-read for all those who favor character-driven crime stories." —Bill Ott, Booklist (starred review)
"Donna Leon's 20th Venetian mystery featuring her compassionate police detective, Commissario Guido Brunetti, epitomizes what we treasure most about this series: a feeling for the life of a sublimely beautiful city and a sensitivity to the forces that are reshaping it. Not to mention the pleasure of being in Brunetti's company when this shrewd but scrupulously honest man is having a crisis of ethics at the flower market or trying to pry information from a hostile nun. " —Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times
"By now, with the arrival of Donna Leon's 20th Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery, the Venetian police commissioner seems almost as much an institution as the city's venerable buildings. . . . In an age of diminished civic and religious authority, the commissario—as his investigation proceeds—must make Jesuitical decisions of his own about guilt and innocence, punishment and absolution. In this finely written account, he comes down (as we know he will) on the side of the angels." —Tom Nolan, The Wall Street Journal
"This fine novel is Leon's 20th mystery featuring Commissario Guido Brunetti, the unparalleled Venetian police investigator who enlivens this intelligent series. . . . As always, Brunetti's investigative acumen, his patience, and most of all, his profound comprehension of the human psyche enable him to bring the case to a closure of sorts. Yet the powerful conclusions does not, in fact, directly divulge the solution, and it is this haunting ambiguity that renders Drawing Conclusions Leon's most provocative novel to date. . . . VERDICT: Aficionados of literary mysteries such as those written by P.D. James and Michael Dibdin will revel in this stellar book. If you read only one mystery this year, make it this one." —Lynne F. Maxwell, Library Journal (starred review)
"There is always doubt mixed with anticipation before diving into the latest in a favorite mystery series. The uncertainty is always there—will it deliver the same fascination as previous books? Or will it disappoint? . . . The compelling characters and complex plot in Leon's Drawing Conclusions place it among her best. The atmosphere of the city, along with Leon's sharp insights and powerful narrative, validate her often-recognized status as a master of literary crime fiction." —Merle Minda, Minneapolis Star-Tribune
"Leon's fine 20th Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery explores violence against women and the treatment of the elderly. . . . Leon provides a vivid view of Venice, balancing the city's 'glory days' with the reality of 'the flaking dandruff of sun-blasted paint peeling from shutters.' Compassionate yet incorruptible, Brunetti knows that true justice doesn't always end in an arrest or a trial." —Publishers Weekly
"Hard to believe—but let's be grateful—that Commissario Guido Brunetti is on his 20th case. Essential for mystery collections." —Library Journal
"As languid in its movement as a gondola ride. Yet none of Brunetti's earlier cases is as remorselessly clear in connecting the delicately comic anti-authoritarian gestures Brunetti winks at to the miasma of corruption that hangs over his beloved Venice." —Kirkus Reviews
"Leon brings so much to her work in addition to her subtle and entertaining plots. With her elegance of prose, the sympathy she invests in her characters and the vibrant portrait she paints of Venice, she creates literary fiction at its best. But the main attraction, as always, is Brunetti himself, humane and intuitive, sensitive and determined, who revels in his family life and does his best to bring justice to a lovely but corrupt city. " —Jay Stafford, Richmond Times-Dispatch
"From the very first page, you are drawn into the story with no desire to leave it until the final line." —LJ Roberts, I Love A Mystery
"Donna Leon does for Venice what Tony Hillerman did for Navajo country and Ed McBain did for New York City." —Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"Remarkably, for a long-running series, Leon's characters are more interesting now than they were 18 years ago. Even more remarkably, Leon's own skills, honed over so many books, have grown and matured, and that makes this most recent novel her best book so far." —Margaret Cannon, The Globe and Mail
"A great tale. . . . Readers will relish sailing the watery streets of Venice with the caring Commissario who understands justice and the law are not always in synch." —Harriet Klausner, The Midwest Book Review
"Brilliant writing." —Joe Hartlaub, BookReporter.com
"Donna Leon's vivid, atmospheric writing brings the city of Venice and its sights, sounds and smells to life, and her charming cast of characters and sense of social justice make her novels a delight to read. In Drawing Conclusions, Commissario Brunetti investigates the death of an elderly woman, whose suspicious bruises and missing artworks suggest that a simple heart attack was not the only cause of her death. Suspenseful and satisfying." —Carol Schneck, Schuler Books and Music, Okemos, MI
"It could have been a natural death. Costanza Altavilla died of a heart attack. Yes, there's some traces of bruising around the neck. It could be natural causes . . . or not. Inspector Brunetti suspects that there is more to the story, perhaps traced to Altavilla's work helping abused women. In the end, the story doesn't go where you think it will. Letter-of-the-law investigations and traditional moral solutions are not hallmarks of a Guido Brunetti case. The experience of reading Drawing Conclusions, however, goes well beyond the plotting. Every so often there's a turn of phrase that is positively breathtaking. It blows my mind how consistently good Donna Leon is, but her newest is particularly wonderful." —Anne McMahon, Boswell Book Company, Milwaukee, WI
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Because she had worked for decades as a translator of fiction and non-fiction from English and German to Italian, Anna Maria Giusti was familiar with a wide range of subjects. Her most recent translation had been an American self-help book about how to deal with conflicting emotions. Though the superficial idiocies she had encountered—which had always sounded sillier when she put them into Italian—had occasionally reduced her to giggles, some of the text returned to her now, as she climbed the stairs to her apartment.
"It is possible to feel two conflicting emotions about the same person at the same time." So it had proven with her feelings towards her lover, whose family she had just returned from visiting in Palermo. "Even people we know well can surprise us when they are placed in different surroundings."
"Different" seemed an inadequate word to describe Palermo and what she had found there.
"Alien," "exotic," "foreign": not even these words did justice to what she had experienced, yet how explain it? Did they not all carry telefonini? Was not everyone she met exquisitely well dressed and equally well mannered? Nor was it a question of language, for they all spoke an Italian more elegant than anything she heard from her Veneto-cadenced family and friends. Nor financial, for the wealth of Nico's family was on view at every turn.
She had gone to Palermo in order to meet his family, believing he would take her to stay with them, yet she had spent her five nights in a hotel, one with more stars awarded it than her own translator's earnings would have permitted her, had the hotel accepted her insistence that she be allowed to pay the bill.
"No, Dottoressa," the smiling hotel director had told her, "L'Avvocato has seen to it." Nico's father. "L'Avvocato." She had started by calling him "dottore," which honorific he had dismissed with a wave of his hand, as though her attempt at deference had been a fly. "Avvocato" had refused to fall from her lips, and so she had settled on "Lei" and had used the formal pronoun, after that, for everyone in his family.
Nico had warned her that it would not be easy, but he had not prepared her for what she was to experience during the week. He was deferential to his parents: had she seen this behaviour in anyone other than the man she thought she loved, she would have described it as fawning. He kissed his mother's hand when she came into the room and got to his feet when his father entered.
One night, she had refused to attend the family dinner; he had taken her back to the hotel after their own nervous meal together, kissed her in the lobby, and waited while she got into the elevator before going meekly back to sleep in his parents' palazzo. When she demanded the next day to know what was going on, he had replied that he was the product of where he lived, and this was the way people behaved. That afternoon, when he drove her back to the hotel and said he'd pick her up at eight for dinner, she had smiled and said goodbye to him at the hotel entrance, gone inside and told the young man at the desk that she was checking out. She went to her room, packed, called for a taxi, and left a note for Nico with the concierge. The only seat on the evening plane to Venice was in business class, but she was happy to pay it, thinking it took the place of at least part of the hotel bill she had not been allowed to pay.
Her bag was heavy and made a loud noise when she set it down on the first landing. Giorgio Bruscutti, the older son of her neighbours, had left his sports shoes on the landing, but tonight she was almost happy to see them: proof that she was home. She lifted the bag and carried it up to the second landing, where she found, as she had expected, neatly tied bundles of Famiglia cristiana and Il Giornale. Signor Volpe, who had become an ardent ecologist in his old age, always left their paper for recycling outside the door on Sunday evening, even though there was no need to take it out until Tuesday morning. So pleased was she to see this sign of normal life that she forgot to pass her automatic judgement that the garbage was the best place for both of those publications.
The third landing was empty, as was the table to the left of the door. This was a disappointment to Anna Maria: it meant either that nothing had arrived in the mail for her during the last week—which she could not believe—or that Signora Altavilla had forgotten to leave Anna Maria's post for her to find when she got back.
She looked at her watch and saw that it was almost ten. She knew the older woman stayed up late: they had once each confessed to the other that the greatest joy of living alone was the freedom to stay up reading in bed for as long as they pleased. She stepped back from the door to Signora Altavilla's apartment and looked to see if light filtered from beneath the door, but the landing light made it impossible to detect. She approached the door and placed her ear against it, hoping to hear some sound from within: even the television would indicate that Signora Altavilla was still awake.
Disappointed at the silence, she picked up her bag and set it down loudly on the tiles. She listened, but no sound from inside followed it. She picked it up again and started up the steps, careful to let the edge of the bag bang against the back of the first step, louder this time. Up the stairs she went, making so much noise with the bag that, had she heard someone else do it, she would have made some passing reflection on human thoughtlessness or stuck her head out of the door to see what was wrong.
At the top of the steps she set the bag down again. She found her key and opened the door to her own apartment, and as it opened, she felt herself flooded with peace and certainty. Everything inside was hers, and in these rooms she decided what she would do and when and how. She had no one's rules to obey and no one's hand to kiss, and at that thought all doubt ended, and she was certain she had done the right thing in leaving Palermo, leaving Nico, and ending the affair.
She switched on the light, looked automatically across the room at the sofa, where the military precision of the cushions assured her that her cleaning lady had been there in her absence. She brought her suitcase inside, closed the door, and let the silence drift across and into her. Home.
Anna Maria walked across the room and opened the window and the shutters. Across the campo stood the church of San Giacomo dell'Orio: if its rounded apse had been the prow of a sailing ship, it would have been aimed at her windows, and would soon have been upon her.
She moved through the apartment, opening all the windows and pushing back and latching the shutters. She carried her suitcase into the guest room and hoisted it on to the bed, then moved back through the apartment, closing the windows against the chill of the October night.
On the dining room table, Anna Maria found a piece of paper with one of Luba's curiously worded notes and, beside it, the distinctive buff notice that indicated the attempted delivery of a registered letter. "For you came," the note read. She studied the receipt: it had been left four days before. She had no idea who could have sent her a registered letter: the address given for "mittente" was illegible. Her first thought was a vague fear that some government agency had discovered an irregularity and was informing her that she was under investigation for having done, or failed to do, something or other.
The second notice, she knew, would have come two days after this one. Its absence meant that Signora Altavilla, who over the years had become the custodian of her post and deliveries, had signed for the letter and had it downstairs. Curiosity overcame her. She set the receipt on the table and went to her study. From memory, she dialled Signora Altavilla's number. Better to disturb her this way than to fret until morning about the letter that would turn out, she told herself, to be something innocuous.
The phone rang four times without being picked up. She stepped aside and opened the window, leaned out and heard the ringing below. Where could she be at this hour? A film? Occasionally she went with friends, and sometimes she went to babysit her grandchildren, though sometimes the oldest spent the night with her.
Anna Maria hung up the phone and returned to the living room. Over the years and even though separated in age by almost two generations, she and the woman downstairs had become good neighbours. Perhaps not good friends: they had never had a meal together, but now and then they met on the street and had a coffee, and there had been many conversations on the stairs. Anna Maria was sometimes called to work as a simultaneous translator at conferences and thus would be away for days, sometimes weeks, at a time. And because Signora Altavilla went to the mountains with her son and his family each July, Anna Maria had her keys, in order to water the plants and, as Signora Altavilla had said when she gave her them, "just in case". There was a clear understanding that Anna Maria could—indeed, should—go in to get her post whenever she returned from a trip and Signora Altavilla was not at home.
She took the keys from the second drawer in the kitchen and, propping her own door open with her handbag, switched on the light and went down the stairs.
Though she was certain no one was home, Anna Maria rang the bell. Taboo? Respect for privacy? When there was no answer, she put the key in the lock, but, as often happened with this door, it would not easily turn. She tried again, pulling the door towards her as she turned the key. The pressure of her hand moved the handle down, and when she gave the sudden pull and push the recalcitrant door proved to be unlocked and opened without resistance, pulling her a step forward into the room.
Her first thought was to try to recall Costanza's age: why was she forgetting to lock her door? Why had she never changed it and got una porta blindata that locked automatically when it closed? "Costanza?" she called. "Ci sei?" She stood and listened, but there was no answering call. Without thinking, Anna Maria approached the table opposite the doorway, drawn by the small pile of letters, no more than four or five, and that week's Espresso. Reading the title of the magazine, it struck her that the light in the hallway was on and that more light was coming down the corridor from the half-open door to the living room, as well as, closer to her, from the open door of the larger bedroom.
Signora Altavilla had grown up in post-war Italy, and though marriage had made her both happy and prosperous, she had never unlearned the habits of frugality. Anna Maria, who had grown up in a wealthy family in booming, prosperous Italy, had never learned them. Thus the younger woman had always found quaint the older's habit of turning off lights whenever she left a room, of wearing two sweaters in the winter, and of expressing real satisfaction when she found a bargain at Billa.
"Costanza?" she called again, more to stop her own thoughts than because she believed there would be an answer. In an unconscious attempt to free her hands, she set the keys on top of the letters and stood silent, eyes drawn to the light coming from the open door at the end of the corridor.
She took a breath, and then she took a step, and then another and another. She stopped then, and found she could go no farther. Telling herself not to be foolish, she forced herself to lean forward and take a look around the half-open door. "Costan—" she began but slapped her mouth closed with one of her hands when she saw another hand on the floor. And then the arm, and the shoulder, and then the head, or at least the back of the head. And the short white hair. Anna Maria had for years wanted to ask the older woman whether her refusal to have her hair dyed the obligatory red of women her age was another manifestation of her learned frugality or simply acceptance of how her white hair softened the lines of her face, adding to their dignity.
She looked down at the motionless woman, at the hand, the arm, the head. And she realized she would never get to ask her now.
1. Who finds Signora Altavilla's body, and under what circumstances? Why are the police called rather than the hospital, and why is it Brunetti who takes the call?
2. Arriving at Signora Altavilla's home, Brunetti has a distinct if unsubstantiated feeling that hers "was a troubled death. Not necessarily violent or criminal: only troubled" (p. 19). The pathologist Rizzardi, on the other hand, focuses solely on the physical evidence in the room. Are the two approaches determined by temperament or by profession?
3. At the hospital, Signora Altavilla's son, Dottore Niccolini, seems "nervous and paralysed" (p. 52). What about his behavior strikes Brunetti as odd? What factors, other than grief, may be at play here?
4. "She believed that one should always tell the truth, regardless of the cost," Madre Rosa says of Signora Altavilla, adding that such conviction "is a luxury" (p. 73). In what circumstances is telling the truth a luxury? How does the fact that the nun is from the south of Italy shape her opinion on the matter?
5. Working with Signorina Elettra, "the line [Brunetti] drew was never straight and was never drawn in the same place twice" (p. 84). What are Signorina Elettra's unique talents? Why is Brunetti unable—or reluctant—to strictly define her professional role?
6. Whether it's in their interactions with Madre Rosa or with Signora Giusti, Brunetti and Vianello repeatedly run up against ordinary citizens' deep distrust of the authorities in general and the police in particular. How do they go about winning back at least some of the credibility they need to perform their work, and are they successful?
7. What kind of organization is Alba Libera? Who does it serve, and how was Signora Altavilla involved? Are such organizations necessary? What can be inferred from the fact that Venetian women generally seem to be familiar with Alba Libera while policemen like Brunetti and Vianello appear to be finding out about it for the first time through this investigation?
8. What was Signora Altavilla's particular skill that made her so suitable to the task of visiting the elderly at the casa di cura? What are the responsibilities, and the risks, that accompany such an aptitude?
9. What comes of Brunetti's attempt to speak to Signora Sartori? What, if anything, is he able to gather from her disjointed speech, and what does he do when discovered in the room? Given the situation, is his attempt to extract information from Signora Sartori ethical? Is it justified?
10. After Maddalena Orsoni tells Brunetti the story of her sister's murder, Brunetti finds himself thinking about "how little chance a person in danger had of getting any sort of protection from the state" (p. 161). Who is best positioned, or most likely, to benefit from the state's resources? Who is most vulnerable to being neglected? Is this imbalance a purely Italian phenomenon?
11. What types of risks do the volunteers in the Alba Libera network take on when they offer their homes as safe havens? How does Signora Orsoni handle difficult situations when they arise? How does she balance the sometimes competing interests of the victims, the volunteers, and the organization?
12. How were Maria Sartori and Benito Morandi connected to Madame Reynard, and why had they been the subject of much gossip and speculation after her death? What does Brunetti find unusual about Morandi's apartment purchase?
13. From his interview with the art dealer Turchetti, Brunetti finds out that Morandi understands little about the value of the drawings he has been selling. Is Turchetti wrong to get the best price from Morandi? Why does Brunetti find himself sympathizing with "poor" Morandi?
14. How did Morandi come to possess the drawings? Why does he keep this secret from Signora Sartori? Morandi tells Brunetti that Signora Sartori "never loved me, not really . . . not the way I love her" (p. 255), and that she settled for him only because she was getting older. But Morandi, too, was holding back in their relationship. Did they have a chance at happiness? Did their chance of happiness depend on Morandi's omissions?
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Albert Sechehaye  (Ginebra, 4 de julio de 1870 – ibíd., 2 de julio de 1946) fue un lingüista suizo, discípulo de Saussure, hizo una serie de apuntes tomados por él y su compañero Charles Bally, en tres cursos que el lingüista suizo impartió en la Facultad de Letras de Ginebra entre 1907 y 1911.

Estudió en la Universidad de Ginebra, con su profesor desde 1891 Ferdinand de Saussure, Sechahaye fue un interno en Gotinga de 1893 a 1902.

Bibliografía
 Der Konjunktiv Imperfecti und seine Konkurrenten in den normalen hypothetischen Satzgefügen im Französischen // Romanische Forschungen, v. XIX, № 2, 1905
 Programme et méthodes de la linguistique théorique. Psychologie du langage. Paris: Champion, 1908
 Éléments de grammaire historique du français. Ginebra: Eggimann, 1909
 La méthode constructive en syntaxe // Revue des langues romanes. Montpellier, t. LIX, 1916
 Essai sur la structure logique de la phrase // Collection linguistique publi/e par la SLP, XX. Paris: Champion, 1926
 L'école genevoise de linguistique générale // Indogermanische Forschungen, v. 44, 1927
 Les trois linguistiques saussuriennes // Vox Romanica, v. V. Zúrich, 1940

Literatura
 Anne-Marguerite Frýba-Reber: Sechehaye et la syntaxe imaginative. Ginebra 1994.
 Anne-Marguerite Frýba-Reber: Charles-Albert Sechehaye, un linguiste engagé. In: Cahiers Ferdinand de Saussure, 49, 1995/96, p. 123–137.

Lingüistas de Suiza
Estructuralismo
Alumnado de la Universidad de Ginebra
Profesores de la Universidad de Ginebra
Nacidos en Ginebra
Suizos del siglo XX

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Además de los campeonatos de las distintas categorías, desde 1924 hasta la actualidad, las competiciones oficiales de las reservas del fútbol incluyen una serie de copas de carácter oficial, organizadas por las entidades históricas, reconocidas por la AFA. Desarrolladas en forma paralela a los torneos de cada división, por lo general se juegan con el formato de eliminación directa, de ahí que se los llamara, de manera genérica, concursos por eliminación.

Historia

Anteriormente, al igual que en los campeonatos, los segundos equipos o equipos de reserva, así como otros equipos alternativos de los clubes,  competían en los concurso de competencia de los primeros equipos, que empezaron a disputarse desde 1900. Sin embargo, la primera inclusión de un equipo de reserva fue en 1903, en la edición inaugural de la Copa de Competencia Adolfo Bullrich, concurso por eliminación de la Segunda División. En el caso de los concursos de Primera División, en 1906 se dieron los únicos casos de un equipo de reserva participante, cuando el equipo de reserva de Belgrano Athletic Club, conocido como Belgrano Extra, compitió en la Cup Tie Competition y en la Copa de Honor.

En 1904, el equipo de reserva de Barracas Athletic Club se convirtió en el primer equipo de reserva campeón de un concurso por eliminación, al obtener la Copa «Bullrich».

A pesar de la creación de los campeonatos de reservas en 1910, los concursos por eliminación continuaron siendo en conjunto hasta 1923.

Primera División

En el amateurismo

En el profesionalismo

Segunda categoría

En el amateurismo

Tercera categoría

En el amateurismo

Véase también

 Copas nacionales del fútbol argentino

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Biblioteca virtual de AFA, libros de Memoria y Balance
 Listado de copas argentinas en el sitio oficial de la AFA
 Listado de copas argentinas en RSSSF

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Q: Oracle functionality Set Channel partner Rating system logic through Oracle I want to add rating system in my below query with the following three criteria:-
select  ev.LOGIN_NAME Introduced_By, to_char(cp.CREATION_DATE, 'dd/mm/yyyy')
 Entry_Date,  cp.DATE_OF_INTRODUCTION, cp.NAME_OF_FIRM, cp.PERSON_NAME, cp.EMAIL_ID, cp.MOBILE,
cf.SR_NO Followup_SrNo, cf.FOLLOW_UP_TYPE, cf.ACTIVITY_DESCRIPTION, cf.NEXT_FOLLOW_UP_DATE,
cf.NEXT_TO_DO_ACTIVITY, cf.COMMEN Comments
from XXCUS.XXACL_PN_NEW_CHA_PART cp, XXCUS.XXACL_PN_NCP_FOLLOWUP cf, XXCUS.XXACL_PN_EMPLOYEE_V ev
where cp.mkey=cf.mkey(+) and cp.created_by=ev.USER_ID
--and cp.created_by in (13581)
and cf.FOLLOW_UP_DATE between '01-jun-2015' and '14-aug-2015' --DATE_OF_INTRODUCTION --cp.CREATION_DATE
order by cp.CREATION_DATE , ev.LOGIN_NAME,  cp.DATE_OF_INTRODUCTION, cf.NEXT_FOLLOW_UP_DATE ;

CRITERIA

*

*A rating - has done booking - valid for 6 months from the date of booking. After 6 months if he has enquiry, he moves to B category, if he does not have enquiry, he moves to C category. And he gets booking, he retains his rating as A

*B rating - Has enquiry - Valid for one month. If next month he does not have enquiry, he automatically moves to C category. If booking is done, he moves to A category, if he has enquiry next months he retains his rating as B.

*C category No enquiry or Booking
Please suggest as I am new to Oracle and how to implement it. Also let me know if you have any doubts

A: for A - rating
select
ab.broker_id, sum(CASE
WHEN SYSDATE - la.creation_date <= 180
THEN 1
ELSE 0
END) rating
FROM xxacl_pn_new_cha_part ab, xxacl_pn_lease_det ld,xxacl_pn_leases_all la
WHERE ab.broker_id = ld.broker_id
and ab.mkey=la.mkey(+)
group by ab.broker_id

for B -rating
SELECT ab.broker_id, sum(CASE
WHEN SYSDATE - cef_dt <= 30
THEN 1
ELSE 0
END) rating
FROM xxacl_pn_new_cha_part ab, xxcus.xxacl_pn_customer_enquiry_v ce
WHERE ab.broker_id = ce.broker_id
group by ab.broker_id

A: You must somehow define attributes last_booking_date and has_enquiry from your data.
If you manage this (I'm not able to interpret your select) the classification can be done as follows:
 select last_booking_date, has_enquiry,
  case when months_between(trunc(sysdate), last_booking_date) < 6 then 'A'
       when has_enquiry = 'Y' then 'B'
       else 'C' end as classification
 from tst;

 LAST_BOOKING_DATE   HAS_ENQUIRY CLASSIFICATION
 ------------------- ----------- --------------
 10.09.2015 00:00:00 Y           A
 12.02.2015 00:00:00 Y           B
 12.02.2015 00:00:00 N           C

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"Footloose" Performance Coming to Canyon Theatre Guild
by Cougar News Staff May 19, 2011 9:45 am 509 views0
An actress rehearses for "Footloose".
By Kyrie Workman – Cougar News Contributor
The musical adaptation of the popular 80's movie starring Kevin Bacon will be coming to the Canyon Theatre Guild at the end of this month.
"Footloose: the Musical" is a play set in the 80's that includes all the signature music, style, attitudes and dance moves of the time.
It depicts the story of a big-city boy, "Ren McCormack", who moves to the small, religious town of Bomont, where it is against the law to dance.
Ren struggles throughout the play to be accepted by his peers, and enlighten the townspeople of the joys that may come about by the allowance of dancing and celebrations.
Raymond Castro plays the rebellious "McCormack", who convinces the town that dancing is not a "crime," and captures the heart of "Ariel Moore", the reverend's independent daughter, played by Mary Grace Wilson.
With love ballads such as "Almost Paradise," and the hit title song "Footloose," it would be hard to resist coming and seeing the play directed by Leslie Berra and choreographed by Rena Bailey-Barrett.
Performances are Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 p.m. on May 28, June 4, 10,11, 17,18, 24 and 25 Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. on May 29, June 5,12,18,19 and 25. Ticket prices are $15 -$17 for adults and $12 – $15 for juniors and seniors. Call the box office for reservations at (661) 799-2702 or visit www.canyontheatre.org.
The Canyon Theatre Guild will perform "Footloose" starting May 28.
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It doesn't matter if you are or are not enrolled in an online Christian college, religion is all around you. From the most devoted follower to the most confused agnostic, religious attempts at answering everything from what is moral to our very existence have stood the test of time. However, with new religions and sermons popping up faster than the internet can stay on top of, it can all be more than confusing.
To help you get a better handle on who believes what, as well as your own beliefs, we have gathered the top 25 online study resources for religious courses. They can help you do everything from getting an expert view to learning about religion the same way Ivy League students do.
Study religion in general with the help of these courses.
A major part in both Judaism and Christianity, learn all about the Old Testament in this open religious course from Yale University. Professor Christine Hayes is a specialist in talmudic-midrashic studies. Special emphasis is placed on the Bible against the backdrop of its historical and cultural setting in the Ancient Near East.
This course provides a historical study of the origins of Christianity by analyzing the literature of the earliest Christian movements in historical context. Another open course from Yale, this one is taught by Professor Dale B. Martin, an expert on the New Testament. A central organizing theme of the course focuses on the differences within early Christianity.
Get loads of lectures on the topic for free from UC Berkeley. Twenty-three lectures make up everything from faith to training of the mind. Simply click on your choice, or listen to them all.
Click here for an open religious course from Utah State University. It presents a theoretical analysis of religion as a cultural phenomenon and explores the functional relationships between religion, culture, society, and the individual.
See where the two subjects merge and conflict by clicking here. It is a lecture from the University of California, Irvine by Dr. Carol Trabing. There are also loads of other video lectures.
Faith has always played a major role in the United States and is examined further in this religious course. It introduces students to the African American faith experience, with particular attention being given to the historical development of spiritualties of liberation. Several vantage points within the humanities, social sciences, and theological disciplines are shared.
The Theology Department at the University of Notre Dame gives this religious course. It examines the development of Latino religion and theology in the United States and how U.S. Latina and Latino theologians have articulated the meaning and implications for Christian living of core theological topics such as Christology, worship, evangelization, and social justice.
Click here for one of the religion classes from the open course options at MIT. It provides an exploration of colonial and postcolonial clashes between theories of healing and embodiment in the African world and those of western bio-medicine. It also looks into Afro-Atlantic religious traditions.
Learn more about the texts of a religion with the below.
No matter which language you want to study in, this site offers over 30 Bible translations for the studying. Click on popular Bible verses to learn more, or get a daily devotional on the home page. There are also pastor audio, study tips, and an active online study community.
Get good, old fashioned Bible study courses here. There are seven starter courses on the Gospel of Mark, The Book of Acts, and others. You can also scroll down to get specialized Bible lessons.
Nearly 50,000 students have stopped here for these free religious courses. There are four different courses to choose from on different versions of the Bible. You can even choose to receive your lessons through the mail.
Get over 325 religious courses for kids here. They cover the entire Bible and are free to download from Calvary Chapel. There are even lessons in Spanish.
Get loads of religious studies on the Jewish texts with a visit here. Several lessons are featured each day, and you can browse through the archives as well. There is also a daily quote, various instructors, and much more.
Dedicate a day of learning religious studies to this site. Rabbis, professors, and more all stop by to give lessons on the Torah. You can also learn the basics, seasons, and even send in your questions.
The site offers Islamic education through easy to understand free online courses on the sources and contents of Islam. They are based on the Quran, Sunnah, and Hadith. There are forums, lectures, and even an area to send in questions.
There are not many places one can regularly or credibly learn about Buddhism, with the exception of Barbara O'Brien's blog. She studied at Zen Mountain Monastery in Mount Tremper, New York and has lots to say on the topic. Visit for the basics, videos, and loads of new thoughts on Buddhism.
These religious courses take on a specific aspect of religion.
Start with the historical aspects of religion in this course. It explores how views of Jewish history have been formed and how this history can explain the survival of the Jews. Special attention is given to the partial and fragmentary nature of information about the past and the difficulties inherent in decoding statements.
Can one live a good life with all their morals intact? These and many similar questions are asked in this religious course. Matters such as euthanasia, gay marriage, racism and racial profiling, free speech, and others are all taken on.
Charles Darwin made history with his theory of natural selection over intelligent design. Learn the fundamentals and advanced principles of this train of thought in this religious open course. Other readings include Hume, Voltaire, Wells, and others.
For many this form of religion is the stuff of storybooks, but for others it is a real religion. Learn more about the occult aspects of religion here. Items studied include magic, ritual curing, trance, spirit possession, sorcery, and accusations of witchcraft.
Feel ready to take on a religious course at the graduate level? This is a graduate reading seminar on the role of religious groups, institutions, and ideas in politics using social science theories.
Learn the religion, history, and culture of the Muslim people in this religious course. It is given by the University of Notre Dame by Professor Asma Afsaruddin.
Radio show host Glenn Beck often makes headlines on little known items in history. He also offers his own open university and this course on faith. In it, renowned historian David Barton teaches how faith affected the development of the United States.
Did you enjoy the above? Then check out the follow up from the same school, same professor. It more closely examines the 250 founding fathers and their alleged secularism. There is also a Faith 103 class with even more.
And the above top 25 online study resources for religious courses are just the beginning. There are loads of other religious readings to be had, including many religious texts, which are often considered public domain. There are also sites like Beliefnet that specifically educate and inspire tons of faith from the astrological to the Zen.


This past July, Chief Dave Bertini took over command of the Menlo Park Police Department. Chief Bertini is beloved at City Hall, where he prior served as a Police Commander in various roles, as Interim Police Chief, and even as Interim Human Services Director when the need arose. I thought Menlo Park residents would enjoy getting to know Chief Bertini a little more and asked him to sit down for this interview.
Ray: Chief, when you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
Chief Bertini: When I was a kid I wanted to be a pilot. I still to this day have a huge appreciation for aviation, both military and civilian and love everything aircraft related.
Ray: What lead you to a career in law enforcement?
Chief Bertini: When I was 15, a friend of mine got involved in the Police Explorer program in Pacifica and convinced me to come check it out. I went through the Explorer "Academy" and found that I enjoyed it a lot! I actually graduated #1 in my class. I really enjoyed riding with officers and assisting and found that I picked things up in Law Enforcement very quickly.
I politely declined, and when I graduated from high school, I got hired as a dispatcher and a reserve police officer with Pacifica Police Department. At 19, they seemed to like my abilities and work ethic and hired me as a police officer and sent me to the police academy, and the rest is history.
Ray: What has been your greatest day in public service to date?
Chief Bertini: It is hard to pick out one day in public service that is the greatest. I have been lucky to be able to work hundreds of great and interesting cases, especially when I was a detective. I had a nose for investigating crimes and the more complicated the crime was the more I enjoyed it.
It got to the point that while I was a Detective Sergeant in Pacifica (I had done three rotations through investigations), any case out of the ordinary would be given to me including the retrial of a double murder suspect and the bombing in 1999 in Pacifica (on which a Investigation Discovery television show episode was based). I think the greatest moments in my career thus far has been the satisfaction of giving families and families of victims closure to their cases and their heartfelt appreciation for my work.
Ray: Chief, now on top of everything else you do, you also teach? Can you tell me about your teaching background?
Chief Bertini: I have been teaching for over 20 years and aside from my work in Rotary, that is my biggest passion outside of law enforcement. I am an Adjunct Professor at the College of San Mateo, a certified police academy instructor, a State POST instructor and a national faculty member of the Josephson Institute of Ethics.
I very much enjoy public speaking and making presentations (some have said I am a "ham" but I disagree….maybe), and I truly enjoy when I am able to help students have that "a-ha!" moment when everything comes together and is clear to them.
I also have a passion for history (my Masters is in Military History), and I believe that everyone in this country needs to understand where we come from, our founding documents and the rights we all have. Recently I have presented this very subject to classes at Menlo-Atherton High School and at Menlo School.
Ray: I suspect people are very interested to learn what your goals are for the Menlo Park Police Department in 2019?
Chief Bertini: Goals this year for the Menlo Park Police Department include fully activating the "Beat-4" team of officers funded by the Facebook Development Agreement. As of now it is only partially activated but I hope to have it fully running by the end of 2019.
We are also working on staffing a robust traffic team with four motorcycle officers. We currently have a new traffic sergeant and a motorcycle corporal and this team will help address the major traffic issues we have in Menlo Park. Another goal is to keep violent crime low, as it is now at its lowest level in over a decade, while also addressing the problem of rising property crimes, caused by several changes in state law.
Ray: Speaking of property crimes, what steps can Menlo Park residents take to protect their homes from burglary whether they're traveling or just away from home while at work?
Chief Bertini: First and foremost is secure your home! Make sure all door and windows are locked, lights are on or on a timer, and if you have an alarm make sure it is activated.
You can also let the police department know you are on vacation and we can do "vacation house checks". All you need to do is call the police business line at 650.330.6300 and say you would like this service. You will be asked a few simple questions, and an officer will check your premises daily.
Also, make sure you have a friend or neighbor you trust to be your contact in case of emergency, and let your neighbors know you are on vacation and ask them to keep an eye on your home.
Some other obvious steps that people sometimes overlook: Stop newspaper and mail delivery and whatever you do do not post on social media about the wonderful time you are having on vacation! Criminals have become very adept at surfing social media and can use this information to target your home.
Ray: Okay last question, and it's a tough one. What's your favorite dessert?
Chief Bertini: I am actually not a big dessert eater, nor am I a baker (but I do cook pretty well!). Having said that I do bake once a year, and it is at Christmas time. I am fortunate to be the holder of my Nonna's (grandmother) famous biscotti (Italian cookie) recipe. Every year I go through bags of flour and sugar and 5 dozen eggs and bake these biscotti which I bring to the police department as a Christmas gift for everyone. Each team gets their very own box of biscotti!
Ray Mueller has served on the Menlo Park City Council since 2012; he began his second term as Mayor in December. This is the third of a series of conversations he'll be having with experts, residents and business owners. Photo shows the Chief with appreciate girl who put together a lemonade stand for the department.


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An inspirational blog by Alaina Blay
alainablay	 May 28, 2013
It's A Cole World
Still on this music streak. Can't stop won't stop!
J. Cole. He came to NYC, the land of opportunity. He is a realist who writes music about the real stuff: raw feelings about everyday situations many people can relate to. He is genuine, honest, and brave enough to reveal what's actually going on in his mind. I always admire artists like this. I also love that he makes his own music to go with his lyrics. Self-made success and pure modern-day hip hop at its finest.
He says:
"This single is so organic. It happened at a time where I needed to get away from the studio," Cole says. "I just start cooking up in the house. I started with the drums, added the sample, added the music, then I added that percussion and bass line and started humming melodies. That was a fun night, probably the most fun I've had in a long time making a song."
Cole's story begins with music, but extends so far outside of the recording studio. In February he was invited to Harvard University to spearhead an hour-long lecture titled "The Next Move: A Conversation With J. Cole," where he spoke with students about his early influences, dreams of playing professional basketball in the NBA and lyrical inspiration. It's that same story that inspired all of the music on Born Sinner, which Cole produced in its entirety. "The things that I've been through is the reason for that, it all makes me stronger," he says. "All that will be told on the album, people will get it."
J. Cole Bio
Thank you, J, for doing you by being you.
Power Trip by J. Cole ft. Miguel
Cole Summer by J. Cole
Work out by J. Cole
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D.U.M.B.'s & UFO's
Deep Underground Mi litary Bases are all over the planet buried up to a mile under the earth connected by high speed magnified levitated trains that can reach speeds up to 750mph. That's mach 1!!! They have been building these tunnels with nuclear powered tunnel boring machines. This is how all the black operations take place without anybody knowing about it. How ells do you hide $1.25 trillion dollars of black op's government spending per year.
If you keep up with the news at all, the Washington Times and CNN reported that Edgar D. Mitchell (one of the astronauts on Apollo 14 and has logged the longest moon walk in history)has come out that aliens and UFO's are real and has demanded president Obama's administration release the government files regarding this matter.
OK, so what does UFO's, Aliens, and Underground bases have to do with each other? Well, apparently this is where the aliens mostly live. This is how they travel on the ground and where they keep their ships. Is this rea lly so far fetched? The most famous one is "DULCE New Mexico" What if you have never heard or seen anything glorifying, or propagating that UFO's and aliens are just make believe. All we have ever been tolled by the main stream media up till now is that UFO's and aliens is just silly sci-fi mumbo jumbo.
At this point if you don't believe that UFO's and Aliens are real then your just in denial. Astronauts just don't decide one day to be quacks and put their reputation on the line by yelling "The aliens are here!" as a publicity stunt. Astronauts most likely are much smarter than you, and it make no sense to think that their making things up. What would an 80 year old veteran astronaut have to gain by stating UFO's and aliens are real? If you still can't wrap your head around it, then the government and media has done it's job by conditioning you to believe what they wan t you to believe. Either way it's all starting to come out and this part of the truth is finally being reviled. The day the president's administration releases information on UFO's and Aliens is not so far off. But as far as the truth about what their doing here is a whole other question.
The point here is the truth IS coming out, and if the aliens and UFO's are real, why would it be so far fetched that they are using underground bases to confine themselves. Now I'm not saying all underground bases are used by aliens. I believe that these bases are also being used for black op's such as experimental aircraft and other top secret experiments, on top of fall out living quarters for certain government personal and people that are considered special citizens such as doctors, scientist, and a few artiest in order to keep some culture.
Now the machines that they use to make these tunnels and underground bases are incredible. It cost about 12.5 million to build one of these nuclear powered tunnel burring machines. They can go through just about anything, approximately drill ing through seven miles of rock per day. Now wait just a sec. How come none of this has ever made it to the main stream media? Do I really have to answer that question? You can find the entrances of some of these bases on Google earth.
It's really all about connecting the dots for yourself. The evidence is out there, but to convince some people it's going to take a public statement by government officials before they believe any of it. Even then for some it will be hard to swallow. When you've been conditioned your whole life it's hard to get out of the mold long enough in order to believe the unbelievable. So I leave you with what I feel to be some of the best video evidence out there.
Celestrial Worm UFO's
Not contrails but CHEMtrails.
The Freemasons
Williams Aerial Systems Platform W.A.S.P.


WORKERS in Imo State, yesterday, gave the state government seven days to pay their March salaries or face an industrial action.
A statement issued by leaders of the workers' union, Austin Chilakpo, Nkim Tangban and Aloy Iwuanyanwu, described the state government's inability to pay the salaries despite appeal as unfair.
The workers maintained that the state government had enough fund to pay civil servants and pensioners, even as they warned that security agencies in the state should not hold leaders of the union responsible should they decide to stage a protest.
"Your Excellency Sir, the leadership of Labour in the state has made frantic efforts to see that the salaries of Imo workers for the month of March 2019 is paid through the office of the Accountant General and have not yielded any result.
"More worrisome also is the fact that we shall soon enter into the Easter season, which the workers need this salary for", the statement reads.


The U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut accepts the following forms of payment for fees: cash, credit cards, debit cards with a Visa or Master Card logo, money orders, bank checks, cashier's checks, personal checks (name and telephone number must be clearly written on the face of the check, and law firm checks (including out of state law firms). Checks must be made payable to: Clerk, U.S. District Court. The Clerk's Office does not accept third-party checks. To make a payment using a credit or debit card there is a required minimum payment of $5.00.
Any person presenting a credit or debit card must be an authorized signer on that card. The card may be in the name of an individual or a corporation. Corporations are responsible for maintaining a listing of authorized signers. All card owners are responsible for security over issuance and use of their cards. Unsigned cards require the user to provide proper identification.
Criminal Debt (restitution, forfeiture payments, & special assessments) and Criminal/Civil Bonds are not payable by credit or debit cards at this time.
The Clerk's Office cannot make change for any service.
The U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut accepts payment for criminal debt (i.e., special assessment, fine, criminal restitution) on-line. Payments can be made through Pay.gov, using a checking or savings account (ACH) or credit, debit, and prepaid cards.
Before making payments on-line, debtors should self-enroll on the Pay.gov payment website. Instructions on how to self-enroll and make payments on-line are found below.


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require 'rails_helper'

describe Standup do
  describe 'associations' do
    it { should have_many(:items).dependent(:destroy) }
    it { should have_many(:posts).dependent(:destroy) }
  end

  describe 'validations' do
    it { should validate_presence_of(:title) }
    it { should validate_presence_of(:to_address) }

    it "should validate the format of the standup time" do
      standup = FactoryGirl.build(:standup)
      standup.should be_valid

      standup.start_time_string = "9:00 am"
      standup.should be_valid

      standup.start_time_string = "09:10 AM"
      standup.should be_valid

      standup.start_time_string = "10:00"
      standup.should_not be_valid

      standup.start_time_string = "23:00"
      standup.should_not be_valid
    end
  end

  it 'has a closing message' do
    standup = FactoryGirl.create(:standup, closing_message: 'Yay')
    standup.closing_message.should == 'Yay'
  end

  describe "dates" do
    before do
      @utc_today = Time.new(2012, 1, 1).utc.to_date
      @utc_yesterday = @utc_today - 1.day

      @standup = FactoryGirl.create(:standup, closing_message: 'Yay')
      @standup.time_zone_name = "Pacific Time (US & Canada)"
      Timecop.freeze(@utc_today)
    end

    after do
      Timecop.return
    end

    describe "#date_today" do
      it "returns the date based on the time zone" do
        @standup.date_today.should == @utc_yesterday
      end
    end

    describe "#date_tomorrow" do
      it "returns the date based on the time zone" do
        @standup.date_tomorrow.should == @utc_today
      end
    end

    describe "#next_standup_date" do
      context "when the standup is today" do
        it "returns date and time as an integer" do
          standup_beginning_of_day = @standup.time_zone.now.beginning_of_day

          @standup.start_time_string = "5:00pm"
          @standup.next_standup_date.should == standup_beginning_of_day + 17.hours
        end
      end

      context "when the standup is tomorrow" do
        it "returns date and time as an integer" do
          standup_beginning_of_day = @standup.time_zone.now.beginning_of_day

          @standup.start_time_string = "8:00am"
          @standup.next_standup_date.should == standup_beginning_of_day + 1.day + 8.hour
        end
      end
    end
  end

  it "allows mass assignment" do
    expect {
      Standup.new(
          title: "Berlin",
          to_address: "berlin+standup@pivotallabs.com",
          subject_prefix: "[FOO]",
          closing_message: "Go Running.",
          time_zone_name: "Mountain Time (US & Canada)",
          start_time_string: "9:00am",
          image_urls: 'http://example.com/bar.png',
          image_days: '["M"]'
      )
    }.to_not raise_exception
  end

  it 'serializes the image_days array for storage in the db' do
    standup = create(:standup, image_days: ['mon', 'tue'])
    standup.image_days.should == ['mon', 'tue']
  end
end

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Bao Viet Securities Company said in a report on the prospects of the banking sector that credit growth in the next three to five years would be around 14 percent a year, lower than the average rate of 18.1 percent in the 2015-17 period.
It said the lower credit growth would be due to a decline in both funds supply and demand.
With respect to the demand, economic growth next year is projected to slow down slightly to 6.4-6.5 percent, reducing demand from companies for funds to expand production and business.
The expected interest rate hikes of 0.25-0.5 percentage points in 2019 would also have an impact, BVSC analysts said.
Another factor will be the State Bank of Vietnam's new regulations on increasing the risk weightage for real estate loans from the current 200 percent to 250 percent from next year. It means that for every dong of real estate loan given, the risk-weighted assets will increase by two and a half dong. This will make it a significant disincentive for banks to lend to the property sector since their minimum capital requirement is a ratio of their risk-weighted assets under the Basel norms.
Another new central bank regulation reducing the maximum quantum of short-term deposits that can be used for medium- and long-term loans from the current 45 percent to 40 percent next year will reduce banks' liquidity.
Experts in different sectors have pointed out that after several years of high credit growth of over 18 per cent many banks are showing signs of slowing down lending since the last months of 2018.
The country's credit to GDP ratio now stands at 130 percent, causing the central bank to keep a close eye on credit.
Various external factors have forced the central bank to tighten monetary policy, experts said.
They include the escalating trade war between the US and China, whose likely effect on inflation is unknown yet. Global fuel prices rose steadily earlier this year, bringing inflationary pressure.
When there is fear of inflation, one of the main weapons central banks deploy is tight money.


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Prompt:  Who was that Cat Creature I Saw You with Last Night?
Setting: S7, the end of "First Date"
A/N:  So, remember how Xander's date had cat eyes?  Yeah, that's the missing link.
A/N2:  Soap bubbles are fluffy.
"Because I'm not ready for you to not be here," Buffy says.
"Oh, god, I better get to those."  She climbs to her feet with a groan.


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Elephant Family, art, and success at the Ball
SJHB662021-08-20T16:12:42+01:00June 19th, 2019|
Oh, what a night Thursday was, especially on the back of the Art Show which we COULD NOT HAVE DONE WITHOUT YOUR INCREDIBLE WORK!!!"
– Venetia Higgins – Elephant Family
The Animal Ball
The Animal Ball took place on Thursday 13th June in the presence of TRHs The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall. The evening started at Clarence House before the party of glamorous guests in animal masks moved on to Lancaster House to eat and party, before taking part in an all-important auction.
The success of both The Animal Ball Art Show and The Animal Ball auction helped to raise circa £1million, as well as strengthen the events' reputation, and achieve front page news in 4 printed newspapers plus coverage in Tatler, and Vogue.
Congratulations Elephant Family for your success, it was a pleasure to have done our little bit to help.
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It's been quite a journey and a privilege working with Elephant Family as the Official Shipping Sponsor for their Animal Ball Art Show and subsequently supporting their Animal Ball with its art handling requirements. Over the period, we've collected, stored, packed, insured and shipped artwork from some of the most notable names in the contemporary art world.
We're currently working with Elephant Family to manage the safe delivery of purchased artwork to their new owners.
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The Animal Ball Art Show was an art exhibition and auction run by Elephant Family to help raise funds to mitigate human-wildlife conflict in Asia, and therefore securing the safe future of the Asian elephant. It opened to the public on Thursday 23rd and ran until Friday 31st May.
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Musa ka Musalla is one of the highest peak (13800ft) in Kaghan Valley, bordering with Distrixt Mansehra / Saran Valley, approachable from both sides.
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At 4,076 metres, this mountain in the Kaghan Valley offers an easy and very scenic hike up to its summit. It translates into "Moses's Mat", and is named after a local legend involving a local shepherd who would pray on its summit.
Photo by Trekkerz


Greystone, a real estate lending, investment and advisory company, today announced its Real Estate Advisors group has closed the sale of two properties owned by Oakmont Senior Living.
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Vitamin K in Focus
Important for bone and cardiovascular health, vitamin K2 has benefited from strong science and growing awareness.
Gnosis by Lesaffre Launches Vitamin K2 Protective Matrix
An Interview with Hikaru Asari, Senior Executive, J-Oil Mills, Inc.
How K2 has Emerged as the Essential Nutrient for All Stages of Life
By Sean Moloughney, Editor01.25.18
Essential vitamins A, C, D and E have been common components of multivitamin formulations for decades, but a relative newcomer has seen its stock steadily rising: vitamin K.
Important for optimal bone and cardiovascular health, vitamin K comprises a number of structurally related compounds, including phylloquinones (vitamin K1) and menaquinones (vitamin K2).
"Vitamin K1 is known for its role in blood coagulation (clotting)," noted Eric Anderson, senior vice president of global marketing and business development, NattoPharma USA, Inc., Edison, NJ, supplier of branded MenaQ7 Vitamin K2 as MK-7. "Vitamin K2 also contributes to coagulation, but more importantly, it is now recognized for its essential role in building and maintaining strong bones, as well as inhibiting calcium deposits in the arteries and blood vessels."
All K vitamins are similar in structure, but differ in the length of the "side chain"—the longer the side chain, the better effect and efficiency, Mr. Anderson explained. "Consequently, the long-chain menaquinones (especially MK-7) are the most desirable as they are nearly completely absorbed and stay in the blood for the longest time. This makes vitamin K2 also available for tissues outside the liver, namely bones, arteries, and soft tissues."
In fact, studies consistently show that vitamin K2 as MK-7 is more effective compared to MK-4, mainly due to MK-7's significantly greater absorption and half-life, accumulation in the serum, and efficacy.
Understanding about the vitamin K forms has come a long way since the 1950s, said Dan Murray, vice president, business development, Xsto Solutions, LLC, Morristown, NJ, which supplies K2VITAL brand vitamin K2 MK-7 from Kappa Bioscience. "The challenge for K1 was the strong coagulation properties were beneficial for some, but not for all. The second generation was vitamin K2 MK-4, (menaquinone 4) offering some bone benefit with less powerful coagulation properties, but it has stability challenges and literally requires 1,000-times the dose of the more advanced form K2 MK-7. The current form of K2 MK7 (menaquinone 7) offers a more optimum package of stability, bone and heart benefits, but with reduced negative blood clotting aspects."
Fermented foods like natto are the primary food source of vitamin K2, as well as certain cheeses and animal products, like egg yolks.
Market Success
Thanks to recent clinical research, growing consumer awareness, manufacturing efficiencies, and lower price-points, the market for vitamin K2 has been accelerating, according to experts.
"We would conservatively estimate the global ingredient market for vitamin K2 is in the $30-35 million range, which as a specialty ingredient equates to about $300 million at retail," said Mr. Anderson. "Importantly, most products today are in the bone health segment. The strength of NattoPharma's MenaQ7 cardiovascular science is now driving heart health products globally. And the ultimate goal is multivitamins for prenatals, infant nutrition, kids, teens, and adults. This will ultimately grow the market exponentially."
The vitamin K2 market has already been growing at a "tremendous pace," essentially doubling annually over the past few years, said Mr. Murray. "When an ingredient is new and relatively small volume this is not so difficult, but at current volumes this is impressive growth."
Several factors are coming together to support the growth trajectory of vitamin K2, he added, principally a strong body of science. "Consumer awareness for bone health started years ago with calcium. Followed by the explosive growth of vitamin D, K2 is now appreciated for the cardiovascular benefit in addition to the bone benefit. With this significant growth, manufacturers are realizing some production efficiencies and that has helped bring down raw material prices. The trifecta of good science, growing awareness, and falling prices is pulling K2 into more and more formulas."
NattoPharma has been focused on driving awareness by educating the market about the importance of vitamin K2 for human health; finished product brands have played an important role toward that end, said Mr. Anderson. "As the leader in vitamin K2 research and development, we have worked to cultivate an understanding—down to the consumer level—of the substantial evidence supporting vitamin K2 as a vital nutrient for bone and cardiovascular health. As the sponsor of this important research, these studies have utilized our branded MenaQ7 Vitamin K2 as MK-7."
Primary Beneficiaries
In terms of consumer demographics, Luke Bucci, PhD CCN CNS, vice president of R&D for the supplement brand Ritual, noted that people age 50 and up might stand to benefit most from supplementation with vitamin K. "But all adults and children would derive a stronger, lifelong benefit. Women with a family history of bone loss and cardiovascular issues would probably benefit the most." Ritual's Essential for Women multivitamin/mineral includes nine essential nutrients women lack the most.
"We started out with a blank slate," Dr. Bucci said of the product's development. "Something from which every adult woman could derive life-long benefit. We wanted a lean and efficient MVM without frills, window dressing, or herbs/foodstuffs that have microbial concerns and focusing on essentials. We set out to see what essential nutrients are needed the most, which ones have gaps between healthy and unhealthy intakes, and what is already satisfied by the available science. We also sought vegan/vegetarian sources, non-GMO, organic when possible, bioidentical/food form sources and doses to bring up intakes to those seen in healthy diets (that is, diets that help extend quality lifespan, maintain mental functions and decrease risk of major causes of mortality)."
Mr. Murray agreed that with the two primary benefits being bone health and heart health, "We tend to think of the middle-age to senior population as the target market for vitamin K2. In fact, if people in their 30s take a preventive approach to healthy living, this population may be able to significantly reduce typical age-related health issues such as osteopenia/osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease."
Speaking about research trends, Mr. Anderson said numerous human clinical trials have confirmed the health benefits of vitamin K2. "NattoPharma currently has more than 20 human studies, including 19 published clinical trials confirming the benefits of vitamin K2 as MK-7 in both patient and healthy populations, with more underway."
"Most significantly, our three-year studies have shown an unprecedented impact on the health of postmenopausal women," he added. For example, three years of daily 180 mcg MenaQ7 led to statistically significant improvement in bone mineral content and bone mineral density, leading to improved bone strength.
In addition three years of daily 180 mcg MenaQ7 not only inhibited age-related stiffening of the artery walls, but also made a statistically significant improvement in vascular elasticity, he added. "This is so very significant because, to date, no other compound has demonstrated these benefits. Our studies have also confirmed that children have the greatest need for vitamin K2—8-10 times higher need than in adults (as measured by inactive osteocalcin, the K-dependent protein that binds calcium to the bone mineral matrix).
Bones grow and develop most intensively during childhood and adolescence, with up to 90% of peak bone mass acquired by age 18 in girls and by age 20 in boys, Mr. Anderson noted. "Without adequate vitamin K2 to activate the bone-building osteocalcin, calcium cannot be properly used to build healthy, strong bones. Further, a two-year study in healthy prepubertal children showed that just 45-50 mcg of MenaQ7 daily improved K status, resulting in stronger, denser bones.
In just the last year, several studies have expounded on the benefits of vitamin K. "The medical community has been paying attention, and drug studies are already underway using menaquinone-7," he added. The studies look at progression of coronary artery calcification, valve calcification, and the progression of bicuspid aortic valve stenosis.
Vitamin K2 works synergistically with many ingredients, according to Mr. Anderson, but its core strength is its role in helping the body properly utilize calcium. Vitamin K2 as MK-7 does this by activating K-dependent proteins already in the body. Osteocalcin bind calcium to the bone mineral matrix; Matrix Gla Protein (MGP) inhibits calcium from depositing in arteries, blood vessels, and soft tissues.
"To that end, vitamin D is also an important synergistic ingredient. Vitamin D helps to synthesize these K-dependent proteins, so experts like Dr. Mercola suggest that when one increases their D intake, they balance that with vitamin K2."
In addition, while omega-3's mechanism of action is linked to supporting healthy inflammation, triglycerides, blood pressure, and promotion of arterial health, it is not recognized for impacting vascular calcification, which is what makes vitamin K2 a perfect complement.
NattoPharma has obtained a patent covering pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products providing vitamin K2 in combination with one or more polyunsaturated fatty acids, including fish and/or krill oil, for benefits related to bone, cartilage, and the cardiovascular system.
Mr. Murray said there is a "bone health triangle" consisting of calcium, vitamin D and vitamin K. "The vitamin D mobilizes the calcium into the blood stream. From there, vitamin K plays the crucial role of redepositing the calcium into the bones. Without vitamin K2, calcium will find its way to the arteries and over time a gradual buildup calcifies the arteries for serious coronary problems. Consumers generally know they need calcium for healthy bones and the awareness for vitamin D has grown significantly. Vitamin K2 is now on this same upward path and we are just scratching the surface as we move toward the Mass Market channel."
"Manufacturing pure, stable, efficacious vitamin K2 as MK-7 is a detailed, multi-step process, and it is essential that it be done correctly or the result is an ineffective—and sometimes dangerous—raw material," Mr. Anderson said.
"NattoPharma's leadership in the vitamin K2 category is also attributed to the company developing these processes and technological breakthroughs that allows us to offer pure, all-trans MK-7. This dedication has led the research community to use MenaQ7 Vitamin K2 as MK-7 as the source material in the substantial body of research confirming vitamin K2's health benefits."
This focus on quality also creates a material that comes at a higher price, he added. "We are seeing a lot of 'me too' in the vitamin K2 category. Companies are 'borrowing' NattoPharma's science to say that their material offers health benefits, while offering sub-par material at a heavily discounted price. Yet, in truth, there is no evidence showing that this cheaper material is effective at all. As an industry, we cannot focus on price as the deciding factor. You truly get what you pay for, and by choosing an unproven raw material that is not clinically validated and patented, you put your brand at risk."
Mr. Murray advised brand owners that, in terms of quality of vitamin K2, it's important to have an "all trans" product form. "As with many nutrients, there is a 'cis' and 'trans' formation, much like a right-hand and left-hand glove. Just as we can't use two left-hand gloves, our bodies only recognize the 'trans' form for metabolism so the presence of 'cis' isomers is considered an impurity and an indication of a poor-quality vitamin K2 product. Using an HPLC assay, we hope to see a very distinct peak of trans K2 MK7 rather than a 'head-and-shoulder' pattern indicating cis isomers and other impurities."
Dr. Bucci noted that the Ritual brand is centered around transparency and traceability, explaining the source and manufacturer of each ingredient, including vitamin K2. "We take transparency so literally we have clear bottles and capsules. For too long, what is actually in many dietary supplements and where they come from has been hidden. Our CEO Katerina Schneider started Ritual partly because she could not know or find out exactly what she was taking and why. We proudly show on our website where each of our ingredients come from and why we chose them. In this world of too much misinformation we chose to be matter of fact."
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