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Water in the garden
Ros and Ben Walcott
Water in the garden has a long history, as long as gardens themselves. Any history of gardens and gardening will show that the Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Chinese, Roman, Japanese, Persian, Mughal, Aztec, French, Italian, Dutch and Spanish gardens all featured water prominently in their designs.
I particularly remember reading The Gardens of Mughal India, by Sylvia Crowe and Sheila Haywood, with photographs by Susan Jellicoe, published in 1972, which showed the essential nature of water in these gardens of Persian tradition introduced into India during 1500-1700. The Paradise Garden was enclosed and always included water in the form of fountains, pools and rills. The tradition of dividing the garden by rills continues to this day, for example, in Spain.
Spouting fountain heads at Villa d'Este. Photo by Angus Stewart
Gardens that we have visited that use water particularly well include Villa d'Este near Rome, Italy. Not everyone has the means to divert a whole river to provide water for the fountains and pools of their garden, but Cardinal Hippolito d'Este did just this in 1550. Water is present everywhere in this garden, spouting from every orifice of every statue and culminating in a water organ, which does play sweetly.
Garden of Ninfa. Photo by Angus Stewart
The garden at Ninfa in central Italy was built in 1921 amongst the ruins of a medieval town which was devastated by malaria in the 1500s and deserted for several centuries. These picturesque ruins provide a romantic backdrop for the garden, but the major feature of the garden is a stream that runs through the whole garden. This steam, drawn from the nearby mountains, is so clear that the bottom vegetation is seen as bright green gently waving ribbons.
Villa Lante cascade, near Rome
The sound of water is featured in many gardens. At Villa Lante near Rome this ornate water feature provides a background tinkling sound that enhances the garden around it.
Jardin de Santa Clothilde, Costa Brava, Spain
Gardens which occupy the best sites always include water in the vista. The garden of Jardin de Santa Clothilde in Spain includes the ultimate water feature, the sea, in its design on the Costa Brava. The garden at Villa Carlotta on Lake Maggiore is careful to feature the lake in every garden view.
Villa Carlotta, Lake Maggiore, Italy
Pool at Hampton Court, UK
One of the most beloved water scenes has been constructed at Giverny, outside Paris, the garden of the Impressionist painter Claude Monet. A lake filled with waterlilies provided much inspiration for Monet and for countless painters after him.
The waterlily pool at Giverny, France. Photo by Angus Stewart
In Australia, a dry country, water has always been included in our garden designs. At the Royal Botanic Gardens in Cranbourne the water features are large and impressive. The Rockpool Waterway consists of an escarpment wall built of red rusted steel and a wide shallow waterway with flat rocks included. The dry river bed is symbolic of all the dry creek beds and river beds around Australia.
Rockpool waterway at Royal Melbourne Botanic Gardens Cranbourne
Ephemeral river bed at the RMBG Cranbourne
The magnificent Horse Island native garden on the south coast of New South Wales, is surrounded by the Tuross estuary, which forms a background to the whole garden. This garden also includes a formal pool and rills at the centre of the main garden.
Horse Island garden on NSW coast
Even small water features can have tremendous impact – here is a small pool at the garden of Peter and Lyn Woodbury which acts as a gathering place in the garden.
Woodbury Garden, Googong, near Canberra
Our own garden has a series of pools connected by a creek running over stones which provides background water music for the garden. The largest pool has a natural clay bottom and is filled with reeds, fish and birds.
Large pond, Walcott garden, Canberra
Little pied cormorant, a frequent visitor
Great Egret, a rare visitor
Text by Ros Walcott and photos Ben Walcott, Canberra with additional photos by Angus Stewart, as noted.
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Cautionary tale of the heart: Mom survives cardiac scare
Red Bank's Dara O'Neil is 35 and fit, yet a freak cardiac event nearly killed her. She wants others to be aware.
Jerry Carino
@njhoopshaven
Dara O'Neil once sliced off the tip of her index finger at a dinner party. She bandaged it up and carried on like nothing happened.
"I'm very much a suck-it-up, push through it and move on type of person," she said.
So when the 35-year-old Red Bank resident and mother of two felt lousy one week last spring, she chalked it up to a run-of-the-mill virus and tried to push through it. But the fatigue got worse as the week went on, and when O'Neil nearly collapsed on multiple occasions, her husband convinced her to visit the emergency room at Riverview Medical Center.
"Within 10 to 15 minutes of getting there, I lost consciousness," she said.
O'Neil was suffering from myopericarditis, a condition where the sac that surrounds the heart and heart muscle gets inflamed. It can cause an abnormal buildup of fluid that puts pressure on the heart, preventing it from filling with the normal amount of blood. Eventually this hampers the heart's ability to pump and causes it to fail.
That's what was happening to O'Neil when she arrived at the hospital.
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"Her presentation was pretty dramatic," said Dr. Julie Master, the Riverview cardiologist who treated her. "We don't commonly see somebody presenting like that, but it happens."
February is American Heart Month. O'Neil's story illustrates just how fragile the heart can be — even for a person in peak health.
"There were no warning signs at all," O'Neil said. "I'm a very active person. I run, we hike, we do mud runs. I eat extremely healthy.
"They said it could literally happen to anybody."
For generations, heart problems were believed to be a male-only issue. That's a myth.
According to The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease, 43.8 million women are living with some form of cardiovascular disease and 2.7 million have a history of heart attack. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in American women, responsible for one in three female deaths in the United States.
"Awareness is getting better," Master said. "Women do get atypical symptoms (shortness of breath and lightheadedness, rather than classic chest pains), and they do care about everyone around them sometimes more than themselves and try to minimize things."
Master does her part to spread the word at public workshops and presentations.
"Awareness is better, but still not there," she said. "If you look at statistics, a lot of women don't realize they're at risk."
O'Neil learned the hard way.
"Two years ago I was in a triathlon with my dad," she said. "I have no cardio history whatsoever on either side of my family. In a million years, there is no reason I would have thought this could happen to me. That's the worst way to think, because you never know."
It was not a one-time episode either. O'Neil suffered recurring symptoms twice over the summer. They were different from the original; these were marked by shortness of breath and pain in her shoulders and back.
Both times, she overcame her push-through-it instincts and hustled to Riverview.
"It's not very common for the symptoms to keep happening," Master said. "The medication we tried, which is used for gout actually, stopped it from happening (again)."
O'Neil is back in a groove now, keeping active with husband Michael and their children Aiden, 5, and Madison, 3,
"I feel good," she said. "We go out hiking. Dr. Master told me to do what I feel comfortable doing — just don't go out and run a triathlon right now."
There's a moral to the story, one O'Neil wants other women — and everyone, really — to hear.
"This can literally happen to anybody," she said. "When it doubt, get help. What's the worst thing somebody can tell you? You're fine, go home."
Staff writer Jerry Carino: jcarino@gannettnj.com.

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The Easing module implements common easing functions. This module is used by Animated.timing() to convey physically believable motion in animations.
The poly function can be used to implement quartic, quintic, and other higher power functions.
The following helpers are used to modify other easing functions.
A stepping function, returns 1 for any positive value of n.
A stepping function, returns 1 if n is greater than or equal to 1.
A linear function, f(t) = t. Position correlates to elapsed time one to one.
A simple inertial interaction, similar to an object slowly accelerating to speed.
A quadratic function, f(t) = t * t. Position equals the square of elapsed time.
A cubic function, f(t) = t * t * t. Position equals the cube of elapsed time.
A power function. Position is equal to the Nth power of elapsed time.
A simple elastic interaction, similar to a spring oscillating back and forth.
Default bounciness is 1, which overshoots a little bit once. 0 bounciness doesn't overshoot at all, and bounciness of N > 1 will overshoot about N times.
Use with Animated.parallel() to create a simple effect where the object animates back slightly as the animation starts.
Provides a simple bouncing effect.
Provides a cubic bezier curve, equivalent to CSS Transitions' transition-timing-function.
Runs an easing function forwards.
Makes any easing function symmetrical. The easing function will run forwards for half of the duration, then backwards for the rest of the duration.


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Q: jquery clearing textarea I'm not sure why I am having this issue, if you can help I would appreciate it.
I wrote a function to clear a textbox on click, but it isnt working correctly:
$(function()
{
    $('textarea#contact_t').click( function()
    {
        if ($(this).val() == 'Enter your message Here!')
        {
            $(this).val('');
        }
    });
});

The problem is that it will not allow me to write a value of  '' to the textarea. This same function works if I change the statement inside the if to $(this).val(' ') (with a space in between the quotes). But I want the textbox to be cleared, not have a space at the beginning. It isn't letting me write an empty string to the textarea.

A: This does what (I think) you want (and is a little cleaner):
$('textarea#contact_t').one("focus", function() {
  $(this).val('');
});

A: Try using this code... I bet it solves your problem...
$(function() {
    $('textarea#contact_t').click( function() {

         if ($(this).val().toUpperCase() == 'ENTER YOUR MESSAGE HERE!') {
            $(this).val('');
         }

    });
  }
);

A: If you can live without supporting older browsers, just drop the jquery and switch to the HTML5 placeholder attribute:
<textarea placeholder="Enter your message here"></textarea>

Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/UeuaW/

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The monthly challenge for 2013 is simple………..a dip in any open water in the British Isles (at least to shoulders) without wearing a wetsuit or anything to keep you remotely warm. In the winter months, should be followed by a flask of tea and the warmest mountain socks owned.
First off was the Limekilns Loony Dook. Set the tactics for the chilly months – stand in swim wear in cold easterly wind for at least 20 minutes. By then, your limbs have gone numb as your blood supply makes it way to your core and vital organs. By the time you go in the water, you feel positively warm! Great atmosphere and promise I'm somewhere in the photo!
The shores of Loch Leven, Kinlochleven set the scene for February. Had been at the Fort William Mountain Festival and really struggled to find water that was not frozen. This was a "this is it" moment as soon as we spotted the backdrop. Definitely looked a bit random to passers by as we stood on the beach aclimatising in bikinis but made the entry more pleasant. Foot was alarmingly blue when I came out but as I'm beginning to realise there is nothing like this to rejuvenate!
Two weekends on the trot and same problem of finding water that wasn't frozen. A great 'final fling' before surgery…..surfing Saturday morning at Belhaven followed by a gorgeous drive up to Glencoe. Camped at the Red Squirrel and had food and drinks in the Clachaig Inn. Ice climbing on Sunday and then the dip. Light was fading fast and we couldnt find any water! From the roadside it looked like Lochan na h-Achlaise was our last chance before dark. We park up, changed into our swimmers in the layby and trampled down towards the Loch only to realise it was frozen. Thankfully there was a small patch at the side which had melted so this was our entry point. Video to follow. Unfortunately the photo is a bit blurry – combination of darkness setting in and icy photographer hands.
This month was always going to be a bit tricky after my hip surgery in March. With no wild weekends up north on the cards it was going to have to be fairly local, with vehicle access close to the water and a sandy entrance. I've always loved going to Seacliff from my surf kayaking days; there are no signs directing you from the main road and you head down a muddy single track to a beautiful bay. Bass Rock is in perfect view and if you head out to sea you catch the silhouette of Tantallon Castle perched about the seacliffs. I'd taken my crutches to avoid any slips in the water (last time I was wild swimming here a crab pinched my foot) and provide some support. The weather was glorious but there was a chilly bite to the air. We've established our acclimatising routine by now but it didn't quite prepare us……this felt like the chilliest dip so far, surprising given the last one was in a frozen loch!
Biggest turnout of dippers yet. We headed south to a beautiful spot in the Borders; St Mary's Loch. The woman in the Glen Cafe warned us of the cold temperatures of the loch with tales of people who had 'turned the colour of a post box' and were still sitting in their car warming up. Kirsten was up from Bristol with strict instructions to bring her bikini for the honour. Andy had recently had surgery for carpal tunnel so continued the post op theme and was sporting a nice plastic bag glove to protect his wound. It seems to be becoming the norm that after the buzz of the first dip we go back for seconds.
Where did June go? Just managed to squeeze a dip in while away to Aviemore with friends from University. Loch an Eilein has always been a special place; family holidays in the area always involved a walk round the loch and it has special memories of our times with Auntie Elma. I managed to convince Morag to join me and this was the first dip that I actually managed to 'swim'. My foot was still blue when I came out despite the water feeling warmer than before. I love the backdrop of the castle and Cairngorms. A few years ago when I was up for New Year the loch was frozen and we walked out to explore the castle ruins. That was a truly magical experience.
We were based in Achiltibuie for the week and went for a walk up to the Bone Caves near Inchnadamph. It was a gorgeous day and the water pools on Allt nan Uamh proved irresistible. Ian was the first to take the plunge and the rest followed. Despite it being pretty warm, the water was very refreshing (ie freezing). After a tentative dip, it wasn't long before Andy led the way with jumping into the pools. Somehow jumping in and your head going under was easier than trying to navigate the rocks underfoot and slowly wading in.
Iona was the perfect setting for the September dip. After escaping the blue rinse brigade when we got off the ferry we made our way to the north of the island. I was keen to swim over to a beautiful strip of sand on Eilean Annraidh but there was a pretty strong current in between.
After a wetsuit swim over to and round the back of Eilean Chalbha I got the others from their pebble (Tracy) and rubbish from the dump (Julie) scavenging missions for the no wetsuit dip. It was a lovely bit of sand nestled amongst some lava rocks with crystal clear water ahead. Managed a few head submersions and Julie had to do it twice so we could get photo evidence of us all in the water.
Once again a really invigorating way to spend a Sunday. I ended up doing a second dip later on while out for a sunset paddle in the packraft. The water looked too good not to jump in in my pants and t-shirt. Unfortunately it led to a rather extreme midgie attack!
After a failed attempt in the Lake District, the October dip fell to the Moray coast. Spent the day working along the coast taking photos before stumbling across Sandend Bay. The car next to us were getting wetsuits and hoods on for surfing as I got changed into my bikini, wrapped a towel round me and headed for the waters edge. Seemed a bit weird being on the periphery of the surfers as I charged through the waves for a full submersion but thankfully not as cold as I'd thought.
Some new inductees for the November dip as a plan was hatched at someone's leaving do from work. We had a great day up Ben Chonzie with loads of snow and brilliant panoramic views of the glistening slopes of Ben Lawyers, Schiehallion and the Tarmachan Ridge. We walked alongside Loch Turret reservoir which looked quite inviting as the mid morning sun struck on route to the summit. It wasn't quite the same story as we approached from the west side after a long day on the hill. Weary legged and a chill in the air, I thought there was going to be some change of hearts as the dip beckoned. Good effort from most though as we waded in, wearing a variety of outfits from bikini to underwear to full clothes. First one in a while that it took a wee while to warm up but still worth it!


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Photo Of Ukrainian Baby With Family Details Written On Her Back Shows How Bad The Situation Is
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Bobins AbrahamUpdated on Apr 05, 2022, 18:00 IST
In the photo shared by Instagram user Sasha Makoviy (@aleksandra.mako) a toddler can be seen with her name, family and contact details written on her back.According to a Google translate version of the caption of her post, Sasha had written this on her daughter's back on the first day of the war.On Monday the United Nations said that more than 4.2 million Ukrainian refugees have now fled the country since the Russian invasion began.
A photo has gone viral on social media showing the horrors of the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.
In the photo shared by Instagram user Sasha Makoviy (@aleksandra.mako) a toddler can be seen with her name, family and contact details written on her back.
A mother's pain
From the photo, it appears that the toddler, Vira Makoviy is the daughter of Sasha Makoviy, who had posted the image.
According to a Google translate version of the caption of her post, Sasha had written this on her daughter's back on the first day of the war.
"I signed it with my hands trembling very much. But why tell you? You already know what it's like to wake up to the deafening and powerful sounds of explosions that can be heard for tens of kilometers. I was shaking for the first hours like you," she wrote.
"In case something happened to us, and someone would pick her up as a survivor. Or if she is lost, which, according to my logic, could only happen with my blackout. Then even a crazy thought flashed through my mind "why didn't I tattoo her with this information?," she wrote.
In a safer place now
According to her, the family did not have to go through the ordeal she feared and is now in a safer place.
"And I still can't bring myself to put this scrambled paper in the second photo out of my overalls pocket. Although now we are where it is safe," she wrote.
Ukrainian journalist Anastasiia Lapatina who also shared the image on Twitter wrote: "Ukrainian mothers are writing their family contacts on the bodies of their children in case they get killed and the child survives. And Europe is still discussing gas."
Ukrainian mothers are writing their family contacts on the bodies of their children in case they get killed and the child survives. And Europe is still discussing gas. pic.twitter.com/sK26wnBOWj
— Anastasiia Lapatina (@lapatina_) April 4, 2022
The war on Ukraine's children
The children of Ukraine are one of the biggest victims of Putin's war on their country.
According to Ukraine officials, at least 165 children have been killed in Russian aggression so far.
On Monday the United Nations said that more than 4.2 million Ukrainian refugees have now fled the country since the Russian invasion began.
UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, said 4,215,047 Ukrainians had fled the country since the war began on February 24 — a figure up 38,646 on the numbers for Sunday.
According to UNICEF, more than two million children have been forced to flee Ukraine due to the war.
Children make up half of all refugees from the war in Ukraine, according to UNICEF and UNHCR. More than 1.1 million children have arrived in Poland, with hundreds of thousands also arriving in Romania, Moldova, Hungary Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
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1Experimental Biophysics, Institute for Biology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Invalidenstr. 42, 10115 Berlin, Germany.
2Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute for Medical Physics and Biophysics, Group Protein X-ray Crystallography & Signal Transduction, Charitéplatz 1, D-10117 Berlin, Germany.
3Biophysical Chemistry, Institute for Biology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Invalidenstr. 42, 10115 Berlin, Germany.
Experimental Biophysics, Institute for Biology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Invalidenstr. 42, 10115 Berlin, Germany.
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute for Medical Physics and Biophysics, Group Protein X-ray Crystallography & Signal Transduction, Charitéplatz 1, D-10117 Berlin, Germany.
Biophysical Chemistry, Institute for Biology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Invalidenstr. 42, 10115 Berlin, Germany.
Whereas pumps move ions actively, channels move ions passively. Fudim et al. generated a high-resolution crystal structure for Coccomyxa subellipsoidea rhodopsin, a light-activated proton pump. These data enabled the authors to identify a critical interaction between Arg83 and Tyr14 in a transmembrane domain and generate a point mutant of this rhodopsin that behaved as a light-gated proton channel. These results provide greater insight into the molecular determinants that distinguish proton pumps from channels.
The light-driven proton pump Coccomyxa subellipsoidea rhodopsin (CsR) provides—because of its high expression in heterologous host cells—an opportunity to study active proton transport under controlled electrochemical conditions. In this study, solving crystal structure of CsR at 2.0-Å resolution enabled us to identify distinct features of the membrane protein that determine ion transport directivity and voltage sensitivity. A specific hydrogen bond between the highly conserved Arg83 and the nearby nonconserved tyrosine (Tyr14) guided our structure-based transformation of CsR into an operational light-gated proton channel (CySeR) that could potentially be used in optogenetic assays. Time-resolved electrophysiological and spectroscopic measurements distinguished pump currents from channel currents in a single protein and emphasized the necessity of Arg83 mobility in CsR as a dynamic extracellular barrier to prevent passive conductance. Our findings reveal that molecular constraints that distinguish pump from channel currents are structurally more confined than was generally expected. This knowledge might enable the structure-based design of novel optogenetic tools, which derive from microbial pumps and are therefore ion specific.


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H.R. 4716, Inhaler Coverage and Access Now Act of 2019, as Ordered Reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on October 23, 2019
H.R. 4719, FISH SAFE Act, as Ordered Reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on October 29, 2019
H.R. 4727, Department of Homeland Security Mentor-Protege Program, as Ordered Reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on July 22, 2020
H.R. 473, a Bill to Authorize the Every Word We Utter Monument to Establish a Commemorative Work in the District of Columbia and Its Environs, and for Other Purposes
H.R. 4742, Protecting American Lungs Act of 2019, as Ordered Reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on October 23, 2019
H.R. 4761, Domestic Energy Production through Offshore Exploration and Equitable Treatment of State Holdings Act of 2006 : legislative hearing before the Committee on Resources, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, Wednesday, June 14, 2006.
H.R. 4771, VA Tele-Hearing Modernization Act, as Ordered Reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on October 29, 2019
H.R. 4782, National Commission on Online Platforms and Homeland Security Act, as Ordered Reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on October 23, 2019
H.R. 4852, G.I. and Veterans Education Empowerment Act, as Ordered Reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on October 29, 2019
H.R. 4857, to better inform consumers regarding costs associated with compliance for protecting endangered and threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 : legislative hearing before the Committee on Resources, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, Thursday, March 16, 2006.
H.R. 4893, to amend Section 20 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to restrict off-reservation gaming : legislative hearing before the Committee on Resources, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, Wednesday, April 5, 2006.
H.R. 4893, to amend Section 20 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to restrict off-reservation gaming : legislative hearing before the Committee on Resources, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, Wednesday, March 15, 2006.
H.R. 5, the Equality Act : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixteenth Congress, first session, April 2, 2019.
H.R. 5, the Equality Act: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixteenth Congress, First Session
H.R. 5018, H.R. 4940 & H.R. 1431, legislation to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act : legislative hearings before the Committee on Resources, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, April 25, 2006, in New Bedford, Massachusetts, May 3, 2006, in Washington, D.C.
H.R. 5040, AIR Safety Act of 2020, as Ordered Reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 29, 2020
H.R. 51 : making D.C. the 51st state : hearing before the Committee on Oversight and Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixteenth Congress, first session, September 19, 2019.
H.R. 51 : making D.C. the 51st state : hearing before the Committee on Oversight and Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, first session, March 22, 2021.
H.R. 51, the Washington, D.C. Admission Act (TE10039)
H.R. 51: Making D.C. The 51st State: Hearing Before the Committee on Oversight and Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, First Session
H.R. 51: Making D.C. the 51st State: Hearing before the Committee on Oversight and Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixteenth Congress
H.R. 512, to require the prompt review by the Secretary of the Interior of the longstanding petitions for federal recognition of certain Indian tribes : legislative hearing before the Committee on Resources, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, Thursday, February 10, 2005.
H.R. 5273, Securing America's Ports Act
H.R. 539, Preventing Disaster Revictimization Act, as Ordered Reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on March 24, 2021
H.R. 542, Supporting Research and Development for First Responders Act, as Ordered Reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on July 22, 2020
H.R. 5435, American Public Lands and Waters Climate Solution Act of 2019, and H.R. 5859, Trillion Trees Act: Legislative Hearing before the Committee on Natural Resources, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixteenth Congress, Second Session
H.R. 549, Venezuela TPS Act of 2019, as Listed on the Website of the Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives
H.R. 549, Venezuela TPS Act of 2019, as Ordered Reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 22, 2019
H.R. 5541, Tribal Power Act, as Ordered Reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 15, 2020
H.R. 560, Northern Mariana Islands Residents Relief Act
H.R. 561, H.R. 716, H.R. 1615, H.R. 2227, H.R. 2618, H.R. 2924, and Discussion Drafts Pending Legislation: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixteenth Cong
H.R. 5678, Privacy Office Enhancement Act, as Ordered Reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on January 29, 2020
H.R. 5680, Cybersecurity Vulnerability Identification and Notification Act of 2020, as Ordered Reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on January 29, 2020
H.R. 5736, Transnational White Supremacist Extremism Review Act
H.R. 5750, Streamlining GI Bill Processing Act of 2020, as Ordered Reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on March 12, 2020
H.R. 5758, Ceiling Fan Improvement Act of 2020, as Ordered Reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 15, 2020
H.R. 5766, VET TEC Expansion Act, as Ordered Reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on March 12, 2020
H.R. 5780, Safe Communities Act of 2020, as Ordered Reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on February 12, 2020
H.R. 5781, a Bill to Amend Title 38, United States Code, to Make an Individual Who Is Eligible for Educational Assistance under Chapter 33
H.R. 5804, DHS Blue Campaign Enhancement Act
H.R. 5823, State and Local Cybersecurity Improvement Act, as Ordered Reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on February 12, 2020
H.R. 587, Ocean Pollution Reduction Act II, as Ordered Reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on March 24, 2021
H.R. 6018, a Bill to Authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to Collect Overpayments of Specially Adapted Housing Assistance, as Ordered Reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on March 12, 2020
H.R. 6074, Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020
H.R. 6080, to establish the Mineral Commodity Information Agency (MCIA) within the Department of the Interior : hearing before the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources of the Committee on Resources, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, Wednesday, September 20, 2006.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources. Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources,
H.R. 610, San Francisco Bay Restoration Act, as Ordered Reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on March 24, 2021
H.R. 6140, Veterans in STEM Act as Ordered Reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on March 12, 2020
H.R. 6157, Transparency for Student Veterans Act
H.R. 6168, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2020, as Ordered Reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on March 12, 2020


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Q: Копирование всего кода страницы сайта на C# Доброго всем времени суток господа
Есть такая штука парс сайта.. берем сайт, определенную страницу, определенный блок.. спарсили. т.е. задача в большинстве случаев решается применением чьего ни будь кода, который расковаривает 0,0001% от кода страницы (пусть и самого нужного). Наткнулся на неоднократное применение сторонних решений.
Может ли кто подсказать как скопировать весь код определенной страницы в переменную? Да да весь, без посторонних решений, без классов и прочей хрени. В итоге должна получиться переменная, у которой внутри записано то, что обычно можно увидеть нажав на страницы сайта клавиши 'ctrl+u'
p.s. извращение конечно..
A: Очень просто, используйте класс System.Net.WebClient
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Art | 6 Nov 2015 | By Brook Mason
Early beginnings: David Hockney's early drawings on show in New York
The New York art dealer Paul Kasmin is staging 'David Hockney: Early Drawings' at his eponymous gallery in Chelsea
David Hockney has long cut a broad swathe through the art world. After all, he's turned to paintings, photography and even Polaroids along with recently using the iPhone and iPad for his creative endeavors.
Set to heighten his visibility yet further, the New York art dealer Paul Kasmin is debuting 'David Hockney: Early Drawings' at his eponymous gallery in Chelsea. On view are 58 drawings and 16 etchings, beginning with artist's earliest work dating from 1962 following a stint at the Royal College of Art, through the 70s. Staged in collaboration with the London dealer Offer Waterman, this show is a must as a many of the works are from private collectors, and it also includes number of archival photographs.
'I can't remember a time I did not love David's drawings,' says Paul Kasmin, who literally grew up surrounded by Hockney's work as his father John Kasmin served as the artist's first dealer.
Hockney's celebrated muse and fashion designer Celia Birtwell, who helped usher in the Swinging Sixties, is portrayed in no less than three drawings, all with a surprising economy of line. Also on view are sketches of the late Metropolitan Museum curator Henry Geldzaher, whose exhibition 'New York Painting and Sculpture: 1940-1970' made headlines as the museum's first American contemporary art show. Sketches of Hockney's friends, a slew of still-lifes and his early iconic pool sketches get a good airing too.
With Hockney's oils now fetching millions, this is a rare opportunity to garner a glimpse into his initial efforts on paper.
Pictured: 'The Luxor Hotel', 1978
On view are 58 drawings and 16 etchings, beginning with artist's earliest work following a stint at the Royal College of Art around 1962, through the 1970s
'I can't remember a time I did not love David's drawings,' says Paul Kasmin, who literally grew up surrounded by Hockney's work as his father John Kasmin served as the artist's first dealer
Pictured: 'Kasmin in bed in his Chateau Carennac', 1967
The exhibition includes many works from private collectors and a number of archival photographs
Pictured: 'Cubistic Woman', 1963
'David Hockney: Early Drawings' is on view until 1 December
Photography: Dan Bradica. Courtesy of Paul Kasmin Gallery
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You are browsing:Home>What causes 'Pink Eye' or red eyes?
Conjunctivitis is a common condition resulting in red eyes or 'Pink Eye.' While most people associate conjunctivitis with an eye infection, it can also be due to toxins, blunt injury, dryness, allergies, UV radiation, embedded foreign objects and environmental conditions.
A focal dark or bright red spot on the white of the eye is most often just a leakage of blood under the surface membrane over the white of the eye. This is termed conjunctival hemorrhage and is usually nothing to worry about. The spot will dissipate on its own within a week or so.
Chronic pinkish eyes are usually caused by allergies or dryness. Eyes that rapidly get red, uncomfortable and swollen with discharge are most probably infected. Viruses are the most common cause (pink eye) and can be treated with a special eyewash in the doctor's office or by prescription drops. A bacterial conjunctivitis typically has more discharge but less discomfort, and it too is treated with drops.
Misdiagnosis is common by practitioners who are not eye doctors. Without proper instrumentation, an inflammation inside the eye could be diagnosed and treated as a surface infection, causing a delay in proper care.
Anterior uveitis (iritis) or episcleritis are inflammations of deeper tissues that require steroids, not antibiotics. Herpes virus infections are very sight-threatening and can be worsened by steroids. These conditions need specific anti-viral therapy, so proper, immediate diagnosis is key.
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If you have one...you have the other!
"It appears that the body's magnesium economy is an integral part of the stress response system. When stressed for any reason, the body's hormonal response causes an outpouring of magnesium from cells into plasma. This outpouring is a bit like taking magnesium by injection, except the source is internal. The effect of the sudden increase in magnesium is both energizing and calming."
Even worse, if your magnesium levels are low to begin with, your response to work stress is exaggerated, causing further depletion, and diminishing the calming effect of magnesium.
Work stress-related health conditions have sky rocketed, and modern day life demands optimal magnesium levels to cope in a healthy manner.
Unfortunately, up to 80% of Americans are magnesium deficient!
Back pain and neck pain---any tension or pain in the body is a sure sign of magnesium depletion. I can feel my back SEIZE with pain in that spot right in the middle of my waist whenever I get a snappish email or realize I've forgotten something important at work. Here comes the WORK STRESS and there goes the magnesium...and here comes at least a 24 hour block of intense back agony.
I found one product that works that does not create a laxative effect. My back pain and anxiety are so much better after regular supplementation. And when I get a twinge in my lower back, I now view this as I need to put more magnesium in me!
This product also has C, B6, B12 and Folic Acid. I know the Bs are good for energy and hormones and the C is good for immune system, so I'm good with the extra vitamins in the Jigsaw formula.
Here is my favorite caplet form (slow release to ensure no diarrhea effect), plus you can get free shipping if you enter FREESHIP into the shipping code section.
I'm a bit obsessive about free shipping. I insist on getting free shipping whenever possible on the Internet!
I've tried the sprays and the liquids...they didn't do the job. They were also very SALTY which was kind of weird. I had sea salt all over my skin or I would gag from the amount of salt in the liquid magnesium. And even then, I'd get diarrhea from the liquid formula (and there wasn't enough quantity/mgs in the spray formula to stop my back pain).


Palestinian journalist Muhammed al-Qiq suspended his hunger strike on 10 March 2017 after he learned that the Israeli authorities were not renewing his administrative detention order. He is expected to be released on 10 April.
On 10 March, Muhammed al-Qiq, a Palestinian journalist from Dura, Hebron, suspended his hunger strike after learning of the Israeli authorities' decision not to renew his administrative detention order. His lawyer submitted an appeal on 7 February challenging the court's decision earlier in the day to issue Muhammed al-Qiq a three month administrative order. In a closed hearing held on 9 March, the judge asked the military prosecution to provide the court with more information on the basis for the detention and provide the court a decision as to whether they would seek a renewal of the detention order once it expired in April. On 10 March, the prosecution informed the judge that they will not seek renewal.
Muhammed al-Qiq was arrested by Israeli security forces on 15 January at Beit El checkpoint near Ramallah while on his way home. He was returning from a demonstration in Bethlehem against Israel's policy of refusing to return to their families the bodies of Palestinians they accuse of attacks. On 6 February, he was issued a six month administrative detention order by a military judge. He responded by announcing in court that he will go on hunger strike in protest at the Israeli authorities' decision to detain him again without charge or trial. The next day, the military judge reduced the detention order to three months.
Administrative detention orders allow for detention without charge or trial for periods up to six months. They are used by the Israeli military predominantly against Palestinians and can be renewed indefinitely.
Muhammed al-Qiq's lawyer told Amnesty International, "We see this as a victory for Muhammed. The Israeli military will not extend his detention. This decision exonerates Muhammed and proves his innocence; it demonstrates that there is nothing against al-Qiq and that he was being held arbitrarily". The lawyer also highlighted Amnesty International's campaigning efforts and the impact it had on the development of the case. He says, "We thank you for your efforts we feel that your statements and letters did help in bringing victory for al-Qiq".


I knew it was on its way here. The smell of trouble has been in the air, especially around the weekends. It seems to come looking for me...trouble that is. As much as I try to stay away from trouble, it is impossible to stay free from its environs. Tonight, an hour or so ago, I noticed there was a... Sign in to see full entry.


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Stars History
North Stars with 100-Point Seasons
By Ryan Szporer June 12th, 2020
Admittedly, the Minnesota North Stars enjoyed their greatest success as a franchise once they moved to Dallas to become (just) the Stars. Almost from the get-go, they became perennial contenders, a stretch that culminated in a Stanley Cup in 1999.
Ironically though, the franchise's only individual 100-point seasons came during their years in Minnesota. Granted, Stars fans have witnessed their fair share of great scorers over the years since the team's debut in 1993.
We're talking about the likes of Mike Modano, who actually started his career with the North Stars, to current-Star Jamie Benn, who even won an Art Ross Trophy as the league's top scorer in 2015. Nevertheless, the franchise's top single-season scorers? They all date back to the high-flying 1980s, which maybe shouldn't be a surprise. The players themselves may very well be, though. Here are the four total 100-point seasons in Dallas Stars/ Minnesota North Stars history:
Dino Ciccarelli
Two-Time Member of the (North) Stars 100-Point Club
Recorded 106 points (55 goals, 51 assists) in 76 games in 1981-82
Dino Ciccarelli is the most prominent 100-point scorer in franchise history, as the only two-time member of the club and eventual inductee of the Hockey Hall of Fame (2010). Ironically, the prolific, yet pesky Ciccarelli wasn't even drafted.
Ex-Minnesota North Stars forward Dino Ciccarelli – (Photo by Steve Babineau/NHLI via Getty Images)
Considered too small to make it, Ciccarelli (5-foot-10, 185 pounds) obviously persevered, first signing with the Minnesota North Stars. That was just Step No. 1. He followed it up with a career that lasted 19 seasons, nine of which were played with the North Stars. Two of those cracked both the 100-point and 50-goal barriers.
Up until Brian Bellows scored 55 markers in 1989-90 (but just 99 points), Ciccarelli's two campaigns stood up as the only ones of the kind in franchise history. At least one of the two was memorable for other reasons.
The North Stars failed to so much as make the playoffs in 1986-87, but 1981-82 marked the first-ever division championship for the franchise. The postseason nevertheless ended in disappointment. One season after reaching the Stanley Cup Final and losing to the New York Islanders in 1980-81, the North Stars got eliminated in the first round (Chicago Black Hawks). For what it's worth, Ciccarelli scored four points in the four-game defeat.
Member of the (North) Stars 100-Point Club
Ciccarelli wasn't the only North Stars player to score 100 points in 1981-82. In fact, he wasn't even the North Stars' leading scorer, as Bobby Smith notched an impressive 114 that season, a mark that has stood the test of time as the highest mark in franchise history. It was the only 100-point season of Smith's career, which included a lengthy detour with the Montreal Canadiens, with whom he won the Stanley Cup in 1986 (and scored the championship-winning goal).
Ex-Montreal Canadiens forward Bobby Smith – (Photo by Denis Brodeur/NHL I via Getty Images)
Nevertheless, the former first-overall draft pick (1978) continued to find success, consistently scoring a point per game each season until his production began to drop in 1989-90. At that point, Smith got traded back to the North Stars for the last three seasons of his career, which coincided with the team's last three in Minnesota.
In many respects, the trade back to the North Stars secured Smith's status as a franchise lifer. It initially wasn't meant to be, in spite of a seven-year contract signed immediately after his career 1981-82 season. Even though Smith had requested the trade due to a drop in ice time, the eventual Phoenix Coyotes general manager's heart had clearly never left the State of Hockey.
Neal Broten
Neal Broten may not have had the first 100-point season in franchise history, but he does have the first 100-point season (1985-85) by an American hockey player (in NHL history). Your mind may have gone directly to Modano, who has scored the most points in his career among American hockey players, but Broten has him beat here, as Modano topped out at 93 points.
That 1985-86 season ended with a first-round defeat to the St. Louis Blues, but it helped cement Broten's status in American hockey lore. That's saying a lot, as he was already beloved as a member of the Miracle on Ice U.S. Olympic hockey team.
Broten helped lead the franchise to Dallas, where he played one full season before getting traded the next to the New Jersey Devils just in time for their 1995 Stanley Cup run. Like Smith before him, Broten would score the championship-winning goal. Also like Smith, Broten would return to the franchise, via a waiver claim in 1996-97 (from the Los Angeles Kings), the last season he ended up playing.
Broten's best days were obviously behind him then. However, seeing as they comprised 923 points in 1,099 total games, "best" is somewhat of an understatement in what turned out to be a (U.S.) Hockey Hall of Fame career.


I can't believe I'm making another post like this so soon! For the second time this year we've unlocked a new goal on my Patreon.
What is a Patreon goal? It's a milestone I set that can be reached collectively by my patrons as more people join and more money starts coming in.
I tried to come up with fun perks for my goals so there would be extra incentive to reach them.
Last month passed the first goal! That means my patrons are getting new chapters early now! It's not always easy, but I've done my best to get new scenes and chapters ready early so my supporters on Patreon can see them a bit early. It's not much, but I hope it conveys my appreciation for their support.
Now we've unlocked the second goal as well. Starting in March I'll be streaming my writing once a month (more if I feel motivated or end up really enjoying it). I'm really nervous about putting myself and my writing out there for people to see live, but it's something a few of my longtime supporters have wanted for a while now. Admittedly a small, brave part of my is looking forward to doing it.
At this point I'm wondering if we'll unlocked the next goal in 2019 as well. It's a long way off, but we're growing steadily this year.
The next goal is all about swag. I want to commission bookmarks and other bookish goodies themed around my serials. All my patrons will get one. Imagining a bookmark based on the gorgeous cover art for The Dreams has me beyond eager to reach this goal.
If you'd like to see bookmarks, more amazing cover art, and other bookish thing, now is the time to join my Patreon. Every pledge gets us closer to the unlocking the next goal.
So far, 2019 has been a fantastic year for my writing. I'd like to thank everyone whether you're a patron, follow my blog, a lurker, or just someone dropping by to leave a like or comment. I appreciate every last one of you.
Maybe it was the spring-like weather we had here yesterday, or maybe it's just that time again, but I'm thinking about CampNaNoWriMo.
It seems too soon, but April is only a month and a half away. If I don't come up with a plan soon, I'll run out of time.
This year I have a bit of a dilemma. Usually I have one or two projects that need my attention during Camp months. I try to pick one and focus on it. Currently I have three.
I'm so close to finishing Inbetween. April might be the perfect month to wrap up the first draft. At this point I'm almost positive I'll have enough story left to carry me through a reasonable Camp goal.
The Dreams still needs its 3rd draft completed. About half the 3rd draft (100k) is written at this point. I want to get it done this year. It's another contender for my April CampNaNoWriMo project.
I'm also getting impatient to start my next project. I don't want to start writing the first draft until I finish Inbetween, but CampNaNoWriMo is flexible enough to allow me to work on planning and outlining instead. The next story has no title at the moment, but it's going to feature dragons and witches and the story will be guided by tarot readings. It's going to be so much fun!
Based on the size of the paragraphs above, I think you can see which project I'm currently most excited about. New things are always exciting. It might be more responsible to work toward finishing one of my works in progress.
Is it better to be responsible and work toward completing projects that I've been passionate about for years? Or should I work on something shiny and new to hopefully get a word count boost for Camp from the natural high of a new project?
Fortunately, I have some time to consider my options. Camp doesn't start until April 1, after all. Have you started thinking about April CampNaNoWriMo?
A few days ago we unlocked a goal over on Patreon!
We recently passed the first goal! That means my patrons are getting new chapters early now! I've already posted the next chapter of Inbetween for them. It'll be posted over here in a few days. I'm hoping posting chapters early on Patreon will have a snowball effect and soon I'll have a ton of chapters prepared and posted there and we'll have a more stable posting schedule here. It should be great for everyone.
In addition to surpassing the first goal this week, we're only a few dollars away from unlocking the next goal as well. Once the next goal is reached I'm going to start doing a monthly writing livestream.
Some people (you know who you are) have wanted me to do writing streams for a while now. I'll admit I'm a coward and I've avoided trying to set up a stream up until now. It's something big and scary for me, but I know I can convince myself to try with the proper motivation. Livestreaming as an expression of appreciation and gratitude to the people who believe in and enjoy my writing would be the perfect reason to move outside my comfort zone and just do it.
It's only January, but I already feel like 2019 is turning out to be a great year for establishing myself more as a writer. There's a lot of going on behind the scenes and I'm looking forward to sharing more of it here with you when the time is right.
There's been a steady trickle of new followers on this blog lately.
I just wanted to say hi! Thanks for deciding to check out my writing. I really appreciate it.
If you just started following this blog in November, you should be warned that this month is a little different from business as usual. I'm working on a new draft of my first serial for NaNoWriMo (in hopes of eventually turning it into a proper book). To focus on getting as much done as possible with The Dreams this month I've put Inbetween on hiatus until December.
Be prepared for more posts next month!
Did you know there's a website where you can write reviews for my serials?
Both Inbetween and The Dreams are listed on Web Fiction Guide. The website lists all sorts of completed and ongoing serial novels. It's a great place to leave a review of my serials since the website is dedicated to this sort of story. If you enjoy serial fiction, it's a great website to join.
You can leave a review for Inbetween here and reviews for The Dreams can be submitted here.
As always, voting for my serials on Top Web Fiction does wonders for helping new readers discover my serials. Don't forget to vote for Inbetween each week and show The Dreams some love with a vote as well.
There's a lot of projects I can work on during Camp this year. I can continue writing the first draft of Inbetween or work on draft 3 of The Dreams. With 7 weeks to plan I could even prepare an outline for one of the other projects I'd like to start this year.
With this much time before the event starts, all my options seem to be available. In almost two months a lot of things can change too. I might finish writing Inbetween before April. I don't find that likely. The story is massive, but I might be struck by inspiration in the coming weeks and wrap up this draft far soon than I can anticipate. That still leaves me with The Dreams to work on during Camp. Right now that seems to be the most likely candidate for a CampNaNoWriMo project. That story hasn't had nearly enough of my attention lately.
My other options are a prequel to The Dreams focusing on Motoko and a tarot guided fantasy serial tentatively titled Dragon's Mage. Neither of these projects are anywhere near ready to be written right now, but if I set my mind to it I could be ready by April 1.
Which project do you think I should work on during April?
Have you started preparing for CampNaNoWriMo? Tell me about your project!
So a lot of things have been happening on Patreon. The original post is here, but I thought I would share it here as well.
So, Patreon has gone and made some changes that are going in effect on December 18. You've probably seen the email they sent out. These changes will take transaction fees that used to be deducted from your pledge before I receive my money and tack it on top of the amount you pledged at a rate of $0.35 + 2.9%. This means a $1 pledge will now cost you $1.38.
In addition to this change, Patreon is also de-aggregating pledges. With my current pledge-per-weekly chapter model, this would result in you paying 4 separate transaction fees per month. I'm not okay with this.
Each pay-per-thing pledge will result in a separate transaction fee and every patron you pledge to will also result in a separate transaction fee. This is not ideal, and it isn't what any of us signed up for originally.
That said, I don't want to abandon Patreon. Other subscription services like PayPal have fees as well, and I'd lose the ability to easily provide patron-only content for you. There are ways to do it, but if I had the spare time and energy to dedicate to such a project, I would have done so already.
What I do want to do is reduce the number of transaction fees I cause for you. I can do away with them altogether, but I can at least take steps to make sure you're only paying one transaction fee a month to support me.
My solution is to switch to the pledge-per-month model. This will guarantee you only pay one transaction fee per month for your contribution to me. It's not ideal. I'd much rather have a system where the amount you pledge is the amount you pay, but that's out of my control.
This solution does bring a bit of anxiety and uncertainty to me. I'm currently collecting your pledged amount between 2 and 4 (and sometimes 5 on 5 Saturday months) times per month. If everyone remains at their current pledge amount when we switch, I'll only receive about $19 per month. While that's a whole lot better than nothing, my budget has come to count on the income from Patreon.
So my solution comes with a question/call to action for all of you: will you increase your pledge amount so my pledge per month will match the amount I got from a typical month of pay-per-chapter posts?
We don't have a lot of time. These changes are coming whether we want them or not on December 18. Please like this post so I know you've read it and please let me know your thoughts on this as soon as possible. I want to make these changes as quickly and painlessly as possible and I need to hear from you to do it right.
I haven't made a post specifically to announce my project for NaNoWriMo this year, and with November just around the corner, I know it is now or never.
This year I'll be rewriting The Dreams for NaNoWriMo. It's not a traditional start-from-nothing first draft NaNo project, but I am starting this draft with a 0 word count so I feel like it still fits into that aspect of the spirit of the month.
There are aspects of The Dreams I've wanted to change for a long time and rereading the story has helped me discover more things I want to change. This draft is my chance to change those things. I hope that the changes will improve the story and bring me one step closer to a version of The Dreams suitable for publication as a book.
I've decided to post this new draft on Patreon for several reasons. First of all, I don't want to bore or confuse readers here by having multiple versions of the same story available. On Patreon people are already dedicated to following my progress as a writer and will be less likely to be confused or annoyed by the reappearance of a familiar tale. Second of all, I want to reward those who have given me the most support by giving them something special and exclusive. And finally, there is a part of me that hopes a new and improved version of The Dreams might convince a few more people to share at least $1 a month with me.
If you're interested in following the further progress of The Dreams from its current state to the next step on its journey, head over to my Patreon and join the fun. I'll need all the encouragement I can get so I don't lose my nerve halfway through making the changes I have planned. If you haven't read The Dreams yet, you can read the entirety of the current draft here.
This blog just reached 300 followers. This in and of itself is amazing, but it is not the only reason I want to celebrate.
I started this blog in 2015 hoping that there would be interest in what I created, but I had no way of knowing if anything would come of it until I tried. I'm so glad I decided to try. This blog was created back in January 2015, but I didn't start to put it to real use until August of that year. For that reason, I consider August 16, 2015 to be the blog's true start date.
We've been through 6 WriMo events (and two NaNoWriMo wins), saw The Dreams go from one chapter to "the end", and we're now 33 chapters into Inbetween. I've written 322,645 words of fiction since August 2015 and almost all of those words are available to read on this blog. I'm proud of how far I've come in two years and I'm so happy to have so many people along for the ride.
No matter if you've been following for two years or two minutes, I'm glad to have you with me on this journey. Knowing there are people out there willing to have my writing show up in their media feed keeps me going when depression and anxiety are trying to rip me apart.
Thanks for being here. We're at the start of the third year of this adventure. I can't wait to see what the future holds. I hope you're as excited as I am.


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  Serie A1:
 stagione regolare: 11ª classificata;
  Coppa Italia: sedicesimi
 Coppa Koraç: quarti di finale

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Arsene Wenger is contemplating making an offer for Celtic's Victor Wanyama in the hope that the powerful midfielder can boost Arsenal's chances of securing a top four finish.
Arsenal are currently seven points off fourth place and will be looking to cut the deficit to the local rivals Tottenham on Wednesday night when they face West Ham at the Emirates.
The Gunners boss admitted that he was still working hard to identify the right player and suggested that he was still looking to bring two new players to the club. He has been linked with a move for West Ham midfielder Mohamed Diame but it seems it could be another African star that arrives in north London.
Wanyama has attracted plenty of interest in recent months after his powerhouse display in the 2-1 victory over Barcelona in the Champions League. He has continued to impress for Celtic and was instrumental in the club's 4-0 victory over Dundee United on Tuesday night.
The all action display will certainly have caught the eye of Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson who was sat in the stands watching the action.
There is little doubt that Ferguson will have been impressed with Wanyama's contribution as he dominated the middle of the park before capping the display with a goal.
The Independent believes that Manchester United may now consider moving for the 21-year-old which could have an impact on how quickly Arsenal decide to put in an official offer.
Wanyama may decide that he wants to stay at Celtic Park this season as the Scottish champions are in the last 16 of the Champions League where they face Juventus next month.
The Independent believes that Arsenal will have to make an offer in excess of £10million to force Celtic to truly consider allowing the midfielder, who is under contract until 2015, to leave.
Arsenal have struggled to cope with the loss of Alex Song to Barcelona in the summer and lack a physicality in central midfield with Mikel Arteta, Jack WIlshere and Aaron Ramsey his only real options.


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Jerusalem Post Opinion
The Human Spirit: Expat Thanksgiving
"For American Israelis, Thanksgiving has been growing in popularity, so much so that owners of the supermarket in the German Colony post a handwritten sign offering whole turkeys."
By BARBARA SOFER
Updated: DECEMBER 3, 2015 14:09
American lone soldiers in the IDF celebrate Thanksgiving in Israel
(photo credit: Courtesy)
Moroccan Jews carried the post-Passover Mimouna holiday with them to Israel. Ethiopian Jews have added Sigd to our national celebrations. For American Israelis, Thanksgiving has been growing in popularity, so much so that owners of the supermarket in the German Colony post a handwritten sign offering whole turkeys for their American customers. The corner store, where not long ago the sole imported product was Kellogg's cornflakes, carries precooked chestnuts and pumpkin puree for the pie.
Why the popularity? The food, of course, has appeal, but for those of us growing up Jewish in America, Thanksgiving was the day that we finally fit in.
Thanksgiving was for everyone. Based on the biblical thanksgiving meal, the devout Pilgrims who fled England in 1620 seeking religious freedom made a Succot-like harvest feast together with the helpful Native Americans who taught them about poultry and corn.
Oddly, England, the country the Pilgrims left behind, is one of the places outside the United States where Thanksgiving has taken off. According to a 2014 survey by supermarket Waitrose, one in six Brits celebrates Thanksgiving.
Likewise, poke around the Web and you'll find posts of expats struggling for ingredients and big-enough ovens in Beijing, Prague and Geneva. My American cousins who now live in Paris posted pictures of the French version of Thanksgiving dessert.
Not feeling bound by the orthodoxy on this matter, most American-Israelis I know have tweaked America's traditional fourth Thursday of November to mark the day on the more convenient fourth Shabbat in November.
Hence, table talk is a mix of Torah and Thanksgiving, an easy blend, like our host's dazzling halla of spelt and sweet potato. Says a guest, a rabbi and educator, the only Temple sacrifice to exist in a post Messianic-world will be the thanksgiving sacrifice, korban toda. This oversized sacrifice doesn't have the time restrictions of others, and is so large that it requires inviting company to eat.
I'm particularly glad for Thanksgiving this year. I can't remember a time when relationships have been quite so strained between the lands I love, Israel and the United States. The Iran deal, the blaming of Israel for the terrorism we suffer, the draconian conditions of Jonathan Pollard's release underline the chafing between the double identities.
Thanksgiving is the ultimate reminder of how much of a heritage we share, and how grateful we Jews need to be for America, both for the possibilities of freedom it represents and for the role it has played in our family stories.
LIKE THE Pilgrims, my grandparents left lands of religious oppression. They went from small towns in what was then Poland to a small town in New England.
In Colchester, Connecticut, Thanksgiving was a huge holiday. How American we had become! We sat around a cherry wood table and a maple dry sink from colonial times. The dining room picture window looked out on a town incorporated in 1698 on land purchased from Uncas, a Mohegan chief who sided with the colonials against the Pequots, and past the town onto open fields.
By the early 20th century, the Hirsch Foundation of New York had discovered that Colchester was an excellent place for the settlement of European Jewish immigrants. We belonged to the town's two synagogues, around the corner from each other, split over some long-forgotten fight about dues. The Hirsch Foundation placed Jews on poultry farms. No shortage of Thanksgiving turkeys.
The Jews eagerly played leading roles in civic affairs. Hence, my father was at the same time a member of the school board, head of the recreation committee, a justice of the peace and an assistant judge. He also inherited the leadership of the local free loan society from his father and had to conduct meetings in Yiddish.
Only at Hebrew school, convening in a community building called Zion Hall, did we dare ask that toxic question: If, God forbid, Israel and America were at war against each other, whom would you side with? The rabbi always waved it away. Such a scene could never happen.
This question was never discussed at recess in public school, where we daily pledged allegiance to the flag, and sang the national anthem at assemblies. I got teary (verklempt, as the president of the United States said recently) when we sang "The Star-Spangled Banner," at the part about rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, and our flag being still there.
AT THE Jerusalem Thanksgiving dinner, all of us have seen the rockets' glare and heard bombs bursting in air. For each of us there has been a personal tipping point where we have left America to cast our lots with the building of the Jewish state. Half those dining are Sabra offspring – one a deputy company commander with the familiar IDF buzz haircut and tired eyes.
Our hosts, Lisa and Robert Bergman, ask us American immigrants to share a piece of Americana with each other and the youngsters. But it is their own family story that is most memorable.
Robert Bergman, a physician, holds up a black-and-white photo of his great-grandfather Joe Boderman of Allentown, Pennsylvania, posing with some 180 others – men and women and a few dozen children.
Arriving by steerage from Russia as a 14-year-old with nothing more than the pack he could carry, Boderman went to high school and grew up to become a men's clothing manufacturer.
"Everything he owned was in his sack," Dr. Bergman stresses to the youngsters. "That's America. You can come with no financial resources but a lot of determination. That's the story for every single one of us whose ancestors immigrated. They started with nothing more than that sack over their shoulders."
And who are the men, women and children in the photo? No, not relatives.
The Great Depression hit America for a decade in 1929. At the nadir, 13 million Americans were unemployed and homes were foreclosed across the country.
The American dream seemed like a great experiment that had come to a crashing end.
Strength and optimism, some historians postulate, came from immigrants who had experienced greater deprivation in their native lands.
The folks in the photo were Boderman's employees. Despite the Herculean challenges, he kept the Allentown factory going throughout the Depression, providing a livelihood for all of those families in the country that had gifted him with the freedom he so appreciated.
Giving back, that's part of the American ethic, too.
We could use a national day of thanksgiving in Israel, too.
The author is a Jerusalem writer who focuses on the wondrous stories of modern Israel. She serves as the Israel director of public relations for Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America. The views in her columns are her own.
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I can't wait for the weekend. I'm pumped. Teams are starting to play in top form and you can already start to tell who the contenders will be at the end. Well, I've never really been a gambling man, other than small change office pools. However, I'm going to try something new and give my picks for the weekend. I figure if I ever hope to be a legit sportswriter, I have to give my readers an easy way to blow their paychecks.
Winners are in bold. Favorites are on the left.
Indy will win the game no doubt, but as bad as the Titans are, can you really spot 18.5 points? I think Indy will play soft and Vince Young will have a chance to score some points.
Giants are due for a serious meltdown. They are no doubt looking ahead to two tough games on the road and probably already giving up on this season.
Will Detroit win a game this year?
What happened to Tampa? The O-Line has to wake up. Far too many guys who drafted Cadillac early in the 2nd round have their seasons depending on it. I think Tampa turns it around. It just has to happen.
Sorry Packers. The defensive line hasn't been able to stop the run, that looks good for Stephen Jackson. The rest of the defense hasn't stopped the pass, that looks good for Marc Bulger. All of this looks bad for the Pack.
How bad has Duante Culpepper looked this year? Everyone keeps saying that he is still coming back from a horrible injury, which is true, but people keep forgetting how terrible he was last year BEFORE the injury. Pats D is waking up. Culpepper is going to have that "I crapped myself" look for most of the afternoon.
Time for the Panthers to get the running game going against a Browns D that has let a lot of yards go on the ground.
I don't like picking this game after what the Jets did to Indy last week… but the Jags are just too big and tough to let this one get by them.
Damon Huard has a 106.9 passer rating. The Chiefs D is 3rd best in the NFL. Oh yeah, Larry Johnson will be playing too. Looks like a bad debut for Leinert as a starter.
The 49ers aren't that good… but you could put them at -35 against the Raiders and they still might cover the spread. Beyond that, I think a 3 hour loop of the Gap commercial with dancing Audrey Hepburn might have better ratings than this game.
Andy Reid was so confident about beating the Packers that he rested some of his best players. All the better to beat the snot out of TO and company in his return to Philly.
Two great defenses, but the Chargers have the advantage in offense.
I don't like the Ravens. I just don't. I really like the Broncos… but you just can't win with Jake the Snake leading your offense. I swear Shannahan lets Culter shout obscenities into Plummer's headset during plays. This guy is going to develop a drinking problem before he develops an offensive rhythm.


On Saturday April 19th (which just so happens to be record store day!) Classic Album Sundays New York City will be hosting a very special one off classic album listening session featuring Quincy Jones' 'Walking In Space'. The session will take place from 4PM-6PM at The PowerHouse Arena, Brooklyn, New York. The event is FREE so get down early to avoid disappointment. Our friend, photographer and vinyl nut Eilon Paz at Dust & Grooves, is releasing a brand new book on the subject of vinyl culture and collecting and to celebrate they will feature a pre-launch CAS session followed by the book launch.
Album: Quincy Jones 'Walking in Space' – Eilon's favourite album!


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Join us on the front lawn of the TT Wentworth Museum throughout the festival to become part of Foo Foo history! Together, we'll create a one-of-a-kind Foo Foo picture mosaic wall for the 5th year of the festival.
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Q: Using matplotlib to draw a circle filled with squares I have to do this assignment - this is my first time using Python and we didn't learn it in lectures.
Our requirements are to use matplotlib in Python 2.7 and to write a program that accepts a radius as input and draws a circle of that radius. We then need to draw 1x1 squares over that circle, but only those squares that are inside of the circle or on the border. Ordinal numbers need to be printed over those squares.
This is the code I've written:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
r = input()
ax = plt.gca()
ax.add_patch(plt.Circle((0,0),radius=r,
                       facecolor=(.7,.7,.7),edgecolor='black'))
plt.xlim([-r-2,r+2])
plt.ylim([-r-2,r+2])
plt.axes().set_aspect('equal')
plt.savefig('new.pdf')
plt.show()

I don't understand how to add so many squares and text to this circle. I can add only one by one, for example, (0,0),(1,1). Please help, and sorry for any mistakes.
For r=10, it should look like this:


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Bumblebees infected with Honeybee Diseases
February 20, 2014 by Katherine Wilson ·
By Rebecca MorelleScience reporter, BBC World Service
Bumblebees are in steep decline around the world but now they face an additional threat
The beleaguered bumblebee faces a new threat, scientists say.
Researchers have found that two diseases harboured by honeybees are spilling over into wild bumblebees.
Insects infected with deformed wing virus and a fungal parasite calledNosema ceranae were found across England, Scotland and Wales.
Writing in the journal Nature, the team says that beekeepers should keep their honeybees as free from disease as possible to stop the spread.
"These pathogens are capable of infecting adult bumblebees and they seem to have quite significant impacts," said Professor Mark Brown from Royal Holloway, University of London.
Around the world, bumblebees are doing badly.
In the last few decades, many species have suffered steep declines, and some, such Cullem's bumblebee (Bombus cullumanus) in the UK, have gone extinct.
Scientists believe that the destruction of their habitats – particularly wildflower meadows – has driven much of this loss, but the latest research suggests that disease too could play a role.
Researchers believe that honeybees are spreading diseases to bumblebees
The researchers looked at two pathogens commonly found in honeybees and found they can also infect adult bumblebees.
In honeybees, deformed wing virus (DWV) causes significant problems. Its severity seems to be exacerbated by the presence of another widespread parasite, the varroa mite, causing entire colonies to collapse.
Bumblebees do not carry the varroa mite, but the scientists found that those infected with DWV had a dramatically shortened lifespan. The fungal parasite has also been shown to have an impact on bumblebee longevity.
The most likely explanation is that the honeybees are acting as the source of the virus for the bumblebees"
Prof Mark BrownRoyal Holloway, University of London
Prof Brown said: "A significantly shorter lifespan in the field would impact on their ability to go out and collect food and look after other bees."
The researchers found the diseases were already prevalent among wild populations.
Looking at 26 sites across Great Britain and the Isle of Man, the researchers found that about 11% of bumblebees were infected with DWV and 7% were infected with the fungus. By comparison, about 35% of honeybees carried DWV and 9% had the fungus.
"A geographical patterning provides us with the information that transmission is occurring among these animals – they are sharing parasite strains," said Prof Brown.
"We cannot say it definitively, but because of the epidemiology, the most likely explanation is that the honeybees are acting as the source of the virus for the bumblebees."
The team suspects that the same pattern will also be found around the world – and says that controlling disease in honeybee hives is vital to stopping the spread.
"We have to, at national and international levels, support management policies that enable our beekeepers to keep their bees as free of diseases as possible," Prof Brown said.
"The benefits are not just to the honeybees, they are to the wild bees as well."
Dr David Aston, president of the British Beekeepers Association (BBKA), said: "By employing good husbandry practices, beekeepers can take steps to reduce the impact of pests and diseases on honeybee colonies using biotechnical controls and practices such as apiary hygiene, regular brood comb changes, ensuring the colonies are strong and well-nourished and the use of authorised treatments."
But he added: "Beekeepers need new effective medications and other biotechnical controls to help in the management of bee pests and diseases and these should be a high-priority action."
The team thinks the diseases are transmitted when the insects visit the same flowers
The researchers also want to investigate whether neonicotinoid pesticides are playing a role in problem.
A recent paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal suggested that the chemicals are affecting the immune systems of honeybees, making them more susceptible to pathogens.
"If bumblebees were exposed to neonicotinoids and had the same effect, you would expect the bumblebee viral load to be going through the roof. This is something we are hoping to test later," said Prof Brown.
In the European Union, neonicotinoids have been banned for two years because of fears that they may be harmful to bees. But the British government strongly opposed the plan, rejecting the science behind the moratorium. Both Syngenta and Bayer, which manufacture neonicotinoids, are now taking legal action against the European Commission in an effort to overturn the ban.


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Season's Greetings from Capital Family Services!
Wow! 2019 has been quite a year for us here at Capital Family Services! Before the new year begins, we wanted to take a moment to recount some of our best memories and successes from the past year and offer our gratitude for all of the support that we have received this year.
Since our humble beginning at the kitchen table, Capital Family Services as a whole has a been a labour of love and of our deep care for our community of Fredericton and a desire to give back. The 2019 year has been our third, and by far our most successful year to date. This year, Capital Family Services has been able to host events in our city, like our Responding to Domestic Violence Conference, expand our offices to the city of Saint John, and we also have the pleasure of employing many hard-working, committed and professional team members
To think of where we started and where we are now is still unbelievable to even us! Despite our humble beginning and all of work as Directors, we know that all of our successes would not have been possible without our dedicated staff, our community partners, and the people who we work with. Without all of these individuals, our success would not have been possible. So this holiday season, as we take time to reflect, we want to be grateful for those who have been so incredibly supportive and have helped us be so successful – without you, Capital Family Services as a whole, would not be possible. Thank you!
In 2020, we look forward to further growing as a company, making new connections, and continuing to give back to the community that we all care so much about.
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Kaya is an e-learning platform offering free MOOC courses to those working in the humanitarian field (Image via Kaya).
The need for humanitarian aid in the MENA region has been on the rise since the breakout of the Arab revolts and more specifically the unfolding of the Syrian crisis. The fact that the budget appealed for in the 2016 Regional Refugee and Resilience plan reached almost $5.8 billion, a 10 percent increase from the previous year, is enough proof of the high demand for humanitarian assistance.
This increase has automatically led to a higher demand for professionals in the humanitarian field. This is where Kaya decided to step in. This e-learning platform offers free MOOC courses to those working in the humanitarian field. It was launched in 2015, part of the World Humanitarian Summit which took place during that year in Istanbul, and falls under the umbrella of the Humanitarian Leadership Academy.
Kaya aims at empowering and training humanitarians so that they can better respond to the crises taking place in their local communities. So far, the number of users has reached 30,000.
E-learning is the best method that can be used to achieve this mission said Ruba Afani, the communications specialist at the Humanitarian Leadership Academy during an interview with Wamda. This is more valid, "especially that the targeted group is present in dangerous zones where traditional learning methods are less attractive due to the transportation and high commitment required," she continued.
During a workshop organized by Kaya in Amman (Image via Kaya).
The courses offered on the platform could be categorized in three different tracks: first those specified for volunteers, second those specified for humanitarian workers, and third those targeting managers and directors. Other courses are more general and focus on soft skills that can be beneficial to all target groups. Examples of courses include: risk management, project management, and gender issues in humanitarian action.
As for the teaching model, it can either be self-taught, which means that learners organize their reading schedules independently, or blended in which learners are expected to commit to previously assigned webinars and online discussions. The maximum duration of any course ranges between two to three weeks.
The content is provided by institutions and NGOs specialized in the topics given. Courses are either borrowed from those providers as ready made material, or codeveloped with Kaya. Examples of providers include the Red Cross, the Red Crescent, and Save the Children.
According to Ann Vaessen, the senior communication officer at the CHS Alliance which provided Kaya with a course that was translated into Arabic, the e-learning platform is a key partner in reaching people and communities vulnerable to risk and affected by disaster, conflict, or poverty.
Although most of the courses on Kaya are provided in English and French, the Arabic language is on the priority list of the Academy which has already Arabized more than 35 courses. This number will soon be doubled elaborated Afani, especially after the Academy has conducted a study to trace down the topics needed to be studied by humanitarians in Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon. The result of the study showed that project management, monitoring, evaluation, and stress management are weak areas that need to be strengthened.
The Academy is currently working on developing content that correspond to the results of the study in partnership with the American University of Beirut and the Global Health Institute.
"It is very important that we incorporate Arabic as a key language if we want to improve the humanitarian response to crises that have affected the Arab region during the last couple of years," explained Afani who did not deny the difficulty of this mission. The various dialects in the Arab world and the fact that the humanitarian terminology has been coined in foreign languages present challenges that we need to overcome she said.


The desktop environment in Windows 8.1 is pretty good.
This was not the message that Microsoft conveyed at its Windows 10 launch event last week, a presentation that had Microsoft's historically change-averse but financially important business customers in mind. Whether the company was looking forward to multiple desktops and Continuum or backward to the Start menu and the command prompt, Microsoft's message was clear: we have finished undoing all that stuff you didn't like.
via Windows 10 doesn't fix the desktop—it fixes Windows 8's reputation | Ars Technica.