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Paloma: Patron Saint of the Dogs
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Malinalco, Mexico
Paloma mounts her scooter, starts it and eases down the first few yards of the street. She has not even ridden a block when a stray dog approaches her, wagging its tail. It has recognized her. She pats it without dismounting, and after making sure the dog is far enough off the street, she speeds up a little and keeps on riding.
Scenes like this are pretty common in Paloma's everyday life. This 50-year-old woman first came to Malinalco more than 25 years ago, attracted by the peace of what the Mexican government has officially designated a "magic town." She was drawn not only by Malinalco's famous archaeological site, but also by the great number of stray or mistreated dogs in the municipality.
"If there's a guy smacking a child in the street, everyone would stop and say 'Hey, what's your problem?,' but not with dogs," she says. "They are the most vulnerable. Cats and horses too. But I can't fight against the whole world. Horses are not so mistreated since they are useful for work."
Paloma wears a t-shirt, sweatpants and sneakers. Her short, curly, graying hair is tied by a headband. She has small, dark brown eyes flanked by wrinkles. She frowns and raises her voice when she talks about animal abuse. She's determined to change this situation. Ever since she moved to Malinalco she's become the voice of animals, promoting better conditions for them.
Paloma rumbles into the office of David Salinas, the veterinarian in charge of the health jurisdiction for the Public Health Program in Tenancingo, which includes Malinalco in the program. She's come to collect drugs for a sterilization campaign Paloma organized.
"I would like to have a Paloma in every municipality since the most important thing is looking after animals," Dr. Salinas says. "She convinces people to participate and she gets drugs. If there are no donations, she buys them herself. Every three years, there is a new administration and she makes it possible to enact new campaigns, though she sometimes pays for them herself."
Celia, Paloma's friend for 28 years, says she is a very passionate woman, with a great love for animals, especially dogs. "She gives everything for them. She has earned people's respect," Celia says. "People come to her as if she were the veterinarian."
When Paloma gets home, she opens the gate that divides the entrance and her backyard. Immediately ten dogs surround her, jumping and barking, trying to get her attention. Thirty other dogs run and jump throughout the playground. Another 15 are inside the house, in the backyard or on the roof terrace. Almost all were once ill, mistreated or malnourished, rescued from the streets, from abandonment or from houses where they were not taken care of. All of them are now sterilized, vaccinated, dewormed and ready to be placed in a home.
"Last month five of them were given up for adoption," Paloma says with a smile. She says her priority is respect for dogs and to make people aware of the importance of sterilizations and human treatment. What she aims for is "responsible owners who look after their dogs and treat them well, not just because their child wanted to have them."
A puppy jumps towards Paloma's legs, and she pretends to stare at him harshly. Some seconds later she smiles, takes him by his front paws and lifts him gently. As she carries him, the dog doesn't stop wagging his tail and she lets him lick her cheek a few times. As she puts him down, another one approaches and she also lifts him with laughter. When she wants to tell a dog off, she raises her voice and calls the animal by its name. She never hits them.
In every room of her house, a two-floor building surrounded by plants, there's fur on the floor, stuck to the fabric and floating in the air. The dogs go in and outside the house freely. Although Paloma keeps her house clean, the smell of dogs is everywhere.
Vodka, Tomasina, Kobaltsky, Mapi, Coyote, Ratón, Jack, Scar, Bambi, Jajalpa, Riguel and Ania – these are some of the 55 names that Paloma knows by heart. She also knows the story behind every single dog. "The first dog I rescued was Pinolillo. He's still alive. His mom was beaten up and I had to put her down since she was completely blind. He was on his own in a field, and I used to give him food. He had been beaten up too and had a broken hind leg. The bone was sticking out because of the violence he had suffered. We had to cut his leg off."
Nowadays Pinolillo and three other dogs, Palomita, Bruno and Meca, live in a plot of land that a friend of Paloma's is trying to sell in order to preserve it and also, Paloma says, because they are too territorial and can't reside peacefully with the rest of the dogs at home.
"We don't have enough money to take care of so many dogs, but we do have the dogs," says Roberto, her partner. He comments that most chats with Paloma are related to dogs: whether one is ill, arguments about the lack of resources to feed them and vaccinate them all, and that debts they have accumulated. "Living with her is insane!"
Fernanda, their daughter is also drawn in , "My dad, just like me, has told her to limit herself. But she can't come across a mistreated dog and do nothing."
At least once, Paloma has second-guessed her role in this cause. Once when her daughter Fernanda was five, the family was driving on the highway and Paloma and her husband caught a glimpse of a dog lying in the middle of the road.
The dog was at risk of being hit by a car, Paloma says, "and we thought 'we can't just leave her lying there.'" Paloma and Roberto got out of the car just after telling their daughter to stay inside while they rescued the dog. They watched for approaching trucks and warned each other about the speed of cars. Paloma worried the dog might run away while Roberto tried to tighten the leash. They caught the animal.
Suddenly, Fernanda appeared beside her mother in the busy road asking her if they had succeeded. Paloma smiles with resignation as she recalls the scene. "My husband and I looked at each other and shouted 'Idiots!' We could have traded our daughter's life for a dog's! It was a hard blow."
Still Paloma wasn't deterred because, she says, "the gratitude you're given by a dog is incredible. They would sacrifice their life for you, something that the two-legged ones rarely do."
"Besides feeding the dogs here, she walks down the street with her bag of kibbles and feeds all the dogs she bumps into," Roberto says.
For Paloma, there is always a way. "I spend more than I earn. But I've never run out of money," she says. "When I'm about to, there's always someone, an angel, and they tell me 'Take this, it's for the dogs." She works as a fumigator and during the weekends she sells jewelry in order to earn 280 pesos, the price of the cheapest 25-kilo sack of kibbles, enough for one day. Despite this, Roberto says that the dogs have never gone without food.
"A friend of mine helps me by posting info on Facebook about sterilizations. Some send e-mails asking for donations. One's got a magazine that has shown what we do. There are lots of people involved. They all help by doing little things," Paloma says. "Most of my friends like dogs and help in some way. If someone tells me 'I don't like dogs,' I don't care about that person. We don't have a lot in common."
Paloma and her family feel they are making a difference. "Little by little people are becoming aware that adopting and sterilizing is better than buying," Fernanda says. According to Roberto, "There are still dogs in the street, but not so many and not in such bad conditions."
When Paloma comes home from work, she spends more time with the dogs than going out. "This is what I like the most, being with them. They are always with you. That's why they are known as man's best friend."
"I'll keep on doing this. I'll keep on working so there will be more sterilization campaigns and people will be more aware. I want Malinalco to be an example of a possible solution, of something larger."


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- Sudden loss in family or home, let it be by nature's doing or otherwise.
- The delivery of said image(s) shall be given once final payment accepted and transferred.
- Depending on the medium, said delivery:
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- If Traditional – original image(s) will be shipped out to said client, along with original sketch(s) – tracking will be cost a couple dollars extra.
Should shipment be delayed for reasons which the artist is not responsible, the risks shall fall on the client.
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- In an event of cancellation, the original file(s) and image(s) will be kept by the artist in question. A penalty for cancellation is 15% of the contact price.
I accept payment through Paypal. After the thumbnailing and sketching progress, I'll request the payment. After the payment, I'll finish the commission.
Under a bigger projects, payments can and will be negotiated.
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Done Traditionally with either Fine Liners or Quill Pens.
600DPI file will be sent via email. Physical artwork can be mailed if requested.
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Linework done Traditionally with either Fine Liners or Quil Pens
Coloured and shaded in CLIPSTUDIOPAINT PRO or GIMP.
600DPI file will be sent via email. Physical line-work can be mailed if requested.
Full Colour; Traditional:
$40 to $50 USD Dollars, depending on amount of characters and amount of detail.
Linework done Traditionally with either Fine Liners or Quil Pens
Coloured and shaded with Copic/Alcohol Markers, or Ink Washes.
600DPI file will be sent via email. Physical line-work can be mailed if requested.
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Belmore Falls-Robertson
I had wanted to see Crookwell in particular, so put that as an add on for the trip. Initially the route took us to Goulburn. The countryside from Goulburn to Crookwell was beautiful and green with lovely rolling hills and odd rock outcrops. Crookwell itself is only small, but with wide streets, tidy, and picturesque. There is a park in the town with the cleanest toilets we have ever seen and the park has a dedication to the inventor of the Rotary Hoe, Arthur Clifford Howard who was born in the town.
Now the GPS played the first of a number of tricks and sent us S.W. on the Grabben Gullen Road (Grabben Gullen hamlet simply couldn't be called anything else!) to the Hume Highway and the town of Yass, before turning us north on the B81 to Cowra via Boorowa on the Lachlan Valley Way. There was a number of shorter routes, but Tom Tom was given its head. The road was good and again the scenery was easy on the eye with many sheep and some winter crops to add to the landscape.
From Cowra through Canowindra to Molong where our trusty GPS once again decided to depart from what would normally be called a common sense route. It diverted us onto the Obley Road. An almost empty not overly wide back road via the Toronga Western Plains Zoo meeting the Newell Highway just outside Dubbo.
Dubbo is a big country town and we thought it would be a good place to stop...but GPS did it again leading us around Dubbo, bypassing 99% of Motels and short cut us to finally meet up with the A39 Newell Highway again well out of town. So OK we might find a place on the way to Gilgandra.....except we were diverted again onto the Mendooran Road that hits the Newell/Oxley Highway just out of Coonabarabran. This last stretch in the dark on empty road with long straights and through Goonoo State Forest dodging roo's and wombats.
By this time we are tired and went into the first motel we saw, which happened to be the Wagon Wheel Motel and what a good choice it was. A$78 a double which was clean, comfortable and friendly.
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Siding Spring
The GPS behaved itself and kept us on the Newell Highway through the real sheep wheat country of Narrabri (had excellent fish and chips) and Moree toward cotton country near Goondiwindi, where we started to lose the light and had to complete the trip to Brisbane via Toowoomba in the dark. The only notable thing is the dreadful road down the range at Toowoomba and equally dreadful, never to be finished it seems, road all the way to Brisbane. Its a nightmare and one hopes one day will be fixed properly and for good.


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Congratulations, folks. You have achieved the miraculous.
Despite the promises from the right of our nation's impending doom — to say nothing of the deaths of our elders — the U.S. has survived an entire year of Obamacare.
It doesn't seem like a whole year ago that the extremists on our nation's right and left whipped themselves into frenzies, telling us — depending on which side was talking — that the poor would die in the streets without the healthcare law — or that the government would soon come for your savings and possibly your grandmother.
Well here we are a year into this thing and, as far as I know, no one has been summoned to appear before the ballyhooed death panels. Nor has the nation fallen into bankruptcy because of this law.
Our balance sheet isn't the healthiest it's ever been, but that has little to do with the healthcare law.
Instead, we can track most of those problems to our ongoing military actions half a world away and still with no end in sight.
It might be nice on this anniversary (actually the anniversary passed earlier this week, but today is the closest I could get with my column) of the healthcare law's passage. We could look back at some of the lessons that someone given to self-reflection and open-mindedness might have learned from the rhetoric surrounding the bill and some of the events that have actually come to pass.
Some of the alarmist rhetoric appears laughable now that we have a year of actual history to compare with the death-panel lies and so forth meant to frighten America away from reform.
No, the nation has not become a socialist Eden. In fact, precious little seems to have changed.
That is an argument against the worst-case scenarios pushed by the right. It is also an argument against the utopian visions pushed by the left.
My guess is that within a few years, we will have gotten so comfortable with the whole healthcare law that politicians of all stripes will use efforts to change it to scare their constituents much like they have spinelessly used efforts to reform Medicare and Medicaid.
But we're not there yet. Part of the reason is the endless loop of hate radio — and its equal and opposite reaction. The Limbaughs, Becks, Hannitys, along with the Stewarts and Maddows and Matthews, continue to scare up all the resistance they can to anything Obama proposes.
And their minions in our midst dutifully pass on their talking points, apparently without examining them for consistency.
We end up with people who recently posted scathing comments about President Obama not doing enough to aid the situations in Egypt and Libya. What do you know? Once Obama OK'd America's missile attacks on Libya to protect the Libyans from their own regime, some of those same perpetual operatives started attacking him for taking action.
Hypocrisy is nothing new. And no one will collapse into a fit of vapors at the revelation that political partisans tend to see every issue through their own distorted visions.
We have people who blindly supported Bush's two wars suddenly worried about the nation overstepping its international bounds.
On the other side, people who bitterly opposed our nation's military mission against Iraq have been virtually silent as we have entered a third entanglement abroad.
My question is this: Doesn't it get tiresome thinking about the Democratic or Republican implications of everything? Can't anything be right or wrong on its own merits without regard for which side proposes or opposes it?
Perhaps the intellectual curiosity and investigation required of those who want to decide for themselves is too much for the folks who would rather parrot their demagogues.
Perhaps their level of trust is so great that it requires no further thought. Just tell me what to think, Mr. Limbaugh or Ms. Pelosi.
Or, most frighteningly, perhaps our political discourse has simply reached the lowest common denominator. Every argument must be made in the most basic, shrill, partisan terms possible.
Not only does that reinforce the beliefs of supporters on each side, it also makes the hard work of compromise and progress far less likely.
Happy anniversary.
Editorial Page Editor Michael Gorman can be reached at 448-7612 or by e-mail at email@example.com.
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Tonight's Gramophone classical music awards have handed out their top prize to Riccardo Chailly and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig for their Brahms Symphony Cycle, released on Decca.
Chailly and his orchestra were in London last autumn to perform the cycle at the Barbican, where the conductor's fresh approach to Brahms was hailed by the Guardian's Andrew Clements as "both mindful of the performing traditions and critical of them in the best, most constructive way".
Gramophone magazine's editor-in-chief James Jolly said the recording, which also won in the orchestral category, "epitomises classical music's way of reinventing itself and staying relevant to every generation."
Violinist Leonidas Kavakos, whose recording of Brahms's Violin Concerto – also with Chailly and the Gewandhaus – earned a five-star review in this paper, was voted artist of the year by an international public vote. The Greek musician won his first – and last – Gramophone award 23 years ago, at the very beginning of his solo career. The award, said Jolly, honours a musician in his prime.
Two of classical music's greatest and best-known performers from earlier generations were also honoured in the evening's ceremony. Conductor Neville Marriner was presented with an outstanding achievement award in his 90th year, and Northern Irish flautist James Galway, now 74, was honoured with the lifetime achievement award. Galway's recordings have sold over 30m copies worldwide; Annie's Song reached No 3 in the UK pop charts in 1978, and made him a crossover star. If his public profile is lower-key these days, he continues to perform around the world and campaign for music education. "He put the flute on the musical map in modern times … He is a true classical music superstar … his role in music education is powerful and heartfelt," said Jolly, paying tribute to the Belfast-born musician.
A popular winner in the baroque instrumental category was British-based harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani, for his anniversary tribute to CPE Bach. His recording of JS Bach's second son's Württemberg Sonatas "wonderfully convey the sense of the younger Bach flexing his muscles in the new musical language that he was involved in creating," wrote Andrew Clements. CPE Bach made a second appearance in the baroque vocal category, where Hans-Christoph Rademann's recording of his Magnificat won top prize. The judges hailed the "fresh, athletic choral singing, playing of crackling, fizzing energy and excellent choral work".
The contemporary award went to George Benjamin's acclaimed opera Written on Skin – its second major gong this year following the RPS award for large-scale composition. Other awards went to British countertenor Iestyn Davies for Arise My muse on the Wigmore Live label, and John Butt and the Dunedin Consort for their radical reconstruction of the first performance of Mozart's Requiem.
Full details of the winners at Gramophone.co.uk


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The importance of the subcontractor code of conduct/
Working with subcontractors is an important part of the everyday work that JCW Energy Services does - so we needed a way to ensure we all work together in the most efficient way possible. That is why we have put together the JCW Subcontractor Code of Conduct. Read on to discover why this key document helps us foster better relationships and ensure excellent communication for all.
Legal compliance
It's entirely possible to be compliant with all the relevant health and safety legislation without a formal code of conduct, but it's usually the most efficient way to ensure laws are complied with. Using a code of conduct ensures everyone has read and understood the relevant procedures and legislation. It also assures that both property and people are kept safe.
Being a 'Safe Contractor' requires more than just a piece of paper
Everyone in the industry is familiar with what being a 'Safe Contractor' means, but just having the certification isn't enough - our online portal allows complete transparency with certification, allowing all interested parties instant access to relevant documents. All Safe Contractors are required to sign up to our health and safety check as part of our subcontractors Code of Conduct. This ensures all necessary procedures are adhered to and potential risks and accidents are avoided as much as possible. A safer workforce is a happier one!
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Average men spend 7 hours a year doing this in the bathroom
Happy Friday! Here is today's 7:50 AM Nearly Impossible Question!
Question: The average man spends seven hours a year doing this in the bathroom...what is it?
The answer: Hiding
Congrats to Michelle from Bloomfield, she had the correct answer and wins a stay at Camelback Beach!


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Dear Friends of Shibui: Please join us on THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14TH from 5 pm to 8 pm for our UNDER 500 X-MAS SHOW AND SALE Opening Reception. We will be featuring artworks priced at $ 500 or less by 10 local artists. Light refreshments will be served. The show will run from December 14 until December 23. Gallery hours […]Find out more »


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Turning 26 like it"s 1926: Amanda Seyfried celebrates her birthday with a Twenties-style dress and super-sized cake
Amanda Seyfried channeled the 1920″s as she attended a party in New York earlier this week.
The Mean Girls actress showed her glamorous side as she partied with other guests in her vintage style dress.
Amanda was in The Big Apple to unveil the Cl de Peau Beaut's Spring 2012 Collection.
Speakeasy: Amanda Seyfried celebrates her birthday at The Norwood Club
The 26-year-old wore an Alberta Ferretti drop-waist design to the party on Tuesday night and was the centre of attention.
Her white sheer chiffon beaded dress stole the show and was matched with a pair of silver heels and a thin silver necklace.
Amanda, who turned 26 on Saturday, was also presented with a huge birthday cake at The Norwood Club.
Many happy returns: Amanda seemed overwhelmed by her large birthday cake
The In Time actress is set to play pornography star Linda Lovelace in her next movie and recently spoke about her preparations for the role.
She told ABCnews.com at the party: "It's going to be really hard and kind of terrifying at the same time."
She added: "I do have some liberties there but I am playing someone that existed in history and had quite an established reputation for something very extreme."
Make a wish: The Mean Girls actress blows out her candles on the huge cake
Troubled star Lindsay Lohan was originally slated to play Linda Lovelace but was reportedly sacked from the role after her ongoing law problems.
Linda Lovelace was an American pornographic actress who was most famous for her performance in the enormously successful 1972 hardcore porn film Deep Throat.
Amanda said of Lovelace: "She was such a different person than what we expect. It's a good story to tell, and I'm really, really excited about it."
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Alok Verma is being probed by Central Vigilance Commissioner in the corruption allegations against him.
New Delhi:
CBI Director Alok Verma on Friday met Central Vigilance Commissioner K V Chowdary in connection with an inquiry into corruption charges levelled against him by his deputy and special director in the probe agency Rakesh Asthana, officials said.
Mr Verma appeared before the panel headed by Mr Chowdary and comprising Vigilance Commissioners Sharad Kumar and T M Bhasin among others, they said, without citing any other details.
The Supreme Court had on October 26 asked the Central Vigilance Commission to complete within two weeks its inquiry into the allegations against Mr Verma.
Both Alok Verma and his deputy, Rakesh Asthana have been sent on leave by the government.
Mr Verma had also on Thursday met Mr Chowdary and Mr Kumar in connection with the inquiry.


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Position: The Special Events Manager handles all aspects of the Walk to Defeat ALS® program and is responsible for achieving budgeted annual revenue targets for walks, endurance events where applicable, and all other fundraising initiatives in their assigned region.
Location: Greater Orlando
Reports to: Director of Development or designee
Core Duties and Responsibilities:
Overall Planning – Required to participate in the development of a plan to implement the Walk to Defeat ALS® for the designated territory. The plan will include a timeline for each Walk "season." The timeline must include deadlines, such as securing permits, material ordering, mailing, sponsorship inclusion, and such. Identify and implement new Walk/endurance, and/or eventmarkets in the territory through lead analysis, recruitment of eventvolunteer groups and committees, and overall market potential.
Recruitment – Will serve as the point of contact for all forms of communication Walk committee chairs, volunteer leads, team captains, individual participants, corporate sponsors and community leaders.
Identify, recruit, cultivate and retain new and existing Community Partner Events, and/or other endurance events.
Create and implement the annual stewardship and acknowledgement plan for Community Partner Events, and/or other endurance events.
Manage a tracking system for Community Partner Events, and/or other endurance events for reporting progress
All "leads" are to be entered into the database and the online fundraising system for tracking, follow-up and development purposes.
Growth and Development: Focus is on growing Walk and fundraising teams, both new and existing Walk and/or other designated events, teams, team captains, individual walkers and Corporate Teams. Responsible, where applicable, for endurance and other fundraising events in designated territory. Responsible for recruiting and building strong committees and teams to secure maximum income growth.
Sponsorship – Network to identify, recruit and secure sponsorship income for Walk and/or other designated events. Conduct individual and corporate recruitment presentations to secure corporate teams and sponsorship dollars. Conduct individual and corporate presentations to secure corporate teams and sponsorship dollars.
Marketing and Communication – Will work in conjunction with the Director of Marketing and Communications to help execute all marketing communication efforts relating to local and community events in their respective territory. These communications can includetelevision and radio interviews, print communications and social media.
Project Management – Coordinate all aspects of implementing the Walk to Defeat ALS® program, and/or other designated events in the territory. Establish projected income goals, develop and implement plans and strategies for meeting income goals for each Walk and/or other designated events in the territory. Coordinate committee meetings and all related activities in the territory including, but not limited to kick off events 6 to 9 weeks prior to the Walk, endurance or all other events, including post event celebrations. Plan and execute annual awareness luncheon. Strategically identify corporations and local business with the intent to introduce ALS and the Florida Chapter to secure community support. Outreach to secure In-Kind donations.
Volunteer Management – Recruit leads to identify volunteers in your territory to ensure strong committees, Chairs, and event support. Will work in conjunction with the Chapter's Volunteer Coordinator to provide volunteers with clear, concise objectives, expectations, job descriptions and goals.
Financial Management – Required to operate within budgetary guidelines set. Work with Walk and all other event committees to create budgets for each event in assigned territory.
Reporting – Pull and prepare reports to collect and analyze data for reporting purposes. Reports are uses such as events, committee meetings and data for leadership. Prepare agendas, minutes, presentations, proposals and reports using MS Office software applications, specifically Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Publisher.
Other Duties as Assigned -
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Mandatory Requirements:
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by most people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and requirements.
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text: We as a church are participating in Operation Christmas Child again this year. This is an opportunity to pack a shoe box to give as a Christmas gift to a child in a developing country, and a great way to involve our children in the process of blessing another child. Operation Christmas Child enables us to partner with churches all over the world. If you would like to participate, shoe boxes will be available on the patio Sundays October 30th, November 6th and 13th. Boxes must be returned to the table no later than Sunday November 20th.


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Following 5 years in the Army, Zach moved to Australia with his partner and commenced his career in Real Estate. He purchased his first home when he was just 23 years old. He likes to renovate and work out. While at work, Zach has proven himself to have a great knowledge of property management and he loves to get out and complete inspections with clients.
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Assessment and comparison of the properties of biodiesel synthesized from three different types of wet microalgal biomass
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In recent years, microalgae-based carbon-neutral biofuels (i.e., biodiesel) have gained considerable interest due to high growth rate and higher lipid productivity of microalgae during the whole year, delivering continuous biomass production as compared to vegetable-based feedstocks. Therefore, biodiesel was synthesized from three different microalgal species, namely Tetraselmis sp. (Chlorophyta) and Nannochloropsis oculata and Phaeodactylum tricornutum (Heterokontophyta), and the fuel properties of the biodiesel were analytically determined, unlike most studies which rely on estimates based on the lipid profile of the microalgae. These include density, kinematic viscosity, total and free glycerol, and high heating value (HHV), while cetane number (CN) and cold filter plugging point (CFPP) were estimated based on the fatty acid methyl ester profile of the biodiesel samples instead of the lipid profile of the microalgae. Most biodiesel properties abide by the ASTM D6751 and the EN 14214 specifications, although none of the biodiesel samples met the minimum CN or the maximum content of polyunsaturated fatty acids with ≥4 double bonds as required by the EN 14214 reference value. On the other hand, bomb calorimetric experiments revealed that the heat of combustion of all samples was on the upper limit expected for biodiesel fuels, actually being close to that of petrodiesel. Post-production processing may overcome the aforementioned limitations, enabling the production of biodiesel with high HHV obtained from lipids present in these microalgae.
KeywordsMicroalgae Biodiesel properties Lipid extraction Transesterification Calorimetry
K.N.G. (SFRH/BPD/81882/2011) and H.P. (SFRH/BD/105541/2014) are, respectively, a post-doctoral researcher and a PhD student funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). The work was conducted under projects also funded by FCT and the Portuguese national budget (Projects PEst-OE/QUI/UI0100/2013, PEst-OE/QUI/UI0612/2013, PEst-C/MAR/LA0015/2013, and PEst-OE/EQB/LA0023/2013).
The authors would like to acknowledge the NECTON S.A., Portugal, for providing microalgal samples.
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Can we call a do-over for the election please? Seems like both sides settled for some seriously flawed nominees. Hillary was immensely qualified; but there was that pretty big e-mail thing; and yeah some other trust things. Also, try as she might; she didn't connect very well with all the frustrated folks in the so-called "rust belt" and elsewhere. Then of course you have Mr. Trump… who is… um… well… Mr. Trump.
All kinds of emotions played in my noggin during all of this; and none of them were very happy; especially when Bernie lost the primaries. I am, however, very grateful that both candidates assumed their new roles pretty gracefully and even humbly. Hillary gave a whopper of a concession speech; and Mr. Trump spoke more humbly than most of us have ever heard before. Whether our nation can heal effectively depends on what happens next; and I truly hope we can all pull together to make that happen.
Anybody listening? I truly hope we can all pull together. Lots of protesting in the streets these days by disillusioned citizens. While I agree with many of their sentiments, I can't help but ask, "where was youse kids before the election??"
So, enough about all that (for now). This is supposed to be another installment of "Happy Friday!!!" and I'm gonna try to make it something that will produce a smile or two. Therefore and to-wit (that's legal talk), I've decided to appoint myself King for a Day. Tomorrow, you can be King. Unless of course you'd rather be Queen; in which case you are probably much more powerful than a King because of all the cool moves you can make on the chess board. So the next day someone else can be in charge, and it will be a rotating kind of thing. Kings and Queens, Princes and Dukes; run around in circles till everyone pukes.
Now of course it's time to steal some lyrics from a Three Dog Night Song:
"If I was the King Of The World,
I'd tell you what I'd do.
I'd throw away the cars and the bars and the war
And make sweet love to you."
Perhaps I wouldn't make love to you; because I don't even know you. Besides, my Beautiful Girlfriend allowed me to be her lover for many years; and I don't want to mess that up you see. She's my One and Only. I don't care how much candy you have in your glove box or how much pickled herring you "accidentally" left in my fridge; my lovin's are reserved for my Honey Pie and nobody else. Get it? OK, cool. Yes, I'll give you hugs and love you unconditionally. Just not in a married kind of way. Am I making myself clear? Do you get where I'm coming from?? Do you know who this is?? Do you know who you're tawkin' to???
OooK… sorry I got sidetracked. Alright… make-a-believe I'm King of the World. First order of business: everybody has to be nice to each other. NOW!! Don't make me say this again!! Do I have to stop this car?? Do you want to go in the corner?? Whatsa matta wichyoo?? Anyhow??
Sheesh. Just be nice awreddy.
Second order of business: this home we call Earth is getting pretty doggoned dirty with human garbagey pollutiony thingies. Poisons! Broken stuff! Single use plastics!! Oy yoy yoy!! Time to clean up or no more play time!! You see these toys you like so much? Huh?? You wanna play with them ever again?? Well you better listen up and clean your room!! And yes, by your room, I mean Earth!!
That's a pretty big room…
Third order of business: BE NICE TO EACH OTHER!! Oh wait… I said that awreddy. Well I'm sorry… but youse kids have me all fired up here and now you got me tawkin' like I'm still livin' on Long Island.
Fourth (and last) (for today) (I think) order of business: keep a close eye on all these elected official Bozos (and Bozettes). Remember that silly statement, "government of the people, by the people, and for the people?" That means us… it's our responsibility to make things right. The people we voted for are merely representatives; and we need to keep them accountable. Sure that takes time and effort; but if we don't do that we're letting the foxes guard the henhouse.
Ooops!! One more order of business (then I'll let someone else be King) (or Queen): one of the strongest, most effective votes we have is how we spend our money. Buy locally, think globally. Pay attention to where your food comes from and how it was produced. Give the locals first chance at your dollars. We need to support each other!
Now is the time for the extra long sentence which I forgot to include in many previous "Happy Friday!!!" installments because I was either too cribbly boo or perhaps too forgetful to remember (oldtimer's disease?) that such sentences often bring joy to those who like to see grammar mangled into a small moldy piece of cheesecake in the bottom left corner of the refrigerator; which of course reminds me of the fact that although I know how to pretend to spout off orders as if I were King, I don't know anything; I never did know anything; but now I know I don't know anything. I used to think I knew lots of stuff; but that was before I got learnified via the pains of growing older and wider (<— not a spelling goof there) and realized that the more I learn the less I know.
Knowing that I don't really know much makes me wonder if I'm now qualified to run for office.
NO!! I just wanna be King!!


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Carnegie Mellon University digitizes 1.5mn books1 min read . Updated: 28 Nov 2007, 04:44 PM IST
Carnegie Mellon University digitizes 1.5mn books
Carnegie Mellon University digitizes 1.5mn books
Pittsburgh: Nearly a decade ago, computer scientists at the Carnegie Mellon University embarked on an astonishing project wherein they decided to digitize the published works of humankind and make them freely available online.
Architects of the Universal Library project said on 27November that they have surpassed their latest target, having scanned more than 1.5 million books, many of them in Chinese. At last count, they were still scanning thousands of books on a daily basis.
Online collections match size of University libraries
"Anyone who can get on the Internet now has access to a collection of books the size of a large university library," said Raj Reddy, who led the project and is a computer science and robotics professor at the university.
A huge part of the recent work in the Million Book Project has been carried out in India and China, helped by $3.5 million funding from the U.S National Science Foundation.
U.S, China and India have each contributed $10 million for the project, undertaken with partners at China's Zhejiang University, India's Indian Institute of Science and Egypt's Library at Alexandria.
At least half the books are out of copyright or scanned with the permission of copyright holders. Excerpts of copyright-protected works are available, though organizers expect complete texts to become available eventually.
Traditional books sit pretty on 'online shelves'
It is a step toward in the creation of an online library that would make traditionally published books available to all. The economic barriers to the distribution of knowledge are falling,said Reddy.
The library's mission includes making vast amounts of information freely available and preserving rare and decaying texts, among other things, said a professor and copyright lawyer of the University.
The library so far has books published in 20 languages, including 970,000 in Chinese, 360,000 in English, 50,000 in the southern Indian language of Telugu and 40,000 in Arabic.


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Wrestling With Gender/
Dear Dr. Darcy:
Hi. I'm a sixteen year old guy and I have absolutely no idea what the hell is going on with my body. In short, I want to be a girl. I'm always looking at my female friends with envy. Their chests are just what I want! I always look into Victoria Secret and wish that I could just be able to wear one of those soft, sexy, silks.... I am also really into this guy who is on my wrestling team, but he is straight and I don't know whether to tease him into liking me, or just leave it alone and stay unhappy. Do you think that a sex change procedure would be helpful in my case? I am sick of looking like Lady GAGA with my hair extensions and no breasts... Please help.
OK, Sister, I'm coming in to help. The good news is that you know what you want to be – it sounds like you're pretty sure that you would be more comfortable living as a woman. The not-so-great news is that I would NEVER CONDONE OR ENCOURAGE A TEENAGER TO CHANGE THEIR GENDER. Was that clear? Good. So essentially, you need to make peace with being uncomfortable for the time being, because there are too many changes happening to your body (as a result of your age) for you to impose the additional complications that come along with gender reassignment surgery. Save that for your (gasp and I know you're going to hate me) 20's. You heard me.
Now let's talk about your teammate the wrestler. Do NOT, and I'll repeat, do not make advances on him. I think it's fine to admire him from afar. I wish we lived in a world where I didn't feel compelled to say this, but here it goes: Not everyone is as open-minded as you are, especially when it comes to sexuality. And, let's face it, boys are usually slow to mature so, it's crucial that you consider your audience with care….It could put you at risk for ridicule among your teammates, or worse. This is not intended to strike fear in you, rather, to alert you to the dangers of playing around with straight guys. There are lots of gay guys – flirt with one of them and leave the straight boys to the cheerleaders. As skilled as you may think you are, no one is able to tease anyone into liking them. Not even Lady Gaga.


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Omega Sigma Chi from Brock University will be holding a fundraiser on November 7th. Tickets to the event are $ and will be available at the door. All proceeds from the tickets will be donated to The Canadian Mental Health Association. Join us for an evening of games and fun for a good cause!
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Pupil premium funding is an additional funding stream that aims to narrow the gap in achievement and attainment between children entitled to free school meals (FSM) and their non FSM peers. The Government has extended its reach to cover any child that has been registered for FSM or a Looked After Child (LAC) within the past six years.
The government introduced Pupil Premium with the aim of increasing social mobility, reducing the attainment gap between the highest and lowest achieving pupils nationally and enabling more pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds to have higher aspirations for their academic future.
According to the DfE, schools have the freedom to spend the funding as they see fit based upon their knowledge of pupil need"
"It is for the schools to decide how the Pupil Premium, allocated to schools per FSM pupil, is spent, since they are best placed to assess what educational provision should be made for the individual pupils within their responsibility."
For the year 2018/19 Queen's Manor's School Allocation for Pupil Premium spend is £97,000.
The Governing Body of Queen's Manor school decided that this grant should be spent as follows:
Pupil Premium funding is used to improve quality first teaching for children and therefore contributes to professional development for senior leaders, teachers and support staff.
This serves to develop strategies and approaches to improve outcomes for children and close the gaps between children entitled to funding and their non pupil premium peers.
We seek ways to improve experiences, opportunities, attitudes to learning and child and parental engagement to ensure that school life and prospects of accelerating achievement are maximised for all children.
To extend the support for children's learning we use pupil premium funding to employ:
- One full-time support teacher to further develop Quality First Teaching across the school and support teaching and learning in Years 5 and 6, particularly with regards children new to the school in KS2.
- One FTE teacher to run a range of intervention groups in and alongside lessons from Year 1 to Year 4
- Intervention Lead Teaching Assistant – leading early intervention and overseeing intervention programmes across all classes
We also support specific children through subsidising:
- School trips and other extracurricular activities and opportunities that boost learning including homework club and literacy booster sessions
- KS2 SATs literacy and numeracy booster sessions
- Homework Club
- Enrichment activities for higher achieving pupils
- School Journey
Our governing body closely tracks the achievement of children who qualify for pupil premium funding, ensuring their needs are clearly identified and met, their progress monitored and published. The responsibility for this falls to the Curriculum Committee.
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Diabetes is a personal and social liability and creates a high high burdens on individuals, families and society. Do you know that you have up to a 33% chance diabetes by the age of 60-69, Singapore ? On average, for the population, there is a 11% chance of diabetes based on the MOH 2010 study, this infographic below, shows the diabetes rate by age group in Singapore.
Embed Code for this exciting diagram below.
What is Diabetes ?
"is a group of metabolic diseases in which there are high blood sugar levels over a prolonged period. Symptoms of high blood sugar include frequent urination, increased thirst, and increased hunger. If left untreated, diabetes can cause many complications.Acute complications include diabetic ketoacidosis and nonketotic hyperosmolar coma. Serious long-term complications include cardiovascular disease, stroke, chronic kidney failure, foot ulcers, and damage to the eyes." by Wiki
Where to get Health Screening ?
To keep an eye on your health status you can go for screening, where the recommended recommended immunizations and health screening tests that you and your loved ones may need.
Find out more about health Screening by age groups at HPB here
Find out more about student health Screening at HPB here
Find out more about SG50 cancer health Screening at HPB here
What kind of healthy activities can do about it ?
Health is always associated with 2 things. Your input and your output. Personally I have lost 12Kg over 6 months, walking 10,000 steps a day and changing my diet, to feel fit and healthy, so I know these activities work.
Output Activities
Join the National Step Challenge for 10,000 steps a day
Where to get FREE Bokwa, Yoga, Kickboxing, Jazz, Zumba Classes and get your 10,000 steps a day
How I lost 10kg in 5 months by walking 10,000 steps a day
7 Easy Exercises to an active lifestyle by HPB
Input Activities
How to get fat, even with 10,000 steps a day
Play in the Eat Healthy Campaign
Play in the Drink Healthy Campaign
Play in the Get Healthy Campaign
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Singapore Diabetes
Read More on The Disease Burden in Singapore by Ministry of Health
Global Diabetes Scorecard
This publication is an extremely useful publication which draws attention to world wide efforts to combat this epidemic
"The Global Diabetes Scorecard enables the global diabetes community to track and report progress on diabetes, to highlight areas of good practice and to identify areas that may need targeted advocacy to encourage government action. The Scorecard is an International Diabetes Federation (IDF) publication." by IDF
Read More about the IDF Diabetes Global Scorecard and how your country ranks in it
Download the scorecard here
Read More on Ministry of Health Diabetes Clinical Guidelines
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Zakir Hussain's Masters of Percussion
Troupe offers rare chance to hear classical and folk music of India played by revered performers
In the United States, tabla master Zakir Hussain may be better known for his groundbreaking work in the World Music groups Shakti and Planet Drum, not to mention his wide-ranging collaborations with musicians as diverse as George Harrison and Charles Lloyd. In his native India, however, he is revered as a performer of his country's ancient and extraordinarily complex classical repertoire.
The son of the great tabla master Allarakha, who toured the West with sitarist Ravi Shankar beginning in the '60s, Hussain has carried on the tradition started by those two maestros, bringing Eastern music to the ears of Western listeners.
This Monday, Zakir Hussain's Masters of Percussion, presented by the Outpost Performance Space in partnership with PADMINI, will introduce Albuquerque to an intriguing collection of highly accomplished musicians and dancers performing the folk and classical music of India.
Masters of Percussion originally grew out of Hussain's desire "to be close to my father and learn from him," he says. In the early '80s, they began touring together, performing percussion concerts. The group grew with the addition, first, of Hussain's younger brother, tabla artist Fazal Qureshi. Later, at Allarakha's urging, other Indian percussionists were added, and Hussain's wife coined the name Masters of Percussion for the ensemble.
"It's always been a tour to showcase some rarely heard or unknown percussion talent from India," says the softspoken Hussain, who directs the ensemble. "It has now grown into a much bigger show, and there is now a sort of equal emphasis on the melodic part of India, as well."
On this tour, the group features nine solo performers, including Hussain and his brothers Fazal and Taufiq Qureshi, as well as a premier dance troupe (see sidebar).
"In the Western world, drums were supposedly evil and would inspire certain instincts, which ought to be curbed, not brought forth," Zakir Hussain says. In effect, the West "took rhythm and put it away."
Outside of post-Renaissance European culture and its North American derivative, rhythmic traditions have long played a central role in people's everyday and ritual lives.
"It's been part and parcel of prayer, of communication, of marching, of discipline in the world," says Hussain. "These things existed in the pagan world. In the Western world, they changed that, because drums were supposedly evil and would inspire certain instincts, which ought to be curbed, not brought forth," he says. In effect, the West "took rhythm and put it away."
Hussain sees that attitude changing now, with interest in rhythmic traditions growing and with rhythm taking a central role in much of popular music.
"Everybody's noticing that, yes, this is the core of our being and should not be curbed but brought forth," he says. "It is not anything evil, but something pure, and passion is not wrong."
Zakir Hussain's Masters of Percussion celebrate that purity and the passion, animating Western hearts to rhythms of the East.


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The National Weather Service says today will be partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight it will be partly cloudy with a chance of showers.
Keep those feet moving! It was on this date in 1374 that people in the streets of Aachen, Germany, broke out in a dance mania, a phenomenon that was soon to spread to other northern European cities and become known as St. John's Dance.
For more on this phenomenon, check out Extra Stuff below.
The National Weather Service says today will be partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms mainly this afternoon. Highs will be in the lower 80s. Southwest winds will be 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain is 50 percent.
Tonight will be partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Patchy fog in the evening. It will be humid with lows in the mid 60s. West winds will be 10 to 15 mph becoming north after midnight. Chance of rain 40 percent.
For a more detailed or extended forecast visit the National Weather Service website.
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"The effects of the Black Death had not yet subsided, and the graves of millions of its victims were scarcely closed, when a strange delusion arose in Germany, which took possession of the minds of men, and, in spite of the divinity of our nature, hurried away body and soul into the magic circle of hellish superstition. It was a convulsion which in the most extraordinary manner infuriated the human frame, and excited the astonishment of contemporaries for more than two centuries, since which time it has never reappeared. It was called the dance of St. John or of St. Vitus, on account of the Bacchantic leaps by which it was characterized, and which gave to those affected, whilst performing their wild dance, and screaming and foaming with fury, all the appearance of persons possessed. It did not remain confined to particular localities, but was propagated by the sight of the sufferers, like a demoniacal epidemic, over the whole of Germany and the neighboring countries to the north-west, which were already prepared for its reception by the prevailing opinions of the time."
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_mania:
"Dancing mania was a social phenomenon that occurred primarily in mainland Europe between the 14th and 18th centuries; it involved groups of people, sometimes thousands at a time, who danced uncontrollably and bizarrely. Men, women, and children would dance through the streets of towns or cities, sometimes foaming at the mouth until they collapsed from fatigue.
"One of the first major outbreaks was in Aachen, Germany, on June 24, 1374; the populace danced wildly through the streets, screaming of visions and hallucinations, and even continued to writhe and twist after they were too exhausted to stand. The dancing mania quickly spread throughout Europe, said to be "propagated in epidemic fashion by sight" by Dr. Justus Hecker.
"Having occurred to thousands of people across several centuries, dancing mania was not a local event, and was, therefore, well-documented in contemporary writings. More outbreaks were reported in the Netherlands, Cologne, Metz, and later Strasbourg (Dancing Plague of 1518), apparently following pilgrimage routes.
"St. John's Dance (known as Johannistanz or Johannestanz in Germany) was the medieval name for a phenomenon, which emerged during the time of the Black Death. The medical term is chorea imagnativa aestimative. Basically, it is a form of apraxia expressing itself as "dancing rage," as uncontrolled ecstatic body movements. In the eyes of the church, those suffering from St. John's Dance were possessed by the devil.
"During the initial outbreaks of the mania, religious ceremonies were held in an attempt to exorcise the demons thought to be causing the mania. People commonly prayed to St. Vitus for aid, and he soon became the patron saint of the dancers. The phrase "St. Vitus' Dance", however, is in fact a name given to a syndrome known as Sydenham's chorea, which is unrelated to manic dancing.
"Dancers would often also be accompanied by musicians. It was believed at the time that the order of music could heal both body and soul. Scholars such as Adam Milligan touted music as a cure for the ailments of society as well, imbuing it with the power to restrain social vices. Dancing mania would often thus be "treated" by playing music in an attempt to control the erratic spasms and gyrations of the dancers. Epileptic seizures were treated in a similar way at the time.
Scientific explanations
"Although no real consensus exists as to what caused the mania, some cases, especially the one in Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle), may have had an explicable physical cause. Some of the symptoms of the sufferers can be attributed to ergot poisoning, or ergotism, known in the Middle Ages as "St. Anthony's Fire". It is caused by eating rye infected with Claviceps purpurea, a small fungus that contains toxic and psychoactive chemicals (alkaloids), including lysergic acid and ergotamine (used in modern times as a precursor in the synthesis of LSD). Symptoms of ergot poisoning include nervous spasms, psychotic delusions, spontaneous abortion and convulsions and gangrene caused by severe vasoconstriction; some dancers claimed to have experienced visions of a religious nature.
"However, ergotism causes its victims to have visions, not to dance. In addition, ergotism leads to severe vasoconstriction of blood flow to the limbs and extremities of sufferers causing considerable pain and difficulty in movement,[8] hence its common name St Anthony's Fire, making it unlikely as a causal factor.[9] The fact that large numbers of people were afflicted in mass outbursts that lasted for a few days or weeks at a time suggests that the cause of the dancing-mania phenomenon is more likely to be social than physical; that these events were episodes of mass psychogenic illness, more popularly known as mass hysteria. A similar incident in the 20th century was the Tanganyika Laughter Epidemic."


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OTTAWA (ON), July 11 2017 – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) and Portage are pleased to announce Lee Wilson, Research Consultant, ACENET, has been seconded to the position of Portage Service Manager. In this role, Mr. Wilson will support Portage in developing and delivering research data management services across Canada both directly and through partnerships with other organizations. His initial focus will be to organize the policies, operations, and the business model for the Federated Research Data Repository (FRDR) service. FRDR is a two-year software development project between Compute Canada and CARL/Portage that is now in beta testing. Mr. Wilson joins CARL/Portage with strong connections within Compute Canada and is already assisting the FRDR development team with preparing policies, such as, a Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Prior to assuming this role, Mr. Wilson joined ACENET in 2017 as a Research Consultant for data management, providing specialized training and consultation to help researchers at all stages of the research data life cycle. Mr. Wilson has also worked with the Marine Environmental Observation Prediction and Response (MEOPAR) Network's Data Management project, solving issues related to the storage, discovery, and accessibility of ocean data. Mr. Wilson holds a BA (English) from Mount Allison University and a Master of Library and Information Studies from Dalhousie University.
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About CARL and Portage
CARL provides leadership on behalf of Canada's research libraries, promotes effective and sustainable knowledge creation, dissemination, and preservation, and enhances its members' capacity to advance research and higher education. CARL members include Canada's 29 largest university libraries and two federal institutions. CARL has launched Portage, comprising a library-based network of expertise on Research Data Management (RDM) and national platforms for planning, preserving, and discovering research data.


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Tosca - Royal Opera Theatre Tickets
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Rome in 1800 is in political chaos. Cesare Angelotti, a former consul of the short-lived Roman Republic, has escaped imprisonment, and seeks refuge in the church of Sant'Andrea della Valle. The painter and republican sympathizer Mario Cavaradossi promises to hide him at his country villa. Baron Scarpia, Rome's tyrannical Chief of Police, suspects that Cavaradossi has helped Angelotti to escape. He persuades the painter's opera singer lover Floria Tosca, whom he himself desires, that Cavaradossi has betrayed her. She leaves to confront Cavaradossi at his villa and Scarpia orders his men to follow her, in the hope they'll find Angelotti.
Scarpia arrests Cavaradossi, and tortures him in Tosca's presence until she reveals Angelotti's hiding place. Scarpia subsequently condemns Cavaradossi to death. Alone with Tosca, Scarpia tells her that he will save Cavaradossi - but only if Tosca spends the night with him. Will Tosca yield to the man she hates to save the man she loves?
Show Information
Booking from: 2019-06-04
Booking until: 2019-06-20
Running Time: 3 hours
Theatre Information
Theatre: Royal Opera House
Address: Bow Street, London, WC2E 9DD
(3 mins) The Royal Opera House is off Covent Garden piazza, which is visible from the tube station exit. There is a revolving door entrance at the piazza.
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