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Have you ever reflected on the possibilities of life. Every day passes and we have the opportunity to start a new day with a clean slate. What a gift we have in life to choose the idea of possibility, honor our self and above all inspire others that they can do this too.
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LEADING WITH SOUL I had the honor in attending the Leading with Soul workshop, and found that Angela conducted a very professional and awaking workshop. Her knowledge and experience went a long way in helping me understand that I as a person have a depth that I was not fully aware of. The workshop helped me understand that buried emotions had caused me to fear living my life to its fullest potential. I now feel… Read more "Maria Hill"
Personal Transformational Coaching I cannot express how grateful I am for everything that you have done. I have never really taken the time to explore within my self or even dedicate time to myself and you have given me the tools to be able to do so. Like many, I was always the one who was happy to help others but when it came to myself I would burry my issue hoping that they would… Read more "Michelle Spadafora"
Personal transformational coaching When it comes to life coaching, it doesn't get any better than this! Over the past few months Ange has helped me reconnect with my inner self and also helped me see that I can live my dreams and make them a reality! Her words of wisdom help me gain clarity, confidence and also positivity to a level that I have never experienced before even in times that are most difficult she… Read more "Joshua Calle"
Leading You Immersion Group Now this is a course for you if you want to shift your life around. Every week Angela presents various topics about the personal self, internal and external influences and the power you have to change your life. Angela speaks with such passion and conviction, that during her presentations, it helps you to reflect on your triggers, your personality, your weakness and strengths and areas of your life you were not even aware of. Many… Read more "Angela Di Fede – 2"
Soul Immersion Retreat I came into this retreat ready with an open mind and heart. Knowing Ange l knew l'd be safe and challenged in my learnings. I was opened to embracing both my light and dark shadows as each is a gift and a strength. I would thoroughly recommend this retreat, it will change your life and thinking like it did mine."
Human Dynamics – EDISC Profiling It was the most precise test I've ever done! It's like it knew me back to front. It gave me a really good insight into my personality and also showed me areas in which I may need to improve on. I was amazed how such a quick and easy test that took about 10 minutes to do could be so accurate about my personality. It also showed me what cause… Read more "Joshua Calle 2"
I loved my coaching sessions with Ange. She was a great listener and asked intelligent questions and challenged me on a number of fixed views in a very positive way. Ange helped me see my own potential (and the whole of me not just parts) and tap into my strength to drive my own bus in life and business. I highly recommend you take Ange up on a free discovery call to experience it for… Read more "Jodie Wilmer"
SOUL IMMERSION RETREAT I came along to the Soul Immersion 2-day workshop with an expectation to help me to express myself but wow did l get so much more. Angela workshop was a great opportunity to honor yourself, grow and unveil your true potential self. Angela was amazing. The workshop sessions and the tools she used will stay with me for a long time. Thank you, Angela.
I was facing a challenge in by business as it was not growing due to my lack of understanding of marketing and I was at the crossroads of what to do. Having had unsatisfactory experiences with consultants in the past I had no intention of working with another one. After meeting up with Angela at a couple of functions I could tell her integrity, honesty and intention to help me succeed was worth the investment.… Read more "Judith McDonald"
Angela is an extraordinary coach. She brings so much knowledge and wisdom to the calls, yet guides me to find my own answers. I love working with Angela, both through coaching and her workshops. She is so genuine, comes from the heart and just makes me want to be the best version of "ME" so that I can pay if forward, and keep the ripple effect going.
DARING TO BE YOU The enthusiasm Ange provides is contagious. She gives you the strength & confidence to believe you have endless possibilities. She shows you how limiting fear can be but if we're brave enough to find the courage within we can begin to set ourselves free. All it takes is one step at a time.
Online Program -You Matter As a professional, a wife, mother of two, friend, sister and daughter, I was living a life that on the outside looked great, but on the inside felt, overwhelming and chaotic. I for the first time (that I allowed myself to recognize) had reached a point in my life where I felt lost, I felt that I had lost who I was, and had lost the capacity to have a life… Read more "Jeanie Dean"
How do I want my life to be? What are the emotional states I want to feel consistently in my life? Honing in on what I value most, getting really clear on what that is and the meaning I give to these values has given me clarity and focus. I am so grateful to Ange Kambouris for giving me this gift. Ange is respectful, reliable, supportive and 100% there for you. Being skillfully guided and… Read more "Julie Bolam Johnson"
Soul Immersion Retreat If you want an opportunity to really get to know you then l highly recommend this retreat. Thank you, Ange, for the opportunity and the safe environment to explore and meet the true me
Human Dynamics – EDISC Profiling What an experience – it was like she was mind reading me! Amazing how a simple and easy questionnaire draws out your behavioural style, how to manage you and others you deal with in life and in your career so you get can the results you want. It was a great opportunity to better understand my own behavior and learn how l can expand and adapt my thinking to achieve… Read more "Sia Karonis -3"
LEADING WITH SOUL Participating in this session with Ange gave me greater insight to new ways of thinking about the triggers of my behavior and those around me. This session helped me look within to see how I had lived life and how I want to start living life. Thank you, Ange, for sharing all your amazing knowledge, your willingness to help others seek within to live a more enriched life.
Angela Kambouris offer's professional workshop trainings for my leaders and myself who are part of my network marketing team. She is approachable , reliable and committed at all times . With her extensive knowledge, she definitely has made an amazing impact both personally and professionally. We are forever grateful for all she has done and continues to do.
Angela Kambouris was able to provide in a professional manner on all occasions, trainings on how to become the best version of yourself for my Arbonne leaders in my team . Each month there was a more depth inside in the trainings where we were able to understand why people do what they do, how to grow personally and professionally in a confident manner. Ange thank you for commitment and your professionalism.
Working with Angela was an amazing experience for me. Angela is an intuitive coach with endless energy who is incredibly knowledgeable, supportive, passionate and committed. Angela guided and championed me all the way through eliciting my values, assisting me in realising my goals and that my WHY is the key to me being my authentic self. The sessions were always interesting, engaging and fun from which I now have some empowering tools and strategies to… Read more "Simone Quinn"
DARING TO BE YOU If you ever get the opportunity to attend a Daring to be You workshop, I would highly recommend it. Learning about Angela's life journey and the work she did blew me away. Her integrity, courage, honesty and ability to lead others taught me that anything is possible, providing you believe in your own ability to move forward and by taking full responsibility in your own thoughts and actions.
LEADING YOU – IMMERSION GROUP A big thank you again to Ange for your support & guidance so far with these sessions. They have provided an abundance of wisdom to assist in living life to my greatest potential. I have felt more and more empowered with each class. I know these sessions keep opening my mind to new ways of thinking from which I'm benefiting greatly.
Daring to be You workshop I wish to thank Angela for her workshop on 'One for Daring to be You'. The workshop helped me with the light bulb moment that I have the power to change myself. The way Angela presents her information is clear and with ease and as a result it helped me with personal insight and tools to shift my rollercoaster thinking and I thank you Angela. I would recommend this workshop.
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I found as I result from my sessions with Angela, that these so called "obstacles" that have blocked me throughout my life seem very manageable to deal with. I am able to look at situations in a totally different light than previously. After each session I feel more empowered, confident and more trusting of myself. I look forward to continuing my sessions. Thank you Ange 🙂
SHE IS A GUN… That pretty much sums it up! Ang is considerate, compassionate, intelligent and charismatic. An incredible coach and a savvy businesswoman.
LEADING YOU IMMERSION GROUP. The Leading You Immersion group, 4-month online program has been a life changer. Sessions are live through webinar, workbooks provided, so much content, activities and challenges and a closed Facebook group get to share learnings and experiences. This program has been an amazing journey of learning, stretching and growth. More than l could have imagined. Ange facilitates the session to help us reconnect with the best in ourselves and with her… Read more "Maria Hill – 3"
There are no words that truly encapsulate the experience and journey I am going on, through the collaborative engagement with Angela. I got lost in my career and my life, since I commenced working with Ange; I'm excited about my life and what will become of it instead of the habitual routine I had created. Life truly is a journey with each part of the journey full of opportunities and I plan to make it… Read more "Jeanie Dean"
Angela is always a professional woman who only wants the best for others. Not only does she listen to what you are saying, she respects you without judgement. She is my personal and professional mentor where she has been able to give me the tools needed to become the best version of myself and to become the best leader for my team. She is committed at all times to providing the best results.
Soul Immersion Retreat I have just attended the 2-day Soul Immersion Retreat. Ange created a safe and comfortable space in which we could explore, share, honor, reconnect and come home to ourselves. It was incredible experience, like a nourishing mind and soul spa retreat. I am extremely grateful for the experience and l highly recommend getting into the room. Thank you, Ange
Soul Immersion Retreat I have just come home from this retreat and would like to thank Angela Kambouris for the wonderful opportunity, of helping me connect and get in touch with my heart, mind, body and soul. This was a first time experience for me and found myself surrounded with loving support by everyone, with a great sense of trust in which I felt extremely safe. I would recommend Angela without hesitation, a true professional,… Read more "Tass Krapis"
Soul Immersion Retreat Stop all the bullshit in your head….I've been to so many workshops but never one that l've walked out feeling clear – lighter – and the acknowledgement of coming home to myself – l feel free so thank you Ange.
I wish to thank Angela for her skills, knowhow and ability to take me from SLOW to GO and firmly on my feet again, in only a few sessions. Both her educational and life experience have certainly created a unique individual to overcome physical and mental blockages. Angela was able to turn a negative into a positive and give it so much possibility. Thanks Ange
I met Angela in a professional setting about a year ago. I was instantly impressed with her passion, intelligence, but most of all, with her commitment towards her clients. But it wasn't until I became a client that I realised what an incredibly masterful coach Ang is. At that time, I was building my own business as well as working towards developing my personal life into what I knew it could be, but didn't really… Read more "Marla Dunn"


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It seems to me that there are two principles being described here. The first is that our ability to apprehend beauty is heightened when it is contrasted with ugliness. I think that this is a concession, albeit a welcome one, to those of us who are not fully developed in our ability to apprehend beauty. The greater that ability, the more we are able to recognise it as a good in itself and the less we need contrast to do so.
The second point that seems to be coming out here is slightly different, that local deviations from perfect order contribute to the a greater beauty in the whole. It occurs to met that this is similar to the idea that evil is permitted because it allows a greater good to come forth from it. So an evil that is known only in isolation can seem pointless, but were we to know the full truth or, as the expression goes were we able to 'see the bigger picture', we could see the greater good is that will come out of it and so the knowledge of this makes the wider horizon even more beautiful to the eye.
There are a number of thoughts of how, at a very practical level, these principles come into play in the composition design of paintings. I was taught that while there should be an overall sense of order and symmetry that runs through the painting, one does not want to impose formulae for proportions and harmony absolutely rigidly. Rather, one uses them as a first guide in the planning process, then at the end you look the whole and ask yourself the basic question 'how does it look?' At that point you should be prepared to modify it subtly so that at an intuitive level it just looks right (without reference to mathematics). So it is a combination of step by step reason and intuitive judgement that produces the finished article. If one the work of the artist is too rigidly fomulaic, then the finished painting tends to look sterile and dull. I was told that this is just like the human face. While faces are symmetrical, broadly speaking, when one examines closely no face is perfectly symmetrical. And if we draw faces that are perfectly symmetrical they do not look human - they look as though they belong to an android.
In music, this seems to suggest to me that introducing occasional moments of dissonance is not altogether out of place, provided that it does not dominate and that ultimately the overall sense of the piece in context is that there is a resolution. This may be one reason why organum is so striking. As the chant melody floats above the steady drone most are the variations retain a harmonious relationship between the two. Occasionally it hops out of this cozy relationship and then just as quickly returns, like a fish leaping out of water and then falling back.
Now to gargoyles - do they represent ugliness in the context of beauty on a gothic cathedral? Perhaps, I suppose. For while one might say that the subject matter is ugly, one might also argue that the skill of the craftsman is still great and the work of art has a beauty to it. That is, it is a beautiful representation of something ugly (St Bonaventure, for example, wrote of this, and I think therefore we might return to this theme and develop a bit in a future posting). I do think, however, that the relation to the rest of the cathedral is important in our appreciation of both cathedral and gargoyle. If the whole schema of the sculptures in a church were as contorted as the gargoyles it would be overwhelming. What always occurs to me is that a much as consideration of order, harmony and symmetry in the abstract, there is, by virtue of what is portrayed, an element of an emotional contrast provided in many cases. Again, this is just my personal reaction (I have no further information to back it up) but when I look at gargoyles, I always think that it shows that the craftsmen who made them had a sense of humour. These look like artists' jokes done for a bit of fun and tucked away in corners so that we might enjoy a diversion from time to time when we discover them.

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'DWTS' Pro Mark Ballas Badly Injured During Finale Rehearsal
Dancing With The Stars pro Mark Ballas may find himself unable to perform during the show's season finale!
Ballas, 27, suffered a serious injury during a rehearsal with his celebrity partner, Full House star Candace Cameron Bure.
ABC confirms that Ballas was injured while rehearsing camera blocking. Ballas and Bure's routine involves a complicated maneuver in which he lifts the actress onto his shoulders. During the rehearsal, his shoulder was badly injured and he fell to the floor in pain.
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Ballas was quickly taken to the hospital by ambulance where the pro dancer was treated, and later released. Ballas has been encouraged to sit out the finale, but he has insisted that he wants to perform.
If Ballas is unable to dance during Monday's show, another DWTS pro will learn the routine with Bure so that she'll be able to participate in the finale.
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Bure and Ballas are one of four remaining couples that are competing to win the coveted mirror-ball trophy. The other couples are made up of Olympian Meryl Davis and Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Big Time Rush star James Maslow and Peta Murgatroyd, and Paralympian Amy Purdy and Derek Hough.
Dancing With The Stars season 18 comes to a close with a special two-night finale special, beginning Monday, May 19 at 8 p.m. on ABC. The four remaining couples will dance that evening, and the results of their performances, as well as a one-hour recap special, will air Tuesday, May 20 at 9 p.m.
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Kyuji Fujikawa, a 32-year-old, hard-throwing right hander who is considered one of the best closers in Japan, toured Camden Yards on Friday and had lunch with, among others, Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette.
Fujikawa, who is an unrestricted free agent and wants to pitch in the United States on a multi-year deal, was on a tour of sorts. In the past two weeks, he also has met with representatives of the Arizona Diamondbacks, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Angels.
Fujikawa, who is known for a low-90s fastball with late life, has saved 202 games in the past six seasons for the Hanshin Tigers, and only once during that time has he posted an ERA above 2.00 (2.01 in 2010). Last year, he was 2-2 with a 1.32 ERA and 24 saves in 48 games. The Orioles are plenty familiar with Fujikawa, who was on Japan's 2006 and 2009 World Baseball Classic teams and Japan's 2008 Olympic team.
Duquette, who wants to further establish the Orioles in the international market and signed two pitchers out of Japan's professional baseball league last winter (Wei-Yin Chen and Tsuyoshi Wada), confirmed that the Orioles met with Fujikawa on Friday but would not offer further comment.
"He is a professional pitcher," Duquette said.
The strength of the surprising Orioles' 2012 season was the club's bullpen, which will return most of its members in 2013. However, Duquette has talked about stockpiling reasonably priced talent, no matter the position or need.
In other free agent news, former Orioles outfielder Felix Pie has signed a minor-league deal with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Pie, 27, will receive an invite to spring training and has incentives included in his contract for major league plate appearances.
Pie, who played with the Orioles from 2009 to 2011, did not appear in the majors last year. He hit .285, with a .338 on-base percentage, six homers and 51 RBIs in 96 games with the Atlanta Braves' Triple-A affiliate in Gwinnett, Ga.


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Source: Eurostat
Release: Harmonized Indices of Consumer Prices (HICP)
The Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices category "Other Personal Effects (12.3.2)" is a classification of semi-durable goods that includes travel goods and other carriers of personal effects: suitcases, trunks, travel bags, attaché cases, satchels, hand-bags, wallets, purses, etc.; articles for babies such as baby carriages, push-chairs, carry cots, recliners, car beds and seats, back-carriers, front carriers, reins and harnesses, etc.; articles for smokers such as pipes, lighters, cigarette cases, cigar cutters, etc.; miscellaneous personal articles such as sun-glasses, walking sticks and canes, umbrellas and parasols, fans, key rings, etc.; funerary articles such as coffins, gravestones, urns, etc.; repair of such articles; and wall thermometers and barometers.
This category excludes baby furniture (05.1.1), shopping bags (05.2.0), and feeding bottles (05.4.0).
This category is a subcategory of the Miscellaneous Goods and Service (12) and of Personal Effects, Not Elsewhere Classified (12.3).
Information provided in the notes pertaining to HICP classifications can be found from the source at: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cache/metadata/en/prc_hicp_esms.htm.
Copyright, European Union, 1995-2016, http://ec.europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm#copyright.
Eurostat, Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices: Other Personal Effects for Hungary [CP1232HUM086NEST], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CP1232HUM086NEST, September 25, 2023.


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Catalone Design Co. Promotional Video
Catalone Design Co., LLC, Bethesda, Maryland, 2009
Our challenge was to create an animated short that could live on the Catalone Design Co. homepage and serve as a companion piece to a promotional book called So, You've Got Something to Say. Both the book and the animation introduce a whimsical character, Lisa, who leads prospective and current clients through a sampling of Catalone Design Co.'s portfolio.
Juror Notes
Catalone Design is a well-executed, well-crafted integration of hand-drawn illustration, digital animation and live-action editing in the service of self-promotion. The character design is charming.
Collections: AIGA 365: 31 (2010)
Repository: Denver Art Museum
Discipline: Promotional design and advertising
- Design firm
- Catalone Design Co., LLC
- Creative director
- Rodolfo Castro
- Art directors
- Lisa Catalone Castro, Rodolfo Castro
- Designer
- Rodolfo Castro
- Illustrator
- Mike Lowery
- Photographers
- Rodolfo Castro, Brian Rooney
- Production directors
- Rodolfo Castro, Brian Rooney
- Production coordinator
- Rodolfo Castro
- Production artist
- Brian Rooney
- Picture editor
- Rodolfo Castro
- Editor
- Brian Rooney
- Music
- Randy Klein
- Director of photography
- Rodolfo Castro
- Producer
- Rodolfo Castro
- Project manager
- Rodolfo Castro
- Client
- Catalone Design Co.


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This Baby Rogue Planet Is Wandering the Universe All by Itself
This planet, six times bigger than Jupiter, is sailing through space just 80 light-years away
Birthed from the protoplanetary disk, most planets spend their days orbiting their parent star, growing old together as they loop around their galaxy's core. A newly discovered planet named PSO J318.5-22 (which we've decided to call Flapjack, because why not?) has no parent. It has no planetary siblings. The planet is adrift, alone.
Estimated to be just 12 million year old, Flapjack is, relatively, just a baby, a planetary toddler off on an adventure to explore the universe. It's a rogue planet, and it's sailing through space some 80 light-years away. It is, says Alan Boyle for NBC, about six times the size of Jupiter.
It's also, say the researchers in a release, the best example we have yet of a rogue planet. Scientists have known that some big objects tend to travel alone, rather than orbiting as part of a system. But they weren't sure whether these celestial rogues were teeny, faint stars or wandering planets. Recently, though, astronomers have been finding planets all over the universe. Comparing Flapjack to these confirmed planets gave the scientists what they needed to call it a planet.
Rogue planets, says Universe Today, may be planets that formed normally, as part of a solar system, but then were kicked out to wander alone. That's what they think happened to Flapjack. But there's also the possibility that rogue planets could be birthed in interstellar space, growing from cold clouds of dust and gas. If that's the case, Flapjack, says Universe Today, could have been born free.
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Scientists Get The Best Look Yet at a Rogue Planet With No Star


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By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com March 23, 2010 One of the reasons why it's so dangerous to mess with the United States militarily is that, while we Americans value hard work–which makes us formidable, in itself,–we've always exhibited and enjoyed a very healthy combination of inherent creativity/inventiveness and laziness, in the sense that if there's a way …Read More »
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WASHINGTON — Stuck in a stalemate, President Barack Obama and his Republican rivals are slugging it out in Washington rather than reaching for a holiday season accord to prevent payroll taxes from going up on 160 million workers.
The tax increases, as well as cuts to Medicare doctors' fees and a lapse in jobless benefits, are due Jan. 1. They are looming even though the combatants agree that they shouldn't happen. Instead, the warring factions have painted themselves into a corner.
House Republicans are demanding that the Senate join negotiations to produce an agreement within days; Senate Democrats insist no talks will take place before the House approves a stopgap measure to buy more time.
A House vote Tuesday scuttled a bipartisan Senate deal for a two-month extension of all three policies: the payroll tax cuts, jobless benefits and Medicare fees.
After the House killed the Senate measure on a 229-193 vote, Obama signaled he'll use his presidential megaphone to try to force Republicans controlling the House into submission.
"Now let's be clear," Obama said at the White House. "The bipartisan compromise that was reached on Saturday is the only viable way to prevent a tax hike on Jan. 1. The only one."
The Obama campaign promptly took to Twitter and Facebook to fight it out. With their candidate's poll numbers rising, Democratic operatives seemed almost giddy at the prospect of a prolonged battle.
"The response was overwhelming," said a White House official requiring anonymity to discuss Obama's political efforts.
Republican lawmakers relished the battle as well, though some of them are too inexperienced to know that presidents – regardless of party – usually win such high-profile fights, like President Bill Clinton did over a 1995-96 government shutdown or President George W. Bush did in skirmishes on anti-terror policies.
House Republicans instead rallied around a plan passed last week that would have extended the payroll tax cut for one year. But that version also contained spending cuts opposed by Democrats and tighter rules for jobless benefits.
If legislation isn't passed by New Year's Day, payroll taxes will go up by almost $20 a week for a worker making a $50,000 salary. Almost 2 million people could lose unemployment benefits as well, and doctors would bear big cuts in Medicare payments.
Whatever the stakes, there was little indication that Republicans would get their wish for negotiations with the Senate any time soon. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., issued a statement saying he would be happy to resume talks on a yearlong measure – "but not before" the House ratifies the two-month bill and sends it to Obama for his signature.
Given Obama's remarks and Reid's refusal to negotiate, it was unclear what leverage Republicans had in the year-end standoff. It appeared likely the partisan disagreement could easily persist past Christmas and into the final week of the year.
A little-noticed element of the brawl was that the House-Senate parliamentary situation, which can be a critical factor, is all messed up. The Senate adjourned Saturday until Jan. 23 except for so-called pro forma sessions in which legislative business – like responding to the House moves – is basically impossible unless all 100 senators agree. That's never a sure thing.
The standoff was sowing confusion among business executives, who were running out of time to adapt to any new payroll tax regimen. Even the Senate's proposed two-month extension was creating headaches because it contained a two-tiered system geared to ensuring that higher-income earners paid a higher rate on some of their wages, according to a trade group.
"There's not time enough to do that in an orderly fashion," said Pete A. Isberg, president of the National Payroll Reporting Consortium trade group. "We're two weeks away from 2012." He wrote a letter to congressional leaders this week warning that the Senate bill "could create substantial problems, confusion and costs."
Meanwhile, Medicare announced Tuesday that, as it has in the past when doctors' reimbursements have been cut through congressional inaction, it would withhold physicians' payments for two weeks in January to avoid passing on a 27 percent cut in Medicare fees. The hope is that the problem gets fixed by then.
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Athens, Ga. – For years, foresters and invasive insect experts—including those at the University of Georgia—have been on the lookout for the arrival of an unwelcome guest in Georgia. Now that the emerald ash borer is here, they are hoping the public will help restrict the insect's spread within the state.
The small, iridescent green beetle has killed millions of ash trees across a wide swath of the upper Midwest and Canada since it was first detected in 2002. The emerald ash borer, known scientifically as the Agrilus planipennis, has spread south and west from infested areas over the last decade.
Since 2005, invasive species experts have conducted an extensive trapping program in Georgia to screen for the insect. In July of this year, researchers found adult emerald ash borers in survey traps located in DeKalb and Fulton counties. A follow-up ground survey found larvae in nearby ash trees, confirming an established emerald ash borer infestation was present.
The borer's larvae kill ash trees by burrowing serpentine tunnels in the inner layers of bark, preventing the tree from transporting water and nutrients to and from the tree canopy. Although the adult beetle is an active flyer, it is believed the primary way this beetle spreads is by hitching a ride on infested ash firewood, logs and nursery stock.
"To prevent the spread of emerald ash borer, it is important not to move firewood in which the insect can hide," said Kamal Gandhi, an associate professor in the UGA Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. "Buy local firewood whether camping or for your home."
Georgia's five species of native ash trees usually grow along stream banks. While they only make up about 1 percent of the state's forests, they play an integral role in preventing stream bank erosion and keeping silt out of natural waterways.
Ash also is a popular landscape tree, with 2.9 million planted around Georgia homes, businesses, parks and on public right-of-ways. The value of these city trees in Georgia is estimated to be around $725 million.
To help reduce the spread of emerald ash borer in Georgia, citizens with ash trees on their property should check or have a certified arborist check their trees for signs of borer infestations.
Suspected infestations should be reported immediately so that foresters or arborists can understand how the infestation is spreading and can develop effective methods to reduce its spread and impact.
"The faster scientists can track the spread of the insect, the faster they can work to stop it," said Joe LaForest, the integrated pest management and forest health coordinator in the UGA Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health.
The Georgia Invasive Species Task force will launch a public outreach plan to try to curb the spread of this pest in the near future. This task force consists of the Georgia Department of Agriculture, Georgia Forestry Commission, University of Georgia, Georgia Department of Natural Resources and USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
For more information about the emerald ash borer and how to protect ash trees, see www.gainvasives.org/eab or watch the Outsmart Invasive Species Project video on emerald ash borers at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXCynbvf4Lc.
To report suspected infestations, see SEEDN, the Southeastern Early Detection Network, at www.eddmaps.org/southeast; download the SEEDN smartphone app http://apps.bugwood.org/seedn.html; contact the Georgia Forestry Commission, Georgia Department of Agriculture, Department of Natural Resources a local UGA Extension agent; or email a report to Kamal Gandhi at firstname.lastname@example.com or Keith Douce at email@example.com.


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Theft is the completed or attempted theft of property or cash without personal contact. Incidents involving theft of property from within the sample household would classify as theft if the offender has a legal right to be in the house (such as a maid, delivery person, or guest). If the offender has no legal right to be in the house, the incident would classify as a burglary.
Theft includes:
- Completed - To successfully take without permission property or cash without personal contact between the victim and offender.
- Attempted - To unsuccessfully attempt to take property or cash without personal contact.
According to the Bible, theft was punished in many different ways. Depending on the type of item stolen, the thief would provide restitution equal to a certain number of times the value of the original object. If the thief was unable to provide this restitution, then he could be sold into slavery.
Exodus 22:1 If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
Exodus 22:2 If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.
Exodus 22:3 If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
In modern law, theft can be either a felony or a misdemeanor depending on the value of the items taken and whether the thief used weapons. So, punishment will vary depending on the circumstances of each theft.
Atheism and stealing
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In "Ringing the Changes," one of the great Robert Aickman's best-known "strange stories," a woman asks her husband why a place in their inn is called "The Coffee Room" when no coffee is served there. He chalks it up to the lucus a non lucendo explanation, which he explains as the "principle of calling white black." Out of the darkness comes the authoritative voice of the inn's only other guest: "On the contrary. The word 'black' comes from an ancient root which means 'to bleach.'" This etymological lesson gets to the core of Aickman's particular brand of horror writing: strangeness is everywhere, even in the simplest of words. Like the best horror writers, Aickman is a consummate realist. The "real" and "supernatural" worlds are not distinct realms but rather as intertwined as the etymologies of black and white.
Aickman's stories slip in and out of supernaturalism and dream states with acrobatic ease. Take "The Swords," in which a young man loses his virginity to a woman he sees at a rather gruesome carnival act. It begins with an observation that explains the psychological foundations for the grotesquerie to come: "I have noticed several times that it is to beginners that strange things happen, and often, I think, to beginners only." The man's object of desire (and disgust) is a woman who could accurately be described as either a zombie or a perfectly mortal prostitute. She hovers between two modes — seedy realism and supernaturalism — as the young man wrestles with a "strange," sordid experience in which "facts" will finally replace his "fancies."
Faber & Faber has recently reissued four volumes of Aickman's tales (Dark Entries, Cold Hand in Mine, The Unsettled Dust, The Wine-Dark Sea), each of which sports a suitably ghoulish illustrated cover. The collections demonstrate Aickman's flexibility and finesse with the strange story. He can use it to craft a convincing, and often very funny, coming-of-age tale in "Meeting Mr. Millar;" set an account of obsession and jealousy against the backdrop of historical atrocities in "The Clock Watcher;" and scare the living daylights out of readers with "The Trains," his most conventionally plotted but characteristically opaque work of horror. At one point in that spine-tingler, the villain explains the workings of the nearby tracks:
"A railway is like an iceberg, you know: very little of its working is visible to the casual onlooker."
Aickman's art could be similarly described: We might be blocked from seeing what lies beneath its surface, but we know it's formidable and chilling.
Aickman wrote 48 strange stories over the course of his career and two longer works, The Late Breakfasters and The Model, as well as two memoirs and two histories of England's inland canals, which he strove doggedly to preserve by founding the Inland Waterway Association. There's a nice symmetry between his volunteer work and his writing subjects; broadly speaking, both involved preserving or discovering those old pathways that modern man has neglected or is blind to.
Faber enlisted scholars, acquaintances, and fellow writers to provide introductions and afterwords, some of which put their own "strange" twist on these usually laudatory pieces to create a new form: the insulting encomium. Ramsey Campbell describes Aickman as a "pale, chubby fellow with the worst teeth I've ever seen in a living mouth." (Only a fellow horror writer would specify "living" mouth.) Jean Richardson, a longtime romantic acquaintance, admits that she wasn't "young enough, beautiful enough, rich enough, well-connected enough or famous enough to be a trophy, and trophy girlfriend was what Robert thought he deserved." She then quotes his explanation for why a stroll down the aisle wasn't in their future: "[Our temperamental difference] is perhaps symbolized in the different pace at which we walk. This stands for much." (Whether Aickman was prone to moseying or speed-walking is left to the imagination.)
At any rate, the essays reveal that Aickman, though odd and prickly and not shy about his abilities — he claimed to have a wider range than both M.R. James and Henry James — was fundamentally decent, always good company and an impressive autodidact. They also emphasize that he was born in the wrong age, and indeed there is an elegiac strain running through the tales. A character in "The Real Road to the Church" notes the "lack of immensity in the world," and another in "The View" laments that "there are no beautiful houses in England now. Only ruins, mental homes, and Government offices." In "The Next Glade," a housewife living on the outskirts of London complains that it is "impossible to get lost" in the small patch of woods next to her house. But the stories, "The Next Glade" especially, are full of people doing precisely that, stumbling upon ephemeral eruptions of a more expansive, unruly, Dionysian reality in the otherwise mundane world of Apollonian illusion:
Conventions are, indeed, all that shield us from the shivering void, though often they do so but poorly and desperately…None the less, reality lies far behind, and is unchangeable: it is ritual, in fact…Reality is often dangerous…
How characters react to that dangerous reality — what it reveals about their failings or desires and the way it imperceptibly but irrevocably changes their human relations — is one of Aickman's recurring themes.
This Dionysian threat appears in "Ringing the Changes," in which the young wife is caught in the "beatific throng" of dancing spirits amid the incessant tolling. The profane revelry humiliates her much older husband, whose failure to protect her is judged harshly; awakens a previously dormant voluptuousness within her; and imposes a division between the May-December couple "which neither of them would ever mention or ever forget." The brush with the walking dead drives home the real danger lurking in the story from page one: the "perils attendant upon marrying a girl twenty-four years younger than [oneself]."
"Bind Your Hair" is another perfect story in this vein, Aickman managing to honor the seductive mysteries of a Dionysian ritual while wryly making fun of the horrors of a weekend with in-laws. Clarinda Hartley, a woman whom "no one seemed able to fathom," visits her fiancé's family in the East Midlands for a stultifying visit. Seeking refuge from her future in-laws, people who "lived in the depths of the country, but had no idea of the wilderness," she stumbles on the orgiastic rites of one Mrs. Pagani — animal skin-clad bodies writhing in an open pit in the middle of a pastoral maze. Initially horrified, a parting glance the next day between the woman and the priestess-like neighbor suggests that she will be back. Clarinda, suspicious and afraid of Mrs. Pagani as she is, realizes on some level that she is more suited to frolicking in the mysterious woman's lecherous pit than stewing in the "capacious family lobster pot" of her in-laws.
Like Clarinda, other Aickman characters stumble into a community — or cult — with its own rules. Some of these communities are benign even as they appear sinister, some sinister beneath their surface (or apparent) benignity, but all exert an irresistible influence on their foreign visitors. For example, in "Into the Wood" a restless woman accompanying her road-building husband on a business trip stays overnight at a secluded community of accursed insomniacs deep in the Swedish forest. Despite her initial aversion to the place and its people, she eventually sees the insomnia as an odd blessing that opens up literal and figurative pathways to self-discovery even as it closes her off from the rest of the society.
Another one of these tales, "The Hospice," my favorite in all four volumes, demonstrates the full range of Aickman's gifts. Apart from the superb "The Inner Room," it's the closest he comes to Kafka's unique blend of the eerie, the horrifying, the comically absurd, and the emotionally resonant. A man named Maybury who, though he "deplore[s] all deviation," deviates from his planned route and, low on fuel and bitten by a feral cat, takes refuge at "The Hospice," whose sign promises "good fare" and "some accommodations." (There is something vaguely menacing about that some that speaks to the inflexibility of the hospice's rules as well as to the limited number of its beds.)
The story's dining room scene is a masterpiece of low-key, sinister farce. Each guest sits alone at giant tables facing the same way. One, Maybury eventually notices, is chained to a railing on the floor. The portions are enormous, the courses unending, but when Maybury pleads satiety, he is rebuked: "That's not necessarily for each of us to say, is it?" When he can't finish his turkey, an incensed hostess slams his giant plate on the ground.
"The Hospice" could be paraphrased as a visit to a land of neurotic Lotus Eaters. The guests, "who come [to the Hospice] for the food and the peace and the warmth and the rest," don't like stimulants of any kind, forbid the discussion of unpleasantness, abhor the sight of blood and prefer not to sleep alone or in the dark, which isn't to say that death and violence don't find their way inside its fortifications. The Hospice — a refuge for pilgrims or a limbo for dying souls? — is an infantilizing institution that makes Maybury feel like "he was only half his normal size." It also obliquely reflects Maybury's own anxieties: responsible adult businessman though he is, he nonetheless finds himself submitting to the babying, wearing a pair of matching pajamas with a roommate, quaking in his bed and reflecting on his own inadequacies as a man, husband, and father.
Aickman is also a pitiless chronicler of the battle between the sexes, battles which usually depict a rather feckless man helpless to confront or comprehend the inner drives of the woman in his life. "No Stronger Than a Flower," to name one, is a fanged makeover tale which I'd love to see a style magazine with a dark sense of humor reprint in its glossy pages.
While Aickman is never ponderous, he comes closest when he is at his most allegorical, as in "The Wine-Dark Sea," in which a British tourist makes his way on a stolen boat onto a wondrous Greek island ruled over by three goddesses. It is a fable about the feminine energies — fertile, sensuous, wrathful — driven out of culture but still persisting as a last refuge against the barren, masculine culture that has dominated since the beginnings of Western Civilization: "The stupid Greeks even called the plays they wrote about their fight with the women, tragedies." Despite being set around the "faintly repulsive tideless Aegean" and featuring rattling earthquakes, one feels on firmer ground than with some of his murkier tales, probably because allegories by their nature ultimately tend to reveal more than they conceal.
A much subtler tale touching on similar feminine, ecological themes is "The Stains," in which a recently widowed civil servant meets an elemental creature collecting lichen samples for her mysterious father. After abandoning his London life to live with her in a stone cottage, she is horrified when he attempts to define lichen, and by extension their illogical relationship, for her as "a fungus and an alga living in a mutually beneficial relationship." To which she replies: "Don't talk about it…It's unlucky." The story's gruesome ending I think stems as much from the man's urge to explain the mysteries of nature scientifically as any malign power; his assertion constitutes some fatal violation of the natural order.
Some of Aickman's more lurid stories could be alternately titled "Paging Dr. Freud," specifically one entertainingly febrile tale, "Ravissante," about a symbolist painter whose checked sensuality is awakened by a visit to the widow of a famous painter. The old, "gnomic" woman urges him to rifle through the shrine-like wardrobe of her adopted daughter, to kneel and tread on the "complex silky nebula" of her dresses. The lingerie drawer is saved for last:
"You could almost wear it yourself…Why don't you kiss it? Roll up your blue sleeves, and plunge in your white arms…Love them, tear them, possess them."
Describing the story so briefly, however, can't capture the more refined accretion of oddities that culminate in this charged scene, which itself is most likely a psycho-sexual hallucination that painfully manifests to him his own unworthiness as an artist.
Aickman readers are a bit like the narrator of "The Inner Room," who never gains access to her forlorn dollhouse's hidden sanctum where all mystery is laid bare. What one remembers most from Aickman's stories are not the ghosts, vampires, psychopaths, goddesses, or lake monsters, but rather a feeling of dread and a lingering doubt over the precise nature of the epiphany, or atrocity, that seems to have occurred. After reading an Aickman tale, one feels as if one's vision is occluded by the very "self-renewing, perennial" debris that covers every surface of the mansion in "The Unsettled Dust," a story in which the prying narrator is curtly told: "The key of your room doesn't open ever door." And perhaps that's for the best; some locked doors should remain unopened.


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If that name is making you scratch your head, he was a hobbit in Lord of the Rings and was Charlie on Lost. The second one is the important part.
Remember my General List of Celebrity Don'ts? Well Monaghan just ran afoul of #8, "don't badmouth another celebrity and/or get involved in a fan war", but he did stick to 8a, "don't delete your account". During a Twitter Q&A (and I can't believe we're at a place with our celebrities that that's a thing), a girl asked Dom to "holla" at his Lost co-star Matthew Fox and beg him to get a Twitter (GROSS). Dom's response?
"He beats women. No thanks."
(Lainey: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Now, I know Dom Monaghan isn't the most famous dude on the planet. He's a That Guy at best. So it's not like he has a ton to lose here. It's not like Leonardo DiCaprio suddenly took to his (incredibly boring) Twitter to denounce a buddy's gambling addictions. But that any actor would go on the record saying something like that, even about a known assh*le like Matthew Fox, is kind of amazing. Like, my "oh no he didn't" outweighs my "oh dude, #8". And Dom really stuck to his guns, going on to say, "He beats women. Not isolated incidents. Often."
This also crosses over with something else I've been writing about recently, which is fandom and blind spots . The girl who asked Monaghan about Fox responded, in all caps, "What about all those good times you had together?!" And Dom's response drives home the point I was trying to make before—and obviously didn't—when he said, "How do you know we ever did. You don't know either of us." (Emphasis mine.)
You can yell at me all you want. You can tell me that the result of Fox's alleged-punching incident in Ohio last year is a mess of lawsuits and he said/she said, therefore, there's nothing conclusive. (The recent DUI is a little more definitive, no?) And you can tell me all about how Fox is a great guy who's just so misunderstood and is being persecuted and I'm a worthless bitch who doesn't know anything.
You know whose word I'm taking? Dom's. The actor who spent six years working with the guy wins over the little fangirl who's never met either of them. Every time.
Attached - Dominic Monaghan in Toronto yesterday at the Rogers Media Upfront.


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Vodafone will tomorrow launch its upgraded mobile 3G network to improve coverage under-served regional areas.
The carrier will launch the 2100Mhz network following its merger with Hutchison 3 in Feburary this year in major regional centres.
Vodafone Australia CTO Andy Reeves said the upgrade will increase choice in regional areas.
"We are committed to investing in our network to provide Australians with... 3G services where they're needed most," Reeves said.
The company claimed the second network upgrade on August 31, using the 900Mhz band, will increase its High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) coverage from 80 to 94 per cent of the population.
The upgrades will not affect 2G services.


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Stéphane Louis is a self-taught artist, who publishes his work under solely his last name. He made his first comic stories in fanzines like Le Grimoire. He also cooperated with more professional magazines like Comic Box and Dixième Planète. He did his first professional work for Semic, drawing stories with characters like 'Phénix' and 'Woody Woodpecker'. He has also done comics from the Semic Universe for the American market, such as 'Darkness'. He makes the sci-fi series 'Tessa - Agent Intergalactique' in cooperation with scenarist Nicolas Mitric for Soleil since 2004. He also developed a spin-off series called '42 Agents intergalactiques' in 2006. Louis also provided script and artwork for the 9th book in the series 'Kookaburra Universe'.
In 2011 he created the series 'Escobar, le Dernier Maya' for Le Lomard, followed by 'Miss Deeplane' for Clair de Lune in 2013. Louis is also a scriptwriter for other series, having created 'Khaal, Chroniques d'un empereur galactique' with Valentin Sécher (Soleil, 2011), the second 'Husk' book with Arnaud Boudoiron (Soleil, 2009), 'Ultime Étoile' with Julien Motteler (Clair de Lune, 2013) and 'Edgar Allan Poe' with Bastien Orenge and Thomas Verguet (Soleil, 2014). Stéphane Louis has also worked as a designer for advertisements, communication purposes and websites.


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In a month's time, DayZ—the zombie-survival variant of Arma II— has quickly established itself as one of the most appealing mods of a PC game in recent history, if ever. That also makes it an appealing target to malefactors.
One such person managed to get aboard the DayZ server admin team and, apparently, turn its servers into a massive botnet or give someone else the permission to do the same. As such, any server to DayZ to which the game's admins have been given remote access may be compromised.
The admins sent out an email notice yesterday have posted in the game's official forum about the breach, essentially confirming it. They're asking all server hosts who gave DayZ admins RDP access to scan for any suspicious processes. The person believed responsible has been identified and banned, and legal action is being pursued against him. Naturally, that forum thread has devolved to revenge threats, requiring the DayZ admins to demand that no one post his personal information in the thread.
One tipster sounded pretty fed up with the state of affairs, but unsurprised that things reached this point. "We've told them again and again they need to be careful who they put on the staff, they need to take things carefully, and again and again they make a mess of things," he told Kotaku.
"The language from the devteam is the same thing. We've 'donated' our servers. We should 'trust them' with root access," he continued, the disgust evident in his tone. "Meanwhile, the server hosts are paying $75 per month, bare minimum, to support the player base for this mod. And they want to commercialize it! We pay money so that they can make money, and in the meantime we get turned into a giant, powerful botnet that won't ever see a dime of the mod's commercial viability because they won't do a thing we suggest."
The forum thread is at the link below. A screenshot of the email declaring the breach can be viewed here. "Perhaps there's some delicious irony in the fact that computers that have been compromised are called zombies," said our tipster. Perhaps.
Security Notice - They trollinnnn [DayZ Mod]


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i bark painting surrounding petition with 12 faded signatures dated 14 August 1963
ii bark painting surrounding petition with 12 faded signatures dated 28 August 1963
Neither petition is now intact: the typed paper was removed and replaced with copies in an attempt to limit fading of the signatures.
The images shown here are a reconstruction produced for this website by photographing the original papers and digitally replacing them in their original positions.
|Long Title:
|Petitions of the Aboriginal people of Yirrkala 14 August and 28 August 1963
|No. of pages:
|Replacement papers glued to stringybark sheets with design painted in pipeclay, charcoal and ochre
|46.9 x 21 cm
|Sent from Yirrkala, Northern Territory to the House of Representatives in 1963. Formally presented for display in Old Parliament House in 1977 and moved to the new Parliament House in 1988.
|The painted designs on bark explain Yolngu title to land
|Location & Copyright:
|Parliament House Canberra


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Lincoln coach Jason Bryant is trying to guide the Hornets to a fourth straight appearance in the San Diego Section Division II finals.
The foundation toppled before his eyes.
Heading into tonight's section Division II semifinal against defending champion La Costa Canyon, Lincoln coach Jason Bryant recalled reaching rock bottom and slowly climbing back
"It has been a roller coaster, sort of like the Dow Jones with plenty ups and plenty downs," said Bryant, whose team started 6-2 and finished the regular season 11-14.
"We had a collapse, but we put together a win streak and now we are in the semifinals. Hopefully there are no more valleys and we can stay at the peak and keep it going."
Senior Tyree Robinson was the first domino to fall.
The University of Oregon recruit broke his foot five games into the season after landing on a teammate in practice. A crippling loss, for sure.
Robinson — a jack-of-all-trades and unquestioned leader of the San Diego Section's preseason No. 1-ranked boys basketball team — averaged 21 points, three assists, six rebounds and two steals for the Hornets, who've won two of the past three section Division II titles along with a state championship in 2010.
Doctors expected Robinson to be sidelined six to eight weeks, possibly derailing his ability to participate in the playoffs.
Tyrell Robinson, Tyree's twin, was the second domino.
"We had a conversation," Bryant said. "Tyrell told me he wanted to focus on recruiting, which would mean stepping away from the team. I was in full support of it. I'd much rather him play, but I'm always in support of kids going to college."
Amid reports that Oregon football coach Chip Kelly was joining the Philadelphia Eagles, Tyrell needed time to contemplate his future. He took official recruiting visits to USC and Washington along with Tyree. Fifteen points, five assists and four rebounds per game out the door. Just like that.
In addition to losing the Robinsons — football and basketball recruits for the Ducks — Lincoln's roster was weakened by ineligibility.
The blowouts followed. Cathedral Catholic and Bishop Montgomery pummeled Lincoln by 41 and 45 points, respectively. Mission Hills routed the Hornets by 22. St. Augustine trounced them by 40 points.
Lincoln did manage a 33-31 victory over Scripps Ranch, which finished the season 5-19. Plus there was a 45-41 victory by the Hornets over 8-16 University City.
"It was very tough," Hornets senior Kevon Mitchell said. "But Coach Bryant never doubted the ability we had on our team. He told us we still had a shot at CIF, but it would take plenty of work. We had to play no matter what."
On the eve of signing day, Bryant smiled again. Tyrell finalized his decision to remain a green and yellow Duck and announced his return to the Hornets.
Lincoln limped into the playoffs and — after much debate by the seeding committee — was dropped into the No. 12 spot in the bracket.
Down went fifth-seeded Morse. The first-round upset shocked few people. With Tyree's foot healed, the self-proclaimed "Horrible Duo" — Tyree and Tyrell Robinson — were together on a basketball court again. Next was No. 4 San Ysidro edged by Lincoln 53-52 in the quarterfinals.
The roller coaster ride had a silver lining, Bryant said. Other contributors emerged on the team in the Robinsons' absence.
Players like Mitchell and Daniel Melifonwu developed more confidence, which has made Lincoln a stronger, deeper team than before.
"Someone had to score points," Melifonwu said. "I worked on my rebounding and shot blocking and scoring to help the team."
Added Mitchell: "The coaches were skeptical of what I could bring to the table because it was my first year here. During that period, I tried to show what I am capable of on the court."
Standing in Lincoln's way tonight is La Costa Costa, which ended the Hornets' title hopes last season and defeated them again in the Southern California Regional final. While a challenge, Bryant thinks his team can make some noise now that the Hornets can attack using several options.
"They're a great team. It won't be easy," Bryant said. "But we have enough talent to compete and reach the finals again. Hopefully, we can play well enough to get there."


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|Oracle® Spatial Developer's Guide
11g Release 1 (11.1)
Part Number B28400-01
|View PDF
The SDO_MIGRATE.TO_CURRENT subprogram described in this chapter has both procedure and function interfaces. As a procedure, it lets you upgrade spatial geometry tables from previous releases of Spatial; and as a function, it lets you upgrade a single SDO_GEOMETRY object.
SDO_MIGRATE.TO_CURRENT is the only procedure that you should use for upgrading tables. Do not use the SDO_MIGRATE.TO_81X, SDO_MIGRATE.FROM_815_TO_81X, or SDO_MIGRATE.TO_734 procedures, which were documented in previous Spatial releases but are no longer supported.
Format (Any Object-Relational Model Implementation to Current)
tabname IN VARCHAR2
[, column_name IN VARCHAR2]);
tabname IN VARCHAR2,
column_name IN VARCHAR2
[, commit_int IN NUMBER]);
Format (Single Object-Relational Model Geometry to Current)
geom IN SDO_GEOMETRY,
dim IN SDO_DIM_ARRAY
Format (Any Relational Model Implementation to Current)
layer IN VARCHAR2,
newtabname IN VARCHAR2,
gidcolumn IN VARCHAR2,
geocolname IN VARCHAR2,
layer_gtype IN VARCHAR2,
updateflag IN VARCHAR2);
Upgrades data from a previous Spatial release to the current release. As a procedure, TO_CURRENT upgrades an entire layer (all geometries in a column); as a function, TO_CURRENT upgrades a single geometry object, which must be of type SDO_GEOMETRY.
For upgrading a layer, the procedure format depends on whether you are upgrading from the Spatial relational model (release 8.1.5 or earlier) or object-relational model (release 8.1.6 or later). See the Usage Notes for the model that applies to you.
You should use this procedure for any spatial layer upgrade. Do not use the SDO_MIGRATE.TO_81X, SDO_MIGRATE.FROM_815_TO_81X, or SDO_MIGRATE.TO_734 procedures, which were documented in previous Spatial releases but are no longer supported.
Note:This procedure applies to two-dimensional geometries only. It is not supported for three-dimensional geometries.
Table with geometry objects.
Column in
tabname that contains geometry objects. If
column_name is not specified or is specified as null, the column containing geometry objects is upgraded.
Number of geometries to upgrade before Spatial performs an internal commit operation. If
commit_int is not specified, no internal commit operations are performed during the upgrade.
If you specify a
commit_int value, you can use a smaller rollback segment than would otherwise be needed.
Single geometry object to be upgraded to the current release.
Dimensional information array for the geometry object to be upgraded. The SDO_DIM_ARRAY type is explained in Section 2.8.3.
Name of the layer to be upgraded.
Name of the new table to which you are upgrading the data.
Name of the column in which to store the GID from the old table.
Name of the column in the new table where the geometry objects will be inserted.
One of the following values: POINT or NOTPOINT (default).
If the layer you are upgrading is composed solely of point data, set this parameter to POINT for optimal performance; otherwise, set this parameter to NOTPOINT. If you set the value to POINT and the layer contains any nonpoint geometries, the upgrade might produce invalid data.
One of the following values: UPDATE or INSERT (default).
If you are upgrading the layer into an existing populated attribute table, set this parameter to UPDATE; otherwise, set this parameter to INSERT.
Usage Notes for Object-Relational Model Layer and Single Geometry Upgrade
The specified geometry or all geometry objects in the specified layer are upgraded so that their SDO_GTYPE and SDO_ETYPE values are in the format of the current release:
SDO_GTYPE values of 4 digits are created, using the format (DLTT) shown in Table 2-1 in Section 2.2.1.
SDO_ETYPE values are as discussed in Section 2.2.4.
Geometries are ordered so that exterior rings are followed by their interior rings, and coordinates are saved in the correct rotation (counterclockwise for exterior rings, and clockwise for interior rings).
Usage Notes for Relational Model Upgrade
If you are you upgrading from the Spatial relational model (release 8.1.5 or earlier), consider the following when using this procedure:
The new table must be created before you call this procedure.
If the data to be upgraded is geodetic, the tolerance value (SDO_TOLERANCE column value in the <layername>_SDODIM table or view) must be expressed in decimal degrees (for example, 0.00000005).
The procedure converts geometries from the relational model to the object-relational model.
A commit operation is performed by this procedure.
If any of the upgrade steps fails, nothing is upgraded for the layer.
layer is the underlying layer name, without the _SDOGEOM suffix.
The old SDO_GID is stored in
SDO_GTYPE values of 4 digits are created, using the format (DLTT) shown in Table 2-1 in Section 2.2.1.
SDO_ETYPE values are created, using the values discussed in Section 2.2.4.
The procedure orders geometries so that exterior rings are followed by their interior rings, and it saves coordinates in the correct rotation (counterclockwise for exterior rings, and clockwise for interior rings).
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Concrete pools are the oldest type of creating swimming pools. The method starts off with digging a gap in the ground and lining the hole with rebar. Then the drains, skimmers, return lines, and in-flooring cleansing program are established into place. Soon after that, the pool is shot with gunite.
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Then, the tile and coping stones are set in spot. Ultimately, the pool is shot and troweled with plaster. When the plaster is concluded, the firm usually starts filling the pool with h2o instantly, as plaster cures beneath water.
As soon as the pool is entire, the technique is started up and balanced with chemical compounds. This is the time that requires the most operate, normally a whole lot of brushing and backwashing due to dusting from the new plaster.
Also referred to as whitecoat or marcite, plaster is an age old procedure of ending several buildings. Utilised underwater, it gives the watertight seal that the a lot more porous gunite or shotcrete beneath it cannot.
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Plaster finishes offer twenty a long time of provider beneath perfect circumstances, nonetheless, ours is not often an ideal entire world. The plaster area is intended to degrade gradually, sooner or later requiring a new coat, or at least some pool plaster fix.
Itâ??s been a long time because they could say â??You can plaster your pool in any colour you want, as prolonged as that coloration is whiteâ?. Pool plaster is typically a combine of white Portland cement and marble dust, but there are dozens of additives for toughness, simplicity of software and colour.
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Acknowledged as mottling, and unique from floor stains and deposits, mottling may look as grayish hued places. Rarely do I see a plaster occupation that is white like milk. They're normally white like clouds. Becoming a all-natural merchandise, mottling is inherent in any plaster occupation and must not be regarded a defect.
There has been a lot research on the subject in latest a long time nevertheless no consensus has been arrived at on the causes and cure of mottling.
Various from mottling, stains are generally localized and distinctive in shade from the plaster. Most stains are triggered by large steel minerals coming out of solutions and depositing them selves on the nearest construction they locate. They could also stay suspended in water, providing spectacular new coloration strategies. Beneath is a chart listing common metals discovered in swimming pools, where they came from, and their identifying colors.
If your plaster has surface irregularities, which could just take on a beige hue, you have what is actually typically referred to as etching. This etching can be brought on by reduced pH or alkalinity an acidic situation.
It may start inside of the plaster, from the authentic blend on software, or etching could commence from the gunite side of the plaster and work alone from the outside the house in. Plaster etching can also be the outcome of aggressive or inappropriate acid washing.
You may possibly be observing the gunite or shotcrete beneath the plaster commencing to present by way of. You better commence budgeting for that re-plaster.
Recognized as bond failure, this will occur as areas exactly where the plaster has popped off. This is a frequent pool plaster repair, usually witnessed on re-plaster employment, the place the plaster to plaster bond may possibly never ever be as sturdy as the first plaster to concrete bond.


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One of the most joyous days in the Islamic calendar, Eid al-Fitr, also known as Eid ul-Fitr or Eid, is a celebration that marks the end of Ramadan (a holy month of fasting observed by Muslims).
This year in the United States, Eid al-Fitr begins on Friday, June 15. It is celebrated on the first day of Shawwal, the 10th month of the Islamic lunar calendar. Traditionally, the observance begins with the sighting of the new moon. While many will wait to see the moon or an announcement from Mecca, the Fiqh Council of North America has determined that Eid al-Fitr 2018 will fall on June 15, based on astronomical calculations.
According to a hadith attributed to Anas ibn Malik, a companion of the Prophet Muhammad, the two festivals of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha were instituted by the Prophet after his journey from Mecca to Medinah.
"When the Prophet arrived in Medinah, he found people celebrated two specific days in which they used to entertain themselves with recreation and merriment. He asked them about the nature of these festivities to which they replied that these days were occasions of fun and recreation. At this, the Prophet remarked that the Almighty has fixed two days [of festivity] instead of these for you which are better than these: Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.
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The train carrying a vast amount of NSA confidential information continues to trek along today, with a revelation that the government agency conducted man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks involving a couple of the Web's largest companies. Falling under the guise of "FLYING PIG", one of the main traffic sources to intercept was Google, and the simple drawing below explains how such an attack was structured.
Due to the quality of the original image, I re-created it above, and hopefully it gets the point across. From the time the server requests were made from a router, the NSA effectively intercepted the request before Google could reply, and with faked security certificates, acted as a proxy to gather whatever data that it could. It's being noted that SSL traffic (encrypted) was being specifically targeted.
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I am considering whether or not to create Elf-lords as a seperate category. The questions I have are
- Who exactly qualifies as an elf-lord? Those of the House of Finwë and the House of Thingol or just any important elf?
- Is it worth its own article?
--Narfil Palùrfalas 21:17, 24 June 2006 (EDT)
Work on this Article[edit source]
I notice that this page is the most popular article on the wiki. It seems to be lacking some organization or something. It contains a lot of information, but needs some improvement. I was wondering if there were any precise suggestions for the article. --Narfil Palùrfalas 13:10, 18 February 2007 (EST)
- I also note that the Middle-earth and Witch-king of Angmar articles, the second and fourth most popular respectively, also need serious work. I think though that Morgoth, Gandalf, and J.R.R. Tolkien, the other most popular articles, will suffice. --Narfil Palùrfalas 13:13, 18 February 2007 (EST)
Outline and Sub-articles[edit source]
What do you guys think needs to be done to this article? If we plan on changing it a lot maybe we should consider creating an outline first. I also think it's apparent the article is going to be lengthy, what about creating sub-articles such as "Elves/History", we could have a link to the history article within the Elves article and underneath the link we could have a synopsis of the article. Maybe it's just me but I have a hard time taking away information from a really long article. --Hyarion 20:20, 28 February 2007 (EST)
- That sounds excellent. I've never heard of a wiki doing that before (in my limited experience), but I think it would work great. The one thing is that the title bar would be Elves/History (which may not be a bad thing, I don't know), and the template for changing that doesn't work on the new default skin. I was intending to suggest an article titled History of the Elves or something, but your suggestion appeals as well. --Narfil Palùrfalas 21:52, 28 February 2007 (EST)
- That was exactly my other thought, that way it will be easier to link to it from other articles as well and it will look nicer. We actually already had the article created for a few sections so I've added them, I'll work on the others tonight. --Hyarion 23:19, 28 February 2007 (EST)
- Looking back at Forums:TG Advent: 30 Improved pages for the New Year, I came back to this article. You know, a lot of this article is dedicated to elven characteristics. Should this article be based around this, or should the wealth of information be moved to a subarticle? Then again, if we move away both the characteristics and the history, we might not have much of an article. . . What do you(pl.) think? At any rate, this still needs work, and we can't let it drop from the list of priorities until it's fixed. --Narfil Palùrfalas 07:53, 30 March 2007 (EDT)
- I think you're right, maybe we can create another article for characteristics, and trim down the sections on this page so we can focus on the more important aspects. --Hyarion 14:30, 30 March 2007 (EDT)
- Does anyone else have an opinion on this? We really need to get whatever we're going to do done soon. It's bad business for the most popular article to be one of the biggest messes in the wiki (if not the biggest). --Narfil Palùrfalas 14:45, 1 April 2007 (EDT)
- Let's go ahead and do it. Should we split away Elvish History, or keep it as it is, with links to sections from Elvish History? At any rate, I suggest we keep Elvish Characteristics in this page, and move Life and Customs to. . . say. . . Life and Customs of the Eldar, or something suitable. --Narfil Palùrfalas 12:40, 2 April 2007 (EDT)
- Hyarion, do you have any comments/suggestions/approval/input in general? I'd like to do this as soon as possible; or, if you like, you can do it while I'm at my meeting tonight. --Narfil Palùrfalas 18:09, 5 April 2007 (EDT)
A rewrite is now in progress. I couldn't find an "Under Construction" template, but if we have one, it would be a good idea to add it now. --Narfil Palùrfalas 12:17, 7 April 2007 (EDT)
- The rewrite is finished. As soon as we do a little cleanup and add a section on the Kindreds, I'd say it's done sufficiently. Any input? --Narfil Palùrfalas 14:41, 7 April 2007 (EDT)
- Fantastic! I haven't read it all the way through but it looks great, an immense improvement. I'll work on it some more this weekend, great job. --Hyarion 15:01, 7 April 2007 (EDT)
- Good. We also need to work on the subarticles Elven Characteristics, Elven Life cycle, and Elven Customs. You'll notice a slight overlap in the last two; we need to correct that. I'm not sure I'll get to this today, but if you don't do it, I will eventually. --Narfil Palùrfalas 15:29, 7 April 2007 (EDT)
Do we know anything about elven funeral customs and what they do with thier dead?[edit source]
Since we know that elves do died by sorrow and combat and like to know if we know what they actually did to thier dead like Mortals did? I just like to know. Thanks. And it might as well sounded like a kind of interesting subject too.
Elves Left-handedness[edit source]
As many as you know I play Lord of the Rings Online. I was listening to the podcast The Secrets of Middle-earth (formerly The Secrets of Lord of the Rings) and he noticed that many of the Elves of Rivendell are left-handed. I'm wondering where the developers got this from. Is this canon lore? --Pinkkeith 17:32, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
- In a late writing, ◦"Eldarin Hands, Fingers & Numerals and Related Writings" (published in Vinyar Tengwar 47-49), Tolkien wrote that Elves were ambidextrous. --Morgan 17:40, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
Cleanup tag[edit source]
It's been there since 2008 and although the article hasn't changed much since then I'd be inclined to remove it. Sources aside (that tag should stay) it's a decent enough article, and we don't have to tag everything that's not perfect. I worry that having cleanup tags on highly visible articles for years on end gives people the wrong impression of the quality of the wiki as a whole. —Aulë the Smith (Tk·Cb) 10:23, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
- I agree. For a popular page like this, I think we should only have a cleanup tag if (1) it's really bad (2) or if if someone is actually working on improving the page. Otherwise, as you said, we should put tags on almost all articles! --Morgan 10:29, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
- I agree (not because it's a popular page, but because I don't think it's that much of a mess at all). --Mith (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 11:01, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
Eldar?[edit source]
Is there a good reason to begin the article with "The Elves (Eldar) were..." Why not Quendi here? Eldar and Avari are subgroups of the Quendi, aren't they? --Tik 17:07, 29 January 2016 (UTC)
- +1 True story. Quendi would be more accurate because Eldar is, indeed, a sub-group. --Elf-esteem 06:04, 30 January 2016 (UTC)
Divisions[edit source]
Would there be any objection if I added a new section to this article, dubbed "Divisions" (or something similar), to give a summary overview of the major groups of Elves? I'd like to include in this section some textual discussion of these groups, along a diagram I've been working on that visually depicts the relationships between them; the diagram is currently housed at User:Protospace/Sandbox. Thanks. Protospace 09:13, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
- I think that is a good idea. Is there a way to make it look less like a genealogy? --DoctorWellington 15:32, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
- I'm not sure; the chart templates that are available on TG are pretty limited. Protospace 02:48, 24 February 2018 (UTC)