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Setting: Old Saybrook lies on Long Island Sound just west ofthe mouth of the Connecticut River. It is 105 miles northeast ofNew York City, 32 miles east of New Haven, and 43 miles southeastof Hartford. Average high temperatures reach 25 to 30 degrees inwinter, mid-80s in summer.
Attractions: Despite Old Saybrook's status as a bedroom andresort community (the year-round population of about 9,700 morethan doubles in summer), there's plenty of civic spirit. Thebusiness district along broad Main Street makes this a cozy,self-contained New England village. Natural surroundings aresuperb, with Long Island Sound and (once you cross U.S. Highway 1)the bucolic Connecticut River Valley.
Drawbacks: Former city dwellers might find the town "alittle quiet," says one resident. Others fear overdevelopment mightbecome a problem.
Housing Options: North of U.S. 1, the inland section of towntends to be more heavily wooded, with 1-acre zoning. Main Streetand the surrounding blocks are within walking distance of shopping,with many 18th- and 19th-century homes. Houses near the sound andalong the east shore of Saybrook Point trade lot size for marsh andwater views. The exclusive Fenwick area features grand homes thatseldom come on the market.
Your Next-door Neighbors: Nonagenarian Katharine Hepburn,the town's most famous resident, has a secluded Fenwick home. A fewYale professors, executives from eastern Connecticut's big casinos,and workers at Pfizer and General Dynamics' Electric Boat Divisioncommute from here.
What It Costs: Some modest properties, particularly to thenorth, go for less than $200,000. Figure on $300,000-$600,000 inneighborhoods convenient to Main Street. Waterfront properties and200-year-old homes along North Cove Road easily exceed $1million.
Where You'd Spend Free Time: Water-oriented activities arethe big draw, with the protected sound ideal for sailing,powerboating, sea kayaking, and the pursuit of bluefish and stripedbass. There are two town beaches. Hammonasset Beach State Park, oneof New England's finest saltwater beaches, is only 12 miles away.Golfers can play a 9-hole course in town and several 18-holecourses in the area. There are bike paths, and Great CedarsConservation Area has hiking trails. The historic Goodspeed OperaHouse and Ivoryton Playhouse theaters are a short drive away.
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The Hush Post: The government has issued an advisory asking TV channels not to air condom advertisements which might be 'indecent and inappropriate for viewing by children.' In order to ensure this, the ministry has asked channels to broadcast them during night hours. As per the advisory, the information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry said that condom ads should only be aired between 10 pm and 6 am to avoid exposure to children and to ensure "strict adherence to the provisions contained in the Cable Television Networks Rules, 1994." According to the ministry, some channels carry condoms advert repeatedly which are indecent especially for children.
"In view of the above, all TV channels are hereby advised not to telecast the advertisements of condoms which are for a particular age group and could be indecent/ inappropriate for viewing by children," the I&B ministry advisory said.
Advertising Standard Council of India had received many complaints on the content of condom ads. Our consumer complaints council, on examination, discovered that such ads meant for adults and were not considered good viewing for the children. The main issue was with the timing of the advertisements," said Shweta Purandare, secretary general, ASCI. However, according to the Economic Times, Rohit Ohri, group chairman at advertising agency FCB India, said I&B ministry's move is a "misguided reform." He said that it is triggered by the Sunny Leone ad for Manforce condom. "If one ad is bad, it does not mean you apply the same rule for all."


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An Old Order Mennonite couple's vows and beliefs are challenged in this stirring contemporary novel for fans of Cindy Woodsmall or Shelley Shepherd Gray. Anthony and Marty Hirschler are part of an Old Order Mennonite community in Pine Hill, Indiana. The couple has grown apart since a doctor confirmed they would never have children. Marty longs to escape the tight-knit area where large families are valued, and the opportunity to do so arises when her childhood friend, Brooke Spalding, resurfaces with the wild idea of rebuilding a ghost town into a resort community. Brooke hires Anthony to help with the construction, drawing the Hirschlers away from Indiana and into her plan, and then finds herself diagnosed with cancer. Moral complications with Brooke's vision for a casino as part of the resort and the discovery of a runaway teenager hiding on the property open up a world neither the Hirschlers nor Brooke had considered before. Will they be able to overcome their challenges and differences to help the ones among them hurting the most?
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It's not very often that you get to be a part of a conspiracy so I jumped at the chance when I was asked if CCT could help do a surprise proposal. A local horseback rider helped her son plan the perfect sunset proposal and we were more than happy to be involved.
The romeo showed up at the corrals in nice attire and with roses in hand. We took him and his personal photographer up to our favorite look-out spot where the sunsets just perfectly in front of you.
A little while later the unsuspecting, soon-to-be fiance arrived at the corrals with her soon-to-be mother in-law and family friend. She thought they were just going on a simple trail ride…little did she know, everyone from the park hosts to the trail guides were in on the surprise.
I took the group out on the ride. "Where's your boyfriend at?" I asked once she had told me she was in town visiting his family. "Oh, he is with friends having boy time," she responded. The young lady oohed and awed at the scenery as we slowly made our way to the secret spot. I could hardly keep myself in the saddle for all the anticipation.
We rounded a corner and looked down to see rose petals lacing the trail.
"What are those! Are those rose petals" the riders exclaimed, the young Juliet confused and the rest of us faking surprise. As we slowly worked our way up the path we looked to our right where the sun was beginning to set. Silhouetted against the warm glow was an indistinguishable figure. There was no way of telling who this mystery romantic was.
As we rounded the last bit of the corner, the young lady let out a gasp as her boyfriend of five years came into focus. We helped her dismount where she could join him on the hill. He got down on one knee and asked her to be his wife. Short of breath, but oh so happy, she said yes!!!
Our small conspiratorial group let out a cheer as the newly engaged couple embraced. It was such a very special moment between them and the love that obviously share for each other was almost tangible.
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I couldn't help myself with the jewel-toned beauties piled up at the Hampden Farmers Market. They were being sold by Kenona Farm, which had them via Sugar Hill Cranberry Co.
They were huge, beautiful berries. I froze a great many bags, but some became sauce of one kind or another. And one bag I saved to try making dried cranberries.
Sugar Hill had a card with the recipe on the back. It is quite straightforward. My only trouble is that I don't have a dehydrator, so I tried the oven method. They didn't turn out dried, but rather chewy.
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1 16 oz. bag cranberries
2 quarts boiling water
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Place cranberries in a bowl and pour the boiling water over them. Let the berries sit until the skin pops.
Drain. Coat the berries with sugar or corn syrup (optional).
Oven method
Place berries on a cookie sheet and put in a 350-degree oven for 10 minutes. Turn off the oven and let them sit overnight. (I checked them and reheated oven to 175 degrees twice over about a 10-hour period to help get rid of more moisture.)
The berries will be sticky, so place pan in the freezer. After the berries are frozen, remove from pan to either a freezer bag or container. Store in the freezer.
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Transfer the berries to a cooking sheet and place in freezer for about two hours.
Put berries on a mesh sheet in the dehydrator for 10-16 hours until chewy and no pockets of moisture.
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The Benefits of Weighing CHS Honors Classes
Every year, colleges get more and more competitive as an increasing number of applicants have increasingly better resumés that strut their stuff to admission offices across the nation and beyond. However, some high schools still stick their heads in the sand and refuse to give students who are willing to go the extra mile the incentive or opportunity to do so. CHS is no exception to this paradox. Other schools that are more generous with advancing students at an accelerated rate can also see negative impacts to their student body when AP classes are offered too early. In order to forge a middle ground in between these two extremes, CHS should offer a weight to the "Honors" classes that they provide to underclassmen that matches the degree of difficulty presented in each class.
By not providing a weight to classes such as Honors Freshman English or Honors World History, many students take the standard-level classes that are sometimes too easy for them and do not allow them to be exposed to more difficult material. This is due to the fact that they can still pass these classes with an A but still enter AP and IB classes later on down the road. Not only does this harm the student by keeping them away from more advanced classroom environments, but it may also lead their counselors or prospective colleges to decide that the student has not taken the most challenging coursework possible. On top of this, a number of honors classes have actually been weighted before at CHS, but have lost this attribute in recent years. Therefore, this disincentivization of rigorous courses harms both CHS and the students that attend it.
On the other side of the spectrum, CHS is making the right choice by not offering too many AP classes to freshmen in particular. By taking an AP class and skipping out on classes meant for their grade, there is a high likelihood of a student getting a grade that they will be unsatisfied with. According to the Washington Post, freshmen that take AP classes have a 32% likelihood of getting a 1 out of 5 on the end of the year AP exam. With sophomores, the argument for more AP classes can be made with further reasoning behind it, but if there were more specifically weighted honors classes outside of AP and IB, underclassmen would have a higher likelihood of getting a grade that they feel comfortable with.
Even if CHS were to put a weight on some of these classes, there is no guarantee that schools across the nation, more specifically the UC system, would accept this in the name of academic parity. For example, the UC system limits the amount of extra UC GPA points high school honors classes can give.
"It's their designation based upon the curriculum they review," said CHS counselor Mr. Troesh. "It's really about what the UC system is looking for."
However, even if they do not recognize the weight and deem that the curriculum being administered is difficult enough, they are still given an indicator on the students that are willing to take these classes. By adding a weight of 0.25 or 0.5 GPA points to these classes, more students who feel that taking rigorous classes would be a waste of time may be more inclined to take honors classes. This will cause an influx of new applicants that will enroll in AP and IB courses after taking and passing honors-level courses.
As college admissions offices step up their standards, CHS must adapt to fit the new norm and allow their students a chance at advancing themselves at a rate that will not result in them taking classes that are far too strenuous for them. When considering that the future of CHS students is at stake, prioritizing their academic success by weighing honors-level classes should be a no-brainer.


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Ever since Interactive Theatre International was founded – with the creation of Faulty Towers The Dining Experience in 1997 – women have been at the forefront of directorship, development and all things regarding the creative and production process.
The company's owner, executive producer and artistic director, Alison Pollard-Mansergh, started the company in the late '90s – at a time when women in the UK represented only 22% of management jobs and 9.6% of executive directors (catalyst.org). Figures have somewhat improved since, with over one-third (35%) of UK legislators, senior officials, and managers represented by women (catalyst.org) – but everyone agrees that there's a long way to go.
At Interactive Theatre International we're proud to have two company directors, one of each gender, with 75% of senior management roles filled by women. In addition, the company's staff consists of over 80% women (full- and part-time roles) and casual staff 100% – along with equal pay among male and female employees.
Given such positive representation of women, here's what some of them had to say about working in the company…
Alison Pollard-Mansergh (Ali) – Owner, Executive Producer & Artistic Director
It's amazing to me that a performance company I started 21 years ago is still going today, considering I thought we would be only doing Faulty Towers The Dining Experience for a few months! I sometimes look in disbelief at the way in which it has grown into the highly respected international theatre company that it is today, and still encompasses the heart and soul that it started with. I have not done it alone though, and I am very proud of the fact that 80% of our administrative and performance team members are women who work from their own homes, and work their company role around their roles as partners, wives, mothers, daughters of ageing parents, the list goes on…
We are a company that has been showing what is possible for more than two decades, and that still leads the way … even now … in the 21st century.
Geraldine Hill – PR & Brand Director
Theatre is full of really juicy roles for women both on- and off-stage, and those roles are increasingly more responsible. I joined ITI in 2008 having worked in my own company in industry as well as the arts. At that time, ITI was just starting out in the UK, and my remit was to work with Ali to help build the business around the world. Using the flagship show, Faulty Towers The Dining Experience, that's exactly what has happened, and ITI now produces and tours five shows. They're performed by over 30 extremely talented actors and supported by 20 staff; all of them are women apart from the general manager, three marketing staff, and the (necessarily!) male performers. Meanwhile, I'm still working on the PR and business development side of things. It's busy, it's creative, and that's just the way I like it. From front of house to executive producer, actor to director, there really is room in this company for women from all backgrounds and at all levels and stages of their career.
Stacey Hewett – Customer Services Representative & Production Assistant
I have worked for ITI for nearly nine months now and I have the role of UK Production Assistant and Customer Service Representative. Working for a company which is made up of mostly women is a fresh experience and has allowed me to flourish in a role that I hadn't expected. I feel being around so many women who are strong minded and willing to work hard and push themselves has inspired me to really dig into what my own strengths are and to find my path within the company. "Don't just stand for the success of other women, insist on it."
Claire Housden – Head of Sales
Returning to the workforce after my last child was born, I started working with ITI in a part time capacity. I was responsible for reception and basic administration duties and at that time all administration staff were female and most had young children. Flexi-time was company policy and very much encouraged by the directors. I enjoyed working part time, and working from my home office meant I could work around my children's needs.
I did envisage, when both of my children started school, returning to full time work in the world of commercial real estate. However, by the time they were both at school I had increased my hours with ITI, moved into the sales department, was working on expanding territories, and was really enjoying the working in a small team of supportive women. I was offered a full time role in 2012, and have now been with the company for eight years. I head the sales department and manage staff based in both the UK and Australia. The hours are still flexible, which still suits me. The late nights working with the UK team and international clients mean I can take time when the children get home from school to help with homework; I have time to be fully involved in their lives.
With strong female leadership the company has gone from strength to strength; creating and producing new shows, expanding territories and increasing the volume of shows sold all around the world. It's great to be a part of such a successful team.
Suzanna Hughes – Actor & Sales Executive
I started at ITI as a jobbing actor playing Sybil Faulty back in September 2012. As an actor, good, regular work is hard to come by – I've been incredibly lucky and have toured the world – Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Ireland to name but a few, and have performed extensively at our West End residency. I now also perform in our sister shows – The Wedding Reception – of which I am also the associate director, Faulty Towers A One Night Stand, and Pamela's Palace, and I work as a sales executive for the shows, working from home in between touring.
ITI is a fantastic company for women to work in – I've been given so many opportunities and now have a fantastic career doing what I love, which fits in with my life, husband and dog, Desmond. Our company director and original Sybil, Ali, built the company whilst raising a family and now encourages us girls (and boys) to have it all as well!
Donna Gray – Associate Director, Actor & Sales Executive
I've been playing Sybil in Faulty Towers The Dining Experience since 2012. It was a privilege to be the first UK actor to play the part after its successful launch in Australia and Europe. I followed on from the founder of the company, Alison Pollard-Mansergh, an influential business woman and actress who created the company from nothing. She inspired and encouraged me to become the person I am today. Six years later I am Associate Director for ITI, I cast the actors, write new content and perform in three of our shows. I am also one of a team of women who run the sales department. I am so incredibly empowered and proud of the females in the company – we mean business. If we say we are going to do something it gets done. My children have grown up watching me do what I enjoy most and my husband has always supported my love for acting and comedy. I feel truly blessed to travel the world, work with wonderful women and be creative every day.
Rhian McLean – Actor (Sybil from June 2016)
Working within a company, surrounded by other strong and talented women, is a privilege. Particularly in an industry that can and is often viewed as male dominated.
Also, to be among just a select few who have been chosen to portray the role of Sybil, for a global company like ITI, is something that I am so grateful for and proud to be a part of.
And taking on the iconic role that 'Sybil Faulty' is, on the platform and in the environment where ITI works, really has increased my confidence as a performer, on- and off-stage.
Particularly as the company was founded by a female, who supports and encourages that confidence and the female voice and position, is a positive example.
Katie Cooper – Actor
I joined ITI in Feb 2016 and now play six different characters in three productions. I also assist with the marketing and branding for Pamela's Palace.
I am incredibly excited to be working for a successful business that is run by an amazing woman and I love that I am surrounded by strong, powerful women; it is so rare to be in the majority. We are setting an example by showing the world that we are not just equal in capabilities but exceeding and trailblazing! Also, I feel incredibly inspired by the fact that this company was founded by a woman, but not just any woman… A woman who has had a family! As a freelance female performer there is little support if you want to have a family and continue working. Ali has proven that it is possible. You can be a mum, run a kick ass business, all the while dealing with huge life changing challenges. What a woman!
Monique Lewis Reynolds – Actor (Sybil from June 2016)
Being one of only a small select number of Sybils for the company world-wide, I feel extremely proud. Within Faulty Towers The Dining Experience, Sybil, as the sole woman of the ensemble, carries a precious opportunity to give women a voice. Every day I am more empowered through having the opportunity to play an iconic role and also navigating the collective personal roles of performer, wife and mother. In regards to role models, an important aspect of accepting the role of Sybil for ITI was being able to balance a healthy and successful performing career within the challenges of also having a family. It was vital to me that my son have the opportunity to see his mother doing what she loves and understand how important it is to have a balanced and fulfilling life. It was also comforting to be surrounded by like-minded women within the company who share and embrace similar roles and this includes having our company founder, Alison Pollard-Mansergh, as our first role model in this regard.


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On Wednesday, President Trump signed legislation in support of Hong Kong's pro-democracy protestors, a move that is angering mainland China. The Chinese government is accusing the United States of meddling in its domestic affairs.
While the legislation doesn't make any firm commitments, there is concern that the United States could levy sanctions against the Chinese over their treatment of Hong Kong, a former British colony that is now under Chinese control.
For farmers, this latest diplomatic dust up is a concern, as maneuvers around the Hong Kong question could interrupt the trade deal that Presidents Trump and Xi have been working toward.
As a result, corn, soybean, and hog prices all fell to new low levels on Wednesday on fears that exports to China will continue to be constrained by the ongoing trade war.
Markets stabilized Friday after taking a break for Thanksgiving, with March corn and January soybean futures trading for $3.82 and $8.80 per bushel, respectively, while February lean hogs fetched 68.5 cents per pound.
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Even as the calendar flips to December and people turn up the heat, natural gas prices are tumbling lower. Natural gas is the primary heating fuel for many Americans, and its price is especially sensitive to heating demand.
The market is under pressure as supplies are ample going into the heating season, and forecasts are expecting a generally mild winter. Adding to the bearish picture, U.S. natural gas production is booming and recently hit a new record high level.
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Low prices for the fuel have incentivized new demand over the past decade, with an increasing use of the fossil fuel to power vehicles or in power plants instead of coal, but the rising demand hasn't matched gas drillers' capability to produce large volumes of cheap fuel.
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Cytometry is characterization and measurement of cells and cellular constituents, most often used to immunophenotype cells - that is, to distinguish healthy cells from diseased cells. Flow Cytometry specifically is quite sensitive, allowing researchers to detect rare cell types and residual levels of disease, and as such has been the method of choice for important studies such as monitoring the blood of AIDS patients. For this reason, there is a great need for a practical, comprehensive manual that will be useful across a broad range of laboratories. This volume, as part of the Reliable Lab Solution Series, delivers such a tool, offering busy researchers across many disciplines a handy resource of all the best methods and protocols for Cytometry to use at the bench.
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Lindemann musicbook:55 Power Amp
class D power amplifier
The musicbook: 55 is our most recent offer for music lovers who value excellent sound, but also enjoy whooping it up at times. Punchy, well-contoured lows, most delicately sculptured highs and an extremely homogeneous and transparent vocal reproduction are the strong points of this new power amplifier.
The musicbook: 55 is a class D stereo power amplifier based on a multi-patented circuit design, the UCD amplifier. Owing to a circuit layout that's been reduced to the essentials, a discrete circuit design and careful fine-tuning the musicbook: 55 achieves a sound quality that makes a lot of big bolides look pretty much outdated. A sound, so rich in detail, natural and particularly dynamic! Just lend your ear and you'll be surprised at how good class D can sound these days.
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- Reference level class D power amplifier
- Output power 2x240 W (stereo) or 1x450 W (mono bridged)
- Configurable: stereo, mono bi-amping, mono bridged
- Patented UCD technology
- Discrete circuit design
- Extremely short and logical signal path
- Open, natural and dynamic sound image
Protection circuits
- DC at output: power supply switches off.
- Excess temperature: amplifier goes into mute until the temperature has dropped by approx. 10 °C.
- Output current limiter: amplifier goes into mute for ca. 0.25 seconds. Switching threshold 16 A peak. In case of continuous overdrive the amplifier will go on and off several times in a row.
Automatic turn-on
- Input signal switching threshold: approx. 0.5 mV.
- Idle mode: power supply active, amplifier muted. Power consumption 1.0 W.
- Standby mode: only stand-by power supply active. Power consumption 0.5 W.
- Active mode: power supply and amplifier both active. Power consumption depending on volume level 20-50 W average, 800 W max. peak power.
- Switch-on times: approx. 2 seconds from idle to active mode; approx. 8 seconds from standby to active mode.
- Switch-off times: after 20 minutes the amplifier will return to idle mode, after another 20 minutes to standby mode.
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- Power output: 240 W into 4 ohms per channel (<1 min).
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Michael J. Balogh Jr., 82, of Herminie, passed away Monday, July 15, 2019, at his home, surrounded by his family. He was born June 1, 1937, in Homestead, son of the late Michael J. and Pauline (Danko) Balogh Sr. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two stepdaughters, Christine Dukic and Judy Hohman; and a sister, Debbie Lessner. Mike was proud to be an Army veteran. Prior to his retirement, he was a chemical engineer, having worked for Westinghouse in Waltz Mill for many years, and later, after retirement, he was a clerk at the Wine and Spirits Store in Greensburg. He was a member and also an usher of St. Edward Church in Herminie. He enjoyed fishing and gardening. Mike is survived by his loving wife of 18 years, Dolores "Dolly" Bollinger; two sons, Michael A. (Maggie) Balogh, of Wilmerding, and Bart Balogh, of Allegheny County; two stepsons, John Hohman, of North Braddock, and Timothy Hohman, of Finleyville; stepson-in-law, Dan Dukic, of Wilmerding; two stepdaughters, Jennifer (Tim) Sweet, of Harwick, and Mary (James) Kerr, of California; 13 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; three sisters, Betty Hess, of Homestead Park, Paulette Balogh, of Pittsburgh, and Shelly (Denny) Livingston, of North Carolina; and numerous nieces and nephews and great-nieces and great-nephews. He will be dearly missed by his family, friends and neighbors. There will be no public visitation, per Mike's wishes. A private memorial Mass was held at St. Edward Church, Herminie. JOSEPH W. NICKELS FUNERAL HOME INC., Herminie, 724-446-7251 is in charge of arrangements. To send online condolences, please visit www.nickelsfuneralhomeinc.com.
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Robustness refers to the ability of a system to behave reliably in the presence of perturbation in the system parameters or irregularities in the system's operating environment. This is particularly important in the context of embedded systems and software, which interact with a physical environment through sensors and actuators and communicate over wired or wireless networks. Such systems are routinely subject to deviations arising from sensor or actuation noise, quantization and sampling of data, uncertainty in the physical environment, and delays or packet drops over unreliable network channels. When deployed in safety critical applications, system robustness in the presence of uncertainty is not just desirable, but crucial.
Our aim is to foster dialogue and exchange of ideas and techniques across several disciplines with an interest in robustness such as formal verification, programming languages, fault-tolerance, control theory and hybrid systems. The first DARS workshop will consist of a number of invited speakers who will share their diverse perspectives on the robustness problem. The workshop will be informal, with plenty of time for Q&A and brainstorming sessions.
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Early registration: ***18 March, 2016***
Workshop: 11 April, 2016
Invited Speakers:
Roderick Bloem
Georgios Fainekos
Antoine Girard
Jan Otop
Matthias Rungger
Ulrich Schmid
April 11, 2016
- 8:45-9:00: Welcome
- 9:00-9:45: Roderick Bloem
- 9:45-10:30: Georgios Fainekos
10:30-11:00: ***Coffee Break***
- 11:00-11:45: Antoine Girard
- 11:45-12:30: Matthias Rungger
12:30-14:00: ***Lunch Break***
- 14:00-14:45: Jan Otop
- 14:45-15:30: Pavithra Prabhakar
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- 16:00-16:45:Ulrich Schmid
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Happy Monday loves! Today I did a different type of post!! This is my very first Plan with Me. And YES, that's a real lemon I used as an accessory!
I have had a planner for as long as I can remember. I have always loved planning, decorating, and stickers! I usually post my planner spreads when they are done on my Instagram account. I have received tons of request to post my actual planning process! So I finally decided to do it!
Here is my Plan with Me in my Recollections Planner. I decided to do a lemons theme! I loved the way it turned out.
Do you guys like these types of posts? Let me know in the comments below!
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We offer scuba diving courses at our diving school to suit all levels of divers, from a complete novice to a divemaster. So if you are interested in diving when you are on holiday in Ios, we can help you. If you are looking for a diving package along with accommodation, we can also offer you deals as we have also accommodation and diving packages available.
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Since I didn't post at all last week. I figured two uploads were in order. Both are snacks, and sweet. This recipe is perfect and I mean perfect for a football party. I won a house party for Buffalo Bills & Coors Light. It was the home opener game and I figured that some good tailgating food was in order. This was not the game yesterday, but the week before. ( When they were undefeated) I made these little treats and the pan was completely empty before the game was over. So easy, and simple.
Brown Sugar Sausages
3 packages kielbasa, any variety,
1 package (1 lb.) of dark brown sugar (light brown sugar is OK if dark is unavailable).
You want a ratio of two or three packages kielbasa to one package sugar, but this recipe is flexible enough that you can add or subtract a kielbasa.
Slice the kielbasa into quarter-size pieces and place them in the slow cooker.
Pour the entire box of sugar on top of the kielbasa, and stir quickly to combine.
Cook on low for 5 hours OR on high for 2 1/2 hours.
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Within hours of being notified, CJTF-HOA's East Africa Response Force prepared dozens of Soldiers and tons of supplies for takeoff during an emergency response exercise, validating the EARF's rapid response capabilities.
Seventeen Sailors, from the Coastal Riverine Squadron One-Forward (CRS1-FWD), and 13 Airmen from the 449th Air Expeditionary Group conducted a joint search and recovery training exercise called "Neptune's Falcon" in the Gulf of Tadjoura, off the coast of Djibouti, Dec. 20, 2013.
Although sister services work together daily at the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy rarely train together. This exercise gave them a chance to tes
Service members assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa and Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, conducted a mass casualty exercise to test the base's capabilities in the event of an emergency, Nov. 20, 2013.
"Our goals are to test our ability to react to multiple disasters simultaneously and the response," said U.S. Navy Capt. Rom Stevens, Surgeon for Combined Joint Task Force.
Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines and civilians joined together to provide eme
U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal technicians from Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa and Burundi National Defense Force combat engineers conducted a Humanitarian Mine Action exercise in Bujumbura, Burundi, Aug. 5-23, 2013.
The exchange allowed the service members an opportunity to share best practices and gain a better understanding of how to conduct unexploded ordnance reconnaissance, basic demolition procedures, rigging for remote movement, and safe-handling and storage pro
"Attention in the JOC, this is an exercise, exercise, exercise emergency ...," began U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Scott Hodge, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, or CJTF-HOA, joint operations center team chief, after his watch officer, U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Randy Neihart, informed him of an exercise emergency phone call he received from someone in the Grand Bara Desert.
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A darkly comic look at a generation tempted by the fast cars and fast food of the American lifestyle but rooted in a more traditional Caribbean culture.
In 1980s Trinidad the economy is booming and Hugh and Jean, a high-flying business couple, have every reason to be happy.
But when Hugh meets an old woman selling traditional Caribbean food he remembers the meals his mother used to make: he realizes what is missing in his life. Starting with food, Hugh changes his whole way of life. His search for happiness leads him away from swimming pools, speed boats… and Jean.


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TP to FEC: Back off.
More news from down the rabbit hole here.
Learned me some history about disclosure waivers granted by the FEC... Did you know that we have, to date, had two? One to the NAACP and one to the Socialist Worker's Party. In both cases, it was because contributors were being harassed for their aid to these groups at various points in time.
Well, the TP has asked for the same status because of the harassment of their contributors. (Evidence: the IRS harassing the TP and their contributors last spring.) And right now we have a hung commission...
Started my morning click-clacking over my keyboard when a friend on FB alerted me to this amazing little info-graphic... about income inequality. I jumped in for the five minutes (and then felt like puking)... and then decided to do some more digging. 'Cause, why not?
So he talks about socialism and capitalism... and when I think socialism and capitalism, I think <<CRASH COURSE>> (check this guy out on youtube. Ah---maaaaa-zzzziiinngggg... (fast, but funny. And good)
So now that we have that under control, maybe we can talk about what it feels like to be poor? I am all about sympathy, but empathy is so much more powerful. Have your kids play Spent... It's quick, it's easy, it's depressing...
And then once we have set the stage, we can start talking about what the government does with all of this. Perhaps, we can look at this awesome Rolling Stone Article about the history of taxation, which is definitely pulling for the left, no doubt about it. Reminds me of that Will Rogers quote from the Great Depression... "The money was all appropriated for the top in the hopes that it would trickle down to the needy."
How do I balance this discussion? Do we go to Mundell and Laffer for the "Laffer Curve" and give supply-side economics? I do think that my Economics Book does a good job giving a fair shake to this theory...
So there you have it, folks. Your piece of the American Pie.
Campaign Finance Reboot
Our first SCOTUS case on the docket is possibly the most important one to me... Campaign Finance Legislation. OMG. Don't get me started on this one. I will have lesson plans up later in the year as I approach that topic. Probably around early November.
I couldn't wait, though. This is one of those issues that just gets me going. Maybe you, too.
Frontline did a great job looking at this during the last fall election cycle. That would be "Big Sky, Big Money." It is so good, that I do have my students watch this full episode of frontline. There is so much to talk about in this, but there is a great interview of Jim Bopp, one of the lawyers who brought Citizens United to the SCOTUS.
And just in time for this court case, the Sunlight Foundation released new research on Koch brother backed special interest.
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On Daily Dialogue with Doris WsRadio.com show tonight July 28th, by popular demand, we bring back David Fiorazo – Author, Speaker to talk more about his new book
"The Cost of our Silence". David Fiorazo is a popular speaker, radio personality and actor and more importantly a man of tremendous faith. David will be discussing his controversial book and such issues as abortion, political correctness, sin and the state of our country. Tonight's show is sponsored by Fantastic Sams El Cajon & Fantastic Sams Santee hair salons, located in downtown El Cajon & Santee California!
Another fast moving and daring show..We hope you will join us and God bless America!!
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This is my first post on Survive and Thrive for Retailers and I thought I'd start with wisdom from Seth Godin. You may or may not know him but recently he posted "Win the Fight, Lose The Customer" on his blog and it so nicely fit with a professional marketing stance for retailers, I thought I'd begin with it. It is sort of an affirmation or a mantra to say yourself (or to your customer) whether you think the customer is right or wrong but it's especially good if you're convinced he or she is wrong. It goes like this:
"I have no problem acknowledging that you're unhappy, upset, or even angy. Nex time, I'd prefer to organize our interaction so you don't end up feeling that way, and I probably could have done it this time, too. You have my attention and my empathy and I value you. Thanks for being here."
You can, of course, frame this in language you feel comfortable with, but the essentials are all there.
There are occasions when one doesn't want a customer back. I may discuss those rare instances in a future blog. But in my nearly 30 years as founder and operator of my own stores, I found only two of them. I admit I'm a patient person.
Whether one is patient or not, Seth's appoach is a valid one. Who is right is rarely the point. The point is, how customer or client and provider can get past the incident and move in a positive direction. In other words, reach for a win-win. This same approach can be used by vendors when dealing with their retailers.
Carolyn Howard-Johnson's FRUGAL book for retailers is A Retailer's Guide to Frugal In-Store Promotions: How To Increase Profits and Spit in the Eyes of Economic Downturns with Thrifty Events and Sales Techniques launched at the National Stationery Show at Javits Center. Because she is the author of the multi award-winning how-to books for writers,The Frugal Book Promoter: How To Do What Your Publisher Won't and The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success, retailers will also find essentials of writing for blogs, Web sites, and newsletters on this blog. She is the author of an award-winning novel, This Is the Place; and other fiction and poetry. She blogs on better writing at The Frugal, Smart and Tuned-In Editor blog. Find her tweeting for retailers at @frugalretailing . If your followers at Twitter would benefit from this blog post, please use this little green widget to let them know about it:
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We work flexibly, commercially, honestly and, hopefully, don't take ourselves too seriously
We are happy to provide tax advice to individuals on a number of levels. This may include advising clients on a one-off project or an ad-hoc basis over many years.
We always agree costs up front. We do not charge on an hourly basis (unless you particularly want us to!) This is because we do not expect you to write a blank cheque. In short, we operate in the modern world.
We are happy to engage with you and other professional advisers in a number of ways. This may be via a direct introduction to your client by you.
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Longing for that always on holiday feeling, then this home will give you endless holiday vibes.
Unique & modern and built to blend in to its' surroundings, to not distract from those enviable, expansive, uninterrupted ocean views.
Light, bright & fresh throughout with a neutral, beach house palette this north facing 2 bedroom home is perfectly positioned on a gently sloping block with the potential to extend (stca). With an extra room under the house, perfect for a work space or extra storage & the vegetable garden well established you are good to go!
Soak up the sunshine on the entertaining deck whilst you enjoy your morning cuppa, or kick back after a long day with a beer in hand & listen to the sounds of the sea as the day slowly comes to an end.
With the cooling waters of Tathra beach, cafes & restaurants only 500 metres away you can easily wander down and enjoy the nearby lifestyle options that this property has to offer.
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My heartfelt thanks Nat....to "the bestest agent"....and hopefully "friend?" as i felt such a strong connection between us. Thank you for being so wonderful Nat....and trust that you will stay in touch...not just on the 3rd....But whenever you find yourself out that way...call in for a cuppa...no need to call as you will always be welcome.
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White House staff think that The Donald is changing sex and they are secretly running a competition to decide what his name will be if he has the final cut and tuck. Top of the list so far is Dorothy.
Their concern was heightened recently when he hit an even higher than usual falsetto voice when claiming that the Chinese respect him for the large size of his brain.
One thing he is generally not credited with is the large size of his penis and thereby hangs part of the tail, so to speak.
A former porn star who complains that sex with him was somewhat lacking in penetration, has told the Nation that his willy resembles a small mushroom poorly supported by a very, very thin stalk. Again, so to speak.
The point is that such inconspicuous appendages are one of the signs of an apparent male whose not quite sure of which way he swings if, that is, he can swing at all. But there is more.
There has been a lot of discussion over the way he constantly forms a circle or "O" with his lips, a titillating facial expression sometimes adopted by the female of the species to indicate that there's more than one way of having sex.
"Wild Bill" Clinton himself has been known to comment that he finds The Donald disturbingly sexy when he does this, inspiring as it does memories of encounters under the desk in the Oval Office.
Also, the way he drops one shoulder and coquettishly slants his head and smiles is worryingly similar to a pose often adopted when a woman is flirting. And, of course, there's his bouffant hair style that he regularly tosses back with a flick of his head
Could Dorothy Trump be America's first woman president? Watch this space.
LESS THAN 48-HOURS AFTER THIS ITEM WAS PUBLISHED ON THIS BLOG, DONALD TRUMP PUBLICLY DECLARED HIS LOVE FOR KIM JONG -un THE LEADER OF NORTH KOREA. PUTS A WHOLE NEW MEANING ON TRUMP CALLING KIM "LITTLE ROCKET MAN".
I have to say this is one of the funniest bits I've ever read on the Pigeon and I've been reading it for years. You description of some of Trump's gestures are hilarious. However, I just wonder where satire ends and "false news" begins"
Thanks a million, I don't think. Your description of Donald Trumps willy will be forever imprinted on my mind. Is it true or did you invent it?


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Looking at picking up a Spot Rocker Ti single speed MTB frame and considering running a belt drive with it. This will be for trails around the area, nothing too extreme, nothing too long, and definitely not for bikepacking.
Apart from the limited availability of components for it, is there a really good reason not to run this?
Front (39-70t) and rear (20-34t) sprockets are available thru Gates, as are belts in varying lengths.


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Boost Your Fertility15 años, 1 mes hace
Publicado en Jun 16, 2005, 8 a.m.
Por Bill Freeman
About 6.1 million people in the United States struggle with infertility. Fertility depends on several factors including a man's production of healthy sperm, a woman's production of healthy eggs, unblocked fallopian tubes that allow sperm to reach the egg, sperm's ability to fertilize the egg, the ability of the egg to become implanted in a woman's uterus, and sufficient embryo quality.
About one-third of infertility cases can be attributed to male factors. Another third is linked to female factors. The final third is linked to problems in both partners, or as in about 20 percent of those cases, is unexplained.
MIND/BODY APPROACH: Psychologist Alice Domar, Ph.D., believes there is a connection between depression and problems with fertility. She says when women are depressed, the body senses a problem and prevents pregnancy as a protective mechanism. With this in mind, Domar began using a mind/body approach to treat women struggling with fertility. She helps women improve both their physical and mental well-being. Doctors around the country are trained in the methods she uses.
TIPS FOUND IN THE INFERTILITY DIET: Author Fern Reiss offers the following tips in her book:
VITAMIN C: She warns against taking vitamin C supplements if you are trying to conceive. However, she says the amounts of vitamin C found in prenatal vitamins are acceptable. Vitamin C in large doses works as an antihistamine and dries out the cervix -- making it more difficult for sperm to fertilize the egg.
SEEDS: According to Reiss, zinc found in pumpkin and sunflower seeds is especially good for male infertility. Zinc deficiency can cause low sperm counts. Taking zinc with vitamin B6 can help boost female fertility, since B6 protects against estrogen and progesterone imbalance and high serum prolactin levels. Reiss sites a recent Swedish study that linked zinc deficiency to miscarriages.
MILK: Reiss found several studies to show a connection between milk consumption and fertility. A Harvard Medical School study conducted in 1994 found the number of women who experienced infertility was highest in countries where milk consumption was also high. Women with high levels of galactose -- a sugar in milk -- were found to be infertile. Fertility levels began to dip in women as early as 20 years of age.
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Human gut microbiome has become central to human health and disease. Emerging evidences accumulated from large-scale multi-omic clinical studies from patients vs healthy control subjects highlight strong correlation between microbiome and various disease states. Lack of clear understanding of the role of human microbiome in causing these diseases is partly linked to the complexity of probing the human patients as well as due to lack of proper representative animal models. On one hand, where the community is focussed on establishing causality of the myriad array of diseases where human microbiome is touted to play a role, there is a growing need among a subset of researchers who are interested in deciphering the strong links to diet-driven alterations in the gut microbiome. Their major focus is to conduct in-depth scrutiny of the role of diet in shaping the human gut microbiome composition and ecology. The resulting knowledge-base would pave way for development of simple diet-based therapies to modulate dysbiotic microbiomes back to their healthy states. Such experiments are especially interesting also for standardizing the popular Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT) therapy which has found promising application in treatment for a number of diseases. At present, the only system on the market allowing comprehensive screening of the effect of diet on microbiome is the Simulator of the Human Intestinal Microbial Ecosystem (SHIME). While more complex systems such as HuMiX exist for elucidating host-microbiome interactions along the gastrointestinal tract, the food and nutraceuticals industry is only interested in research and development of the products targeting the microbiome (not the human host) where SHIME is clearly the state-of-the-art. While extremely popular, SHIME is a cost and labor intensive setup, making it very difficult to met the exponential growth in demand and interest of the scientific community to test screen food compounds targeting the human gut microbiome. While the high setup acquisition costs (~EUR 250k) prevents laboratories around the world to widely utilize the platform, the lengthy experimental protocol (~6-12 weeks) coupled with low throughput (max 2 experiments can be run in parallel) even make it difficult for the company (www.prodigest.eu) offering this model as a service to meet the demands and scale operations.With our revolutionary patent-pending solution, microGUT, we want to completely disrupt this field, which has remained unchanged since the establishment of the first bioreactor-based in vitro model in 1993. microGUT is an automated, shoebox size desktop version which shares some important features with the SHIME model but has additional features fully integrated (pumps, sensors, sampling, control software) which makes it the most advanced model of the human gut. With microGUT, we wish to democratize gut microbiota research & development and in the process establish microGUT as a new standard for research in the human microbiome research community.


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TALINE ZABOUNIANArchétype n°1, 2017
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then, once we reach the concertino, the pastoral becomes less a stage for the interpersonal and more of an alien spaciousness for the single mind to wander unsearchingly. in the piu mosso second movement, there are small delights to be found here and there, but they seem to emanate from the feeling of indifference to one's disorientation established in the first movement. the third movement—which begins with panicky puffs of brass and an agitated dance-like melody on the piano, shortly resolves into a delirious serenity expressed through sparkling piano and strings and circular melodies from the clarinet, and then starts to slide back toward the initial state of alarm—may suggest the experience one often has when out in the wilderness: first tremulousness, then elation, then the apprehension that one cannot exist exclusively in either one for very long before reality sets in. fittingly, the fourth movement combines all these various states into an unstable mass of conflicting impulses. i'm ever grateful for janacek's grasp of modernity, the progressiveness of his geometry never forsaking the humane.
last on the menu, the oddity that is janacek's cappricio. to solve the problem of writing for a one-/left-handed pianist, the composer arranged that player's part against a small brass ensemble + a flute. the resulting four movements are fascinating at every turn, although they don't seem very substantial taken as wholes. nonetheless, at the end of this almost two hour set, the cappricio somehow seems like a long-awaited exhalation and a return to the comforting terrain of emotional (but never psychological) equanimity. hear.


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June 7, 2018
Good morning, CF Team,
Congratulations to our 2018 Gabor Award winners and all CF team members who were honored at the Employee Recognition program May 4.
Each year, the Gabor Awards are presented by the CF Foundation to three employees for outstanding contributions to our college, community and students. This year, Dr. Judy Downer was honored in the Faculty category, Bill York in the Career Service category, and Keith Bracey in the Administrative and Professional category. Patriot PRIDE Service Excellence Awards were presented to Debbie Bowe, Cole Diaz and Erina Gross. In addition, 52 team members were recognized for service milestones of five, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 years, with a combined total of 625 years of service to CF. Mary Copeland has been with the college for 30 years. Outstanding! If you missed either program, you can view them at these links. (Employee Recognition Video, Gabor Awards Video)
Also on May 4, we celebrated our students with two graduation ceremonies. We conferred 1,054 certificates and degrees, with 515 students participating in the ceremonies. We had a record 108 dual enrollment students earn their Associate in Arts before receiving a high school diploma. Again, outstanding! Videos of the ceremonies are available at these links. (3 p.m. commencement, 6 p.m. commencement)
Summer enrollment is up over 10% due to the availability of Federal Pell financial aid funds. Fall enrollment is down around 8% right now, but it is still early in the registration cycle. Our Student Affairs team is working diligently to get students enrolled. You can help. If you know a student who has not yet registered, encourage them to be proactive and register early.
As hurricane season approaches, please ensure that you and your family are prepared. Refer to our Hurricane Procedures flier for survival kit basics as well as steps to take before, during and after a storm. Please do not wait until we are in the path of a hurricane to begin planning. Printed copies of the Hurricane Procedures flier will be arriving in mailboxes soon.
I have some good news to share on the State Performance Funding Model. Last night, I received our performance results for student retention and completion. We improved from one point last year to the maximum 10 points this year! Unfortunately, our student completion rate fell slightly from 4.67 to 3.67 out of 10, so we lost a little ground there. That's an eight point net increase on those two measures! There are two more measures (placement/continuing education and wages) that still have not been released and we won't know if we earned any performance dollars until we see those. Fingers crossed!
We are getting close to finalizing a budget for the next fiscal year beginning July 1. One of our challenges in creating the budget is the delay in knowing whether we will earn any state performance funding. I am hoping for that information any day. Please know that providing additional compensation for our employees is a top priority. We don't yet have a final decision on how that will look and I will update you as soon as we do.
I hope that you are enjoying your summer schedule. I know that the shorter work weeks lead to busier days when we are in the office. But that makes the Fridays that we spend with family and friends that much sweeter.
Thanks for your service to our students and CF!


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Oakland A's Community Fund 50/50 Raffle Join the 50/50 Raffle Team!
The Oakland Athletics Community Fund, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is looking for dependable, enthusiastic, highly-motivated, and hard-working individuals to sell 50/50 Raffle tickets during Athletics home games during the 2020 season.
The 50/50 Raffle will be held every home game. Raffle tickets will be sold from the time gates open (2 hours before first pitch) until the end of the 6th inning. 50/50 Raffle Team Members will start at $14.14/hour and must be available 30 minutes before gates open and until after the Raffle closes. Proceeds from the raffle benefit the Oakland A's Community Fund.
If interested in the position, please apply here.
Position Responsibilities:
- Effectively communicate and educate fans about the 50/50 Raffle and A's Community Fund
- Encourage fans to purchase raffle tickets
- Facilitate raffle ticket sales via electronic handheld device
- Patrol assigned area during the games to promote raffle sales
- Reconcile tickets sold and cash received after each raffle
- Answer questions regarding the 50/50 Raffle and the Athletics Community Fund
- Other duties as assigned
- Excellent cash handling and customer service skills
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- Understand the timing, etiquette, and pace of baseball
- Comfortable using technology
- Detail oriented with the ability to work efficiently in a high-stress environment
- Must be able to walk long distances, climb up/down stadium seating, and stand for long periods of time
- Must be 18 years of age or older by first day of employment
- Available to work part time April through October, with the possibility of postseason games
- Must be able to work non-traditional hours; nights, weekends, and holidays according to the Athletics home schedule
- Must be available for a minimum of 75% of the games selected
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across the RA Collection
or do an advanced search in
exhibition catalogues,
Michel Aubert
Marie-Josèphe de Saxe, Dauphine de France, 1747?
Etching and engraving
After Randolph Caldecott
The Curmudgeons' Christmas [I]
After A.E. Chalon RA
Infancy, 7 August 1814
Sir George Clausen RA
Study of a young girl carrying a pole (Marken), mid-late 1870s
Oil on canvas
Sketch of a seated Dutch woman holding a child on her knee (Volendam), mid-late 1870s
Study of a Dutch woman washing fish in a tub (Volendam), mid-late 1870s
Study of a Dutch woman (Volendam), mid-late 1870s
Charles West Cope RA
The Night Alarm: the Advance!, 1871
After James E. Doyle
The Duchess of Gloucester does penance
Thomas Faed RA
Ere Care Begins, 1865
William Powell Frith RA
The Sleeping Model, 1853
Sir John Gilbert RA
Caricatures of two women
Pencil on cream wove paper
Woman and child seated in an interior
Watercolour over pencil on light blue wove paper
Arthur Boyd Houghton
Homeward Bound
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
On the North Foreland, 1890
Chris Orr RA
The Life of W. Blake, 'Tyger', 1992
Counterproof and direct etching, monoprint
Revd Matthew William Peters RA
Children, 1777
George John Pinwell
Shadow and Substance, 1865
Camille Pissarro
Groupe de paysans, ca. 1899
Paysanne dans les choux, 1885
Etching with aquatint
Richard Redgrave RA
The Outcast, 1851
Thomas Rowlandson
Doctor Syntax drawing after nature, 1 May 1812
Hand-coloured etching with aquatint
Doctor Syntax sketching the lake, 1 May 1812
Marcus Stone RA
Good Friends, 1887
Oil on panel
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By DRIVE Movement, Feb 4 2014 2:10PM
AFSCME Texas
Correctional Employees
Local 3807
"We Patrol Texas' Toughest Beat"
January 20, 2014
As the president of the largest correctional professional organization in Texas I am calling on the
Texas Department of Criminal Justice to change the death row plan to positively impact both the
correctional staff and offenders on Texas death row. After the November 1998 escape of Offender
Martin Gurule, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice engaged in a knee jerk reaction regarding the
administration of Texas death row inmates.
Staff incompetency and lack of proper security equipment were the biggest factors resulting in
Gurule's escape from the O.B. Ellis death row. As a result of the escape the agency ignored the root of
the problem and addressed the lack of security equipment by increasing the physical perimeter security,
in addition to the number of firearm rounds issued to perimeter pickets. Lack of staff competency was
never addressed in a positive manner and has resulted in a less experienced force securing Texas death
The changes in the death row plan following the Gurule escape have resulted in the solitary
housing of "D1" offenders who were capable and had additional privileges which could be used as
management tools for negative behavior. As a result of the changes to the Texas death row plan,
inmates have very few privileges to lose and staff become an easy targets.
The Texas death row plan needs to address tools that can manage positive behavior. D1 offenders
who are work capable should be utilized. Housing death row D1 offenders in a solitary cell is a waste
of valuable security personnel and money. D1 offenders should be housed 2 offenders to a cell and
treated similar to G3 offenders in terms of privileges such as work assignment and allowed TV
privileges by streaming over the air television to a computer tablet using a closed WiFi network. Use
of technologies such as computer tablets and streaming TV should be offered to offenders who exhibit
positive behavior. Lack of visual or audio stimulation result in increased psychological incidents and
results in costly crisis management.
Staff incompetency should be addressed by offering death row officers a salary differential and
substantially increase their training for staff committed to working death row. A greater pay differential
will insure we have the best officers watching Texas most dangerous population. Other correctional
agencies have successfully used differentials to address staffing issues. Let's make Texas a model for
successful death row criminal justice reforms.
Lance l Lowry
Lance Lowry
President Local 3807
1314 Tenth, Street, Suite 110, Huntsville, Texas 77320
(936) 295-5265 ' 1-800-374-9772
Welcome to DRIVE'S Blog!
Here you can find letter campaigns, actions against the inhuman conditions in Texas Death Row and news related to Death Penalty.
Listen to Petra de Jong and Gloria Rubac interview on KPFT News about the inhuman living conditions on Texas DR that motivated Jamie McCoskey to give up his last appeals in order to be executed.
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First, I want to thank everyone for the prayers, love, and snowflakes for Everly's family and the OI community. Truly, thank you. Thank you for your understanding and your kindness. Thank you for your respect. Losing a member of the community is so hard, especially a young one.
The past few days, Isaiah has really shown that he's feeling better after everything he went through two weeks ago. He's gotten completely back to his normal, and is now even back to challenging himself.
We first noticed over the weekend that Isaiah was trying to sit up a lot...
I had been sitting him in his Mickey couch quite a bit for snacks, and he'd get pretty mad when I'd pull him out of it to lay down on the floor to play....I kind of love that he is really loving being up.
Yesterday, he was feeling especially strong.
As soon as I sat him in his high chair for breakfast, he was sitting up, no leaning on the back (except for a few short breaks). He sat with his head up for the majority of breakfast- that was a first for him.
And then, before I knew it, he was reaching to get his snack cup. Reaching! Pulling forward!! It was amazing.
And then he did it all again this morning. :)
I should really put that vacuum away, huh? Or use it. ha
We're hopeful Isaiah will continue to push himself in this way so that it can become less and less of a challenge for him. Hopefully we'll start to see this behavior later in the day as well. And hopefully it's not hurting his back...
Isn't it great to see though? We are so very proud of him. <3


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The Motor Accident Solicitors Society (MASS) has named the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust(BIRT) as their official charity for 2015-2016.
So far they have raised a wonderful £9,640 for BIRT.
Ann Buckler, Director of BIRT, said, "On behalf of BIRT, I would like to thank the MASS solicitors for making BIRT their sponsored charity for 2015-2016. The money raised will be used to benefit our service users in a variety of ways. We are very grateful to all those who have donated their time and money for BIRT."
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Version 1: Here we invoke JSON.parse on a string that has no whitespace (space characters).
Version 2: In this version of the code, we call JSON.parse on a string that has spaces.
Result: Each space must be processed by the JSON.parse method. So omitting spaces (minifying) will help performance.
Version 1: The array of 3 string elements in stored in a string and then expanded with JSON.parse in each iteration.
Version 2: The array is specified directly in the JavaScript program. It is only parsed once at load time.
Result: It is far faster to place a JavaScript object directly in the page source instead of in a JSON string. This reduces parsing time.
In 2019: Having a string literal with JSON in it, and then calling JSON.parse, is faster than having an object literal in raw JavaScript.Cost of JavaScript: v8.dev
So: For large object literals, keep them at the top-level (not in a nested function) and use JSON.parse on a string literal.
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The call breaks for a few moments as Simidele Adeagbo takes the time to take a few selfies. She has developed quite a fan base in and around the Winter Olympic's village in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
"People just want to be a part of my story. When they see me in my Nigerian jacket, people from all over want to stop and take pictures."
She is walking back from the post office where she just delivered a signed autograph to be sent to a fan in China who asked for one via email. "It is mind-blowing," Adeagbo told the Mail & Guardian. She never thought her popularity would extend globally.
Adeagbo became the first woman from the continent to compete in the Winter Olympic sport of skeleton racing. She also formed part of the largest historical cohort of athletes from the continent.
READ MORE: Nigerian athlete slides into history
Adeagbo competed on February 16 and 17 in a four-heat race where her combined time of 3:36.78 saw her place 20th overall in the event, putting her milliseconds behind British gold medalist Lizzy Yarnold who had a combined time of 3:27.28.
She says that the runs went very well as she had a personal best on each day of the competition, ranking fourth for her starting time of 5.06 seconds with a downtime of 57.73 seconds.
READ MORE: Africa's first woman skeleton Olympian: 'I am prepared'
Now that her Olympic experience is over, Adeagbo plans on supporting her fellow athletes by watching some of the events like figure and speed skating as well as exploring parts of South Korea before she marches alongside her fellow athletes in the closing ceremony.
Asked about whether she would continue with the sport, Adeagbo admits she wants to take a bit of a break first. But, she says that she has grown so much in the last few months that she wants to see what more she can do in the sport.
For 36 year-old Adeagbo, the Winter Olympics are just the beginning of her story.


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The festival is held Jan. 4-26 throughout the town of Hwacheon, Gangwon Province, under the slogan "Unfrozen Hearts, Unforgettable Memories," offering some 60 different programs.
Tickets for the festival's main program, ice fishing,
are nearly sold out on weekends, possibly drawing over 1 million visitors.
Organizers say nearby lodgings are almost fully booked for the weekends during the festival period.
The opening ceremony was held at 6 p.m. with county governor Chung Gap-chul and novelist Lee Oi-soo attending, celebrated with Arirang performance and fireworks.
Attendants at the opening ceremony each received a red muffler as a gift.
To dispel claims that the local fish are not purebred, the organizers are hosting an international symposium on Jan. 7 on nurturing the breed.
On Jan. 11, there will be a symposium on ways to develop cultural and tourism festival as well as an ice sledding contest.
On Jan. 16-18, the festival will host a meeting of mayors of world's leading winter cities, also attended by a foreign diplomatic corp in South Korea.
A "Day of Angels" is planned on Jan. 21-22 for multicultural families, who will be invited to fishing and other programs free of charge.
The festival will close on Jan. 26 with a ceremony at 6 p.m.
"The 2014 Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival was selected as South Korea's representative event. We made preparations to make it abundant with things to see and ways to experience culture, including a Michelangelo exhibit that will be held for the first time during a local festival, to raise the quality of the event," county mayor Chung said.
The Sancheoneo festival is visited by over 1 million people every year and was named the best local festival for four consecutive years by the culture ministry. It was named South Korea's representative festival for this year and has become one of the four global winter celebratory events along with China's Ice and Snow World, Japan's Sapporo Snow Festival, and Canada's Winter Carnival.