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Toronto-based artist Jennifer Murphy combines cutouts of animals, crops, and different natural objects to create huge-scale nature collages. Strung collectively using gossamer thread, the collages kind the silhouettes of birds and surreal outdoor scenes from Murphy's creativeness. Hollywood Stock Commerce is the place to buy and trade motion pictures, stars and more. Proper this second we're beginning to test Facebook Information, a loyal place for information on Fb, to a subset of individuals in the US. News offers individuals extra administration over the tales they see, and the facility to find a wider vary of their information pursuits, immediately inside the Fb app. It additionally highlights probably the most related nationwide tales of the day. News articles will proceed to look in Information Feed as they do in the current day.
Pada tahun 1949, Hollywood Chamber of Commerce memulai kontrak dengan Departemen Taman Kota Los Angeles untuk memperbaiki dan membangun ulang markah tersebut. Kontrak tersebut salah satunya menetapkan untuk menghilangkan tanda "LAND" untuk mengeja "Hollywood" dan merefleksikan distrik, bukan perumahan "Hollywoodland". eight Departemen Taman Kota menetapkan semua biaya pencahayaan akan ditanggung oleh Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, sehingga Dewan memutuskan untuk tidak mengganti bola lampu yang ada. Usaha tahun 1949 memberikan sedikit perubahan, walaupun kayu dan logam markah yang tidak terlindungi terus mengalami kerusakan, hingga pada tahun 1970-an, Huruf "" pertama terpecah, nampak seperti huruf "u", dan huruf "" ketiga roboh sepenuhnya, meninggalkan huruf-huruf lain yang rusak sebagian terbaca "HuLLYWO D".
I do not have in mind myself an artist. I am going available on the market and I try and play what's correct for the music. It seems to be a much more open technique and it'd seem to permit me to be able to develop because the music of the time expands. I believe individuals who get hung up in their own artistry typically get into a positive style they assume is them and within the event that they do anything completely different the general public won't have the ability to establish their artistry, which is kind of limiting. I don't assume that way. I've an excellent time enjoying. I try and play the best I can. I do know I can play the drums and I want to play the perfect that I can possibly play. I need to play better a yr from now than I'm enjoying now, not because of my artistry is at stake, but simply because I like it.
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The Toronto Biennial of Art is a brand new worldwide up to date visible arts occasion as culturally related and diverse as city itself. Witherspoon says her options have modified inside the face of trade enhancements: "I used to inform individuals simply to be an actor because of that was the one risk. twentieth-century bottle, Twa peoples, Rwanda, Inventive works may serve wise functions, in addition to their decorative value. By the Romantic period of the 18th century, as a response to the Enlightenment and its emphasis on science, empirical proof, and rational thought, art began to be described as not simply being one thing performed with talent, however one thing that was additionally created within the pursuit of magnificence and to express the artist's emotions. Nature was glorified, and spirituality and free expression had been celebrated. Artists, themselves, achieved a stage of notoriety and have been usually friends of the aristocracy.


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Jewish World Review Oct. 14, 2005 / 11 Tishrei,
Paul Greenberg
Cold comfort
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Poor, stricken New Orleans could use a comforting friend right now, but instead it seems to have drawn a prosecutor in Franklin (Son of Billy) Graham.
Speaking of the disaster that struck the Crescent City, the evangelist threw in a reference to its "satanic worship" and "sexual perversion." Like cause and effect? He wasn't saying New Orleans deserved what it got not in so many words. But the connection was hard to miss. In short, it's hard to imagine his older, wiser father putting it that way.
Graham the Younger specifically denied that the Good L-rd had sent Katrina to wipe out that sinful city, but he did say that, in the wake of the disaster, people might be more receptive to a spiritual revival.
I've been approached by people like Franklin Graham in moments when I've been most vulnerable. They didn't come bearing what I recognized as help, or even a silent, understanding presence which may be the best thing we can sometimes offer the grief-stricken. But always the Franklin Grahams arrive as if they see in our pain and bewilderment . . . a grand opportunity!
My reaction to their exhortations was predictable enough and natural enough: All I wanted was for them to leave, leave, leave.
Remember Job's comforters? They, too, arrived on the scene offering simple explanations and a chance for salvation. Their words, too, were carefully crafted. Worst of all, they were utterly sincere. They had it all figured out, and were going to straighten out their suffering friend. And in their appalling sincerity, they deeply offended the G-d they purported to serve. Not only that, but of course Job saw right through them, too.
Even if the New Orleans we knew and loved was Sin City, surely her sins were only carnal ones. And those are surely less dangerous than the hardness of heart that moves us to judge others rather than comfort them when they most need comforting.
Theodicy is a tricky business. If the people of New Orleans brought this disaster excuse me, great spiritual opportunity on themselves by their sinful ways, why would the poor Lower Ninth Ward get swamped but the French Quarter and Bourbon Street stay high and mostly dry? He must work in mysterious ways His wonders to perform.
Then again, some of us always did suspect that all that highly advertised sin in the Quarter (GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! NO WAITING!) was mainly for show.
And what of those towns stricken all along the Mississippi coast? The ones full of little churches and idyllic views. Were Biloxi and Gulfport and Ocean Springs and Waveland centers of perversion and satanic worship, too? Waveland?!
Must it take a disaster to prepare the ground for spiritual renewal? Suppose New Orleans and the rest of the Gulf Coast had been spared the hurricanes' wrath? Wouldn't spiritual renewal still have been possible, desirable and maybe just as probable? Is not thanksgiving as great an impulse for renewal as despair, maybe even greater?
Or would our modern-day Jonahs disagree? Would they, too, seeing their warnings go unheeded, go off and sulk, mad as all Get Out that Nineveh, that sinful city, had been spared? Would they, too, feel that their purpose in life to batten on disaster had been thwarted by a G-d who never follows through despite all His tough talk? And that, dang it, they had known all along that it would turn out like this! (" . . . For I knew that thou art a gracious G-d, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of evil.")
There is something irresistibly comic in Jonah's story. And deeply comforting. Whatever Brother Graham's faults, there is also something funny and assuring about his Theology of Disaster. As if he were oblivious to all the goodness daily showered upon us and could draw moral sustenance, like some Rev. Joe Btfslpk, only from some eternal rain cloud bursting overhead. While all the goodness and forgiveness of Creation shines all about him unremarked.
To appreciate the City of Man, and realize that it, too, has its splendors, is not to place it above the City of G-d but to accord both their due. Nor is it always easy to separate those two cities. Their streets tend to intersect like Elysian Fields and Bon Enfant in New Orleans. Like an elaborate pagan paradise and the simplicity of the Good Child.
In Walker Percy's simple classic, "The Moviegoer," it isn't always clear just which of those cities its hero Binx Bolling has found, G-d's or Man's, on those occasions when he feels the Presence and breaks the bounds of what he calls everydayness, or the Malaise.
Maybe it is precisely because Binx is so deeply, tenderly aware of the smallest transitory beauty of his earthly city (much as Walker Percy was) that he is always on the cusp of receiving an unearthly grace. Maybe that is why he is so open to the possibility that there is something Going On behind these temporal scenes.
The best evangelism, like the best writing, follows the old Show, Don't Tell rule. I daresay the Baptists who rushed down South with their mobile kitchens to feed the thousands, and the Salvation Army, and all those others who didn't preach in this crisis but just showed up to help, delivered the Word far more effectively than all those trying to squeeze supernatural lessons out of a natural disaster.
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Full Service Funeral
The body is present, whether the casket is open or not, there is a service held, and the body is driven in a funeral procession to a place of interment. If cremation is selected, then there would be no procession. The Funeral Home would make arrangements to have the body taken to the crematory.
Memorial Service
A service without the body present. This is the case in the event that the body was cremated, or never recovered. An urn or container holding the cremains is usually present.
Is the means of disposition by putting the body in the ground, or interring in a crypt or mausoleum?
Immediate Burial
No service, body is taken to place of interment by Funeral Home staff for burial. There is usually a graveside service.
Is the disposition of the body to ashes, by means of heat.
* People choose cremation for many different reasons: religious, environmental, and economical. If you or someone you know is considering cremation, it's important to know and understand all of the choices available. You can still have a public viewing if you choose to have a body cremated. It is just an alternative way of disposition.
Immediate Cremation
Body is taken directly to crematory by funeral Home, and cremains delivered to Family.
A facility designed to hold a retort, which is the oven which is used to cremate the body.
The ashes left after the body is cremated.
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Most people plan for everything in life, but preplanning your funeral can greatly benefit your loved ones during their grieving process, long after you're gone.
Is selecting what you would like, yourself. Which releases your family members from the burden of wondering if they "did the right thing"? This helps them during the time of your passing, and will last the rest of their lives.
Is setting aside funds, which are to be used only for your funeral expenses. You can do this on your own or our Funeral Home can assist you.
Casket is open. Can be private or public depending on the family's wishes.
Calling Hours
The time that the public is invited to spend with the family. There are usually calling hours weather there is a body present or not, and even if there is not a service.


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A Beautiful Trifid
Copyright: Vikas Chander
The beautiful Trifid Nebula is a cosmic study in contrasts. Also known as M20, it lies about 5,000 light-years away toward the nebula rich constellation Sagittarius. A star forming region in the plane of our galaxy, the Trifid does illustrate three different types of astronomical nebulae; red emission nebulae dominated by light from hydrogen atoms, blue reflection nebulae produced by dust reflecting starlight, and dark nebulae where dense dust clouds appear in silhouette. But the red emission region, roughly separated into three parts by obscuring dust lanes, is what lends the Trifid its popular name. Pillars and jets sculpted by newborn stars, above and right of the emission nebula's center, appear in famous Hubble Space Telescope close-up images of the region. The Trifid Nebula is about 40 light-years across. Too faint to be seen by the unaided eye, it almost covers the area of a full moon in planet Earth's sky. Open star cluster M21 just peeks into this telescopic field of view along the bottom right edge of the frame.
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Ant-Man and the Wasp is the quintessential summer blockbuster. A few components reach the level of remarkable, little of it finds consequence or meaning, and it is, at times, truly dull. But for all those middling faults, it manages to become joyous and exciting and even just the tiniest bit fulfilling. Following the dour and overly ambitious Avengers: Infinity War, it just might be the perfect thing.
In that vein, it's interesting that this would be the most in the weeds a Marvel property has been since, well, Infinity War. We find Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) under house arrest for his part in Captain America: Civil War where he fought alongside Cap and the right Avengers (don't @ me). They were tossed into superhero supermax prison The Raft, but Lang managed to broker a plea deal that involves two years of house arrest.
It's not entirely clear how that happened before Steve Rogers broke everyone else out, but now we have Lang back in San Francisco struggling to run his new X-Com security consultancy, maintaining his relationship with his daughter, and being estranged from his former hero contingency of Hope van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) and Hank Pym (Michael Douglas). That is, however, until two days before his sentence is up when he experiences a far too real dream of the quantum realm.
And everything that follows is…fine. Perhaps the most impressive part is how self-aware the movie is. As antagonists emerge and twists and turns come out, it's never at a planet-threatening scale. At stake? A life, a relationship, and maybe a small startup. Following this year of the MCU putting its heel on the throat of the world and then the universe, it's damn refreshing. Not every story needs to be about saving humanity.
In traversing that avenue, however, this movie also fails to do anything memorable. The MCU has given up on divvying up its properties into appropriate genres (the first Ant-Man under Edgar Wright's hand was supposed to be a heist film, but at least we got Baby Driver) and now we just have director Peyton Reed doing what he does best: irrepressibly fluff-filled films. To that end, however, this is the most successfully playful any of his movies have been.
The jokes are laugh-inducing but rarely due to the writing or directing. In fact, when there isn't room for the actors to flex their categorical and immense charm, the theatre is awkwardly silent as the framing, pacing, and dialogue all fail to congeal into anything workable. The winners outpace the losers, but the margins are never that great. Scenes with thoroughly comedic talent at play, though, like with Rudd and Randal Park (they better get a buddy cop outing) or Judy Greer and Bobby Cannavale or Walton Goggins and Tip "T.I." Harris and David Dastmalchian.
The action is titillating but never exciting. It's hard to even recall a sequence where anything was more captivating than the opening bit with Lang going down a cardboard slide in his house with his daughter Cassie (Abby Ryder Fortson). But with the constant size-swapping and nimble camera work, it's at least visually captivating. And giving someone for Lang to work with besides mind-controlled ants is a blessing, finally fleshing out his physical antics into something less strained and forced.
More than any other movie this year, this film works solely because of its cast. Fortson is a standout, making Cassie and Lang's relationship something uniquely special. Rudd once again brings the Paul Rudd heat and is the most infinitely charming man to grace the silver screen. He could put mayonnaise on fries and he would still be a ranked treasure. They combine to highlight a true MCU rarity, too, in a functional and healthy father-child dynamic.
We also are given a grander view of what Lilly can do as Hope, being equally snappy, domineering, funny, and loving rather than just…a haircut, I guess. She pulls off the physicality of the role as she takes the lead in the set pieces while walking the tender line between straight man and stooge without being obnoxious in either. And even though the story doesn't do it justice, Lilly and Rudd make their romance work. (It also fails to flesh Hope out beyond being a reckoning despite having perhaps the most reason to be a complex and interesting character.)
The absolute highlight, though, is once more Michael Peña's Luis, Lang's former cellmate and current business partner (along with the rest of their inept crime group). They bring back the best part of the original film where he operates as an unreliable narrator while the actors play out his fantastical interpretation of the truth, and goddamn is it good. He takes a character that could have easily been exhausting and instead is inexhaustibly fun and lovable.
Despite what the trailer would have you think, the movie is never as rote as its "It Takes Two" trappings would have you believe. But it's also not as innovative or substantial as it could be or wants to be. It's a perfectly fine film that never reaches the level of great, but at this point in a convoluted MCU full of poorly maintained lies, reach exceeding grasp, and broken promises of wholly intertwined continuity, it's exceedingly welcome.
Final Score: 8 out of 10


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MABC Monthly Coffee Club!
Exciting news, everyone!
Board member Heather Dean has kindly organized a new standing event -- a virtual Monthly Coffee Club for our MABC members.
Our next virtual get-together will be held Thursday, May 20 from 8:00 am – 8:45 am. The next Coffee Club will be held on June 17.
MABC members can join this virtual get-together to connect outside of our regularly scheduled program meetings. There is no agenda, no RSVP, and no to-do. All you need to do is simply join in, sip your coffee, and chat. Hope to see you there!
Full details are below.
What: MABC Monthly (virtual) Coffee Club
Dates: 3rd Thursday of every month | May 20, June 17, July 16
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We look forward to seeing you there!
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Sonia Lo may be the CEO of one of the nation's most efficient – and one of the few profitable – hydroponic farms, but she isn't that far removed from her days as a personal chef.
"You might say I spent time cooking up some pretty ambitious plans as well as more than a few fabulous meals," she says with a laugh.
She's been an angel investor in 15 companies, speaks seven languages, has lived and worked in 16 countries, and holds a third-degree blackbelt in Tae-Kwon Do, but her recent role is as Chief Executive Officer of FreshBox Farms, in Millis, the first of several hydroponic operations planned in locations across the US.
Indoor hydroponic farming in the US – a fancier, more accurate term may be Digital Distributed Agriculture, or DDA – is doing a booming business in leafy greens, with no end in sight to its growth potential (no pun intended). The market is currently $6 to $9B per year, and forecasters believe that over the next 10 years, 50% of all greens will be harvested indoors through some form of DDA growing.
FreshBox Farms is the nation's largest modular vertical farm. Using sustainable growing enclosures, greens are grown using no soil, very little water, a rigorously-tested nutrient mix and LED lighting to produce the freshest, cleanest, tastiest produce possible. No matter the weather, the harvesting continues — most field-based growers have one or two harvests per year. FreshBox Farms averages 30 harvests per year.
And FreshBox Farms greens are non-GMO, grown without pesticides, herbicides or other scary stuff – and they're kosher, the only Bay State grower to achieve the designation.
Back when she gave a TedX talk about the meeting of food and tech, Sonia explained that growing food in indoor, urban or suburban locations means that agriculture as we know it is disrupted. "We're growing crops previously grown only in certain geographies, constrained by arable land, water and weather considerations. Thanks to DDA, those greens will be grown year-round anywhere in the US."
And the 'new' way to farm will give way to a new type of farmer, says Sonia: some estimate more than 100,000 jobs will be created as this thriving industry redefines what it means to farm and be a farmer.
And that, as they say, is plenty of food for thought – appropriate for a chef-turned-entrepreneur.


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California Crop Weather: Fruit trees move toward dormancyCalifornia Crop Weather: Fruit trees move toward dormancy
Fruit trees and grapevines entering early stage of dormancy.Navel oranges packed in Tulare County – fruit shows good color and maturity.Rainfall helps boost winter wheat emergence.Pistachio harvest nears completion with ongoing harvest in the San Joaquin Valley.
November 15, 2010
The latest California Crop Weather report from the National Agricultural Statistics Service in Sacramento, Calif.
At the start of the week of Nov. 8, a series of weather systems brushed California spreading rain across the valleys and coast, and snow in the mountains.
By Tuesday, high pressure aloft built over southern California causing clearing skies and warming and drying conditions. Northern California was impacted by several weak storm systems which brushed through the north through Wednesday.
By Thursday, the southern California high pressure system grew stronger and began to shift northward along the coast. This brought dry and warm conditions to much of northern California.
The Bay Area and some parts of the Sacramento Valley enjoyed record warm temperatures at the end of the week.
Southern California saw very dry conditions as a mild Santa Ana wind developed through the weekend.
Field crops
The rice harvest neared completion. The first picking of cotton neared the finish line while some second picking had started. Harvested cotton fields were shredded and disked to comply with regulations. Some slight cotton staining was reported due to recent rains.
Late cuttings of alfalfa were baled. Winter forage mixes and alfalfa were planted. Sudangrass was green chopped.
Corn harvest for grain and silage continued as the season neared completion. The recent rainfall helped boost winter wheat emergence. The seeding of winter grains continued. Fall tillage, planting, and other field preparation continued for winter crops.
Fruit crops
Fruit trees and grape vines entered the early stage of dormancy. The last of the fall grapes were harvested. The pruning of grape vines was underway.
The pomegranate harvest was finishing up. The persimmon and kiwifruit harvests continued. The wine grape harvest in Napa County neared the end.
Valencia oranges and mandarins were harvested and shipped, as Navel oranges were packed in Tulare County. Navels showed good color and maturity. The olive harvest was underway.
Nut crops
The almond harvest was complete in most parts of the state as final harvesting was underway in San Joaquin and Merced counties. The pecan harvest was wrapping up. The walnut harvest was nearly complete in the San Joaquin Valley (SJV) as harvest wound down in Sutter and Butte counties. The pistachio harvest neared completion as some harvesting continued in the SJV.
Vegetable crops
Good growing conditions were generally reported. Carrots, cabbage, and lettuce were harvested in Kern County. Some tomato harvesting continued along with endive. Beds were prepared for next year's tomato crop.
Fumigation, cultivation, bed shaping, weed control, and pre-irrigation preparations for next year's onion crop were also underway. Winter vegetable planting continued.
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Gone thriftin'
Supposed to. What did the responsible, time mananging adult that I am do instead?
Go thrifting.
And I'm so glad that I did. Look at all of these lovelies!
5 bucks for this dresser. I couldn't believe my eyes. Yes, it needs a little love. But no more than a few cans of spray paint and I have to give.
And these vintage linens? I had an armload after only looking at one rack. Some vintage-y aprons will definitely be in the works. I may even cut some fat quarters for the shop. But first I just want to sit and stare.
Vintage china. Pinch me. I must be dreaming. I can't decide if I should eat every meal for the rest of my life on them or if I should hang them up and gawk.
I'll let you know what I decide.
Sweet little Golden Books. I definitely feel some playroom art coming out of the lovely illustrations. Or maybe even a project like this one.
It was like I was meant to go in there. I needed to give a good home to all of these treasures. I haven't had so much luck in months...plenty of fun projects to come!
Happy Friday everyone!


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The right of every person to vote is fundamental to American society and democracy. Voting is the right we exercise to protect all others. It must be protected, expanded, and voters must be informed.
And yet New York makes voting too hard. New Yorkers are not automatically eligible for absentee ballots, and we suffer from confusing registration deadlines and outmoded poll books that cause errors, delays, and long lines. To make matters worse, due to decades of partisan gerrymandering, New Yorkers cannot be sure they receive equal representation even when they cast their ballots.
The NYCLU has been a leader in the fight to actualize and protect every citizen's ability to exercise this basic constitutional right in New York State.


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Instacart offers 30-minute deliveries in some US cities
Chicago, LA and San Francisco are some of the metros where the option is available.
For those situations where even a well-stocked pantry can't get you out of a bind, Instacart is introducing a new priority delivery option. Starting today in more than 15 cities in the US, including Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, San Diego, San Francisco, and Seattle, you can choose to get your groceries delivered within 30 minutes from select stores. Initially, Ralphs, Safeway, Sprouts Farmers Market and Stater Bros are some of the retailers that have signed to offer the option. Instacart says it plans to bring priority delivery to more cities in the coming months. In the meantime, the company is expanding the availability of 45-minute and one-hour delivery options to more metropolitan areas across the country.
Instacart told TechCrunch it won't enforce an item limit nor a minimum on priority orders, but it will fulfill orders that involve fewer and less complicated items faster. Essentially, don't ask your shopper to hit up the deli aisle if you want something quick. Once the order becomes too big or involved, the 30-minute option won't be available anymore. You'll see a lightning bolt icon next to retailers that offer priority deliveries. Notably, Instacart hasn't said how much customers should expect to pay for the service but stated the extra fees would be "small" and "incremental."


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Classics like 'She Loves Me' deserve special handling. And that's what the San Diego Musical Theatre has provided.Read More
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At Orange County's Chance Theatre, you'll experience a jewel of a rarity: a revival of the musical, She Loves Me that is a musical theatre lover's dream come true…Read More


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Graham Cluley
Senior Technology Consultant, Sophos
Senior Technology Consultant, Sophos
Graham Cluley is one of the world's leading experts in viruses and spam, and works as Senior Technology Consultant at Sophos.
He has given talks around the world at events such as EICAR, ICSA, Virus Bulletin and the European Internet Security Forum on the virus threat, and is a respected industry expert.
Graham has made many media appearances commenting on the threats posed by spam and viruses, including BBC TV News, Good Morning America, CNN, BBC Panorama, BBC Newsnight, ITN, Channel 4 News, 5 News, Sky News, GMTV, BBC Breakfast, IRN, CNet Radio, BBC Radio 1, Radio 2, Radio 4, Radio 5 Live, and BBC World Service.
Graham has also written regular columns on computer security for publications such as IT Week, Computer Weekly and VNUNet.


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Despite being slammed by scandals, Samsung just recorded a record quarter of business with a net profit of $9.9 billion for Q2 2017.
The Korea firm has been rocked by the recall of the Galaxy Note 7 and the prosecution of de facto leader Jay Y. Lee on bribery charges, but that didn't stop it from pulling in revenue of $54.8 billion during the three-month period. That revenue figure rose by 20 percent year-on-year, but net profit jumped 89 percent thanks primarily to strong Galaxy S8 sales and Samsung's components businesses.
Despite the results, Samsung did caution that high component prices had eaten into some of the profit from its mobile business. Likewise, it forecast that its mobile profits may decline due to marketing costs associated with the upcoming launch of its next Note smartphone, and declining sales of the Galaxy S8 now that it is out of its post-launch period.
Samsung also shed light on Harman, which is its most expensive acquisition at $8 billion. The business did $1.9 billion in sales with an operating profit of $200 million however, when factoring in costs from the acquisition, net profit was $5 million. The deal is likely to impact Harman's results for the next few quarters, Samsung said.


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Speculative Application: PhD Candidate with SAP Research Switzerlandmodified by Christina Schaefer in Students@Work – View the full blog postPURPOSE AND OBJECTIVESAs a part of SAP (Switzerland) Inc., SAP Research offers PhD students the opportunity to work in innovative and applied research projects. SAP Research is a worldwide organization with currently 17 locations. In Switzerland, SAP Research has a close cooperation with world class universities such as the ETH Zürich and the University of St. Gallen (HSG). As a PhD candidate, you will be supervised by experienced colleagues and a professor from one of the Swiss universities. The topic of your PhD thesis will be directly related to our research projects, and you will be an important member of our research team. Your PhD with us will be an ideal combination of scientific excellence and industrial impact, and it will be the basis for your personal career success story.
EXPECTATIONS AND TASKSWhat is SAP expecting from you?– Passion for the IT industry.– High motivation and commitment.– Initiative and willingness to learn and improve on a daily basis.– Taking the responsibility for planning and executing challenging tasks.
What can you expect from SAP?– Hands-on PhD program in a given time frame.– A dynamic and cutting-edge working environment of a globally acting enterprise.– Great international work experience.– Flexible working hours.– Highly competitive salary.– Extensive opportunities to develop with SAP for your future career.
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES– University Degree (Diploma or Master) in computer science, information systems or business administration with excellent grades.– Strong software development skills in one or more programming languages (Java, C, C++, C#, ABAP).– Strong theoretic background and practical experience in internet technologies, distributed systems, database systems, data modeling, machine learning, or UI design.– Strong theoretic background and practical experience in economics: business process management, accounting, supply chain management or innovation management.– Good knowledge of standard MS office applications.– Strong organizational, communication, presentation, and team working skills.– Fluency in English (verbal and written) is mandatory.– Language skills in German are a plus, but not a must.
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RidiculousUpside.com recently unveiled our new NBA D-League player positional rankings, also known as "The Prospect Pyramid." Here's how the point guards stack up after week two.
1) Pierre Jackson, Idaho Stampede: As Jackson's representation and the New Orleans Pelicans continue to work together to find a trade solution that ultimately lands the young gun on an NBA hardwood, he continues to tear up the D-League.
2013-14 Stats: 29.2 points (45% from the field, 37% from deep), 5.3 assists, 3.6 rebounds, and 2.2 steals
2) Seth Curry, Santa Cruz Warriors: Curry has once again emerged as leader for Santa Cruz after returning from Memphis. He continues his transition to NBA floor general in hopes of proving to teams he can handle such a role in The Association.
2013-14 Stats: 21.9 points (45% from the field, 35% from deep), 7.5 assists, 3.9 rebounds, and 1.5 steals
3) Dee Bost, Idaho Stampede: Bost leapfrogs Ron Howard on The Prospect Pyramid this week. The young gun should continue to win brownie points while establishing himself as quite the pure floor general, even next to a shorter stud like Jackson. He even held his own as a dominant scorer this past week as well.
2013-14 Stats: 16.8 points (34% from the field, 30% from deep), 8.0 assists, 5.5 rebounds, and 1.6 steals
4) Ron Howard, Fort Wayne Mad Ants: One of the more consistent point guards the D-League has ever known, Howard is currently leading the way for one of the minor league's hottest teams.
2013-14 Stats: 23.3 points (49% from the field, 25% from deep), 4.2 rebounds, 4.0 assists, and 1.6 steals
5) Jorge Gutierrez, Canton Charge: Gutierrez had an inconsistent week, making his stats look quite underwhelming next to those of his floor general counterparts who stepped it up big time over the last few days.
2013-14 Stats: 13.5 points (46% from the field, 36% from deep), 6.7 assists, 6.1 rebounds, and 1.3 steals
6) Gary Talton, Rio Grande Valley Vipers: Talton thrusted himself onto The Prospect Pyramid by dropping dimes all of the court this week for RGV, including an eye-popping 21 assist performance.
2013-14 Stats: 8.2 points (38% from the field, 35% from deep), 6.6 assists, 2.1 rebounds, and 1.0 steals
7) Tre Kelley, Sioux Falls Skyforce: A recent acquisition for Sioux Falls, Kelley has entered a winning atmosphere as a point guard who knows how to create his own offense relatively well. He has even garnered praise from head coach Pat Delany as of late.
2013-14 Stats: 14.7 points (46% from the field, 44% from deep), 5.1 assists, 2.9 rebounds, and 1.4 steals


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My Life in Point Form
This is a nice metaphor, actually: I feel like I only have time for myself in the form of short bulleted statements.
- I just called for an NDP sign for the balcony window.
- I am reading books about software project management but I am concerned that my lack of programming experience will hinder me.
- I am not losing weight as quickly as I would like, but
- I am also not eating as healthily or getting as much exercise as I should.
- I made and then cancelled an appointment to get my hair cut very very short.
- Cordelia is crying and I am ignoring her because I want to post this.
- (Okay, I got her a soother.)
- It's warm enough (eleven degrees) that I have the windows open to air the place out. It's JANUARY!
- My back is kind of sore and I have a chiropractor appointment and a massage booked for next week.
- I am going to relearn how to skate so I can teach Delphine (she got bob-skates for Christmas) because I think all Canadian children should know how to skate.
- I am looking forward to getting back to yoga because it makes my back stronger, it's relaxing and it helps me go longer without taking a breath when I sing.
- I rejoined the choir -- I can still sing a high B-flat (or higher, but no-one writes higher than that for choirs).
- I watch a lot of TV: The Daily Show, Miami Ink, What Not To Wear, Everybody Hates Chris, Veronica Mars, Battlestar Galactica, The Hour on CBC Newsworld, Dead Like Me, American Idol, and assorted emergency room and decorating reality shows. I don't watch Desperate Housewives, Lost, 24, or The Bachelor, so even though I watch a lot of TV I still can't talk about it with other people.
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The Steelers have re-signed cornerback William Gay, the Trib reports. Gay will provide depth at the position and will play in some passing defenses. After a long offseason that featured lots of worries about the cornerback position, the Steelers have all the important corners from last year back in the fold. That might not be saying much, since cornerback wasn't exactly a strength last year, but they've also added draft picks Curtis Brown and Cortez Allen to the mix.
Gay had been an unrestricted free agent. He played all 16 games last year and recorded 48 tackles, two sacks and one forced fumble.
Ike Taylor and Bryant McFadden are the Steelers' starting corners. It remains to be seen how playing time will be distributed between Gay, Keenan Lewis, Crezdon Butler, Brown and Allen. Taylor isn't able to practice this week after having just signed his contract, so Lewis is practicing with the Steelers' first-team defense.
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Why 2016 is going to be the year of mobile marketing
Portable showcasing was working for some previous years and is very nearly blasting in the wholesome advertising scene. The following are 10 great reasons why portable advertising is set to command the promoting universe.
- Advanced mobile phones clients are expanding.
As indicated by the insights, there were 1.13 billion cell phone clients in 2012. The quantity of cell phone clients expanded by walloping 27.1% in 2013 to 1.43 billion and by 2017, it is normal that almost 50% of the worldwide portable clients are prone to possess a cell phone.
Cell phones are an awesome stage for versatile promoting as cell phones without web access are in the same class as our nails. The fleeting ascent in advanced cells has proposed that the PDAs are the fate of showcasing.
- PCs are getting proficient.
In the event that I spend extend periods of time gazing at my tablet screen, it's possible that individuals will consider me as an expert doing "proficient stuffs" on a PC. PDAs have made it simple to complete an extensive variety of errands from cell telephones, in this manner restricting just particular assignments to be done on portable PCs.
This has expanded the availability to cellular telephones and the time that clients already used to spend on portable workstations is currently being supplanted by mobiles. In advertising, time implies cash and since the PCs are coming up short on support among clients, financial specialists are beginning to contribute vigorously on portable focused on showcasing.
- Mobiles are easier to understand.
Logically talking, touching a screen is most likely simpler than squeezing keys of the consoles. In spite of the fact that the more established era battled in modifying with the affectability of the mouse and track cushions, the new era is special with touch screens. Why drag the mouse on the floor on the off chance that you can without much of a stretch run your fingers on the screen?
Cell telephones are unquestionably friendlier to clients than portable workstations and since they can do their assignments with pretty much comparable constancy, cellular telephones are beginning to gradually supplant PCs.
- Times spent on portable are fundamentally more noteworthy than times spent on tablets.
Envision lying down with a portable workstation under your cover, absolutely appears to be cumbersome and extreme, isn't that right? Be that as it may, with cell telephones, you can lay down with them, use them while voyaging or even play diversions on then while on the latrine.
Yes individuals still utilize portable workstations for their particular purposes yet after the day has been spared, they invest their significant energy in cellular telephones playing amusements or simply floating through their versatile applications.
- Mobiles are less expensive to purchase.
A normal portable PC which serves the requirements of the client costs around $400, for a large portion of that value you can without much of a stretch purchase a decent cell phone which can fill your need and also help you from multiple points of view. This is one of the numerous reasons why advanced mobile phones are increasing such prevalence among the common laborers also.
- Mobiles have number of uses
Versatile is enjoyable to utilize and has an extensive variety of uses. For each comparative Windows application, there are more than 10 Android and iOS applications and learn to expect the unexpected. You can just download them from the Apple or Android advertises and not is mistaken for 10 misleading comparable looking download joins.
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Inspection and Evaluation Reports
(a) Report availability: Inspection and evaluation reports issued by the Office of Internal Oversight Services are available 30 days following issuance of the report.
(b) Evaluation Dashboard: OIOS conducts biennial review of evaluation across Secretariat entities. Click here for the 2018-2019 evaluation dashboard. (Login required)
(c) Implementation rates of recommendations
The attached spreadsheet provides critical and important recommendation implementation rates for each of the final inspection and evaluation reports posted on the website (as of the most recent quarterly follow-up exercise).
Implementation rates (last updated: November 2023)
All documents below are in the pdf format.
Inspection and Evaluation Reports
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|23 May 2023
|Evaluation of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs- Subprogramme 2: Coordination of humanitarian action and emergency response
|Program Evaluation
|23 June 2023
|Human Rights and Humanitarian Assistance
|Download (1015.44 KB)
|Non Confidential
|02 June 2023
|Evaluation of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia
|Program Evaluation
|03 July 2023
|Peace and Security
|Download (765.88 KB)
|Non Confidential
|07 July 2023
|Evaluation of the UNMISS contribution to the strengthening the rule of law and accountability in South Sudan
|Program Evaluation
|07 August 2023
|Peace and Security
|Download (549.29 KB)
|Non Confidential
|17 July 2023
|Synthesis Review on Advancing Gender Equality in the United Nations Secretariat
|Thematic Evaluation
|17 August 2023
|Organizational Management and Support
|Download (582.58 KB)
|Non Confidential
|19 July 2023
|Synthesis of results of the support to the rule of law by five peacekeeping operations
|Thematic Evaluation
|19 August 2023
|Peace and Security
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Isis Pharma calls-off development of rheumatoid arthritis drug
Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc. said it will discontinue development of its experimental rheumatoid arthritis drug following poor Phase 2 trial results.
It said patients taking the antisense drug ISIS-CRPRx for alleviating symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis showed statistically insignificant results.
Though patients in the trial did show improvement, it was not significant when compared with those in the placebo group, the company added.
As of now, the company doesn't plan to further develop the C-reactive protein for rheumatoid arthritis. However, it will continue to evaluate the same as a treatment option for other diseases.
The halted trail
For the Phase II trail researchers had enrolled 51 rheumatoid arthritis patients. All patients had chronically elevated levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) which is strongly linked with several inflammatory and cardiovascular ailments.
The patients were either required to take 100 mg, 200 mg, or a 400 mg dose of ISIS-CRP or a placebo for 12 weeks.
While the patients in the active group did report a 67 percent drop in the CRP levels, the overall improvement in rheumatoid arthritis symptoms were not statistically significant in comparison to the placebo group, researchers said.
"We are pleased with the consistency of CRP lowering across all of our clinical studies, but we are disappointed that we did not see a greater impact on RA [rheumatoid arthritis] symptoms in these patients," the company statement quoting Richard Geary, an Isis senior vice president of development, stated.
The patients who were treated with the Isis drug "achieved substantial, dose-dependent reductions in CRP early in treatment [and] that were prolonged through the treatment process as well as improvements in the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis. The improvements correlated with reductions in CRP, but were not sufficiently greater than improvements observed in the placebo groups to justify further development of the drug for rheumatoid arthritis, the company statement read.


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Violence is happening throughout the world. The earth and oceans are crying out.
People are strategizing all kinds of ways to stop the violence. Yet it continues.
Those of us who pray cry out to God to do something … stop the evil people from overtaking the good.
Perhaps that line of thought is the very thing that is hindering us. We believe we are good and our enemies are evil.
We may acknowledge we have a few flaws, but come on, we are not as bad as they are. So we judge them guilty and us, not as guilty.
However, Jesus said we do not get to judge. He said, "Judge not, that you also be judged."
Matthew 7:1
Paul said, "All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."
Romans 3:23
So if we can't judge and we have to admit we can't compete for sainthood yet, still we can't just sit back and be pushovers, can we? What can we do?
The answer is often quoted, but seldom followed.
God said,
"if My people, who are called by My Name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My Face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land."
2 Chronicles 7:14
What would happen if our leaders called everyone who calls themselves by God's Name, to prayer?
What if they said, "We first need to humble ourselves and realize we are all in the same camp as our enemies. We are all sinners."
What if they said, "We need to begin by asking God to search our hearts and show us where we have gone wrong. Then we need to repent. And we need to change our ways."
What if the battle strategy was what Jesus said to do?
"Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you."
Matthew 5:43
Sometimes we pray and ask God to do what we think is right. But He is calling us to do what He says is right.
You can begin right now wherever you are. Do your part and leave the rest to God.
The battle belongs to The Lord!
1 Samuel 17:47
"Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit!" says The Lord Almighty.
Zechariah 4:6


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Two ministers to newly created Union-level ministries, and a new chairperson and commissioners for a revamped configuration of Burma's anti-graft body were sworn in at a Union Parliament session on Friday.
One day after the national legislature approved the creation of the Ministry of the Office of the Union Government and the Ministry of International Cooperation, Thaung Tun and Kyaw Tin took oaths to head the respective ministries. Thaung Tun is Burma's current national security adviser.
Aung Kyi, a former information minister under the previous government, will be the Anti-Corruption Commission's new chairman. The 12-member commission — reduced from 15 members previously — is made up of four appointees from the president, and four each from the speakers of Parliament's two chambers.
The former chief of the national police force, Major-General Zaw Win, is among the new anti-graft commissioners. The new chair Aung Kyi was once a top official under the country's former military junta, holding the rank of major-general, and he was later appointed to multiple cabinet postings including as former President Thein Sein's information minister from 2012-14.
The Union Parliament yesterday gave its nod of approval to the nominees for the ministerial posts and the anti-graft body. The President's Office issued an order dated 23 November to propose the appointment of the two ministers for the newly formed Union-level ministries and the 12 members of the slimmed-down Anti-Corruption Commission.


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Featured Poem II • August 2013
Rhythm of Hoof and Cry
S. Brackett Robertson
She didn't worry at the first appearance of the horns,
small buds, nearly flush with his skull.
She assumed all men must grow them, when they're thirty
She'd forgotten he was human.
He was less certain about them, peaking above the crown of his head
but he was in her country now,
living behind the wall of thorns.
He'd been cut and bruised when he crossed, but that was a year ago.
He didn't tell her of his dreams, of the cold air and the restless bodies
and the urge to flee
he didn't tell her about the hounds.
He was afraid, when he awoke, but he told himself these things are usual here
Once they grew longer, started to show at the top of his shadow, she wondered,
quietly, how he was adjusting. The air was different here, and the water
he'd never drunk it before for fear of entrapment.
He said he was still, said he was calm, but he crossed the brambles
She'd seen his cuts. She'd seen the fear in his eyes when he awoke.
She heard the hounds when he rose from his bed,
moonlight gleaming on his horns, now reaching curved to the moon
when he looked towards her, it was with emptied eyes,
he startled when she reached towards him, and fled.
S. Brackett Robertson is often found up a tree. Her work has previously appeared in Goblin Fruit, Mythic Delirium, and is forthcoming in Inkscrawl. She frequents museums and would like to visit more ancient cities.
About "Rhythm of Hoof and Cry," she says, "This poem grew from the image of a pair of horns budding from someone's forehead and it lengthened as the horns did."
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My time today has been swallowed up with many wonderful people and things. I did however make time to finish one more Zendala.
|Adele Bruno, CZT
While I would have appreciated a dedicated time to work on it - that was not meant to be this week. I stole the time in between obligations and found a surprising amount of satisfaction as a result.
The tile sat on my desk and waited for my return again and again. Bit by bit I tangled it, and within a few days it was complete.
Now, I realize that if I had waited for an afternoon of uninterrupted time, I would not be posting a picture of it today.
And there is the recurring theme - take time to tangle, especially in the midst of your daily demands. You may have to steal the moments, but think of how much better you will feel and what you'll have to show for it!


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Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina (AFBiH) came into focus of regional media when a military and civilian parade was held in Banja Luka marking the Day of Republika Srpska, galvanizing the public and local politicians. The controversy arose since the largest celebration to date was organised despite the fact that Bosnia and Herzegovina's Constitutional Court ruled last year that marking this holiday would be non-inclusive to other non-Serbian citizens. Military part of the parade was criticised because Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Mladen Ivanić gave orders for lining of the ceremonial unit from the Sixth Infantry Brigade of BiH Armed Forces, which was not allowed to participate by other BiH institutions, first of all by the BiH Ministry of Defense, who ordered an investigation into responsibility for this act. To demonstrate why this fact became a political problem, the genesis and structure of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina needs to be presented.
The General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, colloquially known as the Dayton Agreement, was signed on December 14, 1995 to end the Bosnian War. At the time, segments of the current AFBiH (Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina) were distinct armies. First multinational forces that were engaged in Bosnia and Herzegovina after the peace agreement were the Implementation Force (IFOR), created through the Dayton Peace Agreement. Their mission was to separate the former combatants and to implement the first phase of the Dayton Agreement. One year later, IFOR evolved into a Stabilisation Force (SFOR) with a very different mandate: to deter hostilities, stabilise the peace and to contribute to a secure environment. In November 2004 the SFOR mission ended and transformed into NATO HQ Sarajevo with a much smaller presence but with a mandate that was specifically focused on the Defense Reform, an essential prerequisite for integration into European and international institutions, and a key element of national security. Part of the NATO HQ Sarajevo was to assist Defence Reform in BiH and its integration into Euro-Atlantic structures.
In August 2005, the Republika Srpska's National Assembly agreed to the formation of a unified plan for the armed forces, as well as the establishment of the unified Ministry of Defense of Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of a wide range of reforms in the defense sector of the country. In December 2005 in Sarajevo, under the auspice of the international administration in BiH trilateral talks started on changing the country's constitution by strengthening the role and powers of the separated administrations.
The Armed Forces of BiH (AFBiH) are therefore a relative recent creation. They were formed in their current form in January 2006 from two (previously three) armies from the Bosnian War, and are organized into five brigades: three infantry Brigades, Tactical Support Brigade and Air Force & Anti-Air Defense Brigade. Infantry brigades foster identity and military heritage of the units of constituent peoples (Croats, Bosniaks and Serbs). During the war these were called Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH), Croatian Defence Council (HVO) and the Army of Serbian Republic (VRS). Later they became (respectively): 4th Infantry (named Guard) Brigade, 5th Infantry Brigade (named Ranger) and 6th Infantry Brigade (named Republika Srpska). Each regiment has a small, non-operational brigade command and corresponding personnel. Each of the infantry brigades have headquarters inside of their respective ethnicity territory. Operational Command is stationed in Sarajevo. These military units have their ethnic insignias (on the right hand they have the military patch of AFBiH, and on their left arm they have symbols of their people). Furthermore, all of the brigades are led by ethnically corresponding brigadier generals. These facts were concessions needed for creation of the unified Forces. Brigades consist of three active battalions each that are also separated along the ethnic lines of constituting nations.
All of this policies are directed towards, on one side, maintaining some of the autonomy of once-conflicting parties, fiercely proud of their history and legacy from war, and seem like a recipe for further division. On the other hand, acknowledging past differences and prerogatives could slowly build trust between the parties and in the future create a functioning, unified Armed Forces in the BiH legal framework. This idea is not problematic if all institutions, supported by the international community, respect the Constitution, international agreements and the Law of BiH.
One of the NATO HQ Sarajevo tasks is to ensure the military implementation of the Dayton Agreement and to provide support to the current EU mission in BiH. Implementation of Partnership for Peace programme is also one of their duties. Brigadier General Giselle M. Wilz, Commander and Senior Military Representative of the NATO Headquarters in Sarajevo, said in a statement before the parade that the inclusion of any part of AFBiH in the celebration of Republika Srpska Day would violate the Defense Law of Bosnia and Herzegovina and possibly Annex 1-A of Dayton Agreement. Article 5 of the Defense Law of Bosnia and Herzegovina clearly states that the AFBiH cannot be used for the political purposes or activities of political parties. Even though the command to include Republika Srpska brigade in the parade came through official institutions, the ongoing investigation will provide the answer in February whether the law was broken in the process.
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In 1982 Yamaha introduced the SG 3000 which had a number of new features, including the Spinex pickups. One other new component was the 'New Small-Mass Bridge'. This bridge is both smaller and lighter than its predecessor which was used on the SG and SA of this era.
Here's how Yamaha described this bridge:
State-of-the-art bridge design in the SBG 3000 results in an unconventionally compact, lightweight bridge that efficiently transmits the string vibrations to the body of the guitar, creating exceptionally live string response.
While exclusive to the SG 3000 at introduction, it was later used across the SG and SA lines.
I've compared a number of the two style bridges on both SG and SA models. I found that the small mass bridge is 0.6 ounces/17 grams lighter (2.6 vs 2.0 ounces / 73.7 vs 56.7 grams) than the older style bridge.
Here are some photos of the two versions.
Yamaha SG and SA Compact Small-Mass Bridge vs Large Bridge
The Compact Small-Mass Bridge was designed to be more responsive, but has less adjustment for intonation.


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BiographySalvatore Bruno has 20+ years' experience in systems development, consulting, and executive level leadership of information technology solutions for the defense contracting, telecommunications, and consulting industries. Mr. Bruno is a leading authority on the creation and use of metrics, development of organizational processes and procedures, process improvement and process automation.
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You'll have heard of Mamma Mia, the 2008 romcom movie pegged to the songs of Abba. In mid-March, Axmouth Children's Theatre is presenting a spoof called Mia's Mamma! Lots of Abba songs.
Do come along, it'll be a great family outing. 16/17th March in the Village Hall. More in the poster below.


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Dissertation Index
Author: Thibodeau, Michael A
Title: Performance Approach in the Recorded History of Alban Berg\'s Piano Sonata, Op. 1
Institution: University of Toronto
Begun: April 2013
Completed: December 2017
Growing discomfort with musicology's ease in viewing the score as synonymous with act has propelled recent work in performance studies. Preoccupation with urtexts has encouraged the singularity of composer's intent while discouraging inquiry into the mosaic of interpretative approach where performance practice and musicality can be essayed. Research into recordings that reveals performers' agencies allows problematic assignment of composer's intent to be eroded, demystifies artists' aesthetics, underscores the plurality of musical approach, and details the systems used to bring the score into sound. My thesis considers the recording history of Alban Berg's Piano Sonata, Op. 1. Chapter 1 examines fifteen performers' approach to the first twelve measures, enabling their categorization according to temporal shape, structural articulation, and score fidelity. Descriptive analysis was joined with empirical data on rubato, facilitated by the application Sonic Visualiser. The resulting classifications reveal performance practice, tradition, and aesthetic. Chapter 2 investigates Glenn Gould's longtime relationship with the work. Timing, manual asynchrony, and temporal shape are discussed in his eight performances encapsulated on various media; and Gould's changing aesthetic through three separate decades is analyzed. Chapter 3 explores the intersection of music theory and performance. Music theorists' motivic, harmonic, and formal analyses are reviewed and juxtaposed against performers' articulation of motivic and formal structure. The results demonstrate that performers' and theorists' segmentation of themes and form often align, with divergences encouraging further points of discussion. My thesis reveals that performing is itself a practice, in constant flux and governed by interpretative methodologies resulting in deviation from the literal execution of the score. If practice evolves, so too must the pieces these systems realize. That works are not fixed entities emphasizes the social construction of musical taste. Ultimately, it is hoped that this research will undermine problematic assignment of composer's intent and assist in the ontology of practice and musicality.
Keywords: Alban Berg, Glenn Gould, Performance Studies, Performance Theory, Recordings, Second Viennese School, Sonic Visualiser
1. Performance Methodology Demonstrated in Fifteen Recordings of Alban Berg\'s Piano Sonata
2. Changing Aesthetic in Glenn Gould\'s Recordings of Alban Berg\'s Piano Sonata between 1952 and 1974
3. The Intersection of Performance and Analysis as Evidenced in Alban Berg\'s Piano Sonata
4. Anticipating Further Research and Conclusion


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Reducing Plastic Waste: February 2010 Collection Results
6.9oz Plastic Waste [5 oz new/1.9 oz acquired prior to June 2007]
For some reason, February felt like a very, very long month. Gray drizzly days. And we don't even get snow here.
Welcome to those who are discovering this blog after watching the segment on ABC7 morning news today. Every month I collect and tally my plastic waste to see how far I've come and what still needs to be done. As I mentioned in my post "8 Reasons Why Personal Changes Matter," it's only after looking at our own waste and trying very hard to find alternatives that we can see clearly where the limits are and what companies we need to target or civil actions to engage in. So, here's February's tally:
Plastic purchased before June 15 2007 and used up in the last month (1.9 oz):
- 1 container Mexican chili powder plus sprinkle lid & cap. As I've mentioned before, as I use up spices, I replace them from the bulk jars at Whole Foods where I bring my own container.
- 4 dried up pens. I went through my pen holder and added the used up ones to my collection. These days, I mostly use pencils and a refillable fountain pen with cartridge converter that lets me refill from a bottle of ink.
- 1 piece of tape from picture I removed from wall.
- 2 blister packs from pkgs of buttons. I found these in my sewing supplies box while looking for a button for my new knitted iPod case. I have a huge bag of buttons. So big, I'll probably donate many of them to the East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse. I certainly will never sew enough to need all of them. Want some?
- 1 window from a box of candles. Still finding random plastic things in drawers.
- 1 plastic baggie. Also found in a drawer.
- Wrappers from 5 chewable Pepto Bismol tablets. Have had these things for years. I'm sure they must have expired by now. But they still work.
New plastic waste (5 oz):
- 1 BalanceIt bottle, cap, insert, & scoops. This is the supplement we add to our homemade cat food. We have reduced out cat food waste down to this one bottle every couple of months. Still, I have written to the company to request that they don't include brand new scoops in each bottle. Repeat users can just reuse the scoops we already have. Haven't heard back yet. Need to contact the company again it seems. See Less Impact Cats Eat Homemade Food for more information.
- 2 prescription bottles plus caps. Precription bottles are not refillable in California.
- 2 lenghs of packing tape. From a review copy of a book and a box of vegan chocolates. Mmmm…
- Foam insert from a bottle of vitamins. The bottle was glass. But there was a protective insert under the cap.
- 2 doses of Frontline flea treatment. This stuff is the bane of my existence. It's totally toxic, I'm sure. But nothing else we have tried works. And our cats don't even go outside! They are picking up fleas we bring into the house despite our non-negotiable no shoes rule. If we weren't renters, I would rip up the wall-to-wall carpet in a second.
- Key card from Disneyland hotel. I should have included this card in my tally last year when my boss took us to Disneyland. And hotels should collect the cards and reuse them!
- Expired SF Film Society membership card. I have not renewed. Rarely have time for movies these days.
- Plastic juror badge. I intended to return this badge to the court for reuse at the end of my jury service. However, the night before my second day of service, the clerk called to say I wasn't needed. So now I'm stuck with this plastic badge. Should have left it at the court house after the first day. I knew they wouldn't want me after finding out I'm a green blogger. It was an asbestos case, of all things!
- 8 plastic envelope windows. Insurance company, financial company, Kaiser Permanente, one tax-related form, and a notice from GE about my dishwasher. Learn more about plastic window envelopes here.


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Bee in my Bonnet to make them. They should be handy for laying out block bits while I am sewing them together.
Today I am home all day! I am hoping to work on some more circles, and then finish a triangle or two for Dear Jane. Tonight during Downton Abbey, I am going to pull out my little blue Dear Jane and work on finishing up the border. It really is SO close. I think I am down to the last side now.


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Educational System in Russia
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Russia has a long-standing tradition in high-quality education for all citizens. It probably has one of the best mass-education systems in the world, producing a literacy rate of 98% (higher than most Western European countries).
In 2014 the Pearson Intelligence Unit rated Russia's education as the 8th-best in Europe and the 13th-best in the world.
Russia's educational attainment was rated as the 21st-highest in the world, and the students' cognitive skills as the 9th-highest.
Starting from the 1st century Russian princes were opening colleges at their courts which were the prototype of fist schools in Russia.
Some educational aspects were adopted from Western countries, especially from Greece.
During the ruling of one of the greatest tsars of Russia- Peter the Great, the first university which was called a Slavic-Greek-Latin Academy was opened. (1687)
After that meaningful event other branches of educational system in the Russian Empire were modified and refined.
By the year 1918 Russia was the first country in the world to make higher education free and by that time already Russia has total of 42 Nobel Prize winners.
The number of universities which operate in the country is one of the main indicates of an overall success of an educational system. On this slide you can see the development tendency of higher education establishments (1899- 56 universities; 1917- 150 universities; 1981- 494 universities; 2016- 896 universities).
Talking about the current situation, this year 28 universities take more than 140 positions in QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) rankings by subject and faculty and 27 Russian universities can be found among the world's best in Times Higher Education Rankings.
Russian educational system consists of 4 core levels:
Pre-school education (kindergartens from 2 months till the age of 7) when children are taught basic skills so that by the age of 7 they have developed hand motor skills and are able to read, to solve simple issues.
General education (6-7 to 17-18) is obligatory. The Constitution of the Russian Federation guarantees accessibility and free basic General education in state or municipal educational institutions to every child.
Higher education is provided by public and non-public accredited higher education institutions and is aimed to bring up a population of highly qualified personnel in all major areas of socially useful activities. Russian citizens are guaranteed the right to free higher education on a competitive basis.
Supplementary education is a type of education aimed at satisfaction of educational needs of a person in intellectual, spiritual, moral, physical and professional development. This stage of education includes sports, art and music schools. This level of education is optional.
General education
Today I would like to take a closer look at general education stage in Russia. In total, general education takes 11 years to complete and comprises three stages:
primary education, which lasts for 4 years (7-11 years);
basic general education lasting for 5 years (12-17 years);
secondary education which lasts for 2 years (17-18 years). The academic year lasts from Sept 1 to May. It is comprised of 4 terms with vacations in between; 1 week in November, 2 weeks in January, 1 week in March and long summer vacations from July 1st to Aug 31. The exams take place in June.
The school day normally starts at 8-30 a.m. and finishes at 3 or 4 in the afternoon. Students generally attend class 6 days a week.
A typical lasts 45 minutes with a 15 minute break in between. In primary school students have 4 classes a day. This increases 6 or 7 at a high school.
A normal class consists of 20-30 students. In primary school, pupils have one teacher for all the subjects taught.
Students are normally graded on a scale from 2 - 5, with 5 being the top grade. Each student has his or her "diary"; a personal book of academic achievements in which teachers record the given grades.
Is the first stage of General education for children which covers 1-4 school years. Getting primary education, children acquire the first knowledge about the world, skills in communication and solving applied problems.
The following subjects are compulsory in primary schools at the Federal level: The Russian language, literary reading, the English language, Mathematics, Science, Fine art, Music, Physical education, Basics of religious cultures.
The next educational stage is basic general education which covers grades 5 to 9. It is compulsory and accessible for every student. BGE is aimed at the formation of moral beliefs, aesthetic taste and healthy lifestyle, high culture of communication, mastering the basics of science, Russian language, skills of mental and physical labor, the development of aptitudes, interests, the ability to social self-determination
After completing primary and basic general education, the students participate in final examinations. They are awarded a Certificate of Basic General Education, which entitles the student to be admitted to secondary general education.
Students that have successfully completed final exams at a previous stage progress to secondary school which covers grades 10 and 11 of school.
The main purpose of final educational level is to prepare graduates for passing the State examinations, after which they will be awarded a Certificate of Secondary General Education. This school leaving certificate will allow students to continue to higher education. State examinations usually include 2 compulsory subjects which are the Russian language and Mathematics (either basic or advanced) and a number of additional subjects which vary according to the student's choice of a university, qualification and a course.
So far the final examination result is to be the only indicator of students' scholastic progress which determines
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NOTE: Before I start yammering about yarn — make sure you make it to the end of this post for a special offer in honor of today being Fringe Supply Co.'s fifth anniversary!
Had I not gone to Rhinebeck, I might have made it through the latter half of the year without acquiring any new yarn at all. But I'm not sorry these guys slipped into the house as a result—
TOP: On our last morning in the Hudson Valley, we had brunch in Kingston with a bunch of knitters, one of whom was Rachel Atkinson, a revered tech editor who started her small-batch yarn company, Daughter of a Shepherd, a couple years ago. I'd met her once before, and just briefly, but it was clear she's one of those effortlessly warm and lovely people. That morning, she was dressed all in black, sitting at this weathered wood table, with a cup of milky latté in a white porcelain cup and saucer, knitting cables from the most perfect ball of undyed wool. Which was her woolen-spun Portland, aran-weight. Basically my ideal yarn. Rachel has beautiful hands and the whole scene was like a Vermeer painting. Had it not been unseemly, I'd have sat and stared unapologetically for the duration of breakfast, but I managed to restrain myself to only about half of it. When I got home, she very sweetly sent me two balls. They'd make for a cable beautiful hat, as she was demonstrating, but of course I'm fantasizing about a nice vintage fisherman cardigan. We'll see.
BOTTOM LEFT: Among my housemates for the weekend were my good friends Kate and Courtney of Kelbourne Woolens. K&C are yarn savants, and I'm beyond thrilled that they're launching their own! Starting (in a few weeks) with a luscious wool-mohair blend called Andorra. I'm totally fascinated by it as I've nothing like it in my stash, and the palette is also not quite like anything else out there. They sent me home with one skein of this beautiful spearmint green, and I can't wait for its fate to reveal itself to me.
BOTTOM RIGHT: The third one is a sweater quantity (which I mentioned in my recap but need to document here in what has effectively become my yarn queue). While I was stationed in the Harrisville booth that Saturday morning, I was right next to their big basket of the special colorway they'd made up just for the show, and I couldn't resist buying a sweater's worth. It's a dyed-in-the-wool, worsted-weight tweed, in classic Harrisville fashion. From a distance, it looks like a simple denim-y blue. But when you look close, it's a fairly equal mix of blue, green and purple, with flecks of red. It's fascinating. And its fate is also still a bit of a mystery.
NOT PICTURED: There was also one more gift skein in my suitcase, which was from Junegrass Batch Two. As you know, I bought a sweater quantity of the first batch last year, which I hadn't done anything with yet at that time (but since have!), meaning I was not allowed to buy any of batch two. So my eyes lit up when Amber handed me a skein. More on what's going on with my SQ of J1 later this week.
1. Today marks 5 years since I launched the tiny online pop-up that has grown into the bustling little business called Fringe Supply Co. Five years of reading each order and saying "Thank you, Kim." "Thank you, Sarah." "Thank you …" as if you were standing right across the counter. I'll never stop being grateful for every single order.
2. To celebrate, a gift from us to you:
Starting from 12:01 PT this morning, the first 50 domestic orders of $50 or more* will include a free Fringe canvas tool pouch ($24 value). No code needed! If your order qualifies, the pouch will be added to your package. WHOA, that was fast! As of 7:20 PT, all 50 of the giveaways have already been claimed, so for the rest of the day, it's 25% off the canvas tool pouch for everyone (worldwide)! Add the pouch to your cart and use code HAPPY5TH at checkout to receive the discount. Thank you SO MUCH, everyone — you guys blow me away!
3. At long last, the Fringe notebook I've always wanted is finally available today! In two sizes and three colors; grid-ruled, brass coil bound, bookcloth covered, thick recycled paper. In a word, fabulous.
*Based on merchandise subtotal, before shipping. Not applicable to past orders or redeemable for cash. Due to customs considerations, offer available to US shipping addresses only.
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The trail is accessed via Tunnel Road, in a congested but tidy neighborhood in the hills above Santa Barbara. Parking is available on the street, but be sure to keep your tires inside the painted white lines or risk being ticketed or towed. The local constabulary are very serious about this rule to preserve emergency access to the neighborhood.
Once you've parked and made the short walk up the hill to the gate at the end of Tunnel Road, you'll need to hike another 1/2 mile on a gentle incline to the trailhead. From here, there are 2 routes to the falls: take a small, sun-exposed trail on the creek's north side of the creek, then drop down for the final approach; or, walk straight up the shaded creek, sloshing and rock-hopping if the water is flowing, or just rock-hopping if it is not. The falls feature seven connecting pools for swimming and splashing. You'll know you've reached the end because the imposing solid stone monolith rising at the back of the falls would require some serious rapelling to overcome.
Snakes, salamanders and many species of birds live near the trail, and you're likely to hear the scurrying of small mammals. The trees overhanging the creek and wildflowers growing out of the rock are delightful companions on your hike as well.
While this hike is a challenging one, it's short and the rewards are sweet for you and your loyal pup.
Rattlesnakes live in the area around this trail and they may make an appearance. Give them lots of room, and don't poke or approach them. Poison oak is also a resident here. Wearing long pants helps. Some sections of the trail have sudden drop-offs to the creek bed below so be sure to keep Fido securely in hand.


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Human Trafficking, Motivational Speaker, Resilience, and Mental Health | #17 Rhonelle Bruder
In this episode we get to learn more about Rhonelle's amazing journey and about her big plans to help change how people think about human trafficking. She is an inspiring human being who's contributing to the well-being of millions of people world wide who'm are impacted by human trafficking .
Watch one of her recent videos
More about Rhonelle
Rhonelle is an internationally recognized speaker, advocate, writer, and consultant. Rhonelle engages audiences around the world speaking about resilience, human rights, and mental health. Rhonelle is recognized for her leadership in raising awareness of human trafficking and advocating for the rights of survivors, and has been featured on CBC, Global News, The Agenda, Flare Magazine, The Toronto Star and more.
In this episode I get the honour of welcoming the amazing Rhonelle Bruder. She's aTEDx speaker, advocate, consultant, and founder of RISE Initiative; a platform for survivors of trauma and adversity to empower and inspire each other. A survivor of human trafficking, Rhonelle has shared her story of overcoming adversity and resilience to global audiences and uses her voice to advocate for raising awareness of human trafficking and for the rights of survivors.
Rhonelle holds a Master of Science in Health Informatics from the University of Victoria and an Honours Bachelor of Science in Health Services Administration from New York City College of Technology and has over eight years experience working in research and project management.
Additionally, Rhonelle provides consultancy to corporations, NGO's, government agencies, non-profits, and advisory committees. Her expertise includes the design and implementation of culturally relevant, evidence-based and trauma-informed services for women, youth and those from diverse and racialized backgrounds; specifically, regarding human trafficking, social equity, and mental health.
Most recently Rhonelle has contributed to a review of human trafficking in Canada for the United Nations Inter Press Service and participated in a roundtable discussion on empowerment and entrepreneurship with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Check her out here – https://rhonellebruder.com/


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With the news out of Florida that a federal judge has ruled the felon disenfranchisement system in Florida unconstitutional, you may be wondering how your state handles restoring voting rights to this segment of the population, and if there is anything you can do to help.
You can catch up on the news and the read the judge's full decision here.
The Brennan Center for Justice has this terrific map of the current state of criminal disenfranchisement laws across the U.S. It is an interactive map, and you can click on your state to get more detailed info.
The fights to restore these rights happen on at least two fronts: through the courts and through the legislatures. If the fight in your state is going through the courts, you can support the organizations who are suing. For example, in the state of Washington the Brennan Center and the ACLU are leading the charge and could use your support.
You may find, though, that there is proposed legislation in your state to restore rights to people with convictions after the completion of their sentence. Again, the Brennan Center is a good starting point. You can look up specific legislation in your state by going to Open States and clicking on "Search Upcoming Legislation."
Armed with that information, contact your local state representatives (get their contact info here) and 1) ask them if they have an update on the status of that legislation, and 2) tell them how you'd like them to vote on that legislation.
If this is an important issue for you, I encourage you to check out The Sentencing Project.
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Used in many environments for purposes such as containing materials, crowd control, and safety, our plastic safety barrier fence is great for temporary fencing.
These lightweight and durable barrier fences are removable, reusable, simple to setup and easy to store.
Made from HDPE material, UV resistance and weather proof, this low cost fencing option comes is high visibility orange and various lengths.
Approx Hole Size will vary: 3.75" to 4"W x 1.6" to 2"H
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2013 Top 40 Restaurants in the U.S. " Mélisse
Josiah Citrin
Santa Monica, CA
Josiah Citrin's elegant Mélisse may be the city's top spot for contemporary French cuisine. The California-born chef's classical Parisian training melds gracefully with his continual pursuit of unique seasonal ingredients at the Santa Monica farmers market. The results are reflected in artful dishes that eschew pretentiousness and highlight the synergy of a locavore aesthetic.
Read GAYOT.com's restaurant review of Mélisse
Check out our exclusive video interview with chef Josiah Citrin about his first cookbook, In Pursuit of Excellence
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With GAYOT's lists of the Best Vegetarian-Friendly Restaurants, you can discover where to find the best meatless meals.