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Classical Continental Engravings
Continental, 18th-19th centuries. A collection of six engravings with classical subjects, including Ein Bildsaule des Agrippa by unknown artist, marked XCVII p.311 u.r., on laid paper; Bildsaule der Minerva by unknown artist, marked XXII p.223 u.r., on laid paper; Ist eben das vorige by unknown artist, numbered 43 u.l., on laid paper; Abondantia by unknown artist, on laid paper; Statua di Pallade in basalte verde by unknown artist, numbered No. 54 l.r., on wove paper; and two etchings on same paper with western and northern elevation view of Acropolis, unknown artist, on wove paper; all unframed; 6.25 x 9 in. (Agrippa plate), 13 x 9.5 in. (Acropolis sheet).
From The Old Master Print Collection of Johann Petz (Germany, 1818-1880), Descended in the Family of the Artist
Petz was born at Lermoos, Tyrol, in 1818 and showed an early interest in wood carving and drawing. Petz worked as a shepherd for his family as a boy, but fled as a young man to a distant relative in Wildermiemingen to pursue the study of sculpture and drawing, which he did for three and a half years. In 1837, he decided to further his studies in Munich, and by chance he came into contact with the sculptor Konrad Eberhard (German, 1768-1859). Eberhard recognized Petz's talent and took the young man on as a pupil, and several years later, secured for him a commission for the memorial statue for the famous German scholar Heinrich Klee (1800-1840). Petz's design outlined a Gothic niche surmounted by a pinnacles and finials, which would house a sandstone sculpture of the Good Shepherd. This marked the beginning of the young artist's career and established his reputation in Munich.
Petz was influenced by Nazarene and Neo-Gothic movements in Bavaria, otherwise known as the Pre-Raphaelite movement in England. Petz would also go on to receive commissions for churches, altars, and tombstones in England and the United States, and was highly sought after as a sculptor and church designer. Several locations for which he designed churches and their decorations are Cham, Arnschwang, Seeon, Vilsbiburg, Isen, and Riedering. Most notably, he contributed the design for a sculpture of the Last Supper for the Frauenkirche in Munich in 1859, which was regrettably lost in air raids during World War II. During his career Petz also worked with Joseph Otto Entres (Germany, 1804-1870) and Joseph Knabl (Germany, 1819-1881).
Provenance:The Old Master Print Collection of Johann Petz (Germany, 1818-1880)
Agrippa: Small stains to all corners, toning, and creasing to l.r.
Minerva: Wrinkling of paper allover, small stains around edges especially to left side, toning.
Ist eben das vorige: Stain to l.c., creasing to u.r. and l.r., toning, edges of paper appear to be trimmed.
Abondantia: Toning, wrinkling of paper allover, small pieces missing to u.r. and l.r., edges of paper appear to be trimmed, staining near u.l. and on lower right side.
Statua di Pallade: Water stain to u.r., toning, ink spot l.c.
Acropolis: Crease down center, taped repair to l.c., toning, and wrinkling of paper.
Estimate: $75	- $150


I see hundreds of startup pitches every year. I am constantly evaluating companies, new incumbents and my competition. I live and breathe the art of business, and if there's one thing I see emerging, it's that convenience is king.
In a marketplace of distraction, the company's, products and services that can save you TIME, are going to win. That is why Amazon is a market leader. That is why Prime Now wins. They have simplified the process of buying and selling. They have saved you enormous amounts of time.
It's literally universal. AI and machine learning which is the big buzz word of the moment, is an important technology because it saves you time. It can learn and automate processes which would have taken much longer.
Virtual assistants save you time. Google Now and Siri save you time. Text messages save you time. Double clicking on a photo to like it and acknowledge someone saves you time. Emoji's save you time. Misspelling something on purpose and having auto-correct saves you time. Abbreviations save you time.
So this is important because it's the one commodity you can't get more of. No matter where you are or what your economic situation is, you will never have more time. It's why we as humans will do anything to purchase it. It's why we choose the $24 Uber instead of walking. It's why we pay $7 extra for delivery. It's why we pay $500 to fly instead of drive. It's all about time.
So I have been hosting a number of dinners lately with some close friends and powerful entrepreneurs and executives and it's a conversation I have been having a lot. Convenience is king. If you can simplify a current market, product or experience, you have a real opportunity to provide value to the end consumer.
No one wants complexity layered upon their daily life. No one cares about specifications and numbers and horsepower anymore. People literally want cars to drive themselves!! They want freedom and simplicity and SPEED.
It's one of the biggest market advantages you can possibly create. Uber saves you TIME. Amazon saves you TIME. GrubHub and Seamless and Doordash save you TIME. It's why they've won.
So if you're startup or business operating in the CPG or consumer space, or you are launching a new company, product or service, you should be considering how you can save people time. How does your product, your business, or you service expedite a market experience that used to be tedious and tiresome for all?
If you can do this, and execute, you are going to have a good chance.
It's the same thesis around why I'm so bullish on voice. Audio saves you time. Unlike video you can consume multiple forms of media at once.
With the ever increasing value of speed, I am starting to see consumers replace entertainment (music) with information (podcasting) to get ahead. The proof is in the behavior.
We would rather check our email while listening to the latest episode of Serial or take notes while listening to music. With video you can't do both. It takes all of your attention to consume that content the second it starts.
The same goes for Alexa skills. The novelty of being able to use natural language to communicate with your device is going to huge. Google just released a statistic that one in five mobile search queries are through voice.
It's just the truth. So if you are trying to create a competitive advantage, you should really start thinking about SPEED and CONVENIENCE as the two things that will help you succeed.
And more importantly, make sure the end consumer perceives that additional convenience or speed you provide. Too many people focus on shipping a technical iteration or adding features to a product that only complicates the experience.
I just believe a lot of products spend too much time thinking about whether or not their shaving razor handle is 5.25 inches or 5.325 instead focusing on the end consumer which was won by convenience and companies like Dollar Shave.
And that's really it. I hope this post provides some value. It's been on my mind for a while.


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Q: Как нарисовать линию и чтоб вторая начиналась в середине первой? В итоге мы должны иметь три координаты которые можно изменять и одну фиксированную в середине первой линии. Мой код может только рисовать линии одна за второй. Подскажите как можно сделать чтоб вторая линия рисовалась из середины первой и потом можно было изменять координаты этих линий?

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A: Сделал чтобы вторая линия была в центре. Теперь нужно чтобы они были как одно целое и добавить возможность изменять три координаты.

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My sister Sarah has a friend who has a thing for squirrels. With that in mind, Sarah set about stitching a squirrel for her pal for Christmas. The design was originally meant to be stitched over two, on 28 count linen, but I persuaded her that over one on 28 count would be really cute…. Then I talked her into Turkey Work.
I know it isn't original to use Turkey Work for a squirrel's tail – it's been done before plenty of times, often in stumpwork projects and similar surface embroidery designs. But I thought this project was a particularly good lesson in taking the initiative and "dressing up" a design by making alterations to it. I've talked about this topic before a little bit: kits and patterns are not governed by hard and fast rules. I get this question a lot in e-mail: "I'm working on a project from a kit. I don't like the way this part looks. Am I allowed to change it?" Yes. Yes, you are!
Anyway, Sarah worked the Turkey Work on 28 count fabric, over one thread, using (get this!) all 6 strands of embroidery floss. I don't know if she altered that formula part way through the tail, but that's what she was doing the last time we spoke about it on the phone. Um… I didn't really mean the Turkey Work had to be done over one…. but it sure came out looking full and fluffy! The whole finished piece is about 2″ square.
So, do you alter kits or designs to suit your fancies? What types of things are you more prone to alter: the actual design, the stitching instructions, or the color choices? Or all three? C'mon – leave a comment and help me encourage stitchers who want to make adjustments in designs or kits, but aren't quite sure if they can!
Turkey work – it makes great tails! Try it!
If that squirrel doesn't encourage stitchers that it is alright to make changes, nothing will.
You were so right, stitched over one he is very cute and his turkey work tail is very impressive. Do I also spot a few french knots for berries?
Sarah's friend is going to be thrilled when she receives this.
Mary, I haven't bought any needle works kits yet but I do use other peoples designs and I often vary from the instructions on those. I may alter the design itself or the the stitches, type of thread, fabric, etc. I think of designs as I do recipes, it provides a good jumping off point and it is up to me to "season to taste".
Really love your squirrel – it is beautiful. My eye for colour is not that good, so I don't like so much to alter the prescribed colours (although I do sometimes when I can't do otherwise), but I don't mind changing the stitches I'm not happy with and doing instead something I feel more familiar with. Not very adventurous the old girl! But as embroidery is for pleasure and not a competition, why stick to something you don't feel enthusiastic about whereas you can have fun with something else.
Wish I could come over to your part of the world and join your needlework class. Tell your students that they are lucky to have you for a teacher.
What a great stitch! You have such wonderful stitches and techniques you share with us!! I really enjoy getting your updates and learning new stitches. I'm an art quilter but use different stitches in my work and beading. Thanks again!
I just love the turkey work. For some reason I think turkey I think redwork. The squirrel is just fantastic. I will for sure try this. I am famous for being creative with designs also. Thanks for sharing!
I think the little thing turned out so cute! almost looked real for a moment… send out a congrats for me.
I always alter patterns in one form or another. I get the kits and very rarely keep them all as a kit. I am always making the design more to my liking with different colors, materials, added embelishments, or even stitching differences. Sometime all of them.
I still have patterns from previous kits and obviously do not have the original kit materials so making do with what I have is always something totally off the beaten path.
My advice to those who are not 100% happy with a design, change it. Your the one who has to live with it and it's not like your only going to put 20 mins work into the project either.
You'll need to work out just what it is that bothers you. Sometimes it jumps out at you and other times it takes a bit of thought.
And sometimes the first fiddle hits the spot and other times it'll take extra working out.
AND each time you learn something. Stepping stones to becoming good at anything. There is probably a book to that effect somewhere!
stitching instructions- I like to have things clear in my head to start so it's not unusual for me to write notes to myself at the side. In working out I sometimes find a 'better' way for me to do it.
Colour- a weak point unfortunatly, so I tend to go by the book.
My magazines have notes here and there written in them, often to the effect "Suggest such and such". Which is usually a reminder if I get to do that project to take note of a certain aspect that has jumped out at me at the time.
I've been reading your posts but not getting to comment lately.
Hi Mary–such a cute squirrel. Your sister did a fantastic job.
I once took a counted cross stitch kit of "Fanciful Felines," a design by Laurel Burch, and made it into a needlepoint piece with absolutely no cotton floss in it and no counted cross stitch. Lots of silk, rayon, metallics combined with needlepoint, stumpwork and Brazilian embroidery. And yes, even some turkey work.
I haven't adapted any kits nearly as much since then, but I do have several in my stash that will get the same treatement. Just gotta make time to get to them.
Mary, one of the reasons I read your blog is that you always give me interesting things to think about. I believe kits are great for a beginning needle worker because all the supplies are gathered in one place in the quantities needed with instructions. A very cost effective way to try out something new with out having to invest a lot of money. I also think kits are good for the experienced needle worker wanting to try a new style of needlework or replicating a historical piece. But that said, there are kits and there are kits. For all the well designed kits with quality threads there are ten out there that are just junk. I wonder how many would be needle workers just gave up frustrated working poor quality kits. After beginning with kits I think people grow out of them and start making changes or designing their own – taking needlework to a art form. While some people are content replicate the kit as designed. Perhaps that is the difference between Art and Craft we often discuss in needlework circles. It brings to mind my grand daughter who was embroidering a apple tree this summer and made all the apples bright purple. When her grandfather ask her why the apples were purple. She told him it was her tree and she would make them any color she wanted. GOOD FOR HER!!!
I don't know why, but I'm generally much happier 'sketching' my embroidery. Not much for patterns and lines, in other words–I have a picture in mind and set out to get there, one way or another.
So yes, by all means–if you want to change a pattern a little, go for it! But I suggest thinking it through first so you don't get those nasty surprises that make you want to toss it across the room….
What a happy coincidence that today's discussion is about kits. I would like to make some items from old Inspirations and would like to know if there is a needlework shop that I could simply email describing the fabric I need or they could order the fabric for me. Many places will say they have what I want, but when is arrives I am sometimes disappointed.
I've altered thread colors and used different kinds of fibers many times. I also stitch on linen instead of Aida, so I change that about a pattern or kit, too. As I've become more confident in my needlework and increased my "repertoire" of interesting stitches, I've also added different stitches to many cross-stitch designs. Since I work on linen, it makes it very easy to figure in new stitches. I keep a "stitch-dictionary" handy to change things up!
I like the Turkey work, I've never seen that before. And I like the little advertisements at the end of the articles. They are small, tasteful and pertain to needlework. Great way to introduce us to websites.
Here's my newbie story about changing a pattern (just the colors!): I was working on a pretty advanced cross-stitch project that showed Jesus with a crowd of children. But all the children were white, and nearly all were blond. Jesus had red hair. I worried about it for quite a while–skin tones are so difficult–but I changed the skin and hair for most of the figures. It came out well, you would never know that I had changed it.
Most of the embroidery I do is kits or patterns, but I'm not afraid to change things I do not like. Sometimes the changes are quite major, other times they are in the details. One of the things I really dislike that you find on a number of cross-stitch patterns is backstitch 'outlining' which does not follow the cross-stitch underneath. It looks to me like the work of a small child who is as yet unable to colour between the lines; OK for the small child, not OK for me.
Ultimately it's your work. Don't be afraid to play. You can always unpick it, or even start again if you find the colour of the material you chose isn't working out (I've got a project on hold at the moment for that reason).
The phrase 'am I allowed to change this?' baffles me whenever I hear it. I mean – 'allowed'? Who exactly do people think will stop them? Is there an Embroidery Convention Police Force I hadn't heard of yet?
What a charming squirrel! And beautifully done!
My question has to do with historic sampler patterns. Should you stitch "wrought by Sarah 1893" to keep the pattern's integrity? Or do you put your own name and date because you did it?
Wow! You have a very talented family! Sarah did a wonderful job with the Turkey work!! I have never seen a cuter squirrel in my life. It almost….almost inspired me to pick up a needle myself. But who am I kidding? I will leave that to the professionals, such you, Mary Corbet.
Thanks for another fun and educational post! This blog is great!
Maybe, Hypothetical Woman, they are really wondering if it will turn out ok if not done exactly as the pattern, and are wanting some reasurance to prop up their confidence. Lack of confidence is often misunderstood, understandably I must add.
Just a thought on a side of personalities.
Hi Mary, I quite often change a colour because I would prefer something else, or omit a design element or change the shape of an element. I do this to make the design really mine. I would do this with dress-making so it seemed natural to follow this through to my stitching.
I don't do a lot of kits, but generally don't change threads or fabrics when I do — probably because I'm cheap 🙂 I do change threads, colors, fabrics, etc. when I work from a chart or other design, though, frequently.
BTW, I love the squirrel. Was it part of a kit or a pattern? My husband and I also "have a thing for squirrels" (though not real ones), and I'd love to stitch that little guy up, turkey work and all!
I change things all the time. LOL! But then I don't do embroidery work that is by any means on the same level as what you do. I like simple embroidery…no counting, etc. My last project was a set of dish towels that I had tranferred from a pattern of "dancing dishes". I'm working on a stamped vintage dresser scarf now that I really can't get into.
I really enjoy your blog. Thanks for sharing.
I love the idea of embellishing a kit or pattern with something personal, like this turkey work tail or a button or charm or another personalization like adding a name or something to a piece. I once used a little button flag on a piece I did of the Pledge of Allegiance where the button fit perfectly where the word 'flag' should be.
As I had forgotten how to do Turkey Work, I looked it up in your video tutorials. It was a very good lesson and, no, if all of your videos are as well done as this one (I'll have to check a few more of them out)you do not need to script them as you did not "yammer" at all. Well done!
I love this little tail! It looks so nice and fluffy.
I am a real sucker for kits -but the first thing I do when I buy a new it is work out how to change it!! I change the colours, the threads and the stitches-and sometimes I also change the design.I quite often add embellishments, especially beads, and Ioften use different techniques. C\Recently I finished 3 crewelwork embroderies and a patchwork picture none of which resemble the original designs. None of them were kits so I used the basic designs and personalized them. This way my creativity gets satsified and my skills expand. I have found books on embroidery stitches really useful for this–recently book by Yvette Stanton called the right handed embroiderer's companion. It is filled with beautiful stitches i had never heard of before so I love learning a new stitch and then using it in my embroidery.
Hope this helps other stitchers to experiment and break out of the box.
Love the look of turkey work…and love the spindly brush that you used….hate to say this but it really looks like the brush I use to brush my cat with. Guess you could use it, as long as you clean it first.


1 In bowl combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; reserve.
2 In another bowl beat together buttermilk, egg substitute, sugar and oil; stir into flour mixture just to blend. Fold in Wild Blueberries, ginger and lemon zest.
3 Scoop 1/4-cup batter into each greased 1/3-cup muffin tin.
4 Sprinkle each muffin with sugar. Bake in 400°F conventional oven or 375°F convection oven 18 to 22 minutes or until firm to the touch.


During our stay in Berlin we met up with Georgy Kovalev – Violist and pianist Annika Treutler. They performed the 4th movement from Fairy Tale Pictures by Robert Schumann. Enjoy their performance and watch Georgy's Get-To-Know video on Young Classicals.


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Even Failed Peace Agreements Save Lives
By Andrew Mack
A greater percentage of conflicts are brought to a halt through negotiated settlements today than at any time since the end of World War II. But about a third of all peace agreements break down in less than five years, leading some critics to worry that negotiated settlements are an ineffective means of dealing with civil conflicts.
The critics are wrong.
Different forms of negotiated settlements — i.e., ceasefires and peace agreements — have different risks of failure. Peace agreements, unlike ceasefires, include concrete steps to resolve the issues over which the conflict is being fought. As might be expected, the peace agreement failure rate is lower than that of ceasefires. Between 1950 and 2004, 32 percent of peace agreements were followed by recurring violence, compared with 38 percent of ceasefires.
Even though this is a significant failure rate, it is important to remember that two thirds of peace settlements hold with no resumption of conflict. And, as the last Human Security Report pointed out, there is evidence to suggest that peace agreements became more stable — i.e., less likely to recur — in the new millennium.
When we read that peace agreements have "failed," we might conclude that the peace process is reversed entirely and the affected country relapses into full-scale war with no diminution of death and destruction. The evidence indicates that this is not the case.
When renewed violence occurs after a peace deal, it is sometimes started by rebel groups that never signed the agreement in the first place. In other cases, only one of several signatories resumes fighting. The data show that when just two warring parties sign a peace agreement they rarely go back to war with each other––despite the presence of spoilers.
But there is an even more telling rebuttal to the critics of peace talks and negotiated settlements. Wars that restart when peace agreements fall apart almost always experience a significant reduction in death tolls. In 10 out of the 11 collapsed peace agreements between 1989 and 2004 the annual death toll was lower after the conflict restarted.
As Figure 6.5 (from the forthcoming Human Security Report, 2012) demonstrates, the reduction in deadliness associated with conflicts that start when peace agreements fail is very large. The average annual death toll of civil conflicts drops by more than 80 percent if they recur after a peace agreement. The percentage decline is only half as big for victories, while death tolls for ceasefires and other terminations show little change.
Peace agreements, in other words, save lives, not only by stopping hostilities, but also by dramatically reducing fatalities if the fighting recurs.
Note: This post draws on an analysis of the recurrence of civil wars undertaken by Sebastian Merz , of the Human Security Research Project (HSRP) at Simon Fraser University with additional research by HSRP staff. The full analysis will appear in the forthcoming Human Security Report, 2012. The data are from Uppsala University's Conflict Data Program.
Uppsala Conflict Data Project
kerokan says:
This is a novel and very interesting finding. Thanks for sharing it with us.
I think this is a really interesting post. However, as a non-expert on the subject matter (peace agreements/war termination), I could not help but question the conclusion that "Peace agreements, in other words, save lives, not only by stopping hostilities, but also by dramatically reducing fatalities if the fighting recurs." My hunch is that this finding may have more to do with factors that make peace agreements more likely rather than anything to do with agreements themselves. Has anyone done any work on this or seen anybody sort out this issue?
Joakim Kreutz says:
What Andrew didn't write in this post (but which I am sure will be mentioned in the longer version of the report), is the curious relationship between conflict duration and peace agreement. That is, while it is often assumed that parties will "fight it out" if no peace agreement is signed, the reality is that victories are almost always only registered in the beginning of a conflict – while peace agreements usually are signed after several years (or, sometimes, decades) of fighting.
So, parties first "option" is to push for victory and only if this fails will there be seriuos negotiations and the possibility of a peace agreement. This has two implications: first, the post-conflict environment after peace agreements is usually more difficult than after victories. Second, the options for ending a long-running civil war are rarely peace agreement/victory, but peace agreement/continued fighting…
andrew mack says:
I think that your point is true almost by definition––i.e., the positive factors that make peace agreements possible in the first place will likely help keep fatalities low if the agreements break down. Plus many of the "failures" may be due to relatively small outbursts of violence from "spoiler" factions in one or more of the parties who never favoured the agreement.
Joakim
Yes your important point is addressed in the Report. You are cited!
You are absolutely right re. Luttwak. We critiqued his provocative–-and wrong–– Foreign Affairs article back in 2006. See: http://hsrgroup.org/docs/Publications/HSB2006/2006HumanSecurityBrief-FullText.pdf p.22
David Mason says:
i.e., Luttwak was wrong.
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ellengaldava1 says:
Thanks for statistical evidence that will help me to write me upcoming new post! Hope future of peace and peace agreements will be bright and promising !
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France Property Guides takes the temperature of the French property market after the election of President Macron, and asks what the prognosis is for French home values.
As President Macrons settles down to his first few weeks as the French president, his victory looks like good news for prospective property buyers in France.
It is early days in the presidency and Macron still needs to win a parliamentary majority in next month's legislative elections in order to be able to properly govern the country and set about establishing his planned policies. It will really only be after these elections (on 11th and 18th June) that it will be possible to forecast the likely effect of his presidency on the property market in France.
Some of his planned policies are well known. He plans on cutting corporation tax and reducing spending, whilst investing billions of euros in green energy, transport and the justice system. It looks like good news for home owners that he is proposing 80% of households will be exempt from paying taxe d'habitation. If you are looking to employ people – as many of us do running smallholdings or small businesses – the proposed reduction in the social charges on salaries of employees will be helpful too.
If you are ready to buy in France, come to Your Overseas Home in Manchester, Saturday 24th June.
Assuming these policies are implemented, they are likely to have a positive effect on the property market. There should be more French people wishing to invest in property and corporations are likely to look favourably at bringing their businesses to France. As far as international purchases go, these are likely to increase following Macron's strong support of a unified Europe; certainly compared to Le Pen winning.
Our prediction is that more and more UK buyers are going to want to invest in property in France, boosted even more by the fact that there is a clear upturn in prices generally across the country (on average 1.6%) according to the Notaires de France's latest figures for the first quarter of 2017.
Interest rates remain low and the pound is hanging in there, highly likely to take an upward turn after the UK election in two weeks.
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I have always felt very connected with the norms and values of the VUB and therefore I have committed myself throughout my VUB-career.
- Bringing the kick-off back to Jette. Although in theory it was a nice idea to unite Etterbeek and Jette, I noticed that this was not fully realized. The same effect as having a kick-off in Jette was not achieved despite the use of buses.
- Releasing the schedule earlier for second session exams. Preferably as soon as possible after the exam session in January.
- I think it is unnecessary for the soft drink vending machines to offer so many options within a limited range. I would opt for a possibly healthier but certainly also a more extensive product range and I think it is necessary that the stock is replenished faster (mainly during the group study weeks).
- Transforming the spaces around the Basic Fit into true relaxation spaces or at least thinking of a concrete idea of what we can achieve with this space so that it does not go to waste.
I also have some ideas which I am not sure if they would fall under my authority, but I hope to gradually get a better view.
Along with strong communication with the student of campus Jette, I believe that I would perform my function as a student representative in a highly motivated manner and I hope, because of my input in policy, to represent the students of my faculty as well as possible in terms of exams, in the field of student finance as well as with regard to more trivial matters.
"I want to commit myself to making students of Campus Jette heard and to optimizing the campus facilities."
After spending almost four years on the Brussels Health Campus and committing myself to both the board of the Medical Circle and the Pharmaceutical Circle, it seems to be a good time to use my experience and apply as a representative for the student council.
Through my efforts in student associations and my student job in the Medical Library, I know how important it is that student facilities are well organized and widely accessible.
I have met many students in recent years, and have listened carefully to them, which has given me a picture of what works, and which facilities can be improved on our campus.
A key point for me is the contact between the students from campus Jette and the student council. If I become the faculty representative in the student council, I intend to make a lot of efforts to listen to the voice of Campus Jette and have it heard in the student council.
The Student Kick-off on campus Jette has disappeared. I would like to work together with students, the student associations and the university to create a worthy alternative.
The use of the Basic Fit Lounge 1090 must be more efficient, students must feel at home there. Time and money have crept in this space, but it is not used very often.
The VUB has already made efforts to make our campus a pleasant place, but everything can be improved. We want to work together to optimize student facilities.
I would like to be given the opportunity to fully commit to this!


Can a Person Be Forced Into a Divorce in Ohio?
Divorce can be simpler when both spouses agree to the divorce and its terms, but Ohio law does not allow one spouse to prevent a divorce by objecting to it. A spouse who does not want to get a divorce can delay the process and make it more difficult, but he ultimately cannot keep it from happening. Thus, one spouse can get a divorce without the other spouse's consent, thereby forcing him into it.
Courts must have a reason, or grounds, upon which to base a divorce, and Ohio offers several grounds to choose from. A spouse can file for divorce based upon the no-fault ground of incompatibility, which requires little proof, but an Ohio court can only grant a divorce based on incompatibility if both spouses agree. One spouse cannot force the other to divorce based on incompatibility, and the objecting spouse can simply deny incompatibility exists. However, denying or contesting incompatibility will not stop the divorce. Instead, the filing spouse can file for divorce based on another of Ohio's grounds.
Fault-based divorce grounds require the filing spouse to prove that her spouse did something wrong to destroy the marriage. If a filing spouse cannot provide sufficient proof, the judge cannot grant the divorce. For example, a spouse's gross neglect can be grounds for divorce, but the filing spouse must prove the other spouse failed to meet his spousal obligations of respect, fidelity and support, which may be evidenced by a failure to provide financial or emotional support, or engage in sexual relations.
Even if the filing spouse cannot prove fault-based grounds, she cannot be forced to stay married. Ohio permits spouses to divorce based on the no-fault ground of separation for at least one year, so a filing spouse can obtain a divorce after living separately from her spouse for at least a year. Spouses must actually live in separate homes during this one-year period. In Ohio, living separately under the same roof is not sufficient to qualify as separation in a divorce proceeding.
The non-filing spouse can ask the court for a conciliation period or family counseling before the divorce is granted. The court can order the couple to go through family counseling and can even name the counselor the couple must see. The divorce cannot be completed until the conciliation or counseling is completed. But if it does not work, it only delays the divorce. If the filing spouse is still determined to end the marriage after the conciliation period, she can.
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The Town of Raymond is a strong community of approximately 11,000. It is located in Rockingham County (exits 4 and 5 off of Route 101) and offers the beauty of nearby Pawtuckaway State Park.
The Raymond School District consists of three schools - Lamprey River Elementary School (grades Preschool-4), Iber Holmes Gove Middle School (grades 5-8), and Raymond High School (grades 9-12). There are approximately 135 teachers and 112 support staff members in addition to central office personnel and administrators.
District staff, students, and parents are active in working together to establish and meet the District's mission and strategic goals. An active committee works annually to help guide the work throughout the year to meet benchmarks in achievement and outreach.
The Mission of the Raymond School District is to ensure high levels of learning for all. Through innovation and collaboration with our community, we will encourage and challenge each student with a rigorous and relevant program.
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Raymond's Lamprey River Kindergarten Students Craft Gingerbread Houses
December 13, 2019 by Kelsey Bode
Kindergarten student Jackson Frechette frosts a gingerbread house. (Courtesy Photo Raymond School District)
From left: Kindergarten students Selena Pettengill, Emily O'Connor, parent Jessica Bemis and Colin Bemis craft gingerbread cookies from a milk-carton base. (Courtesy Photo Raymond School District)
Kindergarten student Clara Grant frosts a gingerbread house with help from her mother, Linda Grant, left. (Courtesy Photo Raymond School District)
Kindergarten student Jackson Frechette, left, makes a gingerbread house with his dad, Jay Frechette. (Courtesy Photo Raymond School District)
From left: Kindergarten student Julian Medina, parent Shannon Shurtleff and kindergarten student Mary Shurtleff. (Courtesy Photo Raymond School District)
RAYMOND — Kindergarten students at Lamprey River Elementary School got in the holiday spirit Friday morning, crafting colorful gingerbread houses out of cookies, frosting and a multitude of candies.
Making gingerbread houses each December has become a tradition at Lamprey River, and a handful of parent volunteers joined students Friday and donated supplies.
"I'm so happy to be here making gingerbread houses with my daughter and her friends," said Shannon Shurtleff, mom to kindergartner Mary Shurtleff.
Parents and teachers at the event helped students as they frosted their gingerbread houses and chose candy decorations.
Kindergarten students read gingerbread man themed books with their classes leading up to the annual event, and analyzed characters and settings.
"We've been building holiday spirit with this," said Lamprey River kindergarten teacher Jessica Jortberg. "It's something they look forward to every year. And parents get to come in and do it with them."
Students took their gingerbread houses home at the end of the school day Friday.
"It's great to get parents in and get parents and kids at school at the same time," said Jay Frechette, parent to kindergarten student Jackson Frechette. "It's a time to hang out with family and it gives them the whole spirit of the season."
Raymond's Lamprey River Elementary Staff Receive Generous Donations from Son of Former Teacher
December 13, 2019 by Matthew Reid
Tim Boynton, left, son of former longtime Lamprey River Elementary School teacher Susan Boynton, with current kindergarten teacher Michele Busby. (Photo courtesy Raymond Public Schools)
RAYMOND, N.H. — Superintendent Tina McCoy and Principal Laura Yacek are pleased to announce that donations were recently given to teachers at Lamprey River Elementary School to help them purchase school supplies.
Kindergarten teacher Michele Busby received $1,000 from Tim Boynton, the son of former longtime LRES teacher Susan Boynton, who passed away in 2009. Boynton created the Triple S Award, which stands for Susan's Shopping Spree as a way to honor his mother and give back to the school she loved so much.
Tim Boynton, who now lives in Florida, reached out to Principal Yacek in August, introducing himself and saying that he wanted to give back to the school. He proposed starting an annual giveaway to a teacher at the school so they could buy needed supplies for their classroom.
Teachers wrote a short letter summarizing why teaching is so important to them and what they would do with a $1,000. The winner, Busby, was then asked to make an Amazon wish list, and Boynton purchased the supplies.
A total of seven teachers submitted essays to Tim and his partner, Alvin. They chose Busby as the winner, and also decided to give a $50 Amazon gift card to all of the other staff who submitted essays. One staff member wrote about an iPad for a student that she works with, and Tim and Alvin also purchased a refurbished iPad for that teacher to use with the student.
Busby used her $1,000 to purchase snow gear, boots and snacks for students that needed them, as well as for flexible seating for her classroom.
Tim and Alvin visited the LRES staff in November to meet Busby, and to hand-deliver the Amazon gift cards and the iPad. They also presented a plaque that will be hung up in the school for all to see.
"Tim really went above and beyond with his generosity and support, and he has said he wants to make this an annual tradition," Principal Yacek said. "We still have staff here at LRES that worked with Susan and have such fond memories of her, and now her son is giving back to the school in such a special way. It's quite remarkable."
When visiting last month, Tim even had the privilege of touring the school's kindergarten hallway, which was dedicated to his mother when the new wing was built in 2010. A plaque is hung in the hallway with Susan's name on it.
"Susan was a teacher here from 1988 to 2009, and after all these years the Boynton family is still making this school a special place to be," Principal Yacek said. "It meant a lot to have Tim return to the school almost a decade after the wing was dedicated to his mom, and I know it meant a lot to him as well."
Raymond Superintendent Announces Classroom Relocation Plans for Fall 2020
November 26, 2019 by Kelsey Bode
Plans for next school year to move fourth grade students to Iber Holmes Gove Middle School and the preschool program to Raymond High School will allow the district to remove portable classrooms at Lamprey River Elementary School. (Courtesy Photo Raymond School District)
RAYMOND — Superintendent Tina McCoy is announcing plans to relocate fourth grade and preschool classrooms to provide students with larger spaces designed to better support modern curriculum.
Next summer, all fourth grade classrooms will be moved from Lamprey River Elementary School to Iber Holmes Gove Middle School, and the district's preschool program will be moved out of Lamprey River Elementary School to Raymond High School.
"Right now, we have two school facilities that are underutilized, and one that is crowded and has numerous challenges that need to be addressed," Superintendent McCoy said. "These transitions will ensure a more distributed and equitable use of classroom space across the entire District, and provide exciting opportunities for students as we examine the elementary school facility and consider whether renovations or a new building is necessary to meet the needs of our student population in the future."
Built in the 1970s, Lamprey River Elementary School was designed as an "open concept" facility, which has fallen out of common practice in schools today. As the district's student population has continued to rise, the school has additionally added on three sets of portable classrooms to accommodate.
The transition will allow the district to remove the portable classrooms at Lamprey River, which do not provide students and staff with immediate access to restrooms and generate unnecessary foot traffic through the kindergarten wing. In addition, the changes will provide fourth grade and preschool students with larger classrooms, with more natural light.
Both the middle and high schools have ample space to house the fourth grade and preschool programs, respectively.
"Moving the preschool and fourth grade is a much more efficient use of school district facilities," said Raymond School District Director of Facilities Todd Ledoux. "Removing the portables also creates a safer, more energy efficient facility at the elementary school. Although this decision does not solve the space needs at the school, it does provide a much better learning environment for our preschoolers and fourth graders, while allowing the entire elementary school to be in one building."
Fourth and fifth grade students will take classes on a separate floor from sixth, seventh and eighth grade students at the middle school next year, and the district will be working over the coming months to develop a new master schedule for the building. The district's bus company will also be creating revised routes to better facilitate the transition.
Once the new schedule is finalized, the district will host informational sessions with the parents of fourth and fifth grade students for fall 2020, as well as tours and visits. Tours and informational sessions will also be held for parents of preschool students once renovations are complete.
All district parents will be provided with updates regularly about the transition.
Preschool students will additionally benefit from classrooms at Raymond High School, which will be renovated to offer direct access to preschool appropriate bathrooms, a therapy room and a fenced in playground, which will be installed over the summer.
As a result of the move, Raymond High School students will also have the opportunity to intern at the preschool program and learn more about early childhood development.
A Building Committee comprised of five voting community members, led by Chairman Ken Hajjar, and non-voting school district administrators is meeting monthly to examine the Lamprey River Elementary School facility and working to develop recommendations for the School Board for the future of the building, which may involve renovations or a proposal to build a new facility. The group is anticipated to present their findings to the School Board by October 2020.
Raymond's Lamprey River Elementary Students and Families Enjoy Harvest Feast
Darlene Mascone, left, joined kindergarten student Autumn Moscone at the annual Harvest Feast on Thursday. (Courtesy Photo Raymond School District)
Kindergarten students Fox Power, left, and Colin Bemis enjoy their meals at the Harvest Feast. (Courtesy Photo Raymond School District)
Kindergarten student Haley Cronan, right, gives Darcy Cronan a kiss on the cheek at the annual Harvest Feast. (Courtesy Photo Raymond School District)
Students in Ann Ingalls' kindergarten class enjoyed the Harvest Feast with their parents and guardians. (Courtesy Photo Raymond School District)
From left: Lamprey River Elementary School janitor Aimee Payette and cafeteria staff Sue Peters, Linda Burke, Lisa Nigl, Jenn Buck and Carmie Liggerio. (Courtesy Photo Raymond School District)
Kindergarten student Jackson Williams, left, and Susan Williams. (Courtesy Photo Raymond School District)
Kindergarten student Olivia Lopez, left, was thrilled to have her mom, Amber Beuregard, attend the annual Harvest Feast. (Courtesy Photo Raymond School District)
Parents, guardians and students came together for a Harvest Feast at Lamprey River Elementary School on Thursday. (Courtesy Photo Raymond School District)
RAYMOND — Sporting colorful, handmade turkey hats and with parents and guardians in tow, kindergarten students at Lamprey River Elementary School enjoyed a special Harvest Feast Thursday.
The annual Harvest Feast is an opportunity for kindergarten students to invite their parents and guardians to visit the school for a meal of turkey, mashed potatoes, bread, squash, peas, cookies and more. Older students at the school also enjoyed a festive turkey meal for lunch, as did staff at the school.
"The students have been very excited for the feast, and it's been great to see so many parents and guardians here today to join us for a fun, festive meal," said Amy McAvoy, team leader of the kindergarten teachers at Lamprey River. "Our cafeteria staff also works so hard to make this a special meal for our students, and they've done an amazing job."
Approximately 75 adults joined kindergartners at Thursday's feast.
"We've both been looking forward to this and I think it's really nice that the school does this for all the kindergarten kids," said Darcy Cronan, who joined her daughter, Haley, a kindergarten student, at the feast.
Many students were thrilled to have their parents at the school.
"I'm very excited my mom is here," said kindergarten student Olivia Lopez.
In addition to crafting festive, turkey themed hats for the feast, some classes of kindergarten students also studied the differences between wild and domestic turkeys, among other facts about the fowls.
"Our kindergarten students hold the Harvest Feast near to their hearts, and it brings them a lot of joy to have a parent, grandparent, caregiver or guardian visit, meet their teacher and classmates, and enjoy a relaxed, fun meal," said Lamprey River Elementary School Principal Laura Yacek. "Thank you so much to all of the parents and guardians who visited, and to the teachers and cafeteria staff who worked incredibly hard to provide such a wonderful feast."
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The drug research process is complicated, time-consuming, and costly; and the end result is never known at the outset. Literally hundreds, and sometimes thousands, of chemical compounds must be made and tested to find one that can achieve the desirable result without too serious side effects.
Such a complicated process costs vast amounts of time and money. The FDA estimates that, on average, it takes eight-and-a-half years to study and test a new drug before the agency can approve it for the general public. That includes early laboratory and animal testing, as well as later clinical trials using human subjects.
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The role of the FDA in the early stages of drug research is small. The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act does not give the agency responsibility to develop new drugs. So, FDA physicians, scientists, and other staff review test results submitted by drug developers. The FDA determines whether the drug is safe enough to test in humans and, if so--after all human testing is completed--decides whether the drug can be sold to the public and what its label should say about directions for use, side effects, warnings, and the like.
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New drug research starts by studying how the body functions, both normally and abnormally, at its most basic levels. The pertinent question is, "If the body's functioning is changed, will I have a useful drug?" That, in turn, leads to a concept of how a drug might be used to prevent, cure, or treat a disease or medical condition. Once the concept has been developed, the researcher has a target.
Sometimes, scientists find the right compound quickly. More often, hundreds or even thousands must be tested. In a series of test-tube experiments called assays, compounds are added one at a time to enzymes, cell cultures, or cellular substances grown in a laboratory. The goal is to find which additions show some chemical effect. Some may not work well, but may hint at ways of changing the compound's chemical structure to improve its performance. The latter process alone may require testing dozens or hundreds of compounds.
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A more hightech approach is to use computers to simulate an enzyme or other drug target and to design chemical structures that might work against it. A computer can show scientists what the receptor site looks like and how one might tailor a compound to block an enzyme from attaching there. However, while computers give chemists clues to which compounds to make, they don't give any final answers. Compounds made based on a computer simulation still have to be put into a biological system to see whether they work.
A third approach involves testing compounds made naturally by microscopic organisms. Candidates include fungi, viruses, and molds, such as those that led to penicillin and other antibiotics. Scientists grow the microorganisms in what they call a fermentation broth, one type of organism per broth. Sometimes, 100,000 or more broths are tested to see whether any compound made by a microorganism has a desirable effect.
To this point, the search for a new drug has been confined to a laboratory test tube. Next, scientists have to test those compounds that have shown at least some desired effects in living animals. In animal testing, drug companies make every effort to use as few animals as possible and to ensure their humane and proper care. Two or more species are typically tested because a drug may affect one differently from another. Such tests show whether a potential drug has toxic side effects and what its safety is at different doses. The results point the way for human testing and, much later, product labeling.
So far, research has aimed at discovering what a drug does to the body. Now, it must also find out what the body does to the drug. So, in animal testing, scientists measure how much of a drug is absorbed into the blood, how it is broken down chemically in the body, the toxicity of its breakdown products (metabolites), and how quickly the drug and its metabolites are excreted from the body. Sometimes, such tests find a metabolite that is more effective than the drug originally picked for development.
More often than many scientists care to admit, researchers just have to give up when a drug is poorly absorbed, is unsafe, or simply doesn't work. The organization Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America estimates that only 5 in 5,000 compounds that enter preclinical testing make it to human testing, and only 1 of those 5 may be safe and effective enough to reach pharmacy shelves. Nevertheless, progress may yet be made. Occasionally, a stubborn scientist keeps looking and finds a usable compound after others had given up. In other cases, compounds may be put aside because they failed to work on one disease, only to be taken off the shelf years later and found to work on another.
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Richard Taylor is Chairman and Managing Director of Greenhill & Co. International LLP, Greenhill's UK business.
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Richard began his career with Arthur Andersen, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant before moving into Investment Banking with HSBC. In 2000, he joined Merrill Lynch and worked in a variety of roles including co-heading the German Investment Banking activities and then head of UK Corporate and Investment Banking. Throughout his career, Richard has played leading roles in advising companies on mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt-related transactions.
Richard is the youngest of twelve children and a keen philanthropist. He serves on the Advisory Board for The Sutton Trust, a charity which champions social mobility from birth to the workplace in order that every... Richard Taylor is Chairman and Managing Director of Greenhill & Co. International LLP, Greenhill's UK business.
Richard is the youngest of twelve children and a keen philanthropist. He serves on the Advisory Board for The Sutton Trust, a charity which champions social mobility from birth to the workplace in order that every young person has the chance to succeed in life. Additionally, he has given talks for Speakers for Schools, which seeks to end educational inequality and, since September 2022, has been a trustee of Teach First.
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Richard Taylor, one of Barclays' most senior investment bankers, is leaving the British bank after eight years there. Barclays confirmed Taylor will leave, adding that his departure has been amicable. He told the bank in April he intended to leave to pursue other interests, but agreed to stay until the end of July to complete a number of client assignments, including successfully defending Provident Financial from a hostile takeover bid.
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The Mogao caves, located near the town of Dunhuang in the Gobi Desert of northwest China, comprise 500 decorated Buddhist cave temples dating from the 4th to the 14th century. Filled with exquisite wall paintings and sculptures, the caves bear witness to the intense religious, artistic, and cultural exchanges along the Silk Road, the trade routes linking East and West.
Exploring the history of the cave temple site from its founding in the 4th century, to its abandonment in the 14th century and its revitalization in the 20th century, the exhibition offers three complementary experiences. A temporary building on the Getty Center's plaza will house three full-scale, hand-painted replica caves, filled with exquisite Buddhist painting and sculpture.
The Getty Research Institute galleries will exhibit more than 40 objects discovered at Mogao in 1900 in Cave 17, known as the "Library Cave." These stunning works reflect the diverse ideas, beliefs, and artistic styles of China and the Silk Road in the 8th, 9th and 10th centuries. The art displays the co-mingling of major cultures - Greek and Roman via Ghandaran India, Middle Eastern and Persian, Indian and Chinese.
A multimedia experience will comprise the third part of the exhibition. New 3D stereoscopic immersive technology, never before used in a museum exhibition, will enable visitors to examine in detail the magnificent sculpture and painting of Cave 45. This 8th -century cave exemplifies the artistic brilliance of Chinese art of the High Tang period (705-781).
The exhibition will also focus on the modern history of the Mogao cave temples at Dunhuang, highlighting the Getty Conservation Institute's work in partnership with the Dunhuang Academy to address the preservation challenges of this singular site.
A highlight of the exhibition is the Diamond Sutra (a sacred Mahayana Buddhist text) that dates to the year 868 CE. On loan to the Getty from the British Library, the Diamond Sutra is the world's oldest dated complete printed book. The exhibition features objects from the Library Cave, where more than 40,000 objects, sealed up for a millennium, were discovered in 1900. Shortly thereafter, explorers from Britain, France, Russia, Japan, and the United States came to Dunhuang, where they obtained thousands of these objects to take to their home countries.
Focusing on the diversity of languages and religions on the Silk Road, the first exhibition gallery features a Buddhist sutra in Tibetan with commentary in Chinese, a Jewish prayer in Hebrew, and a Christian manuscript in Chinese, all written no later than the 10th century. The exhibition demonstrates how Buddhist texts prescribed rules governing artistic practice, displaying a stunning group of freehand sketches, pounces, and woodblock prints from the Library Cave. Superb early Chinese paintings on silk portray scenes from the life of the Buddha, Buddha preaching, and a bodhisattva leading an elegant Tang lady toward a paradisiacal afterlife. All illuminate how commissions of paintings created personal connections with the divine for their patrons, while ritual diagrams instruct on precisely how to create a sacred space.
"These exquisite Buddhist works, originally from Dunhuang, were created not as works of art, but rather as forms of devotion to accumulate merit and ensure a better afterlife," says Mimi Gardner Gates, director emerita of the Seattle Art Museum and chairman of the Dunhuang Foundation. To illustrate the life of a wall painting and trace its 1,100-year history—from creation to deterioration and conservation—the exhibition includes a recreated portion of a wall from Cave 85.
Exhibition videos describe the history and significance of the Mogao site, as well as modern conservation efforts. Reproductions of photographs by Western explorers and others document early 20th-century investigations of the Mogao caves, including the discovery of the Library Cave. The site's revitalization in the 20th century, under the stewardship of the Dunhuang Academy, concludes the exhibition.
The Getty Center arrival plaza will house three full-size replica caves, providing visitors with a deeper understanding of the Mogao site and the scale of the cave temples there. The replica caves, created by artists from the Dunhuang Academy's Fine Arts Institute, were constructed through a painstaking, multi-year process that includes photographing and printing images of the caves' walls at their original scale, tracing the images with pencil, and then contour-line drawing on top of the tracing. Clay from the local riverbed is used to make the base for the painting of the primary pigments. The paintings are then mounted on the inner surface of the replica cave's wooden framework, which has been crafted to the exact dimensions of the original cave.
The replicated cave temples span the 5th to the 8th century. Cave 275 features a large central image of Maitreya, Buddha of the future, as well as five painted stories of the Buddha's past lives.
The earliest dated cave, Cave 285 was created in 538 CE and 539 CE. The brilliantly colored, dynamic wall paintings incorporate Hindu and indigenous Chinese deities into a Buddhist context.
Dating from the 8th century or Tang dynasty, Cave 320 has a magnificent ceiling with a central peony motif, surrounded by decorative tent hangings and numerous small Buddhas.
The exhibition is accompanied by two multimedia galleries, which will visually immerse visitors in the Mogao site. The first section will include a large panoramic projection with an overview of the Mogao cave temples in their stark desert setting. In the second section, visitors will use 3D glasses to experience stereoscopic images of Cave 45, a finely decorated High Tang cave with a seven-figure sculpture group that is one of the treasures of Mogao. This marks the first time that this particular 3D stereoscopic technology has been used in a museum exhibition.
Cave Temples of Dunhuang: Buddhist Art on China's Silk Road is on view May 7 – Sept. 4, 2016. All parts of the exhibition are free, but visitors may encounter long lines. To reduce wait times to the replica caves, a limited number of free timed tickets will be available at the Getty Center on the day of your visit. Tickets cannot be obtained in advance.
To download a site guide to the exhibition, visit the Getty Center website.


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We are trying to send mainframe file into new server(using FTP-TLS, Passive Mode, Explicit TLS Encryption). FTP is failed with "Authentication negotiation failed". It seems, not able to recognize the password. Could you please help us with this issue.
EZA1554I Connecting to: nn.nnn.nnn.nnn port: 21.
We also override below FTP's parameters thorough SYSFTPD. Still issue is coming. Please let us know if any additional parameter need to be added.
The error you have is definitely not related to password.
You see that it says authentication negotiation failed. It means that before FTPS connection is established. The host and client must come to an agreement on how they are going to communicate (negotiation). Like the encryption algorithms or ciphers or macs or the like.
From your log You can see that the error occurred before you pass the password to server.
This statement defines the key ring that contains the Certificate Authority certificate to be used during the TLS handshake. You can use the same key ring for both HTTPS and FTPS operations. Specify the name of the keyring defined in Creating key rings on the KEYRING statement. However, IBM's secure FTP server uses a server certificate signed by a different certificate authority. Therefore, you must add the GeoTrust Global CA certificate to your keyring.
Download to your work station the GeoTrust Global CA root certificate (Root 2 - GeoTrust Global CA) from the GeoTrust website at https://www.geotrust.com/resources/root-certificates/index.html.
Upload the CA certificate to your z/OS system. There are many methods to transfer files from your workstation to your z/OS system. For example, you can upload the certificate file with Personal Communications 3270 or use TCP/IP FTP. The important things to remember are the certificate file must be uploaded to z/OS as Start of changetextEnd of change data, the certificate file must be stored in a sequential data set, and the sequential data set must have RECFM=VB and LRECL>=256.
where ca-cert.dataset.name is the name of the sequential data set used to store the certificate received from the GeoTrust web site.
where keyringname is the name for the key ring you choose to use for secure FTP operations. This can be the same keyring you use for HTTPS operations and defined in Creating key rings.
Thanks Vasanth, I have tried all possible ways, same error throwing. I have provided keyring value that is used for ordinary FTP.
It seems issue with firewall settings.
Did you follow the steps mentioned to create the keyring?
This means that you are able to get through the firewall and able to talk to the server and back.
Btw. Are you performing ftps to ibm or to some other internal server.
No, am from application development team, creating keyring value looks like mainframe admin team has to do. I will contact admin for this.
we are connection IBM internal server to external server which has new feature called SSL/TLS encryption.
No. errors are not 'thrown' on the mainframe.


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2019 Cosplay Guest of Honor
We're excited to announce our Cosplay Guest of Honor for Gen Con 2019: Yaya Han! She will serve as one of our Costume Contest judges and conduct several panels about cosplay at this year's convention. Check out the Event Catalog for details about specific events! Yaya will also be selling items at her booth in the Entertainer Spotlight section of the Exhibit Hall.
About Yaya Han:
Yaya Han is a costume designer, model, and cosplay entertainer based in Atlanta, GA. She discovered the unique creative pastime of cosplay at Anime Expo in 1999 as a young fan, with no prior training in sewing or crafting. However, Yaya has always been artistic, especially with pen and ink illustrations, so she quickly absorbed the heart and soul of costume making. Yaya is completely self-taught, mostly due to lack of funds and resources to enroll in classes for fashion or costume design. At the beginning, she could only afford a used $40 sewing machine and a sewing book from a thrift store. Yaya credits persistence and repeated failure as her greatest teachers in costume creation. To this day, she has made close to 300 costumes in the genres of anime/manga, comic books, video games, sci-fi, and her own original designs.
Over the years, Yaya has built a successful business in the cosplay community, creating a popular cosplay accessories line available online and at conventions, as well as her line of Yaya Han Brand merchandise. Her intricate and lavish creations have won awards and acclaim nationwide, and she has been invited to appear as a Guest, Panelist, Judge, Performer, and Host at over 100 conventions and other events all over the world. Yaya's impact on the world of cosplay has been so great that she has been a Guest Judge on two seasons of TBS TV Network's "King of the Nerds" competition show, featured in a documentary about cosplay called "Cosplay! Crafting a Secret Identity," and starred in the Syfy (Space) TV Network docuseries "Heroes of Cosplay."
But no matter where cosplay has taken her professionally, Yaya strives to stay true to what got her into this field originally — fun and creativity.
Through hard work, unmatched passion, and infectious enthusiasm, Yaya has helped cosplay gain respect and integrity as an art form in the fandom world and art communities, and her decade-long campaign for creativity has helped raise cosplay to the standards we know today. Every day, Yaya continues to pave the path for the beloved art and lifestyle we know as Costume Play.
For more about Yaya Han, visit www.yayahan.com.


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Honda's first electric scooter for India in the works, set for FY2023 launch: Here's all you need to know
Posted By: baltazar October 26, 2021
Press Trust of IndiaOct 26, 2021 13:40:42 IST
Two-wheeler major Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI) is gearing up to launch its first electric product in the country in the next financial year, a top company official has said. The company, which sells popular models like Activa and Shine in the country, aims to start feasibility run of the electric scooter with its dealer partners at the end of the festive season this year.
In an interaction with PTI, HMSI President, Managing Director and CEO Atsushi Ogata said the company has decided to foray into the segment after having a detailed discussion with its parent firm – Honda Motor Company in Japan.
In-depth details are yet to be finalised but "we have made a commitment to launch (EV product) within the next financial year", he noted.
Honda believes customers will prefer electric scooters for short commutes within the city, but continue to use petrol two-wheelers for longer journeys. Image: Honda
When asked if the company has started testing the product in India, Ogata said: "Not yet officially but after Diwali…we will set up the feasibility study officially at our dealerships."
He said that many companies, including overseas players, were entering the EV segment as the government was supportive of investments in the green infrastructure.
Elaborating further, Ogata stated that customers have started using the EVs for short commutes in the city environment but for long-distance travelling and rural areas, internal combustion engine two-wheelers still had an edge.
"Some customers are using electric two-wheelers for very short commutes or very flat street conditions in big cities. So such customers have started to consider such options but still I think major customer segments are preferring to keep our existing line-up because still in front of EV products, existing ICE engine specs have a lot of positive points," Ogata stated.
He further said: "So far I don't believe there will be a drastic shift from ICE engines to the EV. We are considering it because we have the know-how of EV technology since the last several decades, so why not consider it for the Indian market."
Popular models such as the Honda Activa (pictured here) and the Shine will continue with petrol engines. Image: Honda
He noted that the upcoming electric scooter would add to the company's line-up in the country and there were no plans to shift existing range like Activa or Shine to electric over the next three years.
Ogata stated that not only the EV product, but the company is also going to consider tapping the opportunity in the battery management systems.
With the government pushing for clean technologies in the automotive sector, EV segment is witnessing lot of action in the country.
Already, the country's largest two-wheeler maker, Hero MotoCorp, has announced that it is looking to launch an electric model next year. The company has also tied up with Taiwan-based Gogoro Inc to bring the latter's battery-swapping platform to India.
Similarly, Chennai-based TVS Motor Company will launch a complete range of electric two and three-wheelers with power output ranging from 5 to 25 KW in the next two years.
The company, which has earmarked an investment of Rs 1,000 crore on its electric vehicles (EV) business, will also continue to invest on conventional engine vehicles, where it sees growth opportunities.


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