A Metroid Marathon for charity (Big Brothers Big Sisters) has just finished and they're trying to ideally rack up $4,000 before 8th June. They're at over $2,500 right now, so if you're up for it, donate!
Just got my English essay title... Now who can tell me how to write a 500-word formal letter to an electricity company stating that they made a mistake in my electricity bill?
EDIT: Submitted. Hoping to get a good mark!
EDIT 2: 28/30, highest mark in the class. Looks like I'm a born complainer :3.
I was part of this obligatory and demanding school project which ended yesterday. Basically the point of the project is to split the lower year of the school (144 students) into 10 teams of 15 (it ended up being 8 teams of 15, 1 team of 14 and 1 team of 10, me being in the unlucky team of 10) and represent a Mediterranean or European country in a unique and original way.
For the project, each team would have to prepare three things; a performance showcasing the country's culture in some way, a decorated stall with the traditional food of the country and some sort of souvenir.
Our performance was probably one of the most ambitious despite the fact that we were 5 less than almost all the other teams. We combined a dance performance, music performance, animation, and play all into one. Basically the storyline is about six travellers being shown around a souk (like a marketplace) in Morocco by a guide, and they end up getting bored of it so they sneak away to take on the challenge of climbing a nearby mountain which happens to be the largest in North Africa, the Jebel Toubkal.
They wanted to reach the top of the mountain before sunset, and on their way a spirit guardian called the Jinn stops them. Jnun (plural of Jinn) are sort of a Moroccan folk belief - they're spirit beings predating humans by 2000 years and are often said to live among humans - some are well-meaning but some are malevolent. This particular Jinn was the latter, and challenged them to entertain him or else he wouldn't let them pass and would torture them. The entertainment was a dance by the three female travellers and a music performance (bongos, guitar and violin) by the male travellers playing to my dance music in the background. They just about manage to entertain the Jinn sufficiently, pass, reach the top of the mountain and enjoy an amazing view with a beautiful sunset.
Tell me what you think of them! And now I seriously have to go do Maths homework :3.
...and guess what I'm going to spend the whole day doing.
HERE you can find probably the last Moroccan-influenced track I'll be making for the obligatory school project I'm part of. I'd love a review or at least a comment in this newspost telling me what you think!
Aaaaaaand... screenshot. This screenshot has a few instruments which I didn't actually use like the didgeridoo. Don't mind those!
I took a shot at making a Moroccan-styled loop for a school project. I thought it'd be useful for flash animators; I don't usually do loops so I'm worried it might not be the best way to loop it or anything. Whatever the case, praise/criticism is always well-received, so please give it a listen and perhaps tell me what you think!
Some feedback would be nice!
Yeah I know it's really early to do yet another newspost but whatever. I finished a new Moroccan-themed track for my school project. CHECK IT OUT and give me feedback on what I can improve on please!
Oh and... project file screenshot :3.
Here's what I've been up to. I know most of you will be like TL;DR but frankly I don't care :3.
First off I got a name change. I used to be 'Supersteph54' but now I decided anything with a Super at the beginning and a number at the end makes an incredibly bad username so I'm changing it to Step. Basically I chose Step because of a particular game called Patapon. If you haven't played it (I recommend it), it's a game where you control this army of cute eyeball creatures called Patapons by beating your godly drum.
At the beginning of the game you're asked to enter your name, but they only allow four characters. My actual name is Stephan, but I was only able to write till the 'p', so I ended up being called 'Step'. Now in this game the Patapons regard you as their god, and often called me stuff like 'Almighty Step' and 'Lord Step' and whatnot. I suppose all of those titles got to my head because Step caught on and since then I've nearly always made my game/forum alias 'Step'.
Something related; I decided to go through all of the 100+ submissions I have submitted to this account and checking each one to see if I didn't respond to any reviews and deleting the 'Supersteph54' signature I had in each review response since my username is Step now. I also took it as an opportunity to count how many reviews I actually have and (probably with a few mistakes) I managed to count 834 which is much larger than I ever expected; I mean it's nearly 1,000. So yes, I deleted the signature in roughly 834 review responses, and before you ask, I also suspect I have OCD, don't worry!
Anyway, going through all those reviews inevitably made me hear some of my really old submissions again. I've noticed three things; first off, I used an incredulous amount of emoticons back then. Literally, there was an emoticon at the end of at least three quarters of the sentences I wrote... Secondly, my old songs are seriously headache-inducing, and a lot of them have very little dynamic variation at all. I know they're my early tracks but they start to make me wonder how I actually had the nerve to submit such crap.
Lastly, I've realised that some of my older tracks don't have such bad melodies/ideas after all. Morning Horizon has a great, majestic melody which I'm very tempted to remix. Cobra will sound BADASS with better structure and better mixing. Spacewalk has a surprisingly solid main melody which is quite catchy. Night in the Forest, despite being headache-inducing and lacking any humanisation/feeling/dynamics whatsoever, has a cool melodic idea. Jungle Run is way above all my other 2008/2009 submissions in terms of quality - the percussion there is actually pretty decent. Well, my point is that perhaps revisiting an old track sometime when I'm not packed with stuff to do might not be a bad idea at all.
Unfortunately, I AM packed with stuff to do. Currently busy with a remix album called Harmony of a Hunter: 101% Run which is a tribute to the Metroid series and expands on the original Harmony of a Hunter album. I've never played Metroid in my life but I've really been hooked into Metroid music and I've remixed a total of 9 Metroid tracks (three of them are in this track alone). I've made three tracks for the album but they won't be released publicly for a while! That said, I really can't wait for its release. You can check out the first preview of it here.
Other than that, I've got a lot of school stuff to do. The subjects I've chosen in sixth form are Pure Maths and Computing at Advanced Level and Physics, Philosophy and English at Intermediate Level, with Systems of Knowledge as a compulsory Intermediate subject. As you can imagine, the workload is massive. I get an average of 5 hours of Maths homework alone per day, and it's not new for me to stay up till early hours of the next morning doing my Maths homework and being incredibly sleep-deprived. That's not counting the Philosophy and English essays I get, along with various tests and the odd Computing homework.
A big bulk of work right now is going into an obligatory school project, however. This is called the Euro-Med. Simply put, the whole lower year of the school (144 students in all) is split into 10 groups of 15. If you haven't noticed, 15 doesn't fit into 144 so it ended up being 8 teams of 15, 1 team of 14 and 1 team of 10. Yep, you guessed it, I'm in the team of 10, but MEH. After the teams and team leaders are chosen, each team is given its own Mediterranean and/or European country.
In the space of about 2 months, each team must prepare three things. One: a stall with the country's traditional food and decorations which will be showcased on the day of the deadline. Two: a souvenir to commemorate a cultural aspect of the country the team is representing. Three: a performance/show relating to the country's culture (a dance, presentation, etc...).
Thankfully I know a thing or two about making music and the team leader knows a thing or two about art/animation, so we'll be making a hybrid of animation supporting a play with a dance and band performance, and my music in the background. I've already made one track for the activity and another is well under way, but I've still got quite a bit more to do and the deadline (mid-May) is approaching.
Other than all that, I've been doing a number of other things, mainly audio moderating, piano practising (I'm in Grade 6 now so the workload over there is way more demanding), etc... but that basically summarises my current situation; plenty of work, deadlines, and a username change for good measure!
Tom changed my username from Supersteph54 to Step. The story behind the username 'Step' is a long one which I don't feel like telling now but whatever the case, it's leagues better than Supersteph54.
Thanks a lot to Tom for being awesome and changing it in the space of a few minutes.


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Rowland is a ghost town in Linn County, in the U.S. state of Oregon.

History
Rowland was formerly a station on the now-abandoned Southern Pacific Railroad East Side Line, beginning in the 1880s as an Oregonian Railway station. A post office was established at Rowland in 1886, and remained in operation until 1905.

References

External links
Historic image of Rowland from Salem Public Library

Geography of Linn County, Oregon
1886 establishments in Oregon
Populated places established in 1886

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Nocellara del Belice est une variété d'olive présente principalement sur les terroirs de la vallée du Belice en Sicile occidentale.

La qualité de la production oléicole dans la vallée du Belice résulte d'une histoire millénaire et d'une longue tradition consolidée, qui remontent à l'époque des colonies grecques de la Sicile.

Dans la province de Trapani, depuis 1998, la dénomination Nocellara del Belice  est protégée au niveau européen par une appellation d'origine protégée (AOP).

Son gout est intense et corsé avec des notes de tomate.

Synonyme
Ses principaux synonymes  sont « Aneba », « Nuciddara », « Nocciolara », « oliva da salari », « Nebba » et « Tunna ».

Diffusion
Principalement présente en Italie, surtout en Sicile ; dans la province de Trapani
sa zone de production comprend le territoire des communes de Castelvetrano, Campobello di Mazara et Partanna.

Elle est aussi diffusée dans d'autres pays tels l'Inde et le Pakistan.

Caractéristique
C'est seulement dans les conditions pédoclimatiques et environnementales de la vallée du Belice, typiques du climat méditerranéen, que la « Nocellara del Belice » peut exprimer toutes ses potentialités autant du point de vue de la production que de la qualité.

La Nocellara del Belice peut être utilisée  pour la consommation de table et pour la production de l'huile. La Nocellara del Belice est aussi utilisée dans la fabrication du Belicino, un fromage sicilien.

Olive de table
Récoltée à la main, elle est traitée soit en « vert » (sans attendre la maturation complète) soit une fois mûre.

Huile d'olive
Cueillie manuellement ou mécaniquement, elle participe à la production de trois huiles à dénominations protégées : Val di Mazara Dop (90 % des variétés  Biancolilla, Nocellara del Belice, Cerasuola, conjointement ou non), Valli Trapanesi DOP (80 % d'arbres des variétés Nocellara del Belice, Cerasuola) et Valle del Belice (Nocellara del Belice présente dans les oliveraies traditionnelles dans une proportion minimale de 70 %.).

Notes et références
 Valle del Bellice : notice de la Commission européenne
 Val di Mazara : notice de la Commission européenne

Articles connexes
 Vallée du Belice
 Valle del Belice
 Olea europaea
 Liste des huiles d'olive italiennes
 Cuisine italienne

Liens externes
 Consortium de la Nocellara del Bellice DOP.

Olive bénéficiant d'une appellation d'origine protégée
Appellation d'origine protégée en Sicile
Flore endémique de Sicile
Province de Trapani
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14.10-14.20 Introduction to the special theme of the preconference "Qualitative research on Corporate Governance" and introduction to the special issue of Corporate Governance: an International Review on "Developing Corporate Governance Research through Qualitative Research" by Alessandro Zattoni.
14.20-14.45 Lecture on "Qualitative research on boards and Top Management Teams" by Annie Pye. Annie will talk about her third major project in a series of studies of qualitative research on top management teams and boards.
14.45-15.10 Lecture on "Inside the Boardroom: Reflections on Going Native" by Lee Parker. Lee will talk about his experiences as a qualitative researcher undertaking complete member researcher participant observation studies in three organizational boardrooms (as a full board member). He would like to reflect on why do it, how one gets in and what the process is like.
15.10-15.35 Lecture on "What passes as a rigorous case study" by Winfried Ruigrok. Winfried will talk about his recent work on the several important methodological aspects of case study research.


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What Channel is Fox on Suddenlink?
FOX is perhaps the most-watched over-the-air American TV network in the US. Much of the credit goes to its top-notch content such as The Simpsons, Prison Break, and Family Guy, that grabbed global attention as well. The channel has been around us broadcasting news, TV shows, talk shows and movies for decades now. Even in 2020, Fox is one of the most viewed networks—especially Fox News that gained 43% viewership this year.
Fox on Suddenlink Cable TV
When you get a new cable TV subscription, the first thing you try to sort out is your TV favorites—networks that you most watch. Contemporary cable TV services like Suddenlink TV, come with all the tools to help you get organized. But, as it is it can take time to work your way around things. So, if you've recently subscribed to a Suddenlink TV package chances are you'd want to locate the numbers for the networks on your watch list.
Finding the Fox channel on Suddenlink can get a little tricky. This is because the number changes from one region to another. Rest assured though, FOX is included with all Suddenlink TV plans and packages—Core, Value, Select and Premier—they all carry Fox content. Be it the local over-the-air Fox TV, Fox Sports 1, Fox News, Fox Business Network, Fox Sports Plus, or Fox on demand. So whichever Suddenlink channel lineup you are subscribed to, you sure have FOX.
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As we said earlier, the way it is with carriage of local networks on cable TV, channel numbers are area specific. And, that is the case with Suddenlink cable TV as well. The number you must tune into in order to watch Fox TV in a Texan city would be different from that in a Californian city—or for that matter any other Suddenlink service state.
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The on-screen Suddenlink TV guide is sure there to help you out. But, if you find yourself taking time to navigate it, and getting frustrated, because you want to catch the next episode of your favorite TV show, here is what you can do. Call Suddenlink TV customer service at the Suddenlink phone number i.e. 1-844-520-8978, and speak to a customer care professional for quick assistance. For Spanish speaking Suddenlink customers, you can call at Telefono de Suddenlink for help via Servicio al Cliente de Suddenlink.
Wholesome Entertainment with Fox On Suddenlink
America knows well the variety of content from all genres like sports, news, lifestyle, entertainment, comedy and more, that FOX showcases. For millions of households the Fox network is like staple food. Whether it is the animated series you get with Fox on Suddenlink or suspenseful drama, there is just so much that gives you reason to have fun family time around TV.
The Best in Drama: 9-1-1
9-1-1 first aired in 2018, and has been a favorite ever since. The show is a dramatic presentation of the struggles and experiences of people like fire fighters, police and paramedics—bringing us insight into what life is like for first responders.
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You are living in dark ages if you have not watched The Simpsons. The animated sitcom carries a very satirical tone while depicting the realities of an average, middle-income American household. Perhaps the most successful parody of American culture and society, as well as that of the essential human condition—and for sure an all-time legend among TV series.
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With the love of sports widespread in America, Fox is the go-to-network for millions. Suddenlink TV channels also include the sought after FS1 and Fox Sports Plus. But, for NFL fans there is perhaps nothing better than lazing around on a Sunday, watching the pre-game segment of the Fox NFL telecast.
Wrapping it All up
Having found the channel number for FOX on Suddenlink Cable TV, its time that you set yourself up for some fun time with family. Enjoy access to top-rate shows with Fox TV. Stay updated with the Fox News channel. Or go for the adrenaline rush with Fox Sports. The best part is you can even stream Suddenlink TV online, via the ultra-fast Suddenlink internet included in your Suddenlink bundle.
And, if down the road you feel you would like a Suddenlink TV package upgrade for more variety in your Suddenlink channel lineup, remember that Premier TV brings you the most number of channels inclusive of premium networks, including FS2 and Fox College Sports. Suddenlink TV customer service is available 24/7 at 1-844-520-8978. They can help you upgrade to the most suitable Suddenlink TV package given your entertainment regime.
1- Does Suddenlink have Fox?
Yes, FOX is included in all Suddenlink TV packages but the channel number for FOX TV can vary from one region to another.
2- What TV shows are currently being aired on Fox?
Some of the most popular shows currently airing on Fox include The Simpsons, Duncanville, Prodigal Son, Lego Masters and Bob's Burgers.
3- What channels other than the Fox Network are offered by Suddenlink?
Some popular channels included in the Suddenlink channel lineup are TNT, NBC, BBC America, Bravo, Animal Planet, ESPNEWS, Food Network and HBO.
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The channel number for Fox Sports 2 varies with location. For example in Mount Pleasant, Texas FS2 airs on 410. To find out the channel number in your area, Suddenlink TV customer service at 1-844-520-8978.
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Load Data using GraphQL Queries Directly in a Gatsby v2 Component with StaticQuery
Jason Lengstorf
In this lesson, learn how to use StaticQuery to load data directly in the components that use them, making your Gatsby sites easier to understand and maintain. We'll refactor a simplified Header component to eliminate prop drilling, loading the data with a GraphQL query right in the Header component instead.
Instructor: 00:00 Let's start by taking a look at where the data comes from. Right now, the heading is being pulled in through this GraphQL query that goes to the site metadata. Site metadata is added in Gatsby config. We have site metadata, title, and that gives us My Fantastic Website which is displayed here.
00:19 The way that that's being done is this GraphQL query goes in this site, site metadata, title, and then that gets passed as data into our header component as a prop, so data, site metadata, title. That shows up in the header as a title prop which we then display.
00:37 We want to convert this over to a staticquery, so that we're able to get the data in the component that uses it instead of having to pass it around via props. To do that, we're going to start by importing both staticquery and GraphQL from Gatsby.
00:55 Then, we're going to set up this staticquery, and the static query has two props. The first one is the query prop, and the second one is a render prop which is going to receive data as an argument, and then it returns a component which we're going to use the same component that we had before.
01:18 Then we have to close this. Great. Now we're set up almost, so we can remove this title prop because we're not going to use it anymore. Then we have to go back to our index, and we're going to just take this GraphQL query as is.
01:31 Let's pull that out. Don't need this anymore at all. No longer need GraphQL from Gatsby, and we don't need to pass this title prop down anymore. Let's go ahead and get rid of that. This gives us our index file, nice and clean.
01:45 We're not pulling in data that we don't need, that we're not using. We're only displaying this header component and header component is responsible for its own data. To do that, let's put this query in place, get this ready, and now the results of this GraphQL query is going to be passed down as data.
02:00 We need to make sure that that data is ending up giving us the title. Data site, site metadata, title. Here we go. Data site, site metadata, title. Let's save everything. We're going to need to restart our Gatsby server with yarn develop because we just changed the GraphQL query and that requires updating the cache.
02:26 We're going to restart that, reload our page and there we go. Now we've got My Fantastic Website. Just to make sure that that is in fact what we need. Yep, that's shown up. Then let's go in and let's change the Gatsby config.
02:44 Perfect. It's doing exactly what we want. We're changing it in Gatsby config, and so I haven't saved yet. Right now, it's showing the title of what I was before. When we save, there it goes. It's just updated to be the new title.
02:56 That's how we use staticquery to set up a GraphQL query inside of a component right where it's going to get used.


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Faces behind the Orbasics collection - 5 inspiring women about selflove, personal superpowers and a better future
Meet the faces of the Orbasics Women's Collection! We are incredibly proud to have Linda, Juliane, Sanne, Debora and Levinia represent our newly-launched women's line. Now we want you to get to know them. Meet five inspiring women with different and unique stories, who live their dream, run their own businesses or are just starting out their career.
By the end of this article, you'll understand why we are so in love with each of their personalities, attitudes, and style. We had the best time working with them for our photoshoot, which you can definitely see in the campaign images!
Name: Débora Liberato
Location: Berlin, Lichtenberg
Job: Sales associate by day, and Team Orbasics by night
Kids: Vincent
Debora is originally from Lisbon with African roots. She is the eldest of three sisters and the one who inherited the artistic vein from her portugese mother. As a child, she was always encouraged to pursue a career in the arts, which led her to study fashion and textile design. Debora moved to Berlin in 2013 and calls this city "home" now.
When Debora is alone at home, she loves to dance and sing, and she has a guilty pleasure in chocolate. Debora was one of the first team members to join Orbasics and we are extremely blessed to have her at the office and our everyday Orbasics life.
Which 3 words describe you best?
Perfectionist, creative, dreamer.
What is your personal superpower?
Observation.
#SelfLove: what do you love most about yourself?
My organizational skills and my voice.
Who was your childhood hero and who is it today?
Never had one, but the world is full of inspiring people.
If we visit you at home, what would you cook for us?
Portuguese tapas and a chocolate-avocado mousse.
What makes you glow?
What is your happy place?
What do you enjoy the most about your work?
Teamwork! I'm always amazed to see different talents and skills coming together.
What is your favourite Orbasics piece and in what colour?
The All Day Leggings in Cosmic Black.
What can every one of us do today, for a happier future tomorrow?
Mindful meditation! In a fast-moving world we all have to hit a pause once in a while to be able to breathe and rediscover ourselves.
Name: Levinia
Job: Student, Intern @Orbasics
Kids: no
Levinia grew up in Frankfurt am Main and has been living in Berlin for two and a half years now. She is one of the newest additions to the Orbasics team. At the moment she works at Orbasics during the week and in the evening is preparing for an English Test for university. Levinia joined us for an internship, but will thankfully stay with us as a student assistant, when she starts her fashion design studies in October.
Levinia spends most of her weekends with friends, exploring new places in Berlin, going to exhibitions and getting inspired by new people.
Modest, committed and caring.
My power of observation perhaps. I think I can grasp things quite fast and thoroughly.
My versatility.
In my childhood it was definitely my mom. Today I would say: people who dare to go new ways and create new opportunities for everyone.
My flatmate and I made vegan burgers the other day. They were super tasty! So probably that :)
The outcome of teamwork and enjoying success together.
Every place where I have the right people around me.
That I get so many insights into different areas every day.
The Oh-So-Cosy Sweater in Pomegranate. But I'm still waiting for it to be available for women, too. And the Cosy Sweater for women in Cosmic Black.
To take oneself seriously, to accept oneself and understand that one's own actions count and can have big effects. Negative, but especially positive!
Name: Juliane
Location: since 2 years in the south, outside of Berlin
Job: Entrepreneur, on the way to independence
Kids: girl (5 years) & boy (2 years)
Juliane is from the outskirts of Berlin and moved to the city at the age of 19 to study fashion journalism and media communication. She's worked as a stylist for 9 years, helps in a photoproduction agency on the side and launched her first business last year - a jewelry label called Hey Jules. All while raising a girl (5 years) and a boy (2 years).
Hey Jules is a jewelry label that is all about high-quality jewelry that lasts a lifetime and can be worn at every occasion. Juliane works together with a goldsmith and constantly expands her gorgeous collection of unique pieces, which are all made in a small workshop in Berlin.
Juliane is one of the most inspiring women we know. On her Instagram heyjules_jewelry you can explore her collection, as she takes us on her journey through being self-employed and gives behind-the-scenes looks of being a female founder.
I asked my best friend. She laughed and said: creative, funny and communicative. I think she's right - especially about the last one. I absolutely love speaking to inspiring people and getting to know them.
My organisational talent and having the strength to continue even when I am exhausted. No matter what. There are always ups and downs. Especially when your own business starts getting momentum, the personal rollercoaster ride gets faster. The higher it goes up, the faster it can also go down sometimes. Even though this can be exhausting at times, it's all about leaving setbacks behind and coming out twice as strong. To keep going. Not giving up. That's my superpower.
My free spirit. To be just like I want to be.
My childhood heroes are my parents. Even though both of them worked full time, studied part-time and had to be single parents sometimes (if one was studying abroad), they never ever gave me the feeling that they had too little time for me. With their love for me, they mastered the balancing act between their career and family life.
Actually they are still my heroes today. Both of them have a job where they are fulfilled. They always instilled self-belief and confidence in me - no matter how difficult of a decision I had to make. Oh and they are secretly my most passionate followers on Instagram ;)
My husband would cook for us. I do really like cooking, but the kitchen has become his domain.
He says, let yourself be surprised.
Seeing that my family is happy and that we have everything we need.
But also my work with Hey Jules, where I can work freely and independently.
My home. Ever since we moved to a house with a garden, that is definitely my happy place. Being home means to feel at ease, to arrive and to let go. I enjoy every minute in our garden and I am deeply grateful for all that we have in our lives.
Wow, simply everything. Really. It's wonderful I can schedule my life in the best way for me and my family. It's wonderful to work creatively, to come up with new ideas together with my goldsmith. But I love the contact with customers and their unique stories just as much. They're all inspiring women and men who've came into my life and teach me new things. Everything about it is just so rewarding!
The Orbasics Sweater in combination with the Leggins in Caramel Cookie are my absolute favorite pieces.
What can every one of us do today for a happier future tomorrow?
I could say a lot now. A good start would definitely be to live sustainably and consciously. Even though this can be pretty difficult in daily life, because it often means to sacrifice something. But it is the best way to make our mothership a better place. I think that especially education is the key to a happy and long future on this planet.
Name: Sanne Kronig
Location: Berlin Friedrichshain
Job: Hair & Make-up Artist
Sanne grew up in the German countryside and has been living in Berlin for the past 12 years. Most of the time you can find her at the salon, where she works as a hair and make-up artist. From time to time, she also works as a makeup artist at photo shoots or at the Berlin Fashion week.
Sanne is an all around beautiful soul. She loves making others happy in her daily work and meeting many different and unique people. You can feel this happiness every second of meeting her and we had an absolute blast with her during our women's collection photoshoot, behind and in front of the camera.
Reliable, social, caring.
A healthy diet, lots of exercise and lots of contact with my friends.
My openness, my humour and my spontaneity.
When I was young, it was Pippi Longstocking.Now it's my older friends, who are all inspiring women, always look stunning and have so much energy.
Lemon Pistachio Pasta or a salad of the season.
Surprises, when I make other people happy.
My home and being in nature.
That I can make others happy each and every day and the interaction with many diverse people.
Live consciously, emphatically and tolerantly.
Name: Linda Adhiambo
Job: Stylist and the creator behind Looks Like Berlin
Kids: Three - Malaika, Naemi and Omari
20 years ago, Linda moved to Berlin from Kenya together with her mom. Ever since, she has been in love with Berlin, a city that keeps reinventing itself just like her. Linda works as a stylist and showroom manager at blackbird and also runs her own blog, Looks Like Berlin.
We can't get enough of Linda and her amazing styles. Each of her outfits is full of creativity, surprising combinations and beautiful colours. Not only is Linda one of the faces of our new collections, but we also got to see her beautiful kids in Orbasics outfits. In her blog post about Orbasics you can see the wonderful pictures of her kids mixing different Orbasics pieces.
We had the pleasure to speak to Linda for our newest blog series #HEROES. Here she reveals her superpower, where she gets inspired for her amazing styles and what styling tips she has for other parents.
And of course the campaign images would not exist without our photographer, Scarlett Werth. The pictures turned out so gorgeous than we could have ever imagined. Scarlett has an amazing eye for capturing human moments, which you can see in her other work on her website as well.
Thanks a million to you five amazing and inspiring women for being a part of our new collection and for giving us a little view into your lives! We love having you represent our label and working together with you. We wish you all the best for your many exciting projects!
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Adjunct Associate Professor Allyn Hum
Centre Director
Dr Hum is a Senior Consultant at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, specialising in geriatric and palliative care.
She is also Director of Programme Dignity, Singapore's first palliative home care programme for patients living with advanced dementia.
She co-edited the book 'The Bedside Palliative Medicine Handbook', which serves as a practical guide to palliative medicine.
Assistant Professor Andy Hau Yan HO
Deputy Director (Research)
Dr Ho is Assistant Professor of Psychology at the School of Social Sciences, Honorary Joint Assistant Professor at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, and Deputy Director of the Centre for Population Health Sciences at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
He is a Fellow in Thanatology, and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the International Work Group on Death, Dying and Bereavement (IWGDDB), and the Association of Death Education and Counseling (ADEC).
He specialises in the research and teaching of public health palliative care, life and death education, psychosocial gerontology, holistic therapy and community empowerment. He has produced numerous public health campaigns and short film documentaries, as well as authored over 70 books, chapters, research reports and articles in prominent journals.
He is the first Asian recipient of the esteemed ADEC Academic Educator Award in 2018.
Dr Ong Wah Ying
Deputy Director (Education)
Dr Ong is a Senior Consultant and the Medical Director of Dover Park Hospice. She joined the hospice in 2006.
She was previously Adjunct Assistant Professor with the National University of Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine from 2010 to 2017, overseeing undergraduate palliative medicine postings under the Family Medicine module. As Assistant Course Director, she pioneered the Graduate Diploma in Palliative Medicine.
She is also Honorary Treasurer of the Singapore Hospice Council, and Visiting Consultant in Tan Tock Seng Hospital.


Life With a Whisk: A formidable opponent.
Last week, the public had the rare opportunity of purchasing and enjoying Dorie Greenspan's own baked goods at a pop-up cookie boutique, CookieBar, temporarily opened by Dorie and her son, Josh, at an Upper East Side hair salon. As a Tuesday's With Dorie baker, as soon as I heard this news, I was already plotting ways I'd be able to get a hold of these cookies. Week after week (and in between too), our kitchens turn out cookies, cakes, and pies that were a product of her vision, not sure if they were accurately executed or not -- an opportunity to try these recipes as they were meant to be tasted was not to be missed and I wasn't about to let a span of 3,000 miles stand in my way. Luckily, Cousin Albert decided he'd be coming back out West for Chinese New Year and I easily convinced him to leave his East Village bubble to procure some of Dorie's cookies for me (after all, we are a family of food lovers). After reports via Twitter of selling out of the cookies on days one and two, Albert was able to get uptown early enough (and on a blizzardy day enough) to secure the full assortment of the cookie shop's offerings for the end of our Lunar New Year meal.
It just so happened that Kaitlin of Kait's Plate chose Dorie's Best Chocolate Chip Cookie for this week's assignment, which was among the selections that Albert hauled across the country. It was all working out to be the perfect opportunity to see if my interpretations of her recipes bore any resemblance to the real thing.
...and they did!! Visually, they were definitely kin. Dark edges, paler center, mottled with tiny bittersweet chocolate specks in addition to larger chunks. They were an absolute hit at work and though I've relied on the now infamous NY Times chocolate chip cookie for some time now, I think there's room for more than one on my go-to pedestal. In all honestly, I actually preferred my cookies to the CookieBar chocolate chip cookie, but it wasn't really a fair fight. There's something about three-day old cookies that can't quite measure up to the crisp exterior, yielding center, and buttery goodness of nearly fresh cookies -- imagine that! I did also have the sables and coconut lime cookies though, which were so good that I am now going to have to replicate them this weekend. Dorie and son are actually looking for a permanent space in Manhattan, and when it does, I'll be back for My Best Chocolate Chip Cookies vs. My Best Chocolate Chip cookies, round 2!
Lucky you to get some of Dorie's cookies. Funny that you liked yours better. They look delicious.
Tealady, I really owe it all to my cookies being a few days fresher. I had to leave Dorie's other cookies in my sister's freezer, 400 miles away, so I wouldn't polish them all off.


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Q: AWS DynamoDb: Querying for multiple items matching comparison operator Say I'm implementing Uber and I have a table like this:
Table: Cars
Row: carId=A, city=SF, driverId=52
Row: carId=B, city=LA, driverId=285
Row: carId=C, city=SF, driverId=547
Row: carId=D, city=SF, driverId=125
Row: carId=E, city=LA, driverId=876
Row: carId=F, city=NY, driverId=92

And I have a global secondary index on 'city'.
Now I would like to run a query, "What are all the cars in city=SF or city=LA".  Is there a way to do this using the global secondary index?
Clearly I could use a Scan and have Dynamo look at every row, but I'm hoping Query can do it more efficiently.
BTW here's my current attempt:
List<AttributeValue> attributeValueList = new ArrayList<>();
String[] cities = {"LA", "SF"};
for (String city : cities) {
    attributeValueList.add(new AttributeValue().withS(city));
}

QueryRequest queryRequest = new QueryRequest()
        .withTableName("Cars")
        .withIndexName("Cars-city-index")
        .withSelect("ALL_ATTRIBUTES");
HashMap<String, Condition> keyConditions = new HashMap<String, Condition>();
keyConditions.put("city", new Condition()
        .withComparisonOperator(ComparisonOperator.IN)
        .withAttributeValueList(attributeValueList));
queryRequest.setKeyConditions(keyConditions);

But this fails with error "Attempted conditional constraint is not an indexable operation":
Caused by: com.amazonaws.AmazonServiceException: Attempted conditional constraint is not an indexable operation (Service: AmazonDynamoDBv2; Status Code: 400; Error Code: ValidationException; Request ID: 9LH0D9K02CAS078M3C06R8T4D7VV4KQNSO5AEMVJF66Q9ASUAAJG)
    at com.amazonaws.http.AmazonHttpClient.handleErrorResponse(AmazonHttpClient.java:820)
    at com.amazonaws.http.AmazonHttpClient.executeHelper(AmazonHttpClient.java:439)
    at com.amazonaws.http.AmazonHttpClient.execute(AmazonHttpClient.java:245)
    at com.amazonaws.services.dynamodbv2.AmazonDynamoDBClient.invoke(AmazonDynamoDBClient.java:2908)
    at com.amazonaws.services.dynamodbv2.AmazonDynamoDBClient.query(AmazonDynamoDBClient.java:1064)

Thanks for any help!!

A: To the best of my knowledge you can only run one equality condition for hash keys regardless of whether they are a global secondary index. Here is what the AWS doc says:

"Query supports a specific set of comparison operators for choosing key values. You must specify the hash key attribute name and value as an equality condition. You can optionally specify a second condition, referring to the range key attribute; this condition allows you to choose from several conditional operators"
"If your table has one or more secondary indexes, you can Query those indexes in the same way that you query a table"

So I guess the best option for you here is to run two queries and join the results. Or if you have a lot of values then you would have to run a scan with a filter containing an IN comparison operator. This kind of problem is very ill suited to NoSQL, you would definitely be better off using a relational database in this scenario.
Hope this helps

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Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle + Q&A (PG)
Here are a list of days and times at which this event will take place March
This screening will be followed by a panel discussion featuring the following guests: Alison Thewliss (MP for Glasgow Central), Nick Walker (Collective Architecture), Linda Connon (Living Rent) and Debbie Keaveney (Living Rent), hosted by Neil Gray (Writer and Lecturer in Social Justice at University College Dublin, and editor of the forthcoming book Rent and its Discontents: A Century of Housing Struggle).
For some people, a housing crisis means not getting planning permission for a loft conversion. For others it means, quite simply, losing their home. In this new documentary, narrated by Maxine Peake, we see the catastrophic failures that have led to a chronic shortage of social housing in Britain. Focusing on the neglect, demolition and regeneration of council estates in Glasgow, London and across the UK, the film investigates how the state works with the private sector to demolish council estates to build on the land they stand on, making properties that are unaffordable to the majority of people.
Perhaps the most important British film since I, Daniel Blake
Director Paul Sng
Year of produciton 2017
G3 6RB
Box office opening times
Sunday - Friday: from 12noon
Saturday: from 11am
Box Office closes 15 minutes after the start of the final film.
GFT is a company limited by guarantee, registered in Scotland No. SC097369 with its registered office at
12 Rose Street, Glasgow, G3 6RB. GFT is a registered charity in Scotland No. SC005932


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Man City manager Guardiola: Jesus ready to replace Aguero
by Lula Guzman | April 03, 2019 | 02:13
However, as the winger rightly points out, he still has 17 league goals this season, level with the likes of Harry Kane and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and behind only City's Sergio Aguero in the scoring charts. Every game from now until May 12 looks like being must win now and we look set for the most exciting title race since 2012.
However, Guardiola is taking nothing for granted against Neil Warnock's side.
"In the Champions League final against Bayern Munich in the Camp Nou, Bayern hit the crossbar two times".
Toby Alderweireld's own goal a minute from time moved Liverpool two points ahead of title rivals Manchester City. "The reality is it is just Cardiff for now", he said.
While City forward Raheem Sterling and Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk appear to be the front runners to scoop the Player of the Year honours this season, the Portugal midfielder has also made a compelling case to be considered.
"I told the boys after the game there are 500,000 ways probably to win a football game". I know that, we knew that. But we've always bounced back. "Mentally the players are ready". Hopefully not, we'll work with that, he's working with that, but the truth is we could use him [for only a] few games. Maybe in the second half we didn't play at the top of our game but we won the game and that's the most important thing.
Fulham's Cyrus Christie went into the book for a frustrated foul on David Silva as City continued their easy control of the game, and another home change followed as Cairney was replaced by Andre Schurrle.
If you want to side with City in the correct score market and you want to follow the seasonal stats then 3-1 should be your selection given five of their home matched have already finished 3-1 this term. "It is hard to explain, but at the same time I am proud of the performance". I don't care about the goal.
'That is the best way you have to face it.
It is little wonder Fulham is next-from-last and facing relegation given the sloppiness of the defending before both City goals.
"Yesterday when I saw Arsenal and how good they are playing in the last period with an incredible manager in Unai [Emery], the incredible distance that we have is because we have done incredibly so far".
Erdogan Pledges to Focus on Turkey's Troubled Economy after Electoral Losses
Imamoglu won nearly 4.16 million votes while the AKP candidate, former premier Binali Yildirim, won 4.13 million. But in crucial mayoral races, the CHP declared victory in the capital, Ankara, and in the major city of Izmir.
U.K. Parliament gets new chance to offer options on Brexit
Mr Boles said the Labour decision to whip in its favour gave it "a real chance of winning the majority that has eluded the PM". In a unusual twist, though, at least one SNP MP won't be able to back the plan on Monday, despite his party's instructions.
House of Commons rejects May's deal for third time
MPs are due to vote on one part of Theresa May's deal today , although it is uncertain whether the motion will pass. The political morass has left Britons on both sides of the debate frustrated and angry.
Algerian president Bouteflika announces new gov't amid protests
The cabinet is composed of 27 ministers; 21 did not hold ministerial posts in the previous government. The 82-year-old president has been in public rarely since he suffered a stroke in 2013.
White House Prepares In Case Trump Closes Border
Areas along the U.S. -Mexico border would experience the most direct impact, but ripple effects could spread beyond the region. Trump said it officially stopped coming on Monday. 'We've already had to move roughly 750 personnel from ports of entry'.
Kanye West Will Perform A 'Sunday Service' At Coachella On Easter Sunday
Kanye West will be at Coachella 2019, along with some congregants from the Church of Ye . Kardashian is expecting her fourth child with rapper Kanye West , via surrogate.
3 bodies found in plane crash that killed Russian tycoon
The plane went down in a field at around 1330 GMT, police said. "This is an irreparable loss for the whole team", S7 added. The company's employees will always remember Natalia Valeryevna as a bright, caring leader and a wonderful person.
Indicative Votes Results: MPs Reject All Alternative Brexit Options Again
Last week, SNP MPs abstained on a proposal to just be members of the customs union and on a proposal known as common market 2.0. If MPs pick the latter, an inquiry would seek to find an option on a UK-EU relationship that could realistically win support.
U.S. rapper Nipsey Hussle dies after being shot multiple times
He was transported to hospital, with law enforcement officials in Los Angeles confirming the rapper had died a short time ago. Witnesses said a young man approached Hussle and the two men before firing a number of shots and fleeing to a nearby vehicle.
Stephen Miller: No decision yet on shutting down border
House Appropriations Committee aide estimated that around $700 million of aid was affected. On Twitter, President Trump slammed Democrats for not wanting to solve the border crisis.
Google Finally Fixed Ambient Display Screen Flashes on Pixel 3!
The disappearance was foreshadowed by discounts on Pixel 2 and XL in February of $100 and $250 respectively. Additionally, typing in the previous URL for the Pixel 2 will now redirect users to the Pixel 3 .
White House 'looking into' economic impact of closing border, economic adviser says
And a group of House Democrats visiting El Salvador denounced the administration's decision to cut aid to the region. Right now, about 60 asylum seekers a day are returned at the San Ysidro, Calexico and El Paso ports of entry.
Vigil for rapper Nipsey Hussle ends in chaos, injuries
Rapper Nipsey Hussle performs at Glen Helen Amphitheatre, May 12, 2018 in San Bernardino, Calif. Police noted that the "the community is the one who is helping us solve this case".
Ariana Grande Addresses Her Sexuality After 'Monopoly' Lyrics Stir Up Conversation
And a third fan posted: "I'm so proud of Ariana for expressing her sexuality and showing that sexuality is fluid". The lyrics went viral following its release as fans assumed that this was Grande's coming out announcement.
Nipsey Hussle Shooting Suspect Captured By LAPD
After shooting Hussle and two other men who survived, Holder fled in a waiting vehicle driven by a woman, the police chief said. While both men have ties to street gangs, the dispute between them was personal and did not involve gang activity, Moore said.
How Trump has guaranteed healthcare will be a major election issue
Trump's effort to repeal the healthcare law narrowly failed in the Senate in 2017. The president and the White House did not provide additional details.
Kris Jenner Finally Reacts to the Tristan Thompson Cheating Scandal
Kylie Jenner is speaking out after former BFF Jordyn Woods' lip kit had a dramatic price slash. Kylie allegedly found "evidence" on Travis' phone that he had been unfaithful.
USA student mistook murderer´s auto for Uber
The man charged with kidnapping and murdering a 21-year-old University of SC student is scheduled to appear in court on Sunday. After separating form her roommates, she mistakenly got into a black Chevy Impala thinking it was her Uber.
John Oliver slams WWE, Vince McMahon for not giving wrestlers health insurance
He noted the billions of dollars Vince McMahon has made while not providing health insurance to wrestlers who have to go on the road all year.
Sony's new PlayStation Store refund policy allows for refunds within 14 days
In all cases, the refund is added to the PlayStation wallet balance, regardless of the payment method used. Unfortunately, the refund process is not automated like it is on Steam, Xbox Live and other services.
Luca Zidane Starts for Real Madrid Against Huesca
Thibaut Courtois would like Belgium team-mate and Chelsea star Eden Hazard to join him at Real Madrid . "It is up to the clubs". However, he is not my player and he is a Manchester United player and we have to respect that", said Zidane .
Roger Federer wins Miami Open | Beats John Isner for title 101
Even the first serve, if you put it in, you don't have to hit the second serve. "Yeah, that's just very tough to swallow". Auger-Aliassime regrouped and was on the attack again in the second, grabbing the early break to nose in front 4-2.


Hmm, I may be a "possible"
Hmm will the handles off my 94 sidekick work? I can ask my friend that bought it for parts would be willing to sell them (cheap).
Peg and Steve have a tracker, it's not a Suzuki, I think it's a chevy?
And Nicky is right I had a sidekick.
So when is everybody heading out??
Too bad, I just sold my 7'x20' trailer, no wheel wells, 2 yr old trailer.....look at PJ trailers, really nice, well made.
Drink more alcohol!! I haven't been sick in many, many years!!
BB has so much solar it hums........you can even say it glows! Hahaha!!!
Anybody live near there? Go buy it for me, too good a deal to pass up!!! Just make sure it works first.
I was looking at that heater Howie but I read that people were having issues with them running at high altitudes (Mammoth).
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There are many abilities needed to be a successful pharmacist. Amongst these are scientific ability, the dexterity necessary for laboratory work, the ability to recognize colors and textures, computer skills, interpersonal skills, communication skills, thoroughness, accuracy, orderliness, and alertness to business changes and pharmaceutical advances. While pharmacy schools can teach some of these skills, other skills may be more indicative of personality styles.
Students looking to enter pharmacy school need to complete prerequisite courses in science. While this information can surely be learned, an aptitude for the sciences is an ability beneficial to the pharmacy student. Additionally, in the pursuit of their degrees, pharmacy students spend quite a bit of time in the laboratory, and dexterity is necessary for the performance of this kind of work.
Because pharmaceuticals are made in different shapes, colors, and textures, someone interested in pharmacy must be able to tell the difference between these nuanced differences. Two types of medications could look very similar to an untrained eye, but they may have slightly different hues, patterns, or sizes. The ability to detect these differences could prevent a patient from receiving the wrong medication.
Basic computer skills are necessary in most jobs today, and pharmacy jobs are no different. Computers are used to keep track of inventory, research, and patient records. Without the ability to access this information, the pharmacist will have a much more difficult time performing his or her job.
Many pharmacists come in contact with patients on a daily basis. It is critical for patients to be able to ask questions of their pharmacist and to feel comfortable doing so. The pharmacist should seem confident in his or her knowledge and exude an attitude of being willing to help. He or she needs to be able to listen not only to the patients' questions but to their overall health problems to arrive at the best answers for them. Communicating this information is also critical. The pharmacist needs to communicate information about medications, including dosage, timing, whether the medication should be taken with or without food and/or water, and the route of administration (e.g., oral versus topical). If this information is not communicated to the patient, serious adverse reactions could occur. The pharmacist must have the interpersonal skills to relay this information to the patient clearly, and the communication skills to do so effectively.
In a typical pharmacy work environment, the pharmacist is surrounded by row after row of different medications. Organization and orderliness are important to ensure that medications are not switched and so that stock can be easily accessed and inventoried. Work spaces need to be kept orderly as well, since these may be areas where medications are dispensed or mixed. It is important for the pharmacist to be thorough both in filling prescriptions and in evaluating a patient's medical history. Most patients believe it is their pharmacist's responsibility to catch any potential drug interactions. Above all, accuracy in pharmacy is of ultimate importance. The correct amount of medication must be dispensed, the dosage instructions must be correct, and the correct medication must be dispensed. Accuracy in pharmacy can, very literally, be a matter of life and death.
Due to the constant evolution of drug therapies, it is important for the pharmacist to be alert to pharmaceutical advances. It is also important for the pharmacist to be alert to changes in business. If a local pharmacy closes, a remaining pharmacy may see a huge influx of business. Without the appropriate stock, former patients of the now-closed pharmacy may go elsewhere. It is important for the pharmacist to have an understanding of his or her local competitors and to try to offer services unique to his or her site. For instance, some pharmacies dispense vaccinations for influenza and pneumonia, while others do not. Additionally, when generic medications become available, it is important to stock those items, as their demand may suddenly be high. Alertness to newly available medications for certain conditions is also important.
Pharmacy schools can teach one the scientific knowledge necessary to become a pharmacist, but other skills, like natural scientific ability, dexterity, and communication skills, might not be teachable. For someone looking to enter this field, these are important factors to consider. The ability to recognize textures and colors, computer skills, thoroughness, accuracy, orderliness, and alertness to both business changes and pharmaceutical advances are all qualities needed by pharmacists.


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Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007
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MDE11705 - Post-medieval turbary marker stones on Lyn Down (Monument)
22 marker stones once denoted the boundaries of turf-cutting allotments and are shown on the Ordnance Survey 25 inch maps of 1887 and 1904. The stones have been cleared from their settings, though some still appear to be in the vicinity.
PEAT CUTTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (Possible))
BOUNDARY STONE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (Possible))
From Monarch: SS 74 NW 48.SS 7271 4762. The sites of twenty two turbary marker stones which once denoted the boundaries of turf-cutting allotments were recorded on the northern summit of Lyn Down. On early OS maps these stones are depicted across an area of some 8 hectares of enclosed moorland on Lyn Down. On the 1887 Ordnance Survey map there are 19 stones shown [1] and on the 1904 map 20 stones are shown (17 of the stones are the same). [2] When visited by Chanter and Worth in 1906 the area was about to be broken for cultivation and they state that "it was formally assigned to turbary allotments and that numerous stones were scattered over the surface the greater number of which were bound stones." [3] The stones have all been removed and the area is now permanent pasture. Various stones, some broken and others fairly small, which may be uprooted and cleared turbary markers, were identified in the area. A stone at the base of a hedge, (inside the field at SS 72742 47523) is visible as a grey slab, 1 metre long, 0.5 metres wide and 0.2 metres thick. At SS 7274 4753 (10 metres south of the Triangulation Pillar) is a pile of debris containing about a dozen similar slabs. Although the turbary bound stones have been removed their former presence, marking the boundaries of the turf cutting allotments, is very important as there appears to be little evidence for the marking out if these areas on Exmoor. (Note: At SS 72723 47525 and SS 72723 47533 are two earthfast upright stones. These are re-erected stones, probably prehistoric standing stones, and not turbary stones. To avoid confusion they have been treated as a separate site (MDE1250)). [4]
<1> SEM6703 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1868-1901. County Series; 1st Edition 25 Inch Map. 1:2500. 1887 Devon Sheet 3:13.
<2> SEM7190 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-1907. County Series, 2nd Edition 25 Inch Map. 1:2500. 1904 Devon Sheet 3:13 (Revision).
<3> SEM6796 Article in serial: Chanter, J.F. + Worth, R.H.. 1906. The Rude Stone Monuments of Exmoor and its Borders. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 38. II. 539-40.
<4> SMO7324 Unpublished document: Sainsbury, I.S.S. Field Investigators Comments. 31 January 1994.
SS74NW
LYNTON AND LYNMOUTH, NORTH DEVON, DEVON
Parent of: Possible post-medieval turbary marker stone on Lyn Down (Monument) (MEM24030)
http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=926153 (Original Monarch entry: 926153)
Devon SMR: SS74NW/220
Exmoor National Park HER Number (now deleted): MSO21520
National Monuments Record reference: SS 74 NW48
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Ann-Marie began her yoga studies in 1989 when she was a student in Paris. After working with refugees in Thailand and Cambodia, she began her studies of Iyengar yoga at the Silent Dance Center in 1993. Continuing her Iyengar studies in New York from 1997 through 2004, she also studied frequently in France with Faeq Biria. Ann-Marie was Iyengar Certified in 2005. She also has a Master's degree in Public Policy from the University of Michigan and a post graduate degree from the Ecole Nationale d'Administration in Paris and is fluent in French and Italian.
Jim is a decorated Vietnam veteran and retired firefighter. He used yoga to overcome the devastating experience of war and to relieve the stress of a rigorous career. He has practiced yoga since 1970 and Iyengar Yoga since 1977.
Laurie is an Intermediate Junior 2 Iyengar certified teacher. She studied Iyengar Yoga first from 1988 - 1994. In 1994, she began studying and teaching Vinyasa and Ashthanga Yoga, obtaining certification through the Himalayan Institute. She returned to Iyengar yoga in 2003, and continues to study with local and national Senior teachers. She spent 2 months in India, and attended 5 National conventions studying with the Iyengar family. Laurie believes that Iyengar yoga is the best way to share yoga with others and to deepen her own practice.
Catherine is a dedicated practitioner of Iyengar yoga since 1993, teacher since 1999, and Iyengar certified since 2005. As a mental health therapist (LCSW) she is inspired by and deeply grateful for the healing power of yoga for the body, mind and spirit for students of diverse ages and abilities. She also has training as a Doula and is delighted to welcome new and returning students to the IYSDC community.
Christine is a certified Intermediate Senior I Iyengar Yoga teacher. She has practiced Iyengar Yoga since 1989 and has taught in Honolulu since 1996. She is also a Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT). She began her studies with Patricia Walden in Boston and continues to study regularly with Lois Steinberg. Part of Chrisitne's continuing education is studying with the Iyengar family in India. She has been returning to RIMYI in Pune, India since 2001. Christine manages to temper her serious devotion and dedication to the study of yoga with doses of insightful humor. Her clear, focused teaching communicates to and inspires her students to continue on the path of Yoga.
Valerie has been studying Iyengar Yoga since 1986 and teaching since 1992. She trulybelieves Iyengar Yoga is the holistic way to health.
Sandi is an Intermediate Senior 1 Iyengar certified teacher. She has taught at IYSDC since 1977. Sandi is the author of two books, Yoga with a Partner and Yoga for Pregnancy. She studied with BKS Iyengar and Geeta Iyengar 5 times in India and at 8 national conventions. Sandi is a teacher certification assessor for the National Association (IYNAUS). She enjoys introducing yoga to beginners and guiding continuing students deeper into the "hows" and "whys" of yoga. Sandi has a Masters of Education in Counseling, many years of experience as a Hawaii School Counselor, and is currently an active mediator with the Mediation Center of the Pacific.
Glenn has taught at IYSDC since 1977 and is Iyengar Intermediate Senior certified. He has studied directly with the Iyengar family since 1981, on numerous trips to India and during their many visits to the U.S. Glenn is a graduate of the Iyengar Yoga Institute in San Francisco, a licensed massage therapist and has a BA in the Psychology & Physiology of Exercise. He has been an Iyengar teacher certification assessor for the National Association (IYNAUS) since 2004.
Deb has been studying Iyengar Yoga since 2003 and teaching since 2012. She is grateful to all of her teachers for their wisdom, guidance and generosity.
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Alison started Iyengar yoga in 1978 and has been teaching at IYSDC since 1993.
Ae Ja has been with IYSDC since 1977. She has an Intermediate Senior 3 Iyengar certification, and has studied with the Iyengars in India six times and at six national conventions. Her dynamic classes offer a multicultural dimension including commentary in Japanese and Korean.


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Profile of Women in the United States in 2000
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Key Figures & Milestones
In March 2001, the U.S. Census Bureau observed Women's History Month by releasing a detailed set of statistics on women in the United States. The data came from the 2000 Decennial Census, the Current Population Survey of the year 2000, and the year 2000 Statistical Abstract of the United States.
Education Equality
84% The percentage of women age 25 and over with a high school diploma or more, which equals the percentage for men. The college degree attainment gap between the sexes had not closed completely, but it was closing. In 2000, 24% of women age 25 and over had a bachelor's degree or higher, compared with 28% of men.
30% The percentage of young women, ages 25 to 29, who had completed college as of 2000, which exceeded the 28% of their male counterparts who had done so. Young women also had higher high school completion rates than young men: 89% versus 87%.
56% The proportion of all college students in 1998 who were women. By2015, the U.S. Department of Education reported that more women than men were completing college.
57% The proportion of masters' degrees awarded to women in 1997. Women also represented 56% of the people awarded bachelor's degrees, 44% of the law degrees, 41% of the medical degrees and 41% of the doctorates.
49% The percentage of bachelor's degrees awarded in business and management in 1997 that went to women. Women also received 54% of the biological and life sciences degrees.
But Income Inequality Remains
In 1998, the median yearly earnings of women 25 years and over who worked fulltime, year-round was $26,711, or just 73% of the $36,679 earned by their male counterparts.
While both men and women with college degrees realize higher lifetime earnings, men working fulltime, year-round consistently earned more than comparable women in each of the education levels:
The median earnings of women with a high school diploma were $21,963, compared with $30,868 for their male counterparts.
The median earnings of women with a bachelor's degree were $35,408, compared with $49,982 for their male counterparts.
The median earnings of women with a professional degree was $55,460, compared with $90,653 for their male counterparts.
Earnings, Income, and Poverty
$26,324 The 1999 median earnings of women working full-time, year-round. In March 2015, the U.S. Government Accountability Office reported that while the gap was closing, women still made less than men doing similar work.
4.9% The increase between 1998 and 1999 in the median income of family households maintained by women with no spouse present ($24,932 to $26,164).
27.8% The record-low poverty rate in 1999 for families made up of a female householder with no husband present.
61% The percentage of women age 16 and over in the civilian labor force in March 2000. The percentage for men was 74%.
57% The percentage of the 70 million women age 15 and over who worked at some point in 1999 that were full-time year-round workers.
72% The percentage of women age 16 and over in 2000 who worked in one of four occupational groups: administrative support, including clerical (24%); professional specialty (18%); service workers, except private household (16%); and executive, administrative and managerial (14%).
Population Distribution
106.7 million The estimated number of women age 18 and over living in the United States as of Nov. 1, 2000. The number of men 18 and over was 98.9 million. Women outnumbered men in every age group, from ages 25 and over and up. There were 141.1 million females of all ages.
80 years The projected life expectancy for women in 2000, which was higher than the life expectancy for men (74 years.).
59% The record-high percentage of women with infants under the age of 1 in 1998 who were in the labor force, almost double the 31% rate of 1976. This compares with 73% of mothers ages 15 to 44 in the labor force that same year who did not have infants.
51% The 1998 percentage of married-couple families with children in which both spouses worked. This is the first time since the Census Bureau started recording fertility information that these families were the majority of all married-couple families. The rate in 1976 was 33%.
1.9 The average number of children women 40 to 44 years old in 1998 had by the end of their childbearing years. This contrasts sharply with women in 1976, who averaged 3.1 births.
19% The proportion of all women ages 40 to 44 who were childless in 1998, up from 10 percent in 1976. During the same time, those with four or more children declined from 36 percent to 10 percent.
51% The percentage of women 15 years old and over in 2000 who were married and living with their spouse. Of the rest, 25 percent had never married, 10%t were divorced, 2% were separated and 10 percent were widowed.
25.0 years The median age at first marriage for women in 1998, more than four years older than the 20.8 years just a generation ago (1970).
22% The proportion in 1998 of 30- to 34-year-old women who had never married triple the rate in 1970 (6 percent). Similarly, the proportion of never-married women increased from 5 percent to 14 percent for 35-to-39-year-olds over the period.
15.3 million The number of women living alone in 1998, double the number in 1970 7.3 million.The percentage of women who lived alone rose for almost every age group. The exception was those aged 65 to 74, where the percentage was statistically unchanged.
9.8 million The number of single mothers in 1998, an increase of 6.4 million since 1970.
30.2 million The number of households in 1998 about 3 in 10 maintained by women with no husband present. In 1970, there were 13.4 million such households, about 2 in 10.
135,000 The number of women taking part in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)-sanctioned sports during the 1997-98 school year; women constituted 4 in 10 participants in NCAA-sanctioned sports. The 7,859 NCAA-sanctioned women's teams exceeded the number of men's teams. Soccer had the most female athletes; basketball, the most women's teams.
2.7 million The number of girls taking part in high school athletic programs during the 1998-99 school year triple the number in 1972-73. Participation levels by boys remained about the same during this time frame, about 3.8 million in 1998-99.
Computer Use
70% The percentage of women with access to a computer at home in 1997 who used it; the rate for men was 72%. The home computer-use "gender gap" between men and women has shrunk considerably since 1984 when men's home computer use was 20 percentage points higher than that of women.
57% The percentage of women who used a computer on the job in 1997, 13 percentage points higher than the percentage of men who did so.
46% Among citizens, the percentage of women who voted in the 1998 mid-term congressional elections; that was better than the 45% of men who cast their ballots. This continued a trend that had started in 1986.
The preceding facts came from the 2000 Current Population Survey, population estimates, and the 2000 Statistical Abstract of the United States. The data are subject to sampling variability and other sources of error.
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