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a burl on a tree is caused by the tree undergoing some form of stress. indeed, if this were true for humans, we would be loaded with burls. instead, our burls are inner-burls. they don't generally manifest as growths on the outside or present as small or large bark-covered lumpy warts. instead, our worry makes us lose sleep, have intestinal issues and headaches. it makes us eat too much, pour the glass of wine a bit too early, seek medicinal solutions or drugged numbing. it makes us argue and lash out, insist on our own way, slam doors both figurative and literal. it causes sickness, physical exhaustion, loss of relationship or work or time in our lives. we become afraid to share our burls with the 'outside', scarcely making headway, fearful of the opinion of others, confused by the wart in our lives.
we should be like trees. the burls cover with bark, insulating from the outside yet evident to the outside. they grow in response to the stress of disease or injury or insects, but a tree may continue to live with these burls indefinitely. actually removing the burl exposes the tree to infection. the burl wood is prized, with swirling grain patterns. often, burls are harvested (both legally and illegally), with stunning furniture and wooden bowls the goal of burl-wood-turners. these trees stand tall and mighty, growing from seedlings, co-existing with disease, injury, insects and, even, together with trees more beautiful sans burls. they wear their wrinkled protuberances with grace. they don't rid themselves of the evidence of life amid stressors, seeking botox to hide irregularities and minimize affirmation of living. instead they continue on, growing and growing and growing – despite a few warts.
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Melissa McCarthy is responding to Gilmore Girls' creator Amy Sherman-Palladino's comments that she'd love to have McCarthy back for the Netflix revival. Sherman-Palladino told Deadline's sister pub TVLine that she wants McCarthy back but said she's not hopeful given the star's busy schedule. McCarthy took to Twitter in response.
Deadline's Nellie Andreeva reported last week that Netflix had cleared four 90-minute follow-up movies for production with six original cast members confirmed to return — Alexis Bledel, Lauren Graham, Scott Patterson, Kelly Bishop, Sean Gunn and Keiko Alena — but no mention of McCarthy or her character Sookie.
"She's really f*cking busy," Sherman Palladino told TVLine. "But the thing I have said [to her team] is, 'Look, if Melissa is available and has an afternoon free, I'll write her a scene.' Melissa was one of us. If she has a spare moment to run over [to the set] — even if for just a cameo — we would be totally game. And if it's a last-minute thing, I would write her in and we would figure it out. That's the way we left it."
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Was the moon split into two parts at a certain time?
I'm not sure what you[re referring to, but the current theory is that the Moon is the result of a collision with early Earth and a Mars-sized planetessimal. Early on when the Earth was completely molten, the heavier elements (iron, etc.) were falling to the center of the Earth leaving behind a less-dense outer layer/crust. When the collision happened, it ripped off that outer most layer and was flung out into orbit around Earth and eventually came together to form our Moon. This is the reassemble it, it is the result of two bodies collided with one another!
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Giants hopeful return to playoffs possible
NY coming off pair of sub-.500 seasons
So far, this isn't what Cullen Jenkins signed up for when he came to the Giants.
The veteran defensive lineman arrived as a free agent in 2013, just 14 months after the team had won a Super Bowl.
"Coming to the Giants, they've got a lot of history and a lot of tradition," Jenkins said. "A big winning tradition. When you come here, that's one of the things that you expect is to continue with that, continue winning, continue going to the playoffs."
Instead, the Giants have a combined record of 13-19 in the two seasons since Jenkins arrived, both of them with sub-.500 results. They had a six-game losing streak to start the year in 2013 and a seven-game skid in the middle of last year. They haven't so much as sniffed the postseason since that Super Bowl victory that seems as if it took place decades ago.
Losing, it seems, has become the new normal.
"When you're not able to [make the playoffs], you feel like you're letting down the fans and the organization," said Jenkins, who won a Super Bowl ring as a member of the Packers. "There is an urgency now because we're trying to get back to what's normal and what's expected around here. And that's winning."
That urgency can be felt in every corner of the Giants' headquarters, from the locker room (where young players and veterans alike know that a rebuild could cost them their jobs) to the front office (whose flops during the largely unproductive drafts of 2009-12 have left the team without a core in the prime of their careers).
They have past Super Bowl champions who are on the back end of their playing days and young talent they are rightly high on, but there clearly is a gap in the chain that links the successes of 2007 and 2011 with whatever the 2015 team's fate will be.
"We want to get back to winning games and making playoffs and giving ourselves opportunities to win championships, and doing that this year," Eli Manning said.
Heck, everyone wants that. The question is, how can the Giants get there?
"I think it's just the whole team coming in together with that same attitude," Manning said. "That's when you get the great teams. It's everybody buying in, everybody understanding that they have a job to do and we gotta go do it."
For as many holes as the Giants have on their team -- and they have plenty -- they also have areas in which they should excel.
Odell Beckham Jr., despite no receptions in the first two preseason games, has shown little evidence that he will be any less effective and electrifying in his second NFL season. In fact, given his relative health compared with this time last year, he should be even more productive.
The offensive line, though not where it needs to be, is much improved from last season's jumbled mess. And if they can remain on the field, cornerbacks Prince Amukamara and Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie should be able to compete well against the best receiving tandems in a pass-happy league.
Will that be enough to overcome the loss of two of their three most important position players to injury before the team even reported to training camp? Left tackle Will Beatty tore a pectoral muscle and defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul lost a finger in a fireworks mishap.
Will it be enough to make up for inexperience at safety? Injury concerns at linebacker? A new defensive coordinator in Steve Spagnuolo with a system that has proved to be slow to grasp in the past with the Giants?
Jenkins says yes. He believes the Giants do have the pieces to reverse their recent fortunes, to go back to the old normal.
"We should," he said. "Everybody should feel that way."
Of course, Jenkins felt that way heading into the last two seasons -"That's a true statement," he said with a rueful grin - and we all know how that worked out.


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One minute, for some, doesn't have to mean much. In terms of content though, 60 seconds sound like ages and allow you to do lots. According to Smart Insights study "What happens online in 60 seconds", 3.3 million Facebook posts, 150K emails, 1440 WordPress posts, 66K IG photos and 449K tweets are published or sent every minute. These stats simply mean we publish so much content that it requires to go an extra mile to stand out of your competition and make your content shine. It also makes your target groups more picky about what they want to get familiar with.
So, yes, content is still a king, and I can't predict the abdication any time soon.
Do you know about Raffaello?
Sweet, coconut balls' marketing claim is "More than a thousand words". Without a doubt, those sweets can tell you more than 1000 words – same as pictures and photos can replace thousands of digits and words. That is why marketers use images to enhance content: because a photo can tell the story itself.
However, even if it seems that marketers got straight into the middle of the ocean of possibilities, they very easily can drown. Moreover, chances can turn into struggles.
One of the main struggles is to create valuable content and not only catch up with competition but take them over as well. Also, here comes the challenge: to find images reflecting emotions and going along with your content. To find something that is spot-on and hides real feelings behind. To find something that is not a part of a staged photo shoot, but can tell "more than a thousand words".
Your audience can't and won't trust photos they can find anywhere, with any context: and therefore they won't believe you and your content. If you use popular pictures for preparing content, it can be regarded as untrustworthy.
People don't want any content: people love content they can identify themselves with. We love storytelling. We create emotional content, we are trying to impact on people's minds – and we can't do it with many, many photos available throughout the Internet.
Do you know a famous stock's man:
Hide The Pain Harold?
Marketers and publishers use his photos to visualise grandfathers, fathers, teachers or… doctors? Not that long time ago we could have seen him portrayed as an imagined doctor in one of the Polish lifestyle magazines. How can you trust a stock photo in such matter?
Imagine a beautiful piece of content with a photo that just does not fit at all.
A picture you had to buy and use your stock credits for, but you know that something is not right… and you bought it, cause you didn't have a choice: while you do have it.
- You have smaller, independent stock websites that distribute ethereal photo content, often for free. Yes, you still have a probability of someone using the same photo: you can be forgiven, though, as it is another level of authenticity, with pictures coming from real life and experiences and reflecting real feelings. This is quite a contrary to photos you can find at big sharks' websites that impact your payroll: often staged, often fake, often "too" beautiful while you need something so real that it hurts. Small stock photos' websites can be underestimated; however, you should take a deeper look at them as they are often managed with people with passion.
- You have several services, where you have access to real, non-commercial photos from social media that you can legally purchase. You can regard it as a "social stock", and this could help you resolve your struggles. You may even use some affiliate marketing links to get them cheaper.
- Finally, you have an opportunity to flourish your content with dedicated photo shoots. This takes money and time, but increasingly more people are getting persuaded by it.
Photos are what make the content world go round. The most popular type of posts on social media, the vital part of content pieces and the medium of emotions.
Make it work, choose pictures wisely: it's better to spot the difference than the lack of quality.
Kinga Edwards is an owner of Brainy Bees, a small, but sweet like honey, marketing agency based in Poland. She managed marketing activities (with a focus on social media and content marketing) for brands in 10+ countries. Insights are everywhere.


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This is why I started "The Art of Horror"; to showcase the amazing work of artists from all around the world. Giuseppe Cristiano's work will blow you away — simple as that. He's a former comic artist and has been drawing storyboards for almost two decades and his experience really shines through in his unbelievable art. While I may know next to nothing about art, I do know incredible work when I see it. And that's what we've got here folks! All of his work has the same style but he brings something new to each and every piece. If I had to pick a favorite, I'd have to go with his take on John Landis' 1981 classic An American Werewolf in London. It's the iconic transformation scene from the film and it's all sorts of badass. If you want to see more art from Cristiano, be sure to head over to his site and have a look around. Enjoy!
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If you want to see more cool art like this, head over to The Art of Horror where Giuseppe Cristiano joins many other fantastic artists — be sure to leave the lights on!


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I don't know about you, but I love watching the sky on a starry night. The beauty of the star-lit night sky is just breath-taking. When I was younger, I used to spend time trying to identify the different constellations. I was so fascinated by them. Even nowadays, when I'm outside alone at night or in some company, I'll just find myself gazing idly at the sky trying to make out some patterns. Guess some old habits never die.
Though my knowledge in astronomy is very limited, I do know that at some point stars die; beautiful as they are. I won't go into details of that because even I do not quite comprehend how that happens.
So now that we've already established I'm not well versed with matters astronomy, I'll just use figurative examples of situations we can relate to… in the bible, there's that story of the Magi (commonly known as the wise men) and how they saw a bright star shining in the east. They followed it and it led them to where the new born Christ child lay in a manger, where they presented him with the gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.
In our day-to-day lives, we see stars too; they could be people, or bright opportunities which lead us to greener pastures. However, sometimes those stars also die at some point. My priest in church gave the example of a glass of wine… funny as that may sound, this may be a star that guides many people. Maybe one's stressed and they just need to calm down so they pour a glass of wine, sip it away and the anxiety disappears.
Nonetheless, due to repeated use, the glass of wine becomes two bottles of beer and before one knows it, they've graduated to full-fledged alcoholics, who might even be abusive to those they live with. At that point, it becomes evidently clear that the once beautiful star died, as it stopped playing the role it was initially intended for.
Furthermore, the star could be a special person in our lives. When we're with them we feel inspired to be our best possible selves. However, that relationship turns toxic and everything starts going downhill… we hurt those around us, constantly hurling invectives at them as a sort of venting mechanism.
We're encouraged to exercise our better judgement and let those dead stars go once we realise they are turning toxic. Additionally, we should aspire to be stars to other people and resist the urge to be Herods (Biblical villain). Instead of following the star, which guided the Magi, for good reasons, jealousy made the incumbent king at the time want to kill the new born prince of peace. Fear of being dethroned made him ask the wise men to bring him information of the child's whereabouts once they found Him, so he could have him killed
Now that this New Year is as young as it could get, we need to make an evaluation of what it is we need to let go of while it's still early, so we don't have regrets at the end of the year God willing. The Magi followed a star which led to them to Christ, the eternal light of the world. If we are not sure what star to follow, then that's the one we need to focus our gaze on too; because that's the one star we're assured will never dim or die. It will always burn bright and illuminate our lives.


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The disease known as rubella [ɹu.ˈbɛl.ə] in English and rubéola or rubeola in Spanish is 'a mild, infectious, communicable viral disease, characterized by swollen glands, esp. of the back of the head and neck, and small red spots on the skin' (WNW). It is caused by the rubella virus of the genus rubivirus or the Togaviridae family. The most dangerous thing about it is that it may result in 'congenital defects in infants born to mothers infected during the first three months of pregnancy' (AHD). Other names for this disease are German measles or three-day measles, since it results in a similar rash of red spots in the body.
Rubella is known in Spanish as rubéola, rubeola, or sarampión alemán, the latter being much rarer and obviously a calque of the English name. Note that in English, rubeola is another word for regular (English) measles, not for German measles or rubella, which is a totally different disease.
The word rubella is a late 19th century New Latin scientific name for this disease in English, but not in other languages. It is derived from the neuter plural form of the Latin adjective rŭbellus 'reddish' (fem. rŭbella), the diminutive of ruber 'red' (rŭb‑ell‑us). It was no doubt created on the pattern of the already existing word rubeola. Besides German measles, another earlier name for the disease was rötheln, a borrowing from German, used in the mid-19th century. In German, Rötheln was a plural diminutive noun derived from the adjective rot (earlier roth) 'red' (Röth‑el‑n). The modern spelling of this word in German is Röteln [ˈrøːtl̩n], though Rubella is also used in German. Spanish seems to have borrowed the word rubéola from French rubéole [ʀy.be.ˈɔl], derived in the mid-19th century from Latin rubeus 'red' on the model of existing French rougeole and roséole (cf. Port. rubéola).[1]
The Latin adjective rŭber meant 'red, ruddy', with an alternative regular form rŭbrus (the adjective's feminine form was rŭbra, neuter rŭbrum; regular root: rŭbr‑). Thus, the diminutive rŭbellus is not a regular derivation. Lat. rŭber descends from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰrós 'red', from the root *h₁rewdʰ‑. Another word derived from the adjective rŭber is the adjective rŭbĕus 'reddish' (rŭb‑ĕ‑us), from which comes patrimonial Sp. rubio 'blond' (rubia 'blonde'). Also from the Latin adjective rŭbĕus comes Fr. rouge [ˈʀuʒ], adjective and noun meaning 'red (color)'. This word has been borrowed into English as rouge [ˈɹuʒ] to refer to 'a red powder or cream used as a cosmetic for coloring the cheeks or lips' (COED).[2] Derived from the same rŭbĕus is the Lat. rubeola, the source of the name for rubella in Spanish, rubéola or rubeola, and the source of the other name for measles in English, rubeola (see §34.3.26 above).
The rare Latin adjective rŭssus, which also meant 'red' (fem. russa, neut.: russum), is also derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁rewdʰ‑ 'red' (*h₁rowdʰ-s-o-). This word is usually said to be the source of Sp. rojo [ˈro.xo], Fr. roux [ˈʀu] (fem. rousse [ˈʀus]), It. rosso [ˈros.so], all basic adjectives meaning 'red' today. Actually, Sp. rojo is more likely from the even rarer derived word rŭssĕus 'reddish; bright red' or else the Spanish word would be roso, not rojo.
The word rojo is unusual because although it seems like such a common patrimonial word, it is not attested until the 16th century. That is because the normal name for the red color in Old Spanish is bermejo. The alternative words colorado and encarnado appear around the same time as rojo. The reason seems to have been that Sp. rojo was originally the word for 'reddish', not for 'red', including the red in 'red' hair color. Hence the compound pelirrojo/a, an adjective meaning 'red-haired, ginger-haired' and a noun meaning 'redhead'. The reason for bringing the rare word rojo for the basic color may have been influenced by other Romance languages.
[1] Actually, the French word rubéole was created in the mid-18th century but with a different meaning, namely the name of the madder plant, 'a southwest Asian perennial plant (Rubia tinctorum) having small yellow flowers, whorled leaves, and a red root' (AHD).
[2] This mid-18th century loanword is one of the rare words that ends in the sound [ʒ] in English.


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The Department of Public Safety (DPS) is the primary department charged with creating a safe and secure environment at Princeton University. DPS operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and is comprised of 111 staff members. The department consists of professional University police, security officers, dispatchers and administrators dedicated to providing best-in-class service to the community. DPS was awarded Law Enforcement Accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) in July 2015 and subsequently awarded reaccreditation status in July 2018. CALEA serves as the "International Gold Standard for Public Safety Agencies" and oversees a rigorous accreditation process. In addition, DPS was awarded accreditation status on March 2019 and subsequently awarded reaccreditation status on March 2022 by the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission (NJLEAC).
DPS sworn University Police Officers have the authority of commissioned police officers with full power of arrest deriving their law enforcement authority from New Jersey statutes (Title 18A, Sections 6-4.2 and 6-4.5) and the Trustees of Princeton University. Title 18A, Section 6-4.5 provides that sworn University Police Officers "shall possess all the powers of policemen and constables in criminal cases and offenses against the law anywhere in the State of New Jersey [including the powers of arrest], pursuant to any limitations as may be imposed by the governing body of the institution which appointed and commissioned the person."
University Police Officers are required to complete the same police academies and annual training as their municipal counterparts. This training has been approved and authorized by the State of New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice Police Training Commission. Our University police officers who are unarmed on a daily basis have access to a rifle in two limited situations, an active shooter incident or when there is someone brandishing a firearm on campus. All police officers have qualified with a firearm while at the police academy and are required to attend mandatory in-service firearms training throughout the year to enable them to perform more efficiently and more safely. DPS has 39 sworn officers including the AVP, director of operations, the patrol captain, 3 lieutenants, 8 sergeants, 6 corporals, 2 detectives, and 18 University police officers.
To read the Princeton University Annual Security and Fire Safety Report click here.
As part of an assigned team, University Police Officers provide campus safety, security, and law enforcement services to the University community. The individual provides a wide range of services, including both traditional and non-traditional police services. Officers are required to participate in crime prevention and community-oriented public safety programming. The successful candidate must project a positive image. Individuals enforce University regulations, local ordinances, and state laws. The individual is a first responder to incidents, accidents, and other emergency situations and is responsible for conducting initial and follow-up investigations into significant and criminal incidents. The individual will work under the direction of a sergeant.
The Department of Public Safety is a 24/7, 365 day operation. The successful candidate must be able to work ALL shifts, including weekends, holidays, and overtime shifts, as required. Overtime is mandatory.
This is an entry level, sworn University Police Officer position.Qualifications:
- High School diploma or equivalent
- Must have current New Jersey Police Officer Certification; approval of New Jersey Training Commission (NJPTC) for police commission or be a Special Officer Class II (SLEO II).
- Officer must demonstrate proficiency with assigned firearms and qualify per Attorney General (AG) guidelines and annually thereafter per policy.
- Officer must maintain ability to operate assigned firearms under all applicable law and University Policy.
- Current valid vehicle operator's license
- Candidate must successfully complete various fitness for duty assessments, including:
- online testing with Wonderlic
- a comprehensive background investigation
- a psychological evaluation
- a post offer, pre-employment (POPES) medical examination
- previous Department and/or firearms instructor must certify officer has qualified with firearm in the last year
- Must be able to meet Post Offer Pre-Employment Screening (POPES) requirements and found capable of performing the essential functions and physical requirements of the position, both before commencing employment and any time required thereafter under University policy.
- Experience: At least two years of work and/or life experience directly relating to a minimum of two of the following areas:
- Community service/involvement
- Interviewing, public speaking, and conflict resolution skills
- Problem solving, using creative method to resolve issues
- Multi-cultural work and life experiences
- Work involves considerable exposure to unusual elements, such as extreme temperatures and loud noises.
- Work environment involves moderate exposure to hazards and physical risks to personal safety
- Must be physically fit and able to defend one's self from attack or physical assault.
- Must have 20-20 or 20-30 vision either naturally or with corrective lenses.
- Must be able to wear required uniform including, but not limited to a protective vest.
- This position requires providing evidence of medical immunity to certain diseases that may pose risk to animals within labs/vivarium and is meant to ensure the safety of the employee, co-workers and animals. All testing information is treated in a confidential manner by University Health Services and is part of the animal worker surveillance program medical protocols.
- This is a unionized position within the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP).
- Per the FOP contract the starting salary for an officer with their PTC is $55,000/year.
- Per the FOP contract this position has a 12 month probationary period.
- Associate or Bachelor's degree
Princeton University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. EEO IS THE LAW
Standard Weekly Hours: 40.00 Eligible for Overtime: Yes Benefits Eligible: Yes Probationary Period: Per union contract Essential Services Personnel (see policy for detail): Yes Physical Capacity Exam Required: Yes Valid Driver's License Required: Yes Union Code: FOP-Fraternal Order of Police : #LI-ST1


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The Impact of Lubricant Volatility, Viscosity and Detergent Chemistry on Low Speed Pre-Ignition Behavior
Journal Article
ISSN: 1946-3936, e-ISSN: 1946-3944
Published March 28, 2017 by SAE International in United States
Citation: Kocsis, M., Briggs, T., and Anderson, G., "The Impact of Lubricant Volatility, Viscosity and Detergent Chemistry on Low Speed Pre-Ignition Behavior," SAE Int. J. Engines 10(3):1019-1035, 2017, https://doi.org/10.4271/2017-01-0685.
Language: English
The impact of additive and oil chemistry on low speed pre-ignition (LSPI) was evaluated. An additive metals matrix varied the levels of zinc dialkyldithiophosphate (ZDDP), calcium sulfonate, and molybdenum within the range of commercially available engine lubricants. A separate test matrix varied the detergent chemistry (calcium vs. magnesium), lubricant volatility, and base stock chemistry. All lubricants were evaluated on a LSPI test cycle developed by Southwest Research Institute within its Pre-Ignition Prevention Program (P3) using a GM LHU 2.0 L turbocharged GDI engine. It was observed that increasing the concentration of calcium leads to an increase in the LSPI rate. At low calcium levels, near-zero LSPI rates were observed. The addition of zinc and molybdenum additives had a negative effect on the LSPI rate; however, this was only seen at higher calcium concentrations. Displacing some or all of the calcium with magnesium reduces the LSPI rate relative to an all-calcium lubricant. There was a minor impact of volatility, but the statistical analysis concluded it was insignificant. The impact of viscosity was significant with lower LPSI rates observed with the low viscosity oil at high magnesium concentrations.
It is clear that even with the relatively simple formulation changes studied in these test matrices, the LSPI rate of the engine can be significantly impacted. It can be expected that other common oil additive chemistries would also impact the LSPI rate based on these results. Given these results, there is no indication that the general trend towards lower viscosities will prove problematic for LSPI. There is also the potential for improving LSPI rates without reducing detergent concentrations if the observed magnesium result can be confirmed. In the long term, it will still be critical to develop a fundamental understanding of the chemistry which makes the detergent an active part of the LSPI process.


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Cinemax (sometimes abbreviated as "Max") is an American premium cable channel. It was launched in 1980 and is owned by the Home Box Office, Inc. (division of Time Warner). The basis of the broadcast network are full-length films and own television series. In addition, documentary films, light erotica and reports behind the scenes of the film sets are broadcast here. The key to success was that Cinemax from the very beginning was clearly defined with the subject matter of the rendered content. Its creators immediately stated that it would be a channel about cinema and only about cinema. Beginning at first with the broadcast of the classics, then the tv channel began to produce more and more of its own quality tv shows, in which, over time, the proprietary Cinemax features began to be clearly discerned.
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> Il Trovatore (Cleva; Zinka Milanov, Nell Rankin, Kurt Baum, Leonard Warren, Giorgio Tozzi) (2-Walhall 0207)
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OP1528. IL TROVATORE, Live Performance, 14 April (not March, as stated), 1956, w.Cleva Cond. Met Opera Ensemble; Zinka Milanov, Nell Rankin, Kurt Baum, Leonard Warren, Giorgio Tozzi, etc. (E.U.) 2-Walhall 0207. Long out-of-print, Final Copy! - 4035122652079
"I will say emphatically that Milanov's Leonora in TROVATORE, among other roles she sang splendidly, was the peer of any soprano's in my experience. (Yes, my own included.....Milanov's was an amazingly beautiful voice.…In the end, she earned a place in operatic history and it was an Olympian one."
- Rosa Ponselle
"In the dramatic Italian roles, the greatest soprano I ever sang with was Zinka Milanov.…Milanov had one of the greatest voices of this century…she had such power, such dramatic drive in her voice — and she had such pure top tones, including a pianissimo even on the high C, if she wanted."
- Alexander Kipnis
"Milanov came like a bolt out of heaven - the voice and the young woman, both so vibrant and exciting. We knew something great had come into [the Met's] Italian wing. What was not obvious at the beginning was that she would have such a staying power, for she gave so much in her singing.…I was present years later on her great anniversaries and she sang at mine [the fiftieth anniversary of [my] Met début, 1963]. She was incomparable. She was like a vocal sorceress singing the OTELLO arias that night. Such a roar went up from the public, I can never forget it."
- Giovanni Martinelli
"Zinka never paused to consider the effect her 'Milanovisms' might have on others. She once saw very religious Kurt Baum crossing himself before the third act of TROVATORE. Zinka just looked at him and said, 'If you don't know it Baum, Gott ain't gonna help you."
- Anna-Lisa Björling, JUSSI, p.261
"A dramatic tenor alternately gauche and exciting, Kurt Baum filled a crucial spot for the Metropolitan Opera and other houses without ever quite having attained star status. Long after his nominal retirement from the stage, he continued to make concert appearances. Noted throughout his career for stentorian top notes, he later wrote several treatises on preservation of the voice and singing well in old age. Whatever his deficiencies as an artist, he was an exemplar of longevity. Baum spent his high school and college years in Cologne, Germany, before entering medical school at Prague University in 1927. During this period, Baum engaged in a number of athletic activities, becoming the amateur boxing champion of Czechoslovakia. He also evinced a strong interest in music. Urged by friends to sing professionally, Baum left medical school and enrolled at Berlin's Music Academy in 1930. By 1933, Baum was sufficiently well prepared to win the Vienna International Singing Competition, taking first prize among 700 contestants. Heard by the Intendant of the Zurich Opera, Baum was engaged for that company and made his début there in 1933 singing in Alexander von Zemlinsky's DER KREIDEKREIS. After singing a variety of lyric roles at Zürich, Baum was engaged the following year by the Deutsches Theater for a succession of more dramatic roles. Feeling the need for further study, Baum traveled to Italy to work with Eduardo Garbin in Milan and with faculty at Rome's Accademia Santa Cecilia. Fortified with additional technical expertise, Baum sang in many of Europe's leading houses in Paris, Vienna, Budapest, Monte Carlo, and at Salzburg. Heard in Monte Carlo by the director of the Chicago Opera, Baum was engaged and made his American debut in Chicago on 2 November, 1939, singing Radames to the Aďda of Rose Bampton. He was heard in subsequent seasons as Don Jose and Manrico. Meanwhile, Baum joined the Metropolitan Opera, making his debut on 27 November, 1941, as the Italian Singer in DER ROSENKAVALIER. In this short but memorable part, his talents were well matched to the role's requirements. For the next quarter century, Baum sang the spinto repertory at the Metropolitan to reviews both complimentary and critical. When the company mounted WOZZECK for the first time in 1959, Baum found a highly congenial role in the preening Drum Major. After WWII, Baum returned to Europe and made his début at La Scala as Manrico and re-established relations with several other major companies."
- Erik Eriksson, allmusic.com
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That is not a typo BYU Junior Center is declaring for the NBA Draft, but he did not hire an agent so that gives him the option to return for his Senior year. What a mistake this is, Plaisted who is an above average center and can dominate smaller players by muscling his way is not ready for the league. He did get better this year then last year when going up against true centers, but with crop of excellent freshman from Kevin Love, Michael Beasley, OJ Mayo, and others most likely coming out that would push Plaisted down on the draft board. Another year would do him good for one he would just get better as a player plus next years freshman class and draft class should not be as good as this years, so it would make sense for him to return. The only way he should stay in the draft if he is a sure fire first round pick, because those contracts are guaranteed and second round choices are not.
Here are two interviews from Plaisted talking about his decision


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The "World Finest" was the title given by the team up between Superman and Batman. These two titanic icons of the Super Hero genre are perhaps the best duo to be called as such. In celebration of their enduring design, today we showcase some of the artwork dedicated to the two.
The last son of Krypton is a popular choice for redesigns and illustration work. Here are some of our favorites:
The Dark Knight is always a popular figure here in the website, and the following art is just a small showcase of what some artists around the web have been working for the character. You can always see more of Gotham's Defender here.
About the Author Arthur De Martino
The google wearing super hero know as "Wasp Eye Lad" has a secret identity: Arthur De Martino, a quiet Brazilian man who loves Digital Art a bit too much.


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Only the New Years eve, Tass can stay up late so he is excited and now he is playing with Origami...
On 23th of Dec. a parcel has arrived from Nina in Hungary!
She sent me her original dyed stuffs (Silk, Cotton threads, and also ribbon and lace)!
They all are so beautifully dyed by her hands!
How talented lady Nina is. Thank you so much dear Nina!
From a just minute ago, my key "I" doesn't work at all, how many times I'm pushing "I"?! lol
I was always thinking it's nonsense to let dogs wear cloths before then, but since Cocoa is keep sneezing a lot, we gave her some warm clothes.
After that she doesn't sneeze, so it depends on kinds of dog, and now I'm thinking it's lovely to see her wearing a bit big clothes!


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Because Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, comes from the hacker underground, its actions often look taken from the POV of a desire to expose stuff just for the sake of exposing it.
This was always part of the mindset of the hacker fraternity.
And it really wasn't of tantamount importance to consider fine ramifications. So any tonnage of quote from the US government on how security was about to be greatly harmed -- true, disingenuous, sincere or evil -- was never going to be an impediment to action.
Wikileaks is proof of adherence to the old slogan favored by hackers: Information wants to be free.
And Bradley Manning -- because he was vain and kept poor company, the result of which was his being turned over -- doesn't seem much of a Daniel Ellsberg.
There is a perceptible element of wanting to be famous, a not uncommon trait. And so the young man apparently vacuumed up everything at his disposal. This everything-plus-the-kitchen-sink approach has certainly worked, creating a great sensation, even when most of the material is gossip -- State Department employees and foreign leaders being just how you might expect.
Because of what we have come to -- the US frequently considered a bad actor -- the Dept. of Defense and the State Department, the entire foreign face of the US government, has a problem it cannot solve. Its exposure is thought by lots of people to be deserved, come-uppance because it has been on the wrong side of so many issues in recent history and been proven unaccountable.
Thus, there is now no defense that can be mounted against the swarm of those willing to perpetrate a Wikileaks-type operation.
It stands to reason that going forward there will always be at least one person like Bradley Manning in the service of the US government or military. Or even a couple.
Not someone who will just blow the whistle or leak a couple things of critical interest.
But someone who will mindlessly divulge everything they can get their hands on. Good, bad or indifferent -- even material they could not humanly have taken the time to read and understand.
It is not so remarkable that Bradley Manning copied a staggering volume of material.
What's remarkable is the collision of technology, an idiotically official American process of universally networking everything and labeling it secret -- whether antagonistic, stupefying, mundane, understandably human or legitimately so, and someone like Manning, one person of small means who spills the beans. And then that absolutely nothing changes until the next mega-release and the cycle continues.
The act of disclosure has turned into an exercise in a type of extremism, a reaction -- often unthinking -- to what we are now. That's the way it is.
And it's impossible to secure against. Now that Wikileaks is an outlet the problem cannot be remedied from such a standpoint.
Does it merit the play-acting of someone like Hillary Clinton, asserting that it tears at the fabric of responsible government one moment, making a joke referral to what's said about her behind closed doors, the next? No.
What passes for responsible government now? Who in the glass house is going to throw the first stone?
Chalmers Johnson might have had something interesting to say on the matter and its relationship to the maintenance of a worldwide empire. But we can't ask him because he died.
At the Federation of American Scientists' Secrecy blog, Steve Aftergood -- who has regularly been critical of Wikileaks -- had this to say, yesterday:
The Wikileaks project seems to be, more than anything else, an assault on secrecy. If Wikileaks were most concerned about whistleblowing, it would focus on revealing corruption. If it were concerned with historical truth, it would emphasize the discovery of verifiably true facts. If it were anti-war, it would safeguard, not disrupt, the conduct of diplomatic communications. But instead, what Wikileaks has done is to publish a vast potpourri of records -- dazzling, revelatory, true, questionable, embarrassing, or routine -- whose only common feature is that they are classified or otherwise restricted.
This may be understood as a reaction to a real problem, namely the fact that by all accounts, the scope of government secrecy in the U.S. (not to mention other countries) has exceeded rational boundaries. Disabling secrecy in the name of transparency would be a sensible goal -- if it were true that all secrecy is wrong. But if there is a legitimate role for secrecy in military operations, in intelligence gathering or in diplomatic negotiations, as seems self-evident, then a different approach is called for.
"It's impossible to say whether the race to fix the classification system can be won through our kind of advocacy from the outside and by enlightened self-interest within government," concludes Aftergood. "Before that happens, classification itself could be rendered moot and ineffective by leaks, abuse or internal collapse. Or, in a reflexive response to continuing leaks, officials might seek to expand the scope of secrecy rather than focusing it narrowly, while increasing penalties for unauthorized disclosures."
To wit, it is not at clear yet that Wikileaks is a universal solvent. And Aftergood, over all, is singularly positioned to know.
And "assault on secrecy," when you think about it for a moment, sounds suspiciously similar to things like "war on drugs" and "war on terror."
Anyway, initial reports from the government indicate the opposite of a break in the official barricades.
A more pressing desire to get after the leakers, tighter controls on information, new restrictions on portable data storage -- none of which can protect from Bradley Mannings.
Maybe it will sort out in some favorable manner. I doubt it, though. There will just be more releases of information, more frenzied measures to bring a halt to it, bigger punishments demanded and ever louder cries for violent solutions.
In the meantime, we'll still be stuck in an old science-fiction novel.
As in many things, we succumb to drift into farce.
(Yes, click that link.)
This post appeared in an earlier form at Dick Destiny blog.


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Missions Ministries
Bethany is a church that believes in missions, and we're always looking for opportunities to spread the Gospel and serve! Whether its our Men's Ministry lending a helping hand to a person in need, members visiting local nursing homes, youth involvement in clean up projects, or our involvement in Lottie Moon and Annie Armstrong offerings, we want to fulfill the Great Commission!
Visit our website often for more information on this exciting new time in the life of our church!
North American Mission Board
Here's a short video about the North American Mission Board and the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering. We collect an offering every year during the Easter Season in order to help spread the gospel throughout the world.
International Mission Board
More than 3.5 billion has been given to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, whose namesake inspired the first collection of gifts in 1888 so the world might know Christ.


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Get a little help moving into your new home
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How long does it take to save enough money to make a down payment on a new house? For some families, the answer might be a frustrating "forever." At Excite Credit Union, we're happy to reduce the waiting period. We offer several programs that help certain buyers qualify for life-changing mortgage loans without having to fork over a fortune.
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- Maximum loan amounts vary by county
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We salute your service. Active-duty military, veterans and reservists are all eligible for these affordable mortgages.
- Up to 100% financing—with as little as zero down payment for qualified borrowers
- Fixed-rate loans available
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*Offer applies to purchase loans to 95% loan-to-value only. Based on a first mortgage of $453,100 and a 5% down payment for a total purchase of $476,950. Financing available up to $453,100 for owner-occupied California or North Carolina primary residence properties only. Minimum 720 FICO score required. Loan requires two months of PITI reserves. Borrower(s) and Property must meet mortgage insurance guidelines. Mortgage insurance required. Other restrictions may apply. Please consult your tax advisor regarding the deductibility of interest and charges. See account disclosure for complete details. Offer cannot be combined with other discounts or promotions. Certain membership requirements may apply. NMLS registered. Equal Housing Lender.
**ARM-Adjustable Rate Mortgage. Closing Cost credit cover the loan processing fees of $1095 in CA and $895 in NC


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Prague Airport (PRG)
Airport Overview:
The Prague Ruzyne Airport was opened in 1937. It is the largest airport in the Czech Republic, serving over 12 million passengers in 2008. The Ruzyne Airport serves as the hub for Czech Airlines.
Discount car rentals are offered by 1-800-Fly-Europe at the Ruzyne Airport as well as locations in downtown Prague.
1-800-Fly-Europe also offers discounted chauffeur and airport transfer services in Prague.
Taxis are available outside the Arrivals area.
Airport Hotels:
The Holiday Inn is located less than a mile from the airport. A free shuttle services to and from the airport is provided.
1-800-Fly-Europe offers discounted hotel reservations in Prague and across Europe.
Information Desks:
Airport information desks are located in the North Terminal.
Airport Facilities:
Eating and Drinking: Restaurants, bars, a self service cafeteria, and coffee shops are available throughout the airport.
Shopping: There is a large variety of shops at the Prague Airport, including duty free and gift shops.
Money: ATMs, banks and bureau de change are available at the airport.
Business Facilities: A conference room and press room are available at the VIP facilities in the North Terminal. The Bohemia Lounge, located on Pier B of the North Terminal, has Internet, fax, and photocopying service.
Other services: A post office and 24 hour heath service is provided by the airport.
IATA Code: PRG
Telephone: +420 (0) 2 2011 3314
Airport Location: The Prague Ruzyne Airport is situated approximately 12 miles northwest of Prague city center.


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Introduction: HomeMade Modern DIY Concrete: Coloring & Casting
Learn how to easily color concrete and use silicone to make reusable molds for casting concrete.
Step 1: Supplies + Tools
Plastic Bottle or Container
Hopefully plastic packaging will be replaced with more responsible alternatives in the future, but if it isn't going to biodegrade on its own, you might as well put it to use before it goes in a landfill.
Gluestick or Candle
Available Online
I used a glue stick but a candle would have been easier to remove.
Quikrete Countertop Mix (in White)
vailable at Home Depot
QUIKRETE® Countertop Mix is a super high-performance mix that is worth the price. It has no large pieces of gravel or aggregate, which makes it great for small intricate pieces such as lamps and vases. It's easy to work with and comes in different colors. Most stores don't carry it in-stock so call ahead to your local Home Depot to have it ordered for pickup.
Mold Star® 30
Available Online
Mold Star® silicones cure to soft, strong rubbers which are tear resistant and exhibit very low long-term shrinkage. Molds made with Mold Star® will last a long time in your mold library and are good for casting wax, gypsum, resins, concrete and other materials.
Available at Home Depot
Hot Glue Gun
Available at Home Depot
RYOBI 18 Volt Cordless Drill
Available at Home Depot
Step 2: Drill a Hole in the Cap
I cut an X into the lid of the cap with a knife to help keep the drill bit from slipping. I then drilled a hole right through the center of the lid. The hole should be a little smaller than the glue stick or candle.
Step 3: Insert the Candle/Glue Stick
Carve the hole with the knife so that it's just big enough for the candle or glue stick to tightly fit in.
Step 4: Mix the Pigment With Water
I mixed the pigment with the water before adding the water to the dry concrete mix. Use clean water and add pigment in proportion to the manufacturer's recommendations. You can increase the color intensity by adding more pigment and decrease it by adding less.
Step 5: Mix + Pour the Concrete
Mix the colored water into the concrete. Since the concrete is being poured through the narrow mouth of the plastic bottle, I made the concrete a little more watery than usual.
Step 6: Remove the Plastic Bottle
Once the concrete has cured for at least 24 hours, you can remove the bottle. Using a heat gun or hair dryer set on hot will heat and soften the plastic and removal easier. I heated the plastic around the mouth of the bottle and then easily cut through it.
Step 7: Drill Out the Center
I used a glue stick and had to drill it out. This can be tricky since the glue is rubbery can push the drill bit into the edges of the concrete causing cracking. A candle would have been easier to remove.
Step 8: Cut the Bottle Into a Tube
Cut the top off of the water bottle and then made a second cut about 1/2" above the top of the object. This creates a plastic tube that's a little taller than the object.
Step 9: Cut a Band
Cut a 1" wide band from the leftover piece of the water bottle. This band will be used as a support for the mold and the end of the bottle will be used as a cup for mixing the silicone.
Step 10: Make a Bottom
Cut a piece of plastic out of the lid of an old plastic container.
Step 11: Glue the Object to the Bottom
I used a hot glue gun to glue the object to the bottom piece of plastic.
Step 12: Glue on the Tube
I used the hot glue gun to glue the plastic tube cut from the water bottle to the bottom base plate. I applied glue all the way around to make sure it was sealed and water tight.
Step 13: Water Test
Pour water into the mold to make sure the silicone won't leak.
Step 14: Use the Water
Silicone isn't cheap and can't be saved once the 2 parts are mixed together, so you want to mix the right amount. I poured the water into the cup I made out of the other end of the bottle and drew a line so that I would know how full to fill the cup with silicone.
Step 15: Mix + Pour the Silicone
Mold Star® 30 comes in 2 parts that need to be mixed together in equal amounts. I filled to the cup and mixed the silicone before pouring it into the mold.
Step 16: Remove the Object
Once the silicone has cured, cut away the plastic and remove the object. The silicone is flexible, but you may need to cut it a bit to get the object out. Try and cut the silicone in a place that will be minimally visible.
Step 17: Prepare the Mold
Once you remove the original object, you'll be left with a detailed mold that's ready to be cast into a concrete copy. Slide the 1" wide plastic piece of water bottle over the silicone to hold the mold tightly together.
Step 18: Mix + Pour the Concrete
I mixed and poured Quikrete Countertop Mix into the mold and made the mix a little more watery than usual so that it would pour easily into the silicone mold.
Step 19: Vibrate the Mold
Tap and vibrate the mold to get out the air bubbles. I didn't tap it long enough and my concrete piece had a few bubbles but still looked good.
Step 20: Remove the Concrete Copy
After letting the concrete cure for 24 hours, I pulled off the plastic sleeve and removed the concrete copy. I also cleaned the mold with a toothbrush so it would be ready for another copy. The molds are quite durable and you can use them over and over as long as you keep them clean.
Step 21: Done!
Good luck making your own colored concrete and silicone concrete castings and please email or tweet photos to @benuyeda or email@example.com. For more DIY ideas and projects, visit us at HomeMade Modern.
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1 Person Made This Project!
- MadeByBarb made it!
8 Comments
Yikes! That MoldStar 30 stuff is pricey! I was looking for a way to create some concrete stone molds to create tiles to adhere to a propane fire table I want to make but it would be cheaper to be less creative and buy one at the store. Anyone know of any cheaper silicone or mold forming products out there?
Comments included, personally , pound for pound, this has got to be the most informative instructable I've ever come across. Basically just answered three questions I've been trying to figure out answers to for a while. I appreciate it.
Here's a FYI that can save you some money when it comes to "dying" the cement/mortar mix.
As long as you're using a white base of cement/mortar, you can use tempera paints as your "dye".
Yes, I'm talking about those large bottles of paint that kids use at school, and more often then not can be bought for a mere $1 - $2 each.
They come in a large range of colors, and can be mixed to create your own desired color.
When making my hypertufa projects, I got really tired of spending anywhere from $8 - $12 for a mediocre size bottle of cement dye.
So I experimented with the tempera paints and it works!
I've made many outdoor pots for plants and the color doesn't leach out.
A few years ago one of my interns came up with a novel way to remove air bubbles from castings with a vibrating orbital sander. She secured the mold to a piece of plywood with duct tape, then poured material into the mold cavity. She then turned on the sander and held it to the plywood with a slight bit of pressure. Sure enough, small air bubbles appeared at the surface of the of the mold opening. (A few larger ones as well) BTW, later she told me that this was the first time she had ever cast anything and wanted it to be perfect!
I would suggest vibrating the mold while the concrete is wet to reduce the air bubbles
that's really cool!
For a small mold like this, I bet one blade from an electric hand mixer (kitchen tool) would work well for vibrating the mold to remove bubbles. It could be chucked up in the hand drill if your wife was leery of loaning her kitchen tools to the garage.
I've made castings using Rapidset CementAll. It's an hydraulic cement that sets in an hour. You have to work fairly quickly but the results are excellent. There are also additives that retard the setting for longer work time as well as one that decreases viscosity without adding more water (which weakens the mix). These come in packets that are meant for using with 25 lbs of the mix, so for smaller amounts, you'll have to experiment a bit. Another brand that is also quite good and sets rapidly is Rockite.


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We receive this question often especially after our customers lose power. We do bury power lines. For over 50 years, we have been installing underground cables where feasible. In fact, well over one-third of the DTE system is currently underground. Since 1970, underground lines have been installed exclusively during the construction phase of all new subdivisions and other construction projects where possible.
Why not bury existing overhead lines?
While burying existing power lines may seem like a logical solution, the reality is putting lines underground isn't always the easiest or foolproof solution.
Relocating existing overhead lines underground would cause massive disruption to communities from existing trees and their root systems, to swimming pools and swing sets. Established structures such as sidewalks, street surfaces, curbs and driveways would also be affected.
Additionally, burying existing overhead power lines carries a hefty price tag – about three to six times more expensive than installing overhead lines (depending on the field conditions).
Also, when underground outages occur – they typically last longer than overhead, because it takes longer to identify the issues that are often more costly to fix.
Plus, the life cycle of buried lines is about 30 to 40 years, while overheard lines last about 60 years.
Will DTE ever consider burying existing power lines?
AT DTE Energy, we're always reevaluating our strategy and looking for new ways to build a smarter, stronger energy grid that will reduce power outages and provide energy for the future. Right now, we have a plan that leads to a strategic approach to undergrounding in areas where it makes sense and in ways that are cost-effective. Our teams are studying new technologies and are piloting programs to understand customer acceptance, cost implications and ways to drive down costs to make undergrounding more affordable for our customers.
We will continue to assess and make significant investments in our infrastructure — constructing new substations, upgrading poles and wires, installing new technologies, and trimming overgrown trees along power lines— to bring you safer, more reliable energy and peace of mind.


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Every time I am at the airport I am amazed that thieves don't come to baggage claim and steal suitcases. There is no security… anyone can just walk in there and just grab a suitcase. Mr. Thief could just stroll in off the street, grab the medium-sized black suitcase that everyone and their sister's cousin has, hightail it out of there and pray that no one notices until all the suitcases are gone. Mrs. Missing Suitcase will then blame the airline, who will not be able to find the suitcase and then, eventually after a lot of hassle and nagging, will issue a refund for the missing suitcase. By the time all this is said and done, Mr. Thief will be back at his studio apartment trying on all Mrs. Missing Suitcases bras and wondering what he is going to do with size XXL vacation wear. Hey, so maybe this suitcase grab was a bust, but Mr. Thief can return to baggage claim and try, try again. Winners never quit, Mr. Thief.
You'd be in luck if you happened to grab my suitcase. I don't know about you guys, but I always take my best clothes on vacation with me. And if you are reading this and happen to be a thief, my suitcase is NOT the large red one with a red ribbon tied to the handle so I can recognize it. Seriously… it's not that one.


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EU-India Regional and Urban Development Cooperation
According to the twelfth Five Year Plan 2012-2017 issued by the Government of India Planning Commission, urban population in India is expected to grow from 388 million in 2013 to about 600 million for the year 2031. This is quickly growing urban population is expected to be concentrated in large cities and existing urban agglomerations, where urbanization continues at an unprecedented scale and will pose significant challenges in terms of urban planning, social integration, social infrastructures and public spaces.
Within the EU-India cooperation, the World Cities programme will prepare, run and evaluate three working meetings in India (2) and Europe (1). The programme will also launch a collaborative on-line platform (English) to facilitate the exchange of information and good practices between European and Indian cities or regions. The general aim of the programme is to provide technical assistance to Indian experts on u
In addition, the project focus should be concrete and operational, leading to concrete results and involve as much as possible stakeholders from both EU and India such as firms, public and private agencies, universities and research centres.rbanisation policy issues with the aim of fostering dialogue and exchange between the European Union and India. Experts will in turn be able to disseminate the knowledge gained within their professional sectors. World Cities should also support European technologies providers in relevant areas to the topics of the activities.
The key features of the World Cities programme are:
- Selecting up to four European and up to four Indian cities or regions for implementing twinning schemes during 2015 – 2016.
- Implementing one five-days working meeting in India for up to four European teams of five delegates each (up to 20 in total) chosen by the European cities/regions involved (in coordination with DG REGIO and GIZ). Details here.
- After six months of decentralised cooperation within the twinning schemes, one similar activity will be implemented in the European Union. The working meeting will be designed for up to four Indian teams of five delegates each(up to 20 in total) chosen by the dialogue partners in coordination with DG REGIO. Date: Second half 2015.
- After 2-3 months, a closing meeting will be run in India are designed for up to twelve European representatives (three per EU city) as well as for up to twelve representatives of the Indian cities involved. Date: First Quarter 2016.
- All activities will be designed to involve also representatives of business sector. Therefore, matchmaking B2B sessions will be proposed.
The programmes will provide Indian and European participants with valuable first-hand experience in regional development and sustainable urban development issues in both regions. During the one-week meetings, follow-ups and workshop activities, Indian and European delegates would be able to deal in depth with specific topics such as urban-rural linkages, low-carbon development and smart-city technologies. Experts should establish long-term working relations with the twinning cities and regions. The European regions and cities to be involved in the programme will be selected in coordination with the Delegation of the European Union to India.


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Self Love Gone Wild--conclusion
The bad fruit of bad teaching has been discussed in previous articles. We see the fruit in a society run amuck. We see it in people who have lost the capacity to care, because they are so self-focused. It is evident in the methods used to protect oneself from further emotional pain. But, that does not mean we should not love and care for ourselves
Healing The Shame That Binds You
This video goes great with the last post on this blog.
Protecting the self is an exercise in futility. Being vulnerable is counter-intuitive, but it is the path of true strength.
Listen to this 20-minute talk by Dr. Brown where she shows how being vulnerable is necessary for our true healing from the pain of shame.
Self Love Gone Wild--pt. 3
Could it be that the true way to a healthy self-esteem and a powerful love of self is completely contrary to our natural way of thinking? Might the tide of self-loathing that is causing the eating disorders, depressions, suicides, school shootings, and drug addictions be stemmed if we began to try Jesus' method of love?
Is it worth a try in your own life?
Self Love Gone Wild--pt. 2
Do we really believe that Jesus, the master teacher, was using some form of hidden psychology with His statement about loving your neighbor? If so, would He not have taken time here--or at least somewhere--to explain the necessity of self love, and what it might look like? By following this line of thinking, we have only added insult to our ignorance.
Self Love Gone Wild--pt. 1
Popular psychology introduced a concept in the late '70s that swept through society at light speed. Once people in the Church got hold of it, it became a tsunami that crashed through at warp speed, taking down long-held theological concepts. Now, we are beginning to see the fruit of this lie throughout society.
LOVE is All You Need
Photo by Darla Frantz
Do you see the world through the eyes of love?
It has often been said that the "Fruit of the Spirit" listed in Paul's letter to the Galatians is only love. Everything after that--joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,gentleness, and self-control--are simply descriptors of that love.
Almost Three Years
There are at least three years between John 3:16 and Matthew 28:19.
Why is this significant? Because it has definite bearing on what we teach new believers.
The evangelical branch of the Church has not made the distinction between "sharing your testimony" and "making disciples."
Too often, the new believer feels that he is to go out and begin leading people to Christ. This is wrong, and has done great harm to the mission of the Church.
A new believer is not able to (as a rule) to lead people to Christ. She may be quite capable of telling people what the Lord has done for her, but she is not yet equipped to train someone in the principles of the kingdom--ie, make disciples.
About the best the new believer can do is to lead someone to church. That, in and of itself may be fine, but that is where we have stopped as a growing movement for change. We are somewhat successful in getting people to do something different with their Sunday mornings, but it stops there far too often. The churches expect people to join their programs, attend their activities, listen to sermons, and through the process of osmosis, to somehow become a follower of Jesus.
A quick look around at the condition of the Church today should convince one that this doesn't work.
Jesus told many that He helped to "not tell anyone." He also told others to tell what the Lord had done for them.
There is only speculation about why He would tell some to not proclaim Him, and we can leave that for those who would like to debate the possibilities.
He told one who was healed to, "Go show yourself to the priest as a testimony..." That is the purpose we should focus on, especially with new believers. Show yourself.
Show people the new creature that God has made. Tell them what the Lord has done for you.
It really is that simple.
Once, you were in one condition; now you are in a new condition. Tell about that. What does it mean to you? How has your life changed as a result?
It is not the new believer's responsibility to "make disciples."
Notice that Jesus did not say this to the disciples until after He had been with them for at least three years. Those first disciples had Jesus in their midst as flesh and blood, hearing His words and seeing His life. Yet, it still took time for them to be able to absorb everything they had learned.
Some might argue that this command was given only because Jesus was preparing to leave the earth, and since He is gone, this command applies to all who would follow Him. That could be considered a valid argument, until we begin to look at the results of trying to practice it that way. New believers are simply not capable of making disciples. Most are not even ready to make converts. They are only capable of giving their testimony.
This is what a new believer should be encouraged to do.


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Over the past few weeks of the University of Edinburgh's MSc Digital Education programme, I've looked at big questions from learning analytics, getting started with analytics, and social network analysis. The pressures of assignment deadlines stopped me blogging for the past couple of weeks, but now I want to return with some thoughts on learning analytics outputs.
After all, most of us in our daily lives do not get particularly 'hands on' with the collection and processing of data. Instead, we encounter prepacked analytics that are ready to use in the form of FitBit charts, Twitter graphs and weather maps.
We give little thought to how this data was generated because we find it useful enough to inform our decision making. But in the context of learning, we need to be a little more thoughtful.
Learning analytics is, at its core, a form of giving feedback. Good feedback highlights our strengths and motivates us to work on our weaknesses. Bad feedback can be crippling.
So what are some of the options?
Over the past few weeks, we've been looking at a number of different tools that provide feedback in different formats. At one end of the spectrum are dashboard visualisations, while at the other end are descriptive statements.
Dashboards will be familiar to anyone with a health app on their phone or who is involved in monitoring web traffic. Automatically generated graphs show trends over time, for topics like 'logins', 'page views', 'unique visitors', and so on. Additional visualisations on a learning management system (LMS) dashboard might show a breakdown of class performance on tests, or participation in forum discussions.
Such dashboards are useful to the teacher or admin for analysing trends over time, particularly when they are viewed within the context of the learners' experience. For example, is there a spike in LMS traffic in the days prior to a major assessment? Or, what percentage of users have failed to complete their mandatory compliance training?
What these dashboards often don't reflect is the learning that takes place outside of the system. For example, a learner who eschews the learning management system because they prefer to develop their skills on YouTube or Lynda.com may be flagged as an individual with no interest in their own development.
- Big questions from learning analytics
- Getting started with learning analytics
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An additional concern is that any visualisation then shown to the learner might inflate the importance of what is being measured. A learner who logs in and sees a graph of their logins over time might suspect that the act of logging in is more important to the authority figure (manager, teacher, etc) than the quality of those individual sessions.
These concerns can largely be overcome when the context of the measurement and analysis is understood but, in many systems, this is not the case. My Apple Watch rewards a 30-minute jog more generously than a 30-minute weights session, even though I find the latter much harder.
At the other end of the outputs spectrum are descriptive statements. Again, health apps can be found at the forefront of this technique, sending statements like: 'You often don't move after 7pm. Try going for a short walk!'
In the learning context, equivalent statements might include: 'It's been a week since you last logged into the LMS' or 'You are in the least active third of LMS users'. Both of these statements might encourage me to get learning, but they might also annoy me if it's been a particularly busy week or if I think the content on the LMS is...a bit pants.
The impact of these nudges is something I plan to look at in the coming weeks, so I may well blog about them again. In the meantime, I'd love to hear from anyone who is already using automated nudges in a learning context. Find me on Twitter @RossGarnerGP if you'd like to share your thoughts!
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Ross Garner is instructional design manager at GoodPractice
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Elizabeth - The Golden Age
While preparing for my travel to Berlin and during my stay there in Germany, I had regretably little time for watching movies. On our return flight however, I was able to view three films and would have to say that Elizabeth: The Golden Age was the most riveting. This is the second film in what will probably be a trilogy of Elizabeth films starring Cate Blanchett, who shines brightly as QE I.
If you are a devoted history buff, you may find some of the dramatic license too much to bear. There are some time shifts, with people and events, which do not jive with the actual recorded history, but I think the character of the players is kept pretty well intact. The interplay between Walter Raleigh and Elizabeth is fun on film, though it may have been based on conjecture. A very interesting chain of events with Spain and England during this time period is at the heart of the historical basis for the film and that was what I found most interesting to see visulatized.
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Storytellers Project: Restaurant pros tell of learning, connecting 'Behind the Kitchen Door'
Naples is a foodie town, and everyone loves their restaurants, but not many people know what goes on behind the kitchen doors of those restaurants — much less what it takes to get there.
On Monday night seven chefs, restaurant owners and other industry professionals shared their stories of hardship, triumph and success from "Behind the Kitchen Door" at the Naples Daily News' inaugural Storytellers Project event.
The project brings together residents for a night of live storytelling. More than 100 people gathered at Venue Naples, an event space in North Naples.
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Some chefs and restaurant owners' successes came slowly and steadily. Others hit rock bottom and were left with nothing before digging themselves out of a hole and rebuilding their lives.
Some said their culinary passions began and grew in their family's kitchen. All agreed the hospitality bug was in their blood.
The service industry has taught them lessons in spades, some of them tough.
Rafael Feliciano, co-founder of Naples Restaurant Week, was a broke college sophomore trying to make ends meet on a ramen noodle budget when a friend told him to apply for a serving position at a popular chain restaurant. He worked in retail but decided to give serving a shot.
During his first night as a server, he got his customers' drink orders wrong, had their food sitting in the kitchen, and he was getting glares from people who wanted their cups of water refilled.
"I was completely bugging out," he said. "I never felt this much responsibility in my life. People out there are relying on you. They want their food, their drinks, their service. It was a lot to deal with."
He hid in the men's bathroom to compose himself, thought of all the reasons he should quit, then tossed those ideas before setting his shoulders and going back to work.
"I was randomly having all these epiphanies in the handicap stall — because there was more room to pace in there," he joked. "I muscled up and told myself my family isn't made of quitters."
Since then, Feliciano has been a bartender and manager. He went from entering the service industry in hopes of making more money quicker to appreciating and relying on a good team and taking care of customers.
Leaving retail to work in restaurants was a huge leap outside his comfort zone, but he wouldn't turn back from everything he had learned.
"I really grew up in the food scene," Feliciano said. "I learned that opportunity is only as good as what you're ready for."
For others, working in the service industry provided interesting and unexpected ways to connect with the community.
Brian Roland's first charity event was the one that changed his life forever. Roland, now the executive chef and owner of Crave Culinaire, was asked 10 years ago to put together a charity event for a local nonprofit organization that helped foster children. He worked as a chef at M Waterfront Grille at the time.
Roland put together a pizza-making camp, of sorts, for about 30 kids over the course of four weeks. At first he was mostly concerned with the logistics of cooking with kids, but it didn't take long for him to connect with the foster kids, engage them in creating foods and getting to know their backgrounds.
By the end of the third week, Roland became friends with one of the boys, also named Brian.
"We were getting ready to leave one day, and little Brian said, 'If my parents don't want to take me back, will you adopt me?' " Roland said. "I didn't know what to say."
Roland said he was hit by a whirlwind of emotions at the boy's question — sadness and anger that he was going through that and felt his parents might not want him; happiness because little Brian trusted big Brian enough to ask him.
"I was 28 at the time and not ready for a child. I didn't know how to handle it," Roland said. "I felt I had to say something to let him know he would have a happy life."
A year later, when Roland was on better footing and he thought he could adopt a child, he asked the foster care organization about little Brian. Roland was told the boy returned to his parents and that they were living well as a family again.
For Roland, that experience was a lesson to never stop giving to youths.
"I learned so much about what it is to give back and make a difference in a child's life," Roland said.
Taylor Sanders is just a teen, but her enthusiasm for food and cooking makes her appear larger than life.
The 14-year-old "Kids Barbecue Championship" winner impressed Food Network judges with her bacon creations in the opening season. Now she gets to learn from some of the best local chefs and share their kitchens.
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We removed the wreath at long-distance shots as it would only have appeared as a tiny green patch on the nose of the locomotive. This way those who wanted to take photos fakeing that this was an everyday train on an everyday line could take them.
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Riding a motorcycle can be an exhilarating experience, but it is not without risk. Even if you drive as carefully as possible, you may still be involved in a collision. If you were injured in a motorcycle accident that was caused by someone else's negligence, you may be entitled to damages, and you should consult an experienced personal injury attorney as soon as possible. Pensacola motorcycle accident lawyer Ryan M. Cardoso is aware of the devastating impact that a motorcycle accident can have on all aspects of a victim's life. He works diligently to help injured riders recover compensation from negligent parties. Recognizing that the same approach does not work for every car and motorcycle accident case, he can analyze the unique facts of your situation and devise a strategy for pursuing damages based on the circumstances surrounding your accident.Common Causes of Motorcycle Accidents
Thousands of motorcycle accidents occur in Florida each year, including more fatal accidents than in any other state. Distracted drivers who are not paying attention to the roadway in front of them frequently cause motorcycle accidents. Aggressive drivers and intoxicated drivers cause many motorcycle accidents as well. Less often, motorcycle accidents can be caused by negligent property owners, who allow foliage or signs on their property to obstruct the line of sight of drivers on adjacent roadways.
In some cases, a county or municipality may be liable for failing to construct or maintain a road or highway in a way that meets the safety needs of drivers. It may not be clear initially which person or entity was responsible for your accident. As a result, it is in your best interest to consult an experienced motorcycle accident attorney in Pensacola to assess the facts of your case and determine who should be held liable for your injuries and damages.Proving How Negligence Caused Your Accident
Most lawsuits arising out of motorcycle accidents are pursued on a theory of negligence. In Florida, a person is negligent if he or she fails to use reasonable care, which is defined as the care that a careful and reasonable person would use in a similar circumstance. To recover on the theory that another person or entity's negligence caused your motorcycle accident, you must show that the other party failed to use reasonable care and that the failure caused the accident and your damages. Your Pensacola motorcycle accident attorney can conduct discovery to gather evidence to support your claim that another party's negligence caused your accident. Police reports, eyewitness statements, and photographs or surveillance footage of the scene are useful tools that can help illustrate how a defendant's breach of the standard of care caused the accident to occur.Damages That You May Be Entitled to Recover
Motorcycle accidents are often serious, resulting in property damage and severe and often permanent injuries. Under Florida law, while drivers of cars are required to purchase Personal Injury Protection (PIP) insurance, riders of motorcycles do not need to obtain PIP insurance and thus need to pursue a claim against the at-fault driver rather than their own insurance. As a result, if you were involved in a motorcycle accident that was caused by someone else's negligence, you may be entitled to recover many types of damages.
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When Sam (Sheridan Smith) goes on a night out with her old college friends, she is forced to revaluate her life as her new best friends arrive in the club and threaten to ruin the façade she's put on for her old, more successful friends.
The majority of Powder Room takes place in the women's toilets of a nightclub, a place where there's arguments, laughter and tears. Having it set in such a small place means characters are always bumping into each other and there's secondary characters who appear as the film goes along and you see how their night turns out too.
There's so many relatable characters and situations in Powder Room. Sam is trying to appear more successful than she is and hiding who she really is from her old college friend Michelle (Kate Nash) and her friend Jess (Oona Chaplin) who are both beautiful and have seemingly wonderful lives in Paris. Sam's best friend Chanel (Jaime Winstone) is a man-eater, while Paige (Riann Steele) is worrying she's become boring now she's settled down with her boyfriend and Saskia (Sarah Hoare) just wants to have a laugh.
Powder Room is a lot of fun and it's British comedy at its best. So many young women can watch it and recognise themselves or who they used to be, sneaking into nightclubs when you're under eighteen or ending up spending more of the night in the toilets than on the dance floor. Perhaps most importantly, it's funny and honest about what female friendship is really like – both the highs and the lows. 5/5.


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One thousand eight hundred and twenty-six days
How meaningful my life has come to be
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As we cherish each other as husband and wife;
As we help each other down the road of life
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