The View . . . magnificent . . .
Beautifully renovated cottage, stylishly decorated and enjoying 180 degree water views down the lower Hawkesbury River. Ideally located with easy road access to the quiet and friendly Cheero Point riverside settlement, 'Above the Hawkesbury' is your ideal riverside getaway. Accommodation for up to 5. Pet friendly and children welcome.
Your intimate cottage features soft tallow wood timber flooring with large light filled windows, two bedrooms and an open plan living room with kitchen and dining area and a petite bathroom with shower and plenty of solar-heated water. The stylish kitchen is fully equipped with quality appliances and dishwasher.
Although the cottage is not large, creative design and furnishings have created an intimate and comfortable getaway.
Above the Hawkesbury is ideal for singles, couples, small families or friends travelling together. Your Cottage includes everything for a relaxed and comfortable stay for up to 5 persons: the Queen room with outstanding river views and the double room with double bed with single bunk bed above.
Furnishings are soft, contemporary and Asian inspired and include a comfortable leather sofa and large screen LCD television. Large sliding picture windows open to a tiny Juliet-style balcony, which overlooks the reserve. Walk across the narrow access road to the reserve and take the steps down to our private picnic area, jetty and wharf. The steps are steep near the top and uneven so care is needed.
It's hard to believe that you are only minutes away from Brooklyn, the M1 and Pacific Highway and only 45 minutes from Sydney CBD.
* Doonas, electric blankets (in cooler months) and toiletries are included.
* Fine bed linen and towels are available by request for an additional charge of $25 per person per stay.
* Picnic area beside the river.
less than 2km to Mooney Mooney where you'll find a great restaurant at Mooney Mooney Workers Club. Drive a few minutes further and you can enjoy the cafes, restaurants, marinas and boating facilities of Brooklyn.
Cheero Point is close enough to the action and far enough away to be 1000 miles from care! Milloo Parade is very quiet with only a few homes located along the narrow lane above the waterside.
Unique among many riverside properties, "Above the Hawkesbury has water access (except at low tide) as well as road access." The cottage is located on the roadside so parking is limited. You can turn around at the end of Milloo Parade then park infront of the house or use the garage.
Across the narrow road is the reserve. There is a picnic area at the bottom of the reserve with wharf and pontoon where you can moor your boat or go fishing. Depending on tides, boat access to the water may be limited for an hour or so either side of low tide.
Boats including 'tinnies' can be rented for a small change from several marinas in Brooklyn. Swimming from the pontoon is not recommended. Take a boat down the river or drive to the beaches on the Central Coast 30-40 minutes.
Located east of the Pacific Highway and a few minutes drive from the M1 freeway and close to Mooney Mooney. Close to Lower Hawkesbury attractions: Brooklyn, Dangar Island and Peats Bite.
Cruise the beautiful Hawkesbury River with Australia's last Riverboat Postman. The Riverboat Postman takes between 3 and 4 hours to complete a trip and starts from the Brooklyn wharf just beside the Hawkesbury River Railway Station. It runs from Monday to Friday, departing at 9:30am (except Public Holidays).
You can also enjoy our afternoon Coffee Cruise, take a trip on the regular Dangar Island Ferry run. Ferries leave Brooklyn several times each day.
There is a new house being built next door and there may be some noise from builders during normal trade working hours: Monday - Friday. Although our property is unfenced and consequently unsuitable for some guests and pets, there is a fence between the cottage and the new house. Though not the prettiest of fences, it doesn't detract from the comfort nor the views inside the cottage. Please contact us if you have any concerns.
Rippa Rits Twin Share is situated on ground level. It is self contained.


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Humboldt Del Norte
Announcing the 2019 Red Carpet Gala!
Come together and to watch the Oscars in style, as the Humboldt-Del Norte Film Commission partners
with the historic Eureka Theater to present the 6th annual Red Carpet Gala on February 24, 2019.
The event begins at 4:30 PM as guests arrive and walk the red carpet into the Streamline Moderne lobby
of the Eureka Theater. Inside the lobby, guests can mingle and schmooze with fellow movie fans and
social butterflies, sample scrumptious hors d'oeuvres, and quaff fabulous cocktails and champagne from
the no-host bar, while enjoying music by musician Michael Dayvid.
ABC's live telecast of the 91st Annual Academy Awards will begin at 5:00 PM, projected on the big
screen in the Eureka Theater auditorium. Pesky commercials will be replaced with the Film
Commission's local Film-Friendly awards, videos, and music by RLA Trio.
Advance tickets are $25, or locally at Annex 39 Antiques, next door to the Eureka Theater. Tickets at the
door will be $30. Advance tickets can also be bought online at 2019RCG.bpt.com.
VIP tables will also available for $275 for a table seating six and $325 for a table seating eight. VIP tables
include tickets, priority entry, 2 bottles of champagne, plated appetizers, and table service. Tables are
So, hire the sitter, get glammed up, and show your support for the Humboldt-Del Norte Film
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Dragutin (Cyrillic: Драгутин) is a masculine given name.

Those bearing it include:

 Stephen Dragutin of Serbia
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 Dragutin Mitić
 Dragutin Tadijanović
 Dragutin Šurbek
 Dragutin Lerman
 Dragutin Gavrilović
 Dragutin Ristić
 Dragutin Zelenović
 Dragutin Domjanić
 Dragutin Mate
 Dragutin Čelić
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 Dragutin Karoly Khuen-Héderváry

See also
 Dragutinovo, former village
 Dragutinović, surname

Slavic masculine given names
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Statistics show that 69% of adults 35-44 have lost at least one permanent tooth to an accident, gum disease or tooth decay. Dental implants are frequently the best treatment option for replacing missing teeth. Dental implants are long-term replacements that are surgically placed into the jawbone. Unlike dentures which rest on the gum line, or fixed bridges which rely on adjacent teeth for support, implants are surgically imbedded.
In our office the only implants we do are to create anchor teeth to help hold dentures and partials in place. If Dr. Palm thinks conventional implants are the answer to your dental needs, he will send you to a specialist.


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Mixed reality market to grow to nearly $2.5 billon by 2023
From VR headsets to manufacturing, the mixed reality space is only starting to take off
The mixed reality space is just taking off — expected to grow globally from just north of $49 million in 2016 to nearly $2.5 billion by 2023, according to a new study from Stratistics MRC.
While virtual reality (VR) headsets, augmented reality (AR) apps and the like are certainly attributing to some of the adoption — growth is also coming from the business side. Entertainment devices like HTC Vive and even VR arcades are adding a fun factor to mixed-reality use. But companies too are interested in the way mixed-reality can improve the way they run their firms, with AR working its way into manufacturing on assembly lines, and even in their workers hands while on the road.
AR apps on the consumer side are changing how we make shop.Ikea
On the consumer side, apps that help people design their space are tapping into both VR and AR, helping people visualize a new renovation, or where holiday decorations or a table may look best in a living room.
There is still tremendous room for improvement to mixed reality devices, however. Anyone who has donned a VR headset has likely experienced VR sickness, similar to motion sickness, where what the eyes see does not correlate to the body. (It's not fun.)
New VR experiences are popping up at theme parks, including Disney'sDisney
Content quality can also vary. High-end VR devices like Oculus Rift produce immersive experiences but these are expensive, costing in the hundreds of dollars and out of reach for many consumers. Most people try VR for the first time through lower-end headsets, where their phone plays a game or short film watched through special glasses. In these cases, pictures can stall and break apart — leaving consumers unexcited.
VR arcades and amusement park rides that are tied to VR headsets are two ways the mixed reality industry is trying to create better, and more affordable, ways for people to try virtual reality, pushing them to spend more on mixed-reality devices and experiences themselves — and grow the market too.
Samsung Hmd Odyssey Windows Mixed Reality Headset with 2 Wireless Controllers (XE800ZAA-HC1US)
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Q: Explain this witchcraft!!! (in Perl, with Moose and namespace::autoclean) So these days I'm working with a project that uses Perl and Moose. I understand Moose is built on MOP. I'm not too familiar with MOP, and I've encountered something I don't understand, and I could use a theoretical explanation. Here is the module namespace::autoclean's documentation:
SYNOPSIS
    package Foo;
    use namespace::autoclean;
    use Some::Package qw/imported_function/;

    sub bar { imported_function('stuff') }

    # later on:
    Foo->bar;               # works
    Foo->imported_function; # will fail. imported_function got cleaned after compilation

So, back before I ever used Moose, the way that you called a method on an object was: the Perl interpreter would look up that method in the symbol table of the package that your object was blessed into (then, if not found, consider @ISA inheritance and the like). The way it called an imported function from within the package was: it looked up the name of the function in the symbol table of the package. As far as I've been aware to date, that means the same symbol table, either way, so this behavior should be impossible.
My initial inspection of the source was not productive. In broad terms, what is different when using Moose, MOP, and namespace::autoclean, that this sort of trickery becomes possible?
ed. To be especially clear, if I were to replace use namespace::autoclean with
CHECK { undef *Foo::imported_function }

then the Foo->bar; call described in the documentation would crash, because Foo->bar doesn't know where to find imported_function.

A: It's actually quite simple. For
some_sub()

some_sub is resolved at compile time. For
$o->some_method()

some_method is resolved at runtime. It cannot be done at compile-time since it depends on the value of $o.

A: There is nothing here that is non-standard. The line
use Some::Package qw/imported_function/;

imports imported_function into the current package, so Foo::imported_function is the same subroutine as Some::Package::imported_function. That assumes that Some::Package inherits from Exporter to do the necessary manipulation of the symbol tables.
The calls are method calls, so Foo->bar is the same as Foo::bar('Foo'). The only special thing here is that the magic that has been done by the import function from Exporter is undone at the end of compile time by namespace::autoclean.
I haven't looked at the code for this module, but since a package's symbol table is just a hash (known as a stash, for symbol table hash) it would be easy to preserve its state at one point and restore it afterwards. So I would guess namespace::autoclean takes a snapshot of the symbol table when it is loaded and the restores that state at the end of compilation time. This can conveniently be done in a CHECK block which behaves like a BEGIN block but is executed at the end of compilation and before the run starts.

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Lakner Yehoshua
(24. 04. 1924 - 05. 12. 2003)
c/o Margrit Lakner
Florastrasse 35
CH-8008 Zürich (ZH)
Tel: +41 (1)381 00 43
www.limmat.ch/avzg-yl
www.composer.ch
Professional activity: Composers
* 24. 04. 1924, † 05. 12. 2003.
Yehoshua Lakner was born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, he has lived in Israel since 1941. He has studied under Ö.Partos and A.U. Boscovich. He was later a teacher and composer at the Conservatory in Isreal. In 1952 he studied in the USA with Aaron Copland in Tanglewood, Berkshire Music Centre and in 1959 / 60 at the Studio for Electronic Music of the 'Westdeutschen Rundfunks' in Cologne. 1958 saw the world premiere of his Toccata for orchestra, performed by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, (Engel-Prize of the city of Tel-Aviv). He has lived in Switzerland since 1963 and has produced music for the Zurich Theatre, the 'Theater am Neumarkt' and from 1965 until 1972 he was the composer in residence at the 'Theater an der Winkelwiese'. From 1974 until 1987 he was a teacher at the 'Musikhochschule Zürich' (Zurich School of Music) and Zurich Conservatory. Since his retirement his activities have been concentrated on AVTD or audio-visual time design, that is, compositions for computer and screen. Examples of these have been premiered at the Zurich City Music Podium, on DRS German television, at the University of Bern, Technorama in winterthur, University College London, ISCM (International Society for Contemporary Music) 1991 in Zurich, Rubin Academy of Music and Dance in Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv, and at the 4th European Conference on Software Quality 1994 in Basel. An exhibition of his AVTDs was also organised at the Conference on Software Quality in 1994 and in 1992 in Baden. In 1996 his AVTDs caused much interest when performed at the 'Theater an der Winkelwiese' in Zurich and in 1997 at the Stadttheater in St. Gallen. His prizes include the Engel Prize of the City of Tel-Aviv, the music prize from the Salomon David Steinberg Foundation and in 1987 until 1988 a sabbatical year for composition awarded by the city of Zurich.
Corner Stones (1946)
Nineteen simple contrapuntal studies; Two-part, between Bach and Bartok.
SME/EMS
CH-6000 Luzern 7
info@musinfo.ch
www.musinfo.ch
CHF: 22.20
3 Klavierstücke (1947)
Pieces of 'temperately' modern music.
Tanz - Legende - Finale.
Sonata (1948)
Instrumentation: for flute and piano
An unusual example of a sonata in three movements of the so-called 'temperately modern'. A slow introduction, fast first movement with a syncopated theme, adagio, allegro and a kinetic ending.
Israel Music Institute
c/o Peer Musikverlag GmbH
Mühlenkamp 43
IL-6102 Tel-Aviv
musicinst@bezeqint.net
www.imi.org.il/
Notturno für Klavier (1949)
Short introduction and melody: elements of these two forms are developed further during the course of this piece.
"Morning Song" and "Day is Gone" (1949)
Instrumentation: for singing and piano
Texts: Elisheba
The morning song is quick and rhythmical, the evening song slow and elegiac.
Movement in F (1950)
Energetic key beating, toccata-like segments alternate with a middle eastern influenced melody.
Sextet for Woodwinds and Piano (1951)
Instrumentation: for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon and piano
The sextet is basically a dialogue between the rhythmic 'Western' elements of the piano and the lyrical 'Eastern' elements of the wind quintet, Both opposing elements are born from the same core.
Improvisation (1952)
Instrumentation: for viola solo
The starting point of this piece was my improvisation based on the liturgical singing style of the Muezzins.
Toccata (1953)
Instrumentation: for orchestra (2.2.2.2/0.0.0.0/pf/perc/str)
This piece was awarded the Engel prize of the city of Tel-Aviv after its first performance by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.
Been Arbaim Bayam - Dämmerung beim Meer (1959)
Texts: Dvora Levinson
Quiet but syncopated undulations alternating with highly charged, stormy passages.
Stück für 3 Blockflöten (1962)
5 Birthdays (1965)
Instrumentation: piano solo
Vorlage für Horák (1970)
Instrumentation: for bass clarinet solo
A model of pitch without any note value. Verbal instructions are to be given in all segments as to what is to be performed; only the first and last segments have the rhythmical configuration exactly notated.
Duration: 4' 00"-6' 00"
Fermaten (1977)
Wait till silence settles ... a figure consisting of four notes gropes its way upwards, stops ... hits with sforzato ... rewinds into itself ... more take-offs and stops follow.
Einwürfe (1984)
Instrumentation: for viola
Kreise und Signale (1985)
Instrumentation: for two pianos
Open form, based on given tone material. With the influence of a few rules a free form results.
Duration: 7' 00"-60' 00"
Alef - Beth - Gimmel (1991-1992)
The whole piece is derived from three chords (Alef, Beth, Gimmel). Already the beginning reproduces the speech rhythm of the first three letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
AIM - Aufruhr in Mykene (1997)
Instrumentation: for two computers, two screens and hi-fi unit
Bergvariationen (Versione Milanese) (1999)
Duration: 10' 00"-13' 00"
GS 3 (Versione Milanese) (1999)
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S + N (Versione Milanese) (1999)
BX / Jan 2000 (2000)
NX / März 2000 (2000)
ANB - Alpha-numerisches Ballett (2001)
Zahl und Zufall (2001)
Giovanni Segantini (1997-1998)
Instrumentation: for 2 computers, 2 screens and 1 speaker
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In The Line Of Fire: Elon Musk To Take Questions At All-Employee Twitter Meeting This Week
Is there a therapist nearby?
In an event that is sure to be chock full of snowflake rage and full on emotional melt-downs, Elon Musk is reportedly going to be addressing Twitter employees at a company-wide meeting this week.
It marks the first time the Tesla CEO will meet with Twitter employees – many of whom are far less than excited about his involvement in the company – since the entire Twitter buyout saga began, according to Bloomberg.
It'll be a virtual meeting and it is planned for Thursday morning. Musk is going to take questions from employees, the report says, noting that Twitter has been in a "chaotic state" since Musk's deal to buy the company was made official in April.
Just three days ago we posted a piece asking whether or not Musk would walk away from Twitter or work out a better deal. At least for the time being, it doesn't look like Musk is keen to walk away from the deal.
Twitter investors are also in the midst of suing Musk, claiming he manipulated the company's share price lower in the lead up to his offer to buy it.
Investors are alleging that Musk saved himself $156 million by not reporting, in a timely fashion, that he had purchased more than 5% of Twitter by March 14, a report from Bloomberg/Yahoo said last month.
The investors also asked to be certified as a class and to be awarded both punitive and compensatory damages. In addition to Musk, Twitter was also named as a defendant, as investor agued that the company didn't do enough to look into Musk's conduct.
The suit alleges his conduct was to "drive Twitter's stock down substantially in order to create leverage."
"Musk's market manipulation worked. Twitter has lost $8 billion in valuation since the buyout was announced," the lawsuit reads, according to a follow up writeup by Bloomberg Law.
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Kathy Weiss is a lifelong equestrian. At age 5, she began riding horses every Summer at Rimrock Ranch, Cody, Wyoming.
Living in Chicago the rest of the year- Kathy rode English at nearby Stables and with her lifelong neighbor and friend, Bruce Duchessois.
Upon graduating from the University of Denver with a BFA, Kathy's passion for horses took her to Roaring Fork Valley where she got a job at St. Finnbar Farm ( which is now Aspen Valley Polo Club), working for Trudi Peet. From there, Kathy partnered with Manuel Tejeda. Together they started and operated Rock N Pines Stables in West Glenwood Springs.
They bought, trained and sold many horses to Valley locals and out of towners, all eager to ride Hunter/Jumpers. Kathy taught lessons, organized horse shows- which became the start of Colorado West Hunter Jumper Association, and started Easy Rider Tack Store (now known as Crystal Springs Saddlery).
A few years later, St. Finnbarr changed ownership. Kathy and Manuel were asked to come back to operate it. Together they managed St. Finnbarr Farm until Kathy bought her first 16 acres of what is now Crystal Springs Ranch & Saddlery covering 380 acres.
Kathy has owned and operated Crystal Springs Ranch & Saddlery ever since, offering Horse Boarding, Riding School Lessons, and Kids Summer Riding Camp.
Years later, Kathy, equipped with the knowledge and experience of starting a complete horse operation from scratch, developed Crystal Springs Ranch West, Thermal, Ca. The Equestrian Facility is in the Coachella Valley near Palm Springs. Her California Farm specializes in boarding Show Horses that come from all over the World to compete at the HITS Horse Show Grounds.
Kathy and her Show Horses now spend the Summers in Colorado and the Winters in California.
Kathy was President for 10 years for The Mountain States Combined Training Association, which has now evolved into Colorado West Hunter Jumper Association.
Kathy rode w/ "Colors" as a member of The Roaring Fork Hounds Hunt Club for 20+ years.
Kathy has horse shown extensively for the last 40 + years from Coast to Coast and Canada in both Hunter and Jumper disciplines. Kathy won the Amateur Owner Hunter Stake Class at Madison Square Garden with Mark Twain. She qualified for "Indoors" and Capital Challenge with her hunters for many years. Kathy and her horses have been awarded numerous National and Zone 8 Regional and Colorado State Champion and Reserve Championships. Kathy was HITS THERMAL Circuit Adult Hunter Champion for 8 years in a row.
Kathy is an active member of the United States Equestrian Foundation, United States Hunter Jumper Assoc, the Colorado Hunter Jumper Assoc, the Colorado West Hunter Jumper Assoc. and the Roaring Fork Valley Horse Council.
Additionally, Kathy is a certified Vaulting Coach with the American Vaulting Association.


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Nato a Vienna, nel Maine, nel 1836, da Lewis e Fannie (Lyford) Bradley, Bradley è cresciuto in una famiglia di classe operaia. La famiglia si trasferì a Lowell, nel Massachusetts, nel 1847. Dopo aver completato il liceo nel 1854, trovò lavoro come disegnatore prima di iscriversi alla Lawrence Scientific School di Cambridge, nel Massachusetts. Non riuscì a terminare gli studi dopo essersi trasferito con la famiglia ad Hartford, nel Connecticut, dove non riuscì a trovare un lavoro retribuito. Nel 1856, Bradley si trasferì a Springfield, nel Massachusetts, dove lavorò come disegnatore meccanico.

Nel 1859, Bradley andò a Providence, nel Rhode Island, per imparare la litografia; e, nel 1860, aprì il primo negozio di litografia a colori a Springfield, nel Massachusetts. Andò avanti con un'idea che aveva per un gioco da tavolo che chiamò The Checkered Game of Life, una prima versione di quello che in seguito divenne The Game of Life.

The Milton Bradley Company
Le iniziative di Bradley nella produzione di giochi da tavolo iniziarono con un grosso fallimento nella sua attività litografica. Quando stampò e vendette un'immagine del noto candidato alla presidenza repubblicana Abraham Lincoln, Bradley ebbe inizialmente un grande successo. Ma un cliente chiese indietro i propri soldi perché l'immagine non era una rappresentazione accurata: Lincoln aveva deciso di far crescere la sua barba distintiva dopo la pubblicazione della stampa di Bradley. Improvvisamente, le impronte furono inutili e Bradley bruciò ciò che rimase in suo possesso. Alla ricerca di un progetto alternativo redditizio, Bradley trovò ispirazione da un gioco da tavolo importato che un amico gli aveva dato, concludendo che poteva produrre e commercializzare un gioco simile per i consumatori americani. Nell'inverno del 1860, Bradley pubblicò The Checkered Game of Life.
Il gioco ha avuto un successo immediato. Bradley vendette personalmente la sua prima serie di diverse centinaia di copie in una visita di due giorni a New York; entro il 1861, i consumatori avevano acquistato più di  copie. The Checkered Game of Life ha seguito una struttura simile ai suoi predecessori americani e britannici, con i giocatori che ruotavano una trottola per avanzare in quadrati che rappresentavano virtù e vizi sociali (come "influenza" o "povertà") con il primo che faceva guadagnare punti giocatore e l'altro che ne ritardava i progressi. Ma anche le posizioni apparentemente più sicure, come "Fat Office", presentavano pericoli – "Prigione", "Rovina" e "Suicidio". Il primo giocatore ad accumulare 100 punti vince la partita.

Mentre la struttura del gioco in The Checkered Game of Life differiva poco dai precedenti giochi da tavolo, il gioco di Bradley abbracciava un concetto radicalmente diverso di successo. I giochi precedenti, come il famoso Mansion of Happiness, si concentravano interamente sulla promozione della virtù morale. Bradley definì il successo in termini commerciali secolari, descrivendo la vita come una ricerca del successo con le virtù personali come mezzo per raggiungere questo scopo. Ciò completò il crescente fascino americano con l'ottenimento di ricchezza e con "la relazione causale tra carattere e ricchezza" negli anni successivi alla guerra civile. Il gioco - e successivamente i giochi da tavolo prodotti dalla Milton Bradley Company - si adattarono anche alla crescente quantità di tempo libero della nazione, che portò un grande successo finanziario all'azienda.

Nel corso del XX secolo, la società da lui fondata nel 1860, Milton Bradley Company, ha dominato la produzione di giochi americani, tra cui The Game of Life, Easy Money, Candy Land, Operation e Battleship. La società è ora una filiale di Pawtucket, Hasbro, con sede nel Rhode Island.

Tarda carriera
Bradley ha pubblicato volantini e opuscoli sul sistema di scuola materna di Friedrich Fröbel. La sua azienda ha prodotto due riviste, Kindergarten News (in seguito Kindergarten Review) e Work and Play. Nessuna delle due era redditizia, e i partner commerciali di Bradley ritirarono il loro sostegno, ma Bradley perseverò, pubblicando entrambe le riviste fino alla fine della sua vita. Il suo amico George Tapley acquistò le quote del partner in modo che Bradley potesse continuare a produrre materiale didattico.

Nel 1890, la Milton Bradley Company aveva introdotto i primi set di acquerelli standardizzati e giochi educativi come il Word Buildere il Frase Builder. Bradley è stato anche il primo a rilasciare pacchetti di pastelli con i colori standardizzati, un precursore della società Crayola di Binney & Smith. L'interesse di Bradley per l'educazione artistica lo ha anche portato a produrre una nuova ruota dei colori e pubblicare quattro libri sull'insegnamento dei colori.

Vita privata
Nel 1860, Bradley sposò Vilona Eaton. Non ebbero figli. Vilona morì nel 1867. Nel 1869, sposò la sua seconda moglie, Ellen Thayer. Bradley ed Ellen ebbero due figlie.

Milton Bradley morì il 30 maggio 1911 a Springfield, nel Massachusetts, all'età di 74 anni. Fu sepolto nel cimitero di Springfield in una tomba di famiglia insieme a suo padre Lewis (1810-1890), sua madre Fanny (1813-1872) e la sua prima moglie Vilona. La sua seconda moglie Ellen fu sepolta lì dopo la sua morte nel 1918.

Nel 2004, è stato inserito postumo nella Toy Industry Hall of Fame insieme a George Ditomassi della Milton Bradley Company.

Nel 2006, Bradley è stato inserito postumo nella National Inventors Hall of Fame.

Libri
 Color in the Schoolroom, 1890
 Color in the Kindergarten, 1893
 Elementary Color, 1895
 Water Colors in the Schoolroom, 1900
Bradley pubblicò una serie di regole per giocare a Croquet nel 1866 scritte da un autore usando lo pseudonimo di Prof. A Rover.

Riferimenti nella cultura contemporanea
La storia di Milton Bradley e The Chequered Game of Life è descritta come uno dei segmenti della Stagione 3, Episodio 6 dello spettacolo Drunk History di Comedy Central.

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Collegamenti esterni

 Milton Bradley: A Playful Legacy - presentazione della rivista Life

Autori di giochi statunitensi
Inventori statunitensi


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Your Guide to WorldPride 2019: Where to Stay, What to Do, and More
Kevin Brouillard	 May 29, 2019
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This weekend marks the start of Pride in the U.S., with festivals, parades, and parties celebrating LGBTQ+ diversity around the country. This year commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, and as such, New York City is poised to be the host of WorldPride 2019. New York Pride is quite the to-do on any given year, and with the international spotlight on the Big Apple, it is expected that crowds will swell to four million for the upcoming parade. That being said, there is an array of activities and events catering to all types of LGBTQ+ travelers throughout WorldPride and the month of June. Fortunately, we've done the legwork for you. Read on for our guide to WorldPride 2019 in New York City and make the most of America's largest Pride bash to date.
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Where to Stay for WorldPride 2019
Rooftop Terrace at Paul Hotel
Given that the Pride March is the most packed WorldPride event, it is advisable to choose accommodations near the 2019 route. Being able to pop back to your room for a disco nap or wardrobe change will allow you to enjoy the bedlam worry-free. Situated in the Flatiron District, the boutique Paul Hotel is an ideal base for exploring the city while also granting easy access to the parade route. The property's rooftop bar, which offers unobstructed views of the nearby Empire State Building, is the perfect spot for a romantic nightcap or getting the evening started. Meanwhile, The Jane Hotel, known for its trendy ground-level bar, also delivers affordable accommodations in the West Village. An added bonus: The property is a mere five-minute walk from Christopher Street and the Stonewall Inn. The Hilton New York Fashion District Hotel provides comfort, style, and a convenient location near the Pride parade's end point at Seventh avenue and 23rd Street. Additionally, the Flatiron District is adjacent to Chelsea and Hell's Kitchen — two of the city's top LGBTQ+ neighborhoods. The James New York, an official sponsor of WorldPride, will kick off the festivities with an exclusive, open-to-the-public Stonewall art exhibit in its lobby. Later in the month, the NoMad hotel will also host its own drag queen makeover event to benefit the Stonewall Community Foundation.
The History of WorldPride
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What is WorldPride? In the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, police raided an unlicensed West Village bar in lower Manhattan — The Stonewall Inn. Although such raids and harsh treatment were tragically routine, the Stonewall patrons dug their heels in and fought back against police brutality. In the nights following, crowds in the thousands gathered along Christopher Street in solidarity. Exactly one year later, activists and the New York LGBTQ+ community commemorated the uprising by marching from Christopher Street to Central Park. This year marks the 50th anniversary, prompting New York City's selection for the WorldPride location. WorldPride is put on by InterPride, an international organization that coordinates Pride events globally. WorldPride events have been staged periodically, since the initial 2000 event in Rome, with Copenhagen and Malmö set to co-host the event in 2021.
WorldPride Events and Celebrations
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Several WorldPride events require tickets, including the opening ceremony, which will be hosted by Whoopi Goldberg and include performances by Billy Porter, Chaka Khan, and Cyndi Lauper. Another major event: Pride Island, which features an all-weekend lineup of queer musicians and icons, including Grace Jones, Kim Petras, and Brazilian drag queen, Pabllo Vittar. If you can manage to scalp tickets, this dance party at Pier 97 won't disappoint. The WorldPride closing ceremony features a comparable star-studded lineup, including Melissa Etheridge and MNEK. Though the free tickets were snagged, early admission is still available for this Times Square performance.
There is an after-party catering to every preference across the city. Teaze, a women's dance party, is slated for the evening of June 29 at the DL on the Lower East Side. Uptown, at Terminal 5, international DJs provide beats for the OneWorld Tea Dance. Terminal 5 will also host the massive closing party — Matinee Pervert.
NYC Pride veterans and newbies, take note: The Pride March on June 30 has been rerouted from its traditional path. Starting at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and 26th Street, performers and floats will make their way south toward Christopher Street and Sixth Avenue before circling back north along Seventh Avenue to 23rd Street in Chelsea.
Art Exhibitions, Performances, and New York's Oldest Gay Bar
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Although Pride is typically characterized by over-the-top performances, vibrant and revealing costumes, and late-night parties, there is more to New York Pride and WorldPride than the mayhem and revelry in the streets. Dive deeper into the tumultuous history and activism leading up to the Stonewall Uprising at the Museum of the City of New York. Here, you'll find a series of photos by Fred W. McDarrah, a former photographer for The Village Voice, which include shots of the Stonewall Uprising, Pride parades in the 1970s, and portraits of LGBTQ+ leaders and activists from the same era. Be sure to check out one of the "Art After Stonewall" exhibits as well. The exhibition spans the Leslie-Lohman Museum, the Grey Art Gallery, the Brooklyn Museum, and the New-York Historical Society. The Metropolitan Museum will be doing its part to represent New York Pride through a vogueing competition on June 11 on its grand Fifth Avenue steps. The event will be judged by Vogue's Editor-in-Chief, Anna Wintour. Expect to see some of the fiercest performers from New York's ballroom scene.
Many LGBTQ+ communities around the world are still entrenched in the struggle for their right to exist. The National Queer Theater will showcase LGBTQ-oriented plays from China, Egypt, Pakistan, and Tanzania as part of the Criminal Queerness Festival. The series will run from June 13 through July 6, and offer insight into LGBTQ+ culture and pride in often-overlooked corners of the globe.
The site of the Stonewall Uprising — The Stonewall Inn — remains in operation as a thriving gay bar today. Visiting this historic establishment and paying respect to the activists and LGBTQ+ community who fought hard for progress is a must. However, the bar will certainly be jam-packed throughout Pride, making Julius on West 10th Street a worthwhile pit stop in the West Village. The venue has been frequented by LGBTQ+ clientele since the 1950s and has its own history with protest. In 1966, a group of activists from the Mattachine Society staged a "sip in" to demonstrate against a law threatening to revoke liquor licenses from any bar serving openly gay individuals. Today, Julius honors these men through their monthly Mattachine parties.
Under-the-Radar Marches and Parades
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A handful of other notable parades are set for June as well. Head to Coney Island on June 22 for the 36th Mermaid Parade, where thousands gather in DIY costumes of glitter and sequins for an under-the-sea extravaganza. The 1 p.m. parade is followed by the Mermaid Ball, which includes burlesque, live music, and a sea lion performance. Brooklyn has scheduled its march for June 8 at dusk and will follow Fifth Avenue through charming Park Slope. Just north of the Pride March route, the Dyke March will kick off at 5 p.m. on June 29 in Bryant Park. The event organizers respectfully ask that allies show their support from the sidewalk during the march.
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Last weekend, I attended my second-ever Bruce Springsteen concert. I am the oldest of five siblings, and all four are tremendous Bruce fans. My sister purchased us all tickets to a Bruce NJ concert, on his birthday. They were psyched, and I was ambivalent. Ambivalence turned to annoyance when the concert was delayed starting by two hours due to thunderstorms, and a steady rain continued as we took our seats – outdoors. They were right to be psyched and I was wrong to be ambivalent.
The concert was awesome. What struck me most was the absolute passion of the musicians, and the strong connection they made with their audience. Bruce turned 63 that night. He was all over the stage, jumping, running, dancing, telling stories and thoroughly connecting with his audience. His rendition of one of my favorite songs, Patti Smyth's (yeah, I know he wrote it, but she made it happen), Because the Night was hands-down the best I've ever heard – or seen. During this song, he was literally dancing a jig, playing the guitar, and belting out the lyrics in pure, unadulterated joy.
So by now, you're saying so what? I was watching a true professional, immersed in his craft, performing it with excellence, monitoring his audience, adjusting as he went along in accordance with what he observed amongst that audience, and providing feedback by giving them more of what they asked for, asking them to try listening to something new, and so on. (So, this is the mother of all run-on sentences). You know that feeling you get when you see or hear greatness – the hair standing up on the back of your neck feeling? My hair was standing.
What does this remind you of? It reminds me of teaching; of seeing a great, talented, dedicated teacher engaged in their craft. So many of the skills were the same – knowing the content, knowing the students (audience), reading them and adjusting as you go along, caring that they 'get it,' relating to their interests and needs.
With the tremendous focus now on educator effectiveness and how to measure it, this all made me think about what we are typically measuring in educator evaluations. Do we measure these things, that make such a huge difference to that audience in that concert, that made them stay, in the rain, for a total of six hours?
The Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) studies, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, focused on multiple measures. And multiple measures did not mean multiple evaluations or observations. It meant different kinds of measures. In measurement, we recognize that different assessment methods capture different kinds of evidence. For example, you cannot adequately measure pedagogy in a content knowledge assessment. You cannot adequately measure content knowledge using a generalized framework for observation. And so on.
The MET studies found that there was a correlation between student views of teachers and teacher/classroom performance. The tripod used in the survey consists of content knowledge, pedagogic skill, relationship-building skills and these are measured by asking students questions about what Ferguson calls the Seven Cs: caring, controlling behavior, clarifying lessons, challenging students, captivating students, conferring with students, consolidating knowledge.
Students in classrooms that performed in the 25th percentile rated their teachers as less caring, engaging, challenging, communicative, and skilled in teaching. These results, and others like them, seem to validate the usefulness of the survey.
I read Deborah Tonguis' description of how she is being evaluated this year, and had to wonder, how will her abilities to engage, challenge, care, nurture and respect, and motivate her students be captured? Would a survey tool like this help to do this?
What do you think about the use of student surveys, at least ones that have research to back them up? Is this a tool that you want to see used in evaluating your performance?


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DreamVacation – "Letting In The Dead"
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Music , Singles dreamvacation, Florence + the Machine, Foster The People, Foxes, indie, john rausch, LA, Matt & Kim, P!nk, Showtime, TNT
After previously having their self-titled EP featured on the #NSM homepage, LA indie rock four-piece, DreamVacation is back and ready to impress with their latest single, "Letting In The Dead". Produced by...
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Have you ever heard of the lupine? It is a legume coming from the Peruvian Andes and it is protected by Slow Food. In addition to the richness of nutritional properties, it is a perfect ingredient for tasty dishes, especially if matched with a good and fresh beer. So here it is the wedding of the month: Lupine hummus by the Peruvian Andes and Birra Antoniana with Biancoperla Corn.
Soak the lupins in warm water for an hour to remove the excess salt. Then wash and peel them. Make them boil for 5 minutes, drain and blend with the shallot, the half-lemon juice, some pepper and oil. When it becomes a soft and creamy compound, serve it with a sprinkling of sweet paprika on top.


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Eastern False Bay Diving
In Gordons Bay
Intermediate dives, Tricky shore entry due to swell, boulders and steep slopes
+27 83 268 1851 www.indigoscuba.com
The Eastern side of False Bay, between Gordon's Bay and Hangklip, offers some varied and exciting diving and is usually best in summer, when the southeaster cleans up the water. Many of the sites are fairly close in so can be accessed by boat from Gordon's Bay or from the shore. That said, the rocky coastline is steep and difficult to negotiate, so entry and exit can be tricky, particularly if there is a swell.
Top spots include Coral Gardens in Rooi-Els, which can be done as either a shore or boat dive. Consisting of a series of boulders, pinnacles and rocky ridges, it's known for its stunning noble corals and sea fans, nudibranchs, huge crayfish lurking under boulders, pyjama sharks and curious seals.
Percy's Hole nearby is a long, narrow gully that drops off to about 14 metres. The reef is encrusted with soft corals, fans and sponges and you'll spot numerous nudibranchs here. This is a shore dive and the entry and exit point is relatively protected thanks to a shallow, wide gully that runs parallel to the shore.
At Steenbras River mouth between Rooi-Els and Gordon's Bay, a series of rocky ridges run parallel to the shore. This is a beautiful boat dive with abundant fish life, including red roman, hottentot, numerous pyjama shark and puffadder shyshark. Many different types of nudibranch, sea fans, cuttlefish, seals and huge orange wall sponges are also found on this site.
About 11 kilometres from Gordon's Bay lies the fascinating reef of Steenbras Deep. This is a boat dive starting at 17 metres and dropping to 33 metres, so it is for advanced divers only. Jagged pinnacles covered with colourful hard and soft corals are home to many rare species of nudibranch and blue sock anemone. The abundant fish life includes red roman, two-tone fingerfin, kolstert and white sea catfish.
Other popular boat dives include Cow and Calf, and Pinnacle, both about 10 minutes from Gordon's Bay. The former, a shallow, sheltered site close to the shore, takes its name from the big and small rocks that resemble a whale cow and calf when visible at low tide. Both dive sites are very colourful and feature bright orange wall sponges, sea fans, feather stars, nudibranchs and anemones.
Cape Town - False Bay Boat Diving
10km from Simon's Town
Atlantic Seaboard Shore Diving
6km from Hout Bay
Cape Town - False Bay Shore Diving
9km from Simon's Town
Cape Town is without doubt one of the most beautiful cities in the world. With dramatic mountains, a long stretch of Atlantic coastline and a picturesque working harbour, there are few cities in the world to rival "The Fairest Cape", as explorer Sir Francis Drake described the place in 1580.
The city of Cape Town is regularly voted as one of the best tourist destinations (and cities to live in) in the world – and its Mediterranean climate, superb natural attractions, historic landmarks, fabulous restaurants and fun places to hang out offer all the ingredients for a top holiday destination.
Table Mountain dominates the city's landscape and Table Mountain National Park is a national treasure and World Heritage Site.
The Cape Floristic Kingdom is known for its incredible botanical heritage and the Table Mountain National Park has more floral species than the British Isles. Stopping to smell the fynbos has an altogether new meaning in this part of the world.
Robben Island is another World Heritage Site worth visiting. Struggle heroes such as Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, Ahmed Kathrada and many others were incarcerated here during apartheid and taking the Robben Island Tour is a must on any trip to Cape Town.
The city is loosely divided by Table Mountain into four sections: Cape Town Central, Cape Town South, Cape Town North and Cape Town East.
Cape Town Central incorporates the city centre, the V&A Waterfront, Green Point, Mouille Point, Sea Point, Camps Bay and Hout Bay. There are loads of things on offer in this part of the world, so it's a good idea to focus on the field of interest/activities that excite you and take it from there.
A trip to the top of Table Mountain is an absolute must (especially if you've never done it before). The views on a clear day will give you a clear perspective of the gorgeous city below and you can see as far as Robben Island and beyond.
If history is your thing, there are numerous museums and attractions close to the city centre. The Castle of Good Hope was built between 1666 and 1679 and is the oldest building in South Africa. It is a good place to start your tour of the city, which incorporates historic attractions such as the Bo-Kaap Museum, the District Six Museum, The Company's Garden, City Hall and the Grand Parade, among many other notable historic attractions.
For shopping and entertainment, the V&A Waterfront is the epicentre of Cape Town and attracts high numbers of international tourists daily. Long Street is a good place to hang out for restaurants, bars and nightlife and Camps Bay is the place to see and be seen around cocktail hour.
The drive along Chapman's Peak is one of the most scenic drives in the world but you need to do your homework as the route is periodically closed. Mariner's Wharf in Hout Bay is another great place to visit, with its fun restaurants, great beaches and perfect views.
Cape Town South stretches from Noordhoek to Observatory and incorporates some of Cape Town's most popular suburbs, including Constantia, Fish Hoek, Rondebosch, Simon's Town and Muizenberg, to mention just a few.
Constantia is popular for its wonderful restaurants and wine estates and the Constantia Wine Route is a big attraction for foodies and wine-lovers. Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens offers hectares of greenery and regular concerts in the warm summer months. There are also various hiking trails on offer.
Take a day trip to Simon's Town and make sure you visit the statue of Just Nuisance, as well as the scenic Boulders Beach. Noordhoek is a great place for riding horses on the beach and the restaurants are very family friendly. For fresh fish and laid-back vibes, Kalk Bay and Muizenberg are the business. Fish Hoek is popular for seaside activities and antique shops and is a real favourite.
Cape Town North incorporates the Cape Town International Airport, Parow, Milnerton, Durbanville, Table View, as well as Bloubergstrand and Melkbosstrand. The north is a developed business centre that continues to grow rapidly. For chill-out time, Bloubergstrand and Melkbosstrand are popular for walks on the beach and outdoor sports. Shoppers will enjoy Century City and Canal Walk, and for those who love a tipple or two, The Durbanville Wine Route also falls into the northern region.
Cape Town East is made up of Gordon's Bay, Somerset West, Strand, Sir Lowry's Pass, Khayelitsha, Gugulethu, Eersterivier, Macassar and Strandfontein. The region is pretty spectacular as the small coastal towns sit below the imposing Hottentots Holland Mountains and there are fantastic beaches such as Bikini Beach, Strand Beach and Kogel Bay. Here you'll also find the Helderberg Nature Reserve, Wolfgat Nature Reserve and Edith Stephens Wetland Park.
Scenic Cape Point with its sheer cliffs, rugged landscapes, fauna, flora and bold ocean views.
A cable-car trip up Table Mountain to get the view of the incredible landscape of the city. If you've done the touristy cable-car thing then take one of the many mountain trails.
V&A Waterfront – spend time enjoying all the facilities at the V&A Waterfront, including the abundance of shopping and restaurant venues. For children, The Two Oceans Aquarium is a winner.
The magnificent beaches of Clifton, Muizenberg, Hout Bay, Bloubergstrand. You are spoilt for choice in and around the Mother City.
Historical sites are a must – including Robben Island, the Castle of Good Hope, the District Six Museum and Bo-Kaap.
Long Street by night. Enjoy the friendly fun vibes of this stretch of tarmac as it comes to life when the sun goes down.
While away the hours at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens, the green lung of the city. Look out for the schedule of summer concerts.
Visit the Constantia Wine Route for a touch of history and some of the country's finest wines and restaurants that continually make it onto the best-of lists.
Drive along the southern coastline and visit places such as Noordhoek, Scarborough, Simon's Town, Kalk Bay and Muizenberg. Stop off at Kalk Bay for fresh fish at the harbour.
Mako Shark Trip
Nightjar Travel 11:10am 26 May
Another interesting photo and story from the team at Apex Predators - www.apexpredators.com
By the way, Chris Fallows is speaking at One&Only Cape Town next month, win tickets here:
http://www.nightjartravel.com/webform/one-only-speaker-series
Mako Shark Trip by Monique Fallows
After a month of pretty bad weather we anxiously watched the forecast of good weather stay true for a great opportunity to head of Cape Point in search of ...
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Nightjar Travel 11:40am 15 Oct
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TEN COOL THINGS TO DO IN CAPE TOWN
shane 9:31am 7 Jun
Text by Murray Jackson
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No.1: Dive with pelagics in the deep
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Abbey Manor Luxury GuesthouseAccommodation, Oranjezicht
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Antrim VillaAccommodation, Green Point
Apricot Gardens GuesthouseAccommodation, Gordons Bay
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Bay Atlantic Guest HouseAccommodation, Camps Bay
Berg en Zee Guest HouseAccommodation, Gordons Bay
Blaauwheim Guest HouseAccommodation, Somerset West
Blue Horizon Guest HouseAccommodation, Gordons Bay
Blue ViewsAccommodation, Camps Bay
Cape Diem LodgeAccommodation, Green Point
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Dongola HouseAccommodation, Constantia
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Dunvegan LodgeAccommodation, Fish Hoek
Dutch Manor Antique HotelAccommodation, Cape Town
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Four RosmeadAccommodation, Oranjezicht
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Harfield Guest VillaAccommodation, Claremont
Hedge HouseAccommodation, Newlands
Highlands Country HouseAccommodation, Kenilworth
KhashaMongo GuesthouseAccommodation, Somerset West
La Vue ParfaiteAccommodation, Gordons Bay
Lalapanzi LodgeAccommodation, Somerset West
MannabayAccommodation, Oranjezicht
Mariner GuesthouseAccommodation, Simon's Town
Moonglow GuesthouseAccommodation, Simon's Town
Nova Constantia Boutique ResidenceAccommodation, Constantia
O on Kloof Boutique Hotel & SpaAccommodation, Bantry Bay
Oceana Palms Luxury GuesthouseAccommodation, Gordons Bay
Redbourne Hilldrop GuesthouseAccommodation, Oranjezicht
Rhonda's ManorAccommodation, Sea Point
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Studio MartiniAccommodation, Cape Town
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The Ancient Egypt Archaeology Program introduces students to the history, art and architecture of Pharaonic Egypt in a real and tangible setting. This is a six-week course that includes a two week on-line component and four weeks of archaeological exploration based out of the Upper Egyptian city of Luxor. Upon successful completion of the program, students will earn a total of six Villanova University credits (HIS 3095 and AAH 3009).
Students will gain an overall understanding and familiarity with ancient Egyptian history, archaeology, art and architecture. They will learn to recognize the most important archaeological problems relating to the reconstruction of ancient history. Students will gain the ability to discuss issues and evidence from the material culture of Pharaonic Egypt. During the program students will investigate topics such as, what did art mean to the Ancient Egyptians? Why did they invest such wealth and effort into its production? Students will also look at the ways in which historical, religious, and social changes affected the developments in Egyptian art and architecture.
Before departure, students will be introduced to the chronology of Egyptian history so that developments in the material culture can not only be recognized, but also appreciated. The landscape of Egypt played a large role in what types of artifacts the ancient Egyptians produced and how they created them. Therefore, in this early part of the course students will become familiar with the geography of Egypt and the resources this area had to offer.
Additionally, during the on-line pre-departure section students will become familiar with the particulars of traveling in Egypt and how to prepare for their four-week stay abroad. Issues such as health and safety, culture, and local sensitivities will be addressed.
Since the majority of existing structures in ancient Thebes date to the New Kingdom or later, the on-line component builds a foundation for students to appreciate their stay in modern Luxor. Developments in the art and architecture from the Early Dynastic Period through the New Kingdom will be covered on-line.
Once in Egypt students will attend 75-minute lectures Sunday through Thursday. In their free time they should visit the list of sites and prepare for their exams. The lectures are focused on the sites included in the list below.
There will be a total of 4 exams, one of which will deal with the material covered on-line.
Bard, Kathryn A. 2008. An Introduction to the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt. Blackwell Publishing.
Once in Egypt, students will live in flats in the Egyptian section of Luxor. Two meals will be provided daily at the residence¾a self-serve breakfast in the morning and a late lunch (the main meal). Additionally, the flats have kitchens, and restaurants and grocery stores are easily accessible. Luxor not only has many options for tradition Egyptian fare but also has numerous ethnic restaurants (Indian, Thai, etc.) and British-owned pubs.
There will be a long weekend (June 7-9) available for individual travel when destinations such as the Pyramids at Giza, the famous Ptolemaic city of Alexandria, Aswan, or the Red Sea can be visited.


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Sara Jamison has no clue where Mike Andrews' been all these years, but she knows where she's been - busy raising their son. Two weeks after he accused her of cheating and disappeared from her life, Sara discovered she was something she never expected to be - an unwed pregnant teenager. But with the love and support of her annoyingly alpha-male family, she's managed to make a good life for herself and her young son. She even owns her own business, Sara's Bakery, which she's built into a thriving success. Sure, she works too hard and her social life is nonexistent, but for the most part, she's content.
Until the day Detective Mike Andrews walks into her bakery and back into her life..
Sara glanced over her shoulder when the screen door opened. Mike . The pan she'd been drying fell from her hands and clattered to the floor.
"Where's Garrett?" she asked, attempting to peer around his broad shoulders. She tried not to make eye contact with him. As long as she didn't look him directly in the eye, she'd be able to maintain her composure.
"Don't you dare throw that word around. If you loved me we wouldn't be in this situation." A surge of emotion tightened her chest and she silently cursed herself for letting him get to her.
She paused. God, how she wanted to believe him. But if he'd truly loved her as he claimed, he'd never have been able to stay away for so long. She swallowed past the lump in her throat and reached into the drainer for something else to dry.
"All right, I'm done playing. Come on, we're going for a ride." Mike reached out and grasped her elbow.
"I'm not going anywhere with you," she said, yanking her arm free. "If you want to talk, we'll talk, but we're doing it right here." She tossed the dishtowel on the counter and crossed her arms over her chest.
Sara Jamison has just gotten some news that she didn't think she would ever hear – Mike Andrews is coming home. Mike had left small town Green Bay for almost a decade and he has had no contact until now.
Sara is petrified because not only did Mike leave town but he also left her pregnant. Him coming home did nothing for the animosity that she and her family felt for him. But she can't think only about her sore heart or her bruised ego – A child is involved and he deserves to know his father.
Mike Andrews is back home under less than ideal circumstances and as much as there was no love lose between him and this small town, there are a few things that he however misses and looks back on if not fondly but with some regret. His friendship with Nick his childhood friend and sparring partner is definitely a miss – his relationship with Nick's sister Sara is feeling like a hot rod now even after all these years – but who can forgive someone who did the unthinkable and there was video evidence to prove him. He was not getting a warm fuzzy feeling for Sara at all.
With age come a new perspective and the wisdom to look at things from a different angle. Mike does exactly this and soon realize that Sara might just also be the injured party. He knows he has to follow through and make things right but a few things are happening as me makes this marvelous revelation. Sara is also finally developing a social life and Mike is not happy because Sara new squeeze is not someone Mike approves of.
Mike is in for a surprise but can alpha male Mike deal with this feisty new Sara that he has no choice but to deal with.
Small town stories does it for me and Ms Rogers gets this one right. The town building was easy to follow – the small town mindset was alluded to and she gave enough of the citified ways in the mix to make this an enjoyable place to visit.
From the beginning I was drawn in – with an inquisitive start – I was hooked. I wanted to find out not only Sara's and Mike's issues but the story behind it as well.
The protags themselves were strong – Mike is definitely alpha male and disgustingly manly with it. Sara was like a stick of match, catches quick and burns very hot. I like them, they so deserve each other.
The plot itself was a winner – as a series it Ms. Rogers gives a wonderful build-up of the Dynamics of the Jamison family. The individual siblings were all given an identity and somewhere about the middle of the book – I started picking favourites and wondered who was hotter.
Other than Sara and Mike trying to sort out their rekindling relationship, there were a few story lines that revolved I thought quite nicely around the main plot. Issues of trust, overindulgence, family unity and the underbelly of small society made an appearance at some point during this book.
Ms. Rogers voice is new to me, but I like how focus she was with the plot – her cast gelled and she was not overdramatic with the language. It was straight forward and you can see when the light bulb moment was reached. I will be reading more of her work.
THERE ONLY BEEN YOU is a sweet read with from a new to me author. Ms. Rogers introduces me to an unforgettable cast of characters and with the small town setting as well as old love returned scenario I was hooked. There was a whole lot of food for thoughts in this book and I didn't only love the main protags, I ended up falling in love with quite a few of the support cast and cant wait on there stories.
The pace and the emotional high and low point was dealt with, with tact and a quit grace that lives up to all that small town living is all about.
Definitely an author I will be following in the future – I liked her style alot.
My only niggle was probably the convenience of Mike solving the video tape mystery after being away for so long– he all of a sudden thinks of the specific now that he was back home. I could probably say he is older and has more experience being a detective and all, but he has been a detective for a while now and he had nine years to think of this.
The mystery had to be resolved somehow – and after reading the book, this convenient way tied in alot of the loose ends that needed addressing. So the convenience served it's purpose.
Would I be horrid if I said I didn't like it. There is just something about it that just smirk insincerity and I wasn't getting it. I really don't like covers with faces.
I won a copy of this book from the author.And she mentioned there was a sequel.
I haven`t read the book yet,but I`m glad I saw this review for it and that you enjoyed it.
Lovely review and snippet! I downloaded "Meant To Be", when I read Blodeuedd's review and the synopsis of the book. However after reading your thoughts I'm going to get this one as well.
Thank you so much for sharing. I too like small town romances.
Love the review hon!! I also got this one and the other one when I was at Blodeuedd's the other night!!! Her review was too irrestible!!!
I hope you had a great day and have a wonderful tomorrow!!
Elaine, I'm glad your copy arrived and hope you enjoy it as well.
I think the cover is so cute, but then I love faces, I think books without them are weird. I guess that is why the make them both ways.
Nice review EH and this is one I'm going to have to look into getting. I do love a small town story.
Drag it out and have a go..
I love the book - so not a stretch to rave about it..


Grab your knitting and a friend and join us for the February Knitting Guild meeting! Tuesday, Feb 12th from 6-8pm at the Harvey County Courthouse (Newton, Main & 7th streets). *Check our Ravelry page for more information and carpool details.
We have an exciting program for all of you competitive knitters out there. We will also be exploring the Mattress Stitch (which if done correctly is invisible)…mine never is, so I can't wait!
Please bring a 2 swatches (Knit flat in Stockinette Stich w/ no Garter edges). These can be leftover from past projects and don't have to be the same color. Also, if you have a Yarn Needle, please bring that as well. We will have extra swatches and tools available.
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Finite _number_ primitive

## `finite/coerce`

Follows [`number/coerce`](number.md#numbercoerce) additionally rejecting `Infinity` and `-Infinity` values (`null` is returned if given values coerces to them)

```javascript
const coerceToFinite = require("type/finite/coerce");

coerceToFinite("12"); // 12
coerceToFinite(Infinity); // null
coerceToFinite(null); // null
```

## `finite/ensure`

If given argument is a finite number coercible value (via [`finite/coerce`](#finitecoerce)) returns result number.
Otherwise `TypeError` is thrown.

```javascript
const ensureFinite = require("type/finite/ensure");

ensureFinite(12); // "12"
ensureFinite(null); // Thrown TypeError: null is not a finite number
```


Representative Mark Smith will not seek another term as House Minority Leader, Starting Line has learned from multiple Democratic sources. He announced his decision yesterday in an email to fellow Democratic House members.
It's an unexpected changing of the guard after Democrats picked up a net gain of five or six seats on Tuesday, one of the state party's bright spots from the evening. Final ballots or a recount may yet determine the outcome of Decorah's HD 55.
Smith has faced challenges from within his caucus in past years, but House Democrats' wins this cycle were generally seen as a good success within the party, especially with the corresponding statewide losses. Democrats will come into 2019 with a 46-54 minority or a 47-53 minority if they're successful in HD 55. That's close enough for a real shot at capturing the majority in the 2020 election.
Smith was first elected leader in mid-2013 after Kevin McCarthy's departure. A social worker, Smith served in the Iowa House since 2001, representing the Marshalltown-based district.
The House Democratic caucus will convene on Saturday for their post-election meeting and to choose a new leader. At this very early stage, a number of names have been circulating, but no one has officially announced their bid for leader yet.
On the Iowa Senate side, Democratic senators met today and reelected Janet Petersen as their minority leader. Amanda Ragan was selected as the Democratic Whip. Assistant leaders chosen were Joe Bolkcom, Bill Dotzler, Pam Jochum, Liz Mathis, Herman Quirmbach and Rich Taylor.
Democrats had a net loss of two seats in 2018, dropping them to an 18-32 minority in the Iowa Senate.
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I liked Mark Smith and became a monthly contributor to his Dem party fund as a result. Now I anxiously await the new leader.