Ruins of the Temple at Sivasamudram.
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At Sivasamudram the River Cauvery forms two waterfalls that plunge into a depth of 125 metres forming picturesque rapids. This drawing depicts the ruined entrance gopura or pyramidal tower of a temple situated in a densely forested hills near the falls.


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List 3 or more things that have a connection plus the 1 oddball. The next person names the oddball and then it's their turn if they get it right... Just like the common links game but easier. You can list any theme you want, doesn't have to be music related.
^ I'm assuming Shangri Las because they are all female.
Carole King, because she's a female?
I assume that was the intended answer ... but it could also be Elvis since the other 4 are all NYC natives!
That's true CJ...so I guess we could wait for a confirmed answer...if not sure?
Thanks for being such good sports..I should of put more thought into this before posting...my bad..
Your reason is legitimate, but the oddball I was looking for was The Four Tops. All the other groups have some sibling members (Two pairs in the case of The Shangri-Las !).
Loving this game! Can't wait for the next post!
Hmmm...if the Rangers are the Hockey team rather than the Baseball team I'd say they are the odd man out because they do not utilize a ball in their game as the other four teams do.
Or...it could be the Celtics because that team never resided in New York...as the others have or do.
Wilt Chamberlain is the only one who didn't play baseball as well as basketball. The other 4 played both. I know who most of them are.
Venus? the only one that is a goddess?


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How Can Cities Become More Disaster Resilient?
Race & Equity
Three historic hurricanes. Wildfires in the West. Increased frequency nuisance flooding and heavy rainfall. As extreme weather continues to dominate the headlines, in 2017 what can city leaders do to protect their communities?
Last week, NLC and the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) co-hosted a Congressional Briefing entitled "How Can Cities Become More Resilient to Extreme Weather?" Arriving on the heels of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma — and with wildfires raging in the American West — the panel featured Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto and Nicole Woodman, Sustainability Manager for the City of Flagstaff, Arizona, sharing how their cities invest in resilience for their residents.
To begin, Mayor Peduto recounted his city's industrial legacy and how environmental and economic resilience lies at the core of its revitalization efforts. The heart of Pittsburgh's OnePGH resilience strategy, he said, is to make sure that all residents and neighborhoods can thrive and share the same opportunities for prosperity.
That commitment to equity helps ensure that residents are able to respond and recover from any challenge, continued Mayor Peduto. The OnePGH strategy will help the city address stresses like an aging population and economic and racial inequality, as well as certain potential shocks to the community such as an infrastructure collapse or climate change and extreme weather.
At the briefing, Mayor Bill Peduto shares lessons from the OnePGH resilience plan. (EESI)
"We're talking about resiliency, and we're looking at it through a lens of man-made failures, environmental failures, economic failures," said Peduto. "We're a model of a city that's been able to bounce back from all three. The one thing we didn't do in any of those cases was prepare. We never built into the strategy of today the, 'what about tomorrow.'"
In 2010, Flagstaff, Arizona suffered a series of natural disasters — including a major wildfire, blizzard, floods, tornados and more — spurring a community-wide resilience effort. That initiative, said Woodman, led the city to adopt a holistic systems approach to assessing climate risks and addressing vulnerabilities within the city's operations, infrastructure and economy.
"2010 was a year of extremes — but the silver lining was that we had a living laboratory," said Woodman. "We set off to answer a number of questions: how can a city organization reduce its vulnerability and build organizational resilience to climate variability and climate-related issues, and more importantly, what are the risks if we don't act?"
"We learned that we can no longer ignore the interdependence of our systems." The city identified water quality, water resources and water infrastructure, along with forest health, as the most vulnerable areas with the highest risk. The Flagstaff Watershed Protection Project is just one example of how the city, along with local partners and regional agencies, is addressing the inter-related risks of devastating wildfire and post-fire flooding.
NLC's Cooper Martin, Program Director of the Sustainable Cities Institute, gave a national perspective of several other communities addressing resilience through the NLC Leadership in Community Resilience program. For instance, said Martin, the City of Annapolis, Maryland, is focusing on a historic preservation effort to adapt the city's scenic downtown to increased flooding and sea level rise. Similarly, the City of San Antonio, TX, is focusing on climate impacts such as extreme heat, flash flooding and air quality.
To address these issues and help local leaders make their communities more resilient, NLC recommends that the federal government help build preparedness by reauthorizing the National Flood Insurance Program; provide incentives to cities and property owners to encourage mitigation and retrofitting of existing structures; provide continued emergency disaster assistance; and ensure that recovery and rebuilding efforts consider future climate risks and vulnerabilities.
As local leaders who are on the front lines of the effects of climate change and who serve as first responders in a natural disaster, cities will continue to take action, but they need a partner in the federal government.
Since President Trump announced in June the U.S.'s intention to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, cities from across the country have expressed their commitments to climate action — from passing council resolutions like in Jackson, WY, Oberlin, OH and Milwaukee to signing onto NLC's Climate Letter. Those cities joined a grand total of over 2,300 cities, governors, businesses, investors, colleges and universities from across the U.S., or with significant operations in the U.S., to declare their intent to continue to ensure the U.S. remains a global leader in reducing carbon emissions.

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Iran to give 'calculated and decisive' response to killing of nuclear scientist, official warns
Martyr Mohsen Fakhrizadeh
This photo released by the semi-official Fars News Agency shows the scene where Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed in Absard, a small city just east of the capital, Tehran, Iran, Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. Fakhrizadeh, an Iranian scientist that Israel alleged ... more >
By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times - Sunday, November 29, 2020
A top Iranian adviser said Sunday that Iran is prepared to respond to the recent killing of its leading nuclear scientist with "calculated and decisive" measures, which an influential newspaper said should include an attack on Israel.
Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was gunned down in his car on the outskirts of Tehran on Friday. According to an account from Iran's Fars news agency, Mr. Fakhrizadeh's bulletproof car was shot at from an automatic remote-operated machine gun, contradicting reports that he was ambushed by a pack of gunmen.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, although Iran was quick to point fingers at Israel, which Iran believes has killed several of its nuclear scientists in the past.
My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell insists Trump will remain president despite election loss, insurrection
"Undoubtedly, Iran will give a calculated and decisive answer to the criminals who took Martyr Mohsen Fakhrizadeh from the Iranian nation," Kamal Kharrazi, a former Iranian foreign minister and head of Iran's Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, said in a statement.
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on Sunday slammed what he called the "cowardice" involved in the attack and said that there are "serious signs of Israel's role."
"Iran calls on the world community including the EU to abandon the double standard and condemn this state terrorism," he tweeted.
While American and Israeli officials remain silent on the attack, a hard-line Iranian newspaper also ramped up the accusations against Israel and called on Iran to attack the Israeli port city of Haifa.
In an opinion piece published Sunday, Iran's Kayhan newspaper, which has long urged Iran to aggressively respond to anti-Iran operations, suggested that any response should destroy facilities and cause "heavy human casualties."
The author of the piece, Sadollah Zarei, argued that launching a strike on Haifa "will definitely lead to deterrence, because the United States and the Israeli regime and its agents are by no means ready to take part in a war and a military confrontation."
While Kayhan is a small circulation newspaper, its editor-in-chief Hossein Shariatmadari was appointed by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and has been described as an adviser to him.
The Iranian parliament on Sunday held a closed-door hearing about Mr. Fakhrizadeh's killing. A public session of lawmakers saw them chant: "Death to America!" and "Death to Israel!"
But as Iran weighs retaliation, some former top officials are warning that the attack is going to present an increasingly difficult challenge for presumed President-elect Joseph R. Biden and his intentions to return to the Iran nuclear deal, which President Trump repudiated.
Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under then-Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, told NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday that the assassination "makes it much more challenging in terms of where President-elect Biden wants to go in terms of renegotiating or making — you know, reentering into the nuclear deal specifically."
Mr. Trump withdrew from the Obama-era pact in May 2018 and quickly reimposed sanctions that were lifted under the deal.
Mr. Biden has stated that he intends to rejoin the agreement if Iran returns to compliance. But the former vice president has yet to make clear whether he would seek to modify the deal, amid increasing pressure from Israel to abandon the deal altogether.
Last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged Mr. Biden to not return to the deal and said during a memorial service for Israel's first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, that they "must keep to an uncompromising policy to ensure that Iran does not develop nuclear weapons."
Adm. Mullen said that Mr. Fakhrizadeh "was at the heart of the Iranian nuclear program that has been for years not only the brains but also the passion behind it It's a real, real center of gravity, if you will, for that program."
He compared the killing to the fatal January strike on Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani, and called the assassination a "significant event." Soleimani's death ratcheted up tensions between the U.S. and Iran, pushing the two sides to the brink of war.
"I'm hopeful that President-elect Biden can actually reach in and calm the waters," Adm. Mullen said, "but I think this heightens tension significantly."
• This article is based in part on wire service reports.


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As if December wasn't already super-special, Advent calendars take it to the next level with their teeny gifts throughout the month, leading up to the big day. I was brought up on the classic chocolate ones, with their waxy squirrels and Santas. I actually like bad chocolate much better than "good chocolate," so I wasn't complaining, but there's a whole world of special calendars commemorating the season.
I always thought a handmade Advent calendar was way out of my reach, but lots of crafty peeps have shared their own tutorials that look totally doable! There are a ton of great ideas out there, from the epic to the very simple. Here are a few that shouldn't take too much time out of your busy schedge, and will provide a daily holiday treat for the kids (or treat-loving grownups) in your household!
Does it break your heart everytime a Starbucks cup gets tossed? This paper cup calendar is a stroke of pure genius! Wrapped in decorative paper and tied with some baker's twine, these are so awesome!
Does your family do Advent calendars? Are they chocolaty or crafty? I'd love to hear about your traditions!


Born on the equator and raised in Minnesota's Northwoods, Cory Dack decided to go investigate her Ecuadorian heritage by teaching English in Quito, the historic capital city of Ecuador. After a few years of rappelling down waterfalls, swimming with sharks in the Galápagos Islands, and climbing peaks throughout the Andes Mountains, the beauty of Lake Superior beckoned her home. Currently in her 11th year as a wilderness guide, Cory is incredibly excited to spend the next 100 days on the Mississippi River as both a Wilderness Inquiry expedition leader and an instructor for Augsburg University. She looks forward to making some incredible memories over the next few months with all of the students and staff on The River Semester!
Ann Koller is an avid explorer who loves to experience new environments and cultures. She grew up in Minneapolis with a family that only vacationed in tents. After graduating with a degree in History and French from the College of St. Benedict, Ann moved to Chicago for volunteer service working with young women in the public schools. She then moved to Europe to live, teach, and learn in both France and Scotland. Increasingly interested in experiential education and with a professional background in leadership and youth development, she returned to school to obtain a Master's degree in Outdoor Education. Ann has worked for 6 years with Wilderness Inquiry and has spent countless hours leading trips and paddling Voyageur canoes. Ann is thrilled to join the River Semester as both a guide and supplemental instructor as it blends her passion for teaching, paddling and spending time forming community. She is excited to continue to learn from the Mississippi and all of the students and staff joining the expedition!
Peter Carlson joins the 2018 expedition from his research position at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment in Uppsala. Originally from the Minnesota, Dr. Carlson grew up exploring and swimming in the Mississippi, and brings extensive experience in stream ecology and field research on the Mississippi, Ohio, and numerous other watersheds in the U.S. and Sweden. His research is focused on energy flows between stream-riparian habitats, in particular, on quantifying important interacting influences of land use and microhabitat on pathways of resource transfers. He is also doing research on the ecological impacts of dam removal, and he is very excited to be sharing his love of stream ecology and field research with the students on the trip this year, as well as learning more about the river from all the people we meet along the way.
Joe Underhill is the Program Director of the River Semester and has been teaching and engaged in environmental politics for the last 30 years, from the Hudson River to San Francisco Bay and now on the Mississippi River. Ever since arriving in Minneapolis he has been working on bringing students out on the river, leading to the first offering of the River Semester in Fall 2015. The students had a great time on that trip, learned a lot, and building on that experience he is thrilled to be putting together this second offering of the River Semester. His goal is to increase our understanding of the causes and dynamics of current social and environmental problems and help with efforts to decrease our impact on the environment, increase social justice, and move towards a more sustainable economy. These are big goals, but ones we can, and must, be working on in whatever ways we can. He sees the River Semester as a model for how we can teach and educate college students in the 21st Century–experiential, interdisciplinary, applied, challenging, problem-based, and also a lot of fun.
Linda Buturian is in her 16th year at the University of Minnesota, where she teaches and designs curricula that integrates the humanities and sciences in order foster creative approaches to learning about social justice issues. She is the author of World Gone Beautiful: Life Along the Rum River (2008) and The Changing Story: digital stories that participate in transforming teaching and learning (2016). Prof. Buturian is be traveling with the expedition for 10 days and working with students over the course of the semester on their shared multimedia story-telling.
Demey Everett is currently in her third year at Augsburg. She is from the Minneapolis area where she was born and raised her whole life. Her major is Biology with a double minor in Religion and Environmental Studies. She decided to take part in the River Semester because of her love of nature and passion for the connection that can be drawn between natural resources and biology. She hopes that the River Semester will combine these topics and allowing for full immersion into nature and learning to take place.
Clayton Bodine is Senior at Augsburg. Studying Business Management with a double Minor in M.I.S. and Environmental Studies. He plays on the Augsburg University Baseball team and enjoys spending time with family including his two younger brothers. Decided to go to Augsburg because of the amazing location and the educational and athletic opportunities presented. Is going on the River Semester because of the amazing outdoor experience and the opportunity to continue my senior year by spending a lot of time on the river. Hopes to gain some perspective about business on the river and how living on the Mississippi differs from region to region.
Tanner Hi ntz comes from Lino Lakes, MN, and is Majoring in Clinical Psychology and minoring in both French and Biology. At first she only wanted to do the River Semester because a study away/abroad trip was required by the school, but after learning more information from her friend the River Semester began to sound like a lot of fun. She has never been camping or canoeing before. She thought it would be a lot of fun and a great new experience for her. She is hoping to learn more about how the Mississippi is affected by people and how other things affect the river.
Espoir DelMain grew up in the Twin Cities and is a sophomore at Dickinson College in Pennsylvania, and has spent a lot of time in the Northwoods of Minnesota and Wisconsin. Growing up paddling and camping, she has schemed up and gone on many wilderness trips but has been dreaming of paddling the Mississippi for a long time, and is so excited for this opportunity. She loves finding and cultivating the intersections of her interests in the arts, environmental activism and foreign languages and cultures. In the past this has looked like working on environmental issues during high school and now into college with community groups as well as campus organizations and more recently attended the UN Climate Negotiations last November in Germany. On the river the intersections of her interests will look many different ways but will include her independent place-based dance project and discovering how we can leverage our experience to work for justice and advocacy along the river.
Liam DelMain is a student at the University of Minnesota, in their second year pursuing a degree in Youth Studies. They grew up on the south shore of Lake Superior, and water has always been one of the most important parts of their life. It has long been a dream of theirs to paddle the Mississippi, and when they heard about River Semester from an alumni they met up in the north woods there was no question that they would apply. Liam is most excited about developing relationships with other young people who are stoked about expeditionary learning, and pursuing their independent research project on place names and narratives in public history.
Faith Moua grew up in Minneapolis, MN where the dogs in her neighborhood influenced her interest in animals, which progressed toward her love for animals that solely derived from raising her family dog. This passion of hers lead to her vocation as a Veterinarian. She studies in Biology to pursue her goal. The River Semester program conveyed a message of being adventurous, gaining personal experiences, earning relationships and connections, overcoming challenges, intimacy with nature, and much more. All in which lead to her final decision to come on the trip.
Clara Higgins is a junior from Lincoln, Nebraska and is majoring in history and Spanish. For the 2017-2018 academic year, Clara was the Environmental Action Officer in Augsburg Day Student Government. Through her time in this position, she began to learn more about urban sustainability but hopes to learn more about the relationship between urban areas and the river throughout this semester. The River Semester provides an opportunity to be immersed within a geographical area that has impacted individuals and groups throughout the region. Clara's focus for independent study research while on the river will be the Navy on the Mississippi River during the Civil War. She holds a strong belief in the value of learning while being immersed in an experience, and the River Semester is a truly unique opportunity to be able to accomplish this.
Camila Payan is a senior at Augsburg, majoring in Biopsychology and is studying to become a medical doctor. She moved to the United States from Colombia with her parents and older brother at age 5, and grew up in Bloomington, Minnesota. Camila wants to go on the River Semester because she has wants to partake in a life changing experience, and when she heard about his opportunity she thought that this might just be it. She loves nature, camping, hiking, and just going with the flow. Although she is terrified of bugs, she is exited about being surrounded by nature, being more mindful, meeting new people, and experiential learning.
Dwayne Williams is a 4th year student, currently studying Environmental Studies. He is from Saint Paul, Minnesota. He has always been interested in environmentalism, even before he started to develop an understanding of what environmentalism is, and the different aspects of environmentalism. This interest was sparked from being around elders in his community, who introduced activities such as camping, fishing, canoeing, kayaking, picking (different foods and medicines), hiking, etc. He chose to go on this trip because of the courses that are offered, and to have a hands on learning experience about the Mississippi River, and communities associated with the Mississippi River.
Nell Gehrke grew up in the small town of Good Thunder, Minnesota. Some of her first memories are of her mother teaching her to skip rocks across the Maple River that flows a mile out of town. When she was in high school, her family moved to Northfield and she became acquainted with the Canon River. She still goes back there to visit her family and she'll miss them very much while she's away. Nell came to Augsburg University in 2016 to study Environmental Studies, and she now calls Minneapolis and the Mississippi River home.
Third-year Political Science and History major, Kristy Ornelas chose to adventure down the Mississippi because she needed a break from the big city. A newbie to canoeing and camping, Kristy hopes to rethink materialism and immerse herself to the teachings of the Mississippi River.
Rosario Gail Garcia Bartolo is a Mexican American from Northfield, Minnesota. She is a third-year student majoring in International Relations and Communications. She decided to go on the river semester because it was one of the first things that drew her to attending Augsburg University. R. Gail is excited to familiarize herself better with the Mississippi River because it is such an important part of the United States and Minnesota currently and historically. She is also excited to be working with the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area to engage the Latinx community with the environment and natural world through social media and her own experience going down the Mississippi River.
Kayla Cross is a sophomore majoring in Environmental Studies and minoring in Biology and American Indian Studies. They were born in Iowa, but have had a very transient lifestyle, which made the River Semester seem appealing to them. They learned about the River Semester while still in high school, and the program was one of the reasons they chose to attend Augsburg. They are excited to learn on and from the Mississippi River, and hope to meet wonderful people and explore future career options within the field of outdoor labor.


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Raúl Marcelo Bobadilla (* 18. Juni 1987 in Formosa) ist ein argentinisch-paraguayischer Fußballspieler. Er steht seit Februar 2022 beim FC Schaffhausen unter Vertrag.

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Seine Karriere begann er in den Jugendabteilungen von River Plate und den Boca Juniors. Bis 2006 spielte er – ohne Ligaeinsatz – im Kader der Erstligamannschaft. Von dort aus wechselte er im Juli 2006 zum Schweizer Zweitligisten FC Concordia Basel, für den er in 28 Ligaspielen 18 Tore erzielte, sodass der Erstligist Grasshopper Club Zürich auf ihn aufmerksam wurde und ihn zur Saison 2007/08 verpflichtete. In seiner ersten Saison bei dem Klub aus Zürich bestritt er 33 von 36 Ligaspielen und erzielte 18 Tore. Obwohl er wegen Verletzungen in der Saison 2008/09 nur 14 Spiele absolvierte, gelangen ihm acht Tore.

Zur Saison 2009/10 wechselte er zum Bundesligisten Borussia Mönchengladbach nach Deutschland, bei dem er einen bis 30. Juni 2013 gültigen Vertrag unterschrieb. Sein Debüt gab er am 9. August 2009 (1. Spieltag) beim 3:3-Unentschieden im Auswärtsspiel gegen den VfL Bochum, sein erstes Bundesligator erzielte er am 28. August 2009 (4. Spieltag) beim 2:0-Sieg im Heimspiel gegen den 1. FSV Mainz 05 mit dem Führungstreffer in der 29. Minute. Am 30. Januar 2010 (20. Spieltag) gelangen ihm beim 4:3-Sieg im Heimspiel gegen Werder Bremen erstmals zwei Tore in einem Bundesligaspiel.

Über ein Leihgeschäft in der Winterpause wurde Bobadilla bis zum 30. Juni 2011 an den griechischen Erstligisten Aris Saloniki ausgeliehen, für den er sieben der neun restlichen Saisonspiele absolvierte und zwei Tore erzielte. Zur Saison 2011/12 kehrte er zur Borussia zurück – bis zum 26. Januar 2012. Einen Tag später wechselte er zum Schweizer Superligisten Young Boys Bern, für die er in seinem ersten Spiel, am 5. Februar 2012 (19. Spieltag), beim 3:1-Sieg im Heimspiel gegen Servette FC Genève mit dem Treffer zum zwischenzeitlichen 3:0, auch sein erstes Tor erzielte. In den verbleibenden 17 Saisonspielen wurde er 13 Mal eingesetzt und traf sechsmal. In der Folgesaison gelangen ihm fünf Tore in 11 absolvierten Ligaspielen. Zudem kam er im Rahmen der Qualifikation für die Europa League zu vier Einsätzen, in denen er zweimal traf. Bei der anschließenden Teilnahme an diesem europäischen Wettbewerb erzielte er fünf Treffer in sechs Partien, darunter einen Hattrick im Aufeinandertreffen mit dem italienischen Erstligisten Udinese Calcio.

Am 3. Januar 2013 – während der laufenden Saison – wechselte Bobadilla zum Ligakonkurrenten FC Basel. Mit seinem neuen Arbeitgeber wurde er am Ende der Spielzeit Schweizer Meister; Bobadilla trug in zehn Ligaspielen ein Tor dazu bei. Im August 2013 wurde er vom deutschen Bundesligisten FC Augsburg verpflichtet, der ihn mit einem Dreijahresvertrag ausstattete.

Kurz vor Beginn der Saison 2017/18 kehrte er zu Borussia Mönchengladbach zurück und unterzeichnete einen Zweijahresvertrag.

Nach nur einer Saison kehrte Bobadilla von Borussia Mönchengladbach in seine Heimat Argentinien zurück. Er unterzeichnete beim Erstdivisionsklub Argentinos Juniors aus Buenos Aires einen bis 2021 gültigen Vertrag. Mit Beginn der Spielzeit der Primera División am 17. Januar 2020 kam er auf Leihbasis beim Club Guaraní in 14 Punktspielen der Hinrunde, der Apertura, in sieben Punktspielen der Clausura, der Rückrunde und drei Ausscheidungsspielen der Clausura um die Paraguayische Meisterschaft zum Einsatz, in den er insgesamt elf Tore erzielte. Mit seiner Mannschaft erreichte er das am 30. Dezember 2020 in Asunción ausgetragene Finale, das jedoch mit 4:5 im Elfmeterschießen gegen den Club Olimpia verloren wurde; wobei er seinen Elfmeter als letzter Schütze vergab.

Guaraní übernahm Bobadilla im Januar 2021 fest in den Kader. Anschließend wechselte er im April 2021 per Leihe zu Fluminense Rio de Janeiro, dem ältesten Fußballverein der brasilianischen Metropole.

Nationalmannschaft
Im Vorfeld der Weltmeisterschaft 2010 in Südafrika stand aufgrund der vermeintlichen mexikanischen Herkunft seiner Mutter die Berufung in die mexikanische A-Nationalmannschaft zur Diskussion. Bobadilla stellte jedoch klar, dass seine Mutter Argentinierin sei. Im April 2013 berichteten paraguayische Medien, dass eines der Ziele einer angetretenen Europa-Reise des seinerzeitigen paraguayischen Nationaltrainers Gerardo Pelusso in Begleitung des Verbandsführungsmitglieds Jorge Cáceres auch eine Kontaktaufnahme mit Bobadilla sei, um die Möglichkeit eines möglichen Nationalelfeinsatzes des Spielers für Paraguay auszuloten. Dieser habe demnach paraguayische Vorfahren. Dabei handelte es sich nach anderen Presseberichten um seine Großmutter. Im März 2015 wurde er von Nationaltrainer Ramón Díaz erstmals für die Ende März 2015 terminierten Länderspiele gegen Costa Rica und Mexiko in die Nationalmannschaft von Paraguay berufen. Sein Debüt für die "Albirroja" feierte er sodann am 26. März 2015 im Spiel gegen Costa Rica. Am 11. Mai 2015 wurde er von Nationaltrainer Díaz ins vorläufige, 30 Spieler umfassende Aufgebot für die Copa América 2015 berufen.
Im Oktober 2020 gab er sein Länderspiel-Comeback, als er gegen Peru beim 2:2-Unentschieden am 9. Oktober eingewechselt wurde.

Erfolge
 Fußballmeisterschaft von Paraguay
 Clausura-Finalist 2020 (mit dem Club Guaraní)

Persönliches
Einen Schatten auf seine Karriere werfen zahlreiche Verfehlungen und Skandale. Dazu zählen Alkohol am Steuer, Schlägereien, Undiszipliniertheiten, Ausraster, Tätlichkeiten, Fahrerflucht und Raserfahrten. So fuhr er am 24. Juli 2013 in einer 50-Stundenkilometerzone in Seewen SO mit 111 km/h deutlich zu schnell. Für dieses Vergehen wurde er zu einer bedingten Gefängnisstrafe von 16 Monaten zu einer Probezeit von vier Jahren sowie einer hohen Geldstrafe verurteilt.

Am 14. Oktober 2015 wurde Bobadillas Sohn geboren. Mutter des Kindes ist seine langjährige Freundin und mittlerweile Ehefrau, die ehemalige Miss Argentinien Joy Lasic.

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Fußballspieler (Grasshopper Club Zürich)
Fußballspieler (FC Concordia Basel)
Fußballspieler (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
Fußballspieler (BSC Young Boys)
Fußballspieler (FC Basel)
Fußballspieler (FC Augsburg)
Fußballspieler (Argentinos Juniors)
Fußballspieler (Club Guaraní)
Fußballspieler (Fluminense Rio de Janeiro)
Schweizer Meister (Fussball)
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JOSEPH RIBEIRO TO DIRECT CABRILLO COLLEGE'S SPRING THEATRE ARTS PRODUCTION
Aptos, CA— Recent Gail Rich Award winner and Cabrillo theater arts faculty member, Joseph Ribeiro, will direct the spring student production of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, running April 18 – May 4 in the Cabrillo Theater.
Set in Victorian England, two young men have set their eyes on two young girls, whose sole desire is to be wed to someone named Ernest. As neither of the two men is actually named Ernest, it becomes incumbent upon them to be re-christened immediately. However, the formidable mother of one of the girls has other plans. Everything comes to a proper and hilarious ending as Wilde's brilliant play pokes fun at the English upper classes with light-hearted satire and dazzling humor.
Featured in the production are: Angie Christman as Lady Bracknell, Christopher Shelton as Jack Worthing;, Kelly Willis as Gwendolyn Fairfax, Chris Carr as Algernon Moncrieff, Brian Spencer as Dr. Chasuble and Danielle Crook as Cecily Cardew.
Scenic design will be provided by Rydell Award winner Skip Epperson and costumes by Maria Crush. The production has all the makings of a lavish evening of visual splendor with hilarious repartee. For a précis of the show, please see below.
What: "The Importance of Being Earnest"
When: April 18 – May 4, 2008. Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00PM; Sundays at 3:00 PM
Where: Cabrillo Theater, Cabrillo College 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos, CA
Tickets: $15 general, $12 seniors, $10 Students w/activity card.
Tickets: 479-6331 or www.ticketguys.com
Précis of "The Importance of being Earnest"
Algernon, a young Londoner, pretends to have a friend named Bunbury who lives in the country and is frequently in ill health. Whenever Algernon wants to avoid an unwelcome social obligation, or just get away for the weekend, he makes an ostensible visit to his "sick friend." In this way he can feign piety and dedication, while having the perfect excuse to get out of town, avoiding his responsibilities. He calls this practice "Bunburying."
Algernon's real-life best friend lives in the country but makes frequent visits to London. This friend's name is Ernest Worthing...or so Algernon thinks. But when Ernest leaves his silver cigarette case in Algernon's rooms, Algernon finds an inscription in it: "From little Cecily, with her fondest love to her dear Uncle Jack".
This forces Ernest to disclose that his own visits to the city are also examples of "Bunburying," much to Algernon's delight. In the country, "Ernest" goes by the name of Jack (which he understands to be his real name), and pretends that he has a wastrel brother named Ernest, who lives in London. When honest Jack comes to the city, he assumes the name, and behaviour, of the profligate Ernest. In the country Jack assumes a more serious attitude for the benefit of his young ward, the 18-year old heiress Cecily.
Jack himself wishes to marry Gwendolen, who is Algernon's cousin, but runs into a few problems. First, Gwendolen seems to love him only because she believes his name is Ernest, which she thinks is the most beautiful name in the world. Second, Gwendolen's mother is the terrifying Lady Bracknell. Lady Bracknell is horrified when she learns that Jack was adopted as a baby after being discovered in a handbag at a railway station. In her opinion it is absolutely below the standards of her daughter to "marry into a cloakroom and form an alliance with a parcel", as she puts it.
Meanwhile, Jack's description of Cecily has so appealed to Algernon that he resolves to meet her, in spite of Jack's firm opposition. Algernon decides to visit Jack's house in the country, in the guise of the mysterious brother "Ernest." Thus Algernon-as-Ernest is able to meet Jack's ward, Cecily, who has for some time imagined herself in love with Ernest -- Jack's non-existent, scapegrace brother. As such, Cecily is soon swept off her feet by Algernon. In parallel, however, Jack, having decided to give up his Bunburying, has announced the tragic death of his brother Ernest to Cecily's governess Miss Prism, and Prism's secret admirer the Reverend Chasuble. Thus, by the time the two "brothers" meet, one is dressed in mourning for the other.
New confusion is created by the arrival of Gwendolen, who has fled London and her mother to be with her love. When she and Cecily meet for the first time, each indignantly insists that she is the one engaged to "Ernest". Once Lady Bracknell in turn arrives, in pursuit of her daughter, she and Jack reach stalemate as she still refuses to countenance his marriage to Gwendolen, while he, in retaliation, denies his consent to the marriage of Lady Bracknell's penniless nephew Algernon to his heiress ward Cecily.
The impasse is broken, in deus ex machina fashion, by the reappearance of Miss Prism. As she and Lady Bracknell recognize each other with horror, it is revealed that, when working many years previously as a nursemaid for Lady Bracknell's sister, Prism had inadvertently lost a baby boy in a handbag. When Jack produces the identical handbag, it becomes clear that he is Lady Bracknell's nephew and Algernon's older brother.


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Q: Prove the identity $k \choose 2$ + $k \choose k-2$ + $k^2$ = $2k \choose 2$, where $k\geq2$ using a combinatorial proof. A combinatorial proof for an identity proceeds as follows: State a counting question. Then, answer the question in two ways: One answer must correspond to the left-hand side (LHS) of the identity. The other answer must correspond to the right-hand side (RHS). Conclude that the LHS is equal to the RHS.
Using this proof method, give a combinatorial proof of the identity:
$k \choose 2$ + $k \choose k-2$ + $k^2$ = $2k \choose 2$, where $k\geq2$

I understand you have to essentially split the $2k \choose 2$. I could treat it as $m +n \choose 2$ where m and n are equivalent and equal to k. And I get where the $k \choose 2$ and  $k \choose k-2$ come from but I have no idea how the $k^2$ comes into play. and why thats involved?

A: Noting that $\binom{k}{k-2}=\binom{k}{2}$ (choosing $2$ out of $k$ is the same as choosing the $k-2$ in the complement within the $k$), we can see the right as the number of ways to pick $2$ persons out of $2k$ persons, $k$ of which are men and $k$ are women.
The left had side corresponds then to the mixed groups (1 man out of the $k$, 1 woman out of the $k$, so $k^2$ of those) and the all men groups $\binom{k}{2}$ and all women groups (also $\binom{k}{2} = \binom{k}{k-2}$). Together these combine also to all such choices of $2$ out of the $2k$).


Marketing and Communications serves as St. John's in-house marketing agency. Our team of experienced professionals works in partnership with the University's academic and administrative units to support the institution's enrollment and advancement goals and to promote awareness of St. John's brand.
The office provides strategic marketing development through a variety of resources: editorial (including copywriting, editing, and proofreading support), design, photography, digital (including web site, video, and social media support), media planning, and external printing services. MarComm also produces University-wide communications vehicles including [email protected] John's and This Week at St. John's; posts on electronic campus signage (e-boards); handles inbound marketing initiatives; and maintains the University brand guidelines.
An account director is assigned to every college/department and is the first point of contact to access all office services. To identify the account director for your area, please contact Lucy Traverso at 718-990-7587.
Caren Batzer has served as Associate Vice President of Marketing and Communications since 2014. After joining the University in 1991 as Advertising and Publications Manager, she grew along with the office to assume additional responsibilities as Director of Advertising and Publications and Director of Brand Communications where she was instrumental in the creation of an in-house agency to effectively address St. John's promotional needs.
Currently, Ms. Batzer is responsible for the multiple teams who conceive and execute integrated marketing strategies to meet the University's enrollment, advancement, and brand objectives, including account management, digital communications, design, media planning, editorial, and external printing. In 2012, she facilitated the development of a new St. John's brand platform and graphic identity and managed its roll-out to the University's various constituencies.
A double alumnus of SJU with a B.S. in Communications and an M.A. in Sociology, Ms. Batzer began her career as an editor and writer in both consumer and business magazines and spent nine years as Editorial Production Coordinator at NYU's School of Continuing Education prior to returning to St. John's.
Marketing and Communications promotes the people, programs, and achievements of St. John's University through a wide range of print and online publications.
The stjohns.edu homepage contains a wide range of feature stories, photo galleries, profiles, and multimedia pieces that promote the accomplishments of the University, students, faculty, and alumni.
Marketing and Communications produces and delivers a variety of email messages to both internal and external audiences, including This Week at St. John's and [email protected] John's.
Marketing and Communications develops a wide range of videos that promote the University, individual colleges, and our students and faculty.
By producing and managing social media content for platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Marketing and Communications engages a variety of audiences on behalf of the University.
Using a combination of paid search and social media ads, retargeting messages, and branding initiatives, we connect with our audience online and through mobile devices.
Photographers from Marketing and Communications cover a wide range of University events and activities both on campus and offsite. Their work can be found accompanying homepage feature stories, in online photo galleries, and in various St. John's marketing pieces.


Some of the memorable and enduring quotes from Muammar Gaddafi in which he touched on some sensitive topics.
Muammar Gaddafi was an outspoken and controversial leader of Libya who was never afraid to speak his mind out, even if it would attract some unfavourable results.
He had a knack of touching on sensitive issues, and he always stood by his words. Some of his words would draw a lot of attention and criticism, but he never backed away from them.
1. Americans are good people. They have no aggressions against us and they like us as we like them. They must know I don't hate them. I love them.… I hear it is a complex society inside. Many Americans don't know about the outside world. The majority have no concern and no information about other people. They could not even find Africa on a map. I think Americans are good, but America will be taken over and destroyed from the inside by the Zionist lobby. The Americans do not see this. They are getting decadent. Zionists will use this to destroy them.
2. Reagan plays with fire. He doesn't care about international peace. He plays as if he was in the theater. Reagan wants to dominate the world. He wants to find justification to make war. If he does this, if it goes on like this, a cataclysm will take place. Reagan should come and see that I am not a terrorist in a trench with a grenade in my pocket.
3. The black people's struggle has vanquished racism. It was God who created colour. Today Obama, a son of Kenya, a son of Africa, has made it in the United States of America.
5. During my term in AU, I will initiate an organised compensation claim for Africa and I will fight for a greater voice for Africa in the United Nations Security Council. If they do not want to live with us fairly, it is our planet and they can go to another planet.
6. We [Libyans] support the Palestinian resistance, and all the world supports this. We support their just cause, but we are against terrorism.
7. All of the great prophets of modern times have come from the deserts and were uneducated: Mohammed, Jesus and myself.
10. The times of Arab nationalism and unity are gone forever. These ideas which mobilized the masses are only a worthless currency. Libya has had to put up with too much from the Arabs for whom it has poured forth both blood and money.


The Emmy Award winning The Floating World premiered at the San Diego Museum of Art in conjunction with their landmark Dreams and Diversions exhibition of Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints. Co-Created with choreographer John Malashock, with costumes by international fashion icon Zandra Rhodes and music by "avant cellist" Zoë Keating, the performance was awarded an Emmy in 2012.
UT San Diego, Danceplug LA, and San Diego.com reviews of the performance. KPBS radio spots, UT San Diego interviews, and Ballet Magazine reviews of workshop performances.


You can scan and email your refusal letter to us for us to advise you whether or not you have an arguable case for Judicial Reviews (JRs) and if we find merits in your case, a detailed appointment can then be arranged for free immigration advice for your Judicial Review (JR) against the refusal of your immigration application.
The free immigration advice for Judicial Review (JR) is provided for half an hour session and only subject to the availability of our immigration solicitors. If your immigration application has been refused and you want us to assess the unlawfulness of the refusal of your immigration application to be challenged by way of Judicial Review (JR), you can Contact Us to schedule a mutually convenient appointment.
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As a result of our assessment of the merits of the case, if we find that the chances of success in your Judicial Review (JR) application are 100%, we can act for you on no win no fee basis in your Judicial Review (JR) application.


I always say my addictions include SEO, Web Development, Diet Coke and Online TV. What can I say, they all just seem to fit together so well. Currently SEO Manager at SEO.com.
Favorite Thing About SEO It serves the perfect purpose for all parties. Increase revenue for the business, increase relevance in search results for users.
Absolutely one of the best posts I've read on Link Building from planning to implementation. Very realistic. Thanks for the insights.
Yes. So the actual text read by visitors really won't change at all due to this new meta date protocol in theory. From what I have read and understand the meta data protocol will simply allow SE's a better way of decifering specific elements within the page to serve it up correctly in the SERP's.
And to answer David, this markup comes throughout the entirety of the HTML on the page. It isn't to be confused with the title and description which are held only within the of the page.
I'm not sure this provides the same opportunity for keyword stuffing as in the past. More than anything it appears the search engines are asking for help in recognizing and defining specific elements where they were not clearly defined before.
Great tips here. I have been running quite a few giveaways in this similar format for clients. One follow up I had was with Tip#2. You mention to have them link to the giveaway/content page specifically and use that value for links later on. This is great, but if there were a way to simply have each entry link to an already well-founded target page (commercial or non-commercial - it doesn't matter) wouldn't that be better and more direct? This way each person linking knows exactly where it's directed to and link value is provided directly to the page intended.


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Ted Long joins Board of AIO Food and Energy Assistance
Ted Long. (Photo courtesy AIO Food and Energy Assistance)
AIO Food and Energy Assistance
Rockland Maine
ROCKLAND — AIO Food and Energy Assistance welcomes Ted Long to its Board of Directors.
Long is an active community member and brings a lot of experience to AIO's Board, according to AIO, in a news release. He served as president of Elizabethtown College (Pennsylvania) from 1996-2011, and from 2004-2020, he served as a trustee of Capital University, where he chaired three separate committees led a task force on "sustainable excellence."
Now a Senior Fellow at the Association of Governing Boards, he has broad experience in the governance of independent colleges, especially on issues related to effective presidential leadership, board-president relations, strategic planning, institutional transformation, board restructuring, and the board's role in leading change.
"We are thrilled to have Ted join the AIO Board," said Liz Jenkins, President of AIO's Board of Directors. "AIO is on a critical path as we set our strategic plans in place in order to best respond to the growing needs of the community over the long-term. Ted's experience on numerous Boards, expertise with organizational change and leadership will support AIO as we strengthen and invest in our future."
Dr. Long earned degrees from Capital University (B.A.), Duke University (M.A.), the University of Virginia (Ph.D.), all in sociology, and has been awarded three honorary doctoral degrees. He also participated in the Harvard Institute for Educational Management and its Seminar for New Presidents. Prior to Elizabethtown, he held teaching and administrative posts at George Washington University, Hollins University, Washington and Jefferson College, and Merrimack College.
Since leaving Elizabethtown, Dr. Long has focused on building effective presidential and board leadership for transformative change in colleges and universities. He remains active in national initiatives to support engaged liberal education, to promote civic learning and global education, to strengthen whole-person education, and to rethink the higher education's business model.
He and his wife, Betty, now reside on the coast of Maine in the city of Rockland, and he is an active member of Nativity Lutheran Church, where he currently serves as congregation president.
"I am excited to join the team at AIO, which does such impressive work to combat food and energy insecurity in the Midcoast," said Long. "In this challenging time, the organization's mission is more important than ever, and I look forward to the work of strengthening its capacity to serve our community."
AIO Food and Energy Assistance's mission is to respectfully and compassionately support those in need in Knox County with food and energy assistance.
AIO's Food Pantry is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.; and Wednesday evening, from 5 - 6:30 p.m., and is adhering to social distancing protocols as mandated by the state.
AIO is now offering Summer Lunch Kits for children available at the Food Pantry each Monday morning.
To learn more about AIO's programs, modified operations and the new building project, please visit www.aiofoodpantry.org
Rockport Dog Park Temporarily Closed
P.A.W.S Animal Adoption Center


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spillmann echsle architekten
englischviertelstrasse 24 8032 zürich
spittel area
area redevelopment
Status: in progress
Project: 2016-2020
Renderings © Graphex
The site, measuring 3680 m2, is located in the center zone in the immediate proximity of the station Stäfa. The property stretches on the south side of the building to the rear of the station. The area was originally a factory building with a residential house, which was built over several stages and was completed by a typical, tectonically shaped business building from the 1970s. A one-story pedestal building ties the individual buildings together. Today, different center-specific uses such as fitness, a school, a children's therapy, the notarial office and various occupations are rented in the areas.
The business building on the Bahnhofstrasse, as well as the westbound one-storey pedestal, will be preserved and renovated. A new building structure, which is based on the larger-scale building blocks of the surrounding, completes the structural ensemble. While the commercial building is aligned on the Bahnhofstrasse, the new four-storey building is connected to the Verenaweg.
On the ground floor, a nursery surrounded by a garden is planned. On the upper floors, 12 duplex apartments will be realised, all of which are south-facing and have generous outside spaces like roof terraces. A spacious outdoor area covers the entire area and integrates the outdoor parking spaces. Underground parking with a total of 30 parking lots is connected to the existing ramp from the Spittelstrasse.
Through a carefully structured tectonic façade design, the individual buildings are optically combined. At the same time, they subtly differentiate themselves in their expression. The commercial building facing the Bahnhofstrasse, whose façade rastering remains intact and more rigid and restrained in its expression, has a clear relationship to the newly constructed building. The fenestration reacts in the dimension to the respectively available spatial situation. Room-height living room windows alternate with smaller windows with parapets.
The façade of both buildings is designed with a rear-ventilated, pre-installed structure consisting of metal and tectonically arranged panels.


We are often asked about the differences between CoolaData and Google Analytics (GA). GA is an excellent tool – its free version is used by millions of website managers to track pageviews and website trends all over the world. Google's Premium version is also useful and popular, although available only in a handful of countries. We are huge fans of Google in general and we partner with Google Cloud Platform, so our focus here is on what makes CoolaData a unique and different tool.
Unified Data & Behavioral Analysis – A focus on page views is often times not enough. Tracking the number of pageviews is basic, as is the analysis of a path users take between two points. However this info is only helpful if it is viewed in a relevant context that allows answers to questions about analyzed data. CoolaData focuses on unifying data from a multitude of external and internal sources, and inspects all of your data as one unit in order to provide comprehensive business insights.
By putting data into context we help you get deep insights into your users' behavior, and analyze what they do and how they do it rather than simply tracking what they do. This approach is what we call behavioral analytics.
Power Cohorts on CoolaData can perform analysis using many different attributes, not only dates. This grouping by a wide variety of attributes enables the analysis of row-level data for events and users in order to help analyze, visualize, predict and act on it. Google Analytics' cohort analysis is limited to certain pre-set attributes, like date or location, but CoolaData allows for these to be customized. The ability to create and analyze custom properties is at the core of CoolaData's behavioral analytics. More on our Power Cohorts here.
CQL – Another way that CoolaData allows our customers to perform analyses which differs from platforms like Google Analytics is with CoolaSQL (CQL). CQL allows for custom queries within a database that can be layered. This means that a company is able to ask the exact questions it wants answered, for example a CQL query can ask how many users from the United States played three levels between the hours of 10:00pm and 1:00am on January 15th. This high level of customization enabled by CQL is one of the greatest assets CoolaData offers.
Path Analysis is a great tool offered by many companies, including Google Analytics. In addition to the traditional sankey path analysis offered by GA, CoolaData's path widget displays paths which incorporate the duration between events and are comprised of multiple properties. For example, rather than just tracking the path of a user from login to purchase, we can track the duration of each step in that path in order to identify potential UX design flaws. For more info on CoolaData's path analysis tools make sure to check out our latest path analysis blog post here, as well as a great definitional post here.
Google Analytics' path (left) and a partial view of CoolaData's path on the right. We use the length of each color bar to illustrate the relative duration between user events.
User ID Groups – It is often difficult to track individual users, as users might log into an eCommerce site from a laptop, then view an item on a smartphone and complete the purchase on a tablet. Most analytics tools will count each of these actions as coming from separate users, rather than one person with three devices. CoolaData creates User ID groups that identify individual users from multiple sources into individual profiles. This allows for more accurate analysis and a better understanding of user behavior. Additionally, it becomes much easier to analyze users on a more granular level with these individual user profiles .
Relevant Information – When Google Analytics is installed on a platform, it is installed on the entire website, tracking every page, gif and crawler that is on it. A website with hundreds of pages, many of which are back-end and have no relevance to the understanding of user behavior, are all tracked and counted. CoolaData allows for the installation of our SDK only on pages that are relevant. So, a company can track every page, if it wants to, but it also has the option of only tracking the ones that provide it with behavioral insights.
Sessions – Session length is something that changes both from platform to platform and user to user. An avid gamer may spend days playing a single game, while a more casual player will only play for a few minutes on the bus heading to work. Someone who is trying to decide between purchasing two items in their shopping cart may leave the items there for a number of days before finally deciding which one they want, while another shopper will make that same decision in a matter of minutes. It is therefore important to be able to set custom session lengths that can be analyzed per user and platform. This is something that can be done with CoolaData. Google Analytics, by default, cuts session lengths off after one day (24 hours).
Virtual Dimensions – It can be very useful to group channels together in order to analyze them. For example, you may want to group your three smallest channels together and compare them to your largest channel. In Google Analytics this must be done by analyzing each individual channel and then comparing them on their own, but CoolaData allows for the grouping of channels and other data groups into Virtual Dimensions. These dimensions can be customized and compared, allowing for more flexibility.
Calculated Columns – Another great feature that is unique to CoolaData. A database may have one column for yearly revenue figures and another for expenses. Using Calculated Columns, one can define custom metrics based on these two originals columns, without having to actually add them into the database. For example, one could calculate the percentage of costs out of revenues and use that new calculated column as if it was its own "real" column. This can, in turn, be used to set targets and determine Key Performance Indicators (KPI's).
Contact CoolaData to find out more about these differences and how your company can benefit from CoolaData's unique and powerful analytics platform.


On Thursday 17th March at 2pm we had our Parent Council meeting. Parents came to discuss the next Family Event planned for April and to give their views at how Parent Council should work. Please read the attached letter.


Last week I met with Simon Barrow of Ekklesia and Richard Murphy of the Tax Justice Network. It was a productive meeting on many levels, but I was particularly excited when Simon mentioned the thinking of the guitarist (and beating heart of King Crimson) Robert Fripp.
Back home I dug out the postcard Fripp included in his excellent album Let The Power Fall (guitar meets echoing tape loops). Here is Fripp's mixture of philosophy and system theory.
This was often pinned on my bedroom wall as child and student and I suspect it has a profound impact on my own thinking. In particular I think it has encouraged my (often naively optimistic) belief that you can always bring about positive change – wherever you are situated. Also the notion that we must be conscious of the consequence of the structures we work within. I continue to seek the more "appropriate structure" despite knowing that there is no utopia, and time undoes everything.
At a time when it feels our "larger structures" are less and less appropriate, less efficient, it is encouraging to believe that action with integrity and authenticity remains the key to meaningful change.
Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it's really how it works. The design of the Mac wasn't what it looked like, although that was part of it. Primarily, it was how it worked. To design something really well, you have to get it. You have to really work out what it's all about. It takes a passionate commitment to really thoroughly understand something, chew it up, not just quickly swallow it. Most people don't take the time to do that.
This seems to me to be true of design in our welfare systems too. People are always in such a hurry, working so hard, but thinking so little. What this leads to in the end is poorly thought-through public policies.
It is not the lack of 'research' that is the problem – no design innovation ever came from research. But design should be driven by a deeper understanding of the problems that need to be solved and the outcomes desired. This understanding is certainly informed by research, but it also needs to be informed by an understanding of human psychology and a commitment to basic ethical principles. Without this moral and social realism new designs will just be short-term fixes that will fall apart under the slightest pressure.
Having been responsible for designing several new systems for the organisation of welfare systems (individual budgets, self-directed support, resource allocation systems etc.) nothing is more depressing than to see people get enthusiastic about new ideas without making any real attempt to understand how and why they work. This is what then lead to such poor implementation. Without any deeper understanding people implement a process, e.g. the seven steps to self-directed support, as if it were a magical formula.
Sometimes it is better that people are sceptical and resistant than that they naively embrace innovations for the sake of novelty. Innovation must serve powerful moral purposes; it must right real wrongs. Otherwise it will be wasted effort and distraction.
It is easy to imagine change. It is easy to imagine you know what is wrong and what would be better. But getting there depends upon a very different perspective. In order to change things you need to know what sustains them as they are.
If we want people to make better decisions we may have to give them the freedom to make worse decisions.
If we want to make one thing more attractive we may need to make something else much less attractive.
If we want to learn we may need to unlearn.
Often these bolt-on solutions unravel as they bring about both resistance and inefficiency.
The challenge of genuine social innovation and welfare reform – as with any other design challenge – is to figure out how to make the 'good idea' be more than a 'good idea'.


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It's not enough time in the day for our favorite things to do, let alone chores! Let's not waste to much time on them while we have these amazing pro hacks to speed up your daily routine! Find out lazy ways to use nail polish, make toilet bomb freshener, get rid of hard water marks, quick ways to apply makeup and clean the kitchen, make super handy folding device, keep your needlework in order and carefully sort different kinds of liquid in the kitchen!
I'm gonna demonstrate how to clean off different kinds of stains and surfaces.
Let's take this situation to illustrate. A car dries off your yard, you're looking down and what do you see? A horrible gasoline puddle! How on earth you're supposed to get rid off this?!
Don't stress out guys! Just take a Cola bottle, pour it down on the gasoline puddle, let it dry, pour some plain water then and enjoy your clean paving slabs!
And if you haven't got time to clean your microwave in a month and it turned into pathetic mess, I'm here to help! Just fill the bowl with the water and vinegar and press 'start' for 10 minutes. Now you can easily remove old stains with a kitchen sponge and your microwave looks like a brand new one again!
And here's a geniusly simple way to clean the toaster. Take a toothbrush and sweep a toaster with it.
Baking soda and vinegar work cleaning miracles. If you need to wash off an oven, put some soda and vinegar on it and wipe it out. And if you can't reach all the needed surfaces, use the clothes hanger for it.
The filter from the stove, can be run through the dishwasher. Much simpler.
Alot of these my grandmother taught me as a child. And I still use them to this day.
Everybody everybody who has seen these hacks repeatedly say oh yeah!
What the heck? You show us the ingredients, but don't give us the measurements??? I just wasted 9:15 of my life here.
I just can't handle the dreadful background music, I'm out.
In case of apocalypse – Just mix baking soda and vinegar.
who has citric acid laying around??? I guess baking this should have been title hacks with baking soda and W-40….
This biggest thing i learned,, keep a can of wd40 in your house.
I wish they supplied us with actual helpful info….
COULD U PLEASE TELL ME HOW MUCH OF EACH INGREDIENT I NEED FOR THE COUCH CLEAN AND TO MAKE DISHWASHER CUBES? THANKS!!!
What song/band is playing at 7 minutes in?
Has someone already tried one of these?
Thanks ! These are great ideas to help with every day messes!!
If you use cinnamon regularly as a room freshener by putting it in your vacuum cleaner you are going to seriously clog it up and reduce the suction power.
Seriously for a clean microwave – just get a large hard plastic tumbler cup. Fill 3/4 with water. Microwave for 6 minutes. Take cup out but be careful because it's almost boiling hot. Now the microwave is damp – just wipe with a wet dish rag. No soap, lemon or anything else required.
Personally I haven't tried any yet BUT I stumbled across one I previously seen on hers on another site for ants control/repel I DO KNOW VINEGAR WORKS WITH WATER, If you dilute it in a empty spray bottle for benches you'll have a great cleaner that repels ants too. Also spray some in the dishwater b4 washing dishes (if u want extra clean + Maybe tiny bit of food smell b4 washing & rinsing thoroughly) & after to clean the sink. I do put a tiny bit of pine smelling cleaner in the bottle 4 the benches but NOT the sink or food pantry obviously because disinfect is poisonous. Pine cleaner is optional for smell ONLY Because the vinegar solution is acidity & will clean just like other natural acidity products but I cannot comment on that as I am sharing for cleaning to prevent ants whilst saving tonnes of money & It's good for the planet too.


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Teen Challenge boarding school helps girls from Windermere, Florida. Teen Challenge for girls in Windermere, FL — homes for troubled youth and boys ranches.
Teen Challenge for Girls in Windermere, Florida
This Teen Challenge Girls Academy is a non-profit Christian boarding school located near Columbus, Georgia, providing an affordable safe haven for teen girls in Windermere, Florida and around the country; teens who have sought to fill a void in their hearts through negative peer influences, self-destructive habits, or risky activities.
After exhausting every option in their search to help their girl, families in Windermere, Florida are happy to find the Teen Challenge Girls Academy near Columbus, Georgia. They have usually tried relocation, counseling, and medication, all without success. Some have been told by loved ones that it would be best for their girl to get away from the negative influences in her life and away from home for awhile. That is when they seek the help of a therapeutic boarding school, like the Teen Challenge Columbus Girls Academy.
The typical girl who is enrolled from Windermere, Florida at the Teen Challenge Girls Academy was that she was once bright and talented; however, as a result of self-destructive choices, her future has been compromised. Where there was once excelling grades, there is academic failure. Where there were once athletic, artistic or musical abilities, there is disdain for what she held dear. The young woman who once sought her parents' direction, love, approval and acceptance, now looks to her peers to fulfill those needs; she is willing to allow them to lead her down a negative path in life.
While changes usually happen in the moods of young women going through early adolescence, some precipitating factors can leave a void in a young woman's life and cause extremely self-destructive and angry behaviors. These factors include:
Loss of a parent or loved one
Early abuse (known or hidden)
Divorce of parents
A difficult or especially critical parent
Bullying from others/Loss of friends
Change in economic status or a move to a new home or school
Chronic illness of a loved one
Rape or intimidation
Gang participation
Excessive interest in pornography
Negative peer influences
As a result of such factors, young women from Windermere, Florida who register for our program generally exhibit issues and behaviors including:
Rebellion/Anger/Defiance
Depression/Suicidal thoughts
Deceitfulness/Cheating/Theft
Manipulation of family and parents
Promiscuity
Dangerous Behavior
Often, prior to choosing CGA, families in Windermere, Florida have gotten help from psychiatry and the prescription of medication. While psychotropic medications can help alleviate the symptoms of deeper issues, we have achieved high success in helping girls get off of them once and for all. All but the most severe psychological issues are generally triggered by deeper emotional issues, which must be addressed and solved with a clear mind. Psychotropic drugs are eliminated over time with the care of our physician and the prescribing psychiatrist.
Some students who come to CGA in Columbus, Georgia, from Windermere, Florida have been previously diagnosed with psychological disorders including:
Oppositional Defiance Disorder (ODD)
Reactive Attachment Disorder(RAD)
Depression or Manic Depression
Progression of a typical Teen Challenge resident from Windermere, FL:
When a girl comes to Columbus Girls Academy it is typical for her to exhibit blame-shifting, avoidance of responsibility, and sometimes complete denial of wrongdoing. Soon after enrollment, the girl begins to feel some sorrow for the consequences of her prior behavior. Essentially, she is "sorry" for being caught in her behavior, but she has yet to experience a turning away from that behavior. This may be very similar to the roller coaster that the family has been living with at home — pledges to change, periods of peace, that then again turn to repeat and crisis. Regret does not change individuals, repentance does.
Often, adolescents have been spared or delayed the trouble of the entire consequences for their bad decisions; sometimes by well-intending parents. So, as a result, teenagers are not always convinced of the need for change in their lives. However, the parent is certain of the need for intervention, because their teenager is obviously headed for lifelong trouble if such actions persist. The Teen Challenge Columbus Girls Academy is an intervention program, hopefully helping make a change in troubled teenagers' lives before they go on with life habitually living in a dysfunctional lifestyle.
Please call at (334)855-3695 or contact us using the online inquiry form to learn students from Windermere, Florida year-round.
Therapeutic boarding school near Columbus, Georgia, a Teen Challenge academy for teenage girls in Windermere, Florida and around the country who are struggling with life-controlling issues. Visit the remainder of this website to learn more about Teen Challenge.
The Columbus Girls Academy Teen Challenge program isn't in Windermere, Florida, but it accepts young women from Windermere, Florida.
More about Teen Challenge program for girls in or near Windermere, Florida:
Windermere is a town in Orange County, Florida, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 1,897. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2006 estimates, the town had a population of 2,019. It is expected that the 2010 census will show the town with almost 3000 people. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Excerpt about Teen Challenge in Windermere, FL, used with permission from Wikipedia.
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Should you need help finding alternative schools, residential schools, residential schools for boys or therapeutic boarding schools near me, please let us know. Our therapeutic boarding school provides troubled teenage girls with counseling and therapy in a beautiful southern setting. We're a boarding school that helps at-risk teenage girls. Girls come from all over America to our boarding school, but also throughout America (USA).
Teen Challenge boarding school helps girls from Windermere, Florida. Teen Challenge for girls in Windermere, FL


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2018 Annual Pasta & Comedy Night
March 1, 2018 Lisa Latino Events Comments Off on 2018 Annual Pasta & Comedy Night
Join the East Hanover Italian American Club for our 4th Annual Pasta & Comedy Night at Holy Family Church in Florham Park on Saturday, March 24th at 7:00pm!
World renowned comedians Leighann Lord and John Joseph will be headlining.
To purchase tickets, contact John Alvino at 973-879-1044.
About the comedians:
Leighann Lord is a veteran stand-up comedian, author and keynote speaker seen on Comedy Central, HBO, The View, and most recently on the Def Comedy Jam Jam 25th Anniversary Special on Netflix. She is the author of Dict Jokes and Real Women Do it Standing Up; she has been a co-host of NatGeo's Emmynominated late-night science and pop culture show, StarTalk, with Neil de Grasse Tyson. Follow her at VeryFunnyLady.com.
John Joseph has been entertaining audiences around the world, combining comedy, music and his unique talent for improvisation. John has appeared on many television and radio shows including, The View, Showtime, Comedy Central, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, the BBC in Great Britain and many more. His radio credits include the Howard Stern Show and The Bob and Tom Show. He can be heard daily on Sirius XM radio. John has appeared in several films. The most recent being, Paul Blart, Mall Cop 2, with Kevin James. John has toured with such superstars as, Rodney Dangerfield, Huey Lewis and the News, The Righteous Brothers, Kenny Rogers and he has opened for over ten years for international recording star Julio Iglesias! John is the full package, being a successful Comic, Musician, Songwriter and Actor! Follow him at JohnJosephComic.com.


Atom Avery (Center) of Entergy recieves his graduation certificate at the Leadership Oswego County Class of 2010 graduation on June 3rd, as Executive Director of the SUNY Oswego Office of Business and Community Relations, Nancy Bellow annouces his name and is presented the certificate by Assistant Director of the SUNY Oswego Center of Business and Community Relations, Jeff Grimshaw.
SUNY Oswego's Leadership Oswego County, a program of the Office of Business and Community Relations is starting recruitment for the class of 2011.
The program has been in existence since 1992 and prepares a select group of county residents to become the community leaders of the future. This group embarks on a nine-month course of intensive study of leadership skills, Oswego County and its resources, vital issues of today, and visioning for tomorrow. The members start with a Retreat, which will be September 16 and 17 this year, and then meets the first Friday of each month for a day of community exploration and personal development.
The program is supported through sponsorships from Entergy Nuclear Northeast, IBEW 43, National Grid, Alliance Bank, Fulton Savings Bank, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oswego county and Vickery Insurance. This support makes available scholarships to provide access to participants from all levels of the community.
Applications are currently being accepted with a deadline of July 16, 2010, and can be found at the SUNY Oswego web page link; http://www.oswego.edu/about/centers/cbcd/loc/index.html or by contacting the SUNY Oswego Office of Business and Community Relations at (315)-312-3492. The program is open to anyone over 21 years old, who lives or works in Oswego County.


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Q: How can I check if DELETE is pressed on a ListView with .NET 2.0? My event handler looks like this:
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But, in this version of .net, the KeyPressEventArgs doesn't have a KeyCode property. How should I handle the delete in my case?

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This isn't limited to just .NET 2.0, in all .NET versions KeyPressEventArgs does not have a .KeyCode see: MSDN, so you have to use KeyDown instead.


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"John Allen (16yrs) frees Great Wall but uses chalk," ran the headline in Mountain in 1975. Troll's first chalkbag marketed some years later carried an advisory note stating that it was, "Only for use on routes of 6a and above".
Nowadays chalk is common-place on Diffs and Severes and is as much a part of climbing as rope and rockshoes - it stops your fingers from sweating and slithering off small holds and is usually carried in a chalkbag. At climbing walls chalkballs must be used rather than powder or block chalk - these cut down the dust.
Moon Dust - Chalk 300g bag.


Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. announced the 2008 release of Killzone™ 2, available exclusively for the PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) computer entertainment system. Developed by Guerrilla Games, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Computer Entertainment, Killzone 2 throws players back into the midst of a hostile and dramatic ongoing battle between the ISA and Helghast army. Following events and action from the original Killzone for PlayStation®2, Killzone 2 sets a new standard for next-gen gaming by delivering intense warfare with incredibly lifelike character animations, highly detailed and destructible environments, realistic physics, and advanced levels of artificial intelligence (A.I.).


Odds are, if you had a dude as smokin' as Robert Pattinson, and you messed everything up by cheating on him, you'd feel like complete crap. Such is the case with Kristen Stewart. According to reports, Kristen is still so distraught over losing Rob that she's going to great lengths to win him back. And by "great lengths," I mean "basic eighth grade reverse psychology." Sources say Kristen is now resorting to good ol' fashioned playing hard to get.
An insider close to the actress claims that Kristen "has been telling all of their mutual friends that she is over Robert Pattinson" when in fact the opposite is true. KStew reportedly has a plan to play to make it seem like she's totally moved on from Rob in hopes that he will "step up to the plate."
Come on, KStew. You're better than this. Playing hard to get? Just move on already, sister! Not only is this super immature, think about it: If Rob only wants you when you supposedly don't want him, does he really want you at all?
Do you think Kristen should move on from Rob already?


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Review of The Ruin by John Sawney
July 4, 2013 by Mark
The Ruin by John Sawney
Reviewed by Séamus Sweeney
Publisher: Fireship Press (25 Mar 2013)
Purchase from: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk
The exact date of transition between Roman Britain and post-Roman Britain has proven controversial, as different levels of disengagement occurred at different times in different places, and the documentary evidence that exists is open to interpretation. This uncertainty is reflected in the post-Roman period, replete with characters who inhabit the shadowlands between legend or history; Vortigern, Amborisius Aurelianus, Hengist and Horsa, these are typical figures of the time. Even the spellings of their names vary wildly, symbolising their uncertain status and the different cultures that praised or damned them. This morass for the academic historian has always been fertile ground for the mythmaker and the novelist; this is the time of the Arthurian mythos, and it is also one which allows the historical novelist a certain leeway.
John Sawney's The Ruin is an exciting, accessible tale of fifth century Britannia. He has chosen as his protagonist Eiteol, newly installed magistrate of Glevon, a gigantic illiterate whose sole qualification for the post is that his father held the position. Eiteol is supposed to be a mere adornment, a figurehead for the real power held by his bishop brother. Eiteol's cluelessness and lack of knowledge about high politics are clever devices for Sawney to engage the reader in this world.
One of Eiteol's new duties – in fact the only one even a little more than ceremonial, and that not much – is to attend the Consilium in Lundenium, presided over by the dictator Vertigern, who adopts the Consilium as a threadbare cloak of Romanish legitimacy. At this he, along with the reader, learns a little more about the political background, and we are also introduced to the bloody violence of the time, with a Jutish thane and the bodyguards who had accompanied him butchered over a misunderstanding. This sets the tone of a work in which a gritty, visceral violence is never far away.
Eiteol – and some other consiliars – accompany Vertigern to a secret meeting with the Jutes, led by Vertigern's father-in-law Hengest. Nearly all the consiliars are massacred, except for Eiteol and Vertigern himself. The illiterate, self-deprecating, consistently mocked and underestimated Eiteol rescues the dictator, and they embark on a desperate journey of survival through a land racked by violent upheaval and religious factionalism.
At its best, John Sawney's novel reminded me of the work of Alfred Duggan, particularly Winter Quarters. This is not history-from-below, but history from a few steps below the top. The befuddled main character allows both a subtle vehicle for explication (and a convincing one, for at any time in history how many of the population have been intimately fascinated with high politics?) and a distancing from the strangeness and savagery of the action. We can see ourselves like Eiteol, simultaneously unaware of the tides of power politics and savagely at their mercy.
Sawney's book wears its research lightly, but the depiction of post Roman Britannia is all the more convincing. Of course, in such an undocumented period, with some main characters who may or may not have actually existed, there is a lot of leeway. However the focus is rightfully on plot and characterisation. Towards the end, there is a sudden outburst of explication which seems out of place (perhaps better left to an Afterword)
Characterisation is almost always impressive. Eiteol is a likeable, imperfect character that allows the reader some empathy at least with a time twenty-first century readers of liberal sympathies may not find all that empathetic. One of the recurrent themes is Vertigern's strange charisma; Eiteol knows full well that Vertigern is a monstrous, murderous figure, and occasionally considers abandoning him, but keeps on. Vertigern reminded me at times of Giles Smith's portrait of Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland – undoubtedly vicious, but at the start at least with enough strange charm to keep the protagonist engaged despite their better judgement.
While no character is unambiguously good, Bishop Germanus, who represents the authority of the Roman Church, is an outright psychopath, nakedly using his religious authority for political ends. While for some readers this may chime exactly with what they think of religion, this felt to me a somewhat anachronistic approach with our contemporary views projected onto the past. Occasionally this motif grated slightly, and there was the aforementioned explosion of exposition later in the book, but overall The Ruin is a highly enjoyable story which engages the reader from beginning to end.
Categories Book Reviews Tags Alfred Duggan, Giles Smith, Hengist and Horsa, Idi Amin, Roman, Roman Britain, Sub-Roman Britain, Vortigern 1 Comment


Variety, as they say, is the Spice of Life!
No matter where your current interests in stamp collecting may be, there's always something new to be learned through stamps. Expanding your collection to include philatelic alternatives (Artistamps, poster stamps, local post, or other varieties of Cinderella stamps) may be much more fun than you ever imagined.
Philatelic alternatives are not only just as much fun as collecting real postage stamps, they're an even better way to introduce youngsters to the hobby of collecting -- in a much more casual way. Yet they are just as rewarding educationally and in every other aspect as well.
HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE . . .
Philatelic alternative stamps, produced in much smaller quantities than any postal counterpart, can be quite rare in a short time period. Thus becoming more difficult to obtain and equally as valuable over time. In most cases, unless you happen to be at the right place, searching through just the right bin, you may not even know that a perfect addition to your collection even exists!
Inspect the stamps (and any other related items that are sent on approval) for up to ten days. You are only obligated to pay for those that you decide to keep, returning the unwanted items along with your payment within ten days of receiving them, plus return postage.
Take a moment right now to fill out the Philatelic Alternative Application form and mail it to us at your earliest convenience. Your collection, or that of a loved one, will thank you for it.
Philatelic Alternative stamps are a great way to Keep Philately Phun and to pique the interests of youngsters in collecting stamps. Thusly, keeping the hobby alive for future generations to come!


Hopefully all the planting is finished and the timber structure is getting aged and stressed. Rebekah and myself are travelling up tomorrow morning to see the finished garden and help out with some watering of the mosses, and have a mooch around. We will post some finished photos on monday morning....fingers crossed!!