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In Threads issue 187 Oct/Nov 2016 a reader made a wool coat and used a bias cut cotton batiste to support the hem allowance (page 73). How is this done? I assume it prevents a thick ridge along the hemline where it would be sewn directly to itself. Details please as i am a novice.


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Just a quick one tonight as quite frankly I am shattered. Our little one has been keeping us up through the night and it's taking its toll. But I really wanted to share this track as it's a beauty and I have had it on loop for some time. Thank u by Conti We have featured Conti's work before (See Gabriel Conti in previous posts) and also some of the great music he put out...
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Tang Contemporary Art Bangkok is proud to announce that "Half Degree of Separation", a solo show of Entang Wiharso, will be their first show in 2018. Entang Wiharso is one of Indonesia's leading contemporary artists. This is Wiharso's first solo show in Thailand, which will open on 11 January until 25 February 2018.
Entang Wiharso has a multi-disciplinary practice and is known for his dramatic visual language and unique images of contemporary life. He confronts the universal issues of power, loss and love through investigations of ideology, philosophy and identity. Particularly known for his large scale paintings, wall sculptures and installations, his work heightens our ability to perceive, feel and understand human problems like love, hate, fanaticism, religion, and ideology.
Entang Wiharso's work is layered with social, political and sexual critique, revealing a complex picture of the human condition by integrating narrative tools and placing unconventional materials together. Images from Javanese myth appear in his work in combination with contemporary elements to engage with ideas that continue to resonate and inform our daily life.
Entang Wiharso's work has been exhibited extensively in various contexts: gallery and museum shows, public and private collection displays as well as biennales and group shows in Indonesia and abroad. Solo show including: Half Degree of Separation – Entang Wiharso, Tang Contemporary Art Bangkok; Promising Land, Marc Straus(New York); Never Say No, Singapore Tyler Print Institute; Perfect Mirror, Bernier/Eliades Gallery (Greece) etc. Group shows including the 55th Venice Biennale; Odyssey: Navigating Nameless Seas, Singapore Art Museum; Love: The First of the 7 Virtues, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, New York; Open Sea, Musée d'art contemporain, Lyon, France; Prospect.3: Notes for Now, New Orleans; All You Need Is Love, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo; and Prague Biennale 6, among others.
About the exhibition
Dates: Jan 11, 2018 – Feb 25, 2018
Opening: Jan 11, 2018, 16:00, Thursday
Venue: Tang Contemporary Art Bangkok
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The one thing that is in more danger than ever before. Right from back-doors and spying by Government Agencies to frequent theft of data from popular services and media defending one's privacy is a grave concern.
But, as Edward Snowden repeatedly says, "Encryption Works" and is something that everyone should be accomplished in.
Fortunately Encryption is quite easy to understand and implement.
Before we go on to the 'How-To' let's take a brief look at Encryption.
GPG i.e GNU Privacy Guard and PGP i.e Pretty Good Privacy are considered as the standard in Encryption. While PGP is paid suite, GPG is a Free & Open Source alternative. In this article we will be covering the GNU Privacy Guard.
Now, GPG Encryption is of two types:
1] Symmetric Encryption:
In symmetric encryption the data is encrypted and protected with a Passphrase. The sender encrypts the data and sets a Passphrase. The sender then send the encrypted file to the receiver and preferably through another channel, shares the Passphrase. When the recipient has both the file and the passphrase he/she is able to access the data.
Now obviously this system has several flaws. First of all there is no way of knowing that the recipient is actually the one you want to send. Then there is also the risk of a MITM (Man In The Middle) attack which effectively compromises the whole transaction.
2] Asymmetric Encryption:
Asymmetric Encryption is like a Lock With Two Keys. Both the keys are unique to a person, one of them is publicly available while the other is a private/secret key. The Public Key is used by anyone to encrypt the data in such a way that it can be decrypted only by the person possessing the corresponding Private Key. Further even to use the Private Key to decrypt data the recipient (Who is the owner of the key) needs to enter a password known only to him or her.
1) You are sure that you are encrypting data such that ONLY the intended recipient can decrypt it. Any risk of data interception via MITM is nullified.
2) There is no exchange of Passphrases.
3) The decryption process needs dual authentication of the Private Key File & a Password which is known only to the owner.
1) If you want to send an encrypted file to someone you must have his/her Public Key.
Fun Fact: Edward Snowden wanted to contact Glenn Greenwald but he didn't have his public key so he was forced to contact Laura Poitras whose Public Key was available.
Conclusion: Asymmetric Encryption ensures verification of the identity of the recipient. It also nullifies the risk of a MITM attack. All in all it is THE STANDARD in encryption used by military, journalists, governments.
How To:
Note: I am considering the popular Windows – Android combination in the article.
Required Software:
1] Windows: GPG4Win, Mozilla Thunderbird, Enigmail Extension For Thunderbird & WinGPG.
2] Android: APG.
ANDROID: To start with, you need to create your own Set of Keys. It is easiest to do so on Android through the APG App.
Once you install and open it, it will prompt you to either create a Key Pair or import one.
Click on the Create Key Pair it will take around 2 minutes.
Once done you will need to insert details like your name, your email address, a Passphrase [NEVER FORGET THIS PASSPHRASE] and set up an expiry date.
Now it's time to import others' public keys.
It can be done through several ways like from a Keyserver, from a Key File, a Text File or from Copied Text.
Once you import a Key, it is shown in your contacts. It is saved in the application itself.
Next is the actual encryption.
From the left side menu, select Encrypt. You will see a screen with options for Public Key Encryption/ Passphrase Encryption select the one you want.
Also, there is a option for either encrypting a Message or a File.
If you select Public Key Encryption, you will see an option to select Recipient/s.
Select the ones you want and continue. You can also chose to sign the file/message with your key to establish authenticity. For signing you will be asked to enter the Passphrase.
Once done if it's a Message you can simply copy and send it to the recipient or if it's a file you can attach it from it's location.
Here's an extremely detailed guide by 'Security In Box': APG For Android Devices.
As mentioned earlier, Windows needs several applications and the process is a bit complicated.
Read the instructions carefully before you start with it.
Here's the guide (again) by 'Security In Box': Thunderbird, Enigmail & OpenPGP for Windows- Secure Email.
But for encrypting Files for your personal use or for sharing through other channels, GPG4Win isn't sufficient. You can still use it but you will need to execute all commands via a Command Line which is hardly easy for everyone.
For that, we need WinGPG. It's a Graphic User Interface for GPG.
Once you have installed it, just click Ctrl + Alt + E which will open the GUI, it will automatically detect all keys on your computer and you are good to go.
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Fashion is all about accessorizing, and recently Samsung has taken on a new more fashionable approach to smartphone development. They stated this during the official unveiling of their new Galaxy S5 and Gear wearables a few months back, and if word straight from the company themselves wasn't enough to make that sink in, perhaps this new spread inside of popular fashion magazine Vogue will do the trick. It's not like Samsung will have any trouble at all selling their devices. They always advertise damn near everywhere, so much so that consumers dream about the devices in their sleep. Tired? time to go to bed. Sweet dreams all the way from Seoul. This message brought to you by JK Shin.
Even though they'll sell millions upon millions of smartphones and wearables to a vast amount of consumers it seems that Samsung is really sticking to their guns with this fashion business. They want people to know that the Galaxy S5 is just as fashionable as that new set of Jimmy Choo heels,(although it's actually a far cry off from that in reality)and they're even willing to go so far as to pay attractive models to pose with the phone in various snapshots, all dolled up in this years latest fashion trends. Colors that pop and catch the eye is another thing Samsung was trying to achieve with their newest flagship, and pleasing hues don't stop with the S5 as they spread to the this years newest wearables offerings from the South Korean electronics giant. The Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo and Gear Fit all find their way into the photos as well which does nothing if not grant them even more exposure.
Samsung already has the electronic geeks in the bag, and those that are long time Sammy loyalists are sure to at least give these newest devices a look, even if they don't buy right away. It's obvious that the audience that they are trying to appeal to here is those who strike themselves as openly fashion forward and aren't afraid to let the world know it. What better way to grab the attention of fashionistas everywhere by snagging a choice spot smack in the middle of one of the hottest fashion mags around. Hats off to Samsung and their marketing team. They know their audience, they know who their trying to speak to, and they know how to say just the right thing all without a word leaving their lips. Ckeck out the full spread of images from the Vogue issue below.


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Cowboy Comedy Troupe
These comedy cowboys greet your guests as they enter with a warning to "Watch out for the outlaw, Black Bart, who has been rounding up a gang of bandits in the area." Throughout the night, Black Bart's Gang interacts with event attendees conducting good, old fashioned hold-ups, recruiting new gang members and posing for pictures with "purdy" ladies and young whippersnappers.
All the while, the Comedy Cowboys are returning "stolen" items to innocent audience members who've been terrorized by the rascally, Black Bart, leading up to a hilarious and entertaining shootout with plenty of laughs and audience participation. This is comedy improv in a western setting like you've never experienced before.
There's nothing quite like this group of cowboys to entertain at western-themed events. They'll add life and energy to the party like very few things will. Four to ten cowboy comedians are available. The total interaction time is approximately one hour and the shootout show is about 5-10 minutes in length. When you're looking for a cowboy improvisation comedy act, with loads of audience participation, this is what you're after.


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Amid the aroma of home-baked turkey, dressing and Thanksgiving fixings, George Frizzell, 20-year veteran of the Special Collections of Hunter Library at WCU, will provide the keynote address for Catch the Spirit of Appalachia's 15th year celebration. The celebration begins at noon on Sunday, November 21, at the Community Services Building in Sylva, on Scotts Creek Road.
A native of Jackson County, Frizzell received his B.A. in Anthropology and History and his M.A. in American History from Western Carolina University. His Master of Library Science degree comes from UNC-Greensboro. Frizzell's expertise in the Special Collections department of WCU has enhanced the university's endeavors to collect, arrange, and make accessible manuscripts, photographs, books, and other documentation on the history of our region. While eating a slice of homemade pecan or pumpkin pie, well-fed attendees will watch as Frizzell presents a selection of slides featuring scenes and people in Jackson County from the 1890s to the 1950s. The images, drawn from old books, postcards, and original photographs, feature Jackson County communities, institutions, and physical features.
People attending the program are encouraged to ask questions and to comment on what they notice in the pictures. Since Catch the Spirit of Appalachia's (CSA) main thrust is to draw attention to the need to conserve, protect and save the natural and human heritage of the local mountain people in our region, the program will accent the non-profit's mission: to accomplish it's goals through environmental and cultural education in the primary grades and by involving the community in honoring and preserving the local heritage lifestyle.
Wrapped around Frizzell's program and the scrumptious meal prepared by Gail Stillwell Cooper, Vera Holland Guise, and Jeff Gibbs, will be readings by local authors, an art exhibit from the creativity of local artists, readings from some of the 2004 Greening Up the Mountain essay winners, harp and bagpipe music by Joshua Bulla, harp by 6-year old Shelby Ray Meyer, songs and guitar by Karen Barns, mountain music by the Fiddling Dills Sisters, a silent auction, and handmade crafts for Christmas by local crafters.
Ticket price at the door: $12 adults; 6$ for children 12 and under.
Advance ticket price: $10 adults; $5 Children 12/under.
Come celebrate Catch the Spirit of Appalachia's 15th year and hear about plans for the Spirit of Appalachia Folk School and the Appalachian Homestead Farm & Preserve.
Tickets are available at the JC Chamber of Commerce or by contacting
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Best of the Web
The US-based Creativity website (a monthly magazine until 2009), asks if we are really post-digital yet. Writers Teressa Iezzi and Ann-Christine Diaz look at how the creative industry and marketing businesses have moved beyond the digital age by doing work that is no longer obviously 'digital'.
Dave Trott's creative thinking and critique blog this week tackles the crucial topic of why we need designers. Trott looks back to the age when you had to make things yourself, and puts forward suggestions as to when the designer was 'invented' and how designers have differed throughout the ages.
Ever wondered which bits of London get photographed the most? Well, via the Londonist site, now you can find out. Eric Fischer has used more than 73 000 photos from Flickr and Picasa, overlaid on an Open Street Map layer, to generate a view of London displaying the most often snapped locations.
The RSA Design Directions 2009/10 winners are now on display in this online exhibition. The winning entries illustrate the appetite of young designers to demonstrate clear ethical values in their work, as they respond to some of the challenges of contemporary life in thoughtful and design-led ways.
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STERLING CITY - Tracy Leath, 58 and sister of former residents of Stanton, died March 8, 2014, in Sterling City. She was born to Jimmie and Turla Leath in Lubbock Oct. 3, 1955, the second of the four "Leath girls". She graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in Midland in 1973 and from Texas Tech with her degree in clothing and textiles in 1977. Shortly after completeting her studies at Tech she was in a catastrophic accident that left her quadriplegic for the remaining 36 years of her life but her wit and intellect remained intact. She handled the "hand that was dealt her" with grace, humor and dignity throughout her life. While at Tech, she was active in the ROTC auxiliary, Angel Flight. During her college years, she was employed two summers at Yellowstone National Park. She returned to the park every chance she got and loved following the news of wolves, bears and all things Yellowstone. Despite her physical challenges, she enjoyed working almost ten years at Physicians and Surgeons, Westwood and Memorial West Campus hospitals. She was preceded in death by her father. She is survived by her mother, her sisters Susie Ingram (Doug), Petey Ray, Nancy Foster (Skeete), as well as nieces and nephews, Jeff Ingram (Amber) and their two children, Sara Ingram, Shane Bright (Nickelynn), and Brandi Holt. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Yellowstone National Park Foundation, 222 East Main St., Ste 301, Bozeman Mt,59715, or to Odyssey Hospice, 402 N. Bryant Blvd., San Angelo, Tx, 76903 or to the charity of choice.
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Asbestos Abatement
Sometimes damage to building materials can result in the release of a hazardous material known as asbestos. Fortunately, this is something that UDK personnel are trained to handle and properly mitigate. UDK follows all state regulations in asbestos abatement, including required testing of materials prior to disruption.
If you think you have asbestos materials, don't panic. Usually the best thing is to leave asbestos material in good condition undisturbed. However, damaged materials may release asbestos fibers. This is especially true if the materials are disturbed by unexpected damage, such as in the case of a water or fire loss. If asbestos-containing material becomes damaged (i.e., unraveling, frayed, breaking apart) you should immediately isolate the area (keep pets and children away from the area) and refrain from disturbing the material (either by touching it or walking on it). You should then immediately contact a professional asbestos abatement company such as Utah Disaster Kleenup for a consultation. At UDK we assign fully certified, specially trained technicians and estimators to properly mitigate this hazard within your property.
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Information learnt that Dimoji, who was returning with his wife, Linda, from a public function, had been asked by the police to stop for a search when the incident occurred.
It was gathered that 48-year-old Dimoji, who hailed from Imo State, and his wife were returning from a wake keep in the FESTAC Town area in a Honda car.
It was gathered that the policemen, reportedly attached to the Rapid Response Squad, Ikeja, had allegedly refused to allow Dimoji to park properly by the roadside, insisting that he came down to open his booth for the search.
It was learnt that an oncoming tanker, said to be carrying diesel, hit the businessman and dragged him on the road. The policemen were said to have avoided the tanker.
Information learnt that Linda had called on the officers and passersby for help, but the officers allegedly fled the scene.
It was gathered that the matter, which occurred at about 7.30pm last Thursday, April 30, was transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, while the policemen had been arrested.
Our correspondent learnt that the truck driver and his conductor had also been arrested by the police.
It was further learnt that the SCID was still searching for two policemen, who were also with the patrol team during the incident.
When PUNCH Metro visited the deceased's residence on Okey Dimoji Drive in the Anthony Village area of Lagos, a relative, who identified himself simply as Frank, said Dimoji's death was shocking to the family.
He said, "When Dimoji got to the checkpoint, the policemen asked him to park and open his booth, but they did not allow him to park properly. He told them to allow him to park when one of them brought out a gun and threatened to shoot if Dimoji disobeyed.
"He then came out of the car to talk to the officers. Hardly had he come down when the trailer approached. The trailer driver, who was probably aware of the illegal checkpoint, tried to speed past the policemen. In the process, the trailer hit Dimoji in the thigh and dragged on the road for a few metres.
"When the policemen saw this, they entered their van and fled. The wife started screaming and calling for help. It was even the trailer driver and the conductor who stopped and assisted to rush him to a hospital.
"We have been to the SCID, and the police boss assured us that justice would be done on the matter. I saw the policemen that mounted the illegal checkpoint. They do not deserve to be in the Nigeria Police Force."
A friend of the deceased, who identified himself simply as Sola, told our correspondent that Dimoji still called him on Thursday to plan a media event.
"He was a very industrious man. He had huge investments in Courier services, Telecommunications, Designs and media relations. The police should fish out all the culprits and bring them to book," he said.
Our correspondent observed a condolence register opened for the businessman, and a number of sympathisers who also visited the house.
The deceased's wife was unavailable for comment as of the time of visit.
The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, confirmed the incident, adding that investigations were ongoing on the matter.
He said, "What the police are investigating is a case of a fatal accident, and the culpability of the officers in the incident. Two officers are in custody over the matter, and investigations are ongoing.


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Infiniti Decor - Studio Set
An exciting aspect of our company's product offering is the opportunity to design and build sets for sporting and broadcast events. We were the manufacturing vendor for the new broadcast set for the College Championship Television Broadcast from Sundance Square here in Fort Worth, Texas.


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Scalene Muscles – Functional Anatomy
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Saint Petersburg is often referred to as Russia's Northern Capital. The second largest city in Russia, it is considered by many to be unique in many respects. For example, it is the northernmost city with a population of over 1 million and also the youngest of Europe's megacities. In our opinion, it is also one of the most beautiful cities in Europe
The history of St. Petersburg dates back to May 27, 1703, when Peter the Great held the groundbreaking ceremony for Sankt Pieter Burch, or St. Peter's Fortress, on lands he seized from Sweden. The city that was later built around the fortress on Zayachy (Hare) Island in the Neva Delta was called St. Petersburg.
For the first 10 years, St. Petersburg developed as a fortress, a seaport and a dock where the Baltic Fleet moored their ships. However, the flourishing of trade soon turned it into an economic center with rapidly developing crafts and industries.
The royal court moved from Moscow to St. Petersburg in 1712, which is considered the year when St. Petersburg became the new capital of the Russian Empire
The city was built from scratch by talented architects and engineers from Russia, Switzerland, Italy, France and many other countries too.
From Peter the Great in the 18th century to Nicholas II in the 20th century, St. Petersburg symbolized the greatness of the Russian Empire, as well as progress, order and law. The new Russian capital, which was built from scratch, also symbolized Russia's new future.
St. Petersburg is possibly the world's largest collection of well-preserved neoclassical, eclectic and art nouveau buildings. The city center is like an outdoor museum
As you move from Obvodny Canal to the Bolshaya Nevka River and from St. Alexander Nevsky Lavra (Monastery) to the merchant port, you will see a city that looks almost the same as it did 100 years ago.
By the early 20th century St. Petersburg became a fully European city which produced everything it needed, from ships and modern weaponry to consumer goods. It also became more comfortable for the residents, with dozens of bridges connecting islands on which the city was built and several railway lines connecting the city to the Russian regions and also European countries too.
St. Petersburg witnessed many tragic events in the 20th century. Its name was changed four times over a period of 100 years, from St. Petersburg (until 1914) to Petrograd (1914-1924) and Leningrad (1924-1991). The city regained its original name, St. Petersburg, only after the Soviet Union's dissolution in 1991. In 1918, the city lost its status of capital city when the new government moved to Moscow.
The city was the cradle of three revolutions: the first revolution of 1905-1907, the February Revolution of 1917 and the 1917 October Revolution. The civil war that followed the revolution nearly decimated the city's population, which plummeted from 2.5 million in 1917 to barely 600,000 after the famine of 1918-1920.
The most dramatic period in the history of St. Petersburg was the Nazi invasion during World War II. Some 1.5 million of the city residents starved to death during the 872-day long blockade between 1941-1944
St. Petersburg (then Leningrad) was given the title of Hero City for the courage, fortitude and unmatched heroism of its residents.
Today St. Petersburg is a major economic, academic and cultural center and an important Russian transit hub. The country's largest number of car assembly plants is located in St. Petersburg and its suburbs. The city is developing its port infrastructure and hotel and restaurant businesses. St. Petersburg is also one of Russia's most impressive tourist destinations. The historical part of the city and its architectural landmarks are on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
St. Petersburg is one of the most beautiful cities in Russia. History, architecture, mysteries and legends combine with northern nature and everyday life of a big city. The center is one huge cultural monument where a variety of pedestrian, bus and boat tours are available every day. If you have a day at your disposal, you can see the Hermitage, the State Russian Museum, the Peter and Paul Fortress, St. Isaac's Cathedral and Nevsky Prospekt, but it will take much longer than one whole week at least to enjoy all the city's landmarks.
Palace Square
Palace Square is the heart of the Northern Capital and one of the world's most beautiful architectural ensembles. It is framed by the Winter Palace's façade and the General Staff Building, whose two three-floor wings join in a triumphal arch crowned with a chariot commemorating the victory over Napoleonic France in the Patriotic War of 1812. The Alexander Column is the tallest of its kind in the world and forms the focal point of Palace Square. To the east of the square stands the building of the Guards Corps Headquarters.
The square itself was named after the Winter Palace. This was the huge residence of Russian tsars that stands on 9 hectares of land and comprises some 1,500 rooms. Its exterior is a combination of several architectural styles that is almost as impressive as the invaluable collection it houses. The Winter Palace now houses a must-see museum, the Hermitage. It is one of the world's largest museums with thousands of unique works of art from all around the world.
Peter and Paul Fortress
The Peter and Paul Fortress on Zayachy Island is the oldest building in St. Petersburg. The day when the groundbreaking ceremony was held for it is marked as the date of the establishment of St. Petersburg. The fortress occupies the whole of the island. The pentagonal ramparts at its corners were initially made of wood but were later rebuilt in stone.
Inside the fortress stand the city's first large church, the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul. In 1731 it was declared the official burial place for the Romanovs. All Russian tsars were buried there, from Peter the Great to Nicholas II. The cathedral with its 122.5-meter steeple used to be the tallest architectural building in the city. The angel on the steeple is considered the symbol of St. Petersburg.
Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood
The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood (also referred to as the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ) was built on the site where Emperor Alexander II was fatally wounded on March 1, 1881.
The church is a combination of the best examples of Russian 17th century religious architecture, primarily the churches of Yaroslavl and Moscow. It is crowned with nine cupolas, some of them covered with gold leaf and others with enamel, which is why it looks slightly like Moscow's St. Basil's Cathedral.
St. Isaac's Cathedral
One of St. Petersburg symbols, St. Isaac's Cathedral is a huge neoclassical style building. It is one of the most beautiful and largest dome structures in Russia and the world: it has enough space for up to 12,000 people.
The cathedral was built in a variety of 43 minerals, with the basement faced with granite and the walls, which are 5 meters thick in some places, with gray marble.
In the strikingly beautiful interior you will find sculptures, paintings, multicolored granite and marble from all over Russia, and also mosaics. The iconostasis is framed by six malachite and two lazurite columns and a 9.5-meter high stained glass window depicting the Resurrected Christ, which is quite unusual for Orthodox churches.
The construction of the cathedral began in 1818 and lasted 40 years.
Another tourist gem, Peterhof, is a town on the Gulf of Finland some 10 kilometers from St. Petersburg. Peter the Great ordered the construction of a royal summer residence there in 1714. He wanted it to rival the Palace of Versailles, the seat of the French kings, which is why Peterhof has palaces and world-famous fountain cascades.
The dominant feature is the Peterhof Grand Palace with a tall ornately shaped roof and gilded cupolas. The façade of the palace has many characteristic baroque elements.
St. Petersburg has the largest number of bridges in Europe, over 800, and the ones in the city center each differs because they were all uniquely designed. Lastly, one of the main tourist attractions in St. Petersburg is its drawbridges. Every night during the navigation period from April to November, 22 bridges across the Neva and main canals are drawn to let ships pass.
St. Petersburg can be described, with certain reservations, as the birthplace of Russian football: Russia's first recorded match was held in the city on October 24, 1897. The first Russian Football League was established four years later and ran for some 20 years. Today, St. Petersburg's Zenit is one of the best clubs in Russia and the recent winner of all the main football tournaments: the national championship, the Russian Cup, the Super Cup, the Russian Premier League, as well as the UEFA Cup and Super Cup.
In 2017, the stadium hosted the opening and closing matches of the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup as well as two group stage matches. St. Petersburg Stadium was the most visited arena of the championship; there were almost 200,000 visitors in total.
The city will host several crucial matches of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™, including one of the semi-finals and the third-place match
It is one of the most technologically advanced arenas in the world. The stadium has a retractable roof and a roll-out field, which means that various sports and entertainment events can be held there all year round.
Designed by famous Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa, the stadium resembles a spaceship that has landed on the shore of the Gulf of Finland.
You can easily reach St. Petersburg from other Russian and European cities.
By air: Pulkovo Airport is the fourth busiest airport in Russia (after the Moscow hub) by passenger traffic. It services hundreds of Russian and international flights every day. Its close location to Europe helps keep the price of tickets down. For example, a flight from Berlin, Germany, costs approximately 7,000 rubles (EUR 115), from Paris, France, 7,500 rubles (EUR 125), and from Moscow less than 3,000 rubles (EUR 50).
By train: The best way to travel to St. Petersburg from Moscow is by train. Dozens of all kinds of trains run between the two cities every day, from traditional night trains taking between 8 and 9 hours, to the daytime high-speed Sapsan, which takes around four hours. Prices also depend on the train and vary from 1,000 rubles (EUR 16) for a regular train to 3,000 rubles (EUR 50) for a Sapsan train.


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Mocha Jo's
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Mocha Jo's – 87 Kingsway Road, Glen Waverley, Victoria, Australia
Triple B – MJ's Big Beef Burger
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If you're in the area
Located about 30 minutes away from Melbourne's CBD in the suburb of Glen Waverley, this Cafe | Bar | Restaurant is the place for most locals to get a decent coffee, some good breakfast and vast options for lunch and dinner. What will greet you upon entry are the friendly staff, a comfortable environment and desserts on display. The burger we had was the Triple B – MJ's Big Beef Burger with a 100g Prime beef pattie, Turkish bun, fresh tomato, tasty cheese, lettuce leaves, onion jam, chunky chips and house mayo.
"We all know our thoughts on Turkish buns! It just shouldn't be done. A larger bun than needed holds a pattie that tastes a lot like Chevap Chi Chi (Serbian sausage) with sweet onion jam. The cheese was melted to the top bun, which is a plus, and I also enjoyed the house mayo. To me this was almost a Mediterranean take on a burger."
"Initially I thought the bun was too big for the burger. However, half way through it had pretty much dissolved. The odd shaped beef tasted sausage-like and there was too much lettuce and no sauce. Don't jump to conclusions about the staff all being Canadian… the wicked denim aprons are just a part of the uniform."
"Turkish bread in burgers does not work. But moving on from that, I think it was an OK burger with a few faults. I was not happy with the lettuce spine I found; its just too crunchy for a burger. The pattie was not covering a lot of surface area in relation to the bun. The mayo was really good, considering I'm not a big fan of mayo in my burger, and the onion was cooked to perfection. The staff were really friendly, accommodating and quite approachable. Chips were great."
"This is another case of a cafe/restaurant trying to dress-up their burger with exotic words like, "Turkish", and "jam". "Hey, there's Onion Jam in my burger. WTF! And the bread is Turkish! No wonder it costs $19.50! It must be freakin' gourmet!" I don't know who they're trying to kid.. That said, the onion jam (and the onion jam alone) was in fact, terrific. The rest was just an average mess."


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By Adam Pagnucco.
Yesterday, Council Member Hans Riemer critiqued his colleague, County Executive candidate Marc Elrich, on Facebook. Today, Elrich responded to Riemer in the video below released by MCM.
By Adam Pagnucco.
Yesterday, Council Member Hans Riemer critiqued his colleague, County Executive candidate Marc Elrich, on Facebook. Today, Elrich responded to Riemer in the video below released by MCM.
By Adam Pagnucco.
Council Member Hans Riemer has used Facebook to weigh in on his colleague, Marc Elrich, who is running for Executive. Riemer and Elrich have cooperated on numerous progressive priorities like Elrich's $15 minimum wage bill, Riemer's bill to restore the county's earned income tax credit, protecting Ten Mile Creek and instituting paid leave, but the two have occasionally disagreed on land use issues. Other than Nancy Floreen, who has endorsed Rose Krasnow, the other incumbent Council Members who aren't running for Executive themselves have been quiet on the Executive race. We reprint Riemer's Facebook post below. (Disclosure: your author was Riemer's Chief of Staff from 2010 through 2014.)
By Adam Pagnucco.
Let's look at the June campaign finance reports for the Council At-Large candidates, the last ones available prior to the primary. A note on methodology. First, we calculate total raised and total spent across the entire cycle and not just over the course of one report period. Second, we separate self-funding from funds raised from others. Self-funding includes money from spouses. Third, for publicly financed candidates, we include public matching fund distributions that have been requested but not deposited in raised money and in the column entitled "Cash Balance With Requested Public Contributions." That gives you a better idea of the true financial position of publicly financed campaigns.
Below is our fundraising summary for the Council At-Large candidates. We are including only those who have qualified for matching funds in the public financing system or have raised at least $100,000 in traditional financing. With a field this deep and talented, candidates who have not met either of these thresholds will struggle to compete.
Four candidates are bunched at the top: incumbent Hans Riemer and Will Jawando, Evan Glass and Bill Conway. Two more – Hoan Dang and Gabe Albornoz – have raised enough money to compare with past candidates who have won. Then there is MCPS teacher Chris Wilhelm, who is working as hard as anyone and has an entire side of the Apple Ballot to himself. That has to be worth the equivalent of an extra mailer or two. Finally, school board member Jill Ortman-Fouse is not a money leader, having entered the race very late, but she does have a base of loyalists who could be very useful in working the polls on Election Day. Overall, our view is that Riemer will be reelected, Jawando and Glass are in good positions and one – maybe two – of the others named above will likely also be elected.
Here's a question for the readers: why are the female candidates not raising more money? Danielle Meitiv (who ranks 10th on the chart above), Marilyn Balcombe (11th), Brandy Brooks (12th) and Ortman-Fouse (14th) are all good candidates running in an electorate that is 60% female. Not only do their totals lag the above men – they also lag the amounts raised by Beth Daly (2014), Becky Wagner (2010), Duchy Trachtenberg (2006 and 2010) and of course four-term incumbent Nancy Floreen. Public financing was supposed to equalize the influence of small contributors, including women, with corporate interests that are overwhelmingly male dominated. And yet the nine top fundraisers are men.
Let's remember that the best-financed candidates don't always win. Exhibit A is the chronically underfunded Marc Elrich, who finished first in the last two at-large races and could be the next County Executive. The at-large race also has produced surprises in the past, including the defeats of incumbents Blair Ewing (2002), Mike Subin (2006) and Trachtenberg (2010). As soon as your author thinks he has the at-large race figured out – BAM! – something different happens!
This is probably the best at-large field in MoCo history. It's sad that only four of them will win. But so it is. On to Election Night.
By Adam Pagnucco.
Here is something we haven't seen before: a mid-term year Apple Ballot with one candidate occupying one side of it and a list of others on the other side. This Apple, still in wrapping, is customized in favor of Council At-Large candidate Chris Wilhelm.
Here is another one spotlighting District 16 House candidate Samir Paul.
The Apple we were given at the Wheaton early voting site was not like these. It had county candidates on one side and state candidates on the other, a typical format used in the past.
Wilhelm and Paul are MCPS teachers. We totally get why MCEA would like to elect its own members to office, although that has not always been their top priority. For example, the union endorsed County Council District 5 incumbent Derick Berlage over MCPS teacher Marc Elrich in 1998. In Elrich's 2002 and 2006 races, he did appear on the Apple but we don't recall him getting an entire side of it to himself.
The races involving Paul and Wilhelm are very different. In District 16, the two incumbent Delegates – Ariana Kelly and Marc Korman – are endorsed by MCEA and a lock for reelection. Paul is in a tight contest with fellow new candidate Sara Love for the open seat being vacated by Delegate Bill Frick. He needs every edge he can get.
The Council At-Large race, on the other hand, is extremely competitive and unpredictable. MCEA has endorsed incumbent Hans Riemer, Brandy Brooks and Will Jawando in addition to Wilhelm. Riemer seems likely to be reelected but that's about all that can be safely predicted in this race. What will Riemer, Brooks and Jawando think of the Wilhelm Ballot?
By Council Member Nancy Floreen.
As someone in the unique position of watching the campaign season after 15 and a half years of being on the inside, I have pretty strong feelings about who are the right folks for electoral office.
My criteria:
Is that candidate well informed about the office he or she seeks?
Is that person an honest broker – ie – with the experience and grounding in reality that leads to genuine capacity for problem solving?
Is that person candid, or does that person have a different story for every audience?
Is that person humble or does that person take credit for shared initiatives or make promises that cannot be kept?
Does that person have the demonstrated temperament to treat people he or she disagrees with respectfully?
Is that person an independent thinker, or likely to be more influenced by endorsers?
Does that person have a track record of credible community engagement ?
Does that person have the backbone to stand up to political pressure?
Does that person have a genuine passion for the office, or is it just another job?
Does that person stand a chance in the General Election?
There are a lot of candidates out there, but not that many who satisfy my standards..
Here's who I believe warrants your vote.
Noteworthy are my current council colleagues running for re- election – Hans Riemer, Craig Rice, Sid Katz, Nancy Navarro and Tom Hucker. We don't all agree on everything all of the time, but they are hard working, committed and all have long histories of community engagement.
As for the open seats – these are my picks :
Governor – Rushern Baker. You try wrestling with an entrenched school system and come out alive! Tough, rational and caring.
County Executive – Rose Krasnow – an experienced, yet independent voice. The former Mayor of Rockville, she has wide ranging financial, government and nonprofit management expertise, and is deeply grounded in the county and community issues.
County Council At Large –
Gabe Albornoz – long experience with the reality of our community and the ways of government through the Recreation Department
Marilyn Balcombe – a long term fighter for the largely ignored upcounty
Evan Glass – a staunch community organizer, known for his work with the Gandhi Brigade
Council District 1 – Reggie Oldak – the only candidate who actually knows the county and how the Council works (as a former staff member) and a long time community advocate.
This is a very important election for our collective futures! Be thoughtful in your choices!
By Adam Pagnucco.
Josh Starr was Superintendent of MCPS from 2011 through 2015 and still lives in MoCo. He announced the candidates whom he supports on Facebook yesterday. Agree with Starr or not, his personal experience of working with state and county elected officials gives him a unique perspective on those running for office. With his permission, we reprint his post below.
Very long post for my MoCo friends about my choices for the primaries, with notes/comments where I feel it's appropriate. Please note that my choices and/or comments are based on my personal knowledge and experience with these folks, not any deep analysis of every statement/position/vote they've made. I definitely have biases.
Governor – Rich Madaleno; Baker would be my #2. When I was super, I found Rich to be one of the smartest, most thoughtful and most knowledgeable elected officials, esp. around budget. He was also one of the first Dems to push back against Hogan. Experienced, smart, progressive, would be a great governor. I'd also love to see an open member of the LGBTQ community elected governor, although that's in no way the primary (pun intended) reason I'm supporting him.
Senator – Ben Cardin
Congress – Jamie Raskin, because he is, after all, The Jamie Raskin.
House of Delegates – 3 candidates:
Ariana Kelly – solid, speaks out on issues re: women, no reason for her not to continue in Annapolis.
Marc Korman – smart, thoughtful (in my LM class so I got to know him well), definitely a bright future.
Samir Paul – have had a few conversations with him, very sharp and we need more teachers in office.
County Executive (wherein I get a little snarky based on my experiences with many of these candidates). I also think the next CE might be a transitional leader, as we move from 12 years of Ike during an economic downturn towards a new vision that supports bold economic development with progressive politics.
I'm supporting Roger Berliner as I've always found him to be thoughtful, a really good listener/learner, consistent and progressive. I've always felt Roger tries to do the right thing in an inclusive and reasonable way and will work hard to bring people together around his vision.
A few comments on other CE candidates:
Blair – don't know much about him, not a huge fan of business leaders assuming they can "save" public entities. I'm pretty agnostic.
Elrich – have always appreciated his progressive politics, always had a solid working relationship, sometimes I appreciate his willingness to take strong positions, sometimes I think they're unforced errors; major concern is the big hill he'll have to climb to convince a wide swath of the county that he can do economic development and enact a very progressive agenda.
Frick – there are some things I like about him, personally and professionally, but my experience with Roger Berliner outweighs any support for Frick.
Krasnow – don't know her, but I hear good things, sounds like a solid choice.
Leventhal – based on personal/professional experience, I'm in the anyone-but-Leventhal camp. He doesn't have the temperament or leadership skills to be CE, despite his sometimes-engaging personal style and progressive politics. Please, trust me on this one.
Council At-Large (4)
Gabe Albornoz – smart, engaging, thoughtful, has a very bright future; very supportive of kids and MCPS.
Hoan Dang – what I know, I like.
Will Jawando – he deserves a shot.
Hans Riemer – very education focused, solid on economy and progressive issues, always had a good working relationship, we need someone with experience and we need a degree of stability.
I am also in the anyone-but-Jill Ortman Fouse category, based on my experience with her as a board of education member while I was superintendent. Trust me.
Council – D1
Peter Fosselman – solid, good record in Kensington, deserves a shot at council.
BoE (always at the end of the ballot)
At-Large- Karla Silvestre, glad to see her running, great community leader, smart, thoughtful, will be a great BoE member.
D3 – Pat O'Neill, because she deserves a shot at the MD record for longest serving board member. On a serious note, she knows what the role of a board member is and provides an essential balance to other board members who think their job is to run the school system.
By Adam Pagnucco.
Last week, we wrote about fundraising in the Council At-Large race. Today we put that in perspective. How do today's campaigns compare to the campaigns of the past?
There are two big differences between this year's Council At-Large race and its three predecessors: 2006, 2010 and 2014. The first is the presence of public financing. The second is the number of open seats. In 2006, there was one open seat vacated by Steve Silverman, who ran for County Executive. In 2010 and 2014, all four incumbents ran again. This year, there are three at-large vacancies – something that has never happened before.
One thing that all four cycles have in common is the importance of fundraising. Public financing may have changed the mode by which fundraising occurs, but it did not reduce the centrality of fundraising to the prospect of winning. Raising a lot of money doesn't guarantee success, but it's hard to win without it!
Below is a chart showing fundraising for Council At-Large candidates over the last four cycles. Candidates shown include incumbents, winners and all others raising at least $150,000. Contributions to 2018 candidates go through the Pre-Primary 1 report, which was due on May 22. Incumbency, endorsements by the Washington Post and MCEA and place of finish are also shown.
Since 2006, all candidates who raised at least $240,000 won with one exception: Duchy Trachtenberg. In 2010, Trachtenberg – then a first-term incumbent – committed one of the craziest decisions of all time by sitting on $146,000. Rumor had it that she had polls showing her winning and had decided to save her money for a future race, perhaps for Executive. Her fellow incumbent, George Leventhal, edged her out for the fourth spot by 3,981 votes. If Trachtenberg had spent her full sum, she might have been able to send out at least another three mailers and history could have changed.
On the other side, no one raising less than $230,000 has won since 2006 with one exception: Marc Elrich. Love him or hate him, Elrich is the exception to a lot of rules in MoCo politics and he has always vastly outperformed his fundraising. Becky Wagner (2010) and Beth Daly (2014) were good candidates but they couldn't quite raise enough money to break through, even with substantial self-financing.
This year, the folks whose fundraising is in the same ballpark as prior winners are Hans Riemer (the race's sole incumbent), Evan Glass, Bill Conway and Will Jawando. Gabe Albornoz and Hoan Dang are close. The others on this chart are below Daly and Wagner. All of this year's candidates will raise a bit more money because these figures only go through a month before the primary. But those in public financing – everyone except Delegate Charles Barkley and Ashwani Jain – have already raised most of their funds for this cycle. Public financing does not allow for last-second $50,000 loans or bundled corporate checks to pay for a final mailer or two.
Money isn't everything – just ask David Trone. But it has a role and public financing has not changed that. As we go down to the wire in the at-large race, money matters as much as ever.
By Adam Pagnucco.
Today, we look at the Council At-Large candidates. As with yesterday, we start with a note on methodology. First, we calculate total raised and total spent across the entire cycle and not just over the course of one report period. Second, we separate self-funding from funds raised from others. Self-funding includes money from spouses. Third, for publicly financed candidates, we include public matching fund distributions that have been requested but not deposited in raised money and in the column entitled "Cash Balance With Requested Public Contributions." That gives you a better idea of the true financial position of publicly financed campaigns.
Below is our fundraising summary for the Council At-Large candidates.
First, a few random notes. As of this writing, five at-large candidates – Craig Carozza-Caviness, Ron Colbert, Paul Geller, Richard Gottfried and Darwin Romero – have not filed May reports. Lorna Phillips Forde did file a May report and requested matching funds, but her report contains many duplicated entries and is a big mess. We are not printing her numbers until they get straightened out. Michele Riley has given herself a combined $21,000 in two loans and one contribution, which exceeds the $12,000 self-funding maximum allowed in public financing. That needs to be corrected or otherwise remedied.
Now to the numbers. In the pre-public financing days, winning at-large candidates generally raised $250,000 or more with the notable exception of Marc Elrich. Four candidates are in that territory: Hans Riemer (the only incumbent), Evan Glass, Bill Conway and Will Jawando. Gabe Albornoz and Hoan Dang are not far off. Delegate Charles Barkley (D-39) has not raised quite that much, but he started with a big war chest built over years of little competition in his district. The cash on hand leaders are Glass, Riemer and Barkley, who are virtually tied, followed by Conway and then Jawando.
In evaluating differences in cash position, we don't find variances of $20,000-30,000 very significant. That's because candidates schedule their expenditures differently. Some have spent a bit more before the deadline and some held back to show a bigger balance. What we do find significant is the difference between candidates who have close to $200,000 available for the final push – Riemer, Glass, Barkley and Conway – and those who have half that amount or less, such as Albornoz, Dang, Marilyn Balcombe, Jill Ortman-Fouse, Mohammad Siddique, Ashwani Jain, Danielle Meitiv, Seth Grimes and Brandy Brooks. (Forget about those who have $25,000 or less.) The latter group of candidates now faces very tough decisions on resource usage. A mailer to super-Dems can cost $35,000-$45,000 depending on how the universe is defined. So a candidate with $100,000 on hand might be able to squeeze out two or three mailers and that's about it. Is that enough to stand out given all the other races going on?
Institutional endorsements also play a role. Several of the lesser funded candidates, especially Brooks and Meitiv, have some good endorsements that could help them. We think the biggest beneficiary will be MCPS teacher Chris Wilhelm, who has more cash on hand than Albornoz, Dang and Balcombe and also has the Apple Ballot. If the teachers mail for Wilhelm, that could effectively close the gap a bit between him and the top-funded candidates.
For what it's worth, the conventional wisdom is that Riemer will be reelected, Glass and Jawando will join him and the last seat will come down to Conway or Albornoz. We're not ready to buy that for a couple reasons. First, among the seven County Councils that have been elected since the current structure was established in 1990, only one – the 1998-2002 council – had zero at-large female members. Combine that with the fact that 60% of the primary electorate is female and it's premature to write off all the women running. Second, this is an unprecedented year. We have never had public financing before and we have never had so many people running at-large. What seems like conventional wisdom now could seem very unwise in the blink of an eye! So we expect surprises in this historic election.
Next: the council district races.
By Adam Pagnucco.
Budget time is a busy one for Council Members. It involves an unusual amount of meetings, work and negotiation even by the sometimes hectic standards of Rockville. So when the budget is over, the whole building breathes a sigh of relief and Council Members put out exultant press releases.
Not this year. Council Member Craig Rice, who chairs the council's Education Committee, sent out a statement seething with unhappiness about the council's funding of Montgomery College and singling out the process led by Council President Hans Riemer. The key lines are:
I unfortunately find myself in a very difficult and torn position, frustrated about the fact that I encountered what I feel was a flawed budget process, something that I've never seen in my 8-year tenure here on the Council. Something that encompassed disrespecting my committee's hard work and well researched and coordinated recommendations for what seems is the gain of a tagline in an election year.
As Chair of the Education Committee, I truly appreciate the County Executive's support of Montgomery County Public Schools and fully funding their budget. And I also appreciate my Council colleagues' support to invest in our future by investing in our schools.
And while I celebrate the success of everything in this budget related to MCPS, conversely, I am dismayed at the fact that Montgomery College's budget was severely cut which could mean even greater increases in tuition than originally proposed, reductions to strategic programs designed to reduce the achievement gap and eliminate disparities, or reductions in staff pay. And none of these things will help us to address workforce disparities that our community college has been partners with us on fixing for many years…
And while our budget of over $5.6 billion may be more than one particular entity, the way this process went with the College and the way the Council President handled it, forced me to say I initially would not vote for it…
Four years ago, I served as Council President, in an election year, leading us through an equally difficult time where we had to find creative ways to ensure our priorities were met. And I did it in a way that brought my colleagues and stakeholders together collaboratively, inviting their thoughts and feedback, never dictating to them how we would come to consensus. But this year I am remiss that this was not the case.
Council Member Rice read his statement from the dais in this video.
We reprint his full press release below.
Montgomery Councilmember Rice's statement on the County's operating and capital budget agreement
May 17, 2018
ROCKVILLE, Md., May 17, 2018—Montgomery County Councilmember Craig Rice made the following remarks today after the Council reached agreement on the County's Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Operating Budget, the FY19 Capital Budget and FY19-24 Capital Improvements Program. The budgets will be formally adopted by the Council on May 24.
The complete text of Councilmember Rice's remarks:
I unfortunately find myself in a very difficult and torn position, frustrated about the fact that I encountered what I feel was a flawed budget process, something that I've never seen in my 8-year tenure here on the Council. Something that encompassed disrespecting my committee's hard work and well researched and coordinated recommendations for what seems is the gain of a tagline in an election year.
As Chair of the Education Committee, I truly appreciate the County Executive's support of Montgomery County Public Schools and fully funding their budget. And I also appreciate my Council colleagues' support to invest in our future by investing in our schools.
And while I celebrate the success of everything in this budget related to MCPS, conversely, I am dismayed at the fact that Montgomery College's budget was severely cut which could mean even greater increases in tuition than originally proposed, reductions to strategic programs designed to reduce the achievement gap and eliminate disparities, or reductions in staff pay. And none of these things will help us to address workforce disparities that our community college has been partners with us on fixing for many years.
Our Montgomery College is the largest community college in the state and second largest post-secondary institution after the University of Maryland. The county funds 60% of Montgomery College's budget and we always get tremendous return on that investment. Their collaboration with MCPS through the Early College dual enrollment program allows juniors and seniors to earn an associate degree while completing their high school requirements. The ACES program provides a seamless pathway for high school students to transition to Montgomery College and provides them resources to succeed.
The college, through the insightful leadership of Dr. DeRionne Pollard, continues to create student gateways to success, in addressing the achievement gap, particularly among black and latino males, and providing career tech opportunities such as IT, Construction and Homeland Security. Their budget also asked for needed library enhancements, so students have a place conducive to studying. Montgomery College for many is a destination of choice because they know they can get a world class education at an affordable cost. To think this budget places this mission at risk is unconscionable.
And while our budget of over $5.6 billion may be more than one particular entity, the way this process went with the College and the way the Council President handled it, forced me to say I initially would not vote for it.
By prioritizing resources and fully funding Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS), we send a strong message that Montgomery County values MCPS and the crucial part education plays in everything we do. Our schools are not the stereotypical K-12 institutions in which teaching and testing are done. Our kids' educational, social/emotional wellbeing, and basic needs are provided within those four walls. I have had the pleasure of working with Superintendent Jack Smith over the past two years, and his vision and mission to enhance our school system to ensure success for all students is one I whole-heartedly support. Dr. Smith's mantra of "all means all" is at the heart of everything he does, and through the addition of support personnel, supplemental resources and programming for our kids' pre-k to job, our schools have given them the opportunity to thrive and succeed.
One of my initiatives, based on my work on the Kirwan Commission, was the continued funding for MCPS to expand Pre-K and broaden Head Start from half-day to full-day, giving our beginning learners the best opportunity possible to start kindergarten prepared to succeed. Other program enhancements include expansion of dual language immersion programs in our elementary schools, adding new career pathways for our high school students in areas of cybersecurity, law enforcement and aviation, and expanding ACES to additional high schools.
A critical component when it comes to safety and security in our schools is our School Resource Officers (SROs). SROs have a unique understanding of school security and how building relationships with students is crucial to mitigating and preventing incidents within our schools. Having one SRO in each high school is an important complement to MCPS' safety and security protocols, but it is not enough. It's time to ensure our middle schools are afforded the same attention as their needs are just as great as our high schools. This is why I strongly advocated for funding for an additional ten SROs to be placed in our middle schools. While the council was unable to fund all ten positions this year, I am very pleased that we were able to accommodate an additional three SROs for our middle schools in the coming school year.
Four years ago, I served as Council President, in an election year, leading us through an equally difficult time where we had to find creative ways to ensure our priorities were met. And I did it in a way that brought my colleagues and stakeholders together collaboratively, inviting their thoughts and feedback, never dictating to them how we would come to consensus. But this year I am remiss that this was not the case.
So while I am proud that this year's budget again highlights K-12 education as a priority in our county, it does not do the same for our community college. But with so many priorities of mine that are addressed in this budget, I cannot turn a blind eye to them and not support the overall budget.
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PAMPA - Teresa Anne Lyles, 54, died Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014.
Memorial services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday in Granny's Restaurant with the Rev. Jim Sinyard, pastor of Carpenter's Church, officiating. Arrangements are by
Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors of Pampa.
Miss Lyles was born Aug. 8, 1959, in Pampa. She spent several years at Pampa Sheltered Workshop Panhandle Dayhab, where she had many friends that she loved very much.
Survivors include her mother, Helen Willingham.
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Revisit a fun moment from the past eight years.
Via a website that I won't be visiting for a while
Good to know the president also does what I do at Halloween: call the spouse over to check out the best costumes. I'm assuming he gives the best costumes more candy as well.
I don't have anything dignified to say other than I really loved the Obamas for the 8 years they were our first family and I think President Obama did an amazing job as president especially given how much racism and partisan politics he had to deal with. I'm really REALLY going to miss them, but I can't wait to see what Michelle Obama does next!
I was about to come on here and say the same thing. I hope the Obamas start a non-profit and need a fundraiser because guess who is a fundraiser who would love to work for/with them? ME! Call me, Barry!
Couldn't find a spot for you to send your resume, but I'm pretty sure they'd hire you!
Many of my coworkers just saw me looking at that site in the copy room, so I'd probably get some good recommendations that would vouch for my work ethic.
Under the Contact Us section, there's a blurb about Opportunities and it says to subscribe to their mailing list to get updates regarding them. Food for thought
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David Quammen — The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life
The Polymath Project Podcast #9
On this episode of The Polymath Project Podcast, I speak with the author and journalist David Quammen about his latest book, The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life. The book explores how recent discoveries in genome sequencing are transforming our view of evolutionary theory and the history of life.
David is the author of over a dozen books, including Spillover, a 2014 book on the science, history, and human implications of emerging diseases. The book was short-listed for eight national and international awards and won three of them.
Some topics we cover:
- Why "the tangled tree" is a much more suitable metaphor than the "tree of life" for talking about evolutionary history
- Wild adventures David went on to write his past books and why this one was a little different
- How the discovery of horizontal gene transfer is changing human identity and what this means for our future
- David's personal encounters with the scientists mentioned in the books
- The "human" side of science, which is filled with jealousy, compassion, pride, desire, and excitement and all kinds of emotion you might not expect
We also cover a lot more than that, so check out the podcast and enjoy!
How to Listen
- Listen on Apple Podcasts (Please leave a review if you like it!)
- Download mp3 by right-clicking here and clicking "save as"
Resources & Links
- David Quammen's homepage
- The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life by David Quammen
- Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic by David Quammen
Some of the scientists mentioned on the podcast:
- Carl Woese
- Lynn Margulis (formerly Lynn Sagan)
- Dmitry Merezhkovsky
This episode of the podcast was brought to you by audible. Visit audibletrial.com/polymath to get a free audiobook copy of David's book (or any other book) and a free 30-day trial of audible's services.
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Makes 10-12 servings
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1 cup raw whole almonds
1 cup firmly packed chopped pitted dates, plus more as needed
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geri and i posing for a picture before going down to tom's for a get together. i can't remember the reason for such a terrible face on my part, i think maybe my smile was not up to mo's standards at first. hahaha!
my first football game ever will be hard to beat if i ever decide to see anyone other than the VOLS play, that's for sure. never in my liiiife have i seen so many people decked out in orange. my favorite part of the night? probably guiltily participating in THE WAVE that seemed to make its way around the stadium for 10min straight.
not sweating was unfortunately NOT an option that night.
sunday morning i wake up and am told to get ready! cause we're going to buckhead for a race. what an action packed weekend. mo and i walked around the course cheering on geri who did well. after the race we went to fado's for some food and a celbratory beer.
the best part? mo asking me to take a picture of her and geri while trying to get the sign also in the picture. i ended up in the weirdest stance saying "BUT I'M A MIDGET!" and all of us cracking up with laughter. you'd think i had more than a beer by the way we were cracking up about it.
after what seemed like the longest car ride back to knoxville, i was pooped after such an exciting weekend with mo and geri.
daily walks with callie and the ocassional jog.
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I have seen many people ask for ways to delete entries from SSMS' "Connect to Server" server name list. The short and official answer is, you can't. There is an unofficial answer, though.
Right now you have an all-or-nothing approach. In SQL Server 2005, you can shut down SSMS, delete the file mru.dat, and restart SSMS. For SQL Server 2008, you need to find the file SqlStudio.bin, and do the same thing. The next time you open SSMS, the list should be empty.
My biggest concern is that this method is not documented (and therefore not supported), and it is unclear what other settings you might lose when doing so.
I tried looking at SqlStudio.bin with a hex editor, and it's clear that while we can see the entries, we aren't meant to modify them:
In turn, I have posted a suggestion to Microsoft via Connect, asking them to expose the MRU list to us and make it easier to manage:
Thank you.
Yet another annoying thing about SQL Studio. I really wonder if the people who created studio have ever worked in a production environment.
Hi Aaron, The other things that you lose with this approach includes SSMS specific Tools | Options settings, OE Details List View Customizations, the MRU list for OE Details Search, and MRU for Reports.
Bill Ramos
Thanks for the update Bill! The additional information is appreciated.
I know this is a long dead post, but it is possible.
@Paul: Why is it a long dead post? With Microsoft, things never get fixed. I am still having this problem as are many others. They just dont fix problems anymore – much like the bug they introduced with SQL Server 2005 "SSIS" and its inability to deal with variable width input files while DTS could handle it with no problem.
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|Smørhul by Mette-Sofie D. Ambeck (Oct. 2018)
The project is organised by Imi Maufe (N/UK), Megan Adie (US/DK/S) & Bent Kvisgaard (DK).
See images of the very first display of the project in Viborg, DK: www.vingaards-officin.dk/438052607
My contribution: Smørhul
As a native Dane it seems foreigners think my country is a small, almost idyllic fairytale place – in Danish it would be called a smørhul (butter hole). I take a different view – and this piece is a reflection of that.
Pamphlet stitched booklet with hard cover in a slipcase.
Pages hand-cut by the artist, text: inkjet printed.
Hardcover: ink-rolled with hand-cut & peeled board.
Papers: Cream, van Gelder – Simill Japon 225+130gsm.
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Slipcase: Naturel, Clairefontaine – Paint On 250gsm.
Cover size: 14.8 x 10.5cm / Slipcase: 10.6 x 15 x 0.9cm
Language: Danish & English
Edition: 22 + 2 AP (No. 1-11 have been donated to the project)
Completed in October, 2018
First shown at the Small Publishers Fair, at Conway Hall, Holborn, London, UK (Nov.9-10, 2018)
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The news about the machete man in the Louvre broke just as my Eurostar was approaching Paris. Was this just a one-off, or were there more terrorist attacks to come? In the Gare du Nord that lunchtime, the atmosphere was humdrum. Armed policemen passed by like ghosts, unseen and unnoticed. For Parisians, these incidents have become a normal part of daily life.
I figured the Louvre would still be cordoned off, so I headed for the Musée d'Orsay. If the Louvre attack was part of a co-ordinated assault on the cultural institutions of the French capital, the Musée d'Orsay would be another prime target. Would the museum be closed, as a precaution? Would the visitors stay away? Neither. People were queueing to get in, tourists and locals. The mood in the queue was laid back. I admired their sang-froid. Inside, the place was packed – business as usual. Paris kept calm and carried on.
But for how much longer? Thankfully, the Louvre attack was just a one-off, but nobody here in Paris supposes this will be the last incident of this type. Donald Trump was quick to tweet 'GET SMART US' (in block capitals, just in case anyone didn't hear him), but how can France 'GET SMART'? The suspect had travelled here from Egypt, one of the Middle Eastern countries that Trump excluded from his travel ban (and where, coincidentally, he also has business interests).
That evening, I went to stay with a family friend in the 18th arrondissement, a well-known immigrant area. My friend has lived here for a decade now – she used to live in London. She came here to help her son raise his three children. She's white, her son is white, her grandchildren are all mixed race. She loves living here, and has become good friends with lots of locals (of all colours) but walking her grandchildren around the neighbourhood has been sobering. She's been shocked by the racism from French Caucasians, and also between Arabs and black Africans. During the last ten years, she reckons it's got a lot worse.
Her immigrant neighbours who've been to London tell her London is far less racist. So why are things so bad in Paris, a city whose history is entwined with the Islamic countries of North Africa and the Middle East? The problem, as she sees it, is that these second generation immigrants, who were born here, are far less keen to integrate than their parents, who came here when the French colonies of the Maghreb won their independence. Why? She doesn't know.
My friend is fairly typical of liberal opinion here in Paris. She's not blind to this growing problem. How could she be? She's living at the sharp end. Yet she doesn't have any easy answers – nothing that can be condensed into a single tweet. Her only solution is to follow Ghandi's dictum, 'to be the change you want to see.' Day to day, in her own small way, she does her bit for race relations – confronting racism wherever she encounters it, befriending people of every race. Will this be enough? The signs are not encouraging, and she knows it. But she feels sure Marine Le Pen will make a bad situation even worse.
Next morning I went to the Centre Pompidou, that bastion of French cultural life. It's the fortieth anniversary of this iconic building, and this weekend it was hosting a jolly jamboree. There were all sorts of free events – rock bands, jazz bands, dance troupes, film shows, exhibitions. People were queueing across the cobbled square to clear security, indifferent to the pouring rain. Inside it was like a street party – happy families altogether (though after my evening in the 18th, it struck me that this crowd seemed overwhelmingly white).
Is culture really an adequate riposte to Islamism, or are we merely fiddling while Rome burns? That machete attack in the Louvre was a minor incident. Next time we may not be so lucky. In Paris, culture means something far more than art galleries and concert halls. It's the spirit of the Revolution – it's a state of mind. Liberals like my friend have no doubt that this cultural life is something worth fighting for, but how can they fight a battle on two fronts, against the atrocities of Islamic fundamentalism and the simplistic solutions of the Alt-Right? Like my friend I have no answers, save to keep calm and carry on. But increasingly, neither of us feel quite so sure that this will be enough.
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