I just wanted to take a moment to pass along a couple of thoughts as we enjoy the summer and begin to turn our attention to the upcoming school year at Georgia Tech. This is the time of year when our staff, coaches and administrators get to enjoy just a bit of down time before the hustle and bustle that begins around here the first week of August.
We are very much looking forward to turning the page to the 2010-11 campaign as we defend our ACC Football Championship. As we look toward football season, I want to share a couple of thoughts on our season ticket renewal process.
Currently, we are about 900 season tickets shy of where we were a year ago on this date. Although we have right at the 24,000 mark, we have a ways to go to hit our goal of 26,500 season tickets. One of the things I have written about before in this space is the cyclical nature of our season ticket numbers. In the odd years, when we have Georgia, Clemson and Virginia Tech on our home schedule, we see a spike in sales. Our statistics would show that a number of folks calculate their purchases in order to best position themselves for additional tickets to our rivalry game.
You may recall that last year, for the first time, we offered all available tickets to the UGA game to our own season ticket holders. There was a formula by which our Georgia Tech patrons could purchase extra tickets to that game. The experiment was an overwhelming success, as all remaining UGA tickets outside of our contractual commitment were sold to GT season ticket holders.
Now we are taking this process one step further. Because of that demand, it will now be necessary to be a season ticket holder for two consecutive years (this year and next) in order to get priority on the purchase of additional Georgia tickets in the single game sale next year. Perhaps some of you who were either holding off renewing your tickets, or others who are thinking about jumping into the fold, will find this to be a good incentive to get on board now!
You may have seen lately that our Ticket Sales Team – The Aspire Group – is enjoying tremendous success. We applaud their efforts on finding new season ticket holders for Georgia Tech. To date, Aspire has sold more than 1,500 new season tickets for the 2010 campaign. Since we forged an agreement with our good friend Bernie Mullin one year ago, the Aspire team has generated $1.2 million in new gross ticket revenue. This effort is receiving much national acclaim and the response from those fans that have been touched by this stellar team of sales professionals right here on our campus has been tremendously positive.
One of the current initiatives by Aspire is offering Group Sales with favorable pricing to companies, organizations, clubs, churches, sports leagues, etc. If you or someone you know might be interested in group tickets please let the folks in our ticket office know or call Bill Fagan with Aspire at 404-385-4426.
Before I let you go back to enjoying more fun in the sun, I need to add a word about men's basketball season tickets and that renewal process which is just now beginning. You are probably aware that we are hoping to move forward to the Board of Regents a proposal that will significantly change the Alexander Memorial Coliseum. If this effort receives approval this fall, we will be playing our last season in the building as we know it. There would be a one-year hiatus during construction in which we would play off campus and then a return to a beautiful new facility for the 2012-13 season.
It is important to note that those fans who are season ticket holders for this upcoming season and next season (when we will play an abbreviated home schedule) would have priority on selecting seats in the new building in the summer of 2012. I encourage each of you to continue your support of our basketball program through the purchase of season tickets for the 2010-11 season. In addition to the need to support our program after a 23-win season and an NCAA tournament victory, there are far-reaching benefits to either renewing or purchasing basketball seats this season.
Thanks for all you do for the Jackets and have a great time during the final weeks of summer. Don't forget our three big August dates to remember. Football practice begins on August 5th, The Great Yellow Jacket Encounter Fan Day is August 7th (3-5 p.m.) and our Second Annual Can't Wait Till Kickoff Luncheon takes place on August 27th at the Cobb Galleria.


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var region = require('protection/region');
var fireworks = require('fireworks');
var utils = require('utils');
var cm = Packages.net.canarymod;
var cmLocation = cm.api.world.position.Location;
var game = require('./game');
var arenas = persist('snowball-arenas', []);

function snowball( params, sender ){
  var duration = 60; // seconds
  var i;
  var arena = null;
  var gameOn = false;

  var allPlayers = utils.players();
  var player;
  var teams = {red: [], blue:[], yellow:[]};
  var spawns = [];
  var spawn = null;

  for ( i = 0; i < arenas.length; i++ ) {
    arena = arenas[i];
    if ( region.contains(arena.redZone,sender.location)
        || region.contains(arena.blueZone,sender.location)
        || region.contains(arena.yellowZone,sender.location)
       ) {
      // game on!
      gameOn = true;
      break;
    }
  }
  if (!gameOn){
    echo( sender,
	  'You must issue this command while in a colored zone' );
    return;
  }

  for (i = 0;i < allPlayers.length; i++) {
    player = allPlayers[i];
    var playerLoc = player.location;
    inZone = false;
    if (region.contains( arena.redZone, playerLoc) ) {
      teams.red.push( player.name );
      inZone = arena.redSpawn;
    } else if ( region.contains( arena.blueZone, playerLoc) ) {
      teams.blue.push( player.name );
      inZone = arena.blueSpawn;
    } else if ( region.contains( arena.yellowZone, playerLoc) ) {
      teams.yellow.push( player.name );
      inZone = arena.yellowSpawn;
    }
    if ( inZone ) {
      var spawnLoc = new cmLocation( playerLoc.world,
                                     inZone.x,
                                     inZone.y,
                                     inZone.z,
				     0,
				     0);
      spawns.push( {
        participant: player,
        oldLocation: playerLoc,
        newLocation: spawnLoc
      } );
    }
  }
  if ( (teams.red.length == 0 && teams.blue.length == 0)
      || (teams.red.length == 0 && teams.yellow.length == 0)
      || (teams.blue.length == 0 && teams.yellow.length == 0)
     ) {
    echo( sender,
      'Need more than one team to play. ' +
      'Someone needs to choose a different color.');
    return;
  }
  function returnPlayers( gameData, winningTeam) {
    var spawn;
    for (var i = 0;i < spawns.length; i++) {
      spawn = spawns[i];
      var player = spawn.participant;
      player.teleportTo(spawn.oldLocation);
      if (gameData.teams[winningTeam].indexOf( '' + player.name) > -1) {
	fireworks.firework( spawn.oldLocation );
      }
    }
  }

  for (i = 0;i < spawns.length; i++) {
    spawn = spawns[i];
    spawn.participant.teleportTo(spawn.newLocation);
  }
  game.start(duration, teams, returnPlayers);
}

command( snowball );

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/* Includes ------------------------------------------------------------------*/
#include "stm32wbxx_hal.h"

/** @addtogroup STM32WBxx_HAL_Driver
  * @{
  */

/** @addtogroup HAL_TimeBase_TIM
  * @{
  */

/* Private typedef -----------------------------------------------------------*/
/* Private define ------------------------------------------------------------*/
/* Private macro -------------------------------------------------------------*/
/* Private variables ---------------------------------------------------------*/
extern TIM_HandleTypeDef TimHandle;
TIM_HandleTypeDef        TimHandle;
/* Private function prototypes -----------------------------------------------*/
void TIM2_IRQHandler(void);
/* Private functions ---------------------------------------------------------*/

/**
  * @brief  This function configures the TIM2 as a time base source.
  *         The time source is configured to have 1ms time base with a dedicated
  *         Tick interrupt priority.
  * @note   This function is called  automatically at the beginning of program after
  *         reset by HAL_Init() or at any time when clock is configured, by HAL_RCC_ClockConfig().
  * @param  TickPriority: Tick interrupt priority.
  * @retval HAL status
  */
HAL_StatusTypeDef HAL_InitTick (uint32_t TickPriority)
{
  RCC_ClkInitTypeDef    clkconfig;
  uint32_t              uwTimclock, uwAPB1Prescaler;
  uint32_t              uwPrescalerValue;
  uint32_t              pFLatency;

    /*Configure the TIM2 IRQ priority */
  HAL_NVIC_SetPriority(TIM2_IRQn, TickPriority ,0U);

  /* Enable the TIM2 global Interrupt */
  HAL_NVIC_EnableIRQ(TIM2_IRQn);

  /* Enable TIM2 clock */
  __HAL_RCC_TIM2_CLK_ENABLE();

  /* Get clock configuration */
  HAL_RCC_GetClockConfig(&clkconfig, &pFLatency);

  /* Get APB1 prescaler */
  uwAPB1Prescaler = clkconfig.APB1CLKDivider;

  /* Compute TIM2 clock */
  if (uwAPB1Prescaler == RCC_HCLK_DIV1)
  {
    uwTimclock = HAL_RCC_GetPCLK1Freq();
  }
  else
  {
    uwTimclock = 2U*HAL_RCC_GetPCLK1Freq();
  }

  /* Compute the prescaler value to have TIM2 counter clock equal to 1MHz */
  uwPrescalerValue = (uint32_t) ((uwTimclock / 1000000U) - 1U);

  /* Initialize TIM2 */
  TimHandle.Instance = TIM2;

  /* Initialize TIMx peripheral as follow:
  + Period = [(TIM2CLK/1000) - 1]. to have a (1/1000) s time base.
  + Prescaler = (uwTimclock/1000000 - 1) to have a 1MHz counter clock.
  + ClockDivision = 0
  + Counter direction = Up
  */
  TimHandle.Init.Period = (1000000U / 1000U) - 1U;
  TimHandle.Init.Prescaler = uwPrescalerValue;
  TimHandle.Init.ClockDivision = 0U;
  TimHandle.Init.CounterMode = TIM_COUNTERMODE_UP;
  if(HAL_TIM_Base_Init(&TimHandle) == HAL_OK)
  {
    /* Start the TIM time Base generation in interrupt mode */
    return HAL_TIM_Base_Start_IT(&TimHandle);
  }

  /* Return function status */
  return HAL_ERROR;
}

/**
  * @brief  Suspend Tick increment.
  * @note   Disable the tick increment by disabling TIM2 update interrupt.
  * @retval None
  */
void HAL_SuspendTick(void)
{
  /* Disable TIM2 update Interrupt */
  __HAL_TIM_DISABLE_IT(&TimHandle, TIM_IT_UPDATE);
}

/**
  * @brief  Resume Tick increment.
  * @note   Enable the tick increment by Enabling TIM2 update interrupt.
  * @retval None
  */
void HAL_ResumeTick(void)
{
  /* Enable TIM2 Update interrupt */
  __HAL_TIM_ENABLE_IT(&TimHandle, TIM_IT_UPDATE);
}

/**
  * @brief  Period elapsed callback in non blocking mode
  * @note   This function is called  when TIM2 interrupt took place, inside
  * HAL_TIM_IRQHandler(). It makes a direct call to HAL_IncTick() to increment
  * a global variable "uwTick" used as application time base.
  * @param  htim : TIM handle
  * @retval None
  */
void HAL_TIM_PeriodElapsedCallback(TIM_HandleTypeDef *htim)
{
  HAL_IncTick();
}

/**
  * @brief  This function handles TIM interrupt request.
  * @retval None
  */
void TIM2_IRQHandler(void)
{
  HAL_TIM_IRQHandler(&TimHandle);
}

/**
  * @}
  */

/**
  * @}
  */

/************************ (C) COPYRIGHT STMicroelectronics *****END OF FILE****/


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Origins of cellular life
Watch Anna give an explanation on PBS Nova below!
Life as we know it is cellular life. Each cell has a cell membrane that not only protects the contents of the cell, but also controls the flux of nutrients, grows, divides, and in some cases, generates motility. Although the membrane itself owes its structure to phospholipids, most of the functions are carried out by proteins. This then begs the question of how cells performed all of these functions, prior to the evolution of all of these proteins.
We are interested in reproducing the basic functions of a cell membrane with the simplest, most primitive ingredients available. By working on these model primitive cells , we hope to gather insight into how cellular life may have started on early Earth, and the biophysical properties of bilayer membranes.
Here is an overview of what some people are doing in the field of protocell research.
How did primitive cells divide without any protein division machinery?
What roles can peptides and mineral particles play in primitive life?
Understanding colloidal interactions with digital holographic microscopy
One of the luxuries of working with soft matter is that some of the most important building blocks -- colloidal particles, cells, droplets -- are visible under the microscope. This is an incredible privilege because it makes the interpretation of the results more straightforward and enables better mechanistic insight.
We are interested in tracking their motion to give us insight into their interactions and behaviours.
We use a fast, 3D imaging technique called digital holographic microscopy (DHM) to glean quantitative information from our microscopy observations. In its simplest form, DHM uses a collimated coherent beam (e.g. laser or LED) in lieu of a white-light source and instead of a regular image, a hologram is captured on-camera. The interference fringes in the holograms contain information about the distance and orientation of the object, information that we can extract computationally.
It's difficult to imaging moving objects under a microscope because they go out-of-focus. In DHM out-of-focus objects have fringes which in turn can be used to gain insight into their 3D position.
As an object moves in the imaging plane, so does the centre of the interference pattern. As an object moves in and out of focus, the size and shape of the hologram fringes change.
DHM has ~2nm precision in all three dimensions
DHM can be used to track the motion of microorganisms (top), and the nanoscale-features of the interactions between colloidal particles and oil-water interfaces (bottom).

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


Cate Blanchett (Valentino) was just perfect.
Natalie Portman in Lanvin. She redeemed herself.
Gwen Stefani. I loved everything but the hair.
Selma Blair. Did anyone see her? I am just stunned. She looked spectacular!
Nicole Ritchie. She keeps picking great gowns. Too bad that she can not influence her partner in crime. Both Hiltons looked horrific. That is being kind.
Hilary Swank: Great cut and it was molded to her body. I love when the clothes fit at the Oscars. It makes me think that the designer and star cared about the evening.
Halle Berry: Great color and fit.
Beyonce: I loved the black gown that she arrived in. Her makeup was fab all night.
Paltrow: I am in the minority on this one. She consistently wears things that do not fit her. I do not understand. Hair and earrings looked great though. I love her style off the red carpet.
Penelope Cruz: The bow looked a mess. I saw one picture were it looked like it was coming undone and was crushed.
This is a Vogue photograph from years ago. This reminds me of the dress that Renee wore to the Oscars last night. There are differences but I instantly recalled this dress. I thought that Renee looked wonderful but I just can not get out of my head that she looks and dresses so much like Meg White of the White Stripes. I really can see Meg in that dress last night.
My favorite picture of this dress.
My favorite gown of the evening. I know the reviews have been mixed but I just thought it was perfection. I love when they take the red carpet and the event seriously. She knew that that this would photograph well. Her posture is also out of this world.
I just felt that they looked amazing. I did not dig her Eva Peron hair but the dress and makeup were flawless. She really has blown me away this year.
Cavewoman and I finally were able to leave ytown and get some shopping time in Cleveland. Our first stop was at Anthropologie. They had their new spring line showcased and I was not interested in any of these pieces in real life. I did love the one party dress that is teal and midnight blue. It was the best piece in the store. The "cucumber sweater" was on sale but it looks horrible on. No wonder there were 3 or 4 on the rack. Cavewoman tried on a great coat but the fit was poor. There were 10 of those coats on the rack. They will have to mark that down more for it to start get any interest. I end up buying some Voluspa frgarnces. These scents are great and the prices can not be beat. I repurchased the Linden Blonde Tabac and the sweet Mignonette. Do not try the Coco one. It is foul and will make you dry heave. I did not spy any Nanette Lepore pieces while there. We left and made our way to the infamous T J Maxx. It was a bust for me but cavewoman found some lovely sweaters. I did find the famous bergdorf pieces mixed in the racks. The velvet Marc Jacobs jacket is still there along with the Valentino gown. There was a gaggle of Armani pieces along with an Escada gown that had clearly seen better days. They had several boxes of the Paula Dorf Zita perfume. This really is a great fresh rose scent.
and the surprises of Aquadisiac(a shimmery teal),Metamorph(a light greenish yellow) and Pink Papillion.
I also grabbed the new Madame B lipstick(a beautiful pink) and a MAC paint(I forget the name). I also purchased a lovely YSL Limited edition called Roses Enchantees. We were able to test the new Angel fragrances. They are winners. I love Angel but cavewoman hates it. We were both early fans of all the three scents. The violet one is the best with the lily coming in second. Cavewoman felt the peony turned green way to early in the drydown. They are worth sniffing. I ended up purchasing Une Fleur de Chanel at SAKS. We had a great time talking like Karl Lagerfeld to the sales associate. I spotted a great LV bag and got to see the Guinevere(small version) purse. It was alright. I liked the Carmen bag better.
It was a great day and can not wait to see Miss Cavewoman's version. Have a great Sunday!!!
It has been a rough week. I am looking forward to a peaceful and relaxing weekend. I hope to have a shopping day with Cavewoman but it all depends on if it snows. And you know it always snows in Ohio....Have a great weekend everyone!
Detail of the yellow and black coat from Prada.
Aother great coat from Prada.
Prada coat that is just amazing. Love the frog enclosures and it has a victorian vibe to it. I just think it is perfect for the modern day Jane Eyre.
A cape from Miu Miu. I love the colors.
My favorite piece from the Prada show. So many mouthwatering coats. I love the rich colors, the frog enclosures and the passementerie trim.
This is an adorable skirt at the Gap. It is currently on sale for under $30. Just thought I would share!
I am glad that he won. I was rooting for Kara until she would not admit that she was influenced by Gucci and being snarkey to the guy at Parsons. Jay had the superior show and that closing dress was amazing. The best really won. That so rarely happens.
The Greta Garbo stamp comes out in August. I believe this is the picture they will use.
A favorite from Alice Temperley Spring line.
Love this Chloe outfit. I love the way Chloe pants drape(hang) on the body. They look comfortable yet stylish. I am not crazy for the shirt but that can be easily tweeked.
This might be very shocking to my scent sisters but I am in a makeup frame of mind. I am stalking the MAC site and making a dream eyeshadow list. I feel like I might be "mad" but I am thinking I like metamorph. It is a unique yellow green color. I showed it to my boss today and she mocked me. It truly made me want it more. One of you might have to talk me down from this makeup frenzy.
I also want the fluidline liner in microviolet.
Another shadow lemming is Too Stacked eyeshadows(available at Sephora). There are great colors called Glamourous Life (a great yellow), Glitterati (a crushed amethyst), Label Whore (a brown metallic) and Socialite(a pink copper).
Any thoughts on the MAC colors would be appreciated especially on Miss Metamorph.
Have a great presidents day! I am off to drink a cup of TAK cinnamon plum tea and clean my perfumes on my vanity.
For Brooklyntbone: Galliano doing some Kung Fu fighting.


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16 Ways to Say Congratulations in French (And Sound like a Local)
Alysa Salzberg Leave a comment Updated on June 30, 2020
During my year studying abroad in Paris, I had a course on French films that was a real challenge.
When I got back my final essay, the professor looked at me with a smile. Chapeau, he said. My face must have looked blank. Why had he said "Hat" to me? I wracked my brain – was there some kind of inside joke, or was he referencing something I had written in my essay?
It turns out he was congratulating me.
While there is one common way you'll usually hear people say "Congratulations" in French, there are some other options, naturally.
Let's take a look at how to say "Congratulations" in French, from the conventional, to the unexpected (at least to us foreign speakers).
1 Félicitations: The most common way to say "Congratulations" in French
2 Other ways to say "Congratulations" in French
3 Are you talking to me? French congratulations said directly to someone or about someone
4 Going beyond congratulations
5 A few cultural differences you need to be aware of
6 Should you congratulate a French person the French way?
Félicitations: The most common way to say "Congratulations" in French
Félicitations is the most common way to say congratulations in French.
The most common way to say "Congratulations" in French is simply, félicitations.
You can use it with people you're close to, and in more formal settings, too.
To add what you're congratulating the person on, use Félicitations pour, followed by the action/event. For example, Félicitations pour l'achat de ta maison ! (Congratulations on buying a house !)
Some common expressions with félicitations
As an expression of congratulations, félicitations works perfectly fin e on its own, but if you want to change things up a little, you can use it in a complete sentence or add an adjective. Just remember, it's a plural, feminine noun, so always be sure to agree whatever you might add to it.
Also keep in mind that the following common phrases tend to be slightly more formal than saying félicitations alone, so if you're talking to someone close to you, you may want to forgo them and keep it simple:
mes/nos sincères félicitations – my/our sincere congratulations. Example : Jean vient d'adopter un chien. Moi : Mes sincères félicitations ! (Jean just adopted a dog. Me: My sincere congratulations!)
mes/nos vives félicitations – my/our enthusiastic congratulations
toutes mes/nos félicitations – my/our wholehearted congratulations. Example: Toutes mes félicitations pour la naissance de votre fille ! (My wholehearted congratulations on the birth of your daughter!).
How to use félicitations as a verb or adjective
You may also use or see felicitations as another form of speech.
You'll often come across the verb form of felicitations, féliciter, in the somewhat formal expression Je te félicite or Je vous félicite (I congratulate you). Example: Je vous félicite pour votre excellent soufflé. (I congratulate you on your excellent soufflé.)
Note also: This expression is most commonly used with te or vous, but you could add just about any reflexive pronoun here, even me! For example, Je me félicite de ma soupe – c'est une vraie réussite ! (I have to congratulate myself on my soup – it's a real success!).
More rarely, félicitations can also be used in its adjective form, félicitation(e)(s). In this case, because it has to agree with the noun(s) it's describing, it can be singular or plural. For example : Je lui ai écrit un message de félicitation. (I wrote him a message of congratulations).
How do you say congrats in French?
You may find some structural similarities with félicitations and its equivalent in English and in other languages you know, but one thing that may be different is that, unlike languages like English (congratulations = congrats), French does not have an abbreviated form of félicitations.
Whether you're saying it to the President or to your friend, félicitations is it.
Other ways to say "Congratulations" in French
Of course, félicitations isn't the only way to congratulate someone in French. Here are a few other common expressions you'll see.
Bien joué
Bien joué has a literal English equivalent, "Well played."
You can use it in a situation where someone made a judicious choice or showed a good use of strategy.
Example: Tu as demandé à une copine de te téléphoner au milieu de ton rencard au cas où tu auras besoin d'une excuse pour partir ? Bien joué ! (You asked a friend to call you in the middle of your date in case you need an excuse to leave? Well played!).
Bon travail
Bon travail is another expression with an exact English equivalent: Good work. A French teacher might have said this to you before!
Bravo is another common way to congratulate people in French. It's on the informal side, so don't use it with your boss or the President (especially Macron).
But generally speaking, it works for most situations. Example: Louis a enfin largué sa copine égoïste? Bravo! (Louis finally dumped his egotistical girlfriend? Bravo!)
The initial confusion I felt when I heard my French professor say Chapeau to me has long been replaced by nothing but love.
J'adore (in the over-the-top sense that this expression has for the French) Chapeau as a way to say "Congratulations"! It's one of my favorite French expressions.
If a French person says "chapeau !" (hat), they are probably not talking about your hat but congratulating you.
Essentially, it's the equivalent of "Hats off," which comes from a bygone era when gentlemen wore hats and would tip or take them off as a sign of respect or appreciation (among other reasons they'd take them off, of course).
Here's an example of how to use it: Elle a enfin fait la paix avec sa belle-mère. Chapeau ! (She finally made peace with her mother-in-law. Hats off!)
This a variant of chapeau (think of some old-timey fellow dramatically taking off his hat in a sweeping gesture, bringing it low, towards his thigh).
But Chapeau is the one closest to my heart. The reason I love it is that the French decided to forgo anything else – it's simply "Hat," as if we all should know what that means, and in another time, most French people probably did.
Tous mes compliments/Tous nos compliments
My sincerest congratulations/Our sincerest congratulations. If you're looking for a formal way to congratulate someone, tous mes compliments/tous nos compliments is the right choice!
Like many of the expressions on this list, you can use it on its own or with pour, followed by the thing you're congratulating the person on.
Example: Tous mes compliments pour ton interpretation de Phèdre. (My sincerest congratulations for your performance of the role of Phèdre.)
Because of its formality, I would advise being careful how you use this expression. If you say it to a friend or close family member, it may seem like you're being cold or aren't truly happy for them.
Are you talking to me? French congratulations said directly to someone or about someone
As in many languages, most of these expressions can either be said or written directly to the person/people you're congratulating, or used when talking about them and their accomplishments.
So for example, you could say or write something like Mamoudou Gassama a sauvé un enfant qui a failli tomber du 4e étage d'un immeuble. Chapeau! (Mamoudou Gassama saved a child who almost fell from the 4th floor of a building. Hats off!) or Bravo, Monsieur Gassama !
Going beyond congratulations
Sometimes, one phrase or word isn't enough (no, not even my beloved Chapeau). You may be writing a card or email, or simply engaged in a longer conversation with the person you're congratulating, and want to express just how happy you are for them.
The good news is, there is no exact formula for this, so whether you have only a basic level of French or you're practically fluent, you can just add whatever you know how to express.
For example, if you're a new French learner, you could say Félicitations! C'est super ! or Bravo! Je suis content(e) pour toi/vous !
A few common phrases you'll see after an initial expression of congratulations are:
Je suis heureux/euse pour toi/vous ! – I'm happy for you !
On va fêter ça ! – Let's celebrate!
Je suis fier/fière de toi/vous – I'm proud of you.
Obviously, this would be used with a close friend or family member (or multiple people from these categories), including a kid/kids.
For example, Félicitations pour ton bac, Julie! Je suis fière de toi ! (Congratulations on passing your baccalauréat exam, Julie! I'm proud of you!) or Bravo, j'ai refusé une autre part de gâteau. Je suis fière de moi ! (Bravo, I didn't take a second piece of cake. I'm proud of myself!)
Tu l'as bien mérité!/Vous l'avez bien mérité ! – You earned it !
If you want more situation-specific phrases, French magazine L'Obs has a really useful webpage that lists some ideas for particular occasions.
You can find similar lists if you type something like messages de félicitations or textes de félicitations into a search engine. I think this site is particularly good.
Keep in mind that most of these are for written messages, not necessarily intended for conversation, although the simpler ones would usually work in conversations as well.
A few cultural differences you need to be aware of
In general, French people celebrate and feel victorious about the things people in most cultures do: success at work or school; achieving a personal goal; doing a good job at something: getting engaged or married; finding out you're going to have a child – and having a child; reaching a milestone (for example, buying a house, learning to ride a bike, learning how to use the toilet (shout out to all of my fellow parents of toddlers reading this); and so on.
The only major difference you may notice is that, depending on your native culture, the French are usually fairly toned down.
For example, as not only an American, but an Italian-American, when I congratulate someone, it's usually going to be said in a really happy, enthusiastic way. It may be accompanied by an enthusiastic little cheer or scream. There may be a hug.
The French generally don't display emotion this way – to them, it seems insincere. You're more likely to hear them congratulate someone in perhaps in a slightly raised voice if the news is particularly amazing or surprising, but otherwise fairly calmly. There may be a handshake in some professional contexts, or a bise (kisses on the cheek) in familial or friendly ones.
Should you congratulate a French person the French way?
I'm all about accepting our differences, but if there's a risk that you might be misunderstood, it's probably best to try to behave the same way.
For example, when I congratulate one of my close French friends or French family members, I have no problem being my over-the-top American self. But if I want to congratulate a client or a parent at my son's school, I would stick with the more restrained French way.
That being said, I also believe that if the situation truly is joyful, you're probably okay however you go about it.
Be open to being laughed at or looked at in puzzlement if you go too over the top, though (that's definitely happened to me).
So that's what you need to know about saying "Congratulations" in French. Do you feel like a pro now? If so, Chapeau!
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GM's New Media Strategy: Promise Less, Keep Low Profile
By John D. Stoll and Sharon Terlep
Dec. 9, 2009 12:01 am ET
Four months after promising to be the most "public private company" in corporate America, General Motors Co. appears to be more reticent with the media under new Chief Executive Edward E. Whitacre Jr.
Mr. Whitacre was appointed chairman following GM's emergence from bankruptcy in July and took over as CEO last week after the abrupt resignation of Frederick "Fritz" Henderson. Mr. Henderson's management team was quickly reshuffled by Mr. Whitacre.


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Living in the Shadow of Development: the Joyce Cummings Center's Impact on the Medford Community
February 24, 2020 February 28, 2021 by Ethan Drew Lipson
The Tufts Observer makes the following clarifications:
The Observer did not claim that the Joyce Cummings Center began construction without permits, rather that the permits approved by the building commissioner were not appropriate for the new plans being used for. The neighbors' petition was based on the inappropriate approval of the old permits for the new plans by the building commissioner.
The Observer quoted Mike Korcynski as saying the Joyce Cumming Center would be 135 feet tall. The effective height of the building will be 120 feet tall. This measurement is taken by measuring from the foundational elevation of 29'5" at the base of the hill, to the top of the mechanical equipment on the roof of the building at 149'8". Tufts disputes this, providing a 95 feet measurement. Tufts measures the front facade on the hill, from the roofline at 133'8" to the floor of the entrance level which sits at 46'. For reference: angle 1, angle 2.
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The Observer quoted Laurel Ruma as saying that the January 2019 meeting was not public. The meeting was public as all ZBA meetings must be by law, however it was not an official hearing and therefore abutters were not required to be notified, and so abutters were not notified.
Tufts was not required to move the staging grounds from Stearns Field by the ZBA. Tufts changed their plans through the advice of the neighbors and Mayor Burke.
"It's not hyperbolic to say that Tufts is stealing our sunshine," said Laurel Ruma, who lives with Mike Korcynski directly behind the site of the Cummings Center and is leading the neighborhood movement to halt construction of Tufts's newest building.
For students returning from winter break, there was a new presence on campus: the magnificent steel skeleton of the Joyce Cummings Center. While the construction promises students and faculty an exciting new space and a much-needed investment in facilities, it will permanently change life for the surrounding Medford neighborhood. "A 135-foot high-rise will cast shadows on six out of 14 houses on Burget Avenue, including ours. That means the house will be in shadow from November to April," said Ruma. Korcynski and Ruma have lived in Medford for almost 20 years, 13 of which have been in their century-old Burget Avenue home. The neighbors are frustrated with Tufts's neglect of the impact that the Cummings Center's plan and layout will have on the surrounding community.
Tufts Director of Community Relations Rocco DiRico emphasized Tufts's commitment to working with the local community throughout the process of construction. DiRico said, "My office sends an email to our neighbors each month to update them on the project. I also regularly meet with a neighborhood working group to address any issues that arise between our larger neighborhood meetings and identify agenda items for the neighborhood meetings." The Cummings Center, which at its inception in 2015 was both an MBTA station and an academic building, was no different. The community had been involved in the early stages of planning, and that collaboration resulted in a consensus that was supported by both the community and the local government.
However, in 2017, the MBTA determined that the plans were too expensive and pulled out of the collaboration, opting instead for a simple station on Boston Avenue. Tufts was left to redesign the project, and this time, the community was barely informed. Thus, when it became clear that the Cummings Center would not follow the agreed upon plan, Ruma and Korcynski mobilized the neighborhood to ensure their voices would be heard.
The crux of the neighbors' case against Tufts lies in zoning rules. Dr. Justin Hollander, Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts, explained that zoning rules help communities control the way in which land is developed. "The question is really about how things are going to be rebuilt and reused, and so that result is something called the Master or Community Plan," said Hollander. "It starts off with a map of all the different zones and different parts of the community. And then a table in written form that is associated with all those maps says, 'in these different zones, these are the uses that are allowed or not allowed.'" But zoning gets complicated by what Dr. Hollander termed "gray areas." Gray areas are spaces in which buildings can be used for multiple purposes.
Hollander elaborated, "What typically happens with any kind of big development, for example the Cummings building, is that whatever the zoning might say, [the building] doesn't conform. That's a typical thing. So, the university would need what's called variances, which are like legal permission from the city government to be able to have different types of uses and activity."
The 135-foot-tall Joyce Cummings Center breaks the zoning code in five ways: exceeding height codes, unpermitted uses of the space, improper side yard, parking placement, and proximity to adjacent homes. New buildings routinely have such violations, and they can be bypassed on a case-by-case basis by securing variances.
Obtaining a variance is an extensive political process. To do so, the property owner must appear before a city zoning board, made up of either elected or appointed citizens. The Medford Zoning Board is made up of three appointed members. These hearings are public, and therefore are the best way for community members to voice their concerns about the plans. If a member of the community can persuade the board not to grant a permit, the property owner must draft modified plans that comply with zoning or request a different variance or appeal.
Tufts has worked through this process multiple times with the Cummings Center plans. In 2015, Tufts acquired an air rights variance to build the walkway across Boston Avenue connecting the Cummings Center to the Academic Quad. When the MBTA decided to move the station out of the building, the construction plans changed and therefore the old variance expired. The next building proposal also received a variance as the plans were farther from the neighborhood, and the tallest part of the building was in front of Halligan Hall. But Tufts changed design firms, and by the time that the new firm had a plan, the former variance had expired.
"In January 2019, [Tufts] went back to the Medford [Zoning Board of Appeals] to get their final design approved, but they never got approval, and that meeting was never made public," said Ruma. Despite a lack of variances and approval, the Cummings Center proceeded according to plan.
Over the summer, Ruma and Korcynski organized a campaign to protest construction and the use of Stearns Estate Field, located directly behind Eliot-Pearson Children's School, as an area for preparing construction features. Former Medford Mayor Stephanie Burke stepped in and helped to find a solution. Burke was able to sway the Zoning Board of Appeals to ensure that the Stearns Estate Field would not be used as a semi-permanent staging and dumping ground, but the Board would not halt the construction.
The expired 2017 variance required the building to be 95 feet away from the neighboring homes rather than the 35 feet away where it currently sits. It gave permission for a six-story building; according to Korcynski and Ruma's Request for Zoning Enforcement, "the Tufts Cummings Center will be a 135-foot building (including parapets and mechanicals) that is six stories, a height that is much more typical of a 10-story development."
With the foundation laid both in the ground and the community movement, Korcynski, Ruma, and a group of neighbors attended the November 7 Zoning Board of Appeals meeting, wielding a petition for the revocation of the Foundation Permit. After hearing the community complaints, Tufts's delegation, made up of a group of lawyers and DiRico, offered a simple defense: the Dover Amendment.
First written into Massachusetts state law in 1950, "The Dover Amendment speaks to the ability of local nonprofit organizations to be exempt from certain zoning and state laws," said Hollander. Through the Dover Amendment, religious institutions and universities do not have to apply for certain variances. This is intended to protect these groups from discrimination. For instance, in 2016, Dover was cited when the community of Dudley tried to block the Islamic Society of Greater Worcester from building a cemetery. The Dover Amendment protects these groups from religious suppression.
"It gives universities and religious organizations better latitude in terms of seeking variances," said Denis MacDougall, secretary of the Medford Zoning Board of Appeals. MacDougall clarified that Dover only applys "As long as it's used for the university, so like dormitories, classrooms, and things like that."
The Cummings Center will be an academic building with classrooms, study spaces, and faculty offices and therefore qualifies for Dover Amendment protection. Ruma and Korcynski, however, feel that the Dover Amendment is being abused "Dover does not allow carte blanche for these organizations," said Ruma. "Cities do have the ability and right to try to enforce as much as possible, and the City of Medford did absolutely nothing to protect the citizens of this neighborhood."
In 1994, the City of Medford sued Tufts based on the noncompliance of three proposed buildings to the zoning code. These plans were for an extension on Wessel Library (which would later become Tisch Library), the construction of Olin Hall, and an addition to the Cousens Gymnasium which would become Hamilton Pool—all three failed to meet adequate parking regulations. Tufts claimed the Dover Amendment applied in these cases. For the construction of Hamilton Pool, the judge ruled that the Dover did not extend to that use and deemed that Tufts must build an off-site parking facility, which can be found across College Avenue. For the other two buildings, the judge deemed that the spirit of the Dover Amendment was appropriate given that the paving of driveways and parking lots for those buildings would reduce the green space of the campus to an extent that it would negatively impact students' lives.
Tufts has used the Dover Amendment on almost every building project since that ruling. This includes the extension of Dowling Garage, the power plant on Boston Avenue, Community Housing (CoHo), and the maintenance garage located on Boston Avenue across from Semolina. "[The Dover Amendment] is now a blunt tool for the university's rapid expansion," said Ruma.
Tufts is not the only Massachusetts university to take advantage of the Dover Amendment. "It's used by pretty much all of the universities [in Massachusetts]," said MacDougall. In 1981, Cambridge voted to become exempt from the Dover Amendment in an attempt to protect residents after Harvard University became the majority landowner of property in the city.
Somerville and Medford are attempting to join Cambridge in Dover exemption with the proposal of the "Home Rule Petitions." These petitions are state bills requiring institutions to provide their master plan to the municipality for approval.
However, the Home Rule Petition is met with impressive opposition from a group of lobbyists on Tufts's payroll known as the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in Massachusetts. The Tufts Daily reported that Richard Doherty, president of AICUM, argued "an exemption would threaten the academic and religious freedom of private colleges and put them at the mercy of local zoning politics." While this logic is held up in the case of Olin Hall, where the Dover Amendment protected the Residential Quad from being turned into a parking lot, it neglects the right of local residents to have a say in how their community is developed.
While the larger movement to hold Tufts accountable progresses with the fight to enact the Home Rule Petition, Korcynski and Ruma are staying focused on the immediate problems posed by the Cummings Center. Despite a two-to-one majority ruling from the Medford Board of Appeals, Korcynski and Ruma's appeal on November 7 for the Foundation Permit revocation was not granted because the vote needed to be unanimous. Construction of the Cummings Center continued according to plan, but the Burget Avenue neighbors have not given up.
Ruma and Korcynski, along with the surrounding community, will try once more to halt construction at the upcoming Zoning Board of Appeals meeting on Wednesday, February 26. It will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Alden Council Chambers in Medford City Hall. If the ruling does not go their way, either party will have the opportunity to appeal the decision in Land Court, a judicial body specializing in disputes over property. Such a move would require serious money and lawyer power—it would be difficult for the city and its residents to match Tufts's legal team from Mintz Levin, one of Boston's premier law firms.
It is no question that the Joyce Cummings Center will be an incredible asset for Tufts, featuring an outdoor plaza, public café, and fifteen classrooms including a 160-seat auditorium. Newer projects including the Collaborative Learning and Innovation Complex (574 Boston Avenue) and the Science and Engineering Complex are perfect examples of the benefits that Tufts students and faculty gain from renovations. However, we must remain cognizant of instances where student life improves at the expense of the surrounding community.
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Q: How do you properly analyze decoherence when the system-environment interaction is strong? The standard decoherence analyses work something like this. Split the universe into a system and its environment, and split the Hamiltonian as the sum of the system Hamiltonian, environment Hamiltonian and the system-environment interaction Hamiltonian. Assume an initial stosszahlansatz factorization into the product state of a pure environment state and a pure system state. Evolve over time, then take the partial trace over the environment to get the reduced density matrix for the system.
This works fairly well if the magnitude of the interaction Hamiltonian is small in comparison with the system Hamiltonian. Under decoherence, in the pointer state basis, the off-diagonal entries get suppressed, and the pointer states are obtained from maximizing predictability via minimizing the von Neumann entropy over time. But what if the interaction isn't weak? Then, assuming we are dealing with an example with decoherence and predictability, stable pointer states do exist but are not product states, but rather entangled pure states between the system and the environment.
An example might help to clarify matters here. With a spatially sharp boundary between the system and the environment, quantum fluctuations across the boundary over length scales smaller than the correlation length become significant. There are still pure stably predictable pointer states. It's just that they are entangled up to distances of the order of the correlation length to both sides of the boundary. A conventional decoherence analysis will mangle this up, though. The partial trace will give a mixed state with a von Neumann entropy proportional to the area of the boundary in Planck units, assuming a Planck scale cutoff. This is a fake entropy, though, and falsely suggests the actual predictability is much less than it actually is. Contrast this with a different scenario where the system actually thermalizes and the entangled correlations are dumped into multiple fragments scattered all over the environment spreading ever farther and farther away. No one will consider this highly predictable. The difference is in the former, the entanglement is confined to a layer the thickness of the correlation length from the boundary, while in the latter, the entanglement spreads farther and farther outward. How should we improve decoherence measures to adapt to these sorts of scenarios?
I suppose you could say all we have to do is choose a better system-environment cut, but is there a general prescription for this? Can this always be done? What about the example of a strongly interacting conformal field theory with infinite correlation length? Do we invoke S-duality or the AdS/CFT correspondence to come up with an alternative weakly coupled description? What if this isn't possible? Such an example need not be irreducibly holistic, and might still be partially analyzed by breaking down into subsystems, but how do we do that?

A: There can be no quasiclassicality for an interacting conformal field theory with an infinite correlation length. Excitations and localized fluctuations tend to expand indefinitely in a conformal field theory. In Minkowski space, any excitation will keep spreading away becoming ever more dilute. In a conformal compatification where space has the topology of an n-sphere, excitations will spread until they are totally delocalized over the n-sphere. In either case, any stable records in the environment can't be accessed locally, only globally after sampling quantum information from all over space. No quasiclassicality, no decoherence.

A: The question is addressing the well known phenomena of "false decoherence". The OP already answered his own question by pointing out that the pointer states have to be "dressed states", i.e. entangled states. This is covered in any comprehensive overview of decoherence.

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In my previous article, I wrote about some places that you can visit in Sabang. (Please check the article here) Now, I will continue the article.
On my second day in Sabang, it was raining heavily along with thunder and strong wind. The rain did not stop until about 10 am. We who couldn't wait to explore finally decided to hop on into the car and explored the island despite the rain. Fortunately, our driver was a very talented driver he was able to drive the car well despite the slippery road. Our plan today was visiting several tourist attractions in the north-western region of Weh Island.
Zero Kilometer monument is located near Iboih Beach. Before entering the gate of Iboih Beach, we turn left from the main road and enter a long shady road where a lot of trees grow on both sides of the road. The route to the Zero Kilometer Monument can be quite stressful if you are not a good driver. Its up and down with a couple sharp turns blocking along the road, but the fresh air and beautiful scenery along the way make this trip very memorable.
Zero Kilometer monument is made as a state of boundary marker of the most western part of Indonesia. If we go to Merauke (located on Papua Island), there is also a Zero Kilometer Monument marked as the eastern side of Indonesia.
Iboih Beach is a famous beach in Sabang other than Sumur Tiga Beach. The location of the beach that lies just in front of Rubiah Island makes Iboih Beach has a calm wave because the island protected the beach from the strong current. When I first arrived at this beach, I was reminded of the atmosphere in Gili Trawangan, Lombok, where many people sell something on the left side of the road whereas the road was not too big and there is a beautiful beach not far from the beach. The difference between here and Gili Trawangan is there are more people and vehicles rather than in Gili Trawangan Islands.
I and my friends just spent a little time at Iboih Beach to continue snorkeling at Rubiah Island located just in front of Iboih Beach. Iboih Beach has a fine stretch of white sand, a beautiful bluish green gradient and also a super clear sea water so we can directly look at the bottom of the sea. If I had a longer time, I would have spent one to two nights at the hotels around this beach.
Besides Hotel and food stalls, around this beach, there are also places for renting the snorkeling equipment, diving place, and public bathroom. You can also ask at the snorkeling rental about renting an underwater camera or having a local guide to accompany you during snorkeling.
Rubiah Island is located right in front of Iboih Beach. To reach it, we have to cross it by small boat. There are several alternatives to hire boats on this Beach. First one is a one-way system, Second one, you can rent the boat to drop you to Rubiah Island and pick you up when you finish exploring the island. And the third one is renting the boat per hour or per day. These three ways, of course, have different prices.
The distance between Iboih Beach and Rubiah Island is less than 15 minutes by boat. On the island, there are many places to eat as many as places to rest after snorkeling. I also tried the octopus skewer or Octopus sate (Octopus Skewer) in one of the stalls there. Our guide said that there are also some hotels on this island, but I didn't see it anyway because we were only exploring the beach.
Rubiah Island has a very calm beach, the scenery above and below the sea is amazing. The water is clear, perfect blue gradation, colorful fishes passing by when we swim. We spent a day snorkeling on this island.
On this occasion, we were accompanied by a guide. He was very familiar with Rubiah Island. He invited us to beautiful places that had many beautiful fish and beautiful corals. Some parts of the island had a lot of sea urchins scorpion fish, so you'd better avoid the area if you want to snorkel in the island.
Actually, there are some more places that can be visited in Sabang, like Kasih Beach (one of the best places to watch the sunset in Sabang), the town square of Sabang, Pria Laot Waterfall, Aneuk Laot Lake, and others. But, due to the limited time, we could not visit those places.
That was my story during my trip to Weh Island, hopefully, it can help you if one day you want to visit this beautiful island.
To read this article in Indonesia Language, please click here.
iya lautnya bikin jatuh cinta deh.
The color of sea water in Rubiah Island is very stunning. Beautiful.
So clearly the water that beach …. ikannya cakep-cakep, ngggemesin ..


As a lady and her grandson approached me with an old shotgun, holding some of its parts in her hand, she had little hope that it could be repaired. At first view of the parts I wasn't too sure either. "This old gun was my husband's," she said, "and we hope you can fix it." To her grandson, an eager, young hunter, the broken gun held real sentimental value. I told them I would do my best.


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Nigeria's Ruling Party Leader Tinubu to Run for President
Ruth Olurounbi &
William Clowes
(Bloomberg) -- Bola Tinubu, leader of Nigeria's ruling All Progressives Congress, officially announced a plan to run for president of Africa's biggest oil producer in an election scheduled for next year.
Tinubu, who was governor of Lagos state from 1999 to 2007, told reporters of his intention Monday after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, the capital.
"I've informed the president," said the 69-year-old Tinubu, a Muslim from southwest Nigeria.
Tinubu is seeking the nomination of the APC, the party he helped form in 2013 as opposition to the then ruling People's Democratic Party.
The APC is expected to hold its convention next month, where it will determine its national leadership. The party will subsequently organize a process to select its chosen successor to Buhari, who will step down following elections in February 2023 after serving two terms.
Tinubu's prospects of becoming the APC's candidate will hinge on whether his party opts to maintain an unofficial convention of rotating the presidency between the largely Muslim north and predominantly Christian south.
Read more: Nigerian Opposition Hints it Wants Southerner as Next President
While speculation is growing that other high-profile politicians such as Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will seek the ruling party's nomination, Tinubu is the first to formally declare his ambitions.


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The pizza might be tasty—and the word "pizza" is part of Peter Piper Pizza's name—but the pie is an afterthought when kids get a glimpse of all of the other stuff around the place. Every imaginable game or plaything that dings, dongs, sings, buzzes, flashes or otherwise makes lots of noise packs the floor; kids can tally up tickets with certain activities to win useless yet exciting prizes. What might be a night in hell for parents—especially if the birthday party comes complete with a gaggle of screaming kids—is heaven in Tucson for children. C'mon, isn't your kid worth it?


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UK Fintech firm Monzo Raises £85m from US Venture Capital Investors
November 1, 2018 August 26, 2020 John CastilloLeave a Comment on UK Fintech firm Monzo Raises £85m from US Venture Capital Investors
Monzo Bank Ltd, the mobile-only UK-based bank, has recently raised funds worth £85 million from US venture capital firms General Catalyst and Accel Partners. With this investment, the company has crossed the milestone valuation of over £1 billion, making it the most recent UK start-up technology company to accomplish this feat. The company has said that its family has crossed one million customers and now counts for nearly 15 percent of all new bank accounts that are being open in the country. The bank has recently made the move to current accounts from its pre-paid card system.
The company is also planning to undergo another crowdfunding financing round of £20 million. In November last year, the fintech company had raised £71 million in an equity investment round from the company Goodwater Capital. This is a big feat for the company considering its run of only three and a half years.
However, the market is highly challenging for the company in the UK. One of its closest competitors Revolut raised funds worth $250 million at the beginning of the year. The company presently has 2 million customers. Berlin-based start-up firm N26 is also planning to launch a challenger bank app soon in the UK.
The deal marks the first investment in the technology domain for venture capital firm General Catalyst, which has formerly invested in the food delivery firm Deliveroo. The funding, however, is more likely a way of earning some time and resources to recover for Monzo as the company continues to undergo losses. According to latest reports, the company had made losses worth of £33.1 million in the financial year ending in February 2018.
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Junior Simpson is a screen actor whose professional career was kickstarted back in 1991 with various roles in the BBC's The Real McCoy. He has also played numerous parts in The Armstrong and Miller Show (1999), and in 2002 gained the part of Desmond in Holby City. 2003 saw him play Telethon MC in Keen Eddie, and in 2005 he performed as an African clergyman in Channel 4's Meet the Magoons. In 207, he played Mickey Canham in the BBC's Casualty. Film work includes Mickey in High Heels and Low Lifes (2002), Dex in Richard Curtis' smash hit film Love Actually (2003), and Dildar Singh in Don't Stop Dreaming.


How to get from Barcelona to Algeciras?
Get prices, times and duration for the journey Barcelona Algeciras by clicking on the 'Check prices' button and after entering your dates of departure and the number of passengers. Note that we are trying to get as many prices as we can from different online travel agencies, but sometimes it may not be possible.
Locate cities of Barcelona and Algeciras on a map as well as the route Barcelona Algeciras and the different connecting points (Algeciras Railway Station, Algeciras Coach Station, Algeciras Port, Barcelona-El Prat Airport, Barcelona-Sants Railway Station, ...) by clicking on the 'Details & Map' button.
For your trip from Barcelona (Spain) to Algeciras (Spain) with a distance of 548 mi you will be able to take 5 modes of transport, eventually by combining plane, carpooling, ferry, bus and/or train, and according to which the duration of the journey will be significantly different.
No sea crossing will allow you to go directly from Barcelona to Algeciras but it is possible to travel only by boat to make this route thanks to the maritime connections Barcelona-Tangier and Tangier-Algeciras.
You will embark at the port of Barcelona at 1.1 mi from Barcelona aboard a ship of Grimaldi Lines or Grandi Navi Veloci. The ferry will dock in the port of Tangier Med at 18 mi from Tangier. We advise you to show up at the port of Barcelona for boarding around one or two hours before the time of departure indicated on your reservation.Another sea crossing is necessary to reach Algeciras from Barcelona: Tangier-Algeciras is operated by Acciona Trasmediterránea, FRS Iberia, Baleària, Inter Shipping or AML.
It is not possible to travel directly by train from Barcelona to Algeciras without changing trains but some trains run on lines Barcelona-Granada and Granada-Algeciras allowing you to make the entire trip only by rail.
Trains Trenhotel of Renfe to Granada leave from Barcelona-Sants railway station in Barcelona. Arrival in Granada will take place at Granada station (0.8 mi from the city centre). Correspondence or change is required in Granada where the train MD70 operated by Renfe leave for Algeciras.
No coach company allows you to get you directly to Algeciras from Barcelona without changing buses, you will have to take the coach lines Barcelona-Granada and Granada-Algeciras.
You will board a coach of ALSA in Barcelona. The bus will drop you off at Granada bus station (0.1 mi from Granada, Spain). Please make sure to show up on time at Barcelone Sants bus station (0.2 mi from Barcelona) at least 15 minutes before the time of departure for Granada. Once arrived in Granada, take another coach of ALSA that will take you to Algeciras bus station ( Spain).
No flight allows you to fly directly to Algeciras from Barcelona. You can take the flight Barcelona-Malaga and complete the other part of your journey traveling by bus.
Leave Barcelona and arrive early enough (at least 2 hours before the departure time) at Barcelona-El Prat BCN airport, 8.1 mi away, to check in your luggage for the flight to Malaga (Malaga-Costa del Sol airport, IATA code: AGP) operated by Vueling Airlines or Ryanair.
Blablacar is the main carpooling platform in Europe where drivers having the route Granada-Algeciras will be able to share a ride with you that you will combine with a trip by train in order to cover the entire trip.
Which carriers to travel between Barcelona and Algeciras?
The ferries of Grimaldi Lines make the crossing between Barcelona and Tangier where they serve the ports of Barcelona and Tangier Med respectively 1.1 mi and 18 mi distant from their city centre.
The ships of Baleària ensure the maritime connection between Tangier and Algeciras where they serve the ports of Tangier Med and Algeciras respectively 18 mi and 0.4 mi distant from their city centre.
The boats of Grandi Navi Veloci navigate on the line between Barcelona and Tangier where they serve the ports of Barcelona and Tangier Med respectively 1.1 mi and 18 mi distant from their city centre.
ALSA operates the intercity bus services from the bus station of Barcelone Sants in Barcelona and to the one of Granada ( Spain) and between the city of Granada (serving Granada bus station at 0.1 mi from centre) and the city of Algeciras where the coach will drop you off at Algeciras station situated at about 0.4 mi from Algeciras city centre.
When travelling from Algeciras to Barcelona by plane, carpooling, ferry, bus, train, you might have to change at Granada located at 126 mi from Algeciras, Malaga 71 mi away from Algeciras, Loja situated at 102 mi from Algeciras (Spain) Tangier at approximately 32 mi from Algeciras (Morocco). If you have some time on your way to Algeciras or back to Barcelona, this may be a really good opportunity to visit and have a short stay in those cities.


Sirens almost always spell trouble. For the Brits and Germans in World War 2, it meant bombs were about to rain down.
For the Americans in the Cold War 1960s, it meant an imminent from-Russiawith-love nuclear rocket was about to explode in your backyard and so children were taught to take cover under their desks – the theory possibly being that if you're about to die, closed-eyed under the desk is a better way to go than staring out the window at the fast-approaching mushroom cloud.
Sirens have been with us for centuries. In Greek mythology, the hero Odysseus escaped certain shipwreck from the allure of the songs of the beautiful Sirens, by stuffing his crew's ears with beeswax and tying himself to the mast, so that he could listen but not be swayed.
South Africa is no different. When listening to the sirens from those on the extremes of the left and the right, any normal citizen would surely sail their ship deliberately at the rocks, simply for the joy of peace and quiet.
In the case of Odysseus, the Sirens became so distraught by someone being able to endure their songs and not "lose it", that they promptly threw themselves into the sea. It is a lesson all South Africans should hear. If we wish to build a prosperous nation we can't drown out the sirens, but we must be resolute in not changing course. Or keep our beeswax handy.
If you take a sail through the dire straights of Facebook and Twitter, the sirens to the left and the right quickly hear your approach and turn up the volume on their boom boxes (an ancient portable music device).
On the extreme left, the song goes that every European needs to pack their bags and "tsek" back to Europe.
On the right, the Boere are an endangered African species and the United Nations needs to send a peacekeeping force pronto, before we have another Battle of Blood River.
Both views ignore that thing we call a constitution and which says South Africa belongs to all who live in it, united in our diversity.
Prompted by the parliamentary decision to review Section 25 of the constitution, the right maintain the (rotten) apartheid chestnut that this was "empty land" when the settlers arrived, and that the Xhosas, the Zulus, and the rest arrived after Jan put foot on Cape Town's beaches.
On the left it's clear – white settlers stole the land from black people; through guns and treachery this land was taken from black ancestors.
Again, both conveniently ignore that there can only be two claims when deciding who South Africa belongs to.
The archaeological and historical evidence is clear: other than the San, everyone else migrated to this southern tip of Africa – first the Khoekhoe, then the Bantu, then the Europeans and, most recently, other African (and global) citizens. So either it belongs to the San – if "who was here first" is the criteria – or South Africa belongs to everyone crazy enough to live in it.
It's one of the right's favourites – us white okes brought clothes, writing and awesome technology like surfboards and the wheel (so you guys should actually be eternally grateful or you'd still be walking around barefoot and semi-naked). The more modern version of the song being "colonialism wasn't all bad".
The left sing about genocide, about germs, about how only the settlers came, saw, extracted the diamonds, enslaved the locals, created the evil of apartheid and now want to live in peace and harmony in their high security complexes while ordinary South Africans starve.
The uncomfortable truth is that the world of our ancestors was both a bloody and humane one, in which as often as might was right, sometimes people actually liked each other and just got on with life.
No-one is free of blood on their hands and it's a trap of hindsight to divide the world up into neat "us" and "them" sides in which our side owns the moral high ground. The truth is fortunately more complex.
A very hip tune among the youth at the moment, if one listens to the fall-out from the recent documentary in which Mama Winnie supposedly exposes Stratcom operatives masquerading as journalists and the UDF is seen to abandon her, is a number called "eat ourselves".
The extreme left have now Googled who was in the UDF at the time and, in McCarthy witch hunt mode, cry out for every name on that list to prove that they never had it in for Winnie.
Journalists and community leaders who were jailed for fighting apartheid now face having to prove their struggle credentials to young upstarts who were not there at the time.
The right, in turn, create an impervious boerevolk laager, in which the night of the long knives is upon us – white (Afrikaner) people are now subject to genocide and a systematic destruction of their culture, and any dissenting voices, any voice that dares suggest the emperor has no clothes, is immediately branded a traitor to their people and bullied or beaten into submission.
Both sirens conveniently ignore that people are human – they have capacity for good and bad; that diverse societies like ours are complex; that history always paints in broad brushes.
That truth is not owned by one person, or one party, but is an outcome of (authentic) dialogue in which everyone gets to share their hurt, their trauma and their hopes.
In the focus on the songs, the bit that's often missed in the telling of how Odysseus silenced the Sirens is how the Sirens came to be locked into songs of destruction in the first place.
The legend has it that Hades (the god of the underworld and brother to Zeus) fell in love with Persephone (the daughter of Zeus: god of heavens/thunder, and Demeter: god of nature/harvest), but her mother, Demeter, wouldn't have it.
So Hades abducted Persephone and the Sirens were meant to stop him/find her. They failed and were banished by Demeter to their islands, apparently taking revenge for their disgrace on passing sailors.
But long story short, Persephone (associated with Spring) is central to the Greek myth of seasonal birth and death: had she not been abducted, the cycle of life would not have been initiated.
The story of the Sirens is the story of South Africa in which the hope of democracy is our Persephone, and Hades is the harsh reality of the world post-apartheid.
It would appear that our democracy has been temporarily abducted (necessarily so). Our sirens who were complicit in its abduction by their inability to stop reality are now doomed to seek revenge on those who listen and stray.
The only way to end the song of the sirens (beeswax being but a temporary solution) is to listen to the sirens, but to tie ourselves to the mast so that we're not distracted from our course.
Our "mast"? What else but our constitution and our common humanity?


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Patrick Bauer sustains season-ending Achilles injury as Preston edge Bournemouth
By PA Staff 01 December 2020
(Image credit: Adam Davy)
Preston's Championship win over Bournemouth was marred by Patrick Bauer sustaining a season-ending Achilles injury, manager Alex Neil revealed after the game.
Bauer added to Tom Barkhuizen's goal and Scott Sinclair's 40-yard lob to put North End 3-0 up and they held off a late fightback, with goals from Junior Stanislas and Sam Surridge, to win 3-2 and continue their good away form.
But it came at a cost and Neil said: "We are all gutted for Pat. It's going to finish his season, which is devastating for him and for us.
"Patrick's injury is devastating, and that is the main emotion at the moment for us, but in terms of the game it was really pleasing of course. We deservedly won the game tonight."
Preston took the lead in the 16th minute after Barkhuizen applied the finishing touch to a rapid counter-attack.
Sinclair spotted Asmir Begovic off his line to score from long range four minutes into the second half and centre-back Bauer slid in to score via the inside off the post in the 68th minute.
Neil hailed Sinclair's goal, adding: "Scott has got quality. It was a fantastic strike, when he hit it I was thinking he should have passed it but when it went in it was great.
"He was magnificent tonight, I'm really pleased for him because he works his socks off and he's a great lad."
Stanislas's sweetly-struck 25-yard free-kick with 19 minutes left gave the home side hope before Surridge headed in his first Bournemouth league goal with four minutes left, but manager Jason Tindall admitted his side gave themselves too much of a "mountain to climb".
Tindall said: "I felt we deserved the two goals and, had the game gone on for another five minutes, we might have got something.
"If you look at the goals we conceded, they did not deserve to score three goals because they came from our mistakes.
"The goals came at the wrong time for us and I did not think we deserved to be 3-0 down.
"That is football sometimes and if you like to attack and don't get your organisation sorted at the back, you are likely to be punished.
"Credit to Preston because they counter-attacked well and took their chances.
"When you are two or three nil down at home or away it is a mountain to climb and today was too big a mountain to climb.
"We did not click from an attacking point of view as often as we'd have liked but we just have to put that down as a bad night at the office."
Jason Tindall
AFC Bournemouth vs Preston North End