text:
\section{Introduction}

Our notation is standard (e.g., see \cite{Bol98}); specifically, we write
$G\left(  n\right)  $ for a graph of order $n$ and $\mu\left(  G\right)  $ for
the maximum eigenvalue of the adjacency matrix of $G.$

Write $T_{r}\left(  n\right)  $ for the $r$-partite Tur\'{a}n graph of order
$n$ and let $G=G\left(  n\right)  .$ In \cite{FLZ07} it is shown that if $G$
is $r$-partite, then $\mu\left(  G\right)  <\mu\left(  T_{r}\left(  n\right)
\right)  $ unless $G=T_{r}\left(  n\right)  $. On the other hand, Wilf
\cite{Wil86} showed that if $G$ is $K_{r+1}$-free, then $\mu\left(  G\right)
\leq\left(  1-1/r\right)  n.$ We strengthen these two results as follows.

\begin{theorem}
\label{th1} If $G=G\left(  n\right)  $ is a $K_{r+1}$-free graph, then
$\mu\left(  G\right)  <\mu\left(  T_{r}\left(  n\right)  \right)  $ unless
$G=T_{r}\left(  n\right)  .$
\end{theorem}

Next, let $G$ be a graph of order $n,$ size $m,$ and maximum degree
$\Delta\left(  G\right)  =\Delta.$ One of the best known facts about
$\mu\left(  G\right)  $ is the inequality $\mu\left(  G\right)  \geq2m/n,$ due
to Collatz and Sinogovitz \cite{CoSi57}. In \cite{Nik06} we gave upper and
lower bounds on $\mu\left(  G\right)  -2m/n$ in terms of degree deviation. In
turn, Cioab\u{a} and Gregory \cite{CiGr07} showed that, if $G$ is irregular
and $n\geq4,$ then $\mu-2m/n>1/\left(  n\Delta+2n\right)  .$ In this note we
give another proof of this bound and improve it for most graphs.

Call a graph \emph{subregular} if $\Delta\left(  G\right)  -\delta\left(
G\right)  =1$ and all but one vertices have the same degree.

\begin{theorem}
\label{th2}If $G$ is an irregular graph of order $n\geq4$ and size $m$, then
\begin{equation}
\mu\left(  G\right)  -2m/n>1/\left(  2m+2n\right)  \label{in1}%
\end{equation}
unless $G$ is subregular. If $G$ is subregular with $\Delta\left(  G\right)
=\Delta$, then
\begin{equation}
\mu\left(  G\right)  -2m/n>1/\left(  n\Delta+2n\right)  . \label{in2}%
\end{equation}

\end{theorem}

Finally, write $B_{k}$ for the graph consisting of $k$ triangles sharing an
edge, and let $0\leq k\leq l\leq\Delta.$ Shi and Song \cite{ShSo07} showed
that if $G=G\left(  n\right)  $ is a connected graph with $\Delta\left(
G\right)  =\Delta,$ with no $B_{k+1}$ and no $K_{2,l+1},$ then
\begin{equation}
\mu\left(  G\right)  \leq\left(  k-l+\sqrt{\left(  k-l\right)  ^{2}%
+4\Delta+4l(n-1)}\right)  /2. \label{in3.0}%
\end{equation}

We extend this result as follows.

\begin{theorem}
\label{th3}Let $0\leq k\leq l.$ If $G=G\left(  n\right)  $ is a graph with
$\Delta\left(  G\right)  =\Delta,$ with no $B_{k+1}$ and no $K_{2,l+1},$ then
\begin{equation}
\mu\left(  G\right)  \leq\min\left\{  \Delta,\left(  k-l+1+\sqrt{\left(
k-l+1\right)  ^{2}+4l(n-1)}\right)  /2\right\}  . \label{in3}%
\end{equation}
If $G$ is connected, equality holds if and only if one of the following
conditions holds:

(i) $\Delta^{2}-\Delta\left(  k-l+1\right)  \leq l(n-1)$ and $G$ is $\Delta$-regular;

(ii) $\Delta^{2}-\Delta\left(  k-l+1\right)  >l(n-1)$ and every two vertices
of $G$ have $k$ common neighbors if they are adjacent, and $l$ common
neighbors otherwise.
\end{theorem}

We note without a proof that (\ref{in3}) implies (\ref{in3.0}).

\section{Proofs}

\begin{proof}
[\textbf{Proof of Theorem \ref{th1}}]Write $k_{r}\left(  G\right)  $ for the
number of $r$-cliques of $G.$ The following result is given in \cite{Nik02}:
if $G$ is $K_{r+1}$-free graph, then
\begin{equation}
\mu^{r}\left(  G\right)  \leq%
{\textstyle\sum\limits_{s=2}^{r}}
\left(  s-1\right)  k_{s}\left(  G\right)  \mu^{r-s}\left(  G\right)  .
\label{polyn}%
\end{equation}
According to a result of Zykov \cite{Zyk49} (see also Erd\H{o}s \cite{Erd62}),
if the clique number of a graph $G$ is $r$, then $k_{s}\left(  G\right)
<k_{s}\left(  T_{r}\left(  n\right)  \right)  $ for every $2\leq s\leq r$,
unless $G=T_{r}\left(  n\right)  .$ Assuming that $G\neq T_{r}\left(
n\right)  $, Zykov's theorem implies that $k_{s}\left(  G\right)
<k_{s}\left(  T_{r}\left(  n\right)  \right)  $ for every $2\leq s\leq r.$
Hence, in view of (\ref{polyn}), we have%
\[
\mu^{r}\left(  G\right)  <%
{\textstyle\sum\limits_{s=2}^{r}}
\left(  s-1\right)  k_{s}\left(  T_{r}\left(  n\right)  \right)  \mu
^{r-s}\left(  G\right)  .
\]
This implies that $\mu\left(  G\right)  <x,$ where $x$ is the largest root of
the equation
\begin{equation}
x^{r}=%
{\textstyle\sum\limits_{s=2}^{r}}
\left(  s-1\right)  k_{s}\left(  T_{r}\left(  n\right)  \right)  x^{r-s}.
\label{Tce}%
\end{equation}
It is known (see, e.g., \cite{CDS80}, p. 74) that (\ref{Tce}) is the
characteristic equation of the Tur\'{a}n graph; so, $\mu\left(  G\right)
<x=\mu\left(  T_{r}\left(  n\right)  \right)  ,$ completing the proof.
\end{proof}

\bigskip

To simplify the proof of Theorem \ref{th2}, we first prove inequality
(\ref{in1}) for two special graphs.

\begin{proposition}
\label{pro1}Inequality (\ref{in1}) holds if $G$ has $n-2$ vertices of degree
$n-1$ and $2$ vertices of degree $n-2$.
\end{proposition}

\begin{proof}
Clearly, $G$ is the complete graph of order $n$ with one edge removed. Using
the theorem of Finck and Grohmann \cite{FiGr65} (see also \cite{CDS80},
Theorem 2.8), we find that
\[
\mu\left(  G\right)  =\frac{n-3+\sqrt{n^{2}+2n-7}}{2}.
\]
Hence, in view of $2m=n^{2}-n-2,$ we obtain,%
\begin{align*}
\mu\left(  G\right)  -\frac{2m}{n}  &  =\frac{\sqrt{n^{2}+2n-7}-\left(
n+1-\frac{4}{n}\right)  }{2}=\frac{4n-8}{n^{2}\left(  \sqrt{n^{2}%
+2n-7}+\left(  n+1-\frac{4}{n}\right)  \right)  }\\
&  >\frac{4n-8}{n^{2}\left(  n+1+\left(  n+1-\frac{4}{n}\right)  \right)
}\geq\frac{2n-4}{n\left(  n^{2}+n-2\right)  }\geq\frac{1}{n^{2}+n-2}=\frac
{1}{2m+2n},
\end{align*}
completing the proof.
\end{proof}

\bigskip

\begin{proposition}
\label{pro2}Inequality (\ref{in1}) holds if $G$ has $n-2$ vertices of degree
$n-2$ and $2$ vertices of degree $n-1$.
\end{proposition}

\begin{proof}
We easily deduce that $n$ is even, say $n=2k,$ and that $G$ is the complement
of a $\left(  k-1\right)  $-matching. Using the theorem of Finck and Grohmann,
we find that
\[
\mu\left(  G\right)  =\frac{n-3+\sqrt{n^{2}-2n+9}}{2}.
\]
Hence, in view of $2m=n^{2}-2n+2,$ we obtain,%
\begin{align*}
\mu\left(  G\right)  -\frac{2m}{n}  &  =\frac{\sqrt{n^{2}-2n+9}-\left(
n-1+\frac{4}{n}\right)  }{2}=\frac{4n-8}{n^{2}\left(  \sqrt{n^{2}%
-2n+9}+\left(  n-1+\frac{4}{n}\right)  \right)  }\\
&  >\frac{4n-8}{n^{2}\left(  n+1+\left(  n-1+\frac{4}{n}\right)  \right)
}=\frac{2n-4}{n\left(  n^{2}+2\right)  }\geq\frac{1}{n^{2}+2}=\frac{1}{2m+2n},
\end{align*}
completing the proof.
\end{proof}

\bigskip

\begin{proof}
[\textbf{Proof of Theorem \ref{th2}}]Set $V=V\left(  G\right)  ,$ $\mu
=\mu\left(  G\right)  ,$ and $\delta=\delta\left(  G\right)  .$ Assume first
that $G$ is not subregular.\bigskip

\emph{Proof of inequality (\ref{in1})}

Our proof is based on Hofmeister's inequality \cite{Hof88}: $\mu^{2}%
\geq\left(  1/n\right)
{\textstyle\sum_{u\in V}}
d^{2}\left(  u\right)  .$\bigskip

\textbf{Case: }$\Delta-\delta\geq2$

In this case we easily see that
\[%
{\textstyle\sum\limits_{u\in V}}
\left(  d\left(  u\right)  -\frac{2m}{n}\right)  ^{2}\geq2>\frac{2m}%
{m+n}+\frac{n}{4\left(  m+n\right)  ^{2}},
\]
and so,
\[
\mu\geq\sqrt{\frac{1}{n}%
{\textstyle\sum\limits_{u\in V}}
d^{2}\left(  u\right)  }=\sqrt{\frac{1}{n}%
{\textstyle\sum\limits_{u\in V}}
\left(  d\left(  u\right)  -\frac{2m}{n}\right)  ^{2}+\frac{4m^{2}}{n^{2}}%
}>\frac{2m}{n}+\frac{1}{2m+2n},
\]
as claimed. Thus, hereafter we shall assume that $\Delta-\delta=1.$\bigskip

\textbf{Case: }$\Delta-\delta=1$

Letting $k$ be the number of vertices of degree $\Delta=\delta+1,$ we have
$2m/n=\delta+k/n,$ and so,
\[
\frac{1}{n}%
{\textstyle\sum\limits_{u\in V}}
\left(  d\left(  u\right)  -\frac{2m}{n}\right)  ^{2}=\frac{n-k}{n}\left(
\frac{k}{n}\right)  ^{2}+\frac{k}{n}\left(  \frac{n-k}{n}\right)  ^{2}%
=\frac{k\left(  n-k\right)  }{n^{2}}.
\]
Hence, if
\begin{equation}
\frac{k\left(  n-k\right)  }{n^{2}}>\frac{2m}{n\left(  m+n\right)  }+\frac
{1}{4\left(  m+n\right)  ^{2}}, \label{in6}%
\end{equation}
then inequality (\ref{in1}) follows as above. Assume for contradiction that
(\ref{in6}) fails.

Suppose first that either $k=2$ or $n-k=2.$ Since (\ref{in6}) fails, we see
that
\begin{align}
2-\frac{4}{n}  &  =\frac{\left(  n-2\right)  2}{n}\leq\frac{k\left(
n-k\right)  }{n}\leq\frac{2m}{m+n}+\frac{n}{4\left(  m+n\right)  ^{2}%
}\nonumber\\
&  =2-\frac{2n}{m+n}+\frac{n}{4\left(  m+n\right)  ^{2}}. \label{in7}%
\end{align}
In view of Propositions \ref{pro1} and \ref{pro2}, we may assume that
$\delta\leq n-3,$ and so%
\[
2m=\delta n+k\leq\delta n+n-2\leq n^{2}-2n-2.
\]
Noting that (\ref{in7}) increases in $m$, we obtain
\[
-\frac{4}{n^{2}}\leq-\frac{4}{n^{2}-2}+\frac{1}{\left(  n^{2}-2\right)  ^{2}%
},
\]
a contradiction for $n\geq4$.

Finally, let $k\geq3$ and $n-k\geq3;$ thus, $n\geq6.$ We have
\[
2m=\delta n+k\leq\delta n+n-3\leq\left(  n-2\right)  n+n-3.
\]
By assumption inequality (\ref{in6}) fails; hence,
\[
3-\frac{9}{n}\leq\frac{\left(  n-k\right)  k}{n}\leq2-\frac{2n}{m+n}+\frac
{n}{4\left(  m+n\right)  ^{2}}\leq2-\frac{4n}{n^{2}+n-3}+\frac{n}{\left(
n^{2}+n-3\right)  ^{2}}.
\]
This inequality is a contradiction for $n\geq6,$ completing the proof of
(\ref{in6}).\bigskip

\emph{Proof of inequality (\ref{in2}) when }$G$\emph{ is subregular }

Since $G$ is subregular, it has either a single vertex of degree $\Delta$ or a
single vertex of degree $\delta.$ Clearly, $\delta\geq1$, and so
$m>n/2.$\bigskip

\textbf{Case: }$G$\textbf{ has a single vertex of degree }$\Delta$

Setting $\Delta=k+1$ and
\[
c=\frac{nk+1}{n}+\frac{1}{n\left(  k+3\right)  }=k+\frac{k+4}{n\left(
k+3\right)  },
\]
in view of $2m=nk+1,$ inequality (\ref{in2}) amounts to $\mu>c\left(
G\right)  .$

Select a vertex $u\in V$ with $d\left(  u\right)  =k+1;$ partition $V$ as
$V=\left\{  u\right\}  \cup V\backslash\left\{  u\right\}  $ and let $B$ be
the quotient matrix of this partition (see, e.g. \cite{GoRo01}, Ch. 9), i.e.,%
\[
B=\left(
\begin{array}
[c]{cc}%
0 & \frac{k+1}{n-1}\\
k+1 & k-\frac{k+1}{n-1}%
\end{array}
\right)  .
\]
Writing $P\left(  x\right)  $ for the characteristic polynomial of $B$ and
observing that $k\leq n-2,$ we have%
\begin{align*}
P\left(  c\right)   &  =\left(  k+\frac{k+4}{n\left(  k+3\right)  }\right)
\left(  k+\frac{k+4}{n\left(  k+3\right)  }-\left(  k-\frac{k+1}{n-1}\right)
\right)  -\frac{\left(  k+1\right)  ^{2}}{n-1}\\
&  =k\frac{k+4}{n\left(  k+3\right)  }+\frac{1}{n^{2}}\left(  \frac{k+4}%
{k+3}\right)  ^{2}+\left(  \frac{k+4}{n\left(  k+3\right)  }\right)
\frac{k+1}{n-1}-\frac{k+1}{n-1}\\
&  =-\frac{3}{n\left(  k+3\right)  }+\frac{1}{n^{2}}\left(  \frac{k+4}%
{k+3}\right)  ^{2}+\frac{\left(  k+1\right)  }{n\left(  n-1\right)  \left(
k+3\right)  }\\
&  =\frac{1}{n^{2}\left(  k+3\right)  }\left(  -3n+2k+6+\frac{1}{k+3}%
+\frac{k+1}{n-1}\right) \\
&  \leq\frac{1}{n^{2}\left(  k+3\right)  }\left(  -3n+2\left(  n-2\right)
+6+\frac{1}{4}+1\right)  <0.
\end{align*}
By interlacing, $P\left(  \mu\right)  \geq0>P\left(  c\right)  ,$ and so
$\mu>c,$ completing the proof of (\ref{in2}) in this case.\bigskip

\textbf{Case: }$G$\textbf{ has a single vertex of degree }$\delta$

Setting $\Delta=k$ and
\[
c=\frac{nk-1}{n}+\frac{1}{n\left(  k+3\right)  }=k-\frac{k+1}{n\left(
k+2\right)  },
\]
in view of $2m=nk-1,$ inequality (\ref{in2}) amounts to $\mu>c.$

Select $u\in V$ with $d\left(  u\right)  =k-1;$ partition $V$ as $V=\left\{
u\right\}  \cup V\backslash\left\{  u\right\}  $ and let $B$ be the quotient
matrix of this partition, i.e.,%
\[
B=\left(
\begin{array}
[c]{cc}%
0 & \frac{k-1}{n-1}\\
k-1 & k-\frac{k-1}{n-1}%
\end{array}
\right)  .
\]
Writing $P\left(  x\right)  $ for the characteristic polynomial of $B$ and
observing that $k\leq n-2,$ we have
\begin{align*}
P\left(  c\right)   &  =\left(  k-\frac{k+1}{n\left(  k+2\right)  }\right)
\left(  k-\frac{k+1}{n\left(  k+2\right)  }-\left(  k-\frac{k-1}{n-1}\right)
\right)  -\frac{\left(  k-1\right)  ^{2}}{n-1}\\
&  =-\frac{k\left(  k+1\right)  }{n\left(  k+2\right)  }+\frac{1}{n^{2}%
}\left(  \frac{k+1}{k+2}\right)  ^{2}+\frac{k-1}{n\left(  n-1\right)  \left(
k+2\right)  }+\frac{k-1}{n}\\
&  =-\frac{2}{n\left(  k+2\right)  }+\frac{1}{n^{2}}\left(  \frac{k+1}%
{k+2}\right)  ^{2}+\frac{k-1}{n\left(  n-1\right)  \left(  k+2\right)  }\\
&  =\frac{1}{n^{2}\left(  k+2\right)  }\left(  -2n+2k+1+\frac{1}{k+2}%
+\frac{k-1}{\left(  n-1\right)  }\right) \\
&  <\frac{1}{n^{2}\left(  k+2\right)  }\left(  -2n+2\left(  n-2\right)
+1+\frac{1}{1+2}+1\right)  <0.
\end{align*}
By interlacing, $P\left(  \mu\right)  \geq0>P\left(  c\right)  ,$ completing
the proof of (\ref{in2}).\bigskip
\end{proof}

\begin{proof}
[\textbf{Proof of Theorem \ref{th3}}]Set $V=V\left(  G\right)  $ and $\mu
=\mu\left(  G\right)  ;$ given $u\in V,$ write $\Gamma\left(  u\right)  $ for
the set of neighbors of $u.$ Select $u\in V;$ let $A=\Gamma\left(  u\right)
$, $B=V\backslash\left(  \Gamma\left(  u\right)  \cup\left\{  u\right\}
\right)  ,$ and $e\left(  A,B\right)  $ be the number of $A-B$ edges. Since
$G$ contains no $B_{k+1}$ and no $K_{2,l+1},$ we see that%
\begin{equation}%
{\textstyle\sum\limits_{v\in A}}
\left(  d\left(  v\right)  -k-1\right)  \leq%
{\textstyle\sum\limits_{v\in A}}
\left\vert \Gamma\left(  v\right)  \cap B\right\vert =e\left(  A,B\right)  =%
{\textstyle\sum\limits_{v\in A}}
\left\vert \Gamma\left(  v\right)  \cap A\right\vert \leq\left(  n-d\left(
u\right)  -1\right)  l. \label{in5}%
\end{equation}

Letting $A$ be the adjacency matrix of $G,$ note that the $u$th row sum of the
matrix
\[
C=A^{2}-\left(  k+1-l\right)  A-\left(  n-1\right)  lI_{n}%
\]
is equal to
\[%
{\textstyle\sum\limits_{v\in A}}
\left(  d\left(  v\right)  -k-1\right)  -\left(  n-1-d\left(  u\right)
\right)  l;
\]
consequently, all row sums $C$ are nonpositive. Letting $\mathbf{x}=\left(
x_{1},\ldots,x_{n}\right)  $ be an eigenvector of $A$ to $\mu,$ we see that
the value
\[
\lambda=\mu^{2}-\left(  k+1-l\right)  \mu-\left(  n-1\right)  l
\]
is an eigenvalue of $C$ with eigenvector $\mathbf{x}$. Therefore, $\lambda
\leq0,$ and so,%
\[
\mu\leq\left(  k-l+1+\sqrt{\left(  k-l+1\right)  ^{2}+4l(n-1)}\right)  /2,
\]
completing the proof of inequality (\ref{in3}).

Let equality hold in (\ref{in3}) and $G$ be connected; thus, the eigenvector
$\mathbf{x}=\left(  x_{1},\ldots,x_{n}\right)  $ to $\mu$ is positive. We
shall prove the necessity of conditions \emph{(i)} and \emph{(ii)}. If
\[
\mu=\Delta\leq\left(  k-l+1+\sqrt{\left(  k-l+1\right)  ^{2}+4l(n-1)}\right)
/2,
\]
then $\Delta^{2}-\Delta\left(  k-l+1\right)  \leq l(n-1)$ and $G$ is $\Delta$-regular.

On the other hand, if
\[
\mu=\left(  k-l+1+\sqrt{\left(  k-l+1\right)  ^{2}+4l(n-1)}\right)
/2<\Delta,
\]
then $\Delta^{2}-\Delta\left(  k-l+1\right)  >l(n-1)$ and $\lambda=0.$ Scaling
$\mathbf{x}$ so that $x_{1}+\cdots+x_{n}=1,$ we see that $\lambda$ is a convex
combination of the row sums of $C$ which are nonpositive; thus, all row sums
of $C$ are $0.$ Since equality holds in (\ref{in5}) for every $u\in\left[
n\right]  ,$ every two vertices have exactly $k$ common neighbors if they are
adjacent, and exactly $l$ common neighbors otherwise. This completes the proof.
\end{proof}

\section{\textbf{Concluding remarks}}

Finding tight bounds on the spectral radius of subregular graphs is a
challenging problem. Specifically, we cannot determine for which subregular
graphs $G$ one has
\[
\mu\left(  G\right)  >\frac{2m}{n}+\frac{1}{2m+2n}.
\]

Note that strongly regular graphs satisfy condition \emph{(ii)} for equality
in (\ref{in3}), but irregular graphs can satisfy this condition as well, e.g.,
the star $K_{1,n-1}$ and the friendship graph.

Finally, setting $l=\Delta$ or $k=0,$ Theorem \ref{th3} implies assertions
that strengthen Corollaries 1 and 2 of \cite{ShSo07}.

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Ideally, you'll arrive at the studio with baby due to feed & drift off to sleep, some babies need plenty of milk and cuddles before they are happy to settle down to sleep, which is fine! There is absolutely no rush! There is no need to arrive early to feed, its all factored in for you.
We go at your baby's own pace. That's why I allow for around two to three hours per newborn session, although sometimes it can take less or more time than that.
Can I bring Friends or Grandparents to the Session?
Yes, absolutely. We can comfortably accommodate a maximum of four adults and the baby's siblings in the photography studio, so you are welcome to bring others with you if you wish.
Too many well-meaning voices calling instructions can lead to distractions and overwhelm an already overwhelmed sibling, so it's preferable to keep the number of visitors to a minimum and ask them to please not instruct them in any way. Ideally, choose to bring with you that one person who makes the sibling light up.
While grandparents love to attend the viewing sessions, some parents prefer to enjoy the moment by themselves its entirely your call. Choosing your images can prove difficult and too many conflicting opinions can make it even more so!
I encourage you to leave toddlers with a friend or sitter as you will find the experience a little more easy and relaxing to choose alone, without them bothering you.
If you are being photographed with your baby, or if you're having a family photoshoot, I recommend that you wear clothes that are in co-ordinating colours but are not matching.
I have an information pack to give you further guidance once you have booked in and I have created a PINTEREST BOARD with some great ideas for you.
How much should I expect to spend on products/photos?
Will my images look like those you have done for my friend?
As your chosen photographer, my aim is to create a special experience for you. Your photoshoot will be customised to your specific preferences so that I can create you images that you will love for years to come.
Being a professional photographer, with many years of experience, all my images will be created in a way that is true to my unique creative style. So please be sure to view my portfolio of images before you book since these demonstrate the style that your images will be created in. Hopefully, you love my work and want similar images for yourself!
That said, you do have an opportunity to influence the images by stating your preferences for colours, props and styling. Your images will incorporate your ideas and personal items (feel free to bring along any props that are important to you and that you want to be included in the photos), as well as the individual personality of your baby or children.
So it is unlikely that your images will be exactly the same as those of your friend since there are many things that will make your photoshoot unique.
What a great guide for what to expect and best tips for planning!
love how you answered all the questions with beautiful imagery too!
Love the way you break it all down for your clients! Gorgeous shots!
What great advise and beautiful work Channon!


For a special Yuletide treat, Santa Bauer revisits the French Laundry today. Thomas Keller's lauded flagship hasn't been re-reviewed in about four years, and with Timothy Hollingsworth recently stepping into the chef de cuisine role of the departed Corey Lee, it's a good excuse for an update.
Yet because of the whimsy that's incorporated into each dish and the countenance of the finely tuned staff, it never feels pretentious and stuffy... No corners are cut in the selection of ingredients, some of which come from the manicured gardens across the street, in the precise and exacting preparations or in the surroundings.
THE ELSEWHERE: Matthew Stafford also pens the EBX review this week at the new Marzano in Oakland, the MIJ's Tanya Henry is at San Rafael's Cafe Trio, the PressDem checks out Sebastopol's French Garden, the Merc checked out Quince earlier this week, and the Bauer Sunday offering had just 1.5 stars for Hubert Keller's Burger Bar.


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U.S. Policy On Syria Marked By Caution, Official Says
By Michele Kelemen
MELISSA BLOCK, HOST:
The militants who are attacking civilians in Iraq are also fighting in the Civil War next door in Syria. There the U.S. has backed moderate rebels who were battling against the ISIS extremists and the regime of Bashar al-Assad. But some say it's not enough. NPR's Michele Kelemen tells us about a case where the U.S. did get involved in Syria and what is says about American options in a world of many crises.
MICHELE KELEMEN, BYLINE: A top State Department official who plans to leave office next month says, the U.S. has to take risks in diplomacy. And, he says, Syria is the perfect example. Rick Barton who runs the Conflict and Stabilization Office talks about one program he started to pay the salaries of 1,300 police officers in Aleppo who opposed the Assad regime.
RICK BARTON: Giving these people a chance to provide for whatever local safety they can. Understand that we weren't stopping the bombing, which was the number one threat to people's lives, but the number two threat was - how do I conduct my daily life here in this place?
KELEMEN: The idea faced some troubles in Washington where a U.S. government review called on Barton to vet the officers. He says, the police chief in Aleppo saw that as an insult so the State Department official posed this question to his colleagues.
BARTON: Are we more worried about $100 a month going to somebody who could be a terrorist? Or are we more worried about losing 1,300 people who could be a firewall against thousands of terrorists?
KELEMEN: His argument went out and with some limited vetting the program went forward. Now the Danish government is footing the bill. But that was a small victory and one that may not last. A former State Department Advisor on Syria, Fred Hof, who's now with the Atlantic Council says, those police officers in Aleppo and other opposition figures are under threat from the Assad regime and from the Islamic State, or ISIS militants.
FRED HOF: So while ISIS assaults on the ground and the regime, you know, drops barrel bombs from helicopters we may find a situation in the not-too-distant future, you know, where the opposition to both ISIS and the regime is effectively eliminated on the ground in the Aleppo area.
KELEMEN: The the police program highlights the debate in Washington on how active the U.S. should be in the region. While Hof thinks the state department tried to be imaginative with its programs like the one in Aleppo, it was too limited to make a difference. He believes the U.S. made a mistake by not doing enough to arm and train the Syrian opposition earlier. The Middle East Institute's Daniel Serwer adds, small-scale initiatives won't work without a strategy.
DANIEL SERWER: We haven't supported them either on the civilian or the military side in a way that would enable them to actually govern and deliver services to the people who support them.
KELEMEN: Serwer, who teaches at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, says, this is part of a broader problem in the U.S. government. Which, he says, is reluctant to take on, as he puts it, nation-building projects.
SERWER: The world is a difficult place and the threats that we're facing are mostly coming from weak and fragile states. And to allow them to continue to produce an Ebola crisis, the Civil War in South Sudan, an Islamic State in Syria and Iraq is a mistake.
KELEMEN: The Assistant Secretary for Conflict and Stabilization Operations, Rick Barton, has a more positive outlook, though, as he prepares to leave office.
BARTON: This this is high risk work. It's venture capital. If we succeed in one out of every five or six or 10 places we will be a huge contributor to world peace. And we have to recognize that as opposed to sort of a risk-free model.
KELEMEN: Barton has a name for this - Asymmetric diplomacy. Michele Kelemen, NPR News, Washington. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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2019-04-16 | Criminal justice systems are being modified in numerous states within the USA. But are their new policies really working?
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Vieques Bonefishing With Capt. Franco Gonzalez: Puerto Rico's Best Flats Guide
Capt. Franco Gonzales with a big african pompano caught off Mosquito Pier, Vieques, PR.
Back in the summer of 2004 I was finishing up my ninth tarpon season in Key West and I wasn't happy. I had a full schedule of charters but the wind had been blowing a solid twenty knots since New Year's and didn't stop until right after my last client of the summer stepped off my boat. Just spotting a fish in those churned up conditions was a minor victory on some days. And to rub salt in my wounds, the number of guides working around Key West had easily tripled from the previous decade. Even if you could find a good spot out of the wind, thanks to the miracle of GPS someone else was usually there. I wanted out of the Keys and a small island off the coast of Puerto Rico called Vieques was the most likely candidate at the time.
Ensenada Honda, Vieques.
I knew I was going to live on this island before the wheels of the tiny Cessna even touched the short runway at Vieques International. Mile after mile of shoreline stretched out below me and no other charter boats except for one, owned by Capt. Franco Gonzalez, who'd been guiding on the island since 1999. I envied the hell out of the guy and I hadn't even spoken to him yet. And truthfully, I was afraid of actually doing that. Franco had something down here that was completely unheard of up in Florida. No competition.
When I first started fishing off Key West in the early-90s there were about twenty five full time flats guides on the island. Most were indifferent at best to a newcomers like myself. A few of them welcomed me like bad news after a colonoscopy. One notoriously short tempered veteran even threatened me with an ass-kicking after I got too close to him on a huge tarpon flat. I apologized profusely back at the dock and then pointed out to this particular vodka-sponge that, while I could probably use a good ass-kicking, I was twenty years younger and twenty pounds heavier than he was, and I didn't appreciate his way of "educating" me on the water. We settled on an uneasy truce after that. I never crowded him again and he never spoke to me again. Win, win.
Key West, the end of the road.
Conflicts like that were just another part of the Key West landscape, and I actually did everything I could to aviod them. Eventually I found success with my clients and developed a good reputation with most of the other guides on the island, so moving on after a decade on the flats was a big risk. What would it be like down on Vieques where there was no guide community, and only Franco Gonzalez to contend with?
Bonefishing at Purple Beach, Vieques.
I got the answer on my second trip to Puerto Rico when I spent a month down there looking at real estate, fishing from the Vieques shore and asking everyone I met if they thought Franco would tolerate another guide sharing his water. I finally worked up the nerve to call his number on the next to last day of my trip and book a charter with him. I decided to spill my guts and tell Franco that I was a guide hoping to move to Vieques and start running trips in a few months. I braced myself for a barrage of profanity (I learned all the Spanish swear words from the Cuban boatyards Key West,) but instead I got a very measured response of, "Well, thanks for telling me that."
So long story short: Franco took me out the next day, showed me the entire south side of Vieques, including his two most productive tarpon bays, and hooked me into my first Puerto Rican bonefish within five minutes of stepping onto his favorite flat in Ensenada Honda. I wrote a deposit check for a house later that day.
Ensenada Honda bonefish.
Capt. Franco Gonzalez had the island of Vieques to himself and could have said "Get lost, Gringo. Don't even think of stepping on my toes down here." A lot of other guides would have done exactly that, but Franco didn't. He did the exact opposite and I can't thank him enough for it.
Over the next few years we saw a big increase in tourism on Vieques and our two boats became a necessity on several occasions when groups of anglers would visit. In 2007 a New York Times article profiled both Franco and myself and business really took off. Our guide services complimented each other for the most part and my wife and I really benefited from having Franco as a friend down there.
Capt. Franco and one of his clients with the first permit ever caught on fly in Puerto Rico.
Two years ago the big tarpon of Pine Island beckoned me and I handed my share of the Vieques bonefish back to their original owner. They couldn't be in better hands. Capt. Franco Gonzalez is a not only a rock solid fly fishing guide but a true conservationist and the perfect ambassador for the flats of Vieques and Puerto Rico. If you're heading to the island anytime soon and want a perfect day on the water just give him a call at (787)450-3744.
Tight lines, Franco. See you soon.
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Christian author breaks through to mainstream
Exclusive: Jim Fletcher talks to writer of thrillers about Islam
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Blogger and researcher Jim Fletcher has worked in the book publishing industry for 15 years, and is now director of the apologetics group Prophecy Matters. His new book, "Truth Wins," provides important analysis of Rob Bell and his Emergent friends.
I wonder what Harvard dropout Robert Frost thought about on those early winter, spring, summer, and fall mornings when he'd pass the "Mending Wall" on his New Hampshire farm. For almost a decade, he attempted to farm, but eventually reality set in like a New England winter, and he set out on the journey that would seal his fame as an American poet (although, ironically, his first book of poetry was published in England).
Writers take their own singular journeys and end up where they end up. Some become famous, most become famous in their own minds. Some careers take years to develop and emerge. Some take off like a comet. No one ever knows where the next lightning-in-a-bottle will emerge. Most of us probably experience the Frost of cold rejections; some, however, seem to emerge almost suddenly.
Such is the case – I think – of Joel Rosenberg, the New York-born author/speaker who entered the world the year Israel won the Six Day War. His Orthodox Jewish family took a sharp turn when his parents converted to Christianity; today, Rosenberg is one of the country's most famous evangelicals (see my recent review of Rosenberg's sensational new novel, "The Twelfth Imam").
After graduating from Syracuse, Rosenberg drifted into political consulting, with Nathan Sharansky and Benjamin Netanyahu among his clients.
By all accounts, Rosenberg is a nice guy, and when I visited with him recently, that came through clearly. In fact, joking about his consulting business (he closed up shop in 1999, when Prime Minister Netanyahu was defeated by Ehud Barak), he said, "Failure has a wonderful way of focusing one's mind! I was a failed political consultant."
It was at this point that Rosenberg focused, realizing the need both to earn a living, but also to wisely use the gifts he'd been given. Writing seemed a natural choice.
"Almost every job I had in politics involved writing speeches, editorials, magazine articles or what have you," he said. "I did a lot of writing, including ghostwriting books for Steve Forbes and others."
It was then Rosenberg made a fateful decision: "I had been ghostwriting for several people, but I didn't know if that was sustainable for a long period of time. A few friends encouraged me: 'You should really try your hand at writing under your own name.' In terms of writing under my own name, in terms of writing fiction, that was a real pivot point.
"I felt I had two choices; the obvious first choice was to write conservative political analysis. However, I said, 'Joel, you are no Ann Coulter!'" he confessed. "I realized I'd be competing with some of the people I had worked for, and I didn't know if that was viable."
The "failed" political consultant then trudged up to the attic of his mind.
"But from the time I was eight years old, I had been writing novels and screenplays. When I was thinking about what my writing career now could look like, I realized it was somewhat hard to find conservative evangelicals who were writing fiction to a general market."
It seemed Rosenberg's own religious background, political experience, and writing were coalescing into … a career change that could be quite interesting. The next step was to get feedback from professionals.
"My experience in finding an agent was in fact miraculous," Rosenberg remembers. "I wrote three chapters of a novel and sent them to Peggy Noonan. She was the only friend I had who had written New York Times bestselling books. They weren't fiction of course, but I wanted Peggy's assessment of what I'd written."
Noonan, with her own gift for soaring writing, recognized immediately the talent that Rosenberg brought to the table.
"She wrote back and said, 'This is amazing.'" Noonan sent it to her agent (who had edited the Godfather series, and later run Random House).
The agent replied that it was definitely worthy of being published, but she didn't represent the type of writing that Rosenberg was exploring.
"She told me that I needed Tom Clancy's agent," Rosenberg said.
That led to a meeting with Robert Gottlieb's associate, Scott Miller.
Now, admittedly, Rosenberg initially had a leg up because of his association with Peggy Noonan. However, it is instructive for aspiring writers to note that a) it was hard work in his writing craft that got him past first base and b) the right mixture of a willingness to learn and confidence led to important meetings with the agents and editors who took his writing to the next level.
From the perspective of Joel Rosenberg's writing career, it is the element of timing that is perhaps most fascinating. Truly, his meteoric rise as a New York Times bestselling author and mainstream commentator on issues normally reserved for the (can I say, marginalized?) conservative Christian community engrossed in Bible prophecy … is nothing short of amazing. Miraculous, as he would say.
Peggy Noonan and Scott Miller saw the obvious talent leap off the page; the next step would be to launch the first novel from Joel Rosenberg. Ironically, troubling developments a half-world away were hurtling America toward a new era; a new year, 2001, was dawning.
NEXT WEEK: More on the white-hot career of Joel Rosenberg.
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-After the product is ready, start thinking about when you will launch. Be around when you launch.
-Set a day 2 or 3 weeks in advance
-The first time you try to get affiliates will be the hardest…so have the mindset of "how can I help other people".
-Don't expect that others will love your product too
-One of the key things to get affiliates to promote is whether people like and trust you
-Try to help people out with some free content, create content for their membership site…do something for them
-You can buy a solo ad from someone and then after you can ask if they'd like to promote a product to their list in exchange for a commission…you can even increase their commission. Since they've worked with you already they will be more likely to mail
-Getting affiliates is a process…it might take a few months. The people who fail are the ones that want everything now and don't take the time to build relationships
-Take advantage of live events to build relationships
-Make a list of people you'd like to get to promote in Excel. Try to contact them and develop a relationship with them through email.
-Then, you can contact them about the product, give them a review copy. If you've given them a review copy then you show that you trust them and they will be more likely to promote for you.
-Put your launch on the affiliate calendars like Munch Eye, you can buy advertising to get affiliates, but it's not necessary
-Just start small and treat it as a learning curve for each launch
-Once you get well-known people promoting, mention it to other people when promoting to other affiliates for social proof
-Ask affiliates that you're friends with if they know anyone else that they think the product would be good for their list
-Rob writes all his copy. He goes out and reverse engineers successful copy from similar products. Instead of looking at the product as a consumer you're looking at its as a producer. Take five things from different products and rework it to make your own sales page.
-Make sure you understand the difference between features and benefits…the features being what it does, the benefits being the result for the consumer
-The benefits need to go in your headline
-Throughout the whole product creation product you should be thinking about how the features provide a benefit
-The sales page is the most important part. The sales page gets sales. The product reduces refunds.
-For graphics Rob uses http://www.bigstockphoto.com/ and pixlr.com for photoshop
-Rob doesn't give bonuses and do contests….he ads the bonuses to the products
-He gets banners made on Fiverr
-He mostly uses elance, odesk, and fiverr
-When choosing an outsourcer make sure they have 4.5 stars or above
-If unsure about price then just go a bit lower
-Dimesales are good to make people make quick decisions
-Offering a 75% or 100% commission really makes no difference as far as sales go. Rob prefers offering 75% as it makes it seem more like a partnership
-Try your best to build some anticipation for the product…put some rumors out there about the product
-Have an early bird offer so you let your list know before everyone else by sending them to a squeeze page to create a list of people who are hungry to get the product…that increases the initial conversion rate and epc in the beginning of the launch to get other affiliates to get on board
-You can launch a product for 10 days and then shut it off to launch it somewhere else
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Carjacker Burns To Death After Shooting Gun When Firefighters Came To Save Him
Holly Matkin - December 3, 2018
The suspect fired rounds into the air and refused to get out of the vehicle, Jackson Police Sgt. Roderick Holmes said.
Jackson, MS – An alleged carjacker ultimately burned to death inside a stolen vehicle, after he crashed into a gas pump and began firing his gun into the air when people came to help, police said.
The incident occurred at the West Capitol Street Eagle Stop gas station at approximately 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, WLBT reported.
Police had been on the lookout for the vehicle since earlier that morning, when it was carjacked in the city of Byram, Jackson Police Department Sergeant Roderick Holmes said.
Surveillance footage showed the SUV as it flew into the parking lot and veered directly into the gas pump, where it burst into flames, Sgt. Holmes explained.
Jackson police and firefighters rushed to the scene, but the driver held them at bay by pulling out a handgun and firing it into the air, WJTV reported.
"When they arrived, they found a black SUV that had collided with a gas pump and the vehicle was on fire with the driver still inside," the department said in a press release. "Jackson Fire Department responded to assist, but the driver displayed a handgun and fired several shots into the air which prevented firemen from approaching."
"The driver never pointed the weapon at anyone and never appeared to make any efforts to exit the vehicle," the release read. "He subsequently died as a result of the fire."
Two other vehicles parked nearby were also damaged in the blaze, WJTV reported.
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Conceive of a pallet display structure meeting the specifications of Costco Wholesale Inc. to showcase a selection of product-cards.
Strategically design a pallet structure allowing an easy access to the product cards and serving as an important marketing tool, since the product would only be seen when remitting the card at time of purchase.
The impact on sales was immediate. Costco Wholesale Inc. is now proposing this type of structure to other product suppliers.


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President and Chief Executive Officer, Yara International
Svein Tore Holsether (born 1972) is President and Chief Executive Officer of Yara International since 2015.
Mr. Holsether is passionate about promoting the Sustainable Development Goals in the global business arena. To contribute to a thriving future and drive inclusive growth, he is member of the Executive Committee, Chair of the Food & Nature program for the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), member of the steering committee of IMAGINE Food Collective, a nature champion and member of the Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders at the World Economic Forum (WEF). He was a Commissioner of the Business and Sustainable Development Commission (BSDC), and also serves as Chair of the International Fertilizer Association (IFA). In 2021, he was elected President of NHO, the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise. Previously, Mr. Holsether has held a range of executive and senior position in large industrial companies. Mr. Holsether has a BSc degree, specializing in Finance & Management, from the University of Utah, USA.
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Geena Davis says she's still "close" with 'A League of Their Own' cast members
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Even after 30 years, the cast of A League of Their Own still keeps in touch.
The 1992 film, which starred Geena Davis, Tom Hanks, Madonna, Rosie O'Donnell, Lori Petty and Anne Ramsay, is loosely based on the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League that was active from 1943 to 1954. It was created to keep professional baseball in the public eye while many of the male players had been drafted for World War II.
Geena, who played the catcher and the team's assistant manager, Dottie Hinson, says that she and many of the cast members are still close.
"The girls and I are all still in contact and we still remain a team," Geena shares with People, adding that Anne is a "very close friend." "So much time has passed, but A League of Their Own has been very important in my life."
The Academy Award-winning actress also says that while she didn't know how to play baseball before the film, she learned through filming that she had natural athleticism for the sport.
"I'd never played baseball. I didn't know how to play at all," she explains. "But I had to learn to play for this part. And it turned out that I actually had some kind of untapped athletic ability."
A League of Their Own has been adapted into a TV series starring co-creator Abbi Jacobson as team catcher Carson Shaw and Chante Adams as pitcher Maxine Chapman. It premiered on Amazon Prime Video on August 12.


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FloodFlash pays claims one day after storm Ciara
11th February 2020 - Author: Luke Gallin
InsurTech FloodFlash, a startup which provides sensor-based parametric flood insurance to ensure rapid payouts, has revealed that it paid claims related to storm Ciara just one day after flooding.
Storm Ciara (also known as European windstorm Sabine) struck Europe over the weekend, with impacts widespread due to the size of the storms footprint.
It's been described as the "storm of the decade," and caused widespread chaos and damage as 100mph winds, heavy rainfall and snow hit the UK and parts of Europe.
FloodFlash offers rapid payout insurance for businesses in areas at high risk of flooding, and, has announced that it paid claims related to the storm in record time.
According to FloodFlash, in a world first, it paid claims the day after floods that accompanied storm Ciara over the weekend.
Insurance structured utilising a parametric trigger enables rapid payout post-event as it removes the need for claims adjustment. The insurance contract is triggered when predetermined parameters are met, such as wind speed or amount of rainfall, for example.
With FloodFlash, the customer selects a depth of flooding and a payout, and the InsurTech installs an internet-connected sensor which provides data on flood depths at the insured property. When flood depths reach the predefined threshold, FloodFlash organise the payment.
With storm Ciara, FloodFlash explains that it experienced claims across both Yorkshire and Lancaster, while the average claims for the event was £65,000. The InsurTech notes that sensor readings began alerting FloodFlash of client floods early Sunday afternoon.
Co-founder of FloodFlash, Ian Bartholomew, commented: "Getting claims paid fast has a huge impact on a flooded business. They can start recovering quicker and long-term property damage from factors like mould are more limited. Fast payouts also have a massive impact on the emotional trauma caused by floods. We have proven that parametric cover can provide financial security within days of the event, so our clients aren't left in the dark waiting for a payout to come through."
Co-founder Adam Rimmer, added: "We want to set the standard for rapid, transparent payouts within the catastrophe market. Paying out within a day is only beginning. One day we hope to pay clients within minutes of confirming a flood."
FloodFlash recently announced a new partnership with Gallagher, enabling the global re/insurance broker to provide a parametric flood insurance policy to its UK clients.
Parametric triggers, often utilised in the insurance-linked securities (ILS) space and by international risk pools such as the African Risk Capacity (ARC) and the CCRIF SPC, are growing in both popularity and importance, increasingly being utilised to provide coverage to the world's poorest and most vulnerable.


A high-level utility for managing background uploads and downloads. The transfers continue even when the app is suspended. You must call + application:handleEventsForBackgroundURLSession:completionHandler: in the - application:handleEventsForBackgroundURLSession:completionHandler: application delegate in order for the background transfer callback to work.
The completion handler to call when the TransferUtility finishes loading transfers from prior sessions.
An S3 transfer utility configuration object.
Retrieves the service client associated with the key. You need to call + registerS3TransferUtilityWithConfiguration:forKey: before invoking this method.
The underlying NSURLSession is invalidated, and after the invalidation has completed the transfer is utility removed.
Observe the AWSS3TransferUtilityURLSessionDidBecomeInvalidNotification to be informed when this has occurred.
Tells AWSS3TransferUtility that events related to a URL session are waiting to be processed. This method needs to be called in the - application:handleEventsForBackgroundURLSession:completionHandler: application delegate for AWSS3TransferUtility to work.
The completion handler to call when you finish processing the events.
Saves the NSData to a temporary directory and uploads it to the configured Amazon S3 bucket in AWSS3TransferUtilityConfiguration.
The Amazon S3 object key name.
The container object to configure the upload request.
The completion handler when the upload completes.
Returns an instance of AWSTask. On successful initialization, task.result contains an instance of AWSS3TransferUtilityUploadTask.
Saves the NSData to a temporary directory and uploads it to the specified Amazon S3 bucket.
Uploads the file to the configured Amazon S3 bucket in AWSS3TransferUtilityConfiguration.
The file URL of the file to upload.
Uploads the file to the specified Amazon S3 bucket.
Saves the NSData to a temporary directory and uploads it to the configured Amazon S3 bucket in AWSS3TransferUtilityConfiguration using Multipart.
Returns an instance of AWSTask. On successful initialization, task.result contains an instance of AWSS3TransferUtilityMultiPartUploadTask.
Saves the NSData to a temporary directory and uploads it to the specified Amazon S3 bucket using Multipart.
Uploads the file to the configured Amazon S3 bucket in AWSS3TransferUtilityConfiguration using MultiPart.
Uploads the file to the specified Amazon S3 bucket using MultiPart.
Downloads the specified Amazon S3 object as NSData from the bucket configured in AWSS3TransferUtilityConfiguration.
The container object to configure the download request.
The completion handler when the download completes.
Returns an instance of AWSTask. On successful initialization, task.result contains an instance of AWSS3TransferUtilityDownloadTask.
Downloads the specified Amazon S3 object as NSData.
Downloads the specified Amazon S3 object to a file URL from the bucket configured in AWSS3TransferUtilityConfiguration.
The file URL to download the object to.
Downloads the specified Amazon S3 object to a file URL.
Assigns progress feedback and completion handler blocks. This method should be called when the app was suspended while the transfer is still happening.
The block for assigning the upload progress feedback and completion handler blocks.
The block for assigning the download progress feedback and completion handler blocks.
The block for assigning the multipart upload progress feedback and completion handler blocks.
An array of containing AWSS3TransferUtilityUploadTask and AWSS3TransferUtilityDownloadTask objects.
Retrieves all running upload tasks.
Retrieves all running MultiPart upload tasks.
Retrieves all running download tasks.


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The short version of our Thailand pilot has finally been released! It's adventurous! It's colorful! It's delicious! It's intrepid and it's in THAILAND!
Please enjoy this instructional video about vegan desserts, food-centered phrases in the Italian language, and, of course, love.
Here are some Deleted Scenes to check out! More will be posted soon… Enjoy.
Thailand Episode Deleted Scene #1 from Intrepid Herbivores on Vimeo.
Scene from filming at May Kaidee's wonderful Thai Vegetarian Cooking School in Bangkok. Sadie learns how to eat rice the Thai way!
Thailand Episode Deleted Scene #2 from Intrepid Herbivores on Vimeo.


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from thecure import get_engine
from thecure.signals import Signal
from thecure.sprites import Direction, Sprite, Human, WalkingSprite
from thecure.sprites.behaviors import ChaseMixin
from thecure.timer import Timer

class LostBoy(Sprite):
    NAME = "lostboy"
    ANIM_MS = 200
    SPRITESHEET_ROWS = 1
    SPRITESHEET_COLS = 6
    SPRITESHEET_FRAMES = {
        Direction.SOUTH: {
            'default': [(0, 0)],
            'fading': [(0, 0), (1, 0), (2, 0), (3, 0), (4, 0), (5, 0)],
        },
    }

    def __init__(self):
        super(LostBoy, self).__init__()
        self.direction = Direction.SOUTH

    def fadeout(self):
        self.start_animation('fading')

    def update_image(self):
        if self.frame_state == 'fading' and self.anim_frame == 5:
            self.anim_frame = 0
            self.frame_state = 'default'
            self.dead.emit()
            self.remove()
            return

        super(LostBoy, self).update_image()

class Wife(ChaseMixin, Human, WalkingSprite):
    MOVE_SPEED = 1
    CHASE_SPEED = 1
    WANDER_KEY_NAME = 'walking'
    DEFAULT_HEALTH = 1
    CLEAN_NAME = 'wife'
    INFECTED_NAME = 'infectedwife'
    NAME = INFECTED_NAME
    TRANSITION_MS = 250
    MAX_TRANSITIONS = 6

    def __init__(self):
        super(Wife, self).__init__()

        self.transitioned = Signal()
        self.showed_exclamation = False

    def on_collision(self, dx, dy, obj, self_rect, obj_rect):
        if obj == get_engine().player and not self.showed_exclamation:
            get_engine().ui.close_monologues()
            self.show_exclamation('heart_exclamation',
                                  self._transition_clean)
            self.showed_exclamation = True

    def _transition_clean(self):
        self.transition_count = 0
        self.transition_timer = Timer(ms=self.TRANSITION_MS,
                                      cb=lambda: self._on_transition())

    def _on_transition(self):
        self.transition_count += 1

        if self.name == self.INFECTED_NAME:
            self.name = self.CLEAN_NAME
        else:
            self.name = self.INFECTED_NAME

        if self.transition_count == self.MAX_TRANSITIONS:
            self.name = self.CLEAN_NAME
            self.transition_timer.stop()
            self.transitioned.emit()


Are your classic cars really safe?
With a rise in theft of classic cars Heritage Car Insurance look at the most popular makes and models being stolen and what you can do to try and prevent it.
Cars built in the seventies and especially the eighties are currently being targeted by thieves across the UK. These cars can be easy victims of crime due to the lack of standard security from that era.
Land Rover Defender – With the end of production earlier this year the Defender value has increased dramatically. With this comes more desirability with Defenders being stolen and shipped abroad.
Ford Sierra – Cars from the eighties are being targeted badly, especially Ford. There is a big market for classic parts in the UK and with Ford being so popular the Sierra is one of the classics taking a battering.
VW Type-2 Camper Vans – There is a huge following of enthusiasts for the VW bus in the UK and so you can imagine with the values soaring they are prime targets for the thief. They are after all easy to get into I drove mine away from a garage with someone else's key!
Ford Cortina – With a current spate of thefts the end of last year and the start of this year the Cortina is currently being targeted for its parts so owners need to be vigilante.
Keep your keys safe. It can be easier for a car thief to steal your keys rather than break in to your car so make sure they are in a safe place and not just on a key hook in the hall. Thieves will use a long hooking mechanism to snare your keys and drag them through your letter box.
Fit a GPS Tracker. This could save your car by locating where it is at all times. We offer a FREE Skytag unit to every policy holder with Heritage Classic Car Insurance. The Skytag vehicle location system is designed to recover your classic car in the shortest time possible reducing the chance of damage or total loss. The 24 hour monitoring team will immediately provide the Police with priority response information.
Mechanical Immobiliser. These are manual devices such as a steering lock which are a good visual deterrent and should be used in conjunction with another device such as an alarm or immobiliser. Make sure that your mechanical immobiliser is Thatcham Catergory 3 approved to ensure it has been tested thoroughly.
Electronics Immobiliser. This is designed to prevent your vehicle from starting hence stopping the thief from taking it. This is done when you insert your key into the ignition switch or bring a fob into the vehicle, the key transmits an electronic code to the vehicle. The engine will only start if the code in the transponder chip inside the key or fob matches the code in the vehicle's immobiliser.
Car Alarm System. An alarm may not stop the vehicle from being taken but it will bring attention to it. If used in connection with other anti theft devices it could prove invaluable against the thief.


A juice fast is a type of detox diet that involves consuming only raw vegetable and fruit juice and water for a short period of time. It is considered one of the more rapid methods of detoxification due to the reduced food intake and absence of solid food.
A typical juice fast lasts one to five days. Consultation with a health care professional is often recommended for fasts longer than three days or for anyone with a preexisting health condition.
The juice can be extracted at home using a juicer. As an alternative, juice cleanse companies such as Blueprint Cleanse, Organic Avenue, and Pressed Juicery sell cleanse packages made up of various fresh pressed juices that are delivered by courier across the United States.
1) Preparation for a Juice Fast – 3 Days Before - Although it can be tempting to jump into a juice fast, preparation is essential because it affects how a person responds to the cleanse. Certain foods, such as coffee, sugar, meat, dairy, alcohol, and wheat are phased out to reduce headaches, cravings, and other withdrawal symptoms. It's also important to up your intake of fresh vegetables during the pre-fast. See How to Prepare for a Detox Diet for essential tips to get ready.
2) 3-Day Juice Fast - During the actual fasting days, approximately 32 to 96 ounces of juice is suggested, with at least half of the juice being green vegetable-based. Green vegetables are rich in chlorophyll, which is said to help cleanse and heal the digestive tract.
Drink a glass of room temperature or lukewarm water in between each juice to promote elimination.
To optimize the absorption of nutrients, drink each juice slowly rather than gulping it down. Juices should be consumed approximately one to two hours apart. The final beverage of the day should be at least three hours before bedtime.
Fruits and vegetables used to make the juices often include celery, kale, carrot, cabbage, apple, spinach, beets, and leafy greens. Avocados and bananas don't juice well, and the pits of peaches, apricots, cherries and other fruit, apple seeds, carrot and rhubarb tops, and tough skins of kiwi, pineapple and mangos should be avoided. Organic produce is best, but if it's unavailable, a fruit and vegetable wash (often available in health food stores) may help to remove some pesticide residues. Find out more about common juicing ingredients.
People often find it easiest to juice at the beginning or end of the day and to make enough for one full day. Although juice should be consumed as close to the time of juicing as possible, juice can be stored covered in glass or BPA-free cups or bottles.
Then you will get all the fiber of the fruit.
If you are anything like me, the calories are a good thing, because I find it's fairly difficult to get enough calories as a vegan. It's just hard to eat enough fruit to supply a enough calories for much activity. Juice is easier to consume.
Juice can certainly be a part of a healthy diet.
Til LO arrives (on the outside). He's too big and squeezed in there right now for me to be able to handle the kicks that ensue after he gets juice. I literally have to put my hands on my belly and breathe heavily to get through all the movement. I'm like "WOAH! Stop it!" I can't say I enjoy those eruptions of movement. It's weird to me!!!
"Even" fruit juice "can" be high in Calories?
Fruit juice is generally loaded with Calories. On average it has a little more than non-diet soda. I don't know how it got a reputation as being healthy.
Nutritionally, Calorie-free drinks like diet soda and Crystal Light are equivalent to water. It's still best to avoid them if you can, because there's evidence they can give you a sweet tooth so you consume more sweet foods. But if you must drink something other than water, something without Calories is probably best.
Even a diet that is heavy on fruits and veggies by american standards is very low compared to other cultures' cuisines.
for example, living in various asian and south american countries, it is a normal everyday thing to eat 3, 5 or more fruits especially citrus fruits per day in addition to drinking a few glasses of freshly squeezed fruit juice. most people i know here do not eat a fruit per day if they even eat a fruit per week.
also i think we're low in vitamin D because of lifestyle. but the solution to that is not pills. it is sunshine.


— The Maggiore Group is a family-owned and operated restaurant group based in Scottsdale, Arizona. The Maggiore family opened its first restaurant, Tomaso's Italian Restaurant on the Camelback Corridor in 1977. Today, The Maggiore Group's restaurants in Phoenix and San Diego include Tomaso's Italian Restaurant, Tommy V's Urban Kitchen Carlsbad, Tomaso's When in Rome, Hash Kitchen, and The Sicilian Butcher.


Like the wild vine, there are a multitude of plants in danger. Pollution, cutting down forests, excessive use of chemical treatments but also the ageing of our planet, the deterioration of seed quality and of many cultivated plants accentuate the impoverishment of our natural resources.
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La Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society est une organisation à but non-lucratif dont le siège social se trouve à Warwick dans l'État de New York. C'est la principale entité légale utilisée mondialement par les Témoins de Jéhovah afin d'organiser, administrer et propager les doctrines fondées sur leur propre compréhension de la Bible. Il s'agit de l'organisation mère de plusieurs filiales telles que la Watch Tower Society of New York, l'International Bible Students Association ou encore Les Témoins de Jéhovah de France.

L'organisation est fondée en 1881 sous le nom de Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society dans le but de distribuer des tracts religieux. La société est incorporée à Pittsburgh en Pennsylvanie le . En 1896 la société est renommée Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society. À la suite d'une dispute à propos de la direction du mouvement des Étudiants de la Bible, la Watch Tower Society est restée associée à la branche du mouvement qui est devenue les Témoins de Jéhovah. En 1955, la corporation est renommée Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania. À partir de 1976, toutes les activités de la Watch Tower Bible Society sont menées sous la supervision du Collège central des Témoins de Jéhovah.

Histoire

Présidents   {KING.S.BOSCO}

Œuvres

Possessions immobilières

Directeurs

Actuels
 Robert Ciranko, depuis 2014, également Président
 Danny L. Bland, depuis 2000
 William F. Malenfant, depuis 2000, également Vice-Président
 Robert W. Wallen, depuis 2000, également Vice-Président
 Philip D. Wilcox, depuis 2000
 John N. Wischuk, depuis 2000

Anciens

Critiques

Voir aussi

Liens internes
 Collège central des Témoins de Jéhovah
 Controverses liées aux Témoins de Jéhovah
 Histoire des Témoins de Jéhovah
 Organisation des Témoins de Jéhovah

Références

Organisation des Témoins de Jéhovah
Organisme fondé en 1881

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We are focused on making books in a big way right now, but even so Matthew and I will continue to share everything we learn about having an indie-press and using children's books as a radical act. The bigger lessons will be added to the school over time. And I'll use my blog to give an inside look into some of the more mundane lessons along the way.
First off is a look into our first children's book. One of the limitations of traditional publishing is the long, slow turn-around time. It generally takes anywhere from 1-2-3 years to get a book published. In terms of current events, the momentum and depth of a story could be lost in a trek that long. If we are to see and use children's books as a radical tool, we need to be able to document and tell current stories in real time. Having a faster turn-around time expands our opportunities exponentially by allowing us to be more responsive and relevant in the moment. This gives us the chance to build on current events, activist movements and social lessons through children's books. In books we can contextualize these current events with larger historical frames so that we have tools to help our kids develop critical thinking and other skills to deal with what's going on in their lives right now.
The idea to create a children's book in response to the 2016 election was conceived on November 9. My pie in the sky fantasy was to have it in folks' hands by inauguration day, January 20. Through life and holidays and travel and all three of us getting fabulously sick and a whole bunch of other stuff, the reality looks more like it will be in hand by the end of February.
Having never done anything like this before it's super cool to know how fast you can actually get a book out. But this isn't just a standard picture book. This is a bilingual 48 page book that includes tons of definitions and resources and references in the back matter. This is a hefty piece loaded with truth and creativity. And from conception to completion it will have taken 4 months. That's radical.
So where are things at right now?
Even though When a Bully Is President, Truth and Creativity for Oppressive Times won't be in hand on January 20 for inauguration day, we will be sharing a video of me reading the full text and showing some of the arte. We will also have a downloadable coloring page related to the book.
It has been a heart strengthening exercise creating this book. I feel stronger and bolder in a way I was ready for but had never felt before. I've also learned a great deal about both limitation and drive. And I continue to come to terms with how silence and invisibility have always impacted me and continue to create shapes and patterns in my life. Through every step I think about the kids and the adults who will hold this book. I send you love and reflection through these pages.
You are the revolution and truth.
Pre-orders for When a Bully is President will re-open at the end of January.
I am super excited about this. Ra Ra Shish Boom Ba! Keep going Maya and Matthew. LOVE.


Kampala (pop: 1.5m) is a dynamic and engaging city, with few of the hassles of other capitals in the region. It's safe to walk around virtually everywhere in the daytime and many of the city's leafy hills have pleasant restaurants with a surprisingly diverse selection of cuisines.
This is a city full of stark contrasts. From the impossibly chaotic jam of central Kampala, with streets packed with shoppers, hawkers, and mind-boggling bus stations, one can easily head up Nakasero Hill with broad tree-lined streets, expensive hotels, and foreign embassies.
Modern-day Kampala (or 'hill of impala') has grown out of the traditional capital of the Buganda kingdom. Beginning with the arrival of the British who had originally placed the seat of government in nearby Entebbe, the city has expanded to encompass over 40 hills and valleys and to become the economic, political and cultural capital of the country.
Nearly all of our tours will spend at least one night in the capital city, and there are several worthy attractions that may interest you.
The huge thatched-roof palace is of great significance to the Buganda kingdom. The Unesco World Heritage-listed site was tragically destroyed in an arson attack in 2010, but reconstruction has recently begun (this time with more fire-resistant fibers). The four most recent kings in the lineage are buried here, and as per tradition, the families of their widows have constructed their homes in the compound surrounding. Interesting guided tours are available.
Considered one of the best museums in East Africa as much for its contents as for the building design, there's plenty here to hold your interest for an afternoon. In addition to the collections covering archeology, ethnography, geology, and natural history, there is an interactive display of traditional musical instruments and even an old Model T Ford. A number of different tribal huts has been constructed in the back garden which can, of course, be toured as well.
Once rumour got around that a man named Owino had staked out a small spot under the eaves of the Nakivubo stadium to sell his wares, many other sellers got the same idea. Today, hundreds of stalls have been set up offering everything from traditional medicine and second-hand clothing to televisions and hot meals. Finding your way through the maze of mostly wooden structures can be a challenge, but it is part of the fun!
These popular tours are designed by our partner Uganda Bicycle to combine recreation with the highest safety standards. Explore some of the less visited parts on the outskirts of Kampala, including craft shops, schools, local villages, and green areas. Bikes can also be hired if you'd like to go solo.
Built in 1922, this former home of the Buganda king has also served as army barracks during the Obote and Amin administrations before becoming a museum. Though visitors cannot enter the building itself, the guide will give you a good overview of the recent history of the kingdom and the palace grounds including a visit to the armory which was allegedly used by Amin's henchmen as a torture chamber.
Sitting on a hilltop surrounded by expansive and well-kept gardens, this temple represents the center of the Bahai religion on the African continent. It is worth a visit both to learn about the history of the Bahai as well as to get away from the hustle and bustle of Kampala. Bring a packed lunch and enjoy the peace and relative quiet.
The prominent National Mosque was begun by Idi Amin in 1972 and finished in 2007 by Colonel Gadaffi with the assistance of Moroccan and Middle Eastern craftsmen. Guided tours take visitors through the main payer hall and up to the top of the minaret for commanding views of the surrounding city. Female visitors must cover shoulders and legs (shawls are available for hire) and no visits allowed during Friday prayers.


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Berkeley Science Review Event Touches Berkeley Graduate Students
By Sean Havey
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"We need touch in order to thrive in our social world," said Daniel Cordaro a PhD candidate in Psychology during a recent panel discussion titled "Touch Me," held at the David Brower Center in downtown Berkeley.
The event – focused on understanding touch and its significance for a variety of disciplines within the sciences and arts — was sponsored by The Berkeley Science Review, a publication devoted to the promotion of science writing, produced by graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. Two of the four speakers were Berkeley Ph.D. candidates.
Cordaro started out as a graduate student in Berkeley's Chemistry department in 2007. He finished a year later with an M.S. in Organic Chemistry. He later decided to switch fields and was accepted into the Ph.D. program in the Department of Psychology. "I'm kind of an outgoing guy, so the chemistry lab just wasn't for me," he reflected.
Now with the Dacher Keltner Laboratory at Berkeley, Cordaro travels around the world to study emotion and the display of emotions through a variety of gestures including touch. "No matter where I go, I am never alone because I can speak to the person next to me in some way shape or form," he said. "I love what I do. I don't feel like I work a day in my life."
Lydia Thé, a Ph.D. candidate in Molecular and Cell Biology opened the event by discussing her research in the Diana Bautista Lab at Berkeley on the molecular basis of touch sensation.
Thé studies the star-nosed mole, the snout of which is the most touch-sensitive known of all animals, to uncover how touch is interpreted and detected in the nerves of human skin. Because many of the chemical and neural pathways for touch sensation are not well understood, said Thé, research conducted on the star-nosed mole may lead to a better understanding and ultimately treatment of various medical conditions such as chronic itch disorder.
For attendee Wendy Ingram, a Molecular and Cell Biology Ph.D. student, the "Touch Me" panel offered an illuminating sequence of interdisciplinary insights on a single subject. "It was the perfect integration of so many different fields and stimulating in every way," she commented.
Categories: Featured in eGrad, Headlines, November 2013
Tags: Molecular and Cell Biology, Psychology


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Abstracts » Retail industry
Just what is fashion for ...?
Fashion plays an extremely important role in modern society. It offers a unique combination of universality and instantaneity, and is relevant to everyone, as everyone needs to buy clothes. Clothes are a very intimate form of self-expression, and convey very clear messages. Fashion is particularly important at times of national crisis, as it touches everyone and is therefore a very potent weapon. During the second world war, for example, clothes were used to express communal solidarity and identity.
Author: Popham, Peter
Publisher: Financial Times Ltd.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
Social aspects, Column, Fashion
Stalked by the shadows of history
The Jewish community in the UK is aware that it is in constant danger of attack by anti-Semitists. Key Jewish centres, such as the Board of Deputies of British Jews, are protected by armed policemen, and security is constantly kept at very high levels. The UK is still regarded as a haven for Jews, who feel safer in the UK than elsewhere, but over recent years the UK has had the worst record of anti-Semitic attacks of any country in the world.
United Kingdom, Antisemitism
The trouble with the Barbican
London's Barbican arts centre, which opened in 1983, is claimed to be the largest of its kind in Europe. It has a wide range of facilities, but its design, which often confuses visitors, has been extensively criticised. It attracts 2 million visitors a year, but many observers believe that it could be a lot more successful. Some feel that it is still suffering from the controversy it attracted under managing director Detta O'Cathain.
Management, London, England, Buildings and facilities, Arts centers
Abstracts: Are Britain's schoolchildren more trouble than they used to be? Well done, Mr Cook. Your latest failure's a success
Abstracts: Christmas is also a busy time for organists. Fiddling with the rules. Rites of passage, notes of credit
Abstracts: Your date sir? The girl with the dark hair.... Mrs Lacks lives forever. Shopping the dark
Abstracts: Major has been fishing in troubled waters. What have they done to Hillary?
Abstracts: Figures that don't add up. Welcome to the promised land. Drawing is not an art, it's a cause


It is indeed a great privilege to once again commemorate the triple festival of events in the life of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, with great reverence and honour, and with full state patronage, states President Mahinda Rajapaksa in a Vesak message.
The message: "We had great joy in seeing Sri Lankan Buddhists giving emphasis to the principles of Buddhism with the dawn of the Sri Sambuddhathva Jayanthi at the last Vesak festival. With the immense pleasure of contemplating on the Buddha, we recall the great religious awakening of devotion and wisdom that spread throughout Sri Lanka during this year, as we now see the end of the Sambuddha Jayanthi commemorations on this Vesak Day. It is our wish that this joy in the Buddha and his teachings would abide in the minds of all Sri Lankans.
The teachings of the Buddha are the best way to lead a life that is free of confusion. These teachings show us the path to lead a life free of the four-fold evils and achieve success in this world and the next.
"Evil done by oneself will defile one. Evil not done by oneself will purify one. Purity and impurity depend on oneself. No one can purify another." Therefore, let us in this Vesak season pave the way to success in this world and the next, by eschewing all disputes and divisions and making a commitment to national unity and religious co-existence through seeing the true light of Buddhist teachings.
May you receive the blessings of the Samma Sambuddha!