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by Marie Lu
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What was once the western United States is now home to the Republic, a nation perpetually at war with its neighbors. Born into an elite family in one of the Republic's wealthiest districts, fifteen-year-old June is a prodigy being groomed for success in the Republic's highest military circles. Born into the slums, fifteen-year-old Day is the country's most wanted criminal. But his motives may not be as malicious as they seem.
From very different worlds, June and Day have no reason to cross paths - until the day June's brother, Metias, is murdered and Day becomes the prime suspect. Caught in the ultimate game of cat and mouse, Day is in a race for his family's survival, while June seeks to avenge Metias' death. But in a shocking turn of events, the two uncover the truth of what has really brought them together, and the sinister lengths their country will go to keep its secrets.
Why I Picked This Book: The cover was everywhere in the blogging world. While there was nowhere near as much hype for it as other recent releases, it still flooded sites. I had to pick it up!
My Thoughts:
I don't even know what just happened. I swear I picked up a book to read. But it is already over and barely any time has passed. Did I really just devour that thing? Yes, yes I did.
That was my original thought when finishing Legend. This book pulled me in and I literally couldn't stop reading until it was over. And over all too soon. Did it really just get released? Do I really have to wait around for book two to come out?
Legend takes place in a ravaged future. The U.S. has split in half and is at war with itself. Poverty is everywhere. Day is a wanted criminal, only 15 and already has caused enough vandalism and chaos to land him on the most wanted list. The problem? No one even knows what he looks like. He lives in the slums, only coming out when it is time to stage another protest against the ruling government.
The very government that June works for. She is the top of the top. She scored a perfect score on her trial... a test every ten year old must go through to determine what they will do with their lives. Did I mention that Day failed his? Yup, completely. Then June's brother is killed... by Day... and she will stop at nothing for revenge.
One thing I loved about this book is how Lu handled the alternating POV. When written in 1st person, two POVs can get confusing at times. Not in Legend. The font color, even the font type, differs for the two. I loved it! Bouncing back and forth between Day and June was easy and fluid, and I never complained. Day and June were very similar in personality, which does make sense as the book goes on. The differing font colors really helped to keep me in line.
Now, the overall plot was sort of predictable. It runs along the lines of a very basic, classic story: One character is the bad guy, one is the good guy. Bad guy kills good guy's someone-special. Good guy seeks revenge, only to find that more is going on than previous stated crime. Bad guy just might not be all that bad.
There were many twists and changes I completely saw coming. But honestly? I didn't bug me. At all. It was like watching a movie you have seen a million times, but love so much it feels like the first time. Lu paints an amazing picture, and I was pulled in. The world was believable, the characters just deep enough to care about but not so deep that they seem unreal. There was action and violence. Humor and kissing. Character growth and betrayal.
Yes, I do have a few complaints. A few that just might have pulled my rating down to a 4-star. But I enjoyed the story too much to give it anything less than 5. I am hoping that my few complaints (spoilers withholding) will be answered in the next book. If they are, I will be a happy reader. If not... okay, then I might start complaining.
All in all, I loved Legend. It was such a great break from the super detailed, out-there books. It was simply a dystopian, ruined world and all, with a plot line that kept me wanting more. Lu is an amazing author, and I cannot wait to read more of her work in the very, very near future.
My Rating:
(5 out of 5 stars)


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TOTOWA, NJ - Undefeated Russian light heavyweight boxer, Ilshat "The Sheriff" Khusnulgatin, 11-0, 6 KOs, signed a promotional contract with Main Events on Friday. The 23 year old who stands nearly six feet four inches tall, has fought mostly in his native country, but is no stranger to the United States.
The free-swinging, switch-hitting boxer-puncher is an exciting prospect who has fought in California three times, including his two most recent starts. "The Sheriff" stopped both Arsenio Terrazas (TKO4) and Nathan Bedwell (KO5) in those bouts, and looks forward to more bouts stateside under the Main Events banner. Ilshat is co-promoted by PUSHKA, Kirill Pchelnikov.
"These are exciting times in the light heavyweight division and for fighters from Eastern Europe," said promoter Kathy Duva. "Ilshat makes another great addition to our light heavyweight line-up at Main Events. At 23, he is the youngest fighter at Main Events and we look forward to watching him develop."
Ilshat got his start in the sport at the Samara Boxing Club, a gym in his hometown of Samara, Russia. The Club spawned undefeated middleweight Dimitry Pirog, super middleweight Maxim Vlasov, and others.
Managaed by Egis Klimas, Ilshat is currently advancing his boxing skills under the expert tutelage of veteran boxing trainer, John David Jackson.
With a bit of seasoning, the young "Sheriff" may prove to be a real attraction in the light heavyweight division, and turn the rest of the key 175-pounders into his most wanted list.His size and willingness to engage should make him one to watch, and in time may put him on track for a world title shot.


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On Friday the 13th, MTV's 30 minute dramedy Faking It was cancelled due to "low ratings." The next episode, airing on May 17th, will be the last.
Executive producer Carter Covington tweeted at 9 am: "Sad news this morning. For all the #FakingIt fans out there, we're so grateful you loved this show as much as we did" and promised to reveal what he had planned for the rest of the show after the finale aired.
Fans ensured that the Faking It tag trended after the cancellation. Some viewers shared personal stories about what the characters meant to them; others expressed a deep pain and loss that the show will leave; others simply offered their support for the cast. The actors and writers released similar statements about the show's impact, thanked the fans for their love and support, and bowed out of their three-season run with grace, but without being shy about their heartbreak.
Playing Amy has been the most incredible journey. Thank you, thank you all the fans for your support and love.
— Rita Volk (@therealritavolk) May 13, 2016
Where does this pain come from, and how can we use it to contextualize the meaning of MTV cancelling a show like Faking It? After all, Faking It is no ordinary piece of mainstream media: first and foremost, the cast features a variety of typically marginalized queer characters. The title comes from season one in which Amy Raudenfeld (Rita Volk) and her BFF Karma Ashcroft (Katie Stevens) fake being lesbians to earn popularity at school. But, as fate would have it, Amy quickly realizes she isn't actually faking it at all. For the remainder of the show, Amy and Karma have a will-they-won't-they relationship–a type of romance usually reserved for straight, opposite-sex best friends and almost never for your average high school queer girl.
Besides Karma and Amy, the show features other main characters with unique characteristics of their own: Lauren Cooper (Bailey De Young) struggles with creating an identity separate from her intersex biology, and Shane Harvey (Michael J. Willett), a vivacious gay man, has little to none of the shame and discomfort over sexuality that gay characters are often saddled with. Lesbian, bisexual, polyamorous, asexual, and transgender characters decorate the show's background (bonus: the transgender character is played by Elliot Fletcher, who is also trans). These characters' storylines often end up discussing complex issues of identity and oppression succinctly within the framework of a teen drama.
Because of this uniqueness, the cancellation of a Faking It comes at what is possibly the literal worst time ever (this is an exaggeration… but also, is it?). So far, 2016 is a pretty unsafe time to be an LGBT girl on television. This year alone, television has lost queer women such as Rose (Bridget Regan) from Jane the Virgin, Lexa (Alycia Debnam-Carey) from The 100, Mimi Whiteman (Marisa Tomei) and her wife Camilla (Naomi Campbell) from Empire, and Denise (Merritt Wever) from The Walking Dead. And there have been more. Television has such a long history of killing queer characters that it now has it's own trope: Bury Your Gays, sometimes called Dead Lesbian Syndrome as it disproportionately affects female characters.
LGBT viewers are rebelling against these unhappy endings. Fans of Lexa from The 100 created the hashtag #LGBTFansDeserveBetter to voice their disapproval. They also published a pledge, nicknamed The Lexa Pledge, that was created by and for television professionals to sign in order to show they understand the delicacy of LGBT storylines. While most points in the pledge describe simply showing LGBT characters the same decency as straight characters, one point specifically mentions the Bury Your Gays trope as something signers promise to avoid.
This representation problem is more complicated than it seems. Covington himself was wary of such a pledge because, although he believes in the basic principles, "it's dangerous to tell a showrunner how to write their show."
No creative professional would disagree with him–freedom is important, and showrunners and producers already have to argue with their networks just to write the content they want to write sometimes. The pressure to pledge away creative license to fans on top of that must be a hard deal to make with yourself.
However, the way LGBT characters have been treated recently still isn't… great. In most shows, LGBT characters are side characters and guest stars. Side characters are disposable by their nature. Most of the dead (or even just poorly written) lesbians and bisexuals on TV are friends, villains, coworkers, or other side characters who were written in service of straight main casts and therefore are expendable if the main cast needs them to be, for shock value or otherwise. Characters written in main roles are protected by their writers. Think of the few "safe" queer characters we see regularly on TV, such as Clarke from The 100, Cosima from Orphan Black. Even though their lovers both died, they themselves are safely inside the main cast and get to be kept around much longer because of the relationship the viewers have with them. (OK, so either of them could still die at any second because of the nature of their respective universes… we have to grasp at straws for representation here, that's the point I'm trying to make.)
Even amongst the scattered LGBT leads, Faking It made itself different by offering well-rounded representation, and, crucially, by linking that representation to characters who were indispensable, as opposed to linking it exclusively to side characters who could be kicked off the show at any moment.
However, MTV's decision to cancel Faking It makes it clear that even that isn't enough. Looking at the stats given by MTV, the ratings do seem pretty dismal. But ratings in the modern era are confusing at best and inconsequential at worst, with a variety of new systems that often don't account for the latest tools and consumer viewing habits. This season, MTV also chose not to have Faking It stream for free on their website at all, which undoubtedly impacted viewership, since this feature was available during season two.
Even though it's hard to argue with raw numbers, this cancellation fits contextually with the treatment all of the other LGBT women on TV this year–if queer ladies are side characters, they die; if they're main characters on their own show, they get cancelled with little to no effort from the network to stop it. Meanwhile, MTV's favorite child Teen Wolf has been criticized for constant queerbaiting without any actual delivery (despite that the cast thinks it's a beacon of acceptance), and continues to push women and people of color off the show by either killing them or by not even bothering to wrap up their stories.
So perhaps we need to do more than just have writers and producers pledge to LGBT fans and characters, "I won't hurt you." Perhaps it's time to have those writers and producers, and their bosses, and their bosses bosses, pledge, "I will make sure you're treated as important and real, because you are."
In another dismal confession, Covington acknowledged that the likelihood of another network picking up the show was just about zero, since MTV owns the show. He did, however, give some insight into the change that he hoped this show would bring to the industry:
"My hope is that Faking It will be the first show that started what I call the post-gay era on television," he told The Hollywood Reporter this morning. "We always tried to approach the storytelling as coming from a place beyond coming out stories and really exploring the lives of all our characters, regardless of their sexuality. My hope is that other shows will pick up from this [and] move the ball forward. Audiences are ready for shows that don't focus on characters differences and sexuality and speak more to our common characteristics as human beings."
Despite the losses of this representation on television, LGBT fans do deserve better, and we're demanding it. It will be a continual struggle to get–and keep–our storylines on television, and even though Faking It is nearing it's end, it's legacy can hopefully be the start.


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Defining the FX Flash Crash
On the 15th January 2015, the euro crashed 20% against the Swiss franc in a matter of moments, before recovering rapidly. Similarly, on 7th October 2016, sterling plunged in value by over 9% against the dollar, again regaining most of its value minutes later.
These are amongst the most famous examples of the market phenomena know as the 'flash crash', but they are by no means the only examples. In fact, according to a study by algorithmic trading technology provider, Pragma, which aims to help monitor and track the prevalence of flash crashes, there were some 69 flash crashes in 2015 and 2016. Almost one a fortnight.
The causes of these market phenomena are unknown. It has been suggested that flash crashes are the result of 'fat-fingered traders' or lapses of human judgement. After the pound sterling incident, the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) released a report which suggested technical error as a possible cause.
However, as most research has considered these events as of one-off incidences, drawing generalised conclusions has been difficult. Without other flash crashes to compare, it is not possible to tell which variables in a complex market are contributing to the crash and which were incidental. For example, some commentators have suggested that a principal cause is algorithms overreacting to news events, but further study has found no particular correlation between other flash crashes and news events.
This is where Pragma's research is vital. It has analysed two years of tick by tick foreign exchange data to identify and catalogue all instances of flash crashes across numerous major currencies between 2015 and 2016. To do this, it has developed a precise, quantitative definition of the flash crash.
Previously, the BIS described a flash crash as a 'large, fast, V-shaped price move and a sudden widening of bid-offer spreads,' the V-shape implies a reversion of the price after the initial price move. Pragma's definition builds on the BIS's and defines a flash crash as having a:
- Large price move ( 13x than normal price volatility)
- Widening bid-offer spread 2x normal)
- Strong price reversion ( 70% price reversion)
Using this standard, the examined time period had 69 instances of what would be considered a flash crash.
This dataset allows industry analysts and academics to more accurately examine the causes of flash crashes and what effects such as changing technology, regulation and industry practices are having on market quality going into the future.
For now, the causes of flash crashes remain unclear. But Pragma's research provides an important foundational step in moving the market towards a more full understanding of this market phenomena.
For more information, you can request Pragma's research report here. You can also read more about the report on Bloomberg and Reuters.


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Published at Thursday, August 08th, 2019 - 11:09:18 AM. Wedding Dresses. By Amwolf Jäger.
Do not forget the wind and sand – Beaches are usually windy and there is every possibility for a full skirt dress to be blown around in the wind. Beaches have plenty of sand and it is better to avoid dresses that have intricate lacework in them. It will be a good option to opt for casual but elegant wedding attire for your special beach wedding.
For each bride to-be, purchasing the ideal wedding outfit can be a tough procedure. Many of them may possibly attempt no less than 15 to 20 wedding outfits before selecting the dress of their fantasy. Continually try to pick a dress that will complement your body shape and in the meantime highlight your positives. If you want to make a uniquely designed marriage dress, then it is astute to begin the making procedure no less than a couple of months before the service. It is critical to think of your shape, whether you plan to shop the dress or make it.
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In vivo gene transfer of CD40 ligand into colon cancer cells induces local production of cytokines and chemokines, tumor eradication and protective antitumor immunity
Sun Y, Peng D, Lecanda J, Schmitz V, Barajas M, Qian C, Prieto J.
Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
Magazine: Gene Therapy
Date: Sep 1, 2000Hepatology
The interaction between CD40 ligand (CD40L, CD154) and its receptor CD40 on antigen-presenting cells, is essential for the initiation of cell-mediated and humoral immune responses. In this study, we investigated the antitumor effect of in vivo gene transfer of CD40L to tumor cells using an adenoviral vector (AdCMVmCD40L) in a murine CT-26 colon cancer model. We found that injection of AdCMVmCD40L caused tumor regression in a dose-dependent manner.
A complete regression of tumor was observed in 81% of mice treated with 10(9) p.f.u. of AdCMVmCD40L. The antitumor effect induced by CD40L was mediated by CD8+ T cells and was associated with the generation of tumor-specific cytolytic T lymphocytes (CTL). Animals that eradicated the tumor were protected against tumor cell rechallenge, and both CD4+ and CD8+ T cells were involved in specific protective immunity. Treatment with AdCMVmCD40L in one tumor nodule also caused complete regression of established tumors at distant sites. The antitumor effect elicited by AdCMVmCD40L was associated with the intratumoral production of IL-12 and IFN-gamma and with an increased intratumoral expression of chemokines such as MIP- 1alpha, MIP-1beta, MIP-2, RANTES, and eotaxin.
These data demonstrate that intratumoral injection of AdCMVmCD40L induces a powerful cascade of chemokines and cytokines in the tumor mass and stimulates an efficient antitumor immunity leading to regression of established colon cancer and protection against tumor cell rechallenge.
CITATION Gene Ther. 2000 Sep;7(17):1467-76
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Hooo--eeee! This has been the busiest summer that the Iron Guy can remember. Things have been moving faster around here than the Millennium Falcon in hyperdrive. That's why I haven't posted anything lately. Fortunately, there are some really good, short and interesting books out there--what I call Good Quick Reads--and I have a few for you. Plus, in keeping with my Manly resolution for this year, they're about sports! How could it be any better?
The first is The Carolina Panthers Story, one in a new set of books about NFL teams. (sorry, but there's no picture of the cover) It's short, has lot of photos, a glossary of football terms, a website to learn more about each team, recommended books about each team and information the team's about great players, its history and even what the fans are like! There's a lot of good stuff here but not a lot of text (a fancy grownup term for the amount of words on a page), so these books would be good for younger reader guys, especially third or even second graders. It's good, it's quick and it's very interesting, even for this Charlotte guy who's followed the team from the beginning. I also read The Seattle Seahawks Story, The San Diego Chargers Story, The Jacksonville Jaguars Story, and the Atlanta Falcons Story. (booo! to the Dirty Birds, the big rival to the Panthers)
All these books follow the same format and, what's even better, the information is current! (another fancy grownup word which means "actually up-to-date and not 20 years old") Sports books are great but the problem is that things change so fast in the sports world that, by the time a book comes out, a team star could have left, a major player got traded or the whole team could have moved to another city! These books came out this year, so the information really is current. So that means you should run right out the door and get these books now. (PS--all the NFL teams are covered in this series, so if you have a favorite team or want to learn about one you didn't know about, there will be a book for you)
The second is The Best NFL Quarterbacks of All Time by Natt Scheff. Hmmm, this sounds like a title that could stir up a bunch of arguments! Well, this book provides a reasons why these guys really could be considered the best. It talks about 14 great quarterbacks, all the way from Otto Graham in the 1950's to Terry Bradshaw to Steve Young to Brett Farve down to Tom Brady and Drew Brees. Each section is only 4 pages but gives lots of good information about why each guy was great. For instance, who was the quarterback that was a 17-round draft pick but went on to win the first two Super Bowls? Who was called "Captain Comeback" and why did he earn that name? And why was Warren Moon, who never won a Super Bowl, so important to the game and many of today's quarterbacks? It's a very good read and there is also a recommended site, a glossary, recommended books and a list of quarterbacks who didn't make the list but are Honorable Mentions. (Will Cam Newton make the list one day? We'll see!) Go get this book too. You'll really enjoy it and will have plenty of info when someone asks, "Who really were the greatest?"
Friday, July 28, 2017
Really Good Quick Reads About Sports!
Posted by Iron Guy Carl at 2:54 PM
Labels: football, Good Quick Reads, sports
5 comments:
- Andrea Mack said...
My brother would've loved this one when he was a kid!
- July 31, 2017 at 7:19 AM
- Greg Pattridge said...
Love these football books, just not all the teams! Kids are always on the lookout for great sports books and with the NFL season preparing to take off again it's perfect timing. Thanks for the suggestions.
- July 31, 2017 at 11:36 AM
- cleemckenzie said...
Great Christmas gift idea. Thanks.
- July 31, 2017 at 12:50 PM
- Joanne Roberts said...
My son is going to love this. Thanks
- July 31, 2017 at 7:43 PM
- Completely Full Bookshelf said...
These books sound really interesting! Thanks so much for the review!
- August 1, 2017 at 9:22 PM
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Our surgical care is second to none, with up-to-date technology and techniques delivered by a team of highly skilled, compassionate professionals. We place a strong emphasis on pre-operative screening and individualized pain management plans. That's because these things allow us to prepare ahead of time, enhancing precautions, controlling pain and reducing the chance of complications.
Your pet's surgery will begin with the confidence and reassurance of our dedicated support staff. They will welcome you both and get your loved one settled in. Surgical preparation will involve gently sedating your pet using the safest, most effective anesthetic products. To further protect your companion, advanced monitoring equipment will be used throughout the procedure. Our experienced veterinary technicians will use these tools to make sure vital signs and pain levels remain right where they should be.
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Appear from the 6th of King Hung, square glutinous rice cake to go abreast with national history and became the soul on New Year. The banquet tray welcome spring today, the green square glutinous rice cake makes it to the memory of square glutinous rice cake, kind of rice cake conception of the universe of the Vietnamese ancient .
Square glutinous rice cake are made from materials rice, green beans, pork and wrapped in phrynium leaves… Cakes are made in the vietnamese traditional lunar New Year of ethnic and on March 10 th lunar calendar (the date of King Hung death anniversary).
Who has experienced Year in old year (in 40-50 years of last century) often remember the traditional New Year with square glutinous rice cake of choice for any distillation from the phrynium leaves, a yellow kind of large grained glutinous rice, green beans and bamboo trip. Years of resistance against American military, to feed liberation army fight the enemy, the North's people saved up all food for front line then Square glutinous rice cake is simply but value above all others because New Year only green square glutinous rice cake pan. For those who experienced New Year in the War, and also during the year subsidy, square glutinous rice cake pan distillation recall their hard memories, difficult, lack.
Today, for those young people born in the second half after 80 decades of the 20th century, continue to cook cake on New Year seems just a ritual. 9X generation live in big cities seem to have no eager bustle feeling in Eve, warm gather-round cake pan with the family. Now, cakes for the Tet holiday purchased at supermarkets, shops or through the form of service provision. In countryside, flavor Tet still feel somewhat the adopt Tet cake pan.
Air on New Year now no longer see the scene of her sisters all turned on the adjacent New Year, which washing phrynium leaves, soaked rice, soaked beans, scene kids eager to sit in facial view parent package cake, scene children and older looked after cake pan overnight, outdoor cold mist, frozen stiff not drowned warm air around the red cooking fire.
For many generations, the square glutinous rice cake is of the joy on New Year together, reunion. The nice cakes, excellent square next to the display table is reserved for worshiping ancestors,small cakes package for small children as a gift early new Year… Tradition is still there, but few seem to no longer intact, a tool to cooked cake today replaced by pressure cooker or fire gas. Anyway to the New Year, spring, pictures of the square glutinous rice cake they remind each of us to value ethnic traditions.
This time, the materials make cake were still: sticky rice, green beans, meat stuffing, phrynium leaves. Delicious cake to the actual material to prepare thoughtful, rice thoroughly soaking treatment, green beans cooked to done for a turn, meat including lean meat, packaging, skin, fat mixed enough spice, the finish package must be done immediately boiled new green cake. For the cake beautiful square, "overdone" package at the right "bean in the rice, the rice leaves, wrapping tightly hand without pressing the leaves still for saved long time, piece of cake after cutting beans, lean meat should always balanced for in all parts. Traditional New Year pictures of the green cake is traditional beauty of Vietnamese traditional culture.
Shape through square glutinous rice cake, kind of rice cake , can not think of the meaning of the word "square circle" in vietnamese language. From the original concept of the primitiveness about birth, my ancestor have the first choice of two smart things symbol in ceremony to worship heaven and earth. Ancestor thought the harmony of the can: "empty" and "solid", "square" and "circle". But different "sun" and "land", "man" and "woman", they can be together and maybe the "heaven and earth developed everything" such as the teachings of Lang Lieu spirit.
Square glutinous rice cake remind Tet or Tet remind the packed cake. Perhaps, the combination become symbol of Vietnamese cultural – Square glutinous rice cake is a symbol for Tet. Thus, preparations package cake every New Year to have a beautiful customs in the culture of Vietnam.


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Jackie has asked (thank you Jackie) and I have provided.
Here is a bit of an update from me and Story Wise, from here in the Macedon Ranges, (and pushing down into the big smoke).
Story Door, Woodend's True Storytelling Night
Story Door on the first Friday of the month, has settled in and is steadily growing. No, a more accurate description would be that its growing in fits and starts – one-month full house, next month numbers drop, next month numbers are up again.
We started with 20 being a minimal crowd, and now that would be 30. Full house about 50. The tellers too have been increasing in number, with one night seeing us break the barrier and hear 11 tellers.
A few things have helped Story Door grow: the support and excitement of the community, social media, regularity, the pub environment where people can eat and have a drink, and a separate room for the stories, where we can focus.
But one of the biggest things that has contributed to the event's success is the support of the experienced storytelling community.
It's been such a relief to me to have Jackie Kerin, Teena Hartnett, Peter Fernon and Cassis Lumb as regular storytellers. I can, and do rely on these tellers to tell a great story and to really lift the standard of the night. They show the audience and other tellers what to aspire to and aim for.
But there are always a few spots left on the board when we get started, (sometimes as many as five) and so we see others having a go, planned and unplanned, repeat tellers who have caught the bug and others telling their first story. And every month we have ripper stories.
As well as Story Door, I've been blogging weekly with reflections, stories, tips and tricks for personal storytelling (you can sign up here).
I've been running introductory storytelling workshops in Woodend, with more scheduled for Riddells Creek in July and I've also been building connections with true story lovers and learners in Melbourne with Melbourne's True Storytelling Meet Up. I had lots of fun giving a workshop at the NSW International Storytelling Festival, and the Willi Lit Festival, and I was a voice for oral storytelling on a panel at the Emerging Writers Festival.
Storytelling Projects: Running Story Door has helped me to develop my storytelling MC skills and see how it is another form of holding safe space, in a story kind of way. Bringing together workshops and performance in a storytelling project would be an amazing way to build community, make sense of life experiences and capture stories. So I have set my sights, and hope to combine my skills and experiences to serve communities, be they geographical or experience based. (And here's a pitch: Any agencies looking for a wonderful community building, story-skill-developing project – I'd love to have a chat.)
Kate Lawrence – Story Wise
Please, if you are a member, follow Kate's example. If you have workshops, shows, reports and reviews or open mic events that you would like to share, contact us. We spread as much Victorian story news as we can on our Facebook but this blog and our Newsletter is reserved for members and their projects. Jackie K (blog editor)


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This paper will discuss multicultural education and introduce six methods for incorporating a multicultural curriculum in a alternative-based classroom. Multicultural training as a process highlights the continued, natural development of individuals and academic institutions involving relationships among people. In addition, in multicultural and democratic nations, teachers should educate students how you can actively participate and contribute to their society. In reflecting on my own faculty and our response to multicultural education, I actually have been thinking onerous on what we're doing nicely.
Multicultural education is a means of complete faculty reform that challenges racism and prejudice by transforming the curriculum and educational practices of schools, and by altering the relationships among lecturers, students, and parents. Wedded with this, a idea of the psychology of learning will also be critically explored to determine the extent of relevance of multicultural training to curriculum policy and observe within the Caribbean.
What is necessary to notice is that the emergence of a technetronic society reduces the necessity for individuals, as expertise can watch, listen, management and kill individuals with the push of a button. The uneven distribution of resources, personal and institutional forms of racism and ethnocentrism, and different types of inequalities inherent in Canadian society have to be dealt with.
It is gloomy that there are such a lot of in our society who've lost respect for it; individuals who have traded in their conscience and their soul for short-term monetary comfort whereas sacrificing the steadiness and stability of the rest of the country in the process. Multicultural/multiracial psychology: Mestizo perspectives in character and mental well being.
Considering the conflicts of idea, disproportionate number of majority lecturers, and the human propensity to remain in familiar groups and shun outsiders, multicultural schooling practices have but to be perfected. Our proactive approach is complemented by a willingness for collaborative leadership in providing assist, encouragement, and outreach to resolve points that impede and threaten the sense of a secure and just neighborhood.


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One of the things that I always find important and is my whole goal is working on getting into a patient's soul. By doing this allows me to really connect with their health. Not only their health but their feelings, and how we go about treatment together. This helps us create a bond. I feel as this is extremely important when it comes to one's overall health.
When dealing with a patient's health is it much more than what we see physically. It also has to do with the mind, relationships, jobs or our own personal centeredness, why we are here and what our purpose is and how that directly impacts our health. By creating a safe place, the doctor-patient bond is reinforced, opening up more opportunities for healing.
When I first discovered my passion for medicine and science, I wanted to be a veterinarian. I started to learn more about the remarkableness of the human body and I fell in love. I narrowed in on my life mission and how I can affect change in the lives of people. Part of that is sharing my philosophy, and part of that is sharing what our ancestors did that worked as far as nutrition, movement and spirituality.
After 20 years of practicing, these are the things that one learns along the way that helpsed me focus on my medical life purpose. Expanding out from an office has allowed me to reach others and their souls on a larger scale than what I would have been able to do in an office every day.
I spent my entire life training to be a physician and yet I felt as if something was missing. I felt empty inside. My spirituality and my life mission was not being met. It took time for me to realize how I could have that met: concierge medicine. Having that doctor-patient bond on steroids was beautiful. It allowed me to reach my patients' soul, to really get into their feelings. Managing the entire life of the patient became much more fulfilling.
My mantra is to change lives. My charge is the patient bond and this is something that has always been important to me. Having a special connection with my patients completes me, makes me whole, and I find that I have a purpose in life. I am very fortunate to have a profession where not only do I feel complete in what I do but also that I am giving the opportunity to help others and make them feel complete as well. I am very passionate about creating a patient nirvana and happiness. My approach is very patient eccentric.
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The Cooper Nuclear Station near Brownville, Nebraska, along the Missouri River still is operating at 100 percent on Saturday evening, the Nebraska Public Power District said.
The plant continues to operate under a "Notice of Unusual Event" with its federal regulator as the Missouri River is elevated, though water levels near the plant have been going down, NPPD said.
"Water levels in the river have had no impact on operations and there is no indication of leakage at the facility," the power district said.
Offutt in all-out push to keep water from flooding base
Airmen at Offutt Air Force Base filled 30,000 sandbags Friday and Saturday, and officials requested 30,000 more on Saturday afternoon, in a last-ditch effort to block flood waters that are covering much of the southeastern part of the base.
An aerial photo, posted by 55th Wing Commander Col. Michael Manion on his Facebook page, showed the Missouri River had crept up to the southeast end of Offutt's single runway. A lake, campground, and baseball fields were under water, and several buildings south of the runway are surrounded.
"Water is entering from the river and through the storm drains," Manion wrote in the post Saturday afternoon. "Several buildings including the (55th) Wing Building are inundated with water. We continue to work as rapidly as possible to improve water defenses around critical infrastructure."
Photos showed water had reached the hangar that houses the 595th Command and Control Group, which operates the Air Force's fleet of four E-4B Nightwatch airborne command posts jets.
The Air Force flew in a 740-foot length of Aqua Dam barriers from Louisiana to deploy around the hangar, said Larry Campisi, president of Gulf Coast Aqua Dams.
Manion said power to the base has not been interrupted.
The water was expected to crest near the base late Saturday, Manion said.
Evacuation orders issued for Saunders County communities
The Saunders County, Nebraska, Sheriff's Office announced an emergency evacuation order Saturday evening.
The county's emergency management agency said the following communities must evacuate due to an "imminent levee failure" along the Platte River:
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Just a Few Changes...
Hope you all don't mind, but I saw that beautiful new logo that Meghan made, and couldn't wait for it to take over the EtsyRain blog. I basically just made some color changes and added the logo, so if anyone can see something that could still use some help, or you just don't like the new look, let me know and I'll get workin'!
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This looks great! :) Thanks for getting it all beautiful for us! :)
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In 2016, the most dangerous place to stand is the middle of the road. The time has come to present your brand more bravely and boldly than ever before. Analytics and omnichannel research can now identify audiences with more precision so your content can unleash immense and untapped purchasing power. You will need content that can grab attention despite the modern-day onslaught of distractions.
Ann Handley, Chief Content Officer for MarketingProfs, outlined B2B's biggest problems at the Inbound 2015. She covered how content marketing can be more engaging, a top challenge for marketers over the past five years. More than three out of four B2B organizations (76 percent) plan on producing more content in 2016. More than half (51 percent) intend to spend more of their budgets in creating it. At the same time, only 30 percent know that their content is effective. The way to know is to be braver and bolder. Here are 10 suggestions for improving your content in 2016.
1. Tell a Bigger Story.
Wherever you were at the end of 2015, think bigger. Put your brand in the context of a bigger story. A good example is Blue Bottle Coffee. Their About Us page details how coffee came to Vienna, beginning with wars in the 17th century. This indicates to the audience that Blue Bottle is serious about coffee. The brand experience is enhanced with unique offerings like an online course on how to make the perfect cup of coffee.
2. Be Braver in Marketing Choices.
Entertainment has value, but engaging content has to go deeper. In 2016, the focus will shift to genuine content which is useful, relevant and adds value to customers' lives. A braver voice will be your key differentiator amid vast amounts of the mediocre content.
3. Speak with a Bolder Voice.
There's no better example of a bold brand than the fitness content website Greatist.com. The site secured 10 million subscribers in 4 years by disrupting industry fairy tales. Success stories tend to fall back into the pattern of "Here's the problem, here's our solution, now everything is awesome." Greatist upends the status quo with deeper stories on the challenges that remain, especially in terms of weight loss and body image.
4. Meet the Critics Head On.
Social media is rife with rumors and misinformation. Some industry experts will have opinions that conflict with your basic brand message. Don't ignore your critics; answer them with transparency and humility. A great example is Toyota's response to Elon Musk, who said hydrogen fuel cell cars were just marketing with no substance. As Handley pointed out, Musk actually called it "bullsh*t," so Toyota used that as a launching point for their mini-documentary, "Fueled by bullsh*t." They turned the conversation around.
5. Improve Your Story-telling.
Effective story-telling puts your business in a context that consumers care about. It changes a purchase into an affirmation of belonging. Handley referred to the Significant Object Experiment, in which insignificant objects were sold on eBay with personal stories attached to them. The lowest selling object doubled the investment. The average ROI overall was 27 times the cost of the objects. Great stories convert directly into revenue.
6. Be More Generous.
MailChimp has become an authority in the marketing space by offering businesses, not just customers, the gift of clear instruction on valuable business topics. They have made themselves a resource, encouraging customers to join their community. By being generous with critical information, Mailchimp makes their readers want to become customers, and successful customers are long-term brand supporters.
7. Update Your Personas for the Buyer's Journey.
Developing personas for the buyer's journey must be an ongoing project. Personas evolve and you'll need to evolve content to accelerate customers along the buyer's journey. The key is understanding what different buyer personas are considered to be of deep value. Deep value makes smarter customers who make better buying decisions.
8. Own the conversation.
What does a startup mattress company blog about? The company Casper decided it meant creating and owning a new category of content: the world of sleep and wakefulness research. They launched the online magazine Van Winkle's to be the go-to authority on the subject. Great brands don't just ride cultural shifts, they create them.
9. Invite Customers to the Party.
Your brand's story does more than set you apart. It defines who you want to build a community with on a grand scale. Many people may not be comfortable with your marketing and that's OK. The goal of your content shouldn't be to move units, but to establish a template for a lifestyle. It should feel like a collaborative effort between your company's leadership and your preferred audience. Create the community that you want live in and your customers will invite their friends to join in on the party.
10. Involve the Entire Organization.
Great content lifts everyone who touches it. Employee-created content boosts morale and affirms your brand's authenticity. After the content is released, employees can benefit personally from sharing great content along their own private social networks. Make sure you communicate clearly what's coming out on which channel. Employee-driven social sharing multiplies your content's reach exponentially and improves morale with each Like and Favorite.
These techniques involve whole-body marketing. It will take your brain (to come up with a bigger story about your brand), your heart (to be brave about breaking into new territory), and your gut (to boldly choose the topics that move your audience).
Contact Novation Consulting for insights that help you grow, disrupt, and be yourself, only better. We work with clients from every continent to share knowledge, ideas, and energy. As an extension of your business, we work seamlessly together to create research-centric marketing solutions. It's your brand. Making sure that your brand connects with your audience is our business.


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It was never considered as a meal but rather as an appetizer before the main meal, or it was simply served as a snack or dinner with whatever was available in the kitchen and cellar.
Later the meze took the place of the main course in a ritual that lasts hours, usually accompanied with wine or another alcohol (as genuine descendants of the ancient Greek symposiums).The recipes for meze are endless, and have a separate chapter in the Greek gastronomy as well as the Eastern cuisine and can be as simple as a tomato with salt, a little cucumber and olives, as well as complexed and imaginative.
Previously the main drink of Greece was ouzo, at least on the islands and most of the tourist areas, an alcoholic beverage distilled from grapes flavored with up to 15 deferent herbs. Over the years, tsipouro started gaining ground and now the demand is greater than ouzo Tsipouro is usually an unflavored distillation, or flavored only with aniseed, and was at first made in small quantities in the villages for their own consumption.. It goes well with ice, as it has usually 40% alcohol, and always served with meze.
Long ago it was produced from mixing the pomace of vinification from different varieties of grapes; now the most common practice is to distill it only from one quality variety, or with the careful blending made only by wine experts. In Greece, there are over 200 different recipes, using a single variety from each area, and some using a different blend to obtain its own unique identity. In recent years producers began maturation processes. Today you can find in the market at least 20 different labels of aged tsipouro in oak barrels for up to 10 years old.
The Tsipouradika of Volos (tsipouro restaurants)
The "tradition" started by the refugees from Asia Minor; they settled in Volos after the genocide of 1922 Most of these settlers worked on boats, in the harbor and in factories since Volos was an industrial city.
The "tsipouradika" were born from the need of the workers to meet at a place to drink tsipouro after a hard day's work. At first tsipouro was supplied mainly from Tirnavos and villages of Mount Pelion, drank straight as an aperitif without a meze before lunch, usually served with salted chickpeas.
The first meze that were served was very plain; grilled sundried octopus, pickled cabbage, and various salted fish served in small plates. Over time a new wave of refugees arrived from Asia Minor, the tradition was established, as the number of refugees grew. The same with the meze, they became better, more sophisticated, with seafood meze being most popular. The afternoon meeting after work in the Tsipouradika, with tsipouro served in little "portion" bottles and many small plates with delicacies of the sea was a ritual, and very soon became a daily habit. Today there are more than 300 tsipouradika in the region, filled every afternoon with the locals and tourists. It has become the main gastronomic attraction of Volos.
The serving process of meze goes as follows:
The customer orders the tsipouro, with or without anise, and it's served with free small meze. After the shock from the first round of alcohol, the first dishes are simple, but quite strong in flavor to allow the palate to capture the taste. Then the meze soften in flavor, and become increasingly complex yet scrumptious, starting from small fish, and reaching up to shrimp, crayfish, fresh oysters and finally large fish (legend has it that a group of friends reached up to 75 rounds)
The cycle usually ends with a round of meat delicacies and sweets.


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STOCKTON - Andre Lindsey glanced at the clock as he sped past the finish line in first place in the 110-meter high hurdles at the Sac-Joaquin Section Masters track and field meet last week at Elk Grove High.
STOCKTON - Andre Lindsey glanced at the clock as he sped past the finish line in first place in the 110-meter high hurdles at the Sac-Joaquin Section Masters track and field meet last week at Elk Grove High.
The clock read 14.06 seconds, a personal best for the Stagg High senior.
After a few moments, the public address announcer declared Lindsey's official time, 13.96 seconds, then the fastest time this season in California.
"I was stunned. I was just like, 'Whoa. Did I just really do that?' " Lindsey said. "You should have seen the expression on my face. It was like this crazy expression."
Lindsey predicted he would win the 110 hurdles at the Masters, but he won't speculate where he might finish this week at the California Interscholastic Federation Track and Field State Championships, which start Friday and continue Saturday at Buchanan High in Clovis. Lindsey enters his first state meet with the second-fastest time in the state in the 110 hurdles, trailing only San Jose-Bellarmine's Jalen Wright (13.91). Lindsey also will compete in the 300 intermediate hurdles.
"I'm expecting everyone to have a great race," said the 6-foot-3, 175-pound Lindsey, who also was a standout wide receiver on Stagg's football team. "I know everyone is going to be excited. It's the state meet. It's the best of the best in the state."
Also competing at the state meet will be Tokay senior Jannell Hadnot in the triple jump, McNair junior Mandy Coleman in the shot put and discus, Weston Ranch sophomore John McDonald in the 100 and 200, Lincoln senior Alonzo Easter in the 110 hurdles, Lincoln senior Taylor Getty in the high jump, Bear Creek senior Dwayne Lee in the long jump, St. Mary's junior Ginika Dike in the long jump, and the St. Mary's girls 1,600 relay team of Dike, freshmen Mia Franco and Micole Cayton, and sophomore Keilani Green.
Lindsey was surprised by his time last week, but his hurdles coach, Skip Roberts, believed his prized pupil the past four seasons could do it.
"We knew over the course of this year he was putting in a whole lot of good work," said Roberts, a volunteer coach at Stagg and a retired government defense contractor. "It didn't really surprise us because he was almost there and we knew he had it in him. It was just getting him to really understand the technique between the hurdles, and for some reason, last week, the light clicked on and it was just amazing what he accomplished that day."
Hadnot also had an eventful day when she won the Masters triple jump and rushed from Elk Grove to Pacific for Tokay's commencement ceremony. In what might have been the most important race of her life, the affable Hadnot arrived just in time to receive her diploma in front of her classmates.
"I was in the last row of kids they were calling out," said Hadnot, who has accepted an athletic scholarship to New Mexico. "This guy almost didn't let us in. It was fun."
Hadnot's winning mark in the triple jump at the Masters, 40-feet, 73/4 inches, was nearly a foot longer than the runner-up and the second longest in the state this season to Sasha Wallace of Castro Valley, who went 41-81/2 to win the North Coast Section.
"I want to compete very well and I think my coaches have done a good job getting me prepared for that," said Hadnot, who is appearing in her third state meet. "The further you get, the competition does get really intense, and my coaches and I have done a good job keeping my stress level down because it gets stressful."
Coleman is back in the state meet for the second year in a row but this time, she's competing in the discus in addition to the shot put, in which she finished 11th last year. Coleman competed in the discus in earnest for the first time this season and finished second at the Masters with a throw of 127-11 to go with her first-place finish in the shot put (42-43/4) the day before.
Coleman said she was encouraged last offseason by her coach, Ken Hurst, to try the discus. Coleman said she's not adverse to trying new things athletic-wise, "but not like food and stuff like that," she said.
"I kind of picked it up, but it was still hard," said Coleman, who also is a standout on the Eagles' basketball team. "It's opposite of frisbee and that was hard at first, getting to make it spin correctly."
Coleman would have to surpass her personal bests by several feet in both events to medal this week, but just making the finals would mean a lot to her.
"It's a good test," said Coleman, who missed the finals in the shot put at the state meet last year by one spot. "I went last year and hopefully, I'll do better."
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Boyd Rankin will aim to strengthen his case for an Ashes tour call-up when the third one-day international against Australia takes place at his Edgbaston home ground today.
The former Ireland seamer was the lone England bowler to emerge with credit during Australia's dominant 88-run win in the second ODI at Old Trafford on Sunday that put the tourists 1-0 up with three to play following Friday's washed-out opener in Leeds.
Australia may have piled up 315-7 yet Rankin still managed to take 2-49 from his 10 overs, a fine return in the circumstances.
Sunday's match was just the Warwickshire quick's second ODI for his adopted country but, at 2m tall, Rankin fits the profile of a tall seamer advocated by England's Australian bowling coach David Saker.
With pitches in Australia, notably Perth, generally offering more pace and bounce than those in the UK, Rankin could yet challenge the likes of fellow towering fast bowlers Chris Tremlett and Steven Finn for the third seamer's role when England begin their Ashes defense "Down Under" in November.
"I would hope to have the chance to push myself in there," Rankin said on Monday of a possible call-up to an Ashes squad due to be named in two weeks' time.
"These ODIs are a great chance to show what I can do," added the 29-year-old, who has yet to play Test cricket. "I am just trying to concentrate on these ODIs and put a good show on here and hope that would put me in good stead for the winter."
Someone well aware of Rankin's ability is Ashley Giles, England's limited-overs coach, who was previously in charge of Warwickshire.
"I think I was the first signing he made when I came from Derbyshire to Warwickshire, so I obviously know Ash really well over the last six years," Rankin said.
"He has really helped me over that time," Rankin added as he acknowledged the input of the former England left-arm spinner.
Even if Rankin misses out on being selected for what is set to be a 17-man Ashes squad, he could still find himself in Australia as a member of the England Performance Program party
"I would be hoping I would be over there in one shape or form," Rankin said. "It would be really nice to be involved in the Ashes squad, but we will have to just see what happens."
"I haven't played in Australia before, but I have heard really good things in terms of the pitches which should suit me. I'm looking forward to it," he said.
However, the task confronting Rankin and his England team-mates right now is to level the one-day series.
When England named their ODI squad, former captain Michael Vaughan suggested fans who paid full price for tickets were due a refund given several first-choice players — captain Alastair Cook, key batsman Ian Bell and bowlers James Anderson, Stuart Broad and Graeme Swann — were all being rested ahead of the return Ashes.
Rankin, however, insisted England could still surprise Australia in the remaining one-dayers.
"Obviously, there have been a few lads left out, but there is a lot of young talent there. I still think we can compete and win this series," he said.
"It didn't go to plan [at Old Trafford], like we would have wanted, but we are a young side, learning all the time, and we can bounce back for Wednesday," the Northern Irishman said.


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Meraviglie segrete • 2018
Gardens of Ravenna and its territory
Dates: du 12/05/2018 to 13/05/2018
Following the success of the previous editions, Meraviglie Segrete will be back in Ravenna from 12th to 13th May: the gardens of Ravenna and its province open their gates and offer a wide choice of special events and open-air initiatives in contact with nature.
A real "open-air tour" that encourages all participants to enjoy culture and to deepen their love for green areas! The festival aims at showing the splendour of a territory that reveals an ancient love for the surrounding environment, not only for the plein-air, but also for treasures of art and architecture.
Meraviglie Segrete is organised by the Giardino&Dintorni group, with the support of the Municipalities of Ravenna, Lugo, Fusignano, Alfonsine, Bagnacavallo and Russi.
Free admission
Download the programme (in Italian only)
Saturday, 12th May
City centre
In the East of the Platea Maior
At 10am | Meeting in front of the Chamber of Commerce in Viale Farini
At 3pm | Meeting in Piazza dei Caduti per la libertà
Storytelling by the historian Paola Novara, accompanied by the gardener Ida Schiassi
At the Garden by the Alley
Season and genuine products in an urban century-old garden
At 10am | Time travel: 150 years of history among tools of the past and of today
At 11am | From the cell to the vase: children workshop
At 12pm | Brunch with season in-situ grown-up products
Mandatory booking: +39 334 3764507
B&B Academy
Exhibition by artists, artisans and children workshop
Gardens by Maria Patrizia Matteucci
Exhibitions and meetings
Gualtieri Agricolae Giovanni (Wholemeal past 100% durum wheat Senatore Cappelli) • Angela Martignoni (Vivai Bologna) • Antichità Rondoni • Rose di Monica Cavina (Vivaio Vivaverde) • Kina Bogdanova (artist of garden decor)
Permanent exhibition of iron works by P. Strada and L. Berardi
At 11am | Inauguration of "Umido incanto", photographic exhibition by Silvano Foschini
At 5pm | Sublime selvatico. L'umano e la natura - Sublime & exotic. Man and nature
Eraldo Baldini (writer) • Simone D'Acunto Cestha, Silvano Foschini (photographer) • Giovanni Gardini (iconographer) • Paolo Tasini (gardener)
Classense Library
At 5pm | Guided tour of the exhibition "Giardini, vigne, orti e altri spettacoli" and of the cloister
Commonwealth War Graves - the city of silence
At 5pm | Guided tour by Prof. Mariangela Rondinelli from Wartimefriends
Courts of the Towers
Garden open from 5pm to 8pm
"Beyond The Clouds", Exhibition of the works by Roee Rosen and Maurizio Mochetti
Open until 18th May. Per info: +39 348 5938101
San Damiano fraternity
At 4.30pm and 5.30pm | "A piedi nudi nel Chiostro" - Barefoot in the Cloister: free sensorial itinerary
Curated by Patrizia Preda
Farm Podere Oasi del Gusto
At 7.30pm | Dinner "Herbs and flowers"
The village of storks
Visiting the area with a naturalist
At 8.30am | Stories and storks, bike ride through the wonders of the Pinewood of Classe
For info call Katrin, tel 0544.691 | firstname.lastname@example.com
Sunday, 13th May
Public Gardens | On the back of the Loggetta Lombardesca
At 11am | The forgotten Gate has been recovered by the Association of former students of the gymnasium Liceo Ginnasio Dante Alighieri
Storytelling by Linda Kniffitz. Later, tour to the Cloister of the Loggetta Lombardesca
Bucci Garden
At 10 am | "Una girandola per la testa"
Workshop: build a toy. Curated by Associazione Lucertola Ludens
Garden by Enzo & Ermanna
La Casa di Ninni (volunteer kennel club for the recovery of English bulldogs)
Az. Agricola Sauro Campri
Many exhibitors, artists, farmers and food&drink stalls of local farms
Garden by Anna Pina & Giordano
10am to 5pm | Installations by Giordano Bezzi created with recycled materials
Garden by Ines & Lelio Suprani
Bonsai collection by Stefano Arcozzi
Blossoming watercolours by Sandra Santolini
Ancient roses by Roberta Pasi - nursery Les Collettes
Garden by Maria Patrizia Matteucci
Gualtieri Agricolae Giovanni (Wholemeat pasta 100% durum wheat Senatore Cappelli) • Angela Martignoni (Vivai Bologna) • Antichità Rondoni • Rose di Monica Cavina (Vivaio Vivaverde) • Kina Bogdanova (artist of garden decor)
Permanent exhibition of iron works by P. Strada and L. Berardi
At 10am | "Erbacce" (weeds) with Primo Fornaciari, writer
At 3.30pm | Clark Anthony Lawrence presents Mezzo Giardiniere and Officina Naturalis
Court of the Towers
Garden open from 5pm to 8pm
"Beyond The Clouds", Exhibitions of the works by Roee Rosen and Maurizio Mochetti
Open until 18th May. For info: +39 348 5938101
4pm to 7pm | "To the Tititom's beat" music and children
Garden by Parmarè
Exhibitions of the works by the artist Parmarè
The Wild Garden by Omero & Giorgio
At 10am | Spring Walk with the naturalist Eugenia Bugni
At 11.30am | Omero & Giorgio tell the story of this garden
At 12pm | Aperitivo sun and nature with seasonal fruit and vegetables
The bandits' tree by Franco Fenati
At 4pm | The bandits' tree between phantasy and reality. Tour with storytelling and tales
At 4.30pm| "Tales-break" for young and old ones, fulèsta Eliseo Dalla Vecchia. Snacks for all in the end.
Natural area Punte Alberete
FAI Giovani Emilia Romagna presents Giardini Aperti - Open gardens
"The memory of Punta Alberete"
Free guided tours: 9am, 11am and 4pm
Mandatory booking, email to: firstname.lastname@example.com with the object "Prenotazione Giardini Aperti - Ravenna" (please, write which time do you prefer for your visit)
Palazzo Grossi
At 10.30am and 3pm | Guided tours inside Palazzo Grossi.
At 10am and 6pm | Free tours in the rose garden gifted by G. Pantoli
Farm Podere Oasi del Gusto
At 12pm | Country Buffet
Mandatory booking: email@example.com | Tel. +39 331 2211272
The village of storks
Tours in the area with a naturalist
At 8.30am | Stories and Storks, bike ride through the wonders of the Pinewood of Classe
For info, call Katrin - Tel 0544.691 | firstname.lastname@example.com
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Date de dernière modification : 21/03/2018


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Maths Zone
Maths Zone (Revised Edition) is a series of eight books for Classes 1 to 8. This series conforms to the vision of National Curriculum Framework. While drawing strength from the earlier edition, this revised edition of Maths Zone tries to make a difference with its new features urging the students to explore beyond the boundaries of textual knowledge.
Key Features
• Exercises and Revision Exercise within each chapter to recall and revise the concepts learnt
• Mental Maths to help practise calculation skills and deductive reasoning
• Maths Lab Activity to test skills of investigation, observation and deduction
• Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) to sharpen the thinking skills
• Worksheets to reinforce practice with fun exercises
• Summary (for Classes 6 to 8) to provide the gist of the chapter for quick revision
• Practice Worksheets at the end of the book for additional practice
• International Mathematics Olympiad's latest paper to help students prepare for competitive exams
About The Series Editors
K. G. Jeyalakshmi has taught mathematics for more than two decades at Vidyamandir Senior Secondary School, Chennai. She is passionate about using technology for making the learning of maths easy and enjoyable for children.
Taruni Soin has taught mathematics for nearly four decades in various schools including Springdales School and Sanskriti School in Delhi. A recipient of the prestigious Fulbright Award for Teachers, presently sheteaches at Suncity World School, Gurgaon.
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Mountainfilm On Tour at Warren Station
January 26 @ 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm$7 – $10
Mountainfilm on Tour visits Keystone on January 26th at Warren Station. Join us for an evening of inspiring and captivating films handpicked from the Mountainfilm festival in Telluride, Colorado.
Founded in 1979, Mountainfilm is one of America's longest-running film festivals. The annual festival is held every Memorial Day weekend in Telluride. Mountainfilm is a dynamic organization and festival of films, people, art, stories, and ideas that celebrate indomitable spirit, educates and inspires audiences, and motivates individuals and communities to advance solutions for a livable world.
Mountainfilm on Tour at Warren Station will feature a collection of culturally rich, adventure-packed and enlightening documentary short films that align with Mountainfilm's mission to use the power of film, art and ideas to inspire audiences to create a better world. A Mountainfilm presenter will guide the audience through the program providing insight on the films, filmmakers and subjects.
General Admission seating, first-come, first-served.
Doors open at 6:30pm
Film fest starting at 7:00pm
Adults: $10
Kids (12 and Under): $7


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Ski: Fisher Sceneo 3
Product Name:
Fisher Sceneo 3
Sugested Retail Price:$575 ($595 with booster)
What's New: Fisher introduces a new series of Short All-Mountain (SAM's) twin-tip skis with the Sceneo 3 headlining the trio (Sceneo 2 $495, and Sceneo 1 $425).
Cool Factor: The new SAM's utilize the AirCarbon, Power Vacuum, and 3D top shape technologies found in previous Fisher skis to make a ski that is both maneuverable and buoyant off of the groomers.
Extra, Extra: The Sceneo 3 Short All-Mountain ski gives the upper-intermediate to lower-advanced skier a tool that makes exploring the mountain and the way they ski it fun and easy.
Word in the Shop: "We took what we learned from our short slalom race skis that Bode Miller skis on (108 CM) and our wide Big Stix powder skis to make our SAM's short and wide," said alpine product manager Chris Clapp. "They're built to be skied 10 to 20 cm's shorter with plenty of width for when you're off the groomers. They'll turn on a dime or rip a GS turn at warp speed. And a turned-up tail for when the urge strikes to get creative."


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"I'd really like to write a book someday—I just wish I had the time to do it."
—shit Isaac Asimov never said
New York City subway stops, if they were renamed for the most popular hashtags used on Instagram.
To make more friends as an adult, use the Golden Retriever Technique.
The Amazing Hour: A period time before bed spent without the use of a smartphone. By James Hamblin, M.D.
The Unspoken Rules of the Teachers' Lounge


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Youth Tourney Expected to Attract 2,000 this Weekend in Weatherford
The annual Weatherford Mid America Youth Basketball tournament, coordinated by the Southwestern Oklahoma State University men's and women's basketball teams, begins this Friday, June 20, on the SWOSU campus.
Sixty-two boys and girls teams from across Oklahoma and Texas will play in the three-day tournament, and the action begins Friday evening at 5 p.m.
The tournament will use seven courts in three SWOSU facilities, including: the Pioneer Cellular Event Center, Rankin Williams Fieldhouse and Wellness Center. Teams will feature players in grades three through twelve.
SWOSU women's basketball coach Kelsi Musick said the tournament is a great opportunity for the community to showcase the city and campus to prospective students and student-athletes. Nearly 2,000 basketball fans will be in Weatherford for the weekend.
For more information, contact Coach Musick at firstname.lastname@example.com.


text: In the last Conference on Corpus Linguistics for Spanish (CLICE 2018), co-organized by Wor(l)ds Lab's member Manuel Alcántara-Plá, participants discussed the need to have a mailing list for researchers on Spanish and Corpus Linguistics. We committed ourselves to creating it and here it is. Our lab will be in charge […] resources A Mailing List of Corpus Linguistics in Spanish


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Retired Layouts
The layouts on this page have been retired. Although they have gone from the exhibition circuit they have not been forgotten and are remembered here.
Abbotsbrooke - N gauge (Member's Layout)
During the 1800's everybody wanted a railway connected to their town or village to move people and goods traffic. But many succumbed to the closing axe due to lack of patronage and increasing running costs together with the competition of the motor vehicle. Abbotsbrooke represents just one of these closed railways. Fortunately the preservation movement was able to purchase the line and then setup a preserved railway.


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turns out I'm not the only one saying this.
A great article was just published in the New York Times that gets into the brain physiology that backs up what I advise. Janet Rae-Dupree has the byline and she interviews authors Dawna Markova and business colleague and fellow author M.J. Ryan. Markova wrote "The Open Mind" and Ryan wrote "This Year I Will..." -- both of which are going on my Amazon order list today (so much to read, so little time...). Markova/Ryan make some incisive remarks about USA education, standardized testing, and new habits.
Turns out new habits help you lose weight -- something I didn't know, but I'm betting my new habit of drinking porter style beer doesn't count. Still, I can try.
The article closes with a wonderful quote by Markova "You cannot have innovation unless you are willing and able to move through the unknown and go from curiosity to wonder." Well said Ms. Markova, let me add, AND "take your wonderment, generate some ideas, and get into action."


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Bethesda Begins to Tease Fallout
It appears that Bethesda Softworks just cannot wait for their E3 press conference on June 14th because they have set up a countdown timer that expires tomorrow. The countdown clock has appeared on the official Fallout website and is set to expire at 10am eastern on Wednesday.
Bethesda announced earlier this year that they will be hosting their first ever E3 press conference in 2015 and many suspected it would be a showcase for Fallout 4 and this recent news pretty much confirms that to be the case. Now while the timer could just lead to a bigger tease it is still pointing to something Fallout related and that is pretty damn exciting.
Tune back in tomorrow when we find out what happens when the clock strikes zero.
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text: Ever since we had an '85 Tercel 4WD wagon on DOTS, I've been trying to find an ad for the thing to use in this series. Yes, it's a hokey Christmas-themed ad, but at least there's some low-yield hoonage involved. Was 1985 the high-water mark for Toyota, before the accountants took over and focus-grouped the life out of their vehicles?


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on 06-06-2018 09:15 AM
I have migrated two of my billpay numbers to another network about a month ago, yet Three still charged me for full month ahead last week. I can't download the invoice since my Three account is deactivated and I haven't received a paper version. On what grounds have I been charged?
on 06-06-2018 11:03 AM
Hi there,
I'm sorry to hear this 👎 You are charged for your Bill Pay plan one month in advance. So for example, your plan for June was charged for on your May bill and any usage you had the month previous will also be on the bill. What date did you port out? Your bill cycle date would also have an effect on this.
on 06-06-2018 12:00 PM
I would understand if my services weren't turned off. Most importantly, I haven't been given an invoice which would itemise for what I'm billed. I have ported on 15th May and been charged on 28th. According to T&Cs (http://www.three.ie/pdf/Small-Print.pdf) points 10.1 and 10.2 a 30 days notice period is required before the services are switched off. You have, however, switched off the services on the 15th May (day of porting), immediately removing my account where I could have downloaded the above mentioned invoices. As no services were provided to me in any form after the 15th, and no bill was made available to me - I expect not to be charged for the period of being disconnected.
on 06-06-2018 01:18 PM
Hi there, if you port your number to another network this will close your account. If you'd like me to send you a copy of your bill PM us your number, name, address, DOB and email address?
on 06-06-2018 01:22 PM
Can you please refer to my question why I am billed for a period when my account closure has been accepted?
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Chris Grove will be teaching developers how to build login sequences for applications using Twitter, Facebook, Google and other popular services. People suffer "login fatigue;" they've grown tired of being required to create a new username and password for each service they join. Grove's talk will show just how easy it is for developers to relieve their users' pain by giving them an option to use an existing account.
SocialDevCamp Chicago is a weekend conference for entrepreneurs and developers who build social web applications. Several KeyLimeTie employees are a part of the team that produces this annual event, which draws several hundred attendees and has featured speakers from companies including Google, Facebook, Groupon, and the W3C.
See Chris Grove and others at the event July 26-28. Visit the SocialDevCamp website for more information and to get your tickets.
KeyLimeTie is a full-service design, development & digital strategy agency, helping clients communicate more effectively and intimately with their customers through interactive marketing channels.
Specializing in web and mobile application development across a variety of platforms, KeyLimeTie provides content management, ecommerce, and custom application solutions, while also assisting customers with social media campaign and reputation management.


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Green was the very first CD that I ever bought. I was 17 years old, and it was thrilling to participate in the transition from cassettes & records to something that was actually played by laser! And I can testify that the promised longevity of the medium was perfectly accurate. I still have it, still play it from time to time, and had I bought it on the older mediums, it would have been quickly worn out because it played for hours on end, day after day, for months. "World Leader Pretend" was my favorite song on the album, but "Orange Crush" was a close second.
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"Nightswimming" may be the most evocative song R.E.M. has ever written (with "You Are the Everything" as a close second). I grew up in the southern United States, and I too have memories of hanging out with friends during those long, warm summer nights.
The lyrics of "Nightswimming" describe a time and place in such exact detail that I can clearly visualize everything Michael writes about -- as vivid as the "photograph on the dashboard."
And what an amazing poetic image he creates with these words: "September's coming soon/ I'm pining for the moon/ And what if there were two, side by side in
"Country Feedback" was the first song of R.E.M. I've learned to play on my guitar when I was about 19. It's simple, beautiful, perfect song.
Has anybody noticed the three distinct eras of REM.
1. IRS - 5 Albums
2. Warner with Bill - 5 Albums
3. Without Bill - 5 Albums
I remember there being a thing about the number 5 being printed on Document, then a 4 on Green, and a supposed countdown to the end of R.E.M.
Has this finally been proven, or are we all just too obsessed with conspiracy theories!!??!!


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Diseases Home > Confirming the Presence of Graves' Disease
Other Tests
Healthcare providers conduct several additional tests to help confirm the diagnosis of Graves' disease. These tests include:
- T3 and T4 test
- Thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulin (TSI) test
- Radioactive iodine uptake test
- Thyroid scan.
T3 and T4 Test
This test will show the levels of T3 and T4 in the blood. If a person has Graves' disease, the levels of one or both of these hormones will usually be higher than normal.
Thyroid-Stimulating Immunoglobulin Test
This test, also called a thyroid-stimulating antibody test, measures the level of TSI in the blood. Most people with Graves' disease have this antibody, but people whose hyperthyroidism is caused by something else do not.
Radioactive Iodine Uptake Test
The radioactive iodine uptake test measures the amount of iodine the thyroid collects from the bloodstream. Measuring the amount of iodine in the thyroid will help the healthcare provider know what is causing an overactive thyroid. For example, low levels of iodine uptake might be a sign of thyroiditis, whereas high levels could indicate Graves' disease.
Thyroid Scan
A thyroid scan shows how and where iodine is distributed in the thyroid. This information helps the healthcare provider look for other possible thyroid problems.


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YouTube app for iOS gets live streaming support
One of the cooler features of YouTube is that not only can you watch uploaded videos but also videos being streamed live from an event. Unfortunately, if you were on iOS and using Google's YouTube app, there was no way to watch these streaming videos.
The latest update, however, fixes that. You will now be able to watch live streams just the way you could within the browser.


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Careless readers might think report covers Western atrocities committed in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Tony Cartalucci, Contributor
Activist Post
The Western press leapt into action, promoting and sensationalizing a recent report on alleged "torture" taking place in Syria. The report, put out by convicted criminal, Wall Street specular George Soros' Open Society-funded Human Rights Watch (HRW), is based solely on 200 alleged victims of the abuse including opposition members and alleged defectors interviewed either by phone or Skype, or in terrorist havens inside NATO-member Turkey along the Turkish-Syrian border.
Readers perusing the HRW report might mistaken it as a throw-back to America's occupation of Iraq, where US soldiers were photographed raping prisoners, torturing them with battery acid, and indeed torturing and sexually abusing minors. Readers not carefully examining the report may also be confused as to whether or not the report concerns the Syrian government, or the so-called "Free Syrian Army" which HRW has already conceded is likewise carrying out widespread torture, kidnapping, and mass murder.
The report, in reality, is the latest chapter of a nefarious, premeditated propaganda campaign aimed at perpetuating the violence and instability in Syria in hopes of finalizing the West's long-planned "regime change" and the installation of a Western proxy-client state. Such war propaganda is a crime against world peace, as determined by the Nuremberg precedent.
Tony Cartalucci's articles have appeared on many alternative media websites, including his own at Land Destroyer Report. Read other contributed articles by Tony Cartalucci here.
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Not to rain on anyone's parade, but Nalcor's partner in the proposed Muskrat Falls development is losing the confidence of the world's per-eminent credit rating agency.
Emera and its subsidiary, Nova Scotia Power Inc, are at risk of losing their long-term credit rating from the current "BBB+" ranking. Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has revised it's outlook for both companies from "stable" to "negative."
Nova Scotia is trying to eliminate it's dependence on coal fired electricity. The goal is to reduce that reliance to 40% by 2020. The answer, renewable energy. While the company has been retrofitting some generating stations with natural gas, a big part of Emera's electrical future is electricity generated and transmitted from Labrador via the proposed Maritime Route.
Emera and Nalcor have not been able to reach a final agreement on the $7 Billion Muskrat Falls, Labrador-Island Transmission Link and Maritime Transmission Link to Nova Scotia. In November 2010, Nalcor and Emera signed a term sheet for Phase One of the lower Churchill development. They failed to come to an agreement within the year proposed by the original agreement. An extension to January 31st, 2012 failed produce a deal. That deadline has come and gone as well.
It is going to be harder and more expensive for Emera to borrow the funds it needs to participate in this huge capital project. Perhaps, that explains why Emera spokeswoman, Sasha Irving made this statement to the Chronicle-Herald: " (she) called the Standard and Poor's change in outlook for both companies "a call or request for clarity and possibly co-operation on the path forward for provincial and federal energy policies."
The PUB report has already slowed down this freight train. The Government has been forced, rightfully, to concede to a debate and to carry out studies on alternative power. Through the PUB, grass roots democracy has succeeded where parliamentary democracy has failed.
Nalcor and the province should proceed with a transmission line from the Upper Churchill because it makes sense to access the recall power. If the demand for power on the island and Labrador grows, we will have the time to meet our long term needs in a more responsible fashion.
The Lower Churchill offers us great potential for the future, but I remain to be convinced that we can afford to do it at this time, as proposed by Nalcor. We still need a CPW economic analysis of the project which includes the Maritime link, following the same methods as used within the PUB submission. This would include any loss of revenue associated with Recall power not being wheeled through Quebec, any additional island generation required to meet the NS commitment (I still think,as proposed, Nova Scotian's will potentially benefit from Bay d'Espoir hydro generation, as well as Muskrat Falls), and finally the potential upside from a realistic export sales of excess power.
Once again, I fall back to my original position , the development of the Lower Churchill should be in the form of an East-West pan-Canadian hydro grid which will assist Canada in meeting its international greenhouse gas treaty obligations, synchronize federal provincial energy policies and drive industry.
All that is lacking is the political will.