Careers in healthcare are booming at this time, and nursing is among the careers that's both lucrative and versatile when it comes to hrs, location, responsibilities and possibilities. Together with wondering how to be a nurse, lots of people question how lengthy it will require to become nurse too. The reply is it depends upon what sort of nurse one want to be and just how one goes about acquiring a nursing degree. There are a variety of various avenues to being a nurse.
The very first level is LVN or Licensed practical nurse also referred to as Licensed Vocational Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse. This involves minimal quantity of education and therefore minimal period of time for being a nurse. Nursing programs of a single year prepare a person to get and LVN or Licensed practical nurse. After finishing their coursework, LVNs and LPNs must pass a test to become licensed and licensed through the condition. Career choices are less plentiful or flexible only at that level, but it's really a good summary of the area, and people who begin as LPNs or LVNs can go back to school for more education if they would like to advance.
Being a RN is a higher level. RNs have three pathways to being a nurse that take different intervals. An associate's degree or perhaps a diploma enter in a nursing school both take 2 yrs. Nursing school diplomas was once the typical method of getting into a job being an RN. However, the more and more common path for individuals trying to act as RNs may be the four-year bachelor's degree. A 2-year program is usually restricted to a narrower technical scope while a four-year program has greater professional scope. An associate's degree will make a nurse to operate effectively in many settings. Having a bachelor's of science in nursing, however, a nurse may have the chance to review nursing theory in addition to develop an approach to practicing having a background in psychology along with other fields that overlap with nursing practice. A bachelor's degree also prepares the RN for more advancement and focus if that's the case preferred and provides the nurse a much better-rounded education within the field. After acquiring a diploma, a registered nurse also must pass a condition licensing exam.
The advanced practical rn or APRN encompasses several various kinds of nurses including healthcare professionals, rn anesthetists, certified nurse midwives and clinical nurse specialists. This really is generally training acquired in the master's level. This adds two additional many years to the path of study for as many as six years, but act as an APRN is frequently preceded by numerous years of experience. Nurses only at that level have a tendency to specialize in one area for example geriatrics or oncology. With respect to the condition and kind of practice, some kinds of APRNs may go quite individually. In certain states, for instance, a nurse specialist can write prescriptions along with a certified nurse midwife can operate a private practice without having to be combined with an obstetrician. A master's degree also prepares nurses to maneuver into administration.
There's also advanced degree courses in nursing in the doctorate level. This prepares nurses for teaching and research amongst other things. A doctoral may take 3 or 4 years or significantly longer. The physician of philosophy programs that award a PhD concentrate on research while a DNP or physician of nursing practice includes a more clinical focus.
Being a nurse, therefore, may take between 1-4 years for any licensed vocational or practical nurse or perhaps a RN, but nurses who wish to continue the amount, operate in a specialized field or perhaps setup their very own practices as nurse midwives can perform in lots of states may wish to take more time on their own education. At advanced levels, greater education is most effectively combined with experience, so it might take nurses several years to determine themselves as experts inside a particular field. However, nursing salaries in the RN level all over the place and also at the Licensed practical nurse/LVN level in certain states are good enough and schedules are flexible enough that it's sometimes feasible for nurses to go to further classes part-time while working reduced hrs.


We are so excited for this new franchise "Lyfe Kitchen" to launch today in Lone Tree in the Park Meadows Mall. The food is healthy but doesn't taste healthy (in a good way). Each item we've had the privileged to sample in advance of the opening has blown the socks off of what you thought "Healthy Food" is going to taste like.
After speaking to the owners Rachel and DJ Mitchell, Chef Bringardener and the entire launch staff that was brought in from California and Chicago you get the sense that these people really care about what they are doing… bringing healthy nutritious food to the masses at a price you can afford. No longer will moms at the mall be forced to feed their children food court high calorie low quality food.. just head past Crate and Barrel on the East end of the mall and feed your family REAL food. They strive to use organic and locally sourced food whenever possible, they grow herbs right by the front door so you know those are fresh. There are 3 menus to choose from Vegan/Vegetarian, Gluten Free and I EAT EVERYTHING… Each dish is marked Vegan, Gluten Free or Contains Nuts on the Everything menu.
The entire staff raves about the Quinoa Buttermilk Pancakes so those are next on my list to try.
Chef Jeremy honed his craft under luminary chefs Charlie Trotter, Bill Kim, and Jean Joho. A graduate of the highly acclaimed Culinary Nutrition program of Johnson & Wales University, Chef Jeremy captains the teams of LYFE Kitchen chefs in Palo Alto and Culver City, ensuring that each dish is bursting with flavor and fresh ingredients.
We got a chance to meet him and talk about his passions for food.. Nutrient dense, high flavor at a price point that everyone can afford. All entree's are 600 calories or less and 1000 mg of sodium or less. We also learned a little trick he shares in the video below for making smoothies. Freeze your cucumber and your bananas and other fruit so you don't have to add ice to give you that classic smoothie texture.
SWEET CORN CHOWDER made with sweet corn, peppers, potatoes, cashew cream 191 Calories.
TAL'S GRAIN BOWL – stir-fried vegetables and gardein™ beefless tips served over quinoa, black rice and cilantro with sweet chile-ginger sauce.
The calorie counts of the sweet treats at LYFE are going to blow your mind.
This tasted like the richest chocolate ganache you've ever tried and paired with a glass of clean Cabernet for dessert..
Delicious food that fits your lifestyle. Flexitarian. Locavore. Gluten-free. Vegetarian. Vegan. Whatever your food LYFEstyle is, LYFE has delicious options that fit. We proudly display a full ingredient list, as well as calorie, sodium, and nut allergy information.
And if all this wasn't enough for you to give this place a try….
The Global Animal Partnership is leading the way toward the humane treatment of animals. LYFE Kitchen is 100% committed to meeting their full approval. Check out all of the ways they promise to treat the planet with respect here.
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Primož Simoniti, slovenski filolog, prevajalec, literarni zgodovinar in akademik, * 28. december 1936, Golnik, † 17. julij 2018.

Simoniti je 1959 diplomiral in 1978 doktoriral ter nato tudi deloval na Oddelku za klasično filologijo na Filozofski fakulteti v Ljubljani. Od 1967 je tam predaval, od 1987 kot redni profesor za latinski jezik in književnost s posebnim poudarkom na srednje- in novolatinsko obdobje na Filozofski fakulteti v Ljubljani (v letih 1985-89 in 1993-95 tudi predstojnik oddelka za klasično filologijo), 1980-82 je bil predsednik Društva za antične in humanistične študije Slovenije ter 6 let tudi predsednik Slovenske matice (1988-94).

V Narodni in univerzitetni knjižnici je odkril preko štirideset do tedaj neznanih inkunabul. sestavil je bibliografijo  filozofskih rokopisov v NUK in bibliografijo slovenskih latiničnih tiskov do leta 1848. Zlasti je pomembna njegova kritična izdaja spisa humanista B. A. de Usingena (edini znani rokopis je Simoniti odkril v NUK; nad 700 strani obsegajoče delo je veljalo za izgubljeno), v katerem je ta polemiziral z Melanchthonom. Opravil je pionirske raziskave o humanizmu (Humanizem na Slovenskem, 1979; Med humanisti in starimi knjigami, 2007). Prevedel je večjo število antičnih, srednjeveških in novoveških knjižnih in filozofskih del, tudi Petronijev Satirikon, Heliodorove Etiopske zgodbe, Apulejeve Metamorfoze, Avguštin, Erazem Rotterdamski, Descartesove Meditacije in Spinozovo Etiko. Med prevodi je tudi srednjeveška lirika (Carmina burana, 1976, 2. izboljšana izdaja 2008; Srednejveški cvetnik//Florarium mediaevale (antologija latinske lirike srednjega veka, 2000), besedila pesmi  Jakoba Gallusa za objavo, Paolo Santonino itd. Prevajal je tudi filozofe iz nemščine (Hegel, Marx). Raziskal je ozadje prve slovenske akademije (Akademske čebele ljubljanskih operozov, 1988). Dvakrat je mdr. popravil tudi datum oz. letnico rojstva ljubljanskega škofa Krištofa Ravbarja.

Bil je član Slovenske akademije znanosti in umetnosti (2001 izredni, 2007 redni; 2007-10 je bil tajnik II. razreda SAZU za filološke in literarne vede), dvakrat je prejel Sovretovo nagrado (1974 in 1983), nagrado Sklada Borisa Kidriča (1981), dobil je veliko priznanje FF (1993), Univerza v Ljubljani mu je podelila naziv zaslužni profesor (2002), 2013 je prejel Trubarjevo priznanje, ki ga podeljuje NUK za izjemne zasluge pri ohranjanju slovenske pisne kulturne dediščine, Slovenska matica pa ga je leta 2017 razglasila za svojega zaslužnega člana.

Avtorske monografije

Bibliografija filozofskih tekstov (rokopisov in tekstov) na Slovenskem do leta 1800 (v NUK), 1972?
 Sloveniae scriptores latini recentioris aetatis (Bibliografija slovenskih latinističnih tiskov do 1848), Zgb, Lj, 1972
 Humanizem na Slovenskem, 1979
 Med humanisti in starimi knjigami, 2007
Humanismus bei den Slowenen (nem. izdaja Humanizma na Slovenskem pri Avstrijski akademiji znanosti : prev. Jože Wakounig, redakcija Marija Wakounig; Dunaj, 2008)

Sklici

Slovenski filologi
Slovenski prevajalci
Slovenski literarni zgodovinarji
Predavatelji na Filozofski fakulteti v Ljubljani
Redni člani Slovenske akademije znanosti in umetnosti
Simoniti, Primož

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Spring is ALMOST here. Vernal equinox is the day after tomorrow - at which time I expect to see green shoots breaking through the stubble that passes for my garden.
We socialized ( = went bowling) with a relative and his family at the beginning of this year. Inspired by how he and his wife have slimmed down and the whole family (even the kids, who are elementary school and middle school) seem to be bursting with health and vigor, I've been drifting toward a 'Forks Over Knives' type diet. I don't really understand how his kids get excited about their food and bring their plant-based lunches to school - that doesn't match my memories of the 'marketplace' of lunches you see when opening lunch bags in a room full of school kids at noon!
Eating mindfully has lately been vegan-ish. PT has started to include dreams of doing that at the Y instead of at home.
What do you have planted in your garden? We should have ours set up by now but it got overrun by dollar weed. I haven't been bowling in ages, I guess if I were better, I'd go more often.
Flowers and more flowers! The worst soil I've ever seen so I've been trying to improve it for years. Our town has a mountain of compost at the dump, free for the taking. I've been adding that to the soil every year, hoping to attract worms. I have seen one worm in all my digging! Amazon sells them and local fishermen sell them but I want to see them appear as a sign of soil health.
I watched the family bowl. My arm and my knee are wonky. They picked the one activity that uses the right arm and the left knee - ouch! I hope next year to bowl with them.
'Take Care' is a rom-com on amazon prime (free to stream) about someone who has the exact same injuries I had. Difference: she's a babe (former model in real life) and her love interest is a guy who just sold his software company for six million - otherwise, there's a lot to identify with in that movie! Recommended for anyone who breaks an arm and a leg.
First day of spring. YAY!
I'll have to try to check out that movie.
I am struggling. I can't seem to focus and stay on track.
Losing focus: happens to everyone. My sympathies! Who knew a long slog would be so long?
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Going to the Y today!
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Went to the Y - good for me!
Found some cookies - bad for me!
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The actor Philip Seymour Hoffman overdosed after falling into a depression caused by his fear of not being able to match his own high standards.
So accurate, this is how I feel everyday. At least now I know why and can start hopefully feeling better,.
What is the relationship between depression and digital technology? Future Tense takes a look.
Dogs and Depression. Does your dog seem sad?
... other times as a cry for help. But the sudden emergence of these posts had me wondering if everyone is overtired, depressed, or something else entirely.
If you do need help, don't be afraid to ask, there are plenty of services available. Beyond Blue - 1300 224 636 is a great place to start.
A depressed dog needs cheering up.
Haig as a baby in his dad Richard's arms, 1975.
This early detection can help nip depression in the bud before a full-blown depressive episode takes hold.


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Q: Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: The file doesn't exist
Asking this question with lots of doubt in mind whether it will be treated as a possible duplicate of this post or not. But still I am asking it here as I did not find any exact match of my question.
Question is : I cannot access a file, I am using this code inside an ActionPerformed event. The code is :
private void asfacd_5_btnActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
    File file = new File("\\\\Server-bifbtbi\\asfa all\\ASFA DVD 2000 UPTO 2014-Q4\\cdrun.exe");
    Desktop dt = Desktop.getDesktop();
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    } catch (IOException ex) {
        Logger.getLogger(asfa_cd.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
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The file is in a network location, shared to everyone which I can access easily through a window.
Error Report:
Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: The file: \Server-bifbtbi\asfa all\ASFA DVD 2000 UPTO 2014-Q4\cdrun.exe doesn't exist.
at java.awt.Desktop.checkFileValidation(Desktop.java:210)
at java.awt.Desktop.open(Desktop.java:270)
at asfa_cd.asfacd_5_btnActionPerformed(asfa_cd.java:271)
at asfa_cd.access$600(asfa_cd.java:18)
at asfa_cd$6.actionPerformed(asfa_cd.java:135)
at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2022)
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at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:259)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(BasicButtonListener.java:252)
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P.S : As a novice I have very less idea about all the error codes, many of them out of my bounds.
I would really appreciate any sort of help on this. Thanks for your time!!!

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Couple of Travels	 April 3, 2020 Cambodia
How To See Angkor In One Day
Unless you are deeply into archaeology or temple ruins, you can easily see the highlights of Angkor in one day. Start off your day with a magical sunrise at Angkor Wat and end the day with a gorgeous sunset at Angkor Thom.
WHY IS ANGKOR FAMOUS
The earth is believed to have chakras just like human beings. The lines that connect these chakras are called Ley lines. Angkor is built at a point where these energy lines intersect making it one of the most sacred sights on this planet.
A BIT OF HISTORY- WHO BUILT ANGKOR
The Cholas controlled peninsular India which extended until present day Malaysia and the chola emperor Suryavarman built Angkor in the 12th century. Angkor is a collection of about 72 temples, more are being excavated as you read this and the main sights that can be visited by tourists today are Angkor Wat (the main temple), Bayon, Ta Prohm. Koh Ker, Prea Khan, churning of the ocean of milk.
Angkor Wat faces the west, which is considered the direction of death in Hindu mythology and the temple is designed to be viewed in an anti clock wise direction, making many scholars conclude it to have served as a temple and a mausoleum.
The main temple of Angkor depicts the four yugas and a visitor entering the temple through the hallway to the main deity of Vishnu is metaphorically walking through the yugas to the creation of the universe. The amount of detailing that has gone into the making of these temples are beyond human understanding and makes one wonder of this great temple's past, the prodigious people this monument has witnessed, the civilization that has gone by and the wars it has seen. By now, you know how much we love history!
THE BEST TIME TO VISIT ANGKOR
Angkor was a peaceful abode visited by a few tourists until Tomb Raider happened. Some of Lara Croft:Tomb Raider's scenes were shot here, which skyrocketed the tourism with a majority of travellers visiting Cambodia solely for Angkor. Tourism to Angkor happens throughout the year but the peak is during the dry months from November until March.
HOW TO GET TO CAMBODIA
Visa on arrival is available for most nationalities and costs $60 per person (2020) to be paid in cash at the airport. This is by far the most chilled out airports we have visited. Our immigration officer was casually stamping passports whilst enjoying a movie on his phone (True Story!).
IS CAMBODIA CHEAP
Contrary to what most people assume, Cambodia despite being in Asia, is not a cheap destination. Why? Because of the magnificent Angkor temples that attracts the entire world to its feet. As this is the sole attraction that brings more than 90% of the tourists to Cambodia, the government has kept a high price tag on most tourist related activities. In addition, locals only accept USD from tourists so even menu cards in small restaurants are not in the local currency.
Also Read: Where to stay in Siem Reap?
TEMPLE ETIQUETTE-WHAT TO WEAR
As for all Asian temples, it is mandatory to cover shoulders and knees. As the tour involves a lot of walking and the paths are quite dusty, a loose fitting outfit with a hat/cap, shades and a comfortable pair of walking shoes is perfect.
Tying the sacred thread inside Angkor Wat
SUNRISE AT ANGKOR WAT
Sun rise at Angkor is very famous among tourists and the queue's start forming at the counter as early as 4:30 AM. The counter opens at 4:00 AM and depending on the tour you choose, a photo ID called the Angkor Pass is issued. You can opt for a cycle, tuk-tuk or car tour. The transportation can be arranged with your hotel or travel company but you can only book the tickets over the counter.
Also Read: How to plan your sunrise at Angkor Wat
ANGKOR THOM
Angkor Thom which translates to "the great city" was the last known capital of the Khmer empire. It is enclosed on all four sides by formidable walls and moats to protect the city from the deadliest of invaders. Bayon, the terrace of elephants, Baphuon are all here.
Bayon is at the heart of Angkor Thom and has 54 smiling faces of Avalotikeshwara (enlightened beings), which is said to depict the 54 provinces of Khmer Empire.
As the tourism legend goes, taking a nose to nose photo with one of the Avalotikeshwara faces will bring you good luck.
TA PROHM/ TOMB RAIDER TEMPLE
Our last stop was Ta Prohm, which catapulted Angkor to its present day fame. It was at this very temple that Tomb Raider was shot. It was built by Jayavarman VII for his mother with the inscriptions still intact on its inhabitants and dependants. Compared to the other temples, this temple is mostly in rumbles. In a poetic sense, the jungle was cleared by humanity to build this structure but now the jungle has reclaimed humanity. The Indian Archeology Department is working jointly with Cambodian government to resurrect this temple stone by stone.
SUNSET AT THE ANGKOR THOM MOAT
Sunset can be enjoyed from various points in this temple complex like Phnom Bakheng, Angkor Wat Moat, Pre Rup to name a few. We enjoyed the sunset and the reflections it cast at the Angkor Thom Moat.
Sunset at Angkor Thom
DID WE ENJOY OUR ONE DAY TOUR?
REALITY CHECK! Angkor was on both our check lists and we were glad to tick it off. We wish we had not come during peak season, as we visited during January. By mid day, the crowds were uncontrollable, resulting in a lot of pushing and shoving. When you are in a site known for its spirituality, the least one could do is respect its sanctity and atmosphere. It is a shame that some tourists do not get it and in the process tarnish the experience for others.
Irrespective, the temples stand tall after centuries of misuse and destruction, shining for generations to come. We remain, to this day in awe of its history and architecture.
We really hope this article has helped in your planning process. Comment down below or click that 'Contact Us' button if you have any questions. We would be super happy to help!
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In India, Renault Duster 7-seater launch expected soon, will rival against TATA Safari & Mahindra XUV700
Hans News Service | 24 Nov 2022 4:38 PM GMT
The initial production of the X-Trail full-size SUV would begin early next year, and it has already begun local testing. In due time, Renault would ship new models to India as CBU (Completely Build Up) method.
The Tata Safari and Mahindra XUV700 both have dominated 7-seater SUV segment, but Renault' s Duster would soon be formidable challenger. As per the reports, Renault is almost finalizing investment of more than Rs. 4,000 crores in India, so that it would bring in the new CMF-B platform. This move will result in arrival of additional new cars among them is the next generation, Duster.
The Tata Safari and Mahindra XUV700 both have dominated 7-seater SUV segment, but Renault' s Duster would soon be formidable challenger. As per the reports, Renault is almost finalizing investment of more than Rs. 4,000 crores in India, so that it would bring in the new CMF-B platform. This move will result in arrival of additional new cars among them is the next generation, Duster.
The release date for the Midsize SUV, which has been discussed for some time, is speculated to be somewhere around 20224 to 2025.
The three new Nissan SUV's, the X-Trail, Qashqui as well as Juke, has been recently introduced I India at an event in New Delhi. All the above three models, were produced for the international market.
The next-generation Duster, the CMF-B platform would be highly customized for the region and it would give rise to variety to vehicles, including a seven -seater SUV inspired by the bigger concept. Because the CMF-B modular platform has got an EV Variant, an electric compact or midsize SUV is also a viable option. Even more exciting is the fact that the platform would eventually birth items bearing the Nissan brand name.
Consequently, it is possible that there would be both midrange SUVs with five seats and larger SUV's having seven seats. The French automaker plans to release the Arkana (based on the Captur) in the year, 2019, and the Megan e-Tech might follow suit similar to CBU. The Kiger, Kwid and the Triber from Renault and Magnite from Nissan are all supported by the affordable CMF-A platform.
The forthcoming CMF-B cars from the REnualt-Nissan Alliance might be exported via India. Renault has identified that India, to be key market, hence the automaker plans to release numerous new models in India over the next three years to satisfy consumer demand.


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Gaddafi's son, Saif al Islam welcomes Sarkozy arrest, offers evidence
By Daniel Mumbere
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of fallen Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has welcomed the detention of former French president Nicholas Sarkozy and reiterated his offer of evidence showing that Sarkozy's 2007 election campaign was funded by illicit funds.
Saif al-Islam alluded to the evidence he gave to European media channel, Euronews in Tripoli in 2011, and lamented that it had taken the French justice system seven years to act on the matter.
An official of the French Judiciary told journalists on Tuesday that Sarkozy was being held in police custody for questioning by magistrates looking into allegations of Libyan funding for his 2007 election campaign.
A judiciary inquiry into the matter had been opened by France in 2013, while in January this year, Britain arrested and charged a French businessman suspected by investigators of funneling money from Gaddafi to finance Sarkozy's campaign.
Speaking to Africanews, Saif al-Islam mentioned that there are several witnesses willing to testify against Sarkozy, including Abdallah Snoussi, the former director of the Libyan intelligence services and also Bashir Saleh Bashir, the former CEO of Libya Investment.
According to Saif al Islam, Snoussi has a recording of the first meeting between Sarkozy and Gaddafi held in Tripoli before his 2007 election campaign.
Saif al Islam adds that he too can testify, having witnessed the delivery of the first portion of the money to Sarkozy's former chief of staff, Claude Guant in Tripoli.
He goes on to accuse Sarkozy of being a war criminal who is responsible for the spread of terrorism and illegal immigration in Libya. He urges French president Emmanuel Macron to right the wrongs and prosecute Sarkozy for crimes committed against Libya.
WATCH: During an exclusive interview with Euronews in 2011, Colonel Gaddafi's son demanded Sarkozy to repay Libya the money he took for his 2007 campaign election that helped him become French president.
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— euronews (@euronews) March 20, 2018
Saif al Islam who has expressed interest in the Libyan presidency also told Africanews that he supports an expeditious organisation of presidential elections in the North African country.
He warned that there are parties in Libya and abroad that seek to maintain the current chaotic situation in Libya, saying an endless war is imminent if elections are not held quickly.
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Booknotes: Sixteenth President-in-Waiting
• Sixteenth President-in-Waiting: Abraham Lincoln and the Springfield Dispatches of Henry Villard, 1860–1861 edited by Michael Burlingame (SIU Press, 2018).
From the description: "Between Abraham Lincoln's election in November 1860 and his departure for Washington three months later, journalist Henry Villard sent scores of dispatches from Springfield, Illinois, to various newspapers describing the president-elect's doings, quoting or paraphrasing his statements, chronicling events in the Illinois capital, and analyzing the city's mood. With Sixteenth President-in-Waiting Michael Burlingame has collected all of these dispatches in one insightful and informative volume.
Best known as a successful nineteenth-century railroad promoter and financier, German-born Henry Villard (1835–1900) was also among the most conscientious and able journalists of the 1860s. The dispatches gathered in this volume constitute the most intensive journalistic coverage that Lincoln ever received, for Villard filed stories from the Illinois capital almost daily to the New York Herald, slightly less often to the Cincinnati Commercial, and occasionally to the San Francisco Bulletin."
For a deeper perspective, Villard interviewed Lincoln's friends and associates, as well. According to Burlingame, Villard performed a signal service to the country by "publicizing Lincoln's views on the secession crisis."
Villard was an amazingly prolific correspondent, his 'dispatches' from November 1860 through February 1861 filling 300 pages of text in the book. Well-known Lincoln biographer and expert Burlingame contributes a general introduction to the volume and annotates the material. A good multi-level index (i.e. lots of subheadings) always enhances the research and reference value of books like this one, and what you get here appears to be of this type. As an appendix, Burlingame also includes Villard's report of the famous 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates.
More: "Not only informative but also highly readable, Villard's vivid descriptions of Lincoln's appearance, daily routine, and visitors, combined with fresh information about Springfielders, state political leaders, and the capital, constitute an invaluable resource."
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by Gary Stager November 9, 2021 November 9, 2021
Tuesday, November 16th
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Join me as I welcome my friend and one of the world's most admired educators, Professor Carla Rinaldi, President of the Reggio Children Foundation (Fondazione Reggio Children) for a conversation about education and her new book, In Dialogue with Reggio Emilia.
The schools of Reggio Emilia, Italy are often recognized as the best in the world. They have a six decade legacy of educational innovation and represent the gold standard for progressive education. Professor Rinaldi is extremely wise and inspirational. Opportunities for this sort of intellectual stimulation are rare. Professor Rinaldi will be joining us from Italy.
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About Carla Rinaldi
Professor Carla Rinaldi is one of the world's most profound educators and leading authorities on what has been called the best schools in the world, the municipal preschools of Reggio Emilia, Italy. Her lifetime of work with Reggio's youngest citizens should inform all progressive school improvement efforts, as well as what has become known as the maker movement in schools.
Recipient of the 2015 LEGO Prize and Adelaide (Australia) Thinker in Residence 2012–2013, Professor Carla Rinaldi is a world leader in education for children in the early years. She has been the President of Reggio Children since 2007 and is the first President of the Reggio Children Foundation. Carla is also a Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.
Professor Rinaldi worked side-by-side with Loris Malaguzzi, the founder of the Reggio Emilia Approach, from 1970 until his death in 1994 in the municipal infant toddler and preschool system of Reggio Emilia, where she was the first pedagogical coordinator.Carla has been working as pedagogical/scientific consultant for Reggio Children, since 1994, following the supervision of all Reggio Children initiatives. She was responsible for research projects in collaboration with Harvard University, the University of New Hampshire and the University of Milan – Bicocca.
Professor Rinaldi has been vice-president of the Gruppo Nazionale Nidi-Infanzia (National Early Childhood Association) and has enjoyed stints as visiting Professor at the Webster University (St. Louis, Missouri) and at the Colorado University (Boulder, Colorado).
From 2004-2007, Carla Rinaldi was a member of the Reggio Emilia City Council. In 2007 and 2008, Carla Rinaldi was appointed as a consultant in several different Commissions of the Italian Ministry of Education.Carla Rinaldi has been a speaker at numerous seminars and conferences in Italy as well as in Europe, the United States, Australia and Asia. In 2011 she was invited to participate in the Presidential Conference on Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) "Excellence and Equity in Early Childhood Education and Care", Budapest. In 2010 she participated in the UNESCO World Conference on Early Childhood Education and Care "Building the Wealth of Nations," Moscow.
Professor Rinaldi lectures frequently on the Reggio Emilia experience, and has published many articles, chapters, and books in Italian and English. Click here to purchase her new book, In Dialogue with Reggio Emilia, from Amazon.
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Q: Can not run grass:r.to.vect in Qgis console I call using processing.alghelp("grass:r.to.vect")
I looked input:
 <ParameterRaster>
feature <ParameterSelection>
-s <ParameterBoolean>
GRASS_REGION_PARAMETER <ParameterExtent>
GRASS_OUTPUT_TYPE_PARAMETER <ParameterSelection>
output <OutputVector>

feature(Feature type)
    0 - line
    1 - point
    2 - area
GRASS_OUTPUT_TYPE_PARAMETER(v.out.ogr output type)
    0 - auto
    1 - point
    2 - line
    3 - area

then I try to do ,
processing.runalg("grass:r.to.vect" , iface.activeLayer,2, True, None,3,r"C:\Users\user2\Desktop\1\temp\drfsg\zhopa.shp")")
but it returns an error, what I did wrong? the project is only one raster layer

A: The recent QGIS versions have implemented GRASS7 into its processing framework as default so you may need to use grass7:r.to.vect instead of grass:r.to.vect. I have also experienced issues when trying to set the GRASS_REGION_PARAMETER to blank, instead I use the extents of the input layer as that's usually what I am interested in.
So you could try the following code into the python console:
from PyQt4.QtCore import QFileInfo
import processing

# Identify raster layer
raster = iface.activeLayer()
fileName = raster.source()
fileInfo = QFileInfo(fileName)
baseName = fileInfo.baseName()
rlayer = QgsRasterLayer(fileName, baseName)

# Define the extent of the region
extent = rlayer.extent()
xmin = extent.xMinimum()
xmax = extent.xMaximum()
ymin = extent.yMinimum()
ymax = extent.yMaximum()

processing.runalg("grass7:r.to.vect",rlayer,2,True,"%f,%f,%f,%f"% (xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax),3,"C:/Users/user2/Desktop/1/temp/drfsg/zhopa.shp")


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Underdressed engineers and other news of the job board industry
We're already into 2015, and as you might guess, the job board and online recruiting industry is staying busy.
Dice goes for billboards: In a back to the future moment, Dice is running 50 foot billboards in Silicon Valley featuring 'real' engineers in their underwear. "We wanted to make people smile when they were stuck in traffic," said Natasha Raja, vice president of marketing for Dice. The first time Dice used billboards? 1998. In other news, Dice has added Open Web to its finance vertical through eFinancialCareers.
Hired picks up $15M: Hired has expanded beyond computer science into sales and raised $15 million in Series B funding to help it rapidly expand on a global scale. Given the demand for sales talent, this is a smart move.
Indeed doubles down on Europe: Indeed.com plans to double its workforce in Europe by the end of 2015 as part of a "substantial" recruitment drive. Paul D'Arcy, a senior vice president at the website, told IBTimes UK that he expects the company's headcount across the region to grow from around 250 to up to 500 by the end of year. Impressive. In other news, Indeed is planning to increase its Austin, TX-based workforce by 300.
TruckDrivingJobs is acquired: Trucking Unlimited, a trucking industry recruiting firm, has acquired TruckDrivingJobs.com for $800,000. This sector of the industry continues to grow.
RealMatch powers more newspaper sites: RealMatch has launched job sites representing 30 digital newspaper properties in partnership with BH Media Group, a Berkshire Hathaway company. BH Media Group has operations in Nebraska, Alabama, Florida, Iowa, Oklahoma, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia.
Glassdoor raises $70M: Glassdoor announced it has raised $70 million in new financing led by Google Capital and existing investor Tiger Global Management with participation by existing investors Battery Ventures and Sutter Hill Ventures. To date, Glassdoor has raised approximately $160 million in financing. In other news, the company has just launched a site for Germany.
UK job boards feeling frisky: Research by U.K. recruitment marketing specialists GKS Associates shows 95% of job boards are planning to hike prices in 2015. Of the 40 job boards that completed the survey, 38 were planning rises above the rate of inflation with the average increase being 7%. The highest was 20%.
Facebook is dipping its toe in the water (again): Facebook has released (in a very limited fashion) Facebook at Work, which looks and operates a lot like regular Facebook — there's a News Feed, messaging and groups — but your network is limited to your colleagues instead of your friends and family. There is no timetable for Facebook at Work's launch, a spokesperson said.
A matching job site launches: Jobspotting pulls in jobs from over 20 job boards, including Xing, Monster, StepStone, Angellist, and London Startup Jobs. Currently it is limited to Marketing and IT jobs in the UK and Germany. This site (and iOS app) puts a modern search interface on top of results from third-party recruitment sites, and tries to learn your preferences via its algorithm.
Apploi picks up $7M: Apploi is designed as a sort of central system for applications as well as a way to share videos of personality and skills, and is aimed at the service industry. The company raised $7,407,800 in Series A with Andrew Heyer, CEO of Mistral Equity Partners, Simon Jacobs, former owner of Hale and Hearty, among others. The company offers a mobile and browser-based application process and also sets up hiring kiosks in malls and busy areas where multiple employers can grab walking traffic.
BirdDog grows: BirdDog said last week that it saw its annual revenues grow 53 percent during the 2014 fiscal year, the largest year-over-year growth in its history. BirdDog also said it has added 27 new employees and doubled its office space.The news comes after a good year for BirdDog, which also completed a $4 million funding round in 2014.
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Miagrammopes kinabalu est une espèce d'araignées aranéomorphes de la famille des Uloboridae.

Distribution
Cette espèce est endémique du Sabah en Malaisie. Elle se rencontre vers  d'altitude sur le mont Kinabalu.

Description
La carapace du mâle holotype mesure  de long sur  et l'abdomen  de long sur

Étymologie
Son nom d'espèce lui a été donné en référence au lieu de sa découverte, le mont Kinabalu.

Publication originale
 Logunov, 2018 : Three new spider species of the genus Miagrammopes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1870 (Aranei, Uloboridae) from Southeast Asia. Euroasian Entomological, , , .

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Notes et références

Uloboridae
Espèce d'araignées (nom scientifique)
Faune endémique du Sabah


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In the first series of my articles on this page, I will take this opportunity to write a bit about Bamboo. As village people, I know bamboo since my childhood. In a Javanese village context probably you also know about slumpring, lugut, egrang, and rebung (bamboo shoot). However, in this article we won't discuss those properties of bamboo, on the other hand we will try to know bamboo more as an alternative material, especially bamboo as buildings material.
Characteristics and advantages of bamboos incorporated in Bambusa group includes: the height of bamboo trees vary from 6 meters to the highest of about 30 meters with a diameter of between 6 to 18 centimeters; habitat of its life mostly in Asia (China, India, Southeast Asia, East Asia) except Bumbusa vulgaris also found in America; some types are green and there is also a combination of gold / yellow color.
Some of the special features that can be encountered in bamboo in the Chusquea family are: tree height between 4 (four) to 6 (six) meters with a small bamboo stem diameter of about 4 (four) centimeters; this type of bamboo plant grows in the southern part of the earth and also found in South America and some parts of Central America; the stems are strong even though these bamboo tend to be small. With a small diameter size this type of bamboo rod is suitable to be a partitioning element in the interior of the building, as well as secondary skin (coating walls) on the exterior.
Well, according to Gernot Minke, the bamboo contained in this family has characteristics such as: large and sturdy bamboo stems with a height can reach more than 30 meters and diameter more than 30 centimeters with the thickness of the stem can reach 2.5 centimeters; the distance between its segments reaches 70 centimeters; mostly found in Central Asia and Southeast Asia. With this characteristic, this type of bamboo is suitable for building materials, especially for structural elements.
Bamboo in this group has special features, among others: the height of the bamboo rod reaches about 15 meters with a diameter of 10-15 centimeters; and growing habitats are mostly located in Southeast Asia. In villages in Indonesia, this type of bamboo is usually used as a basic material of home furnishings from bamboo.
Some of the characteristics that can be found in this type of bamboo in the Guadua family are: the height of the bamboo stem can reach 15 to 30 meters with an average diameter of 9-12 centimeters but can also reach 21 centimeters; when viewed from the characteristic of this segment of bamboo it has several clusters of "onion" which have a rather long interruous distance with matching character to handle the tensile force, the "club" variant with short interracial distance suitable for handling compressive force, "castle "Which is not too strong to press / pull but is suitable for making boards / blinds / trellises, and" goitred "which has irregular spacing (probably suitable for decorative elements) . Meanwhile, the growing habitat of bamboo is endemic in South America, as in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, and Ecuador.
Characteristics of bamboo in this group are: the height of the bamboo stems between 5 – 21 meters with the diameter of the stem can reach 17 centimeters; origin of China and Japan but many are also grown in America and parts of Europe.


Managed and owned by the Lamayuru Monastery, Hotel Niranjana is the best place to stay in Lamayuru if visiting the monastery is the main agenda. There are home-stays and small guesthouses run by families in the village but they are a little further out and would require a bit of a walk & climb to get to the monastery.
This 4-storey structure has a large restaurant and a store selling general supplies on the ground floor. The upper floors house the single and double rooms with common bathrooms and wash basins on every floor. Our double room was quite spacious with large windows overlooking the monastery's courtyard. Here we could sit on the ledge and spy on the monks who were practicing some dance moves for one of their upcoming festivals.
The double-bed and comforters were clean and comfortable. Shelves on the wall provided ample storage and a couple of chairs and a coffee table gave us a place to lounge in. The bathrooms though old with broken fixtures were relatively clean – of course, this could be because at that time there were hardly any other occupants on our floor. A geyser provided hot water for a bath during the times that electricity was available, which is usually between 7pm and 11pm every evening.
We ate all our meals at the on-site restaurant, which served local as well as continental food. After having had to subsist on Dal-Chawal and/or Maggi for the past few days, Madhu and I were overjoyed at being able to gorge on French Toasts, Pizzas and Crepes – all vegetarian, of course, and quite well-made! Prices were reasonable too but since we ate so much, our food bills turned out to be much higher than the cost of stay (Rs.500 per night for a double-bed)!
For the price, this is a great place to stay. I wish they had rooms with attached bathrooms as well, which could have been had at the village guesthouses. But that would mean losing the accessibility to the monastery that Hotel Niranjana provides – not sure if it would have been worth it!


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Nesvrta est un toponyme qui peut désigner :
Nesvrta, un village de Serbie situé sur le territoire de la Ville de Leskovac, district de Jablanica ;
Nesvrta, un village de Serbie situé sur le territoire de la Ville de Vranje, district de Pčinja.


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Last Updated: Tuesday, 21 March 2006, 01:43 GMT
Algeria earthquake 'kills four'
An earthquake measuring 5.0 has killed at least four people and injured 36 others in Algeria, reports say.
However, one eyewitness said that seven people had been killed, Algerian radio reported in its evening bulletin.
Some 30 houses are said to have collapsed in the town of Laalam in the province of Bejaia, about 300km (190 miles) east of the capital, Algiers.
The earthquake struck at 2044 (1944 GMT), the radio reported, adding that rescue operations were under way.
The tremor's epicentre was located near the town of Kherrata, between the cities of Bejaia and Setif, and measured magnitude 5.0, according to the US Geological Survey.
It was strongly felt across the east of the Bejaia region, reports said, causing panic among residents.
Algeria has suffered a number of deadly earthquakes in recent years.
In May 2003, the Algiers and Boumerdes regions were struck by a powerful earthquake which left 2,300 people dead and more than 10,000 injured.
Twenty-eight people died and 175 were injured when a quake shook the north-west of the country in 1999, while five years earlier a tremor in the western region of Mascara killed 172, with 288 hurt.
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LuCI - Lua Configuration Interface - Internet access control

Copyright 2015,2016 Krzysztof Szuster.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

	http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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]]--

local CONFIG_FILE_RULES = "firewall"
local CONFIG_FILE_AC    = "access_control"
local Days = {'mon','tue','wed','thu','fri','sat','sun'}
local Days1 = translate('MTWTFSS')
local mr, ma, o

local function time_elapsed (tend)
    local now = math.floor (os.time() / 60)  --  [min]
    return now > math.floor (tonumber (tend) / 60)
end

local ma = Map(CONFIG_FILE_AC, translate("Internet Access Control"),
    translate("Access Control allows you to manage Internet access for specific local hosts.
\
       Each rule defines a device to block from having Internet access. The rules may be active permanently or during certain times of the day.
\
       The rules may also be restricted to specific days of the week.
\
       Any device that is blocked may obtain a ticket suspending the restriction for a specified time."))
if CONFIG_FILE_AC==CONFIG_FILE_RULES then
    mr = ma
else
    mr = Map(CONFIG_FILE_RULES)
end

function mr.on_after_commit (self)
    os.execute ("/etc/init.d/inetac restart >/dev/null 2>/dev/null")
end

--=============================================================================================
--  General section

local s_gen = ma:section(NamedSection, "general", "access_control", translate("General settings"))
    local o_global_enable = s_gen:option(Flag, "enabled", translate("Enabled"),
        translate ("Must be set to enable the internet access blocking"))
        o_global_enable.rmempty = false
    local o_ticket = s_gen:option(Value, "ticket", translate("Ticket time [min]"),
	      translate("Time granted when a ticket is issued"))
        o_ticket.datatype = "uinteger"
        o_ticket.default = 60

--=============================================================================================
-- Rule table section

local s_rule = mr:section(TypedSection, "rule", translate("Client Rules"))
    s_rule.addremove = true
    s_rule.anonymous = true
--    s_rule.sortable  = true
    s_rule.template = "cbi/tblsection"
    -- hidden option
    s_rule.defaults.ac_suspend = nil
    -- hidden, constant options
    s_rule.defaults.enabled = "0"
    s_rule.defaults.src     = "*" --"lan", "guest" or enything on local side
    s_rule.defaults.dest    = "wan"
    s_rule.defaults.target  = "REJECT"
    s_rule.defaults.proto    = "0"
    s_rule.defaults.extra = "--kerneltz"

    -- only AC-related rules
    s_rule.filter = function (self, section)
	      return self.map:get (section, "ac_enabled") ~= nil
    end

-----------------------------------------------------------

    o = s_rule:option(Flag, "ac_enabled", translate("Enabled"))
        o.default = '1'
        o.rmempty  = false

        -- ammend "enabled" and "ac_suspend" optiona, and set weekdays
        function o.write(self, section, value)
            wd_write (self, section)

            local key = o_global_enable:cbid (o_global_enable.section.section)
            --  "cbid.access_control.general.enabled"
            local enable = (o_global_enable.map:formvalue (key)=='1') and (value=='1')
            if not enable then  --  disabled rule => clear ticket, if any
                self.map:del(section, "ac_suspend")
            else  -- check ticket
                local ac_susp = self.map:get(section, "ac_suspend")
                if ac_susp then
                    if time_elapsed (ac_susp) then
                        self.map:del (section, "ac_suspend")
                        ac_susp = nil
                    end
                end
                if ac_susp then  --  ticked issued => temporarily disable rule
                    enable = false
                end
            end

            self.map:set(section, "enabled", enable and '1' or '0')
--            self.map:set(section, "src",  "*")
--            self.map:set(section, "dest", "wan")
--            self.map:set(section, "target", "REJECT")
--            self.map:set(section, "proto", "0")
--            self.map:set(section, "extra", "--kerneltz")
            return Flag.write(self, section, value)
        end

-----------------------------------------------------------
    s_rule:option(Value, "name", translate("Description"))

-----------------------------------------------------------
     o = s_rule:option(Value, "src_mac", translate("MAC address"))
        o.rmempty = false
        o.datatype = "macaddr"
        luci.sys.net.mac_hints(function(mac, name)
            o:value(mac, "%s (%s)" %{ mac, name })
        end)

-----------------------------------------------------------
    function validate_time(self, value, section)
        local hh, mm
        hh,mm = string.match (value, "^(%d?%d):(%d%d)$")
        hh = tonumber (hh)
        mm = tonumber (mm)
        if hh and mm and hh <= 23 and mm <= 59 then
            return value
        else
            return nil, translate("Time value must be HH:MM or empty")
        end
    end

    o = s_rule:option(Value, "start_time", translate("Start time"))
        o.rmempty = true  -- do not validae blank
        o.validate = validate_time
        o.size = 5
    o = s_rule:option(Value, "stop_time", translate("End time"))
        o.rmempty = true  -- do not validae blank
        o.validate = validate_time
        o.size = 5

-----------------------------------------------------------
    function make_day (nday)
        local day = Days[nday]
        local label = Days1:sub (nday,nday)
        if nday==7 then
            label = ''..label..''
        end
        local o = s_rule:option(Flag, day, label)
        o.rmempty = false  --  always call write

        -- read from weekdays actually
        function o.cfgvalue (self, section)
            local days = self.map:get (section, "weekdays")
            if days==nil then
                return '1'
            end
            return string.find (days, day) and '1' or '0'
        end

        --  prevent saveing option in config file
        function o.write(self, section, value)
            self.map:del (section, self.option)
        end
    end

    for i=1,7 do
        make_day (i)
    end

    function wd_write(self, section)
        local value=''
        local cnt=0
        for _,day in ipairs (Days) do
            local key = "cbid."..self.map.config.."."..section.."."..day
            if mr:formvalue(key) then
                value = value..' '..day
                cnt = cnt+1
            end
        end
        if cnt==7  then  --all days means no filtering
            value = ''
        end
        self.map:set(section, "weekdays", value)
    end

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    o = s_rule:option(Button, "_ticket", translate("Ticket"))
        o:depends ("ac_enabled", "1")

        function o.cfgvalue(self, section)
            local ac_susp = self.map:get(section, "ac_suspend")
            if ac_susp then
                if time_elapsed (ac_susp) then
                    self.map:del (section, "ac_suspend")
                    ac_susp = nil
                else
                    local tend = os.date ("%H:%M", ac_susp)
                    self.inputtitle = tend.."\n"
                    self.inputtitle = self.inputtitle..translate("Cancel")
                    self.inputstyle = 'remove'
                end
            end
            if not ac_susp then
                self.inputtitle = translate("Issue")
                self.inputstyle = 'add'
            end
        end

        function o.write(self, section, value)
            local ac_susp = self.map:get(section, "ac_suspend")
--            local key = o_ticket:cbid (o_ticket.section.section)
--            local t = o_ticket.map:formvalue (key)
            local t = o_ticket.map:get (o_ticket.section.section, o_ticket.option)  --  "general", "ticket"
            t =  tonumber (t) * 60  --  to seconds
            if ac_susp then
--                ac_susp = ac_susp + t
                ac_susp = ""
            else
                ac_susp = os.time() + t
            end
            self.map:set(section, "ac_suspend", ac_susp)
        end

--========================================================================================================

if CONFIG_FILE_AC==CONFIG_FILE_RULES then
  return ma
else
  return ma, mr
end


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'We Don't Want to Go': Megan Rapinoe Explains Why World Cup Team Hasn't Received White House Invite
by Alex Thomas July 9, 2019, 2:19 pm 3 Comments
Soccer Football - Women's World Cup Final - United States v Netherlands - Groupama Stadium, Lyon, France - July 7, 2019 Megan Rapinoe of the U.S. celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
The U.S. Women's National Soccer Team are World Cup champions for the fourth time, making them the most successful team in the history of the tournament. And one of the storylines that came out of the World Cup victory involved President Trump, who criticized star Megan Rapinoe on Twitter after she said that she wouldn't go to the White House.
When asked about that back-and-forth by a reporter on Tuesday, Rapinoe said, "I held up my end of the bargain, for sure. We did it all, we won it all."
Rapinoe went on to add, "We've said publicly — at least I've said publicly, I think most of the team, if not everybody, I think everybody is with me. We don't want to go to the White House. So I figure that's why the invitation hasn't come."
The soccer champion added that she thinks the team will make a trip to Washington, saying "We've had so much support from so many politicians, from so many people there […] it'll be really exciting, eventually when we get there."
When another reported noted that Sen. Chuck Schumer has invited the team to Capitol Hill, Rapinoe said, "Thank you, Chuck Schumer, for inviting us out. We are very happy to accept your invitation to come."
Here's a clip of her comments:
'We don't wanna go to the White House, so I figure that's why the invitation hasn't come.' — @mpinoe spoke about her team's rejection of Trump shortly after their World Cup victory pic.twitter.com/hjBAF7bmUF
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) July 9, 2019
Early in the World Cup tournament, Trump let loose in a Twitter rant, slamming Rapinoe and saying that "teams love coming to the White House" before adding "Megan should WIN first before she TALKS!" Unfortunately, in a hilarious bumble, the president tagged the wrong Megan Rapinoe — instead of dinging the soccer player, he dinged one of her fan accounts.
Of course, as Rapinoe mentioned, the women have held up their end of the bargain, and it sounds like they won't be going to Pennsylvania Avenue any time soon.
donald trumpMegan Rapinoe
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Cherl
They won a soccer championship. Good for them. It's sports. Too bad the rest of the team appears to listen to a political malcontent. No surprise they wear Nikes.
General Confusion
The soccer champions are not confused.
They don't need to bend a knee before King Donald The Loser in the White House to be complete.
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The more you know about your hair, the better you can care for it! Your hair has two separate parts: the root and the shaft. The root is the part of the hair located just under the skin surface. The hair follicle houses the entire hair root. The papilla is where all of the action takes place; it is a rich blood and nerve supply that nourishes the hair shaft and produces hair cells. The bulb is a white sack located on the lower part of the hair that covers the papilla.
The hair shaft is what is grows out of the hair follicle and is what we consider to be hair. It has three parts; the cuticle, cortex and medulla.
The outer layer of your hair shaft is called the cuticle, which holds your hair together. The cells or scales that make up the cuticle layer overlap similarly to the scales on a fish or the shingles on a roof. In healthy hair, the cuticle scales lay flat. In damaged hair, the scales may be missing or broken.
The cuticle layer is your hair's armor; it protects the heart, or the cortex, the layer beneath the cuticle. It is made of long, molecular chains of amino acids (protein) and is the largest section of your hair.
Chemical straighteners must penetrate through the cuticle to access the cortex, where shape and color changes take place.
Hair is made of dead keratin (protein) cells that are pushed up through the scalp at an average rate of about one-half inch per month for six inches of hair growth each year.
Keep your hair healthy by eating well, frequent conditioning and gentle treatment.
Nicole Elizabeth Smith, the author of "Healthy Black Hair" (2003), is a freelance health and beauty writer and a graduate of Michigan State University. She and her son Zack live in Michigan. Currently, she is beauty editor for myhairbook.com.


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> VINYL >UNANIMATED - Victory In Blood 2LP - Gatefold 180g Black Vinyl Limited Edition
UNANIMATED - Victory In Blood 2LP - Gatefold 180g Black Vinyl Limited Edition
The vinyl version comes in a Ltd. Gatefold 180g. 2LP, with an Etching on Side D, Art Print and 12-page LP-Booklet. This exclusive vinyl edition also includes a cover version of Brazilian metal legends Sarcofargo, which will be only available on this format.
Strictly limited to 300 copies worldwide !!!
"Victory in Blood" is the band's first studio album in over 10 years and offers fresh material for the first time after the highly acclaimed 2018 EP "Annihilation". The new longplayer can be counted as another milestone in the long band history of UNANIMATED and proves that they are still true masters of Nordic Black/Death Metal with insane melodies! The truly incredible artwork and layout was handled by none other than Daniele Valeriani (Mayhem, Triptykon, Behemoth, Dissection, etc. – just to name a few).
CULT SWEDISH MELODIC DEATH/BLACK METAL !!!
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Very little crafting was done this week though I did manage to finish a square for Knit in Public Day on Saturday. Lydia from Spun yarn shop here in Huddersfield is having a Knit and Natter on Saturday to sew all of the squares together to make charity blankets – sadly I can't go as I am teaching but Ellie is going and she has made some squares as well.
Here is mine – the pattern is Moss Stich Diamonds from my Knitters' Bible book in some left over Sublime yarn.
And these are Ellie's in garter stitch made from Escape – a lovely variegated wool.
I have also finished another Xmas ornie – a little JBW tree from the Christmas Keepsakes 2 chart from Sew and So that I have backed with pretty red tree fabric, this one I have added seed beads to as well on the tree and all around the edging.
Ellie was busy while I was away – she has used her birthday pressies to make the gorgeous Cath Kidston bag that came with her Sew book and to make some other little bags as well for herself and friends. She says that she is having trouble the straight lines with her quilt but she has made a very good job of the bag – I love the button detail on the side.
Now that I have the batting I am planning to finish off the throws for the sofa soon and am still cracking on with Xmas ornies. Am having a little problem with the pattern for the pink Sublime baby cardi so that is on hold till I can find a correction for the pattern as the instructions for the left front make no sense at all!
I will leave you with a few pics from Spain, the cactuses that I took pics of the last time I went have flowered and here is a lovely door in Oriheula at the cathedral – I could have saved this for the 'architectural detail' pic for this month's scavenger hunt but have many lovely other Oriheula pics to choose from.
We went back to the park in Guardamar where we saw some cute little red squirrels and this time I took some bread for them. They were very tame, here is one letting me feed him with pieces from my hand and a close up of him later playing on a tree.
Hope that you have had a lovely week and are gearing up to Summer. Thanks as always for visiting.
Glad you had a good time! If you want me to look at your cardigan I will do next time I see you. Love the picture of the cactus it is really striking and who can resist squiriels especially red ones!


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package org.ehcache.impl.serialization;

import org.ehcache.spi.persistence.StateHolder;
import org.ehcache.spi.persistence.StateRepository;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.mockito.stubbing.Answer;

import java.io.ObjectStreamClass;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;

import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasSize;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.doAnswer;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;

public class CompactJavaSerializerTest {

  @Test
  public void testStateHolderFailureRereadBehavior() throws ClassNotFoundException {
    StateHolder<Integer, ObjectStreamClass> stateMap = spy(new TransientStateHolder<>());
    StateRepository stateRepository = mock(StateRepository.class);
    when(stateRepository.getPersistentStateHolder(eq("CompactJavaSerializer-ObjectStreamClassIndex"), eq(Integer.class), eq(ObjectStreamClass.class), any(), any())).thenReturn(stateMap);

    AtomicBoolean failing = new AtomicBoolean();
    Answer<Object> optionalFailure = invocation -> {
      try {
        return invocation.callRealMethod();
      } finally {
        if (failing.get()) {
          throw new RuntimeException();
        }
      }
    };

    doAnswer(optionalFailure).when(stateMap).entrySet();
    doAnswer(optionalFailure).when(stateMap).get(any());
    doAnswer(optionalFailure).when(stateMap).putIfAbsent(any(), any());

    CompactJavaSerializer<Date> serializerA = new CompactJavaSerializer<Date>(getClass().getClassLoader());
    serializerA.init(stateRepository);

    Date object = new Date();

    failing.set(true);
    try {
      serializerA.serialize(object);
      fail("Expected RuntimeException");
    } catch (RuntimeException e) {
      //expected
    }

    failing.set(false);
    ByteBuffer serialized = serializerA.serialize(object);
    assertThat(serializerA.read(serialized), is(object));

    assertThat(stateMap.entrySet(), hasSize(1));

    CompactJavaSerializer<Date> serializerB = new CompactJavaSerializer<Date>(getClass().getClassLoader());
    serializerB.init(stateRepository);

    assertThat(serializerB.read(serialized), is(object));
  }
}


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Q: Capture output or exit status from Start-Process inside Invoke-Command in PowerShell How do I capture the result and/or output of the executable run inside the Start-Process portion of this Invoke-Command?
Invoke-Command -ComputerName $SvrName -ScriptBlock {
    Param ($arg1, $arg2)
    $process = Start-Process -PassThru -FilePath $arg1 -ArgumentList $arg2;
    $process.WaitForExit();
} -ArgumentList $exePath, $command

I want the rest of the script to stop execution if the executable invoked by Start-Process returns an error.


ESTABLISH A LOVING RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR BODY AND YOUR LIFE THROUGH SOMATIC PRACTICES, MASSAGE, DANCE, AND VOCAL WORK ROOTED IN AN INTERSECTIONAL SOCIAL JUSTICE FRAMEWORK.
Workshops offered by India Harville. Establish a loving relationship with your body and your life through somatic practices, massage, dance, And vocal work rooted in an intersectional social justice framework.
LOOKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE YOUR MOVEMENT PRACTICE TO THE NEXT LEVEL? OR INTERESTED IN PERFORMING? THEN TRY ONE OF THESE WORKSHOPS!
What if everything about who you are is not just ok, but is beautiful? How would you share the gift of who you are with the world? What would you create if you were not afraid? Or if you were afraid and still decided to create? What if you cannot do it wrong? What if all of you is invited to the experience?
Join me for my monthly drop in DanceAbility workshop where we will explore these themes through movement and sound.
These workshops are an embodiment playground, a place to deepen your work to reclaim the full range of your humanity.
We will explore how the very act of claiming our bodies, our right to take up space, and our right to sound, move, breathe, and be is a revolutionary act in decolonizing ourselves from the legacies of colonialism, racism, classism, ableism, sexism, cis gender normativity, heteropatriachy, capitalism, sizeism, and other systemic oppressions that take up residency in our bodies.
My workshop is open to all people, and I am committed to centering the voices, experiences, needs, and leadership of those most impacted by systemic oppression.
In my workshops we work on eliminating isolation and learning inclusive styles of movement/sounding while creating an environment that alleviates disabled people's access to the range of choices afforded to able bodied people. We focus on learning to be allies to each other to create better collective access.
Please come scent free - to learn more about how to be scent free please read THIS and/or contact India.
If you have any access concerns or questions, please contact India.
Click HERE to see upcoming DanceAbility Workshops.
The only rule in Dancing Freedom is you cannot do it wrong! Come as you are and deepen your connection to your body, nature, and community. Dancing Freedom Workshops provide us with an opportunity to dance an elemental wave exploring earth, water, fire, air, and ether in a free form ecstatic dance journey designed to remind us of the sacredness of life. Dancing Freedom is a transformative practice with a magical quality that helps people be with what is in their lives, to show up fully, and to find themselves in the dance.
These workshops are open to all bodies and all levels of movement experience. We begin warming up our own bodies with an awareness to connecting to the earth, and the music intensifies and then returns to a quieter place. Each dancer choses their own dance experience and intensity of movement with some guidance from the facilitator. We spend some time processing the practice with each other and often deepen the practice with additional dance practices as selected by the facilitator.
To learn more about Dancing Freedom please click HERE.
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Eight highlights of the Estonian art graduates' exhibition
By Birgit Drenkhan / June 26, 2018 June 27, 2018 / Leave a Comment / Culture
Estonian World went to see an annual exhibition by the graduate students of the Estonian Academy of Arts and brings you some of the highlights.
The Estonian Academy of Arts, established in 1914, is the country's preeminent art school – a public university that provides higher education on different art forms. At its annual exhibition, TASE (could be translated from Estonian as "level" or "mark"), the university's master's students from the faculties of fine arts, architecture, design, art and culture show their graduating works. In addition, the bachelor students of the fine arts degree also show their final works.
Here are some of the highlights from this year's exhibition.
Triin Simson – "The Deadlock in the Absurd Theatre Play 'Toilet, This Way Please'" (scenography, MA)
This piece was the most outstanding among the other scenography works by this year's graduates. It was the most detailed and worked through, ready to be used on theatre stages. Built up by using two-way mirrors and different objects placed behind and front of them, it created a surreal feeling.
I found myself standing in a room full on mirrors, with a reflecting image of myself. Finding myself in a different reality I shared a room with a regular street light and an empty bench. The experience was all made more surreal by the reflective bench with a sitting child and a mirror with the street light that had a rope tied onto it, creating a feeling that someone was going to commit a suicide.
That room reminded me Lars von Trier's (the Danish moviemaker) explanation of the parallel universe, after the screening of his film, "Antichrist" – a viewer could decide on what they believed in.
"The theme of the my master's thesis arised from the interest in ambiguity and illusory nature of space and focused on the contradiction between fiction and apparent reality, based on the play 'Toilet This Way Please' by the Japanese playwright, Minoru Betsuyaku," Simson said. "The aim of the thesis was to construct a space, which, based on the analysis of the play, visualised a dead-end situation of a woman in an installation form, in which the boundary between reality and illusory disappeared."
The artist added that this all resulted in the symbiosis of scenography and installation. "The woman's self-image and perception of surroundings becomes audible and visible through fragmental recordings and absurd reflections, where the border between reality and illusion becomes as questionable as the existence of oneself in space."
Hedi Jaansoo – "Fears, Frailties, Beauties, Knots and Almost Nothing" (photography, MA)
Even though Jaansoo acquired her master's in photography, her final work was more like an installation. Being in the vicinity was a pleasant experience, due to the carefully installed objects in the room – some large and some so small and fragile, scattered about by a certain algorithm. It felt like one was walking on a spider net or in a 3D photo.
Among other objects there was a stepping chair with a little booklet, in which the artist was discussing about fragility and strength – advising that fragility made shyness and courage look the same for a bystander.
Helena Tuudelepp – "The Wall" (ceramics, MA)
"The Wall" was a large sculpture that was built up by multiple layers and attached to the wall. It was placed in a dark room and illuminated from one side, casting mysterious shadows. One could have interpreted it in many ways – it might have been an erotic piece or just a very old and crumbled wall.
"In my work I discuss relationships between objects and people – what role objects play in our lives, how objects influence us in room and space and how they create the experience of space," Tuudelepp, who used paper clay and porcelain as a material for "The Wall", explained.
Noga Rachel Harel – "Phantom Plants" (jewellery and blacksmithing, MA)
Harel conserved plants and modified them into jewellery. There were some nice wearable pieces, but more than others I was stunned by one that was made of seaweed and named "Seaweed Inferno". Despite the name, it looked elegant and somewhat passively threatening.
"My work finds its nourishment in a compassionate contemplation of the natural world. Organic shapes undergo a metamorphic process that transforms them into imaginative habitants of an uncanny forest," the artist described her work. "Through my artistic process, I protect them from their destiny to wither and disappear. I aspire to maintain the fragility and sensitivity of the existing nature, while using durable materials. It's an act of remembrance and preservation – the ephemeral becomes eternal. Phantom plants, disconnected from their natural environment, still reverberate the aura of the place they belong to, transcending into a poetic emotional landscape."
Cloe Jancis – "Metamorphosis" (photography, BA)
The artist explained that "Metamorphosis" was a photo series inspired by personal experience of motherhood. "It depicts mental and physical changes that I went through within the process of adjusting with the new role. The continual sharing of one's own body and forced physical presence created an altered sense of self – an alienation from my own physical body. The altered sense of self follows with hazed self-depiction that needs existential interpretation," Jancis said.
The artist added that in her photo series, cognitive states were given a physical form, one of these was the fear of becoming an object and losing one's self. "The manifestation of mental stages gives solace and helps adjust with the new role of motherhood."
Margus Kontus – "An Act of Violence in One Act" (graphic arts, BA)
This was an art form where two black circles collided on a white paper. Kontus's final work was installed in a black room with a dramatical lightning on the piece.
Despite the title that referred to violence, the artwork's minimalistic nature reminded me a zen art – two simple circles provoke an aesthetical feeling and made me to pause for a moment.
Annabel Janke – "Free Your Inner Disco Princess" (painting, BA)
The artist claimed her favourite colour was pink and she liked pop art – but during her studies, the academics had always been warning that her art might seem superficial, not to say just a cliché or a poster-like.
Her work was placed at the end of a long corridor, but before one arrived there, the artwork became audible with a cheerful disco music, and sensible by the sweet scent. Behind the large-scaled pink painting was a colour music set that was casting colourful dost around the room, and some fluffy clouds – just to add some extra sweetness.
This piece was an artist's manifestation for her authentic self, while questioning: "Is kitsch definitely a sign of bad taste? Does work of art has to have always a deep meaning to be titled as a good art?" Secondly, Janke asked whether an artist creates art that stays within the borders of good taste or should one always stay true to oneself? "My painting is an experiment to see whether the sugary sweetness can become a meaningful piece of art that can be taken seriously," she said.
Tiiu Lausmaa – "Life on Earth" (painting, BA)
"Life on Earth" was a series of paintings, placed in a neon yellow room that represented hunger and yearning for more.
"My paintings represent hunger and desire for something that you cannot even name. Random thoughts in a random order. Symbols appearing and disappearing, as if referring to a truth underneath, but in the end it's all too much and it becomes impossible to understand, know or believe," the artist explained. "It's probably just a silly game. In my paintings, fantasy and reality collide, accidental decisiouns meet conscious moves. This creates countless stories, which everyone can put together and take apart as they wish."
Cover: Annabel Janke – "Free Your Inner Disco Princess". Photos by Martin Buschmann and Birgit Drenkhan.
Birgit Drenkhan
Birgit studied at the University of Tartu. She has written film reviews for Estonian cultural papers Müürileht and Sirp, and written about film and art for Estonian World.


At a time of gloom in India, the poll outcome in Kashmir has been like a ray of sunlight breaking through the dark clouds. One reason for the high hopes generated by the contest was the large turnout of voters, which was nothing other than a slap in the face of the separatists.
The latter had gained a fresh lease of life during the Amarnath land transfer row when they organized large demonstrations and shouted pro-independence and pro-Pakistan slogans.
It was feared, therefore, that their election boycott call would receive a better response in the valley than in the past. As a result, there was even speculation of the poll being postponed on the plea of wintry conditions.
But the politicians and the bureaucrats evidently could not gauge the popular mood. There might have been unease in the valley about entrusting an official organization with providing the necessary facilities to Hindu pilgrims to the Amarnath shrine, thereby depriving the local Muslims of their traditional role in this regard.
But such adverse sentiments against the official move did not mean that the voters would not exercise their franchise. On the other hand, they turned out in large numbers - the percentage was above 60 - to send out what can only be regarded as a strong pro-democracy message.
Not surprisingly, the beneficiaries from the land transfer row have been in accordance with the unfortunate Hindu-Muslim and Jammu-valley polarization which took place during the agitation.
So, while the pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has gained in the Hindu-majority Jammu region to raise its tally of seats in the assembly from one to 11, the People's Democratic Party (PDP), with its "soft" separatist image and base in the Muslim-dominated valley, has also raised its number of seats from 16 to 21.
However, their gains do not provide anything more substantial than a boost to their morale since the government will be formed by the two middle-of-the-road parties - the National Conference (NC) and the Congress.
Herein lies the maturity of the voters who were clearly not swayed by the fiery rhetoric of either the BJP or the separatists (including the "soft" ones) to fall entirely in their trap. They ensured that the moderates would not lose any ground to the firebrands. Notwithstanding the drop in their percentages of votes, the National Conference and the Congress remained a potent force, much to the PDP's distress which was apparently hoping for another stint in power in alliance with the Congress.
The agitation can be seen in retrospect, therefore, as a blessing in disguise, for it helped the two centrist parties - the pan-Indian Congress and the secular-minded National Conference, famous for its "dynasty" of Sheikh Abdullah, the Lion of Kashmir - to come together after a long gap.
It is Sheikh Abdullah's grandson, Omar, who will now be the third chief minister from the family, after his father, Farooq Abdullah, and his grandfather. The 38-year-old Omar's accession is another matter of satisfaction because he marks the arrival of GenNext in the state's politics.
As always, the rise of a personable young man with an evidently modern mind is cause for at least two cheers. Since Omar is also a personal friend of another 38-year-old, Rahul Gandhi of the Congress and scion of the Nehru-Gandhi "dynasty", the fallout from the elections will not be confined to Kashmir alone.
If the Congress and the National Conference can rebuild their partnership, which goes back (notwithstanding intermittent rocky periods) to the days of Jawaharlal Nehru and Sheikh Abdullah, then India as a whole will benefit if only because both the parties tend to shun extremism of either the parochial or religious variety.
Since development is the new buzzword in Indian politics with even a Marxist leader of Kerala praising Narendra Modi's Gujarat model of industrialization, it is not surprising that Omar Abdullah has said that his first priority will be on the bijli-sadak-pani factor to eradicate the state's power, road and drinking water problems and improve employment opportunities. That he is banking on the private sector to provide jobs is a sign that he does not have the socialist hangover of an earlier generation.
But his real mettle will be tested by the challenge posed by the secessionists in conjunction with the insurgents sneaking in from Pakistan-administered Kashmir. It is also undeniable that a sense of alienation persists in the valley mainly because of the intimidating presence of gun-toting security forces.
What is more, the current tense relations between India and Pakistan rule out the possibility of any immediate measures to further ease travel and trade restrictions to fulfill Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's promise of gradually making the international border irrelevant.
The new government will also have to ensure that the longstanding grievances of the Jammu region about being discriminated against vis-'-vis the valley is suitably addressed, especially now when a stronger BJP is likely to raise a hue and cry about this sense of division, which it has always tried to exploit.
Questions have been raised about Omar Abdullah's youth and inexperience, but anyone who heard his impassioned speech during the trust vote in parliament on the nuclear deal last July would know about the earnestness of his convictions. If he can control his impetuosity, perhaps with a word of advice from his father, Farooq Abdullah, who has replaced him as the party president, the state is bound to have a bright future.


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🇪🇺Travel by train in Europe: Where are we heading?
www.goodmorningeurope.org
Johannes Eber
Long-distance travelling in Europe.
Take off.
It is about trains.
The European Union is trying hard to make train travelling more popular. With an initiative called DiscoverEU that provides free travel rail passes for 60,000 18 to 20 year old Europeans (apply here until 26 October), with the current European Year of Rail, and predominately by improving the railway routes.
How is Europe doing by that?
Progress moves at a snail's pace. But the truth also includes: Harmonizing the European rail network is a major challenge. Just a few decades ago, there were only national railway companies and rail networks. Each country had its own rules. In Europe, there were five different track gauges, twenty-one signalling systems, six types of railway electrification systems and an endless number of different national regulations.
What has changed since then?
After a decline in rail transport from the 1960s to the 1980s (due to the expansion of road and air traffic), the European Union decided that the reform and liberalization of the railway market was the only promising way to go. The first step (in 1991) was to "erase" the national borders within the EU by establishing a unified institutional and legislative framework to enable efficient and unified rail transport. Then the market was liberalized, which meant an introduction of competition. Its aim was to improve the quality of the railway transport services.
What was essentially done to create competition: the track (called network) got unbundled from the transport of passengers and goods. The rail network has been recognized as a natural monopoly and therefore remained financed by the states and under their direct control. The transport of freight and people has been formed (or better: has been separated) from the old national railway companies. Just these parts of the railway companies entered the competition (the network remained state-owned). That worked well for freight transport. The competition improved the service.
What about passenger transport?
More complicated. Passenger transport is often not profitable but desired nonetheless. That is why the state is needed, which awards train connections through tenders. At least that's the problem with regional connections. Long-distance transport, however, is often profitable. Therefore the number of long-distant connections is increasing steadily. The length of sections of lines designed for trains that can go faster than 250 km/h increased from 1000 km in 1990 to more than 9000 in 2020. Nowadays, it takes 3 hr 20 min from Paris to Amsterdam, 2 hr 50 min from Vienna to Budapest and 4 hr 40 min from Berlin to Prague (check this European Railway map that shows the bigger cities in Europe, to which cities they are connected and how long it takes to travel between them.)
And the future?
It's bright. There are many cross-border projects underway in Europe. Two examples: The Brenner Base Tunnel between Austria and Italy, and the Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link between Germany and Denmark (more projects here).
The expansion of rail transport will not happen overnight. But bit by bit, switching from air traffic to rail becomes increasingly attractive.
https://www.connectingeuropeexpress.eu
https://www.eurail.com/en/plan-your-trip/railway-map
https://www.eureporter.co/economy/railways/2021/10/11/eu-offers-young-people-60000-rail-passes-to-discovereu/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-speed_rail_in_Europe
https://europa.eu/youth/discovereu_en
https://europa.eu/year-of-rail/get-involved_en
https://www.thetrainline.com/trains/europe/map
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-speed_rail_in_Europe#Cross_border
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