How can your council develop connections, networks and leaders who will work together towards a shared vision and joint action for the local area?
For any government organisation, it's an interesting time to be working in the area of community engagement. But for local government working closest to the community, the many new opportunities offered by developments in digital technology are profound. Councils around Australia and New Zealand are responding in many different - and innovative - ways. Here, you will find rich, in-depth responses from dozens of organisations on how they are approaching this challenge. The following were the highest ranked pre-Challenge tasks in each state and New Zealand.
Disclaimer: The following content was submitted as part of the pre-Challenge task in the 2013 LGMA Australasian Management Challenge. These are not formal organisational policies or programs. While participants in the Challenge represented the relevant organisations, all content is hypothetical and created in the context of a professional development program.


Weigand Scholars consistently claim that even though our scholarships can be quite generous, they most appreciate the non-financial advantages the trust offers.
At the Weigand Trust, we provide priceless intangibles by intentionally focusing on building relationships among our family members, resulting in benefits that impact both their personal and professional lives forever.
When law students are welcomed into our family, they are immersed into a community of helpful, generous attorneys. We regularly host dinners and activities for new Weigands to meet in a casual, open environment with other students and alumni. Here, they can learn more about the best practices from the best students and lawyers including study techniques, outlining, stress management, memorization, finals prep and more.
Our students are also awarded access to our continually growing online database of class outlines and notes from all three schools and provided mentors through LegalLinks, our formal mentoring program. Through LegalLinks, we match each student with a team of supportive alumni who provide invaluable assistance and insight all aspects of legal education.
As our alumni remain involved in the Weigand community, they develop professional relationships with Kansas' future leaders, resulting in a trustworthy network for referrals, recommendations and even career opportunities. At our activities, they're introduced to the best and brightest rising attorneys, and reconnect with other Weigands.
Our alumni also express a great sense of fulfillment as they 'give back' and carry on the legacy of J.L. Weigand, Jr.
As our family grows each year, our network matures and increases in value. Our alumni are proud to be Weigands, and are continually providing ideas to keep our organization in a league all its own!


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Oscars Nominations 2023 List: Complete List of Nominees and Categories
The Oscars, also known as the Academy Awards, is one of the most prestigious and highly-anticipated events in the entertainment industry.

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The guys at Six Two Three Zero are launching a limited edition book commemorating the Re.Discover Bunbury Street Art Festival and you can be a part of it!
The publication will showcase all the amazing artists, murals and memorable moments of Re.Descover Bunbury Street Art Festival from 2014-2016. The publication will be created as a limited edition release with each book numbered & signed. To secure your copy and help fund this project head to the KickStarter page here!


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About Vocation
What is Vocation?
What is my Vocation?
The process of discernment
Can the Church help me discern?
What is Priesthood?
The Life of a Priest
The 'C' word – Celibacy
The Personal Life of a Priest
Am I being called?
Priestly Formation
How long does it take to become a priest?
What is Seminary like?
Four Pillars of Formation
A day in the life of a seminarian
Meet our Seminarians
Dale Cutlan
Elliot Hanson
About the Consecrated Life
Religious Communities in the Archdiocese of Cardiff
Consecrated Virginity
Third Orders
Oblates
Single life as Vocation
The word Vocation stems from the Latin: Vocare meaning to call. So, Vocation is about a call in our lives.
But where is this call from? The Bible tells us that throughout human history, God calls each person to come close to Him by doing his will and playing a part in the on-going conversion and salvation of humankind. God has a plan. You and I are a part of His plan and we each have our role to play for the good of everyone. As St Paul told the Romans:
"For as in one body we have many members, and not all the members have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another. We have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us: prophecy, in proportion to faith; ministry, in ministering; the teacher, in teaching; the exhorter, in exhortation; the giver, in generosity; the leader, in diligence; the compassionate, in cheerfulness." (Romans 12:4-8)
What we are to be, the role we are to play i.e. "the call" was given to us at baptism in that we are all called to holiness. The way of life we are called to should always be at the service of our call to holiness.
So you see, Vocation has a wider scope than being called to be a priest, monk or nun. EVERYONE has a Vocation. God is calling us to be someone special. When Jesus called his disciples it wasn't just to help him in his work. It was so they could be tranformed in love and become more like him. He gives us the Holy Spirit to help us share in his life here on earth and to express that life through love. The life we are called to lead, our Vocation, transforms us in love. It is a call to share in the life of the Trinity.
There are four core Vocations in life. The first two are obvious as we naturally apply the term 'Vocation' to them …. Priesthood and Religious/Consecrated Life. But for those who are not called to this way of life, there is another call. A call to devote their lives to being single or a call to married life. It is our duty to 'discern' what Jesus asks of us in the Holy Spirit, and to take up that call.


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/**
 * The content of this file is subject to the caAdapter Software License (the "License").
 * A copy of the License is available at:
 * [caAdapter CVS home directory]\etc\license\caAdapter_license.txt. or at:
 * http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/infrastructure/cacore_overview/caadapter/indexContent
 * /docs/caAdapter_License
 */

package gov.nih.nci.cbiit.cmts.ui.mapping;

import gov.nih.nci.cbiit.cmts.ui.common.ToolBarHandler;

import javax.swing.*;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * This class defines the list of functions performed to support main toolbar under context sensitive manamangement.
 *
 * @author Chunqing Lin
 * @author LAST UPDATE $Author: linc $
 * @since     CMTS v1.0
 * @version    $Revision: 1.1 $
 * @date       $Date: 2008-12-03 20:46:14 $
 */
public class MainToolBarHandler implements ToolBarHandler
{

	private JToolBar toolbar = null;
	private Map <Action, JButton>actionButtonMap = null;

/**
 * Constructor to initialize JToolBar and the action Map
 *
 */
	public MainToolBarHandler()
	{
		removeAllActions();
	}

	/* (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see gov.nih.nci.caadapter.ui.main.AbstractToolBarHandler#addAction(javax.swing.Action, boolean)
	 */
	public void addAction(Action act, boolean checkWithIcon)
	{
		if(checkWithIcon && act.getValue(Action.SMALL_ICON)==null)
		{//if check with icon but action does not contain any icon
			return;
		}
		JButton button = (JButton) actionButtonMap.get(act);
		if(button==null)
		{
			button = new JButton(act);
			button.setText("");
			button.setEnabled(true);
			toolbar.add(button);
		}
		else
		{//only by setAction(null), could remove completely the effect from older action
			button.setAction(null);
			button.setAction(act);
			button.setEnabled(true);
			toolbar.repaint();
		}

		actionButtonMap.put(act, button);
	}

	/* (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see gov.nih.nci.caadapter.ui.main.AbstractToolBarHandler#removeAction(javax.swing.Action)
	 */
	public void removeAction(Action act)
	{
		JButton button = (JButton) actionButtonMap.get(act);
		if (button != null)
		{
			synchronized(this)
			{
				int count = toolbar.getComponentCount();
				if(count>0)
				{
					int index = toolbar.getComponentIndex(button);
					if(index!=-1)
					{
						toolbar.remove(index);
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}

	public JToolBar getToolBar()
	{
		return toolbar;
	}
	/* (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see gov.nih.nci.caadapter.ui.main.AbstractToolBarHandler#removeAllActions()
	 */
	public void removeAllActions()
	{
		toolbar = new JToolBar();
		toolbar.setFloatable(false);
		actionButtonMap = Collections.synchronizedMap(new HashMap<Action, JButton>());
	}

}

/**
 * HISTORY : $Log:
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package io.github.meln1k.vkApi.utils

sealed abstract class AccessToken {
  def token: String
}

case class RealAccessToken(token: String) extends AccessToken

case object FakeAccessToken extends AccessToken {
  def token = ""
}


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Бар-сюр-Сен — графство в средневековой Франции.

Располагалось к юго-востоку от Труа, на территории современного кантона Бар-сюр-Сен в департаменте Об. Относилось к диоцезу Лангра и в начале XII века находилось в вассальной зависимости от епископов. Резиденция графов находилась в замке Бар-сюр-Сен (castrum Barrum super Sequanam).

Вассалы: сеньоры Шасне, Шатильона-сюр-Сен, Дюрнея, Вандевра-сюр-Барс.

С начала XI века Бар-сюр-Сен принадлежал графам Тоннера. Затем перешёл во владение графов Бриенна (Эсташия, сестра Юга-Рено, графа Тоннера и Бара-сюр-Сен, вышла замуж за Готье I, графа де Бриенна.

Во второй половине XII века посредством брака графство перешло Гуго IV де Пюизе, виконту Шартра, в результате его женитьбы на Петронилле, дочери Милона де Бриенна.

В 1220 году наследники рода Пюизе продали Бар-сюр-Сен графам Шампани.

Список графов Бар-сюр-Сен
 Ренар (ум. после 997)
 Эрменгарда (ум. после 1018), дочь, вышла замуж за Милона IV (950/965 — 1002), графа Тоннера
 ?
 Милон (V), (ум. 1046), граф Тоннера и Бара-сюр-Сен
 Юг Ренар (ум. 1084), сын Милона V, граф Тоннера и Бара-сюр-Сен, с 1065 епископ Лангра
 Эсташия (ум. не ранее 1072), дочь Милона V
 Готье I де Бриенн (ум. 1090), муж
 Милон де Бриенн (ум. 1126), сын
 Ги де Бриенн (упом. 1139), сын
 Милон III де Бриенн (ум. 1 октября 1151), сын
 Манассе де Бар-сюр-Сен, брат
 Петронилла де Бриенн, племянница (дочь Милона III)
 Гуго IV дю Пюизе (ум. 1189), муж
 Милон IV дю Пюизе (ум. 1219), сын.

Дети Милона IV дю Пюизе умерли раньше отца, и после его смерти на наследство стали претендовать дальние родственники. Видя это, вдова Милона Эллисенда де Жуаньи в 1220 году продала Бар-сюр-Сен графу Шампани Тибо. Тот выплатил компенсацию и другим претендентам.

Источники
 http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/chambarsein.htm#NocherIBarAubediedafter1011
 Lucien Coutant, Histoire de la ville et de l'ancien comté de Bar-sur-Seine, 1854, 476 p.

Графства Франции
Графства Шампани

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What Day Of The Week Was August 15, 1937?
August 15, 1937 was the 227th day of the year 1937 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 138 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.
A person born on this day will be 81 years old today. If that same person saved a Quarter every day starting at age 7, then by now that person has accumulated $6,819.25 today.
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Kenyan Muslim who shielded Christians from terrorists dies
Kenya (CNN)Kill us all or leave.
That's what Salah Farah told Al-Shabaab gunmen who ambushed a bus he was riding in the Kenyan county of northeast Mandera in late December. The gunmen said they were going to kill Christian passengers.
"They told us if you are a Muslim, we are safe," he then recalled to the BBC. But Farah and other Muslims on the bus stood up to the terrorists and risked their lives by shielding the Christians.
Farah was shot. Over the past several weeks, he has seemed in good spirits, talking to reporters and his family. But on Monday, during surgery, he died.
The school teacher's words of peace and brotherhood are being praised this week in international news coverage.
"People should live peacefully together," he told Voice of America earlier this month. "We are brothers. It's only the religion that is the difference, so I ask my brother Muslims to take care of the Christians so that the Christians also take care of us. … And let us help one another and let us live together peacefully."
Farah's body was flown on a police helicopter to his home where he was buried. Many gathered at his graveside, wept and prayed. His wife, Dunia Mohamed, is nine months pregnant. They have four children.
Al-Shabaab attacked this bus last December in northeast Kenya.
Farah was his family's primary breadwinner. The couple also lived other family members including his elderly parents. His mother, Amina Sabdow, was unable to speak when she heard her son had died.
The Kenya teachers commission sent condolences and vowed to help the family financially.
Mandera County Gov. Ali Ibrahim Roba also promised to help Dunia and provide an education for the children.
Farah was a role model, they said.
Al-Shabaab terror
Al-Shabaab emerged largely because of weak government and law enforcement in Somalia. Most recently a small faction of the group pledged allegiance to ISIS.
Al-Shabaab is largely a militant Somali jihadi insurgency that the United States designated as a foreign terrorist organization in March 2008. Their stated goal is to turn Somalia into a fundamentalist Islamic state, according to the Council on Foreign Relations.
The group has been blamed for attacks in Somalia that have killed international aid workers, journalists, civilian leaders and African Union peacekeepers as well as civilians.
A 2011 United Nations report stated that Al-Shabaab has raised tens of millions of dollars from extortion, illegal taxation and other illegal means.
What is Al-Shabaab and what does it want?
CNN's Ashley Fantz wrote this story in Atlanta. Journalist Saddam Mohamed Hussein reported from Kenya. CNN's Robyn Kriel contributed to this report.
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Things have been busy here in my little corner of the Pacific Northwest. I've been working on a number of different projects, including producing my own indie film, working for four area newspapers, and doing a lot of teaching.
In 2011, my short story Dark Alley was rejected by my publisher for publication. That was the start of my indie author career as I went on to self-publish for the first time. That same story is now the catalyst for my first indie film production on which I have been working diligently for the past two months. I became a member of the Spokane Film Project and actually was the only person from my district to lobby at the State Capitol to keep incentive funds for films in Washington. That was a very interesting experience. The Keep Film in Washington trip was a great networking opportunity, and I met with many established filmmakers from around the state.
If you're interested in reading Dark Alley, it is currently part of a collection that is free across all retail booksellers in eBook form. You can read more about it here. The collection is a combination of my works and those of my friend Newton Love, and we keep the eBook available for free to introduce people to our wide variety of writing styles. Be forewarned, Dark Alley does contain adult content, but it is not graphic.
I was honored to be invited to present at the recent PechaKucha night here in Chewelah back on March 13. PechaKucha is an interesting concept developed by the Japanese; it's a presentation style in which 20 slides are shown for 20 seconds each. So basically, close to seven minutes of sheer terror for the speakers. Ha ha. I decided to present on different instances where my photography took a turn for the worse, also known as stupid photographer tricks. I titled it Don't Try This at Home, and you can watch the video here for free. If you want to know more about PechaKucha or find out if it's in your neighborhood, you can go to PechaKucha.com.
Once again I've been invited to team up with the Libraries of Stevens County to host to the second annual Chewelah Flash Fiction Contest. I'll be teaching a workshop on April 17 to help people, not just participants, but everyone to hone their writing skills whether that be fiction or nonfiction, business writing, etc. I'm a huge advocate of flash fiction to polish your writing and even teach a course called Using Flash to Tighten Your Writing for the Community Colleges of Spokane. This is all thanks to my dear friend Steve Hise who got me involved in flash fiction writing when I claimed I couldn't write anything shorter than 400 pages. I am planning on putting my flash fiction course online through Udemy.com, but I have not had the time to do that at this point. The workshop will be April 17 at 6 PM at the Chewelah Library. The winning story will be published in the Chewelah Independent newspaper as well as the Indies Unlimited Flash Fiction Anthology for 2019. You do not need to be a Chewelah resident to participate.
Because… what would a newsletter be without the chance to win something? Everyone who can tell me what kind of dog Mr. Pish was will be entered to win a free book! I get to pick the book; but you get to pick whether you receive an eBook or an autographed print book. Print books are available to U.S. fans only – eBooks are available worldwide. Just reply to this email with what kind of dog Mr. Pish is, and you're entered to win. It's that simple! We'll do the drawing on April 26, so don't forget!
I am currently chief copy editor and photojournalist for The Chewelah Independent, staff writer and chief copy editor for The Silverado Express, chief copy editor and freelance writer for the Loon Lake Times, and freelance writer for the Deer Park Gazette. I usually produce between seven and 12 stories per month for The Silverado Express, and if you'd like to subscribe to that, it's free other than the cost for postage depending on where you live. I have been republishing some of my stories to medium.com here. Please feel free to subscribe to that if you want to read the stories electronically. Currently, The Silverado Express does not have a website, but we are working on it. While it is a lot of work, it has been an absolute blast working for all these papers. There is a certain level of celebrity that comes with that in this area, so it has definitely allowed me to access to people, places, and things that I normally would not have.
On April 9 of this year, Mr. Pish would have celebrated his 22nd birthday. He has been gone for six years now, but I still think of him every day.
Mr. Pish was my best friend, my inspiration, and my, for lack of a better word, fur baby. I still miss him dearly. Those of you with pets know how that goes. I get asked a lot if I am getting another pet, and the answer is no. I don't want to say never, but I really feel like never the answer. Mr. Pish's eBooks will be on sale for $0.99 for the next couple of weeks to honor his birthday. You can find them all on his Amazon Author Central page here.
I am hoping to have a couple of new book releases in the next few months. I'm working on a book about gluten-free living because I've had my students ask for these in class, and I'm also working on a book on how to produce a professional book because my students ask for those in class as well. These will be available online amazon.com and in print at all my classes.
Some of you may not know that I am the executive director of IndiesUnlimited.com, which is a site for anything and everything to do with writing and publishing. Everything on the site is free; we do not sell advertising, so we're never trying to get anyone to give us money. If you know someone who is writing and needs help, please direct them to that site. We were touted in Publishers Weekly as one of the top six sites for others, and the acclaimed site No Shelf Required said, ""I realized I had found that single, reliable resource that I needed to help novice indie authors. Enter Indies Unlimited." Don't believe me? Check out our brag page here.
I hope you all are enjoying your spring and I look forward to hearing from you soon.


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My 15yo daughter has started dating a Japanese police cadet!
So? What's wrong with that? Worried when he becomes a police he will finally bring you down for getting into Japan years ago with a fake personality?
But seriously, You don't like him?
The point is that she is a minor at 15. If he was the same age I am sure the OP would have no problems.
Op, if he is 20 or older, you can make his life very miserable but probably "lose " your daughter. Thread carefully.
One would think since he is learning to uphold the law, he might learn that it does apply to him. Since he is dating a minor.
Either way, if I was a father and my daughter was dating a police cadet, every time she and I went by a koban or saw one of Japan's finest riding a mamachari. I would poke fun at all of them for wearing those stupid uniforms. Every time he came over I would show him a map and ask him for directions just to ____ him off.
How old does one have to be to become a cadet???
Daughters arn't that easily lost are they?
Only when she's 4 and you leave her at a mall.
If you leave her, is she really lost?
No, but you could claim she was.
No, I've tried. That damn kid keeps finding her way home again. Or the wife is like "where is she?" I can't win.
For the OP, 2 words "chastity belt". Got mine in 'em already.
At 15 she is probably staring to rebel against pop and mom, so the Op has to be cool, getting mad at the situation is not the best thing to, as well as ridiculing the young man. The best thing to do is to treat her as an adult and make sure she knows about contraception and to promise to use it. I had a smiliar problem with my two daughters and an old friemd gabe that advice, after sitting down and talking with her and him, the problem disappeared. Of curse later on thee girls got into other types of things.Which aggravated the crap out of me, but I maintained my cool, now they seem to have settled down. Salarymen for boys friend for the older one and a college boy for the younger a year older than her.


Below are the best hotels in Miraflores, in Lima that is conveniently located near many attractions and are within walking distance to the beaches of Costa Verde. Trendy travelers looking for upscale boutique properties should stay at the Tierra Viva Miraflores Larco or Del Pilar Miraflores and luxury boutique options include the newer Dazzler Lima and Casa Andina Premium Miraflores. Solid mid-range options for families include the Courtyard Lima Miraflores and the El Pardo DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel and the Four Points by Sheraton Miraflores offers value with a complimentary breakfast. The luxurious JW Marriott Hotel Lima, the mid-range Estelar Miraflores Hotel as well as the Sol del Oro Hotel and Suites sport resort style amenities onsite including freshwater swimming pools, fitness centers and spas. Read on for best places to stay in Lima, Peru!
If you are searching for a mid-range family-friendly hotel in Miraflores that boasts easy access to several area attractions including the Pacific Ocean then the Courtyard Lima Miraflores is superb. Located in the center of the Miraflores District along Calle Schell, the Courtyard Lima Miraflores provides for an easy 50minute walk to Parqu Kennedy and less than 1-mile away from Playa Redondo II. The Courtyard Lima Miraflores has a sleek modern ten floor architectural style with 149 rooms and suites that feature a fresh contemporary decor. Standard rooms are spacious with a choice of bedding and views of the city. Panoramic rooms are a larger corner unit with a choice of bedding, sofa sleeper and views of the city through floor to ceiling windows. One-bedroom Panoramic suites have a separate living room with a sofa sleeper and floor to ceiling windows that boast of city skyline view. The Courtyard hotel in Miraflores is a great spot to begin your explorations of the area with several quality attractions within a short walk which include the ruins at Huaca Pucllana, the Iglesia Virgen Milagrosa and the beaches of Costa Verde which include Playa Waikiki as well as Playa Makaha. The Courtyard Lima Miraflores has a fitness center but not a freshwater swimming pool. Dining onsite includes Bistro 400 for all three meals and there are several eateries within a short walk such as Barra Maretazo for seafood, Mama Olla Restaurant prepares Peruvian specialties as well as Rigoletto Lima serves Italian cuisine. Nightlife nearby includes drinks at Delfus Taberna Bar or Cafe Bar Habana and there is live music at Son de Cuba.
When you want to stay at a trendy boutique hotel in Miraflores that is close to numerous attractions including the beach then an ideal place to sleep is the Tierra Viva Miraflores Larco. Located in the heart of the Miraflores District along Calle Bolivar, the Tierra Viva Miraflores Larco is situated less than a 10-minute walk from Parque Kennedy and is a short half-mile to Playa Waikiki. The Tierra Viva Miraflores Larco has a modern eight story architectural design with 44 rooms that sport a simple contemporary interior. Standard rooms have 204 square feet with a choice of bedding and views of the city. Superior rooms are slightly larger at 236 square feet with a choice of bedding and views of the city skyline. The Tierra Viva Miraflores Larco is an ideal hotel in Miraflores to start your adventures with several attractions within a short distance that include Parque del Amor, shopping at Larcomar Shopping Center, the Miraflores Boardwalk and the ChocoMuseo Miraflores. The Tierra Viva Miraflores Larco has a rooftop terrace but does not offer amenities such as a freshwater swimming pool or a fitness center. Dining at Tierra Viva Miraflores Larco includes a complimentary breakfast but there is no restaurant onsite. There are numerous eateries within a short walk such as Punto Azul for Peruvian delights, El Pez On prepares seafood and Maido serves Japanese cuisine. Nightlife nearby includes gambling at the Casino La Hacienda, the Jazz Zone has live music and you can watch live performances at the Centro Cultural Ricardo Palma.
If you want to find a luxury hotel in Miraflores that is family-friendly with numerous amenities onsite and is close to numerous attractions including the beach then the JW Marriott Hotel Lima is a superb choice. Located in the southern portion of the Miraflores District along the Malecon de la Reserva, the JW Marriott is only 1-block away from Playa Redondo II and is 1-block from shopping at the Larcomar shopping Center. The JW Marriott Hotel Lima has a modern twenty five floor architectural style with 300 rooms and suites which feature a sleek contemporary decor. Deluxe rooms have 355 square feet with a choice of bedding and views of the Pacific Ocean or city skyline. Prime rooms are 398 square feet with a choice of bedding and views of the ocean. Executive rooms are sized at 387 square feet with ocean views and provide access to a private lounge which serves a complimentary breakfast as well as an evening reception. One-bedroom suites have 904 square feet with a separate living room, executive lounge privileges as well as views of the Pacific Ocean from picture windows and some suites area available with a private Jacuzzi. The one-bedroom Presidential suite is 2,819 square feet with a separate living room, 1.5-bathrooms, dining room, executive lounge privileges and views of the ocean. The JW Marriott Hotel Lima is ideal place to begin your explorations with several attractions within walking distance that includes the Lima Museum of Contemporary Art, Parque del Amor and you are steps away from the southern beaches of Costa Verde. The JW Marriott Hotel in Miraflores has a freshwater swimming pool with a sundeck, a fitness center and a full service spa onsite. Dining at the property includes the La Vista Restaurant for all three meals and the JW Sushi Ceviche Lounge prepares lunch as well as dinner. There is an abundance of offsite restaurants within walking distance such as Tanta for Peruvian fare, Mangos prepares seafood and La Trattoria di Mambrino serves Italian. Nightlife within an easy walk includes the Delfus Taberna Bar, Del Carajo boasts dancing and the Jazz Zone offers live music.
If you are searching for a mid-range hotel in Miraflores that is close to the beach and numerous attractions which are family-friendly then the El Pardo DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel is superb. Located in the heart of the Miraflores District along Calle Independencia, the El Pardo DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel is situated within a 20-minute walk to the Playa Costa Verde as well as the Playa La Pampilla and you are only 15-minutes away from the ChocoMuseo Miraflores. The El Pardo DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel has a modern twelve story architectural design with 240 rooms and suites that offer a stylish contemporary interior. Rooms are 258 square feet with a choice of bedding and views of the skyline through picture windows. Junior suites offer 280 square feet with a privacy curtain that separates the living room which contains a sofa, some units are available with a kitchenette and each unit offers views of the city skyline. One-bedroom suites are spacious with a separate living room, dining area and views of the skyline through floor to ceiling windows. The El Pardo DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Miraflores is perfect to help you begin your adventures of the area with several attractions within 1-mile which include Parque Kennedy, the Miraflores Boardwalk, the ruins at Huaca Pucllana and shopping at the Indian Market. The DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel has a rooftop freshwater swimming pool with a sundeck that overlooks the city skyline, a fitness center and a squash court. Dining at the hotel includes Zuma Grill for breakfast and the El Lobby del Pardo serves lunch as well as dinner. Eateries offsite are plentiful within walking distance which includes Panchita for Latin dishes, La Gloria prepares seafood and Marchand Restaurant serves French delicacies. Nightlife nearby includes Bizarro for dancing, Son de Cuba has live music and BarBarian Miraflores serves cold craft beers.
If you are looking for an upscale hotel in Miraflores that offers quick access to many of the attractions including the beach then the Dazzler Lima is a great selection. Located in the Miraflores District along Avenida Jose Pardo, the Dazzler Lima is within a 10-minute walk to Playa La Pampilla and is situated 0.5-miles from Parque del Amor. The Dazzler Lima was constructed in 2013 with a modern seventeen floor architectural style that contains 140 rooms and suites which boast a sleek contemporary decor. Classic rooms are sized at 323 square feet with a choice of bedding and a view of the city from picture windows. Classic Triple rooms have 398 square feet three beds and a view of the city through picture windows. Suites are 398 square feet with one-bedroom, a separate living room, wet bar and views of the city. The Dazzler Lima is an ideal place to start your explorations with numerous attractions within walking distance that include the ChocoMuseo Miraflores, the ruins of Huaca Pucllana and the Amano Pre-Columbian Textile Museum. The Dazzler Lima Hotel in Miraflores has a rooftop freshwater swimming pool with a terrace overlooking the city skyline, a fitness center and in-room spa services are available. The Dazzler Lima provides a complimentary breakfast buffet and there is the 21.02 Resto and Lounge which serves lunch as well as dinner. Offsite dining includes a variety of restaurants within walking distance such as Costazul Seafood, the Edo Sushi Bar prepares Japanese and IK Restaurante serves Peruvian Fusion cuisine. Nightlife is abundant nearby with the La Esquina Wine Bar, the Crocodrilo Verde and La Destileria for cold libations.
When you are interested in a luxury boutique hotel in Miraflores that boasts resort style amenities, is close to the beach and there are numerous attractions nearby then the Casa Andina Premium Miraflores is an ideal choice. Located along Avenida La Paz in the center of the Miraflores District, the Casa Andina Premium Miraflores is situated within walking distance to the Costa Verde where you will find Playa Redondo II and is within 0.5-miles away from Parque del Amor. The Casa Andina Premium Miraflores has an eclectic modern high rise architectural design with 148 rooms and suites that feature a contemporary rustic interior. Traditional and Superior rooms range in size from 258 to 279 square feet with a choice of bedding and views of the city skyline from large picture windows. One-bedroom suites have 678 square feet with a separate living room and views of the skyline (senior suites have a Jacuzzi). The Casa Andina Premium Miraflores is a superb place to help begin your adventures because there are numerous sites within walking distance that include Parque Kennedy, ChocoMuseo Miraflores and you are less than 1-mile away from the ruins at Huaca Pucllana. The Casa Andina Premium Hotel in Miraflores has an excellent indoor freshwater swimming pool with a waterfall, a fitness center and a full service spa. Dining onsite includes a complimentary breakfast and all three meals served at Alma Restaurante and Bar as well as at Sama Restaurante Cafe. Offsite eateries within a short walk include Bistro 400 for American dishes, Saqra serves Latin delicacies and La Tiendecita Blanca prepares European cuisine. Nightlife includes an easy walk to the Centro Cultural Ricardo Palma for live musical performances; Cafe Bar Habana has great libations and Amadeus Piano Bar for a friendly atmosphere.
When you are seeking a mid-range hotel in Miraflores with lots of amenities, within walking distance to many attractions and is ideal for families then the Estelar Miraflores Hotel is an excellent selection. Located in the middle of the Miraflores District along Avenida Alfredo Benavides, the Estelar Miraflores Hotel is less than 1-mile away from Playa Makaha and is a 2-block walk to Parque Kennedy. The Estelar Miraflores Hotel has a modern twenty one floor architectural style with 151 rooms and suites that feature a simple contemporary decor. Rooms are sized at 290 square feet with a choice of bedding and a view of the city from large picture windows. Superior rooms are slightly larger at 312 square feet with a king size bed, a sitting area and views of the city. Junior suites are spacious at 441 square feet with a separate living room that offers views of the city through large picture windows. One-bedroom Premium suites are 559 square feet with a separate living room and views of the skyline through large picture windows. The Estelar Hotel in Miraflores has a perfect location to help you explore the surrounding sites with easy walks to the Costa Verde where you will find Playa Waikiki, Parque del Amor and you are less than 1-mile to Huaca Pucllana. The Estelar Miraflores Hotel has a tropical themed freshwater swimming pool with a waterfall, a fitness center and a full service spa onsite. Dining includes a complimentary breakfast at Piso 21 which is open for all three meals and resides of the 21st story of the building. Offsite eateries within an easy walk include Maido for Japanese, Manolo prepares Peruvian delicacies and Punto Azul serves Latin fare. Nightlife is a short away with the Jazz Zone offering live music, La Destileria for cold libations and families will enjoy Bowling Larcomar.
If you are interested in a hotel in Miraflores which is great for families and is nearby to many of the attractions as well as the beach then you should try the Four Points by Sheraton Miraflores. Located along Calle Alcanfores within the heart of the Miraflores District, the Four Points by Sheraton Miraflores is within an easy walking distance to Parque Kennedy and Playa Redondo II. The Four Points by Sheraton Miraflores has a modern fifteen story architectural design with 134 rooms and suites which boast a contemporary interior. Classic rooms range in size from 260 to 280 square feet with a choice of bedding and a view of the city from picture windows. One-bedroom suites are between 673 to 699 square feet with a separate living room and views of the skyline. There are also suites that offer a private terrace with more outdoor living space. The Four Points by Sheraton Miraflores has a superb location to help you with your explorations with numerous attractions within 1-mile that include the Miraflores Boardwalk, shopping at the Larcomar Shopping Center, Huaca Pucllana ruins and the Indian Market. The Four Points by Sheraton Hotel in Miraflores has a fitness center and spa services can be requested but there is no freshwater swimming pool. Dining includes a restaurant that is open for all three meals with Peruvian delights and there is plenty of dining options within a short walk that include Mama Olla Restaurant for Fusion dishes, Saqra prepares Latin specialties as well as Rigoletto Lima serves Italian. Nightlife within an easy walk includes the Jazz Zone for live music, Casino La Hacienda and La Esquina Wine Bar prepares a quiet drink.
When you are interested in a mid-range hotel in Miraflores which is ideal for all types of travelers, is close to several attractions and offers a quick walk to the beach then you should stay at the Del Pilar Moraflores Hotel. Located in the heart of the Miraflores District along Pje Martir Olaya, the Del Pilar Miraflores Hotel is situated within 1-block of Parque Kennedy and 2-blocks to the ChocoMuseo Miraflores. The Del Pilar Miraflores Hotel has a modern eight floor architectural style with 53 rooms and suites that boast a contemporary decor. Standard rooms have various sizes and are available with bedding options from one to three queen size beds as well as a view of the city skyline from picture windows. Junior suites are larger with an open floorplan that includes a living/sleeping area, a small kitchenette and views of the skyline from picture windows. The Del Pilar Miraflores Hotel is a great place to start you adventures with numerous attractions within walking distance that include Parque del Amor, the ruins at Huaca Pucllana, shopping at the Indian Market and you are less than 1-mile from the Costa Verde where you will find Playa Makaha as well as Playa Waikiki. The Del Pilar Hotel in Miraflores has a fitness center and massages are available onsite. Dining includes 24/7 service at the Aymuray Restaurant and the Sushi Bar serves lunch as well as dinner. Dining offsite is plentiful within walking distance with La Gloria for Peruvian, Panchita serves Latin specialties and Bistro 400 prepares American dishes. Nightlife is an easy walk away with the Crocodile Verde for live performances, Cafe Bar Habana, Bizarro has club dancing.
When you are looking for a mid-range hotel in Miraflores that is close to beaches, numerous attractions and offers plenty of amenities for families onsite then the Sol de Oro Hotel and Suites is perfect. Located directly in the Miraflores District along Calle San Martin, the Sol de Oro Hotel and Suites is situated within 3-blocks to Parque Kennedy and 4-blocks to the Costa Verde where you will find Waikiki Beach as well as Playa Makaha. The Sol de Oro Hotel and Suites has a modern twelve story architectural design with 123 rooms and suites that have a fresh contemporary interior. Standard and Superior rooms are sized at 270 square feet with a choice of bedding and a view of the city skyline. Junior suites have 430 square feet with an open floorplan that includes a sitting area, a choice of bedding and views of the surrounding skyline. One-bedroom Executive suites are 861 square feet with a choice of bedding, a separate living room that includes a small kitchenette (microwave and refrigerator) and views of the city from floor to ceiling windows. One-bedroom Deluxe suites have a similar size and floor plan with an added terrace that contains a hot tub. Grand Deluxe suites are slightly larger at 914 square feet with a separate living room/dining room, small kitchenette, private terrace that has a hot tub and floor to ceiling windows that offer skyline views. The Solo do Oro Hotel and Suites is a perfect spot to start your explorations of the area with several attractions within a 0.5-mile walking distance which include the ChocoMuseo Miraflores, Larcomar Shopping Center, Parque del Amor and the Virgen Milagrosa Church. The Sol de Oro Hotel in Miraflores has a rooftop freshwater swimming pool with a terrace, a fitness center and a full service spa onsite. Dining includes a complimentary breakfast buffet and there is Murano Restaurant that serves lunch as well as dinner. Offsite dining choices within an easy walk are numerous including Rafael for Peruvian dishes, Maido prepares Japanese and Rigoletto Lima serves Italian. Nightlife within a short walk includes the Delfus Taberna Bar, Son de Cuba has live music and there is gambling at the Fiesta Casino.


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Q: Medusa Gatsby Ecommerce Server gives an error on yarn start I'm new to gatsby. I'm trying to start the server with yarn start after yarn install but it gives and error of /bin/sh: 1: /home/philip/Desktop/JS: not found It references a different folder.
Bellow is my pakage.json
{
"name": "medusa-starter-default",
"version": "0.0.1",
"description": "A starter for Medusa projects.",
"author": "Sebastian Rindom <skrindom@gmail.com>",
"license": "MIT",
"scripts": {
    "seed": "medusa seed -f ./data/seed.json",
    "build": "babel src -d dist --extensions \".ts,.js\"",
    "start": "medusa develop"
},
"dependencies": {
    "@medusajs/medusa": "1.2.1",
    "@medusajs/medusa-cli": "^1.3.0",
    "medusa-fulfillment-manual": "1.1.31",
    "medusa-interfaces": "1.2.1",
    "medusa-payment-manual": "1.0.16",
    "medusa-payment-stripe": "1.1.38",
    "mongoose": "^5.13.3",
    "typeorm": "^0.2.36"
},
"repository": "https://github.com/medusajs/medusa-starter-default.git",
"keywords": [
    "sqlite",
    "ecommerce",
    "headless",
    "medusa"
],
"devDependencies": {
    "@babel/cli": "^7.14.3",
    "@babel/core": "^7.14.3",
    "@babel/preset-typescript": "^7.14.5",
    "babel-preset-medusa-package": "^1.1.13"
}

}
It give an error each time. see bellow
$ medusa develop

/bin/sh: 1: /home/philip/Desktop/JS: not found
Error: Command failed: /home/philip/Desktop/JS Programs/juqwaa/server/node_modules/.bin/babel src -d dist
at checkExecSyncError (node:child_process:828:11)
at execSync (node:child_process:899:15)
at /home/philip/Desktop/JS Programs/juqwaa/server/node_modules/@medusajs/medusa/dist/commands/develop.js:82:42
at step (/home/philip/Desktop/JS Programs/juqwaa/server/node_modules/@medusajs/medusa/dist/commands/develop.js:33:23)
at Object.next (/home/philip/Desktop/JS Programs/juqwaa/server/node_modules/@medusajs/medusa/dist/commands/develop.js:14:53)
at /home/philip/Desktop/JS Programs/juqwaa/server/node_modules/@medusajs/medusa/dist/commands/develop.js:8:71
at new Promise ()
at __awaiter (/home/philip/Desktop/JS Programs/juqwaa/server/node_modules/@medusajs/medusa/dist/commands/develop.js:4:12)
at default_1 (/home/philip/Desktop/JS Programs/juqwaa/server/node_modules/@medusajs/medusa/dist/commands/develop.js:74:12) {
status: 127,
signal: null,
output: [ null, null, null ],
pid: 8605,
stdout: null,
stderr: null
}
Done in 1.72s.

A: To be very honest, I don't know why, but running medusa start seems to solve the problem.

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The Philadelphia 76ers (43-25) are hosting the Sacramento Kings (33-34) at Wells Fargo Center on Friday night. Ben Simmons (upper respiratory) and Mike Scott (upper respiratory) are both listed as probable. The last time these two teams faced, Jimmy Butler, Joel Embiid and Simmons combined for 80 of their 108 points in a loss. Here are three storylines to watch.
Along those same lines, who would've thought to start the season, the Kings would be fighting for a playoff spot in the Western Conference? After last night's loss to Boston, the Kings' chances have become even more slim, sitting five games behind the Clippers. But with the playoffs still in their sights, the Kings definitely still have something to fight for tonight.
Dating back to March 2 against Golden State, Ben Simmons is shooting 78.1 percent from the free-throw line (25/32). For the season, Simmons is up to 60.3 percent and averaging 5.5 attempts per game (last year: 52.0 percent on 4.3 attempts). Simmons has looked a lot more confident at the line and has been more aggressive recently, something that the Sixers definitely need from him come playoff time.


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How will Trump's display measure up? A look at huge military parades around the globe.
By Dareh Gregorian with NBC News Politics • Updated: 03/07/2019
Soldiers march past Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City during a military parade on Sept. 3, 2015 in Beijing, China. - Copyright Kevin Frayer Getty Images
President Donald Trump's "Salute to America" on Independence Day owes a tip of the hat to other military parades around the world — including some of the U.S.A.'s longtime adversaries.
Trump has voiced his desire toshow off with the American militaryever since he attended a Bastille Day celebration with troops and tanks as a guest of French President Emmanuel Macron in 2017. "It was one of the greatest parades I've ever seen. It was two hours on the button and it was military might and I think a tremendous thing for France, and for the spirit of France," Trump saidmonths later. "We may do something like that on July Fourth in Washington."
Now it's happening. "The Pentagon & our great Military Leaders are thrilled to be doing this & showing to the American people, among other things, the strongest and most advanced Military anywhere in the World. Incredible Flyovers & biggest ever Fireworks!" Trump tweeted on Tuesday.
Here's a look at some other military parades around the world:
RUSSIA: PUTIN'S PARTY
Russian tanks T-72 B3 roll through Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on May 9, 2019.Alexander Nemenov
Huge military parades were a regular feature of the old Soviet Union, and Russian President Vladimir Putin has made those parades great again. The country celebrates Victory Day — the anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II — annually in Moscow's Red Square with thousands of troops, scores of tanks, jets and ballistic missile systems. Putin typically invites other heads of state to join him for the spectacle. Recent attendees include Chinese President Xi Jinping and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
CHINA: 100 PLANES
Soldiers march past Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City during a military parade on Sept. 3, 2015 in Beijing, China.Kevin Frayer
President Xi has held several military parades, including one in Beijing in 2015 to celebrate the 70th anniversary of victory over Japan in World War II. That ceremony included a 70-gun salute, which used cannons. In addition to presiding over the ceremony, Xi has participated in it, standing through the sun roof of a car with microphones to inspect and address the 12,000 soldiers taking part in the festivities. A 2017 parade to mark the 90th anniversary of its army included over 100 planes and almost 600 different types of weapons.
NORTH KOREA: JET FIREWORKS
North Korea stages a military parade in Pyongyang on Feb. 8 to mark the 70th anniversary of the Korean People\'s Army at Kim Il Sung Square.KNS
The dictator who Trump used to deride as "Little Rocket Man" likes big military parades — with rockets. Kim Jong Un holds one in the capital of Pyongyang annually with tens of thousands of troops, and large contingents of armored vehicles and missiles. The 2018 version of the parade even featured military jets shooting out fireworks to in the shape of a "70" to mark the country's 70th anniversary. It also had two enormous statues of Kim's father and grandfather, the country's previous rulers.
IRAN: A NATIONAL HOLIDAY
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attends a military parade on April 18, 2019.AFP - Getty Images
The regime shows off its military might annually on National Army Day, with a parade in Tehran featuring thousands of troops, tanks, armored transport vehicles, missile systems, and its homemade fighter jets. The event is a national holiday.
SAUDI ARABIA: EXPLOSIONS
Saudi security forces take part in a military parade near Mecca on Sept. 17, 2015.Mosa\'ab Elshamy
Yes, it features tanks, missiles, jets and troops. But the Saudi military parade also includes combat performance art, complete with mock anti-terrorism operations and spectacular explosions. It's held in Mecca right before the annual Hajj pilgrimage.
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Syrian Refugees Spreading Flesh-Eating Disease, Polio, Measles, Tuberculosis, Hepatitis
Photo: Associated Press
TEL AVIV – The Syrian refugee crisis has precipitated a "catastrophic outbreak" of a flesh-eating disease that is spreading across the Middle East and North Africa, according to research published on Thursday in the scientific journal PLOS.
Largely missing from news media coverage is that the same news-making scientific report warned the ongoing violence in Syria has "created a setting in which we have seen the re-emergence of polio and measles, as well as tuberculosis, hepatitis A, and other infections in Syria and among displaced Syrian refugees."
Indeed, in 2013 the World Health Organization documented new cases of vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles, reporting that year alone the number of confirmed measles cases in Syria reached 139, as compared to no documented cases in 2010 and 2011.
The WHO reported that 2013 saw Syria's first outbreak of polio since 1999. According to an April 2015 WHO report, 35 children were subsequently paralysed by polio before the start of a new vaccine campaign.
In November, 2014 PLOS documented the spread of measles from among the Syrian refugee population:
Measles has swept through Syria, including Aleppo and the northern regions, with over 7,000 confirmed cases. This epidemic has not spared refugees in neighboring countries, even among highly vaccinated populations. In Jordan, 24 cases of measles were reported in 2012, while over 200 cases were reported in 2013. In Lebanon, nine reported cases of measles in 2012 increased to 1,760 cases in 2013, only 13.2% of which were among Syrian refugees.
Regarding the flesh-eating disease, leishmaniasis, PLOP warned in its latest report, "We may be witnessing an epidemic of historic and unprecedented proportions, but it has largely been hidden due to lack of specific information."
The PLOP journal reported leishmaniasis is now affecting hundreds of thousands of refugees and has spread to Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Libya and Yemen. In Yemen alone, 10,000 new cases have been reported annually, the journal reported.
"Additionally, the number of cases of CL (cutaneous leishmaniasis) has most likely been severely underreported" due in part to constraints on collecting data from violence-torn regions, PLOP warned.
"Few countries have mandated reporting of CL and the resultant weak reporting system promotes a lack of disease awareness and public policies for treatment and prevention," the report added.
"Due to the violence, Syrians have been forced to flee from their homes and seek refuge across the Middle East, North Africa, and, more recently, Europe," the journal documented.
Volcano-like ulcers
Leishmaniasis, meanwhile, is a disease caused by protozoan parasites. It is spread almost entirely by sandflies, including those present in the U.S.
There are three main types of the disease: cutaneous, mucocutaneous, and visceral leishmaniasis.
Cutaneous is the most common form among Syrians. It manifests in skin sores that typically develop within a few weeks or months from a sand fly bite. The sores can initially appear as bumps or nodules and may evolve into volcano-like ulcers.
Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis causes skin ulcers like the cutaneous form, as well as mucosal ulcers that usually damage the nose and mouth.
Visceral leishmaniasis, which has also been found among Syrian refugees, is the most serious form and can be fatal. It damages internal organs, usually the spleen and liver, and also affects bone marrow.
Threat to U.S.?
Refugees who enter the U.S. must undergo medical screening according to protocols established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC. Each refugee must submit to a physical examination, including a skin test and possibly a chest x-ray to check for tuberculosis,as well as a blood test for syphilis.
The blood tests do not currently look for leishmaniasis. Clearly, an attending doctor could easily spot a patient with obvious skin ulcers. However, leishmaniasis cannot be detected upon physical examination if the patient is asymptomatic, as can be the case for years.
In December, Dr. Heather Burke, an epidemiologist from the CDC's Immigrant, Refugee, and Migrant Health Branch, explained to Breitbart Jerusalem that there is generally a window of three to six months from the initial physical examination until a refugee departs for the U.S.
She said a medical examination is valid for six months, and explained that patients undergo a second examination just prior to departure – a quicker "fitness to fly" screening. While she conceded that this final examination is not thorough, she said it would pick up any visible skin lesions. Burke told Breitbart Jerusalem that she is not aware of a single case of leishmaniasis entering the U.S. via Syrian refugees.
Dr. Jane Orient, executive director of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, warned that "most doctors in the U.S. know nothing about leishmaniasis."
"We'd all need to refer patients to tropical diseases specialists," she told Breitbart Jerusalem in December. "The treatments are toxic and expensive, and some are not widely available."
For Orient, the only sensible public health policy is "for all refugees to pass through a quarantined place like Ellis Island."
"Officials need to know where they've been and what diseases occur there. We need sophisticated, reliable screening methods and excellent vector control in any areas where refugees stay."
With research by Brenda J. Elliott.
Aaron Klein is Breitbart's Jerusalem bureau chief and senior investigative reporter. He is a New York Times bestselling author and hosts the popular weekend talk radio program, "Aaron Klein Investigative Radio." Follow him on Twitter @AaronKleinShow. Follow him on Facebook.
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from __future__ import unicode_literals, print_function

from ..language import Language
from ..attrs import LANG

from .language_data import *

class Italian(Language):
    lang = 'it'

    class Defaults(Language.Defaults):
        lex_attr_getters = dict(Language.Defaults.lex_attr_getters)
        lex_attr_getters[LANG] = lambda text: 'it'

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Silk lined hats have existed for several decades in the West. They were mainly available for women and were marketed as ideal for reducing frizzy hair due to the friction-less nature of silk.
It is this friction-less property that also benefits anyone suffering from hair loss. Most people in this position will be familiar with waking up with hairs on the pillow and seeing their hair lining woolen or cotton hats when they take them off. The friction-less nature of a silk lined hat prevents this and prevents breakage of weaker hairs in the same way as a silk pillowcase does at night.
Silk production originates in China where the secret to its production was a closely guarded secret for hundreds of years. The wealthiest and most powerful in China wore silk clothes and slept in silk linen. This love of silk was not only as a statement of wealth but also reflected an early understanding of the anti aging properties of silk.
The ancient Chinese believed that sleeping on silk prevented wrinkle formation and that unlike other fibres silk did not tear out hair over night reducing hair loss in those with thinning hair.
Interestingly modern research has now shown that in addition to be friction-less silk can actually adhere to the keratin in both our skin and our hair (1). By doing so it creates a protective film on the hair that helps keep the hair healthy and strong.
Silk is anti bacterial and anti fungal reducing smells from sweating (2).
Wearing silk may also benefit those suffering skin conditions. Several scientific trials have shown that silk can be useful in preventing and controlling atopic dermatitis and atopic eczema (3,4,5).
There are multiple reasons for choosing to wear a silk lined hat. Whatever your reason make sure the lining is genuine silk. A lot of synthetic substitutes are being passed off as silk currently and it is very hard for the untrained eye to tell the difference. Unfortunately your scalp will know and will not gain all the benefits of genuine silk. Look for Mulberry silk of at at least 19 momme if you want the hat to last as thinner silk can wear quickly.
Look out for the White Lotus silk lined cap. It is a modern baseball style cap in a range of fashionable colours. Importantly despite the high quality it contains no labels or marks to indicate it is any different to other caps in case you dont want your friends to know you are concerned about your hair and scalp.
Silk is a sustainable and renewable resource that can be of great benefit to your hair and scalp. Why not try one out today?
Voegeli R, Meier J and Blust R. Sericin silk protein: unique structure and properties. Cosmetics and toiletries. 1993;108:101-108.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16684435, Curr Med Res Opin. 2006 Apr;22(4):739-50. Efficacy and safety of silver textile in the treatment of atopic dermatitis (AD). Juenger M1, Ladwig A, Staecker S, Arnold A, Kramer A, Daeschlein G, Panzig E, Haase H, Heising S.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17346297 Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2007 Jun;18(4):335-8. Epub 2007 Mar 7. Action of a silk fabric treated with AEGIS in children with atopic dermatitis: a 3-month trial. Koller DY1, Halmerbauer G, Böck A, Engstler G.


CHENNAI: The only serious attempt to regulate the proliferation of disposable plastics in the State was made in 2002, when the then AIADMK government introduced a Bill on the subject in the Assembly.Solidly backing the Bill on the floor of the House, the then Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa had said she was upset at finding plastic tumblers and other articles littered by tourists visiting the Nilgiris.
Introduced on May 7, the Tamil Nadu Plastic Articles (Prohibition of Sale, Storage, Transport and Use) Bill 2002 (L.A. Bill 22 of 2002) witnessed a stormy debate. A day later, it was referred to the Select Committee of the Assembly.And on January 31, 2003, the government withdrew the Bill.Jayalalithaa said her government saw merit in the demand for increasing public awareness about the adverse impact of plastics before going ahead with the ban.
She also pointed out that the government required time to work out the modalities of implementing the Bill's provisions.Manufacturers of plastic too deserved extra time to shift to more acceptable substitutes, she said.So, instead of going in for a blanket ban, purging should be done in stages - first in Corporation areas, then in the municipalities and then all over the State, she said. That was 2003.Five years on, there has been no forward movement.
The Bill that was killed said: ``There is a rapid increase in the use of plastic articles, particularly of non-reusable carrybag, cup, tumbler, plate, spoon, fork, straw, string, cord, sheet, mat and such articles made of, or containing plastic, particularly in retail shops, hotels including residential hotels, restaurants, canteens, marriage halls, eating houses and other places where food is prepared, served or supplied for consumption.
Plastic is non-biodegradable. The aforesaid, non-reusable plastic articles are thrown away after onetime use. This causes a significant environment risk and health hazards." Had the Bill turned into law, those caught selling, storing or transporting non-biodegradable plastics would have had to pay between Rs 5000 and Rs 25,000 as fine. For users, the fine was between Rs 100 and Rs 500.
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1. Above all things, reverence yourself.
2. Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself.
4. Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.
6. Do not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few.
10. In this theater of man's life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers-on.
13. Reason is immortal, all else mortal.
14. Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.
15. Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.
16. Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.


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Q: My object compenetrates with ground when I use 2D raycast for collision Basicaly my problem is that my object compenetrates with ground when I use 2D raycast for to check collision with ground, because fall's velocity is too big. I tried to fix the problem, but I couldn't, following my code:
public class PlayerMove : MonoBehaviour
{
    Transform _tr;
    [SerializeField]
    float speed = 4;
    [SerializeField]
    float gravity = 9.81f;
    [SerializeField]
    LayerMask mask;
    float xAxe;
    void Awake()
    {
        _tr = GetComponent<Transform>();
    }
    void Update()
    {
       xAxe = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");
       _tr.position += Vector3.right * xAxe * speed * Time.deltaTime;
    }
    void FixedUpdate()
    {
        RaycastHit2D hit = Physics2D.Raycast(_tr.position + (Vector3.down / 2), Vector3.down, 0,mask);
        if (hit.collider == null)
        {
            //Continue to fall
            _tr.position += -Vector3.up * gravity * Time.fixedDeltaTime; //Gravity force
        }
        else
        {
            //STOP!
        }
    }
}

Following an image of problem:
Compenetration with the floor
Thanks everyone !

A: Your problem is as the speed increases, your object goes from the raycast missing in one physics step, to your object intersecting in the next.
You could fix this by trying to implement your own continuous collision detection...
But why re-invent the wheel? Unity already provides collision detection using colliders, I would recommend adding one of these to your object, setting it's collision mode to continuous, and perhaps using a rigidbody to control the physics movement for you also.


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NBA scores: Thunder's 12-game win streak ends, replaced by Clippers' streak
The NBA world did not have to live without a 12-game win streak for long, as the Clippers' extended their streak to a dozen following the Thunder's loss on Thursday night.
By Jack Cassidy Dec 22, 2012, 8:55am CST
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While the Houston Rockets were resting on Thursday and Friday, the top of the Western Conference saw one 12-game win streak end and another one come to fruition.
Minnesota Timberwolves 99, Oklahoma City Thunder 93
Kevin Durant and the Thunder rolled into Thursday night's matchup on a 12-game win streak and in first place in the Western Conference but ran into a buzzsaw in a Timberwolves team led by their front court of Kevin Love and Nikola Pekovic. Love scored 28 points and grabbed 11 rebounds while Pekovic tallied 24 points and 10 rebounds of his own to lead Minnesota. Durant scored 33 points and Russell Westbrook scored 30, but the two stars could not find any other offensive help as they watched their win streak come to an end.
Los Angeles Clippers 97, Sacramento Kings 85
The NBA world did not have to live without a 12-game win steak for long, as the Los Angeles Clippers pushed their win steak to a dozen games Friday night against the Sacramento Kings. The Clippers, who haven't lost since late November, were led by Blake Griffin and Chris Paul, scoring 21 points and 24 points, respectively. More importantly, however, was L.A.'s dominant rebounding performance. The Clips grabbed 53 rebounds compared to the Kings' 32.
The Houston Rockets return to action Saturday night at home against the Memphis Grizzlies before heading on a three-game road trip the following week.


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Milwaukee Opera Theatre artistic director Jill Anna Ponasik, and Lucy creators librettist Kelly Rourke and composer John Glover chat with Lake Effect's Bonnie North.
Thanks to Radiolab's story on the life of Lucy the chimpanzee, Lucy: The Opera now exists.
Creators of the opera, John Glover and Kelly Rourke, were inspired by the episode to learn more, which lead them to Dr. Temerlin's memoir.
Psychologist Maurice Temerlin and his wife adopted a day-old chimp, whom they named Lucy, in 1964.
The idea was to raise Lucy as much as possible like a human child. And in some ways, it worked. She learned to dress herself, she made tea for the Temerlins' guests, she used sign language and even enjoyed cocktails.
For 12 years, she lived with the couple before it became painfully obvious that the arrangement had to end. It was an experiment, and one of its most interesting result was not how it changed Lucy, but how it changed the humans who lived with her.
It is that change that the new opera, Lucy, explores. Its world premiere, by the Milwaukee Opera Theatre, opens tomorrow night at the Tenth Street Theatre.
The artistic director Jill Anna Ponasik, composer/creator John Glover and librettist/creator Kelly Rourke speak with Lake Effect's Bonnie North about the show.
"We were really interested in what this did to [Temerlin], and his experience of trying to be a father, of trying to run an experiment that was also a deeply emotional bond, and how he reflected on these choices after they've been made and he can't undo them," Glover says.
Wisconsin writer Judith Harway speaks with Lake Effect's Bonnie North.
The death of Car Talk's Tom Magliozzi this week of complications from Alzheimer's has many of us thinking about our parents, our grandparents, even ourselves.
Authors Nanci Rathbun and Michael Giorgio speak with Mitch Teich about their new mystery novels.
Michael Giorgio is a longtime Wisconsin resident who lives in Waukesha; Nanci Rathbun is a longtime Wisconsinite who left for Tennessee for a time before coming back. But regardless of where they live, the Badger State is front and center in both writers' new mystery novels.


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Did you know that pencil is one of the most important tools of a carpenter? In our research, we realized that measuring and marking are very important steps in carpentry. A carpentry DIY website provides you with first hand information that would otherwise cost you a lot of time and money. Also, this website has tutorials on how to make some simple furniture at home such as chopping boards, shelves etc. Therefore, we wanted to give the basic tips that even real carpenters might not bother to give beginners.


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The Other Wonder of Tourists and Survivors
April 5, 2020 By David Griesing Leave a Comment
Hello everyone. I'm mostly holding up and hope this finds you holding up too.
Recent weeks, but particularly this past one, have been like being in a foreign country while never entirely leaving the familiarity of home. I wonder if it's been feeling disjointed like this to you.
When travel takes you to an entirely new place, you notice small differences that would normally escape your attention if you were still back home, things like the music that's playing in the background, the odd rooflines you're passing on the bus, or the kinds of shoes that people are wearing. With big things like a new language or culture telling you how far you've traveled, you can end up paying closer attention to the smaller differences too.
In an essay he wrote after bringing some of his American students to Ireland for the first time, Liam Heneghan noticed the power that tourists often bring to their observations.
A tourist generally has an eye for the things that, through repetitive familiarity, have become almost invisible to the resident… A tourist can [recognize] … the delicious strangeness of mundane things.
This past week, I've felt like a tourist in my suddenly strange country.
Of course, the larger changes and contrasts that shouted "Something new is afoot!" have been apparent for awhile now: how things have gotten quieter and slower, and how the promise of spring keeps contradicting the darker messengers on the news every day. But this kind of quiet and slow, when nearly everything but the march of nature has ground to a halt has, in its novelty, caused me to notice things that I either missed or took for granted as a local before. This week, it's been surprisingly consoling and enabling to see my home country through a tourist's wide eyes.
The first way that home had changed is how quiet the city has become. Tires skimming the streets, honking horns, helicopters over Route 1 and I-76, jets streaming towards the airport, sidewalk conversations, pedestrians on their phones, radio sounds—rap, R&B and talk shows mostly, delivery trucks, cars parking, home repairs, street repairs, neighbors coming and going, shouts from the high school's baseball diamond, a track team running by, that ice cream truck beckoning 3d graders with its annoying song: these sounds that John Cage called the music of a city are no longer being offered in a continuous live stream, if they're being offered up at all. Even the hourly bells from Penn Charter nearby have gone strangely quiet.
The sounds that survive are now framed by something like silence, as if puffs of snow had blanketed everything around them. For sure, it makes the sirens on rescue vehicles stand out even more, but it also delivers other bells, from that church in Germantown for example, the way they might have told an older city that it's the middle of the day. Because kids are home from school, their laughing and talking excitedly gains my attention whenever it erupts. If I'm outside and close enough, I can hear the green light at the intersection of Fox and Midvale click. And like fleeing the urban glow can reveal the stars in a sky that's suddenly gone dark, the bird songs and conversations have also leapt to the fore.
At the same time that we're learning about essential and non-essential work, maybe the bells ringing, kids chirping, and birds singing are the essential sounds that were getting lost in the shuffle before.
The second way that my home has changed is how it's turned in on itself. What's most familiar to me (my routines and "home-work") have had to turn their backs, even more than usual, on everything that's happening "outside." It seems to me that you can view "sheltering in place" as either being banished from the wider world and losing what it has to offer or as finding a refuge and gaining something you didn't have before. When the public world becomes a threatening reality, it almost invites you to see whether your private world can provide new sources of comfort: balms and salves that might always have been there but that you'd failed to notice.
I'd recently read that the best workshop (or kitchen or closet) is the one where you can see everything that you need to fix (or cook or wear). The advice was less Marie Kondo and more Yankee practicality, arguing that nothing that you need should ever be buried behind something else and effectively "unavailable." In other words, the necessary tools and ingredients should always be visible and within easy reach so that they're "on hand" when you're ready for them.
Being a tourist in today's strangeness has enabled me to see the necessities that had been buried in clutter until now and to identify the gaps in needed supplies that I still have to fill. With fresh eyes, I've been enabling a kind of preparedness when it comes to day-to-day living whose beauty had escaped me until now and (ironically) that also seems to have escaped many of our leaders as we face a respiratory pandemic without enough ventilators, protective equipment, test kits, hospital beds or medical staff "on hand" while being awash in almost everything that's non-essential.
The sudden contrast between my public and private worlds has fostered another tourist-like appreciation too. The daily horror of a virus approaching from all directions along with our near helplessness to fend it off puts into bold relief the promise of spring that's unfolding without any human assistance at all. With different eyes, daily miracles in the trees and on the ground that used to go unnoticed provide me with a deeper hope than even the acts of selfless heroes that life (although not as we've known it) will go on.
When the old, familiar world tries to return and the strangeness of the present one recedes, there will be blame enough for this to go around. The question, I suppose, is whether we all bear some of that responsibility and should get on to something that's far more useful than finger pointing—starting right now.
As we shelter-in-place and social distance, there is another discrepancy between our old and new worlds that provides the ground for those insights. It is how much the familiar world that we used to know has slowed itself down.
There is nowhere to rush to in coming weeks and months; in a very real sense, many of us are already there. Aside from emergency medical and safety net workers, most of us have less paying work if we have any at all, which gives the days a molasses-like quality, concentrating and reserving some of our energy for later on, when it will be sorely needed to rebuild. Even with kids home from school and close quarters, we can still bring the curiosity of tourists to the slow task of contemplating how we'll need to change our priorities if we're to thrive and prosper in the next world.
There are easy fixes, like resolving to pay more for local workers (instead of factories overseas) to make essential supplies and then stockpiling these critical reserves. But there are more basic questions about what is, or should be, essential. If China, where the virus started, in fact suffers ten thousand deaths from this plague and America suffers a hundred or two hundred thousand, what does that say about our priorities and way of life and how we might change them going forward? In a democracy like ours, in all democracies, it is for us to decide on what we need most and how our free markets, awesome technologies and representative governments should manage our scarce resources to meet those needs.
Like foreign travel, a shared calamity like this one makes us curious about all manner of things we never seemed to notice when we trusted the familiarity of our old lives and work. Like travel, this virus and our responses to it have torn the blanket off, revealing facets of the ordinary we may have taken for granted while also forcing basic questions about how to move forward more effectively given the lessons we're learning.
Because we've noticed the life force and inventiveness that some of our governors, nearly all of our essential workers, and many DIY by-standers have brought to this calamity, it's only fair to ask whether we can find ways to harness their extraordinary energies to the energy we've been storing so we can build a society that can do a better job of sustaining us than the familiar one we've been seeing these last few weeks with different eyes?
Do we have, in Heneghan's memorable phrase, enough of the tourist's "other wonder" to imagine and then build a new world on this energetic foundation now that some of the fatal flaws of the world we're leaving behind have been exposed?
Other-wonder may be this calamity's greatest gift. It would be a terrible shame to waste it whenever it arises during these suddenly quiet and slow days that—like the newly planted tree above—promise each of us so much.
Stay safe and in the game. I'll see you next Sunday.
Now into the second month of this coronavirus, I've kept the weekly newsletter format here (from my April 5, 2020 newsletter) instead of adapting it for this post. Newsletters are delivered to subscribers' in-boxes every Sunday morning and the contents of some of them later appear here. If you'd like to receive a weekly newsletter, you can subscribe by leaving your email address in the column to the right.
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Dr. Victor Pan, an internationally recognized leader in the field of computer science research, has been appointed to the rank of Distinguished Professor at Lehman College, where he has taught since 1988. The appointment, which becomes effective September 1, 2000, was approved at a meeting on June 26 of The City University of New York Board of Trustees.
Dr. Pan becomes the fifth member of the current Lehman faculty to achieve this rank, which is reserved for a very small group of highly influential scholars and artists.
In congratulating Dr. Pan on this honor, Dr. Ricardo R. Fernandez, president of Lehman College, noted that 28 renowned scientists from around the world had written letters to the Trustees in support of his appointment. "Time and again over the course of his career, Dr. Pan's original thinking has led to significant breakthroughs in theoretical computer science and numerical analysis. We are very pleased to see him achieve this special recognition."
Dr. Pan emigrated to the U.S. in the late 1970s from the former Soviet Union. He earned his Ph.D. at Moscow University, where he also began his research, which he then continued in a Research Institute of the Soviet Academy of Science. During that time, he published a number of significant papers and became known informally as "polynomial Pan" for his pioneering work in the area of polynomial computations.
Since then, his research has been supported for over 20 years by the National Science Foundation and has resulted in the publication of three books and over 200 research papers in leading computer science and applied mathematics journals, as well as in the refereed proceedings of the most respected and competitive conferences in these fields. He is regularly asked to lecture all over the world - most recently in Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Canada, China, India, the Czech Republic, and Russia.
In his research, Dr. Pan focuses on numerical and algebraic algorithms, which are the backbone of present-day computations in the sciences, engineering and communications. One of his major efforts involves devising effective new computational methods that combine the techniques of faster numerical computations with bounded precision and slower algebraic techniques for error-free symbolic computing. He has been responsible for several major breakthroughs, including new algorithms that greatly shortened the time needed to perform some fundamental computer computations.


Description The Christmas party shown in this 6" x 8" black and white photograph was held at the home of Lois Ione May at 1129 North Nye Avenue in Fremont, Nebraska. The five little girls posed for this scene include Louise Magenau (far left rear), Priscilla Monnich (standing at the right), Gretchen Helen Jones (seated on the left), Lois Ione May (seated in the center), and Carolyn Mary Jones (seated at the right). The Christmas decorating is a sight to behold, with the sparsely needled tree and its interestingly arranged ornaments. A white cloth is spread under the tree, and it seems to have caught most of the tree's needles. The low placement of the popcorn strand and the German Lametta garlands suggest an arrangement put together by Lois or her friends. The tree ornaments include small figures such as reindeer, a Father Christmas, dolls, and horses. The tree is topped with a metal angel chime. Lighting for the scene comes from a bulb in the electric ceiling fixture instead of from the tree itself, although the tree is strung with electric lights. The more fragile hand-blown German decorations are suspended from garlands, hanging in the lace curtained windows. The profusion of gifts includes dolls, doll furniture, a wicker doll buggy, games, and story books. A special doll rests safely in her wooden crib. Dolls and a story book have been used as props for the children to hold. The room itself has enameled wood work and is simply furnished with an older marble topped table. The walls are decorated with framed portraits of Lois May's great uncle, Hutch Gately May, and her grandmother, Ione Gately May.


Information security isn't the only field dealing with safeguards and related compliance challenges. Restaurants are expected to implement measures for safely handling food. Yet, economic realities and other priorities may cause them to priorities other aspects of the business over food safety. Since customers rarely have the visibility into food-handling practices, municipalities often take it upon themselves to enforce compliance with sanitation requirements.
Might the less mature InfoSec industry learn from the practices of overseeing compliance with food safety rules? There is lots to explore here, but I'll limit myself to the recent practice of the New York City Health Department to issue public letter grades to restaurants as part of its sanitation inspections.
Starting July 2010, the New York City began requiring "restaurants to post letter grades that correspond to scores received from sanitary inspections." In addition to seeing the grades when visiting the establishments, restaurant patrons can obtain inspection details on the department's website and mobile app.
When assessing compliance with NYC's food safety regulations, the inspectors assign points for the observed violations, as outlined in the scoring guide. The restaurant receives a letter grade based on the number of points. Passing the inspection requires grades A, B or C. Restaurants that earned a non-A grade can contest the sited violations; during this period, the restaurant can either post the initial grade or the "Grade Pending" sign.
According to the NYC Health Department, those who receive A will be inspected approximately once year, but those receiving lower marks will get more frequent visits. The resulting system pays the most attention to low-scoring businesses, which warrant the closest monitoring.
The public display of sanitation inspection grades is meant to provide the restaurants with the incentive to improve their food-handling practices. The assumption is that customers will prefer to eat in an "A" establishment, rather than the one that received the "C" grade.
Presently, the security signals are weak and rarely adequate, as they merely include the presence of SSL/TLS or a security seal indicating that the site was scanned for vulnerabilities. PCI Data Security Standard (DSS) offers some help in this regard, yet it only applies to card payment-processing sites and lacks the awareness among non-technical consumers. Moreover, PCI DSS is binary—the site either passed or failed—which encourages some business to fudge facts to achieve compliance, diluting the value of the PCI DSS effort.
We would benefit from having a clear set of bare minimum security requirements that systems processing information need to abide by. In fact, the CIS Controls project comes pretty close to defining such measures. I'd love to see a program that assigns letter grades to consumer sites on the Internet based on the number of such controls that were lacking. Yet, who would assess and enforce compliance? And who would pay for the cost of such a program? It's not going to happen on the Internet any time soon.
For a tactical example of the use of the letter grade to assess specific security controls of system, take a look at the free Qualys SSL Labs tool, which examines SSL/TLS aspects of the server's configuration and assigns a letter grade accordingly. Another example of using letter grades to signal the company's security posture comes from companies such as BitSight and SecurityScorecard, who provide their customers with security ratings reports about companies; such reports are generally not suited for consumption by individual consumers.
I know I'm asking more questions than I'm answering, yet I think there is something to the approach of motivating businesses to improve safety through a public display of grades.


Today we go "off to the skies" with our latest cutting machine files! With the help of these files we can create really great hot air balloons out of paper. Usable are these e.g. in exploding boxes – but they are also a very nice gift completely without a box. Alternatively, you can draw a thread at the top of the balloons, so you can hang the balloons as well.
This download files are now available here in our online shop. And it is also very new that this time not only .studio3 files are included, there are also the formats .svg and .pdf included. Thus, these files can also be used for all those cutting machine devices that support these file formats.
In addition I want to give you a small note to the video: After multiple production of such balloons, I came to the conclusion that it is not absolutely necessary to wrap the thread around the outer ring (to see towards the end of the video). If the balloon is already well formed during manufacture, you can either completely do it without the thread or you can use the thread for hanging up the balloon.
And now I wish you a lot of pleasure in creating such hot air balloons with our download files!
I love guitars and sometimes I play guitar or bass guitar together with my family (my two sons and my husband play also musical instruments for a hobby).
I created some guitars out of paper and I'm very happy with this adorable result: The cutting file for guitar and stool is available here in our Online Shop.
An exploding box with high heels is a great gift for a fashion-conscious lady. But for making a perfect pair of high heels out of paper it is necessary that the paper parts get cut out very precise. For this purpose I use my Silhouette Cameo Cutting Machine. The file for cutting these shoes is also available here in our online shop.