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President, Owner, and Educator
About Patrick C. Bonasso, M.D.
Patrick C. Bonasso, M.D., has served the local community for more than 25 years, after graduating from Marshall University School of Medicine, where he also did his residency. He received specialty training at Georgetown University School of Medicine, and has been Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology since 1988.
Dr. Bonasso is keenly aware of the role that education has in maintaining the edge of both knowledge and applied wisdom when it comes to women's health. He is a Clinical Associate Professor at West Virginia University School of Medicine for the last 27 years and has been actively mentoring medical students. Dr. Bonasso is a member of the International Society of Clinical Densitometry, the American Institute of Ultrasound Medicine, the WV State Medical Association, the Marion County Medical Association, and is an active board member at Fairmont Regional Medical Center.
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Holiday & Seasons
Color My World Paint Buckets Extra Wide Deco Trim
Dress for the Weather Bulletin Board Set
- 1 window (12" x 17 ½") and 4 seasonal scenes
- a weather spinner
- 4 season titles
- 4 temperature words
- 1 dress-up kid (8 ¾" x 13 ½")
- and 41 pieces of clothing, shoes, and accessories.
Includes 4-page activity guide with display ideas, activities, and a reproducible. Perfect for use during circle time each morning. Pieces vary in size from 3" to 17 ½".
Fall Oak Leaves & Acorns Classic Accents® Variety Pack
Fall Things Bulletin Board Set
Fall/Harvest All-In-One Door Decor Kit
Patriotic All-In-One Door Decor Kit
42 piece set includes 24 Paper Cut Outs, 17 Assorted Decorative Pieces, and 1 Die Cut 45" Banner With Foil.
Stripes, scallops and dots adorn the pumpkins on this festive Pumpkin Patch Border! The charming modern design of this orange, black, grey, and white border make it versatile for trim on a seasonal classroom bulletin board or as a Halloween decoration around a school, office, college dorm, church, or employee break room.
- 35 feet per package
- Width: 2¾"
Seasonal Mini Bulletin Board Set
- Fall (51 pieces)
- Winter (50 pieces)
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- Apples and Acorns (straight)
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Spring Things Bulletin Board Set
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Lasting Memories
Maureen Elizabeth Dooher Ryan
Oct. 31, 1930-Dec. 22, 2018
Woodside, California
Maureen passed away after a short illness Dec. 22nd at her home in Woodside, CA. Vivacious, energetic, extremely determined, and always ready with a quick and infectious Irish laugh, Maureen will be sorely missed by her family and friends.
She was born on Halloween, October 31, 1930, in Brooklyn, New York, the youngest of three girls and one boy. The Doohers eventually moved to Hillsborough, CA, where Maureen graduated from San Mateo High School, and after, The University of California Berkeley, in 1952. In 1954, Maureen married Robert Ryan and had six children, living in San Francisco, later moving down the Peninsula to Atherton, then Rome, Italy, and eventually to Woodside. The Ryan's were divorced in 1968 and Maureen never remarried. She was preceded in death by her daughter Molly Ryan in 1975. Maureen was a sports fan, a passion she shared with her four sons. Some of her favorites were Cal Football, her Brooklyn/LA Dodgers, Aaron Rodgers and Roger Federer. In addition to loving sports, Maureen was an avid equestrian, competing her beloved hunter, "Sky Crown" in her youth, and later, fox hunted with The Los Altos Hunt Club. One of her greatest impacts came through her work for legendary Representative Paul N." Pete" McCloskey. Hired as a legislative aide to the district office in Palo Alto, Maureen was then promoted to the main office in Washington, DC .Generations of staffers and interns who traveled east to serve under McCloskey, were introduced to the capital and the federal government by Maureen. They survived their tour in Washington after Maureen taught them her mantra,"Keep the Faith", always issued with a laugh and twinkle in her eye. She moved back to Palo Alto, where she headed up the office staff for McCloskey's run at the United States Senate, which ended his elective career in 1982. Thereafter she was hired as the executive director of the Lincoln Club of Northern California and ultimately she retired from politics and focused on her residential real estate career in Woodside. Maureen also served as the Director of the Children's Health Council and was a member of the board of the Community Breast Health Project, now the Bay Area Cancer Connection. Maureen is survived by her brother Joseph Miles Dooher, Jr and her five children: Peter Ryan, Andrew Ryan, Kate Ryan Houlihan, Robert Ryan, Patrick Ryan, and nine grandchildren: Will, Timothy, Conor, Megan, Connor, Andrew, Justin, Nicholas, and Kiara. A "Celebration of Life" is planned for Friday February 1st at 3pm at St Mark's Episcopal Church 600 Colorado Ave, Palo Alto.
Donations made be made in Maureen's honor to the Bay Area Cancer Connection 2335 El Camino Real, Palo Alto 94306


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tiptap is a renderless and extendable rich-text editor for Vue.js
You can easily add custom nodes as Vue components.
Chakra UI is a simple, modular and accessible component library that gives you all the building blocks you need to build your React applications.
Vant is a lightweight mobile UI components library built on Vue.
react-big-calendar is a Google Calendar/Outlook like events calendar component built for React and made for modern browser and uses flexbox over the classic tables-ception approach.
TOAST UI Grid is a powerful grid component that allows you to visualize and edit data via its table representation.
TextFit is a fast, dependency-free text sizing component that quickly fits single and multi-line text to the width and/or height of its container.
ProppyJS is a tiny JavaScript library for composing props that can be used in your favourite components-based UI framework (like React or Vue.js).
Build responsive, mobile-first projects on the web with the world's most popular front-end component library.
Bootstrap is an open source toolkit for developing with HTML, CSS, and JS. Quickly prototype your ideas or build your entire app with our Sass variables and mixins, responsive grid system, extensive prebuilt components, and powerful plugins built on jQuery.
ScrollerJS is a javascript library that helps you build performant UI components for the web.
whs.js is a framework for 3D web apps and games built with Three.js technology. It implements a core with component system and plugin support for fast development of 3D scene with physics.
Inspire Tree is a performance-driven javascript-based UI tree component, built for the modern web.
Flight is a lightweight, component-based, event-driven JavaScript framework that maps behavior to DOM nodes. It is created by Twitter.
Flight uses jQuery and requires a module loader with support for AMD, like WebPack or Require.js
wheelnav.js is an animated navigation menu component, a JavaScript library based on SVG. It can be a pie menu (radial menu, circular menu), tab navigation and more. The library comes with predefined CSS classes for easy styling and supports HTML5 data attributes for proper markup.
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Low turnout for International Reggae Day Conference
There was a wealth of information to soak up at this year's staging of the International Reggae Day (IRD) Conference, but like last year, there were hardly enough people in attendance to take advantage of all that the event had to offer.
On Friday, July 1, reggae music was celebrated on a global scale. According to the IRD organisers, the excitement was at a fever pitch in several countries globally, as more than 35 cities across the world celebrated the music that gave the world legends like the iconic Robert Nesta Marley.
At home though, the level of excitement was far less than that talked about in other countries. Although there were many activities scheduled to take place throughout IRD, one couldn't help but notice that the enthusiasm wasn't the same in the home of reggae especially, if one was present at the IRD conference.
The event held recently at the Jamaica Pegasus' Port Antonio Ballroom, was free and open to the public but was poorly attended especially from industry personnel. Very few entertainers, producers, record label owners etc., bothered to turn up at the conference despite the fact that the topics discussed would have been highly beneficial to them.
The conversations that took centre stage at this year's conference surrounded The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO's) decision to officially designate Kingston as a creative city. Discussions were therefore centred on how Jamaica could further develop the city and use the UNESCO designation to further market the island internationally.
Minister of Culture, the Honourable Olivia 'Babsy' Grange attended the conference. She thoroughly engaged the audience, presenting ideas on how Jamaica could capitalise on the UNESCO designation while stating that her government was dedicated to developing the country's creative industries.
In her address, Minister Grange said that while she was happy that Jamaica has shared the gift of reggae music with the world, it is no secret that the country has earned far less from it, than some other places globally.
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"We are proud that reggae has long been embraced by the world, as too the icons who make the music. However, in all this, we need to realistically evaluate ourselves as we come to terms with the fact that although music forms a large chunk of our cultural and creative industries, which are critical to Jamaica's economic prosperity, we have not earned as much from it as we ought to. In fact, others in the world now earn more from our music than we do," she said, vowing that as Minister of Culture, she is prepared to do what it takes to ensure Jamaica begin to earn more from its music.
She continued, "Today I'm prepared to lead the charge to reverse this trend and reposition Jamaica as not only the source but also the authentic base of what is reggae music. Earning from our talent is something that should be a natural thing."
Grange then went on to state that her ministry is currently poised to take advantage of the UNESCO designation to add more value to the cultural and creative industries.
The IRD conference held at the Jamaica Pegasus, was streamed live to the 35 participating cities across the globe this year. The annual celebration of reggae music has seen immense growth on the international level - 35 cities across the world were involved in this year's activities moving up from 25 last year and three in 2014.


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The Signature Room and the Venetian Room may be rented separately or together, depending on the size of your event.
Signature Room* - $750-$1000 for all day rentals on Saturdays, or $105 to $150 per hour Sunday through Friday
Venetian Room* - $550 to $800 for all day rentals on Saturdays, or $85 to $120 per hour Sunday through Friday
Garden for wedding ceremonies - $100.00
All 3 areas rented together $1200 to $1600 for all day rental on Saturdays or $175 to $250 per hour Sunday through Friday.
When using the services of an outside caterer, we can also provide linen rentals with a selection of chair covers, sashes, decorations & more for you to choose from (additional rental fees apply).
Rental fee discounts apply when the Rendezvous provides the meal catering services.
Take your reception over the top with rentals for chair covers, organza bows & satin sashes, table banding, runners, organza overlays on the tables and much more in a multitude of color choices. Pricing available upon request.
*The two rooms are adjoining and can be combined for large parties.
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The 50% deposit must be paid at the time of making a reservation to confirm the date/room. If the deposit is not received, the space may be rented to another party without notification.
The client's deposit will be refunded in full (less a $100.00 cancellation fee) if the cancellation is more than 120 days prior to the event. If cancellation occurs within 120 days of a client's event, the deposit will be forfeited.
Rental fee balance is due 30 days before the day of use and is non-refundable. A security/damage deposit of $400 is also due 30 days prior to the event.
The Saturday rental period is for the entire day. The facility must be vacated by midnight. If you rent the facility by the hour, the rental period must include your set-up (decorating) time as well as your clean up time. For example if you rent the facility from 2 pm to 5 pm you may want to issue your invitations for 2:30 to 4:30 pm for your guests and allow 30 minutes prior and post for setting up your displays, food, etc. and tearing them back down. You will be required to exit the building at 5 pm. If the Rendezvous is providing your catering services you do not have to allow for their set-up or tear-down in your rental hours.
There is a discount available for nonprofit & business events. It is the sole responsibility of the client to notify the Rendezvous staff of nonprofit or business status. Clients may be asked to show proof of nonprofit status in order to receive the discounted rate.
There is no smoking in the facility or on the deck pursuant to the Iowa Smoking Laws. Smoking will be allowed only in the outdoor designated areas where ashtray receptacles are located.
Staff members are available to assist you in preparing for your event.
The facility offers linen napkins & tablecloths on a rental basis, or clients may provide their own.
DJ's or bands are allowed - please confirm entertainment with management.
The facility is Wireless Internet accessible. There is no fee for Internet service while you are at the Rendezvous for a paid event.
Repairs for any damage occurring to the facility or its property during an event will be paid by the client who rented the facility when damage occurred.
Clients may decorate the day of their event during their rental hours.
Tape, tacks, nails, etc. may not be used on the walls or woodwork. Items can be brought in to set on the floor or tables. Easels may be used for display purposes.
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... which I think is pretty cool!
My friend saw JCR in Binney Park last Friday (4 days ago). Her son toddled up to him and nearly stole his sandwich.
Cook and Craft, a cookware store in Old Greenwich, tweeted that same day that JCR and Tilda Swinton strolled by their store.
I also hear reports that JCR was at Tigin in Stamford over the past few days, so keep your eyes peeled, people!
Send me your sightings at stamfordtalk (at) gmail (dot) com.
I don't know if I'd get spammed if I wrote out my whole email, but that's how I see the internet folk doin' it.
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John C. Reilly All Over Stamford/Old Greenwich...
... which I think is pretty cool!
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He was at black bear saloon downtown last night singing karaoke and taking pics with people!
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Ummmmm I do NOT believe it- I gotta see pics!!!
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Nothing is as exciting as a new blog feature… except maybe new lipsticks. I got a-thinking the other day, and pondered over which three lipsticks I would keep if I had to get rid of all of them. An obviously tough question, but I figured if I have to have only three, these ones would serve me well.
- MAC Lady danger – an orange toned red will always be needed in my makeup stash. This is the best I've found, as it's creamy, long-lasting and just generally perfect. This is one of those lipsticks that you can swipe on when you have not much other makeup on and look done straight away.
- MAC Craving is a pinky plum. Creamy (I like creamy lipsticks, obviously), and the colour is such a nice shade that I love wearing in Autumn and Winter.
- Tom Ford Pink Dusk is a newbie, but a goodie. An amazing nude shade, and one that I think would go perfectly with any sort of makeup look, and it doesn't wash you out or make you look dead. Amazing formula – if you want a Tom Ford nude, check this out!
If you could only have three lipsticks, which ones would you pick?


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The Communications and Public Affairs Division (Communications) at the California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet) was created in July 2014, when the Communications and Legislative Affairs Division was divided into two offices, a Legislation and Government Affairs Division and a Communications Division.
The mission of CalVet's Communications Division is to drive the overall communications strategy of the Department as the Divisions within the agency provide advocacy, information, outreach, and support to our California veterans and their families.
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General Rules
- Reservations are preferred due to the small size of Dixie Quick's. Walk-ins are accepted according to table availability.
Especially you, Lydia.
- The patio tables cannot be reserved, they are on availability only.
That ain't your day spa, Lydia
- Always be prompt for your reservation – if you are not we cannot save your table, call if you know you are going to be late.
Buy a watch, Lydia.
- Any group 8 or more will have gratuity automatically added to it.
- Music has one volume – ours.
Bring some earplugs, Lydia.
Saturday/Sunday Brunch
- Reservations can be made by calling in, do not leave a message, make sure you speak to a person or call back again, or going to www.opentable.com to make reservations online.
Reservations left on the answering machine will not be honored, Lydia.
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halfof the party must be here before being seated.
Unless you are with Lydia, in which case you will most likely be turned away.
- The Breakfast menu is the only menu availble during brunch hours, some lunch items will be offered up on our chalkboard.
- Your reservation is set for your original amount – any extra persons may or may not be seated according to availability.
This means you, Lydia.
- Reservations are not required – but you take a chance by just showing up. Those with reservations will always be seated first.
(Maybe that shit flies at Nail Time, Lydia, but not here.)
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According to the observation of the farmers, pigs need to drink more than 15 times every day if they eat raw materials, and they need to drink water almost without a few mouthpieces. In order to ensure that pigs grow healthy, to let the pig to drink plenty of water, then the pig wants to ensure adequate drinking water, we need to be able to give them free drinking water in the water supply to the pig, so it is needed to set up the pig with drinking fountains.
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The sad truth is that all of us have been in an isolated situation even when surrounded with a group of people just because we were way too much indulged into our phones.
It`s sad how smartphones have become black holes in which people lose themselves. We might think that we are more connected to the world, but in reality, it's the exact opposite.
When we browsed through these pictures the first time around its devastating to see how "removed" we have become from the world.
Eric Pickersgil, a Florida-born photographer gets all the credit for shooting these photos and publishing them under the title "Removed."
Let's take a closer look, shall we…
1. Together, and yet alone
2. It`s clear how apparent is the distance between them
3. Kids having "fun"
4. "Removed from work"
5. A couple spending some time "together"
6. "Just married"
7. Mother and daughter spending "quality" family time.
8. A family dinner
9. Capturing memories
10. The man and the wheelchair!
11. The Ted Talk "Removed"
Here is Eric already planning his next project in India to show how every part of the world has been silently plagued by technology and how we have all become digitally isolated.
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Glam rock (also known as glitter rock) developed in the UK in the post-hippie early 1970s performed by singers and musicians wearing outrageous clothes, makeup, hairstyles, and platform-soled boots that musically was a guitar-driven hard rock sound incorporating proto-punk, soul and retro rock 'n' roll influences. The flamboyant lyrics, costumes, and visual styles of glam performers were a campy, theatrical blend of nostalgic references to science fiction and old movies Read more on Last.fm.
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(Note: After an award-winning career in the media business covering the tech industry, Bob Evans was VP of Strategic Communications at SAP in 2011, and Chief Communications Officer at Oracle from 2012 to 2016. He now runs his own firm, Evans Strategic Communications LLC.)
CLOUD WARS -- If 2017 was the year enterprise-cloud vendors locked down their strategies and market positions, then 2018 will be all about how the true leaders in the Cloud Wars transcend the boundaries of the cloud and create stunning innovation in digital transformation, customer-centric marketing and the unleashing of AI.
In 2018, pure technological wizardry will no longer be the driving force behind the cloud because business customers, first intrigued and then enchanted by what the cloud can do, have made the intellectual and psychological leap to fully accepting the cloud as their primary IT strategy and foundation for the future.
So those business customers in 2018 will be making high-stakes decisions on which cloud vendors demonstrate the greatest understanding of their businesses, their industries, their needs, their opportunities, and their bet-the-company desires to exploit the cloud to become highly capable digital enterprises that are smarter, more aware, more growth-oriented, and faster-moving than ever before.
Yes, brilliant cloud technology will remain essential—but I would argue that in as the cloud marketplace evolves at a stunning pace, that brilliant technology and resulting cloud services are becoming table stakes in the Cloud Wars.
And as a consequence, the true measure of strategic differentiation in the cloud will be how well those cloud vendors can, as noted above, map their offerings to their customers: the business priorities of big, mid-size and small companies in every industry and across every region on the planet.
In particular, the winners in the Cloud Wars in 2018 will need to master the art—and not just the science—of helping corporate customers undertake, accelerate and complete their digital transformations; will need to radiate customer-centric messaging and behavior across their tech-centric organizations; and will need to leverage game-changing AI in everything they do.
Those three priorities—digital transformation, customer-centric culture and behavior, and AI mastery—top my Cloud Wars Top 10 Predictions for 2018, and here's the list in full.
As the pressures of high-stakes competition force the leading cloud providers to not only evolve and innovate but also mature at unprecedented rates in 2018, it becomes paramount for those cloud vendors to step outside the bubble of Silicon Valley and its inside-out infatuation with 4-letter acronyms and center-of-the-universe mentalities, and to look at this generational opportunity via the perspective of the only stakeholders whose opinions really matter: the customers.
So I hope this overview has helped you think about what's ahead in the Cloud Wars in 2018, whose dominant theme will surely be the year of The Customer.


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For decades, the chance to be Captain America has been restricted to Steve Rogers, a 94 year old man. Greedy. Well listen here Steve, time to spread the love, thanks to the Captain America Morphsuit.
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The Italian railway system is one of the most important infrastructure in the country, with a total length of 24,227 km (15,054 mi). The network is recently growing with the construction of the new high speed railway lines.
The total length of active lines is 16,723 km (10,391 mi), of which 7,505 km (4,663 mi) are double tracks. RFI divides lines into 3 categories:
- fundamental lines Fundamental lines are 6,131 km (3,810 mi) long;
- complementary lines
- node lines (di nodo), which link complementary and fundamental lines near metropolitan areas for a total 936 km (582 mi).
Most of the Italian network is electrified (11,921 km (7,407 mi)). Electric system is 3kV DC on conventional lines and 25kV AC on high-speed lines.
High Speed Rail
High Speed rail in Italy currently consists of two lines connecting all the country's major cities. The first line connects Milanilan to Salerno via Bologna, Florence, Rome and Naples, the second runs from Turin to Venice via Milan, and is under construction in parts. The network is designed for a top speed of over 300 km/h (190 mph).
Service is provided by Trenitalia, although other companies, such as NTV, are going to compete on the same lines beginning in 2012.
Several projects are underway to expand the network. Plans include both more domestic connections such as to Genova, and new international connections to France, Austria and Slovenia.
The following High Speed rail lines are in use:
Florence – Rome Km 254
Rome– Naples Km 205
Turin – Milan Km 125
Milan – Treviglio Km 23
Padova – Venice Km 25
Milan – Bologna Km 215
Bologna – Florence Km 79
High Speed Rolling Stock
Service on the line is provided by Trenitalia using Eurostar Italia trains. Several types of high speed train, belonging to three major families, carry out the service:
- ETR 500: non-tilting, speeds up to 362 km/h (225 mph), used as the Frecciarossa;
- ETR 600, ETR 610: tilting, speeds up to 250 km/h (160 mph), used as the Frecciargento;
- ETR 480: tilting, speeds up to 250 km/h (160 mph), used on other services as the Tbiz
Secondary stock:
- ETR 450, ETR 460, ETR 485: tilting, speeds up to 250 km/h (160 mph) for other services, used as Eurostar Italia.
- ETR 470: tilting, speeds up to 250 km/h (160 mph), operated by Cisalpino
New Pendolino ETR 610 are being introduced to the Italy-Switzerland route. TGV trains also run on the Paris-Turin-Milan service, and possibly between Paris and Rome in the future.
Main Corridors
Milan to Salerno Corridor
The Milan to Salerno is the major north-south corridor of the high-speed network.
The Milan - Bologna segment opened on 13 December 2008. Its construction cost was about 6.9 billion euro. The 182 km (113 mi) line runs parallel to the Autostrada del Sole, crossing seven provinces and 32 municipalities. There are eight connections with historic lines. At the Reggio Emilia interconnection a new station designed by the Valencian architect Santiago Calatrava is being built. Calatrava has also designed a signature bridge where the line crosses the A1 motorway. The line will travel through a new multi-level station at Bologna (Italy's principal railway junction) designed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, currently under construction.
The Bologna - Florence segment opened on 12 December 2009, allowing a 37-minute journey between the two cities. The Bologna-Florence high-speed section was particularly complex to build mainly because about 93% of its 78.5 km (48.8 mi) runs through tunnels under the Apennines range. The line has a nine tunnels, from 600 meters to 18.5 km (11.5 mi) long, separated by short surface stretches (less than 5 km in total). Florence will have a major new multi-level high speed station at Belfiore designed by British architect Norman Foster.
The Florence- Rome segment consists of the older "Direttissima" (literally: most direct) line between the two cities, with a length of 240 km (150 mi). The first high-speed line in Europe, the "Direttissima" was completed in between 1977 and 1986. This segment is currently being upgraded by High Speed Train. Entering Rome, high-speed trains have the option of stopping at either the new intermodal station at Tiburtina, developed by architects ABD Associate led by Paolo Desideri, or Termini Station.
The Rome to Gricnignano di Aversa segment heads south from the Italian capital. Service on the first new high speed segment of the project started in December 2005. This line runs through 61 municipalities in two regions (Latium and Campania) and connects with the existing national rail network at Frosinone Nord, Cassino Sud and Caserta Nord. The segment from Napoli to Gricignao di Aversa (18 km) is under construction. In the Campania region the line passes through Afragola where a major new transfer station will be developed, designed by Iraqi-born architect Zaha Adid
Turin to Trieste Corridor
The Turin to Novara segment of the Turin to Trieste Corridor runs for 85 km and opened in February 2006. TheNovara to Milan segment opened on 12 December 2009, allowing a 59-minute journey between Milan Centrale and Turin Porta Nuova (45 minutes from Milan Porta Garibaldi to Turin Porta Susa). The two segments combine for total of 125 km, 80% (98 km) of which are in the region of Piemonte (provinces of Turin, Vercelli and Novara) and 20% (27 km) in the region of Lombardy (province of Milan). To minimize its impact on the area, theTurin to Milan segments run inside the existing infrastructure corridor, next to the A4 Turin-Milan motorway.
The Milan to Venice segment includes stretches from Padova to Mestre (for Venice) and Milan to Treviglio now in service. Priority sections of track are under construction: the approval procedures for the Treviglio to Brescia tracks will begin shortly.
Future Lines
- Milan- Genoa
- French TGV and Italian AV Frejius railway
- Milan-Swiss border- Chiasso: a route connecting the Italian AV network to Switzerland and Germany is conceived through a Swiss project Alp Transit, which includes the Gotthard Base Tunnel and the Lotschberg Base Tunnel
- Brenner Base Tunnel: the Brenner Base Tunnel will link Verona, Innsbruck, and Munich Berlin to Palermoas part of the Trans European Transport Network
- Trieste-Slovenian border-Ljiubljana: a connection with Ljubljana would encourage rail development into Eastern Europe and link the Slovenian Pendolino
New Railway Plan For South Italy (High Capacity Lines)
The High Speed lines will be connected in South Italy with the following High Capacity lines:
Naple – Bari – Lecce
Salerno – Reggio Calabria
Messina – Catania
Messina – Palermo
Catania - Palermo
Trenitalia is the primary train operator in Italy. Trenitalia is owned by Ferrovie dello Stato, itself owned by the Italian Government.
Passenger Transport
Trenitalia offers national rail transport in Italy and international connections to Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Slovenia, Spain, and Switzerland. The company operates both local (Regional) and long-distance trains
Regional trains
Regional trains are local trains which travel within a region or between neighboring regions. Trains usually stops in almost all stations, thus connecting small centers to big cities. Local train rolling stock comprises about 4500 carriages, 850 locomotives and more than 2600 other light rail cars
Long-distance trains
Long-distance national trains are divided into 3 main divisions: the Frecce (arrows) and Eurostar trains, Intercity trains and night trains. The first are generally considered to be high-end service and usually connect major cities. There are three types of Frecce:
- Eurostar Italia Alta Velocità Frecciarossa and Eurostar Italia Alta Velocità Frecciargento, which are high-speed trains and run mainly on high-speed lines;
- Frecciabianca, which run on traditional lines;
- EurostarItalia
Intercity trains are cheaper and serve also medium-sized cities, thus are generally slower. Night trains operate mainly between north and south of Italy and are comparable to intercitylevel
Freight Transport
Trenitalia Cargo division transports about 28 billion tons km. Its rolling stock comprises more than 30,000 freight cars. International traffic accounts for the 53% of the total. Trenitalia Cargo operates in Europe in collaboration with other european train operators or with the subsidiary TX Logistik AG, which operates in Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Austria,Switzerland, Netherland and Hungary
Conventional Rolling Stock
The Trenitalia conventional rolling stock, at the end of 2010, was composed by:
- 1767 line elettric locomotives
- 280 line diesel locomotive
- 967 elettric light veichles
- 677 diesel light veichles
- 99 high frequency trains
- 204 minuetto trains
- 114 elettrical trains
- 790 diesel shunting locomotives
- 7.476 passengers' train
- 125 passengers' train and cars
- 30.331 freight wagons
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The Ministry of the Holy Trinity
Today it is Trinity Sunday. It has been said that if anyone is able to explain the Holy Trinity they are probably a heretic. To be sure, the Trinity is certainly difficult to explain, or even to understand. Yet the scriptures clearly depict God in three persons. In today's readings we have glimpses of how the three person of the Godhead interact with each other.
Let us first look at the act of creation. From Genesis:
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form, and void; and darkness [a]was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. (Genesis 1:1-2)
Here we have a picture of the Holy Spirit waiting to carry out the plans of the God the Father. We see that the Spirit was there in the beginning. He is often referred to as the Wisdom of God. Reading from Proverbs:
Does not wisdom call,
and does not understanding raise her voice?
On the heights, beside the way,
at the crossroads she takes her stand;
beside the gates in front of the town,
at the entrance of the portals she cries out:
"To you, O people, I call,
and my cry is to all that live.
The Lord created me at the beginning of his work,
the first of his acts of long ago.
Ages ago I was set up,
at the first, before the beginning of the earth.
When he established the heavens, I was there,
when he drew a circle on the face of the deep,
when he made firm the skies above,
when he established the fountains of the deep,
when he assigned to the sea its limit,
so that the waters might not transgress his command,
when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
then I was beside him, like a master worker;
and I was daily his delight,
rejoicing before him always,
rejoicing in his inhabited world
and delighting in the human race." (Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31)
Notice that the Spirit to took delight in the creation of humankind. The Spirit was very much involved in the creation. God the Father spoke to each Person of the Trinity when he said: "Let us."
Then God said, "Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth." (Genesis 1:26)
Where was God the Son in all this? Reading from the first chapter of John's Gospel:
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it. (John 1:1-5)
Jesus, the Word of God, is said to be the agent of creation. Not only that, he became the Word made flesh. He entered into his own creation of our behalf.
It the Holy Trinity some theological concept far above our understanding? No, the Trinity is Emmanuel, God with us. The Trinity impinges upon our daily lives. How is that so? From today's reading from John:
Jesus said to the disciples, "I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own, but will speak whatever he hears, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify me, because he will take what is mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is mine. For this reason I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you." (John 16:12-15)
By the Holy Spirit, God will share his very essence with us. The Spirit will share all that the God the Father has – the very essence that was been given to Jesus and give it to us. Are we ready to move beyond gauge spiritual concepts and move into fellowship with all of God? This is our heritage.
The psalmist writes:
When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars you have set in their courses,
What is man that you should be mindful of him?
the son of man that you should seek him out?
You have made him but little lower than the angels;
you adorn him with glory and honor. (Psalm 8:4-6)
God wants to adorn us with glory and honor. Do we believe that? If so, are we boldly ready to claim our inheritance? The Apostle Paul writes:
Since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us. (Romans 5:1-5)
We are destined to share the glory of God. It is not something that we alone can accomplish. The Holy Trinity is working on our behalf. We need all three Persons of the Trinity. We need the commandments of God the Father. He has set the standard which will never change. He requires us to be holy. We need the ministry of God the Son to forgive us and remit all our sins as we confess them to God. By our faith alone Jesus continues to work on our behalf, interceding for us before the Father. We need the Holy Spirit, the third person of the God Head, to implant the law of God in our hearts and empower us for service. Jesus is returning for a Church without spot or wrinkle.
Have we in the Church been faithful in teaching the fullness of the Gospel? If we have left out anyone the Persons of the Trinity then we need to make some corrections. We should not dissect the Gospel into Liturgical, Evangelical, and Pentecostal. We need all three. Trinity Sunday asks us to look at the whole of the Gospel.
Thanks be to God for the sacred work of the Holy Trinity. God is still forming us into his image. The world around us is working to undermine what God is doing. This world is passing away. God will create a new heaven and a new earth. Let us put our whole trust in God alone.


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Over the years, I've been very generous. And charitably mobile. I've donated significant amounts of money to organizations raising money to end the suffering of countless souls; and I've laced up my sneakers and risked the suffering of my only soles to walk in unity with legions of others, all hoping for new T-shirts puffed up with humble pride of selfless humanitarianism. (Translation: I walked for lots of causes and paid for the privilege.)
So, you want specifics, huh? What am I, running for President or something? Fine!
NOTE: (Each of these conditions affect either a family member or friend, so I take them serious. This post is in the spirit of zany good-funniness.)
- The Alzheimer's Disease Association. I've raised money and walked for them on a number of occasions, but don't quote me on the exact figures. I'm a little fuzzy on the details…
- The National Heart Association. I'm gravely concerned about the heartlessness of many Americans, that's why everyone who has a heart should care about those who don't.
- The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. This is a serious condition and any hint of making fun of it would make people gag, so I just won't do it.
- The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Their annual walk is held during the hottest day of the summer. At high noon. They must use their swarms of psychic cats and an unusually literate parrot to pick the date in advance. As I panted profusely during one walk, I pondered the irony of potential heat stroke and their organization's mission. I love irony, but not when it endangers my comfort. I send them a check each year and keep my pup with me in the AC.
News flash! I have some health problems of my own. But where is the walk to raise money for what ails me? These conditions need "The Cure," too, you know. If you care and want to help, I have some handy tips for each
promising possible doubtful are-you-off-your-meds-again? charity walk:
- Plantar's Warts. I'm sure Dr. Scholls would be a willing sponsor. Sure, the walk will be slow and there might be lots of complaining about sore feet, but that describes just about all "walk for The Cure" charity events.
- Chronic Fatigue. This walk will be difficult to organize. Finding people to attend will be an even greater challenge. Chronically fatigued people aren't exactly known for their get-up-and-go. They'll be no help organizing the walk. Speaking from experience, I won't feel up to walking that day. Offering free shots of B-12 with a chaser of Red-Bull might draw some people in, but you may have to arrange for a shuttle service to pick up your walkers, drive them around the course, then bring them back home. Still, it sounds like way too much work to me.
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Okay. Stop snickering. First, you'll need lots of Port-a-Potties along the walking route. Second, make it a short route and be ready for fast walkers. Third, no one will want to be at the head of the pack during the walk due to the "being downwind" issue. Over come these issues and the walk should be a blast.
- Hemorrhoids. Again with the snickering. This is serious. Have you ever had hemorrhoids? Have you ever tried to correctly spell hemorrhoids? It's not easy to live with this condition nor will it be easy to have posters without spelling errors or rude graffiti. The walk route should have plenty of Tucks medicated pads for immediate relief of symptoms brought on my the charity walk. And, for the Love of Pete, look away when people dig at their butts. You will want your privacy when your time comes.
- Migraines. This walk should be held in the dark and in total silence. That shouldn't be so difficult, should it?
- Insomnia. To guarantee maximum participation, begin the walk at 3:30 AM. Otherwise, plan and proceed as usual.
I was just at the grocery store and saw a woman sporting a T-shirt indicating she walked for kidneys. If kidneys can drum up a walk for their Cure, why can't my hemorrhoids? And yours, too, of course.


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- Apartment
- Bedrooms: 6
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- Size: 670 Sq Meters
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- Garage Spaces: 2
- Date Available: 20th April 2015
- Year Built: 2014
- School District: Marbella
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Everything is becoming user-centric these days. Signing on, the usual prerequisite to access additional features of a website is not as prescriptive as it used to be. Sites are now less disposed to demand user registration prior to signing on - a typical usability barrier. Instead, users can opt to log in by designating an existing identity provided by another site. Getting rid of the potentially disruptive registration process makes sense and in tune with creating flowing user experience. For example, users are more likely to comment on blog posts if their actions (and thoughts!) are not punctuated with lengthy form filling and authentication processes. Indeed, better 'flow' is a key goal in many emerging interaction design patterns, e.g. 'stay on the page'.
Federated identity represents the cutting edge of this user-centric trend which also coincides with Web 2.0 in many ways. First, digital content and services from heterogeneous and autonomous websites are increasingly intertwined and federated, in what could be described as diffusion user experience. Second, the plethora of APIs made available by services or sites such as Google, Yahoo!, Twitter and Facebook have really fostered the developments of federated use scenarios in which user identities and data are becoming interoperable.
The following provides a technical account of integrating Twitter sign on into a social networking platform, as a prerequisite for the UX2.0 project work in developing Twitter services for digital library use scenarios.
Digital Library, Social Networking, Twitter
A remit of UX2.0 deals with the concept of digital library as places where human interactions also take place (in addition to resource discovery). This naturally dovetails with the development of social networking - how it can enhance an existing digital library based on Blacklight, an open source library catalog featuring faceted searching.
In order to assimilate social networking capability, I opted for tog because it is:
- based on Ruby on Rails the same underpinning technology as Blacklight
- open source, modular, extensible and can be integrated with Blacklight
- engine-based which fits in with UX2.0's later work on developing the visual elements of user experience (see 'surface', 'skeleton', 'structure' planes), based on the Progressive Enhancement design goal (HTML first, AJAX next)
The project is developing federated use scenarios with existing social networking sites - Twitter. Examples of the scenarios include federated sign on using the social network ID, escalating comments to the networks (as 'tweets'). However, tog doesn't support Twitter off-the-shelf. But Twitter provides a range of APIs, enabling other web and desktop application to build interoperable services with Twitter.
Twitter OAuth Authentication
To enable Twitter support in tog, it is necessary deal with the OAuth authentication API. The requirement not only underpins identity services (sign on, user profile and site preference import), it is also mandatory for some Twitter API methods, e.g. 'status update'. OAuth is a token-based protocol that enables users to authorise cross-domain access to their data without revealing passwords. The use of OAuth is becoming widespread. Google for example, also use the protocol to control the access to a range of API services. This includes Google Book Search.
The rest of this post provides details on how to integrate Twitter authentication in tog as a primary sign on mechanism, and how to import user profile data from Twitter to automatically create a local user account.
User Experience and Demo Application
You may want to read more about the typical OAuth workflow from the end user perspective and try out an online demo of the tog-Twitter integration described below - select 'Sign in with Twitter'. You can also try signing in at the UX2.0 project website which is based on the same tog implementation described here.
To install the application (incorporates the integration described here) on a Ruby on Rails enabled machine, run:
rails twitter_tog_demo -m http://github.com/boonious/tog_core/raw/master/tog_template.rb
Then edit the config/initializers/oauth_consumers.rb file, inserting the Twitter consumer service credentials (unique key, secret) for the application. The credentials can be obtained by registering the application with Twitter.
Plugins Involved in the Integration
Just like any other Ruby on Rails (RoR) application, tog is underpinned by plugins each provides unique functionality (e.g. blog,). The plugins are based on Model-View-Controller (MVC) system architecture and provide default views and interactions which can be customised (overwritten).
The Twitter integration work described below involves 4 plugins: tog_user, tog_social, rest-authentication (generic plugin required by tog_user) and oauth-plugin (new plugin needed for OAuth authentication - NOT part of tog). The first three plugins can be found in the standard 'vendor/plugins' application folder if you install tog from the official distribution. To install oauth-plugin, run the following at tog application root:
script/plugin install git://github.com/pelle/oauth-plugin.git
1. tog_user
This plugin facilitates standard password-based authentication processes (including activation, password reminder). It provides basic UI and user administration. At the core of this plugin, is a User model which includes functionality of another plugin: rest-authentication. It also interoperates with tog_social which automatically creates a default user profile post signing up.
Model (tog_user)
To provide federated login, implement a new subclass - a FederatedUser model inheriting all of the User model functionality:
class FederatedUser < User
attr_accessible :service_provider
after_create :update_profile
has_many :consumer_tokens, :dependent => :destroy, :foreign_key => :user_id
# credentials - user profile data fetched from Twitter etc
# during federated login process
def initialize(credentials, attributes = {})
@credentials = credentials
# import user profile data fetched from Twitter
def import_profile_from_twitter
self.profile.first_name = @credentials['name']
self.profile.website = @credentials['url']
Full details and comments of the FederatedUser model
The FederatedUser model links to (has_many) the oauth-plugin tokens which are required for consuming OAuth services such as the Twitter APIs. The model contains an initialise method that marshals user data (credentials) from Twitter (passed from oauth-plugin after the Twitter sign on process). The data is subsequently used to update the default local user profile. The model also contains hooks to provide the same mechanisms for other service providers such as Google.
Both the User and FederatedUser models use the same database table through Single Table Inheritance (STI). In order to distinguish local and federated users who signed up with services such as Twitter, Facebook, Google, two addition attributes (type, service_provider) are required in the User table via a new database migration:
View (tog_user) Modify the login page and add a sign on link for Twitter, pointing to the appropriate sign-on controller provided by oauth-plugin (see 'oauth_consumers' below): views/session/new.html.erb
Controller (tog_user) No change since the Twitter OAuth sign on mechanism is addressed by a controller in oauth-plugin.
2. rest-authentication
This generic plugin underpins the authentication functionality of tog_user which includes post sign up activation (user clicking on a link in email). The activation typically sets an internal user profile status to 'active', enabling the registered user in tog's social networking services. In federated login scenarios, there is no signing up requirement. Post authentication, a local tog (Twitter) user account (with empty password) will be created and activated automatically without emailing and further user actions. The following code, added to the authorisation module in rest-authentication (in lib/authorization/aasm_roles.rb) will enable the auto-activation process which is invoked during OAuth sign in (see oauth-plugin below).
aasm_event :federated_user_activate do
transitions :from => :passive, :to => :active
This is a stopgap until a better solution is devised, to eliminate the need of modifying this generic plugin.
3. tog_social
The user data retrieved from Twitter contains a profile image URL ('profile_image_url'). This image can be incorporated in the local profile administered by tog_social since the Twitter image provides better user representation than the existing default anonymous user icon. Moreover, this image can still be applicable if it is not superseded by another picture uploaded by user (via tog).
Minor modification is required to enable the use of this Twitter user image:
- Add a new federated_profile_image_url attribute to the Profile database table, via a new migration. The attribute stores the Twitter profile image URL: db/migrate/007_add_federated_profile_image_url_to_profiles.rb
- Modify the icon_for_profile in the Profile helper (app/helpers/profiles_helper.rb) so that the method displays Twitter profile image (via the stored URL) if a local version is not available: app/helpers/profiles_helper.rb
4. oauth-plugin
This is a key plugin which facilitates system interactions with the Twitter OAuth API. It is a generic plugin which can be adapted for other federated sign on services (e.g. UX2.0 works on Google OpenID/OAuth service, to be featured in a future post). Currently there seemed to be two common models for federated sign-on:
- Master & Slaves: users designate federated identities (slaves) for a primary local account (master). Example: Vimeo, the video sharing site requires users to create a password-based user account. User can then link the account with a Facebook identity.
- Federated Primary: users designate a federated identity for an alternative primary user account. Example: Stack Overflow and TypePad. The former does not provide local password accounts at all and relies solely on user to have an existing identity from other providers. It allows users to link several federated IDs together.
Off-the-shelf, oauth-plugin supports the master and slaves model. It requires user to sign on first with a local account before authenticating with Twitter. This contrasts with UX2.0's aim to develop user experience scenarios based primarily on Twitter (and other) ID. As a result, it is necessary to modify the plugin so that it supports the federated primary model.
Controller (oauth-plugin) Remove the dependency on a local (signed on) user (modifying codes containing 'login_required' and 'current_user' references):
- generators/oauth_consumer/templates/controller.rb, changing the @consumer_tokens line to return tokens of a signed in user OR an empty array (if no 'current_user').
- lib/oauth/controllers/consumer_controller.rb, getting rid of the 'before_filter :login_required' line to prevent the plugin from requesting sign on session prior to Twitter login; the @token line to prevent nil 'current_user' reference.
Model (oauth-plugin) The plugin is a framework into which different OAuth services can be implemented or plugged into, via various service Token model subclasses (reside in the lib/oauth/models/consumers/services folder). The model subclasses typically provide OAuth service setup details such as URL end points, and specific software client creation and methods that deals with API requests such as fetching user profile and issuing status update.
For Twitter the service model is TwitterToken, the service model makes use of the 'twitter' gem (Ruby library) to interact with Twitter APIs.
Since the Twitter sign on is based on the 'Federated Primary' model, a local federated user account needs to be generated automatically if the Twitter user signs on for the first time. The user creation code can be incorporated within the 'create_from_request_token' class method. Hence, override the class method in TwitterToken:
def self.create_from_request_token(user,token,secret,oauth_verifier)
logger.info "create_from_request_token"
request_token=OAuth::RequestToken.new consumer,token,secret
access_token=request_token.get_access_token :oauth_verifier=>oauth_verifier
unless user # if no user logged in via username/password create a new federated user (User subclass)
twitter_oauth=Twitter::OAuth.new consumer.key, consumer.secret
twitter_oauth.authorize_from_access access_token.token, access_token.secret
twitter_credentials = Twitter::Base.new(twitter_oauth).verify_credentials
twitter_login = FederatedUser.custom_login(twitter_credentials, service_name)
twitter_user = User.find_by_login twitter_login # this user login before?
unless twitter_user # create a new federated user if sign on first time
twitter_user = FederatedUser.new(twitter_credentials, {:login=>twitter_login,:service_provider=>service_name.to_s})
user = twitter_user
logger.info self.inspect
logger.info user.inspect
existing_token = TwitterToken.find_by_user_id(user.id)
if existing_token
create :user_id=>user.id,:token=>access_token.token,:secret=>access_token.secret
Note that the above creates a FederatedUser (User) subclass in tog_user.
Full details and comments of the TwitterToken service model.


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St. Basil Parish Festival Fund by St. Basil Parish - GoFundMe
Please, guys if you can help my Parish out. This was my first year on the Festival Committee and we've worked for months on this. We opened on July 22, and we're to go until the 25th. However, because of uncontrollable, horrible, despicable, I can't come up with anymore adjectives for the awful teenagers that have no discipline we had to close down on the first night for fear of safety issues. We are already in a struggling group of four churches and this will hurt us badly to lose this money. I normally wouldn't do this kind of thing, but because of the time and effort I and the other members put in I'm asking. Don't feel obligated, but it would help. Thank you, and God Bless you guys.


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They combine select and delightful hotels, with visits to famous sites in Peru, and the pleasure of sharing special moments with local inhabitants, to learn more about their lifestyle, as well as to taste the delicious and so-varied Peruvian cuisine, at carefully selected restaurants, and to explore new routes, off the beaten tracks, in the Peruvian Andes or to delight over the Amazon Rainforest´s multicolored and exuberant wildlife.
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It's plain to see that conceiving a baby alters a woman's body. The growing fetus forces her tummy outward, smoothing out the bellybutton's inward divot. Lactation engorges her breasts with antibody-rich milk, and over the nine months leading up to delivery, healthy moms will gain between 25 and 35 pounds (11 to 15 kilograms) of weight from amniotic fluid, increased blood supply, additional fat storage -- and, of course, the eagerly awaited newborn. And when that birthday comes, the hormone oxytocin surges through a new mother's bloodstream during childbirth, forging the initial maternal-infant bond.
But what about new dads? A 2009 British poll suggests that dads-to-be put on pregnancy weight of their own. The 5,000 respondents gained an average of 14 pounds (6 kilograms) during their partners' pregnancies, attributing the scale's uptick to eating out more often and stocking more snacks in kitchen cupboards to satisfy prepartum cravings [source: Belkin]. Otherwise, men's bodies remain superficially unaffected by their children's births, but that doesn't mean that they're untouched by the parenting process on a deeper level.
Scientific research, which has only recently begun to investigate how fatherhood affects men internally, has uncovered intriguing neurological and physiological transformations that underscore males' crucial role as caregivers. In November 2009, a study out of the University of Calgary determined that interaction with new offspring stimulates neurogenesis, or brain cell growth, in male rats [source: Mak and Weiss]. Mouse dads that nuzzled up to their newborn pups benefited from neurogenesis in their olfactory region and hippocampus, which regulate smell and long-term memory, respectively. In mammals, odor mediates parent-child recognition, and those same mouse dads were able to identify their young even after a sustained period of father-pup separation [source: Mossop].
A similar type of nose-brain bonding takes place in mouse moms' brains as well, but intriguingly, mouse dads that don't come in contact with their brood don't experience it. Moreover, the same hormone that cranks up milk production for breastfeeding, prolactin, also controls that new dad neurogenesis [source: Mossop]. The big difference is that prolactin secretion and breast milk production occur regardless of interaction between mother and child, whereas paternal investment must precede neurogenesis and other physiological shifts in fathers, both rodent and human.
Does daddy change when his testosterone drops?
Humans classify as a biparental species, since both parents are expected to take part in childcare. But more often than not, mothers tend to devote much more time to the kids than fathers. Whether dads are employed or not, in fact, average American moms still clock more hours cleaning, feeding, clothing and transporting children. Specifically, according to the 2008 National Survey of Families and Households out of the University of Wisconsin, the wife-to-husband ratio of childcare is five to one, and in general, dads don't spend more than two or three hours per week with their kids [source: Belkin].
However, that paternal contact, albeit less time-intensive than mothers' interactions, not only correlates to improved child development outcomes down the road, but is also linked to better long-term health in men [source: World Health Organization Europe]. Engaged fathers, for instance, tend to live longer and enjoy better mental health than their childless and single counterparts. And those paternity rewards may be the direct result of fatherhood diminishing testosterone production.
In September 2011, Northwestern University anthropologist and human biologist Lee T. Gettler published a study finding that sparked countless sensational headlines. Examining the testosterone levels of Filipino men across a five-year period revealed a drop in the stereotypical He-Man hormone after a particular shared milestone: fatherhood. Although separate studies had identified a testosterone-fatherhood correlation in other species, this was the first to document longitudinally the hormone drop in human dads [source: Gettler et al]. Compared to the men who remained single throughout the study term, those who got hitched and had babies had much less testosterone in their saliva [source: Gettler et al]. Not only that, the men who went on to become fathers often had higher than average amounts of testosterone at the start of the study, when they were single. So what gives?
Evolutionary biology maintains that males with more testosterone tend to be more sexually desirable, since the hormone selects for certain come-hither traits, such as facial symmetry and bulked-up musculature. Therefore, as potentially fitter mate prospects, it makes sense that those testosterone-rich fellows settled down [source: Lende]. Meanwhile, the fatherhood-prompted dip in testosterone production may represent an evolved mechanism for preening hunter-gatherer males into caregivers. In other words, by tamping down on the aggression-sparking and sex drive-revving chemical that is testosterone, the male body essentially settles itself down to help raise the kids, with heightened protective and care-giving instincts [source: Lende].
Furthermore, a 2002 study examining the hormonal changes associated with marriage and parenting also revealed that husbands with lower testosterone spend more time with their wives [source: Gettler et al]. On the flip side of these family-oriented fellows, a 2002 study from the University of Toronto found that male participants with higher baseline testosterone levels were less sympathetic and responsive toward the sound of crying babies [source: Gettler et al].
However, just like the mouse dads that sprouted brain cells in response to offspring interaction, lowered testosterone isn't a standalone turnkey for paternal care-giving. In these cases, behavior seems to presuppose biology, first requiring quality interaction with offspring to signal the male body to dial down testosterone production. Single dads who didn't see their children experienced little hormonal change in the Northwestern University study, for instance [source: Gettler et al]. So, while it might seem like less testosterone makes a new father into less of a man, it does the exact opposite. It quite possibly primes that man to become more of a dad.
Author's Note: Do new fathers have lower testosterone than single men?
Lee T. Gettler's study finding that fathers appear to have lower average testosterone levels than single men was one of the most headline-making scientific discoveries of 2011. International news services and publications interpreted the data at will, typically drawing conclusions that lower testosterone correlated to lackluster sex drives and effeminate fathers without merit. Which is a major reason I was motivated to write this article. Taking time to read the entire study as well as interviews with the lead researcher Gettler quickly revealed massive scientific misinterpretation among the media. The notion that men might possess evolved mechanisms for care-giving, like women, doesn't make them any less male. Rather, it helps explain why fathering has such a salient impact on children.
Related Articles
- Belkin, Lisa. "When Mom and Dad Share It All." The New York Times. June 15, 2008. (March 15, 2012) http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/magazine/15parenting-t.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all
- Gettler, Lee T. et al. "Fatherhood, Childcare, and Testosterone: Study Authors Discuss the Details." Scientific American. Oct. 05, 2011. (March 15, 2012) http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2011/10/05/fatherhood-childcare-and-testosterone-study-authors-discuss-the-details/
- Gettler, Lee T. "Longitudinal evidence that fatherhood decreases testosterone in human males." PNAS. Sept. 27, 2011. (March 15, 2012) http://groups.anthropology.northwestern.edu/lhbr/kuzawa_web_files/pdfs/Gettler%20et%20al%20PNAS%202011.pdf
- Gray, Peter B. and Anderson, Kermyt G. "Fatherhood: Evolution and Human Paternal Behavior." Harvard University Press. May 01, 2010. (March 15, 2012) http://books.google.com/books?id=Yz_JkWGbMaQC&dq=fatherhood+estrogen&source=gbs_navlinks_s
- Lende, Daniel. "On Testosterone and Real Men: An Interview with Lee Gettler." Neuroanthropology. PLoS Blogs. Dec. 14, 2011. (March 15, 2012) http://blogs.plos.org/neuroanthropology/2011/12/14/on-testosterone-and-real-men-an-interview-with-lee-gettler/
- Mak, Gloria K. and Weiss, Samuel. "Paternal recognition of adult offspring mediated by newly generated CNS neurons." Nature Neuroscience. Nov. 17, 2009. (March 15, 2012) http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/v13/n6/abs/nn.2550.html
- Mossop, Brian. "The Brain of Our Fathers: Does Parenting Rewire Dads?" Scientific American. Aug. 17, 2010. (March 15, 2012) http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-brains-of-our-fathers
- World Health Organization Europe. "Fatherhood and Health Outcomes in Europe: A Summary Report." 2007. (March 15, 2012) http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/69013/E91129sum.pdf


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This column is by Jaspinder Singh, VP – Operations, Parcelled
In 2015, Indian startup ecosystem saw influx of many Silicon Valley professionals. It comprised of rockstars like Punit Soni and others 'yet to be rockstars'. For me, the journey started in similar fashion. I relocated from SF to Bangalore expecting a hell of a ride. Oh boy… Bangalore hasn't disappointed me. I chose to be vice president(Operations) of my platoon/company over a well-funded Sequoia rival. We were $5 million Series A funded on-demand logistics company and founders were absolute Para Commandos of start up world.
We were Rainmans of Numbers World and killer hackers of the tech world, yet we went out of business a year and half later. It was mix of mistakes that snowballed into our failure. What went wrong, here's my take on it
Embracing my failures in Operations
After the initial traction, we started to scale up pretty fast. We in Ops saw it as an opportunity to capitalize on
economies of scale but there were issues with such a rapid growth. The apparent pressure was to keep up with resource planning and putting in ops infrastructure in place. We aced it.
The strategic mistake was that we were not able to keep up pace on the ops processes and product side. My assumption that our minimum viable product and existing processes will be able to sustain in scaling up phase, came back to haunt us. It's only after three months I realized the elephant in the room and started working on our internal applications on war footing level. More than money it costed us client confidence in otherwise some profitable verticals.
We should have said NO to other verticals and should have figured out processes and product that could sustain on scale for the verticals where we were literally killing it.
Over hiring and lack of accountability
We had over hired from the initial days of inception. As a result there were few 'Needle Movers' and others were not able to keep up pace with an A-team.Over hiring is like a troubled marriage. We should have opted for prompt (even if ugly) divorce. We did not.
Over hiring breeds lack of accountability. It is not apparent when we had flat structure and small team. But as we started growing big, we could not employ everyone on a challenging project.
We should have said NO to some of the already hired dudes.
Misunderstanding what customer experience is
Now everyone in startup world says to provide your customers with a great experience.
We assumed that cleaning the mess created by our clients is same as providing a great customer experience. It was not. We were running at 200% capacity for half a year to manage random order fulfillment requests from our clients. Generally this trend existed for a week or so for a particular client before we started running at much underutilized capacity again. We feared to say No to the client (In this case politely refusing the client for ad hoc business). Customer experience is delivering what you have promised to the client, taking it to a level that client can bully you citing customer experience ended up hurting us big time.
Measuring too many things is equivalent to measuring nothing
Now I already mentioned that we were super analytical dudes. We obsessed about numbers and could eat spreadsheets in breakfast.
The issue with measuring too many things is that we were trying to control everything. As senior management team, we needed to identify the importance of making tradeoffs. Measuring less yet critical parameters would have helped us simplify our reporting and communication structure.
We apparently didn't do that and ended up confusing our troops what to focus on.
We should have said NO to the analytical chaos at strategic level itself.
Getting a preemptive deal from Investors
Now every other mistake can be neutralized but apparently we could not undo this one. This was the biggest strategic mistake that we did.
Preemptive deals are sign of fear that a newbie team has. And newbies we were. It becomes apparent that the team has got a raw deal when the startup like ours closes overnight. It's amazing that our ecosystem never holds investors even 1% morally responsible.
We should have said NO to a friendly looking deal before getting out there and doing our due diligence.
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Grand Istana Rama Hotel, Kuta
- Free WiFi and free parking
- Collect nights
Grand Istana Rama Hotel, Kutafrom $59 CAD
- Superior Upper, No Balcony
- Superior Upper with Balcony
- Superior Double or Twin Room, Ground Floor
- Deluxe Room
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What's around Grand Istana Rama Hotel, Kuta
- In Downtown Kuta
- Beachwalk Shopping Center - 2 min walk
- Kuta Beach - 4 min walk
- Legian Beach - 13 min walk
- Waterbom Bali - 20 min walk
- Tuban Beach - 25 min walk
- Double Six Beach - 34 min walk
- Kuta Square - 13 min walk
Getting around
- Denpasar (DPS-Ngurah Rai Intl.) - 8 min drive
- Airport shuttle (surcharge)
About Grand Istana Rama Hotel, Kuta
At a glance
Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 150 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 3 floors
- Check-in time 2:00 PM-midnight
- Check-out time is noon
Required at check-in
- Cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
Travelling with others
- One child (5 years old and younger) stays free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding
- No pets or service animals allowed
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi in rooms
- Airport shuttle from 7 AM to 9 PM *
- Free valet parking (limited)
Payment types at the property
Other information
- Smoke-free property
In the hotel
- Buffet breakfast daily (surcharge)
- Restaurant
- Bar/lounge
- Swim-up bar
- 24-hour room service
- Barbecue grills
- Outdoor pool
- Children's pool
- Full-service spa
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
- Swim-up bar
- Pool sun loungers
- Pool umbrellas
- Business center
- Meeting rooms
- Conference center
- 24-hour front desk
- Concierge services
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Laundry facilities
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Luggage storage
- Wedding services
- Multilingual staff
- Porter/bellhop
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Garden
- Terrace
- Television in common areas
- Chinese
- English
- Indonesian
In the room
- Air conditioning
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Slippers
- In-room massage available
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- 32-inch LED TV
- Premium TV channels
- Desk
- Free WiFi
- Phone
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
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DiningSamudera All Day Dining - This beachfront restaurant specializes in international cuisine. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. Open 24 hours.
Ayodya Pool Bar - This poolside bar specializes in international cuisine and serves brunch, lunch, and light fare. Happy hour is offered. Open daily.
Tequila Bar - This bar specializes in international cuisine and is located on the beach. Happy hour is offered. Open daily.
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Construction is underway at a neighboring building and there may be noise disturbance from the construction work.
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
This property does not have elevators.
For transfers, guests must contact the property before arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
Mandatory fees
You'll be asked to pay the following charges at check-in or check-out:
Deposit: IDR 1000000.00 per stay
- New Year's Eve (31 December) Gala Dinner per adult: IDR 1000000
- New Year's Eve (31 December) Gala Dinner per child: IDR 500000 (from 6 to 12 years old)
Optional extras
Rollaway beds are available for IDR 300000.0 per night
Buffet breakfast is offered for an extra charge of IDR 125000 for adults and IDR 62500 for children (approximately)
Airport shuttle service is offered for an extra charge of IDR 250000 per vehicle (one-way)
We have included all charges provided to us by this property. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the unit you book.
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Recent reviews
Good 7.8 From 298 reviews
Overall no complaints! The price is good too!
The staff were nice and they had specialty nights in the restaurant where you had an all you can eat buffet for 175000 rupia which was very reasonable. Also had a live band every night. Good location right across from the beach.
The stay was great, response was awesome. The pool is GREAT and the bar at the pool is also really GOOD! The breakfast was alright (not many options) and there were a few cockroaches in the room. The staff was very supportive and helpful.
The hotel was a little old. But it's enough for a short stay. The pool is good but you don't have views to the beach. The people is very nice and they allowed us to do a late check out.
My door did not lock so for 4 nights my room was unlocked. When we wanted to go to the airport we asked for 2 cars as there were 7 of us and they said we have 1 big car to take all of you but wanted a ridiculous price so we went out on the street and fiund someone else.
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Chapter 13: How the Morning Office Is to Be Said on Weekdays
On weekdays
the Morning Office shall be celebrated as follows.
Let Psalm 66 be said without an antiphon
and somewhat slowly,
as on Sunday,
in order that all may be in time for Psalm 50,
which is to be said with an antiphon.
After that let two other Psalms be said according to custom,
on Monday Psalms 5 and 35,
on Tuesday Psalms 42 and 56,
on Wednesday Psalms 63 and 64,
on Thursday Psalms 87 and 89,
on Friday Psalms 75 and 91,
and on Saturday Psalm 142 and the canticle from Deuteronomy,
which is to be divided into two sections
each terminated by a "Glory be to the Father."
But on the other days let there be a canticle from the Prophets,
each on its own day as chanted by the Roman Church.
Next follow the Psalms of praise,
then a lesson of the Apostle to be recited from memory,
the responsory, the Ambrosian hymn, the verse,
the canticle from the Gospel book,
the litany, and so the end.
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